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Monday, May 19, 2014

generally people told me that my kids names are very long, followed by auuw that's nice, or once in a while they ask me to repeat. i admit that my kids names are lengthy that both aaqilah and natalia's filled up all the boxes during registration. 

each names has their own story behind, particularly the first ones. ok, my kids got 3 names, first and the 3 always random with the same ASFI in the middle. i was once asked if ASFI is a combination of my name and o.h, to which my answer is actually no. asfi was one of few names given by my father in law that o.h decided to give to his daughters. unlike o.h, i personally prefer short and strong names. he told me that he doesn't want his name to overshadow his kids and it took me a while to finally agree. nevertheless we enjoy the tensions and headaches during the process of naming the kids haha totally worth i'd say :)

i fell in love with aaqilah when i first heard it in edinburgh. do i need to be in edinburgh to liking the name? of course not and akilah is actually quite a common name in malaysia. i couldn't recall how's it spelt but i remembered her being called lala fondly by her family. when i asked for her actual name, her mother told me it's akilah and i was kinda like star-strucked. there and then i decided to give akilah when i had a daughter one day. when aaqilah was nearly born, i searched for the name's details and fell again for one of the spellings, double AA with Q hence it's AAQILAH due to its unique spelling. from the moment she officially named AAQILAH ASFI IZZAH (izzah means noble in arabic), we hoped that she'll live up to the true meaning of her names - intelligent and noble, amen..

when i was pregnant with natalia, we didn't know it's a girl until the moment we saw her for the first time. however i've always had the feeling that it's gonna be a girl although it's not 100% confirmed. one day i was wiki hopping from one page to another until i stumbled upon christine hakim, a living legend in indonesian film industry. i happened to know that her middle name is natalia because she's born on christmas day, as the root of 'natalia' is natal relates to it. originally it's an italian name and i was opposed by o.h in the beginning. but when he found out that natalia is also a name of one of kobe bryant's kids, he was on board with my suggestion and thought it's kinda cool. heh so typical. our families were like are you guys now out of ideas? i liked azraa (again with the double AA) too hence it's NATALIA ASFI AZRAA. it sounds so unique and like a magnet, it attracts people's interests as well.

where should i begin with sufi? o.h was kinda liked sophea but when i told him that sophea/sofea has started garnering attention lately, he changed it to sufi. the lexical root of the word is traced to safa (arabic) which means purity. also, etymologically sufi is derived from a greek word 'sofia' meaning wisdom. we added KALEELA at the very last minute as we weren't decided on her official name even after nearly 2 weeks since she's born. i love khalila but o.h wanted it spelt with double EE. both kaleela and khalila have different meanings in arabic although they sound quite similar. and unlike aaqilah and natalia, this time the first name is shorter as i tend to go with longer names previously.


there how the kids got their names. for me, i've always liked random names ever since i was young and o.h has his own taste and prefers systemic and rhythmic names. it's not easy but we managed to come up with solutions that we both love.

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Auguri Aaaqilah

Monday, July 11, 2011

A belated entry from aaqilah's birthday last.. month hahah!!

Aku tidur pukul 4 pagi, and it's totally worth the next morning's doziness and dizziness. Baked nearly 140s red velvet cupcakes which I topped with vanilla buttercream. Maklumlah budak-budak tak semua sukakan cheese cream, and mentioning about cheese cream I think I could come up with a good entry of cupcakes frosting ;)

So, from the bottom of maa's heart, I wished you dear happy birthday (this is past hasniza ok), loves u much, dan doa yang terbaik dan terindah untuk aaqilah.. amin =)



Sebelah petangnya lepas balik sekolah, other half belikan aaqilah kek aiskrim. mujur strawberi tadelah aku bitter sangat. aku tade time tu, tak sempat nak kejar ke shah alam. oh i was stucked in a meeting..



p/s: cupcakes 100 biji dan sebiji kek, itulah hadiahnya hehehehe priceless!!

