Raya 2008

Welcome back from a long raya break!!! tadaaa.....
Have a wonderful and blissful Syawal with my other half. Love every raya moments with him, hehe..Celebrating raya with families around and enjoy the balik kampung trip (to my mom's n dad's kampung) was such a great moments for us. Mingled around with families, and chit chatting while mkn2 with each other was great!!! Sukanyeerrrr =)

In this Syawal, our weekends are fully booked, with open house everywhere..plus we'll do house hunting, hehe, visiting families members and friends' houses...time to ambush rumah sapa2,hehe..

3rd day of Syawal, sempat buat open house at my mom's place, few friends came, tp ramai x dtg cos masing2 dh nak balik KL, well apa2 pun, thanks for those yg dtg including my families...

Raya also great when some of my families members welcoming their newborns. Congratulations to Sis Yanie & Abe Mie... Sharmeen is soo cute, Shaista will be jealous on her lil sis nanti, hehe..

Well, will lotsa open house invitation will come to our letter box.hehe..can't wait to mkn2 lg, n meet my buddies n families!!!!

c ya

Eid-Mubarak!!!

Salam Aidilfitri.. Maaf zahir batin untuk semua. On leave starting from Monday (2days before raya and will come back to work on Thursday 9th Syawal)..
Will be celebrating our 1st Aidilfitri as hubby and wifey, hope that this coming Syawal will be the sweetest moments for both of us with families around!!!! Can't wait for this long break!!!!

Will celebrate Syawal in KL, then will fly to KB on 2nd Syawal, can't wait to kiss my hubby's hand on 1st Syawal =)) Selamat Hari Raya My Dear!!!

For everyone, enjoy ur Aidilfitri as well!!!!

Ramadhan dh nak pergi

Lg seminggu kita berpuasa, ramadhan dh nak pergi, n i'm trying to push myself towards the end of this holy month, my favourite month of the year. hope that we can meet again next yr!!!!

Puasa in KB!

Will be flying off to KB in another 3 hours, yipee....gonna celebrate this Ramadhan al mubarak as couple, as hubby n wifey with our beloved parents n my lil bro...miss my mom's cooking soo much, can't wait for the buka puasa time this evening, hope that there will be super duper delicious umie's cooking on the table..hahhaha.....tonite, will be going to the mosque with abah n buji for the terawih prayer, later moreh will be come for us...heheh...buji (my lil bro) will treat us with rojak buah n air buah at the stall near our home..hooray!!!!

tomorrow, will be spending my ringgits n penny on shopping raya,,yahoooo!!!!

selamat berhujung minggu!!! time to pack my stuffs!!!!

First Ramadhan =))

Alhamdulillah, it's going to be 8th day of Ramadhan..Alhamdulillah, for giving me the strength n capabilities to fulfill the responsibilities as Muslim, to be fast in this Holy month..I'm soo happy, blessed with the happiness that I've never had before...to enjoy the month of Ramadhan with my other half...love every moments of it!!!!

I'm happy:
~wake up in early morning, preparing the food for our 'sahur'
~back from work, rushing to my little kitchen, preparing the dishes for our 'buka puasa'
~walking to the surau for 'solat terawih'
~reciting Al-Quran together with him
~have our supper time after 'terawih' with kueh2
~shopping raya with him

Love every moment of Ramadhan with him, hope that this Ramadhan will not be our last Ramadhan!!! =)) Hope that this Ramadhan will strong us, hope that we will be blessed with happiness on this month=))Amin....

