Jiran

Jiran sebelah..
Si suami rabun orangnya
Rabun yang tidak begitu teruk
Masih mampu menunggang basikal ke lrt


Si isteri
Rabun yang agak teruk
Kalo si suami dunianya kelabu
Si isteri mungkin dunianya lebih kelabu

Anak anak
alhamdulilah dunia mereka berwarna warni

Sungguh
aku kagum dengan keluarga ini
si isteri pada pendapat aku tidak bekerja
si suami hanyalah tukang urut di medan mara

Dengan anak anak yang sedang membesar
si abang long mungkin darjah 3
si kakak mungkin darjah 1
si adik yang tidak bersekolah
dan si bongsu yang masih menyusu badan

Tiada masalah dengan keluarga ini
Malah lebih kuat dari keluarga yang lain
Lebih kemas penampilan anak anak ini dari anak anak lain
Lebih sopan juga apabila bercakap

Dan kemudian satu kejadian
aku memberi duit raya
tidak banyak jumlahnya
sekadar yang mampu
aku memberi kepada si abang
dan si abang mengucapkan terima kasih

dan kemudian
sekali lagi aku keluar rumah
terdengar bunyi suara si kakak dan adik berebut rebut untuk membuka pintu
sambil tersengih sengih
sekali lagi ucapan terima kasih ku terima

aku angguk dan senyum
sambil mengunci pintu pagarku
anak anak itu masih tidak berganjak

si kakak berkata kepada si adik
banyak nyer duit kakak nih bagi
kakak nak bagi kat ayahla
kesian ayah tiada duit

sunnguh
lima saat itu buatkan aku sebak
cukup untuk membuatkan aku insaf
cukup untuk aku jadikan pengajaran
untuk belajar mensyukuri apa yang ada

sungguh tinggi pemikiran kakak ini
dan aku bandingkan anak anak ini dengan anak anak lain
sesungguhnya mereka sungguh beruntung

Alice in Wonderland

It is came to my attention to gugel about Alice Lindell-the origin character of Alice in Wonderland when I read about Oxford Wonderland Tour.

Yes, Oxford is the birth place Alice in Wonderland's story.The character-Alice is taken from Alice Lindell, the daughter of the Dean at Christ Church college-Henry Lindell.She and her two sisters have a close relationship with Dodgson (the book's writer) who tend to be the Math lecturer there.

The story began when all of them rowed in a boat at River Thames.To make the girls cheer up in the journey, Dodgson create a story about a young girl who fell in the rabbit hole.Alice Lindell love it and ask Dodgson to write the manuscript of the story.

It took two year later when Dodson finally feel bored with the job and took seriously on the manuscript. He added a new character and fantasy to make the story more interesting.The imagination is came from the Oxford and people around Alice itself.

For example, the version of White Rbbit wear a formal dress code is Alice father. The white rabbit always look at the watch as it always five minutes late-same as Alice fathers. While Dodo-the bird character is from Dodgson name-Do-do-Dodgson.

The door on the left side of the high table in the dining hall leads to a very streep staircase is sid to be a version of 'rabbit hole' that Alice fall down.

There’s a little door underneath a large tree. The door is the one that Alice goes through after growing and shrinking (and the door that Alice’s father-the white rabbit-went through everyday while checking his watch because he was always late), and the chestnut tree is the one the Cheshire Cat is seen grinning from.
(sources)


As Dodgson is a Math lecturer, he tend to use the logic in the story.

