zal dah lama berangan nak keliling dunia... kalau boleh nak lihat dan menjejak seantero pelusuk dunia... tapi duitnya tak pernah cukup. Ada jugak dia berjalan ke sana sini tapi hanya beberapa hari sahaja. Oleh itu bagi meneruskan cita-cita, zal mengambil keputusan untuk hidup mencari rezeki di negara orang. *Itu dulu... Sekrg zal dah keje kat Malaysia... dah kawin dan ada anak... jd travel dia dah lain... so check out his other blog... travellingbabies.blogspot.com
Monday, January 02, 2012
Semangat...
Saturday, December 31, 2011
New Year 2012...
first, lets recap angan2 2011 here... and see the achievement and should aku continue berangan the same.
1. belajar arabic - haram tak improve - so 2012 continue berangan belajar arab.
2. less facebooking more reading - yup achieved. aku rasa lah, aku dah tak berfb sgt but still reading tak kemaner... wait, ye ke tak ber fb. maybe tak de lah asyik mengadap fb, tp rasanya fb kat tgn dah sekarang. mana2 g kalau bosan tgk fb. but ok lah, tak le mengadap fb until tak buat keje lain.
3. jalan2 - sgt byk (Bahrain - Umrah - Delhi - DC & NY (x tulis lg kat blog) - Vietnam (x tulis lagi) - Singapore (less than 24 hours - x tulis lagi) - Eastern Europe - Istanbul... byk gak tu, 8 places in 12 months, byk tu... plus ada 2 kali balik malaysia... almost jalan every month. but none of places yg aku angan2 kat entry tu aku pergi... hehehe...
so... apa for 2012???
1. continue - plan utk ambik arabic courses.
2. more reading and increase in knowledge
3. jalan2 (the best part and as usual the more thinking will be done and ni je angan2 yg selalu buat pun hehehe...)
- angan2 1 - aku mmg dah due nak kena g SPAIN. tp kalau g spain ni sbb nak tgk bola kat bernabeu, so kena lah tgk timing. as aku mmg takde bajet nak g ke spain within the next 3 months and no way aku g spain dr may - aug sbb tak de game bola. so the most likely period nak g spain is during hari raya haji tahun depan... (my fav player... marcelo!!!)
- angan2 2 - abg aku skarang kena keje kat JEPUN. since dia kat sana ada elok nya aku g sana. tp it would be better if pergi dr m'sia. murah skit naik air asia. so for sure not within the first 3 months (nak kumpul duit). ada possibility during summer. or worst lepas raya puasa.
- angan2 3 - wifey berhajat nak g exotic place like somewhere in AFRICA or even MOSCOW... let's think about that... likelihood, better masa summer holiday. i know africa tu besar, which country??? dlm kepala yg senang kenya sbb aku dah g. tp kalau best nak g tanzania la plak.
- angan2 4 - aku still berharap dpt driving ke SYRIA & JORDAN. or at least dpt g ke EGYPT. utk settle kan aku punya mid east travelling ni. oooh IRAN... dah 3 kali plan nak g.
- tapikan from the above ni... aku rasa maybe spain tu tinggal angan2... mcm kena drop je, tp since plan dia lambat lagi... we'll see...
4. tapi kan... berangan no 4 ni jugak penentu terbesar utk no 3... teringin plak nak dapat baby... tolong doakan ye... kalau dpt baby insyaAllah i'll do more no 2 & 1 and less no 3... :-) insya Allah...
5. lastly... please aku nak kuruskan skit badan.. turun 10kg pun ok dah.. confuse aku kenapa ada konsep bila kawin je jadi gemuk, perut jadi boroi... tp kalau my wife suka gitu, apa nak buat kan... and dia plak masak sedap2... hehehe... so since tak leh tolak makan, kena exercise lebih(all pictures taken from internet)
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
thinking
dah 5 tahun aku kat doha ni... keje so far so good. life dr bujang sampai lah dah kawin. berangan nak travel pun dah g dah (and travel ni pun tak pernah cukup pun). lately ada jugak aku terfikir bila lah plak nak balik ke malaysia. or should i go n migrate out of doha to somewhere else.
sebenarnya, awal2 dulu ada plan, try cari keje tempat lain plak. europe or elsewhere yg suka ambik immigrants. tp dah kawin, susah lah plak nak cari keje cincai2 sbb dah nak kena jaga anak org. kalau tak, mmg aku migrate je, and keje cincai pun no hal. ada few countries in mind e.g. canada, those stans countries, etc etc... tp ye lah, aku keje finance bukan keje oil and gas, org oil and gas ni lg byk opportunity. tp tu lah, sblm aku dtg sini 5 tahun sudah, aku cakap jugak benda yg sama, (nak sedapkan hati masa tu sbb tak dpt2 keje) tp sampai 5 tahun gak kat sini.
tp peluang utk migrate ke negara lain pun mcm kureng dah sekarang. dgn ekonomi yg makin teruk ni susah kot org nak ambik org luar. when UK unemployment pun cecah rekod tertinggi for many years, same with US and many europeans country, apakan daya org mcm aku nak apply keje. mesti ramai bangsa2 tu pun cari keje. and lagi satu ada ke negara yg aman n tak perlu byr tax macam qatar ni. hehehe... even gaji tak byk mana pun, tp hidup relax tu best. and tak peduli pun pasal apa kerajaan nak buat, sbb dia tak ambik duit aku setiap bulan.
tp... ada masa nya nak jugak balik ke malaysia. my parents tak lah makin muda. and aku pun nak jugak pikir nak settle back n plan to retire... blh je n ramai je retired while in doha. tp aku rasa org tu bukan aku... hmm... macam macam... as said, aku dtg sini tak lah sbb duit tp sbb nak keje dgn budaya lain... nak keje dan progress dgn merit sendiri. alhamdulillah, i've achieved my target... so... what's next...
adakah ini sindrom org dah makin tua... byk pikir je lebih... :-)
Sunday, January 02, 2011
New year... 2011





