Salam everybody
Babu just come back from attending the 6th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Marriot Hotel, Putrajaya. Babu went with aunty RMS. It was a very good conference, well prepared, variety of papers and more importantly.. plenty of food day and night that my tummy has been kenyang for the last few days as we were practising the "see-food diet". The pictures below show some of our activities with newly-made academic friends who could become "gila-gila" sometimes... he, he....


The picture above shows the GOH, the newly appointed Deputy Minister of Tourism Malaysia, Dato Seri Sulaiaman Abd Rahman Taib officiating the opening of the conference by hitting the gong.... (though sikit saja nampak... not a good photographer... ;-) The event was on the morning of Tuesday, 28 April 2009..... then the next day we heard the sad news that his beloved mother.... Datin Seri Laila Taib passed away in Sarawak. Allahyarhammah was the wife of Sarawak Chief Minister, Dato Seri Amar Taib Mahmud. Alfatihah......


Ani babu and aunty RMS were in action at the conference venue. After lunch time we sneaked out to KL for a little shopping exercise and masa di food court Sogo, we bumped into this Malaysian designer, Calvin Khoo.... a nice and friendly man... ia friendly or kami yang very the friendly.... ? he, he....we tegured him first actually not knowing who he was... coz we saw him carrying two full bags of Jackel textile... so we asked him where Jackel was... and at the end he introduced himself as Calvin, the designer.... he, he....


The picture above shows two newly-met friends... two beautiful ladies from Iran but currently studying in Malaysia. While below are two very young friends... the male from Pinoy called Paolo and the female from Japan called Noa. Paolo is an undergraduate student at UP while Noa is a PhD student from a Japan uni. We tried to match make them during the conference dinner and both were very sporting, mau went up the stage menari joget and menabur bunga rampai to the shown pengantin olok-olok set up by the Malaysia cultural troop specially for the conference participants.The picture above shows more new academic friends who were more of the gila-gila type but whom we enjoyed much to spend the dinner time with. Angie... I am sorry coz there was not enough light to make you clearly seen in the photo. He, he... Seated next to babu is Dayang Siti Awi, originally from Sarawak but now is residing in KL. She has families and friends in Brunei. I hope to see you again if I go to KL. Standing at the back from left Angie, Roslina, Irene, Paolo, Noa and the lady I forgot the name but I could rememer that she ate very slowly that night... a nice lady. Our combination was really of multinationalities. Seated on my right is you know who i.e my conference room mate. he, he..... The last photo below shows our lunch time at KLIA. In the middle is another UBD colleague, Juraidah who attended another conference also at Putrajaya. Nice, young and small lady, whom malam-malam kami suruh lepak di bilik kami to story-story..... Thanks Juraidah for the lunch treat.

On the shopping list... which babu managed to do within a half day on Tuesday, babu managed to buy 5 pcs of Batik Malaysia for all the ladies in the house, a baju batik and socks for bapa, glasses, t-shirt and perfume for Afan, Roxy bag, T-shirt and contact lens for Jilah, fishing shirt and CK deoderant for abang, T-shirt for abang Rinan and a pair of cute striped shirt and long pants or the cute little darling Aqil. Babu hope eveybody will like the items....

On Aqil's note... we thought that they are coming to Serasa today... but when babu texted cheche, she said that not today.... but Sunday... ok... sabar..... Till then... cheers............







bapa first time senyum arah camera ah....

tapi because masatu babu pigang aqil n aqil becakap,n babu ambil gambar






Aqil ah... teluan jua manjanya...... baru jua his first visit to the Mall.... tungkal ia... mana jua ia inda tungkal... when they arrived, the ground floor was very very noisy with the fitness promotion and macam party music bah.... Actually bapa, babu, Jilah and Afan arrived first at Bannucha Restaurant atu... while we were ordering the food we heard like a very loud baby cry.... rupanya the arrival of the manja Aqil tah sudah tu..... lama inda liat Aqil... he looked so gorgeous in his new outfit of mickey mouse jacket and the cheeky T-shirt.... cute!!!

