Currently reading: The Child Bride

I knew from the start that Zeena's story was going to be different.

I also knew she was hiding something.

It wasn't until she broke down sobbing that she was finally able to tell me

what had happened to her, and I'll never forget it.

Cathy Glass, international bestselling author, tells the shocking story of Zeena, a young Asian girl desperate to escape from her family.

When 14-year old Zeena begs to be taken into care with a non-Asian family, she is clearly petrified. But of what?

Placed in the home of experienced foster carer Cathy and her family, Zeena gradually settles into her new life, but misses her little brothers and sisters terribly. 

Prevented from having any contact with them by her family, who insist she has brought shame and dishonor on the whole community, Zeena tries to see them at school. But when her father and uncle find out, they bundle her into a car and threaten to set fire to her if she makes any more trouble. Zeena is too frightened to press charges against them despite being offered police protection in a safe house.

Eventually, Cathy discovers the devastating truth from Zeena, and it seems there is little she can do to help her.

Tak payah nak sedih sangat..

Yes, come to think of it.. Dah banyak kali aku tengok, whenever someone is on top ie. having lots of money, automatically that particular person will get all the respects anybody could ask for. Bila tengah susah pulak, ha nasib la people will treat you like shit. Selalunya orang akan baik dengan kita bila nakkan sesuatu. Bila nak mintak tolong buat sesuatu bagi kesenangan diri sendiri. Selalunya..

Sad, but true..

That is life. Memang selalunya macam tu. Bagi pendapat aku, tu sebab ada peribahasa "Buat baik berpada-pada, buat jahat jangan sekali". Kalau nak tolong orang, buat aje la setakat yang mampu as long as tak menyusahkan. Yang penting, apa pun yang kita buat biarlah ikhlas..

Birthday Celebrations

Tahun ni memang sengaja tak buat party untuk Umar and Kasih. We (Ben and me) were thinking of nak buat sekali harung aje untuk diorang next year. I mean, ada la masa lebih sikit for me to put aside some money untuk apa-apa yang patut - decorations, F&B, goodie bags, etc. Nasib baik ada orang tu kerjanya memang buat event, so bab vendor hopefully takde masalah la..

Anyway.. A little update on how we celebrate our birthdays this year:

1) Mine

Dinner at Chili's, KLCC with Mayang, ZZ, Jue, and the husbands :D

Umar and kasih are not in the picture by the way..

A lovely surprise from my colleagues *terharu*
Cake wajib ada :D
Tengah-tengah kusyuk buat kerja, tiba-tiba ada pulak suara orang
menyanyi-nyanyi and muncul cake dari belakang. Haha!
Dapat buku (since they know that I loveeeeee to read!) la.. Chocolates la..
So sweet of them :)

2) Umar

 Memang sengaja aku bagi peluang kat Umar to celebrate his birthday at school

with all the teachers and his friends without Ben and me around.

Sebab malamnya nanti kitorang nak bawak dia keluar,

takde la dia rasa asyik nak kena berkepit aje kan. Haha!

So we all hantar aje cake and goodie bags to the school,

and diorang buat la during tea time :)

With some of his friends..

Kasih pun turun padang :D

3) Kasih

On her birthday, we just had a simple makan-makan at home

and baca doa selamat sikit with family members..

Masa nak tiup lilin tu dia panjang aje lilin tu. Haha!

Nak tiup pun tak tau lagi, so abang-abang dia yang dah besar-besar tu la

yang tolong tiupkan :D

Kesayangans..

You know.. Since Kasih kena chicken pox hari tu, masa memang banyak habis kat dia and her brother aje.. Take turn la dengan Ben ambik cuti jaga diorang berdua. Whenever my turn to be on leave, I will sit down with Umar to make sure he practice his writing so that dia tak lupa or tak malas bila nak start school balik. Tengahari numbers, petang ABC and malam before tidur help him on Peter and Jane :)

Kasih after she was free from the chicken pox virus, makin nakal pulak! Dok kacau Opah dia. Mula-mula datang mengendeng senyum-senyum tersengih-sengih buat muka comel. Makin lama makin dia conquer. In the end, buat la macam harta sendiri. Haha!

