29 December 2005

P S Boutique

Went to this place, popularly known as P S Boutique among KLites yesterday with Dz. Bought 5 handbags, 3 purses and one travelling case at lightning speed i.e.less than an hour ( during lunch time maa...). Why the reckless shopping? you might ask ( or might not, but all the same, kepoh to know ;-) ). It was because I was shopping using my biras's money. Actually, she deposited some money into my account and asked me to buy some handbags for her.

I went shopping twice at the same place last week. Once, to buy things for her and the other trip, to buy some gift for my bro in law's family. On the first trip, I bought 3 handbags for my biras, another bag for my mom n a purse for myself. Tina , who accompanied me , also bought a purse.

P.S is a shopping haven for all things fake, imitation, counterfeit, pirated...you name it. I'm not promoting ( hence only initials of the place) but if you have some spare ringgit n bored of shopping malls, then come here. It has all type of bags that can be offered...handbags, slingbags, document bags, laptops bags, trolley, travelling bag etc...with all the famous brand names and quite good quality and most importantly, affordable prices. It offered watches, tshirts, pants, blouses, ties, belts, shoes,scarves, pashmina, fragrances, cd and dvds and a lot of food unconsumable by Moslems.

I took pictures of the bags and showed it to my colleagues. Now, they are begging me to go with them to P.S because ' engko pandai tawar, bolehlah temankan aku....or...engko dah tau kedai mane murah....or....engko pandai pilih...or ...orang kedai tu dah kenal engko'...excuse me, bila lak masa aku berkenalan dgn cina2 p s ni...bodek masa nak beli aje tau...

Anyway, Zaya ( that's my biras yang ordered the handbags....ewah..ordered ) called me thrice today. Excited giler makcik tu. She was happy with first batch I bought her last week and now, could not wait for this batch. She, herself said ' makan beg ajelah aku bulan ni.' But I think that this is better than splurging RM135 on the handbag bought in Plaza Shah Alam for which I bought another one for her in PS for less than RM50.

Will arrange shipment of the bags for her tomorrow. Contemplating on another trip to P.S. today...hmm...hmm...got some unfinished business to do ;-)

27 December 2005

Anis's kindy registration day

Pictured here is Anis after we registered to a kindergarten near our home. She was crying in the photo studio and I had to stand next to her when this picture was taken. Hence, tear stained face you see...

The class is an 8.30am to 11.30am session with subjects like English, Malay, Moral,Computer, Science but I guess the teachers will have to do a lot of of singing and story telling to keep the children sitting still during those lesson.
The class teacher is Cikgu Idah ( Zabedah) with Cikgu Korsiah as assistant teacher ( I guess she's the one who will accompany the children to the restroom while Cikgu Idah is busy teaching).

The student population will be 22 per class with a fair mix of both gender. Anis insists on not trying the baju kurung and gown which are the girl's uniforms but instead wanted to try on the blue pants and yellow shirt, which are for the boys.
I imagine that it will be a hard day to persuade her when the uniform actually arrives sometime in January. In the meantime, the children will dress smart and casual to school.

The van driver is Kak Anom or Makcik Anom to the children. I have yet to meet her but I've seen her driving her yellow van around in my neighborhood. Anis have to wake up pretty early ( by her standard) to catch the van.

In the meantime, I let her sleep late this morning. Soon, it will be the start of her 2 kindy years, 6 primary schooling years, 5 secondary schooling years and many,many years of higher education , InsyaAllah. My emergency caesarian-sect firstborn is now officially a schoolgirl... sigh...

22 December 2005

Allah Knows Best

Allah knows what's best for us
So why should we complain
We always want the sunshine
But He knows that there must be rain
We love the sound of laughter
And the merriment of cheer
But our heart would lose their tenderness
If we never shed a tear

Allah tests us often
With suffering and with sorrow
He tests us not to punish us
But to help us meet tomorrow
For growing trees are strengthened
When they withstand the storm
And the sharp of the chisel
Give the marble - grace and form

Allah never hurts us needlessly
And He never wastes our pain
For every loss He sends to us
Is followed by rich gain...
And when we count the blessings
That Allah has so freely sent
We will find no cause for murmuring
And no time to lament

For Allah loves us all
And to Him all things are plain
So He never sends us pleasure
When the soul's deep need is pain
So whenever we are troubled
And when everything is wrong
It is just Allah working in us
To make our spirit strong...



I copied this from one yahoogroup I joined. I pasted it on my cubicle for quite some time and thought it would be nice to share it with others...

