Langkawi Part 1 : Mangrove Fun

..my ONE day trip to Langkawi..

The boat cruise to Kilim Nature Park was unlike anything I’d experienced before (Niah cave cross river was too nothing. Manukan speedboat was crazy sickened.) We went to Kilim Geoforest Park, about 15 minutes ride from Kuah jetty. I’d dreamed of something close to fascinating spectacular view of rugged limestone.. and yeah through this mangrove forest I found more than those (hand wave Phi Phi island) This activity called Mangrove Tour, (tips: RM120 per pax) by boat and luckily only two of us in the boat!

I mean three with the boatman

Just across the river from the Kilim jetty was the Bat Cave., named after its habitants. But it wasn’t meant to be my favorite. Nothing much or maybe I was too afraid of the dark.. night crawling and knowing that there were bats sleeping upside down hanging above you, what do you expect? Spooky! (Tips; torch light rental RM1)

This is the starting point for the cave adventure. There would be no monkey crossing sign but, yes..all of a sudden a monkey will follow behind you. Tak comel ok, menakut kan . Or if it's your bad day, 4 monkeys!

I was wondering, what would happen if I forgot to turn off the camera flash? haha..answer me!

About 15 minutes after (I must fast forward to another location) we were at somewhere corner of the river to feed the eagles. I was imagining myself, placing some food in my palm waiting the camera to catch my smile.. bengong . NO. This is not magic. It much done this way, our guide stopped the boat engine and began tossing chicken skin, followed by the eagles began screeching and flying down the water and grab the food.. kulit ayam memang sedap la.

Another boats waiting their luck for the eagle feeding. In this video, our guide explained us that sometimes there would be hundreds eagles , more or less depends on mealtime taken.

It may sound funny but I left my shade behind because I don’t want to miss every hue of the magnificent color form by this passage to breathtaking (read : memang suka over excited )

tolong fokus kat limestone hills tu..ahh..pengsan!

On the right of the above picture was the gateway to Andaman Sea of Thailand, famous with its 99 surrounding islands. European yachters loves to come here throughout season and its normal to see their yacht abondoned like this.

The above picture expained our next activity, the fish farm. This is the view from distance..I've just told you about the yachts..





The floating fish farm has several divided square with nets deep in the water, each for different species fish. The coral fish caught my attention, so to the big eyes of nyok nyok fish or John Travolta ..eh ..Giant Tivolli. Nama taknak kalah.

The boy was feeding the Stingrays or ikan pari. Mari ingat tentang Steve Irwin :P

This is Belangkas..urmm is this a Belangkas?

It was the most highlighted fun wonderlust adventure to one of our own UNESCO Heritage site! to be continue..

weekend attempts

My journey to Utara this holiday was supposed to help out hubby for his site work; signboard audit for Federal Route 7 Alor Setar to Padang Besar (semangat *wink*) , but I have hidden agenda here, ouh that will be later in details. Sila rujuk nota di bawah :P My job was simple, I have snapped all the signboard and wrote some notes for the kilometers.

hubby : u nak keja JKR?

me: toink! tak nakkkk..

If you have noticed the new specification for signboard along SKVE, as the pilot project. They're incorporating exit and bigger route number (the number in yellow diamond) from Hospital Serdang to LDP interchange. Route 7 in Perlis was choosed becouse of the lenght and the traffic volume factor. haha.. I don't know but I get excited by phrasing 'Route'







I'm in FIL's place right now and feeling happy because they do have wifi in this house! I thought my sister in law was joking at me...thus I can still continue updating. We went to Padang Besar today and along the ride was the Timah Tasoh lake, very nice view.. baru tau kewujudan.. and Ostrich farm. Sorry, I missed the photos. Unlike our last visit, the bazaar (padang besar) was a bit crowded probably because of the public holiday. So I end up without buying any, except for the purple (ungu kundang) shirt which I actually half as sure. Color not very satisfying. Mengapa beli?







We passed through the immigration for the Duty Free shop Emas Kerajang.. We only bought chocolates, nothing much here ..macam tak duty free je pon.. ouh ya, I love Beryl's ! plus it's local. nyummm sweetbitter chocolate..

style

Nota: I'm waiting for tomorrow!

oh sailing

I'm back from dating~ haha.. L.A.M.E me! I have a feeling that my eyes will fall out in any second.. I know its already 2am but I don't feel like going to bed just yet.. psst..

