Reunion

it's been more that 20 years since we left the medical school. and the opportunity to catch up with them again was very nostalgic. there are those whom i totally lost touch with. and for some, though we hardly met in person, their whereabouts were known as they constantly appeared in the newspapers and tvs. i must say i'm very proud of you people. and among us, quite a number of our children are now in the medical school scattered all over the world. to dato' charlie, dato' maamor, prof zea, jah and irma thank you for your effort and hard work in organizing the get together.





and some friends caught on my camera



(tapo & irma)



(daud, nazri @ head department ophthalmology kangar hospital, zai @ director of health services seremban)



(murni @ director tangling hospital kl, adib, rick @ consultant radiologist DSH, jee @ head department of psychiatry selayang hospital, man @ director serdang hospital)



(murni, jee, azie @ director utm student health clinic, noi @ deputy dean faculty of medicine uitm, adib @ practitioner kl)



(general ello @ consultant physician & director lumut hospital, yeop @ head department of pathology, ipoh hospital, zai, pian @ consultant anesthetist southern hospital melaka, daud)



(man, maamor @ persatuan pengguna islam)



(rick, jee, jah @ practitioner ipoh, muhaya @ consultant ophthalmologist prince court medical centre, ba'e @ batu pahat director of health services)

well friends, i'll load more pictures in my fotopages. till we meet again, you people take care !

Is This a Joke !

i recieved this plastic a few days ago. terkejut & terperanjat. the bank must be joking when it says 'we are please to advise that your application for pl***num card has been approved. ish ish ish bila masa lah pulak aku apply ni ?. penipu besorlah tu. and worse still katannya ' your credit limit has been raised to 40K !. ini kira dah melampau.

and to whom it may concern, ... give me 5 reasons why you deserve this new plastic. oppss, on second thought, i think it's best if you stick to your current plastic
(at least tak bertambah cerahlah kulit kepala principle card holder)

Thank You .... & Welcome

siti will be leaving us soon. since our maid left us 6 months ago, life has been rather .. sob, sob, sob. imagine, having to shorten my slumber to prepare the 2 kiddos for school, help with the laundry, iron my own attire to work and bla bla bla. luckily the suffering only lasted for 3 months. while waiting for the replacement maid, one of our friend was kind enough to loan us siti. she has been such an exemplary and hard working girl. i wish she could stay longer, but then we don't really need 2 maids to help with the house chores. we used to have 2 maids before, one exclusively to take care of my late mum. having 2 maids was not easy though as they regularly back stab and quarrel with each other. and to siti we wish to thank you for all your deeds and wish you all the best in your future undertakings.



darsi at her first high tea in zende seri pacific today. i'm sure there are more to come !




and to our new maid (only 4 days with us), hopefully she'll enjoy her stay with us. just a piece of advise ... beware of geena, been the youngest, she can be very snobbish and kepala angin at time.

stop ! . take a break

can't exactly recall when i last visited my own blog. i was extremely busy since beginning of the year, reached home fairly late in the evening, tired & exhausted!. i really needed a break. and when boss told me to represent him to indonesia last week, i felt so relieved ! well, there i was .... spending the weekend in this superb hotel. every thing was fantastic about this newly refurbish hotel. the joy of waking up late in the morning, enjoying my breakfast at leisure, spending time over coffee at the pool terrace and enjoying the evening at the lobby lounge listening to beautiful songs rendered by a most talented singer I've ever met. of course the kiddos kata tak aci abah tidur kat hotel yang best. a very deserving break i must say. well, jakarta, here we come again on the 13th. march. this time the whole family (minus nana) will be there.



didn't realised that it was valentine last saturday until the waitress at the kofuko restaurant presented adik with a small box of chocolate and a bunch of rose. been very naive, her first remark 'buat apa bagi adik bunga ni , adik mana suka bunga' well, i don't give a damn about valentine's day. we were there not to celebrate but to have our lunch and spend some time with the kiddos!.




and adik posing in the restaurant.

Salam Maal Hijrah

Rasanya masa berlalu begitu cepat sekali. Disember hanya tinggal beberapa hari saja lagi dan bayang bayang tahun baru dah pun timbul. Akhir tahun ingatkan bolehlah rilek sikit, tapi terbuzylah pulak. Plan for another exotic middle east holiday pun kena scrape gaya gaya ketiadaan maid untuk menemani the kiddos di rumah. Ikutkan janji agensi tu, kami akan terima replacement maid sebelum bulan ramadhan, tapi sekarang ....... masih menunggu dan menunggu.

btw, untuk kawan kawan serta pelawat blog ini, saya ucapkan selamat menyambut Maal Hijrah. Pada yang ada kelapangan, jemputlah ke rumah , kita minum petang sikit & borak borak pada 25 Disember 2008, dari 3 - 6 ptg di No. 1, Jalan Kent 4, Off Jalan Maktab 54000 K.L (berhampiran dewan perdana felda).

