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:: SA 2010 - Let the game begin ::

2010-06-10T14:36:00.005+08:00

From tomorrow onwards, when the World Cup finals kicks off in Johannesburg, South Africa, there will be many sleepless nights for the fans especially in Malaysia...

32 teams will take part and this will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation.

Italy are the defending champions, after winning the 2006 edition in Germany.

My favourite team would be Brazil and Spain.

So let the game begin...

R.I.P fabby...

2009-11-30T00:36:00.000+08:00

in loving memory ~ Dearest Fabby!! 10th August '09 ~ 24th November '09 :'( ..

Short Break...

2009-09-30T22:09:00.001+08:00

WILL TAKE A SHORT BREAK...AND BE BACK HOPEFULLY NOVEMBER 2009!!!

Favourite Drinks & Dessert

2009-09-09T12:19:00.000+08:00

Some of my favourite drinks...

nescafe tarik...nak sempoi lagi, ambil baulu and cicah...fuhhh..best

teh ais...yumm

teh tarik... ni dah kira default order...takyah tanya dah...

and local dessert...

ais kacang...

cendol ni kena partner ngan rojak ss15...

amna suka semua di atas kecuali cendol...

iman ok, semua on...

Favourite Kuih II

2009-09-07T14:37:00.001+08:00

The journey continues...

cucur badak...craving for homemade version..

kuih keria...nice...cant get enough of this...

roti jala...goes well with curry or kuah durian...one dip and you're in heaven

OK, enough for this time...cannot tahan already!!!

Favourite Food...

2009-09-04T13:58:00.000+08:00

The food journal continues...

My all time favourites...list not according to ranks...

bihun sup utara...

beriyani kambing...

mee rebus...

theres more to come....

Favourite kuih

2009-09-01T16:19:00.000+08:00

My favourite kuih... nowadays its hard to find all this local kuih... what I mean is the taste and texture minus the artificial colouring...

There's a lot more but for this posting ... these are few that I can think of...

lepat pisang...

kuih lopes...

akok...

bingka roti...

seri muka...

popiah...

for the past 7 days or so, the search for the perfect kuih is still fruitless... the search will continue until Ramadan ends..

Merdeka

2009-08-31T13:50:00.000+08:00

HAPPY 52nd BIRTHDAY MALAYSIA!!!

Usain Bolt

2009-08-23T16:12:00.001+08:00

Unstoppable... this lightning Bolt is really testing the human limit...

He is the only man ever to hold the 100m and 200m Olympic, world titles and the world records simultaneously...

Bolt had also demolished his own 100m world record, taking off 11 hundredths to clock the stunning time of 9.58s.

He also shattered his 200 metres world record when he clocked 19.19 seconds to win the world championship gold medal.

Ramadan

2009-08-21T15:20:00.000+08:00

Ramadan itu adalah bulan yang tertinggi darjat dan martabatnya di sisi Islam. Pada bulan inilah Allah memfardukan puasa ke atas kaum muslimin dan dicatatkan sebagai kewajipan yang tidak boleh ditinggalkan. Firman Allah SWT dengan maksudnya:

Wahai orang-orang yang beriman telah diwajibkan ke atas kamu berpuasa, sebagaimana telah diwajibkan ke atas umat sebelum kamu, moga-moga kamu bertakwa. (al-Baqarah :183)

Di bulan Ramadan juga, Allah SWT menurunkan kitab suci al-Quran dan dipilih di antara malamnya suatu malam yang dinamakan lailatul qadar yang mana ia adalah lebih utama daripada seribu bulan. Allah SWT berfirman dengan maksudnya:

Di dalam bulan Ramadan itulah diturunkan al Quran yang menjadi petunjuk bagi manusia… (al-Baqarah: 185)

Semoga kita telah bersedia dari segi spiritual dan fizikal...dan aku amat bersyukur ke atas rahmatMu...

Fabby

2009-08-11T15:36:00.000+08:00

Our latest collection, fabby... we got it on August 10, 2009. So altogether now we have 3's ... Sean, CiCi and fabby...

fabby...

sean...

ramblings...

2009-08-06T13:35:00.004+08:00

Lately my schedule had been very hectic and sometimes goes haywire.. most of the time I'm in silent mode, sometime confused and pissed...but deep down inside, I know I can handle this just like all past obstacles...

and now I understand that it takes a lot of gut and courage to update your own blog especially when your so called broadband is not so broad....hmmmmm

Dinner II

2009-07-25T22:41:00.000+08:00

Monthly treat for July... we had it @ Chakri Express, Alamanda Putrajaya...

