Coretan Aidiladha 2008

People said that when we got married, two hearts become one, two families united..and with that comes so many changes whether we like it or not. The changes are varies according or depending on many factors like culture and believes, location etc ..Lets see these fact:



Baju raya:
We go for raya shopping for ourself,parents and siblings..but now..the first priority is of coz for those two kids and hubby..

Pagi raya:
I used to go for sembahyang sunat hari raya at our small madrasah on that peaceful morning..but now..Busy preparing the kids with their baju kurung..and sibuk cari butang baju Melayu for En Haffis..

Makan-makan:
For 28 years..ok minus 3-4 years..I ate ketupat and rendang di pagi hari raya...but now I eat IDIAPUM...putu mayam la tu..dengan kari ayam/ kurma...call me fanatic or obsess with my ketupat pulut, I don't care but it's the sentimental value that matters...Qayyum or Faroqi, I know you gonna read this..but don't get me wrong okay, Mami Sue still makan dua pinggan tau..

Kalau dulu on my side, we always visit our closed relatives that lives nearby and the menu are typical to our tradition or norm: laksa, bihun sup, bihun goreng, mee goreng...but now di Penang ni..we were served with heavy meal like nasi tomato (my fav) or nasi beriani with chicken curry, korma, ayam masak merah..

Melaram baju raya:
Kalau dulu boleh dress up lawa-lawa with shiffon and make-up that last for 8 hours..but now..baju kurung benang hitam terkoyak di pagi hari raya masa dukung anak :-O ... salah baju? salah tailor ? salah anak ? salah sendiri ?

Andddd..kalau dulu hari raya, sibuk ambik gambaq family saja...but now since everybody dah jadi 'blogger'..everything , anything are important subject for blog entry :-) sat-sat ambik gambaq....gambaq ketupat, gambaq rendang, gambaq kasut baju raya..semuanya buat modal..

Our celebration this year was a simple one,no new cloth for the kids, they just wore Aidil fitri's attire..we just stay at home waiting for people to visit us especially our niece who has been discharged from GH,..and she's doing fine at the moment..at least she's with us during that happy day..


Typical scene on pagi raya ..eating idiapum and chicken curry..little girl at the back missing her mom who is in Mekah now




Sufiya and the gang in Penang..


Eating and playing badminton in the afternoon of Aidiladha..?


Gatal-gatal tangan with mehendi..but then I regret because this tube is not like the one that we always bought..too much artificial colouring..looks like Miami ink ;-(





Big boy with his aunties


My uncle's inlaws from Permatang Pauh..chatting at the back of the house



We were in Kuala Sala at my Tok's house on the second day, my uncle host a kenduri akikah and korban. Seekor lembu tumbang and there was 'berendoi' session for one sweet little Safa..my niece ..

The culture of 'berendoi' has been forgotten and only perform in certain area. This is the moment when the newborn were placed in their fully decorated swing and a group of women who specialised on this 'berendoi' will start singing ..it's kind of nasyid and it last for about 30 minutes.


Berendoi session lead by our neighbour in yellow dress


My favourite view when we were in Kuala Sala..view towards the sea..


All the girls and women with one little bot sitting on timber staircase


Sufiya and the gang in Aloq Staq..


Jelapang padi menghijau..on the way to Aloq Staq..



On the way back to Putrajaya..north-south highway..some unfortunate lot..

Aidil adha yang dinanti

We were closed back then, the five of us..self-claimed tough girls in celoreng uniform with our M16 or onboard of 3 tonne truck from Kem Bukit Keteri. Among all boys we stood like a variation of pole..2 petite, 1 tall and athletic and another 2 were just nice...I was the petite one, the one that got knocked on her head during 'latihan senjata'...there was this clumsy guy behind me who over excited handling M16 until he knocked my head accidently..I acted cool like nothing happen, but the moment the sergeant in charge came and took off my barre, I cried...ceehhh..hampeehh...I thought that I was tough enough, the girly side of me came out infront of everybody..and that clumsy and chubby guy had to 'turun 10' for his dumb act ;-0...I still remember his face with chubby cheek and wide eyes..if I ever met him one day, I'll sure knock his head..!!!

Why am I walking down this memory lane..?..Last night..after so many years googling and making phone calls locating one of this girl, I finally got her number..my long lost tough girl who always have a big smile and humble heart...we were there together with the others thru our sad and happy moments..we were together climbing and hanging for our dear life on single rope leaning ourselves to vertical stone wall on the way to Gunung Tahan..slept together in our soaking wet tent the night before we climbed the majestic peak..so many memories together..

