Buka Puasa @ Seri Melayu

Another long overdue entry, this time was a session where we had buka puasa @ Seri Melayu. The girls and I considered this as a girls night out after a long day at work.

We choose Seri Melayu because...

We voted(actually Maryam forced us to vote and she lobbied for Seri Melayu as well) and Seri Melayu was the chosen venue.

We arrived earlier and managed to go to Pavillion for some shopping action. Maryam got herself a pair of shoes while Salwa got 2! Sungguh sakan!

The food there was great. A lot of varieties and they were doing this stalls concept. Mostly are typical Malay food with combination of some western delicacies however, the taste was excellent!

What I had :

The western food - grilled lamb and chicken with salad

Sate - this is a must!

Some nasi kuning, this was served in a lamb's stomach, very unique, this was accompanied by some lauk. And of course the sup tulang rawan, you must try this if you get the chance.

That nite was also the nite Nadia shared with us her getting engaged experience which was so sweet!!! While the ladies listened attentively and shared their happiness.

What's special here is while having our iftar, we were entertained by cultural shows performed by the dancers.

We could have eaten more, if only we did not laugh so much!

Girls night out, best!!!!

Unexpected gift - Patchi Chocolate

A day before Ramadhan, we had a big project led by Maryam, a coaching and mentoring session between CEOs of GLCs and their mentees. It was quite a big event considering the attendees are big shots in their organisation. This was held at the Sime Darby Convention Center in Bukit Kiara. First time ever we had event here.

Alhamdulilah, everything turned out fine and went on smoothly. Despite subuh2 dah sampai situ and worked hard the day before the event, the outcome was very satisfactory.

After hard day at work, now it's makan time. I was very tired so not so into food at that time.

Just had this plate of nasi and some dessert. Ini bila takde selera, kalau selera, harus semua dibedal. The best thing was they had chocolate fountain. I am not a big fan of chocolate but chocolate fountain...I LOVE!!!!

Then came the surprise.....Maryam, the PM bought us the project team a box of Patchi chocolate. This chocolate is very very expensive. This is the type of chocolate I will only eat if I got it for free, kalau beli sendiri jangan haraplah....

Thank Maryam, love the chocolates....

Ramadhan....We Welcome You

I promise....

To show my support to all my dear readers....

I shall not post this kind of pics

Banana Fritters with Ice Cream

Or

Nasi Bojari

Both served during our lunch @ Madam Kwan....

At least not until the azan maghrib berkumandang!!!

Movie Review - The Proposal

Let me start this entry with a caviat, I always love Sandra Bullock. From her serious movie starring Mathew Mcoughney(did I spell this right?) called A Time to Kill where she played a lawyer in this very dramatic movie, to the bus driver is Speed, then the divorcee in Hope Floats and of course the detective turn Ms USA in Ms Congeniality, Sandra rarely fails me in her movies.

I was very excited to watch this movie. Love the cast especially who else, Sandra Bullock. But, I know my better half is not into this kind of hopelessly in love movie as his preferance has always been the more people die the better kind of movie. And I also know if I asked him to go and watch his movie, his response would be "tunggu ler kluar kat Astro".

So, I went ahead with plan B, go and watch the movie with my girlfriends. Which exactly what I did last Friday during lunch hour. I was stuck in a meeting and thought I will be late for the movie. But, alhamdulilah, when we entered the theatre and sat, the movie begun immediately. It's a good sign after all the running and rushing to buy popcorns.

Synopsis (my version at least)

This boss from hell, who would do anything for a career boost, was about to be deported to Canada and will be replaced by this guy whom she fired few minutes earlier. She then figured, by marrying her assistant, she will get to stay and that's what she did. However, little did she know, it's not as simple as it seems. She ended up having to go through this rigid procedure initiated by the immigration and later having to meet the guy's family in Alaska. Lots of funny moment like when they were both naked unintentionally, the ritual dance done by Margaret(Sandra's character) with Andrew's(the hero in the movie) grandma, the most multi tasking person I have ever met, Ramon doing his stuff and many more. Of course in the end is quite cliche but who cares. I am here to see happy moments to release my stress.

My take on the movie....

I LOVE IT!!!! A must watch and you will be floating once the movie ends (At least I was)

So, next movie in line - Ghost of Girlfriend Past...tak sabarnyer!!!!

Wedding we went...

