Happy 17th birthday my dear Ariff Shah

today 17 years ago, I was blessed with my 2nd lil prince, gap 4 tahun dgn my eldest son zharfan....

Ariff n nickname baby Phd sbb I gave birth to Ariff when I was doing my Phd...dan memorable part utk ariff ni..MZ bawak dia gi Notts, via long-haul flight masa umur dia 8 bulan (dok dlm bassinet!)lagi satu istimewanya Ariff, sbb papa teman masuk dlm labour room masa Mama bersalin...for zharfan dan razeen, Papa tak sempat sampai labour room/hospital sbb masih OTW dari KL to KB. (mama bersalin all 3 boys in Kelantan)

cuma Ariff tak de lah memory life in Notts sbb kami balik Msia for good masa sehari sblm bday ariff yg ke2 tahun. but he can always see all the pics of our life in Notts. MZ buat byk photobook all the pics masa kat Notts.

Ariff akan sit for SPM hujung tahun ni...Mama doakan Ariff dpt straight A....aamiin..so far Allah bagi rezeki Ariff has been performing well in academic...masa sek rendah (alhuda), 2x dpt award best student overall. kat sek al-amin pun maintain jer naik pentas every year for being among top scorers.

ni gambar ariff kat Notts..masa umur setahun lebih jer ni...he was photogenic masa zmn baby2 so few times menang contest baby ;) snow hat tu masih ada lagi Mama simpan dlm drawer kat rumah...sayang nak gi letak dlm recycle box hahah wpun dah takleh nak pakai dah (warna pink kan..Mama nak pakai pun lucu plak dan saiz kids tu)

ni masa bday mkn2 last year (hi tea @capri by fraser, KL)

ni sehari sebelum ariff's 1st bday, kat notts, UK

ni gambar kami holiday kat Tokyo bln feb ari tu...

because bday Ariff tahun ni jatuh pd tgh minggu (weekday), so bday mkn2 kami postpone lahh weekend ni Insya Allah kita gi mkn2...Mama dah tempah hi tea kat one hotel in KL :)

Mama, Papa, Abg Zharfan dan Razeen all love you and make doa for you always.

Moga Ariff cemerlang akademik dan akhlak, jadi anak soleh, happy2 dan sihat selalu..

aamiin

Farewell party | Meraikan hari persaraan

One of my colleagues baru bersara wajib (umur 60) last week, yg bersara ni admin staff (ketua admin lah her post ni kat AIKOL), nama Puan Oza...disayangi ramai sbb soft spoken orgnya dan keje efisyen, helpful dan easy to work with her.

so hari jumaat lps, semua admin staff AIKOL organize majlis mkn2 potluck, dan geng2 lecturers perempuan pulak kutip duit utk bagi hadiah jugak, dptlah beli loket emas 916 utk Puan Oza..moga2 jadi kenangan terindah gitu..actually ada sorang lagi admin yg bersara (Puan Izan) tp tak dpt attend majlis ni, pun kami bagi hadiah yg sama jugak. Puan Izan tu in charge internship utk students AIKOL.

food meriah sgt! ni some of the food lah..mknn utama memang ada nasi dan lauk2, ada bihun soto, ada lemang, rendang, nasi lemak, cottage pie etc..meriah sbb ramai yg bwk mcm2 food sbb versi potluck kan...dlm gmbr ni..ada nasi impit kuah kcg, kek butter, lasagna, tauhu bergedil

ada yg bwk sushi jugak (MZ tapau my portion utk bagi kat ariff dan razeen sbb both of them suka sushi)

ada nasi dagang (tempah khas!)..ada karipap, burger malaysia, roti boy....dan a long list of dessert jugak..memang tak terdaya lah MZ nak makan semua food yg ada

alang2 entry psl persaraan...ni komen our blogger friend from canada (MZ ss her comment last year lagi ni)...

in Malaysia, compulsory retirement age is 60, while in Canada, latest, it is 67! anyway, in Malaysia, some workers do opt for early retirement, at the age of 55 or 56 or 58 ie few years before reaching 60. majority of civil servants retire at 60, and they have monthly pension (like salary!)...for my employer ie UIA, we don't have pension scheme, we only have EPF...so need to be prudent in spending the money saved in EPF throughout our working days the moment we start our retirement day.

ni MZ screenshot dari FB...moga2 kita semua dipanjangkan umur utk menikmati hari2 persaraan...minimum perbelanjaan bulanan around RM2,500... of course dgn syarat rumah, kereta, loan, credit card semua dh abih bayar lah time bersara ni. dan anak2 semua dh keje ie tak pyh tanggung anak2 dah.

ni yg MZ screenshot dari harian metro..pasal current living cost slps retirement, estimate RM3390 (again depend on lifestyle dan komitment masing2)...tp now, harga barang memang naik sbb konflik asia barat tu..so duit jd kecik jer nilai..

moga2 kita semua dipanjangkan umur utk menikmati hari2 persaraan, tak kisahlah walaupun berbelas or berpuluh tahun lagi utk sampai ke tarikh itu..

MZ pulak...masa mula2 join UIA, MZ signed letter of offer, time tu retirement age 58, so MZ opt for that one, then bila ada revision utk 60 retirement age, MZ tak sign plak that one (overlook/tak perasan sebenarnya/nobody alerted me), so maintain lah umur persaraan MZ 58, which means, I have 8 years from now to serve UIA insya Allah...time tu my razeen will be 20 yrs old ie masih belajar kat uni...so memang kena plan betul2 all the budget and expenses sbb dh tak de gaji bulanan kan (UIA tak de pencen, tak sama mcm IPTA yg lain kat Msia)

uolls bersara umur 60 ker semuanya?

salam hari selasa uolls!

ari ni MZ ada kelas 5 jam plus kelas ganti jugak so kelas jd around 7 hrs so MZ tak puasa lah hari ni

Bila gigi tiba-tiba buat hal

buat hal = tiba2 jer tercabut tampalan kat lubang gigi geraham sebelah atas..

kisah berlaku tghari sabtu 11/4, jadinya tak de pilihan lain, teruslah pergi ke klinik gigi...so far serasi dan selesa dgn klinik gigi sharifah aminah di greenwood.

masa sampai kat klinik tu, pukul 4 pm, syukur klinik buka hari sabtu (tutup 8.30pm), ahad memang klinik tak buka. kebetulan tak de patient lain yg tgh q, so duduk sekejap, terus dapat masuk jumpa doktor dan buat rawatan tampalan tu...doktor india, perempuan, lemah lembut dan puas hati with her service.

ongkosnya (total RM200), memang tak murah lah yer zaman hari ni..apa2 jua dental treatment..redho jer, asalkan gigi ok tak sakit dan berfungsi mcm biasa.

resitnya diberi melalui whatsapp, sgt convenient. bayaran pun boleh guna card (debit/credit).

actually UIA ada jer klinik gigi, rawatan gigi utk staff sahaja, tapi biasanya kena buat appointment...MZ pernah sekali jer kot gi klinik gigi UIA (dan kena tabah menunggu sesi jugak sbb ramai lah staff uia kan)...then biasanya MZ pergi klinik swasta jer wpun memang kena byr sendiri 100% lah bilnya.

bila uolls last pergi klinik gigi?

salam hari isnin uolls

hari ni MZ kena attend talk, and MZ masih meneruskan misi berpuasa qadak (nak abihkan semua dlm bln syawal ni)