#longoverduehoneymoon Trip to Japan - The Arrival

We reached at Kansai International Aiport (KIX) at 3.45pm (Japan time - 1 hour ahead from MY). About 6hrs journey. It was quite exhausting as we really don't have enough rest because of our miss flight story, you can read it here . Plus not so much activity to do on flight- you know lah AA everything must be paid like rental movie or rent power bank to charge your phone! So yeah, i'm quite restless and sakit leher.

By the way, we will be given 2 forms to be fill in and submit to the Japan Immigration. So keep the forms properly because they immigration officer will asked you that form. By the way, 2 white forms and 1 brown form. The brown form (sorry i forgot to take pics on this) is basically is for the husband to fill it as a 'ketua rumah tangga' so only 1 form for this for each family!

One more thing, while you waiting for your luggage don't be surprised if suddenly got dog come near you. This is how Japan police want to check foreigner if you try to seludup masuk any prohibited things like drug. To be honest, I was quite shock when suddenly got dog near me and try to 'bau' me. I don't really like dog actually because i am more to "cat person' that 'dog person'.

So after everything is clear, 1st thing 1st, you must go to Kansai Tourist Information Centre. Take many pamphlets (in english of course) as many as you can, that of course related to which place you want to go and it is highly recommended if you buy the Kansai Thru Pass (KTP) for 3 days. (there is 2 options one is for 2 days pass and the other one is 3 days. Depend to you how many days u want, but as for us, because we dont want to go thru so many hassles during our trip we choose 3 days!)

This KTP is about 5200 yen per person and it covers the whole trains, subways and buses in Kansai area that shown on the card EXCEPT for trains under Japan Rail Pass (JR pass). If you want to know about this pass, pls do some research about this. (^_^). So Since we have no guide, and travel as backpackers and being not very familiar with Japan Train System, i think this KTP really help us! You can buy this KTP at the Kansai Tourist Information Centre in the airport.

But bear in mind that, this KTP is only valid for 3 days! SO if u stay at Japan more than 3 days, you need to plan very well when you going to use this pass.

After you buy this ticket, of course the next move is go to your hotel lah kan..so we chose Sun White Hotel located at Tanimachi-Chuo Ku somewhere in Osaka. I will tell you more about this Hotel. By the way, any hotel  in Osaka, you have to use the Nankai Line (orange line). (as shown below)

For us, we didn't use our KTP instead we buy single way ticket. Because we plan to go to Kyoto, Nara and Kobe. So the last thing that we want to have in Japan is STRESS! why, the trains system in Japan is way too complicated and for the 1st timer like us, better use this pass for a longest trip that need to exchange many trains.

This is Kansai Region Map. Basically Osaka is in the heart of this region. So if you planning to go other province like Kyoto or Nara, it is easy if you chose Osaka to stay and make it as ur 'base camp'. 

 This map is included in your KTP. So as you can see (click to enlarge), there are so many trains and subways (by color codded)..so you really need to study this map. Some blogger suggest to install Japan Rail Map-Tokyo Osaka or Japan offline map, guide, weather, hotels (App Store), i didn't know that this app is exist before I went to Japan so yeah, if you planning to go there i think this app will help you.

So back to Nankai Line, because we still have no idea how to buy ticket, we just went straight to the Nankai Information Centre and buy ticket. Done! Price 920 Yen (RM35 ~ using at that time exchange currency that will be 100 yen = RM 3.78)

Those who can read kanji (chinese, Korean) will have some ideas on what have been written there, but for us buta kanji, we just understand the figures only! But basically it is tell us this ticket is from KIX to Tengachaya Station (K20) where we have to exchange train from Nankai line to our place that will be Tanimachi Line (purple Line).

So from Tengachaya station, actually we can go straight using Sakaisuji Line (brown Line) to Hommachi Station (C17/K15) and make another exchange train that is Tanimachi Line (purple Line) heading to Tanimachi 4-chome. That will cost 240 Yen. But, because we followed what we got from our research thru Mr.Google, he asked us to stop at Minami Morimachi Station (T21/K13) and then exchange to Tanimachi Line, so a little bit extra yen there and jarak bertambah! But it's ok, as long as we reach to our destination safely. But if you happened to stay at the same hotel, i advise u to stop from Tengachaya to Honmachi Station, then hop to tanimachi line. By the way, from Tengachaya you have to click on 240 Yen for Tanimachi 4-chome. upsss..so far boleh faham ka ni? ka still have no idea? It's ok. It is NORMAL! (But at least you have some ideas by giving you the name of station!)

Anyway, from KIX to Tengachaya is about 1 hr journey. I was like jakun because throughout the journey, I still couldn't believe i am at Japan already. And my 1st impression about Japan is that the city is very CLEAN! The people of Japan is very polite and helpful. And very discpline too. Compare to our countries, They will give way to passenger to exit 1st then only they enter the train. No adegan tolak menolak lah sini!

Then, from Tengachaya to Tanimachi 4-chome, it tooks another 15 min i think. And when you reached the station u still need to know which exit you have to take. But in my case, keluar saja dari train, we go to no 4 exit from the tanimachi 4-chome.

Nah ini lah maksud sy, setiap line ada colour dia sendiri. Tanimachi Line is purple colour ye!

So after all the penat mengharungi 6 hrs journey plus 1hr ++ trip on trains, we finally reached at our Hotel. The SunWhite Hotel. Very strategic hotel. Because it is near to the subways and many shops around this hotel. So very convenience, I tell you. (^_^)

As you can see, the building behind me is the hotel that we stayed for 6 days 5 nights. Thanks to my husband for very wise decision choosing this hotel! 

That's it guys! That was our story upon our arrival at Osaka. Like I said, we really enjoyed our trip.

Next story will be Trip to Universal Studio Japan.

See you in my next post.

Thank you for reading!

