Sunday, April 5, 2009
Please wait until i feel okay...
Truly.....i have mount of things to share in here. And i keep reminding myself that i won't omit them even one. It is just...i feel that i am not that okay and not really have a 'sincere' available time to write. At this very moment, i am sitting at the coffee house and do my work which i actually intended to go to the office and do my work from there. It's Sunday. Just imagine how i feel lately....with lots of work and at the same time not having stabil mind...if i am the type of creature that is not eating and drinking...i won't be here. The hunger drove me out from my room and dragged my feet to come here. I never did this before. I hardly cook, for now. May Allah bless me in this difficult period. May Allah strengthen my heart in whatever i do. Amin...
Thursday, March 5, 2009
My Best Moments with KDU
Dear readers,
I have been working with KDU for almost 5 years (another 1 month turns 5 yrs), with lots of ups and downs...as my second job exeprience (Flamingo was the first). Here i would like to make a list of best moments of me and KDU (sounds so sentimental laaarrrrr...don't get emotional ok? I am not leaving anyway - for now hehe)
We took this picture to memorize once we knew how to dance in Nigerian style with creative costume that inspired by Mr. Ben (our Nigerian colleague - far left). All clothes had brought by Ben except the kain batik that surrounded our head were mine and K.Zizah's. The picture was taken when we were in the waiting room of the hotel, before performing.
When we were on stage and became the climax event for the night!!! And as we expected (i was the one who kept saying this), we won for the best performance of the night! People can see the video in the youtube, it is good and stunning huh...! Two thumbs up guys!
I have been working with KDU for almost 5 years (another 1 month turns 5 yrs), with lots of ups and downs...as my second job exeprience (Flamingo was the first). Here i would like to make a list of best moments of me and KDU (sounds so sentimental laaarrrrr...don't get emotional ok? I am not leaving anyway - for now hehe)
- Celebrating KDU 25th Anniversary Dinner (2008) at One World Hotel.
This is half of our team of Pre-University Department (the 
other half sitting next to our table). Our speciality compared to other department is, we are so sepakat in doing every single thing . In that event, people could see that we were all 'men in black' and 'women in black'. Vogue, elegant and bold. That's what i can describe of my team.
We took this picture to memorize once we knew how to dance in Nigerian style with creative costume that inspired by Mr. Ben (our Nigerian colleague - far left). All clothes had brought by Ben except the kain batik that surrounded our head were mine and K.Zizah's. The picture was taken when we were in the waiting room of the hotel, before performing.
When we were on stage and became the climax event for the night!!! And as we expected (i was the one who kept saying this), we won for the best performance of the night! People can see the video in the youtube, it is good and stunning huh...! Two thumbs up guys!
- Watching the play by Pre-U students and most of then are my students! I am so proud of them and my colleague Hema (the producer). Too bad i dont have their picture. But promise to insert one when i have it.
- A Department Trip to Cameron Highlands - this will be excitingly explained in the coming entry. Tungguuuuuuuu!
So, these three are the memorable moment with my Pre-U team. Andaikata kaki ini ingin melangkah pergi, kau tetap di hati ku....
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Waktu-waktu yang Mustajab untuk Berdoa
"Dua doa yang tidak pernah ditolak; doa ketika waktu azan dan doa ketika waktu hujan."
Allah memberikan setiap waktu dengan keutamaan yang berbeza-beza, di antaranya ada waktu-waktu tertentu yang sangat baik untuk berdoa, akan tetapi kebanyakan orang mensia-siakan kesempatan yang baik tersebut. Mereka menyangka bahawa seluruh waktu memiliki nilai yang sama dan tidak berbeza. Setiap muslim seharusnya memanfaatkan waktu-waktu yang utama dan mulia untuk berdoa agar mendapat kejayaan, keuntungan, kemenangan dan keselamatan. Adapun waktu-waktu mustajab tersebut antara lain ialah:
1. Sepertiga akhir malam
2. Tatkala berbuka puasa bagi orang yang berpuasa
3. Setiap selepas sembahyang fardu
4. Ketika saat perang berkecamuk
5. Sesaat ketika Hari Jumaat
6. Ketika waktu bangun tidur pada malam hari bagi orang yang sebelum tidur dalam keadaan suci dan berdhikir kepada Allah
7. Doa di antara azan dan iqamah
8. Doa ketika waktu sujud di dalam sembahyang
9. Doa saat sedang hujan
10. Ketika saat ajal tiba
11. Doa ketika Hari Arafah
"Janganlah kalian berdoa untuk diri kalian kecuali kebaikan, kerana para malaikat mengamini apa yang kamu ucapkan."
Monday, February 23, 2009
"Miss, please do something about this"
Sedang saya asyik leka buat kerja, datang seorang student...menghampiri saya dan dengan pelat Melayu he said; "Miss Yati, saya ada sesuatu nak beritahu dengan Miss Yati". Dengan hairan saya memandang muka pelajar yang innocent itu sambil berkata "what is it about?" "Kawan saya kata dia tak percaya tuhan". Saya tak tau nak tunjuk reaksi macam mana... terkejut? or takut?
This student (student A) looks Chinese. In mind, i was thinking that how nice he is because he is a Chinese and yet concern about his friend's faith. And then, we talked a little bit more then i realized that he is not a non-Muslim. He is a Muslim. His parents converted to Islam and he is actually from China. (credit goes to him as he is able to speak Malay, quite well). Feeling that he was really worried about his friend and i myself was also thinking on how can I approach this daring student, i managed to get his student ID and name, of course. (my next action would be investigating his profiles first before calling his parents, to know their background). I comforted this student and said that i will take any possibly action on this matter. Again, he looked so serious and worried. When he was about to leave my place (my not too privacy cubicle), he said "Miss, please do something about this". I nodded and smiled.
The student (yang berkata dia tak percaya tuhan) named Huzaifah (bukan nama sebenar) telah ku jumpai. (bukan jumpa orangnya tapi profile nya). Shockingly, it was stated 'spastic student' in hsi profile. Ha???? Spastic? Macam mana seorang spastic boleh masuk ke program A-Level? Okay bertenang.... i then checked with Grenall (another lecturer) who is teaching Maths for this group and Jaya (the one who counceled his parents). He is not a spastic child, but autistic. Now i understand why he was boldly claimed that he doesn't believe in God. Dia sakit.
