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| Saturday, 26-Sep-2009 09:29 |
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Dari Jauh Kami Pohon Maaf..
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This is our fourth raya di 'perantauan' ( probably the seventh for me  )...and this is our first raya without Tok Wan Afia around. Definately Tok Wan is having wonderful time with families back home.
It is unbeliavable, but true I finally manage to reason my mind in cooking nasi dagang for the first day of Eid. Definately because we missed Tok Wan Afia so much, and we are craving badly on her nasi dagang, and to wait for another year (probably) for Tok Wan to come, its totally unacceptable. So i gained my strength and FINALLY, called my mum for the recipe.
My sister and I was never to keen on cooking the dish. Probably because, it is Mama's specility, mama's trademark to cook it on first raya, so we just allowed ourselve to be mama's assisstants. We did take most of other recipes from Mama, but when it comes to nasi dagang, we quickly turned the pages and pretend it doesnt exist in the book. We never once asked mama on the procedures. And even if mama said about the recipe while cooking it, it will just easily enter our ears and dissolve in our head
Mama has never urged us to learn as well Thats probably because mama knew it would only waste her time trying to melt our stubborness on cooking the dish  However, on the 20th of September 2009, Nasi Dagang has became our dish for the first syawal. It was definately something some historical , i have jotted it down in my diary ..i finally cooked NASI DAGANG with 2 different curries, and sambal ikan. Wut a year!! 
We went with blue theme this year, and honestly, this is also our first raya going on theme Thanks for Mama and Abah for sponsouring us beautiful baju raya, and yana for sending the beautiful scarf that match eligantly with my baju kurung.  Afia's baju raya was definately lovely. She got two this year, a blue and a rosie pink.
As usual raya in Manchester was colourful with remarkably many open houses. This year we didnt open our house on the first raya, because my lack of confidence on the nasi dagang trial However, there are still friends who kindly come to judge the 'trial'
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| Thursday, 10-Sep-2009 04:01 |
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She is FOUR!!
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Four years ago today, at about 6.20am, in North Manchester General Hospital, i was in pain. The pain was unbearable, undescribable. The vision was quite vague, but i remembered clearly how anxious my hubby and both of my parents were.
The doctors whispered to me that i have to be operated soon as there is some complication with my blood pressure. oh yeah..doc, what ever you have to do, just do it, take away this pain, please, thats all i could reply back in my heart.I was pushed slowly to the theatre. In there i was put on full anasthathetic. They put on some kind of cooled gel on my tummy, it felt really really cold. They pull up the small curtain to avoid me looking at what ever they are doing down there  My hubby was with me, and held his hand close. I felt as if they were washing and wiping my tummy, it doesnt feel painful at all. And suddenly..
There she is, the little one that was in my tummy, and now brought outside finally. I looked at the clocked on the wall and it showed the time of 6.20 am...there was no more pain..i couldnt wait to see her, as the nurses rush to put her in the tiny bed
I finally had a chance to hold my baby..it was a wonderful feeling no one can describe. I cant believe i am officially a mum...and now..its already four years later..i still cant believe i am a mum..yerp a mum to a cheeky little 'cumumu' Ibu
Being too busy these days, Ibu still try to do a special entry for you on yr day So i have updates the fotopages, and also my facebook  May you have wonderful years ahead of you, full with blessing from ALLAH. Ibu and Papa loves you so much . HAPPY BIRTHDAY AFIA ZIA NUHA 
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| Saturday, 1-Aug-2009 14:28 |
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Bright Summer in Brighton, West Sussex
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This year's summer we' ve decided to go down south to Hastings and Brighton in West Sussex. Both Hastings and Brighton are two towns nearby the seaside. Obviously, southern England is hotter than Manchester- as in where we reside. So as days are mostly rains and grey in Manchester, we taught we could bright up the start of our summer down south
We went there with Kamilah and family and also No'on.Once again we stayed in a caravan in Hasting. Hasting is small seaside town about an hour drive from Brighton. The caravan is a self catering caravan, in a fully equipped caravan park with good facilities and entertainment. Sangat spacious and cosy 
We also stopped by to outstanding beauty of Seven Sisters. Memang sangat cantik tempat ni.
