Percutian Penyu......BDO

There were supposed to be 13 clowns but Titina had to back out because of her health. Very sad because she started the plan for this vacation and now we had to leave her.... well, some things are not meant to be..... she might not be there with us but Titina is always on our mind and in our heart.. We even bought her 4 pieces of materials and a telekung. Hope she likes it!

Our first stop was a lunch break at Garuda Nasi Padang in the buzzy city of Jakarta. It  the multi choices dishes of the locals. This was their first taste  Nasi Padang. All eyes on the table full of different kind of dishes. What to choose, what to eat ? The trick is, do not touch if you don not want to eat but if you touch it, you have to finish up. Good that we brought our very own Majlis Bandaran! All food eaten and nothing was left to waste!! The best thing is, everybody enjoyed the food very much.... very-very much indeed!

Then we performed our Solah upstairs before proceeding to our first shopping spree at Pasar Mayestic! This is one of the area in Jakarta where foreigners buy materials of all sorts. Why here? Well, they have lots of shops and loads of choices to be made and the price is out of your mind!!!!  Cheap....cheap....cheap!!! We spent 4 hours choosing, measuring, bargaining and paying..... And at the end of the day,satisfaction shown on the faces of the Turtles! Managed to get for everybody back home, good price and many choices! 

By 5pm, we left Jakarta to Bandung. Everybody were so happy and sharing their shopping experiences with one another. Suddenly, half way to Bandung, Ikram realized that he had overpaid RP400,000 which is equivalent to RM120.... well, that is lot.  Insyaallah we will do something to get his money back! 

Upon reaching the city of Bandung, we decided to take our dinner at The Stone Cafe uphill of Dago. From this spot, we can see the whole of Bandung by night. A beautiful place and the food is marvelous and very much affordable.  Choices of food from locals,  Asians to Western! The best thing about this cafe is they have live music! The songs sang are mostly in the languages that we know! What a night! 

We left the cafe to check in to our hotel at ASTON Braga Hotel at Braga City Walk.  We were given 2 rooms on floor 8, 2 rooms on floor 10 and 2 rooms on floor 17. All rooms were attached with a kitchenette plus a microwave. I would suggest anybody to stsy here whenever you are in Bandung. I guessed each and everyone of us must have slept soundly.

When we got back into our rooms, Ikram came by and told me that he did pay for the 15m material that he did not want. So I bought over from him. Settled!

Tukang order makanan!

Siap bawak balik botol sebagai kenangan!

Appetizer.

Zupa Soup yang sangat sedap!!

Nasi Bebek set komplit.

Kekenyangan

Penantian si Penyu

            Lama sudah kami merancang. Bermula dengan perjumpaan di majlis perkahwinan anak salah seorang teman di Kelantan. Seseorang  menggiatku dengan membawa kisah-kisah percutianku. Entah dari mana asalnya, tiba-tiba terpacul dari mulutnya mengajak kami bercuti bersama! Wah!!!! ini idea yang sangat bagus. Selama ini memang pernah aku fikirkan tetapi memandang keadaan profesyen mereka sebagai pendidik, yang hanya ada sedikit kelapangan di musim cuti sekolah. Itu pun kalau tidak diisikan dengan kursus, rombongan sekolah dan tidak lupa majlis-majlis perkawinan! Manakan ada masa untuk mereka bercuti. Aku kenal sangat dengan sahabat-sahabatku , mereka memang guru yang berdedikasi. Mereka sangat serius menjalankan tugas dan amanah dengan penuh komitmen.....teman-teman Turtles MPKT!

Semasa di KLIA. Urusan daftar masuk untuk penerbangan JT287.

Permulaan rancangan ialah untuk bercuti sesama kami sahaja tanpa membawa suami masing-masing. Tetapi apabila mendengar tentang jalan cerita kami, jiwa sang suami tidak tenteram....mahu turut serta kerana tidak sanggup para isteri sahaja yang seronok. Sudahnya 4 orang suami turut serta dalam rancangan kami ini. 

