Selamat Pengapit Baru.

For the first time in my life, I was a bridesmaid. Tp rasanya salah la... Pengapit, bukan bridesmaid. I don't think their roles are remotely the same at all, kan?

Ok. So it was my first experience being a pengapit. Been a flowergirl one too many times tho T_T. Memang bidan terjun giler. PENGAPIT TERJUN, to be exact.

It was my cousin's wedding. Supposedly, age wise, on my father's side, I was next on the line to get married. For girls, anyway. As for my mother's side, I was the first in line since the day I was born T___T. So it was like quite a pressure being at the wedding..even more so when you're chosen to be the pengapit. Tapi i cool.

But that's a different story.

The wedding was in Miri. I live in Bintulu. Bintulu-Miri is like a two-hour-drive, plus plus. The thing is, I brought only ONE pair of baju kurung. I thought the kenduri was like a one day event, nikah terus bersanding pastu habis. Boy, was i wrong. DAHLA BAWAK SEPASANG JE, JADI PENGAPIT PULAK TU!!

MAKANYA, saat pengantin mau dinikahin, i ended up wearing

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THIS.

So there I was, staying close to the bride. Holding on to her bouquet of flowers, while looking SO OUT OF PLACE. Malewww dowh.

Kau duduk dendiam situ. Degil eh..



Pengapit Rugged. Buang tebiat.

 

With 1/6 of my cousins. I have a lot more.





Yang paling tua jgk buat perangai tak senonoh tak pakai baju kurung.

 






My cousin Emma and her husband.


The next day. Hari persandingan. Kebetulan pulak baju yg i bwk sama kaler ngan pengantin. Purple jugak. Tapi pengapit lelaki takde baju purple, dia pakai baju melayu putih. Bolelaa...

Ok. Much better. Tapi mcm nenek2 pulak.

Sebenarnya blur-blur jadi pengapit ni. Kengkadang tak sure nak buat apa. Lap-lap peluh kt muka pengantin, lap-lap tangan n dahi masa tepung tawar, betulkan veil, angkat ekor baju. Ikut pengantin ke hulu ke hilir. Basically tu je la...hahah! Amateur.

With more of my cousins.

EH, I also helped the bride tukar-tukar baju, tukar-tukar jewelleries. Pastu kan, masa tu dia bukak rantai emas dia dan disebabkan tgh kalut nk cepat, tak tau nak simpan kat mana, she asked me to wear it around my neck for a while. So i did. And I wore all the way back to Bintulu. Ngahahah! Dah smpi rumah baru perasan.

Beware. Pengapit Pencopet. Sila jangan ambil khidmat dia untuk jadi pengapit anda.

Pictures courtesy of saudara-mara, pakcik dan makcik yang upload kat facebook. Sekian, terima kasih.

Check out who's in the news!!

Mode: Lupa Daratan.

Had the oppotunity to attend an appreciation dinner for the local press last weekend. Definitely a first for me. It was fun. We told jokes, shared experiences, and after a few flown beef and prawns galore, we were laughing like a bunch of hyenas on the loose. LAWL.

The best part is...cekidauddddddd.

Utusan Borneo 21/02/2011



Not sure which paper this one is,





Sin Chew Daily, 21/02/2011

 My face was plastered on 7 newspapers that day. Malay, Chinese, English and Iban papers all lah..


WhO dA MaN!!?? I'm dA MaN!!

Ok. Imma shaddap now. Bye.

I won!

Wanna know what i've won?

I won a RM150 voucher for Ajmal Perfumes!! *cue applause*

I came across this giveaway here. Memula sesaja je join contest ni sbb cam xramai yg join. Sekali menang pulak eh eh.

Here was my winning entry LOL bongkak T_T.

Actually i stumbled upon her blog sometime around last year while i was doing some blog hopping.
She's got lots of nice pictures and she's one of those lucky ones who always get free tickets and vouchers and stuff like that. So yeah..

tak sabar nk turun kl redeem voucher hohoh.

Patah sayap bertongkat dagu

Jentayuuuuuu.....
I must admit, this post is loooooong overdue. Almost 3 weeks i think. Dh berkulat kot. I've been busy(konon).

But still, just to stay on track..here's a tribute.

Remember my post a few months back?

The thing is, she left. Kiki Lala has left the building!

Not because I was mean to her (I hope not)...but because she got a better offer, working with the government. Sob sob...

So now I'm back to square one.

As if her leaving wasn't depressing enough for me, she went on and left me messages here and there.

In the drawer,



In between the pages of the log books.

In the filing cabinet. (this one's a long one)

Benci.

