Syawal 1431H With Nina

Took the opportunity to celebrate Syawal with Nina as she came back from Dubai for the festive season.

The first meeting took place at her house. I informed the rest of the Keliwonz about it but since this year's Hari Raya holiday was long, it was understandable that no one else could make it. I went there with my kids and maid as Rafiq had some errands to run. Nina's mom cooked briyani for us, which was absolutely delish. We chatted for about an hour before it was time to leave when the kids got restless.

The second meeting took place at Silver Spoons at Kota Damansara. Shazz, who owns Silver Spoons is also our MSM chums. It's really a wonder how many turned up during an unplanned meet. Initially it was just supposed to be me, Nina & Dina (and Shazz of course) but we were later joined by Zaza and Aden. We ordered a lot and it was funny when Shazz told us that the cooks commented, "How many people are eating? We only see 3 people but the order is a lot!!" Hahaha! So normal for us to be serakah. We exchanged stories and insults and we had so much fun.

Hope to do it again the next time Nina or Nurul return home :o)

To my readers, sudi-sudilah berkunjung ke Silver Spoons at The Strand, Kota Damansara!!

Belated Syawal Pix

That's our Syawal this year. Looking forward for another Syawal next year, insya-Allah.



Tennis Look-Alikes

Source: MSN Home

Confused? Even if you mistaken them for the other, they're both famous people anyways :o)

Marat Safin - Eric Dane
(normally when there are look-alikes, one will be the ugly version of the other but I can't decide which for these two coz they are equally HAWTTTT!!!!)

James Blake - Chris Daughtry

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - Muhammad Ali

Jose Acasuso - Ben Affleck

Andy Roddick - Sean William Scott

Fabrice Santoro - Emilio Estevez

Nikolas Kiefer - Collin Farrell

Rafael Nadal - Josh Hartnett

LAST BUT NOT LEAST..(these ones really made me laugh!)

Roger Federer - Quentin Tarantino

AND

Justin Henin - Haley Joel Osment

In The Still Of The Night

Source : MSN Homepage

When the sun sets, a different world comes to life.

London Eye, London

Pont Sant Angelo & St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai

 

Hong Kong's Neon Maze

The Skinny Bridge, Amsterdam

  

Blue Mosque, Istanbul

City Hall, London

LAST BUT NOT LEAST...

Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur

Subhanallah, God is Great!

Have A Great Trip, Miss Rose

Miss Rose and I met up during lunch today to discuss the final details of her UK trip. Taught her how to use Garmin.

Have a safe, great and fabulous trip, Miss Rose. I am so looking forward to hear your wonderful stories of your "balik kampung" trip!

I so envy the feeling you have when you walk out of the building, knowing that at 10 a.m. tomorrow, you'll be flying off to London. See you when you get back!

Grieving on Her Birthday

Today is my sister in-law's 30th birthday. Her birthday came 4 days after her father's death on 13 October 2010, which was 3 days after her brother's wedding reception.

Uncle Mukhtar collapsed at the clinic he was working at sometime before Maghrib. He was 64. Prior to that, he and his family was watching his son's wedding reception's video.

I can't begin to imagine how she is feeling on her 30th birthday. Sadness, grief, sorrow and a sense of emptiness of losing someone dear to you.

Her latest FB status read as follows:

"Dad, the hardest part to swallow is that the world continues to move evethough you're gone. I miss you :(  Innalillah. Thank you everyone for the well wishes. I am hoping that time will heal me though I doubt it."

Insya-Allah, time will heal you, Ina. It may take a long time, but you'll get there. Letting go of the pain does not mean that he is forgotten. Be strong for your mom and Ilham. In the mean time, do remember that we'll be around for emotional support.

Even though your father is no longer with us, I hope you will find comfort in knowing that you and your family have given him the best gift of life which is love and simple joys in life like making him proud of your achievements, being happily married and allowing him to be a loving grandfather to Ilham.

Surely we belong to Allah and to Him shall we return. Semoga roh arwah Uncle Mukhtar ditempatkan di kalangan golongan yang beriman. Al-Fatihah.

Serupa Tapi Tak Sama

Having big feet has many disadvantages. One of it is your choice of shoes are very limited.

But I don't mind buying this particular shoes, as I find it comfortable and kinda cute.

Dulu maroon, sekarang hitam. Yang maroon has shown signs of aging, the obvious being the missing ribbons..hehe!

When I bought the maroon shoe last year the brand was Itti and Otto, now it's called Rins & Roy.

p/s: the new black shoes have caused blisters and stinging sensation at both my buku lali. Ouch!! Tapi takpe, me like the ribbons :o)