Choc Craze in the office

Happy mode ngehehehe...I've been consuming chocolate one papan after another papan for the past 1 week. Tak hengat dunia punya. I suspect it is because of stress...hmmm...work-related stress. There's this one new assignment, must complete it within 2 weeks. Stress...stress.
Hubby being out-station, more frequent than normal, is also not helping. Selalu nya hubby is the supir, so sendiri jadi supir and kena meranduk traffic jam pergi/balik kerja...bleghhh...oh yes, also I have to tuck-in the girls every night (ni hubby nye keje) and teman sampai depa tido. Disturb my sleeping pattern a bit.
So, not surprising, I turn to my feel good food. Sayaaaaaaangg ko chocolate oii...And people are stopping by my cubicle to pau the chocolate. Not that I mind, spread the love heh? The love for chocolate. Yang best nya, yang lain2 pun start to have chocolate bars on their desk. Time for me to pau their chocolate...nyumm!!

Not in the picture..Cadbury bar..baru habis

Family run turned family running errand

We actually signed up Leo Run 2014 to join a family friend who was eager for a family run event. I was the one who highlighted about the run and naturally they signed up quite immediately. Me on the other hand, not so eager to join...my kids are not into this..yet. Sorang suka bangun lambat, lagi sorang would rather sit in a stroller and not truly enjoy the run. Baby tak tau apa, angkut je. Lagipun yg tak eager sgt, sebab we start to join Kelas Asas Haji every Sunday morning or go to Pasar Tani.

Hubby checked with me several time whether I have registered ourselves. Few days before the closing date, we officially signed up. We started to brainwash the kids about the event hohohoho...haiya..kena lah kan. Bukannya senang nak hambat bebudak ni bangun pagi and bersiap.

Dua2 budak tu dah mcm happy to join the family run...tapi at the end, kakak tak nak join..nak tido lagi. Pfftt...as expected. 5 members, down to 4. Just before we walk out of the door, the friend texted us. Tak jadi pergi...haiya..Honestly, I kind of expected this to happen too because penarikan diri seperti ini pernah berlaku.

Dengan itu, kami menukarkan acara hari ini kepada acara membeli barang2 pasar. We've spent the whole school holidays at my mom's and peti ais lengang youuu. Baby, tinggal di rumah dgn bibik and so, 3 members left. Sekian.

Tricked the friend that we are about to flag-off with this photo. Sajjjjaaa nak bg member rasa guilty

All is not lost. At least, ada hasil

Tgh tunggu makcik kira harga sayur2

Renewed sense of hope

Double...err...actually triple dose of the renewal.
1. When listening to Press Conference by the PM around 2pm today about the new phase of SAR for MH370. No evidence that the plane crashed/ exploded/ disintegrated and that the plane had flown northwest of Peninsular Malaysia.
2. When IPU in Shah Alam is improving bit by bit. Honestly, it feels like watching stock indices. MWM finally announced that the race is on. YEEAAAHHAA
3. When it rains in Shah Alam walaupun hujannya macam sempuut gitu, tapi tetap bersyukur.

Keep praying for 2 and 3. Praying harder for 1.

Penang Vacation 2014 - Part 2

When hubby ran Penang Bridge International Marathon 2013 last year, his friend brought him to Puncak Mutiara Cafe, a restaurant in Kampung Pelet, Bukit Mertajam. He was so impressed with the place, he promised to bring us there. So we went lah. And I likee. Sebabnya....tempat makannya ala2 gazebo style and I chose gazebo yang boleh duduk bersila. Yey...boleh letak baby Umar baring atas pangkin gazebo tuh. Freedom to eat, tak payah nak kendong2, dukung2 (eeee...rimas ooo...tak enjoy makan).

Sorry ye, mama nak mamam

Nasi briyani is the specialty. Agak steep jugak la price. Rambang jugak la mata nak milih menu. I settled for nasi briyani kambing grill. Hubby chose nasi briyani paha kambing. Bibik chose briyani ayam kampung goreng kunyit. Budak2? Briyani ayam goreng + fries ngeheheh. Tak boleh order yang exotic2 sgt kat budak2 ni, kang tak makan.

Macam2 ada kat sini. Rabbit farm, ostrich farm, goat farm. Tapi kitaorg pegi tgk goat farm je. Like 50m away from the tempat makan.

 Macam2 species kambing ada. Quite a huge kandang, mak kambing, bapak kambing, anak kambing sumer ada. The kandang was clean and well-maintained. Bau je laaaa...itu tak dapat ditolong lah kan?

