Our picasso in training.

I know that I'm not the only one who is struggling to stop their child from scribbling the furnitures. Yes.. yes.. scribbling is one of the ways to learn, but there must be a line to it.

You see, Daddy's Girl will leave her masterpiece just about anywhere. We had it on telly, floor, walls, mirror and especially on the couch.

The floor, walls and on telly, didn't cause us a problem since we can easily wipe it. What has caused headache for us is when it comes to the art on the couch.

Well, our couch was made from suede, so it's not easy to wipe off the stain.


Until..
The Man asked me to use these items.

Wet tissue

Alcohol (in this case we used after shave lotion)

And wallah..
Wet tissue + alcohol + a little bit of rubbing = the stain is totally gone!

Hahaha.. u think that's funny?

Yesterday the Man came back a little bit late than usual, as he went for lepak-lepak session with his officemates. Actually he's not the type who lepak-lepak after office hours, but since it's his final week with the Company, and ramai nak treat him for dinner.. so pegi lah minum-minum.

Back from the session, he told me that one of his officemates asked on his future plan.

So he explained to them that he plans to be a lecturer once he got tired with the corporate world. The best part was, (being so-called an honest person) he also mentioned to them that I.. yes, yours truly is not really agree of him becoming a lecturer. Especially when it comes to teaching in UiTM.

Well, I'm the proud grad of UiTM, so I know what's the (ehem) attitude and/or behind the curtain of the students (more or less). Lagi-lagi dapat lecturer muda? Oh no.. no! I mean, NO! Kenot!

Sumpah, jadik physcho okay.

Later, the officemate commented -
"Maybe your wife is one of them. It takes one to know one".

And I was like - wth?
*Bloody hell*

It's not THAT easy tho!

I received an unexpected call last night from a friend of Lil Sis I - Miss X, who was seeking for legal advise.

Well, it has been a while since my last (shariah) advise were given. So I told Miss X that currently I'm not practising, and can only give few advise(s) as well as briefed her some procedures on her situation. Plus, I recommended few friends that are still practising for her options.
AND thank God, the knowledge blom berkarat.

On my earlier days..
Some cases were fine and smooth sailing.. (Alhamdulillah)

Some doesn't make sense - Eg, Husband and wife cerai pasal husband tanak beli kipas. Agaknya the wife dah panas sangat kot dalam rumah, and husband tension dok dengar wife mintak beli kipas je manjang, terus lafaz.

Some went messy and nasty break up..

But most irritated of all, (if) one party (Party A) refused to proceed (and uses so many excuses).
Some situation pasal saje nak kasi the other party (Party B) sakit hati.

Another situation (sometimes) pasal Party B ada banyak kabel. In this situation, why lah you (Party A) seek for advise, if you cakap..
'Ex-Husband I femes, kenal ramai orang. If I buat macam ni.. susah.. If buat macam tu pon tak boleh jugak'
Helloooooooo... if semua susah and tak boleh.. there's nothing we can do. And FYI, the only person who can initiate all these actions is (only) YOU! If diri sendiri pon cakap tak nak and tak boleh, awal-awal lagi dah give up.. I'd say, too bad. Sounds harsh, but it's true.

Usaha tu nak kena ada. Insya-Allah, Tuhan akan tolong, and the rest will fall into places.

Anyways, without fail.. I always feel nervous whenever I face this kind of situation. Nervous in the sense - it makes me wonder on the durability of marriage.

But then again, maybe it is already stated and (I believe) Al-Mighty has better plan(s) for the said individual.

Yeah, it's easy for me to say.

rumbling tummy

My tummy is not in good condition ever since we got back from Ban.dung. Worst, I got food poisoning last week.
Hampehs btol.

Have to watch these!

Must find them this weekend. Isk..

Hello, Bandung - Day 3..

A friend of mine suggested it's better for us to go to Tangkuban Perahu early in the morning, so you will experience the chillness of the weather up there.

So we departed from Aston around 0830 hrs and passed the Cipaganti Road. I realised that Cipaganti Road is located near to Rumah Mode.

The oldest mosque

Btw, most of rich people live here, and one of them is the son of ex Indo President - their weekend house.

According to Pak Asep, it's easy to notice the Chinese's house - A mansion, high fence and gate as the Chinese are the brain for economy in Bandung. Which explains the need of security.

The journey to Tangkuban Perahu, from Aston was about an hour drive. Was it one hour? I think it took us one hour to reach there.

