Trip to here and there

Just got home from Kemaman.

Yesterday, Dad smsed around 12pm telling us my uncle, Ayah Mat is having majlis asyura at his hse. I didnt know what the hell is asyura, and when I was packing to leave for Kemaman last night, I asked Mom should I bring baju kurung as well. I thought the asyura thingy is like majlis keagamaan ke ape! Ehehehe kena marah by Mom and even Aisyah sbb taktahu. They told me dah berjuta kali buat asyura ni, especially Ayah Mat dah buat every year! Errr okaayyyyyyyy...

So it turned out majlis asyura or "kacau sura" ni ada unsur2 gotong-royong skit. Sura ni pelik. Die mcm bubur in grey (Ewwww!), yg consist off minced meat, bawang, sayur(kot?) and mcm2 lagi, whatever they can find in the kitchen. Pelik kannnn? Style kacau mcm dodol, dlm kawah besar. And we had like 4 kawah! Unfortunately, no one took any picture of the sura, or time tgh kacau sura. Frust betul!

But anyhow, the trip to Kemaman was filled with a HUGE breakfast at Hai Peng, tgk2 perabot lama, and also to our old hse in Paka! So when we were in Paka, teringatlah zaman2 practical kt kerteh dulu... All the shops me and hubby went for bfast, lunch and dinner. And the restaurant where we first talked about weddings and what not. Rinduuuuuu!!!
[pictures will be uploaded in Facebook]

And I get to meet some of my relatives, and also Nenek! I missed her so much! So seeing her, and spent some time with her really made my trip back to Malaysia worth more. And had small talks with my aunties, and cousins... Catching up stories, and of course makan-makan...!

We rushed back to KL at 6pm. Initally the plan was to leave Kemaman at 3pm, but obviously terdelay and delay lagik. Finally Ayah panic sbb lambat sgt, since he has to attend an important dinner tonight. So he drove like mad to KL, and we arrived at 8.30pm sharp! Record!

So there. I'll be leaving for Kuala Terengganu on this coming Thursday until Monday. *sigh* Im sure gonna miss Iman. Rugi 4 hari! haha Dah laa Khamis tu birthday Umar... So im pretty sure they wont be doing anything special for Umar, unless Im home. Since org kuat takde nk semangat2 celebrate birthday...
I'll make it up to you when Kaklong comes back to KL ye sayang!

Nk tido. Tomorrow is Fatin's engagement!

memori-memori

Ive been running errands, fetching up kids from school, sending them to Taekwando classes, basketball training, and also to mengaji.

Tiring I tell you!

But I love doing it. It means spending most of my time with them, eventhough it also means Im in the car most of the time as well. Iman tags along as much as possible, unless he's asleep. So there. Waktu-waktu yang sangat lah precious!

Here's some pictures Ive taken. All were taken during Taekwando, while waiting for Umar and Muhammad from school, and also mengaji. All were taken with my HP's camera. Butttt, at the bottom there's "pretty nice" pictures of Iman at home with D80. Mahu praktis2 menggunakan dslr. Mane lah tahuuu kannn cik abang approve! *hint hint!* :p

*khusyuk tgk org taekwando*

*excited dapat Nerds from Aussie hehe*

*Umar posing for the camera*

*with Iman!*

*Yes, Im on the other side of this jongkang-jongkit*

*Muhammad dah green belt!*





*senyuman yg sentiasa menjadi igauan*


*budak-budak tak penah jumpe ABC*

Last but not least... Iman camwhore dalam bilik, with me practicing with dslr ehehehe

Tu je sneak peak. Yang lain byk blur2 sbb budak ni tak boleh duduk diam haha!

I had fun snapping pictures with the camera. Plus my "model" is too adorable!

p/s Dah tau ape tu aperture and shutter speed. And dah tau mcm mana nk tuka2, and bila perlu tukar. Woot woot!

