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Monday, January 02, 2012

Semangat...

Atas semangat tahun baru, kononnya nak start membaca... so first aim adalah nak tukar gambar kulit buku yg appear kat blog ni - The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East. mlm tadi aku buka lah buku tu, beli tahun 2008 or awal 2009 rasanya. tp since then ada lah baca 46 pages!!! hahaha... 46 muka surat je... and buku tu plak ada 1100 muka surat... after 2 years aku cuma baca tak sampai 4%... mcm mana nak abis baca ni.... buku tu agak berat skit lah - ketebalan and topik dia. mlm td sambung baca, larat la baca 3 pages, pastu dah mula gatal tgn tgk internet... mlm ni nak continue or nak cari buku lain plak lah.. :-)

Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Year 2012...

esok tahun baru... as usual, aku suka buat resolution.... or in other words... angan2... and as usual my resolution nya satu dua... yg lebih, berangan nak berjalan. tp since balik istanbul, aku rasa burnt out skit pasal jalan ni. so my jalan2 berangan ni kalau buat pun later later... not in first quarter 2012... later during the year.

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 lama plak aku tak update, kononnya nak buat regular update...

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

Yeah... as always, org taruh resolution when come new year... and as always, my resolutions since i landed in Doha... remains the same... learn arabic!!! by the end of 2011 kalau aku still kat sini, meaning dah 5 tahun aku kat Doha ni, my fluency in arabic, none!!! bodoh ya amat... kalau bangla kat malaysia ni, by 5 years dah for sure tahu bahasa melayu, siap blh tackle awek melayu lagi... hampeh betul aku... ok, this month kena cari kelas and terus sign up... (hmm... jap jap... nak kena masuk bajet ni).that's my first resolution, hmmm... aku rasa nak letak 2 je resolution... so my second resolution would be, less facebooking... aku rasa mcm life aku dah overly wasted sbb facebook... bgn tido tgk facebook, masuk office tgk facebook, balik umah tgk facebook and sebelum tgk facebook. aku rasa sgt membazir masa. to replace facebooking, i need to start reading again... byk buku aku beli tak baca2... buku kat tepi blog ni dah 2 tahun aku beli n taruh tepi katil, tak abis pun. Ada byk buku pasal middle east, balkan etc... pun beli je, tak baca2... Quran pun... lagi satu, tak baca2.... tp sibuk lah berfacebook... although there's a word book in facebook, but reading facebook i dont think qualify as baca buku... :-) ok, less facebook please.

then... this is not resolution, but lets berangan... hehehe... of course bila come new year, aku pun buat lah leave plan... so here is my leave plan for 2011... wait, before that lets see aku g mana last year 2010:
London & Washington DC - for work i think first quarter.
Malaysia - sekali balik for work and 2 kali balik for the wedding
Brazil (Rio) - seminggu in July
Maldives - honeymoon
Dubai - Muscat, Dubai - Musanddam - with family in March and another one last November.

hmmm... tak kemana sangat last year :-( tak menjadi g trip to Iran and road trip g umrah Ramadhan and road trip berangan g ke Jordan and Syria at year end.

so for 2011 this is my vacation berangan plan (ok, lets just do once every 4 months) - please note, ni berangan je, maybe tak jadi pun hehehe...:

First Quarter - probably end January to mid Feb - Road trip Umrah (1 week)
Second Quarter - probably mid April til end May - 10 days or so... ni ada few options:- angan2 1 - Morocco... probably in 10 days good enough utk travel from casablanca to rabat to marakesh to tangiers...
- angan2 2 - Russia - Moscow and about.... i think this itinerary looks interesting... see here tp problem russia ni, bahasa and nak kena ada invitation letter tu.
- angan2 3 - Germany - ok i don't really like western europe tp terasa macam nak g german among other places, nak g berlin. ok, sebenarnya lagi minat nak g spain, tp since i only give 10 days for this second quarter trip, i think again i have to leave spain to later dates.. :-( aku berangan nak g spain n portugal in 2 - 3 weeks terus... so for angan2 3 ni, german would do.
- angan2 4 - Balkan - croatia, bosnia, slovenia... tp susah skit nak bergerak kot, bahasa and tak sure whether the country are already tourist friendly. plus, maybe having 10 days could be a rush kat sana... hmm... probably not the best option.
- angan2 5 - Uzbekistan. almost the same difficulty mcm g russia kot. but i think i have a friend who i can refer to... 10 days is good to travel to this country, can get to Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva. Its central asia, totally different experience. and itinerary ni proved that it can be done in 10 days... see here.

Third Quarter - balik malaysia for raya (end august to most of september). a month to 5 weeks. so masa raya, family time je lah. kalau berangan nak travel pun, maximum ho chin minh or bandung... which is cheaper?