Friday, December 24, 2010
Travel Report - MLE : Day 1 (HM)
After several discussions ngan wifey (masa tu bakal wife lah) kitaorg decide utk splurge for a decent holiday after kawin. dia suggested nak g ke Maldives, little did she know, aku mmg teringin gak nak g maldives lps kawin (tp tak lah cite direct...) so after several hunting for hotel to stay, kira2 bajet, gaduh skit2, kira2 bajet lagi, hunting2 hotel n pakej, gaduh2 lagi, then kira bajet semula, gaduh2 lagi, gaduh2 tak abis, then kira balik bajet... baru lah decide utk g ke sana and stay at Anantara Dhigu Resort and set to fly from KL instead of Doha. 2 weeks after kawin.
masa cek2 timing flight semua, mcm tak best je fly dr KL or even singapore, from ASEAN countries most of the flight are due to arrive kat maldives malam... so sesapa g maldives tu, kena lah bayar for the hotel for that night when we only arrive almost midnite. ye lah, dah bayar mahal, nak lah the most optimum time blh spend kat sana kan... tp apa nak buat. and apparently kalau flight from middle east, mostly arrive before 12 noon... kira the best timing la kan.
so there u go.. we flew to Maldives dr malaysia naik MAS. we had slight glitch pasal flight schedule, masa book kata fly out pkl 8pm. without any notice, jadual flight berubah jadi 10pm... punya lah bengong... kitaorg terpaksa lah dok kat airport tu for 4 hours... and since flight dah makin lewat, makin lewat lah kitaorg tiba kat Maldives... tp since tak nak lah ruin the mood, so redha je lah...

as scheduled, arrived at maldives somewhere around 11.30 to midnight then ada boat terus menuju ke resort... ada lah main2 kompang and welcome drink yg best, tp agak penat dgn travelling. terus malas. gambar pun tak ambik sgt. (hmmm.... dulu konon nya nak complain gak kat MAS, tp sampai skarang tak de lodge complain pun... hehehe... malas)