Few days later, i bumped into the student A and told him about his friend, Huzaifah. Surprisingly, he was not really satisfied with my explanation and i could see from his face expression that he wanted me to talk directly to Huzaifah and take him back to Islam. I think he did not understand what autism is. Or maybe i was the one who don't understand? In my view, i would say that this student (let's call student B) is not aware of what he is talking about. Even in class one could see him behaving like a child, sitting far away from other people at the corner of the class and keep calling his teacher when asking for an answer. It is not normal. (and also, i'm not to reveal his SPM result in here, but how could he be accepted to the program with such a result if he is a normal student?). Okay settled. Don't have to call his parents to get detail as i myself could understand the situation.
Pertaining to my reaction of terkejut or takut....
This student (student A) looks Chinese. In mind, i was thinking that how nice he is because he is a Chinese and yet concern about his friend's faith. And then, we talked a little bit more then i realized that he is not a non-Muslim. He is a Muslim. His parents converted to Islam and he is actually from China. (credit goes to him as he is able to speak Malay, quite well). Feeling that he was really worried about his friend and i myself was also thinking on how can I approach this daring student, i managed to get his student ID and name, of course. (my next action would be investigating his profiles first before calling his parents, to know their background). I comforted this student and said that i will take any possibly action on this matter. Again, he looked so serious and worried. When he was about to leave my place (my not too privacy cubicle), he said "Miss, please do something about this". I nodded and smiled.
The student (yang berkata dia tak percaya tuhan) named Huzaifah (bukan nama sebenar) telah ku jumpai. (bukan jumpa orangnya tapi profile nya). Shockingly, it was stated 'spastic student' in hsi profile. Ha???? Spastic? Macam mana seorang spastic boleh masuk ke program A-Level? Okay bertenang.... i then checked with Grenall (another lecturer) who is teaching Maths for this group and Jaya (the one who counceled his parents). He is not a spastic child, but autistic. Now i understand why he was boldly claimed that he doesn't believe in God. Dia sakit.
Few days later, i bumped into the student A and told him about his friend, Huzaifah. Surprisingly, he was not really satisfied with my explanation and i could see from his face expression that he wanted me to talk directly to Huzaifah and take him back to Islam. I think he did not understand what autism is. Or maybe i was the one who don't understand? In my view, i would say that this student (let's call student B) is not aware of what he is talking about. Even in class one could see him behaving like a child, sitting far away from other people at the corner of the class and keep calling his teacher when asking for an answer. It is not normal. (and also, i'm not to reveal his SPM result in here, but how could he be accepted to the program with such a result if he is a normal student?). Okay settled. Don't have to call his parents to get detail as i myself could understand the situation.
Pertaining to my reaction of terkejut or takut....
- Definitely sesiapa sahaja akan terkejut sekiranya mendengar seseorang telah murtad (or commit apostasy) or become an apostate, secara live.
- Obviously saya takut sebab in this case, the responsibility is on me (no one else in the college, officially). Because, it's my duty to take him back to Islam (if he is really do).
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The day i think that Mummy has insomnia
Amayn and Mummy in last Raya
This morning, while i was ironing my baju and tudung to work, i was listening to MHI and the topic discussed (by Elly and Mazidul) was on Insomnia. All of a sudden, saya teringat kat Mummy dan recall balik bahawa selama ni memang Mummy:
- langsung tak boleh tidur
- susah untuk tidur
- tidur hanya sekejap-sekejap
- selalu nak bersembang semasa anak-anak dah nak tidur
- buat-buat tidur padahal kakinya bergerak-gerak (and this had been realized by Lumi and Amayn, when the two of them was sleeping next to Mummy)
- cuba untuk nap di siang hari dan cepat tersedar
Pity my mother, she is fighting against insomnia. This might be due to:
- her medication (sesetengah ubat boleh membuatkan seseorang terangsang terhadap ubat yang diambil)
- dalam proses menopause dan telah menopause (kerana perubahan hormon)
- thinking o
f so many things (hal anak-anak dan sekeliling, because she is so perfectionist!)
Take note, that i am proud of her sebab anak-anak dapat mewarisi sifat-sifat keibuan dan keisterian mithali dimana kami juga akan menjadi orang yang pentingkan kesempurnaan dalam beberapa perkara :p, sometimes.
Pernah sekali saya teringat kami telah merancang untuk ke satu destinasi, dan Mummy telah terlelap di pagi itu. Sedang kami bersiap-siap, saya tak sampai hati nak mengejutkan beliau dan membiarkan sahaja beliau menikmati tidur yang sekejap itu....kesian Mummy...
Monday, February 16, 2009
The day i have to 'redha' ketentuanNya
Setiap manusia hanya merancang, hanya tuhan yang menentukan. Kita selalu sahaja mendengar pepatah tersebut dan alhamdulillah, sebagai seorang Islam, kita mampu untuk menerima setiap dugaan dan ujian dari-Nya. InsyaAllah. Percayalah, setiap apa yang berlaku pasti ada hikmahnya. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui setiap apa yang berlaku kepada hambaNya.
Marilah kita sama-sama mendekatkan diri kepada Ilahi, semoga dilimpahi rahmatNya dan marilah kita sama-sama bersyukur dengan apa yang diberi, semoga Allah menggandakan lagi nikmatNya.
Hari ini, aku merelakan dan redha dengan ketentuan Mu ya Allah. Kuatkanlah hati ini. Amin.
Friday, February 13, 2009
More pictures of a Budget Trip
Ada pirate kat atas tu agaknya....
I look so fat in the pictures
Nak tarik sauh
At the St. Paul's Church
Train nak balik Wakaf Bharu ke ni?
Jonker Walk at night
The Menara Taming Sari
"Abang beca, abang beca di tengah jalan.." (Sing it loudly..)
I look so fat in the pictures
Nak tarik sauh
At the St. Paul's Church
Train nak balik Wakaf Bharu ke ni?