Anyways, our journey continued..

University for teachers, which is still under construction

Hotel

We even passed the cowboy town.

Around 1000 hrs, we finally reached our destination - Tangkuban Perahu. Tangkuban Perahu is actually in West Bandung, and it's a volcano. It is an active volcano which last erupted in 1983.

Tangkuban Perahu which means flipped/upturned (Tangkuban) boat (Perahu), and the name exist as the shape of the mountain looks like a flipped boat.

This legend begins with the tale of "Sangkuriang" (full story can read it from here) where there was a beauty called Dayang Sumbi who got married with a dog (named Tumang) and had a son named Sangkuriang. Although she married a dog, Sangkuriang was human-like. However she never disclosed who was his father.

One day, Dayang Sumbi was craving for the liver of tiger. So Sangkuriang and Tumang went to the jungle to find one. Couldn't find one, Sangkuriang killed the dog and brought the liver to his mom. The mom ate it.

Few days later the mom asked on the dog whereabout, and Sangkuriang revealed the truth. Surprised, the mom told the son that the dog was his father. She then cast away her son, Sangkuriang and in her sadness she was granted the power of eternal youth by the Gods.

After many years being away, Sangkuriang reached one place and found a beautiful lady. Instantly, he fell in love unknowing that she was his mom. However, the mom recognised his mark and told him that she was his mother.

In order to prevent the marriage from taking place, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to build a large boat to cross the river before the sunrise.

Seeing that Sangkuriang was almost succeeded in building the boat (with the help of mythical creatures), Dayang Sumbi called on her workers to spread red silk cloths east of the city to give the impression of sunrise.

Sangkuriang thought that he had failed, kicked the unfinished boat, resulting the creation of Tangkuban Perahu from the hull of the boat.

The crater of Mt. Tangkuban Perahu

Anyways, I can't remember how much we paid for the entrance, but will post it once I found the receipts.

The area - You can even smell the sulphur.


I thought it's going to be chill.. and boy, it was humid!
Hampehs.

If you are an adventurous person and/or the one who appreciates mother nature, you can go by jungle trailing and/or hiking to this place. Depends on where your starting point is. If it's the nearest point to Tangkuban, it will take you about 2 hours (at least) walk. If it's a little bit far, it can take you about 12 hours hiking.
The fee for hiking tour guide is on hourly basis. The longer you hike, it will cost you more.
But be careful with the guides who like to charge more than what have agreed.

Anyhow, the nearby shops.


It is advisable NOT TO BUY ANYTHING from here, because they surely mark up the price 700-1000 % (seven hundred to one thousand percent), as told by Pak Asep.

Pokok batik? Beautiful indeed, but heard it's haunted. Yikes!

Belerang - Good for your skin.
Can use it for scrubbing

This guy never give up to sell his souvenir.

He followed us from the moment we got out from the car, until we headed back.

Sold for Rph 100,000 (RM36.70), from Rph 200,000 (RM73.40).
But you can easily get for Rph 25,000 (RM9.18) at Pasar Baru

We spent about 40 minutes up here and quickly made our way to the strawberry (picking) farm.

The entrance fee was Rph 5ooo (RM1.84) per person and the strawberry(ies) will be weighed per kilo - Rph 55,000 (RM 20.19 per kilo). My advised.. not to pick too many strawberries. You are going to waste them as the strawberries are perishable item. Unless you are able to finish it.

Rested at a hut

Let the picking begins.

Ready to go to the weighing station

The complimentary iced strawberry drink

We continued our journey to Kampung Daun. Actually, whoever goes to Tangkuban Perahu will stop at Restoren Daun for their meal. It's a must go place.

Fruit stalls, selling oranges and pumpkins.

Entered village(s) full with florist.

Pak Asep told us that people in Bandung usually rent flowers from the florist so they can use it for decoration during weddings. (I dont think KL has this kind of service, what I know.. we normally buy the flowers for weddings.. unless you engaged with wedding planner or something).

Anyways, with 30-40 minutes zig zag and bumpy rides from Tangkuban Perahu, we finally arrived in Kampung Daun.

Inside Kampung Daun, they have bungalows.. Can't recall the name of the housing area. Was it Triniti? Further up, you'll reach the said Restaurant.

Personally, I think restaurants like Bor.a O.mbak, Bor.a As.mara, Sub.ak and/or Nail.is are nothing compared to Kampung Daun Restaurant.

