Port Dickson 2012

Percutian untuk cuti-cuti tahun 2012 dimulakan dengan Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus. Port Dickson lagi? Ye inilah tempat yang paling sesuai untuk 'last minute plan'...*6 hari sebelum*... pada cuti hujung minggu yang panjang dan juga kebanyakan sekolah-sekolah 'declare' cuti seminggu iaitu pada cuti Tahun Baru Cina.Ini kali pertama kami bercuti lengkap satu keluarga sebelah En Zairin...10 dewasa dan 4 budak kecik.
I ditugaskan untuk 'booking' hotel.I dalam kepala otak memang fikir Grand Lexis...*yang dulunya Legend Water Homes atau Avillion dan sangat-sangat berharaplah mana-mana satu tak penuh. Malam itu jugak 'check for availability' tapi sangatlah hampa sebab Grand Lexis hanya ada untuk satu malam, kami nak 3 hari 2 malam dan Avillion pun penuh...huhuhu. Mak mertua ada sebut cari apartment dan ada cadangan kata kat Ilham Resort , penuh jua ye.

Cari punya cari Thistle Hotel aje yang ada.

*'Nak tu..nak tu' kata Azfar*

Makan malam dekat Medan Ikan Bakar Majlis Perbandaran Port Dickson sebab terpengaruh masa ada keluar dalam Jalan-jalan Cari Makan TV3 minggu sebelum tuh. Dalam TV semua nampak sedap tapi hakikatnya sendiri-sendiri fahamla.

*udang goreng butter-cair & sotong goreng tepung-terlampau-banyak-perasa*

*ikan siakap masam manis & ketam berlada*

*ikan pari bakar & hasil selepas makan*

*Alaaa..En Zairin 'spoil'kan gambar keluarga bahagia dengan aksi terlebih makan dia*

Aktiviti pagi dan petang, seperti biasalah....'swimming pool' & laut. Apa lagi yang ada kat Port Dickson ni. Kalau nak jalan-jalan kat Teluk Kemang, kirim salam je la. Orang ramai macam kena serang tebuan.

*'I love swimming pool'*

*ke pantai pula*

*yang lain sibuk nak naik 'banana boat' tapi Azfar sibuk nak naik 'truck' yang tarik 'jet ski' tuh*

*Azfar naik 'banana boat'...cayalah*

* Mertua dan cucu-cucunya*

Percutian di Port Dickson hanyalah untuk merehatkan minda, merapatkan hubungan kekeluargaan, bersuka-ria bersama anak-anak dan suami dan melupakan kerja-kerja rumah.

I am 31......

On 28th January 2012 and when the clock striked at 7.19 pm, Alhamdulillah Allah SWT allow me to live for 31 years in this world. How fast the time flies and I still have plenty of goals and ambitions to be achieved in this life. I am upgrading myself and struggling to be a true & perfect Muslimah, a solehah wife to my husband, a good mother and friend to my children, a daughter & daughter-in-law that can give happiness to both my parents & parents-in-law, a reliable sister to my siblings, a person who can bring pleasure to all the family members, a person who appreciates friendship and a muslimah who wish to contribute back to the society on one fine day, InsyaALLAH.

A weekend vacation at a nearby place was really rejuvenating....

.....with great companions.

Kembalilah Ke Pangkal Jalan.

Pesanan yang ditujukan khas untuk diri sendiri. Alkisahnya,

Zaman Dara a.k.a Sebelum Kahwin:

34 - 24 - 34 inci

Itu sudah 'hourglass shape'. Phewittt...phewitttt....Ahahaha, itu adalah mitos semata-mata.

Hakikatnya,

34 - 28 - 39 inci, 50 kg

Wow, mesaunya montot. Ye memang.

*siap masuk pertunjukan fesyen batik lagi*

Selepas kahwin, sebelum mengandung:

35 - 29 - 39 inci, 50 - 51 kg

Oh ada peningkatan juga di bahagian atas, ermmm apakah sebabnya?.....fikir-fikirkanlah sendiri.

*baju-baju zaman anak dara masih boleh dipakai lagi*

Masa mengandung :

Tak payah ceritalah. Memang out terus.