Jalan jalan

Off to KB last weekends (as mentioned in my previous post). We did fast shopping spree,huhu (mentang2lah hujung bulan, haha). Spent my ringgits on raya tudung, and sepasang batik for my baju raya, purple colour, love it!!!! =)
Had a great BBQ feast on Saturday evening, lots of seafood on the grill n chickens, yummy2...good feast before Ramadhan started.hehe...At night, four of us (hubby, me n lovely sis n bro) went out for town sightseeing (malam merdeka, saja nk tengok keadaan kota bharu town, lots of 'mat rempit' on the road, experienced how they ride the bike, eeeeee....soooo dangerous)...
On Sunday morning, went back to KL, testing my sis new 'baby'...hubby suggested to try new route to KL, from Gua Musang to Simpang Pulai, with Cameron Highland in between..so interesting, stopped by at Cameron, again, i had my shopping spree...hehe..bought fresh n dried strawberries, some boxes of Cameron teas for my mom n mak, some veges for 1st wk of Ramadhan which was soo cheap..(gila tgk veges murah2...hehe), also bought homemade strawberries jam, few pots of cactus (cactus pun murah2..)...apa lagi ek yg aku beli, hehe...siap tokey kedai tu bg free 5 packets of daisies, roses n lilies..so murah hati of him!will come again to ur shop..hehe...
Then, we stopped by at Cameron Valley tea shop, for great hi-tea, with fine teh tarik n delicious scones on the table, yummy2...hehe, got to snap few photos at the tea plantations nearby the tea shop, will upload the photos later!!!!
then, almost 2 hours in CH, went back to KL, but decided to stop by at our aunty's house in Taiping, huhu,,had our dinner there, n drove off to KL, huhu...what a adhoc travel plan!!!!!sian my hubby, almost 12hours had to grip his hands on the stereng...hehehe...reached Bukit Jelutong at 230am, and prepared quick meal for our 1st sahur, after subuh, my hubby, me n my lil sis went to sleep like there is no more sleep tomorrow..hehehe =)

enjoyed the journey, from KB-Cameron-Taiping-Shah Alam....=))
-will come back to CH for another shopping spree n great stay at Equatorial CH!!!! INSYAALLAH!!!!!

Ramadhan almubarak!!

Selamat berpuasa!!!!
Will enjoy our first time puasa as wifey n hubby!!!!
=))

Off to KB =)

It's Friday again, hehe..mu hubby n me will be flying off to my parents house in KB,can't wait to have a chit chat session with asnna clans..hehe..plus with bbq feast that we r gonna hv on saturday afternoon, time to grill the seafood and chickens..yummy..yummy...can't wait!!!!tomorrow will be a full day for us,will be boarding 1st morning flight to KB, and will hv fast shopping spree with mom, hubby n my lil sis, n ready to dress down for our bbq feast in the afternoon. night will be our family time, chit chatting with each other, till late night, hopefully there will b a cup of coffee on the table for each of us..hehe...

sunday, we will be driving from KB to KL,testing the power of my lil sis new 'baby', n happy independence day to Malaysia n selamat berpuasa!!!!

happy weekends!!!!!

It's Friday, hooray

it's end of the week,pheewwwww..quite a hectic wk for myself. 2 papers + manuscript to submit, 1 is already done, need to wait if there's any correction. another 1 is due next wk..well, tomorrow is saturday..time to socialize myself, mom-in-law invited us to her 'makan makan' event, time to mingle around with in-laws family, hehe....
tomorrow's night, another wedding dinner to be attend. time to socialize with friends, in Mont Kiara. best juge..hehe..congratulations to esnu(he was my x-schoolmate years back) and his wife!!!may both of u bless with happiness and live happily ever after!! =)
on sunday, one of my best buddies will come over to my sweet home, will hv a chit chat session with her, while flipping my wedding album(since she always insist me on bringing my wedding album whenever we met outside, better to enjoy the colors of the wedding @ home)..hehe..

Weekdays!!!

my enjoyment for the day started when i received gift vouchers from bank islam centre, got 4 room cash vouchers to stay in equatorial, cameron highlands..hehe...thinking of celebrating our 1st anniversary on the cool highlands, with cool breeze..hehe...boleh juge yer, boleh beli strawberries n sipping a cup of boh tea on cool highland!!!! hooray, can't wait myself!!! wink*wink*


It's so enjoyable to watch my favorite cartoon character on screen,,yuhhuuu..(even though the movie is currently not available in some cinemas, we tend to escape from our hectic everyday life to enjoy the batman show!!!)...hooray, thanks hubby to reserve the tickets early..hehe..kalu lambat, melepas la nak tgk christian bale on action!!! well, don't want to critic the movie, overall view from the eyes of not-so-smart in criticizing any movie, thumbs up to christian bale!! he looked soooo charming in the batman costume, adored him!!! haha...(xboleh lebih2, nnt hubby jealous plak, haha)....and the acting was good, hehe...well done also went to the joker, the combination made the movie so nice!!!!enough for the movie review n critic, the show went well, even i felt not so comfortable sitting on kerusi wayang yg agak x best, xboleh nk sandar kepala sgt,poor tgv, need to replace the seats...

well, that's end my day!!! time to shut down my lappie...better to go to sleep now!!!! nite!!!!

