We got Danial a new stroller last week. A cheaper and portable version from his old bulky one. I must say, it's one of the best investment we've made for Danial. Danial is at the stage were he's getting to heavy to carry for a long haul and he's not really ready to walk on his own yet. So, we still need to resort to a stroller to take him around.
I've put it to test by taking Danial to the office to send some documents for processing. I feel like a pro-mom, with Danial in tow and managed to get my work done. Next, I went window shopping with Danial at Alamanda. Again, a success. Hey, this is a piece of cake. I feel like the suburban moms that you watch on TV where they bundled their kids in an MPV, strapping on the seatbelts on the childseats and doing their groceries; minus the MPV of course. So, this is how it feels like to be a full time modern mom.
We even took the stroller on the ERL and LRT to KLCC to get Azrai's new mobile phone yesterday. Good thing Danial is a good traveller. Hmmm... next stop, Hong Kong Disneyland, here we come!
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Happy Birthday Rahim!
Saturday, 30th December 2006 is my bro's 31st birthday. Happy birthday Boy! Haven't got the chance to dig up some old pictures. No need new ones as he has loads of it in his flickr page. One might think that next to his runners, he'd probably don't leave home without his camera. Actually it's not a bad idea. I wanted to do that. Yes, I take the camera with me in my handbag but it stays there all the time. Anyway, have a fantabulous day, Boy! We love you!
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Never trust your Indon maid
Thank God it's Friday. What a week it has been. God works in wonderous ways. We've found out that Bibik has an unhealthy habit of being friendly with the opposite gender when we accidentally found her purse in the shoe cabinet last Tuesday. I was shocked beyond words. All this while, we've been taken for a ride. What made me more upset was she lied to me with a straight face. I don't know when the truth stopped and when the lie began. I was furious of course that I couldn't sleep that night. I prayed for God to give me strength, wisdom and patience to handle this dugaan.
The next day, I dropped Danial in Setiawangsa and sent Bibik straight to the agent. I thought I was mean when I blew my top the day before but the agent was even more brutal. At least, she did the dirty work for us and we uncovered more unpleasant evidence. Long story short, Bibik is history.
Alhamdulillah, God answered my prayers. I was strong and was surprised at myself. I'm sure it's the right thing to do. How can I trust my precious baby to someone whom I cannot trust? So, now we're back to just the three of us; plus Adik. It's not so bad after all. It's not the end of the world. Somehow, I feel I've gained back my home in totality. I can't explain but it's good to have your home just for yourself. It's still a matter of working around Danial but he's older and more independent now. I can do work and keep an eye on him while he's playing. And of course, Azrai is a gem. He help out a lot with Danial. We make a good team. Yeah... we'll be alright.
On Thursday, I went out from the house as early as 6.45am with Danial to the ERL Station. Danial was still asleep when we sponge bath him and changed his diaper and clothes. He had a late night the night before. We were on the train KL bound at 7.10am and reached KL Sentral by 7.30am. There's plenty of seats in the ERL but I had to stand and hold Danial with one hand on the LRT. We only managed to get some seats after KLCC stop. Another 20 minutes, we arrived in Setiawangsa Station and Danial's Nenek picked us up.
Pak Ngah and entourage was already there. I fed Danial quickly. Had a quick bite and bundled Danial in Nenek's Kancil and we're off to Ipoh by 8.45am. I wasn't worry because it's school holiday and the traffic is quite easy. Slight congestion in the city but it was smooth driving on the highway all the way. Danial was behaving quite well in the journey. He took a short nap and spent the rest of the journey just relaxing and enjoying the trip.
We arrived to Wayak's house by noon. Wayak was not well before but she's OK now. We had lunch there and lepak before we head back to KL. Danial was the star attraction because of his generous supply of *muahs* to everybody. He was definitely bushed and slept all the way back to KL.
Adik came home after 4 days in NZ and we filled him in on the misadventure. Can't say we're sorry. He felt duped as we did. Lesson learned, never trust your Indon maid no matter how sincere they look. After this scarring experience, I don't think I'd want to open my house and have another maid anymore. If everybody help around the house, I'm sure we managed. It's not that the house was spick and span when Bibik was around either.
Another gift God gives me now is I don't need much sleep like I used to. In fact I can't sleep after 12am. It's almost 4am now and I'm wide awake. I've swept and moped the floor, wiped the surface, rearranged books and now blogging and I'm not a little bit sleepy. My clock has been changed to US time now :) At least I can get some work done while everybody is sleeping.