Picnic at Ulu Yam

















Here are some of the pictures taken during our last picnic at at Ulu Yam. Brought Sarimah's children, Angah n Fiqah along with us. Made nasi ayam and fried the compulsory nuggets, fries etc . Chips and fruits were bought along the way. Didn't remember the exact date we went there but it must be way back before May 2005, because Bibik Darkini went back for good at the end of May. She's in the picture, wearing the blue tudung and white tshirt handling the wet children. I was mostly on the dry ground, handling the food and the hungry people. Didn't stay dry till the end though, because it rained heavily and we went scampering into our car, wet children and all. Tiring but fun...

Home entertainment



Bought 2 pirated vcds today, courtesy of Jeff , our regular vcd peddler. He was formerly a staff with our organisation but took vss a couple of years. I never got round to asking what he really did for a living nowadays, but he's always at our office, lunging around his big black bag, containing loads of vcds and dvds. There's always a new movie title, a new song album or new cartoons , and every time he came round, we became poorer by RM 5 minimum. During the last Raya, he supplied kuih raya and also 'bahan letupan' a.k.a. mercun ( fireworks) of all sorts. Kalau kena tangkap ni, masak ngko jep...




I bought Narnia and The March of the Penguins. Narnia received rave reviews from those who watched it. The March of the Penguins is actually a documentary by some French guy. It was fashioned into a movie, complete with a story line and all. I read about in the papers and decided to buy it.

Tina bought King Kong. Told her that Azah went to the premier screening and thought it was boring. It was nearly 3 hours long and I'm not about to let my children watch some 'orang utan'' broke loose for that long period without my supervision. I have become some sort of Lembaga Penapisan Filem or film screening board for my children. Babah never bothered to watch any of the vcds anyway, maybe because he hardly or easier said, never bought vcd for the children. So the onus felt on me to ensure that those vcds bought is suitable for the children.




The latest Harry Potter was hard to explain to Anis. So after watching it together with Anis for the first time, I hid it away from her. The other Barneys, Teletubbies, nasheeds, doa with children nasheed group, a lot of Shreks, Madagascars , Barbies, Disneys etc. are scrambled in the drawer under the tv cabinet. But I resctricted to only 1 2hr long vcd or 2 short cds per day.
Anis used to watch Barbie everyday until the young ones and Bibik got bored. Nowadays, tv is usually the morning kids' show ( Sesame Street, Pingu, Dora the Explorer etc) while vcd is played once a while .

At night, Anis is hooked to Puteri, Natasha, Impian Ilyana and Trio, those sitcom or drama with pretty girls as the main cast. I , personally do not approve of the way those girls dress and do not find hard to explain to Anis why we should not emulate. She hates gowns and skirts and recently banishes sleeveless shirts from her wardrobe. Although she still wears shorts at home, she prefers long pants or jeans when we go out. Hmm...guess all those skirts and gowns will go to Aina then....

03 December 2005

Selamat Pengantin Baru Ishraff and Bany


Bang Long selamat dinikahkan after zohor prayers at the masjid in Bany's kampung. For the life of me, I can't remember the name of the kampung although I remembered correctly it has something to do with elephant and is situated in Pokok Sena , Kedah. I think it started with Kampung Gajah something something...

After that, we went to the bride's place for the wedding feasts. Babah officially become the unofficial videographer cum photographer while I was busy grabbing the twins from plodding straight into the mud. It rained heavily a day before the feast and the jalan kampung became a little muddy by the side and evolved into a large muddy patch by the time all the orang kampung joined for the feast. All the adults tried hard at all cost to avoid the jalan lecak while these kids tried very hard to get into them...letih tul budak bandar nie...

The feast is typical kampung dishes which we hardly see nowadays in KL. There is a choice of nasi putih and nasi minyak . The lauk consists of acar, ayam masak merah, kerabu taugeh plus kerang, gulai kerbau ( I think or is it plain daging lembu?) and one or two other lauks. There is also one lauk that my biras said is made of batang pisang or is it pisang muda made into masak lemak. Didn't have the time to analyse the ingredients of each lauk as Anis is acting up, not wanting to eat while Aina is eager to sweep every on the table into her mouth. Aiman is with Bibik. Babah was busy trying to accomodate the rest of the groom's delegates who wanted the best possible angle of them posing with the newlyweds.

It was a simple affair, but one that is rarely seen in KL or even in my 'kampung' , JB. All the kampong folks joined in the 'gotong royong'. There was no catering whatsoever. The dishes was served ala carte and not the usual buffet style. The bunga telor was given to all adult attendees while children received sweets. We, however, as the groom's delegate received goodie bags and the bunga pahar. All in all, we were tired but happy that all ends well.

In Shah Alam....now that's another story...