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| Monday, 23-Oct-2006 04:52 |
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Eid eve
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ketupat segera
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lemang segera
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rendang..
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| Saturday, 7-Oct-2006 08:10 |
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Iftar...
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Ramadan is going on very well, the new life routine is well attuned and adopted. Hubby could actually smile now even without his morning cigarette and coffee (…not on the first couple of days of Ramadan…  .).
Weekends in Ramadan have been very exciting; I kinda look forward to it. Apart from enjoying a night out with hubby dear for late supper at Yahya or “window shopping” at Wattayah, inviting out friends for Iftar and Taraweh was one additional activity that we found pleasurable. Last two weekends, we invited our regular kakis friends over for Iftar and Taraweh. It was nice to have them over (we actually need the crowd, the uproar, the updates - Siti, new gossip and all the hullabaloo news back home every once in a while). I prepared some dishes and our guests brought aplenty more and it ended up with a galore spreading over our small table. 
Last weekend, we thought of taking pictures, so you’d see some came with a complete baju melayu and songkok .
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| Friday, 29-Sep-2006 09:18 |
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Ramadan
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It's the sixth day of Ramadan. I'm getting used to spending the month away from home. Though I miss the nostalgic tang of Pasar Ramadan back home but with hubby and kids around, my life is complete.
Time flies, indeed it is….this year, it has been almost 5 years since my mother passed away. Not a second goes without me remembering her – being the only daughter, we were so so closed..
Last trip home, just like years before, we held a kenduri arwah, and as usual the turn out was always big. They were our neighbors and mama’s friend during her working years. It saddened me to see all who came though mama has left us 5 years ago. Seeing aunties and uncles who came for the kenduri remind me of mama. It was unusually so touching this time, I could not hold myself up, I was just about crying to even speak to thank those who came before we started with the tahlil..
Semoga roh mama di tempat kan di sisi orang orang yg solehah.
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| Saturday, 16-Sep-2006 06:05 |
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Buraimi and Al Ain
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A weekend trip to Buraimi and Al Ain was worth the 3-4 hours spent on the road. I am glad that we decided to go, though the call from Prof family to join them was only received a night before for the trip. We intended of leaving early but for some unforeseen circumstances, we only started hitting the road at close to 10am.
Heading Buraimi took us north of Oman before turning left towards interior. The sight along the way was fascinating with certain part of the roads cutting through rocky mountain and the rest snaking across a savannah-like terrain. A shorter trip compared to Dubai, so Nabila and Hakeem were not much of a trouble duo for this trip. Checked in at a reasonable hotel apartment, had a good rest before started our mission into Buraimi/Al Ain. Appealing places (beyond what I had expected), and later that evening, we drove to Jebel Hafeet, one of the attractions here. Jebel Hafeet rises 1200 meter above desert level, before driving up to the top, we spent hours at the park, enjoying the green view, makan makan lepak lepak just letting the kids roaming around. There was a hot spring but it was closed.
Buraimi and Al Ain are two town/cities bordering to each other; the former is in Oman, whilst Al Ain is in the UAE. Prior to 1953, Al Ain was part of Oman, there was an agreement made where Al Ain becomes part of UAE. There is no checkpoint or line separating the two towns, so crossing from Oman to UAE went without us noticing it.
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| Wednesday, 6-Sep-2006 09:28 |
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Vacation, that was..
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Nope we were not going back for good.
We were in Malaysia for the whole month of August, spending our time-off like a nomad, ushering our little herds from Melaka, KL, Kedah, Thailand and back to Melaka. Nabila was at one time getting sick of her mommy taking her from place to place and pleads us to just go “home”. How cute… she thought her home is here in Oman. Well it didn’t really stun me though; I missed my home here too!
We’re back now, and here I am…back to my customary duty  .
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| Friday, 28-Jul-2006 05:17 |
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Balik kampong.....
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Dec 2004
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there are just too many things to do ............  
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| Friday, 30-Jun-2006 12:00 |
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Weekend sauna
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The month of June, July and August, you’ll see the weather hitting 45 to 48 degree Celsius here in Muscat. But according to folks here, this is not as bad as it is in Emirates where the heat can sometime shoot up to 50 plus.
Undaunted to the fact, for lacking of productive things to do here, we made a weekend outing to Dubai, convoying with few other families (about 20 odd of us). Left real early, as usual, we were fully ‘geared’ with nasi lemak and other excessive foods for us to stop for breakfast mid way. For two families, this was their first spree to Dubai. Unanimously, not sure why, I was appointed as a leader cum tourist guide…well I was not a “Dubai-expert”, so with that utmost prestigious title empowered unto me, the night before, I drew down the program and activities for the short trip and hubby by no choice had to study the map to avoid prospective ‘lost in the city’ horror! 
We were lucky, the trip went smooth, not an inch off from the right route, and we managed to visit places that we intended to go. It was a great (and tiring) outing for all!
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| Wednesday, 7-Jun-2006 12:00 |
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A farewell to our dear friend
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My close buddy left for good a month ago. They moved to Saudi where her hubby was offered with a whole lot more perks… .well, how could they resist. Though they were here for about a year, there were just so much stuff that our family did together. Our kids got along so well. It was sad, really, to see them leaving.
I organized a farewell, with regular kakis invited.
Patah tumbuh hilang berganti, haji's family just moved here, another kaki....
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| Thursday, 6-Apr-2006 12:00 |
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Wadi Adventure
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It seems the longer I live here, the more I discover the inner beauty of Oman with its rocky mountain, beaches and beautiful wadis.
Last weekend, a group of us (5 family- hubby colleagues from former employer) went out for an adventurous trip to Wadi Dhaiqa, some 100km from Muscat. We left early for we wanted to make sure of getting the best spot. The night before, I've got everything packed and ready. Days ealier, I have corresponded with the wives on rations, so there'd be no excess foods and that no two families would bring same dishes.
It took us roughly one hour to be there. We went in three 4-WD and two saloons, cruising the wonderful rollercoaster-like elevation with a superb view of goldish colored rocky mountains along the way. When we finally reached the end of tarmac road, and started crossing wadi, we parked the saloons and all of us crammed in the three 4-WD. We settled at one good spot, and started to unload - the kids and the foods! Put up the camp and started the fire for BBQ. It was hot but very windy, putting up the camp took a toll of our energy.
So much for the planning, foods were abundant with each family bringing aplenty. It was a great outdoor activity, breaking our conventional despicable weekend activities .
Taken from the web "Wadi Dhaiqa is one of the most famous among Oman’s wadis, linking the Sharqiya region with Muscat Governorate, meandering from the eastern Hajar Mountain range from Wilayat Dima and Taieen. There, three wadis converge — Taieen and Dima disgorge their natural bounty at Ghabra al Tam village where Wadi Samaiah joins in. Wadi Dhaiqa, meaning ‘narrow wadi’, emerges from this point onwards. It is so called due to its narrow rocky course carved through rocky terrain by the gushing waters over thousands of years. It flows into the Arabian Sea near Daghmar village in Wilayat Quriyat. This wadi is considered to be the most fertile in Oman, as is evident from the fact that Al Mazara village has plenty of water even when the rains are scarce."
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| Friday, 31-Mar-2006 12:00 |
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Hubby was on a short trip to KL
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Was a short trip but hubby managed to see Adik Iman and Nurul in between schools. They finished school at 1.00pm, had a quick lunch before going back to Sekolah Agama at 2.00pm. That's just too much of time spent at school for kids nowadays if you ask me. This cannot be right...
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this is my new email address
