waargghhhh...i feel 'ancient'...wakakakakaka...
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ooo...hepi besday my dear Jeleen :)
a perfect sister I am not, but thankful for the one I've got...
alhamdulillah...
hehehe...yeay...i was called to write once again...nearly 3 months since i last posted an entry here...so much happenings plus unavoidable circumstances have actually hinder my urge to update my sweet cyber journal...ahh...well...here goes...
i would just highlight whatever seems to cross my mind right now...
which means whatever that i can recall and jot down here are considered important and precious to be remembered as fond memories...
a dear friend's birthday...we had lunch 3gether at MFM where I ate a lot of butter rice...I've always carried gift to be given but not on that day...I left it back home since I was made to understand that this friend was supposed to attend a course somewhere...until now, I still keep the gift...haa...
i had my lovely convocation on 16 August 2009 and graduated with MSc(Hons) in Petroleum Engineering...yeay....so happy...thank you Intan...
the next day - 17 August 2009, i had my left eye operated at International Specialist Eye Centre...i had a tube inserted into my left eye bleb...alhamdulillah, it went well...
i stayed at home the whole month of Ramadhan and finally return back to work on the last week of Ramadhan...
during my long sick leave, i joined myJFFC (Malaysia Jazz/Fit Friends Club...i like this group...and went for the Buka Puasa TT at Concorde Inn KLIA with Beebee...
then, came Raya time...celebrated with my family in Klang...
my mama was admitted to Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah 3 days before Raya - suspected of dengue since her platlet count was very low...
alhamdulillah, it was not dengue - my mama was diagnosed with virus-infected blood disease...maybe because she overworked herself preparing for Raya...hey mama, you should wait for all of us next time OK...
so, this time around, we the kids prepare all the Raya cuisines...i made the Char Kuey Tiaw, Nasi Impit,Kuah Lodeh (Lontong), and Beef Rendang...Jeleen made the Ayam Masak Merah...Jemi did the Kuah Kacang...and Baby Adik boiled the eggs...
what else i did?ermm...i went for the Walk for World Pink with Suzie and Zarith...a charity event supporting World Breast Cancer Day at KL Tower on 3rd October 2009...
open houses - every weekend...thank you all for inviting...all were great...i end up gaining 3kgs post Raya...
Harni darling left No14 already to go and live with her sister and Sara...miss you dear...
ohh yaa...latest movie I've watched: Sorority Row and Cloudy with a Chance of Meat Balls...
and currently reading: Peeing in The Bush by Adeline Loh(still have 17 unread books to be finished by year end)...
and current favourite listening: Cinta Ada by Datuk Sheila Majid, Karen Kong & Jaclyn Victor...
favourite drama at the moment: Nur Kasih (haven't missed any episodes yet)...
friend's wedding attended: Apihku & Ayu...
newborns cherished: little Aaeisyah (Naimun's), Muhammad Faheem (Ifah's) and Salwa's boy (2 days ago)...
my personal project: 6 Bulan MC (hehehe)...starting date: 18/10/2009...end date: my sweet 18 April...
oklaa...final note would be...ermm...last time it was my left eye....now, it's the right eye turn...
i'm off to operating theatre again at ISEC this coming monday morning...
wish me well :)
yeay...finally after nearly 1-month, i'm now trying my best getting back the momentum to write again...i guess it's the time factor plus ermm...so much to tell and so much to share...i've got loads of pictures...almost 1000++...i keep on drafting every now and then...alas, i ended up with no post at all...my passion dies down...sigh~~~
this will be an extra long post if i am going to blab all happenings for the past 2-3 weeks...hey...nobody really cares, so why should i bother...i'm just gonna write whatever that seems to cross my mind at this point of time okay?!!
so, let's get start with my family holiday to Hong Kong and Shenzhen...
it was a 5days 4nights trip...i went with Jemi + Abema & family (Kak Intan, 'Aina, Iman & Afif)...
