Tumpang glamer sekejaps :p

Anyway, kali ni dpt token kecik jer...takde cash money cam dedulu, probably budget kurang kot..maklumla, we're now at WAR....nak kata incumbent pon dah tak betul sbb compared to Ma*is, kite punyer market cap and customer base makin mengecil.

p/s: Kpd kengkawan yg nak order kek, ampun sesgt...ntah kenape lately mood baking makin takder, rasa malas sesgt. Mungkin sbb penat+bz dgn keje...saya jadi malas bab lelain tuh. In fact mood nak berblogging pon makin kureng hence explaining the lesser updates you get from this blog. Anyway, have a happy upcoming weekend peeps!

UUM's convocation 28th March

Kalau nak recap perjalanan MBA ku ni, rasanyer tulis 3 hari 2 malam pon tak habis cewahhh...

Oct 2006 - start enrol MBA. Masa tu idlan baru setahun 10 bulan. Ku masih ingat, every time nak pegi klas, dia mesti nangis nak ikut, pegang2 grill tu sambil tgk mama drive kluar dr porch. Sayu rasa. Tinggallah dia kat rumah dgn abah. Abah la yg tolong mandikan, suap makan, bancuh susu...pendek kata sumer benda buat dgn abah every weekend. Lama2 terus dia rapat dgn abah.

April 2007 - conceived adik idlan. Lucky tade morning sickness n watnots. Ikutkan due date 31 Jan 2008, which means aku kena defer study time pantang nanti.

9 July 2007 - confirm miscarriage. Spotting kluar right after aku sit for 0ne of my final paper. tak ingat paper ape. Tapi yg pasti, even tho dah kuar spotting, nak sedapkan hati dinner tu kami kuar pi Jusco nak tenangkan fikiran :p Esok tu pegi klinik jumpa gynae, terus kena buat D&C. The following week pegi ke klas seperti biasa, no pantang2 whatsoever. Classmate pon ramai tak tahu aku pregnant, apetah lagi miscarriage.

Nov 2007 - alhamdulillah conceived again. Due date 15 August 2008. Pregnancy kali ni very smooth-sailing...tade morning sickness, baby baik je dlm perut. Peneman setia mama ke kelas. Indirectly dia dah blajar decision analysis, economics, finance, accounting, etc. Gempak baby mama...very the advanced gitu hehehe

27 July 2008 - alhamdulillah submission of my last final paper - corporate finance. MERDEKA!

And exactly a week after that, on the Olympic day, Firas was born into this world. Semoga bijak bila dah besar nanti ok!!!

See, in summary mmg short je....tapi penat jerih sepanjang setahun 9 bulan tu Tuhan je yg tahu hehe.

Apa2 pon, ku takkan dpt jejak kaki ke atas stage tu tanpa pengorbanan si suami tercinta. Dia la yg remind aku suruh buat assignment, dia yg tolong jaga idlan, dia la yg keep on kasi physical and moral support. Ikutkan hati, harus ku ponteng klas banyak2 :p

Thank you soooo much B...you're my one and only. The kids must be proud to have a father like u. Takde pruzz, takderlah yatipruzz :p

Firas now is having another series of cough and cold again. Such a short gap i'd say, after the warded episode in February. This time around the paed spared us with ventolin, singulair and prednisolone, and also zyrtec for his cold. Seems like it's going to be a never-ending circle, considering the exposure to the bugs and the likes is always there (read: nursery). I hope his immunity will get stronger once he hits his one-year mark. Needless to say, i guess we're more prepared this time, as we had the same experience during idlan's time.

On a happier note, Firas can menyusur ke depan already, but of course still in a slow pace :) At times he try to push up his buttocks, more towards preparing himself to set into sitting position. Bagus adik, keep it up!

