Back Home & Going Off again

Hola...I was attending a resindential course in PJ since Sunday and had problems with my network card which cant read the wireless signal. Else aku dh upload bertan2 entries haha..ye lah tu..

Got tepu with all those Islamic Finance stuffs thrown & shoved down my throat. That's my new world and I looike..tomorrow's session, panel discussion & closing ceremony will be in KL, so I checked-out from the 'haunted hostel' after the class ended today (yesterday, coz it's 2.46am oredi). Haunted ? they say and I felt it but lucky not seeing it...very the jgn pandang belakang

Now, I'm back @home with kids. Just finished another round of packing, we're OFF TO PENANG for a short 2-in-1 break (mkn2 holiday & Norsan's wedding).

So, camera : done
baju kurung : done
heels : done
susu hannah : done
ubat2an : done

and I'm done...

Salam Aidil Adha

Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya Aidil Adha to you my frenz...

As usual, my Adha will be spent in KL. Looking back, I have to admit that I've never been back to Terengganu for Raya Haji. A thought that suddenly made me in tears.

I have accepted that as part and parcel of life. Keep on thinking about it then you tend to be a lil bit ungrateful. Alhamdulillah for what I have had with me and on me. Amiin.

Yay yay..dapat hadiah...

Tapi ibu tak dapat cuti to celebrate with both of you. Lucky babah was there. Hari Anugerah Cemerlang on 17th Nov.

Congrats to both of you. Tho tak dapat Top 3 but it's ok as long as I can see all A's in the report card.

Along was 6th in her class, but 8th for overall Year 3 (out of almost 300 students)

Adan was 5th in his class and overall for Year 1 (about 300 students as well). He was top student for Bahasa Arab wakakaka mana mari ni ? tiba2 x ngaku skolah agama

Both Year 3 & Year 1 got 7 (Yes..SEVEN) classes each. From Amanah up to Gemilang with about 40 students per class. Damn crowded..

You two have done well in your exam. Ibu and babah will try to improve the 'revision system' next year. No more last minute study or night before exam kinda revision. errkk dah beranak pinak pun mcm x leh nak ilang tebiat study last min ni, bahaya nih...

* Time nak upload x jumpa memory card, mana pi ? later...

Majulah Sokan Untuk Kompeni Nov 2009

Acara sukan setahun sekali, ritual tournament gituh konsepnya. Time ni la aku kecut perut sbb nanti kena gelak sama teammate sbb berat bontot (trademark aku tuh).

Main x reti nak lari, klu single x pe la. Main double mau kena smash ngan partner. Kdg2 partner x leh amek bola sbb aku diri depan dia..haha hena sunggoh..

Bahagian posing kami tetap johan, org lain berpeluh warm-up, kami berpeluh carik port nak posing, lepas angle kanan, kiri plak, pastu tukar posisi bagai...

The whole team (termasuklah yours truly ;P) was not as committed as before. Training like 2 weeks before game, 3 times a week, tu pun ponteng. 2 players x attend training langsung, sorang x dtg masa game...hahaha memang ajaib team aku ni.

To make thing even 'sweeter', we found out that we were planning our line-up (terjemahan : susunan pemain ye..khas utk yg bukan spesis bersokan) using the wrong format becoz the captain missed 2 latest meetings. Instead of 1 single and 4 doubles event, it's actually all double events. Ngan player tak dtg lagi..memang 'best' la team tahun ni. Nak wat cemana, letak je la mana2 player yang ada...at 1st agak konfiden leh gi semiF sbb grouping 'ringan'. Group sama ngan BeeSN, M0F, AssC. Ni gambar ngan team AssC

1st game, we estimated 50-50 but due to new format we just put in the only available player for 1st double. We got trashed. 2nd double was trashed as well. Followed by ladies double which we knew a lost cause beforehand. That's it. 3-0 and with that we knew no semiF for us. I went in with may partner for mix double to break the point. We won. 3-1. The last pair went in, and won the game. 3-2. At least our reputation is intact.

