My birthday adventure...

This blog entry is way, way overdue.... it took me a while to draft this out, selecting the pictures and actually publishing it.... here it goes!

28th April 2012... my birthday....

Dulu-dulu ada gak terima bunga kat ofis time birthday but I told Roohii toksah dok bazir duit lah. Memang la seronok dpt bunga tapi dah le mahal satu hal, peh tu cam tiap tahun mcm expected je so jadi mcm kurang trillnya. Yg syok tu bila tiba-tiba, out of the blue bunga tu tiba kat ofis (hinting mode!).

Anyway itu bukan cerita yg nak dituliskan. Ni nak cerita adventure yg Xena buat birthday tahun 2012....

Bersama geng GBB, we went for a biking trip to Kanchanaburi. Mana itu? Haaaa sila tgk peta di bawah...

We started our journey Friday 27th April, my birthday eve. Tayar golek kul 5pm dari R&R Rawang and we stopped over kat kat Juru for dinner. Sambung perjalanan ke Hatyai and sampai kurang pukul 11 lebih. Ada yg flat terus tidur, ada yg ke 7-Eleven, ada yg mengurut! Roohi and me went out to buy drinks (panas sangat and and the local prepaid simcards.

 
Dinner kat Juru...









28th April 2012, Saturday
The next morning (yes my birthday!) we took off to continue our journey. Had breakfast at the so-called R&R area, makan maggie in the cup, roti and coffee. Then the journey begins! This part of the journey was the most challenging one. Normally people will stopover Cha-am or Hu Hin for a night and the next day continue the journey to Kanchanaburi. But because we had only 5 1/2 days for this trip, we thought we have do it in a day!

Hatyai - Patthalung: heheheh ok je, 45 minutes gitu... I told myself ok nih...

Patthalung - Surat Thani: errr boleh tahan gak ek... Tapi ok lagi... still maintain vogue....

Pitstop - makan buah and minum apa yg patut... Red Bull!

 












Surat Thani - Chumpon: 
Jalan tak berapa cantik so tak leh pegi laju pun, if not melambung-lambung.  We stopped over kat Chumpon for lunch.  Mamamia! The food was superb!!! Sup daging dengan telur dadar je pun tapi sedap giler!  Sembahyang zohor/asar di sini and continued the journey...

 
Chumpon - Pracuep Kiri Khan - Hua Hin - Cha-am - sini pun challenging gak... ingat depa nak tidur kat Cha-am untuk semalam tapi we reached Cha-am dalam kul 5pm.  Nak stop too early, nak continue ada lagi 300km to go... but what the heck! Alang-alang menyeluk pekasam, biar sampai ke pangkal lengan!

Chaam-Petchaburi - masa ni dah mula nak keluar air mata lah kan... badan dah penat, perut dah lapar.  Finally we stopped for early dinner.  Dah mula nak patah semangat tapi mujur ada kawan-kawan yang memberi semangat... pekena sepinggang nasi goreng ikan masin, ceria semula! hahahaha

Petchaburi - Kanchanaburi - makin dekat makin jauh rasanya... counting the miles, sekejap-sekejap tengok signboard, sekejap-sekejap tengok signboard.... akhirnya dalam pukul 9 lebih kami tiba di hotel.  Hati girang tidak terkata!!!!

 

Approaching Bangkok....













Kegirangan!!!! (Walaupun sebelum tu nak nangis la jugak!!!)

Sampai di Kanchanaburi, check-in, freshen up and keluar balik... kami semua pegi mengurut! Lega sikit badannya....

This is where we stayed in Kanchanaburi.  Per night Baht1000.  Ada swimming pool, best!

29th April 2012, Sunday
Esok paginya, awal pagi kami dah bangun tidur sebab nak kejarkan naik keretapi atas Death Railway tu... sesudah subuh kami dah keghabat tuktuk pegi ke stesen keretapi.  This was an experience jugak la... Best!


Tak boleh nak bayangkan betapa siksanya banduan-banduan tu membina landasan keretapi ni kan... Kejam betul orang jepun pada masa tu...

Peh tu kami pusing-pusing gi muzium la, cari t-shirt la, tapi cuaca amatnya la panas.  Rupa-rupanya tengah musim panas...



By after lunch we went back to the hotel, siesta for while.  Tak boleh tahan la, terlalu panas! Furthermore we did not rest adequately the night before.  That evening we took the speedboat, touring the River Kwai, while witnessing the sun set.  It was a moment to remember... very rarely I get to be with Roohii without the kids, so it was a good moment :)

Sunset at the River Kwai... nice kan?


