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hokkaido trip winter april 2013 -- otaru orgel museum

2013-04-23T14:41:00.003+09:00

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こんにちは q(^_~)p

Earlier this month my parents came to Japan. We really had good time and we managed to go to Hokkaido this time! It was really a fun trip and actually was not planned earlier. There's so much to tell about the places that we went but I will start with this place first.

We went to Otaru on the second day of our trip. Otaru is located about 45 minutes (by train) away from Sapporo. Most buildings in Otaru are built by the westerners and were influenced by them. So we can see a lot of design similar to western buildings. In Otaru, we had the chance to went to Orgel Museum. Orgel or Music Box as an easy term to say is famous here in Otaru.

The music box are made locally and it is so interesting to see the mechanical works in the music box. Of course handcrafted music box are expensive, but there are some not so expensive items that can be brought as souvenir. The museum is free and open from 9:00am-6:00pm on weekdays and 9:00-7:00pm on weekends.

I did a keek video for you to enjoy my orgel. Guess the song! ;)

Apr 22, 2013 | My orgel (music box) bought in otaru, hokkaido :) siapa tahu lagu ni? by ahkak121 on Keek.com

So here are the pictures.

the clan

dont mind me.. too concentrate hehe

inside the museum

you can choose the songs that you like

the layout

bird's view

some of the expensive music box! gulp

gulp again!

maybe if we listen to this a lot we can imagine we're in venice hahaha

parts inside a music box.. mind the photog behind haha

Playlists

2013-04-18T20:43:00.001+09:00

One of my friends reveal her workout playlist.. And suddenly I realized I have too many songs.. Hahaha

Nevermind about that

Here is my workout or running songs playlist that usually accompany me :) some are fast beat and some are a bit motivational. Sometimes I just use shuffle to avoid bore..

Share what yours too.. Maybe we can exchange ideas for our playlists

want to or don't want to?

2013-04-10T11:42:00.001+09:00

* السلام عليکم *

こんにちは q(^_~)p

sometimes good genes are not enough, must work harder to get best result..

want to be smart? learn more
want to be fit? exercise more
want to be pretty? take all the supplements and drink lots of water :P maybe a visit or two to some good doctor (heh)
want to be rich? work harder and smarter, take all opportunities
want to be pious? pray more, be humble
want to be wiser? meet more people, go to lots of places (not for shopping)
want to be tested? be a mom! hahahahaha

life is not easy, true.. but blaming genes or something else just because you don't want to work for it is totally wrong

I'm currently in the midst of too many datelines.. will update all the recent trips we had (yeah! trips hahaha)

winter 2012-2013 --- kinkakuji

2013-03-29T10:41:00.000+09:00

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sebenarnya tiap2 tahun kami plan nak ambil gambar masa snow lebat kat kinkakuji.. ce bayang.. temple tu gold.. pastu diselaputi snow tebal.. fuuuhhh.. 2012 snow memang lebat dan tebal.. tapi entah tahun ni tak berapa tebal kat kyoto.. beria kami pi pagi tu sbb snow turun banyak.. tapi tak naik atas tanah la pulak.. tak ada rezeki.. tapi takpe, 2014 ada lagi kan? eh? hahhahhaha..

nak jadi cerita pulak, masa snow turun tu, hari ahad.. hah mantap sangat la kan.. naik bas zass terus p.. bukan jauh mana pun.. rumah --- kinkakuji dalam 1/2hr ja city bus tu..

so tahun ni tiap2 season kita cuba dapatkan gambar cantik2.. mana la nak tau ada rezeki leh print gantung kat rumah mesia nanti..

kinkakuji, kyoto

one for the album.. sejukkkk.. bintik2 tu snow.. cantik kan

peace yo

feeling winter sonata?

byk ikan koi dalam kolam tu..

1 down 3 to go

2013-03-28T11:07:00.001+09:00

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source google -- ni namanya warrior pose.. bagus ok buat ni.. rasa la bonbon lebih mantap hahahaha

mama akui, mama memang lemah sesangat bila orang komen pasal bentuk badan.. ada orang dia tak kisah, katanya biar la gemuk tapi hati senang dan badan sihat.. masalahnya ada ke orang yang gemuk tapi sihat? hmm.. mungkin keajaiban aje la kut kan.. mama nak sihat, fit, bukan gemuk sangat dan bukan kurus sangat sampai cengkung nampak rangka.. no no no.. dan tak nak termengah2 bila naik tangga, tak nak pancit bila kena jalan jauh sikit.. mengeluh bila kena dukung anak sambil jalan (oh yes, I was that person some time ago).. dan bila badan sihat, nak beribadah pun senang.. solat, study, buat kerja rumah (ibadah kan?).. mood swing pun kurang sangat2..

