1 SepT 2011

No, that is not today's date. It's actually the date of my marriage anniversary. The fourth year we have been together. Together?!! Heh.. we still are not able to live together. Thanks so much JPN. We salute you and support you all the way!!

Anyway, this year, our anniversary was during Raya Aidilfitri holiday. Because of that, we were able to celebrate it on the dot. We had dinner at Garden Cafe, One Utama. That was our 1st time dining there. We always pass by the cafe, but never intend to stop and check it out. We always thought the price must be expensive. But I've read in blogs about this place. The price is quite reasonable. 

This time round, Yus and Mak joined us. Camerawoman available! =D They were with us because they came to KL for an engagement ceremony. Edi's cousin got engaged on the same date as our anniversary. We can't just dump them some where and have our dinner together. It was fine dining for the 4 of us. 

Let's enjoy the picture that I've uploaded in my FB account ages ago.

The prove.. =P

Mak asked us to main suap suap..

Yus is actually showing off her new handbag.

My drink, soda peach

Mak's spaghetti marinara

Yus's sandwich

Edi has always been a fan of ribs

I like to eat salmon.

The accidental dessert

Happy with the dinner

Let's go home

aiDiLfitri saNa siNi..

This year, I celebrated Aidilfitri for 3 days only. That is what I get when I celebrate in Taiping. Looking at the brighter side, it's fine because I won't get tired. If celebrating in Terengganu, I will be going to houses after houses until the very last end of holiday. From dusk to dawn. 

1st day, we went back to Beruas which is mak's kampung. Their relative's houses are near to each other. So beraya situ situ shj. Then we went to Mak Teh's house which is in Bota. We had our lunch there. Funny when a simple lunch becomes finger licking good when you haven't had rice that day. Asyik makan laksa ngn kuih jerk. Later in the evening, we went to visit my elder sister in Ipoh. This is the 1st time we went to her new house. The road to her house is very confusing. We had to follow her from behind until we reached the house. I think if I were to go to her house again, I'll be lost.

2nd day, Edi and I went to our friend's house in Kg Boyan, Taiping. Yana is the only friend available this year. Usually there will be a few more others, but seems that they went some where else this year. After that, we went to Parit Buntar. The journey was tiring. Hectic traffic everywhere. The journey suppose to take about an hour, but because of the bumper to bumper traffic, it took us about 2 hours to reach our destination. We went to Parit Buntar to visit 2 of our friends, but unfortunately only 1 is available.   

Early morning on the 3rd day, we headed back to KL. Edi's cousin, Noi, was about to get engage, so we went to celebrate the kenduri. The kenduri was in Klang. Since we were in Klang, we took the opportunity to go to Rina's house as well. After sms-ing them, we went to the house which is near to Noi's house. After eating Din and Rina's homemade cookies and some drinks, we headed back to Noi's house. Later that evening, we went to One Utama to do some more shopping. Yus and mak did the shopping,  I wanted to as well but there wasn't enough time.  =(

As for 4th and 5th day of the holiday, we didn't go anywhere to celebrate Aidilfitri. We just hanged out at our home and went for dinner, the usual stuff. Time to rest la kut. Edi wanted to hibernate for a week. Pfftt..

Edi's family in grey.

You can't see my butterflies.

1st day.

Smallest Opah.

Sabrina's at Ipoh.

2nd day.

Yana, Kg. Boyan.

Dous, Parit Buntar.

3rd day.

Rina, Klang.

That wEEkenD beFore Raya..

This post is suppose to be about raya already, like everyone else. But I choose not to just yet. Because I haven't finished blogging about before raya. So my raya story/pictures might be a bit late. That's okey cause raya is for a month, right!


The last 2 posts, I blogged about my raya shopping. This post is about the same thing. The difference is that Edi was the one who wanted to do the shopping. As usual, I accidentally bought something for myself as well. Isk. 

