The journey......episode 1

Jam 1.50 pagi kami menaiki pesawat 201 ke Cape Town n terus ke Buenos Aires. Azman dan Geweng sent us to KLIA. Thanks to them. we surprised IMY with a new S100 Camera which he wanted very much to captre loads of pictureque photographs in the two cities.

Flight was delayed for about an hour because they detected one kind of smeel from the cockpit but actually, I told my hsband that I did smell something ....not stinking but something smelt but he just wash my statement away. and true enough, right after my complaint, the pilot made an announcement regarding the matter....I've got good nose then! hahahhaha. 


09:49: 
local time in Malaysia.

We are now somehere  don't know where! hahahahha. we have been flying lmost 10hours now, I am glad I perform my Subuh and read Al Baqarah from ayah 133 to 211. I hope to finish reading soones possible, Again, IMY is so very happy with his new toy.


09:52: 
local time in Malaysia.

we are seated at 54B  and 54C, 54A is occupied by a young Chinese girl from China. When we had dinner last nite, I saw her eating as if she was so very hungry . Deep inside me, she must have been very hungry and waited or te good food served by MAS. By the way the food choices were,,,Rice with Chicken Curry and Beef with potato.  Nasib baik budak Cina ni tak gemuk. Kurus saja....hehehhe. Kalau tak mesti sesak aku berdua dibuatnya!

from outside the window, the beatiful horizon emerged. YA ALlah, what a beautiful sight. We are now at 34000 feet  up and see the miracles of Allah.  Subhanallah.....

From the television screen, I can see tht we have just passed Madagascar.....my mind was wondering of the animaion movie about the animals from a zoo flew back to the wild in Madagascar and was not able to adapt with the wild life and insisted of getting back home to the zoo...where they were born and taken care by the humans......hahahhahahahha...I just love watching the movie. Funny and especially the songs can really help you to throw few kilos..... 

well itis shown on the screen again that time to Capetown is 3 hours away....I'm so hungry. Wondering when are they going to serve breakfast!!! Roti Canai  n Teh Tarik maybe????Keep dreaming!!! 

The light of a new day is slowly emerging. What a beaitiful sight with the orange and red plus yellow horizon at the back and a carpet of clouds just underneath. Subhanallah!

Tetiba teringat lagu Aris Ariwatan.... bentangkan kupermaidani, 
dari baldu berwarna putih..........


10:25: 
Local time Malaysia
04.24 Cape Town...same date and 6 hours behind us,
23.27 Buenos Aires 21/01/2012

The sun is up. ...another beautiful view. If I were sitting at the widow, my battery will run out quickly because I'll be taking photograaphs every now and then.  hahahha. It is a beautiful sight.!


15:27: 
Local time in Malaysia 

Just departed from Cape Town International airport on flight 201 to Buenos Aires. They say it is anoher 8 hours to arrive at the destination. Very long hours......

The transit was hardly an hour....so not much we can do except to walk around and stretching. we really needed to do that or else you'll feel cramp all over your body. lucky me, I purchased a new sandle meant for your whole body from aching after walking alot. I had to pay RM328 for the sandle and I realy realy hope that t will serve the purpose. and because of it's thick sole, I found out that I need to walk by lifting and not dragging or else I will not feel comfortable. But,,,,so far so good.

The crew on this flight from KUL to Cape Townn and then they change new crew to the final dstination, are extreely nice. even the people in our group whom we just met for we were seated next to one another were also nice and friendly but I yet to get to know better. 

Had some photos taken at the airport and as usual, my husband is so excited using his new camera and I am so glad that he like it. Anyway, I know, one of this days, when he get bored, I will be the owner of the S100...hahahhahahha....provided he did not offer to his daughter or his son.....hahahha.

oh yes, forgot to tell you that I am starting my reading on a new novel by a late Swedish writer who managed to produce 5 novels but only 3 were published.  They called it a Milineum Series. This particular novel is the first. I am now on The Girl With the Golden Tatoo. SOunds interesting and I can say...YES! The writer died at the age of 50 at his office. Unmarried. His books were published after his death. The Girl with the Golden Tatoo was written in Swedish and translated in other languages and was Hollywood was so in love with it and made a movie about it. i am so eager to watch the movie! When??? Yet to find out.

we are now on 32000 feet in the air and 8000 km away from Buenos Aires. ETD is 1310hours. Weather??? will be informed later...hehehhehehe.


