The Terminal - Dubai

Saje jenguk sat.

2010-01-10T20:49:00.007+04:00

Dah berapa kali I'm back... bosan orang baca, bila tengok the last posting only then I realized lamanya tak menjenguk blog sendiri yg dah bersawang. Rasanya bukan diri ni jer but ramai teman2 berpindah ke buku baru apa lagi kalau tak bermukabuku. (facebooking). The fact is fb lebih cepat n lebih responsive dan lebih dangerous!!!

The last one I was still preggie with Ahmad Ihsan craving for ikan sembilang. now Ihsan dah nak masuk 6 bulan. Mcm baru semalam I stopped blogging temporarily rupanya dah almost 7-8 bulan. Having fb that requires me to write simple, brief status has somehow made me not good anymore blogging. cehhhh alasannnn... Time to stop kot na?

Just a short note today is our darling Iman's birthday. Sekejap je our little darling has turned 8. Time flies so fast, it was like yesterday we had our long awaited gift from Allah in our hands, now dah 8 thn. Rezeki pun dah bertambah, dah 4, we feel so blesssed, we could ask for no more. Too much asking and so much GIven, ALHAMDULILLAH, ALHAMDULILLAH, ALHAMDULILLAH.

Bekwoh Farewell PP

2009-04-27T13:28:00.007+04:00

PP (centre) clad in red shirt suurounded by the loved ones.

It is so heart breaking learning more and more friends are leaving from this 'so-maha-mahal-land', some went back to Malaya for good, looking for better options or future. Some are expanding their horizons to other continents or neighbouring countries for better offers.

We could still remember the first time we were in Dubai, at first we felt so alienated, so foreign and bonded closely just among the five of us. No personal contacts here, the only one we knew was this couple Sedi and wife who happened to be a brother to my cousin's wife. Everything seeemed so new, back to square one. We knew that we need to make our own initiative to make acquaintances, to reach our Malaysians community here hence we went to our 1st Malaysians-get-together in Uptown Mirdif in Apr 2008- and the story our friendships begins.

Alhamdullillah, We reach out to offer our friendships by offering a potential friend caring, listening, talking, sharing, accepting, and affirming. It takes time though and effort to build the friendships. They are built slowly, slowly and slowly... we are comfortable with the small circle of our families here, giving and taking with much tolerence, really feel at home. To those who are close to our hearts will be very much missed when distance take charge. To those who have break our hearts, u are dearly missed too in a different way. ahaks! Lets forgive and forget.

The recent one, another good friend of ours and most people, will be leaving for a better home in a place near to the Holy city. Our Presidents of My UAE-Pro, Yang Berusaha Pak Payne is showered with a farewell bekwoh kenduri by everyone as a token of appreciation (hosted by Tn Hj FND and Sue in Ajman). This time the main dish 'gulai kawah' is cooked by the daddies, babahs and ayahs led by Pok Nik. Mommies and mamas 'santai-santai', potong-potong buah and kueh and cakes' jerrrr. As usual there are always plenty of mouth -watering Malaysian cuisines home-made by mommies. Mama really loves this kind of event - always satisfies my craving for traditional kuehs. ermmm anymore potluck events???

More story on Bekwoh ' -FAREWELL

To PP ; U will dearly missed by everyone and Good luck in ur new life in Jeddah. InsyaAllah ada rezeki... kita jumpa di sana. Ameen.

One Year Older

2009-04-14T15:38:00.007+04:00

Happy Birthday to me...

Mesti orang tanya yang ke berapa, tengok title macam in denial takmo tulis angka keramat tu. Well many people said it is only numbers. but... 37 sounds alot jugak (Alhamdulillah), mcm tak caya jer. Spoken to mak last week wishing her 43rd wedding anniversary (10th April)n she recalled my soon-to-be birthdate, and even dia pun cakap "dah banyak umur awak yek". She still believes and regards, I am still her youngest baby who has mature without her wanna to admit. I will always be you baby!!! Babah jangan marah -" I'm ur babe forever ...lah".

Just hope many happy returns for me, always happy with my loved ones and panjang umur, murah rezeki. Semoga makin kurang sifat mazmumah and more mahmuddah dan Alllah permudahkan segala urusan kami. Ameen.

Me too in nostalgic mood. " Terkenang-kenang..." That was 21 years ago. On my sweet 16th birthday, Babah dated me the first time ajak balik Seremban sama-sama. That was the 1st time rasa balik Sremban naik SKS cepat sangat sampai, ... then cerita Imeirda pun bermula. The rest biar kitorang dua orang simpan jer. Kawan2 seangkatan sure ingat banyak lagu2 jiwang during that time, the children now mesti ketawa bagai nak rak kalau dengar lagu2 'sketsa sebuah cinta', 'more than words' etc etc. Yg umur2 sekufu sure ada list lain. Till then...

To all April babes and dudes - Happy birthday (Hope we get wiser and better)

To Mak - Happy Birthday yang ke 59 , with lots of love from Iman, Ilham Irdina

To my Rose Darling - Happy Birthday to U. U are not 37, u are sixteen with twenty one years full of experience!!! me too.

Sembilang oh Sembilang

2009-03-25T09:06:00.009+04:00

These few days, I craved for asam pedas ikan sembilang laut (catfish alike). Tekak ni memang kalau preggie tak pernah teringin benda lain, asam pedas ikan sembilang is a MUST. All these while dok kat Malaysia memang takde masalah for my dad yang memang suka makan ikan sembilang would always beli the fresh ones and we would cook and belasah gila-gila. Maybe masa my mom ngandungkan I dulu, ayah memang craved for this ikan sebab mak ada 'kureng' sikit dgn ikan ni sebab dia geli kalau nak clean the 'snake' alike fish, so ayah would always cleaned and mak would cook the best Johorian asam pedas. As for me jangan orang letak belut sudah!!! yang tu betul macam u**r. eeeiiiii.

Photo dr blog mat gebu - mohon izin ye!

Yesterday, I dok blog walking to other bloggers, suka masuk bloggers yang kaki masak and in this one entry by abang mat gebu , ada asam pedas ikan sembilang. Perghhh.... the red vibrant asam pedas siap ada bunga kantan is been proudly featured in his entry. Oh MY!!! there and then, ayaq lioq dok tersekat kat tekak ni and rasa macam kecur giler. Kalau orang jawa sebut 'NGENCHES"...

Wish, wish, wish mak dapat antar ikan sembilang kat sini. So I posted in the fb "teringin ..." and a fren in Abu Dhabi Kak Hana kata dia ada jumpa ikan sembilang kat market Abu Dhabi. Biar betullll! tapi abang Aji (hubby Kak Hana) is an angler takkan tak kenai ikan kot. Kot babah lainlah... babah kalau bab-bab nak kenal ikan ni memang fail. Kalau betul ada! confirm will heret babah to Abu Dhabi nak carik.

Many frenz commented in fb, 'buat sendirik lah", improvise ke dgn ikan dory, ikan pari or ikan apa2lah but tekak preggie ni nak ikan sembilang gakkkkkk. Nak masak asam pedas is not a problem but hope betullah ada sembilang kat Abu Dhabi ... huhuhu. Anyone kat DBX pernah jumpa kat any market here???

Island Escapade UAQ 2009

2009-03-11T10:47:00.011+04:00

6 March 2009

ermmm lambat mama update blog ni. Masa ada mood aritu, internet disconnected pulak. Babahnya terlupa 'update' bill, sudahnya tak leh access to internet. Bill settled takleh access gak, password recognized pulak called Etisalat sampai 2 days baru settled. Then Baby 'tua' kat umah ni down with fever, teruk benar nampaknya 3 days MC, jaga anak2 dia demam pun tak teruk camni, menjeng semacam nak attention!

so report on Island Escapade aritu.

On the 5th Thursday, at 5.00 off we head to Ummu Al Quwain, checkin to our chalet, nice and cozy overlooking the beach. CG was our neighbour with PP-Kka Aishah dok chalet atas.

Lapar, bukak periuk makan nasi lemak. Mama cooked nasi lemak with sambal ikan bilis n sambal sotong - baba mmg lapar joined by PP n family, Haza n family, CG n family. Later joined the rest at riri-linda-Zue's banglo buat BBQ. Plenty of food - food fiesta, kalau dok sesama Malaysian ni memang tak pernah lapar - Alhamdulillah.

6th Mac- Morning take the boat to the island.

ERMMMMM... dah banyak ari tried to upload gambaq tapi takleh, dia kata dah overloaded, exceeded the photo limit quota. Mama pun tak sure naper; possible blogspot has its limit or mama got to bayor for the xtra storage. Well, I'm not a computer savvy , so tak brapa paham. The fact is, lepas tukar this new notebook n guna VISTA memang problematic, lembab giler... compared masa pakai XP. Could that be the problem??? So sebab mama tak dpt upload gambaq, tgk je lah

LensaSham

LensaRusdi

atau dari blog Bakpo.

Tambah pulak lepas babah baik sikit dari demam, mama pulak kena. Dengan membuyung ni, kepala berat alahai. Tak habis mama sihat, Ilham malam tadi start muntah and temperature shoot up to 39C. Kesian bila tgk anak tak sihat ni. Hopefully, Iman and Dina sihat and tak berjangkit. (Rasa2nya nak kena pencen blogginglah.)

Island Escapade 09

2009-03-02T07:58:00.009+04:00

Apa ni? Cuti-Cuti Dubai lagi? Bloggers in Dubai or specifically, many Malaysians yg kat UAE baik di Abu Dhabi, Sharjah ke, Ajman , Ras Al Khaimah n others mostly tahu My UAE Pro with many helps froms generous sponsors is organizing a grand Malaysians-meet-Malaysians gathering in a private island off Umm Al Quwain. Kat mana? mama n babah pun tak pernah pergi lagi, but not that far actually. Time to explore UAE...

The children are looking forward nak gi Island ni, meeting frenz and new frenz, mama waiting nak leisurely enjoy meeting and brok brek brok brek ngan frenz mama as Kak Ieam dah ada Kak Alfiyah tolong kejar. Kak Dina mama bribe dgn makanan dia akan dok diam-diam yum yum yum! Kak Iman as usual will be missing with many frenz of hers.

Yang belum maklum and those yg belum register, jom join ramai2. See u there!

Well, cerita and gambar menyusul kemudian kay!

I'm back Part II

2009-02-26T15:27:00.003+04:00

Ermmm punyalah lama tak update blog ni, the last one was 19th of January, almost one and a half month. Not only that mama tak buka blog sendirik but mama tak larat nak go thru/blog walking others. This time penangan M besar ni (malasss la tu) teruk betul.

But today i really feel energentic, fully energized I guess lama dok diam2 baru terasa nak menulis. Even camera pun dah lama tak pegang, in fact tak tahu kat mana. Even tadi nak restart writing this blog terkial2 carik mana nak customize, just like a starter. As masa computer rosak aritu, many of the photos uploaded into the old harddisc, lagilah malas nak carik gambar2 lama.

Anyway there is a reason actually why I felt like I hv gained back my energy. Sebab tonite and starting tomorrow mama dah ada PA. Babah tolong importkan, at least now mama will have her own time monitor jer with all the tedious housework. Serious!!! now I found doing the housechores alone is so time comsuming and so hectic. Especially kejar n dok kerjakan Kak Ieam and Kak Dina. By mid of the day dah rasa kaputt.

Actually kesian kat babah sebenarnya, he has to help me a lot, dahlah penat keje, but so far cooking is not a problem. but the after cooking/makan/dining chores.... MasyaAllah memang tak larat. Well age factor kan, preggie at this age??? Nothing to complain benonya, amat bersyukur... Alhamdulillah, mohon Allah permudahkan segalanya. Amin. Alhamdulillah again.

Well till next entry, InsyaAllah akan terus menulis lagi.

p/s = Thanks to mama Riri and mommy dia tolong permudahkan segalanya. Thanks alot ya (really from the bottom of our heart!!!)

I'm back

2009-01-19T10:15:00.007+04:00

Salam semua...

After a long break and hiastu mama is now back, dah keluar dari cave and ready to continue my sedentary lifestyle, spending time blogging, facebooking and Instant Messanging with friends and families.

Actually one good thing takde notebook ni I have more quality time with the little ones. Mama manage to divert my attention (full attention) attending them compared to when mama sibuk with this IT agendas, Ilham was reprimanded for scrolling and typing on the the keyboard. Tu belum lagi Dina merengek2 mintak tu, ini n sometimes mama kept on asking for time delaying/procrastinating their requests (huh!!! bab! bad! bad! habit). Really need to slow down a bit on these activities as mama need time for herself as life incubator now, with fluctuations of emotions and the hormones are to be blame??? The hormonal changes really affect the levels of neurotransmitters which this time made me malassss giler. Besides, i feel like I have lost control over my body... ermmm the emotions is on a roller coaster ride. but thanks to the little ones, they have been kind to their mama.

Many things happened during the break but not goin to backdated everything except ;

10th January 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to IMAN

Our first apple of the eyes; Intan Nur Iman celebrated her 7th birthday. (10012002). First time ever, there is no birthday bash for her. (We just took her for a dinner treat). She has voluntarily gave up her savings for the children in Gaza. She even made some stationeries/story books n colouring goodies packs packed for the unfortunate Palestinian children with little note

"Assalamualaikum,

Marhaba!

My name in Nur Iman, I am 7 years old.

I am a Malaysian and now I live in Dubai.

" I would like to share something with u and hope u will like it.

May Allah swt saves u and Palestine. We pray for your safety.

Be strong.

Love Iman"

It was touching this little girl has grown to be responsible girl understanding there will be no celebration for her. She has started to know/comprehend there more other people need something that could make them feel better or happier. The celebration allocation is channelled for a better cause. At least that is the least she could contribute. Hope the goodies packs reached the children; HOPE that would made a difference to some children in Gaza. Ameen. W are proud of our Iman.

Komputer Masuk Hospital

2009-01-13T08:29:00.004+04:00

Salam Semua,

Insya'Allah in the next few days, The Terminal will be back. In the mean time, MAMA is taking her own time to hibernate herself during winter.

Regards,
Imran

Malasssss... apa nak jadi???

2009-01-04T13:34:00.007+04:00

Anak-anak dah selamat sampai di Malaysia, We sent them to the airport on Friday evening for 6.55pm MAS Flight. As expected Iman and Intan buat scene kat airport... both of them cried their heart out loud. My heart wept heavily seeing Intan cried and me too could not hold back my tears and just let them out. It is so sad letting them go!!!

Ada took few picture tapi tak sempat upload, will do later. Entah kenapa, penyakit MALAS bertandang lagi. Kali ni Malassss betul, selain rasa nak hibernate lama-lama dengan dok diam-diam incubating memang taknak buat benda lain. Nak blame the weather memang tak patut coz dah tak berapa sejuk, nice weather actually but takde mood langsung. possibly the news/e-mails about what happened in Tebing Gaza affected gak...seeing parents losing children, seeing anak2 hilang mak bapak, watching the Moslem/Paletinians being brutalized/victimized ...bla bla bla, tak sampai hatilah!!!!!

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"Israeli ground troops have started to enter the Gaza Strip, Israeli military officials have confirmed, a week after the offensive against Hamas began." Whilst we sit at home munching on our favourite snacks, sleeping in our cosy beds, with the heating on, under a protective roof; our brothers and sisters are being crushed under the rubbles in Palestine as we speak. "Witnesses said more than 200 people had been inside the Ibrahim al-Maqadna mosque for evening prayers when it was struck." Make dua for your brothers and sisters all over the globe in Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kashmir, Chechnya, wherever they face oppression. Are we doing enough?----------------

Tak abis-abis Yahudi ni. And we as Moslem...Are we doing enuf? It is not about being a palestinian or Arabs but as a Moslem apa yang kitadah buat, takat du'a, sembahyang hajat derma/sedekat seratus dua ratus??????. Mana orang2 Malaysia yang diwarwarkan kaya-raya. Thinking of that, kalau congak2 bodo-bodo pun, kalu those filthy rich Malaysians contribute 1% dari wealth diorang supaya boleh salurkan untuk medical purposes, MasyaAllah.... banyak dah tu! Tak payah nak pledge kat e-mails/ kat newspaper ker. etc. (ermmm my 2 kupang worth opinion jer. Eh melalut panjang lakkkkk. and to Ms Livni... GOOOD LUCK, Allah is watching u...

Ermmm esok, kakak Iman restart school after looong school holiday so mama kena start a new episode of routines preparing very early morning breakfast for babah and Iman...

Iman!!! no more happy hours for ur tv show, back to serious matters. Too much rewards given before mama n babah being rewarded. Happy Schooling OK dear and Happy cooking to mama!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

2009-01-01T11:41:00.007+04:00

Another new year... ingatkan malam tadi nak bawak the children gi Jumeirah Beach Resort to observe the fireworks tapi all celebrations were cancelled.

Mohammad orders cancellation of New Year celebrations
WAMPublished: December 30, 2008, 20:37
Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered the cancellation of all New Year celebrations in Dubai on Wednesday as an act of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
In support of the Palestinians in Gaza, who are enduring all kinds of killing, destruction and displacement by the Israeli military machinery, Shaikh Mohammad instructed all concerned authorities in Dubai to put this order in place and take necessary procedures to circulate the decision to all concerned parties.

and in fact New Year celebrations in most parts of Arab world cancelled.

Anything new about us?... ermmm banyak buat one thing for sure 2008 was a smooth sailing, everything seemed to be in order except for few hiccups in friendships, in some of our unsure desicions but Alhamdulillah... hope for better 2009. Hope or another year of wisdom. Azam baru??? I haven’t made any resolutions this time around, I resolved to make... ermmm I just wanna be better person lah to everyone n enjoy life with the loved ones selagi Allah kurniakan kesihatan yg baik Ameen.

Esok, anak2, A'an and Intan balik Malaysia, gonna miss them esp Kakak Ieam yg melekat with abang. Again another time to say GOOD BYE... uhks

Beautiful Istanbul Finale

2008-12-29T11:11:00.017+04:00

Lets khatam this Istanbul episode... Taknak cerita panjang2 tgk gambar jelah ye.

Day 6 (14122008)

At the park next to Topkapi Palace (just like Hyde Park adjacent to Buckingham Palace) ... strolling and enjoying the breathtaking view.

The children nak naik horse carriage so.... daddies joined them (infront of Haghia Sophia). Mommies jaga babies.

Mamas shopping time!

By 3.00 after lunch at the Mac Donald sent the children to the hotel, rest and take a short nap coz malam mamas and daddies nak dating berempat jer. We went to the Sufi Music Concert and Whirling Dervishes Ceremony Dances at the Sirkeci Old Railway Station, performed by the Sufi Group of Istanbul Galata Mevlevi Lodge . Later pergi makan2 n lepak at one of the restaurants at SultanAhmet.

Nite : Sufi /Whirling Dances. Ermmm meremang bulu roma dgn the enchanted choir (like gospel) enchanting Kalimah Allah - the nasyid like melody.

Day 7 (15122008)
Aud Lang Syne.

Time to say Good Bye. Morning Mamas n babah sempat lagi gi Grand Bazaar (10mins walk), last minutes shopping, balik hotel finalized everything and checked out. The man in blue shirt is our humble hotel owner, Prof. Dr Dogen Sumangen. Really impressed with the hospitality and his high level of patience dealing with our little munchkins (Riri described them as a little circus), macam2 ragam. Really!!! ADA hotel is highly recommended for so many reasons. In short, PERFECT and PUAS ATI!

Bayar!bayar! Bayar Time!

Checked out and Suad took us for City Tour (Gallata Tower, Pierre Lotti Hill) killing the time, our flight was scheduled at 11.50 at nite. Badan dah penat, just ingat rumah jer , missed Dubai already.

Gallata Tower, it was so windy and darnnnn COLD

Pieere Lotti Top Hill View and in the restaurant sipping apple tea, with Suad, our driver. Irdina with Mama Riri enjoying Apple coated with sugar glaze , sweet yummy... The fantastic views of the Golden Horn are best admired from the hilltop of Pierre Lotti Cafe.

All exhausted, Ali and Iman has started to catch fever.

Bye-Bye Istanbul. Alhamdulillah.

Beautiful Istanbul pt III

2008-12-23T09:40:00.014+04:00

Still on Istanbul... jangan jemu ye, just wanna share and for atuk2 n nenek2 depa kat KL n Perlis nak tgk cucu depa pi jln2.

The nite before, waktu malam tu bawak budak2 naik tram ke Thaksim n then ke satu shopping mall. Nothing much diff, macam Dubai jer so budak2 just excited dapat naik tram jer.

Day 5

Spice Bazaar/Bosphorus Cruise/Dolmabahche Palace

The few days we were in Istanbul was terrific, cuaca tho sejuk tapi terang and very sunny. For sure gambar amik cantek-cantek. Really hoping for another sunny day as nak cruising along the Bosphorus and click2 crazy... but langit nampak cloudy, u see the real winter looked cold and mundane. But since dah planned and we took a travel agent to arrange the trip. They took us from hotel and first we headed to the Spice Bazaar.

Spice Bazaar - another bazaar yg lebih kurang sama macam Grand Bazaar and sell souvenirs and Istanbul stuff yg serupa but cheaper. Sebelum masuk Spice Bazaar, there is a mosque and budak2 excited nampak pigeons. there are 4-5 booths jual dedak app 0.50YTL satu pinggan. Anak2 ni dah makcik tu hulur satu satu pingan, masing2 amik macam ingat nenek tu sedekah. Sedar tak sedar dia kumpul pinggan tu bukan main tinggi lagi. Pastu senyum jer mintak duit... kenyang pigeons tu makan 10 lira babahnye kena bayar. Sabor jelah makcik tu! Takpelah niat sedekah jelah.

Then the driver took us to the dock amik boat for cruising, tak ramai sangat... the day was so cold dengan angin dr atas deck lagi. MasyaAllah. Baby Dina was dozing comfortably and soundly and dok senyap2 dlm stroller siap bungkus lagi. The children were excited sekejap tapi bila dah sejuk sangat masing2 turun bawah order apple tea.

Frankly speaking, view aritu tu tak berapa cantik; not as we expected ... langit quite cloudy and it was drizzling. As masa nampak Marmara Sea dari Topkapi on the previous day, the view was beautiful... laut and langit membiru. Tgk picture jelah ye!

Then they took us for lunch for Turkish cuisine in one of the restaurants dekat dgn Hagia Sophia. Nampak very cozy and the starter was already served on the table. Ermmmm... initially tgk makanan tu mmg rasa tak leh pi. Ada scramble eggs plus soggy kus-kus and savoury brinjals (mcm terung belado). Terung tu je yg akak boleh makan. Tgk Riri pun camtu gak... anak2 pun bising takleh habiskan. Then dia antar main course, chicken grilled with fries and macam nasik but rasanyer baked barleys. OKlah boleh tahanlah. Dessert dia... very sweet and pun ramai yg takleh abiskan. Rasanyer, chef and towkeh restaurant tu kecik ati ngan kami... the fact is mmg tekak Malaysia ni tak sekufu ngan Turkish cuisine.

Tgk mama Riri sambil makan tumpang dagu, macam kena paksa makan. hehehe

Habis lunch we went to Dolmacache Sarayi (Palace)

The palace is beautiful. Bebudak tu excited nak amik gambar depan soldier yg dok keras depan palace tu. Macam kat depan Istana Buckingham or Istana Negara. Click2 gambar... masuk dlm met Petronas staff from Sudan with family. Kawan Noris gak. Masuk dlm waited for the English group tour. Everyone has to cover the shoes with plastic cover (slipper) provided and advised remain silence. Alahai... bolehke anak2 kami ni quiet (esp Ilham and Andri), the two babies behaved quite well but the 1 1/2 hr tour rasa mcm panjang sgt sebab dok kepung budak 2 org tu n nak reduce 'hiruk pikuk depa'. Alhamdulillah... bila abis, babah dia tobat suruh mamas gi masuk Harem sendirik, the daddies took care of the children.

