Darth Vader

yesterday it rained ALL day across England, not just in Notts. so i told lil missy to put on her wellies and raincoat to school. she was ok with the wellies but refused to wear her raincoat sampai berguling-guling on the floor. so i asked her to wear her new red coat but she said "its big". mummy naik lok-tang lah pagi2 dah nak berdrama, and we would be late for school. she said "i dont want to wear the raincoat because the hood makes me look like DARTH VADER".. nak marah ke nak gelak???

of course lah mummy tak gelak, nanti macam give in.. banyak sangat hal, mummy threatened "either you wear the red coat or you stay at home alone cos mummy has to go to work". she finally gave in and wore her red jacket..and of course we were late for school. sampai sekolah, her friends semua dah masuk kelas. and she said "its okay to be late for one time".

when i got on the bus, i called her daddy to story mory pasal anak dia berdrama pagi2 morning and bila keluar cerita Darth Vader; daddy tak boleh tahan nak gelak...panjang betul akal budak ni. well, as her aunty cik noti said "Tu la...daddy dia to blame...sape suruh tengok star wars marathon." 

haaa.... ni pulak budak yang excited nak jadi Darth Vader for his Star Wars 4th birthday party this coming weekend.. introducing Darth AQIL Vader..

 

aka Aqil Budak Komeng, pic below with his vogue mama

 

 

 

Mr Ed

i bought this soft toy for my new born nephew Nik Ariq

nik ariq'a mom put this pic on fb and asked whether this is a horse or a donkey.. ramai lah yg bagi opinion - some said its a moo or mixed breed. its actually a horsey - thats according to my big missy. dengarlah nasihat pakar.. and his name is MR. ED. mummy scha & my cousins Nik Di & Nik Ilani, jgn tersalah panggil CIK TED pulak ya.. where did i get the name Mr Ed?? children born in the 60s would remember the 1970s tv programme Mr Ed, he's a talking horse. both kamar & i still remember the theme song.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GAbc5uQXJo

Hello, I'm Mister Ed 

A horse is a horse, of course of course, 
and no one can talk to a horse of course, 
that is of course, unless the horse, 
Is the famous Mister Ed! 

Go right to the source and ask the horse. 
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse. 
He's always on a steady course. 
Talk to Mister Ed.

People yak-it-ti-yak a streak 
and waste your time of day, 
but Mister Ed will never speak, 
unless he has something to say... 

A horse is a horse, of course of course, 
And this one will talk 'til his voice is hoarse. 
You never heard of a talking horse? 
Well, listen to this... 

I am Mister Ed

now lil Nik Ariq is better known as Ariq Leong, nama yg di beri oleh his parents sebab with his botak look & mata sepet, he looks like  Eric Leong, the guy who hosts the interior deco programme on msian tv.

geramm!! umur baru sebulan dah pandai ketawa...anak "orang tua" macam ni laa..advance sikit !!

sea-horse

today we went to birmingham. big missy ikut uncle shuif & atan tengok horse show of Spanish Riding School of Vienna at NIA. actually ina gave the tick to big missy cos she had to go back to msia. rugi lah kalau tak use the ticket.

while waiting for them, we took lil missy to Sealife Centre just across the canal. it was quite good. atan decided to join us after watching the horse show half way.

 

 

 

lazy saturday

saturday di isytihar hari bermalas-malasan. malas nak masak, malas nak kemas, malas nak marking students coursework, malas nak mandi, malas nak grocery shopping..yg terpaksa rajinkan diri - 2 loads of washing & masukkan baju yg dah berlipat hampir seminggu kedalam gerobok. tu pun because kena basuh kids school uniform & laundry basket dah overflow. story of my life!

breakfast, makan roti canai with 3 days old kuah dalca.

lunch makan apa yang ada dalam freezer - fish fingers, battered fish, prawn fritters.  and penyudahnya i did the shopping list & kamar went to tesco alone.

at 2pm i was still in my onesies watching nigella making strawberry crumble. sedap pulak..terus call kamar suruh beli apple crumble kat tesco.  

dah maghrib baru mandi.

dinner, we had fish pie with chips, kamar yang masak. what would life be without him eh??  

If you ever get a call from "Microsoft" or a company working for them

IMPORTANT - PLEASE TAKE NOTE in case it happens to you.