And this Aidil Adha we planned to meet up after 14 years leaving that small place in Jitra...one girl can't join us because her air force husband can't simply take leave like other people.....and the other athletic girl has gone missing...until now..

I'm all excited now...

Salam Aidil Adha to all

Circle and Steps

I loves taking photo...nature, people, cars, building, babies..and myself.. :-) I was the one in school who always have a camera with me, but those were just cap ayam auto kamera which was bigger and heavier compared to this age digital camera.


Breakfast at Presint 9..overlooking a courtyard..the seat and drink were bad, but at least I got this view.


Self potrait - in a bathroom during mock-up inspection.

I don't have to rely on digital camera anymore since I'm using Nokia N82 which comes with good quality camera- 5MP/ Xenon Flash...it's so easy now I could snap anything anytime..

Back then when we went trekking to Gunung Tahan and crossing rivers, I had to put my camera in a plastic bag and secured it with rubber ban and when we stop at any camp, I have to open the plastic bag again,...and covered it up again when the journey begin....


Step by step I follow this track because it was raining...I took this photo after I wnet to nursed Hadif at KTAK.. look at the lines- horizontal and vertical.. - going up-


-going down-

Big Monster

My Ayah Not (grandpa) was a tukang rumah and everytime we visit him, the layout of house was always different. At one time the timber staircase was on the side of half brickwall and timber plank but on the next visit, the staircase was no longer there. He was a traditional tukang rumah who used simple tools and building only small houses with small pay unlike a big contractor who build mega project and using big and heavy equipments. I remember watching him mixing the sand and cement and it looks like a small grey mountain with a lake on top..sometime I tried to hold pahat and ketam and amazed by the look of those.

When I grew older,I started to noticed the existence of other constractiion equipment..it was no longer just pahat and ketam...they were actually more than that. My house is not far from JKR's store..so almost everyday we saw a 3 tone yellow track, back hoe and other big yellow machine which I don't even know the name.

I like looking at those big monster and admiring it's skeleton..there are so many joints, bolt and nut and long and sturdy metal...maybe one day I could try climbing up one of this monster..and try to manouvre it...hahah..what a blast..nope...what a dream..!!..but I'm sure I will, if just for few second to snap a photo :-)...I think that's safe enough..

6 Wheel Tracktor..If you take a closer look, there are actually so many parts joining together



Rear view

Front view...juxtaposition of metals


Back hoe..look at the side support, metaphor of crab's leg..?

I did managed to snap Lori Hantu yet..their face looks not so scary but square and harsh and stiff..

Growing up

If we have a choice, most of us would rather stay at home and take care of our own child, to be able to feed our child with our own hand, to bath them and to hug and kiss them all the time. But not many of us have the ability and freedom to choosed not to work due to many factors like financial (mostly), social interaction and the list goes on. Working means leaving the kids on their own even though we sent them to babysitter's house or nursery or mom's house. The care and love given by other people to our child could never be the same like mother's own love and protection.

We fetch the kids at almost 6pm everyday and normally there are only few kids and babies left waiting for their parents, but on that particular day there were about four parents talking and one lady was crying while holding her son who is same age with my daughter. At first it wasn't clear what they were talking or discussing but as soon as I reached the landing, I heard her saying..' ni bukan kali pertama, dah banyak kali Zahid kena gigit..!!'...at that point I realised they were not just talking but looking at that poor child who has been biten on his cheek...not one but two..and his skin is so fair and that bite mark look fresh.....that lady was still crying and demanding to see the supervisor...I understand how she feel..

Tired at the office and when you fetch your child from people that you trust, your child is not in good condition. It must be hard for her seeing her precious child with bite mark all the time.

Sufiya used to get those marks too on her hand..we did informed the supervisor but we didn't know which one of those active and naive kids did it.

In this kind of incident, should we blame the nursery, the kid or the parents for not teaching their child to behave well, but what can we expect from a child who don't understand which is right and wrong.

I was talking to one of Hadif's group 'Cikgu' and she told me that they always get complaint from other parents that their child too has been biten and when they investigate it turn out that there is only one kid who is the culprit and this boy just joined in last few months. Previously he was taken care by his Bibik....and to my surprise, that little boy has been brought up in a harsh way by this Bibik..so we can imagine how a child at that age will react when they mix around with other kids. Luckily her mother got the hunch to put on kinda 'nanny cam' in their house, that was when she knew the truth of her child's harsh behaviour....

