Nope, not a typo. I did not mean to type Cinta. It is Citta. The name of a mall in Ara Damansara area, en route to Subang airport. Been there several times with friends to hang out, to discuss and to taste great food.

So, ada apa dengan Citta? Ada macam-macam...

Ada PappaRich. 

Once Hemy, Mas and I met, kengkonon to discuss about our coming Fantastic 40 which I mentioned in my previous post. Kengkonon sebab, bincangnya secoet je, cerita benda lain yang banyak.

Chicken rice

Dry curry mee

Mee goreng mamak (kot?). Kalau nampak yang tak de sayur ni, tau la siapa punya. Tak lain tak bukan, Hemy.

Otak-otak

Ntah apa ke nama, roti nan kot?

The drinks.

Dessert

We have also dined at Meatworks.

Soup

Shake

Watermelon and carrot juice

Sauteed mushroom

Steak sebelum dan selepas.

Pasta

Onion rings

Roast chicken

There's also Bubba Gump. Oh btw, I love the movie Forrest Gump.

The place specializes in shrimps thus tak sah la kalau tak makan shrimps. So we had pasta with shrimps.

 The drink that I had.

Chawan pun ada.

The noodles. See in the background, nak makan pun sempat check FB notifications.

Fried rice

Menu yang ringan-ringan pun ada such as keropok lekor, pisang rebus, tauhu bakar.

Cucur udang with peanut sauce.

Rojak buah

ABC.

Those with sweet tooth, ada Tutti Frutti.

Lepas makan, konfem senyum manis macam kitorang.

And Wondermilk.

The range of mouth-watering cupcakes at Wondermilk.

Jauh cinta with Citta yet? Sesuai la kalau nak plan for berbuka puasa. Several choices to choose from. Selamat berbuka puasa and don't forget, berhenti sebelum kenyang.:)

STF batch 85-89 held a reunion dinner recently with the tagline Fantastic @40. It was a blast and I had fun. Prior to the dinner, organizing committee was formed and committee members were elected. Surprise..surprise...I was assigned the task of entertainment together with Hemy. Nowadays, besides singing lullaby to my kids, the one thing that I do which can be considered entertaining is giving lectures. Oh yes, those in the receiving end were sometimes completely entertained that they fell asleep. Ha ha...

Anyhow, Hemy and I planned for slide shows to be shown during the dinner. And we started compiling pictures of the past and pictures of the present. We had to stalk so many FB pages to get those pictures compiled and we had fun giggling over the old pictures yang muka masing-masing sungguh la innocent.

I wanted to arrange the slides using movie maker. I have watched my students did their movie during presentations complete with songs embedded and I was impressed. Thus I intend to impress the girls who are going to attend the dinner with similar kind of movie. Cheh... macam bagus sangat. Unfortunately, I have never used movie maker before. And I had to ask one of my students which program did they use for the movie. Rabun IT betul.

The date of the dinner approached and suddenly it was more or less week away. That was the time baru terkial-kial nak start belajar guna Windows movie maker. Luckily it was easy enough. And I love how easy it was to put in audio files and how I can edit the audio clip to match the slides transition. However, I learned some knowledge the hard way.

1. Creating a project file in 1 computer and trying to edit it in another computer caused frustration. The 2nd computer will fail to find the source files because the source files are in the 1st computer thus the files imported earlier will be shown as ugly big red Xs. Sungguh sakit hati.

2. Windows movie maker sometimes hang on me. Thank God for autorecovery, if not, I most probably had banged my head on the wall for not saving the work earlier. You know when you were so full of enthusiasm over your work and forget to save? Happened to me quite a number of times.

There are some other things that I learned along the way. As much as I enjoyed doing the movie, I had my moments of exasperation.

Anyhow, managed to complete the video. Here are snippets of the pics and movie that Hemy and I put together. Tak de le pro mana, sebab yang buat pun tak pro. :) 

The vids have been edited and shortened. Tak boleh tunjuk semua sebab videos ni kategori 13SXF. (Sex female above 13 je boleh tengok). ;)

Here are some pics from the dinner.

It was held at Crown Plaza Hotel, on the 30th floor. Tingkat paling atas. 

The banner

The room

The deco, arranged by our own girls.

The theme colour was purple hence we have lots of things in purple:

The cupcake

The gift bag

The cake

It was a very nice rainbow cake.

