Catatan Perjalanan Bahagian II

Langkawi : 30.10 - 02.11.09

Day 3 ~ Ahad, 01.11.09

06.15am : Aku, morph & zante serta fizah & fiz bgn awal pagi gi tgk sunrise kat tanjung rhu. Aktiviti ni xde dlm itenerary, just a spontaneous plan ms kitorg borak2 dlm keta the day b4. Lgpun, i'm pretty sure ramai masih membuta waktu ni..


09.15am : gerak ke gunung mat cincang utk naik cable car. Otw tu singgah kat Petronas Quay, Telaga Harbour Marina ambik gambar berlatarblkngkan kapal2 layar mewah.


10.30am : Perjalanan naik cable car bermula. Kesian wife mukh terpksa menahan fear gayat dia tu.. Dah smpai atas, ms utk snappy2 here & there.


Plng mencabar bagi aku ialah i had to carry anak mukhriz - faheem all the way from the jambatan back to cable car station. Smpai2 tu rs cam nak kena slipped disc dah mcm mak dia.. ehehe.. B4 turun tu ambik group photo ramai2. Ingatkan dah cukup, skali psngan bercinta xde pulok. huhu.


12.00pm : Jalan2 kat Oriental village.. Morph, Selipar, Jarr & Ayu sempat lg main segway. Aku sempat tumpang je.. haha..


01.30pm : Gi makan kat area beras berbakar.. pastu shopping souveniers kat situ & tgk kwsn beras terbakar yg sgt panas tu huhu..


02.30pm : Gi makam mahsuri.. tgk short film, pastu melawat2 kampung mahsuri.


03.30pm : Gerak ke Pekan Kuah utk shopping2..
07.00pm : Selesai segala urusan shopping, kitorg gi makan besar kat Jai Island Cafe.. mmng superb mkn kat sini.. pastu xde la mahal sgt.. kira berbaloi2 la..
10.00pm : Smpai apt.. free n easy. Satu apt aku terus flat mlm tu sbb kepenatan seharian berjalan non-stop.. x terdaya nk layan reggae round 2.. huhu.

Day 4 ~ Isnin, 02.11.09

06.30am : Dikejutkan oleh morph ajak pegi Teluk Datai pulak.. ni pun xde dlm itenerary & aku pun terkejut dikejut oleh mop ajak keluar jalan pagi2.. dah le penat smlm pun x abis lg.. tp mengenangkan bile lg nk ada peluang camni, so aku pun gagah jgk la bangun.
09.30am : Rombongan telah bersiap sedia utk gerak ke Dataran Helang ambik2 gmbr kat situ b4 masing2 bersurai.


10.30am : Selesai ambik2 gambo, gerak ke airport utk hantar some of the group balik.. after bidding farewell to them, the last group consisting of myself, family jarr, emy, selipar & fizah + fiz gi smbung jalan2. Fizah & Fiz gi smbng shopping, whereas the rest of us gi lunch kat pantai chenang then gi sight-seeing.
01.00pm : Gi Laman Padi balik sbb kesian kat Jarr kena tnggl sblm ni.. Syiok gile this time around ambik gambo kat situ sbb kitorg masuk gi blkng.. xde org pun kt situ..


And masa nak keluar tu, baru aku perasan kita lupa nk buat aksi wajib iaitu pose melompat.. w'pun 5-6 org je, buat la jgk sbb dah nama aksi wajib kan..


02.30pm : Jalan2 ambik gambo kat Hutan Lipur Semilang.. dulu nama dia Kg Buku, but since buku2 pun mcm dah xde, that's why dia tukar nama kot.


03.00pm : Since ada bnyk masa lg, and minyak pun ada lg dlm 1 bar stgh, kitorg decide gi airport ikut jalan jauh.. mcm pusing langkwi la..
03.45pm : Singgah kat Petronas Quay tu lg ambik gambo.. x puas2.. ehehe..


04.15pm : Sampai ke airport & check in. Ngam2 smpai tu minyak dah menyala sama mcm ms kitorg dpt kete tu.