*mengandung 5 bulan, selera makan amatlah besar*

6 bulan selepas buah hatiku dilahirkan sehingga kini :

38 - 32 - 42 inci, 67 kg

Umanghai...bagai dipam-pam satu badan. Dah macam pelampung bergeraklah pulak. Pelampung pun masih boleh dikempiskan kalau nak tapi diriku ini.....uwaaaaa....tak nak kempis-kempis pun.

*wah dah macam rupa makcik-makcik beranak 5 la pulak, dengan serabainya*

Mengeluh itu ini but no action taken. How can that be?
In fact i do not feel so much guilty about the major changes until for the last 2 months when few people (few means more than 1)

1. kept asking me, 'Are you expecting another one?'... or...'Tengah ada isi ke?'....My answer is NO, I'm not at the moment.

2. when I was in any Hypermarket yang ada stall-stall kat luar tuh, muncullah 'ah so' yang macam nak terkam I dan, 'Eh mali-mali sini kasi kulus itu badan, I pun sudah kulus gune ini ploduk'. WHAT??? You think i'm fat meh? And you think I wanna use your made-in-China-product meh?....hahaaha, taklah I takdelah sekejam itu nak berkata-kata begitu kan. I hanya 'Takpe I tak mau' sambil tersenyum geram.

These two situations are more than enough for me to take actions and act. Dah 2 bulan baru nak take action. Ala maafkanlah diriku ini.

Actions taken :
1. To reduce rice intake (this is the major contribution).

Before,
Morning ~ nasi lemak kosong RM1.50 , 3-4x /week.
Lunch ~ 2 full scoop of white rice, everyday.
Dinner ~ 2 full scoop of white rice, everyday.
In between meal ~ kuih-muih 2-3 keping (morning), pisang goreng panas RM2 (tea) or any food that can make my stomach to behave before the actual makan time.


Now and I hope to continue until I reach my goal,
If I take nasi lemak (small portion) for breakfast, then no rice at all during lunch, meehoon is the option. For dinner only 1 scoop (diratakan) of rice. Still have to take rice la because I just can't resist my mom's cook.

2. To reduce chicken and red meat intake ~ boleh punye sebab mak selalu masak ikan.

3. To replace kuih-muih & goreng pisang panas with loads of fresh fruits,wholegrain bread or quaker oats.

4. Exercise..exercise...exercise. Bila pulak nak exercise? Pandai-pandailah hang cari masa Azilawati oiii.

Ok my plan is to lose around 5 - 7 kg before having another baby.

All the best to me.

Honeymoon Flashback Part 3

Ok let's continue.

Day 4: The Wax Museum, Habour Town & Q Deck Tower.

Habour Town was on the 'Places-to-go List' but when we were on our morning drive around the neighbourhood, we passed by this place named The Wax Museum...ermmm and I was thinking macam Madame Tussauds London ka? If yes than it would be great, but at the same time I was wondering why it isn't listed as one of the places-you-must-go...nevermind forget about it and lets start the tour. The place is quite small and as we entered I can see there were 1 family of 4 and a couple of 'warga emas' queueing to buy the ticket. After I have bought the ticket, the ticketman gathered us in 1 group and he explained a little bit about the tour and that he will be guided us throughout the tour...ok lets have fun...#%^&*%$&...perghhh...funlah sangat, boring ok and I advise you not to go to this place, such a waste of money,time & energy aje.

1. I'm saying hi to Albert Einstein.

2. Mahatma Gandhi terkejut tgk diri sendiri masa muda2...

Before we head to our next destination, we need to take our lunch first as our stomach has already making funny sounds. We ordered fried rice from Maharani as that was the cheapest meal...* as I mentioned earlier, it opens only at 5 pm but in our case we called the owner earlier and ask if he could take our order for lunch (take-away) and with full of sympathy he agreed....yeayyyy.

Clockwise:

1. Waiting for the food. See the restaurant is empty.

2. Myself enjoying lunch by the beach. En Zairin's meal gone in one second and still not enough for him, so dengan baik hati I bagi separuh nasi goreng I....huhuuhuhu....ikhlas la.

