Island trip, friends, job, blog - That's a handful!

I've just finished packing. I don't need to bring lots of things but the problem with me, if I don't plan well, I would be bring half my wardrobe for only a weekend outing :-)

Will be leaving for Mersing midnight tonight, plan to eat sahur in Kluang and then take the 6.30am boat to Tioman. YES!! I'm going to the island again this weekend with Mr&Mrs Seademon and also Rina.

For me, this year's Ramadhan is a HUGE change than last year's. (so far lah up till today). I was not given a chance to be alone at all. Maybe for the 1st 2, 3 days. But after that, takde chance lansung. My boss, Fa*hana, just refused to let me go and buka puasa at home alone. Especially when I told her that twice last week, upon driving back home for buka puasa, I dozed off while driving! So from the next day onwards, she insisted that I buka puasa with her either in the office or at a nearby restaurant before allowing me to go back.
And the lovely Ayah & Ibu- SD& Jazz kept inviting for buka puasa sessions.

I guess Habibi is also happy and thankful that I don't feel lonely and sad. He's thankful to my friends for keeping me company . 34 more days to his return. I can't wait.

Meanwhile, my life at AA is getting busier each day. Other than being part of the Program Development team, my boss has also enrolled me into a "Ha*vard" certification program for Trainers which will take about 2 months to complete and it will start in the next 1 or 2 weeks time. It is an online program - knowing myself, I'm going to have a tough time completing it!

I also need to write and contribute to AirAsia's blog. (hehehe...haven't submitted anything yet). Oh, btw, I was going thru Tony's blog and found out that his next project is the Asean Basketball League! I am soooo excited!!

I guess there's a lot more for me in store. It is true - its not easy to stay positive but once you manage, one by one , things will fall in place, Insya Allah. I cold just pray that Allah gives me the strength to do all the things I love and enjoy. Amin.

No more spending, no more shopping.

Today is the 7th day of Ramadhan.
It is definitely a rest day for me. A complete rest. After returning from Mr & Mrs Seademon's big FAMILY buka puasa gathering at 3am, and slept after subuh, I only woke up at about 2pm. Call me lazy, call me whatever you want to, but I'm just treasuring the precious moment to sleep and rest before the coming few weeks.

Later in the evening, went to Scubadynamics dive shop to get the dive comp and a pair of gloves. Its kind of pricey but I know I need this for my future (soon) dives. Its definitely a long term investment. Buying this, means I got to cut off my expenses on lots of other things for future and had used up my savings too :-( Well, the good thing is the dive comp also came with a free torch;-)

From there, since it was still early, I headed to IKEA, and thank god to find a parking spot was very easy! I didn't have any specific plans for buka puasa as I had prepared myself by packing some dates and a bottle of mineral water in my bag, just incase :p Headed to the BORDER and managed to get myself some important books for work. (Ok, NO MORE shopping after this).

And I ended up in SUSHI King for buka puasa as that is the only place I find conducive to eat ALONE without people looking at me weirdly. After that, bought myself some donuts and immediately headed back home.

One thing I noticed, the donuts ain't taste the same anymore as the one I had in Ramadhan last year with some friends. Maybe they changed the recipe :-(

Monday onwards, I foresee myself to be VERY busy as I need to teach almost everyday on top of loads of paperwork need to be completed. Orientation, Communication, Announcements, Terms& Conditions and One Day Visit - those are the subjects I teach.
The positive thing about this is, time will fly very fast.

Note to self - 40 ONLY days to Habibi's return

A night in Sepang

Venue: Pan Pac KLIA and KLI Airport, Sepang
Time: 7pm-11pm

Had a buka puasa session with my boss and my partner in crime. Why there of all places in Sepang? Well, my boss was craving to have the buffet spread while for me dates and a cup of hot milo is more than enough. And she was definitely shocked to find out the price. It was RM90 per pax!! Is just ridiculous! With RM90 I could buy lots of things with it!! No way jose.Especially when I can't eat at all:-(

So, we decided buffet for her and ala-carte for us.Hehehe...

We adjourned the session to the couch afterwards....

And after that, I walked to KLIA to send my sist in-law and Khadijah off. They were returning to the UK.

Bye Khadijah. The next time is see you, you will be a big girl by then.

When one kitchen closes, the other opens...

Our Ayah and Mak (SD and Jazz ) has officially moved to JB. And today, myself and Dalie felt a little bit lost as we didn't know where to eat. (Usually it will be Jazz's place and Jazz always cook excellent dishes).

So we planned to go and have dinner in Genting.When we called up the owner to inform on our late arrival, he said he's going to close early as tomorrow is a PH. So, we got frustrated and decided to just roam around Wangsa Maju area.(Dalie was craving for steambot).So off we went.After about 20mnts, we came across and decided to try it out.

In total, for only about RM25 per person, we had all this:

Our dessert - free flow
Sekejap ada, sekejap takde!

The place opens till 2am daily.And I got frustrated when Dalie and Renek said we had to leave.