In chapter 1, "Down the Rabbit-Hole", in the midst of shrinking, Alice waxes philosophic concerning what final size she will end up as, perhaps "going out altogether, like a candle."; this pondering reflects the concept of a limit.
In chapter 2, "The Pool of Tears", Alice tries to perform multiplication but produces some odd results: "Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate!" This explores the representation of numbers using different bases and positional numeral systems: 4 x 5 = 12 in base 18 notation, 4 x 6 = 13 in base 21 notation, and 4 x 7 could be 14 in base 24 notation. Continuing this sequence, going up three bases each time, the result will continue to be less than 20 in the corresponding base notation. (After 19 the product would be 1A, then 1B, 1C, 1D, and so on.)
In chapter 5, "Advice from a Caterpillar", the Pigeon asserts that little girls are some kind of serpent, for both little girls and serpents eat eggs. This general concept of abstraction occurs widely in many fields of science; an example in mathematics of employing this reasoning would be in the substitution of variables.
In chapter 7, "A Mad Tea-Party", the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and the Dormouse give several examples in which the semantic value of a sentence A is not the same value of the converse of A (for example, "Why, you might just as well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see'!"); in logic and mathematics, this is discussing an inverse relationship.
Also in chapter 7, Alice ponders what it means when the changing of seats around the circular table places them back at the beginning. This is an observation of addition on the ring of integers modulo N.

(sources)

Honestly, I had watched the latest Alice in Wonderland movie-and it's kinda boring for me. But after googling all about Alice in Wonderland, i realise that it is just not about a little girl fantasy..it is also about modern Math, human behaviour and polic hipocracy (refer to the Queen).And I am looking forward for the book now.Not the 10 pages of tiny book with many colourful character in it. But the real one...

Death Penalty

I had visited Napier prison yesterday. New knowledge that I got-NZ had removed death penalty and the last execution was 1957.

Click here for the trip.

Eager to know more on the subject,so I gugel.

Two-thirds of all countries in the world (139 countries) have abolished the death penalty.Europe now is a free zone of death penalty.One-third of all countries (58 countries) still retain the death penalty. US,Middle East and Asia basically are those countries.The highest execution (2008)- China followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia,Pakistan and US (sources)

For more detail,click here.

Saudi Arabia,Iran and Yemen are the only countries that perform death penalty to the youngsters.The boys/girls may be put at the jail first for few years until they reach 18.And by that age they may be executed to death. What dissapointed me here-girls who had been raped also will be executed to death..huh..

Working holidays

We, Malaysian live in typical way. We go to school, aim to be in the best IPTA/IPTS and find the best work that we could. We may don’t know what our real interest is and just take the course that is said to have a ‘hot’ job.

As we grew older, we compare ourselves with other people – what kind of work we do-what car do we have- how many figures for our salary-etc. Maybe we compare all that because that’s the only tools we have to measure achievement. As we don’t know what achievement really mean to us.

As the time goes by, we feel tired. Tired for work.Tired to give a try. Tired to think what really matters to us. And suddenly, we stop, take a deep breath and confuse with path shall we go. Continue at the same direction or follow other direction.

Travelling is always be my passion. A part of it to see the colour of the world..part of it just to get out from the box.

While doing the working holidays, I met many travellers. Impress with all those young travellers girl who travel alone. At the young age they know what they want. Have a short break by travelling before pursue their studies. Use the time to think what they want. Grab the experiences while they are still young. And I’m compare myself at the age 17 with those girls. How much I envy them.

At first, I think our culture is just different with them. Our religion too. But, put aside those reason-there are the reason why we stuck and keep doing the same thing. We need to be exposed to do something that we are not used to do. We need to be brave and not just education-work oriented.

The thing is..time could not stop us. But it can be a limit for us on what we want to do.

It’s never too late to do anything..but it could be late to do everything.

But, as long as we know what we want and we do it.
It will be our achievement.

Really hope in future there are more and more young people doing this.
Rather than just follow the same waves as other people had.

The right word is to say that..
Everyone should know what they want
N not afraid to take risks to try something

My working holidays journal can be view here-http://travelbloggingtents.blogspot.com/
Last but not least,enjoy this song-Hand in my pocket (Alanis Mrissete)

I'm broke but I'm happy
I'm poor but I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby

And what it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a high five

I feel drunk but I'm sober
I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm tired but I'm working, yeah
I care but I'm restless
I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby

What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be quite alright
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is flicking a cigarette

[Harmonica solo]

And what it all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving the peace sign

I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chickenshit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby

And what it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano
And what it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything's just fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi

Happy Eid Mubarak

Okay..the last third entry regarding Broga..
Photoshoot hari raya di Broga

And how fast the time is

Today
Before I'm heading back to my lovely hometown

Wish u all

Selamat Hari Raya
Maaf Zahir Batin

My Sister Keeper

Last month, I bought My Sister Keeper book.
I read the book and I cry.

