I mISS u

52 days After you gone...

Mama, Every Second I'm thinking of YOu....Wajah Mama sentiasa terbayang..senyum mama...ketawa mama masih terngiang...ucapan Hello Sayang Mama for me every time i call selalu bermain dlm kepala ni.....

MAma I MISS U...

Ever Since

Hi My Blog....

Ever since My Angel return to eternity, I was down and devastated.
There is no day passed by without me missing her..
I was crying hard every time I miss her voice, miss her touch
I have no one to share the same way I used to share with her
My tears drop almost every day

How Am I gonna to live my life my Dear Allah....
Almighty Allah, Please give the same strength You have given My Angel before..
Please makes me strong in my Faith and Iman so I won't do stupid things..
Please guides me, love me, give Your Barakah and Redha as My Angle used to give me before..

I may looks as tough little lady....but deep inside I am so fragile, vulnerable..
I am Lost trying to find myself in this loneliness
I can go insane trying to talk to My Angel and hope she reply back..

I want her to be in happy and peace in 'that' world but I MISS HER SO MUCH ... And Almighty ALLAH, Please Help Me..

Myanmar...Expect the UnExpected

Myanmar .... The Golden Land.The last ASEAN country in the list and we graduated.... From the internet research, this country seems not so safe. Some website said, u have to leave ur handphone at immigration, you have to have at least USD300 cash, there is restriction after 10pm (cannot go out), the people cannot be trusted and so many bad things...With regards of all that, we still proceed...
To make our perception worst, I met one Malaysian Uncle in the flight who has been working for 15 yrs in Myanmar...When I told him my itenerary and places to cover in 8 days, he said...u guys gonna die..I accept that as challenge cos our travelling motto is ' Impossible is Nothing..Just Do It'..and we set our mind, expect the unexpected..hhehehhhheheheh
And then...we arrive Yangon
DAy 1...
NOt so much to explore and do..check in into Ocean Pearl Inn GH (53rd street, Muslim area)...Cost us about USD8/pax per nite, exceptable room. No complain about it. Have our first dinner at Muslim Chinese/Thai restaurant few steps from Ocean Pearl iNN, attached to Orchid Hotel...had our first Roasted DUCK..


DAy 2 begin with flight to Bagan by Air Bagan airline. They served tuna croissant, juice, tea, fruits for an hour flight...Impressive...
From City to ..I dont know how to describe Bagan...at a glance, looks like desert...Bagan is nice place in its own way...in the middle of desert, there's so many sea coconut tree....about 2000 temple all over Bagan..since our trip is more like touch and go, we didnt cover a whole Bagan, just Old Bagan...good enough for those who get tired of temple easily... highly recommended to go around by horse cart (6000 - 10000 kyat per cart/ up to 3 person per cart). But if you have more time, can rent a bike...only 1000 kyat for a whole day.. Stay at New Park Hotel....NICE and Cheap...
In the evening, we went to Mt Popa to actually enjoy our 1st sunset at Myanmar....after a 2 hours beautiful scenery along the road, we arrived... to enjoy the sunset, we need to climb the stairs....I think more than 300 steps...its high + being surrounded by 'friendly monkey' + barefooted (not even socks are allowed) + so many 'shit trap' to be avoided = we didnt enjoy sunset bcos its still early. We view sunset while stop at wine making 'factory'...sort of.

NB : its good to have hotel booked before u go during peak season as those tourist attraction places can be very packed...However, you can make reservation a day before you arrive to the destination like we do....can ask the GH you currently stay to make a phone reservation to the GH on next destination ... better to have a list of GH u prefer.