This is only 5-10% of the whole view of the interior.

Back to the tour story... one has to observe and experience urselves on the grandeur of this palace. Tiang tangga dia ajer pakai crystal and most of the ceiling are coated with gold lining... pendek kata memang grand... The best part was at the grand hall, cantik sangat2. the chandelier especially, so exquisite.

The Harem again actually tpt concubines tinggal but later The last president... Kamal Atartuk stayed there and died there. Most of the clock strucked 9.05 (time of his death). Siapa Kamal Atartuk????.... if u don't know start googling ya.

Finally, thought it was already over but they took us to the on of the hill but tak ingat nama dia.... to observe aerial view of Istanbul. When we reached this place dah tak larat sebenarnyer and it was so cold + windy. Tak larat nak jln so tgh sibuk2 tgk Pengantin Turkey; something happened. MasyaAllah, Haris was almost hit by a car (actually dah kena gak but fortunately Mahadi sempat peluk dia. The was a 'bang', rasanyer the car hit tangan Mahadi. Rasa macam gugur jantung sebab both dah terduduk kat atas jalan. The driver pucat kluar kreta and checked, ramai attended even some policemen. Tapi kita org Malaysia ni tak suka kecoh2 just cut it short and ask the driver to leave. Someone siap bawak air putih bagi anak tu minum to ease the panic. Mama Riri pun tak tercakap apa... terkejut. Memang ada guardian Angel lah jaga anak sorang tu. Syukur Alhamdulillah dia selamat.

OK then till next entry, the finale.

Beautiful Istanbul Pt II

2008-12-21T13:53:00.016+04:00

Day 4 (12122008)
We came back late from Bursa pukul 12.00midnite baru sampai, punyalah letih n terpaksa heret anak2 naik hotel. So on the fourth day the children were exhausted and tak nak ikut pergi mana2. And it was our intention to leave them since mommies nak pergi explore Haghia Sophia... We took our best munckins along, Riri bawak Andry and mama took Ilham for kalau anak2 dua orang ni with us... life kat hotel tu tak kecoh sangat. Irdina tinggal dgn Kak Sutik yang amat sanggup nak jaga Dak Dina Debot. The facts is ARYAN n DINA were the BEST supporting tourists we took to Istanbul

On the way to Hagia Sophia we detoured to Basillica Underground Cistern. It is actually a reservoir/water storage plant built by Byzantine Emperor. Turun ke underground tu MasyaAllah the place is beautiful under the dim lite, undescribable. It is well restored by the government and the visitors melt into disappearance when they are in the cistern to see the Medusa head accompany with the soothing music.

Llength of cistern is 140m, width of it is 70m and it is a giant rectangular stracture. In the cistern where you can godownstairs yhrough 52 stone stairs, there are 336 columns of which height is 9m. these marbles compose of 12 rows, nemely 28 columns in each and there is 4.8m between each and every one of the marbles

On the way to Haghia Sophia, we met many Medical Students from Egypt. Ada dekat 20-25 students jugak on their holiday in Istanbul. Asked them how much they spent for the trip and surprisingly taklah mahal sangat about RM 2000.00 for one week (hotel in Thaksim) inclusive trip to Bursa. Pretty reasonable.

Haghia Sophia

Later we proceed to Haghia Sophia. alam 150meter from the Cistern. Entry fee dalam 20YTL per person. It was once a catholic church then converted to a mosque and later to a musuem.

The exterior of Haghia Sophia.

The Islamic elements are still restored

As well as the Christian virtues are well restored too.

Then off we walk to the Grand Bazaar. Apa lagi shopping time... but when u entered the place it is is so colourful, so were mesmerized and hypnotized. Finally, beli fridge magnet, Turkey tea sets and few small souvenirs. Mama and auntie Riri bought a porcelain plate and a porcelain bowland also a jug, hand made ... beautiful and after a hard bargain we got it for quite a reasonable price. Unfortunately, angry Andri ngamuk and baling mama dia punya barang and crack. So another mama thought dia punya selamat but similarly the staffof that Turkish air main baling that bags. so mama Zaida punya pun crack gak Cuma jug selamat because had carried!!!!! Sigh!. Takdak rezeki...

Colours of Istanbul!!!!!

Top right, the pinggan mangkuk kami yg hancusss.

Till next entry ...

08122008 (backdated)

Intan, Yasmeen and Harris' Birthdays.

Happy Birthdays to Yasmeen, Intan and Harris.

Alahai! punyalah mama excited tulis pasal Istanbul terlupa nak update pasal birthday anak dara sorang ni. On Eidul Adha (8.12.2008), Moi n Norris invited us for beraya with them. As the following Subuh kami nak berangkat ke Istanbul, mama tak prepare apa2 pun. Infact pagi raya tu Firdaus and family tetiba datang beraya. Ermmm adhoc plan nak serve apa ye?... hohoho dapat buat cekodok udang jelah (mintak mahap banyak2)

Birthday Yasmeen and Intan coincides the same date (the actual date is 10 December 2008). They are at the same age - 9 years. So kira buat sekalilah, senang and seems Harris pun tak celebrate his birthday on the 4th of Dec... semua mommies tapau sekali buat birthdays aritu. Besides there are many children to celebrate. Ala budak2 ni dapat tiup lilin cake, nyanyi2 birthday song, rasa puas hati dah. Birthday present babah dah bookkan tiket ke Istanbul... hahaha. So both children; A'an and Intan actually celebrated both birthdays in Dubai with mama n babah.

note ; Thank u ye Ibu Moi and Ayah Norris, readykan party siap food utk Intan.

Beautiful Istanbul

2008-12-18T08:36:00.021+04:00

Salaam...

It has been quite awhile, Lama tak berblogging. We were away for a short break to Istanbul. A day after Aidul Adha we took the Turkish flight; 5 Adults with 9 children. Ramai kan????

Istanbul was once called Byzantium then Constinopale is one of the world great cities. Anyone could not deny on her very own beauty and unique history and the only place where Europe meets Asia.

Day 1. (09122008)

ADA Hotel SultanAhmet Street

Arrival - arrived at the Atarturk Airport at 10.45 local time and were fetch and chauffered driven to ADA Hotel at Sultahahmet Street. Greeted and welcomed personally by the owner of the hotel ; Prof. Dr Dogen Sumangen. ADA hotel is strategic and very economical, COZYis the right word to describe, so close (walking distance) to the attractions merely few hundred metres to Blue Mosque, Haghia Sphia and Topkapi, Grand Bazaar etc. Checked in and cleared the luggages and off we go to our first attraction; Blue Mosque.

ADA Hotel, just arrived.... from LensaRiri

Blue Mosque. - Sultan Ahmet 1's great mosque ; one of the world's most famous religious building ' "blue" on account to the delicately patterned Iznik tiles which adorn the interior. Beautiful architecture!!! Tourists could enjoy the tour in the mosque for FREE.

Exterior - Ilham Made friend with Bosnian girl.

The interior design in Blue Mosque - from LensaRiri

This is Haghia Sophia, next to Blue Mosque. It was already evening and cold plus hungry. The children dah bising lapar so just took pictures. Note the orange color of Haghia Sophia. That is the real effect reflections of the sunset. Cantik kan!

Day 2 (10122008)

Topkapi Sarayi (Palace).

We spent half of the day at the garden area. Strolling leisurely in the compound, the garden is enourmous and beautiful.It resembles the Forbidden City in Beijing. The etrance fee is 20YTL/per person (60dirham) but it worth the money spent. The palace is located on top of the hill by the seaside, overlooking the Marmara Sea and Bosphoros. The view is amazing and so breathtaking. Apa taknyer! u were in Europe but u could see the other Asian continent on the other side. So near and not that far. Besides the day was beautiful bright sunny chilling cold day. Perfectttt!!!!

We managed to cover most of the places as the children boleh lari2 dlm garden tu and mommies masuk dadies tolong jaga anak2. Depa memang sporting.

Day 3. (11122008)

Bursa - Uludag Ski Resort

We planned on our own and asked Suad to take us there. The journeys is approximately 2 1/2 hours plus ferry ride to the other side of Eorope - The Asia. The scenery alongway to Bursa was splendid and so panoramic. Boleh nampak kebun olive and the reason to Bursa is the children nak main snow.

On the ferry on the way to Bursa

Ermmm cuak jugak for along the way tak nampak salji langsung and exhausted for the children kept on asking 'Salji tak/where is the snow, 'tak nampak punnnn', etc etc. Then finally sampai kat Uludag, it was a long queue for the teleferry ride (cablecar aka gondolas) but the dadies sanggup beratur. Thank u babah and Ayah!!!!

In the teleferry (cable car-climbing up to 1164m from sea level)

Sampai dekat first stage we sawthe hills were all white and the frost was quite thick, phewwww!!!! lega - what a relief!. We can see the children were elated. Alhamdulillah.

Dak Dina Debot and Kak Iman enjoying snow But one thing the unforgettable moment was when we dine in the one of the restaurants there. The restaurant was so inviting, cozy and unique. U just chooese the marinated beef, lambs or whatever u desires, weight them and u cook on your own as u desired. The food were delicious and very reasonable price and the best dinner we had in Istanbul except for all the Mac donald's stuff Pizzas etcAyah Madi memang great chef... babah Imran too!! magnificent!

To be continued...

Salam Eidul Adha

2008-12-04T15:45:00.015+04:00

Labbaik Allah humma labbaik, Labbaik la sharika laka labbaik,Innal hamdaWan-ni'mata, Laka walmulkLaa sharika lak.
O my Lord, here I am at Your service, here I am.There is no partner with You,here I am.Truly the praiseand the provisions are Yours,and so is the dominion and sovereignty.There is no partner with You.

Bismillah al rahman al rahim...
"In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate".

May we, take this opportunity to wish Mak, Ayah, Mak Dah, and Abah, you, your family, friends in Dubai and Malaysia, and who knew us personally A Happy, Blessed and Peaceful Eid-ul Adha. Wishing everyone a very Happy Eid Mubarak.

May Almighty Allah SWT showers His choicest blessing on us all.

May Allah SWT accept our supplications, and grant us Tawfiq and Hidayah to serve Him and to forgive us for our shortcomings. Ameen

May the blessings of Allah always be with us you and your family Ameen

Our du'a for all muslims around the world and

For friends and families performing Hajj, we pray for your Mabrur Hajj. Ameen

JazakAllah hu Khairan.

Imran, Zaida, Iman, Ilham, Irdina

Jommm Sukan

2008-12-03T12:46:00.018+04:00

2nd December 2008

UAE 37th National Day.

Selamat Hari Merdeka Untuk semua Emiratis

Self-explanatory report on the biggest community event jointly organized by SMG and MyUAE . It is a sport event(football and captain ball for ladies) joined/played by expats from asean countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philipines and also a group from Europe.

Quote unquote from PP the MyUAE pro President : "Ini merupakan acara terbesar yang d anjur oleh myUAE-PRO, bersama SMG. Kita ingin berkongsi sama dengan masyarakat dan komuniti ASEAN dperantauan. Ianya acara famili. Datang beramai-ramai sempena cuti umum Hari Kebangsaan UAE", tambahnya.

Ketika d tanya penyertaan pasukan Malaysia, beliau menjawab,"Kita menghantar sebanyak 14 pasukan dalam kategori Terbuka, 2 pasukan dalam kategori bawah 12 tahun, veteran dan acara wanita. Oleh itu, sokongan rakyat Malaysia amat d perlukan bagi melihat pasukan Malaysia menempa kejayaan dalam edisi kedua ini".

Pasukan Malaysia merupakan juara bertahan dalam kategori wanita (Captain's Ball).Konsul Besar Malaysia d UAE, Syed Mohd Hasrin akan melakukan sepak mula tepat jam 9 pagi. Kejohanan ini berlansung dari jam 9 pagi pada Disember 2, 2008 d Kelab Al Ahli (Dubai) - bersebelahan Lulu Hypermarket Ghusais. "

Babah and Abang A'an joined main bola, Babah masuk geng veteran (uhuks - dah falls under veteran group) sudah tua meh!. First game kena lawan ngan geng2 Mat Saleh dr Europe... ermmmm last minute kalah. Later then baru warm up nak doin OK. But kudos to all players, the organizers and all the supporters who are being very supportive and sporting.

Our heartiest empathy to Abang Suhaime who had a minor heart attack after the first game. He was rushed to the hospital to the ICU but remained cool boleh buat lawak lagi (he is a jovial person anyway). Wishing him a fast recovery. Babah and friends ada pergi visit dia at the hospital. (latest update) Abang Suhaimi is recuperating well. Alhamdulillah. photo ehsan dr abe Nik Ericson

The ladies had fun playing captain ball. The game is just like netball game except we have 'human being goal post' (the keeper has to stand on a chair to catch ur own ball to gain a point- anchor kena kuat and good in balancing urself, otherwise one would toppled while catching the ball.) Mama tak main, takut pancit and actually biasalah anak2 takde orang jaga eventhough ramai yang tolong jaga -hehehe. Alasan!!!! but... mama jadik tukang sorakkk.

Tapi paling best Malaysians ni, dalam apa keadaan sekalipun makanan perkara utama. Be it sports, majlis keraian... semuanya makanan so kat tepi padang tu Malaysian jugaklah yang berpiknik... makan dan makan ... brok-brek. Mama tak banyak snap gambar this time since professional photographer ramai betul, semua dengan outstanding camera canggih-canggih muncung panjang. ermmmm babah, boleh mintak upgrade tak?

Abang and the junior team were jubilant with their victories on 1st to 3rd games tho tak ke final.

Pancit - semua muka penat, dah veteran babe! CG and babah in action M'sia vs Europe group.

nice photos can be found from LensaHalim, Lensa PP, LensaFND. (Mohon izin ye abang-abang photographer.)

Cuti-Cuti Dubai 4

2008-11-28T13:26:00.018+04:00

Monday 241128

It is been quite a while (hibernating sat), being busy and malasss but just wanna to blog about our recent activity, Cuti2 Dubai with anak-anak from Malaysia plus a visit from a good buddy of mine. Rozi and Hubby transitted Dubai enrouted Rome, Italy. Fetched them at the airport and balik Uptown dah malam so just bawak depa makan at the food court there and belanja Abang A'an punya Birthday ( "happy birthday a'An" ) and strolling within the vicinity. Nice weather, quite chilling and nyamannnn.

Tuesday 25112008

Love this photo. This is the only photo the whole 7 of us.

We rented a Kia Carnival MPV to accomodate all for a city tour. Started with Jumeirah Beach and Burj Arab. Snapping photos and we headed to the Atlantis (The Most Expansive Hotel) at the moment. Dubai as usual, claiming to have the world's tallest building, biggest airport and most expensive hotel, Dubai is a city of superlatives. An there are so many others for us to explore here. One shouls tgk on the opening ceremony. OMG they are so lavish... MEMBAZIR!!! In the economics turmoil and many were rentrenched, the money spent for that nite would suffice for so many family expanses. At a cost of $20million (Dh73 million) the lavish party will play host to around 2,500 celebrity and royal guests and a number of VIPs from the UAE for one grand nite event. Many were ie, Oprah, Kylie Minogue, Lindsay Lohan and other Hollywood /Bollywood superstars. Pak-Pak Arab kaya berlaga-laga pipi sambil tasbih kat tangan; hehehe ... do ur own googgling ya!!!

Atlantis in BIG numbers. (Hotel of madness)

The cost: £750m
The size: 114 acres – or 64 Wembley football pitches
The rooms: 1,539, with prices starting at £228 per night for a standard double and rising to £15,000 for the Bridge Suite
The water: 60m litres, including the rides and aquariums – enough to fill 24 Olympic-size pools
The rides: 8, including the 1½mile river ride
The restaurants: 17, three from Michelin-starred chefs
The fish: 65,000 specimens, twice as many as the London Aquarium

Then Abang Aizar wanted to get some Hard Rock Cafe Shirts for souvenirs and his own collection. He and babah are ardent Hard Rock Shirts collectors. FYI, the Dubai Hard Rock Cafe is closing by end of the year, bet depa jual shirts discount giler2 lepas ni so saper2 HRC fans, check it out.

Later we proceed to the Biggest/laegest Mall in the World (ye ke?) and the biggest aquarium in the worlg gak. Beautiful!!! Everyone could observe the big screen of the aquarium for FREE but if nak get a better view the entrance is not that much approx; 25dhs for adults n 15 for children. We managed to watch the shark feeding event. This is another not to miss place to go if u were to be in Dubai. Tengah ralit and fascinated with the fish, sharks and all aquamarine life, saw a Malaysian couple and we switched Salaam. Introducing ourselves... and had adejavu macam kenal Puan Faezah ni..... aha she was our lecturer (Rozi and me) who taught us Reading and Vocab subject. ermmm, what a small world kan????

with Puan Faezah, our former lecturer during our matriculation years in PPP/ITM, Shah Alam. After 18 years finally jumpa kat Dubai, (the hubby works here) n she came for holiday.

Global Village- A cultural landmark in Dubai

Around Maghrib we reached Global Village, kaki dah lenguh sebenarnya, badan dah rasa nat kaputt but the children were so energetic. But we got to take Rozi and Aizar here as the village is open only during winter for 3 months. Got to take the chance.

Many have said that the village attracts an outstanding increase in the numbers of visitors and countries participating. Every countries participating withspecial sets of pavilions with their own theme on the location, the village is still by far the most exotic attraction of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF). But with time constraints we did not really manage to explore the whole globe. The only time that they enjoyed was having fun with Mr Barney. Enjoy the pictures.

Babah and children really had a great fun with Mr Barney, Photo session; they gave them to take photos but later kena bayar depa 40dhs, hahaha!!! Anyway Ilham os Barney die-hard fan, still berbaloi!!!

26th Nov 2008 Rozi and Aizar left for Italy. Babah sent them to the airport at 6.30am. Hope they enjoy the stay here.

Update.

Hahaha, naper lak ada monkey ni. Ha tu ler, ada 2 orang kirim monkeys ni as awards they love the blogs. Thank u ya Fida and ????. Rules nyer kena tag 7 orang dan acknolwledge them but... but... but... kawan2 semua!!! kawan2 blog ni ramai yg dah dapat award ni, so mama tak tag orang lah ye. mama simpan jer monkey comel ni kat blog mama. Jangan kecit ati ye. Love the monkey!!!

Cuti-Cuti Dubai 3

2008-11-22T10:07:00.014+04:00

Friday 21112008
Al Qasba, Sharjah

Ermmm finally baru ada masa nak masuk blog sendirik. Real busy bawak the tourists explore Dubai. So yesterday, after Maghrib, as usual babah's spontaneous/adhoc plan; took us to the Eye of Emirates in Sharjah.

A resemblance of London Eye n our Malaysian pride 'Eye of Malaysia', the place is happening during weekends. It becomes Sharjah's most visible icon next to its super famous signature of 'stilled bumper to bumper congested traffic' (real jammed macam KL kalau kena banjir kilat kat Federal Highway). 'The Eye of the Emirates will be highly visible feature of Qanat Al Qasba leisure hub and ideal for family outings. Mommies yg daddies ada overseas assignments tak join kami, so kami 3 families with 12 children dah cukup buat visit kat sana kecoh and happening.

The children, boys and girls accompanied by Uncle Fadzil took the ride on the ferris wheel. Mama and babah 'gayat', so dok bawah jerrr with aunties brok brek2 killing the time.

Standing proudly on Sharjah's Qasba canal, the Eye of the Emirates has become a main attraction at Qanat Al QasbaThe eyes of Emiratesl feature 42 fully air-conditioned passenger cabins, or gondolas, attached to its external rim, with each gondola accommodating eight people at a time.The children really enjoy the gondolas ride and enjoy the panoramic view of 25-30 miles, including breathtaking aerial views of Sharjah and Dubai. It is beautiful tho.

Mommies posing-posing

During winter one can stroll along the canal sandwiched with many food outlets, coffee cafes (Caribou cafe) and other attractions. The main venue has lot of restaurants, among which Lebanese, Indian & Chinese we have noted. There are live musicians too.

Later rasa lapar. ermmm memang asyik lapar je lately masa winter ni, so nampak Lemon Grass Restaurant at an open area overlooking the the scenic Eye of Emirates. Order tomyam and Thai food; beef with chillies and cashewnuts, kailan ikan masin and nasi goreng for the children. The tomyam is superb, cukup rasa and the PMSed mommies mmg craving for tomyam. Yummy!Bagusnye PMSed mommies ni kalau nak sampai 'waktu tu' jenis takde mood swing cuma idea nak penuhkan tekak banyak jerrrrr. Uncle Madi and Auntie Riri , Thankssss. Penattt... balik... tido.

Thursday

997, Al-Qusais Fire Station

The EE Club mommies (Emirates Excursion) or (Emirates Expats) organised a field trip to the fire station with the aim to expose to the children "life of a fireman/firefighters. WE were there with Su FND as early as 4.15 and joined by other mommies.

Unfortunately the officer incharged was unavailable but with the courtesy of another pakcik bomba ni ( he speaks Arabic so has to be translated by Miss Hannan), has the purpose of providing emergency response to conduct educational fire station tours on behalf for the anxious little tots. He took us around showing off his office, explanations on their duties and routiens but the children were only interested on the fire trucks!!!! (they are not red... they are YELLOW). Explanations, firefighter gears exhibitions and putting off fire demo completes the session. The children were happy and really enjoy the show. Thank u Mr Firefighters!!

Cuti-Cuti Dubai 2

2008-11-18T14:41:00.007+04:00

From Jumeira to Barsha

Sunday

Morning took the children to MaGrudy Warehouse Book Sale at Jumeirah. The book/novels, children books are real cheap as good as 1 - 5 dirhams each. Even the hard cover novels cost u only 5 dirhams. Looking for stationeries, but they have all gone since yesterday. So kami borong books aje worth almost 700 dirham for only 263AED. Cheap huh?

Then budak-budak lapar so we took them to Noodles Bowl, not far from MacGrudy. Delicious noodles curry/fried noodles cook by Malaysian chef. Mama makan mee kari but rasa chef kat Qusais nye lagi sedap. Yang lain like nasi goreng kampung, mee goreng mmg sedap cuma mee udang nyer kurenggg kena makan kat Sungai Dua gak!

Tgk langit gelap macam nak hujan, but the tourists nak gi tengok Burj Arab. So baba drove us to the beach - Jumeirah beach. On the way nampak angin kuat sangat and bunyi berdesir2. It was quit cloudy and gelap as if dah petang, walhal it was only 2.00pm. Turun gak amik gambar walaupun sakit pipi ni kena tampar dek pasir. First time kena sand storm... macam ni ghupenyer. The children excited but lepas amik2 gambar cepat2 lari gi tpt lain. dalam high waves and strong wind ni ada jugak arab-arab degil dok santai mandi...sampai kena halau ngan police.

Takleh bukak mata - angin kuat and pasir terbang!

Nak better view of Burj Arab - took them to Wild Wadi frontage.

Then to Ski Dubai, Mall Of Emirates, (tengok sajer), time constraints. Jalan-jalan sampai malam.... capek!!!!