3. Termenung jauh nampak. 'Banyak duit aku keluar dah ni'.....kata En Zairin kot.

Next is to Habour Town. This is a one stop center for you to shop at a bargain price (the website said so). The journey took us about half an hour to reach there and we were depending on the map only, very easy,no GPRS. Don't be scared to drive by yourself here, all you need is just the map and if you think you are lost, then stop by and ask the people around you. What you need to worry is, while driving you must be extra careful of the pedestrians when they are crossing the road unlike in Malaysia kena pandang kiri kanan,pandang lagi kiri kanan belum sempat habis lintas tiba-tiba ada satu kereta dengan lajunya dah nak dekat, maka kita pun lari-lari itik...fuhhh berdebar-debar jantung nasib baik sempat. Bila dah selamat lintas kita pun sumpah-seranah driver tadi.

Quite a big place. So we straight away go to the information counter and grabbed a map and study. Wehuuuu let's start shopping...'Say again?'said En Zairin....ooppsssss let's start WINDOW SHOPPING. Shopping on personal items was not in En Zairin's List of Budget, so I stopped myself dreaming carrying lots of shopping bags but I managed to buat muka kesian and he got me a Levi's jeans...jadilah. We only shop for souveniers for both of our families and friends.

And also posing in front of the shops.

And bought some fruits. All the fruits looked so tempting, fresh and big in size. We freshen up ourselves at Kofte Burger Restaurant, one of the Halal Restaurant available here or maybe the only one.

Ok before we went back to the hotel to recharge our energy for tomorrow, we drive further up from our place to see the other side of the nieghbourhood.

Selepas ronda-ronda tiba-tiba En Zairin sebut pasal Q1 Deck Tower....*apekebendenye tuh*..... Tower ni is just opposite to our hotel and it is similiar to KL Tower where you can see the panoramic view from the top and there is a Restaurant/Cafe for you to have a romantic dinner or just to have a cuppa coffee. 'Nak pergi tak?' En Zairin tanya. 'Boleh je, dah alang-alang berjalan biar sampai lebam. Lagi pun tak tau entah bila nak sampai lagi kat sini.'

So we parked the car at the hotel and we walked to the place. When we were at the entrance, we saw this one huge 4WD and we were so amazed because it was extraordinary HUGE.

Left - Right:

1. Myself was hardly to be seen. Kena cari betul-betul.

2. But En Zairin is almost the size of this huge thing...ahaks.

Ok we bought the ticket and here we go. We were being assist up to the top. If I'm not mistaken, it is a 80-storey building and it took around 5-8 seconds..*can't really remember*... to the top. Wallawey...laju nyer. Agak gayat tapi bila turun lagi terasa gayatnye...hahaha....*kalau la terputus tali kabel, mau terbenam dalam tanah*...Boleh pulak fikir camtuh.

Enjoy the view.

1. Masa sampai dah nak dekat maghrib, jadi dapatlah tengok siang dan malam nye view.

Day 5 : Aquaduck, Infinity & to Brisbane

An activity just to spare your time. An 1 hour++ tour that takes you around the Gold Coast city.

This Infinity is a must-try-activity. Damn cool. You will be in candy land, haunted house, in a jungle, in a maze and many more.

Before we make a move to Brisbane we went for a walk at the Surfer's Paradise and was so 'jakun' to see Gen-2 and Satria Neo....hahaha.

Ok, all set to our next destination, Brisbane city. I proposed to En Zairin that we take the hardier way of transportion instead of calling the coachtrans from the room then wait at the hotel lobby while sitting on the comfortable sofa, having someone to carry your luggages and send you to the hotel doorstep.

So we took public bus from the city to the Nehrang Train Station and from there it took us about 2 hours to reach the Brisbane Transit Center. From there we ask for the direction to the Watermark Hotel and according to the kind man it was just nearby about 1 - 2 km away but with the big luggages and the hilly road we might find it exhausting. I told En Zairin, let's give a try because walking in a cold weather can be very relaxing. Yup, very 'relaxing' and I regretted so much for not taking the taxi. We was like climbing a steep hill all the way up in a very cold weather (it was already dark that time) and a shaky knees that makes my movement to be very slow. I was so relieved when we reached the hotel doorstep. Fuhhh..... Alhamdulillah.

