Hello........ Enjoy Aqil's story telling with Afan.... he, he.... pandai kali ah... ia bercerita ah.... kalau faham bisai......

Aqil, jangan banyak ketawa.,.. takut malam menangis.....

Aqil happy sudah coz all the dry flakes di kepalanya hilang udah. Doctor suruh tukar susunya from Nan1 Probiotic to Nan1 Hypoallergenic... tapi with this new milk formula, ia selalu po po and smeeellly.... but the Doc said its normal... so carry on Aqil asal sehat......



Hello everybody....
Look at Aqil in his good mood.... cubby...cubby..... and now he has a habit of "eating" his fingers..... yo...



Salam everybody
This time around last year (30 March 2008) was the bersanding day for Kaka wt Abang Rinan and Abang wt Cheche. Happy first anniversary and May Allah bless all of you always.... amin....

Babu still remember that it was the busiest day of all. The functions started a week earlier with the berbdak mandi for kaka and abang, followed by kaka nikah (abang was in December 2007), kaka and abang and cheche berbedak, berinai, bersanding and finally the berambil-ambilan and doa selamat. We did not have enough sleep worrying that things will not go as planned. Though there were many weddings on that day... yet our guests were unexpectedly ramai.... sampai babu and bapa panic takut inda cukup seats and makanan... hu, hu.... but Alhamdulillah, berkat doa from all families and friends, everything went on well.....

For our sweet memories, enjoy the pics below taken from putih and lush... thanks to Mijah....








Till then..... cheers to all




Aqil.......... kalau kan tidur jangan dikacau ..... bahaya!! mengamuk ia tu.... Tapi if ia sudah reda... siuk tia... pandai tia sanyum lebar tu... look at his photos below...... memberi gerigitan bah.... Kaka selalu cari gadoh with Aqil and Aqil selalu lawan with all sorts of expressions and sound that he can make... his favourite word ia "awuuuuuu........."

Kemarin babu mandikan ia petang... sikit pun ia inda menangis... siuk ia dalam besennya mandi ah... relax lagi tu..... but dimalam Aqil had to go back to Rimba coz today mummynya ke clinic. But come Sunday... they will be at Serasa lagi.... yeah!!!!!



Today will be a doa selamat for nini keluar hospital di Muara. Pot luck... so babu plan to bawa ayam panggang "macam babu" as abang said. It is the simplest recipe of roasted chicken. All you have to do is to marinade the chicken with oyster sauce and honey and a little bit salt... then panggang tia sampai masak... yummy......

Tomorrow, we will be at KB till Sunday... boh! kaka saja tinggal with abang Rinan di Serasa... biar ia... he, he... a practice untuk ia away nanti.... tarikah baju and tudung sendiri ah.... he, he.... jahat!! and jangan lupa check that all doors are locked.

There will be a lot of functions di KB Friday to Sunday. Friday ada meeting with a batik dealer kan buat promo di KB, Saturday ada dialogue between the Minister and all penghulus and ketua kampong senegara. Breakfast will be at the house... so we have to stand by..... Saturday nite ada jemputan Jabatan yang paling terang i.e Jabatan Penerangan and Sunday morning ada walkaton amal.... so far babu have raised $130+ plus Jilah beri 2 bucks di malam. Thank you!! Mudahan babu can make it... eventhough a shorten route...he, he... jadi tah ah......

Yesterday Jilah, Afan, Faiz and Arif liat wayang di mall... then we met up at Pizza Hut for the makan.... kenyang.. Jilah terus didrop ke Physic tuition. Then malam jalan lagi with bapa to buy his pen ink cartridge di Hua Ho Yayasan... then makan lagi di Taman Selera..... burp........... kanyang........

Monday will be the start of second term.... so terpaksa tah awal jalan lagi... siuk udah this week, babu jalan 7.15 am saja dari rumah....

Ok... that's all the update today....



dimalam aqil mengamuk brabis!! kalah kejan+kaka marah combined...hahahahah.. nda lagi mau branti tu. skali everytime babu bagi aqil arah cheche, babu ikut aqil wherever he goes pasal babu takut skali bapa pun ikut panic ya ckp 'EH LARI TAH KO BAH' arah babu hahahahahahhahahahah cali. masa bapa tdgr aqil nangis dari bawah, bapa tarus bediri n naik hahahah semua urg panic...


Hello, I am so tired!

Last night we had a meeting at the Sports Centre from 7 to 10pm just to get things sorted out and ready for the Easter Games. Then the girls and I went to my house to cook buttermilk chicken. They only went home at 12 midnight and I could only sleep at 3am. Two hours later, 5am, I was up again!!! Went to F's house with A to make sandwiches for the VIPs (breakfast wasn't catered for). When that was done I walked to Fathin's house, hung out a lil bit and took the taxi to the Sports Centre for the Big Day i.e. Easter Games.

I was the chairperson of sponsorship committee as well as a volunteer of the VIP commitee so my job was to welcome and entertain the VIPs. So after welcoming them to the venue, I brought them upstairs for breakfast... then downstairs for the opening ceremony... The GoH's speech was cool, because he mentioned me but said "I'm not naming names but she's a lawyer" lol. After the opening ceremony, I brought the VIPs around to watch the football matches as well as netball matches. Pity we didn't have time to go to the other campus for badminton matches. After that, we took a minibus to the Lakeside Arts Centre where there was an Islamic Arts Workshop by an artist invited by our GoH. I was really nervous about people not turning up to participate in the workshop but it turned out that a lot of (mostly muslim) international students turned up yayy. There was a couple of seats left though and GoH made me sit down and take part! I think it was because no Bruneians were participating in the workshop. I was stuck in there for 2 hours painting! The artist taught us to paint art traditionally used in Qur'ans. It was interesting but I also discovered that I don't have the patience and concentration to do art! Since I was stuck in there for 2 hours coz it'd seem rude to just walk out with a half-finished art, I missed the VIP luncheon organised by the Intenartional Office at the Vice-Chancellor's dining hall bohoo. Anyway, I walked back to the Sports Centre alone after I was done with the workshop and watched football and netball matches!

