Shopaholic Back in Action - Warehouse Sales (Part 1)

2010 shopping spree begin.. so it all started during Litt Tak Warehouse Sales (11/3-14/3). I never been to this warehouse sales before because basically they offer toys dat I thought only for da 'big boys'. But after reading some reviews, well I decided to go on the last day..

I got almost 10 toys for Danial... mostly Ban Dai toys where the price ranging between RM5 to RM18. Nak kata good bargain tu, boleh tahan laa cos' definitely those toys tak dpt below RM10 la kalau normal price.

Tak yah citer byk.. tgk je la hasil tangkapan kat bawah ni.

Aku takleh resist yg ni.. beli gak dgn alasan utk hubby's cousin yg nak bersalin soon.. RM40 je ok.. disney baby lg.. kat kotak ni tulisan jepon mmg aku tak paham la.. but something like 16 in 1 kinda thing toy... i likeee

Pastu aku telah terjebak ke L'oreal, Maybelline and Garnier Warehouse Sales .. bila tu tak ingat plaks.. on da 19th - 21st tak silap.. dekat Hotel Seri Petaling.

Cam biasa la at first the reason to go is to get my almost nak abis Maybelline Clear & Smooth compact powder n L'oreal lipstick (kalau murah)...

Dah alang2 nak pegi tu aku pon bagitau kat Mimy n Iqa.. so Mimy kirim Garnier's White Mask, Garnier whitening deodorant and eyeliner (hitam). Mimy sempat pesan utk aku usha2 lipstick yg murah2 n color2 yg aku tau dia suka :)

So bila dah sampai tu, I managed to grab items pesanan Mimy - Garnier's White Mask @ RM18 for 5 pcs (i even grab one for myself). As for deodorant tu.. yg whitening dah abis (RM3 each) tinggal yg silky smooth @ RM4 each. Eyeliner color hitam pon for Maybelline n L'oreal habisss...

Maybelline compact powder yg aku target pon dah habis tinggal color putih jek.. harga RM8. But the new Maybelline Clear & Smooth (blue box) is still available at RM9 each.. decided to give it a try, I took 2 boxes (Honey) and 1 box (Sand Beige) for my mom. Other things that I bought are as follows:

1. Lipstick

L'oreal Color Riche in Brown Stone (3 pieces) @ RM17 each (my favourites! can't leave without it)

L'oreal Color Riche Eva Longoria @ RM17 each (2 pieces)

L'oreal Color Riche Michelle Yeoh @ RM17 each (2 pieces)

Maybelline Water Shine @ RM12 (1 pc) - this is for Mimy, can't remember the color.. but nice nude pinkish color that suit her taste

2. L'oreal Hair Color - Feria (RM17) and Creme (RM16)

3. Elseve leave-on hair conditioner (RM10)

4. L'oreal De-Maq Cashmere Make-up Remover (RM12) - first time using it n i give it 8 out of 10 as rating

5. L'oreal DermaExpertise face wash (RM10) - im using SKII before but after the product finished I started using Olay face wash.. this L'oreal thing work just find on my skin similar to Olay

6. L'oreal for Men face wash (RM4-RM8) - i got few ranges for my hubby to try out..

well.. this whole warehouse shopping thing doesn't stop here.. nantikan episode 2 of my shopping story and many more :)

Snapshots - Part 2 (trip to Kelantan)

remember in my last entry ada ckp yg aku nak g outstation kan? ingat tak?? tak ingat meh aku ingatkan.. after for sooo longggg i'm finally got the chance to go outstation for my audit assignment (dat should not be named..) ke mana?? KELANTAN!! opps sorry agak over di situ. not like i went to UK or Azerbaijan or something.. tp excited sgt2 cos' dah lama btul terperuk sampai berakar rasanya duk ofis. paling jauh nak keje luar pon kat Cyberjaya huhuhu.. kesian i :(

