kisah bulan mac 2025

assalamualaikum and hi! :)

since banyak cerita pending, sy sekalikan event2 yang lepas dalam satu entry.

so ni cerita sekitar hujung bulan feb ke bulan mac. skang dah bulan mei, kan. ahahaa

kek sambutan birthday mama on 16 march. happiest 65th birthday, ma!
semoga terus sihat sampai ke usia 100! hihi (insyaAllah. aamiin)

disebabkan bulan mac adalah bulan puasa,

sebab tu sambutan simple2 je kat rumah mama di shah alam.

potong kek pun lepas balik terawih rasanya ni.

kitorang pun xde dalam gambar kat blog ni sebab masing2 dah pakai baju tidur. hahahh

so kita letak gambar mama dengan naim je sini yang berbusana paling decent antara kitorang semua 😂

mama potong kek, diiringi oleh naim. hahaa
ni kek rocher.

backwards to 6 mac, adalah hari rehearsal pingat.

every year, sempena sambutan hari wilayah persekutuan,

ofis kitorang memang ada buat event pingat ni.

cuma tahun ni bukan pada 1 feb.. atas titah YDPA Agong yang time tu baru pulang daripada rawatan di luar negara.

sebab tu jadi bulan mac.

and bulan mac bulan puasa kan.

so tiada jamuan makan-makan. just bagi goody je lah.

kitorang petugas stay kat hotel dorsett hartamas.

like last year, kitorang berbuka dan bersahur di hotel.

gambar kenangan di tangga istana.
lepas ni entah bila lagi dapat masuk ke istana. kitanya dah pindah ofis kan.

7 mac hari pingat (DKBPWP).
sy jadi LO kepada KP digital, YBhg. Datuk Ts. Dr. Fazidah binti Abu Bakar.
a very nice and humble recipient. tahniah, Datuk.

sekali lagi gambar di tangga seperti tahun2 sebelumnya.
ada lagi gambar ramai-ramai kat tangga. tapi malas nak korek kat galeri 😂
gambar yang banyak ada kat facebook sy.

sebab bulan puasa, kita pun berbukalah puasa.. haha
time ni kat PICC, husb belanja. tqq bang!

28 feb, keluar makan dengan bffs sebelum bulan puasa.
ni kat kaysha dine & beauty. nama dia gitu sebab atas tu ada spa meni pedi.
that's elia, me, mardia and azra.

bawak anaqi sekali. so kitorang share la mac n cheese and air iced lemon tea ni.
makanan sini agak pricey dan tak tau sebenarnya nak makan apa. haha.
tapi tempat lawa la. kat tamarind square, cyberjaya.

so sekian kisah bulan mac.

ni nak bulan jun pun tak letak wishlist birthday lagi hahaa.

kbai!!

starting the raya gear

assalamualaikum and hi! :)

would like to post this time in english.

but don't mind me, this won't make me any less malay or malaysian. still am ;)

so!

this time it's about raya.

today marks the 17th day of syawal.

alhamdulillah i started replacing the ramadan fast quite early this time, together with the 6 days of syawal fasting. 6 days completed. got another few days to finish the rest. *root for me! lolx*

the pandemic is also nearly ending *alhamdulillah!*,

raya open houses are permitted this year (how cool is that!).

so we went to our first open house, at neighbour's.

donning blue and white, mix and match.

i think i didn't snap any photos at my neighbour's house,

but there's a video! haha

ya, the open house took place at night.

i love the night vibe. one cuz it's cozy, not too hot (hm but still hot, prolly the weather.. hihi), and it's early syawal, so many people are doing the syawal fasting on daylight.

best reasons to do open houses at night.

so after a while, the house was swarming with so many people,

we quickly finished our meal and headed out to play fireworks and firecrackers.

anaqi and i.
they were many other kids too, but not in the shot.

end story of our first open house on 2022.

and down here is the photo of lemang periuk kera, or the pitcher plant lemang.

