Interview Fever - Part II

So today was my interview with the 'Susu cap junjung company'..To be honest, although this position shud be an easy-peasy one compared to the risk/safety position, I was very nervous unlike the previous, coz dis company is so popular of asking fundamental university exam type of questions, since I applied for a Cost Engineer post so I did some study on planning/costing..and guess what? I was almost right except dat i didn't anticipate them to ask questions like a PTD exam but oil&gas version!

The longest interview ever, jawab exam 10pages 45min and 15mins extra time was given. Interview session 1 1/2 hours. Total hours I spent there termasuk termenung tunggu dipanggil is 3 hours! Hubby who's having an interview at Arm**a TP** pn habis dulu although his interview session starts at 12pm.

BTW, mase tengah termenung tunggu dipanggil tibe2 ade one guy yg agak familiar entered the office and sambil lalu stared at me mcm kenal. Puas kufikir, I think he's my schoolmate named Am*dtakiy********. Tapi can't recall la muke die mase skolah macammane so xsure huhuhuhu!

Killer Question.. T.T

INTERVIEW FEVER

Alhamdulillah setinggi2 kesyukuran dipanjatkan kepada Allah yang Maha Kaya lagi Maha Berkuasa. After so many months of trying and waiting, Alhamdulillah finally, I get to be called for interviews, and Maha Kaya Allah swt, all interviews are of different post. Berkat mendengar cakap suami supaya bersabar at current company and gain as much experience as i could being a multitask engineer (i.e. engineer sampah as we always joked at), berkat mendengar ckp mama ayah supaya amik Biotech Engineering huhu, that's how I met my dearest hubby and get to be a multitask engineer..Sesungguhnya I've always believe in keberkatan dalam setiap perkara/keputusan kalau mendapat restu parents and bile dh kawin restu suami n parents. That's how I'm married to dearest abang. :)

Semalam interview with this one Bumiputra Oil&Gas Consultant, although mcm same je dgn my current company i.e. bumiputra juge, the difference is, this time it's a huge company with Petronas licence, therefore almost all projects are PCSB projects. The post was a Risk/Safety Engineer. The exhilarating part was, the post is more on Process safety, therefore my dream to come true. I've always wanted a job related to Process all along. And they're offering me a Lead Engineer post, hence I demanded better salary than what I expected coz I applied for engineer biase initially. But the down part is, I'm to be stationed at Kota Kinabalu for a year, plus a 1week visit to offshore every month. Berat, berat..so many things to contemplate..breastfeeding Amalia? Whom to take care of my kids? Where shall they stay, KL or KK? Away from Hubby? Another maid or just daycare? Tapi bile google most of them are not muslim daycare, as in none yg muslim that i found. Hubby said this is the best for my future. My Mama said just doa that Allah give the best for you and your family, thus if you don't get it, then maybe it's for the best. OK, I'll make Solat Istikharah and pray to Allah for the best for us, Amin ya rabbalalamin...

This 1st March, another interview with a Dutch Oil&Gas Consultant, SBM and this time it is for a Planning/Cost Engineer post. I hope I'll do well coz the company has a good track record in terms of employee's benefit and project-wise. 

Tomorrow ade walk-in interview with this huge oil & gas consultant, worleyparsons. Ingat saje2 nk try at least I can get soalan bocor for my next interview at sbm, coz the post that I'm going for is a Project Control Engineer which also involve doing costing and planning as well. 

Ya Allah, permudahkanlah segalanya untukku demi masa depan anak-anakku...Amin ya Rabbal Alamin..

p/s: special note to my kids, esok dh besar jgn degil2..dengar cakap mama n babah, insyaAllah dipermudahkan segala urusan oleh-Nya..amin..

Chili's Lamb Shoulder

Well mcm mase Afeef jugak, walaupun this 2nd pregnancy I have a stronger craving compared to my 1st yg sgt xde mengidam sgt, tp Abang tetap has a stronger craving than me mcm mase I was pregnant of Afeef hehehe! Tapi this 2nd pregnancy, sejak 1st trimester Abang asik mengidam makanan Arab, asikla ajak pergi Ar-Rawsha or Al-Diafah..kesian Abang, coz I can't eat Makanan Arab due to some reasons already mentioned in previous post. Thanks to my BIL and family for serving us Ar-Rawsha menu mase beraya at their house, so Abang dh x mintak pergi Restoran Arab and now asik teringin Chili's Lamb Shoulder pulak hihihi!