fyi, mama tak obese, overweight pun tidak.. kepada yang nampak jumpa mama since december last year, although i am buncit like that, but i am not obese.. my BMI was still ok.. cuma fat percent tinggi.. sampai harini menyesal tak sudah breakfast croissant hari2 masa winter.. serius.. menyesal.. dan makan nasi ikut sesedap rasa..

so, since 11th March 2013, mama start new.. this time, my motivation is to lower my fat percent and increase my muscle! baca sana, tengok sini, nampak orang boleh buat.. dan ada satu perempuan kat instagram ni, tahun lepas dia obese, tahun ni dia dah lean.. siap boleh terkepak2 buat yoga.. badan dia lagi besar dari mama oih! haih.. that's it.. tak ada alasan dah.. memalukan kalau orang lain boleh buat, pasti aku pun boleh buat kan?

before 11 mac, mama running, swim occasionally dan buat home exercises.. tapi tak ada fokus. jadi bila tak ada fokus, result pun pasti tunggang terbalik kan? scale jadi huru hara, kejap naik, kejap turun. hari kejadian (11/3) mama dapat jumpa personal trainer (it's free since it's part of the gym package) dan kami buat detail analysis.

11 march analysis
height - 160cm
weight - 61.2kg (with gym clothes on)
BMI - 23.9 -- normal
BMR - 1295kcal
fat % - 32.4% ---- haaaa masa ni nak nangis
uneven proportion of waistline
hand strength better than feet --- say what? i run man, run!

nampak gayanya, exercise yang sebelum2 ni tu tak le membantu kekuatan kaki.. so, PT suggest buat weightlift.. dia kata baik build muscle so fat will reduce and automatically weight reduce.. hmmm ok...

so semalam was my 6th visit to the gym -- each visit i have to measure my blood pressure and weight.. and alhamdulillah.. I lost more than 1kg! yeay! finally! the same weight was stagnant for about few weeks already.. sigh.. finally some result!

so how did i do for the last 17 days?

manage calorie intake -- this was the hardest part! believe me! try to consume within 1200kcal was too difficult especially during weekend and trips (I'll have to do few entries about our recent trip)
exercise sampai lunyai badan -- about 1hr each session.. 6x gym yang rasa macam di sayur-sayurkan hahaha.. 30min weightlift and 30mins running (PT adalah gila sbb dia tak bagi lari lower than 8km/hr -- mama cuma mampu bertahan speed tu untuk 10min je.. lain2 min 7.1km/hr)
kalau tak pergi gym, buat exercise kat rumah -- skrg mama follow yogaglo.com dan ikut video yang mama pernah post kat entry sebelum ni

aim mama

weight - 56kg by july 2013

BMI - 21.9

fat % -- less than 30%

dan yang paling penting, nak istiqamah turun.. dan mantain weight.. sambil makan besederhana -- susah woo! tapi tak bermaksud tak boleh kan?

ok, pasni kita cerita jalan2 ek.. i just need to document my progress to see how well i can achieve :)

GAMBARIMASU!

XOXO

balik kampung dec 2012 trip -- karaoke

2013-03-06T14:47:00.002+09:00

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berkurun berjeman tondan dah gambar2 ni terperuk.. dan paling kecewa sebab banyak gegar! haih! tensi! tapi tak kira, nak juga ada entry

so,

masa balik mesia dec lepas, mama sempat juga ada sesi meramas mesra (ahaha) dengan rakan2 sekutu G8 -- tapi tak cukup korum haritu.. jadila, yang mana sempat diramas ku ramas juga.. haha.. those yang familiar dengan blogoshpere, twitterville dan mana hala lagi for sure kenal muka2 ni..

well, ini muka kesayangan2 saya.. <3 p="">
puas la ada sesi membasah tekak.. nanti aku balik kita buat lagi ek.. rindu korang

vain sesama :P

tak cukup korum! huwaaaa

buat ini, buat itu..

2013-02-25T14:28:00.000+09:00

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ada hari, kalau tak sempat nak bersenam, mama cuba juga buat ini kat rumah..

video kedua lagi penting.. video no 1 memang semput bagai hilang nyawa weh, mama cuma follow bila nak warm-up ja.. pastu zass video no 2. kata nak kurangkan lemak sekeliling pinggang kan? jadi kita concentrate lebih la kat situ..

pengakuan.. mama cuma mampu buat 1/2 jalan ja.. pastu al pancit al tak boleh tahan juga haha.. senaman ni memang berpeluh betul.. cuba buat 15 min ja cukup dah macam berlari 30-40minit.. pastu kalori yang dibakar lebih banyak dari berlari.. aha.. bagus kan? pelan2 prektis, nanti ok la tu..

tapi yang penting, sebelum buat make sure diri dan badan kita sihat, takde pitam2 ka lemah jantung uish bahaya.. jgn bagi badan terkejut tiba2 terus buat cardio exercise mcm ni.. maybe yang tak pernah exercise langsung baik buat senaman ringan2 dulu..

