Tuesday, July 27, 2010

PotPet dari Yue Yusof at 6:56 PM
SELAMAT TINGGAL SAYANGKU

Kepada semua kawan-kawan dan pembaca senyap (silent reader) blog saya, dengan ini adalah dimaklumkan bahawa saya akan mengurangkan aktiviti meng'update' blog Memoirs of a Yue ini.

Dan saya dengan rasminya membka satu blog khas utk tatapan semua pihak, kawan-kawan dan termasuk ahli keluarga iaitu blog Route to the Kingdom.

Blog baru ini bermula dengan persiapan kami sekeluarga ke Arab Saudi, dan seterusnya saya akan menceritakan serta meng"update" keadaan semasa kami di sana.

saya tidak dapat meyambung blog Memoirs of a Yue untuk menceritakan keadaan kami di Arab Saudi kerana kisah kami di sana akan saya "buka"kan dan paparkan untuk tatapan ahli keluarga terutamanya. dan saya terpaksa "menutup sementara" blog ini memandangkan blog ini memuatkan kisah-kisah saya sejak "zaman gelap/jahat/nakal" hingga lah ke masa kini. dan sesetengah kisah/entry di dalam blog ini mungkin menjadi isu sensitif untuk ditatap oleh ahli keluarga. dan saya percaya kawan-kawan yg mengenali saya dgn dekat pasti memahami.

Namun begitu, jika ada luahan perasaan yg saya rasa tidak sesuai utk dimuatkan dalam blog Route to the Kingdom, saya masih akan meluahkan segala isi hati perut pankreas saya di dalam bog kesayangan saya ini.

Memoirs of a Yue....Selamat Tinggal... :((

Thursday, July 15, 2010

PotPet dari Yue Yusof at 9:26 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YUE!

First of all, thank you Allah, syukur kerana umur masih dipanjangkan...sambil dapat menikmati the meaning of life, yg kadangkala best, and sometime ada jugak x berapa best. anyway, syukur Alhamdulillah...

secondly, of thanx to all family & frens yg wish me, sama ada thru phone calls, sms or fb. thank you very much for all the good wishes...thats really keep me alive! walaupun tanpa Amet di sisi, i tetap happy on bday ni. (tapi mmg ada rasa kureng sikit lah...)


and Amet plak try to call me few times. and i was sleeping soundly on my bday night! hahahhaha....
then, bila dh tertengok misscall dia at around 2 a.m. i terus jek bbm him and he just wish me thru sms...hehhehee.

And the best part is, there is Pah Farah, my best fren yg the only one available kat KL still, come n celebrate my bday!
we decided to meet n The Curve and we spend the whole night (sampai kedai nk tutup!) at Marche. Gossippp time.......really enjoy the dinner and the gurly talks hehehhe...


my birth date stamped on the 'passport'

this is mine - medium cooked please!

Pah & Zuzu & Yaya - nampak cam sama size jek

ni Zuzu tangkap gambaq huhuhu

before balik, tapau 2 bijik Big Apple donuts for Zuzu yg sebok sgt "nak kek..nak kek.."

till then, doakan i jadik lebih baik dan improve dlm semua aspek ye....thank you...

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

PotPet dari Yue Yusof at 4:09 PM
TRAINING

i have successfully trained Yaya to stop breastfeed. Alhamdulillah..it has been already 3 weeks and she's totaly off now. the method i used is the common one mcm org tua-tua dulu selalu buat -sabotage. hehehehe...i put asam jawa, and in just 2 days, she refuse to take it anymore.
when i show it to her, she will say "nanak...acam.." (taknak, masam).hahahaha...

and i am currently training Zuzu into natural potty, as well as going for diaper-free. she is already 3 years old, and i strongly believe that this is the right time. i've read that some mother already trained their babies even in their first year! however, bear in mind that this training might not be a very wonderful, nor enjoyful moment, i guess...

i just started it yesterday. it's like every 15 minutes, i'll be asking her if she wants to pee, or poo. the answer will always be 'no" sambil berlari jauh-jauh from me. and then she pees on the floor.
for the first few times, i try to take it as "ok...she still new.she's on training.."

when she showed muka-nak-terberak and i cepat2 take her to the toilet,but she said "kakak tak berak la bu..."

