Jalan-jalan (jalan sakan) Melb Chapter IV & V

Date: Dec 4 2010

Places visited: Queen Victoria Market, Bali Bagus Rest @85 Franklin St , Bediuzzaman Said Cultural Foundation, Smith St, Fitzroy Garden, Cook’s Cottage, South Warf DFO, Essendon DFO, Sawadees Thai Rest @ 139 Little Bourke St China Town, Southbank

We kawtim with Jimmy (the guide) and modified the original itineraries: slashing visit to places that we can go on our own and adding few, agreed by all.

This time, let the pictures do the talking.

1st stop - QVM where everything is cheap from fresh local produces to souvenir

Rest Bali Bagus - ya, bekas nasi dlm flask biru itu

@Fitzroy Garden, huge park, nyaman - teringin nak jadi family Cpt Cook tapi awat muka daku mcm bapok disitu?

belakang rumah Cpt Cook ada herbs garden and pokok epal ijau

all of us di dapur rumah Cook and cuba teka sapa pernah wakil majikan dlm acara sukan? ishh

wajah murni selepas solat*perasantan* maka harus selalu solat:)

introducing Mr Jimmy, he own the coach company, speaks veli bloken and pelat english. @Smith St where soooo many you can say sports based brand outlet. You can go crazy in Reef and Baldiland, dirt cheap.

you know me right? brand new Reef flip flop, love it, love it

got to say goodbye to my cute baby blue flats. rosak habis. i bought it @ primark in uk for 6pound only. sedey.. tp best ah jadi flats tu, made in china i guess, jual di uk, balik mesia, mati di melb.. for a flats.. what more can u ask for?

@ South Waft DFO (direct factory outlet). Sale jugak.

dah pukul 5pm++ masa ni, we actually ask Mike and Raslan do the talking to Mr Jimmy to bring us to Essendon sbb nak borong correlle and sorts (kalau pergi sendiri harus patah tangan nak angkut barang naik train) keywords ialah worldkitchen. Tapi they mentioned DFO. Jimmy bawa kami ke sini, obviously tak de worldkitchen disini. So pujuk Jimmy (girls jugak yg pujuk) and he said 'but you only got like 1/2 hour there. Its OK!! it took 1/2 hour to reach Essendon, kedai tutup @6pm. Bayangkan kami membeli dgn lajunya!!

antara hasil dari Essendon.

later in our room, see. ala.. org kirim..:)

Dinner @Sawasdee. Food was maebeles!!! tapi mahal la. sbb makan free kami happy:)

lepas letak barang kat hotel, merambu di southbank, seberang sungai.. mlm minggu yg happening.. masa ni belum lagi.. bila dah happening camera pon bongek, tak leh shoot malam..blerrghhhhh

Date: Dec 5 2010

Places visited: St Kilda beach, Rest Nelayan @Swanston St, Philip Island: Maru Koala & Animal Park, Panny Choc factory, San Remo, Coves, The Nobbies, Panguin Parade

We woke up early, and after bf (mantapau sebanyak mungkin makanan utk trip ke Philip Island) off to St Kilda! Oh I did remind kepada yg nak ikut kena gerak awal bg mengelak panas. It was summer already and whats the point of going to the summer hot beach? Minus the skimpy clad chicks and six packs heroes, rasa panas macam kat Malaya saja nanti. Lagipun Sunday morning ni mana ada mat/minah salleh sunbathing, semua lelap sebab lst night mlm minggu. Since yg lain masih golek2 dibilik, kami ber6 saja cargas!.

st kilda sunday market baru nak bukak kedai, sejuk i tell you tapi abg sebelah tu pakai short.. potong kan!

among my fav photos @St Kilda pier

raslan di apit aweks

kami menapak sepanjang pier, kat sini pon ada penguin celah2 batu tu!

descending.. melb city dikejauhan

Nearly 12am mentari dah terik, kami angkat kaki. Ronda city and lunch di Nelayan Rest @Swanston St. Lepas lunch ronda lagi sampai fenat dan menunggu Jimmy yg akan datang @3pm!. Smalam, semua agreed to tong tong sewa satu van ke Philip Island! it coast us AUD100 each, tak le murah mana compare to other tour tapi boleh personalized.:)

Maru Koala & Animal Park, Koala sombong, tidur atas pokok, malas akak layan.sedangkan kucing pon saya tak berapa gemar, inikan kangaroo.. busuk.

kemudian singgah di kilang cheloket (iman says so). oh kilang ini own by Malaysian

singgah di San Remo, birds feeding, Jimmy belikan roti. aman damai di sini. hati nangis teringat Iman, bayangkan dia yg melompat itu.

