Manusia.. tak terpisah dgn perasaan...

Masyallah... subhanallah... astagfirullah..
Dalam aku berdebar yg mana di bawa kepada rasa gembira,rupanya rasa sedih tu menanti...
I'm totally happy for her.. tgk dalam gambar pun dia nampak happy.. dan aku tau dalam masa ni syaitan akan cuba membawa hati aku supaya sedih,terasa hati,membenci, dan seterusnya mendorong aku utk memutuskan silaturrahim dan ukhuwah yang lama terbina.
Justeru,aku menanam janji pada diri sendiri,apa pun yang terjadi,aku akan cuba utk tidak terasa hati dgn kejadian tu. Aku akan terus mendoakan kebahagiaan dia sambil menunggu kebahagiaan aku sendiri. Insyallah..

Moving

Moving house in AD... = Not easy...
It's a month worth of work.. hard work.. physically and emotionally (well.. at least the emotional part did get to me..)

I knew that I need to look for a new place for 3 months already. Unfortunately, around here... nobody would save a place for you that long. You like it, take it... Or else, look somewhere else.
And that's exactly what happened to me. I looked for the new place, love it, and wanted to signed for it. But nobody wants to sign a post dated contract. Dengggg... What do i do..??? I guess I have to look for it really close to my moving date then.. Or move now, which means I will be losing like 2 months worth of contract.

And when I found a place that I really liked, there's this problem with the contract. It's in Arabic. How in the world I'm gonna sign that? I don't understand what I'm signing for... That's almost impossible. Sadly.. I had to let that place go and look for another one. Found it. And here I am.. Resident of Al Nahyan Camp.

Not easy... I mean.. the move was not easy... First, look for a perfect place.. Well, this is almost a perfect place. Of course it's not as good as what I had in TCA. No KM underneath.. No security guards 24/7... No elevator while I'm still on second floor... And definitely no underground parking which leads to no longer always shining Winey.. Poor Winey who had to go through all these with me...

Then, the move.. If you want the easy way, you can always call the professional moving company who will come with 10 people and pack everything for you, move it to the new house and unpack everything. And you just have to pay thousands to them. The hard way.. was how I did it.. Get the boxes from KM, pack everything myself and get a Patan and his lorry to move my things to the new place. Cost wise... hundred.. Penat-wise... tak terkira... and emotionally too...

After moving all the stuff, had to clean up the old apartment. Again, you can always spend thousands to some bangla to do it for you... or do it your self. Cut the gas supply. Cut the electricity and water supply. Move the Etisalat account.. And all these cutting supplies can't be done with one simple call.. I went to 3 different offices to cut the electricity and water after 3 phone calls. Had to see the gas people maybe 4 times before getting the clearance. And I don't want to start with the Etisalat team... 2 offices visit, 3 phone calls, technician had to come 3 times before everything settled.

After almost a month, I am now settled in my new place. Not fancy, not flashy.. But I'm proud to call it a home...

London Trip

Masa mula mula keje ada buat janji kat diri sendiri nak travel to a new place once a year. So far berjaya buat.. First year keje travel dlm negara ke Kuching. The next year kitorg g Bangkok. Lepas tu Bali. Then aku g Hong Kong dengan bebudak GE. Travel yang agak mahal ke Beijing. Tahun lepas g Istanbul dari sini. Tahun ni malangnya aku tak jejakkan kaki ke tempat baru selain dari urusan keje.
Sungguhpun begitu,tahun ni ada dua tiga tempat yang aku pegi atas urusan keje tapi tempat ni memang baru bagi aku. Kalau tak baru pun place that I haven't visited for 20years. Aku dah blog kan Jordan n Paris lom? Kalau belum nanti aku tulis.
Kali ni aku g London. What makes it different is that I was staying separately from the team. So mmg senang la nak roam around sendirian berhad. Hari bekerja aku hang out dengan Fira,kawan satu maktab dulu yg skang dia dh mcm mastautin kat London dah. Over the weekend aku visit Kak Ija,org kampung paya datuk. Kira waris la.. Yang tak berapa nak best ialah london hujan je tetiap hari sampaikan aku demam teruk.
Anyhow I had a good visit in the city. Tak banyak gambar yg ambik sebab jalan sendiri. Ada a few je bila aku keluar dengan Fira.
On my own,aku visit Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park n London Bridge. Sambil tu ada la lalu Downton Abbey. Bought my first Pandora bracelet at Oxford Street. Dengan Fira I visited Picadilly Circus n Bayswater. Mostly sebab nak dinner kat that area. Had a great lobster experience at Burger&Lobster just around the corner of my hotel. Memang kelas la itu Lobster! Dengan Kak Ija just pegi ke Chinatown for lunch then lepak umah dia for one night. Bought my lovely Burberry at Heathrow airport... hehehe..