Time to relax and have a good sleep for our tomorrow's activity.

p/s: Next entry would be on Brisbane City tour, River Cruise, Lone Pine Sanctuary, Honeyworld, Byron Bay, Tropical Fruit Farm & time to say goodbye.

The 8th grandchild + Family Tree.

Alhamdulillah....we (Hj. Mohamad Kamil b Hj Mohd Hashim & Rabiah bt Filas family) was happily and gratefully welcoming the new member of our family, Taibah Qaleesya bt Taib Iqbal, the 4th child of my sister's family, Azlina Mohd Kamil a.k.a Angah a.k.a Lily. She was born on the 10th December 2011 at noon, about 12.30pm if i am not mistaken at Pusrawi Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

*...i know this entry should be up about 3 weeks ago...hehehe*

* At 23 days old*

*Present from Pakchu & Uchu ...as usual diaper cake from BaaChak Creative*

*And here is the latest Family Tree*

Honeymoon Flashback Part 2

Continuation from my previous entry.

Day 2 :

We got up early and when for a morning walk at the beach a.k.a Surfer's Paradise. Not many people over there, even the town was so peaceful and I wonder at what time do they go to work....hmm nevermind, forget about that. Ok matahari kat sini memang terik ye, pagi-pagi dah tersengih-sengih. Walaupun begitu cuaca dia amatlah sejuk, menggigil-gigil di bawah panas terik matahari. Sesuatu yang tak mungkin terjadi jika anda di Malaysia ye...ahaks.

Ok now is the time to take our rented car which the deal has been done a day before. For your info,there are few car rental services and if you are 'rajin' enough to survey from one shop to one shop, you are welcome to do so. But as for us after one or two shops, then we decided to rent from a shop which is located as the same row with Maharani Malaysian Seafood Restaurant. Choices are from compact, sedan, mpv or suv. Price...not much different from each other.

Ehem..ehem. "Dahla Azilawati oiii, ekau jangan nak beranganlah sewo keto tuh",said En Zairin...."Eh, bukan ni ke. Kata sayang dan apa saja untukmu.Baru 2 hari kahwin dah mungkir janji..erkkk, merajuk kejapla".

Hehehe...xde pun adegan merajuk2 tuh, melampau la pulak kan. Jadi inilah kereta yang disewa.

Ok now let's have fun.In Gold Coast itself they have plenty of theme parks such as Dreamworld, Seaworld, Warner Brothers Movie World, Wet & Wild Water World & Whitewater World. After discussing, we decided to go to Movie World & Sea World only...*please bear in mind that for you to really enjoy every moment, you need to spend 1 whole day at each of the theme parks.Budget yang En Zairin keluarkan hanya untuk 7 hari aje ye bukan sebulan, kalo nak lebih dari itu, tido atas pasir pantai je la....* and the Theme Parks Super Pass can be purchased from the hotel concierge service..very the easy peasy.

Warner Brothers Movie World (click here for more details)

They have the shows & performances schedule. You can choose the one that you are interested most. Anyway at Movie World they have this one HALAL Restaurant buffet-style..*but i can't remember the name*... and Musollah.

Day 3 :

Sea World (click here for more details)

As usual, we started the day with having breakfast at Ali Baba's Kebab, tapau 2 sets of kebab for us to survive till 5pm because there was no information about any HALAL restaurant in Sea World. Unfortunately, no outside foods or drinks are allowed....*nak curik-curik bawa takut sebab negara orang kan, lagipun kalo kena rampas rugi woooo*..... so those kebabs that we bought in the morning was our dinner for that night and can you imagine the look....a lil bit watery...hahaha....belasah jer asal kenyang.

p/s: More stories on day 4,5 and 6 on the next entry.

Ikan Bakar Jeram, Kuala Selangor !!

Weekend lepas (cuti Krismas hari Isnin malam Selasa), pergi jalan-jalan cari makan dengan keluarga sebelah En Zairin. Ada orang belanja, biras I,Nurul Shazwani namanya. Termasuk yang ni dah 2 kali kami makan kat area Jeram ni, rasanya dalam tahun lepas tapi tempat yang lain..*saling menyebelahi pun restoran2nya*....