Got a call from a young lady called "Michelle" (speaks with an Indian accent) today. She claimed to be from a the British National Computer company (a Microsoft Support partner) and the reason why she called was that my computer had been sending out error messages logged by Microsoft and that she will help me solve the problem.

Being my usual suspicious self (Sapi [my BFF] would disagree and say "psychic") started asking:
   What is your Actual Company name? Answer: Redout IT Solution Company
   Where are you located? Answer: Based in London
   What is your telephone no? Answer 03300010981 (London starts with 020)
       suggesting some non-geographical (unknown) location

"Michelle" was quite insistent that she was here to help me and that this was not a sales call and that my computer was indeed suffering from errors etc. She even said I can call the number and talk to her manager if I didn't believe her. If you ask my opinion, she seems a bit to harrassed / over-eager to help.

To prove that there was an error, she asked me to check my computer's administrative consold and look at the error messages - to which she "kindly guided me to.

Lo and behold there were 13000+ error messages. "See I am not kidding you - your computer is having problems and I am here to help". Now you need to click on the start menu and type in www.antiviruslive.in  (don't click on the link) in the "search programs and files" box and press enter. What this did was to open an Internet page to the website. Hint: website address xxx.in is in India.

All this while I was running a background check on the details she gave me andlooking for other peoples comments about scams. A few came out.

Me being my careful self, hovered my mouse over the links - true enough - if you see the addresses the links point to in the status bar at the bottom, it will show something like http:/www.antiviruslive.in/xxx.exe (don't click on the link)

DO NOT EVEN CLICK ON THESE LINKS. You don't know what malicious software they will install on your PC.

At this point - I said to her (summarised): "The links on the website points to executable files. I'm sorry I do not trust you or your company. Goodbye." and hung up the phone.

The phone rang again about 10 minutes later. No one spoke and then they hung up but I could tell they were the same company. How to tell? They sound distant and you can hardly hear them talking. There is a lot of inteference in the quality of the line (cheap VOIP).

Although I suspect it's more a scam to get you to pay for support to keep your PC error free. There are a lot of people posting videos / recordings on youtube.

Some of them even lead the scammers on - "LAYAN je" but don't do anything they ask you to - waste their time.

Important Note: Microsoft will never call you or appoint any company to call you to offer fix errors. This would usually be done through software updates or via solutions posted on microsoft's knowledge base.

Check this blog out:

http://www.troyhunt.com/2012/02/scamming-scammers-catching-virus-call.html

gone spotty

we gone spotty today to join Pudsey Bear for the children in need charity event.

i dont have any spotty top, so make do with my spotty bag & wore my spotty socks to work.

kids at lil missy's school tak payah pakai uniform today, almost everyone wore something spotty and bring £1 to donate to children in need.

Pudsey

We are poke-a-dotting tonite. .everyone is  couch potato-ing to watch Pudsey & children in need annual  charity event on telly.

autumn leaves

i love autumn, my most favourite season; for the colourful leaves, crispy cold air and on good days, the sunshine..

we've had a few good bright autumn days. last saturday it was sunny in Rutlands and we took the kids walking at Rutland Waters, near Whitwell. today, the sun's out again and i went out walking in Wollaton Park. its been 4 weeks since the last time i went there - while i was still nursing my cold & cough and i was pleased with the pics that i took.

after doing 2 loads of washing, i got a lift from hub who was going to tesco to do weekly gro shopping. yeah..he told me NOT to go to tesco so that we do not end up buying unncessary things. i prepared the shopping list - 23 items and i think he came back with 30 items..not my fault!

 cat woman waiting for batman to take her home..

 and there's my batman in his bat mobil..

and listen to this beautiful song by Paolo Nutini (he's scottish, from Paisley. probably of italian descendant). the song was written for his late grandfather. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CiI8HGTq6d4

 

Autumn leaves under frozen souls,
Hungry hands turning soft and old,
My hero cried as we stood out there in the cold,
Like these autumn leaves I don't have nothing to hold.

Handsome smile, wearing handsome shoes,
Too young to say, though I swear he knew,
And I hear him singing while he sits there in his chair,
While these autumn leaves float around everywhere.