Thursday, December 23, 2010
Year end... holiday time...
anyway, for those yg berkesempatan nak g holiday... these are my suggestions... my top 5 pick for at least 4 days holiday... my pick ni based on the idea, these places are more unique and mmg susah skit nak g kalau kita dtg dr M'sia... meaning jordan, cairo, dubai and syria mmg tak masuk list lah... plus these are places yg blh sampai in 3 hours fly from Doha... so europe tak masuk list...1. Always on my top list... Muscat, Oman.... been there dah 3 kali dah... still adore the place and dont mind going there again... tp salalah aku tak g lagi lah... u can read abt my experience in Muscat in from here, here and here...
2. Beirut, Lebanon... go end of the year, if u get lucky boleh tgk snow cap or in fact g skiing... nice people, nice place, good food... went there in early 2009... u can read my opinion abt the places there here... tempat ni pun aku mmg nak plan g lagi...
3. visit Sanaa, Yemen... aku dah gi the capital city je, if you have more time, go visit Shibam Hadramawt, the manhattan of the east. mmg lain dr lain Sanaa ni. but be careful, i've heard kalau dah pernah g yemen, ada potensi susah dpt visa US. so kalau tak de visa US and plan nak g sana, probably u have to avoid this place... read my experience here...
4. Sharm Al Shaikh... I've never been here... heard this is a good place for diving and beach activities but a bit pricey. mostly trip org malaysia g egypt depa akan bawak ke Cairo and Luxor but not this place... insyaAllah one day, will go there..
5. the top in this list... mmg dah lama berangan nak g sini... never been here... but teringin sgt nak g... Dizin, Iran. I wanna go skiing... heard this is one of the cheapest place for skiing... insyaAllah one day will go here...
hmm... terasa mcm lama gile aku tak gi holiday ni... have to plan for something in first quarter next year ni... cepat kira2 bajet... :-)
Thursday, December 16, 2010
National day quiz..
MOI ni jemput 10 negara (india, pakistan, bangladesh, sri lanka, nepal, indonesia, malaysia, singapore, phillipines, nigeria) utk menghantar pasukan. each pasukan diwakili oleh 10 org. kenapa team2 tu yg terpilih, aku tak tahulah. although macam 'chokia' tp bear in mind, negara ni largely run by pakistanis and indians ni. and depa ni dah dok sini since born kot... well versed ngan selok belok sejarah negara ni.
so, sbb late notification, a day before the quiz (16 hb quiz day) br lah sebok2 aku nak membaca. we were told, yg perlu baca... website MOI, MOFA, National day dan Emiri Diwan. so aku concentrate kat website tu je lah.. in fact tak jugak. aku tak buka pun MOI and MOFA, hoping org lain baca. and for this year since national day ni depa nak angkat nama Jassim bin Mohammed al thani (following the path of the founder), sejarah org ni mmg kena lah tahu betul.... (but the funny thing was, the more you baca sejarah depa ni, the more u rasa mcm, hmmm... betul ke ni? mcm re-write je..., go read cerita mamat jassim ni, mcm hebat giler!!!)
as expected, mmg nampak sgt kuiz ni not really well planned. first, depa blh tak expect ada participant perempuan, malaysia hantar 4 drp 10 participant tu, perempuan... agak kacau jugak masa penyertaan.. tp tu settle... then come with the question and mcm mana nak jawab, kelam kabut and totally not prepared... tp takpe lah, relax je kan. since dah ramai org dr negara2 yg suka complain, we remained silent most of the time, wakil2 negara lain lg byk tak puas hati ngan cara quiz tu... so i let them complained :-) (btw, aku tetiba dilantik jadi team captain hehehe).
in short, quiz tu mcm ni. first sessi jawapan bertulis (24 soalan). soalan diajukan, kita kena tulis jawapan dan serah kat volunteer quiz. pastu bila keluar jawapan, n compare ngan jawapan kita. since geng2 organiser ni tak prepare, agak kelam kabut lah. pastu second round plak, verbal... style sama, tp specific soalan diberikan kat specific team. so nasib lah dpt soalan senang ke susah... kalau tak dpt jawab, soalan tu di pass kat specific team i.e. since it goes by alphabetical order, pass kat negara ikut abjad... agak tak adil, but ikut je lah...
antara soalan... the first five were about mamat jassim tu lah... pretty simple sbb semua org baca bab dia... then come to history section, arts, current affairs, MOI, general info, sports and etc... antara soalan killer yg takde org betul... apakah nama pearl paling luxurios and valuable... (jawapan al-jiwan... malaysia jwb hessa), apa nama dhow yg digunakan utk diving pearl (apa ntah jawapan nya), slogan hari lalulintas 2010 (ntah apa ntah jawapannya), bila first time national anthem qatar dinyanyikan (17th GCC summit, kita jawab GCC summit and tak tepat, dpt 0 markah)... and many more soalan...
then... came the results...
sebelum start 2nd round, diumumkan team Malaysia was leading by 5 points... (56points) India second 51 points, Indon 3rd 50 points.... then masuk second round... serious india mmg nampak berusaha gigih... kitaorg selamba je lah... jawab apa tahu... second round yg patut semua team dpt 4 soalan terpaksa diberhentikan awal, sampai 3 soalan each je... and both of us, india and our team manage to answer 2 out of the 3 questions given to us... which means.... we have won.. yup yeah... Malaysia menjuarai pertandingan Quiz Qatar National Day... :-) (lega... nasib baik tak kalah... seriously, agak pressure gak memikirkan kalau kalah ngan nepal or nigeria hehehe...) hadiah nya QR5000 not sorang QR5000, tp share 10 org.. jadilah... dpt gak 500.
oklah abt organisation ni mmg boleh diimprove... tp for sure, makanan dia bg masa break mmg superb hehehe... very nice roti n sandwich, mana depa dpt ni? kedai mana ntah... tp sedap and banyak!!!