Thai Ice tea

kailan vege...

meat dish...cant remember the names but damn nice

the rest of the dish...

we had a good time...after all what more a person could ask rather than enjoying a meal with his family...

the food, ambience, vibes and mood just clicked to sum up the great evening...alhamdulillah...

Devil Owen

2009-07-17T16:33:00.003+08:00

MALAYSIANS will be the first to catch new signing, Michael Owen, in action for Manchester United when the Red Devils play the Malaysian national team at the National Football Stadium, Bukit Jalil tomorrow.

United had just signed their new No 7 on a free transfer. Owen may not be the ideal replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo but the prolific striker surely has a knack for scoring.

So, fans can expect the England striker to keep the goals coming tomorrow. This will not be his first time to Malaysia. Before his rise to stardom, Owen was the star of the England team in the 1997 Youth World Cup here in Kuala Lumpur.

Back then, I was still studying somewhere up north and been following games which were held in Alor Setar & Kangar. Even Ireland team used our sports complex as training base...players like
Pablo Aimar, Esteban Cambiasso, Juan Roman Riquelme, Jamie Carragher, Kieron Dyer, Danny Murphy, Michael Owen, Nicolas Anelka, William Gallas, Thierry Henry, Mikaël Silvestre, David Trezeguet, Damien Duff all graduated from that tournament and became superstar with various league...

To Malaysian team, no worries, 100,000 fans come to Bukit Jalil to watch MU, so just enjoy the game, we the fan does not expect much from you guys...coz honestly we dunno what to expect already...

condolence

2009-07-17T15:38:00.003+08:00

My sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Teoh Beng Hock, 30, Political Secretary to Selangor Executive Councilor (Exco) Ean Yong Hian Wah.

We all want to know what happened and how Teoh fell to his death. He is due to register his marriage today...

Buy Nothing Day

2009-07-16T22:10:00.007+08:00

BUY NOTHING DAY (16-7-2009) is a day where the idea simply is to buy absolutely nothing - not even a litre of petrol or even a parking ticket. The concept first begin in 1993 in Canada.

Now it has spread to over 65 nations including US, UK, Argentina, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan & Malaysia among others...

Here the time for cheap fuel and food is over. For people used to living comfortably and putting all the blame on the government for price hikes which forced them to tone down their lifestyle, bahavioral change is undeniably hard...

On our part, we've tried our best but still end up spending RM30... that's on assam laksa ingredients (the homemade assam laksa was awesome...did I mention that I fall in love again after the first dip ... hmmmm) plus two glasses of white coffee... hehehe...

ice white coffee...some can't get enough of it...wonder who??

assam laksa...yummy...

but no point of not spending on the specific day and back to normal spending for the remaining 364 days!!! The rationale behind the concept is to train people to be prudent...it will take time to change bad habits (unnecessary spending, impulse buying blablabla) but we have to start some how!!

and off course we'll try harder next year...

Manik Urai

2009-07-15T14:51:00.001+08:00

Dalam pilihan raya kecil ini, calon PAS, Mohamad Fauzi Abdullah memperoleh 5,348 undi sementara calon BN, Tuan Aziz Tuan Man mendapat 5,283 undi. Bilangan yang keluar mengundi adalah 10,736 undi atau 87 peratus daripada jumlah keseluruhan 12,293 undi. Majoriti undi adalah 65.

Jadi kepada calon PAS, selamat berkhidmat kepada penduduk Manik Urai!!

wimbledon

2009-07-06T16:00:00.004+08:00

Roger Federer became tennis's greatest men's champion, as he beat Andy Roddick 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14 in four hours and 16 minutes to claim his sixth Wimbledon crown. It was also a record 15th Grand Slam title for the Swiss master, overhauling the total of Pete Sampras.

It was a truly momentous climax to the 2009 Championships as the 27-year-old Swiss became the most successful man in the sport.

Roger - can you make it shorter next time please - finishing a match at almost 2:00 am makes going to work the same day a nightmare! Thank God you won - you totally deserve it, you are truely the champion of champions.

I watched with bapak and mama... mama retired halfway and me hehehe when the score stood at 14-14 final set, I dozed off...hmmm

Lost & Found

2009-07-03T16:01:00.000+08:00

The longest 4 hours...

Iman's school bus arrived at 0730 daily and it is a normal routine for sean to follow him and play in the yard for a while...

After a while, mummy came out to check and surprisingly sean is nowhere to be seen...now the search starts in full scale...starting by calling me in the office, then umie... then everyone who knows sean....

