Throwback Thursday: Balimoon 2012



Dear Ms Nur 

Googmorning  , wish Godbless You and all Ur family .
About the activities U can take , are 

Kintamani + Ubud Tour
First see Barong dance in Batubulan , visite bali art villages such Celuk centre silver smith , mas wood carving , ubud coloni of the artis , than volcano and lake batur , take Ur lunch there , than try kopi , tea , othres spices in bali , best rice teraces in nort Ubud , market , ( spa ? ) last Dinner 

Tanjung Benoa + Tanah Lot sunset
Tanjung benoa terletak di selatan , there U can take many water sport activities such as Jet sky , glas bottom boat  , go turtle island , etc lunc , than last see sunset 

Other Full boards program , I have also Free easy progam , this program only not included Ur Meals ( Lunch and Dinner )

So Ms Nur let's cek again , see You tommoroww

Best Regards 
ANTARA

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Nope..i'm not gonna talk about the famous comedy series of all time. Although it was one of my favorite series ever. It still is if only i could get hold of a collection of the whole season (hubbee plz take note.hahaa...).

Well, last Friday me & hubbee had steamboat dinner with some of my closest friends at Seoul Garden, Festival City KL. The occasion is to catch up & celebrate jai's & alia's upcoming baby. If u read alia's blog http://tooloudtoletitout.blogspot.com u'll find that their baby had to be delivered via C-section due to certain circumstances.

Omnomnom...












Anyway, we had been friends for the longest time. atol & alinur are my friends since school & alia is their roomy in Pasum (i'm in another room but i always hang out at their room). not everyone can make it though that night. but some of us managed to push our way through to make this dinner happened. A lot of eating, talking & photo snapping done in such a short night but it was worth it. hee.. But the baby's present will be late coz we ordered it from UK (actually Alinur ordered from her friend there). we rushed this event coz alia will be hospitalized on Sunday & the operation is on the next day which is TODAY!

We were all so happy for jai & alia upon the arrival of their bundle of joy, a baby girl called Alisha Safiya. What a beautiful name. I am glad that our group is expanding with my hubbee, jai & baby alisha. hee.. Cannot wait to add my own baby to the clan (Semoga Allah murahkan rezeki kami dengan mengurniakan zuriat kepada kami...). Soon our group will expand even more when everyone else are married as well. Aminnn...

So, since we work nearby Hospital Putrajaya, me & atol went to visit alia & baby alisha this evening. As i held baby alisha in my arms, gosh.. she looks so cute & i suddenly felt like i want to have a child of my own ASAP so that they can be friends just like me & alia. Awww....

Baby Alisha in da house.hee..

Chop! keluar topik jap.hee...

Later tonight, me & hubbee feel feverish. so we both went to the clinic & got MC for tommorow. This is the 1st time we both got sick together. but my hubbee's fever is worst than mine. so i have to be stronger to take care of both of us. then it hit me. a mother never knows pain. if a mother is sick the children still needs to be taken care of. so am i ready for the motherhood voyage where there's no vacation? insyaAllah...

Movie Madness

This past few days we've been falling into the habit of watching movies at home while having dinner or after dinner. Maybe we're just to tired to go out after working hard during the day or maybe coz we just bought some DVDs at Speedy store, Alamanda recently.hee.. I bought 2 old movies ('Forrest Gump' & 'Shutter Island') coz they have promotion from as low as RM9.90 per DVD while my hubbee bought 2 current movies, 'CZ12' (chinese movie featuring Jackie Chan) & 'Husin, Mon & Jin Pakai Toncit' (malay's most anticipated comedy featuring Awie. Unfortunately the storyline & ridiculousness of this movie was a letdown compared to the previous sequel 'Hantu Kak Limah Balik Kampung' & 'Zombie Kampung Pisang').

Anyway, the 1st time i watched Forrest Gump i was way too young to remember it & let alone understand it. But watching it again a few days ago reminded me that in those days most movies are motivational & full with moral values & inspirations. sometimes even the simplest plot can win viewer's heart & landed the movie with numerous awards. whereas nowadays successful movies are determined with the amazing technology & action packed thrillers (sampai bole kena heart attack dlm wayang.hee..).

