DINNER.......... PART 1

While hubby and kids dah nyenyak di lamun mimpi indah, me cant close my eyes. Cant sleep, may be risaukan my BIL yg sedang kat Hospital. Sambil menunggu my sis call memberi khabar, I pun made a cup of coffee and ape lagi, update blog ah.

Friday I received called from my sis (Umi, Aqil babysitter) from the hospital that my BIL will be warded. My BIL had kidney stones. Few times he was sent to hospital but he had to be warded this time caused the pain is getting worst.

Today I had few places to visit, my BIL at the hospital, my brother at home, since he was discharged I hv not been visiting him and also planned to go Simpang Bedok for dinner.

Sis called me this afternoon, my BIL will be discharged today and will go back to the hospital on Wed for his surgery. And hubby says we visit my brother on Sunday je so today we can bring the kids out for dinner and walk walk.

But before we went to Simpang Bedok for dinner, I singgah my sis house to visit my BIL first. He looks ok, but masih in pain lagi. Chit chat kejap at 6.30 we left my sis place.

We drove straight to Bedok. I nak bring my kids to eat Spize @ Simpang Bedok. Simpang Bedok is quite well-known for its foods. Its an open air restaurant, but looks like coffee shop to. Our first time there. According to people who ate there before, its a very crowded place especially during wkends. When we reached there, its not that crowded yet so easy to get parking and seat.

Macam-macam ade, from seafood, local delicacies, Mediterranean and western.

From the menu, we all pun tak tau ape nak makan, since I told hubby nak bawak the kids makan western, so we all order western foods except for Aqil, he and his Chicken Rice.

Overall not bad, place not so cosy, bz and crowded, but the foods are delicious jugak. Price pun okay, not so expensive.

Nak snap photo pun malu-malu, banyak sangat orang, so I just snap the photos of the foods that we ordered.

I MISS THEM BOTH.....................

Di hari jumaat yg tenang ni, teringat pulak lah at my dearest sis yg jauh di mata.

Few days ago, when hubby and Arin was helping me to search for my Ratu photos, terjumpa lah pulak photo my sis and her hubby.

My sis is in New Zealand, she gave-up her Singapore I/C and migrated to NZ with hubby. My BIL is from NZ, he ia a Moari. He is with the NZ Navy and they met when he was in Singapore , I was still very small than. He converted to Muslim and they got married.

He was a kind man, thou they have no children but he still love my sis with all his heart. A kind hearted men, warm and friendly, loving and caring. He loves to eat Satay and sambal belacan, one of his favourite traditional dishes. Its all in memories now, he passed away few years ago, sorry I cant remember which year, if I am not wrong about 10 to 11 years already.

My sis called from NZ crying, "Abang Long dah meninggal", I was shocked to hear the news, tak pernah I dengar from my sis that he is sick, and suddenly we heard from her he passed away. Its due to heart attack.

For my dearest late brother in-law, "U hv been a good BIL, good hubby to my sis, u take care or her, gave her love, luxury and I missed u sooooo much. Its still fresh in my mind, how u used to carry me when I' still a young little girl, bought me toys, love and cherished me like you love your own. ALLAH lebih menyayangi mu, semoga roh mu di tempatkan di kalangan orang-orang yg beriman, AMINNNN"

My sis was devastated after my BIL left her, its a very big lost to her. We encouraged her to stay strong and to except the fact that he is gone and life had to go on. It takes sometimes for her to get over the trauma. She is alone in NZ, no families except my BIL and her frens.

We did tried to persuade her to come back to Singapore and stay with us, but she refused. She dont want to leave her job, her house and her memories with my BIL there. Only memories will keep them together, their love towards each other.

Last time I saw my sis is 8 yrs ago, she came to Singapore for a short break with her fren. It had been yrs now and I missed her so very much.

"Along when r u coming back home" we missed u a lot sis.

This is a very old photo, taken when I was still a small kid. She is now 50+, eldest sister in the family.

MY FRIDAY MORNING..............

The past few days are really foolished and iritating day for me.

This morning I'm so lazy to wake-up, drag myself to work and when I reached office I lagi felt bored.

Early morning someone iritate me and made me angry for nothing, si Pak Sapam.............

I had to arrange a parcel to Malaysia, Perak. Before that I need to check the cost for the shipment and advise my cutomer if they are agreeable with the cost. So I called OCS, I called thrice, someone pick-up the phone, but when I say HELLO, no one answer me.

Than I called another number, someone pick-up :

Me : Hello, OCS
Someone : Yes
Me : I want to send a parcel to Malaysia, i need to check the cost
Someone : Oh, who u want to meet
Me : No, not meet, I want to check cost of parcel to Perak, can u transfer to customer service
Someone : Oh, this is condominium
Me : What!!!!!!!!!! ok than, I got the wrong no, can you also next time listen carefully

So, bayangkan betapa bingit nye I pagi-pagi lagi dah kenek ngan Pak Sapam yg pekak.

