Eid Mubarak

Seputih hati sebersih nurani
Sesusun jari semanis mimpi
Aidilfitri menemukan kembali
Keakraban selamanya terpateri

Salam Aidilditri dari kami sekeluarga.....

Le petit prince is one today!

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed

Our former Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed has just undergone his second operation in a month. This first operation was for his heart bypass surgery and his second one is to clear the infection at the wound of his first surgey.

May he get well soon, InsyaAllah....

Sleeping arrangement

The pictures say it all. There is no permanent sleeping arrangement in my home. Anybody can sleep anywhere and end up somewhere else the next morning.

Even the youngest one, Ariff who will turn 1 year old in October, has started ' tidur ganas' meaning his feet can land on somebody's stomach or head or somebody else will land on him.

And he can continue sleep rolling for the rest of the night. Same goes with the others. Which is why all of us sleep on the floor. No bed is big enough to accomodate all of us, anyway. What with the rolling and every thing....

KL International Tattoo 2007

13 countries partipated in the KL International Tattoo which is held in conjuction of 50th Merdeka celebration. The event was held for 3 nights from 7 to 9 September 2007 at Stadium Merdeka. We went there on the first night and it was full house. The surroundings was just magical with lots of fireworks and lighting display.

There were army personnel everywhere. One even volunteered to take pictures of me with Anis & Aiman.

Camping tent

Bought this tent yesterday at Ikea. Quite cheap. Enough to occupy the four of them for an hour or so. Enough time for me to update this blog.

There they are, the littlest one included, with pillows, blankets and all. Berangan tengah camping di tengah hutan belantara. Siap bawak choc chip cookies lagi. Mak, masa muda muda dulu, dah puas camping camping ni, takde pun pakai tent macam ni, but still survice. Takde choc chip cookies pun, only nenas dalam tin ration yang cukup lazat kalau dalam hutan and dimakan beramai ramai. Even maggi sebungkus boleh makan 4,5 orang and it tasted like heaven.

Don't know if my children can withstand those 'hardship' that I went through. And those 'hardship' yang buat mak wondering whether mak can go through the same experience and survive. Because along the years, I think I have became 'lembik', bukan macam masa muda muda dulu, tough giler. Sebut saja gunung mana tidak ku daki, lautan mana tidak ku tempuhi, sungai mana tidak ku redah, hutan belantara mana tidak ku diami...sekarang ni nyamuk seekor gigit time tengah sedap sedap tidur pun dah bising bising...

Anyway, let the little ones berangan first and maybe, just maybe, when they are a little older and mak (and baba) are up to it, we can plan for a real camping trip. Complete with tents, sleeping bags and all. Maybe one day....

Danga Bay

The children love to go to Danga Bay everytime we went back to my 'kampung' in JB. Danga Bay is this new recreation/family activity/retail/amusement/entertainment center/ development project set by the sea side of Selat Johor. It gets its name from the nearby Sungai Danga. In the old days, people living at Sungai Danga will the main town of JB by sampans. They landed at the nearest beach of Pantai Lido. I don't know nowadays whether they still do that or they can travel by road to get to town now.

The children love to get on the tram which will go through Danga Bay from end to the other end. Once, we went to see the Royal London Circus there but now the circus have moved somewhere. There's alot of things on sale at bazaar or at the airconditioned retail center. There is even replicas of Rumah Limas which the traditional house for Johor Malays.

Usually, the children will get the stuck at amusement center and the parents will get poorer by at least a few ringgits. It will normally be quite during the day so usually we went after lunch or after dinner. It is a nice place to bring your place , a new way to enjoy the beach side. So, do come and visit the next time you are in JB!

Sedara mara London mari

Four of Anuar's long distant relatives came to visit us yesterday. These are Anuar' s another branch of the family tree which apparently has taken roots in the UK. I f you browsed my ealier entry, you will find one entry on Anuar's nephew, Kaptanmiah which came to Malaysia from London to visit.

These time round, 2 girls and 2 boys, age ranging from 19 to 26 years. Shefali, the eldest sister, together with brothers Mahbub and Foysol and youngest sister, Lepa took two weeks off their work to come to Malaysia.

Took them to Eyes on Malaysia and of course, the customary visit and photo taking session at KLCC. En route to KLCC, tooke them to Masjid India shooping area.

Here's some pics we took yesterday. Bang Long and Bani are their chaffeur and chaperone came along from Shah Alam and tagged along with us.

Nenek ustazah is moving away

Nenek ustazah Anis mengaji is moving away to Bangi. She organised a kenduri khatam Al Quran cum farewell, complete with nasheed, salawat and of course food. Attendees are mostly mothers of her students. She will be greatly missed as she is also makcik urut while I was in my confinement after delivering baby Ariff....Bye Nenek Zaleha, InsyaAllah, we'll meet again.

Hey, have it really been 6 years?

Happy 7th Anniversary

Happy Mother's Day

It was Mother's Day yesterday. As a rewards ( sort of) .I don't have to cook breakfast and lunch. Hubby went to Pasar Tani to buy breakfast and the week's ration of groceries. I baked butter cookies for the children. Hubby then brought us to celebrate Mother's Day . He said that he better do it today or I will later bring the matter up ( mengungkit) if he didn't appreciate/celebrate me. Very 'kind' of him to remember huh? BTW, her big sis SMSed him to remind him of the celebration.Later she checked with me whether I was celebrated upon.

Anyway, we went to the nearby Kenny Roger's as the children are quite full (huh?). But still they walloped all the spaghetti n mac n cheese and feasted on the ice cream ,which by the way, was meant for me. It is more of a celebration for them than for the mother. I think that is what exactly make a mother, they never think of themselves first but of their children.

I don't expect bouquets of flowers or big glossy greeting cards. I just want all my 4 children to grow up as good Moslems. Respect the elders. Do their best in study. Be healthy.

That is all my wish, as a mother.

So to all mother out ther, Happy Mother's Day. now, when is Father's Day.....have to set aside some budget for the daddy....

Langkawi...Here We Come!

Went to Langkawi with the whole brood for 4 days and 3 nights. Stayed at TM Resort throughout the stay,which is within jogging distance to Awana Porto Malai ( refer to map).Did some shopping,well a lot of shopping actually.Anis complained that she only want to go the bird park and cable cars, instead of being dragged around all over the island.Here's some pics of the vacation.