Why Did Chicken Cross The Road

For the past few weeks people talk about why did chicken cross the road. There are something special about the chicken because whatever chicken do, chicken are at no mistake. The mistake always lies on this Special Chicken Association of Malaysia or SCAM. SCAM is answerable to whatever chicken do, you see...

The answer to chicken and road story will point to the same answer - only if problems arisen due to these chicken's doing or not doing. So to these Qs:

1) Why did chicken cross the road?

SCAM did not stop them from crossing the road

2) Why didn't chicken cross the road?

SCAM did not teach them how to cross the road

3) Why chicken just stood still on the road?

Because SCAM did not teach them how to make decision

4) Why....

No need to go on..the answer lies in SCAM.

I rest my case.

Its so Un-Malaysian

This the first time I step to the Office people have been talking about. The lobby is minimally creatively decorated - with touch of class on its own. Fresh stem, with floating platform. With nice smell of freshly baked breads from the Baker nearby.

We have a meeting at the studio. Very casual environment and funky multi-coloured chairs yet cosy.

After the meeting Ani bring us for a brief office tour. I'm amazed at how casual the settings are. No clusters or designated desk, whether you are small guy or big guy, you have perks and work on the same table - the only thing that different is paycheck. You cant find it any co in Malaysia would do this. And its purely paperless. I mean this is real enviromentalist office - save the tree, no paper usage. Even incoming fax output is a scanned copy, install direct in commonly access folders and all hardcopy printing is automatically double sided. This automatic office system is designed to save additional pokok from being cut down. In my office, God knows how luxury they are. Forget about double sided printing - even draft copies is printed on a 60 sen per page colour printing. If you think that savings environment and company's money does not start from this little tiny things you do..our company are definitely heading south. I am amazed of how this mat salleh's of this co is so good, they can implement such a great idea to Malaysian (a great bunch of complainer on what other people did not do, but not theirs - do I sound similar to Abe Lincoln) , well it works out to be pretty neat and effective.

After the tour, we went for lunch. This place call 'Reload'. It is run by rather an exclusive food outlet in Bangsar. The towkey is so friendly with personal touch I am again amazed - I mean the service is so good. The resort-like background is enchanting with a slight touch of european architecture. I forgot that this is just an office cafeteria. To add salt to injury, for such a nice food and environment - food is also cheap.

Some of the views, from Reload. Enjoy...

Bye Alya - See U Next Month

Alya has left us on Sunday. She's coming back to KL every month to see the homeopathy practitioners in Bangi. And she's going for the treatment. There's hope for you girl - and I pray a lot for you. We'll miss your goo goo ga ga.

Alya pictured here with new bouncer we gave her.

There are things design to made things easy. Its a choice you need to decide to make things effectively easy for you and her.

I wish that in this millenium people will let go those superstitious thought and thousands of pantang larang. Lets live on in the pillar of Al-Quran and Al-Sunnah as advise by Ustaz Muein.

Kisah Qaisara - Kisah Alya Qaisara

Alya Qaisara dilahirkan pada 13 Mac 2009. Masa tu aku sekeluarga bercuti di Australia. Aku diberitahu proses kelahiran Alia memang complicated. Mamanya mengalami contraction hampir 3 hari setelah di-induced. Aku tak pasti apa yang tak kena, tapi katanya Alya terputus bekalan oxygen selama beberapa minit sebelum dilahirkan. Masa dia dilahirkan tiada tangis yang keluar dari mulut bayi ini. Dan disinilah mulanya kepayahan itu. Dia harus disokong dengan bantuan pernafasan sehingga 3 minggu. Selepas Alya boleh minum sendiri dari botol, dia dibenarkan pulang. Lihat pada wajahnya dia seperti anak yg lain. Kecuali kepala nya yg sedikit bonjol ke atas. Alya tinggal bersamaku selama lebih 1 bulan sementara mamanya dapat transfer balik ke JB. Alya padaku tampak normal seperti bayi2 lain - tak banyak kerenah dengan matanya yang bundar memandang dalam kearah sesiapa yg memegangnya. Namun aku begitu terkejut bila diberitahu Alya anak istimewa selepas pengesahan ujian CT Scan dibuat ke atas kepalanya. Otaknya seperti bayi berumur sebulan walaupun dia telah berusia 4 bulan. Berita yg mengejutkan kami sekeluarga. Hati ku runtun mengenangkan nasib mamanya dengan dugaan yang bertimpa. Dugaan seharusnya untuk menguatkan, namun bila sudah bertimpa2, hibanya sudah tak dapat dibendung lagi. Lalu deras mengalir air mata dalam berkira-kira apakah arah tuju kehidupan mendatang. Namun takdir adalah takdir. Siapa kita ingin melawan takdirnya....

