Xmas 2016

Sometimes, being stuck in the traffic jam is not really so bad.

Especially when you get to witness (hear) your husband's adorable antics (singing his heart out) while he thought everyone else had fall asleep.

Thank you Allah for this silly one ;)

November Vacay with the whole clan

Macam tak percaya 

Hello Mt Kinabalu! 

This pic was taken at around 5 am in the morning, Sabah local time. Kalau kita kat semenanjung ni, pukul 7:30 pagi pun dok gelap sakan laei huhu

The whole Ipoh clan went for the 4 days 3 nights trip to Sabah. 

Took the flight at 7:30 am, arrived around 10:00 am at KK Airport. 

Kami buat itinerary sendiri je, hasil research & google 5 months before the trip. Gigih tau! Ingat senang ke nak carik van, pikirkan penginapan blablabla

The van condition was decent, alhamdulillah value for money sangat! And we were so lucky that my hemsem husband could drive the stick! Thanks sayang ;-*

Upon arrival, we went for lunch at Suria Mall's food court and bought few things like beras, telur, mineral water and others. 

Then after Zuhur at around 12:30 pm, we started the drive to Kundasang. 

This was taken at 3:00 pm local time. Semacam tidak percaya it was cloudly and getting dark macam maghrib sudah... 

My sleepy Sarah ;)

We stayed at an airbnb owned by En Mohamad. It cost us RM400 / night tapi rumah spacious gila! 

The house could fit in almost 16 people per stay, and everyone will be comfortable with their own tilam, bantal & selimut each. Got dapur with basic cooking utensils, so memang dapat masak laa to save up money. 

Got mini stores down the road kot nak tambah cooking supplies. 

Us ladies, well it was ibu mostly, cooked simple dinner that night tapi tuh diaaa penangan malam tu sejuk angat2 telur dadar, sardin, fresh salad & sambal Che Nor laku keras sangat! Makan bertambah-tambah uols! 

It was a long trip, and everyone got tired after dinner and ready for an early day tomorrow. So ready to call it a night... 

Sampai laaa jadi kejadian si Hannan jatuh tangga and bled in between her legs! Only god knows what actually happened and we had to drive for 20 minutes to the nearest hospital which was situated at Ranau. 

I cried all the way to the hospital, blaming everyone for not looking out for the kids. I was at the washroom when it happened. But I knew it wasn't anyone's fault. It was just meant to be.

Cuma masalahnya, she hurts herself internally. Kalau kot luka terbukak ka, bengkak lutut ka tahu jugak laaa aku nak buh ubat macamana.

Ni bulih pulak jatuh kat celah kangkang, berdarah pulak aduh! 

Got to the hospital. Had to queue, of course. Tp alhamdulillah, while waiting she bleds no more. And was able to walk as usual. And even syukur when the doc didn't see anything wrong with it. I even asked the doc to perform an ultrasound, just to be sure. Syukur alhamdulillah... Allah Maha Menyembuh & Maha Mengasihani! 

Our first night at Kundasang ended with syukur alhamdulillah.

The next morning, I was the first one to wake up at 4:30 am. Mind you, it was already Subuh local time, and I insisted everyone else to stay up to witness the mother nature. Heck, that's the only reason I wanted to go to Kundasang! 

 Breakfast with a 5 star view

One with my baby & the view! 

Siap breakfast, we went to the famous Sabah's very own New Zealand! 

Sayang sangat tak nampak view, sebab November memang musim hujan. Tapi tak ralat sangat laa since dah dapat tengok awal pagi tadi heeee 

Seronok laa budak2 sekolah Sabah buat field trip ke NZ huhu

One with the siblings! 

Puas makan eskrem, minum fresh milk, bagi makan kambing & all, we continued the journey to Ranau to get to the fish spa. 

But, since its musim hujan and all, the spa was closed sebab air sungai naik. Hadoi, agak spoil gak laa sebab penat dok dalam van hahahaha

Then off we went to Poring's hot spring. 

Berangan nak masuk their canopy walk, but sampai lambat sebab lunch dulu semua so ended up bersantaian sahaja...

