Camping depan rumah

Nie pun aktiviti masa cuti raya aritu ...baru ada masa nak resize gambar and buat posting hehehe ...pas balik jalan2 in the morning tu, semua org keletihan ....pastu semua komplen kata aku dok berkurung kat bilik and mengadap laptop ajer ...so, masa aku dok sibuk tu diorang decide to camp outside the house ...my brother mmg bawak camping equipment from Kuching ...kata nak introduce kan anak2 nyer to the joy of camping ...by the way, kedua2 adik aku tu pengakap yang aktif...suka camping and selalu join jambori sana sini all over Malaysia ...

Back to the story ...adik aku pasang khemah sebelah rumah ajer ...for convenience! Al was so excited tengok daddy dia setting up the camp

my dad plak ditugaskan buat "miniature" camp fire hehehehe just setakat utk halau nyamuk ajer sebenarnya ...

suara Al mmg riuh lah masa nak setting up khemah nie ...sebab dia tengok khemah kat tv and to see his daddy pasang one on our lawn must be thrilling hehehehehe

the three generations of males in my family :-)

By the way, my car was purposely parked there ...so that biler diorang dalam khemah, pasang jer lampu kereta aku ...hehehe city kids punya camping style!

tapi in reality, biler gelap ajer semua org masuk dalam rumah ...makan2, tengok tv etc ...khemah terbiar kat luar ajer hehehe which was really lucky sebab the very next day kami nampak selonggok semut ada kat bawah khemah tu ....kalau tak sure kecoh!

and in the mean time, masa semua org kecoh di luar, adik and mummy kat bilik ....hehehe adik takleh lari jauh dari tv and his cartoons!

Tanjung Sedili Johor

Lihat la pemandangan pantai yang cun ni...nama pantai ni Pantai Mutiara terletak di Sedili Johor. My family beramai ramai berkonvoi ke Tanjung Sedili Johor untuk memeriahkan Majlis Menyambut Menantu anak Sedara aku Effi and her husband Ghani. Nanti dah ada gambar aku buat posting pasal wedding.

Untuk konvoi ni kami pecah pepada 2 groups...Fid, Ej and myself join the first group kami bertolak pagi kol 10.30 from PD. Pastu jumpa my yonger brother and his family kat R&R Machap - Banyak lalat kat R&R ni sebab katanya ada reban ayam dekat dekat kawasan tu.

Sampai kat Kulaijaya jumpa my brother and family pulak...yang duduk kat JB tu. Berkonvoi 5 kereta ke Sedili. Sampai Petang. Terus ke rumah sedara my SIL untuk rumah singgah dan bermalam. Lepas dah rehat rehat...kami ke pantai untuk mandi manda.

Pantai kat sini landai...air jernih...dan pasir halus. Airnya surut so cetek la tempat kami mandi tu. Cuma facilities tandas Awam dan gerai makan...kureng...maybe sebab tak ramai orang kat pantai ni.

Sebelum ke pantai, Ej layan roller blade dia...semakin mahir...cuma nak brake bila laju tu dia tak mahir sangat. Tapi yang lain lain impress je tengok Ej main benda ni.

Pastu lagi terbeliak biji mata tengok aku lak main roller blade ni. Macam pro habis. Masa tengah main roller blade ni abang dan adik aku nak ke pekan sedili. Terus aku berhenti untuk ikut diorang. So happen hari tu ada pasar malam. Tapi pasar malam kat situ kecil je. Tak banyak gerai pun. Yang pasti kami memang nampak macam pelancong...sebab dari segi pakaian dan gaya je orang yang jual semua tahu kami outsiders...sebab diorang bertanya kami from where. Aku cakap aku from London.

This is Apam Balik...ada 2 version...yang biasa ada kacang and jagung and this one. Yang ni from far nampak hijau aku dah tertarik nak mengetahui dengan lebih lanjut. Terus tanya mak cik yang jual tu...kenapa warna hijau. Rupanya inti pulut hitam, jagung dan kelapa parut. Aku beli 2...masa mak cik tu nak bungkus aku ambik 1 ...ngap kat situ jugak...sedap berlemak dengan panas panasnya. Bagi kat adik dan abang aku rasa...abang aku beli lagi 4 buat tambah...dia kata ramai orang takut tak cukup.

