Michael Jackson in Malaysia 1996

Michael Jackson

What can I say about this man. He was a musical genius, an eccentric ( what geniuses not eccentric), misunderstood(?), child abuser ( we never know the truth).

He was exposed to fame at a very young age, tak sempat enjoy the joys of childhood. Kecik2 lagi dah ada responsibilities etc, maybe that was why he never grew up, a Peter Pan.

His music was good and still is.

I bought ticket to his concert in Wimbledon. We were hyped up - my housemates and I. Bought binoculars at Argos ( intended to return them within 16 days). Went to the concert amid mat and minah saleh yg tinggi tinggi tu..then suddenly it was announced - Concert cancelled. Dissappointed giler. I had to go back to Malaysia before the postponed date. Taklah dapat tengok!

Then in 27th and 29th of October 1996 he came to Malaysia. Newly pregnant with Camillia, DH and I went to that concert. It was worth it. Great performance by the King of Pop.

Tina's birthday party

Tina's bday was on the 23rd. We had a small party. Tina insisted on a bday party. I have told her that this year will be kakak's turn to celebrate. Tapi dia tak paham. She planned to have mermaid cake, pinata etc. Susah jugak nak convince her. In the end jemput Shila, my siblings, zi , intan and Nani (dah lama tak jumpa, usually we try to make it once in two months). Intan couldn't make it sebab demam.

For the party cooked roast chicken, grilled lamb with mushroom sauce, spagetti bologna,potato salad,  moussaka, fish and chips. Birthday cake was baked the night before. The marshmallow fondant done in the morning. Kakak did lovely roses with the fondant - lagi cantik dari mama's!!  She wants to go to fondant class- lepas upsr ye sayang!

Kakak's bday party next. What theme ya for a 12 yr old girl?

Rusnah's wedding and June's House

My friend Rusnah got married on the 17th of May. Rusnah was with me in MRSM Seremban, her room was a few pintu away from mine, then my lecturemate during A levels. She later went to Derby, while I to Sheffield.

I was so looking forward to attend the wedding, yelah jumpa ex Seremban friends and A level friends. Beriya siap awal, my friend zi will hmmpph me tho, as I reached there 1 hour later - hahaha. Becoz DH decided to take a nap then shower which took ages and bebudak pun sama after a few minutes of asking them to change baru bergerak.

Sampai aja dah bergambar depan pintu. Photos below: Seronok jumpa Jaja, K ini, Norli, Kak Min, the last time I met them was in the UK. Some during A levels .Some I have met before in reunions.


Beriya with the sessi bergambar then suddenly my battery ran out of juice - I charged it that morning, tapi tak bother to check, apparently the socket was faulty. Sudahnya tak bergambar langsung dgn pengantin. Hmmm. Great day tho!!

The next week, Saturday my friend June, from MRSM Seremban had a small gathering at her hse at Desa Park City. At first I thot it was near Desa Waterpark.. I thot that's easy. Then I found out that its near Manjalara..errks..

Usually I go to TTDI, Sg buluh, The curve, etc with my husband. (But my husband had to invigilatelah pulak.) Tak confident nak drive- me the queen of sesat. Subang, Shah Alam, Ampang I'm alright-KL pun ok though I usually take lrt,erl as more convenient - no hassle cari parking or jam etc. Tapi kalau Damansara, PJ, etc....

And also I had to meet Amy, Shila's cousin- to give her three rows Peruvian Amazonite bracelet. Should I go to Ampang to give it to her or meet her somewhere dekat Ampang , meet my sister at Midvalley to pick my mum's bday present ,then go to Desa Park City. Errks.. why dont I go round the world..

Anyways.. I thot biarlah my sister and brother pick present for my mum. Then Amy called, she was at the Curve. Alhamdulillah- on the way to Desa P C I thot - the map shows from that direction pun.

So off I went with Camarina and Tina in tow. After tersilap turn ke Damansara Utama ,I managed to get to the Curve tapi Amy tak ada lagi so I thot I'd go round..and eeks Masuk Penchala Linklah pulak. Took a U turn somewhere phew I was there again.