Back in Kuala Lumpur

So finally boleh post pasal cerita2 di rumah. hehe

Best sangat2 tak terkata bila land. Rasa mcm pelik pun ada. One minute Im in perth, then next Im in Malaysia! Sampai2 tu mmg rushing amik bag sbb tanak family tunggu lama, plus I was soooo excited! I practically ran with my trolley full of bagS towards the exit. Skali, diorg tak sampai lg! Hampeh betul!

Tunggu ada lah dekat half an hour, pusing-pusing. Nak call tak boleh. Nak pakai payphone pun tak boleh. Sen-sen takde! Sedih betul laa! While waiting, ran into Faizal, junior skolah sama prefect dolu-dolu. He's a pilot now! Terkejut gila bila nmpk dia, jerit nama dia. Nasib baik die dgr. And nasib baik die cam lg :p

So borak-borak, exchange numbers (buat mcm bujang lah pulak kannnn!). Dont worry, I told him awal-awal lg that Im married, and has moved to Perth. Catch up stories, lps tu pegi Starbucks (kot?) beli air, utk dptkn coins nk call hehe.

Family sampai, adegan peluk-peluk cium, especially Iman! Terus dukung and he sat on my lap the entire journey back home. Borak-borak tak ingat dunia, all the way in the car, sampai lah rumah, sampai lah to my bedroom, sampai kul 5 pagi! Gossip-gossip dunia semasa lah katakan.

Oh lupa. Ayah tanya dah makan ke belum. I told him mkn sandwich je dlm plane. So dia tanya nk mkn ape. I said mkn ape2 ada kat rumah pun takpe. Roti pun ok. Skali dia ckp, KFC nak? FUH! Gile ape tanak!!! Hahahaha before blk dh ckp kat hubby, kalau boleh sampai KL je terus nk serbu KFC. Sebab teringinnnnnnnnnn. Hajat sampai. Yeayyy!

I spent the whole time at home (before making an entrance at Suraya's wedding haha), jadi driver amik budak-budak skolah, and jadi rakan sepermainan Iman. Awal-awal pagi lg Iman dah masuk bilik kejutkan suruh bgn and main ngn dia. Everyday. Aahhhhh. Such bliss!

I miss hubby though. Everyday mesti tanya dia ok ke tak. Makan ape and all. Hehe. But I know you're doing fine hunn. And I know your enjoying your singlehood with the boys. Enjoy it while it last k? :p

All in all, rindu dendam dekat family dah terubat. Hadi jangan jelous ok. Kaklong breakfast makan nasi lemak dengan sambal sotong and paru-paru takdi! ahaha

Happy Birthday Iman!

Iman, you're 4 today!

Happy Birthday sayang.

I called earlier to wish him (as if he would understand much), and once he's on the phone, he couldnt stop rambling about the toy cars that he got for himself yet again. Bebel2 tak stop2, I couldnt even cut him to wish him. And when I finally got my chance, he passed the phone to Ayah.

Ahh well.

But he did mentioned the red towel with a car picture on it! Yeayyy! He even aknowledge the fact that I bought it for him. So that felt good. :))

So there.

Happy birthday again. (As if he knows how to read lah kan...)

and again

Amazingly, I managed to see the Jakarta trip pictures tru Hakeem's FB instead of Aisyah's. Wow!

Terima kasih ya Encik Hakeem. Jasamu dikenang.

So curik2 a few pics to be uploaded here. And so that I can see their faces whenever Im blogging. (Ye lah tu.)

Thinking of making a collage of the pictures stolen from both Aisyah & Hakeem to make wallpaper, but sayang to replace the picture of me and Syed during Nikah. So there. Camne? Dilema betul.

Mari lihat keluarga saya yang sangat dirinduiiiiiiiii...