19:44:  21/01/2012!
Local tme in Buenos Aires
We are actually a day later than Malaysia. We all are time travelers!!!
It is 18.44 on the 22/01/2012

We checked in the hotel...hotel ker Rocalrta three hours ago. Had our bath n slept. I woke up fresh n hungry!!! Tonight we are going for dinner n off to a Tango dinner how . Hope we all will enjoy the show after so many hours of flying. My head was pounding.  and I felt like vomitting. Hope to feel much better after dinner. Wondering what they are serving?

Unfortunately, the hotel room is very small. Just a super king bed, a cupboard and  small space for us o move around. It's quiet today. Not much traffic because it is Sunday. Many families had  picnic under the shed of trees in parks by the highway which we Malaysian don't do...not in such venue. we will go to the waterfall, by the river or by the seaside but not by the roadside!!! nope.....never seen one!

Our tour guide is Luigi n the bus driver is Oswaldo. Both are big amd beefy and Luigi told us that beef is their main menu here in Argentina. Speaking about food, all the food brought by our friends were not allowed to be brought in by the authorities.  Pity them. All to the dustbin......they are very strict wen food is concern!

The choice is yours.......

It's been a while now. I've lost my interest in seriously watching television especially the drama series no matter what language it may be. When I was younger, when my parents were still alive, we stayed in Johor Bahru. The place called Kampung Melayu. Our house is just by the roadside....rented! Anyway, that is not the story.

For Johorians, we are lucky to watch SIngapore television channel. Those days, there were no such thing as paid tv . So it is a luxury being able to watch extra channels from a neighbouring country. I still remember watching this Chinese Mini Series Drama abaout a retarded man whose name is Fei Mo. He was a very slow learner but whatever is taught, he will use the knowledge to help him in his everyday life. He was a likeable personality and everybody love him. From what I can recall, he got married to a girl who is exactly like him and they even managed to have a child....and the stories go on and on and on.

Suddendly I realised that, it is not healthy to follow a mini series drama because it makes you want to watch the continuation the following day. Usually three days in a row...same time! this made the viewers waited patiently and even skip any appointments in between, just to watch the drama. I have been through this situation and I found that I have no life at all. Your life is right in front of the screen....very sad!

Now, no more! I've had enough. I took up reading and painting and with my grandson around, I miss those too. But I just have to be stronger and make time for my painting. Reading is a must. May it be a newpaper clip, a paper bag Novel or lately from the net. I have to say that reading is the best . It makes you think , it makes you feel as if you are in the story and most of all it creates a healthy and creative mind. I have finished the Dan Brown's novels....the Sydney Sheldon's and lighter readings by MIss Dannielle Steel. Books by the famous Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer are good to read. Through his writings, we learn the life of the nobel and poor people in that region, their believes, their strength and weakness and their cultures. The one I like most is when the writer told the story about his ancestors. Full of sadness, lies, death and tragedies.

I just have to thank my husband for his effort in making me read. I hated reading until he put a force on me. Before he left for work, he will ask me to read few pages of magazines or book and before bed, I have to tell him all about my reading. Usually I will start with what I understand and what I learn about it. Then he will come out with his long explainantions regarding the matter and always gave what is outside the box. Meaning, in writing, there is no such thing a straight forward, but what's behind it. He told me that if you read and only understand the top layer of the story, you are not reading at all, only parrots does that! Try to understand more by reading more! Thank you love!