we've been looking for it right before raya, but to no avail.

i was asking around cuz my husband really dig it *that's how i love him, went looking every nook and cranny for the things that he crave -- if you read this, hun. (i bet not) haha*

finally i found it!

someone at the office shared the info,

and suddenly many other people were ordering too.

 i was more than glad to help them ordered this, so everyone would have the pleasure to taste this delish dish.

oh oh and the rendang! (spicy yellow 'pencen' chicken rendang -- btw how do you call an ayam pencen in english? LOL)

the rendang was fiiiiine.

sedaplah. at par to my tastebud. and yours too *everyone loves delish food lah, right?* kehkeh.

MYR15 per set, bought from mr. uzai, a former staff at our office.
he's doing this full time now, so do not hesitate to contact him to order: 013-6317688
(putrajaya and nearest)

ok to our next open house!

this happened last saturday.

i usually set my weekends *friday too* as 'free-of-fasting' days to celebrate things like this open house lah. lolx

SHARING

i've read somewhere about ramadan's fasting replacement (ganti puasa wajib).

if we're replacing ramadan fasting on that particular day (it's wajib, right),

we cannot bluntly just breaking fast without a concrete reason.

E.G.: we're replacing a fast today.

suddenly, office has eid open house.

so we just break our fast to celebrate and to eat. or because our friends ask us to.

we can't, cuz breaking ramadan fast, even though when we're replacing it, is a sin (berdosa).

unlike sunnah fasting (syawal fasting, or the monday thursday fasting),

that one, we can break our fast because it's not wajib.

wallahu a'lam.

so if we know there will be open houses or whatsnot, and we want to go there to eat,

make sure we're not fasting on that day lah.

fast the next day also cannn :D

*but yeah, one must complete the fasting replacement soon. do not wait till the end of the year. cuz who knows what will happen to us that time, right? tetiba sakit ulcer ke, or gastrik, terkejar pulak nak ganti last minute*

BACK TO THIS OPEN HOUSE STORY. LOLX

idk how to tell this kid to pose a decent look these days. haha!
(always making faces in front of the camera. i surrender already :P)

yeah, this open house is the grand one.

almost look like a wedding, right?

there were many dishes and as a foodie, i was loving it!

beriyani rice, spicy sweet chicken, roasted lamb, satays, apam balik, many many more i can't list them all.

the drawback is just, there were so many people too. peak hours may be.

so i couldn't eat calmly.

there were like two families standing around our table,

waiting for anyone to get up so that they could take over.. haha.

thing is, i just sit and started eating!

i felt like people are looking at me while i ate lolx *though they didn't? i just felt it because they were all surrounding the table*

so i just ate some dishes quickly and then got up to give seats to others.

how baik. not. haha

right before our table being swarmed with guests.

nevertheless, i had a good time there.

met my former boss, didn't catch up anything *lolx*, just saying hi and bye, and a photo snap, cuz he's busy with many guests.

thank you, for the warm hospitality.

next!

the next day on sunday, my fam said let's go balik kampung our late abah.

so let's!

our late abah was a tampin's boy.

tampin, as in negeri sembilan.

the land of delicious authentic lemang and smoky food (smoky beef, smoky chicken, smoky duck. all smoked. lolx. JK)

our grannies already passed away before abah,

so the ones that reside there are our mak lang, induk siti and induk chom. that's how we call our aunties in nogori.

right now both induks are not in the right 'weather'.

induk siti can barely stand up, or else she'll faint. speedy recovery for her.

last time induk nah was there too, but passed away due to cancer. *al-Fatihah*

usually induk nah will help mak lang like go buy groceries, drive the van/car and things like that.

now that induk nah is not around, mak lang did it herself at her golden age.

i pray that Allah give her strength and wellness to face days ahead. and pray for many manyyy rewards for here as she takes care of the family since forever.

thank you, mak lang.