#longoverduehoneymoon Trip to Japan - The Miss Flight Story

I was so wanted to do a post regarding travelling..well u know to give you some tips here and there..unfortunately since the day 1 i started my blog i have never have the kind of 'travelling story' to share with you...so basically my blog was all about my life story which if you can see that my blog becoming almost a dead blog! hahahaha

So I'm back again here... I was dying to write this on as I wanted to keep this as my sweetest memory plus I wanted to share with you our #longoverduehoneymoon trip to Japan.

Why with that hashtag? You see, since we got married, we never went to have our REAL Honeymoon like other couples. I got pregnant Joshua right after 2 months from our wedding day. Yeay so much fertility there...I know! (^_^)... since then, our life was quite busy...not only have to adapt to each other and but also adapting with the new title 'mommy and daddy to be'. So we got married on march 2011...and 2016...we finally have our honeymoon ..yeayyyy... Excited? I was beyond excited... like wow going oversea?...it was my 1st time indeed!

This whole idea trip to Japan is coming from my husband. It just happened to be that my husband got a friend a Thai friend whom he met during their 20 day course at Beijing and that friend is currently pursuing her Ph.D (last semester already) at Tottori (one of the province in Kansai area). So my husband told me that, 'sementara masih ada kawan dia di Jepun, bagus pergi sana at least bab guide sudah free'...at first i was quite reluctant because...I know Japan is among the expensive country in Asia (Spore of course the most expensive country in the world)...and my biggest worry is that where to find money...sedangkan duit sedia ada pun just cukup2 to cover our monthly expenses. Mau saving tu memang kalau mau terbang tahun ni di Japan patutnya suda simpan dari tahun lepas lagi...

But here is my husband strength lies on...his strong determination...If he already set it in his mind then he will do it...

But of course... to me is all by God grace and favour to us...

So cut story, we did got some money..on April 1st, I went to renew my passport and bought the ticket...total ticket for both of us plus i chose quiet zone seat and luggage so all together is about RM2400.

The next move is asking cuti rehat from my boss. And thanked God she approved it without any hesitation. Wow...u see with this my current boss, it is actually really hard for us to simply take holiday without any solid  excuse reason. But she said YES easily..so it is actually the 1st sign that God indeed 'merestui' our journey to Japan.

The 2nd sign is that, our trip was during school holidays. So my husband managed to ask help from my mother in laws and his sister who is a teacher to come to KL and help us to look after our kids. They agreed upon it...therefore i am so thankful for them. I thanked God because his favour to us in so many ways.

---------- The day that we supposed to fly--------------

ok this is will be my biggest lesson learnt! I have never imagined this 'thing' will ever happens to myself. Looking at how quite frequent flying to Sabah since I was 13. There is no ever thought that I will miss our flight to Japan. Crazy right!

But it happened! what funny thing is that, I bought the ticket , i gave my husband a copy of it...and I just looked at ticket once only; that was on the day I bought the ticket online! So i was so confident that we will fly on 7th of June on 1.00 am. So here is the tricky part..well it is tricky when u only look one time only to ur ticket! So...i dunno why even my husband didn't even said anything about the hour of our departure time. And he actually still working on the 7th June. So when we reached at KLIA2 on the 7th at 11 pm. Getting ready to check in, i was actually confused because I cannot find our flight number on the display LCD. Until we went straight to the counter and there he goes the AA stewardess telling us that we missed our flight. Kan...jam 1pagi maksud nya awal pagi of 7th lah kan..yang datang awal pagi 8th siapa suruh... #failmatematik #facepalm

pic above: muka kecewa tapi husband sempat belanja starbucks dengan caption macam tu! (-_-)

My husband dah start mau marah sama saya....pada mulanya sy mau argue sebab sy suda bagi tiket sama dia juga...but at that point.. i thought fighting is useless! In the airport some-more...it is just not worth of our energy!

So then, we asked the AA what time will be the next flight...again THANK GOD..there is still kosong for the next day flight at 8am on the 8th of June. Although I have to top up some extra money which again #habisduitaku, but then..I still praise Jesus because...there is still got flight...fuhhhh..

of course when this happened, I admitted that our mood of #honeymoon is slowly faded! I keep on blaming myself for not listening my inner voice..(and I thought it is the Holy Spirit) who keep on reminding me to have  a look to our ticket..but NO i ignored it. Again this is my lesson learn. I should listen to what God want to say.

In the meantime, my husband called our Hotel Room informing them that there will be a little changes of our check in time. Thank God once again...we didn't miss our booking. Fuhhhh.

Of all these, still I want to thank God for everything. I guess this honeymoon trip is also taught us husband and wife to be more understand each other and have patience, And biggest lesson learn to me is not ignoring my 'suara hati nurani'. And maybe next time I will not chose subuh punya flight to avoid mistake like this! hehehehe

Anyway, although our trip didn't start very well....but I tell you...once we reached at Kansai..the whole new environment make us super duper excited!

Will tell you more on my next post!

See you...

Thank You for Reading!

Extend Grace

hello there..

hi february.. (^^)

Just let me share some story of mine that really changed the inner of me...

This story is about me and my little family. It is not to embarresed anyone that close to my heart but rather than ehm..lets just say i am grateful..and amazed for what the Lord Jesus Christ had done for the past whole week.

U see, being a parent is not that easy. in this stage where my sons were in their 'glorious'moment who like to do many adventurous things that sometime...we as their parents can lost our patience towards our kids.

Plus..we have a special kids like Joshua which can really draw us to the limit of our patience...(gila what kind of bahasa i used here...hahahaha..whateverlah kan).

On top of that..my husband is a very garang person. He has a very very minimum patience...especially when it comes to discipline our sons. You know,,when a father start to yell..memang berterabur lah all my sons masing2 mencari saya.

And this is where i dont like my husband...because when he start yelling and smacking...me myself feel so scared too. Apa lagi my sons kan...i just couldnt stánd his voice...and because of that we end up quarreling (mau displin anak2 last2 bergaduh pula..sandi betul)

When it happened..i will directly said to my husband (dengan emosi marah)..that how come he can be like that...being a christian..he supposed to learn to be more patience...and here i became the judge..i critic his attitude and constantly remind him his bad behaviour..

