it has been one super long weekend indeed

mine started off last saturday afternoon at 3pm when we took off to kempas - jb

dun need to mention about the jam lah, tuas or causeway were all the same

nak tak nak kener tempuh jugak, sabar ajer lah...istighfar more than usual

finally reached kempas at 5.30pm.

nikah started after isya' so we had ample time to r&r for awhile

alhamdulillah, zaki and haslinda were united as husband and wife that night

all of us siblings spent the night at abg long's, except for abg cik n family who clearly had already planned their overnight somewhere else

turned out, cumer 'kiter-kiter-ngan-cik-saleh' jer yang overnite kat umah abg long

sunday morning we didn't sleep after subuh, spending time having fried rice, donuts, vadei over breakfast and engaged in small talks with the rest of the family

the wedding reception was held at a balai rakyat, some 2 minutes drive from abg long's house

the reception went along fine, guests were many...some from our side and mostly from kak long's 'club members' *private joke*

everyting ended at 5pm

that night we slept at bukit indah for the next morning we would be heading to LEDANG RESORT..yey yey.

monday -26th

after breakfast at taman perling and my nephew bonyok joined us soon after, we headed into the highway - didn't stop anywhere and exit at tangkak to ledang resort

traffic into ledang waterfalls rignt after those few stalls selling fritters and drinks was a snail

then we had to wait for the rooms to be ready cos we arrived pretty early

the staff was considerate enough to get 1 room (we booked 3 rooms) ready so that we could put our things and rest while waiting for the other 2 rooms to be ready

we waited no further. right after jama' taqdim we changed and headed straight to the waterfalls - to our usual spot where we used to soak ourselves in previously

ggrrrrrr.....water's so COLD!! but nice, just like how it was intended to be......a gift from nature

we ended the day in the swimming pool

dinner was in a small town called sagil - a 5minutes drive from the resort

few decent food stalls selling decent array of dishes

also tapao ramly burgers along the way

hub, afiq and moi skipped breakfast on tuesday morning

i wanted a longer sleep

but turned out, i couldn't sleep much longer than i intended

kener gegar ngan kakak, they were all ready to head to the waterfalls again - AT 8 AM IN THE MORNING!!!

haiyaaaa........but it was cool, the turned out i mean

dunking ourselves wet in the falls at that hour meant lesser crowd (no crowd even!) and water couldn't be any fresher than that

that was awesome, power to the max

dah puas rendam, makan rempeyek and inang-inang kat atas batu air terjun....best kan!

tak cukup ngan tuh...my sis heret tin rempeyek tu to the pool

fuyoh that had got to be the climax lah eh

on our way home, we stopped at pagoh r&r for lunch

after going through more than an hour jam (right after m'sia immigration) at tuas,

we finally reached home at 4.30pm

now comes the heartwrenching part :

afiq's hamster, manja died

i noticed it first then i told afiq "i tink the hamster is dead"

afiq didn't believe me at first so he took out the plastic tunnel where manja used to hide in and turned it upside down - manja slid out of the tunnel, frozen

next thing i heard - afiq howling like a werewolf wanna-be. heh. okay, that is a little exaggerated.

but he did cry buckets

just think about it lah, kalo semut mati dia dah melalak rabak, aperkan pulak hamster kesayangan dia

he cried like his loved one has died

oh wait, his loved one indeed had died - manja his hamster

apparently from afiq's diagnosis, manja died due to physical attack from siti - wafa's hamster

this siti, is unlike the siti nurhaliza that we know - demure, feminine, affectionate and all

this siti the hamster is a big bully - i guess this time manja did not recover from the brutal attack

i should have bought another cage and separate those two, but i was late

strange thing is, i was very absorbed in coaxing afiq that i did not realise the impact wafa had too upon losing manja

though she did not howl like her brother, but obviously she was shaken

i hugged her and automatically the tears and sobs began

they both asked questions, which although funny to me but obviously these are real life altering/learning questions for them

i promised myself that i would anwer each question tactfully but truthfully at the same time

hehee, kiut betol budak2 ni

love them very much

so much for the happy holidays. but they did enjoy themselves though

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oh, how was my weekend??

