Selamat Bertunang Ad!

Kalau nasi, dah lama basi dah. Kalau kuih, memang dah jadi kulat. Tapi kalau serunding, masih elok. Berita ni pulak tak tahu lah kategori mana sebab dah hampir seminggu kisahnya. Cuma disebabkan penulis blog dan insan berkaitan cerita ni berapa pada jarak beribu batu, data-data penting tu lambat sikit sampai ;) (Bada, lain kali terus hantar je. Tak yah peram2 heheee..)














Pada Jumaat (25 Julai 2008) yang lepas, adik lelaki Neeza, Mohd Nazri Fuad Bin Ramli (kami panggil dia Ad) yang pertama telah selamat melangsungkan pertunangan bersama Ayu (alamak! tak ingat nama penuh dia laaa), gadis pilihan dari Set1u, Terengganu (Disebabkan Set1u dekat dengan Kelant@n, dia lebih cenderung kaecek Klate hehee..)



Kakak doakan pertunangan kali ni bakal membawa Ad ke gerbang perkahwinan dan akhirnya berkekalan ke akhir hayat. Insyaallah.





Majlis pernikahan dan perkahwinan dijangka diadakan pada 3 Oktober 2008 (3 Syawal) di Setiu Terengganu. Majlis sambut menantu pula dirancang pada 11 Oktober 2008 di Kemaman Terengganu. Semua yang sudi dijemput hadir.

3 tags by Aliya and Akuni

Tag 1. Tag 2. Tag 3.

Tag 1 - reading Aliya's blog a few days back. Shocked that I was tagged. hehee.. It's pretty easy. Benda-benda first time. Selalunya kita ingat (kalau ianya menggembirakan lah selalunya...)

1. 1st time naik kapal terbang - Tak ingat the exact date tapi tahun 93 kot. Ada educational excursion ke Egypt. Naik Royal Brunei. Memang jakun giler. Pindah seat sampai 3 @ 4 kali rasanya sebab orang tak ramai. hehee.. sabar aje la.
   
   
2. 1st time beranak - 18 July 2000 at 8.00am, keluarkan Sophea Binti Shahril (ikut tingkap la tapinya - C Section)
   
   
3. 1st time pergi overseas - Masa sekolah rendah tapi tak ingat tahun. Pergi Golok. Oversealah tu kan heheheee...
   
   
4. 1st time duduk jauh drp family - kalau jauh dari family yang melahirkan, start dari 3 bulan lah rasanya sebab umur 3 bulan, arwah nenek ambil Neeza dan besarkan di Kelantan. Aci tak gitu?
   
   
5. 1st time kerja - ehemmm... memang tak pernah kerja masa sekolah. First time ialah masa belajar di US. Buat part time kerja jadi waitstaff (ala ala waitress lah). Best sangat sebab dapat bergaul dengan kawan-kawan dari seluruh dunia. Yang paling best masa dapat gaji setiap 2 minggu. Sebenarnya allowance yang Neeza dapat cukup tapi sebab semangat bershopping dan travel ni tinggi melangit, kenalah cari duit tambah :P
   
   
6. 1st time rasa diri gemuk - Masa sekolah menengah especially di Kuantan, memang badan naik bagai di pam-pam rasanya. Maklumlah, selera makan banyak. Makan pulak 6 meals per day. Lepas tu petang-petang bantai ice-cream aje.. Bila tengok dalam gambar, nampak sangat muka chubby huhuuuu...
   
   
7. 1st time bercinta - bercinta tu apa yek? entahlah....
   
   
8. 1st time rasa diri cantik - tak perasanlah pulak sebab tak pernah rasa cantik pun. Tapi, Alhamdulillah... bersyukur dengan pemberian Allah..
   
   
9. 1st time masuk cinema - masa Darjah 3. Ayah bawak kami sekeluarga tengok cerita 'Mekanik'. Susan Lancaster dan Azmil Mustafa berlakon.
   
   
10. 1st time admitted in hospital - Form 2. Jumpa doctor sebab sakit perut. Dia suspect appendix. Kena duduk dalam 2 hari kot. Padahal takde apa pun. Kat bed sebelah was my ustazah masa Darjah 6. Kesian dia sebab alahan teruk akibat pregnant.
    