Warm greetings

The restaurant compound

Dining area

Serious, bau makanan menusuk kalbu bila waiter ni passed by

Previously the stream was quite wide, but later they did some development and this is what left now.

The menu,

Can you see the kayu, next to the white curtain on top (left) of this (below) picture? If you want to place an order and/or call waiter, you gotta give it a knock.

Rice in the bamboo

These white cracker shall be eaten with the sambal.


For all these, (5 adults and 1 child) the meal cost about Rph 500,000 (RM183.50)

The funny thing was, when the food has yet to be served.. there was no fly. Not even one. But once the food has been spread on the table.. flies came out of no where. Surprise.. surprise..

We ended up eating our food in a jiff and (not) really taking our sweet time to finish up our meal. As soon as we settled our bill, we had mini tour inside. They have few animals inside such as chicken and parrots.

From Kampung Daun, we had to go back to Aston because Daddy's Girl has just completed her major business and polluted the air inside the van. Quickly changed her and we make another quick stop at Pasar Baru (again???) Spent for 2 hours only, as my mom needs to buy few more souvenir in form of threads.

Should be noted that Pasar Baru is definitely not a place for person who is not into threads.

Then we stopped at Toko 3, a place where they sell jeans (especially Levi's) in low price. The price as low as Rph 200,000 and can go up to Rph 800,000 (RM 73.40 - RM 312.00) Hahaha.. not as cheap as I expected. With that kind of price, we can go to Levi's factory outlet in Carre.four, Wangsa Maju KL.

The price in Toko Tiga varies according to the cutting. If 501, it was around Rph 800,000. If for ladies.. the price is much cheaper than men.

Spent not more than 20 minutes inside the store and we went to the kids' outlet - Anakecil.

And this place is heaven! Finally I found a really nice place to bargain kids stuff. For (non-branded) sleeveless, they were selling for Rph 12,500 (RM 4.50). They also have designer's dress (RL, Burberry) as well as Next. Really-really-really cheap. Cheaper than Brands Outlet in KL.

What I like about this store - First and foremost, I don't have to dig the threads! They are all well-organised and coordinated with age.
Not only that, they also have play area in the left side of the shop.. suit with the fathers who need to babysit their babies. Ehem...

For dinner, we had at Warung. Can't remember the name though, but everything was in a big portion. This was the time where we managed to taste Bakso.

We were also serenaded by them. You name it, Ungu? Isabella? Just request any song.
Hahaha..

Rock kapak with leather jacket

His favourite - Teh botol.

And resulted this..

After 18 months and 5 days of waiting

Daddy's Girl can finally call her mom - "mommy".

Hello, Bandung - Day Three

I'm not preggie, it's the food in Bandung.

Hello, Bandung - Day Two

I realised I have yet to blog about our remaining days in Ban.dung. So here it goes.

Sunrise was around 0600 hrs, so Subuh was about 0500 hrs. Me, macam biasa.. if dah bangun.. memang tak boleh nak tido balik, unlike the Man. Daddy's Girl, pulak bangun macam biasa.. around 0700 hrs macam tu.

Had our breakfast around 0730 hrs and Pak Asep arrived to pick us about one hour later.

Sangatlah "mancung" hidung anakku

Concierge Area

Believe it or not, we spent one whole day of Day 2 in Pasar Baru. Dari kedai baru nak bukak, sampai kedai semua tutup. I bet semua orang Malaysia yang datang ke Bandung, sure pegi terjah Pasar Baru ni.

Okay.. Pasar Baru ni lebih kurang macam P. Rabu kat Alor Star, Bazar Buluh Kubu kat Kota Bharu.. Tempat jual kain-kain ela and baju-baju. It's just the size. Pasar Baru ni ada 9 tingkat, and subdivision for each level dalam 6 kot.. Macam Blok B.. Ada Blok B1 and B2.

If Malaysian panggil Floor as Tingkat, orang kat sana panggil Lantai. Eg, Lantai 1.. Lantai 2..

Macam-macam ada.. especially on kain-kain ela, baju-baju for umrah and haji, jubah.

Anyways, first and foremost.. we went to this store - D'Square (Lantai 2 Blok B1 No .25). Cari kain. We were comfortable with this place pasal orang yang jaga tu tak brapa pekat sangat bahasa Indonesia, and banyak communicate in English.