so nak jadikan kisah aku telah plan baik punye dgn team member utk cari sample luar KL... ngeh ngeh ngeh after we have enough justification to support it, finally we went to Kelantan for 1 wk. perghhh heaven btull.. being myself yg mmg suka travelling n cepat bosan with routines, opportunity like this will definitely boost my productivity tau! tak caya?? berdua lebih baik, so aku pergi berdua je dgn Fadh (dah mmg 2 of us jek in da team.. tak + acct mgr la..) so the trip took place in June.... mmm yup abt 3 months ago... sampai duit claim pon dah dpt tsk tsk (insaf kejap sbb betapa sungguh basi citer ni but nvm la)

we were staying at Renaissance Hotel, Kota Bharu n too bad it was in the middle of school break dat time. so apa lg surcharge n room rate pon naik le.. nasib jugak dpt book bilik. as for transportation we all arrange for a car dgn fleet mgt. i was expecting Avanza or Kancil but dpt Kangoo instead (teringat Adeeb's experience drive Kangoo manual kat Penang yg tade power stering). but fortunate enough Kangoo tu just nice la da size not too big as Avanza n not too small as Kancil.... n it's auto transmission! not dat aku takleh drive manual (my last car was GTI ye... baru je let go in July) tp senang skit la kan kalu auto. tp surprisingly, Fadh takleh drive auto!! jeng jeng jeng... selalu dgr org takleh drive manual kan.. but in this case terbalik plak hehehe... so takleh la nak alternate drive dgn Fadh. but traffic in KB is not as chaotic as KL so i enjoyed driving over there.

our schedule in Kelantan is very packed... cos' all findings need to be reported n exit with State GM before we left. so masuk ofis 8.30 up to 7pm itu pon kitorg dah guilty gile cos staff kat state paling2 lambat pon 6pm+ dah balik... but since we are around, ada yg kena standby sbb da last person to leave kena kunci ofis. but it doesnt stop there, balik hotel sambung sampai late nite lg.. tp no pressure la cos' as i mentioned earlier bila dah syok keje luar ni productivity aku increasing :)

not to forget yg kitorg sempat bershopping sakan kat Wakaf Che Yeh (pasar Siti Khadijah tak sempat pegi cos' it opens during day time...) sampai 3 kali trip tinggalkan barang kat kete utk sambung bershopping hehehe. well, i work hard but i play harder! ngeh ngeh ngeh

oh ye.. thanks to En Hazlan (our auditee kat Kelantan) he brought us to have the best nasi ulam ever kat opposite muzium istana. perrghh... masyuk tu! sampai skang i still couldn't forget this one ulam yg daunnya pinkish in color (none of us know the name tp sedap mak aii) n how crispy the keli goreng was :) n da best part is dat harga murah mak aii.. 3 org makan punya la mewah dgn lauk only cost around RM21 jek!

well no photos to post. gara2 terlalu asyik keje, makan n shopping aku tak amik gambar pon :(
but memorable experience and good company (thanks Fadh..) im surely gonna pay another visit to negeri Cik Siti Wan Kembang!

Snapshots - Part 1

I've few drafted entries not posted... reason?? nak buh gambar but tak load2 photos lg. My life has gone upside down for the past couple of months... high tense, breakdown, happy moments, going into battle and fell sick!

Aku janji nx entry will give u the snapshots of wat happened + the entry yg drafted for sooo longg. Ops before terlupa, pejam celik pejam celik kita bertemu lg dgn Ramadhan... Alhamdulillah aku bersyukur kerana masih diberi peluang ini.

To all out there, selamat menjalani ibadah puasa dan sama2 lah kita merebut keberkatan sepanjang bulan yg mulia ini, insyaAllah...

hari ini dan semalam

nape ye aku buh title tu?? ntah la nothing specific... saje je.. tu title lagu 6ixth Sense yg aku jadikan ring tone aku...it's not a new song but just catchy to listen to. it's like bila intro je lagu tu rasa cam nak goyang2 kepala :)) lagipon aku rasa tade org lain akan pakai ring tone tu..senang nak tau kalu phone aku yg bunyi.