And I look at you, and I see me,
Making noise so restlessly,
But now it's quiet and I can hear you sing,
'My little fish don't cry, my little fish don't cry.'

Autumn leaves have faded now,
That smile I lost, well I've found somehow,
Because you still live on in my father's eyes,
These autumn leaves, all these autumn leave, all these autumn leaves are yours tonight

foul mood day!

hari ini saya isytiharkan  "FOUL MOOD DAY"  atau dalam ertikata sebenar "HARI NAIK HANGIN".

pagi2 lagi dah tersentap sikit, tapi setelah meluahkan perasaan dimuka buku & kengkawan semua membuat lawak, maka sudah menjadi angin pus pus sahaja. my status this morning attracted total of 53 comments and 21 likes..not my intention to count berapa likes & comments utk menunjukkan fofularity, but i think the status was my honest opinion yg tak ramai org nak mengaku openly.  comments melarat2 from fb being the stress buster (bak kata oya)  hingga ke horoscope, growing old with your spouse, cinta cyber & AH yg menjadi bahan bualan masakini which came to this hilarious conversation between me & jam. 

me : kalau i nak addict cinta cyber pon, dengan abg haron kat dlm adam & hawa jer hahahhah!!!

jam : abg haron? bukan dngan Am ke? hehehehehe....

me : ye lah nama betul Am tu kan abg haron...

jam : bukan la... adam mukhriz ... mana lak datang si haron ni cik noni ooii...

me : jam, nama betul aaron aziz tu encik haron daaaa

jam : ooo ye ke... cisss aaron tu nama glamour la yek. aduhai.... terus terbayang muka harun salim bachik... hahahahahahaha

me : hahhahahahahah!!! aku gelak kuat sorang2 ni jam.. nasib baik kat rumah bukan kat opis!!!!!!

jam : hahahahaha... terus hilang seri si aaron aziz itu di mata ku....

me : okay what nama haron pon haron lahhh..janji hensem & penglipur lara tiap2 hari isnin-khamis bila balik keja

 

see what i mean by fb is the place where i can LOL (laugh out loud) just by chatting nonsense with my true friends..ohh i love them all!! bila dah habis merapu, i went to work at 10am for the 11am class.

 

chronogical event of my foul mood day :

 

1. class 11-1pm with this group of students. sepatot nya ada 23 org in the group and whaddaya know, only 8 turned up. this group of students memang masaalah sikit bab2 attendance, not only for my subject but with other modules as well. tak cukup dgn just 8 turned up, penat2 kita bercakap, some of them muka blurr and pandang keluar sampai ke space..an hour later, when i asked them a very easy question, semua senyap.. bila dah kena jerit baru sibok nak flip through the notes cari jawapan. bukan nya susah pon soklan nya. memang bengap, senang cakap!!! dah tau dah who will pass/sangkut the subject 20 weeks down the road.

 

2. class 2-4 with better bunch of students, attendance 90%, most of them are attentive and engaged in the subject. tapi ada lah jugak satu dua mala'un yg blurr.. the problem is some of them just refused to read apa2 instruction or notes we put online. semua nak kena cakap, tak reti dah nak cari sendiri. kalau tak letak anything online, bising. bila dah letak, tak nak baca. lepas tu mula lah tanya soklan bodoh..dah lah bodoh, sombong pulak! but at least when i asked them some questions on what i taught them earlier, they managed to answer..

 

3. i read some emails from students yg masih blurr even after half way thro the term. penat lah kita ni duk explain kat depan kelas (worst masa tengah batok2 baru ni), sketch apa yg patut and siap cakap "copy this sketch because i will not put this online". did they do as i instructed?? NO!!! lepas tu after 2 weeks bila dah menggelabah nak buat kerja tak reti, tanya kat mana nak cari all the relevant information..and how did i respond? haaa cari sendiri from friends yg paid attention.

 

4. after work i went to kedai peberet to get a present for lil missy's friend's birthday party esok. i was queuing for the next available till. went there and suddenly this eastern european lady went infront of  me to pay for her purchases..sakit tak hati??? memang tak reti basa punya orang!

