Holiday Inn Batam

National Day orang sibuk2 pergi tengok bunga api pat Marina. Aku tak pergi. I got fever. Tapi demam2 pun terpaksa ikot papa, faiz & bik su pergi tengok wayang criter Rush Hour 3. Funny show.

Since young, I really like Jackie Chan's movie. He's movies mesti ada "movie in the making" at the end. Very funny guy.

Papa try to make me happy by treating to a movie. Actually, I'm not in the mood. Tried to book hotel to KL tak dapat. All fully booked. Really looking forward to the Mega Sale at KL!! ceh.. In the end, we booked hotel to Batam. Hahaha!!

I've booked 1 king-sized bedroom in a non-smoking floor from 10-11 Aug 07. But to our surprised, they gave us a 2 bedroom hotel. Apa tak nyer, we supposed to check-in at 2pm (Batam time) tapi kol 8am kita dah sampai. Since Papa member of the Priority Club, I think they juz gave us whatever room they had on hand. Syukor rezeki..

Anyway, lihat lah modelku yg sorang ni bergaya... Asik muka dia jer eh.. Like what Bik Yaya cakap, "Sib baik hensem !"..hahaha..

Ok criter tadi plak. Kita pergi jemputan rumah Ciakni. Cukor rambut baby Naqeeb. Very hensem baby.

Nek Yam & hensem baby

Para jemputan yang hadir

And of course... THE FOOD !!!

Imanites Sportz Day cum Family Carnival

Today, Iman Kindergarten organised a Sport's Day cum family carnival at Yishun Stadium. We're supposed to be there by 8am. Faiz tak bleh bangun. Kene seret dari katil by papa.. hahaha.

When we reached there, warm-up dah start. Many eager kids & parents around. The host is papa's friend, Adi Rahman. Very funny guy.

Faiz warming-up with his school friends.

Faiz took part in the bean bag relay. hmm... Kalau tak silap, I also entered a bean bag relay when I'm in P1 and won! Anyway, here's Faiz getting into position with 2 bean bags in his hands.

Here he goes..

Proud winners..

Papa & Mama pun join sekaki.. hahaha.. We really had fun!!

Papa & Faiz took part in the 3-legged Relay. Main tipu. Papa angkat Faiz trying to win. They got 3rd.

Mama & Faiz joined the Fill-up The Bottle Relay. We got 3rd too.

Iman Kindergarten

Budak2 sekarang serba canggih. So sekolah2 pun tak nak mereka ketinggalan dari alam cyber. Ada ke si Faiz yg baru K2 di suruh buat presentation slide !!.. Macam2 jer teacher2 ni. Homework di beri pada anak tapi last2 parents yang kene buat. Macam lah aku ni free sangat. Sib baik hal-ehwal buat movies & slides ni aku suka. Kalau tidak.. bleh tarok tepi sua.. hihihi..

Apa ke tidak nyer.. nak suruh budak tu taip.. betol punya jenuh... 1 sentence takes 5-7 mins! Ni baru suruh taip... belum suruh baca !! Slide transition tarok 15 sec pun tak cukop... hihihi.. kesian anak aku...

Anyway.. kita takde idea for any topic. Teacher Umai kata free topic. So here it goes... enjoyz....

Taman Perling

Last sat, kita sekeluarga tido pat Taman Perling. Since Mamang Usop dah moved out, we've got a place to stay. Dah lama tak pegi sana. A lot of changes... more houses and rumah dukun nyamok dah cantik lah. Sekarang dorang dah bergelar taukay minyak.

having lunch at kedai mamak as per request from tok unik ;)

this cute girl pun ikot sama ke jb.. she had a real gud time. kena jadi cheap labour untok cuci kereta..hihihi

My hero makan nasi masih kene suap! so pampered.. dulu2 mama dia pun sama.. hihihi

Nenek2 enjoying their food. Love to see them enjoying each other's company. Dorang kalau dah berdua mesti ada "story"!!

eXplorerKid

Semalam mak2 sumer amik cuti. Kita bawak bebudak pegi eXplorerKid at Downtown East. Fee $6/hr/kid and 1 adult to a kid. Kene pakai socks. They really had great fun. Especially si kecik tu... tak payah bawak pegi Tumbletots like her abang2. Really hyper seh..
Tengok jer video ni...