Day 3, we proceed to Mandalay by 8am 'Express Bus' (USD10/pax). Bought the ticket a day before from the GH. Most GH will have this service. Cant help it but we do expect the bus to be express bus like we have in Malaysia....its 6 hours journey, ETA 2pm....
and When we see the bus...(the bus station is walking distance from New Park Hotel, about 10min walk...)..ok, get into the bus and stop expecting...just go with the flow, accept every situation as it is and adjust ourselves accordingly.. :-)..It is not an express bus at all, keep stopping for passenger to get in and out of the bus... local sit along the aisle (using small stool)...cross 2 rivers...desert..oasis...tar..cement road...stop for toilet and break twice....finally we arrive Mandalay. VERY different with Bagan..its a City like Yangon, 2nd largest city in Myanmar. USed to be Capital of myanmar during Royal era..
Arrive Royal City Hotel at 3.30pm...check in...4pm sharp we went to AMARAPURA, again to enjoy sunset..this place known to be the most beautiful scenery for sunset...it has teak wood bridge name U- Bein Bridge...we rent a boat to be at the middle of the lake for sunset and YES...its SPEECHLESS...
Day 4, Before that, do u see photo with the food...thats our dinner in Mandalay which cost us USD9 ONLY for 5 ppl.... ;-)
Still at Mandalay...continue our adventure to Mingun by ferry from Mandalay jetty...ticket 5000 kyat per person for 2 hours ferry ride to - fro (9am). We'll be waiting by a line of taxi...heheeh
eh..its cow cart...we took one taxi, go round Mingun...most of tourist opt to walk instead but I prefer to rent a taxi... 5000 kyat per taxi for 5 people + unofficial tourist guide who can speak fluent english, spain, french...
MINGUN is different and MAGICAL...the building, the bell...everything about it...back to Mandalay Land by 1pm...arrive 2pm, we straight away go to Mandalay hill....go up by pick up, and escalator...yes, they do have escalator at this temple. Alhamdullilah..we were so tired to climb another stairs anyway...
Need to catch the bus to Inle at 7pm(USD12/pax)...so, dont want to expect anything this time but still hope for the best...and yep, the bus is slightly better...free mineral water + face towel + no one sit along the aisle + its an express bus with 3 times stop for toilet and drink and no recline seat....still we can sleep on and off..no A/C cos Myanmar is winter on Feb. Night can drop to below 10 degree C at some places....but day time can rise up to 28 degree C...so , A/C no need during night time and we were freezing...

N/B: Most important notes about Myanmar transportation, nothing is punctual...Train even worst...u dont know when u arrive... ;-D...this is real, i'm not kidding..

Day 5, after 8 hours frozen and confusing journey...we safely arrive at Ngaung Shwe, big city next to small Inle town..well, at least bigger than Inle town....the temperature drop to 11 degree C when the pick up took us to our GUestHouse. When I said pick up...its a real pick up lorry and 4 of us seat at the back...one lucky lady seat in front with driver.. ;-D...about 1/2 an hour another freezing journey...( bus suppose to arrive at 4am..but we arrive at 6am..)..I cant even feel my nose..we check in at 7am in 4 Sisters Inn...here somehow another confusion, the lady who run the Inn let us get into our room,give the key but we didnt register like we did with other GH. She didnt even ask for our passport..given that we travel by bus for 9 hours, we just want to be in the room, freshen up and continue our itenerary...Immediately after check in, we arrange for our bus to Yangon tomorrow, boat ride to Inle Lake at 9am, laundry our jeans (just 200kyat per jeans...USD1 ~ 1000kyat..)..
Since we are the only group arrived that particular day, the owner gave us complimentary breakfast consist of plain pancake + toast + butter + jam + coffee/tea + banana...not bad at all.. ;-D...9am, boat ride started. Along the canal direct to Inle Lake accompanied by a group of gorgeous SeaGull...ITS HUGE LAKE makes be begin to imagine there might be an anaconda or Godzilla or Lock ness living in it..hhahahhhaa..its scary and makes me nervous really...proceed to the market and temple, we visit the water village, cotton Weaving factory and have lunch at the floating restaurant...Inle lake is where I got my worst sunburn...(9am - 5pm on the boat)...

Day 6, spend our morning cycling around town. Our bus to Yangon at 3pm. Visit to local market where we bought several nuts, Shan Tribe bag, fruits....the market is somehow interesting. we cycled around town and some village till lunch time at 12 noon....by 2pm, the pick up came and drive us to Ngaung Shwe (the bus stop to Yangon)...this time we do expect the bus is better based on previous experience that the bus getting better and better due to the journey time become longer and longer...bus to Yangon from Inle is 14 hours with 3 stops for break and toilet. Got water and face towel....this time, the bus almost half tourist, half local...along the journey, we need to walk through the border (we think) twice in the middle of the nite (like 2am and 5am)..

NB : many of Myanmar apparently can speak Malay due to working 3-6 yrs in Malaysia..almost everytime, we face difficulty to explain what we want or even we just chatting among ourselves, there will be Myanmar ppl approach us and speak Malay....we even got shopping guidance at Bogyoke Market who speak fluent Malay with Indian slang ... ;-D..somehow makes us extra careful to talk about unnecessary things among them...hehehehhehe..