Yang ni pulak...Roti Berlauk...di hantar oleh keluarga pengantin lelaki untuk sarapan. Makan dengan sambal. Roti ni actually roti canai and dalamnya ada inti isi ikan (yang macam untuk nasi kerabu tu). Sedap roti ni tapi aku cepat muak sebab inti ikan tu manis and sambal pun manis.

Tanjung Sedili ni terletak 30 km dari Mersing and pengaruh Trengganu kuat kat sini. So masakan pun ikut style Trengganu...sebab tu manis manis. Yang bestnya Tanjung Sedili ni perkampungan Nelayan. So makanan laut kat sini sangat fresh. Ok...nanti dah ada gambar pengantin baru aku buat posting pasal wedding. Layannn.

Cute

Actuallynya I wanted to do posting pasal trip ke Tanjung Sedili Johor tapi kena hold dulu sebab gambar takde...dok tunggu orang lain upload to FB. Yang ada kat aku gambar food. Kah kah kah.

8way...ini gambar Daddy Fen dengan Cucu Sedara...namanya danish. Danish ada 2 cousins...maknanya ada 3 la cucu sedara...tak sabar nak tunggu diorang pandai cakap...nak dengar they called Fid, Nek Mi. Lariiiiiiiiiiiiii.

Agak agaknya what's the best panggilan untuk Daddy Fen ye? Tok Fen? Nak tunggu pangkat Dato' memang takde la kan...Dapat panggilan bunyi tok tok pun ok la...layannn. GGG.

Yang penting...muka maintain vogue. Awet muda bak kata Reen. (Nanti kiter belanja Rosemary chicken & cabonara meletops...ha ha ha).Part lain...cover selagi boleh. I know what Ejin and Liz nak komen lepas ni...GGG.

Muda muda...baru 25 tahun umur dah ada cucu...Abang Ngah redha and terima seadanya. Nanti Danish dah besar sikit...auntie EJ bawak naik basikal ye. EJ dah jadi auntie...patut perangai matang sikit kan kan kan.

Impian

Hajat di hati ingin terbang tinggi
Menawan langit biru
Agar luas pemandanganku

Membawa harapan tinggi menggunung...menggapai impian
Mempamer anggun corak warna warni...sambil tersenyum bangga di hati
Agar ceria mata yang memandang

Tapi semuanya tinggal impian

Kerana aku hanya...sekeping layang-layang

City Kids masuk Kampung

Kisah anak2 buah aku masa balik kampung aritu ....masa first day raya kan aku sibuk ngan report (membara aku biler ingatkan!) ...but i did spent a few hours jalan2 ke this one kampung not far from my village (20 mins away kot) ...kawan my dad ada buka kedai kat jetty kat situ ..and he always have this supply of freshwater fish .. udang sungai etc ...dengan penuh harapan kami sekeluarga pergi ..lagipun lama sangat tak jumpa Uncle Lim nie ..his 80th birthday party last year pun my parents tak pi sebab masa tu kat KL ...so, setahun kemudian baru berkesempatan pi jumpa ...and my parents plak dok show off cucu lah kan ...