Keluar dari Curve, silap ambik Penchala link - no I want the Sg Penchala Tol on LDP- so confusing- cant they just change the name..U turn lagi..

After that ok. I managed to follow the map and its fine until I came to the 3rd roundabout.. ada mistake sikit kat the map and I found two other cars with my friends pondering at the map .. hahaha.. lepas tu apa lagi abandoned the map and ikut ajelah..

We reached there macam rombongan kahwin.. hahahaJune and Azu


June's house is very big, Siap ada two kolam, inside the hse with fish spa - much to my children's delight- dok berendam and then told me their feet dah clean and white- white and kecut due to rendam lama lamalah tu.

After Alpha lipid presentation session we went in to makan.Seronok jumpa kawan2 lama. Aleen, Shikin Najmudddin , Shiqin Zainal Abidin, Linda Nayan,Kak Long, Ijan, Bo, Azura,Salmi, Zalifah, even pengantin baru Rusnah pun ada.

Then we had tour of the hse, soak feet session sambil berniaga (me). Very good sale. Thanks Zali and June.

It was after maghrib jugak when I got back, made a few U turns hahaha on the way out of DPC. After that smooth ride back to Sepang

Giant Surprise

I think this experience is blog worthy. Kakak was to go for Qiamulai at school yesterday and the school wanted parents to contribute food. I thot probably banyak mee hoon or nasi gorengs so I thot I'd contribute cupcakes and pizza. Hahaha. Camillia's mother is way too ambitious.

The day before DH asked if we should go to Giant to buy the ingredients but me thinking lama lagi..said nantilah.. as my parents in law were suppose to come and entah apa lagi in my mind.

Yesterday around three barulah nak pergi Giant. Camarina was with me. Ok.. Luckily I told kakak to stay home as she was suppose to go at 5.45. Mama reached home pun around 5.30.

So kat Giant, sibuklah bought the ingredients for pizza- mozarella cheese, roti arab, pitta bread- for the base- hahaha no way will I have time to do the dough or so I thot..- and ingredients for cupcakes as well. Then- as I was out of books- well fiction anyways- I still have a few of Brian Tracys not read yet, I thot I'd buy mags- books at Giant ni not many choice- pi lah news.com

After paying for the mags, suddenly I found my shopping cart missing. First I was disappointed - lah kena beli balik- buang duit aje etc.. then I got angry..hey this thief shouldn't be far as I turned my back just a while tadi.. so I went searching for trolleys. Nearing Poh kong I saw mine. Apa lagi I grabbedlah and shouted at the man.

Hey! What do you think you are doing This is my shopping Cart!

dah macam singa aku dah..

You want me to call security on you?!!

I am sorry

What do you mean you are sorry How can you just take my cart

I am sorry

tu aje words he managed to mumble.

Marah marah jugaklah but I thot he looked pathetic there.. so I just went..

Of course I created a scene there but I didn't care. People just stare ..


Syukur alhamdulillah I had my shopping cart back but I was really pissed off with this mamat. Zuriati yang jarang mengamuk- selalunya mengamuk with loved ones aje.. hehehe..

memang I jarang mengamuk, kalau my staff dulu buat salah.. muka ajelah masam but I rarely marah. but in my late 30s and early forties ..ahem ni.. macam singa betina sikit.

On the way back I thot kenapalah this man ambik my troli- he was eating ice cream at the time- accidently ke.. There was another one there but he couldn't have accidently taken it- as mine was not full but with more things compared to the other. Maybe he was hungry- then I thot...

lah.. 'pandai' jugaklah mamat ni. With every thing there I am sure to find it. He was leisurely taking a stroll with my shopping cart!! Hahaha not an experience thief...

Balik lepas membebel to whoever wanted to hear - buatlah cupcake. Since buat smaller ones -took time jugaklah dengan icing lagi.. gambo tak ada tak sempat!! Hahaha pizza tu makan esok ajelah.. DH left without me. So I took them later - pi with Tina and Camarina. Reached there ceramah ugama in progress. After solat Hajat we headed home.