Yes..before u said why not u pray for ur husband...honestly..i have been praying for my husband since before we married. I knew he has this bad temper and i always pray and hope that one day he will change. and it's been almost 5 yrs we get married..yet..he is still the same person...

i have to admit that i used to give up hoping a change in my husband. I know God but somehow i just losing hope for my husband.

Until i found the truth. One day i came across Daily Grace Inspirational from Pastor Joseph Prince. Yes I subscribe his daily devotion everyday. But along the way..i always end up not reading it. But it was God that bring me back to read his article one day.

The story is using Zacchaeus the chief tax collector. Those who is not familiar this story from the bible let me just share it with u here. Zacchaeus was the chief tax collector and rich. One day Jesus came to his place Jericho. Zacchaues was eager to meet Jesus...he wondered what kind of person Jesus is. Zaccaheus must heard how Jesus had healed many people. Those who blind can see again. Those who cannot walk can walk again. Those who been possessed by demon became a free and normal person. So Zacchaeus must be very curious at that time.

Let me put this way..if a famous person cameby to ur place u must be excited too kan..at this era..if we want to meet person who is hardly can be meet in person..there will always an instagram to click...hahaha. with just 1 click and u can stalk their private life. But not during zacchaues time. Ironically..zacchaeus is a very short person. Because of many people followed Jesus...he had to climb the tree to see Jesus. And there goes story..that Jesus stop and told Zacchaeus that He want to come to his house. Zacchaeus was so happy.

somethin to ponder..there was never mention in the bible that during their meeting Jesus and Zacchaeus that Jesus had pinpoint his lifestyle as a tax collector or being judgmental to him. Jesus just talked and Zacchaeus was just happy. What happened is the miracle. With just a meeting with Jesus...Zacchaus make a commitment...he said.."Behold Lord, the half of my goods i give back to the poor. and if i have defrauded anyone of anything, i restore it fourfold (Luke 19:8).

So here...if u see the situation...Jesus never accused or judged Zacchaeus. He just accept him as who he is. By extend His grace to Zacchaeus and salvation has come to him.

This story ..the truth of Grace that Jesus showed to Zacchaeus changed me.

U see..i know my husband weaknesses. Yes he is a very kurang sabar person. Sangat kurang. I had prayed for him. I forgive him everytime he do mistakes. But..one thing is even though i forgive him...my husband is just a normal human being. We human makes mistakes so am I. When he do mistakes..here i am..reminding him his weaknesses..seems holy i am..but it just make me like any other people...whenever people make mistakes sometime i pinpoint again his weaknesses.

But what Jesus did with Zaccaheus? Jesus knew what Zacchaeus did to the poor..but instead Jesus came and eat with him. Never mention his weaknesses. Never judge or accused zacchaues. He sat there and accept Zacchaeus. But miracle happened. Zachaues changed to be a better person.

So i stop and reflect myself. It is not praying for my husband to change but rather i prayed to God..that everytime my husband make mistakes or sakitkan hati (saya or anak2)..I will just extend God Grace to my husband by accepting his flaws and asking God to make me love my husband continously.

What happened...miracle happened. The moment i prayed and make my commitment..I can see progress in my husband. The past week..I hardly heard my husband yelling our sons like he used to do. I can see much more patience in himself. Though sometimes he did lost his patience but is really different. And I knew is all because God grace. I never said this to my husband but i knew is all because Jesus Christ. Just the way Zacchaeus meet Jesus.

My post today is quite long...but I guess this is the story for my lovely February. All of us has our own weaknesses. Instead of judging..or keep reminding the person his weaknesses and asking them to change..just pray to God...submit it to God...

We cannot change person but God can.

with that,,,thank you for reading. I pray God will do the same in ur marriage.
Be Blessed.

Happy a brand New Year 2015

Hi Hello guys..my loyal readers ...ahakks...

It's 2015. How was your new year so far?

Mine? Well it didn't start well at the beginning. The day before new year, my husband and I have some issues or a bit misunderstanding on one really merepek issue that end up both of us didnt talk to each other. Hahaha. What a bad starting I guess. I was hoping new year eve tu we will have some reflection on what we have been through throughout the year of 2014 and what things that both of us can improve in the future. But somehow it didn't happened as what I wished for. Anyway, let leave things behind. As we back to our 2nd hometown in KL, we only have each other..me .. my husband and our sons. I guess that normal for husband and wife. So we back to normal again before we going back to KL. :)

Anyway, office is as usual. But as for this year...I have different perspective especially towards my career. Since I was promoted to higher post, i have this tendency to do much better and i always like to push myself...before I took my leave on the 20th December last year, I was working very hard that almost every day I spent more than 10 hours at my office. Well so many dateline and I was like I need to this I need to that. 

But for this year...I still want to do my very best in my career..I still want to further my studies..but somehow my mind is very much lighter and less stress I guess. I'll do what I can do at my very best..I'll try to execute my work during office hours without any delay and i'll try to maximizing my 8 hours working. And having said that, that means I'll try to leave on time also (if possible).

As always family comes first. Now that we will having our 3rd baby on the mid of April.. I have to focus on raising our kids. All of them are still very small. Leaving them too long at the nursery is just not good for their growth. Even though if we have helper in the future I don't think I will take advantage on my helper. Helper is still helper or maid is still a maid. They can't never replace a mother love.

So that's me for this year..

How about you guys? Anyway i leave my entry today with a very short and sharp advice from the former CEO Cola Cola that I got from my whatsapp group. To some, it is irrelevent. but to me..i pretty agree with him.

so here it goes..

“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air.

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – Family, Health, Friends and Spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it.

Work efficiently during office hours and leave on time. Give the required time to your family, friends and have proper rest. Value has a value only if its value is valued.”

Ok..till the next time... I promise will upload some pictures in my next entry..

3 years

Hari ini genap 3 tahun usia pernikahan saya dengan husband saya...

