What a small world

I got some photos from Bukit Keluang, Besut. It just part of a must “go to the beach activity” when we are home in Besut. I never miss my camera when come to this activity.

Ombak kuat sangat arituh. Tadak orang berani mandi

Dengan mak sedara

We stumbled to a wedding couple that is doing an outdoor wedding photography at Bukit Keluang. What surprise me was, I actually know the bride. Tengku Arif Fadzli if I’m not mistaken. When I approached him, he was also in disbelieved to see my wife and me there. Arif used to study in USM along with my wife and me. My wife knew him earlier because they both study in MRSM Kuala Terengganu.

Selamat Pengantin Baru

Well, it’s a small world after all. To Arif and wife, may happiness is always yours.

Hari Raya Aidil Adha

I was in China and alone when everyone celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri with their family. I must admit, it’s kinda bit strange for me but I just get along with it. Now, Hari Raya Aidil Adha has come. It is time to pay my revenge.

It was a round trip. We went back to Alor Setar for 3 days. Then, another 3 days in Besut. This is my first time visiting both families since I got back from China. I never had a chance to go back. Time is the only constraint that keeps me from my families. So in this journey, I brought every souvenir from China that I bought earlier. I was jammed packed in my trunk boot. We just lucky that the combined weight of my whole family is no more than 160 kg. This has always become a major factor of my vehicle speed efficiency. Heheheh.

I got no picture from Alor Setar trips. So busy with 4 cows as soon as I arrived. Then, some housekeeping and fixing to be done due to the worst flood that hit Alor Setar. Although the floodwater entered my house approximately ½ feet high, still the water brought damage to some of the furniture. This is why after a week of the flood incident, the furniture and home appliance industry booming in Alor Setar. The damaged item need to be replaced with a new one. Same with my house, washer machine suddenly broke down and I decided just change to a new one. Bigger and reliable.

From Alor Setar then to my parent-in-law house in Besut. Guess what, the washer machine in my parent-in-law house also broke down. So, like déjà vu, we also change it to a new bigger and reliable washer machine. All of the sudden, I’ve become more knowledgeable about washer machine than before. If anyone plans to buy a washer machine, I’m here to share my review for free.

Since school holiday already started, we decided to let Hazwan and Hadi stay in Besut until end of school holiday. Only Hafiz follow us home because nursery still in operation even during a school holiday.

Total KM that I clocked = approximately 1200km.
Total driving hours = approximately 24hours.
Total song that I sang = approximately 5 songs (I never good in singing)

Siri 100 Pejuang Syurga - Singa Siang Hari

Buku bertajuk Siri 100 Pahlawan Syurga Jilid 1 – Singa Siang Hari ini adalah terbitan Yamani Angle Sdn. Bhd. Sebuah syarikat penerbitan tempatan yang semakin menempa nama dalam menghasilkan buku-buku bacaan yang bermutu.

Buku ini adalah siri yang pertama dari tiga siri. Memuatkan 33 cerita berkenaan sahabat-sahabat nabi yang terpilih yang berpeluang hidup se-zaman dengan Nabi Muhammad SAW. Seringkali kita bertemu dengan kisah-kisah sejarah unggul sahabat yang terdiri dari kaum lelaki. Namun buku ini mempunyai tarikannya tersendiri kerana memuatkan cerita-cerita kaum wanita yang terbilang di zaman Nabi Muhammad SAW. Contohnya seperti sejarah isteri-isteri Nabi dan juga anak Baginda yang tercinta. Pendekatan Harun Arrasyid Haji Tuskan (penulis) ini haruslah dipuji kerana usaha sebegini bukanlah sesuatu yang mudah.

Setiap perwatakan didalam buku ini diceritakan dengan ringkas tetapi padat. Olahan ayat yang digunakan membuatkan pembaca seolah-olah dapat merasai semangat dan pemikiran watak. Setiap bab di dalam buku ini mewakili setiap watak. Justeru, amat mudah untuk membaca buku ini kerana setiap bab tidak mempunyai kaitan antara satu dengan yang lain.

