Hullo !
Berita baik untuk anda semua!
I have just been informed by the cool bunch at AliceWonders.com that the win any bag of your choice contest will be extended to Friday, 6 February 2009! So keep the entries coming in people! To all who have submitted their entries, thank you very much ya and good luck!
To enter the contest click here for more details!
Yes, we did go to Pangkor. But look at the crowd there! Husayn of course being 1/2 mengada ngada and 1/2 cerewet (or issit restlessness?) kept merengek. Tickets to Pangkor is RM10 for return ticket.
By the time we went nearer to the ferry, he was crying (more like screaming actually) and kicking. I don't know how, but he just realised we are on our way to board a ferry and he was
We rented this Iswara for RM70. Expensive ya? I guess it was peak season since it was on the day of Chinese New Year. Initially the guy asked for RM80 but aftee bargaining dapatlah kurang RM10.
We had our lunch at this gerai. It was 2 something and I was damn hungry! The gerai was situated beside a resort and in front of a beach.
Me with budak gembeng (which means suka nangis in jawa) near the beach. It was sooo hot it was impossible to mandi manda here.
Apparently there is a Dutch Fort at Pangkor, but by the time we arrived here Husayn and I was already pengsan. Haha..serius ngantuk gila!
The evidence that me and Husayn totally passed out inside the car. So Husband did his sight seeing alone.
I woke up and arrived at this shop. So we went shopping for food and kudapan for our family. Take this and take that, Rm60 lah jugak. Haha.
We then went to this restaurant for minum petang. I ordered air suam for Husayn but of course he wanted my air sirap bandung.
Around 7 we boarded the ferry to go back to Lumut. And look who cried again! Haha. Anyway Pangkor was great, though I spent most of the time sleeping! Haha. At least puas hatilah because we did go to Pangkor.
Mama Husayn letih menjerit tapi seperti biasa dia buat selamba sahaja. Argh!
And this is the ONLY time he ever sat still that morning. Sungguh angelic mukanya..tapi jangan tertipu..Haha.
After breakfast we went for a stroll around the Waterfront area...
Massaging my own back because the bag is so damn heavy..Husband said "ni isi batu ke apa dalam beg ni.." hahah..
And then passed by the Terminal jeti while I kept thinking to myself.."nak pegi pangkor ke tak ye? isk mcm rugi pulak tak pergi..alang-alang dah sampai sini". Yes, I was contemplating about that for quite a while, still tak berani to tell Husband. haha.
So ok, this is the Lumut Water during daytime. Bestkan? Everything is walking distance only. Just park your car and walk everywhere!
And guess what Husayn was doing there? Berak rupanya! Adoi..then dengan hati yang seberat-beratnya, we went back to our room. It was nearly 11 and we have to check out by 12. And I thought, there goes my Pangkor plan!
We went back and I dread the thought of going back. Did we go to Pangkor or not? Tunggulah esok pulak ye..hehehe..
Me, Mak Chan and Husayn. Husayn kept muttering Tok Chan but if I let Mak Chan hold him, he will cry!
This is the rate for the hotel that we stayed.
The above pic is view from our room at 1 in the morning. I can't believe how Lumut has changed so much! Anyway by the time we got to our room Husayn was screaming and crying since he kept shouting "air laut! jalan jalan!" which literally means let's go lepak at the waterfront and watch the boats and the sea. Haha. Actually before that we went to late dinner at Nasi Kandar near the Waterfront area. He got excited watching the sea that he was really mad when we dragged him home.
I had this for my breakfast and it was truly heavenly! Haven't had roti canai for a long time you see. Been living on a diet of cereal and milk for don't know how long. Hehehe.
We went for breakfast with Husband's friend which also merangkap family friend of Husband's, Abg Samsul. Oh did I tell you Abg Samsul was also our room mate! Haha. Somehow, Abg Samsul ended up sleeping in the same room as us, but of course he slept on the floor with the selimut as alas. Kehkeh. Nasiblah. As for me I ended up sleeping with my tudung on and breastfeeding Husayn under the blanket! Urgh!
As we were having breakfast, Husayn was of course running here and there, and shouting at flock of birds nearby.