30th April 2012, Monday
Today we start our journey back to the south.  Before leaving Kanchanaburi, we stop by the War Cemetary, paying our respects to the dead. There are the Christian cemetary, a muslim cemetary and a chinese cemetary, all near to each other.






Paying our respects, the gentlemen way...

Paying our respects, the ladies way...

 Air kelapa di waktu panas, heaven!









Berposing for the last time kat Death Railway before proceeding back south....

 
We stopped over at the Damnoen Saduak Floating Marketing.  Kat sini pun best!


The original plan was to stopover at Hatyai, and the next day back to KL so that we have Wednesday as rest day.  But somehow or rather, the plan changed! The new plan was to stopover Surat Thani, then next day to Koh Samui for 1 night, then next day back to KL straight from Koh Samui.  I was a bit not very favorable to this idea but the rest of the gang were thrilled.  So, I had no choice but to follow, after all we did 1000km in a day, what is it to this new plan, right?

So we continued our journey, but because of the strong wind on the highway, we had to stopover at Chaam, it was too dangerous to continue to Surat Thani.  Not a bad decision as it is also a nice place to stay.  It is near the seaside and lots of local are there spending their holiday there (it was a public holiday in Thailand at that time!).  That night we went to the Hua Hin Night Market.


 
1st May 2012, Tuesday
Sesudah subuh kami teruskan perjalanan kami to Koh Samui.  Stopped at Chumpon for early lunch and by the time we reached Koh Samui it was late afternoon.  Another unregretable decision! I totally fell in love with Koh Samui! GBB dah plan tuk pegi ke sini lagi in the next trip... can't wait for that!!!


 
2nd May 2012, Wednesday
This league of the journey was quite challenging.  We got 900km to do and it was already on our fifth day.  Physically and mentally, we were tired by now.  However, as we entered Malaysia, we considered ourselves home already.... A few times I dozed off on the bike, especially from Simpang Pulai to KL... dangerous I know, but I just could keep myself awake.  We finally reached home about 10pm.

It was a journey I would not forget and it was definitely a birthday treat that I will cherish for the rest of my life.  Thanks GBB for the company and it was and will always be a good trip when it comes to you guys!! GBB Rocks!!!

Looking forward to many-many adverture with Roohii.... insyaAllah....

~content Xena~
10 June 2012
8:15pm

Adoi, mana satu nak buat nih...

Satu hari cuti je pun... Tapi work is piling up like a mountain! June-July is always the busiest time of the year. Tak tau which one nak buat dulu... Semuanya urgent...

Itu belum kira kerja rumah la kan...

Huhuhuhu....

~stressed Xena~
8/6/12
11:24pm

Our day out...

Hari ni purposely amik cuti nak bawak anak-anak tengok wayang dan lepak One Utama, window shopping...

Sang Cerdik sibuk sangat nak tengok Madagascar 3 so itulah yang ditontonkan tadi. Dia insist jugak nak tengok yang 3D punya, so rabak la jugak poketku tadi! RM66 for the four of us!

The movie was not bad, funny la jugak macam 1&2... Tapi rasanya ni final movie kot, but tak tau la kan..

Anyway, yang nak story kat sini is attitute orang kat panggung. Cukup la Xena menyampah orang belakang dok tendang-tendang kerusi kita. Mamat belakang kerusi Sang Cerdik duk goyang-goyang kaki, rasanya out of habit agaknya. A few times Xena bagi tenungan tajam mata cute Xena ni, tapi dia buat bodoh je. Well, gelap kan, tapi sebab dah geram jegil jugak biji mata tu. Rasanya dia sendiri pun tak sedar yang dia annoyingkan orang depan dia. Xena dah tak tahan, kita pun raba la belakang kerusi Sang Cerdik, and dapat cekup kaki dia. Apa lagi kena sound la 'STOP KICKING THE CHAIR!'. Dia boleh tak mengaku, mangkuk pun jantan! But after that tak de la that annoying kicking dah...

Geram betul la bila orang darat masuk panggung. Tak bertemadun langsung! So, please la hormat penonton/orang lain bila di panggung ke, teater ke or public places... Kita hidup bukan kita seorang je di dunia nih!