mama suka blog kevin zahri.. banyak tips yang dia bagi.. of course bukan semuanya sesuai untuk diri mama, jadi pilih aje la yang mana berfaedah untuk diri sendiri kan? pastu, nak kurus kena jaga makan.. errr.. bab tu memang mama kantoi! haha.. jadi, exercise lebih sikit la.. sambil maintain pengambilan kalori harian.. sebab nak turunkan dari 1200kcal sehari tu hazaaaabbbbbb.. semedang lapar.. pffttt.. nasi pulak tak reti tak makaan.. dah cuba macam2 kaedah tp akhirnya kalah separuh jalan.. sbb tak tahan lapar.. hahaha..

nasihat untuk diri sendiri.. senaman ni untuk diri sendiri.. sebab diri sendiri nak sihat, bukan sebab orang lain.. orang lain hanya boleh tengok, komen, bagi semangat.. tapi hasilnya diri sendiri yang dapat..

XOXO

fano, pinjam tagline ko kejap #adaakukesah ?

Milestone

2013-02-22T09:29:00.001+09:00

Dalam misi nak kurus punya pasal, mama include juga exercise. Nak harap diet? Hmm kirim salam.. Diet semata tak kurus. In fact tak berjaya dah nak turun lagi. Maybe dah sampai limit kut.. Tinggal sisa sakibaki degil yang tak nak turun2 juga (sambil jeling geram kat sparetyre kat perut tu)..

Sebenarnya dalam banyak2 senaman mama paling kantoi dengan berlari. Serius. Asal lari ja nnt tercungap2, pastu sakit kat tepi perut macam cramp (err korang boleh imejin kan?). Tapi sebab rasa jeles membuak2 tengok orang lain boleh lari, maka mama cuba juga la sikit2.. Ambil masa lama weh nak bg stabil larian.. Betul2 mama start istiqamah (tu dia!) bulan oktober lepas.. Mujur la ada adik yang baik hati (u-know-who-u-are) yang selalu teman pergi gym. I is malu2 ok.. Puuuiii hahaha..

Sebelum start ke gym tu ada la juga cuba lari keliling rumah... Tapi byk berjalan la dari berlari.. Haha.. Tak masuk tercungap2, esoknya sakit betis peha, sakit perut alah memacam la mengada2.. Tapi bila tengok video, baca artikel, kawan2 pro marathon (mama tak berlatih utk marathon huhu) nasihat, baru sedar memang la kena sakit sikit, mula dari sikit pastu baru boleh pergi lebih jauh..

Pastu kena jaga pace.. Maybe harini pelan, esok bagi laju sikit.. Lepas seminggu tambah distance.. Push diri supaya pergi lebih jauh.. Reward diri bila perlu.. Contoh beli baju sukan yang berkualiti sikit ka, invest kasut sukan elok ka, beli ipod ka.. Apa2 la kan.. Jadi lebih bersemangat.. Pastu pulak sayang kalau dah beli benda tapi tak pakai.. So jadi motivated gitu..

Jadi, entry harini nak khabar milestone mama.. Finally.. After 4 months yang turun naik.. Ni lah resultnya.. My first 5k! Wohooo.. Moga lebih bersemangat lagi lepas ni..

XOXO

saya dah, korang?

2013-02-21T11:15:00.001+09:00

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boleh muat turun borang dari sini

Insyaallah bakal menjadi pengundi luar ngeara untuk tahun ini.

yang cukup syarat untuk mengundi, mari jalankan tanggungjawab kita :)

XOXO

p/s: ada alasan aku nak p tokyo nanti ni hakhak

autumn 2012 - Ohara

2013-02-20T17:43:00.000+09:00

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Betul2 terlupa ada satu album autumn ni.. satu hari dihujung minggu.. misi, cari gambar autumn yang cantik2 untuk kenangan.. lokasi Ohara, lebih kurang 30min naik bas belakang rumah haha..

Sebenarnya tak puas pusing Ohara, sebab ada banyak tempat dan kami cuma pergi ke Jakkoin temple aje. Mungkin lepas ni pi tempat lain pula dan ambil lagi gambar haha..

