Salam Maal Hijrah....Salam Tahun Baru

Salam kengkawan and friends. May everybody in good health. The new hijrah year has started, and soon the new year of masihi will come. Hope everyone has planned for the whole year. Wish a great success, wealth and health to all of you.

Thanks again for all the doa and prayers for my abah. I was back in Malaysia, a couple of weeks ago, for several days, to visit him. Though his condition is not promising, but alhamdullillah his spirit to keep going is still strong. We now hope for the best for abah. The tumor is at stage 4. What a shocked we had when we learnt the truth, and that is only after the doc told abah, with the presence of mak, along and bang long about abah condition, almost a week after the operation. I was on the way to the airport with my brother, heading home to Brisbane, when my sistah, along called my bro, and told him everything. I knew immediately, from the tone of my bro's voice, that it was not a good news. Yup, the bad news came just before I was leaving Malaysia, but not at abah bedside.

Abah is now recovering from the stiches and wound at home. Doc, on medical advice, unable to remove the stomach that was affected by the tumor. The medical team had to perform three bypasses to abah's intestines and colon, so all the food will no longer go into the stomach. As a result, abah has to change his diet to soft food. That was from my understanding. We will wait for the advice of an oncologist for abah's treatment. Meanwhile, we hope abah in stabil condition, hope everything is good for abah. What ever the doc said about his time, that is just on medical term, life and death is in Allah's hand.

A week after abah's operation, my sistah and her family, came and visit us in Brisbane. They spent 10 days here. The trip was already planned early this year. They were supposed to come a week earlier, due to this circumstances, my sistah postponed (well actually, she nearly cancelled it) a week after. We were very happy that they finally here in Brisbane. And for the rest of the week, we were the hosts and tour guides for them. The bonus is, our two little princesses are here. Came with my sistah and will stay until my completion. So we are back as 'one' again.

My nephews and niece, penat n ngantuk after 8 hours of flying.


Our itinerary of 10 days:

Brisbane view at night at Mount Cootha;


bus rides, citycat rides;



koala and kangaroo visit at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary;



fruit picking, juice tasting, fruit eating and that delicious apple pie at Stanthorpe;







sale! sale! and sale! shopping at DFO, Carrara Market and Harbour Town;



MovieWorld, DreamWorld, Wet and Wild (we only went to the MovieWorld, the rest of the parks my sistah and her family went by themselves)


and last, the Queens St Mall tour.

phewwwwhhh.... 10 days, and that is not enough, there are still other places that we couldn't visit. For 10 days, the ten of us (with my sistah's family of 6), crammed together in our small crib. The kids did enjoyed themselves, and the adults couldn't be better, though with a hole in our pocket, seeing the happy faces, hearing the laughter, what more a parent would asked for. My sistah and her family went home on boxing day (after the boxing day shopping of course). Leaving us to finish what I have came for. And I got 9 months more to the finish line. And that is only my new year wish.

Hope you too, friends had a wonderful holidays. Till I have the time again, take care and salam.

yours truly,

The pain inside...will it subside?

Salam kengkawan, friends, and to those who are following this blog. My gratitude to all of you who keep on visiting this humble place of mine, although I have not written any new, fun, and informative story lately. This place look so melancholic, just like me.

Just received news about abah's condition. He was finally wheeled into the OT yesterday, before noon, after being postponed twice. The operation lasted almost 8 hours, but the surgeons had to do something beyond what they have planned before. Abah was finally wheeled out from the OT after 7 pm, and was placed in the recovery room.

This morning, I was told by my sistah, that the surgeons did not remove the stomach (that was affected), but instead they made 3 bypasses, so abah's stomach is not functioning anymore. The reason why they did that was unclear. Hope by today, the medical team will explain what was actually happened, and what will happen next.

Feel uneasy here, hopefully nothing serious happen (although this is serious enough). Actually I don't know what to hope for. But I just want abah to not feel any pain (is that possible) or any complication after this.

Anxiously waiting.....


yours truly,

Salam aidil adha

Sibuk macam mana pun kena la masak sambut raya. Masak lodeh aje raya kali nie. Lodeh perantau, bny yg kurang, tp feel raya tu dapatlah dirasai.
Eid mubarak

Pray for the best

Salam to all,

My apology for living this "room" for long. Being occupied is one good reason that I can give (I know I have over used this reason, but don't everybody??), but what have been holding up my ramblings most is about an unfortunate thing happened in the family.