us all, with mak lang.
Allah grant her a good health at the age of.. 73 i think. alhamdulillah.

mak lang and our kampung house.

trivia: my yearly rendang raya's recipe was originally from mak lang.

like no any other.

i never find a rendang as delish as mak lang's.

usually she cooked rendang with like 5 chickens every raya.

but now as she grew older and had to take care of induk,

she just cooked 2 chickens this year.

she cannot cook much like before.

so now when i feel like i want to eat mak lang's rendang,

i have to cook it myself. sobs. :P

next we went to pak ngah and mak ngah's house in seremban.

mak ngah was also not in the best condition (bila dah ziarah sana sini baru la tau keadaan saudara mara. Allahu).

she told us that she fall on march, hurt her waist (and body)

and now she just lay and resting on her bed.

the time i visited, mak ngah was also having a fever. may Allah grant her wellness.

us all with pak ngah. not in the photo; the kids, husb, ain and durra.
they're all somewhere outside the frame. lolx

me and mama. may Allah always blessed her with good health and His rahmah.

last but not least,

i wanna talk about kuih raya (traditional raya cookies/biscuits).

didn't buy much,

this year, i think initially i bought one semperit and two nutella swiss tart. haha

yeah that's it.

then my mom gave me this cornflakes biscuits, made by her.. yums!

cornflakes biscuits by mama.

and this flower semperit, i just bought it for MYR22 only at tampin.
sedaplah pulak, it really melts in the mouth.

 

so to many many more open houses in the future *insyaAllah*

lolx. bye!!

hari ibu dan short trip ke swiss garden hotel, genting

assalamualaikum and hi! :)

think it's not too late to wish every mom in this whole wide universe;

HAPPY MOM'S DAY!!

and to my mama too.. selamat hari ibu! we love ya, nek yah!

ni gambar kitorang ahad baru-baru ni.

singgah shah alam jap jumpa nek yah budak berdua ni. kikiki

 

sambung kisah lain pulak.

so lepas gerak balik daripada beraya kat kampung haritu,

kitorang singgah genting odw.

most of hotel semua sold out ye.

asal2nya pun kitorang plan nak stay kat KTcity (it's kuala terengganu if you're wondering),

tapinya hotel semuapun habis! gila tak gila. haha

nampaknya orang malaysia ni beraya tapi stay hotel.

may be sebab rumah di kampung tak muat semua orang untuk tidur dan sebagainya. idk.

so akhirnya ke genting la kita.

hotel yang available hanya swiss garden.

lain semua, air bnb je gitu yang tinggal (apartments and such).

maka marilah ke swiss garden.

SG ni agak baru la jugak,

dia sebenarnya sebelah windmill apartment. windmill ni banyak jugak air bnb nya.

may be SG ni building windmill yang dibeli oleh hotel? ntoh le, mak minah. haha

so we arrived in genting around 3pm kot macam tu.

tengah2 raya lagi kan, so mana la ada kedai makan sangat.

sudahnya ke food court sebelah KK mart tu, makan nasi goreng ayam goreng (gerai cawangan daripada kedai mamak jugak). sedap le nasi gorengnya, makan panas2. share dengan anaqi. more to paksa dia makan, sebab dia tak nak mulanya.

dah tu katanya lapo. haha

babahnya and ariana makan nasi putih dengan ayam goreng mamak dan kuah kari.

lepas kenyang tu baru gerak masuk hotel.

ramaaaiii orang queue kat kaunterrr.

i was attended by a staff named joe.

setengah jam rasanya beratur. lepas tu dapatlah kitorang masuk ke bilik hotel.

cangg! ni la biliknya. simple and nice kan. sini tak de karpet.

bathroom, untuk tatapan pembaca sekalian. ahaks

kitorang singgah ke genting ni lebih kepada merehatkan diri selepas perjalanan yang panjang.

kira pit stop la sebelum pulang ke selangor.

tak ada pun naik sampai ke atas atau pergi GPO ke.