Lovely!!

Love it!
My workstation at home..hehe
Nice white colour

Weekend is over, i'm feeling soo happy, because both of us, my hubby n me did our routine household chores, n my hubby as home reorganizer did his room reorganization =)..
A visit to IKEA last weekends was superb.. we spent almost 1 full hour, purchased some furnitures for our 2nd bedroom, aka guest room. Totally amazed with Aneboda range of furniture that we bought, love the white colour for the drawers n wardrobe, lovee it soo much, hehe..but we couldn't find white colour single bed since Aneboda bedroom only offered queen size bed. And we managed to get other single bed for the room, and it was not bad, mix and match until we proud of our own 'magic touch' of reorganizing our guest room.. hehehe =) Besides, we rearranged our small bedroom that we changed to study room (aka our store room, since lots of our wedding gifts were left unopened..hehe.. Less is more, and love our sweet home!!!!

Ramadhan is coming!!

it's already mid of august, and few more weeks, we will celebrating ramadhan!!! can't wait to celebrate ramadhan, with my hubby. n this will be our 1st ramadhan together!!!hope that this ramadhan will bring happiness, berkat n rahmat from ALLAH swt!!! ameen =))

the traveller!

well, enough said that it's good to travel n see other side of world. be physically n mentally prepared, especially when you are deciding to travel to western countries, be brave to face any kind of situation for example problems in non-english speaking countries that you will be encountered soon, problems regarding the non-halal food, what else..erm, might have any problems due to bad weather, transport, accomodations etc, that are some part of prob that make you going half insane..hehe (rasa mcm nak balik msia jer time2 tu), well, actually it's good, good to feel that we are living in msia, live without prejudice (hofefully!)...living in our own country..hehe..

well, off to sweden last month, mmg mcm2 memories ada, both sweet n bitter, i kept ll of them deep in my heart..hehe..nasib baik ada hubby kat sebelah, boleh la layan aku membebel, haha..well, ni nk citer pasal sweden skit, since i got few questions from my friends, y both of u choose sweden??napa x pegi uk ka, london ka..hehe..haa....tu lah, korang xtau, sweden mmg besh!!!!i love all the superb views!!!well, sweden mmg best, sbb byk tempat2 menarik to visit,
to name a fews, since we almost covered all attractions places in stockholm, skansen open museum, stockholm archipelago, museum (lots of them, really2 enjoyed it), lagi apa ek, lupa dah..hehe
definitely, mmg best..go directly this web..www.destination-sweden.com..plus dorang punyer public transport, soo efficient!!!thumbs up!!!hehe..well, looking halal food was a bit problem for us, luckily we brought our own food, hehe...at least xderlah nak mkn sandwiches everyday, merasa juge la mkn nasik n serunding daging kat sana..hehe..(thanks to my mom cos cooked us sambal ikan bilis,hehe, penyelamat keadaan!!).....one more thing, nak shopping kat sini, x best sgt kot, since cost of living in sweden is quite high, so rasanya x berbaloi nak shopping..

well, mmg byk lagi tempat2 yg best, apa2 pun, pergilah melancong, hehe..xsalah jlan2 kenal tempat org..hehe...next trip, erm,,thinking of going to aussie or newzealand..which one is better???hehe

i'm back!!

hye everyone..welcome back. just back to work, hoho, will tell u more bout my vacation with my hubby, as we went to stockholm, on 10-18th july. and of course, few weeks before we flew off to sweden, we worked mcm lipas kudung, hehe, siapkan all the jobs, before bercuti, well, enough said, we really deserved it, n it's worth..hehe..
sweden was great place, i love the superb view, canteekkk giler!!! sampaikan hubby bersungguh2 ambil gambar, hehe..at least he can sharpen the skills..well, here r some pics of sweden view..enjoyed!!! will tell u guys later!!! time to go back..hahah...

Happy birthday!!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to my hubby!
Happy Birthday to you!!

May ALLAH bless you always!!!!
Love you!!!!!

Beezee bee

Well, it's May..not to late to wish all workers in Malaysia a happy Labour day!!!hehe...dh lama tak blogging, sometimes due to my hectic life and sometimes m very lazy to switch on my notebook and started writings..huhu..

well,here are some of the things that made me away from my notebook esp for blogging (what i hv done for the past few weeks...)

