Biscuit Ice Cream Hiding

Amende tu? Biscuit ice-cream hiding??? Maner pulak dtg istilah biskut menyorok nie yek? Nie confirm littleman yg create istilah baru nie.

Nie kisah perangai pelik littleman. Dia nie mmg kuat makan ice cream. Kalau awal2 dulu suka beli ice cream scooby doo, skrg taste dah bertukar. Current favorite is Oreo Ice Cream sandwich. Ice cream nie beli kat 7-11. Everytime dier mintak biscuit ice cream hiding, meaning must be this particular ice cream. And ice cream nie pulak, lepas beli mestilah disorok terlebih dahulu and suruh littleman cari. Kira macam dier main hide and seek dgn ice cream la... Boleh la pulak cenggitu??? Aper2 la... asalkan dier happy :D

Littleman do eat other ice cream, another favorite is ice cream Dora. Ice cream nie nomarlly we buy satu kotak terus from shoprite. And this ice cream takyah lak nak kena hide. Dia tunggu depan fridge je biler nak.




Citer psl ice cream nie, mr ayah and mrs mama pun suka gak makan ice cream. Stocks yg ader dlm our fridge skrg nie are Oreo cookies and cream and Strawberry, both from Breyers. The Oreo cookies and cream ice cream boleh ganti our Mc'Flurry oreo la kiranya. Malah lebih sedap lagi. Mrs mama lak fulfill her crave for Alexis strawberry milkshake with Haagen Dazs strawberry. Sekali hadap, boleh habis... the small size la, not the big one. We do like flavors from Ben and Jerry's as well.

Keinsafan di Hari Jumaat

Cuaca hari Jumaat agak mendung hari ni. Nampak macam nak hujan, tapi langit cerah je. Maybe petang2 nanti nak hujan la kot agaknya. Masa sampai New Haven Islamic Center orang dah ramai, dah sampai pun agak lewat. Berdiri je la depan pintu tunggu time orang nak start sembahyang nanti ada la ruang nak mencelah.

Selesai solat, Sheikh yg jadi Imam tu pun buat announcement, hari ni ada sembahyang jenazah. Ada sorang hamba Allah ni baru je umur 28 tahun dah kembali bertemu Ilahi. Muda lagi. Siapa dan apa sebab dia meninggal tak pulak dikhabarkan. Selesai solat jenazah, katanya jenazah nak dibawa ke Hartford utk dikebumikan. Mulanya dgn sorang sahabat tu ingat nak pegi ikut sekali, tapi since Hartford tu jauh sangat, tak jadi la.

Bila direnung balik, timbul rasa insaf. Ajal datang tak tentu masa, tak kira siapa kita. Sama2 la kita memperlengkapkan diri.

*Sekadar mengingatkan diri sendiri.

"Dari Dia kita datang, dan kepadaNya kita kembali"

Aku seorang Kerani

Last week, I was contacted by the Assistant Director of International Graduate Admission of the Uni. A very nice gentleman. He told me that the department is currently in need of an extra hand since they are shorthanded and the work load is growing. Semua ni pasal nak kejar for the coming Fall and Winter intake. Straight to the point, he straight away asked me whether I can do a voluntary work in their office.

After a short meeting dgn dia, he lays out his expectations and I put forward my limitations. Both of us agrees to a point, and I agreed to lend the extra hand that he needed. Furthermore, I felt terhutang budi jugak kat dia and the Director of the department. Banyak diorang bantu masa tengah sibuk2 nak apply masuk UNH ni dulu. And I know they are very efficient people.

Maka pada hari Selasa baru ni, mula la my voluntary work at the International Graduate Admission of the Uni. Basically semua keja2 administrative and clerical je. Susun and simpan files. Settle surat keluar masuk dan lain2 tugas yg diarahkan dari semasa ke semasa. I was paired up with a Croatian guy, kira dia jadi mentor la since dia memang working student kat situ.