*Tahun lepas kat sini Medan Ikan Bakar Pantai Jeram, adik En Zairin belanje, Izwan Shah*

Yang ni xde tangkap2 gambar bagai sebab masa 1st time datang terasa sangat jauhnye tempat ni, sampai2 memang dah xde mood sangat nak click2 camera.

Kali ni di Aroma Ikan Bakar Jeram, dan lebih ramai ahli keluarga sebab biras I ajak family adik dan makcik dia jugak. Lebih kurang dalam 13 orang dewasa. Dalam pukul 6 kami sampai, dan umanghai, full house betul..*ingatkan xdela ramai sangat sebab esok keje pun kan*..tapi jangan panik, tempahan meja dah dibuat awal-awal dan kami dapat kat betul-betul tepi laut. Apa lagi En Zairin pun terus la bawak Azfar yang masih mamai dari tidur rasa air laut..*kalo x silap, ni 1st time Azfar ke laut la*...oooo ciannye anak kami sedikit jakun.

At the same time my MIL is still queuing to choose the seafood and I decided to take a look. I can see that she took 'ikan pari', 'ikan bawal hitam' besar punya, and 'ikan siakap' semua 2 ekor setiap satu. And as I waited at the end of the counter, near me is the prawn and there are 2 sizes, A and B. So I ask my MIL, "Mama kita nak amik udang yang besar ke yang kecik?" and she replied, "Amik yang besar ni", and I was like, hmmmm bestnye coz the prawn was like huge, ni bukan udang kepala je besar tapi badan kecik ye, tapi udang yang badan besar. Then while choosing i ask again, "Mama, nak amik bape ekor ni? and she replied, "Amik je banyak-banyak, tauke besar bayar" .....hahahahaha bestla mak mertua I ni. I pun ape lagi kaut, kaut dan kaut la.

Habis pilih dalam pukul 6.45pm. Nak menunggu makanan siapla yang paling I tak suke, dahla tempat duduk kami tu takde kipas, panas betul,angin seciput pun xde dan ini semua telah merangsang kelenjar peluh I untuk lebih aktif dan aktif lagi....fuhhh. Azfar pulak dah menunjukkan rasa kurang selesa dan mulalah x reti dok diam dan semuanya serba tak kene....aishhhh. Pundi kencing ni pulak sekarangla dia nak melompat-melompat, dan untuk I nak pergi ke public toilet dia,mintak maap la ye, selagi boleh tahan, I tahan, pedulila orang kata kena batu karang ke ape ke bukan selalu pun, sebabnya dengan lautan manusia yang ada kat situ tuh, almaklumla dengan keadaan toilet die ye. Ini Malaysia ok.

Pukul 8.30pm barulah makanan sampai, bukan serentak tapi satuuu....satuuu....satuuuu, jadilah daripada dapat makan pukul 9.30pm. Unfortunately I didn't manage to snap photo of all the foods coz Azfar was grumbling all the way. Only these.....

*buttered prawn size A*

*sotong goreng tepung*

*tomyam campur*

List of foods variety that we actually ordered:
1. Ikan pari bakar - 3 pinggan (setiap satu anggaran untuk 3 org makan
2. Ikan bawal (besar) 3 rasa - 2 ekor (setiap ekor anggaran untuk 4 org makan
3. Ikan siakap stim - 2 ekor (setiap ekor anggaran untuk 4 org makan
4. Udang size A goreng butter - 4 pinggan (setiap satu ada dalam anggaran 10-12 ekor
5. Sotong goreng tepung - 4 pinggan (setiap satu anggaran untuk 4 org makan
6. Tomyam campur - 4 mangkuk (setiap satu anggaran untuk 3 org makan)
7. Kailan ikan masin - 4 pinggan (setiap satu anggaran untuk 3 org makan
8. Air - 3 jug watermelon juice dan 3 jug orange juice

Ketam habis sudah, kalau tak ada dah dalam list nih.

Komen:

1.Harga ~ aaaamatlah berpatutan (kat restoran satu lagi pun)....berbaloi-baloi
2.Masakan ~ tak berapa kicklah tomyam dan ikan 3 rasa
3.Servis ~ 1/10...sorry itulah realitinya. Harapan dari pihak kami, mudah-mudahan akan ada peningkatan.