Makan-Makan At Aunty Aini's, Nilai

Its Saturday's nite and my in-laws were around. Azimin and me invite them + my sister-in-law & her family for dinner in Aunty Aini's.

Aunty Aini's is a famous kampung cafe in Nilai and it was in Travel & Living Astro channel. Guest what? This kampung cafe customers are mostly not from Nilai. Yes, people who staying in Nilai and around there are familiar with this place and of course with very friendly couple (Aunty Aini's and Uncle Yeop). I realised that everytime we are there, there are a few tables of customers who are not from this small town (Nilai, Negeri 9).

Aunty Aini's Kampung Cafe is located in between Nilai Old Town and Kubang. After passing the Nilai Old Town, you guys will find a kampung area with old papan house and Aunty Aini's kampung cafe is on the right hand-side.

The famous food? You guys can find kampung food (nogori sembilan foods) and also western.

Recommended Kampung Food:
- Masak lemak cili api (with prawns, daging salai, telur itik, tempoyak)
- sambal sotong
- asam pedas with ikan merah
- kailan ikan masin
- telur asin / ikan masin

Recommended Western Food:
- Lamb Chop
- Pan fried fillet ... ( I forgot the full name but i do attached the pic)
- Sirlion steak ( I hope I spelt it correctly)
- Lagsanea
- speghatti marinara

Recommended Dessert:
- tapai
- ice-cream

Masa bulan puasa pun they do prepare a buffet and kena buat RSVP. Kalau tak, melepas la... And masa bulan puasa, western food tu boleh order lepas pukul 8.30pm jer...

1st Day To Kindergarden

Its suppose to be posted early this year but as usual, due to the busy schedules, tu yang terpaksa di delaykan tu. Somemore, nak tunggu Azimin transfer the pics to his Mac and then i have to transfer it back to my PC (it actually Azimin's PC from UKM. Mine is already become Anggun's...)

Anggun's first day of school to kindergarden was on 4th January 2008, Friday (Nur Iman Educare @ Persada Kasih, ENSTEK) and aku memang berdebar2. Actually, I had to take MC for that day since my leave was not approved by the boss. Just imagine, the rest of them (yang bangsa dia la) semua approved and when I asked why my leave was not approved, the answer was very simpel... "We had approved quite a number of staff's leave. so that, its very difficult to approve yours. We can't please everybody."

I applied for the lrave much more earlier, one month earlier since I was so concern for Anngun's first day of school. I did request them to understand but then they just to me, "you have to make the arrangement". Yes, I made an arrangement. The arrangement was, I took an MC. Padan muka korang, elok2 aku mintak half day cuti tak nak bagi. Langsung MC satu hari. Hari Jumaat pulak tu...

Anggun was ok, tak nangis langsung. May be because her cousin, Abid is in the same school as well. And until now, she is ok and not cause trouble when I wake her up in the morning and balik to my mum's house by school bus...

Luv you ANGGUN...

More Pics @ Shangri- La Putrajaya

This is what happened when the small one wanted to eat like adults... hahahaha... Alam did grab my food!!!

My Sweethearts... ANGGUN & ALAM

The kids do love to stay @ hotel. Masa nie we all pay one night stay @ Shangri-La Putrajaya. They enjoyed it so much!!!

Kawan Lama Part 2

Nak sambung sikit pasal kawan-kawan nie... May be I am a very sensitive person kalau masuk bab kawan-kawan lama nie. Sebab tu, walau macam mana teruk pun 'kawan' buat pada aku, aku tetap tak 'musuhkan' dia. Entahlah, one of my friends did told me for not being TOO NICE to people. Some mentioned that aku terlalu sibuk nak jaga hati orang sampai orang pijak kepala aku. Aku sedar semua tu but entahlah...

I am a person that easy to forgive but very difficult to forget... May be sebab tu, I dont mind jadi best-friend with my x-bf... (To Azimin, I believe you understand what I mean. And that is why I married you...) Tak percaya? I'm not a person yang lepas break, pulang semua barang-barang (konon tak nak ingat lagi kat orang tu), lepas tu delete nombor telefon orang tu (padahal lepas tu save balik guna nama lain, manalah tahu kot-kot dia will call back), and terus tak nak dengar langsung nama dia and apa2 yang berkait dengan dia.. No, I'm nor that type of person...