Duduk sebentar di Old Malaya Cafe. Tak sempat minum walaupun dah buat pesanan. 

Malang bagi Cik Nie, yang sememangnya hendak bersama tetapi tidak kesampaian kerana urusan tugas di sekolah yang tidak dapat dielakkan. Kak Teh pulak, terpaksa tarik diri kerana perlu hadir di majis perkahwinan anak saudaranya . Noi pulak sudah merancang bersama guru-guru sekolahnya melawat Seoul, Korea. Puas kami bertanyakan tetapi akhirnya tinggallah aku, Titina, Asmad, Kasmawati, Hazian, Akhtar dan  Nik Nor sahaja yang pasti pergi. Ke mana halatuju kami? Bagiku senang saja. Cari tempat yang senang kita makan, relaks dan aman.......BANDUNG, Indonesia! Semua melompat setuju. Alhamdulillah. Kesemua pergi bersama pasangan kecuali Nik Nor yang meninggalkan suaminya Azman Alwy untuk menemankan Titina nanti. Hebat sungguh persahabatan ini, rela berkorban apa saja untuk menggembirakan sahabat.

Boarding time!

Maka aku tolonglah uruskan tiket. Carilah tiket penerbangan yang paling murah dan mengikut masa yang terbaik. Akhirnya terpilihlah Lion Air  dengan harga tiket termurah dipasaran dan masa penerbangannya awal pagi ke Jakarta....7.50 pagi.  Dengan memilih penerbangan seawal ini, kami punya banyak masa untuk  melawat kota Jakarta dahulu. Aku bercadang membawa mereka berbelanja kain ela di Pasar Mayestic. Seterusnya ke Bandung. Kenderaan dan pemandu untuk membawa kami semua pusing keliling, sudah pun ditempah . Bas atau coaster yang mempunyai  16 kerusi bagi membawa kami seramai 13  orang.

Wajah ceria jutawan segera.

Perjalanan ke kota Bandung dari kota Jakarta biasanya mengambil masa 2 jam 30 minit hingga ke 3 jam sahaja. Tetapi jika ada kesesakan lalu lintas boleh mengambil masa 7 hingga 11 jam perjalanan! Alhamdulillah perjalanan kami lancar dan kenderaan sangat selesa.

Welcome to Bandara  Soekarno Hatta

Selamat Hari Jadi

Gila kereta tetapi tidak suka memandu

Gemar makanan tapi kurang makan

Tak suka bising tapi banyak bercakap

Suka bergurau tetapi serius....

Itulah antara kelebihan suamiku. Setiap insan dilahirkan didunia ini pasti ada kelebihan dan kekurangan masing-masing supaya kita sama-sama memerlukan. Sebab itulah kita kena berteman. Kekurangan kita bisa ditutup dengan kelebihan teman dan begitulah sebaliknya.

Hari ini 18 Mach 2014, suamiku yang menikahiku dan berkongsi hidup selama lebih dari 30 tahun, menyambut Hari Ulangtahun Kelahirannya yang ke 61. Bagi seorang yang berusianya, kukira dari segi fizikal dan mental, suamiku masih hebat lagi. Tidaklah perfect tetapi Alhamdulillah! Ramai yang seusianya  tidak senasibnya. Malah ada teman yang sudah mula berubah langsung fizikalnya seperti gigi dah tiada, uban melebih rambut hitam, perut dah boroi dan pelbagai ubat-ubatan yang perlu dimakan setiap hari. Dari segi itu, aku bersyukur ke hadrat Illahi kerana memberikan yang terbaik buat suamiku. Alhamdulillah.

Aku mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan Selamat Menyambut Hari Ulangtahun Kelahiran yang ke 61 buat suami tercinta. Doaku semoga sentiasa dalam rahmat dan kasih Allah.  

Lost.....MH370

I may not know you

And

You don't know me

But.... I feel for you

for your lost

Some..... lost their family

Some..... lost their children

Some..... lost their neighbours and friends

I.... I lost whom you lost

I cried for you

I have to admit

I feel sad for you

I understand the hurt

Agony.....