Despite the craziness and the hecticness life has been, we still got the chance to go to a wedding of my workmate. The location was in Mantin, not so far from BSP.

It was on Saturday, hence have to wait for my better half to come back from work before we can make our way to the venue. By the time we arrived, it was nearly 2pm and since I did not cook lunch, all of us were starving!

Saw some of familiar faces there, but, since I was so hungry and so were the cuties, we went straight to the buffet spread. My better half was not feeling so well, macam feverish skit so was not really into eating.

The bride, Alia, looking so beautiful and glowing.

We were supposed to attend another wedding the night after but my better half was really not up to it, he was really down with fever. Sorry Kamal, will pass your gift later...

Sape lak kawin this weekend....best gak dapat makan nasi kenduri.

And the present kept coming

It's been 2 weeks since the cuties birthday bash but the presents kept coming every other day. Alhamdulilah, murah rezeki the cuties.

This was received from Wati who can't make it to the party as her youngest son was not well and she was stuck in the hospital that whole afternoon waiting for the blood test result.

Thanks Wati for the present....The cuties seems to still be enjoying themselves though the birthday was really over!

Food Review - Delicious Cafe, Jalan Pinang

Check out another entry on Food Review. This time it's at Delicous Cafe, Jalan Ampang.

Visit this blog for mouth watering delicacies!!!!

As usual, enjoy drooling!!!

Zaza's birthday @ Chillis

This celebration was a pre-birthday celebration. Zaza's real birthday is this coming Thursday, but since Fadzillah will not be around that day, and I will not be around Monday till Wednesday, so to celebrate it a week earlier was the most sensible thing to do.

Zaza is a sister I have known since 2005, the day I interviewed her. When she join shortly after that, we became close via Fadzillah whose husband was Zaza's classmate.

Though we don't see each other that frequent, that goes to my other sisters at the place I work at, I will still make it a point to celebrate their birthdays.

We decided to go to Chillis cause they offer free birthday cake(a slice only ya!) for the birthday girl. Fadzillah and I went there early to book the table and Zaza arrived later.

Banyak nyer food, sape nak makan nie...Ended up we tapaued some of the food after that.

The singing and blowing the candles ceremony where the whole Chillis staff sang for Zaza, one of the reason why we love doing birthdays at Chillis.

To Zaza, we may not be as close as we were before, and that is purely because the hecticness of our job nature. Nevertheless, I have not stop caring for all my sisters, though it may be perceived differently. Take good care of yourself and all the best. Lastly, congrats on the promo!

Bowling tournament

Last Saturday there was a bowling tournament organised by our company at Mid Valley. As you know, my better half works on Saturday so it's just me and the cuties.

We had breakfast together though at my better half's office's coffee shop. I don't really like the food so I tapau something for the cuties. Nasi lemak has always been their favourite food.

And how did our team do??

Bukan nak berlagak kan but kalau dah terror harus lah jadik champion!!!! Rumah lain, makan kasut lah!!!!(Thanks Hafiz for the pics, I forgot to take the camera from my better half)

Jangan marah yer........

The netball match

I mentioned this earlier, there was a netball tournament last Saturday. And as usual, yours truly has to play due to shortage of players. All of a sudden, it's dejavu all over again.

I have been playing netball since primary school. I may not be good at it but ok lah, not so bad. And ever since I can remember, I played GS. The reason? This is the only position with minimal movement and doesn't require any defending roles. Hence, I am the shortest shooter ever!

We had fun though the 2 referees totally suck big time! Macam tak tau main netball. And what's with the both of them not agreeing with each other. Tiup wisel dah lah macam tak makan. Then, expect us to be mind reader and know why the whistel was blown. Never have I encoutered such non-quality referees.

But, other than that, I had fun. Meeting those people that I don't usually meet during the normal working days and hanging out with them. With my new job scope, I don't get to spend time with them like before as my new role don't actually involve meeting internal people.

We came in third. Oklah, met our target....asal tak last ;)...

But, woke up the next morning feeling like ***t! Ha ha ha!!!

Sports Carnival Is Back!!!

It's the time of the year again. The time where I start to take our my sports shoes from the closet. The time where my gym routine become more frequent than before. The time where I sweat and meeting up with my once a year sports buddies.

As usual the start of the event would be Futsal. And the venue this year was very convenient, in Subang unlike the previous venues, in Ampang. Baru ler adil kan.

