Kota Bharu: Missing you

I'm wishing anyone, Muslim, who drops by here to read my ramblings, a blessed and memorable Eid-ul-Fitr.    Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri untuk semua. :)

I can still remember that wonderful feeling, waking up at dawn, looking out the window, seeing a different city....a strange, wonderful feeling... for reasons unknown to me, I feel at ease, I feel serene... macamlah dah selalu sangat duduk Kota Bharu yang sangat jauh daripada Johor Bahru tu.  Then I will watch tv... then do my subuh prayers then sambung tengok tv semula. Ada juga terbangun in the middle of the night.. pun rasa best, tenteram je...it could be because it is an Islamic city...soothing and peaceful aje bila kat sana, Alhamdulillah.

Then selera makan pun sentiasa okay je.. since the menus were quite different than the ones we southerners selalu makan..tu yang bertambah best tu.  Our last nite there, we had dinner at Glaila restaurant, right in the middle of KB.  Yang paling I ingat dan suka ialah Kari Ayam Hijau.. so far belum pernah jumpa lauk tu di JB ni.  Super-delicious!  

There are many, many things I love about Kota Bahru.

Kota Bahru, I miss you....

Welcome 2012

Hello 2012, with open arms :)

On that 11-11-11....

Yet another blessing, another heartwarming gift for me, for all of us indeed ....

Meet Afrin Farhana Mohd. Firdaus, born of the proud parents Firdaus & Ayati.  Entered this world precisely at 5:26 a.m, November 11, 2011.

And guess, who is the happiest? None other than Afrin's Big Sis, the much loved Anis Farissa....Allah bless you both, Darlings... Kakak, I'm truly happy to see your face, when your long awaited sis is now by your side :)

And that makes three Jedi Younglings now.... Anis (Firdaus), Iman (Fahmy) and Afrin (Firdaus).

May the Force be with us all :)

Note: Photos are snatched from Afrin's Dad...full credits to him :)

Another wedding...

My other sister, Mastura got married to her fiancee, Mohzani on October 7.


Endless congratulations to both :)


For wedding photos on solemnization for both sides, you can view it at the website of official photographer for their wedding, the EK Photography.


Full credits to EK, for their wonderful and amazing photos :) :)

Salam Ramadhan 2011

Diucapkan Salam Ramadhan untuk semua yang beragama Islam. Selamat menunaikan ibadah puasa, semoga kita semua mendapat rahmat dan berkat dari Nya di bulan yang penuh kemuliaan ini.


Jika ada terlanjur kata, tersilap bicara, saya memohon ampun dan maaf, zahir dan batin.


Selamat menyambut ketibaan Ramadhan Al-Mubarak.

Long Silence

I wonder if I should go back to blogging... Hmmh... what say you guys?

Highly Commendable

yang ni, baru je baca di NST Online. Just been posted, by the looks of it :

From New Straits Times online, 27/06/2009

Royal couple's marital affair is personal: Kelantan palace

KUALA LUMPUR, Sat: The Kelantan palace has reiterated that the marriage of Tengku Temenggong Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra and Cik Puan Manohara Odelia Pinot is a personal matter.

In a statement to Bernama here today, Royal Palace Coordinator Datuk Abdul Halim Hamad said that as such, it had nothing to do with the Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Ismail Petra Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yahya Petra, Regent of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra, who is also the Crown Prince, and the Kelantan Sultan's Office.

Abdul Halim said the statement was issued as instructed by Tengku Muhammad Faris.

"It is hoped that the issue will be resolved fairly according to the law. I hope both of them will be given enough space to solve their problems," he said.

This is the first time the Kelantan palace has issued a statement on the marriage after Manohara ran away from the prince last month, upon returning from Singapore where the couple had gone to visit the Sultan who was recovering from a heart ailment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

The issue of the marriage was sensationalised by the media, especially in Indonesia. Manohara, a former Indonesian model, has filed for divorce while her husband lodged a police report, denying allegations made against him by his wife and her mother, Daisy Fajarina.

Meanwhile, Abdul Halim said that the Sultan, who was still receiving treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, was in stable condition.

He said all members of the royal family were also in Singapore.

He also urged the public to pray for the recovery of the Sultan and all issues involving the Kelantan palace to be resolved. -- BERNAMA
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I rasa this is most appropriate of the Istana Kelantan in handling this matter. It is highly commendable. Istana Kelantan memang cool. Memang kes ni being sensationalised at its worst.

Personally, I will pray for the speedy recovery of the Sultan and for this particular matter to be resolved in the most appropriate way.

A Smart Move

From The Star Online, Saturday June 27, 2009

Kelantan prince orders estranged wife to return by July 2

PETALING JAYA: The Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra has ordered his estranged wife Manohara Odelia Pinot to return to him by July 2, failing which he will proceed with legal action.