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oh la la spring

Saturday, March 19, 2011


i long for you Spring,
long gone cold, here comes the flower


untuk memanfaatkan spring yang sangat cantik, maka saya dan aaqilah berdua berjalan ke southampton city untuk sesi bergambar bersama bunga-bunga. FYI, i was 5 months pregnant =)

an old entry actually

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arrivederci 2010 ciao 2011

Saturday, January 01, 2011

arrivederci 2010

tahun yang sangat mencabar, panjang, eventful dan semestinya unforgetable. quoted o.h, astrologer chinese cakap, sapa lahir tahun monyet ni kurang ong di tahun tiger.. wallahualam la kan..

we started the year of 2010 dengan berita gembira, o.h dapat job offer dan it seemed that we're going back. huish gila. proses nak apply visa sekarang lagi hassle dan details dari sebelum ni. lama boleh tahan, which we ended up with 2 rejections. the first application adalah untuk the whole family and the second one was for o.h alone. berapa dah spent, malas nak kenang. sakit hati dan sakit kepala. dipendekkan cerita, ada masalah teknikal yang menyatakan it's almost imossible to go back, dan o.h masuk um balik.

pencarian kerja aku yang sangat slow due to natalia, dan hanya agak agresif kemudian. strings of interviews with nothing achieved, dan aku dah mula kasi putus. kalau tak dapat kerja jugak by the end of 2010, kita akan look up to plan b and adieu it world. 2 months to 2011, alhamdulillah aku finally hit the pot. we'll come to that later ok. aku rasa aku was turning into an ugly monster, waiting at the corner to unleash my wrath and frustation to the world. trapped and unwanted.

pengalaman menakutkan yang kesannya masih terasa hingga ke hari ni, dirompak oleh 3 lelaki yang bersenjatakan parang panjang. dengarnya ada senjata lain, yang tak nampak dengan mata kasar kita ni..

salah satu highlight of the year dalam bentuk ultimate test kepada sesiapa pon, apabila your dearest family member apalagi one of your parents was diagnosed with cancer. cancer, satu perkataan yang dengar je dah bisa buat aku berderau. tak dapat aku nak describe perasaan tu once the news confirmed. fast forward, puji-pujian dan syukur dipanjatkan bila mak aku survives dan dia dalam treatment peringkat akhir, stem cell transplant. doakan mak aku terus kuat dan akan sihat insyaAllah..

alhamdulillah dengan kedatangan 2 orang nieces, baby zara and baby ariana. ours? well not now for sure. tunggulah dulu ye. yang 2 ni pon bisa buat maa and ayah dia pening gila..

what else? oh ya, semestinya cupsters - we are the monsters. a new beginning, new experience, new world to conquer.. chee.. VENI, VIDI, VICI should be our motto and something to aim for =) monsters yang cute dan bijaksana, belajar untuk meneroka dunia yang maha luas. adakah kita akan berjaya monsters? usaha yang berterusan dan smart moves will take us there insyaAllah..

all the best 2011

ciao

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di hari itu

Friday, September 24, 2010

Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.

Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.


Sept 24th, 2005

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mimpi syahdu.. Dùn Èideann

Monday, July 12, 2010

angin takde, ribut takde, baru-baru ni boleh pulak aku bermimpikan edinburgh

citernya camni, aku tatau aku buat apa kat sana, tapi macam wandering around. aku tak taulah tempat tu kat mana, but it became familiar. bila aku merayau tu, macam tau nak ke mana. bila naik bas tu macam reti je. lama-lama tu aku baru perasan.

aku sendiri macam dah lupa dengan edinburgh. tempat jatuh inikan dikenang, inikan pula tempat yang kasi aku macam-macam pengalaman yang tak boleh untuk ditrade dengan apa pon. dalam sedar tak sedar tu mungkin aku sendiri yang rindu. rindu ke? kalau tak rindu pun ada perasaan syahdu huhuhuhu..

despite everything, the acceptance was always a highly regard to o.h. katanya senang ke awak nak dapat sebabnya aku selalu kata, whatever it is, it's a business to uni. mestilah dia welcome students especially international.

dalam tempoh setahun tu, i've learned a lot. southampton is the place where our journey begins, but edinburgh is where i stand alone. pintu edinburgh somehow ialah aku hari ni.

after 5 years.. aku miss the unpredictable weather. aku miss its surrounding. aku miss the picturesque of medieval and georgian architecture. aku miss kebab palmyra yang tak boleh ditandingi mana-mana kedai kebab kat soton. aku miss the biting coldness. aku miss nasi kari masjid. aku miss deretan highstreet shops kat princes street. aku miss scottish english yang pelik tu. aku miss uni. aku miss fort kinnaird. paling absurd aku miss scotland.

kalaulah aku owner dslr time ni, uuu jangankan air mata aku meleleh (sebelah je), air mata korang-korang pon mengalir sama hehehe

cool tau sapa-sapa yang nak melancong tu, pergilah edinburgh.serius, cantek gila. ah benci i ;(





















