Idriz Bday Party

N4 booked an airbnb homestay for idriz 7th bday party. Theme was pakai askar.. homestay memang best, spacious, byk bilik and memang idriz happy lah. 

And our cucu was there too. Kalau dgn sm mmg half day tu tak puas. I get to hold him lama today. He slept in my arms for about 45minutes.

We were at the party from 2.25pm until 6.45pm sebab ada meeting to attend. Tunggu la nanti kalau dah dapat gambar bday boy lagi, i will update this posting. 

And ohh seperti biasa N1 and her durians.. beli sampai 3 pack besar.. tapi dia makan sikit 😆 alhamdulillah thank you belanja durian.

Happy Birthday To Me 20 July 2025

on this day, i was upset with TH. actually i have been upset with him for various reasons and i just couldn't be bothered to ask or to tell him. i have not been really speaking with him and i guess this is our first kinda me feeling so upset and sad actually with him after our so many years of relationship. 

so anyway, i woke up receiving this message from TH and well, it was kinda sweet and made me chuckle a bit. my heart still sore but aah what the heck it is my birthday. i should be happy. But, I cannot la.. it hurts me too much that I just couldn't make myself to have the happy mood even if it is on my own birthday day. In the car on the way to N4's house, TH gave me a birthday present, a gold pendant from Habib. It was so lovely, I am happy with the present... but..

The breakfast at N4, it was so really nicely done and prepared. had everyone there except N1's family but it's ok. the spread was so nice, food was yummy, simple and intimate. Thank you so much N4.. urmm the chef was pacik actually 😁

after lunch everyone went back feeling stuffed.. errmm what did i do ah after that? oohh i was supposed to attend MTL at Publika but somehow when we were already on the way, event has started and we (N3 and I) didn't wanna be late so we detoured and went to AEONAU2 for groceries shopping instead.

Later that night, I wanted to have shellambak for dinner but unfortunately Shellambak was closed on Sunday so I told TH and Joey that I wanna go to Taman Rimba Ampang for dinner. I shared the Shellout with Joey and yey there was busking there and we stayed until about 10ish. Food was yummy, love the ambience and music. 

Alhamdulillah, thank you Allah swt for another year wiser, please grant me good health and functional years ahead of me. Giving me and my family wealth would be great too 😁  Thank you for such a lovely family #gratitude

thank you for the birthday cake TH

shellout at Taman Rimba Ampang

Happy Birthday Ayah :)

ayah turned 85 on 12 November. and this time kunun nak celebrate ramai2 tapi the main adalah for ayah. N4 chosed the place sebab dia yang mahir bab2 cari restoran yang sesuai. i am so glad Joey joined us for the dinner. Alhamdulillah he is more free now selepas grad. i always love family dinner/gathering and walaupun sekarang ni memang semakin payah to get everyone sebab masing2 dah besar, banyak clash dengan their activities. so mana yang dapat, kena redha je. 

makan kat restoran ni memang sedap, its like you kena bayar per head, tapi the appetizers free flow. and most of us memang enjoyed the appetizers! hahah 😃

next time ada masa i akan buat review the place ye. dah lama tak buat review restoran kan. macam tak terkejar dah, banyak sangat business nya yang buat. hehe alhamdulillah. 

Happy Birthday Ayah Majid

19 Oct 2022: the first time celebrate birthday my FIL sama2. and not really a celebration sebab ibu is being admitted at HSI - she got stroke for the second time and this time it is real bad. sedih tapi i told TH that we should get ayah majid presents and also a cake to cut with his grandchildren since semua berkumpul. 

he was surprised when we gave him the present and also seronok dalam sayu bila ayah majid sama2 makan kat kafeteria HSI. semoga ada keajaiban buat ibu. ameen

ayah majid & cucu2nya

arissa yang sentiasa manja dengan pak long dia

Birthday Tuan 5 Oct 2021 - Sage Cafe Kitchen - My Personal Review

6 Oct 2021: disebabkan Tuan kerja on his birthday, he suggested that i come 1 day later. i okay je. and this trip, i did not buy the ticket balik sebab tak sure nak stay berapa lama. and plus tak tau jugak samada kena quarantine ke tidak kali ni.

ye, aku tau dah lama tak update blog - mood memang merudum. so yang ni pun simpan lama, banyak update kat FB je. but siapa yang dalam my friends list je lah boleh tengok. 😋

we had a simple celebration - just the 2 of us. ye lah, nak celebrate dengan siapa lagi kan? ihik.. 😁 i sampai2 je, hulurkan bunga cokolat dari famous amos. and kitorang pergi dinner kat tempat favorite, Sage Cafe Restaurant. haa korang layan je lah gambar ni ya. bila dah sampai rumah kami ambik gambar lagi.. dengan brownies yang N3 bake kan for Tuan. 

posted 16 Oct 2021: This was the 1st restaurant that I got hooked masa mula² sampai Twu dulu. Its Nasi Kerabu Salted Egg Ketam sentiasa menjadi pojaannku.