Day 7, we reached Yangon at 6am. Get the taxi (this time real taxi as in A CAr.. ;-p )....Get to Beautyland II GH at down town 7am. The room not ready yet. So, we just leave the bag, face wash, brush teeth....go out and get breakfast..(imagine that we just completed 14 hours bus journey and we continue city tour.....horrible but we managed)...starving, we found Muslim restaurant (has been spotted while looking for the GH).....while eating like nobody bussiness....we somehow aware the waiter are actually looking at us...OMG...maybe we looks like we havent touch food for few days..hahahhahhahaha...who cares anyway...hahahahahaha..
Then, we go sigthseeing...not much to see really, just pick whatever important to let time flies while the room will be ready at 10am.
Get to our room at 10am....this time, we took few hours to sleep...after lunch time about 2pm, we proceed to Karawuiek park (dont remember the exact spelling)...spend time there, have fruits drink, photo session....then we proceed to Shwedagon Palace to experience last sunset in Myanmar...its up hill, more stairs and its worth it....met some Malaysian there .... Our last dinner at the same restaurant of our 1st dinner...more food order this time..1 roasted duck + 1 Crispy honey Duck + Soup +fried rice.....Everytime we eat regardless of breakfast/lunch/dinner..we had almost table full of meal and its all finished....

NB : its better to have Kyat in hand while in Myanmar. Change rate varies according to division (big city like Mandalay & Yangon can get better rate)..In Yangon, better rate can get at Bogyoke Market..DO COUNT YOUR MONEY AFTER CHANGE FOR PRECAUTION......May Shan GuestHouse near to Sule Pagoda also offer good rate... MOST IMPORTANT : DO BRING USD NOTES AS CRISPY AS CLEAN CLOSE TO NEW. They are very particular on that. One of our friend facing difficulty because her notes not new look. BRING SMALL NOTES IF POSSIBLE.

Day 8, our last Day in Myanmar dedicated for shopping at Bogyoke Market. Myanmar the golden land is actually well known as centre of all Gems...Sapphire, Ruby, Topaz, Moonstone to name a few...you can get it with USD10 and above...Jade..all is original but the price varies according to the grade and quality. So many Gems and Jewellary which I'm not familiar of but being a lady who loves jewellary, i bought myself MoonStone, jade ring, Quartz bracelet and earing.....some of us bought 15 bracelet, few necklace...we shop till drop...

We conclude our Myanmar trip with shopping spree and WE LOVE IT.... :-D

Highly recommended to those who love Scenic View at Inle, Gems Shopping at Yangon, Panoramic Image at Bagan, Splendid Sunset at Amarapura and Magical Touch at Mingun...

Kau Pergi Jua

2011 starts in a good shape at first untill 14th January ... I got into car accident. I dont know how its happen , i banged to the car in front of me..

Thats only a sign initially. 15th Jan 2011 is worst. My mum leaving me , my dad and my brother forever from this world. She goes in peace....like sleeping beauty. Her final breath ends in our hugs and prayer.... May mama rest in peace.. We let you go because we dont want to see you suffering anymore..I know you were in pain every time you breathing...

Allah has loaned to me the best Mama..Alhamdullilah.. I couldnt imagine to live this life without her before. However, after taking care of her due to her illness, witness her pain, I realise I have to let her go and learn gradually to live my life without her. She was my strength all this while. Being the only daughter, I have spent so many sweet memories, we fight, we argue, we travel only 2 of us,.. However I dont share her interest in planting, sewing..thats all goes to my brother... :-)

Now, my tears dry out as time goes by but the remembrance of her become stronger day by day. I still feel her last touch, her last kiss, her last hugs..thats all will become part of my life..still feel she's around.. I still have a conversation as if she is listening.... I lost her ..YES, but I have to keep moving.. Its not easy, I have to survive no matter what.. I miss her prayer for me...Now I have to keep my prayer for her...

WAlau apa pun yang terjadi..Berjalan lah tanpa henti..Semoga Pemergian Mu .. Tak Akan Merubah Apa Pun...Semoga Mampu Ku lawan Kesepian Ku...I LOve U Mama...

Preparation for 2011

Only 2 days left before we step to 2011. So many joy and tears happen and hopefully 2011 will be more joy than tears.

To start a good year ahead....I have several things to begin with.

