Have you been good lately?

Apparently, someone thought so...

Therefore several colleagues and I were invited to this grand dinner as a 'thank you' from the administration :)

It was held at the above convention centre.

I've been here before and have liked the feel as well as the look of this ballroom ever since.

The most important event, in my opinion :P

Food was delicious!

The recipients numbered near to 300! To expedite the cert giving ceremony, we were asked to line up in alphabetical order...

That's a wrap! It's great that despite having to start 45 minutes later than scheduled (oh, i'm singin' the VVIP blues...), the committee manage to conclude the ceremony by 11.15 p.m.

I would like to congratulate them for doing such a fine job in organizing this huge event!

Property watch...

It was my turn to work 24-7 this week...

Despite that, I managed to finish by 1.00 p.m. on Sunday...

...to accompany my parents to a discussion about developing this piece of land in Sungai Merab that Pa bought a while ago.

It was just a preliminary meeting, but all the land owners present agreed that the compensation offered is less than what they are due.

We'll wait and see what the developer's counter proposal will be...

Then we went to sign off on another bit of property Pa is interested in. PKNS is constructing a luxury apartment complex in Section 15, Shah Alam.

Picture shows where the apartment building (marked by that extraordinarily large yellow pin!) will be in relation to Masjid Biru.

And circled in red is the apartment that Pa decided to buy.

You probably can guess somewhat that Pa is big believer in property. He was a civil engineer and very knowledgeable about such things.

Pa said that property value will always rise unlike that of a car so we will always be on the winning side.

Damn! I sure hope I'll be able to cope with all this responsibility later...

Kenduri, kenduri, kenduri..!

Another hectic weekend!

3 member 'pakat' buat kenduri hari yang sama. Abang Jenul lak kena balik kampung, suh Nazir dan aku jadi wakil...

Seperti biasa, kalau trip jejauh ni, tak koser aku nak merempit- sanggup belanja lebih naik public transport atau mengharapkan ihsan kenderaan orang...

First stop: Putrajaya

Punye ler lama aku janji nak datang tengok 'anak buah' aku sorang ni. Comel kan anak si Nazir ni? Mukri namanye...

Untuk jenjalan kali ni, aku mengharapkan belas ihsan si Nazir.

AlhamduliLlah, Nazir sekeluarga ni sangat sporting, termasuk ler si Mukri yang baru 3 bulan tu- 'hok' tidak, 'hek' tidak... cuma start menggelisah dan naik merah muka time kepanasan. Dapat air-cond keta jer okey balik, hehe...

Mula-mula gi majlis yang terdekat, area Putrajaya gak.

Khail ni lebih rapat dengan Abang Jenul, kami kawan gitu-gitu jer tapi dah abang amanahkan, kami pun gi ler...

Grand tul kalau polis kawin ek? Siap tabik hormat bagai time sanding. Dengan diiringi alunan bagpipe oleh pancaragam polis, si Khail dan bini potong kek pakai pedang oo...

Lepas tu berkejar ke Beranang lak- kenduri Faiez dan Fin.

Rasa ralat gak sebab lewat sampai, dekat kul 3.00 petang camtu. Tak dapat amik gambo diorang sanding :(

Faiez dengan Fin ni very sweet and photogenic couple so rugi peluang nak tambah portfolio.

Rumah terakhir kat Klang.

Huhu... first time aku gi umah orang kawin lewat camni- orang sume siap-siap nak kemas dah!

Tak sempat jumpa raja sehari, jumpa orang kebanyakan suami isteri sajork..! Sori lar ye, Lan! Janji kami datang gak kan? ;)

Pas tu Nazir hantar aku balik umah. Akhirnye dapat gak dia jejak kaki ke teratak buruk kami. Jamu diorang makan malam skit sebelum diorang bertolak pulang ke Putrajaya.

Sepanjang-panjang tu, Mukri releeekkk jer... suka lar baby macam Mukri ni. Untung Nazir dengan Ana :)

Esoknya teman Pak gi mesyuarat koperasi lak...

Pendaftaran sekarang lembab skit, leceh daripada dulu sebab diorang nak terus key in masuk duit untuk kehadiran :P

Kali ni penuh betul lar... Biasa most datang untuk kehadiran jer. Lepas perasmian cau cincau! Mebbe sebab nak bincang undang-undang koperasi baru agaknye...

Dan kali ni, alhamduliLlah, awal habisnye- kul 1.20 petang dah habis. Biasa tu sampai 2.30 petang!

Padatnya hujung minggu...

Fuh! Padat tul aktiviti hujung minggu lepas!

