Living with Sarah

Frankly speaking, I jarang tengok news on TV and read newspapers - especially tabloids macam Harian Metro. Kadang-kadang bila terbaca macam buat dosa je baca benda mengarut yang boleh mendatangkan fitnah. Terlampau banyak cerita sensasi untuk lariskan jualan suratkhabar. Tak setuju walaupun I pernah kerja NST. Here's one story - a direct effect from such sensational story. Untuk friends working in the media - renung-renungkanlah. I am not trying to side anybody. I'm just writing from my personal observation. I don't personally know this teacher but I started to know about him when Aliyah was still schooling in Bangi Lama. Let's call him Cikgu H. Seorang mualaf and a divorcee. One fine afternoon, I witnessed one "scenario" that confirms why I am not a teacher, will never be a teacher and parents should thank God that I am not a teacher - while he is. I was waiting for Aliyah at the shades of a tree when I saw the teacher, very smart in his shirt and tie walki...

The repair works are almost completed. We saved up a lot on tiles. My brother Angah asked us to take the available tiles at his store. Mixing and matching. Hope they look OK. The affected areas in the kitchen has been painted, so is half of the washing area. I just don't get it. We discussed. Agreed it's to be painted light brown. Today I saw it's grey. Reason - light brown not suitable. Really? Why ask my opinion in the first place then? Might as well just paint it in whatever colour "suitable" and save me all the trouble. I don't like the colour. On its own, it might look nice. But to look at it as a whole - sorry. Of course, it doesn't matter what I think. Everything is expected to be completed on Friday. That means I get to start cleaning up the kitchen on Saturday. I plan to organise everything especially to make things easier for Aliyah - making drinks, getting cups, etc. When I'm done with that, I'm done with all. Now is to plan the next c...

Whenever I see posts on FB that say things like - TGIF, or Monday Blues, or yang sewaktu dengannya, I immediately know that those are the posts of people yang makan gaji. Entrepreneurs don't put such posts because it doesn't matter what day of the week it is, it's always work. Tak adanya nak feel relief because it's Friday or merungut-rungut that it's already Monday. Those yang ada business sendiri will say - "What? It's Friday already??" and "Good, it's Monday!". Because we need our staff to work! However, these past 3 weeks have been very hectic but time crawls like a snail. Today is only Wednesday??? With all the things that have been going on I thought it is already reaching weekend. Time doesn't fly this time around. I need the weekend to come fast because then our clients will be having a break and so can we!

Aliyah finally made me a card yesterday. She's been wanting to make it but sometimes things like this need encouragement or a little nudge. She was a bit depressed because she hasn't bought me a birthday present, and top it with the feeling of being "responsible" to make a card while her parents are busy with work, it can stress a little girl out. I finally asked her if she wants to make one. She was so happy that I told her I want a card! So, while I took a little (deserving) nap, she was busy at work. Later, we went to have roti bakar at Old Town White Coffee - her favourite - before picking myself a tudung at her expense. This is what some people don't get it in their heads - it's not about money. It's about spending some time with your loved ones to simply celebrate a special day. Just toast and coffee. Something that we don't usually have at the regular Hj Tapah nearby. Just a change of air. Just to talk. Just to laugh. And just for an hour. Tha...

Finally, after 10 solid days, the translation work was completed. It amounted to close to 90 pages. Kalau focus buat tu je, tak lah teruk sangat. But there are in between other work, proposals, meetings, deadlines, personal matters - a few times Hubby kena attend to my MIL yang tak sihat, dapur yang under maintenance, etc. Cabaran yang sangat hebat... Yesterday, orang kata dah tenggelam sampai paras hidung. From early morning I was tied up with the website (we completed the website in less than a day - replicate standard template, organise the contents based on client's brochures, add photos, customise tools ie map, etc - our partner was so happy next week insyallah ada potential project baru, yeay!). Hubby pulak only started work on the last document after 2pm - after he came back from Melaka bawak my MIL pegi check up hospital. By 6.30pm memang both of us rasa nak give up dah... Laptop pun dah merayu-rayu mintak rehat sebab lain macam je slownya. So, I asked for a few hours of ...

Our kitchen is closed for maintenance. So is our washing area. The house is in such a mess. Dust is everywhere. The only place "liveable" is the patio and upstairs. The living area is quite OK, but I can't really stand dust. Why the maintenance? Susah nak kata kan. Hanya dapat doa pada Allah semoga orang yang bertanggungjawab tu tidak buat benda yang sama di tempat lain dan dimaki oleh orang lain. Now we have to fork out a few thousands to repair the place. Insyaallah everything will be OK. Just need to be patient these couple of weeks. So, no cooking and washing. Makan luar and hantar dobi. Sigh... Dugaan dari Allah. Ada hikmahnya Allah duga dan bagi pelajaran. Sekarang dah pandai dan boleh bagi orang lain advice :).  Dinding kena repair... Lantai kasi pecah and buat balik...

It was a very quiet and the most quiet birthday ever. Tapi tak apalah... bukan muda lagi pun :). Alhamdulillah... saya sihat dan gembira mencapai umur 41. Hati tenang dan redha. And I am so, very blessed with whatever life gives me. Dan alhamdulillah syukur kerana minggu ni rezeki sangat murah. Hari Selasa, sedang bertungkus lumus menyiapkan translation work (document yg buat U-turn tu + document baru), tiba-tiba dapat beberapa berita gembira. Our favourite agency di PJ tu offer one writing job which insyaallah will start early next month. Then, our Kuantan client sent email telling our quotation last March (yes! March!!!) has been approved. Tapi kena hantar quotation baru sebab dah lama sangat kot. Then, our new partner dropped one urgent web development project due today. That's the reason why my birthday passed like any other day. Both of us were stuck at the office till late last night to finish up translation job and in between working on the web development. Kesian Aliyah...