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perjalanan ke Kuala Terangganu

2012-01-31T23:04:00.064+08:00

Ok, I had to attend meetings in Kuala Terangganu (KT). Yup! the same week with the chinese new year celebration and I was so fortunate since my wife got a week holiday. Therefore, I decided to bring along my wife and definitely our adorable yusuf.

Bermakna, ini adalah kali pertama yusuf berjalan2 di KT. Masa baru2 kawin dulu rajin la drive KB-JB or JB-KB. Lepas 2 3 tahun berumahtangga rasanya dah x buat dah long distance as we prefer to have a rest kat KL semalaman. 2 atau 3 kali sebelum ni pun basically I used Jabor instead of Jalan Pantai (kemaman-chukai-kerteh-paka-dungun-KT-Jerteh-Penarik-Besut-Tok Bali). Then, this time around we decided utk ikut jalan pantai...rileks2 and enjoying fresh air and amazing scenery....temanya ala2 santai makan angin.

So khamis malam jumaat kami bertolak dr KL..bermalam la semalaman di Kuantan, homestay kakak ipar aku...kakak ipar aku ngan husband dia ni memang rancak wat bisnes homestay...boleh la jengok2 http://jompergi.com/kuantan/ kalo berminat bercuti di kuantan atau http://jompergi.com/guesthouse/ kalau di kelantan. promote2 la sket sebagai tanda terima kasih =)

Homestay ni tersangat2 lah selesa...tp kami tido sekejap jer coz lebih kurang 10pg kami meneruskan perjalanan sebenar kami ke KT.

Bila ikut jalan pantai, of course we were heading to cherating and proceed to kemaman. Cherating ni ada banyak warong makanan kat sepanjang jalan. Boleh tahan gak la..and u all guys will have variety options bagi menjamu selera mahupun berehat seketika. Kami layan bihun celup je pagi tue...rasanya??? boleh la =) kalau penggemar air kelapa tue...u all dun have to worry guys!

Kami meneruskan perjalanan melalui kemaman...chukai...and finally saw signage on alternative roads to KT. Tanpa fikir panjang, ikut je la atas dasar ingin tahu...firasat mengatakan jalan alternatif ni biasanya tak sibuk...redah jer la..

Well, the roads completely strange for us since we never experienced before. However, we had no problem since jalan tue penuh ngan signage yg confirm u all guys tak akan sesat melainkan anda dikategorikan sebagai rabun ayam :p hehehe..just kidding...cuma ni jalan kampung, of course la you have to be careful ngan lembu dan kambing yang bila2 masa jer bleh menyergah anda yg sedang memandu =)

Something interesting about the roads, for sure it was no traffic lights + less vehicles + relaxing kampung scenery and I shall conclude.....SUPERB! it was a smooth journey

tup tup tup...we came to the end of the road. I found new Giant on my right side.fuuuhhhhh..dah lama tak jalan area2 sini, dah ada giant baru plak kat sini. It seems that Terangganu semakin membangun

Just few kilometers after the Giant, we reached Pantai Kemasik! I believe siapa yg biasa berjalan area2 ni akan kenal akan keindahan pantai ini. For me, sesuatu yg baru sebab 2 3 tahun dahulu tempat ni biase2 je...many years back, if I had long journey KB-JB, for sure I stopped at this area...but this time around I found the place is much more comfortable to relax since the facilities have been upgraded...

ada tempat untuk bersenam!

tak lupa juga kemudahan kepada si comel! Actually, tempat ni banyak bangsal/gazebo untuk rest & rilexs

Inilah dia pantai kemasik..angin dia mmg kuat sedikit and I'm pretty sure u gonna like it! sangat nyaman dan mententeramkan jiwa. Some people likes to have photography kat area2 batu tue...lagi clear dengar deruan ombak pantai. Time kami singgah ni tengahari dan sedikit panas, so xde nya nak merajinkan diri bergambar kat batu2 tue..rileks bawah pokok sudah =)

Batu besar ni pun kira tarikan pantai kemasik ni =)

