a schedule for working mom-of-2

6.05am - the alarm clock make noise. terus off (i'm not the type who will snooze the alarm hehe). bath, solat, prepare baju siang & baju tidur for fina & hadzim. so that my mom will not need to naik turun tangga to take fina / hadzim's cloth.


6.30am - switch on tv & watch  listen to the news (sebab malam-malam skang dah tak tengok news hal dunia, dok bz layan cite korea at 8pm). prepare breakfast for hafdzuan & hadzim. for hadzim - breakfast kat rumah + bekal to his playschool skali. 


6.50am - i make sure i started pump at this time. pumping time must ends at 7.10am no matter what, cannot beyond the time! served fresh milk for fina. pack the pumping set & place them next to door (takut tertinggal punye pasal).


7.15am - prepare myself to work. mom helps to bath & prepare hadzim to school. i prepared hafdzuan's working attire (i try not to forget to choose his tie, if not he will belasah whatever color to wear eventhough the tie's color did not match with his shirt & that makes my eyes sick!). had my breakfast sambil-sambil suap hadzim.  


7.35am - start the car's engine. hubs back from his jogging / bicycling (morning exercise, yeahhh my husband do runs before off to work, gile betui), salam cemolot him & send hadzim to his school (kalau i dah lambat hubs will send him).


8am - 6pm --- working time.


6.30pm - drive like a mad woman & try to arrive home by this time. and do whatever it takes as a mom / wife duty (not need to state because the time does not need to be rushed).


12am - i will make sure i will off to lalaland by this time (if i was happen to be found online during this time, it means hubs is out of the country so i need to online to chat with him :D)




i just want to jot down this schedule for my own memory to be treasured, one daylah, masa dah anak 3 ke. to see how hectic my life was when i have 2 kids (i bet its going to be more hectic when i got 3 later-later-later (byk btol later dgn harapan lambat lagi laaa kan!)). and yeah, this schedule is not applicable who don't have their mom who stays together with them ;)  
mom does help me a lot --- she bathed the kids & cook for dinner too (i cooked dinner, sometimes, depends). tak aci kan? elehhhh korang jelesjelesjeles sebab tak dapat makan masakan omak as often as i am :P


dulu masa anak sorang i bgn pkl 6.20am. sekarang anak 2 org bangun pkl 6.05am.
mungkinkah anak dah 3 nanti i will start my day at 5.30am ..? hurmmmm. 


so how about other moms who runs their daily schedule with only their partner at home & does not have any help like me? i'm pretty sure your schedule is as packed as a prime minister (cewahhh) :)




p/s mom will take her 2 weeks break & going for Europe trip in 2 weeks time. its going to be a hectic morning for me. bring it on!

Ebm stocks

next week will be my first month of working after come back from my maternity leave.

to tell the truth, i started work with almost 500 oz stocks of ebm. 

due to limited space in my own fridge and i still have to store chickens, fishes, nuggets & etc (kalau tak dapur tak berasap laa takkan nak hidang ebm stocks kat laki), i have to tumpang my cousin's fridge (who live in front of my  house!) as my fridge can't afford to store all of them, maklumlah fridge 2 pintu sajewww bukan yang jenis 2 pintu-bukak-kanan-kiri-macam almari. 

im so worried & keep bothering my mind, where the hell to store my ebm once i started work --- im trying to avoid to buy deep freezer (yeahhh im that stingy plus the bonus has not come out yet that explains why im so stingy kehkehkeh).

then the idea of where-to-store-my-ebm comes when i started my work.

my office fridge! hiuhiuhiu :)

luckily i got the permission from HR dept (as the fridge own by HR team) to use the freezer.

here are my stocks, almost 40 packets of 5 / 6 / 7oz (in the bekas dadih one is not mine, it was my colleague who pumped in the office too. i harap dia tak stress tengok stok i ni hihihi).

i never brought them back, yet. buat macam fridge sendiri plak, ewah ewah.
need to clear all the stocks in my fridge first before i bring them back.
(i've cleared stocks in my cousin's fridge, and now my own fridge pulak).

tp be honest, susu haku tak de laa mencurah-curah sangat. most of the time i could get around 4-7 oz per pumping (for both boobs) and im so freaking jealous (bila mode dengki datang) to those who can able to get 8oz or more per pumping.
tapi kalau banyak sangat pon kang kene beli deep freezer plak (here come the stingy thinking).
so tak pe la, i think the amount is enough for my little girl right now (amount akan rasa cukup sebab stok tgh byk, i will be panic-at-the-disco when i open my fridge and there are only 3 packets left).