Its terribly wrong to raised up and expose a child with those negative elements, no wonder he can't behave himself..and he's making other people's life miserale without knowing it...I feel sorry for Zahid and of coz for this little boy too..it wasn't entirely his fault..

I knew Zahid for almost a year now and he is a soft boy..compared to his peer..that means easy to be bullied...his mother must be worried all day at the office..

I was told that if that boy still continue with his biting act, he'll be kick out by end of this month...!!

Where would he go, how will he try to mix around with a new group of people, will he be better..??..maybe his mother is worrying about these too

Trick

Our eyes and mind could play trick on us..sometimes we see what we want to see or what we perceived..

I thought that she threw her favourite orange..with no glasses, my eyes makes me see something else


It is actually her orange ballon from 'Family Day'


When I look at the table, her orange is still in the house..

I need a new glasses and she need to stop throwing things..

Family Day : Genting View Resort 08

We left Putrajaya at almost 11am due to half and hour waiting for some people who woke up late and still lalala to the conggregation point. The journey took only one hour and we stop by at R&R Genting Sepah for quick lunch at McDonald..

Our schedule was pack with activities, therefore the kids also need to catch up with the list..

Sufiya comforting Hadif while I prepared their outfit,she's a big sister now, trying to do everything on her own.


Who could resist playing with water...


Coloring and drawing contest, but she was not qualified to entered any of the contest, but being a kid, she definitely wants to join the crowd..here she was lying on the floor sketching something..:-) The boy next to her was in other category, I noticed that he drew using a pencil and a ruler..I think he will be an engineer one day, coz architect sketch without using a ruler as a guide unless it is a construction drawing,...am I right En Haffis..you always draw your mechanical stuff with a ruler :-D

Dinner (Theme : Red, Black & White)


The kids wore red and white..Some family were all red from top to toe..so nice, but I spotted green as well :-D

We were entertained by our office talent..Karaoke Competition, they were good singing, it was not like a Karaoke but more like singing competition coz most of them h ave a great voice and our Big Boss shows his skill by singing Main Syair To Nahin- from Bobby....syabas..

This song and overall event during that nite made somebody had a wild imagination of perfoming duet next year..Hindi song pulak tu...hahaha..I know you got the skill of dancing in public.. ;-D


Second Day : Sukaneka

We started our day early with breakfast, being typical Malaysian, we had nasi lemak for breakfast and Miss Fussy Eater just ate her corn bun.


Little girl admiring the bubbles..I like this photo's background..


Cathing bubbles..she had great fun and we had memorable time as a family too


Tarik tali: daddy's little girl..tak nak berenggang with her abah. We were in Orange Team, so the I arranged the whole family to wear the same colour for every occasion, orange for the Sukaneka, red for dinner, light blue for first day activity and last day was free-style..no theme at all


"Pemenang tempat ketiga 'Lari dalam guni' jatuh kepada En Haffis suami kepada Puan Suhaila"...Bravo..!! Sufiya was crying all the way while her abah running a gunny sack and people were looking at her during the macth coz she just wants to be with her abah..


Hadif posing for the camera..on the way back to Putrajaya..he's a big boy now


We came home safely and with refreshed mind and both of us are looking forward for the next year's Family Day..I thought that I was the only one who had that dream..

Family day : Genting View Resort

It been almost 4 years ago we've been to Genting, that was few months after the wedding, and tomorrow we are leaving for Genting again with additional two seats :-)
We are in Orange Team so the kids got to wear the same colour to create the mood of 'Family Day'.

I have to handle primary school category's game : 'lari kepit bola'..ooh how I wish Sufiya could join one of the game..she's still small, she might have chance next two years..

The theme for tomorrow's dinner night is 'Red, Black and White'..i prefer red, so i got to find something red for her, Hadif no problem at all, he already got so many red outfit..the father would go for black and white..

This is her oufit..just bought it few minutes ago, got to find red hairclips to match the pant


Genting ..here we come

In Memory : Miss Sibert

She taught us English and poetry, she was strict..she was big and bold..