Jonker Walk at night
The Menara Taming Sari
"Abang beca, abang beca di tengah jalan.." (Sing it loudly..)
Upin and Ipin
I like the girl voiced in this movie, Adik fatihah
Can't wait for August to commit myself in congregational Terawih...
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Loneliness
What do you do when you start feeling lonely? That is a very general question and yet rarely asked directly to us. I suppose every soul would have felt this once or more or everyday, in his/her life. Do i feel lonely right now? I do not know. I myself trying to figure this feeling out. I do not feel myself today at the same time. What is the feeling? Is it a boredom? Well, what can i think for now is reaching the good moment that will come in March. My youngest sister Anis will be finishing her JAD (Japanese Associate Degree) program and a week after that she will fly to Japan, the Kinki of University (that's how Japanese write, always terbalik, according to Anis), Osaka. It will be like a family gathering soon.
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One more promising excitement for my another sister, Lumi. It is her engagement, with her long time boyfriend since university time. She is always be reminded to give us 'langkah bendul' rings (just to tease her) and she will always start feeling pity to her 'Lutepa' (that's the name given from us). Well, i think she is now happy buying those gift for the hantaran. I am definitely happy for her, very mucy happy.
What is next? Only God knows...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
A Budget Trip 2
Talking about the continuation of the last entry, here it is:
10:00 pm:
Setelah makan-makan, it is a must for us to have a walk...supaya makanan cepat 'turun' hehehe...we decided to spend time kat area Makhota Parade and the new shopping mall (as told by my colleague from Melaka, Yong...). We however, tak masuk ke shopping mall tersebut (so tempted nak pegi actually sebab from outside we can see the boutiques like MNG, Esprit, Padini, Guess etc dan yang menariknya, ianya disusun bersebelahan di antara satu sama lain...memang best la tengok!) kerana i had enough of shopping and spending money in KL...so banyak-banyak bersabar masa tu....(ingat...budget trip hehe).
Apa lagi yang menarik kat sana? Ada Menara Taming Sari...its like bende alah yang ada kat atas Genting cuma this menara dia tak naik dan turun secara mengejut. It goes up slowly and comes down slowly...jeles je kami tengok orang kat dalam tu...huhuhu... sebab apa tau? sebab fees nya rm20 (but again, Yong said if we could show our IC we could get the 50% discount!) Itula akibatnya kalau terlampau kedekut hehehe...we were not even go dekat dengan counter nye :) . At the same area, there were soooo many trishaws...beca yang dihiasi dengan bunga-bunga dan lampu lip-lap. Bukan itu sahaja, ade certain beca yang ada speaker so the pengayuh beca akan play the song....wahhhhh...gamatnya kawasan tu...happening habis! AGAIN....kitorang tak naik beca yang cantik itu..sebab...berharga rm20 (for 2 person, 1 trip - mengelilingi kawasan tersebut, i would say its about 2 km?). One more reason is, kami bertiga, so kalau naik beca, lagi sorang akan keseorangan... (alasan je ni hehe). Dalam kami snap-snap here and snap-snap there (ambik gambar with my cute hphone and Ann's camera), ada satu hamba Allah...perhatikan kami dari dekat (sebab dekat ngan dia je) dan dengan gentleman nya menawarkan kami menikmati duduk di atas beca beliau (beca dia cantik jugak, ada lagu lagiiii...) dan tolong ambil gambar sekali.....terima kasih dik...eh abang... :) When i was stepping down from his flowery trishaw, dia suruh i push this one red button. I tekan. Bunyinya.....kuat, lucu dan terkejut.....tiuuuuuuuuttttttt!. Hahahaha....itu hon beca tersebut. Different beca would have different sound.. Wah...best..best malam tu. Ramai orang.
Kami berjalan-jalan lagi sekeliling..melalui 'rumah merah' (should have a name, i forgot) dan pergi ke Jonker Walk (sebelum tu saya kene gelak kat orang beca sebab i tanya "kat mana jonker road eh"). Right...now kat Jonker Walk, just imagine you are in Petaling Street cuma barang-barang nya lain la sikit and decorated with lights and CNY tanglung..yes..we had a good time too...tapi tak jalan sampai hujung jalan sebab dah penat (tersangat penat, saya dah jalan terbongkok-bongkok sebab sakit pinggang, takde masalah dengan kaki sebab sandal dah selesa..hehe). Kat sana, saya beli beberapa souvenirs untuk bawak balik, especially my sister tersayang Lumi dah kirim something...dalam kepala berfikir-fikir nak beli apa untuk dia...beg ke? selipar ke? baju ke? handphone case ke? (that's what she crazy about) Finally, i bought beberapa chopstick hiasan (i was thinking nak mkn mee dengan bende alah tu). Tak beli banyak sebab esok nak jenjalan lagi......
12.30 am:
PENAT. We bought 3 mineral bottles, the big one, from the 7E, right in front of the Menara and near our car (for 3 of us, was-was nak ambil air dari water cooler hotel). Five minutes later, we reached the hotel and quickly masuk bilik dan mandi, solat dan tidur ..zzzzzzz...
6.30 am:
I prayed first, followed by Ann and Liza. But saya orang last sekali mandi (as usual...suka berselimut dalam selimut). Oh ye, i did bring my own blanket sebab of all the three, saya tak tahan sejuk jadi malam tersebut selimut saya 2 layer. (Ann claimed selimut hotel nipis...ingat Ann..ini Comfort Hotel :P )
7.30 am:
Kami terus pack baju nak balik. Ha? Dah nak balik dah? Hmmm...kami nak keluar dari tempat tu...first, sebab lapar, second, nak buat apa lagi kat situ...check out je la. The check out process was very very simple. Just put your room keys at the counter and say good bye...as the owner said "Sini banyak senang la....".
Untuk cari makan for breakfast, saya kira kami telah berpusing-pusing di jalan yang sama mencari makan sebanyak 2-3 kali (jalan kat sana sehala mostly dan sesat, of course). One of us said "Orang Melaka ni tak makan pagi ke? hehehe...Finally saya teringat semasa menemani Lumi datang for interview kat Jalan Hang Tuah (few months ago), kat sana masih terbayang-bayang lagi kedai-kedai makan. So, saya terus bagitau Ann ikut signboard Jalan Hang Tuah, headed to bandaraya...Alhamdulillah.....akhirnya perut dapat diisi (at that moment, i missed my sister alot, when accompanying her for the MARA interview).