2nd game ngan BeeSn konpem la kena belasah. Mana aci game cenggini depa letak state & national player !! 5-0. Yang lawan aku national player, siap cangkung2 aku x tau nak buat apa. Serve..Pangg!!! Chop..Pangg!! Tolak..Pangg!! waaaaa...makkkkk...tak nak kawan. Paling best masa game aku, 2nd set, aku dah kena 10-0 (mata akhir tu..). Skali awek national ni sgtlah dgn obviousnya mem'flip'kan bola ke net...kahkahkah point kesian 11-1 hahaha ada perasaan jugak rupanya dia. Partner aku dh gelak2 sound team diorg 'Wak nayo ko kawe lagu ni weh...', depa bantai gelak tu. Pengumuman : majoriti player tournament adalah ore kelate.

3rd game terpaksa memerah keringat sebab kalau kalah, kami dpt gelaran team belasahan. Team AssC memang x penah menang mana2 game since diorang join. Tapi dulu lagi teruk, memang kena 5-0 saja. Kami yg cikai ni pun belasah depa 5-0 :). But last year depa convert ladies player and a few guys pakai bat pimples, so x dapeklah kami merasa straight win. We won 3-2. Me and my partner sgt struggle sbb both of us can't sweat, dah la pagi, aircon sikit punya kuat, numb fingers siot..pegang bat semacam jek.

Ni partner in crime aku, super junior kat YouYouAm ropanya. Very the anak ikan dikalangan makciks2 satu ketika dulu diulangi..satu ketika dulu. Aku plak yg glamer masa dia mula2 join sbb ramai yg dok cuit tanya mcm2, almaklumlah, very the muda, very the fair & pakai suar very the short. Now, suda jadik bapak ikan..tidak glamer lagi hahaha. Dia juga suda naik pangkat jadik partner in crime kategori shopping, tukang swipe card ctBank masa aku nk belasah my Aldo platform. 37% maaaaa. Jgn bini dia check statement suda..mampos aku !! ke dia yg mampos hahaha jahat aku ni, tapi dia kena b'jasa kat kakak di yg sorang ni..

Tapikan..ikut ati mau jek aku main dart ngan carom next year. Takde acara berpeluh dah, bedak tak cair, kan ?

Reno : Scrapped No.1 - Water Meter

I planned to put my water meter inside the refuse chamber like this. It's neat and I like it so much.

However, I was advised by the contractor to maintain it out of the box to facilitate future maintenance. It would be easier if there is an underground leak bla bla...

So the 1st thing that I WISHED but had to SCRAP.

To tell you the truth, I'm actually sad that the idea had to be scrapped, it does make me sleepless that night.

Hari Kantin la pulak...31 Oct 2009

Dah kena hint ngan anak murid, terpaksa la hapdet byk sikit. hahaha Mek da, soheh dok leh lawang mung nge Sydde weh...

Entry selingan in between GC punya entries
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Bila laki takde kat umah, apa korang buat ?

Meronggeng

Dengan ?

Bespren kecik

Kat mana ?

Kat sekolah bespren

Ada apa ?

Acara mengepau duit bespren besar...

saksikan adegan2 seterusnya, maleh nak nulisnya...hahaha

Apa2 hal soru dulu, Along try mkn soto gerai Darjah 3

Perghh...shuffler beb. Muka harus divo..tgk awek2 terpegun kat belakang. Bajet abih glamer la tu
Ambik gambar dgn Rocky, si Ular Sawa. Takpelah Rocky..saya ambik gambar awak je la

Court yg diconvert jadik 'zon perdagangan' tapi x sebest last year

Perabih kupon, beli la apa2 yang patut

Wah..hensem, gaya ala Maw1 pun ia...

Masa ni dah basah baju, panas gila...