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arrivederci two.0.0.nine

Monday, January 04, 2010

saja untuk tidak menurut rentak, aku nak reminiscing 2009 selepas 4 hari di 2010

kalau nak diingat-ingatkan boleh kata 2009 agak topsy turvy. yelah, kita mulakan dengan mabuk pening dek natalia, sangat slow gara-gara tak bekerja dan kesibukan o.h menyudahkan thesisnya. masuk bulan 2, pening dah getting better, opportunity of a lifetime tengok bola italy-brazil kat emirates, dan juga berita yang memberansangkan iaitu offer kerja aku. bulan-bulan berikutnya penuh dengan anxiety dan penantian visa yang turut delay aku kerja.

tapi dengan kedatangan kawan aku untuk couple of months menambahkan kemeriahan kiterang, dengan berjalan-jalan dan juga very good companionship. up until natalia's arrival, aku kerja macam biasa despite sarat tapi orang tak expect aku dah sarat heheh. in fact waktu aku mula start most people tak notice pun. when she's born, kiterang juga dah mula packing untuk balik for good atau temporary which kiterang tak tau dan tak dapat nak decide. since mak aku tak jadi datang, maka berpeluanglah untuk berpantang sendiri huhuhu.. okla tadelah sedasat mana ala-ala kadar je kata orang.

o.h berjaya mendapatkan phdnya end of june.

2009 juga krisis kewangan buat kiterang. masalah demi masalah, one by one datang bertimpa-timpa. at one point, aku rasa takut tak pepasal tanpa sebab yang konkrit, kalau tiba-tiba masalah nak datang lagi. sampai juga satu tahap, aku rasa macam dah numb dan duit macam takde value sebab dan pergi macam tu saja.

doa aku banyak-banyak di kedatagan tahun baru islam dan masehi baru-baru ni, moga lebih suksesnya, moga maha murah rezekinya, moga luas jalannya, moga senang yang menanti insyaAllah.. amin

some gambar of 2009


at Klaus's, his supervisor. part of his phd journey

it's natalia and her thumb sucking habit, born circa august 09

it's time to bid farewell, heathrow - sept 09. our good friends bad and durra

one of the most beautiful sceneries i've ever seen

the unexpected snow feb 09


brussels trip with ernie

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dr other half

Monday, June 29, 2009

many congratulations!!!
alhamdulillah and we so proud of ayah =D


tengah tekun menelek dan last minit checking

much luvs,
maa, aaqilah and baby

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happy mother's day

Monday, March 23, 2009

happy mother's day atau selamat hari ibu.

aku mendapat sekotak cokelat, grazie awak. aaqilah pulak dapat aiskrim sebatang, dah lama dia berangan nak makan aiskrim sampai susah nak minta dengan dia. aiseh tak amik plak gamba budak comot dan aiskrim.

kalau tak kenal maka tak cinta. kalau tak experience maka tak rasa. aku tau, aku tau dulu aku ni memang boleh tahan sedap mulut main cakap ikut logik kepala sendiri. ye, sebab itu aku kurang emphaty kerana kurang perasaan dan hati.

mak aku cerita kecik-kecik dulu, tak sah kalau takde yang tumpang atas meja waktu nak makan. ye di mana-mana sahaja. katanya aku ni cepat tangan dan super excited. dapat aku bayangkan akan tahap kesabaran tu. aku kalau menjadi peserta mtv boiling points, memang dah lama fail. letak la aaqilah situ plak, haish..

sayang mak.

jadi aku tujukan buat mak aku dan juga mak mertua, dan tak ketinggalan mak, ibu, mama, umi, mummy di luar sana..








argh-gila

AZZURRI - SELECAO

Thursday, November 20, 2008

saya dan dia..

dulu waktu berangan-angan zaman berchenta, cerita tentang masa depan memang lebih sedap di mulut dari hakikat realitinya. nama pon berangan. honeymoon nanti kita celebrate kat san siro atau delle alpi as for ronaldo (inter) dan del piero (juventus).

seiring dengan masa berlalu, footballers datang dan pergi silih-berganti. kalau sebut ronaldo hari ni pon orang akan ingat christiano ronaldo. this is the real ronaldo i'm talking about, Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima or better known as ronaldo.

kemungkinan besar kelibat-kelibat yang kita harapkan takde kut. memanglah bukan inter vs juve tapi ini even a bigger game, bigger than ever. tapi demi opportuniti yang mungkin sekali ini sahaja seumur hidup maka apa kata the hubby kita pergi? jomlah. hadiah birthday saya ok??