I wanna go sailing.. I can’t help myself T_T

Random: masa bila pula Tottenham score ni?

tagged by khairiah

Directions:Once you've been tagged, you have to write a post with random things, habits or goals about you.At the end, choose five people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose them.Don't forget to leave a comment (''You're tagged!'') and to read your blog.You can't tag the person who tagged you.Since you can't tag me, let me know when you've posted your blog, so I can see your weirdness.

22 very random things about me

1) When I was a kid, I had many imaginary friends.. Sometimes I was the princess or chef, but most of the time I loved myself as the ‘Pocahontas’ version carrying my bow and projects arrow to nowhere.

2) I always thought that my late grandma’s paddy field, panoramic view of the surrounding green, the smell of long grass and chopped leaves, blue skies and breezy wind.. and rats running for food..haha.. It was my greatest view and I still reminisce every inch of it.

3) When I was a kid, there were two annoying adults I hate most. One was the weird old man pakcik W****I always sitting by his balcony and watched us every time we passed by his house.. And abg H***M , terrorize at our kampong..bullied us to get the leeches and mount up the red liquid in a bottle. Why us? Hell. ..and till then, I’m not afraid of leeches. Thank you.

.. why have I revealed my kampong story?

4) I still keep my ‘tiny little la la la pillow’, and can’t sleep without.. Well, hubby sometimes get a bit jealous, but still will count it as ‘important things to bring for a vacation’..haha

5)I like travelling places more than handbags or shoes

6) Trust me that I’m not a boring person, despite my passionate for things to do with culture and history. BUT I’m bad at Mathematics, and I’m actually ashamed of that.

7) my husband choose the product's brand..dan aku pakai je, even shower foam. He keeps me stay clean.

8) this may sounds naive, but I let hubby to decide before I buy clothes

9) When I was 3 or so, suddenly the car continued in reverse and hit my ayah, I was in the car but I don't know what to do T_T

10) I don't eat visible onion and bean sprout, but I don't have problem with tempoyak ke budu etc

11) I think Heidi Klum's nose is adorable

12) Me and my sisters loved Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire

13)I know it sounds poyo, but I love everything about Paris (hoping to afford little shopping at Champs Elysees ), and I’m obsessed with Europe and Islam history.

I think I should go to Mekah T_T

14)I think 1 am is too early to hit the sack. I only learn to wake up early when I got married.

15)Somehow I think we are lucky to have arms because we can hug! duh, lame~

16)I think anything to do with sambal, I can do it better!

17)I never regret studied in private university, though my debt is mounting every months in my PTPTN account.. and I hate my negative buck!

18)I rarely delete SMSes, and still keep some from last 3 years!

19) PINK is the master color

20) I'm universal, but normally will tune in Mix fm or Light and Easy for Oldies song when driving..still, think Ne Yo never failed to compose songs

21)I don’t cry in public, if I did it hysterically, the witness must be someone very close at heart.

22)My girlfriends and I still hang out since we were 13!

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5 people to tag;

fizah

eryanti

shikin

kizzy

zura (lama tak dgr cite ko!)

ahli KARYAWAN

..dan gambar belia

let's watch together the 2nd episode of 'Alexander Bukan Zulkarnain' tonight at 10 pm, Oasis channel.

last week I noticed this line; ..terdapat retak pada sejarah yang panjang.. (T_T )

I like this one. Nice . Aku memang suka betul menghafal details.

yasin

Thursday is special..I become a bit sentimental, orang kata Malam Jumaat.. teringat banyak benda. We were taught to recite Yasin every Malam Jumaat , and maybe some recite Yasin everyday, I recite every Thursday.. and if I forgot to do so, minggu tu thumbdrive hilang ke.. “la ni mesti sebab lupa baca Yasin”..hehe hubby punya physiological tought or at least how we discipline ourselves. Some said it's Surah Kahfi instead of Surah Yasin for Malam Jumaat..but like I said, its depends on how we want to feel good and disciplined ourselves to godliness.