Last night was abang Rinan and kaka's treat for us. They said it was a 4-in one celebration namely birthday abang Rinan, wedding anniverssary, bonus and kaka's promotion to AO. Nice food like nasi goreng pineapple, steamed garoupa, pandan chicken, sweet and sour chicken, tom yam soup, kangkung and mixed vege..... babu was not that hungry. So I tried to calm down and distract Aqil's attention so that ia inda nangis... but now and then kan nangis tia saja and it made bapa really stressful that we could not talk loud as ia believed atu yang beri Aqil nangis... ho ho, ho..... At the end of the makan, we had a little cake cutting ceremony.The tiramisu cake was from Fun Bread. After that we did a grocery shopping at Utama Grand and reached home around 10.30 pm. Ampar after isya, and overslept that babu did not join the taici this morning at Pantai Serasa.

Thursday nite, we stayed overnite at KB because bapa was on stand by and Friday nite ada function di Seria. On the way to KB house, we stopped over at London Kebab and bought take home food like humus, shish kebab and something lamb for Afan. Friday... kami keboringan... macam nada kan dibuat...that babu tidur, makan, tidur, makan saja.... Then after Asar we decided to go to Taman Jubli and the beach... but it was very hot that we decided to go to the nearby Seri Kandi for cold drink. Babu bawa duit $10.00 saja... but the menu looked very tempting... and we ordered 2 sets of butter nan with curry and 3 sets of cold drinks, which we have calculated for less than $10.00 with take away lamb beriani... then kami keboringan lagi. So we called bapa... to come over and bapa ordered minuman saja and joined munching the nan... terpaksa tah bapa tambahkan duit kami coz all in all the bill was $10.50. he, he....

With bapa, we went jalan-jalan round KB kampongs..... at the end we enjoyed the day though. After magrib, we siap-siap to go to the function and terus balik Serasa.... Jilah and Afan keboringan di function, he, he... diorang kan minta tinggalkan di Fratini Seria but bapa inda suruh... so they had to bear with the community function but Afan enjoyed the makan though... According to the programme, the function was expected to end at 11 pm but babu texted bapa and asked him to talk to the function chairman to cut the function short. So babu punya strategy worked... after bapa presented the certificates to the committee members, we could leave Seria at around 10 pm and reached home around 11.20 pm not exhausted but sleepy.

Yesterday after school, Afan went to his one-week Form 4 school i.e SMPIHM, Serasa... he joined his former class to celebrate his English teacher's birthday.... contact masih kah!

Babu will be leaving for KL tomorow (Monday) with aunty RMS. We are attending a conference at Marriot Hotel at Putrajaya. Our papers are scheduled on Wednesday petang and after that we plan to ronda-ronda KL.

Till then enjoy the photos which Jilah will upload later..........


LBJ sent me this through MSN Messenger. Hoho, I just had to put it up. Why so serious? Let's put a smile on that face hohoho


Bapa buatkan sajak ini khas untuk Izyan yang nuuuuun.... jauh di perantauan.........

WARISAN PERWIRA MOMIN

Kau kah Perwira?
Pewaris wawasan yang ku lakar lebih dua dekad yang lalu
Kini kau berada di Menara Gading
Mendokong cita-cita ibu bapa mu

Kau turut melangkah
Bersama semangat juang yang ku tanamkan
Langkah mu lambang perjuangan ku
Selaku pengikut yang berjuang
Demi ibu, demi bapa, demi kaka-kaka, demi abang-abang, demi adik-adik mu dan anak buah mu, Aqil

Selaku pejuang gagah perkasa
Nama mu akan turut terukir
Sebagai lambang kegagahan warisan Momin
Berbanggalah dengan kejayaan mu
Kau merantau jauh
Namun nama mu, jiwa mu
Adalah lambang keturunan sejati Jamain dan Jamilah

Kau meski pun jauh
Namun kau tetap dekat di hati kami (coz of the video cam....)
Usaha adalah juang
Iman dan Doa adalah pengiring cita-cita mu
Ibu, bapa, kaka-kaka, abang-abang, adik-adik dan anak buah mu
adalah inspirasi perjuangan dan kejayaan mu

