Nursery Room (part 1)

mmm? yes. u read it right. topic's 'Nursery Room'. don't get me wrong now. i'm not talking about the plant nursery... or the place where parents leave their children while they work. close... but this is the baby diaper changing room. if u notice in shopping malls, when go to the restroom, u might sometimes see the baby sign?... thatz the one! yeah... parent talk this time hehehe

so, about the nursery room. have u been there? maybe guys who are not parents haven't but hey... when u start to have a child, these rooms are necessary pit-stops. seriously... anyways, i'm just gonna share my experience at the nursery rooms i've been to and my verdict of the place when i was there.

to be continued...

annoying cough

arggghh... when is it going to stop?! been coughing for more than a week now. the meds dont seem to work. come on dude!! get well! dont let it infect zara. get well!!!

Happy Father's Day

Dear Papa,
Happy Father's Day! Thank you for having raised us. For being there for the family through happiness and hardships. You are a wonderful and great father any child could ask for. Thank you Papa! i love u, WE love u. Happy Father's Day!

Dear Abah,
Happy Father's Day. Thank you for approving my love to your wonderful daughter and accepting me into the family. For everything else, Thank You! We love u Abah.

Dear Abg Bob,
On behalf of my little niece, the little Yaya, i'd like to wish u "Happy Father's Day!". =D

Me, My Self,
:) this is the first time i'm celebrating Father's Day. Alhamdulillah we got Zara. couldn't be happier. hope she'd grow up well, insyaAllah... heh, guess what? my little Zara gave me a card! well, bought by her mom of course... :) itz actually a birthday card by mistake but nevertheless, thank you both. itz a happy moment. i'm now a father to a beautiful daughter, a husband to a beautiful and loving wife :) Alhamdulillah...

older by another year

Saturday, 12 June 2010, 00:00AM

wifey brought a slice of cake into the room singing Happy Birthday song. was quite surprised coz i didnt notice her bringing in (or smuggling in this case) anything resembling a cake box when she came home from work that night. but it was midnight and we're very sleepy after an exhausting day at the office. so we decided to eat the cake when the sun's up.

At Marmalade

so the sun came up. i have some places to go and things to do. so basically we did not have that cake that morning.

later in the afternoon we went to Bangsar Village. we went to the Marmalade restaurant for lunch. wifey's treat. we had salad and a plate of lasagna. the food's great. nyum nyum...

the Lasagna

hot Mocha

Sunday, 13 June 2010, ??:??AM
today is cake day... since we did not have it yesterday. so in the morning, wifey made me coffee in my mug. notice the mug?? yeah... she got that for me last year :) so, the prop's set, wifey sang me the birthday song again. Zara was excited too heheh :) that little puff ball... next time k Zara... we'll get u a cake on your birthday.

Marshmallow Cheese Cake + Nescafe panas

Zara all excited with the colours

itz a marshmallow cheese cake. combination of two things that i like; marshmallow and cheese cake. good pick sayang! :*

owh, did i mention? i also got a card from wifey... cute, and funny. i never know when she got them. good surprise...

heheh my BRILLIANT WIFE, MRS GORGEOUS... :) 

Thank you sayang. for everything... love u :x :**

Attitude Determines Altitude

ATTITUDE DETERMINES ALTITUDE

I woke up early today, excited over all that I
get to do before the clock strikes midnight.
I have responsibilities to fulfill today.
I am important.
My job is to choose what kind of day
I am going to have.

Today I can complain
because the weather is rainy
or I can be thankful that the grass
is getting watered for free.

Today I can feel sad
because I don't have more money or
I can be more grateful
for the many things that I already have.

Today I can grumble about my health
or I can rejoice that I am alive.

Today I can lament over all that my parents
didn't give me when I was growing up
or I can feel grateful
that they allowed me to be born.

Today I can cry because roses have thorns
or I can celebrate
that thorns have roses.

Today I can mourn for my lack of friends
or I can excitedly embark upon a quest
to discover new relationships.

Today I can whine
because I have to go to work
or I can shout for joy
because I have a job to do.

Today I can complain
because I have to go to school
or I can eagerly open my mind and fill it
with rich new tidbits of knowledge.

Today I can murmur dejectedly
because I have to do housework
or I can feel honored
because the Lord has provided
shelter for my mind, body and soul.

Today stretches ahead of me,
waiting to be shaped.
And here I am, the sculptor
who gets to do the shaping.

What today will be like is up to me.
I'm the one who gets to choose
what kind of day I will have!

~ Author Unknown ~

One eyed bandits

well, sometime last week, wifey told me that Mama (her's) fell in the bathroom and bruised one of her eyes. kesian. she had to wear sunglasses to the market. heheh imagine that... diva at the marketplace... =D

then last night, when wifey came home from work, she had infection in her right eye. so itz swollen and is watery and well, constantly developing the yellowish-goldish boogie. so this morning we went to see the doctor for some fix. yeah, she got her meds and MC and all. and she's also restricted from holding zara for at least 2 days.

now comes the worrying part. itz ok having to take care of zara by myself but... eye infection, is INFECTIOUS. yeah she can quarantine herself in the room and all. but would it ascertain that me or zara would not get infected?? as Alpha 5 of the Power Rangers would say: "ai yai yai yai yai..."

i know how infectious it is. had it once while in campus. our room is a petri dish of the germ. not sure who got it first but all three of us got infected. how's that? we didnt even share anything- got our own PC, own bunks, we take different subjects... and yet, we share vampire eyes...

hmmm... just hope zara didnt get infected. pity that baby...