You Ni Artis Ke?

Tak salah kan kalau x kenal artis? Artis pun suka jgk kot kalau kita x kenal atau buat buat x kenal dia sebab kalau sume org dok kerumun dia camne dia nak bergerak kan..
Anyway..benda jadi sebulan dah kot..mmg byk nk kema update ni..Ill yry slowly..
Aku nak naik flight balik ke AD bila aku nampak ada 2-3 melayu sibuk ambik gambar dgn dia ni.. Tapi serius aku x register sapa dia.. Then dlm flight tgk2 dia dok sebelah aku. Masa dok bersiap nak menselesakan diri dlm flight tu aku tanya la "you ni artis ke?" Dengan tenang dia angguk sambil berkata "A'ah.." Selamba jugak aku bertanya "Siapa ek?" Dengan muka malu malu dia jawab "Nealofa" Serius aku terkejut which came to my expression "Serius?!" Well mesti la dia angguk..dah mmg dia Nealofa..
The thing is.. she is being mentioned a lot in my GE Alumni whatssapp group.. The actress where the guys collectively selected as their sexy icon. Aku boleh agak this is mindblowing for the guys if they know. So aku mintak la nak amik gambar dgn Nealofa..
Sure dalam kepala otak Nealofa, 'Aku ko x kenal..tapi bergambar nak..' Heheheheh...

Dilema Rumah Sewa

Ok.. here's the thing.. Kat sini most house rent is per year contract. Sounds familiar? The thing is, not just per year contract, tapi bayar pun ikut tahun. Sewanya bergantung pada jenis bangunan, jenis rumah, kawasan dan kemudahan yg ada.
Rumah yg aku duduk skrg.. walaupun building tu itself takde facilities kecuali parking, tapi location nya sangat menarik. And keluasan pun besar. Tapi.. this coming year sewa nya naik...
Bukan la tak mampu nak bayar sewa yg naik tu. But since kita dah pandai sket hidup kat sini, rasanya tak perlu bayar mahal macam tu lagi dah. So I'm thinking of renting a new unit.
Masalahnya... kat mana mana pun skrg ni sewa nya naik. Yes.. landlord aku sangat bijak. Dia naikkan sewa 5k. Sewa bangunan lain yang berdekatan sama dengan harga sewa yang dia naikkan tu. Tapi bila kita nak pindah, banyak hidden cost. Nak bayar sewa lori n patan angkat barang lagi. Agent fee lagi.. Maybe ada furniture yang nak kena alter lagi.. So kalau nak balik modal kena cari yang at least 10k lower than the current rent.
Aku pun tak berapa minat nak pindah jauh2. Kawan2 aku kebanyakannya kat sini je. And tak kuasa la jugak nak commute jauh2 walaupun jauh tu hanya la dalam 40km je kot.. Option aku sekarang ialah studio apartment.
Tak jugak senang nak cari studio yg ikut bajet ni. Tambah plak lagi a nice clean and spacious studio. Kalau ada je yg elok, baru aku nak buat appointment utk view dah ada org lain cop...
Ada satu lagi option. Which is quite good. Tapi aku akan hidup mcm dok asrama. And aku kena let go semua furniture aku. And for sure tak cukup la tempat nak simpan segala handbags.. kasut... jacket...
Kepala sudah pening mana mau pilih........