Temple nya bersih sangat2, cantik.. gambar pun tak ada nak edit2, puas tengok warna2 daun musim luruh..

ok, enjoy gambar

di suatu kampung di utara Kyoto

ada emak beruang dan anak2 beruang berjalan2

menikmati keindahan bendang jepun

serta bunga-bungaan terakhir untuk 2012

berjalan dan berjalan

sehinggalah tiba ke Jakkoin temple

anak2 beruang lari memecut laju meninggalkan mak dan bapak beruang

bapa beruang yang ditinggal anaknya

anak beruang keriangan

tempat bermain untuk hari itu

anak beruang cuba untuk ketuk loceng dibelakang (ok tipu)

mak dan ayah beruang

keluarga beruang dicelah momiji

anak beruang gembira nampak ikan2 dikolam

mak beruang cuba untuk mengajar anak beruang menangkap ikan?

pemandangan beruang2

hi, kami keluarga beruang :)

XOXO

Dec 2012 - 1 night in Malacca -- chewwaahh

2013-02-19T10:57:00.002+09:00

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Lepas dari gathering dgn kawan2 UTM, kami gerak ke Melaka. Lama dah tak pi melaka, so dah alang2 ke selatan, lajak satu hari ke melaka.

Ptg kami sampai tu check in hotel dulu.. main sempoi ja mujur ada bilik kosong. Lepas rehat2, kami keluar ke kampung Portugis makan seafood as suggested by jed. oih sedap! pasni boleh la pi lagi kalau ada rezeki.

Lepas dinner, kami jalan2 kat Stadthuys (bangunan merah) ambil2 gambar, beli baju tidur.. haha tak cukup bekalan baju bajan.. ala, bukan buat apa sangat pun, tapi seronok sebab whole family jalan2 sama2.. esok paginya kami balik KL dah.. ok enjoy gambar

portuguese grill.. sedaaappppp -- papa kijam, gambar makan mmg mama selalu x semenggah.. aaaaa

anak2 dah syok dpt kipas angry bird

peace

XOXO

2 resipi 1 entri

2013-02-18T10:00:00.000+09:00

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dua2 resepi ni kena masukkan sesiap sebelum terlupa..

1. Beef stew -- versi senang
2. Kari Kambing pakai oven -- pun senang

almaklum, semua versi senang dan boleh tinggal lama supaya boleh buat benda lain.

1. Beef stew

bahan - daging bahagian isi sahaja dalam 200-250gm potong kiub
carrot - sebatang potong dadu tp besar2 sbb stew masak lama so taknak hancur
batang celery/saderi - pun potong besar2
kentang - dadu besar -- mama tak pakai sbb makan beef stew ni dgn mashed potato
bawang putih 2 ulas potong dadu
3 sudu makan pes tomato
2 sudu makan tepung jagung
2.5 cawan stok daging -- takde stok daging bancuh aje kiub pati daging dgn air suam hehe
daun rosemary, parsley -- kalau xde fresh serbuk pun boleh
1 sudu makan sos worchestershire -- takde pun xpe
2 helai daun selasih (bay leaves)
minyak masak

cara2
1. mula2 panaskan minyak dalam periuk, masukkan daging, bg caramelized daging semua bahagian, dalam 5 minit gitu, pastu bubuh daging ketepi.
2. jangan buang minyak yang guna utk daging tadi, masukkan semua sayur2 dan bawang putih, gaul dalam 5 min sampai bertukar warna
3. masukkan tepung jagung, gaul rata
4. masukkan semua bahan lain -- kemudian biar reneh untuk 2.5jam.. mama bagi 2 jam udah.. lapar weh tunggu lama.. api jangan besar.. kalau nak gaul bg rata, biar lepas 1jam.. gaul sekejap ja sebab takut sayur hancur.. sebelum hidang, keluarkan bay leaves..

baki beef stew ni boleh buat jadi shepherd pie..

beef stew with mashed potato -- perfect for winter!

2. Kari kambing guna oven

bahan2 -- isi kambing.. nak kiub pun boleh juga, nak hiris kasar2 pun boleh.. dalam 200-250gm
kentang 2 biji dadu besar
2 biji tomato didadu halus.. kalau nak pakai chopped tomato dlm tin pun boleh tp mama tak mau sbb masam nnt kari ni jadinya
2 sudu makan rempah kari
bawang merah, putih halia kisar halus
kayu manis, cengkih, lawang dan pelaga
daun kari
sikit santan dalam 4-5 sudu makan. taknak santan pun xpe
air dalam 2 cawan

cara2 -- panaskan oven 200degrees celcius
mula2 tumis bahan kisar dgn 4 sekawan dgn daun kari biar naik bau, masukkan pes kari biar sampai pecah minyak, masukkan daging kambing
pastu masukkan tomato, santan dan air, biar sebati, pastu masukkan dalam caserole dan masukkan dalam oven bakar untuk 1.5jam ke 2 jam.. kak TTM kata kalau lagi lama lagi mengancam.. mak tak koser nunggu ye deknon.. lapaaqqqq..

hehe.. try la ek..

regu terbaik untuk weekend haha

XOXO

Last weekend

2013-02-17T11:44:00.001+09:00

Main bowling, makan donburi :) heaven..