Dah tau orang sensitif tahap mintak simpati, saje je wat benda-benda tak berpatutan sebegitu rupa. Tak memasal air mata bergenang keseorangan di pagi syawal. Cis. ;-(

Oh well, what i was trying to say was, thank you.

You have helped me a lot through those 2 months.

I would be drowning in my own workload if you didnt come and take me to the shore. Seriously.

Thank you for putting up with my crap, my rubbish, my nonsense.
Thank you for all the gossips, the stories and the secrets.
Makseh layan kmk membebel/merepak n makseh slalu membebel/merepak ngan kmk. MUAHAHAH!

Thank you, my friend ^_^

*Syiqin, terharu sik? touching kan? Over jak hoo...maka rumah dekat jak =p*

Saje je

Aci x kalu i buat entry ni semata-mata sbb hari ni last day 2010? 

Mmg entry ni jenis tangkap muat (tu pn kalau muat) pny la.

Eh ok2. I'll try to make this post worth writing/reading.

Hmm, I just got back from a 10-day holiday last week. From 16th to 26th December. 

We went to:

SINGAPORE

• Universal Studios Singapore. Let me remind u NOT to go there on school holidays. You'll suffocate and end up queueing and queueing until u can't queue no more. We only went on 2 rides. And each ride took us 2 hours on average just WAITING IN LINE. But we had a great lunch, we had fun going into many different souvenir shops, taking pictures and stuff. Nothing much compared to Movie World though.
• Rumah Nyai (Nya ii) and Yai (Ya ii). Wah suddenly so Jawa. Nyai = nenek and Yai = atok. My mom was born in Singapore so my Nyai and Yai are her Aunt and Uncle who still lives there because they're Singaporean. But my Mom's Nyai and Yai are Indonesians. Apakah?? *tetiba sedih Indon kalah AFF Suzuki bagi pihak*. So basically Nyai and Yai are my Great Aunt and Great Uncle. My real Nyai is my Nenek. I don't call her Nyai cause she's not Javanese. She's Johorean Malay. But she's now in Jakarta for a trip. Apakah?? And my real Yai is neither in Malaysia NOR Singapore. He's in the Philippines. Whom I've never met before in my whole life. *Okay now I'm all confused*
• Jalan-jalan shopping complex Singapore yg canggih manggih. They even had underground malls weeee!!
• Went on a Night Tour with some other tourists. -A couple form Germany, A couple from Australia, Mother and daughter from Indonesia, and the 5 of us. And the FUNNIEST thing is, the tour guide brought us to the ROYAL SELANGOR. LOL. Macam orang Sarawak melancong pg KL pastu beli kek lapis Deja Moss T_T.

JOHOR

• Tinggal rumah Nenek (this is the one that we don't call Nyai coz she's not Javanese hahah) for a few days.
• All of us (except nenek sbb ada meeting katanya) went for a movie outing beramai-ramai bersama Usu, Pak Usu dan sepupu sepapat. We watched *inhales* HANTUKAKLIMAHBALIKRUMAH. Bahahahah. Bahahah. Hahah.
• Rent a car and drove to.....

KL

• Stayed at Berjaya apartments.
• On Christmas Eve, walked to Bintang Walk and was damn shocked with everything. KL mcm.. Hish xtau nk ckp apa. Malu.
• Jatuh gedebukk depan Low Yat and hurt my knee (msh lebam and scratched). 
• Xsmpat nk singgah Excelsa yg dirindui. =(

Okla..dh nk kol 12 dh ni. Kang xjd post terakhir, jd post terawal. =_="

Happy New Year! May this year be better than the last. All the best to you!!!

A 'big' deal for a 'little' me

Hi there!! How's everything? Good at least, I hope =).

Well for me, it's been exceptional.
I'm still in Penang, btw. I'm in my hotel room waiting for myself to be ready to go out for some Nasi Kandar action!! heheh..

First off, I sat for an exam today. After hanging on for dear life through the 4-day course, it's time to show what we're worth =). Wasn't expecting the exam to be that big a deal until we've actually been given the question papers. The questions were sealed i-tell-you...and opened in front of our eyes just like all the other formal exams. fuyyoh terus nebes. dub dab dub dab.

International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Related Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) Certification Coder Level 1 kicked off.

40 questions to answer in 2 hours. 

Basically we have 40 diagnoses to code in 2 hours. Berpoloh-poloh.

We can use anything on the face of the earth to help us do the coding. Except to text or call someone and ask for the code la kan -_-". And of course, our best buddies,

 

..::Tiga Sekawan::..