Miss Sibert during one of reunion (from Queen of the House blog)



But on the 30th October 2008 she left us with many memories

The New Straits Times of July 4, 1983 carried a caption, describing herretirement send-off as:"Miss Sibert was given a grand send-off in a beautifully decoratedtrisha - towed by Girl Guides, amid shouts of `Goodbye' from her pupils."
..I'm proud to say that I was among her student who lined up infront of the school chapel saying goodbye to her

Progress and milestone

Alhamdulillah we just received a good news from Penang that our niece is now no longer staying at NICU, things will be better soon, only God knows how we feel.

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On a lighter note: Hadif just moved forward to another level..yea!!..dah meniarap today on his own..rolled and rolled..and finally he did it, Sufiya and I were over excited rushing to get my handphone to captured those memorable moment :-)

The excitement is still the same even though this is the second one



We are always talking to Sufiya and teaching her all family member's name..so far she could says 'dada, dadi but sometimes dida, shhhaad (irshad), min (syamim) and lah for farehah..and yesterday when I asked her where's Farehah?

she said : 'akit = sakit, with her hand on her tummy'..I gave her a big hug.

She understand a little bit now of what's going on around her

Hope and Prayers

Look at this two baby..a boy and a girl..aren't they adorable

They are very fragile..


We are leaving for Penang tomorrow morning to visit our niece who's been hospitalised with problem to PU..actually it is more than that but I don't feel like revealing everything here..not now..she's bubbly little girl and very kind..she's the one who will always care about other people..I can't say much now..speechless..

The pain is unbearable..only God knows

Please pray for her well being, hope she'll recover soon

Aidilfitri Open House at Taska One, Putrajaya

She just woke up when I arrived with her new shirt and skirt..mata bengkak2 lagi and she was like crying as usual..
She was still mamai and look confused coz there were so many people eating at their play area..

Sufiya with Zara, this girl is very friendly and talk very fluent.


Hadif didn't join the party outside..next year je la Hadif, bila dah boleh jalan


With her candy...and jeling2 at the camera


Just want to be friendly..but the boy just enjoyed his meal.. :-)


I like this photo..so cheerful with bright colours on the wall
And the food...I must admit that their's are better and variety compared to the one that we had at the office last week. All food were prepared by the staff here. We had lontong, nasi impit, mee rebus, makaroni goreng, ketupat pulut, cookies, traditional kuih, mixed fruits..muffins..etc


Eating her favourite oranges..she kept on asking this girl to sit next to her (she's Ibu Ceria's daughter, her mother is always smiling..that's why we call her 'ceria')

I met a mother who just send her daughter here, the 8 months daughter got a big cut on her forehead..a mark / gift from her babysitter's house and that kind of bruises were not the first one.

Some people thought that it is easy to take care of little baby and toddler, but the fact is the other way, some said that they love children and willing to take care (but we pay, its not free ya)but they ended up ignoring our child's safety..

I wish I could stay at home at take care of my child..but...

Workshop @PWTC

Been away for days attending a workshop at PWTC and window shopping at the Mall..oopss..that wasn't in the list :-)

I'm still fully BF right now but going out for work and leisure does not mean that I've to sacrifice my pumping session. PWTC's banquet staff were very helpful providing me a big ice box for storing my EBM, I asked their permission to put it inside their freezer, but the lady supervisor said that their's are not safe..whatever..and she was so kind and understanding, the poor staff had to dragged that damn heavy box from the kitchen to buffet area and hide it under the table. It's not hard to BF contrary to what people always think, we should not make it complicated..it needs courage and determination in order to provide the best to our child.

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The two days workshop on Energy Efficiency and Rainwater Harvesting were interesting topic and it's not complete to understand and digest everything in two days. Might blog about it later.

I need to go to Alamanda right now to get few things for the kids Open House at their nursery today..I guess that will be fun.

Pantun Gundah Gulana

Puteri menangis menunggu bulan
Bulan tidak bersinar indah
Hati yang rajuk kerana tuan
Inilah akibat tidak diendah

Menunggu sang puteri ditepi kali
Sambil menyusun sibunga melati
Apa difikir berkali-kali
Mungkin nasib diduga Ilahi

Bunga melati cantik berseri
Disemat puteri ditepi sanggul
Makanlah hati berhari-hari
Memang begitu orang yang sugul

Sanggul disimpul berhati-hati
Sambil mengunyah daun sirih
Apa disimpan di dalam hati
Tiada guna hati bersedih
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Daun sirih memanjat tinggi
Dipetik disusun bersama pinang
Doa dan hajat didengar Ilahi
Berputik semula hati yang tenang

