Sarawak layered cake

bought this at Halal Hub exhibition today.
the taste?
yummy.....!!!

the price?
don't ask.
hehehe...
tapi paham2 je la, kek lapis Sarawak agak mahal.
but if the taste is yummy....
i guess the price is berbaloi.

hehehe... mana le tau buleh order for the kenduri...

kain-kain to be worn in May

the organza pashmina was sent from Peterborough by my sister.
yg kain tu...hehehe... sndri beli... Kamdar mari.

she insisted me to wear it during the kenduri.

aishoo... malaysia ni dah le panas lit-lit...
pakai bende tu, "masak" aku.
so...tengok le nnt...

Al-Kulliyyah

since I rarely get the chance to attend ceramah agama,
so I make it a point to watch TV3's Al-Kuliyyah that is aired on Thursdays at 5pm.
seronok dgr tajuk2 yg dibincangkan...

macam hari ni punye tajuk, Jenazah.
Ustaz Datuk Abu Hassan Din al-Hafiz talked about the difference between
Jenazah, Janazah & Jinazah.

he also talked about hukum using the dead body as a research item by doctors,
about tattoos (wahsham), post-mortem & also organ donating.

all in all, a very interesting topic.
and as always, he has a great sense of humour.
up till now, tak pernah lagi aku boring dengar ceramah dia.
ada je lawak dia...lawak dalam serius.

and Alhamdulillah he has recovered from his injuries due to a fall recently.

On the way???

A. a few minutes away from destination

B. just got into the car/onto the bus/left the house

C. just got out from the bathroom

D. just woke up


Which one is the Malaysia's version of "on the way"?

well.... from my experience, it's going to be B, C, or D...

yeah, you'll get A but...
....not as many times as B, C and D.

tho those who insulted my job...

I'm proud to be a teacher...
and you have no right to insult my job...
Allah wills me to be a teacher because He knows what's best for me.

Dan Tuhanmu menciptakan apa yang dirancangkan berlakunya, dan Dialah juga yang memilih (satu-satu dari makhluk-Nya untuk sesuatu tugas atau keutamaan dan kemuliaan); tidaklah layak dan tidaklah berhak bagi sesiapapun memilih (selain dari pilihan Allah). Maha Suci Allah dan Maha Tinggilah keadaan-Nya dari apa yang mereka sekutukan dengan-Nya.
{ Ayat 68 : Surah al-Qasas }

no specific title

the last time i wrote... about 2 weeks ago.

a lot to write but couldn't find the time.

it's week 11 of KPM's academic calendar, another 4 weeks to go before the students sit for their final exam. next week ENG 3112 & COM 3162 (both are Communication English subjects) students will be delivering their final "speech". the topic should be something "persuasive". have been telling them for ages that "persuasive" is not as easy as "informative".... yet... some of them are still... baru nak cari tajuk. hmmm....

this saturday, 4th April, is Hari Warga for KPM Melaka. the event will be held at our new campus at Tiang Dua. be moving there end of May, Insya Allah. but some lecturers will be staying at the "original" campus as 1 course, Diploma in Entrepreneurship (DEn) will stay put. only Business and Accounting students will be going to the new campus. so come June 2009, the "original" campus will be known as KPM Melaka City Campus, while the new campus will be known as KPM Tiang Dua... but i was told it will be renamed as KPM Ayer Molek. when? no idea....

what else... hmmm...

ha, to those reading my blog... please...please...please... ensure your children, your wards and perhaps yourselves to at least master the correct use of "he-she" and "is-are-was-were-am"...
it is really disheartening to see many anak melayu, even after 11 years of learning English, still couldn't master basic English grammar rules. some still use "he" when referring to female and "she" when referring to male.

for generations, my family has always believe that learning a different language doesn't make you less Malay...

those who believe it will, grow up....

Tourist Guide for a friend from Jitra, Kedah

Saturday: 14 March 2009

a close friend visited Melaka... together with her hubby, G & their 3-year old son, Umar.

so i took them to Banda Hilir and we visited Menara Taming Sari, Forta de Santiago and Flor de Lamar.

we only managed to cover those 3 places plus Mahkota Parade as we arrived there quite late, around 2.30pm.

Menara Taming Sari (before going up)


Menara Taming Sari

Forta de Santiago
(which Umar claimed as "my castle")

Flor de Lamar
(Umar called it "pirate ship")

Umar looking at the remnants of a long-forgotten fort

right after this photo was snapped, he threw up his hands and said,
...much to the amazement of his umi and me...

"my castle is ruined!"


"aku tak ajar pun dia that word..."
his umi said

Umar is 3 years and 5 months old and he loves to watch cartoons

Hantaran

... hantaran majlis pertunangan my younger brother...
5 berbalas 7

Impak Maksima

Alhamdulillah...

segala dugaan berjaya ditempuhi...

I got my P today!!!

vrooommmmm......vrooommmmm.....
(getting ready to do drift....hehehe)

WMF 4112

nope... not my car.
the car i'm using for learning to drive and also, for testing purposes.

the only auto transmission car available for Melaka Tengah district.

anyway, Thursday 5th March... D-Day.
JPJ Test!!!!

my usus-usus are berpintal-pintal at the moment.

Malaysian politicians: macam ketam ajar anak berjalan lurus

"How am I to go in front of a class of young Malaysian teenagers and ask them to believe in Malaysian leaders when these leaders do nothing more than wash dirty laundry in public, dig up past dirt, hit others below the belt, degrade women in Parliament and backstab each other?

