yeaaaaaaaaahhh!!! akhirnyer aku da benti keje da pon....hihihihihh

Christmas Eve @ Raymond & Mary Daniel house

We went to Raymond house last night for their Christmas eve party. Raymond is Amin's senior officer at Cerner. He is also a Malaysian, used to live in Kelantan. He got married with Mary, a native American, and they recently got a baby boy.


Mary and Raymond with their son Brandon.

I unfortunately got sick since I went to the Eid Festival. I shouldn't have come because I don't want other kids and the baby to get sick either. But since I told Raymond that I would come and Amin wasn't interested to go by himself, I decided to go. But when I was there, I just looked at the baby and took pictures, I didn't dare to touch/held him.

The gathering was great. They catered halal food from a Malaysian couple. I actually made some karipap for the gathering, but it wasn't enough. In 2 hours all my karipap were gone! A few sisters hadn't get a chance to taste my karipap. So I think I'll make some more if we have another gathering.

Eid Festival @ Olathe, KS

The weather was terrible on that day. It was kinda like a small blizzard, so windy and snowing like crazy. But since I've participated, I gotta go. The festival took place in Olathe, KS which is 40 mins away from our house. But it took us an hour to get there because the traffic was quite slow. There were lotsa accidents involving trucks and vans along the way. We counted 5! Fortunately our car was heavy with foods and drinks, so alhamdulillah we got there safely.

There were not many people when we came. The other vendors were still setting up their booths, and some just arrived.


Our booth - Malaysian cafe.

Eventually, lotsa people came, mostly from Pakistani community. They estimated 2000 - 3000 will come, but only 400 people showed up. And half of them were teenagers, I guess they got nothing to do at home, so they came to hang out with their friends. They didn't buy anything much, just talking and watching the performances.

The other vendors that sold food, they are from restaurants. We were actually the only one who sold homemade food. So since they got some sort of reputation and people knew them well, they sold more food than us. Also, it was hard to sell Malaysian dishes because these people were not familiar with our food (we even gave them to sample our food!)


So basically it wasn't a successful event. I came home, rugi banyak :(

I spent $220 to buy all the stuffs, and I only got around $90 from the sale. But when I think about it, I knew other vendors from the restaurants also didn't make money at all. They had lotsa food left at the end (one of them had food for 35 people left), and they also had to pay for labor cost (because they brought their employees with them). It was like, semua org rugi la, so I didn't feel that terrible.

I was thinking about going to Alamo Bowl to watch PSU football game with Texas A&M on Dec 29. But since I didn't make money at all at the festival, I can't go anywhere, takde duit. Hmm tinggal angan2 saja la.

cant no longer wait....

phuuuhh~da x sabanye nk stop keje....haihhzzz br terase bosan coz every do the same work jer...every morning kne lap tingkap laa...meja laa...hahaahaha sampai nk terberak aku wut keje 2 every day...x dapat bygkan kalo keje cmtu for the whole life....janet...ko pon keje cm2 ker???everyday repeat the same thng???boringnyer...hehehhe n nk tergelak bce psl janet tulis...about the reward O annual fund...the idea was great...tp yg lawaknyer psl kne fill in form....huhuhu tp bgs gak laa...ntah erkk...pelik....sumer cousin2 kt x der yg dpt top2....haiihhzzz...yg ok cume athirah jer laa kot....mmmm btw gem....nape every function ko mesti amik gamba mkanan!!ehh den ko nak jual 100+ kuih tart 2 ader ker orng yg order???byk btolll business ko....ok2 nnti aku post pic ngn indon2...actually da lme amik tp x sempat ltk jer....hehehe =)

Hari Raya Korban

Amin and I went to Kak Safiah's house on the day of Hari Raya as she hold an open house. It was a great gathering, especially because the food she cooked was superbly yummy. Believe it or not, I had 4 plates full of food, the most so far I had at one time. Hahaha crazy.. (no wonder the day after the gathering, I gained 2 lbs when I checked on my weight! Argh!)

Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera (cursed myself for that !&#$@!%). So these are photos from kak Safiah's camera.