We'll be heading up north this upcoming weekend for my convocation. Elated, yet the excitement somehow lessen since firas is not feeling well. In fact our initial plan to spend a night at bukit merah also has been cancelled. Oh despite that i've bought two new clothes for the convo. First i got this pink kurung pahang (thank you B! ...tudung siap pinjam mak punyer lagik tuh) but a visit to jusco last week saw me fell in love with a green sateen kebaya plak. Adus, the peril of knowing your bonus money in advance :p And upps did i mention a new pair of black shoes? That actually was not in my list, but somehow inside the circular they had mention that graduans are required to wear black shoes, and my existing one satu dah patah heels, another one is opened at the front hence dun think it suits with the ceremony kan? Me and my reasoning hehehe pepe jela damages done anyway! But being a good mom the kids also had their fair share...idlan lagi best, dpt kasut baru gak tadi (thank you abah :) bley geng ngan mama :p

konvo yeay!

The long awaited event after all the hardship gone thru :)

mixed entry

- MBA is officially over after submission of the final xm yesterday :)

- Last antenatal check up, everything is ok alhamdulillah. Gain another kilo in 2 weeks, which i LIKE!
Adik baby weighs at 2.8kg, position-wise ok. My gynae gave a booking form, asked me to bring it around wherever i go. I asked her for the 'tanda2 bersalin', and she smiled n explained in lenghty. This will be my 2nd baby but bear with me, i never had the chance to experience contractions and whatnots during idlan's time...so am truly an amateur in this delivery thingy. Bila difikirkan..takuts!

- Sent umi to KLIA early in the morning yesterday for she'll be performing umrah. She's due to come back on the 7th. Macam biasa, idlan is all excited upon reaching the airport...dia mmg suke gi airport :p Wearing the umrah group's name tag, running here n there, tarik tgn nek umi dia ke situ sini...manja banget! And when the time finally arrived for umi to depart, as expected scene drama swasta berlaku :p Idlan siap tanye kenape mama ngan umi nangis? spontaneous aku jawab..."mama berlakon jela!" Dia pon jwb balik..."hish apela mama ni main berlakon2 pulak!"

- Go grab the latest Pa&Ma...it covers lots of interesting articles, most of them are about breastfeeding. Ada this one mama who stocked up 260 bottles of EBM during her 2-mth confinement period. Adus what an inspiration!

Oct 2006-July 2008

Finally the long awaited misery classes and assignments have come to the end. We’re unofficially an mba grads now! Hehehe
‘Unofficial’ since we’re yet to submit our final take home exam and assignment by end of this month.
It’ll become 90% official once we submit everything by 27th July.
And 100% official once we walk up on the stage to receive our scroll, scheduled on March next year.

Whatever it is, I’m the happiest person on earth at the moment. I am stress-free, enjoying every bits and moment as time passes by. What’s more, adik baby is growing healthily inside, now weighs approximately 2.54kg, I gained a kilo more since the past 2 weeks, I can jump into bed every weekend to enjoy my afternoon nap like the good old days in MMU, and most important of all, my family gets me back :)

To B, I can never thank you enough for all the support given, be it moral, physical, mental dan sebagainyer :) It will never reach to this far without you being on my side all these time. Nanti mama blanjer buffet eh :p And also to my umi, the very special person in my life who never say NO whenever I asked for her assistance to take care of my 2 babies at certain times. To my beloved Idlan Farhan, though you may not understand it now, mama loves you so much, for being a very good n obedient boy whenever I leave you under abah’s or nek umi’s care. And thank you for your understanding, for the time lost and not spent with you whenever mama was busy with assignments and whatnots. To adik baby, mama guess you also need a special dedication since you’re behaving very good inside my tummy, causing mama no nausea at all throughout the pregnancy. Harap2 bila besar esok jadi pandai tau sbb sama2 join mama dengar lecture dlm klas!

To my 3 special friends, this mark the dissolution of Sapphire (in memory Oct 2006-July 2008), nevertheless friends forever okeh!!!

the 2 chaps in front are pilots :p

the 'baby boomers', yet one of them is top scorer tau!