So u young fellas never even heard of this movie eh? ok, u just make me feel old. i mean come on.. Tom Hanks won an oscar for his character as Forrest Gump in this movie. u should at least give this movie some credit by trying to at least watch it. It is gonna be aired on TV2 i think. i thought i saw the ads on tv last night. so if u've got the chance to watch it, don't forget to tell me what u think ait. It is said that this movie is a 1994 American epic romantic comedy-drama film based on the 1986 (me & hubbee's birth year.hee..) novel of the same name by Winston Groom. To me it's not just any typical kind of romantic comedy but what makes it funny is the spontaneity of a naive & slow-witted yet athletic Forrest Gump who witnesses or experiences & in some cases influences (in 1996, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company opened a themed restaurant based on this movie ok..betapa powernya movie ni.hee..) some of the defining events of the latter half of the 20th century in the United States. even the scene where he joins the vietnam war seems funny.hahaa..no worries. i'm not gonna spoil it all for u by telling u about the whole movie plot. u're gonna have to watch it urself then u'll get what i mean. just gonna show the picture of the movie poster to excite u ols.hee..

hope u enjoy this movie too ;)
Fav quote: "life's a box of chocolates.u'll never know what u're gonna get"

Quote i don't understand: "stupid is what stupid does" (what the fish?)

Fav scene: Everytime Forrest Gump makes a conversation & everytime his army friend Bubba talks about shrimps.hahaa...

Nice surprise: a very young Haley Joel Osment in this movie.so cute but no one knew in 1994, that he would be famous in The Sixth Sense one day.

Artsy but insignificant: The floating feather at the beginning & the end of the movie.

Earth Hours Strike (Black Monday! Again?)

Yesterday, was another black monday for us (what? again?). but this time it really is the wiring problem (or was it the pipe?). I suspect the pipes coz the walls near a few switches were wet & there's shot circuit (according to my hubbee la coz the lights were turned on automatically & making buzzing sound eventhough the switch were turned off). This past few days, earth hours seems to strike naturally on us. hahaa... but fortunately hubbee is not under oncall duty & with info from my friend & our neighborhood FB group, my hubbee got to contact the maintenance. The electricians came last night & work hard to repair the fuse box. After a few hours, everything went back to normal except a few switches & the light in the kitchen (there's water dripping from the kitchen light so they took it off). Since they ran out of stuff, the rest of the repair job will be continued in another day by Mr. Wong who must be the oldest electrician working here (i'm not kidding.he looks very old). hee..

This series of unfortunate events had become our motivation to work harder so that we can purchase our own house in the near future. Its not that i'm not thankful. Living in a government quarters has its pros & cons. What happened yesterday was one of the disadvantages of a low cost building (maintenance of coz blames our neighbours from the above floor for washing their floor instead of mopping.but the truth is i really think there's something wrong with the building. kantoi sebab bila maintenance cek takde org pn tinggal kat tingkat atas rumah kitorang). Alhamdulillah with cheap rental rate per month, we can live in a huge & almost complete high rise. But we do not own this government property. In addition to that there's limitation when designing the interior. Besides, its every parents' dreams to raise their kids in a landed property if possible or at least their own property. So lets work hard & pray together (semoga kita dimurahkan rezeki.amin...) coz property's price is rapidly increasing. Its better to purchase a property ASAP. insyaAllah..

Black Monday???

The most common term among employees is 'Monday Blues'. Is that why i'm wearing blue today? Hoping that my electrify blue baju kurung would lift up my mood & motivation on Monday. If it is than its not working. Maybe coz i'm playing it safe by matching my plain blue attire with a plain grey (with metal-like beads) hijab. But if u're a fashion hijabster, i'm sure u'll wear bold prints with hints of the same blue hue hijab. Wish I'm bolder too. i could blame it on what i wear or i can juz admit that actually i'm having the ultimate 'Monday Blues' today (susah betul nak confess.nak kena nyanyi lagu confession by usher dulu kot). hahaa...

So as i'm drowning myself in my work & discussion, suddenly my Lady Boss walks in the meeting room nagging about what she found out from her previous meeting with her boss, Diva Boss. i can't help noticing that Lady Boss kept repeating this one term while saying "Black Monday betul la hari ni". Okay that was the first time i heard the term 'Black Monday' ('Monday Blues' tau la. sume org pn tau kan..kan..). So i google it to find out what it meant. Turn out the term is used to describe the worst day in history that happens on....yup, u've guessed it peeps..on Monday. For example major drop in US market or unusual many Edward III's soldiers died from cold in 1360. Now it make me wonder if that unfortunate event happens on any other day can we call it Black Tuesday or Wednesday? (ok makin blur bila dh google.hahaa..). The information from Lady Boss does not help either coz i don't feel like it was a bad news afterall coz it doesn't concern our division. So i juz ignore that term.