28th - 30th april = labwork, discussion
1st may = Happy Labour Day!!! - holiday even 1 day only..
2nd may = labwork
3-4th may = @ in-laws'
5th-9th = labwork
10th may = UKM, KL
11th may = hubby's family gathering n mothers' day celebration
12th-14th = labwork again..hhuhuhu

14th of may, 1155pm - while writing this, i'm waiting for the clock to reach 12am, another 5mins to go, to celebrate my hubby's 27th birthday....(he's sleeping right now, n i'm going to wake him up.

TO MY BELOVED HUBBY, HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

Shopping till you drop!

Hye...it's quite a long time i didn't updated my blog..i think almost 2 weeks without blog writings..duhh..lately, i had quite a lot of work to do..i need a break..please..gimme break..m waiting for my holiday vacation cum 2nd honeymoon on July..wink..wink..will tell u guys later =)well, i had a good money-spending activities on last weekend..hehe..starting from last friday, i accompanied my hubby to sg wang plaza, surveying the latest phone in town, as my hubby wished and wanted to buy a new one, since he had (actually, we had) about 3months without phone, as his old hp (sorry dear, i hv to call it as old hp since ur already using that for almost 5 yrs,oh dear, hehe!)..after about 2hours surveying for the new hp in town, he decided to buy the latest nokia phone, N82..hehe..plus he already did the survey job on net almost a week,n welcome to the family, my hubby all brand new N82..we were looking and keeping our eyes on N81 (since both of us were 81-born), but unfortunately, the phone was a slide type one, we both hate that slide type, so the N82 was on the top of the list, n hubby purchased it..hehe..as his birthday is coming (on this mid of May), his new phone aka his bithday present..hehe..boleh ek???

It was so cool, nice gadget to have!!!Recommended..hehe

Well, on Sunday, i did my shopping spree. Went to One Utama to buy a birtday present for my sister. She wished to have an ELLE handbag for her 23rd birthday. Well, lucky her as i managed to get her a gold colour handbag, n m so happy when the handbag came with another sling bag, so worth with every cent spent!!hehe..so, as for myself, i bought one blouse, after quite a long time no shopping on blouses. hehe..

To be cont..

=)

It's Thursday. Erm, so demotivated of me. I'm still stuck with my thesis writing on the 1st chapter of my so-called-thesis..Targetted to send in my 1st chapter thesis draft to my sv, latest will be on next Monday, I still got time, isn't?? Duhh...Time is flying my dear, wake up, wake up. Do your job , work hard, as you know the fruitful reward later. I tried to finish up my reading, my co-sv PhD thesis, 228 pages, arrgghhh (it was good if I watched telly, playful part of mine!)..for 1st 30 minutes of reading session, my mind was already flying somewhere else, thinking of what menus for our dinner, thinking for my shopping wishlist for the month, thinking of going for my next vacation..ggrrr......stop it! Enough! Back to work! Almost 630, hubby came home, suggested to hv dinner outside. Hooray!! Tak payah masak..hehe
We headed to Subang Parade after Maghrib prayer, to our favorite fast food restaurant-Nandos. We spent our dinner there, chit-chatting about everything under the sun, and I almost forgot about my work, hehe. No matter what, I can continue my work later..=)

It's over!

ALHAMDULILLAH..my exam is over..i'm done! just do my best, i don't care!
Need to go out and do my shopping spree..enough said!!! Totally exhausted..

Craving for this for my sweettie-tooth..=)

Marriage Life!

Jumaat sudah, yg pasti esok aku boleh menghabiskan masa berdua di rumah, yg tersayang pula sibuk dengan 'on job training & courses' yg mungkin akan habis Mei depan, lalu hujung minggu saja yg ada untuk berdua dgn yg tersayang. Pertengahan minggu, aku teringat akan kawan sekolej yg kini jauh menunaikan tanggungjawab mendidik anak bangsa di Malaysia Timur, merentasi Laut China Selatan. S namanya. Terus saja diri ini mencapai telefon bimbitku dan mendail nombor S. Salam diucapkan dan perkhabaran tentang dirinya diajukan. Selamat sejahtera katanya. Ketemu dirinya pada majlis perkahwinan ku yg lepas, ya, sudah masuk bulan keempat aku menjawat jawatan isteri kepada Mr. Z =)..Life is great, ALHAMDULILLAH..ku panjatkan kesyukuran padaNYA kerana cinta kami mekar mewangi hingga ke tika ini =)

