Salam Syawal

Selamat menyambut kedatangan Syawal, everyone!

Sebagai manusia biasa kita tidak pernah lari daripada melakukan kesilapan dan kesalahan...sama ada yang disedari mahupun tidak.

Oleh itu, saya, Cik Puan Bidadari ingin menyusun 10 jari yang cute miut ini memohon ampun dan maaf atas segalanya - daripada terkasar bahasa sehinggalah termakan minum...

Semoga Aidilfitri tahun ini terus bermakna dan diberkati oleh Nya.

Kepada mereka yang balik kampung tu, berhati-hati di jalan raya! jangan sms masa driving tau! bersabar sekiranya stuck dalam traffic.

Kepada mereka yang akan bertugas semasa Raya, samalah kita...tabahlah menghadapi cabaran dan tanggungjawab yang digalas...

Kepada mereka di KL, lets enjoy the rare moments where there is no traffic jams in the city..*ayat penyedap hati sebab tak balik kampung*

Whateveritis, selamat makan lemang, rendang, ketupat, cookies raya! Happy day to you!

Heres looking at you, kid!

Obgyn : Datuk Dr. As*har Abdulla*h
Location : Ampan*g Pute*ri Specialist Hospy
Date of checkup : 22nd September 2008
Weeks of pregnancy : 29 weeks
Body weight : 57 kg

Again, I gained only 500g this time compared to the previous checkup...i think its due to the bulan puasa and my selsema-batuk that lasted more than 3 weeks...well, more importantly, i'm now well and alhamdulilah healthy...

nowdays senang sangat penat...i don't nap as often these days, prolly because i've been preoccupied with work. so far my bosses agak faham my situation..tho, ada juga sometimes ada time yang akan agak inconsiderate. *sigh*.

personally, i would like to think, if u have personal issues, please don't kenakan kat orang lain..leave it at the door before u step in the office. or if u do have issues, dont let it interfere with your judgement.

anyway...my checkup this time tak perlu nak kena tunggu sampai 3 hours...maybe sebab tak ramai orang eventho we came in the Dr's office at 10 am. almost 12 dah masuk dah, sampai fitri pun tak sempat join me as he went to get some stuff at the nearby kedai...

Dr. As*har : You have a tiny baby. I think its due to your small frame.
Me : Will evverything be OK?
Dr : Yes...Reading dia tak lari daripada previous measurements.
Me : *sigh of relief*
Dr : So far, date due is still 7th Dec. *smile*

I can't help but smile when the good Dr was scanning my tummy...after dah measure the kepala, badan etc, as he moved the scanner (?) i ternampak baby's tapak kaki...dia tgh menolak my tummy!

when Dr was about to move the scanner, i quickly counted the toes...1, 2, 3, 4, 5...the Dr chuckled. hahaha...

and he began scanning for the other kaki and again, we counted the toes. :-P

Dr : So far the baby looks healthy...everything nampak normal..
Me : *smile*

i left the Dr's office with a silly grin on me...when we did the scanning, i tak nampaklah pula the Dr scan the baby's face...bila dapat je the copy, as you can see, dah nampak the facial features! tangan and tummy pun sama...

the baby nampak tenang kan? i can't wait to hold my baby!

Raya di pejabat

This picture was taken yesterday....most of the staff were wearing our corporate shirt, but most of us gelar, baju kilang...(no offense kepada mereka yang mmg kerja kilang). Since baju dia dengan potongan wanita, of coursela i tak dapat nak pakai...

anyway, this is about 80% of the KL staff ...yg takde sama ada cuti, malu nak bergambar or tgh assignment. it is impossible to actually ambil gambar semua orang. ( i wish staff state pun ada, barulah lengkap)

Selamat Hari Raya from us di Kos*mo!

stress

sometime, well, most of the time i wish that i'm doing something else and not be a journo...swim with the fishes in the sea, study the seals or whale sharks and dolphins...things i've always liked to do...

writing is not like it used to be. i'm writing crappy articles just to make up with the quantity of work. i feel bad to those organisation/ppl i interviewd/prs....i wish i could write better....i wish i tak lupa your functions. i wish that i'm a better journo.

*sigh*..i'm under stress...i have so much things to do and so little time...and i'm always tired. not like i used to be...

but unfortunately, there are some ppl yang tak paham-paham and tend to be selfish.

i kena mengejar datelines (yg mmy tgh terbabas sebab banyak gila kerja sebelum tu!)....

i guess i could only dream of diving in my sleep tonite....