The more you read, the more you will appreciate life and the wiser you will be. When you read, you will never feel small in meeting people. You don't have to be lawyer to know law but through reading you can make better judgement and you don't have to be an economist to understand the ups and downs of the stock market or movements of the price of gold! Well, reading will not make you an expeert in all fields but reading helps you to elevate your self asteem.Seeing and listening is never the same as reading! Just grab a book today, a light novel for a start and your life will be different! Perfecto!

Now I must find time to start painting again before my fingers start to disobey! May Allah grant me my wish to paint again and again. Insyaallah.

The journey.............next destinations!!! (Honeymoon again!!!)

MAS decided to stop some of the popular routes.....it saddened me alot. To me, flying abroad meaning flying Malaysia Airlines. No other airlines can match ours. I have flewn quite a number of others but MAS is beyond compared. The crew are so nice and friendly. Look is something else but how you handle the passengers counts. I will miss MAS to those said destinations! But I believe, there's always a reason or reasons behind it. All the BEST to MAS.

Due to that reason, MAS made a wonderful offer to Buenos Aires and Capetown! Wooooohoooooooooo!!!!
Two of my most favourite destinations! MAS offered RM10,070.00 for 10 days to both cities inclusive of the airfare, hotels, meals, touring plus guides! So cheap!

I have been to Capetown and just love it very much. They have everything from history to nature and not forgetting the wild life..! Furthermore, Halal Food is not a problem there. Thanks to the Cape Malays. Buenos Aires, Argentina? My first time and am so excited about it.

My husband and I with another two couples will be leaving on the 22nd of January 2012....very soon!!! Hope to capture loads of photographs and not to worry, I will update my journey.

Maybe after this, before my daughter give birth, we plan to go to Guilin, China. Maybe for my husband's birthday present!!! Thought of taking a break before the hard work due to the arrival of the new addition in the family. Insyaallah. But before that, our next nearest destination is Ujung Pandang or known now as Makasar...the land of the BUgis in SUlawesi. Also our first time!

Wooooowwwwwwww......so many places to visit, so many new people to meet, so many picturesques views to capture but too little RM to spend! hahahahahahha. Wish me luck people!!!

On New Year Eve, my husband sent me few quotes by some other people or oraganisations. Here goes!

1..."Nothing is Impossible" ......Toyota
2..."Impossible is Nothing".......,Adidas
3..."People said that nothing is impossible, BUT I do nothing every day".....Winnie the Pooh

So both of us are pensioners ! We have nothng to do BUT it is not impossible!!! hahahhahahahahha.

What's new in my family.......2012

Today, is another date that my family and I should remember well.....today is Muhammad A'mmar's first day in the kindergarden. Today is a new day! After 3 long years he has been spending most of his days and nights with us, today we had to let him under someone else's care. Insyaallah. May A'mmar behave well and make us all proud and may he stay out of trouble...whatever it may be!

A'mmar and his parents just spent three weeks vacation all around Europe. Surprising, they had no trouble at all with A'mmar as the littlest passenger. He ate and slept well and no complaints at all. I am so proud of him. They flew in to Frankfurt and spent one night there. A friend's niece took them around the city and they really enjoyed their short stay there.

Then they took RyanAir to Rome and from Rome they traveled by train to Venice and had a taste of the Gondola! A'mmar has no trouble in his diet for he just love Italian food especially the pizza....of cause Margharieta Pizza and seafood pasta. That he really enjoyed eating! He put on alot of weight and looked more chubby! My cute A'mmar! Once, they all visited the Vatican City and Ammar gave one big loud salam in the church....hahahhhah. He is so himself!

After Italy they proceeded to Paris. Asim and Hana enjoyed the city very much and they have loads of beautiful photographs taken around Paris.Then they took the EuroStar to London just on time for Christmas! But that was not it, it was the Boxing Day that Hana was so looking forward to. One thing I can say about my daughter is, she is not like me when come to spending! She is so like her Ayah when come to this sense....Sense of Shopping! That I am happy for her BUT my Asim is something like me! hahhahahahahha. Life is funny right! BUT, not to forget my handsome son Azman...brand concious and just enjoy shopping......worst than me actually...hahahhahahahhah.