Yesterday,I bought My Sister Keeper DVD.
I watched the movie and I cry.

Here a short synopsis taken from the back of the book.

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role that she has never questioned… until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister - and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable… a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.



It have different ending between book version and movie version.
Books more dramatic and sad instead.
But I like the movie version either as I can't just help the feeling on wondering why Anna should be died..

My name is Khan..and I am not terrorist

My name is Khan.
N I am not terrorist.

My first Hindi movie at cinema.
It's a beautiful movie (less song,no dance);seems that the production is from Hollywood and not Bollywood.
I love the story.I love the message.
N I do hope that the message will be spread throughout the world.


The movie is about a journey of muslim men named Khan who had autisme to meet President of US;to tell him that his name is Khan and he is not terrorist and to tell that his step child (died killed by the students at schools) also not a terrorist.


While watching the movie,I suddenly remembered something during my previous trip at Viantiane,Laos.At a Pakistan stall where we met another traveller-one from Pakistan and the other is from Morocco.Not sure how but suddenly we came to the heavy topic.

Pakistan men: If I ever meet J***** people,I will kill them.I do not want to shake hand with them and do not want to sit near them.
Morocco men : It is not what our prophet teach us,it's not in Quran either.

The Pakistan men refuse to listen what this Morocco men said and he believe that it is his responsibility with the name of religion.

N there's another part in the movie-where Khan's mother taught him..

There are no Muslim and no Hindu.
There just a good and bad person.
That's what make us different.

N am not telling you that P person is bad person.

It's your heart counting it all.

Penangguhan adalah penafian yang amat dasyat

Mengikut cerita CIS yang aku tengok...or mungkin jugak cerita Bones atau mungkin juga Criminal minds..

Penanguhan adalah penafian yang amat dasyat

Macam jugak kata pepatah Melayu

Bertangguh itu pencuri masa

And oohh yessss, I am among the person who always delays things.


Bak kata kawan saya pula..

CDP 2009 had been forwarded to 2010

N I hope CDP 2010 not forward to 2011

No more delays-postponed-waiting things-

Let's do the BEST this year!!

New Year 2010

Welcome 2010

My first entry for this year
but yet..I had missed a lot of interesting stories last year

What should I say?

I'm heading to Bali

ketemu lagi ya..

Kisah Broga

Date:041009

Venue:Broga,Semenyih

Ni bukan Broga kecik.Ni Broga besar.Penat gak la naik atas.Not expect that it will be tired like this.Padanla orang lain turun basah kuyup.Memang berpeluh-peluh rupenyer.

Mission utama adalah for sesi fotography.Berhari Raya di atas Broga.Nice view.I'm sure regret if I'm not continue the journey.

*Nani- tq sebab tolong jadik "Ibu" kejap pada hari kejadian.

*pic credited to Ermeng,Rejeng,Nikeng,Jeheng

Eid Mubarak

Hari Raya kali nih aku drive sorang-sorang.
Hari Khamis jalan lengang lagi.
Tapi aku kire on the way tuh aderla dalam 6 kete accident.
Aku maintain lorong kanan jer.
Kekadang tuh kekiri la gak biler ader nak memotong.

Ni potret family.Tak cukup forum sebab Keja tak balik lagi.Pic reramai kat kamera lain.





Ni Farietz..Anak buah aku kedua.Umur 6 tahun.Sudah pandai mengumpul duit raya.Maner-maner die gi, die akan bawak peti transformer tuh.Peti money die panggil..







OK Zoom peti money die.







Duit raya dalam peti money 'dimangga' dengan getah sekali.

Memang bakal accountant.

Imarah Ramadhan

Date: 5 & 6 Sept

Venue:Budi Mulia & Annur Maisara

Rehat sebentar dari Amazing Trip..

