#prayforMH370

Yesterday night, the Prime Minister has officially confirmed that MH370 has ended in the southern of Indian Ocean. They have also assumed that there were no survivors and that, they are still continuing with the search and rescue mission to look for the "black box" and possible, to look for the plane.

My prayers are to the family and friends of MH370 passengers and the cabin crew. Al-Fatihah.

But what I don't understand is that the stupidity that the reporters have shown throughout this whole period of time with their inappropriate-insensitive questions, provoking the search and rescue team for their capabilities in doing their job. I'm sure and I believe that they have done their tremendous job in searching for the missing jetline. 

Although I strongly believe that they are not telling us the whole truth but I'm sure, they have done their very best in controlling the situation. Who would have thought that such incident can happen here in Malaysia. We are among the safest country in the world and yet, it can still happened.

And honestly, the China Chinese have to really know how to manage their anger and patience. It's THE Indian Ocean that we're talking about. Even the submarines can't go any deeper than that.  And there is no point in pointing fingers to anyone at this point of time. Please, be patience!

It's always easier said than done. I personally couldn't imagine if my family, husband, parents were in that plane and I'm not sure how I can handle it if it happens to me. There is no words to describe how it feels. It's heartbreaking, for sure!

This incident is really an eye opener to all of us. But Allah has a better plan for all of us. Redha!

Semoga roh mereka ditempatkan di dalam golongan orang-orang yang beriman. Al-fatihah.

Hello March!

Pejam celik, pejam celik, sekejap je dah bulan March. Which means, first quarter of the year akan berlalu dengan pantasnya. It feels like it was just yesterday where we greeted each other "Happy New Year" on new year's eve and talked about our goals and dreams for 2014. Time passes very fast without us realizing it, MasyaAllah. Kejap sangat!

So, how's my year so far? A lot has happened since the beginning of the year. It's been a busy February for me and it'll be a busy month in March too, I foresee!

Work-wise, well, there's nothing to shout about. Work has been so stressful lately that I build a strong feeling of tendering my resignation letter. Not that I can't cope with it. It's just that maybe I'm just being tired, I don't know! I need a vacation (oh, alasan semata-mata)

I'm back in being a student which could possibly be the reason why I'm so stressed lately. Good news, Alhamdulillah I managed to go through the last semester with flying colors. I was never a top student during high school - sekadar cukup makan saja. And I was slightly above average during degree tapi bila buat Masters, results macam gempak je! Cheh, bukan nak belagak but results amat memberangsangkan, Alhamdullilah. Masters is tougher in terms of timing because I'm a working person and a mother hence why it is tough. But Alhamdulillah, this is my second last semester and I know I can do this! Sikit je lagi.

As mentioned in my previous post, something BIG is happening soon. As excited as it sounds, we secured our first property, finally! Alhamdulillah. Another reason to be thankful for! I'll right about it soon once everything is confirmed. But for now, lets keep it at its low. *excited*

This is like a dream come true - it is actually! After searching high and low for the right one, we finally, finally agreed to this. I'll right about it soon, I promise!

The company just recently announced that we are going to Melbourne for our company trip, woohooo! It'll be during the long weekend break of Labour Day! It's a short weekend trip but I guess, it doesn't matter right? Everything is paid for. All one gotta do is pack the bag and leave! I have no plan to shop. Well, Melbourne is not the place to shop anyway (den tak mampu). It'll be merely sight-seeing but yeah, everything is pad for, so, ikut je! Something to look forward too! Lepas ni kena kerja macam buruh kasar lagi lah nampaknya.

That's it for now. I hope I can update more frequently just like before but I guess, life happens.

Have a nice day peeps. 

The greatest thing about being a mom

After a very long day at work and,

After the long drive battling with the traffic jam,

It feels so good to be back home 

watching the lil muchkin feeling so happy stylo-mylo playing with her toys

I may have done something right in the past to deserve this.

Alhamdulillah, hilang penat serta-merta.

Thank you Allah for giving me the best gift ever, my daughter, Iman Alexandria.

Friday the 7th

I decided to take half am EL today simply because I seriously, seriously don't have the mood to push myself to work this morning. But why half day? I still have work that I need to settle and they are all due today, LOL! Yes, I am being the lazy me today!

Tetapi Allah itu maha adil. Tergerak hati nak check results tadi and Alhamdulillah, I scored! *jumping jumping chicken dance*. Dengan tiba-tiba semangat berkobar-kobar untuk bekerja datang membuak-buak. Dah tak malas dah. Oh well, it is still the unofficial results. The official one is due next week. But at least, I have a rough indication of how my grades look like. Alhamdulillah! Alhamdulillah! And I decided to celebrate with preparing myself to go to work right after I posted this post *semangat*semangat*

So anyway, it's Friday. Let's us all enjoy the last day of the CNY break with my latest song addiction - Yuna: Rescue

Have a great weekend lovers!

The Helper

Being a working mum is definitely the toughest job in the world. One has to divide her time equally between work and family. Often, a working mum struggles because clearly it always been spending more time on work than with the family. And I have to admit, I am one of those working mum. Hence, having a helper is very important especially when you're away for work.

When I was pregnant, I told my parents that I don't want to send my future children to the nursery because one, with the recent cases of babies found dead under the care of the nurseries, I'm traumatized. I do not want to face that kind of situation, nauzubillah minta simpang! Two, hygiene factor; There are too many children under their care hence the surrounding is questionable and lastly, security reasons. Engaging with a full time maid is also not our option unless if we desperately couldn't find any helper.

When Iman was born, my husband and mother took turn looking after Iman. Izwan was still engaged with Astro then hence his working hours was more flexible. My mother will look after Iman in the morning and Izwan in the afternoon. 

Luckily, at that time, we managed to find a reliable helper. Her name is Rita. She works as a cleaner at a school nearby and she'll come by our house in the afternoon to look after Iman. She was our helpful helper for almost a year. We actually wanted to take her as our full time helper but unfortunately, her employer doesn't allow her. And since she has to work two shifts now (morning and afternoon), she can no longer come to our house to look after Iman. And there goes another round of searching for a helper.

We were going up and down searching for a helper. Like I mentioned, engaging with a full time maid is not our option. Dengan case yang bukan-bukan lagilah tak nak ambik maid. Dengan berkat usaha dan bantuan, Alhamdulillah we managed to find one helper who can work full time. By full time means, 8 hours job. She does not need to stay with us. She will only need to come in the morning and we'll send her back at night when everyone is back from work. Mula-mula tak convince juga sebab dia muda sangat. Tapi, Alhamdulillah, sangat reliable. She is like a family to us now.

Her name is Linda. She's turning 20 this year, I think. Very young. She can't speak BM that fluent but she understands English very well. She has been Iman's best friend for a year now. She has been a very helpful helper, MasyaAllah, I owe it to her. If it wasn't because of her, I don't think I can survive this motherhood. I would probably have to quit my job and do not sign-up with the Masters programme. She has been treating Iman very well. And because of that, we treat her like our own family members. Tapi yang sedihnya, she only wants to jaga Iman until Iman turns three lepas tu she plans to balik kampung (Indonesia). I hope she'll change her mind.

Kadang-kadang, susah nak cari orang yang boleh dipercayai. Tapi bila dah jumpa, bersyukur sangat. Sebab tu, I don't mind paying her extra or get her gifts every time I'm out for holiday. I don't think she'll ever read this but if she does (memang taklah kan), I hope she knows how thankful we are for all the help she has put in, looking after Iman when we're not around. Thank you so much! Moga Allah saja yang membalas jasa baik kamu sekeluarga. Amin.