It's because the purpose of this whole thing is not the means of HOW u get the code, but getting the CORRECT code for any given diagnoses. But of course you have to know HOW la kan, utk dpt code yg betol.

Betol Betol Betol!!

Here's how it works. All 29 of us will sit for the certification coder Level 1. After that, we'll go and eat our bfast outside the exam room. They'll check our answers straight away, print out the results and paste the results for everyone to see. Only the selected names (hi-lighted, in this case) will sit for the next level.

In order to get to Level 2, you have to get at least 36 over 40. In other words, tidak boleh salah lebih daripada 4. 

The same goes for Level 2. You also need to get at least 36/40. Only 4 wrongs are allowed to continue.

We were told that so far in Malaysia, only ONE person who actually passed Level 2. Only ONE. Tringin nak jumpa orang tu mintak otograf. 

When we sat for the exam this morning, turned out there were a few orang gomen yg dtg semata2 nk exam. Kira otai la dlm bab2 coding-mengoding ni. Mesti dh boring pg kursus. Masuk exam terus senang.

Siyes masa kursus ni, 4 hari dok keje cari code sampai temuntah-muntah!! *tipu*

Lepas habis berhempas-pulas berpeluh-peluh dlm blk aircond jwb soklan Level 1, makan bfast pun tak lalu. *tipu*

Lepas makan, lepak2 borak2 smbl nebes tunggu result. Masa dia tampal result, semua org serbu tgk. So i pi la masuk dalam amik beg dulu sbb nnt dah malu nak amik beg dan keluar membawa diri huhuhu....

Masa amik beg, dengar la sorang cikgu(speaker) ckp kat sapa ntah.

Ada 2 orang je lepas. At least ada jgk sorang wakil private.

 Dlm hati ku berbisik,

Hokk alohhh. 2 org je? Hmmpphh.. nk lunch lama lg pulak nk tunggu...

So i went out and start to look for Su, my friend kt kursus ni yg duduk seblah i hari2 =)

Masa tgh cari Su di tgh2 ribuan (tipu) org yg tgh tgk result, si Dayana menyapa.

La, buat pe amik beg?? U lepas la!! 

Apa pulak....

Iye, cuba tgk tu!

Dua org je la...

La...pi tgk cepat. (siap tarik tangan bagai)

DUB DAB DUB DAB.

Lambat sikit nk nmpk sbb rabun n ramai org.

Datang pulak sorang lagi.

Tahniah2! Haaa.....beriya je nebes tadi. Tu pegi Gurney Plaza mlm td, kalau tak pegi, dok blk study dpt 100% *menipu je dia ni hahah*

Masih tak percaya sbb this sort of thing doesn't happen to someone like me ok. But it did. Because Allah made it possible. Alhamdulillah..My score was 92.5.

A few more congratulations, and people began to disperse. Malu gilewwww. Telinga panas. Muka merah *tipu*. Jantong dubdab. Tangan menggigil.

Mengendaaaappppp je kat luar pintu sbb malew nk masuk. Only when they started calling my name baru tercendawan-cendawan nk masuk.

The 2 of us sat next to each other. Tapi jauh2 la. Meja panjang. Rupanya yg sorang lg tu geng speaker2 rupanya. Terus rasa kerdil. Dia ada geng, I xde geng. Tak aci pun?

We were informed that we will receive a certificate for passing Level 1 Yeehaw!!

Level 2 starts.

GILA PENING!! DUA JAM MANA CUKUP!!

Tapi I was distracted the first few minutes sbb sengih sensorang. Maklomla i xbiasa dlm situasi mcm ni. Skolah dulu kureng. Matric pn kureng. Universiti pn kureng. So maafla kalau akak teruja terlebih.

Culture shock, katanya.

Masa jwb exam asyik la tegaru-garu kepala. Ingatkan kalau garu bole dapat ilham.

Stress. Tiba-tiba dah habis 2jam. I left out 6 questions. Tak sempat doh. SAH-SAH LA TAK LEPAS.

Turun bawah makan lunch sensorang. The speakers pn turun and cakap I dpt 47.5%, Akak sorang lg dpt 50%.

Allah bagi dugaan after dugaan, semua ada hikmahnya. What happened to me was a perfect example of God's undeniable mysteries. Alhamdulillah syukur. Let it be a lesson and a reminder for us all =)

As stated in my fb status,

The event itself was a blessing on it's own, and suddenly I'm blessed with even more blessings. Am so very humbled and thankful..

I was referring to this event. God shows His love in the most unexpected ways. We just have to know where to look.