Program Imarah Ramadhan-another program initiated by the volunteers.
Program berlangsung dengan smoothly.Congrats to the team especially F1 & Aniza.

Program bersahur di Budi Mulia. Vol lelaki kejutkan bebudak laki dan vols pompuan kejutkan bebudak pompuan.Ader yang senang bangun ader yang liat.Harusla tuh...kul 330 kitorang terjah.Sebelum balik,bebudak nih buat special performance for kitorang.If Salam ader tepuk semangat..diorang pun ader tepuk sendiri.

Program berbuka puasa di Annur Maisarah.Ni bebudak lelaki sumer.Lepas berbuka puasa,solat terawih dan bacer yassin dengan bebudak nih.Suara imam nyer sangatlah sedap.Sangat salute dengan adik yang jadi imam nih.

Program Imarah finally the end.

Tapi lawak Touch N Go Activated akan valid selama setahun.Tima kasih Ijan :)

Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin

Ramadhan hampir ke penghujungnya dan Syawal semakin menjelang tiba.
I will miss Ramadhan. This is a special months and I can feel the warm and peace in this months.

To all-Forgive me for all the jokes that I make.For all the xoxo that I did.For all the mistake that I had done.Enjoy your Hari Raya festival with your family and friends.I wish all of us will have a great time for this holiday.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Maaf Zahir dan Batin.

Day 2: Halong Bay trip

Date: 05 July

Venue: Halong Bay tour trip

This is the third services we booked from Hien.Halong Bay day tour trip.Van took us from the hotel. It's raining day and our van is full of tourists from various countries.

1) Thanh Dong Humanity Center
We depart from Hanoi around 08.00. After about 2 hours driving, we stopped at the Humanity Center.It is a place where local people who are the victims of the Vietnam war gathered and worked there.Here, they sewing their products and sell to the tourist. Their handcraft product such as paintings,clothes and handbags.




2) Halong Bay
We arrive here at noon. Halong Bay is one of the World’s Natural Heritage recognized by UNESCO.Hanoi must go places-it features more than one thousand awesome limestone karsts and islands of various sizes and shapes.

According to the legend,the bay was actually created when an immense dragon plunged to Earth here before recorded history. Its mighty tail carved the great stone seabed violently before the creature flew away to the place where legends are born.


The landscape very beautiful. With the boat ala-ala Pirate of The Caribbean, we enjoyed the ride very much.Food also served in the boat.We just ate fruit and take plain rice eat with my serunding as they serve pork as well in our menu.You can also take two days trip to Halong Bay and sleep in this boat.

We visit the spectacular Heaven Palace cave, crammed with stalagtites and stalagmites. The cave is so wow beautiful. The cave imposed with light colours to show clearly the image that had been build by the stalagtites and stalagmites.Starge image can be seen such as birds, flowers, horse and human life.

Legend has it that a beautiful young lady named May (cloud), caught the eye of the Dragon Prince and he fell in love with her. They married and happily live ever after with their 100 children. Scenes such as their wedding ceremony have been seemingly fossilized in the grotto.

3) Tien Son handicraft Village

Mostly similar like Thang Dong Humanity Center but this one more commercial and fully for business purpose.I just bought book tag here.

Van send us back to our hostel.This is indeed funny memories. The van stop in front of our hostel but we didn't notice it.We keep walking till the end of the road trying to find our hostel.Banyak gakla kitorang kutuk van tu sebab tak hantar kitorang betul2 dpn hostel.Well,not long before that,we realised that we actually at in front of the hostel.The van drop us there-it just us who didn't notice it.Hmm...biasalah.Tak sesat memang tak sah.

Natrah

Natrah or Maria Hertogh was born on 24 Mac 1937 at Bandung. During World War 2, her father had been arrested by Japan. Mrs. Hertogh send the baby to Aminah bt Mohamed ; best friend of Nor Louise who is Mrs. Hertough mom. The action taken is to save the baby life; as Japanese did not like English people. Mrs. Hertough then back to Netherland.While for Aminah and Natrah, from Bandung they went to Kemamam, Terengganu. Aminah said it is a need at that time because the war getting worse and it is for the baby safety that she ran from Bandung to Kemamam.