Selamat Hari Raya

The story of my balik kampung...
Tiket tukar dgn miles..ada promo masa tukar tu..so dpt tukar biz class... Alhamdulillah..makanya bersedia la makcik nak balik pada 30hb yg damai..
Tepat jam 1.30 tgh hari hp office ku berbunyi.. bunyi cam bahaya jekkk.. yes..makcik kena pospon balik raya ke 5hb sbb korean epc tu nak dtg AD jumpa makcik..aduhhhhhh.....nak nangis ke nak suka ke dh x tau dh apa perasaannya..
Maka makcik x jadi balik tarikh yg ditetapkan tu..
Nak di jadikan cerita,1hb korean epc tu kata x jadi dtg n akan tunggu makcik g korea jumpa diorg 12hb nanti. WTF??!!!.. dh la cuti di mintak pendekkan..ni jadi lagi pendek plak dah.. x boleh jadi ni.. so,makcik ckp kalau makcik x fly malam ni makcik tak boleh g korea.tix diff is 13k dirham.dgn harapan bos x approve so x pyh la makcik g korea tgh2 raya tu. Approve plak dah...
Maka kelam kabut la balik rumah last minute nye siap2 sbb mlm tu nk g airport dah...
Jadi 12hb makcik berlepas ke korea dari kl..

Papepun...

Rukhsah @ Kelonggaran

In Islam there's a term called Rukhsah (ra wau kha sin hah). It means kelonggaran (sumpah x ter recall kelonggaran in English apa dia). There's a lot of rules we need to follow as a Muslim. These rules are set for our own benefit. However,being human, nobody is created perfect except for the Prophets. Thus, Allah created this Rukhsah to make it easy for us.
Since this is Ramadhan I would focus on Rukhsah on fasting. Breastfeeding mothers, pregnant ladies, sick person all are allowed not to fast during Ramadhan. But of course u hv to fast in other months to make it up. And if u r in musaffir.. in a journey somewhere.. u r allowed not to fast.
Why I keep thinking about this... I heard a news today that one of the manager in construction site here passed away in the flight from USA to AUH and he was fasting at that time. Well.. Allah knows best. He created the Rukhsah for a reason. Use it.. dont just because u r lazy to pay back u r willing to suffer during this period. This is also not a good example to other religion.. They will think Islam is difficult while it is actually beautiful...

Just my two cents...

Morrocon Tea

Honestly speaking, I'm not a fan of morrocon tea even though I'm quite fond of tea's. Reason being I always felt that this tea is too bitter and defeat the purpose of tea that should be more like water with caffeine. But,the morrocon tea that they served after iftar in Rosewood Abu Dhabi is very nice. They mix it well with the correct amount of sugar that makes the tea likeable by me. And my Arab colleague agreed that the tea is very nice. So most probably the first morrocon tea that I tasted was the wrong one.. Perhaps..

Me.. Sick

Admitted ke? Jeng jeng jeng...

Tak la.. Dok kat Emergency Room je.. Still bunyi cam teruk kan? Hahahha..

Sebenarnya for the past week aku batuk. Bermula dgn tak sedap badan.. then sakit tekak. then comes the batuk datang visit. Rasa mcm tak teruk. Biasa la batuk kan.. Then Jumaat lepas after iftar pegi Madinat Zayed dengan kawan2. Kawan2 aku ni semuanya laki takde.. Ada laki yg g outstation, ada yg blk Malaysia jap ada hal nak settle. Masa ni la diorg carik aku kan.. hehehe..

Anyway, kat MZ, aku nye batuk dah bunyi lain.. Mcm nak tercabut keluar paru paru ni. So, lepas dah settle segala pembelian, aku decide nak terus g hospital. Slalu aku g NMC. Tapi malam tu rasa mcm nak singgah Burjeel Hospital. Hospital baru. Sebabnya, memang dah lama nak try since hospital ni dekat dgn rumah compare to NMC and parking nampak cam senang..