And this year, the activities were not only meant for adults. There were activities for the kids as well, hence for this launching, I brought the cuties along.

This guy performed as one of the opening act. He did this ball juggling event which was very impressive. My hero enjoyed it very much, he insisted a picture was taken with this guy. Sorryler, forgot his name lah.

Our team did very badly but it's ok. We had a lot of fun and this year was the first year this game went well without any "fighting" incident. Maybe the level of kiasuness have toned down a little.

One game down...about 12 more to go!

Farewell Lunch - Moving Building

We are losing a great team member and a great friend to me, Faz. Nope, she is not leaving the company, she is leaving the building.

Her team has moved to another venue, about 15 minutes of LRT ride from KLCC. So, to mark this not so joyous event, we took her out for lunch. More like a farewell lunch kind of this.

Faz is a great person. She has thought me a lot and I enjoyed working for her projects. She is a calm person and have this talent when it comes to solve problems creatively.

The venue chosen, Pelita near KLCC.

The menu, of course Kari Kepala Ikan as the main dish.

The crew, the people I enjoyed their company the most in my division.

It was raining half way eating causing us to be stuck in Pelita. But, it was a good stuck kind of thing as we really had good conversations and laugh.

Faz will be missed, not only by me, by the crew as well. Don't forget to visit ya!

Vacation @ Kuantan - Fun Day Under The Sun, literally

After breakfast, we made our way to the beach to participate in the telematch games. The cuties love this part of all the retreats they have been to, collecting as much presents as they can by again, demonstrating the high level of kiasuness, participating in all the games offered. What can I do, they just love to be part of activities...

Started with warming up session, POCO2 time!!! Led by the Guru of Poco2, Azrul aka Sobri, this was really. Our whole family were doing this and loving it. Despite the hot weather, we still had fun. Bak kata Andy, "biasa2 kan lah yer, neraka lagik panas yer...ZASS!!!!!!!!

Let the games begin. My better half took part in the games so did the cuties. I only joined one game. Saja nak bagi can kat orang lain...sebenarnyer nak cover perangai malas! When we saw there will be the game of tug of war, we decided to leave the area, based on our experience, after the game of tug of war, body aching all over shall follow. Tak sanggup!!!

I was waiting for the call from vagg, our pengantin baru, who plan to come to Kuantan with the delicious nasi dagang. I did not take any pictures, so, refer to this and this for the details. Vagg was quiet, not kecoh like me and K Red, maybe the aura malu2 pengantin is still in tact kot. But, the seri pengantin was really obvious. Thanks vagg for willing to drop by and visit us. And the nasi dagang was to die for!

And more activities to come! Look out yer!

A big event

I was very occupied last week. We were very busy preparing for a big event. For those who have read the newspaper and watched the news would have came across this event.

The preparation started since Monday but the peak of the preparation only started on Thursday. We spent so many hours at Putrajaya doing rehersals and accomodating to last minutes changes. And when I say last minute, I do mean last minute. There were even changes 2 hours before the event started! Can you imagine that, you have to be on top of your toes all the time.

We were working and working all the time. On Thursday, we had our dinner at 10pm and I went back only at 1am to know that I have to wake up early and be at Putrajaya very early the next morning. But, the team was so dedicated and I am very proud to be part of the team.

I have organised many events before hence I can see I am calmer handling crisis. I don't get panick attacks anymore even when the MC lost his scripts one hour before the event was about to start! I guess practise do makes perfect.

I insisted to take this pic with Amizi, the man of the event. The one who was giving the gift to the DPM and later had a real conversation with him. His name was even printed on the newpapers. How cool is that!

I love doing events but I know I am more than that. I can do more and I want to do more. That is why I have chosen the future career path that I am about to pursue now. I know I am an intelligent person, I know am more than capable to handle all the stress and I know I can be if not at par, better than those who felt I am a stupid person who can't even be near their achievement.

This is not the old Liza who will be sad and depress and felt she is now good enough for the position. This is the new Liza and you better watch out cause if you mess with her, you are so not gonna like her!

p/s : If you haven't notice, I have lost more weight. Total loss now is 8 kg and I am very proud of myself!

Second birthday celebration for the year

Once we start, there's no way we can stop. Then, it will be one birthday after another. Good luck azrul! (HIHIHI...)

