What-a-Wonderful-World

We safely arrived home about 9.00pm. Ubai was driving all the way from Kedah. The vehicles were remarkably plenty on the road and it quite strange coz there was no public holiday and it is one third of the month. Well you can never predict the traffic and people just like to travel with different purposes. We thougt to stop at R&R Tapah but it was fulled of cars and to find a parking is another problem. Finally we decided to stop at R&R Hulu Bernam and to perform our maghrib prayer. It was also fulled of vehicles. The worst was the vehicles were parked haphazardly and there were cars coming from different direction. Aiyooo.....no discipline one la.... Ini banyak susah la. Driving an expensive cars but cannot obey the rules... This is what we call third world mentality. Do we need to educate them? By the way I missed mummy very much. Before I left I gave her a hug and kisses. She asked me, 'when are you coming home again?' Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4

I'm on board now to Langkawi with my son and my two sisters. I asked my mom to come along but she refused coz she wanted to have a nice rest at home. Ok....and my mom gave me angpow worth of rm200. Let we finish off the angpow tread with chocolates and make sure plenty of it. It just a day trip and we might come back about 4.00 pm. A ride will take about 1 hour and 45 minutes. The ferry is about to move now. Ok see you then.......bye..bye.... Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4

I have lost count how many gold fish I have thrown into the pond. The last one I have thrown two weeks ago when I bought 6 gold fish near Country Home. This is the place where I got my gold fish. When I reach home from office I would stop for a while to feed the fish. Lately I saw my gold fish never surface anymore. Are they hiding under the water lily leaves or they were dead. If they were dead, their bloated body should surface on the water. But I can see my small guppies and sword tales. Now I know who to suspect! This must be a tabby black cat fishing my gold fish. Every morning I saw him sitting by the pond with a curious and serious look to catch my fish. But how was he doing that trick? Perhaps he caught by using its claws. Hey tabby! You better watch out! I dont want you to have the same faith like mister and misses frogs. No......I'm not too cruel to kill you.... Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4

Sometimes I feel exhausted to keep up with the advance of internet and mobile technology. Being an 'otai' it is quite challenging to equip ourselves with new knowledege and system. I think my children can cope better compared to myself dealing with IT technologies. We were born in a different era not like our children were born with computers. I remembered my student days that computing is a phobia for me. Only lately I manage to work with computer because inevitably you are forced to use it. I have a friend, just because of computer he wanted to quit his job. Was that funny??? Now, can you imagine my little girl got addicted to smart phone just because she would prefer to watch Upin n Ipin in the Youtube? I can not believe this. She just 20 months old. Not even know how to speak! But she knows how to open and seach the Youtube. Then she will be quiet and engross herself with the movie. You look at the picture and it explains everything. Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4

I am planning to balik kampung. Yes, I miss my mom and it is time for me to visit and cheer her up. My last trip to my home town was somewhere in December. Of course she came to my house in certain occations where my sister took her along when they were coming to KL. I am planning to drive home tomorrow with Ubai. My wife refuses to go because she has to take care of the remaining kids. It is ok. I called my mom two days ago asking her whether she wanted to go to Langkawi? She answered no. She would rather stay at home and engage in her ibadah such as reading quran, solat and resting. I could understand her preferences coz in her age she needs a piece of mind. Our journey may take 5 hours drive. I am not going to drive and Ubai is the one to drive. Perhaps we would take a break at Tapah R&R for a hot nescafe tarik. We may arrive about 1.00 am. I should call m wife today to put the curtain fabric in the car boot that I bought for her at Fella. My plan to go to Langkawi ne...

I just had my nasi lemak this morning. It was a plain nasi lemak that cost me for rm3 and nescafe tarik for rm2.20. It is nice to have nasi lemak especially when you have side dishef like paru goreng sambal (fried liver with chillis) and sambal sotong abu ( anybody know how to translate a receipe; squilt sambal??). But to have nasi lemak everyday is not healthy that the majority of people said. Actually if you have a healthy life style it would not matter. Today I might skip a lunch. Having rice once a day is enough. Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4

Yusuff is having his hair cut. While waiting for him, I lepak at kedai mamak to have a glass of teh tarik. Oooo....I am not leaving yusuff alone with a barber. Ubai is with him and after that both of them will join me for teh tarik. I asked my wife to take him to the barber yeszerday but she has forgotten. When I asked Yusuff to accompany me to cut his hard, he insisted to go to Lina Salon. I replied no! Lina Salon is closed today but we.will go to mamak barber. I know he detests mamak very much. But that was my order anyway....hahaha. I'm still waiting, hopefully in 15 minutes time everything is ready. Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4

Everyday, my daughter, Adah would ask me where is her birthday present. Today is almost a month her birthday has passed. I promised her there would be a special present for her but I always forgotten to get one. One day I asked her what she really want. I thought of buying a teddy bear but too many teddy bears and soft toys on her bed. One day she came to me and asked for Saidina. I could not figure out what was it but I think this is something like Monopoly. I think it would be good for her to play with her friends and siblings. I thought of to bring her along to buy the present and she would love it. If you have many kids like me, there are plenty of demands and attention that you need to focus and to balance their demands so as not to be bias to one another. But dont worry coz those are challenges that you need to deal with. Your wisdom are always counted. Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4

