Alhamdulillah En lanun dah selamat sampai ke base pada hari isnin kelmarin. sepatutnye kapal tu sampai hari selasa tapi hari isnin tu dh sampai ke Penang, diaorg kira2 minyak cukup utk sampai ke base so group airwing ni balik dulu la he he ( amik kesempatan ). Dapatlah cuti seminggu, start semalam (Rabu) hari ni dah sampai kg di Melaka. Kebetulan mak mentua teman pun ada kt Klang, tgh terfiki2 mcm mana nk balik rumah sebab ada medical check up esok, hari Jumaat. Kebetulan kami pun nak balik ke kg so elok ajelah amik dia kt rumah kakak en lanun tu. tak payahlah menyusahkan anak2 yg lain tu kan sbb diaorg pun bekerja. Letih jugak sampai je tadi terus pergi tesco, beli barang dapur & lauk pauk almaklumlah dah 3 minggu mak mentua teman tinggalkan rumah. pkl 2.30 ptg tadi baru sampai rumah. Cuti lama ni seronoklah sket sebab x payah terkejar2. mana tidaknye, rumah teman kt umbai, rumah En lanun kat Klebang, jaraknye lebih kurang setengah jam je so kalau x balik jenguk 2-2 rumah mmg x patutlah kan. itu lah sebab nye x dpt duduk lama satu rumah, sehari semalam aje yang dpt. orang kata untunglah sekali balik dpt jumpa semua tapi rasanye masa tu lebih banyak habis di tengah jalan aje. Kalau hari raya lagi lah haru. mmg penat kjp2 mak sana panggil sedara dtg rumah nk jumpa. skjp lagi mak sini pulak tipon ada sedara dtg nak jumpa. Sampai x tahu turn rumah sapa yg sebenarnya. Lagi terkejar2 dengan jam kereta banyak kadang2 sampai 45 minit baru sampai rumah lagi satu.
Cakap pasal raya ni..hmm..x tau lah turn rumah sapa. tahun lepas sepatutnye turn rumah teman, tapi en Lanun mintak raya kt Klebang sebab 1st raya tanpa bapa mertua teman jadi mereka adik beradik pakat2 la semua sekali raya kt rumah tu, konon2 nk teman kan mak mentua teman lah. mmg lah niat tu baik tapi masuk raya ke dua ketiga semua dh lesap balik rumah mak mentua masing2. jadi oleh kerana rumah teman dekat je, terpaksalah menimbangkan macam mana nak balik beraya kt rumah mak teman pulak. Kesian lah kan dia tinggal sorg2. Pastu dengar2 tahun ni 2-3 keluarga yang dh confirm raya rumah mak mentua. Susah jugak ni kalau semua raya rumah mentua sapa plak nk tolong mak tu memasak & melayan tetamu dtg nanti. Nasib baiklah family teman x berapa kisah pasal turn-turn ni janji dtg jenguk x kiralah hari raya berapa. Silap2 tahun ni En lanun kena duty. hmm lagi haru.
Apa apa hal pun teman redha ajelah...yang penting dpt melaksanakan ibadah puasa dengan sempurna insya Allah.. rasa- rasanye tahun ni dapat puasa penuh lagi kot *wink wink* insya Allah.....

Since En lanun is away I have extra time to do what I used to love to do- reading. And you should see how many books En lanun bought for me when he went to UK & US last year and I haven't read most of them so I took this opportunity to read them One of the books that I just finish reading is One Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Husseini. Oh, it's so, so heart-wrenching but in a good way, about the struggle life in Afghanistan with all the wars and Taliban, the hunger and death. This gives me an idea to start my own book review, so that i can share my thoughts about the books I have read. but mind you i'm not in any way a professional or have any formal education about this, it's going to be just my personal opinion, nothing more nothing less. And I'm sooo excited about this, I have more than 100 books (mostly fictions) so expect something better from my blog after this :)

2 days ago my house was out of electricity. Well, not only my house but the whole Lumut, Manjung & Sitiawan (later i found out from my sis-in-law whom staying at a hotel in Lumut with her family also having that problem. Blackout is ok with me, luckily I'm always ready with a torchlight above my head except that it happened at 12.15 midnight when the kids just about to sleep so I had to use a magazine to fan them because it's like, the air just stop flowing and it's so quiet I was afraid the kids will wake up & cried because of the heat. To make it worse the electricity recovered but not after 3 hours at 3.15 am and i'm so sleepy and tired and my hand was numb after too much fanning. Alhamdulillah the kids didn't wake up just stirred a lot maybe because they felt a bit uncomfortable sleeping in a hot room. It's a miracle I didn't hear my next door neighbour's baby cried that night, considering they were like, living in a hotel room with the air cond turn on 24/7. I can't wait for another 10 days because as I am writing this, En lanun is on his way (on the ship, of course) back to Lumut. Alhamdulillah...my prayers has been answered :) hopefully it's going to be one smooth, safe & sound 10-days sailing, And I will be waiting. Patiently. Though I felt like my chest is going to explode from all the anticipation but I don't care-it's a happy day!

