Dear daddy: day 2 summary

Today mommy took me all the way to Wangsa Maju. She didn't even shower me first.. there I went, with my air iur basi and all; luckily I'm cute.. so a smelly cute girl can always be an exception to anything. I don't really understand why we had to leave so early, when we were there, mommy left me with nenek and atuk in Carrefour. Nenek said 'mommy work', I didn't cry.. I understand now.. am a big girl, but as hard as I tried not to show my ketidak-puasan hati, muncung jugak molotku..

Mommy rupenye pegi kelas, I'm not sure what class, but as I know mommy has listed quite number of classes to go to while you are away. Maybe she need some things to distract her mind off the fact that you are far away.

When mommy return to pick me up, I was happily playing in the bouncing castle with nenek. As I saw her, I shouted Mommy! Mommy! nenek was happy, coz after soo long, she finally hear me calling mommy, 'pandai pun' nenek cakap. Mommy lak cakap 'memang die dah lame tau, saje je taknak panggil tu'. I hold on tight to Mommy, don't want to lose her again.

We ate lunch then made our way to Cheras, to pick up Abel. But on the way, atuk and mommy decided to singgah and see some fancy show houses, just to see the property market theseday. The house is big... and all prices exceed 1 million already. Humangai.. sapela yang kaye bleh beli tu... hehehe

After picking up Abel, we went back to Semenyih. Me and Abel played together, we pretended to be Tefal model. Both sitting nicely in the box. I think we'll make a good commercial actress too.

Ermm.. I think that's all for today daddy, I hope you are doing well.. I'll update you again tomorrow insyaallah.

Dear Daddy: day 1 summary

After the early hour farewell in KLIA, our sleep didn't went quite well. I guess we are still in the 'sad' mood. Parting with you first time after sooo long isn't really a joy (then again, so is to anyone in this world). Since it's Sunday, Kak Lyssa, Abel, Miela and Ayap are around nenek and atuk's house. So, it is quite 'meriah' unlike any other sunyi week days in Semenyih.
You know daddy, i've been bullied by Ayap, he hit me 3 times in a row.. saket! die ketuk tang sini, die ketuk tang sane, die ketuk tang sinun.. luckily I got Kak Lyssa and Mommy to protect me, so kurang sikit hasil buli-an die :(
Anyho, like any kids in this world.. we never simpan-dalam-hati.. yang dah lepas tu lepas.. so we ended up lanyak motor besar Ayap.. vroom vroommm.. and happily playing together again.
I specially like Kak Lyssa, she took care of me nicely. Miela also is quite nice, a happy-go-lucky girl just like me. But Abel is a bit so-so, sometime ok, sometime fierce, so gotta be more careful. Don't worry daddy, i will learn in time to protect myself!

Now, all of them have left the house.. it is only me and Mommy with nenek and atuk.. We watched Berita Harian award-thingy just now. Your favourite Nabil won quite a lot. He even won the most popular of the populest award, alhamdulillah rezeki die. And nenek said your Mawi had gained weight too.. he looked a bit chubby.. hehehe..

I'm gonna go to bed now.. sleeping with your 'special t-shirt'. GoodNite Daddy.. i heard you gonna play football tonite, hope you score for me! ;)

In the mean time.. Mommy ask you to buy Kelly's song from iTunes ; My life will suck without you...as a peneman di kale kesunyian..

Dear Daddy: day 1

Dear daddy,





I saw you leave from KLIA just now.. am a bit confused at first, that I was so happy waving and blowing kisses to you. But when you step down the escalator without taking me.. I just had to cry out loud. Mommy said we'll see you again soon, in the mean time, we will keep in touch with the cyber world..for a daily update of me and mommy

Regards,
Your lil daughter, Myra

Cerite Basi Ompek: Flying with the Airasia X

Not for a non-Xtreme heart! hehehehe... kidding! ;)

There are few curious peeps out there that kept asking us, how was our flight with the newly launched Airasia X route from London Standstead to LCCT, Kuala Lumpur? That was 13 hours flight rite? Was it any good? Was it dodgy? Was it dangerous? Tak sempit ke seat? And bermacam-macam lagilah soklan merapu.. so, to answer all your concerns, here goes... our own personal experience, written for your pleasure (I understand.. I was hesitated to fly back with airasia too at first, but because we've got a really good offer, we brave ourselves to be among the first to try it out...;))