What's for breakfast:
Yati: Meehun Singapore + sotong sambal
Liza: Nasi bubur
Ann: Mee Singapore + Mee+ sotong sambal
9.00 am:
Kami meneruskan pengembaraan kami, ke A Famosa dan muzium (terpaksa pilih beberapa muzium sebab banyak sangat dan kitorang dah tak larats). What i can summarize here is, our day at one of the museums (kat istana replika, they built exactly the same macam istana zaman sultan-sultan dulu), there was this guy, he is the officer there explaining to us about Melaka history. Subhanallah...his story had really brought us to the period of Kesultanan Melayu Melaka. We could imagine the Sultan, Tun Perak, Tun Kudu (Tun Perak's sister), Tun Ali, dan juga pedagang-pedagang dari Gujerat, Siam, yang nak masuk mengadap Sultan. And...the funny part was, all of us was wishing to be part of the story...ada nak jadi gundik la..ada nak naik time machine and perhatikan dari jauh la...ada nak jadi orang kampung basuh kain tepi sungai la (because the istana was actually kat atas bukit, tapi dah dimusnahkan oleh Portugis, so bila baginda beristirehat kat bilik atas sekali (loteng), baginda akan dapat memerhati segala kegiatan di Melaka termasuk la kapal-kapal yang datang berdagang (we could really imagine sebab sungai masih ada kat situ (dijadikan cruise...tempat pelancong naik bot). No wonder la kawasan tu windy sebab di tepi pantai....angin Laut China Selatan. At the museum, i bought the keychains. Seterusnya kami jalan-jalan lagi (kebanyakkan muzium kene tanggalkan kasut dan kami dah collect banyak plastic bag untuk kasut kami, given when we paid the fees). Antara muzium yang lain ialah; Beauty and Endurance Museum, Stamp Museum, (banyak sangat takleh nak sebut & tak ingat actually ), muzium yang ada dalam kapal, and also we managed to go to kedai-kedai souvenirs (again). Kat sana, saya beli beberapa helai ki..(ki? or key? ala...the small kain yang normally pakai kat kepala) and i bought that purposely to wear for snorkeling ok? And i did not know that it is soo cheap; at rm3 each. Again i was so tempted to buy shirts for nephews and niece...tapi saya tau..baju-baju macam tu, bila balik rumah dah nampak macam tak bernilai so tak beli la. And i know one day i will bring my mom and the rest to Melaka, and they will definitely buy those sovenirs! Right Mami??? (my mom will always buy things :P )
2:00 pm:
Dah pukul dua? patutla lapar....kami berjalan balik ke kereta (when we parked, ada 2-3 buah kerete sahaja and now...ade beratus-ratus kereta). It shows how early we were there and Ann managed to park right under the tree, shaded. Kami makan di restoran berhampiran...tak kisah apa lauknya sebab lapar.... (tak berapa sedap though).
3.30 pm:
Can't really recall the exact time. We were on our way back, headed to Kuala Lumpur and singgah kat beberapa tempat lagi like...Taman Buaya, Taman Mini kat Ayer Keroh (at that time, kami dah tak larat nak berjalan, tapi singgah jugak kat situ sebab takut nanti nyesal tak pegi). Kat Taman Buaya, tak berapa best sebab kawasan tak terjaga dan buaya dah macam tua-tua dah...lembap tak bergerak (there were a few la...kami sempat tengok buaya dan orang perform sama-sama) and kat Taman Mini, we did not enter that place actually sebab fees dia mahal rm10 hehehe...so park kete and beli buah...nak hilang dahaga. (i wanted to go in actually huhuhuh). After that, kami betul-betul bertolak ke KL.
Berhenti di R&R (Seremban i think) dan minum di Shalala Coffee...best...i ordered Ice Blended Mocha Capuccino dan pergi ke food court makan...
Liza: Yong Taw Fu
Ann: Kuey Tiaw Sup
Yati: Cucur udang (my cucur udang yang paling sedap....Liza yang belikan untuk semua tapi saya yang conquer hehe)
Around 6:00 pm:
Kami sampai di Kota Damansara di kediaman kami. Jiran-jiran semacam jeles melihat kami keluarkan beg-beg dari kereta dan attire kami yang nampak macam baru balik melancong hehehehehe.....lets not talk about our face....muka berminyak dan penat.... Saya memandang sekilas ke arah kereta kesayangan yang ditinggalkan semalaman...alhamdulillah...selamat..
To conclude with, the trip was really a budget trip because:
1. We did not use my car (the petrol would be double)
2. We thought many many times before buying those souvenirs
3. We checked in at the cheap hotel
4. We did not have experience 'naiking' the flowery and colourful beca
5. We did not get in the Menara Taming Sari
6. We did not enter the Taman Mini :(
So how much was the cost??? It was ONLY RM89.60++ (plus our breakfast, lunch, and dinner at Sg. Duyung, museum tickets, souvenirs, petrol and hotel...)
In 6 month times, we will be going to Redang Island.....InsyaAllah...
Talking about the continuation of the last entry, here it is:
10:00 pm:
Setelah makan-makan, it is a must for us to have a walk...supaya makanan cepat 'turun' hehehe...we decided to spend time kat area Makhota Parade and the new shopping mall (as told by my colleague from Melaka, Yong...). We however, tak masuk ke shopping mall tersebut (so tempted nak pegi actually sebab from outside we can see the boutiques like MNG, Esprit, Padini, Guess etc dan yang menariknya, ianya disusun bersebelahan di antara satu sama lain...memang best la tengok!) kerana i had enough of shopping and spending money in KL...so banyak-banyak bersabar masa tu....(ingat...budget trip hehe).
