An unforgettable reunion of the pioneers of MPKT Turtles.... Eventhough 12 turned up out of many..... we were still happy! Really happenning! At that moment, we forgot completely that we are all grandparents! Hahahahha..... It was fun though. Lots of stories from the past and present. Alhamdulillah, we all are granted with good health! We gathered at Akhtar Zaiti's place to celebrate her son's wedding in Kampung Pauh Panji, Kota Bahru, Kelantan. Turtles who came were Noraini Hamzah, Noni, Kasmawati, Titina, Azean, Ridwan, Kak Teh, Kamariah, Nani, Norihan myself and of cause Akhtar.
Avery happy father.... Cikgu Wan Ikram.
The proud mum.
Proud to be the Turtles of MPKT 1981-1983.
A friendship we hope to last forever. Insyaallah.
Simply beautiful......
Cik Yah's roomate.
So excited to his function...soooon!!!
As sweet as ever. In ornge is Nani from Tesl B.
All taken......
Kak Teh's, Lailee's and Kasma's!
Bersama Wan Rosnani.
Bersama Norihan
Grandmothers and Grandfathers day.....
Best friends forever.
(L-R) Norihan, Cik Yah, Kasmawati, Yan, Titina, Lailee,
Cik Nie, Akhtar and Kak Teh.
Tesl A representative.
Cik Yah. expecting more turtles to attend her function end of this month!
Next gatherings will take place at
Cik Yah's place in Red Land Kelantan for her daughter's wedding. The date is 30th November 2013. All Turtles are expected to attend.
Noni is inviting us to her daughter's wedding on the 14th December 2013.
Next is end of May next year.... Kasmawati's daughter is getting married .
31st August, Cik Nie is expecting her second daughter's wedding.
Noi's daughter is also getting married next year.
Representatives of Tesl C
Rojak!
The two Mats... Mat ASKAR and Mat RISDA!
Turtles with the bride and groom.
Three Hajis posing.
Must be something funny!
Kasmawati's roomate.
Cik Nie's roomate.
May they live hapilly ever after.
Discussing about our plans.....
Usherer...
Noni, one of the first to arrive and
the first to leave to attend another wedding.
Akhtar's heroes.
Just jump in the function even if you did not recieve an invitation card from the host. It does not mean you are forgotten but it just slip off the mind. Too much to think, do and remember..... trust me! I was there. I told Kasmawati to send invitations through watsapp..... easier, faster and it is FREE! Hahahahhahhahah.....
Should any of you Turtles who wants to wed your children, just keep me inform so I can update! But forget it if you (additional) are to be wed! Hahahahhahahahha.....
We clawed, we chained our hearts in vain
We jumped never asking why
We kissed, I fell under your spell.
A love no one could deny
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck....... me
Yeah, you, you wreck....... me
I put you high up in the sky
And now, you're not coming down
It slowly turned, you let me burn
And now, we're ashes on the ground
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I can't live a lie, running for my life
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck....... me
I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck......... me
Yeah, you, you wreck......... me
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
And instead of using force
I guess I should've let you win
I never meant to start a war
I just wanted you to let me in
I guess I should've let you win
Don't you ever say I just walked away
I will always want you
I came in like a wrecking ball
I never hit so hard in love
All I wanted was to break your walls
All you ever did was wreck...... me
I came in like a wrecking ball
Yeah, I just closed my eyes and swung
Left me crashing in a blazing fall
All you ever did was wreck...... me
Yeah, you, you wreck...... me
Yeah, you, you wreck...... me
Seorang kanak-kanak perempuan buta dari Filipina mendendangkan sebuah lagu Inggeris dengan membaca lirik menggunakan tulisan Braille. Tersentuh hati melihatnya. Sungguh berbakat anak ini. Allah Maha Besar. Silalahh dengar nyanyian ini sambil menghayati senikatanya. Jangan lupa ikut sekali nyanyiannya........ manalah tahu kalau-kalau ada bakat pulak. Saya tak sanggup nak masukkan video clip penyanyi asal kerana tidak sesuai untuk tontonan kita. KAlau nak carilah sendiri di youtube. Penyanyinya Mylie Cyrus.....
Our second day in Phuket started with a short walk to a Thailand Open Women Beach Volleyball . From the break of the dawn, many people especially the players marched to the venue. Very international! Players from all over the world came to compete. We were lucky to experienced this moment. The weather was good although it was cloudy but it did not rain. We did not stay long because I was not prepared for the hot sun! Hahahahhahha...... Takut ireng!
The wash room....movable!
The Mobile ICU
We noticed that they were all well prepared for the tournament. A big pink bus parked near the venue and I can assure you that everybody will notice it's presence.... it is a movable public toilet and right behind it was an ambulance in yellow and on it written as Mobile ICU! This is good and we should do the same should we have something on which involve big crowd. Nature's call could be anytime and people can get sick anywhere so this is something that we can learn from.
Encik Ali and his son Bashir.
In the afternoon, we decided to see places. We called Encik Ali, a Muslim Tour Agent which I found when browsing the net. Such very nice and friendly voice. Unfortunately, in Phuket, the people from the Patong cannot fetch passengers in Karon. It applies to the other towns too... vise-versa. So I had to take a Tuk-Tuk to Patong which cost us THB400 and meet him there. He owned a hotel and few restaurants..... and the beauty of it is he speaks Bahasa Melayu! Hahahhahahha.
Tuk-Tuk experience.
