WOUNDED

Can I say something?

"I &$@@@@@@xxxx*86@@@..........

No,
But %%%^&###@@**@@@..........

No.
But ++@#$@#$****@@@@..........

No."

Song of the Day

Batasku Asaku -Siti Nurhaliza

Bila kutercipta dari tulang rusukmu
Mengapa kumampu sempurnakan hidupmu
Bila ku ada karena kau ada
Mengapa kau tak bisa sendiri saja

Reff
Dalam teguh tak larut belaian
Ranum sahaja bukan hiasan
Untaian cinta gapai genggaman
Yakinkan mimpi dalam iman

Batasku sadari raut kodratku
Asaku menari terbalut sorbanmu
Lembutnya jiwa sambut nestapa
Terngiang syahdu iman di dada

Bila cerita tak lagi ceria
Mahligai cinta merona terlena
Senada iman kusimpan derita
Kuatkan hati bersimpuh padaNya

***Life is sometimes unfair, biased and hurtful.......

SELAMAT HARI IBU everyone...

It was a hectic day as usual. Everyone's going to work and school. But I received the earliest wish at 6.40am from overseas, from 'Adilah. Then, Asyraf called, saying the same thing and forgiveness...(ehem!). Then, Amirah kissed and wished me before she left for her driving test this morning. The two youngest just left school without saying anything, just smiling and laughing away to the school van as their stomach was already filled with milo, egg sandwich and nasi goreng. As for Najihah, my fourth daughter kept herself silence for the rest of the day...and that's normal.Later in the day I received more wishes including from hubby and friends.

So, I called my moms and wished them. But, it was my own mom that made me feel terrible coz I could not take care of her when she needed me the most. Sorry MAK...Sorry ABAH...

Below is an article I read in Yahoo today...(What do you think?)
One of my favorite quotes in Laurie PK's Mother's Day post comes from the eminently quotable Anne Morrow Lindbergh: “By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.”

Add to that the fact that mothering work is unpaid, and it's a double whammy. True words like Lindbergh's are why it's both illuminating and depressing to put a dollar figure to the work mothers do at home. Just in time for Mother's Day, Salary.com has done that in its 9th annual mom salary survey. This year, a stay-at-home mom performing the 10 most popular "mom-job functions" does the work equivalent of a $122,732 salary, up 5 percent over last year's calculations. A mom who works outside the home 40 hours a week does work that equates to an annual cash compensation of $76,184, an 11 percent increase. A lucrative second job--if that second shift were actually a paid gig.

How do the folks at Salary.com arrive at such hefty numbers? First, they take 10 jobs that closely match the multiple jobs moms do at home. Think laundry machine operator, janitor, van driver, housekeeper, computer operator, cook, daycare center teacher, facilities manager, psychologist, and chief executive officer. Then they surveyed 12,150 moms to quantify their hours worked in each role for a typical week. Salary.com's compensation professionals weighted the different responsibilities of the job to determine the average mom's overall total compensation.

The (fake) salaries for mothers increased during a year salary increases are rare because Salary.com's researchers found that moms--stay-at-home and work-outside-the-home--are outsourcing less of the around-the-house jobs and, as a result, are putting in lots of "overtime." According to the survey, the working mom had 17 hours of overtime in addition to her full-time hours both at work and as a mom, and the stay-at-home mom worked 56 hours of overtime, bringing her work week to 96 hours. That's a lot of unpaid work.

So, what's the value in calculating the value of a mother's work if there is no way she'll ever get paid for it? Well, in a culture that assigns value in dollars, it's important to see in black and white the many jobs moms do and how those jobs are valued in the job market. It's also a way for Salary.com to highlight how its tools shed light on how employers set salaries for jobs.

"This is our ninth year looking at the value of mom's work. It has become a popular annual event because it not only recognizes the critical value of what moms do, but educates the public on the key factors that determine what employers are willing to pay for a given job," said Meredith Hanrahan, senior vice president at Salary.com, Inc. "We value the job of mom based on her job description and calculate what an employer would have to pay in cash if they were to hire someone to do all that a mom does."

Want to know what you or a mom in your life should get paid? You can use the Mom Salary Wizard, then create a fake mom paycheck and pay stub to be sent on Mother's Day. But here's the dilemma: Knowing how much a mom should get paid can be a good thing if those around her are recognizing the value of all she does. Or, it could just make her very sad that she can't cash that check for real.
What do you think? Is there value in assigning a dollar value to all moms do?


You know...Although there are times when I think, mums are being under priviledged and taken for granted, I am still proud to be a mum to 6 very unique children who have different characters, tantrums, obsessions etc...etc...They are never the same. But yes...I wish...how I wish...mothers are valued more (appreciation maybe?)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY everyone!!!


Breakfast ready on the table at 6.45am on Mother's Day 2009.

PEREMPUAN BERKALUNG SORBAN-SITI NURHALIZA .mp4

Bought this dvd in Mangga Dua, Jakarta last two weeks. A great, intelligent and non bias islamic movie that should be seen by all muslims in the world. There are so many things that we can learn from this movie although we may not agree with some of the ideas layed here (It's undeniable that many of us are still afraid of our own religion because the way it's potrayed in the media- and we tend to believe it due to our immmaturity knowledge of the religion) Oh Malaysia...when are we going to have movies like this in our cinematic scene?

p/s Listen to another beautiful theme song by Siti Nurhaliza in the movie called Batasku Asaku.

Arakian..

Dan Sang Puteri berjalan terhenjut-henjut menuju ke Gunung Karimah Wali yang diperkatakan banyak orang, yang mempunyai kesaktian dan boleh menyembuhkan banyak penyakit. Berkatalah para haiwan dan tumbuhan yang menyaksikan perjalanan yang maha meyiksakankan itu.

"Wahai Sang Puteri yang bijak bistari, mengapa kau pergi bersendirian? Ke manakah perginya para hulubalangmu?"
"Sudah mati kesemuanya di telan Si Garuda."
"Bukankah kau memiliki seorang panglima yang gagah berani lagi terkenal dengan kebijaksanaanya bermain senjata dari daerah Baluasungkawa? Mengapa tidak kau mengarahkan dia membawamu saja?"
"Dia juga telah ghaib sewaktu Si Garuda datang menyerang negeriku."
"Kasihan Tuan Puteri..."
"Tidak mengapa...semoga kesakitanku akan hilang sebaik ku bertemu Sang Dewi di Gunung Karimah Wali nanti."
Lalu Sang Puteri menruskan perjalanannya tanpa menghiraukan ribut taufan, hujan petir yang membelah bumi.

Oh God...

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