17th of July, 2023

It has been a year! How time flies so fast, in a process to adapt my life without my beloved mom. 

She was pronounced deceased at 8.20 am on 17th of July, 2023 by medical officer due to complication of high blood sugar and hight blood pressure. She was in a bed when she had her last breathed because she had diarrhea since the middle of night to the early morning and Along let her stayed on the bed before the clinic visit. The funeral for my mom was held after Zuhur.  The process, from the body wash, shrouding, prayer to burial was so smooth. Alhamdulillah, the tahlil recite non stopped from morning to evening.

I've got a call from my sis around 8 am on the same day and rang my husband at his office. Unfortunately, we can't go back on the same day. I and my husband in the process of renewing our visa. So we made a visit to Phillipines Immigration on a same day around 10 am to expedite the process, bought the next day flight ticket and wait for the visa approval. We've got the approval by 4pm and we can collected the visa and passport before our flight next day. 

It was not easy to stay calm. i was crying messed when i saw my husband waiting for me at the lobby before the visit to immigration. The worst was after the video call to Malaysia, crying with no sound because i was in public area. i need to wear mask to concile my puffy face. 

The second day, we touched down at KLIA around 4pm. The first person i've met was Fana, my master buddy. She gave me the comfort and condolence. We were then fetched by my friends who was my ex-colleague, Amera and Syazwani,  and reach Melaka at 7pm. While my sibling arranged for the tahlil. Deep talk, shed lot of tears, give comfort to each other, how me and my sibling end the night.

After 48 hours, i finally visited my mom grave on a third day morning. No more tears, no regret, everything happen accordance to Allah will. I also got to spend three weeks in Malaysia. We held tahlil in my mom house on the third, fifth and seventh day.

As an expat, who living abroad, this is the risk you need to bare.  Anything emergency, you can't be there on the very moment. But thanks Allah, i've good support system. I can't think straight once i've received the call from Malaysia. I just tagged along with my husband mindlessly, go through each process. My sibling always updated the news from the Malaysia, send lot of pictures for me. My neighbours spared some time for me to see my mom face before end the shrouding process and let me follow the burial process through video call. My friends gave lots of condolence, comfort through out the whole process

Lots of loves and thanks to my support system.

Hijrah to Philippines

8th February marks my two years of hijrah from Malaysia. I have been living here, in Manila, Philippines since then. I am officially assign as a full time 'House Manager' 😆 with income of course. Rezekilah dapat elaun as a spouse yang ikut husband kerja luar Malaysia. 

Husband dapat tahu nama naik untuk ke Philippines hujung tahun 2020. Disebabkan kilang disini baru dan masih dalam construction, sekatan perjalanan antarabangsa masih berlaku, exact date untuk mula kerja di sini masih belum confirm. Banyaklah yang dibincangkan antaranya pasal our career path, anak, financial, hutang and etc. Nak lagi waktu tu my mom dah mule tunjuk simptom pelupa and mata semakin tidak terang. I pun still dalam pemantauan post operation fibroid and rawatan IVF. 

Pilihannya antara House Manager atau Facility Manager. Berapa lama lagi nak PJJ, tempoh perjalanan dan kos Melaka to Manila, berbaloi atau tidak. Nak tukar from double income to single income, need to justify all the commitments. Still I need my backup saving for myself in case anything happen. Ni semua nak kena fikir and buat decison dengan betul.

Allah Maha Besar dan sebaik-baik perancang, Mei 2021 my husband started to work in Phillipines. November 2021, I have summited my resignation letter and my last day as an employee on 28th January 2022. I kena submit resign letter awal sebab masa tu top management nak buat pergerakan staff and I juga terlibat dengan report preparation for Professional Engineer. Org kata klau hati dah bulat nak resign, mmg xder nye nak buat report tuuu. 😆

8th January 2022 was my flight to Manila. Its is not an easy decision to go but I did what I think is the best for me. My family and friends have been very supportive

I will come back one day for sure

Here is to taking chance in life, new adventure, self growth and towards happiness and healthy life with my husband

Kong Kong Chalet Terapung, Pasir Gudang

Here we are at one of the most unique stay in Kong Kong Chalet Terapung, Pasir Gudang Johor. I've been bugging my husband to come here since before PKP. Niatnya nak cuba belajar memancing. Nanti bolehlah teman dia pergi memancing. So masa balik kampung tempohari, ada rezeki untuk kesini untuk dua hari satu malam. 

Room price adalah termasuk return bot transfer and breakfast (not buffet style). Parking kereta tidak termasuk. Urusan check-in dibuat dekat kedai on the mainland, betul-betul depan jeti. Daripada jeti ke Chalet tidaklah jauh mana, kurang 5 minit naik bot, dah sampai chalet terapung. Kalau yang jenis takut naik bot, sesuailah sangat sebab tenang sahaja perjalanannya. Lepas sampai di Chalet, ada safety briefing termasuklah penerangan regarding the property, rules and regulations during our stay. Safety aspect ni memang di ambil beratlah by Chalet. 

Jetty on mainland

Boat transfer

Kolam renang kanak-kanak, restauran, tempat BBQ dan dewan terbuka antara fasiliti yang disediakan di sini. Restauran tu pun open untuk orang yang menginap atau datang hanya untuk makan, cuma kena tambah harga tiket bot. Bagi yang menginap, order dulu makanan dan maklumkan jam berapa nak disajikan makanannya. Aktiviti lain yang boleh dibuat selain memancing adalah trip pusing pulau dan main jet ski. Kami hanya duduk berbual sambil makan, sambil teman family memancing. 

Untuk bilik pula, ada 4 jenis bilik dan semuanya lengkap dengan aircond dan TV. Inilah sebab yang utama nak belajar mancing kat sini .Dulu, I pernah ikut husband memancing sekali dekat kolam, panasnya...... dengan angin takda. Makin banyak peluh, makin banyaklah mulut i bercakap. At last, my husband hulur kipas tangan, jajan and novel, suruh i duduk kat bawah pondok😂. Rasanya, aktiviti memancing tu memang tidak boleh dipupuk dalam jiwa ni. Dekat sini pun, i cari jajan, novel and duduk bawah kipas teman husband memancing. Agak-agak mengantuk, masuk bilik cari bantal. Konon nak belajar memanciing, hmm.....kelaut.

Overall trip kali ni sesuai untuk rehat-rehat, bonding dengan family, hilangkan gian buat kaki pemancing especially my husband. Sejak kerja di Philippine, batang pancing tu jadi tempat sarang labah-labah. Chalet bersih dan selesa, makanan pun not bad. Ddapat layan sunrise lagi tu.