Below are some photos from Brother in Law Epi ( shila- superwomanwannabe's husband) birthday on 3rd May

Birthdays and Kids

April 19th was Camarina's 9th birthday. Last year buat party. I thot we'd have a small party home and Camarina aka adik invited a few of her friends and yikes we were suppose to be in Ampang then. So we had the small party in Ampang. This year big party is suppose to be kakak's. Still don't know what theme yet.

Facts About Camarina

Name: Camarina Mohd Fazidin


Born in: Millenium child born in Ampang Puteri. 2nd ceasarean child. Dh came in siap ada lesson lagi with Dr Marlik.. siap tanya white thing tu apa- Dr said lemak.. should have asked him to buangkan semua.

Wanted to call her Adriana but Dh vetoed the name. At one time she didn't like her name as it means moon, she preferred flower like kakak's but now she's ok with it when we told her - without moon it'll be dark at night, showed her blue moon rose which is so fragrant.

Photo 8th birthday party . Click at birthday party to read more.

Weight : 3.1kg, then of course. The biggest of the three, but smallest now. Camarina mmg ikut protein diet- tak suka makan nasi except with curry or tomyam, sardine.


At Izan's wedding

Favourite colour: White, black she said altho mama always buys her pink or red hehehe.


Hobby: She loves to write stories, love poems, reading . Mama doa ..bila besar famous macam JK Rowlings. Everywhere she goes, she'll bring her notebook with her.Then she'll scribbledthings in it. Buat magazineslah. Her baba bought her a second hand PDA for her 8th bday, but the PDAwent kaput- dah old pun. Now she writes her songs, poems diary online read it here.



Her favourite books include Dumb diary, Mr Midnight and Gerenimo Stilton.




Favourite word..ummm


Favourite song: Crush, A little to not over you, Sayang Aliff Aziz


Favourite singer: Siapa lagi kalau tak David Archuleta and Jonas Brothers


Favourite things: Her current favourite things are converse like shoes. She loves dressing up, with earrings etc.. kuat melawa. Her hair is currently short- siap tunjuk gambar Rihanna dekat hairdresser.



Favourite animal: Rabbit

Favourite food: Tomyam, Sardine, Curry, Ketam, Sup ekor pedas, Sambal tumis Ikan bilis, Tempe

Favourite drink: Ice lemon tea, Orange juice.

Camarina is very close to her kakak. She wants to be where kakak is probably because kakak looked after her when mama had Tina. She'd miss kakak more than mama. Kalau bergaduh dgn kakak sure berjela tulis surat to kakak.

Nyang's Funeral

I wish I am more like Shila, who blogs almost daily. Don't know why kekadang alterlebih rajin. Anyways lots of things did happen from the time I last blogged . On Sunday, 5th April Tina had sports. She was one of the pompom girls. She loves to dance, never mind the jiggly things that followed.

Around 9 am, we received a phone call from my brother. My great grandmother, who was 100, passed away peacefully at my mom's. We rushed to Ampang. Mandi jenazah was done there and then off to Linggi. The funeral went ok -around 3pm, the weather was warm then a slight drizzle and later not so warm.

We visited Abah's grave. Camarina and kakak, I think was reminded of their atuk's funeral- cried, especially Camarina, who hugged the batu nesan and didn't want to let go.

We waited for Pak Chu, who flew from Sarawak, he missed the funeral as he got to Linggi around 5. We then went to Mak Ncik hse and got back around 7.

The next day, Mak organised a tahlil.

Nyang was the eldest daughter of Great grandfather Samad. Her mom passed away while giving birth to her and she was raised by her uncle. Her father got married and have other children. Her only surviving sibling was her youngest sister Nyang Busu. Nyang had a daughter my nenek, who is at my mum's and adopted a son. Nyang dulu muda2 was very very strict. She was creative, she used to look at something and can easily duplicate them; Kalau belajar sure pandai punye. She got married at 12, got my nenek at 14.

She lived a long life. No health problems except cataract and hearing. She remembered those who visited her.

Alfatihah




From left baby Camillia, Mum,Nenek, Nyang and me. The five generations of Kak Longs.