Not only the ladies yang pening tengok kain.. Orang kat bawah ni pon, pening jugak.

Cheap labour

Almost selesai

Had our lunch at food court.

Can't remember the name of this dish. Was it nasi timbel?


Ulam bijik-bijik ni pulak (also can't remember the name) bagus untuk kesuburan.


Called Pak Asep to have lunch together, but he told us that he's already had his meal. So, he just turun to pick up the shopping bags and we continued to search for few more things.

Bosan sampai tertido.

This one pulak common scenario in Pasar Baru. Orang pusing-pusing jual air.

Bila passed by depan kedai semua tu, mesti salesgirl cakap "Belanja lagi"..
Ewah-ewah.. adakah dikau sangka daku cop duit?

Though dah lebih stengah hari dok pusing dalam Pasar Baru ni, we ended up with this store (D'Square) again. This is the only store yang willing kasi harga turun sikit.. the rest super kedekut nak kasi turun.

Memang tak best shopping kat sini if tak reti tawar menawar like us. I rather shop at factory outlet. Next time if pegi lagi sekali, memang harus bawak someone yang super teror tawar menawar.

Macam kain pasang yang sulam-sulam tu.. the cheapest we can get was about Rph 120,000 (RM 44.00), but actually kan.. harga boleh dapat, Rph 50,000 (RM 18.00). See, betapa banyaknya kitaorang kena mark up pasal tak reti nak tawar. Menyampah gile.

Lagi menyampah, masuk kedai sebelah - Angel. Masa ukur kain cakap harga lain, bila nak bayar harga lain. Bodoh, ikut hati memang nak blah je keluar kedai.. tanak bayar. Bila pikir lagi sekali, karang ada yang kena pukul pulak kan. So nak tak nak, bayar je lah. Sumpah, tak nak masuk lagi dah kedai tu.

Even we spent one whole day kat sini pon, memang tak abis nak tour the whole area of Pasar Baru. Some said, if dah jumpa barang nak beli tu.. better terus beli, pasal later memang tak jumpa lagi dah kedai tu. True enough, memang tak jumpa dah kedai tu (unless you take down the lot number). Bukan takat tu je, me and my mom had problem to find the exit. Sesat tak jumpa jalan keluar.
The exit to the main entrance was actually at D2 (Basement) instead of L1 (Lantai 1).
Hampehs.

Lil Sis I, buat macam kedai sendiri

Uncle banyak mark up yer..

Hairy chest, anyone?

Daddy, please take me out of here!

Today's new word - "Gratis" which stands for free (percuma).
which explains why each time I said, percuma.. orang-orang kat sini tak paham. Hahaha..

Keluar je dari Pasar Baru, terus pegi dinner kat D' Cost Seafood - Mutu lima bintang, harga kaki lima.

Oh, sapa-sapa yang bawak kids skali.. better bawak your own plastic plate, sebab kebanyakkan kedai kat sini memang takde pinggan for kids. Unless your kids memang dah kena train pakai pinggan kaca.

Balik je hotel.. time dekat 2030 hrs dah..
Punggah-punggah barang..


Then we went down to Braga Mall, btol-btol kat sebelah Aston.


Pusing-pusing sikit, and we ended our day at the Games Centre.

The Man vs. Lil Sis I

Quote of the day -
The Man : "Mami selalu cakap sakit kaki. But today masuk Pasar Baru, terus kaki tak rasa sakit"

PapaDom and CuCi The Musical

The Man : Thank you for taking me for the show.
Me : Hello, it was you who took me out.

The Man : Oh yes. Then, thank you for the thought. Eh, wait a minute. Thought pon takde pasal it was me who suggested.

Yes.. yes..

it was the Man who bought the tickets. It was also the Man who suggested. The plan.. the expenses.. everything was by him.. on his birthday - October, 31.

*Hopeless wife*

Numerous attempt to buy the ticket via online, but failed. So we went to the counter Ista.na Bu.daya instead. Managed to get the tickets few hours before the show.

Then we went to Pavi.llion for the Papa.Dom movie at 1700 hrs.

It was a simple and well presented movie by Afdlin S. (and the cast). Funny but touchy. And please bring along some tissue(s) ok.

Anyways, the movie ended around 1845 hrs.. and we went straight to the IB.

Grand Circle - Row F, Seat 23 & 24

There was only us at the Grand Circle Row F and behind us was the partition, that's why we tanpa rasa segan silu took this picture. Else, mesti mau kontrol.