Happy Mother's Day

Dear Mama,
Happy Mother's Day! Thank you for having raised, loved, and care for all 5 of us. May Allah grant you good health and happiness fiddunya wal akhirah. We love you so much.

Dear Wifey,
Sayang... Happy Mother's Day. Thank you for having brought our little angel into our lives. May her presence strengthen our bond and love toward each other throughout our lives. I love you sayang.

Dear Mama (wifey's),
Happy Mother's Day. Thank you for accepting me in your daughter's life and having me in the family. We love you!

Dear Kakak,
You're a great sister. I'm sure you're a great mother too... Happy Mother's Day! :)

Gemuruh jiwa... Semangat membara...

Mood: My favourite song at the moment

Song: Gemuruh
Singer: Faizal Tahir
Album: ?
Genre: Rock

Lyrics:

Bila bertalu rentak di kalbu

Hasrat yang tersirat semakin ku buru

Bila bergema laungan gempita

Harapan bernyala nadiku berganda

Gemuruh jiwa semangat membara

Dari puncak ingin ke angkasa

Berkalungkan bintang berkelipan

Menyerlah jauh dari yang biasa

Bila bertalu rentak di kalbu

Hasrat yang tersirat semakin ku buru

Bila bergema laungan gempita

Harapan bernyala nadiku berganda

Gemuruh jiwa semangat membara

Dari puncak ingin ke angkasa

Berkalungkan bintang berkelipan

Menyerlah jauh dari yang biasa

Ungkapan ini bukan sekadar bermimpi

Segalanya pastikan terbukti nanti

Gemuruh jiwa semangat membara

Dari puncak ingin ke angkasa

Berkalungkan bintang berkelipan

Menyerlah jauh dari yang biasa

My N95 - the unrivaled phone (yet)

so i was reading a friend's blog about his N95. well, he's not really my friend. i dont know this guy. and maybe he doesnt know me either. but he's wifey's course mate back in uni. which makes us campus mates! right?! itz like: "i see u, u see me... owhh... we're from MMU..." ok. what is this weird script??!

so anyways, back to the story. the entry was about his N95 phone. having the same phone and sharing the same scenario just made me feel like dropping an entry of my N95 too ;)

i bought the phone in 2008 at a mobile fair in Cheras. like most users, the reasons for getting this model was its functions that it could deliver - typical voice/video calls, media player, web browser, organiser, 5.0 MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics (this i have to mention ;p), GPS, games, alarm clock, ... etc.  it can practically do almost anything u could expect from a single phone!

thing i like the most is its Symbian OS. just imagine how many apps u could install in there - provided u have enough space in the memory card of coz... i must say, i have installed quite a number of additional apps and im happy with it.

all these things u can do with this phone. do i have any reasons to change to a new phone? not for now...

while it have served me all this time, its housing is already torned. some beating it has endured, heh? :)

also, same case like my friend(?) there, the battery cover could no longer hold the battery in its place- it would just fall off. in contrary to my friend's solution of using tape, i used a different approach of using phone casing. lucky for N95, the casing design just snaps the phone in place, holding the battery cover with it. this way it looks neater and give a professional touch to it.

anyways, here's link to his blog.

i also placed a comment there just sharing my two-cents on the matter:

"cant agree with u more on the superiority of N95. i had the same problem with mine too. what i did, i purchased the leather casing – u know the thingy to cover the phone? (the ori is the one with button)

so basicly it snaps the phone in place, holding the cover to the back of the case and voila! battery problem solved and u look like a businessman :p

ps: corrected by the sales person. the phone exterior is the ‘housing’. the leather/plastic thingy we use to cover the phone is ‘casing’."

Favourite Quotes

itz been a while since i updated my blog. same as all other online apps that i have. been bz lately. new project just got in. the old pending PoCs are now moving as real, and i'm also doing RnD for a new system with the team. hmm... bz bz bz!!

see, i was just browsing my fb after so long, then i realised in the profile, there's a favourite quote section. just proves ive not read/updated my profile for so long that i totally forgot about those quotes.

well being in the topic, im sure every1 have their own favourite quotes themselves. could be anything related or not related at all to them. they have their own reasons or they just like it.

in my case, i like motivational ones... keeps me spirited ;)

so below are some of my favourite quotes. who knows, it might lift up some1's spirit for the day. enjoy! :)

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Everything I do in my life has to be the best. I have to educate myself to the place that I can contend as the best on earth - Will Smith

The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much can you take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! - Rocky Balboa


If it didn't kill u, it makes u stronger... - U Got Served


Life is what happens while you're busy making your excuses. Another day, another casualty - Simple Plan


Bekerjalah untuk duniamu seolah-olah kamu akan hidup seratus tahu lagi, dan beribadahlah seolah-olah kamu akan mati esok hari - Rasulullah s.a.w


Hendak seribu daya, tak hendak seribu dalih - Malay proverb


Di mana ada kemahuan, di situ ada jalan - Malay proverb


Biarlah hari ini lebih baik dari semalam dan hari esok lebih baik dari hari ini - anonymous