All my three stoogers enjoyed the cold winter but only complaint is they did not see any snow! A'mmar came home with his rosy cheek...so cute!

Then they took the train to Amsterdam via Brussel. They spent 4 nights in the city and celebrated New Year with lots of fireworks at every corners and nooks.....It's lasted for so long........

My husband and I are so happy for Hana, Asim and our grandson with their achievements in tourinng around Europe on their own meaning everything like bookings of hotels, tickets and so on, are done online here in Malaysia. Most of all, they came home safely...looked vibrant and happy.

To my daughter and family, welcome home and I pray that you will visit more places in future. May Allah bless you with good health and good wealth. Insyaallah.

Hello again......after a long break!

Bila cucu sakit....

Omaaaaaa........Ammar sakit poyot...jangan!...jangan!......Ammar sakit poyot........A'mmar sakit poyot......

Kejang kaki dan tangannya, meungging-nungging, menyondol-nyondol tak tentu hala menahankan kesakitan. Kami semua hanya mampu untuk melihat dan basahlah pipi kami dengan air mata melihatkan keadaan cucuku itu...... Ya Allah....kesiannya....

Selama beberapa hari, hati kami cemas, sedih, bingung mengenangkan si A'mmar. Bila doktor mengatakan yang usus kecil Ammar tersedut masuk ke dalam usu besarnya, kami bertambah bingung. Rupanya penyakit yang dipanggil 'Interssussecption' ini ada pada kanak-kanak yang berumur sekitar 1 hingga 5 tahun. Bila ditanya bagaimana ia boleh terjadi? Rupanya 85% berlaku tanpa sebab..natural cause!

Selepas di X Ray dan Ultrasound, doktor memasukkan cecair pewarna ke dalam usus A;mmar melalui duburnya. Sebelum itu A'mmar diberi ubat pelali supaya apabila proses dijalankan, dia tidak sedar atau merasa sakit TETAPI lain jadinya, A'mmar sedar sepenuhnya dan jeritannya membuatkan jantung ibunya bagai nak gugur! Kemudian doktor jalankan rawatan 'Barium" iaitu memancutkan tekanan air melalui rongga yang sama supaya usus kecil itu keluar semula ke tempat asalnya. Alhamdulillah, 'SUCCESSFUL' katanya tetapi doktor meminta A'mmar ditahan diwad untuk pemerhatian!

Selama 12 jam pertama, A'mmar agak relax walau pun sesekali dia kata sakit tapi tidak ada proses menungging, kejang dan sebagainya. Kami semua merasa lega dengan keadaannya dan sebaik saja kami sangka bolehdi bawa pulang, tiba-tiba A'mmar mengadu sakit yang teramat sangat seperti kali pertama dulu. Kami cemas lagi dan kali ini doktor mencadangkan rawatan selanjutnya iaitu pembedahan!

Masa tu aku tak dapat menahan airmata lagi. Anakku, ibu Ammar, cuba sedaya upaya menyembunyikan perasaannya yang bercampur baur antara kasihan, sedih, takut, cemas dan sedikit sesalan! Aku dapat rasakan itu semua. Pakar kanak-kanak tersohor iaitu Dato Dr Zakaria yang akan menjalankannya. Mendengarkan namanya, hati kami sedikit terubat kerana kini A'mmar ditangan seorang pakar dan kami berserah pada Allah.

Tiba masa cucuku di bawa masuk ke OT. Aku tidak sanggup melihatnya di bawa pergi. Aku tinggal seorang diri di bilik wadnya, bilik 518 dan aku solat hajat mohon pertolongan Allah. Dengan siapa lagi harus kita minta setelah segala usaha dilakukan, hanya redho dan berserah pada Allah! Tidak sampai 30 minit, Hana, ibu A'mmar dipanggil doktor ke OT. Sekali lagi kami cemas. Naik pucat wajah kami! Rupanya doktor memberitahu bahawa pembedahan telah selesai dan A'mmar selamat. Alhamdulillah.