These are all things that we teach our young not to be and yet they see these happening among the leaders who have been elected to steer our country to greater heights. Malakaru, Puchong."
The Star, 27.2.2009

...betul..betul...betul...

many people (read: politicians) are complaining about the deteriorating behaviours of today's youths...blaming the internet and mass media for causing the bad behaviour. they then later blame parents, schools and teachers for not taking enough and appropriate actions to curb it. but do they not realize that they themselves are actually promoting all those bad behaviours to the youngsters? behaving like hooligans at the Parliament, saying all those ****** words, asking their supporters to do whatever it takes to prevent others from doing whatever needs to be done, etc.

it's a no wonder that today's youngsters behave the way they behave...

because their own leaders....behave that way.

macam ketam ajar anak berjalan lurus, tapi dia sendiri jalan senget.

So happy...

cikgu Nik, cikgu Hamzan, cikgu Bakar, cikgu Shahrom....

terima kasih banyak2 kerana sudi bertemu saya tengahari tadi.

they were having a course (SPMa) at Naza Hotel, 3 buildings away from KPMM.

so during lunch hour, i went there to meet them.

it was cikgu nik who called & informed me about them being there.

all 4 were former teachers of MRSM Jasin, back when I was a student there, SPM 1990.

and years later.... cikgu Nik became PPHEP at MRSM PDRM, my previous work place.

and from cikgu nik, i learnt a lot about being a good teacher and also a good "manager".

that's why, when i was in PDRM, selalu tersasul antara Encik Nik & cikgu Nik.

sebab dah terbiase memanggil beliau dgn panggilan "cikgu"...maka bila rakan2 sekerja yg lain memanggil beliau dgn "Encik Nik".... agak sukar untuk beralih ke panggilan tersebut.

cikgu, saya minta maaf jika ketersasulan itu... mengundang rasa kurang senang.

apapun, i really appreciate what my teachers taught me all those years, directly or indirectly.

and now that I'm a teacher, i know how they felt when they taught me and my friends, many years ago....

cikgu-cikgu.... ampunkan kenakalan kami ye!

hehehehe....

2 weddings in the same month

... early May... my cousin, Nani. Hubby-2-be, a teacher from the same school as she is.

... end of May, my younger bro....

my dad already fening...

so do my aunt and uncle...

How to get to my house

Click on the picture for a bigger version.

Chocolates

from my mentee, Radiah.

Thanks dear...

...tapikan, sayang giler nak makan!!!

ni pulak from my sis in Peterborough, UK.

yupp....memang I lurve chocolates...!!!

Le Tour de Langkawi - Stage 4

one of the police cars used



more of the cyclers

...and off they went...

with "DIQUIGIOVANNI-ANDRONI" team before Stage 4 started
(with 2 of their cyclers and team manger, Gianni Savio)


Encik-encik polis fening tengok gelagat "penonton"
(read: "pelajar KPMM"....hehehe)

among KPMM lecturers who watched the event
(kak Faiz, kak Ida & kak Alina)

Encik-encik polis trafik sedang dengar taklimat before Stage 4 started


kereta team Malaysia

kereta team LeTua

stage 4 = Melaka-Bangi 221km....aduh, jauh bangat. aku kayuh 1 km pun dah pancet!!!

cume yg tak syok about this LTdL was the massive traffic congestion it caused. Dah le info about the road closure tak dibagitau...if the authorities claimed they informed it via media i.e radio, tv, newspaper...helloooo, berape kerat yg sempat ikuti via media? at least inform la sekolah2, pejabat2, yang laluan ke tempat mereka itu bakal ditutup. Also, suggest the alternative routes. Bukan semua tahu alternative routes sesuatu tempat itu. The authorities must remember not everyone has enough time to access media and also "technology". At least, letak le signboard kata jalan sana-sini-sinun tutup...ini, nothing at all. Tau-tau... dah trapped in the congestion.

Bukan krete je berasap, otak ngan ati pun berasap je....
(meminjam kata2 seorang rakan sekerja)

Le Tour de Langkawi 2009- Stage 3

Tarian kebudayaan before the cyclers arrived


3 Dara Pingitan


Puteri 7


Wirawati Melaka...hehehe


Taken from 3rd floor of KPM Melaka. The cycler in yellow is the winner for Stage 3 LTdL 2009, Mattia Gavazzi


after crossing the finish line je, terus "dimandikan" abang-abang bomba


peserta LTdL turut diserbu oleh pelajar KPMM

The finishing line of Stage 3 was very near my college. So did the starting of Stage 4. So, everybody, and i mean EVERYBODY, was so excited... ye la, bukan selalu international event buat kat sini. So, when one is here, join and enjoy it la. hehehe...

Bior beno..?

my friend went to Bandung recently...

this is one of the photos he took

(fendi, pinjam gambau kau yg ni)

terkejut memule tu tapi pastu bantai gelak....
bior beno itu nama karipap di Bandung...

This & That...

English written in Jawi

due to my bad left leg, I've to use auto transmission to learn and for testing as well

(hehehe)

My MP3 player

"Nemo" recently given by a former student, Eemir
(for my 36th birthday)

Lawatan Timbalan Menteri MECD

..in his word "saja nak singgah".... (when he gave his speech)

anyway, i didnt know of the visit (no many of us do actually) until this morning, when En. Azhar stopped me after i punched-in.

"mard, tolong buat skrip MC untuk lawatan Timb Menteri MECD."

i thought, ok..no hal...ingat kan lambat lagi.

boy...was i wrong... "pagi ni pukul 9.30" said En. Azhar.

my "aaaaa"....

.....was 7 harakat.