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Got this lovely message from my beloved husband...

This is a powerful message in our modern society. We seemed to have lost our bearings & our sense of direction.

One, young, academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.
He passed the first interview. The director who did the last interview, made the last decision.
The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research. He never had a year when he did not score.

The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" The youth answered "none".

The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old. It was my mother who paid for my school fees."

The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as a clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me."

The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands and then see me tomorrow morning."

The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to her son.

The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tears fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled and that there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.

This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes every day to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future.

After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.

The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes and asked, " Can you tell me what you did and learned yesterday in your house?"

The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hands, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes.'

The Director asked, " Please tell me your feelings."

The youth said, Number 1, I know now the meaning of appreciation. Without my mother, there would not be the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only now I realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.

The director said, " This is what I am looking for in my new manager.

I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. Son,you are hired."

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.
A child, who has been over protected and habitually given whatever he or she wanted, would develop theentitlement mentality and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. This kind of person, may be good academically and may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel a sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more.

If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?*
You can let your kid live in a big house, eat good meals, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let him experience it. After a meal, let him wash his plates and bowls together with his brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love him in the right way. You want him to understand, no matter how rich his parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young man . The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.

You would have forwarded many mails to many and many of them would have back mailed you too...but try and forward this story to as many as possible...this may change somebody's fate...

My cousin's wedding - 26th Sept 2010

First time playing with readymade fondant/gumpaste inspired by http://cupcakeschek.blogspot.com/ . memang cantik hasil kerja tangan Cik Ayu ni . CC ni untuk hantaran dari pihak lelaki untuk pihak perempuan. 

Syafiq

Wanie

Ni la pengantin nyer..kiut miut dua dua orang ni.. Both of them are in Australia already..

Aku Chinta Kamo...

Order from a D'Ila's friend..so ramantik..

The Witches Convention - Sunday 8.8.2010

Sebelum tibanya bulan Ramadhan, Pn. Organizer as usual a.k.a Pn. Nadiah Shah organized an event. Ada Theme plak tu. Everybody kena pakai macam witch..including the kids. And not to mention girls jer...
These are some pictures taken during the makan makan. Actually ada siap photoghraper lagi.

Topi witches yang disewa.. MBC punya hat ujung skali tu. Kaler hijau..

Anak anak.. mine, anak Nana (Batrisya), anak Teh (Sara)

Birthday girls..me and Teh Zaleha..

Makanan yang lazat dan sedap..

Sesi bergambar...

Decoration done by Leen and Nadine

Last sekali...me a.k.a MBC..

Overall party tu sangat sangat meriah dengan hilai ketawa witches.. yang menang utk hilai mcm witch is Pn. Noreen. sebijik ...

Thanks to orang orang kuat disebalik event ini especially Nadine and Leen. Kerana otak otak depa yang creative ni la maka tercetusnyer idea "Witch Convention"...next time ape entah lagi la yang nak di buat..

Everybody dapat hadiah dari emak sampai la ke anak..cuma yang tak dapat hadiah baby Mekja jer rasernyer ..he he..mungkin terlepas pandang..takpa chek besaq satgi depa mesti perasan

Les Copaque ...

Order from Dik'La for Les Copaque (LCP) untuk jamuan menyambut bulan puasa.

2 sets of 25 M.

Bon Voyage Allyssa..

Order from Noreen for her cousin. Flying off to United Kingdom for study.

I met her when she was 5-6 yrs old..now dah 16 yrs old..

 Noreen wants UK theme.. Big Ben, Red Double Decker, UK Flag, Royal Mail , Phone booth and not to forget The Undergound..

Good Luck Allyssa

Pemberitahuan

Kepada sekalian pengunjung blog ini dan kawan yg telah meng'order' cupcakes dari Mummy Bakes Cupcakes (MBC), mulai hari ini 26hb Julai 2010, set 49 pieces untuk semua saiz telah dimansuhkan.

Harap maklum dan terima kasih kepada semua yang telah menyokong MBC.

Mother's Day

Kepada semua ibu, mak, ummi, ma, mummy  rasernyer masih tak terlambat untuk mengucapkan "SELAMAT HARI IBU"... Actually everyday is a mother's day. Mother always has a special place in everybody's heart... Semua orang ada ibu...
As for me, thanks God for giving me the oppurtunity to be a mother..to my 5 precious babies..you're still my baby..Zulaika, Zuhaira, Zumaiya, Muhammad Zameer, Muhammad Zayeed ever and forever..

My three beautiful princesses Ika, Ira and Maya bertungkus lumus nak bagi present to me.. siap tanyer nak aper.. I told them " i want nothing except good behaviour and respect"..

They end up with these lovely gift... walaupun simple tapi bermakna...from their pocket money (mai from us jugak kan he he..)

From Curly Ika...

From Skinny Ira

From Maya ..ie..mini me (org cakap)

Ok..lupa plak kat Zameer.. he was asking me what i want ...tapi bila dia dah sekolah nanti la baru dia nak beli. Dia nak bagi i hadiah cupcakes ..ermmm..mentang2 la mummy buat cupcakes. Kira ok la sebab dia terpikir of the Mother's Day. I love u all with all my heart.

So finally to all mothers in the world " Love your child" and to my MAK..Thanks for everything she has done for me and my kids and you are precious in any way... LOVE U MAK..