    
    

Untuk tag ni, Neeza nak tag kawan-kawan di bawah. Harap sudi buat tag ni ya :)

1. As
2. Lieyn
3. Liza
4. Manje
5. Miss Cloudy
6. Nadia Yuna
7. Noniey
   
   
   
   

Tag 2 - Brillante Weblog from Akuni




The rules of accepting are as follows:-

1) Put the logo on your blog.
2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4) Add links to those blogs on yours.
5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

I forward this award to:

1. As
2. Lieyn
3. Liza
4. Manje
5. Miss Cloudy
6. Nadia Yuna
7. Noniey

Tag 3 - Kreativ Blogger from Akuni

Ok, here's the rules :

1. The winner may put the logo on her blog.
2. Put a link to the person you got the award from.
3. Nominate 7 blogs.
4. Put links to the blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees

I forward this award to:

1. As
2. Lieyn
3. Liza
4. Manje
5. Miss Cloudy
6. Nadia Yuna
7. Noniey
   
   
   
   

Singgang Ikan Kembung + Budu

Nasi Putih Panas
+
Singgang Ikan Kembung
+
Budu
+
Cili Api
=
Nostalgia masa kecik ku!!

Semalam Neeza 'agak rajin sikit'. Sebenarnya dah lama sangat kami sekeluarga tak pergi pasar beli ikan atau seafood lain-lain tu. Asyik makan ayam, daging, ayam, daging. Badan pun naik berlemak. Di sini, kami beli ayam dan daging di grocery store (ayam dah siap proses - kerajaan sini tak benarkan sembelih ayam di tempat penjualan). Kalau nak beli ikan, kena pergi pasar ikan (kat tempat lain). Pasar ikan sini bersih dan yang bestnya, kita boleh minta penjual tu siang (bersihkan) ikan tu wlaupun ikan tu kecil. Tapi tak termasuk ikan bilis lah hahaha!! lawak la tu..


Pada hari Sabtu (malam), kami pergi ke pasar membeli ikan, udang dan sotong. Ketam tak beli sebab dah selalu makan kalau pergi P@ttaya. Diorang letak ketam dalam tomyam. Borong lah kiranya untuk seminggu (atau 2-3 minggu - kalau malas masak hehee..). Sebelum tu, nak share sikit harga ketiga-tiga jenis lauk yang dibeli tu(nak tengok sama tak dengan M@laysia)

Ikan Kembung Besar (1 kaki panjang) - SR10/kilo
Ikan Merah (Sederhana besar) - SR23/kilo
Udang Sederhana Besar (2 inci panjang) - SR26/kilo
Sotong Besar (2 tapak tangan - besarnya!!) - SR22/kilo

(Semua di atas telah dicuci dan potong kecuali udang..)

Penjual tu ada cakap, harga ikan dan udang mahal sikit sekarang. Musim orang tak ke laut kot. Tapi ikan kembung tu harga biasa rasanya. Sebelum ni pun macam tu lah harga dia. Tak pernah berubah.


Balik rumah, simpan dalam peti dan tidur! Esoknya (semalam - Ahad), dengan semangatnya Neeza mengerjakan sebahagian (bukan separuh) daripada lauk pauk tu. Ada beberapa jenis lauk yang Neeza sediakan (mengikut permintaan anak-anak dan suami). Tengahari tu, terasa sangat nak makan Singgang Ikan Kembung cicah budu. Ikan tu cicah budu yang ada cili api dan makan dengan nasi yang dibanjirkan dengan kuah singgang. Fooh!! memang mengembalikan kenangan masa kecil Neeza. Teringat kat arwah Mok (Semoga aman di sana. Alfatihah..). Inilah lauk singgang tu pada sesiapa yang tak kenal.

Gambar budu lupa nak ambil. Tapi rasanya semua kenal budu. Pada siapa yang tak makan budu, Neeza tak kecil hati. Biasalah tu. Ada benda yang kita makan. Ada benda yang kita tak makan. Macam Neeza, memang tak makan ikan sungai. Memang tak boleh masuk dalam tekak ni. Manusia berbeza-beza kan.


Anak dara Neeza, Sophea makan kuah singgang ni juga, tanpa ikan. Sobhan, suka juga singgang tapi tengahari tu, mood dia tak nak singgang. Dia makan ini dengan nasi.

Sambal Udang

Pada sebelah malamnya, kami makan lauk-lauk diatas bersama lauk tambahan seperti dibawah. Habis licin nasi. Yang tinggal cuma air asam dan ikan kembung singgang tergolek-golek tanpa kuah (dah dihabiskan 2 anak dara dan Shahmey si teruna)

Kembung Bakar

Air Asam

Kacang Buncis Goreng

Hari ni nak masak apa ya? Hmmmmm.... ;)

hey! the weekend wasn't that bad, indeed..

From top left (clockwise): the bridge from S@udi to B@hrain, the globe with B@hrain's flag at the background and the signage when we reached B@hrain

The phone rang at about 12.45pm on Thursday. I was on bed, sleeping feeding little Shahmey. Alright! I was sleeping actually and Shahmey was sleeping too. Sophea and Sobhan were in the other room, watching tv. As I already mentioned in my previous entry, Abang was working that day, though it was a weekend. What else to do other than sleeping? hehee..