Apa lagi yang menarik kat sana? Ada Menara Taming Sari...its like bende alah yang ada kat atas Genting cuma this menara dia tak naik dan turun secara mengejut. It goes up slowly and comes down slowly...jeles je kami tengok orang kat dalam tu...huhuhu... sebab apa tau? sebab fees nya rm20 (but again, Yong said if we could show our IC we could get the 50% discount!) Itula akibatnya kalau terlampau kedekut hehehe...we were not even go dekat dengan counter nye :) . At the same area, there were soooo many trishaws...beca yang dihiasi dengan bunga-bunga dan lampu lip-lap. Bukan itu sahaja, ade certain beca yang ada speaker so the pengayuh beca akan play the song....wahhhhh...gamatnya kawasan tu...happening habis! AGAIN....kitorang tak naik beca yang cantik itu..sebab...berharga rm20 (for 2 person, 1 trip - mengelilingi kawasan tersebut, i would say its about 2 km?). One more reason is, kami bertiga, so kalau naik beca, lagi sorang akan keseorangan... (alasan je ni hehe). Dalam kami snap-snap here and snap-snap there (ambik gambar with my cute hphone and Ann's camera), ada satu hamba Allah...perhatikan kami dari dekat (sebab dekat ngan dia je) dan dengan gentleman nya menawarkan kami menikmati duduk di atas beca beliau (beca dia cantik jugak, ada lagu lagiiii...) dan tolong ambil gambar sekali.....terima kasih dik...eh abang... :) When i was stepping down from his flowery trishaw, dia suruh i push this one red button. I tekan. Bunyinya.....kuat, lucu dan terkejut.....tiuuuuuuuuttttttt!. Hahahaha....itu hon beca tersebut. Different beca would have different sound.. Wah...best..best malam tu. Ramai orang.
Kami berjalan-jalan lagi sekeliling..melalui 'rumah merah' (should have a name, i forgot) dan pergi ke Jonker Walk (sebelum tu saya kene gelak kat orang beca sebab i tanya "kat mana jonker road eh"). Right...now kat Jonker Walk, just imagine you are in Petaling Street cuma barang-barang nya lain la sikit and decorated with lights and CNY tanglung..yes..we had a good time too...tapi tak jalan sampai hujung jalan sebab dah penat (tersangat penat, saya dah jalan terbongkok-bongkok sebab sakit pinggang, takde masalah dengan kaki sebab sandal dah selesa..hehe). Kat sana, saya beli beberapa souvenirs untuk bawak balik, especially my sister tersayang Lumi dah kirim something...dalam kepala berfikir-fikir nak beli apa untuk dia...beg ke? selipar ke? baju ke? handphone case ke? (that's what she crazy about) Finally, i bought beberapa chopstick hiasan (i was thinking nak mkn mee dengan bende alah tu). Tak beli banyak sebab esok nak jenjalan lagi......
12.30 am:
PENAT. We bought 3 mineral bottles, the big one, from the 7E, right in front of the Menara and near our car (for 3 of us, was-was nak ambil air dari water cooler hotel). Five minutes later, we reached the hotel and quickly masuk bilik dan mandi, solat dan tidur ..zzzzzzz...
6.30 am:
I prayed first, followed by Ann and Liza. But saya orang last sekali mandi (as usual...suka berselimut dalam selimut). Oh ye, i did bring my own blanket sebab of all the three, saya tak tahan sejuk jadi malam tersebut selimut saya 2 layer. (Ann claimed selimut hotel nipis...ingat Ann..ini Comfort Hotel :P )
7.30 am:
Kami terus pack baju nak balik. Ha? Dah nak balik dah? Hmmm...kami nak keluar dari tempat tu...first, sebab lapar, second, nak buat apa lagi kat situ...check out je la. The check out process was very very simple. Just put your room keys at the counter and say good bye...as the owner said "Sini banyak senang la....".
Untuk cari makan for breakfast, saya kira kami telah berpusing-pusing di jalan yang sama mencari makan sebanyak 2-3 kali (jalan kat sana sehala mostly dan sesat, of course). One of us said "Orang Melaka ni tak makan pagi ke? hehehe...Finally saya teringat semasa menemani Lumi datang for interview kat Jalan Hang Tuah (few months ago), kat sana masih terbayang-bayang lagi kedai-kedai makan. So, saya terus bagitau Ann ikut signboard Jalan Hang Tuah, headed to bandaraya...Alhamdulillah.....akhirnya perut dapat diisi (at that moment, i missed my sister alot, when accompanying her for the MARA interview).
What's for breakfast:
Yati: Meehun Singapore + sotong sambal
Liza: Nasi bubur
Ann: Mee Singapore + Mee+ sotong sambal
9.00 am:
Kami meneruskan pengembaraan kami, ke A Famosa dan muzium (terpaksa pilih beberapa muzium sebab banyak sangat dan kitorang dah tak larats). What i can summarize here is, our day at one of the museums (kat istana replika, they built exactly the same macam istana zaman sultan-sultan dulu), there was this guy, he is the officer there explaining to us about Melaka history. Subhanallah...his story had really brought us to the period of Kesultanan Melayu Melaka. We could imagine the Sultan, Tun Perak, Tun Kudu (Tun Perak's sister), Tun Ali, dan juga pedagang-pedagang dari Gujerat, Siam, yang nak masuk mengadap Sultan. And...the funny part was, all of us was wishing to be part of the story...ada nak jadi gundik la..ada nak naik time machine and perhatikan dari jauh la...ada nak jadi orang kampung basuh kain tepi sungai la (because the istana was actually kat atas bukit, tapi dah dimusnahkan oleh Portugis, so bila baginda beristirehat kat bilik atas sekali (loteng), baginda akan dapat memerhati segala kegiatan di Melaka termasuk la kapal-kapal yang datang berdagang (we could really imagine sebab sungai masih ada kat situ (dijadikan cruise...tempat pelancong naik bot). No wonder la kawasan tu windy sebab di tepi pantai....angin Laut China Selatan. At the museum, i bought the keychains. Seterusnya kami jalan-jalan lagi (kebanyakkan muzium kene tanggalkan kasut dan kami dah collect banyak plastic bag untuk kasut kami, given when we paid the fees). Antara muzium yang lain ialah; Beauty and Endurance Museum, Stamp Museum, (banyak sangat takleh nak sebut & tak ingat actually ), muzium yang ada dalam kapal, and also we managed to go to kedai-kedai souvenirs (again). Kat sana, saya beli beberapa helai ki..(ki? or key? ala...the small kain yang normally pakai kat kepala) and i bought that purposely to wear for snorkeling ok? And i did not know that it is soo cheap; at rm3 each. Again i was so tempted to buy shirts for nephews and niece...tapi saya tau..baju-baju macam tu, bila balik rumah dah nampak macam tak bernilai so tak beli la. And i know one day i will bring my mom and the rest to Melaka, and they will definitely buy those sovenirs! Right Mami??? (my mom will always buy things :P )
2:00 pm:
Dah pukul dua? patutla lapar....kami berjalan balik ke kereta (when we parked, ada 2-3 buah kerete sahaja and now...ade beratus-ratus kereta). It shows how early we were there and Ann managed to park right under the tree, shaded. Kami makan di restoran berhampiran...tak kisah apa lauknya sebab lapar.... (tak berapa sedap though).
