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forgive my bad handwriting.

it gets worse with my rising temper.

the real perth summer 08-09

link .

partially completed.

full completion will be in a few _____.

paka beach 4

paka beach 3

paka beach 2

paka beach

monsoon

i wasn't among the crowd, big or not, at this year's monsoon cup.

i am rather predictable, unlike the monsoon, though a few people might not agree to that.

i'm as inconsistent as the monsoon nowadays.

i feel so damp, moist & humid like the monsoon weather.

i pity the fragility of humanity during the wrath of monsoon.

monsoon is not for the faint-hearted.

will i miss x???

x is so addicted like an illegal drug! And that is considering that I've managed to stay away from the xx such as xxxx, etc even though my friends and relatives and families told me that they were soooo good... and addictive of course. I'm planning to focus on improving my writings and writing skills which I've abandoned for quite a while, and also to put my mind on my passion for music and musical instruments, and not to forget to improve my faith and religion life and ultimately please my Creator, Allah The Almighty. Though, I might come back if I think I could better manage (restrict?) my time using x. Thanks for being so successful in bringing many people closer together.

adios

1 year older, 1 step closer

to the grave.

"when u've got to feel it in your bones"

did anlene bonehealth check yesterday at mydin mall in ktct. for osteoporosis risk & likelihood. the 1st result schocked the hell out of me & my wife. so, i requested for another check just to re-verify. still got the same result. looks like i've gotta drink a glass of milk (anlene?) every morning & night. my doctor friend advised me to get a 2nd opinion at/with dexa scan though.

go to sleep again

go to sleep to wee-hour football/soccer fans

"kepada semua peminat bolasepak, yang suka berjaga malam, sampai pagi-pagi buta, tajuk lagu ni 'go to sleep'"

unexpected champion. so-so performance. maybe impiana cherating judges were just too impressed with my amateurish guitar playing skills.

lazy to write

that's the only reason. so many excuses. but that's the ultimate reason. i'll be screaming & strumming & plucking again this time. during the company dinner. the last time, the aim was to sort of introduce myself to the company crowd. and to please them. and of course to win. this time, i'm being selfish. though winning would be nice, i don't care about it anymore. i just want to do what i like. not what the audience like. got baby less practice. i'm lazy to write coz i'm just plain lazy.

perth summer 08-09

>3GB worth of photos

p/s the link above will be ready in a while...

p/s/s i've no idea when it will be ready.....

pockmarks / flower incident / anniversary

yesterday, i went to see a doctor to verify my chickenpox recovery status. sadly, the doctor said i'm still contagious to the people around me. though the blisters/pockmarks have all dried up, i still have to wait until all the dried-up blisters/pockmarks (scabs) peel themselves off from the skin. then only i can declare myself as a no threat to the public. not a public enemy no 1 anymore. this sunday, i'll go to the clinic again to get mc if i'm eligible for one, i.e. if i'm still a so-called plague. then, on tuesday evening, i'll visit the clinic again to confirm if i can go back to work on wednesday. fyi, yesterday, i've been on medical leave for 10 consecutive days (8 working days)!!!

yesterday was a special day for my wife & i. it was our 10th anniversary of our marriage. i tried to arrange for a few surprises for her. 2 worked flawlessly but 1 became a half surprise. in the morning (or is it afternoon?), i sent her a mms wishing her happy 10th marriage anniversary. before that, right after midnight of the historic day, i bought a facebook gift and sent the gift to her. a pair of virtual diamond earrings. (no money to buy the real ones). however, she only realized that once she's back from work (school) in the afternoon at around 4 pm. even way before that, on monday, i've bought a bouquet of roses from an online malaysian flower retailer (florist) and arranged for the roses to be delivered yesterday at 6 pm. since my house is located at a rather "remote" location, away from the "main civilizations", the charges for delivery/transport had to be equivalent to the cost of the flowers!!! the florist told me that their delivery guy was in chukai and that guy had to come or drive personally to my house in paka to deliver the roses to my wife. i was still ok with that. days passed by until yesterday. about 10-15 mins before 5 pm, the "delivery guy" called my wife informing her that she'd got delivery from a flower shop! and the "delivery guy" couldn't locate my house even based on the map that i drew using ms visio! what the heck! the surprise was spoiled and went down the drain since my wife sensed that i must have had arranged for some flowers to be delivered to her. she decided to go meet the "delivery guy" to pick up the flowers herself. while she's away, i sms'd the online florist informing that the delivery guy should have called me for direction, so as to preserve the element of surprise. got the reply from the florist that the "delivery guy" was actually a taxi driver!!! what??? so unprofessional!!! after paying so much for the delivery charges, this was what i got!!! after my wife came back with the bouquet of roses, i found out another surprise! the wish card that came with the flowers denoted that it was from kt! and not chukai! what the heck again? my wife told me that it was an old taxi driver who delivered the roses. on the street! then, the kt florist called my wife to confirm receipt. my wife took the opportunity to complain about the situation but the florist simply put all the blames on the taxi driver! later, the online florist called my wife and apologized. she also promised to send her a surprise gift in a week. finally, the online florist called me and apologized. i asked her why from kt & not chukai? she told me that it's actually from kt. well, i didn't really mind from where as long as my wife got the flowers intact. then, the online florist admitted that it was so unprofessional for them to engage a taxi driver to deliver those roses. and the fact that my wife had to go out to pick up the flowers herself! the florist repeated her promise to send a surprise gift for my wife in a week. let's just wait & see. if the surprise gift pleases my wife & i, i will keep quiet forever. if not, i'll announce to the world so that everybody else will not buy from the online florist due to unsatisfactory and unprofessional services. at the end of the day, despite the incident, my wife was so happy to get those roses. so, the hubby was happy as well lah!

