monday blues?

aku tak rasa aku ada monday blues. pada aku any time kalau aku rasa tak de mood maka tak de mood lah nak gi kerja. sebenar2nya memang otak aku dah tepu nak pergi kerja. dah bosan tahap maksima dengan benda2 kat office. apa yang buat aku masih bertahan are my people. yes my people as in my team members kat office yang memang masih semangat bekerja. diorang pun macam aku jugak, kerja sebab nak put food on the table. tapi sejak dua menjak ni hati aku dah tak ada kat office. tapi aku kena la jugak gi kerja kan. kalau tak diri sendiri, siapa nak tanggung aku. 

kadang2 kita plan banyak benda tapi akhir cerita mesti up to Allah swt. kalau dulu time aku muda2, aku ingat bila dah kahwin, suami akan tanggung aku sepenuhnya. tapi semua tu dalam drama je sebenarnya. kalau di tanggung sepenuhnya pun hidup boleh stress, mana tak nya, nak beli apa2 semua kena mintak izin. you will have no buying power at all sebab dependent on others. 

so now, at my age, aku masih mengejar, urmmm is that the right way of saying it? tak lah mengejar harta dunia mana pun, cuma logically and in reality, memang la kena ada income to survive, kan. cuma aku dah tak de hati kat tempat office aku sekarang ni je. 

today sampai2 kat office, power trip lagi. ko rasa? mana nak semangat. pastu dengan banyak lagi benda nak kena kejar tapi tak cukup masa. atas nama nak aku kerja after 530pm? hmm sorry la labu, aku banyak lagi benda lain yang aku nak buat. 

and dengan today tshirt supplier aku buat hal - memang mencabar kesabaran aku. lepas aku dapat barang2 aku memang aku ban terus supplier tu. baik tutup kedai je lah. 

sekarang aku penat - and entah apa2 lagi lah. 

Restless Nights

gambar ni propa jer.. 

last night, balik2 rumah je, pengsan. my brain was too tired. kaki memang sakit dah berapa hari. sebenarnya niat nak PT tapi sebab stayback kejap kat office takut rushing, terus whatsapp my trainer mintak tukar next week. then berangan nak pi zumba but sakitnya kaki, Tuhan je tahu. i sort of tertido by 9pm. tu pun kena makan pain killer. sakit giler. then entah macamana terjaga kul 1am baru pi sidai towel yang aku basuh sebelum tertido tu. mischa je temankan aku macam biasa. 

sidai kain, sort out garbage.. nak keluarkan sampah nak dekat 2am, takut pulak. hmm biar je lah dulu. then layan istanbul aku datang. memang saje je tengok separuh2, supaya leh sambung. best citer tu. comel jer dua2. 

lepas tu aku kacau AH kul 4am.. hehheh mana boleh tengok dia tido sedap lena jer. tapi biasa la, kalau dia dah tido, kaghang end up aku cakap sorang2. sama je kalau aku ngantuk pun. hehehe mamai and tak sedar sangat. 

kul 645am alarm dah bunyi.. sib baik AH call and kejut lagi dalam kul 7 lebih.. takut terbabas. ihik 😆 pagi ni aku srapan pun lambat, mana nak siapkan report lagi, nak layan email lagi. last2 brunch. tapi skrg aku ngantuk... 

Short Getaway Part II

masa aku attend one training, we were taught to think of something that make us happy or will make us happy to go through the day. so this is one of my happy thoughts for me today lah. throwback sikit. i don't know why la but nowadays jarang pulak aku nak cerita pasal AH kan. bukan apa, kang orang kata over exposed, belum ada apa2 dah nak tayang2 the emotion. although most of the time i don't give a shite about what people think lah kan.

but that weekend we traveled back to his hometown. betullah kadang2 kita cakap, or most of the time kita cakap kita plan tapi Allah yang tentukan. so that was what happened. masa aku pergi singapore hantar Lisa tu, aku rasa macam baik i take the opportunity to actually use up my long leave and pergi masuk pulau tioman since dari singapore 'nampak' macam dekat and mudah kan. ye lah, pergi je la jetty mersing yang aku ingat macam dekat tapi i think about 4 hours jugak dari singapore. chit... and aku yang tak suka nak travel naik bas, konon nak cari private chauffer, mengada je kan.. harus lah mahal.

jadi serabut plan aku, coz asalnya dari tioman tu, masa balik kl boleh la tumpang AH sebab he was going back to his hometown kat mersing. last2 bila pening2 AH kata balik je la kl balik... which tu la yang aku buat and end up aku ikut AH balik mersing dari kl.