Selamat berkenalan dengan keluarga saya, bersama Nenek! dan Hazirah hihi Hazirah punya kedudukan macam GF/bakal tunang Hakeem jeee! :p

Oh how I wish boleh tengok Umi menunggang itu kuda juga ehehehe tapi kalau Nenek yg naik, lagi super cool! Topi Umar cool ok. Beli satu untuk Abang Syed pls. Die dah hitam time summer ni haha

Nama pun budak-budak. Lepas makan kat kedai, ade je lah yang nak digodek2kan. Macam Hadi! kan hadi kannnn??? ;)

Awwwwwww!!! Kaklong rinduuuuuuu!

Kudaku lari gagah berani~~~ Eventho "kuda"ku tiada gambar sebegini, so Iman lah ganti ok? Kepada sesiapa yang tahu identiti "kuda"ku, anda dibenarkan gelak.

Imankecikmacamsemut.

With these kind of pictures, that would make me beremosi. And kesian hubby kena tanggung akibat emosi.

Hmm. If you guys were me, would you miss them terribly like I do? *sigh*

kecomelan yang comot

Dicuri dari blog Aisyah.

Tak tahan sebab comel dan comot.

Iman punya peace sign dgn 3 jari! Hahahaha

Stokin Iman yang lawak gila. Confirm amik sendiri and pakai sendiri.

Aihh. Iman nampak besar gila ok. Tapi still hisap jari style rock die tu???

Muhammad still nampak mcm budak kecik, despite dah darjah errr darjah berapa dah eh? Darjah 4 eh?? OMG fail jadi kakak.

Umar nampak macam pakcik tua sebab takde gigi. Hihi

RINDU!

Aisyah, upload gambar dengan banyaknya kat FB please! Tak tahannnnn!

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha

Oh.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA EVERYONE.

Kami tak korban tahun ni. Macam lah tahun lepas korban, ye tak?
Tapi we should. Cuma hubby buat-buat leceh, and I was of course, ignorant dengan benda-benda ni until MIL mentioned it.

So we missed it. The Sheikh said its too late.

Ah well.

Anywayyy, hope all of you had a nice Hari Raya Haji/Korban, and makan lembu/kambing banyak-banyak sampai pening.

My family are celebrating in KL instead of Besut, so no korban and no daging bakar yang sedap tahun ni. So saya takde lah jelous sangat bila teringat ramai-ramai keliling the BBQ utk makan daging bakar panas-panas cicah dengan kicap+cili.

Cuma ada Nasi Dagang, Rendang and Ketupat.

Fuuuuuhhhhhh!

And Nenek dengan berani nya ajak makan Nasi Dagang sama. Cit!

The phone call

I was still bergolek2 at 11am. Malasnya!!! I slept at 3am reading the new book I just bought, Remember Me?, and I could not stop! So typical Sophie Kinsella's writing, witty and funny, and Im loving it!

Then the phone rang. I knew it would be from Malaysia, tried to gather myself, then the phone stops ringing. Plonked back to my fluffly pillows, when it rang again. I immediately answered, and I heard Ayah's voice. "Hi long!" Verryyyy cheerful. And I heard noises at the back, of course, I was on speakerphone, as always. "Hiii! Selamat Hari Raya!" We exchanged raya wishes, menu and what not, then I heard the voice I miss sooo much! Iman.

Iman: Hi Kaklong! (Sgt cheerful, and high-pitched)

Me: Haiiiii Iman!!!

Iman: Kaklong, Iman demam!

Me: Ye ke? Sian nye dia. Makan ubat tak?

Iman: Makan! Iman tak pegi klenek pun. (Mane laaa die belajar cakap klinik, klenek! Aiyoooo!)

Me: Haha good boy!

Iman: Kaklong, Kaklong kat mana!? (Behind, everyone started laughing, as this is the most famous question of all time, whenever he talks to me)

Me: Kaklong kat rumah Kaklong laa...