at night, my wife & i, plus our 2 daughters, went out for dinner at kdrp. we didn't know where else to go. even though i was still "a plague to the society", i wouldn't want to miss that special occassion! it was just a normal dinner with the added fact that it's on the day (or night) of our 10th marriage anniversary...

well, maybe we can consider the trip to perth this feb to be the grand anniversary present & celebration as well as honeymoon for both of us & our kids, since we didn't really go for any special honeymoon when we 1st got married...

may our marriage last forever in this world and continue in the hereafter.

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(p/s when will my lotr extended edition dvd boxset arrive? it's been 10 days since it was dispatched from the uk. :( )

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moon & pox

so, the HEREAFTER has unveiled its FANGS afterall...  as people are slowly moving towards being more ISLAMIC and embracing the ISLAMIC way of life, help from the ALMIGHTY will be inevitable.  hopefully, i will still live to see the day when ISLAM thrives again...and i'll be part of the best thing.

yesterday, the doctor gave me additional days of MC, until thursday.  my body is still choke-full of chickenpox spots/blisters/pimples/pockmarks.  since i'll also be on al on sunday, i'll only be back in the office on wednesday next week.  but it's not really good news for me because for the past few and upcoming days, i've been and will be living off breads and quaker oats and the likes.  tried meat/beef on 2 occassions but retreated immediately after our babysitter told my wife that beef would only enhance the generation of pus in those blisters!

so, what do i do at home to fill my spare time?  (plenty of it)!  be a pc/internet servant.  watching tv/movies.  listening to songs.  read books.  everything within the reach of my hands except going out... :(

ktct by-election

today is the day. casting other factors aside, i hope the voters, my fellow city folks, southern city folks, (i'm from the northern part), would vote wisely.

vote for the HEREAFTER.

vote NOT for the world.

peace.

chicken

i really, really, really can't believe it!!! i'd been diagnosed with having chickenpox since tuesday for the 2nd time after more than 20 years! i 1st got it when i was in primary school. when i was about 11-12 years old! then, for more than 20 years, i had been assured that i wouldn't get it anymore. but, look at me now! human promises are not always true. only PROMISES of ALLAH and MUHAMMAD, ALLAH's LAST MESSENGER have come true, are true & will come true. stay tuned!

it all began last saturday in the afternoon when i started feeling cold and having headache and had to wear my jacket. went to a clinic and got some paracetamols. took 1 of those at midnight. on sunday, i felt great at work! around 4 o'clock, started to feel dizzy again & for the rest of the night at home with a slight fever. on monday, the fever & headache really squeezed my head & weakened my body that i had to take a break by resting in the 1st aid room before lunch. just took 2 slices of bread for breakfast & 3 more for lunch. after work, rushed to bandar baru kerteh & mesra mall & back & forth to ensure i've got all the cheese cakes, satays and necessary stuff for my daughter's birthday celebration on that night. i had to put on my sweater. at mesra mall surau, while performing the ablution for maghrib prayers, my whole body started to shiver uncontrollably and the shivering continued even while i was performing the prayers! back at home, the celebration went smoothly with minor flaws but (i think) everybody was happy & satisfied. after the event, i helped my wife to set things in order and after my (1st) part was done, since i was so exhausted, i went straight to sleep, complete in my work attire plus the sweater.

the next day, tuesday, i woke up late at around 7.15 am and missed my subuh prayers. (sadly, isya' the night before was also a gone opportunity). my wife & daughters were off to their intended destinations. i took my bath and once done, i noticed i had many spots on my body, at the front and back. thinking that it's another allergic problem, i called my boss informing her that i'd be going to the clinic 1st. i remembered that i'd been having the "same" allergic problem twice before (other than the persisting allergy to seafood problem that i'm having now). or so i thought...