Siukkk. Our society didn't win big but one of our netball teams got to be the champions! Wohoo.

By the way, our Easter holiday has started. It's from 20th March to 20th April so no uni tomorrow yayy! But we have an appreciation lunch for the Games committee and volunteers tomorrow. Free food!

K bye.


What we did today...............
Babu woke up early today thinking of joing the tai chi session at Pantai Serasa... sekali nada rupanya, instructornya damam..... So nada tah exercise hari ani. Bapa left for KB awal pagi, then babu with the "kids" and bibi left for the Empire Sunday splash... We checked in for the day use room which cost 120 bucks... Upon checking in... they left for the splash accompanied by bibi. So tinggal babu di bilik.... watch tv... all other channels ada except for babu favourite channel i.e Tv3. Napa Empire inda masukkan Tv 3 ah? so babu ended up watching Astro Ria... ulangan 2nd concert of AF.. ok jua lah... to kill the time and sambil atu babu memanik baju, he, he..... don't throw time....

At 2pm Jilah, Afan and Faiz naik for their makan and zohor. Diorang kelaparan.... while Jilah's friends, Hanis, Mimi and Asyraf nunggu di pool, diorang malu and inda mau naik ke bilik. So diorang turun lagi semula to continue their splash and brought some sandwiches and drink for the friends. We checked out at 5pm and reached home around 5.30pm but bapa alum datang lagi. Sian bapa... tadi ia masak lunchnya sendiri diKB.. he, he.. inda apa, coming weekend babu, Jilah and Afan will join bapa to KB coz there is going to be a lot of functions from Friday to Sunday. Bapa reached home past six tadi and then he left to send Afan to Malay tuition lagi and terus ke rumah Madewa with the workers to show what to repair with rumah Madewa.

Afan is complaining for his sun burn back.. hu hu... kesakitania... ia tah tu nah... inda pakai sun block... sabar saja.. that is the price you have to pay for the Sunday splash... mau lagi? he, he....

Cheche sms babu and she said that they are not coming home today coz baby aqil is not well coz of yesterday injection... sian Aqil... never mind... mudahan lakas baik and may be they will be coming home tomorrow.

School holiday has started on Friday till next Sunday but Jilah and Afan still have to go to their tuition classes... Babu suruh Jilah qada puasa esuk coz she has 5 more days to qada, bah AF and IS bila lagi kan qada puasa... baik tah setart.....

Kaka and abang Rinan will be coming home karang mid-nite...

Ok.. not much things to say today... till then..... wassalam.


Salam everyone.....

View Aqil's video... he is such a chatterbox...... babu bawa ia cakap and he is very very responsive... non stop for 2 plus minutes... pandai lagi menoleh liat tv tu. He was actually lying down on babu's bed..... rajin bah ia becerita ah.... coz parutnya kenyang.... BTW he is till in Rimba till tomorrow pm. We will be having Sunday splash tomorrow at the Empire and babu udah book a room for day use... while nunggu diorang Sunday splash coz bapa will be in KB for the whole day.

Ok... not much update... daily routine as usual except the house is sunyier now coz kaka and abang Rinan are still in the Pinoy and abang, cheche and Aqil are still at Rimba. Arif and Faiz stayed overnight but they left yesterday evening. Yesterday bapa buang boring and ia nyanyi karaoke sorang sorang.... sian......... Nowadays he is not used to have a free Friday coz he always has something on work on Fridays. Yesterday he took the opportunity to repair cars like ganti tayar, doing chamber, alignment etc. Ia tah balik rumah ia keboringan and menyanyi tia....but nada peminatnya bah...

Till then..... cheers and take care.......



Hello............... Aqil the cute baby is in the house................ enjoy his poses below in his Pyjamas.
He has been in Serasa since Sunday nite... nini Rimbanya antar ia with Cheche ke Serasa coz abang left Rimba earlier for Pantai Serasa. Bapa, babu, Jilah and Afan spent our Saturday evening and Sunday di KB coz bapa and babu had functions to attend. When we reached home at around 9pm, Aqil was already at home tiduring............

At KB, early morning bapa and babu went to separate functions, bapa at a cleaning exercise and babu at Mumong sports complex while Afan and Jilah were left at home still sleeping. Saturday nite, babu pun ada event and so bapa took the two "kids" ke Rivera to witness the Liverpooool and Mancheeester live game as we don't have ESPN at KB house. On Sunday afternoon, we went to the sports carnival at Mumong and Afan had a four rounds ATV ride. It was very challenging coz the place was very muddy but the organiser said Afan was boleh tahan. he, he.... and at Taman Jubilee pun ada ATV jua and Afan managed to escape lagi main di sana supported by Jilah without our knowledge coz bapa kengalihan lepas kempen and after he had a massage. Jilah and Afan rupanya sneaked out of the house as babu was still at the Netball match till about 7pm.
Kaka and abang Rinan left for a holiday to the Phillipines at 5pm.



Monday, early morning bapa need not go to KB as he had a meeting at Bandar. Sekali kena talipon postponed so he has to go to KB jua. Afan had his Art test. Ia gagas, so babu changed the route, antar Afan dulu baru Jilah. After school Afan and faiz had their Maths tuition and after the tuition we went to Aunty Yam's house for the doa selamat Umrah and in the evening Aunty Yam said their Umrah trip has to be postponed due to visa problem. So though diorang ke airport udah, terpaksa tah jua balik rumah. Before that babu went to the hospital to see nini. Nini is still with the diet "Nill by mouth". So he only can take milk via the tube but nini always said "lapar" Kesian nini but we have to flollow the doc's advice. After magrib, Jilah had her Malay tuition, while bapa and babu carikan ia past-year A Maths paper di Serusop but the shop yang jual past paper A Maths atu udah tutup and so we ended up makan sate di Seri Mama and buying some groceries di Hua Ho Serusop.