so we took the kuantan route, and i thought i could visit my uncle kat sana tapi disebabkan jam, we had to proceed terus ke mersing. memang la perjalanan tu jauh but when you enjoy the companionship, semua ok jer. and tak de lah macam rigid sangat journey tu.

sampai mersing dah nak senja around almost 7pm. i took a room kat airbnb. korang boleh baca posting aku yang ni. Short getaway  then AH terus balik rumah parents dia. malam tu was going to be my 1st time jumpa AH's parents, well actually jumpa balik. masa betul2 1st time dulu we were just friends kiranya, now dah someone special to each other. cheyywah... #silajanganmuntah! 😜korang rasa aku rasa macamana? cuak tak?

hahahaha 😂 mau idak..tapi time tu aku pun sort of like pasrah je, kalau diorang terima aku, alhamdulillah. kalau tak, aku nak buat macamana kan. aku pun choosy jugak dengan pilihan Lisa or Joey as their partners. aku faham, parents will want what is best for their children. tak kisah lah umur anak tu dah berapa pun but parents still feel itu lah anak and they care. so i just leave it to Allah. kalau ada jodoh aku dengan AH, insyaallah his parents terima.

dont want to kill the suspense but everything went well. alhamdulillah. i feel like my presence are welcomed. cuma kesian weekend tu AH's mom was not well. i also got the chance to visit AH's parents' home and makan nasi goreng air fryer yang AH's dad buat. memang sampai ke hari ni aku teringat and i so wanna get myself an air fryer. bukan apa, nasi goreng tu tak oily. and aku tambah 2 kali hokeh! tak malu kan.. but tak pe lah, aku dengan AH je kat dapur masa tu... his parents kat depan and his brother masih tido kut dalam bilik.. ihik 😂

kat mersing AH and is twin brother bawak lah aku round2 yang sebelum ni aku cuma tau jetty mersing je. tak pernah pun terfikir ada township kat mersing. jakun betul aku kan... kekeke 😂 and one of our activity is settling my hareth... siapa tu? kereta aku lah. dah lama rasa nak polish and AH pernah kata kalau nak polish kat bengkel adik dia. so tercapai lah plan tu. wahh dah macam kereta baru pulak hareth ni. so itu je lah yang aku buat masa kat mersing. dapat round2 kat tepi jalan tepi pantai jugak. it was freaking hot okay kat sana.. agaknya sebab tepi pantai kut... hehehe salah ke teori aku? ok lah... dah pukul 2.35am ni... signing off dulu ok.

TR90 Run - 22 Sept 2019

i could not sleep, and i watched Istanbul Aku Datang. everytime kalau nak rasa happy2 aku dont mind watching this over and over again. sebab aku rasa Lisa Surihani tu comel and Beto Kushairy tu so cool dalam citer tu.

so sebenarnya kenapa aku tak leh tido? sebab aku penat sangat kut, atau aku banyak sangat fikir. and aku rasa seronok sangat sebab aku berjaya habiskan 4.85km. mula2 patut diorang kata 4km, lepas tu aku fikir gak, awat lah tak sampai2.. originally aku datang untuk support je and jaga 2 kenit tu, my 2 nieces aged 9 and 4 years old. tapi bila aku sampai tengok semua orang punya semangat lain macam, so aku pun join lah. thanks jugak tu my running buddy mspuliz walaupun seperti biasa dia tak cukup tido sebab bertugas malam tu. and plus today mspuliz pun main2 je, memang fun for all of us. yang best nya siap ada obstacles tuh!! 

anyway back tu Istanbul Aku Datang, dulu i was like that, bila tulis blog, aku tulis macam aku tengah bercakap dengan korang. tapi entah sejak bila tah, aku start tulis macam karangan ala2 proper... tapi i think it would be more fun tulis macam aku tengah bercakap dengan korang, kan. baru la aku terasa tengah berborak. walaupun korang tak respon. tapi kalau korang nak respon, korang boleh je tulis kat area comment aku ni. of course aku prefer kalau aku ada nama korang in the comment - baru la semangat aku tulis lagi. 

err nampak tak macam haywire posting ni. aku nak cerita gak yang aku proud of myself sebab berjaya habiskan. dada tak la ketat sangat, masa mula2 tu je, then aku slow down and aku control my breathing. cuma sekarang ni kalau sakit pun sendi2 aku sebab memang tak warm up, main redah and dah lama tak guna my legs for exercise. all in all, memang aku happy. and aku seronok bila dapat daki ala2 bukit tu walaupun pakai kekanak punya... hahaha acah2 viper gitu! lol 😂

me, and my success today! #alhamdulillah

Running froggie is back!!