As a proof, Azimin and me did help HIM (I - bukan nama sebenar) masa dia nak kawin. Yes la, dia datang to me, and I'm in that line pulak kan. Takkan tak tolong walaupun hati tu berbuku-buku dengan si perempuannya yang too demanding tapi budget ciput... Azimin and me helped him from the baju, the pelamin, coordinate hall, sampailah function dia habis... Sikit pun tak ada rasa macam nak tolak dia sampai jatuh kat atas pelamin tu... (hahahaha)

Malam majlis dia tu, menangis-nangis emak dia peluk aku (I told Azimin after that... hahaha) mengenangkan kitaorang yang tak menjadi nie but I was still dont mind helping him with all the wedding stuff... And Azimin yang dok pasang pelamin dia, my mum yang jahit baju songket dia...

Z (bukan nama sebenar as well) pun aku tak pernah benci. Lepas break, we all still kawan. Even i was not able to attend his wedding but at least, dia datang to meet me and bagi card. We were quite close as a friend for the past few years but then lepas tu, dia missing in action lepas I changed my hp number.

Aku pun tak pernah halang Azimin if he want to keep in touch with his friends. Kita semua ada sejarah sendiri and semua itulah yang mematangkan kita bila kita mula buat pilihan. Sebab sejarah dulu-dululah yang buatkan kita mula menilai dan tahu apa yang patut dan tak patut kita buat. Sebab cerita lama-lamalah yang buat kita faham apa yang patut kita utamakan and yakin dengan apa yang kita cari & jalan yang kita pilih untuk teruskan hidup. Betul tak?

Kawan Lama...

Kenapa pilih title Kawan Lama? Mesti ada yang keep questioning why I choose that title, kan? Actually, its something great when we are still keep in touch with our old friends esp yang masa kecik-kecik dulu main galah panjang & batu seremban sama-sama. But, do we?

I would like to thank Friendster for allowing me to keep in touch with most of my schoolmates esp ex-mozac. Thanks to Kyled for telling me that i dah ketinggalan keretapi. Recently, dah tak berapa active sangat with friendster. check pun sekali-sekala jer... But, still checking...

Middle of Jan 2008, I received a sms from someone that i'm not so sure siapa. That person did invite me for her house warming party. after a few replies, then I got to know that she was my x-schoolmate when I was in SKK. SKK? Its Sekolah Kebangsaan Kajang, masa standard 3-6. We're very closed and do keep in touch till my wedding day (that was the last time I met her).

She did invite me for her wedding but that time, I was due to deliver... Receiving an invitation from her buatkan semua cerita budak-budak suddenly came thru my mind. And, masa we were in boarding school (she was in Kolej Islam Klang), we did keep in touch very closely. Semua cerita 'aku suka siapa' and 'dia suka siapa' bukanlah rahsia.

And again, due the some business appointment, Azimin and me was not ablle to fullfil her invitation one more time. Insyaallah, ada rezeki, memang aku nak jumpa dia since dah lama sangat tak jumpa. At least, my other friend, Anis, I do met her a few months after delivered Alam. She was 4 months pregnant for the second baby masa tu... Untuk pengetahuan semua, when we were in SKK dulu, 4 of us very close to each other - Ratna Wati Abd Talib, Anis Yuzie Abd Majid, Rahida Abd Razak and me. Ratna and Anis were in the same class and Rahida and me in the other class. Lepas UPSR, Anis and me went to MOZAC but Anis left MOZAC after PMR.

Penting ke kawan-kawan lama? Up to you guys to answer it. Tepuk dada, tanya selera. But for me, I do appreciate my memories tak kiralah walau sepahit mana pun cerita kita masa tu. Kenapa? Sebab semua itulah yang mendewasakan kita sebenarnya and as a human, I do learn from my experience.

Ada orang kata yang dia tak suka kenang cerita lama yang menyakitkan. But, I'm a person yang berpijak di bumi nyata. Buat apa nak sibuk2 mengenangkan sakitnya hati. kan lebih baik put effort to improve ourselve. Betul tak?

My Dream Car

Everybody has the right to dream what they want to have in life... I do have a dreams. Macam-macam... But, kalau tanya what is my dream car, my answer is this...

This is the latest model of Nissan Murano that I believe akan keluar next year. I got this pics from the some car website. Insyaallah, kalau ada rezeki,... Manalah tahukan?

Setakat hari nie, Azimin & me still use the 'Made in Malaysia' cars... hahahahaha.. Our Wira & Kenari tu memang banyak berjasa kat kitaorang...

My Face - What Do I Put? con'y

Sambungannya...