Buku ini amat sesuai untuk bacaan oleh semua lapisan masyarakat terutama sekali bagi mereka yang ingin mendalami Sirah Nabi. Ibubapa juga disarankan untuk memiliki buku ini supaya dapat dibaca oleh anak-anak.

Meniti kehidupan di penghujung zaman ini, anak-anak kita banyak disajikan dengan hero-hero dari siri tv. Karektor Ultraman terus-terusan hidup hingga melahirkan banyak lagi Ultraman. Sedangkan hero-hero rekaan ini hanyalah imaginasi manusia sahaja. Justeru, kehadiran buku pejuang Islam ini diharapkan dapat memberikan pedoman kepada kita dan anak-anak dalam mencari contoh teladan dalam kehidupan. Ini kerana, zaman dimasa kehidupan para sahabat Nabi terbukti adalah zaman kegemilangan Islam yang paling unggul sekali. Dunia tidak terkesan langsung pada mereka kerana ajaran Nabi Muhammad telah menyebabkan mereka mempunyai iman yang kukuh di dalam dada. Merekalah sebaik-baik hero yang patut kita jadikan ikutan dalam kehidupan. Insya Allah



P/S: baru ja sebulan beli buku nie tapi dah tak ingat letak kat mana. Ada bagi pinjam kat orang lain kot, tak pun tertinggal kat Poli Sabak Bernam. Sayang sungguh...

Al Amin Hassan

Amin is my ex-classmate in USM. He lives in Tronoh, place where we did our 1st and 2nd year of degree in year 1999. I always wanted to go to Amin’s house when I travelled back to Alor Setar but I just never had that chance. This time, I made it at last. This is due to Amin is going to go to Auckland after Hari Raya Haji this year. That will be 3 weeks to go. His wife is going to pursue her study for PhD in architecture. The whole family will be in Auckland for at least 3 years. Amin, for the time being will be Mr Mama.

Amin and Huzei

Smiling, eating, chtting..etc

Usop is doing his magic behind Amin. He try to finish all the food without Amin know it 

All the best for Amin and family.

It’s good news when you heard your friends is going oversea to further their study. They maybe have to give up everything that they have in Malaysia to balance their cost of living in oversea. This sacrifice will continue for 3 years at least. When back to Malaysia, they have to start all over again like car, house, influential, trust, and seniority. Things that take years to mature. But I also witnessed a lot of lecturers in Malaysia become more valuable after sometimes. And when that valuable time come, what ever that they have sacrificed earlier will be paid off in just a blink of an eye. To Amin and his wife Huzeima, all the best to you guys and be patient. Because good things will come when we patient enough.

Hujan Bukan Penghalang

It just my habit that I like to go to places. I enjoy travelling so much that I just care less about how do I travel. Once I used to visit Bangkok and my means of transportation from Malaysia is train. The journey took me about 20 hours but that never bored me. In fact, I plan to go to Russia with train one day if I got a chance.

The same habit also took my family to places. Well, to move all 5 members of my family at once is costly so we plan our destination accordingly. Last weekend, we went to Lost World of Tambun. Along’s and Angah’s family were also among the group. Like some famous saying goes “ the more the merrier”… I can’t agree anymore with that phrase.

Main entrance

We rent a homestay for like RM90 per day. So economical if we compare to stay in a hotel. The homestay also is so near to Lost World of Tambun. We were there for 3 days 2 nights. With so many facilities nearby, the homestay really feel like home after all.

Hadi, Hazwan and Hafiz were the happiest with this trip. With their cousins in the same house, they never stop playing which each other. Our house was so noisy for 3 days and 2 nights that my wife got headache after that. Hehehe.

The middle "pillar" is where the rock climbing activity taken place

Lost World of Tambun surrounded by a beautiful hill. The water park itself is like a natural valley of that area. I’m quite surprise with the beautiful and natural scenery. Apart form the beautiful scenery, I’m not sure what is the other main attraction but we can find variety of activities suitable for family. Kayaking, boats paddling, rock climbing, zoo petting are among the family activities that we can enjoy.

Hadi, Juan and Hafiz with their cousins

Sebab tak cukup 90cm, Hafiz dapat masuk free

Senyum sebab tak payah bayar...heheh

Ultraman Tiga

Bersama ibu Ultraman

Beraninya Hadi kasik makan angsa

Playing with racoon

Gambar bapak Ultraman pun ada gak..