And lastly a pic of me and Husband which has been quite rare these days. Notice the same clothes as the previous night. And yes, we went straight to the mamak without bothering to have a bath. Haha. Oh well will update you on the Pangkor rendezvous later-laterlah. Somehow, I am quite blur what have I written too! I really need a sleep!
Thanks to Sery!
Thanks to Ummi Balqis!
Thanks to Mzznana!
Thanks to Tod. Ted & Ned and Mummy Sofia!
Thanks to Ladyell!
Stephanie Meyer's latest- The Host
Azhar Sulaiman (when he was really young and cute!), Luke Perry and on the top right is 4U2C. Apparently I was also besotted with Beverly Hills 90210! Hahaha. I was schooling in Kota bharu back then and here are some of the selected entries. Mind you some of the entries were downright funny and some cruel too! Haha. You will see a lot of ayam illustration since they called me ayam (or more accurately aye in accoradance with the Kelantan dialect) back then. NOt because I was ibu ayam or something but I once took part in this story telling competition dressed in this ayam costume. Haha. Life was so cruel!
Zulkiflee is one of the example. See the ayam pics? Hahaha. Zulkiflee here wrote to me:
OK, there was one about love too. Yes from the mind of a 12 year old! She wrote to me:
Haha..this one was a little bit on the soft porn side. Haha. He wrote this to me:
Khairul Iqaan did the one on the above pic. I remember he was the one with beautiful drawings. Look at his ambition here. He wanted to be pencegah maksiat or penyembelih ayam buntal (obviously a sarcastic remark at me.hahah). Wonder what became of him now. Kehkeh.
This is the most kejam one! Written by Hantu Jepun and is a he. The ironic thing was he wrote Study Hard Always. And then the next line he said this:
hahahha..Alice Cullen, my butt! Yes I wish I was, or at least have that foreseeing future ability.
Disneyland is my childhood dream!
One Utama, let's go shop!
Hopefully to have this someday!
Forgive me for stealing this photo. Anyway I love 'em chocolatey!
Sirap bandung with cincau!
Manchester United type of red not Liverpool type of red ya
The only red hospital in JB
i miss u mmu!
The sometimes bitchy upper east siders..xoxo!
Is breastfeeding a hobby? Haha.
A gorgeous baby girl to complete the family!
Pic#1 was taken at Taiping Railway Station. I was trying to create some kind of vintage feel, so there. Husayn was trying to free himself from me since he got excited seeing all those trains. And the wordings or the pics are actually a part of Jewel's Hands song. I thought it was a really beautiful song and sounds so sincere too. Take a look at the lyrics:
Pic#2 was taken at Taman KLCC. I cropped the pics to focus on Husayn. And the wordings? Guess which song? Here it is:
Bacalah blog dia. Entry dia selalu kelakar dan macam baca komik Shin Chan pun ada. Anak dia pun kiut!1. Copy Badge “2008 Cute’s Blogger Award” untuk diletakkan di blog anda = sudah buat
2. Link atau ceritakan kembali siapa yg memberikan award ini kepada anda =
Oli telah memberikan award ini kepada saya. Dulu Oli ni guna blogspot juga, tetapi blognya sudah hilang di telan blogspot. Tapi sekarang Oli sudah kembali dengan blog baru yang beralamat baru juga dan entry dia memang kelakar. Serius, pegilah baca. Haha.
3. Setiap blogger hendaklah menyatakan 10 fakta/hobi diri sendiri sebelum pemenang seterusnya
Banyaknya fakta kena tulis. Tapi ini yang saya boleh terfikir sekarang:
* saya sangat suka tengok cermin. Tak kisahla cermin apa pun dan di mana-mana pun. Cermin kereta orang lain pun boleh. Saya rasa saya adalah sangat vain kerana suka tengok diri sendiri.
* saya sangat takut bersalin normal dan saya paling tak suka vaginal exam. Masa saya nak bersalinkan Husayn nurse pegang kaki saya kiri dan kanan supaya saya bukak kaki luas luas, tapi akhirnya saya kena c-sect jugak. Secara jujurnya, saya tak kisah kena c-sect, tapi masalahnya kenala bayar duit banyak sikit. Haha.