Good food at a great price. Now everyone can have seafood steambot buffet!

My version of a perfect trip

It was a trip well planned by Seademon. At first, it didn't occur to me as a crazy one because based on his plan, the whole group are supposed to go to Tioman either Wednesday night or Thursday night.

But as for me, I could only leave on Friday night. Left my car at Jazz's, got her brother to send me to the LRT station, took the LRT to Central Market and walked from there to Puduraya. (sounds familiar....) And when I arrived in Mersing at about 5am, then only I realised this was something that I hadn't done before. Travelling to a place which I am not familiar with.

And I was alone. Upon arrival at Mersing, lepak at the coffee shop in town near the roundabout, and settled for their so called famous nasi lemak ayam. Taklah sedap mana pun. At about 6am, I walked to the jetty. It was a different feeling. Others walked in groups, or a minimum of 2 persons, but I was alone. It is definitely true what people always say, the journey that matters most. How you would treasure it. The destination? It is always great ; especially when you know that your friends are there, waiting for us.

I was lucky as the ferry left much earlier than the scheduled 7.30am. I managed to arrive at Salang at about 8ish and joined Seademon for my 1st dive. Alhamdulillah.

And the dives - were awesome. No words could describe it. Totally a different view from Redang. At 26m onwards, the visibility was really good and there are still nice things to look at. The night dive was also great - managed to see a 'sleeping' eel and puffer fish.

What I've learned from this trip:

1. Even if I only have Saturday and Sunday off, I could manage to squeeze in for dives on the weekend. I've done it once, I can do it again.Definitely.

2. Got to learn how to control my breathing as I still have problems going down, at times.

3. Don't get panic. Settle one thing at a time. It was an experience being 'rescued' by a DM ;-)

4. To check my own things, on my own. Not to trust another person as he/she might overlook on it.

5. My close friends are my family. After 20++ years, this is a perfect family trip to an island. With ayah, ibu, adik beradik , what else can I ask for.

This was definitely a trip I've never dreamt of before.

And now, deep inside me, I know I am finally flying without wings. Alhamdulillah....

From a great birthday bash to an excellent wedding dinner

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for all the birthday wishes. Its so weird when you least expected something, it became great.

Anyway, the celebration needs to stop there and life has to go on (with some new resolutions...hehehe..) . From 33 to 34, I've achieved a number of BIG goals and dream. Alhamdulillah. And I plan to achieve more, Insya Allah.

I've been really quiet for the past one week because 1) I was still recovering from flu, fever, cough and athsma. It was very bad. 2) I was a little busy learning new fun things at work and when I reach home, I was really exhausted.

I was invited to attend a wedding dinner last night. 080808. That's the date. A friend of mine whom I got to know when I was in Landmarks got married to a wonderful Holland guy. So last night's reunion, I got to meet Sulip and wifey,Ken and Cynthia, Adam and his sexy wife, Roshini and hubby (after 4 years!!) and another friend which I forgot her name! (sorry)

It started off with dinner; excellent pasta, lamb chops and other stuffs and ended up with the floor turned to a dance floor. It was great meeting my ex-colleagues after a few years. The best part, we only meet during wedding dinners.The last time was Adam's dinner which was written here. And this time its She*au Wei's turn.

Thanks guys for a great night last night. I really, really enjoyed it. (Especially when I was the only Malay there and with tudung lak tu ;-)

Birthday celebration yang terlampau

That was what my friends said to me. Mana taknya, usually when people celebrate their birthdays, they'll get loads of presents. I only got 2 presents, both from my colleagues...



But I had 3 birthday cakes for me!!! Never, ever, ever on any of my birthdays for the past 33 years have I ever had 3 cakes!

This cake was from my niece Dhiya Sarah.

And these 2 cakes were from the gang.

Not only that, this time it was crazy. It was more like a 24hours celebration. Had a steamboat dinner yesterday night at Gohtong Jaya (somewhere near to Genting), and after midnight continued with karaoke and supper session till 5am. Then I had lunch and did some birthday gifts shopping for myself at One U today. Had a small session with my sister's family in the afternoon. Continued with seafood dinner at TTDI in the evening. And the crazy part...was to drive up again to Gohtong Jaya for coffee and dessert.

To Dalie & Renek, Jazz & SD (and Fazira), Normi and cousin, Rina, Komar & partner and not forgetting GemGem and Hana, thank you very much for everything. You guys are great!

It is definitely the craziest birthday ever for me!

Food and friends - always make me smile

I had a great day today.

It started off with a 1 hour swimming class which made my legs numb. Mind you, 1 hour class with Major is not easy. This is my 3rd out of 12 classes with him. He asked us to wear the weights that is used for diving so that our legs work harder to make sure that we stay afloat. I had to wear 3 weights which is about 3kgs. And he made us swim as fast as we can from one end to the other. I was sweating as if I was working out in a gym!

