so the 1st quarter was hard but not the hardest lah. surviving 12 weeks without contribution from the other half was a challenge.
letting go of the car was the best decision it seems. but not when it comes to Hari Raya! Renting one is a darn hassle lah!
how did we get thru it eh? Looking back, I seriously don't have a clue but we got over that, miraculously. Yey! Walhamdulillah
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moving forward, things begun to ease towards the 2nd quarter of two-oh-one-one. :)
a travel buff that i am, kiddos and i managed to take a ride to Pahang (Bukit Gambang Resort City) with Abg Ngah and family. a brief stopover at Teluk Cempedak was a breathtaking experience. I love the serenity of the open sea. Kids had a good time picking shell by the shore. Waves at Teluk Cempedak were quite rough, not suitable for swimming though.
Hubby couldn't join us due to his work schedule.
thereafter in May, right after kiddos mid-year exam, we flew to Sarawak. Yes! Just the 4 of us!
5days and 4 awesome nights in a the spacious Riverside Majestic hotel room, a day of sun-soaking time at the uninhabited Pulau Satang (private trip which I arranged with the owner of the island, an island trip i never regret), a visit to the Bidayuh Longhouse, Sarawak Cultural Village, good food, good movies (Nur Kasih, Karak, Kungfu Panda 2,) Sepilok orang utan rehabilition centre, good food..heheh.
just having an amazing good time with the family
so happy to see the kids' happy, appreciative faces
May also saw a good friend of mine performing Umrah for the 1st time
Kak Lyn and her loving parents set off a day after we returned from Sarawak. i took leave to see them off at the airport. :)
then in June, on the same day that Kak Lynn and her parents returned from Umrah, i had a short trip to KL with the rest of the family members for a wedding. i managed to do some hari raya shopping for the man, his son and daughter. hehehe
if all the above is not what I called blessings, i don't know what kind of person i am lah dei!!
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3rd quarter of this year was the most exciting, yet! For the 1st time, I visited North Asia - Korea, The Land of The Morning Calm with nephew Khai, his friend Jackson, Kak Lynn and Busu Banun - 3 ahjummas and 2 dongsaengs. hahahaah....strange combo indeed.
10days 8nights all-girls experience....awesome.
upon reaching Incheon airport 2 hours before midnight and Arex ride with the 5 of us, the bujangs and mak daras had to part ways. we alighted at Gimpo Airport - part of our continued journey to Jeju Island at the south. while the bujangs continued their journey east to Daegu
what evolved next was nothing short of a thrilling and gerek experience ever. something which a group of teenagers would say FUN, Da bomb experience.
now, it never occured to us girl, or at least to me, Gimpo airport was totally the opposite of Incheon.
while the latter, being South Korea's international airport was always bursting with life, bustling with the arrivals and departures 24/7, the former is the total wacky opposite.
totally devoid of all human activities at night, the airport is as good as unoperational.
Gimpo Airport closes at night! didn't know when the last airport activity ceased at Gimpo but when we reached there at almost midnite, airport's light was off, dark and quiet...the graveyard quiet kind. we were in twilight zone. kahkahkah
we should have stayed at incheon airport and checked ourselves in a jimjilbang and make our way to Gimpo airport the next morning to catch our 7.30pm flight to Jeju
but, considering the distance from Incheon to Gimpo and the early morning flight we had to catch, we thought it safer to just slack and rot @ Gimpo. and so....slack and rot we did at Gimpo!!! kahkahakhaa......gerek ke per?! here's the rundown of all the happenings at Gimpo
1) found a gerek spot to call it a night at the corner of an arrival hall, near the restrooms
2) was truly exhilirated when the toilet flush comes with the auto-clean-you-know-what system. hahaah, ghairah gitu!