ok lah termelalut plak, hari ni sampai monday aku cuti! yahoooo.... rasa amat bahagia walaupon no specific plan nak kemana2. just kena guna replacement leave before it expired. lagi pon skang ni cuti sekolah so kalau nak bulldoze je g mana2 definitely ada problem lodging. so me and dear hubby decided nak g picnic je la kat sg congkak tomorrow. as for today, i'm going to run some errands. but still couldn't get out of my mind about bangles murah yg kak ida cakap ada kat summit... isk2.. but if it cost only RM30 amat berbaloi kan? (original price is about RM70-RM110... aku tau sbb aku dah penah beli kat pyramid).

oh btw, an update about Adik.. alhamdulillah he came back home after 1 day. i'm so glad. he just need to let the steam off... i got to talk to him last weekend masa we all on the way g makan kat De' Chiang Mai restaurant in Sg. Buloh (highly recommended, food was excellent, really nice n comfy ambiance + reasonable price - cheaper than Sri Ayuthya). to keep the story short, if i'm in Adik's shoes that day probably aku pon hangin gak... but enough about that, yg penting Adik is fine and tak berpanjangan conflict adik beradik ni.

mmm next week i'll be in Kelantan the whole week. dah lama gile tak outstation and finally dapat jugak la outstation. but at the same time kesian gak kat Danial cos' dah lama tak tinggalkan dia. Anyway mama will take care of him while i'm gone. hope that Kelantan trip will be a lot of fun for me and Fadh hehehe. until then... adios

Adik.. where are you??

it was 3.10pm n i was in the middle of a meeting.
my phone vibrates in silence n i could see 'ayah' is calling.
it took me few seconds to answer,

"nina tgh meeting," aku terus bagitau ayah..

"oh ok.. ," he hanged up..

well it's not that i'm being rude, but i know my family would definitely understand n if there is anything urgent they would sms me to call back.
so i guess there's nothing serious.. probably ayah just wants to ask me something..

few minutes later my phone vibrates again n a text message from ayah appeared.. it reads:

'Joe left d hse. According 2 mama abang talked to him that upset him. He did not answer d fon. Plz cal him n ask him 2 cal me'

OMG... my heart skip a beat. what happened?? aku dah tak boleh nak concentrate lg in the meeting. it took me few minutes to think about wat i should do... i left the meeting room for a while and make a quick phone call to Adik.. as expected, it reaches his voice message... he has shut off his phone.

then i remember that he's also using 017 number.. i tried calling the other line but after 1 ring - a machine answered..please try again later. shit... i know i couldn't get him. aku rase hopeless sangat... so the least that i can do is to text him -

'Adik, kngah tau apa jadi. pedulikan la abang tu..just relax n tenangkan fikiran.. i know u r upset. meh balik rumah kngah. mama n ayah risau'

no response..

i've decided to sms Hafiz... Hafiz is my younger brother n Adik is the youngest. Hafiz is currently in Moscow doing medic n he'll graduate by next month... yup, he's gonna be da first doctor in the family and we are so proud of him. Last couple of years the bond between Hafiz n Adik has become closer. Apparently Hafiz started treating him more like a friend instead of adik... n i realized that Adik has become more matured and he socializes better. Adik ni pendiam n he keeps a lot of things within himself.. so kadang2 tu susah skit nak paham dgn dia. since he's not that good in talking, selalu benda yg dia nak sampaikan tu tak terluah hence he'd become upset.

but ever since Hafiz becoming close to him, byk benda dia start to open up n share his thoughts dgn Hafiz. Biasa la budak2 remaja byk je la conflict diri n conflict dgn parents... so in a way bila Hafiz tau pasal Adik byk la yg dia citer ngan aku n mama. Hopefully that we understand him better... which later we did. so in this case i hope Hafiz could reach his friends and mintak tolong diorg carik and tengok2kan keadaan Adik. I know in this instance, Adik would need sometimes alone to cool down. at least if his friend could ensure that he's doing fine, Mama n Ayah wont worry that much.

As for Abang plak, well let me put it this way... they despise each other...most of the time! ntah la mmg tak ngam. ade je benda nak argue.. but selalunya Abang la yg mulakan. Aku pon tak paham apsal dia suka sgt carik salah Adik. So bila mama ckp Adik upset dgn Abang, I knew there must be something that Abang said that touches his sensitivity.. ye la air tenang jgn sangka tade buaya. I dont blame Adik cos' knowing Abang, surely n aku yakin apa yg Abang cakap sgt tak patut although aku sendiri tatau apa yg Abang ckp kat Adik.