MaKaN LagiKk!

Semalam my colleagues ajak pegi makan seafood pat JB lepas keje. This is the first time Sehpul kasi permission masuk JB without family members. I drove up to JB pastu tukar my fren's JB car. Dia kata journey jauh and my car takde power nak go the route. Hmmmm... Sib baik tak drive my car. See this part of the road. My fren yg drive Lancer baru dia menyumpah seh...

Ben's new Lancer with low suspension on this road!!!

It took us 45 mins from Jusco Tebrau to SPOA. The place is near Tg Puteri Golf Resort and is at the end of the Pasir Gudang Highway!!

The place is famous among Chinese S'porean pasal ada S'pore artist promoting the place. I don't recommend orang Islam makan situ lah. Although tempatnya cuma jual seafood and the cook ada yg melayu, tapi tempat ni tak ditanggung halal sebab they sell alcohol (see the sponsor on the board). Kalau aku tau.. memang sengsiang aku tak nak pegi. Dah ler jauh.. nampak jer board tu aku dah tertanya2.. bleh ke aku tertelan makanan pat sini? Aku ni bab makan cerewet sikit and aku pun baru baik dari ceret-beret! The helpers in the restaurant semua melayu tapi tak tau ler Islam ke tidak sebab OA tu Orang Asli. But the restaurant owner, a Chinese lady jamin semua halal. Aku tawakal tanpa was2 aku rasa lah makanan tu.. not so fantastic lah.. but nak jaga hati frens.. cakap ajer ok.

Aku makan sikit jer giving excuse aku masih sakit perut. Diorang makan pelahap betol especially pompuan China yg pakai sleveless ni. Badan kurus sekeping tapi kalau bab makan... Sehpul pun bleh kalah!

Trip to Cherating

We juz came back from holiday to Cherating from 31 May to 2 June 2007. Took advantage of the Vesak holiday to spend time with Faiz since school holiday juz began.


Papa drove his Red SuperSpeed up the KL highway exiting at Yong Peng, up to Segamat and then Kuantan. It took him almost 6 hrs drive to reach Cherating. Many colleagues advice us not to take the East Coast highway due to unpredictable weather nowadays.



We stayed in Impiana Resort. Payed S$93 per nite for a deluxe room. Queen sized bed was out so we have to squeeze in to 2 single beds.




Cherating Beach is beautiful. Clear water and unpolluted beach.



On the way home, we stopped at Segamat to shop for fruits.

Faiz Reading Clinic

WAH SUCCESS !!! I've been trying to post this video in my blog since Sunday.. At last I've got it.. Yaahoooo..

Anyway, I wanna share this short clip of a special performance by kids (Nursery - K2) from Iman Kindergarten (Jurong). They've completed their Module 2 Reading Clinic 2007 on 26 May. They are so cute... There's 1 girl from Nursery that's sooo shy. "stage fright" agaknyer. She kept her eyes close during the performance.. hihihi ;)
U've got to look at this short video.. Enjoyz...

FIL

For the past few weeks, macam2 berita kurang baik kita sekeluarga terima. Mungkin ni semua dugaaan Allah untuk kita manusia.

Sejak arwah kak Sayum meninggal, tiap2 bulan kita dapat berita orang meninggal. Either my family side ataupun Saiful's family side. Orang2 yg baik2 yg pergi dulu. The latest pemergian happen last week Monday morning. Arwah Hj Md Yusof Bin Ismail, pengerusi Masjid Mujahidin. Moga dia digolongkan dlm orang2 yg beriman. Amin. Arwah adalah suami kepada Saiful's very close cousin.

