What-a-Wonderful-World

What do you think when the old and senior otai get together? Sure everything would be renminise back from the past 25 years. Bukan senang nak jumpa. But for sure we missed everybody and everybody seems so different. Ye lah umor semakin meningkat kan. Then the old stories started to flow again and asking where is this guy and this guy. As for me bagus dapat jumpa semua kawan kawan lama. Kalau tak jumpa belum tentu dapat kenal bila terserempak di jalan...

One thing that nice about Bintulu is about the seafood. Everything is so cheap compared to Semenanjung. For example, ikan tenggiri fresh from the sea is only rm18/kg. Similarly for sea prawn. Since I am going home forthnightly, I would go to pasar Melayu and get 2 big ikan tenggiri to fly home. And the next idea is to bring prawn home. Since everything in Semenajung becoming so expensive and so unthinkable, worth to carry them home....

Inilah keje aku during weekend. Satu satu aku gunting, trace, potong and jadi bunga. Nak buat beberapa lagi tapi bila waktu weekdays letih dan malas pulak. Tak pa....kita kumpul semangat semula. Aku rasa bila dah siap padti menarik dan menjadi perhatian ramai....

Setelah selesai je hantar Shamim, kami teruske Kuala Kangsar untuk solat di Masjid Ubudiah. Sebenarnya aku tak pernah sampai di sini pun walau aku selalu ulang alik ke utara. Masjid ni memang cantik and unik. Terletak di kawasan bukit yang nyaman.

The topping is complete and now the time to insert the batting and the underneath fabric. Hhhmmm...it is going to take another few weeks to comple and it depend on how free my wife would be or..I would be the one to continue the hand stitch. Whe I launched into my facebook, it was immediately book by Che Mat. Ok...I will keep it specially for you. Then the message from my other friends requesting the same design and size.....wait a minute! Let me complete one by one and I would put you turn in the line ok....

This is my new pair of love bird. I love them very much and they are pretty. I thought  that I can stop buying the love birds but I fail again. I just could not resist the temptation. Oh my god.... Nak buat cam mana sebab dah hobby kan.

Balik baru ni aku tak buang masa langsung. Selesai saja urus Shamim, terus aku tumpu pada quilt aku. Dua king size quilt siapkan border. Dan satu ladi aku pick and mix dari remnant fabric yang ada. Aku potong satu satu untuk menjadi equaliteral triangle. Tapi method aku walaupun cepat tapi rugikan akin. Banyak wastage. Nak tukar method takut dimension lari pulak. Anyway aku baru siap 7 blocks with dimensions 16 inc x 16 inch. Ingatkan nak siap secepat hari itu juga tapi badanaku sudah keletihan. So tangguh dulu and continue later...

Last weekend Sarah jatuh tangga dan dagunya terpaksa di jahit. Aku tak perasan apa yang terjadi sehingga aku pulangdari masjid dan melihat dagu Sarah sudah di tampal. Wife aku jugayang kelam kabut menghantar dia ke klinik. Memang sibuk wife aku mengerus anak anak. Sekarang Sarah kata, dia tak boleh ke sekolah sebab dagunya berdarah. Apa apa pun dia dah sihat masih nakal seperti biasa...

Jadual aku makin padat dan hectic. Bukan aku saja yang terasa, tetapi keadaan yang sama terjadi pada wife aku. Bila cuti saja sebahagian besar masaadalah untuk anak anak. Nine of them! Tapi aku tetap happy walau terpaksa berhempas pulas untuk melayan kerenah anak anak. Itulah orang kata, demi anak2 parents sanggup buat apa saja. Pada 5 hb March tarikh Shamim register di MRSM Lenggong. Dia memang teringin sangat nak ke sana. Aku tak kisah sangat tapi aku lebih suka dia belajar di sekolah lama untuk habiskan kelas pianonya. Tapi bila dia ke MRSM tak payah wife aku terkejar kejar untuk hantar ke tuition. Aku keluar lepas subuh pada hari itu sebab pukul 9 pagi waktu taklimat. Kami sampai lebih kurang pukul 10.00 pagi. Parents lain dan adadalam dewan register dan mendengar taklimat dari pengetua. Setelah selesai kami isi butir diri dan ke coop untuk beli keperluan asrama. Orang ramai, so aku ajak wife and Syamim ke hostel untuk kemas barang dan berjalan jalan di bandar Kuala Kangsar. Aku...

Semalam rasa berat je nak balik Bintulu. Tapi nak buat lagu mana kan sebab kerja utk nafkah keluarga. So my wife hantar sampai KLIA. Kali ni aku tak naik Airasia. Rasa tenang sikit. Aku tiba awal jadi ada masa untuk lepak lepak and window shopping. Rasa macam banyak benda nak beli. Tapi perlu tekan nafsu dulu buat masa ni. Aku maduk kedai buku. Lihat je berbagai buku2 aku dah tak keruan. Rasa macam nak beli je. Bila nak baca? Buku buku yang aku belom baca pun dah bertimbun. Cukup sampai hujung tahun. So aku pendam je nafsu aku yang mengganas. Elok aku suruh anak aku cari secondhand kat Amazon. Inilah yang terbaik bagi aku

April is the time for plumeria to bloom lavishly. The smell and fragrance would surpass the garden and travelling inside the house. How nice is the smell. For the last one month, the weather seems so hot. Everyway is drying and we need a time for shower. Dropping from the sky and sprinkle over my house and drumming with every drop. My plumeria reall corperating with other plant to offer beautiful flowers everywhere. I thought my collection of plumeria already stopped for now. If I could have enough space to cultivate them , for sure my collection would progress with new ranges for flowersand colours.