After the class, I felt good. Really good. I'm thinking of, maybe after I complete all 12 classes, I'm thinking of continuing another 12 as I think he's training is as good as a personal trainer in the gym. But instead in the gym, it will be in the water ;-) And its much, much, much cheaper then you pay for a gym membership and get a personal trainer.

Later I had lunch at Jazz's place. This time the menu was soto - yummy. 2 mangkuk aku bantai. At about 2.30pm, we decided to go to Sunway Pyramid. Well, that was not the actual plan tapi malas nak cerita panjang, so we ended up jalan-jalan cari makan (yes, right after lunch!) at Pyramid. Jazz said she was still hungry after eating her own homemade, delicious soto. (mengidam kot minah ni...)

So, after walking around and 'window shopping' on food/restaurants, we ended up in Tony Roma's. (somebody yang tak tau kenyang said dia mengidam the ribs).

We had a good ...2nd round lunch/tea/early dinner - whichever you want to call it.

Thanks guys for the great time. You guys never fail to make me smile.

Tarot cards and its effect

This morning, I did my tarot card reading. No. Not online on the web. A friend who owns a pack of tarot cards and knows how to do it did the reading for me.

I was informed:

1) I need to learn how to say NO. Because of not able to say NO, I might have big issues. I might not be happy. And the issues are related closely to my heart, my feelings, my emotions. BUT if I could think straight and plan well, and say No where and when I need to, I will good. Tough huh?

2) All my past decisions are based on me doing good things for my friends. It is more about taking care of others and their feelings and not mine. So true!

3) There is a high possibility that I would get promoted or at recognised tremendously related to my contribution at work. This is also a good time to start a new job. (I guess this is a new post or task)

4) Generally, I am in control of my own life and I will be quite successful in bringing some money in. (notice -some, not a lot!)

It gave me a mix feeling. Happy for the good ones but sad because i is true, at times, I don't know where I'm heading to, especially in my love life. I don't even know this is the right choice that I've made. But then, again, there's no such thing as the right choice anymore for me. Whatever choice I make, there will be risks and challenges involve.

As for my job, I just love what I'm doing now and this evening we've got, well, at least for me, received a great news from my boss. A chance to pursue my studies in Training and Development. I am sooo looking forward to it!

The innocent faces

Our innocent faces , 17 years ago


I think I still look innocent till now. Not sure about the person next to me. Hehehe....

Saje je tengah boring. Nothing to do, so I scanned most of the really old pics. Banyak lagi yang belum....

The season has ended...

Some people come into your life for a SEASON,

because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.

They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.

They may teach you something you have never done.

They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.

Believe it, it is real.

But only for a season .....

While my guy is transferred to a new place,

my great friends are also moving away at about the same time.

Maybe I should leave too.......

To a friend.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEADEMON!!


(it means Happy Birthday SeaDemon ....in Webdings)

Nasi daun pisang dan langit biru.

I learned a new word today - "stargazing". Was really surprise of the meaning. But that's not what I want to talk about.

Lunch time, a colleague belanja me lunch.

Sekejap ada...

Sekejap tak de.....licin tu. The food was good, as usual.

And. as I love the sky so much, I got this pic before I came up to the apartment. It was just after maghrib and the sky was so blue. Really blue. Reminded me of a trip to Wales earlier for camping.

Cantikkan warna biru langit tu? I just love it.

Almost perfect!

This morning, the sky was really beautiful. It just took my breath away. I've always love looking at the sky and the clouds especially when driving . Do not do it without parental guidance ;-)

Hmmm.....what else happened?

Santa arrived early this year. I also got a gift from a colleague. It was definitely a surprise and it was wrapped really nice :-)

I'm loving every minute of my life. (with Habibi around it would be perfect. But there's no 'perfect life' and we all know it)

And to complete my day today, I went to the gym. Well, planned to go to the gym, unfortunately it was closed. In the end, I brisk walked from my condo to the nearest shops which was about 30mnts away. I guess that is good enough to replace the gym exercises.

Farewell to a a very strong person....

Without any plan or appointment, I bumped into Faiez at IKEA last night. She was doing some last minute shopping before going to Nederland for work (might be for good too). She's flying off this coming 31st May. She was with one of her good friend, Mawar.

We then decided to go for a late dinner at a Thai restaurant in The Curve. These pics will explain the rest of activities for the night.

You need to order based on the numbers that is 'attached' to each dish/drink

This was us before the food arrived. Notice the cute table was still empty ;-)

The empty bowls waiting to be filled.( it represents our empty stomach.)

Faiez ordered this yummy kerabu mangga which was really nice - it makes my mouth watery thinking of it now.

Aahhh....the excellent green curry. Really, really tasty.

Our steamed white rice.

And the lovely tomyam mix. The taste was just nice for us. Sluurrppp.....

At first I planned to eat 1/2 of the rice. Unfortunately.....

We finished up everything. LICIN!!

I would absolutely, come back to this Thai restaurant. It did not disappoint us at all and the staff were also very friendly.

To Faiez, all the best in everything that you do. You did great by overcoming all your problems and I am so proud of you sist. May all your wish come true.