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<title><![CDATA[ Hayati's FotoPage - Clicking & Writing On Simple Things In Life - Fotopages.com]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SHARING THE LITTLE BLESSINGS IN LIFE ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[My Garden of Leaves]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Other people's garden are full of flowers but mine is full of leaves. Whatever flowering plants I bought from Sungai Buloh would cease to become so after a few days no matter what tender care I gave them. So I guess I will just admire flowers from gardens elsewhere. For now,so long as my garden is neat for my eyes to see, that's good enough. I did toy with the idea of sacrificing the garden for a fully tiled up front porch with a big gate to accommodate all the cars in, in view of increasing parking problems...but it's such a pity. Kind of boring without any land of grass and some green patch for me to sweep the leaves off, every morning and evening. Moreover, will the kids be here forever? A time will come when they may want a house of their own and I'll be left staring at the tiles. So...it'll remain my garden of leaves for now.   



SitiHawa-Boto yo tu. Rodup mato memandang
Layman-Ye ke pokok tu leh halau nyamuk?Bagus3x...nasib tak humban semua hari tu]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Season For Celebration]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Year end is a season for celebration. Besides festivals, there are weddings and new babies' arrival to add joy to some households. There is the great YES too....the Year End Sale. I guess, with the bonuses in for many, it's hard not to splurge. Hm....do I miss that? Not really. When I made up my mind to leave the working world, I had weighed down the pros and cons, thus, there's no need for regret. The benefits from my decision don't come only in material forms. Anyway, in life, you win some and lose some except may be for the chosen few who can have everything. For those with school going children, it's time to finalise the preparation for school opening. It requires a lot of money too and it must be heavy on them. Hopefully, the children realise what their parents have to endure to provide them education and thus reciprocate accordingly by studying well. 

  

Layman-Memang betul tu, tapi kita perlu yakin. InsyaAllah,kalau dah difikirkan masak2 sebelum buat keputusan dan mohon petunjukNya,kita tak menyesal 

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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Merry X'mas My Teacher, My Friends]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Merry X'mas to Mr Ho, Pauline, Ivy, Lynda, Rebecca, Anne, Brian and all who celebrate the day. It's a very cloudy X'mas Day. Mr Ho called to tell me that he'd be celebrating Christmas in Singapore with his sons in case I wonder why no one picks up the call at his house. How very thoughtful. I always try to make it a point to  to wish him and family on Christmas morning. Peter, the cab driver from office days also sms new year greetings. How sweet...one year on and I'm still remembered. Peter, who is based in Kajang, would come all the way to Subang Jaya to send me and family to airport whenever the need arises. We have heard of so many horror stories about cab drivers that it's good to have a reliable person at your service in times of need. Yesterday, I went to Sunway Pyramid with Wani after days of hibernation at home. Had nasi daging masak kichap at Laksa Shack. Hm...not bad. It came complete with otak-otak. After the fun, I went to see the doctor again to get more medicine. The bills came up to...what? RM25 only? Couldn't believe my ears as I'm more used to at least twice that amount in this area. Must be my lucky day.   



SitiHawa-Memang tak silap gi tu doh,warith
aMin-Tak perasan sgt decoration nye. Kat main entrance nya cantik kot
Layman-Masaalahnya,tak baik2 lagi. Dah fed-up punya pasal,bwk gak keluar. Suara pun sengau lagi. Alhamdulillah je lah...masih boleh bangun,kan?  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Heat of Texan Summer...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I don't know what this plant or flowers are called. I noticed them at the back fence of my next door neighbor while opening my backyard gate for Devi to work. According to Devi, it can be an ingredient for curry which I really have no knowledge of. While Devi goes about her work, I absorb myself in the paper. I'm Every Woman column by Zaharah Othman caught my attention. I always enjoy lighthearted and simple,down-to-earth stories. This round it's a letter to Kamelia who just recently married her nephew and about to start life in Geneva. The letter comprises her advice to the young lady,citing her own real life experiences starting life away from home. Kind of reminded me of how I started my own married life in a foreign land too. It was a big adjustment from an apartment with friends to a married housing with a husband. Not long after, we uprooted more than 2000 miles south to Texas where he was completing his Masters degree, driving the roads we were not familiar with, thanking God we finally arrived in one piece,3 days later, in the heat of the Texan summer. Fresh from getting my driving licence, I didn't know how I survived being a replacement driver, driving through some of the busy highways and cities, one of which was Dallas.  

