A PACT, A TRADTION...

I was at Ipoh last month, attending Akma's engagement ceremony,(Ray's cousin) Everything went very well. This was the 1st engagement ceremony in her family... The food was good, the weather was good, family of both sides were happy, a lot of friends and relatives enjoyed being there.

Chu salmah and her mom

Pak chu listening to the lamaran

Mak Long Timah and Bonda.....

Two cheerful kids playing around...

Naim and Along was incharged of the food dept

Refilling "Nangka masak Lemak"

Shirah and Jaja helping themselves with the food

Abang Jahar, one of the back bone of the ceremony

My hubby, mengintai....

Zara... my adorable niece

Me with Sheera and Jaja

Ayam goreng berempah, Daging masak itam, nangka masak lemak and pecal jawa

Enjoying the tasty foods...

The bride to-be and her mom

Wrapping the pulut kuning and rendang as one of the hantaran

Fazleen and Fahmy

OLD SKOOL

LEAVE A LIGHT ON

Take my hand

Tell me what you are feeling

Understand

This is just the beginning

Although I have to go

It makes me feel like crying

I dont know when Ill see you again

Darling leave a light on for me

Ill be there before you close the door

To give you all the love that you need

Darling leave a light on for me

cause when the world takes me away

You are still the air that I breathe

I cant explain I just dont know

Just how far

I have to go

But darling Ill keep the key

Just leave a light on for me

Yes I know

What Im asking is crazy

You could go

Just get tired of waiting

But if I lose your love

Torn out by my desire

That would be the one regret of my life

Just like a spark lights up the dark

Baby thats your heart

SUMMER RAIN

Whispering our goodbyes

Waiting for a train

I was dancing with my baby In the summer rain

I can hear him saying

Nothing will change

Come dancing with me baby In the summer rain

I remember the rain on our skin

And his kisses hotter than the Santa ana winds

Whispering our goodbyes

Waiting for a train

I was dancing with my baby

In the summer rain

I remember laughing til we almost cried (there at station that night)

I remember looking in his eyes

Oh my love, its you and that I dream of

Oh my love, since that day

Somewhere in my heart Im always

Dancing with you in the summer rain

Doesnt matter what I do now

Doesnt matter what I say

Somewhere in my heart Im always

Dancing with you in the summer rain

I can hear the whistle Military train

I was dancing with my baby In the summer rain

I can hear him singing

Ooh love is strange

Come dance with me baby In the summer rain

I remember the rain pouring down

And we poured our hearts out

As the train pulled out

I can see my baby

Waving from the train

It was last time that I saw him In the summer rain

Every time I see the lightening

Every time I hear the thunder

Every time I close the window

When this happens in the summer

Oh the night is so inviting

I can feel that you are so close

I can feel you when the wind blows

Blows right through my heart

Every night and every day now

Though I know youve gone away

Somewhere in my heart Im always

Dancing with you in the summer rain

I love these 2 songs... and many more of hers... La Luna, Circle in the sand, Vision of you, Runaway Horses, Heaven is a Place on Earth.... you can find out more here.

These songs cud really take me back to the time when I was in school, wearing pinafore... really miss those times... Other than Belinda, my favourites includes Debbie Gibson's Electric Youth, Paula Abdul's Cold Hearted Snake and Straight up, almost all Mariah Carey's songs... some of NKOTB, BROS, Mr Big, Color Me bad, Martika, Sinead O'Connor, Rick Ashey, Kyle and Jason Donovan... I really thot they were gonna be together...

Listening to these songs too, reminds me of UMBRO skool bags. garfield bags. Reebok and L.A gear shoes, Sweet Dreams novel series, sweat shirts, baggy pants, Beverly Hills 90210, Smash Hits magazines, school canteen's mee rebus, the karipap plus kuah cicah at the pak guard's house, my uncle bus, my class rooms and my all girls school...

BETRAYAL

How do you handle a betrayal upon you.


Freak out?


Confront?


Or juz act like you know none of such thing...


Or cry while you were in the shower...


Or run to a friends' shoulder


How do you handle it if you want to avoid confrontation of such betrayal
dat occurs over and over again...

HOLLOW

It's already 3:15pm....



feeling tired.



sleep really late last nite.



woke up at 9:am



Cook at 12--> kari ayam, sayur bayam, bendi celur and sambal blacan



2:15 selesai makan



sekarang macam ngantuk pulak



tapi nak kena pergi Jalan Kenanga beli rail baju



kena pergi harvey norman pavillion nak suruh dia cop warranty card bfore post



tapi kena pergi sorang pulak, ray kena jaga rumah. ada orang tgh buat gate.



malas. ngantuk. boring.

QUEEN OF HEARTS

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers....

To my Mom, Mama min, Mama Dah, Mak mertoa tiri ku yang kami panggil Bonda, my "mom" frens...Maria, Hajah Pnut, Nadia, Girl, Ann, Reena, Rina, Emi, Ainon and mummy to-be... Shida and Afida... Happy Mother's Day!

Selalu lah doa kan aku pun dapat celebrate mother's day... huhuhu...

