Mencari tenant

Panjang prosesnya nak mencari tenant. Kebetulan existing tenant nak keluar pulak lepas dah dua tahun menetap di situ. More towards, timing la tak berapa best. Sbb nak pergi ke UK dah, pastu time ni pulak tenant nak keluar. Anyhow, takpela. Redha dengan ketentuan Allah SWT. Kena masuk balik la budget utk byr rumah tu. Hmm...but at the same time, gotta pray hard yang ada tenant nak masuk dlm masa yang terdekat ni. InsyaaAllah.

Farewell farewell farewell (farewell - part 3)

Syukur Alhamdulillah...this time around, ramai sungguh yang belanja makan before I fly to UK to pursue my MBA. Lejekiiii...:-)

Terima kasih kawan-kawan, semoga anda semua di bawah perlindungan Allah SWT dan dimurahkan rezeki sentiasa...

Lunch on 29 August at Chilli's with MFR. Dia ni la salah seorang manusia yang tegur time mula-mula masuk K dulu. Very friendly but at the same time, u can talk about reality of life. How to sustain, about career plan, etc.

Breakfast with Naja yang dah setahun tak jumpa on 28 August 2016. Ya rabbi, budak sorang ni, gilerkan IKEA la sungguh-sungguh. Everytime dia balik ke KL, wajib visit IKEA. Oh yea, dia jaga rumah anak yatim di Perak. Noble sangat kan? Kalau u all nak contribute to kebajikan rumah anak-anak yatim tu, let me know. Nanti I give you the account number.

Lunch at Aleeya and Azri's house on 27 August 2016. They all nak menunaikan haji. So, sekali la berjumpa dengan geng TTH aka geng kahwin muda. Vogue2 dorang nih semua. Kayo-kayo tapi giler-giler masing-masing tau. hhahahahha...Semua by the age of 20+, belum reach 30 dah ada 3 anak dan anak-anak kami semuanya lebih kurang sebaya.

Lunch on 26 August 2016 di Meisan, Quality Hotel dengan geng CSS. We all tak sama division, tapi selalu berjumpa di surau, sana sini. Baik-baik semuanya, rajin berborak and tanya khabar. Yang sorang kakak ni, anak-anak dia dah besar. Dulu pernah kami duduk berborak sama, she told me about some challenges that she faced time bebaru kahwin. And ramai pun share similar experience. So, I bet, semua orang akan go through. Ye la, some ups and downs. Allah SWT nak uji melalui memcm cara.

Lunch di Little Penang, KLCC with Zarina on 24 August 2016. She gave me a pen - with my name engraved on it.

Thanks for the advices, the words of encouragement, the time spent, the moments, the friendship. Thank you so much. Semoga Allah SWT membalasnya dengan sebaik-baik kebaikan buat anda semua...

It is your life

It is YOUR life.

Have faith in Allah SWT. He is ALWAYS a better planner in whatever circumstances. He knows best.

Think about all the positive aspects. Think about all the good things in life.

There's no one who has dealt with the challenges you've faced, overcome the obstacles you've survived, learned the lessons you've learned and been given the opportunities that you now have. You do have an important mission that includes goals to achieve and problems to solve. But you also have gifts, wisdom and compassion to share. And the great thing about your mission and your sharing is that they go hand in hand. The timing couldn't be better.

- credit to Begin with Yes FB page - 

Mama dan Roselle

Mama's latest project - Roselle.

From plant to Roselle jam for breakfast (reminds me of Masha and the Bear. Hehehhee...)

Hebat mama. If it was me - either jual or sewa tanah tu, put the money elsewhere. Beli jam kat supermarket je. Hahahah...(teruk betul anak dia ni).

Kaya and sirap kat rumah pun usually mama buat sendiri.

Kalau today, H1 said...GM (oh, they call my mum GM - stands for GrandMa), H1 nak minum sirap la. Mama will say, ala...dah habis la. Nanti GM buat. Esoknya, confirm dah siap. She will call and inform - sirap untuk H1 dah siap. 