Its now 0900 hrs, and time to act and start searching physically, few rounds of surveying round the blocks and backlanes, drains, knocking on neighbours door and finally...

Some how, mysteriously it end up in our neighbours... 3 doors away!!! It jump out of the house...someone tries to buat harta our prized possession and dares to say that..." ha akak ingat nak hantar balik petang-petang sikit...jinak betul kucing ni...tringat kucing akak kat kampung..blablabla".. the drama safely ends at 1200hrs...

sean, for now you're grounded...

Rezeki

2009-07-02T16:12:00.002+08:00

Last nite, our good friend ordered and sent us the famous lemon rosemary chicken...

I had a good time watching CSI...thank you very much...

Beautiful Game

2009-06-29T13:02:00.000+08:00

After dominating the five-time World Cup champions in the first half, the Americans were powerless as Brazil scored three goals in the final 45 minutes to rally for a 3-2 win. Brazil know all about winning major trophies, crowned world champions five times and this is the third Confederations Cup victory.

routine celebration...

best player of the tournament...

No doubt about the samba power but I'm impressed with the US team. They are competitive, tactical and very physical team. It shows, when they beat Spain in the semis...

Back to our shores, according to FIFA standing in June 2009, we were ranked #159 compared to Thailand (116), Singapore (134) and Indonesia (138). The nation #1 sport still failed to produced good result despite the introduction of many formats by the governing body...or was it a trial and error approach... if that's the case...there's a long way to go...

Lesson learnt #1

2009-06-24T13:27:00.001+08:00

We all make decisions of varying importance every day, but do you always made the best decisions? Probably not. As for me, I f*#k up big time last week. Things happen and I'm not sure whether that decision ego or soul driven? Is it coming from the head or the heart?

Well nuff said...

Go back to basics, evaluate your live and think, think, think carefully before doing/agreeing to anything....sigh.

"PleaseBeExtraCarefulWhenBuyingThingsThatArePriced
ExceptionallyLowFromSomeoneThatYouDoNotKnow"

Hari Bapa

2009-06-21T23:10:00.004+08:00

Happy fathers day to all the fathers around the world...I became a father on Dec 23, 2003.

and while I may still be groping around in the dark, trying to figure out what being a father is all about I'm blessed with two wonderful children, Iman Hadif (6) and Amna Najla (4)...at times it feels like carrying the weight of the entire world on my shoulders x2 ...fuuuhhh...

and to Bapak, no words can describe my love and respect for you...a man of very few words, he prefers to let his actions do all the talking. I knew that I've had some excellent pointers from the best father a guy could ever ask for...

Bapak, sifu & mentor all in one

bapak & mama, I luv u guys so much...

To bapak, thank you for everything...

Imans treat

2009-06-20T23:20:00.005+08:00

Since Iman did well in his test, he got to choose a place to have dinner...

equine park

boxing chicken n fries

amna as usual...dah kenyang...minum saja...

sean

2009-06-18T23:25:00.000+08:00

We got it last february, I guess now he's already 8 mths old. We treat him like a baby...playful, super manja and active (but this posting is purely on sleepy mode!!).

He'll roam freely in the house and the cage is merely a furniture...hardly used...most of the time sleeps in our bed...

sweet dreams...

persian rug??

muka hang ni kadang2 cam rimau...

caught here while doing the 'lambada' on CiCi (the other female persian)...sean...sean... u should try harder, I need a few more of your clones!!

haze is back ...again and etc

2009-06-17T12:56:00.009+08:00

Malaysia is blessed with 3 seasons dry, wet and latest man made season is haze. During this time people will monitor API closely. Haze is due to open burning (most hotspots is in Sumatera) and forest fire and the effect here is compounded with the anticipation of prolonged dry spell from June to Sept...

My son, Iman is down with flu due to unhealthy air quality (mc for 2 days... hmm.. not sure whether its the flu or the long school break) . People were advised to cut down on outdoor activities and drink a lot of water. And for the time being we have to accept it as it is coz theres still no solution till date...

Anyway, Amna is still ok but notti sangat (look at her face and split personality)...always quarrel with her mum...

hmmmm, mummy is ok except for slight hangover due to overdose of desperate housewives series...

not forgetting sean... as usual....sleepy!!!

And me, hehehe no comment!!

Mr Maverick

2009-06-16T11:23:00.003+08:00

13/6 Former Minister in PM's Dept, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has joined Parti keadilan Rakyat...he is popular among Pakatan rakyat supporters...

what really matters to the taxpayer is that we need our leaders to work hard to make our economy viable thru this uncertainty period...

To Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, we wish you the best of luck...

Kitten hunt...