I am not good at expressing bad/sad feelings to people, especially to those who I have not meet in real-life. I am known among friends as "a happy go lucky" person. Not that I am not sensitive, I do cry, have cry almost everyday since I start this PhD journey. But I did all the crying inside, on the outside I am what people have known me. So I maybe look tough on the outside, but I am fragile inside. I am frail....

Dear friends, please pray for my dearest Abah. He is undergoing an operation to remove part of his stomach tomorrow. There is a malignant/tumor in his duodenum. Hope everything goes well.

yours truly,

Sepi...

...merujuk kepada blog ini...

Sibuk berganda bila pulang ke Brisbane nie, macam-macam urusan dari study, sampai ke rumahtangga yang perlu dibereskan sebelum hujung bulan ini. Sorry kengkawan, den tak dapat nak bersila dengan selesa, membuka cerita, berkongsi gelak ketawa. Nanti-nanti, bile den dah bersedia nanti...tapi apa yang nak diceritakan...buntu seketika.

standby mode kejap la ye...

jaga diri...semoga kebahagiaan milik anda semua...

yours truly,

Meeting old friends

Days passing by quickly, I have about 2 weeks more left to complete what I have already planned to do. I think I have done 40% of the list (I hope), sempat kot 2 weeks to reach 100% (tetiba rasa bulu roma naik kat tengkuk nie...wakakakakka).

Works but no play makes you a very boring person kan..ahahahhaha so lame. On weekdays, we can't do anything much, for yaya is at school. Thus, our weekends, so far, were hectic, mostly attending open houses, visiting relatives and some old friends. Talking about friends, thanks to these social network platforms that help us in reuniting long lost friends, from everywhere around the globe. So this raya, we took the opportunity to see some of our long lost friends.



Liza, old friends from Jasin. We lived in the same neighbourhood, so technically we are neighbours. The last time we met was before leaving school, lama betul. We got the chance to savour her famous mee rebus, fuhhh....sodap. I was practically full, rugi tak dapat makan banyak ahahahha.... Should have fast at least half of the day :D. Thanks Liza, buat susah-susah aje masak, (tapi kena bagitau awal2 nak datang, because pantang Liza kalau muncul aje kat depan rumah kan ...hehehhehe...)




Between visiting relatives houses, able to squeeze a little time to see Achu, my sparring partner. Itu pun janji pukul berapa, akhirnya dapat jumpe pukul berapa. Berapa kali call bagitau change of time. Alhamdullilah, dapat gak jumpa ye Achu.



Then last week, since I have to cancelled my trips to Malacca and JayBee, and coincidentally Gee who is working in Kelantan, attended conference in Putrajaya and Iza from JayBee had exhibition in Subang, and with few other friends who is living as far as Klang, came down to Putrajaya, and we met at Alamanda. There are my university friends. Some good friends are organising a reunion, this 24th, so we talked mostly about the big event. We left our uni, 10 years ago. It is about time to organise reunion. Owwhh...Iza used to frequent my blog, she was a blogger, now blog dia pun dah bersawang nampaknye. I guess bila balik tanah air nie, kekeringan idea (macam den gak). From bottom left, Baya, nie kawan gaduh, nangis, ketawa :D, glad that we still keep in touch, blog Ilham Mira tu dia la empunyanya and that sweet little girl is the only daughter of Baya; next to Baya's only princess Yu, my first year roommate, her recent achievement is gave birth to triplet, she has 6 boys in total, den mmg kagum kawan2 sebaya yang anak lebih 3 nie, hebat-hebat; that guy far back in the picture is YB Marshar, we called YB sebab kuat politik tu, dari zaman uni, sampai sekarang, mane tau masin mulut kitaorang nie kan; going down, lady in black skarf, Gee, my advisor during saat-saat genting buat PhD nie. Kalau tengah down, mesti carik dia, because she is always on line, well kalau tak down pun slalau gak kacau dia..ahahahhahah; the man yang diapit oleh dua orang ladies, Aca, we were not very close, bila ada aktiviti kat uni je baru borak-borak :D and last but not least, Iza, our entrepreneur lady, sebab macam-macam business dia venture, remember one time, I advertised her sugar paste tu. Hope to see them again this 24th.