Spoil gak la mood kejap, tapi nasib baik boleh diupliftedkan balik dengan window shopping, nge nge nge! Yes, window shopping ya, yang shopping adalah orang lain ya... Roohii beli jam, untuk casual wear katanya (alasan je tu). Me? Not this time, later... Somebody is in Europe now so sudh kirim something, and a friend is going to US soon, and sudah kirim dia jugak... Apa lagi la yang dikirim melainkan hangbag dan handbag... Hahahahha... Once Xena dapat kiriman-kiriman tu, Xena post kat sini ok???

;)
~content Xena~
6/6/12
9:37pm

Awatla hati ini sayu...

Tough day today... End of the day entah napa hati ini sayu... Kenapa ya? Tak tau la napa...

Lagu 'Kasih Tercipta' playing on the radio, automatic je tears ni keluar... Awat la sayu sangat ek?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfLrk3pv81A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

- the truth and facts of life hurts
- a friend just got some unplesant news
- work stress is hitting me

Wahai hati bangkitlah....

Generation Gap

Today is girls-day-out...

Hanging out at Wangsa Walk with my girl and my 2 nieces. Catched a movie, Mirror Mirror, quite a good movie. I loved Julia Robert's acting as the wicked queen. I am now at the waiting area, waiting for karaoke room to be ready.

While waiting, can't help myself in observing people around me... Here I am surrounded by youngsters, those around my daughter's age. Their fashion, how they talk with their friends, their style, I feel such a distance from them. I feel so old. But I still remeber when I was at their age. The style was diferrent. We were different before.

Oh well, just bite the bullet and move on....

~old Xena~
11 April 2012
2:48pm

My Geng, My Friends, those who makes me happy....

In life we need friends. Well, I do...These are the friends that I have made throughout my life and they are the one who have been there for me think and thin...

My MRSM Geng

These are my friends from my life in MRSM Beseri. Till now we still hangout together. With them I can be like a teenager :). They are the ones who accept me as who I am. They truly understands my outspoken character without having any grudges.

Elia, my excubemate, we just can't stand pretenders....
Hajjah Emy, now a certified diver, how I envy you...
Pnutt, my OCD mate...
Iza, my idol of beauty tips...
Hajjah Eynaa, how do you maintain that figure with 4 kids...
Anis, the strongest gal I ever known...
Ellie, minah vogue yg pandai buat kek cantik-cantik till I don't dare to eat it....
Imah, kecik molek tapi power....

You gals rock! I can share whatever secret I have with them and no matter how dark the secret, they will never judge me. You guys, I love you all so much!

My Bikers geng

Ini geng dipanggil GBB... Geng Bawak Bini... hahahaha... more like Bini yang asyik nak ikut...This geng pun rock! I met them from a trip, well, our first biking trip to Thailand. At that time we were using the Orange BlackBird. We went to Koh Lipe and we somehow just clicked from the beginning...
Team members are (semua bukan nama sebenar!):
- B and Laling
- Pakcu and Wancu
- Ayang and Azura
- Tasya and Lala
- Ruby and Zamrud
- Imam and Wife

Also in my bikerz geng would be my cousins, Jering, Dino n Johan... hehehehe the clans of Pakngah Laksa!

Setakat ni, we all got chemistry and I do hope this chemistry will last forever. Been into other geng in particular geng kereta lain, but after a while we broke apart. So, GBB, let's make this a long lasting relationship ya....

My Geng SM/Geng Ngaji

These are my neighbours actually, who are also in Roohii's geng mengaji.  Rumah kami jadi port untuk belajar mengaji 2 kali seminggu.  Alhamdulilah, they all dah naik Quran dah la ni.  Ini geng jugak kami clicked from beginning and we have organized various family trips thoughout Malaysia.  One good thing about this group, membersnya tidak berkira dan sangat bermurah hati.  Segala pemberian saya ucapkan ribuan terima kasih.  Semoga Allah memberkati kalian semua....

My office geng

Haaaaa ini geng lunch saya... yg kiri sekali my boss, dan dia jarang ada kat ofis so jarang lunch dgn kami.  Kanan saya Azwin, kiri saya Kak Bib... kami selalu makan bertiga...  Selalunya kami makan kat Tesco, tapi kekadang kat Restoren Cherry Bawah Jambatan Penchala Link kat Kg Penchala... situ sedaaaaappp, banyak lauk.  Tapi banyak lauk pun tiap kali ke sana pasti makan ikan patin masak tempoyak... hahahaha


My VOCM geng

Ini time Roohii main Volvo hari tu.  Geng ni best gak cuma sekarang ni cam dah berpecah la... As I said earlier, some group are just not meant to be.  However, I had fun during the good old days...  I am still in touch and in good terms with some of them though...

