Just Keep TRI-ing

Thank you ALLAH for yet another great year. 2011 has generally been kind to me. I have been blessed with many happiness especially with the birth of my daughter Cinta Amani. There are many things to be grateful for in 2011 among others: - Happy marriage - Birth of Cinta - We were blessed with good health - Performing Umrah - Quit smoking (though I still smoke socially but passed the addiction) - Completed my Masters degree after 5 long years - Zach turns 1 and getting smarter everyday - Have a great boss, and the best of colleagues - Have many good friends that I can rely on - Hired Mariam as our full time maid and she is good - Road trip UAE, Holy cities of Mekah and Madinah, Holidays in Malaysia and Singapore - Ran Penang Bridge Half Marathon - The list could goes on and on... THANK YOU My main 2012 resolutions are: 1. A better Muslim InsyaALLAH 2. Cleared bad debts and enjoys financial freedom 3. Achieved pre-wedding weight and maintains a healthy lifestyle 4. Learn Arabic 5. Tr...

I was excited when Emirates launched their Global Sale earlier this week. The sale will end on January 9th so I was planning to buy tickets for my next trip when I get my December salary. Just imagine a return flight tickets to South Eash Asia and Europe will be as low as QAR 1000++ from the normal price of QAR 3000++. But then I saw this email from Emirates just as I was ready to log on their website. ...................................................... Dear Mr Ahmad, On 25th December Emirates launched a Global Sale, offering strong discounts on return airfares across our international network. After the Global Sale began, Emirates received a notification from the local Qatari Civil Aviation Authority requesting that we stop the sale with immediate effect, due to the requirement of governmental pre-approval. Emirates respects the government rules and has subsequently stopped the offer within Qatar. Emirates regrets any inconvenience caused to Skywards me...

Since we returned from our holiday in Malaysia, Zachary's vocabulary has multiplied by leaps and bounds. He also likes to repeat every word we said. So we have to watch our language. We do not want any incident like Greg Focker had with his nephew, little Jack in Meet The Fockers. He also shows a lot of interests in vehicles or any mode of transportation especially aeroplane. Maybe because we took so many flights recently that he is almost addicted with aeroplanes. He would even sleep with our small Air Asia fridge magnet plane. So last week we bought one big A380 model to satisfy his addiction. And the plane's rudder broke off from the main fuselage on the second day. He is also quite obsessed with lorries because he sees many of them at a big land dump site behind our house (an ugly view from our bedroom window unfortunately). He would wake up in the middle of the night and say 'Lollu lollu'. We had to assure him that the 'Lollus'...

I was just penned an entry about how serious milk formula being the target by shoplifters in   'Milk made of gold dust' . Then this morning I came accross a newspaper article proving that it is indeed very true. And I don't know if it was just a coincidence that the incident happened in Penang (The picture of Milk formula with safety device was taken in Penang as well). Maybe it is a local problem because I have never seen this scenerio anywhere else in Malaysia. So maybe the government should include milk formula as one of subsidised items.     

Hi this is my first time to blog. I finally have time to share with you my thoughts in this blog. All this while I have been busy learning new things and understanding my new environments. I love to giggle especially when mama, papa or my elder brother Zachary is by my side talking to me. It makes me happy, because it is no fun just lying on my matress all day while watching them playing, running, jumping.. oh I am so jealous. That is why sometimes when I get bored I would cry just to get my mama's attention. Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.2

Sambungan dari entry Menjengah Rumah ALLAH: Episod 1 Mekah, 17 March 2011. Kami sampai di Mekah sebaik masuk waktu Maghrib. Keadaan di sekitar Masjidil Haram ketika itu sangat sesak. Jalan menuju ke Hotel Fal Al-Saha  yang kami tempah juga ditutup bagi memberi laluan kepada ribuan jemaah yang berjalan kaki menuju ke masjid. Kami terus saja mendaftar masuk di Hotel sebaik saja jalan dibuka semula pada lalu lintas. Alhamdullilah aku dapat meletakkan kereta betul-betul di hadapan hotel. Hotel penginapan kami di Mekah Kamar hotel tempat kami menginap di Mekah ni hanya asas saja, tidak seperti hotel 4 bintang sebagaimana di iklan tetapi cukup kerana niat ke sini pun untuk beribadat. Rate satu malam adalah sekitar 200 Saudi Riyal. Sebaik melepaskan lelah, kami berhasrat untuk terus mengerjakan ibadat umrah, tapi akhirnya terperangkap di hotel kerana hujan yang tadinya renyai kini semakin lebat mencurah-curah. Teman-teman yang lain semuanya sud...

I cant stop wondering how this skid mark on the road right below my office window were created. Perhaps the next instalment of Fast and Furious should be shot here, with the title of 'Too Much Fast Too Much Furious'.  Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.2