Father's Day Treat..

My father, brother and son posing...

For Father's Day this year, I decided to give my dad the experience of piloting a plane. Dulu dia suka main remote control. Yang ini boleh cuba rasa terbang sendiri. So I requested @jfkjohan to take him on a tour over KL city. Told my brother Husni and my son Raidi to go along with dad.

They were the first flight out and glad that the weather was good for flying. Johan said that my dad was 'over the moon' during the whole session. Told him that my dad is always 'over the moon'. Haha!

Somewhere over TTDI I think...

pictures courtesy of @jfkjohan blackberry

Raidi's 11th Birthday Party

We celebrated Raidi's birtday at the bowling alley. He invited all his classmates and I think almost everyone came. Raidi specificaly asked for an 'Iron Man' character birthday cake. Watch the video below to find out why.

I can't remember how many bowling games I paid for that day. Semua ikut suka hati tambah game. Macam bowling buffet. Takpa. Birthday party. Exception.

"Stab it!...Stab it!.."

Anuar Zain -Sedetik Lebih (Cover version)

Class lagu ni. Redbox ada. Hehe.

Bandung trip.

View from the restaurant....
View from the hotel lounge..


view from the hotel room..

Just got back from Bandung for client's workshop. Stayed at the same hotel I went last month. I love it there! Far away from the city 'distraction'.

This time i brought my DSLR. Started to take pictures as soon as I arrived. More pictures here...

Cuti-cuti Malaysia...

Last CNY we stayed at the Legend Int'l Water Chalet, Port Dickson. I dont know why, but if I go to a hotel, I just want to stay in the room. Room service must be good. If the room comes with attached swimming pool, that's even better! Next time I'll bring along the bicycle. I want to cycle in the swimming pool. Hahaha.

Ini ada gaya "PASKAL". Takkan berundur selagi perut tak kendur...

Now I can Fly..

Almost a year I was 'grounded'. Today's flight to Bandung was pretty dramatic for my part. Nervous, anxious and afraid that anything bad could happen to me. I was admitted to the hospital last year due to pneumothorax (lung puncture). The doctor advised me not to fly until I'm fully recovered. Alhamdulillah, so far so good.

Now I'm blogging from Bandung and i'll be here for the next 6 hrs at least. Will be on a road trip to Jakarta for a meeting tomorrow morning. Love the hotel that I'm staying. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

The Sundays - Summertime

Nice. Song from the 90's. What a happy song this is.

Star Wars Weekend

Bila bapaknya ada DSLR baru. Semua jadi 'mangsa'. This is what we do during weekends. Bring out our Star Wars collection and play-act.

Sara Bareilles - Gravity

Another beutiful song....

Katharine McPhee - Terrified ft. Zachary Levi

Zach Levi aka Chuck, the guy who has "intersect" in his head can sing!! Love this song!

C172 landing approach - Runway 15 Subang (HD)

Took this video with the new Nikon 3100 DSLR. An entry level DSLR that comes with 1080p Full HD video format. I should have practised more before the flight. Try watching this video in HD. Not a problem if you have Unifi.

Subang-KLCC-Batu Caves-Subang

Twitter made this possible. When I followed @jfkjohan on twitter months ago, I didn't realised that he's actually a neighbor. He lives two doors away from our house and after all these years, I actually met him for the first time last Sunday! Bagus punya jiran. Who said twitter is bad :p

I love flight simulators ever since I was a kid. When I read Johan tweets on taking friends on a tour over KL city and learn how to fly, I booked a slot straight away. Always wanted to do this, especially in KL. Water landing in Australia last year was great. But flying from Subang to KLCC and back to Subang over TTDI was very special. The whole experience made me think twice about doing my MBA. Perhaps I should pursue the PPL license instead. Hehe.

Johan and me..Raidi supposed to come along but he was at the scouts camp

At 0845hrs, we took off from Subang on a Cessna172 airplane. Weather was fine but you know la, jerebu in KL. Take off was smooth after hitting 75 knots. We climbed up to 1500 feet as we turned left towards Menara TM. Once the plane levelled, Johan handed over the control to me. First time in my life I took control of a real aircraft! Feeling was quite close to driving a car only that you don't have traffic to worry about. Tak payah pakai hon. Maintain the right altitude and speed. Roll left, right, pitch down or upwards. Best!!

View of Kampung Baru..