Hati siputeri umpama tasik
Tiada ombak mengganggu tebing
Walaupun tenang tidak terusik
Sekali berombak hancurlah tebing

Ombak yang datang berlalu sudah
Ikan ditasik kembali berenang
Tidak dipinta tidak ditegah
Apa yang lepas usah dikenang

Ikan ditasik berwarna-warni
Mencari makan dicelah batu
Putera puteri berbisik harmoni
Hati yang retak kembali bersatu




Nota:
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Shah Rukh Khan terima darjah Melaka bawa gelaran Datuk

Shah Rukh Khan terima darjah Melaka bawa gelaran Datuk
Oleh Amirullah Andi Nur

MELAKA: Artis Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, menerima anugerah Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) yang membawa gelaran Datuk sempena sambutan Hari Jadi ke-70 Yang di-Pertua Negeri, Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, hari ini.

Setiausaha Politik Ketua Menteri Melaka, Saadon Basirun, berkata penganugerahan itu sebagai menghargai sumbangan Shah Rukh Khan terhadap perkembangan pesat industri filem Hindustan di rantau ini, termasuk Malaysia.

"Bagaimanapun tarikh majlis penyampaian anugerah itu belum ditentukan lagi," katanya pada sidang media di Seri Negeri, Ayer Keroh dekat sini, semalam.



Selain Shah Rukh Khan, tiga artis veteran tanah air pula menerima Darjah Seri Melaka (DSM). Mereka ialah Goh Eng Boon atau lebih dikenali Henry Goh; Jantan Osman atau lebih popular dengan panggilan Ali Mamak dan penyanyi keroncong, Mariam Ahmad.

Saadon turut mengesahkan tiada pemimpin dan ahli Umno disenaraikan untuk menerima anugerah tahun ini kerana Kod Etika Pemilihan Umno tidak membenarkan anggota parti itu dianugerahkan darjah dan pingat kebesaran negeri. -------&*&&(889---------!@@@#@$#$#$-------------#@$#%$^%^

Apalah bangang punya idea!!!....dalam banyak2 orang SRK juga yg dapat perhatian, hampeh betul la,...don't they have a better reason. Malacca is unique in its own way and well known 100 years before SRK and Ali Rustam was born, so what T H nak bagi anugerah kat dia..awat tak dak orang lain ka yang patut dapat..macam veteran perang yg bermandi peluh jaga kedaulatan negara (ke? (SRK mandi peluh juga di set)....ni la Malaysia Boleh!!

sila baca statement ni:

'Setiausaha Politik Ketua Menteri Melaka, Saadon Basirun, berkata penganugerahan itu sebagai menghargai sumbangan Shah Rukh Khan terhadap perkembangan pesat industri filem Hindustan di rantau ini, termasuk Malaysia.'

Perkembangan pesat filem Hindustan, bukan filem Malaysia!!

Dah la banyak kes kena tipu nak beli title Datuk ni, bila nak anugerah pulak, anugerahkan kepada orang yang tak layak, sebenarnya apa kriteria penganugerahan ni? Sepatutnya individu yang bakal menerimanya perlu yang ada membuat sumbangan dlm bidang2 yang membantu ekonomi, agama, politik,kesihatan,pendidikan dan budaya. Filem memang boleh membantu menaikkan industri pelancongan dan meletakkan nama negara dalam peta pelancongan, tetapi berapa minit sangatkah Malaysia dipaparkan dalam filem Bollywood? are they potraying positive image of Malaysia or just one second shot, sampai orang tak perasan pun locationnya kat sini. And why SRK...Man!! artis Malaysia dah ketandusan? U-Wei juga bagus, filem yang bukan komersil atau lawak bodoh.

Pening makan banyak ketupat dan lemang kot...tak faham betul

S.H.Alattas : Rahsia Mengenal Diri

Just bought this book last week, the front cover looks interesting but the contents are just simple with few typo error. This 368 pages book consist of guidelines on reading and understanding meaning and 'secrets' behind human face and features.

S.H.Alattas included famous public figure and international political figures as well as Bollywood and Hollywood actor and actress as example where some of them make a good reference. His explaination is simple to digest,but the graphic and illustration are too plain.