The last time aiman main bowling was 2010.. This time both aiman and aidan had fun.. Maybe we should do this often, papa :)

our meals -- aiman n aidan eat a lot

peace!

we managed to get 2 plush toys!

tadaaaaa

our shoes, papa, mama, aiman, aidan

mama in action

aidan in action

aiman did his thing!

papa :)

Mushy romantic novels

2013-02-09T09:50:00.001+09:00

I always have been a sucker when it comes to cheesy romance.. Either movies or novels, I would be stuck in another world and drifted away with romantic lines...

I started reading romance when I was an undergraduate but since working, I tried to read other genre.. But I think I seriouly don't 'fit' other genre type of group.. Maybe because the main motivation from all my readings is that I want to have leisure time. So I kind of prohibit my mind from reading horror books (I always chicken out hewhewhew) I dont want to solve any mystery (let the police do it please) and I am leisurely happy with my life so I dont have to read how-to books related to business (who cares about becoming a millionaire), relationships (am happily having one), motivation (aahhh life always have upside down just try live with it!)

As for religion genre book, I do read some but of course that doesn't count for quran recital right? -- please dont judge

So back to mushy novels.. I think this year I almost over achieved my target of reading a book for a year!! Haha.. It seems that currently I am in a very good mood to read novels and since I have delete some unneccessary bothersome things that I usually do during my spare time.. I.e twittering.. So I have extra time for myself while travelling to and from campus (it's 45 minutes journey one-way)

But..... I think in my opinion, romance novels nowadays is more raunchy than old-school novels like mills&boons, judith mcnaught generations.. These days the focus are more towards submissiveness and a little to-much details revealed during the ehem-ehem (argh u know what i mean) and the novels cover are also more 'direct' and 'bare-all' than those in the old times. Sometimes I kind of hesitate showing my kindle collections (easier choice than printed actually) because people may thought that I read porn books! Huish..

Set aside those things, I still enjoy reading romance and will continue reading those books.. How about you guys? What type of books do you like to read during your spare time?

XOXO

P/s -- i change the arrangement in my kindle collections so I can show you mine.. This is the most mild selections of books from my kindle hehehehe

Have fun weekend!

Sindrom

2013-02-08T15:33:00.001+09:00

Mama ada semua sindrom dalam gambar ni.. Asal malam jadi lagi teruk.. Owhmai.. Bila winter nak habis? Tak gemar winter ni.. Astaghafirullahalazimmmmmm...

Kerja tak siap lagi.. 3 hari cuti sampai isnin.. Hangpa ingat mesia ja ka cuti? Kami pun cotiiii hakhakhak..

K bai

XOXO

--- dalam hati tak seronok.. Sabo je laaa

'ReunitedFKA99' gathering -- port dickson

2013-02-07T11:05:00.000+09:00

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こんにちは q(^_~)p

The plan was initiated by few 'gila2' friends -- which of course include moi as well. It started in the twitterland and we plan like almost a year ahead.. it was totally like a masterplan made well.. hahaha.. since I was far than other admin (owh yes, we called ourselves admin.. self-appointed admin.. kuikuikui) I was just assigned to do publicity and we delegate the work within the 8 of us. Other than myself, we have qatar admin as well as sabah admin haha u know who you are, right?

Since this was our second gathering since graduation in 2003, we already had some experiences when it comes to planning this event. The last gathering was in 2010 before I came to Japan and we had fun playing games, chatting and ate lots of yummy potluck food. The last gathering was held at a lake garden, we brought our own food and it was totally worth the time. This time we decided to have a mini gathering holiday and since most of our friends have families and children, we decided to find a place which is child-friendly and enjoyable.

Together we decide on the place, event, presents and everything. We were blessed to have few friends who managed to organize interesting games, bought interesting presents for the kids and even managed to persuaded/soft-talk whatever we can call it to even get sponsorship! (thank you sponsors...) and the most interesting part, we even had Pesawat band to perform for us! (hahaha -- ok, we admit, one of the band member is our friend.. but who cares..)

Last year event was held in Port Dickson -- Tiara Beach Resort. They have a large waterpark at the hotel and the package include the admission tickets and facilities at the resort. This time we managed to gather about 20 families and this time the crowd was larger than what we had in 2010. Hopefully in 2014 (our next event) we can bring more friends and families and strengthen our ties that we have built since 1999.. insyaAllah.. Hope to see you guys soon and hope the admin (yup, we haven't plan on quitting yet, so you guys have to stick with us.. haha) can plan well and can prepare more fun and exciting activities on the next gathering!

So enjoy pictures (during dinner).. these are from my camera.. I forgot to bring the official photog back to japan.. sigh.. (yes, we had our own photog.. thank goodness for our skillful friend..)

Date -- 15-16 Dec 2012
Theme -- Yellow and Blue -- Together we stay young (say whaattt... haha)

One for the album

Getting updates ek shikin, nisa?

ladies in the house

chat chat chat.. hahaha..

