It was NOT MY Graduation dinner..

Le Royal Hotel, Amman

In the midst of our moving-out conflicts..

In the cage of abang's hectic final year student's life...

In the web of stress which sprouted from hardship in obtaining iqamah for Faheem and me (Jordan's IC. Phewww abang's pocket was emptied of nearly JD100 for the iqamah and yet nothing is certain for now... :( may we be patient.. Ok, I have more reason to backbite Jordan huuu)

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Abang still had time to bring Faheem and me to the graduation dinner for Malaysian students who have just graduated from JUST!!! Yipppeeee. Alhamdulillah. Man, I was excited and happy! It was held in Le Royal Hotel, a luxurious 5-star hotel in the centre of Amman, and the fact that we paid NOT A CENT for the treat of the night was excellent T_T. Well the Malaysian embassy in Jordan is loaded I guess and they just don't know how else to spend their money haha.

I didn't make it to my own graduation dinner thus the over excitement I guess, although I was not the one being celebrated last night:p But actually Faheem was much much much happier than us hehe. First, in the bus (we went in 4 buses), he sat with his ammus (uncles), throughout the 1.5 hour journey (without a fuss), giving mummy and daddy a chance to date peacefully.

Dinner started at 8pm. When the programme started (of course we had to endure few talks, karaoke session and such before the actual feast), we put Faheem in his stroller. And of course he made his usual annoyed things (which he always does whenever he is annoyed such as being strapped in his stroller). First he started spraying his saliva. I said to him,"Faheem kat sini takde nyamuk. Ni hotel 5 star ni. Tak payah spray2" He looked up at us with a cheeky smile and started to toss and turn in his stroller, while making some sound. Fearing that he would start crying, abang took him out. By then the Duta was singing a song entitled highway. I really love that song since I was small. Next, guess what? Faheem started making this sound.. "Ummmmmmmmmmmmm." He is crazy with making these bouts of coughing since the past few days (I posted the video in my facebook). I couldn't help but to release a few laughs. He smiled broadly (mistakenly understood that I wanted to play with him) and started COUGHING. Seriously coughing like he has tuberculosis (batuk kering)!!! The coughs were loud and it echoed in the big hall (in between the Duta's voice). This time around many people started turning their heads towards us (seriously) and I laughed hard, really hard that I was surprised that I didn't fell off from the chair. To stop the whole local chaos from spreading wide, abang firmly took Faheem out of the hall huuu.

When the feast actually started, Faheem was passed from a group of students to another (especially his uncles-cum-abang's colleagues) I hardly put my eyes and hands on him throughout the dinner, a nice change indeed hehe. Faheem ? Well he enjoyed the attention to the most, and when finally abang carried him for the photography session at around 11pm, he fell asleep, in a standing position. Just like that. Faheem, faheem.... :)

Will upload his pics later :)

Marking the third week

Went to Ashabul Kahfi for the 2nd time, Dead Sea for the 3rd time.. and I begged abang to not bring me on a Jordan tour anymore. Huu enough is enough. I get car sickness these days.

I've stayed here in Jordan for almost 3 weeks. Well, I'm still busy with the moving-out packing. Oh really I can't wait for this to be over! Kinda busy with some labelling work which I think is driving abang crazy huhuu..Because I'm using a rare font, which doesn't exist in the printing shop's computer (we don't have a printer btw), so abang suggested that I save my work in PDF form, later when he went to the shop, some of the setting were not right, he had to come back home, edit a bit, when he went again, something else had to be corrected, then went to the shop again to install the font in their computer.. I don't know how many times he went to and fro the shop and back home till the end of the day, the printing is still not done huuu poor abang.. (I'm labelling everything-- sugar, salt, tea, coffee, flour, spices etc...) Perhaps I'll put up some pics later

Faheem is unbelievably difficult for the past 1 week. Ummm we are trying to separate him from his pacifier, and he keeps throwing tantrum merely because he can't fall asleep without that blue thing uhuuu. We are trying our best to understand and to be patient.. Alhamdulillah the intensity of his tantrum has reduced significantly though at times I still feel like banging my head on the wall!

Abang will start his final year soon. By soon I mean in 5 days time. Oh yes, when abang's holiday has finished, it marks the end of my holiday as well. I have this weird idea that too long a hol is not good for one's health geee~ Managed to persuade abang to buy a study table for me, a source of motivation perhaps :p

And currently I'm crazy with the idea of preparing a healthy meal for the family, although at times I'm screaming inside to bake cakes or to prepare sugar-laden desserts huuuu which are not healthy of course. Kinda busy updating my cooking blog ^_^ but I'm keeping it private for the time being. A Secret Recipe gahhh absurd~ Abang has suggested the idea that I start a small business, food business I mean and I'm considering the idea seriously. After we have settled in the new house perhaps..

Quitting one, starting a new one

faheem and me in KLIA. 1st June 2011

faheem dalam pangkuan nenek, a day before he departed to Jordan. Ni kerja ummi dia lah ni

It's been a while since I let go of the student title, and I guess I haven't started missing that part, though when abang brought me to his university hospital few days back, there's a dying wish to put on the whitecoat again.. i guess it's in the blood :) It is exciting in a way when abang brought me and Faheem to the library, and I used his loan quota to the max, borrowing few novels, knowing that I don't have to worry to finish my medical books anytime soon. It feels good to have someone to take care of Faheem and tend to his needs when I'm busy with the novels too! Ahh leisure time, something which was not within my reach with the final exam and the new baby.. :)

It's been a while since I last carried out the responsibility of a wife with the husband around :p and I have just realized (for the ??? times) that being a wife is actually a job hehe. Well you tend to forget how does it feel to be a wife when the husband is away for quite sometime especially in the area of S.H.A.R.I.N.G things thus the need to relearn everything. No worries insyaAllah :)

I have more time for my dear Faheem Alhamdulillah and I hope that won't spoil him in anyway huhuu. Faheem is 'absorbing' Jordan quite excellently. He had his immunization this morning from a clinic which was only 5 minutes walk from home :) Umm yep, he's not really well, has a slight fever post vaccination..

I don't grab the car key and drive off anymore. Yes, we walk to most of the places and if it is far, we take the taxi or bus. Our usual joke is, Faheem is the only one with a car hehe (he hates his car btw. Masuk stroller je buat muka cebik super saiya). We push him in the stroller anywhere (Oh well neither abang nor me can carry him using the baby carrier uhuuu he's way too heavy!). And we take evening walks haha how unusual.

Faheem started eating biscuit yesterday! He's enjoying it to the most alhamdulillah. Farley rusk banana flavoured- reminds me of Safiyya (sebab mama dia asyik belikan makanan perisa pisang je untuk dia huu)..

I have started to feel at home, Alhamdulillah for the umpteenth time :) And Faheem has started enjoying his daddy's company :D ALhamdulillah and alhamdulillah, that is all I manage to say..