Trip to Land of Kepok Lekor

Crystal Mosque


This entry is way overdue. Shila has posted hers eons ago.


We went to Terengganu on the Sunday, 14th March. DH's uncle Dr Khalid lead the way.He had drawn up itinerary - jgn mare- of what to see and do. On the way to KT we stopped at Kemaman where it poured so heavily. The Sata was good. Tina, who loves kerepok lekor was excited when I told her we were visiting Land of Kepuk Lekor. As soon as we got to Kemaman she didnt want to eat anything but kepok lekor. Keropok heaven for Tina!!

We thot of going to see turtles at Rantau Abang but they've closed by the time we got there. The kids played had fun playing in the rain.


Reached Atok B's house at night, after change of clothes, went out dinner under the bridge.. Yummy yummy food!
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The next day we went to Pasar Payang, where we spent almost a whole day - ordered keropok lekor, bought caftans, kain batiks etc. We had lunch at Nasi Padang place.

Then we went to Atuk's resort by Sg Marang. Lovely resort, facing the river. The kids loved it - they went for second ride in the speed boat, while we, the adult were in a slow boat. It so peaceful and calm.

Malam we had barbeque. Grilled chicken, big big squid.

Day 3

Woke up early to go to Tasik Kenyir which is an hour's drive. Sampai aje we were all mesmerised. Emerald green lake..very beautiful..We got into a very well equipped boat- siap dengan dapor and - dua tingkat.. at the top siap ada pillows and mattresses.








We had breakfast on the boat then off sailed to Air terjun Lasir


Tina asked.. Are we going to Hongkong? Probably because the boat looked like the ones moored kat Hongkong.

The boat ride was heavenly, emerald green lake, trees of contrasting greens, clear blue sky.



Sampai the waterfall, my camera ran out of juice, wah!!!
Sampai sana, couldn't resist, altho I brought my ehem, muslimah swimwear, terjun jugak with complete attire. Then sibuk nak tukar into the swimwear, oggled by some yucky youth yang jakun tengok makcik tua tukar baju disebalik kain.

The water was so cold, that we had to sunbathe sekejap ( and the sun so hot), then dipped in again. Best sangat...

Ada ikan - or was it belacak?, and quite strong currents (waterfallkan!!), the stones were slippery. Tina slipped a few times. Difficult to gauge the depth of the water. A bit dangerous for kids. But we found a perfect spot where we could dip.

The current strong, Shila and I thot we'd, u know sit by the moving water ala jacuzzi. Best sangat until Tina joined us and got swept away. Mama and Baba grabbed her and then both of us - naik, enough swimming for the day.

We headed back to the boat, had maggie mee cooked in the dapur. Again Tina happy, as she loves Maggi and I usually say no to her requests.

On the way back to KT we went to see the biggest pheasant farm. Macam2 ada. We got a few peacock tails for free..

Malam- makan steamboat..Yummy!!

Last day

Morning the kids and daddies went to the beach. Tina tak habis2 tanya ..When are we going the beach.. Yelah so near yet so far. Tok busu girl, Shila and I went To Pasar Payang to collect our RM200 worth of keropok lekor!!

Then off to Taman Tamadun Islam.

Tina joined in the search for Marbles competition, she came third. Camilla, Camarina, Dahlia, Johan , Nadine , Sara, Sophia, - the fishing competition. Sophia got first, Camillia and another girl shared second place.
Tina won Third place


The Taman Tamadun Islam is good. I loved it. Masjids and Monuments from all over the world- Masjidil Haram, Masjid Nabawi, The Dome of Rock, where there is the rock that follow Nabi Muhammad SAW - Israk Mikraj, The Taj Mahal, The expensive gold covered dome, masjid from Brunei, The Alhambra.. So beautiful...
Dome of Rock

Masjidilharam
Alhambra

Taj Mahal

Crystal Mosque
Then off to Kl. Sampai 4 o'clock pagi and then two hari demam.

Kakak and Camarina went To Perak with DH.

Below are videosof the excursion

Gua tempurung.. sounds scary but exciting. There is a water inside, and slide...wow..I want to go..
click here.