Neena jadi ibu selama 4 jam sahaja.

Ok. Time to talk about yesterday's larger than life experience. I took a maswings flight from BTU to KCH  at 1235hrs. Touched down, grab my luggage and berlari-lari anak terhuyung-hayang sambil menyandang beg yg sangat berat. Rushed to the AirAsia check in counter to check in for Penang. And surprise, surprise....excess luggage, RM40 terbang melayang di tengah padang. So I went to the other counter to pay and waited in line.

The culprit that made dents on my shoulders. And made me pay RM40.

Here's where it all began. As i waited, someone tapped on my shoulder yg sdg menaggung beban backpack berat, and asked.

Nak balik penang ke?

Mmm...ha'ah. Penang check-in blah sana.

Eh tak, ni akak balik Penang kaa...

Ha'ah.

Aaa...tak, sebenaqnya, sy nk mintak tolong....Tolong pegang anak sy ni. Bawak naik flight.

She was holding a newborn in her arms.

I panicked. What does she mean? Wat muka blur jap.

Bole tak akak tolong dukung dia dalam flight, nnt sy bayar tambang dia.

HAH?? tak paham? Abih dia nk pi mana?

Someone came and said something to her and someone else said to me.

Dia ada masalah keluarga. Suami dia xjd blk. Patutnya suami dia blk skali bole dukung anak dia. Dia ada sorang lg anak kecik umur setahun lebih. Xde org nk pegang baby.

Immediately I let out a sigh of relief and said

Oooo....boleh boleh boleh. Xde masalah. =)

Sebenarnya dah excited tak hingat sbb bole pgg baby lama2 for once hihi =p

So the girl, which i found out later is 23yrs old, came back to me and said

Boleh tak kak? Saya kena bwk anak sy lagi sorang. Akak tolong letak dia ni atas riba nnt.

Bolehhh...=) Brapa umur dia? Dh sebulan blom? 

33 hari.

Oooo...baru nyer lagi......

Ha'a. Terpaksa blk. Tp ayah dia pulak xjd blk. Kalu tak, ayah dia yg pegang. Tapi dia cancel last minute.

Me, registered with an infant hahah!!

And then I helped carry the baby as she went to help the other woman, who turned out to be her sister in-law, to check in and stuff. A few minutes holding the baby, people around me started giving me double takes and one woman actually asked me how old the baby was. I answered and she asked whether I was still in confinement. BAHAHAH!!!! I had to explain that I'm not the baby's mother huhuhu.

But from that moment on, I became the baby's mommy hahah!! She was in my arms from before check in, masa scan barang, masa check pasport/ic, masa jalan pg Gate 1, masa queue nk boarding.

Masa nk scan barang tu, pakcik polis tolong bukakkan back pack. And sandangkan blk backpack. Merasa perasaan ibu2 yg ada anak kecik. Hihihihi.

Tp yg plg siksa sbb back pack bapak berat. And I was also carrying the mom's handheld bag (quite heavy too hihi) anddd my sling bag. With the baby in my arms. Kesian baby... I have to juggle her while I was switching and adjusting the bags hanging all over my body. She was restless. Kesian giler.

And finally, after a painstakingly long queue to board the plane, at last we're in. And guess what. The mom's seat was at 9E, and mine was 28F. What-am-i-gonna-do!! Terpaksa pg jugak sbb ada ramai org kat blakang. Smpt mintak susu baby je. Lupa nk mintak pampers eh diapers.

Benci gila dpt seat belakang. I have this thing about sitting at the back of airplanes. Kemungkinan untuk get sick and muntah adalah agak tinggi. Risau giler. Harap-harap baby behave. Neena tolong jgn muntah atas baby T_T.

Well she didn't. She sleeps and wakes up crying every 5minutes. NOT KIDDING. Nasib baik dpt tdokan blk everytime. Tp dia mmg akan bangun byk kali jgk. It's the air pressure. Dia tak selesa. Skt telinga kot. KESIAN. I kept staaaring at her masa dia tido. She has eyebags under her eyes. I can feel that she's stressed. Sedih tgk dia. Poor poor baby. Masa tu dh loya2. Baru tingat xmkn lagi. Dh kol 3.45. Perut ada roti canai pg td je. Seb baik ada sandwich from my previous maswings flight. Terus amik sandwich sumbat dlm mulut cepat2.

Suddenly i felt it. Prroooooooooottttttttt.. Baby berak hahaha...Muka dia dh merah menangis mintak tukar pampers. I quickly panggil steward yg lalu.