Kat sini, sampai2 jer we all singgah ke jetty ...Al nak tengok boat ....banyak sampan coz ini masih one of the main mode of transportation ....

siap jerit2 "mama ...boat mamaaaaa ...mamaaaaa ...boat ..see, see there ..." betul2 budak tak pernah tengok boat :-) yang mama and daddy dia pun satu hal, sibuk ambik gambar ...kira sama le excited nyer cam the kids! aku ambik gambar for blogs and for my classes ...adik i plak is polishing his photography skills ...hehehe excuse yang mantap!

masa kitorang dok posing kat jetty nie, mak and bapak aku dah lama masuk kedai Uncle Lim ..tak koser diorang layan anak2 macam rusa masuk kampung gamak nyer hehehehe ...sampai2 jer kat kedai, nampak these ikan ...fresh lagi ....but aku kan ala2 fendu ...tak makan ikan sungai :-) ....nama ikan nie pun aku tak tau ...

that day takde udang ...kecewa aku! bawak ikan jer balik ...banyak plak tu ....sebab lama tak jumpa kan, my parents mmg jejak kasih lah kat situ ..yang aku ngan jane plak kena teman Al jalan2 kat jetty ...budak nie tak nak dok diam ...ish ish ish dah le panas terik!

(aku suka expression Al kat sini)

Before balik rumah, we dropped sekejap kat the "centre" of this pekan ....this is such a small, low profile punya tempat ...that by 11am most kedai dah tutup except kedai makan ....sebabnyer it only caters for people from kampung2 sekitar ...org hanya membeli belah awal jer...takde yang lepak sini lama2 pada hujung minggu ...weekdays lain cerita coz byak opis kerajaan here ...

so, tak heranlah biler kami sampai most kedai dah tutup :-)

 

kami buat deret kedai tu macam kami punya hahahaha ....paling bising pun kami sekeluarga! Main bubbles and kejar2 kat situ ...suara adik and suara Al mmg tiada tandingannya!

pas jalan2 membisingkan suasana kat situ, we all balik kampung sendiri ....

sekali sekala trip macam nie ok jugak ..let the kids tahu pasal kampung2 lain ..and kampung life :-)

Souls the Gods had forsaken

My latest reading ....a loan from my sista...simple story...story about a girl immigrant from China and her journey in life...being trashed at birth during those era when girl was less valuable compared to the other gender, sold away to a childless couple in Singapore....betrayed and became concubine-of-sort to the foster father ( for being a master of the house)...carrying the foster father's child at the age of 14...later fled from home with her baby Ching Ling on the day of birth to a "deathhouse"--- a place where dying people was stationed by family member to wait for their final day.....i wonder if there is such a place these days....horror nya.....

second part--the upbringing of her baby....and ends with story of Ching Ling..

I think the story is ok...it's quite interesting as it touches quite a bit on traditions, customs and belief. If you into that genre, try this novel...simple english....senang lagi menyenangi :)

Adios!

At 142 Days = 20 weeks ++

Hi guys...i am halfway through my pregnancy...dah 5 months...Tinggal 4 bulan 10 hari kan?

I have been sicked for the past one week...started with coughing...i tell you it was not easy having to cough endlessly when you are pregnant, with baby slighly above your bladder...faham ajelah...it was stressful!! I first went to see a physician, after being advised by my gynae...check sana sini...ada hissing in my lung ...but due to pregnancy, no antibiotic, no ubat batuk just mild medication like nose spray, throat spray and gasvicon ??...entah apa...the doctor told me in 2 weeks time if the cough does not subside, i am up for an appointment with an ENT specialist...

Then about a day or so, i started to have sore throat..headache...green phlegm...and my coughing worsening every minutes esp at nite...my "personal doctor" has been very patience taking care of me...thank you boyfriend:) ..

Monday went to work, atuk lagi kong kang kong kang and i thought i cant wait for another 2 weeks so i decided to meet the ENT that afternoon....ENT put in camera inside my nostril...a few red patches around my nostril or perhaps throat...satu laluan ajer kan...so she prescribed me with an antibiotic which i cant consume for another 1 week and another nostril spray....This 2 specialists costs me $500 bucks...god bless!

I went to check my belly with my gynae as well sebab the heavy coughs had caused muscle stress at the lower part of my abdoment...so just checking my little one if he's ok...and yes, he's doing fine..Doctor said, coughing does mengugat "ketenteraman awam" the little one but, he's living in water so wont affect him in a bad way....amazing ciptaan Allah!