3 Hari 2 Malam

the much awaited break. pangkor here we come ! sebenarnya plan awal nak ke bukit tinggi in sumatra, tapi kerana kuasa veto anak anak, terpaksalah ikut pilihan mereka. perjalanan selama 3 jam agak memenatkan. balik rumah setelah selesai menghadiri jamuan amal pada malam sebelumnya dah hampir 1 pagi. terus bergegas kemas bag sebab nak mulakan perjalanan tepat pukul 8.00 pagi. perjalanan dengan feri ke PIBR dari jeti lumut mengambil masa hampir setengah jam. adiklah yang nampaknya paling excited sebab dia ni rasanya tak pernah naik feri.

bilik kami yang mengadap pantai agak run down dan tak dimaintain dengan baik. rasanya dengan rm 600 ++ untuk satu malam, one would expect a better room. di bali, one can get a very good room for just usd 100 / night. rasanya mungkin ramai setuju dengan saya kalau saya katakan bercuti didalam negeri taklah semurah yang di war war kan. untuk 2 malam penginapan (2 bilik) serta makan minum di PIBR our bil dah rm tiga ribu lima ratus ringgit. aduh !!!! kalau anak 7, 8 orang sure pening !

Anyway it does not really matter as the kiddos memang enjoy the beach. lebih bermakna, we really have quality time together. Needless to say, the beach was superb. pada kekawan, berbanyak sorry sebab tak ada apa apa souvenir - sebab tak keluar pekan pun. we just confined ourselves to the hotel & the beach.

dan beberapa keping gambar yang dirakamkan


(menunggu feri di jeti lumut)



(pemandangan dari balconi bilik)



(opps, orang putih kata sunbathing !)



(and this is geena)



(geena wish to dedicate this photo of hers to kak nana in the far away land)

pening pening !!!!!!!!!!

So the school holiday is here ! pening rasanya melayan kerenah 2 teenage kiddos kat rumah ini. seperti kebiasaan, adik akan kata ' bosanlah abah asyik duduk rumah saja, tak pergi jalan mana mana !. and abang seperti biasa ... ' abah, abang keluar sekejap dengan kawan, nak pergi makan .....'. macamlah kat rumah ni dah tak ada apa yang nak dimakan.

well, nampaknya adik dah ada her own circle of friends now. and since the school break, rasanya dah a few times dia keluar dengan kawan kawan ke klcc, samada ke movie atau nandos(and thanks to her friend's parent yang sudi supervise budak budak tu). walaupun we're a bit relex now, we do keep a constant watch on her, what more, she's only 14. we're less worried for the brother. been a boy, i think he's more than able to care for himself. though he confess that some of his 16 year old friends do smoke, he swear that he has never tried. well, i suppose you just have to trust your heart and believe him. (in retrospect, i've done far worst things at that age!). and abang sekarang dah tak buat port kat klcc lagi, dah pandai venture ke pavillion. katanya ada short cut ke pavillion dari klcc, just a short walking distant.


the new geena



abang new cannon 450D


last week abang said he wanted a his own dsr camera. says he doesn't want to share my nikon D80. well, nak turn down his request at blank point pun rasa bersalah juga, .... what more bila dia ungkit 'kak nana mintak duit nak pergi holiday italy, abah okay jer'. on second thought, i suppose we have to be fair to the kiddos!. well, if only he had requested for a motorcycle, then the answer will be a definite NO. and of course adik pun ada dia punya request ...... kalau abah beli abang kamera, adik nak buat hair treatment and rebonding sekali lagi. well, that sounds reasonable as it only cost us rm 280 at derreck & team.



geena & classmates



abang and geng


sebenarnya awal cuti sekolah dulu memang bercadang nak bawak the kiddos for a short excursion to padang & bukit tinggi in sumatra but the 2 kiddo unanimously vetod the idea. 'buat apa pegi indon lagi. bukan best pun .....' and that sounds very familiar. as a compromise, we'll be spending 3 days in pangkor next week. and sorry kiddos, this year's abah & mama's vacation is still on.