The 4 stooges - Sapphire (Nee Peng, me, our lawyer fren Lin & Ju)

p/s: Pictures taken after our final class on 13th July @ Old Town Jln Yap Kwan Seng

Ada org tanyer, lama tak update blog bz ker? :p

1] First thing, masuk tpt baru...biasala byk benda kena blajar. Agak blur, dan terasa sgtla lembab otak ni nak terima benda baru. Lucky bos ok and baik hati (kena amik hati bos ni kot2 dia baca hehehe)...kena ajar satu-satu...harap2la otak aku ni cepat pick up

2] It wasnt that bad travelling to Annexe. Surprisingly in terms of km lebih kurang sama ke cyber. Jam pon kurang, masih sempat dpt parking free kalau kluar rumah 745am. But i make it a routine to go out as early as 730am to avoid bad traffic. Yg beza cuma tol jela..tu pon dah kurang 1 tol sbb zarid dah ajar 'jln rahsia' hehe.
So far masih larat drive...takdela cramp ke ape ker, harap2 larat la sampai saat2 terakhir nanti :)

3] Class is nearing towards the end. End of this week will be my final class! It's going to be a take home exam this time, due on 27/7. We already had the paper in hand, unfortunately none of us is able to answer all the Qs...still in the dark, still digging up here n there to find the clues huhuhu.

4] Went to My Dear warehouse sale last week in Puchong. He's still in my tummy, yet a new stroller, car seat, play gym and whatnots already await ahead. Such a lucky baby :) Shopping sakan sampai tercabut sandal pregnant aku...sabor jela. Skang gi opis pakai sandal 'rugged'...nak beli flat sandal baru cam malas, lepas pregnant bukannyer nak pakai balik :p

bila dah tepu....

Humm the blog has been left unattended for a while. Due to the office works plus tonnes of 'tough' assignments, cases n watnots...i easily became worn out at the end of the day...brain drain poor me huhuhu tepu sungguh help!!! How i wish to swing my magic wand and turn the day into the lovely June....yeahh the month of June where i can foresee myself goyang kaki at kampung and munching loads of chocolates bought in Langkawi muhehehhe. Oppsss a slap in my face again..wake up dear berangan je dang!

May is coming....we have B's besday and mother's day to celebrate. Deep inside i wish i could bake cakes for them...chocolate cake topped with rich blueberry and yummylicious cold whipped cream...or maybe carrot cake topped with cream cheese, my mom's favourite! Needless to say, i have class every weekend....and those special days happen to fall on weekend as well. Now don't you think i have all the concrete reason on earth to snatch one at SR? :p Sorry friends...i'm fasting today...and when fasting i couldn't help myself to stop thinking about foods and foods....plus Aini has mentioned in her blog about Paddington in MV and am start wandering on the wide array of foods offered at that place. Adui am so pathetic :(

Those investing in unit trust, you better catch the Personal Money mag this month. And i'll share my personal take on the unit trust investment later when i'm free....

And for those prefer to dump some money in stocks, you may ought to aim at plantation stocks due to its promising future and the global rising of CPO prices, plus the limited production and increase demands for crude oil. I've fared quite well in one of my selections so far alhamdulillah. But bear in mind, do your research first before investing in any investment tools. Never put your 100% trust on the agents/consultants/broker because it's your hard-earned money that we're talking, not them.

Knowledge is key :)

It’s already half of the journey and it gets tougher as time passed by. This time it’s Decision Analysis, and it drives all of us crazy…not understand what’ve been taught is 1st thing, stuck at dead end with the assignment Q is 2nd thing…and the ultimate will be next week, that is our final..my oh my. I can see my level of cuakness increases by then, yet I still have time...i hope…at least to grasp the concept pon jadiklah :p

The 1st assignment, my group mates and me stuck and couldn’t even reach the first level, and so do the rest. Hence 4 heads in one group combined into 20 heads with 4 groups, hoping the synergy would yield something…tapi gagal sumernyer haha. When we finally have the courage to raise our problem to Prof, cuba teka ape dia jawab?

“……oh I’m sorry it’s my mistakes for not teaching u guys on this…just leave it there halfway and proceed to the rest…”

Imagine how we felt upon hearing that…penat!

I just hope to get B…yes at least B! And after this I ONLY have another 7 papers to go…yeszaaaa :)

p/s: minggu depan umur bertambah setahun, pruzz plak ade konvo, examku baru abis.....wahh ade byk event dan alasan best utk beli indulgence seketul besar dan pergi release tension di ikea :p

the 9th july

Well im back…for a quick 5-7 minutes for blog updates :p Am now in my hubby’s office, being here just for the internet connection for my online tutorial class at 8pm, only now to find out the session has to be postponed to tomorrow….geram giler!