And once again and this round a little clearer for me at least....that little DICkory hickory dock...Still the gynae reluctant to confim, he said wait for another 4 weeks....oklah....I am ok with a boy...Abang Duan lagi ok rasanya, right Dut?

That nite...i was feeling very uneasy...headache and all...then at about 4am, i was up with severe headache and my phlegm was mixed with blood...tried to just ignore, swallowed the pain....and continued to coughing with more reddish phlegm came out...and at about 6 or so right side of my face had swollen like sikit lagi macam "beguk"....from kepala sampai leher...

This was when I rushed to the emergency ward...the attending MO was the one i met when i had my spotting...told her abt my 2 earlier visits and asked her to read the other 2 specialist review abt my diagnosis. I called my gynae, whom then talked to the MO---they then prescribed me with antibiotic, cough syrup--10ml per day-budak kecik pun takes more than that kan?, paracetamol --the only allowable pain killer for preggo--sedih ke tidak? at 30 something, urat dah tebal--we need real painkiller-hardcore punya, paracetamol is like cortal masa kecik dulu kan?---and lastly sucking tablets for throat and told me to stop taking the earlier medicine....I was supposed to be warded but there was no vacant bed...can u imagine???? but it was a blessing jugak because there's no point staying in the hospital pun...it was not like they have to jab me every other minute or something..

I got 2 days MC....memang "beradu" ajer...my boys and my man have been attending to me with compassion...tima kasih banyak2...felt very much appreciated and loved, tu yg buat baik more than the antibiotic...aisey ...fendi kata ayat boleh belah....

By the way, that new prescriptions costs me 100++ sahaja and they cured me after 5 days...so i am very much healthier now...still coughing ...mildly...esp. in the office today...but no more sore throat and no more headache! Alhamdulillah...

Ok till next posting...take care folks!

Perjalanan Balik Kampung

Disebabkan perjalanan balik kampung yg sungguh jauh, kitorang terpaksa singgah kat R&R Wangsa Walk..

Sbb Fendu dulu selalu sebut, teringin jugak nak tgk camana rupanye..

My verdict : Tak best sangat

Kanak-kanak yg mcm tak pernah tgk mainan..

Arissa : Yes! Berjaya jugak sampai ke puncak!

Bi

Boys kat bawah aje lah..

Family celebration

Last Tuesday was adik's birthday ...my precious baby is now 2 years old ...rasa cam kejap jer dulu he came to stay with me ...dia kan stay with me here since he was 1 month old ..now dah besar budak comel nie ...bangun pepagi aku dah nyanyi kat dia ...he was waiting depan tangga masa aku nak turun kerja ....sempat le posing sana sini dulu ...

my fav photo of the birthday boy ...muka baru bangun tido ...masih in pyjamas lagi ...

aku dah agak dah aku akan balik lambat that evening ..sebab tu aku buat contigency plan siap2 ..i told my mum to ask my brother to get the cakes and food if aku lambat ....as dreaded, aku punya meeting start at 4.30 (original plan was 12 noon) ...atas masalah teknikal ...but aku managed to get out of the meeting by 7pm ...sampai rumah kol 7.30 ..and everyone was waiting for me ...

It was just us ...Jane takde kat sini, dia outstation ....so it was just a small celebration

Adik punya birthday, tapi si abang yang beriya2 nak tiup candles and nak potong kek ...jenuh aki and nenek nak jaga ...hehehe berebut2 ...and adik has really grown ...tapi nampak lagi kurus compared to masa kecik2 dulu ...gambar kat bawah nie was taken a year ago ...on his first birthday ...

Budak nie dah mula menunjukkan kenakalan nyer ...2-3 ari nie dah pandai conteng dinding ....pandai plak tu...buat masa aku takde!!!  Walau apa pun ...happy birthday adik ...we all love you!

MANA DIMANA KEMANA

Tadi Abang Ngah dah komen tajuk sama kat posting Raya Kak Long...takut Kak Lang Eat kiter ni tak perasan. Kita tanya sekali lagi...siap special entry ni.