Stating that he was her lawful husband under Syariah law, he said Manohara’s rightful place was by his side and that she should obey him as long as it was according to the law.

Tengku Muhammad Fakhry said this to Manohara in a letter that was passed to his lawyer in Indonesia to be forwarded to her.

A copy of the letter was also sent as a press release to the media by his lawyer Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar here yesterday.

Tengku Muhammad Fakhry’s letter further read that he had engaged Zainul Rijal as his Syariah lawyer and Mohd Haziq Pillay as his civil lawyer.

Manohara, 17, a former Indonesian teen model, had fled from her husband on May 31 when they were in Singapore to visit his father, the Sultan of Kelantan, who was being treated at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital for a heart ailment.

She returned to Jakarta after accusing the 31-year-old prince of abusing her physically and sexually.

A medical examination in Jakarta allegedly stated she was repeatedly slashed with sharp objects on her chest and had been burnt with a cigar on her forehead.

Manohara had previously said she wanted to divorce her husband. Tengku Muhammad Fakhry lodged a police report on June 11 against her allegations.

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sebenarnya i kalau boleh tanak comment apa-apa pasal issue ni. i setuju dengan pendapat bahawa ini isu suami-isteri between Tengku Fakhry dan Manohara. Tapi lately dah makin melampau juga dan contradictory tuduhan-tuduhan sebelah sana pada Tengku Fakhry ni.

first thing yang buat i geram, was their actions naming Al-Sultan Kelantan yang sedang gering tu sebagai one of the defendants. ada ke patut, orang tengah sakit nak di bother nya.. pula yang tengah sakit tu a State Ruler yang belum tentu ada salah kat dia. dan yang best sekali ada pula video clip Manohara buat statement yang dia 'kurang tau' involvement Tuanku Sultan dalam kes dia ni.

secondly, i tengok argument dia dah melampau-lampau sangat. and contradicting everytime. macam ada satu instance dia kata dia kena dera menggunakan seterika di dahi at a certain date. tapi at that date and the days after that dia punya public appearance tak ada lak bekas cop seterika kat muka dia. to this, i suka nak say something, ayat yang selalu i gunakan untuk orang-orang yang 'perasan cerdik' ni : JUST BECAUSE YOU think YOU'RE SMART, JANGAN INGAT ORANG LAIN TAK PANDAI. Kan dah last-last statement sendiri belit leher sendiri.

itu baru sikit aje, tak perlu la disenaraikan accusations dia yang lain-lain. they are so ridiculous in such a way that daripada I nak ketawakan dia, sampai jatuh kesian pula menengokkan betapa teruknya level of thinking dia...

Referring to the above news report, I think that's a smart move by Tengku Temenggong. Biarlah segalanya diselesaikan dengan ikut procedures dan in a proper and noble way. I tak rasa dia long for his so-called wife to return sangat pun.. I wish him all the best and I hope he will move forward after all these dah selesai.

Endless Congratulations

To the wonderful, brilliant person who has just been accepted and much welcomed to the Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Klove, Charles University Czech Republic, I have this to say:

Best Wishes, and May Success Be Yours All The Time

Good Luck and May Allah Bless

Zalim Lagi Tidak Bertamadun

Read the title. It is exactly like what's written there, in the title.

Read these. You have to read these to understand. At least read the first link:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/28/nation/20090528171715&sec=nation

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/28/nation/3998052&sec=nation

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/28/nation/3994946&sec=nation

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/28/nation/3994921&sec=nation

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/28/nation/3996654&sec=nation


I know not what's in the mind of this woman who abused her child consistently.

TO WOMEN OUT THERE, yang mana belum berumahtangga tapi terasa teringinnn sangat nak berumahtangga.. atau berangan sangat nak kawen, kalau rasa belum betul betul ready, tak usahlah menambahkan masalah. Nanti ada jiwa-jiwa lain yang merana.

More often than not, I encounter the case of pempuan-pempuan yang nak kawen tapi tak fikir fasal tanggungjawab langsung. Main tangkap muat aje. Hence, if anything goes wrong, selalunya anak la yang jadi mangsa... contohnya macam dalam link yang I letak kat atas tu.

I had tears in my eyes earlier on Thursday morning when I read that newspaper report. I though, apa jenis punya perempuan la tu. Kononnya facing difficulties lepas divorce. I mean, ramai lagi wanita lain yang berpisah dengan hubs tapi takla sampai gila macam itu sekali. Ni tak lain tak bukan jenis pempuan yang 200% dependent ngan husband. Laki takde je mula meroyan tak ingat dunia. TOTALLY STUPID.