So, last Friday, it's one of my bosses's birthday. It's En Kamal.

From the first day I met En Kamal, I have such a great respect for him. I always considered him as my HR Guru and always go back to him to get information and knowledge as I am very inexperienced in this area.

I love the way he explains things and make it so easy to understand. So, to be part of his birthday celebration is a truly honour.

He did not expect this. He must have thought we have forgotten about it. Great acting from Maryam! He did not see this coming. (or he did but a better actor than Maryam).

To En Kamal, believe me when I say, age is just a number.......(and that's another denial statement from people who are ageing...hihihihi)

Nasi Lemak Tanglin

Asik mengidam jer kan, mengandungnyer tak jugak...

So, this time I was craving for nasi lemak tanglin. Quite sometime since I had those. It's quite difficult to go there since the location is quite a distance from both home and office.

Alhamdulilah, someone was kind enough to purchase this for me.

But, the taste is quite dissapointing, not even near from how I remembered it taste like. And to make matter worse, they forgot to put the sambal. Nasi lemak without sambal is not nasi lemak!! And this nasi lemak was accompanies by air tekan2(sebab malas bancuh)

But, what makes it a good breakfast, when you share this with the people whom you enjoy their company....In this case, Azrul & Wati

A good start for a working day.

Lunch Date with K Red

For this date, I did not even bother to bring camera cause I know K Red will sure snap2 one....So, pictures here are courtesy of K Red's blog yer

It was an impromtu lunch appointment. She sent me a message asking whether nak catch up for lunch tak? Since I am not doing anything, I told her ok...

Just an intro, I know K Red since 2005, even before I joined the company that we are working at now. We then just click and the friendship continues from there. We do have our disagreement, ada ler gaduh skit2 but never to the extend of jeopardising our friendship. I know many things have been said about her here in my office but for me, I don't make judgement based on others experience. If she(or anyone I know) is good and nice to me, there's no reason why I shouldn't treat her the same. Similar concept kalau this person baik dgn satu dunia but treated me badly, I don't categories that person as a good person). And so far, as a friend, she has never failed to be there when I need her. One thing about her she is very blunt but she mean it in an honest way, not so much about trying to ruin people, but more on trying to tell you something you did wrong. And I appreciate that in a friendship....This is my personal opinion yer, as you are entitle to your opinion, I believe I do so kan, so jgn pulak lepas nie kita yg tak bertegur saper ok?

I am still on diet, so order memang banyak giler but ate only tak sampai half of it. When I go to Chillis, I don't usually order the main course, I like order the salad, soup and the Chillis...makan dgn the crackers, memang best!

We talked and talked and talked. Mostly about our lives. We did some catching up about the new work I am doing and other blogging stuff.

Jgn risau, though diet, I will eat what I want to eat but in a moderate manner. Like this morning, I feel like having nasi lemak for breakfast, so I did just that. Tapi, order pun nasi separuh jer... Lepas tu kenalah exercise...Crash diet nie not healthy lah!

Why do people brag??

Human actions and reactions often fascinates me. How they react as how they reacted and why do they react like they have reacted. In most cases overreacted.

Maybe that's why I am so into psychology, not only to understand myself better also to understand and if Allah permits to tolerate others better.

One of the behaviour which never fails to fascinates and sometimes puzzled me is why do people love to brag. Kalau cakap melayu "masuk bakul angkat sendiri". For me, if you are good, people will know and there is no need for this to be self broadcasted. People will know and ackowledge all this...

I am currently facing this behaviour in the work place. Some people just love to cakap kuat2...cakap boss thinks of her like this and that. Why can't you keep it to yourself. If you are good, don't worry....it will soon be acknowledged....Self proclaimed success is so not necessary.

And how I tolerate this...HEADPHONES with loud music!!! That should do the trick...

First birthday celebration for 2009

It's been quite sometime since we had any birthday celebration. Hence, we had one yesterday, the first one for 2009 lagik!

It's the birthday of one of our team members, Amizi. The most creative team member in fact. He was the one responsible for us to be the champion of this event.

It was a small celebration as many of the team members were not around.

Sebelum makan baca doa dulu (though lakonan u all so tak menjadik, pls practise more yer!)

Then the makan time. Sibuk betul si Jimmy nak enter frame!

And point to note, a good laugh is a must!