3.30 pm:
Can't really recall the exact time. We were on our way back, headed to Kuala Lumpur and singgah kat beberapa tempat lagi like...Taman Buaya, Taman Mini kat Ayer Keroh (at that time, kami dah tak larat nak berjalan, tapi singgah jugak kat situ sebab takut nanti nyesal tak pegi). Kat Taman Buaya, tak berapa best sebab kawasan tak terjaga dan buaya dah macam tua-tua dah...lembap tak bergerak (there were a few la...kami sempat tengok buaya dan orang perform sama-sama) and kat Taman Mini, we did not enter that place actually sebab fees dia mahal rm10 hehehe...so park kete and beli buah...nak hilang dahaga. (i wanted to go in actually huhuhuh). After that, kami betul-betul bertolak ke KL.
Berhenti di R&R (Seremban i think) dan minum di Shalala Coffee...best...i ordered Ice Blended Mocha Capuccino dan pergi ke food court makan...
Liza: Yong Taw Fu
Ann: Kuey Tiaw Sup
Yati: Cucur udang (my cucur udang yang paling sedap....Liza yang belikan untuk semua tapi saya yang conquer hehe)
Around 6:00 pm:
Kami sampai di Kota Damansara di kediaman kami. Jiran-jiran semacam jeles melihat kami keluarkan beg-beg dari kereta dan attire kami yang nampak macam baru balik melancong hehehehehe.....lets not talk about our face....muka berminyak dan penat.... Saya memandang sekilas ke arah kereta kesayangan yang ditinggalkan semalaman...alhamdulillah...selamat..
To conclude with, the trip was really a budget trip because:
1. We did not use my car (the petrol would be double)
2. We thought many many times before buying those souvenirs
3. We checked in at the cheap hotel
4. We did not have experience 'naiking' the flowery and colourful beca
5. We did not get in the Menara Taming Sari
6. We did not enter the Taman Mini :(
So how much was the cost??? It was ONLY RM89.60++ (plus our breakfast, lunch, and dinner at Sg. Duyung, museum tickets, souvenirs, petrol and hotel...)
In 6 month times, we will be going to Redang Island.....InsyaAllah...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The day i had a budget trip
Dear blog,
At first, i wanted to write this during my free time i.e after working hour (as i am more careful of doing job / not doing job assigned and this is reflected to wether we are getting halal rezeki or not) . However, after having sakit kepala due to a few new-came-in emails, i decided to write in here so that i would have a 'rest' for a while. Let the emails talk to each other and one party here is having a calm and easy time...hehehe...
If anyone happened to 'facebook' in last few days, housemates and i was 'bercuti-cuti Malaysia' in Melaka. Yes Melaka...i am in love ...with you..... pengalaman lucu dan menarik akan diceritakan di sini....dengan selengkap yang mungkin i hope. Tajuknya berbunyi begini:
A Budget Trip
Sabtu (Feb. 7, 2009)
12:00 noon:
Saya cepat-cepat bergegas pulang dari kelas (my Saturdays' class) sebab nak pack baju dengan semangatnya. Kami plan untuk bertolak selepas solat Zohor, ngam-ngam dengan time saya habis kelas dan seorang lagi housemate habis kelas (LCCI). As i consider myself as a very punctual person, saya grab je apa-apa yang boleh dimakan (kuih yang dibeli untuk breakfast dan buah yang dah sedia ada di atas meja) untuk lunch. Pada masa tu, saya berfikir-fikir mungkin kami akan bertolak pukul 2 pm, right after solat.
2:00 pm:
Saya keluar dari bilik kerana terdengar bunyi TV, kawan serumah dah pun balik dari kelas dan sedang menonton TV....."Eh Liza, dah packing ke belum?"
"Belum, kejap lagi la...baru lepas makan ni". Masa tu saya dah pun berpakaian siap cuma beg je belum dibawak ke ruang tamu. "Packing la dulu...then baru tengok TV" at the same time saya cuba call Ann (She was the driver for the trip; pakai kete dia lah, an Atos sebab petrol lagi murah....ingat kawan-kawan....its a budget trip hehehe) "Yati, lambat lagi ni, kene tunggu spare part for absorber". Okay, so saya pun dengan sabarnya menunggu sebab ini semua bukan salah sesiapa, mungkin orang workshop tu tak inform awal-awal yang service tu akan mengambil masa yang lama (Ann berada di situ since morning! kesian Ann..). Jadi we both tunggula Ann sambil tengok TV sampai dia balik dan mandi (kesian Ann again) dan bertolak lebih kurang pukul 4 pm.
4:00 pm:
Bertolak (melalui NKVE) dan semasa perjalanan, kami sempat contact hotel yang di booked informing them that we will arrive around 6 pm. Later, kami berhenti untuk solat Asar di R&R Seremban dan beli apa yang patut untuk alas perut yang dah pun masuk angin masa tu (saya la yang paling lapar masa tu) and i had a nice kuih pau.