The Coves (go gugle), tak nampak halal rest. so kami bukak bekal, we had dinner with the birds, sedapnya layan salmon sandwich..hhehe. Sempat main air dan berbaringan layan perasaan. super duper nyaman....

fav photo @Nobbies with Kak Has

saaaangat cantik, they built wood path-walk so that you can enjoy the clift to the max and see sarang beburung without pijak rumput. angin saangat kuat, seeejuk yg amat, love this place...

kegayatan sebenarnya disitu.

last destination, Penguin Parade @ Summerland Beach!! camera is only allowed up to this point. Si kecil penguin sgt sensitip kononnya.

We sat on the tiered seating on the beach and just before the lilght of day is completely gone, we hear a voice cry: "Look! Over there!" And necks crane, eyes strain hard to see. It is impossible to recognise what it is in the water. A head, a beak perhaps, a tiny wing. No sooner is the first cry heard when it is followed by another. Yes, there’s something there, some movement, something ... and suddenly not just one but many. They have had their day foraging out at sea and now they are coming home. They walk across the sand in small groups, as if in a triumphant march, and head for their home in the dunes.On the way back, we saw many more very near the path-walk, like you can touch them! Arghh so cute i bet Iman will jump off the pathwalk and grab them if he is here.

Oh acted macho pakai selipar jepun kan..bawak cardigan nipis.. akhirnya kesejukan yg amats, tumpang shawl Kak Izan dan berkait kaki tumpang haba... Super duper sejuk!. Angin laut lepas artik ke antartik ntah.. + at dusk.. menggigil.

We reached hotel nearly midnight. fenat, puas. Hati gumbira, tidur dgn senyum. can you feel me?

Jalan-jalan (belajar) Melb Chapter ii & iii

Date: Dec 2-3 2010

Places visited: Cliftons @ 440 Collins, Elizabeth St, Habour Town, Flinder Station, Federation Square, ACMI, Burke St

Breakfast was good, had the same menu as yesterday. Siap tapau salmon sandwich with fresh fruits. Weather was nice: breezy, we walked to Cliftons (training centre) which is just few blocks away from our hotel. Everybody was in a good mood and eager to meet the teacher. This is actually why we’re here afterall.

semangat!

Next to our class was a group from Indon. Contrasting from most of us yg dressed casually, they were smart and very corporate looking. Everybody seems very serious and stressed, must be learning something susah tu:).

Our teacher Mr Mike, a very senior personnel in aibeeam looks a tad bit tired: dry riotous hair, wrinkled shirt and khakis and emmm long dirty fingernails. Maafla, saya memang suka memerhati, during the ice breaking session he leaned to my partner’s desk quite often hence the finding.

Obviously, as a developer, storage is not my talent but somehow Mr Mike made it interesting enough that I work hard on the lab work. We yak in Malay about notes given are for different version and doing the lab work remotely connect to server in France is someway banyak tak jadi when suddenly Mr Mike menyampuk! He does understand some Bahasa. Hahahaha, dah la ada kata cikgu comot. Lepas tu kalau nak mengata, terus cakap Klate:)

duduk sebelah pelajar cemerlang

Cliftons gave us vouchers for lunch and tea break, alas the restaurents listed are not halal. Kak Izan and me makan bekal, buat teh and perabih fruit juices kat pantry then wandering shops along Elizabeth St. We saw people queuing about 50m to the bookstore. Rupanya Mark Webber in da house! Kalau ponteng kelas petang tu boleh la beratur sama hehehhehe. 'Jangan nak ngada'. Itu kata Kak Izan a.k.a pelajar cemerlang Mr Mike. Ye la.. dia jaga storage!.