Friends, we do need them....  I treasure my friends, and I hope they do the same for me...

 ~Xena~
18 March 2012
10:36pm

My Riding Experience: Trip to Melaka 11th March 2011

Last Sunday kami pegi ride ke Melaka. Ada kenduri kahwin anak sedara kawan bikers Roohii. At first I thought just nak pegi ride jalan-jalan cari makan, rupanya nak pegi kenduri kahwin. First time langgar etika attire ke kenduri kahwin.

Nak baca kisah journey kami? Haaaaaa pegi link di bawah ni... My aunty (juga geng bikers aku!) does a better job in blogging our event...

http://mawarputihsuciku.blogspot.com/2012/03/pakngah-kawin-upss-anak-sedara-pakngah.html

Haaaa mcm mana, best tak blog my aunty?

:)

Xena
13-Mar-2012
4:33pm

Sad news about a friend

Last Sunday night. I hangout with a friend and his family. We haven't hangout with them for such a very long time, I think more than a year. It was really good to meet up and catch up with each other....

Among other things, I was updated with the story of my other friend, in the same circle of group, that her husband has 'opened another branch'. It really hurt me cause this is like a few cases in a period of 1-2 years and happened to my good friends. I mean, usually I only heard it happen to people out there, but when it happen in front of my eyes, it has gotten me very scared and sad...

Poligamy, such a sacred word for the men but a painful word for women. No matter what people say or the teaching of Islam says that women who accept poligamy will be given such great reward and redemption, I can't seem to accept it. I know it is wrong as we should accept it as a thing Allah permits, but I just simply can't. It's just too hurtful. How much a guy can't share their women same goes to women. I don't deny the fact that it is something yang besar pahalanya. Payung emas bak kata orang. Yang lelaki pulak, kalau dapat membimbing dengan baiknya 2,3 atau 4 masjid, memang syurga balasannya. Tapi nowadays yang cam gitu cuma ada 1-2 kes je kot. Yang lain semuanya atas dasar 'nafsu'. Itu belum lagi kes-kes curang, main kayu tiga, menipu isteri tua, etc. etc. etc.

I may not really know how it feels to be sharing my husband but thinking about it is painful enough. To my friends who are unfortunate (or is it fortunate?), I pray for their ultimate happiness. Semoga Allah memberkati kalian...

~worried Xena~
13th March 2012
4:41pm

Terasa keinsafan...

Tonight on the National Geographic channel, they aired the compilation of amateur video clippings of the Japan 2011 Earthquake/Tsunami disaster, starting with the 6 minute quake to the after shocks to the tsunami to the day after the tsunami, in rememberance of the disaster that happenned almost a year ago...

I still remember that day...

11 March 2011, about 4pm:
My colleagues and I were in Pangkor, having our Offsite Annual Dinner cum team building event. After the treasure hunt, we had a couple of hour to rest in our rooms before the dinner. My roomate and I were lazing in our room while watching the telly. Somehow we put on the news channel. As we watched the disaster happening right before our eyes, we were also quite worried about being on the island. I was about to take the next ferry back to Lumut and grab whatever transportation I could get, to get back to KL. But after calling here and there, searching the net on tsunami warnings for our country and got the latest update from the news, we just carried on our stay there.

That night we couldn't really sleep peacefully and left the telly on so that we could get the latest updates as soon as we open our eyes.

Now, watching that documentary really makes me wonder and think back about my life. The quake was only 6 minutes, what about doomsday?

O God Almighty, aku mohon keampunan di atas segala dosa-dosaku...

I feel so small...

~a bit scared Xena~
8 March 2012

Rombongan Cik Xena

23rd - 28th February 2012

Rombongan Cik Xena kali ini ke Semarang. Ni semua gara-gara route baru AirAsia la ni...

Keluarga my other half berasal dari Semarang. My in-laws came to Malaysia in 1962. They still have siblings in Semarang. So Roohii still have many relatives there. We visit them like every 2-3 years. Since I married his family, I have been there maybe around 6 times.

It's kindda nice to have relatives from a different country. We get to know other way of life and thinking. Malaysia dan Indonesia serumpun tapi sangat berbeda!

