Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Cuti-Cuti Kedah, Our Jelapang Padi - Part 2

During our cuti-cuti time, we also went to Kedah, Cahaya's beautiful home country. Kedah lies in the north of Semenanjung Malaysia, distinctively known as the "Rice Bowl of Malaysia". We've stayed here for 3 nights.






A picture of us with Bae and D, together with their families. Bae is Cahaya's elder brother and D is the youngest.




The 3 handsome brothers - D, Non and Bae



and the lovely wives - Kak Na and Rozaini ...


Li'l Fatima and her sweet li'l cousin, Anis



One of our best moments in Kedah was when we had our little durian party at Kepala Batas night market .... Nyaman eh ....




Later in the evening, we'll be going to Sungai Petani, to visit Cahaya's brother, Abang Mi.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Selamat Datang 1430


Salam Ma’al Hijrah


You can find many wonders in this holy month of Muharram. One of them is the 10th day of Muharram, commonly known as Hari Ashurah, which has many distinctive qualities and features. Almighty Allah Ta’ala created the heavens and the earth on this blessed day. This is the day on which He gave His infinite blessings and bounties to many of His Prophets and rescued them from their enemies.

Muharram reminds us of the hijrah or migration, of our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW from Mecca to Medina. Almighty Allah Ta’ala created Adam AS and pardoned him for his mistake. Nabi Noh AS had his Ark landed successfully on Mount Judi, and Allah saved Nabi Ibrahim AS from fire and rescued Nabi Musa AS from the cruel Fir’aun.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Cuti-Cuti Kuala Lumpur - Part 1

The decision was final. We chose to go to KL and Kedah for our year end holidays instead of KK. It's a budget trip, and it's fun!
When we are in KL, as usual Ipoh kway teow curry is definitely a must ... (slurp...). It's extremely delicious!


Kaka Ummi and her li'l sis, Fatima ....




We will be spending both new years - 1430H and 2009 here .... yeyyy!

Friday, December 12, 2008

Rezeki Allah, Syukur Alhamdulillah

Firman Allah Ta’ala yang bererti -
Sesungguhnya segala sesuatu
telah Kami ciptakan sesuai dengan qadar
[Al-Qomar : 49]
I really am looking forward to the weekend. As usual, Friday is a working day for me. So far the children’s school holidays are filled up with their own activities. They enjoy their swimming on alternate days. Both Maya and Fatima are getting better with their swimming styles. They make new friends and have lots of fun. Cahaya and I haven’t decided where to bring the kids, KL or KK. We were told by friends that KK is now full of Bruneians. Wherever you go, you are bound to bump into your fellow countrymen! Flights to KL are now expensive, oh no! Well, there’s no rushing for us. We’ll just wait and see, soon we’ll decide where to go. Of all you know, hehe who knows .... rezeki Allah!

Monday, December 8, 2008

Alhamdulillah


Firman Allah Ta’ala dalam Surah Ali-‘Imran Ayat 97 yang bererti:

Dan hanya untuk Allah, wajib bagi manusia melakukan haji, iaitu (bagi) orang yang mampu mengadakan perjalanan ke Baitullah. Dan barangsiapa yang mengingkari (kewajiban haji) maka sesungguhnya Allah Maha tidak memerlukan semesta alam

~ SELAMAT HARI RAYA 'AIDILADHA ~

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Shanghai Moon ...


Assalamu’alaikum everyone.

After my short weekend trip from Kedah & KL last month, I was then busy with the preparation of my Brunei Roundtable 2008 event at The Empire. Alhamdulillah, the event went well and the attendance of foreign and local participants was overwhelming. Thank you very much to my BIFC friends who had helped me throughout the preparation until the day of the event. Especially to Hazel, Feem (spelling?) and Fatin. Great work to all of you. Bosses were all happy .... eheee.... Next year lagi yeah?

Right away the next morning (25th Nov), I flew off again, this time to Shanghai with Feem, through Singapore on business trips. Alamak, fenat memang fenat, and Shanghai was oh... so cold maaa .... It was winter. Upon arriving there, we joined the OCRA people - Wuei, Helen, and others - and also Alvina of Baiduri Bank. We had good meetings, OCRA’s promotional IBC showcase went very well. Well done OCRA! We had good times. I will upload the pictures in the blog soon. Meanwhile, you can check it out at Wuei’s blog. He went into detail with our hotel room facility - the well-equipped, sophisticated modern toilet, haha...

Back at the office last Monday, whoa, my work had piled up, which I must complete before my next leave! (Ahhh, cuti lagi, Sinar?) .... Yup, 22 days babe!! Yahhhooooiii!

Till then, have a nice weekend!