Iman: Iman nak Kaklong datang rumah Iman! (Terharu sebentar)

Me: Ye ke? Ok, Kaklong pun nakkk sangat pegi rumah Iman.

Iman: Hmmm!

Me: Iman rindu Kaklong tak?

Iman: Haaaa... (this time around, agak slow malu-malu kucing nak admit)

p/s Notice the ! sign every sentence Iman said. Yes. He was talking to me, excited voice, and high-piched. Sungguh rindu!

Then I spoke to everyone. Including Nenek. And ohhhhhh this conversation has to be told.

Nenek: Bila nya nak kerja? (So I thought)

Me: Ohh Syed ckp tunggu dia habis cuti bulan 1 ni baru try.

Nenek and Umi both laughes! (Weird.)

Nenek: Ada time-time plan pulak dia ni. Li dah nak dukung baby dah.

Me: Haa tu laa. Tau. (Being sooooo ignorant of what was happening at that time)

Errkkk? Did I miss something??? Was she actually asking me bila nak ada baby instead of work? Damn!!!!

And I've just realized it when I hung up. Gila lah. Now Nenek thinks merepek dah. Macam mana nak fix nih!?!

rindu lagi

Rindu badak gemuk ni.





Time ni comel, kiut lah. Pipi gebu-gebu lagi. Mata pun bulat je.

Sekarang?


...

Fuyooooo posing!

Wahhh! Mana muka kiut??? Ni muka dah matang boleh cari girlfriend dah ni!

Cepat kan diorang grow up? Nasib baik suara kiut annoying ada lagi. Kalau suara dah macam akil baligh susah lah! Tak boleh nak "Aaawwww", jantung gugur dengar suara dalam telefon.

Jangan cakap I bias sebab asyik-asyik gambar Iman. Mana gambar Muhammad and Umar? Yeaaa Im wondering the same thing. Ni pon orang bagi. Gambar2 lama tersesat dalam laptop. Aisyah, please send me some of the badak2 tu punya pictures please pretty please. I can barely remember how they look like ;p

Oh, jumpa gambar-gambar yang tak seberapa.

Iman gedik depan camera as always. Aisyah memang natural gedik

Umar, yang tak nampak muka langsung

Muhammad nampak lebih kiut dari biasa

Hadi, I gelak berdekah-dekah bila melihat gambar ini. Fuhh! Memang tak boleh bla.

Hakeem, sentiasa dengan muka berstatement "Yes, I am handsome".

Jangan marah dengan gambar-gambar yang dipost. Ni je lah yang saya ada, yang ditatap hari-hari (selain facebook). Pengubat rindu lah katakan. Selain nak malu kan korang hihihi.

Good night!

Growing Up

Once upon a time, when I was small, I always thanked God for a blessed, and a happy family that I have.

Our world was not perfect and that comfortable back in those days. Dad was working really hard to feed us all. He would go away for weeks for some money. But when he's home, he made the time to give us piggy rides on his back all around the house, while mom watching, smiling and laughing. We would wear his safety helmets and goggles and his coverall. And all four of us would argue who would go first. And we would always decide two-by-two. Me and Hajar, Hadi and Hakeem. Its only fair. Not fair to Dad's back though.

We would take pictures all the time, even at home. Dad loves taking pictures of mom and us. Every snap he took is still in the albums, and we would sit around and look at one album at a time, laughing and making fun of each other on how ridiculous and ugly we were when we were kids. Im glad he loves taking pictures of us.

Dinner time was like a birthday party, every night. We would eat, and tell stories, and talked and joked. Everyday, we would tell our parents how our day was. And they did too.

During weekends when he's around, we would spend ours helping him (or more of bugging him actually) while he do his gardening. We love raking out leaves and put it in a huge bundle, and dad would burnt it. Yes ppl, we had open fire in our backyard all the time. But back then there's no jerebu heh heh

I remember one night, we had a blackout, and dad told us to grab our chairs (we each had a small, bright colored chair) and go outside. And we sit outside for hours talking and looking at the stars that night. It was beautiful.

