Mom In The City

Atlantis Theme Park Experience

2008-12-30T03:07:00.000-08:00

Our family's trip went to the Atlantis Aquaventure was the greatest experience over all. Atlantis had been the "big hit" since it started. It is located on Jumeirah coastal area of Dubai and it takes us about 45 minutes to reach there. The biggest wet land with huge lagoon that divides into different section that is from lazy river to the fast rapid section.

On the other zone of the lagoon there is also a wet playground for kids to linger around for hours and hours. And the most adventurous section that the kids really enjoy is a four storey pyramid that named as Ziggurat. On this section there are four types of slide with different level of steepness where I was being cheated by the kids until I felt really wanted to faint (hehehe... as if I was dropping into a huge hole)later then I refused to go to the next level. On the lower level of the pyramid which is really interesting is that we pass through the water tunnel and above it we can see sharks and different types of fish.

21st December

2008-12-28T21:34:00.000-08:00

Happy Anniversary to both of us. Thank you my hubby for being patient with all the beauty and obstacles that we have gone for the past 23 years. You're the man that I always love and wanted to grow old with . You're a reflection of everything that is wonderful in the world.

Family Day in Sur

2008-12-18T08:24:00.001-08:00

On second day of Eid Adha we planned to have a family day at Sur. It is located on the northeastern coast of Oman about 160km from Muscat. It took us about 3 hours to reach there and Sur is well-known of it beautiful beach and mountain scenery. In June 2007 Sur was drastically battered by cyclone Gonu.

This time we went in a big crowd that is around 8 families, unfortunately Hj Amin and Sajali/Zaleha could not join us because they were having their own vacation. We started our journey at 8.00 a.m but before we reached Sur we decided to stop at Wadi Shabb to have our breakfast. While waiting for Rohimi's family ,Raja n Fauzi lead us to Bima Sink Hole ,the beautiful water reservation founded in Sur. Reached Sur at 1.30 p.m but before check-in we had our lunch near the beach. Though our food were cold but because dah terlalu lapar we enjoyed eating them all.

Relax sekejap then at 4.30 we intended to go to the Turtle beach which is about 46km from city centre but couldn't able to reach there cos it's almost maghrib so we just stopped to the nearest beach. The kids were happy having their football match but then feeling frustrated with the sunset where they have to go back. At night we have our barbecue on the beach outside the hotel area. sangat lah seronoknya.

Next day, before going back to Muscat we went to the Turte Beach resort lepak-lepak there for almost one hour. Before departed, we had our lunch at one of Sur restaurant then off we go........ and planning for our next trip.

Visit to the Grand Mosque

2008-12-16T18:33:00.000-08:00

On the first day of Eid Adha we decided to visit Sultan Qabbus Grand Mosque. We gathered around 9.30 at the parking place and dressed like the Omani. The tourist thought we are the Omanis. They were very impressed by our look thus some even took our picture.

The terachu-cha-cha ladies in the model set-up.

Group Tour to Dubai

2008-12-16T03:55:00.000-08:00

After postponding the trip to Dubai for quite number of times finally during the Oman National Day we decided to go together for 3 days holiday. There were 4 families going, left behind our Oja who could not go due to her passport almost expire and kak Faridah due to some personal reason. We decided to depart early because we did not want to get stuck at the Emirate border.

Supposed to arrive Dubai at 10.30 a.m but we ladies terhegeh-hegeh lagi nak shopping at carpet and vase area. Finally, each one of us managed to kecek our partner and bought the carpet happily. Since Sayed and Sajali kids never drive the quad bike so we stopped by again at the quad drive place.

Reached Dubai around 3.30 p.m but surprisingly Dubai road was jammed thus unpurposedly Sajali lost his track and was left behind. Luckily that he knew to get his way to Deira City Centre and finally managed to reach their hotel by taxi. (he..he.. teringat my first time to Dubai)

We reached our hotel around 6.30 p.m where everybody were exhausted so we thought of having our dinner at the Mall of Emirate .

Next day, since Haji and Sayed were invited by their friends to play golf we intended to have our shopping at Mall of Emirate only. Excited looking at the winter cloth furthermore the weather is getting cold masing-masing lah membeli baju sejuk. Late in the evening we have to send Sajali's family back to Deira to get back their car and having our dinner at my favourite place China Times.