My Face - What Do I Put

What do I put on my face? I'm not a make-up type of person. Yang keluar rumah sikit2 kena taruk makeup satu inci... No, no, no... I'm a very simple person. Of course if I go for any function tu, make-up la... Depends on the situation. Pergi office, I'm not really put a foundation on my face. Mascara? Only for dinner. Tak pernah lagi pergi office pakai mascara. I'm a person yang selalu genyeh-genyeh mata bila penat. Tak ke haru kalau tergenyeh mascara tu nanti...

Ada a few pics yang tak dapat... shine powder (body shop), moisturizer (garnier), some lipsticks (estee lauder), and foundation (tak tau brand apa sebab beli masa kat london). Selalunya, kalau gie oversea, aku memang borong benda2 nie kat sana sebab murah.

Pernah beli baju kat miss selfridge (is the spelling correct?) yang harganya GBP 45.00 (45 paun). Korang darab la sendiri berapa (the exchange rate was 7.03 masa tu). My boss tercengang tengok sebab masa dia nak beli kasut yg GBP 20.00 (Clark) pun berkira sampai 2 hari...

Aku? Kalau suka, belilah...

My Favourite Stuffs

I received quite a number of emails asking what actually my favourite - clothing, brands, movie, tv show, etc... May be because most of my writting / article concern more about life, grooming etc... Oklah... to answer the questions, lebih kurang macam nie la...

Food - I prefer kampung food a lot esp from negeri sembilan & terengganu. Sebab tu bila kat oversea... Rasa macam nak pengsan. Siap bawak cili sos & maggi lagi. Food, mesti pedas. But, since now tengah undergo healthy diet, so, lupakanlah semua tu...

Baju - Selalunya, I'm happy with t-shirt and levi's jeans. senang... pergi office tu, baju office la. My fav mng, doroothy perkins, topshop. kalau ala-ala corporate sikit tu, selalunya belasah jer. Lagi satu, I prefer Nazleen Noor punya design.

Jeans - Levi's, Guess? & MNG. Sometimes tu, belasah jer apa2 pun. janji boleh pakai...

Perfume - Elizabeth Arden; 5th Avenue, After 5, Provocative. Azimin prefer to buy for me Hugo Boss. Since balik London hari tu, I dah tersuka kat CD & Ferragamo.

Make-up - I'll upload the pics later...

Spa - Serenity Spa (Bangi), Sun Spa & Alun-Alun (Langkawi)

Watch - Swiss Army & Titus

Shoes - Clark & Adidas

Cukuplah yer...

Beautiful Quotes

Some beautiful quotes for us to remember. You guys can take it as a guide, as a motivation and inspiration...

Good manner is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse - ... Jonathan Swift

Exellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labor - ... Sir Joshua Reynolds

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out - ... John Wooden

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need - ... Kahlil Gibran

A thing of beauty is a joy forever - ... John Keats

Look at frustration as a positive thing. It is the frustration that drives you to improve - ... John Lyons

Speaking with kindness creates confidence, thinking with kindness creates profoundness, giving with kindness creates love - ... Lao Tze

There is no element of genius without some form of madness - ... Leonardo DiCaprio

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart - ... John Bunyan

So, renung-renungkan....

What A Miserable Week!!!

Its a miserable week!!! Really, I'm really upset for what happened this week. Of course its about my work @ office. Why? Rasa macam serba tak kena. Buat itu salah, buat ini silap. At the end, aku nekad...

Bonus? Yes, its a bonus week. Tapi, most of us rasa not satisfied at all with the point given. Kerja bagai nak mampus, at the end, this is what we get? Ada a few yang cuba sabar-sabarkan, "just imagine, kalau kita dapat banyak nie, you think how much the security guards dapat?" Sayu nya...

Even aku boleh dikira still 'bertuah' with the point given to me, tapi rasa memang tak berbaloi langsung. not even 1 month. all the hardworks rasa macam... really, i dont know how to express it.

As usual, a day after the bonus, banyaklah staff yang tender their resignation letter. one of them is my immediate Head. I'm quite close to him and rasa upset tu memang ada. We had a short meeting on Friday regarding some admin matters yang sengaja diperbesarkan by some admin people. I dont understand why... They are the one who create the rules and they can simply change it when they think they are tired of it... Its not fair for us. We are handling more than 500 students and its only 4 of us. the same goes to the other department.