Yu (refer above) is working at MAMPU. I am lucky I have a friend who is working there, ada research material nak carik kat library MAMPU tu. So a day after Alamanda meeting, we met again, nak pinjam buku kat MAMPU. Sape sangka Yu nie pun layan rock macam den, sebab dulu Yu bertudung labuh... I caught her one day, playing my alternative cassettes on my radio ahahahahhahahah



And last night, we lepak at one of the mapley in Seremban, met up with some old Georgians friends. Ini ladies only picture, ada men aka husband group gak, tapi den tak snap, diorang tgh sibuk borak2, malas kacau. Next to me, Fitah, infront Fitah, Jas, aka jyss @ jipang, she is now back in Malaysia for good, but tabik dia sebab ada idea lagi update blog tu..ahahahhaha; and last but not least, Amai, her mom is also my mom's friend so a common story that we shared (amai n me) is she was born 2 days before me, hospital sama, so mak cakap, hari mak masuk hospital, aunty A kuar hospital...hahhaha...

Tu yang sempat jumpe. Ada lagi kawan-kawan lama yang nak jumpe nie. Very hopeful I will able to see them. Itu aje la cerita seminggu sekali den nie. Enjoy the rest of the week friends.

yours truly,

Gelagat orang dan citer makan-makan yang sudah semestinya ada...

Tengah buat data collection nie, although it was very tiring, tapi seronoknye dapat jumpe user yang citer macam-macam, baik dari segi sistem yang sedang dinilai tu, sampai la citer raye. Den nie pulak mmg suka berborak, bila user tau den nie datang dari Australia, lagi la panjang citer nye. Yang kelakarnye, masa mula-mula nak start communication tu, diorang macam layan tak layan la den nie, sebab den tau, kalau den cakap student, mesti diorang ambil endah tak endah aje. Tapi bila den citer den nie keje kat so-and-so, sambung belajar PhD, baru la diorang layan den macam kakitangan. Ini lumrah alam la nie, den pun mmg expect benda macam nie berlaku. Jadi den anggap nie semua learning process. Manusia nie macam-macam ragam, macam-macam persepsi, macam-macam fikiran. So den kena la professional kan... wakakkakaka...takpe...den tak kisah. Jadi den layankan aje....

OK ..dalam borak punye borak tu dengan pelbagai user nie, yang lawaknye, bila den kata den sambung buat phd, remark yang diorang bagi, issshhh muda-muda dah buat phd.... den reply, "ehhh tak puan, saya dah tua nie, anak dah dua". "haaa anak dah dua, yang tua baper tahun?". "sekolah dah, darjah 1".... "laaaa umur berapa nie? ".. sambil sengih-sengih, "XXX" (ceh XXX kunun wakakakkakakakk...den bagitau la kat user2 tu, kat sini den tak disclose laaa :D)

OK tu bab umur, bab lain, diorang banyak tanye pasal makan la kat sana. Halal tak? Makan macammana? ada sorang tanye "KFC sume ada kan...". "Ada, tapi tak Halal"."Iye...laaa....macammana sini boleh halal pulak". "Sana ada daging tu la puan." "Ohhhhh....." Diorang pun kesian tengok den buat muka kesian..wakakakkakak....

Issshhh macam-macam citer lagi laaa.... hilang penat den naik turun tangga kejar user nie, bila dilayan macam tu sekali. Tapi kalau diorang offer sirap limau air batu lagi best...wakakakkakaa

OK... balik kali nie den tak merayau sangat, macam-macam keje kena buat. Ini pun banyak lagi nak kena buat. Lepas tu ngan kejadian cirit birit raya haritu, kena conjukvitis pulak kami 3 beranak minggu lepas. Memang tak ke mana sangat la kami. Lagi misi mencarik makan pun kurang kali nie, maybe sebab dah banyak kali pulang Malaysia kot. Apa-apa pun ada gak la yg kami teringin....



Dah ada Manhattan FM kat Jusco Seremban laa....mussels garlic butter die mmg marvelous.



