Trip to Tioman 1

After much hassle of meeting up together discussing about June holidays, at last we decided to go to Tioman. Honestly, I was not keen when it comes to the Sun, Sand and the Sea. Since I am not a swimmer, sea is not one of my favourite playground. I can describe myself as a 'Water-Phobiotic' person. Ever heard of that? Can be found only in my personal dictionary. We set the date on the 6th, 7th and 8th June. It was a 3 days 2 nights to Tioman. Since Erma has been to Tioman twice, she planned everything for the trip. Booked a hotel at Panuba Inn Resort (http://www.panubainn.com.my/).

6th June 2008
We started our journey at 5.30 am. All of us met at Hubby's office at Sembawang. Drove to causeway and thank God it was a smooth one. No jam maybe it was still in the wee hours of morning. We kiasu mah. Then we drove straight to Mersing using the old road. There is no other way that leads to Mersing anyway. Love the scenery along the way. Watching the sunrise in between the oil palm trees was really soothing. Something that we would never get to see in Singapore. The roads is quite a winding one but it was one hell of fun. After 2 hours of driving, we reached Mersing town at around 9.30 am. It was not that difficult to find Mersing Jetty, it was straight, straight and straight...hehe. Parked our cars at the "Padang Bola" cum Car Park. It's quite safe there as they will lock the gate to the car park. Paid RM18 for 3 days. The pakcik took our car plate no. to make sure that the car will be there when we come back on Sunday.

Then we proceed for our breakfast and collected our Ferry Ticket at Panuba Inn Resort at Mersing office. At 11am we were already at the Jetty waiting for the Ferry. It was Catamaran Citra Liner. The biggest ferry that goes to Tioman. A smooth ride to Tioman I would say, well I slept throughout the 2hrs journey though. The first stop at Tioman was Kampung Genting.

While waiting for the ferry to move to its next destination, I captured these beautiful pictures. It was really awesome. No one can describe.

Next stop was Berjaya Tioman. A 5-Star hotel but do not have a 5-star service. That was what commented by some readers in a forum. Hence, a big No-No to this hotel.
Third stop was Kampung ABC. We had to alight here as the big Catamaran could not go to Panuba's Jetty as the water is quite shallow there. We saw an old pakcik with a boat sampan near the jetty and he was shouting.."Panuba Jetty??" I looked at others with my big round eyes. What? That sampan? Gila ke? Aku nie dah lah water-phobiotic! We decided not to take the sampan. While waiting for another 'bigger' boat, a medium sized ferry came and a pakcik at the jetty asked the captain whether we can tumpang to Panuba. He said "Boleh, sorang RM" What?? The distance is just abt 5 minutes and he charged us RM10. Well rather than taking the sampan, we had no other choice and paid RM 60 for 6 adults only. Free of charge for the kids and we reached Panuba in less than 5 minutes.
The moment I set my foot at Panuba Inn's Jetty, I was fascinated by its beautiful beaches and and of coz the chalet itself.

Panuba Inn is located on the northern end of the village in Air Batang, fronting the beautiful Panuba Beach. There are four types of room available, namely Anggur, Belimbing, Durian and Super Durian. Interesting choice of names, I must say. Some of the rooms are directly facing the beautiful beach, while others are built slightly higher above ground on stilts, with commanding view of the ocean as well. No matter which room you choose, you will still get the ocean view.

These stairs lead us to our chalet.

Our chalet is the one right on the left at above pictures. The one with a whitetowel at the balcony. The view from that balcony was really awesome. This is the view that welcomes us.

We had our buffet lunch at the restaurant. Served with several lauk kampung hmmm..sedaappp i tell you. It was not that fantastic lah but the simplicity of lauk kampung gave a different taste to our usual taste buds.

With a full stomach, we checked-in to our rooms. So what's next? Landing time..!! Tidorlaah. So penat after that 2hrs of ferry ride and that heart-stopping moments of us needing to take the boat sampan to Panuba. Nap till 5pm when Erma shouted from her chalet.."Oooeeii turunlah, mandi laut!!".

We spent the day at the beach, and sunworshipping (yes the sun is still up) with the rest of tourist. In my heart, I was still not looking forward to the snorkelling trip the next day. To be continued....