05.35pm : Flight take-off. Dlm 1/2 jam b4 smpai tu, sgt heavy cloudy, bergegar flight kitorg..
06.45pm : Touched down. Terlewat sikit becoz of bad weather. Then masing2 bersurai.

The END.

Catatan Perjalanan Bahagian 1
Langkawi : 30.10 - 02.11.09

Day 1 ~ Jumaat, 30.10.09

11.45am : Myself with Jarr, Ayu, Emy, Fizah & Fiz were the 1st group to arrive at the Langkawi, Airport.. we took our MPVs, settlekan payment dgn agen then uruskan island hopping nye hal.

At the Langkawi Airport.

01.00pm : Fetched Maly & Izuliana at the jetty, then checked-in at out apt.
02.30pm : Went for lunch kat airport, smbil tnggu rombongan Morph & Dhira, Khalid & Mohamad and Asrol & Su.
03.30pm : Rombongan yg baru tiba gi lunch & check in apt, myself & Jarr gi round Pekan Kuah sambil tnggu Tapa who is supposed to arrive at 5pm. Sekali dia miss flight daa.. so dia ambik the next flight sama ngan Ain.. so aku n Jarr went back to our apt.
05.00pm : Free n easy.. Aku gi mandi kat swimming pool ngan Jarr, Asrol, Maly & khalid. The rest menidor agaknya.

Swimming at the apt's pool.

06.30pm : The entire rombongan went out to fetch Ain & her sis and also Tapa. Then str8 gi kedai mkn yg berhampiran for dinner smbil tnggu the nxt group - Mukh's family, Miey_Z's family and Aizat & fiancee who were supposed to arrive at 10.15. Skali flight diorg delay 1/2 jam daa..

1st nite dinner @ Langkawi.

While waiting for dinner, some of us went snappy here & there at a nearby roundabout.. ada this interesting scuplture mcm stonehenge plk..

Posing @ Langkawi's Stonehenge.

10.00pm : Sambil tnggu kedtgan mukh & the geng, kitorg gi jalan2 shopping brng2 yg x cukup ataupun tertinggal mcm selipar, sunblock, topi, shorts, kudap-kudapn dsb.
11.00pm : Mukh & the geng sampai. Then str8 to apt & rest for aktiviti keesokan harinya.

Day 2 ~ Sabtu, 31.10.09

08.30am : Ahli rombngn turun breakfast smbil tnggu semua rakan2 siap.
09.30am : Gerak to jeti berdktan dgn Awanta Porto Malai. Perjalanan sedikit tertunda sbb flight Shima yg supposed to arrive at 8.30am got delayed.

Before the journey began.

10.30am : Perjalanan island hopping bermula.

My group's boat.

Smiley faces.. b4 the boat starts bumping up & down!

Our 1st stop was Tasik Dayang Bunting where there were so many monkeys yg ganas2!!

Arriving Tasik Dayang Bunting.

The monkeys were aggresive!

Paddling the boat at Tasik Dayang Bunting.

Then we went to a port where the eagles feed.. It was a breathtaking scene.

Eagle-feeding.

And finally, gi mandi manda at Pulau Beras Basah.

Swimming.

Bergayut di Pulau Beras Basah.

02.30pm : Selesai island hopping, we went for lunch at Pantai Chenang.
04.00pm : Arrived at the apt, then rest2 for the nxt activity. During free & easy time ni ada yg gi berenang kat pool, ada yg main pool, ada yg berdengkur & sbgnya.
06.30pm : Keluar jalan2 sight-seeing & window shopping spnjng Pantai Chenang including a group shot at Laman Padi.

Group shot at Laman Padi.

07.30pm : Makan laksa kat Restoran Aliah.09.30pm : Balik semula ke apt. Ada yg kepenatan & terus ketidoran.

10.30pm : Aku, morph, barapi & miey_z gi layan reggae smbil tgk beach boys main api kat Pantai Chenang.

Layan raggae @ Babylon.

