Dream on..

Oh, I had the sweetest dream last night (even though I had trouble sleeping at first).. And I think I even had tears when I woke up.. If only the dream came true.. We'll just have to wait a few more days :)

Anyway, the 28 days period of 'confinement' is finally over. Yay, I can take leave again..

However, I don't think I'll be taking this 'second job' for long. February 5th 2011 marks the date of 4 years in service and I already filled in 'the form'. Receiving the email from HR is a bless and a relieve too.

So, she better start looking for a new candidate.. hehehe..


UPDATE:

Nope, it's negative..

Punishment

Currently, I have a huge ulcer at the back of my mouth near the throat.. I can't barely open my mouth to speak or even eat anything and my left cheek is swelling.. At night, I had trouble sleeping because it's very painful to swallow my own saliva.. Torture..

And I said, I must've done something to deserve this just a teeny weeny punishment from God but I'm glad that God still loves me and gave me this small misery as a reminder..

I remember having 8 ulcers at a time when I was wearing braces. Yes dear, 8 through out my mouth and tongue. Every time I wanted to eat or brush my teeth, I had to gargle warm salt water to numb the whole mouth. No wonder I shed kilos of weight during that 2 and 1/2 years of torture.

Anyway, from my own experience, warm salt water is the fastest cure for ulcer. Sometimes, I just put salt directly at the ulcer. Ah, imagine the pain and the tears..

Had 2 half cooked egg with a few dashes of black and cayenne pepper for breakfast and definitely broth or soup for lunch and dinner.. I miss solid food.. hehehe

Decision, decision

The phone kept on ringing.. From house agents..
I can't even keep track which agent with which house. Silly me. Maybe I should make a file for it. The organizer are filled with papers already.

The past few weeks were filled with house-hunting activities.. Went to see the houses after work which I think is the most appropriate time to go to that particular area during peak hours.

Got myself seduced with Apartment Anggun Bangi in Seksyen 4 BBB. A little bit expensive for just an Apartment, around 250K. But for investment purposes, why not? I'm sure once it is completed in 2012, the price might come to about 350K. There are a few units of type B still available if some of you are interested. No, I'm seduced with it but I didn't place my booking. Still having a war of mind about it.

Whatever it is, househunting is very tiring.. We can't wait to get ourselves The House. With the pace we're going right now, maybe we'll have one early next year. InsyaAllah. But no rest for the time being until we find one.

Well anyway, the houses occupied by tenants are usually dirty and not nice. Maybe, just maybe the tenant purposely did that as a protest because they were asked to leave the house in order for the owner to sell it. I think the owner should at least, vacant the house, clean it a little bit and only then classified it. Last Saturday, Ma and I went to have a look at a house in BBB, occupied by tenant. Euww, we went in there less than 5 mins. Leaking, very dirty, small but then 295K. Crazee..

Since we know that the house we're looking now may not be our last, we better find one with better prospect to resell it later on for us to buy a bigger house. That is the plan so far. However, those with good prospects are usually so near to town which result to traffic jam and that cannot be avoided.

Yesterday, we went to see a house in B*kit M*wah.. The interior is awesome. The owner bought the house, renovated it and wants to resell it at 320K. The price is out of our budget plus there are no surau or masjid nearby and the road in front the house is very narrow.

So far we don't want to combine our loan for some reason but the plan may change, we'll never know. And we can't buy something so expensive because our incomes won't make it to pay the monthly loan..

Due to this activity, I've abandoned my daily jog and the plan to lose some weight is postponed. Don't go asking other friend whether I'm pregnant or not because I'm just fat ok :D hehehe

2 in 1

Setiap hari, tengok barang best, tak jadi beli sebab nak simpan duit, nak beli rumah..

Sebulan sekali, tengok orang pergi merantau sana sini, tak dapat pergi.. Simpan duit, nak beli rumah..

Terngiang2: 10% deposit (3% booking 7% upon signing S&P).
Kalau takda cash di tangan pun susah tahu..

Oh, a'ah.. Sedang mencari rumah 2nd hand. Mana ada kawasan perumahan baru di sekitar 20km radius Putrajaya ni lagi yang kurang RM300K.. Kalau ada terjumpa, sila share, jangan kedekut..

*stress*

Cepat2 la dapat membeli rumah idaman dan saya boleh membelanja baki wang bulanan saya di hujung bulan tanpa rasa serba salah lagi..

Dan sering kali menyesal tidak membeli rumah 3 tahun++ lepas masa mula2 masuk kerja yang pada masa itu, rumah di kawasan idaman hanyalah RM160K dan sekarang dah mencecah RM300K berserta lumut, lalang dan pagar yang berkarat..

Sekarang sedang giat mencari rumah.. FB no more or jarang2.. Tiap kali bukak internet di rumah, laman2 web property yang menjadi tumpuan.. Setiap malam tengok update orang nak jual rumah..

Stress tahu nak mencari rumah ni..