A'mmar di dukung ibunya masuk ke dalam wad dan malam itu dia tidur senyenyak-nyenyaknya. Tiada lagi rasa sakit poyot, tiada lagi mengerang dan menjerit kesakitan, hanya tidur dengan nyenyak. Syukur Alhmadulillah.

Selepas 18 jam, Ammar sudah kembali aktif dan normal seperti sediakala. Di ajaknya ibunya berjalan ke seluruh tingkat 5 dengan membawa bersama belon-belonnya. Lega kami.

Kami ingin mengucapkan ribuan malahan jutaan terima kasih kepada semua sahabat, jiran tetangga, saudara mara dan kenalan kami sekeluarga jauh dan dekat yang telah bersusah payah meluangkan masa melawat A'mmar di hospital dengan membawa pelbagai juadah dan hadiah beserta doa buat cucuku itu. Semoga Allah membalas segala budi baik kalian dengan kebahagiaan, rezeki yang melimpah ruah dan kesihatan yang baik. Budi baik kalian tidak akan kami lupa selamanya dan semoga A'mmar membesar menjadi anak yang soleh dan membanggakan kita semua. InsyaAllah.

Muhammad A'mmar bin Muhammad A'sim dilahirkan 11/11/2009. Maka pada tahun ini 11/11/2011 A'mmar genap 3 tahun. Sebagai nenek, aku masih ingat lagi bertapa comelnya cucuku ini semasa baru dihirkan. Perfect! Aku bersyukur kedua anak dan ibu selamat. Semoga A'mmar kekal sihat dan ceria.

Bagi kebanyakan orang, tarikh itu tarikh keramat...maka berebut-rebutlah orang mengadakan pelbagai jenis majlis khasnya pertunangan, pernikahan, perkahwinan dan sebagainya pada tarikh tersebut....11/11/11....cantik giler! Oleh kerana itu, perhatikanlah bahawa pada tarikh tersebut kita akan mendapat banyak undangan di sana sini dan ini akan memeningkan kepala....yang mana satu mau pergi?

Kami sekeluarga juga merancang untuk menyambut Hari Lahir Ammar yang ke3 tahun ini. Seperti biasa kami bercadang untuk mengadakan majlis doa selamat ..Insyaallah! Semoga segala hajat dan permintaan kami buat anak kecil ini di redhoi Allah. Wahai cucuku, besarlah kamu menjadi anak yang soleh, beriman, cerdik, pandai dan segala yang terbaik buatmu.

Something new .........

Assalammualaikum wbt....

None of us, meaning my family and I ever expected that we will be operating our very own restaurant...nope NEVER even cross our mind! But Allah is Great! We never know what is in store for us! With that we praise Allah the Almighty!

My husband and I bought a low cost shop house at Subang Bestari, Shah Alam. When we first look at it, we both decided to rent it out. Looking at the location , the size and outlook of the place, a restaurant will be most suitable. Then we told our children and everybody were so happy and excited! And instead of renting it out, my children decided on running their own business....but WHAT?

After cracking our heads, thinking and thinking until at last we agreed on with a brilliant idea....a Steamboat restaurant! Why not? We are very close bonded family and all of us love eating Steamboat!........... very light and all in the family can sit at one round table of 8 or 10 enjoying the food! While waiting for the soup to boil, time to chit chat and catching up with one another. This is brilliant! This kind of food brings family and friends together! We love it!!!! So our tag line is...Makan-Makan Sambil Bersilaturrahim.

So, the deal is on and with that major decision, we started to crawl slowly and asking help from friends who run food businesses like catering and restaurants. How lucky we were because all of them offer a helping hand by giving good advices, sharing recipes, tips, teaching us the dos and the don'ts, teaching us the art of cooking and even sent their Exec Chef to visit our kitchen! We feel honoured and at the end of the day we were in tears....we were so thankful to Allah for having such beautiful people around us. Thank you Allah!

