When u...

When u pick ur first word

mummy give u a kiss

When u take ur first step

mummy give u a hug

When u start climbing stairs

mummy get so worried

to see u fell down

mummy has tears falling her cheek

And NOw...

from a word u became a debater

from a step u became a traveller

U r now climbs up success ladder

mummy still has tears in her eyes

just for different reason than before

she now proud of you...

HOw do you measure ROMANTIC??

Lets talk about being Romantic today...What is romantic in your perception?

1. Being so lovely to each other
2. Remember and celebrate all important date such as birthday, anniversary etc...
3. Say good morning..good night, I love u everyday
4. HUgs and kiss each other everyday
5. Be sensitive to each other feeling
6. Calling each other pet name (provided a good one)
7. Have Surprise event or gift...

Those are the things we always heard from everyone when we talk about being Romantic.. To me, my personal opinion about being Romantic is..can be an additonal of the above list....

a) A husband able to be an Imam for a wife and kids. After every solat, a wife kiss a hubby hand....thats romantic..
b) Aplogise to each other everyday before nights fall to make sure if we die that night, we have forgive each other wrong doing. Thats romantic...
c) When you wakes each other to perform solat at night..thats romantic
d) Helping each other of housework...cooking, houskeeping,taking care of kids...thats romantic
e) Taking care of each other either in good shape of health or worst shape of health..thats truly romantic
f) Be in touch every time far apart...
g) Be truthful of yourself and your partner...love each other unconditionally till the end...

My dad will call my mum more than 3 times a day everytime they are apart...
My dad will always makes sure my mum happy all the time...If my mum in sad mode, he will gone crazy and start calling me for advice...heheheheh..how sweet.
They have pet name for each other..
They go to the mosque together every maghrib and have supper on the way home or they will perform solat together at home..lovely
My dad doesnt know how to give surprise party or gift but he never forget the important date.
My dad doesnt know how to express his love by hugs n kisses or even 'I love you' every day but he always comes home for lunch and dinner...Always bring something for my mum if he has to go for busisness lunch or dinner.
My dad never forget a souvenir for my mum every single time he go out of town.
You wont get 'A Congrats' if u did good in your exam or anything but without fail he will bring you out to celebrate or buy you a gift.
My dad doesnt help much in cooking,housekeeping and he doesnt even know how to operate washing machine (its true, I am not exxagerate here) but he always appreciate my mum by finish off all the meal she cooked,never complain the way my mum iron his clothes,drive my mum to anywhere my mum wants to go,buy everything my mum needs and he will make sure to have a vacation at least once a year to the place my mum wants to be...(and I usually will become their travel agent)
My dad is excellant in preparing Nasi Beriani singapore style with Ayam Masak Merah...
The most important is ...
My dad always be there whenever you need him....

So , do u think my dad is romantic?...I think my dad is a truly romantic person .....
As human being, we cannot expect to have it all....to have some of it which fit our needs in daily life is good enough... :-)

Just Few things...

1. Traffic so bad lately..any idea why? obviously the number of cars suddenly increased.. due to..
a) so many singles out there..so many cars wt only a driver inside
b) even married couples, cannot share car due to diff place of work...diff direction and timing
c) nowadays students drive to school, college, university
d) perhaps...many guy practise polygamy, hence all wives owns car .. :-)

2. How to get rid of a person u had enough??
a) tell him/her direct to his/her face...not so many ppl have courage to do so..as malays always put.."tak sampai hatilah"
b) ignore the person untill he/she understand..(well, it may take long time if the person kind of Lembab species)
c) just keep quiet when he/she talk to u..do not response or maybe response a bit but not too interested kind of response
d) i can't think of anything else..Any idea reader?