Encik Ali drove us around. First to his restaurant for lunch . The food is marvelous. The name of the restaurant is Ban Sang Duan. I remembered having a meal here in one of my previous visits. Then we stopped by at the Premium Outlet. The building, the color of the paint and the lay out are the same like ours in Johor but the brands are slightly different. They have more of the local brands. Encik Ali told us that most who visited and shopped are foreigners! It is on the way to the airport.
Missing Johor !
We stopped at Jim Thompson Factory outlet next and to my surprise, all products are so cheap. I love JT products alot.... very unique in it's own way and very stylish. Then we had to rush back to our hotel so we will not miss our Zohor and Asar Jamak Takhir Qasar. Alhamdulillah we made it. We paid THB1000 for his service. On top of that, deep inside me, I still want to purchase some more items from JT outlet. Hope to revisit tomorrow.
Do not miss when you are in Phuket.
My wish came through when my husband offered me for another round to JT Outlet. Pucuk dicita ulam mendatang! hahahhaha. we chartered a taxi for THB800. The driver Mr Sutat drove us to the destination, waited and then sent us to a Halal Restaurant in Kata. We had Nasi Daging Merah, Nasi Goreng Pataya, Ikan Siakap 3 Rasa, Seafood Tom Yum, Air Limau Ais and Fresh Orange. The price is THB710. Finally after burping many time, the driver sent us back to the hotel. Hope to get some rest and maybe a dip in the pool much later!
Karon-Kata Muslim Food.
Sa-wa-dee-kap....... is a 'hello' in Thai language. It is usually used for greeting customers, the elders and tourists but to friends they only say 'Wad-dee' and to be more specific, Wa-dee-ka by ladies and Wa-dee-kap by men. The meanings stays the same but the impact is different. I have been here in Phuket for quite a number of times. Yes, there are lots of places to visit and lots of activities can be done here. Phuket has everything from animal shows to sports, entertainment and many choices of food which are very familiar to us especially the Tom Yum Goong! Halal food is easy to find here especially in Patong because of the big Muslim community here.
The famous, tasteful and spicy Tom Yum Goong!
Phuket brought back memories. Two things happened in the same year! It was 2004.... When I visited Phuket in that year, upon arrival at the the hotel, in the middle of the night, my mother passed away! Losing your mum is like losing a part of you..... mother is supreme! Till todate, I still miss my Mak. My husband had to wait until Subuh prayer just to informed me of the sad news for he had to call our guide and MAS office to get the earliest flight home.... and it can only be done the next morning.
A photo from the net . Phuket hit badly by
2004 Tsunami when the earth shook in the Indian Ocean.
Towards the end of 2004, I revisited Phuket and his time my children and my nephews tagged along. It was fun because the teenagers love adventures. I remembered we went for the white water rafting. It was funny when the boys reacted during the Simon Cabaret show.... first they thought that they were all good looking females but once they knew about it, you should see their reactions! hahahhhahhahhahahha. A week after we went back home, Phuket was hit badly by the Tsunami. The hotel where we stayed was swept away completely! I called, Faridah, our guide to know of her situation. Alhamdulillah, Faridah answered . Wonder where she is now???
Since Tsunami, lots of changes took place. With the new extended wing of the airport, shows that Phuket has more visitors. When I was at the airport I saw many cocasions most probably Russian because of the language they used. they recieved 7 millions tourists yearly and this year they targeted 12 millions and 14 millions the year next! That puts tourism as Phuket source of economy..... no doubt! Along the way to our hotel, we saw what was before rubber tree plantations are now developements. Many new buildings like shopping malls, hotels and high rises apartments came up like mushrooms!
Premier Outlet in Phuket.... very tempting!
Now, after so many years, I revisit again. I used to stay in Patong Beach in my last visits but not this time. I chose Karon Beach which further down south from Patong. My husband puzzled and asked in why I chose this place? I chose this place because it is not as busy as Patong. I just want to get away from everything..... just to be alone with him. I want to do some readings and maybe sketching and painting ...... see how my mood is! hahahhahahha
Destination.... Phuket , Thailand
We took MAS flight into Phuket. Being with familiar faces and food makes your day. The flight attendants will greet Selamat Datang and asking simple friendly questions about us which made us feel nice. It took only an hour or less from KLIA to this destinations. Upon reaching Phuket, we were hit by a very heavy rain and the pilot was unable to land the craft. So we had to fly around and around for almost 30 minutes and at last we landed safely in the second attempt! . Syukur ALhamdulillah. The passengers ,(all seats taken) who were very quiet earlier, clapped their hands when the plane landed safely at Phuket International Airport and suddenly, everybody started talking! Phew..... what a relief! As for me, I recite all the Surah that I know and never stopped making dua to Allah SWT for our safety. In time of distressed and panic, Allah is the BEST place to talk to because He listens and He knows what is BEST for you. Alhamdulillah. I pre-booked a private car to take us to Karon. It took 30 minutes for the car to come and worst of all, the driver speaks only a few words of English and he did not know the way to Karon because he is from Bangkok! I almost lost my head but still able to composed because I did not want to spoil my vacation. After speaking to his boss through a telephone conversation, at last he managed to drop us at our hotel... Ramada Phuket Southsea in Karon Beach. The lay out is something like the Holiday Inn Busakom Wing in Patong but I prefer the later. No doubt, the room is comfortable with pool excess! Nice!! Most of all, the wi-fi is free! I am beginning to enjoy my holiday!