The entrance fee is RM38 for adult and RM32 for children. On top of that if we add toll cost, fuel and accommodation… I think, Sunway Water Park is just good enough for people who leave in Seremban, Shah Alam and Kuala Lumpur. Just my 2 cents. Anyway, had a good trip and wonderful scenery. The only setback is, too many cars in the highway on the way home.

Happy Besday to me

Syukur Alhamduillah, hari ini harijadi aku yang ke-31. Entah bila masanya tiba-tiba sahaja umur dah 31 tahun. Kalau di ikutkan, umat Nabi Muhammad nie rata-ratanya berumur sehingga 60 tahun sahaja. Maknanya dah separuh hayat dah aku hidup atas muka bumi Allah ini, tinggal lagi separuh hayat untuk aku mencari redha Dia. Itupun kalau ada rezeki. Kalau selesai rezeki aku atas dunia nie, bila-bila masa sahaja mati tuh akan menjemput aku.

Wife aku selalu jumpa uban atas kepala ini. Kata orang-orang tua kita, setiap helai uban itu mewakili bilangan lawatan dari Malaikat Maut. Tapi itu cakap orang-orang tua. Cakap dalam kitab pulak, Malaikat Maut melawat kita 70 kali sehari, setiap hari. Lawatannya pulak, bukannya memantau kita sebagaimana seorang ayah memantau anak-anaknya main tapi Malaikat Maut datang terlalu hampir dengan kita. Kalau nak diterjemahkan hampir itu seolah-olah ‘hidung’ Malaikat Maut dan hidung kita bertemu. Begitulah hampirnya mati itu.

Sebut pasal mati nie, ada satu cerita dari zaman Nabi Sulaiman. Seorang sahabat Nabi Sulaiman datang bertemu kerana ingin meminta pertolongan dari baginda. Sahabat Nabi Sulaiman hendak pergi ke India dengan segera atas urusan tertentu. Jarak dari Palestin (Istana Nabi Sulaiman) ke India amatlah jauh makanya, Nabi Sulaiman mengarahkan angin untuk membawa sahabat ini ke India. Angin yang taat pada perintah Nabi Sulaiman itupun membawa sahabat ini pergi. Apabila sahabat ini hilang dari pandangan, Nabi Sulaiman ternampak kelibat Malaikat Maut yang menyerupai manusia di dalam Istana baginda. Malaikat Maut sedang senyum ke arah baginda. Maka, Nabi Sulaiman pun bertanya

“ Aku lihat engkau tersenyum dari tadi, apakah gerangannya yang menyebabkan engkau tersenyum?”

Dijawab oleh Malaikat Maut “ di tanganku ada perintah dari Allah menyatakan bahawasanya sahabat mu tadi sepatutnya mati di India sebentar lagi. Tapi aku kehairanan kerana dia masih berada disini sedangkan India itu sangat jauh tempatnya dari sini. Mustahil seorang manusia mampu pergi ke tempat jauh dalam masa yang sangat singkat Tetapi kemusykilanku terjawab apabila engkau memerintahkan angin untuk membawa sahabatmu ke India. Kerana itulah aku tersenyum”

Sesampai sahaja sahabat Nabi Sulaiman ini di India, Malaikat Maut terus mencabut nyawanya seperti yang diperintahkan oleh Allah.

Cerita ini menunjukkan bahawa kalau dah ajal, maka satu saat pun tak akan terlewat atau tercepat. Walaupun di mana kita berada, memang kita tak akan dapat lari dari mati. Semoga kita selalu memperingati diri kita tentang mati kerana sebijak-bijak orang adalah orang yang selalu mengingati mati.

Selamat Hari Lahir untuk diriku. Semoga usia senjaku membawa aku lebih dekat pada redha Allah. Insya Allah.

Wedding..wedding...everywhere

We went to a wedding ceremony today. It is a wedding between Syed and Siti Marliza. Both of them used to be my wife’s classmate in MRSM Kuala Terengganu. Since they are from the same school, most of their guest are also their ex-classmate. Apart from wedding ceremony, this is also more like an informal re-union of their class.

