Cuti-Cuti Dubai

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.,

Dubai Diary 2

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.

Satu Hari Di Hari Raya

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"

Salam Eidul Fitri d Perantauan

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,

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Salam dari

Imran, Zaida,

Iman, Ilham, Irdina

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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,