Aku called to speak to both ayah n mama, to ask what exactly happen. Ayah was not at home when Adik left.. Mama was alone. Apparently mama sendiri pon tatau cos' Adik only said - tanya abang, right before he left the house... yg Mama dgr, mula2 bunyi mcm org bergaduh coming from his room.. n knowing he was alone in his room, surely he's having n argument dgn someone over the phone. then lepas tu bunyi mcm org pecah barang n bila Mama open the door, kerusi dah patah... keadaan bilik tunggang langgang n he was sitting on his bed crying. Mama terus tanya wat's wrong n y? but he didnt said anything... he kept quiet n started packing his stuff. Right away Mama tau dat he's leaving... Mama called Ayah n Ayah asked her to grab his car keys but it was too late. Mama cuma sempat tarik beg Adik to stop him from leaving. But dia terus bla sehelai sepinggang...

Both Mama n Ayah were terribly sad over what happened. Mama tak boleh nak ckp apa2 bila call Abang cos' she was too upset. Yang paling aku kesian kat Adik is that dia baru je tamat diploma n he came back from Johor last 2 days.. budak tu baru je nak berehat n enjoying himself, tau2 dah jadi mcm ni. Sapa la yg tak tensen... aku rasa it is something to do about computer.. as if Abang complaint about Adik using the computer at home.. alahai benda kecik je pon nak berkira abang aku ni.

to Adik, if you r reading this please don't hold ur grudges... let it go, it's not worth it. Just forget about Abang cos' we all knew how bad he used to treat u n even Abang Chik (Hafiz). Nothing much we can do cos' he's the eldest... but i know that u are better than him. Mama, Ayah, Abang Chik n Kak Ngah love u so much no matter what. Come home and stay wit me if u hated his guts.. tade halnya..u can have ur own room.. amik laptop kngah n used the internet day in n day out.. Kak Ngah n Abg Armie won't mind at all! Balik la Adik...

Home Sweet Home - Dream Garden in progress

alhamdulillah it's been 6 months since we moved into our new house. lots of money were spent before and after we moved in n both me n hubby rasa until last week, we all satisfied dah dgn keadaan rumah ni. for the past couple of months there were quite a number of work done for the house - buat patio, pasang skylight, tanam rumput and last wk we all g 'shopping spree' kat sg buloh for the garden :))

since we don't have green hands dan sedar akan tahap kemalasan utk maintain all the pokoks, kami bersetuju to settle for a simple garden with lots of space for the kids to running around (although it's only Danial for the time being). a few snapshots in the last couple of weeks..




this was a day after we plant the grass... wonder about all the sands? well lepas tanam rumput, they'll spread the extra sands on top and between the joints. with extra n loving care, the next couple of weeks the sands will go down between the grasses.. n that's how it should be. oh btw the palm trees n pokok keladi gajah tu mmg dah ada since we all moved in. one thing good abt the developer is that dia mmg dah buat landscape for the garden.. tp masa we all pindah, the landscape yg tak berjaga tu sgt la menyemakkan mata.. so dear hubby telah panggil bangla mpsj to clear the garden n tinggalkan the red palm only. interestingly, pokok keladi gajah tu mmg tumbuh meliar around this area.. so we all alih anak pokok tu n tanam dekat corner. baru 5 months dah besar camtu.. impressive!


so this is the patio connecting to our dining hall.. wonder y we all buat skylight instead of proper roof? cos' that's the cheapest..eh awning lg murah.. but sape nak byr kalau setakat buat bumbung rangka kayu cost around RM7k? kat patio ni nnt we all nak letak garden chair n water features on the wall... ecececece tu yg pegi sg. buloh last week... nak survey for water fountain n garden chair yg sesuai.. perrghh mahal jugak la... tunggu my nx entry for the photos of the completed garden.

...... something?

trace the line,
track the words,
feel the air,
i want to be there.. i wish i was there
taste the rain,
smells of daffodils,
hears the silence..

take me in.. hold me within
cuddle me up
grip me tight
freeze the night
held the memory... forever stays