I didn’t realized it was a wedding ceremony until I step my foot inside the wedding hall. Why..? because it just like a default setting in my head that all my friends are married, except Pyan, Sarul Ketam, Zairul, Che Yat and a few more. I thought it just like an ordinary kenduri or house warming or open house or things like that. When we reached the wedding hall, I just can’t believe I made the mistake. To make things worse, the whole wedding ceremony was designed by Pak Engku. Pak Engku was also the designer for Siti Nurhaliza’s wedding ceremony. When Pak Engku is the designer, this means all the big shot were also there. It was a huge and formal wedding ceremony far beyond my expectation. When compare to my attire that I put on, I only wish that I was somewhere else. Hehehehe…..my mistake, sorry…

After that, a small group of MRSM KT went to the nearby restaurant. Only then I felt so relief because there’s no formality anymore. To Syed and Marliza, Congratulation to both of you. May the future will be brighter. Amin….

Hope my wife love this picture

Mr. Mama

3 days staying in Politeknik Sabak Bernam. 3 straight days I’ve become a Mr. Mama in Politeknik Sabak Bernam. All because my wife have a presentation in Go Green Technology Seminar in the same place. I’m not sure what the seminar is all about because all the while I was busy with my kids. Plus, I have never entered the seminar hall because I believe the 3 kids and me will be the centre of attraction if we do so.

Let see, if I’m about to describe Politeknik Sabak Bernam..I would say the institute located at the end of road to a wonderful village. If compare to USM Tronoh, I personally think Tronoh is better if we speak about location wise. At least, Ipoh town is about 45 minutes from Tronoh but for Politeknik Sabak Bernam, everything is like 2 hours away in all directions. Plus, the Politeknik is located about 20 km from the main road and there are no public transportation would like to go to that place.

But Politeknik Sabak Bernam is like next to the beach area. The student here can watch the sunset everyday. And like what I said before, the road leading to this Politeknik is crossing a village area. There are not so many restaurants in this area because having meals at restaurant might be considered as luxury for the villagers. Even with just a handful of restaurant, the food satisfaction is nothing to complaint.

I hardly get a chance to meet local peoples but 3 days staying felt so fast. We meet an old friend who also a former student of USM. She has been here since the first day and it has been 7 years now. Other than that, I just baby-sit my children. Hope I can have a chance to go to Politeknik Sabak Bernam again. I don’t know why but it remind me of my childhood time when I was in Kota Bharu, Gopeng, Perak. The night we reach home from Sabak Bernam, I dreamed of my late grandfather who used to live in Kota Bharu, Gopeng, Perak. Truly alma matters…..

Seti now has 2 children

Since I got nothing much to do, I just snap whatever I can to fulfill my time.

Orang dok makan, depa dok main bawah meja

Mama tgh kasik ubat demam kat Hafiz

Kat dalam bilik

Jalan-jalan kat BNO (Bagan Nakhoda Omar)

Berkongsi presentation dengan Kak Liza

Sunset kat Sabak Bernam. Pantai berselut, tak boleh mandi tapi bersih tak macam PD

Finally, I reached the peak

I miss camping so much. The cold of the night, the darkness, the sound of mother nature, smell of the grass…..I just miss all that. Now that I have DSLR in my hand, I miss camping even more…hehehe…old physically but young mentally.

I’m lucky to have friends that still active in mount hiking and camping. So, after a 5 minutes plan or so, we decided to go to Bukit Broga for sunrise photography. But 5 minutes after that, we changed the plan to camping and sunrise photography. The best part is, we started to hike around midnight. 45 minutes later, we reach the second peak of Bukit Broga. It was 6 of us and we brought along a tent that can accommodate 5 people but no one care about the tent. We just spread it and lay onto the tent not inside. Sleeping under beautiful twinkling star and breezy night air, I just can’t wish anything more in my life. Everything is so perfect, so beautiful. This picture was taken around 2.30 in the morning. The view is facing Pekan Semenyih if I'm not mustaken.

Around Subuh at 5.45am, the place we set our camp side was full with peoples. Bukit Broga is actually a famous place for landscape photography. The place itself is kind of different from any other hill in Malaysia. Even Datuk Muzafar and his wife took their wedding pictures here. So, here come the sunrise. It was clear beautiful morning. This picture was taken at 6.30 in the morning.

