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..
London Trip
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
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...