Kiky in Remembrance

Salam To All

It's being ages since I had the time to update this blog!

Well today is a special day. 26 October 2010. She could have reached the age of half a decade, so to call. The golden years..... She could have been 50 years old today if she is still around. Unfortunately, Allah loves her more than we do.


The lovable lady in my life!


That's my beloved wife, Allahyarhamah Rokiah Mohamed @ Kiky. She short lived by 2 years 10 months to reached the magical number of 50. What can I say?

In remembrance of her, all I could do is recite Surah Yassin. I guess that is the best gift for her after her demise. All I could for now.

No one can replace her in my life right now. No one! Hence that's probably the reason why I'm still single till now. Hmm. don't know why?

But all I could say is that she is the best soul in my life. She is the reason why I decided to get married 21 years ago. She is the mother of my 4 growing up kids ooppss.. growing up young men and lady. They grow so fast that sometimes I didn't realized that they are already big.

Anyway today 26 October 2010 is her birthday. Usually a day or two, the kids and I would have been looking something for her birthday present. Mimi especially would be thinking of what to buy for her dearest mom. The boys.. hmm... probably just sign off the birthday card bought by their little sister.

Whatever it is, there is no more birthday cards for her.. no more birthday wishes for her .. no more singing happy birthday for her.. it's all in our memories now. All I can do is remembering her when she was around. She celebrated her last birthday with some of our close friends about 2 months before she passed away.

Well that's is history. But I have so much memory with her. Why shouldn't I... she has been in my life for 18 years and no one can ever erase that memory.



Her last birthday celebrated during Hari Raya 2007

To my love one, may you rest in peace and may Allah placed you amongst the Shuhadah.
As I told you, I will take care of our children no matter what. That is my oath to you dear.

Wassalam

Salam Eidulfitri

Salam to all. It has been too long that I've not update this blog.
Somehow I felt that today is a good day to write one. Since Hari Raya will insya'allah fall on Friday, hence I would like to wish all of you a Selamat Hari Raya Eidulfitri and Maaf Zahir Batin.



And yeah we are going to have a very long Hari Raya break i.e. for about 11 days altogether. What a feeling! And today, the office is practically empty and the holiday mood is already in the air.

Ole Ole Bandung - 3 ~ 6 June 2010

It has been quite a while that we have not gone for a holidays as a family. Hence a trip to Bandung would be a great idea - after all with the cheap tickets really helps.

So almost 20 of us decided to have a break by going to Bandung.

Our flight was on Thursday 3 June 2010, morning at 9.20am and arrived at 12.00 noon or 11.00 am Bandung time. The weather has been good to us.

Well pictures paint a thousand words. So I don't have to tell every details here except you can see how we enjoyed our trip there thru' these pictures.



The Excited group at LCCT after checking in about 7.30am.


At LCCT before boarding Air Asia. Asked the kids
to get this snap shot. This was first overseas flight
trip for Mimi & Adib.


Aizat sat alone on the other side.
Aizuddin supposed to fly with us but
because he's having his final exam
he decided not to join us.


Me and the 2 kids in the plane.


We headed straight for lunch immediately after
checking in our stuff in the rest house.
These guys waiting for the food to be ready.


Ikan Gurume Goring at Rumah Makan Sunda.


This place is quite cosy.


Lunch at Rumah Makan Sunda - good food.
First time makan masakan Sunda in Indonesia.


Group photo in front of Rumah Makan Sunda in Bandung.


Interior Garden at Rumah Ebo, Bandung. We stayed
for the 3 days. Nice affordable residence.


At Rumah Edo, Bandung - waiting for rooms to be ready.
Then our real journey begins ~ shopping..shopping & shopping!!!


Rest sekejap lepas penat berjalan dari satu
Factory outlet to another one.


In front of Donatello - one of the factory outlets
at Jalan Dago.


The kids had real good time shopping ~
unfortunately with daddy's money lah.


First day shopping therapy outcome.

On second day, we planned to go for a 3 hours journey from Bandung to Taman Safari Indonesia. Long hours in the van but well worth it.

Posed in front of Rumah Ebo before going the 3 hours journey
to Taman Safari Indonesia in Bogor.


Take a break at Cianjur Rest Area for a drink.

Once we entered the Safari, then the experience begins. Awesome place with open air zoo where the animals roams around freely. The children really enjoys this experience - so do the adults.

Aida feeding the Llama. Mimi actually seat beside Aida.
Both of them were feeding the animals.


Feeding the Camels from the van.


Adib, Aizat & Mimi - in front of the elephants show.
You can sit very near the elephants.


Having quick lunch that we packed from home.


Posing depan sign board - Taman Safari Indonesia



The White tiger - Acik mencicit lari sebab takut tengok
harimau putih ni.


Mimi posed with the baby lion - paid IDR10,000 for a pose.
Mimi is never afraid to take pics with animals - unlike her
brother and father as well hehee .



Mimi & Dania - with anak orangutan.