ok, fine...and i know, it's not easy to guess when and when she's going to eliminate. there's one method that the mother have to see/observe first the child's elimination patterns, mayb for 2-3 days. so that we'll know when we have to ask her to go to the loo.

but, yes to go thru that "observation period" means u really really hv to bersabar n mengucap banyak-banyak ye...maksudnya, u hv to prepare to clean that "things" lah hahahhahaha...

but then, i tot, what if she poo on the floor? how do i clean that? because, before this she always always always denied when she already pooed in the diaper. i dont know whether dia takut to tell me, or takut kena marah (even i mmg x pernah marah pun dia berak), or malu, or what. but she always did that.

contoh :

ibu : bau busuk ni...kakak berak ke?

zuz : taaakkkk...(jerit kuat2 n terus cabut lari)

even berak dlm diaper pun xnak bgtau ibu, inikan pulak without diaper? can i be success this time?

but this is a training. i must continue, or otherwise she will be in diapers for... i dont now..may be until she goes to school??

and come this morning, she poo on the floor, right in front of the TV.

ok, Zuzu u go and take your diaper. Now!!!!

Monday, July 05, 2010

PotPet dari Yue Yusof at 5:19 PM
KISAH IBU & ANAK

So tugasan I hari ini selepas balik dari TNB ialah amat banyak sekali.uhhhhh….(kisah di TNB tu biaqlah x pyah cerita,biasalah as per expected).

Okeh senarai keja yg I MESTI buat hari ni :

Semalam masa hntar Cik Ton kat Stesen Duta, Yaya muntah dalam keta ibu..huwaaa!! habis bau masam sbb dia muntah sebaik sahaja minum susu! Baekk punya…so first of all nk kena cuci saki baki muntah Yaya dulu, then sembur febreeze.tu pun xtau lah mcmana lagi hilang ke tak baunya..

Then nk kena basuh baju yg dah semingu tak terbasuh. Ya lah minggu lepas mmg fully occupied punya sampai takdek masa langsung nak mendobi.penuh dah laundry basket, sampai 2 bakui lagi! Mmg 3 hari baru habis la mendobi nih. Itupun cuaca sejak 2 3 hari ni mendung sikit, x berapa nk panas.

Then lantai rumah pun dah kalah lantai market. Zuzu Yaya tiap-tiap hari mesti tumpahkan makanan.pastu makannya pulak merata tempat.bukan kt meja makan jek.kt depan TV,kt depan pintu, atas tangga semua ada kesan tumpahan depa.tak kira kt bilik lagi,pun ada depa curik bawak masuk cekelat ke hapa.

Kemarin Yaya tumpahkan air Ribena gelas besar punya.ibu just lap gitu-gitu jek sbb tak sempat.melekit lah lantai tu sampai hari ni baru nk bleh mop betul2 insya Allah…

Then semalam ditonyoh pulak buah durian kt lantai depan tv tuh.huhuhuhu..kemain lalat mengurung.adoiii…mcmana lah nk duduk dgn ibu tiap2 hari nih.tak bagi depa makan sendiri, x bleh jugak nanti development skill depa lambat.last2 sampai besaq dok depend kat org jek.

Hmmmm..kalau mcm ni lah nmpak gayanya.mmg ibu tak ada masa nk rasa boring walaupun ayah tak ada.penuh memanjang tugasan/kerja ibu.tak pernah habis dari pagi sampai ke malam.lepas tmpah yg ni, ibu lap. Lepas tumpah yg tu, ibu la lagi.pastu tumpah lagi n lagi n lagi.

Setakat ibu larang “jangan ambik” or “pergi main kat tempat mainan, jgn main kt meja makan” memang mcm tak masuk telinga pun…kekadang ibu terpksa beraksi kejam, merampas dgn kasar/paksaan barang2 yg bakal mengundang bahaya/kotoran. Uhhhh….

Sapa la kata ibu tak ada kerja??? Tell me, macam ni kah yg dipanggil suri rumah dok rilek goyang bontot kaki??? Penat dow…..

Sunday, July 04, 2010

PotPet dari Yue Yusof at 12:48 PM
SUMMARY LAGI....

