1 million safe hours celebrations!

It was as per invitation only. Who cares! It's for all - because each and everyone of you contributes the success of it. I enjoyed the ceremonny. S&W team did a great job organizing the event. I love the video montage, don't know who has the time to do it though. Hehe!

We were anticipating the good news from Intan - can't wait for her to announce what do we get for this year: 1 million safe hours. Last 2 years we were getting MP4. The quality was very poor. My MP4 only survive for 2 months. Even the installer had virus in it! HAHAHAHA! Many people commented on it. It's not like you're being ungrateful. It's just that at least get the quality stuff. The company allocated a huge amount of money for these. It's a waste. :(

Ok, the past is the past. Now we move on to this year's 1 million safe hours! The company spent an insane figure for this one! RM175K for the whole EMIT! Mindblowing, I'd say! Phew~! I wish I get that for a salary. Haha! :)

Drum roll please~~!! It's the IPOD SHUFFLE for everyone! Yes, for contractors as well!!! YAY!!

Can't wait for it to arrive! huhu!!~~~

Al-Rawsha Restaurant, Jalan Damai

It was our 3rd time going there. The first time I tasted Arab food, I was amaze by the portion of each serving. It was huge! Fauzy enjoyed the food most! Fifi was feeling generous last night and bought us our sahur. YAY! Fauzy had Chicken Mandy with Barbicante Peach while I got myself Al-Rawsha Grilled and Honeydew Shake. Chicken Mandy's was insanely huge. It's the size for 2 people and Yes, the half chicken is served for you. The chicken marinated very well. Loved it! As for Al-Rawsha Grilled. It served with 4 different meat - Beef, Chicken, Lamb and Mutton. Very well marinated and it was very good.

During Ramadhan they're having buffet for breaking fast. The price is RM50 per pax. Big eaters - you have to be there and have a taste yourself! Well worth it.
**It's a good place to bring the whole family with you.**

Food: A
Service: B
Price: B
Food Portion: A
Ambience: B
Overall: B+

Rating System:
A : Recommended
B : Worth A Visit
C : Average
D : Below Average
E : Waste Of "Hard-Earned" Money. Seriously, I'm Not Kidding!

California Pizza Kitchen KLCC

We've been there a couple of times and the food was OK. Sadly, yesterday was bad. Very dissapointing! :( I had Fettucine with cream sauce (prawn) and it was awful. It was bland, the pasta was bit harder than usual and the gravy was very little. I hardly taste the gravy. :(

8 people went there to celebrate Ramadhan. You need good food on the eve of Ramadhan. Hehe! Well, that's why we choose CPK. We went there last year when our Manager came to Malaysia. The food was good and the service was great! I couldn't say the same about yesterday and neither my friends. Yusry was having Carbonara and was hardly finishes his food and so everyone else with their food. We had to order another set of pizza. Hurmm.. I forgot the name of it. Sadly, even the pizza taste bland. It was too simple and the toppings were little. It was their signature dish and if that's already dissapointing, I couldn't say the same on the other entries in the menu. On top of that, we have to spend more than RM300 for 8 pax. Ridiculous!

Food: E
Freshness: B
Service: B
Price: E
Food Portion: B
Ambience: E
Overall: E

Rating System:
A : Recommended
B : Worth A Visit
C : Average
D : Below Average
E : Waste Of "Hard-Earned" Money. Seriously, I'm Not Kidding!

HOMST TTDI: Chinese Muslim Restaurant

Awesome! The food was great! Went there with Helme, Shah, Nad, Shahrul G and Fauzy yesterday. The food was delicious and the choice was great. We had Szechuan Soup, Brocolli with Oyster Sauce, Chili Padi Siakap (Steam), Claypot Toufu, Butter Prawns, Ginger Chicken and Egg FuYong. It was all good! The best I'd say was the Butter Prawns and Claypot Toufu. The presentation looks plain but the taste is delicious. By far the best chinese dish I've ever had. I wasn't expect much as I've read reviews from bloggers in the internet. Some of it are good reviews and some of it aren't. As for me, HOMST provides a good service and it's suitable for family dinner. I'd bring my family anytime and any day. You have to taste it yourself.