Satay R&K...jangan tanye den R&K tu apa maksudnye. Yang den tau satay dia memang sedap. Dah lama jadi klien nie. Kuah kacang dia yg paling sedap, daging satay rasa manis, tak rasa ubat (setengah2 satay tu terasa ubat pelembut daging tu). Fuhyooo....satay....



aaaa yang nie den beli kat pasar malam yo.... banyak2 yong tau foo yang den pernah rasa, 2 tempat je den rasa yong tau foo dia orang tak bleh celen punye.... satu kat plaza kotaraya JB (tak tau ado lai ke tak nie), lagi satu kat foodcourt The Mines. Yang kat JB tu, sup dia mmg sedap, lepas tu kuah dia mmg macam yong tau foo cina punye...alamak susah pulak nak explain. Kalau sempat kat JB nanti den gi terjah, kalau ada lagi laaa. Yang kat The Mines tu, special dia, sebab dia goreng dulu semua Tau Foo yang kita ambil tu, so dia garing2 sikit la. Sedappp.... adehhhh....
eh kengkawan.....tau tak resepi kuah yong tau foo nie.... kalau tau...sudi la share ngan den yo....hehehehhe

Itu aje la citer hari nie...Minggu nie den ke JB, insyaAllah. Sempat kang den citer lai yo...

yours truly,

Semalam tengok Papadom

Semalam den tengok PapaDom. Fullhouse kengkawan.... Citer memang best giler. Dari awal citer, sampai hujung, memang best, sampai tak perasan 2 jam berlalu. Cerita dia pasal kasihnya sorang ayah pada anaknye. Sampai susah nak berenggeng, risau akan keselamatan anak dan tak nak anak susah. I guess nowadays with all the social problem out there, we tend to be over protective on our children. And I am totally agree with the storyline. Nothing superficial. Sedih pun ada, gua tangkap leleh babe...ahahahahha...

So korang, gi la tengok. Kalau tak, rugiiiiii. Seriusnye. Tapi korang, jangan la beli cetak rompak ye, tu ibarat mencuri. Jangan la mengayakan pihak-pihak yang tak bertanggungjawab tu, umpama parasit dan lintah. Kalau korang beli, korang pun macam parasit dan lintah gak.... Ingat!!

Tu dia...bukan apa, sokong la industri tempatan sikit. Kalau bukan kita, siapa lagi kan (sedih la bila dengar citer orang cetak rompak Upin dan Ipin tu....isssshhhhhhhhh)



Gambar dicilok dari Selambakodok (Afdlin personal website).


yours truly,

Turun naik, pusing pusing, kuar masuk...dan dia menangis di kerusi itu

Salam kengkawan n friends,

Apa daaa tajuk macam tu....heheehe.... ahahhaha sebenarnya itu la keadaan den 3-4 hari nie. Have started my data collection work on Monday. This week, I spent four days meeting with the IS users at Wisma Negeri, N9. Den turun naik tangga, masuk celah situ, celah sini, redah ofis orang...wakakkakaka kuar masuk pintu dan lif. Sampai pak guard kat main entrance tu tanye, nie dah baper kali nie. Today is the last day. Itupun ada gak yg belum serah lagi, tunggu diorang call dulu la baru gi ambil. Dah naik segan pulak den kuar masuk wisma tu. Cam keje kat situ la pulak. Lepas nie turun Melaka dan JB pulak.

Paneh betul skrang nie ya. Dok terbayang sirap air batu jek. Tapi kalau summer kat Brisbane tu, perrrghhhh tak usah citer laaaa....Rasa nak duduk bawah shower aje. Patut la dulu kengkawan selalu joke, tido malam rasa nak tido dlm bath tub aje. Kami dah 2 tahun rasa summer kat sana, mmg Malaysia kalah laa. Cuma Malaysia nie bila panas, kite berpeluhkan, tu yg jadi tak selesa tu. Apa-apa pun, Malaysia tetap best...tetiba... :p owwwwhhhh mana nak carik sirap air batu nie......

Saje je nak meriahkan rumah siber den nie. Eh haritu den bawak yaya gi dentist. Gigi atas pulak yg berlapis. Haritu dah cabut dua gigi yg bawah kan. Haa yg nie belah atas pulak. Dan ada lagi dua kat belah bawah dah berlapis gak....adehhhh.... Jadi kisahnye, suatu hari tu, den pun bawak la si yaya nie gi dentist. Sebelum tu kawan tu dah pesan, dia taknak cabut 2 gigi, "satu aje ma..ok...satu aje...". Pengalaman lepas masih menghantui dia....ahahhahah... Yg dulu tu, kawan tu steady la kan, sebab dia tak tau apa yg akan berlaku. So this time, she knew what is going to happen, jadi bila masuk aje klinik gigi tu, muke kawan tu dah berubah. Tapi yaya masih lagi being brave la.