Jumpa balik dgn Along. Aku lepas jek dia jln dgn kawan2 dia

Keychain lagi, 1 extra, birthday present for kwn Along, Nureen

Aku nak pengsan masa tengok show ni. Goyang gerudi babe...rapat ke lantai dia drill. Makcik2 sebelah aku membebel 'Ya Allah, anak sapa la ni. Kecik2 dah gini, besok besar ntah apa nak jadi' hahaha Along x tahan, last2 bgtau dia nak jugak karikatur dia..sib baik gerai x tutup lagi


Sekian, laporan dari saya...

Gold Coast 2009 : Day1 - 13 June 2009

To those who wanted to know the hows, what, where, when of my trip, bawak bersabar ye...biaq cheq ceghita peghabih dulu naaaaa...the reference link sites andd all will be given later. complete with do's and dont's or what ifs...okey ??

Let's rolllll

We bought the ticket in Nov 2008, about Rm9k++ for 6 of us. Subscribed to brokbeng and started my planning around Feb. DIY from scratch with zero knowledge except a story about the themeparks.

Gi buat passport for the kids, tukar duit sikit sbb rate tgh murah, brg2 yg nak pakai immediate like new stroller, comfy jackets beli sikit2. Visa, flu jab were done 2 weeks b4 departure.

Inilah dia beg hikmat saya. 1 luggage for 5 of us coz we rented a self-contained apartment (term kat sana ye), sini kita panggei fully-furnish la kot ye..tektik yang telah dirancang dari awal oleh shopaholic mummy :) Agak2 x cukup kita beli baru la kan ? Other than that, I knew I'm a great packer hehe.

All in all, aku telah menge'pack' brg2 ini :

Check-in
1 big luggage for baju bajan (not even full)
1 small luggage for foodstuff (this will be explained in detail later esp. for those with babies & those planning to cook)

Hand carry
1 knapsack
2 strollers
1 baby bag

Nilah dia muka sebenar cik Hannah klu time mamai or bebai hahaha..dia bengang aku x bagi ikut babah masuk check-in line. Apa2hal pun berpegang teguh dgn beg talian hidup dia tuh..ada 1 botol susu (mls nak bancuh due to that 100ml restrictions, bancuh onboard nanti) + 3 compartment susu to survive +- 12-hour journey. Tak cukup kalu, milk-machine ada to 'dispense' the fresh one ;P

Muka kalau dah tahap ni, jgn la buat silap, silap ayat ke silap intonasi ke, haruslah jadik bahan dia nak melalak

Along tergedik2 happy, dah check-in katanya, tak sabar nak naik flight jauh2, selalu balik Trg, x sempat minum air oren dah nak landing dah hehe...beg baru tuh, promise nak beli kat GC, sib baik beli siap2 sbb sana takde. Tapi end-up jadik baby bag, takpe dia redhoo...TQ Along

Dah check-in, merayap cari mkn la pulak, jumpa keter sepot ni, excited la the boys..wajib posing seround dulu.

Itu encik supir yg menhantar kami ke airport, malam before that kami landing kat umah dia dulu sbb closer to KLIA. TQ to both of you bro & sis for the 'service'.

Pusing sana-sini end up kat MekDi sbb memikirkan buat pe nak kenyang, ats flight nanti kebuntat depa bagi makan. So light breakfast adanya. Masa ni Hannah tak kawan ibu sbb merajuk kena marah. Dia tumpahkan kopi panas atas ribaanku..umang aiii..masak 'cik adik' aku !! Tukar sepentot sajor sbb jeans mmg xde bekal..

Seating arrangement tlh diatur dgn bijak, di barisan hadapan haruslah tukang booking tiket, my SIL, idola anak2 aku. Masa dia jumpa tiket murah ni dia baru balik tour europe, masih dlm emosi nak berjalan so dia pun masuk geng. Really helped me a lot lah. Klu kami berdua je nak handle all agak kalut jugak kot, so senang klu ada apa2. Everyone sorta got their own guardian.