Till then, more updates on Cuti-cuti Dubai later.

Cuti-Cuti Dubai

2008-11-16T17:18:00.007+04:00

Heritage Village.
Friday

Malam, balik dari Tchibo lepas shopping winter clothing dengan Nor and Fadzil at Uptown, tetiba babah suggested nak bawak budak-budak ni ke Heritage Village, situated dekat Creek near the Shindaga Tunnel. Something different as boleh tengok the preservarence of Traditional Dubai culture. Mama and Babah pun first time sampai sini. Never know this is a shouldn't miss attraction, if u were to be in Dubai. So yg sesape yg belum pergi, do visit ya. Nak parking punyalah payah but finally dapat gak parking space. Bawak the young tourists tgk Dubai at nite.

View of the creek at nite

Masuk je dr entrance, ada pondok made from daun kurma(rumah depa zaman dulu-dulu), ala-ala pondok daun nipah. Then ada makcik-makcik goreng cekodok sira ngan madu. Mula-mula dia panggil2, ingat FREE. Pastu dia cakap "No free, no free, Fulus, Fulus", kuang, kuangkuang!!!
Tapi beli gak, 10 dirham satu container. Berebut-rebut... nanti mama masak, korang makan kenyang-kenyang!

commercializing the beauty; full of eatery outlets

Mesmerizing the beauty of Old Dubai, abrar (decorated boats) passing by. Babah and dadies berasap2 sisha-ing. Macam best jer. Mama nak try, depa said NO!. Intan mabuk bau sisha siap rasa nak muntah. Mama too don't really like the smell (stinks!!!) though ada macam2 flavour ie coke, strawberry etc.

Dubai Festival City and Tony Romas

Thursday

Dah banyak hari babah craved nak makan steak Tony Romas so Hari Khamis aritu we ols ke Dubai Festival City. Kawan-kawan join makan, punyalah ramai anak2... Rasanyer meja kitorang yg meriah. No special event, cuma coincide dgn wedding anniversary so agenda seperti biasa makan-makan, brok-brek, brok-brek.

Lepas dinner, took the children at the galeria, mommies posing-posing , the children had fun. running, jumping and hip hopping. Sajer cuti-cuti Dubai!!

Then took the children walking along the canal, and at the piazza ada performance. FREE ajer takyah bayarpun!.They laid banyak bean bags so we ols lepak-lepak with the children, daddies as usual, chit-chatting n smoking, sigh! Look at Ilham, santai!!! Tu budak hensen bottom right, lepas makan kat Tony Romas terusss uwekkkkk!!!!. Hilang hensem kejap.

p/s - credits for Auntie Moi and Auntie Riri for the lovely photos, mama minta izin nak cilok yea. Camera mama abis bateri lak.,

Super Stars

2008-11-13T15:37:00.008+04:00

A is for AMAZING

A is for ABOVE THE REST

A is for AWESOME

A+ CONGRATULATIONS!! U have become top of the rest

Iman darling,

Mama n babah are proud of U. Keep up the good work.

CONGRATULATIONS Amirul Amin bin Norazmi

Another congratulatory wish for this cheeky mischievious nephew of mine (naughty MasyaAllah), dapat 5As for UPSR. Last year abang dia dapat straight As for PMR. U guys have made ummi n ayah proud of u. Mama pun tumpang proud gak. Keep up the good work. Dah call banyak kali tuntut ( nak 'pau') hadiah dari babah n mama, sure nanti mama antar hadiah...surprise???!!!

One good thing about this boy, bila nak pereksa would call me, babah, atuk, nenek dia suruh doakan n mintak maaf atas segala dosa (BERKAT ILMU) -hahaha!!! (ko byk dosa ngan mama n babah ye Min?).

Warkah Buat Isteri Tercinta

2008-11-11T15:42:00.014+04:00

Yang,

Tanggal 12 November 2008, Pertama sekali I bersyukur pada Allah SWT kerana dengan izinNya, dapat kita bersama untuk menyambut ulang tahun perkahwinan kita yang ke-13. Selama 20 tahun usia perkenalan kita, rasanya terlalu banyak kenangan indah yang kita lalui bersama. Kenangan di sekolah, universiti, bertunang sampailah ke hari perkahwinan hingga sekarang semuanya indah belaka.

Yang,

Terima kasih kerana menyambut salam I pada 16 April 1988 (20 tahun yang lalu).
Terima kasih kerana sentiasa sabar dalam menjalani kehidupan bersama I dan anak-anak.
Terima kasih kerana sentiasa disisi I semasa susah dan senang.
Terima kasih kerana sentisa memberi sokongan semasa menempuhi 'Penghijrahan Total'.
Terima kasih kerana menjadi isteri dan ibu yang terbaik untuk I dan anak-anak kita.
Terima kasih untuk segalanya..

Yang,

Ingat lagi pada lagu 'SriKandi Cintaku' yang selalu mengiringi perbualan telefon kita setiap malam suatu waktu dulu.
Ingat lagi pada hari kita dipanggil oleh Cikgu Azizah dan Puan Linda Toh di sekolah dulu.
Ingat lagi pada bas SKS yang menjadi kenderaan rasmi kita setiap kali pulang ke KL pada hujung minggu.
Ingat lagi pada Seksyen 17 Shah Alam.
Ingat lagi pada Central Market, ....
Ingat lagi pada 'Winter Sonata' dan pelbagai kenangan kita bersama..

Sayang,

Dengan sepenuh hati dan ikhlas,
I minta maaf atas segala kekurangan pada diri I untuk You dan anak-anak.
I minta maaf atas segala-galanya...

Siapa sangka kita menyambut ulang tahun ke-13 ni di Dubai! Semoga kehidupan kita di sini sentiasa dirahmati dan diberkati oleh Allah SWT. Tahun ni juga kita sambut Hari Imeirda bersama dikelilingi oleh semua anak-anak kita dan akan menjadi satu lagi 'Kenangan Terindah' buat kita berdua. Semoga Allah SWT memberkati kehidupan kita bersama hingga ke akhir hayat.

Yang 'MencintaiMu',

Imran

Aku Terima Nikahnya...

2008-11-10T09:48:00.024+04:00

That was 13 years ago Imr solemnly accepted the akad, before my dad as the Wali n Kadi with two lafazs " Aku Terima nikahnya Zaida binti Khamis... signing contracts legalizing to love and promised to TLC me in his custody. Sah!... Alhamdulillah. (dunia ana yang empunya!!!) All the memory is still vividly digitalized in my own hard disc.

On that memorable morning, as agreed the akad nikah was scheduled at 10.00am. In the morning by 8.oo, we drove to Shah Alam and I was at the saloon with mak andam till 9.00. So 9.20 am we drove back to PJS 5, sampai umah, tgk kereta banyak (15 vehicles gaklah.) Pengantin lelaki dah sampai!. La ! MasyaAllah...Tak nyempat-nyempat si Imr nih!!!. Mak membebel panjang, nak nangis kang make up spoil so tahan telinga jelah. Sabo ajelah mamat ni. Si Rose my bridesmaid tahu citer, even Ajun and Arwah Put were there to share this joke... mesti dia gelak sakan baca ni. Takyah cerita panjang-panjanglah. Segan lak. Babah tau... mama pun tahu. hehehe

Our love story started in 1988 in STTJ Seremban till present. Still fresh in my mind the first time he set his eyes on me and I just knewI was in love. Budak sekolah bercinta, panjang gak jodoh, sampai jinjang pelamin. How it blooms...biarlah rahsia (more than words - love was in the air). Like some good friends of ours ie Rose and Rozi were along the way watching Imeirda's love story, sharing the sweet old memories... so much to reminsce and so much to get indulge in the nostalgia. See how fast time flies. Sekejap aje dah 13 years.

For 20 years I have known this man and for that long I have always love him. So my dear hubby. Let us cherish our future and grow old together. "I promise to give you all I have to give, I'll do anything for you as long as I live. In your eyes I see our present, our future and past, by the way you look at me I know we will last." Ich Liebe Dich - Love U.

Babah Darling, Happy 13th Anniversary . Thank U for those wonderful years.

"Love me without fear / Trust me without questioning / Need me without demanding / Want me without restrictions / Accept me without change / Desire me without inhibitions." - Dick Sutphen

"My love for you is a journey; Starting at forever,And ending at never." anonymous

To Rozi and Aizar - Happy 13th wedding anniversary.

Dubai Diary 2

2008-11-09T16:19:00.008+04:00

Sunday, 9th Nov

Got a good news, another new edition to our family. My sister in law (A'an mother has safely delivered a healthy baby boy, last nite.) Name given - Muhammad Khairil Amir Iskandar bin Khairol. Mak ai awat panjang berjela namanyer Papa. Payahlah nak isi borang???? Anyway CONGRATS to both of u.

Saturday, 8th Nov

Babah took the children to DFC - jalan-jalan belanja depa makan and ingat nak bagi depa tengok wayang but mama signalled NO NO NO - later! as Kak Iman nak kena gi sekolah on Sunday!!! As been said earlier, it is going to be busy weekends and weekdays as we have these two tourists from Malaysia. Banyak tempat nak tunjuk. Iman has her own reason to be elated as dia pun dapat jalan2 sakan. Babah dah siap itinerary till end of the year, nak campinglah, nak ke Musandamlah(nak tgk dolphins), Ke Muscat Omanlah, ke MOE (dubai Ski), Jumeirah - Burj Arab, Ibnu Battuta, Dubai Mall, Global Village, picnic at Mamzar park etc etc etc. Tu belum trip ke Istanbul. Anyone nak jadik tourist guide bagi services for FREE??? phewww... it's gonna be memorable vacations for them.

Friday, 7th Nov

After Friday prayer we went to Dubai Outlet Mall shopping winter clothes/jackets for the children - nak gi Istanbul. Both strollers served as trolleys, byk betul. Met Riri, Madi n Andy. Then joined by Nor, Fadzil n children. Then the children main lagi kat Chucke E Cheese sampai pukul 9.00. Mama and babah sambung shopping. MasyaAllah Penattt.

Thursday, 6th Nov

Ada my UAE pro meeting. Depa meeting kat Caribou, Uptown Mirdiff coincided with Weekend Bazaar. The children were happy dapat main the big inflated slides at the piazza. Joined by Nani and children as Mushil attended the meeting too. A'an, Intan, Iman and Ilham been there dr 5 pm till 11.00. By 8, Nadia and brother joined them

At the piazza, Uptown Mirdif

Wednesday, 5th Nov

Do you believe your own intuition? I do, selalu bila rasa tak sedap hati something would happened. That morning, rasa uneasy, babh pun pegi kerja lambat and sebut rasa malas nak gi kerja. It was very unusual of him yang workhoholic MALAAS nak gi keje.

Then evening at 5, dia called telling me tengah tunggu polis' Huh???? Rasa nak luruh jantung di buatnyer when he said kereta accident. First Qs.. I asked him whether was he ok or... but thank God he was so fine. He rammed onto a Honda Accord which the driver was talking on the phone, the Honda Accord's driver parked his car at the junction without when babah realized the car was there. Luckily he fastened his seat belt. It was a hard impact as the car spinned and bet the Honda's driver pun terkejut beruk. Somehow the driver admitted that was his mistake too... so both of them agreed to settle things on their own. The police advised that too but bagi gak love letter being penalised sebab commit accident. Bukan sikit2 - kena 1k. Kot nak fined orang pun, apa salah nyer 100AED ker or 500 below. Cekik darah betul Dubai nih!!! Tapi yang penting dia selamat, Alhamdulillah. Kereta boleh repair kalau dia... MasyaAllah jauhkanlah.

Balik rumah dia cool jer... amik vacuum vacuum rumah. His very own kind of theraphy, hehehe. Then Nor and Fadzil came, mama goreng pisang (pisang kapuk/abu).... sedap, habis, tak cukup. Babah and Fadzil sat sat gi balcony layan smoking, therapeutic. Biarlah... so mamas sembang2. Children seperti biasa kat bilik playing.

Being Tagged

2008-11-05T09:54:00.011+04:00

Being tagged by Mommy Luyah yg kena tagged by Fahimi. Thank u Mommy Luyah. So kita tulis jelah, Fill in the blanks macam jawab soalan-soalan exam dulu-dulu. (tulis "GAME' - tapi apa gamenyer), ade benda missing/terdelete ker sebab takkan tanya pasal chicken pox, sore throat, pernah naik kapai terbang ker etc . Rationalenyer or ade sequel?

Mama sempat buat sebab abang A'an tolong copy pastekan. Thank u A'an.

Rules:
1. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment, letting them know they got tagged.

Name : Imeirda
Sisters : 1 (Kak Long)
Brother : 1- (Bang ngah) me the youngest
Shoe size : 6
Height : 156 cm
Where do you live : Now - Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Have you ever been on a plane : Yes (wondering what does this relevant to?)
Fallen asleep at school : Kat school NEVER coz boyfriend/now my darling, dok belakang so control poise
Broken someone’s heart : Yes.
Fell off your chair : never.
Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call : Of courselah zaman cintan cintun n masa hubby out stationed
Saved e-mails : countless
What is your room like : a cosy corner for us.
What’s right beside you : note book and stove ( I work in a kitchen)
What is the last thing you ate : My breakfast - mee hoon goreng
Ever had chicken pox : Yup ...twice
Sore throat : Slalu esp kat Dubai ni selalu sgt kena.
Stitches : Yup.
Broken nose : no
Do you believe in love at first sight : Yes
Like picnics : Very much Indeed
Who was the last person you danced with : Dina and Ieam
Last made you smile : the little monsters
You last yelled at : anak-anak2 la esp Iman masa morning nak get ready to schools. (bukan yell but jerit-jerit manja)
Today did you talk to someone you like : Yes.
Kissed anyone : Yes .
Get sick : baru nak kena sore throat balik
Talk to an ex : Tak sempat ada x
Miss someone : Yes. miss my families there in mesia
Who do you really hate: Back stabbers, hypocrites (talam dua muka or banyak muka), nosy bior org berterus terang - senang citer
Do you like your hand-writing : Yup... I love my handwriting.
Are your toe nails painted : No.
Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in : kat hotels
What color shirt are you wearing now : White.
Are you a friendly person : very friendly ( bukan nak tambat hati saper2 tau- No No No lah)
Do you have any pets : No
(Do you sleep with the TV on : No, now tak sempat watch tv.
What are you doing right now : typing the info being tagged lah.
Can you handle the truth : Yup, very much.
Are you closer to your mother or father : samer jer, tapi dulu nak mintak duit, mintak kat ayah
Do you eat healthy : Yup n I cook healthy food too
Do you still have pictures of you & your ex : No x - so no picture lah.
If you’re having a bad day, who are you most likely to go to : To hubby, my soul partner all the times, my best shoulder to cry, my best listener and my best advisor. Kalau bad day dengan dia ????? ermmm be frank with him jelah abis citer.
Are you confident : Yes.

5 things I was doing 10 years ago
1) planning for family
2) beli rumah kat ceruk ulu - Lembah Beringin
3) enjoying my career
4) honeymooning
5) enjoying life

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire
1) Bayor hutang.
2) Shopping Spree Sakan
3) Sedekah duit kat the needys (esp both parents, sedara mara, cronies etc)
4) Travel mana2 around the world without worries about budget
5) Abis hutang segala, Tunai Rukun Islam ke 5

5 of my bad habits
1) tak suka tgk umah sepah , nanti budak2 kena bebel
2) procrastinate
3) tak suka make up
4) malas nak exercise, berenang jauh sekali
5) Malas lipat baju

5 places I have lived in
1) Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. (born kat umah flat DBKL)
2) Petaling Jaya Selatan PJS 5, (umah parents till now)
3) Lembah Beringin, Selangor (home sweet home)
4) Gold Coast, Penang
5) Dobuy- terminal sementara untuk mencari rezeki.

kena tag 5 orang... so u guys; u are cordially invited to share ur answers. No worries kalau tak sempat buat je bebila u ols free. I played by the rules jer; hehehe

1) Danash
2) Wizz the baker
3) Dolly Huraz
4) Riri Madi
5) Nor Qusais - tulis dalam fp ye Nor
6) tambah satu lagi Moi

Dubai Diary

2008-11-03T08:24:00.021+04:00

Ahlan Wa Sahlan. 3rd November 2008

Finally they arrived at 6.50pm (Dubai time) here safe and sound. Alhamdulillah feel at ease having them in our arms. Just hope they will enjoy their stay with us. WELCOME TO DUBAI children.

aloha!

Little miss muffets

Sunday, 2nd Nov 2008

Pi 'restaurant' kat Qusais by invitation, dapat makan mee kari. Kalah mee kari kat Noodles house. Sedap betul tokeh mee kari tu buat kuah dia. Mee import dari Malaysia, mana tak sedap. Thumbs up to the cook. mommies sembang and daddies tgk F1, balik punyalah lambat... kesian esok budak2 sekolah but ramai-ramai tu happy jer depa...

Saturday, 1st Nov 2008

Dubai Flea Market.
(One man´s trash, is another man´s treasure! )

Finally made it today. Babah sent me there (at Safa Park), strolled with us for awhile and off to work. Met Riri there and we had much time to cover all stalls. Frankly speaking, one tends to buy things unnecessarily because u would think they are cheap considering u can get a barely used leather jacket for AED40, or children cardigans, jeans or sweater for aed 5 each. Besides, they are bargainable. Can't wait for another one next month which held on every first Saturday of the month.

entertained by Lime musicians - country songs

This leather jacket plus a pair of children boot and a pair of shoes cost only for 50Aed

Thurs Nite. 30th Oct 2008

Uncle Norris ajak Babah n friends gi makan Ikan Bakar kat Jumeirah (Bu Qtair). Lama nak pergi tapi dok tertangguh jer. After Maghrib we drove to Norris place, berkumpul and convoy... lalu along Zheik Zayed Road at nite was breathtaking and very panoramic especially nampak Burj Arab stand tall as Dubai landmark . Kedai makan dia biasa jer, macam kedai-kedai kalau kita jalan-jalan kat Cherating. It is actually tepi laut gak but full of constructions along the shore, reclaimed. Sampai sana nampak Abang Fudzail satu group dengan family FND and Afza tengah syok dok makan.

So we took another table, sat and ordered. While waiting for the orders, babahs and daddies dok at the other end chatting and smoking while the mommies biasalah, brok-brek updating latest events, children spt biasa main and bising. Later makanan sampai. MasyaAllah... paratha 25 keping, ikan besor-besor 6 ekor kot (really fresh) ... nasi lagi. First bite, first taste... ermmmm not bad, delicious, yummy and memang sedappp makan panas-panas . Puas makan ratah-ratah gitu... tapi diet malam tu memang lari sebab makan tak ingat dunia. Finally, semua berebut nak bayar tapi Uncle Norris belanja (Thank U Uncle Norris). Pastu baru tahu, their 10thwedding Anniversary, rupanyer (so buat kenduri kahwin lah tu, dah 10 tahun baru belanja kami-hehehe). Happy wedding Anniversary, Norris and Moi. Moga kekal ke anak cucu.

Habis dinner, teringat nak bawak anak-anak main pasir kat Jumeirah Beach overlooking the Burj Arab. Beautiful... the children main pasir betul especially Ilham. siap berenang kat pasir. Mamas and babah dok click-click crazy capturing Burj Arab at nite. Dahlah gelap, so trial and errorlah tukar shutter speedlah, tukar settings lah konon nak dapatkan good snaps. Ermmm kalau pro tengok, confirm depa gelakkan. Mohon tunjuk ajar lah abang-abang pro, kami amateur photographer.

hasil amateur kami; NOT BAD la kan? gelap betul kat situ... alasan (lame excuses)!!!

A'an and Intan

2008-10-31T15:24:00.011+04:00

Intan and with little sister, Iman

Abang (Anwar aka A'an) holding Irdina.

Mama and Babah are blessed with these two dearie kids in our custody to love them and to be loved. We had long honeymoon years while waiting for ALLAH swt to send us our little angels from heaven. We took care A'an when he was few months old and took him everywhere and being introduced as our 'son' till now. He is actually mama's brother's son. Many of our close friends understood that.

Then mama's Kak Long got her fourth child; the only girl but understanding our hopes for a child, she let us to take care after this girl. In fact after that delivery she wasn't so well. We care and tender them with our fullest love... without prejudice. Intan is our 'lucky charm', as many said kalau ambil anak angkat InsyaAllah ade rezeki. When she was two year plus ... Alhamdulillah we learnt that we were pregnant with Iman after waiting for almost five years. It wasn't easy though as we never stop hoping, trying and praying. Until we safely delivered Iman; that made us the parents of three (A'an, Intan and Iman). Nothing changed... we still love her and A'an dearly. Many had the thought that when we had ours we would neglect these two... NOPE! They are still and will be ours forever though we are sharing the LOVE to love them. Thank u to my brother Khairol Khamis n wife, Kak Ngah and my Kak Long, Zalina Khamis and hubby; Abang Long for letting us to love these twos of our lucky charms. Now we have a bundle of joys - on Monday the children will be here with us ... that makes us, parents of 5. We are blessed. Alhamdulillah, Thank u Allah. We could not ask for more.

Istanbul

2008-10-29T19:20:00.012+04:00

Image : Topkapi Palace Hagia Sophia Blue Mosque from Marmara Sea ; taken from Wikipedia by Salih K.

So Iran tak jadik, cancelled ... mama and babah sembang-sembang, bincang-bincang and we went through every detail thoroughly related to the vacation on the internet brochures as meticulously as possible so that it meets n fits our affordable budget. Googling, browsing surfing the net and looked for necessary search. Finally, Mama, babah, Auntie Riri and Uncle Madi spent considerable time to unanimously agreed to spend our hard-earned money to Istanbul for the breathtaking views and hope for the excellent shopping within our budget.

It is all about budget (meticulously counted and planned) - which air fare is cheaper, which hotel is cheaper but nice and nearer to the attractions... pendek kata nak yang reasonable cheaplah!!!! Auntie2 and Uncle2 lain semua dah pegi Istanbul so they will for go another contigency plan on vacation. Fair and square! as the children would be happy for a day trip to ski resort , main snow and hope ada snowfalls and the parents to enjoy the architecture monuments/mosques or buildings and to view the beautiful landscape of Istanbul and not to forget the SHOPPING event. Babah cari carpet kot? Tentatively that is the plan. InsyaAllah ada rezeki, tiada aral melintang, kami Cuti-Cuti ke Istanbul.

At the moment actually we are anxiously waited for the two kids from Malaysia (Anwar and Intan) to spend their holidays in Dubai. Intan has been YM (yahoo messenging and web conferencing) me every day to ask bila depa nak pegi nih! Tak sabar dah. Babah has already booked tickets for them, InsyaAllah on the 3rd of November depa sampai 'travelling alone' on Malaysian Airlines MAS. This time the are independant, NO adults accompanying them... saja nak bagi depa experience this; eventhough atuk and nenek diorang ni risau benor. Takut hilang atau kena kidnap. hehehe. Actually we are worried too but( from a reliable source) which Riri herself has sent Ali and Harris who were only 8 and 6 at that time to Malaysia on 'travel alone' service. Everything went off smoothly and the children arrived safely in one piece to their grandparents in Kelantan. We were told the MAS staff would assist these children from their points of departure to the final destination in Dubai - in the hand of babah. InsyaAllah. (Tapi kalau hilang camne?) ermm MasyaAllah!!!! Hope Allah ease the journey for them. Ameen.....