Apa yang best di sana? Well, food is cheap and nice. But not as many variety like Malaysia. Their food biasalah the penyets, the bakars, the tempe and the tauhu (soya bean based food). Their sambal terasi, walla! Sedap ....

Shopping ok la, but honestly Thailand is a better place to shop. I don't really fancy batik so my shopping were around factory outlets. Sang Lembut got herself 2 pairs of Miss Sixty jeans. Sang Cerdik got 2 pieces of Angry Bird t-shirts. Roohii got his working shirts and I got 2 pair of Kickers! Not that many? Ok, ok, there were other things as well... What to do, I'm a shopperholic!

Family in Semarang took good care of us, and their hospitality were superb! Thank you so much Dek Ariep, Dek Debby, Nabila dan Kia for having us at your beautiful home for 5 nights. Thanks also to Pak Sabar being our supir and Mbak Som for helping taking care of our laundry.

As usual it was a memorable trip... Looking forward for our next visit there... But I believe they have to visit us first before our next trip there ;)

Here are some photos to share...

~happy Xena~
2/3/12

Here we go again...

We have not even got it, but 'it' has already started...

Sometimes I just don't know how to handle this matter. When we don't allow or don't support, we are being controlling. But when we let them loose, they just don't know how to balance things.

A part of my heart says it's ok cause happiness is my highest priority. But a part of my heart is getting worried that the cycle will repeat itself. I can see it happening, happening real soon..

How do I convey the message of my uneasyness without having getting into a strained situation? I just don't know how. So the best solution is to just swallow and put aside how I feel and concentrate on the hapiness of others.

Good luck Xena... May Allah give you the strength... You go girl!

Here we go again...

~mentally prepared Xena~
21February 2012
11:12pm

My favourite place to hangout...

This is my favourite part of my house....
This is where I get to be by myself, enjoying my favourite channels; TLC, AFC, Discovery Home and Health, Diva, StarWorld dan seangkatan dengannya....
This is where I'd be first thing in the morning during weekends, making myself a cup of Gold Blend while watching Cake Boss making his great looking cakes, with the rest still sleeping...
This is where I prepare food for my family....
This is where we have our meals while watching the news....
This is we talk about how our day was and whining about how hard life can be....
This is where I'd be scrubbing when I'm upset that I feel like cleaning the house...
I just love this part of the house...

Coretan di bulan February 2012

Dah lama sungguh tak blogging kan? Padahal kat HP ada application Blog tapi still malas nak update blog at a regular basis kan...

Last coretan 17 Dec 2011, so let me try to remember as much as possible what happened from then till now:

Christmas weekend - geng GBB pegi ke hatyai. 5 motor, 2 malam di hatyai. Apa kami buat kat sana? Hmmm ada yg urut kaki, ada yg urut badan, ada yg buat facial, ada yg buat pedi/mani, ada yg cuci telinga! Makan usah cakap, asyik melantak jer. Tapi conclusion nya memang amat seronok! Lagu tema tuk trip kali ni ialah HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Kekekeke. On the way balik, kami singgah ke rumah parents Laling. Mak dia jamu kami makan tengahari. Yummylicious! Sambal tumis ikan bolis petai dia world class! Terima kasih tuan rumah...

New Year 2012 - anak-anak sibuk masuk sekolah. Sang Lembut masuk sekolah menengah, and we decided to send her to public school. At first she was not very happy but she adjusted well after 1 week. I think she loves it there already!

19 January - got my increment letter, and was quite happy with it. Alhamdulillah...

21 January - birthday my other half. We sort of celebrated it at my aunt's. Actually, diorang buat makan-makan, invited us and other family members. So kira celebrate la. We ate like there is no tomorrow!

23-24 January - CNY, did nothing, stayed home... Total relaxation, heaven!

28 January - my cousin got married today. He got married to a Japanese. I had to be the translator for the bride as the nikah ceremony was done in Bahasa Melayu and she don't understands Bahasa Melayu. It was rather interesting to see 2 different cultures merge into 1. I wish all the best to the newly wed couple!

30 January - Black Hawk got hit at the bum! Huhuhu my poor car...

1 Feb - FT day but I had to work, cause my office is in Selangor... Huhuhu... Still upset from yesterday's incident. My girlfriends went for treat in a spa nearby my office so I went to join them for lunch. Really envy them! But it was a nice place. The spa's name is Nadalama Spa. I may want to try the Cream Bath (errr this is not a bath but more for the hair, creambath for the hair!)