Supposedly ramai join aktiviti ni kalau ikut kat our planning thread.. skali ramai ketewasan jmpa bantal & katil.. =)

Bersambung..

Qubica AMF Bowling World Cup 2009

Melaka International Bowling Centre, 19.11.09

Me with Malaysia's darling - Siti Safiyah & South Korea's Choi Yong-Kyu

Yesterday, me & Emy went to Melaka International Bowling Centre (MIBC) located at the Melaka International Trade Centre (MITC) to watch the 45th edition of Bowling World Cup for 2009.. it was so much fun!! Much more exciting coz our local heroine - Siti Safiyah Amirah performed exceptionally well during the quarter finals. By end of the round robin, she placed 2nd behind Caroline Lagrange from Canada to advance to the stepladder finals, meeting Zara Giles (formerly known as Zara Glover) from England. Our male representative - Zulmazran Zulkifli wasn't so lucky, just placing 6th overall & missed the chance to advance in the semis.

A perfect game posted by Choi Yong-Kyu; champion in male's category

So in the female stepladder finals, Safiyah unfortunately lost narrowly to the much more experienced Zara.. so Zara was the one to advance to the finals booking a chance to meet Caroline who eventually won the competition.. it was really nervewrecking watching Zara-Safiyah's match.. Safiyah easily went down in the 1st game, but bounced back in the 2nd game with 5 consecutive strikes towards the end.. However, Zara was luckier.. she also had 5 consecutive strikes but had a clean game, whilst Safiyah opened if i'm not mistaken in the 1st frame due to a split.. well, no luck this time.. it's ok coz she's still young & have a looong way to go.

Some other photos we took yesterday..

During the stepladder finals

Caroline Langrange (Canada), ready to release her ball in the finals

Me with Michael Schmidt (Canada) - 1st runner up in male category

Emy & Zulmazran Zulkifli who finished in 6th place

Me & Zara Giles (Glover) - the 1st runner up from England

Emy with the Ryan Leonard Lalisang from Indonesia, who emerged 2nd runner up

Me & the sweet Caroline Lagrange who was the female champion

The 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners in both, male & female categories

Champions - Choi Yong-Kyu & Caroline Lagrange

1 Malaysia. =)

Anyway, it was sure fun rubbing shoulders with World's top bowlers.. I'll be sure to catch other international tournaments whenever Malaysia hosts again. :-)

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Cuci The Muzikal

Olla guys!! I'm baacckkkk!!! Phew.. it has been like ages since i last updated this blog.. it's been almost 2 months.. the last entry was masa bulan pose.. and fyi, right after raya, aku dilanda kebizian yg amat sgt.. prbbly the busiest i hv been as a student plus working at the same time.. there's this programme that i'm coordinating which is a pioneer project which took a lot of my time.. pastu ada exam pulak with all the questions to prepare, nk vetting some more.. then i had to meet the deadline to submit my thesis.. pastu ada UniKL convocation pulak.. then after that thesis submission, ada one week trip pulak ke Langkawi (which i will blog about that later).. balik from Lngkwi, nak kena submit the corrected version which i had to go back & forth to my supervisor.. but now, Alhamdulillah everything turned out fine & now I'm MERDEKA!! This thing i'm most happy about is finally I'm done with my masters which took me like forever.. huhu.. Anyway guys, a day after i came back from Langkawi, my friend Imtiaz brought me to Cuci The Muzikal.. w'pun penat br balik dr Lngkwi, aku gagahkan diri jgk pegi coz i know, anything with Afdlin in it usually doesn't dissappoint.. and yes, it was spectacular!!

It was an awesome production.. The ensemble was amazing.. it's like the dialogues tu mcm wasn't scripted.. mcm everything that came out of their mouths tu is like spontaneous aje.. very natural.. the jokes sgt menjadik.. the music was quite good too.. except for i think two mushy2 songs which were quite boring.. one involving Vanida & her dad.. and the other one involving Vanida and Hans.. i can bear the Vanida-Hans scene+song, but the scene where V sang with her dad tu mcm kena cut aje if ada rerun.. the scene was really irrelevant.. kalau xde pun x mencacatkan jalan cite..