Winter In Dubai

2008-10-27T08:01:00.014+04:00

Winter dah ke kat Dubai ni? Yup, the day is shorter now and the temperature has fallen besides at nite it is now quite chilling. Taking the children playing and cycling at the piazza was nice n we like it. Iman kept on asking me bila nak snow as children always associate the vocab 'winter' with snow falls and everything is buried white underneath and it is all white as one's eye could see. Ermm takde snowlah sayang! Kat Dubai ni rasa sejuk jer... then she pestered babah dia for snowy trip... not to ski Dubai but somewhere really snowy. The last time we took Iman and Intan to Beijing to experience snowy adventure was when Iman was only 1 year plus. Don't think she has any vivid pictorial memory on that trip at all. December will be her school holiday and the children from Malaysia pun cuti sekolah so planning for a vacation for our family. It has been so long the we didn't go for vacation before we had Ilham n Irdina. So we decided to go to Iran taking her and our other two growing anak angkat (Anwar n Intan) to Iran plus Ilham and Irdina of course. They are actualy mama's nephew and niece. More updates on Anwar n Intan later.

Dizin Ski Resort - cantik kan? and too good to be missed! Iman, Intan, Ilham, Auntie Riri, Sofia, Yasmeen and Alisya and the rest dah pasang angan2 nak guling-guling atas salji click-click crazy!!! hahahah takdak rezekilah tu. Tapi takper biar Auntie Nor n auntie Moi gi dulu.Kena tunggu the chidren besar baru dapat pergi semua.

Dizin (Persian: پیست اسکی دیزین) is a ski resort situated to the north of Tehran in the Alborz mountain range. The huge Dizin ski resort has a reputation for excellent snow, because of its altitude and the north facing slopes. The high altitude, also makes the ski season in Dizin last longer than European ski resorts. The highest ski lift reaches 3,600 m (11,800 ft), making it one of the 40 highest ski resorts in the world.Dizin ski amenities including two hotels, 19 cottages and 5 restaurants, cheap and beautiful villas and private apartments around the Dizin ski resort accommodate thousands of people every year. With only two hours of driving away from Tehran many people prefer not to stay overnight.

Went googling on the ski mountain in Iran (Dizin Ski MountainResort) was our priority as closer to Tehran... looks wonderful and has been visualizing drama winter sonata). It gonna be fun!!! for the children. The excitement mounted and did necessary search.

So asking for quotations from several travel agencies... semua kata they don't do trips to Iran (tak famous konon compared to other European countries) hampeh betullah until we got the info from our Malaysian Tourism Officer here that it is not advisable to overnight at the ski resort for families with children below 3. Hopes shattered for Iman (mama pun) , she seemed to be frustrated as has planned to play snowballs and making snowman. Nasin baik dah bawak depa pi Dubai ski earlier when we first arrived in Dubai. Well SERUPA tapi TAK SAMAkan. But we have to consider the other two as well as it would defeat the purpose if we were to go to Iran and to the ski mountain only on a day trip basis but not putting up a nite there and to miss to venture the excitement there. RUGILAH kan??? Takpe malam-malam nanti mama discuss the vacation issue later kay darlings. Sure and InsyaAllah we will go but somewhere else !!! Tunggu. (Any suggestions?)

Then cari balik gambar Iman, Ilham n Baba kat Dubai Ski. At least at that time Iman n Ilham were enjoying themselves and really had a great time. Mama and Baby Dina dok kat luar relax-relax watching them. Dina was only 7 months then. Kenalah pulak bawak Si Abg Anwar and Intan ke Dubai Ski when they are here - Cuti-Cuti Dubai.

Ilham cute, eventhough at that time she was onlt two but because she is tall; the counter boy releasde her masuk dalamdubai ski, though at the gate the guy was suspicious that she was not 3yr. Memang pun!! tapi rezeki, Ilham dapat masuk.

Iman and Ilham enjoying snowy adventure with babah.

Picnic

2008-10-19T14:56:00.011+04:00

16.10.2008 Mamzar Beach/Park, Sharjah.

Sudirman and Anita Sarawak's song 'bercanda di pasiran pantai' is so synonym when u see beach, crystal clear blue water and sunny day, children having fun splashing, swimming, sand castling and daddies dok rendam badan with them. It was fun for dah lama tak berpiknik and this time we are well prepared; tidaklah berbaju kurung macam aritu. So the mommies yang body dah out of shape ie mommie Jeda and Mommie Riri (except auntie Moi, auntie Ziela and Auntie Nor) dok bawah pokok kurma jer brok-brek brok-brek, the daddies did the bbq. Initially nak bbq kat tepi we ols berpiknic but not allowed as the designated bbq pit jauh sikit dr beach. Anyway the chicken wings, udang ang sotong were delicious. Ada nasi lemak, meehoon, dessert, salads, kek batik and paling penting teh tarik served panas- panas dari BIG termos. The weather was friendly and it was fun. Anak-anak semua tanned....

These two photos baru updated, evidence they did the good job though the udangs were well done albeit delicious. Chicken wings and drumstick were medium- well grilled. The marinated squids were yummilicious, nicely barbequed. The photos are Ehsan from handphone canggih Uncle Norris (taken from blog Auntie Moi). The cameramen terlupa bawak toys depa masa pindah tpt bbq. Babah Imran As usual tolong tengok. or dah tolong hidupkan api dengan Uncle Madi n Uncle Norris. hehehe

Mommies dok tunggu hasil bbq. and Dak Dina Debot je yang takmo main pasir this time... main makanan ajer kerja dia. Yang kat bawah, anak2 sementara tunggu dadies balik berbbq main dulu kat playground, just cant wait nak terjun lebih-lebih lagi dah tukar swimming attire.

Lambatlah ayahs, babahs and dadies nih!!

Uncle Fadzil, inflate the pelampung, served air, jaga anak dalam air... eh mama Nor mana? Mama Nor masak nasi lemak lah!

Meriah kan masa makan nih sebab semua dah lapar... sini takdak pokok nyiok melambai-lambai, semua pokok kurma jer.

Ermmm daddies sebelum terjun laut, semuanye makan kenyang-kenyang and they looked starving... memang lapar as masa bbquing tadi siap pesan mommies jangan makan dulu and wait for them

Let the photos tell the stories... Eh Alisya n kakak (the two Balqises) tak nampak pulak, mana ye? Nampak ayah dia n Uncle Haza jer tengah cari ikan. Ade ke??

Photos of the year by Auntie Ziela ; Dak Ilham taknak keluar dari air, ngamuk sakan. Then tertido... penat ghupenyer. Auntie2 and Uncle2 dok gelak jer tengok telatah anak Imran sorang nih. We had to leave as the daddies nak pergi masjid for Friday Prayer. Sorry Ilham, next time kita pergi Ari Sabtu, ok Darling so boleh dok sampai petang.

1,2,3, Doze Off

2008-10-16T09:05:00.007+04:00

Off late ni malas nak buat write up... so went thru the memory card found these photos of my lovely Dina. Dina ni suka lawan mata trying hard to stay awake (means kalau ngantuk pun dia lawan takmo tido) until kadang2 tu tetiba jer tengok dah terjelepok. And there are many occassions dia tertido masa makan. Ermmm Dina, Dina, Dina! So enjoy the photos ' Dina on candid camera"

cute; photos by babah... sian dia

Tu siap mengigau angkat roti n ingat nak mengunyah, hehehe but zzzz tak mampu because terlalu mengantuk.

Raya Lagi dan Lagi

2008-10-11T12:53:00.012+04:00

Still in Raya mood. Malaysians in Dubai ni n where ever they are memang suka jamu orang makan. Since we are still in Syawal mood, there will always openhouses tagged with breakfast raya, lunch raya or dinner raya. So on last friday morning we were invited for breakfast Raya from our friend in Qusais; Nor n Fadzil's abode. Everything were already on the table, nasi lemak berendang, meehoon goreng and me myself bawak curry puff daging. Sembang-sembang and makan-makan and after Friday prayer nak convoy again to Ajman pulak (another state in UAE) for another supergrand open houses by trio hosts; Su n FND, Kak Sharifah n Abang Mustafa and Kak Faridah with Abg Musa.

Pic 1. CG is one of the guests

Pic 2. Plenty of food; nsi minyak, dalca, paceri nenas (very yummy), mee udang etc etc

Pic 3. Two mommies yang tak berhenti enjoying food

Pic 4. Brok brek2 macam kat kedai kopi

On the way home heading to Dubai, we decided to stop at Al Mamzar Beach at Sharjah. It has been so long we haven't been to any beaches since last we lived in Penang. Even tho dok tepi laut adalah bawak anak gi Feringgi 2 times, itupun dah puas Iman merengek. I was heavy carrying Dina at that time. So on that day, clad in Baju Kurung ( baru abis beraya kan - and if were to be in Malaysia... sumpah tak pakai baju kurung kat beach - sure org tengok PELIK!), we were at the beach. Ermmm, pompuan2 Arab pun biasa mandi/berkelah tepi laut pakai abaya, hehehe.

photos ehsan dr lensa Haza

Pic 1 . Dak Dina Debot 1st time jumpa laut

Pic 2. Ain and Dina (ain miss Post Dickson -kampung mama dia)

Pic 3. Ilham dah lencun basah, the children enjoying themselves

Pic 4. mommies berbaju kurung kat laut ... hehehe

Ilham, Ain and Apit tak kira dah, terjun ajer kat laut tu. Sure u guys tanya tak panas ke now at Dubai. ooo... dah temperature has dropped a little bit and on tat day, it was breezy; nice weather.

Then on Saturday, ada dinner Raya pulak kat our newly acquainted friend Moi and hubby. It is always about food and snapping photos, let the pictures tell u more (malas nak menulis lately)

Pic 1. Blogger mommies sibuk berposing.

Pic 2. mommies n children 'say cheese' together

Pic 3. Daddies and babahs and Ayahs yang kena paksa berposing

Pic 4. The princesses

Emmm... lupa pulak nak express our heartiest gratitude to all hosts yang jemput makan kat rumah mereka. Terima kasih daun keladi... jemput kami lagi. Semoga murah rezeki.

Kasih Ibu

2008-10-09T13:16:00.012+04:00

It has been six months since we left Malaysia for Dubai and selama tu jugaklah we haven't seen both mommies for real (selain dari virtually berwebcam with them). Unlike mama yang selalu berwebcam dgn mak KL, babah cuma sembang ngan mak dia via handphone. The broadband was not fully utilised in kg kat Perlis. Anyway Mak Bedah doesn't need to ber E-mail or to use any e-banking facilities.

Finally on third Raya, we had a video coferencing dgn seluruh sanak saudara Perlis di kg at Auntie Mani's Hs kat Arau. Wah! mcm seronok jer hehehe. Thank u to the technologies. Mak started to sob, sob sob when tengok cucus here. Iman, Ilham and Irdina. Tok Bah pun excited nampak cucu-cucu. Babah even dapat talked to Nenek and she managed to see the great grandchildren. We got to see the newborn twins too, Akiff n Aliff (do I spell them rite). After wishing Selamat Hari Raya maaf Zahir Batin n wishing babah n Dina Happy Birthday, Mak Bedah breakdown again with tears till she could not uttered any words, ... so heartbraeking and me too sob, sob, sob. The man... trying to digest the feelings and kept it to himself ...'gulp'

Then
Quote unquote written by my roommate in the my-UAE yahoo group on 5th Oct "tiba-tiba tersentuh, menjerut rasa dan teringat pada mak di kampung bila dengar lagu ini. What a wonderful song by my favourite singer. Sempat menyaksikan konsert live beliau di KL membuatkan rasa terpaku bila beliau mula melontarkan vokal. Kagum dengan bakat beliau dan tiada tandingan".

imran

Comment from mama :

emo gak my soul mate nih, ke tangkap sedih sebab baru sambut birthday??

This song is specially dedicated to both Mak Bedah and Mak Leha with lots of love from us in Dubai.

p/s : how would we react when the children are grownups and leave us just like we did? 20 years lagi to countdown.!!!

Our Trio

2008-10-09T08:08:00.009+04:00

Our mischievous precious trio munchkins, the apples of our eyes

Just googling on the poem and found this one; kind of cute and funny. It relates our darlings stories well on how Iman used to complain to me and reason out apart from pin pointing at Ilham (blaming her of course) when I heard screamings or cryings of Ilham or Irdina. Ilhams as always, the cheeky ones who always possible of doing anything. Irdina mmm... too soon to anticipate. Whatever!! Just love the way u are darlings ... u guys are always the best gifts sent from heaven. Alhamdulillah, Thank You Allah.

Babah and Mama

Terrible Twos

Mom it wasn't me

that did those things to you.

I think it was my sister, (aha)

she's in the terrible twos.

I think I skipped that year.

I don't remember it. (u are rite!)

I'm now six you know and

I'll soon be big as you. (ok)

Surely you don't think it's me,

that put glue in your shoes. (so, it wasnt u?)

Just the other day

I heard Sis call you a witch, and (aha.. not good Ilham) hehe

the clock you found took all apart

was the one she tried to fix. (Ilham is for sure)

Do you reckon it was her

put sand in my go cart? (wasn't it Irdina?)

I know I need a new one,

but I wouldn't go that far. (nope, u r not)

I get in so much trouble

for things I didn't do. (really?)

Why is it me that

always gets accused? (SORRY!)

Don't you know it's Sis

that's in her terrible two's? (plus u)

by Reatha Crow

Penang CM - in Dubai

2008-10-07T10:37:00.016+04:00

October 06, 2008 16:28 PM

Guan Eng on Business Trip to Abu Dhabi & Dubai
PENANG, Oct 6 (Bernama) -- Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng, is now leading a business delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to foster networking in Abu Dhabi and Dubai...

for more read http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_business.php?id=362789

The CM in actions

Dubai, 6th October 2008, Penang Chief Minister, YAB Lim Guan Eng accompanied by wife, YB Betty Chew Gek Cheng and YB Jeff Ooi ( YBerusaha PP quoted him as 'a blogger who blogs for good cause',- maybe after this would tip-toe into his blog) and few others had a meeting session with few Malaysian residing in Dubai. Reasons? He and they didn't need a reason to meet the Malaysians here, anyway they had a business trip in Abu Dhabi and took the opportunity to have a session "mesra rakyat". Merely a session sembang-sembang to share their views and visions on the administration in governing Penang I supposed. Nothing to condemn on the latest events in Malaysia.

While I was asked to usher YB Betty to the dining, I managed to whisper to hubby on what to address to the YB Betty, nak panggil 'Puan Sri ke , Datin Sri ke , Datin ke or apa ke? He answered 'Not in the list'. Eh! A CM with no title of Tan Sriship, Datuk Sriship, Datukship or whatever branded names to be posted before ones name. Impressed on the first encounter. Come to think of that, ramai sungguh Malays with such honourships ye ''sigh". Well, spare the 2 cents worth comment later!

Ladies with YB Betty, Member of the Malacca State Assembly for Kota Laksamana (wife of Penang CM - YAB Tuan Lim Guan Eng)

More pictures from Lensahalim and LensaImran

Jalan-Jalan Raya Lagi

2008-10-05T12:46:00.029+04:00

3rd day of Syawal

We decided to take the children beraya at the Outlet Mall, just did window shopping and took them to the Chuke E Cheese, a family entertainment arcade. Pity the elder girls as during Ramadhan terperuk kat rumah. Besides babah wanted to buy souvenir for Uncle Ajim who is leaving Dubai for Finland for a better future. Babah bought some sweat shirt and a working shirt at the Masimmo Dutti.

Malam we had BBQ at AR to bid farewell to Ajim. Agenda; bakar-bakar, makan-makan, brok-brek, brok-brek, and plan for the following Jalan-Jalan Raya lagi.

4th day of Syawal

waiting session at the Dubai Outlet Mall

mommies waiting too

The plan was to wait at the Outlet Mall and then we would altogether convoy to the destination. This is our first time joining the seniors and friends in Dubai to Syawal Annual trip to Al Ain. Finally by 9.15am, 11 vehicles with about 45 adults plus children convoyed bumper to bumper, to the first destination, to our Singaporean friend's villa ; Dr. Ahmad Jaafar and wife Kak Fazidah. We were pleasantly welcomed though we came early before expectation. Patutnya lepas Friday prayer, ni pukul 10.30 dah sampai. Chaotic jugaklah guests arrived earlier in a big group. hehehe.

The mansions

After Friday prayer we were invited to join some Malaysians Muslims (ex-airforces) for small Raya gathering who work for the UAE Airforce. They lived in a huge mansion in Al Surooj Al Ain. The house has 10 BIG rooms, 2 BIG halls on the floor level (very big I mean), and a very BIG Family Hall on the first floor, big bathrooms, everything is BIG. Quite funny coz everyone is stunned with the size and price (rental ); maybe because we are now so used to cozy, mediocre affordable size of houses/apartments in Dubai.

1st pic 2nd row, is the 2nd hall. the children were having fun berlari without boundaries (bising tu!)

Bersama-sama Abang2 Ex-Airforcers beraya di Perantauan

Look at that yellow and blue flag!! Aha! bendera Peglieh (Perlis), Babah really felt at home meeting some of orang kampung. Many were orang utagha and to be specific org Perlis. Many missed anak cucu actually and they felt happy cum excited having us there - terubat rindu. The children dapat duit raya lagi!

Nak jadik cerita masa nak balik 3 children missing in actions, 2 Anak Nor Fadzil dan sorang anak Imran. Ahaks. Everyone helped us to find them (terjerit-jerit carik diorang), ghupe-ghupenyer kat gym tingkat atas naik gerek (beskal) and threadmills. Punyelah besar rumah, budak-budak boleh hilang!!!

quote unquote an email from Abg Rasid :

Setinggi tinggi penghargaan terima kasih
kepada sahabat sahabat serta kelurga (my-uae) dari Dubai yg telah sudi
menziarahi kami warga Al-Sarooj, Al-Ain...(Sri Kembangan) (ehek)
tempoh hari 03 Okt 2008

Minta maaf laaa xdapet nak jamu ketupat lemang
Cuma sempat buat Buboq Kacang (+nangka) je...

(( Yg hilang anak tuuuu... jangan serik pulak nak mai.
xkemana aiihhhh.))
Depa syok...

Terubat rindu........

TQ to :

Hasnol, Affendy, Imran (Tok Peduka)
Hj Rahim, Fudzail, Nizam
Muhd Fadzil ,Afzanizam, Nor Azman

Habis di Al Surooj, ingat balik terus but we went to another house, ruman Wan Nasrun, pekena laksa dan badan dah penat sebenarnye. Later we ols singgah solat Maghrib at the rest area and then proceed to Haza n Ziela's open house in Escala Al-Attar, Gold Souq. Memang ramai but again space is not the constraints. We had soto ayam, nasi impit, etc etc. The day end at 10.30 gak, rasa penat sangat... the children apa lagi but they were so energetic, mana depa dapat energy pun tak taulah. That nite wehad a deep slumber.

kita makan lagi

brok-brek, brok-brek

To all tuanpuan rumah, Thank u for having us and thank u for the food. Semoga murah rezeki, Ameen.

Raya Lagi.

2008-10-04T19:35:00.021+04:00

2nd day of Syawal(Updates)

santainya depa, buat macam umah sendirik

The nite before, we had open House and to celebrate Dina n Babah's birthday. So the following morning, we felt total exhaustion, anak-anak pun kepenatan, Along and Ain slept over nak main ngan Iman.

So on the 2nd dayof Eid we had 2 open-house invitations. At three o'clock, joined by Ziela, Haza and children we we started our ride to Qusais; Nor and Fadzil's abode. Many were there, Ajim and the most jovial available bujang si Bob, many new faces, Riri n Mahadi, Moi n family and the rest. Nampak ada laksa Penang, sedap ni as don't feel like eating nasik impit dah(everyday dok ngadap nasi impit and kuah kacang - tukar selera pulak) and tuan rumah sediakan the best cake as good as secret recipe in Msia, it was so darn rich and would add extra kilograms which never vanished from me during Ramadhan. We brok-brek-brok-brek, killing the time as all of us would konvoi ramai-ramai to Karim's and Salinah's open House in Al-Mizhar.

Dua gadis cilik - Iman n Sofea

Open House of the year. The hosts Pn Salinah and En Karim invited everyone yang tak balik kampung di Malaysia to celebrate Raya at his Open House in Al Mizhar Dubai. This one was really a open house which offered and prepared variety of food namely Laksa Sarawak specially cooked by Salinah, sate, soto ayam, nasi mandi with lahaam, the traditional colourful Sarawak layered Cakes (kek Lapis Sarawak) and plenty of other delicacies. Here u meet many of Malaysians residing in Dubai or to be specific in the UAE. The Indians, the Chinese and others joined us . Not to forget the lagu Raya was aired all the time, it was so nostalgic and it was so Raya. Something amiss was to see the children main bunga api or mercun, try to find for them but there were nowhere to be found. The fact was the children were not deprived from having the same feelings , the real suasana Hari Raya eventhough far from their beloved kampungs in Malaysia, their atuks and neneks and cousins plus relatives . Mama and Babah pun tak sempat nak rasa melancholic sedih sambut Raya di perantauan as we were happy meeting friend kunjung mengunjungi their houses meneruskan tradisi keluarga. We miss the time with our beloved families in Malaysia of course but the time spent here with good friends during Syawal compensates it well. Alhamdulillah.

[malaysian-uae] Karim's open house was reported in Khaleej Times

Traditional Open Houses
Zafrullah, a Malaysian who has been in UAE for four months, spoke with nostalgia at the open house of Malaysian couple, Karim and Salinah, in a villa in Al Mizhar I in Dubai.
"In Malaysia, anyone can walk into an open house of a Malay Muslim. Here, I can see only the familiar faces of Muslim families, and as we partake in the feast, we miss the thundering sounds of bamboo cannons."
Malaysian businessman Karim and wife Salina said their family has been organising the traditional open house even after coming to the UAE.
"At home, Eid Al Fitr is celebrated for a couple of weeks as people visit their family members, relatives and friends in a show for togetherness.
"Here, the long celebration is during Eid Al Adha," Karim said. Salina added that even in the UAE, Malaysians are doing the same during Eid by visiting the homes of their compatriots to exchange greetings and feast together.

lily@khaleejtimes. com

For whole report read Khaleej

Happy Birthday Darlings

2008-10-03T01:07:00.007+04:00

precious moments photographed by Uncle Haziq Ariffin

Last year, there was no celebration to celebrate my soul partner's birthday. It was 20th Ramadhan anyway... No candle lite dinner, no birthday card except the anxiety awaited at the Pantai Medical Centre, KL. I was due at anytime and ready to be taken to the OT. Somehow, I was very well prepared to send him the best ever gift one would remember for the rest of the life.

I delivered him A VERY SPECIAL DELIVERY from HEAVEN, a beautiful healthy 3.2 kg baby girl namely Intan Nur Irdina for his birthday (3rd of October 2007, 6.50 a.m). Alhamdulillah. Despite the pain and the agony, the fact was "priceless and undescribable". It is precious!!!

So this year babah got the opportunity to celebrate birthday with Dak Dina Debot. It was supposed to be today 3rd October 2008 but since many family friends were around on the open house day (1st Raya) kita buat sekalilah yea.

To both of you,

Babah and Irdina Darling
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
We love u guys so much
from Mama, Kak Iman and Kak Ilham
Cherish the moment; a year older, a year wiser.

dr Lensa Imran

Satu Hari Di Hari Raya

2008-10-01T10:39:00.022+04:00

1st day of Eidulfitri 1429H

Last nite tidur pukul3.30am baru abis masak, yelah balik pasar pun pukul 11.30pm. Kalau mak tahu mesti kena bebel for last minute preparation. Actually kan mak... depa brought forward the Eid... No worries...