To those who had received the news, thanks for the smses, wishes, etc…to those who still didn’t know, am really sorry for not telling you all…jgnla kecik hati, it’s not something that is nice and sweet to be disseminated around, hence justified my reason for keeping it secret and disclosed only to certain person. Even none of my classmates knew about it, I attended class as usual (walaupun on mc hehe), acted the normal way I used to.

Am all ok now, mental-wise am back to my normal self..in fact I was more than prepared before the doc confirmed it verbally. Partly due to the mother’s instinct I’d say. Was more calm than my hubby at that time…really…that’s the good thing about not being too optimistic and positive…at times you may need to spare some negative thoughts in your mind to prepare for the future :)

Just got back from kelantan actually, we received news that my grandma was in bad condition, she collapsed and totally unconscious, and the moment they were saying that we may not have time to see her, air mata dah bergelen-gelen turun. To make thing worst, my parents were in Indonesia, unreachable. So me, hubby and idlan hurriedly went back to kelantan, by car, bcoz the earliest flight was only in the afternoon. Btw, she’s getting better now, masih pjg umur alhamdulillah. She collapsed due to lack of sugar (she over-controlled her diet, too scare to take sugary foods), and after 2 bottles of drip, she regained conscious.

Am still not 100% physically fit, the body ached all over (langsung tak sempat pantang, definitely u cannot expect to recover kan :p). Maybe because of the tiring journey, the shocking news, the missed class, and tones of assignment waiting ahead. It was a month full of challenge, yet am blessed everything is ok. I still have my supportive hubby and idlan to keep me pull through all these things…they’re my heart and soul, and there is no reason for me to be overly sad and regret for what has happened. Life goes on, next time cuba lagi hoho. Plus we still have some good things happened recently, our house small deco project is currently ongoing, my results so far very satisfying, and what’s more…hmm idlan is getting clever and semakin byk mulut! enough to keep me happy…. :) Ok am going back home now…sambung mc goyang2 kaki till the weekend jgn jeles.

p/s: to those who placed their cake orders thru email/sms, am really sorry for unable to fulfill ur orders….i may need to temporarily close my Hot Stove, and will only be back once am ready. Tq.

counting the days

Semakin cuak!

Ingatkan lepas 1st meeting dptla come out with all the solutions and answers, tapi after 3 jam + 5 kepala brainstorm pon masih stuck dan blur at the end....habisla kitorang kali ni!

Pukul 11pm, semua dah tepu...dalam cuak dan blur dan tensi tu bley plak bergelak sakan dlm bilik meeting 8th floor tuh...mmg kitorang je pon yg ade kat situ, termasuk la pak guard yg slalu duk lalu lalang depan bilik tu tgk kitorang.

Akhirnye kitorang adjourned, tak larat...balik umah tido jela..esok lusa pk...tapi ade 3 hari je pon lagi, sempat ke berfikir dgn waras? habis habis 40% ku! Mmg teruk outcome kali ni...tak menjadi langsung brainstorming kitorang.

Kol 1130pm baru sampai umah, sempatla singgah kedai beli cornetto vanilla..tu jela dinner aku semlm (sad).

Pagi ni bgn lemah sendi dan otak, tapi kena pegi ofis jugak...bosan.

Patutla super seniors kata subjek ni among the toughest of all...now i wonder kenape subjek ni tak di offer time final semester huhu

Aini, jgnla amik strategic management :)

Sempat jumpe Halim sekejap semlm, dia ckp Yati makin kurus! huhuhu lunch ni mesti mkn byk!

'bosan'

Bosan...dan buntu...