this is a story about this boy
you see, he aspires to be a veterinarian when he grows up
true to his aspiration, he simply adores pets, animal, insects to bits
in short, anything that crawls, slithers, neighs, claps, hops, jumps he adores
he also adores his little sister too...oh yeah, she crawls, slithers, neighs, claps, hops and jumps too

so one fine night as his mother peeked into his room
she caught him crying silently, all the while staring on the bedroom floor
before she could say anything, he blurted out
"i did something very bad, i feel very guilty"
he was fighting back tears
his mother assumed he had already cried buckets prior to this
so she asked, "what happened sayang?"

so he explained with full emotions, guilt wrecked, precise of a man found guilty of a crime
then he shoved a small piece of paper to his flat-faced mother
and in that note was something he had scribbled moments before,
dead-on....innalillah anak semut


mati kener pijak ngan budak rancing ni


"i miss the baby ant ibu, i'm a killer, i killed it!"

it's okay son, tak sengaja kan
bak kater pepatah
"patah tumbuh hilang berganti, hari ni mati besok banyak datang lagi"

:) ;) :) ;)

that's co-curricular activities for you

though it's optional for p1 to p3, i gave encouragement to heir and heiress to sign up

anyway since both of them are in pm session, they can look after each other at school

furthermore, cca is conducted only on every wednesday so no hal lah

heiress has been saying out loud since last year on signing up for malay dance

her ibu is not very keen on that though

so her ibu managed to sweet talked her out of it - thus art club was her next choice

this girl of mine even psycho-ed her brother into joining the same art club as her

afiq being afiq, willing to sacrifice his scouts passion for his beloved adik

he said

"afiq sacrificed for wafa cos if not wafa will be sad"

"nobody looks after wafa in art club, kesian wafa"

and his adik looked on with a very 'convincing' pathetic sad expression mintak belas kasihan'

my toes were laughing in silence

but in a sudden twist of event, last night to be exact she gave a final declaration - "i want NETBALL due to reasons being :

"cos ms vanessa soh is in netball tao ibu!"

"i like ms vanessa soh....she loves me you know"

(part ni mungkin my babe exaggerate banget lah)

so well then, NETBALL-cos-ms vanessa soh-is-in-it-too it is for the rest of the year

and who knows she'll be good in the game (for someone who never gets tired of menggelinjang)

brother amacam citer pulak?

since adiknyer afiq has absconded art club,

he was back to his earlier choice - SCOUTS

afiq being afiq.....sensible and soft in the heart, eventhough he has somehow made up his mind on scouts, he is willing to change to soccer since i mentioned that he's been playing soccer afterall all this while.

haiyaa.....it took me another 5 minutes to convince him to give scouts a try

he gets excited and pumped up again

to him, scouts = camp/jungle trekking/adventure!!

that got me thinking.....adventure eh..

i have been requesting for quotations the past week,

for a trip to redang island during the june holidays.

i know it's still early...the kids are only in 2nd week of school! bah!

but it never hurts to plan early maaah, moreover to a place where reservations have to be made in advance.

otherwise, jawablah.....picnic kat east coast jer lah jawabnyer, itupun crowded affair during june holidays. fuyooh, lemao sey badan.

busy punching numbers on the calculator nie........kira budget lah.

as one of the perasan-panggil-diri-dia-datin-and-jeejik-pun-terpalit-sama says.......

Kembara Isma Fan Club akan menerjah bintan dan tanjung pinang over this weekend

*gegaran sukma irama*

and i am now DATIN JELLY *sobs*

sunggoh tak fair,

jelly? seriously?

my 1st getaway in 2009 - JB....oh tidak

i guess that didn't count

but still, last weekend was the 1st time we drove through the new jb immigration and checkpoint - bandar sultan iskandar as they call it

luckily for us, traffic was a bit of a snake but smooth flowing

went to my bro's newly rented house at Danga View

spent an hour in the pool cos it was almost dusk

had dinner and close to midnight we went back to my sis's place

early sunday morning, we drove for breakfast at taman perling

rest of the day was spent on wrapping berkats (for little chilren) for my niece's upcoming wedding over the chinese new year holidays - super long holiday burnt!

up next, speaking of which will be yet another trip to bintan, my 1st in 2009...heheh

oooh i can't wait for the super long holiday at the end of this month

super awesome seh