I thought of my niece, and my sister Yati. Of how careful she is when caring for her daughter, of her sacrifice bila Anis sakit. Of her daily motherly duties. And I ask myself, hapa jenis la manusia yang sanggup mendera anak sendiri macam dalam newspaper report tu, sampai patah gigi bawah, tinggal gums aje. Just imagine, kita yang dah dewasa ni still rasa sakit giler kalau cabut gigi. Apalagi la a boy aged 5... God, the very thought of her beating him sampai gigi tanggal.. how on earth did he go to sleep in pain.. macamana dia nak makan, siapa yang comfort the boy when he's being abused..Dear God, have mercy on the boy. Take him away from his insane mother forever and put him under the loving arms of truly kind-hearted people.

I remember reading what Datuk Seri Shahrizat said about this matter:

“There are other ways to solve your problems, be it through family, community or the Welfare Depart­ment,”

And I am in total agreement with her. There are so many ways to solve one's problems.

Tapi, untuk perempuan yang dah teruk sangat macam dalam kes dalam newspaper tu, my only suggestion is... hey why not you kill yourself la. That way, you are not only doing yourself a favor, but a big favor to everyone else. Your son will not need you pun, if you continue to behave like that.

Me... lately Part 1

Early Sunday morning i received a text from my boss saying that there'll be a meeting the first thing Monday morning. at 8.30 am, with the '8.30' underlined.

So there I was, arriving at the office as early as 10 past 8. Yalah, my house is the nearest so nobody from the office was around yet. Hm, so I went to the nearby gerai to have my fav bfast. None other that nasi lemak separuh, telur goreng and WITHOUT ikan bilis and kacang, and nescafe ais.

Uh-oh... gotta get ready now.. to be continued.

Happy New Year

To my moslem readers, Happy New Hijrah Year. May Allah Bless You All Year Long.

To everyone, Have A Happy New Year. And here' s something I'd like to share with you, from the movie Little Children...

The past cannot be changed.

The future could be a different story.

But you have to start somewhere....


Love Always,

Spec :)

Merry Xmas and Happy Birthday

To my readers who celebrate Christmas today, Have A Joyful Christmas with your loved ones.

And to YOU, Happy Birthday. May Allah Bless You All Your Life. Hope to see you soon. :)

Love Always,

Spec Wave

What's Up With Me

betullah, memang dah lama dah tak update blog ni..bukan tak nak, nak. tapi belum ada kesempatan. ni pun sikit-sikit aje.

well.. salam aidil adha to all (hope it's not too late to wish)

i've been busy since november. extremely busy, to be precise. for one thing, i am back at work. and there's no way in heaven or in hell i can update my blog from office. not that i am a compulsive blogger; i was never one. doing priority work never allows me to do that. not when i am running from my department of origin to the corporate secretarial division - all the time doing priority work. yes, i have to focus 100%. must be really sharp - as my Honey likes to say.

secondly, well kasih sudah beralih arah. hehehehe nantila i explain later. takde masa nak bertonyeh ni.

thirdly - our assistant, Ernie has returned to Indonesia for 11 days due to some family emergency. Mak dia sakit serius juga. Jadi we have to do everything on our own. Luckily all of us ni memang ada 'commando' training so alhamdulillah, so far manage aje. tapi bertambah sibuk le jadiknya

fourthly - anyone yang ada follow blog my niece tu, actually i move the blog for a while..sebab ada benda yang nak i change. tatau sampai bila boleh siap coz i havent found ample time to do it yet. tapi i bukan nak password protect or permanently resrict the access. sementara aje. For me, kalau something is really confidential, I wont even write it anywhere, let alone on the internet. I am not one of those idiots who spilled personal stuffs on the internet kemudian susah-susah nak limit access or bising-bising orang baca blog dia. Idiot, I am not.

fifth - gotta sleep now. nanti sambung lagi. love u all :)

Of Puasa and Kuih Raya

Hari ni my Mom best la, siap belikan nasi ayam, sporting sungguh. Tengkiu Mommy heheheh. It was really delicious..

Petang tadi my Mom masak her delicious rendang daging for buka puasa. Well, sekarang Atok dah tak ada, so just looking forward to eat Mom's cooking aje la... sedihhhh...

And for a few days now, I sibuk mengacau dan 'tolong' rasa biskut my sis Yati buat. So far dia dah buat 3 jenis, my fav being biskut dam aji hehehe.. gambar? nantilah kena tunggu dia, sebab camera i pun entah ke mana.. she alone has the photo of biskut dam. Yang dua lagi, London Almond and Hazelnut Ball. Dia memang rajin, memenuhi request her hub and lil princess.