Kebetulan masa tengah nak settlekan surat2 offer, ternampak satu nama yg familiar. Alhamdulillah kawan sorang tu pun diterima masuk to this Uni jugak. Akan ku tunggu kehadiran kau dgn family next year. Tahniah!

Overall its a great experience working even though kira buat keja amal je, since tak dibayar gaji. At least boleh la isi masa lapang since utk Summer ni I'll be focusing purely on my research project and Jenjalan US part2 yg seterusnya...

Apartment for Rent - D'Shire Villa, Kota Damansara

*Update!!!
This unit is no longer available for rent. Thanks for those who showed their interest.

Our apartment unit is available for rent. Below are the details of the apartment:

Name: D'Shire Villa
Location: Seksyen 4, Kota Damansara (Nearby Sunway Damansara, 5 minutes drive to IKEA/the Curve/Cineleisure/Ikano Power Center/Tesco), accessible via LDP, NKVE (Kota Damansara exit), Penchala Link, and Sg. Buloh
Description: Ground floor, equipped with grills + kitchen cabinet, clubhouse (separate monthly fees)

More pictures of the unit are published in our FP.

Nak makan aper?

Ermmm... terasa macam nak makan ketam masak lemak ngan nenas. Tauge goreng2 black pepper ala2 kat tepanyaki tu pun sedap gak kan? Ok, settt!!!

- ketam masak lemak nenas

- tauge goreng black pepper

Our lunch on Saturday...

10 most significant 1st times

Since skrg nie tgh takde idea nak update blog, here we post our 1st answered tag. The one in blue are from mr ayah, and mrs mama's are in green.

1) 1st time naik kapal terbang
Tahun 1996, KL-Kuantan nak balik ke college. Flight patut economy, tapi since economy dah full, automatic dapat upgrade ke business class. Pelik je rasa bila 1st time ada kat dlm Golden Lounge Terminal 3, Subang Airport.

Tahun 1982, umur 5 tahun, ikut family posting dr Melaka ke Sabah. Naik kapal terbang askar, Charlie

2) 1st time menyambut kelahiran anak
Witnessed the most amazing moment in my life; the birth of Harith Arsyad. Masa azankan Harith terasa nak mengalir air mata. Sampai pukul 3.00 pagi dlm labor room.

Tahun 2003, melahirkan Harith Arsyad. Sangat sakit, since allergy to NSAID, so no pain killers for mrs mama. Tapi tah camner esok pg tu sedar2 sebelah katil ader pills, nurse suruh makan ubat, mamai2 tu, main telan je. Few hours later terasa muka bengkak2. Rupernyer tu adalah pain killer, sib baik masih kat spital, so terus dpt injection.

3) 1st time pegi oversea
Year 2000, both of us flew to Negara Afrika, Republic of Guinea. Kami bekerja di sana for 9 mths. Masa kat Guinea la kami berkenalan dgn x-boss kesayangan si Labu Lurve Ms Vivavogue.

4) 1st time dok jauh dgn family
Tahun 1990, masuk sekolah asrama. Walaupun tak jauh, Ulu Klang - Sungai Besi je, tapi kira umur 12 tahun dah dok jauh dari family. Masuk asrama atas kehendak sendiri. Still ingat lagi mengisi borang masuk hostel dlm kereta je depan rumah cikgu, sebab masa tu cuti sekolah.

Year 1990, maser form 1. Memang dr sekolah rendah dok berangan nak sekolah asrama. Tak jauh maner pun, takat Taiping-Ipoh je. Tapi still lagi jauh dpd ulu klang - sg besi kan! Awal2 tu parents dtg melawat 2 minggu sekali. Makin lama makin jarang… sampai form 5, satu penggal sekali je kot :D

5) 1st time menyedari diri ini gemok
Gemuk? Hahaha. Pernah ke kurus? Anyway, siapa cakap aku gemok? Aku tak rasa pun. Hehehe.

Tak pernah terasa pun diri ini kurus coz bawah mrs mama ader adik pompuan yg memang kurus kedempeng and lebih tinggi. So selalu ler ader perbandingan. Until now adik yg dah 2 kali pregnant tu masih duk kering cam anak dara lagi.