Checking in, there's almost no one in the line. Our flight was due at 09:30am, so by right, at 07:30am we should be doing the checking in process. But since we had to settle the car rental return, we arrived at the desk at 08:00am..still ok..plenty of time to kill. The personnel is a local mat salleh girl. Friendly and all smiley. Although we have paid for luggage allowance during booking, we were over-limit by 13kg..so kenelah bayar extra 4pound/kg. Okla tuuu. The best part is, baby car seat tak kire.. (coz we brought over Myra's car Seat-n-stroll and Stroller.. ingatkan kalau check in the car seat dieorg kire berat, tapi rupenye it goes free of charge).. brilliant! Stroller, cam biase.. hand over time just before boarding (kat pintu masuk). So, boleh kate, a very smooth check in.. And oh ya, they will assign you with a seat number, so no need to berebut ;)

Next, boarding process; like always, airasia boarding time was delayed, that time it was off by half an hour. But that's normal.. Even for a non-budget airlines pun got delay and all. First priority to board still goes to family with small children, senior peeps and anyone who require special help to board, so still the same standard as any flight (I remember when I was in Doha, no special priority were given to anyone, let alone family with small children!! that is using Qatar Airways! ;the so-called your five-star airlines..heh). Then, we took off quite smoothly through the air, leaving London.. Forever.. Sob sob

We took a pre-book Asian meal deal. Our first dish was Nasi Beriyani. By the look tengok cam chokia, tapi bile makan, bleh tahan sedap.. Ok ok laaa.. Can't really expect a homely home kinda taste rite? Then other than the dinner, we were served a breakfast, 3 hours before arrival, ape lagi, with the famous nasik lemak Pak Nasser la. In between meals, you can call up the steward/ess to order any snack or drink. The only different is you hafta pay for it each time!
The airbus is quite spacious, just takde screen for free entertainment. So, if you feel like watching some movie, or playing game, a portable entertainment screen is available for hire, just for RM30 for the whole flight duration. ;)
The airline seat IS reclinable... (hahaha some people have a bad feeling that the seat might not be reclinable coz.. budget airline la katekan.. but I'm glad that you're wrong.. hehee). And it is quite spacious.. I can say even better than the old Qatar Airline seat that I used to have when flying the Doha-KL route.. tapi as I was told.. that's different now, should be more better.. hurm.. we'll see.

Our journey mostly bumpy with turbulences, I think the pilot is quite young that he did not know how to avoid it most of the time. Takpelaa, boleh dimaafkan. You need more practise man! ;) Go and learn from easyjet pilot, siap kasi tau penumpang how he will avoid the ongoing turbulence.

Nevertheless, I still am quite satisfied with the whole experience. Best part is when we landed safely at LCCT 10 minute earlier than the scheduled time! Which put the total flight duration to be 12 hours and 20 minutes). Bravo Airasia X, I would highly recommend you to anyone!

Cerite Basi Tigo ::Last kopek tour::

Since our house rental contract subsequently ended ngam2 with our last day at work, we took the chance to make use of our last few days in UK to go to places that's not too far, yet interesting enough to visit. So, here goes.. the summary of our final and last trip while we were in UK.. (eisk.. tibe2 terase sedeh..:(
First day s'pose to be dedicated to Kent, however since we have been trying to go to Greenwich for couple of time but always failed, we then melencong sekejap to see the world’s Prime Meridian -Longitude 0° - where they set the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). As shown on pic, that's the Royal Observatory Greenwich.. And also, as you can see.. that bigfoot pic of mine are standing in between eastern and the western hemisphere...huhu ade terase aura2 megik sket! hehehe

From the top, you can catch an overwhelming view of the very GREEN park and to what I think is the Old Royal Naval College (the site that we missed to visit closely coz Myra meragam mengade2).. Nevertheless, before exiting, we manage to took some amazing shots of the yellow flowers.. Sian Myra, siap kene marah ngan guard takut pijak bunge! hehehe
After having enough of the green Greenwich, we head south to Brighton. Reached there after 2 hours of drive.. And straightly shoot to the seafront. Menarik, but can't stay for long... As the wind is icy cold mencucuk-kalbu. The below pics, are the glimpse of the sea front view.. the beach is filled with batu2 kelikir (yeke kelikir? hehe) no sands... so menarikla jugak untuk orang2 jakun seperti kami.. ;)