11 Years after that Matrimonial Ceremony...

I know I'll get murdered for this. I could blog about anything from my camera to Geylang market but I just could not find a time to blog about this important day. 11 years ago, on the 22nd May, I was married to Mr Yusri. And 11 yrs later, here we are 'Still standing strong and defending our marriage against all odds". That is what written in the card that was sent to me on Wed, 22 May 08.

As every other day, I was about to start work at 9am (after going to the toilet, making coffee, gossiping with the cleaner and cleaning my desk..), the phone rang...

Uncle : Hello, I want to send flower.

Me : Flower? My colleague not in yet. Send to me also can.

Uncle : You, Kasemawali Binte Alullah?? (##@*&^%**)

Me : Yes, Yes correct. My friend Sandy still not in. Just pass to me also can.

Uncle : No, no..you Kasemawali? Your husband send flower lah. For you not your friend one..

Me : HUHHH?? MY HUSBAND?? OK OK..I am at Level...bla bla bla

I was stunned for a minute and looked at the calendar.."Oh gosh, what day is today?" and I realised it was 22 May. Aaaaaarrgghhh..how could I forgot. 10 mins later an uncle came with a bouquet of red roses. He knows I love roses and he knows I love pink. He sent me 11 red roses and 11 pink roses in a pink wrapper. Was deeply touched and smiling from ear to ear while receiving the flowers. The uncle said..."Waaah..your husband so lomantic..conglats arr"..

Love the flowers. Called hubby immediately but he did not answer. Must be busy. I kept looking at the flowers and already in my La la Land when my boss came landing in. Oops.. He saw it but pretend did not see it. Walked past me the second time, looked at it but walked away. Third time, he came up to me and said..."Hmm..Flowers. From errrrr....errrrr....." I looked hard at him..and he said.."Its ok..I wont ask if you wouldnt tell, I know my two girls here have quite a number of admirers. I said.."My husband lah deiii...its our 11th wedding anniversary. Me? Admirers? That man must be blind.

All I can say is thanks from the bottom of my heart to darling hubby. Maybe I dont say much but I appreciate it. Even without the flowers, I will still love you and will still be your dutiful wife. Laps you lah dear..

To my two sister in laws. Dont be JELOOS..Find a LOMANTIC boyfriend ok. I have kebas one already, Aaron Aziz also married. So you wait lah hor. If not you can buy yourself at Thomson nursery. Very cheap one. One dozen $6...hehehe...

One Sunday morning @ Geylang Market

It is my monthly routine to do marketing at the well-known Geylang Market. Just love its fresh products. Be it the fishes or the dried fish...everything are fresh and the most important thing, its cheap. Well not so cheap but cheaper than our neighbourhood pasar lah.

As usual, I would reached there early, around 7am on Sunday morning. Yess, I do go there very early to avoid those big-sized makciks with their trolley. They are big-sized and kaki gaduh also ok. Tak boleh langgar sikit sure nak marah. Ok, back to my marketing story, I would go round the fish stalls, looking at all the fishes, asking the price, tekan here and there and back to the usual stall that I had always bought from. Well that's women thingy..Pusing2 still buy at her favourite stall.

To be honest, I am really a dumbo when choosing fish. I mean how to see whether the fish is fresh. Ive been told to look at the gills (pink or red?), tekan the fish a bit - whether it bounce back. (Weeii..aku tekan kena marah dgn apek ok!). Whatever it is, I always chose the one that looks either hensem or jambu to me. As long as the eyes are shiny, no scratches on the body, I'm happy and it solves my problem.

As usual, I would ask the Apek to cut the fish. However this time round the fish was quite big. I remembered, there is a term where our mother usually would say to cut the fish smaller. While I was in the queue, I saw the Apek cut one of the makcik's fish not with the usual slice but with another version. While waiting, I put on my thinking cap for a while and Bingo!..I remembered the term and it was my turn. With full confidence I said, "Apek potong KELING!"..and all the makcik looked at me. A nice middle aged makcik beside me said,"Nak, bukan potong keling, potong kari. Apek lu potong kari utk dia. Kecik2 skit eh.." The rest of the makciks were either smiling or giggling. Hubby was already..giggling behind me. Aiyoooo..at that moment I just felt like hiding my head inside my shirt but pretend cool. So nice of that makcik to help me instead of laughing. I love you lah makcik! Tak guna punya thinking cap, next time pakai Nike cap lagi bagus.

Therefore you out there, jangan nak sengeh2 eh. Lain kali ingat, mana ada ikan potong keling. Keling potong ikan ada lah..but..but..it doesnt make sense. Why potong kari? It should be potong keling lah..meaning cut just like the Indians. Right?

