Syafiah in action!

We went to a water cascade on last Saturday to try Syafiah's neck float on her in a larger space. We brought along my mom who followed us back last week. I love the waterfall more than a swimming pool as it has no chlorine. We'd find more natural places for sure, be it waterfalls, beaches or even hot springs since she wasn't afraid to try new things. Next in mind is Sg Klah, Sungkai. Read a review here. Even on the way back home, we tried the opposite way, on which we found another hot spring named Ulu Tamu at Batang Kali.

So, let's some photos do the talk. You can click on photos to enlarge them (all photos by my husband except the first one):

She's floating, she's happy, she's adapting herself very well. She kept kicking both of her feet in the water. Almost all the time. Sometimes to left side, sometimes to the right. It made her moving in round and even backward. I just had to make sure that I stood the opposite way of the stream to avoid her from being washed away.

One positive response ~ she kept on talking in her language & giggling in the car after the activity, until Mastura asked her to stop as she wanted to sleep. The way I look at it, the stimulation is working on her. Even when I type this, she's accompanying me. She keeps on talking with different pronunciation.

The place we went called Ulu Yam. The nearest waterfall from our place. The upgrading work is in progress. New stalls are in place even though they're not fully operated yet. New changing rooms and washrooms too; to replace the old bad ones. Even though the weather is a bit hot now, the water remains cold. We performed the Asar prayer before we went home. The surau reminds me of 'rumah kebun' that once we had we're younger. Spacious wooden house. I just love to be in there.

SU-KLIA-PD-SU

Ini entry basi. Maklum sajalah idea tersekat dek kerana PC yang rosak sehingga dihantar ke 'workshop' berkali-kali. Alang kepalang, terus tukar hard disk. Dari 80gb ke 250gb. Masalah hdd sebelum ni = rosak teruk di boot sector. Tu sebab setiap kali bila PC ini dibuka, kami wajib berhadapan dengan masalah tersebut.

So insyaAllah selepas ini, saya mampu mengemaskini keadaan kami. Itu pun jika tidak M. :P

Ok, meh kita balik ke pangkal jalan:

Antara ahli keluarga yang hadir ketika menghantar rombongan mengerjakan umrah pada 27 Mac 2010. Sepatutnya rombongan ini disertai ahli keluarga seramai 8 orang, namun Acek dan Makcik terpaksa menunda ziarah mereka kerana masalah dokumen oleh pihak Arab Saudi.

Jadi mereka berdua mengikut kami ke Port Dickson:

Kami menginap di The Regency Tg Tuan (info hotel di sini). Tidak jauh dari pekan Port Dickson. Unit pangsapuri ini milik syarikat encik suami. Jadi rate penginapannya tidak mahal seperti dalam link yang diberikan. Terlalu murah dan selesa. Untungnya juga, kami tidak terikat dengan masa check-in dan juga check-out. Sebelah malamnya kami ke pasar malam PD yang diadakan setiap malam minggu.

Cuma untuk kali pertama ini tidak seceria selalu. Ramai yang tidak sihat. Jadi tidak banyak aktiviti yang dapat dilakukan. InsyaAllah kami akan ke sana lagi dalam tempoh terdekat. Saya teringin benar untuk berkayak dan menunggang bot pisang serta melepak di bawah pohon kelapa berdekatan dengan Coconut Grove dan Api-Api Coffee Terrace. Sekejap benar melepak di situ pada petang Sabtu. Sempatlah menumpang makanan (kek keju dan pai epal) kak Bib. Hihi..

Hari ini setelah hampir 2 minggu, rombongan mengerjakan umrah ini akan pulang ke Malaysia. InsyaAllah sekitar tengahari nanti akan tiba di KLIA. Sementara itu, Acek dan Makcik kini masih di Mekah. Ziarah mereka ditunda lebih kurang seminggu selepas tarikh 27 Mac. Tak sabar nak jumpa mereka. Rindu sangat pada bonda!

Family get together...

I still believe in family value and culture. Thus, we always spend times together, with both sides, at least once a month. And it's an honor if they come and visit us once a while at our house.

Recently, there was a family gathering in my hometown, dated March 7, 2010 (Sunday). The event was simple even though there were some hiccups at the beginning. It was to pray for the safety and the Almighty's blessing for the journey to Makkah for few members of the family, including my mom, which will be on this coming March 27. Other, we also held a tahlil.

Few days before Sunday, I prepared this at home:

To be put in these goody bags, together with others (a Yassin, biscuits, a fruit, a tupperware, etc.):

The faces:

My husband (in orange shirt) sat together with few MRSM's students and their class teacher (in green).

Amongs 4 important persons in my life - from left to right at the table - Abang Nua (my 1st brother-in-law), Pak Njang Hussin (my witness during akad), Abang Ngah @ Pak Haji (my 2nd brother-in-law), Angah (my late dad's brother).

We also celebrated Anis' (28th Feb) and Aap's (12th March) birthday. I gave them keychains.

Other interesting photos:

Wadai kepeng - one of Banjar's food.

And that would be ME and MY BELOVED HUSBAND! :)

Well, I'm looking forward to see them again coming end of this Month, especially in KLIA and after that. I think we should plan for something.

Fraser's Hill

Entah kenapa kami sekeluarga sangat menggemari suasana di Fraser's Hill @ Bukit Fraser. Bagi seseorang yang sukakan kedamaian dan keadaan terpencil, di sinilah tempat kami suka melarikan diri. Mungkin saja kerana lokasinya yang dekat dari Lembah Klang.

Baru² ini ketika Tahun Baru Cina kami berkesempatan ke sana lagi selepas kunjungan terakhir pada tahun 2008. Ketika itu Puncak Inn masih dalam pembinaan semula (reconstruction). Pada tahun 2007, 2 kali kami ke sana. Sungguh... hati kami sangat dekat dengan Fraser's Hill.

Antara gambar yang sempat diambil:

Ketika saya menulis entry ini, hati begitu meluap untuk ke sana lagi. Tak sabar rasanya menunggu cuti yang sedikit panjang untuk menziarahi Fraser's Hill.

Jika diceritakan bagaimana detik pertama kali kami ke sana, ia agak melucukan. Ia sesuatu yang tidak dirancang. Hanya berbekalkan baju sehelai sepinggang kami ke Pertak untuk bermandi-manda. Tapi suami terus memandu. Kebetulan ketika memandu di Pertak, hujan lebat turun di kawasan tersebut. Bekalan untuk dimakan di Pertak, kami makan di Fraser's Hill, yang dalam tempoh yang sama hujan juga. Malas untuk turun, kami terus tidur di sana. :)