Well, I've always believe in there's a silver lining at the end of the dark clouds. It's good that we discovered Bibik's deception before it's too late. We're humbled by doing the household work and we spend wonderful, quality time with Danial again. I'm sure things are going to get better since it has already hit rock bottom. I'm at peace with everything now. I just have to move forward and look ahead. We all are...
The next day, I dropped Danial in Setiawangsa and sent Bibik straight to the agent. I thought I was mean when I blew my top the day before but the agent was even more brutal. At least, she did the dirty work for us and we uncovered more unpleasant evidence. Long story short, Bibik is history.
Alhamdulillah, God answered my prayers. I was strong and was surprised at myself. I'm sure it's the right thing to do. How can I trust my precious baby to someone whom I cannot trust? So, now we're back to just the three of us; plus Adik. It's not so bad after all. It's not the end of the world. Somehow, I feel I've gained back my home in totality. I can't explain but it's good to have your home just for yourself. It's still a matter of working around Danial but he's older and more independent now. I can do work and keep an eye on him while he's playing. And of course, Azrai is a gem. He help out a lot with Danial. We make a good team. Yeah... we'll be alright.
On Thursday, I went out from the house as early as 6.45am with Danial to the ERL Station. Danial was still asleep when we sponge bath him and changed his diaper and clothes. He had a late night the night before. We were on the train KL bound at 7.10am and reached KL Sentral by 7.30am. There's plenty of seats in the ERL but I had to stand and hold Danial with one hand on the LRT. We only managed to get some seats after KLCC stop. Another 20 minutes, we arrived in Setiawangsa Station and Danial's Nenek picked us up.
Pak Ngah and entourage was already there. I fed Danial quickly. Had a quick bite and bundled Danial in Nenek's Kancil and we're off to Ipoh by 8.45am. I wasn't worry because it's school holiday and the traffic is quite easy. Slight congestion in the city but it was smooth driving on the highway all the way. Danial was behaving quite well in the journey. He took a short nap and spent the rest of the journey just relaxing and enjoying the trip.
We arrived to Wayak's house by noon. Wayak was not well before but she's OK now. We had lunch there and lepak before we head back to KL. Danial was the star attraction because of his generous supply of *muahs* to everybody. He was definitely bushed and slept all the way back to KL.
Adik came home after 4 days in NZ and we filled him in on the misadventure. Can't say we're sorry. He felt duped as we did. Lesson learned, never trust your Indon maid no matter how sincere they look. After this scarring experience, I don't think I'd want to open my house and have another maid anymore. If everybody help around the house, I'm sure we managed. It's not that the house was spick and span when Bibik was around either.
Another gift God gives me now is I don't need much sleep like I used to. In fact I can't sleep after 12am. It's almost 4am now and I'm wide awake. I've swept and moped the floor, wiped the surface, rearranged books and now blogging and I'm not a little bit sleepy. My clock has been changed to US time now :) At least I can get some work done while everybody is sleeping.
Well, I've always believe in there's a silver lining at the end of the dark clouds. It's good that we discovered Bibik's deception before it's too late. We're humbled by doing the household work and we spend wonderful, quality time with Danial again. I'm sure things are going to get better since it has already hit rock bottom. I'm at peace with everything now. I just have to move forward and look ahead. We all are...
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Harassment
I dread the day I laid eyes on the tenant from hell... Not only he gave us a tough time as a tenant, he gave us a tough time to evict him from our property and worst, he harassed us with nasty, threatening smses demanding his utility deposit back when he didn't even pay for the utility bills throughout his tenancy in our property.
I was upset of course when I received the smses. He even hinted that he's part of a group and we do not want to mess with him. We didn't want to encourage the smses so we did what we thought was best; we lodged a police report as a precautionary measure should anything happen to us. I guess I've been watching too many 'Gerak Khas' series and was very idealistic about the police coming to my rescue. I don't even want to go into how I was passed around between Puchong police station and Putrajaya police station before they decide who would want to take my case. I can strike "Mesra" and "Cepat" from the police force motto.
When the police eventually decided which station should investigate my case, I was still optimistic that they can be "Betul" and do the right thing. I provided them with all the proof and whatever documents I have on this person. However, I wasn't blown to pieces like Altantuya nor do I have any wish to end up like that so nothing happened.
I would have actually let this slide if not for recent calls and nastier smses from the same person after a couple of weeks since we lodged the report. Since, I don't want to be beaten up and my life and the lives of my loved ones are worth more than what this person is asking for, we let him get his way.
Now, I'm not only upset with the tenant from hell, I'm disillusioned with our police force. If they can't protect citizens like me, then, who else can I turn to? Would they actually do something about it if something really bad happened to me? Is "react" the key word instead of "respond"?
