Beijing 2011: The Summer Palace

Terletak di atas bukit 'Longevity Hill' dan dikelilingi oleh 'Kunming Lake'.
The Chinese call it 'Yihe Yuan' or Garden of Restful Peace.
kebetulan aritu berangin je... rasa sungguh botox kulit muke ku

sayang nye tak pegi ke palace yg atas bukit tu, hanya sekitar tasik.
no idea why....

one of the entrances

gerbang lepas pintu masuk

in the background: Kuoru Ting & Shiqi Kong Qiao

Yihe Yuan

in front of "Kuoru Ting" (Spacious Pavilion)
-also known as "Pavilion of Eight Dimensions"-

mencari jalan pulang di "Shiqi Kong Qiao" or Seventeen-Arch Bridge

aummmm...

gerbang to one of the temples yg ada di sini

ni la temple nye:

Guangrun Lingyu Ci

(Temple of Timely Rains and Extensive Moisture)

termenung teringat awek ke? hehe

Beijing 2011: The Forbidden City

walaupun cuaca sejuk bangat, redah aje.
tour guide kami, Tony, kata cuaca on that day will be between -2C to 4C aje.
Yg 4C tu pun, if nasib baik la. if tak... 2C je paling tinggi.

Anyway, bila masuk Forbidden City tu, memang.... words failed me.
the size, the designs, the history... all very colourful & beautiful.
suggested time to spend there: minimum 2 hours.
dari pintu depan ke pintu belakang, almost 1 kilometer.
so you may think, 1 kilometer 2 hours?
ha le... campur nak membelek building, nak amek gambau...
tu pun kitorang tak visit bangunan sampingan.
if visit, Tony kata... 4 jam Tuan-tuan dan Puan-puan
(Tony memang orang Beijing tapi dia tau cakap Indonesia)

"National Centre for the Performing Arts"
(kerangka luar dibuat dari kaca dan titanium)

depan Istana Larangan

(jalan raya belakang tu, jalan raya terlurus di dunia... 40km takde bengkang bengkok)

the castle's moat

antara gerbang 'dewan' dgn gerbang 'dewan' yg lain, luas laman dia... macam padang bola

berlatarbelakangkan 'Palace of Heavenly Purity'.

Tempat Maharaja bersemayam

'tempayan' untuk simpan air jika berlaku kebakaran

takhta Maharaja

takhta Maharani

Hall of Union

2 buildings yg kat belakang tu, satu untuk Maharani (Palace of Earthly Tranquility), satu lagi ialah 'bilik beradu rasmi' (Hall of Union)

laman belakang menuju ke 'Taman Larangan Istana' - khas untuk Maharani & gundik-gundik

'jaga' Taman Larangan

dalam Taman Larangan

gerbang untuk masuk ke kawasan temple Forbidden City

(kitorang tak pegi sini tapi nye)

ni dah kuar dari kawasan istana

Beijing 2011: 16 December 2011

Post yang dah sebulan lebih tertangguh...ish ish ish...

We went to Beijing 16-22 December 2011. Cathay Pacific with a transit at Hong Kong.
Giler besau airport tu... penat berjalan from our arrival gate to our next departure gate.
Anyway, we were sent to KLIA by my bro-in-law who kebetulan balik Malaysia kejap.
And then, baby Nash yang shentong itu pun ada... suke mak aku dapat jumpe cucu dia ;-)

first time Nash jumpe uncle Nordin

menantu-menantu dgn cucu

muka tak pueh ati sebab takleh makan apa yg orang lain makan
(hehe)

ni tengah transit kat HK

sedang menuju ke main entrance Beijing International Airport.
It was around 11pm and -8 Celsius.
windchill factor = -17 Celsius.
gigil habis sebab masa ni, tak sempat nak sarung winter coat

25 January 2012

Alhamdulillah, I'm 39 today

** thanks Annies for the beautiful kain (the most unforgettable gift coz siap ada resit + duit balance dalam hadiah tu... hehe) ...

now the kain is already a baju...

Water Dragon

Xin Nian Kuai Le...!