From top left (clockwise): my 3 hungry and tired kids, Ryan's (Liza & Joe's son), Liza, myself and our kids and little Shahmey with fresh dates

The sleepyhead picked up the phone. I saw the number. It's Abang. Oh dear! Abang wanted to come back for lunch? I hadn't prepare anything yet. No! No! It can't be that. Usually Abang would come back at 11 for lunch. I answered anyway.

"Hello bang.."

"Tido ke?"

"haah.. tak larat. Masak pun belum."

"Tak payah masak lah. Makan roti je... ni.. Joe ajak pergi Bahrain esok. Nak pergi tak?"

"Esok? Bukan hari ni ke? Tak bermalam ke?"

As usual, the question was followed by bunch of other questions (a typical me!).

"Taklah.. pergi balik hari je."

"hmmm.. okaylah"


I continued sleeping for a little while. Actually, my head was spinning when I answered the phone abruptedly. So, I had to rest to let my head went to normal again (alasan nak tido je tu sebenarnya...).

Pictures: Ripen dates and the picture of B@hrain Kings? (I'm not sure)

We went for groceries after Maghrib prayer as Abang asked me to prepare some food for the trip next day. I decided to make sandwiches. We rushed home. I was thinking to get the sandwich done that evening and put them in the fridge but I was too tired and my head spinned. I went to bed quite early that night.


The next morning, I woke up (not that early though), got myself ready and prepared the sandwiches. We left home at 7am and met Joe and Liza about half an hour later at Kh0naini Gas Station. We continued our journey with Joe leading us up to Bahrain (Joe seems so familiar with the way). Abang never been there. There's no way he could lead the way unless he has gps navigator or g00gle earth with him.

Marvelous dates but nobody cares (located at the parking area)

Our first stop was water park. I'm not sure if the name is water park but surely, there was a green park close to the sea :). The weather was so hot and humid. We're sweating all over but still, we're hungry. We took out our pack food - Liza brought her famous meehoon siam and karipap (yummy!). I ended up eating Liza's meehoon and forgot about my sandwiches. The kids were hungry too. We enjoyed the food but not the weather. I guess, if we were to come again, we would prefer to come during fall or spring.

Unique building - the shape varies depending on where you saw them!

Our next destination was a mall - Manama Mall? Was it Manama or Marina? or something else. I really can't remember. But, it was just a small mall. We moved on to another mall. A slightly bigger but nothing much there. I don't remember the name neither. What a lousy memory!


But I remember the name of the final mall since Joe did specifically mention the name to Abang - Seef Mall. Much much bigger and more choices - a bit like Dh@hran Mall in Khob@r. But of course, it was already late afternoon. Everyone was tired. We didn't get to see much. Furthermore, the prices of items there was not that cheap though they had discounts at many outlets. Well, the price tags shown BD7, BD12 or BD24 but we had to times it to 10 as B@hrain Dinar is 10 times higher than S@udi Riyal. A pair of shoes for Shahmey was BD7 (SR70!). I guess it was expensive. I could get a good pair with only SR30-40, I guess. Heheee.. ummi kedekutttt.... For me, why would we spend so much on something that we can get with a lower price right? I just bought hair accecories my my 2 daughters. They had sale for Cl@ires product (around BD1=SR10 each). Boleh la kan..

My kids - will never be forgotten (we rented a little buggy for Shahmey - penat nak dokong)

The day was getting dark. We headed home. We stucked at the causeway for almost an hour as many cars were queing to go back to S@udi (ramai rupanya S@udi datang merendek shopping di Bahrain).


Overall, I would say, it's a great experience to go to Bahrain (oversea la kiranya hehee) but if we would have some more knowledge about Bahrain, it would be much more exciting. Went to the mall was not our main intention to go to Bahrain actually but since there's no other place to go, mall is the best place to be ;).

Our family of course at the water park

One more thing, that was my first time seeing a note (Bahrain currency with a 1/2 printed on it - 1/2 Dinar). That's what happen I guess when the country's currency is so huge.


My weekend wasn't that bad huh! I sacrificed 1 day and yet I got another day full with a memorable event :).

Not a great weekend..

It has been 3 consecutive weeks (or was it 4?) that Abang had to work on Thursday (Thursday and Friday are our weekend in Saudi). The plant (Abang's workplace) is in a process of starting up. Supports are needed from each department to ensure the start up process is running smoothly (I hope I'm saying the right thing about the plant hehee..).


Currently, my kids are on school vacation for 2 months (July and August). You can imagine how haywire my house with the kids around 24/7 huh! Partly, it is good for me since I have somebody to take care of little Shahmey when I feel like sleeping taking a nap especially now when my health condition is not that good.