Inspiration to Change

have you ever asked yourself what/who inspire/motivates you to change? tak kisah lah change dari segi apa pun. samada your behaviour, your financial, your career, your belief and banyak lagi. sometimes we were told of a story, someone's life story, and how some other people punya daya kehendak/keperluan yang sangat kuat untuk berubah ke arah yang lebih baik in life. kadang2 benda2 baru yang kita nak buat tu tak nampak logic tapi sebab kemahuan untuk berubah itu kuat, we will just move forward. and act towards the goal in life. 

i was introduced to a company called NuSkin accidentally sebenarnya. all started with when i see the changes on in my younger sister, N3 in terms of physical and also health. so, i did a background check on the company. yes, that's what i normally do before i want to do something new. actually kalau kat office ada issue dengan customer, i would do the same background check also. and i also have been exposed to the diagram shown below. but sejak berkali2 tu jugak lah aku tak berapa faham until i joined NuSkin. ye, kadang2 penerimaan aku tu agak slow. 😋 so basically what we should be doing is moving from 1 quadrant to the other. or another way of understanding this is to gain passive invome, one should be in the B quadrant. 

my understanding on the above is:

E - Employee which means i am employed like now. yes, i have a job now, and money but when i retire, i don't have the monthly income anymore. 

S - Self Employed which on myself it is my fitness company called AKO Fitness. with AKO Fitness if i don't teach, i don't earn money.

I - Investor, which i have started few years ago and i will just leave it there till it matures.

B - Business Owner, which i recently found in Nu Skin. a networking company with lots of experiences and researches have been done on its products and business plan. AgeLoc Technology, Nu Skin's exclusive solution to the signs and sources of biological aging. ageLOC science can reset the ultimate sources of aging to a more youthful profile in order to reduce the VISIBLE SIGNS of aging.

one of my fav photo as evidence would be shown below. Dr Joe Chang is the Chief Scientist and he did the test on himself to see the result.

Basically at the B quadrant there should be a system that is created/made to work for us and generate passive income.

i have been attending training to enhance my knowledge and alhamdulillah i believe i have found my retirement plan. to be honest i wish i could leave my job now to focus fulltime on this business but was advised not to until i have build my team in this business. i remembered last time when i started to work here (the current company), i build my team in 3 years. so i guess, apedehal kalau kena build in another 3 years and get a strong and highly motivated team members, kan.

our tuition class :D

point is, my inspiration to change is my own future. this is not the era that we can depend on our children. kalau anak2 ingat jasa ibubapa alhamdulillah, but kalau anak2 dah start buat hal sendiri, siapa nak jaga diri sendiri, ye tak? so, i have been doing a lot of thinking on what i love to do. then i decided, i love helping people in changing themselves to be in a healthier state of mind and body. and in order to do so, i need the tools to help them, and with Nu Skin, they have the tools and the system to help me first, to change to be a better person in health and career and then with that, i can help others.

Welcome to Uni Life

i still prefer his hair botak 😀
all the best adik... belajar rajin2 okay. 

The day has come that now, my son is registering for his Degree progamme. rasa macam cepat sangat masa berlalu. i always have confidence and faith in my 2 kids. alhamdulillah, they grow up to be good children - challenges in bringing them up and understanding them tu perkara biasa. each time aku ada challenge, i will look back at my own childhood. was i like that before? sebab orang tua2 kata, anak2 kita sedikit sebanyak akan ambik perangai kita jugak. i always pray to Allah that apa2 pun yang turun kat anak2 aku, biarlah benda2 yang baik2 jer. 

joey dalam part senyap dia, memberontak dia, cara study dia, memang banyak ikut aku. aku tau dia bijak (macam aku 😜 #silajanganmuntah) tapi sikap malas tu kuat masa dia kat high school, atau mungkin he has internal issues yang time tu aku pun susah nak get to him. and lagi satu ikut perangai aku adalah --> selalu buat last minute. adehhh... but anyhow, alhamdulillah since dia dah masuk college for his foundation last year, memang banyak sangat improvement in terms of his studies. and aku selalu doa supaya anak2 aku jadi anak2 yang soleh and solehah, and cemerlang in their studies supaya berguna di dunia and akhirat. aamiin... 