Oh the other ladies ada yg balik hotel masak maggie, ada yg ke halal rest. cari nasi ,Atai and our Mike ke kedai barangan buat kek, mencari cake pan dan spring foam utk isteri terchenta, hebat kan!.

After class @4:30, balik hotel, solat and 4 of us hopped on a tram to Harbour Town Shopping Center. Sempat masuk few shops sahaja as they’re closing already.

lengang

Ye, kedai tutup @6pm!.Royal Doulton’s sale was massive but I’m not a fan in sense of budget hehe. Hanya membeli English tea sahaja:( marked kedai yg akan dituju next visit.

We had dinner @halal Nandos and straight to Icehouse. Bought AUD3 ticket and into the ice rink. Pusing2 and found out that there is a x-mas skate show by Olympic gold medalist from US. Jenguk2 balik tirai, adik jaga pintu kasi masuk. Terus duduk tepi tapi depan skali and clapping and cheering for the good 15 minutes on the finale performance. Teliuk2 badan skater tu, baju lip lap bagai. for AUD3 ticket, it was more than worth it. The actual price for the show dlm 20++ you! Rezeki kami.

Reroute to Flinder St dan bergambaran depan the old Flinder Station.

Melepak pula di Federation Square, hingga ke ACMI. At this moment, nak berbaringan pon boleh di Federation Square itu, org dah tak ramai.

Sempat juga ke Myers utk melihat the stunning display panel on Nutcrackers sempena nak xmas. You got to brave the extensive queue with school childrens and family with prams diwaktu siang.

Balik hotel, another 2 ladies dah sampai. Sembang2 dibilik and zzzzzz. A relaxing day I must say.

Dec 3, 2010

Class resume as usual, lab works became harder, cikgu extra serabai?. I decided not to terjun ke dunia storage ini. It’s just not for me. Lunch provided from halal rest, we had chicken breast on a bed of salad. Tak sedap tapi belasah jugak. Sempat jalan Collins St, I wanted to see The Rialto building and jumpa kedai vegetarian cupcake sangat cantik, so beli dua!

Petang, pulun bagai nak rak siapkan lab work. Class ended late, at nearly 6!. This is only a preliminary class. Next week, 5 of them will continue the hard part. 5 of us dah merdeka. Hahah, ya kelas saya dua hari saja. We were scheduled to fly back on Sunday 5/12/2010 but rezeki kami, aibeeam wrongly informed the travel agent and they booked the flight on Tuesday, 7/12! Best tak? Since the package includes accommodation, 5 of us senyum je la kan. And since my roommate will be roommate-less the whole next week, dengan izin Chenta, saya extend flight balik saing the other 5 on 10/12. Yieeppieee… itu lah ceritanya kelas 2 hari tapi stay sampai 10 hari.

All of us with MrMike. Can u imagine how tall the guy yg tolong ambilkan gambar ini? Everybody mendongak including MrMike!

Oh Mr Mike tot I am the youngest and called me 'the baby' *kembang akak*, when told that I'm not (Lin and Atai lagi muda), he said 'may be because you wear pink, errr pale pink' (perasan ada sorang lagi pakai tudung pink). Ahkak soka.. and Atai jeles gila! hahahah

Habis kelas dgn segera ke Harbour Town. Today, shops closed at 9pm. Yippie. Why were we so crazy about this place? Its actually very similar to a factory outlet store, cuma dole out Aussie brand.

teruja nak nyopping!, eh apsal mcm daku sorang yg teruja?

They had dinner @CiliPadi first tapi akak terus menonong ke Gerald. Target mahu cari cake stand! By 8.30 semua dah membembit hasil tangkapan. Perghhh.. dasyat diorang shopping. Tapi kami kehampaan kerna Labupatch tidak meniaga hari ini.

lihat...

Akhirnya sampai kedai tutup baru semua kumpul nak balik!. Naik tram ke Flinder dan lepak tepi Southbank, lalu ke Burke St menjenguk Myers dan Labupatch lagi. Tanpa ragu2 apply for VIP member card and got extra 20% discount. Yieehaaa, im now a VIP member of Labupatch Aussie:)

Atai tak senang duduk sbb ada couple duk comolot cup cap cup cap depan kami:)

sunset @southbank

Balik hotel hati gumbira. Alhamdulillah kelas dah selesai, cake stand dah dapat:) Esok akan lebih gumbira: city tour!!

