Sunday, August 31, 2008

SALAM MERDEKA!




I am feeling a little patriotic today and wish all Malaysians a happy 51st Merdeka. Wherever you are!


Merdeka!
Merdeka!
Merdeka!









Somebody please tell me if they have decided to modify the jalur gemilang!




Friday, August 29, 2008

2 MONTHS HAVE PASSED, TWO WEEKS TO GO!

Pejam celik pejam celik, hari ni genap 2 bulan the kids and myself balik cuti2 malaysia. Lama dah husband dan Manama City di tinggalkan rupanya. Kalau dulu husband dengan kekwat-nya cakap "yay! merdeka!" bila kami nak tinggalkan dia, tapi pelik ya, merdekanya orang itu sampai hampir tiap malam handset kat rumah ni berdering. Tak cukup dengan YM, Skype, siap ber-webcam session lagi.

Walaupun kami sibuk berseronok dan berpoya2 di sini Yang, for your information, we remember you every single minute of our awake time tawww...

And now, we (or is it me?) are counting days before he sets his feet di bumi bertuah ini semula. Just another 2 weeks to go!

Actually this is not the first time for us (the kids and myself) to be away from husband. Yang peliknya setiap kali i became pregnant, his employer would send him overseas. While i was having KS in my tummy, he was sent to the USA for almost two weeks. Gabra jugak sebab masa tu i was almost in my 35th week of pregnancy. Luckily nothing happened. He was then sent to Dubai and Japan while KA started kicking and crawling in my uterus. And surprisingly, again, while i was having KT, he was sent to India, and this time, not for a few weeks, but for a few years!!

And i didnt think twice but to agree to go along with him when he accepted the Bahrain offer. Simply because, i cant handle the children on my own, even with bibik around. It would be a bit different if the children are a little grown up. But not when they are still small. No way.

Going back in 2005, i had to discuss with my O&G on the best time to induce the baby. I had to make sure that husband was around when the girl comes out to see the world. And the first 2 weeks was a blast. Yelah first time dapat anak pompuan kan. Gayat. But the moment husband left us for India again, things started to be tunggang terbalik. On the third week of confinement, little KT started to make noises. She cried days and nights. She could really go on and on for hours. Luckily i had my mom and bibik looking after us. We would take turns to give our best shots to console the baby. And lucky me to have such good sibblings, neighbors and friends who would also come to give a helping hand. Cakap ajalah mana aja ustaz yang boleh bantu, we would find the way to find them. Kalau setakat air jampi, memang penuh satu rumah -- untuk diminum, di buat mandi, di sapu ke muka, semuanya ada.

Oh, pokok ceri tu sangat rendang --- the neighbors came and chopped them off.
Oh, dia tak cukup susu badan nih --- sampai ke Bangi aku pergi berurut!
Oh, pokok beringin tu dah naik ke dinding --- we cleared them up.
Oh, dia nak berbuai sokmo tak? --- we searched high and low for that fancy electronically operated buai-an
Oh, baby ni rindukan abah-nya tak? --- *gulp*


And the boys (KS and KA), started to act weirdly too. KS was eight and KA was 5 back then. It was ramadhan and KS who completed his puasa since he was 6, started to complaint this and that. Almost every single day he would contemplate to discontinue his puasa.

Letih lah ma, panas sangatlah, sejuk sangatlah, tak tahanlah..
Tak larat sangat nih.. lamanya lagi nak tunggu lagi 1 jam
Tanak puasalah sebab baby pun tak puasa! (referring to KT who was about 1mth old!)



KA was even worse. Pantang silap, mulalah menjerit2 terlolong2. Should bibik wanted to hold or came near the baby, he would scream and push bibik away. Kalau di marah, siaplah, melalak2 sampai terkencing2 dalam seluar. Kalau nak di pujuk, bukannya senang. Hulur dulu duit warna merah dua tiga keping! Arghhh...

Rasa nak aja ku picit2 budak2 bertuah nih.

When one of the ustazs from DarusShifa' came, we asked him to "jampi" all the four of us!

