Japan Trip

 

 Recollection of Japan Trip

Journey was the brainchild of my wife who has been planning for this trip since last year. It was not on our top list of our destination for few reasons. First we have a predestined belief that cost of travelling here would be mind boggling. We know for a fact that cost of air flight and accomodation would be double than the cost we spent for last Bangkok trip. But for some reasons, I have decided to give the green light for Japan trip after my wife persuaded me constantly 

Beauty Of Eid 1437 Hijrah

It is day of celebration after a month long battle with your desire to
I will always remember Eid as . How things has changed from the day I was a kid until now (still proclaim myself as a kid).
This year's celebration there is real difference and zest as compared to previous years, when we no longer balik kampung at the end of Ramadhan. First turn of event that dictates on how to cebrate the first day of Aidil Fitri is when Arwah Atuk has moved from Kampung Bintang Laut in Johor to become Atuk KL.
As I listening with the conversation that my parents have with Abang Yoes and Kak Hafiz, how it turn back the memories as I had when we visited at Wak San (Hamsan) house during Raya. Raya at Wak San house is like Raya at Penghulu's house. The spread of foods which we normally had at the dinning area was the time were were looking forward. Traditional menu that was normally offered during hari raya is ayam masak kicap, rendang daging that i had them together with ketupat nasi. But the most i always looking forward was maruku, which i do not know until today why i could only found it at rumah Wak San, and probably biskut arab.

The Merdeka Day Trip

2020 the Year in Review

 2020 is a year is the year where I faced the most difficult challenges in term of my carreer and life. Surely it was triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic a real scenario where we have not anticipated before and the devastating effects it has to families and continue till today. I was grateful

It's happening... LOCKDOWN

Today is the start of 14-day lockdown, or restrictive movement order set by the Government. It is hard to believe that scenario that you normally watch in the movies is happening. It is real, scary at times when you yourself are distance away from home. The fact that the virus is highly contagious and already declared as pendemic by WHO give you a chill. At the time when the Mandatory Control order was declared by the current PM, I was already in Johor at MMHE West for my assignment. I was expected to be there for 2 weeks till end of March, staying at Renaissance JB. A decision was made by. PMT that all staff in JB will be working from home, in response to the MCO directive. So I was stranded and being quarantine in hotel for 7 days. My day in the hotel was spent by watching BBC for the in-house channel to keep myself updates on the deadly pendemic. During the stay, no breakfast buffet but it was replaced by meal set which I need to choose from 4 Set Menu. Seeing that my movement to look for food was restricted, I ordered 2 Set Menu which could last until noon. But before getting those 2 menu into my room, I was informed that I was entitled for 1 Menu set only. However I persuaded the staff that I could not go out to buy food as normal as I need to stay inside the room. And thankfully they obliged to my request.

A day during MCO I felt like the clock has not been moving. I could not sleep nor eat to fill the time there as both are considered luxury in the time of MCO. Then on the 7th day I decided to head back home as I could not bear any longer the feeling and anxiety away from my families, knowing that will not comply to the MCO directive which is to stay put where you are. The think and feelings were unbearable as I watched in TV covid-19 cases kept going up by day. So I need to take the risk, whether to go back and cross 3 states to back at home or "die" with extreme boredom ordering and eating the same food all day long. In the end, my concious was very clear, family comes first and I don't want to feel guilty for not being with my family when it matter most. So the next day early in the morning I took off from the hotel and before checking out gather as much information from the hotel staff regarding the roadblock. Looks like the most important "commodity" during the lockdown was the travelling document from the company which I did not have with me at that time. 

As the desire to cross states become more and more as I drove my way to Ibu Pejabat Polis in JB, many questions linger whether will I be able to make it or I will be barred to return home



Was eee

The best of 2019

It is coming to the end of 2019. As a ritual in blogging, as if we are reading the last pages of a chapter, we need to summarize the achievements, high points of carreer and life over the year. Flipping back and forth to my entries, one could say that I have achieved what I have dreamt of. Proud to say that I took every coming challenges with guts, a little bit of sacrifices but most importantly blessing from Allah and family.

Transfer back to KL

It is a 5 years journey which I took to finally return back to KL and meet up again with my family.  It is a very long journey where I have to endure all the emotional hardship being away from the family especially this year when Little Hayder has come on board. Initially I thought the transfer would be smooth, however due too many reasons and circumstances, the plan was held back for 2 years. My performance rating in 2017 did not help much thanks to the most incompetent boss  Jxxg I ever had for giving me below average rating on the first year as permanent staff. Somehow En Suhaimi who was my HOD in SKO before Richard, hold to his promise to bring me to KL under PD&T and I think he have tried very best try to convince the HR to bring me in despite my poor rating. Alhamdulillah I received the transfer letter in July 2019 and the transfer proceed after I have completed my last task aas HSE Coordinator for Betty Turnaround. 

The Arrival of Mohammad Fateh Hayder

The Joy and responsibility

It was a day when it was supposed for my wife to go to Hospital Al-Islam in Kampung Baru for her routine maternity check-up. The date was 24th April 2019 and my wife has just into her 37 week pregnancy. Week before that we received a "false alarm" when my wife was experiencing an interval of 30-minutes of contraction interval. I was so worried that I have to come back from Miri, hopping to the last minute flight one day ahead before my plan flight back to KL the next day. To my relief, I was welcomed by my wife, grinning with her smile as she did not feel anymore contraction when I arrived at the doorstep of my mother's in-law house in Sentul.
2 weeks has passed since then, and everything went smooth as we did some last minute preparation. And still she has yet to feel the contraction. So when we went to Hospital Al-Islam, we were very sure that she will deliver the baby on her 39th or so week. When we went to see Dr. Norlidah, the specialist who has been my wife for the past 8 months, she will look into her medical result and the baby detail scan. Then Dr. Norlidah checked the opening of her cervic and found that it was already 4cm opened and no other sign being observed such as water broke. Having observed the condition, the doctor advised for my wife to be warded.

Once Dr. Norlidah completed the routine check, my wife started feeling the contraction, As nervous as any parent could be, my wife was admitted into the ward one hour later as the contraction become more frequent. For the first time ever cool sweat was dropping from my forehead, as I saw infront of me how painful it was when she felt the contraction. I could only hold her hands and calm her when she tried to contain the pain. It went continously from 11am till the start of Zuhur prayer. My wife decided to perform zohor prayer and miraculously, the pain stop. She was able to recite Quran Chapter Maryam as they said that Chapter will help to ease the mother during delivery process. At 2pm, the moment of truth has come as she was called in to the labour room by the attending nurse. She was still experiencing the contraction when she was already in the Labour Room. I couldnt do much except to calm her down by rubbing my hands to her body and whisper to her ears to read salawat.
The contraction came every 4-5 minutes with every interval will last for 1/2 a minute or so. I could monitor the trend as I was

Beautiful mom with the love of us