We spend hours in the Safari until its time to go back. On the way, we stopped at Puncak, a place similar to Cameron Highland - cool air and greenery all around. We stopped nearby a mosque to pray. This is the first time ever that I been to a mosques built on a hill top overseeing the whole valley. Really a great sight.

Me in front of the highest masjid in Puncak, Bogor.


The view from the mosque.


The stalls that sold fresh village produce. Kalau kat Malaysia
I dah beli dah bawak balik.

We started our 2nd day by preparing some breakfast on our own. So came out the roti canai segera, rendang daging, rendang ayam, sambal ikan bilis & sardin. Wow what a breakfast.


You see the pisang. It was left over after the animal
feeding at the Safari.

Then our 3rd day shopping begin. This time at Pasar Baru. Mak oi besar nya. It was a 7 floors of shopping complex with hundred of shops. You can't finish them in one day if you go from shop to shop. believe me.

Mimi trying to find dress that suits her. It's either its slightly
expensive or it doesn't fit her.


Of course lah, Ayah also want to shop for himself.

That night Abang invited us to have dinner at Kg Daun. It a place about 45 mins drive from Bandung. But due to the bad road condition and very narrow, we felt it was a really long journey. But the place is extraordinaire. Really a nice place and lots of people went there. You need to book first or else you can't find a place.

Since we arrive about 8pm and was dark, I could get clear pics. Hence to give you some idea of how it looks like, I've downloaded some pics from the net.

Welcome to Kg Daun, Bandung.
(pic download from internet)


Naik bukit nak sampai to our hut no 21.
(pic download from internet)


One of the huts in Kg Daun - very beautiful with village setting.
(pic download from internet)


Beautiful waterfall at Kg Daun. Very natural & refreshing.
(pic download from internet)

It was an experience having dinner at Kg Daun. I believe it's Sunda local delicacies.


Bi, Me & Cik Hindon - muka2 lapar tunggu makanan.


Group pose at Kg Daun, Bandung before the food arrive.


Arrays of foods at Kg Daun - about 45 mins. drive from Bandung.


Makan jangan tak makan sebab semua dah lapar.

We have to leave Badung on the 4th day. Flight at 12.00 noon. Hence everyone has to be read by 10am to leave for the airport.

Last group photo before we left for the Airport.


At the lounge - took a rest before departing home.

Goodbye Badung. It was a great trip for us as family. We really enjoyed our trip there and thanks to everyone for helping us to experience a great shopping adventure there. Maybe next trip we go somewhere else. Adios!

Pokok Pisang Pelik

Pak Teh ada sms pada pagi Sabtu lalu. Dia kata ada pisang pelik kat kebun depan rumah mak. So dia suruh bawa camera untuk gambar pokok pisang tu.

So terpaksa lah saya cari camera kat rumah. Selalu nya Mimi yg pakai camera yg baru dapat tu. Tapi bateri nya lak takde. So saya decide nak singgah kedai sebelum ke rumah mak.

Sampai jer kat rumah mak, terus lah pergi kat kebun tu carik yg mana pokok yang di kata kan pelik tu. Carik punya carik.. baru jumpa. Pokok dia tak lah besar sangat macam biasa. Cuma pokok sederhana.

Tapi bila nak ambil gambar, camera lak tak berfungsi walaupun bateri baru. Alahai lah nasib..
Anyway lepas Zuhur Zalma datang dengan family. So saya ajak lah Ika & adik pergi tengok. Ika pulak ada HP camera so dia lah yang ambil kan gambar-gambar ini.





A'ah lah.. pokok nya berbuah pelik sikit. Selalu nya pokok pisang berbuah dari hujung nya dimana pelepah daun tumbuh. Ni tak pulak. Buah nya mula bercambah dari tengah batang nya.




Dah lah tu, buah bercambah dari bawah keatas. Yakni jantung pisang nya bukan tergantung kebawah seperti biasa tapi keatas. Cuba tengok gambar bawah ni.






Walau bagaimana ini memang pelik bagi saya. Pokok pisang yang berbuah terbalik keatas dari batang pokok nya.

Tapi kalau kalau masak nanti, nak di makan ke? Mana tau kan... buah yang pelik-pelik ni mungkin ada kelebihan nya.??????

Acik is 14 years Old Today

12.12.1995. It was the day Adib a.k.a. Acik was born. That was 14 years ago. And today he is officially 14 years old growing up as a handsome teenager. As a December born child, he is the last one to celebrate his birthday. Boys his age already celebrated their birthdays early of the year but Acik celebrates his almost a year after them.


Well from a usually small and short boy, he is now growing up - slowly but surely. In no time he will be as tall as I am.


And tonight Cik Hindon & Teh invited us to her house for dinner. It was in conjunction of Juke, Zetty and Zara coming back from London for holidays. And since most of us will be there, I might as well celebrate Acik's birthday as well. Kill 2 birds with one stone as they said.

His 14th Birthday cake!


My growing up handsome teenager.