:) friends are like this.. they stick forever!

guys game -- arm wrestle!

couple games.. bottle feed your husband hahahaha

pose is definitely important! haha

winner.. our iron couple.. hanim! :)

ladies game

this kids

love love love

non-stop pose.. haha

part of Pesawat members.. thanks guys..

the guys

our big family.. see you guys again soon

XOXO

btw -- i miss chema and fano.. next time make sure you guys come!

6th wedding anniversary

2013-02-06T14:31:00.001+09:00

* السلام عليکم *

こんにちは q(^_~)p

Last December we celebrated our 6th anniversary. How time flies. I still remember clearly the day we became husband n wife and today we are blessed with 2 beautiful sons. Since we went back to Malaysia for my sister-in-law wedding, we decided to have a 1-night honeymoon (minus the children, of course) in KL. I managed to get good bargain (where else? Agoda lah) and we had our nice stay at Traders Hotel. It was a seriously nice hotel and lots of good reviews can be read from tripadvisor website..

Before checking-in into our room, we leisurely had our time in KLCC. Papa bought me a nice perfume as present (err actually I got several but.. continue reading first :P) and then we went to our room. During check-in we told the reception guy that this was our anniversary and we were immediately upgraded to executive room.

Had nice rest for the rest of the day and we celebrate our anniversary with nice dinner at Gobo Upstairs Lounge & Grill. The dinner was delicious and the service was the best. Highly recommended for dinner date. After finishing our dinner we went straight to our room and were surprised when the hotel managed to decorate our room! we had roses petals in our bathroom and bathtub, they give complimentary cakes.. It was so nice.

Next morning, before we pick our children for our next destination (continue in other entry), papa again gave another present. I totally love it! A necklace from mikimoto. That anniversary celebration was one of the best I ever had. I love you, papa, and maybe this year if we can find/squeeze some time we can celebrate our 7th somewhere nice too.. hopefully, insyaAllah..

view from our room

yeah, nice :)

spacious room

like a bawse :P

forgot where is the pic with all the roses -- is it with you, papa?

anniversary dinner.. super love! <3 td="">

yes, i know you are happy with the angus! :)

control ayu-sopan la konon sempena anni

guilty if charged.. hewhewhew

2013-02-05T14:05:00.001+09:00

* السلام عليکم *

こんにちは q(^_~)p

Ok, I miss my blog.. sorry korang.. ada janji2 manisku yang belum disempurnakan.. ye la, janji nak up citer macam2, tapi tak terbuat.. kesian blog ni bersawang2.. sampai dah masuk tahun baru weh!

reason (eh perlu ke ek?) ngape dah lama tak update.. sebab terlampau banyak masa dihabiskan untuk tengok 'running man', baca novel... hahaahahhaha.. instead of updating this blog..

ala, kasi can la..

haaaa toksah nak goss sangat.. mama masih study full time.. gile ape kerajaan bagi duit suruh belajar, mesti la belajar kan? kahkahkah.. poyo!

*ketuk2 mic*

sebelum kita sambung balik merepek untuk blog ni, saya nak tujukan lagu untuk semua.. dengan ucapan.. i am BACK FOR GOOD!!! (bajet hot sangat la blog ni hahahaha)

haha, lagu macam tak kena ek? eh feduliks! haha

XOXO

p/s -- untuk darling2 yang komen entry video sebelum ni, ampun.. tak tau macammana nak betulkan.. mama dengar ok je suara keluar..

birthday papa

2012-12-04T15:19:00.002+09:00

* السلام عليکم *

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masa birthday papa haritu (21 Nov) mama buat carrot cake.. makan 4 beranak.. of course la ada sesi nyanyian dari dua anak bujang hehehehehe

yang tak menahan depa juga nak tiup.. haha.. birthday sapa benarnya ni? hahahaa

happy birthday papa... we love you so much :)

live dari jamban

2012-12-02T15:46:00.001+09:00

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dok back up video2, lupa nak upload ni.. aidan singing.. bulan 4 haritu punya video benarnya.. selalunya camni le aidan.. nyanyi di bilik mandi.. boleh bankrap makpak.. bila tgh mandi kita kata dah sudah2, dia marah ok! selagi dia x habis nyanyi kena la tunggu..

lagu asal ini benarnya

hahahhaa macam jauh beza x? hahaha

autumn 2012 - pre-autumn trip - Fushimi Inari

2012-11-26T15:12:00.002+09:00

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Mari update semua trip yang telah dibuat sempena autumn.. cheh macam le banyak sangat.. kita mula dgn pra autumn (which is actually still end of summer.. kaaahh). Kami pi Fushimi Inari ni 17 September lepas..