Tuesday, bapa left for KB early in the morning. Afan had his IRK and Maths test. Babu went to SR Rimba for a 8.30am lesson and babu reached office, babu was informed to collect a letter from the Grand Chamberlain's Office at UBD admin office. Babu will get my Pingat Kerja Lama (PKL) this Saturday and had to attend a rehearsal tadi at 1pm at Istana Nurul Iman. Babu went with Aunties DKJ, RMZ and Roy. We enjoyed the reheasal with having the chance to meet a lot of "old" friends. A PKL is normally given to any civil servant yang sudah berkerja for 20 years. Babu punya service is already around 29 years as babu first keraja in June 1980. Bapa had his PKL a few years ago as he worked a year earlier than babu. We had a good makan after the rehearsal.

Babu went to fetch Jilah from make-up Maths tution at 5 pm as she missed the Sunday tuition and we only reached home at around 5.30pm. At home Aqil was downstairs.... nangis..... so babu took him upstairs and main-main with him. While babu had my Asar prayer, ia main sorang-sorang and then babu tidurkan ia. He slept on katil babu for about an hour before he woke up again for his nenen. Afan had his mengaji and then left for his Malay tuition till 9.30pm. Bapa buat homeworknya until 10pm and only after that I could get hold of the computer and update this blog. Ok... till then....cheers everyone and take care............



Hello everyone! Sorry for the temporary absence and lack of updates. It has been busy!

On Friday, my lectures were scattered between 9am and 5pm. And then I had to rush home to write a speech because I was nominated for President for the Society and that night we had an Annual General Meeting where people could vote and I had to give a speech. The meeting started with a motivational talk that wasn't very motivating and speeches from the ExCo. And then it was our turn... I actually went up first to give my speech. I was a bit fidgety but I think I delivered my speech well as I got a good round of applause hoho. There were 5 nominees (3 at first but another 2 were added a night before the meeting?!). The voting was done anonymously through bits of paper and votes were counted by a non-society member to ensure that there was no bias. But everyone knew it was a popularity contest lah! Not that I'm feeling bitter because I never wanted to be President. I was just in it hoping to be Vice, which was a hope come true! This guy had about 30 votes and so became president. H and I apparently both received the same number of votes so H is now the Vice President and I am the Lady Vice.

Oh yeah, while votes were being counted, the atmosphere became so tense because a question and answer session was opened for "President" nominees and some attendees put forward a few concerns in a rather angry manner. But the concerns were put forward generally so I thought there was little substance in what they were saying. Entah lah, it was a bit of a waste of time.

My friends Steph from Leeds and Syaz from Cardiff also attended the AGM because they just came to Notts that day to celebrate Fathin's birthday.

On Saturday, we didn't do much... They all went to my house and we surprised Fathin with a birthday cake Aisyah and I baked the day before. And then Steph made us chinese kolo mee, it was good!

Today (Sunday) we went to the City to do some shopping and also send Steph off at the coach station. At night, we went to have dinner at ASK. Nyaman! We had stuffed mushrooms, pizzas, pastas and cheesecake!

Okay tidur ku. Bai bai




Salam to all........
It is Friday today, nini Muara kena admit lagi ke hospital kemarin. Actually nini dibawa Aunty Nab ke hospital untuk review but the Doc said that nini punya bp was very low and he lacked water (dehydrated). So kena observe di A&E but after a few hours the Doc said nini has to be admitted for further observation. Earlier we all planned to have a doa selamat for nini kena keluarkan dari hospital and tahlil doa haul for awrah Nini bini Muara. The earlier posted photos show the function at rumah Aunty Nab. As the photos show the function went on smoothly with Uncle Mohammad being the imam and at the end we had the solat hajat. After the makan, most of us went to see nini di hospital coz Chu Ai informed us that nini was getting more restless and weaker.... but alhamdulillah... when we went there, nini was given pain killer and was asleep and just now Aunty Nab just sms babu and she said that nini is more stable now.

For those of you who missed nini bini Muara....... Nini bini Muara (named Dayang Hajah Besar binti Awang Tengah- eldest of 5 siblings.... Nini, Nini angah, Nini Iring, Zubaidah (passed away when she was very-very young during the Japanese occupation and Nini bungsu Manggis. Now all of them except for Nini bungsu manggis have passed away (Al-Fatihah....) Nini bini Muara passed away on 18 July 1994 (9 Safar 1415 hijrah) after a week of coma due to brain hamerorrage. It was very sudden when she suddently fainted just after she watered her flowers around rumah Aunty Nab which were mostly bouganvilla. She slumped di dapor but managed to makan ubat (panadol?) but fainted soon after that. Luckily ada Aunty Salmah and an ambulance from Muara MRS was called to take her to the hospital. At that time we were staying at Madewaa and Aunty Nab called babu and so we rushed to the hospital. But nini never regain consiousness... It was a Monday afternoon and she passed away pun Monday around Asar time. Masa nini pengsan atu, nini was actually buat kueh Serimuka and her kueh was still dalam kukusan. It was her habit to make at least one kueh per day for breakfast and the rest she would bagi-bagi to whoever anak-anaknya yang datang Muara or she would bring it to her canteen di Sek Rendah Serasa and shared with the cooks at Serasa school. She would always be remembered for her good deed atu by her friends at Serasa. Al-fatihah...........