Fourth Quarter - ni kena align ngan cuti raya haji... so that would be around early november. tak leh travel europe for sure, aku tak nak kena stranded kalau tetiba early snow. kalau ada banyak cuti maybe instead of early november, g end of december. kalau cuti yg ni probably try g somewhere near mid east. Egypt or Jordan & Damascus if it will be in November. Kalau later end of the year try Iran.
oooh.... so berangan :-) but biasa lah aku, mmg suka bab berangan nak travel ni, alih2 tak g mana... sbb tetiba ada hal lagi penting especially kalau tetiba dpt.... hehehe... all plans will change :-)

Friday, December 24, 2010

Travel Report - MLE : Day 1 (HM)

I'm seriously thinking about going for holiday... then aku kira2 balik, bukan nya lama sgt aku tak g holiday... sesaja je mengada... hehehe... anyway, br teringat, aku tak cite lagi pasal aku punya holiday lepas kawin aritu... here you go... (sorry cite dah basi).

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...

it's end of the year... org mula lah bercuti sakan... mula nya aku nak gak gi holiday... tp sbb last minute, tiket pun dah mahal... so susah nak bajet lah... tahun lepas ada plan nak g travel by road ke jordan ngan syria masa ujung tahun ni... tp tak g plak... hmm...

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..

Sempena Qatar National Day 18 Disember ni, MOI (kementerian dalam negara) Qatar will organise pertandingan quiz peringkat kebangsaan... they named it National Day Quiz for Non-Arab expatriate... mmg mcm tergesa2 je plan penganjuran pertandingan, sbb lambat notification, tak sempat pun nak cari peserta, bg short notice je kat malaysians yg nak masuk. and tak semena2 aku plak yg kena sbb tak cukup org.

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

Doha weather is getting cooler each day... since hujan masa time around raya haji (mid nov), winter sudah menjelma di Doha ni... tahun ni aku rasa cepat plak winter...

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...

Tomorrow is the day when the future of Qatar will be set... at least for the next 12 years... good luck Qatar... berdebar plak tunggu... plus byk coverage kat AJE ni... aku plak tak sabar2..

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...

this week is the busiest week of the year... yeah... paling bz aku keje... its budget week... no entry this week :-p

uiks.. abis minggu ni dah december... cepat nya dah nak abis tahun 2010...

Friday, November 26, 2010

Apa ada pada nama???

Pagi selasa sudah (ish citer dah dekat seminggu) aku tak tido dgn nyenyak sbb menunggu kan kawan2 jemaah haji baru balik dr mekah/madinah... insyaAllah haji mabrur for them (harap2 sgt doa korang makbul :-) ) sambil2 menunggu teringat gak kisah2 haji aku dulu, sampai la ni lah aku cite benda yg sama... takkan lupa pengalaman dan pengajaran haji Alhamdulillah... (yg terlupa nya nak improve kan diri hehehe... apa da!!!)

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

last day, flight balik at midnight... sempat lah g naif beli kain AED5 semeter... ada gak yg mahal2... tp aku prefer beli yg murah2... singgah lah semula kat burj khalifa ngan dubai mall, tp tak sempat nak naik ke atas burj tu, dah cari tiket, tiket naik siang2 dah abis... kalau naik waktu malam tak best kot... so skip for that for next time... apart from naik atas burj khalifa, we also missed g mall of emirates, ibn batutta mall, no museum, no global village, deira area... so perhaps next time...
tp malam tu dpt gak spent time ngan haziran tgk area dekat umah dia lagi... the Walk as they name it... marvellous... best... and umah dia pun sebelah dubai marina yatch club... cantik...
dubai mmg best utk visit... tp aku tak rasa aku akan dok sana... not for now... busy n blh menyebabkan poket aku kering selalu... hahaha... anyway, insyaAllah there will be more visit in the coming years...

Monday, November 15, 2010

Already a year...

Hari ni hari wukuf di Arafah... it's been a year since i went for Hajj last year... seharusnya balik haji, ada lah perubahan dlm diri, dalam beribadat, dalam cara hidup...

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...

ada org tu nak abaya... konon dah dok negara arab ni, sesuai lah ber'abaya'... ha.. dapat pun abaya... tp takut nak pakai bawak ke luar...so test dlm umah je :-pp/s - update, yup, dah pernah bawak keluar, itu pun sbb malas nak gosok baju n dress up, so sarung je abaya tu :-p

p/s - i dont mind u wearing abaya selalu pun :-)

Saturday, November 06, 2010

Diet (konon)...

setelah sebulan aku bwk wifey ke Doha and setelah sebulan lebih kawin i realised that my weight macam naik tak leh control2... tiap tiap hari naik berat... seluar g keje makin ketat.. perut makin boroi... pipi makin tembam... quick solution... diet!!!

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...religously follow the diet on 1st and 2nd day... result, turun 2-3kg in that 2 days... wow!!! sangat bersemangat... tp kan masa tu, ada courses kat ofis, so terpaksa menyorok bila lunch break and tea time, sbb buffet spread yg best tapi tak leh makan... surprisingly, aku siap boleh bawak bekal buah lg ke office, demi berdiet...but when come the 3rd day... aku dah mula mengira berapa lagi lah nak abis diet ni.. dah sibuk tanya, whether is kismis and nuts considered sayur... whether can i have choclate milk instead of water je... and cornflakes tak leh makan ke? how about bread.. hahahaha... and nak jadi kelakar nya... siap mlm tu pening n slight demam...