It took almost a year for little KT to recover from her colic. And now, at the age of 3, she is one sweet girl who at times can really act like a 21 year old adult.

Would i consider another bundle of joy? I'll just have to wait for husband to come home, to discuss! ;P

Thursday, August 28, 2008

DUA PULOH LAPAN HARIBULAN LAPAN DUA RIBU LAPAN

Dok sebut pasal MPKJ semalam, teringat pulak yang cukai pintu belum dibayar! Deadline pun tinggal beberapa hari aja lagi. Memang boleh bayar online tapi sebabkan tak ingat berapa actual bilnya, so, terpaksalah menggagahkan diri ke MPKJ. Mahukah kediaman anda di sita? Ohh tentulah tidak..

Selesai buat bayaran, i rushed to Hospital Putrajaya, menjenguk Cikgu Zaimah yang anak daranya Shasha terpaksa dibedah lututnya akibat cedera. Ingatkan nak lunch sama, tapi puasa pulak Cikgu tu. Takpolah. Terpaksalah kita lunch sorang2 aja kat kantin Hospital tu. Namanya-pun hospital, makanannya pun aduhaiii... set set takda garam dan perasa gitu.

Right after the 5-minutes lunch, i made my way to the 3rd floor looking for room no 27 as per instructed. Mak aiiiii terperanjat den tengok katil yang disediakan;


Hehehe merasa-lah si shasha naik katil utk mat2 rempit harapan negara.
Pesakit terpaksa lari masuk toilet sebab terlalu camera-shy!


Cantiknya nama pesakit, cantiknya tarikh.


Mak kena sign dulu yaa, anakanda masih under-age katanya


Tapi takpa, the room comes with a view.


Drove myself home an hour later, nak hantar kereta to my trusted workshop di Bandar Rinching sebab semalam ada bunyi2 ganjil keluar, maybe sebab air masuk sewaktu mengharung banjir di pekan Kajang. 2 jam menunggu sampai terlelap2. Hangus RM300 for a new pair of brake pads, some spareparts and for a routine service as well. Maklomlah kereta dah lama tinggal, tentu ada yang berkarat and all... Selesai aja tugas2 di workshop, i sent the car for a snow wash nearby. Paid RM10 for a full wash/vacum plus cuci enjin sekali. Hmmm murahlah pulak. Rasanya dulu i had to pay RM15 for the same services. Oh well, baguslah tu kan.. maybe sebab SYABAS dah subsidi air sikit kot! Syabas!


One snowy experience indeed!


And on the way balik, perut pun dah berkeroncong semula. Yelah dengan makan kat hospital yang ntah hape2 tadi, dan kena tunggu lama kat workshop, maunya tak lapauuu?? So, kita singgah dulu la kat gerai jual kueh somewhere tepi jalan kat Fasa 4, BTK. Kakak jual kueh ni memang famous-lah jugak, antara pioneer kat township ni. Kueh muehnya memang beraneka rupa and rasa.

Pilih kak, jangan tak pilihh, yang merah ada, yang ijau pun banyakkk...


Saya nak yang tuu, yang nih, haa..bungkus semua-nya-lah! sonang cito..
Tapi, yang tigo singgit dah takdo?? How come??

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

NO TITLE

Had to drive to KL again to send a relative to Pekeliling Bus Station. Dragged KS along to accompany, with two reasons 1) as a kelendan@ teman borak masa balik nanti and kalau sempat, 2) singgah Parkson Kajang untuk beli seluar raya.

On the way balik, KS sibuk la pulak ajak singgah Shushi King. Memandangkan dia masih belum lunch, and considering ramadhan is just round the corner, takut nanti tak sempat by the time nak balik Bahrain, i decided to make a stop at Sushi King Leisure Mall, Cheras.

So these were what KS had;

Ebikko - Fish Roe


Ikura -- Salmon Roe (Limited)
Tried some, meletup2 dalam mulot!


Nishoku - Fish roe & Wasabi flavored fish roe


Anak Jepun sesat, having his main dish -- Salmon steak served with rice,
cabbage, soup, yakult cultured milk and egg custard.