last weekend AH balik KL and memang dah bagitahu dia yang aku akan busy dengan registration joey and also wedding one of my staff kat office. so, dia kena ikut je lah activity aku tu. well, kalau ada anak macam ni lah kan, so consider it practise. tetttt.. 😜 

we arrived at Cyber Uni dalam pukul 11am. amazed jugak joey dah sampai awal2. sangat bagus perubahan anak teruna aku ni. semoga istiqomah, orang kata ekk.. so, my task was just to sign off on his registration. and comment yang aku terima, 

reg: ini mama ilham ke?

joey: ya

reg: mudanya nampak mama ilham

me: **senyum je** thank you

reg: anak sulung puan ke?

me: tak, ini anak bongsu

reg: owhh.. muda nampak..

time ni nak je aku bagitau - nak nampak muda, amalkan lah ageLOC! 😎

anyway, dah settle tu, kitorang went to the hall and dengar welcome speech and after that joey ajak pergi lunch kat alcea cafe where he used to work masa habis foundation. sekarang stop kejap to settle for his classes dulu. mula2 aku masuk kat cafe tu memang terpegun sebab cantik decor dia, and memang taste aku lah. kalau nak tau review cafe ni, korang boleh baca my posting on review ya. 

time ni tengah layan briefing

dah habis makan, we proceed to the wedding pulak. sekarang ni macam2 tempat orang buat wedding. and this place aqua hall kat bangi, kalau tak sebab wedding Z, aku pun tak tau wujudnya tempat ni. meriah betul wedding dia, siap ada performance and the emcee pun pot pet celoteh dia. start lah aku berangan, tapi aku rasa wedding aku nanti tak la besar macam tu... kecil kecilan je dah lah... cheywahh 😎 and disebabkan aku dah lunch kat cafe tadi, bila sampai kat tempat wedding, kitorang jamah dessert sahaja. sedap pulak bubur kacang hitam tu... sluurpp.. 

dah settle with joey's registration and wedding, next kita pergi dengar talk on business and ho wto earn passive income pulak and this time brought to us by Dr Sugeng, a successful entrepreneur from Pekan Baru, Indonesia. till my next posting okay! 

Alcea Cafe - my personal review

this is the cafe that joey worked with while waiting for the intake in Sept 2019, after he finishes his foundation program. as i entered the cafe, it makes me feel like i am entering my own kitchen except that this one is of course nicer, cleaner and neater. 😜 only after joey sort of resign since he is starting his class, i get to visit and eat here. didn't have any expectation but when the food came, the food presentation was like eating in a 5 star hotel. 👍

• date of visit: 14 Sept 2019
• location: ALCEA CAFE, Persiaran Multimedia (14.90 mi) Cyberjaya 63000.               Tel: 013-399 1248
• place & decor: nice, cosy, clean although still looks a lil bit empty. 
• cleanliness: 10 out of 10
• restaurant service: friendly and when you come to the cafe, it feels like you already know the people working here. even the owner serves the customers which you rarely get to see in Malaysia. 
• food: the pasta was yummy and the nasi lemak portion is big for 1 person. 
• price: we are okay with the price :) 

joey in action 

the entrance

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YOTELAIR Singapore Changi Airport Review

continued from previous posting.

... So we went straight to Yotelair. honestly, mula2 rasa mahal. and plan asal, nak pergi Singapore bertiga sekali dengan Joey. but since tak de plan nak jalan2 sangat kat Singapore tu, Joey decided not to go. jadi lah mom daughter trip sahaja. 

• date of visit: 28 Aug - 29 Aug 2019
• location: Yotelair Changi, Singapore
• room: 1 room (cabin for two)
• decor: impressive - futuristic and we got so excited coz it makes us feel like we are in outaspace!
• cleanliness of the room: 10 out of 10. 
• hotel service: the staff at the reception was friendly and we get to check in earlier, otherwise the check in is supposed to be at 6pm. 
• cafe service: there was a small are for coffee, tea and snacks provided.
• food: N/A
• pool: N/A
• rate: SGD 167.72
• lift: ok.

this bed when you bring the head side down, it will be spread till the end of the room.

comel giler... sampai ala2 tersepit nak solat

A night in Singapore

happy nya leaving KL - aku lah tu

time ni dia tengah cranky hahaha 😁

i was so happy ada sushi dlm flight!

it was quite an impromptu plan. lisa was going back to USA via Singapore.  i was quite nervous at first but i learned to meditate few weeks ago after meeting with a friend. probably i will write another posting on that - meditation. had my anxiety pills ready, just in case before travelling. yes, i have anxiety issues.

anyway, the journey went well, alhamdulillah. we arrived 20 minutes earlier - wow to AirAsia for that. and this time, i took priority seats. 