Originally, the plan is to have dinner together with 10 people but sadly only 5 turn up. The night starts very slow but everything changes when the foods arrive. Zhafran was behaving nicely and he helps "clean" the table. Ha-ha! We had a blast chatting and eating good food at the same. Definitely will plan another dinner plan at HOMST! Worth every penny! :D

Food: A
Freshness: A
Service: B
Price: B
Food Portion: B (You can choose the size yourself. It has Small, Med and Large)
Ambience: C
Overall: A (All about of the good food. Who cares about the petty things! LOL!)

Rating System:
A : Recommended
B : Worth A Visit
C : Average
D : Below Average
E : Waste Of "Hard-Earned" Money. Seriously, I'm Not Kidding!

G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Jenny invited us to watch a movie; either The Proposal or G.I Joe. I heard that the The Proposal is a fun romantic comedy and I need a dose of some of it too. Too bad, Pei Wern and Jenny have watched the movie so we opt to G.I Joe instead. It was an action pack movie. An Okay movie, I'd say. The CGI effect can be refined and I've spotted few funny frames in the movie. Car crashing, explosion here and there, cars collide, train was wrecked - total chaos! Even with all that you can see bystanders standing still at the edge of the road and passer by looking confused. Ha-ha!

Sienna Miller looks stunning. However, it's very uncomfortable to watch her walking in those latex suit. She couldn't barely walk. Insanely tight. I'm amaze that she could breathe in it. Madness! :P

Jenny, thanks for inviting us and buy us the popcorns and drinks. Really appreciate it and we had a good time together! Hope that we could arrange another get together. It's fun! Thanks again! :D

*****
I'll start on-call today. Couldn't wait for the week to end! Argh! Wish me luck! :(
*****

Overall: C

Rating System:
A : Recommended
B : Worth A Visit
C : Average
D : Below Average
E : Waste Of "Hard-Earned" Money. Seriously, I'm Not Kidding!

Flu shot - Get vaccinated now?!

Found out today that my company will sponsor any kind of immunization needed under CAD (Company Appointed Doctor). Thinking of getting the flu shot although it's not effective towards H1N1 but at least we need to have some preventative measure against the rapid movement of the pandemic flu. According to WHO, the H1N1 flu pandemic -is- the fastest-moving pandemic ever and that it was now pointless to count every case. Listening horror stories on the arising death toll concerning H1N1 influenza is no laughing matter. As a mother, I'm terrified thinking of my little Zhafran. There are new cases day by day and babies are the highest concern right now. Malaysia is currently on the high alert and one of the highest recorded cases in the world.

I've made an appointment this Thursday - Flu, Chicken pox and Cervical Cancer shot. I'm thankful that the company really concern of the well-being of its employees. Keeping fingers crossed - I hope we have enough H1N1 vaccine to cater the current needs.

Makan-makan at Restoran Ikan Bakar Pantai Jeram

Being a food lover, I'd go miles to find good food around Malaysia. Eventhough it's at the farthest away, I will find the time and most importantly another "kaki" (other food lovers) - all because of a good food. Hehe! Thankfully I have a few kaki(s) around to accept the food challenge.

Last time we went to Bagan Lalang and the latest challenge was Jeram. The ambience was ok.. It rainy night was very dark and I didn't realize that the restaurant was next to an estuary. I could see small boats just beside our seats. Too bad couldn't take any pictures since it was pitch black. Don't think that my camera is high-tech enough and lately it has been acting weird. I can only take high-speed burst image and with a sad picture size of 2Mb. Anyway, better than nothing. :)

I mostly enjoyed the company of my 2 Indonesian colleagues (Memo and Herlia). They're staying at the Traders Hotel for a month! Lucky lucky ladies! :D Memo and Herlia have been lovely towards Zhafran. They're natural with babies. Thanks ladies for coming to Jeram with us. I hope we will have another trip together before both of you fly back to Indonesia! ;D

The restaurant is about 1 hour away from KL. The food was ok. It's a bit bland for my liking. Definitely D'Muara Lumut is the defending champion! Worth every hour spend on driving and every penny of it. I wish we could have a trip to D'Muara.

Here are the pictures. Mind the resolution of each frames. :P



Food: C
Freshness: B
Service: B
Price: B
Food Portion: B
Ambience: C
Overall: C+

Rating System:
A : Recommended
B : Worth A Visit
C : Average
D : Below Average
E : Waste Of "Hard-Earned" Money. Seriously, I'm Not Kidding!