Actually nini bini at that time was looking after nini laki because it was nini laki who got unwell first. Nini laki got a stroke in 1993 and so he was semi paralysed. At the same time nini bini jaga canteennya di Sek Serasa with Chu Ai and Aunty Sal... even the morning before she collapsed, she was still with Aunty Sal di canteen and she even talked to Aunty Sal hoping for her good health so that she could look after nini laki.... but fate.... qada and qadar..... Ia tah masa nini berkantin di sekolah atu, babu purposely chose to supervise my TP students di Sek Serasa so that I will have the chance to lepak di kantin nini kajap before or after the lesson.... he, he...

Actually the week masa nini bini meninggal atu, we (bapa, babu, kaka, abang , Izyan and Jilah minus Afan as he was still in babu's tummy) were supposed to go to Singapore for a holiday... but we had to cancell the trip and the tickets were reimbursed with some deduction.... inda apa.... The Sunday before nini collapsed we went to see her since it would be the last Sunday before we were supposed to leave for Singapore... but when we were about to leave her, we had a feeling that she was quite reluctant to let us go... she said "minggu dapan inda tah kamu ada ni ah......" which in reality ia pulang yang inda ada....... BTW, it was babu's first time ikut kekubur and witnessed the burial of nini Bini... so sad.... and nini passed away at the age of 71 (1923-1994). So to all of you.... if you happen to pass the kubur Serai Pimping.... please beri salam to nini bini and all the ahlil kubur there.

Well nini bini was such a very strong woman, being the eldest she did not go to school as she was given the responsibility look after her younger siblings as her mother was planting padi. Her father passed away when nini bungsu Manggis was only 5 years old and her mother passed away in the 1940s i.e during the Japanese occupation and she was stranded in Lawas-she went to Lawas by boat for family affairs - and was dead because of the Malaria disease. Why babu said nini is strong is because she could bear to have 10 children in a span of 21 years... (Tua, the eldest was born in 1946, Uncle Imran 1948, Aunty Yam 1950, Uncle Japar 1952, Uncle Mail 1954, Aunty Nab 1956, Aunty Salmah 1958, Babu 1959, Pa Mid 1962 and Chu Ai 1967).... oh well... babu still remember the day Chu Ai was born... it was a special holiday for Aunty Salmah and babu... hu, hu.... inda payah sekolah... Babu still remember when one day nini bini shared her wish to see babu to have 10 children like her... oh no!! sorry.... having 5 ani pun now a dot, dot, dot... hu hu... no offence!! At that time, life was not easy.... nini laki (being inda mau jadi Cikgu when he completed his Primary 5) ended up doing hard job like perintis jalan and watchman and a part time fisherman. No wonder abang is now after nini.... loves to go fishing... Nini does not drive, ia keraja ikut lorry JKR and for other errands he used his basikal tua and a rowing boat.

In the 1960-70s, gaji nini laki was only a mere $100.00 but he had 13 mouths to feed including nini babu (nini laki's mum). But at that time, if babu inda salah Tua laki was already keraja (custom Officer) and Aunty Yam was oversea (Johor) and Uncle Imran, Uncle Japar and Uncle Mail were staying at the hostel.... so left aunty nab, aunty Salmah, babu, Pa Mid and Chu Ai saja di rumah. But babu still rember with his 100 bucks atu, he managed to buy for nini bini a SINGER sewing machine at an intallment of $10 per month and the machine cost like $120.00. Sian.... nini bini needed the machine coz she made all our baju like baju raya or school uniform sendiri including our seluar dalam, he, he... which we used to call "seluar katak" what? the frogs' panties? he he....

Well....... if babu kan cerita banyak lagi ni kisah-kisah kehidupan kami dulu-dulu atu... but I will keep it for next time........ Things like life at Serasa without electricity and proper water supply... mandi pakai air perigi (telaga), kami angkut air untuk cuci piring.... how we made saluran paip sendiri (nini invented it using washing basin placed on a higher stand... joined with a long hose and eventually reached the big drum near the tangga rumah....), how we spent our Fridays and Sundays, cleaning the bawah rumah... and mend the drainage system manually, cabut rumput sundal, raut daun lidi untuk buat penyapu... so on and so forth.....

BTW.... Aqil has been in Serasa since Monday nite but later today, he will go to Rimba.... nomadic Aqil!! C cute and enchem boy!!!

BTW on other activities today.... bapa left home for KB function maybe around 6.00am... babu inda sedar when he left... and babu had a Friday class from 8 till 10.30 am, Jilah had her tuition class till 12noon. When babu reached home with Jilah, bapa was already home. Babu checked if Aqil udah bangun but not yet.... We could only get hold of him after the Jumaat prayer and Aqil pakai baju Mickey baby yang kaka bought di Hong Kong.

Well....... till my next post, take care every body and feel free to update on whatever stuff you feel like to share..... Wassalam.........









Hello, today has been a semi-busy day...

I woke up later than usual for my 9am class today coz I was up until after midnight last night talking and watching Bridget Jones on TV with half of my housemates. I woke up at 10 past 8 but mandi laju2 and makan cereal laju2 and I was out of the house by 845am and got to the lecture theatre on time. My 11AM lecture today was cancelled so I went home and ate... indomie (oops). Then I went to the City to get a birthday present for Fathin, who's birthday is on Saturday. I spent a couple of hours in the city pasal paning, didn't know what to get for her. In the end I resorted to PJs from La Senza. Went home and cooked ayam kurma. Inda sampat makan before a meeting I had to go to at 5pm because I was talking to Kaka on MSN. The meeting was at Portland Building, just a 10 min walk from home. As usual we talked about the problems we are encountering with regards to the event we're holding next weekend. I got a little irritated by how disorganised the committee is because the timetable of the event keeps on changing, which means that certain arrangements that have been made must be amended and it will most probably irritate the people we've made these arrangements with. And then I went home, cooked rice and ate ayam kurma with it. And now, here I am, updating the blog while studying for my Tort Law tutorial on Friday. As a wise man once said, "belajar ani mana cukup kalau sampai beuban saja, mesti sampai gundul". Hahaha, so funnyyyyyyyyy.