Sejujur dari hati saya, usia ini masih terlalu muda untuk digambarkan sebagai keluarga yang 'a happily ever after'.

Masih banyak terlalu banyak perkara yang perlu diperbaiki antara kami berdua...

Khususnya memahami kehendak dan keinginan antara dua pihak...

bagaimana untuk 'to give and take'....

Kalau hanya bergantung kepada perasaan... yakni soal cinta..saya percaya...dengan up and down yang kita alami...pasti ada yang memilih untuk keluar dari ikatan ini...pasti ada yang memilih untuk angkat tangan dan walk away....

Tapi kerana hubungan ini didasari dengan kasih Kristus dan kerana saya memegang janji Tuhan semasa saya bersetuju untuk hidup bersama yakni janji Tuhan dalam Filipi 1:6

"Akan hal ini, aku yakin sepenuhnya, iaitu Ia yang memulai pekerjaan yang baik di antara kamu, akan meneruskannya sampai pada akhirnya pada hari Kristus Yesus" 

"God is the one who began this good work in you, and I am certain that he won’t stop before it is complete on the day that Christ Jesus returns."

Maka saya memilih untuk melihat janji Tuhan lebih daripada keadaan 'up and down' yang kita alami. 

Saya begitu mengimani tidak ada satu pun berlaku dalam hidup manusia yang namanya "KEBETULAN"... sebab saya percaya setiap apa yang berlaku Tuhan tahu... Begitu juga dengan pertemuan kita. 2007 adalah tahun di mana saya pertama kali berjumpa dengan suami saya. Kita bersahabat dan kau tau di awal pertemuan kita sudah saya katakan 'kamu adalah bakal calon suami saya'..bukan kerana saya simply mengatakan sesuatu yang serius apa lagi yang berkait rapat dengan masa depan saya, tapi sebab saya bawa dalam doa sebelum saya meluahkannya. Di awal pertemuan kita, telah lama saya serahkan kepada Tuhan apa saja kemungkinannya.

Sebab itu, ketika kamu memilih untuk hanya menjadikan saya sebagai sahabat pada tahun 2008 sehingga 2009 saya menerimanya walaupun dalam hati saya terluka. Tapi sebab saya percaya Tuhan itu berkuasa atas segalanya...saya tidak menaruh dendam jauh sekali membenci kamu...

Dan ketika tahun 2010, kamu kembali mencari saya...jujur...perasaan sayang saya masih ada walaupun terlalu banyak yang terjadi sebelumnya...

Walaupun pada tahun itu, sy tahu ada hati yang terluka dengan keputusan saya. Tapi saya memilih untuk hidup bersama dengan mu. Sebab itu pada 29 Disember 2010, kita diikatkan sebagai tunangan dan 12 Mac 2011 akhirnya kita disatukan sebagai suami dan isteri.

Fast forward, here we are... tidak sangka 3 tahun sudah berlalu.. Puji Tuhan.. Tuhan itu setia dan janjiNYa adalah Ya dan Amen. He is still holding both our hand... the process of refining is still on going...and I believe He wont stop until the DAY is come.

If somebody ask me, is love is enough for marriage.. I would say.. until you have this AGAPE LOVE, love itself wont just enough. Because if one day, u realize u are no longer love your spouse that will give you another reason to walk away...

So if love is not enough...how sure you are that your marriage will last forever?

Jawapan saya simple, kerana pada hari pernikahan saya, ketika saya dan suami berjanji ...memberi vow antara satu sama lain dengan tangan ke tangan, mata ke mata, dan dari hati ke hati, ada satu Pribadi lain yang juga sedang memegang tangan kami...iaitu YESUS.

Kerana Yesus, saya diberi kasih karunia untuk mengasihi dan mengampuni suami saya. 

Kerana Yesus, saya dimampukan untuk terus memilih berdiri di samping suami kerana Yesus tidak pernah meninggalkan saya.

Kerana Yesus, saya melihat lebih janji Tuhan dalam hidup keluarga kami.

To you my husband...

I love you. I thanked God, because HE KNOWS better than me. 

To have and to hold, happy anniversary to both of us....

Loves and sincerely,

your wife.

My Confession

Minggu ni memang minggu yang men'stress'kan saya secara pribadi. 

Husband saya dapat panggilan mesyuarat di Sandakan. Memandangkan ini kali pertama sepanjang perkhidmatan dia di government dapat mesyuarat di negeri sendiri, itu yang dia excited. Tambah lagi dia ada peluang balik di kampung dia. So saya pun x menghalang lah dia mau p cuti seminggu dia kampung dia. Since last year dia hanya bercuti di kg sy. Nanti saya bersalin balik kg saya lagi kan. So we compromised.

Tapi itulah, dugaan untuk saya. Suami saya terbang hari sabtu. Ahadnya, anak saya pula diserang allergy. Allergy yang tidak diketahui sebab musababnya. Mau kata makanan, sebelumnya saya pernah bagi makan yang sama. Kalau dicakap environment hari ahad tu cuma pg church. 

Mulanya hanya bintik-bintik merah. Saya agak memang bukan chicken pox sb bintik dia bukan mcm chicken pox. So i decide the next day, saya ambil masa utk hantar joshua pg klinik dulu. Malangnya bila bangun besok pagi bintik merah melarat dan membentuk lebih besar merah. Terkejut saya...

 Ini muka anak saya..monyok saja sebab kegatalan...

Disebabkan begitu, saya terpaksa sms bos minta EL hari tu. Dan sy prepare kalau besok pun tidak turun memang saya terpaksa ambil cuti sampai sembuh total lah si Joshua. Sekali x disangka malamnya melarat macam ni teruk...

Habis muka dia bengkak2...seluruh badan dia kena. Kasian dan sengsara saya tengok Joshua menggaru. malamnya jangan cerita lah asyik merengek sebab susah mau tidur. Saya juga yang terpaksa tolong Joshua garu sapu2 lembut badan dia dgn calamine lotion supaya dia boleh tidur.