hmm.. kena interview tadi ngan Qatar tribune, tak sabar nak tgk news masuk surat khabar... :-)
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Cooler each day
so bersempena winter... dan 3 bulan post-marriage effect i.e. peningkatan berat badan secara mendadak (4kg in 3 months!!!) aku ngan wifey pun plan utk jogging starting this week :-) cool weather ni best, jog for 30 minutes a day for 2-3 times a week kat corniche...



tgk doha city center while jogging... above tu, doha still berkabus, ni jam 6.30 pg ni... (18 degree)
so this is one of many 2011 resolutions, to consistently exercise, bg mengelakkan pemboroian mendadak berlaku... dan mengekalkan stamina dan kesihatan jantung hehehe... plus, jogging n exercise ni, at least bg ruang utk aku makan n continue makan, terasa kurang bersalah skit :-p
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Qatar big day...
anyway, hari ni Qatar buat final presentation... salute HH Sheikha Mozah for her speech... best... :-) (harap2 esok dpt lah kat Qatar) for those yg tak tgk lagi presentation... watch here: especially for those yg nak target anak emir tu.. :-p
tp kalau nak lompat terus ke speech sheikha mozah... watch this clip:
more presentation video:
p/s harap2 rental yg dijangka naik tu, tak lah terus mendadak naik...
p/s kalau dpt... adakah aku akan dok sini sampai 12 tahun lagi??? lama tu!!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Bz week...
uiks.. abis minggu ni dah december... cepat nya dah nak abis tahun 2010...
Friday, November 26, 2010
Apa ada pada nama???
so depa ni katanya akan sampai pkl 1.30am, so sbb awal, aku plan lah tido awal dlm pkl 8.45pm aku dah tido, ingatkan blh lah jaga pkl 1am... hmm... tp ntah macam mana pkl 9.30pm aku dah terjaga... n mata segar n tak leh tido sampai pkl 1am... n masa tu plak dpt tahu yg bas kengkawan haji jangka sampai pkl 2.30am... so tido2 ayam... tp jam 2 dpt plak info, bas rosak, sampai dlm pkl 3-4am... tido semula, then terjaga sbb sms etc.. and terjaga sbb akak diba mesej2 dia plak masuk hospital... hmm... and akhirnya lps subuh aku bersiap terus keluar umah g tunggu kat tempat ketibaan, 6.30am br sampai... Alhamdulillah...
akak diba punya cite satu hal plak, tetiba lak ada masalah jantung... harap2 akan pulih kembali ok akak...
kembali citer org g haji or balik haji ni... tahniah kat korang sbb berjaya pulang dengan selamat and dpt merasa buat haji muda2... semoga semua nya memberi berkat.. frankly, aku nak ucapkan tahniah jugak kat zaireen... sungguh gigih ko jaga anak ija... seriously hebat!!! kagum aku, kalau aku sendiri nak jaga... ntah lah... big congrats, semoga Allah memberi ganjaran setimpal kat ko... :-)
ntah mcm mana... sehari lepas aku jumpa org balik haji tu, aku demam selsema... batuk macam org balik haji jugak... rabu aku MC... demam2 aku g gak ofis hari khamis... jumaat flat kat umah... alhamdulillah... sabtu petang lega skit... (tu lah takde update kat blog) lama gak dah tak demam... nasib baik ada org jaga... thanks pada org jaga yg bagi aku minum soup tak sedap tu... yucks!!! :-)
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Quick trip : back to doha