Yeap, the heavenly taste egg custard filled with mushroom and crabstick.
Sedapnya tak terkata!



Tempura set for mama -- no raw food for me please!


Inari Burger -- Sweet beancurd with rice, omelette, crabstick and cucumber.
Not a bad choice at all!


And the take-aways for those at home.


And they only cost us RM70 total!! So dirt cheap kalau nak banding dengan yang kat Bahrain nun.

After the makan2, we went straight to Parkson Kajang and dengan langit yang agak mendung semacam, i decided to park the car at the basement parking. Within half an hour, KS got himself 4 pairs of slacks and we then rushed back to the basement parking to collect the car.

How surprised i was to realise that it rained so heavily outside and and within minutes, water started to fill up the basement. The building management had to close the basement parking to avoid more cars coming in. To avoid water from pouring in too. Nasib baik lah cepat, kalau tak, hishhh... nauzubillah. Teringat pulak kes beberapa tahun dulu di mana basement parking di dataran merdeka di penuhi air, banyak kenderaan yang terkandas dan musnah. Dengan kemalangan jiwa lagi.. Ohh, sungguh phobia!

The moment we reached outside, most of the roads outside Plaza Metro were already flooded with water. It was the first time me seeing such a big flood in Kajang town itself. Entah manalah silapnya. Dalam berdebar2 nak cari jalan keluar tuh, sempat jugak suruh KS snapped some photos. Wahhh macam wartawan Metro-lah pulak ya!

Somewhere near the open parking space in front of CzipLee Bookstore


In front of RHB Bank


At another road leading to Jalan Besar/ Jalan Kajang - Semenyih


Alhamdulillah we made it home 45minutes later. We came to know that it rained really heavily in KL too on the very same night. And banjir kilat yang melanda Kajang pulak telah meragut nyawa seorang warga emas, according to some reliable sources.

The MPKJ should definitely find measures to avoid the same disaster to happen again. Whatever that may be.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

WAN HUSNUL HIZAM


Happy Birthday Hizam
from all of us in Semenyih!

Saturday, August 23, 2008

JALAN2 DI BUKIT TINGGI

Maka setelah selesai upacara memotong kek besday pada pagi yang gilang gemilang tu, berangkatlah kami ke Bukit Tinggi, Bentong, Pahang. Niat utamanya adalah untuk menumpangkan anak2 saudara, Apit dan Jiha melalui biras yang kebetulan hendak pulang ke Jerantut. Dan niat kedua, untuk jalan2 makan angin. Maklomlah sepanjang cuti sekolah, kami tak sempat berjalan kemana-mana memandangkan masing2 bergilir2 demam, batuk dan selsema.


Haaa setelah sangkut hampir 3 jam di MRR, terpaksa pulak kereta kami
mengengkeh naik bukit lebih 1/2 jam, dengan cuaca yang panas terik,
tiba juga kami di Berjaya Hills. Dan destinasi pertama kami adalah sebuah ladang kuda!


Tu dia, birthday girl yang dalam demam2 pun
sempat lagi tersenyum. Sungguhlah sporting anak dara sorang nih...


Gigih pulak tu panjat bukit yang beratus meter tinggi-nya dari parking space.
Tetap bersemangat walaupun terpaksa berhenti dua tiga kali untuk muntah!


Tetapi permandangan dari atas sana memang mengasyikkan...
Kat Bahrain takdo ni sumo.. iskh iskh


Yay! We finally made it! 3500 feet above sea level kayyy...


Oh, iyo ko?


Rupa2nya, ada unsur yang lebih mempersonakan di atas sana.


Dan kami sungguh terpana!


Sampai rasa nak terjun secara beramai2. Pakkal la kawasan larangan!


Teringat pulak akan ayahanda yang masih jauh nun di sana.
Dengan pertanyaan, bila-kah kolam ikan kita akan mula dibina?


Eh, macam mimpi pulak. Tadi Kat Jepun, tiba-tiba kita dah sampai Perancis?
He he he Colmar Tropicale -lah!