While most of my friends born in 1973 are Water Ox,

I'm actually a Water Rat.

and these two are: Rabbits. And that's why they're so CUTE!!! hehe

Nashrullah (my nephew)

Azzammudin (my youngest brother)

MINDEF oh MINDEF

arini MINDEF dah buat satu mega boo-boo punye... a very direct translation of the original Malay document. apapun, webpage tu dah diturunkan but someone managed to print screen & upload it kat google doc.

contoh: pakaian menjolok mata --> clothes that poke eye

adusssss

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7TdIdYsITM8MDc4Zjk0OGItYTA0MC00ZTQ4LTlmOTctNTYyZjgyZmEzYjU2&hl=en_US&pli=1

UPDATE

kenyataan rasmi dari pihak MINDEF

http://www.mod.gov.my/pangkalan-ilmu/pengumuman/1070-kes-90103-laman-web-kementerian-pertahanan-menjadi-bahan-jenaka.html?lang=ms

lawak lawak...

a friend tag me this photo.
very lawakkkksss.... hehehe

budak darjah 1

This is Umar Hakimi, the son to a great friend of mine.
This morning was his first day in school.

and this was his conversation at home, after school, with his mom:

Ummi: Sapa nama cikgu kelas Umar?

Umar: Umar tak ingat 1st name & 3rd name cikgu Umar.
Umar ingat 2nd name dia aje...

Ummi: OK. Apa 2nd name cikgu Umar?

Umar: Binti. Itu je Umar ingat.

Ummi: (toiyoiyiong...)

AL-Fatihah

last night, a close friend of mine (more like a big brother) lost his mother to diabetes.

aku kenal kawan ni, dah lama. since 1995. yup, tahun aku start keje.
kenal masa sesama buat Dip.Ed kat Shah Alam.

anyway, he rang me at about 11.10pm which was very unusual because he never calls me late at night. anyway, i did not expect anything bad la. just the normal, maybe dia nak mintak tolong something.

when i answered the phone, he bagi salam and asked if i'm already asleep to which i said, belom. tengah siapkan keje sket. so he laughingly ( rasa nye macam gelak) said, keje pun bawak balik rumah ke...

then dia citer la dia dah bawak anak dia check mata tengahari tadi (i knew he went to GH that afternoon sebab masa dia nak pegi tu, aku terserempak dengan dia)... so aku pun cakap, ooooo.

then dia cakap, mak aku masuk ICU ahad lepas... aku tekejut la. and terus tanye how is she.

dia diam 4-5 saat pastu cakap, ni yg nak bagitau kau. mak aku baru meninggal jap ni tadik.

terpelanting henpon aku. dalam kepala, apsal la mamat ni tak terus cakap mak dia meninggal awal-awal... dia leh citer dulu bende lain.

come to think of it, mungkin dia nak reduce sedih dia before dia gitau aku. sepanjang aku kenal dia, susah nak tengok dia sedih. dia sentiasa ceria... kalau dia marah pun, jarang dia tunjuk.

anyway, pas dapat tau tu, aku terus upload news tu kat facebook. then baru aku sms a few other friends about this. esok nye aku bagitau yg lenlain including bos-bos. i knew he may not be able to call ramai orang sebab dia of course busy nak uruskan urusan arwah mak dia. dan instinct aku betul sebab later dia bagitau one of bos kami, dia memang call aku sorang je dgn harapan i will tell the rest about the news.

so around 9.15am kami reramai gi kampung dia (dalam 1/2 jam from our work place) to visit. fyi, i was never good at talking to people who have just lost their love ones. so bila berdepan dengan dia tadi... memang said a few words je kat dia.

his mother was buried before Zohor. Semoga roh arwah dikumpulkan bersama orang-orang beriman... Al-Fatihah.

Moon Eclipse

the image is not that focused as my eyes already berpinar.
but it was indeed a beautiful sight to behold.
plus, managed to snap my favourite constelation, Orion.

Hari Inovasi KPM Ayer Molek 2011

1 December 2011

Thank you to everyone who has helped me in achieving what i need to achieve.
The awards are for you too...