As usual, my reaction memang very obvious bila aku tak agree and tak suka with all the non-sense. We all memang rasa serba-salah with the stupid options that have been given to us. Dengan muka panjang 14 inci, we keluar meeting dengan hati yang berbuku-buku.... Tak sampai 5 minit, i received a sms from my immediate Head. It sound like this:

"NOT SURE IF U KNOW - I HV RESIGNED. KEEP TO YOURSELF"

To be sincere, aku memang tergamam. We have spoken about it last few weeks but tak sangka it happen too early. Sayu jugak rasanya sebab dengan dia aje yang aku boleh bercerita and trust.

And dengan apa yang jadi, menguatkan lagi nekad aku. Insyaallah....

Azam 2008

Every year, we will start our new year dengan AZAM. Azam baru setiap tahun. How about azam lama? Dah tercapai? Dah boleh dikeluarkan dari list lama or still kena add into the new list?

Tahun 2008 pada aku is a year for me to all out. It doesn’t mean last year aku tak all out, yes, I did. But, ada few things yang still kena improve…

1. To stabilize Archiforce Invent & Gaia Arts & Gifts.
2. To make a come back for Anggun Maya.
3. To resign from _ _ _ _ (tak lama lagi, insyaallah)
4. To convert Archiforce Invent as a Sdn Bhd company.
5. To spend time with my family @ vacation.
6. To make sure our honeymoon jadi kenyataan (inilah yang tiap2 tahun, tiap2 bulan dicakapkan, tapi tak pernahnya jadi!!!)
7. To get back my old figure & body (nak kurus lah… )
8. To save more and more money…
9. To open an account in Tabung Haji.
10. Lagi satu… Nak menambahkan harta (insyaallah)

I’m planning to bring the kids to experience the snow during the winter time end of 2008. Insyaallah, kalau ada rezeki… Selama nie, kalau pergi (baik Azimin, baik aku) semuanya sebab kerja… Tapi, kalau dapat pergi London masa Summer Sale pun, best gak!!!

Welcome 2008

Selamat Datang 2008.

After 2 weeks of 2008, barulah ada kesempatan nak update blog. A lot of things happened in 2008 even it just started for not even for 2 weeks. Itulah kenyataannya.

My Pak Ngah (Abdul Rani Mohd Nor) kembali ke rahmatullah pada 2nd January 2008 b'coz of lukemia. He was suffered for quite sometimes and sakitnya on off, on off. It started around 4-5 years ago and I was still working in SS 15 Subang Jaya that time. Masa tu, dia tak la seteruk mana, biasa ajer.

Actually, he just got to know about penyakitnya masa tu. Tapi yang sebenar-benarnya,... How should I start? Pak Ngah used to donate his blood and he keep receiving a letter from the Blood Bank, KL, asking him to come over to see them. But, Pak Ngah just ignored it. Not for a few months, but for a few years!!! Until one day, tak tahulah kenapa, suddenly hati dia terbuka nak pergi to see the people in Blood Bank after receiving a letter from them again (after donating his blood again and again).

Masa tu baru dapat tahu yang his blood ada jangkitan lukemia. Dia terperanjat sangat since all this while dia ok, tak sakit apa pun. Kalau nak diikutkan, my dad keluar masuk hospital lagi banyak kali masa tu... And, the Blood Bank asked his to go for check-up @ hospital.

Starting from that time, Pak Ngah mula keluar masuk hospital. Masa tu Pak Ngah still kerja dengan MAS, so dia admitted @ Sunway Hospital. Everything was fine. Masa tu, kalau visit Pak Ngah pun, dia still boleh makan macam-macam, boleh lepak kat lobby hospital sambil hisap rokok. Itulah Pak Ngah...

Bila dah start kimo, Pak Ngah started to look weak and weaker... Sakit datang on off, on off... Lama lepas tu, Pak Ngah nampak ok. After a few years, he still can survive...

Raya Aidilfitri 2007, Azimin & me was in Taiping till the 2nd raya. Third raya, Azimin left for British Invention Show in London,so we all tak sempat raya kat Puchong. Pak Ngah & Mak Ngah, and all relatives from my dad side datang rumah mama on the week itself. Ingat lagi masa tu, news about Azimin @ London keluar dalam The Star and Pak Ngah beria-ia baca...

Before Pak Ngah balik, dia cakap kat my dad,

"Along, hari Rabu depan doktor nak jumpa adik-beradik kita. Ada good news and bad news. Kau datang ye?"

My dad angguk, promised to go...

And lepas tu semua macam biasa. Pak Ngah still ok, macam biasa. Lepas Azimin balik dari London, lepas my dad & adik-beradiknya pergi jumpa doktor, Pak Ngah still ok. We went to Pak Ngah open house lagi...