kitorang just rest2 je kat hotel tu.

harga bilik pun affordable la jugak. tak de la ambik bilik yang mahal2.

harga breakfast buffet kat hotel SG ni adalah RM25 untuk dewasa dan RM12 kanak-kanak.

ok kan harga dia. choice pun boleh tahan banyak.

anaqi makan free je. staff dia bagi free, may be tengok kecik budak ni.. makan pun tak banyak mana.

haha thank you, hotel.

tengoklah tu, secoet dimakannya :P

ariana time ni belum ambik makanan lagi.

ariana makan : cereal dengan susu. nugget. sosej.

anaqi makan : sosej, nugget, telur rebus nasi lemak, timun.

datang pagi2 buta jam 7.30 ni, tak ramai orang lagi.

mujur datang awal,

sebab lepas2 tu ramai gile orang ok.

ada makanan yang habis and lambat sikit topup sebab ramai orang pun.

i love the plates, bowls, cups.

semua colorful. boleh pilih kaler apa nak.

sy pilih pinggan kaler pink. pilih makanan2 berasaskan american breakfast.
kenyang and sedap.

tak cukup dengan breakfast omputih,

lepas tu ambik oriental pulak (bubur nasi) HAHA

sebab sy terpaling suka makan bubur nasi kat hotel punya buffet. ambik sikit seciput pun jadi.

tujuan kitorang keluar breakfast awal tu,

adalah sebab budak2 ni nak pi swim.

menengokkan time check in tu ramai gile orang,

husb kata kita kena gi pool awal jugak ni.

takut 'jeng' poolnya.

seronoklah AAs jumpa heated pool / jacuzzi. so suam2 je airnya.

sebelah tu kolam kanak2, tapi sejuk airnya.
jadi AAs berendam and berenang dalam jacuzzi ni je.

ai jadi pemerhati je. dan photog.

memang lawa view dari tingkat 41 ni. pool kat tingkat 41.

sebenarnya kat tingkat 40 ada viewing deck.

makna kata, nak snap gambar scenery kat situ pun boleh.

dan nak datang ke pool ni, kena naik lif hotel ke tingkat berapa eh.. 38 kot.

lepas tu naik tangga sikit dan lalu ke blok sebelah untuk tukar lif ke tingkat 41 (pool).

jangan risau, sebab ada penanda arah. ikut je.

sila la minta towel daripada housekeeping sebelum mai, sebab kat pool tu tak de disediakan towel.

kalau jalan ke kiri, ada pula pool yang super besar untuk dewasa.
tapi pool ni air sejuk la jugak. haha
landskap cun.

ni juga salah satu landskap.

pokok kemboja kegemaranku. pokok estetik, kata wani e.

husb in jacuzzi.

banano.

aiqiqi.

the mom a.k.a photog.

the dad.

sudahnya balik kesejukan. hahaha

ni gambar AAs time kitorang check out.

balik tu singgah KL pulak, cari makan.
pusing punya pusing pakai google map,

tutup semua kedai makan ye.

yang ada kedai chinese je. bahaha

so balik dengkil, singgah mamak depan rumah tu je.

pukul 12 gitu, makan tengah hari di kedai mamak.

sedap pulak ayam masak cili berempah dia ntah apa namanya. haha

makan dengan peria goreng. surrrr. (ongpenang suka kata surr surr ni kalau sedap. ye tak? ai bukan orang penang :P)

so gitulah ceritanya.

then sambung la bercuti raya sampai hari selasa.

selebihnya hari cuti tu digunakan untuk settle baju2, termasuk gosok baju sekolah yang super banyak, berjalan2 dan berehat2an.

toodles!

makan2 celebrate birthday mama di serai shaftsbury, cyberjaya

assalamualaikum and hi! :)

laterpost sebab seperti biasa, 'tuan rumah' kesibukan :P

baru2 ni *baru je, ahad lepas* kitorang sekeluarga pergi makan2 kat serai.
kali ni serai shaftsbury, cyberjaya. biasa kat shah alam kan. ni tukar venue pulak.

sempena menyambut birthday mama, sekali dengan makan2 before ramadan.

serai ni kan dah macam official restaurant kami sekeluarga. haha

dari zaman sekolah rendah sampailah dah beranak cucu.

plus, semasa birthday mama 16 mac haritu,
family masih berdukacita atas pemergian tokki. (al-Fatihah)
mama pun ada kat kampung time tu.

so kita later-celeb la.

bersama birthday lady yang dirai.