All I can do is to pray for you

May Allah give you the strength

May Allah give you all the courage

You are not alone

Never!

We lost them too

Because we are 

HUMAN

Thank you world for your prayers

Thank you neighbours for your concern and help

And for the effort to save and rescue

Thank you

We hope for the BEST

and 

 Prepare for the WORST

 

A time off....

Being away from your daily routine once in a while is a must. Please try not to wake up every morning and doing the same job over and over again until the day you get shut off. Be fair to yourself. Appreciate yourself. Forget about your routines once in a while. Go out and have tea or a get  together with your close friends. and go travel together!!!

 

 

 

I have a set of friends whom I can call BEST BUDDIES. We meet, we eat and we go trips together. Most of us are neighbours and we really can get along very well. Alhamdulillah. In Islam, the way to know if  that person is reliable of becoming a good friend is by going for a three days trip together. That is when the true color comes out. The real her or him will be known! I experienced with some and I accepted the outcome. I will move on becoming friends and buddies or I just simply leave them be!

 

Right now 2 of my great buddies, neighbours, and friends whom I regarded as my younger sisters are having a five days trip to Hong Kong and Macau. Coincidently, Nora has a friend Anita living here with her husband Shaikh and their three children Ashraf, Sabrina and Jasmin. Of cause they are Malaysian and they have  already been living in this city for five years. Before, they were in Japan. This is an amazing family. Very humble and generous and lively. We were given Sabrina's room and we appreciate it very much. Anita and Nora were Johoreans and classmates! They even worked at the same office and shared clothings! They shared their yesterdays together and when they told us of their past we cannot help but laugh until tears! Best fiends forever!

The place where Anita and family are staying is called Monmouth Villa at Kennedy Road. A nice place indeed. 3 bedrooms for the family. A room for the maid Sofia ( an Indonesian ) plus three toilets, a kitchen and a living room. That unit itself cost them monthly HKD 40K! Maintenance is HKD6K and HKD 4K for the maid! Not cheap isn't it!  The  cost of living here in Hong Kong is one of the highest in the world. A small apartment unit can easily cost HKD Millions! But this city is very clean and safe. You can walk anywhere at anytime without worrying of anything.

Hong Kong is developing rapidly. But surprising, only 30% of the land were developed. They made sure that trees and mountains or hills were spared.  They only developed the land at the foot and should they build buildings in the hills, they will not tear the place apart. They leave the greens alone! That is why to own a property  in this city is not cheap because it is limited!

We have been here since last three days and Anita has taken us to shop where the locals do. Cheaper and better. We even visited Ammar As Siddiq Mosque to have Dim Sum Breakfast . The food is delicious and we planned to hand carry some home for our family to taste. Insyallah. The mosque is a high rise building  with the ladies on the fifth floor and the men in the 4th  floor. The Dim Sum is served in the restaurant on the 6th floor and runs by the mosque. Whatever income from the sales goes back to the mosque. I think the Malaysian mosques should think along this way. Beside a café we can include car wash for the mosques to earn their own income! I must tell my Ustaz regarding this matter. Hopefully he will buy it. When I visited Sabah last year,  one of the mosques did the same and with the money they earned, they can do wonders to upgrade the look of the mosque and so on.

Since the first day we arrived, the weather has been very nice to us. It was 17C in the day time and dropped to 13C in the evening. Lucky we brought along our jackets. Phew. It will be colder when the wind blew. We are not use to this kind of weather but will definitely enjoy while we are here. Back home is very hot and humid. Even with the air condition on, we still sweat!  But  we were told that for the last two days, since we were here, it rained heavily in Kelang Valley. Alhamdulillah. May the water in the dams rise again and ends the water shortage! Not a pretty picture to see you know!



As for today, all three of us, Nora, Yan and I are taking a one hour ferry ride to Macau and will be staying there for a night.  Macau is a place for gamblers but we are not doing that. We just want to visit and see places. Hopefully we still have enough HKD to spend!