sederhana tapi meriah

the over-used phrase of TV3 on commenting Hari Raya in Malaysia or any other celebrations. hehehe.

anyways, our eid open house went well and smooth. after tokki's students left, we pretty much got time to relax and enjoy the feast. i even got to nap b4 asar. soon after, ppl came in droves and everybody was rushing here and there to replenish the food and entertain guests and friends.

hazim had a blast as usual. probably becos most of the babies were girls. seronok sakan. I had fun cos 2 of my best friends came and i got time to sit and chat with them. how we have grown, from teenagers to now mothers. papa's friend also came after maghrib. We expected more to come cos they called to accept the invite but maybe becos of the traffic and rain, they couldn't make it. at 11pm, semua pengsan, even my baby. i managed to catch csi:ny first and oprah b4 i dozed off. This morning, we all overslept and Papa got late to work.

Today, I think I heard Hazim answered tak boleh and not yet to most of my questions. And after I finished my daily sudoku, he took my pen and paper to do the crossword plak.as if. my child a prodigy? naah. I'd rather him a normal life like other kids.

I'm still waiting for the answer to a life changing year next 2006. I'm waiting with bated breath.

As for this week's activity, the whole clan will be heading to malacca to reclaim the throne oops no! to follow tokki and indulge ourselves with ikan bakar and assam pedas. Maybe squeeze in to catch Hpotter in between eating. :)

thats all folks

i can drive all nite ..

i love this keyboard .. its like smooth sailing and i can go on and on typing away ..

i have my driving skills back. after the massive congestion today, i'm the old me not independant of having others to drive me around. I must say when u can drive in KL thru traffic and make it on time to ur designated location, u can DRIVE man. I'm kinda glad i can do this again and no longer am a freak else my plans for next year might face glitches. and the best thing, when ur away most of the day, having hazim wait for u at the door with the biggest smile of relief on seein u is the best thing on earth for me.

planned to meet up with some gals for lunch today cos i'm rarely in town but switched to head straight back home cos asking ppl last minute is risky and they turned out swamped with exams, one invigilating, the other marking. bummer but i still have more work to come in town next month so we can have girl bondin later.

ina and dice, if ur reading this and ur in town this weekend, do comeover to sg. ramal dlm, kajang for my open house. 3pm onwards.

time out. til next time.

lost in space

i read a blog that had this quote init ..
'The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.'Gilbert K. Chesterton

i always shudder when i think what life would be if papa or hazim were taken away from me. If u caught the drama 'langit maghrib' on tv3 last nite, i would end up exactly like the protagonist. My whole world would end and i'll do nothing else but dwell in my happy past. God forbid my life ends that way.

back to the cerekarama, the plot was simple with a message but its effects .. whoa! i so sympathised with the lady. imagine losing your husband and four children on the eve of hari raya and then after a month, fell and lost your 5 months baby. so tragic but has happened before. Her shoes are not ones i would want to be in. She was actually grateful to Allah the nite b4 the accident that her life is perfect and goin well. Just kinda like the one I'm having now. But I always take it for granted, unappreciative with what I have. After losing Opah n ATuk that i realized that i spent lil time with them thinkin they would live up to 100 years old and soon i would make up for time lost. Now all i can offer are prayers and hope that they would be placed among the blessed. Insya Allah.

hazim, still with his unfathomable language, call me amma and papa appa. got the deeparaya bug i think. loves to move his hands to the music like in a zapin or traditional dance. dunno what bug he caught of that. now i have another new job when he's around, cleaning his mess. hazim is curious as a cat and inspects everything his eyes catches so i have to put everything back in order. sabar jelah. wonder if i can afford a helper next year. see how lazy a housewife i am ..

tokki got this jet pipe ala car wash from a reward programme last month but only recently put it in use. guess who's in high heaven enjoying the toy? papa n aiman of course. nowadays, all the cars in our garage are sparkling n gleaming. pantang kotor sikit.

'nuff said

open houses .. here we come

the invites are pouring in .. there's hardly a free weekend this month for us. so what i've longed for a long time .. err for about 10 months. this is the time for meeting ppl while stuffing ur face with good free food and getting money too (if the hosts are generous). great for me. wee tiring but worth the outing. laksam, laksa johor, nasi tomato, assam laksa, mee kari .. n so much more yumm .. can hardly wait.

hazim is talking these days. enthusiastically. only problem is .. we can't understand a single word he's saying except words like papa, mama n of course bambang. i stopped him from doin something the other day and he said biar!. looks like somebody's been listenin to what other ppl's saying. one thing that i must cut down is the shouting. but in this house, that'll be kinda hard, everybody shouts when they talk except tokki eventho they're face to face. what can i say when most of them are teachers.

i'm kinda bummed today cos won a contest last month that the prize was sunway lagoon tickets but i lost the proof of purchase in the post so i can't claim my prize. knew i shouldve couriered it. so no sunway in december. we can fork out the money of course but not during the school hols. me n hazim will hate the crowd. bummer. dyin to see the 12PA HP and the goblet of fire tho.

goin back to the alien language shoutin ..

hung up

i had a laugh this morning when ppl talked about their raya dilemma on a morning radio talk show. just becos alhamdulillah, i dont have a raya dilemma this year. I still have money to spend now that raya's gone, I had ample time to beraya, I've had plenty raya food already and I'm just about ready to start working. Now I'm just in the mood for december - the month of all travels. So wake me up when november ends ..

Raya for us was averagely celebrated. We shopped within our means and we visited within our strength. We got to go to both sides' family open houses and hazim had quite a blast. A blast at walking around at ppl's houses. Luckily he enjoys the walkaround and do not touch vases or knick knacks about. Just that after the visits he looks tad tired because of all the walking. But this year's raya was OK for us I guess.

Just one last shoutout, the kajang clan will be having an open house on sunday the 20th of nov, so everyone is cordially invited. Do come.

shopaholic takes kajang

i finished all the shopaholic series in less than two weeks. phew! some might say that thats quite a long span for 4 books but when u have super duper active hazim around, consider yourself lucky that u can even read A book.

so nuthing much to blab but to wish a:

Selamat Hari Raya AidilFitri & Maaf Zahir dan Batin
Kullu 'Am Wa Antum Bikhair (picked that up from years at my alma mater terrer!)

Have a wonderful long holiday. I know i would with stuffing myself and dressing up my real life doll. :)

Papa said 2 ketupats and rendang will make his baju melayu pants burst. Wonder how he'll cope. :)

Enjoy k dear friends n family. Dont forget to comeby.