Barisan kedua dikawal oleh ketua kumpulan dan budak terlebih happy, bukan happy nak travel happy sbb dpt mkn croissant. Baru dia tau croissant panas2 tu sedap..

Manakala barisan ketiga, agak malang kerana berada pada posisi wing, maka tidak bertingkap adanya. Lemas tau, aku ni suka ambik gambar, takdak tingkap kalu..cemana ? Sib baik diva kecik tak memberontak...tu pun dah rasuah ngan movie wall-e yg mana aku kena pegang headphonenya sbb maha besar, tak lekat kat kepala dia. Sambil2 tgk movie, sempat la jgk dia picit button panggey awek. Tau2 ada steward sebelah aku tnya, 'Yes mem ?'...dan aku hanya mampu jawab 'Yess??' sambil terkebil2 aku tgk dia dan dia tgk aku...hahaha

Along suka sgt dpt omellete yg sgt lazat, pose over pdhal pegang susu plastik jek...blom apa2 dh layan movie jgk..igt kot nak Zzzz

Hehe siap belasah croissant org tu, pastu kami mintak lebih ngan steward, nasik lemak marbeles tapi aku x lalu sbb telinga bengang. Telinga kanan aku ni mmg problem. Klu naik lif more than 20 floors pun mula la berdengung.

Ini budak mmg berbaloi aku byr. Belasah dik..belasah..sumer dia taram. Aku mintak coffee, dia pun seposen jek order coffee...dgn comelnya ckp kat awek..'nak coffee..'

Dessert time, sejuk2 pun mkn eskrem jugak, eskrem peberet depa lak tu...aku tgk pun muak..ewww cannot go...

Budak yg jarang merasa aiskrim, nak mkn pun pikir dulu, jilat2 sikit..memang menghayati dan fokus kepada acara yg ulung itu. Sib baik bkn popsicles..klu tak sorry ye cik abang..

Minah over kembali lagi, cuba korang tengok atas tray dia. 2 eskrem yg dia mtk sendiri kat cik adik pramugari.

Okay, perut sudah kenyang, masa untuk tidorr. Tapi bila aku ckp 'Adik tido la ibu nak ambik gambar'...Automatis itu tgn suda naik...aiya...fotogedis gila pompuan ni.

Aku kan ibu mithali, lps makan tak tido...ada tugas menunggu..isi segala borang2 keperluan nak masuk negara org, this will be distributed on plane, ini borang wajib isi ye. Jgn nak lengah2, dpt terus isi, selit celah passport. Bahagian nama agak ciput, so klu nama panjang cam nama askar aku just isi ikut passport takat yg muat, pastu pandai2 la bgtau org Immig sana nanti. 12 kiping borang haa..tulis mau tunduk2 haa, itu tray ada gegar2 juga haa...saya suda pining maa

Haaaa...yang ini pulak, baru punya..gara2 H1N1 la, bukan apa dia just nak contact ko incase tetiba nak kena kuarantin ke kan ? Kot tetiba ada la makhluk 1 flight ngan ko confirm kena, jadi diorang tau la mana nak cari..gitu..Jangan gatal nak tick Yes ye...tido la ko kat bilik kuarantin or kena htr balik hahaha

Cuaca sangat indah, tapi aku cakap je la, aku kan nampak dinding je..nak berangan di awan biru kalu kena gi seat depan. Cantiknya awan

Dah dekat2 nak masuk zon perang Ostolia, tiba2 tingkap blur..bila tgk dekat2 rupanya snow...maklumla kat sana tgh winter, walopon xde snow kat bwh..kat atas ada la kan..sure kesejukan badan kapalterbang itu...