S bertanya mengenai kehidupan ku sebagai orang kanan suami,hehe.Pantas aku menyuruhnya agar 'tie the knot' cepat2..tapi S segera memintas kata2 ku, katanya 'Pencarian teruna idaman belum berhasil wahai sahabatku'..aku cuba untuk tidak menyemarakkan benih2 kesedihan, tapi S kudengar seperti tidak putus asa, hatta bersedih sekalipun kerana masih mencari. She's happy, always happy, kerana katanya 'Jodoh pertemuan di tangan DIA, DIA yg berhak di atas segalanya'..aku mengiyakan kata2 S. Benar, semuanya di atas kehendaknya. Kata S lagi, 'tidak mengapa aku lambat bertemu putera idaman, kerana perkahwinan bukan untuk seminggu dua, tapi for the rest of our life'..aku setuju dgn S, to live with someone who hv totally different background under one roof is not easy. Perlu diskusi yg hebat mengenai apa jua perkara, walaupun untuk perkara2 yg remeh temeh. Aku masih ingat aku berdiskusi dengan suami mengenai 'our furniture arrangement' hatta mengenai 'carpet' di ruang tamu ku..hehe..what a small thing to discuss about kn?..tapi S begitu berharap agar ketemu dengan sang teruna idaman, katanya sudah tidak tahan dengan pertanyaan dr org2 yg tidak faham bahasa, katanya..hehe..sabar S, setiap yang terjadi ada hikmahNYA.Sekurang-kurangnya S masih ada masa untuk window shopping sorang, dan boleh buat apa saja yg S mau buat..

S mengiyakan, dia kini sudah 'absorb' segala soalan2 yg cepu emas tiap kali balik ke rumah bondanya. Dan, aku menunggu masa S untuk bercerita denganku bila agaknya org2 sekeliling tidak lagi bertanya soalan2 begitu, biar diaorang penat S..hehe..

S dan aku teringat kisah kami di universiti dulu, S mengingatkan aku yang suka terjah kebiliknya (bilik S menghadap bahagian depan kolej, di mana kami boleh melihat 'couple' bercinta, di mana sang teruna dtg mengambil sang dara untuk keluar berhibur)' ..pernah aku berkata2 kepada S..'alangkah bahagia kalau ada teman lelaki semasa di universiti,hehe'..tapi kami punya satu prinsip yang sama, untuk belajar dahulu, genggam segulung ijazah, biarlah cinta datang kemudian..dan kami berjaya (membawa pulang ijazah itu, walaupun S graduasi dulu, kerana program ijazahku 5 tahun), walaupun berlainan ijazah, tp kami punya satu prinsip yg sama. Kami tetap tidak mahu bercinta dulu, kerana bercinta selepas habis belajar dan menempuh alam pekerjaan, lebih manis rasanya dr bercinta semasa belajar, kerana S kata' bercinta time keja poket lebih tebal, boleh berdating di tempat mahal2, usah sekadar di warung mamak' hehe..aku setuju dgn S..

Dan kini, setelah kami menempuh hidup masing2, S di negeri terbesar di Malaysia, dan aku di ibukota Malaysia, kami masih berhubung di talian, 'our friendship will lasts forever'..S masih dengan pencarian cinta sejatinya..jangan putus asa dan sentiasa berdoa kepadaNYA agar ketemu dgn cinta sejatimu dan aku tetap di sini, menganyam cinta dengan suami tersayang..

Kepada S, 'goodluck' aku ucapkan..Semoga kita sama2 dibawah cintaNYA, rahmatNYA dan keredhaanNYA..AMIN

~S, kita ketemu lagi ya, nantikan kunjunganku di bumi Kenyalang!!!

Great weekend!!