Really too much right, cant get things right these few days. Lucky tomorrow is Friday, I really dont want to spoil my wkend..........

CRITICAL CONDITIONS..........

I'm in a critical conditions, bukan ape, just bz with works, everything urgent, everything critical, everything blah blah blah.............

Frustrated like hell, hv been bz and the saddess things I cant blog and blog hop. Like yesterday I dont really hv the chance to visit fwenz blog at work, terpaksa lah jugak late at night I on my PC at home and kadak reading most of the bloggers blog. Hubby came back at 11.30pm and c me still tercongok kat study room blogging. So I bikin muka kesian with him lah, hope he understand my memek muka.

Since I'm so damn bored with my work, lunch time I went out with Matilda to Sun Plaza. Actually I need to go to the stupid OCBC bank to cash out the chq yg tak berjaya I cash out. I didnt go to CP but I went to Sun Plaza branch. Very funny jugak, OCBC at Sunplaza is also inside shopping centre but they still open at 9.30am, furthermore its at the 2nd storey. OCBC CP located at 1st storey and they hv two entrance but opens at 11am. Hmmm tak habis fikir jugak lah. I really dont like OCBC anyway, I hv bad experienced with the bank, so tak jadi hal lah, I dont hv personal banking with them.

Enough talking about OCBC, after I cashed out the chq, me and Matilda had our lunch at Cavana Chicken Rice. Not bad but expensive seyyy, the serving also very little. Since we cant think of anything else to eat, we chosed Cavana.

Sempat snap pics of the foods that we ordered...........licin jugak we all makan, hehehe.

NOSTALGIA...........RATU MERAK..........

When I read about how Rasp describe me when we met last wkend, "I nampak this tall beautiful lady cat walking ke arah w'uols with family in tow.... it's Moralle!!! " sowie Rasp I cilok this phrase from your entry...... hehehe.

Teringin pulak nak story mory about my experienced when I joined a bridal beauty contest long-long time ago. Me yg macam tomboy has to learn how to do cat walking seyyyyyyy..............

I entered this beauty pageant called "RATU MERAK KAYANGAN". Main sponsor for the pageant is Putri Mas Oriflame Bridal and Beauty Centre.

It was back in 1990 with 400 young and beautiful participants who had registered for the contest. Out of the 400, me and another 4 were married, the rest were all single ladies from Pra-U, Polytechnic and University. I was already married for 1 yr when I joined this contest.

We have to go through 5 heats and only 20 were selected for the Final round. I'm so happy I was selected out of the 20. Actually tak sangka jugak, maklumlah, 1st of all I am already married and I dont hv the experience at all in modelling, I submitted the application form pun suka-suka je.

For all the 20 participants, we have to get our own mak andam and costumes for the contest. It will be traditional and evening gown. When I knew that I hv been selected, I pun calling-calling my mak andam and ask if she is interested to sponsor me for the event. Tak sangka jugak she wants it, lagipun it will be good for her jugak, free advertisement for her to let other people c her works in tatarias and all her collections.

The final had been set in Jan 1990, so those yg selected had to go through belajar cat walking, sitting posture, standing posture, and all types of pose which models has to know. I had a very hard time, I never jalan pose cantik-cantik gitu, than suddenly kenek jalan lady like, very kaku and very difficult for me. 1 month of training, thats all it takes to make me very the lady like, I can walk more lady like, more softer, posed sakan here and there, ooooooooooo tak sangka jugak, hehehe.

The venue for the final is at Panggung Kallang, I think now panggung Kallang dah tak de dah, tak tau dah jadi ape. I was excited and at the same time was very scared to. Hubby pun at that time very supportive, send me to the training centre every week, and even brought some of his frens during the final to support me.

The final day finally arrived, we have to posed 2 costumes, traditional and the evening gown. Both my costumes are new ones, my mak andam really make the effort to sew two new costumes just for me to peragakan for her on the final. On the final day, my hubby was there to support me with his frens, front sit lagi he got.

Before the show start, me at back stage dah start menggigil, maklumlah 1st time on stage with hundreds of people who will be watching u to catwalk with your costumes. I was given tag no. 18, nasib baik jugak, not the 1st one to go.

Alhamdulillah 1st show with the traditional costumes goes very smoothly, menggigil pun hilang, tepukan gemuruh yg I dapat, very soka. But nasib tak menyebelahi I lah, when I peragakan evening gown I did a big mistake, I salah jalan kat atas stage. Ooooooooo malu lah jugak, bayangkan orang yg di bawah sedang memperhatikan u yg salah jalan kat atas stage, u know what, I sempat jeling at my hubby, he was laughing at me at that time. Geram jugak, but ape nak buat, kesalahan I sendiri, so I pun act blur and continue walking.