Having the kids around meaning I've to make sure the kitchen is equipped with food to eat. They would go to the kitchen every 1/2 hour I guess (after feeling tired of sepahkan rumah playing) and look for something to munch.


Usually, I would prepare breakfast and lunch for them. Today, which is supposed to be a weekend, I didn't feel like cooking. Not feeling well plus I've no idea of what to cook. My brain goes dry hahaha!! This morning, I requested Abang to purchase some donuts from one of the donuts outlets in Jubail. Oh well! We just have 1 outlet here - H0use of Donuts. Kinda tempting after seeing the donuts in As blog's recently, actually ;). According to As, they have more choices in the morning.


So, I told Abang to go there early morning since many varieties are available. Since Abang didn't need to rush to work (no morning meeting since its weekend), he went to get the donuts before proceed to work. Here they are! By the way, 1/3 already been eaten by the blog writer and her husband hehee..

"Orang tu kata, kalau nak lagi banyak choice datang pukul 3 pagi.."

Abang told me while smiling (pandai nak perli kita yeee..).


Finish about that. Now, my mind is still thinking about durian and rambutan. Many blogs are showing those 2 fruits since its the season in Malaysia now. I saw rambutan being sold here before but the condition... oh dear! I think I'd prefer to buy rambutan in a can than eating that kind of rambutan. Rupa macam rambutan dah sebulan 2 minggu petik terbiar kat luar! Camana agaknya? Some more, they were so damn expensive. I think, they cost more than SR10 for not even 10 pieces of rambutan! tak terliur pun tengok. But, they don't have durian at all here. May be it's too far away busuklah nanti kapal terbang bawak jauh sangat kan. Perhaps they have durian in some other places but not Jubail. I know definitely it won't be durian kampung as durian kampung smell 'so nice'. I don't want durian kawin/siam/kacukan. I want Durian Kampung/Bukit. Yummy!!


Since I've no picture of durian and rambutan, I'm gonna put a picture of this.



These are plums and cherries - came from Syria but sold in Jubail hehee.. Sure takde sape yang terliur sebab durian dan rambutan lagi sedapppp!!! uuuwwwwaaaaaa!!!


heheheeee!!

Updated links

Salam semua. Sebenarnya Neeza masih belum sihat lagi. Dapat batuk pulak. Tapi biasalah, penyakit ni tiga serangkai. Bila sakit tekak, datang selsema. Lepas tu batuk. Kalau teruk sikit lagi, dia jadi demam. Takpelah tu. Semoga dosa Neeza kurang sikit dengan sakit ni. Tapi dosa kurang, kalau kita tak ungkit kan. Ish.. takpelah, stop cakap pasal tu lah.


Akhir-akhir ni, ramai pulak yang bertanya, "camana nak buat 'Updated' pada links?". Malu sebenarnya nak cerita sebab Neeza pun belajar dari orang dan Neeza tengok ramai sangat dah buat benda ni. Tapi mungkin Neeza tak perasan yang ramai blogger baru macam Neeza juga sebenarnya. Jadi, apa salahnya berkongsi kan..


Ikut step ni ya. Oh ya, kalau tak faham, jangan segan tanya. Tak marah pun. Pengeras pun takde. Tapi, kalau ada yang nak bagi, boleh juga. Pengerasnya ialah, Buah Durian Kampung / Bukit Sebakul (durian kacukan tak nak aaaa) dan Rambutan Kampung yang masak ranum sebakul! sila hantar sekarang juga.. hehee.. rindu nak makan durian dan rambutannnnnn!!! hehehe.. melalut lah tu. okaylah.. stepnya dibawah ya..

1. Click icon 'by blogrolling' dibawah link di blog ni ataupun, masuk ke http://www.blogrolling.com/ nanti akan dapat page yang ada icon ni
   
2. Perhatikan perkataan 'Navigation'. Dibawah tu ada pelbagai pilihan untuk dibuat. Since belum ada account, click 'Create Account'.
   
3. Registerlah seperti biasa menggunakan email address masing-masing ya.
   
4. Nanti, dia akan mintak confirmation pada email (kalau tak silap lah). Then, confirm saja lah. Then dah start boleh create blogroll (links). Banyak group pun boleh buat.
   
5. Cara nak create link tu ialah 'login' menggunakan ID yang di create tadi. Then, click 'New Blogroll'. Nanti akan keluar 1 page yang dia mintak kita namakan blogroll tu. Itu untuk pengetahuan kita saja. Tak akan keluar pada blog. Boleh lah create 'kengkawan ku', 'family ku' ataupun 'musuhku' hahahah!!! Pendek kata, suka hati lah nak namakan apa2 saja. Itu utk bezakan group saja. Setiap nama tu nanti akan terjadilah group yang berbeza.
   