Oh, aritu ada juga I tolong my mom buat Biskut Cornflakes with honey. I dah pernah buat many many years back dengan jayanya. This time cuma tolong fill up the cups with cornflakes aje. Sedap juga!

Me? Entahlah nak buat ke tak...tatau lagi.. I ni kalau buat anything mesti ada mood dan seru.. baru menjadi...

Yang pastinya, masih sedih lagi... kira tolong my Mom and Yati, dapatlah distract myself from the sadness.. and being with Nayniss also cures my feelings. Walaupun Nayniss dah makin bijak laksana dan sangat active, like I said earlier, her name means teman yang setia dan menyenangkan hati... and yes, that's my niece. That name suits her to a T.

And me, I have been busy with a few things.. so I guess it's time to stop this blabbering.. hehehe..

Of Prison Food

Malas nak cakap banyak-banyak la kan. Just that, when you kena sumbat dalam prison, then it means you are being PUNISHED. Reti tak? So do not expect to be treated with a 5 star treatment la... lagi mau bising pasal prison food. Dah memang common knowledge prison food teruk, satu dunia dah tau.. haiya, lagi mau bising dalam news ka?

Seriously you are only enhancing your stupidity.

That's Why He Is My Hero...

He made the mistake of leaving his pit before it was safe to do so, resulting in a pit crew being injured. His Drivers' Championship is at stake. His car had an engine failure in lap 46 at European GP in Valencia today. But he did not hesitate in the slightest to admit that it was his mistake :

Quoted from The Official Formula One Website :

“I made a mistake and left before I should have done,” he said. “Fortunately, Pietro is not too badly hurt. I wish him all the best and hope he gets better soon. In any case, it would not have changed anything as then the engine broke. Now we must concentrate on preparing for the next rounds and on improving our qualifying performance."

And that is why Kimi Raikkonen is my hero. He is highly professional and is not afraid to admit his mistakes. Unlike some people who would blame others and engaged into a fight in the same situation. Kimi has an obvious resemblance to a certain someone.

And Wave alone knows.

Wave : an update

still exhausted.. wedding punya pasal lah, apa lagi....

hmm nak update banyak benda.. slowly la.. lagipun banyak dah lupa..

on top of everything arini tak berapa baik la mood.. darling i cuma dapat 9th place at the Monaco GP despite getting 1-2 Ferrari during qualifying. pity my darling...

emm tapi takpe.. Massa still won 3rd. Dapat juga championship points. never ever give up.. biasalah in life memang ada ups and downs. better luck next time, at Canada, okay. lagipun, tengok sini racewinners so far :

Australia ~ Lewis Hamilton
Malaysia ~ Kimi Raikkonen
Bahrain ~ Felipe Massa
Spain ~ Kimi Raikkonen
Turkey ~ Felipe Massa
Monaco ~ Lewis Hamilton

Kira okay la tu.. lagipun Monaco punya circuit memang sangat susah.. tadi pun ada yang hentam wall semua.. so takpe la.. Best Wishes for Canadian GP, okay Ferrari.

Results for today's race :

1. Lewis Hamilton ~ McLaren Mercedes
2. Robert Kubica ~ BMW Sauber
3. Felipe Massa ~ Ferrari

Lupa lak.. for Turkish GP, the results are as follows :-

1. Felipe Massa ~ Ferrari
2. Lewis Hamilton ~ McLaren Mercedes
3. Kimi Raikkonen ~ Ferrari


Hats off to Ferrari for Turkish GP. Time tu tak update pun, masih sedih lagi due to the departure of my uncle.

Tak Peduli...

Kata Ritz : Doakan yang baik-baik je. And be positive. Kalau diri sendiri tak positive macamana benda lain nak jadi? Jangan fikir bukan-bukan.

Kata Elle : Buat derk jer. InsyaAllah okay tu..

And, says Spectacularwave : Hai, gasaklah kat situ. If it's too much trouble then never mind..

Baik aku tengok gambar dia ni, ada gak faedahnya...



Yalah, orang lain pun handsome juga... okay je... Kan? Hmm gambar semua ni, quoted from http://kimiraikkonenforever.com/. Nak tengok lagi gi lah sana.... ni gambar masa first GP of season 2008 kat Australia.

Gambar kat Spain? Nantilah esok lusa ke.. banyak giler benda nak post tapi tak cukup masa.. sob.. sob...

Wrath

Umpama menepuk air di dulang, terpercik ke muka sendiri.

Laksana ketam menyuruh anaknya berjalan dengan betul.

Mengata dulang, paku yang serpih.

Kuman di seberang lautan, nampak dilihat.

Tidak tahu menari, lantai dikatakan jongkang-jongket.

What A Shame.