2009-06-15T16:44:00.015+08:00

Saturday, 13062009 ; 0900hrs:

Today we have special mission, to get a kitten for our "good" friend. So the journey starts from Ampang, all pre arrangement has been set thru mail... so hopefully everything's in order. Our target is to get one pair...

but...

nooooo, not as previously seen on the net...

pity them, both infected by fungus...its gonna take 3-4 weeks to recover...

so the journey continues...while waiting for the second and 3rd appointment, we drop by at the petshop...

sigh....at least we have a backup plan...book dulu ...as to be safe...

2nd appointment...VIP house...estimates around 60 cats, but mostly booked or not for sale, but manage to book 1 for ourselves... hehehe

This is what we discover;

british shorthair

There's more;

Apart from persian flat, theres also british shorthair, maine coon, bengal and also domestic...

Alamak, since we are running out of time (1600hrs already), we rush to Cheras...but on the way manage to stop (belum lunch woiii) for a quick teh tarik and ice cream for the kids @ steven tea garden, Ampang.

Reach the last stop at 1645...hope the kitten will pass the preset criteria (cantik lagi or at least sama cam sean)...

...pray hard...

checking...

checkiing...

checkiiing...

Finally......hmmmmmm.....

Mission accomplished @ 1730 ... fuhhhhh lotih den...

Ok...need to freshen up and grab a quick lunch cum dinner...planning to send it to the new owner tonight....non stop sms-ing since morning...

So Reddy, hope you'll be happy with your new mummy...

TRANSFER MADNESS

2009-06-12T09:07:00.004+08:00

Ronaldo's £80m move from Manchester United to Real Madrid will be a new world record once completed. Here's the current history makers:

1. Kaka, £56m from AC Milan to Real Madrid 2009
2. Zinedine Zidane, £46.7m, Juventus to Real Madrid 2001
3. Luis Figo, £37, Barca to Real 2000
4. Hernan Crespo, £35.7m Parma to Lazio 2000
5. Robinho, £32.5m, Real Madrid to Man City 2008

These transfers represent a serious challenge to the idea of fair play and the concept of financial balance in the league all over the world. Soon, they'll be only a few elite clubs playing because others cannot compete due to financial constraints. The small one will be left struggling with their loyal supporters. Nothing much can be said, its a free market...willing buyer, willing seller.

When can we see our national player, be in the same league and command the same figure..too big question mark!!

Only time will tell...

Hikayat Gwen

2009-06-11T15:26:00.008+08:00

Of my 3 domestic cat (tom, ben and gwen), gwen is the only survivor, yg dua ekoq lagi hilang, kena kebaih...semua nama adalah character cartoon yang digilai iman & amna.. ben & gwen is from ben 10 and tom of course from tom & jerry.

If i'm not mistaken last January, gwen dapat 4 kitten....tapi sayangnya semua tak survive!!!

Last week (7/6/2009) gwen dapat lagi 5 ekor kitten, so hopefully this time around, semuanya selamat, tapi yang musykil tu ada seekoq warna hitam,, mungkinkah ini angkara sean??? Next posting aku cerita pasal sean pulak...hehehe

Sean sneak preview:::

Al-Fatihah...

2009-06-11T15:15:00.002+08:00

Twelve die in mosque shooting

By: BANGKOK POST AND AGENCIES

Published: 9/06/2009 at 12:00 AM

Newspaper section: News

NARATHIWAT : At least 12 Muslim villagers have been killed and 11 seriously injured when a group of unidentified gunmen opened fire in a mosque in Cho Airong district.

The shooting took place about 8.30pm on Monday, when about 100 worshippers were performing evening prayers inside the mosque at Ai Payae village.

Aku mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya kekejaman yang dilakukan ke atas penduduk-penduduk Islam di selatan Thailand...never ending story...tidak pernah ada jalan penyelesaian yang konkrit..ntah sampai bila konflik ini akan berterusan...

Show me the money...

2009-06-11T14:42:00.008+08:00

"I'll say for the last time and I mean the last time. I do not want to leave Milan"

These are the words of Real Madrid's latest signing Kaka - last week... and for a cool £56m, who says the economy is bad???

Keep the faith

2009-06-11T12:54:00.002+08:00

Hmmmm.........

Been thinking too hard lately .... maintaining silence despite my worry is a continual uncomfortable practice. However, the highest compliment I could pay the ones I love was trusting they could stand by me thru thick or thin. If I made mistakes, so what?

Our worth as human beings lies in ability to love others...

priceless gift...

Life is so complex... enjoy it while you can...hehehe

adios...