Dr. specialist kanak2 dari Hospital Puteri tidak banyak beri harapan. Cuma minta banyakkan berdoa. Katanya Alya mungkin lambat tumbesaran mental/fizikal dan pergerakan Alya mungkin sangat terbatas. Namun Dr homopati yg ibu mertua ku lawati pula memberi sedikit harapan. Mungkin fizikalnya tidak begitu bermasalah. Cuma sawan itu akan berterusan.

Surah Al-Baqarah:26 "Boleh jadi kamu membenci sesuatu padahal ia amat baik bagi mu, dan boleh jadi kamu menyukai sesuatu, padahal ia amat buruk bagimu, Allah mengetahui sedang kamu tidak mengetahui"

Ketentuan Allah mendahului sebaik janin itu diberi nyawa lalu ia terletak kemas di Luh Mahfuz, sebagaimana Hadis Bukhari dan Muslim "… kemudian dikirimkan kepadanya seorang malaikat lalu dia menghembuskan padanya ruh dan dia diperintahkan dengan 4 kalimat; iaitu menulis rezekinya, ajalnya, amalanya dan adakah dia celaka atau bahagia. …"

Apa lagi boleh aku panjatkan kecuali doa dan sokongan moral berterusan untuk mu Alya Kaisara...Perjalanan mu masih terlalu jauh...

MJ and Me

Today (yesterday US time), MJ's memorial finally held. I remembered all his beautiful songs cause I grow-up to 'adolescent' during his boom period. They say the 80's belong to MJ - so it is the years I mostly spent in US. Prior to my studying in US, I'm just kampung girl, but loves to listen to english song, at that time there's only one english channel called 'Rangkaian Biru'. I really go crazy over Andy Gibbs (also passed on now) and Bee Gees, while my good friend Imah is head over heals over Leif Garrett. At that time, we live in hostel, you can imagine how all girl school's antics of these teen idols. Sometimes we share money and bought backdated (cheap ma..) mags like 'teen idol' 'seventeen' and etc. , cut out the pic than put it in scrapbook...then when I passed my school days, my love for Andy Gibbs faded...and the moment I landed to Uncle Sam's I found new music idol. Yeah...there goes MJ. Still remember when me and Izan moved to our new apartment, the song 'thriller' hit the airplay like crazy. Soon we are so crazy of this newly found idol...and there goes all the years, its full of top 40 hits by MJ. Those are the years that I never forget. Its like these songs has its own story to tell just like it has its to its singer. Now that I've all grown up and old, his death just reminiscing those moments that I can relate with. MJ, the legend of the pop music...lives on although in his mysterious way...

Memories of Stockton and Fresno lives on....

Happy Birthday Danny

He is 13th on 27.06.09 - Happy 13th Birthday my Danny. Sometimes I could not believe this guy is only 13. He is as tall as his big bro - soon he'll beat him I'm sure - but extremely skinny. To get his pants is really painful. He need trouser's length the size of 30, but waist of 27 - so I need to manually pleat the extra 3" so that it doesnt fall-off as soon as he remove his belt. He has the biggest shoe size in the house. It's very hard to find school children shoes of size 9 or 10 (depending on the cutting). I have to go around shoe shops to get his new shoes. I only manage to get one pair...and he is only 13. How time flies..but life has to go on. They grow up too fast you just cannot catchup! For his birthday, I just bought brownies from Yeanti. He likes brownies to be slam dunk with vanilla ice cream.

This pic taken with my new Sony - dont know whats wrong it get blurred and fragmented. Anyway will figure out later.

So for this year the we have agreed that nobody will get birthday present because the trip to goldcoast will cover the whole year of birthday presents for everybody (except me..:-)) So we just celebrate over dinner. We went to Manhattan Fish for our favorite F&C -> Here's birthday boy enjoying his F&C..

