It does come from the heart, trust me !

A long lost friend , PPP's "APA KHABAR?" email pop up in my mailbox the week after Raya.
It is not such a wonder in today's virtually connected world, where everything is at the tip of our fingers. A few forwarded emails and with the help of the Tetikus scrolling up and down, familar text come to vision. With a "one-in-a-million" name like mine, it is a safe bet. But still one can never be too sure. Further clicks away ... the email reach my proxy mailbox which later is auto-forwarded to my active mailbox.
To the unbelieving eyes, the window session is refresh a few times and the "IT HELPDESK" in me, even restart the computer , not once but twice, ... just to make sure what's read is for real.

All the meaningful coincidences in life ... starting a friendship, cherishing it, lapsing on it and the awareness that out there, after all these years, somewhere thoughtful friends do exist ...

Yes ... in life we do welcome some sweetener every now and then. And what can be sweeter than a friendship extended from the heart !

* PPP - Personal & Private person, it's not People Progressive Party wokey !
pssttt : what i recalled mostly about PPP is the handwriting - i always thought PPP write like a typewriter - very very very neat !

photo source : http://www.ladytypewriter.co.uk/gallery.htm

Unrealized plans - check Sept06

We always plan for changes , for improvement or just for the sake of planning.

However well we plan, if it is not what HE decide for us, it will not happen.

Even so, it is fun to plan and strive for the best outcome. Sort of give hope for better future or the least, keep our brain stimulated.

Now let's see how many plans have confirmed "tak menjadi" so far ...


Dream of expat wife life ala-ala the 2 goddess friends in Alkhobar & Qatar - cancelled Sept 06

Road to Brunei - cancelled July 06


So for now, and may be for a loooong time still to come, the "Dear Boss, I am saying Bye Bye to you" letter will remain in the Draft folder.

Siaran Tergendala Lagi ...

Azfar's scabies is gone , for now ...

But the other 3 (sequential Uqbah - Aziz - Uqbah - Rahman) got infected by "Pink Eye" aka conjunctivitis Wabah Sakit Mata - similar to what this Achedy guy wrote at http://achedy.penamedia.com/newsdetail-1100.html
The eyes become something like this :

Not my kids' eye ... borrow photo from the internet.
More about this Pink Eye

Then Bibik Tutik being extremely tired (taking care of the extra laundry requirement due to scabies) got High Blood Pressure. Luckily we went for an early checkup so we manage to put Bibik Tutik under medication before her actual FOMEMA check up next month. Ayoyo I tell you ...


Finally I settled my e-filing Income tax 2005 Submission.

Not that difficult once you know what number is missing from yr EA form stated Income Tax File Number. Goshhhh the system just said "Nombor Akaun Cukai Anda Tidak Sah" ... No tips on which part that "tidak sah". I wish they could hv give some pointer , not enough digit ke , extra digit ke .... Luckily my tips come from Ms S E ... who is apparently online working at 12midnight. Was chatting and she gave me the tip, try it and EUREKA ... I solved my 2 night unsuccessful troubleshooting.

Anyway LHDN owe us this

... unfortunately we hv to wait for a couple of months before we get to file for rebate and wait moreeee mooooooonths before we actually get the cheques for the rebate. Tak Aci betul le LHDN ni.

Ahhhhh to add more spices ... Baby Faizus Sahli, (the latest addition to my nephews/nieces list), barely a month old, is now warded at IJN

for fullcheck up of his heart irregularity. They have not finalized the diagnosis but what I know Baby Faiz has been warded for the first few days of his delivery and has been on medication ever since. Something is causing his heart to beat extra fast !

Ahhhhh Ayah's Lumut Sail Away Plan is not happening as plan. Now it is already 3 weeks busted the original timeline.

The end result of all these excitement is that ... Mak has very little energy left and a dry cough for the last 1 week.

So what keep me going ... guaranteed hugs from the boys ... every night without fail

and