Zhafran's growing milestone

My growing milestone

I was born in Pantai Hospital, KL
My Name: Zhafran Mohd Fauzy
Date of Birth: 20th January 2009
Time of Birth: 4:39 a.m.
My Weight: 2.74 KGs
My head circumference: 34 cm
My total length: 47 cm
My Apgar score: 8/10
My Blood Group: O positive
I first saw Dr Wong Sum Keong, mommy's gynae.

My achievements:
Milestone:
1st day = Smile (involuntarily)
2 m(s) = Lift head briefly
3 m(s) = Meaningful smile
4 m(s) = Turn over + Reach for objects + Laughing
5 m(s) = Combat Crawl (one leg is the pusher and the opposite arm the lead puller) + Bite stuff
6 m(s) = Bite things
7 m(s) = Climb ppl/things, 1st teeth (Sept 2), temporarily stand on his feet
8 m(s) = Stand w/out support for 2 seconds, exploring objects, recognizes ppl

Weight gain:
1st day = 2.7 KG
1 m = 4.87 KG (6 weeks)
2 m(s) = 5.6 KG (9 weeks)
3 m(s) = 7.0 KG (12 weeks)
4 m(s) = 7.5 KG (16 weeks)
5 m(s) = 7.9 KG (22 weeks)
6 m(s) = 8.2 KG (25 weeks)
7 m(s) = 8.5 KG (32 weeks)
8 m(s) = 8.8 KG (36 weeks)

FHM: Great exhibition! **Two thumbs up!

Ayip urged me to sign-up for pre-registeration for FHM (Food & Hotel Malaysia) event. I thought it was for sure the infamous magazine and "foolishly" I did sign-up for it. Upon receiving the email for confirmation, little that I know, it was for a food exhibition. I was ok, not too excited and was a bit disapointed, I must say..

Everything changes when I actually attended the event. It was lively, happening and most importantly flushed with food on every table that you lay your eyes on. It was a food heaven! I'm amaze on the numbers of exhibitors participate in the event. Congratulations to the organizer of making the event succesful and it has been a wonderful experience for us. (Onlookers, food seekers, freeloaders - anything that you want to call us! :P )

I went there with Oche, Fahmy and Un. We were actually eyeing on the RM8 -eat all you want "buffet" but since Un is fasting today, we opt to the free entry exhibition instead. We thought we might have missed the best part of the show but actually we get more than what we think.. and it's all free! We went zigzag-ing and I'm proudly going to say that we covered the whole hall! Hehe! From oranges (real fruits) to poultry/meat products to cakes to ice-creams to machinery; It's all in one place! You'll never going to regret going there! Tomorrow is the last day! Hurry Up! Pick up a spoon and make a full use of it! Enjoy!!! :D

** Going to the RM8 tommorow noon! Wish me luck! I'll post some photos - IF I'm not too busy eating!! LOL!

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Went to the RM8 ticket to Food & Hotel Malaysia exhibition. Certainly not as I expected. It is not the place where you can eat, it's for your eyes only. Yes, literally. It's actually a competition between the chefs representing their restaurant or hotels. The food looks nice actually it looks fabulous. My mouth waters and my heart pounding. All because of the delicious -looking- food. It's waiting for me to dig into it and heavenly taste it. Of course, everything shuts as I realize that you can only take photos of it and nothing more. I was so frustrated with the girl (at the counter) that actually mentioned that you can eat all you want. Naturally I - being an informal food PR to the Network team, brainwashed my colleagues' head and we all went to the exhibition together. Thank goodness that only me, Fahmy and Un went in first. At least I could warn them about the "false" alarm. Fahmy did captured the pictures of the 'beautiful' looking dish. I was too upset to even hold the camera.

Anyway, we had a blast on the other side of the hall. Where's the free food really is! I love every second of it and definitely would go again next year! ;D

***As promised, here are the picas!! :D

Well.. I am HAPPY! :D

Answering the question on previous post.. I conclude that.. I am happy! :D Maybe it was just weekdays blues or you know.. having bad days.. I am all giddy and happy again. Forget those stuff I said earlier.. I am positive and I'll take everything that may come no matter good or bad as a blessing.

**Maybe you'll see another emo post around - soon? It doesn't hurt to get emo once in awhile, right? :P

Am I happy?