6) 1st time keje
Year 2000, both of us worked at the same company in tmn tun. Time tu tak mcm keje sgt pun, tgh tunggu time nak fly ke Guinea.

7) 1st time beli harta
Year 2002, bought a red kembara coz that was the only 4wd that mr ayah could afford. Dah jual b4 dtg US.

Year 2001, bought a green kenari coz that the only economical car yg besar (@that time la). Masih ader di Taiping, utk kegunaan family.

8) 1st time merasa diri handsome/chantek
Bak kata Allahyarham Tan Sri P Ramlee, "saya ni cantik tiada, manisnya ada". ;-)

Hari kahwin coz ader org lain selain mr ayah yg puji cantik wakakaka!!!

9) 1st time masuk cinema
Tak ingat la tahun bila, tapi ayah bawak tengok citer Mat Gelap. Hahaha.

Year 1985, darjah 2. Time tu kat aloq setaq, tgk ngan abg citer antu.

10) 1st time masuk wad spital
Tahun 1999, Ampang Putri Specialist Hospital. Kena slipped discs. Dekat seminggu lebih la dlm ward sebab nak kena treatment physio.

Warded selain drp masa bersalin was maser kena demam denggi. Awal tahun 2005, kat hospital putrajaya. Time yg samer mrs mama younger sister pun warded psl denggi tapi kat hospital taiping.

Minyak naik???

ubah gaya hidup anda...

another red?

*kitaorg nie mmg suka merah ke?

Jenjalan US 2008 - New York City

New York City (2nd - 3rd June 2008)
NYC was our last destination in this vacation. Mr ayah's mother once said to us back in year 2001, we should target to go to NYC since we already went to Paris and London. Just to complete the tour to most popular cities in the world. Alhamdulillah we finally here, at the Big Apple, city that never sleeps.


- view from on top of Rockefeller Plaza

We had quite an experience at Orlando Int'l Airport during our departure. When we were departing from JFK Int'l Airport, it was very smooth. Tak byk songeh pun. Setakat kena buka kasut and bags yg berisi air tu, standard la. Tapi air tak pulak kena buang, especially kalau air tu for babies. Mrs mama punyer bodyshop lotion je yg kena amik (tapi botol penuh lagi... isk!). Tu kes terlupa nak keluarkan from the bag, brg2 dlm bag tu were packed from DC trip. However, in Orlando airport takde satu air pun lepas. Kecuali susu yg dah siap bancuh. Yg lain, air kosong semua buang. Pastu nak kosongkan bekas takleh kat checkpoint tu, kena keluar pi kat toilet, and later beratur balik dr awal. Kalau queue tu ciput je, ok gak la. Tapi nak taknak kena pi gak la, or else kira halal je la ur tumbler or thermos. We were the last passengers to board Delta 72.

We safely arrived in JFK Int'l Airport and straight away transfered to our hotel in Flushing, Sheraton LaGuardia East hotel (not recommended). Lambat sgt book hotel, strategic location semua dah fully booked. Tinggal yg more than usd400 per night ader la ;) Tapi at least our hotel dkt dgn subway, so a bonus jugak la.





- view from ferry ride


Our tour NYC started on our 2nd day in the city. Among the places we went were the Grand Central terminal, UN headquarters, Rockefeller plaza (we went to the top), Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, 5th Ave, and Times Square. It was already dark when we arrived at Times Square. Known as the city that never sleeps, Times Square was really alive. Full of people. Our main stop here was the biggest Toys r Us we'd ever been. Siap ader 60ft. ferris wheel dlm tu. Our littleman got his NDS Lite from here. Harith mcm tak tau nak pilih aper dlm tu, psl byk sgt toys. In the end, we offered him NDS tu coz dah tak larat nak tunggu dier dlm tu.

