pumping my own petrol

It's not that I never wanted to try. But everytime I tried to open the tank cover, I turned it clockwise and there'll be this clicking sound, and I thought I broke the cover or something.. and then the petrol station asst would see me having trouble and quickly come to my rescue before I can figure it out myself.

So anyway.. hari tu, I clarified with aida, the lady who knows..

And today.. i pumped my own petrol! I turned the tank cover anti clockwise and it opened with no problem. And then I pumped without spilling the petrol and manage to put back the pump into it's place.

Alright.. I'm one step away from being a car-bimbo.

kalau nadhrah ada

INT. BLOSSMOBILE, NIGHT

I was driving, while Eema and Nadhrah was at the backseat, talking.


NADHRAH
kak eema, nadhrah nak yang pink tu.

EEMA
tak boleh. kak eema nak.

NADHRAH
alaaaa..nadhrah tak nak kasi kak eema nadhrah punya pushpop ah......
kalau nadhrah ada.


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Many interesting, fun and not so normal things, happened this week:

:: Found out about the small world.. or more like small singapore, we live in, when a fellow blogger, saw me in my own office.
:: Went down to borders late at night with my girls, and girls only, cause the boys were out of town.
:: the girls and I made cupcakes! and it was the first time for me. Actually, it was more like designing it la.. cause Mai was the one who baked the cupcakes. We just had fun. Thanks dearie!
:: I did makeup on someone and took quite nice photos.
:: Met the uncles and aunts at a wedding, and they suggested that we disappear from singapore next sunday. Have to check with 'The Boss'
:: The girls and I, went to Om's place to cubit and gigit main2 dgn iman zulfikar - the cutest baby.
:: Blossmobile had a flat tyre - for the FIRST time, terkena paku. Alhamdulillah, it happened when I was at my brother's place, so I, of course, called him down to help me with the tyres. Thanks Om!
:: Being greeted by a lost mexican, whom I miss over the weekends, when i got home.

the weekend without her

My car will only be ready towards the end of the week. In the meantime, my bro who is outstationed for the whole month, has let me use his car. Alhamdulillah.. BUT.. kereta dia, too BIG for me. Do you all know how small I am?

You all think, I boleh bawak kereta ni tak?

Of course, tak boleh. Berapa tonne sey. But drive it, insyaAllah ok.

Corny jokes aside, masa baru2 drive, stress sikit. Too big to handle. I miss driving blossmobile. :( Although I'm still thankful for the truck car.

I had a weird but funny and nice dream yesterday morning.
It was a dream about having a dream. And waking up to wanting to write the dream down, and I woke up and really recorded the dream down.

There were many special appearances in the dream. My whole family, my parents, my sisters, YT, BQ and even my late grandmother. =D There was about the vacation, the banjir, duduk kat rumah kampung, about wanting to take photos.. macam2 story ah.

But I think it's too long to post here. Plus you know how dreams are.. strings of unrelated events, people and places. I don't want to bore and confuse you all.

Among my favourite scenes in that dream was when I was swinging on a ladder, and sliding down the hill head first.

While on the subject of dreams, I'd like to share with you, this hadith that I came across before:

Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, "If anyone of you sees a dream that he likes, then it is from Allah, and he should thank Allah for it and narrate it to others; but if he sees something else, i.e., a dream that he dislikes, then it is from Satan, and he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and he should not mention it to anybody, for it will not harm him."
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 87, Number 114

Here are some pics.
Not from the dream, of course - but from my life in the past week or so..





Have a good week ahead.

Blossmobile hit by minibus

Ok, i've got a name for the car! err.. but, what a time to announce sey.

Tadi pagi, as usual, I was in a hurry to get to work. So I got into the car, and cuma sempat baca doa keluar rumah (one that most of the time, I remember to read only when i reach the car). Belum sempat lah baca doa naik kenderaan.

As Blossmobile was going down the multi-story carpark, a minibus which was coming up, hit Blossmobile at the right rear door. At the point when I was hit, I felt like I was in a bumper-car. But of course, it's not a bumper car it's MY CAR! :((

Because I was in a hurry AND I forgot to read the doa AND I also didn't really check to see if there were any vehicle coming up on my right - i felt guilty.

The driver of the minibus was an old Chinese man. I looked at his damage.. dia punya left signal light broke and his number plate came off. And water was leaking.
I asked how much. he said maybe about $100. Then i said, nebermind.. u go and access first. So he asked.. want to make a report or just settle here? I told him I'll call him later. So I gave him my number, and took his. I thought I was calm. Rupanya I think I felt a little bit panic (bukan picnic.. paaanic) - because I felt my hand shiver a bit, when I was writing down the numbers.

Luckily I did not pay him on the spot, because, I felt guilty for my own reasons, I didn't use much of my judgement.

Anyway, since I could still close the door and drive to work, I did. I stopped downstairs for a while to call hubby. He asked, 'You hit him?' I said, 'No, he hit me on the rear door'. Then hubby said, ' then dia lah yang salah." Hmm.. ya tak ya eh.. I mean, I didn't see the minibus lah tadi, I only knew when I was hit. But, if I was hit on the REAR door, that means, I da turun ramp tu la kan, then I got hit. Which means, he was the one who didn't see me IN FRONT OF HIM.

*sigh* And hubby also suggested, we make a report and insurance claim. Sent hubby the pics.

He replied:

ASSESSMENT
Bad news : Damage is quite bad, at least 4 days to 1 week in workshop. Should be between $500 to $1000.

Good news : You may have a case. He knocked into your rear, means he should have been aware you are there and should have stopped.

And hubby da tell me what to do, and tell me to go through all this procedure myself - be independent. Sure, darling.

When I smsed close contacts that blossmobile got hit, one of them said to the other, "wah, then penyek lah eh handphone dia?" Woit. blossmobile as in 'batmobile' lah! I can't imagine how my hp can get 'hit' by a minibus sey. =D

My office colleagues pulak, asked me how it happened. Da cerita gitu gini, finally one of my chinese colleague asked, 'So what's your car plate number?"
Wei!! Want to buy 4D ah?

Anyway, took half day leave, to go make an insurance claim report. The ever-available teddie and SB (thank you darlings), accompanied me to the insurance office and the workshop for an assessment. The plan was to do a claim against my own policy, then do a recovery against the other person.

But as I was finally driving home (yes, i still have blossmobile yg kemek ni with me), i felt somekind of guilt still. I think I am not at peace with myself, claiming against the other person. I did play a part in causing that accident, turun kelam kabut camtu. Doesn't matter what other people say, that he's wrong to hit my rear door, but the truth is, I was also in the wrong. And may this be a lesson to me. I think I'll feel better just claiming against my own insurance. yeah.
You know, macam ada satu hadith tu..

According to Wabisah bin Ma'bad (r.a.) who said, " I came to the Messenger of Allah SAW, who said, 'You have come to ask about righteousness?' 'Yes, ' I answered. He said, 'Ask your own heart for a fatwa. Righteouness is when the soul feels peace and the heart feels peace, and sin is what creates restlessness in the soul, and rumbles in the bosom, even though people give their opinion (in your favour) and continue to do so.'
~ narrated according to the two Musnads, that of Ahmad bin Hanbal and that of al-Darimi, with excellent isnads.
- from Imam Nawawi's Collection of 40 Hadith.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un.
BUT, Alhamdulillah too, it's not worse than this, and I'm fine, in case anyone of you is concerned about ME. My injury is only my heartache. :|

Well, may we all have a better day today. :)