Day 1 (07/06/09) - Welcome to Asia's world city: Hong Kong!
we arrived safely at HKIA and we boarded the shuttle bus to Ramada Hotel, Kowloon...
after settling down, we went searching for food and came across Indonesian tourists at Kowloon Mosque giving us direction...we got to eat Beryani Rice at Pakistan Mess Restaurant - more like an inapparent small dining room at Level 4 inside a building, where we need to have a lift access...
after having our meal, we took the Star Ferry and went across the river to the Central Pier terminal, Hong Kong Island...from there, we rode the public bus #15 to The Peak aka Victoria Peak...
we went up the Sky Terrace (roof of The Peak Tower) where we got to see the whole Hong Kong Island view...around 8pm, the Symphony of Lights laser show started...we got to see the backlights...hahaha...
descending from Sky Terrace, we dropped by Bubba Gump outlet for souvenirs...and then, we came across Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum...since there's not much time left, we just took pictures outside the museum (Bruce Lee and Datuk Michelle Yeoh's statues)...
at lower ground floor, we were approached to buy Hong Kong Disneyland's tickets at the promotional counter...no discount but we got Disneyland's luggage tags as gifts...and it saved us queuing time later...
we took a Peak Tram ride to the bottom of the hill and experienced 45 degrees slope journey...and to get to the Star Ferry terminal back again, we were lucky to ride an open-air double decker bus (we went to sit at the upper deck of course)...
at Kowloon terminal, we then took the efficient Hong Kong MTR back to our hotel...
Day 2 (08/06/09) - Magical Hong Kong Disneyland day...
we went there early in the morning...i'm soooo soooo happy happy happy...the weather was very fine and we get to cover all the lands (Fantasyland, Tomorrowland and Adventureland)...
we started with the Disneyland Railroad train ride from Main Street,USA to Fantasyland...at Fantasyland, we went to Fantasy Gardens and met Winnie the Pooh, Marie, Goofy, Pluto and Mickey Mouse...then, we had a spin at Mad Hatter Tea Cups party...we moved on to the "happiest cruise that ever sailed" = It's a Small World featuring childrens around the world babydolls singing and dancing to the famous tune...after that, i went to take a ride on Cinderella Carousel and Dumbo the Flying Elephant...then, we went to watch High School Musical:LIVE! show in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle...eventually we met Alice at Mad Hatter Tea Cups ride...we had our rest for a while before proceeding with a 3-D theater show at Mickey's Philharmagic Hall...after the show, we got to meet Donald Duck...we ended our Fantasyland tour with a musical "The Golden Mickeys" show at Storybook Theater Hall...
we ventured into Tomorrowland and straightaway went to the Space Traffic Control Center to interact with Experiment 626 aka Stitch in "Stitch Encounter"...after that, we took the interstellar Space Mountain roller coaster ride...we then rushed to witness "Mickey's Waterworks Parade" along the Disneyland streets...back at Tomorrowland, we went to drive the Autopia electric cars and went laser shooting at Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters...we got to meet Buzz Lightyear himself at the Starliner Diner...
the last land - Adventureland is where we had a Jungle River Cruise...and we also took the raft to Tarzan's Treehouse...after quite sometime at the tree house, we moved to watch the final show of "Festival of the Lion King" at the Theater in the Wild stadium arena...
we then went to do our Disneyland merchandise shopping and finally went to watch the grand finale of "Disney in the Stars" fireworks displays...we had Beryani Rice again that night...
Day 3 (09/06/09) - Filling arrival/departure forms, Immigration checks and Health Status Declaration day...hahahahaha...
it was the day we took the MTR to cross the border to Shenzhen...at Shenzhen, it was very difficult for us as there was very minimal communication scene...we had to write and use sign languages...there's no english at all...we reached Windows of the World but it was raining heavily...so, we went to Holiday Plaza across the street...Abema had his first shopping attempt...i think he bought a Tshirt there...and we had Ben & Jerry's ice cream treats...yeay...
back to Hong Kong, we went to Ma's Restaurant (a Muslim Chinese cuisine restaurant)...we had nice Soup Noodle, Spicy Szhechuan Noodle, Black Pepper Fried Noodle, Chinese Fried Rice, Pineapple Fried Rice, North - style Steamed Lamb Dumplings and Chicken Dumplings...ermmm...yummy...
after dinner, we went to look around for souvenirs at Temple Street Night Market...