Weird! This was the only pic I took while we were there. Sedangkan pulun jugak laaa mandi dalam kolam depa habiskan sisa2 petang yang ada... 

We had our dinner at Restoren Putri Nabalu. Mahal! Tapi, sedap! And the place was a whole lot better compared to other kedai-kedai makan lain along the road, so takyah nak berkira bab makan sangat la kan? Hehe

That was our last night at Kundasang. 

Lepas dinner, terus turun KK semula. And experienced the normal humid and hot weather. Not like the windy & cool Kundasang weather...

Sampai di KK, tapi hati tertinggal di Kundasang lagi ;(

Our third morning in Sabah started with the trip to UMS, to their very own fish santuary ala ala aquaria la kiranya.

Masuk ade fees, tp sayang sangat macam tak terjaga. Bagus lagi Pusat Ikan Hiasan PD yang free tu huhu

Itinerary kat KK mmg free and easy je, so tak terpikir nak pegi their Cultural Village (must visit next trip!) and island hopping. 

I was not feeling well the whole day, even waktu depa dinner malam tu ber-seafood kat this one (kunun) famous restaurant kat Salut (or is it Selut?) I cannot digest even a bit, dapat muntah baru lega fuh... 

Our flight back was the next day. Walaupun masih belum fully recover, masih boleh buat sign 'peace' untuk tatapan peminat (--") 

Babai Sabah! Pasti akan datang lagi bah! See you very soon! 

Deepavali 2016 Roadtrip!

Last weekend, the whole Adenar clan went for our first roadtrip together to Terengganu Darul Iman. The actual plan was to join the in-law's school reunion, held by their former students. The eating & tourist-ing part were the second part of the trip hehe

Perjalanan bermula jam 4 pagi. Pehh mencabar betul nak tido dalam van especially bila kena dok belakang ni. Memang laa seat tu boleh dilanjutkan ke bawah laei, tapi yelah... dah tua2 ni nak dok selesa saja. Budak-budak pun sama, tak gheti nak tidoq duduk sebab dah biasa dapat baring masing-masing dalam gheta. Tapi nak tak nak, sakit belakang la kita sama-sama. But kakak Sarah managed to somehow baring jugak, although it meant that she took over parts of Auni's seat. Kesiannn si Auni nak melawan, meringkut macam dalam perut mak dia balik huhu

 

Budak-budak dok belakang 

*me included (--")*

Father & son

 

 Cousins for life!

We arrived at Kemaman around 11 am. Alhandulillah... Dah cerah ni, baru boleh menikmati perjalanan. Nampak the famous Kedai Kopi Hai Peng. Penuh orang wehhh... Dok bising-bising laa ajak depa singgah, lepaih tu mak mertua den tanya... 

"Halal ke? Bukan kedai cina ke??"

"Erk.."

Our homestay was awesome! Mampuih lupa nak amek gambo sebab awesome sangat! Despite located all the way in Terengganu, perabot dia... kitchen set dia semua IKEA wehhh... siap dryer yang mak paling suker wuuuuuu!! 

Lepas siap-siap, we went for otak-otak at Warung Otak-Otak Che Wan:

 

Aku dengan kerek aku sembang, 

"Otak-otak semua tempat bukan sama ke??"

Ikan seketui bak ang! 

Perapan dia pehhhh bak ang!!

Kami sampai waktu tu dah petang, tapi ghamai dia tuh dia sampai aku jegei mata kat customer yang dah habeh makan pon depa kemaruk takmoh mangkit dari meja depa lagi wehhh sakit ati aku wehh tapi bila dapat makan tu aku pon ikut sama buat tak gheti saja dok kat meja pasai tukar oder otak-otak lagi tak cukup 50 keping wehhhh  

So bila perut sudah kenyang, hati sudah senang, kita makan angin pantai pula...

 

 

We ended the day early, since malam tu nak kena join dinner abah ummi pulak.Tapi kami pemalaih punya pasai, pi makan saja lepaih tu balik tidoq. Penat sambut Deepavali kat Terengganu wehh hehe 

The next day was supposed to be free and easy. Berangan dah nak beli kepok dan strolling around Kemaman macam pelancong sakan. Tapi kita hanya mampu merancang. Dari nak ke Kuala Terengganu jadi tak jadi and stuck at Dungun lepaih tu mampu drove back home since masa tidak mengizinkan...