Nak yang murah tapi burok dan dekat;

Nak yang mahal tapi cantik dan dekat; atau

Nak yang murah tapi cantik dan jauh?

Saya nak yang murah tapi dekat dan cantik.. Jawapannya: Tiada dalam senarai pencarian..


Nak rumah yang untuk tinggal sampai ada cucu; atau

rumah yang mungkin perlu disewa atau dijual (atas faktor kerja yang berisiko untuk diposting ke state lain)?

Kalau rumah tu confirm tinggal sampai tua, jauh sikit dari kemudahan pun ok lagi. Tapi kalau berisiko nak kena jual atau sewa, kenalah cari di kawasan yang ada kemudahan kedai, pengangkutan dll baru boleh kenakan harga yang tinggi sikit..


Kawan-kawan kata, gabung la loan, lepas tu beli rumah 450K..
---> Lepastu tiap hari makan makanan kurang zat demi membayar duit rumah bulan2. Alahai, pendapatan isi rumah kami masih belum mampu untuk rumah sebegitu mahal.


Membuat keputusan untuk komitmen 30 tahun ni sangat susah...

Research, research, research...


Kami dah dapat tawaran berpindah ke rumah teres di P11. Tapi kami tolak. Sebab bagi kami, bila kami pindah, haruslah ke rumah sendiri. Tinggal di apartment pun sudah memadai untuk 2 orang. Rumah itu pun sekadar persinggahan. Hanya ada perabot asas, tiada gantungan gambar di dinding, tiada bunga2an, tiada asteruk dan tiada mesin basuh.. hehe..


Tahun 2011, usia 27, saya mahu:
1. Jadi umat, isteri dan pekerja yang baik;
2. Rumah;
3. Anak (hehehe); dan
4. badan yang kurus..

Ayuh!


~Mama saya pada usia 27, sudah ada 2 rumah, 2 orang anak dan badan yang kurus.. Tak termampu teman nak kejor..

Work and play..

2010 is coming to an end.. Is it just me, or everyone else feels that this year moves extremely fast?

I was asked once again to cover somebody else's work. An officer who's now undergoing his 6++ month course.

Yeah, I will get paid. A quarter of his basic salary monthly.

However, it's not about the money, it's about the responsibility.

Now, I have more work to do..

So, why am I wasting my time blogging about it now??? Haha, see ya..

p/s: I can't take leave for 28 freaking days which ends on the 26th. Since I still have 20 days more leave this year, should I or should I not take a 5 day leave straight from 27th to 31st??

House-hunting

Looking for a house is exhausting.. We went up to Sg. Long and got lost in Semenyih yesterday.. At the end of the day, I suffered from severe migraine and dear husband had to skip his weekly badminton session in order to take care of me.. Thanx abang..

Coming back to house-hunting, the house price is skyrocketing like crazy. An ugly, dirty, 1400sqf house in Bandar Baru Bangi can reach up to 300K which was only 200K in year 2009. Since there is no more new area launched within 10km radius of Putrajaya, we had no choice but to opt for 2nd hands. But it is not cheap.. Plus, some needs major renovation which costs more money.

*sigh*

House-hunting needs us to do homework, research and calculations; the leasing, the area, the market value (in case we got transferred to other state and need to rent the house), the distance, the time consuming, the build-up, etc, etc, etc.. Whether it's the cheap but ugly 2nd hands without renovation, more expensive 2nd hand but with some furnishing and renovation, or Bukit Mahkota's or Seri Putra's which are a bit far but nice beautiful houses..

*head-ache*

How I wish I can skip all these things and buying a house is as easy as choosing a blouse.

A year occupying the quarters have costs us almost 5K. Quite a big sum for something we paid which is not going to be ours. We have to find our own house quickly but...carefully.

We can combine our govt loans and buy a 400K house for instance BUT... our monthly income can't afford to pay that much monthly or to cough-up a big chunk on down-payment.. And I can't finish up my savings, I need to have some in case of emergencies.. Plus, we have to think of the extra monthly expenses when we had kids later on.. Ah, so much to think about.. This is why I hate being an adult.. hehe

Anyway, as we were browsing through properties on auction's websites, we came across a house. The reserved price is so much cheaper from the the market price for a house in that area. Asking here and there about the procedures. Luckily we have a friend who is kindly enough to help. However, in order to join in the bidding, we need place a deposit of 10% of the reserved price. So I guess, it's time to use up part of my savings and the EPF money..

Then, we need to do some research on the house itself before the bidding day and we haven't even had a look on the house yet. We are familiar with the area but we don't know the condition of the house. What ever it is, this is our first experience about auction and bidding. I'm kinda excited. Even if we decided not to go for the bidding or lost on the bidding, this is a new knowledge to learn.

No more Putrajaya Seafood

Last Thursday, Sis Yana came to stay overnight at my house because Ma's flight from Australia will be arriving at 3.30 Friday morning. Therefore, KLIA is so much nearer from Putrajaya than from Selayang. So, that night we wanted to eat something different other than mamak restaurant or Thai food.