MANA POSTING RAYA EAT & FAMILY? SILA LA TEPEK GAMBAR RAYA TU CEPAT!!!.
Roger roger for Richie...Anybody home?

Eat...tahun ni nko buat open house ke tak? Dah 1 tahun kami tak ke Shah Alam. (saje je aku cari alasan)

Wedding Anak Sedara di PD

As mentioned in my previous posting pasal Majlis Khatam Ej tu..we were back in PD on Thursday untuk tolong apa yang patut for my niece punya wedding...Effi and husband dia Ghani...and were very busy on Friday and Saturday. Yang lawak lupa nak mentioned...masa Friday tu mak andam dok panggil EJ and her cousins yang nak khatam untuk di make up padahal memasing tak mandi pun lagi. Baju pulak kat umah my mom. Kelam kabut we went to my mom's place untuk mandi manda dan bersiap terus ke rumah pengantin untuk makeup. Sebab tu Ej kelaparan...selepas make up dia tak nak makan takut make up dia rosak.

On saturday...awal pagi lagi ramai ramai dah berada kat rumah pengantin. Majlis nikah pagi kol 10am. Aku tolong adik SIL aku masak nasi goreng dan buat air untuk majlis minum selepas nikah. Orang kampung ramai tolong memasak. By 11 am...orang dah start datang...aku tak sempat nak tukar baju. Fid dengan kakak aku lepas majlis nikah balik semua ke rumah mak aku untuk tukar uniform diorang. Yang ladies ada uniform...baju sedondon.

at 1.30pm...majlis bersanding...lepas tu pengantin makan beradap dan potong cake. biler sumer dah selesai baru sessi bergambar. Masa ni tetamu beransur kurang.

Ladies dengan baju sedondon. Pengantin belikan kain and up to them nak buat kebaya ke...kurung ke...Punya la ramai ipar duai aku.

Camera ni canggih sikit...warna terang. My mom pun pakai sedondon.

Guys baju sendirian berhad...tu yang tak mengikut thema tu...few je berwarna kuning.

Yang kids lagi la...ramainya anak sedara aku. Tapi ramai yang dah kerja...kurang duit raya aku kena keluarkan...ha ha ha.

Petang Jumaat sebelum majlis khatam, ada sessi pakaian traditional. Dua persalinan je...sebab sekarang ni kalau nak ambik banyak persalinan...ongkos mahal...and faktor masa perlu di ambil kira juga. 2 persalinan ni kira macam ngam ngam je untuk Majlis anak sedara aku ni. Sebab lepas tu dah nak kena bersiap untuk majlis Khatam pula.
Persalinan Jawa

Persalinan cina.

By 5pm...dah siap kemas semua...balik umah mak aku semula...malam datang balik untuk majlis berkaraoke...buat pertandingan aku dapat no 2. Adik aku yang baju kuning kat atas tu yang johan. Memang happening giler bergelak ketawa. Enjoy.

officially moving in ...

Adik aku sekeluarga is officially warga Kuching ...as of sept this year ....a few days before raya barang2 yang diorang shipkan sampai kat sini ...

kptak2 berselerak ...rumah aku masa tu mcm tongkang pecah ....now most of their stuffs still inside the boxes ...masing2 belum ada masa kemas mengemas ..my SIL now outstation plak ..so they all still put off kemas barang ...my sister's room dah jadi storage area hehehehe ...but she is in KL kan, jadi we are not worry about that room - for now lah

car plak tambah 2 biji lagi ..and selama nie aku ingatkan porch aku tu muat 3 kereta ajer ...but baru tau if the 4th car is a kancil ...muat!!! boleh masuk semua sekali hehehehe ...tapi nak kuar payah sket ...

my parents are happy to see this development ...anak2 dekat ngan diorang ...i am happy sebab adik is reunited with his parents and Al ...and rumah aku makin kecoh ...fun!!!! walaupun kekadang too bising :-)

Gagal

Aku yang gagal lagi.
Kerana keterlaluan membazir waktu.
Merintih kegagalan semalam.