* saya sangat suka Manchester United dan paling tak suka Arsenal, Liverpool dan Chelsea. Hehe. Tapi sekarang dah kurang sikit, dulu-dulu zaman sekolah meja kat kelas pun penuh dengan gambar pemain bola sahaja. Bilik di zaman sekolah pun penuh dengan poster-poster pemain. Dan bila Manchster United kalah saya selalu sedih atau lebih teruk lagi menangis. Haha. Tapi dah lama saya tak menangis sebab bolasepak ni.
*Mommy Lily *Pink Mama *Ibu Afiqah *Arin *Mama Emma *Zuhaini *Idajer *Jade *Mama Redzha *Nurmala
Wajib buat ya!
After that there are a few screenings like your weight (oooh..I am suprised at how heavy I am! Haha), your medical history and so forth. Since I am a left handed, I thought my right arm would be perfect to pump all those blood out.
She first dabbed some ubat bius and then off the needle go inside my veins.
I thought it was ok, but the nurse was having problem with my vein since it was too small! She was moving the needle back and forth and to the left and right it was a little bit painful. I looked so tenang that I fell asleep. Haha. Honestly inside I was like "apa nurse ni main-main dengan vein pulak!", but still it did not match my feeling when I was giving birth when I nearly kicked the nurse's face..Kehkeh.
My blood on the other hand was trickling so slowly. Other people who came in later than me have finished and I was still with only 100ml of blood! The nurse suggested that I used my left hand instead, so I was like okay-lah.
And the above picture is me with my left hand. Other people only use one hand to donate and I was using both of mine. Hahaha..should I feel sick or amazing? I thought I would faint, but of course I did not! The nurse managed to extract 350ml of blood from my left hand so it was okay after all. And she said that my left hand's vein is much more visible, so the next time I want to donate, it would be better to use this left hand of mine.
Yes, that was my blood! So red, so ranuum and the blood is safe and sound in that blood plastic bag, and I've never felt better but my right arm hurts a little bit. The vein must have gone all crazy. And below are the aftermath pictures.
My right arm which only managed to extract 100ml of blood
My left arm which has managed to extract 350ml of blood look fine, dandy and I don't even feel anything!
Remember my Amazing Blog Friday's feature AliceWonders.com? Well, the generous people at AliceWonders.com have been sooo generous that they agree to sponsor for a contest today! Well, here's what you need to do:
1. Go to AliceWonders.com and select ANY bag of your choice. Yes, I really mean any!
If it's me I'll choose this one
or even this one!
2. Create a new entry in your blog with this title:
I was wishing under my breath with the faintest of hope "Janganlah si Faizal Tahir ni menang Juara Lagu ni..kasila Meet Uncle Hussain menang!" and then within all those confusion, and I thought I might have heard it wrong, but Meet Uncle Hussain did win! I thought it was a heartfelt performance and I know I heard a slight inspiration in The Killers there (it proved right when the host said so! haha) , and Lan looked hillarious with that face painting of his.
Pic courtesy of Berita Harian
The eyeliner guy being all made up
I have a terrible weekend, no thanks to my Husband. And I am not on speaking terms with him at the moment, well seriously. First, he PROMISED to bring me and Husayn to baby Sofia's birthday party on Saturday. And guess what, he was having his moody days and he just left me and Husayn then went out to god knows where. You just can't go out and disappear when you have promised and not especially when I promised that I will be attending that birthday party. And for this I would like to apologise to Siti for breaking my promise, and this is the third time I have missed attending birthday party by fellow bloggers. Honestly I understand if people stop inviting me after this.
Men are really a puzzle to me. But I guess sometimes I just felt through understand them, well especially this Husband of mine. Marriage is bed of roses? Oh I don't think so. At least not in my case. The only thing that will light me up is the sight of Husayn and I am really thankful for that. I guess with Husayn it makes it much more bearable. My husband can be mad at me as long as he wish, but I guess when you have a son by your side, it does not seem bad at all. Yes, sometimes I am that detached. I don't know why I am writing what am I writing now, I guess this is an avenue for me since I have a hard time talking about it.
The other thing that I am really thankful is I am living in my parents' house so with my siblings and Husayn around everything seemed so meriah and it help to ease the frustration. I am practicing the 90/10 principles and reading an Islamic motivational book entitled Don't be Sad while singing The Killer's Mr Brightside and Bush's Swallowed on top of my lungs. So I guess I just felt thankful and no hard feeling at all. I honestly don't want to understand men, I just want to wallow and wander with my own thoughts.