As usual, pagi Raya we would start the day kat kampung. So this time ada jemputan breakfast Eidulfitri kat kampung At Twar 3 daripada Uncle Fudzail and Auntie Azma. So pagi-pagi lagi with the princesses pakai Baju Kurung, we started the day. The men solat Raya and the ladies prepared the dishes. Many turn up, memang terasa suasana Raya.

Di Abang Fudzail and Kak Azma's Breakfast Eid At Twar 3

At PP and Kak Aishah's abode

Then, kami konvoi ramai-ramai ambush Arabian Ranches. It was fun, berkumpul ramai-ramai sanak saudara seIslam walaupun tidak ada pertalian darah. Miss this konvoi-konvoi with mak and ayah if balik Johor or mak and abah kat kg Perlis. Routine rituals, makan-makan and sembang-sembang and next house; To Mirdiff, Rumah Abang Azman and Kak Jah.

Habis rumah Kak Jah, Riri 'Jommmm' ajak pergi rumah depa pulak kat Sharjah... Boleh saja so kami konvoi dengan kereta Nor n Fadzil, Haza, Ziela n children were with us. Hari ni no time frame or curfews ... kami dan anak2 akan ronda2 beraya sakan.

kakak Iman n Kak Ilham manis berbaju kurung

Pukul 4ptg, muka semua tah toye and mata semua dah layu, bebudak pun dah penat though excited. Tapi sebab Raya spirit kami teruskan juga tradisi kunjung mengunjung ni.. (Iman tanya, mamahari raya ni takde duit angpow ke?", hehehe nanti mama bagi.

Well then it was ad hoc desicion by us to invite jer friend for small Raya open house. Invited few friends so mama balik and masak kuah lodeh yang tak sempat masak Subuh tadi. Sate, Rendang ayam, Kuah Kacang, Nasi Impit semua dah ready tunggu tetamu ajer. About 8.30 they turned up and few other friens dari Ajman and Sharjah join them. Alhamdulillah... memang ramai and we sincerely welcome everyone to our humble nest. Space is not a boundary... and they enjoy the food esp (S.O.S) nasib baik ada Kelantan Murtabak King imported dari Brickfields, Malaysia. (hehehe) buat spare.

Actually ada special event on that nite, will update later.

"Open House at 3324, Uptown Mirdif"

Iman In Da Kitchen

2008-10-01T09:36:00.007+04:00

Jaw dropped!! bila tetiba they announced the following day would be Raya. Initially, the expected date was 1st of Oct 2008 but nampak anak bulan kot. Yeay, "esok" Hari Raya. Daging, Ayam semua dok kat Pasar Karama lagi... takpe InsyaAllah boleh.

Kak Iman hari ni rajin tolong Mama n Babah kat kitchen Alhamdulillah. Mak Leha n Mak Bedah tengok ni cucu mak ni dah besar, dah boleh nolong mama kat dapur buat kuah kacang ... "Baguslah kakak, next time blh tolong mama lagi, Good job"...Alhamdulillah

p/s ; events semua backdated sebab 'kami semua sibuk beraya 'Jommm kita rewang Raya"... Children/ princesses get ready, kita Jalan-Jalan Raya"

Fever, Mak and Raya

2008-09-29T09:46:00.011+04:00

The nite before we had our Iftar at Joot Mandi with few friends. Actually I have started to feel feverish and didn't feel good. I have tried all the precautions; to drink a lot of plain water, to keep myself indoor so not to exposed to the heat etc etc. Nevertheless nak kena lagi. Maybe makan lahaam banyak sangat kot.Alhamdulillah.

So the following morning mama experienced the wave of chills and exhaustion and started to feel the temperature is rising. I know that this time fever occurs in response to my tonsilitis. Started to

1. feel swelling and pain in the throat
2. inflammation and irritation in the area on both sides of the throat causing difficulty in swallowing. The lyph nodes were so big and painful
3. A very high fever
4 Headache and vertigo
5. Stiff neck
6. Nausea (NOPE, not preggie yet)

Guess what? Iman took my body temperature using the digital Braun Thermoscan and the reading was 39.8C. Eh! tingginyer. Thought that the digitalized gadget is over sensitive so tried again and again it was rising. Then I started to feel my whole body ached to the xtend I couldn't even lift Dak Dina Debot. Nak bangun pun tak boleh, nak telan airliur pun tak boleh

Mayday, Mayday! Got to call babah and ask him to send me to the hospital. Babah rushed me to the Emergency unit and have to wheeled chair and the nurse took the temperature again... 41.2C and I have started shaking tapi kuatkan semangat jer. I got to asked for a bed from the brok-brek2 nurses and waited 40 minutes for the doctor to attend patients in Emergency unit. Acute Tonsilitis !!! Later was dripped and given voltaren by IV and 2 hours of rest, then sent me to the ENT specialist and sending us everywhere to do the bloodtest, pay the bill, get the receipt, go back to the lab etc etc. So turun lift naik lift abis masa kat situ. At this point of time I should give a credit to Gleanegles Intan or Pantai Medical Centre, KL. Wish a ada kat situ. Pity babah dok usung Ilham and Dina. Nasib baik Dina tido! Ilham tolong tolak wheel chair. hehe

Later balik... just rest, hope to recuperate soonest possible as nak Raya sangat nih. Kesian kat babah and anak2. kacang dah goreng and buang kulit tapi tak sempat buat kuahnya lagi. sigh. InsyaAllah, sempat lagi... so time to telan ubat and get well.

NOW!!! Mama just wish mak were here or we were in Malaysia. Amiss something already as I was actually always busy in the kitchen with mak and kak Long during ends of Ramadhan. Preparing and menganyam Ketupat, Rendang, serunding, kuah kacang, Kuah Lodeh, kurma ayam etc etc. That is mak's menu, every year..... Never thought that the feelings was tormenting and this torturing. My heart weeps...
.
.

Mak, Atuk Khamis and the cucus (pic ; taken last Raya - Baby Dina was only 10-day old)

Iftar of the day - 28th day of Ramadhan

Nor and Fadzil in Qusais invited us to join them and few other friends for Iftar. Today mama and babah memang datang bawak perut ajer, sorry ye Nor tadi masa abis kat sepital jer. Had nasi Ayam...yummy, fishball soup, variety of kuehs and teh tarik. Again same agenda, makan-makan, solat and sembang-sembang. To the host, terima kasih banyak-banyak, moga dipermurahkan rezeki.

Salam Eidul Fitri d Perantauan

2008-09-27T00:12:00.000+04:00

Buat Kedua Ayahanda Bonda di Malaysia,
Buat kekanda-kekanda dan adinda-adinda sekalian
Buat semua saudara mara di Perlis dan di Johor
semua mulimin dan muslimat yang mengenali kami,
dan semua teman-teman di Malaysia dan di UAE,

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Maaf Zahir Batin,

Salam dari

Imran, Zaida,

Iman, Ilham, Irdina

p/s, Ucu - nak kueh Ma'mor ngan tart nenas

Nenek 2 dan atuk2, ummi, ayah long, papa, pak lang, mak tok, tok wan, Tok Andak,Tok Anjang, Tok Tam, granma, Tok Ma, Tok Sila, Tok Nong, Tok Chik, dan semua tok lah!

Iman, Ilham, Irdina mintak duit Raya,

Al-Fatihah

2008-09-25T14:44:00.000+04:00

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un [Arabic: انّا للہ و انّا الیہ راجعون ] "Verily we belong to Allah, and to Allah we return."

We have learnt that our old good friend (Imran's varsity buddy) was hospitalized for final staged colon cancer . His health has been deteriorating ever since, we tried to contact him but to no avail as he was so weak and 4 weeks ago in coma state. The doctor has asked the family to be ready for any possibilities but the chances were slim.

We kept in touch with our other friend who visited him regularly and kept us updated with his current condition. And it was heart breaking knowing a person with good heart is lying helplessly and that we could not visit him

Today 25th Ramadhan (Khamis Malam Jumaat) at 3.00pm (M'sia local time), a friend texted " Finally, Arwah dah takde! Our hearts weep but Allah dah tulis sudah sampai masanya. It is time for him to leave us. Semoga Allah menerima iman dan islamnya dan menempatkannya di tempatnya yangterbaik. Takziah dari kami sekeluarga dan semoga keluarga (Allahyarham Sufian bin Sulaiman) diberi ketabahan dalam menghadapi musibah ini.

And, in the Muslim way of respect, we concluded with: "Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un - To God we belong and to Him is our return."

Mohon sedekahkan Al-Fatihah buat Allahyarham Sufian bin Sulaiman. Al-Fatihah

Iftar - 23rd day of Ramadhan

2008-09-25T09:32:00.000+04:00

Babah decided to hold Iftar at his own nest and mama agreed so we invited few family friends who stayed within the vicinity. Mama cooked sup tulang and ekor, ikan bawal hitam masak sweet sour and mixed vege. Also mama baked talam ubi... yummy and babah favourite kueh ketayap. The mommies came with variety of delicacies like sambal belacan, pink onde-onde, meehoon goreng, sardines rolls, ikan pekasam, ikan masak kicap etc etc.etc. And actually again tak sempat nak snap photos. Again Aalhamdulillah plenty of food to be shared and plenty of children too to tolong menghabiskan. Not to worry, InsyaAllah habis. We are the type yang enjoy food so taklah membazir.

Iman, quench to her thirst

They too are thirsty

ladies makan-makan, sembang-sembang

jemput makan semua...

Apalah yang disembangkan tu?

Iftar - 22nd day of Ramadhan

2008-09-25T08:55:00.000+04:00

Alhamdulillah, Babah, mama and princesses got invitation to join Haza n family to have our Iftar together with some friends. Others invited were Ma'ju and shiela with the Angels, Madi and Riri with only two heroes out of four, and Tini alone with her own soul! ahaks. The other half of Tini is left back in Malaysia. Anyway she will be leaving the following day to be reunited. Plenty of food;

Tini brought lamb curry loaded with carrots, potatoes, brinjals segala (abiskan ration dalam fridge la tu), Ziela cooked meehoon goreng, bubur lambuk, pudding jagung cocktail, marie biscuit batik cake, fried chicken, mama brought ayam masak ketchup (eh tak snap photo lak), Shiela brought kuih sago (ooops pun no photo), n Riri made kuih bakar pisang... nice. oo lupa lak kuih batang buruk tu, Cik Tini kita yang bawak. Get indulge on the photos taken ya!

Told u banyak makanan and we were busy eating, perform solat, eating brok-brek, brok-brek tak sempat nak pose banyak gambar. Tulah masalahnye kalau dapat jumpa friends, we really make full use of the time, sampai bargain time dengan hubbies bila depa signal ajak balik... Suka dapat mingle-mingle dgn friends, the more the merrier.

Merpati dua sejoli, Baby Aryann n Dak Dina Debot, wah siap nampak kuali itam auntie Ziela,

Enjoying eating drumstick fried chicken

Mommy Riri dah chup Dina nak buat menantu. Ni utk no yang mana?? Nak ikut harga Dubai ker?

Emmmm, ada pulak kacau daun, the guardian Angel Kak Ieam. Dina says ' aiseyman kacau jer lah kakak ni."

nak balik dah!!

Lupa nak ucap tenkiu pada tuan rumah, semoga murah rezeki. Terima kasih daun keladi, jemput-jemputlah lagi.

Anak Soleh

2008-09-21T09:21:00.000+04:00

Thirteen-year- old Mohammad Bin Ahmad Zahid from Malaysia is felicitated after being adjudged the winner of the Quran recitation contest at the Dubai International Holy Quran Award.

Teenager's Quran recitation wins hearts
By Siham Al Najami,
Staff ReporterPublished: September 19, 2008, 23:43

Dubai: The young Malaysian participant who was eventually declared the winner of the recitation event at the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) event had the jam-packed audience in a thrall.
The contest began at midnight on Thursday after the conclusion of programmes associated with the event. The prizes will be announced today at 9.30pm in the presence of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at the Cultural and Scientific Association.
There were seven participants in all who vied for the top three prizes. A Turkish contestant and a Kuwaiti participant were adjudged second and third respectively in the recitation event.
Showcasing talent

Thirteen-year- old Mohammad Bin Ahmad Zahid's performance moved some members of the audience to tears. His recitation of verses from Surat Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving) of the Quran during the stage of the competition when each participant was given seven minutes to showcase his talent went down especially well with those assembled.

for full report read HERE

Iftar with Adik Mohammad bin Ahmad Zahid
20th day of Ramadhan

Anak ini begitu istimewa di mata kami. Once I set my eyes on him, had a deja vu that I've seen this familiar face. Tapi kat mana ya? Only then I realised I have seen him on TV reciting Azan calling people to perform solat. But today we saw him in person; masih muda tapi diri tampak mature. Adik Muhammad bergelar Hafiz pada usia semuda 10 tahun. Keterampilan dan Sahsiah serta Akhlak beliau begitu terserlah dan amat tertib sekali. Percakapan dan tingkah laku tidak langsung mengambarkan beliau baru berusia 13 tahun. Tiada perkataan yang dapat diungkapkan bagi menceritakan keistimewaan anak yang bernama Muhammad ini. Dapat dirasakan betapa bangganya ibubapa beliau. Namun itulah hakikatnya.

As usual, we had meals for Iftar pot lucked by mommies and solat Maghrib diImamkan oleh adik kecil ini. Menitis air mata, terusik naluri keibuan tatkala beliau mula membaca Al -Fatihah dan Quranic verses seterusnya. Sesudah solat, adik Mohammad meluangkan masa memperdengarkan sedikit Quranic verses dan ada sessi temubual dan dijawab dengan begitu confident dan tertib. Antaranya makna yang tersirat bila seseorang itu sudah biasa dengan hafazan dan ayat Qur'an, seseorang pasti akan baik budi dan akhlaknya. Ditanya tentang cita2 ; 'hendak menjadi Ulamak Professional' katanya. Alhamdulillah, he has set his mind and he knows well where to head on. Bak kata saudara Hasnol "Cilik orangnya, namun ilmu di dada mencerahi perawakannya. Baru 13 tahun, dah menjadi Imam jemputan d Masjid sekitar Kuala Lumpur", Impressive! Hati kami berkata "Sesuai buat calon menantu".

We were so genuinely impressed dengan anak kecil ini, begitu juga utk kedua ibubapanya. Dalam hati berkata kedua ibubapanya memang memainkan peranan samarata dan amat committed dalam memberi warna yang betul dalam membentuk sahsiah diri anak-anak mereka. Si adik berumur 8 tahun juga telah menghafaz banyak juzuk, begitu juga adik2 yang lain. Rasa kerdil memikirkan tentang family sendiri dan termampukan menyediakan bekalan atau 'harta' semahal ini. Hanya anak yang soleh yang tidak akan lupa untuk mendoakan ibubapa yang telah tiada. Never too late, utk kami. Mudah-mudahan, InsyaAllah

Kepada Adik Mohammad bin Ahmad Zahid, Tahniah dari kami sekeluarga serta semua warga Malaysia di Dubai. We are proud having u here. Alhamdulillah.

(Mungkin Video yang diambil akan di updatekansetelah mendapat izin drp saudara Hasnol.)

mommies mesmerised dgn bacaan anak ini

para ayah dan adik-adik lelaki sharing the moments

bersama kaum ibu dan adik2 perempuan

Mohammad bersama ustaz pengiring; Ustaz Mohamad Faizal bin Omar Baki

Time to leave

Bazaar Ramadhan - Finale

2008-09-21T04:49:00.000+04:00

19th day of Ramadhan

Quoted by My UAE-Pro Team President's, Yang Berusaha Tn. Haji Ariffin Mamat ;

"Dengan sempurnanya Bazaar Ramadan ke 3 semalam, berahirlah siri Bazaar Ramadan tahun ini di Dubai. Untuk tiga minggu, Malaysians di UAE sempat merasai satu suasana perkampungan warga Malaysian di rantau ini ; membeli juadah dan bertemu rakan2 dalam suasana Muhibbah dan persaudaraan.

Bagi pihak penganjur, saya ingin mengucapkan ribuan terimakasih kepada semua pengusaha2 gerai dari minggu pertama hingga minggu penamat semalam. Saya tahu anda berbuat demikian bukan di dorong untuk mencari keuntungan sebaliknya lebih kepada niat untuk menyumbang kepada warga Malaysian dan memeriahkan suasana. Thank You!!

Kepada pengunjung2 semua - tanpa sokongan anda Bazaar Ramadan yang kita sedia kan tidak bermakna. Terimakasih dari kami!!!Tuan Consul General di Dubai, Tuan Syed Mohd Hasrin, memainkan peranan penting dengan galakan, sokongan dan kesudian beliau mengizinkan premis kediaman sebagai tapak Bazaar.

Bagi pihak seluruh warga Malaysian di UAE, saya mengucapkan jutaan terimakasih! !!Penyediaan kemudahan membayar zakat fitrah di lokasi Bazaar semalam mendapat sambutan baik. Kutipan melebihi AED7000.00 telah berjaya di kumpulkan, bermakna ramai di antara kita telah menunaikan satu lagi fardu yang di tuntut!! Alhamdullilllah." (minta izin ye PP)

Kaunter Zakat Dikelolakan oleh Saudara Hasnol dan FND

Finally, it (the Bazaar Ramadhan) has come to an end. The finale was held yesterday with lesser people compared to the second one. We came a bit late and most of the kuehs have almost finished but we managed to have some of our favourites. Babah went to pay for the Fitrah, snap some photos, meeting and mingling with friends and ready to go home until PP and Kak Aishah said Jommm!! asking to join them for Ifter together at AR, so there we go with our little ones joining them buka-buka the food we all bought at the bazaar Ramadhan.

Nasi Lemak bought by PP (5 packs) shared, sambal pedas giler but nice

So for Iftar of the day; we had the followings; air cincau AR, Kuih Cara berlauk homely made by Kak Aishah, nasi lemak Sulastri n gang, Nasi Ayam Pakcik Othman and Kak Zai, Currypuff and Murtabak from Su n FND, kuehs from Tipah's Kitchen, Meehoon Sup Utagha from Kak Ani's Hasnol n others. As usual perform Solah and about 8.30 we headed to Karama Market to buy groceries n met a family friend there in Bur Dubai.

By 11.00 reached home totally exhausted. (Lupa nak ucap terima kasih banyak-banyak tuan dan puan rumah, moga dimurahkan rezeki, Ameen)

A little something to share : Ilham's newly acquinted friend "Uncle Haziq". She tailed him everywhere and siap pegang tangan uncle tu. But Uncle Haziq memang sporting... layan!!! Thanks Haziq!

(pic : they were watching tv, something terrifying her, tu yang looked apprehensived and getting closer to Uncle Haziq)

Iftar - 18th day of Ramadhan

2008-09-19T10:50:00.001+04:00

At Twar 3 - Again we received an invitation from Tuan Rumah to have Iftar at their humble house with friends. As Mama is still recuperating from fever, still feeling dizzy and body still frail, bangun gak, put an effort to cook bubur kacang durian. We arrived quite late as we were caught in traffic. Ramai sungguh attended this time. The house was full of people in and out. Same goes to the food, everywhere full of delicious delicacies, thumb ups to the home made laksam by tuan rumah and towkeh catering in Dubai. There are also ikan bakar, variety of desserts and others. Punyalah makan tak sempat snap-snap gambar makanan, as mama thought baba took photos and vice versa. Sudahnya... hope ehsan photos dr kawan2 lah nanti.

Meeting so many friends and new friends. Miraculously, felt energetic, rasa sakit badan-badan hilang n feeling totally recuperated. mmm... good babling theraphy, memang mulut suka brok-brek, brok-brek, then makan-makan, solat Maghrib, makan-makan, sembang-sembang. Later the men went to the nearby mosque for Isyak prayer and Terawih whilst the ladies done it at the house.

Bila mommies ucapkan selamat hari Raya

After Terawih, 10.00pmwe gathered the mommies and the children, (wei semangat tu pakai baju kurung - letih try yang mana muat lagi). Many of the guest have gone back. Again photo shooting session for Hari Raya wishes (raya di perantauan). Punyalah sronok... though kena retake few times. (masa ni nasib baik camera ada kat babah)

1,2,3 action ! "Kami mengucapkan Slamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri kepada keluarga dan semua sanak saudara yang berada di Malaysia. SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI DARI DUBAI"

gambar bawah left to right: Family Mahadi Riri membuat ucapan dan ma'ju n Shiela (Madi n Riri, nape kena retake banyak kali daaa??

Kak Ngah Ilham, Kak Long Iman, Sofea and Nana. (Shahira dah balik)

Alahai! Cantik Kak Ieam pakai baju kurung.

Tame your Temper

2008-09-18T10:27:00.001+04:00

We all know what anger is, and we've all felt it: whether as a fleeting annoyance or as full-fledged rage. Anger is a completely normal, usually healthy, human emotion. But when it gets out of control and turns destructive, it can lead to problems—problems at work, in your personal relationships, and in the overall quality of your life. And it can make you feel as though you're at the mercy of an unpredictable and powerful emotion. Thus lets try to tame one's anger; EASY TO SAY HUH!!! Tak kena Tak Tau!

(Just a little something to ponder, )

Tame your temper

Controlling your temper isn't always easy. But these effective anger management techniques will help give you the upper hand.

If your outbursts, rages or bullying are negatively affecting relationships with family, friends, co-workers and even complete strangers, it's time to change the way you express your anger. You can take steps on your own to improve your anger management.

Anger management tips
Here are some anger management tips to help get your anger under control:

Take a "time out." Although it may seem cliche, counting to 10 before reacting, or leaving the situation altogether, really can defuse your temper.

Do something physically exerting. Physical activity can provide an outlet for your emotions, especially if you're about to erupt. Go for a brisk walk or a run, swim, lift weights or shoot baskets.

Find ways to calm and soothe yourself. Practice deep-breathing exercises, visualize a relaxing scene, or repeat a calming word or phrase to yourself, such as "take it easy." You can also listen to music, paint, journal or do yoga.

Once you're calm, express your anger as soon as possible so that you aren't left stewing. If you simply can't express your anger in a controlled manner to the person who angered you, try talking to a family member, friend, counselor or another trusted person.

Think carefully before you say anything so that you don't end up saying something you'll regret. Write a script and rehearse it so that you can stick to the issues.

Work with the person who angered you to identify solutions to the situation.

Use "I" statements when describing the problem to avoid criticizing or placing blame. For instance, say "I'm upset you didn't help with the housework this evening," instead of, "You should have helped with the housework." To do otherwise will likely upset the other person and escalate tensions.

Don't hold a grudge. Forgive the other person. It's unrealistic to expect everyone to behave exactly as you want.

Use humor to release tensions, such as imagining yourself or the other person in silly situations. Don't use sarcasm, though — it's just another form of unhealthy expression.

Keep anger log to identify the kinds of situations that set you off and to monitor your reactions.

Practice relaxation skills. Learning skills to relax and de-stress can also help control your temper when it may flare up.

You can practice many of these anger management strategies on your own. But if your anger seems out of control, is hurting your relationships or has escalated into violence, you may benefit from seeing a psychotherapist or an anger management professional.

Taken from:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/anger-management/MH00102

Demam

2008-09-16T15:49:00.000+04:00

Penangan Bazaar Ramadhan - satu badan sakit-sakit and Mama started to catch fever. Rasa seram sejuk. Ke terkejut dgn cerita-cerita sensasi terbaru... Alahai!

