Some people get married at such young age and others opt not to marry at all. But my dearest friend who happens to be my loyal housemate when I was a student at IU found her soul mate a bit later compared to many of my friends. But boy isn't she the luckiest of all because not only she got a husband but she got 8 instant children! Wow! On top of that her husband is going to open a spa for her to manage! Husband, children, business, 3-in-1, not a bad deal at all. So it was worth the waiting. I was shocked and very happy when she called and told me the news a few months before the wedding. Of course I would not have missed the ceremony for the world. My whole family (except for Danial) went to KB to attend the wedding. We stayed at a very nice and cozy inn called Barokah Inn. I got the place through a friend's recommendation. I think for RM 70 a night, the room was really worth it. After all, we only need it to sleep for a few hours. They provided 1 queen-sized and 1 single-sized beds. The worker told me that they have 9 rooms in total. It it located on Jalan Kebun Sultan and the telephone number is 013-988 7929 (in case if the inquiring minds want to know).
This year, Yaumul Ihtifal (awards day) for both al Irsyad Secondary school and al Hidayah Secondary school were held at locations other than their own campuses. Irsyad had theirs at KIPSAS hall while Hidayah had theirs at UTM. We attended both ceremonies. Yasmin got a few awards which include being the 1st in the class, public speaking contest winner, and choral speaking group winner. Harris got a consolation prize for public speaking.
The winner of the coral speaking group contest performed during the ceremony
These are the presents Yasmin and Harris brought home :)
Yaumul Ihtifal for al Hidayah was held at UTM on Sunday, 10 April 2011 and we stayed at the Scholars Inn on UTM campus. It was a two-room apartment, with a kitchen, air-conditioning, and even an astro on a flat-screen TV! The kids loved it especially Danial because he wanted to watch Mann U played that night. I could have enjoyed myself more but unfortunately I had to finish marking all the final exam papers for my students. Danial got 2 awards, one for good academic standing and the other for getting a second place in inter-school debate.
After the ceremony ended we went to his friend's house. He lives near UTM because his father is a lecturer in the Architecture department at the University. It was a good visit. It was on the way to his friend's house that I found out Danial performed in Dikir Barat! I was really disappointed for not realizing it because when the group came out, I was in the toilet with Najla and Hannah. Danial's friend's parents gave us a wonderful lunch. We left their house around 3 pm and reached home at 10 pm.
I saw an advertisement for Lat’s cartoon exhibition long ago.I was really hoping to go see it but I didn’t think that it would materialize.So I kept the thought aside until we went back to the kampong this past weekend.Since it was a three-day weekend, I asked Danial and Yasmin if they wanted to keep me company, and they both said yes.I didn’t ask the 3 little ones because of the fear that they might slow me down, especially Najla.I am sure she would need to go to the bathroom a thousand times!So I had to get Steve’s help to distract them when the three of us left.We decided to be adventurous so we took a bus, then KTM commuter, LRT, and finally a taxi to get to our destination which was Bangsar Shopping Center (BSC).Wow! that was the first time I took the City Liner bus that passes through my kampong.It was so different from the buses which I used to ride when I was a kid.There was no bus conductor!
Then when we were on the commuter we met a friendly Indian guy.He stared at Danial for a while and asked me, “excuse me puan, is your husband a Benggali?”When I said no, he was profusely saying sorry.I thought it was funny.We left the kampong around 9am and arrived at BSC at 11am.We spent about one and a half hours enjoying Lat’s cartoons and then we headed to Kinokuniya book store.Our whole family is nuts about books.We can control ourselves from buying other worldly stuff but not books.We bought 3 novels for Danial, 3 for Yasmin, and 1 novel plus 2 motivational books for me which costs me around 300 Ringgits.
Before we dug deeper into my wallet, we left in a hurry.On the way out we stopped at an internet café to check our FarmVille!I couldn’t believe I paid 12 Ringgit per hour just to check whether my “vegetables and animals” were ready to be harvested!!Such a ridiculous thing to do but I did it!By the time we arrived at my mom’s kampong, it was already 6.00 pm.Naturally, my wonderful mother has done all the cooking for our breakfasting.
Here are some photos for those who didn't have the opportunity to see the exhibition.
Danial & Yasmin were enjoying slide show of Lat's cartoons
Below are among my favorites
Since I didn't have extra money to burn for this book (which costs RM120), I just took a picture of it.
This is the bag that you get if you buy the above book.Danial & Yasmin posing while waiting for the LRT to go to Kinokuniya
On Tuesday 28 July 2009 our friend Juan left for Mexico after 2 months vacation in Terengganu.Steve, Najla, Yasmin, and I went to see him off at Kuantan airport.The flight was on time at 6.50pm.Hope he had a safe trip home.
Some people get married at such young age and others opt not to marry at all. But my dearest friend who happens to be my loyal housemate when I was a student at IU found her soul mate a bit later compared to many of my friends. But boy isn't she the luckiest of all because not only she got a husband but she got 8 instant children! Wow! On top of that her husband is going to open a spa for her to manage! Husband, children, business, 3-in-1, not a bad deal at all. So it was worth the waiting. I was shocked and very happy when she called and told me the news a few months before the wedding. Of course I would not have missed the ceremony for the world. My whole family (except for Danial) went to KB to attend the wedding. We stayed at a very nice and cozy inn called Barokah Inn. I got the place through a friend's recommendation. I think for RM 70 a night, the room was really worth it. After all, we only need it to sleep for a few hours. They provided 1 queen-sized and 1 single-sized beds. The worker told me that they have 9 rooms in total. It it located on Jalan Kebun Sultan and the telephone number is 013-988 7929 (in case if the inquiring minds want to know).