We departed from Dungun about 7.00pm. The whether was ok and hopefully we can reach home before 12 midnight. On the way I received a call from Hj Moktar asking me why there was a long traffic jam at Sg Ular. Then I remembered we were experiencing a traffic jam at the same place some where around 11.00am on the way to Dungun. There was a police road block. Why they need to continue the road block until at night? Any serious case they were handling. We were also stuck in the jam on the way home at the same place! Yusuff was still actively playing around in the car and disturbing Sarah from time to time. Sarah started to scream whenever her brother disturbed her. Ok just ignored them they just mere kids. In the hibghway there werent many cars compared to the North South Highway. Since there are no lights along the hilly and zig zag highway, my wife asked my son to put on the high light. It could be dangerous if not enough light to lead the way. I was so tired and my eyes was almos...

Last Tuesday I asked my wife to take Adah to dentist. I thought it was time the dentist to check and evaluate her tooth. Do you know what happen? Her front tooth is growing but it twists at 90 degree position. Can you imagine that? Hhhhmmmm......in other words....she need to brace the front tooth to align back into its correct position. One day she came back from school and told my wife his school mate (obviously a boy) mentionef that she has a pretty face but the teeth were so bad. I laughed..and teasing her. Never mind we always can cosmetic the teeth and repair to get its correct orientation. Now Dr Ahmad had already braced her teeth. He said it wont take too long to get back into its correct orientation. Ubai had his teeth braced when he was 13. Balqis also had her teeth braced when she was 13. Now Adah at the age of 8. Can you imagine that? Now she feels shameful to speak to her friends and even she turns away when I want to take her photo. Anyway let see what will happen...

I woke up early today. We going to depart to Dungun about 8.30am. By the time Ubai complete his exam we already have enough rest to return home. I brought ummi, Sarah and Yusuff with me. Ikhlas was supposed to join us but he was disappeared and not at home. I told my wife never mind and let he stayed with his brother, Hadi. On the way I called Tengku. I thougt to visit him in Kemaman. Unfortunately he has to attend a wedding party in Kuala Lumpur. Anyway we managed to meet at Jaboh Toll. It was a short meeting and managed to wish and hug each other before we wave good bye. He is still working in Sudan and on 2 weeks leave. About 2.00 pm I reached aruah' s how. I asked my wife to meet her wife inside and let me take care of Sarah. As usual and being naughty, yusuff was running every where. We were there for about half an hour and we got to continue our journey to Dungun. The traffic was slow and steady. We arrived at the main entrance of UITM about 3.00 pm. Ubai is still ca...

Yesterday I had a buffet lunch. A friend of mine gave a special treat like get together kind of thing. I cannt remember when was the last buffet lunch that I had in Malaysia. I am pretty sure when Ramadhan comes, there will be more invitation for breaking the fast. Normally, I will prefer to be at home and break my fasting with my family and equip with tarawikh prayer after isyak. I just have to say no and turn down the offer nicely. Ooopppssss.......Ramadan is still a long way, why am I talking about Ramadhan? Never mind to refresh ring! The food was amazing. You can select any variety that you penchant to from western food, malay food, indian and chinese. Is there any food to call malay food? So let call them Malaysian Food. We dont have a speciallity and exotic as Thai Food. First I took few Thais Salad. I love them and I would ask my wife to prepare Thais Salad almost every weekend. There were satays and this delicacyI can claim as Malay food. The peanut gravy just marvelous...

Since I started a new job last february, now I realised that I dont have much time for my hobies and interest. After isyak prayer I need to go to bed because I have to wake up by 5.30 am. It takes me more than 1 hour to reach my office. Plus traffic conjested and raining, I might take 11/2 hour to be at the office. The good thing is my office is in KL and any shopping or other needs I will settle after office hours. Week end will be a complete rest day. My project to establish Cute Hana as girl dress boutique is slowly cease the activity due to my other family commitments. Every Sunday I have to send my girls to a piano class. And in the evening I have to visit my daughter at her hostel. To send Ikhlas for his drawing class is yet to register, and will takw up my time for Saturday afternoon. Not to mention about my time for my garden and pampering Yoko and Kenzo. Oh my god, I have not seen them for a month! My spirit for Cute Hana is still burning. Even it flickers like a burnin...

Yesterday I was so tired. Suddenly my head was dizzy and spinning. I could not get fresh even after a long bathe. Wow....what was happening to me? May be because of my dual focal glasses due to my eyes cannot adjust well to the short and long sighted. Hhmmmm.... I really need a break and nice rest. Or perhaps because of driving! After maghrib prayer I went straight to bed and snoozing all night long. Suddenly my wife woke me up for isyak prayer. The time told me it was 1.00 in the morning. My eyes were half open. Yeah....got to complete my prayer and back to sleep. This morning I felt little bit lighter and the headache was gone. Thank god! Today I reached gome earlier. My stomach didnt feel like eating since I had some food during the whole day meeting. I didnt really know what they were talking about. Very alien to me and will take times for me to decipher and digest. Aha.....something special on the table. It was almond carrot cup cake laying in the basket. My wife took few ...

