USB Modem laa...

(pos ini didedikasikan khas untuk Ms Jess.. haha)

Silalah dapatkan benda nie.. juga merupakan rahsiaku sehingga berjaya update blog dengan jayanya sejak kebelakangan ini.Wahaha (gelak jahat bercampur puas hati)

However it took me 6 months gak untuk ditimbang2kan, sama ada berbaloi tak nak dapatkan benda alah ni di samping pembayaran bulanan yang boleh tahan la jugak.

Sehinggalah sampai ke PC fair baru-baru ni, walaupun hajat di hati nak mendapatkan sebijik laptop bersaiz mini tapi hampa sebab yang Atom nyer range (8") semuanya takde CD drive. Adakah patut? (siapa tau laptop 8" atau 9" yang hebat specnya, jenama best dan ada CD drive, ehem serta harganya berpatutan i.e below RM2000 sila bagitahu saya dengan segera. Haha).

So far not bad,untuk promo masa PC Fair, for 7.2 Mbps, free for first two months, then pay monthly RM129 permonth sampai 18th months, habis contract je RM98 permonth and boleh terminate bila-bila masa.Modem is all yours, takyah lease2 cam Maxis. Harga modem? Bayar dalam RM150 bila register tu, tu je dan your broadband akan diactivate kan dalam masa kurang dari 24 jam lepas register. Activation fee? None. Modem pulak jenis plug and play so takyah takut, terus connect je :)

Performance so far ok, good.. tapi namapun broadband tak boleh la nak expect stability cam streamyx. Sometimes ada gak disconnected tiba-tiba tapi jarang la.Tapi memang wide coverage dan not much hassle eventhough try bukak kat area-area pedalaman.

Kalau jenis bajet outstation selalu and takde phone 3G yang dilengkapi Wifi serta embedded modem, dan ala-ala memang selalu usung laptop kehulu kehilir, saya recommend anda dapatkan USB modem broadband ni. Setakat ni performance dia memuaskan la tapi taktau la lepas ni macam mana kan.

Saya pun tak berniat la nak compare dengan Maxis punya modem tapi my conclusion is the Celcom broadband deal ni memang not bad, especially tang coverage dia tu. Tapi ramai pakar meramalkan tahun 2009 nanti broadband modem akan jadi semakin murah, dan laptop size mini dan Smartphone akan jadi kegilaan ramai. Jadi, akan ku tunggu tahun hadapan untuk laptop 8" ku... yeah.

Discussion Celcom vs Maxis broadband:
http://www.malaysiabloggers.com/showthread.php?t=5103&page=4

Salam Tahun Baru 1430H

latest family photo : my expanding family

Ya Allah Ya Tuhan kami, Engkau sahajalah yang maha kekal dan sediakala, dan di atas kelebihan rezeki Engkau yang Maha Besar, dan kemurahanmu yang cukup, dan pada tahun baru yang menjelang tiba ini, kami memohom kepadaMu ya Allah, pemeliharaan dari godaan syaitan dan kuncu-kuncunya, dan kami memohon pertolongan dari tarikan nafsu yang mendorong melakukan kejahatan, yang mengganggu daku untuk membesarkan Mu, Ya Zal Jalali Wal Ikram..

Salam tahun baru 1430H dari kami sekeluarga, semoga tahun ini menjadikan kita insan yang lebih baik dari tahun-tahun yang sebelumnya , ameen.. :)