Pemergian dia sungguh tidak di sangka2. Sedih dan terperanjat kita semua dapat berita. Macam mana tak sedih...the day before dia meninggal, dia datang menziarah my FIL (father-in-law) yg baru habis operation. Coincidently, kita sekeluarga pun ada pat rumah FIL. Kita baru balik jemputan dgn MIL. Time tu, aku tengah sakit kepala. Baru telan 2 Panadol , sedara Saiful pun sampai. Yang menziarah FIL ni ramai, satu bas mini... keluarga Oberk Bokbok. Kalau keluarga ni datang, kecoh rumah FIL. Mereka orang2 yg peramah & ceria tapi bukan sembarang2 orang. Keluarga Oberk Bokbok ramai ahli2 agama, ustaz & ustazah. Then my BIL sekeluarga pun sampai jugak. Makin lah kecoh, sebab mereka ada baby baru, Baby Hakimi. Dalam kekecohan ni, aku tertanya my SIL siapa yg duduk sebelah Oberk tu. Aku tak pernah nampak. My SIL cakap tu Abg Usop suami Kak Zizah. Eh .. macam nama my cousin dgn hubby dia plak. So coincident... Anyway, mereka balik sebelum magrib. BIL & kita sekeluarga balik dlm kol 8pm gitu pasal besok nak kerja.

At 6.50 Monday morning, my SIL call. Mata tengah kelat2, aku jawab talipon. She told me "Abg Usop meninggal." Usop mana plak?.. She reminded me of the guy that I ask yesterday nite!! Mata terus terbukak besar. Hah?!! Kepala aku pun terus sakit balik. Hai.. MC lah nampak nyer hari ni. Tapi yg paling challenging bila breaking the news to Saiful. Dia baru tertido lepas makan sahur. At first, bila aku break the news, Saiful macam takde special reaction. Dia cuma cakap "Innalillah..". Aku pun heran. Wah tabah nya dia terima berita ni.. Aku yg baru kenal org tu semalam dah sedih. So aku repeat berapa kali. Baru aku dapat agak.. Saiful ingat yg meninggal ni my uncle, Mamang Usop, pasal the nite before kita ada cakap2 pasal Mamang Usop & my parents' kampung. Kelakar betul lah laki aku ni. Aku macam cakap dengan bini PakMat Tempeh gitu.. Agaknyer dlm 5 min baru dia sedar Abg Usop yg mana yg meninggal. Baru lah airmata dia mencurah2...

Kita dapat tahu, Arwah meninggal waktu dalam solat sunnat sebelum subuh. Mungkin bila nak rukok, dia terus rebah. Dahi nya terhentak bucu side table dan terus tersembam ke lantai. Bunyi hentakkan kuat tu yg kejutkan isterinya dari tidur.

Now kita sekeluarga nak menghadap cabaran seterus nya. My FIL baru di diagnose dapat Lymphoma Cancer. Semalam baru pergi check-up at NCC. Not sure sekarang apa stage. It looks at early stage sebab dia lagi berselera makan. FIL tak nak Chemotheraphy. Dia takut jadi macam cousin dia. Terlantar di katil, panas baran, badan bisa2 & ada sakit lupa2.

Cousin2, ahli keluarga & friends yg mulia, if any of u tahu cara untuk mengubati Lymphoma Cancer selain dari Chemotheraphy, pls do share with me.. Thank you very much...

I'll Be Back...

COOL OFF COUSINS..... EAT THIS ICE-CREAM...

Tak guna melayan orang2 yang ada penyakit.. "PENYAKIT HATI" ..

To all my COUSINs, I love: I'm busy.. be back soon.. but do keep updating ur blogs. Very interesting stories.. pasal recipe lain, TAIK pun ada ceriter!!... kahkahkah..

but the SCARIEST... no story but ada HANTU.. anjat..

Thank You !!

Alhamdulillah sedara-mara yg ke USA dah selamat sampai S'pore on 17 Mar 07 @9am. Semua nya sihat2 belaka, cuma they look very tired & a bit slimmer and darker especially Tok Mang. hmmm.. the other time when I went there... I put on weight!! 2kg to be exact!! hehehe..

Anyway.. juz wanna thank them for all these.......