Yang menambahkan stress saya adalah saya sudahlah mau save cuti, tapi terpaksa lah dalam keadaan begini I dont have any close friends yang bisa membantu saya jaga Joshua. Dengan sarat mengandungnya lagi, mau angkat Joshua yang sudah cecah berat 17kg..ya Ampun... sampai itu pekerja klinik hairan macam mana saya boleh mengangkat joshua yang berat macam tu.

I dont have choice. Apa lagi daddy Joshua jauh di Sabah dan hanya akan balik hari sabtu. Menangis meratap juga sama Tuhan, kenapa masa sy sarat begini, masa husband tiada masa sy perlu simpan cuti, masa tu lah macam2 timbul.

Dengan kasian nya Joshua begitu, dan bila dia merengek2 kadang2 sabar saya pun berkurang. Naik turun tangga.. mau fikir apa mau masak. Macam mana mau berjalan have to bring Joshua sekali. Aduh, betul2 masa tu rasa mau pindah balik sabah kuat betul which memang saya lama sudah mau balik sana. Sampai WA husband minta dia tolong carikan pengasuh or maid bantu saya. Tapi ya..cari maid ni...duitnya lagi kepercayaan kepada maid lagi macam2 mau dipertimbangkan.

Sometimes, saya tanya Tuhan kenapa sesetengah orang is blessed to have pengasuh yang tidak berkira yang dekat dengan rumah, sesetengah orang blessed to have mama or ibu mentua yang masih sihat dan tiada komitmen dan boleh bantu jaga anak, or else ada babysitter...tapi saya sudahlah husband selalu saja outstation, keluarga dekat tiada yang terdekat dengan saya. Mama sudah tua, ibu mertua ada komitmen jaga bapa mertua sb my FIL baru pulih dari sakit itu hari. I dont have any pengasuh yang boleh dipercayakan. I dont have enough money 10k utk bayar sama agen cari maid. Jauh sekali babysitter yang boleh duduk serumah dengan saya. Terasa sangat down masa tu. masa tu saya marah2 Tuhan. Saya emosi sangat sebab dengan keadaan saya yang sarat...

Tapi masa saya bertenang, Tuhan beri kekuatan baru kepada saya. Suami saya pula rajin hantar kata2 pendorong thru WA. Buat saya terfikir, mungkin saya masih perlu banyak proses pemurnian dalam hati saya. Seperti tembikar dari tanah liat. Perlu melalui proses2 kesakitan.

Apapun, puji Tuhan masih ada teman2 yang support me in their prayer.

Puji Tuhan selepas 3 hari, Joshua mula pulih, walaupun baru semalam (khamis) allergy dia datang balik. Tapi sy percaya Tuhan tidak pernah tinggalkan saya.

Anyway, today is the last day for February. Kandungan saya juga sudah memasuki 32 minggu. Bermakna 1 month plus to go.

Memang masa berlalu dengan cepat. Apapun, mari terus berharap kepada Tuhan dalam segala hal.

Till then.

Beautiful in White

Beautiful in White ~ Shayne Ward (Westlife)

Not sure if you know this
But when we first met
I got so nervous
I couldn't speak
In that very moment I found the one and
My life had found it's missing piece
So as long as I live I love you
will have and hold you
You look so beautiful in white
And from now to my very last breath
This day I'll cherish
You look so beautiful in white
Tonight
What we have is timeless
My love is endless
And with this scream I say to the world
You're my every reason
You're all that I believe in
with all my heart I mean every word
So as long as I live I love you
will have and hold you
You look so beautiful in white
And from now to my very last breath
This day I'll cherish
You look so beautiful in white
Tonight
Oooooh oh
Na na na na na
You look so beautiful in white
Tonight
And if our daughter's what our future holds
I hope she has you're eyes
finds love like you and I did
Yeah, I wish she falls in love
and I will let her go
I'll walk her down the aisle
She'll look so beautiful in white.....
You look so beautiful
In white
So as long as I live I love you
will have and hold you
You look so beautiful in white
And from now to my very last breath
This day I'll cherish
You look so beautiful in white
Tonight
"You look so beautiful in a white tonight"

aww...you know, i have to stop from doing my work. Suddenly my husband send me this song thru WA. It wasn't clear at first because even though i already make full volume still the song thru WA not that clear. But thanked God, I managed to find the full lyrics..yeay thanks to u mr google..and awwww my heart is melting..i feel like my tears going to fall down very soon...

My husband can be so sweet at times that i dont expect him to do so... i mean...frankly speaking my husband is not a romantic person..he is well... a very logic person, a person who doesnt know how to susun ayat manis punya type.. so when out of blue he surprised me with this kind of sweetness omg... (I_I)...o terharu beb...

Back to the lyrics of the song, there's a part that make me smile. When he wish if we have a daughter in the future that she will have my eyes...hehehe. Well dear, Joshua our son have my eyes already. And Joshua looked so handsome with 'my' sparkling eyes in him..hehehe. While i wish our daughter to have the brown eyes just like u do. I thought our daughter will look beautiful with 'your' brown eyes in her...hahahaha (mode: JIWANG)

Anyway... thanks to you husband... I love you ...

14 February 2014

Happy Valentines Day..

Love is The Bond of Perfection (Colossians 3:14)

Money money money

Tahun 2014 merupakan tahun yang mencabar bagi saya. Dengan kenaikan harga barang... yang sudah pun bermula di tahun 2013  dan bakal ada kenaikan seterusnya yang akan dikenakan... dengan harga rumah yang tidak pernah turun.... saya dan suami tiada pilihan lain selain menyatukan semua hal perbelanjaan dalam rumah kami... 2 tahun lebih hidup bersama, jujur cakap saya dan suami menguruskan kewangan sendiri. Dari segi anak, saya banyak urus memandangkan portion gaji saya yang agak lebih sikit dari suami saya. Namun pada tahun ini, dengan ada anak kedua yang akan menyusul... suami saya bertegas.. kewangan kami tidak akan ke mana kalau kami tidak melakukan sesuatu untuk hal kewangan.