- keje cam biasa, tade pepe yg menarik dan terbaru berlaku in my working department, company baru buat realignment, tapi saya masih di sini tak berganjak dari bumi cyberjaya ni
- sifat malas semakin berleluasa, oven dah lama tak berasap, pinggang pon asyik sakit jer
- study tak tentu hala, mlm tido awal, kunci jam pukul 5am utk bgn wat keje tapi x bgn!
- minggu ni presentation besar, 40% carry marks lagik tuh, tapi satu benda x start lagi, mlm ni kena pi kl, baru nak berjumpe ngan groupmate dan brainstorm for answers...huishh saya sangat risau!
- minggu depan dah final exam, 7 july 07, ramai naik pelamin, saya bakal perah otak menulis dan mencari jawapan....tapi buku teks pon tak amik lagi...dan of course tak penah bukak dan tgk lagi...camner ni?
- lepas exam dah start subject baru, takde rehat...bagus bagus, cepatla saya dpt pakai jubah lawa nanti :)
- ohh baru blk dari kampung tok ngan wan idlan...pulun durian, manggis, mee kuah, dan bermacam lagi. Perut tak sempat rasa lapar, asyik mkn jer :p
- adikku masih berholiday di rumah lepas final exam, it was his second semester in his univ life and he scored 3.9...bagus bagus....
- esos sekejap je naik, target nak 11 tak tercapai...today harga turun berdesup...isk sabor jela, segala angan-angan terpaksa tinggal jadi angan-angan jugak la hehe
- hish mata ni semakin mengantuk plak...okla sekian buat kali ini.

p/s: mlm semlm dan pagi ni for the first time in life saya buat cekodok pisang sbb pisang byk dr kampung, jgn gelak ok, ni mmg fakta betul .Pagi ni sedekah cekodok ke budak2 nursery sbb byk sgt. Disebabkan saya takde pelecek pisang, makanye pisang2 itu ku lenyek dgn cawan jer...ok jugak, still hancur macam biasa hoho. It's kind of new idea yet it works...try la kalau tak caya hehe

when 'bz'ness hits our day

while mama is struggling with her case...



and abah bz doing some reading for class and research...



the little boy talking and playing alone all by himself



and swim himself in the world of superheros...



And that lasted for the next 3 hours until he finally surrender and uttered "mama, idlan nak tido atas riba..."
Sayu plak dengar....on the other hand, cepatla abis blajar huhuhu

Sori sayang and thank u for your understanding. We both love u so much !!!

May highlights

Things going on pretty well for this month, and ends up great too I’d say!

- Final exam is over, such a huge relief even tho I did not set high target for this paper
- The whole family will be going back to kelantan tomorrow after a year of not seeing my grandmother (just figured out am not the only one being considered ‘bad’ cucu in this case :p) And don’t get envy with me, am already plan to eat 2 bungkus of nasi dagang and nasi berlauk for the whole 3 days spend there hehehe. We’ll be heading to Terengganu to spend a night there near the beach before driving back to KL.
- My hubby finally got awarded with his Master of Philosophy after one dreaded year of waiting and hoping. It’s time for him to move on and gear up for the next stage; i.e p.h.d.
- Two of my BP2008 insya Allah will materialized…thanks Pn Limau for the fruitful chatting and sharing of info :) Alhamdulillah…
- Presenting my official cake blog, Hot StoveHappy viewing!

towards the end....

1] Things that I hate most about take home exam:
- the questions are usually more than one
- the questions are tricky, requires high level of critical thinking, and far from straightforward
- need to look up for journals/articles/external source to support your answer
- are usually complex and 3-4 times harder than normal exam


2] Latest collection from Hot Stove, Blueberry Chocolate Delight (with cream cheese frosting). It’s special coz you get to taste 3 different flavors in one cake; chocolate, blueberry, and not forgetting cheese. Thanks Farra for convincing me, the cream cheese indeed tastes good! For those who doesn’t want a very rich cheese cake, but still wanted to have a taste of cheese, this is just perfect for you. You can opt to omit blueberry if you want though….




(9' round pan)

Blueberry Chocolate Delight (with cream cheese frosting) RM35
Chocolate Delight (with cream cheese frosting) RM33

Happy Teacher's Day!