Akak kat kaunter pendaftaran tu pun suh la masuk bilik no 3. Dan kami pun jalan la terkedek-kedek ke bilik no 3 tu. Masuk aje dalam, cerita itu ini ngan doktor, doktor pun suh la yaya duduk kat kerusi rawatan tu. Masa tu tengok muka yaya dah cuak dah. Doktor suh bukak mulut, dia bukak. Doktor pun citer la apa dia nak buat. Kawan senyap aje. "Ok puan, nak cabut yg bawah ke atas?" "Yang atas la doktor, ada satu tu dah longgar." "OK, tapi kena cabut dua-dua ye. Nanti lagi 3 4 hari puan datang lagi kite cabut yang bawah pulak". Tu dia, mata yaya dah buntang pandang lampu kat atas kepala dia tu.

Doktor pun mula la buat persediaan. Saat nak inject jek, yaya cakap, "mama, yaya tak nak cabut 2." "OK, satu aje." Terpaksa den menipu kawan tu aritu. "OK adik, tarik nafas kat hidung ye, bismillah...." Doktor pun tekan la picagari tu, sekali kawan menjerit, "aaaahhhhhh...sakitttt....." dan terus menangis. Makin lama makin kuat, dan terus melalak kat atas kerusi rawat tu. Puas doktor, dan pembantunya pujuk. Den lagi laaa...tak gheti memujuk. So akhirnya, terpaksa la batalkan aje rancangan nak merongakkan 2 gigi yaya tu. Kawan tu tak nak dah, macam dah takde peluang aje nampaknye. Adehhh...susah hati gak nie. Kat bawah tu 2 batang menanti, atas 2. Kalau cabut kat Brisbane, ratus ratus kena nie. Alamatnye kena la standby playar, cabut gigi yaya nanti. wahahhahahaha.....

On the way back to teratak ayahbonda, kena bebel la si yaya tu. Muka dia pun dah bersalah. Tak banyak pun den kasi, sikit jek. Dia pun dah besar, pandai pikir sendiri. But deep down I know she feels guilty. Tapi den dah kasi umpan Slurpee siap-siap dah, sian tengok bibir dia swollen sebab ubat tu kan. Tapi yela, kite dulu pun takut gak bila kena jumpe doktor gigi. Ntah apa stigma orang bagi kat doktor gigi nie, dengar aje doktor gigi, mesti naik bulu roma. Sampai skrang, kalau dah sakit sangat baru den carik doktor gigi. OK sambung citer yaya, dengan rasa bersalahnya, kawan tu pun dok la goyangkan gigi dia yang sebutir memang dah goyang tu. Dari petang, sampai ke malam. Tiba-tiba.....

"Mama....dah kuar dah mama" yaya datang berlari ke arah den yang sedang follow citer kengkawan kat fesbuk, sambil memegang sebatang gigi kat tangan kiri. Kawan pun nganga la tunjuk kat den tempat kejadian tu..ahahhahahah... mulut kawan tu pun penuh ngan yong tau foo den beli kat pasar malam ampangan nie haa.... "haaaa....bagus2.....nanti kakak goyang-goyang yang lain jugak ye"....wakakkakakakaka.....




Si adik pun sibuk nak nganga mulut. Tapi kena bawak jumpe doktor gigi gak nie, sebab yang berlapis kat bawah tu mmg takde tanda-tanda akan longgar nih.....adehhh....camne nak pujuk ye kengkawan.....

yours truly,

Mood raya abis daaaa.....

Salam kengkawan, friends...