Well, I think the photos tell us some stories about my little yusuf. He was really excited to be at Kemasik. Of course!the atmosphere was something new to him. We taught him to pronounce 'LAUT' and he did well! A new vocabulary for him =)

Neway, he seemed to be excited to walk on the sand...mungkin dia rasa pelik kot....so dia berjalan sepuas hati and my wife took a role to accompany him..meanwhile, I was standby with my camera and capturing memorable moments (biasa ler bapak mmg slalu ngelat :p)

We continued the journey after spending for almost half an hour at Kemasik. Kami melalui kawasan Kerteh...kawasan Petronas yg agak unik dengan bermacam2 tangki+api+asap+paip+sebagainya. Bila difikir2kan semula, sayang plak tak snap photo kat area2 tue...tp kami mmg sedikit laju kat kawasan tue disebabkan irama keroncong yg sudah berkumandang di dasar tangki perut =) maybe some other days, insha'Allah.

My wife was asking me :" Abang, kenapa ada api kat situ? kenapa dia bakar sekejap ada sekejap takde?" Aduuuuuhhh...soalan yg aku sendiri pun tak tahu jawapannya =) well, I thought smiling was a proper response since my background in psychology and counseling could be a strong justification for my ignorance in answering those questions. Guys! I believe siapa2 yg pernah lalu kawasan tue might have the same curiosity.....

At Paka, we were able to meet Nonie (my student) for a while. It was short moment, tp ok la...jumpa tue mmg utk say hello..how are you doing and bla bla bla...for few minutes before we were heading to KT. Al maklum mengukuhkan silaturrahim yg telah terbina...

Yang pastinya kami memang kelaparan memandangkan waktu mmg sangat sesuai utk kami makan tengahari. We stopped at Kelulut, satu kawasan yg mempunyai tarikannya tersendiri dan tersangatlah dekat dengan kawasan pantai. Ada beberapa warong yang menyajikan lauk campur di samping beberapa jenis ikan+udang+sotong yang segar. Selera kami ketika itu nak merasa sotong celup tepung....perrrggghhhhh!!! terbaik! Kedai akak ni rasanya lg power dr ICT (ikan celup tepung) kat belakang airport =) Dua ekor sotong besar+masak celup tepung = RM9.50! kira murah la kan....hahahaha I recommend la warong akak nie..

ok, come to this point...yusuf sibuk bermain phone dalam bilik dan menandakan kami dah selamat sampai ke kuala terangganu =)

This was the view from our window. we were facing the sea tapi mcm jauh jer dengan bunyi ombak yg menghempas pantai sebab persisiran pantai dah pun ditambak bagi menggelakan hakisan...xpe la, asalkan boleh tengok laut, that would be ok untuk kami lupakan kesibukan kota dan rilekskan minda.

Kami rileks seketika di hotel sebab tak nak terlepas menjamu keenakan ikan celup tepung (ICT) kat KT nie. bagi orang luar, pengunjung atau pelancong..layan ICT kat belakang airport pun dah kira power dan sedap giler! ikan, udang dan sotongnya memang terbaek dan fresh! kepok lekor tue confirm rasa ikan yang penuh dan tak sama macam kepok2 lekor yang dijual di KL.

Sebenarnya aku tahu port ni masa ada pesta sukan kat KT antara semua IPTA tahun 2009. Tak sangka kedai ni makin glamour dan maju...masa kami datang tue, customer mmg berduyun2.....so kalau you all datang melawat di KT, tak try ICT memang tak lengkap la lawatan you all...hahahaha....

Yusuf tengah syok layan kepok lekor =) walaupun gigi yusuf x tumbuh sepenuhnya, tapi kepok ni mmg lembut dan tak liat sbb kandungan tepungnya takde la banyaksangat mcm kebanyakan kepok lekor yang dijual di KL.

so, cukup dulu la sampai di sini...malam tue mmg kami lepak bilik jer sbb nak berehat sepenuhnya. Lagipun, kebanyakan kedai di sini dah tutup agak awal berbanding kedai2 di ibu kota. Keesokannya kami bercadang nak berjalan2 di sekitar KT sebelum mesyuarat bermula pada jam 3ptg keesokannya...

up to this point, hope u enjoy reading my story =)

wet world shah alam

2012-01-22T11:26:00.000+08:00

Here was our last activity for the last school holidays before sending kakak+angah to their hometown. Our last trip to penang gave us an idea which our little yusuf is ok to play in a pool. Therefore, we decided to have fun at Wet World Shah Alam. It took us an hour to be there dan kalo jalan smooth jer for sure it's getting lesser.