Setelah terbang selama 6jam, maka ko akan dipaksa singgah sebentar di Sydney. Transit for 1.5hrs. Memang gitu perjalanannya klu nak ke Br1sbane. Kena bawak turun segala harta ko walopon lepas tu ko akan naik flight tu balik dan duduk seat tu balik. So jgn nak sepah2 brg ye, keep all important documents in 1 place. Masa keluar dari perut kabin, ko kena ambik transit tag dr crew yg beratur kat luar duk jerit 'Brisbane..Brisbane.., boarding at Gate 58'. No worries, arahan very the clear. 1.5hrs mcm lama kan ? Sebenarnya tak sempat nak buat apa pun sbbnya ko kena go through all the checkings and scans. Sempat masuk kedai subiner, beli fridge magnet (FM) sket pastu dah lari gi boarding. Masa ni kamera aku dah kong baterinya...hampeh. 1 kiping gambar saja...

Naik2 tgk seat dah kemas and dpt blanket baru. Aik..ingatkan sbb h1n1 ni terlebey hygenic rupanya sbb ada passenger baru dari Sydney nak ke KL. Depa akan transit kat Brisbane..oooo gitu.

Haaaaaa dah sampai pun, bru pkl 9 mlm kat KL, kat sana dah 11 mlm ni...tambah 2 jam ye puan2. Abaikan gambar awek cun kat depan ni, aku sebenarnya nak tunjuk kat korang Customer Service Counter yang wane oren kat belakang tu. Kat sini sumer integrated. Tak kira la ko amek apa jenis kenderaan pun, kalau dah booking siap2..gi jek counter tu tunjuk surat booking segala bagai and dia akan bgtau pukul berapa or kat mana nak tunggu or amek kereta (utk sesape yg book kereta dari airport).

Kami dah decide takmo rent siap2 sbb baru lepas long journey, sampai tgh malam plak tu, nak redah town carik hi-way mlm2 buta. So daripada penat drive and penat sesat, kami pun decide ambik shuttle airport to GC, depan tangga gitu. Charges are according to zone. Aku dah pre-booked the shuttle from the net, tapi masa kami sampai shuttle tu dah blah, so kena tunggu next shuttle. Masa ni muka serabai sumer, ngantuk + penat & lapar sbb airport ni sgtlah boring, haram takde kedai, ada skali kami tersilap jln masa cari tpt nak tggu shuttle, skali suda silap ikut bontot pramugari...rupa2nya itu shuttle airline Hampres. Kat luar lagi la takde apa. Masa tu x jumpa counter lagi. Tips dia : kuar jek Arrival hall, korang ambik kanan, jalan jek sampai nampak kaunter oren tuh.

Sambil tunggu tu buatlah keje2 yg berpekdah sikitkan.. so kami ambik gambar lagi (ada pekdahnya ni), pastu g kutip segala brochure, magazine yg penuh kat kaunter tu. Sbbnya kami nak peta byk versi + kupon2. Oleh kerana lps GC kami akan meredah Brisbane maka aku kutip brochure BNE siap2...nak kena study beb..budak2 plak excited dok picit touchscreen map airport. Jgn risau..di sini aku gelarkan sebagai zone Muslim friendly. Surau & halal food outlet ada di mana2.

Aku nak amek gambar ala mural gedabak kat atas nun, so aku selit je la anak dara aku, baru la memenuhi konsep ' I woz ere', kang xde bukti plak aku penah pegi..korang tgkla betapa gersangnya airport ini. Hanya arriving passenger & supir2 yg menunggu dgn placard nama sahaja (pak guard tetap ada..)

Eh mcm lupa plak nak citer psl part paling cemas dan mendebarkan dalam sejarah aku menggunakan airport. Ostolia mmg well known dgn ke'strict'an in luggage checking. So kalau korang bangsa yg nak masak mcm aku, sila plan nak bwk apa . Ekceli nak cari halal food kat GC adalah super senang tapi memikirkan aku bwk 3 budak yg boleh jadik monster klu lapar, aku decide nak masak for breakfast & buat bekal sikit while nak jumpa tpt mkn. Boleh jek beli brg mentah sana, melambak jugak. Supermarket siap ada Asian aisle..indomie ka roti ka..tapi klu dah sebungkus aud4 tak ke botak aku...Aku bajet by end of journey aku leh kosongkan beg food tu untuk isi ngan hasil shopingan pulak. Strategi strategi