To sedara-mara yg tolong angkotkan balik S'pore, yg tolong belikkan kiriman2 ku & yg hadiahkan kami sekeluarga oleh2... a very BIG THANK YOU... Insya-Allah murah rezeki kalian. Untung ada ramai sedara-mara macam kalian... mmmuaaahhh ;)

Apa KhaBar SeDare MaRe Yg kE UsA?

Wah ..at last!! ... computer ku dah sembuh dari sakit labu-labi nya. Mungkin semput pasal banyak sangat laba2 pat sini.

Anyway, cantik tak blog ku ini?... Like what nek ju said "Pink-ka-pink peh-yi".. hihihi.. Thanks to Ngah.. now i know how to attach pictures as my profile.. cute tak?

Hmm... cakap pasal Ngah.. how's my relatives yg ke sana... dah sampai ke? .. ataupun masih on the way tapi dah sibuk bershopping eh? Best nyer shopping2 ni... my favourite past-time. I hope dorang enjoy their trip like we did the last time (Oct 2005)...

In a shop at Provincetown with Oberk John The Joker

In Ngah's muzeum trying all Oberk John'c collection of hats

At the Lotus Farm with Ngah's chicken collection...brrrr...it's so cold..!!

Faiz 13th Cousin !!

Alhamdulillah... keluarga sebelah Papa semakin bertambah. Nenek Anah & Atok Uci dah ada 13 cucus !! Nampaknya raya tahun ini kalau di kumpulkan semuanya.. rumah bleh roboh maaannn!!... Atok & nenek pun bleh kering kocek bagi angpow!!! Yang budak2 dapat angpow... yg mak2 budak semua tukang tapao..hihihi..

Faiz & baby Muhd Hakimi

Ni tak bleh jadik... keluarga Nek Yam pun nak kene tambah2 ler.. Mang Shah , Bik Liza & Oberk Bayah.. work hard lah!!..hihihi..

Aku plak.. Allah blum nak kasi agaknya. Work extremely hard pun blum ada cerita. Ada my cousin tu.. senang nah mengandung.. share lah tips. hihihi..

Rasa2 gomen nak tambahkan lagi tak maternity leave? Haritu kelik aku yg dari China cakap... ibu2 yg baru melahirkan and bekerja under China gomen sektor... bleh dapat 6-12 mths maternity leave!!!.. best nyer... Tapi diorang bleh ada anak seorang jer. Tak bleh lebih. Kalau lebih, kene bayar saman. Kesian orang2 dari sana.

Faiz with Mak Long, Kak Aisyah & baby Hakimi

Long Weekend Is OVER !!

Alhamdulillah.. plan pergi piknik hari ni berjln dgn lancar. Cuaca pun on our side. Windy & not so hot. We reached East Coast abt 9.15am. Semua berangan nak sampai sana kol 8.30am. Selalu nya my cousins are the first to be there and I'm the last one to reach. But today it's juz my family & my beloved Mak Ngah, and I'm the FIRST to reached! Unsangkerable..kehkehkeh..

Since last sat, EC had been jam packed with ppl, especially Malay & Indian families. Today dah better. Easily get a parking lot. Saper kata S'pore ni bersih?.. Fuh.. Tadi punya lah kotor!! Susah nak cari good spot. Semua penuh dgn sampah!! Ni semua case orang2 yg tak considerate.

Anyway, we managed to get a good spot & pitched our tent. Nek Yam bawak Mc Donald's BB set & nasi lemak. Nek Ngah bawak epok2 & some other kueh (lupa plak apa.. semua dah masok perot!) Me bawak epok2, pau instant & drinks. And I really mean "bawak"... kehkehkeh.. Bik Su yg prepare semuanya.

A bit later, Bik Liza family sampai with her MIL & FIL. The crowd's bigger and kids enjoy themselves. Kesian my elder sis & my cousins yg lain tak dapat join the nomang session. Hot topik!!!

Iffah: "Abg Aish.. tu tebang Ngah ke?"