Babah off from work handling the children as mama x larat bangun langsung. Later-later je will update the journal. Hope to get well soon.

p/s - ke berjangkit fever dr towkeh nasi dagang...

So for Iftar ... kita calling-calling je kedai2 kat bawah tu ye babah?

Iftar - 13th day of Ramadhan

2008-09-14T12:44:00.000+04:00

Alhamdulillah, again another hamba Allah, a close friend of us invited the whole family for Iftar. This time many familiar faces turned up, besides meeting more new acquintances and makan2 together. Mama just made Bubur Lambuk for complimentary dish. The event started with makan2 solat Maghrib, makan2, solat Isyak and Terawih and again Makan2 again for Moreh (does it spell rite?) Tak dan nak snap photos. The table was flooded with variety of pot luck dishes brought by friends. The main signature dish were ikan bakar and kerabu sotong. There were also, meehoon goreng, kueh teow goreng, cucur udang, bingka ubi etc etc macam kat bazaar Ramadhan. They were delicious indeed and mama really tried everything... maybe the last person finished eating.

Later after Solat Terawih, we gathered the children to be photo shooted wishing Selamat Hari Raya AidilFitri. Hope to be aired for Syawal Rara wishes (raya diperantauan). Iman, Ilham, Nadia n brother, and others which mama didn't know their names; sorry darling! been practicing n they were really enthusiastic n cute! Rasa macam dah Raya lah pulak!

1, 2, 3 ... Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri dari Dubai, they shouted cheerfully

The mommies watching the children cheering

kembar tak seiras Iman n Shahira (Nana has gone home)

Iftar - 14th day of Ramadhan

Today Babah had an invitation to attend Iftar by our CG in Dubai; Tn Syed Mohamad Hasrin at Consulate General's mansion in Al Barsha (where we had our Bazaar Ramadhan) with my- pro UAE committee members. So mama had Iftar alone with the kids... ala kadar ajer. Alhamdulillah

Bazaar Ramadhan - 12th day of Ramadhan

2008-09-11T23:05:00.000+04:00

day/date : Friday 12th September 2008

place : Consul General's residence in Al Barsha
time : 4 - 6pm

Friday 12th Sptember 2008 - Again Malaysians thronged joining the crowd to one particular destination, our very own Bazaar Ramadhan realized from Malaysians for Malaysians. This week more stalls and variety of menus available for visitors. The bazaar Ramadhan as previous week was phenomenal. Lots of delicacies to be offered and to attract to the hungry stomachs. Welcome everyone to our food festival in Dubai.

Imeirda's family affair wholly joined by anak-anak; Iman, Ilham n Irdina, helping to do the packing n labelling.

First time ever, we commit ourselves to join the excitement with other friends to sell our Rendang Tok. So catch up our limited edition of rendang tok. It is maybe not the best so far as the original kuali not available. The best to cook rendang is still using the traditional tungku with kayu api and pakai kawah. Anyway FYI, it is not a profit making bizz, all money received will be chanelled to Tabung Sponsor Iftar d Indonesia/Filipina/ Sri Lanka! So mari menjayakan bazaar ini dan bersama-sama menyumbang untuk anak-anak yang kurang bernasib baik. As quoted by saudara Hasnol "Lebih banyak anda membeli, lebih banyak sumbangan anda. Dan lebih banyak bonus Ramadhan anda! Kami nak"Gemukkan" puasa anda! Alhamdulillah. Well for the rest, let the picture tell the stories.

The colors of Bazaar Ramadhan in Dubai

Siap nak interframe lagi. Me with Irdina tumpang kat stall Arabic x Aluya, jual rendang n ziela jual puding n kek batik

Finally, reunion with varsity collegue, Ziela and adik-adik junior, Mem Aluya , NazrahAyu.

Again terima kasih yang tak terhingga kepada yang berusaha Tn Haji Ariffin dan krew-krew yang bertugas dan Tuan Syed Hasrin selaku Konsul General di Dubai yang bermurah hati menyediakan tapak bazaar FOC.

For more pictures: catch up from

LensaHalim dan LensaImran

(mintak izin ye En Halim n En. Imran)

Iftar For the day (12th day of Ramadhan)

nana, iman, ilham, shahira n Ain

Penat bizz hanya Allah yang tahu, the body is totally exhausted preparing the products but satisfaction yang penting. Semua sold out and by 4.30pm we headed back to Ziela home to break fast sama-sama dengan dua anak angkat, kawan Iman; Nana n Shahira anak2 towkeh nasi dagang n laksam. The menu of course resipi kawan2 yang tolong masakkan that we paid at the bazaar like nasi dagang Shiela Ma'ju, nasi kerabu Mas , bubur lambuk Kak Mazni, puyuh goreng vogue Aidit, kuih badak berendam Recah Ranches, kuih seri muka, talam ubi, popiah goreng kak Tipah n puding Ziela. Asam Pedas Tulang Kak Aishah we kept for Sahoor. Plenty huh?? tu la lapor mata tapi.... HABIS, Alhamdulillah

Iftar - 11th day of Ramadhan

2008-09-11T14:28:00.000+04:00

Today, we were cordially invited to join Iftar at Bur Dubai. So again mamanye dapur tak payah berasap. Bagi dia rest kejap since yesterday she has been working hard tolong mama masak rendang, berjam-jam, . Mama just made ikan kering masak lemak nenas as a compliment dish to be shared by all. Met many new unfamiliar faces and an addition of new friends in the lists. So kita makan lagi!!!

OMG, there was abundant of food macam kat bazaar ramadhan made by tuan rumah; and plenty of my favourite kuehs. Bingka ubi kayu kukus eaten with santa pekat, kuih lapis kaler ijo but nice, pulut sekaya and others. Makan nasi with sambal udang petai, gulai lemak nenas, daging goreng bendi etc etc. mmm gendang gendut tali kecapi, makan banyak senang hati. Terima kasih tuan rumah, lain kali jemput lagi dan moga dimurahkan rezeki. Alhamdulillah.

Yesterday for Iftar ( 10th day of Ramadhan) we had nasi and a recycled round of recipe. Babah teringin makan sup ekor, rendang tok, and omelette and ikan bakar berempah. (Gambar utk hiasan seperti di entri yang terdahulu. harap maklum)

P/s : jangan lupa berkunjung ke bazaar Ramadhan Dubai di AlBarsha. Jumpa di sana. Naza, Wiz, Panjang, mak Bedah, mak leha, atuk Khamis n tok bah , nurul dan semualah, silalah datang.

Rendang Tok For Sale

2008-09-10T08:06:00.000+04:00

yang ini gambar ori... rendang tok stok dalam simpanan kami

bukan sekadar hiasan

Wah Rendang Tok For Sale macam nak jual kete atau nak jual Umah jer. Dah masing-masing sibuk promo hasil jualan, kami pun excited jugak. Babah pun dah siap pergi pasar dengan Pok Nik towkey Nikeiyda stall, belikan mama daging n kelapa nak buat rendang tok. Resipi diturunkan oleh ibu si pencari rezeki dalam umah ni. Mak mentuo saya orang Linggi, mintak laluan ye, Cikgu Bedah promo sikit tapi yang expert memasak dia ngan adik dia kami panggil Ateh. Memang kaw-kaw. Kalau pekena dgn parata atau murtabak. kalau ada pulut kukus lagi mengancam. Itu tak kena dgn nasi lemak. Alahai mesra alam rendang tok ni.

Nak masak rendang tok ni kena sabar sebab lama nak menunggu dan menjaganya. Takleh hangus dan yang penting kena banyak pati santan. Tu yang akan melemakkan dan lama tunggu tu akan jadikkan rendang nye gelap. Bukan hangus tau.

Tapi kat Dubai ni santan mahal, walaubagaimanapun kami tetap akan menjaga kualiti jualan kami.

Apa-apapun, InsyaAllah nantikan hasil

Rendang Tok Uptown Mirdif Al Gucci

di stall vogue Arabica x Aluya di bazaar Ramadhan

pada 12 sept 2008 ini nanti.

Promo-promo jualan/menu sila lihat di dalam blog eiyda nik, bakpo pp, mother of two, mommy luyah, aidit dan yang lain2.

google jelah. sibuk ni nak kupas bawang, potong serai, cili dll.

Jumpa di sana, di sana.......

imeirda

from Malaysians for Malaysians

Iftar - 9th day of Ramadhan

2008-09-09T08:26:00.000+04:00

A friend texted us this note. Kind of cute and sweet.

Sempena Ramadhan Al Mubarak Ini,

sentiasalah setting niat,

upgrade Ima'an,

download sabar,

upload usaha,

delete dosa,

update du'a,

dan

top up ilmu agar boleh redeem pahala.

Aha, dah masuk 9th Ramadhan, almost one third of the holy month. Walaupun dah mintak maaf, to date kita mohon maaf lagi sekalilah so blh delete dosa buat amal banyak-banyak dapat redeem pahala. Amin...? Yang penting mintak Ampun pada Allah, yang sesama manusia 0-0 ye. Alhamdulillah.

Iftar of the day

Yesterday we went to Spain so today feel like going to Italy pulak just to get us some pizzas. Just don't feel like eating rice. and also don' feel like cookingJemu dah pulak so tukar selera. Babah ordered pizza n subway garlic breads. Tapi tak dan tangkap gambo garlic breads; depa dah abiskan sapa lagi kalau tak kak long Iman n kak ngan Ilham. Masa bukak posa ni slalunye huruhara sikit with all the little ones sibuk makan macam depa berposa. So simple2 jer iftar kami ari ni Alhamdulillah.

Tapi lepas Iftar tadi... babahnya kata, kalau dapat nasi best yek! Pulakkk. Memang tekak melayu nak pekena nasik gak. ok so tomorrow kita makan nasik balik ye. tapi nak dimsum gak as appetizer... boleh?

Iftar - 8th day of Ramadhan

2008-09-09T05:51:00.000+04:00

Today we went to Spain, to collect our food for Iftar. Just another day Mamanyer rasa takmo masak. Nak main tunjuk-tunjuk and bungkus-bungkus. So, we ordered nasi kerabu garnished with solok lada, ikan goreng tepung, serunding ikan and super duper hot sambal lada. Extra request for extra moneylah of course. The towkey, Cik Mas; lives in a far far away land in International City ( in Spain Cluster). Sounds jauhkan, actually it was just 15 minutes away drive from our nest. Then on the way back, baba teringin ayam golek which he saw everyday on his way back from the mosque. Mau tak terliur tgk the chickens dok beratoq elok, berpusing-pusing on the skewer and nicely brown grilled masa posa-posa ni. So ordered 1 whole bird, memang tempting, nampak juicy and the rill mesti tender as they used chicken muda. Then we headed back to home for mama has to dadar tepung nak buat kueh ketayap pulak. Tak jemu-jemu baba makan kueh ketayap ni. Then ada teman hantar pisang goreng to add to our iftar menu. Penuh gak meja for Iftar today, Alhamdulillah.

Huh! meh kita tengok kak ngah Ilham yang tak posa ni makan macam lapar sangat. Beria-ia dia makan sampai siap gigit terus chicken tu. Ni nak bagi nenek-nenek depa kat Malaysia tengok. To Mak Bedah and Mak Leha (depa panggil nenek =mak), Selamat Ramadhan Al Mubarak, mintak maaf banyak-banyak. Tu atuk Khamis and Tok Bah Perlis, halalkan duit belikan Ieam jajan dan pasu2 yang Ieam pecahkan. I miss u ols. Nak Duit Raya!! (kalau nak tahu Ilham is the centre of attraction sebab banyak perangai, cheeky Ilham as well as cousin Adam).

Dak Debot Dina ni, time kami set for Iftar, anak dara mungil ni buat kerja under the table counter, panjang muncung tu, abis plastik sapra dia main. Kak long Iman kenyang tengok tv as usual. This time she didn't make it again as it was quite tiring for her turun naik tangga to classes as well as to her computer lab. Paling kesian, everytime fetching her out from the bus, dia terlentuk tertidur kepenatan. Pity this girl, panas2 gini, Mudah2an ilmu yang dia dapat berkat. Amin.

Iftar 7th day of Ramadhan

Yesterday we had a simple dish for Iftar. Memang simple just mee goreng udang and rice with fish curry (lauk semalam... ingat mak kata jangan membazir!) with fried breaded chicken nuggets and chicken fingers. Then tambah lauk buat telur goreng kicap. Again babah nak kueh ketayap, dahlah request pukul 5.45... mmm dah suntuk ni, tapi tak sampai atilah pulak. So mama took daun pandan, add a little bit of santan and flour and an egg. Beat them and siap batter dia, dadar and gulung. Siap! . Alhamdulillah.

Iftar - 6th day of Ramadhan

2008-09-07T07:35:00.001+04:00

Saturday... thinking hard what to cook for Iftar? The scorching hot summer really made everyone feels lethargic and mind works at a very low pace. Iskh! kalau kat Rumah mak Sunway ni mesti dah gi Bazaar Ramadhan kat Kg. Lindugan. Ayaq tebu satu jug, ayaq nyioq satu jug, murtabak daging Pakcik Ghani confirm 6 keping (cucu-cucu mak ramai), kueh dangai (buat dr tepung pulut sprinkled with gula n kelapa parut dan caramel gula hangus ... sure sedap.

Finally teringat ada ikan kembung in the fridge, "'if grilled marinated with rempah bercili and daun kunyit mesti sedap yek'". So prepared everything n kept in fridge. Then adik2 called kata nak datang bukak posa together. Mmmm, kecit tapak tangan, piazza uptown Mirdiff kami tadahkan. Again dapat berkumpul masak-masak, makan-makan and santai-santai lagi. So tambah lauk buat kari ikan siakap merah (red snapper), mixed vegetables , mommynye goreng ayam and babah Bamin teringin makan choco vermicelli Donut dan Aidit pi beli ayaq nyioq dlm tin kat Spinneys. Jadikla! Alhamdulillah. Kalau tak kami dok ngadap makan berdua sahaja ditemani anak2 yang tak berposa.

tulah, hasilnyer Ikan kembung grill Berempah, siap ada air asam

Babah Bamin baca du'a... Amin

start amik kurma... Bismillahirrahman nirrahim....

dan makan

Sembang2, still on the bazaar Ramadhan mood. Bab makan-makan and jual-jual ni memang seronok, So ada gak terasa nak tumpang berniaga tapi takdelah nak bukak stall coz as said before takut asyik kena kejor kak ngah Ilham nak terjun masuk swimming pool kat rumah Tuan Syed. Adik2... mintak tumpang tolong jualkan yek. Alo towkey rendang daging Kuala Semantan kita saing niaga ngan rendang tok Uptown Mirdif ok? Sajaasronok! Nak kena pikiaq gak ni, menu tumpang kat kedai PP pulak. Thinking hard!!!!

Malamnyer kami jalan2 kat piazza UT Mirdiff. It was quite humid but sajer tengok telatah adik2 yang mak-bapak depa jauh di Malaysia dengan anak2 sedara depa. (gambar update later)

Bazaar Ramadhan - 5th day of Ramadhan

2008-09-06T09:42:00.001+04:00

the crowd- mommies dok sembang

from pool view

5th Sept 2008 at CG's house in Al Barsha - the Bazaar Ramadhan is realized. We arrived at the place at around 4.20pm and there is a huge crowd of people dok berlonggok at every stalls available. Seemed that most of the kueh-kueh dah habis dibungkus especially from kak Neme's kitchen dan laici kang dr dapur Mirafaizal pun clear. Tak sempat nak tengok pun kueh yang kak Neme buat macammana. Adik-adik Laila, Bamin, Aidit n friends pun not bad, laju gak hasil jualan depa. Not only that Mas n Edi with her signature dish nasi kerabu sold like hot cakes. Shiela masih vogue bersama hubby menjual nasi dagang which finished completely by 4.30. So... kami hampehhh tak dapat beli apapun. But the truth is, it was fun. Really feel like kat Malaysia tengok orang rebut2 beli juadah dan penjual berpeluh2 attending to everyone's satisfaction. By 5.00 .... semua habis. In the first place berhajat juga nak berniaga... sajaasronok tapi babahnya cakap takut towkeh kedai takdak sebab dok kejar anak.

stall arabic x aluya

Kudos to Pihak penganjur, yang berusaha Pak Payne dan committee members and not to forget Tuan Konsul General Tn Syed Hasrin who make it happen. More photos self explanatory dari lensahalim and dr blog PakPayne.

We are proud to be Malaysians. Alhamdulillah

Iftar - 5th Ramadhan

Alhamdulillah Dapat jemputan dr teman untuk berbuka puasa beramai-ramai di Ajman. Tuan rumah menjamu kami dengan berbagai-bagai hidangan. Nasi tomato, ayam masak merah, sup tulang, kueh karipap, kueh ketayap dan teh tarik. Macam kat bazaar Ramadhan pun ada cuma amik-amik, makan-makan tapi tak yah bayar. Then Berjemaah solat maghrib dan Terawih serta tazkirah oleh Abang Yusree. Alhamdulillah, Terima kasih tuan rumah, moga dipermudahkan rezeki.

Sheffield/4th day of Ramadhan

2008-09-04T21:37:00.000+04:00

one, two buckle my shoes, three four off we go ...

tensed and apprehensived

the so excited and enthusiatic kak ngah Ilham

Today, our Iman started school. Since last nite she couldn't sleep and excited to experience a total new different school atmosphere. The apprehension having to deal with new unfamiliar people around her was the biggest hurdle. It evoked a sense of nervousness, was it really she or us as parents. Both of us were anxious too plus worried, anticipating will she adapt to this new surrounding. On the other hand, she was excited to wear that new uniform and new school bag as well as to enjoy the colors in her classroom. New room, New Teachers, New pencils, New books, New friends, New packs, New year, New class, Let's cheer!

Iman with Miss Powell, introductory session
But knowing her, we believe she would make it. we have faith in her. She has turned from a shy, timid girl into an easy going girl. She used to cling on her mommy n quite antisocial we should admit. But surprisingly, she was ok and enthusiastic about the upcoming events. She made friends quick enough and bet she would want to go to school everyday after the first day of school. Her British sound accent class teacher, Miss Powell seems nice and we as parents were unsure of what to expect but despite the inevitable hiccups accompanying in the morning, the first day in Sheffield School started smoothly. The photos reveal :
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Getting acquinted

My first day

See me skip, See me run, I'm going to school like everyone.

See me jump, See me grin
When the bell rings,I walk in

See me count
See me play

I'm in First Grade!

Hip hip hooray!

by sheri

4th day of Ramadhan/Iftar

Iman did not make it today. When we fetch her from school, we saw she was eating biscuit n with a grin saying, Iman dah bukak puasa. Takpelah, it was hot and humid anyway and she told us that her Mat Salleh friend makan sandwich in the class and she could not resist the temptation of food. Mmmm. So for Iftar we had a simple menu jer as Babah jer yang puasa. So mama made mixed salad, ikan jenahak masak merah and habiskan lauk dalam fridge ie ikan masin masak lemak nenas. Our moms used to pesan,"jangan suka membazir, banyak lagi orang tak dapat makan sedap" so kami habiskan dulu apa yang ada. Infact tomorrow ada Bazar Ramadhan so Mama blh off duty for one day. Alhamdulillah. More info on bazaar Ramadhan read here .
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penuh jugak meja dengan food, Alhamdulillah

3rd day of Ramadhan

2008-09-03T20:10:00.001+04:00

Alhamdulillah with God's will we proceed to the third day of Ramadhan. As the day draws to a close, Iman is looking forward to breaking the fast. She looks lethargic but full of spirit to complete the day.

Today , we had a decent menu for Iftar. Tamar as usual as a starter complement with orange juice and air zam-zam. Then we had kueh koci rezeki given by a friend; to be shared amongst us anak-beranak in our humble nest. The main dish yummy; mee bandung aka mee jawa garnished with boiled eggs and park choy to complete our iftar. We as a family comes together and dedicates our sweet time and spend time together enjoying the rezki. Iman and babah had their own favorite food and everyone feels fulfilled and blessed. Alhamdulillah. Ready for solat and Mama got to think hard, what is for sahoor?

mission accomplished on the 3rd day

Kak Ngah Ilham had her 6th Iftar of the day

Iftar - 1st Ramadhan

2008-09-02T14:31:00.000+04:00

tamar pembuka selera utk iftar

kuih ketayap pemanis mulut

sup ekor dan tulang

sambal tempoyak jering dan petai

sambal udang petai

Kita tengok gambar dulu and get indulged.

Alhamdulillah, we manage to go through the 1st day of Ramadhan without much tribulations especially dealing with our first timer . Our first Princess Nur Iman has started to fast this year and alhamdulillah dia tak tunjuk muka seposen mintak to break fasting. She managed till Maghrib. We are proud of her indeed. Dia tak banyak merungut, moaning or groaning craving for anything like last year. She completed only three quarted days lastyear. Everyday at 3.00pm 0r 4.00pm, she would ask for milk or ice creams... mmmm sigh! Will see how she manage on the following day.

Again we invited few bachelor friends to join us for Iftar. Menjamu makan dan berkongsi rezeki yg Allah bagi sama-sama and solat sama2. And of course stuffing ourselves with food, drinks, Solat Maghrib, sembang2, solat Isyak and solat Terawih together and sembang-sembang again. All on good, fun and clean jokes. MamaZ punya kitchen open till late nite. Alhamdulillah, bersama2 kita mengimrahkan Ramadhan ini dan berkongsi rezeki yang Allah kurniakan.

Up date for 2nd day Iftar

Alhamdulillah dapat invitation berbuka puasa di rumah seorang teman. So Mama Z masak lemak cili api ikan talang masin. Rezeki seorang teman beri untuk dikongsi bersama. Alhamdulillah. (and there will always be updates on makan2 this Ramadhan, insyaAllah).

51st MERDEKA

2008-08-31T09:58:00.000+04:00

To all Malaysians,

Selamat menyambut Kemerdekaan yang ke 51.

Proud to be Malaysians.

Berita org Dubai sambut Merdeka day di Utusan Online

more photos updates

http://www.kln.gov.my/perwakilan/abudhabi/news/1798

Makan Lagi - Al Tawasol.

2008-08-30T15:49:00.000+04:00

As Ramadhan is approaching so close and thinking that one has to refrain oneself from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk, the crave for mandi/mehdi rice is so mind boggling especially Ziela dok teringin sangat. So both families met up there at a new- to-try mandi restaurant Al Tawasol in Deira. The restaurant is more inviting and cozier compared to Joot Mandi in Qusais. A more relaxing fine dining atmosphere as sejuk sikit waktu summer ni. There are variety kind of rice offered kat sini, colourful from mandi rice, briyani and bukhori with the side dishes like lamb (lahaam), grilled chicken, grilled fish and others. If in Malaysia, briyani is delicously eaten dengan ayam masak merah ke , rendang tok, acar buah or pajeri nenas. Kalau tambah dengan dalca tulang penuh dengan terung, kentang, carrot, memang sedap. If only tok Arabs kat sini pekena

dengan side dishes Malaysians ... undescribable!

Well, so we ordered one big talam of mixed mandi rice and bokhari full of lahaam and grilled chicken. Another small talam of lahaam for the kids. Mmmm, initially nampak banyak n been wondering boleh habis ke but actually memang Habis. Quality wise not bad, macammanapun rice kat Joot Mandi lagi sedap kot. Kat sini depa makan nasi pakai talam je macam orang-orang Arqam dulu tapi kalau MIL Mr Imr, memang mau dia taknak makan berebut2 makan dalam talam... tak semenggah (katanya) and here webersila/dok kat lantai aje macam makan-makan ala kampung dlm majlis (tent).