I was a bit confused at that time because I couldn’t see the sun itself. But somehow around 8 o’clock in the morning, there was this cloud came from nowhere and it really give me a dramatic feeling to the shot. If only the cloud could came a bit early in the morning that would be even nicer. Anyway, this is more than good for my first visit to this place.

There are so many people going up to Bukit Broga during weekend. We even have to stop several times when descending the hill. Not because we are tired but because there just to many people going up and down at the same time. But I fall in love with Bukit Broga the first time I got here. Plan to go there again sometimes in the future…heheh

Aku yg perasan macho....

Facing the west

Frenz...

Time turun

Graduation at TATI

Today is a graduation day for Huda’s younger brother (Sudin) in Kemaman. Since Huda’s father is having an important surgery in Hospital USM today as well, I decided to go to the graduation day along with my family to celebrate Sudin on his historical day of life. We left our home around 6 am this morning. By the time we reach TATI, Sudin already waiting for us outside the Main Hall. Lucky Along was there first to witness the ceremony from inside the Hall. Hehehe…

After that, we make our way to Kuantan and check in into a hotel nearby. The plan is, to celebrate Sudin with Ikan Bakar at Tanjung Lumpur, Kuantan. Ended up, Sudin still got things to do with TATI so we enjoy our Ikan Bakar without Sudin. Anyway, the graduation celebration turn out to be a gathering between my family and Along’s family.

Like usual, I failed to snap any ikan bakar picture because I don’t want to miss anything. The last time I did that, I ended up eating only nasik and leftover. So, never let yourself fall in the same hole again. Heheheheh….

Open House..???? no....

During the last week of Syawal, we received a visit from Huda’s student. We don’t have any formal open house this year because schedule is just a bit hectic and crazy. So, when my wife’s student came, we can only served them with a simple mee kari and some crackers. According to my wife, this group of student is her favorites because the whole class somehow has the right attitude to succeed in the future. Well menace, good team spirit, respect the elders are among the keys that make this group loved by many lectures. I also have a good expression about this group during the visit although I never meet them before in my life.

Well, good student come and go. Whether they are good student or not, the lecturer main task is to educate them. I wish all the best in the future to the student. God bless you.

Hulagu Khan - Khabar Hitam dari Timur

Khalifah AL-Musta'shim Billah tidak sanggup melihat apa yang berlaku di depan matanya. Mayat bergelimpangan di sepanjang jalan dan lorong-lorong di kota Baghdad. Darah mengalir di merata tempat. Orang Mongol bermaharajalela. Mereka membunuh setiap lelaki yang dijumpai dan memperkosa kaum wanita.


Tiba-tiba Khalifah Al-Musta'shim Billah ternampak Umaiyuddin Muhamad Al-Aqami lalu dihadapannya. Lalu beliau berkata,"Celaka kamu wahai anak Al-Aqami, Apakah yang kamu dapat daripada pengkhianatan yang kamu lakukan ini?"


Umaiyuddin Al-Aqami tidak menjawab. Beliau segera berlalu dari tempat itu. Khalifah Al-Musta'shim Billah pun berdoa.


"Wahai Tuhan, aku orang yang dizalimi. Doa orang yang kena zalim itu makbul. Aku bedoa supaya Umaiyuddin Muhamad Al-Aqami menerima pembalasan atas apa yang dilakukannya."

Novel sejarah Islam ini yang bertajuk Hulagu Khan - Khabar Hitam dari Timur ini ditulis oleh saudara Abdul Latip Talib. Novel ini menceritakan detik kejatuhan kerajaan bani Abasiyah akibat diserang oleh Hulagu Khan. Hulagu Khan yang berasal dari Mongol telah berusaha meneruskan cita-cita datuknya, Genghis Khan untuk menakluki dunia Islam.


Novel ini ditulis dengan gaya yang santai. Amat mudah untuk memahami jalan ceritanya. Menjadi satu kelaziman apabila buku sejarah seringkali dikaitkan dengan rasa bosan namun ada kelainan dari novel sejarah ini. Setiap plot diolah dengan bijaksana sehingga tidak timbul rasa bosan membacanya.


