Monday, November 30, 2009

aidil adha

friday 27th nov umat islam meyambut hari raya aidil adha or raya korban; this year, kami tak balik kampung since we'll be accompanying our nephew, anak kak ani abang zul, zafrizan or known as ijan kahwin kat penang ..

initially, hubby had planned to visit mak at kak long's house malam raya, then leave for penang immediately after solat hari raya; since am not cooking for raya, hani's buddy kak asiah abang din had invited us to makan-makan kat bungalownya dulu before berjalan jauh ..

at 7pm thursday, hani dapat call dari kak asiah saying that adik abang din baru je meninggal and jenazah is still in hospital and nak kebumi malam raya kat our tanah perkuburan, we waited for jenazah and was at kubur till 12 midnite


all of us went for sembahyang raya and dropped over kat rumah kak faizah abang brahim yang jemput kami makan since kak asiah had been busy with her immediately family; ada nasi beriani ayam goreng, ketupat rendang and cakes; all the food was delicious cos kakak sorang nii is a food caterer ..



the thought of convoi with the sisters to penang dah tak jadi cos we'd not visited mak lagi; lepas je siap packing we went to see mak, and kak long had served us nasi and rendang ayam .. left to penang at 1pm and reached penang around 5 ...

Sunday, November 15, 2009

innalillah

at 10 am today, monday 16th nov 2009 received a call from suhana, an old friend saying that my best friend, datin zariah ismail, 51, passed away due to cancer



had not heard from her since middle of this year since hani was rather upset; when texted her saying that hani missed her and her reply was "sorry am not very well and no visitors at the moment", not knowing that she's battling with breast cancer .. so sorry dear


very fair and quiet, zariah, as she's known is a very humble lady, not many knew she's a datin untill her son's wedding card was distributed more than a year ago. zariah was hani's classmate during our BSc engineering days in itm, shah alam. we were the mahasitua batch sponsored by telekom, our employer to further our studies, enjoyed our outings and bersukaria sessions together and she was driving a red satria bearing the reg no satria 52 then


we were forever closed since after graduation we had worked in the same building altho in different departments. we used to date for lunch especially on fridays, arwah is a very reserved lady and likes to keep to herself; hani is lucky cos am the only friend who managed to visit her at her beautiful mansion in sierra damansara after coming back from heart operations and she used to be very selective with her diet ..

al fatihah to zariah ismail .. semoga rohnya ditempatkan disamping orang2 yang beriman ... aamiiin

Saturday, November 14, 2009

plan tak jadi

yesterday, a saturday, out of 4 planned events, only 1 turned out good ..
  1. kenduri kesyukuran/tahlil rumah nako
  2. visit datin saniah in sec 3 shah alam
  3. singgah rumah adik, aar in bukit kemuning
  4. tengok dato siti nye live concert
lepas je hubby habis his golf, we (papa, mama and aqeel) decided to leave to shah alam to attend my buddy, wan rusli @ nako's kenduri kesyukuran/tahlil who will be leaving to mekah on sunday; he's staying in a beautiful bungalow in sec 11 shah alam; we reached their residence around 2.30 pm and few male friends dah sampai, the food served was good and yummy ..



alhamdulillah hubby managed to mingle happily among the clans since hani will only be the rose among the thorns, nako had requested all of us to wait since nak buat tahlil sekali lagi after solat asar; the doa selamat at nako's ended almost at 5.30 pm ..

hani had planned to visit datin saniah datuk zaini in her new 11-roomed bungalow before asar since they'll be leaving elsewhere then, had to cancel the appointment with a promise to see her some other days

alang-alang ke shah alam, had called my brother aaar to pay them a visit since my sis-in-law had not been around and aar is taking care of their 4 kids; the plan was also cancelled

earlier fendi called saying that zu ada extra ticket for dato siti's live concert at stadium melawati shah alam and hani had agreed to accompany her. sempat menukar baju and we had waited for them since 5.30 kat depan stadium and by almost 7 pm, hani felt so giddy and nak muntah, decided to balik ke pondok and had a nice rest while watching sehati berdansa ...

