BEADS

Mommy Sarah bought a new Kebaya Batik last weekend @ TRG Batik Gallery, Jln Masjid India. Price tag: RM 240 after a very hard bargain with the salesperson. Well, the reason I have to buy a new Kebaya Batik is to complete my gorgeousness with a new baju… hehehe! Please do not get intimidated by my statement, beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder. It is actually for Majlis Penghargaan Tan Sri KPPA which will be held on June 30th , 2010 @ Marriot Hotel Putrajaya.

I sense plainness in my Kebaya Batik, hence I creatively sew beads on it. I’m a virgin in this (I mean sewing beads) the best I can do is to work my creativity by looking at my other Batik Kurung which has beautiful beads at the end of the sleeves. So after two-day-one-night of hard work, I finally get a beautiful beads sewed at the end of the sleeves of my Kebaya Batik. Anyway, comments are, so much welcomed.

P/s : Majlis Penghargaan Tan Sri KPPA @ Marriot Hotel Putrajaya, here I come... with beads...

SLEEPING BEAUTY

BROKEN ENGLISH

I heard a very brilliant public speaking by a friend of mine last Friday. It was a simple presentation but meaningful to some. My friend herself is a very astute woman, a mother of two and a very resourceful person. The title: How to communicate well in English. She highlighted four really simple ways to improve our English which are, to listen, to read, to communicate and to make mistake as the learning process goes along.

This morning, out of the blue, my husband tuned in to hitz.fm. So we had a chance to hear a Gotcha call (compilation of last month’s call) made to an Indian Lady about a very silly phone interview. It was so ridiculous and I laughed like a mad person. Ian pretended to be an interviewer with so bad English. One of the questions was: What is the ambition time you to take the job? I mean what the hell! But the jokes really made my day and I can’t stop smiling thinking of how people may make a joke out of that.

I don’t mind a person speaking with a broken English. At least he tries his best. A person who is arrogance enough to say English doesn’t help him with anything irate me the most. Speak at your will and as you wish as this is a free country. No one will give you a ticket / summon over bad English spoken anyway. Speak up and give your best shot.

Adios!

P/S : Mommy Sarah wants to take an AME English Test.

My wish

Mommy Sarah is putting on weight. Huh! it really bothers me... I can't just run away from the reality my jeans are tighter ( can't even wear some), my shirts are getting fit, my hips are bigger than ever.. it leaves me a with a pathetic feeling inside... huh! im running away from the weighing machine, away from donuts, away from KFC, MC Donalds... i try to avoid any element that drift me away from my goal this comin' month.

Next month.... I wish to shed a few kilos. at least 5 kilos. So help me God...

Sarah @ Renaissance Hotel Malacca

Last week Sarah and her daddy had a great time lepakin’ at Renaissance Hotel Malacca, while Mummy had to leave them for work. We stayed there because I had a 3 Days-2 Night meeting with the Division, to discuss mainly about our Divison’s Half Year Achievement. Thus, I brought along my family as my companion to go through the hard time. Hihiks

It was a remarkably posh hotel (5 Star) but I really have to mark them down for their hospitality. I love their white linen and very comfy pillow despite of the old-fashioned room layout and furniture. The buffet served was good; I rate 4/5 for their salad bar. The hotel is located in the Central of Malacca Town, my hotel room was at 11th floor over viewing the Malacca Straits and a very ancient building decorated as an Old Town White Coffee shop… (Huh, they’re just everywhere). There’s a gymnasium and swimming pool located in 4th floor. Overall, the hotel is just a perfect place for a weekend gateway. but you just need to watch your budget as it’s not recommended for a Vacation with a small budget. Thanks to the secretariat, we have a chance to stay in this luxury hotel. :p

Here are few pixs of Baby Sarah @ Renaissance Hotel Malacca

Seventh Heaven

I always have a good instinct Portugal may make it to the final. A match deal between Portugal and Ivory Coast hasn’t moved me from supporting my favorite group (tho I didn’t recognize half of the players). I guess it was just Lucky-Number-7 for Portugal last night. It was an interesting match to watch having to know the Koreans felt the pressure after the second goals. But 7 to NIL was an awesome match to watch. It’s not just another match. For me, it’s beyond interesting. Not an expert, I can say that the combination of a poor defense and empty net for the Koreans team lead to their failure. Victory to Portugal ultimately came about easily and surely, it’ll really help them to face Brazil on the next round.