I took a few photos of the girls while we were playing at the field infront of my house. This is actually a two different pictures and I combined them because in one picture Balqis was not looking at the camera while Auni was smiling so cute, vice versa. So using Photoshop I cut Balqis picture and put it next to Auni in the other picture, and here is the result. It's not perfect though, back at my old job this would have been rejected by myself he he but this would do, for now.

I'm a proud mother. ha ha. While En Lanun is away, I have 3 things that I would like to do- first, to quit breastfeeding Auni. Secondly, to stop using disposable diapers on Balqis and the last one is to teach Balqis at least to know her ABCs. Well, the first one is done- 2 days after he left I started, or rather, stopped giving Auni breastfeeding. And I've started wearing disposable diapers on Balqis a week ago and it's quite a disaster at first- she couldn't tell when she had to go and pee everywhere and poo 2-3 times around the house which I had to clean it right away to avoid further mess, no thanks to Auni. I managed to control my temper whenever she 'terlepas' because, well, she's been wearing that for 3 years so I had to cut her some slack. So yesterday while I was performing my Asar prayer I heard Balqis calling me and late I heard she's flushing the toilet and when I was done I went to see her and there she was, waiting for me so obidiently like she's never did before, saying " cptlah mama, akak berak ni. kakak x pandai ceboklah paip ni ketat sangat" ha ha I laughed and cleaned her, saying she's so good and promised to take her to the playground and ice cream afterward. So I am a proud mother, baru seminggu belajar dah x payah pakai pampers lg. Alhamdulillah...tapi teman masih pakaikan pampers waktu tido malam, just incase...haru jugak nak hilangkan 'rupa, bau & rasa' nye pada tilam yg mahal tu he he..

Another week passed by. As usual En Lanun called yesterday for 3 minutes and Balqis took almost 2 minutes leaving me for a minute talking so fast like a jet plane. But it's ok just hearing his voice and to know that he's well is good enough, hopefully the ship that is scheduled to bring they all home for another 2 weeks will be repaired in time, insya Allah. My cousin and her husband came last Saturday from a biz trip at Bt Gajah and went home to JB yesterday morning so that's left me with the kids all alone, again. Rasa- rasa nak pergi Kamdar beli kain utk buat langsir bilik hujung tu. We just had the room painted pink- it's the girls' room, anyway- so the chocolate curtain that I made previously doesn't match the paint and the bed and other deco stuff I bought for the room- pink-purple clock with flowery pattern, pink mirror etc so it really needs to go down and be replaced with something that will go along with the theme. Kena tunggu En lanun baliklah, susah nak pilih kain kalau xde orang jaga budak-budak ni.


Ptg td jalan2 kat area taman umah teman...Auni dan toncetnye...

Kakak teman dah bertolak ke Kedah pagi td & dah sampai pun 1.30pm td. Malam td bawak diaorg gi jln2 kat lumut.ingatkan saje2 nak pusing2 rupa2nye ada mcm bazaar jualan barang mcm kt pasar malam tu. So singgah lah skjp tgk2 barang kt situ. then beli char kuew tiau & sate , balik rumah tgk Transformers kt HBO. Teman tak boleh lelap mlm td pasal panas bebeno skjp2 teman terbangun on air cond, pasang timer 1 jam. baru sejam dua terlelap bangun lagi on aircond balik. hu hu bangun subuh teman turun bawah tgk kakak teman & husband dia pun dah pindah tido kt luar bilik dkt ruang tamu. alahai kesiannye...diaorg x bukak plak aircond kt situ. apa nk buat nanti teman pasang exzhaust fan kt bumbung tu lah, dengar2 harnganye cuma seribu lebih & rumah pun kurang hangat mcm skrg ni.
Insya Allah..kalau ada rezeki...

Dah pukul 7.07 am. mengantuknye teman. akhir-akhir ni tension sket. x larat nak mengadap perangai anak2 ni yang makin lama makin menjadi2. kejap-kejap berebut mainan, menangis. kejap-kejap panjat grill pintu, jatuh, menangis. kejap-kejap menangis tak bersebab. letih lah. bila lah diaorg ni nak belajar bertolak ansur. teman dah abis idea dah macam mana nak handle diaorg ni *sigh*

Insya Allah kakak teman & family akan datang umah teman esok sebab dia ada majlis kenduri kahwin sedara belah suami dia kat Kedah. lagipun sekarang kan cuti sekolah, boleh lah bawak anak- anak berjalan makan angin. boleh bawak diaorg gi Teluk Batik nanti. Hari Sabtu pulak sepupu teman dari JB nak dtg jalan2 ke Lumut sebab husband dia ada biz trip kat Batu Gajah dan dia ikut sekali. Wah meriah lah sket umah teman weekend ni :)

Bila lah En lanun nak balik ni...hmm...