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...

Yeah... today is my birthday... dah semaking tua... dah makin nak mati... what's my wish??? hmm.. i don't really make wish for my birthday... sbb selalunya my wish buat lepas solat hehehe... everyday, specifically masa birthday... none..
anyway, terima kasih for all the wishes on the phone, on sms, on bbm, on ym, on gtalk, on facebook, on email, straight to me (kat office) and straight to my cheek :-) thanks all...(and for those yg tanya bila nak jadi papa/dpt anak... ha... i need your doa as well, lets doa sama2.. mudah-mudahan doa ramai2 ni lebih berkat... insyaAllah :-) )
and for simple celebration my lovely wife buat kan choclate cake semlm... hehehe... thanks for the cake sayang!!! :-) first attempt buat kek kat doha.. really appreciate your effort... its just perfect!!!
and kesian kat dia, kena celebrate my birthday sehari awal, sbb aku sibuk nak tgk WTA match malam ni kat stadium... that's how we celebrate my birthday this year, tgk tennis.. hehehe...(so kayu hahaha)

Friday, October 22, 2010

the time when the story was revealed...

(Ni citer lama... kisah berlaku awal bulan 5 ari tu... lanjutan dr kisah ni...)

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...
and umah aku pun ready utk makan-makan... lebih kurang sebulan jugak lah... i.e. dlm awal bulan 5 br lah umah ni blh ajak org datang... bear in mind, between aku mula pindah tu sampai aku ajak org dtg, sempat lah aku g london dan balik kl jap...
mmg bz gile masa bulan 3 sampai bulan 5 tu... sampai lah tak byk entry aku tulis kat blog ni, tak sempat... and banyak benda fikir... and tu lah bila ada masa tu lah aku ajak kawan2 utk catch up stories... and apparently that was the time aku cite kat semua org... that am getting married (sekarang dah selamat lah kawin :-D )

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...

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri... Maaf Zahir dan Batin...

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...

bila aku bosan kat Sao Paulo tu... aku terfikir, if i knew pasal sao paulo mcm ni... i've would have change the plan altogether... ye lah masa buat plan tak tahu apa2 sgt kan...

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...

a favela viewed from my apartment roof top...

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...selepas tu, guide bawak kitaorg ke favela sebelah favela rocinha. kat situ lah depa ada sekolah kecik. n kat situ sbb kawasan kecik, kitaorg blh masuk dlm favela, celah2 umah tu... tp kalau without guide mmg blh sesat. umah atas umah, ada tangga kecik ke atas and ada turun bawah, merata2... tp agak bersih, tak busuk... kalau bau pun bau anjing depa... tak lah busuk bau tandas ke apa... sbb ada sistem pembentungan. tp nak jadi cite, kat tgh2 favela ni ada sungai/air bukit lalu... ada mcm air terjun, tp air tu tak blh guna sbb sistem toilet apartment mewah atas bukit tu buang air kedalam sungai tu... what a waste...favela ni bertingkat2... bila ada generasi baru dtg, depa bina atas rumah yg sedia ada.... sini takde alamat.... tp ada electricity. internet ntah ada ke tak... org2 susah sini keje kat bandar, even depa ada business depa takkan tinggalkan favela sbb itu umah depa. kata tour guide, susah org favela ni nak maju mana. depa takde education, and nak g belajar sgt mahal n depa takkan mampu... so depa always dipinggirkan...now... byk jugak usaha kerajaan brasil nak bantu... ada proses perpindahan.... ada process buat sekolah buat kawasan rekereasi... byk benda... ada menjadi, ada yg tak... perhaps satu hari nanti maybe hilang favela... tp hilang plak unik bandar ni... n maybe susah jugak la nak buang terus... the mafia tu hebat... oh... btw, pernah byk perang antara geng2 mafia ni... which kalau cari kat internet sure ada byk cerita pasal rocinha, pasal favela n maybe pasal one of the 3 big gangs (aku cuma ingat salah satu nama, rasanya "friend of a friend" and rasanya ada satu lagi "kids of rio" kot....) and one can't deny location favela ni best, kenkadang view dia lagi best dr 5 stars hotel... right overlook the city or with sea view....
ujung tu favela, viewed from my apartment... yg bangunan putih tu sheraton hotel.. see... the view dr sheraton tu sama je ngan favela atas tu, and probably better.. :-)

ni plak favela yg ada view of the city, aku rasa tour guide tu ada cakap kat favela atas ni lah video clip michael jackson tu...

Rio is so famous ngan carnival, selalu buat bulan february, and above is the arena, tempat perarakan (blh sewa baju kalau nak berangan) and u can see ada favela kat ujung arena, a good view of carnival for those who live there...

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.