Long ago, I was having breakfast with someone (you know who you are) when a salesgirl approached us to buy her stuff; muslim reference books.. and I normally will ask the sales person questions like who’s the publisher? penceramah ustaz mana? or anything to examine if the person really aware of her stuff. But she didn’t explain it very much, I still liked the book, but due to insufficient fund in my wallet.. biasa la wallet lagi mahal dari duit kat dalam , tak beli la..

Months after, Kak Hani and I were having our lunch time, at different restaurant when a salesgirl approached us with the same book. At last, the book is mine..haha, thanks K Hani! dia memang suka belanja. I think each of you must have this book, or at least your parent does.

Tafsir Surah Yasin. But this book is so different. Maybe I like it because it was a book version from Oasis tv program; Ar Rayyan by Dr Fatma El Zahra.. it was Khairiah who introduced me with this program and one of the episode featuring Rosyam Nor, dia kata baca hari-hari pun tak guna kalau tak faham.. I was like..aku la tu, hmm.. nyesal la tak belajar bahasa arab betul2 zaman sekolah..Yes Dr Fatma’s accent a bit odd, yelah orang Mesir bercakap Melayu.. at least better than ‘ I sound stupid when I speak Malay- whatever her excuse is’ Jangan main2, Dr Fatma’s car plat number is MY 1.. She is mother to our King’s brother punya wifey.

Here I would like to share some knowledge from the book.. aku taip je nih staright dari buku tuh.. some points la..nak semua boleh beli.

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Mengapa kita membaca Yasin di tempat orang mati?

Hikmah baca Yasin di tempat orang mati, yang betul-betul, kalau kita tafakur, ialah kerana yang tak mati bole insaf

Inna Nahnu Nuhyil Mauta Ayat 12

“Sesungguhnya Aku akan hidupkan orang yang mati”

Rasullullah kata Yasin jantung Al-Quran. Dan ayat ini jantung Yasin.

Mangapa Yasin jantung Al-Quran? Jantung ertinya tempat yang mustahak.Banyak ilmu dalam Al-Quran ada dalam Yasin; ilmu kenabian Muhamman SAW,

Yasin; dikatakan istimewa kerana lain dari yang lain, tak ada makna tetapi dikatakan salah satu daripada nama nabi Muhammad SAW.

Ilmu pertanian (Ayat 33) ; Bumi yang kemarau, yang mati, apabila hujan turun ia hidup balik

Ilmu Falak (Ayat 37)

Ilmu Laut (Ayat 41)

Perkara Mustahak dalam surah Yasin

1 ) Yakin adanya hidup selepas mati, dan ada balasan
2) Cerita paling masyur dalam Yasin iaitu cerita Ashabul Qaryah, heronya Habibun Najjar. Cerita ini bila kita tahu kita nangis. Balasan Allah kepada orang yang zalim, di dunia, belum akhirat lagi.
3)Tanda-tanda kuasa Allah, Allah boleh buat semua. Dan akhirnya, jangan kamu tak tafakur. Allah boleh buat semua. Kun fayakun

Fahilat Yasin

1)Quran itu zikrullah.
2)‘Barangsiapa baca Yasin sebelum tidur, sama banyak dengan khatam Quran sepuluh kali’.
3)Ayat perlindungan seperti Rasulullah amalkan Waja’alnaa min baini aidihin sadda, wamin khalfihin sadda, fa-aghsyainaahum fahum laa yubsiruun

..dan banyak lagi..

Dan Allah akhiri Yasin dengan very good ending..

Fala yahzunka qaulluhum inna nah na’lamu ma yusirruna wama yu’linum

Jangan sedih, dan kerana itu kalau sedih, baca Yasin, tak jadi sedih.

Salaamun qaulan min rabbir-rahim

Selamat dan rahmah daripada Tuhan yang maha rahmah.

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End of the book. Sekian Kuliah Tujuh Minit, or KULTUM kalau orang Padang, Indonesia kata.. the abbreviation a real funny.

random pic : K Hani and our Tiramisu Chocolate with Gel..slurpp!

morning news

In this very moment, I'm waiting for the bank operation hour to start, 9am kan? So, to kill the time (had breakfast with husband just now) I cannot tahan not to update these..