Overall, you will laugh your heart out! You'll be amazed especially on A. Shauki and Adibah Noor vocals. Memang power abis!
The Man even gave them standing ovation ;)

Memang klakar gile, though I felt sleepy after they hit their 20 minutes break. Rasa ngantok pasal time tido pukul 10 malam. Isk.. But have to tahan mata la kan. Wouldn't be appropriate to rest my eyes here. Dah lar orang sebelah dah blanja kan? :D

The show ended just about midnight, and waited for the autograph session.

Actually the Man wanted to leave, after the cast showed their appearance.. but I insisted to stay pasal, we're already here.. takan nak buat halfway je kan. So might as well get their autograph.

In high spirit, we queued.. but the Management informed that only one person can meet the cast. So, no choice.. I continued to queue.

The Cast

You since, since the Man can't be with me to snap the picture, I'd to self-snapped. Ntah.hape.hape. So the first people-friendly victim -

Mr Ramli Hassan - Tan Sri

Miss Vanidah Imran - CJ

I have to admit, that this was my first taking autograph session with the stars. Have no clue to say what so ever but to just passed the book. Doink!

The only thing I said to her was -
Me : Oh, my sister kawan with your cousin who lives in Taman Me.lawati.
VI : Err.. F****?
Me : Ahh.. Yes.. yes..

Serious I was totally blank.

The second blank scenario was with Awie (JoJo)

No word was uttered, except for.. can I have a picture with you?
Doink!

My brain cells were contemplating whether or not to compliment his charm. But I guess, the neuron failed to transfer my thinking to my mouth. So it all well-kept inside my brain.

The third doink scenario.
Which now I understand when the Man (always) says that he'll go blank if he sees Ma.ya Ka.rin.

First, I just handed the book. But instead this guy offer his hand to shake.
(Doink! Should have offer mine first)

Second, the doinky asked for the picture.. and this guy said "Oh, I have the same camera like yours". (Or was it just an ice breaker line?) And I was like, Really????????
(Dear the Man, takpelah.. I think I want to keep this camera. Dunwan DSLR) Hahaha..

See, nervous punya pasal.. terus senget gambar.

Mr. Hans - Khai

Next..
Me : Oh, I just watch PapaDom.
A.S : Ye ke? Bila??
Me : Baru je petang tadi. Is Mia.Sara your daughter?
A.S : One of my daughters.

Mr. Afdlin - Fairil

I think his energy level was almost down to 5%.. or maybe 2%? Yelah, there were two shows on Saturday.

Next to him was Ha.rith Iskandar.

Mr. H. Iskandar - Wira

The only one thing that crossed my mind and my big mouth managed to express it.
Me : Err.. I always see you at B1.
H.I : B1?
Me : Ahh.. B1 Parking Apartment.
H.I : Oh, you live in D.Perdana? I live in Block *.
Me : Mine, Block *.

Was that reflected the stalker side of me? Doink! For sure Ha.rith cakap, gile minah ni stalker. Haha.. Tu baru parking. Thank God I didn't add that I also always see him at Laundry Baju.
I'm not surprise if he pindah out of DP next month. Hehe..

And the final one that I managed to get close with the cast was Ms. Adibah Noor. Actually, she's not THAT big, you know. People suka exaggerate je lebih.

She said, 'I think you nak kena ke kiri sikit'.
Too late for that, and my camera already snapped, and managed to get this as the result.

Ms. Adibah Noor - Farah

Isk.. takpelah.. next time jumpa, boleh amik lagik sekali elok-elok.

While the Man, only get to picture with his ex-school mate - Mr. Douglas Lim, the composer.

Wait a minute..
Did I just stole his birthday limelight?
Sapa punya birthday sebenarnya ni??

Butterfly and Kisses

This happened few days ago when we were doing our groceries. And I just have to post these pictures!

What can I say, it's okay hunn.. We live in a world full of love ;)

But you may got in trouble if you continue doing such thing.

More three and three and three and three and three

The Man : You once asked me, what do I want for my birthday. So, I nak tengok premier Pisau Cukur.
Me : Bluerhhhh..
The Man : I want premier movie with Ma.ya Ka.rin, plus Fa.zura will also be there kan. U like Faz.ura kan?
Me : Bluerhhh..
The Man : I want Ma.ya Ka.rin.
Me : You tido kat luar sekarang. Or you might want to rephrase that.