3. I am Single..yes..some people just love jump into conclusion..and some of it soooooo pathetic..
a) kenapa TAK NAK kahwin?? hello..who says I Dont Want To get married..Of course I WANT...sigh
b) U tak nak ada anak ke?..sigh, I am normal women who were born with natural mother instinct..they just cannot see it...
c) The most outrageous question I ever had....
Are u a Lesbian??? Subhanallah...Usually I answer it with smile and if women were asking me,'why, are u interested in me?' if a guy..'are u a gay?'
Yes... I watched homo movie, read homo book,appreciate women beauty, holding hands with my girlfriends,hugs and kisses with them, it doesnt mean I'm homo myself....from my very own experience, a person who declare she/he homophobic is the person who are actually homosexual but they are just afraid to come out and reluctant to come back to the right path...may Allah guide all these species...
I watched FBI movie, read FBI book but I'm an engineer...

4. Do u try to correct someone who got wrong perception about you?
a) if it strangers...dont care, they dont even know who are
(stranger as my definition : relatives i dont like, frens who i consider just fren which their opinion doesnt bother me at all)
b) if it comes from close family n frens....need to be taken care of..

we stop here for today...will be back for new issue.. ;-)

My first week of my temporary Detox diet

Dear my lovely blog,

Today is the second day I have become Vegan...no animal meal. Sounds so cannibal isnt it? ahahhahahah...I am temporary vegan ..no meat,no chicken, no seafood,no eggs... I startes my detox diet on sunday night. Had a smooties of banana + starfruit + orange. It was good..yummy.

Yesterday I had Mashed sweet potato for lunch, carrot stick for snack,Vege soup for dinner and ginger tea after meal. This morning, I had juice of carrot+apple+orange...and I cook my own recipe of spaghetti for my lunch...check below photo... :-)

looks good right??....taste all right too but its hot a bit. I have to find name for my 1st ever recipe. What I put as an ingredient? 1. Spaghetti 2. garlic 3. olive oil 4. dried chili 5. grinde black pepper 6. button mushroom 7. it suppose to be corriander leave but I was confuse with the smell and looks of the leave....but it turns out ok too..

What am I going to have for dinner tonight?..well, grilled potato and sweet corn + orange juice.

Anyone care to join my new regime of diet??? hahahahahaha.....

Krabi ..I come, I stay , I enjoy

Krabi is the first vacation of year 2010. But hey, as usual, we did plan this trip 2-3 months ahead…I think around Oct (at first we wanna go a week b4 xmas but the ticket price just too high…so, Jan we are).

1st day :

Arrive Krabi Airport, we took minibus as they said (take outside airport..just in front of airport entrance)…THB600 for a whole car from Krabi Airport to Aonang Pier … Aonang pier, we took long tail boat to go to our final destination…Railey ..THB70/pax. Where we stay? A very far up hill backpacker accommodation type called Railey Cabana…to find the place, we are actually did some hiking..no kidding..plus lost a bit, confuse, lost,confuse and we finally get there. Its very cheap though..THB400/pax/2 nights(for those who can compromise on luxury of accommodation, can choose this place…very basic but we love it) like our kampong…all our neighbours were Orang Putih..(well, we are the only ASEAN on that particular period).
After Maghrib..heading to the beach where all the happenings thing going on…looking for nice place to have dinner…found this restaurant..(alamak tak ingat nama pulak) good food…price reasonable. Trekking to our Railey CAbana

Finally

this is our pondok

TIPS : don’t bother to find the cheapest price cos all place about the same price and just look for nice ambient to enjoy..the food somehow will not be disappointing) Dinner for 4 roughly about RM100-RM120..with fish,vege, rice,8 drinks (yeah we are thirsty), beef/chicken..everything is HALAL here..No Worries.

relax on bamboo stage

What are you going to do after dinner? Look around for tomorrow trip. Phi phi island a day trip plus lunch plus free flow mineral water n coke, price range from THB1800 can go down to THB900 per pax..depending on where you book and how good your nego skill…its for speed boat( highly recommended to take speed boat). We were thrill to get THB1300/pax before knowing that there is THB900/pax offered in other tour agent….hehehhe..nevermind..Having coffee or tea while lay down on bamboo kind of stage..looking to the ocean eventho its dark…with the soft wind blow to ur face..musics and the best of all…observe people passing by…hot stuff some of them…hahahahahaha..