6. Lepas tu, type lah link yang digemari itu pada group yang dah di create tu nanti.
   
7. Dah selesai type links tu, dapat kan 'code' (benda ni ada pada setiap group yang dicreate). Code ni dalam html. Jadi, pada blog masing-masing, buat lah 'Add Page Element'. Then ambil yang ada 'html' tu. Copy paste. Letak lah code tu di kedudukan kesukaan anda.
   
8. Khalasssss (selesai).

Senang kan! Kalau ada masalah, tanya aje. Email pun boleh di neeza_ramli@yahoo.com Selamat mencuba :)

take a break!

my throat sores
my nose blocks
my head aches
my body feels so weak


it is a sign
a sign for a break
a break from a busy world
am I busy anyway?


I need a time off
my conscience tells me to rest
take some pills and sleep
and wake up when I feel better


but!


am I able to sleep?
when my body feels so weak?
when my head aches?
when my nose blocks?
and when my throat sores?


I know this is a test from Him
I know this is how the challenge comes
I know I could be 'better' by getting sick
I hope this break is worthwhile


Ya Allah,
please give me some patience
for I need it the most
Thank you Ya Allah..
Alhamdulillah...

Sepakat membawa berkat

Hehehe.. saja je gempak dengan tajuk tu. Sebenarnya semalam ada jamuan di teratak kami. Memang semalam birthday Sophea. Kalau ikutkan hati, bukanlah nak celebrate sangat sebab badan tak berapa larat. Ingatkan beli cake saja cukuplah dan kami ambil gambar kenangan aje satu family. Tapi Sophea kata,

"tak aci lah Ummi. Dulu masa Coan, panggil kawan2... Kakak pun nak jugak.."

Oooo.. nak panggil kawan2 rupanya. Dia seronok bila kawan-kawan datang. Dia seronok bila bagi jajan (goody bags) pada kawan-kawan. Budak-budak kan. Bila tengok orang buat, dia pun nak juga. Bila Neeza fikir balik, lately ramai orang baru di sini. Ada diantaranya yang belum lagi kami jemput makan dirumah. Molek juga kalau datang dan berkenal-kenal dengan yang lain-lain. Sambil borak, sambil makan. Lebih menarik daripada borak kosong dan perut kosong. Jadi, terlaksanalah beberapa agenda dalam 1 majlis.


Tapi... hehee.. ops! ada tapi pulak? Tadi kata tak larat kan. Neeza tak larat nak masak banyak-banyak. Apa nak buat ya? Kita lihat siapa yang kena? Jeng jeng jeng... Ada 2 orang sahabat kami di sini yang rajin dan sedap kalau memasak. Siapa lagi kalau bukan As dan Leeza. Neeza plan untuk masak 1 @ 2 benda dan selebihnya cater (order) dari mereka. Kiranya, Neeza bayarlah untuk harga masakan mereka tu.


Setelah berbincang, mereka tak nak pulak macam tu. Mereka nak sumbangkan saja makanan tu untuk jamuan. Neeza rasa tak sedap hati sebab apa yang nak dimasak, especially oleh As tu, banyak. Tak sampai hati pulak kan. Kalau buat makan di rumah As, lain lah cerita. As kata, kira dia kenduri aje lah. Maksudnya As sumbang kenduri (orang utara faham lah kot) dirumah Neeza. Leeza pun gitu. Dia sumbang makanan saja. Tak perlu bayaran. Alhamdulillah. Terima kasih As dan Leeza. Semoga As dan Leeza dimurahkan rezeki oleh Allah. Lain kali Kak Neeza pulak sumbang kenduri ya. Tunggu Kak Neeza sihat sikit hehehe ;).


Jom kita layan gambar-gambar sepanjang majlis. Malangnya tuan rumah lupa nak ambil gambar tetamu lain (dewasa) yang datang sebab sibuk dengan entah apa apa aje. Sibuk makan lah tu agaknya hehehe...

Anak dara En Shahril potong kek yang cantik tapi tak sedap :P serta gambar-gambar dengan kanak-kanak riang

Lagi gambar kanak-kanak riang dalam bilik dua anak dara En Shahril

Anak teruna En Shahril sibuk main senduk hehe..

Jangan tergoda tengok ya. Memang sedap apa yang As masak ni. Karipap dan Seri Mukanya terkenal seluruh Jubail ni..

Sorry sebab tunjuk ni tapi Leeza memang pakar buat meehoon Siam dan puding kastard ni

Yang ni tak payah tengok pun takpe sebab ala kadar saja...