SO if you are frustrated and feeling mellow like me, don't be. If you have a best friend or in my case a blog, pour your heart out to your content and then sing on top of your lungs and when you pray on your sejadah and sujud, don't forget to be thankful to Allah, since there are a lot of people who are suffering more than we are.
Wow, I'm feeling better already! Just like one of my favourite song back in the 90s, Oasis's Roll With It:
You gotta roll with it
You gotta take your time
You gotta say what you say
Don't let anybody get in your way
'Cause it's all too much for me to take
Don't ever stand aside
Don't ever be denied
You wanna be who you'd be
If you're coming with me
I think I've got a feeling I've lost inside
I think I'm gonna take me away and hide
I'm thinking of things that I just can't abide
I know the roads down which your life will drive
I find the key that lets you slip inside
Kiss the girl, she's not behind the door
But you know I think I recognize your face
But I've never seen you before
You gotta roll with it
You gotta take your time
You gotta say what you say
Don't let anybody get in your way
'Cause it's all too much for me to take
This is my first 2009 entry on Amazing Blog Friday! Today's feature only started their business 3 months ago but you just have to see their vast collections of bags! If you have been seaching high and low for a shop that is 'quirky, eccentric and fun-loving', look no further as AliceWonders.com is here!
Their website is so colourful and they have lots of promotion too! I managed to catch up with the owner of AliceWonders.com and here it is...
1. Can you tell me more about AliceWonders?
AliceWonders is in short an “alternative shopping world”. We wanted to give something more than a retail therapy in a shopping mall, and thought that the concept of Alice In Wonderland suited the purpose very well. It is an adventure; it’s unpredictable; and best of all, it has this sense of eccentricity that gives us room to offer shoppers a little mischievous humor and surprise! In a nut shell, it’s what we would love to call “fashion shopping with a twist”.
2. When did you start your online shop?
AliceWonders.com officially launched on 15th Oct 2008
3. What drive you to start your business online?
The business was founded by two friends who are basically very very restless people and loves to argue about ideas. Jaded about corporate life and one fine morning decided to quit the rat race, to start something we could call our own. Both of us believes very much in the power of the internet and how it will transform the way we shop. For example, an online shop has the capacity to carry a thousand variety of products, and yet present shoppers a very effective of browsing through it!
4. Are you doing online business full time or is this only for side income?
We are 24 hours, 7 days a week, fully focused on this growing baby =)
5. Which bag do you think is the bestseller?
We have a few actually! Our ranges of laptop bags are extremely popular, for example the Flower Power (http://www.alicewonders.com/
6. Do you have a physical shop ?
Not yet, but we are on a look out for one! =)
7. How do you promote your business?
Currently, all these are through online channels. Especially through helpful and dedicated bloggers like supermummy =)
8. Which part of Malaysia or the world does your customers come from?
Everywhere! And we are most happy whenever we see customers from outside KL/Klang Valley, as we like to think that we are bringing in more choices for them to shop.
9. What makes your online shop different than other shops?
From the product aspect, we go seriously hunting all around the world for the loveliest bags that are of good quality. Till date, I believe we are the online shop offering the largest variety of bags! =)
As for the character of the shop, we’ll like to think that our shop is a little quirky, eccentric and fun-loving. Shoppers will discover the site is peppered with references to the Alice in Wonderland story…E.g. “Down the rabbit hole” (which leads to our yummy products), “Teapot Hot”, gloved hand cursors that seem to be pointing everywhere…
Even as part of our launch campaign in November 2008, we’ve actually given out one free bag a day for the whole week! We organized a one week rabbit hunt on our website, which offers a free bag of his/her choice. (“Find the White Rabbit and Win A FREE BAG of your choice”). Of course, this hunt caused some serious addiction, especially the gung-ho ones would be busy looking for tips on our facebook, sitting in front of the internet waiting for rabbit release time…Well, good news is, a second hunt is coming soon ;)
In short, we’re all about making a girl’s shopping fantasy come true! We are aiming everyday to surprise and delight anyone who takes time to surf our site and buy from us. From the fact that we run promotions so differently (which other websites asks you to go rabbit hunting?), a real rabbit for sale on our site, to the little things we do like inserting a surprise gift into every bag that we deliver!