2nd day :

Speed boat

Starts as early as 7am…(its 8am Malaysia time)…get our breakfast at one of the reastaurant…its pricey I should say. THB225/pax for big American breakfast exclude drink..by 9.00am..ready for phi phi island trip. The trip includes snorkeling at not remember where,swim at Maya Bay (The Beach location),the beach so fantastic, the water soooo inviting, u will be swimming without u even realize it...lunch at Phi Phi Island,buffet, food Ok… and another snorkeling(its in the middle of the ocean and I’ve being attacked by jelly fish..its like a fire burning..so painful, however its getting ok in 2 hours, not always happen..i’m just the lucky one..Am I?)…it’s a full day trip…arrive railey west at about 3.30pm.

Maya Bay

Landed at Railey beach…straight to our room/pondok….rest while freshen up..get ready for nite life on 2nd nite. Before dinner, we enjoy sunset moment.We had dinner at different place but as I said earlier, the price about the same any where…we had prawn, fish, papaya salad, 4 drinks, rice., beef/chicken…after dinner, its heavy rain out of sudden. We just drop into massage parlour nearby , get a good 1 hour massage while waiting for the rain to stop…finish massage…rain stop..Thai massage THB250/1 hour..absolutely superb. DO NOT MISS IT. We book 4 island trip for tomorrow activity.. Only THB700/pax. This activity can up to THB1200/pax…we saw advert of Muay Thai..(Thai kickboxing ) earlier. Need to grab a seat by 9.30pm before its full..so here we are, at Bamboo pub where the ring is ready, the fighter no where can be seen. Ordered mango juices and a sisha..THB250 for sisha. While waiting for the show , we enjoy our sisha till 2 of us almost Knock Out (KO without fighting in the ring)….we didn’t know what’s in Sisha but later we found out (really later..after we come back to KL)it’s include Ganja..hahahahahah..no wonder 2 of my frens ting tong…experienced that’s count..heheheheh
By 12mdnite…no fighter turns up, crowd begin to make their way including us….need to sleep for tomorrow trip..and need to be on bed before my frens cannot walk back…hahahahahah…

Sunset at Railley

Sisha time...
3rd day :
Again, 7am is our wake up call, need to pack and check out. We are heading to Aonang in the evening…breakfast today we choose buffet at one of the resort, THB250/pax. Its consider cheap bcos u can eat variety of food. From cereal to fried rice..pan cake..juices and coffee..bread n butter n jam..fruits..After breakfast , we wait for our boat at the RAiley West beach..(our kampong at Railey East..just 10 min walk btwn two railey). The boat women came….’4 ppl for 4 island’ she shouted..we know its gonna be us but she refuse to agree and keep checking..she said need to confirm..well then, we can wait….after 10 min, YES, its confirm…we are 4 ppl she looking for…hehheheheheh..(our sticker is apparently diff from others..no wonder)..
And what is this 4 island?...Phra Nang beach…nice place to swim and photo session of course, snorkeling spot which soooo beautiful but high current (the wave pull and push u, end up u r at the big rock)lunch at Chicken Island…it has this route connecting two island..got to cross it to get to the boat..(others took 10 min to cross it but we took about 30 min due to high tendency to be a model…every step is a photo session…) the ocean is like big swimming pool..can’t take my eyes out of you….its just not enough no matter how many pic u snap…after an hour, proceed to Poda Island…nice place to take a nap, really. Slept here about 20 min…had jagung bakar…by the time we are about to swim…its time to get on board…sigh..(the first topless I saw is here…I mean women, all men are topless, kids naked with cap)

Arrive railey beach at about 2pm….since we had checked out and still want to swim ..we just continue swim and sunbathing at Railey West beach….by about 4pm, we had hi-tea…(pizza n drink at tea time…hahhahaah)…relax a bit, cool down after hot sunny sun bathing..took longtail boat to Aonang at about 5pm. Only 10 min ride, arrive Aonang…looking for KL Aonang hotel,we decided to take tuk tuk instead of walking..cost us THB100 for a tuk tuk, its wise decision cos that hotel is far enough to walk with 9kg bagpack…settle down…freshen up..feels like back to urban life. KL Aonang is apparently one of budget hotel recommended by Air Asia. About THB350 double fan room…nice, clean, comfy.

