Life goes on...

It's been some time since my last happy post. A lot has happened since a month ago. My family n I diduga dengan yet another dugaan. Alhamdulillah all is well now. My mom got sick. My dad has not been very well too. Sister 2 and I had to put our feet down and take matters into our own hands, forcing mom n dad to come live with us so we can take care of them. With both our husbands' support, we managed to handle the situation well. Alhamdulillah. Now I realised how important it is to raise our children well that when the time comes for them to take care of us, they'll do it full heartedly. And I must admit that it's not easy to take care of parents. Like for an instance, I know what mom and dad eats but will they eat and like what I cooked? And it becomes harder when suddenly mom says mak x suka masak kicap,mak x boleh makan pedas, mak x suka sup ayam letak rempah or mak x makan daging. Like, since when? Tp yang penting, never mengeluh and pray hard to Allah hoping dikuatkan semangat and everything will be easy.

Now that everything is back to as normal as always, I'm left all alone with husband again. My gardening semua dah tergendala. Dah 1 month pokok2 x berbaja and ada yang dah kurang serinya. The first few days after hantar mom and dad back to Kedah was hard for me. I felt so lonely when I go back at lunch time or at 5 and nobody was at home. Had to wait till 5.30 when dear husband arrive home then only my mood will light up. I didn't cook at all the whole of last week as a result of takbersemangat-ness. Lucky dapat husband who is understanding and doesnt mind eating outside when the wife is penat/xsemangat/malas. Then we spent the weekend at mom in law's and bought ample supply of fresh fish, prawn and squid for 2 week's meal. Now I'm bersemangat again to cook for my husband! Sesungguhnya air tangan isteri adalah yg paling baik buat suami...

Love you so much husband. Thanks for sticking up with me through thick and thin.

Daisy Duck

Pokok daisy ni dibeli dalam 3-4 weeks ago. Oleh suamiku. Dia la sekarang ni hantu pokok. For me, pokok-pokok yang ada sekarang lebih baiklah di nurture sehingga besar dan cantik tengok bila rimbun. But my husband wants to buy new plant every week (if I approve)!

So anyway, he wanted to buy this daisy for quite sometime aritu...and when I gave him the green light terus dibelinye sampai 3 pots!

His trick in buying plants/flowers are to buy those yang dah ada flower buds baru. So memang akan berbunga lah. But with this daisies, let's see (and hope) that it keeps on flowering. Dear husband akan berbangga sangat bila the flowers he bought cantik dan subur (yang menjaganya isteri). But he'll go - ni pokok abang, ni pokok abang, tu pokok abang...(dengan bangga). Pokok isteri cuma pokok lidah buaya, and some other pokok dedaun, dan pokok puding. Grrr... But takpa la coz I love you so much anyhow! =*

Merawat hati yang luka

Kami suami isteri telah diduga dengan cabaran yang besar oleh Allah menjelang tahun baru 2012. Semasa kebanyakan orang di sekeliling sibuk mengucapkan selamat tahun baru dan berseronok menyaksikan bunga api yang meriah, saya dan suami melepak di Pejabat Polis kerana membuat laporan rumah dimasuki pencuri.

Ya Allah...it has been 4 days now and thank you for helping me cope with your trials. Mungkin semua ini ada hikmahnya. Untuk kami berdua lebih beringat kepadaMu dalam kehidupan seharian dan jangan leka.

Deep inside I still feel traumatized. Semalam pergi ke kerja naik kereta. Took me 5 minutes to wait for the engine to heat up for 1 minute of driving time. I didn't go back home at lunch time. Instead I went out to get lunch and prayed at the surau clinic. Petang I called mom just to kill my time while waiting for husband to arrive home. Usually at around 5.40pm but he was a bit late so I lingered outside until 5.50. Just because I don't want to enter the house alone.

1 set komputer suamiku hilang. Monitor flatscreen Dell, made up cpu of high spec internal processor and thingy, 2 weeks old wireless Microsoft keyboard and mouse, and 2 weeks old wireless Microsoft/Xbox controller.

Sony digicam yang kecil (dont remember the model) which Abah gave me as a present just months before I graduate also gone. Abah's Bosch car polisher. Jam hantaran kahwinku. Perfume hantaran husband and I. My old Samsug Omnia II. Oh, the hurt inside. Just gonna write this once. No more thinking of what-ifs, just no more thinking.

Blog post 30dec2011

It's the end of the year so everybody would be reviewing the last year's new year resolution and making up new ones.

I don't have any resolution last year nor do I intend to make up any for the years ahead. But somehow as I was walking to work this morning and thinking about setting up a beauty regime for myself, I thought hey this could be my new year resolution! And then there was a list done in my head as I reached the clinic.

To say a list is somewhat exaggerating as there is only two at this moment.

1. 2012 amilia's beauty regime. That is to drink Pati Beri and Pati Prune Innershine alternately every week. My face is deprived of some good loving attention. I don't have any regime before this. And I dont like or too lazy to have one (alasan). I only use Olay Total Effect Anti-ageing cream before I apply my powder. I don't wash my face with any facial cleanser for many months now because I don't feel the need to. My skin, Alhamdulillah, bukan jenis yang berjerawat. But my sis has been telling me it lacks lustre/looking dull. Hence, the need for innershine!