With beloved besties at WonderMama X, Avenue K for our usual makan-makan session. Masa ni aku bawak Umar aje sebab Kasih tak baik lagi from chicken pox. So Ben tolong jaga dia kat rumah..

Chicken Pox attack!

This photo was taken on the 2nd of October hari tu. Red spots dah start keluar punya la banyak. Malam tu jugak aku dengan Ben bawak dia pergi hospital. The doctor at the emergency prescribed her with Chlorpheniramine (which is used for itching), Zovirax (anti-viral) and calamine lotion. Nasib baik the doctor bagi ubat nak kurangkan gatal tu, at least Kasih dapat la tidur lena..

And this was taken last week. Most of the spots dah kering, tinggal bekas hitam-hitam tu aje.. 2 minggu jugak la aku dengan Ben bergilir-gilir ambik cuti jaga dia. Umar tak kena, maybe because dia sempat dapat injection untuk chicken pox tu kan. Even his doctor pun cakap, insyaAllah Umar memang takkan kena la..

By the time this entry keluar, Kasih and Umar dah start sekolah balik dah :D Melompat gembira budak-budak berdua tu dapat jumpa kawan-kawan. Haha! 2 minggu terperap kat rumah tak ke mana, aku pun boleh pengsan!

Currently reading: Revenge Wears Prada

Almost a decade has passed since Andy Sachs quit the job "a million girls would die for" working for Miranda Priestly at Runway magazine - a dream that turned out to be a nightmare. Andy and Emily, her former nemesis and co-assistant, have since joined forces to start The Plunge, a high-end bridal magazine for the young and stylish. Now they get to call all the shots. Even better, Andy has met the love of her life. Max Harrison, scion of a storied media family, is confident, successful, and drop-dead gorgeous. Their wedding will be splashed across all the society pages. Andy Sachs is on top of the world. But karma's a bitch.

The morning of her wedding, Andy can't shake the past. And when she discovers a secret letter with crushing implications, her wedding-day jitters turn to cold dread. Andy realizes that nothing is as it seems. She never suspected that her efforts to build a bright new life would lead her back to the darkness she barely escaped - and directly into the path of the Devil herself.....

His new look

Few days ago we all bawak Umar pergi potong rambut. Selama ni trim sikit-sikit aje. Tapi kali ni kasi potong betul-betul.. 

*sobs*

I almost cried.. Menahan sebak di dada.. Aku rasa macam dia dah besar sangat dah :( Ni la budaknya yang dulu aku dokong sebelah tangan aje. Lepas ni tak lama lagi mesti dia rasa malu if I kiss him in public! *nanges*

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Alhamdulillah..

:)

Uncle, I want Sun! I want Spiderman!

You know, when you go to Johnny Rockets they will draw smiley faces with your ketchup right? Ha yang kitorang punya dalam gambar kat atas tu special case. Kelebihannya bila all the waiters and waitresses dah kenal muka ko yang boleh dikatakan every week bertenggek kat Johnny Rockets macam dah takde tempat lain nak makan. Haha! Well, anak I suka nak buat macam mana :D 

Bila dia request nak gambar Spiderman yang aku tak tahan tu. Si uncle pun dengan rela hati dok ikut aje cakap si customer kecik.. Frankly speaking, diorang punya customer service are superb. I'm saying this not because that particular waiter dah bersusah-payah lukiskan gambar Spiderman untuk Umar (haha!), but since the very beginning they are like that. They make you feel comfortable with their warm hospitality. Chewah! Don't worry, ni iklan tak berbayar ;)

 He's one happy customer!

August already?!

Where should I start? Haha! Time flies so fast. So many things to blog about, so many photos to share.. Azam untuk kembali aktif berblogging, dari setahun ke setahun tang tu jugak. Tak bergerak-gerak. Entry pun ala-ala malu-malu kucing timbul sebulan sekali apa cerita? Haha! 

So anyway.. I hope it's not too late to wish all of you, especially my readers Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir dan Batin. To those yang akan balik from kampung halaman masing-masing, have a safe journey back. Yang memang dah ada kat KL ni ha dari mula (like me!), have a great weekend :)

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