Jalan-jalan (jumpa kawan) Melb Chapter I

After like menung2 mengenang nasib diri dlm flight, I felt asleep. Sedar2 dah time makan. Nasi lemak VS omelet. Of course I chose the latter, but it was plain and tasteless. Turbulence: not hot drinks served. Continue sleeping sampai pungkok lenguh but it was actually only few minutes. Tawaf the aisle 3 rounds, wee wee and basuh muka. Layan Kak Julia Robert: eat, pray and love. That were pretty much everything I did in the plane, repeatedly. Dada dan kepala masih berat. I left my immaterial brooch in the loo and went to get it, the stewardess said, I just about to make an announcement berlian sapa tetinggal…. Pffttt, not funny!!.

Sampai hotel around 10pm merambu ke 7E few blocks away cari food. Layan Maggie. Jetlag. I didn’t usually have this problem but perhaps I didn’t get enough sleep and rest led me to it. Or maybe just can’t wait to explore Melbourne with Smidah 2moro. I didn’t exactly know when I drifted out but it was 4:15am when Kak Izan woke me up for subuh. Just can’t continue sleeping so I watched Yoga channel, Simpsons and interesting morning show similar to Selamat Pagi Mesia. Hellllooo Victoria, eh, rasanya I wrote Melb for state dlm immigration form. Sebab tak amek geography masa SPM, tak de la rasa malu sangat hehe:) .Midah called, screamed and laughed lot, and all I remember was she will be coming at 11am.

Before bf, sempat beremailan dgn keluarga.

Oh the room comes with free bf; I had sautéed mushroom + smoked salmon on toast + hot choc. These, among few others, became my must-have-bf-menu for 10 days in a row!. Perghh, salmon on toast *salivating* After bf, we explored sekitar hotel.

Walked to Swanston St and Burke St where Myers and David Jones are. Getting around Melb is easy peasy as the city layout is simple. I’ve studied Melb and the 3 major streets (Swanston, Burke and Flinder) are in my finger tip. Shopping radar spotted Pumpkin Patch, sports attire shop and book store. Wah..suka!. Berposingan and it was hilarious when Atai wanted to pose with a moving tram as background. Layan…

You know how much I love to visit close friends while travelling? Yeah, like you visit Mud or G when in Penang Dd! Hehheh, don’t get me wrong, to those yang duk local, there will always next time kan. InsyaAllah? Btw, been beremailing with Smid countless time. Aju can easily imagine the emails, to the rest, here’re some extracts for you. Pls be envious hehehe

From: asmidah alwi [mailto:asmidah75@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 6:45 AM
To: Idahroyani Setam
Subject: RE: ke Melbourne
hahaha..hang alwak la Dd..opis ku tu kat Uni la..hang mmg haru tgk opis aku, dlm shopping arkade gitu...hahaha..
bab nak pigi shopping correlle tu hang toksah susah hati..tepi umah aku ja ...hahhaha..takkan la aku nak suh hang naik bus/train segala kut nak usung corelle berkotak2 tu..hehehhe..btw, hebat hang dah tau dah sale 1st dis? aku kat sini pun tak tau..hahhaha
………………… *lebih panjang lagi saja x mo korang jeles sangat?
takpa, nnt 1hb tu aku pi cari hang kat hotel..leh plan betoi2 camna korang nak pi jln2 tu.. okla..bab hang nak pi corrlle 1hb tu no prob.. aku terus pi kat hotel hang. then, leh naik train balik umah, husband aku amik kat train terus pi correlle pun ok..kalau hang setuju la..ataupun, kita balik umah mkn2 dulu ka then baru pi corelle..hehehhehehehe..sudah ku rasai "kemeriahannya"..

Jeles tak? Jeeleeees tak? I know..corelle outlet! I was clapping like a kid while reading her email and immediately forward to geng cik/abang Kiah yg lain. Raslan a.k.a Atai pun sama naik tau!.