 

my almost 3 months baby. 3 months to go for 6months exclusive breastfeeding, alhamdulillah (target sikit2 dulu takut mental huhu). 

eh, by the way, sape kata baby girl tak kuat susu??? fina sama naik jek dengan hadzim. i have to prepare about 3oz x 7 bottle (total = 21oz) per day, okeh ..?

dengan ini, i annouced "teori baby boy lebih kuat menyusu daripada baby girl" adalah tidak boleh dipakai sama sekali (untuk i) huhu.

p/s congrats to my childhood bff Lilia who delivered her 2nd boy on last wed. boboiboys rules - more cars & trucks in the house yoo & happy breastfeeding ;)

a new journey =)

i thanked God for hearing my pray - to start my new work life by next year.
alhamdulillah.
kerja-idaman-kalbu yang dicari-cari akhirnye comes to an end.
yes i got an offer =) a better one of course.

i'm sooo glad cause i'm going right towards my personal objective for next year - i want to be out from my comfort zone (to be a better one i have to be out from my current place. i have no potential to grow in this company, so i have to leave asap). i need new environment. i need carrier advancement. i'm hunger of new knowledge. i challenged myself for new challenge. and definitely, i need myself a new pay (hehe, but who doesnt right? :P).

next job - i know its going to be tougher & dirtier!! gaji yg okkk (alhamdulillah walaupon tak sehebat gaji kawan-kawan yg keje O&G) & definitely new environment (yes, its not going to be a similar one, but the job scope is still the same). anyway, i'm going to remain my post as a junior engineer (never mind!) but the pay is meant for senior engineer (kahkahkah. money matters most compared to position when living in this expensive world).

good luck to myself. will start to serve at new place on january 2011.
weehoooo for myself :)

p/s even though hubs & i were in the same background (engineering), but we have a different point of view in our dream job. hubs prefer to wear slacks & tie to work & working with people (that's why he joined PTD!) but i prefer working with machine and wearing jeans to work. haha. but at home, we still speak the same language =)

kenapa susah sgt nak hire married woman+a mom as an engineer?

Dulu, masa single, apakah jenis pekerjaan yang dicari?
1 - gaji yg ok. masa fresh dulu tak boleh demand sgt gaji, so redha jek la. tapi cara nak dapat gaji lebih ialah dgn oti sampai lebam.
2 - balik lambat pon xde hal. tak de apa nak pikir. kalau balik malam boleh lepak mamak dgn kawan-kawan. or pergi tengok wayang. or karaoke.
3 - colleague + boss yg ok.
4 - kerja yg mencabar. rasa semangat sikit. biasalah, perasaan baru grad. semua nak nampak hebat.

lepas kahwin & jadi ibu, apakah jenis pekerjaa yang dicari?
1 - dekat dgn rumah. sbb boleh kuar pegi keje lewat, balik awal, masa lunch hour bole balik rumah ---> suap anak makan, main kejar-kejar dgn anak, atau pon bf anak, atau pon sidai baju yg xsempat sidai pagi td, ataupon keluarkan ayam dari freezer.
2 - tepat pukul 5.30 dah shutdown pc. ok, kalau kadang-kadang tu kene stay apa salahnya. tapi "kadang-kadang", bulan "selalu".
3 - tiada kerja yang perlu dibawa pulang ke rumah. come on, kat rumah pon dah byk kerja nak buat. takkanlah masa kat rumah pon nak buat kerja office? no way.
4 - gaji yg tinggi sikit. yelah nak improve ekonomi keluarga, maklumlah partner keje gomen, berjanggut jugak nak tunggu dia naik gaji .. so i need to make my move laa.
5 - kerja yg mencabar? perlu rasanya. sebab sekarang ni rasanya dah duduk dlm confort zone sangat. boring!