Bila g tgk mmg parking senang, org pun tak ramai. Yang penting takde bau bawang. Hahaha.. Tapi.. GP dia tak 24hours. yang 24hours hanyalah emergency room sahaja. Masa tgh dok tanya2 tu, aku batuk punya la teruk depan receptionist tu. Ha kau.. Terus dia registerkan aku n bagi jumpa doktor.

(Nota kaki: Tengok la nama yg dia register kan aku tu.. dah mcm2 configuration nama aku dapat kat sini)

Then doktor decide nak bagi nebulizer kat aku sbb dia dgr bunyi dah teruk..

Hence, I got 'nebulized' for more than 1 hour setelah almost 5 years tak perlukan benda ni. Memang lega yg amat la lepas neb kan.. sapa yg ada athma tau la nikmat neb di kala nafas nyawa2 ikan tu.. huhu..

Balik takkan la tangan kosong.. Dapat la habuan ubat ubatan..

Nampak tak dia prescribe aku tu kol 12.49 pagi. Actually aku g hospital dalam kol 12.15 camtu. By 12.50am tu aku dah start kena nebulizer dah. Tunggu tenang sket sambil amik ubat, last skali balik rumah almost subuh.. Maklumla.. orang perseorangan.. sakit ke apa ke... pandai2 la sendiri..

Now I'm on medication. Rasa mcm berkurang batuk ni.. Insyallah.. Harap harap boleh balik rumah sendiri la ye batuk.. lama dah ni datang nyinggah..

Buka Posa @ MyCrib

Selalu sangat aku g makan umah kak may.. mmg ada terniat nak ajak kak may dtg makan kat umah. tapi asyik la bertangguh. tapi sempena bulan ramadhan.. dengan pahala memberi makan org berbuka yg berganda ganda.. aku berbesar hati menjemput kak may sekeluarga dan seangkatan utk berbuka kat umah aku yang tak seberapa.
Memandangkan kak may mmg handal memasak.. kecut jugak aku memikirkan menu. jadi aku amik menu yang paling senang iaitu nasi ayam.
Bangun pagi turun bwh beli ayam terus buat sup. dah siap marinate ayam, rest kejap. petang lepas asar baru start goreng. dalam kol 630 dah siap almost semuanya. just nice la sebab tetamu datang dalam kol 7. air pun aku buat simple je. sirap limau and teh o. ada satu jus botol beli kat bawah n air mineral.
Alhamdulillah.. semua suka nasi ayam aku buat.. lega rasanya...

Trip to Korea

Dua hari lepas ada jumpa sorg kawan setelah 2-3 minggu tak jumpa. So this friend tanya,
"How was your trip? Sempat jalan2 tak?".
In my mind it was my latest trip abroad which is Korea. So my reply was "Sempat first day je. Lepas tu hujan. Then kitorg shorten kan trip".
This friend was like "Paris hujan?".
There goes.."Ooo.. you are talking about my Paris trip ke?"..
And "Yeah.. you ada pergi mana2 ke lepas Paris?"
"I went to Korea"
"So you've been in 2 countries from the last time I saw you?"
Aku hanya mampu tersenyum... (ps: that 'last time I saw you' was just like 3 weeks ago or maybe less)

This is my first trip to Korea this year. This time around we stayed in Hyatt Ambassador Namsan Park. Nice hotel. Expensive. Room is a bit smaller compared to what we used to get in Hilton or Shilla. The flight was loooonggg...
I have to admit, Seoul has changed a bit over the year. Baru setahun.. I feel like I don't know the place anymore..
This time around, I got the chance to try the Halal Korean Meal in Itaewon. Mmg muka Melayu je yg masuk restoren tu..How to get there? Go to Itaewon. Just walk along Itaewon towards the Mosque. You'll find it on your right hand side before you reach the mosque.
My verdict.. sorry.. tapi tak la sesedap yg dijangka kan.. maybe my expectation was too high. But we were so hungry at that time. Plus, the service was super slow that make us almost went out of the restaurant.

Ramadhan Kareem

Tour de Paris

Tour la sangat... Keje okk... Anyway, it's my first time in Paris. So I was quite excited when I was informed that I need to attend a meeting in Paris. Ye la.. Paris kan one of the most famous city in the world. Sapa yang tak teringin nak datang Paris..