The official Hari Raya kek, courtesy from Kak Lily.


Me and Julia were gossiping (in a traditional way ahahaha).


The ladies (sorry the picture resolution is so small, that's why it's blurry).

Anyway tomorrow is the Eid Festival day. I haven't finished baking and making kuih. The last few days I wasn't so productive, hehehe dah malas. My target is to sell 100 of cookie containers, but as of right now, I only have around 80+ , way way off the target. Well whatever lah, I'm just going to have fun tomorrow I guess.

Ice Storm

We haven't gotten any snow until last week when the ice storm hit this place. Here are the aftermath:


Our Directv satellite receiver on the roof was frozen (this is the main problem when you subscribe satellite instead of TV cable). So we couldn't watch TV the whole night. Next day, Amin had to shoot some water from the hose, and finally the receiver's back!



Even the phone and electric line were frozen... and the trees too.


All whitey, no more greeny


Our neighbor's frozen pine tree


A closer look...

So... this is what they called ice storm. I haven't seen anything like this in Pennsylvania. Usually the winter starts with heavy snow and snow... and some more snow. Sometimes there's hail (hujan air batu), but nothing like this (winter starts with ice storm??).

Blabbing again..

Hey Hey.. I think I'm the only one visiting and actually writing something at this blog. Meng & Enol have been busy with their jobs. Gem shouldn't be busy.. but maybe she's trying to finish up another chapter of Harry Potter hehe.
This week has been a very exiting week for me. On Monday, Cessna IE Manager was here. He's a great guy, very down to earth and easy to work with. I was a little nervous at first, thou I've met him few times before. We had few meetings this week. We went over ramping up plan, capacity planning, manpower, bottleneck, scheduling etc. The plan is to make as many planes as possible without killing ourselves. Heh..I'm not sure that's the best way to put it. They wanted to make sure that the company can crawl before they can let us run.
Oh did I tell you that the company's name has changed too..it's Cessna Aircraft Company- Bend. I likey it!
I was taking shower last night and started to think that I need to make a change. I just realized that not many people in my extended family is doing well. For instance, I can hardly find a college degreed relative, not even a cousin. Then I'm trying to think who has excelled in any big exams; pmr, spm..maybe a few. And who has become doctors, engineers, accountants, lawyers or any other professions...maybe one or two. This is sad. So...crazy thought..I'm thinking about creating an annual fund. Maybe RM 1,000 per year for any of my relative yg excel in school. Hopefully this will help family yg susah for bying books, tuition fees, and it might boost up their spirit ti study too. They will need to fill in forms, report their academic progress and also outdoor activities etc. I'll pick the best. What do you guys think?

Better Together

Yesterday was the Cessna flag raising ceremony. Around 8 AM, we gathered around the company's flag pole. They brought down Columbia flag and naikan flag Cessna. It wasn't fun to watch, but I guess it was ok thou it was a big lost for Malaysia. Later that evening, we had another meeting and we got these.

Today, I enrolled in Cessna benefit program. I won't get free insurance anymore. Hundreds will be deducted from my paystubs from now on. Makin sikit la gaji ku....hadus. Anyhoo..the benefit is great. The best part is it covers orthodontist service, mmg diidamkan selama ni tapi tak mampu. Now I can have braces and fix my ugly tooth. I really really need braces.
Today, I got my last paycheck from Columbia... and a termination letter too. I was a little shocked, didn't expect that. So, I looked around to make sure that everybody else received the same letter too. Phewww..sume org pun dapat.
It's official. I just got terminated by Columbia and hired by Cessna. How long can I stick around?

Turkey Day Pics

Hye Hye I totally forgot that I took some pictures of Thanksgiving dinner. We had the dinner a week earlier before the T day because we were planning on going to SF on the T day week. But we didn't :(
I cooked a complete Thanksgiving meal, (minus turkey). Instead of turkey, I made roasted chicken. We couldn't find any halal turkey here. I made some pasta too, my first trial and it was really yummy. The rest of the dishes: potato salad, mesh potato, gravy, stuffing, mac & cheese.

keje!!!!

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