But, hello Temerloh!

All in all, despite the long journey and lack of fun-shopping-makan-time, alhamdulillah it ends well. I always thought that my family je yang kelam kelibut when it comes to family trip. Rupanya the husband's side pun sama saja. Which proves no family is perfect. It is just a matter of how you embrace the situation and accept that life will never be perfect. Adjust accordingly, do not take matters into heart and insyaallah all will be fine :)

Tapi, saya rindu awak lah! 

Lama sangat awak dok jadik driver kat depan, kita tak biasa kena tinggal kat belakang huhuuuu

This love of mine

 

Never my racun.

Always my kryptonite.

But please, don't be far away from my sight.

Happy 32. 

I will always love you.

To do or not to do it...

 

I'm not trying to do everything by the book. 

I'm just trying to be the best person I can be.

I can't pleased everyone, however I can try be just and be fair to all.

I might come across to you as 'terlampau ikut peraturan' and all but what's wrong with that?

What's wrong with abiding to the rules? 

What's wrong in trying to get 'rezqi yang berkat' from what I'm paid to do?

 Is it my fault that you chose not to do the things that you are supposed to do? 

And how am I supposed to be at fault if you chose not to do it just because you think you know best?

Tak buat salah, buat pun salah...

so how? 

Maybe it's time to ... yes?

Che Nah's 2016 Family Day!

As much as I am missing my clan, I can't deny that I am blessed with a wonderful family from my husband's side :) 

Rindu rumah Atok sangat, mujur Allah bagi peluang merasa kembali kenangan manis tidur di rumah kampung di Desa Balqis, Linggi Melaka.

I am glad that my babies get along well with their makciks and pakciks LOL!

*true story*

Sarah was the family's first cucu, hence everyone else yang kecik-mecik tu naik pangkat makcik dan pakcik tanpa rela hahahahahahaha

Suka sungguh depa dapat main lari-lari, ghomah kayu luas la katakan...

Bergegau dibuatnya hehe...

Itu semua aku dah lalui dulu, sayang sungguh rasanya bila zaman depa ni dah takdak dah lagu tu...

 But then again, it's not where you are. It's who you are with :)

 Prepping for Carik Gula Dalam Tepung

Among the games that we played: 

Berita Tiga Kepala, Sambung Cerita, Kerusi Beracun, Makin Jauh Makin Sayang and of course... Terompah Gergasi. Kakak Sarah was killing it! Tak penah lagi aku nampak dia begitu all-in participating. She's a shy girl, you know? But hari tu, si Hannan yang nampak a bit down.

 

But, nampak Minnie Mouse terjun tu? 

Tu dia la tu... hantu ayor ibu :)

All in all, it was a quick yet satisfying gateway for everyone.

Semoga waghih Tok Dan pun dapat kumpul lagi, lama dah tak jumpa sesama-sendiri... or is it just me? Hmmm....

AidilAdha 2016

One for the album! :)

Good company. Good times.

 

When we were studying, we have all the time in the world.

To just be ourselves, to only think of ourselves.

To enjoy time with friends.

To enjoy life without stress.

But, then we graduated.

Got a job. Got married.

And little babies coming along the way.

Time is no longer ours.

A bit of us got lost juggling time between everything.

There is no excuse, actually.

To deny everyone.

Who wanted to reconnect.

To push away people.

Who wanted to continue the flow.

Damaged happened.

But, its OK.

You learned and grow from it.

Because we are friends forever.

In this life. Insyaallah until the hereafter.

You are one of those friends that I cherished.

Hoping that we'll be able to just continue where we left.

Despite not being there for each other like we used to.

Thank you.

I'll see you soon.

:)

RAKA

September 3, 2016 

 

 

Inspired!

Joined the conference, expecting to learn new knowledge.
But Allah gave me more. Allah led me to you :)

The last time we met, was almost 8 years ago, when both of us went to Merbuk for a teaching interview. You got in, but I don't. 