Dalam sibuk2 keje, aku cuba gak cari masa nak tour sket. At least dapat amik gambar pun jadi la.. Nak masuk segala muzium atau nak panjat segala monument mmg tau dah tak sempat. Ini pun dah sampai sakit2 kaki.. Paksa gak berjalan..

Sikit je gambar yang amik. Semuanya di upload kat sini and my Instagram

Champ Du Elysee. Shopping District. Metro station - George V will take you straight to the LV heaven.

At the end of the shopping district you'll get to this famous arch.

Museum of Lourve. Where the original drawing of Monalisa sits.

No need for me to tell you what this is..

The metro station is Torcadero. It will bring you to this place with almost the best view of Eiffel Tower for picture purposes.

Selain dari tempat2 ni hanyalah hotel-office-hotel-office-hotel-airport..

Instant Satay

Bila dok oversea ni mmg slalu teringin macam2 makanan Malaysia. Nak wat camana dah tekak melayu..
And so far, aku rasa aku antara manusia kat AD ni yg paling banyak simpan segala jenis makanan segera selain mee segera. Brahim tu mmg aku dah master chef dah la.. And lately aku mula angkut kuih muih melayu macam kuih lepat pisang, karipap, keropok lekor, kuih koci, apam segala. Semuanya segera punya. All you need to do is either kukus, goreng atau heat dalam microwave (skang ada Actifry.. will come to that in different post)

Tiba tiba hari tu jalan2 kat Lulu beli barang dapur. (Segera..segera gak.. takkan ayam goreng kunyit pun nak segera.. melampau la kan...). And secara tiba2 jugak aku terjumpa satu section dia tulis "Singapore Food Festival". okkk.... Singapore ada food ke.. huhu..

Having said so, aku still dok belek2 apa yg ada. And yang menarik perhatian aku ialah... Satay.. hmmm.. Susah nak jumpa satay instant even kat Malaysia pun.. So, aku decide nak try.

One fine day aku pun try. Memang tak sempat prepare bekal ke ofis. So aku just bawak satu kotak sate ni. Instruction dia kata:
1. Allow meat to thaw
2. Heat in microwave for 2 minutes

Aku pun buat la. Satu kotak tu ada 10 batang sate n sepeket kuah kacang. Aku heat 2 min as instructed (kuah kacang pun 2 minit) Bila bawak keluar nampak macam tak meyakinkan.. Tapi apa boleh buat.. ni je lunch yg aku ada.. So decided utk telan je.. Sekali telan.. eh.. sedap la.. ayamnye masak elok je..

Hence.. I am one happy customer..

ps: presentation mcm dlm flight tak? heheh.. piring ofis n kuah satay dalam cawan kopi ofis... nak iduppp...

Make Up Organizer

This organizer really keeps my make up organized and easy to locate. Now my dressing table looks really professional.
Bought it at Madinat Zayed Shopping Centre for 75dirham. It came in sizes and this is the smallest one.
I know it looks like I need a bigger one. But if I bought a bigget one I will be buying more make up..So this one is fine..Just nice..
Luv'ing it...

Gegurl Day Out in AD

Di suatu petang yang damai...seorang ibu membawa anak anak itik nya minum teh tarik dia tepi jalan...

I Know The Feeling Very Well

Betapa gembiranya bila balik rumah kat AD ni bukak fridge tgk ada berbungkus bungkus keropok lekor.. berbotol botol kicap kipas udang... budu.. my God...

Dan kawan kawan aku juga takkan lupa muka aku bila Jer hulur sandwich roti Gardenia penyek kat forbidden city... roti kosong je kottt

Qasr Al Hosn Festival

Qasr Al Hosn ni adalah satu fort kat Abu Dhabi yang dulunya berfungsi sebagai lighthouse. Abu Dhabi ni kan tepi laut. Kebanyakan hasil nya datang dari laut. Sebab tu Qasr Al Hosn ni dikatakan sebagai sesuatu yang sangat penting.