3) managed to clean ourselves up a bit (janji tak bau tengek tahap melampao dah kira ok lah tu), took our wudhu' and did our maghrib and isya' jamaa' at the corner which we've chosen to be the best spot for us the 3 ahjummas. konon. :)
4) even managed to have a simple dinner of cup noodles which we brought all the way from our country, filled up with the water dispenser located all around the airport, very convenient...Korea airports are cool)
5) experience kener halau by the ahjusshis!
while gorging down on our noodles coupled with sometimes loud giggles from us 3, we couldn't help but got noticed by 2 airport security guards. we were asked to leave the premise asap. we pleaded for 5mins grace - wanted to finish our noodles first...buying time. :)
6) not long after that, the same ahjusshi came to ask for our passports. we obliged. Busu told him in staggered English that we are from Singapore, tourists heading to Jeju Island on a 1st morning flight..yadi yada yada. i think he took pity on us and soon after relocated us to another spot in the airport itself where he could keep a watchful eyes on the 3 mak daras. hehe
thank God we didn't end up sleeping outside the airport!
7) and so that was where and how we spent our 1st night in Seoul, Korea - The Land of the Airport, oops Morning Calm.
*giggles*
2days spent at Jeju Island was insufficient. gotto make a comeback visit, with kiddos next time InsyaAllah
Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh.
fuyooh, 6 months. that's how long i've abandoned this page. moved on to facebook lah that's why. happening things are all in facebook don't you agree? so i kinda miss my blog, miss penning down my thoughts and missing the creative juice i would have contributed to this blog. yerlah, macam terror banget gitu. thus my presence here, now.
where do i begin? things at work are beginning to look up on a brighter note. finally, after close to 13 years of 'torment'. okaylah, not that dramatic lah hor. let me rephrase. finally, after close to 13 years of 'makan hati ulam jantung', the person finally called it quits. yes, not me who called it quits (that says so much of my thickened skin kan?) but surely the person has resigned from the co. for good.
so at last after driving each other crazy, the time is finally here. i feel ZEN. period. no matter if i end up 'buat kerja berdiri' as in busy on my toes all the time till the boss ropes in the next replacement..i still feel ZEN. Zen Zen Zen..i can do a repeat mode of ZEN and my lips couldn't stop curling up at the corners. ZEN. heheh.
i can't believe after so long and finally i open up myself to this blog just to mention about the going-ons at work. i am a desperate worker indeed!
back at home, i've been maidless for close to a year now. and oh, few nights ago my 2nd last maid - Bik Ana rang from jeddah. she's been working there for close to 2years now. no, she's not looking for an employer in us, hub and i are not keen on that notion for various reasons.
she called to ask how our family was doing and all. Alhamdulillah, ingat jugak Bik Ana kat kita. May Allah bless her heart. Amin.
School term is wrapping up soon. Afiq and Wafa have gotten their mid-year exam results. Afiq is as expected - promising. Wafa didn't do too bad either. I just hope that her scores could improve by end of this year. She's still my Heiress and he my Heir. I love them both, wholeheartedly - scores or without. i guess that's one of the endearing qualities that God has bestowed upon mothers. To love without expecting anything in return. It has already been proven by Mak Esah. without her, i crumble. she's been helpful, oh that's such an underrated word. she's been remarkably wonderful, that's all i can say. sayang mak sangat sangat.
we'll be having our family vacation soon, to bandung that is. the 5 of us and yati's family. her kids and mine will be ecstatic as ever. i know i am. :)))))
abg cik and family are supposed to be part of this vacation but kak imah's mom has taken ill. therefore in lieu of that they have decided to cancel or postpone the trip. i very much anticipated and agreed and respected their decision. as divine intervention has determined it, Almarhumah Hajjah Halimah Binte Idrus has been called upon the Lord 3 days ago, the early morning of 18th May. innalillah wa'innailaihirraji'un. May Allah blessed her soul. Amin.
so, this trip to bandung from 16 to 20 june. that'll be the 1st for me. well, the 1st for everybody in fact. hope it will be a good family time spent with none other than the ones who matter most in my life,
wo der chia ren, my family. and i still love blogging.
Salam.
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