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happy dearest

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

happy 3rd and many years to come. my joy, my pride, my everything. 

happy belated.
my whimsy =)

mrs u and me

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surat dilema 1

Monday, August 20, 2007

dear puan minahleter,

saya ada sedikit dilema dengan keadaan sekarang, bukan sikit tapi kadang-kadang tu saya rasa haunting saya di malam hari mahupon di siang hari. fyi puan,saya ada baby berusia 14 months.tau tau je la,baby di umo sebegini,memang aktif nak-nak lagi dah mula berjalan.habis satu rumah dia merayau.

tapi puan,bukan inilah dilema saya.begini,hubby saya sedang melanjutkan pelajaran at the phd level.sekarang ni memang berada ditahap hidung kalau puan nak tau,berhempas pulas nak menyiapkan satu report yang dipanggil transfer report.saya pulak setelah menjadi housewife dalam masa 2 tahun ni,tetiba ari tu dapatla rezeki lebih sket.dari seorang housewife jadilah career woman lak.kerjalah dari pukul 7.30 sampai 4.00.biaselah kehidupan kiterang ni,man-man je kata orang.kalau tak nampak batang hidung tu dalam masa 3-4 minggu tu maknanya tak berduitlah nak klua jalan-jalan.hatta duk dalam rumah je.jadi since saya kerja ni financial kiterang better la.nak kata kaya tu tadela,tapi bole la selesa jugak.kalu nak sopping sket-sket tu bole laa pike dua kali,kalu dulu cium cermin kedai je mampunya.

saya rasa saya macam dah lari dari tanggungjawab le puan.sebabnya saya pergi kerja dan tinggalkan hubby saya menjaga anak kat umah.walopon di siang hari dia normallynya tak berapa produktif,tapi saya pegi kasi dia kerja extra lak,jaga anak.walopon part-time nanny job ni tak free sebab elaun nanny provided,guilt tu tetap ada,tak macam outlet swindon,guilt-free shopping.

tapi nak jadi pening tu tambah-tambah ialah situation di tempat kerja sekarang,saya rasa getting better.manager suka.kerja pon senang.pay pon not bad.flexible hours pulak tu.paling bes ada xtra duit bole sopping,bole makan sedap,bole jalan-jalan,bole saving.silap tu second bes.maybe paling bes ada experience jadi besok-besok tadela jadi macai lagi hendaknya.

jadi apakah opinion atau suggestions dari puan supaya dapat satu resolusi di mana hubby gembira dan saya suka dan aaqilah sentiasa sukaria.ops aaqilah memang most of the time suka je,dia nampaknya paling tak suka orang kacau dia tengah tido.lagi satu tak suka kalau orang tak kasi dia buat apa nak,mula laa tantrums dia tu.apa yang dapat saya pikekan ialah stay kerja dan cuba kerja ikut masa the hubby.kalau musim bz tu,saya rasa kena kurangkan hari kerja.macam 3 hari kerja,then the rest duk umah.jadi bole la pulak dia besuka ria dan kerja dengan senang hati.atau letak aaqilah dalam 2 hari kat nursery ke,bole bekawan-kawan dan belaja besosial.atau berenti je.

aduh pening pening.kejam sungguh saya ni rupanya puan huhuhuhuhu

wassalam

anonymous

demam oh demam

across the sea

Wednesday, January 26, 2005

whenever i'm missing u,so much.. =(


becoz u r across the sea

You are eighteen year old girl
Who live in small city of japan
You heard me on the radio
About one year ago
And you wanted to know
All about me, and my hobbies
My favorite food and my birthday
Why are you so far away from me?
I need help and you’re way across the sea
I could never touch you
I think it would be wrong
I’ve got your letter
You’ve got my song
They don’t make stationary like this where I’m from
So fragile
So refined
So I sniff (so I sniff)
And I lick (and I lick)
Your envelope and fall to little pieces every time
I wonder what clothes you wear to school
I wonder how you decorate your room
I wonder how you touch yourself
And curse myself for being across the sea
Chorus
At ten I shaved my head and tried to be a monk
I thought the older women would like me if I did
You see ma, I’m a good little boy (good little boy)I
t’s all your fault, momma it’s all your fault
Goddam this business is really lame
I gotta live on an island to find the juice
So you send
Me your love
From all around the world
As if I could live on words and dreams and a million screams
Oh, how I need a hand in mine to feel
Why are you so far away from me?
Chorus
I got your letter
You got my song

:: my new company at de moment..this is she

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