I heard too many horror stories in my office building until I paksa Husband to come pick me at 5.30 sharp everyday. The most recent one that I heard from colleagues this morning are a bunch of cleaners had an encounter with this 'entity' and ended up with histeria. Oh my.
Don't tell me the story about ghost or vampire or anything unworldly. The only unworldly thing that I can stand is only the Cullens. Haha. I am the person that you don't want to bring to cinema to watch a scary movie because I will put my hand on my face 99% of the time anyway. I will start imagining having an encounter with a pocong or something everytime I want to close my eyes during the night. But luckily now I have husband and Husayn sandwiching me, so that ease my fear a little.
Honestly, I have never encounter with any hantu, but I used to experience this tindih thing. You fell asleep and suddenly you feel something really heavy on top of you until you cannot breathe. You try to mutter any word but nothing came out though at that moment a few people were around you. You try reciting the ayat kursi but it was really difficult. It was nearly like drowning, only thing is you are on the surface. Yes, I have experienced this thing before and even though I cannot see any lembaga or face, it scared the hell out of me. And I have been experiencing that since my school days until now, though nowadays this thing rarely attack me.
So I cannot imagine how my brother and sisters went to school where there are loads of jin and hantu thing around there. One of my sister's friend have this kind of 'The Eye' thing and she saw every single bed on the dorm is occupied by pocong. How scary is that? Euww. But the funniest hantu that I heard from my sister has to be the one in Kolej Matrikulasi Kuala Pilah. The hantu makcik karipap? Haha. Apparently this hantu makcik karipap will knock on the window (of the upper floors, not the ground floor ya!) to sell her karipap. I thought it was hillarious but then if that makcik knocked on my window, I might not think it is hillarious anymore, I will pengsan instead!
Mood Bahasa Malaysia saya datang lagi. Janganlah marah. Kitakan orang Malaysia. Hehe.
Semalam adalah Perhimpunan Bulanan di tempat kerja saya. Kerja kerajaan memang macam tu. Sebulan sekali ke dua bulan sekali mesti ada perhimpunan bulanan. Kena nyanyi lagu Negaraku seperti di zaman sekolah. Cuma bezanya perhimpunan zaman sekolah lepas nyanyi lagu boleh duduk sebab cikgu nak berucap panjang. Tapi perhimpunan bulanan ni sebab dah tua kenalah berdiri, kecuali orang mengandung adalah kerusi untuk duduk.
Saya antara yang di belakang sekali sebab semalam datang lambat. Apabila Encik Ketua berucap dan menyampaikan amanatnya, sungguhlah saya tertarik dengan ayat-ayatnya seperti di bawah:
Kemudahan capaian Internet diberikan kepada semua anggota ******. Walaubagaimanapun, kebelakangan ini, kemudahan Internet ini telah disalahgunakan dengan pelbagai aktiviti yang tidak bermanfaat, tidak produktif dan berunsur peribadi yang tidak berkaitan dengan tugasAntara aktiviti yang tidak produktif yang dikenalpasti adalah:
1. Membangun dan membaca blog;
2. Memuat turun perisian, muzik dan video;
3. Bermain online game;
4. Melayari website hiburan;
5. Melayari website berbentuk forum seperti hiburan, jualbeli online;
6. Melayari website berbentuk komuniti mencari rakan dan kenalan.
Terdapat juga anggota ****** yang lebih celik IT yang melayari website-website yang telah dihalang (block) oleh sistem ****** seperti YouTube, chatting dan streaming untuk mendengar Radio Online. Aktiviti yang tidak produktif ini akan menjejaskan perkhidmatan dan penyampaian ****** melalui "online" seperti ******* Portal dan ******* ONLINE. Penyalahgunaan kemudahan ini akan diambil tindakan tegas selepas ini kerana ianya telah mula menjejaskan objektif sebenar kemudahan disediakan disamping menjejaskan penyampaian *******.
From MDG to PD it was a really hectic Saturday. As soon as we arrived home, I packed all my stuff and Husayn's for the PD thing. We went to PD with Husband's uncle, auntie, a friend and a family friend. We hitched a ride with Husband's uncle and Husayn was crying his heart out because he was afraid of the uncle. Haha. He actually cried non stop from Kelana Jaya to Seri Kembangan where he ended up falling asleep. Kehkeh.