But yesterday I felt like eating something else.. I had grilled lamb and lamb dia pun superb. Ringkasnya so far semua makanan dia sedap² belaka. Tuan had chicken chop.. pun yummy. their mashed potato..omg..mmg lazat!

All their waiters & waitress pun peramah².. 1 thing I noticed kat Twu ni pekerja² kat mana² pun semua happy², peramah² and excited.. So macam tu lah dengan business Nu Skin, kalau kita excited, orang pun akan excited, kan? #tiberr #nuskinnerlife macam ni lah 

So, you all kalau datang Twu, please datang ke Sage cafe + kitchen. Kelmarin their 1st year Anniversary so kitorang dapat voucher..Korang nak? Gi la sana cepat.

• date of visit: 6 & 16 Oct 2021
• location: Sage Cafe Restaurant, Tawau, Sabah
• place & decor: nice, cosy, industrial
• cleanliness: 9 out of 10, some furniture nampak dah uzur, but ok lah.
• restaurant service: friendly and service was quite fast no matter what you order.
• food: ordered western and asian - semua sedap2 belaka. portion pun besar.
• price: we are okay with the price :)

Birthday Surprise Celebration & Raya Haji 20 July 2021

This year tak tau apa nak rasa on my birthday. Tuan confirmed tak balik sebab larangan rentas negeri. Lisa pulak tak sure sebab dia pun dok rumah sendiri and macam tak de plan pun nak buat apa². Memang down lah the birthday eve.

On the day itself, dah la jatuh pada hari raya aidil adha. kat rumah asalnya dengan joey and bibik je. alhamdulillah murah rezeki dapat bantuan prihatin dari N1 for juadah raya. and tiba² dengar bunyi pintu di buka.

Yey, Lisa balik, bawak cake sepotong 😍and hari ni jugak dapat cake and dessert 2 kotak! alhamdulillah.

Surprise Tuan sampai 1 hari kemudian. Masa dapat call tu, tengah bad mood, so bila rider call bgtau ada surprise delivery, tak de la excited sangat. 

But bila dah sampai tu, memang sengih sampai telinga sebab tak sangka Tuan bagi. hehe 😁suka sangat, sebab memang sangat2 tak sangka. bila part yang Tuan tak balik tu memang sedih la kan, tapi benda ni bukan kita boleh control, dah kata tak boleh rentas negeri. Macamana kan. Honestly lagi satu sedih sebab rasa Tuan macam tak de perasaan. His expression memang kadang2 macam tu, macam orang tak ada perasaan. Tu sebab selalu aku sound dia tapi dia ermmm macam tu lah.. jarang nak tau from his expression how he actually feels unless dia bagitau.

Joey Turned 21

 memang terasa cepat sangat waktu berlalu. and this time i plan to make it big for my only son. i want it to be a memorable one. dapat kumpul semua ramai2 macam masa ayah celebrate his 80th birthday. but then, Allah has better plan for us. we had to cancel it to another time due to MCO. it is not looking so good in Malaysia right now. 

i have ordered a birthday cake for Joey, so as always, bila celebration besar2an not on the exact date, usually on the exact date we will still do a small celebration. i am grateful because i have everyone together, my children and husband. hehehe 😀 we hijacked N1's house (with permission of course) to have the cake cutting session. small do tapi good enough. sayang NI's family yang not able to be around sebab jauh and quarantine issue.

Joey dah dewasa sekarang but please know that mama will always be here for you whenever you need me ok. Mama sayang Joey sangat2. 🤗

Happy Birthday Ayah

 

time pkpb ni memang banyak benda terhad kita nak buat. termasuk lah birthday ayah. semoga ayah akan stay strong and sihat2 lah hendaknya. 

happynya birthday boy dapat kek

kawan N4 buat, memang sangat detail and aku suka all the vibrant colors!

kalau orang jawa, untuk kesyukuran memang akan ada bubur merah & santan

Ayah turned 80

after

before

we had a mini celebration on the day itself which was on 12 Nov 2019, at Fish Manhattan Restaurant in Wangsa Walk Mall.

we always have makan2 or big party when we celebrate our birthdays. it is a good excuse to have a good gathering within the family members. when we get extra excited we tend to extend the invitation to our relatives as well. this year ayah turns 80 and earlier, of course we wanted a big party for ayah, spending extra together with the relatives and get a good musician to perform. however, along the way, i dont know whose idea it was but it was a brilliant idea that we just keep to Kalam Clan only - and of course exceptional for AH. as somehow or rather he has been accepted to be a Kalam Clan member, although still sort of unofficial. 😊 ihik... kira on probation lah ni. 