We spent a nite there, recharged and then heading our way to Cardiff, which is another 3hours++ journey to north west of the mainland. On the way, we stop over to see some llamas in action! There are quite few numbers of animal farms around the area, but since we have never seen a Llama in a real life, so why the heck not spending 11pounds+ just to mingle around the long-neck creature.. ;)
And yes.. it is worth the springy-cold-weather.. minus the part where the Llamas jantan yang banyak kali mau try to kiss Myra.. so the klaka.. hehehe
After bergelumang dengan ke'wangian' Llamas.. we carry on with our journey to Cardiff. But, like bulan-jatuh-ke riba, we suddenly saw a sign to Chessington World of Adventure park, which is just few metres away. Andddd.. the best part is, it's their first day of opening after winter-closedown! what a luck!! The theme park is listed on one of the attractions that we could go un-limitedly using the Merlin Annual Card. So, ape lagi.. melencong lagila kami.. Yes.. the Chessington park, is not only for theme-park fun.. they even have a mini zoo, which housed the stripy tigers, the garang lions, gorrilaz, poisonous scorpios and sticky sea lions - to name a few. The best part is, their theme park also cater for the lil toddlers (which are still young enough not to speak fluently, but brave enough to try the adventurous rides)..

Ok then.. enuff about the park already.. now after few hours of pelencongan, akhirnya.. we arrived in Cardiff.. overnite and recharge.

Actually, on this final 'trip' I didn't really plan of places to visit and to tuju, I just follow the flow. But somehow, we ended up to see quite an interesting sites. One of which, is the Cardiff Bay..

Seriously, if you somehow 'lalu-lalang-ing' near Cardiff, do stop over the bay, it is so worth your fuel.. (but then again.. so is Dunga Bay in JB hehehehe). From my understanding, Cardiff Bay is the result of re-development of the old Cardiff docklands in the last decade. So, now.. they have many interesting moden architetural buildings surrounds.. home to freshwater lake for sailing and water sports.. and the infamous Mermaid Quay- a restaurant hotspot. So, kalau terase nak lepak2 tu, bolehla singgah ;)

After Cardiff, we made our way to Stratford-Upon-Avon (S.U.A), the birth place of Shakespeare (not that I like him or anything, just tot I should see what's the big fuss is all about the place :P). Arrived to overnite and recharge before touring our way the next day..

The thing that makes S.U.A a bit different from the rest of the 'town' that we've been to is the kependekkan of its old builings.. comeyyy jek.. cam Myra! hahaha.. I somehow feel like I'm in Alice in Wonderland-kinda world. But, maybe we didn't quite seen everything there.. but terus continue with our next stop; the Warwick Castle (another listed place on our unlimited Merlin Annual Pass ;) ).. tapi okla tu.. a lil bit of S.U.A of the Warwickshire. But a note of a warning, since S.U.A is one of the most popular tourist site, the things over there are quite pricey.. cam kat london la plak! :P

Warwick Castle is the last stop that we've been to before heading back to London. The surrounding memang tenang giler.. cam masuk lam hutan2 sket.. ade sungai, ade giant catapult, ade archery.. it's like you are walking yourself into the past. Cik Myra was the most over-excited.. because she can run freely through the green carpet grass chasing other budak-budak (that i figure came for a school group visit). From the leaflet, there are daily performances provided during summer; where you can see few 'actors' belakon ala-ala orang dulu, gaduh bertumbuk and all. But sadly, not when we visited.. :(
Well there you go, small details of our 4 days tour... I shall stop here.. and mite continue with my personal experience and view of our journey from London to KL with the newly-launched Airasia X for other curious peeps out there! Stay tuned! ;)
(It ain't that bad as you mite think it is)

Cerite Basi Uno ::Farewells::

Although we've only been in London for 9 months (hurm.. kalau ku tau dah sempat dah dpt baby london! hehehe) we've made quite few numbers of lovely friends. And what else would you expect when you are about to leave them.. farewells of coz.

I didn't have much time or energy left while in London, now that I'm in Malaysia (plus being energy-boosted by typical malaysian food, contohnye durian! hehe), am gonna write this special post to those sweet enough to bid farewells for us. So, here goes, my cerite basi number one...