4 February - another long weekend. Cuti Maulidurrasul diikuti dengan cuti Thaipusam. Went to do a body treatment at a place called The Prime Asian Facial And Spa, but it wasn't that great. I still like Jemari Spa in Danau Kota. Hmmm should I sign up for their body treatment package???

5 February - masak nasi ayam dan bersantai di rumah saja. Managed to clear the outstanding task of settling the laundry which is such a drag! I just realised that my dvd player in the room has a USB port so I now can watch my downloaded series on the big screen. Selama ni dok tgk kat laptop je, jenuh straining my eyes. Now... Wooo weee clear giler!

Ok la, cukup la buat masa ni... Nak sambung Ghost Whisperer ni ha...

CNY 2012 Dinner

2 February 2012, Thursday

Our sports club organised the CNY Lo Sang Dinner at KLGCC. I looooove yee sang so would not want to miss it.

The food was not so bad...

The best part was that we got ang pows. And the bestest part, I got 2! My big boss accudently gave me 2 red packets, rezeki tu!

We sort of we 'forced' to stay until dessert to wait for the lucky draw. And unexpectedly, I got the 2nd prize. Normally I am never lucky during lucky draws... But I guess my luck is changing with the year of Dragon???

Anyway, it was a terrible week that week. My black hawk got hit from behind, and my other half was caught up in a 3-day meeting that I had to handle the matter all by myself... Looking at the bright side, I now know what to do if such things happen. I now know where PJ state police station is, I now know how to get to Kurnia's HQ, I now know that Kurnia sucks, I now know that it was difficult handling things all by yourself...

Dah tua dah aku ni....

Pegi Berjaya Times Square dgn Wancu dan anak-anak. Dulu masa anak kecik-kecik tak leh nak naik rides sebab tak de teman. Now Sang Lembut dah cukup haul tuk naik rides, kita pulak yg naik takut nak naik roller coaster....

Bila dipikirkan balik napa ya? Dulu masa time belajar kat Uk naik roller coaster kat Alton Tower's tak de masalah pun... Naik banyak kali pun ok. Dulu semua ride nak cuba without fear. Tapi sekarang, mcm phobia!

Tadi first ride naik yg tinggi pusing2 dgn kaki tergantung tu (lupa namanya!)... MasyaAllah... Takutnya... Takutnya rasa tergantung tinggi jauh nun di sana... Tak berani nak tengok bawah...

Then cuba naik Dizzi Izzi... Itupun seriau... Sang Lembut ajak naik Supersonic Odyssey tapi tak berani. Wancu gak yg berani. Aku melayan budak-budak kecik. Naik Crazy Bus pun rasa challenging!!!

I suppose I'm getting older now... I feel like a grandmother! Naik Dizzi Izzi dgn my doter rasanya dia lebih gelakkan maknya dari gelak from the adrenaline rush...

Oh well....

~old Xena~
17 Dec 2011
7:41pm

What a weekend....

It was a loooooong weekend... Not duration but rather activity wise! Kalau org putih cakap 'Value for Money' sebab setiap minit digunakan sepenuhnya...

This week jugak minggu semua plan tak menjadi. Orang kata, tak semua plan kita akan menjadi so terimalah dengan redha. Tapi ni dah mcm semua tak menjadi so hati agak sayu la jugak. Semua datang serentak mana boleh tahan... Huhuhu...

At the end of the day I realised that my BFF is myself. I am my best friend who will do everything and anything with and for me. I keep forgetting that... and expect others to be my BFF... When will I learn?

I'm tired of planning and will take it one day at a time (yeah right! I have already planned as to what I am going to do this Saturday!)... I'm gonna make sure my plan materialised... Fitness First, here I come!!!

It's hard when you are Type A personality... But nevertheless I'm trying my best to blend some 'Bs' in my personality to balance up... O God Almighty, please help me!

Hope I'll have a better week this week...

~resilient Xena~
11 Dec 2011
11:58pm

Happy 15th Aniversary to us!

Today is my 15th Wedding Aniversary...

So many good things that I have collected throughout the years, not to mention those downsides...
The ups and downs...
The knowing each other...
The blending in each family culture...
The sacrifises...
The tolerating and giving in...
The happy times...
The romance...
The adventure...
The craziness...

I may have mention regrets before but those are thoughts of devil... Honestly, no regrets as this was my decision and once made, there should not be any turning back.