6.30 pm:
Kami sampai ke Melaka Raya dan masing-masing dah pun got excited dan tak sabar nak menikmati ikan bakar...kat mana lagi kalau tak di Umbai. Agak lama juga kami berpusing-pusing dan yang paling kelakar dan menakutkan...owner of the hotel (Comfort Hotel) sanggup nak mencari di mana kami berada. Maka, Liza, yang paling sedap suaranya ditugaskan bercakap dengan owner tersebut as i myself tak berapa paham dia punye chinese accent. At that time, Ann and I dah rasa tak sedap hati dan agreed to find any other hotels. Tak lama selepas tu, akhirnya kami berjaya mencari hotel tersebut, sebab masa nak buat cornering, there was one chinese guy sedang melambai-lambai kami dan menunjukkan arah hotel tersebut. Fuhhhh...finally... Punya la layanan istimewa...siap cari customer lagi hahahahah... The cost for the accommodation was only RM85. Kami bersyukur yang kami selamat check in dan check out dari budget hotel tersebut. Alhamdulillah...
7:00 pm:
Bilik hotel bernombor 109 (it was on the 2nd floor). Kami naik tangga kepenatan sebab takde lift). Keadaan di luar bilik agak menakutkan, terdapat ampaian, kolah kecil dan water cooler. Terdapat sehelai towel merah di ampain tersebut jadi i was thinking that, ada jugak la customer lain di hotel ni. Kami terpaksa mandi di luar ke?? Tidak sama sekali...pintu bilik dibuka, keadaan nya seolah-olah macam rumah cuma katil-katilnya agak kehotelan jugak la. Apa yang ada?
Kami kelaparan! Headed to Muar in order to reach Umbai. There were 2 restaurants kat Sg. Duyung tu, we decided to eat at this kedai (ala Kunang-Kunang punya style) because satu tempat lagi agak crowded dan too bright dengan lampu-lampu.... Here is the ordered seafood:
p/s: terlampau mabuk tengok seafood, kami lupa nak order tomyam yang biasa-biasa tu hehehe.
I just had quarter rice sebab nak ratah lauk....akhirnya Liza jugak yang bejaya habiskan lauk-lauk tu sume.... Alhamdulillah...kami kenyang dan balik ke Melaka Raya dengan gumbiranya :)
Pengalaman yang seterusnya akan disambung di episod akan datang.....(to be continued)
At first, i wanted to write this during my free time i.e after working hour (as i am more careful of doing job / not doing job assigned and this is reflected to wether we are getting halal rezeki or not) . However, after having sakit kepala due to a few new-came-in emails, i decided to write in here so that i would have a 'rest' for a while. Let the emails talk to each other and one party here is having a calm and easy time...hehehe...
If anyone happened to 'facebook' in last few days, housemates and i was 'bercuti-cuti Malaysia' in Melaka. Yes Melaka...i am in love ...with you..... pengalaman lucu dan menarik akan diceritakan di sini....dengan selengkap yang mungkin i hope. Tajuknya berbunyi begini:
A Budget Trip
Sabtu (Feb. 7, 2009)
12:00 noon:
Saya cepat-cepat bergegas pulang dari kelas (my Saturdays' class) sebab nak pack baju dengan semangatnya. Kami plan untuk bertolak selepas solat Zohor, ngam-ngam dengan time saya habis kelas dan seorang lagi housemate habis kelas (LCCI). As i consider myself as a very punctual person, saya grab je apa-apa yang boleh dimakan (kuih yang dibeli untuk breakfast dan buah yang dah sedia ada di atas meja) untuk lunch. Pada masa tu, saya berfikir-fikir mungkin kami akan bertolak pukul 2 pm, right after solat.
2:00 pm:
Saya keluar dari bilik kerana terdengar bunyi TV, kawan serumah dah pun balik dari kelas dan sedang menonton TV....."Eh Liza, dah packing ke belum?"
"Belum, kejap lagi la...baru lepas makan ni". Masa tu saya dah pun berpakaian siap cuma beg je belum dibawak ke ruang tamu. "Packing la dulu...then baru tengok TV" at the same time saya cuba call Ann (She was the driver for the trip; pakai kete dia lah, an Atos sebab petrol lagi murah....ingat kawan-kawan....its a budget trip hehehe) "Yati, lambat lagi ni, kene tunggu spare part for absorber". Okay, so saya pun dengan sabarnya menunggu sebab ini semua bukan salah sesiapa, mungkin orang workshop tu tak inform awal-awal yang service tu akan mengambil masa yang lama (Ann berada di situ since morning! kesian Ann..). Jadi we both tunggula Ann sambil tengok TV sampai dia balik dan mandi (kesian Ann again) dan bertolak lebih kurang pukul 4 pm.
4:00 pm:
Bertolak (melalui NKVE) dan semasa perjalanan, kami sempat contact hotel yang di booked informing them that we will arrive around 6 pm. Later, kami berhenti untuk solat Asar di R&R Seremban dan beli apa yang patut untuk alas perut yang dah pun masuk angin masa tu (saya la yang paling lapar masa tu) and i had a nice kuih pau.
6.30 pm:
Kami sampai ke Melaka Raya dan masing-masing dah pun got excited dan tak sabar nak menikmati ikan bakar...kat mana lagi kalau tak di Umbai. Agak lama juga kami berpusing-pusing dan yang paling kelakar dan menakutkan...owner of the hotel (Comfort Hotel) sanggup nak mencari di mana kami berada. Maka, Liza, yang paling sedap suaranya ditugaskan bercakap dengan owner tersebut as i myself tak berapa paham dia punye chinese accent. At that time, Ann and I dah rasa tak sedap hati dan agreed to find any other hotels. Tak lama selepas tu, akhirnya kami berjaya mencari hotel tersebut, sebab masa nak buat cornering, there was one chinese guy sedang melambai-lambai kami dan menunjukkan arah hotel tersebut. Fuhhhh...finally... Punya la layanan istimewa...siap cari customer lagi hahahahah... The cost for the accommodation was only RM85. Kami bersyukur yang kami selamat check in dan check out dari budget hotel tersebut. Alhamdulillah...
7:00 pm:
Bilik hotel bernombor 109 (it was on the 2nd floor). Kami naik tangga kepenatan sebab takde lift). Keadaan di luar bilik agak menakutkan, terdapat ampaian, kolah kecil dan water cooler. Terdapat sehelai towel merah di ampain tersebut jadi i was thinking that, ada jugak la customer lain di hotel ni. Kami terpaksa mandi di luar ke?? Tidak sama sekali...pintu bilik dibuka, keadaan nya seolah-olah macam rumah cuma katil-katilnya agak kehotelan jugak la. Apa yang ada?
