Mai raya rumah kami!

Mai raya rumah kami di Penang. Things are colourful in Malaysia. Various races live on a land in peace.

Muka2 excited nak g jalan and muka ketat sebab kena tunggu train lama, semua ada la. So that was the first time for my family travelling by train. We boarded the train malam raya ke 3. Memang semua bantai tidur je bila dah dapat seats.

Sampai je Bukit Mertajam, selesai solat semua, Cik Mat jemput balik rumah dia. We all visited Penang pon sebab ada baby baru. My new anak buah yang nama dia pon I couldn't remember. Nur Izzah Batrisyia kot? So that little princess was the biggest reason we came all the way from southern Malaysia. 

actress of the day

Also, the other reason was ibu dapat free hotel voucher as she is holding a membership card of one travel agency. So dapat lah kitorg stay Copthorne Orchid Penang. Supposed the stay untuk a couple je, so they provided only two small double beds. Tapi, kitorang lah jadi PATI kejap kat situ, stay sampai 6 orang sebilik. But who cares. Janji dapat tidur, kan? Hotel punya lah penuh, orang datang holiday la, raya la. Kat bawah ni view from our room la. Since hotel ni dah kne cover dek bangunan The Cove, so x de la nampak laut luas sangat from the balcony. Belah kanan gambar pulak nampak Balik Pulau.

The sisters were crazily jumping. 

Raya 2012 ni jugak adalah masa menjejak kasih. Since adik kepada nenek belah ayah je yang masih hidup and berada di utara Malaysia, kitorang pon round lah Penang and Kedah demi mencari sepupu-sepupu ayah and ibu saudaranya. First time lah kitorang adik beradik jumpa diorang. Awkward?

family Pak Atan and us

Aktiviti sampingan? Camwhore dan melawat Penang la. I was amazed by the old houses and buildings that are still preserved by the government. My brother said Penang and Melaka are historical, so the buildings cannot be demolished and have to be well maintained. 

Ni x tau lambang pe, tapi dekat Gurney Drive la. Apparently my little brother submitted this photo as his supportive document of his assignment. Guess what, his lecturer said it's beautiful and have artistic value in the architectural view. 

This clock tower was to commemorate Queen Elizabeth which was once a ruler to this country. Sorry for the angle of shooting as this photo was taken from a car. Along drove laju gila sampai x sempat nak snapshot lawa2. 

Ni bangunan apa pon tak tahu. I think it's the parliament house of Penang as pejabat negeri memang located next to this building. I could not really remember, but I guessed so la.

Speaking of Penang, I'm sure people will hunt for foods. So do we. Ayah beriyer gila ajak makan nasi kandar and many relatives suggested us to try at Kapitan. Memang sedap, but since we had good breakfast that morning, masing2 punya selera were not as big as usual la.

Ayah next to delivery motor of Kapitan

 Area Kapitan restaurant tu memang kawasan Little India. So sempat jugak la ibu shopping baju sehelai dua kat situ. Memang rasa cuti2 Malaysia la masa jalan2 sebab dengan kamera besar ambil gambar merepek2. Haha. Macam-macam ada. Various maruku, saree, flowers for worship, kedai sembelih daging, tailor shop and etc.

Masjid Kapitan Keling located in front of Kapitan Restaurant

Pergi dengan train, balik pon dengan train. We headed back to KL also at night. Terbungkang lah semua dalam train lagi. Time neh aku memang 'syahid' awal x sedar pape dah. Haha. I had nice times together with my siblings and parents. Everyone seemed satisfied with the trip and none of us meragam and buat muka. Yeay!

Menjelang raya 2012

3 hari before raya

Tahun ni, first time aku rasa excited nak count down raya bila dah besar2 macam ni. Now I know how the feeling is bila bekerja time hampir semua orang bercuti.

Just now, before balik, sempat la aku and other interns g bilik supervisor and ucap selamat hari raya sebab tomorrow dia ada meeting kat KL. 'selamat hari raya maaf zahir batin En Yusri and Zakwan'

Gembira gila mood for today sebab baru abes presentation and my sv and senior cakap good job. So kembang semangkuk jap. Tros tengok movie, x nak buat report. Haha

Tonight, first time saf lelaki less than 3. Tu tanda orang dah balik kampung. Hopefully tomorrow ramai lah sbb orang luar pulak balik kampung kat cni kan..

Alhamdulillah Allah bagi nikmat gembira di bulan ramadhan...

2 hari before raya

Keluar je ke main road, lengang. No cars. Aishhh lagi la macam x nak g kerja. Most of the workers dah start cuti raya and I? have to go working. Not that I have a lot of work tapi sebab I don't have any spare holiday to take, kena la pergi kerja. My internship duration is just about two months, so I only get two days off, once each month. I bring forward that cuti for raya week and ponteng 1 hari a.k.a unpaid leave. Tak seronok pulak cuti lama2, padahal baru intern, so I don't ponteng la today.

Nampak bag balik kampung belakang motor that guy. I saw him at Salak traffic light. The motorcycle was in black colour, and I think he just washed it and get it serviced as it looked shiny a bit. Haha *motor pon nak raya juga*. The bag is tied with a black net and fit at the back seat.

On my way pergi kerja, tiba2 bau rendang. uh uh... Orang rumah tu dah masak rendang raya. My nanny's rendang is the best. Shall look forward into it from now on. Can't wait to eat laksa/any special dishes that are gonna be served for raya.