Of course, we need to pay to get inside. However, the price is reasonable la....tp tue pun baru jer naik sket compare to earlier 2011. Payment is according to height based; RM 15 for 135cm above, RM12 for 85cm to 135cm and for sure it is free for 85cm below. I forgot the operation hours, but do remember it is closed for Wednesday except during the school holidays. One more thing, outside foods are not allowed..in my case, they did checkup the bag

Well, we were among the earlier visitors =)

You may find many places for little boys and girls so parents should not worry about it. At this area, yusuf berdiri pun baru paras pinggang dia...kira ok la tue.

Kakak dan angah had their fun moment

Sebab kami antara yang terawal, mmg best la sbb org tak ramai lagi. so we conquered the space. Actually byk lagi kawasan yg tersedia utk visitors, but we choosed the one yang dekat area canopy besar/berbumbung

Dah letih main2 air kena charge semula la ngan susu =)

he was still able to continue playing the water

In short, we really enjoyed our moment at Wet World Shah Alam. Tempat ni xde la besar mcm Sunway Lagoon, tp boleh la untuk santai2 seisi keluarga. Maybe we shall come here again in the future =)

I City ~ Shah Alam

2012-01-20T11:07:00.000+08:00

k, I wanna share another activity during the last school holiday.. lambat upload? yup, got no time to online. Of course I brought kakak +angah (anak sedara dr kg) to view the uniqueness of I-City. We went after maghrib prayer and it took half an hour to get parking. I personally feel the parking space is more than enough, but the system was not really systematic. Plus, visitors mmg teramat la ramai since it was school holiday and saturday night.

Cool! we finally got parking. Sue and Bai were joining us

yusuf being critical for for few minutes =)

actually I-city ni mmg cantik and best sangat2 utk bergambar. Those colorful trees will be an outstanding background and I believe talented photographers will have awesome photos!

we all jalan2 kat area luar jer (near shops) since kat main garden was full with visitors. Susah nak berjalan dan kalau nak bergambar pun terlalu penuh dengan org ramai yang menghiasi sebagai background. kebetulan plak yusuf ter'over' active malam tue....he wanted to be free and it was tiring for us.

yusuf yg kegelisahan kerana tidak dilepaskan =) In brief, kitaorg takde la enjoy sangat pun sbb terlalu ramai sangat orang. The problem was we got our little yusuf yg sangat active malam tue. Bila ramai orang susah la nak lepaskan dia. Bila dukung jer meragam plak dia....yg penting cukup lah bawa kakak+angah jengok2 i-city utk pengalaman dan general knowledge dorang.(maybe school haliday+weekend was not good timing)

For me, I city is a nice place bg siapa2 yg suka bergambar. You may love this place =)

Dataran Merdeka

2012-01-20T07:58:00.000+08:00

ok, still talk about last school holiday. I found another folder which contains night moment at Dataran Merdeka-KL. Anak sedara datang dari kampung nak bercuti umah pakciknya and of course the whole idea was a fun holiday.However, I was occupied with so many things and sometimes got no time for weekends.

so, masa cuti tue kesian gak bebudak tue. balik jer kelas dah nak isya'.pastue nak jalan mana lagi??? suddenly got idea of bringing them to Dataran Merdeka! it was an awesome idea =)

Datarn Merdeka is now much more cheerful since the former court has been attracted with colorful lighting throughout the building. The colors are changeable!

hahahaha..we played badminton!

yusuf enjoyed this moment berguling-guling dan lari sepuas hati. Al maklum la...rumah apartment kecik, bila dapat tempat luas mcm ni kepuasan tak terhingga!