Masa kat NYC ni, we encounter there's a lot of halal food jual by the street. Mostly jenis stall. There's one at 53rd St, Manhattan yang consider popular di NYC. Beratur punya la panjang, tapi its really worth it. They call themselves Halal Guy, pakai baju t-shirt kaler kuning. Kami pun sempat makan kat area Ground Zero, a Middle Eastern restaurant called Alfanoose. Again the food was good, lauk pun banyak. Worth a return later.

We will definitely visit NYC again someday. Lagipun NYC is just 2 hrs away from our house.

- keluar2 subway kat Times Square nampak Gossip Girl, hehehe...

Do visit our FP for more pictures.

Jenjalan US 2008 - Orlando, FL (Day4)

Our 4th day was spent exploring Epcot and Magic Kingdom.

Epcot
Epcot was interesting. The park concerntrate more on technology and innovation. We took a ride at Spaceship Earth Pavilion where we had the chance to explore the space. Harith mcm terjakun kejap tgk stars dkt dgn dier, hehehe... In Epcot they have "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" with 3D special effects. We tried this before in Paris Disneyland, exactly the same. This time around, just nak bagi Harith pulak the chance to experience it. Being 5 yrs old boy, he didn't enjoyed it that much. He was more excited when we cruised out to "The sea with Nemo & Friends" in the clamobile. After the cruise he went looking for Nemo, tapi takde pulak meeting with character Nemo session.

One attraction yg we tersangkut lama was at Innoventions. Kat sini segala mak nenek game consoles semua ader. Not for display, but for you to play. Harith sangkut lama kat sini because he was playing Cars game on PS2 (mr ayah tak bwk ps2 ke US, lepas geram la tu). Tapi takkan la dtg Disney setakat nak main ps2 je kan? We just dragged him out dgn dier dok nangis2. Sib baik ader Nemo cruise tu :D

Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom supposed to be our peak of Disney vacation. This is where you can find all Disney's characters, the fairytales and much more. For those who already had the chance to visit other Disneylands, you'll find Magic Kingdom very much the same. Since cuaca sgt panas, queue pun panjang giler, most of us tak rajin nak beratur tgh panas. We ended up waiting for the kids main air at Ariel's Grotto in Fantasyland. Harith mmg lebih berminat nak main air je, instead of meeting with the characters. But he did meet Mickey at Mickey's Toontown Fair. Other than that we just took pictures and shopped for souvenirs.

We left Disney park early that day coz all of us wanted to spent more time at Orlando Premium Outlet for our last day shopping. Lagipun dkt2 6pm tu, hujan dah mula turun. That night, mrs mama at last grab jugak Coach handbags she'd been eyeing the night before :D

More pictures are in our FP.

Jenjalan US 2008 - Orlando, FL (Day3)

Day 3 di Orlando we spent most of our time in Walt Disney World. Walt Disney World in general ada 4 main parks altogether, therefore we covered 2 parks for each day. To be able to cover 4 parks in 2 days, we opted for 'park hopper' tickets.

Orlando - Day 3 (1st June 2008)
Animal Kingdom
We started our Disney rendezvous with Animal Kingdom. Sekali tengok macam kat Zoo je. Tapi once explored inside, memang sampai tak larat nak berjalan. Dah la tempat besar, dgn hari panas. Tahan je la. Tapi since it is animal kingdom, at least byk la pokok2 dlm tu, so ader gak la tempat teduh.







We wacthed 2 live shows here, Festival of the Lion King and Pocahontas and her Forest Friends. Impressive!!! Another attraction was "It's Tough to be a Bug", a 3D show. Dalam show nie Harith menjerit part spider jatuh dr atas... Arrggghhh!!! Littleman nie dah ler memang takut dgn spider. Hahaha!!!


Other attractions yg nampak cam tak menarik to us, we just skipped. Lagipun we need to go to the next park, which was Hollywood Studios. Tapi for sure Harith tak miss The Boneyard in Animal Kingdom, coz dlm tu ader main air ;) Basah lagi...