When night come, we stroll along the road to find HALAL food. In Aonang , need toask bcos they do serve Non Halal…we got one place, seat, ordered almost same menu plus crab and grilled Giant Prawn…good food with good price. After dinner, window shopping time, looking for massage place which is a lot…choosing massage place,..have a wonderful aloe vera massage…walk back to the hotel…sleeppppp….

4th day :
Today we are going home…..eventho I enjoyed Krabi, I am more happy of the idea coming home..Home sweet home…
But before that, we rent 2 bikes to merempit at Aonang. I haven’t ride a bike for quite some time but I do have a license..so still acceptable. Another rider, only know how to ride without knowing how to start a bike, where is the break , how to open the seat to get to the fuel tank..worst case, not sure how to turn…well good luck to us.

Its just a scooter but its big enough for me…being petite not easy to stand the bike but above all…..we managed to ride,stop, ride,stop, take photo successfully without any harm…Bravo..Last beach of the vacation is Natharat Pharat beach….not so beautiful but still better view than PD and Feringgi…Bike rent is for a day..THB200 exclude fuel..we just add THB40 for 1 liter fuel..expensive. the bike given to u with 1 liter fuel and its actually enough for 20km maybe…but being us, we prefer to refill than stop without fuel on the road…When we return the bike, the fuel is almost half tank ( we rent about 3 hours only , got plane to catch)

By 12, airport pick up all ready waiting for us, we just arrive our hotel, final packing…half an hour later, off we go to the airport….
Everything went smoothly till we almost landing. KL weather so bad, heavy rain…we experience air pocket 2 times, heavy turbulence….the flight decending and suddenly go up again …feel like roller coster in the air..we are unable to land, we are going to hang around for a while…the pilot said. There you go, free tour in the air above Sepang…after 20min, 2nd attempt to land..finally at about 5pm, we safely landed at LCCT…Big hand everyone….

Adakah kita berbangga dengan bahasa ibunda kita

Kawan2,

Selalunya saya menulis dengan menggunakan bahasa Inggeris sehingga saya agak kekok untuk menaip dalam bahasa Melayu...(masih lagi kekok ketika menulis artikel ini)....adakah kita berbangga dengan bahasa ibunda kita.

Setiap kali saya ke luar negara, terutama negara2 yang tidak menggunakan inggeris sebagai bahasa perantaraan....saya menghadapi kesukaran untuk berkomunikasi dan saya akan menyalahkan rakyat negara tersebut kenapa tak mahu belajar bahasa inggeris...kan senang nak melayan pelancong macam saya...

tapi dari satu sudut lain, saya kagum dengan keyakinan mereka yang sangat berbangga menggunakan bahasa ibunda mereka sendiri. Dan sikap mereka ini membuatkan saya malu pada diri sendiri yang kadang kala terlupa menggunakan bahasa ibunda saya. Secara logiknya, kalau anda datang ke tempat saya, anda perlu menggunakan bahasa saya untuk berkomunikasi. dan begitu jugak sebaliknya..

Pengalaman saya di France, Jepun dan German, semasa saya sibuk menggunakkan inggeris untuk mencari arah atau bertanya harga barangan,mereka buat tak tahu je sehingga saya menggunakkan bahasa melayu dan terus diorang respon dan diorang tanya, Do u speak english? barulah diorang layan saya sebab diorang sedar saya memang tak tahu bahasa mereka.

Semasa di Filipina, pemandu teksi memarahi saya dan rakan2 kerana bercakap inggeris dengan nya...Dia kata, kami orang muda berlagak , tak nak guna tagalog, sibuk guna Inggeris....selepas saya terangkan yang kami semua orang malaysia, baru dia ok ... kejadian yang sama berlaku di Bangkok..(nak buat cemana, profile saya sama je dgn orang thai dan filipine)..