Day 4 (10/06/09) - Commemorating history and $hopping day...
i woke up early with Jemi and we went out to the Golden Bauhinia Square to witness the raising flag ceremony, which took place in front of the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre at Wan Chai waterfront...
the ceremony at 750am lasted for merely 10 minutes...Jemi and me then went to get breakfast...we bought parathas and curry and rice and omelettes and boiled eggs for HK$125...the best thing was we paid all with our excess coins...
we went shopping at Hong Kong Times Square and Harbour City - Hong Kong's largest shopping mall...at 8pm, we were able to witness the Symphony of Lights laser show at the Harbour City's rooftop...this time, it was for real...ohh yaa...we had pizza for dinner at Ebeneezer's Kebabs & Pizzeria...
Day 5 (11/06/09) - back to home sweet home...yeay...
p/s: pictures can be viewed at my FB page...will upload some here...
yesterday, i went ryan's rim hunting with my brothers - Jemi and Baby Adik...we went to 7 tyre service centres all around Klang...this is actually my birthday present for myself...yeehaaa!yeay...yeay... initial rim
my brothers have helped narrowing down my options...thank you guys...we went looking for 17" Honda Type R white-coloured rims / Advanti Maze-R (with blue-coloured side lips) / Advanti S Limited Edition (copper-coloured lips) / Lenso alloy wheels...
my brothers' dream rims will always be the OZ ultraleggera series...we found out that second-hand OZ rims costs at least MYR3K++/set...
anyway, here are the outcome:
new rim
Ryan then
Ryan now
jangan dititiskan air matamuohh my...too many things occupied my time nowadays...ergo, i'm kinda lazy to update and now everything that i would want to share seems to pile up...it comes to the point of having this short and sweet entry okay...
back from labuan, i was feeling very tired but still have to go to the office on Friday(17/10)...went there by bus early in the morning...and managed to reach the office nearly around 830am...alaa...boss was not around...hehehe...1st thing to do was to submit the travel claim request...yeay...not much though...might as well cover 1/3 of my total spending in labuan...okaylaa tu...
then, it was MYPR issue...got stuck since i don't even have my IPC...nobody was around to discuss with...hrmm...
i went for a long lunch date with Beebee and Syiera at the Taste of India (next to the Chakri Palace)...food was nice but service was very poor...the waiters were dumb in response to our needs...
Saturday (18/10)
went to Fuziani's house in Kg Tok Muda with mama and abah...later, we stopped by at mama's friend's house at Taman Perepat...
Sunday (19/10)
after quick breakfast with mama and abah, went back to Setapak early in the morning...i stopped by at Abema's place and was happily enjoying Kak Intan's Laksa Kelantan and Roti Jala...in the afternoon, went to Yulie's open house at Renjana Ampang Condominium...we had nice Nasi Lemak there...
Monday (20/10)
slipped out of the office to send Ryan for his 1000km service...yeay...
Tuesday (21/10)
went to KLSSPE Lucheon Talk at Impiana KLCC...arrived late and we (the latecomers) were addressed to have buffet lunch at the Tonka Bean Cafe downstairs instead of being served at the function room...yeay...i didn't pay much attention to the talk (the topic was not much of my interest or maybe i'm just too sleepy at that time)...anyway, was quite happy in meeting friends - Limau, Lee Jean and Saradha...
Wednesday (22/10)
Suzie came back from the offshore...went back early today and straight-away headed to Abema's house to make jellies for tomorrow's occasion...
Thursday (23/10)
our department had a raya gathering...i brought two kinds of jellies - Pandan Coconut Milk Jelly & Rose Milk Jelly...the food was okay - we had Soto, Lontong, Chicken Rendang, and Satay...i didn't stay long since i've planned to accompany Pipah to buy her new sandals...after surveying for half an hour, we settled on Crocs sandals...