- 1 queen size bed
- 1 single size bed (saya pilih yang ni)
- TV 14 inc dan rak yang masik berfungsi (only could get the ntv7 chanel hehehe)
- almari yang sebelah pintu yang dah tertanggal
- 3 helai tuala (nipis nya towel! we end up jadikan alas kaki, alas sejadah dan alas menggosok)
- tiled floor
- air-cond
- selipar jepun untuk bilik air
- dalam bilik air, ada cebok heheheh....(korang..mana nak carik hotel yang bagi cebok hahahaha, my mom sure happy kalau duk hotel yang ada cebok).
- and other few items like tissue & water heater..(jangan under estimate ya, it is still a hotel)
Kami kelaparan! Headed to Muar in order to reach Umbai. There were 2 restaurants kat Sg. Duyung tu, we decided to eat at this kedai (ala Kunang-Kunang punya style) because satu tempat lagi agak crowded dan too bright dengan lampu-lampu.... Here is the ordered seafood:
- Siakap 800g: RM25.60 (steamed)
- Sotong 250g: RM5,50 (goreng tepung)
- Udang 350g: RM26.30 (bakar)
- Ketam 400g: RM12.00 (black pepper)
- Kupang 300g: RM3.00 (goreng cili, murahnya sebab kupang nya banyaaaak)
- Kailan ikan masin: RM4.50
- Nasi putihx2: RM2.40
- Nasi lemak: RM1.80
- Drinks: RM5.40
- Pencicah kicap with blended chilis....fuhh sedap!
p/s: terlampau mabuk tengok seafood, kami lupa nak order tomyam yang biasa-biasa tu hehehe.
I just had quarter rice sebab nak ratah lauk....akhirnya Liza jugak yang bejaya habiskan lauk-lauk tu sume.... Alhamdulillah...kami kenyang dan balik ke Melaka Raya dengan gumbiranya :)
Pengalaman yang seterusnya akan disambung di episod akan datang.....(to be continued)
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Day 1
Oh my God....finally i am in here! I've been thinking for this quite some times ago. Without telling anyone that aku sebenarnya bercita-cita untuk menulis di sini...after having been inspired by few bloggers out there...yes..there are a few, will reveal them later... :) To begin with, aku sekarang sedang obsessed dengan health and my bodyshape. Not only to get fit, but to have a flat tummy is the most of my concern (which aku doubt boleh flat ke tak). I suppose ramai yang senasib dan seazam dengan diri ini...ingin cantik dan sihat. Untuk mengamalkan detoks (nanti aku cerita in detail ye...sabar..) masih lagi berkira-kira whether i can afford to do so or not. (bagi yang ingin mengamalkannya secara extreme, sila dapatkan nasihat doktor). However, detoks yang paling sihat dan ('tidak merbahaya' dan senang) adalah dengan cara berpuasa. Senang je kan? Yang paling best nya, kita berpuasa but at the same time we are allowed to drink! lagi syok :) So kat sini aku akan summarize setakat mana yang otak aku boleh generate... Juice fasting: Hanya minum fruit juice di samping air putih. (tolong amalkan meminum air putih setelah bangun dari tidur, sebelum anda mandi pagi, kerana ianya akan membuang toksik dalam badan DAN tolonglah cukupkan minum air putih sebanyak lapan gelas sehari...yang mana terlebih tu...bagus la...but for me...mesti jadi penyabar sebab banyak kali ulang-alik ke bilik air!)Tujuh hari: Ha, sebelum kita cerita berkenaan tujuh hari, sebelum anda nekad nak memulakan detoks ini, cuba disiplinkan diri anda dari memakan makanan bergoreng, berlemak, dan yang sewaktu dengannya (maybe in 2 weeks before that). Ok, kita berbalik pada cerita tujuh hari ni. Practice juice fasting selama tujuh hari terlebih dahulu. Ingat!! minum jus buah dan air putih sahaja. Seelok-eloknya, makanlah jenis buah yang sama for that particular day so that the PH would be parallel with our body. Eg. Selasa: mango juice and Rabu: papaya juice.Buah apa?: Hmmm...bukan sembarangan buah tau. Anda boleh la menikmati buah-buahan seperti epal, betik, nenas, mango or lime. Oh bila cakap pasal lime, amalkan jugak minum air putih yang diperah lime (in other words lime juice lah or in Kelantan dialect it is called 'singo beng' hanya Allah yang tau kenapa namanya sebegitu rupa :p )Healing process: Bagi yang betul-betul mengamalkan detoks ini, jangan tersentak sekiranya anda merasa demam-demam, selsema dan lain-lain penyakit (yang bagi saya tak berapa serius la kan, but serious to kids though). Biasanya kita akan mendapat 'sentakan' sebegini dalam tempoh first few days.Baiklah, thats all for now. I will come back again for more info on detox. Surely you are wondering of what detox is. Alah....nak keluarkan toxin dari badan la. Sebab apa tau, bagi orang yang ingin menguruskan badan kerana terasa diri anda berisi atau tembam atau plump etc., anda tidak semestinya menanggung gumpalan2 lemak yang berlebihan, tetapi ada kemungkinan bahawa badan anda mempunyai toxin. Jadi toxin (evil toxin i would say sebab dia degil) inila yang akan buat badan kita comel gebu berisi dan perut anda jadi melondeh yang boleh jadi bantal tu :P Nak buktikan melondeh atau tidak, cuba anda duduk dalam keadaan merangkak sekarang dan lihat ke bawah. Sekiranya ada satu makhluk yang bergantung dan melondeh di perut anda, itula extra pillow yang i maksudkan hehehe. Caution: Sekiranya pasangan anda suka akan extra pillow ini, cuba dapatkan kebenaran beliau terlebih dahulu. I am not referring this pillow kepada sesiapa (yang hidup atau mati) sesungguhnya aku juga mengalaminya...huaaaaaaa!
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