So how's everybody, after the long holiday? How's the Eid @ Aidil Fitri celebration? Confirm meriah dan ceria ye. Tahun nie kali kedua kami beraya di Malaysia (eceh, bunyik macam tinggal overseas aje...wakakkaka). Tahun pertama kami merantau, den tengah sarat ngandung, lepas tu dengan kelas semua, tak dapek la balik beraya. Ingat lagi yaya cakap kat wan dia pagi raya tu, "Wan, kat sini (Brisbane) tak de duit raye...". ahahhahahah... Tahun lepas, oleh sebab dah rindu sangat ngan family, dan mmg dah rancang awal pun nak beraya kat Mesia, rezeki kami, dapat juga la beraya kat Mesia. Tahun nie, ambil peluang lagi sekali. Alhamdullillah, research den pun mmg berkaitan Mesia, so kebetulan kan, sekali lagi rezeki kami beraya di Mesia tahun nie. Memang raye kat overseas pun meriah, tapi takkan samanya kemeriahan di Mesia nie. Bukan apa, bila raya mestilah nak dekat dengan family kan. Tahun depan tak tau lagi laa...kalau cepat abis, tahun depan raya kat Mesia lagi. Kalau tak, raye di Brisbane, tapi yg pastinya yang terakhir :D.

OK...lama dah den tak update...nie kasi kemas-kemas sikit la...buang abuk-abuk nie haa..wakakakkakak... Balik Mesia nie, memang busy, macam-macam benda nak kena settle. Balik pun bukan bercuti, kerja maaaa.... raya aritu je den relaks sikit (sikit ke?? yo la tu). Minggu nie start full swing la nie, sekarang nie memang rasa masa cepat berlalu, kejap aje 24 jam tu. Tapi yang indah selalu gitu kan, cepat aje berakhir. Lumrah alam.

Raya tahun nie seperti biasa laaa. Mudahnye, kampung kami berdua tak jauh, beza mukim aje. ahahhaha...jadi takde masalah balik kampung nie. Rutin tiap-tiap tahun pun sama aje. Yang rasa beza, anak-anak kite aje la kan. Kemeriahan pun sekarang nie milik budak-budak nie. Zaman kite dah berlalu, tapi kadang-kadang tu teringat jugak la zaman kecik-kecik beraya kat kampung, dengan riuh rendahnya, budak-budak main kat laman, mak-mak sibuk masak kat dapur, bapak-bapak bakar lemang masak rendang kat luar rumah . Masa tu tak rasa penat pun berpuasa, lompat sana lompat sini, panjat sana, panjat sini. Yela, sekali kumpul semua sepupu kan...tu dari bandar, tak masuk sepupu yang mmg tinggal kat kampuang. Dulu keluarga besarkan. Sepupu, dua pupu, semuanya macam satu keluarga.

Datang petang, sibuk pasang pelita. Pelita pun buat dari buluh. Malam sibuk main bunga api, mercun, sampai la ke tengah malam. Korang ingat tak mercun thunder clap, parachute, mercun katak, mercun padi, ngan bunga api brand kucing itam tu. Sekarang susah nak jumpe kan. Aritu pun dok perhati anak-anak buah main mercun ngan bunga api je. Ahhhhh jauh betul keadaan dulu ngan sekarang nie.



Malangnye raye tahun nie, semua kena cirit birit ngan muntah-muntah. Keluarga den kena dulu, 2 hari sebelum raye. Masing-masing melepek, paling teruk adik @ thirah. Raya pertama pulak, keluarga kakak, semua kena, lepas sorang, sorang. Mak dan abah pun kena gak. Petang raye tu, keluarga abang balik. Besoknye anak dia pulak kena. Lepas tu abis semua kena, sampaikan, pakcik yang datang umah pun kena. Rupenya ramai gak yang kena cirit birit muntah-muntah kat area rumah mak nie. Mula-mula ingat sebab makan tak ingat kan, almaklum raye. Kami yang kena dulu tu ingat sebab food poisoning, gi supper kat McD, kunun2nye ngidam la. Lagipun kami berempat aje kena, orang lain yang tak gi McD steady aje. Air pulak memang sehari sebelum raye kotor. Issshhh kualiti air kat Mesia nie, bila la nak improve. Bukan nak kata la kan, Mesia yang tak de masalah bekalan air nie, yang air berbayar pun, tapi kualiti air sangat-sangat la menyedihkan. Nie bagi peluang bisnes kat supplier filter air ngan pembekal RO la pulak. Kat negara luar, air dah la free, bleh minum terus dari paip tu. hmmmm.... Kisahnya, kami mmg suspect nie air la punye angkara, abis dah semuanya gitu. Si adik, den terpaksa sumbat pil chi kit tek aun (ikut dosage la, budak 1 tahun ke atas mmg boleh makan), sebab 4 hari dia cirit birit. Alhamdullillah, terus ilang cirit dia.