Despite being the one who told you about the interview and drove you there. 

Bapak aku frust gila hahaha

It's just not meant for me cause my rezqi is in PD insyaallah :)

Remembering my study years back in IIU, this little fighter is my roommate, my study buddy, my jalan-makan-wayang friend. She sticks to me like a lollypop to its cover, slightly annoying (hihi) but I'm vulnerable without her.

But, when I met her yesterday and 

listening to her presenting her paper, I am proud! 

Watching her in front, looking so confident,

 she was no longer the Phyd that I knew.

She's Phyd 2.0. 

Physically better, ntah kenapa nampak taller and obviously glowing with confidence!

I am again very jealous of her.

But hey, good type of jealous though :)

 

Both IIU BENL alumni.

You have made your alma mater proud!

We love Melaka!

Walaupun Melaka is our 2nd home, taip bulan balik Melaka pun mesti nak fefeeling pelancong weh!

The girls love their museums, and I love to jalan-jalan so off we go venturing to other sides of Melaka that the girls have not been exposed yet!

I've been on this Taming Sari for the third time. Every trip is better than the one before, since the kids are now more appreciating of the views from the top. 

Please excuse my Hannan's cartoon expression.

I believed she got it from her momma (--")

We got out from home a bit late, so most museums are already closed by 5. So, after the Taming Sari ride, we just simply walked around and having our ice-cream at the center of Banda Hilir.  And now, please excuse the husband and his signature pose. Geng Gagak Hitam - katanya :P

Teruja nak beli air tembikai ni bila nampak several tourist dok sakan beli.

Tak sedap and banyak biji, we ended up spitting out the beans more than drinking - macam dah bulih tanam tembikai dah sepanjang jalan >_<

And that's all for the day. 

Next time, Jonker Walk! *yeah*

My 1st allergy respiratory attack

 

Baru kau tahu langit tinggi rendah.

Baru kau tahu hargai setiap hirup udara indah.

Mujur Allah masih sayang.

Dan banyak dosa, masih bagi peluang...

His first time to CH :)

If I was asked to summarise the trip into one word, I would say: 

Beautiful!

We were blessed with a very bright day when we started our trip up the hill. 

It got even more exciting when we reached the top, pulling down the window and breathing in the awesome cool breeze Mashaallah!

Our first activity of the day was having tea at the lovely Bharat Tea Plantation.

 

 

My pretty babies enjoying their teas *awwww*

We were so happy, rasa nak buat video clip Hindustan saja main lari-lari hehe

 Masing-masing so jakun, so makngah made her attempt to photobomb but it was a very funny candid moment thanks makngah! :P

I'm sure that the one at Boh's is better (and pricey-er, maybe) but we had fun nonetheless!

Next stop, the Cameron Lavender! 

 

So cantik! It brought out the feminine in me LOL!

And of course, one for the album :)

Checking in Rossa Passadena
The last time I was here was back in 1994. I was just 10 years old! 

Bought dinner from the pasar malam nearby. I would recommend this hotel due to its convenient location but you really have to be patient with its parking-- always full!

  

  Woke up early for this!
And because husband ran in the Copthorne's 2016 Fun Run!

 

 *so jealous*
The run started at 7:30am. The first one arrived finished the run in exactly one hour!
Memang sungguh-sungguh lari takdak beghenti beli strawberry tu wehh *hihi*
Husband arrived after 2 hours, and I could not have been prouder!
*kisskiss*

We singgah the famous Kea Market on our way back, but no pics though. Bcos tangan all so busy carrying sayo, pokok, strawberrys and flowers oh syioknye dok ataih!

Makngah, cum tour guide, demanded that we drop by Avant Choc Restaurant & Factory.

Ya Allah best-cantik-betul tempatnya!

 

Strawberry Heaven!

Straight from the menu! And they tasted good too!

Can you guess which one is mine? ;)

We were so happy, husband even willing to pose in public like this for me!

Well, happy husband means we will be coming back to CH soon yeayyy!!!

... rindulah!