Since I never ate at Putrajaya Seafood Restaurant, I brought them there. And here is the bill..


"Titbits" was the kacang rebus they served while waiting for the food. RM7 for a very small portion. There was no napkins, so they gave us wet towel and again, it was charged.

The wet towel

The place looks rather exclusive. The panoramic view is nice. The food was tasty except that the portion is very2 small.

However, the Stir Fried Chicken Chilly with Cashewnut had more cashewnut than the chicken itself so I would like to recommend it to be renamed as Stir Fried Cashewnut with Chicken Chilli instead.

Anyway, we were kind of disappointed with one of the waiters (whom didn't even wear a nametag).

Our waiter that night was a bit rude and clumsy. When we wanted to order the vegies, he recommended baby kailan but we ordered something else and he responded, "Suka hatilah" with the face as if he's angry we didn't order baby kailan. In the end, the vegies didn't arrive at all and when we asked about it, he said he forgot to place the order to the cook and no remorse shown on his face. He spilled the tomyam while serving us, no "excuse me" while preparing the plate or while serving the food, main tolak2 je suruh kita ke tepi.

He hold the spoon at the bowl of the spoon instead of the handle. Which I think it was not hygienic at all. Same went with the bowl. He didn't carry a tray but he carried the 4 bowls with his fingers tercelup ke dalam mangkuk itu. (Boleh imagine kan macam mane??) Eeeuuuuwwww...
So this is what we get with the 10% service charge?? Waiter Kenny Roger's pun lagi proper la...

No thank you, we won't come again or recommend this to our friends....

Things to ponder

I haven't been a good friend and in fact, I haven't been a good daughter either since getting married. No, I'm not blaming on the married life, I'm just a bad time manager. Always procrastinating on everything.

Therefore, when Ma confided to my sister saying she misses her baby daughter, I felt so guilty and made a promise to myself, I must make a habit to call Ma every day. Even how busy I am, what is a few minutes of my precious 24 hours a day compares to my mom.

Having a chat with Ma just now, she asked me a simple question.. "Why do I want children?"

So, Why do you want children??

Cepat jawab?


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Sebab anak ialah pelengkap keluarga? ------> WRONG

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Sebab nak bagi zuriat kepada suami? ------> WRONG

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I answered, "It's for my afterlife. It's because children are the only thing left when I'm no longer here in this world that will continuously pray for me"

RIGHT!

So, when that is my niat, be it my own children or others, as long as I teach them well, insyaAllah that is the best treasure in this whole wide world..

Sobs...

Ma cakap, mungkin kita banyak dosa sebab tu tak dapat apa yang dihajati. Jadi beristighfar la banyak2 setiap hari. Dan ada ustaz ni cakap, di dunia akhir zaman ni ada satu jin yang suka makan janin keturunan yang baik2 dan membiarkan keturunan yang kurang baik berleluasa ramainya supaya menghasilkan komuniti Islam yang tidak berkualiti. Sungguhpun demikian, Allah la yang mempunyai kuasa yang paling besar. Jika Dia hendak beri, tiada apa yang boleh menghalang..

Dan mungkin, sekarang bukan masa yang terbaik untuk kita bak kata suami saya tiap kali saya menangis bila datang menses.

Selamat menyambut bulan perkahwinan yang ke 16.. Eh, eh, bukan hari ni, lagi 5 hari.. hehehe

Wasted..

Not that slang wasted.

A friend of mine, graduated in electrical engineer from one of the prestigious Uni in Korea quit his job as the govt engineer recently. He's an electrical engineering graduate and was asked to do civil engineering things. He couldn't cope and the work given were not his passion. So he resigned, currently working with one of the top international microchip companies and so happy with it.

Well, his contract stated, if the govt were unabled to offer him a job * year(s) after he graduated, he is no longer bonded with the contract. But if the job were offered within that * year(s), contractually, he must work with the govt for 4 to 5 years. My contract carries the same clauses, except for the sum of money sponsored of course. So I was kinda shock because I thought overseas scholars should be given more strict clauses. hehehehe

Luckily for him, the govt offered him the job AFTER * year(s) he graduated. So, when he felt he can no longer tahan with it (not doing what he has learned for 4 freaking years), he resigned. The contract was not breached so the govt loses another great person. When I say another, it means, this happens a lot..

It kept me wonder, didn't the "high fliers" there do any research on what particular sector is critical and needs sponsoring so that when these smart people graduate, they will fill in the empty posts needed in the govt sector rather than being asked to do jobs that are not related at all with what they have learned in the univ?

And when these students were sponsored hundred thousands of ringgit each, is * year(s) sufficient enough to bond them?

In the end, the private sectors are at the winning side. They don't have to sponsor anyone but they get all the good brains that were sponsored by our govt..

Bravo!