Life would be very great if we value and appreciate it. But one day it will end and never return. Our lives is just like a journey. You ride on the train to one long destination. Before it arrives to you destination, it will stop to few stations to pick up new passangers and drop the travellers. Just like ourselves. We are being transfered or stopped from one place to another before we ending in the eternal life. Do you believe in life after death? I was told a very nice story by my dear friend a very long time ago. Here is the story and I will narrate as best as I could. Once upon a time there was a man used to fish at the sea. He will bring a fishing rod and baits anticipate to catch many fishes to take home for his family. After everything was ready he dropped the bait to the sea. In the ocean there were many fishes trying their luck to swallow the bait. Before they could snatch the bait, an old fish came and shouted at them. 'Dont you ever eat that food! It will harm yo...

Hhhmmm.......I got no mood to work today. I am feeling lazy to do anything. Am I feeling like Bruno marz? No...no..no.....actually. I know why. It is because I keep on thniking the amount of tax that was deducted from my second month salary. Oh my god....what am i supposed to do. Hey....recently government did mention that for those who is working oversea they will be handled by Talent Cop. They got special previledge and tax deduction only 15%! Am I alligible and what should I do next? It is time to find out now. At least 15% is better than 28%. Getting a salary is like eating muruku. You feel nice and tasty when you eat but it might scratch you gum if you are not careful! Ooopppssss.....talking about muruku, no wonder I feel sleepy coz no more muruku inside my drawer. Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4

I got a message from my wife quoting that Yusuff was in the class. It meant that Yusuff was in his first day school. Oh....thank god! He was finally going to school. Do you know what did I do to persuade him to school? I have tried so many ways to get him to school and he just refused. It came to a point I have given up all hopes. Never mind I would say to myself because he was still young but in my thought the worry keeps on bothering me. My mother said he is still young and small. Did he get the backups from his grandma? I dont think so. The problem was he was too attached to my wife. Going to school was something gruesome. I promised so many gifts and other nice things that he would get if he goes to school. But everything wont work. Since I started my new job I hardly have time to think about his school. Last few days he did a mistake and I was annoyed like the angry birds. I hit him and he was so scared. Actually I was just pretending acting like a terrible monster. Then I war...

I met my friend yesterday. I asked him to come over to The Intermark Tower. It has been quite sometimes we havent met after returning from Turkmenistan. When I greeted him at the hotel lobby, I asked where to eat and was he really hungry. A very light meal should be ok. Since we need to talk something casual and relex, why not we go to one of the cafe upstairs. The place was cosy and splendid. When I browsed the menu on the greenboard, I would prefer to have a beef quinche and ice lemon tea. My friend refused to eat instead having ice lemon tea. Finally, I decided to have a drink only. Right at the bottom of my heart, the quinche look so delicious and mouth watering. Never mind...... I reached home ealier before 6.30. The traffic was not that bad even my car have to crawl slowly. When I entered the house I could smell something nice and pleasant. My wife was baking tarts! Wow....that was my favourite. Especially blueberry cheese tart! And not only that! There were some egg tarts as ...

Yesterday I took a KTM commuter to the office. I never expect a marvelous ride knowing KTM services are very embarrassing and never have any efford to improve the condition. We can say 'lazy to live, refuse to die' ( I translated from a Malay proverb again,'hidup segan mati tak mahu'. Few weeks ago KTM announced that they have new coaches that can accommodate 1000 passengers. Wow that must be a good and happy news. Everybody welcomed with very much curiousity. For me, 'listen can, believe no' (another Malay proverb, ' dengar boleh percaya jangan'. After experiencing a horrible trip, KTM just like a dumb pig. No initiative for improvement even after receiving numerous complaints from riders. Oh.....I know why! Because the commuter only used by odinary citizens and immigrants like Mat Bangla, Mat Nepal etc. Who cares? Perhaps if somebody up there taking a ride at the peak hours together with local citizens then they will realise how poor are the services...

Yesterday my wife baked a red velvet cake for a second time. She has improved a lot especially the decoration part. Thump up for her. She mentioned that she using different receipe for the cake and reduced the amount of red colour and without cocoa powder. No wonder the colour little bit lighter. I would prefer the first version. The taste was better. Kis piped the cream cheese frosting with words happy holiday because no birthday to celebrate. Now, my wife already fond of cake decoration eventhough the skill need to be sharpened. Wow......time to save my expenditure isnt it! My wife complained that the ingredients for cake baking and decoration is not a cheaper business anymore. I told her that the price for a kilogram of birthday cake is more than RM50 if you buy from a bakery shop. The most important thing is we know that our own home made cake is 100% halal. Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.4