Untuk mengingati atau menghebahkan kepentingan Qasr Al Hosn ni, kerajaan anjurkan satu festival. Salah satu aktivitinya ialah pertunjukan pentas. Oleh kerana susah nak dapat peluang tengok pertunjukan macam ni, saya terus ajak beberapa orang kawan untuk pegi tengok.

Pertunjukan yang menarik. Berdasarkan puisi arab berkenaan bagaimana bermulanya Abu Dhabi. Dari padang pasir gersang kemudian terjumpa oasis seterusnya mereka menjadi nelayan dan menjumpai pearl sehingga la penemuan minyak..

Keceriaan Seorang Ibu

Mak memang slalu takde selera makan. Ni aku tau dari ayah aku. Dulu masa aku keje TNB mmg ayah slalu call aku suh balik sebab mak takde selera nak makan. Tapi setiap kali aku balik mak ok je makan..

Kalau kat Malaysia mak makan macam biasa je. Takde la banyak sangat pun. Tapi masa dia ada kat sini selera dia menjadi.. Dia memang makan sungguh sungguh. Almost semua benda dia makan habis. Mula mula aku agak tak habis sebab slalunya aku makan the same dish pun tak habis. Tapi mak boleh habiskan..

Pada agakan aku mak memang happy betul trip ni.. Dan aku lega berfikiran begitu...

Familia d'AD

Kecoh.. kecoh tak ingat punya...

Tapi seronok.. dapat jalan2 tunjuk tempat yang aku dok enjoy kat sini pada mak n kakak aku.. diorg memang dah dapat gambaran separuh kehidupan aku kat sini.. Mak datang 10 hari dengan Kak Li.. And Kak Li mengaku yang 10 hari tak cukup!!! Kak Su datang dengan Abg Edi 4 hari Dubai and 3 hari AD. And Kak Su baru je wasap aku cakap nak datang lagi.. Tak sampai sebulan dia balik Malaysia dah nak datang lagi.. No wonder la aku boleh bertahan kat sini ekkk...

Kak Su and Edi datang dulu. Masa tu aku tgh sibuk training n exam (akan diceritakan kemudian) so aku mmg tak layan la diorg.. Diorg kat Dubai pun masa tu.. Kak Su tetiap hari pegi Naif okk... Orang kat Naif tu kenal dia mcm org kat Global Village kenal aku okk...

Jumaat tu aku g amik diorg kat Dubai. Ingat nak balik AD terus. Tapi since diorg cakap diorg tak g outskirt of Dubai lagi aku pun bwk diorg g Global Village. First time sampai Global Village sebelum kol 4 ptg. And that was after lunch at the legendary Afghan Kebab.. Sekali rasa pasti nak lagi.. Seriously... Belum jadi taik pun lagi mutton tikka tu Edi dah sebut nak pegi makan lagi...

Lepas amik gmbr kt Burj Al-Arab, g MOE amik stroller Adam, makan Afghan Kebab kat Naif ang seround kat Global Village kitorg blk AD. Dan bermula la perkampungan Perkota di AD..
Kak Su and Edi went to dessert safari on saturday. Pagi tu kitorg g Sheikh Zayed Mosque and sempat makan Mandy Unta tapau kat umah Shiraz..

Sabtu malam tu jugak mak n Kak Li sampai. Memang meriah la umah aku malam tu.. Unfortunately ahad tu aku meeting dari kol 8 pagi sampai 8 malam. Balik umah just in time untuk send off Edi n Kaksu ke airport je..

Untuk mak and Kak Li... Travellog diorg panjang.. Ringkasnya, Madinat Zayed shopping kain and survey abaya for 6 hours. Dinner kat La Boulenger Corninche. Sheikh Zayed Mosque. Al-Ain trip. Dubai for 3 nights. Global Village. Dubai Mall. Burj Khalifa. Naif. Dubai Outlet Mall. Kesimpulannya trip ni memang trip shopping untuk diorang. And luxury as well.. tak pernah aku makan kat any of the restaurant depan Dubai Mall Fountain tu..