After World War 2 end, Mr. Hertough back to Netherland and reunited with him family. They start searched for Natrah at that time.Both Aminah and Natrah had been traced at the kampong they live in. Aminah had been trapped by the Hertough tricks to bring the child to Singapore.

The High Court stated that the custody of Maria be entitled to the Hertoghs.
As Aminah and Maria exited the court via the backdoor, a car from the Consulate was waiting to take Maria away. Maria refused to enter the car and clung on to Aminah, both shouting in Malay that they would kill themselves rather than be separated.
Aminah then make a plead with her lawyer Prof. Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim. They won.

Aminah afraid that it will be further attempt by Hertough so she decided a marriage between Natrah and Mansor Adabi. Natrah is 13 and Mansor 22 at that time. However, they are not living together. Mansor said they will be living together when Natrah at the age of 21.

Aminah did not discuss about the marriage with her lawyer. This is not a right move as a day after the marriage, a lawyer delivered letter for them to return Natrah.

The hearing began 4 months later. Hertough won. The marriage was invalid because Natrah is 13 years old and Dutch law stated that minimum age is 16. If the marriage is held in Malaya or Natrah was pregnant,probably the wedding can be saved. But as the marriage took place in Singapore which practice the Common Law; it is definitely failed to save the wedding.

When policewomen came to take Natrah away, she wept and clung to Aminah and Mansoor. Aminah fainted on the spot and a doctor standing by had to attend to her. Mansoor promised that he would carry on the legal fight. Thus Natrah allowed herself to be brought away into a car. The car delivered Natrah to the Roman Catholik Convent. Newspapers keep published the picture of Natrah surrounded with symbols of Christian faith. The Muslim feel offended with pictures and jihad as a final resort. This is a start moment of the riot.

The power of media.Coz of not sensitive to the people religion and cultures, the riot happened and many people died.End of the riot, 18 people were killed, among whom were seven Europeans or Eurasians, nine rioters shot by the police or military, 173 were injured, many of them seriously, 119 vehicles were damaged, and at least two buildings were set on fire.5 people were suspected to be the mastermind of the riots and sentenced to death.Tunku Abdul rahman saved them.The death sentenced change to life imprisonment.

Natrah was bring back to Netherland.Policewoman escorted her everyday even when she want to go school.

Natrah husband still keep trying to get back Natrah. He wrote a letter to her until one day he received the letter from Natrah saying that she changed her religion. Mansor upset and married another woman.

Natrah then married with her best friend. Together they got 10 children.Dutch documentary “The time just stool still’ had make discovery about Natrah life. Include in this documentary was Natrah ex husband ;Mansoor who are lawyer and teacher living happily with his wife. Natrah so pissed off with the news. She made a plan to kill her husband. Her children heard about this and inform the police. Natrah was arrested later.

Natrah then married with another man who she met at the restaurant. Natrah life is not easy since she was taking to the Netherland. She was forced to forget her religion, her mother and her husband. She was under control by a police for a few years. Riot at Singapore who killed many people also make Natrah trauma. She married but live with a hard life.

She died at the age of 72 of leukemia.

Amazing Trip

Date: 4 July-19 July 09

Venue: Hanoi-Viantiane-Luang Prabang-Chiang Mai-Bangkok-Krabi

Just coming back from 2 weeks trip to Hanoi-Viantiane-Luang Prabang-Chiang Mai-Bangkok-Krabi.N the feeling is superb.Plan to do another trip-perhaps one month trip for next year.Maybe alone or two-three friends just like what I recently did for this trip.

Backpacking travelling open my eyes to the outside world. Expect the unexpected when you are on travelling. Laos really relax and warm country, Vietnam the citizen really kind,Bangkok really modern city and Chiang Mai just amazing.

Backpack; it is still kejadian 'paranormal' in Malaysia but for outside,it's norm. We met many interesting peoples;and most of them on trip for 2-3 months. I guess our trip was the shortest one.

I arrived to Malaysia early this morning and took a cab.
Here the conversation us with pakcik teksi.