Matter of choice

Situasi 1

Baru-baru ni kita digegarkan dengan tragedi tanah runtuh. Baru beberapa hari selepas kejadian banglo ranap di Ulu Yam, tragedi Bukit Antarabangsa pula berlaku. Maka ramailah yang menuding jari menyalahkan pelbagai pihak. Tapi saya rasa semua maklum, hujung-hujung tahun ni memang musim monsun mengganas. Banjir dan tanah runtuh memang selalu terjadi terutama bila dekat musim tengkujuh macam sekarang ni. Kadang-kadang teruk, kadang-kadang tidak, kadang-kadang meragut nyawa. Kalau di Kedah (mungkin negeri lain pun begitu, saya hanya ambil contoh di kampung ayah saya) terutama daerah Pendang, banyak rumah-rumah lama bertiang tinggi supaya kalau banjir taklah hanyut semua benda. Paling tidak tak perlu berpindah kalau setakat air naik satu-dua meter. Dan kalau ikut dahululah, mana ada orang buat rumah di lereng bukit, itu cari pasal namanya. Kita kan tahu kawasan bukit biasanya ada `jalan air' dan pasak bumi ni tak boleh diganggu sewenang-wenangnya, alamat ekologi alam akan terganggu.

Situasi 2

Ramai orang meluahkan rasa tak puas hati, siap buat perbandingan tentang tandas di sesetengah pusat membeli belah, pejabat atau kompleks moden zaman sekarang. Kebaratan, katanya sebab tiada hos pancuran dan paip air. Biasanya hanya ada paip pencuci (dari dalam mangkuk tu) dan kertas tisu. Menyusahkan orang, tak Melayu- friendly. Tapi pernahkah orang yang complaint tu melihat tandas-tandas di luar negara, semuanya memang tiada hos pancuran. Sebab apa? nak menjamin kebersihan tandas. Jadi kalau orang Melayu macam kita ni ke luar negara dan nak ke tandas, apa kita lakukan? Kita bawa botol kosong untuk isi air dalam hand bag kemana je kita pergi, supaya senang ke tandas. Tisu memang wajib ada di tandas mereka jadi kita tak payah risau untuk beristinjak dengan sempurna.

Situasi 3

Di pusat bandaraya, ramai orang mengeluh perkhidmatan tren yang lambat, tak menepati masaa, dah lah penuh sesak dengan manusia. Walaupun sampai di stesen on time di Masjid Jamek (sebagai contoh, orang yang kena tukar tren macam saya) tapi tak bermakna boleh sampai ofis on time. Mungkin tren yang ke lima baru kita dapat naik sejak masa kita menunggu di stesen itu. Tak kondusif langsung dan menghilangkan mood nak pergi kerja. Apatah lagi bila sampai ofis lambat dan dimarahi bos. Tapi, sebenarnya kita tahu kalau kita keluar awal, sampai di stesen awal, naik tren awal yang takkan sesak macam sardin. Kita boleh je nak pergi ofis dengan selesa.

Quote dari whoever diambil dari Truth or Fiction tiba-tiba menjelma di minda saya;

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

Sangat lah benar.

Pernah tak rasa..

(Precaution : Don’t read this post as a person whom just had the worst day of her life. Imagine a person who had accepted everything happened to her, the good and bad, and felt grateful for everything and thankful as atleast she is able to breathe the next day. She just happen to take some time out of her daily life, sit at one corner and think the whys.)

Pernah tak rasa..

In working environment and in daily life,

We think we have planned everything smoothly, flawless. We almost sure it will happen, only a matter of time. We know that is the best plan ever as we almost cracked our heads for it, nothing can come in between. Suddenly, in a less than two minutes discussion, everything shattered into pieces and the plan go haywire.

We think we strived hard, harder than the rest to make things happen. We gave our 101 percent commitment and even get acknowledgements from the high ranked for that. But when the appreciation thing comes, you’re plain left out.

We think we’ve tried our best to talk to people, and (think we) successfully persuaded them to attend an event. They even asked so much that showed their genuine interest and ensure 99% they will attend. But when the day came, they just did not show their faces, without any reason.

We think we’ve given the best cooperation to others, help all our might to ensure something a huge success. Even if the whole thing is not even ours, we get our hands dirty and put our best effort. But when the time comes for us to need others’ cooperation, the only thing they provide are hundreds of excuses.