On the third day we drove to Dubai Mall(the largest shopping mall in Dubai) to have our brunch. We managed to visit the largest Aquarium but could not enter due to the long que. Able to watch different species of fish from outside for few minutes then we went back to OMAN.......

Farewell dinner to our Malaysian friends

2008-12-15T08:37:00.001-08:00

It seems that it has been a long time I did not update my blog, maklumlah busy sangat. Three days after we moved in, we were involved in International Day then followed with the Malaysian day. We were busy with our small business where we had a fruitfull return. Sangatlah seronok nya.

Last November 19 we organised a farewell dinner for our three Malaysian friend who are about to leave Oman. Roza and her kids will leave Oman on 27 November to continue her teaching whereas Meor is posted back to Kuala Lumpur and our Mr Nazri has finished his contract .

The dinner started after maghrib and as usual the participants are our close friends here. Thanks to our ambassador and his third secretary for willingly coming to our unformal function. Unfortunately we could not have our Malaysian food that night due to unforseen circumtances and thanks again to our pregnant sister Oja sangat-sangatlah bersusah payah for ordering the Omani food at Bin Ateeq.

Packing..packing

2008-10-28T09:41:00.000-07:00

Lately, I have been busy alone doing the clearing and packing everything in this house. Eventhough the house is small but since two years staying here, I started to bring different sorts of things that I like. Then when come to moving out I will crack my head to pack it up.

In two days time, we will be moving to our new house located at Al-Ansab which is about 3 km from my kids school. First, I need to empty all the drawers before the movers come and it seems that I have to clear too many unwanted things that clogged my apartment. Thinking of packing time ...its so tiring, fortunately my ever ready two best friends willing to assist. They even helped me to collect the cartoons from Lulu's backyard and last friday they all together giving their hands to bring some of the items. By thursday I must finish and everything must be in the cartoon because I dont like to mess during the shifting time. By tomorrow they have to come to my house to dismantle our curtains and closet. Today I finished almost 80 percent with the packing . My hubby was astonised seeing that all are ready. "Eh.. dah kemas "..tu je lah dia cakap. He didn't know that I have been sweating . hehe (sori k dady)

Ah... It is not easy to move from one house to another but thinking of my kids are growing up and they need their own privacy no matter what we have to move. Actually I really like to stay put where we are now since most of what I want are within distance. Whenever I am short of kitchen needs I can immediately go down to Safeer . Baskin Robbin, KFC, Taza and my kids favourite place Ice Skating are within the vicinity. No shortage of water and when there are problems we just call Asraf then "five minutes after" he will come to settle it... Indian english that I picked in Oman...who cares

Eventhough our new house is a little far but big enough to accomodate my family and visiting friends. It has 6 bedrooms with attached toilet, one living room and one big dining room.

Welcom Home Ainaa

2008-10-27T02:04:00.001-07:00

Al'Ainaa with the other teams from TAISM had gone to Cairo for the volleyball tournament. They went on 22nd till 26.10.2008. Last night we went to the airport to welcome their teams , walaupun kalah but they still managed to smile seeing their families welcoming them.

The boys team were given applaused for becoming the champion. It's ok Ainaa eventhough your teams had lost the game, atleast you guys have had tried your best.

Next year masih ada, more training and play as a team..hehehe... dapat jauk pegi Cairo Na oh....

Happy Birthday girl

2008-10-26T23:27:00.000-07:00

My dearest Aida , since today is your birthday, mummy wish you joy and happiness and always pray for your health and successful on whatever you do. You must always know that we are so proud to have such a discipline and co'operate girl like you.

HAPPY BIRHTDAY!!!!!!!`(hadiah claim kat daddy lah)

Karaoke Fever

2008-10-20T01:27:00.000-07:00

Semenjak Hamzah/Lynn bukak business karaoke ni... there's nothing else that we did or talked about except karaoke...karaoke. Whenever there are functions or gathering their portable karaoke set ni kan.... dah menjadi their permanent handbag lah.

Last weekend we had a family gathering at Saloma/Azlan house at Al Khuwair 33. As usual after performing our majlis doa tahlil ,will never forget with our makan beramai-ramai.