Smid came sharp at 11am, *peluk..peluk*. Seeing her, I was like: dude, this city not fascinated enough for you? Well, if you think you miss Asmidah a lot, wondering how she looks like nowadays, don’t waste your energy on that because I tell you, she isn’t changed a bit!. I loike, jeles sebenarnya.

lihat, kalut masih sama! suka merah mcm dulu!

Since semua nak itot, the hubby had to go back alone, keta tak muat. Smidah led us:
Bought our tram/bus/train ticket AUD29.90 for unlimited 1 week travel in zone 1.
Naik tram: Elizabeth St - Melbourne Central (1 stop saja). She thought we were all tired/jetlag tu yg 1 stop pun naik tram.
Naik train: Melbourne Central – Southampton station
Naik bus: Station – Simpang umah Smid. Again, dokat saja. Smid.. Smid..
Jalan kaki dari simpang umah ke rumahnya. Kalau ada bas harus diajak kami naik bas juga agaknya.

cantik kan!

Wow, I must say she lives in such a beautiful and peaceful neighborhood. Everybody was like wah.. cantiknya kampung Smid:) Being Smidah, sesampai je terus membusykan diri buat air la.. hidang itu..hidang ini. Meeting her kids, they had grown tall! Her son looks exactly like Rahim or so I think, and her daughter is soft spoken, hence lovely and girly, sooo not Smidah heheheh. I didn’t talk much to Smid, well, there were 7 of my colleagues there, 4 of them are bosses and except Atai, they didn’t know Smid at all, so let them berkenalan. I didn’t want to sound so dramatic or over excited in front of them. Instead, I tawaf rumah Smid and play with her kiddos. I will definitely seeing her again so catching up and gossiping can wait:) After we emptied a jug of iced milo and ¾ of the cheesecake, the first group were ready to Essendon!. Obviously, Laki Smid had to make 2 trips.

geng Multimedia dulu2... hahaha

OMG, as expected semua terkedu melihat harga di worldkitchen. Sedang berkira2 nak angkat yg mana, makcik cashier said ‘sale start this coming Friday’. Maka terus letak balik!. Sabarr, 30% additional discount is huge!. Terus ke pumpkinpatch dan cotton on dan royal doulton. Balik umah Smid sudah agak lewat kerana menuggu 2 cik kiah yg ralit dan memborong berkotak2 royal doulton.

Smid insisted to cook despite we were all saying no. This lady betul2 buat org rasa serba salah. She cooked in a storm! Rahman juga ada, katanya ‘Kak Dd besar ni jugak la..’. Patutkah? PATUTKAH? Rahman, sambil menumbuk sambal sambil menyembang sakan dengan kekakak, we pretty much get the idea how’s post graduate student’s life is like. Oh, he is doing his master in Sydney and visiting Smidah sebab ada conference di Melb. If you knew him, you can probably imagine how vivacious he is. Dapur Smid dah macam ada kenduri!. Hingar dengan tawa kami.
Late lunch @5.15pm: chicken curry, sambal belacan Rahman, ulam timun jepun, ikan kerin. Perghh. Kami makan bersila beramai2. Tanpa malu2 semua bertambah nasi!. Masa menghidang nenas, Smid said, kau kan suka nenas… kalau tak kerana ada budak opis esp Atai itu, harus aku nangis.. shahdu!.

Again, after cadangan naik bus ditolak mentah2, En Rafiqi menghantar kami ke Southampton station.

Smid gave me a file of maps and train/tram routes. Sungguh tak terucap terima kasih kami pada Smidah sekeluarga. In the train to Melb Central, we decided to buy something for Smidah. Mike suggested kain batik and sarong. I was like what? I’ve never seen her wearing any kain batik dulu2. At the end everybody agreed to buy ikan bilis and rempah ratus, even though we know those things are easily found in China town. We texted Kak Has (yang akan sampai dua hari lagi) utk beli. Atai said, nanti boleh suruh Smid masak nasik lemak, kita dtg makan lagi. Hoiiii! Ya, most of us jerit the same thing to him:). Jutaan terima kasih Asmidah, semoga Allah melimpahkan rezeki dan rahmat kepada keluargamu.