Later i got an email to go to Tun Dr. Mahathir's (Tun M) talk in KL. I don't mind going but i'd appreciate if got an earlier heads up so i can book the office's driver or at least have time to do some thorough research on how to go there. In the end, me & my friend was s0o late to the event coz we got s0o lost in KL even with the help from google maps. Tun M, Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister, is a very punctual person. So this is very embarassing actually. But even at the end of his talk, Tun M has this aura to make people pay attention to him & listen to what he have to say althought he does not have to say listen..listen..listen to me..hahaa... i find that fascinating coz only a few leaders has this aura nowadays. Among them are Tun M, Ungku Aziz & Anwar Ibrahim. Anyway, all the audience got free copy of his autobiography (Malay version. Thats ok coz i already bought the English version for my dad so he can add it to his mini library in his house).   


TQ Tun M for the free book
Juz as i thought that the day could not get any worst. i return to my house in Putrajaya to find out that there's no electricity. now this is what i called 'Black Monday'. i checked the fuse box & everything seems normal. so i called hubbee & he said he already paid the previous bill. so i thougt maybe there's wiring problem (sbb pernah jadi sebelum ni tp yang effect plug je.lampu & kipas ok je.this time gelap gulita.so i mcm pelik). when hubbee comes back we went to laundry shop to iron work attire for tomorrow (moral of the story: gosok baju keje untuk seminggu terus) & went for dinner (tak masak mlm ni sbb gelap.yahoo...hee..). then on the way back home i've made some phone calls to check if TNB received previous bill's payment.turn out no payment made (hahaa..confident je hubbee ni.rupanya yang dia bayar sebelum sebelum punya bil. tak pasal2 jadi earth hoursss... ;p). so i immediately paid via maybank2u, send the proof of payment via email to tnbcareline & bear with the darkness for the night. we survived earth hours that night. huhuu... the next day i made some calls to TNB to make sure they submit my payment proof to TNB Putrajaya (untuk cancel pemotongan elektrik.sbb kalau payment via bank amek mse 3 hari utk sampai kpd TNB.so nak cepat org tnbcareline tu suggests buat camni). The next day everything went back to normal fortunately coz if not i have to call it "Black Tuesday' or 'Bleak Week' instead.hahahaa..

Flashback Friday : Singapore Family Trip

The day before our Singapore family trip which is on the 25th Jan 2013 (Friday), my in laws (FIL, MIL, SIL & BIL) were supposed to crash the night at our place. However, my hubbee's grandfather (his father's side) suddenly underwent a minor surgery on that day at IJN to insert a pacemaker due to weak heartbeat. So they stayed the night in KL instead. We almost decided to cancel our trip because my parents in law were reluctant to go under the circumstances. Fortunately, the surgery went well & atok (hubbee's grandfather) was discharged the next day. Since luck was on our side, we decided to proceed to Johor Baru (JB) eventhough we left later than we planned. In the meantime atok will be staying with hubbee's makngah (FIL's elder sister) & when we return from Singapore, atok will be staying with my parents in law.

Now back to our trip. This is my 1st family vacation with my in laws (excluding my hubbee's sister who is in confinement at that time, her husband & children). Our ride to Singapore was my FIL's innova which was driven by my hubbee. I eagerly hand out the travel itenary & brief everyone in the MPV aaaaand.... quickly i became the laughing stock because it seems as if me & my hubbee were acting like a tourist guide (mana taknya. itenary ngalah travel agent. siap ada waktu solat bagai. hee...). I'm glad that we stick to most of the itenary although we did have trouble managing our time according to the schedule.

more itenary & costing
The itenary
Parents in law at JPO

We spent the Saturday 26th in JB. Nothing much just shopping at JPO, had dinner at Stulang Laut & sleep at the Grand Hallmark Hotel (GH) JB. Initially me & hubbee wanna stay at The Zon Regency Hotel (ZR) JB but we made a last minute decision to stay at GH on the 1st night only coz there was an offer on group which entitled u to get entrance ticket into Sea Aquarium Singapore. We regret this now. It seems GH does not look exactly like in the website where the hotel building stands alone. We knew that GH is a small budget hotel but what made us taken aback is beside GH there's a night club & u can here the music from your room. In addition to that, we have to redeem Sea Aquarium tickets at Sentosa Island where the booth of the travel agency was very hard to find & was closed when we arrived (padahal operating hours belum abis lagi). Luckily, the lady from another booth (tp travel agency lain la) are willing to help us. She made some calls & she got the permission to give her tickets but i have to sign that i collect the ticket from her. However, we don't feel like the Singapore's Sea Aquarium is the largest oceanarium thus it was a let down (nasib tiket free.hee..).

