Today is the Pay Day! Yeaayyyyy! For someone who hasn't been working for almost 4 years, today is the day that I'm looking forward. Even before the day come I had so many plans inside my mind as a token for my husband, children, maid and parents. So here are some of the gifts that I end buying during lunch time and after work.
Cuffling with his name engraved
Dino book for Ehsan
Disney Character Book for Erica
Jeffery Archer book for my dad as he loves to read
Glassware plate for my mom on her request
Story book for my maid
The gifts may not look expensive but I do hope they appreciate the gifts that I gave with my 1st pay after 4 years.
And talking about giving gifts for everyone I still can’t find a nice gift for myself so that I could remember and keep it for the rest of my life. I still remember the big purchase I bought using my 1st pay way back in 2002 was a washing machine. And eventually the machine is still in good condition and look like brand new even after nearly 8 years.
p/s Sukenya dah keja boleh kembali bershopping bag, kasut n body shop like before….. YAHOOOOOO!!!!!!
This is my routine (for the time being…..) to my new office & my new work….
6.45 a.m– My morning starts - Prepare breakfast & cook lunch for the kids
7.30 a.m- Take shower
- Getting ready to work
8.15 a.m- Leave the house & arrived 30 – 45 minutes later depends on the traffic
It took me…..
104 stairs from the roof top parking in 1Utama
Approximately 400 steps from 1Utama thru One World Hotel to my office building in KPMGTower
1 lift up to level 2A
And a few more steps to my desk
During lunch hour I will usually take my car out and enter the parking again as to save the parking fee. The 1st 6 hours will only cost me RM 1 so over lunch time I will go out and re-enter the parking again in level 3. So by end of the day I will only have to pay RM 2 if I go back on time (5.30pm), instead of paying RM16 for 8 hours in KPMG basement parking.
Going back may not take me a lot of time and energy
A few steps from my desk to the lift
1 lift down to ground floor
Approximately 300 steps to another lift in 1 Utama
1 lift up to level 3 or 4 depends on which level I park
In 10 minutes time I’m already at home with the kids……….
It’s been a tiring week for me the past 2 weeks. I had to stay back up until 8pm to finish up works. We had a demo presentation for Maybank Indocorp from Indonesia and also Brunei International Bank Development obviously from Brunei within this month. So I have to help out with testing the system and making sure the system is running smoothly during the presentation. My contribution may not that ‘wow!’ as to compare to those maintaining the system but hey….every little help counts right.
Even Ehsan had to call me one day asking me to come back home. Pity him and Erica had to wait for me to come home and by the time I arrived am so damn tired that I had my dinner with half eyes open. And am so thankful that my parents are around to keep the kids occupy and mummy for preparing the dinner whenever am late. But I guess this will only be one of the odd days and would not be the routine. Hope Ehsan and Erica will understand that their mama still love them despites having to work late at night.
And I am looking forward for our family retreat the end of this month. I had a brilliant idea for Mr. Hubby that we should have a retreat every month as to escape from all the hectic days that we had been through. *Wink* *Wink* Mr. Hubby great idea tak?... And for those who read my blog I do appreciate your ideas of places for holiday…
p/s Am writing this blog while waiting for Mr. Hubby to meet me for dinner at 1 Utama.
It was really horribly long hiatus for me in blogging. I have a lot of stories, pictures, and memories to share but so limited time to really sit down and write. Furthermore with lots of thing that needs to settle since we came back from Sudan in January 2009 it’s even worst. Hubby still needs to work as usual whilst I need to handle from the house renovation to movement, Ehsan’s school and lot more.
For this 2010 I would like continue back my ‘passion’ in blogging as I always remember that my ‘niat’ of having this blog is for me to write all the stories of mine for my memories later with my children as well as to share some if not all with others.
In this post I would like to share some tips that I got from my uncle a.k.a PaksuMan. The other day I wrote an email to him sharing my concern on what is the best way for us as young parents to bring up our children to become a good Muslim as well as a good human being. And not only that I also wish to become a cool parent to my children so that I can become their friend rather than only a mother/father. I find it the tips are interesting and would like to share with anyone who is interested. This is his point of view in bringing up the children the way he does. Of course bringing up kids and moulding them to become the way we want may be different from an individual to another, but for me getting an advice from the experienced people would be an added value.
So here are some of his tips:-
Below 4 yrs old - communicate your thoughts by leading them, & showing them in not so many words, but with many ACTIONS. Don’t spank them but with example action (e.g washing hands before food, eating with mouth close.)
From 4 to 10 - it is ACTION plus sharing the good things of particular activities. (E.g. rubbing the hand with soap and doing it this way, will ensure the germs will go away, n not make us sick, or hanging your towels after shower/bath will make it dry so that they will not give u kudis!!), say it just once...never berletiaq (nag) ...children or teens don’t like that at all!! When they forget, then repeat it again n again n again. But never fret by saying "I have told u many times....!!". This will make them withdraw & rebel. Especially at a young age, and they will find means to get back at you. At this age they will start to ask many whys.
10 to 13 or once they are balikh - They can reason more, and start asking over n over again. And they will say with a bigger WHY?...hehehe.. This is the time their hormonal change affect their physical n mental state more. Again the friend approach is, to be with them more, fill them up with closeness and more of listening.
Try to understand why they like this & that, or hobby. Share their interest. Chill out with them. Go to the mall with them, Treat their friends well. Never perleceh (condemn) the way they dress (as long as tak langgar aurat rule), they way they comb their hair... As long as it does not come to any harm or against the Islamic rule, let them be. They will get over it once they reach 16. At this age they want to be treated like an adult.
Communicating
Use a friendly intonation
Imagine that you are going to talk to a friend, the atmosphere is casual...VERY IMPORTANT, don’t interrogate with so many WHYs, I THINK....
listen and only give your views when ask
If you are still dying to give your views, entice them to ask you
Don’t interrupt
Don’t raise your voice (friends laugh it out and respect each other)
If the child needs to be admonished, then it should be communicated in private
These are some of the tips that Paksu shares with me. Some may find it interesting and some may have other opinion of their own. Either way we choose there’s always no right or wrong as long as we are happy with our spouse in bringing up the family that we wish it to be.
I guess for the 1st posting of year 2010 it had been long enough. Until the next time I can find time for myself to blog again….. Au revoir people…….
Jeffery Archer book for my dad as he loves to read