HEROES OF THE GAME
29' RaúlMeireles
53' Simão
56' HugoAlmeida
60'Tiago
80' Liedson
87' CristianoRonaldo
89' Tiago* Source http://www.goal.com/

It's Jabulani Time

What is so fascinating about World Cup?

a) Mountain of Men ( The Player )
b) Joga Bonito ( Beautiful Game)
c) The Venue
d) Or, I just watched it because everyone else does…



(Source: Google Image)

I don’t know about you Guys, but for me, the combination of all elements makes World Cup just so irresistible to some of us.

So the moment of truth begins. World Cup is upon us again as it does every four years. In fact, it is not a subject close to my heart to blog about. I didn’t really fancy it. I watched or rather knew about the existence of World Cup back in 1998 in France. I was sitting for my PMR exam that time. In 2002, where Brazil was the champion, I watched World Cup far away from home because I continue my study in KPTM. I still remember my housemate Azma who is a FANATIC about football (married with two kids now). Plus, it was held in Korea/Japan in the year of 2006, happened to be her fav countries in the world. Hahahahha… (Sorry if I didn’t get the fact rite ). The next four years it was held in Germany. So weird I can’t recall any memories watching the Game. Huh! The winner: Italy. (Thanks to Daddy Sarah for reminding me again and again for I thought the Winner is Germany) Hahahahaha!

It’s South Africa this time. The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an independent country wholly surrounded by South African territory. South Africa has eleven official languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu. According to the 2001 National Census, the three most spoken first home languages are Zulu (23.8%), Xhosa (17.6%) and Afrikaans (13.3%). Despite the fact that English is recognized as the language of commerce and science, it was spoken by only 8.2% of South Africans at home in 2001, an even lower percentage than in 1996 (8.6%). (Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa). I just dig in some facts about South Africa for us to note about.

People are start talking about penalty, yellow card, off side… everything is about the game. For me subject of interest in every World Cup would be the bafana bafana (the boys the boys). But dear hubby, u’re my best! :p. This World Cup, my fav team is still Portugal! Portugal! Portugal! Why? I don’t have any concrete reason for it; it’ll be such a humiliation to say that I favor Portugal for C. Ronaldo is in it. He’s our guy since he hangs out with the It girls such as Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian.

As a woman, a mother and a shopper myself, soccer or football is really not a thing that fascinate me. I love to see a pair of Guess stiletto lying beautifully in the Guess Boutique rather than watching a 32” Flat Screen with soccer on. But then again, it’s so hard not to want to know more about the game everybody talks about.

BABY HATCH

Does it ever occurred to any of us one day; we might make a mistake beyond our DEVIL’s imagination? While we’re thinking, someone did it, one terrible mistake done, unforgiveable by others. Unwanted pregnancy is what I meant. Recently, we’ve seen a lot of innocent babies majorly newborn, abandoned in a shack, buried heartlessly, and dumped in trash, river even burned to death. As a society, we may offer the help to them, but sadly they chose to kill their own flesh and blood.

I’ve read so many articles about baby hatch. A baby hatch is a place where mothers who are unable or unwilling to take care of their babies can leave them in a safe environment where they will be cared for (Circle of Love, Starmag, June 06,2010). According to the article, baby hatches are not new in countries like Pakistan, Germany, Japan and India.

In Malaysia, this honorable effort has been taken by OrphanCARE in a mission to save babies and to provide shelter to them before adoption. OrphanCARE is a smart partner of The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry. OrphanCARE is located in a bungalow, in a quiet residential part of Kampung Tunku, Petaling Jaya.

The procedures for the adoption from the OrphanCARE are easy.

• Mother deposited a baby she wishes to let go / unable to take care of

• OrphanCARE will inform the Social Welfare Department (Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat

• OrphanCARE will send the baby for checkup. OrphanCARE will ensure the mother signed

• a consent form for child adoption. If not, OrphanCARE will lodge a police report

• OrphanCARE contact applicant ( mother for adoption)

• Interview held between the mother and OrphanCARE –Application will then goes to JKM and JKM will send a counselor for home visit

• If JKM satisfies, they will give their approval
  

The process will take only a few days to settle.

In my point of view, we must look positively for the effort they have taken for one and only reason, everyone deserves to live in this world. If the mother is not willing to take care of them, just let them go, but of course to the promising hands. U may log in to www.orphancare.org.my to know more on OrphanCARE.

HAPPY FEET

Her happy feet...