Iffah: "Mana dia eh?.. Kata nak tebang siniiii?"

Nek Ngah: "Mana dia bleh tebang sini.. Yok kita pegi sana taon depan lah"

Kak Nisa: "Ok lah.. Mama & Papa kene simpan duit. Kita pun nak ikot!"
Faiz: "Marilah kita korek pasir lagiii.. Nek Ngah kata nanti dah takde pasir lagi.. Pat sini semua akan di simen."
Aniq: "Biiikkk... Indon dah tak nak jual pasir lagi ke??"

New Project

Since dah lama tak picnic, so dari last week dah plan nak pegi today.. tapi at last terpaksa cancel. Bangun pagi tadi.. Faiz demam lagi. Kesian Faiz. Semalam dia batok sikit2. Pat school, teacher kasi oranges & chocolates as CNY gifts. At home plak makan dua small Toblerone. Semua licin.. Hai.. mana tak sakit!!.. Bila ditegur.. marah plak! Anyway, ramalan cuaca harini pun not so good. Expect rain whole S'pore. So terpaksa call nenek2 & sms sumer terlibat to cancel today's plan. Nek Yam boring tapi suruh plan lagi within the next 3 days.

Cuaca gelap & then rainning time on way balik

Nek Yam & Nek Ngah memang suka piknik. Dorang suka duduk tepi laut sambil bercerita. Aku pun suka. Suka kenapa tau.. everytime ada piknik.. mesti Nek Yam & Nek Ngah bawak makanan sedap2 and then sambil makan... bleh dengar CERITA TERKINI !!.. hihihi.. Bukan kepo tau. Nenek2 kalau dah lepas 1 cerita, dorang mesti selitkan nasihat2.. tu yg bagus kita buat iktibar.. Anyway, aku punya antenna tak panjang. Selalu terlepas CNN hot news. hihi.. So nenek2s.. Insya-Allah kalau Faiz dah baik & cuaca baik kita pegi piknik on Mon/Tues lah.

Sehpul standby this long weekend. Kalau dia kene call... terpaksa dia pergi keje lah. Aku OFF aperr. Public Holiday.. Saper yg keje tu memang nasib tak baik ler. Like what my SIL cakap.."Org Giler jer keje time PUBLIC HOLIDAY!!". Tu dia yg cakap lah, bukan aku. Tapi buat org yg mempertahankan keamanan S'pura ni. Memang baik Anda keje. Time CNY gerenti ramai yg mabuk2. Kalau dah mabuk tapi tak buat kacau tak per.

Cakap pasal mabuk.. semalam time balik keje aku terperanjat bila Sehpul tunggu aku pat carpark. Apasal plak dekni?.. Aku balik kol 7pm bukan nyer 1am!

Sehpul cakap time balik keje.. ada 1 geng budak remaja melayu bawah blok kita. Around 15ppl. Umur dlm 10-16 yrs old. Mix of girls & boys. Dorang mabok!!.. Yg mabok lain.. ada yg berpelok2 & cium2 plak tu!! They make a hell lot of noise. Passerby cuma tengok2 jer. Heran jugak, umur macam ni bleh plak beli beer.

Sehpul apa lagik.. dia call police lah. Time police datang Sehpul dah pat carpark tunggu aku. Dia nampak budak2 tu, bertempiaran lari!! Yg dah mabuk tu.. kene soal lah.. nak lari pun dah tak nampak arah tujuan.. But there's 2 boys.. lari and then throw a small white paper/bag aside. Bila police dah blah, budak lelaki tu pick that thing up. Sehpul suspect it's drugs. Tapi dia tak confront that boy. Takut geng dorang buat kacau pat keluarga kita plak. Budak2 zaman sekarang banyak yg dah rosak eh. Takut bila fikirkan Faiz's future & generation. Doa2 Faiz dijauhkan dari godaan2 & org2 yg tak baik.

So back to my plan. I need to plan something for today. Kalau tidak.. today will be another sleeping weekend. I need PROJECT baru....
Hmmm.. aku rounding satu rumah.. first things first.