Dividing my attention between photography and flying was a challenge. I wanted to fly the plane, but I also have this new DSLR on my lap. Haiya! So when we reached KL city, Johan flew a circle around KLCC and I took pictures. Very nice view of KL city from high above.

No Garmin or Papago...

From KL city, we flew over the new Palace, Batu Caves, TTDI, Kota Damansara waypoints before heading back to Subang for landing. Downwind leg was interesting. Just before the 45 degree left turn to Subang runway 15, both of us looked right to check for any incoming air traffic. Hahaha. Macam dekat junction jalan. Takut Firefly nak landing maaa.

Johan landed the plane smoothly. Memang terror pilot ni. Since he's also a DJ at hitz.fm, inflight entertainment comes exclusively. Haha! Thanks bro for the opportunity. Will definitely do this again one day!

More pictures here.

This is from one of Johan's tweet. Ning Baizura as co-pilot.

Not yet a captain...

View of Aminuddin Baki TTDI from above

Nak drive ke nak take pictures...susah!
I took this picture while Johan flew a circle around KLCC


Landing approach on runway 15 Subang airport.

13 January 1976 (Valid in UK & Malaysia)

Syukur Alhamdulillah. I'm 35 this year. Thank you all for the birthday wishes. Especially to my son Raidi. Ayu told her to buy a birthday card. Instead he bought me a Thank You card. Haha!

Anyway, I have a twitter friend @stephendoss who's currently in Ireland continuing his studies. His birthday is on the 14th of January. Him being in Ireland made me think about my own birth date. I was born in the UK on the 13th of January 1976. Let say Mak gave birth to me at 8pm UK time. That's 4am 14th January Malaysian time! Salah date ke selama ni celebrate birthday???

Mak told me later that she gave birth around 0300hrs UK time 13th Jan. Lega! Selamat! Mental and spiritual breakdown averted.

The Scientist by Coldplay

Beutiful song this. One of my favourite.

Youtube below is the cover version by Natasha Badingfield.

Happy 9th Birthday Zidani!!

Zidani is now 9years old. We decided to celebrate his birthday last Saturday because Noni and Robbie was back in KL for a holiday. He was really happy getting all the presents and attention. I think it was the first time ever I saw him blew the candles as all his past birthdays were done at school.

It was tiring. Due to some miscommunication, the caterer came very late in the afternoon. We had to improvised the event. Cake cutting ceremony first before the caterer arrived to serve Nasi Arab ayam mandey! Anyways, I knew the lamb and chicken mandey was worth the wait. Our humble apologies if we kept your stomach growling. Hehehe.

Today Zidani had his actual birthday and farewell party at school. Yes it was his last day at Krista. We enrolled him to a different school after nearly 4 years he was schooling in Krista PJ. The new school is in TTDI. So it's very convenient for all of us. Spoke to his teachers at Krista today and they were sad to see him leave. Everyone there was very fond of Zidani.

I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Krista PJ centre for taking care of Zidani since he was 6 years old. It requires alot of dedication and patience to take care of special children and for that I salute you.

Zidani, we all love you very much. Semoga Allah panjangkan umur dan murahkan rezeki.

Teman Terulung by Anuar Zain

My favourite song at the moment.

Happy New Year 2011!!!

Haiyaa..i got no time to blog! So happy new year guys!! Hope 2011 will be much better for all of us!

p/s: Gambar mahal ni! Jarang dilakukan aksi sedemekian!

How to...

How to make a chocolate banana milkshake. Yes, the only reason I go to Chili's restaurant is their chocolate banana milkshake. But from today onwards, I no longer need to go to Chili's to get my favourite milkshake. I can do it at home by myself.

Actually, I dreamt about this milkshake last Saturday! Hebat! Bought a brand new blender, ice cubes from 7-Eleven, bananas and some ice cream. It was only my first attempt but the outcome, beyond expectation. Thick, rich and memang lazat. What made it taste even better? I mixed it with Hersheys chocolate syrup. My own recipe. Puas hati. Bye-bye Chili's.

Change of background

The new Blogspot templates looks good! Plenty of themes available. Time to freshen up the blog. I've not posted entries as regular as I wanted too but I hope with this 'new look', I'm now motivated to blog. Really it's difficult. I'm drawn to the force of twittering!

Blogging

I need to blog. But thanks to Twitter, I'm now only able to blog in under 140 characters. LOL