We went to Kuching ( part 2 )

ok...continue to where we left yesterday..Saturday was the wedding day. This time they had it at a hall near the city ( tak ingat nama apa ) I was quite pelik when told to get ready in the lobby by 930am..jemputan was at 10am..yes 10 in the morning..biar betul???memang betul pun..I was told that in sarawak jemputan majlis memang around that time..therefore by noon semua dah selesai and everyone can go home for zuhur prayer. Hmm something different from here in semenanjung where the reception usually start from 1-4pm..after zuhur. Reached the hall ard 1030 and seated at our "reserved sabah" table. And they started to bring out the food..one at a time...really one...at a time...by 1145 ke baru pengantin sampai..and by that time the only food yg belum dihidang was the rice...perut dah keroncong dok ambik bau lauk pauk...and i guess bau pun dah habis heheh..

so pengantin pun bersanding diatas pelamin...according to our tour guy..here in serawak if you want to know how "kaya" the family you can tell from their wedding ceremony/pelamin..lagi gah ..lagi kaya la org tu..wow...i wonder do we really need all those big big pelamin..but then again..kalau dah mampu mungkin tak ada salahnya kan..my thots..apa2pun moderation is the best.. tak kisah la..majlis org kita cuma tumpang meraikannya. They have what they called upacara nasi temuan..where the pengantin will "suap menyuap" themselves and tgk sapa yg lagi cepat..i donno what's the reason behind it..but i whispered to MD..."awal2 ni suap menyuap la..after years n years..suap diri sediri je la .." heheh..finally when they pengantin is ready..barulah they served the rice....adoi..penat menunggu akhirnya...after dah kenyang..all the guests masing2 make a move...very quick.. memang lain dari sini..tapi good thing is..the family boleh rest after that and guests can proceed with their plans..kalau kat sini kul 4-5 pun belum tentu habis lagi.

so next agenda..the tour bus took us to Sarikin...apa tu..lebih kurang Padang Besar/Bukit Kayu Hitam..la...just no duty free shops...shopping time! Well tak de shopping sakan pun..just bought kain telekung..( quite cheap coz its from seberang-Indonesia)...went back to hotel ard 6..and penat2..kids jumped into the bath tub..and kalau muat dah lama mama join sekali..;o)

Next day..we're flying home. Tapi sempat lagi nak ronda2 and took some pictures. Now..my thots..this is why people called this place Kuching...they have kucing statues at the roundabouts, park..all around Kuching Town...so my model posed for my camera..klik klik!

It was a very interesting trip this one. Short n simple. Get to experience new things; naik bot,bus,sarawak's wedding, etc. I guess i need to come back ..coz i didnt get a chance to eat mee kolok, laksa sarawak and even to meet my dear friend Jamal n family. Next time ya..insyallah. And to Amy n Aleng..congratulations..semoga berkekalan hingga ke akhir hayat!

We went to Kuching (part 1)

I've never been to Kuching Sarawak. So when MD told us that we're going to attend his cousin's wedding in Kuching..myself n kids were so excited. At first Haaziq was a bit pelik...kenapa nak pergi kuching (read:kucing=cat)..then we explained Kuching is a place ..then he understood!..but he still asked why someone would call a place "kuching"? is it because there a lots of cat there? hmm mama puntak tahu..lets just wait until we get there!

we took air*asia flight and kids as usual busy nak makan itu ini..hmm MD had early preparation by ordering food in the internet..so we had nasi lemak n chicken sandwiches. Suka la budak2 tu. Sampaikan semua benda nak dibeli..amboi..bankrupt la daddy kalau macam ni..:O) We reached kuching around noon..and went straight to the hotel to meet the others. After catching up here and there...we were told to get ready because the nikah ceremony will be held after zohor. So i need to change my attire into proper one. Md changed to his baju melayu ( as usual without sampin..donno why susah sangat dia nak pakai sampin..and as usual his joke will be nanti pakai sampin people will confuse pulak which ones is the pengantin..cishh)..Turun kat lobby..wow..i thought just a few family members ..ropa2nya..satu bas!! yes..around 50 peeps rombongan pengantin lelaki all the way from sandakan. Meriahnya...and my kids were heads over heels dapat naik bas..yes..this was their first time dapat naik bas pesiaran..

arrived at the pengantin house and the nikah ceremony went well as planned. Pengantin both looking so radiant and teringat my wedding day all over again..hmmm..after that we had some refreshment...and then off we go back to the hotel to get some rest!

malam tu..we all went to have our diner at this restaurant/kedai makan/i dont know what to call..anyway to get to there we took a boat ( more like sampan ) ride..again another new experience for the kids. Hehehe..while her brothers were cool n enjoying it, aqeelah on the other hand was..erhhh takut la tak nak la...tapi tak sempat habis pun lagi menangis..dah sampai pun..hahhah the ride was like 5 mins ja..bont*tot pun tak sempat panas..drama je lebih heheh.. we had ayam penyet! the specialty..tapi tak enjoy sangat since ramai sangat org n the food were late plus budak2 dah buat perangai...After that...we went to this place..( kalau tak pergi tempat ni kira tak sah la datang ke Kuching)...apa tu..Kedai Kek Lapis. Yup...macam2 kek lapis ada..with different name n taste..rambang mata n taste buds dok tengok n merasa kek2 ni...so..angkut la a few to bring back home..

What a day..from taxi to airplane to bus to boat! we had it all...and esok sambung lagi..