Monday, November 15, 2010
Already a year...
for me, what has change? what has improved? hmmm... if i would like to act as God... i give zero mark to myself... tp Allah yg maha mengasihani dan maha mengetahui, lebih tahu dr apa kita tahu... so tak perlu berangan jadi tuhan... (ada org kata, aku makin gemuk je hehehe)
Anyway, at least, now i am blessed to have a wonderful wife yg sanggup hidup bersama aku. melayan kerenah aku. masuk ke dalam dunia aku. Alhamdulillah... probably that's a gift from Allah to me.... or perhaps that is another test for me to improve as khalifah di muka bumi... Insya Allah... berusaha utk menjadi hamba Allah yg lebih baik...
to my elder bro... insyaAllah mendapat haji mabrur... to kawan2 kat doha yg merasa peluang g haji.. also insyaAllah dapat haji mabrur... :-D (i so miss the whole journey).
"SELAMAT EID ADHA"
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Abaya...

p/s - i dont mind u wearing abaya selalu pun :-)
Saturday, November 06, 2010
Diet (konon)...
so we ended up decided utk start buat GM diet... a simple one. first day makan buah, 2nd day makan sayur. third day buah n sayur. 4th day pisang n susu sahaja. 5th day buah n sayur balik. 6th day makan daging and 7th apa2 ntah...


so on the 3rd day noon.... aku pun belasah nasi beriani masa lunch break... there goes my diet... hahahaa... too bad. i call it off... no more diet, i have to start getting the fact that menjadi gemuk adalah asam garam rumah tangga... :-D

Thursday, October 28, 2010
It's my birthday...



Friday, October 22, 2010
the time when the story was revealed...
aku buat skit2 perubahan dr segi umah tu... aku panggil org pasang langsir dan karpet (which cost me abt QR1k)


and.. beli satu day bed yg best utk aku tido depan tv...


and cepat2 pindah kan line telefon and get the internet on...