But Neesa would like to try out Baked Salmon. Frankly, I dont like Salmon. Something about its after taste that put me off. Anyway Neesa enjoy it. I think F&C at Manhattan has quite a big serving, may be next time I just share it with Baby....

All the delicous meal...minus big bro Syahmi..we miss u..

Meeting the Doctor..then came cross trainer

I've been constantly meeting the Doctor since I passed out some months ago...Other than blood and cholestrol, others not much a problem. Dr. Sharifah is lecturing me all the time about exercise. I only do 20 mins walking saturday and sunday..and thats it...itu pun sometimes cilok gak la..maklum la weekend kan, macam2 come up. 'That's not enough, do 40 mins' dr said..No time la Dr!! There is no such things as no time - Dr dah marah aku. 'Look at me, I take time to exercise every morning, patients can wait..but your health cannot'. (aku pun terpikir, aku kena tunggu dekat 1 jam lebih kalau nak jumpa Dr., exercixe rupanya..). So after a few session, aku kena brainwash, rasa cam nak join balik lunchtime aerobic kat ofis ikut puan. Tapi pikir pulak, aku perfer lunch time dengar ceramah or just rest.

So here's comes cross trainer. After heavy consultations with abang and a lots of visit to fitness store - we decide on cross trainer. We take time to decide sebab hari tu dah pernah beli exercise bike. It become white elephant in no time..boring giler. Hope this time its OK..need to have this for cardio and fat. Lets see from and back shot of this. This think is more suitable for knee sensitive people compare to threadmill. So this is the right thing for me and abang la I supposed.

For the first few weeks - I only want to do 10 mins. I thinks its enough la..May be next time I increase. Biar sikit2 tapi consistent. Abang do 15 to 20 mins. Next time I go for Dr. I got something to brag about..I exercise everyday now Dr...

Long live cross trainer...hopefully..

It's Baba Day

Yes, its father's day again. So as usual I will join the club when it comes to celebrating this over commercialized day. I mean, my kids also keep reminding me of what we should do for their beloved 'baba'. During mother's day, they also suprised me with delicious overly sinful cake from Secret Recipe. Aiyoo..habis my diet laa..

Its a quiet sunday really, with lazy rain in betweem. Syahmi always miss event like this. Cant come back because there is motivational camp over the weekend. But then its ok..we have already used to him not around since he went to boarding school 3 years ago. I actually bought Baba 2 shirts few weeks back. Nicely wrap and rest near bedside...waiting to be presented.

Baba likes it. He has no fuss of what to wear as long as the color does not scream too much.

Specialty of the day is of course the cake. Baked and decorated on my own. It's a moist chocolate cake, then I top it up with home made fudge - very simple but delicious. Then add the sugar paste left over from last raya...OK la not bad. Every body love it. Quite sometime I did not do baking. Biasanya every 2 weeks bake something, ini dah makan bulan ni...my Neesa now also can bake cakes. So sometimes just leave it to her.

And then there is always handmade cards by Baby. She always wrote such a serious thoughtful message that makes you feel proud to be a father...or a mother.

It's raining, but its a warm day. Happy farther's day to baba...with millions love from team members...

Ciao

Life for the Past Year

First I take a month break..then I take a year break...itulah aku, tak lah consistent cam Telipuk. Kadang tu rasa nak letak gambar. Kalau tak bawak gambar tak buat. Pastu langsung tak buat. Tak pe lah. Aku ingat aku just continue blogging simply. Maknanya kalau tak de gambar pun tak per...tak yah la perfect sangat. He..he..he...well this is just for me only. Saja lepaskan stress kerja seharian. So now, a year later many things have happen. Starting from where I left last time, Palin dah beranak. Many hardship she has gone through and face and I've to be there to support her since I'm in KL. But this is what we have to do as family. Sometimes we feel that we are not strong to put through it. But we found strength. Thanks to Allah for giving me the strength and resources, also give others around me the strength and patience as well. I pray that all the hardship will end soon.

Looking back in the past year, many things had happened - some good some bad. I believe in Rukun Iman ke-6, percaya kepada qada dan qadar, especially when it comes to bad (or not so favorable) things that happened to me or people close to me. Because I can never thank Allah enough for the good things that He has given to me and my entourage (my family and people close to me). Allah...I thank you for the all the good things that you have rewarded me and especially for the strength and resources that comes with the dugaan that you gave me...May You bless us for life and after life..amin.

Till next time...chow..