as for now, i do achieve no 1-3 at my current work place. so i try carik kerja tempat lain sbb - reason no 4 & 5, tp still i nak maintain ciri-ciri 1-3 kat new place. heh. boleh dapat ke?

owh please, jangan suggest kerja gomen. cukuplah hubby seorang saja kerja gomen. i tak minat. dan tak rela nak drop gaji lagi seorang. cukuplah hubby dulu drop gaji, dah rasa dah penangannya. tak sanggup!


jadi kisahnya, 2 minggu lepas i pon attendlah interview, somewhere around my place (kan dah kata nak carik keje yg dekat dgn rumah!).
dah lama tak pegi interview, dah 3 tahun tak pergi. mcm-mcm kene refresh & prepare.


soalan-soalan semua macam biasa jek. cuma ada tambah sikit, especially part personal.
antaranya:

1. husband kerja mana? Owh ok .. kerja gomen .. so ada possibility tak untuk husband kene transfer tempat lain?

2. ni rumah duduk sekarang ni rumah sewa ke beli? Owhh rumah beli .. maknanya duduk sinilah sampai mati? tak kan pindah lagi la eh?

3. dah ada anak? habis tu anak sape jaga? Owh mak jaga, bukan hantar nursery .. jadi senanglah nak travel oversea selalu & balik lewat malam?
bila cakap part travel tu seronok jek dengar, bila part balik lewat malam tu dah mcm berdebar sikit.

4. anak dah berapa tahun? ada perancangan tak untuk tambah anak? bile mahu tambah anak?
Kalau pon aku plan nak tambah anak minggu depan pon, takkanlah aku nak bgtau kau? mestilah aku kencing .. kalau tersangkut lepas dapat keje baru ni aku jawab jek lah, “accident”, senang cite. hadoi. Jangan harap la aku nak bgtau seikhlasnya bila aku plan nak tambah anak. It’s none of your business. bluekkk.


Kemudian, pasti ada soalan yang menaikkan adrenalin & menghilangkan terus adrenalin dalam diri, seperti:

soalan menaikkan adrenalin:
interviewer: “kat sini normally kita akan travel banyak, pergi jumpa vendor .. dan biasanya kene pergi business trip to Holland, US & Japan sampai seminggu dua. So are you willing to travel?” dengan tengah control sebab bijik mata terjegil sekejap (teruja sebab dengar dapat travel sana sini!), I pon dengan rileksnya jawab of course la laa willing to travel .. tak de hal punya maaa. Anak I mak I jaga, bukan hantar nursery so itu bukan masalah besar untuk I .. (control emosi lagi).

I knew I am too close to get the job, until the next question that makes my jaw drop on the table...

soalan yang terus menghilangkan adrenalin:
Interviewer: “normally we went back at 7 or 8 pm. But if you need to complete something urgent, u need to stay until you finish your work. Some of our engineers has not been home for 2 days.”
ok, dengar macam tu mmg i dah tak dapat control air muka dah. what? normal working hour balik at 7-8pm, abnormal is - not been home for 2 days?
agaknya tengok air muka i jek diorang dah tahu jawapan apa yang i nak bagi... i was just failed miserably on hiding my emotions ..

so kerana 1 soalan puaka itu, terus confirm i tak dapat job tu.
maka nampaklah kelemahan wanita-berkerjaya-berkahwin-dan juga seorang ibu.

bila tanya pendapat hubby, pendek sahaja jawapan dia “u tengok muka hadzim la, dia ada jawapan utk u. tqvm”.


haih. salah i ke pilih course engineering masa belajar dulu?
macam mana nak carik keje yg dapat semua ciri-ciri 1-5 yg dicari?
haih.
kalau ada anak perempuan lepas ni mmg i tak nak bagi dia amik engineering course lagi!!!
:(