I was upset of course when I received the smses. He even hinted that he's part of a group and we do not want to mess with him. We didn't want to encourage the smses so we did what we thought was best; we lodged a police report as a precautionary measure should anything happen to us. I guess I've been watching too many 'Gerak Khas' series and was very idealistic about the police coming to my rescue. I don't even want to go into how I was passed around between Puchong police station and Putrajaya police station before they decide who would want to take my case. I can strike "Mesra" and "Cepat" from the police force motto.
When the police eventually decided which station should investigate my case, I was still optimistic that they can be "Betul" and do the right thing. I provided them with all the proof and whatever documents I have on this person. However, I wasn't blown to pieces like Altantuya nor do I have any wish to end up like that so nothing happened.
I would have actually let this slide if not for recent calls and nastier smses from the same person after a couple of weeks since we lodged the report. Since, I don't want to be beaten up and my life and the lives of my loved ones are worth more than what this person is asking for, we let him get his way.
Now, I'm not only upset with the tenant from hell, I'm disillusioned with our police force. If they can't protect citizens like me, then, who else can I turn to? Would they actually do something about it if something really bad happened to me? Is "react" the key word instead of "respond"?
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Power struggle
It all started when Azrai left Danial and Bibik at Mak Damansara's house on Wednesday. The purpose was to let Nenek Damansara spend some time with her grandson. Little that I know that Mak went out with Azrai for some errands. I know that Bibik has her aprehension towards being in the company of "T" but she went along with it because we told her to.
I went to Damansara after the market outlook meeting at the office. Minutes after I reached there, Azrai and Mak came home. We had lunch and I went out again with Azrai for an appointment. After the appointment, Azrai sent me back to Damansara to pick up Danial and Bibik and I thought that was the end of that.
The next day, Danial started purging. Bibik told me that Danial took some milk (which we discovered was Nutrigen) in Damansara, against her protest. Other than that, Danial was very much himself, good appetite and good mood. So, I decided to wait and see how the day would progressed. Long story short, towards the evening, he started purging again and after the 6th time, we're off to Dr. Chan. Earlier on, we called up and "T" answered the phone. She denied giving Danial anything and we asked Mak, Mak said Danial did have some Nutrigen. Somebody is lying and it's surely not Mak. I was upset because anything that upsets Danial, upsets me more. Danial usually has a strong stomach and can handle food quite well.
So then, came the vengence. Azrai got a call from higher authority to confiscate Bibik's handphone as she's too busy on the phone and neglecting Danial. How stupid is the accusation and I have a good mind of the small minded person who orchestrated it. That's the final straw. I don't discriminate a person on the basis of where they come from and what they do but I'm making an allowance for this. Dasar tak sedar diri untung! I don't understand what is her motive to create havoc in other people's life. Kenapalah dengki kat orang yang sama cari rezeki yang halal. I pray that Allah will balas balik perbuatan dia.
Lesson to be learned from all this; ALWAYS follow your gut feeling. If you feel something is not right, it normally is.
I went to Damansara after the market outlook meeting at the office. Minutes after I reached there, Azrai and Mak came home. We had lunch and I went out again with Azrai for an appointment. After the appointment, Azrai sent me back to Damansara to pick up Danial and Bibik and I thought that was the end of that.
The next day, Danial started purging. Bibik told me that Danial took some milk (which we discovered was Nutrigen) in Damansara, against her protest. Other than that, Danial was very much himself, good appetite and good mood. So, I decided to wait and see how the day would progressed. Long story short, towards the evening, he started purging again and after the 6th time, we're off to Dr. Chan. Earlier on, we called up and "T" answered the phone. She denied giving Danial anything and we asked Mak, Mak said Danial did have some Nutrigen. Somebody is lying and it's surely not Mak. I was upset because anything that upsets Danial, upsets me more. Danial usually has a strong stomach and can handle food quite well.
So then, came the vengence. Azrai got a call from higher authority to confiscate Bibik's handphone as she's too busy on the phone and neglecting Danial. How stupid is the accusation and I have a good mind of the small minded person who orchestrated it. That's the final straw. I don't discriminate a person on the basis of where they come from and what they do but I'm making an allowance for this. Dasar tak sedar diri untung! I don't understand what is her motive to create havoc in other people's life. Kenapalah dengki kat orang yang sama cari rezeki yang halal. I pray that Allah will balas balik perbuatan dia.
Lesson to be learned from all this; ALWAYS follow your gut feeling. If you feel something is not right, it normally is.
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