Bukan rezki I, I tak dapat menyandang the Title "RATU MERAK KAYANGAN", not even the 2nd, 3rd or 4th place.

Its very memorable for me in my life, tak sangka dapat masuk beauty contest. Ya lah, traditional contest like this tak de pendedahan body, sebaliknye menampilkan para peserta dengan pakaian Melayu yg sopan. Experienced yg tak terkata, and I still kept the magazine SERI which they had published in Mei/Jun 1990.

I managed to selongkar all the zaman gemilang photos of me during the pageant. Hubby and Arin help me yesterday night to look for it.

CITER KANTOI.................SO MALU..........

Very angry today, not sure with who, with myself.............. daydreaming..........dreaming about getting a beautiful bright colour slim LAPTOP ):

I came to office a bit late, need to go to post-office and cash out $$$$$$$$$ for company.

So, after I finished at the post-office at Civic Centre, I walked to Causeway Point. The bank is at CP, OCBC.

Is there a bank that opens at 11am ??????????? I need to cash out a chq from customer, so the nearest is at CP. I thought it opens at 9am, the normal timing, I pun terkedek-kedek walk to CP takut nanti ramai lah manusia.

When I reached the bank, this is the best part. I thought its already open, I saw the lighting was on, very bright, I saw a policeman standing with 2 to 3 guys near the ATM machine inside the bank, but I didnt c any people queing at the counter. I was telling myself "ooooo syok not crowded at all, very empty", and I m telling myself also "funny, how come so empty".

Then without any hesitation but happy, "gedebukkkkk, gedebanggggggg", OMG!!!! the sliding glass door is still lock. I looks really stupid at that time, imagine there are few guys inside the bank standing at the ATM machines, and there I am trying to go in but I cant. Instead my forehead bang on the stupid sliding door. The only words that came out from my mouth is "Shittttttttttttttttt"

Okay I'm already very malu, dah tak tentu arah and haluan, nak maintained punya pasal, action took out my HP and action talking over the phone in front of the stupid door. But not talking to anybody, purposely wanted to act a bit lah, cause dah very malu.

While acting near the glass door, than I read the bank opening hrs on the door. Opens from 11am to 5pm. But there is no signage if its close or open, the light was very bright, I saw 2 to 3 people at the ATM machines with 2 police officers inside, so what was I thinking at that time ??????????? Its already OPENNNNNNNNNN....................

Hmmmmmmm I am very very angry and malu okayyyyyyyyy, never had I encountered this kind of incident. I was in a hurry, didnt check properly before I go in, expected the bank already open, didnt thought of anything when I didnt c anyone at the counter. When I felt a bit coooooool, I walk off slowly than, larikkkkkkkkkkkkkk.............

At the end, I didnt cash out the chq, I was hit by the glass door, I was very-very malu.

What a morning, all the way back to office I was laughing at myself, why am I so gong-gong, never check properly first before I want to go in, never crossed my mind that the 2 guys is the bank officer with the Police man to guard them while topping up the ATM machines, and never even crossed my mind that the bank is still close, if its already open how come its not crowded as usual, oh goshhhhhhhhhhhh, what am I thinking ????????????????

Reached office, I told Matilda the whole story, she syok-syok laugh at me to ):

BEEN BZ.................BUT CRAZY THOU

I hardly had the chance to blog today. I hv been bz with month end closing accounts and etc, etc, etc. Like a theft playing hide and seek. While working still desperado to blog hop. As usual boss disappeared a while, me will appeared to blog hop as fast as I can.

I used to blog freely everyday but not now, it seems that my boss had changed his routined and its very hard for me to except it, very very hard simply because I cannot blog freely ):

My only wished now is that I can hv a laptop ASAP so that I can blog from home without hassle. I'm lazy to blog from home because I hv to go in to the study room, log-in to the desktop, ohhhhhhh its very troublesome. When can I get my dream laptop ??????? so that I can blog freely from every corner of my house, ohhhhhhhhhh its really torturing me now, " ayahhhhhhhhhh, lalinggggggggg, lawkonggggggggg oh please please get me my laptop, am I going to get it on 19/7 or am I not ????????????? u hv asked me what brand, what colour I want, I'm still wondering if I'm going to hv it soon....................

I hv been typing and saving this entry since 3 hrs ago, keep receiving interruption from left, right, up and down.

Now my boss are out of the office, or should I say, left for the day, another 1hr for me to rush my entry and blog hop.

Posting pictures of my son Aqil with his new haircut , snap his pic while watching Ironman alone at the entertainment area yesterday night while the rest of us watching TV at the hall area.