This was what I ate that night. There was a range of buffet menu however I only got these. Wasn't feeling that hungry anyway, seronok catching-up with the girls and bergambar sana sini. 

It was a night to be remembered. And some of the girls have already suggested for it to be a yearly event. Ha ha... And Hemy volunteered to take charge of the entertainment again. Ewah..ewah...

The smartphones can be too smart for your own good at times. Once, when I was using iPhone, I despised the autocorrect function. Took me longer time to text since I have to correct the autocorrect. How ironic... Thus I disabled the autocorrect function. Abis cerita.

With Blackberry, there is some function of autocorrect but minimal. Anyway, kind of irritating when it happens.

eg

Usually I used shortforms like hr for hari, and the phone suka2 hati corrected it to hour.

At other times I used mn for mana. And of course, the BB could not tolerate so mn was changed to minute.

And yang paling tak boleh tahan, I am known as kak teh among my younger brothers and mak teh among my nieces and nephews. So, whenever I want to type kak teh or mak teh in my text message, the BB changed it to 'kak the' or 'mak the'. What the heck betul la kan...

Sometime ago, a friend shared  her own typo story in FB. And it was very funny. Here's the story:

"Tadi saya tulis mesej pada seseorang yang disegani. Nak cakap yg saya dah ter call dia secara tak sengaja. Sepatutnya bunyi gini.. 'maaf ****, saya tertekan phone tadi. Tak berniat nak call'. Tapi nasib tak baik saya tertulis..'maaf ****, saya tertelan phone tadi. Tak berminat nak call'. Si polan balas 'are u ok? Tertelan phone is very serious!'

Ha ha.... I laughed out lout when I first read the story sampaikan my kids pun pelik. And I laughed again when I typed this just now.

Well, typo is one thing. Sent to the wrong person was another thing.

Once, I meant to bbm my hubby who was stuck in the office due to work. So I bbm this 'Lmbt ke balik? Tak masak tadi'.

Then the red alert of incoming message flashed. I thought it was my hubby replying but instead Hemy (high school friend) yang reply, 'So, nak suh aku msk ke?'

Ha ha... Of all people, I wrongly sent the message to her yang memang diketahui kekerapan dia masuk ke dapur amat sedikit.

That's what happened when you have several chat history in bbm...

Lessons learnt. Not only you have to spell-it-right, you also need to mind your fingers.

Talking about smartphones, the Samsung range of phones macam best je... (mode berangan nak tukar henfon baru...)

My youngest daughter celebrated her first birthday earlier this month. Sekejap je dah setahun. We had a simple celebration with the family that day with this angry bird birthday cake.

And red velvet cuppies.

And since it was a Saturday, we made a trip to National Science Center.

Mannn.... I supposed all great minds think alike that day. The place was packed. Finding a parking space was almost impossible. Thus, we illegal parked by the roadside.

The Dino park at the entrance.

The Center features Dinosaur live show at that time.

However, we were warned that the queue to buy tickets was very long so we settled for the ordinary admission tickets i.e. the usual exhibition stuff.

More people inside. Honestly, could not really appreciate the exhibition with all the crowd. However, since it was indoor, and air-conditioned, not so bad la.. Initially, the kids suggested Zoo Negara. But considering the massive heat wave that we are experiencing at the moment, we strike off Zoo.

This is funny. It shows you your weight if you are on the sun or the other planets. Scary tengok the numbers. Overweight to the max! Ha ha...

Lunch at one of the stalls inside the Center.

The view from the eating place. There are a couple of buildings which feature more exhibition. And there's a swimming pool. We did not venture into those buildings and the kids were frustrated that they couldn't get themselves wet in the pool.

The birthday celebration continued that night. We had dinner outside.

Oh yes... my daughter received this bicycle for her birthday.

She still doesn't know how to cycle yet (well... berjalan pun belum boleh lagi), but she enjoyed the bicycle very much. Her older sister enjoyed it too.

Her sisters love to push her round and round the house.

But we try not to allow that so often, nanti dia lagi malas nak belajar berjalan. But I kinda like the bicycle for my own reasons. My daughter will eventually fall asleep on the bicycle.

And that made mommy's work a tad easier. :)

Sebelum masuk tadika, mak dengan ayah merupakan guru yang pertama. Ayah selalu belikan buku cerita. Dan jugak selalu bacakan kartun yang ada dalam NST terutamanya kartun Tarzan. Favret betul time tu. Mak pulak akan ajar hal-hal kemas rumah macam siram pokok, angkat kain kat ampaian walaupun selalu sangat buat-buat lupa atau buat-buat tak dengar. 