The first to invite us for a special personal farewell dinner was Sajjid and family. We've been served a delicious traditional Moroccan dishes, and my fav is the couscous! My first time to try out couscous.. and I kinda like it A LOT. As shown on the pic; that's the couscous and next to it, is mini Sajjid ;). We've only known Sajjid for a month or so when he joined our team in Bbeloved Company and already had to leave him.. hehe.. good luck man! But, as an old saying; it only took a minute to fall in love, but forever to forget love.. (well i'm not saying I'm in love with him or something.. duhh! just saying that even for a short duration of getting to know someone, it's already enough to form a strong friendship ;)). Well anyway.. thanks again for that super-yummilicious dinner, we'll see you around Insyaallah..

Next, is from Sebastian and family. Have known him for quite long since in Doha lagi. This time we chose to meet up in my favourite Chinese-Malaysian restaurant CnR (asek2 CnR.. hehe cam takde tempat lain jek.. but seriously, am addicted to its prawn mee! sedap hingge menjilat gerpu!). Sebastian has been a great help ever since our move, and he and his family has been really sweet to us. The always best part when meeting up with Seb's family is to see the cute-bonding between Myra and his daughter Elena, though they are very small.. but looks like they hit it off quite well. We sure gonna miss you guys.. thanks again for the time you made to set the dinner-date. I'm pretty sure we'll see you around ;)

Next one isn't really a farewell treats for us, but I would still consider it as a-good-enough bids of farewell (Skali la tuuu). We were invited to Farah&Ibrahim's 2years old daugther birthday party, the lil sweet Hannah. And yes.. pardon the pics.. I got carried away with taking more pics of anak-sendiri dari the birthday girl! hehehehe. Thank you for inviting us, and err..sorry for being late (which explain the one piece birthday cake left-over pic!) hehe..and jangan lupe ek, you said anytime datang london contact2 la.. bleh tumpang rumah?! I'll hold onto your word Owwek! hehehe

Next is the small farewell gathering at our office, where Mr.Aizal had to made his explanatory speech! (saye bernaseb baek, terselamat dari buat speech, coz all i would say to why am I leaving london and the company is, I am following my husband hehehe). The most unsangkerable thing was all the big bosses turun padang to join in! Terharuu kami.. thanks guys ;)

Next, are farewell dinner outing with Farah n Ekmal. They have always been soooooo great to us. Memang couple yang sangatla baik. First time jumpe kat rumah Kak Preeti. Time tu baru gile pindah London. Even baru berkenalan, dieorang siap tumpangkan kiteorg naik kereta untuk hantar balik rumah. Then again, that day for the farewell dinner, we had to troubled them, our car-renting was stucked, on the day to collect the car, they said our booking was transferred to Enterprise, which doesn't accept Malaysia driving license. Nak dipendekkan story, akhirnye the next day, kami berjaye rent from Avis, without any problem at all. Thanks again Farah n Ekmal.. korang mmg baik gile la.. it is a great pleasure to get to know you two. Hopefully, we'll see you again sometime!

Seterusnye, farewell lunch with Yus and Hadzley.. actually niat nak singgah kejap je to say goodbye, skali Yus dah siap masak nasik lemak ngan ayam masak kicap (yang sedap giler! thanks for the resepi.. hehe) and siap ade kek batik! Alahai.. rajin tul.. thanks k korang, susah-susah je masakkan untuk kami.. hehehe

Actually Yus and Hadzley dah banyak kali jemput datang rumah for makan-makan, but everytime it clashes with our work schedule. Memang tak dapat nak pergi. Akhirnye, before we leave the country for good, sempat jugak merase masakkan Yus... alhamdulillah, langkah kanan.

Semoge Hadzley abes blaja and pass with flying colours! ;) Enjoy London while you can!




And last but not least, our last day dinner with Ibah and Shahrin's family. Sipi-sipi je lagi nak miss the date. Seb baik sempat jugak singgah jumpe korang. Thanks again for everything guys... korang pun layan kiteorg baik gile selame kami di London. Will definitely look forward to see you guys again! And kami doakan tahun ni dapatla korang rezeki untuk tambah sorang lagi and an opportunity to move elsewhere like you dream ;)

Well.. that's that..sorry if I bore some of you.. but I felt like I need to write this out for our own acknowledgement. If anybody missing from the stories.. i am truly sorry.. ;}

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