Mat Salleh datang sini mesti ader misi kan?
Misi aper?Diorang datang for holiday la.
Diorang ader duit tapi tinggal kat hotel murah..mesti ader misi.Nak buat kajian ke.
Pakcik,biasalah backpackers tinggal guesthouse..hotel2 murah.

Adeh..hello pakcik..backpack memangla tinggal guesthouse..hotel murah2..N for backpack tak semestinya kaya baru boleh buat.Fly with airasia..buy the ticket during promo.You can save a lot. Arrange your own budget and itenary..it's all on your hand whether to make it expensive or inexpensive trip.Tu baru sorang..belum yang lain lagi.

N when they heard that you are travelling alone or just two-three friends,there are two kinds of nodes:

Nada 1: Kesiannya travel tak ramai..tak meriah nyer..pompuan jer sumer...bahaya-bahaya

Nada 2: Wow..best

Which one is yours?

N from this trip, I knew that Malaysia is not a favourite destination for the tourist. They prefer go to Cambodia-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam-Singapore-Bali.And not Malaysia.

Feel like duta kecil lak as we are trying to impress them about Malaysia. But to be truth, our tourism is not offering something strong to attract them coming here.What we have is same like what our neighbour have.We just win in term of multi cultural races but for the content for it-we still behind.

Those who plan to do the backpack but keep worried about the security-disease-food-money..well,keep the worries aside and believe that you can do it. Enjoy the life and excitement of being travellers.The feeling is great.

Trip 1: A day trip to Hanoi

Date: 4 July 2009

Venue: LCCT

Time:630am
Taxi Cost: RM20

Bus Cost: RM9

Flight at 630 am. Took a cab to KL Sentral at 330am and arrived there at 400am.

Took bus LCCT and straightly went there.Elly already at the airport.We met there and check-in. Time nih kes H1N1 baru nak bermula. Pakai mask yang dibekalkan buk Elly dalam flight.

Venue: Hanoi
Time:630am

A journey began.

From KL, we booked few services from the travel agency. You can contact Hien for more information if you wish to use her services.

One of the services-airport pickup.The cab bring us to our hostel-Youth International Hostel.Our room consist of three beds, have TV,aircond and kettle. The best part-internet services free! Harusla masing-masing use the free services till end of minute there.The hotel also offered few packages which quite cheaper as well.

After having our breakfast, manggi and roti with serunding,we continued our exploration.
With the map, we just walked from one road to another-exploring the town.We met Malaysian people who work in Hanoi in front of Halal food.The word 'halal' is in the map, so it much easier to find the location although you are new there.

Based on our findings,most buildings here got the inspiration from French colonial.The building build closely to each other,tall and thin and have balcony.The road so hectic where u can heard motorcycle hon their bike for the whole day. We also need to extra careful and hold each other hand everythime we want to cross the road. The way they lepak-lepak slightly different with us. With a small chair, they sat in front of the shop and having their meals.The fruit also cheaper and fresh.

A local person really nice person. They seems interested from where we are from (maybe this 3cute charlie angels wears tudung). With the pointing hand towards us, we play try and error guessing from where we are. Ader sekali tuh, teka aku dari India.Huh..I'm not Desh siblings ok..

So here interesting places in Hanoi.

Ngoc SonTemple

Location:Beautiful spot lake at the center of Hanoi.20 minutes walk distance from the hostel.

Cost:3000 dong

Open:0800-1700

The Ngoc Son temple build with the famous red bridge on a small island in the Hoan Kiem lake.It's a special lake as the legend of Hanoi began here.King Ly Thai To return the magic sword to a holy turtle on this lake that brought him victory against the Chinese Ming Dynasty.The lake rename as "Hoan Kiem" (Lake of Returned Sword).

It is a legend with nobody knows it true or not. However, until 1967, the giant turtle had been caught in this lake which remind people with the legend. Unfortunately the specimen died and is now on display at Ngoc Son Temple which is build on this lake.The legend also had been presented at water puppet show.

Water puppet theather

Location:In front of Ngoc Son temple.