The Seven Sisters cliffs are made of chalk that formed where the South Downs meet the sea. The rocky shore platform gently slopes away from the cliff. The beach is actually full with rusty-looking look-alike stone..the stony beach so we called  But this place is very very windy. Tengok je lah gambar rambut Afia and her papa - flying all around - macam iklan shampoo
Afia loves the wind and the waves, menjerit-jerit jer suara dia - loving the wind and the waves And Ali (Kamilah and Mahzan's son) sibuk collect batu-batu kecik
Picture below is the city of Brighton Guess what time is the picture taken???
It is almost 8.30pm..yerp its summer and the sun goes down at about 10
In Brighton there's the Brighton Pier. Brighton pier housed all of the amusement arcade and fairground rides including several thrill rides, children's rides and roller coasters. We've just not so into all the rides that day, so what we did was just strolling along the Pier, enjoying the evening sun and lovely weather and snapped lots of piccas
Below picture is where we took at the Brighton Royal Pavillion. This beautiful palace is heavily influenced by Indian appearance on the outside. Sekali tengok it resembled designed The Great Taj Mahal in India. Unfortunately for us, during our visit, half of this palace is under renovation, therefore we do not get to take many pictures with it. Anyway, we are happy enough to get a chance to see the magnificient pavillion.
We have lots of fun enjoying warm and sunny weather - and wonderful time ber 'caravan'
Sebab tengah 'mabuk' cerita Boys Before Flower - the songs from their soundtrack will be included in this entry
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| Wednesday, 29-Jul-2009 14:04 |
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Aktiviti Rempit
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Aktiviti mat dan minah rempit. As it is in a day light , instead of the daring 'pelumba malam' i called us ' pelumba siang di litar lumba cinonet'
Both of the mat rempit - are they in style?
What about the two minah rempit???brutal?? nahhh..too girlie.
Brutal camno kalu dah posing pun happy sakan siap tunjuk piece lagi
Sorang minah rempit tu - pakai baju pun match ngan car and helmet
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| Thursday, 11-Jun-2009 19:01 |
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The Story Of 2A
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When i was 4, i had a friend called Shariff. He was my neighbour. According to my mum, he was quiet and shy, and i was on the opposite I remembered having a photo with him, when i was holding his hand while laughing and he was smiling sheepishly and looking very shy... . Category budak kecik 'daring' ler diriku gamaknya dedulu
Looking Afia's and A'adiyat's photos reminded me of my childhood friend. I wonder where he is now..
This is the first photo of Afia and A'adiyat I actually knew A'adiyat since he was a fetus in his mama's tummy Mama A'diyat, Ja and my self were housemates before we got married. Ja got married first, and immediately conceived with A'adiyat. One year later, i got married, and also following ja's footstep by getting pregnant immediate. Afia was then born in 2005, a year after A'adiyat.
Four years later in the friendship, this is what they have grown up to be - a girl and a boy
Nak ambik gambar Afia dan A'adiyat sekarang bukannya sesenang dahulu. Both tried hard to avoid camera  Its probably at this age, they've turned out to be 'not-camera-friendly' However, that fine evening, when A'adiyat and family came to our house, the two children started playing with each other.
Not long after, we heard laughs, giggles and voices. They were playing spin the chair. Afia was in on the chair, while A'adiyat was running while spinning the chair
i quickly taught it would be a nice memory to capture both of them under a very joyful mood. Luckily for me, i managed to capture, lots of memorable photos between them, that perhaps one day, when they grow up, would put a wide smile on their faces while looking at these photos.
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| Sunday, 31-May-2009 10:08 |
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Ah!I see yellow...
