schedule for today

The plan for today:

• sort out my wardrobe.. 
• Reorganize clutters in the bathroom
• sort out toys for Ammar and Ameer
• kemas the storage room
• look into the accounts of the hotel and learn the operations from there
• sort my linen cupboard
• reorganize kitchen cabinet

and after all done, treat myself with couple's retreat movie tonite..  
mampu kah??

Investing in YOURSELF

Alhamdulillah.. today I've finally got the letter that I am officially upgraded as an ACCA member.. so i can now use ACCA designation behind my name.. Also,  today I can apply for CFA full membership as I have fulfilled the 4-year working experience requirement.. Finally, after years of struggling, I can now say that I have completed what I started since 1998.. Is there anything else i want academically? Well... CFP might be nice to have.. maybe in the future, MBA is something to look at.. just for the sake of increasing knowledge. But I am not in a hurry.. I am taking time to enjoy motherhood.. and focus on my career.. and see where can it lead me.. 

Is it useful to have all the qualifications? It really depends. On what you want. Your personal ambition. Why did i do ACCA? It is an all rounder qualification. I can choose to become an auditor, an acountant, a financial manager and it is very useful for management purpose. I can enter into any fields.. It does not restrict my choices.. Cause, ALL organizations need some financial capacity..

Then why the heck did i do the CFA? Mainly because my working environment NOW recognizes it.. There are not many chartered analysts around, especially in Malaysia.. Also, with CFA, it opens up the possibility.. Because it is very much valued globally, it boosts up confidence if ever i were to apply for jobs internationally. It also means that relocating may not be that impossible.

Would I suggest you to take up any qualifications? YES! but it may not be ACCA or CFA. It should be tailored to what you want to be doing. I encouraged my hubby to pursue professional engineer status.. Alhamdulillah, he got that last year. Again, he has the added confidence for changing job prospect.. 

I do realize that street smart can take you high. But I am maybe a little bit traditional.. having some paper qualification acts as a safety net.. 

All in all, invest in yourself! It may be difficult but it is worth it in the end.. Although i am currently NOT earning a 5 figure salary YET... hopefully, we can see changes in the future.. hopefully, all my hard work all these years will pay off.. AMIN...

Port Dickson

I decided to follow hubby to PD to change our environment.. It was only for one night so i thought it will not be that bad, handling two kids alone.. Although hubby was supposed to stay at Admiral Cove, we cancelled the booking at stayed at Thistle instead.. why? because they do not have room service in the former hotel. How am i to eat decent meals when hubby is not around? definitely tricky to go down to the restaurant with a toddler and an infant.. 

Thistle was nice..  they have lovely pools.. (which i didnt get to use! :-() and nice settings.. but the room is just average kot.. they do not have carpet.. kesian ammar kaki sejuk.. kalau suruh pakai kasut, susah plak dia nak naik turun katil.. the food okay laa.. actually i expected a much better experience cause this is after all an international brand! to kill the time and let ammar run loose, i took them to the kids' room.. which was charged RM15 per kid.. Ammar got to play blocks, balls and some plush toys.. it's ok i guess.. better than nothing.. the playground was nothing to shout about.. kecik je.. swing pon takde! Ammar really wanted to swim but again, not a good idea for us..

the next day, we went and lepak at k opie's house.. Ammar went crazy cause there are chickens, ducks, cats and fish.. parents opie plak suka layan ammar.. plus, the house is full of toddler toys for their cucu.. siap ayah k opie bawak ammar round naik scooter lagi! memang mcm balik kampung! and the food was just SUPERB... makan kepah.. ikan cencaru cicah air asam.. ayam lemak cili api.. sodap!!!

All in all, it was a good trip.. eventhough hubby was not around most of the time, we still had lots of fun!!! I am hoping we get to go somewhere next week! tapi rasa mcm semua dah chinese new year rate! :-(

 

reminder

things to blog about, without any particular order:

• Trip to PD.. 
• Chemical peel experience
• Warehouse sale

Now, sangat penat sebab baru balik borong dr warehouse sale.. nantilah.. bila dah recover daripada penat AND the shock of how much i have spent! gilosss... dan tak sedar diri.. huhuhu..

tired..

Today rasa sangat malas nak update. PENAT! what with the trip to the dentist, banks, one RF session and peel (will review on this one day).. in between that, balik rumah check on the kids, feed, pump... FULL!

Tonight i'll have to pack pack pack.. banyak barang nak kena bawa.. semuanya JUST IN CASE.. itu pon untuk one night only... if only it is a real vacation, where hubby is also on holiday! Maybe we should do one when Ameer is slightly older. Mana nak pergi? Malacca? Penang? Kelantan??? Singapore?????? kena check bank account dulu ye, terima kasih...

oh well.. nak rest lah.. laterssss

Tomorrow's schedule

In my effort to become more organized, I have updated my layout.. yes yes.. it is super duper simple.. nothing fancy about it.. but am learning to do this thing step by step.. hopefully one day i know how to cantikkan my blog lagi.. Apa yang penting? kerjasama  i have added the blogroll. save me lots of time compared to going to each blog one by one! :-)

 

Tomorrow is my long overdue dental appointment. hopefully i have time to go to the bank first.. geram sebab tadi tunggu 40 mins at post office only to know at the counter yang ASB off hari ni!!! ish ish ishhh.. signage kecik sangat okay... tak nampak! Also, harap harap ada slot for me to do RF and MAYBE chemical peel.. my first time doing it.. so agak debar! but i've seen lots of improvements for other clients of my sis.. teringin pulak... i will do the review for both RF and chemical peel later, ok!

that should occupy my tuesday.. cause i have to go back and forth the house pon nak feed ameer.. malas nak pakai stash.. cause eventhough i'll be BUSY BUSY BUSY.. i'm always in the vicinity. 5 mins radius! 

 

oklah.. nak zzzzzz..... susah betul tido rumah my mom ni.. our bed is queen je kat sini.. nasibla ammar tido dlm cot.. so hubby, me and ameer in the moses basket.. SEMPIT!! tapi better ameer dr ammar.. kalau ammar yg tido kat katil, habis la kitorang kena silat!

Bila orang KL cuti...

I am again house-sitting.. parents off to perform umrah.. apart from all the hassle of packing things (and banyaknya tak terkata!), there are benefits to it I GUESS.. one, i dont have to susah2 pikir nak masak.. my mom's helper is quite competent.. two, my helper aka nanny to the kids can learn how to cook from my mom's helper.. three, i can keluar masuk without having to pikir cause i can just leave the kids.. usually if im at home, i have to plan everything cause i always leave the kids here at my parents if i want to go out.. masih tak berani nak tinggal the helper alone with the kids without supervision..

Since today KL is on holiday, traffic was quite heavy around the area. Banyak sangat org yang kerja KL tapi duduk Selangor. Finding a parking spot at SS2 was a nightmare! had to pusing pusing THREE freaking time before i found one spot.. thought of buying a cooler bag at Baby*and but they have very limited choice.. and i just realized that the staffs at the shop are a little bit sombong lahh... True, they have a wide range of baby products tapi kalau sombong, malas la nak pergi lagi ok.. dah la susah nak parking! Shopping online is fantastic but when we include all the postage charges.. hmmm... dont know whether it is worth it or not. 

We'll be going for our first holiday as a family of four this wednesday.. cant wait! okayla.. holiday for me and the kids but work for mr hubby.. we are just taking advantage of the hotel room.. i want to take ammar swim too, but dont know whether i can handle two kids or not.. wonder if they have babysitting service???