Friday (24/10)
today, my boss came to the office and we had conversations on my development program a.k.a. MYPR...later, i went for usual long Friday lunch date with my girlfriends...Beebee came to fetch us to Jalan Yap Kwan Seng's Oldtown Kopitiam...had so much fun gossiping, sharing and caring...
went back early and pack my things before went to Abema's place...i took my nephews to Alpha Angle after Maghrib prayers to buy wedding gift for Kadak...
Saturday (25/10)
a very tiring day indeed...after having breakfast with Abema's family, i took off with Iman heading to Mimi's house in Seremban...quite lucky to overcame the jam...arrived at Mimi's nearly around 11am and were served with Spaghetti Bolognese and Chocolate Indulgence Cake...uuu...very nice...
we waited for the others before going to Kadak's reception in Jasin...Mimi had a ride in Ryan together with me and Iman...
arrived at Kadak's at around 2pm and were very pleased to see soooo many familiar faces...it was like a hugh reunion...really...wishing mine would be like this - where everyone makes the effort to turn up despite the long journey...
after about an hour, we had our leave and went to Iza's open house at Bemban...Iza's mum made Pengat Keledek, currypuffs (my favourite) and Mamak-Style Fried Mee...
our last stop was Etai's open house at Taman Merdeka, Ayer Keroh...since Etai's mum haven't finish with the cooking yet and we were already full actually, all of us had plenty of time to rest and ease down our stomachs..we took our turn to pray and eventually have a look at Etai's photo albums on her recent trip to Ireland (to send off her sister at RCSI)...we then had our Chicken Rice dinner at Etai's...
by the time i reached home at around 930pm, Iman was already sleeping exhaustily...poor boy...
Sunday (26/10)
Abema's family came today...so does several family members from Kelantan...i dutifully help my mama in preparing our signature Family Chicken Rice and Char Kuey Teow...
Monday (27/10)
today, i was supposed to study as i will be sitting for 3 Heriot Watt exam papers...no mood laa...
please do pray for my success, okay...
the schedule:
29/10 - production technology II
03/11 - petroleum economics
04/11 - reservoir simulation
i'm going to UTP tomorrow...waargghhhh...
to my miserable friends out there, try to force ourself to be happy...miracles do happen...these are all HIS works...
all of us have issues...need to live through them...day in day out...i try to remain positive all the time...
got this very inspiring encouragement advice from Mimi the last time: "alaa Aliza, kalu ko bawak kancil (or any other kereta kecil), kalu takde BF tu, tadelaa jugak...tapi, kalu ko bawak Ryan, tade BF pun puas hati..."
yess..i agree...the 'kolot' men's mentality are up to their 'kolot'ness laa...
meanwhile, Kak Linda has also gave me some good advice: "kalau kite kawen just bcoz nak tutup mulut orang buat ape...nnt kalu kite susah lps kawen pun org bcakap juge...kite x bole nk puaskan hati sume orang, baik laa puaskan hati sendiri..."
liza - syukur with what i have...insyaAllah, everything will turn out just right...
i celebrated aidilfitri 2008 with my family in klang...morning - family time...afternoon - relatives came to visit (Cik Ti's family and Abe Ba' & wife)...evening - Abema and family came...
i was expecting the village children to come and collect duit raya but none of them drop by our house today...from our family hall, we overheard this particular conversation by several passing children... "eh, kite nak singgah ke tak nak ni?!" "banyaknye kereta...macam penuh je...nanti2 lah kite datang!" huhuhu~~actually they were fooled by the cars parked within our house compound...fyi,the ratio is 1:1 okay...so, at one particular time, we will have at least 6 cars...
mood today:
ohh yaa...before i forget, let me thank all of you who had sent raya cards, raya SMSes and some even gave me raya calls...all past sins were forgiven and rest assured 'dihalalkan' everything except money matters ok...thanks again :P
...sweet me...
...my family's juadah raya...
...we are having 'lontong' and fried meehoon...nyumm nyumm...
...raya cookies/pickles/chips/cakes (17 varieties) with me...
...my loving parents...
...abah, me, jeleen and mama...
...jeleen, mama and me...
...jemi and me...
...jeleen and baby adik...
...my siblings and me...
...me and ryan...
...iman and me...