Finally i'm done with my last assignment...cant wait for the final xm next week before i get 'awarded' with TEN precious days for break before we enroll for the new subject. Elated and satisfied, i decide to bake a chocolate moist cake for Idlan's teachers and friends at his nursery last night. While the cake settled inside the oven, took the opportunity to do my presentation slides...it's good to do things 2 in one shot and see the result hehe


Chocolate moist cake (9' round pan, 1.1 kg, RM30)

It was a 24x7 well spent yesterday. Slides done, the kids got cake, i burned a few calories after a short yet tiring badminton games with hubby in front our porch...what else eh....oh i am one HAPPY lady today!

May updates

1] I guess time flies very fast recently, am quite tight with lots of important and urgent things to do.
Sorted out a few tasks and am left with several others...termasukla update fotopages (x penting pon kan hehe)....breath in breath out :)




~ My current subject is halfway completed, cant wait to submit the final group project (of which the progress is still zero!) and xm and then join the whole family going back to my mother's hometown back in kelantan yeyey!
~Pics shown above...my yellow and pink highlighters that can be considered my bestest fren throughout the whole course...apart from the support i received from hubby n idlan of course :p
Saje amik gambar wat kenangan hehe, sok abis blajar sure tak pakai dah. From mmu till now i still favor yellow and pink colors over green, or blue, or purple, etc etc



2] Chocolate almond brownies and choc cheese tart for my ofismate cum loyal customer (u know who u are :p) Thank u for all the support given, am always open to any comments, be it positive or negative for future improvement..so sila la komen jgn malu2!

To those out there yg query on my price list, here goes the details fyi:

Chocolate almond brownies 10' x 10' - RM22
Marble choc cheesecake 8' - RM35
Royal Blueberry Oreo cheesecake 8' - RM38
Cheese tart:
10 regular - RM15
16 regular - RM23
20 regular - RM28
(a choice of blueberry/chocolate topping)

3] To my darling B, congrats congrats alhamdulillah! Pasnih no more potato couch in front of tv during nightime yeh :p He once said to my, he was inspired looking at me working hard to complete my assignments/cases..so i guess now the both of us must exchange inspiration for the betterment in future :) I think now i've changed, if previously during the initial course of study i only set target to PASS, now the target was slightly adjusted, i wanted to complete the course with flying colors! justified la why am in desperate mode to maintain my cgpa throughout the finishing line.........amin amin. So study comes first, baking goes second ingat yati ingat!

4] my dear Idlan got bitten by something, and now the spot got infected and turned into 'bisul'. He has eczema btw, so his skin is more sensitive compared to others. The paed said his bisul is still under control, and we need to wait until dia masak sebelum dipecahkan huhuhu. Lucky he still active and behaves normal....doakan idlan sembuh yer kengkawan, tq

5] me and B accidentally bumped into a person from a company doing bone test at klinik gomez this afternoon. The test concludes am lack of calcium, a bit off-track from the normal reading while B performs well at his test...the test suggest he is PERFECT in terms of his calcium intake! (ntah2 silap test tuh hoho)

ok ok pegi wat keje nuh...till then frens...off~

My head swollen inside, and things just slipped off plan since last saturday. We were supposed to start our new subject, and when i reached the class, nobody was there, called my frens, they asked me back, tak bace email ker? klas dah postpone ke 21/4. Still ok hearing that, but when she continued, klas kite 21, 28, 5, then exam 19/5...i was like OMG...Langkawi ku!!!

Dear my beloved lecturer,
I still dont know you, never meet you, expecting to meet you on last saturday but suddenly you postpone our class. I dont mind u shifting the class to suit your schedule, but plizz la why is it has to be clashed with my plan. You've screwed up my long-awaited Langkawi weekend get away dont u realize that? there gone all my correlle, corningware, chocolates and what nods. I've booked the hotel, tell my son that we'll be staying at hotel, jump to the pool, and you know what? my son is sooo looking forward to swim with his new suit (tak beli pon lagi la :p) Warned u, i may skip the class if there is no presentation involving myself, but dont blame me, i just cant let go my langkawi plan after all the angan-angan for the past two months. And my bonus money...i've put aside RM$$$ just for the trip, and now it seems that the rezeki might eventually go to TH.

.....me so sad huhuhu