So sekali lagi I just nak buat summary jek untuk aktiviti minggu lepas. Boleh Nampak kot betapa busynya suirumah sorang ni sampai blog pun x beresempatan nak hupdet!

Okeh, sebaik sahaja berita Amet mendapat Iqama tu diterima. I pun terus masuk gear pick-up.semua nak kena start dah!

Keessokannya, wednesay 30/6/2010 was the day where akhirnya I renewkan jugak my passport.akhirnya….treng treng treng…I was released from “SENARAI HITAM IMIGRESEN” hahahaha..

Wed, 30/6/10

  • Pagi-pagi bangun subuh terus x tido, sambung deco cupcake utk Zam
  • About 7.30 am hantar anak2 ke babysitter (terpaksa hantar awal sbb klu diorang dh terbukak mata, alamat mengelupor le nanti…)
  • Balik umah semula, bersiap lawa2 (td masa hntar anak, i x mandi lg dgn butercream penuh muka hehehe)
  • Pi ambik gambar passport (hari ni jugaklaa baru nk ambik..)
  • To Batu Caves, hantar cuppies
  • Terus to PKNS Shah Alam. Hantar application at 12.30. kena tunggu 2 jam.
  • Pi round2 SACC Mall (terpksa, xdek apa pun kt sini.huhuhu boring gila)
  • Collect paspot and siap semua around 3.00++ pm
  • BAlik singgah solat Zohor kt R&R sbb tak suka PKNS tu bygkanlaa kan surau camana…klu R&R selalunya mmg bersih n selesa….

Habis dh satu hari.

Thu, 1/7/2010

  • Pagi-pagi bangun kemas umah sikit.sikit jek.sbb tak lama kemudian heroin sudah bangun.
  • Mandikan dua budak itu.amat tidak mudah sekali ye puan-puan sbb depa dh pndai nk mensyampoo la, nk menscrub badan la (dh la nk pakai scrub ibu…huhuhu), nk menggosok gigi 2 3 kali..aduhhhh…
  • By 9.45 am baru laa boleh bertolak keluar dari rumah (berangan jek la nk sampai terpacak dpn imigresen tu kui 8 pg…)
  • Dlm kui 11 am baru la boleh pegang borang and start mengisi.pastu mmg nasib I laa…dapat plak kaunter 12, iaitu lah pakcik yg mmg very old version punya, asyik Tanya kawan2 kt sebelah how to isi kt computer tu, perlu ini tak, nak itu tak, and all…tahukah anda, I tunggu dia enter data dlm computer tu je ialah 50 minit! Cuma utk 2 org budak! Ohhh…and anak-anak saya…sila bayangkan apa depa buat…setakat guling2, baring2 kat lantai tu biasa dah…part tolak susun kerusi, pi main mesin fotostat etc…well…u girls really make ibu wants to screaaammmm!!!!
  • Then dh siap bayar semua, bawak depa turun gi breakfast mcD jap.terpaksa la pilih McD sbb kedai lain takdek air-con and u know lah kedai dlm bangunan bertutup mcm tu..klu xdek aircon..hmmm maul ah sgt bebudak tu nk duduk diam-diam…so I hv no choice, fast food again..
  • Then lepas mkn bwk depa pi Pesta Buku yg kebetulan kt loby tu jek.best la jugak, ada show from tadika, ada mascot majalah Anis,and I bought sikit activity books, flash cards and buku+CD Al-Furqan (kaedah cepat membaca Al-Quran, mcm system Smart Readers tu)
  • Oklah then about 2 pm jugak lah baru bleh balik. Biasalah time nak balik, atas keta dua-dua pun mula la meragam sbb dh ngantuk sgt la tu…time tido depa usually at 11 am.last-last tak sempat masuk hiway lagi, dua-dua dh terlentok…kesian anak-anak ibu, letih buat urusan rasmi hehehhe…
  • Alhamdulillah, now that 3 of us dh ada paspot. Cuma nk tunggu Amet apply for Yellow Slip plak.

Oh tgas tak habis lg. malamnya hangkut la plak depa pi HSBC Kepong.membayar segala hutang piutang.maklumla HSBC ni tempatnya semua yg susah paking.thats why I terpksa berurusan di waktu malam.huh…

Friday, 2/7/2010

Pagi-pagi buta, encik Amet sudah bertanya sama ada I sudah mem’bank-in” segala payment/bayar hutang piutang.

