First day

of ponteng puasa.

But these 2 kids, especially yang payah nak bangun pagi for school tu, is up for sahur uolsss..

Pagi, after sahur, melepak disofa

We had padprik ayam, telur dadar & kailan ikan masin for sahur, all bought from kedai tomyam downstairs, for our convenience. Hehe, for my convenience.

Dah En Shahrun tamo beli barang2 mentah. (salah orang jugak aku ni).

Hopefully, kakak Ilhan can puasa for the whole month, since she's not very interested in food, so dia rela je. Last year, she did it for 2 or 3 days.

Kakngah as usual, I have to inform her teachers not to feed her unless she can't take it anymore. Am a bit worried about her eating habit, suka sungguh makan tak henti2. I'm praying so she could at least fast 1 full day this year.

I have registered myself to the tadarus programme by our company, sebab dah lama dah tak dapat complete tadarus in Ramadhan. Tapi 1st day dah terpaksa ponteng. Anyhow, tahun ni kena cuba yg terbaeek tadarus jugak.

Owh, and i've bought my baju raya, 2 pasang. Had a full day meeting somewhere near Jalan TAR on Friday, so boleh membeli belah. sangat jimat, RM100 2 pasang.

So, tak sabar nak balik satgi, to check how's their puasa.

Welcome aboard

Muhammad Adam Naqly bin Zarir Naqly.

Haven't met u yet but i'm sure you'll be surprise seeing your 3 excited cousins, as if having their own baby brother. Tapi, mmg adik pun kan..

Dont try any of their stunts though, they've been trained at least 3 years for that.

You're my little sister kesayangan's boy, do help her by being a good boy eh. She's been in labor for 48 hours, i can't do that, so do be good to her, be real good and dont forget to be adorable ya!

Till i have pics of u, i'm ending this entry.

Congrats atiqah & zarir!

July Books

Finished reading 2 books in July. Sekarang ni encik Shahrun tak marah dah beli buku banyak2, sebab boleh buat his tax deduction, hohoh.

Bahlut - by Faisal Tehrani

In my attempt to read one of Faisal Tehrani's masterpiece. Heard of him a lot, even from my Ayah. Worth a try, sebab aku rasa Faisal Tehrani's unlike most of other Malay novels yang aku baca, ada jalan cerita yang menarik, a lot of details dan takdelah terlalu fokus pasal bercinta-cintaan je. (But then again, aku baca novel melayu last sekali was last year, maybe my opinion doesn't count. )

Bahlut is about an aboriginate boy (orang asli) from Pahang's live. Macam mana penindasan terhadap orang asli ni sebenarnya, part of it disebabkan orang asli sendiri.

My Bestfriend's Girl - by Dorothy Komsoon

Leisure read, good book Bagus, sebab this book overachieved what i've expected. Hehe. Good for parents, sebab even Kamryn; the best friend who took care of a daugher of her late best friend (a child with her ex-fiance) can love the girl, affectionately. Unconditional love, I called.

Korang boleh ke sayang anak yang dilahirkan hasil hubungan rahsia dengan your lover/fiance? haha.

Not so bright morning

Nampaknya kejadian amuk ditingkat 11 semakin menjadi-jadi.
Pengamuk, kakngah, memastikan setiap pagi tidak aman, dan penuh drama.

Kakngah yg posing lepas dah siap nak pi sekolah.
(p/s : my 'wallpaper' - very the nice kan? haihh..

Pagi ini, beliau mengamuk seperti biasa, questioning whether ibu mandikan dia or just basuh badan dia.
and then, the drama goes on.
Air mesti panas, air sejuk menyebabkan kakngah terketar2, eleh.
Baju sekolah mesti dah iron, dan kakngah cuma nak duduk saja, ibu tolong sarungkan semua. Demanding.