She's 8 at 8.05 am today

My darling Sophea,


you're Abah and Ummi's first child
the first grandchild for Atok and Opah

and the fifth for Wan


you're the light of our life
you're the star in the dark
you're the sunshine in the gloomy morning
you're the rainbow of our heart


the world seems so bright the moment you came to the world
our life is more meaningful with you around
you're the bridge between two hearts
you strengthen our love deep and deep inside


I'm sorry that you have to become our guinea pig
when we experiment many things on you
for we're parents without experience
but we always love you so much


In a way, you're lucky my dear
since you have officiated the ceremony of cutting Ummi's tummy ;)
also, you've got all new items
and not a 2nd hand which is passed from the 1st to the 2nd and so on


It has been 8 years since you're born
you're a big girl now
you've helped Ummi with housechores
you've assisted in taking care of adik Shahmey
you've also caused a headache to Ummi sometimes ;)


Happy Birthday my dear
Abah and Ummi always hope and pray you'll be our anak solehah
to be a good example for your brother and sister
to be a good daughter for Abah and Ummi
also to be a good servant for Allah


May your life be filled with happiness and a bright future ahead...

InsyaAllah...

Blessing in Disguise

Yesterday evening, Abang received a phone call from a new friend, Z who has just arrived in Al Jubail. A few things that they talked about. What I wanted to point out here is only 1 thing. Z requested to have a ride from Abang to go to work in the morning. Actually, he already paid for a monthly pass for a bus ride (it's normal for them here since they've got no car yet). But, according to Z, he's not comfortable with the people in the bus (I shall not describe further here).


It wasn't a problem since Abang's and Z's work schedule started at about the same time, though they work at 2 different places. A tiny little problem is, usually Abang would take a nap (a long nap hehee..) after performing Fajar (Subuh) prayer. Bare in mind that Fajar begins roughly at 3.20am and ends roughly at 4.50am at the moment. His official office hour is at 7.00am but he can come a bit later and go back a bit late (flexible plus minus 1 hour). Most of the time, he would take a long nap and woke up about 6.15am. Also, most of the time, he had to rush to work since he had to attend a morning meeting at 7.15am. Many times he was late to the meeting. Of course, it's not a wise thing.


If he had to give a ride to Z, he had to leave early from home which also mean, no more nap after Fajar! Hehehe.. He told me, "it's a blessing in disguise..". I agree because sleeping after Fajar is actually not good for health (am I right?). I don't have any fact to support but I heard about it from a few people. Besides, he could arrive early at work and come back early. Today, he was really early. He's already at work before 7.00am. Bravo Abang!!


Talking about blessing in disguise, an undesirable incident had occured to me and my family (our property actually) a few days ago. Our house in Ktn was broken into and that was informed by our tenant, En M. When the thing happened, En. M was away on vacation. The burglar (or may be burglars) had stolen some of our staff like Abang golf club (an old one), vaccum cleaner (quite new but not that expensive), amplifier (that Abang bought when he was in States - we never use it anymore), Abang's work related file (?? I wonder why they took that), my kids' toy box (toys must be everywhere :( in the house), torch light (a tool to help them stealing I think), dinner set and glasses (nak jual ke nak pakai tu?) and a few other small items. Some of the tenant's stuff also were stolen (I'm sorry En. M).


The burglary was the 2nd time actually. Before that, the thief only took our DVD player (we bought it 6 years before) and a bunch of keys. Luckily the keys were not the keys for that particular house. That first time, the burglar broke into using the front sliding door. En M then bought new padlocks for all doors. This time, the burglar broke the padlock's hook (the place we put the padlock) at the kitchen's door. It was a bit dark there actually. What a thief!


It was a night of troublesome to En M since he had to go to make a police report and would only able to sleep at about 5am! Thank you En. M for informing me about the incident and thank you for taking care of our house. Also, I'm sorry that it occured to you (hopefully you don't change your mind about staying there longer... hehee).


I was kind of uneasy and sad thinking somebody, illegally had entered our house and stolen our stuff. Abang took it positively. I'm so uncomfortable when thinking about it. But I would take it as a test for us. Perhaps, it's one of the ways to 'clean' our property. So many possibilities that we don't know. Only Allah knows best. Like Abang said, there'll be blessing in disguise. Insyaallah...

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Oopss! Let's look at our menu for yesterday and a day before (jamu mata je lah ye..)

Homemade Nasi Lemak with banana leaf (beli di Khobar)

Mee Hoon Soto (saja tukar selera - jemu lah nasi everyday..)

I won't attach any recipe here. They'll be in my recipe blog, My Magic Pots and Pans.

Lidah tak bertulang

(Nada dering)

"Hello.."

