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...

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..

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!

OUR SO-CALLED LANDSCAPE

eh apa tu?

tak mungkin bunga tulip

eh, ade ke teratai tumbuh atas tanah?

mak aiiii banyaknya bunga kantan kat courtyard kita..

dan ada yang dah selamat dibuat laksa oleh watie dan bibik..

BERSANTAI DI PETANG AHAD

We (MT, MAJ, WH, and myself) decided to lepak-lepak at MT's place (who lives in the same neighborhood) and at the same time merasmikan her newly installed Balinese-concept garden. Tambahan pulak it was a birthday of MAJ's daughter, so, acara kemuncak majlis pada petang tu sebenarnya adalah upacara memotong kek besday yang sgt cantik lagi lazat. Ye Mid, kami makan dan makan lagi...

MT, MAJ and WH are amongst my close friends since our college days in Shah Alam dating back somewhere in 1991-1993. We then separated hundreds miles away from each other to further our studies abroad. As far as i can recall, i did pay MAJ and WH a visit at their universities in UMSL and VU, respectively.MAJ together with her then boyfriend (now husband) came to visit me at UI sometime in winter 1993. WH, surprisingly, even got married and gave birth to her 1st child while completing her degree.

Like many other friends from the same batch - IU9, each one of us is now blessed with 3 super-active children. But looking at the momentum, i would speculate that both MAJ and MT might produce more. While WH and myself opted to remain dormant until further notice.

Happy Birthday Aisyah and a belated one to Muaz!

LEMANG JEPUN

While i was about to leave home for KL yesterday, my sons reminded me again to buy them some sushi, the japanese food. Just after the makan-makan@KLCC with my old friends, i dragged Liza and Ida to accompany me to the Isetan's supermarket, to buy the stuffs needed to make shushi. Bersemangat sungguh mama nak buat sushi kali ni, buat pertama kali secara solo pulak tu. Harap2nya bergunalah ilmu yang diperturunkan oleh Mrs Yoon satu ketika dahulu.

Hasilnya? Tarraaaa... tengoklah sendiri! Boleh lah untuk a first-timer, kan? 1/2 kg of calrose rice, habih licin untuk sekelip mata tauuuu. Samada ianya sangat sedap atau budak2 ini yang terrrlalu lapar?

LAAMAAA TAK JUMPAAAA, KIINIIII BERSUAAAAA

Kalau ikutkan hati, memang malas nak drive ke KL sendirian. Tetapi memandangkan dah berjanji dan sangat2 excited nak jumpa kawan2 yang ada daripadanya dah hampir 15 tahun tak jumpa, paddle minyak ditekan 120km sejam pun masih tak terasa lajunya. Terfikir juga nak drive ke Bdr Tasik Selatan and from there naik LRT ke KLCC. Tapi di sebabkan masih banyak masa and macam tak larat nak turun naik tangga untuk tukar tren di Masjid Jamek, i sticked to my initial plan. While thinking which highway can take me to KL the fastest, teringat pulak KakBib ajak singgah office for some Laksa yang di buat oleh Watie on the very same day. I am so sorry Watie, kanda terlupa, maybe next time lah ya!

Sesampai je di Jalan Kuching, as expected, all vehicles started to move very slowly. I decided to take Jalan Sultan Ismail instead of terus ke Jalan Tun Razak. It was okay initially, tapi bila dah hampir ke Bank Pembangunan, jalan sesak semula. Arghhh... It took me almost 45minutes to reach KLCC from there! How about that?? Nasib baik bawak kereta auto, kalau manual, maunya akak singgah minum sirap limau kat Wisma Sime Darby dulu.

I reached the basement parking of KLCC, 10minutes before 1pm and made it to the Concourse level, in front of the BodyShop, as instructed - in time. Mula2 sekali nampak Liza, berpelukanlah kami. Sambil menunggu yang lain, kami masuk BodyShop and baru nak tanya2 pasal body scrup apa yang wanginya tahan lama, hehehe, menerusi cermin, ternampak Shikin dtg dari belakangg. Sakan lagiii berpeluk2 tiga beradik pulak. Seminit selepas tu, muncul pulak si Am, kawan yang dah 14tahun tak jumpa!! Makanya KLCC menjadi saksi akan tumpahnya beberapa titis air mata rindu antara kami. Waduh waduh... Terima kasih facebook, penjejak kasih no1 masa kini.

Ida, another friend of mine, joined us 30minutes later while we were settling at the Oriel, 1st floor - near Isetan, for lunch. Sambil makan sambil bergebang. Masa lebih 2 jam berlalu, sungguh tak terasa. Masing2 sibuk meng-update diri masing2 dan jugak menyingkap kenangan silam semasa sama2 belajar di PPP/ITM dulu. After 15 years, kami kini dah punya 3 org anak setiap seorang! Talking about productivity!

Thank you Liza, Shikin, Am and Ida for the extended lunch hour pada hari tu. I really had a splendid time with you gals. Hope to do it again, with other friends as well -- real soon.

Untuk Mid yang masih jauh nun di bumi Jerman sana, renung2kanlah gambar kami ni, tak reti2 nak balik menjejak kaseh-kah?