Edi wanted to buy a couple of shirts for raya. So we went to IPC because he wanted to go to the Padini Concept Store there. After rummaging through a hill of less-70% shirts there, he finally settled for the 2 shirts that I helped to choose.  

After that we walked around IPC and The Curve. I thought of buying a perfume for Edi which he wanted for so long. But he decided he did not want it at that time. Pffftt.. Since I did not get to buy the perfume for him, that was when the accident happened. We walked in Primavera after that. What do you think happened there?

Of course I bought a pair of heels!!

That night, we had our iftar that Dapur Penyet. I think that restaurant is going to be our regular place. The perks of having your sister-in-law there. We had to fetch her as well because we were going back to Taiping together later that night.

One of the shirts that he likes.

Sandal yg tak jadi beli. Kempunan.

My last purchase for this year Aidilfitri.

This is the heels.. Do you like it?

In front of Dapur Penyet.

raYa puRchaSe..

I'm going to leave you with a photo of what I have purchased for raya. The one that I promised to post. But I'm going to leave you with only one photo. There's suppose to be another one, but I'll post it another time, because the products are not for raya celebration.

I'm going to go back to Taiping tonight, and I worry that I don't have internet connection that will enable me to update my blog. Mind you, if there is a connection, it will be slow. So, I'll blog again when I come back from Taiping. I think I'll be blogging about raya celebration already. There are a few more stories to tell. We'll see how it goes. 

Charles and Keith handbag and purse. Cost me about rm300.

whEre'S mY 2011 rayA bOnus?

I've arrived KL Thursday night. The next day, Friday was my time to shop for raya. I haven't use my bonus yet, so my hands were itchy to spend some money. Ka ching!! Edi took a day off to accompany me to the mall. He wanted to go to One Utama as it is near, but I wanted to go to Midvalley. I wanted to go to Jusco. Yes, One Utama has a Jusco, but it is still under renovation for I-don't-know-for-how-long. 

We went before noon, the crowd was okey. But I can already see some people with office attire here and there. Bos xder laa tuh.. Nk kuar shopping raya gak. I went to Nose, Charles and Keith and Jusco. Surveyed anything that were possible to be purchased. While waiting for me to do my survey, Edi played games on the Ipad2.

After surveying a few drooled items, we walked around first. There was this Ford promotion near Jusco. We definitely had our eyes on Ford Fiesta. Love it!! Berapa kali keluar masuk kereta tu. Duk driver's seat. Duk kt blkg plak. Tgk bonet, tgk enjin. Hahah. But it is just our dream, for now. But I don't know when I'll have the guts to change my car.  

Then it was time for Edi to go for his Friday prayers. I waited for him at the MPH, bought myself this month Ujang, bumper raya edition. Then I did a mini shopping for a while. I surveyed a couple of stuff some more. The price that I found out was to cry for. I need the stuff, I repeat, need, not want, but expensive nak mampus!! What I bought will be blogged in the next entry.

I waited for Edi to come back to make the final purchase. After purchasing everything that I want and need, I was crying inside. Banyaknyer duit habis. I didn't feel that satisfied feeling after every time I shop. Maybe I do need to retire from shopping. Sayang duit wehh!! I didn't get to buy any shoe and the raya perfume that I wanted so much. Budget had ran down a cliff. Next time maybe.

That night, I had to choose where to have our iftar. There goes my big iftar budget. I decided to eat something that is not that expensive. Nasi beriyani buffet at the price of RM29.00 per person. Boleh laa kan? The restaurant is near our house. Before iftar, I thought there were not much choices of food to choose from. Well, it is a buffet. It's suppose to have a variety of food smpi terbeliak mata tgk. Anyway, during iftar, we took a few dishes first. I took soto, fruits and some kuihs. I drank tea. That's it. I was full!! Td berlagak makanan kurang variety. I didn't even eat the main course yet, which is the Nasi Beriyani. After resting the tummy for a while, I took a teeny weeny Nasi Beriyani. Tp lauk nk sumer. I took the chicken. the lamb, the meat and the egg. I just ate about a couple of bites, I felt bloated already. I felt like my tummy was going to burst. Kembang tekak lg. Finally Edi took my plate and finished it for me. "Mmg xley bwk g buffet budak nih", Edi dh start membebel. Isk..

