What-a-Wonderful-World

Niat di hati nak ku miliki, tapi saiz tak ada. Apa la..... Design yang aku tak berkenan tu pula yang berlambak. Hhmmmm....bila boleh aku miliki lagi.... Pegi Pasar Baru memang banyak tapi coraknya mak datuk......macam kampung. Aku bukan nak kutuk orang kampung ok.... Jangan salah tafsiran ye.... Yang dalam gambar ni harga pun boleh tahan juga. Tapi tak adelah mahal mana. So sapa datang Bandung untuk cari baju batik, elok datang ke Paris Van Jawa.

Kali ni aku memang ambil cuti panjang. Banyak benda yang aku terpaksa uruskan. Tapi sebelum balik kerumah aku break journey dulu ke Bandung. Niat utama nak cari fabric untuk project quilting aku. Setelah aku tilik habis habisan, aku hanya perlu satu hari satu malam je untuk berada di sini. Aku bertolak dari KL naik Airasia pada pukul 6.50 pg dan selamat tiba pada pukul 8.10 waktu tempatan. Aku terus pergi ke Pasar Baru untuk beli fabric. Sampai je, kedai Sona tak buka lagi. Aku pun pi menilau sat gedung ni. Then turun balik. Nampaknya tak ada banyak choice. Color pun pudar pudar. Memang tak sesuai untuk quilt aku. Pilih punya pilih adalah satu dua yang berkenan. Pas tu jalan lagi. Jumpa pulak kedai ni yang jual jingam fabric. Borong lagi. Perut dah lapo. Aku pegi food court makan sop buntut (kita panggil sop ekor), tilapia bakar, avocado juice dan air suam.....semua sekali rm35. Wow mahai jugak depa belasah aku. Lepas tu pegi beli luggage dulu. Dah tak kuasa nak kendong barang2 yang ...

When you are alone, what should you do? I dont think that I can let TV3 corrupt my mind for the whole day and I dont think I need to lay on the bed for hours. Yes...I have many alternative activities. To engage myself with something meaningful and fruitful is more encouraging isn't it? Tak kan nak lepak dengan member gossiping again and again.... I think, I got enough gossips and politics. Sometimes  I adked myself what is the best way to please myself and people surrounding me? The only thing I realise is just to be ME. Finally I opened the freezer and looking at my frozen squid. It would be a good idea if I cook sambal tumis sotong with nasi nelayan. It would bring me back to my mother that I learned how to cook nasi nelayan. Then I saw somebody posting a recipe how to masak asam sotong garnish with spring onion, red chilly and onion. This also brought me back to those yester years where I mother presented me this menu after coming home from school. I was wondering which choice...

I am feeling little bit ok eventhough my runny nose and coughing is not fully recuperating.  Ah.......I have to be strong being orang bujang perantau. This is life and perlu hidup berdikari dan kuat. Nowadays to do a washing is so simple and quick. All you need to do is pour the detergent,  set the water level and switch on. Wait for 40 minutes and finally everything is ready to be hanged. Those years we were living with tight budget. Money was not enough to buy a washing machine and meant for the rich. I remembered when I assembled my dirty clothes and put in the bucket. Soaked with detergent and wait until the next day. The first two clothes were ok to brush. But when the next turn of other clothes it was tough to brush everything and I tend to rinse only. Finally I did it daily before my bath and eradicated my precious hours and energy. I still remember my friend used to brush his teeth while his feet stamping the soaked clothes in the bucket. It was a good idea which you...

I am not feeling well since two days ago. I was sneezing in the sponsor meeting and I knew that I was already caught a fever. Oh...not again. The next morning my body was feeling bad but I got to chair a meeting at 8.00am with my contractor and I had an appointment with Zap. I went upstairs to meet Gareth and informed him to cancel the meeting and replaced for next Monday. I have no mood to work after being exhausted for the whole week dealing preparation for the meeting. I have decided to go to the clinic and resting at home. I got a day mc, and drove straight home. I took a warm shower, medicines and lying on my bed hopefully I got a speedy recuperation.  This morning I work up at 8.00am and wondering what should I do today. I open a can of baked bean for my breakfast and still wondering how to spend time for today. After I completed my shower and dressed up, I drove to Pasar Ikan Bintulu to buy squid for my breakfast ( mmg semangat sangat sangat berkobar untuk masak sambal tum...

Since I came here for the past 5 months, having nasi lemak in the morning is not my registered menu. I tried once, with sambal sotong but the taste and style was not I expected. I left the table and went to the counter for payment, and asked how much I need to pay. With nescafe tarik and nasi lemak cost me for rm8. Wow...never expected that much! I tried to find other restaurants and stalls for scrumptious nasi lemak but nothing suit my troat. The gravy was thick with plenty of grinded onion. The best about Bintulu is its pasar melayu near muara sungai. It opens near 4.00pm and ends about 8.00pm. There varieties of seafood to enjoy and is very cheap. If you buy ikan tenggiri, it would cost you only rm16 per kilo. Similarly fresh squid only rm12 per kilo. Now I have a better idea..... and my idea would save mykitchen expenses. Since I adore for nadi lemak sotong I would never forget to bring my turperware and ask the seller to fill and pack for me. Last weekend my wive prepared for me...

If I were to gather my memories, I think I have many sweet memories that could make me proud of it. Today, my wife showed me the quilt that I made 15 years ago. It was made of from ABC cross stitch blocks altenated with blue and navy  gingham cotton fabric. I made specifically for Kiz when she was 4 years old. Yeah.....it was a very long time ago. The quilt is still in a good condition since my wive have kept them inside a sealed plastic bag.

Dont you like to own a green kitchen? It is not to have a painted wall with a green colour all four corners but to live your kitchen with green plants. Here I have collected few such as lemon balm, parsley, mint, rosemary and oregano to enhance my cooking. Many people asked me how to grow and where did I get the seeds? Ooo...oooo.... This is easy like a piece of cake. I bought them from Sg Buloh nursery for rm12 per pot. But becareful when you brought them at home. Never leave these plants in the garden coz you would end up your plants without leaves because the snails would love to chew them right to the root. But to make you kitchen looks wondergul, just simply arrange them on the window sill. You would enjoy the beauty and just pluck them and put in your cooking. Especially your roast lamb....

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.