The manja boy hugging mama tightly
The apartment's name where we stayed is Sri Bulan and the place is okaylah, with all the kitchen, and two rooms, seaview and pool view at RM185. Of course it is no 5-star hotel, but still it is very near the beach and Husayn kept shouting "Ma! Jalan jalan!"
This is Husayn sleeping on Sunday morning. Note the way he position his leg. That is exactly my position when I sleep! Amazing!
Me and my senget head in front of the elevator. The elevator here stinks though. It smell like a cross between bau hanyir and cat's pee. Euwww! I tahan my nafas every time I went inside this elevator. Haha.
We dragged Husayn from his sleeping reverie to watch the air pasang. It was windy and the waves scared me a little.
After that we dragged him to the swimming pool where he cried again just because I wanted to change his clothes to his swimsuit. But as soon he got to play with the water he was grinning again. Isk.
We also went for a ride on a boat. Right after this pic was taken Husayn was crying and wailing because he was really afraid of the boat or water..I also have no idea. Haha. He actually cried until we finished the boat ride. Anyway the boat ride is supposed to be RM60 but after bargaining, got-lah discount until RM50. Nice ride though. Wish I could ride the banana boat, but then if I ride the banana boat, Husayn nak letak mana? Haha.
Husayn's post crying face. No wonder I love to bully him until he ketawa or cried..haha.
And this is his mengada-ngada crying face. Haha. Memang nak kena buli lagi..
All salty playing in the sea!
And then mandi again in the shower!
Weekend was a hectic but delightful one. I got to meet Elaine Daly and attend the Malaysian Dreamgirl(MDG) audition at Impiana KLCC, and I also got to have a short holiday at Port Dickson! Since there are tons of piccas, I'm writing about MDG today and the PD thing will be posed tomorrow.
Anyway, the MDG thing was on Saturday and it was hard for me at first deciding who will take care of Husayn. My parents were going to the Aman Palestin thing at Stadium Melawati so I don't want to burden them with Husayn, and I ended up asking Husband to take care of Husayn. But of course Husayn and Husband sent me to Impiana, and then they went off jalan.-jalan somewhere. And it was also hard trying to pick the outfit for that day! The day before I dropped by Sogo to wear for the MDG but ended up with nothing at all. So I just made do with what I have here..
Pic inside Isetan'a changing room as I was on my way to buying that purple top. Hoho
Judges from l-r: Julie, the founder of Beautilicious, Elaine Daly, celebrity of course, Andrew Tan of Andrew's Models
Malaysia's very own super blogger, Mr Kenny Sia of course! He was one of MDG's first season judge but for this season, he will be doing this online judge thing for MDG. The other 2 bloggers, the men in black (these 2 were dressed in black that initially I thought they were the official photographers or something..hehe) Satkuru and Andrew were also there to cover the afternoon session of the event. It was really nice meeting you guys, though it was a really short and brief one. Satkuru and Andrew though really make me felt inferior with their big black shiny cameras. And there I was, still using my 4-year-old 3.2 megapixels Nikon camera who was actually on low battery mode during the audition, even though I have charged the battery all night!
Our Palestinians brothers and sisters need help and besides praying for their safety you can also
donate through this channel:
Mercy Malaysia Palestinian Relief Fund
Cheque payable to MERCY MALAYSIA
CIMB Account No : 1424-000-6561053
Aman Malaysia (aka Peace Malaysia)
Cheque payable to PEACE MALAYSIA
Blok B-13-D2, Plaza Mont Kiara, No 2, Jalan Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur
CIMB Account no: 142090007389058.
I would like to share you this moving article from Al Jazeera
Are we not human?
The air, the sea and the earth in Gaza City are now occupied by the Israeli military. They occupy Gazans' minds, nerves and ears too.
In a bid to stop my children twitching, jerking, trembling and waking at every sound of an attack during their few hours of sleep and their many waking hours, I put cotton wool in their ears - it has not worked.
I wonder what damage is being done to my children's tiny hearts. Theirs are not as big as mine, they can cope less with the stress that is being put on them.
We ran out of fuel for our generator, which meant that we were confined to a small room filled with eleven people, with little light for three days.
We have not had water either; our well can only pump water if it has electricity which most of the Gaza Strip has been denied since this nightmare started.