Some points learned:

1) Kita hanya merancang, Allah tentukan
2) Sometimes what we really badly want is not the best for us..
3) Tidak mengapa jika diri tidak dihargai, tapi bimbanglah bila diri tidak lagi berharga.. (pinjam Ami’s recent gtalk status)
4) Don’t ever feel we’re the best, the most treasured asset of the company, sometimes we’re just not there yet, and we did not even realize that. Somewhere I heard people say, “ Riak adalah apabila kita merasa diri kita sangat bernilai..”
5) Never expect we will get what we give, sometimes life is just cruel in nature
6) Never give up and always deliver the best you can give. As anything less than your best is a waste of the gift

Any additional advise, anyone? :)

Travelling (Again)?

Assalamualaikum wbt and good day.

This morning I attended a kuliyyah and the ustazah said, Islam encouraged people who have extra money to go sight-seeing and experiencing new world, and bukannya bershopping. (ahaha like a smack on the head!)

How true.

Just to reflect during my childhood days, I happened to study in an all girls school, ala2 sekolah bandar la jugak..multiracial school and most of the students anak-anak orang berada la kiranya. I felt so down la jugak when most of my friends boasted about their family, "My Dad studied in UK", "I was born in US", " I just came back to Malaysia when I was 10" those kind of kid talks. And I actually experienced none at that time. And I did hope and pray that I would eventually set my feet on those countries someday, insya Allah.

Once when I came back from school, I went to my Dad and asked, " Abah, kenapa abah tak belajar kat oversea dulu?"
Abah said, "Dulu Abah dah dapat tempat untuk sambung belajar kat oversea, tapi scholar host abah tak bagi"
"Oh.."
And I still remember I marah sangat dengan my Dad's scholar provider!! Yelah kalau tak mesti I pun mesti boleh berlagak cakap my Dad graduated from oversea jugak kan (Alhamdulillah Allah didn't give me the chance, kalau tak dah dapat dah dosa berlagak=riak:P)

Then, I prayed my big brother dapat study kat oversea so I get the chance to visit him once in a while, but apparently he's not and just studied locally.Fine.

Later on after SPM, I tried to get myself to study abroad, and after a lot of interesting and unfortunate circumstances (believe me, alot!!), I was stuck in a local uni as well. I felt down for a while but I never regret this to happen. I was destined to be :)

Meanwhile, me and the whole family enjoyed Discovery Channel, Travel and Living, and other similar documentaries..we also enjoyed reading atlas and maps, wishing we will go there one day. Tak salah berangan kan..

Then, Abah got his license, the family's financial became considerably stable and then the whole ritual of frequent travelling started.

Alhamdulillah, for the past five years, I travelled abroad more than I ever did in my life, thanks to my parents (of course I was sponsored, I cannot afford it on my own, anyway) . While some of my friends get the opportunity as they studied abroad , some had parents and relatives stayed abroad and got the chance to visit them , and some had their job took them everywhere around the world, where they never had the experience before in their life. I believe that now, in the present world, travelling and going abroad were not considered rare and was not an exclusive hobby for the rich and wealth, anymore.

Now, everyone can fly (pinjam tagline Air Asia). Too many low rates flights, too many destinations, too many promotions to encourage people to spend their money in tourism industry.Or perhaps, Malaysians style of living is very much improved,Alhamdulillah. Its not rare now to see students going to UK with friends during summer break, new executives taking long off-days to enjoy winter in Beijing, newly wed couples honeymooning in Hong Kong and Bali..and the list goes on.

I'm not really sure where this post heads to, but I really hope those who had more opportunities to travel abroad to take the chance and look for tanda-tanda kebesaran Allah..they are always there.Lagi jauh kita berjalan, lagi banyak kita akan belajar and don't hesitate to share with the others too.Previously, I always felt reluctant to share my overseas experience, takut la kena cop berlagak ke ape kan, but I believe it relies more to your niat, and people will perceive well. To share is to care :)

Some

Some people are just annoying by nature.

Jadi maafkanlah mereka...

P/S : I might annoy some people by just writing this. So please forgive me.

(Its amazing how brain works, isn't it?)

Experiencing Makcikhood

These past few weeks had been exciting for me. I've got to take care my little nephew whom will turn 2 months in few days time.