Then finally the exciting event is off-course the karaoke session. That night everybody trying to show off their talent, even yang tak tahu menyanyi pun dah pandai.

To eager and excited with karaoke until we did not realised that time has come to midnight.... barulah sedar nak balik...

Adopted Daughter

2008-10-09T10:42:00.000-07:00

Within this 6 days we will be busy entertaining our guest who are coming from The New Cairo British International School. Their purpose to come here are to participate in the Volley Ball tournament which were organised by Taism. Since my daughter Aina, is in the team so we need to host at least 2 students to stay with us. The omputeh style are always like that, they will never let the students to stay at the hotels or maybe their one way of cost saving but nevertheless it's not a big deal for our family though.
Eventhough my house is small but I really feel appreciate seeing that they couldn't bother that much. Pity that they have to sleep in the living room, indeed we get ready with their bed, pillow and comforter. They seems to like and feel comfortable with it. We only need to prepare for their breakfast and dinner, sending and fetching them to school together with my children, whereas their lunch will be taken care by the student council.

These two beautiful young ladies as I can see are very friendly especially Caroline, she is from Australia. She told us that she ever lived in Indonesia for few years and she can converse some Indonesian words. When I fried cucur pisang this morning and asked them to try it she told me that she ever ate this type of food there and liked it very much. hehe lucunya anak omputeh ni. The other blonde girl who is from Denmark good in drawing told Aji that she is one of the top ten student in art.

At 4.30p.m after fetching them from school I immediately sent them to Centre point because they need to look for new clothes for their party tonight. My Aina will tumpang sekakilah having a chance to buy a new cloth. For dinner I cooked simple dish for them, i.e macaroni cheese, grill chicken with honey , mix vegetables and white rice. Then by 7.30 p.m we sent them back to school.

Day 2 in Salalah

2008-10-06T01:08:00.000-07:00

Our second day in Salalah was very interesting because there were so many places that we need to explore. We woke up early and by 7.30a.m we have gone out for our breakfast. Luckily the coffee shop are opened so senang nak cari makan. After that we started with our first visit that is to Nabi Imran's graveyard. It is located at the city centre on An Nahdah Street. Nabi Imran was the father of Mariam who gave birth to Nabi Isa a.s. The longest graveyard that we have ever seen. Spent about 20 minutes there, then we moved upwards about 500 m to the footprints of Nabi Saleh's camel. The fourteen footprints of Nabi Saleh's sacred camel, as mentioned in the Holy Quran, rest here. The footprints have been fenced off for protection.

Next we headed to Al Balid (Archeological site). A city known as Dhufar, grew between 12th and 16th centuries. The ruins of this once magnificient city can be seen at archeological site but unfortunately we were not able to enter because it is only opened at 4.00 p.m. Then we stopped by at the corniche area where we had our coconut drink

By 10.30 we moved further to Nabi Ayoub's tomb. Lies about 40 kilometres from Salalah on Jebel Ittin, which rises up behind the town. The mosque and tomb - shrine of Nabi Ayoub mark the place where the remains of the prophet, possibly identifiend as Job in the Old Testament, can be found. Near the tomb there is a stone mosque which is believed to have been used by Nabi Ayoub for praying. There were so many people visited during this time. I also met the other friends from Muscat . They came one day earlier then us. Staying there for almost one hour and by 12.00 we moved out and checked-in at Samharam Apartment. We have our relaxed for 2 hours whereas the kids were excited to go for swimming at the pool.

We went out to have our lunch at the nearest Indian Restuarant at 2.00 p.m. Ordered for Chicken Beryani, fried King fish, curry sotong and salad oleh kerana terlalu lapar and dah sebulan tak makan indian food semua licin. Finished with our lunch we proceeded to Mughsayl which is located 40km on the west of Salalah. Mughsayl has a stretch of magnificent sandy beach , outlined by sculptured cliffs and blow holes formed in the limestone rocks, where plumes of water can reach a height of 30 metres or more. Since Khareef season is over so we could not see the splashing out of water from the blowholes.The view along the coast where the mountains meet the sea is spectacular. Feeling satisfied with the sight seeing and photographing session we rushed back to the hotel because my big baby dah ngantuk. Allowed him to rest for a shortwhile but the others geared up with their swimming suit and went to relax themselves at the pool.