Full Blossom

i love to see beautiful things..flowering especially..any sort of flower will do..i love spending my time at the nursery ( and malls too :o) ). Just browsing around..looking at the pots n plants..every morning i would spend my times "membelek" my flowering plants around my house..it is my therapy session..it feels good to look at those beautiful colors ( kalau dia berbunga la..kalau tak..bosan gak..) ..sometimes geram bila ada bunga yg dimakan serangga..hmmm

here are a few flowerings plant from my garden..hope you enjoy it as much as i do!

Books of the Month

A trip to M*PH bookstore and here what we got! Men's Health magazine for MD to read while doing business in our "small room". No wonder sometimes berjam2 tunggu turn nak masuk heheh. I read it too! nak jugak tahu their thots n ideas kan..like what they want etc..yuo know what i mean :0P and sometimes the articles are quite helpful..

Hadiah Puteri Elina for Aqeelah: so far she's already on page 53...and i wonder whether she reads it because i ask her too..or because she likes it..either one is fine with me..as long as she reads!

Haaziq chose: My Quran Friends. This is his second book of the series. Quran stories and modern-day stories in simple language make it easy for the little ones to understand. What i like about this book is, at the end of every story they have the "talk with me" ( questions to talk about ), "say with me" (quranic verses) and "pray with me" (personal short prayers of children). He reads with MD before sleeps every nite..and will not get off my bed until its done!

For Hafeez, bought him Lift the Flaps:Words. He enjoyed it very much and i hope the book will last longggg...tahu2 lah buku yg ada flap ni..:0)..last but not least...

....this is for me. I didnt buy this..borrowed it from my dear friend; Hidayah. There are lots of creative crafts projects in it and am actually drooling even just looking at it..excited habis and semangat berkobar2..apatah lagi bila tengok other craft blogs! Am going to give a try with the simple one...hehheh tunggu aaa...maybe when the school hols start i will have more free time.

Crab for my MD

MD been requesting this for quite some time. Its not that i dont want to cook it coz nak masak tu senang n cepat je....besides the price is quite expensive considering isi dia ciput je..me, myself malas kalau nak makan ketam ni habis satu rumah sepah ..nak dapatkan isi tu punya la seksa..usually kalau makan ketam, i will ask him to "kopek"kan for me..not trying to be romantik or manje..just malas nak kopek kulit ketam yg keras tu..anyway since my kids pun suka makan ketam...they love to suck the crab claws..( they love seafood except squids ) and im in a good mood..so ..

before

i bought ketam for him! and decided to cook masak lemak ketam. For the kids, just buat sup ketam...( my kids tak makan pedas). Apa lagi..hingga menjilat jari ler....

after

exam is over..yeay..mama yeay anak lagilah yeahhaa..alhamdulillah. How was it? According to her.."oklah..mama", "senang kacang..."," ada yg i boleh jawap ada yang tak boleh?? " cemana tu..well we've done our best and let's hope for the best. The first thing she she asked me as soon as the exam finished.." can i watch tv/cartoon after this?"..oh dear.. itu ja yang dia pikir...

Aqeelah, she's a smart girl. It just that sometimes she's too careless. She didn't pay attention to details..and she just wants it the easy way..she needs to be push a little bit. I keep telling her that she needs to focus on whatever she's doing and "jgn grumpy sangat". She has this habit.."ralit"..hmm anak daraku sorang...the other day...bought her a "book"- more like a novel..purposes are..1.to improve her BM vocabulary: you should see her karangan..pi mai2 ayat yang sama je...vocab pun itu je.. 2. so she loves to read. 3. more imaginative..at the moment all she knows is digimon. 4. so she realizes that thare are other things to do rather than watching cartoon all the times...or maybe i should lock all the cartoon channel...tapi kesian la plak..hmm will have to think about other ways to keep them from watching tv too much. Tak productive camtu. Or maybe i'm setting bad example to them?? coz i sure do lurvee watching tv!!..

i wonder n i ponder

its friday..and i'm listening to Slam at the moments..yes..i'm one of Slam's fan..not fanatic ones just regular fan. Love their songs..and Zama*ni too hahah. Anyway..Hafeez is hooked with TV right now so i better make this entry quick!


mid year exam is here..warghhh..as usual..moms will be the ones panicing. Sibuk making sure that the kids are ready..i mean READY to sit for the exam..make sure she dos all her latihans..check her book to see what's she's been learning. OMG...you wont believe what this kids been learning at the age of 9. Aqeelah now has to do "karangan" for her BM, peribahasa, simpulan bahasa.., Maths..she has to do multiplication and division up to 9, then fraction. Oh dear...i remembered learning all this maybe at the age of 11? nowadays learing system is so competitive. Science pun boleh tahan jugak. They learn about magnets, electricity, plants. Its quite confusing for a 9 years old kid to remember the external features of plants, grouping the plant with similar features..even mama pun tak ingat sangat. Dah le everything in english. ALhamdulillah as far as understanding english aqeelah has no problem..i wonder how the other kids who have problem understanding english...it must be hard for them kan? hmmm

anyway..do you know what she ask us if she get no 1? laptop, iphone,digital watch.. AMBOI
mama pun pakai 2nd hand je..my first computer bought it masa dekat MCC with MAR*A loan years ago....iphone? mak oii i dont even know how to use it..my phone sekarang pun kokak..the iphone she said so that she can play game on it...i see she must got this idea from the adevrtisemant..hmmm tu la budak2 zaman sekarang ni..very advance!..digital watch..ok..this is reasonable..daddy say ok..to ALL..mama just terbeliakkan mata..hmm i wonder?

Haaziq is having teacher's day celebration today at his tadika. So excited to go he showered so early...hehhe..this will be his last year at tadika. Next year, he will be in standard 1...

thats about it for now...have a great weekend everyone!