Antara tempat istimewa di Kyoto untuk dilawati adalah Fushimi Inari.. Fushimi Inari ni adalah tempat ibadat (tu dia ayat cheq) untuk agama Shinto. Orang Jepun percaya yang kat sini ada tuhan nama Inari yang beri rezeki (zaman dulu depa anggap beras, padi tu rezeki besar) kepada orang Jepun. So semua syarikat besar akan beli 'tori' pagar merah tu supaya didoakan la depa ni sentiasa murah rezeki. Di kaki temple tu ada patung2 fox (kitsune) yang dikatakan merupakan messenger untuk doa2 dan dibawa kepada tuhan depa tu (Inari). Gate oren ni punya la banyak, pendek citer kami pun x habis tour.. sbb budak2 letih.. biasa la kan? what's new about that..

Fushimi Inari ni famous dalam kebanyakan puisi2 yang membayangkan keindahan Kyoto dan dalam salah satu scene cerita Memoirs of Geisha, bila Sayuri tu terima duit & aiskrim dr lelaki yang disayangi tu (Tuan pengarah ke hapa dia gelar) masa kecik lepas dia menangis kat titi, dia lari kat sini la.. korang perasan tak? tak? cheh buat susah cheq cerita haha.. nah link wikipedia

Kalau dari bandar Kyoto, boleh naik 2 jenis train. Kalau naik dari Demachiyanagi station (Keihan Railway) ambil local bound and stop kat Fushimi Inari, kena jalan sikit dalam 10 minit gitu. Kalau naik dari JR Kyoto, Fushimi Inari punya stop betul2 depan pintu temple tu..

So, enjoy gambar :)

jalan menghala ke temple

basuh tangan.. err nak basuh muka pun ok.. kut la dapat seri hahaha

fox ni la yang dikatakan bawa doa2 tu

ramai orang

me and kiddos

:) Us

of course tuan tanah kedaung enterframe

superlove :)

amacam? ni baru pra autumn, pengsan la hangpa tgk gambar kami jalan pasni haha.. macam tak biasa kan?

Sorry I don't eat pork, porcupine maybe if halal :p

2012-11-16T09:48:00.001+09:00

Semalam ada isu kat twitter pasal susah nak makan bila ke negara yg bahasa pengantar bukan bahasa inggeris - tu dia ayat aku :p

Salah sorg respondan tu jwb akhirnya dia makan megi n roti aje kt hotel.. Bagi mama, rugi la kalau tak mencuba local delicacies -- tp mesti kita nak jaga juga halal haram makanan kita kan? Tapi kalau sampai tahap pinggan pun risau bercampur dgn yang tak halal errrr tak dapat la nak tolong.. Pendek cakap rsnya tak payah teruskan baca entry ni la huhuhu

Masa mula2 sampai jepun pun mmg mama takut nk cuba apa pun, 2 bulan makan salad aje kt cafe, hari2 masak bekal.. Dahle sebiji haram perkataan jepun tak reti.. Tau ohayo, konnichiwa aje.. Kahkahkah..

Lps dah ke kelas bahasa tu baru berani nak makan2.. Itupun ramai kawan2 yg tolong translate..

Bila celik kanji (tulisan) jepun maka lebih berani la nak makan.. So, jwpn bg semua masalah susah2 ni adalah nak ambil tahu atau tak ambil tahu..

Masa ke korea pula, mama nak juga cuba makanan korean.. Rugi la dah sampai negara tu sampai tak boleh merasa makanan depa.. So apa mama buat? Mama print perkataan2 dlm bahasa korea yg menunjukkan apa yg mama boleh makan n tak boleh makan..

Ni zaman internet yo! Gunakanlah kemudahan pakcik google.. Sama ada google translate ataupun online dictionary.. Korean punya pun hado eh! Labmate mama siap thumbs up lg kat mama kata this is good idea.. Mama print currency exchange, list food yg boleh makan n tak boleh makan.. Di korea, kalau hotel2 senang la sikit nak explain.. Sbb sure ada org yg boleh berbahasa inggeris dan lebih ajaib lagi ada ramai korean boleh berbahasa jepun.. Bila jumpa org yg tak boleh ckp jepun atau korea, mama hulur je kertas mama tu.. Hahaha.. Nmpk mcm bimbo tp haku pedulik! Nak makan kan?

Ok, so ni mama nak tolong la sikit untuk sesapa yg nak mai jepun.. Boleh la print list bawah ni untuk kesenangan hidup nak cuba makanan jepun.. Err maybe grammar tunggang terbalik, maafkan saya polis grammar.. Tp yg penting org faham cukup, kan?

すみません、私は、この材料食べません…
(I'm sorry but I don't eat these ingredients)

豚肉(ポーク)(ハーム)(べコン) 🙅 - pig/pork/ham/bacon
牛肉 🙅 - beef
鳥肉(チキン) 🙅 - chicken
酒(アルコル）🙅 - alcohol/sake

でも、海鮮料理(シーフード) は、だいじょうぶ 👍
(But, seafood is fine)

エビ、海老 - ebi (prawn)
イカ - ika (squid)
タコ / たこ- tako (octopus)
魚 - sakana (fish)

Sila la ye, kopipes.. Senang kalau sesapa nak mai jepun, print words kat atas, menu2 kalau restoran keluarga biasanya ada allergy list.. Dalam tu dia tulis ingredients.. Kalau takde boleh tgk words kt atas..