Doa kami tadahkan
Kasih sayang kami curahkan
Kau adalah lambang cahaya
Yang menyinari keturunan keluarga Jamain dan Jamilah

Hasil karya:
Jamee Momin
Serasa
Jamain.M@gmail, com
20 April 2009


Salam everyone
I would like to share with you all how nini is having his meal i.e through a tube via his nose. Nini cannot take much solid food lagi... except bubur and banana.... sian... so cemani tia makan. This photo was taken on last Friday when babu dropped by before babu went to UBD for exam invigilation. Sian nini... Actually he feels uncompfotable with the tube that he feels like pulling it off all the time. To avoid it Uncle Arisno has to "ikat" his right hand pakai towel to either ke kerusi rodanya or katilnya... inda ia jua marah kena ikat atu... sian, sian.... mudahan nini sehat. Amin........ tapinya macam iklan tissue premier and air suci saja gambar nini ani... he, he...


Hello everybody......
Aqil is 4 months old today... 20 April 2009....... Happy 4 months old baby.............
Mudahan cepat besar and sehat walafiat. Amin........ Enjoy Aqil's latest poses which babu captured today when babu singgah Rimba. Aqil wsa actually sleeping.... but Cheche said lama udah ia tidur... so babu bangunkan ia.... and yes... good... ia inda moody and iski ia babu gambar ah.... Enjoy...............











bo balikan aku trophy mcm si hanis.. ada microphone ah..aku mau....ho ho k bye


Today is Sunday... Kaka awal udah jalan kan exercise... sekali alum jauh ia jalan ia balik coz keretanya ada indication lampu merahnya lighted...ia tukar pakai Merc... Abang Rinan checked the manual.... hu hu... drive pandai... rupanya the red light was lighted coz kaka was too weak to pull down the handbrake fully.... inda habis turun... ia tah marak lampunya atu dong.............. apa punya AO...... top of the list saja..... he, he.....

Babu pun inda mau kalah tadi... we did 3 rounds of taici and 3 round of poco-poco di Pantai Serasa... siuk............... babu pakai kereta tua... the BM... nya Afan atu keretanya tu... ia suruh bapa usai and cat baru... macam c pandai... umur baru 14 bulan.... he, he.....

Bapa hari ani... his santai day coz 6 days in a row, bapa ke KB saja... sangal udah bahunya nya driving....... iatah di malam kami arah nini Jangsak.. bapa inda dapat jumpa nini, mesti berurut saja.... just like tua kapok and amit haji. Actually nini gosok-gosok saja badan bapa ah... coz nini was concentrating more on the live AF concert than to urut bapa... ho ho.... Afan inda mau ikut arah nini (apa punya cucunda...) Jilah liat wayang with the friends.....Jangan tegur.... cerita hantu tapi nya Jilah inda bari takut......... We reached home like 11 pm... sekali Afan tetidur udah di sofa. We managed to liat the AF concert lagi towards the end.... Ghaud was eliminated... eh.... tau babu ah... Nini jangsak lagi more updated on this AF thing but she said that ia inda suka Mawi lagi... ditalaknya udah... coz nini jealous Mawi kawin Ekin... nini mau Mawi kawin Ina..... he. he......

Yesterday... Saturday... babu pun spent the whole day di KB... ada function for keraja bapa. So babu pun terpaksa jua ikut ..... menyibuking.......

Aqil? Aqil?..... nada ia...... muleh kampong Rimba ia.... uhuk, uhuk....., iuk udah Aqil ada di Serasa... for like 2 weeks..... siuk kami main with him and make him nangis and ketawa every now and then. Sekali last Thursday... ia balik Rimba coz diorang kan sibuk as Tua nya Rimba kan convert to Islam this Friday... Alhamdulillah..... makin bertambah lah umat Islam. Meril and Farah? bila lagi......?