At night we went out for our shopping , biasa lah ladies will never satisfied without done with their shopping. Eventhough Salalah is not a place of shopping paradise but we were enjoyed with the fascinating Salalah souq where we can find a lot of ready garments and materials. We found out that the cost of Abaya was much cheaper compared to Muscat where Roza and Zaleha bought one each for themselves. As for myself I bought some materials for our next Eid. hehehe... puas hati... Finally, bila semua dah rasa lapar, Haji introduced us to Yemeni Restaurant located at 23rd July Street the best Yemeni food ever. The rice was so yummy sampai we ordered for second big plate. At the same time we never missed with our jokes and borak-borak . When everybody felt exhausted we hurriedly went back. Fathers and kids immediately went to bed whereas the three moms continued with their chat/gossips.

Salalah Trip

2008-10-06T00:18:00.000-07:00

On the second day of Eid we went off to Salalah. My family departed Oman at 6.30 a.m because on the way to Nizwa we missed the route therefore we need to turn back to Rusayl round about and started our journey again. We managed to chase the other two families and stop by at Adam around 8.30 to have our breakfast.
Salalah lies in the extreme south of the Sultanate of Oman, about 1,040 km from Muscat if we go by road and one hour plus by air. It is well known of its lavish green landscapes and we can see swaying of palm trees along a serene coastline.
We reached Salalah at 3.00 p.m and stopped by the green wooded mountain to wait for the others. Half and hour later Razak and family arrived but we have to wait for Sajali and family coz they could only speed at 120km. Once we arrived at Salalah town we had a difficulty at looking for hotel. semua dah fully book. We need to ronda-ronda to look for suitable hotel dah lah penat...sesat here and there pulak but actually it's quite fun. At last we managed to get Salalah Hotel which is located at the centre of the city but.. the next day we moved to Samharam Apartment which is more comfortable and affordable. At night we had our dinner at Lebonese restaurant located on the east part of salalah.

Eid Mubarak In Oman 2008

2008-10-04T21:05:00.001-07:00

Kami sekeluarga Haji Mohamad Zunaidi ingin mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya dan Maaf Zahir Batin kepada semua keluarga dan sahabat handai di mana jua berada.

On the first day of Eid we have family-get-together at Razak and Roza residence, at Mawaleh. After we finished with our maaf-maafan and makan-makan we proceeded to our Malaysian Ambassador house. This time we managed to take picture with our Ambassador and his wife.

Hari Raya Mood

2008-09-26T23:46:00.000-07:00

From Mawaleh, to Ghala and the last destination for iftar is at Hamzah n Lynn house. This time around everybody are excited waiting for Hari Raya. Sampai-sampai Aji n Razak sikit-sikit nyanyi lagu Selamat Ari Raya. For the three muskeeters orang bujang pulak 'no need to say lah' muka semua berseri-seri especially our eldest brother Aji Syukur, tonight he and Adnan will be going back to Malaysia to meet their longing partner. Smiling broadly and talking about cheeky-cheeky things without bothering whatever we all disturbed them. Keep on looking at their watch thus counting for the time by saying in 10 hours dah boleh sampai lah. hehehe cian tengok orang tua berdua ni...

The most interesting part was, after performing our terawih we end up hugging each other then continued singing the Hari Raya song again. While we were busily talking about preparation for Hari raya, quietly Hamzah took out his karaoke set ...wah apalagi berebut-rebut nak pegang microphone. First, we were entertained by Aji Syukur with his 'My way' then unexpectedly our cikgu Roza showing off her hidden talent where she almost controlled the microphone bawak bermacam-macam jenis lagu. Even lagu Micheal Jackson "Beat-it" pun dia boleh bawak. eh..eheh .. boleh tahan cikgu discipline kitani. Our next highligthed of the night was our Abang Long Sayed Rafiee , the best performer of the night sang his favourite song until he danced on the spot. Everybody started to scream and laughed at him thus ada yang sindir him 'maklumlah 2 hari lagi nak balik' . hehe I think he might have that different kind of feeling....whereas he keep on saying 'dah tiga bulan lah tak balik' The funniest moment that we enjoy ever. At that moment too I realised that for us who are staying abroad thus away from families might feel lonely if we are reluctant to gather around and makes friend. Luckily we are a person who like to get along with others. tapi kadang2 kena tengok jenis kawan jugak.