the doctor inspected me & informed me that it's actually CHICKENPOX!!! i told her that i've had it ONCE. she said TWICE is possible. HUH! (not sure about THRICE OR MORE though). she gave me 6-day medical leave after i told her i was going for the company trip from friday-sunday, which effectively means i couldn't go! (my wife told me 6 days might not be enough. well, i can always go back to the clinic to get more. i'm sure my work colleagues are not in the mood to "can't wait to see me" anytime soon based on my current condition). back at home, i consulted a doctor friend on facebook. she told me that one could possibly get CHICKENPOX for the 2nd time if possibly the full immunity was not obtained during the first chickenpox infection, or possibly one's antibody is weak when the chickenpox viruses (they have their names which i don't bother to remember or write) attack for the 2nd time, or possibly the viruses are of the wild types, which would not spare (for the 2nd time) even those who have taken vaccination! yet, all are based on possibilities. no assurances. only ALLAH can give ABSOLUTE assurances: "Be!" - and it is!

well, here i am at home since tuesday. quarantined inside. no going outside. ingesting my medication. applying some of it all over my body. watching movies & tv. sitting in front of my pc. surfing the net. reading books (and pc). eating, with limitations. etc.

















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latest photos of izzah

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everytime i mention the name of my 2nd daughter, WAN NUR IZZAH, many will associate it with that other NURUL IZZAH, the daughter of ANWAR IBRAHIM. i'd like to stress once and for all that my daughter's name had NOTHING TO DO with NURUL IZZAH, ANWAR IBRAHIM, or PKR! IZZAH simply means KEGAGAHAN, KEUTAMAAN. in english, it's HONOR, POWER, GLORY, MIGHT. it's also worth to note that the name was chosen by my wife & i agreed to it.

despite this disclaimer, that doesn't make my wife & i less an opposition...

Athirah's 9th Birthday 20090112

AT LAST!!! after 3 years (or even more than that), we have managed to do a rather proper celebration for our daughter's birthday. previously, it was either not held at all, or only held amongst her small family of 3. this year, somehow, after the new baby arrived last year, we had managed to squeeze our tight schedule to do it. we'd invited all of our neighbors, our babysitter & family, and Athirah's closest friend & family. thanks to all who came. a special thanks to my wife for all the hard work and making it happen. and thanks to my wife again for the cleaning up work while i was fast asleep. i was not feeling well since saturday afternoon. (more about that in the next post about chicken). for some reasons, i really would like to make the simple celebration a reality for my daughter. maybe because of the lack of 1 after so many years. and maybe because of the arrival of Izzah. photos can be viewed HERE!

1TB...when the world is not enough

while in kl last week for an iso9001:2008 transition training, i made use of the plenty of the spare time before & after training going to low yat plaza. i had been eyeing a 1TB storage: Maxtor Basics External Desktop Hard Drive 1TB. buy it i did. for rm350. (plus other accessories for my pda phone). now, i'm using it strictly for backup purposes. the whole of my pc's data & info have been backed up into it. those from my wife's notebook have been as well. every few days, i'll do incremental backups to make sure the data & info are updated. so far, i'm happy & satisfied to have that thing. at least, if something happens to all those precious photos, hopefully I can just restore them from the backup. if both got corrupted, what can I do? well, even if you print all those photos, they can still get damaged as time goes by...

nothing lasts forever in this temporary world.

my daughter, a school librarian for 2009 term.

congrats, daughter! keep up the good work!

long time no update

been a while. if a month can be considered a while. i've acquired 2 of the 3 droolings. 1 almost 2 years ago. 3 recently. 2 on the way. i've added my new baby on board to perth as well. and bought travel insurance for the whole family for the trip. the only thing not done yet is accommodation reservation.

my wife's bro got engaged recently to a gal from the northern part of the state. end of last year, which was only last month. PHOTOS HERE. 2 days before that, he treated many of his siblings and his mother (my mom-in-law). that includes me & my family as well. it's his first salary after graduating. working as a teacher. got posted to kapit, sarawak.

a day before my wife's bro's engagement, my family & i went to kb to savor kb mall. when sending my bro to kb a few weeks b4, we only managed to walk around the mall for a brief moment and we were amazed at the grand and majestic view of the complex at that 1st time. so, the plan that 2nd time was to really savor kb mall. however, from 6.30pm until 10.30pm, we had finished touring all the shops and found nothing interesting anymore. we decided to just spend 1 night in kb. in the "old" nora baru. there's a story behind nora baru as well but let me just let it be part of my memory. my tacit knowledge. and my wife's as well.

my bro got a new permanent/government job (if he can strive for making it permanent). no more staying up late with friends outside his/my pa & ma's house until 3-4 in the early morning. no more illegally modifying friends' and strangers' biking machines. good for him. so, like my wife's bro, my bro also treated most of his siblings & his mother (my mom, of course). his 1st "proper job" salary. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS.

thanks little bro!

also got SOME PHOTOS of another free treats from my sister & her family. for me & my family & my mother & my niece. the day after that.

retro ic's

of me, my pa & my ma. from 1986, 1980 & 1970 respectively...