For some, this might be a day to day routine but for me, all this were extremely new. I've got a brother when I was 3, I don't have any experience taking care of my little cousins and my Mom never babysits anyone.

So when Hazim arrived last weekend and stayed the whole 3 days for Raya Haji in my house (biasanya dia datang kejap2 je, or stayed overnight.Most of the time dia kat rumah atuk lagi satu), my makcikhood instinct was tested. Ahaha.

Jaga baby ni is a weird experience, yet interesting. Masa belum pernah jaga baby, memang excited gila nak tunggu my SIL delivered and tak sabar nak tolong jaga baby tu..(siapa tak suka baby kan). Baby is always adorable and cute and playful, nak-nak my nephew ni sangat aktif dan dah terer gelak walaupun umur tak sampai 2 bulan lagi. Mungkin dia belajar gelak sempena raya haji haritu (ada kaitan ke). Pastu suka buat muka comel, muka kesian, muka cubaan untuk mengamuk dan sebagainya.

Tetapi...

Baby tantrums are unavoided. Si Hazim bertuah ni memang bertuah, pantang letak je kat tilam dia nangis, kalau tak angkat meraung2. Bukan nangis2 comel tu ye, dia nangis cam kena pukul tu. So orang kat umah tu take turns pegang dia,dah tu bila pegang je dia tido. Pastu bangun nangis mintak susu and tido lagi. Time nak sendawa pun payah sangat si kecik ni sebab dia boleh mamai-mamai and tido masa kena tepuk nak burp kan dia. Bertuah betul anak buah aku sorang ni..kalau mengeliat and menguap pun nangis gak, padahal dia sendiri yang buat tu. Kita tak usik pun.

Paling best I learnt to take care of Hazim. Dari tukar nappy, sapu minyak telon, baby oil, bedak, baby lotion, pakai barut, pakai mitten and booties, pakai baju and seluar. I didn't know that siapkan baby ni must be in sequence. Pastu belajar mandikan baby. The good thing is Hazim ni suka mandi, lepas mandi je good mood dan mula bercakap ngan orang tapi baby talk la (macam ooh dan aah) dan membuat sound effect (kat mana la belajar tu). So saya sebagai makcik best bercakap la ngan dia.. siap pi luar rumah tunjuk "Ni kucing", "Ni pokok", " Ni kereta MyVi" "Eh hari dah hujan la Hazim" yelah the expets said that eventhough babies at his age could not understand what people said, but the brain has started to process the things that he hear and see. New things learned : Never knew minyak telon brand Bebiku smells so good. Rasa nak curik je.

Besides, I learned how to make baby's formula milk. Rule of thumb : must be the right mixture of milk and water, and warm. Kalo tak Hazim campak je botol tak nak minum susu sejuk.Memang le senang je buat susu tapi kalo dah sehari dalam 10 kali (dia pakai botol kecik tu), lenguh gak mak ngah. Pastu baby sorang ni susah nak burp, suruh burp dibantainye tido (walaupun masa tu dia tengah duduk), then once in a while bila tengah dukung dia muntah susu sikit2. Selamat la baju semua orang. My luck was when I wore a brand new shirt, wahahaa padan muka saya. Kesimpulan : Jangan pakai baju baru masa tengah dukung baby. Haha and then lepas basuh botol2 susu dia tu, pakai sterilizer plak. New things learned : Baru tahu sterilizer comes in tablets.

On raya's eve I experienced handling baby perut kembung..abis sumer orang berjaga sebab baby nangis tak berhenti (Tapi atuk and abah dia dah selamat di alam mimpi la.. as usual). Macam2 minyak guna, penat nangis dia berenti kejap pastu sambung lagi..sampai la kul 1-2 pagi.
Tula sikit sebanyak kisah seorang makcik.Kalau saya ni makcik jaga 3 hari pun dah rasa penat, mak ayah dia lagi la.. biasanya diorang siap ada shift untuk jaga anak tengah malam. Pastu I think this is a good training ground for me la, for future preparation..

*experienced difficulties to post pictures. Will post later, insya Allah.Update with a picture