Unlike many other families, we were fortunate yesterday to find 20 litres of benzene to power our generator. No fuel has come in since the onset of this attack on Gaza so we had to pay seven times its usual price.
We have one day's worth of food left and the nappies I bought two weeks ago are nearly gone. They are not good quality as little has been able to enter this strip of land since the blockade was imposed on us 18 months ago. Bad qualitynappies mean unpleasant leakages, and for the last few days the little ones have had to be bathed in freezing cold water.My sister who was with us the last time I wrote decided to return home in spite of our protests. She feared that with food reserves running out we might have to eat one meal a day rather than the two we have been having of late. At home she has a little food left, enough to keep her and her family going for a while longer.
We are now 11, huddled together in my parents' dining room. My brother and I and our families moved there, thinking that the first floor may be the safest option.
There is a saying in Arabic which says "death in a group is a mercy". I guess if we die together maybe, just maybe, we will feel less of the pain than in doing so alone.
I have had 8 hours sleep since the beginning of this conflict; we can hear attacks almost every minute.
I think to myself, if one of us is injured or needs medical attention what will happen? Ambulances are finding it difficult to reach civilians, roads are blocked by rubble, Israeli forces in their path - you could bleed to death.
Even if they did get to us, maybe we would be bombed on our way to the hospital. If we did reach the hospital there might not be enough room to treat us - there is little medication or equipment or any electricity to fuel the life-saving equipment. We would not even be able to get out of Gaza for the life-saving treatment we needed.
Hospitals are now running on back-up generators making life even more difficult for the doctors who are trying to cope with the influx of the injured. If fuel runs out for the generators, those on life-saving equipment will perish.
I heard a woman calling into a radio station today - ambulance services could not reach her and I guess she thought the radio station might be able to do something. She was wailing down the phone "our home is on fire, my children are dying, help me". I do not know what happened to her and her children - I do not want to imagine.
I spend much of my time thinking that this could be the last hour of my existence.
As I try to fall asleep, I hear on the radio the numbers of people who have died rising by the hour. I wonder if tomorrow morning, I will be part of that body count, part of the next breaking news.
I will be just another number to all those watching the death and destruction in Gaza or maybe the fact that I work for Oxfam will mean that I will be a name and not just a number. I might be talked about for a minute and moments later forgotten, like all those other people who have had their lives taken away from them.
I am not afraid of dying - I know that one day we all must die. But not like this, not sitting idly in my home with my children in my arms waiting for our lives to be taken away. I am disgusted by this injustice.
What is the international community waiting for - to see even more dismembered people and families erased before they act? Time is ticking by and the numbers of dead and injured are increasing. What are they waiting for?
What is happening is against humanity, are we not human
Have you seen news headlines and photos in the newspapers lately? And pictures of either dead or bloodied and injured Palestine kids will stare back at your face.
I honestly can not bring myself to look at those heart wrenching pictures or else I'll cry myself. I wish I can paste those pictures here in my blog for you to understand more, but I guess I am not that strong enough. There was this one photo where three little kids who are siblings died and the father was weeping hysterically. I honestly cannot imagine if I am in that man's place. It will be worse than devastating.
On the other hand, have you read this news about two German children, six and seven year old running away from home, planning to get married in Africa. Kids these days really grown up so fast! Haha. While me here still struggling with the memory when I was 6. Anyway here's the pic of the kids.
This January 1, 2009 handout from the German police, shows (L-R) five-year old Anna-Bell, her seven-year old sister Anna-Lena and six year-old Mika at the federal police post at the main railway station in Hanover central Germany. Mika and Anna-Lena eloped from Hanover in northern Germany on New Year's Eve, determined to tie the knot under the African sun, police said Monday
Gambar hiasan sahaja
In my not so long life, I have come across a few celebrities.And I have never ever have this feeling of chatting them up or smiling at them. I don't know why is that, maybe I don't want to be seen star struck or jakun kot. Haha. What I usually did is just passed by and ignore their existence. Haha. But I like observing them though and see how they acted in the public.