Mom was always home. I am always glad I had a full time mom. She would be there whenever we needed her. I always loved her hot milo she made in the morning for me before going to school. And she always packed me a "teh O" in my yellow tumbler for me to have during breaks. Pelik, but i always loved it.

When i hoped off the bus after school, I would ran into the house and take off my school uniform and my bag all over the house and wear nothing but my underwear. Ye, dgn tak malu nye mengaku. And mom would patiently picked all up and put it in my room. And I would play and watch TV with my sister and brothers.

At night, we read Quran in front of Mom right after Isya', still in our praying clothes. And Dad would take pictures again.

Weekends, we would helped Dad wash his car, or the carpet, or anything that has to do with the water hose, and we would be jumping up and down taking our clothes off and head for the shower. And Dad would take pictures too.

Dad was always blunt with showing his affection to Mom. He would hug her, hold her hands, and touching her head in front of us. And even in public. I know sometimes Mom was very shy, and sometimes she would avoid all the PA. But I know deep down she felt loved and happy and knew that the man she married loves her so very much that he would want the world to know how lucky he is to have her.

We love each other.

I love the fact that all of us are so close with each other. I would spend hours on the phone with my sisters or brothers even though I know I would see them the very next day. I love the fact I can always talk to them about everything and anything. And we could all understand our jokes. Except Aisyah! Haha Ok just kidding cah ;p

As I grow up, we never get to do all that anymore. But I get to see my other sister and brothers (after Hakeem) get their happy growing up moments. And Im glad things never change in our house.

And whenever I think of those good old days, I would smile, and felt so proud and blessed, and I wish my children will feel the same way I felt growing up.

As you can see, my life is full of noise. And people. And love.

So when its quite, it felt awful. Just awful.

iman cakap...

Iman: Ayah, jom naik kapal terbang pegi amik kaklong, abg syed, kak ngah dgn abg hadi...

And die ckp ni hari2, kata ayah. Mula2 mcm betul ke hari2? Then spoke to aisyah the other day and she said he did said it every single day.

Dan kemudian, tadi received a call from msia... and of course the first thing i heard was...

"KAKLONG! IMAN NK PEGI AMIK KAKLONG DGN ABG SYED DGN KAKNGAH DGN ABG HADI! NAIK KAPAL TERBANG!" Aawwwwww. Hati cair. Lembik. Dan sebagainya. Rasa tak sabar nk balik n peluk die sampai tak boleh nafas.

Confirmed. Sangat lah sweet. He misses us! Ke alasan nak naik kapal terbang and jalan2??? Hhhmmmmm...

Then die cakap, "Kaklong ada keta tak?" "Takde. Iman ada ke? "Ade. Iman nak lori." "Ok, iman nk lori apa?" "Errmmm iman nak lori... ermmm... (after a minute or so of ermmm) LORI POLIS!"

Coincidently, i went to the mall today and went looking for toys for him. And specifically went to the aisle where they have Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and whatever vehicles they have to sell, and i spotted a few toy trucks which i know he would love. But now i had no idea where to find 'lori polis'. I mean, do polis even have lori???

Muhammad and Umar pulak, tanya "Dah beli PSP?" And i was like "Errmmm belum! Kaklong takde duit lagi..." sambil jeling2 sengih hint2 to hubby. But i guess he didnt notice, or pretended not to notice.
And the two of them went on and on and on trying to a give name our soon to be baby. Which is takde lagi ok! Jangan panic ppl. They just cant wait and got excited. And each of them wanted me to name my baby after them, but with a 'Syed' in front. Hmmpphhh teka nak boy sajeeeeeee.

Yet another post of Iman. And the other two rascals. I miss them.
And aisyah, somehow i miss u too =p

Rindu...

rindu budak ni.





Sape yg tak rindu kan? *sigh*