Bila berhenti dekat traffic light, nampak ada kereta yang kat tingkap dia ada hangered baju raya. Speaking on baju raya, I saw ibu ironed our finished baju kurung moden this morning. Weeeee. My baju raya dah siap. Last year's raya, we didn't have the perfect boria as baju family x sempat siap. So, masing2 dah warna macam2 la dalam gambar raya family. Hopefully ibu can finish along's and mamat's baju melayu la before raya. Oh, baju raya ibu and ayah dah siap ke belum ek?

Ada satu kereta lagi, there's a boy standing in the car, excited nak sampai kampung kot.

Masuk parking area kat office, kosong. Tak banyak kereta pon. Wahhhhh

Lift was opened and it was dark inside. So I was the first one who used it today.

Reached the office and watched a movie. Perfect morning!

Pagi raya a.k.a 1 Syawal

Since aku x berapa nak boleh ke masjid, I woke up a little bit late. Seeing curtained windows and ironed baju kurung, I felt the energy to have a good celebration on that day. And as previous years, we took family photo before heading back to kampung.

My family

My big family

Annual iftar - without da-da

As soon as I finished working, I went to Rose's office to see her. Haaa can't wait to go to our annual gathering for iftar.

First thing first, I did not have smaller notes except rm50. I went to the counter to buy my train ticket. And guess what happened, the conductor did not want to accept my purchase as both of us did not have change. But he could say it nicely, right? He said 'saya pon x de, habis tu nak buat macam mane' with stern look. LoL. This is Ramadan, and why don't you double up your reward by giving a smile to your customer? So, I went to the shop, trying my luck to get some change for my big note. The shop owner did not have either, but, at least she said it with smile. Lucky, there was one woman passed by the shop. She might hear what had I asked to the shop owner, so she directly said that she had some changes as the ATM machine did not produce big notes for her. Thank Allah I could buy the ticket without purchasing anything else. The conductor was mumbling something, nagging to me but I could not get clearly what had been saying. Whatever...

So, kalau dah namanya bulan puasa, jangan harap la nak makan banyak. So, we learned from previous year, Nabilah cannot eat so much, or else she will vomit everything out. That is the rule. So tahun ni, makan kat Kenny Rogers je la. Elok, seorang sepinggan.

Selesai berborak di meja makan, kitorang balik rumah Amie untuk sambung sesi berborak. LOL. Konon nak pillow talk, aku yang pengsan awal sebab penat sangat. Duhhhh, teruk betul aku. We even had our sweet skype session with da-da who at that time had internship in Sarawak. Dah lama sebenarnya meninggalkan zaman ber'chit-chat' sampai pagi buta ni. Dulu kat sekolah, selalu la buat, kat band room. Bila masing-masing dah pergi belajar, bila kala nya nak get together buang masa kan? So, bila dapat opportunity once in a while tu, macam-macam cerita jugak lah yang keluar.

How worth is one life?

Satu nyawa. Berapakah nilai satu nyawa di mata anda?

Maybe you think of me as kaki drama. Yes, I admit that. Ever since I reach Malaysia, TV has always been my favourite company. Almost all dramas on the TV I watch. Dari emo ke gelak ketawa, emo balik, meluat, bosan, and etc.

Ok, back to our main topic here, nyawa. I just finished watching a drama 'Nazihah'. Lelaki yang pernah menjadi suami Nazihah *I don't know what his name is* pergi sembelih leher bekas tunang Naziha macam nyawa Adam tu tiada nilai. Aishhh ingat manusia macam ayam ke nak boleh kelar macam tu je. That happened bila cinta tak berbalas. That wicked guy even used black magic to get Naziha. Bila Naziha minta fasakh sebab dah tau kena santau, mengamuk la si mamat tu and salahkan Adam. Lol. You are not even malaikat maut to detach a life from its body.

Speaking about that too, ada lagi satu drama yang aku baru habis tonton, entitled 'dejavu di kinabalu'. Nadhira ni sakit jantung and she got her 2nd chance by having a donored heart. Konon nya lepas dia dapat jantung baru, dia syok pulak kat Amar. And there is speculation made by people saying that jantung 2nd hand tu was donored by late Inarah, Amar's fiancee. Bila Nadhira tahu pasal jantung Inarah tu, mengamuk la dia and she broke that relationship and tried to retrieve her previous love from Bazli. Nak dijadikan cerita kesengalan Nadhira ni, dia boleh buang ubat yang berfungsi sebagai pemadan badan dan jantung baru dalam toilet bowl sebagai tanda protest. She did not want to live anymore sebab konon nya dia rasa tertipu and dah susahkan banyak orang, even caused her own mother's death. Beriyer lah Nadhira tu nak mati, tapi sebab orang sekeliling sayang kat dia, dorang pon berusaha untuk selamatkan dia. Aishh, she really wanted to die, macam orang x kenal tuhan.

See, how dramas teach us to value a life? Macam tiada harga. Nyawa kot, sekali hilang, bukan boleh restore macam kita delete file and restore from recycle bin. Once it trash, it is forever gone. Kenal lah erti sebuah nyawa. Value it. Live with it. Appreciate the chance given. Work hard to earn the benefits it after life. May Allah ease each and every single path taken. INSYAALLAH...