Masa turun flight, depa sediakan tong sampah untuk ko buang segala mak nenek foodstuff yg xleh bwk. Pastu masa Q klu ko ada bwk food, ckp siap2 kt officer kata ko ada brg nak declare, nanti dia terus bwk ko g kaunter declare, else ko kena lalu scanner n ada anjing hidu skali, gila babas besar itu anjing, bila b'diri sama paras pinggang aku..ngeri, sib baik pakai vest, ada la faktor kiut sikit..

What I did, all stuffs needed to be declared (food, medications) letak in 1 luggage and aku prepare 1 list (will be posted later). Bwk 2 copies. Sediakan kunci beg kt tempat yg mudah nak ambik sbb they will definitely ask you to open klu declare ada food. You can sorta try your luck by placing 'suspicious items' (like cambells soup powder which got dairy content etc) at the bottom. Put those good item on top, the worst they can do is just throw it in the bin.

Psst..I almost stopped breathing when I realised that I forgot to throw the Ferrero & cereal bar taken from the flight, it's in baby bag placed at the back of stroller. Fortunately, they just check the bag that we said we wanted to declare, both strollers were parked aside and not checked. Fuhh !!

Shuttle dah nak sampai so kami kena tggu kat sini, see, very the clear sign, konpem x sesat. Sejuk siot time ni, winter + midnight + windy, sekali angin tiup rasa nak duk blkg troli tu je

Shuttle suda sampai, 1 lagi benda yg aku kagum, mmg on time lah klu bab2 transport ni (b'dsrkan seminggu aku kat sana la..) Cepat2..naik..naik...Hannah x kasik org pegang beg susu dia, sampai lutut pun sampai lutut la..

Nak duduk ngan babah aje. Babah muka dah fenat, senyum paksa hehe. Sib baik aku x sewa keter from here.

On the way ternampak 7-E, hehe bdk2 tu pun perasan. 7-E depa leh isi minyak bagai. Akhirnya sampai kat apartment. x sempat nak ambik gambor mlm2 sbb dh past midnight, tau nak carik katil jek. We rented a 2-room self-contained apartment at Surfers Mayfair. Given a unit at 10th floor facing both beach & Nerang River.

Ni entrance, bukak2 je pintu ada laundry room. Got washer & dryer. Sabun ada jual powder in sachet. Takyah beli sbb dah ada kat tepi tu, previous guest tinggal la kot.

1st bathroom for my SIL & kids usage. Melompat tgk bathtub. Mlm tu menggigil, carik suis heater x ada. Alamak !! Rupa2nya depa provide portable heater for each room. Legaa

The living area, dining & kitchen, open concept sbb depa tak main tumis2 hehe. Ibu mithali terus bertugas, standby air panas utk susu. Itu jek yg SIL aku snap mlm kami sampai. Aku dah ilang ghairah sbb dlm kepala dh plan what to do nxt morning.

Bwh ni gmbr apartment yg aku sempat amek masa nak blah, tu psl katil x senonoh jek rupanya

Master with walk-in closet and attached bathroom (got jacuzzi maa...aww) Jacuzzi hape nye..winter ni weh.

Dari sudut ceh sudut plak...from dining area. Laki sapa la yang mithali sgt kat dapur tu.

Ni bilik 2nd. Kalau booking bilik on the net, the moment letak no. of guest, automatic the room type akan changed to the one yg boleh suit the size. Being M'sian (haha) aku terpikir gak, agak2 depa check tak klu aku sewa apartment 1 bilik je. Tapi pikir2 balik, kang x psl2 aku xleh masuk and forced to rent another room, chaos la plak, dahla negara org kan ? x berani beb. So that's it.

Day 1 officially end here.