Berbuka di Uno

Terataian (yg ada semalam)

Went to Piz*za Un*o at Centre*point for berbuka with the Terataians...for those yang tak tahu, Terataians are my classmates masa sekolah rendah (SRK Ja*lan Gurn*ey 2, KL...bukan Henr*y Gurney, ok.. :-P)...

oklah, usually kalau buat gath, mesti muka-muka yang sama je...hahaha...maybe sebab we have always been close since sekolah or maybe juga sebab dulu, at one time most of us duduk dekat-dekat area yang sama...now a tad jauh with ada yg pindah ke Klang, Damansara, Kajang, PJ....

but so far, alhamdulilah we try to meet each other whenever we can...kalau tak meetup kat kedai makan, akan adalah potluck kat rumah sesiapa... :-)

so today di Uno, there were Murni (selaku koordinator kali ini), Noreen, Luqman and Tina (plus hubby, Shah). ramai yang tak dapat datang sebab spending the weekend with their family..

nevertheless, it was merry! the food as usual was so yummy! in fact, i'm still kenyang tahap tak ingat rite now...each of us ordered one or two dish of pasta, pizza, salad or bread and letak kat tengah so everyone boleh share...more like a small buffet for us lah...


in total we had 2 types of pizza : aussie (ada telur and slices of salami-pix-) & tropicana, 4 types of pasta (fresh fettucine carbonara, fresh fettucine meatball, spaghetti aglio olio with prawns besar, baked pasta), ceaser salad with beef bacons, a basket of herbed bread, baba ghanoush..hmmm whatelse? oh, and a box of Big Appl*e's donuts for appetizer since the food tak sampai lagi masa berbuka...hehehe...

everyone had the chance to taste everything and needless to say, Uno is fast becoming one of our fave spot... :-)

Uno has always been my fave...i was sad when they closed down the outlet in Ampa*ng Poin*t to open up in Banda*r Puter*i Pucho*ng. so now, there's three uno's in kl...another kat US*J Taipa*n (yg tu i tak sure ada ke tak, tapi dkt their website ada)...

for me the place is more than just for meals...it has sentimental values...(me being sappy here..) dulu kalau i was sad (sebab gaduh w the ex or crazy ppl) and needed some comfort food, Uno is where i'll be with my friend, Tah*ir (who is a Terataians too).

he would teman me and try to cheer me up...well, he was the one who introduced me to the restaurant in the first place pun... we would just hang out over pasta and ceaser salad and borak...senang nak jumpa coz he lives and work nearby...

then, we would bring other Terataians and friends there as well...

Uno is also the 'pencetus' for me to kenal fitri!~ hahaha...fitri knows that i love to eat there and among his first invitation to meetup was at Uno!

i can still recall his sms and smile...it was short and sweet...sayang that i had to decline the inivitation as my life was such a mess and i was about to arrive home from work masa dia ajak... :-P

but, fitri is the type yang tak give up...so, instead of Uno (since they tutup at 11), we would have strawberry sundaes kat mcD...another weakness of mine..hehehe...

well, that doesn't mean that we tak makan kat Uno...we do sometimes...or at least dia akan temankan i makan there...hehehe....i could still remember our dates there! *blush*.....

masa tu tak la nak kata dates coz i was only menganggap fitri as a friend...well, that was a long time agolah kan? see now dah jadi husband i dah pun... :-P

you see, my facination towards uno is simple : they have good food, the surrounding pun syok. tak formal... i love their ceaser salad and fresh pasta carbonara...in fact, most of the time, itu je yang i order. tapas pun sedap...!

for me, their food is waaaay better that italianne*s the cur*ve!!

whateveritis, i had fun today meeting up with the gang...good food, good company!

our lil' one...

