10.10.10

What with the number? hahahah..nothing... I just want to make a note that today is 10.10.10. It is raining and cloudy right now. Been raining since last Thursday. It is soo not like Spring in Brisbane.Will update about two new halal outlets we went to yesterday soon. Till then, spend the rest of the day, like there is no tomorrow...ahahhahaha... but I am stuck in front of this machine, definitely for the next couple of weeks... oh well... nothing is new.


-----update-----

eh...my fav actor married on 10.10.10 lor...

(Aqasha and Noor Baizura)
source: the world wide web

tsk..tsk...tsk...

yours truly,

The sign

Ahhh...the much awaited flower has finally bloom, and still blooming while I am writing this. It is also a sign that we are in the mid spring. For uni student, it is an indication that the exam week is around the corner and a long break ahead is coming. As for us, it is a sign that we are leaving soon, but before that, most importantly, that stressing and nerve wracking DAY is approaching. Yikes!!!

So this is the flower that people in Brisbane, well at least for some of us who is a foreigner here, been waiting. JACARANDA is the name. In the picture it looks kinda light blue, but actually it is in a very light purple or close to violet. Now in Brisbane you can see this beautiful purple flower every where, by the roadside, by the river, on a field, any corner, any home, parks, playgrounds, schools, etc.

Give it a week or two, the trees will be in full bloom.

yours truly,

Spring cleaning

The moving boxes we ordered arrived on friday. Yesterday we hv started packing some of our things, we have packed eight boxes. Today is cleaning day, there will be an inspection on Tuesday that is also open for potential new tenants. That dirty tissues were from cleaning a window in one room. Since we moved in, tak pernah cuci tingkap, tu yg bekepuk abuk itam. Next, cuci oven. Oleh sebab tu, tak dapat la kami g open house arinie.

Ramadhan Day 21: Two pony tails

Today is the 21st day of Ramadhan. Alhamdullillah, it is getting warmer by day, but I have yet to decide on the washing and changing the bedspread, duvet covers and warmers, and put away the heater, afraid that the chilly wind will blow again.

But one thing for sure, as the noon passes, I will get sleepy. Yawning frequently, almost everyday. Dugaan dugaan. Blog writing is one remedy that could make me stay awake, or if I can no longer sustain from being awake, I will go to TV3 website and watch what ever available online that interest me. Like today, I just downloaded and watched a few episodes of Masam Manis Ramadhan. I knew about this drama from kty, thanks kty for recommending (indirectly because I knew about it from her blog). Best-best...

OK... Today I want to write about adik. Adik used to have wavy hair when she was small, but her hair is now more straighter and longer. I can now tie up her hair. But adik doesn't like the idea of her hair being pull together to a pony tail, or two or even in a tight bun. Well, she only allows me to tie her hair up into a tight bun when I bathe her, because she doesn't like her hair gets wet, as long as you will untie it immediately after that. Everyday, I will persuade her to allow me to tie her hair, nampak kemas sikit. An everytime she will turned down my offer. But yesterday, out of ordinary she agreed to my offer. She even requested two pony tails (am not sure if this is the correct word for ikat dua). Excited I was, after getting her hair done as she requested, I then took some pictures of her.

Taken outside our apartment, that pink and purple flowers are not blooming.

Today, she didn't want me to tie her hair, again. hmmm....

Ok... till we meet again, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

Spring has sprung....

.....it shouldn't be this early... but it surely warm nowadays... yesterday the temperature marked at 34 deg C.... it was like I was sitting near to a vacuum blower.... was expecting a cooler weather during this fasting month. Well this will be a motivation for me to stay in the office...

ok...been busy..and will be busy for the rest of the week, month until end of the year kot... nak dekat2 abis nie...tetiba je rasa tak cukup 24 jam....tetiba je sifoo jadi alert dan provides me with a list after list of questions for me to answer..... aritu rasa macam tak diendahkan.... how frustrated when your hard work, your arguments like falling on a deaf ear.... baru lepas overhaul agaknye.... suddenly everything is working well.... and I got an endless list to do (my sifoo called it as "laundry list") ..... hambik..... ahahhaha...

ok laaa...dah 4 hari Ramadhan berlalu.... tinggal lagi 26...eh tul ke....kalau kat sini slalu puasa 29 ari je...ahahhahaaa... Selamat berpuasa, terawikh jangan lupe :D


yours truly,

The killer storm

Maybe some of you knew about the storm that hit Brisbane last Sunday (a week before this recent Sunday). Heavy rain, strong wind, lightning and thunder are normal occurences during Spring in Brisbane. But this year, storm came and brought disaster to one suburb called The Gap. It is about 10km from our home.

On that Sunday, 16th of November, I heard rolling thunder (kat sini la baru faham apa maksud rolling thunder, macam lagu A-Ha. Seriously, it sounded like a full barrel rolling down a hill), at around 4pm. I was ironing clothes at that time. Lightning struck, followed by thunder, and repeating. Then came heavy rain. Strong wind, hollowing, it was scary.

I managed to take some pictures.






I only knew about the disaster at The Gap when one of my colleague mentioned about it on Tuesday, 2 days after the aftermath. It was pretty bad, roof blewn away, people became homeless, many loses, flood, and worst the storm has claimed 1 life. Alhamdullillah nothing bad happened near our house.



Remember the entry about my kitchen floor that was flooded last week. Apparently another place called Ipswich was hit by a storm that night, and it was also bad. According to weather forecast, another storm is coming soon. Just hope it wouldn't bring disaster again.

It is Spring in Brisbane

Springtime in Brisbane. The flowers are blooming. And I have changed the header of this blog again. It is a picture of Semarak Api, one of the prominent flower in Spring. You may say, "Ala.... nie pun ada kat Malaysia". Could not agree less. Climate kat sini is almost like Malaysia (especially in spring), it is sort of tropical. That is why Queensland is also known as Tropical state. Current temperature is 30.9 deg, it is sunny outside.

These are recycle pictures, taken exactly one year ago. This semarak tree is at the outside of our master bedroom balcony. Actually, at this moment, tak banyak bunga keluar lagi, not like this picture.

Haaa...it is almost like this laaa now (gambar bawah).... soon akan lebat la bunga-bungaan tu macam kat gambar atas nie. Yaya with a semarak api.

Haa this is Jakaranda. Please don't ask me about the origin of the name ok (sama juga nama semarak api dalam english). Ikut aje orang2 kat sini panggil ape. Nie masa mula-mula berputik.

dan berkembang macam nie.......

Yang menariknya, bunga-bunga kat sini tak berkembang serentak. Mula-mula, Jakaranda nie akan kembang dulu, and at this time, you can see Jakaranda everywhere. Purple aje... sampai mata pun naik purple. This specific Jakaranda is at our front balcony. Lepas tu Jakaranda akan mengecut, gugur, dan rumput-rumput pun dilitupi dengan bunga-bunga Jakaranda yang gugur ini. Pemandangan pada waktu nie...sangat-sangat indah. Masa Jakaranda nie gugur, Semarak Api pulak mula berkembang. Lepas nie pulak ada satu lagi bunga, warna kuning pulak (tak tau nama dia, nanti buat research pasal bunga tu) punya giliran. Menarikkan, SubhanAllah.

Haaa selain daripada bunga-bunga nie.. ada bunga kemboja, jasmin, kesidang, n macam-macam bunga yang kite bleh jumpe kat Malaysia.

There is a Spring flower festival at Toowoomba, happen every end of September. Belum ada kesempatan gi lagi. I must go next year.