Bahasa lain, korang google je ek? Hehe paling busuk2 sangat pun, korg print aje gambar ayam, babi, lembu dan benda2 lain yg tak boleh dimakan.. Haaaa senang kan? Haha..

Good luck :p

wakayama-busan-seoul-tokyo

2012-11-05T12:48:00.001+09:00

* السلام عليکم *

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bunyi macam jet setter tak? kahkahkah..

dah seminggu lebih balik baru mai aura nak update blog. sorry. mood macam roller coaster.. lagi pula bila angin kus2 sebulan sekali tu mai..

nak jadi lagi best file yang di transfer masuk dalam dropbox tu tak upload online! alfun! kerja tergendala lagi.. minggu ni bakal kelam kabut lagi sbb ada conference (lagi?) dan submission full manuscript untuk jurnal.. fuuhh.. pasni baru tenaaaanngggg hidup (sekejap) sebelum haru biru balik untuk early dec nye datelines..

schedule adalah penuh.. lagi2 dah final year (gulp!)

anyway, just to rant out something.. ada waktu rasa sedih bila nak share apa2.. kat blog ka, fb ka, twitter ka, insta ka.. ntah.. tak tau nak cakap.. ---- ada ayat sambung yang aku taip dan buang disini ---- dah bior kan, biorkaaannn mereka masturrrrr.. pendek cerita, apa yang aku share, aku nak korang juga rasa gembira macam mana aku rasa.. tak ada dalam hati aku ni nak berjalan eksyen2 kat korang.. i deserve what i work for, and i want to share every experience that i get here with you guys.. if you don't like it then seriously, it's not worth your time to spend on my accounts.. go somewhere else..

dah, happy monday u guys!

XOXO

Hello from Busan

2012-10-22T07:01:00.001+09:00

Minggu ni mama jauh dari family.. Kalau papa n anak2 ada kat sini memang best la..

Mama dan kawan mama, Buda-san sampai Busan semalam dalam pukul 1.15pm gitu.. Nanti mama story mory lebih lagi.. Slide presentation untuk esok masih banyak nak kena touch up.. Hopefully semua berjalan lancar.. Mama present esok pagi. Doakan ok :)

Love from Busan, Korea

Mama

Gambar -- Haeundae Beach -- 5min jalan kaki dari hotel

P/s komen2 sebelum ni tak sempat balas.. N dari phone tak boleh nak macam2 sgt.. Pfftt.. Nnt mama balas ek.. Ehehe

lega sekejap

2012-10-15T13:11:00.001+09:00

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alhamdulillah, minggu ni tenang sikit balik.. setelah beberapa minggu pening kepala menyiapkan kerja2 tertunggak.. submitted 3 papers --- ya TIGA! hampir2 je tak hantar yg last tu sebab tak larat dah kepala otak nak perah idea, menulis dan proses analisis semua data tu.. tapi lepas hantar legaaaaaaa

nak mengharung 3 conferences pulak le lepas ni.. dgn presentation dan paling nak gelabah ayam nanti masa Q&A la hahaha.. tapi dah namanya belajar kan maka terima aje le komen2 yang bakal orang bagi kan?

so lepas je hantar final paper jumaat malam tu, sabtu mama cakap kat papa kita kuar ek.. bawak anak2 jalan2.. ala, bukan jalan ke mana pun.. ke kedai beli barang2 keperluan untuk kindy.. Aidan dah start kelas memasak.. -- haha bunyi professional gitu.. so nak kena pakai apron.. mencari apron, beli stand utk aiman sbb dia ngadu jalan lama2 dia penat.. so sabtu memang kami jalan sakan.. makan angin dan kempiskan poket sket hahaha..

ahad, kami cycle pusing2 sekitar kawasan rumah.. lepas hantar baju kat dryer, cycle sampai ke sungai, lepak2, kasi anak2 berlari2 main lompat2 tepi sungai.. dahle sungai kering.. air sikit, so anak2 memang seronok le berjalan sampai tengah sungai..

gossiping? ehehehehe

semalam mama masak few things.. ala, weekend boleh la beria camni.. weekdays kalu yang mana sempat aje..

pulut kuning n rendang daging, sardine puff and blueberry crepes :)

harini pulak hari siapkan report2 tertunda.. 1 dah siap submit.. tinggal lagi satu, pastu la la la la pulang ambil anak2.. papa ada seminar n dinner party harini..

so, happy monday everyone.. have a nice week ahead :)