(Senyap)

(Talian diputuskan)

(Nada dering lagi)

"Hello.. siapa ni?"

(Senyap)

(Talian diputuskan lagi)


Selang beberapa hari kemudian.

(Nada dering)

"Hello.."

"Hello. Siapa bercakap ni?"

"??. Siapa di sana?"

"Awak kenal Zainal tak?"

"Hmm.. kenal. Kenapa ya?"

"Macam mana awak kenal dia?"

"Saya kenal dia semasa company saya ada buat lawatan di Kuala Kangsar. Kebetulan dia datang ke tempat pameran kami. Kenapa ya?"

"Sejauh mana hubungan awak dengan dia?"

"Saya anggap dia sebagai kawan saja. Lagipun, semasa dia ke gerai pameran kami tu, dia ada bagi business proposal. Jadi, saya bagi lah contact number. Dia ada telefon saya. Macam tu ajelah. Boleh saya tahu, siapa yang bercakap ni?"

"Saya isteri dia."

"Oooo.. isteri dia. Ada apa-apa yang saya boleh tolong ke kak?"

(Senyap seketika)
(Suara seakan-akan menangis)

"Awak tahu tak. Baru-baru ni saya ternampak sms Zainal untuk awak. Saya tanya dia awak ni siapa. Dia kata takde siapa siapa. Cuma rakan business. Saya tak percaya. Saya cuba untuk telefon awak."

(Cuba ingat kembali)

"Ya.. ada beberapa hari lepas, saya ada terima panggilan telefon tapi takde sape bercakap pun"

"Akak lah tu. Kali kedua akak nak telefon, Zainal bagi kata dua pada akak. Dia kata 'kalau awak telefon juga, jatuh talak!"

"Hah???!!! Takkan lah sampai macam tu sekali?"

"Iya.. sebab tu lah akak nak tahu apa hubungan awak dengan Zainal"

(Diam seketika)

"Kak... macam ni lah. Saya anggap Zainal tak lebih dari kawan biasa. Saya tak tahu lah dia anggap saya apa. Tapi, saya dah ada keluarga kak. Saya dah kawin dan ada anak. Saya sayangkan keluarga saya. Saya pun tahu Zainal dah ada family. Dia pun selalu cerita pasal akak dan anak-anak. Tak pernah pun dia cerita buruk pasal akak. Semuanya baik-baik. Dia selalu bagi tahu akak banyak berkorban untuk dia"

"Tapi... kenapa dia buat akak macam tu. Sampai nak jatuhkan talak pulak. Akak pun tak tahu apa status akak sekarang"

"Astaghfirullah... saya pun tak faham. Kenapa sampai macam tu. Macam ni lah. Akak nak saya call dia dan tanya ke?"

"Tak! Tak payah! Awak jangan call dia lagi. Akak nak bagi tahu. Janganlah awak buat macam ni lagi. Jangan lah ganggu rumah tangga orang."

"Aik! Sejak bila pulak saya buat macam tu?"

"Kenapa awak layan dia?"

"Kan saya kata tadi, saya anggap dia kawan saja. Tak lebih dari tu"

"Takpelah. Sekarang saya nak minta satu benda dari awak"

"Apa dia kak?"

"Awak jangan sekali-kali telefon dia lagi. Hal akak dengan Zainal, biar akak yang uruskan. Boleh awak janji dengan akak macam tu?"

"Baiklah kak. Saya pun tak suka lah dengar kalau akak dan Zainal sampai macam tu jadinya."

"Okaylah ya. Awak ingat ya. Jangan contact Zainal lagi. Awak jagalah keluarga awak baik-baik. Ingat pesan saya. Tolong jangan call Zainal lagi sampai bila-bila. Assalamualaikum"

"Waalakumsalam.."


Mudahnya lidah berkata-kata. Hidup bersama selama berbelas tahun tiada erti ketika syaitan merasuk jiwa. Sememangnya talak adalah hak milik mutlak suami tetapi mengapa ianya dianggap satu senjata ugutan?


Baru-baru ni, ada 1 kes artis diceraikan oleh suaminya ketika dia sedang mengandung 3 bulan! Mengikut Islam, haram bagi lelaki menceraikan isteri yang sedang mengandung. Walaupun begitu, ianya sah. Maknanya talak telah pun jatuh.


Dihati lelaki berkenaaan, tidak kah dia terfikir wanita yang diceraikan itu sedang membesarkan zuriatnya sendiri? Apalah dosa anak kecil didalam perut siibu itu sehinggakan tidak dapat menerima belaian seorang ayah ketika masih didalam kandungan? Selalu kita dengar, untuk mendapatkan seorang anak yang baik dan sihat, kandungan perlulah sentiasa dibelai dan dipupuk dengan kata-kata positif oleh kedua ibu bapa. Tetapi, sekiranya ibu bapa bercerai, tinggal lah siibu yang terpaksa mengusung kandungan kesana kemari dengan hati yang luka.