Dinner at Stulang Laut (just behind ZR)















They're siblings not twins.hee..















The next day on Sunday 27th we made a mistake of going into Singapore town thinking that they were not many Indians there celebrating Thaipusam. But we were wrong. Like in Malaysia, Singaporian Indians also do kavadi, a dance performed by the devotees during the ceremonial worship of (Dewa) Murugan. Upon entering Singapore u need to purchase autopass at the Woodland checkpoint but u can only pay SGD10. so u must ensure to top up ur autopass before u travel further into Singapore because most parking place & 7Eleven haven't update their system yet since the new autopass was introduced recently. Fret not coz there's one top up place near Woodland Garden not far from the checkpoint. If u've already had autopass from previous visit before they enforced the new one, u can just top up at any 7Eleven in Singapore. But if u're just like us, who use the new autopass its' better to buy cashcard at any 7Eleven in Singapore as backup to pay the parking (just in case ur autopass cannot be read. we encounter this problems at Singapore Flyer's parking).

Traffic at the checkpoint & in Singapore city sucks during our visit. The police traffic in Singapore was obviously lacking experience in handling this situation probably coz Singapore rarely had traffic jam. I feel like kamikaze when we braced our way to Little India during Thaipusam. But on the bright side, we get to see kavadi up close & personal from our MPV & I got 2 bottles of Elizabeth Arden Red Door perfume for SGD32 & my ipanema slippers.wuhuu! 

Singapore Flyer
Marina Bay & Mr. Merlion (or is it Ms.?)

Singapore city
Zam Zam Restaurant (halal of course) opposite Masjid Sultan at Kampung Glam, Arab Street.
Famous for its baryani & murtabak singapore.

After checking out from ZR & had our breakfast (its not hard to find a place to eat around ZR which is very convenient) on Monday 28th (in Malaysia if a public holiday is on Sunday then the holiday are brought forward to Monday), we were stuck again at the checkpoint due to traffic. So we changed our strategy. We parked at a shopping mall near Woodland MRT station & board the train to Sentosa Island (Harbourfront Station). We spent most of our time in Universal Studios Singapore (USS) & then we rushed to Sea Aquarium as mentioned above. We had fun in USS & the only good thing about visiting Sea Aquarium on weekdays is u also get free access to the maritime exhibition. We went back home later that night after dinner in JB.

There's just so much more I wanna share but I must stop now before this entry becomes more wordy than it is. I'll leave u with some pics & also the itenary I've made to give u ols some idea of what we did in Singapore. I've made some notes in the itenary such as Halal restaurants, MRT stations & nearby car park just in case we cannot find a parking at the place ;)

couple moment
Fun time at Sentosa Island

Wikipedia/ Wiktionary Wednesday : Spoil

The word : Pamper
The meaning : Indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness etc.
The synonym : indulge, spoil, coddle, mollycoddle, cosset etc.

I rarely pamper myself at a spa. but if there's extra savings & time i would give anything to at least indulge on either manicure/pedicure or hair treatment at a hair salon. my sis once told me to avoid going to a hair salon during festive seasons in Malaysia coz they'll charge more than the normal price. since i finished work on time yesterday, i decided to spoil myself at The Nail Parlour (Alamanda). however, due to Chinese New Year (CNY) this weekend, there are extra charges on all services for this week from 1st - 10th Feb 2013 (haiyaa..abis spoil plan.get it?hahaa..ok the joke is on me actually). fortunately i can make a reservation for a session next tuesday on the 12th ;) 

so i've made a conclusion that any beauty/ cosmetic services owned by a 'tauke' will mark up prices during Malaysia's festive seasons.

P/S : do not travel during CNY coz its gonna be high peak season everywhere. just my 2cents. peace u ols.hee..    
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