Di sini, Kuala Lumpur , kebanyakan restoran di pusat2 membeli belah atau hotel2 mengambil orang luar bekerja sebagai pelayan. Pelayan2 ni tak tahu pun berbahasa melayu. nak minta menu dalam bahasa melayu pun tak faham dan mereka bekerja di Malaysia. Kalau kita bekerja di France contohnya dan menjadi pelayan..sah2 lah kena belajar bahasa france...sedangkan pergi Indonesia pun kita dah terikut2 bahasa sana...

tapi kat sini, kita ok je dengan pekerja2 luar yang tak tahu langsung berbahasa melayu. Kita masih layan mereka ini dalam inggeris..

KITA SEBENARNYA BERBANGGA YANG KITA FASIH BERBAHASA INGGERIS TAPI TIDAK SEDIKIT PUN RASA MALU SEKIRANYA BAHASA MELAYU KITA TONGGANG LANGGANG...DAN KITA MASIH MENGAKU KITA RAKYAT MALAYSIA YANG BAHASA MELAYU ADALAH BAHASA RASMI???

Tidak mustahil generasi akan datang terus lupa berbahasa Melayu dan hanya berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggeris...

FIKIR2 KAN LAH....PERINGATAN UNTUK SAYA DAN ANDA SEMUA...

What happen recently...

1. Saturday...raya open house started. 2 houses to cover in a day and1 to be cover at night. Only Malaysian (if I'm not mistaken) have this culture. Only in Malaysia too we have Pasar/Bazar Ramadhan. The first house was my ex-colleague, 1st time ever had raya open house. We arrive very early(first guest in fact) ,well I am punctual..We left when most of my ex-colleague starting to show up..Sometimes whenever it become an ex-....better not to interact anymore.. ;-)
2nd house was my ex-schoolmate (primary school). This is fun but I have to wait for an hour for other friends to arrive due to bad traffic everwhere in KL on saturday..to make it worse, its raya season.
3rd house...my long lost best friend.. her house is in my neighbourhood. 3 min driving. Me and her living at the same neighbourhood for almost 2 1/2 years but never bum to each other. How I found her...YESSSS..FB. We talk and talk and talk and talk from 8pm till...2am in the morning. The last time I met her was during her wedding and now she got 3 kids (eldest 6yrs old).... plus minus I havent meet her almost 7 years. Now, as I found her..We promise to keep in touch as long as we can...Insyaallah.. next plan to bring her and kids to have a garden picnic and play kites on one of those weekend..(since her hubby working abroad)

2. On a very peace Sunday afternoon, I witnessed A french man reverting to Islam. I attended the ceremony incidently. During the event, strange but wonderful feeling run through my vain. My heart beeping hard, I feel sad at the same time almost drop a tears. It mades my faith stronger and reminding myself I am also still green in my own religion. This guy comes alone without his friends and family but go home with strong faith of Allah, Muslim friends and family.

3. My bro lepak my house so frequent recently since he started his job at Bandar Utama...Its near to go to my office from ur house,he said..but I know the main reason he stay in my house is because I cooked for dinner and his water supply being cut off (forgot to pay bills. this is what happen if you so used to have PA to run an errands). We both love home cooking. If we want to have meal outside we prefer something different like sushi, dimsum, western food, pasta...something that I am not good to cook...;-D

We had a chat while watching TV and I flip through GLAM magazine he brought back from his office when suddenly my eyes catch a designer handbag that I really love...I said out loud " this is the handbag I am looking for,this design.." And my lovely bro take a look.."u have such a very high taste, do u know how much is that?" I was just smile....He continued "Its Birkin Hermes,not simply a handbag..Dato' Siti have 3, Fazura have 1..maybe permaisuri Agong and other kerabat Raja..let alone Victoria Beckham and other Hollywood celebs...the cheapest is RM50k...and 5 years waiting list in Malaysia....HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA...in US, waiting list is 1 year-2 years,cost USD10k and above...So, I decided to have a wanna be Birkin only which cost me thousands as well.. ;-) Havent got yet...insyaallah.

I havent realise I am into expensive handbag but I do notice my handbag collection are luxury. Yes, I only have 4 handbags but all are designer brand. Why is it very rare I buy handbag..Because I only interested in design which cost me thousands..and I have not realise it untill the day I fall in love with Birkin...*sigh*..and yet I am simple and fun living creature but can be very deatil n particular on certain things.