In short, I felt good of bringing them especially yusuf. Those days before our upbringing considered to be ideal since we got many places to play in developing our personal growth. Plus,school holiday was not a boring vacation since we got so exciting activities; tembak rusa, belon acah, sembunyi ibu, guli, layang2 and etc ( I believe current kampung boys/girls are still enjoying their childhood moments). Living in KL got so many restrictions and most of young generation like me could afford apartment instead of linking house. Thus,our children have limited space to play and growth just like we had before.

To overcome the issue, some parents provide computer games, Playstation, Wii, cartoons DVD with big plasma/led/lcd TV or whatever tools in making sure their children feel good to be at home. What a modern world...

Penang at the end of 2011

2012-01-14T21:24:00.000+08:00

Dah alang2 teman member kahwin kat alor setar, we decided to visit penang since my wife and yusuf never been there before. My mistake was...main redah jer g tanpa booking any hotel since I being convinced by some frens that kat pulau got many hotels and no need to worry about it. oppsss!! forget to inform that we traveled masa weekend (school holiday). Sampai kat jetty butterworth pun dah petang...plus, musim hujan. My wife started nagging my mistake..mana tak nya, si yusuf plak time tue la plak nak demam. The temptrature was getting higher..fuuhhhhhhhh..aku pun tension dengan kesilapan diri sendiri, but pretended to be cool and convinced my wife it is going to be ok soon after reaching the georgetown.

Sebelum naik ferry kat butterworth tue, we stopped at petronas to get penang's map. luckily, ada la information about few hotels on the map. Aku pun call la ikut2 budget aku..OHHHHHHH...it was really dissappointing me when responses were all full. Hotel yg mahal2 pun full..ah sudah, x kan nak balik KL.

Alrite, make it short. we found the clinic first and searched for a hotel. After entered for almost 5 to 6 hotels,eventually got one ;) HERITAGE HOTEL! mmg rezki kami.., we had two rooms (stu lg untuk kakak+ angah = anak sedara kami). Soon after signing the form, few people came and asked for available rooms, but they were unfortunate.

Bilik dah settle, tp lapar la plak. My wife took care yusuf and I was looking for foods. Dengar citer NASI KANDAR LINE CLEAR famous kat penang. By using GPS, I managed to be there...tp pelik, aku smpai nak dekat 11 malam..tp orang beratur punya lah ramai. Ingatkan kedai, rupa2nya mcm warong kat celah2 lorong. Rugi x bawa camera, kalo x bleh shoot the mentioned scenario...dah alang2 sampai..beratur je la and the taste mmg SUPERB!!! The best ever nasi kandar yg aku pernah try (x tahu la kalo mmg kelaparan menguasai tafsiranku)

The next day, bw si yusuf yg demam tue g mandi pool with hope sejuk sket badan dia..and I did not expect he enjoyed it mcm x demam plak =)

does not look he got fever kan :)

with kakak + angah who visited our home for enjoying their school holiday

Dah nama pun budak. kalo time demam manja nya menjadi2. agak2nya macam ni gak la aku masa kecik2 dulu. so, thanks emak dan abah for all ur good deeds, love, care and kindness in bringing me up sampai la jadi orang mcm sekarang =)

yusuf yg kesejukan

lepas check out hotel, we tried PELITA Nasi Kandar, but could not challenge LINE CLEAR la. We decided to go to bukit bendera, tp yusuf mcm x selesa dan nangis jer dia. kadang2 ok, kdg2 x...tp dah alang sampai penang, kami nekad jugak sbb sian gak kat kakak dan angah yg nak berjalan-jalan sempena cuti sekolah.