Monday, November 9, 2009

syair

this syair by pujangga Islam Ilya Ibn Mahdi was sent to hani by tarmizi kassim, one of the sms clans on my birthday

betapa sering engkau mengeluh dan mengatakan bahawa engkau tidak punya apa-apa

padahal bumi, langit dan bintang-bintang disediakan untuk mu
begitu pula laman pertanian
bunga-bunga yang beraneka warna nan harum semerbak aromanya
dan burung-burung merpati yang merdu kicauannya.
air yang ada di sekitar mu berkilauan bak perak dan mentari yang ada di atasmu bak emas menyala

suku nomad di lereng dan puncak bukit membangun khemah-khemanya yang indah
dan adakalanya mereka beralih ke tempat lain

dunia dengan segala keindahanya disajikan untuk mu
maka mengapa engkau bermuram durja
dunia pun tersenyum
maka mengapa engkau tidak ikut tersenyum

jika engkau bersedih kerana kejayaan yang telah berlalu
maka mustahil engkau dapat meraihnya kembali dengan menyesalinya
atau engkau takut tertimpa musibah
maka mustahil engkau dapat mencegahnya hanya dengan bermuram durja
atau engkau telah lalui masa muda mu

maka jangan kau katakan bahawa zaman telah menua kerana sesungguhnya zaman tidak menua

Perhatikanlah

sampai sekarang masih bermunculan dari bumi bebagai tumbuhan yang sangat indah
hingga seakan-akan berbicara kepada mu




091109

9th nov 2009, monday, is hani's 49th birthday; hani was so quiet about the date but living in a family yang penuh ngan kejutan, well it was celebrated two days earlier among very very closed friends ..



it started with hani receiving phone calls from kak ani abang faisal, kak asiah abang din, kak faizah abang brahim and kak melini saying that they will be coming over to our pondok on saturday nite; aqeel was back but not aliff, and aamal had been so busy with her project, hubby volunteered to help hani cook dinner; nasi minyak, kari tulang rusuk lembu, jelatah and sambal belacan, we'd mixed fruit cocktail besides tea and coffee, kak asiah brought along the guava and mangoes and kak melini had brought the sago ..




lepas je makan-makan and cake cutting, it was also the nite for football final between kelantan and negeri sembilan; thus najmi, sakri and nizam dok terpaku depan tv whereas abang faisal, abang din, abang brahim and hubby having serious discussion kat luar, kami ladies nii apa lagi, bercerita ngan gelak ketawa ...

alhamdulillah, this year hani received so many sms, phones calls, emails and messages via facebook wishing hani the best on my birthday and am taking the opportunity to say thank you to all ..







Sunday, November 1, 2009

sweat sweat

lepas je syawal, hani had been jogging with kak faizah, who is suffering from diabetes, at the west emerald, we will normally go 5 rounds the lake unless the sun shines earlier. hubby had dropped hani kat rumah kak faizah on the way to office around 7.30 am and we will be walking for an hour, tak terasa letih sangat cos the walk will be full of cerita ceriti, gelak ketawa and chit chatting

lepas tuu, tengok keadaan laa, there are days bila akak singgah breakfast kat pondok hani before masuk sauna, ada hari hani breakfast kat rumah dia, there are days bila kami breakfast kat kedai and ada hari terus balik ke rumah especially bila laundry dah bertimbun or when expecting visitors

later, hani will be in the infra red sauna especially after a-one-hour dok depan tv, a korean movie 'sea of ambition' at 12.30 every monday to thursday

all this while, life is so goooood and stress free, when and how am i gonna start work???????

another weekend

lately, our pondok nii sunyi sepi since the three stooges are hibernating kat nest masing-masing, aliff is back in melaka, aamal is too busy with her final year project and aqeel is sitting for his final exam in school

saturday

hubby and hani had attended johari's son wedding in felda tanjung malim; it's more than an hour drive from our pondok and the journey via the oil palm plantations is rather adventerous. we reached johari's residence after 12 noon and many were there, had incidentally met an old telekom's colleague kak maimon abdullah and the family


meriahnya kenduri kat kampung nii since the lauk pauk dimasak secara bergotong royong and guess, seluruh penduduk felda nii keluar meraikan tetamu, we were served with nasi minyak, daging kerbau yang dimasak ngan rebung??? and ayam masak merah besides the tapai pulut and buah kurma for dessert

we were given a VIP treatment by the villagers and thank you so much joe for the bunga telur yang beraneka jenis dan warna ...


immediately after maghrib, we had left to bilal's villa in kota damansara for his kenduri kesyukuran, bilal and wifey, dr noreha will be leaving for haji soon; met the sms clans regular faces and managed to see dr norhayati all the way from kota bharu and aznoran from seremban



banyak pondok makanan yang disediakan, ada pondok nasi minyak, ada kambing panggang and the fried noodles stall, laksa shack and another stall is solely for the desserts, thank you so much for the yummy food and to bilal and noreha, selamat mengerjakan haji dan semoga mendapat haji yang mabrur



with tora & ti, pah, su and ha sempat menyinggah rumah nah dr zainal who leaves nearby and the gelak ketawa lasted till the wee hour, thank you so much to all .....

sunday

had left the pondok at 10 am to culik aqeel, went to giant gombak since aqeel dah rindu kat the bambinos pizza and bought his usual consumption. sempat singgah kat rumah kak limah, hubby's cousin in sri gombak before sending aqeel back to hostel; now is musim final exam and all the best to my chom boy ...