Y'day me and family celebrated mother's day at Bora Asmara. Whole family except Girl and Jay kat Melbourne, plus Ray, Enrad (tunang Dian) and Gadafi (bf Ameen) had dinner there. We had a reservation at 9pm. Tapi 8.30 ramai tak siap lagi. So Ameen and Gadap pergi dulu. Reached there around 9:40. Ramainyer orang, pening kepala. Ingat nak duduk kat gazebo2 yang ada curtains and cussions tu tapi dah ada orang reserved. Last2 duduk kat dalam area yang ada aircond. It was too crowded and noisy. Kids were screaming while the adults were talking and laughing... We cud not concentrate looking at the menu..

Then, the waitress told us that ala carte meals might take 1 hour to prepare pasal ramai orang. Only western foods jer cepat.... sigh... I wanted to have the tom yam... So, I settledfor spaghetti marinara... I followed Dian and Enrad to the washroom. Enrad then meet the manager and asked whether there were any gazebo available. Later, the manager told us that we cud take the gazebo reserved by somebodey earlier coz he didnt turned up passed 15min from the reservation time.

It was about time! Coz the room was getting louder... the gazebo was much fun. We had a great time, talking and joking around while having dinner and sit back kekenyangan sambil minum hot choc....

Looking at mom's face, so full of joy. Dad pun.. Having their children sitting together, with spouse and spouse to-be, having dinner... Thanks mom, for being there for all of us, bukan senang nak brought up 6 orang anak yang berlainan character and personalities... Ingat lagi masa skolah rendah, my frens semua kata I had a beautiful mom... I still remember when she was much younger and energetic,.. went jogging with me, went to saloon to do our hair when i was 12, sent me to me to music classes, tutions, mengaji,when to buy barang kemas at chow kit.( masa tu rasa boring betul)... Take care of me when I was sick, I was sick a lot of times.. taught me how to be a woman, how to dress, how to cook,... yes sometimes she was being quite hard on me... I hated it that time... but now I know that she wanted the best for me, for my own good. Mengalir air mata tulis pasal ni... I was the eldest, I was the hopes and dreams of hers... I can't imagine my hopes and dreams kalau I have a child of my own nanti...

Mom, sorry if I ever hurt your feelings by being outspoken during my rebelious time, for being naughty and make you worried. I can't ever imagine my life without you. I hope to have more happy moments with you and my future children. I love you mom!

BREATHING FROM A NEW NEST...

I've been busy lately and still am.. I just moved to a place I called my own home now. Walking distance from my mom's and definitely not a new house.

The house is actually in a good location, but not so good condition. Ray and me decided to remove all wooden parquet on the 1st floor and the tiles on the living room. And it was not easy to make decisions... on new tiles, the stairs, the gate( yang lama dah nak tumbang) then the floor at the porch was not level... that has to be done too..

Then I've to decide on the pebbles for the porch. lightings indoor and outdoor. Urghhhh... it was stressful back and forth to the suppliers, hardware shop... decide on the colours of the wall... I was not happy with the workmanship... rasa nak cat sendiri aje..

Suddeny Ray nak buat plaster ceiling pulak... decisions lagi... furniture? appliances?..

We had some arguments on the interior concept, at first Ray wanted all white. then he changed to glass and stainless steel.

But we managed, to compromise...and some decisions been made. We moved in last Friday. It was so hectic coz that was the day the furniture was delivered, air-cond installed, my in-laws arrived from Perak.... Fuuh...

The works on the porch and gate was not done yet. Some of the rooms has no light. But we all managed to sleep in and cook the very next day... It was tiring but it's all worth it. To have a place you call your own, having your family, in-laws sitting and eating together helping you out, setting your house.

While I was writing this post, the electrician is fixing the new ceiling fan and lights in the room, Wak Mastor is doing the pebbles on the porch... Ray is having teh tarik with his siblings...

Couldn't wait to have it all done...

EYES ON KL...

Last March I had a cousin came and visit from Johor Bahru. So, Dian and me took him to see few places. Ingat nak bawak gi tengok Tugu Negara, bangunan parlimen... hihihi... Because I remember looking at photos of my grandpa, aunties and uncles from kampung yang pergi KL by rombongan in the 80's. Those were the 'must go' places.  

View from the elevated highway, heading to KLCC

Imitating the "sign" above right

"We're going there!"

Monkeying around at Aquaria souvenir shop...

Ooo Ooo Ooo...

Dian found her long lost friends hangin in there.... :p

Best jugak hang out kat luar ni.. selalu kalau gi KLCC kalau tak shopping, makan.... 

Hangin' peace dengan rocker JB..

Sepetang di mini central park KLCC...

Boy ni was really into music and band. He has his own band back in JB. He's playing the Bass guitar.  We took him for a dinner at HRC and watched the live band which was from Indonesia... not bad actually... Teringat masa dulu-dulu... huhu.. 

Gambar ni mesti dia letak kt "my space" dia....

Pudu area... sending Boy off

Passed by China Town....

This was actually a day earlier when we went to Pudu to buy bus ticket for Boy. Avoiding the traffic, we took LRT from Wangsa Maju... At Pasar Seni, somethings caught my attention...

ada transformers...

apa tu? taliban and monroe?

Tuanku Abdul Rahman pun ada....