Before shopping.

Actually, I surveyed everything I want, just did not buy it yet.

Satisfied? I don't think so.

Iftar that night at Ruz Aladdin, TTDI.

Dreaming of a car named Ford Fiesta.

Mouth watering soto.

Colorful desserts.

Healthy appetizer.

Scrumptious main course - Nasi Beriyani.

Tagged along.

Can't move already.

Mcm Mcm teRawikH..

Up until now, I only do 8 rakaat for terawikh prayers. I never did more than that, I don't know why. But I do make sure that I never miss the prayer every night. We only get to do terawikh once a year. But of course I do miss once in awhile as I do need to travel back and forth to KL. Ok, back to my 1st point. After 8 rakaat, I would get up hurriedly so that others who want to continue their terawikh can pray in the proper saf. There are others who are moving out towards the doors also. So, this one night, as we were moving in a crowd towards the door, one makcik suddenly stopped and stood in the middle of the stairs to take off her kain sembahyang. Why on earth do you want to do that there?!! Can't you wait for some place with less people? Or can't you stand near the wall instead of at the middle of the way to do that? You know what I did?! Saya dengan busuk hatinya telah melanggar makcik itu. But not until she fell or anything. It was just like I bumped into her. She was okey. Don't worry. I'm not that mean. So anyway, after that, I looked for my slippers to go back home. The floor is always wet because the entrance is near the wudhu' place. Allah Maha Kaya terus bayar cash kepada saya. I nearly slipped because of the wet floor. But of course I didn't fall la. Kalau x, malu laa I. Iskk. There were a lot of people you know.

2nd point. I don't understand these people who want to pray together, jemaah, but always leave empty spaces in between the saf. I can conclude that they are aiming for the fan. Tempat x kena kipas, x laku laa alamatnyer. There will be a few makciks who will membebel supaya penuhkan saf. Then only they move. But still it seems like they don't learn about this. Takkan laa x belajar zaman sekolah dulu. If we are to fill in the saf, we have to move to our right. Bukannyer ke kiri. Like this one kakak on my left today. She asked me to move towards her. I said to her, "Kena gerak ke kanan laa". She chose to ignore my teguran and let the gap be there. For the person behind us to come forward is impossible because the gap wasn't big enough. But you can still see the gap clearly. The reason she doesn't want to move to her right was because she doesn't want to leave her sejadah. If she moved, she will sujud di antara 2 sejadah. I felt like giving her a piece of my mind, " Orang lain sujud atas pasir xder hal pun".

3rd point is similar to point 2. The gap or empty spaces between saf. As I remember I learnt at school, you can move 3 times in your prayers. So, when we have started our prayers, and we need to move to rapatkan saf, it's okey. you can do that. Worst comes to worst, stop praying and move to rapatkan saf. Then angkat takbir again to start praying. X berdosa pun. Of course we can kejar the imam. But the people here don't do that. I don't understand why they keep on praying with the gap. After finishing the pray, after salam, then only they move towards their right to fill in the saf. Lebih rela kekal solat daripada bergerak rapatkan saf. I don't get it at all.

Even I'm a bit angry, I still have a photo. >.<

This is the mosque where I do my terawikh. But this photo was taken during different occasion.

harTa Karun LamA 4..

This is Batu Ferringhi, Penang. Sorry but the beach is not as beautiful as back home.

Langkawi. Mode honeymoon.

When Ghazi was still little, he likes to play with the water.

During one of the raya eve, cousins and I played paint ball. Does this mean, we were fasting at that time?

Trying to jump across a small river ( if that is what you call it) at Ferringhi Beach.

Again, at Pulau Redang. I think I have lost the picture album. Luckily I have a few left that I managed to save from Friendster. Do you still use your friendster?