Luckily, LS is also my fav, so off we went to Chilli's KLCC on last Thursday and mula2 Abang nk try other main dish sbb balik2 order LS kalau pegi Chili's, I told him, yg lain x sedap..but he insisted on trying. But when I ordered the all-time fav LS, terus Abang kecur and ordered the same. Sgt bernasib baik Abang ordered the LS too sbb the dish has been altered, i.e. they've added a small bowl of Black Pepper gravy besides the original serving! Mmg terbaekk! (sepatah kata abang hihi!) The marinate dah sedia sedap, topped with the delicious hot gravy, splendid!! Abang terus keluar verdict, "Dahla Lamb Shoulder mmg sedap, skang dh ade BP gravy, terus I dh x pandang lain dh!" So the pics that we took:

Abang acts goofy whenever he's hungry hihi~

Control ayu tau mak buyong ni~

Just look at how happy Abang was~

The newly amended lamb shoulder, super sumptuous!!

The newly added hot yummy complimenting black pepper gravy

Mmmm...inexplicably delicious!! 

Just look at how succulent the lamb is with the gravy smouldered over it...mmm!

That's my newly bought Twilight..sempat lagi baca while waiting for Abang performing Isha' prayer hihi! Oh ya, forgot to mention, while waiting for our turn to be seated, we went to Kinokuniya to buy my 'bekal' for confinement period; Twilight and 2 of Shopaholic series to complete the set I have at home. Didn't bought the complete set of the Twilight Saga, but already showed to Abang the rack should I need him to buy the other 3 during my confinement hihi..kesian Abang beria2 hafal, as he said, that was the 1st time he entered Kino!

Nak tunjuk jugak Lamb Shoulder before the sinful alteration. These pics were taken in May this year, I was in my 17th weeks back then:

 Without the BP gravy, but still sedapp!

Wow slimnye muke ku! 



 Cutenye Abang mase ni..mmuuaahh!



 Haloh3 muntat mama posing tido mcm pose dlm perut mase 3D scanning mmuahh~

Once upon a time our no 1 dessert, the choco mudpie..skrg tidak lg~

Nmpk tersgt sedap...tp CPK's & Bubbagump's choco dessert lg sinfulllll!!

Sbb sampai sekarang masih terliur bile teringat balik the newly altered LS, and sbb I'm due anytime soon (I'm today entering my 38th weeks) and takut ngidam pulak sbb xleh pegi Chili's mase pantang so tonight we're planning on our 2nd visit to Chili's weehee!! Lamb Shoulder, here we come!!

**Dulu time mengandung Afeef, Abang sgt mengidam sate. Bole kate every mth mesti at least skali we both menuju straight from work to Sate Zaini at Ampang situated en route to KDE. Mmg sgt sedapp! Lagi sedap dr Sate Kajang yg digebang2kan sgt tu..huhu! Plg terbaek sate kambing die fuhhh sooo succulent!! (asyik2 yg sedap aje mesti kambing, yes, we both are "kambing couple" but we smell human) Satu kali tu bole aje Abang fetching me, and as soon I hopped in the car terus ckp, "Kenape tekak I terase2 Sate Kajang ni ek?" sambil buat muke drooling.

"Haa joomm..." I replied layan kan idaman abang heheh! Off we went to Kajang. Skali x sedap daaa...terus kitorg berbalik ke Sate Zaini from that moment on. Now Afeef with only 2 geraham on his upper jaw, sgt xsuke makan ayam dada in fact luakkan balik sbb keras n susah kunyah tp kalau bagi sate bole abis 2-3 cucuk, mengunyah dgn sabar!

Ramadan 1431H

Dulu before I was married, frankly speaking, Ramadan doesn't bring much meaning to me. To me, Ramadan means, I have to fast for a month, pergi solat Tarawikh tiap2 malam, kadang2 rasa letih x pegi pun xde perasaan rugi. Bile balik tarawikh, lepak makan morikh (i.e. sakibaki makanan berbuka yg masih banyak lagi) or sometimes kalau penat sgt terus tertido. I looked forward more to Syawal and rase x sabar nak end Ramadan sbb nk raye, makan kuih raya n minum air gas sambil lepak2 depan tv tgk program Raya. Kurang penghayatan, astaghfirullahalaziim..