Now I have new family members. They are cocotail that I bought from Pak Teh. They are so tame and like to play with everybody. Now they are becoming the attention of my children especially Sarah and Yusuff. But I have to be careful with both of them. They might consider my cocotail as soft toys. The price was not that cheap but just enough to squeeze my monthly budget.

Inilah wajah baru kete Jazz aku. Ada cun tak??? Kale ni aku yang pilih. Dah idam lama dah kale ni. Tanya wife aku cantik tak. Dia kata memang menarik sangat. Aku dengan bangganya tunjuk pada Ubai and Safwan. Depa kata mmg menarik. Warna navy blue tu dah faded. Kalau kat bumbung mmg warna dah kesat gitu. Since ada duit lebih tanya wife aku nak cat baru tak? Dia setuju je. Esok bila balik Semenanjung boleh lah melaram kete baru ni.

I was not feeling well since last week. My throat was inching and I feel like to rub with a wooden fork... Hhmmmm.....and it started getting worst last Thursday and it would not make any good. My body temperature is not maintaning well and I might get a fever. Full package....I.e fever, coughing and headache.  I decided to go to clinic yesterday and probably getting mc from a doctor. I was resting the whole friday laying on my bed, try to relax and get my mind empty with stresses and what ever rubbish thoughts that distrupted my brain. I need a therapy that would massage my mind and calm down whatever anxiety lingering in my brain. Yes....quilting is a good idea, make me remain focus, concentrate and free. Just my fingers running through a needle and fabric and shaping and waving them with a white tread. This is for my daughter Nisa Balqis. A heirloom from me that would put all my memories together with her. I just wanted to tell you how I love you very much....and will always lo...

Ini bukan pertama kali aku makan mee kolok. Tapi dahbanyak kali. Tempat yang paling sedap makan mee kolok ni ialah di restoran Wan Zul. Sejak raya cina dia dah tak buka. Aku pun tak tahu kenapa. Pernah ke sana baru baru ni tapi pintu tutup rapat. Oleh kerana kempunan juga nak makan maka aku ke restoran SB Xpress. Rasa tak menyengat sangat macam kat Wan Zul. Boleh lakalu nak makan. Yang pasti aku akan order sup dua mangkok. Mee kolok ni seperti megi sup. Tak ada yang special sangat pun.....  Ni yang orang kata lepas gian!

Bila balik Semenanjung aku memang bz sangat. Kadang tu tak terlayan demand anak anak aku. Perasaan bersalah memang takdapat dinafikan. Banyak kerja yang nak di uruskan. Tapi keperluan anak anak kena layan juga. Nanti ada je yang tak kena and merajuk. Tapi kalau yang kecil tu rajuk dia kejap je. Tapi kalau yang beso tu mau makan berhari hari. Finally aku ajak anak anak aku mandi manda di Ulu Yam. Nampak sangat mereka suka. Tambahan cuaca yang sangat panas. Sampai aje di Ulu Yam, orang memang ramai. Nak cari tempat yg stategy dah langsai. Aku cuma lepak di tebing dan biarkan anak anak aku bergegas ke sungai. Biarlah mereka bergembira untuk beberapajam.....

I always thought that I could manage my time properly and would end up doing something meaningful the end of the day. I could be wrong! I also feel that how little time I have to do million of things. Time is not with me or time is not with us. To have a weedend to visit my family and at the same time to finifh my quilting project just too challenging to handle. Anyway I would better try all possible means to manage the time and being productive. Yeah...I almost complete my quilting project but when it reaches to the final stage it could be very slow. I got to pass to my wife to finish the remaining...

I was in the office going through the emails one by one. I open my discussion note try to find out the items for immediate action. It was raining outside and never show the sign to stop. Another gloomy progress we have to deal. Gareth entered my room and we started to discuss many issues. I was wondering what would happen to my house. I just could not focus the discussion. After he left, my colleague started to inform me that my housing area might experience another cycle of flood. Oopppsss...be cool and relax. I was thingking to go home to salvage my belongings. I called my housemate to alert about the rising watwr but he left his phone at home. Hhhmmmmm.......... I asked Elizabeth to contact him coz I was gong to Menara to pick him. Finally we were at home. The monsoon drain already filled with water. Anytime it Would going to spill over to the road. I started to lift all my belongings on the bed, table and anything higher. I check the road again from my window. The water is rising...

My facelift to my room already done! Only bit and pieces here ans they need to arrange. I got my hifi music and lcd tv already. This would keep 2 hours of my time to deal with. My IKEA furniture and bedding almost perfect now. You know what? Carry an IKEA single desk through out Airasia was awesome even I spent longer time with mistakes my the Airasia service. Kalau tak settle jugak mau aku buat report police. Few boxes already bought and nicely arranged and stacked on after another. The wall clock arranged at every corner of the wall. Very whitish concept and perfectly IKEA. Habis assignment nanti angkut la semua balik Malaya.

Such a wonderful music. Never regreted whenever I bought the Indonesia ethnic music. Always mesmerising and soothing till the end. Now I have carried with me my materials for my project and hopefully the music keep me occupied with my handy work. Oooppss.....I brought other collections as well.