Since tangkapan tidak memberangsangkan, Kak Izan, Lin and I decided to just hop on the tram and enjoy Melb city. You must know, at this hour, all shopping complexes were closed already. We headed to Etihad Stadium and Waterfront city; people were marching to the stadium as there will be U2 concert that night! Kalau ku tahu, harus ku join. We walked along the waterfront and enjoying sunset at the wharf sambil membuat mental list apakah yg nak diborong on the 2nd visit to Essendon nanti? Nearly 10pm, we headed to Flinder Station and walked to the hotel.

Perghh, it was a GREAT day. After not be able to sleep properly in almost 2 days, I finally dozed off with ease.

Good night Melbourne.

Novella ke Melb

Assalam people, how’s 2011 treating you so far? Work wise, mine was chaotic! Been transferred to diff unit and now trying my best to deliver everything I’ve promised before. KPI ke laut hahahah. Life’s been great. I determine to teach Iman mengaji or at least up to Iqra’ 3. The rest you will have to come back here later to have a peek on what’s been planned for this year.

Anyway, this novella is meant as a memento to moi. You need time and patience to read or it will bore you to stiff. You’ve been warned?

Trip to Melbourne was actually 2 times postponed due to reasons I simply don’t want to know. Well, if you’re ikan bilis and you’re only one of the many users to the project, and your name been slashed from other trip because of this trip, and it was postponed 2 times, will you be bothered? I kept telling myself to take it easy and only to tell friends when the flight ticket is ready. Ok la ada terberitahu org tu dan Smid awal then siap inform postpone. Padan muka malu?.

On Dec 29, around 1.00am after like tidurkan Iman (we watched MegaMind earlier) and packing for the boys (they will be staying @2nd fav lair -Tmn Kok Lian), I dgn la la la la nya baru nak packing, ambil my ever trusted oversized handbag to check for my cc, ticket, visa, and passport. Tengok2 passport Iman dalam casing, where’s mine?. Geledah sana… geledah sini.. non ado. Naik bilik.. carik lagi… non ado.. sedang menyelongkar kesemua koleksi handbag (bilangannya hanya sebelah tangan sahaja) Chenta terjaga.

carik apa?
I think I lost my passport.
Hah? Are you sure? When was the last time you see it?
Last err.. few weeks when Mike mintak copy utk buat visa. Saya photostat kat office
Awak suruh admin ke buat sendiri? Lepas photostat letak mana?
Buat sendiri, lepas tu letak balik dlm casing and masuk handbag

Dia bangun dan mula menyelongkar itu ini. We both betrothed the same mission to find the PASSPORT started rummage the house. Around 1.50am he said

Cuba ingat betul-betul kat mana awak letak.
Last memang kat office, oh no, Photostat tu before ke after 5S? *blank*
Awak bawak balik kampong tak masa raya haji.
Bawak, sebab memang dalam handbag, tapi tak ada keluarkan pun.
Mana la tau….

I grabbed my handphone and dialed 07429XXXX. Praying no one will terkejut menerima panggilan at this hour. My sis picked the call and directly asks kenapa. I explained, and she promised to call back a.s.a.p after looking at my room. Then I realized, even if she found it, how and who the fish can deliver it to me? But at least I know…. How or who can wait.

Kalau nak carik kat office, kena gerak sekarang.. dah dekat pukul 2 ni.
Errr… jom la.(totally blank)

So we did! Angkat Iman masuk keta and zoommmmmm ke Jln Duta. Can you imagine it? on the way, my sis called

Tak ada la dik, dah carik dalam bilik, kat tempat tepon…
Tak pe la… kitorang nak carik kat opis pulak.. kot-kot tertinggal kat sana
Nanti akak cari lagi….
Ok.. nengkiu… apa2 nanti call la…

I remember vividly joting down 2.20am in the guard’s log book upon amek kunci opis. Iman was left in the car which parked close to the entrance dgn pesanan tolong tengokkan anak saya dalam kereta kepada polis bantuan bertugas. We both rushed to 13th floor and to my cubicle. My desk was pretty much clean selepas 5S: nothing on it. Chenta going for the drawers and me for the organizer and personal files. ---cari----cari---cari--- Hampa. At this point, my heart started to felt heavy and my fingers started to tremble. I kid you not, it was like my mind going blank, I can’t say a word, and I think I can hear my watch clicking like trying to tell me, come on lady you have only few hours left. In case you don’t know, my flight to Melb will be at 9.00am in the morning, so I must be @KLIA by 7.00am and MUST leave home around 5.30 -5.45am. And now it is already 2.45!. Only 3 hours left!