Eversince I was married to Abang & his family, my Ramadan definition has totally change, Alhamdulillah to a much better definition. Everytime nak Ramadan, rase excited satu macam. Xsabar nk Tarawikh, xsabar nk pegi Tadarus after Tarawikh kt rumah BK ('rumah ibu' family Abang) and bile dah nk abis sebulan Ramadan rase rugi sgt, and rase mcm menyesal sbb xcukup memanfaatkan sebulan Ramadan. Sejak kahwin, Raya pun seronok jugak sbb byk berjalan Raya, family abang extremely besar. Abah asal Kg Baru, adik beradik 10 org, Mak pulak asal Petaling, adik-beradik 6 org, belum campur tok nenek sedara Abang lagi. Ramai betul. Satu hari berjalan sampai 5 buah rumah, itu biase..Raya seminggu hari2 berjalan Raya, belum kira yg datang rumah, mmg seronok sbb jalan beraya beramai2 rombongan smpi 5-6 bijik kereta, cukup meriah. Tapi tetap rase Ramadan lebih bermakna.

Tahun lepas I didn't have the chance to Tarawikh at the Masjid sbb Afeef mase tu baru 4-5 months old and fully on breastfeeding. So solat tarawikh di rumah aje, kurang semangat bile solat sendiri berbanding jemaah di Masjid. Tadarus pun kadang2 je dpt pergi sbb selalu Abang balik Tarawikh, I'm already fast asleep keletihan sbb menyusu badan.

Tahun ni, walaupun masih rase x cukup memanfaatkan sebulan Ramadhan, tapi rase paling happy n puas setakat ni, 1stly sbb dpt solat Tarawikh di Masjid bergilir2 dengan Bibik, since Afeef dh fully on FM and Afeef dh besar n pandai main2 dgn cousins and bawak diri. Terpakse bergilir sbb Bibik pn nk solat di Masjid juga. And 2ndly, I get to Tadarus in the same group as Abang*. Rase semangatnye satu macam, and rase bahagia :)

Furthermore, Abang punya ilmu dalam bacaan Al-Quran jauh lebih dalam dari orang lain dalam family especially me, so Abang banyak betulkan my bacaan sepanjang tadarus dari segi panjang harakat and tajwid. Terasa banyak sangat dapat belajar dr Tadarus tahun ni, thank you sayang..I love you soooo very much~

Afeef pn dah besar and bijak, bila pergi Tadarus rumah BK, we always angkat him while sleeping, awal2 selalu terjaga bile diangkat, and bile tengok org ramai dalam bulatan masing2 pegang Al-Quran, die pun sibuk nk pegang so I gave him a Yassin or sometimes pinjam buku Iqra' his Uncle Aqil. Nanti die pun sibuk membaca siap berlagu2 tiru intonation org2 mengaji and tarik2 nafas dalam2 after every stop, bijak betul meniru org tua..hehe. And then masuk 2nd week die dah macam immune diangkat2 naik turun kereta pergi tadarus, so he stayed asleep sampai la kami abis Tadarus and balik rumah Taman semula.

*Footnote: Before this we Tadarus in different group lelaki and perempuan separately and bahagi2kan juz sbb nk abis cepat n dapat khatam 2-3 kali, tp tahun ni sbb Abang cakap kalau buat macam tu xbole khatam sbb xdikire tadarus bersama, maka kami buat only 1 group tadarus and dapat khatam only once.

CPK

Dulu masa pregnant of Afeef, xde specifically mengidam anything cume perasan la selera tu more to masakan melayu. Sangat gile makan cili padi, walhal seumur hidup sebelum pregnant kalau makan any food nampak cili padi dalam lauk asingkan awal2 takut tergigit walaupun dh layu dek dimasak. Bole pulak tetibe mase pregnant every meal wajib ade cili padi hidup and make sure every suapan mesti ade 3-4 potong cili padi, kalau x xrase kick nye...ehhh pelik pulakk..lawan tokei betul (tokei = dearest hubby yang kuat pedas, die pun terbeliak tgk wife die yg aneh sbb die pn x mcm tu). Lepas tu suke makan ikan bilis garing, pun pelik sbb selalu asingkan awal2 mcm cili padi jugak, tp xla segila makan cili padi. Penyudahnya Afeef mmg bertekak melayu, sebijik Babah..ape Babah xsuke makan confirm die pn xsuke, haih kesian Mama masak lasagna ke mac n cheese ke semua xpenah dpt sambutan.