OK la.... den akhiri bebelan sekali sekala den nie, dengan potrait raye kami ye (seperti biasa, atang low profile). Gambar nie ambil kat tangga serambi rumah kampung den kek jolobu, yang skrang nie tinggal takde penghuni. Sekali sekala je mak balik kemas rumah tu. Kami pulak masa raye aje la jenguk rumah tu. Sempat nanti den update lagi yo.




yours truly,

Salam Aidil Fitri, 2009, 1430H

Dikesempatan ini, den ingin menyusun jari jemari kematu den ini, mohon ampun dan maaf di atas segala kesalahan den, dari segi bahasa penulisan maupun gambaran imej yang den paparkan kat sini yo. Maaf la kot-kot ada yang terguris, terasa, den tak sengajo. Mohon maaf terutama sekali pada kawan-kawan blogger kakty, neeza, liza, iszan, jas, ms taj, ninie, cikgu jane, cikgu ibrahim, iza, bay, isroz, sabrina dan kawan-kawan yang lain, cik, mas, eyla, halida, kakak ipar ku fieda, maryam, mash, gee dan silent readers yang lain,

mohon maaf ye.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI

AMPUNKAN SEGALA SALAH DAN SILAP

MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN

p.s. Sedih pulak Ramadhan nak abis nie. Apakah dapat ku merasainya lagi?

yours truly,

Balik kampung... o o ooo

Kami belepas pulang hr nie. Tgh chck lg nie, q masih panjang. Syst down pulak, delay la nampaknye.
Selamat tinggal Brisbane. Jumpa lagi, barangkali...

antara Hujan dan Airmata..... Segalanya Pasti

Dah lama tak tempek lagu-lagu favorite den. Nie antara lagu-lagu yang selalu gak den nyanyi kat dalam bilik air...ahahahahha...dulu masa kat U selalu melalak dalam shower hostel, kire femes gak la den nie sebagai penyanyi bilik mandi (perasan) wakakakakkak...

Tapi bila nyanyi dua lagu nie, memang terasa sungguh, tetiba jek emo. Tu la kesan nyanyian nie kan, boleh membuai perasaan. Dan vokal dua orang penyanyi nie, arwah Sudirman, dan Aida Agil, memang tiada tandingan. Range dia besar. Rasa yang paling hampir pun Ning Baizura (pun fav gak nie). So bila den nyanyi mmg sangkut laa part2 range ujung2 tu..wakakakakkaka... tapi tak malu gak nak nyanyi

Layan aje la ala-ala video clip nie. Den cilok kat youtube yo. Credit pada mereka yang upload video nie ya.







p.s. Lagu-lagu nie takde kena mengena ngan hidup den yo ...hehehhehe... nak gi tau awal-awal, kang takut ada yang ingat den tengah frust menonggeng pulak :D

yours truly,

Puasa di perantauan II

Minggu ke 2 Ramadhan, day is getting longer. Pukul 4.40 dah masuk subuh, berbuka antara pukul 5.35 - 5.38pm. Cuaca pulak, haritu on the first week of Ramadhan, it was hot. But last week the temperature dropped to 11 deg at night. Maknanya winter belum abis lagi. But I did my spring cleaning last weekend, punya la confident yang spring is here. Jemur quilt, wash all the woolen clothes, store the winter jackets, sekali sojuk balik daaa...

Anyway, nothing has changed in the kitchen. Masak and masak, for iftar n sahur. Jamu mato la yo...



Western for iftar, grilled wings, resepi "chicken like deli wings" tu, homemade mushroom soup, a little bit oily coz I put some cheese in it, n garlic bread.



Daging berlado... ala-ala dendeng. This one I got the idea from that "Makanan Indonesia" restaurant. Yang nie mmg tak bleh berhenti makan, tu yg goreng kentang banyak2 tu...huhu



Sup ekor... ekor kat sini murah tau. Fav atang. Atang kalau buka puasa, mesti nak ada sup daging kadang-kadang, kalau dulu selalu beli kat PaRam aje, sup yg dlm periuk kawah tu. Kek sini, takdo kawah yo, periuk kecik den tu yo guno, rebus la dalam 3 jam. elok lombut nanti.



aaaa yang nie biaso la kan... dah nak abih baru teringat nak amik gambar. Lado ijau pun dah selamat masuk perut dah :D.