Terima kasih mak dan ayah di atas didikan selama ini dan maaf di atas segala kedegilan anakmu ini. Selamat Hari Guru.

Masa tadika, aku sekolah kat tadika yang terletak di atas bukit di dalam kawasan sekolah Methodist Girls School, Raub. Masa tu, pergi sekolah, tak payah pakai uniform. So boleh melaram pakai baju biasa je. Satu hari tu, aku pakai skirt yang agak lawa la jugak.:P Masa nak balik macam biasa tunggu van arwah Pak Ngah kat kantin sekolah. Ada 2 orang cikgu duduk kat kantin tu jugak tapi kat meja lain. Banyak kali cikgu tu panggil aku suruh pegi dekat dia sebab dia kata skirt yang aku pakai tu cantik. Tapi aku tak pergi atas sebab-sebab yang tak boleh dijelaskan di sini. 

Mintak maaf cikgu sebab tak ikut arahan. Selamat Hari Guru.

Masa sekolah rendah, sekolah yang sama jugak, Methodist Girls School, Raub. Tak ingat darjah berapa tapi fobia betul dengan subjek Inggeris. Sebab setiap minggu cikgu akan tanya what did you do last week. Sorang-sorang kena berdiri dan cerita apa aktiviti yang dilakukan pada minggu lepas. Public speaking memang suatu benda yang menakutkan masa tu, lagi pulak in English. So tiap-tiap minggu, stress pikir apa benda nak cerita and nak arrange ayat untuk cerita. Satu minggu tu, kebetulan aku memang ada benda nak cerita sebab minggu sebelum tu aku pergi rumah kawan aku (dia duduk sebelah aku masa kat kelas). So, bila sampai turn aku, aku pun cerita la. Bila cikgu tau aku pegi rumah kawan aku tu, dia terus tanya kawan aku tu rumah dia kat mana etc etc etc. Bengang kawan aku tu, aku yang cerita, dia pulak yang kena tanya. Ha ha... 

Terima kasih cikgu sebab memperkenalkan public speaking di usia yang agak muda. Selamat Hari Guru.

Masa sekolah menengah, dah kena sekolah asrama pulak, nun di selatan tanah air. Biasa la budak duduk asrama, kawalan ketat. Kalau hantar surat, surat kena tapis dengan pengawas baru boleh pos. Surat masuk pulak, warden akan tapis baru dapat surat kat tangan sendiri. Bila dah makin remaja, dah mula berutus surat dengan orang itu orang ini di sekolah sana sekolah sini. Sampai satu ketika, dapat tau yang ada sorang cikgu (juga warden sekolah) dah tahan beberapa surat sebab surat tu daripada budak-budak lelaki yang tidak diperkenankan oleh pihak sekolah. Surat-surat tu termasuk la surat aku dan surat ada kawan sorang ni (dorm-mate aku). Surat punya pasal, kitorang nekad satu malam tu pegi masuk bilik guru dan bukak locker cikgu tu, cari surat tu dan hampir2 kantoi dengan pak guard. Pheww.... tapi mission accomplished. Tak tau la whether cikgu tu perasan ke tak ada 2 keping surat missing daripada collection dia. 

Mintak maaf cikgu kerana menyelongkar locker cikgu. Selamat Hari Guru.

Sebelum masuk matrikulasi, sempat Tingkatan Enam sekejap. Sekolah Menengah Mahmud Raub. Tak ingat berapa hari. Tapi tak sempat belajar apa-apa pun. Kalau tak pergi sekolah pun tak apa. Tapi ayah kata daripada asyik tidur je kat rumah, baik la pergi sekolah. Anyway, tak banyak sangat pengalaman kat sekolah tu, except cikgu kelas masa tu boleh tahan hensem. Mujur la tak lama kat sekolah tu, kalau tak, confirm tak dapat concentrate study.:P 

Terima kasih cikgu di atas pesanan dan nasihat. Selamat Hari Guru.

Masuk matrikulasi, tahun pertama kat Sekolah Muzaffar Syah Melaka. Cikgu yang ajar Biologi masa tu tersangatlah garangnya. Tapi dalam garang-garang dia tu, aku boleh pulak terlelap satu hari tu. 'Azlina!! Tidur??!!' Adoiihh... terkejut + malu + terus segar tak berani nak tidur dah. 