1. Moving to my new house ...YES, I finally owned a little cute nest after 8 years working and saving...renovation will be followed throughout 2011...

2. Vacation planning as usual which been applied for the past few years. My adventure in 2011 will be begin with completion of ASEAN ... I am going to MYANMAR!!!!..A little troublesome on this trip than other ASEAN country..I applied a visa yesterday, the moment i step into the embassy, its MYANMAR...feel sooooo not belongs to..Pray hard To Allah this trip will goes well as PLAN. Insyaallah..for this year, my travel plan will include Europe (if my pocket permit) and Hong Kong or perhaps China [big trip]..Singapore Universal Studio, or any place in Malaysia for small trip...

3. Preparing for my good friend bday BASH 1st week of January 2011...a double celebration for Ina and MIa on 8th Jan 2011...this will be GOOOOODDDD!!!.. ;-D

Looking at all that, My resolution for 2011..TO SAVE MORE MONEY as my acc has been decreasing tremendously.. ;-)

BYE BYE 2010.......

my bday dinner

tanggal 30th Oct, my 33rd bday. as usual my lovely frens arrange wonderful dinner at Al-apa ek nama restaurant arab tu...boleh pulak lupa.
its one of my fav restaurant...YES!!!! dah ingat..Al-DIAFAh...ye kot. setiap kali bday, yg paling susah is nak bagi apa. but this time I dapat hadiah home appliances. thanks my dear fren.....I mmg suka home appliances. Anything to do wt kitchen,cooking...i mmg suka...dari mcm2 jenis periuk ke senduk,sudip semua tu...right now, I wish someone will give me a set of knife as a Gift.. :-D

Ada satu benda yg my fren tak tahu, even my close fren.... I sgt suka character Doraemon. I used to have big Patung Doraemon which I bought in Langkawi..naik bas balik Perak with Doraemon tu duduk seat sebelah sbb BESAR...kiranya, my travel buddy masa tu adalah patung Doraemon..hehehehehheh....it was 15yrs ago..

In fact till now i masih suka Doraemon. I will try not to miss Doraemon show on TV. I dah start collect patung action Doraemon bcos i just find out the shop yg jual.

To my lovely fren who read this...for my next bday, it will be awesome if I can get Doraemon collection. ;-D

Banyaknye hal

Alhamdullilah,End of November this year, I finally received my new apartment key...sangat lah bangga becos this is my first house yg dibeli dgn hasil kerja selama 8 tahun...kecik je..yelah apartment tapi ITS MY HOUSE..no more rental...2nd house, insyaallah will be landed...Bersyukur sgt, akhirnye I memiliki sebuah rumah..

Hati berbunga2 nak pindah masuk. Yelah kan, rumah sendiri. Plus, mcm2 nak buat jugak....then I started list out what to do item...
1. beli new furniture
2. beli new home appliances
3. buat cabinet dapur ikut citarasa sendiri (cant wait)
4. cari contractor
5. cari tukang cat rumah
6. nak tukar door key
7. nak cuci rumah
8. langsir tak pilih lagi
9. rail tak drill lagi
10. ......
11. .......
punya lah byk benda nak buat. ni semua baru 1st phase. bukan apa, budget tak cukup nak buat semua serentak. Ikutkan hati, nak reno bathroom, nak pasang tile at laundry and balkoni area,nak tambah pillar, semua tu kena masuk in 2nd phase. till now, i managed to do 1,2 and 5 je....masa dapat kunci tu, kalau blh nak pindah dlm masa 2 weeks...tapi right now, terpaksa lah pindah 1st jan..tu pun after cat siap, masukkan barang2 semua..but kitchen cabinet still cannot be ready. All and all, semua nya insyaallah akan settle by 3rd week of Jan 2011......

tak sabar nak pindah bcos rumah baru ni ada swimming pool, i get my own carpark, ada gym, ada area to jogs if tak nak pergi gym..most important, ada Lift...rumah sewa skrg tak de semua tu..

then , i have to unpack and kemas brg2 semua b4 off to Myanmar for 8 days..bukan apa, semua baju2 yg nak di bawa travel tu dah dlm kotak...

Penat fizikal and mental....takde org nak share the load, semua kena buat sendiri,tu yg bertambah stress and exhausted. Tapi takpe, to get rumahku syurga ku...aku rela buat apa saja.

dah siap semua...kita share how my house looks... :-)