Every single part of our body and even lines indicate some sort of sign that could be 'read', I wonder is this a reason why some people would go all the way to 'rectify' anything undesirable just to have a better 'luck'. Recently in Iran, there is a trend to have a smaller nose, as we all know Iranian have a big prominent nose which God have created with a good reason, but they prefer JLo's kind of nose which is small and nice to them...what T H!!

Anyway, we had an Open House makan-makan at the office yesterday and most of us came in colourful and bright outfit that created the ambience of Syawal. What we wear could reflect our personality and the colour that we choosed could enhance our beauty and sometimes it could also gives a wrong signal..I used to loves BLACK so much, black pants and t-shirt, black tudung with black eyeliner and mascara..but I'm no Black Metal fan...


3 inch heel with transparent cover.. barely there type of shoe..what does it mean?


The owner of this pointed shoe came with a trimmed and groomed face..I like this type of shoe because they have been designed with safety factor in mind, it's not good for body posture or what not, but can be used as a weapon...boleh cucuk-cucuk!!

Whatever the sign of our body could potray, it is meaningless if we just keep on complaining and feeling unsatisfied, why don't we just accept the fact that we were born this way and appreciate and enhanced the beauty and cover the flaw..human being comes in various type and shape....the inner beauty that will last longer than a beautiful exterior :-).. cheers and have a nice day

6666

I just came from Nandos with En Haffis..and noticed my stat : 6666
I'm not fanatic about numbers or figures but this number reminds me of 80's or 70's movie when I was in primary school..I think its Omen 666

Child Labour and new haircut

We were thinking of hiring a helper so that I could spent more time with the kids and do some revision for the Big Exam...but on Saturday nite, we just 'found' a new kitchen helper who loves pestle and mortar so much.. :-)




'Orang dapur': preparing nuts for kuah kacang, she prefer real things than her colourful toys



In her baju kurung - ready for first open house with abah, ooh..many thought that she's 3 years old




She have a soft and curly hair but some part were a bit messy, this is her first haircut, it was hard to get her to sit still, but it works just a few minutes with candy on her hand..have to! the fringe is senget but that's ok for now..might need to trim later..her abah sms me this " :( mcm boy...
She looks different, but nevermind..we don't have to worry about the hair 'dok cucuk mata pagi2' anymore..
Don't worry her hair will be better and your little princess is always sweet

Eid Mubarak

It took us a week to update this raya entry, as usual we were rushing here and there stuffed our stomach with nasi tomato and beriyani and mee 'basah'..and this the first time I did not eat ketupat pulut with rendang..first time ever, since we were married, every morning of Eid we were served with idiapum and chicken curry and korma, it surely taste good...but sometimes I do miss my usual ketupat since it was a raya staple food for more than twenty years..so En Haffis, I'm sure you got my message here... This is my sweet little girl, few days before raya.. My little boy, who is not that little anymore : in JJusco nursing room during our shopping spree The three of us..just like sardine in a can..both of them wants to sleep on mama's lap Princess Sufiya in her royal yellow baju kurung, a gift from her Pere Ma (aunty)..it's hard to snap her photo nowadays,most of her photos are candid.. :-) Hadif at his Mami's house in Penang...posing dalam bilik anak dara.. Hadif and Dada (grandpa)..his dada requested that this photo will be sent to Kolkata..right away sir . Last few days before we left for Putrajaya, we received a good news all the way from Kolkata, new member has been born on the third day of Eid, and for the first time after three years been to India, I finally spoke to Nassima in Bengali, but my vocab are very limited..just basic 'kemano aso..bhalo aachi, moina,beta..thats it..ohh forgot to mention this, she called me Bhabi..don't get me wrong, its 'sister' in Bengali, and their niece call me Khaki Ma..rasa macam dalam filem Devdas..hahaha..!!berangan la...and hubby was making funny faces while I was on the phone..at least I've tried.. Second day of raya..at last, this is the only house that served us with light food, just kuih raya and buah pala, jeruk pelam..and all things sour..no more heavy food:-) We had a BBQ open house in Alor Setar and I think when we grow older, the celebration is not focused on us anymore like it used to be, but being together with family is the most important part of Eid. I had a visit from a friend whose last visit to my house was 13 years ago and we also managed to keep in touch with another long lost friend..



This used to be my playground when I was a kid, Tok's house is not far from the sea..but before we reach the beach, we have to pass by an old cemetery and paddy field, then we have to cross the river that is flowing smoothly on a small titi kayu..