Haza dok perabis nasi mandi...

SALAM RAMADHAN AL MUBARAK

Just another day- feeling blue

2008-08-28T19:54:00.001+04:00

Quote unquote, written by a friend "Could you still remember how hurtful it was when a simple friendly 'Hi!' could backfire to 'Bye..we don't want you here' body language signal ? Could you still recall how loud words turned to whispers or complete silence once you walked into a room full of so-called friends? Ahhhhh...we learnt about facts of life the hard way"... that is one occasion when u would ask yourself if u had done anything wrong??? or are they back bitching u. Mulalah berprasangka. Tak baikkan Naza but.. but it hurts.

And what if for no reason u are drowned in a pool of guilt when someone lied to u giving unexplainable excuses and u caught them red handedly. Heartbreaking huh! Again that stupid Qs lingered in your unstable mind. Ala, maybe one tend to be melancholic or emotional for no reason. Feeling blue or blues, feeling like an idiot terhegeh2 or actually nothing; just being emotional over trivials/petty matters. Sigh!!! Well let it be, let's let bygones be bygones. Life goes on! Paused momentarily for reflections.

p/s : we really thought that banyak sangat dengar lagu melancholic and lagu raya. Maybe the summer n the

humidity are to be blame. Tu belum dengar Takbir Raya

update:

Well apa nak rasa melancholic ni, there are so many happy events to be celebrated this week as PP sambut 51st birthday; , Happy Birthday PP!! Tuan Syed the CG dapat baby boy n Ajim too Congrats on their new editions. DSAI pun dah angkat sumpah, kami nak tambah anak sedara lagi etcetc. Moralnya bila blue think pink or other sweet happy times. Really need the adrenalin to flow. So, partner! any good news to boost up our days ie naik gaiji ka?? mmm... pause n reflect... Syukur Alhamdulillah.

Ramadhan AlMubarak

2008-08-28T11:26:00.001+04:00

Assalaamu'alaikum wbr...

Buat teman-teman dan saudara mara seislam yang mengenali kami, selamat menyambut Ramadhan Al Mubarak... Maaf Dzahir dan Batin. Forgive n forget.

MARHABAN YAA RAMADHAN

Marhaban ya Ramadhan, Bulan dimana nafas kita menjadi tasbih,

tidur kita menjadi ibadah, amal kita diterima dan do'a kita di ijabah,
Sungguh cantik kain pelekat, dipakai orang pergi ke pekan...

Puasa Ramadhan semakin dekat, silap dan salah mohon dimaafkan
Berharap padi dalam lesung, yang ada cuma rumpun jerami,

harapan hati bertatap langsung, cuma terlayang ungkapan ini.
Sebelum cahaya syurga padam, Sebelum hidup berakhir,

Sebelum pintu tobat tertutup, Sebelum Ramadhan datang,

kami mohon ampun dan maaf zahir dan bathin....
Taqqobalahu Minna Waminkum, Taqoballahu Ya Karim,
Marhaban Ya Ramadhan
Allaahumma baariklanaa fi Sya'ban wa ballighnaa Ramadhan Ya Rabb,

berkati kami pada bulan Sya'ban dan pertemukanlah kami dengan bulan Ramadhan, Aminn.
" Do'a Malaikat Zibril Menjelang Ramadhan " "Ya Allah tolong abaikan puasa ummat Muhammad,

apabila sebelum memasuki bulan Ramadhan dia tidak melakukan hal-hal yang berikut:
· Tidak memohon maaf terlebih dahulu kepada kedua orang tuanya (jika masih ada);

* Tidak berma'afan terlebih dahulu antara suami isteri; *

Tidak berma'afan terlebih dahulu dengan orang-orang sekitarnya.

Maka Rasulullah pun mengatakan Amiin sebanyak 3 kali. Dapat kita bayangkan, yang berdo'a adalah Malaikat dan yang meng-amiinkan adalah Rasullullah dan para sahabat, dan dilakukan pada hari Jum'at.
Semoga dengan puasa mempertemukan kitadengan Keagungan Lailatul Qadar dan kita semua menjadi pilihanNya untuk dikabulkan do'a - do'a dan kembali menjadi fitrahAmien
SELAMAT MENUNAIKAN IBADAH PUASA
1 RAMADHAN 1429H
SEMOGA KITA DAPAT MENJALANKAN IBADAH PUASA DENGAN OPTIMAL, AMIN.

Wassalamu'alaikum Wr Wb,

imeirda

Ayish... copy text ye!

DSAI menang

2008-08-27T15:25:00.001+04:00

Permatang Pauh, 26.08.08 marked as a victory day for all the committed alliance to Pakatan Rakyat. Anwar Ibrahim won by-election and bigger chance becoming the next PM.

As taken from Gulfnews:
Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim wins by-election
Last updated: August 26, 2008, 17:40
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has won a key by-election with a majority of 16,210 votes, official results showed on Tuesday. The Election Commission said that with counting almost completed, Anwar had won 29,526 votes in the election Tuesday in this semi-rural district in the northern state of Penang. His rival, Arif Shah Omar Shah of the governing National Front coalition, got 14,444 votes. The Election Commission also did not say how many votes were cast, but Anwar's vote count was already more than 50 percent of the total electorate of 58,459. Earlier on Tuesday, Anwar's People's Justice Party said he is expected to win at least 70 per cent of Tuesday's vote for a seat in Parliament.

Tian Chua, an official of the Justice Party, said that there is "firm indication of a landslide victory for Anwar." Chua says the voters have given "a sound endorsement to Anwar." Ibrahim was battling a governing coalition candidate in Permatang Pauh for a single seat that will not change the balance of power. Anwar, who dismissed sodomy allegations against him as "sickening" and a politically motivated attack, has vowed to get enough National Front lawmakers to defect to bring down the government by Sept. 16. "This vote means Malaysians want the truth," Anwar, 61, said after voting. "It is Anwar versus the entire government. God willing, I am confident of winning."

Are we worried to face the so unsure future as promised by this promising leader? What If......??? But to render or hopes to the existing government is a not so brilliant idea though. We lost hopes to Pak Lah and Mr Najib. Too much damages to be mended n too many images have been tarnished. The people have spoken their heart and somehow have matured in mentality, understanding to ignore the culprits. Just hope the promise the price of minyak TURUN will b implemented. And the people maybe will change again to a slightly better lifestyle. DSAI... please keep ur promise... so many people rely on u and never let them down. Only God knows!

The biggest winner are the Malaysians who longed for reformasi. Congratulations!! Kudos n bravo to permatang pauhs.

3324 Uptown Mirdif

2008-08-23T11:04:00.000+04:00

nasi lemak sambal ikan bilis, laksa utara, bubur kacang durian

22.08.08 Uptown Mirdiff, Again friends are invited to join us get- together meeting new members and to bid farewell to kawan-kawan who are leaving. Yang diraikan, Abang Mazlan who just joined us in Dubai with wife Kak Fauziah, and also saudara Khairul. Not to forget Abang Zuhairi and Kak Haslina who will be leaving us for Bahrain. Juga to Ajim yang meraih better rezeki di bumi Finland. Good luck to them, and it is nice having them tho tak sempat kenal mereka lebih lama. well, it is always greener on the other side. As for us, buat masa ni di gurun yang gersang ini masih lagi green, rezeki kami masih di sini. Syukur Alhamdulillah.

Haza, newbie Saudara Kahairol n Abg Zuhairi

Menu signature from Puan Z, Nasi lemak sambal ikan bilis dan rendang tok, laksa utara serta bubur kacang lempuk durian (dapat bau dan rasa pun memadai). Ajim yang rindu nak makan nasi lemak terubat rindu dapat menjamu selera. Sang isteri di Malaysia sarat menunggu hari for their second edition. Adik-adik yang ditinggalkan ayah ibu bercuti summer di Malaysia juga dalam senarai. Abang penghulu juga bersendirian, Kan Intan serta Abang Wak Daeng meredah highway dr Samha untuk turut serta. Kak Neme dan Abang Zahrin juga turut hadir . Nik dan family walaupun letih berpiknik di Mamzar Park memeriahkan suasana. Adik-adik yang lain; Aidit, Nour, mommy Luyah, Bamin Adlil, Zeti, Bob dan Haza seta family, thanks for joining us.

Menjamu sahabat-sahabat/adik-beradik disini adalah cara kami berhubung dan berkumpul disamping untuk mengeratkan silaturrahim. Ayah ibu sibuk berbual sambil makan-makan dan anak-anak seronok bermain tanpa risau. Having many nephew and nieces, kami sudah biasa dengan jeritan mereka bermain. Rasa macam berkumpul di hari raya. Hilang rindu ... suasana di Malaysia.

Self explanatory digest

To Abang Zuhairi dan Kak Ina,

kalau ada jarum yang patah,

jangan disimpan di dalam peti,

kalau ada silap dan salah,

jangan di simpan di dalam hati

Kami sekeluarga mohon maaf sekiranya ada terkasar bahasa, terguris rasa, yang kurang berkenan dan thanks for tolong tengokkan anak-anak. Bagi kami , lets forgive and forget. All the best di bumi Bahrain. Bon Voyage. Iman, Ilham and Irdina will miss u guys dearly.

regards,

imeirda

Kenduri Di Abu Dhabi

2008-08-19T01:36:00.000+04:00

15.08.08 bertempat di Mina Kitchen Abu Dhabi, rombongan orang-orang Dubai ke Abu Dhabi sebab ada kenduri. Bukan kenduri! kahwin tapi jalan-jalan cari makan sambil bertamu berjumpa dgn org2 AbuDhabi. Ketua rombongan oleh Pn Putri berkonvoi dr DBX ke AUH, sang lelaki bersolat Jumaat di Masjid Besar dan seterusnya ke tempat santapan. Seramai lebih kurang 65-70 orang; Melayu, India dan China duduk bersila bersantapkan nasi mandi seafood dan bersilang tangan meratah ikan dan lauk tanpa rasa cuak walaupun hidangan di dalam dulang. Memang rasa macam makan kenduri di kampung. That's is the spirit. Kudos utk Putri dan Hila yang sanggup mengkordinasikan outing yg seumpamanya. Memang blh buat lagi.

Tapi kalau nak rasa nasi mandi sedap kat Dubai ni memang kena gi Joot Mandi di Qusais... kena lahaam dia dan ayam grill dia, memamng boleh licin pinggan. The lahaam (lamb) dia so tender n muda. So it's very juicy n yummy. careful sape yang ada darah tinggi, lepas makan mau rasa pening kepala.

Till again gambar2 lain menyusul kemudian.

kami bersama family, Haji Jalil dan Kak Hana enjoying the mandi

pictures taken by G9 imr

My Pride - My Angels

2008-08-19T01:33:00.000+04:00

The collage comprises photos of my beautiful angels in my life, Mama Z, Nur Iman, Nur Ilham and Nur Irdina. I adore having seen them collaged in one canvas n every each grids tells a lot of stories. It is only me who understand the stories of the photos. They are colourful, catchy and the little angels are adorable. I am a proud hubby and a proud daddy too. Thank U Allah for presenting me these precious gifts. Syukur Alhamdulillah They are my pride, my angels n my everything.

A comeback

2008-08-11T10:09:00.000+04:00

Life is hectic lately as most of the management people r on their summer holidays, leaving me to handle things alone with other member of the team. Tu yang dah sebulan tak sempat nak update blog. There are so many events attended and photographed lately tapi tak dan nak buat write up. In fact nak upload gambar gonna takes a lot of time, since all of my princesses sibuk nak attention when I am home. Tu belum mamanya pulak yang nak attention!

Everyday there is always updates about "do you know what Ilham did today?". Nur Ilham my second princess really make everydays happening. Ade sajer telatah, karenah, perangai di buatnya. As last 2 weeks, dia banjirkan rumah... melambak air macam tsunami sampai ke living hall. Kesian mamanya kena kemas sorang2. Then on the other day dia mandikan adiknya dengan susu tepung setengah tin. Both of them happily marched together ke seluruh rumah. Can't imagine melekitnye rumah dgn susu tepung. Again kesian kat mama dia. Well itu cuma 2 cerita dari puluhan activities 'aktif' princessku ini. I've consulted the girl's paediatrician, tapi the doc said biarkan, the mind is working and enjoying her life n the doc advise just enjoy the fun watching them grow. Having experience tengok dia sakit, moaning n groaning, inactive made me to admit biarlah dia nakai sikit asalkan sihat dan active. There u go Ilham..... be yourself, babah tak kisah n I know u r a smart girl. Luv u n ur siss.

Nur Iman my eldest as usual, ulat buku n ulat tv. Asal dapat tv.... alhamdulillah dia kenyang. Tak makan pun tak apa. And my littlest one (to date) Nur Irdina is adorable. Easy baby senang bawak jalan n ramai nak tolong bela. Dok kat Dubai ni kadang2 kena mintak ehsan orang since during summer ni not advisable to take along ur children outside. It is scorching hot summer. Children are vulnerable n prevention is better... kalau dah tak sihat, kesian anak2. Tulah kena cakap thank u kat mak2 angkat yang rajin tolong tengok-tengokkan the princesses. Auntie Lina and Mommy Luyah, terima kasih daun keladi... lain kali mintak tolong lagi.

ok... till next update... insyaAllah

Israk Mikraj

2008-08-02T14:25:00.000+04:00

28 Rejab (Khamis 31July 2008) bertempat di rumah Pengerusi MyUAEPro committee, Tn haji Ariffin Mamat telah diadakan majlis sambutan Isra' Mikraj ; memperingati mukjizat Nabi Muhammad - perjalanan kilat baginda ke langit. Majlis di mulakan dengan solat Maghrib dan upacara suaikenal dan ramai juga first timer dari Abu Dhabi, Ajman dan juga Ras Al khaimah. Memang itulah tujuan majlis2 begini dapat menguatkan ukhwah sesama Muslim - yang jauh didekatkan.

Setibanya ustaz Hasan, beliau terus memulakan tazkirah dan khusyuk didengari oleh lebihkurang 70 org tetamu, biarpun hiruk pikuk anak2 dan juga kaum ibu yang dapat berjumpa bila ada majlis sedemikian. Alhamdulillah sehabis tazkirah , sekali lagi beramai2 kami bersolat Isya' dan berjuadah hasil ehsan para-para ibu dan tetamu yang hadir.

Sebagai selingan diakhir program, satu majlis ringkas meraikan perpisahan saudara Zuhairi dan keluarga yang akan berhijrah ke Bahrain. Saudara Zuhairi merumuskan seperti dalam blognya ;

Farewell...Pakpayne menyelitkan majlis penutupan dengan membaca sajak farewell untuk aku dan keluarga yang akan berhijrah ke Bahrain. Terimakasih banyak2 kepada semua di MyUAE-Pro dan semua sahabat-sahabat yang terlalu ramai untuk disenaraikan di sini serta memberi hadiah yang tersangat kami hargai.Seperti yang telah saya nyatakan sebelum ini…jauh di Bahrain namun semuanya tetap dekat di hati…insyaAllah.Terimakasih lagi sekali kepada Pakpayne di atas sajak yang ditulis dan dibacakan sendiri di majlis semalam. Belum ada di sepanjang hidup saya insan lain yang menulis sajak untuk saya atau keluarga…Jazakhallah Khayran…The whole occasion is so special that I can simply say…PRICELESS!!!

Sajak dari Pakpayne:

Selamat berhijrah – Zuhairi dan famili
Semalam itu,
milik kita bersama
Semalam itu,
adalah taman indah dicahayakan mentari dan mimpi disemai harapan diri dan keluarga membuahkan kehidupan kita dan mereka mungkin kita terlupa persinggahan di sini, hanya sementara.
Taman ini kita letakkan dalam memori antara cerah dan samar rimbunan kenangan dan dahanan rindu,
melambai kenangan wajah-wajah beribu perasaan yang kita cinta disiram bisikan,
gurau sendam dilitupi peristiwa kita lalui bersama Kan hijau sentiasa.

Kau menjadi sahabat,
Sesingkat masa sepanjang persalaman
Sempat bersama,
jalan jalan mencari keredhaan sama bicara,
sama ketawa sama mencari keredhaan yang esaKita pernah menikmati secawan kopi Berkongsi secangkir mimpi Di bawah bayangan menara dan tinggi di bumi bertuah UAE ini.

Esok,
Kau dan keluarga memulakan penghijrahanYang semestinya sudah di rancang
Kita sekadar melaksanakanPerjalanan mencari bukan sekadar rezki
Perjalanan bersedia menuju abadi.
Kau akan terbang jauh tapi hinggap sentiasa di hatidi iringi doa kami.

A little something to ponder

Ringkasan Peristiwa Israk Dan Mikraj
Sebelum Israk dan MikrajRasulullah S.A.W. mengalami pembedahan dada / perut, dilakukan oleh malaikat Jibrail dan Mika'il. Hati Baginda S.A.W.. dicuci dengan air zamzam, dibuang ketul hitam ('alaqah) iaitu tempat syaitan membisikkan waswasnya. Kemudian dituangkan hikmat, ilmu, dan iman ke dalam dada Rasulullah S.A.W. Setelah itu, dadanya dijahit dan dimeterikan dengan "khatimin nubuwwah". Selesai pembedahan, didatangkan binatang bernama Buraq untuk ditunggangi oleh Rasulullah dalam perjalanan luar biasa yang dinamakan "Israk" itu.
Semasa Israk ( Perjalanan dari Masjidil-Haram ke Masjidil-Aqsa ):Sepanjang perjalanan (israk) itu Rasulullah S.A.W. diiringi (ditemani) oleh malaikat Jibrail dan Israfil. Tiba di tempat-tempat tertentu (tempat-tempat yang mulia dan bersejarah), Rasulullah telah diarah oleh Jibrail supaya berhenti dan bersembahyang sebanyak dua rakaat. Antara tempat-tempat berkenaan ialah:
i. Negeri Thaibah (Madinah), tempat di mana Rasulullah akan melakukan hijrah.
ii. Bukit Tursina, iaitu tempat Nabi Musa A.S. menerima wahyu daripada Allah;

iii. Baitul-Laham (tempat Nabi 'Isa A.S. dilahirkan);Dalam perjalanan itu juga baginda Rasulullah S.A.W. menghadapi gangguan jin 'Afrit dengan api jamung dan dapat menyasikan peristiwa-peristiwa simbolik yang amat ajaib. Antaranya :
§ Kaum yang sedang bertanam dan terus menuai hasil tanaman mereka. apabila dituai, hasil (buah) yang baru keluar semula seolah-olah belum lagi dituai. Hal ini berlaku berulang-ulang. Rasulullah S.A.W. dibertahu oleh Jibrail : Itulah kaum yang berjihad "Fisabilillah" yang digandakan pahala kebajikan sebanyak 700 kali ganda bahkan sehingga gandaan yang lebih banyak.
§ Tempat yang berbau harum. Rasulullah S.A.W. diberitahu oleh Jibrail : Itulah bau kubur Mayitah (tukang sisir rambut anak Fir'aun) bersama suaminya dan anak-anaknya (termasuk bayi yang dapat bercakap untuk menguatkan iman ibunya) yang dibunuh oleh Fir'aun kerana tetapt teguh beriman kepada Allah (tak mahu mengakui Fir'aun sebagai Tuhan).
§ Sekumpulan orang yang sedang memecahkan kepala mereka. Setiap kali dipecahkan, kepala mereka sembuh kembali, lalu dipecahkan pula. Demikian dilakukan berkali-kali. Jibrail memberitahu Rasulullah: Itulah orang-orang yang berat kepala mereka untuk sujud (sembahyang).
§ Sekumpulan orang yang hanya menutup kemaluan mereka (qubul dan dubur) dengan secebeis kain. Mereka dihalau seperti binatang ternakan. Mereka makan bara api dan batu dari neraka Jahannam. Kata Jibrail : Itulah orang-orang yang tidak mengeluarkan zakat harta mereka.
§ Satu kaum, lelaki dan perempuan, yang memakan daging mentah yang busuk sedangkan daging masak ada di sisi mereka. Kata Jibrail: Itulah lelaki dan perempuan yang melakukan zina sedangkan lelaki dan perempuan itu masing-masing mempunyai isteri / suami.
§ Lelaki yang berenang dalam sungai darah dan dilontarkan batu. Kata Jibrail: Itulah orang yang makan riba`.
§ Lelaki yang menghimpun seberkas kayu dan dia tak terdaya memikulnya, tapi ditambah lagi kayu yang lain. Kata Jibrail: Itulah orang tak dapat menunaikan amanah tetapi masih menerima amanah yang lain.
§ Satu kaum yang sedang menggunting lidah dan bibir mereka dengan penggunting besi berkali-kali. Setiap kali digunting, lidah dan bibir mereka kembali seperti biasa. Kata Jibrail: Itulah orang yang membuat fitnah dan mengatakan sesuatu yang dia sendiri tidak melakukannya.
§ Kaum yang mencakar muka dan dada mereka dengan kuku tembaga mereka. Kata Jibrail: Itulah orang yang memakan daging manusia (mengumpat) dan menjatuhkan maruah (mencela, menghinakan) orang.
§ Seekor lembu jantan yang besar keluar dari lubang yang sempit. Tak dapat dimasukinya semula lubang itu. Kata Jibrail: Itulah orang yang bercakap besar (Takabbur). Kemudian menyesal, tapi sudah terlambat.
§ Seorang perempuan dengan dulang yang penuh dengan pelbagai perhiasan. Rasulullah tidak memperdulikannya. Kata Jibrail: Itulah dunia. Jika Rasulullah memberi perhatian kepadanya, nescaya umat Islam akan mengutamakan dunia daripada akhirat.
§ Seorang perempuan tua duduk di tengah jalan dan menyuruh Rasulullah berhenti. Rasulullah S.A.W. tidak menghiraukannya. Kata Jibrail: Itulah orang yang mensesiakan umurnya sampai ke tua.
§ Seorang perempuan bongkok tiga menahan Rasulullah untuk bertanyakan sesuatu. Kata Jibrail: Itulah gambaran umur dunia yang sangat tua dan menanti saat hari kiamat.Setibanya di masjid Al-Aqsa, Rasulullah turun dari Buraq. Kemudian masuk ke dalam masjid dan mengimamkan sembahyang dua rakaat dengan segala anbia` dan mursalin menjadi makmum.Rasulullah S.A.W. terasa dahaga, lalu dibawa Jibrail dua bejana yang berisi arak dan susu. Rasulullah memilih susu lalu diminumnya. Kata Jibrail: Baginda membuat pilhan yang betul. Jika arak itu dipilih, nescaya ramai umat baginda akan menjadi sesat.
Semasa Mikraj ( Naik ke Hadhratul-Qudus Menemui Allah ):Didatangkan Mikraj (tangga) yang indah dari syurga. Rasulullah S.A.W. dan Jibrail naik ke atas tangga pertama lalu terangkat ke pintu langit dunia (pintu Hafzhah).
1. Langit Pertama: Rasulullah S.A.W. dan Jibrail masuk ke langit pertama, lalu berjumpa dengan Nabi Adam A.S. Kemudian dapat melihat orang-orang yang makan riba` dan harta anak yatim dan melihat orang berzina yang rupa dan kelakuan mereka sangat huduh dan buruk. Penzina lelaki bergantung pada susu penzina perempuan.
2. Langit Kedua: Nabi S.A.W. dan Jibrail naik tangga langit yang kedua, lalu masuk dan bertemu dengan Nabi 'Isa A.S. dan Nabi Yahya A.S.
3. Langit Ketiga: Naik langit ketiga. Bertemu dengan Nabi Yusuf A.S.