and actually most thanks to N1 for sponsoring the venue and main dish, N2 (that's me 😋) sponsored the t-shirts for N1 and parents while N3 and N4 together with Marissa & Kelly co-organised the games for Telematch. we stayed at Serinity at PD from 15 to 18 Nov 2019. but since AH just finished his course on the 15th, we went on the 16th, that is on saturday. the bungalow is huge. just nice for all of us actually except that for me, i shared the room with Idz's nanny, joey and AH slept at the AV room aka karaoke room. i sang till my voice became husky. i tell you, the songs list are from the 60s to 80s! lagu baru memang la tak de. tak pasal2 jugak joey sang lagu my way! 😂

cuaca memang panas kat PD so bila tengah panas, we lepak in the house, karaokeing or sleeping. bila dah petang baru we gathered at the play area in the house compound for the telematch. telematch was supposed to be on saturday but most of us end up sleeping, and ayah went fishing with imran, so we had to postpone to sunday morning. that saturday night N1 got herself confused with the menu - so the BBQ last2 tak jadi, end up jadi dinner biasa tapi sedap je. and malam tu jugak la we cut the cake. theme for the party was 'park rangers' ada jugak yang nak jadik power rangers, nasib baik idea tu kena cantas awal2... 😋

i am so glad that AH blends in well with the Kalam Clan, i hope he will remain like that or not, be better in the future, insyaAllah. nanti the next post aku akan cerita pasal the stay pulak - boleh buat review. oh by the way, we got attacked by monkeys on sunday tu. tengah kitorang syok2 relaks, monyet pun bergumbira kat dapur masuk through tingkap. 

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so kitorang punya activities were eating, playing telematch,  karaoke, swimming at the pool and makan. on sunday petang tu we went to teluk kemang for tea, lepas tu N4 sibuk nak tengok sunset walaupun ditentang oleh mama sebab idriz is too young to be out during maghrib. hehehe tapi tak pe, kita doa yang baik2 je ye. 

sorry la posting ni berkecamuk sikit, sebab macam banyak nak cerita tapi time sangat limited - gitu. so i just cerita je lah yang mana teringat sebab macam excited and best. yang tak bestnya - ada post holiday syndrome. jadik lemau nak pi kerja, and start dah rindu kat AH. 

Alhamdulillah Another Year Wiser

count your blessings, orang kata. MrH awal2 dah bagitau, dia akan balik KL minggu birthday aku. which at that point of time, honestly aku tak rasa apa2. rindu MrH tu memang routine aku, cuma maksud aku, aku tak rasa pun birthday aku is an important date for me. mungkin sebab aku frust aku tak dapat fly ke USA on the date yang sepatutnya aku fly. 

MrH tanya aku banyak kali:

• aku nak makan apa? 
• aku nak buat apa? 
• aku nak pergi mana? 

and aku masih tak de jawapan yang konkrit. sabar sungguh dia dengan aku. memang aku tengah moody pun. sorry MrH, aku masih sedih dengan penangan anak2 since last week. but MrH tu sabar je dengan aku..and aku rasa syukur sangat to have him around. ni lah yang kita selalu dengar, Allah swt punya perancangan tu memang tepat pada masanya. Allah swt pun tau yang anak2 semakin membesar, they will have their own plans. memang la aku sangat tak sangka yang Joey akan ignore aku sampai macam ni sekali. keras betul hati dia and memang membuatkan aku tertanya2, marah sangat ke dia dengan aku? part mana yang aku buat salah dengan dia? jangan sampai jadi insiden masa dia shut us all out macam masa dia form 2 or 3 sudah.. and to regret 2 years later, tak de gunanya. sebab we cannot change the history, we can only learn from it. and i hope and pray that he will not have to go through another regret in his life - ubah lah.. dengar lah nasihat orang yang lebih tua. 

on my birthday eve, tetiba aku terasa nak makan western, so aku bagitau MrH ada 1 western restaurant yang sedap and reasonable harganya. so aku pun buka lah offer kat whatsapp group kalamsclan. and that night, just me & MrH, mama, ayah and mahsuri clan.. wahh dah ada mahsuri clan.. hehehe 😁

elok je diorang sampai kat venue - dah totop rupanya restaurant tu. tak pe lah tak de rezeki.. and aku pun terus teringat kat TheGarageKL, along MRR2 highway. untung2 ada orang main music nanti, and yey.. ada busker malam tu. we had good food, good company, and kids enjoyed themselves playing buih sabun. aku pun happy tapi masih terasa that emptiness and sebak. apa2 pun aku sentiasa doakan anak2 aku di dalam perlindunganNya.

YaYa ni memang sentiasa melekat dengan MrH!

YaYa she cheered up my night