Lepas a few weeks, Pak Ngah masuk hospital. On off, on off... macam biasa. Keluar masuk, keluar masuk... Kali nie dekat University Hospital, PJ. Banyak kali ayah & mama suruh aku pergi visit Pak Ngah tapi masa & keadaan tak mengizinkan. Macam-macam halangan. Bila time free nak pergi visit, Pak Ngah pulak dah keluar hospital.

The last week of 2007, Pak Ngah masuk hospital lagi. This time, barulah Azimin & me ada kesempatan nak pergi jumpa Pak Ngah kat hospital. Ya Allah, betul ke apa yang aku tengok? Pak Ngah betuk-betul kurus. Mungkin sebab ubat, Pak Ngah looks very weak. Tak lalu makan...

As a human, siapa saja yang tengok Pak Ngah masa tu, memang akan tersentuh hati. Sebelum balik, masa salam Pak Ngah, aku betul-betul sebak. Masa salam Mak Ngah, lagilah... Mak Ngah dah menangis masa peluk aku and bagitahu macam2...

Azimin suggested cuba bawak orang yang boleh ubat cara kampung. In other words, alternative ways selain ubat doktor. Yelah, kita dah berusaha cara moden and doktor dah tak mampu buat apa-apa lagi... tak salah cuba. Lepas dapat persetujuan ayah, mama bagitahu Mak Ngah and Mak Ngah pun tak kisah.

On the new year, Azimin and me brought someone yang we all percaya untuk tengokkan Pak Ngah. manalah tahu, boleh ringankan sakit yang dia tanggung. The person that we know nie, memang dah banyak tolong orang. Masa tu, Pak Ngah macam tahu ajer even Mak Ngah tak bagitahu pun kat Pak Ngah pasal nie. Lepas that person urut kaki Pak Ngah, Pak Ngah rasa lega sikit. Lepas tu, that person sapu sikit balm kat belakang Pak Ngah. Lepas tu, Pak Ngah boleh cakap (tak termengah-mengah lagi).

Pak Ngah tanya Azimin & ayah, "apa yang dia buat kat aku?". Ayah cakap, "sikit aje. Dia urut kaki & urut belakang kau."

Pak Ngah nampak ok lepas urut. Dia boleh cakap, boleh minum... Masa we all nak balik, masa salam Pak Ngah tu, Pak Ngah cakap... "Terima kasihlah Leen. Sanggup tolong Pak Ngah . Bawak orang nak tolong selamatkan Pak Ngah."

Perasaan aku masa tu tak payah cakaplah... Just God know how do I feel that time...

The next day, early in the morning, dalan pukul 5.30am, mama called me. She told me that my dad is going to hospital sebab Pak Ngah sesak nafas. Tak sampai 10 minit lepas tu, mama called me again and bagitahu Pak Ngah dah selamat kembali ke rahmatullah.

Pak Ngah kembali ke rahmatullah dengan mudah selepas azan subuh. Innalillah hiwainna ilaihirajiun.

I went to University Hospital with mama & Weeza. Azimin promised to go later after he done with his work that morning. All the necessary things settled kat hospital dalam pukul 10am. Lepas tu, mayat Pak Ngah dihantar balik ke rumah dia dia Taman Kinrara Puchong. Sembahyang lagi sekali kat Masjid Lama Batu 6 Jalan Puchong (Rumah lama kami semua, tempat rumah pusaka arwah atuk). Dan, mayat Pak Ngah selamat dikebumikan di Tanah Perkuburan Puchong, sama tempat dengan arwah atuk & baba.

Waktu itu, barulah aku dapat tahu yang doktor beritahu my dad... doktor estimated Pak Ngah hanya ada 1 bulan ajer... And Pak Ngah had survive for almost 3 months... All this while, my dad just told us that doktor kata Pak Ngah ada less than 1 year.

And masa dekat hospital (rumah mayat), itulah kali pertama I met anak Pak Ngah (with the first wife before he married to Mak Ngah): Affendi & Vidya. Kak Vidya has married with 3 kids and Abg Fendi still tak kawin lagi. Their mum has her new family and also staying in Semenanjung (masa Pak Ngah married with their mum earlier, they were in Sabah). Abg Fendi & Kak Vidya started to keep in touch & getting closer with Pak Ngah masa diaorg dapat masuk ITM. And bila tengok Nani, anak Pak Ngah with Mak Ngah salam cium tangan abang & kakak dia, I have a feeling that they are a family and accept the fate.

Semoga Pak Ngah ditempatkan di kalangan orang-orang yang beriman... Amin