I'm sooo cute & adorable ya?

Apa tengok2 ?

Awat? Minat my shoe ka? Nak match kan dgn bulu awak ke?

Hayaa enjoyed it so much, she wanted to go there again sebab nak melawat kambing2 tu. Bapaknya, bagi chan, we stopped for a while on our way back to KL.

Boleh laaaa...next time datang lagi to try other menu.

Penang Vacation 2014 Part 1 - Street Art

I had this ambitious plan to visit all the Street Arts by Ernest Zacharevic and took pictures during the recent CNY holidays. Had to revise the plan. Payah laaa pulak kerana....si Huda tak boleh duduk senyap2. She was restless, tak nak posing and restless menunggu kitaorg posing. Ye laaaa...bukannya kita sorang je nak bergambar. Tourist2 lain pun ada. Kena la take turn. Kadang2, ada kereta lah, motor lah, beca lah, orang lah dok lalu lalang. Bila dah restless tu, mula la Huda berlari sana sini, berlari nak lintas jalan, berlari masuk kedai. Peninn. Macam mana nak bergambar?...haishh. So we had to optimize and visit the most wanted aje. Yg lain2 tu, ikut nasib je la kalau terserempak.

'Boy on a Chair/ Reaching Up'. Huda is on the mural's chair

'Skippy, the Giant Cat'

'Children on the swing'

'Children Playing Basketball'

One of the Street Art - Welded iron wall caricature

Cute :)

Not sure if this is acknowledged as Georgetown's list of Street Art.

Upside down statue?

My favourite...ngehehehee

Of course with the most well-known Street Art 'Two Children on a Bicycle' at Lebuh Armenia

Both me & husband decided to do a thorough Georgetown heritage walk one day (bile nye ni...ntaaahh lee), just the 2 of us.

Shopping time

Got discount but for limited time only. 

Recently Fundsupermart organized a free seminar and offered discounted sales charge for selected funds which participated in the seminar. Tapi those funds I do not invested in. This time around, a couple of my favourite funds are listed since depa menang The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Fund awards.

Yey! Shopping!

Ronda2@Tmn Melawati

I registered Melawati 10K run sebab nostalgia punya pasal (and sebab last year DNS...hohoho). Hampir2 DNF coz I was not feeling that well around Friday midnight. Stomach flu I think - abdominal cramps, chills, rasa macam demam, sendi sengal2. Saturday morning, badan masih rasa tak best...macam baru baik demam gitu. Nevertheless, I decided to pin up the bib & gantung the running shirt. Selalunya excited buat benda ni tapi this time tersentot sket keseronokan tu.

Sunday earrrly morning, got up to feed baby and body felt almost normal and so I decided to go ahead and take it easy during the run. Berangin2 pagi itu di Melawati. Seronok pulak nengok pokok melambai2. Organizer siap announced that they had to take down the pintu gerbang START/FINISH for safety reason.
KM3-5 was nice. It was Jalan Kolam Air, banyak pokok so sejuk dan nyaman tapi boleh tahan slope nya. Lalu laa satu mini air terjun ni. Lojik la coz Empangan Klang Gate is close by.

At KM5.7, passed by the house that we used to live in. Haisshh...rumah ni asal-usulnya a single storey corner lot. Udah jadi double storey. There was a small piece of land beside the house. I guess the current owner extended the pagar and claimed the land as his/her own. Ish..ish..ishh.

At KM6.2, lalu pulak my sekolah rendah. Sempat ambik gambar 'Selamat Datang' dari jauh je hahahaha...Rasa over la pulak kan kalau cross jalan and ber selfie2 kat depan sekolah tu. Masa ambik gambar rumah tu pun terdengar dua mamat dok berbisik hairan (apa spesel rumah ni?)...haissshh...

Me & hubby cut short the run by not taking the U-turn close to the finishing point...jahat tak? Tapiii..tak rasa bersalah pun. I was really dehydrated sampai sakit kepala nyut2 lah (air kat dua2 water station habih). Pikiaq nak carik ayaq je time tu. Ayaq liuq pun kering dah. We ran only about 8.6KM. According to hubby's niece who was also running, the whole route was about 9.5KM, so short by 0.5KM. Hmmm...last year, it was ~8.5KM due to closure of certain route for safety reason. Dah 2 tahun berturut2 ni route tak cukup nisab. 

Nasib baik seronok bernostalgia and nasib baik I decided to take it easy... Cukup la kut bernostalgia kat Melawati ni.