Hollywood Studios
Next park, Disney's Hollywood Studios. Elok sampai2 je, tengah High School Musical II show. Lama gak this show... and ramai jugak la yg ikut menari2 tgh jalan tu :D We went for Lights, Motors, Action Stunt show. This thrilling live show was brought direct from Paris Disneyland. Gempak gilerrr!!! Now we know their tricks in stunt action ;)






We had the chance to witness the unforgettable scenes and great moments captured in motion pictures history in The Great Movie Ride. Harith takut sket dlm nie coz scenes tembak2 kiri kanan, depan belakang tu agak panjang.


Harith went to explore The Magic of Disney Animation with mr ayah, while mrs mama went for souvenir shopping :D Kalau 2-2 dok ngekor littleman, jgn harap ler nak dpt shopping!


More pictures are published in our FP.

Harith's Birthday

Birthday Harith dah berlalu about 10 days ago. Dah 5 tahun our littleman nie. We bought a Cars cake just like he wished for and celebrated his birthday in Orlando, Florida. And Alhamdulillah, all he wished for his birthday this year had been fulfilled.





Org Keramat rindu Harith, comel je entry from uncle E on Harith's birthday. Thanks uncle E :D

Jenjalan US 2008 - Orlando, FL

We headed back to West Haven after Washington DC. Preparing for our next destination the following day - Orlando, FL.

Our flight to Orlando was 1105am. And Mr hubby thought it was at 1155am. Luckily our shuttle came early at 730am. But knowing it was a working day (friday), the traffic was quite slow. Our driver pulak sepanjang perjalanan from West Haven to JFK airport, NY asyik dok bergayut je... Passengers semua tido, penat kot after 6 hours journey from DC last night. We managed to get to JFK airport 1hr before departure time. Fuhhhh!!!...

Orlando - Day 1 (30th May 2008)
Safely arrived in MCO, 1st thing yg semua org notice, panasnyerrrr!!! We went straight to pickup our rental car. It was easy to find our villa, of coz with the help from a GPS ;) We checked in at Holiday Villa, Kissimmee (sgt2 recommended!). Then went for groceries shopping at Walmart and kedai halal (just nearby, about 3 minutes away) for our 5 days stock. Kat Walmart jumpa org M'sia yg dtg bercuti gak. Org kpg gak, Setiawangsa jek :D Later at night, acara mensurvey Orlando Premium Outlet, dah sah2 nampak on the way from airport ptg tadi. Hehehe... shopping lagiii... (sila jealous en. gorjesss)

Orlando - Day 2 (31st May 2008, it was Harith birthday)
Universal Studio and Universal's Islands of Adventure
Panasss... sgt panas... One whole day spent at these 2 parks. Tak layan semua pun, tak terlarat dgn cuaca yg panas terik. Melayan Harith je la, birthday boy. For us, the parents amik gambar buat syarat.





Tgk gambar je la, nak citer kang panjang sgt pulak...

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Jenjalan US 2008 - Washington DC (Again...)

28th - 29th May 2008
Summer break baru nak mula, tapi kami dah start jenjalan dulu. We started our anniversarry weekend with outlet shopping. Kebetulan tgh Memorial day sale, grabbed the opportunity la, next year tak sempat, dah selamat balik M'sia.

Our first destination was Washington DC. Yes... DC again. This time just a short trip, 2D1N. We stayed at Georgetown Suites Harbour (recommended!). Among the places we visited were the White House, Capitol Hill, Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Air and Space Museum, Spy Museum, Madame Tussauds, and a quick stop at Hard Rock and Zara (since Zara sebelah Madame Tussauds je).


For dinner, Afdal (a fren in DC) suggested Biryani Corner. While we were having our dinner there, we met a M'sian family. They are Afif's brother in law (abg alida). Dah lama jugak tak jumpa diaorg nie. Tak sangka pulak boleh jumpa kat DC. What a small world...

Sedapnyer twisties...

One month ago we craved for Twisties. Now aper yg diidam2kan dah dapat. Thanks to atuk and nenek Harith for sending us the tidbits. Puas hati dah dapat twisties, banyak pulak tu! Harith excited betul tgk twisties chicken and biscuit teddy bear :D