On Thursday babu attended Jilah punya final speech competition..... Jilah was ok... BUT the problem is she was too fast that she still had about 2 more minutes of the given 6 minutes. Ceritanya simple... i.e. napa setokin tani selalu hilang sebalah... so she provided some theories on it which included the missing socks are like having a party in the washing machine with the other missing socks and underwears... adakah??? Lastip (fluent) pulang Jilah cakap atu.... tapi manang jua babu masih lah... he, he..... She got 4th from 4 contestants of MA5, Hanis came third...... Never mind... tjhat was a good try and Jilah was brave enough to talk in front of like 500 audience. Babu recorded ia punya speech but ia nda mau upload.

Today, babu and bapa kan arah orang kawin.
IS... you school tomorrow? Monday? ok.... rajin-rajin belajar......

Till then... bye......


The picture below shows baby Aqil is tiduring di sofa after ia mengamuk coz nini boy nya tipu ia. Bapa pura-pura kan beri ia makan pisang. Bapa rasakan arah mulutnya 2 kali. Ia tah ia mengamuk. After that ia allergic to see bapa and even to hear suara bapa....nangis tia with a variety of crying tone..... So bapa had to tutup mukanya with bantal.... he, he..... pemarah bah Aqil ah... At the end cheche had to pujuk him and put him ro seeeleep......... Why kepalanya ada towel? it was a towel basah coz cheche said Aqil was quite panas... dmeasurenya temperature Aqil, it was 35.9 considered to be normal. Alhamdulillah... but for precaution... beri saja towel basah supaya inda panas.....

After about 30 mins bangun tia lagi.... and main-main kajap... webcam with tangah Ijan..... and after that... mooody tia lagi... and tepaksa tah babahnya bawa betapuk lagi di biliknya and that was the end of today's play time for Aqil..... Goodnite.........



Hello, it's past 12 midnight here in Nottingham. I'm having trouble sleeping (but only because I've been sleeping during the day haha) so I wrote a fictional story. I really missed writing. I used to write a lot in my old blog. I'm sure AF & LBJ secretly followed it but it has now long been abandoned by yours truly. Note that this story inda kena mengena dengan yang hidup atau yang mati. It only reflects my boredom and cheesiness.

Aku Masih Tunggu

The young Malay girl looks out the window, her rosy cheeks dampened with tears as if seeing the still unfamiliar and undying hustle and bustle of the city for the first time. But it’s not the first time she’s sitting on her musty bed, looking out into the crowded street of drunken poets, writers and artists; she has lived in her cold stuffy room in the middle of noisy Soho in Kota London for almost a year now.

What am I doing in this farway land?
I don’t belong here.
I belong in the Abode of Peace, not in this chaotic city. I belong under the scorching sun, in the padi fields with Babu, on Bapa’s bicycle around the kampung yelling “Kueh! Kueh!”.

She wipes her tears off her cheeks.

Apa gila kah aku bila terima offer ini?
Was I mad in accepting this scholarship?

At this time the country is opening up education opportunities for young women who excel in their studies. She is one of them, chosen to study English Literature for her flair in the language.

She realises that doing this will free her family from poverty, but at this moment she ignores the thought as she yearns deeply for someone back at home.

She rolls over and reaches for a rusty tin box perched on her antique wooden dressing table. She blows out the dust that coats the lid and takes it off, sniffing in the familiar scent of home that is emanating from a collection of crisp letters that came from her keluarga, kawan and kekasih.

Bapa’s Jawi writing tells her to ingat kenapa kamu dihantar ke sana, to be careful of the cosmopolitan city and to not be swept away in the culture. She can smell the scent of Bapa’s rokok, and strangely finds herself missing the whipping curls of his cigarette.

Babu writes about the new recipes of kueh she’s invented and talks about how adek has taken over her job of selling the fresh cakes.

His letters, she thinks. I must find his letters.

She empties the contents of the tin box onto her bed and rummages through to find a crisp brown envelope spelling out her address, so-hoh-lon-don. She takes out the letter inside it and reads out loud the contents as her homesickness is magnified by a million:

Sayangku, Juita.
Surat ini ku tulis di atas titian dekat pantai semasa senja. Ingatkah dikau akan waktu kau bersamaku disini?