 

Layman-8X4 bukan ke 32? La...3 hari tu termasuklah bermalam kat sana sini. Tak kan direct trip kot. Sempat jumpa member kat another state lagi. Bawak keta kat sana pun bukannya 110 mcm sini. Lebih had laju sikit ade je polis yg overtook and saman :-D Ish...tak kan lah Devi makan weeds kot.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sleepless In Seattle]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Okay, today we shall go to Seattle without having to actually be there in person. Received these pictures from Zairin today. She was also down with cough after coming back from here and was even advised to have the H1N1 jab as a precaution. She was sleepless in Seattle for a couple of days due to the cough. Zairin is working in the US audit department and after a month of vacation, I can imagine what it feels like to restart working. Guess, everybody else would be winding down for Christmas holidays. I remember how I used to love seeing the well decorated houses around Christmas time in Western Michigan.The whole houses were lit up by hundreds of decorative lights. Against the thick white snow, they were the sights to behold. The nutty us would drive in the cold to have ice cream at High Wheeler. The crazy things you did when you were young...... 

Layman-Ni masa musim sejuk. Nak tenguk bunga dia, masa Spring. Nanti suruh dia antar gambar musim tu.Sleepless In Seattle is one of my all time favorites. Tu kat Empire State Bldg,New York yg dia org jumpa. 
Giggs-Kalau dapat pergi sana terus, lagi lah best. If not for the distance, wld seriously consider during spring time.
Brian-Really?Haven't been to Alor Setar for a long time. Next year, I may put it in my calender. Want to see the lush,green padi fields  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Art At Work...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It may not be an amazing work of art but for me, it signifies love,patience and hardwork. It was one of the ways which my mum used to alleviate her stress in coping with her daily chores of caring for a household, a handicapped son and entertaining people from all walks of life who came to consult my dad on endless matters. Having a helper was unheard of at that time. My niece and me would sit with her in the evenings while she went about crafting the simple designs. It's very tedious and required a lot of patience. Sometimes she continued doing it into the night with the help of light from the kerosene lamp. It was the era before electricity came to our shores. When I saw it in the house in my kampung recently, I decided to take it back before it's totally damaged through time. How can I possibly just abondon something that my mum painstakingly crafted and must have meant a lot for her.For some reasons, she never managed to complete her artwork which was meant to cover food on the table. Perhaps it was too time consuming. May be it's the weather or may be it's the flu but I'm suddenlly feeling rather melancholic. I'm not about to be in denial for it's only human to be feelings all these. We cannot expect to feel on top of the world every single day. So long as we don't prolong the feelings longer than neccessary and know how to snap out of it, it's pretty okay.

"Art Enables Us To Find Ourselves And Lose Ourselves At The Same Time"- Thomas Merton  



Yang-It's made of plastic which she bought in rolls. The saying quoted is perfectly correct. I've a fair share of them all in my life, for which I'm grateful 
Zairin-Memang tak ternilai
SitiHawa-Org2 marin pun tak kurang dayo kreativiti eh,kan?Se ni asyik dek maleh yo nak buek bondo2 rumit cam ni 
Layman-Tu lah pasal. Sampai ada yg tak tau pulak nak hargai kesusahan parents dulu. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[My Down Time....]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I haven't seen what it's like outside for the past 3 days. Spent majority of my time sleeping in my room with meals and medicines brought in for me. I heard chatters from the neighbors, birds chirping loudly outside the window, the sounds of the rain but I just let it be. No energy to even peep out of the window. Today, I feel slightly better. Received sms from my sister who is now in Medan with her daughter's family and my front neighbor who is in Surabaya with her family. Ah...holidays are always fun. My sister had a fall but it doesn't spoil her spirits. Sometimes, I'm really amazed at her. She's already rather frail but refuses to use the cane. Her love of travelling seems to take more importance than everything else. She will jump at any opportunities of going anywhere. She's lucky that her children dote on her as in her condition, it's best to travel with family members only. None of my other sisters is like her. 

I watched the movie,The Proposal. I love the scenery at the Alaskan town. Such a beauty. The story is nice...just like any love stories but less dramatic than that of Zizie Izzette's, I guess. Amazing how she hopes that no one would feel hurt when she's fully aware of marrying a married man. Can't help seeing this story when news about it is splashed every where even in the mainstream papers.

" If You Like Someone Set Her Free. If You Have To Stalk Her, She's Not Yours In The First Place"-Quotation From All About Steve.