20th January- other than Obama kicked off the first day of his era, 2 exciting things happened..First, it’s the biggest gathering for ‘budak-budak rumah lama’ hehe..whatever I want to call it here..@ Chilli’s Bangsar BSC. Takde tempat lain kot tengah2 bulan nih?? Anyway, it was fun, gossiping session, and we laughed histerically with theme of the day; Black and vogue..everybody was in, except lynn because she’s in penang ( but I phoned her in the middle)

(ct dayang, fizah, fizaros, fizabelle, diana, aida, fariza,shima, najwa, linda..sekian)

CT, her lens was too genius.. I’ll upload that later.

with si mata sunshine

The biggest news here is, ..Finie sent me mms subuh tadi to inform that she has delivered a baby boy, Farish Iman last night. The mommy and baby now in a very good condition, I guess she must been spending time with her baby, adoring the little.. look at him.

my definition of 'comel' . comel dari dalam perut, sebab tuh tak sabar nak tengok dunia.

Fin. ok gtg to KL.

do you?

I have many questions lingering in my mind, that I don’t know how to ask. But I definitely know how to make my words vague, a much better way.. better than, ‘ I don’t bother’.

fort cornwallis, penang

We have smiles to remember in the sunshine,

And the silent tears shed by the rain,

But we will always know,

There’re lots of ways to grow.

p/s buai laju-laju, sampai hujung sana..apa dalam baju..sekuntum bunga cina..bunga cina??

my thoughts

I went to perodua service just now, for the third time and still I failed to make it as walk- in customer. Its weekdays but this place is always such a full pack and that’s why I prefer the PJ or Ampang. .jauh la pula.. So there was me sitting, and waiting for the registration, and definitely only me and the girls next to my seat. Why it took so long? I don’t know where have all the staff gone. At last, it is Wednesday 4 pm.

One.

Second. I have to register a KWSP account for my sister, under my company. So I think there would be some documents needed for the process. Hence I called KWSP.. after listening their machine operator, I managed to talk with their personnel. She was like so friendly, doesn’t mind my repeated question and hehe sometimes I felt a bit odd, a little different but with a hide grin when people call me Puan Ernie..hehe, rasa ernie tuh tak sesuai je puan..macam budak muda je .. maybe Puan Ernie Khairina sounds better..as at my previous company. Mengapa aku memperkotak katikkan nama aku sendiri di sini?
Ouh ya.. at last, I can’t proceed with the registration because kena pakai cap jari adik la pula.. but the KWSP personnel was very nice.

Customer Service, everybody!

Tonight or tomorrow night there would be a concert to celebrate Obama’s first day as US President (20th January 2009) singers; Beyonce, Shakira, John Legend etc are confirmed to perform. HBO. I suddenly have this thought on my mind, that everybody seems to put high expectation on him.. Well, yeah he looks good but when the time comes the world (world kah) surely doesn’t want to be disappointed like the thwarting bomb landing Palestine. We pray.

Talking about Palestine, when I drove back from perodua service tadi tu, I saw a car with sticker to boycott US products, among are our favorites fast food; KFC and McD (coke sudah tentu) This look like a simple thing, but when we started to imagine the situation, this restaurant and the people working there.. Aren’t they OUR people? Ordinary people (and muslim too) working. This picture makes to deliver questions. I think US based restaurants which do not contribute (as claimed) to israel should make an open declaration. kalo berani.

ouh, too much reading bole pusing juga ye..anyway, untuk pengetahuan saja..

http://rosyidi.com/boikot-produk-israel-juga-merugikan-palestina/

Little conclusion from me, maybe we just have to practice a simple living, tak lebih ..tak kurang..hanya yang perlu saja.

For those who want to make some donations to Palestine, you can refer below link. Please read through the page before continue

http://www.salam.org.my/palestin.htm

p/s israel nih sumbat dalam lombong yakjuj makjuj bagus..bole je emo

birthday wishes : mama & fizah

Today is my MIL birthday, in any minutes we will be heading to mama's place because she is doing makan2 and I really want to meet my niece, Allyssa.. comel jek when she call me 'ernie' instead of mak lang

Also 18 January is bestie Fizah's special day..Happy birthday to both gorgeous lady..hehe sorry Fizah, I couldn't find any of our latest pic together but I think you look beautiful here (as always) :P

fizah, fiza, faizah (sehati , sejiwa, senama. ada lagi baki)

Fizah, wish you all good things and our tahun cahaya..cahaya mata pun bole :P

p/s 17 january - mommyadam's birthday..happy birthday!