demam yang tak diundang

ive been sick since wednesday. i thot it was juz a normal flu and i thot it would go away overnite. boy i was wrong. i dont know who got it from who but i wasnt d only one. omar is sick too. and so far i seldom see him getting sick. except for this one. hubby is away until saturday for a work-related meeting. so i stayed at mum's place. u see, i hate getting sick. really, really hate getting sick. it makes me feel helpless. and being helpless is d last thing i need. ever. i dislike asking help from others, i dislike others to organize my kids, i dislike being weak and slow in my movements. im d well-organized kind of person and also, like to rush things. so by being sick, and by that phrase, i was literally weak, and i find it difficult to get up to even do simple chores. oh yeah by d way, d other day, someone did ask, "so u cant wake up?" and i corrected, "of course i can wake up, i juz cant get up!" and for heaven's sake, i would want to wake up!! ok, that's another story.
and i guess when d 3 of us are around day n nite, it makes my mum's place a lil bit crowded.
dont worry mom...we'll be gone by tonite to give u a breather.
i can imagine mum doing d 'phew, legaaaaaaa...' thingy.
hubby's gonna be home tonite. and i miss my own room. i did ask rania, 'rindu tak nak balik rumah?' her usual kucingoren-like heartless answer was, 'mmm, rania sampai tak ingat mcmn rupa rumah kita...' eleh budak ni, baru 2 malam tak balik...karate kang baru tau............

d most stressful 20 minutes of my life

since i drive short-distance everyday, sometimes i do enjoy driving long-distance. for example, sending and picking up ppl to and from klia. so yesterday when my friend who recently gave birth smsed me, asking me to visit her coz she's bored, i willingly obliged. she lives somewhere behind zoo negara so i guess that will only take me 20 minutes. but my, my, the mrr2 is one highway u would want to avoid. no doubt there are 3 lanes. but most lorries conquered the middle lane, d small cars who kinda drive at a snail pace stayed at d middle lane too. and those middle lane veterans hogged the fast lane. so there's no way u can overtake unless u overtake from d left lane which is always full with motorcycles. from what i noticed lately, there are more ppl riding d bikes. and my assumption is that, those newbie riders are those who opted to ride d bikes due to the high petrol prices. these newbies, they hogged d middle lane(mostly!) plus...d left lane.

so u see, i am not exaggerating when i say, those 20 minutes i had to endure yesterday, was the most stressful 20 minutes i have experienced in my whole life. now wait, make it 40 minutes coz on my way back, it was even worse. those 'perasan laju' hogged d fast lane until i reached d toll. and please, let me juz say, im not prejeducing against any car make or model here. seriously, ive seen a kancil overtaking a ferrari b4. its juz that, if u feel like cruising, enjoying d sun or d rain, please, dont do it on d fast lane.

it's annoying!! BIG TIME!!

nun jauh di sano

attended a kenduri at mum's kampung. d food was great, d weather was great, except for a few muddy areas here n there. but it was alrite with me. after feasting ourselves, we took a breather under d rambutan trees. omar enjoyed every moment, plucking d fruits by himself. rania?? well, let's juz say she's a very, very fragile girl. d moment she stepped out of d car, she didnt stop complaining. mostly coz she cant stand being dirty at all. so i passed her to mum. seriously, that girl has got some issues to work out later on. nevertheless, we had fun.
his dad had to guard him coz he cant stop chasing d chickens. and u know what? it's as if he's at home. on our way home, i told rania bout how i would love to have a kampung life. her reply; 'mami mmg suka duduk rumah buruk buruk ke?'

oh rania...........

mr crab

today's menu...

'manalah nak carik mak mcm ni kan...'

hehe...

grr.......

firstly, to answer a dear friend's question, "no, i havent filled up my tank yet."
good eh?? btw, i miss u fren...

nothing new going on. juz when i thot i could save on petrol and food, i didnt see it coming. i had a flat tyre yesterday. instead of doing the most basic thing, i ended up changing all 4. there's no way out. it had to be done. yeah, yeah, life's like that.

welcome back

hooray! my parents are back! that means, the chef is back! kidding, mum...
everything went well. for them, for us back home. err except my dad looks like IMHOTEP now. but that's ok. d moment rania saw her atuk, she said, 'eei, tuanye!!!'
yup, that's rania. and all these while i thot she got her bluntness from me, thank god it wasnt!
perhaps from my other half, who once commented on someone's breath as 'macam neraka.'
well, it runs in the family.

i'm on a mission rite now. ive filled up petrol on d 1st of july...full tank. and i havent been visiting shell since. so trying my best to make it last until end of the month. that's why i said im on a mission. though my workplace is only 5 minutes away and my mum's house is 5 min's away too but still, i do drive everyday. so we'll see how it goes. frankly, im a bit confused though. what's d purpose of all this? i seriously dont know.

what new lifestyle?

is it only me that's adjusting to a new lifestyle or is it my imagination? ive been to a few malls and from what i gathered, i m d only one adjusting to a much lesser cushy lifestyle. certain things need to be cut down unfortunately. and others still shop happily. how fortunate. restaurants are filled with ppl, i wasnt among them, ppl are still carrying paperbags, i wasnt carrying any. i guess not all are affected by the high prices.

tales of the kids

rania told me about this one girl in her school who likes to bully her. they ride the same transport. when she kept telling me bout this girl, i told her to stand up for herself. but i guess she didnt. so an hour ago, she whispered to me what this girl did to her in the van. the girl called her stupid and kinda slapped her face. i didnt witness it so i dont know whether to believe her or not. when i asked her to describe the slap, she said, not the soft kind. sakit. 'what did u do?' nothing. seriously, i dont like to overprotect my kids. so i told her, next time she called u stupid, tell her 'sape ckp org bodoh, dia yg bodoh.' i know this isnt wise either. and i smsed to the transporter to separate them in the future. i know the parents of this girl. and it's not our culture to go and confront them. but i kinda know why the girl behaved that way. the parents are hardly around and when under the constant care of maids, what do u expect eh? and im in no position to advice ppl on how to discipline their kids but at least, teach some manners.

omar has turned two. but he still couldnt complete words. like when he wanted to say thomas, he wud say, ME as in ME(nang). or BOBOB for SPONGEBOB. so the other day, i was telling rania, 'teruk betul bahasa omar.' we did list out a few words. infact, it was like a quiz.
example :
ok, apa dia DER?
BOB THE BUILDER!
next, apa dia TUL?
SCHOOL!
apa dia MOK?
SELIMUT or REMOTE!
apa dia VUAK?
ULAT!!
ok, ok...apa dia ME as in ME(rah)?
SPIDERMAN, ULTRAMAN, BATMAN, SUPERMAN!!

bijak, bijak....