4. Langit Keempat: Naik tangga langit keempat. Bertemu dengan Nabi Idris A.S.

5. Langit Kelima: Naik tangga langit kelima. Bertemu dengan Nabi Harun A.S. yang dikelilingi oleh kaumnya Bani Israil.

6. Langit Keenam: Naik tangga langit keenam. Bertemu dengan Nabi-Nabi. Seterusnya dengan Nabi Musa A.S. Rasulullah mengangkat kepala (disuruh oleh Jibrail) lalu dapat melihat umat baginda sendiri yang ramai, termasuk 70,000 orang yang masuk syurga tanpa hisab.
7. Langit Ketujuh: Naik tangga langit ketujuh dan masuk langit ketujuh lalu bertemu dengan Nabi Ibrahim Khalilullah yang sedang bersandar di Baitul-Ma'mur dihadapi oleh beberapa kaumnya. Kepada Rasulullah S.A.W., Nabi Ibrahim A.S. bersabda, "Engkau akan berjumapa dengan Allah pada malam ini. Umatmu adalah akhir umat dan terlalu dha'if, maka berdoalah untuk umatmu. Suruhlah umatmu menanam tanaman syurga iaitu LA HAULA WALA QUWWATA ILLA BILLAHMengikut riwayat lain, Nabi Ibahim A.S. bersabda, "Sampaikan salamku kepada umatmu dan beritahu mereka, syurga itu baik tanahnya, tawar airnya dan tanamannya ialah lima kalimah, iaitu: SUBHANALLAH, WAL-HAMDULILLAH, WA LA ILAHA ILLALLAH ALLAHU AKBAR dan WA LA HAULA WA LA QUWWATA ILLA BILLAHIL- 'ALIYYIL-'AZHIM. Bagi orang yang membaca setiap kalimah ini akan ditanamkan sepohon pokok dalam syurga". Setelah melihat beberpa peristiwa lain yang ajaib. Rasulullah dan Jibrail masuk ke dalam Baitul-Makmur dan bersembahyang (Baitul-Makmur ini betul-betul di atas Baitullah di Mekah).
8. Tangga Kelapan: Di sinilah disebut "al-Kursi" yang berbetulan dengan dahan pokok Sidratul-Muntaha. Rasulullah S.A.W. menyaksikan pelbagai keajaiban pada pokok itu: Sungai air yang tak berubah, sungai susu, sungai arak dan sungai madu lebah. Buah, daun-daun, batang dan dahannya berubah-ubah warna dan bertukar menjadi permata-permata yang indah. Unggas-unggas emas berterbangan. Semua keindahan itu tak terperi oleh manusia. Baginda Rasulullah S.A.W. dapat menyaksikan pula sungai Al-Kautsar yang terus masuk ke syurga. Seterusnya baginda masuk ke syurga dan melihat neraka berserta dengan Malik penunggunya.
9. Tangga Kesembilan: Di sini berbetulan dengan pucuk pokok Sidratul-Muntaha. Rasulullah S.A.W. masuk di dalam nur dan naik ke Mustawa dan Sharirul-Aqlam. Lalu dapat melihat seorang lelaki yang ghaib di dalam nur 'Arasy, iaitu lelaki di dunia yang lidahnya sering basah berzikir, hatinya tertumpu penuh kepada masjid dan tidak memaki ibu bapanya.
10. Tangga Kesepuluh: Baginda Rasulullah sampai di Hadhratul-Qudus dan Hadhrat Rabbul-Arbab lalu dapat menyaksikan Allah S.W.T. dengan mata kepalanya, lantas sujud. Kemudian berlakulah dialog antara Allah dan Muhammad, Rasul-Nya:
Allah S.W.T : Ya Muhammad. Rasulullah : Labbaika.
Allah S.W.T : Angkatlah kepalamu dan bermohonlah, Kami perkenankan. Rasulullah : Ya, Rabb. Engkau telah ambil Ibrahim sebagai Khalil dan Engkau berikan dia kerajaan yang besar. Engkau berkata-kata dengan Musa. Engkau berikan Dawud kerajaan yang besar dan dapat melembutkan besi. Engkau kurniakan kerajaan kepada Sulaiman yang tidak Engkau kurniakan kepada sesiapa pun dan memudahkan Sulaiman menguasai jin, manusia, syaitan dan angin. Engkau ajarkan 'Isa Taurat dan Injil. Dengan izin-Mu, dia dapat menyembuhkan orang buta, orang sufaq dan menghidupkan orang mati. Engkau lindungi dia dan ibunya daripada syaitan.
Allah S.W.T : Aku ambilmu sebagai kekasih. Aku perkenankanmu sebagai penyampai berita gembira dan amaran kepada umatmu. Aku buka dadamu dan buangkan dosamu. Aku jadikan umatmu sebaik-baik umat. Aku beri keutamaan dan keistimewaan kepadamu pada hari qiamat. Aku kurniakan tujuh ayat (surah Al-Fatihah) yang tidak aku kurniakan kepada sesiapa sebelummu. Aku berikanmu ayat-ayat di akhir surah al-Baqarah sebagai suatu perbendaharaan di bawah 'Arasy. Aku berikan habuan daripada kelebihan Islam, hijrah, sedekah dan amar makruf dan nahi munkar. Aku kurniakanmu panji-panji Liwa-ul-hamd, maka Adam dan semua yang lainnya di bawah panji-panjimu. Dan Aku fardhukan atasmu dan umatmu lima puluh (waktu) sembahyang.
Selesai munajat, Rasulullah S.A.W. di bawa menemui Nabi Ibrahim A.S. kemudian Nabi Musa A.S. yang kemudiannya menyuruh Rasulullah S.A.W. merayu kepada Allah S.W.T agar diberi keringanan, mengurangkan jumlah waktu sembahyang itu. Selepas sembilan kali merayu, (setiap kali dikurangkan lima waktu), akhirnya Allah perkenan memfardhukan sembahyang lima waktu sehari semalam dengan mengekalkan nilainya sebanyak 50 waktu juga.
Selepas MikrajRasulullah S.A.W. turun ke langit dunia semula. Seterusnya turun ke Baitul-Maqdis. Lalu menunggang Buraq perjalanan pulang ke Mekah pada malam yang sama. Dalam perjalanan ini baginda bertemu dengan beberapa peristiwa yang kemudiannya menjadi saksi (bukti) peristiwa Israk dan Mikraj yang amat ajaib itu (Daripada satu riwayat peristiwa itu berlaku pada malam Isnin, 27 Rejab, kira-kira 18 bulan sebelum hijrah). Wallahu'alam.
(Sumber : Kitab Jam'ul-Fawaa`id)
Kesimpulannya, Peristiwa Israk dan Mikraj bukan hanya sekadar sebuah kisah sejarah yang diceritakan kembali setiap kali 27 Rejab menjelang. Adalah lebih penting untuk kita menghayati pengajaran di sebalik peristiwa tersebut bagi meneladani perkara yang baik dan menjauhi perkara yang tidak baik. Peristiwa Israk dan Mikraj yang memperlihatkan pelbagai kejadian aneh yang penuh pengajaran seharusnya memberi keinsafan kepada kita agar sentiasa mengingati Allah dan takut kepada kekuasaan-Nya.Seandainya peristiwa dalam Israk dan Mikraj ini dipelajari dan dihayati benar-benar kemungkinan manusia mampu mengelakkan dirinya daripada melakukan berbagai-bagai kejahatan. Kejadian Israk dan Mikraj juga adalah untuk menguji umat Islam (apakah percaya atau tidak dengan peristiwa tersebut). Orang-orang kafir di zaman Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam langsung tidak mempercayai, malahan memperolok-olokkan Nabi sebaik-baik Nabi bercerita kepada mereka.Peristiwa Israk dan Mikraj itu merupakan ujian dan mukjizat yang membuktikan kudrat atau kekuasaan Allah Subhanahu Wataala. Allah Subhanahu Wataala telah menunjukkan bukti-bukti kekuasaan dan kebesaran-Nya kepada Baginda Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.Mafhum Firman Allah S.W.T. : "Maha Suci Allah yang telah memperjalankan hamba-Nya pada suatu malam dari Al-Masjidil Haram ke Al-Masjidil Aqsa yang telah kami berkati sekelilingnya agar Kami perlihatkan kepadanya sebahagian dari tanda-tanda kebesaran Kami. Sesungguhnya Dia adalah Maha Mendengar lagi Maha Melihat."(Surah Al-Israa': Ayat 1).

(taken from Al-azam)

PENGHIJRAHAN

2008-07-24T11:01:00.000+04:00

Penghijarahan ada dalam pelbagai bentuk dan situasi. Penghijrahan secara total adalah merangkumi semua keadaan dan melibatkan kehidupan seluruhnya. Biasanya Penghijrahan berlaku dengan sebab tertentu. It's not easy to change but u don't need reasons to change anyway. Tak pernah lagi aku jumpa orang yang berhijrah tanpa sebab.

Penghijrahan juga telah berlaku kepada aku dan keluargaku. "Mengubah Sempadan Iman" seperti title dalam buku Travelog Haji karya Profesor Muhd Kamil refleksi kepada apa yang berlaku kami. Walaupun keadaan dan lokasinya tidak serupa tetapi isinya sinonim iaitu melibatkan persempadanan Iman.

Bismillahirahmanirahim. ( Demi Masa)

1. Demi masa 2. Sesungguhnya seluruh manusia itu benar benar dalam kerugian 3.Kecuali orang orang yang beriman dan mengerjakan amal soleh dan saling berpesan dengan kebenaran dan saling berpesan dengan kesabaran. amin amin amin ya rabbal alamin.

Sesungguhnya kehidupan ini perlukan penghijrahan dan setiap penghijrahan adalah perubahan dan pencarian. Janganlah rasa sombong, angkuh, riak dan bongkak. Kerana dunia ini adalah tempat sementara dan akhirat tempat selamanya. Dari itu, tanamkan kebaikan, kasih sayang dan jangan sekali kali tanamkan sifat buruk sangka, benci dan sehinggakan memutuskan silaturrahim sehingga sanggup menghina sesama manusia. Janganlah kita cari kemurkaan Allah ta'ala terhadap kita, dan janganlah cari musuh selagi hidup.. kerana ia akan dihitung di Yaumil Masyar. audzubillah minzalik. Berbanyakan berzikir dan betaubat kepadaNya semoga kita sentiasa mendapat keberkatan dunia dan akhirat. amin amin amin ya rabbal alamin. wallahualam

Apa yang berlaku kepada aku sekeluarga sejak 3 tahun lalu yang membawa kami kesini adalah kesan kepada penghijrahan yang aku sebutkan di atas. Dan selagi aku dalam penghijrahan akan aku turuti sahaja langkah seterusnya kerana ianya semua adalah kehendak ALLAH SWT. Percayalah bahawa ALLAH SWT itu Maha Berkuasa Keatas Segalanya dan aku telah mengalaminya. Jika ALLAH SWT mahu sesuatu itu berlaku maka ianya pasti akan berlaku. Berat untuk aku berkongsi cerita disini kerana ianya mengundang resah kelak kemudian hari. Cukup sahaja aku katakan bahawa jika ALLAH SWT mahu menjemput kita adakah kita telah bersedia sepenuhnya pada waktu itu. Perkara-perkara yang berlaku keatas diriku walaupun berat dugaannya aku anggap ianya dalam bentuk HIDAYAH dari ALLAH SWT.

Bila HIDAYAH menyapa, syukurku pada yang Esa. Selama ini banyak yg kurang aku titikberatkan, kini insaf bila lagi menbaca, mendengar, terdengar dan ternampak orang2 yg Allah turunkan hidayahnya. Contoh terdekat, Ustaz Azmil Mustapa aka Ali setan terkenal dahulu yang sanggup meninggalkan keduniaan untuk bekalan yg lebih berharga kemudian hari.

Semoga dengan Penghijrahan ini, kita lakukan lebih baik dari yang lepas dan sesungguhnya tiada yang lebih berkuasa dari ALLAH SWT. Lakukan pendekatan, pencarian, perjalanan dan penghijrahan ini dengan lebih tawakal dan bertawaduk kepadaNya. Pertingkatkan Ilmu dan ibadah kita supaya menjadi muslimin/muslimat yang lebih sejati. Ameen ameen ameen Ya rabbal Alamin

Uptown Mirdif

2008-07-22T20:02:00.001+04:00

Uptown Mirdif begitu significant dengan kehidupan aku dan keluarga di sini. Sewaktu aku dan keluarga menyertai perjumpaan pertama kami with other Malaysians di Dubai yang dianjurkan oleh MyUAEPro di Uptown Mirdif ini, kami jatuh cinta - Love at a first sight: terasa ada chemistry dengannya. Seni architecturenye yg unik berekabentukkan kubu dan dipenuhi dengan kemudahan tempat membeli belah amat sesuai untuk dijadikan tempat tinggal.

Sewaktu selesai perjumpaan dengan rakan-rakan Malaysia, terdetik dalam hati dan bersembang dgn Pn Z "kalau kita dapat dok sini sure bestkan. Senang sebab kemudahan banyak. Spinneys pun dekat, food court, kedai-kedai untuk shopping, starbucks, Mothercare pun ada. Turun bawah terus je pergi kedai, takyah nak naik kereta atau taxi. (takdak keta masa tuh!!)

Lokasi ini macam pisang panas, kalau ada unit kosong dalam 1-2 hari saja sudah ada yang menghuninya. Aku sudah berkira-kira untuk booking kediaman kami di Spring setelah beberapa minggu gagal dalam mendapatkan unit kosong di sini dan juga lokasi lain yang sesuai dengan keperluan harian kami tetapi mungkin nak jadi rezeki kami sekeluarga, sehari sebelum aku beri duit booking, ternampak satu iklan baru di dalam internet yang kata ada unit kosong di Uptown Mirdif. Tanpa berlengah terus saja call agen tersebut dan ternyata ianya belum lagi ada sesiapa booking. Apalagi aku pun terus confirmkan hari itu juga. Khabaran gembira itu aku sampaikan kepada Isteriku dan Anak2 dan ternyata mereka gembira dan tak sabar nak pindah ke rumah baru selepas hampir sebulan tinggal di Hotel.

senang cerita, baca nota dibawah

An introduction to Real Estate Opportunities in Uptown Mirdif,

DubaiLocation :Architecturally designed along the lines of an ancient spa town, UPTOWN Mirdiff , built in the heart of one of Dubai's most tranquil locations, promises an excellent variety of residential properties, play areas and recreation facilities nestled within landscaped gardens and public parks.Superbly appointed Townhouses, stylish Row houses and five distinct apartment styles are planned around a Grand Piazza, the centerpiece of the community. Abundant with neighbourly appeal and filled with convenient shopping and dining outlets, UPTOWN Mirdiff is delightful, secure family living environment. Welcome to your neighbourhood.

Located in central Mirdiff, one of Dubai's most tranquil areas. The 23-hectare development will feature two villa types, three types of apartments, a shopping center and primary school. The unit details are;VillasThree Bedroom Townhouse built-up area approx 2,500 sq ftThree Bedroom Rowhouses built-up area of approx 2,000 sq ftApartmentsStudio Apartments of 480 sq ftOne Bedroom Apartments of 1,200 sq ftTwo Bedroom Apartments of 1,600 sq ftShopping Centre400,000 sq ft of net lettable space. The already functioning anchor supermarket is built on one level. Dedicated underground parking for 1,600 cars and loadind/unloading baysPrimary SchoolPlot size 40,000 sq ft. A double storey building catering for grades KG1 to Grade 5

Jelajah UAE (Jalan-Jalan Cari Masjid) Part 3 - Ras Al Khaimah

2008-07-22T16:10:00.000+04:00

Program Jalan -Jalan Cari Masjid dalam Jelajah UAE part 3 telah berjalan dengan baik. Namun aku tidak menyertainya kali ini. Seperti biasa cerita mengenainya ada dirakamkan oleh PP, Hasnol dan Zuhairi untuk tatapan semua. InsyaAllah untuk program ke-4 nanti ke Al-A'in aku akan bersama mereka.

April 2008

2008-07-15T08:00:00.000+04:00

Terpaksa backdated sebab buat blog lepas 3 bulan dok sini so ada banyak nak cerita. Jadi terpaksalah main sambung-sambung janji perjalanan hidup aku dan keluarga serta di sekeliling kami dapat dirakam.

31st march 2008, I have landed safely in Dubai from Jeddah after went through a tedious final exit proces in KSA. I have accepted the offer from Dubai mainly because of My Family. My Family is the most precious things that I have ever had in this world. Syukur Alhamdulillah kerana memberi aku harta yang paling berharga ini.

1st April 2008, aku melaporkan diri di KEO International Dubai dan membuat sedikit persiapan untuk keluarga aku yang akan tiba pada 3rd April 2008. Tempat shopping paling dekat dengan hotel di sekitar Burjuman ialah Spineys.

3rd April 2008, after 3 hours of waiting I saw my lovely wife with my princesses pushing the trolley towards the exit door of arrival hall accompanied by My Parents Inlaw. The feeling is undescribable. Syukur Alhamdulillah Ya Allah kerana mengabulkan doa aku. Kehidupan aku di Jeddah tanpa keluarga disisi begitu meruntun hati dan menguji diri. Juga mengajar aku tentang erti "masa bersama keluarga". Aku bertekad setiap masa aku bersama keluarga di sini akan aku isi dengan masa yang berharga.

16th April 2008, Happy Birthday untuk Isteri Tercinta. Tak dapat celeberate sebaiknya kerana Isteri dan anak-anak tidak sihat mungkin kerana cuaca dan makanan di sini. They need quick adjustment to the environment and time zone. Our thanks to Kak Neme for her kindness taking Nurilham and My Wife to American Hospital. For the record Kak Neme was the first Malaysian we encountered in Dubai at Burjuman Centre.

Sempat juga menyertai perjumpaan dengan rakan-rakan Malaysia di UAE ini. Perjumpaan pertama di Uptown Mirdif membukakan jalan kami sekeluarga di Dubai ini. Uptown Mirdif itulah tempat pertama yang kami sampai di Dubai selain persekitaran Burjuman. Pertama kali dapat berjumpa dengan PP, Fudzail, Hasnol, dll terasa tiada bezanya hidup di KL atau Dubai.

HAri-hari berikutnya dalam bulan April dilalui dengan gembira dan sentiasa bersyukur pada Allah SWT kerana mempermudahkan segala urusan kami sekeluarga.

Isteriku bercucuk tanam

2008-07-14T15:13:00.000+04:00

Pokok daun pandan, serai, daun kesum, lengkuas, pokok kunyit, pokok limau nipis, limau purut, bunga kantan semuanye ade ditanamnye dibelakang rumah. kalau hari tu dia rasa dia nak masak asam pedas, keluar aje ke belakang dan peti beberapa tangkai daun kesum. nak masak nasi lemak, daun pandan bersepah dan nak masak lemak cili api, berduyun cabai merata di pokoknya. macam-macam ada. Pendek kata Pn Z (bukan nama sebenar) memang sayang kebun kat belakng rumahnye. Pokok sayur pun ada!!

Di tepi rumah pulak, ada pokok pisang segala macam pisang, pokok rambutan cap anak sekolah, gula batu dsb. Pokok durian adalah sebatang dah 6 tahun, umur anak yang sulung. Tak lama lagi cukup haul berbuahlah. pokok mata kucing aka longan pun dah 2-3 kali makan hasilnye, jangan sebut pokok mempelam dia, sampai musim mmg confirn berjuntai2 buah mehening satu pokok. Manis tidak terkira. Ada secretnye menanam pokok ni: kalau nak buah manis dan lebat kena tanam masa perut kita penuh dan tanam masa tengah panas dlm pukul 11 gitu waktu Malaysia. Begitulah hypothesisnye, tapi ternyata dibuktikan secara semulajadi. Sementelahan org yang menanamnya mmg ada green thumbs warisan dr ayah mertuaku. campak je benih apa, InsyaAllah hidup subur mubur. (my thumbs are red kot). Kurang jadikla tu, panas!

Itulah introductionnya. Panjang meleret tapi kenapa cakap pasal pokok ni. Kat Dubai ni nampak pokok kurma jelah merata. balik kerja tadi nampak pokok pandan potted berair. kat dapur pulak nampak batang-batang daun kesum yang bertunas. Eoking akind of emotion; la bini aku ni rindu nak main dengan tanah kot. rindu nak siram poko2 dia, rindu nak tabur baja, rindu nak trim pokok2 dia dan mungkin rindu nak balut buah2 mempelam dia. Terbit rasa kesian, dok kat apartment di padang pasir ni, lebih2 lagi musim summer, ape yang nak idup. Dapat dalam pasu pun tak ape lah ye. Tiap kali pergi ke CM kat Karama atu Sunflower nak cari daun pandan, kesum, mesti dia bising, Emmm kalau kat Msia, smua ada kat tepi rumah, byk ni pun punyalah mahai. Dahtu nak buat macammana nama pun Do Buy, semua mahai except kereta!!!

p/s : patut pun, Ghupenye neighbour depan rumah kat Msia, bagitau doghoyan dah berputik dan rambutan dah memerah. Tak dak rezeki, sedekah ajelah.

Jelajah UAE 2 (Abu Dhabi)

2008-07-13T22:28:00.000+04:00

Grand Masjid of Abu Dhabi

Program Jelajah UAE yang diilhamkan oleh PP masuk ke minggu ke-2. Destinasinya ialah Abu Dhabi. Pada minggu pertama kami ke Fujairah. Lawatan ke Fujairah di sini.

Sedikit background program ini. Tujuan utama lawatan adalah untuk melawat masjid-masjid di sekitar setiap wilayah UAE yang dilawati. Selain dapat melihat keunikan rekabentuk masjid-masjid yang dilawati, dapat juga melakukan solat sunat di setiap masjid untuk mendekatkan diri kepada ALLAH SWT. Selain itu tazkirah antara kami yang join juga diadakan untuk saling mengingatkan akan kebesaran ALLAH SWT serta menimba ilmu akhirat. Selain tu dapat berkongsi pengalaman antara satu sama lain justeru dapat mengeratkan silaturahim.

Aku rasa bersyukur dapat menyertai program ini. Terlalu banyak pengalaman yang diperolehi. Sedikit photo yang dapat dimuatkan disini untuk tatapan.

Perjalanan ke Abu Dhabi kami mulakan dengan breakfast di Arabian Ranches. Ikhsan dari Abg Lamin dan Puan Laila. Terima kasih banyak-banyak semoga murah rezeki dan dapat rahmat dari ALLAH SWT. Selain itu terima kasih juga kepada Puan Putri yang bermurah hati untuk sponsor dinner untuk peserta yang berstatus "Summer Bachelor". Yang pura-pura bachelor kena balik rumah malam tu tak dapat join.

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Debut - First Page

2008-07-11T22:15:00.000+04:00

Dengan kalimah Bismillahirrahmannirrahim,

The Terminal memulakan sebuah penceritaan. The Terminal is all about events around me and my family. Seperti PP, ZBA, Mrs ZBA, Hasnul dan bloggers lain, nawaitunye utk menyediakan sedikit ruangan bentuk tulisan sebagai santapan minda. Juga untuk kongsi pendapat dan kritikan.

p/s-mohon izin kepada nama-nama bloggers yang diquote.