Layman-Ubat2 pun sama buat lebih lembik kot...Kalau kena caranya, poligami tu ok kot. In many cases...tak diberi pilihan. Terpaksa terima je. My heart goes to them. Tuhan saja lah yg membalas kesabaran dan ketabahan mereka kerana Dia juga yg memberi dugaan. 
SitiHawa-Botolah tu,warith. Banyak bebona yg ditompuh
Hjh Zae-Samo2 lah kito tenguk. It should have been avoided in the first place
Yang-Mmg cantik Danau Toba tu. Pernah kesana dulu. T.Kasih. Alhamdulillah, beransur baik     ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[At Last, Doctor Here I Come]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The one admitted has been discharged and well but the one down with flu seems to be worse. After a week of "failed" self medication at home, I finally went to the doctor this morning. There was a long que of people with all sorts of complaints. It was an hour before I managed to get in. Lungs clear, BP very good only the throat very red with flu still raging. So, the above porridge is my lunch for today and I intend to totally relax. Sleep as much as I possibly can after taking medication which will definitely make me drowsy. I have to forget going for a wedding today and tomorrow. I'm sure the hosts will understand.

I had a pleasant surprise when an old classmate from school called me all the way from Melbourne last night. She got my phone number from our class teacher in his Christmas Card to her. She took up nursing course in England after school and then decided to go to Melbourne to work and finally settled there. I'm looking forward to a reunion with her and a few others during her Chinese New Year holidays. Like I said before, this is really a year of reconnecting with old friends. 

Zairin-Sembur?Sembuh lah....anyway, thanks for your do'a.
Layman-Ya...baru pegi. Hari tu sibuk ulang alik hospital,jadi makan ubat yg ada kat umah je.
Ieda-T,Kasih.Mmg ada hikmahnya.
SitiHawa-Yo lah,warith. Jumpo kawan lamo mmg lah best. Dalam tak sihat ni ha, jalan2 dialam maya tenguk FP kengkawan,terhibur yo ati
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[This Will Always Be My home...]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In the midst of the whole thing, I still squeezed some time to see my friend, Zairin, on her last night here. Another former roommate's daughter drove us to Section 3, Shah Alam where she spent the night at her brother's place. A month passed very fast and I guess she's in the cold winter of Seattle, right now. I wonder if she misses the sun of home. I also hope that by the end of the holidays, her husband found something that he liked about Malaysia. The impression that I got while they were staying with me was that he's not impressed with anything. He's not much of a talker too so, I did not bother to ask anything during the last meeting. After staying abroad for so long, I doubt if Zairin can adapt to the life here. May be it's okay for short visits but to stay....it's something else. Whatever it is, for me this country is my home. Whatever shortcomings there are, it's the place where my and my mum's blood spills at birth, it's the place I find happiness, hope, sadness, frustrations interchanging but it's also where all my families and friends are and I can count on them during my high and low times. Every where else is fun for visiting but it's always good to be back here.  

Salam Maal Hijrah to all Muslims. Sama2lah kita baca do'a akhir tahun sebelum maghrib and do'a awal tahun sejurus selepas, hari ini. Moga tahun akan datang akan lebih bermakna buat kita.

SitiHawa-Ameen. Mudah2an diizinkanNya
Ieda-Salam Maal Hijrah. Kita dah penah kenal and jengah fp masing2
Layman-Tak de pun dia org regret. Semalam seorang lagi member sekolah yg dah migrate ke Australia tiba2 call. Nak balik Chinese New Year ni and nak reunion.Best gak 
Zairin-You are welcome. Mujur masa I bawak u jalan2,weather cantik je. At least, ada gak lah kenang2an menarik kat Senggarang yg Tiaff bawak balik US. I nak kesana tu....tak tau lah. Tak larat nak terbang berjam-jam.    ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In The Cycle Of Life.....]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It has been a rather topsy turvy week. I've been down with flu and now cough. Spent most days sleeping it off. On Monday afternoon, my son-in-law was admitted to SDMC (fomerly SJMC) with acute stomach pains. We thought it was gastritis as he has a history of it. It turned out to be pancreatitis or inflammation of the pancreas which is often mistaken for gastric as the symptoms are similar. He was placed in ICU to enable the doctor to do thorough check-up and has done blood tests and ultrasound check as well. He's currently still on drips as the doctor wants to rest his pancreas. We always have to be prepared to face any tests that God places upon us in life, with patience. I pray that he will fully recover soon. I know that he's been working hard but he has to take it a little easier for a while now. I know it has been a tough time for Wani as I'm not in my best of health right now, her hubby is in ward and her dad has also just been discharged. My poor dear....Nevertheless, hard times will pass in the cycle of life and we have to keep on having faith in God that He knows what is best for us. 

" In Times Of Sickness, The Soul Collects Itself Anew"- Latin Proverb   

Unnamed-Mudah2an,ameen.
SitiHawa-Yo lah warith, selagi idup,tu lah deh
Layman-Ia lah tu. Supaya kita duk berfikir sebentar apa maknanya semuanya dalam hidup ni.   Supaya kita lebih lagi menumpukan perhatian pd kesihatan kerana tanpanya....rasa sungguh topsy turvy ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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