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Was it since i watched one of Shah Rukh Khan movie co starred Kajol, i began to dream that i would one day be in the farm full with yellow flower???..
Sounded so hindustani eh.. .
Anyway dreams do come true Yerp, i finally found a farm of yellow rapeseed flower , with an easy access to take photos in it..so what else to wait eh??
The yellow flower is what they called Rapeseed Flower. The small, yellow flowers form large rapeseed flower fields of yellow and green.This farm is in Ponterfract, Bradford, a place about an hour drive from Manchester.Rapeseed is originally grown for the production of rapseed oil. Therefore, entering the farm we could definately sense distinctive and pungent smell Walaupun baunya tidak berapa menyenangkan, because of how scenic the scenery is, i cannot resist stopping to take photographs of this beautiful sight.
As the weather was fantastically sunny, we also planned for a picnic in the park. The closest park to the farm was Lister Park. We went there with 4 other families ; Ima's family, Ty's family, Sya's family, No'on the lone ranger..hehe and Fizah's family (also included Din's bro and his family who has just arrived from Malaysia..kesian jetlag pun kena heret ikut kami )
We brought in lots of food, found a nice spot near the small lake, sat there and enjoy the lovely afternoon. Kids were running around happily, and adults were busy taking photos
Below photos were all the special couples on this trip How do you think we feel when we look at this collage 20 years from now eh??
Ah..i see yellow..and they are so beautiful
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| Thursday, 23-Apr-2009 23:02 |
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Meeting The Stars (London-Part 2)
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I wouldn't want to write much for this entry.Enough saying that i had fab time meeting with the hollywood celebs, being guest stars in John Ross show, being interviewed by Jim Carey, meeting the bollywood stars and even got to 'ramah mesra' with the UK royalty..oh and not to mention buddies with Barrack Obama What more can i say.. ;-)Ohhhh..i dont know..life can be pretty fascinating when we least expected from it..
| Quote: | Madame Tussauds is a famous wax museum in London with branches in a number of major cities. wax figures at Tussauds include historical and royal figures, film stars, sports stars and famous murderers. Making wax figures take hundred hours of painstaking moulding, measuring, painting and sculpting goes into making each figure.All of the wax is in the actual measurement and size of the actual celebrities
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| Wednesday, 22-Apr-2009 08:00 |
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Easter Get-Away - The Capital (Part 1)
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During the easter weekend holiday we visited the Capital -London. We went there with Ima and Family,No'on and also Ima's friend who came for a holiday - Ann and hubby
My idea of coming to London was not actually to shop Honestly i think, most shops on Oxford Street London, are all in Manchester, well, probably there are some which are not, but, still shopping was not the main reason for me visiting the capital. But anyhow, we still went to Oxford Street, i was actually liked going in and out the London gift shops-was actually looking for some London T-shirt, but nope, didnt find any suitable one Oh and London Tie Rack was a bit different than Manchester, as it has 'sometimes' tudung that i liked - and i was lucky that day to catch one last one of my favourite tudung. Thanks to Ima for having the 'hawk eyes'
Another favourite place of mine in London is the Camden Town. This town is 'ala-ala' Petaling Street. They have lots of leather stuff, gothic rock t-shirt and staff (hubby loves it ), and we could also spotted Malaysian Chinese working as a sales person or selling food. and we did catch one - we bought nice pancakes from them
I once spotted an entry on one of the fotopages last year, showing beautiful tulips at Holland Park during spring, tehrefore this year we went to hunt for the park. I am not really a fan of flowers, but tulip is one flower i couldnt resist on looking. They are so unique, delicate and beautiful. I really fall in love with them. Its a shame i couldn't go to Keukenhoff in Armsterdam to watch tons of tulips, but insyaALLAH , one fine day Anyway, tulips at Holland Park, were not that massive, but, boleh-la We met Kamilah, Mahzan and their son, Ali there. They also came to London to fetch Kamilah's mum at the airport