 

rupanya full ye serai ni di waktu tengah hari.
walaupun dah call siap2 sehari sebelum, untuk reservation,
waktu peak semua dah full.
so kitorang book le slot pukul 2.30 petang.
rupanya sampai2 tu pun, pekerja serai baru nak setup meja.
and restoran pun ramai orang walaupun dah nak dekat jam 3.
may be orang ramai keluar makan2 before nak ramadan ni kan.

kek birthday salju berguguran hahaha

alkisahnya budak2 ni dok main2 kat kerusi tu kan.

tetiba ariana terlanggar kotak keknya.. jatuh le penyek keknya dalam kotak HAHAA

so flakes putih tu pun ada yang gugur2 jugak.
kek pun penyek sebelah. tulisan habis tergolek and hilang lolx

tapi tetap potong and makan. sedapp.

upacara potong kek. nampak tu dah senget sebelah keknya :P

hadiah kecil2an daripada wani e.

kad pun buat sendiri.. art book sempena birthday.

hadiah bunga untuk mama. pun buat sendiri.
sejak dua menjak ni minat menggubah bouquet. tapi pakai artificial flowers aje.

all the handmades go to jiwa artsy ini yang lama tak buat.
lagi pulak, kenaikan harga barang menyebabkan kita buatlah sendiri mana yang boleh.
kedai kalau jual bunga, sampai beratus. padahal boleh je kita gubah sendiri kan. malas dengan tak malas je. bahaha
(sapa nak book bouquet artificial flower boleh roger2. harga ekonomi sisthor bagi)

spot us in this doodle!
ai ni suka gile melukis, tapi kekangan komitmen lain la macam biasa.
hidup sebagai orang dewasa ni, banyak nak kena handle and fikir. kesian hobi lamaku ini terabai. haha

lama juga tak buat buku art ni. sapa yang berkenaan, pernahlah kot dapat buku '5' daripada sy.
tak semua dapat ye. haha (jangan mintak!) :P
apapun 9 degree design tetap wujud.

barisan kontinjen di barisan sana. haha
ain faliq anaqi tuah ariana.

wakil pasukan putih.
harith naim haikal durra.

wakil meja tepi.
wani iskandar hjh zakiah.

nek yah dan cucus beliau. lolx

couple in black, ain dan faliq.

geng berbaju putihh. nampak tu ramai orang kat belakang. ni pun dah reda sikit.

noww kita share foto2 makanan pulak!

anaqi punya spaghetti carbonara.. share dengan naim haikal.
makan sorang mana nak habis, walaupun plate ni kids punya. haha

ni faliq punya spaghetti jugak. tak tau namanya, tapi ada beef strips.

mi goreng ini ainnn yang punyaaa hoh hoho *tiru cerita ahmad albab*

nasi goreng cina for kids. ariana punya.

ikan siakap goreng masak sam rot. yums.

udang butter, majorly harith yang worder. hihi

tomyam ayam favouriteku juga. sebelah tu terung goreng. jyeah.

post-makan. nek yah and ariana berpakat ke tuu pakai baju sama kaler. hihi

cucusnya nek yah dan nek yah. acik wani.

harith, durra, NH.

three cous.

hj hajah *aamiinn nak gi haji juge one day. moga ada kesempatan*

dah tamatlah sudah entry ini haha

till then and selamat menyambut romadon! :)