Kay babai.


Look at Aqil........ main-main di gym nya..... tapi awas! mesti ada orang entertain ia. Otherwise ia marah tu... he, he.... enjoy it



Salam semua

Yesterday, 12 Rabiul Awal corresponding to 9 march 2009, it was a public holidaybin Brunei as the Muslims thoughout the world celebrated our Prophet Muhammad's (SAW)birthday. Nabi Muhammad lahir dan wafat pada hari dan bulan yang sama. As for bapa and babu, we were in KB for the Maulud. It was raining in KB but only renyai-renyai and so the procession for the males went on as planned. While laki-laki jalan, the ladies had their show like zikir, nasyid and puisi recital. It was very well planned. Bila siap perarakan bapa basah baju sikit but basah seluar banyak coz kena air splased di jalan but bajunya inda berapa basah coz ia kena payungi, he, he....

Afan mula-mula kan celebrate Maulud di bandar with Arif but babu thought jangan tah coz ia ngalih lapas tidur di pantai and badannya banyak merah-merah kena gigit insects kali. So babu and bapa left home around 5.30 am for KB and only balik yesterday around 5 pm coz after lunch kami ngalih and "tetidur" di KB until 3 pm, baik jua zohor alum habis. Afan had his Maths tuition yesterday from 2.30 - 4pm and since Jilah tingal sorang di rumah (though kaka ada) as ia selalu complained ia tingal solo-solo di rumah, babu "suruh" Jilah jalan with Hanis while nunggu Afan tuition. So she went to the Mall with Hanis. When babu and bapa sampai rumah diorang Afan and Jilah alum datang. Babu msg, rupanya singgah lagi kedai Mubarak.

Balik Serasa we thought Aqil ada udah but alum....... bapa balik-balik tanya kul berapa Aqil datang.... coz he said ia kan dangar Aqil nangis... apalah bapa ah?......after a loooong wait, Aqil datang around 9 pm but babu jalan to rumah anti Nab coz ada dikir maulud, Jilah, kaka and abg Rinan jalan beli groceries. So only Afan and bapa nunggu Aqil di rumah. When babu reached home around 10pm Aqil was still bangun... so sempat main-main with Aqil... ia pandai cerita-cerita... and so kami pura-pura faham ceritanya lah.... he, he...He was supposed to be tidur udah.... sekali after a while, mengamuk tia kan tidur. So balikkan arah mummynya..... baru tia aman damai coz mulutnya kena sumbat puting, hu hu....

Bapa sms bapa Liya and he agreed to bawakan Izyan a cartoon of indo mee. Hope it will last till June and be aware that indo mee is not good to be eaten everyday. Memberi sakit perut tu.... not now.... but later in your life. So this is a health warning to indo mee lovers!!!

Saturday nite when Afan tidur di pantai, Kaka, abg Rinan and Jilah liat movie "Watchman"? late show and they only reached home around 3 am!! BTW watchman atu nini Muara punya last job until ia retired tu. Ia jadi watch man di JKR transport pool di Tasik lama and them moved to the old airport area. Ia ada 3 shifts i.e 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm and 10pm-6am. The shift was week by week . So if nini keraja malam, uncle Japar antar ia dari Serasa and it was an obligation for Uncle Japar to singgah rumah tani di Serusop (near Maktab Sains) just to drop some keropok and other snacks (a.k.a junk food!) for kaka and abang. So kaka and abang pun like conditioned to it and malam-malam tunggu uncle Japar to drop by... he, he.... say thank to uncle Japar. At that time kaka was like 5 years plus and abang 3 years plus (1988- 1989) and Izyan belum lahir.

Sunday, bapa awal to KB coz ada briefing di Labi. Babu went to my taici fun di pantai Serasa, beli ikan di pantai and antar Jilah to tuition. While Jilah tuition , babu arah orang kawin di Manggis. Met bapa punya siblings there including tua. Then it was already 12 noon and babu had to rush off to fetch Jilah without waiting for the makan... takut Jilah kena kidnap, he, he.....

Malamnya ada penutup zikir di rumah Ketua Kampong Serasa while bapa attended the same function di Masjid Lambak. Abang was on his fishing trip at Danau, Tutong and he caught a 2 kilo ikan pari as in the photo posted earlier by LB.

Ok..... that's my update for today. Till the next post..... Wassalam.




afan punya gambar nda related to topic tapi ya mau show off..hahahah


My conversation with Bapa on the phone 2 nights ago:

Bapa: Bahapa kau?
Me: Belajar...
Bapa: Belajar sipir kah???

Bapa thinks I'm still in primary 2!!!

Hello everyone, I just came home from my weekend trip to London with A & F. Ngalih! We went to and from London by coach and both journeys felt like they took forever. The fare was about half of a train fare but I'm not sure if I'll ever use the coach to London again... Sooooo uncomfortable.

We arrived in London on Saturday at 11PM at Victoria Coach Station and from there, we took the tube to Paddington, where we checked into Brunei Hall for 1.80 pounds. Cheapest accommodation in London ever! But beware of the fact that the price reflects the quality of the transit room hoho. Actually, the room looked clean and we didn't need to use the cheap bedsheets we bought from Primark as the provided bedsheets seemed hygienic enough.

Then, we took the tube to Bayswater to go to C&R. I thought it was my first time going there but once I stepped in, I realised I have actually eaten there 4 years ago with Kaka. I wanted to order the Cantonese Duck Rice but it turned out that their duck wasn't halal so I ordered Char Kway Tiaw instead and also iced teh tarik (nyummmm!!!). Everything was delicious but the price didn't reflect the portion. The Kway Tiaw was so sikit for something worth 7 pounds!

