Maryam Hamzah, Author at Maryam Hmz

Tips for working from home with little kids

Due to the Movement Control Order, a lot of us have been subjected to working from home, and for those of us with families, it means working from home with kids. I have some experience in the area - I usually work from home once a week, and even when I'm at the office I've had either Eesa or Hudaa with me on most days. So when our social media manager asked me to share my working from home with kids tips to make into MCO content, I was more than happy to depart my wisdom *cue eyeroll* Disclaimer - this is just what works for me, and a lot of the ...

A long way yet to go

It's the 2nd week of the government imposed Movement Control Order. The Covid-19 cases are increasing exponentially worldwide, and Malaysia recorded it's first few deaths too. The situation is definitely getting scarier, and is not helped by the fact that some people choose to flagrantly flout the MCO and still be outside unnecessarily. Honestly, what is their deal?? It's also hard on those of us who have to fight tooth and nail to keep our parents isolated, indoors. Goodness knows they could be the stubbornest bunch of all. Anyways, here's how t ...

Movement Control Order

2020 has been some kind of crazy...I can't even remember everything thats happened in between the Influenza A epidemic, forest fires, political circus happening, and everything else before. But Covid-19 is a whole other level. Pre-MCO Shafiq had a string of back to back weekend jobs coming up so we decided to take a small family vacation to Terengganu, since Mak, Abang, and Kakak's families would also all be there for a wedding. But due to the Covid-19 situation, we decided to skip the wedding and just hit the beach. We planned on staying til Mon ...

Live

So Life gets in the way of living Too caught up to see you're winning Spinning too fast and non-existing Don't know even what you're chasing You Rushing to meet your deadlines Stumbling to beat the clock's chime Dying to reap the next dime Trying to keep up lifelines Just Breathe in, take a second please Soak in all the beautiful feels, Make time to make more memories Moments you're in-cherish these Coz the future gives no guarantees Live

One-pot creamy paprika chicken pasta

I rarely cook and when I do, it's usually just throwing things together and hoping for the best. This was one of those recipes that turned out better than I expected! If I was to re-make this dish, I'd probably do things a little bit differently, but I had very limited ingredients so this was basically me rummaging through my fridge for whatever I could use. Things I would change: Remove chicken skin Grill chicken to be "healthier" Use parmesan instead of or along with cheddar cooking cream instead of milk fresh parsley instead of dri ...

Intruder

Shadowy bodies moving slowly, shuffling to find their place in the cold gloomy room And suddenly walking through the door, an intruder sitting by my side; Quiet, serious, a gleam of sad determination in his eye I try to gauge me feelings I am not annoyed, as I would have been with another Nor does nervous curiosity make my heart beat ever slightly faster I settle upon Wary, but I can taste the words on my tongue a memory of ebbing and flowing repartee There was a time where I had resigned to my fate had it come to that, I should hav ...

Choices 3.0

Being a mother means you are confronted with choices almost every minute of your life. Notwithstanding all the normal day-to-day ones, most of the time, its a choice between yourself and everything else. On the rare day that I get a whole day without the kids and I am at home with all the luxury of time to do whatever I want, these choices bubble up to the surface faster than you can blink. A whole day to yourself. You can rest. you can pamper yourself. you can do whatever your heart desires. And yet. You walk into the kitchen to make yourself ...

2nd Pregnancy Labour Story

My due date was on May 13, 2018, which would fall on a Sunday, right before the start of Ramadhan. This meant that my last trimester pretty much coincided with the busiest work period of the year for us. There was a photoshoot with Farah Lee where I basically blacked out on her sofa, and a fashion show where I was again in charge of backstage and dressing the models, not to mention the work leading up to the event with all the planning and coordination. Oh, and the elections too! Interesting times. I decided that Thursday the 10th would be my la ...

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Architecture student. Loves reading, traveling, cats, and learning. Wondering. Wandering. Lah