Yaa... standard la dema nih...sempat pulak tu pau kita.
Ingatkan kat Perancis takda Pasar Lambak!


Ralit sungguh tengok uncle pakai baretta tu melukis.


Ya, Selamat tinggal Bukit Tinggi. Kami terpaksa berangkat pulang sebab
PakTeh dah tunggu 1/2 jam kat Kawsan Rehat Genting Sempah.
Jumpa lagi Apit dan Jiha!

HAPPY BITHDAY MY LITTLE PRINCESS











It is my little KT's birthday! And what makes this year extra special? we celebrated her birthday not once, but twice!

It was last weekend when 3 out 4 of husband's sibblings were around when we decided to have some makan-makan and they insisted to have an early birthday bash for this little girl as well.

KT got all excited when a birthday cake presented to her but the moment she saw the cheesecake, she went;


"kan adik nak kek warna pink!"


I remember she did tell me that she wanted a minnie mouse cake but due to time constraint, i only manage to grab a cash and carry cheesecake. Ok la tu kan? Tapi, kalau dah namanya ibu mithali..


"okay, nanti kita beli kek pink pulak ya..!" i said.


Days went by until yesterday when i suddenly realised that i forgot to order that special minnie mouse cake for her. Wayyy to go mama! As a result, terpaksalah kami berpuashati with a simple cake from the most friendly bakery nearby. If only i knew that they could not draw..

Tapi, meminjam kata-kata Barney, you just have to use a little imagination and creativity -- to get things into perspective, i started to modify the cake myself. Hasilnya? Tetaplah huduh kek anakanda-ku pagi itu, tapi cukuplah untuk menggembirakan hati kecilnya..

Sori Dik, mama definitely has to do better next year, insyaAllah. Happy 3rd Birthday Anyway!

We love you so much. Muahhhhhh...

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

KITA BERTEMU LAGI

Alhamdulillah. Bak kata orang tua2 kalau ada umur dan di murahkan rezeki - diizinkan Allah, bertemu juga. Begitulah. Berkat keazaman dan iltizam Uya, kawan lama yang dah bermaustautin di Kerteh, Terengganu, kami bertemu semula setelah hampir 15 tahun tak berjumpa. Tapi lain kali tolong ler jangan tukar venue last minutes yek... Tak pasal2 akak kena park kereta kat basement * Av**ue yang macam twilight zone tuh..

Being able to meet these old friends ---Uya, Jaimy, Mekna and Shikin, made be feel so happy and overwhelmed. Only Allah knows how much i value the friendship. And Shikin, from now on, i am proud to announce that you have been appointed as the Pengerusi Tetap for all get-together events. Tanpa-mu, pincanglah majlis.

susahnya nak suruh Mekna senyum sambil tunjuk gigi, tak boleh katanya!
Uya n Shikin mmg natural bab2 posing nih..



with my beautiful old friends..
you all nampak tak korum ke-enam? hehehe pandai eh Jaimy cover...
apa2pun, we salute u jaimy.. sanggup jalan kaki dari office tuh!



akhirnya senyuman colgate Mekna menjelma jua! tanpa disuruh2..


baguih betul adik waitress tu, siap tolong snap gambar kat luar.
what a value added service! lain kali boleh datang lagi..


Saturday, August 16, 2008

THE FISH SPA

Another week of school break! SKA, husband's only brother, came from Jerantut with his wife, NAH, and their 3 children - Apit, Jiha and Iman. The kids will do their regular bonding while the moms busy doing their annual shopping -- for raya and all.

So we went to Jusco Balakong, Semenyih The Store (you will be surprised by the choices!), and Seremban Parade. And after finishing our chicken McD in SP, we came across this;


a spa for fish?


nope, they are the "dr fish" -- cleansing harmlessly

Garra Ruppa, a tiny toothless spa fish used in this therapy to nibble away the dead skin on your feet, hands and in fact the whole body. Not only they remove the unwanted skin, it will also release an enzyme known as dithranol to rejuvenate our skin. A spa indeed!