I am sure am happy to receive gifts from anybody but what if you don't like the gifts? Will you wear it, will you pretend to like it? I am a very simple person who likes anything black, simple and nice. My baju raya this year is yellow in color which is not my first choice but Fauzy likes it and being married you have to -try- to like what your partner likes. So I went along with it and bought it. It wasn't really my insecurities that prevents me from choosing the colors. It is what I am. What I like. What I prefer. I do think that I act differently in front of family members. It wasn't like I wanted to pretend to be someone else. It's just that I'm trying to not severe the relationship that's going to be - ermm.. forever? You can't just break family-ties. My friends see me as outspoken, happy and energetic person -so I've been told. :P But when it comes to family, I'm more reserved, complying and quiet. I just didn't know how to mingle with the elders or with a person who has a different mind-set than me. It's my lost not theirs.

Me, being complying and quiet, maybe that's why Fauzy's family likes me. Or maybe they love Fauzy and had to deal with me. LOL! Either way, his mom is being really generous towards me and I'm having a really hard time to repay it. Every week, she'll packed us fish, fruits, snacks, toys, clothes for Zhafran and the list goes on and on.. I am very grateful for what I have - happy family and we eat really well. :P I feel happy that I am accepted into the family. On one fine night, after we had dinner (It was last Saturday - Aug 8). His mom suddenly gave me a necklace, a bracelet and an ankle bracelet in out of the blue. I was dumbfounded by it and couldn't response well. Being a moron is my speciality these days. :P I know I should be happy since the gold price isn't cheap these days. But my concerns are do I have to wear it everytime? Or do I have pretend to like it? Am I an ungrateful brat who doesn't appreciate gifts? I know many girls wanted to switch place with me now. Am I a fool? Or am I just over-think on stuff... again?

Crazy colours of Monday blues..

I was shocked to find a substance that looked like blood on my baby's diaper. I decided to pay a visit to An-Nur Specialist Hospital which located in Bangi although Zhafran isn't showing any signs of pain. He actually looks very happy. :) The specialist clinics are all full at the time I arrived so I have to opt to a GP at the hospital. The doctor doesn't know much about babies but he did say it doesn't look like blood. He gave me small bottle for urine sample which I find it hard to use. I wasn't sure on how to make Zhafran pee in it and not to spill it. Then, it hit me. Maybe Makcik Zhafran (his nanny) knows how to do this. Hehe! So I'm out of the consultation room feeling relief and happy. When I reached at counter, without thinking, I open up my wallet and withdrew my credit card. Thinking the fees will be the same as Pantai Hospital. Again.. I was shock to find the fee is very reasonable cheap compared to other private hospitals in Malaysia. I had my credit card prepared but when the staff told me that the fees was only RM10, I was going to faint as I know I don't have cash at all in my wallet (so much for the cost-cutting in the family budget) and obviously they don't accept credit card for a mere RM10, do they? I made a complete fool of myself. I couldn't even pay RM10 for my son's treatment. Haha! And then, it hits me again. Gosh, again.. Thanks to my super duper idea of saving... I've withdrawn all the money and locked it up in my (office) drawer. This is *so to say* to avoid overspend on my monthly allowance. I had.. definately not intended.. to go back to the office and finish up my day..

However while working on an issue, I got a call on my cell. I wasn't sure who the person was but I hurriedly say I'd call back and hang up - mind my manners.. After I've done talking with the Backup team analyst, I picked up the phone and dial-in the numbers. It hit me again, what if the nurse that called me up asking bout the payment.. Before my brain starts to work on a brilliant"excuses", a lovely lady picked up the phone. Guess it or not. It's the lady on the counter whom I "lied" bout going to be briefly withdrawing the money but fled soon after.. Haha! Again, I appologies and told the lady I'll be coming back to make the payment on the same evening - after work. :P

It was raining heavily when I'm on my way to makcik Zhafran's house. I had to.. again.. had to.. spend a couple of hours at her house because the parking lot located quite far from my block. I definately don't want to have Zhafran catching cold in H1N1 frenzy. I was there till 7pm which is when Fauzy gets home. I waited Fauzy at home and have dinner which I bought from a stall on my way home. The nasi tomato has a unique taste which is not my liking. This post will keep me from buying from the makcik ever again. *_*