So by 9 am I dh siap paking kt area Sg. Buloh (mmg banyak bank kt situ except HSBC hehehe). Bawak jgk anak-anak yg x mandi tu sbb babysitter xde hari ni (bwk anak dia pi x-ray).

Mula-mula Maybank. Then Public Bank. Then CIMB. Then AmBank. Then Bank Rakyat.

Then alang-alang dh sampai ke situ borong siap-siap 2 karung pampers, 6 karung susu.huhuhuu…sekian all the money goes spended…

Sabtu & Ahad

Menerima tetamu iaitu makcik I (Cik Ton) and 2 org anaknya sbb anak sulung Cik Ton, Un nak register belajar kt UM. And Cik Ton has no husband (dh meninggal…), and she is a single mother of 4. And they are not super wealthy, they hv no car, and even no motorcycle. So here i am, to assist them.

Alhamdulillah semua urusan mudah diselesaikan. Well, I kan mmg a very morning person. Awai-awai lagi dh sampai kt Kolej 8 tu, org pun tak ramai lagi.senang jek register…

Oklah, itu sahaja summary for last week.

And I still have no time to rest. Esok will be the last day I send kids to babysitter’s. sbb I nak setelkan urusan membayar bil-bil pulak. Oh o u all ada tak baca The Star semalam, or Buetin Utama yg mamat tu dapat bil TNB RM400,000++ utk RUMAH dia..gila!!! and actually esok, I punya task pun nk pi maki TNB jugak. Ada ke patut rumah I nih, yg cuma 3 org manusia ni, bil sampai RM377.55 !!!!

Dh la baru last 3 weeks I bayar RM128 as they come with the Notis Pemotongan. Macam la kami tak pernah bayar bil.sbb mmg tiap-tiap bulan bayar… And I risau jgk if yg I bayar konon-kononnya tunggakan as per dlm notis tu pun ntah-ntah diorang salah kira jgk! Memang tengah sasau la TNB nih! Esok siap hang!

Okeh chiows nak tidoqzzz

Hmmm... bila laa..masanya i nk kemas rumah nih....*sigh sigh*

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

PotPet dari Yue Yusof at 1:54 PM
TIBA -TIBA

Tiba-tiba, out of a sudden, Amet bbm me : Iqama abg dah ready to pick up tomorrow...

Haaa???? i was so-o shock, yet syiok giler! ALHAMDULILLAH...syukur padaMu Ya Allah..

Tak ada kata-kata yg dapat menggambarkan ke'happy'an i, and if Zuzu n Yaya could understand, i believe they will feel the same too.

tak sangka, in just 2 weeks after submission, and just after 1 month (semalam genap sebulan cukup) Amet in Jubail, the Iqama is ready. it's just like a dream to me as i've been reading few blogs those working in Saudi, for them to get Iqama is more than 1 month, and mostly takes more than 2 months!!! Masya Allah...sungguh Engkau Maha Besar!

Yes, kali ni, baru lah air mata i menitis....kerana syahdu dan syukur sekali atas pertolongan Allah ini...

Ya Allah, permudahkan lah juga segala urusan hambaMu di sini sehingga kami disatukan semula di Bumi Anbiya'.

Hmmm... dalam syok-syok tu, terkejut dan terkelam-kabut la pulak tiba-tiba.sebabnya...hehehhehe...i nih paspot pun belum renew dong! (info : mine is gonna expired in November. to do residence visa, u must hv at least 2 years validity). Anak-anakku pun sama juga dong! hehehe.... galak la eksaited sgt la konon nak pi sana, hapa pun hang tak buat lagi.

Aduh...tiba-tiba pening : rumah x cari penyewa lagi, kereta x uruskan penjualan/x cari buyer lg, barang-barang yg nk bawak blk tingal kt kampung langsung tak sentuh tak kemas lagi, mcmana ni????

Oh oh oh ThinkPlus juga mintak i emailkan scanned pasport n foto visa untuk apply e-pin from KSA, pun tak buat lagi!!!