Well, we ended our awesome night around 10.30 . After finished up with the clearing we went back beramai2 macam orang baru balik dari panggung wayang pulak. Besides that we also planned for our Takbir night which is going to be held at my house pulak.......... SELAMAT HARI RAYA..........MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN

My Second Cookie

2008-09-23T04:01:00.000-07:00

At last, by 3.00 p.m I finished with my second cookies. With the measurement that I followed I managed to get around 100 pcs of cookies. I got this recipe from one of the book that I bought on my way back to Malaysia and the name of this cookie is Biskut Sambaria.
Ingredients are:
250 g mentega
110 gm gula perang
260 g tepung gandum
80g serbuk badam , dibakar
70g tepung kastard
40 g coklat urai (I did not use it)
1 biji kuning telur, dipukul sedikit
50 g badam hiris (strip almond) untuk hiasan
1. Putar mentega bersama gula hingga lembut
2. Gaul tepung, serbuk badam, tepung kastard bersama coklat urai di dalam bekas berasingan dan masukkan di dalam adunan mentega.
3. Uli adunan sehingga menjadi doh.
4. canai doh setebal 7mm dan terap mengikut bentuk yang di sukai.
5. sapu kuning telur di atasnya dan hias dengan badam.
6. Last bakar lebih kurang 20 minit sehingga masak pada suhu 160deg celcius

My cookie

2008-09-23T01:19:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Zaleha called me asking us to come to her house and showing off her two cookies which she has completed. Feeling excited and yet I did not start any , so today I intended to prepare at least two cookies for myself. Yesterday the three of us did our shopping again buying stuff for making cakes. Finally today , I completed one cookie called as mama carries which I get it from my friend in Miri.
Ingredients are:
300 gm butter
375 flour
130 gm corn flour
100 grm icing sugar
for top decor:
1 egg white
100 gm icing sugar
1 tspn corn flour.

3rd Week of Ramadhan

2008-09-20T03:06:00.000-07:00

In the 3rd week of Ramadhan we received three invitations for iftar together. Last monday we were invited by our generous Omani friend Mr Mohamad Wahiby to have an iftar with his family at their house. Amongst those invited were my family, Hj Amin, Raja's family and not to forget the home alone husband. Since that night was on the 14th of Ramadhan, we have the chance to see the Qaranqasho fun night. A popular evening for children during the holy month of Ramadhan which I just knew it, where they moved from one house to another and receiving sweets. The sweets are given as a gesture for their ability to fast during this holy month. Within that period, we managed to see three groups of children coming to the house with plastic bag asking for their treats.

Then on tuesday night Daleel Petroleum hosted dinner for the staff and family members. This time the dinner was held at Al Noor Hall in MQ but we realised that not many people turned up during that night. Dah lah makanan selalu je tak sedap, furthermore my friend Intan and family were not with us so macam tak enjoy lah. After finishing our dinner we immediately went home.

On thursday night, Zaleha invited us for the 3rd family gathering at their place. The most excited night that moms always waiting for. The day where they cracking their head and busy thinking of what foods to cook and started to call each other asking for " u masak apa nanti" Finally, with the talented that they have, everyone brought at least two menu for the whole family to share. Eventhough we meet frequently but macam tak cukup cukup je.... too many topics to share and laughing at. Dads with their own topics and issues whereas the kids happily playing together macam adik beradik je flocking each other.
That night too, Rohimi had to go back to Malaysia to meet his beloved wife and kids. The next on list will be Syukur and Adnan then followed by Sayed Rafie. We were also informed by Hj Amin that they will be going back to celebrate their Eid, that mean we're gonna miss one family. Anyway, Selamat Hari Raya , Maaf Zahir Batin to those who are leaving us. Jangan lupa kat kita orang kat sini ye.....

My Home made Soyabean Milk

2008-09-13T09:04:00.000-07:00

This morning I successfully made my own Soyabean Milk.

Ingredients: 1 packet of soyabean (soak for at least 6 hours)
Water
sugar 1 1/2 cup
2 pandan leaves, knotted
a pinch of salt

Soak soyabean and keep changing water to keep it clean. Drain the beans and gently rub off the skin. Separate soyabean in 3 batches and add equal amount of water and grind till fine. Strain and squeeze out the milk from the beans with a piece of muslin cloth. Mix in more water to the paste if necessary to make total 2 litres milk.