Ntah-ntah dalam slingbag coach awak tak. (sorry la kena mention coach itu, not to brag, ala.. coach kecik pon)
Tapi saya dah clear everything inside it sebab nak hantar cuci.
Mana la tau… awak dah check ke tadi
Errrr (trying hard to remember where did I put it).. belum
So, ni confirm tak tertinggal kat opis la… sebab kalau kita balik ni, office kira gone sebab memang tak kan sempat kalau nak patah balik..
Errrr…..(I wanted to scream No!! but endup took a really deep breath and closed my eyes, tried awfully hard to remember what I did after sending the photocopy of my passport, yes, I PUT IT BACK in my bag) Yang, kita carik kat rumah pulak la, kot-kot dalam slingbag tu. (padahal dalam hati tahu dalam slingbag itu memang dah dikosongkan)

We went back home. Me not saying anything in the car but despite that, Chenta repeatedly ask me to calm down and try to remember. Dia tidak marah, tidak merungut, tidak mencemuh atau menambah kusut. His collected self even frightened me more. Now my body started to tremble.

Reached home around 3.15am and I ran straight to find my slingbag. Hampa, nothing in it. I delved in all the other bags again. Hampa juga. Chenta ask me to go and search upstairs while he will look thoroughly downstairs. He even checked in Iman’s toys boxes and flip through every mags and books on shelve. I amek wuduk and solat, DERDOA.

Sambung cari, cari, cari and around 3.40am I heard him walked upstairs, went to his study room and switched on the TV. At this moment I know that he didn’t find it. He then came to our room eating biscuits. ---Silent----. I went downstairs and kiss Iman yg nyenyak atas sofa. Rumah macam baru kena rompak. I checked Iman’s school beg manalah tau kan. Hampa. I checked kat dapur , drawers and cabinet. Hampa juga. Punggah semua luggage, hampa jua.

I sat facing Iman’s face and just be sad. The ‘not going’ not worry me so much, I scared of what are the consequences of it. Am I gonna have to pay back all the expenses? The flight tickets, room fare, courses charge, Iya la, at this hour mana sempat cari orang utk ganti kan. Tindakan tatatertib? You know how people can sometimes be mean just to show their power or simply as a reminder to other staff. I felt stupid. Stupid enough not to check everything important at least a week before. I looked at my watch and felt totally lost. I snuggled beside Iman and hugged him tight. I bukan pengalah tapi it seemed like nowhere else to cari, semua dah diselongkar berkali-kali.

4.01am, i heard Chenta approaching and when I looked, saw him holding high something, something red.

Yang, you are going to Melbourne!
Yang…………

I hugged him and I cried. I cried awfully hard like all the feelings before instantly burst at once.

Dah.. sambung packing. Jangan tidur, kang tak terjaga nanti miss flight pulak. Tak payah kemas… awak dah penat tu.

It was the most comforting words I’ve ever heard from him considering what we’ve been through all night. I continually sobbed like a child. I packed my things without thinking, (ya rhyme tapi tak kelakar kan). Kemas jugak rumah dan bilik sikit-sikit, did the laundry and ironkan baju kerja Chenta. Jenguk dia tengah buat assignment and he offered me to say goodbye to family in FB. I end up updating my status about jantung nak pecah something….

Later at the airport, I didn’t feel hungry or sleepy; I sit and think hard. Thinking about Chenta. My phone rang, it was from my sis.

Mcm mana jumpa tak?
Jumpa, kat rumah…
Alhamdulillah…. Bapak pun risau malam tadi, tak boleh tidur dia… siap buat sembahyang hajat.

I didn’t know that she told my father. Dah lewat malam kan… and I just plain speechless to hear what they did for me. You know how far your family will try to help you in whatever and whenever. Terima kasih di atas doa itu Bapak. I board the plane feeling like a new person, and hope it will last.