2. To get proper lunch everyday.

3. To start eating fruits frequently. My husband is very picky towards fruits. Jadi tak bersemangatlah bila makan sorang. He doesnt like : watermelon, durian, rambutan, langsat, betik and many other local fruits. Ada buah yang buat batuk la, sejuk la. Hmm.. What I've seen him eat willingly so far is buah salak, n pitted prunes! Hai la buah hatiku...

Japanese rose

Japanese rose ialah pokok hiasan yang paling senang nak tanam. I've heard people calling it 10 o'clock flower because the flowers bloom at around 10 am.

Ini ialah one of the variant yang gemuk tangkainya dibeli di Cameron Highland on my first getaway there with husband. At first I was doubtful that this can survive di tanah bawah tapi Alhamdulillah sampai sekarang hidup dan always producing flowers.

My heart (ati-ati)

I was away from home for 3 days last weekend. Attended a wedding in Kelantan. When I came back home on Mon evening, I was delighted to see my pokok ati-ati merah with ?flower on top of the branches ( about 4 of them). I' m guessing that that's the sign of it being matured or ?full bloom. I've taken up gardening for some time now...that is for 3-4 months. Sgt best because it soothes the mind when I look at my plants, and I feel my heart blooms everytime there's new floower blooming! I'll post more about my plants soon.

Some pictures of the ati-ati merah with flower on top. Photos taken by iphone (d quickest way) on the way to work this morning.

My top iPhone4 apps

It's been just a month since I switched my Samsung Omnia II for iPhone4. And I got to say this - it's the best gadget I've bought so far!! It has got the feature of everythig I've always dream of in a phone!

And just 2 days ago I have a newfound semangat untuk update blog since I just downloaded the Blogger apps and it is so easy to update me blog!

So here's a list of what I have now;

Front page is for the basic in phone apps, plus
1. Alarmed - for reminder, wake upcalls, timer etc. Can use whatever song you want.
2. WhatsApp. - everybody must have this. Free to chat with other WhatsApp user but need internet connection.

Then on the second page
3. Dropbox - this seems to appear in every top apps to purchase I reviewed. Buat still does not know the function of the app. Will try it soon.

4. P Tracker - for tracking menses, fertile period, intimate times and can be changed to pregnancy mode when pregnant! Password secured. Also can track your mood,weight,symptom and temperature. Great app for all women out there!

5. Muslim pro - azan time. Can detect my current location, prayer time just slightly defer from the one lister by Jakim.

6. Quran Majeed - mobile Al-Quran.

7. Ringtones - to create own ringtone from desired song. Easy to use although need to sync with iTunes before it can be used.

8. Birthday lite - to store birth dates of all the important person in my life. Has countdown to the date and future age.

9. AppFree - copied for sister's iP. Haven't downloaded any app from this.

Alamak baru halfway through second page dah penat pulak listing. Tapi the show must go on...

Then I have 7 folders ;
1. Connected (self explanatory)
- Skype
- Google search - what's great with this is you get to Google Goggles. Meaning you can capture an image then google about it as google will sync it with similar images. I think it would be great for flower images. I've tried several times but not very succesful.
- Wikipanion
- Blogger
- Facebook
- AirAsia

2. Reading
- Mobile RSS - my favorite so far...can read blog posts without the messiness of other ads or other unimportant part of the website. I get daily updates from the blogs I love including newly updated stocks in online shops!
- iBook - must have in every iP but I'm still waiting for bro-in-law to help download free greats books to it. I'm thinking Shopaholic series, Harry Potter and Twilight series. Have not finish reading breaking dawn as it is not mobile-friendly.

3. Finance - great to get organized and in control of your money. Supaya tidak rasa tertipu bila baru setengah bulan tapi duit tak tahu hilang ke mana. Currently using:
- iXpenselt Lite - for keeping track of my spendings. It's great because I can organize my expenses accordingto categories and subcategories (like what I used to do before using microsoft excel). Then there's the report and whatnots plus data back up. I should be very compliant to record my budget after this. Wanted to upgrade to full version but rather expensive, $5. So upgrading postponed.
- free spreadsheet by Luminant software - to plan my monthly budgetary.
- M2u mobile - banking with maybank
- CIMB Clicks
- Lemon - downloaded due to high popularity but still not using it to this date.
- XE currency

4. Photo
- many apps downloaded. Still experimenting on the ones really worth keeping.

5. Food
- goMeal
- EatWit
I was looking for apps to store my everyday meal/ cooking plan. The 2 apps I downloaded apparently is not to my liking and I also do not remember whay they are for at the moment. Ho ho

6. Notes
- Evernote
- ShopListFree

7. Wallpapers - 3 apps I'm using with widespread choices of wallpapers (can't remember vendor detail)
- wallpaperHD
- wallpapers
- pimp your screen

That's all. Page 3&4 is all about games. I'll just include my screen shots here =)

Happy iPhone-ing!!