An enjoyable weekend!!!I could say that to my last weekend where my hubby and I spent our lovely weekend at Port Dickson..yela, after the whole week fulled with workloads and household chores, we both headed ourselves to one of the popular beaches in Negri Sembilan, PD. Malu nk cakap, actually this was my 1st time in PD,haha,,xkesah la apa org nk kata..hehe..at least, both of us enjoyed ourselves by relaxing in front of the sea, enjoyed the sunrise and the sunset..hehe..bestnyer kalau dpt berehat mcm tu almost every week, hehe..as I suggested to my hubby, trus ajer my suggestions tu kena tolak bulat2 from my hubby..hehe...padan muka..as my hubby said, what ever it is, we hv to move on, do our job, whether we like it or not, because it's part of our responsibilities and part of our life..believe that my dear!!! oh well, he's damn true..hehe..kalau asik nk berehat jer, sume keja x jln =))..

Actually, we 1st planned to rest and enjoyed our Saturday nite by watching The Water Horse:Legend of the Deep @ Cineleisure, Damansara, tp half way, we decided to go back and headed to PD..haha..what a adhoc last minute decisions..I kept smiling when my hubby geleng2 kepala with my decision nie..keja gila..hehe....nasib baik hotel x fully booked..hehe..A big thanks to my beloved hubby for bringing me there...after about 2hrs driving from Shah Alam to PD, we both had a good sleep and sweet dream in PD, out of town, from hustle and bustle of the city..hehe

We chose Selesa Beach Resort for our stay. As it name reflects the ambience and the cosy environment, I highly recommended this hotel for you guys..We chose deluxe room with breakfast-free for 2-pax, and we tried the breakfast meals. Not bad eventough the choice is not as much as 5 stars hotels or beach resorts, as I'm not eating too much during breakfast, enough for me to hv a glass of my Anlene milk every morning,same goes with hubby. So, the food for breakfast was well enough for us..hehe..no more blabbering on food!! Then, for dinner, I would like to hv seafood for our dinner, since we had very full mouth-watering seafood dishes while we were in Langkawi on last Dec, but it was quite disappointed when we found difficulties in searching for seafood restaurants over here in PD. Luckily, on night before we came back to KL, we found a seafood restaurant, Nasreen Songhkla Restaurant near Teluk Kemang beach. Quite a crowded place, the food there was quite nice, we chose to hv Siakap 3 rasa, kailan goreng ikan masin and sotong celup tepung on our table, which the sotong celup tepung disappointed hubby since he was really into it, x best!! but I think the siakap 3 rasa was not achieved my expectations..hehe..xsedap sgt..not as 'sesedap' yg we both rasa @ Langkawi, very mouth-watering, even smpai skang pun rasa nk berpuasa from mkn seafood, and then nk pegi mkn seafood byk2 @ Langkawi, plus with cheaper rates than any places..double thumbs up to the seafood restaurants in Langkawi..=))

Well, am really enjoyed my weekend, enjoyed relaxing myself on the beach, enjoyed berendam dlm air..hehe..

And for this week, I'm back with all articles/journals that I never finish reading them, with labworks, and thesis writing that never finish!! =))

At least, I woke up on Monday morning, filled with new spirit (bersemangat nk buat keja nie..hehe)

To be cont...

Down memory lane

Found this pic while cleaning up my folders in my laptop..miss my old buddies =)
It's really rewarding after 5 yrs struggling with books, assignments, labworks, fieldworks n exams!!! Some of them are in overseas right now(studying/working , ada ker yg keja kt sana?hehe), and the rest are scattered around Malaysia, including myself..hehe!! Keep in touch guys!!!

~Guess which one is me?? ;p

Weekend sickness :p

Hooray!It's already Thursday, can't wait for the weekend. Exhausted already with all lab work and assignments plus coming take home exam..duhhh...can't wait to pamper myself at home during the weekend..just want to watch the tv, lying down on my comfy sofa and sleep. Yup, these few days, I felt like I had not enough sleep due to last minute assignments preparation..hehehe...really a bad habit of mine!!

To be continued..=)

Getaway

For my next get-away: Perhentian Island ;))

How to manage stress

"Stress is good guys", a statement by one of my closest friend. Really?? Well to me, it's good to be stress for sometime, hehe (sound weird,isn't?). At least, by having stress, it can move you to do something, for example. Aku stress ke? Hehe...Being a trainee lecturer (aka tutor) and postgrad student (currently I'm on my study leave), sometimes I felt stress. Stress due to what?? hehe..mcm la aku nie rajin sgt study or whatever, but sometimes I felt stress:

1.when I caught in traffic jam on my way back from office
2.when I couldn't watch my favourite programme on tv when there is football match (fyi: my hubby will glued himself to the tv when Arsenal is on air plus he's very loyal and big fan of Arsenal, even hujan lebat kat luar pun dia boleh buat xtau ajer if Arsenal on tv, hehe)
3.when I had my assignment due (nampak sgt suka buat kerja last minit, hehe)
4. when I had lots of household chores to settle esp during weekdays
5.when I can't finish my research work on time...(really stressful)

Alamak, so many things that made me in stress condition..at least, all the things made me move on, xderlah malas lagi, hehe
Well, I'm not saying that I'm always in stress condition, but sometimes I felt that it's good to stress..hehe..so that I can enjoy my de-stress therapy..SHOPPING!!!Some ppl say that shopping is not a good therapy for de-stress, but it's ok for me. Daripada aku buat something yg weird while I'm having stress, lebih baik aku cuci mata dekat shopping mall, tgk apa2 yg patut, then end up with shopping,hehe..

Here, I found some tips on how to manage stress..

Tips For Managing Stress

We can’t just ignore stress and hope it will go away. Too much stress, good or bad, can affect your health. Chronic stress takes the joy out of life. Here’s some tips to manage the stress in your life:

1)Talk to family and friends: It’s important to remember that you’re not alone. There are people who care and are available to listen when you need to talk. They may even be able to offer some help. If they do offer their help– “just say YES”!

2)Reduce chemical stress: Caffeine, alcohol, nicotine and sugar can all raise energy on a short term level but in the long run they will just make things worse. Limit their use especially at bedtime so you don’t interfere with normal sleep.

3)Put things into perspective: Ask yourself if an issue is really worth the emotional and physical energy it is costing you and does it really matter in the long run? Prioritize the problems you need to deal with and tackle the most important ones first. Give yourself permission to let go of things that you cannot get done.

4)Use exercise to reduce stress and improve health: Physical exercise is one of the most effective stress-busters. It relaxes tense muscles and improves sleep. Remember though, keep it fun – do things that you enjoy but don’t forget to check with your doctor before you start a new exercise program.

5)Slow down when your leave work: Find a hobby or noncompetitive activity that you enjoy, such as sports, yoga, reading, or listening to music. Take a long bath or get a massage. Leave the work pressures behind when you go home for the day.

6)Remove stress from your environment: Poor air quality, bad lighting and noise can really increase stress. To improve air quality, ban smoking from the areas you control, open windows for fresh air, and use plants or humidifiers to provide moisture. Avoid fluorescent lighting and use full spectrum lights whenever possible. If noise is an issue, find a quiet space to work or read. If that’s not possible consider headphones with relaxing background music or earplugs.

7)Manage your time to manage your stress: Use your time in the most effective and productive way possible. Prepare lunches and meals in advance to cut down on before and after work stress. Plan projects so you have the things you need before you start. Planning ahead gives you more control of your life and reduces stress.

8)Improve your attitude: If you have a negative attitude you may create problems out of opportunities and cause stress by alienating or irritating other people. Minor problems can seem huge and overwhelming. Look for the “silver lining” when faced with tough situations or mistakes. Remember you have control over your attitude towards life and how you let events affect you.

As for me: I almost did the No. 1 tip..hehe..I'll talk to my loved ones esp hubby and mom whenever I hv stress. Besides, I did the No.5 tip, take a long bath after work and enjoy my Body Shop Africa Spa Scrub while bathing and Monoi Moisture Balm to moisten up my skin, very refreshing and smells good ;)) And for the rest tips, I think it's good depends on individual..and YOU have to decide on your own and for your own good..;))

Well, don't stress too much. Take it as challenge and it will bring you forward!!!

Sunny Sunday

Yipee..!!!It was great to spend my day with my loved ones, while doing some household chores. Sipping a cup of coffee while enjoying my favourite programme on telly..hehe..

Not much activities planned to fulfill my weekend, just to finish up my assignment and work..esok dah keje..huhuhu..

got to continue my work, and this coming week will be a busy one, hope that I can cope with that..April is coming, lots of plans need to be achieved, may ALLAH gives me strength..AMEEN!!

Just for the beginning!!

Hye..
Just for the beginning...nothing much to say since I'm in sleepy mode..Saturday night fever struck, hehe..while accompanied my hubby watching the football game on telly..

Anyway, happy weekend!!!


~To be continued..Nak tidor dulu..hehe