Disebabkan hal itu, kami mulai menyusun kembali kewangan kami. There is no personal yang both sides kena hide. Kalau sebelum ini, saya suka purchase online... ya lah saya akan ada duit sendiri. Tapi NO, NOT this time. Suami saya belikan buku yang mana setiap hari saya kena catat perbelanjaan yang saya buat. Well, i looked it in a positive way. I mean, this can make me more discipline in managing my money kan...

Biarpun ada perbelanjaan yang perlu di buat, SAVING kena dilaksanakan...sebelumnya saya jujur memang tidak displin dalam membuat saving. Tapi menyedari, banyak benda khususnya saya yang terlebih2 budget tahun lepas, membuatkan saya berfikir, saya kena displinkan diri buat saving. Saya dan suami sudah setuju separatekan sekian wang ringgit untuk saving. Kali ini, selepas saya bayar persepuluhan dan sediakan wang utk persembahan khusus, kedua priority yang saya akan buat adalah asingkan RM.... untuk savings. Puji Tuhan, gaji Januari kami sudah mulai itu.

Di samping itu, perlu ada dasar penjimatan. Walaupun saya agak sarat mengandung sekarang, tapi saya usahakan untuk memasak di rumah. Biar pun simple tapi janji masak di rumah, bersih dan jimat. Tapi ada masa, where i really feel tired back from office, memang makan luar ada lah pilihan yang ada. Hujung minggu juga sudah jarang keluar pergi jalan2 ke shopping mall like we always do. Reason simple saja, tiada barang yang perlu dibeli dan jimat minyak keluar. So hujung minggu, banyak di rumah. Bosan2 pun kami hanya keluar ke putrajaya bawa joshua jalan2 pergi taman.

Apapun, saya percaya berkat datang dari Tuhan. Since we are already blessed, we just do our part. Kerja bersungguh2, dan selebihnya Tuhan yang memerhatikan keperluan setiap anak-anakNya.

Ok, then nanti sambung balik....

Dapur ku berasap..hahaha Tajuk bukan main

Hi hello

Sudah lama saya tidak share pasal masak memasak kan...ehm, sebenarnya ada saja memasak di rumah tapi masak biasa-biasa saja..well u know...cara orang Rungus masak..tumis..dan sup...goreng ...  itu sajalah..tidak payah fikir2...semua dalam minda sudah...

Cumanya, bila suatu hari sang suami tetiba mengambil egg tofu semasa shopping bahan rumah di Jusco dan tidak berkata-kata haruslah faham kan..dia mau makan something baru...this egg tofu lebih kurang seminggu dalam peti ais, hanya semalam baru berjaya dihabiskan...itu pun saya buat sebab tidak mau suami membebel..hahahaha

So sempat cari beberapa resipi tapi saya pilih yang ini dan sy modified sikit saja... semuanya sy screenshoot dari IPAD saya saja...

The Recipe (credit to google..thanks ibu dilah for this easy recipe)

Dari resipi di atas, saya tidak guna isi ayam tapi saya guna chicken meatball..saya cincang lumat lumat...then saya tambah sedikit cendawan shitake...proses dia lebih kurang di atas saja lah...

Secara ringkasnya tengok gambar saja lah ya...

Firstly, goreng tu tofu dulu... ada kakak church tu cakap, bagi mengelak tofu ni melekat..make sure minyak banyak sikit...dlm ni sy ikut tu resipi tabur sikit tepung jagung atas tofu tu...hati-hati goreng sebab dia meletup-letup..terkejut juga saya ... goreng sampai berkulit atau warna dia sedikit keemasan, angkat dan asingkan

Bagi kuah, seperti resipi di atas...

Dan hasil akhirnya...

Tadaaa...

Tofu Jepun masak dengan cendawan hitam dengan sos tiram

ok...like I mention in my IG, it was a bit salty..taulah first time kan...(berpelu-peluh masak hahahaha) sempat merasa lepas sudah angkat...so next time maybe instead of 1 full cube of pati ayam knorr mungkin cuma letak half of it...sebab my friend said, the tofu itself sudah ada rasa masin...plus the tiram pun sudah cukup..

Apapun...I have fun cooking this...will do much better in the future...

So apa lagi try lah ya kawan2...

It"s our 2nd anniversary

12032013...

Sedar tidak sedar sudah dua tahun kami melayari perjalanan sebagai suami isteri. Saya suka sebut perjalanan sebab...sewaktu kami ikut kelas/seminar keluarga bahagia, kami diingatkan bahawa kehidupan suami isteri adalah seperti sebuah perjalanan. Di mana, suami/ isteri itu lah teman sepanjang perjalanan kita.

Bila bercakap pasal perjalanan of course, ada simpang likunya...ada jalan lurus ada jalan licin. Ada masa jalan gravel. Ada masa banyak lubang. Baru jalan tar tetiba jalan balik gravel. Macam2 lah ada kan....so did our marriage...

Pagi tadi, bangun sy sengih2 dengan husband sy...sampai dia tanya...kenapa tu tersengih2, then saya cakap hari ini our anniversary lah. Terus dia dengan slamber dia, o orang lain aniversary 30 tahun pun biasa jak...kita baru 2 tahun...see my husband mmg x romantic punya orang...but then sy reply husband saya..' Ya betul...and that exactly im going to do to u..for the next 30 years..sy akan tersengih2 juga sama ko'.

Hari ni both of us masuk kerja after took a day off semalam. After send joshua to his nursery, we spend time and celebrate d midvaley. Makan di Tony Roma's. fuyooo...mahal tapi puas hati. Sangat2 puas hati. Sekali skala bolehlah. Then pergi tengok wayang.

A simple celebration...but i guess that's all we need. After so much work..we deserved a good rest. This can be consider like our 1st anny juga sb last time sy n husband terpisah. Tengah pantang masa tu d kampung.

Dear husband...raise up your glass pls....to many years to come...cheers...

Muah muah...