Put the milk into a large pot filling about 1/3, add pandan leaves. Remove foam when necessarily and bring to boil for just a few minutes. It tends to foam and overflow, so make sure the fire is low and your're there watching the cooking proces.

2nd Ramadhan Gathering

2008-09-12T01:11:00.000-07:00

As planning earlier, our next iftar was held at Mawaleh too organised by Mr Raja and Madam Ros. Tok Wan prepared us with her khaw Sup Tulang , Ayam Kurma, Vegetable salad and her superlicious Seri Muka and puding. (Mak kasih tok wan nanti boleh belajar dgn Tok Wan camne buat sup tu). Before the clock strike to 6.20 p.m (our iftar time) each one of the family came with their own scrumptous recipe to fill up the table nicely.

The first guest to turn up this time ....heheehe, the everlasting family Haji Zunaidi, broadly smile bringing along our special Kuey Tiaw goreng and Sardine tuna quiche. Then a few minutes later , always a punctual family Datin Paduka Zaleha(sori leha this time you're beaten) with her mixed vegetables and assorted cakes . Our new member from Oman Oil , short and shassy Fauzi and Ana not forgetting with her ayam goreng. Our second last arrival, orang jauh ..... just go straight jangan belok-belok, Tan Sri Razak and his family. This time she presented us with her special martabak maggie. The last family... hehehe when Tok Bilal almost wanted to open his mouth for azan finally came our soft and gentle Hamzah's family with their yummy bubur lambuk and Bingka lemak bakar. So far, everybody were satisfied with the food, even during the makan time, mak mak asking for how to do this and that what to put first and next. enjoy nya.

The programmed cam biasa but this time our solat terawih a bit short and relax where nobody complaint of sakit kaki because last week Tok Imam read surah panjang. After solat we relax sekejap having snack. Pity Ros has to fry keropok ikan since the food almost finished (maklumlah anak2 semua besar-besar n ramaikan). Last night we also discussed our destination during the Eid holiday, the mom's wanted to go to Salalah whereas daddies proposed for Qatar. ( last-last duk rumah je nanti hehe) While having our discussion, suddenly Haikal gave us a shock. While playing football outside he suddenly bumped his head on the cement. Soon everybody leaving one by one waiting for the next gathering place.

Zaid Hopes and Dreams Conference Day

2008-09-10T18:17:00.000-07:00

The Elementary School dismissed early today because in the afternoon there will be Hopes and Dreams conference between parents and teachers. Our turn to meet the class teacher is at 2.00 - 2.15 p.m. The conference are basically to dicuss on some ideas of things and the parents expectations and hopes for their child. Apart from that, the teacher wanted to know on things that our child like to do or does very well and the most important things is their achievement during their last 3 weeks at school.

According to their teacher, this week they have started to learn about the "Daily 5" at literacy time by learning how to choose books that they have interested in and reading them by themselves in three different ways.(read the words, read the pictures and retell the story).

Whereas in Math they have learned about ordinal numbers (1st,2nd,5th etc) and also about counting large groups of objects by making groups of 10.

Zaid is getting a credential remarks from his teacher today mentioning that he has no problem on the work given and managed to complete his assignment on time. Amazingly, the teacher also told us that he even dare to raise up his hand asking for question and bravely enough to stand infront to share/explaining on whatever things that he has made. (Bagus Zaid)Before, we used to hear complaining from his teacher saying that he is very quiet and shy and never wanted to raise question when they were in big crowd. Happy to hear that he does not need to enter the ELL class since his english languages is improving. Within this three weeks at school , he is able to write story eventhough some of the spelling are incorrect but their teacher told us it is normal since they are in the bridging stage.

Ok, well done my genius boy mummy and daddy are proud of you and always hoping that you keep on maintaining your reputation and performance.

Note: (Yum pande awak baca story book nya ya hehehe cali eh)

My Taugeh

2008-09-10T00:26:00.000-07:00

Since the 1st of Ramadhan I have been looking for taugeh at every supermarket but could not find it, so at last I tried to make it by myself. Walaupun kecik and kurus-kurus tapi masih boleh di campurkan dengan my mee hoon sup tulang petang ni...

