Cuti-cuti 2010 - Dhaka

First question I've asked to my sister, Angah was "What? Takder tempat lain ke kena posting? Org Bangla sebok dtg cni, Angah plak nak pegi sana?" Then, we laughed... It's totally true!! I'm not sure whether she can survive but she did. Angah is staying in Dhaka now as my BIL posted to this new venture by Celcom, Axiata. I wished he could be posted to somewhere nearer or nicer places.. but u know.. work is work.. no one could say NO unless you quit..




But, i know Dhaka is not bad at all.. despite of what you've seen from the magazines, tvs or other media, my sister told me that there are several attractions for you to visit. Not to mention about places to shop.. definitely make the ladies damn crazy about textiles, beadings, children's apparels, men's apparel.. All of this because of the cheap labor in Bangladesh, which he imported clothes or apparel manufactured there.. Same goes to Indonesia and China. That why you can find lots of Fo in Bandung and Jakarta.. even there is no proper FO as in Bandung, but it's also easy to find cheap clothes in Dhaka.. sumwhere in... ouh forgot the name.. i just remembered one area..yes..Gulshan 2..


Anyways, last March we went there to visit Angah n family plus to shop and visit some places. But then several plans have been canceled due to tight schedule. We were there for 4-5 days only and it's definitely fun, enjoyable and memorable. The visit reminded me of Pakistan, which I went to Islamabad 5 years ago to visit Hubby (that time he's still a BF). Same thing happens in Indonesia as well. Lots of beggars especially on traffic area. Everything seems poor and messy, you may see those people look haggard even in their early age because of the oeverwork or life in stress. If you were there, I bet you must be thinking that you're grateful enough to live in Malaysia. In Bangladesh, they are still maintaining the 'kasta' system, which the poorer people would remain poor I would say. It was definitely made us feel sad to see all those poor people, .. bBt, Angah has told me the same thing that Hubby said to me once ago in Islamabad, "don't give it to them, unless there are no other else". Why? there are too many reason.. syndicate, encourage other beggars, etc.. and many more. Anyhow, the sympathy not only for the people.. but the whole thing...

So alhamdulillah, despite of these sadness things, we were happy with the tours. Mostly tiring with our usual activities of shopping but it was worth the single cent u paid. But, above all.. the best part was, not only we have met our beloved niece and nephew, Alisa and Akiff but we also knew some people which introduced by Angah.. very lovely people esp. Puan Hajah Latifah, a wife of Brunei Embassy and not to mention some party and shopping!! We had a several shopping trip. 1st trip, we decided to tag along with other frens of Angah, and that time Sophie joined to shop. Lots of places and we bought a lot.. Esp. for Hubby and Sophie. Mine..only some textiles... 2nd trip, Garage sale.. 1st trial of leaving Sophie with the maid and Alisa n Akiff. We decided to go without her since we saw her so tired on the 1st trip, plus she never understand what actually we were doing kan. Quite a bored trip i guess (for her). First few minutes we had a call from Alisa, which panicking when she saw Sophie's crying. After consulted by her Daddy, surprisingly she managed to handle Sophie. 3rd trip, another trip without Sophie and Alisa was proud about her 'achievement' on handling Sophie.. Bravo!! We also had custom made of suits since the tailor are well known by Angah and there were cheap with the tip top workmanship. Unbelievable!

OK.. dats all for the trip.. i can't think of what happened there but i assure you that was among the best trip we ever had. All the photos will be posted soon.

Sophie's very first EID

We spent first few days in Pantai Remis as this is Hubby's turn to celebrate Eid first with his families. Sophie had fun with cousins, have seen some fireworks, enjoyed kutip duit raya..

Sophie felt asleep all the way from her Opah’s home to Melaka. Normally, we will celebrate Eid at my granny’s home in Malacca. Since we are all live in KL except my 3^rd sister, we know that Eid in Malacca much more enjoyable rather to stay and celebrate it in KL. We have lots of family in here plus it is quite pleasant to be around little cousins, aunts and uncles.

Last time we had ‘cukur jambul’ for Sophie placed in PR so we have decided her Aqiqah wil be held in Malacca during this Eid. When we arrived, her aunts, Mak Long, Mak Ngah, n Mak Lang were really excited to see her with her lovely baju kurung we’ve bought at PJ. She’s real cute on that.

We spent time in her Nek Zizah’s and my granny’s house, she was entertain by her little fans, such her cousin, Aiman, Amer, Alisa, Akiff, Haikal, Hakim and Ariff. Yeah.. all of them sound similar which we always have problem to identify each of them. Apa la mama diorg ni… hehhe.. soon after that, her Granny said the ‘qurban’ (goat) has been arrived and will be located at Uncle Udin’s house. We were going to have a look and it was quite a big and pretty goat. This talented uncle Udin also has decorated the swing for Sophie, I would say it was really beautiful swing I’ve ever seen in my life. Well, yes.. she has no reason putting her on that swing but that’s the only deco for Aqiqah ceremony. She’s not used to be on the swing since we taught her to be sleep on her cot itself.

Sophie enjoyed entertain by her cousins and her grandpa

Aqiqah was fine, the event was totally awesome with the helps from my families, and Sophie was stunned with her lovely swing. She got lots of duit raya, some token from the event itself and some of it from her aunts and uncles, and from our colleagues. The total? I think she was getting so much than I had when I was younger – RM1200 ++. Well started for her savings now. 

Her 'qurban' for Aqiqah ceremony - he's at the left of this pix ok

her first ang pow from Pak Ndak

Mak Tam.. Sophie's crying.. what shud we do now??

Ramadhan 2008

I know it’s been awhile, but since we had no access through internet and our office has blocked the blogspot, I kept all my writings in my Macbook till now, after Hubby subscribed Celcom broadband; it’s pleasure to share with u all about Sophie from Ramadhan till now.We had a few ‘berbuka puasa’ invitation from service provider during that fasting month. 2 of it we came with Sophie and ooohhh the other was the treat from Aswad, my fellow Geo mate during Uni time. My friends said he’s making lots of money right now working as freelance geologist, which we are happy for him, at least there are some of us real succeed as a geologist. Sophie was 7-month-old that time. She was happy, yet sleepy. We were lucky she didn’t moody or crying, been sleeping on her Aunt Sara shoulder approving the comfort of her Aunt’s shoulder… hehehe..

So, that event was in Singgahsana Hotel, and Western Geco invited us in Mandarin Oriental. We had to get back home, dressed Sophie up and.. wallahhhh.. we arrived Mandarin right before Athan. Alhamdulillah, we managed to berbuka with Sophie and some of our fellow colleagues. Again she had a good mood, smiled, and reacts to people who were trying to play with her. She responded as she knew them for quite sometime and perhaps she had a great time with us and our friends out there.

Aunt Sara n Sophie