The other day at KLCC I saw Afdlin Shauki and I thought he was well, larger than his image on tv. Or did he gain some weight? He was walking up on the escalator in front of Kinokuniya and he looked daze and in a rush. I also in my not knowing ignorance is bliss state have come face to face with Malique of Too Phat. But that was before he became famous. Anyway before that I was chatting with a guy in mirc (please bear in mind this is some where around 1998 ya..) and he was selling this hip hop gig ticket. My friends and I wanted to go to the gig and so I met up with this guy at One Utama, and that guy is actually Malique with his then girlfriend. I don't realise it was Malique until I saw the very same guy performing on stage during the gig. Anyway if you want to see Malay young girls in skimpy little outfit that maybe you will even popped out of your eyes, do come to hip hop gigs..heheh..I had a shock of my life then but I kept my cool of course. Haha.
Normala Samsuddin, the supposed most beautiful malay women a few years back and I accidentally bumped into her at KLCC and she was wearing this black and white polka dots pants that look like auntie pants. I thought maybe she was dressing hideously so people don't recognise her, but she was of course beautiful nonetheless.
But the most memorable celebrity sights to me down to this two guy. Guy # 1 is Emmett of Butterfingers. Emmett is the lead singer of Butterfingers and in the late 90s, Butterfingers are my most favourite local band. I went to a few gigs and saw him on stage but have never met him face to face. And one day when I was a freshman at MMU, Emmett was actually a few feet away from me at the lab! I was tongue tied but never felt so giddy in my life! Haha. At last he went away without me saying anything of course. After that only I know that he is also an MMU student. No wonder lah.
Stolen from Flickr. I still got shivers when I hear Emmett's heart wrenching voice. Hoho
Nicolas Anelka
J&J
Tony Leung in Infernal Affairs
The G&G with son, Kingston-before she was pregnant with her second one, Zuma (how did she get away naming a child like that game Zuma anyway? Haha)
The first day of work and I managed to wake up early! Haha. I've been waking up around 9 something this past week so I guess that is an accomplishment.
I honestly am stumped for idea but I guess here's some of the things that I have done last year.
1. I started my work as civil servant on 2 January last year so this is my one year anniversary at this office!
2. To think I have ditched being a multimedia designer that I have been doing for the last 5 years, a job which sometimes will drive you crazy but I have done some freelance so I guess it's not so bad either. But I love every second of my new job nonetheless!
3. Celebrated Husayn's first birthday at Genting and he was still not walking during his first birthday. But he was nearly running when he finally can get up to his feet at 13 months!
4. Left Husayn a few times at home with my parents due to courses outside KL. To my amazement everything went ok, though there were a few nights Husayn refused bottled milk and craved for his mother's. Nearly cried when heard his voice on the phone though. Hehe. The longest time I have left him with my parents was 4 days and it was really hard since I specifically hated that course! Haha.
The pekerja kerajaan went to Induksi course and the best thing about courses are of course the makan time!
Hi Edward, don't tell my husband I am infatuated with you ya! Sheesh.
Husayn on the flight playing under the seat..grr!
Staying at home made me idle. I took a leave this week but I spent most of the time staying at home and I thought it was quite nice for a change, but of course it seemed so nice because I have Husayn who are so tiresome to chase around and the Astro remote control in my hand I can happily flip through all the channel all day though sometimes there are nothing to watch at all! And then there's the internet at home. The other day when all my siblings were at home (I have 5 of them by the way!) and there are 2 desktop pc and 2 notebook all running at the same time in the house, I have my liberty to choose which one I'd like to use. But since 2 of my sisters with the notebook have went back to their college and uni, I have to rely on the desktop pcs which mostly I haven't got the chance to use since it is either:
1. My dad is surfing the net
2. My brother is playing games the whole day
3. The computer is free to use but Husayn is wide awake
4. I managed to on the pc and surf one websites and there Husayn again running happily to me shouting "Mama! Bob! Roary! Thomas!" which means I have to open youtube and show all the named theme songs video to him. And then he will start playing with the keyboard and I will take him away from the computer and he will be shouting and screaming which means I can't be near the computer when he is wide awake. Haha.
So that will explain why I am not regularly updating. If y ou are wondering how I manage to update right now, Husayn is fast asleep. Hehe..
I was also so bored last Sunday that I suddenly had the idea to make cupcakes. I was yearning for one anyway and my siblings were all at home so I thought it was perfect for cupcakes making afternoon. Hoho.
The cuppy in its full glory!
..and half eaten..oh so heavenly..yummy!