Terima kasih cikgu di atas segala tunjuk ajar. Selamat Hari Guru.

Matrikulasi tahun kedua kat Pusat Matrikulasi Kuala Pilah. Subjek yang paling disukai English & Fizik, English sebab senang nak score, Fizik sebab cikgu dia kelakar yang amat. Ada satu hari tu cikgu Fizik tu tengah mengajar. Tiba-tiba dia kata, eh apa bau sedap ni... betul la sedap la... macam bau roti canai. Alih-alih dengar lori sampah lalu kat tepi kelas. Laa... dia kata, lori sampah... tapi betul la, bau macam roti canai. Gelak besor kitorang satu kelas. 

Terima kasih cikgu sebab menceriakan kelas Fizik walaupun Fizik susah yang amat nak score. Selamat Hari Guru.

Masuk universiti, masa tahun pertama kat Bangi. Selain daripada kursus-kursus wajib, kena ambik jugak kursus-kursus elektif. Salah satu kursus elektif yang aku ambik, Asas Pengurusan Perniagaan. Walaupun memang tak de basic business sebelum tu, dapat la jugak score B-. Tapi sekarang, satu hapah apa pun aku tak ingat apa benda yang aku belajar dulu. 

Terima kasih kepada pensyarah yang mengajar. Selamat Hari Guru.

Then tahun kedua sampai tahun keempat, pindah ke UKM kampus KL. Masa tahun 3, boleh pulak kena chicken pox. Kena pulak minggu depannya exam. Terpaksa la ambik MC and tak dapat hadir exam. Sure tension jugak lecturer masa tu sebab nak kena prepare set soalan yang lain and nak cari masa buat exam untuk aku sorang. Dah jadi lecturer macam sekarang, baru tau macam mana susahnya nak prepare soalan exam. Tu la... masa kecik-kecik tak nak kena chicken pox. Dah besar menyusahkan orang. 

Terima kasih kepada semua pensyarah. Selamat Hari Guru.

Dah abis degree, disebabkan kerja pun susah nak dapat, sambungla buat Masters then PhD. Masa tu jugak la nak kawin, mengandung bagai. Penyelia aku masa tu pun sure risau, boleh abis ke PhD dia ni, dah mengandung la pulak....Alhamdulillah, mission accomplished. 

Terima kasih kepada penyelia yang sekarang dah pun jadi rakan sekerja dan rakan penyelidik. Selamat Hari Guru.

Now dah kerja, masih lagi belajar in terms of pengajaran berkesan, penyelidikan yang beroutput tinggi, penulisan yang berimpak tinggi, pengurusan organisasi yang cemerlang, penyeliaan yang baik dan macam-macam aspek lagi. Selagi belum pejam mata, insyaAllah, masih ada yang akan dipelajari dan masih ada yang menjadi guru kita. 

Terima kasih pada semua yang telah mendidik diri ini. Selamat Hari Guru.

I had to go to Seremban recently for a 3D2N workshop. It was held from Sunday until Tuesday. Since it was held during weekdays, it was difficult for hubby to go along. There are lot of things going-on in his office and he could not afford to take leave. And I, on the other hand, do not have the heart to leave my little baby who is still breastfeeding. 

So, I proposed a suggestion to hubby... well.... actually, I forced the suggestion on him.. ha ha... The plan was, all of us going, hubby riding his motorcycle while I drive the car. The kids had to ponteng sekolah. Hubby will still go to the office riding his motorcycle and travel back to the hotel after work. Melampau kan suggestion ni.. But this is the only way so that I can still have my baby with me. And it's not unusual for people who stay in Seremban to commute to KL for work. Lagipun sehari setengah je dia kena travel jauh-jauh macam tu so tak de la satu penderaan sangat. :)

The hotel that we went to: Royale Bintang Resort and Spa. Previously known as Hilton then changed to Royal Adelphi and now Royale Bintang.

The room.

The view from the room. Stadium Tuanku Abdul Rahman ke ni? Don't know for sure.

The pool.

During the day, while I attended the workshop, the older kids babysit the baby. And they were marvelous at it. And free-of-charge. I only received one emergency call when the little sister poo-pooed. The rest of the calls were considered minor.

But was it really FOC? Hubby and I had to stock up lots of food in the room to keep them full and we had to let them bring all the gadgets to keep them occupied. :P