Cost:40,000 VND + 60,000 VND

It's raining outside, we were tired and inside a dark theather watched the show.Yes I am sleep for few minutes.The show about 45 minutes and have many scenes which is not related to each other-Hanoi culture-fishing-harvest festival-lion dance-dragon dance-legend of the Restored Sword-etc..The shows speaks kinda like the chinese opera.Gune suara dalam yang nyaring dengan tanda nada yang panjang but of course in Viatnamese languange.To those luv the cultural experience, this is recommend for you.

Tickets are sold in 2 classes-First class VND 60,000 and second class VND 40,000.Pay VND 15000 for camera and VND 60,000 for capturing a video.

We asked the travel services to buy ticket for us.The ticket always sold out and basically people need to book advance to watch the show. But you know what,it actually can buy online;much more cheaper if buy online.

Nisa Restaurant-Halal restaurant

Location: 5 minutes walking from Hanoi Water Puppet theatre.
The only halal restaurant we find here.It's a pleasure when you met Malaysian people.Have a prayer room for you to pray. Not hard to find this restaurant as the word 'halal' is in the map.

Souvenirs shop

There's a lot along the road. Fridge magnet, tshirt,keychain,etc. Please bargain before you agreed with the prices.

Family trip-Port Dickson

Date: 27 & 28 June
Venue: Regency Hotel,PD.

Family trip-Mom,Dad,Brother and both sis family.
The family trip purposely planned by Kema for mom birthday.

Day 1
-Stayed at Regency Hotel.Located near Selesa Hotel.
-The hotel also 10 minutes away from the night market which sold various delicious food. Seriously,sume makanan sedap.Biasanya pasar malam kan ader jer food yg best dan tk best.Ni sumer best.
-Rileks,swimming
-PD become more cleaner from the last day I went there a few years ago.

Day 2
-Swimming at 8am.My niece and nephew already prepared to go for swimming at 7am.
-11am-we went to Malacca.
-Jalan-jalan around Bandar Hilir,Malacca. Too many people at AFamosa.Maybe because it's weekend.
-Visit Jail Musium near Afamosa.hmm..I wonder why they show Pudu Jail info at here.

Movie marathon

Date: 20 Jun 09
Venue: Mid Valley

Movie marathon. Watched with Karem,Ina,Sarah and Zam.Citer ringan dan gelak-gelak.

First movie-Hannah Montana

The Climb and Hoedown Throwdown songs-luv both.

Mari-mari hafal steps dance
Ganti chicken dance for future programs.





Second movie- 17th again

Not so much exciting like Hanna Montana.
Typical movies-u know the start-middle-ending.
But still sit and watched
Yes.... because of ZacEfron
Sungguh kacak kay...



Two different kinds of movies
But with same ingredients
Journey of the life
About life when you feel lost
About another second chance of life
About life's challenges
And you feel stuck and tired about it

Like the song-The Climb
Just gotta keep going
It's the climb

Patung Kertas

Teater- Patung Kertas
Venue:Matic
Time: 830 pm-11pm

Sayang-sayang sumer

Patung Kertas nih…

Pasal nyah nyah or lady boy
Pasal kehidupan mereka
Pasal zaman silam mereka
Pasal keadaan diri mereka
Pasal bagaimana masyarakat memandang serong mereka
Pasal perasaan mereka

Untuk membuktikan bahawa mereka seperti orang lain
Untuk menunjukkan mereka juga ader perasaan
Untuk memberitahu janganlah memandang rendah mereka

Kerana mereka juga manusia..boleh menangis dan ketawa
Kerana mereka juga mampu hulurkan bantuan..walaupun tidak ditanya
Kerana mereka juga tahu hukum hakamnya…cuma berilah masa


Pelakon Ashraf Muslim, Jalaludin Hassan,Sutun dan byk lagi
Aku expect pelakon-pelakon ni akan kuar dan we all boleh bergambar bersama
Tapi tak lah pulak
So demi tidak menghampakan diri sendirik
Kejar glamour gakla.. tangkap gambar..Although tanpa pelakon