After lunch, the girls wanted to see Knightsbridge so I played tour guide and showed them the way by tube. The girls had a lot of fun - A loved looking at rich people's cars & F loved looking at designer goods. One of us made a big purchase at a designer store! Not me, I could only afford to look and admire. The only purchase I made at Knightsbridge was a Lemon Cupcake from Lola, Harrods. Nyummy! While walking around, A saw someone bringing a Hummingbird paperbag (it's a famous cupcake shop) and said she wanted to go there. So I texted FN and asked for directions. Off we went to South Kensington... There was a longgggg queue at Hummingbird but we got our cupcakes in the end! They got their red velvet cupcakes and I got a Nutella cupcake (I've already tasted their red velvet before).

Then we decided to go back to BHall because we were dead tired. It was very difficult trying to go back by tube because massive crowds were thronging the tube stations, trying to get home too by that time. It didn't help also that a lot of the lines were closed due to repair and maintenance so we had to make a lot of tube changes. It was frustrating. At one point, I even lost A & F in the crowd. I panicked for a few minutes because there wasn't phone signal underground so I scampered around, retraced my steps and found both of them. Apparently, I left them behind oops sometimes the fast London crowd sweeps me away! Anyway, we eventually reached Bhall and freshened up before going out again.

That night we ended up at Baywater again, at an Arabic restaurant where we had sweet desserts (hehe) and hot tea. We didn't stay long because we had to sit outside and it was so cold! We didn't order dinner either because I've eaten there before and it's not nyaman. So we went to the nearest halal Subway to order our fav, Italian BMTs, which we ate back at the hall.

We had an early start to the day today. We woke up at 6 and went on Heathrow Express (because the tubes weren't functioning yet) to Heathrow Airport to pick up A's sister, M, who will be staying with her in Nottingham for a month. After A & M were reunited, we lugged her luggages underground. We didn't use the Heathrow Express to go back to Bhall because the tubes were already functioning and M didn't have a Young Persons card that makes Heathrow Express' fare cheaper. It wasn;t very difficult bringing her 2 luggages and 1 box because there were 4 of us altogether. I remember bringing my heavy luggages alone when I came back to UK this January and it was frustrating, especially where there weren't any escalators in the stations and I had to carry my luggages up the stairs among the crowd. Big mistake! Next time, I'm taking the Heathrow Express even though it's a bit expensive.

After leaving M's stuff at Bhall, off we went to Baywater again to eat at Halal Restaurant. We actually wanted to go to the halal Nando restaurant there but we were too hungry to walk all the way to Nando's and Halal Restaurant was so near to the tube station, where we got out of from. After breakfast, I brought them to Westfield. I bought a shirt from Zara... oops. We only spent about 1.5hrs there as we needed to get back to BH to pack our stuff and be at Victoria Coach Station for our 330PM departure. It was raining heavily in London and we were soaked to the bone. But we arrived safely at the station by 3PM.

The journey took almost 4 hours because there were a lot of stops. And now, here I am, home alone! I am soooo tired. Thank goodness I only have a 4PM lecture tomorrow. Yay bulih akhir bangun!

Ok everyone, enjoy your Maulud Nabi holiday.

PS (JJ): Nanti ku cuba recipe Ayam Kurma babu... ayam ku habis, sudah ku free aku bali ayam halal di Beeston.
PPS (LBJ): Agatah belajar..."ilmu pelita hidup" hoho






Salam everyone....
Look at Aqil's photos above......... pandai senyuuuum kan? he, he...... senang saja beri ia senyum.... bawa cakap-cakap... and he will respond happily... but after a while if inda dibawa cakap.... grumpy tia.... so if inda pandai handle.... return to mummy.... automatic tia bisai moodnya tu.... Don't worry about the quality of the photos... as all photos taken pakai hp babu saja..... but babu gurantee Aqil is really enchem punya boy......

BTW Aqil is now still in Rimba. Durang balik Rimba on Thursday pm coz malam atu datu Aqil Mabohai celebrated her birthday. So they had a big family gathering somewhere in Gadong. Nini girl Rimba said Aqil was tiduring throughout the function despite the loud noise from his uncles, aunties, grandparents, grand uncles and grand aunties berkaraoke... So babu thought that Aqil said....... "bah..... bising pebaik tah kamu.... kalau ku kan tidur, tidur ku jua........ "ha, ha... cematu tah... good boy!!

After 4 days Aqil di Serasa, siuk dah... macam ada kan diunjar each time babu balik but Thursday onwards ... macam lain tia lagi rasanya.... sob, sob.... but that is fine, I think slowly we will be adjusted to it and it will be a routine for them to be nomadic between Serasa and Rimba.... so that Aqil will be familiar with both sides.... inda mengilala... fair and square.

Yesterday, Friday...... bapa and babu left home for KB at about 6.30 am coz ada majlis khatamal Quraan for converts in Belait. Some 50 of them. Very amazing coz ada yang 2-3 kali udah khatam... and ada yang jadi Guru Ugama, Imam and banyak yang berkeraja di Unit Dakwah, KB. They really practise the Islamic way of life. Appreciate that...... infact ada seorang atu (a lady) baru yesterday babu tau that she is a convert. We were together zaman teachers college dulu (1977-1980) but all this time babu thought that ia orang Islam coz namanya really nama orang kitani, Melayu... then yesterday... masa menabur bunga rampai she tagored babu... and baik jua babu inda cakap " kau inda Islam kan dulu atu?" he, he.... BTW before jalan KB kemarin suddenly bapa cakap "kul berapa Izyan ni ah?... behapa ia ah?". That is his standard script each time ia rindu Izyan. Then bapa picked his hp and called Izyan.... Babu knew that he missed Izyan... coz bapa missed all our communication through the JJ Chat box. hu hu.... but after a while bapa cakap"nah... babu kan cakap" he, he... bapa ah... ia yang kan cakap, babu tia dijualnya.... babu puas cakap udah through the chat box. Anyway... inda pulang babu buang peluang..... cakap lah... and Izyan belajar cemana masak ayam kurma, So here it goes........