Obgyn : Datuk Dr. As*har Abdulla*h
Location : Ampan*g Pute*ri Specialist Hospy
Date of checkup : 25th August 2008
Weeks of pregnancy : 25 weeks
Body weight : 56.5 kg

Yes, what you read is correct...i only gained 500g from my last checkup...fitri cakap the 500g from all the McD that i've been eating a couple of weeks prior before that...but i think its the baby's weight... :-)

i know i should gain 2 kg from the previous checkup to this one (that was what the nurse kat the Klinik Kesihatan -KK- said masa i buat the kad merah), but i didn't..no matter how much i ate, banyak tu je gain...

well, since my obgyn tak cakap apa, so nothing to really worry pun...as long as i've been eating, drinking enough water and healthy food incl. the suppliments he gave, plus the baby weight naik, he's ok with it...

my tummy is getting bigger...sometimes i would imagine my tummy is like a baloon stuck to my abdomen...hahahaha...but like every other pregnant women out there, i have the habit of mengusap my tummy and cakap with the baby...

the baby has been very active, kicking here and there...kengkadang rasa uncomfy, tapi if tak rasa dia gerak or kick, i would get worry a bit...

sleep these days are filled with dreams...lots of it! can't remember much of them, but one i can still ingat sampai sekarang is the one fitri and i have 10 kids! (5 girls, 5 boys). crazy! it was a funny+serious dream, tak habis pun sebab dah kena bangun nak pergi kerja...

i even dreamt that i shared a room with angelin*a jolie when she is about to deliver the twins! hahaha...yang tak tahan tu dia cakap BM! *ketawa*...

well, so far alhamdulilah no nightmares..if ada pun, i langsung tak ingat....

altho i kept waking up in the middle of the night (tu tak termasuk waktu sahur ek?), so far ok lagi lah...my nap time pun dah takde, coz of the work thats pilling up...

i tell you, kerja ni susah gila kalau u sakit+mc or ambil cuti...tak kesudah kerja...i'm lagging behind a lot of stories and datelines...uhuhu...

anyway, alhamdulilah baby is healthy so far...still very tiny...ramai orang tak sangka yang i dah masuk 2nd trimaster!

fitri was not with me this time sebab dia kena kerja...anyway, as usual kena tunggu lama...which i don't really mind sebab sempat habiskan paper and the mag i bought from the kedai bawah... :-)

found out that Dr. Ash*ar ada 4D scan tapi he said it is usually done kalau rasa ada abnormalities or bila position badan baby sesuai....as u can see, our baby jenis tak duduk diam...so it was impossible to do the 4d scan...

Dr. Ash*ar : "Maybe next time...we'll see how".

tak kisah pun kalau tak buat the 4d scan sebenarnya...this checkup i asked the good dr a lot of questions...kalau biasanya mesti blur nak tanya apa...

among the questions i asked were : birthing position that he recommended and the facilties provided by the hospy's labor room, the 4d scan...dah tak berapa ingat dah by now...

next time i nak tanya about pain management pula...i might ambil epidural kalau natural birth...so far we are heading towards the natural birth, the dr taknak buat C-sec unless perlu. which is good.

hmm..whatelse? since i dah blur and nak kena siapkan kerja, i should stop now...sambung cerita lain pula later... :-D

gloomy days...

no more running nose, no more coughing in my sleep, no more bedrest, no more working while being sick...i'm feeling better now...thank you everyone for the get well wishes...

yes, i suffered for almost 2 weeks...tak pernah that bad sakit...i guess its God's way, telling me to slow down....

it has been a busy month...takde beza pun if pregnant or not...i still have to run around like a chicken kena potong kepala, meet datelines and face with the work stress yg makin lama, rasa makin banyak...*sigh*...

i have yet to upload the latest baby pix...esok-esoklah kot...tak scan lagi, but so far so good...we are having a very active baby...masa i sakit je dia banyak senyap..maybe with the meds i was taking, dia nak bagi the mama rest...

yes, we have decided to call me mama...memula nak panggil bonda tapi yg asyik kuar di bibir is either mommy or mama...since we prefer mama, mama it is la... :-D

what a week....Pak Samad passed away last Thursday. he was 84. Alfatihah. eventho i do not personally know him, nor have read his works, but somehow he has created an impact to me...made me want to be a better journo...(he showed what a real journo should be..tanpa perlu buttering up org lain, buat kerja bukan hanya utk diri sendiri but for society...)....may he rest in peace.

i am now di tahap kebluran yang melampau...i'm clueless on what to write these days, esp utk features utama...help? agak tepu je otak ni...its making me very restless, sometimes sedih je...susah la like this..esp dah nak kena buat stock ramadan and raya...*sigh*...

selamat menyambut ramadan everyone...!