Lisa: sejak bila mama start beli priority seats ni?

Me: sejak rajin travel solo. i just want to escape from the hassle queuing so long and enjoy my trip. 

Lisa: oh ok... cool 😄

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Lisa: I think kita check in awal lah, nak tak Ma?

Me: errmm boleh, Saa belanja?

Lisa: ok jerss..

Me: **mentang2 dia earn USD** hehehe 

Lisa macam dah biasa je kat Singapore tu. maybe sebab she arrived in Singapore first before landed in KLIA few weeks ago. and she gets to explore. 

Water Fountain in the mall

So we went straight to Yotelair. honestly, mula2 rasa mahal. and plan asal, nak pergi Singapore bertiga sekali dengan Joey. but since tak de plan nak jalan2 sangat kat Singapore tu, Joey decided not to go. jadi lah mom daughter trip sahaja.

click on this picture for video of the room

mula2 sampai je, we all lepak dulu - dah penat dok gelak sebab amused dengan kecomelan bilik kitorang. we wanna make full use of the money that we paid for. so we layan netflix chugedder. tv dia besar, best! rasanya macam kecik sikit dari lebar queen size bed tu. so, i get to watch tv without putting on my glasses. Ya Allah, kenapa aku lupa tajuk movie tu...(yey! dah ingat, sebab tanya lisa tadi :P) but then again, i didn't get to focus sebab kena menjawab email2 and whatsapp kerja. ye, memang agak spoil lah... cuma ada benda urgent yang kena settle, kalau tak kesian my team members kena pulak kang.

i strongly recommend sons & daughters to watch this.

dah settle layan movie kat netflix, aku mandi and solat before we went down to cari dinner. pusing punya pusing, we decided to makan kat Aloha Poke (pronounced as Poki) hehehe :D sebab macam makanan jepun. and i had my fav as always - prawn! aku happy sangat on the trip. of course i wish boleh je holiday bertiga but sebab kelam kabut - nanti jadi tak best pulak. tetiba aku rasa lisa's 3 weeks back tu was too short. dah hujung2 cuti pulak baru rasa best. and i really miss having fun with my princess.

brownies & ice cream for dessert!

dah lepas makan kitorang pusing2 lagi and shop for Idz. best giler.. banyak nya baju2 babies and toddlers.. sib baik i don't have small kids, kalau tak lagi banyak la spend! so yeah, idz got 1 pair of carters and osh kosh. 

dah lepas jalan2 tu, we decided to go back to our room. kena lepak kat bilik lama2 baru worth it. hahah 😜and we layan another movie but somehow half way sebab dah lewat malam sangat. i tried to sleep.. woke up at 1am and lisa was still awake. i asked her to sleep - tetiba aku pulak tak boleh tido. and yang tak best tiba2 i got anxiety attack and terasa macam claustrophobic! ishhh kurang asam betul. 

by 2.45am dah kena bangun and siap2 sebab lisa kena ada latest 4am for her 6am flight. and that's the end of our 1 night trip to Singapore... and it is never easy to see this girl go.. insyaallah, will meet again in dec when she grads.

Short Getaway

for many years that i have been in mersing, i have only 'landed' at jetty mersing before i hopped in tioman island. never thought that one day i will be 'browsing' the town and housing area of mersing. but because last weekend, AH invited me to his hometown, i get to explore mersing more than usual. 

it has been a long time since i did a review on hotels. this time it is going to be airbnb. i was a host myself, and this time, i get to be a guest. lowered down my expectation but when i reached the place, it was beyond my expectation. the owner did a great job in making their home cosy and comfortable for guests. 

• date of visit: 31 Aug - 2 Sept 2019.
• location: Jalan Lama, Mersing, Johor. 
• room: 1 room with private bathroom.
• decor: seems to be quite new. love the simple and practical arrangement of the room. 
• cleanliness of the room: 10 out of 10
• airbnb service: friendly and courteous host. 
• others: cute bicycles for rent! They can be used for free for guests! 😀
• rate: reasonable [less than RM80/night]
• note: if you plan to go to mersing and stay here, please mention to K, that you got the info from my (Ms Ain) blog. 

this is the walk way to my room.

bathroom is clean and neat.
just need a bidet (my opinion) 😁

my room - photo taken from my phone camera