Ayam kurma: (a simplified version)

Ingredients:
Ayam yang dipotong
rempah kurma
bawang putih and bawang merah
susu (fresh milk or evaporated)
air asam jawa/cuka
garam
aji no moto
minyak untuk menumis

Cara memasak:
Panaskan sedikit minyak dalam pot. Tumis bawang putih and bawang merah. Tumis sampai naik baunya. Masukkan rempah kurma.... kacau pelahan-lahan. Bila timbul minyaknya, buat ayam.... didihkan dulu and buat susu and air asam/cuka, garam and aji no moto. Tahan kan sekejap lagi hingga mendidih. but uar-uar jua supaya inda hangus. Bila masak usulnya... makan tia. selamat mencoooaba!!

Babu and bapa were in KB till magrib coz in the afternoon bapa ada meeting di ofisnya with orang MIPR and some agro-park project proposors. So babu tingal solo-solo di rumah KB liat tv but at 4 pm bapa and the group went to Kuala Balai and babu mau ikut!! So it was my first time to Kuala Balai, a historical site of KB. Kuala Balai was like 45 minutes drive from KB town. The road was very bumpy... In fact it was once upon a time "pusat pentadbiran" KB... dulu-dulu in the early 1900s... DO nya tinggal di Kuala Balai. Bapa said... "eh... baik jua pindah ah... mun inda jauh tu eh..." he, he... It is a very nice place though... full of nature... ada banyak pokok rumbia yang boleh jadi ambuyat in the river ada ikan Tapah. Yummy....


The picture above shows a beutiful part of Kuala Balai showing the sago machine. Sorry not that clear.... apa jua pakai camera hp. he, he....

We reached home at around 8pm and as usual bapa lapar... so babu quick-quick masakkan udang before babu left for the nightly Rabiul Awal dikir at Nini Hajah Aisah's house. When babu reached there, they were already in their second dikir song i.e..... Tabathlana. Babu balik around 10 pm. Ngalih... but liat tv lagi... coz ada pidato competition live on TV1. One of UBD student from SHBIE made it to the final but babu was not sure if ia menang coz the next time babu sedar, the programme was already over. Bapa awal udah snooring... after ia buat homeworknya i.e his speech for the Mualud function.

Today..... bapa keakhiran... he normally left home around 5.30 am but today ia jalan aroud 6.15 am.... ia laju-laju coz at 8.00am.... ada function to officiate the traffic light use at the (SPARK)Methanol area in Sungai Liang. Bapa said hopefully with the utilisation of those traffic lights, it will ease the daily traffic congestion around that area...... mudahan saja.

Tonite, Afan and Faiz will be joining Aqil (big version) and you all punya third cousin for a family camping at Pantai Muara. Babu was quite reluctant to suruh but after babu called Aqil's mother (aunty Lina) and she assured babu that banyak adults will be there, disuruh tah jua but with the syarat that no main air di pantai (diharamkan!!). So Afan will miss his mengaji lesson today as Ustaz will only be coming after 5.30 pm. Huhu.... Afan ah... Tuesday ani ada assessment... and he said udah ia baca... but iakah??? Kemarin enjoying himself ia jua, attending Saifuls' birthday makan at the Escapade, Gadong. Abang with other cousins (Abang Amy and Abang Udin) will be on their fishing trip tomorrow morning. They will go to Danau in Tutong. As usual babu said "Baik-baik Mal....." as usual Abang also said "aw....". Mudahan selamat and dapat ikan. Amin.

Tomorrow morning bapa ada early morning function at Labi lagi. So babu have to go to orang kawin (cousin Kaka Lina di Manggis) solo-solo lagi coz bapa will be staying in KB till night as ada majlis penutup dikir di Masjid KB. Babu will have our penutup dikir at the Rumah Ketua Kampong jua esok. So tonite rebus telor untuk buat bunga telor. On Monday morning babu and bapa will be joining the maulud gathering at padang Bandaran in KB.

Ok.... till the next update... everybody, enjoy your weekend...









Now Aqil is officially in Serasa. Ngalih kami nunggu eh.... Aqil ah...... he, he..... luv u!!!

It has been 3 days since the last update from babu...

Monday start mid- sem break . konon boleh la la la sikit.... but babu kena antar kursus di UNISSA. So have to obey Boss!... babu went but only to find out that the content of the course is a duplicate of my two weeks ago workshop. So, approached the organiser... informed them and alhamdulillah, babu and 2 other younger colleagues kena excused. No need to come in the afternoon and the next day. So boleh la la la sikit..... Ambuyat lunch at Aminah Arif with RMS and RMZ, yummy... aunty DKJ joined but she was already kenyang, so she just minum ABC.... then back to office, helped at IO. Balik rumah antar Jilah tuition.... her "last" day for her Chemistry tuition but teacher tuition alum tau Jilah inda mau tuition sana lagi. Biar ia kena tpn oleh teacher atu nanti... he, he...While waiting lawat nini kajap but before that singgah pasar malam and beli pulut panggang Gerai 62 dulu... babu punya favourite and kueh malaya for bapa night coffee. Balik rumah rushed to join the fifth night dikir maulud at rumah neighbour. Balik..... subuk Aqil dalam biliknya but udah tidun.... jan kacau!!

