One boring Day @ 31.12.2008

Today is exceptionally boring "hanyar"..Perhaps I am too excited looking forward to countdown tonite..as if I have any plan for tonite...da????? I am just not in the mood to work......
YOU: why not taking a leave today?
ME: I have used up all my annual leaves lah sayang so...gigit jari lah...

Luckily I have no report whatsoever to be reviewed or submitted....


This is my cubic...can you guys see what's on the screen...betul lah tu....30-something lah.....and the other one is my Outlook...chatting dgn you know who...kwang...kwang...kwang....thank you for being there for me ..i layan you , you layan i


Had told you guys about my factory being shutdown for Dec and most of the operations were being asked to take unpaid leave for 4-5 days...so the outcome as you see the factory become like a deserted area...total abandon!.as there are only handful of us in the office, the cafe is closed as well, thus we have to go out for lunch...and we went to a nearby stall, for a bowl of mee soup and a glass of air kelapa muda...and it costs us 5 hinggit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Diva ke hape ...kah...kah...kah......

Penang Trip

Berbulan bulan planning nak ke Penang. Biasalahkan...school holidays kenalah buat booking awal. On the way tu kami breakfast kat R&R Tapah.





Kalau datang ke Penang, the main activity ialah makan makan dan makan. Look at the ABC and cendol...yang black jelly bulat bulat tu...diorang panggil pearl. Yang ni kami makan kat Queensbay mall branch from Penang Road. Suasana lebih selesa as compared to the original place kat Penang Road.

Yang wajib satu lagi, Nasi Kandar line clear kat Penang Road. Satanem sehingga bertambah tambah nasi. Sup and nasi lemak tu pulak kat Restoran Hameed...well known for the sup and roti benggali tu. Also kat Penang road opposite Hotel Malaysia. Few meters je from Line Clear. Kari kat sini pun power power esp mutton curry.












Dah kenyang makan tu...rehat rehat kat pool. We stayed kat Tanjung Bungah and the pool kat tingkat atas sekali. Ada jakuzzi. Enjoy sangat. Boleh tengok pemandangan bukit and laut.








Selain mencari food, kami sempat berpicnic, berposing dan pi shopping mall. Ada Queensbay Mall, Gurney Plaza dan beberapa malls lagi. Gambar tu pulak were taken berlatarbelakangkan Pulau Jerjak. Ada resort and spa kat pulau tu.









Since school holidays...ramai betul orang nak naik train ke Bukit Bendera. Berhimpit dalam train pun tak kisah, janji dapat naik ke Penang Hill tu.

Today in History - Bukit Bendera was open in 1923 oleh pemerintah penjajah-penjajah kepar.. It was known as Strawberry Hills and ada Bungalow Craig and Tea Kiaosk where they used to have picnic party kat atas tu. Sabar je la...








Selain Melaka, beca is also popular in Penang. Walaupun dekat je tempat yang nak dituju, the kids sibuk nak experience naik beca...layan. Dgn kereta bersimpang siur...boleh pulak beca menyelit kat tengah jalan sibuk tu. Janji the kids happy dan puas.











For those yang first time menjejakkan kaki ke Penang, can experience naik Ferry. Sebelum perkhidmatan ni ditamatkan riwayatnya dan menjadi sejarah...better we take the oppurtunitykan.











Sesapa yang suka pemandangan cantik, you can enjoy the nice view if your hotel is by the seaside.

These sceneries were taken in Tanjung Bungah near Masjid Terapung except for the first photo which was taken near the Queensbay Mall.

2008 Idul Adha

I do not know why but this year Raya Korban was pretty "dry" in a very wet season. The monsoon is here ..same time every year..so heavy downpour almost daily only for the past 2-3 days we have some shed of light but it is still very cold....it's winter tau in Kuantan...exaggerate lah sikit he..he..he..it is like the english weather ...breezy with rains...but ours yang sampai river pun overflow....right, back to Idul Adha...you see now it is Idul (no not Inul) ok no more Aidil...many things change overtime...I just had some conversation with my ipar duai during the raya...about ..i dont remember what...life maybe...and we touched on this subject that these days there tend to be so many colours like fushcia, turqoise, "wenghei-not sure about the spelling-but sebutan is like taht lah" and what not...it used to be merah jambu, biru cair , biru pekat, hijau cair hijau pekat...simple isnt it...but things are getting more complicated these days....are there more choices ...emmmm i doubt...

ape aku melalut ni...ok back to idul adha...it rained the whole raya...and "dry" because I think the excitement to celebrate raya korban is diminishing...which should not be the case...I think muslim should put more effort to rejoice or celebrate raya korban more than Eid Fitri, right?...and to add further to the "dryness", the caterer had failed to deliver the nasi dagang we ordered and tanpe rase bersalah told us straight to our face when we went to collect on the pagi raya itself...can you just imagine...it was not like we have other back up food or sth except for satay and nasi impit...GOSH...may Allah bless the caterer...
So idea utk relax goyang kaki and ngap ngap aje..bertukar menjadi agak kelam kabut lah but still under control ...(ceriter tu buat havoc sikit...he..he..)..so pagi raya masak soto...my idea..nak senang kerja..and direalisasikan oleh ibu mertua ku...i did my part ..mencarik daging ayam yg sudah direbus....

Apart from the dry and wet thing....we had our korban together this year..the 5 of us...amin...(gambar..tunggu Duan get from a friend- tahu aje lah we are the only family on earth not having a real camera).

Another occassion during the raya break, we celebrated angah's 8th birthday at my ipar's..actually tumpang sekaki the party they held for their youngest daughter....

sambungan house warming...