Tolooonggggg!!!!

Monday, June 28, 2010

PotPet dari Yue Yusof at 3:02 PM

STILL WORKING (even not in ofice)

Ooohhhh…it is so-o-o sad when people think that I am so freely lepaking at home since I already resign from my job.

Some said "waa bestnya dok kat umah..tengok tv,rilek-rilek je.."

While the other "bestkan dah x keja,lepak, makan-makan, bela badan je la."

And on family side "hah dah tak keja tu dok buat apa lagi kat KL tu.balik la dok kampong ni."

And soooo many others keep saying on me, the jobless a.k.a full-time housemother (not a housewife as I don't hv my husband here at the moment :))

Sedih tau.betui-betui sedih.

Tau tak, since I berenti keja last week, my schedule was so-o full. langsung tak ada masa I tido siang, or bangun lewat,or so. Let see what I did last week, in a brief.

Monday – start 9.00 am (tunggu bank bukak) buat bank draft, go to ptptn, buat payment and sign here n there (dh byr pun ada agreement lagi), finish everything by 3.30 pm

Tuesday – go to Maxis centre to terminate broadband (dh ada cerita in previous entry)

Wednesday – PosLaju (checking procedure & charge nk pos moto Amet), pi beli tiket bas Mujahid, sambung mngecat grill umah

Thursday - go to ThinkPlus (check on Family Visa process)¸ stat 12 tgh hari sampai petang : kemas umah tahap kemas gila sebab ada tetamu (family Toksu dr Perlis) nk tumpang bermalam sbb on their way to Johor to register Pak Njang kat KUITHO.

Jumaat : Pagi – buat breakfast for tetamu. Tengahhari – bawak family Toksu pi umah Paklang. Petang – masak diner utk tetamu.

Sabtu : Bangun pukul 4 pagi sbb Toksu nak bertolak awal gi Johor. Siapkan breakfast utk depa. By 6 am depa bertolak. Lepas solat subuh, I continue kemas-kemas dapur sbb byk lg balance makanan dinner semalam, cawan piring yg breakfast tadi yg perlu dikemaskan.

Ahad : bawak Zuzu Yaya gi mandi sungai since Zuzu keep asking me to go there since last week. Dari pukul 10 am sampai 4 ptg spend kat sana bagi depa main puas-puas.

Okeh itu baru senrai tugasan tugasan MAJOR je. Tak termasuk lagi senarai lain eg : lap lantai yg anak tumpahkan makanan, basuh berak anak, basuh baju, sapu sampah setiap kali diorang siap makan (walaupun just makan keropok, koko crunch, kacang, tetap bersepah jugak).

Tak termasuk lagi senarai lain yg I nak kena bat arrangement eg : nak buat email termination service itu ini yg I dh xnak guna, nak buat bajet rumah and preparation to Jubail. And few other things yg Nampak kecik, tp penting. And mmg baaanyaakkk lagi yg ada dlm fikiran yg I masih x sempat buat.

And my SMART BIZ and ZUZULITTLE CUPCAKE pun Alhamdulillah mendapat sambutan. So nk kena spare sedikit masa jugak untuk itu. And looks like these 3 days full of cupcakes order, directly. Alhamdulillah….

So, as you can see/read here – do you think I ni ada membazir masa, melepak-lepak, boring xdek benda nak buat, tengok tv 24 jam,makan-makan bela badan jek? Or shoud I spend time like 1 month kat kampong while I still have to do so many things which are really need to be done here?

And for Zuzu besday, which is today, I still don't have time to buy her any presents, or baking her cake. Well, it's gonna be this afternoon that we will be baking together-gether….

Oh by the way, my job-list for today :

9.30 am : survey deelopment class for Zuzu

11 am : Beli brg dapur

12 pm : beli barang cake

1 pm : basuh pinggan mangkuk / periuk belanga

1.30 pm : sapu sampah hall & kitchen

2.30 pm : WAJIB – cuci toilet bawah (kotor giler sbb kapasiti pengunaan di luar kawalan)

3 pm : Baking (for Zuzu & order)

And now its already 11.05 am and I still blogging (nak lepas geram jugak!!!), and not yet bath….yuuuuhuuuuuu!!!


 
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