Unplanned Trip

I am super duper tired today (actually). Last sunday my husband and i had a 'marriage-counselling-sharing' with our spiritual father, ka James. We have a very quality time tho it is already at midnight and end up we finished sharing at2am. Our ka james have been called to ministry all the Gembala sib semenanjung so we took the orportunity 'stole' ka james for 1 night.

So whats happened...rhe next day we asked ka james where he wanted to go...because we are pleased to bring him jalan2 round kl..wlpn he actually had gone to kl so many times...after a while ka james said to us...he had been to kl so many times..but never been to Genting Highland..u see our ka james here is from indonesia. How we know him and get close to him is a long story...but i believe God had answered our prayer to send us a spiritual father..and here he is...so when he started to mentor our church back in 2008...from then Kl has been his 2nd home...

So my husband and i agreed to bring him there...so very unplanned trip...we brought things thats is needed for eg..joshua sweater..stokin..his hat...but i didnt bring my own sweater...i thought genting i not that cold...hahahha

But i guess im wrong....sampai sana..tadaaa,,,sejuk uuuu....

But all in all..i am blessed we are blessed to have ka james that day..and the sharing that we have really leaves significant to both of us husband and wife...God bless ka james more and more..Amen.

Happy New year 2013

Finally...finally I got the chance and the golden opportunity to write here...

It's been a year..(hehehe)..my last post was on the 21st Dec... so here I am..try to get back my mood writing on the track..well at least..I'm still in the mood of blogging.. ^^

overall the year of 2012 had left me with so many memories...from the good one to the better to the best...until is an amazing experience....BUT i do had my WORST memories which I wish I wouldnt go through it anymore....because it left so many painful experiences...tears...and bitterness...I mean when the things happened...but now I really want to forgive and forget and move on...

2013...

a few days more, my 1st son will be 1 year..yeay!..I couldnt believe i have a 1 year old son..hahahah. I couldnt believe I have been a mother for a year already...indeed it is an amazing experience to me...so what do i expect from my lil one is that I know this year might be a very critical to me and my husband..since our son is very very active....he is now learning how to stand without any support..he already can do some walk of course with holding to something like katil...meja...kerusi..me...and the most scary is that...naik tangga boleh turun tangga tak boleh...hehehe...so I know we have to really focus to our child..now that he is actively growing and learning many things surround him... but I do said my 1st son kan just now...hehee...we are planning right now..but we wish to have another child not this year...probably next year..and of course by God willing...

on the other hand...me and my husband is promising to each other to try understand and adapt with our character...temperamen...and learn how to communicate well....and at my side...i promise to myself to not being very sensitive wife....I mean...cepat sangat nak sakit hati...I hope I wont be that kind of woman again... since the bible said...to guard our heart, for everything we do flows from it (Proverbs 4:23)...so that's my as wifey resolution ^^

being 6th year in the govt.service..really taught me so many things...But i still feel that i am still young in this service..still there is so much to learn..as for now, at my current work...I wanted to do my very best...I knew I had done my very best last year...but this year..is gonna be more tough here...but so am I....and I told myself... Im not a workaholic woman but I am career woman..that's mean my family still comes first...my work as I told u here before..there is no ending story...so I promised myself to use wisely the 8 hours of working...I dont believe in staying late at office will bring u different result.... so there u go my career resolution...

what else..I have more...this year is time for keep fit and beauty enhance...hehehe...since I am planning to have another child next year..might as well I make sure my body is from now on...I learn from my 1st pregnancy...so I taught our body need to be fit...cukup vitamin...cukup exercise...but is not all about getting pregnant but what I really want is that I want to be healthy..for my family....so I told my husband..he must bring us to park once a week so that i can jog while he babysit our son....

and on top of that...I want to be nearer to God Almighty...I want to know HIM more in my life... because HE is the reason that I am still alive.. and I thanked God for everything that He has done to me ...

So I guess...that's it...let see what happened in the 6 month later....

Good day everyone...and not late to wish u all Happy New Year 2013...God bless...

121212

wow...

cantik tarikh hari ini...

hari ini ada seorang member church kawin...congrats to him..jauh benar pasangan tulang rusuk dia nun jauh di manado..hihii...

btw, sebut pasal tarikh cantik ni...saya teringat my wedding day...

tarikh wedding kami cantik sudah..senang mau ingat...12.3.11...

so besarlah harapan tarikh cantik suasana pun cukup santik lah kan....

hehehe mana tau..11.3.11 terjadi tsunami besar d Jepun..Kudat kena tempias juga...

so tarikh kawin kami cantik tapi hujan rahmat melanda perkawinan kami...so antara kesannya...ramailah saudara mara sy yang datang dr KK terkandas di Ulu Kukut...flight member kami dari KL tunda 1 jam...lepas tu stuck bersama di Ulu kukut...

wedding yang sepatutnya dijadualkan jam 2...berlangsung jam 3...

kawan yg mau meraikan sy hanya dapat datang jam 10 ke atas...

memang hari memorial betul utk saya..hihii...

Well bukan sy buka balik cerita ni saya rasa menyesal...

BIG no....siapalah saya untuk menentukan kejadian alam...Tuhan jauh lebih tau....

Apapun saya bersyukur despite the fenomena..sy dan husband tetap dapat bersatu...I dunno what others think about our marriage days...but I know I just have to be grateful for everything happened!

Anyway..the point is...sya belajar tarikh cantik ka tarikh kurang cantik ka tidak glamour ka...setiap hari itu adalah kurniaan Tuhan..anugerah dari Tuhan yang telah memberikan kita another day utk hidup di dunia ciptaan Tuhan.

Kerana bak kata salomo dalam Pengkhotbah..setiap hari ada peristiwanya sendiri yang Tuhan sendiri telah tentukan...

yang penting we embrace each new day with love and gratefulness...

Stay blessed, and keep faith.

Jesus loves u.

My fav...

Last sunday Jalan2 di midvaley.