5. my last straw was when i got on the bus home. ada 2 female students kaum banana skin yg cakap kuat pesen duduk in pigeon holes were walking infront of me. sibok nak bercakap lepas tu undecided nak duduk kat mana. dah letak bontot kat seat depan tetiba bangun nak duduk kat blkg dgn boipren yg muka nerd & hidong pesek. siap terlanggar org pas tu tak ckp sorry.. tau lah seats byk tapi jgn lah menyusahkan orang. i just couldnt contain my anger, terus jegil mata. boipren looked at me dgn terkebil kebil..

itu lah kisah panjang lebar hari bad mood seduniyaaa.. got home at 6pm, balik rumah citer dgn hub, masuk dapor masak kari ikan salmon & goreng sayor, by 7pm dah boleh dinner. and they all enjoyed the meal. adik makan nasi dgn kari ikan sampai  licin pinggan..and hub said a big thank you for cooking. alhamdulillah.

 

 

luahan rasa meroyan

this is a post that has been playing on my mind for ages tapi tak tau how to start.

kadang2 rasa kita ni over sensitive (especially bila time pms), kdg2 rasa macam worthless to some people whom we thot are our friends, kadang2 rasa macam nak buat donno aja but nak jugak orang tau apa kita rasa, kadang2 rasa mcm kita je terhegeh2 nak kawan dengan orang but orang nak berkawan dgn kita pun sebab ada udang sebalik mee. so penyudahnya makan hati sorang2 tak pasal2.

off late i have this feeling that ada some people yg kita rasa dalam kategori "close friends" have kinda drifted away quietly, unnoticeably to others but not to me. and i'm not talking about friends whom i've not seen for ages - itu dah kena discount lah. ini friends (more than one okay..) whom i recently met masa balik cuti baru ni.

ye lah, kita ni apa sangat, setakat cikgu bedah yg tak pandai nak melaram, gi kerja pon naik bus aja, bukan nya ada kereta menjalar, tak reti pakai brg jenama so nak strike conversation pasal gusi ke, elvavi ke, koch2 hotak hang ke, semua tak reti.  pakai baju gi kerja pun beli kat kedai cik dot aja, tu pun dah excited giler especially bila dpt good bargain..nak beli boots sepasang pon cari berbulan2, penyudahnya beli boots kat kedai charity (tapi look as good as new, suede leather, made in italy some more). so, sapa lah nak heran berkawan dgn kita ni...memang sepatutnya tak payah pikir pasal ni sebab tak ada faedahnya..

memang betul lah dulu my bestpren pernah  pesan - "berjaga-jaga dgn some people, kita tak tau depa ikhlas ke tak. depan kita cakap lain, belakang kita wallahualam".. if i tell this to her now, dah terngiang2 kat telinga dia cakap " i told you!" . there are only a few people whom i know i can call REAL & TRUE friends - those who will just say anything to me - good or bad right to my face. yg lain2 tu, hmmmm...was was..

come to think about it, good thing that i stay away from people. my life here is about work, my family & every few weeks jumpa kawan yg tinggal dikampong yg ada satu street light itu. kalau ada masa, make time jumpa dgn kawan yg tinggal kat kampong outside laichester & at least once a year jumpa org kg fenwick. jadilah... at least kita tau they are sincere to see & layan kerenah kita.

ok, now its out of my chest, legaaaaa....time to repeat AH episode 41-44!!

walking off the nasi lemak lunch

after nasi lemak lunch that cik atin made, we took the kids walking at Rutland Water. walked in the woods from Whitwell to Barnsdale and back, 2 miles return. nice sunny day with bit of wind chill.

btw, pics were un-edited and guna camera biasa sahaja, bukan lah kamra canggih manggih.. its all about the right lighting at the right time at the right places.

Barnsdale Woods

 

the 2 kiddos

daddy playing peek-a-boo with kakak

 

my lil girl's joke :

why did the mushroom always get invited to parties?? because he's a fun-gi (get it??) 

 

Rutland Water

 

we found a panda in the woods

 

and Lil Marie The Cat too

 

the sheep grazing on the field

the lil kiddos kept singing

Baa Baa Black Sheep, Have you any wool

Yes Sir Yes Sir, 3 Bags Full

one for my master, one for the dame

and one for the little boy who lives down the drain (not down the lane)



 

sun setting at Whitwell

 cuba teka siapa??