...me, afif and 'aina...
...CikJa and CikLeen with adorable niece and nephews...
...happy family...
happy 7th birthday to my favourite nephew, Iman...may you always be blessed...enjoying life to the fullest...having extreme joy, fun & laughter...Cik Ja loves you soooo very much!
ohh well...today i had a great day...actually, i was ecstatic ever since i got the sms of ryan's arrival yesterday evening right after ifthar...hehe...yeay...
so, today i went to settle ryan's agreement signatory process, paid up ryan's downpayment balance, discussing insurance and whatsnot...after that, i went to check on ryan...jengjengjeng...
...ryan's awesome dashboard interior...
...ryan's superb leather steering wheel...ahh...just can't wait to maneuvre on the paddle shift...
...already 15km...
...ryan's front pose...
...ryan's rear pose...
i'm quite unhappy about the plate number's arrangement for the rear side...and guess what, they'll change it later...it should read as WRV151 in a straight-line manner, ok...
see, ryan is smiling!
i left ryan to the Honda crew to install the rear spoiler and side step garnish...will return on thursday for registration...yeay...yeay...
waa... 'Aina's concentrating... well well well...
tada...
show to Cik Ja and all to see...
making raya cards for friends...nice!
as we are getting nearer to the blissful month of Ramadhan, i guess it's best for me to share the story of my adorable 2 1/2 yrs old nephew, Afif...
as you might find in my previous post, i've been with Abema's kids for the whole of last week...a babysitter i was, i became the centre of attraction to Afif...
no more calling of "Bibik~~~Bibik~~~"...everything became "Cik Ja~~~Cik Ja~~~"...
during playtime: "Cik Ja~~~main dengan Afif" or "Cik Ja~~~Afif nak 611" (note: Astro Ceria channel 611)
at makan time: "Afif nak Cik Ja suap..."
after bath time: "Cik Ja pakeikan pipers..."
after dressing his pampers: "Afif nak pakei baju bawah/atas"
(note: baju bawah (folded clothes) = clothes used at home, baju atas (hanged clothes) = clothes used for outings)
and many many more requests for "Cik Ja~~~"
until at one particular afternoon i purposely refused to one of his request to watch video clip of Saiful Apek's Aspalela song at YouTube.com...my reason was i was going to perform Zohor prayer first...guess what's next?!!
"Afif nak semayang same Cik Ja buleh tak?"
okay my dear...
so, he quickly took another prayer rug from the closet and placed it next to mine's...he even wore his green 'kopiah' (present from mama)...
here goes - "Allahu Akbar!" (note the wrong Qiblah - ahh, nevermind)...
he left the next rukun of bow position (Ruku') and straight-away go to the prostration position (Sujud)...a long, long one...
and this was the transition period (Tahiyyat) in between the prostration...
and finally the Dua' session after the prayers...aminn...
alalalalala so cute...
Happy Ramadhan, folks!
last friday, my family were alerted by Abema's parents-in-law that Kak Intan was admitted to Room 7, Wad As-Salam, Hospital PUSRAWI due to low blood pressure...my mama called Abema and was reassured by him that he's returning from his Lumut business trip to take care of things that very night...
...Wall.E & Eve...
...my lunch - Claypot Squid Rice with Prawns...
'Aina and her sizzling mee
Iman and his sizzling mee (note the gravy stain at his mouth)then, i went to the Surau while Jeleen searched for her new sandals with the kids...
later while looking around, we came across the Kinder JOY promotion campaign at the North Court...'Aina and Iman were delighted to have a go at Kinderino's sand art and colouring activities...after finishing with their masterpieces, they were given free samples of the new Kinder JOY chocolates and some goodies (notebooks and car signs)...
Iman & 'Aina with their sand art...on the stage (left) - Kinderino
hand painting - 'Aina (butterfly) & Iman (spider)
Iman getting his hair cut
huhu...look at Iman's serious face...
tada...'Aina's new lookohh yaaa...just sharing what i bought for myself :
a 'blink blink' A keychain & Ryan's keychain
a Hello Kitty water bottle
Mahathir Mohamad - an illustrated biography