As always...midvalley christmas deco sangat gempak....tahun ni tema christmas in the forest..ala ala mcm hanzel n gratel lah..cuma nya bukan rumah biskut tapi pondok2 lama...jam antik...cantiklah....

Oleh sb itu,brgambar mesti x mau dilepaskan....

So far my fav yang ni...

I'll love you for a 1000 years...

Heart beat fast

colors and promises

How to be brave

How can I love when I'm afraid

To fall

But watching you stand alone

All of my doubt

Suddenly goes away

somehow

I have died everyday

waiting for you

Darlin' don't be afraid

I have loved you for a

thousand years

.

.

.

and the music goes on and on  again...

Saya sangat teruja tengok Twilight The Breaking Dawn Part II...

Air mata ku mengalir kerana terharu...sedih...happy...but need to say good bye to the Twilight team... apa lagi endingnya dengan lagu I love you for a thousand years...it was so sweet...awwww...

Emo pula saya kan......well ada story di balik story....my husband is not a fan of this movie....but he did accompany me tho'...he said this is all for me....huhuhu...sometimes my husband can be so sweet to me...hahaha...

Dear husband...

you don't have to be afraid...because i will love you FOREVER......till death do us apart...

Thank God belum sampai waktunya...

Yes I thanked God...just for everything...

Included this 'thing'...

heehehee..

As u all know (or as I shared here before)., for my 1st pregnancy...we didnt plan it all...we just berserah and if there is God will for us to have baby..we just ok! sebab itu...saya mengandungkan Joshua selepas 2 bulan berumah tangga...

Then after Joshua lahir...mengharungi mummyhood and parenthood...we (my husband and I) realized that we really need to make family planning after Joshua...bagi Joshua sepenuh kasih dan sayang...then we think of for the second one....

ding dong ding dong.....the story begin when my period datang lambat bulan ni...kitaran haid selepas pantang dan after beberapa bulan..is back to normal iaitu antara 22-28 days....so bila bulan ni lambat 5 hari..sy mulai RISAU...nah sudah...takkan melekat kot?...

Saya memang risau..tapi beberapa ketika...sya katakan kepada Tuhan...kalau memang Tuhan lihat kami sebenarnya ready untuk yang kedua..biarlah kehendak Tuhan yang jadi...masa tu sy belum check..sya masih mau tunggu...

Tapi start hari isnin kesihatan sy mulai terganggu...ada sedikit batuk...terus saya teringat..kalau saya betul-betul pregnant..mana boleh saya sembarang minum ubat batuk...nah sudah...sy ambil keputusan sy kena buat test juga...

TAPI syukurlah..(hehe)..Tuhan itu jauh lebih tau yang terbaik untuk anak-anakNya...

Belum sempat sy test..pagi tadi sy sudah nampak lendir coklat (going to red)...o finally sy period....

RELIEVED....like I said, kalau Tuhan bagi sy tidak menolak...cuma Tuhan itu tau keadaan kami..and especially saya... :)

So...after this kena lebih hati2....

Oh My English! HeLP ME...

On this day onwards..I will write in English... well not so pure English..(like those my friends..which I adore their writing skills... Bien and Jaclyn, not forgetting u,deepa ...)...because for the time being..I am still learning...so if you read my blog...you will know my English is more to MANGLISH....*FAINT*..but please bear with my me...I will try to improve myself..

This suddened decision is actually made due to my 'crangky-husband'.. (-_-')...hehehe...He wanted to learn how to speak better English....but he doesnt know where to start and how to be better.... So I guess... as his wife I should help him...but to help him I should help myself first, right?! I may understand English a little bit better than him...can talk and read better than him...but when I compare to the real standard of English...I think I still in the range of so-so... (Bolehlah kampung2 orang bilang)....

So...please please...if you (yes u my readers!) help me too in learning English...for a start..u can always drop a comment or talk to me thru BBM or whatsapp using English ya....and I will try to reply it with English too... (^_^)...

Till my next Entry!

My Birthday...man....

No matter how much we fight,
Or don't get to spend together enough time.
I will never be able to explain what you mean to me,
You are like a rainbow coming from a cloud underneath.
Happy Birthday to you my love. 

Heavenly Father, Please bless mike,

for today is his birthday.

Dear Lord, please protect and guide mike as he

continues along the path you’ve chosen for him.

Give him the courage to follow in your light, and feel

your love wherever he goes.

Make him strong and give him the strength to make

good decisions in the coming year. Keep him free from

illness and sadness, for he is a truly good person who

deserves happiness and success in all aspects of life.

We know that life is like a book. With each new

chapter, we learn and grow towards what you would

have us be. Bless mike now on this day, and in the future.

In your name I pray,

Amen.

The Epilogue

Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character

^10 [b]A wife of noble character who can find?
    She is worth far more than rubies.
¹¹ Her husband has full confidence in her
    and lacks nothing of value.
¹² She brings him good, not harm,
    all the days of her life.
¹³ She selects wool and flax
    and works with eager hands.
¹⁴ She is like the merchant ships,
    bringing her food from afar.
¹⁵ She gets up while it is still night;
    she provides food for her family
    and portions for her female servants.
¹⁶ She considers a field and buys it;
    out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
¹⁷ She sets about her work vigorously;
    her arms are strong for her tasks.
¹⁸ She sees that her trading is profitable,
    and her lamp does not go out at night.
¹⁹ In her hand she holds the distaff
    and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
²⁰ She opens her arms to the poor
    and extends her hands to the needy.
²¹ When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
    for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
²² She makes coverings for her bed;
    she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
²³ Her husband is respected at the city gate,
    where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
²⁴ She makes linen garments and sells them,
    and supplies the merchants with sashes.
²⁵ She is clothed with strength and dignity;
    she can laugh at the days to come.
²⁶ She speaks with wisdom,
    and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
²⁷ She watches over the affairs of her household
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.
²⁸ Her children arise and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:
²⁹ “Many women do noble things,
    but you surpass them all.”
³⁰ Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
³¹ Honor her for all that her hands have done,
    and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.