from the reaction it was a surprise to everyone... hehehe... no one expect that came out from my mouth (neither do i masa tu...) anyway, alhamdulillah... within approximately 4 months (announce and confirm kawin awal bulan 5) semua dirancang n diatur... and alhamdulillah again, dipermudahkan... yeah i was not expecting the marriage came too soon... tp org kata dah jodoh n dah ditentukan Allah...
(there will be a few entries later on the marriage preparation - kalau aku rajin - aku akan selit2 kan with citer2 baru kat doha ni... :-) )
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Combo raya...
InsyaAllah... I'll be someone husband in 12 hours time, doakan yang terbaik and semoga nikah ini mendapat berkat dan rahmat Allah...
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Trip finale...
so for those out there yg plan ke sana from Doha... i would suggest you to do this (for a week holiday - lebih kurang 10 hari)
Khamis - try to get there on thursday, i.e. kena lah cuti khamis tu. sbb fly dr doha ni pagi... u'll spend the whole day kat dlm flight je... and mlm tu, dok lah sao paulo. try to stay at central or somewhere near metro... easy to get around.
Jumaat - spend the day around Sao Paulo... try to get the best of it... although takde apa sgt lah pun... mlm tu, get a bus to Rio... but kalau dah bosan sgt, take a bus ke rio lepas check out...
Sabtu - spend the day at the beach... malam g lah ke faire yg besar kat central (aku tak g, sbb tak sempat). rasa nya ada samba school yg buka (pun aku tak gi). sabtu ni happening... blh jalan2 area lapa and central...
Ahad - another leisure day. boleh lah jugak buat favela tours ari ni (or sabtu tu). n dok je lah kat beach... sabtu ahad mmg ramai org kat beach!!!
Isnin - do the whole day city tour
Selasa - do whatever yg tak cover lagi... n try to get out from Rio either tonite or tomorrow very early morning. go to Buenos Aires... :-)
Rabu - by now korang dah ada kat buenos aires... do the round trip or city tour kot (aku tak sampai pun buenos aires :-( )
Khamis - another day in B.A... n malam fly out ke doha...
kalau buat mcm ni, at least boleh gak sampai argentina.... aku suspect buenos aires sama bosan mcm sao Paulo... hehehe... i don't know...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Travel Report: Favelas...
Favela ni kalau dlm bahasa kita ni setinggan lah.. its the term for slum area or shanty town kat south america. asalnya dr kurun ke 18. slaves dok sini... settlement atas tanah takde nama or govt public land. lama2 dia developed.. org dr luar bandar dtg keje ke bandar n takde umah dok kat sini. then depa bg duit kat sedara mara n sedara mara plak dtg ke bandar n semua dok sini.. umah setinggan ni makin lama makin tinggi... dia bina umah atas umah.... ada sampai 13 tingkat.
ramai kaitkan favela ni as tempat tak selamat, sbb dia mcm port utk mafia n drug dealers. yes indeed, mmg byk drug dealers kat sini. byk jugak geng mafia. tp not all favelas ni penuh ngan mafia depends on location. sbb ramai yg dok kat favela ni utk keje kat bandar. yg ironi nya, bak kata tour guide tu, kat dlm favela adalah tempat paling selamat kat rio, sbb geng2 mafia ni mmg tak suka ada criminal kat dlm favela which akan bg peluang polis masuk dlm favela ni. so, depa mmg jaga keselamatan favela n mmg polis takde kuasa kat sini. cite pasal favela penuh ngan drugs n criminal ni dibesarkan2 dlm filem. if korang ada tgk filem city of god, mmg ada cite pasal ni. although flem ni bukan actually kat favela, tp kat rumah gantian favela (umah kerajaan bg pindahkan org kat favela) tp issue nya berlaku kat dlm favela.
aku join trip tour favela ni. seperti mcm aku join g trip soweto... tp aku rasa trip soweto lagi best la, sbb sejarah dia lagi significant.... reason aku g pun sbb blh nampak favela ni merata2 rio dan reputation dia as tempat tak selamat. but ada org kata tak ethical plak nak tgk kehidupan org susah, and ada plak yg support by going with agent yg ada bantu buat sekolah or bg donation. yup agent aku ikut ni ada sponsored satu sekolah yg 85% of the fund come from the tour yg kitaorg g ni.
first kitaorg masuk favela rocinha, the biggest favela in rio. ada 250,000 org dok sini katanya. in total ada 950 favela in rio, n ada yg besar n ada yg kecik. in total lebih sejuta org rio dok kat favela n keje depa byk nya dlm service industry, hotel - restaurant - maid - cleaner etc. perjalanan ke favela ni melalui kawasan org2 kaya mcm jalan2 kat bukit tunku kat kl.... umah2 org kat bukit, style umah besar2.... then sampai satu part br masuk kawasan favela. kitaorg berhenti sekejap sbb view dr favela entrance ni mmg best... atas bukit... nampak the whole rio town. the best view of the town sbb nampak cross tu and the sugar loaf in one frame. tp kitaorg tak leh ambik gambar sbb kawasan tu byk drug dealing operation. the mafia tak nak ada gambar dealers, setelah berhenti sekejap kita org g satu umah ni yg ada balkoni, tempat blh ambik gambar.... n this is favela rocinha... padat n ramai...










anyway, apart from city of gods, cite incredible hulk pun ada ambik arial view of the favela. and one of the favela ni pernah ada kat dlm video clip michael jackson "they dont really care about us" from this video ada tunjuk mcm mana keadaan dlm favela, for this one namanya dona mata (gambar kat atas), not rocinha.