Novel dimulai dengan penerangan ringkas tentang kewujudan Bani Abasiyah dalam sejarah. Nama-nama Khalifah yang memerintah ditulis beserta tahun pemerintahannya sekali. Nama-nama tokoh yang lahir pada abad ini juga ada diceritakan secara ringkas.


Novel kemudiannya menyingkap latar belakang Hulagu Khan selaku watak utama novel ini. Seiring dengan itu, penerengan tentang perancangan menggulingkan Khalifah oleh menteri kanannya yang licik juga diceritakan secara tersusun. Kekuatan tentera Hulagu Khan seramai 200,000 orang dan pengkhianatan dari menteri kanan Khalifah telah menyumbang kepada kejatuhan Baghdad ke tangan orang Mongol.


Pada akhirnya, tentera Islam telah bersatu mengalahkan Mongol apabila mereka ingin menyerang Mesir. Dalam bicaranya Hulagu Khan mengakui, "Mekah dan Madinah dijaga oleh Tuhan mereka yang tidak boleh dikalahkan oleh sesiapa. Kerana itu, sesiapa yang cuba menakluknya pasti binasa."


Novel ini bukanlah rujukan sejarah Islam yang terbaik kerana tidak dapat dipastikan yang manakah fakta dan yang manakah tokok tambah dari saudara Abdul Latip Talib. Saudara Abdul Latip Talib juga hanya membuat rujukan dari 4 buah buku karangan orang Melayu sahaja. Namun, usaha beliau untuk melahirkan novel sejarah Islam yang menarik minat haruslah dipuji. Semoga kita sama-sama mendapat iktibar dari novel ini.  

Weekend on Saturday

It was suppose to be calm and peace in the morning. It’s public holiday and like most of working people, weekend is the time where we can relax with our family.

But the peaceful morning that I imagined didn’t really happened today. It was my Chinese neighbor who screams madly to her child and her scream can be heard like from few blocks away. If I’m not mistaken, the child is only the same age with Hazwan., about 3 years old only. I personally think that the mother is overreacted and the situation happened several times before. Poor little child.

Back in Alor Setar in my hometown, my father’s house also live near with Chinese neighbor. Also in several occasion, I can hear the family scream like mad. The father screamed to the son, the son screamed to the mother, the mother screamed to the son and the father and sometimes they just scream to each other at the same time. I guess, screaming is just a common way for Chinese to make their point heard. Especially in raising their child.

But when I was in Jinhua, I hardly seen parent scolding their children like in Malaysia. Instead, they pampered their children with all sort of love in this world. You see, China Government only allow one child in a family. Only in special cases where certain family can have two children. So, when a parent are allowed to have only one child in a family, it’s all make sense for these parent to pampered their only child with everything that they have. After all, this is the only chance to have a child in their live. Sometimes, when the grandparent is still alive and stay in the same house, you’ll see the grandparent will spoiled the children even more. Unconditional love.

I think, Malaysian Chinese should learn from Mainland Chinese in raising children. Yelling and screaming to our child is not a helpful solution to both parties. Why still shouting when what you shout is not understandable by the child. It’s pointless. After all, yelling and yapping can also cause a disturbance to the neighbors.

Well, there goes my relaxing weekend…..

Harta dikongsi 3 perkara

Ada dengar dalam satu kuliah Subuh kat Springhill nie. Ustaz yang menyampaikan kuliah tuh Ustaz Zulkarnain, seorang ustaz yang memang tinggal berdekatan. Aku pun sebenarnya ingat-ingat lupa jugak tapi ada satu perkara yang membuatkan aku terfikir. Ustaz Zulkarnain cakap, Imam Al-Ghazali ada menulis dalam bukunya tapi aku tak ingat tajuk buku tersebut. Dalam buku tu tertulis bahawasanya harta yang kita dapat ini sebenarnya dikongsi oleh 3 perkara:-

1.) Ahli keluarga :
Harta benda yang kita perolehi nie sebenarnya ditunggu-tunggu oleh ahli keluarga kita. Bila sampai sahaja ajal, makanya ahli keluargalah yang akan mendapat harta pusaka dari kita.