Overall, production ni sgt menghiburkan.. with minimul props, the casts brought the story to life.. tak payah nak set yg enormous bagai.. cukup dgn acting, dancing & jokes yg menjadi.. masa 2 jam lebih in IB tak terasa sgt pun.. coz we really enjoyed the show.. sape2 yg terlepas tu mmng rugi.. pray for a rerun ye guys.. coz it's really an awesome production.. peace out!

Tiba Di Kampung Halaman!! =)

Alhamdulillah, smlm slmt smpai Penang around 1pm. We departed from Puchong at 7 am, then singgah sejam kt rumah sedara kt rawang. which means we spent 5 hours on the road. Ok la, xde la lama sgt. Jam pun only at certain areas.

Hari ni tolong mak buat ketupat pulut atau nama lain dia ketupat daun palas.

Malam kang last bukak pose my mum msk gado2 & bubur lambuk. Esok after solat raya, our family lepak rumah tnggu sedara mara dtg mkn tgh hr. Sebelum2 ni masa arwah nenek ada lg, biasanya pagi raya pertama kitorg akan ke Teluk Kumbar gather kat sana. But since arwah nenek meninggal last yr, arwah datuk mmng dah lama xde, so our house la jadik tmpt berkumpul. After selesai gath kat sini, we'll be heading to Alor Setar plak kg belah mak.

Anyways, this was my last time bukak pose kat KL this year.. at Chilli's.

Okeh. That's All.

Selamat Hari Raya & Maaf Zahir batin y'all!!

Esok raya, yahooooooooo!!!

Charity Drive ~ 15-17 Sept 09

For the past 3 days, we did a charity drive around KL. charity drive ni was inspired by Oprah's Big Give. kitorg berhempas pulas carik donation, then beli barang2 keperluan, pastu gi pusat zakat mintak address mereka2 yg betul2 fakir miskin, pastu dlm 3 hari ni kitorg round KL smpaikan sumbangan.

Ni antara brng2 yg berjaya dikumpul.

Ni rumah pertama yg kami pegi.. pakcik tu ada sakit TB.. so wife dia aje yg keje. diorg ddk rumah flat kecik aje.. tingkat 4 pulak tu. sewa rumah 380, dpt bantuan dlm 350 aje.. kena tnggung 2 anak lg tgh bljr kat kolej & U.. another 3 kecik2 lagi.

Berhempas pulas aku mengangkut beras & sabun basuh naik tingkat 4!

Ni rumah ke2 kitorg singgah. Akak ni ibu tunggal. Dah bercerai 7 tahun, and sejak tu bekas suami dia x penah jenguk, apa lagi nak bagi nafkhah.

Haa.. ni rumah paling mencabar. Dkt area Gombak.. rumah dia paling tinggi kat situ.. atas bukit yg sgt tinggi gile.. Bayangkan aku terpaksa angkut 2 kampit beras, 10kg each naik smpai atas!

One of the unfortunate kids.

Keluarga ni xde kemampuan nk hntr nenek ni ke hospital.

Dlm bandar KL nih, pecaya tak ada lagi family yg ddk dlm rumah yg mcm ni. Nak carik alamat pun sikit pny susah.

Alhamdulillah, anak2 dia semua bijak2 belaka.

Satu lg rumah yg sgt dhaif.

Overall, ini mmng satu pengalaman yg sgt menginsafkan. Tak sangka dlm KL ni masih ada mereka yg sgt2 susah. We shed a few tears along the way. It's a very humbling experience.. Hopefully next2 year dpt buat lg, insyaAllah. w'pun sumbangan x bnyk mcm Oprah's Big Give tu, at least harapnya dpt la ceriakan sikit hidup diorg nak sambut raya nih insyaAllah.

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Anyways, esok pagi lepas Sahur aku gerak balik Penang.
Selamat Hari Raya & Maaf Zahir Batin semua!