Paling simple, ikan berlado aka sambal ngan sup sawi (choy sum).



Cucur udang makcik aDebbie ngan kuih kasturi (betul ke nama nie ek?) ala kuih yang dalam tu kacang ijau tu.

Last Friday, we invited some close friends for iftar, I prepared mee kari and some puffs. Tak sempat ambil gambar la. Dah lama tak makan ramai2, so over excited. Lepas tu pack2 utk tetamu bawak balik. Licin :D.

Dan....



Ada lebih mee kunin tu, esoknya den buat la mee goreng mamak style... boleh la ekk..

And on Sunday, we were invited for iftar at my colleague's house. So we had Bangladeshi meals for iftar. We had delicious and splendid meal. Penuh perut..macam2 kawan tu hidangkan. And we were curious about the food, so sume kena rasa laa (especially me, new food amazed me :p). For iftar, we had chick peas, with some fried tempura like vege (the batter was actually chick pea flour), and some fruits. I thought at first that was just the meal, so I had a good helping of the fried vege, because it was soo delicious. Lepas nie kena la carik tepung tu, so that we can have all sort of vege tempura after this...ahahahahah. For drink, the host prepared yogurt drink. Lepas tu the host cakap, you want ur dinner now or after 'namas' (solat). What?! I though this is everything...wakakakaka rupenya ada banyak lagi. Pulak tu kawan nie dok la senduk kan dalam pinggan we all nie. Memang layanan superb punya.


(chick pea that we had for iftar, and on the right is jack-fruit seed puff, haah, biji nangka tu, rasa macam kentang la...so lebih kurang karipap gak :D. Fried vege tidak kelihatan sebab dah selamat dalam perut kami nie ha)

And for dinner, the host and hostess prepared....



Salad and mix vege.


Fish, beef and chicken korma. Haa...tu untuk makan 4 orang aje tu. Giler sangap perut...wakakakakakaka

And not forgetting, the rice. This is special rice. In Bangladesh they will use this type of rice for special occasion. Nie kawan tu masak, macam nasik minyak sikit la, letak butter n olive oil, tumis ngan cengkih dan buah pelaga.



To the host and hostess, thank you so much for inviting us, this is our first time tasting Bangladeshi food, and it was one authentic taste. Sorry, both of us have small stomachs, wish we could dig in more, but due to the capacity, we have to surrender. Due to privacy concern, am not able to post any pictures taken with them.

15 days of Ramadhan... 15 days to Syawal :(

yours truly,

Watch this video in a new window'Halal' by Liew Seng Tat - English Subtitles - 15Malaysia

yours truly,

Dendang Perantau...

Dendang Perantau is a song by the late P Ramlee, one of the renowned Malaysia actor, singer, song writer, director, or simply said entertainer. One talented and gifted artist he is. He died in 1973. To date, P Ramlee is still present in Malaysia, not physically (duhhhh....), but through the television and radio. Although his film are all black and white, except for one, these films are well accepted and welcome by many Malaysian, from young and old, across different ethnic and religion.

Dendang Perantau is one of the most popular song played during Ramadhan, to celebrate the coming Eid Mubarak. It is a song about a person who is living away from his hometown, and remembering the wonderfulness of his hometown, in Malay we call 'kampung' , and also his former girlfriend. But due to some reason, he couldn't come home. Trying my best to describe the song, hope I managed to get it close...ahahhaha... correct me if I am wrong. Dendang in English is 'melody', perantau means 'traveller'.

For those who live abroad, Dendang Perantau is one of the highly chosen song to listen to, to celebrate Eid Mubarak. And now, I have set this song as my ringtone. Enjoy the song.






yours truly,

Celebrating Malaysia Independence Day

31st August, Malaysia celebrate its independence day.
This year is the 52nd celebration.
So raise the Jalur Gemilang, Malaysian. tet tetetet....

Tanggal 31, bulan 8 '57....




SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI KEMERDEKAAN YANG KE 52

yours truly,