Yang peliks tu, masa kat pool tak teringat langsung nak ambik gambo...tetiba masa nak naik makan teringat nak jeleskan member kat kuching tu...tu yang belasah je ambik posing dgn lasagne lagi.

Anak-anak....

Sib baik Fendu remind....ye lah...right after swimming..misha tanya ..aunty liz after this dinner sama2 ye...aku kata ah..ah..senggih panjang dia...pas tu we went up and had the lasagnea ...then tengah ngap ngap ngap tu...suddenly she(misha) stopped and asked me...aunty liz ni je ke dinner...then i said ah ah...pas tu dia ambik lagi sepotong....pandai betul...she actually intended to save some space in her stomach utk dinner...after knowing itu aje yg ade , terus continue....mesti tension....

Mat Afi jgn ceriter lah...dapat green light dari abah nya terus 4 potong...sabar je lah...itu tak kire lagi yg dia sambung before tidur and the very next day ...first thing in the morning....entah tekak sape dia menurun...mummy sopan aje...kwang...kwang...kwang.....

Actually on that particular morning, I went to Fendi's house to send out some work related emails....tak erti nak cari wifi kat mana....besides the management office of the condo is closed for sunday....so i had a brief chat dgn Misha..she told me that her birthday is approaching...and she's going to celebrate it in a hotel in penang...then i told her tak payah lah hotel...makan kat warung aje..and she replied...tak...mesti kat hotel....
Gini gaya....hotel mana nanti kite nak tempah for pang pang kompang kompang bing gebing gebing gebing......kite share buat satu reception sudah lah fendu....kah...kah....kah....

A soft house warming....

So we got the key and moved in....The gang came over for a soft house warming on Sunday the 30th of Nov...thanks to Eat for the sehingga-menjilat -jari lasagne and Fendi for the goreng pisang and the cucoq...me as the host only served them air...yg agak payau...too much clorine, kan?..must be from the pool, kan????kah..kah..kah....sakit perut tanggung sendiri ....Before the makan2 session-minum petang, the kids went for a dip...Irfan yg initially observing aje....Eat said he is water fright..after a while dah melokoskan diri...

As usual, there is no occassion without it owns story to tell...so we had one also for this gathering...when the gang was about to leave...i think it was about 8 sth, we were all shocked seeing 2 notices on a neighbour's door stating "this is private property, please be quiet" and another saying " Ini bukan sekolah, this is private property" something like that and she also stated her name....terKEZUT akak and all...., later that nite, we could hear the said neighbour banging her door a few times..2 or 3 times ...I was too sleepy and tired to bother...We concluded that this lady must be a weirdo or a crack...it was still early when she put up the notice...and it is not like we are having a party ...well if she said hers is a private property then how about ours...so lantak lah...

But it did not ends there...the next morning..there is additional notice saying .."i am a retired teacher, please do not disturb me..i want peace"...then when we came back from swimming..we bumped into her at our doorstep...and she asked us if we rent or buy the unit, are the boys our kids..and she tot Iwan (my cousin) is our eldest...then we got into the house...about noon when we are about to leave for Kuantan..she opened the door..and asked me if Duan is a lecturer or sth coz he looks like one of her lecturer mase dia muda kot...she was wearing short..da lah lebih separuh abad...her unit is a studio and she is staying alone...and suddenly she told me and iwan that some kids knocked on her door asking for keys..so she got to tell the kids that this is not a kindergarten.."this is my house , i live here for 10 years..i am no more a teacher...that's why i put up the notice to shoo away the kids.." the moment she ended her story , we rushed off...coz at that instant it is confirmed that this lady is a crack....anyway she has put down the notice...Duan said she just felt guilty and made up the stories....tapi scary lah kan????? Lawak pun ye jugak...tak habis aku dok gelak dgn Iwan...kalau korang ade to witness that mesti pecah perut.....

By the way , gambar kat pool...nanti fend letak...

My balik kampung trip

Dalam sibuk2 marking (which by now dah abis, thank GOD!) tu sempat gak aku pi balik kampung with my family. The main reason was to show off my nephew, Airell, kepada cousin bapak i kat kampung. The second reason is untuk menziarah kubur my late grandfather and grandmother. And the third reason is untuk ambik buah rambutan and buah durian kat kebun my parents. So far rambutan banyak and kami tak pi ambik pun - sebab masing2 sibuk. Aku as usual sibuk kerja (and chatting ngan kekawan mana tah, as well as main game mafia wars :-)) ..my parents plak sibuk with Airell....

Here are some photos yang aku sempat tangkap ari tu ...durian je takde gambar sebab masing2 nak ngap aje, and nobody bother to take pictures at that time!

Trip To Kuala Gandah Pahang

On 29th 2008 our friends, fid's sister and their families joined us for a trip to Elephant Santuary in Kuala Gandah. Initially just wanted to go for a picnic kat mana mana Air terjun but our friend suggested to us this place. We reached there about 2 pm just nice before the ectivities started. After registered and collected the pass stickers, we joined some activities with the Elephants namely feeding the giants animals, joy ride and bath the animals in the nearby river. There was no entrance fee charge but all were encouraged to make some donations. The activities finished at 4 pm. For about 3 km from the elephant santuary, there is a deerland. We did not go to the deerland because some of us esp kids wanted to continue our picnic and swim at Hutan Lipur Lentang (30 minutes drive towards KL direction). And some of us tak puas lagi nak melantak the foods. Macam macam ada. Seronok Bangat if we could have this kind of trip once in a while, apart from the shopping trips. Kan kak long kan kan kan. Eat said she wanted to go to this place as well but better call them up a week before you want to go there and make your bookings. Only limited number of peopla can join the activites. The rest will just visit and watch. Enjoy the photos here.