Tuan/Puan/Cik Kak, apakah pengajaran yang anda perolehi dari cerita ini?.

MAHA fenat 2010

Sempat juga kami ke MAHA 2010 pada 27 Nov 2010. Abah sungguh gumbira. Trip kali ini bersama anakanda, maka kami sudah berpesan sesama sendiri.. layan dia aja... layan... Tak banyak tempat kami kunjung tapi fenatnya yarabbi.. pukul 3 balik rumah bertiduran belaka!.

sebab anakanda suka makan nasi.. kami memang nak tunjukkan dia pokok nasi itu... dia suka. Kemudian sepupu sepapat Iman sampai.... agenda bergerak beramai2....



q nak naik tram... layan kehijauan dari tram...


Ladang sayur kesukaan semua... siap join cooking class chef apa ntah.. dapat makan nangka crumble panas yg enak! dan bawak balik resepi.. sampai la tak cuba...hahahaha




bukan kena hujan.. tapi itu adalah hasil peluh mereka... baunya... ya ampun!! ini di fav place diorang.. punya la lama kat sini, semua lori, mesin nak dinaik. Oh Ya jgn kata kenapalah pakaikan dia baju lengan panjang ke tempat yang fanas itu....... dia yg pilih sendiri. And he so loves that shirt!

pose terakhir sebelum balik... seriously mummy dah nak fitam...


We still love MAHA!!!! hahahhaha.

M A K A N

I came back 5 kg lighter from Aussie. 5 kg is huge to me, it defines my skinny jeans from taut to breathable?. Forlornly I didn’t enjoy the feeling-great-moment long. While some people spend their yearend by holidaying and shopping, me in contrary been eating out A LOT almost on daily basis.
Not some ordinary eating out with simple dish. I’m speaking about fat and calories FEAST: hotel/restaurant food, buffet, or kenduri kendara rumah saudara mara. Alhamdulillah murah rezeki dihujung tahun ini.

Jadual sepanjang Dec-Jan adalah seperti berikut:

11 Kenduri Kahwin jiran, beryani
13 Awana Genting, buffet for bf, lunch and dinner
14 Awana Genting, buffet for bf, lunch and dinner
15 Dish Deli, Solaris
16 Masak sakan, Labuan Clan datang rumah.
17 Chillis, Mid Vallley with hotties Eline, Zie, Ninie and Hannah & Durrah (hotties jugak)
18 Ice Cream Parlor , Kajang
19 Tenji, Solaris – Japs buffet
20 Lunch Café dHasil, Medan Satay Kajang
21 Dome KLCC with Iman
22 Rest Charm 1U, Rest Saba, Cyberjaya with Melaka Clan
23 Ampang Yong Tau Foo - Bonus lunch by Chenta, Dinner masak sebab Mak nak datang, tub2 depa dinner rumah SIL, jadi kami makan dengan jayanya.
24 Lunch Rumah Along @Jugra Banting, Siti Di Alam Fantasi + Kuew teow tepi IB
25 Sunway Lagoon Splashing day + food rega mahei rasa hampeh!, Dinner @rumah Kak Ngah Putrajaya
26 Kenduri Kesyukuran di rumah SIL – Beryani Kijang, Dinner masak siakap steam sempena final Suzuki Swift ? dan tayangan di dinding.
27 Lunch buffet - Rest Museum Kesenian Islam – project closing, Dinner Dol Tomyam – Chenta mengidam
28 Lunch buffet – The Royale Chulan Hotel – project set off , Voted best lunch spread by Moi
29 Convo and Concert Taska Opis , Party seafood in-laws balik dari Pangkor + final Suzuki Swift @Selayang
30 Rest Apa Nama Ntah, Pandan – served hot deep fried ayam and kembong and puyuh with sambals. Perghh
31 BBQ party @International Hill, Chenta’s MT reunion
1 Chenta pi school, Mummy and Iman layan sup ayam saja.
2 Rest Chinese Muslim Bangi


I’ll skip seeing myself naked until the madness is over. Till then, despite loads of fragmentary 2010 businesses, Happy New Year everybody. To the better 2011! *burppppp*:)