To my beloved husband, best friend, advisor, consultant, hero, shoulder to cry on, thanks for the lovely years and I look forward of many-many years with you. I seek your loyalty towards this marriage and please never ever betray the wonderful marriage we have built...

I will try my best to do my part as well...

I love you and may Allah bless us and our family always.

~sappy Xena~
8 Dec 2011
11:57am

OCD?

I always choose even numbers when need to make decisions...

How many sachet of antireflux medication to bring? I would bring 4...

Volume of the radio in the car? 8, 10 or 12...

How many pieces of chicken to fry? 4 or 6...

How many eggs to make an omelette? Normally 4...

Is this an indication of me having OCD???

~obsessive Xena~
2 Dec 2011
4:21pm

Some good news to uplift my downside...

UPSR results came out today. PSRA was yesterday. My baby did me proud. CONGRATULATIONS Sang Lembut, very proud of you!

~proud Xena~
17 Nov 2011
5:51pm

My biking adventure: a traumatic experience!

Sunday 13th November 2011, a day I will never forget...

It was suppose to be a fun and enjoyable ride to Cameron Highlands via Bentong, Raub, Sg. Koyan then back to KL via Simpang Pulai. But it turned out horribly wrong...

We gathered at BHP pump station after the Gombak Toll. I was kindda excited because this is another biking group we were joining and the thought of meeting new friends, new gang, really made me excited. There were about 14 bikes, a mixture of various type of big bikes. I noticed this lady biker, I think she was the only lady biker, with her red shoes and bubbly character.

We took off about 9:10am, with a slow start, so slow that I was actually grumbling to myself 'BILA NAK SAMPAI NIH!'. We stopped for a while at Dataran Bentong, just to gather the group as we split into a few groups. We continued our journey and I must say it was rather interesting going through the inner roads, enjoying the greenary and the village view. We were not that fast, going at about 80-90kph. As we passed by Raub approaching Sg. Koyan, I noticed that the lady biker on Versys who was 2 bikes ahead of us suddenly went onto the shoulder of the road, on the grass. I was like 'what is she trying to prove?'.

She didn't slow down which until now made me wonder why she didn't do so, but maybe because she was trying to get back onto the road. I then saw water splashing and right after that somehow she lost control and bang! she flipped and tumbled! I was like 'Ya Allah!!!'.....

We were the first to reach her and I was already crying hysterically, as I was not sure if she was alive or not. I guess she had tumbled about 50 metres from where she hit the water which later I discovered it was a big hole filled with water.

My other half went to her and she was not moving, not moving at all! After a few minutes my husband told me that she was still alive. I wasn't strong enough to take a look at her. I went further back, and back, crying and praying that she would be ok.

By then the other bikers arrived. At first they didn't want to move her but we had no choice. She landed on 'sarang kerengga' and she got 'kerengga' all over her body. She also had a cut on her forehead and blood was coming out profusely. So, they moved her to the roadside, put her into recovery position and calmed her down. The police came and she was sent to the nearest hospital, Hospital Kuala Lipis. We took care of her bike with the help of the village people and we gathered at the police station.

We then adjourned to Hospital Kuala Lipis and we reached there about 12:30pm. She was consious and responded when being called, which made us quite relieved. As she had a big cut on her forehead and Hospital Kuala Lipis not have a CT scan, she had to be sent to Hospital Temerloh. While the doctors were trying to stablised her, we were being told some bad news, her BP dropped and dropped. A drop in BP indicates internal bleeding! I started to get worried as I know the danger of internal bleeding after accidents. Apparently she had ruptured her liver....

As she was sent to Hospital Temerloh on the ambulance, all of us followed suit. We reached Temerloh about 6.50pm. By that time she was being prepared for a surgery to remove the blood and to patch her liver (i guess). As her parents have also arrived from KL, we all decided that we would now be able to go to back to KL after the long and traumatic day.

As of now, she is still in ICU and been put on a life support machine. She had underwent a 2nd operation to fix her liver. My doa is for her full recovery. May Allah protect her and give her the strength to recover, Amin!

Since that day, I have yet to recover emotionally. When I am alone, not doing anything, my mind will be thinking about her and the image of her falling keep on playing back again and again.

Mas, be strong as I know you are one hell of a strong lady! Semoga Allah melindungimu, Masilla Ponijan...

~traumatised Xena~
Wednesday 16 Nov 2011
10:12pm