2.) Qada' dan qadar :
Boleh jadi bila kita dapat sahaja harta kita, ada sahaja perkara yang berlaku. Umpamanya, baru sahaja dapat gaji pagi tadi tiba-tiba, bila petang nak balik rumah..kereta pula accident. Makanya, duit gaji kita tadi bertukar tanganlah ke tangan mekanik, kereta tunda dan sebagainya.

3.) Diri kita sendiri
Perkara yang ketiga lah, barulah harta itu dikongsi oleh diri kita sendiri.

Nak dijadikan cerita, baru sahaja aku ke negara China...dapat berita dari isteri mengatakan yang rumah kami di Springhill dinaiki anai-anai. Seribu lebih jugak kena bayar kat orang yang inject chemical dalam tanah tuh.

Balik sahaja ke Malaysia, hairan sebab bil air tinggi...tak seperti kebiasaan. Rupa-rupanya, paip bocor dalam tanah. Mujur la perasan kebocoran tuh waktu tak critical lagi, ketika bil air baru cecah RM60 selama 2 bulan berturut-turut. Selalunya, RM15 tuh kira dah mahal sangat la tuh.

Jadinya, terpaksalah panggil plumber mintak tolong settle kan masalah paip nie. Mujur la ada kawan plumber kat sini. Terpaksalah bypass paip bawah tanah tuh. Lepas nie, akan terang lagi bersuluh lah saluran paip dari meter ke rumah aku. Plumber mintak RM1000. Itu kira murah tuh. Ada kawan di Shah Alam dekat dengan kawasan Politeknik Shah Alam..bil air dah cecah RM1200. Bila nak re-route paip baru, dia mintak plumber hack dinding rumah. Nak sembunyi paip dalam dinding la. Sekali kena RM2000 lebih jugak. Kan tak memasal namanya tuh.

Tak kisahlah apa pun. Janji semuanya selesai dan selamat. Sudah cukup syukur aku ada bumbung untuk berteduh bersama isteri dan anak-anak aku. Alhamdulillah...yang pastinya, aku cuti hari nie..hehhehe

After a week

Today is the first Jumaat that I attended since the last 2 months. For the last 2 months either, I hardly hear any azan except from my laptop. Sitting in a huge chamber while listening to the khatib, surrounded by thousand of Muslims really makes me feel tiny in front of Him. Today’s Jumaat feel so different from any other Jumaat that I attended. After all, today I performed my Solat Jumaat at Masjid Putrajaya. Of cause it is different…hehehehe.

Also…a week ago, I will hire a taxi to get me to places, especially to office. Now in Malaysia, everything is back to normal again. I have my motorbike to get me to office. Whether it’s raining or not…motorbike is my mean of transportation. No more cozy seats, breezy air-cond and Chinese songs instead, I got 120km/h of fresh air and the vibration engine as my morning song. Don’t get me wrong, I love riding motorbike every morning to office and I choose it to be that way. Probably, living in China has pampered me a bit and my mind still adapting the sudden change. After sometimes, everything will be okay again. Just wait and see.

Living in China gave me perspective about public transportation. The failure of Malaysia Public Transportation is not 100% on Government alone. Passenger volume, land area, Return of Investment can also contribute to the cause of our failure. Nonetheless, the huge percentage of the blame is still on our government. That’s for sure.

For a week living with my family, I witness a different in my kids’ behavior. They seem to be more independent compare to the time I left them. Did human can really be different in just 2 months…? I found it hard to believe at first but after see it with my own eye, there’s nothing more that I can say.

Hadi and Hazwan are helping their mother unfolding bed sheet (toto) when it comes to bedtime. Then, both of them will go to toilet and finish their business. After that, they will get their diapers from the store and give it to their mother. They seem to know the sequence and they did it without any help.

It’s probably a small development but for me it’s so enormous. They just 5 and 3 years old but what they did is like somebody not from their age. On top of that, my wife can ask for help at anytime from my Hadi and Hazwan (simple task of cause). Best part is, they’ll do it happily. I’m so touched with this situation. It’s like, they grow so fast…hehehe…is that normal or it just me that miss them so badly all this while..??