We decided to start operating on my birthday on May 4th but we found out that at that time we were all not ready to recieve anybody....just don't know why but it is the FEAR....fear of the response, fear of the food and fear of everything! So we sat down again , and decided on having a few trial runs by inviting our families, friends and neighbours to try our food. This is where the real test is. Our guests arrived almost at the same time and the seats were full. The first test was the stoves...Alhamdulillah they worked well. The food with lots of choices, the tastes was good, thye service was efficient BUT suddenly the lights went off!!!! Hahahahhaha. You can imagine how panic we were but luckily one of the guests know something about electricity.....lights went on again and the makan kept going until the end. We had good reports regarding everything and some even gave good suggestioins and everyone of us take note.

Kelip-Kelip Steamboat, Grill and Cafe was officially opened on June 1st 2011! Congratulations to all involved. We promise Cleanliness, Good Service, Tasty Food inclusive of Homemade sauces! But most of all HALAL! For those who has visited our family restaurant....THANK YOU and please spread the words around and support us. Thank you and hope to see all of you at Kelip-Kelip.

Address:

13, Jalan Nova U5/H,

Subang Bestari,

Shah ALam,

Selangor.

For reservations please contact:

0133842652 / 0122005258

Mak yang dirindui....

Mak…..

Kau sentiasa dihatiku

Senyumanmu, hilai tawamu, sentuhanmu,

Kau telah menerangi hari-hariku

Dalam kegelisahanku, kau menenangkan

Dalam kesesatanku, kau membimbing

Dalam ketakutanku, kau membakar semangat

Dalam kegelapan engkau menyinari

Semasa hayatmu, aku gagal menghayati

Bagiku, kau akan selamanya bersamaku

Setelah kau pergi, kehadiranmu kutagihi

Kini kau tiada lagi

Pergimu untuk selamanya

Kekal dan abadi

Aku akan sentiasa mendoakanmu Mak

Berbahagialah engkau disampingNya

Semoga kau ditempatkan di dalam golongan orang yang beriman

Semoga Allah mengampuni segala dosa-dosamu

Engkau adalah ibuku

Engkaulah sahaja ibuku

“Kelip-kelip disangka api,
Kalau api mana sumbunya?,
Hilang ghaib di sangka mati,
Kalau mati mana kuburnya?”

Sedikit fakta tentang Kelip-kelip.

1....Kelip-kelip hinggap pada pokok berembang.

2....Kitar hidupnya bermula dari telur ke larva. Dari larva menjadi pupa dan akhirnya menjadi kelip-kelip dewasa.

3....Larva boleh hidup di dalam tanah atau air.

4....Jantina kelip-kelip dibezakan melaui organ pengcahaya yang terletak dibahagian abdomen.

5....Makanan kelip-kelip ialah daun tumbuh-tumbuhan.

6....Kelip-kelip dewasa boleh hidup tanpa makanan selama 30 hari.

Rafeah Buang - Disebut Jangan diKenang Jangan

Lagu: DISEBUT JANGAN DIKENANG JANGAN

Penyanyi: Rafeah Buang

Sebutir embun menitis

Seribu kuntum mengembang

Sepatah aku berjanji

Kau sebut ……Kau ulang- ulang….

Mencurah hujan membatu

Meresap ditelan bumi

Segalas sumpah janjimu

Tak satu yang kau tepati…

Tiada tuntutan

Tiada ungkitan

Bagimu tuan

Ku rela dilupakan

Ku diumpat jangan

Dikenang jangan

Berlalu kisah ditaman

Bak mimpi diganggu siang

Di sebut ….Diingat jangan

Tak guna dikenang-kenang

This was one singer whom I adore since I was in my primary school.

I just love her voice. I love the way she dressed and behaved. Soooo ladylike!

The wordings of this song shows that she was not treated well by her lover…..whoever it may be! So sad. The melody of this song makes you want to listen more……it brings tears to my eyes……

AlFatihah to the late Rafeah Buang. You will always be in my heart. May you rest in peace .

Just give yourself a try. Maybe you will like it too…..