Good Luck Aida

2008-09-08T22:51:00.001-07:00

Today is considered to be a tough and challenging day for my pretty princess Aida. At this time she is trying to involve herself to become a member of a student council in the middle school. As a lower grade student in the middle school ,they were not allowed to hold a high position so she is trying to grab for a treasurer post. All this while she has been very busy campaigning herself in order to be selected and struggling her best to get for that particular position. She even created her own amazing poster "Vote for Aida as a Treasurer" and with the full support from her dad, she is very confident and willing to accept whatever chores given later.

Since last week, she has preparing a remarkable text in order for her to captivate the voters and I know that she can do it very well. As a first step, today they were required to give a speech to the audience, convincing that they're qualified to compete for the desired post. (wah... macam Obama n Hillary Clinton lah awak tok Da) Last night, after having our iftar she has her final practiced with us and well she did it splendidly.

As for myself, I feel a bit nervous and deep inside hoping that she will be able to control her emotion and manage to cope with the situation arise. Hopefully that she can answer the question given efficiently . Well Aida... mummy wish for the best from you and definately you can do lah......

Our 1st Ramadhan gathering

2008-09-05T23:03:00.000-07:00

Wishing all the muslim people all over the world, families and my dearest friends Ramadhan Al Kareem and may Allah blessing us with good health and happiness.

Ramadhan comes each year, giving every fasting muslim a spiritual and physical improvement which last until the following year. Ramadhan is also a month that is full of completing and sharing. Last weekend we have our 1st Ramadhan gathering/iftar at our friend house in Mawaleh. Syukur Alhamdullilah everbody turned up for the iftar and the food served are marvelous. (sori no picture sibuk makan je). Starting with three families 3 years ago but then the community grew bigger and the tradition of having iftar together become a practise to us here. After solat we continued with our makan-makan and chatting , greeting each other. As usual, plenty of yummylicious foods prepared by the hardworking moms such as Ikan Asam Pedas, Daging Dendeng, chicken in mushroom, Rojak India, ayam masak kicap and Kerabu sayur pegaga. For the dessert pulak, roti jala, martabak, kuih ketayap, prune tart, sardine bun and sum-sum. Alhamdullilah semuanya habis.....

We finished our gathering with solat isyak then followed with solat sunat terawih. Our next place of iftar will be held at Raja and Ros place. Insyaallah.

Another Interesting Weekend

2008-08-28T12:27:00.000-07:00

Thursday morning

As usual I will wake up early and started to clear up the left behind things that are scattered around by my kids. Grumbling by myself towards the surrounding but I have to do it though. As soon as I finished with all my kemas-kemas then I started to think what shall I do next. Since daddy is not around, I was thinking to go to Ramez because I need to look for a covered casserole . Furthermore if I invited him to go along, he will not accept it but yes he will send me, then having his nice slept in the car.. (hehe sori dady) So, I decided to bring Zaleha to accompany me, seperti biasa perempuan tak boleh je sebut Ramez terus je nak gi.. At 10 a.m Aida and myself fetch her and there we go.
As soon as we arrived , wow .. I could not believed that there's no parking space and surprisingly we found out crowded of people were inside the supermarket. Without hesitation we all pun ikut sama je lah.. Able to look for the things that I wanted then followed with the long que I paid happily.

In the Afternoon

After sending Zaleha to Markaz to meet her hubby then Aina called saying that she wanted to eat at McDonald. We fetched her and Zaid and immediately we moved to Al-Qurum McDonald.
Had a nice talked with the children on their school issues then Aina told me that she wanted to eat cup cakes. Bagus jugak why not we try and make it by ourselves. Finished with our lunch we rushed back to Lulu to look for the ingredients then by 4.oo p.m we started with our interesting project. Wah anak dara aku ni ada juak talent nya ya... Unexpectedly with less assistance she managed to complete it by herself. Unfortunately I did not have many utensils so we just made a simple icing.

At Night

Zaleha suddenly called me and invited us to have dinner at Turkish restaurant (yahya's place).
Such an eventful weekend for us. After coming back from yahya we finally finished with our last decoration. Ummphh....boleh lah.