Hitachi 3yr old TV yg dah KaPuuttT!

PROJECT 1: Need to buy new tv. TV pat depan dah kapuuut last Tues. 3 yrs lifetime dah up. Tak pernah2 tv kiter bleh kaput in such short lifespan. Apa tidak nyer.... Faiz on tv tu 12 HOURS A DAY! Cartoon Network & Disney Channel. As always.. Papa try tu "solve" the tv "issue" last wed. Dia godeh2 tu tv macam mesin2 yg rosak pat keje dia. But too bad, i donno which part of the tv give a bright spark after he changed the fuse. Sib baik Faiz & bibik dah shift tempat dari duduk depan tv. And as always.. I started my normal routine of NAGGING.. kehkehkeh..

Faiz next to temporary tv dari my bedroom

So tadi Sehpul & I pegi Katong Mall carik TV... tapi... kedai tu tutup plak. That shop gives a very good bargain for electrical stuffs comparing to big department stores like Best Denki, Courts & Harvey Norman. A great $200-$400 difference. Jauh pun jauh lah. Bukan nyer nak kene jln kaki. 30 mins jer dah sampai. That shop will reopen on 23 Feb 07. Aiseman.. terpaksa tengok tv kecik. Aku ni rabun.. so nak kene tengok dekat sikit lah untok seminggu ni. Since kedai tu tutop, we plan to go Ikea pat Alexandra plak.

That's my PROJECT 2: Buy good solid shelving for my store room. Sesiapa yg tengok store room aku bleh pengsan.. hehehe.. Sib baik store room aku bukan yg bomb shelter type. Sesiapa yg berlindung dlm tu, bleh mati kene timpa harta pusaka!!!...

Ada yg pengsan tak??!!

Dulu2 time baru beli rumah ni, kita takde duit. Duit cukup2 makan jer. Barang2 yg ada pat rumah, banyak atas belas ikhsan keluarga. Yg perlu jer kita beli. Within the 9 yrs living here, banyak barang2 yg tak terpakai and nak buang sayang... hai.. macam bapak aku plak eh... semua simpan.. kehkehkeh..

Mak pernah cakap bilik aku ada banyak.. kenapa tak bleh letak pat bilik. Memang pun bilik banyak. 3 bilik tidur & 1 study room. Tapi semua size kecik2. Cukop untok masuk Queen size bed & cupboard jer. Hall jer besar macam padang bola! Tak kan nak letak banyak barang pat hall. Kalau berserak.. sakit mata mannn... And Faiz plak suka main bola & also ride his bicycle pat hall. Last year, vase aku dah pecah satu. Bicycle punya pasal lah!!

Round2 pat Ikea, none of the shelving strong enough to hold heavy stuff. I surprise myself for buying NOTHING!!.. Oh man... tak bleh jadik!!.. So, sweet talk Sehpul pegi IMM plak.. "Pat IMM ada Best Denki & Giant tau. Akira pun dekat".. kehkehkeh.. He fall for it!!

Akira tutop plak. Bila sampai IMM.. ooo lala.. ramai org seh. Best Denki dah tak jual tv style lama. Cuma ada Plasma & LCD tv jer. Harga plak melambong2. Semua ribu2 bintang mari.. mana cukop duit. Project banyak quarter ni. Budget nanti lari.. hihi..

Giant jgn harap lah dapat beli barang. Org yg berator nak bayar tu.. macam kedai2 makan akan tutop buat seminggu. We masuk round pat tv area pastu keluar balik. And I surprise myself for buying NOTHING AGAIN!!.. Oh man... double tak bleh jadik!

This time, bukan aku jer fed-up. Sehpul pun fed-up..kehkehkeh.. He drove to Giant at Pioneer Mall. Yek eleh... Giant close till 11pm today and tomorrow they'll open 24hrs. Dapat jugak aku beli makanan. At least buy something.. tak pernah aku go shopping.. balik tangan kosong!!..

Ok besok nak buat PROJECT 3: spring cleaning. Now dah ngantok nak tido... zzzzz....