Hari tu pun, she cooked ayam masak lemak cili api and anaknya ni di kala tengah lapar pula tu. Then, she called - H1 suka makan gulai ayam ni, nanti jgn lupa amik kat rumah. :-) or mama dah penuhkan fridge, tadi ma pergi Giant. Nanti H2 nak snack...

Ahhhh...sooo gonna miss her, her bebelan, her nice dishes. And most importantly, her advice - jangan lupa solat. Zaman jahiliyah dulu, pukul 3 pgi baru nak tidur lepas bergayut on the phone. Bukak pintu, mama tgh solat tahajud/hajat/taubat/baca quran kat luar. And I can remember that clearly. Gotta practice that more often so that my kids would learn to practice that as well.

Semoga mama dapat keberkatan sentiasa dan mendapat syurga yang tertinggi. Love you ma...

Sekolah anak-anak di Sheffield

On 3 August 2016, I browsed through Sheffield City Council punya website. Nak find info about school admission. Dah pernah baca berjuta kali last time, tapi tak initiate the process for admission yet. So, bila dah sign je tenancy agreement hari tu, walaupun belum finalized, I proceed jugak dgn request for details of admission kat website City Council. Tak kira la time tu, proceed je. In case lambat kang, lagi leceh kan? So, on the same day, the emailed back and gave me the form as well. You can choose up to 3 schools and give reasons why you wanna send your kid to that school. The nearest 2 schools from our house adalah sekolah Christian, so I chose all 3 yang relevant sahaja. I ignored sekolah-sekolah Christian tu. Cemane nak tahu? Ala, tgk nama pun dah tahu. Ataupun dia tulis Independent School. Tgk la details kat website dia. Sana, memang semua sekolah ada website sendiri. So, kena la buat extra research before you land on any decision kan?

Alhamdulillah, on 17 August 2016 hari tu dah dapat school allocation for H1. Exactly 2 weeks time. Ni jugak la salah satu benefits bila dah sign tenancy agreement. Senang je.

Tapi, tak dapat la sekolah yang I wanted. And they even choose additional 2 schools yang relevant for me. All 3 tak dapat sebab kelas dah penuh. Sana, dorang particular betul when it comes to teacher: pupil ratio. Same like H1 and H2's current school. For that matter, as a parent, I am really happy. Takde la nanti penuh tak pasal-pasal dalam kelas anak kita kan? And dalam surat tu, dia bgtau sekolah mana yang dia dah consider and alasan untuk reject those schools.

Cuma, challenge nye adalah, sekolah tu agak jauh drpd rumah. About 4km+. Kalau kat KL, 4km tu pejam mata jela. Terlalu dekat tu. Tapi tu cerita ada kete wei....ini cerita nak handle kanak2 tu pepagi semua. Hmm....we shall see la cemane outcome nye.

So, memula tu ingat nak appeal. Tapi, bila fikir balik and tgk website dia...eh, menarik pulak sekolah ni. I like I like. Even better than our 1st choice. So, I take it as Allah SWT dah allocate, be happy and treasure jela. Kalau rasa tak sesuai, appeal later la. Lagi pun, appeal tu dorg hanya akan buat townhall in October. So, nanti jela kot kalau nak appeal pun. Bila dah sampai sana. Or at least lepas the school dah reopen and they would reply my email.

Regardless, syukur Alhamdulillah, Dia permudahkan.

And di antara point yang penting adalah - dapat menepis pemahaman yang bila dah sampai sana baru boleh register sekolah anak. That is so NOT true.

Yang ni pulak contoh for H2. The moment we all decided to go to this uni (actually one of the reasons of selecting this uni in the first place pun), terus we contacted the nursery. We wanted to save a spot for H2. Yela, sebab nanti lagi lambat, lagi la susah nak dpt slot kan? 6 July - we were on waiting list. Then 22 July - diorang dah allocate a slot. Syukur Alhamdulillah. Ni pun salah satu proses yang sangat mudah. Yela, tak perlu go through City Council, but at least if the process has been initiated. So all in all, I would say that tanggapan yang kena pergi sana baru boleh nak settle sekolah anak adalah tidak benar. So long as you have the required documentation and has initiated the process, insyaaAllah, takde issue. We used to work backwards, in terms of timing. So, Alhamdulillah, segalanya ok.