Sehinggal aku alpa untuk melakukan yang terbaik hari ini.

Sedangkan..Aku sedar,
Hari ini adalah penentu kejayaan hari esok.

Baked Potato & Sahur

Masa on the way back from office, Fid roger roger aku nak inform dia plan nak buat baked potato. Barang barang dia dah siap beli kelmarin. Rupanya Fid memang dah lama teringin nak buat baked potato tapi oven lama tu tak boleh di harap. So dia pendamkan aje cita cita tu. Biler dah ada oven baru ni...terus teruja nak buat baked potato. Ej pulak sampai 2 kali tanya soalan sama. Mula mula dia tanya kat Fid...pastu malamnya dia tanya kat aku pulak.

Ej - Sekarang ni...dinner kiter semua pakai oven je ke? tak makan nasi dah ke?

Padahal dia la paling liat nak makan nasi. Sampai kena paksa paksa. Dia tanya soalan ni sebab semalam makan Rosemary Lemon chicken lagi. Sebelum tekak ni muak dengan rosemary chicken....masa kat office...gigih aku google resepi roasted chicken version lain lain...untuk Fid try.

Biler aku sampai umah...Fid dah siap siap bakar potato tu...tinggal nak letak cheese aje.
Dah siap...ringkas dan sedap...dan pantas...preparation pun sekejap je. Budak banyak soalan tu makan 2 biji. Apakah? Aku dengan Fid satu setengah sorang. Potato ni yang jenis kulit warna merah tu...sedap.

Malamnya selepas hantar ayah Fid balik Ampang...singgah bersahur...makan tosey. Fid nak buat puasa 6.

Aku supper garlic naan and tandoori chicken. Ej tak makan sebab dia dah tidur...dia tak nak makan. Waiter kat kedai mamak ni pun dah kenal muka kitorang..sebab semalam pun layan tosey dengan Nuarlin...borak sampai mid nite. Ok...nak inform...pengembaraan pemburuan makanan sudah bermula untuk Fenfid...lepas ni banyak la posting pasal makan makan dan food. Layannn.

Barbeque malam raya

aku punya raya selalu lain dari yang lain ...maklumlah, aku nie kan sorang2 jer celebrate raya kat rumah aku ...so, secara tradisinyer, since a few years back, we all akan buat family barbeque ...this year, we all buat pada malam raya itself ....agaknyer masa org lain dok masak lemang, famili aku sibuk barbeque :-)

we all balik kampung that thursday ...sampai kat kampung petang ...weather plak not good ....before masuk cerita barbeque kan ...kiter tengok apa these city kids bawak on this trip ...hehehe

ambik ngko! selonggok barang ...belum kemas lagi masa nie ...we all bawak tv, dvd player, laptops and books (for myself), laptop for my brother and jane ..plus a lot of other things ...sebab tu pakai 2 kereta pun penuh!

anyway, back to the story, sebab ari ujan, terpaksa buat barbeque kat porch tepi stor my dad ....al punyalah suka sebab dia dok kuar masuk rumah bawak his own torchlight ...mmg nampak sangat city kids balik kampung punya style hehehehe

malam tu, adik aku was in charge of the barbeque ....aku ngan my mum kemas rumah ...jane was handling the kids ....dad oversee everything ...meriah jugak le sebab semua ada kat rumah (except my sister lah) ... menu utama ...beef, lamb and sausage with cheese ...yumm yumm ...

dengan api yang membara

pas settle makan, kemas etc etc we all main bunga api and mercun hahaha back to zaman kanak2 riang ...but sebab budak2 kecik kan, kena lah aku ngan adik aku yang main lebih (excuse paling mantap!) ...

my dad plak jaga adik sebab adik nie suka menerpa ke arah bunga api ...fearless budak sorang nie, very the opposite from abang dia ....

semua org tido happy malam tu, except me - hahahahaha sebab aku terpaksa bersengkang mata to do my report ...sungguh gilos ...