Fauzy is home and we quickly drove to Bangi. Reached there around 8pm (plus the jam and toll). It was late.. way later than what I promised the lady.. Ok, this is when I reached over the counter. Wearing my smile-innocent face, withdrawing out the precious RM10 from my wallet while asking for the fees. I wasn't so sure if they were sinical, glad or happy? that I'm there to make the payment - since they're all wearing a surgical mask. I'm sure of one thing.. They'll remember my face and it wasn't a pleasant memory, for sure.. Errmm.. maybe a funny- embarassing memory.. LOL! :P

Skip with the embarassing moment. Now it's the moment of truth, we went to paed and have a specialist to have a look on Zhafran. The doctor is young and very charming. The consultation went well. He thinks the discoloration was due to the food intake. As new parents, we are hype and excited on buying foods for our little Zhafran. I think we bought everything on the rack and Zhafran loves it! He loves to eat and we end up experimenting all kinds of food. Well.. duh! baby food. The doctor advice us to take it slow and have him eat a product and one time and see if the color changes. We're going to experiment it and see which product is the culprit. :)
The only thing I can do is to collect the urine sample and have it tested on lab. Better be sure than sorry. I'll update soon once I get the news. Hopefully it's a good one. Ciou!

Shah's bday @ TGI

The birthday bash has become hiatus for quite some time now and I want to bring up the spirit again. I was quite sad with the team as people doesn't seem to even care attending the party. Since Mai and Ayip became an item, they just disappear.. No more lunches, dinners and hang outs with the team. They isolated themselves and it's making me really sad. The friendship that we had just the drifted away. Ayip will not be around much longer in the team. I hope things will change for the better. I hated when I'm feeling this way.. argh!

All has been said and done.. Move on... Thanks to those who attended the party and we had a blast. As usual, Shah had to stand on a chair and deliver a speech which he hates the most. Sorry Shah.. :P The ice-cream cake was nice. The stupid thing is a moronic TGI staff came to our table, looking around with a cake on his hand! Obviously Shah had noticed it and ruin the surprise. Shah was being a sport and still keep his composure smiling and "pretend" to be calm. :) The food was 'surprisingly' nice. I went there last year and the food was ok but not on par to the price that they charged. This time most of us had a set lunch which is cheaper compared to the items in a la carte. I had boneless buffalo wings and shrimp-chicken pasta. The portion was big and I was very happy with it! :) I ta-pao the buffalo wings and fried mac and cheese. Fauzy loves it too. :D

Thanks again guys. No worries, I'll have the bill break down and mail it to you. Remember, I'm not paying for it! LOL!

Attendees:
Shah
Tasha
Famy
Un
Herlia (3 months exchange staff from Indonesia)
Joan (New hire)
Irwan Hussein
Me

WE FOUND THE PHOTOS! YAY!

I was surreal when Fauzy shown me the LOST photos of Zhafran! No words to describe the joy that I had. The only thing in my mind is BACKUP the photos! BACKUP the photos! I'm still uploading the photos on Flickr. The connection is really slow. :( That's OK.. As long as the photos are there and safe! :D

Sneak preview.... Please view our gallery for more photos.

Atok Zhafran's bday!

Mc D. That's where we go for Atok's birthday this year and that's where Zhafran took his first bite of ice cream. I didn't know how to react nor to say anything on it. So I just get along with it. Not a very good decision on my end though. :) We decided to buy Atok a phone which has camera on it since he has been craving to have one according to Opah. Sadly, the camera will only arrive the next day of the event. I don't really mind because I knew this would happen. When you plan to buy something last minute, you won't get the satisfactory outcome. ;) Kak Lin was to be put in charge of buying the camera but she's busy with canteen that day and couldn't make the time for it. That's ok.. For me, it's the thought that counts! ;P



Date: Aug 4th, 2009
Time: 8:30 pm
Venue: Mc D, Setapak

No photos from the hospital *sighs*

Didn't get photos from the hospital! sighs.. How stupid am I to leave the camera behind?! Plus, nobody to blame.. but me.. hehe! I was visiting Kak Sherry and Isma (Hendra's wife) at Pantai hospital. Coincidentally they stay in just a couple suites away and delivered on the same day :) . Kak Sherry is in C331 and Isma - C326. I think Kak Sherry will be discharged this morning (Aug-2). It is costly to stay longer at Pantai. Last time it cost me nearly 5K and only stayed there for 2 days. The fact that it was four-bedded room - RIDICULOUS! Next time, I'm going to deliver at Ipoh.. It is cheaper and going to stay for confinement at my mom's house again. YAY!