Tapi pregnancy kali ni, selera byk ke arah mat saleh specifically Italian. Makanan Arab and Jepun/Korean are big No-no sbb mase early pregnancy (xtau pn mase tu pregnant) we were in Korea, and asikla makan Korean food, kalau x pun Arab restaurant diterjah kat sane, so mase tu maybe sbb dh start rs fatigue and pening2 lalat so now bile sebut makanan arab and korean pn rs kembang tekak. Melayu tu tetap di hati, still suke makan ikan bilis and cili padi, tapi selalu rase teringin nak makan something western, kerjanya asik carik Waffle (Daily Fresh's is the best!!) and satu lagi kepingin pizza, pulak tu xnk makan the simple fast food pizza like Pizza Hut or Dominos (no offence to their fan but I personally think those pizza are nothing but a piece of bread topped with lauk-pauk esp those yang perisa sate la, tom yam la..lemak cili api ade?).

My definition of pizza is always pizza = Italian food thus mesti ade rase strong Italian herbs like oregano and basils and thyme whatnot. And disebabkan once a upon a time pernah plan a lunch date with Anim & Amir, which Anim initially recommended California Pizza Kitchen but later on changed our venue to House of Sundanese Food sebab suami2 kelaparan nasi hehe..And kebetulan pulak mmg nk treat this lovely couple lunch sbb terhutang budi yang amat atas penat lelah Amir pergi airport menyelamatkan my Freestyle pump yang nearly kene custom tax, so we planned a lunch date at CPK last Thursday at KLCC. Xsangka seperti dijangka the pizza was as described in the website, so Italian!! (although the name is California Pizza) Pictures speak a thousand words so they say unfortunately we were too busy berebut2 makan sampai terlupe nak snap pics tau2 dh licin pinggan so these pics are among what we ordered and are extracted from the website so explains the exaggerating texture but worry not coz the real one is about the same!

Thai Crunch Salad..wow sgt sedappp mcm rase Mieng Kam!

The Original Barbeque Chicken Pizza..hubby's choice yg suke BBQ

And we ordered this dessert yg sangat sedap dan sempat diambil gambar:

Punyela sedap pizza die, sampai balik kerja pn masih terasa2 pizza die dalam dinding mulut, and normally balik rumah from work terus dinner, but that day hubby tanye, "xlapar ke?" (sbb die tgk wife die ni relax aje dlm bilik). "Xnak makan bole x nanti rasa pizza ni hilang dr mulut.." I replied hahahah!

And the next day, I had a lunch plan with Tasya n Chura at KLCC, dengan xtau malunye mak yong ngidam ni ajak g CPK tp nak tong-tong sbb xde fulus huhuhu! Nasib baik la my dearest SFs ni sanggup melayan kerenah mak yong sorang ni, thank you darlings I love you soo mucchh mmuaahh!! So serba sedikit yang we ordered:

  

Wild Mushroom Pizza..the other 1 that we ordered smlmnye..

recommended by Anim...oh sedap3!

Portobello Mushroom Ravioli tersgt2 sedapp, a must try!

Also ordered smlmnye but with garlic white sauce pn sgt2 sedapp!

Me with Chura dearie, kenape Chura mesti nmpk chomell?? :p

Me & Tasya dearie..I hate my iPhone camera, it has no flash

so the result is this when you have backlight, thanx to the Flash application,

at least xdela silhouette je like the original one.

Oh BTW, they don't have Tabasco but that sauce bottle in front of us tu, lg sedap dr Tabasco!

Tp ni plg lazat..Key Lime Pie..sebijik nama dalam CafeWorld!

fuhhh terase2 lagi dlm mulut kemasaman+kemanisan+kelemakannye..

Korea Sparkling Part 1

Wahh lega nye boss dh approved my 2 weeks leave for Korea hols~

Kelegaan yg xdpt nk digambarkan dengan kata2..Abang has been pestering me to send my leave form since last week (coz his has been approved), tp bile tgk muke boss yg mendung hari2 tu ketaq lutut chek..takott..

This hol is very special coz 1stly, we'll be touching down on Incheon ground on our 2nd anniversary on the 15th of February. 2ndly, this shall be Afeef's 1st time flying and it will be a long journey for him in the sky! (which makes me nervous too in ensuring him equalizes everytime there're pressure drops). 3rdly, this is my family's 1st time spending long holiday retreat together since I've been married except that it will be much fun if Adam could join us :(

Anyway, Alhamdulillah..hopefully all will run as planned, insyaAllah..

Random Updates: Afeef Milestone, Afeef's Food, Babah to Miri

While waiting for Afeef's porridge to be cooked, baik isi masa lpg with updating on Afeef's milestone, makin accelerated progress Afeef day by day, terkontang kanting Mama nk kejar haish si chebol ni...Tonight Mama made Chicken Broccoli Tomato Porridge but this time around, Mama put less broccoli since previously the Broccoli smell was too strong in d porridge. And no more putting in Carrot together in a Broccoli porridge since both has strong taste nnt jadi pelik rs mcm aritu (although afeef suke, but Mama xsuke). Now Mama makin terer masak Porridge Afeef pakai rice cooker. It took me only 1hr dis time around. wow hebat2! itu pn melenggang kangkung sambil2 wat mende lain.