Yes, she thinks to herself. I was always there at the end of the day. I was always there after you worked hard catching fish to feed your mother and your sisters.

Aku rindu akan kata-kata manis mu, Juita. Sentuh-sentuh lembut mu. Gelak tawamu.
Aku kesunyian tanpamu.
Tapi kau janganlah gelisah, sayang. Pabila kau merenung keluar jendela ketika malam yang larut, ingatlah, siang jadi malam jadi siang, aku masih tunggu.




This post is dedicated to Bapa. Will I be following in your footsteps? We'll see! hehe!









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Hello.........

Enjoy the video below showing how Aqil pandai baibun and ketawa..... but not too much please because according to abang and cheche the night after the video shoot atu... Aqil tidur with his eyes closed but was crying... meaning that he was mengigauing..... ho ho ho.......



Helloo.......

Look at Aqil... the lompat-lompat baby boy... if there is a chance for him to jump... he will jump and jump and jump...... like he is doing a little gymnastic. ok... enjoy it.... but sorry for the melintang video format.

On more family updates... Sunday was a hectic day for all of us... it started on Saturday nite actually when Afan and Faiz decided to have a little bbq for Arif's birthday... it was a belated one and Arif slept over di Serasa till Sunday. Aqil pun join jua and he only went to sleep at about 11.30 pm! wow! ... pandai tia kan party jua Aqil atu. Sunday early morning, abang and the boys went for his fishing outing at Meragang beach but went home empty handed. Abang then alum puas hati, joined his friends fishing lagi by boat. That was when he got that 5 kg Selungsung. Sudah kami masak di malam, masak steam but more are left. So today kena masak asam pedas lagi.

Babu and bapa left for KB for 2 functions. It was kaka Munirah's engagement day today... so we had to go back to Bandar quickly just to menyampati the ceremony. We managed to and the function went on well. Babu met two of my former students yang rupanya kaka Munirah's buddies... they enjoyed teaching they said. Yes!! hepi to hear that. At that function, Aqil was the centre of attraction, kena passing from one person to another to the extent pipinya aus kena cium saja.. and abang said huh!! macam-macam baunya... sian Aqil but still he is sweet smelling baby... he, he....

On the way home, we dropped Arif at Sungai Akar and after magrib, Afan went to his Malay tuition. Babu watched Tv3 for the anugerah bintang popoular. I managed to follow through but not when Jamal Abdillah did his performance coz babu was tertiduring...... buuring..........

Ok..... till the next update... cheers...........



Abang the fisherman was very excited today coz he got a big catch.. a 5 kg Selungsung... according to Nini Muara dulu-dulu it is ikan number 1. With the excitement abang took pictures of the fish and baby Aqil...


Wow!! Aqil macam ijap liat ikan atu... too big and as big as me nya Aqil...he, he.....

This is Afan with the Selungsung.... it fits him well..... of the same size... hu, hu......



Yo.... Aqil suka mandi..... paling senang mandikan Aqil.... he really enjoys being in his little bath tub....


Hello, people of Serasa! I just got back from my trip to Leeds. Fathin and I stayed at Steph's flat for 4 days and 3 nights. It was so much fun! Nottingham is so kampung compared to Leeds - everything is bigger there. Another thing I loved was how easy it was to find cheap halal food. I had a feast! And they had a really big oriental market, where I got stuff like Chicken Rice paste, dried shiitake mushrooms and wonton noodles. Anyway, here are random pictures from my visit..

Some guy trying to lure people into the store by performing on the window display. Silly thing was noone could hear a thing from outside. Maybe that was the point, I don't know.

We found a small quaint shop selling vintage goods not very far away from Steph's flat. It was really cool. We found telephones dating back to the 1940s, handbags from the 1920s and actual written postcards from the 1960s. I don't know what that picture is of though. Anyway, I didn't get anything. Takut ku barang-barang di sana atu ada spirit hoho.