Meeting my friends was the priority i came to London. We have lovely time meeting with them. We visited Wawa,Nazri and chumel Amsyar. We had our lunch yang sedap Wawa was my ex-housemate in our 'single-time' in Old Trafford dedulu Its a nice feeling to get together, catch up on things and remembering our good ol' days . We also visited Milah and family. I have not met her in ages. I have not seen both of her children. Therefore this meet, was very special. Milah is my Indonesian friend, i once met during a conference in Jakarta, about 8 years ago. Since then, we became good buddies  Milah came for her PhD in Scotland, lucky for her, married a local Indian Muslim, and is residing here
We had our fab time in London
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| Wednesday, 22-Apr-2009 07:18 |
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April Is Our Month
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I remembered during 'tekel-menekel time' after telling 'ahmad sharizal' then, wasnt my bf yet about my birthdate, he told me that his was one day before mine -the 14th of April. I totally didnt believe him, ingatkan saja jual minyak . Bila 'mamat' dah tension minah tak percaya - mamat terus keluarkan IC . I was half believed when i saw he actually did born one day before me, that makes me an Aries like myself, and..erkk..would probably has the same personality 
As time goes by, we were together as bf-gf, engaged and married, we celebrates our birthday together, either on the 13th, 14th or 15th For as long as we live, he wouldnt in a second would forget my birthday, and so am i..thats the good thing isn't it?
This year, as usual, we've received BIG ENVELOPE from families in Malaysia, for both birthday cards. Bagus jugak birthday dekat2 nie die orang kata, sekaligus jer bagi kad . We have chosen the 13th this year to have our birthday dinner, and we had it in RICE-one of our favourite restaurant
On the 14th of April, i did a birthday dinner for hubby (and also for mua ) Nasi Minyak with kurma daging and ayam masak merah On my special day pulak, i treat myself in the city, and Sharifah has kindly enough to 'belanja birthday' Thanks Sya!!
Another special thing happened for our birthday this year, was a 'treat' - makan besar in one of the Chinese HALAL restaurant in London. Kami telah dibelanja 'makan besar' by Wawa and Nazri. Food was amat-amat delicious. For £12 pound per head you can order anything on the menu not including water la..but lists of food on the menu were A LOT !!!! Uishhh..sampai sekarang teringat2 lagi restauran tu, terasa all of the food in my mouth That restaurant would definately be visited again by these Mancunian Thanks so much Wawa and Nazri. You definately made our birthday
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| Thursday, 9-Apr-2009 13:05 |
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Moms The Word - Mother's Day Edition
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Mother's day in UK was celebrated on the 23rd of March 09, about 2 months earlier that moms in Malaysia . I dont actually know why UK decided to celebrate this day on a different date from the rest of the world  Wanted to be different from others kut..knowing UK..hehe..Anyway, the day before, Afia has come back from her nursery bringing her hand made Mother's Day card .
On Mother's day, my friends and I decided to make special treat for us mommies - daddies would only be invited later of the day . Nurul was kind enough to be the host for the event. The special treat would be photoshoots between mommies and her children by our best 'photog' - Ima and Fizah In addition to that, Nurul has suggested that each mommy would by a gift and later a draw was held to select who's gift belonged to whose.
The idea was brilliant. We enjoyed ourselves fully that day, having wonderful theraphy, laughing and chatting all afternoon. The food was also massive. Each of us mommy brought food for the event, and it was a FULL TABLE!! Photog a.k.a cake chef Ima, baked us wonderful Mother's day cake
Cabutan untuk hadiah bermula. Semua berdebar And the results were Nurul dapat hadiah dari Ima, No'on dapat hadiah dari Nurul, Ty dapat hadiah dari No'on, Ja dapat hadiah dari Ty, Fizah dapat hadiah dari Ja, Nofri dapat hadiah dari Fizah, Myself dapat hadiah dari Nofri and Ima dapat hadiah dari Myself Fascinating isnt it?
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