Anyway I know I'm at fault, I shouldn't have said Keling..so sorry..I should have said India. Me so blunt lah. So, dear friends, never make the same mistake as I did. Silap2 kena lempar dgn selipar..hehe

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Siti Munawaroh

Siti Munawaroh. A maid that has been with me for 4 years. Danish called her Siti Wanawana when he was younger as he has difficulties pronouncing her name. She was a maid, a confidante and a friend to me and my kids. She was an abused maid and was sent back to the agent. I took her after my first maid was a hopeless one . The first time I saw her, I just had this feeling that she is a warm, loving and humble person.

Brought her home and immediately I could see that she has this bonding with lil children. The kids love her and the most important thing is...she love them so much. It reminded her of her two lil sons that she had left in the village. She is a very strong and determined woman. I had never seen her crying or mention that she missed her son. She did not even dare to ask me if she could call her hometown until I asked her if she wanted to.



She would do her housework and fetched the children religiously everyday. She had never showed any tantrums not even a blackface. She took care of everything perfectly. The children loves her. They love her more than they love me. They can go without me but not without Siti. Everybody loves her in fact. The children, Me, my husband, MIL, SIL, the neighbours, the makciks and kakaks at Danish school...well the list can go on and on.



At this moment, while Im writing this blog, I am practically crying like a mad woman. It just came out macam air pancut. I just couldnt stop it and sobbing like a lil girl. Before she goes, she make sure everything was cleaned, neat and proper. Informed Amira of the places she had place the socks, the shirts and all the necessary things that I need to know. She would'nt dare to tell me coz she knows she would cry the moment she talk to me. She has placed Danish school socks nicely in his shoes. Just to make sure I wouldnt be frantically looking around for it when shes not around. See, how can I not miss and love her? For the past two days Danish has been asking about Siti. The kids missed her so much and I missed her lots.



For Siti, the whole family here will pray the best for you and your family. You have worked hard for the family. We appreciate the help that you had rendered, the love, the frienship that you had given. May you be happy, may Allah swt will always look after you and your children as well as the family. Insyaallah if we are given the opportunity, we will meet again.



We miss you so much and will never ever forget you. Thank you so much Siti Munawaroh.

Growing Older and Wiser

Yes, yes today is the day. Its Madame's Birthday. Being at a prime age of a number that she could'nt change even it is being turn the other way round. Its a big 33. Yes, I am 33 this year. Growing a year older and making sure I am wiser. First of all me thanking HIM (syukur Alhamdulillah) for letting me live till today, for giving me the happiness in the company of my lovely husband and children. Hubby maybe a pain in the you know what I mean but he never fail to wish me every year . The moment the alarm clock rang today, he woke me up.."Hey bangun, Selamat Hari Tuaaaa.." Well I supposed its not sumthing that I wanted to hear but he made me smile the moment I woke up.

Nothing much happening today, received an sms from a very good friend of mine, thanks so much Dearie. No gifts, no party, no birthday bash. Well Im too old for all those things. Nothing that I asked from Hubby, just a prayer for good health and happiness. As usual the moment I reached home, my lovely babies wished me..."Happy Birthdaaayyy Mommyyyy!" that is enough to make me smile from ear to ear and filled my heart with warmth and happiness. They are the best gift that Allah swt has ever given to me.

I love my life, I love my husband, I love my children. A women at this age would'nt asked for anything else except for the love and care from those who loves her. Syukur Alhamdulillah

Keppel Yatch Club

My Dear Hubby brought us for an expedventure last Saturday to somewhere near the Harbour Front. Just right after the Harbour Front, you would see a line of Condos. Turn right and drive further and you would see a spectacular bridge with colourful lights. It was awesome. You could see lines of yatch on the right side of the bridge. At the end of the bridge, there is a club with few restaurants. Its quite a happening place I would say.

Get off the car and we are set for our camwhoring session. It was breezy and the scenary was awesome. Eventhough it was about 9pm, I know it was quite dark but the 5 min forever changing lights from the bridge made me and the rest went.."Waaaaaahhh cantiknya.."

For those who would like to go there, I suggest you to go there ASAP before it is close to "Members Only" so sad right? Well, its ok, my birthday is coming..dear hubby..a yatch for my birthday gift pleaseeee..(hehe..ingat muka jambu cam Posh spice ke?)