Near to the vintage shop was this cute little mediterranean cafe that had purple exterior. We ordered vegetarian paninis, mine was Feta & Olives panini, not realising that all the food was halal until Fathin saw arabic transcripts hanging in the kitchen.

On our third day, we decided to take a day trip to York by train. It only took about half an hour. We went to the Designer Outlet. Siuk brabis! Most of the stuff were selling at much cheaper prices than in retail. I got all the men in my life some new clothes. I got Bapa a polo shirt from Hugo Boss, French Connection shirts for MMA and MMH, and a RL polo shirt for Mr H. And look at that cute outfit for Baby Aqil!!! Hehe a polo shirt with matching shorts from Baby Gap. Hemsem tu kalau Aqil pakai! Unfortunately, all of you will have to wait til Summer to get all the goodies hoho.

A pretty little box of Lemon Cheesecake with Ginger Crumbs from Pret-A-Manger in York.

The day we had to go back to Notts, we had lunch at Saffron, a Persian restaurant near the coach station. Pictured is my Lamb Kebab with buttered rice. It was sooooooo nice! Nothing like the halal food here in Notts.

Now I'm back in ol' Notts, too full from Indomie and too tired to study. Isuk ku blajar ah, I promiseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Don't worry JJ, I didn't completely neglect my studies while I was in Leeds. Steph takes Law there and I managed to copy some notes off her.

K bye!

p/s: Mana gambar Baby Aqil baru?



The following pictures show a pair of belangkas yang terkorban oleh pancing abang at Pantai Serasa. Actually... belangkas atu jalan-jalan... bedating... sekali teliat tia umpan pancing abang.... mula-mula... bininya yang terkorban atu...sekali after 5 minutes.... hubby nya tia lagi terkorban oleh pancing abang. So... that was the end of their world... coz abang suruh bibi masak and .... only abang, Afan and Jilah saja yang sanggup makan..... macam orang kelaparan lagi tu abang and Afan makan ah... hu hu..... They said yummy.........









Dui.... Sian bapa...... if you all want to know... the photo below was taken in HENGLAND sometime in 1983 when kaka was only about 8 months old... Bapa dapat scholarship to do his degree in Social Science di Brighton Uni....So belayar lah bapa..... sekali... sekali... sekali... uhuk... uhuk.... bapa HOMESICK!!! .... after 2 weeks, bapa decided to go home..... coz ia rindu babu and kaka... he, he... so tanpa berlengah-lengah... bapa pun membeli tcket one way London-Brunei... and balik kampong lah ia...... Actually bapa was staying in the same house with Pa Mid coz at that time Pa Mid was doing his HND... Ok.. never mind... that was not the end of the world... bapa still has a bright life ahead of him. Alhamdulillah......... The moral of the story... kalau kan belajar di perantauan, jangan tah homesick... hu hu.... like AF in 1999 and IS in 2008... oops........ sorry........
Below is a picture of Pyincesssss Bazilah.... lawa eh...... matanya lagi tu.... he, he...... Picture taken masa majlis kaka and cousins khtamal Quraan sometime in 1999, just before kaka left for Malvern Girls School....




everything bulat.all the way from his head to his lobang hidungzz





aqil laughing at his bungsu afan's funny faces haha..nda ya byk bunyi tapinya psl ya sibuk liat mr bean..kbye


Ho,ho...... look at Aqil.... the Bul-Lat-Ting baby boy........... Ish!! baru 4 hari inda jumpa makin bulat and makin putih c cucu ani..... kiut!!!!!!!!!
Sikit lagi di malam ah... baik jua laju kana pantan oleh mummynya.... manakan jua inda... orang kan tidur... kena main-main.... sekali nah... kan nangis. Kaka pulang diblame bapa...
Sian kaka... bukan kaka yang bari ia nangis... memang manja and sapuil....
Aqil berair liur...........


Aqil munching tangannya Then nangis................

Aqil nangis. BABU TU!!!! bukan!!! kaka tu... "lari tah kau bah!!" he, he... bapa tu punya weapon.........