Manusia sungguh mementingkan diri sendiri. Asalkan hati puas, sanggup buat apa sahaja. Langsung tidak terfikir sebab dan akibat. Perjanjian yang dibuat pada hari pernikahan dilupakan sekelip mata, hilang bersama nafsu amarah. Kasih sayang yang dicurahkan sebelum itu langsung lenyap bersama kenangan baru yang belum tentu menjanjikan kebahagiaan.


Semoga kita tidak termasuk didalam golongan orang-orang itu...

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Baiklah, lupakan seketika cerita di atas. Di sini, Neeza nak share menu hidangan semalam dengan semua bermula dari breakfast (minum pagi) sehinggalah ke dinner (makan malam). Hehehe.. semalam terlebih rajin. Rajin masak aje la. Mengemas rumah masih malas.. *tutup muka*

Mari kita lihat. By the way, hanya gambar-gambar saja yang tertera sebab Neeza bercadang untuk memuatkan semua resepi didalam blog masakan yang akan tiba tak lama lagi. Kalau Vitamin R banyak, cepatlah muncul blog tu. Kalau tidak, malam sikit la kot.. hehehh..


Shakshuka ni tak tahu lah masakan arab ke, pakistan ke ataupun Iran. Tak pastilah. Tapi, yang ni memang yang selalu dijual di kedai makan di sini. Ianya dimakan bersama roti yang macam roti hot dog tu.


Di bawah ni masakan yang dimasak semalam tapi hanyak dimakan semasa dinner sebabnya... baca lagi dibawah..






Sebabnya, 2 masakan dibawah ini yang dimasak pada hari sebelumnya masih banyak. Jadi, Neeza dan anak-anak perabihkan masakan hari sebelumnya lah. Masakan semalam, makan semasa dinner. Yang tentunya, masakan semalam juga akan dimakan pada hari ini. Begitulah adanya. Masak sikit ke, banyak ke, memang tak pernah habis. Mesti akan carry forward ke hari berikutnya. Kadang-kadang sampai berhari-hari. Yang tukang perabihnya Neeza la sebab anak-anak dan suami biasanya tak nak makan dah kalau lauk tu dah banyak hari sangat. Nak buat camne.. nak buang sayang. Tak baik membazir kan...

That's what friends are for...

I've got 2 entries in the same post today. Its about friends. Having friends in life is a wonderful thing. Good friends would make you happy and appreciated but not so good (bad? mean? take advantage?) friends would give you a lesson to learn. Life is a process of learning, I suppose...


A few days ago, I've got a friend who's life was in a bit misery (only a little and I think he's much much better now) due to something. Though I never met him personally, I could sense his uneasiness about 'the issue'. Hehehee.. some of you must be very eager to know who's the guy and what's the issue. I'm not gonna elaborate more though (care to read more, you may visit his blog)


All I wanna say here is, I am so honored with the award that he presented to all his concerned friends. What would you say if you receive the above award?

Touched?
Appreciated?
Thankful?
Never thought of it?
Delightful?

Perhaps, all of the above and plus some more. Thank you 13may for the award. I never thought simple words from your readers are meant so much to you. May Allah bless you. Do continue with your writing coz' they're the reasons why many of us always made it a point to go to your blog and can't wait for the updates. Forget those insults coz' they don't make you any stronger. Remember those who appreciate coz' they're the one who will make your life cheerful..


Again, thanks so much 13may!

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I've talked about good friends will me happy. I should say, Alhamdulillah... Though we have a small community in Al Jubail, each of us is concerned about each other. In fact, they are really thoughtful. Whenever someone throw a party, each of us will be invited (of course I refer to a party and get together - it doesnt mean, whenever they cook, they have to invite all of us hehehe.. pengsanlah tuan rumah cam tu)


2 days ago, we have a get together at Leeza's house. There's not special occasion. She decided to invite everyone for dinner buffet since we've got new members in town (a family of MN).


The host (Leeza) had prepared Plain white rice with so bunch of food. As also brought some desserts. Kak M brought something too. Oh dear.. the table was occupied with food! I think picture below would describe the evening better ;)














Wahhh!!!! That makes me hungry again... hehee..


I've got to taste the Sup Merah (originally from S'pore but was cooked by a Johorian). Too bad, I can't show you the scrumptious Kuih Seri Muka by Chef As. I only remembered to take picture when the dinner almost over. I guess I was so excited to eat the food until I forgot to take pictures.. hehehh..