Nevertheless, we cancelled our intention once we reached there. Ramai betul org and nak parking pun susah (I supposed to snap photos to show the scenario). We changed mind and headed to Bukit Feringgi....jalan sangkut2 plak. we spent most of the time in car which finally gave up with penang :(

so, straight away to jetty and bergambar kat atas feri jer la...

muka angah masam mencuka..mungkin tension x dpt g bukit bendera mahupun pantai feringgi seperti yg didongengkan oleh aku :p

so,kami singgah ke umah kawan di..........aduh lupa plak, tp selepas exit sungai dua menghala ke utara sebelum berangkat ke kl. In short, the journey was not really interesting since everything mcm kelam kabut. Maybe some other days with proper planning, insha'Allah.

tahniah Wan Ashmirullah @ Karem

2012-01-14T11:22:00.000+08:00

fuuuh....lega rasanya bila dah settle final exam! but still headache since I need to submit another two counseling journals and submission date next week. I had long vacation from FB, blogs or any stuff related to internet. I was completely occupied with so many things.

today, my wife went to school even though it is saturday. mengecat sekolah katanya. Yusuf is sleeping, sian kat dia coz just recovered dr fever, but still weak. I opened my pc and found lot of photos being taken and dah bersawang dlm hard disk coz did not find time in editing and uploading...

Well, I'm interested in one folder which contains my best fren's wedding.. wan mohd ashmirulah or nama glamer, KAREM. We were fren since matriculation IIUM. hahahaha, got lots of interesting stories if recalled those days before =)

Come back to the wedding, it happened somewhere at the end of november kot??? ah confused! i got poor memory on dates. pe2 pun..I was fortunate to accompany him

ni memang 3 org kamcai keje satu opis. kalo 7 tahun dulu amik gambar sama2 takde la rupa mcm ni terutamanya JOHN (my left) selaku pemegang takhta the 'cutest bro' among us. The photo shot at tol sungai dua - penang.

ni pengantin lelaki yg bakal diselamatkan oleh tok qadi. kalo nak ikutkan mmg la x hensem mana, but I still need to upload his photo since he is the subject for this entry. Yg kat belakang bersama anak beliau ialah En. Iskandar yg turut serta dalam operasi menyelamatkan antara bujang terakhir di antara kami.

common thing of having convoy is waiting. we had to wait the late comers and en John mungkin sudah bosan...the facial expression mmg agak pelik sket. Neway, irham mmg cute (iskandar's son)

We were heading to Alor Setar Selatan. Of course my lovely wife adorable yusuf were joining. peeerggghhh...boleh tahan gak jauh. dulu member aku ni cakap ; "kalo aku cari wife, paling jauh pun KL laaa.." since he is Johorean =) hahahaha..love is blind and people could not differentiate between KL and Kedah. The idea is, kalo dah sayang...pe2 pun boleh, tak begitu?

This moment was really meaningful. It reminds us towards my wedding day in September 2006. Faisol (orange), John@zaha, Wan, Iskandar, Fatah, Milah, Senok and Nizar were helping me just like what being experinced by Wan.

muka pengantin tue nampak mcm confident jer...dua atau tiga kali tengok mcm gatal pun ade.hahahaha..lantak ko la wan =)

hehehe...tiba2 gegar gambar tgn wan. lari setting camera aku :p tp senyuman tok qadi tue mmg bermakna..hahahaha

Ok, bila sesi berdoa ni definitely their relationship officially became husband & wife =) congratulation! May Allah shower His blessing. hhhmmm..baru lah nampak sikit pengantin perempuannya.

this photo being uploaded to show a normal practice after having the solemnization. It is kind of pledge that a husband is going to take care, protect and love his wife according to Islamic perspectives.

( hidden meanings : faisol tersengih2 sambil merakamkan bahan bukti)

Well, future husbands may consider this as a good lesson. It is a sign of gratitude and to gain more blessing. I noticed some of us just straight away kissing their wife after the solemnization process. Kot ye pun, sabar2 la kan...

here the lovely couple = WAN + FADH. semoga berkekalan dan dicucuri rahmat.

sayaaaaaang mak! si wan ni mmg mcm anak mak sket. Pe2 pun guys, don't forget to be thankful to your parents. Bab ni aku bleh cakap contohi lah member aku nie. hehehe..

Congratulation! wan, so now you may join our team, kelab suami2 tersayang :)