Excuse me, bole tolong tak. Mintak pampers kat pompuan yg dok kat seat 9E? Baby berak hihi... Thank you.

Pastu the mom pn datang to the rescue. So me, the mom, baby and big sister semua masuk lavatory. Nsb baik xsmpt nk claustrophobic ms tu. The mom changed baby's diapers, and terus nurse the baby while i layan big sister. Gila aktif budak tu. Uuiihhh...nk bukak pintu, nk cuci tgn, nk dukung, nk masuk tgn dlm toilet bowl, nk bukak kasut, nk pasang kasut.

Lps tu, thankfully, ada seat kosong kat depan, so we can all sit in one row. Baby sambung nursing lagi. Mmg kuat menyusu, patutla merengek. Masa duduk sama tu, she told me more about herself and her family. I pity her. Listening to her made me thankful. All the while, si kakak ni xbole duduk diam pulak. I had to put my leg across the side to stop her from getting to the isle.Dok turun naik kerusi, suh bukak kasut, pakaikan kasut lg haha, Koyak2 menu and pamphlet, tarik rambut baby...fuyoh. Nk kena babab ni. Nasib baik anak org ngehngeh. Mmg penyabar la mak dia. Dgn baby yg tak habis2 lagi menyusu badan dari kuar toilet td. 10 minutes before landing baru I pegang blk baby I ngehehe while she takes care of big sister.

Dh sampai. Masih terkial-kial jalan bawak baby dgn tiga beg keliling pinggang. Rasa mcm christmas tree pn ada. Byk ornaments. Dh terel giler pgg baby sebelah tgn. Mmg prektis takhingat laa....=p Siap bole ambik angkat bagasi lg smbl memegang baby. Tetiba sebak rasa mcm ibu tunggal =(.

Lps tu, ingatkan dh nk berlalu pg amik taxi blk hotel. Tp org yg amik mereka2 ni xsmpi lg. Baby pulak meragam. Si kakak spt biasa berlari ke sana ke mari tanpa henti. TANPA HENTI. Sian mak dia xhabis pantang lg dok kejar dia, dukung dia. Hadoiiihh...sedih.

So I stayed for almost an hour with them, juggling the 2 kids. Tuka2 shift dgn the mom. Ya Allah. Baru 2 org, dh rasa mcm nk pengsan. Baru jaga kejap. Mcm mana ni? Can I be a good mom? Tetiba bermonolog sendirian. Risau dgn masa dpn anak sendiri nnt wakaka!! Mampukah aku??

So that was my day yesterday. After they went, I purchased a taxi ticket and bought a MILO McFlurry. TAKBOLEHTAHAN! Sedap giler dowh. Lg sdp dr cornetto and oreo. ^.^ And I smiled a tired smile all the way to the hotel.

 Panjang la pulak citer. Can't wait to read this again a few years from now. Kenangan beb.

Like in the movies

Today, i had my very first experience with a shrink. Whoa. Doesn't matter how i ended up seeing a shrink, just don't start getting any ideas that i'm going psycho or something. LOL. Even if i am, it's nothing new for me...lmao.

So i felt like i was some character in a movie. Minus lying down on a couch, that is, =_=". It was...hmmm more or less like i've always imagined. Somewhat overwhelming, to say the least. But it was quite an interesting experience. It's nice having someone listen to you for a change. Cause I prefer to see myself as a listener, instead of the one being listened to.
Would i do it again? Maybe not anytime soon =p.

The tough gets going

Hi! What's up people!!

Hope November has been treating u well.

Can't wait for PENANG this weekend. Will be attending the ICD Coding course for 

FIVE DAYS STRAIGHT!! 

FROM EIGHT TO FIVE EVERYDAY!!

Hoping it will be a fun trip. A chance to unwind...kan kan kan???!!!

Uuuuu since we're talkin about work, I have an assistant now yayy!! (bajet mcm bos besar je ada assistant bagai. Harap jgn terpedaya)

I don't run a one-man-show anymore yayyyy!! Thank God for Syiqin =). Now that I have her, I no longer feel suffocated and helpless. Getting ready for work is not that much of a drag anymore. My work has become a lot more organized already! After only 4 days! Hoping it will stay that way woohooo!! 

Sikit lagi nk merasa berenang dlm lautan kertas yg melimpah ruah. Kesian pokok. 

Now I don't have to worry my crazy little head off, whenever i'm on leave or when i have to go on courses like the one I'm going to next week. That's a big-ass burden being lifted off my already hunched shoulders. 

SEMBAB

pernah tak anda menangis sampai lebam? sampai demam? kalau xpernah boleh cuba.