Jika ayah check beg kakngah seperti pagi ini, dan of course akan jumpa byk benda pelik, kakngah akan terasa hati.
Barang2 yg dijumpai dalam beg :

1. Duit syiling byk, duit ayah.
2. Sampah2 dari beg kakak
3. Buku2 coloring yg dia dah koyak2
4. Cotton buds, byk plak tu
5. Hair clips kakak
6. Sweets, lots of them
7. Tudung ibu
8. Underwear dia, super banyak (patut la sampai ada hari yang takde underwear)

At times, opah pernah jumpa cdma phone opah dalam beg sekolah kakngah.
setelah ayah buang semua benda2 tu, kakngah merajuk. Mostly, about the sweets. She's super sensitive when it comes to food, terutama sekali sweets.
Katanya

" siapa suruh ayah buat cekelat kangah, cikgu yg bagi..-sedu sedan- kesian kakngah..... -sedu sedan- apa maknanya ayah amik cekelat kangah..."

hoh

dan sekarang kak ngah request nak menu biasa dia dipagi hari, bekalan kesekolah - nasi lemak dengan udang & telur rebus, campur kuah kuning.

No wonder nak angkatt dia super berat.

Jerai outing

Yeay nak sampai peak!

Weekend, rather than cleaning up the mess we left at home, after 2 weeks of frequent travel, we head to Gunung Jerai.

This time around, bukan hiking, hanya utk menghiburkan hati anak2, yg ditinggalkan merata2 quite long. Sian depa.
We stayed at jerai regency resort, at the mount's peak. Best, sbb sejuk.. Kakngah yg tido from the entrance until we reach peak (boleh naik kereta ya), thought its cameron highland, hehe.

Kan banyak kabus

went there with few other families, so mereka rajin masak & siap bawa portable gas cooker. Dinner & breakfast is free. I loikeee..

the room we stayed has view of part of kedah & at some bright hours, boleh nampak langkawi, cool. Room is nice, takde aircond sbb tak payah. The resort plant pretty flowers, which my 2 daughters love so much, sampai baring2 ambil gambar.

And they do have a hall for sports - badminton, ping pong, pool, dart, basketball & they have bicycles for rent too. We only did played ping pong sebanyak 3 match, and aku kalah semua.. Hoh.

view from balcony, sangat cantik

Nice place to stay, just tak sempat makan kat sana so, cant review on that.

nice room eh?

Tapi turun dari Jerai, kami ke Radix Fried Chicken, sg petani for lunch. Ayam yg sedap, and aku rasa kurang lemak sket compared to KFC. Maybe sbb ayam dia organic.

And, we're heading back to penang, balik kemas rumah!

From Tapah with love

The act of making others happy is far more difficult than the opposite.
At least for me.

So, if i do say nice thing to anyone it takes a lot more energy.
Please appreciate it.

Full stop.

as i was passing by

huh, dah bersawang.

Anyway, there's a lot of happenings, which i thought has less significant to own a whole post here (read : sebab dah past tense yg sangat panjang.. plus i am super lemau and malas to update), for instance :

1. We went crazy deciding whether to move or not (tak abis2 kan? that's the art in our relationship, no case will be close, *grinnnn..*)
2. The Thomas Cup has made us half sakit jantung, screaming and what's not in the house.
3. I've finished reading 2 books, and am currently reading 1:
1. The Concubine of Shanghai by Hong Ying

• Read this during my whole trip in Borneo. The book was given free by the hotel owner when we stayed in Brunei (rugi, tak boleh claim tax).
• A true story of a woman named Cassia, who lived as concubine in Shanghai.
2. Natrah - Cinta, Rusuhan, Air Mata  by Fatini Yaacob

• Who doesn't remember Natrah @ Maria Huberdina Hertorgh @ Bertha Hertogh ? Read this book, strongly recommended.
• As the writer said in her preface - this story is about Natrah, and beyond. U should be surprise of the beyond (ke aku je?)
4. We went to several interesting places :
• Lost World of Tambun
• err.. balik kelantan, boleh?
5. Watched good and not so good movies :
• Shrek in 3D - cool!
• Ironman II - cool too, at least to my kids.
• Clash of the titans
• Robin Hood

And, I'll be updating the borneo trip soon.

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How soon you say? hehe.. Very soon.