Holiday At Colmar Tropicale Resort

For this holiday, together with Ayu’s mother and sister, we took Raidi and Zidani to the Bukit Tinggi Colmar Tropicale Resort. Although it was just for a one night stay but it was filled with plenty of activities. The kids certainly enjoyed the trip and they really love the shuttle bus ride when we visited all the tourist spots. It was an adventurous holiday for them and obviously it was a handful getaway for the parents. A little advice to those who wishes to go for an overnight stay or two. Book your hotel room via the internet. It’s much cheaper. Double check your bookings with the reception. This will save you the waiting time (about 45 minutes) for them to validate the booking when you first check-in into the hotel. Please, there’s no need to bring along your winter clothing. Seriously, I saw some people wearing thick clothing as if it was snowing! Nak amek gambar kut…to add more realism into the holiday pictures!

House Warming In Putrajaya

Me and my cousin Syukor. We watched MU played against Shefield when we were studying in the UK.

On Saturday, we went to Putrajaya to attend Mak Midah's house warming party. Mak Midah is my mom's elder sister. They shifted to their new house in Precinct 14 Putrajaya recently and when we arrived at their place, the kids got really excited! This is because the playground is just steps away from the house's doorway. Literally!! Everyone was there that day and even my uncles and aunties from Muar came to this function. Zidani like always enjoyed the food very much and he actually helped himself with the buffet while Raidi was busy making new friends. The hosts actually wore baju melayu so it really felt like a hari raya open house.

Jua's place...Raidi is disturbing the baby!

While we were enjoying the food, we noticed somebody familiar. It was Jua's husband! We figured that they live in Putrajaya so it must be him. But we never thought that their house would be in the same neighborhood! So it was like celebrating two occasions in a day. Coincidently Jua just came back from the Hospital after delivering her second child. So we visited Jua and her newborn baby at their place located couple of houses away from Mak Midah's house. I think the last time I saw Jua and her husband was 2-3 years ago. It's good to catch up with old friends. If one day I have to the go the UAE, I now know with whom I can lepak with. Riza works as a Gas Engineer in the UAE and I'm sure he would not mind entertaining guest from Malaysia.

Zidani being entertained by Uncle Harris

WPR 5921

Akhirnya….Setelah hampir 4 bulan setengah ku menanti, akhirnya, kau datang jua pada ku!!! Suatu penantian yang amat menyiksakan!! At first I wanted the silver colour, then for awhile, I thought bronze is good. At one time blue looks nice also. My favorite colour includes black. Very hard to decide I tell you. All the colours look good under different weather and lighting conditions. So I told the fellow, just give me any colour as long as it is not red. Last Monday, after 4 months of waiting, I got to know the colour. It’s black.

The key to my 'Civic' consciousness... Vvrooomm

Today after work, I drove straight to the Honda 3S center in Sg Penchala and took delivery of the new Civic 1.8L. I called up Dil earlier, wanted his help to fetch me at home and drive to the showroom. But he was busy. So I had to drive there alone and leave the Inspire at the center only to be driven back home later during the night. Btw, I didn’t have the heart to trade in the Inspire for the new Civic. Couple of reasons:

1. The trade in value is nearly half the market value (sakit hati aku)
2. I’ve spent thousands on the car already…rasa rugi kalau jual.
3. The Inspire has most of the features that I want in a car. From sunroof to electric seat to traction control..and the list goes on. Even the new civic cannot match many of the Inspire features. I feel there’s more value/functions in the Inspire compared to the Civic.

Most probably I will keep the Inspire for as long as the car is in working condition. But when the time comes, when I can find a serious buyer, I will let the car go. To trade in the Inspire at half the market price would be ridiculous. I’ll try to sell it myself instead.

It was love at first sight. When I first laid my eyes on the Civic back in July, I’ve fallen in love with the car. Sat at the driver’s seat for a couple of minutes, I knew straight away this is the car that I want. So today, I’ve fulfilled one of my wishes and I’m really grateful for this ‘rezeki’. Raidi is particularly happy with the car. The fact that it is a Honda makes him even happier. Not surprising tough as he grew up in a family that drives Honda cars. What we need now is the CRV or the MPV and this should somehow complete the Honda fleet in the family. Hhmm…I wonder..

I don’t know, my next target would be the Accord. In 3 to 5 years time, Honda might come out with many new models and I’m sure the Accord would be far more advance packed with innovative features. But for now, I just want to be ‘civic’ minded and experience the pleasures in my daily drives.

Love At The First Sight...

It’s been a busy week for me. We just finished conducting a seminar for TM at a hotel in PJ. I was satisfied with the outcome from this event. So satisfied I even agreed to play badminton after some persuasion from Ibdil. Ayat power mamat ni…. I didn’t believe that I actually survived this week’s badminton game despite having so little sleep the night before! I guess when we’re passionate about something; we tend to push ourselves a little bit more. It was mind over body.

I conducted my first presentation as a Telsoft employee last Tuesday and if my memory serves me well, the last time I did this was more than a year ago while I was in TM. And I think I’ve forgotten how much fun one can have being a presenter especially when you’re speaking about subject that you are passionate about. I’m sure there will be more opportunities for me to do this again in the future. The bigger the ‘stage’, the higher the ‘stake’, I just love the adrenalin rush and you feel satisfied knowing that you’ve ‘performed’ well. Proper preparation and good presentation skills helps. But if you're 'armed' with deep industry knowledge, that separates the men from the boys if you know what I mean. It’s substance over form.

We’re currently working on some projects with TM and what I can say is, it is expected to have a major impact on the co’s bottom line. Just watch out for TM’s offering next year. It’s going to rock your world! Hehehe..I really hope so!! Buy up TM’s share before it’s too late!

p/s: the title of this entry does not fit does it? hehehee..it's actually the title for my next entry!!! tungguuuuuuuuu

Syifa Al-Hidayah...

Tonight I didn’t get to play my weekly badminton game. Instead, I took Zidani to Sg Pusu, Gombak for his follow-up check up. This is his second ‘treatment’ and I made a point to follow Abah for this visit. Ayu is working late tonight so she didn’t come with us. She went to the ‘clinic’ for Zidani’s first appointment to do his scanning. Well, his ‘scan’ result shows that in total, there are 51 Jins disturbing him. So the ‘doctor’ prescribed Zidani with a number of Quranic verses to be read out by the parents after prayers. I just have to believe and strengthen my faith to Allah and hope for any positive results from this treatment. It is important for us to put good effort and initiatives to help Zidani with his delayed development.

I can see positive improvements in Zidani today. His temperament is still there but it’s not that frequent. Hyperactivity is common in this family and with Zidani’s condition, he’s really on the high side. I know Zidani is one strong kid and he is very smart too. Refer to this website http://www.syifa-alhidayah.com/index_live.asp to know more about this alternative medicine.