Tuesday, awal subuh.... bapa tedangar Aqil nangis sikit.... mesti minta nenen tu.....
Babu went to office, buat keraja..... then off we went to an early lunch treat by aunty LSB at a Thai restaurant. Order pad thai but not as yummy as the one at UBD canteen.... afternoon buat keraja lagi... then balik awal coz malamnya babu kan host majlis zikir. Babu buat mee rebus and roasted chicken, the rest of the food from Tutong like Nasi Beriani and Rojak KK Koya and also pot luck from other zikir members. We serenaded 4 zikir song.... Assalai, Bishahri..... Tabathslana and Marhaban.... Siuk!! sampai sarut-sarut uidah suara but baru 6 nights.... 6 more to come.... and infact maybe we will go beyond 12 nights coz more people come forward to host the zikir. At the end there were more food than people.... but no worries..... they were all good at tapauing... he, he.... plus bapa dapat banyak rezeki from the local product promotion at KB. Almost all stalls beri bapa food samples... like local corn beef, cacah ambuyat, cili sauce, canned fruits, kuih muih, biskut, keropok lekor, all sorts of keropok, kacang, popia, roti boy, karipap and so on and so forth. Aqil was also very busy entertaining people admiring him... hu hu..... good boy ah... not much grumpy. Afan and Jilah had to attend their first Malay tuition with Cikgu Saini... sian had to miss the zikir function. When they reached home it was already the jamuan time. The zikir function finished at about 10pm and actually babu wanted to watch TV3 Rozzana at 10.30 pm... but babu siuk-siuk di bawah tolong bibi panyap-panyap and bapa mau makan nasi and cornbeef and babu only realized kan liat tv at 11 pm!! Rozzana just finished and it was the last episode. So apa endingnya????

LB: Please insert the zikir video and pictures here......


Good news!! Nini is already discharged from the hospital. Alhamdulillah... mudahan nini sehat sejahtera. Amin.........

Today, Wednesday.... on the way to office, babu singgah bayar letrik. Otw there RMS called... ia lapar... mau break fast.... babu said tunngu kajap.... so went to office kan minum di "fat room" kami ... inda jadi coz mau minum di luar. So babu, RMS and LSB went to Aneka Rasa... buffet breakfast...RMS mau lanja coz it is her birthday today (same with aunty Nab) Hepi Birthday!!!! but LSB refused, she wanted to pay. Fine... jan kelahi kan bayar..... there is always another time.

Then back to office, had a short meeting with a colleague on an activity prposal..... then here I am now la la la... update blog and full tummy!. Done... and go back to work now!!


Okay...... Till then cheers........








Hello, I cooked Salmon Asam Pedas and Pak Choi Soup for lunch. It was tawar.

Last night I had Salmon Buttermilk for dinner. Nyaman! Si Lifah ajar aku masak.

K byez. I'm going to the city with Fathin to buy Afan's shades, Jilah's primark cardigan and Abang's Peri-Peri Sauce.


Salam everybody........
Sori lama nada update...... malas... he, he....... ok... here it goes..........
Friday as Jilah said we all (except kaka and abang) went to KB because the ladies from Mumong berdikir maulud di rumah KB. Jilah had to miss her Friday Maths tuition. At KB, Jilah and Afan keboringan... so diorang jalan kakai ke kedai with bibi.... ke Bodyshop... coz all items were on 25% discount on Friday. We went back before Magrib and reached Serasa around 7pm. Bapa ngaleh... but he had to do his homework which was his speech for Sunday function, and luckily on Saturday, bapa did not need to go to KB as he had a meeting and a unction in Bandar the whole day. Lunch time... bapa bawa babu makan di new Seri Kandi outlet di Kiulap. Makan beriani ikan.... yummy...

Saturday after school, Jilah had to attend her make-up Maths tuition class from 2.30 - 4 pm. Afan ikut antar and spent his waiting time to see little Aqil at Rimba. At night, Jilah tinggal keboringan as everbody went out. Kaka akhir balik from Kiulap. Afan joined Faiz for BBQ di rumah tua Faiz Mentiri while babu and bapa attended the 25th Anniversary dinner of Brunei Shell Refinery at JPPC....... nice souveniers but the food bapa said inda nyaman.... oh well..... bapa was actually kenyang. he, he...

Babu at work, ada class till 9.30am and after that tolong IO kira expenses for the AUN meeting held in May 2008. Students udah start antar assignments, so meaning that marking has to be done... ok... Monday till Saturady will be mid-semester break but babu kena suruh attend a two day workshop di UNISSA.... and Wed ada in-service class and on top of that babu banyak keraja lain kan dibuat di ofis.

Sunday, bapa left for KB at around 5.45 am. Ada function di Kampong Labi 1. Babu went to Pantai Muara for jalan-jalan lenggang-lenggang with kawan babu (just to stretch our legs). We wanted to go to Pantai Serasa but jalan tutup as there was a trialathon event taking place. Bapa reached home around 12 noon, then we went to Kaka Lina's cousin wedding at Rimba. Before that babu tetidur menunggu-nunggu bapa. On the way home, singgah RIPAS hosp to see nini and antar cotton wool. Nini was sleeping with aunty Yam nini-sitting as Uncle Arisno took a nap di surau. Nini is improving alot. He can now eat macam biasa but only bubur and susu. Aunty Salmah had an off day as she was not feeling well. Sian aunty Salmah... more than one whole month udah ia di hospital saja. I a macam orang keraja. Sinag ikut Aunty Nab ke hospital and malam around 10pm baru ia balik. When we balik rumah, bapa liat movie but only after a few seconds.. is udah.... snooooorriiiing.... he, he.....

Aqil is supposed to be in Serasa today onwards. We have been waiting for his arrival since 2 pm.... but till now alum jua datang as Cheche said abang tadi was still on his fishing adventure. Afan texted abang and abang said they will be here after magrib. Laju tah bah eh.... bbau kan jalan bah ni....

Ok... that's all.... as babu kan jalan berdikir maulud.......

Till then, Wassalam.