Farewell little princess...

Condolences to Nurin's family... *Al Fatehah*

I cried reading about the girl in the bag (unidentified at that time). What's going on? What's wrong with the world today?

Parents (and non-parent), please take care of your children.... wait, not just YOUR children, keep an eye on other kids too. Lets go back to 'anak orang pun macam anak kita' creed. Even if you have to be busy body, just be.

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Early this year when I was in Malaysia, my brother called from his office, he had to handle something in the office in the afternoon, so he could not pick up his children, nieces and nephews from school. My nieces and nephews from 3 different families go to the same primary school and they would go to Mak's house for lunch and change for their afternoon Ko-K/Fardhu Ain/Quran classes. I had just arrived home from Kedah that same morning and had a throbbing headache. I was a bit cranky, but I said, OK, I'd go get them. Ten minutes later I was in a car with 6 kids. I drove past my (very) old Tadika Kemas, just next to their school.. and I told them "tau tak, dulu MakCu gi tadika kat situ, MakCu balik rumah jalan kaki sendiri, Tok tak payah pun ambik MakCu kat skolah. Ini.. dah besar pun kena berhantar berambik lagi". Ain, my cheeky niece replied "elehhh.. Makcu nak tunjuk dia berani la dulu tu...".

At that time, I grumbled to myself that my nieces and nephews were too pampered. I thought they should learn to walk home together. Now I take back my words. It is not safe. anymore.

5th Ramadhan

I'm not into roses... but it does not mean I don't like 'em.. saya suka!!!

No food pics so far for Ramadhan this year.. I cooked nothing special and I just couldn't be bothered to capture what I cook/eat but we still have another 20+ days to go, kan.

I ate like a cow for buka puasa today. It was not grass on my plate, thank you but I had asam pedas salmon, udang goreng kunyit, stir fried veggies, telur dadar and finished off with trifle. Yumssss... my flatmates cooked everything, all I did was just goyang kaki in my room and waited for iftar! hehe.. I'm not the cruel step sister flatmate-lah, but these young girls would be uncomfortable if I was around in the kitchen coz they said that I could be a 'fussy mother-in-law' with my gourmet dos and don'ts. Macam lah aku ni pandai masak kan.

Salam Ramadhan

Selamat Berpuasa to everyone... as we enter the holy month, I seek forgiveness from everyone... maaf zahir dan batin.

We'll start fasting on Friday here in Christchurch. I don't know why but I'm so not mentally ready for Ramadhan this year, too much dark spots kat hati agaknya. Gosh.. looking back over the year that passed, I've not been good, banyaknya dosa.

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photo from flickr

My lil bro is now a father to a baby girl (born on 23rd Aug)... I am yet to see my niece's photo. Sometimes I just can't believe my lil bro has grown up to be a man, a husband and a father.

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The prayer of a coffee addict: Dear God, give me the strength to go through the day without caffein!

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Ku mengharapkan Ramadhan
Kali ini penuh makna
Agar dapat kulalui
Dengan sempurna...

Ramadhan Kareem!

"abangs"... and a sad note..

My two favourite stars!

they met in Marseilles

Abang Zek & Abang Dani ;D



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All Blacks vs Italy
76 : 14
A damn good start!

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Received a sad news on Friday. A friend's husband passed away. When I read the news, I was hoping that it was a mixed up info. I could only wished... but it was a confirmed fact.

I texted my condolences, telling her to be strong. That would not help much, would it? I wanted to call, but I really didn't know what to say. Talking to other friends about what happened was enough to make my tears rolling. I can't imagine how she feels and how their little angels take it. May Allah give my friend strength to go through the dugaan.

Al Fatihah to Mazariwan.



Ubi: To family and friends... I may not get to say this to each and everyone of you, probably you'll never hear me saying it, and you may not think that I do... but I love you! really.

Sunny Sunday

Beautiful sunny Sunday. Decided to take a walk through a farm lane that lead to the nearest town with my two flat mates. They must have misunderstood what I meant when I said jom jalan-jalan (lets go take a walk). They actually went for a jog while I, armed with a camera took a sweet time enjoying the view, took photos, checking on wild birds and beautiful shrubs and grass I couldn't name (tak hafal la nama pokok kat NZ nih). I walked slowly admiring the blue sky, neatly trimmed farm shelterbelts, green grass and cottages in a distance. After a while, I noticed that I was left alone. The other two were nowhere in sight. Tak kisah, retilah diorang kat depan cari jalan balik.

I walked past my previous 'home' on my way back and peeped at the garden. I didn't really like living there with a grumpy untidy landlady but things were not too bad for me. At least I never had any loud verbal confrontation with her like what MsChina and MsMyanmar had. I endured her antics as I knew she was suffering from menopausal symptoms and loneliness. She has two sons but none of them visited her throughout my stay. She vented her frustrations at us, tenants, through countless nags and illogical requests that drove us up the walls. There were times when I was so close to snap and say nasty things straight to her face, but I did not do it. I stopped and reminded myself that one day, I might grow old and lonely, just like her. Besides, I still had that kena hormat orang tua creed in my head. A girl moved in the next day after I moved out. I was informed that she left after staying there for a week. I must have had a super-high tolerance for staying there for 6 months... and Ma'amLandlady told me that I was welcomed to stay there again if I want to. Thanks, but no thanks, ma'am.

Now that spring is here, I'm gonna miss the small garden at that house. The tulips, magnolia, daffodils, snowdrops, jonquils, camelias, rhododendrons...you name it, you can find 'em there. All the lovely flowery thingy would bloom in the garden and never failed to get my attention. A short journey of just about 10 metres from the front door to my car would take me more than 5 minutes! Mana tak.. jalan setapak, belek bunga, jalan setapak, tengok bunga, jalan setapak lagi sengih-sengih kat bunga. Aaaanyway... glad that the spring is finally here, bye bye snowless winter.