**Wah wah wah Mama, bwk balik laptop konon nk continue officework yg way behind schedule (negative progress!!!) due to ML for 2 weeks straight heheh..**

This morning since Mama was supposed to send Babah to KLIA, we bathe Afeef earlier than usual, 5a.m you...so Afeef yg forever excited when it comes to bathing time tetibe pg ni tersgt2 cranky, smbil mandi mata bole tutup2 groggy..pdhal air dh smpi kepala! Kesian anak Mama, bukan ape, xnk susahkn Nek Ni nnt kene mandikan Afeef, nk suruh Bibik x percaya sgt sbb Afeef is still small. Routinely, after bathing him and while Mama keluar toilet to fetch his towel, Babah will play with Afeef in front of d mirror mcm dukung die and sergah2 muke sendiri dlm mirror and he always enjoy it! Tp pagi ni bile Babah wat mcm tu, meleding2 bdn die menjerit marah hahaha...Lps siap2 pakai diapers and baju (Mama sampai xsempat sapu lotion on Afeef, mata dh tutup dh En Amad tu smbil dressing him on), terus nyusu n tido dgn nyenyak nya..sian si Chebol.

So off we went to KLIA, ingat nk lalu PLUS to work, tetibe nmpk signboard MEX, laaa..why didn't I think of this earlier..ragu2, but after asking direction from budak McD (bought breakfast set to teman me in this long journey to work teheheee..), rase mcm confident sikit and would like to give it a try. Alhamdulillah xsesat and it took me only 45min from KLIA to Wisma Central, how amazing..sekejap sgt2 kn??

Today I went home early, rindu Babah so terus teringat Chebol a.k.a Babah Jr. n jiwa meronta2 nk balik awal. Sampai2 rumah, Bibik baru bwk Afeef & Fayyad keluar kt porch, as I drove the car to park, Afeef eyes were locked to the wheel, digesting the rotating motion of the wheel maybe. Then he stared at me for a while, xperasan who's inside d car maybe. I winded down the window, and after a while of waving at him, he ducked his head a little and seems like squinting his eyes a little (ye la tu Mama and her imaginations hehe..) just to be sure who it was, then baru realize, "Oh Mama ku pulang!" and start to smile his signature smile (mata smiling,mulut sengih senget n kening kiri terangkat sebelah) and kaki sebelah terkitai2 ke depan blkg (his usual gesture when he's pleased..)

Mama terus brought him inside our room, Mama needed a pee sgt2, menahan dr ofis hehe..
Afeef is now sgt2 ligat, dh bole merangkak slowly sgt comel mcm anak gajah learning his first step; tangan kanan angkat tinggi, mcm nk gerak langkah besar but then put down that hand at only 1 tiny step forward, followed by his left leg, mengesot ke depan also a tiny step forward, then tgn kiri angkat tinggi sgt and so on and so forth. Kalau letak atas katil tu, baru pusing nk amik towel je pun tgk die dh smpi tepi dh mengejar Mama takut Mama lari..Since I don't trust him alone on the bed (kalau Babah ade bole tgkkan, miss Babah lagi..), I put him in his pretty white cot instead and berlari2 ke toilet. As he heard the sound of the water running in the toilet, die panjangkn leher die menjenguk toilet and as soon as his eyes met mine, terus Afeef excited and pegang the cot's railing and stand up! He can stand up by himself now! Cepat2 Mama mencecet keluar to rescue Afeef yg badan dh nk menjunam keluar cot, pheww! This cot's height needs some adjustment as soon as Babah arrives home this thursday.

 Hmm...ngantuk dh ni, bubur pn dh siap masak n dh sejukkan to be stored in freezer pulak..Wah this time around I'm truly satisfied with my air tangan, rase bubur yg sgt sedap n very balance between chicken and veggies walaupun without a  bead of  salt! Diulang NO SALT! Wow! Tibe2 rindu sgt2 dkt Babah yg kt Miri now. Biase before going into bed mesti tenung smbil tersenyum sorang muke Babah and Afeef yg style tido sebijik sejabak saling xtumpah, dgn mulut tercopong, mata bukak sikit..hehehe...(according to Babah, muke tido je la, style terbongkang sama mcm Mama) Well right now only Afeef yg tgh terbongkak atas katil...