Hampir tengahari, penuhi jemputan seorang member ke majlis kawin kakaknyer di Pantai Hill Park.

Lepas tu berkejar ke kelas piano kat Bandar Utama. Sempat lak berenti minum ice blended dark chocolate dan bayar bil kat pejabat pos.

Balik umah jer Nek Ngah pun sampai, nak menjemput kenduri kawin anak dia ujung bulan ni. Aku lepak jap jer sebab nak kena bersiap gi Salak.

Ada apa dengan Salak, ko tanye? Haaa... Abang Imam baru pindah umah ujung tahun lepas. Jadi kita dapat permission Mak Pak untuk overnight atas jemputan abang sendiri :)

Happy tak terkata weh!!! Antara prinsip utama Mak Pak aku adalah seboleh-bolehnyer jangan bermalam di rumah orang. Ni rezki umah baru lar kiranyer...

Gambo takde makne atas tu masa tengah layan sunset kat Stesen ERL Salak Tinggi sementara tunggu abang dan family jemput on the way balik dari kenduri kawin.

Masa tanye abang umah jenis ape beli, dia jawab, "Alaaa... umah teres jer..."

Tapi bila sampai- nah, amek ko!!! Punye ler beso umah dia! Style macam rumah tahun 80an dulu.

Ruang dalamnyer pun menarik! Kalau ikut bajet, murah jer sebab abang ada contact yang tau macam-macam jenis finishing yang cantik serta tahan tapi dengan rega yang sangat okey...

Atas sebab-sebab yang tak dapat dielakkan, dapur baru takkan berasap untuk sementara waktu. Kaedahnyer dinner kat luar ler malam tu ;)

Nama restoran tu Amy Redland's. Menarik tul ambiance dan decor dia, seperti memanggil-manggil kami masuk, hehe...

Restoran ni diurus orang Melayu, specialize in halal chinese cuisine tapi ada gak menu goreng-goreng biasa dan Western.

Aku makan lauk Chicken with Dried Chili. Memang authentic taste dia! Abang nyer Cantonese Kuey Tiau, Iman (bini Abang Imam) nyer sup Yong Tau Foo dan Muaz nyer Nasi Goreng Cina pun begitu gak!

Erk! Camne aku tau? Sebab aku ler jadi Majlis Perbandaran malam tu. Serving dia beso-beso ooo...

Pagi esoknyer ikut abang ngan anak-anak beriadah- kununnyer lar... Nan ado! Aku dok sibuk amik gambo bagai sambil jalan marathon lite-lite :P Nasib baik terlepas pijak taik lembu!

Sunrise over Sungai Sepang- lagi lagi gambo takde makne buat tatapan para tetamu ke blog ni (yang bole dibilang jumlahnyer dengan jari)...

Dalam kul 10.00 pagi baru ler berangkat untuk sarapan di kedai mamak...

Ni namanyer Koci. Dok layan kucing abang jap sementara tunggu siap-siap nak gi kenduri kawin (lagi!)...

Haiyoh!!! Notti lar you, Koci! Patut lar Iman dok bising ikan-ikan dia tetiba jadi penakut semacam baru-baru ni!

Rupanyer sejak berbadan tiga (ke empat?) ni, selera makan si Koci menyebabkan dia rajin menilik-nilik segala sumber makanan alternatif yang ada...

Layan punye layan, aku dengan Koci bole tertido sama kat lantai ruang tamu tu :P

Abang kejut Zuhur baru sedo, hehe...

Suka gambo ni :) Walaupun dikira tak jadi, tapi aku suka sebab dia different... Eh, nape ramai pilih tema oren tahun ni ek?

Lepas Zuhur siap-siap, bertolak ke Banting untuk kenduri kawin sepupu Abang Imam. Punye ler tarik muka makcik abang tu sebab kitorang sampai lewat. Muncung tu bole buat gantung baju dah :P 

Sebab aku ler tu... Rasa bersalah lak.

Bunga kemboja yang mak Abang Imam bela. Singgah jap umah mak pak abang, selang satu taman perumahan aje dari rumah kenduri tadi, sebelum memulakan perjalanan pulang...

Letih, tapi seronok sangat!

Harap sudi lar jemput kita dholan maneh yo kang? Matur nuwon seng akeh-akeh!

And this too shall pass...

Upon arrival in Kuala Terengganu last Friday morning, I actually received bad news from home...

An aunt had passed away during the night.

It's funny how deaths come quite close together in my family. Wasn't it just last week that my grand aunt passed away? And a few years previous, an uncle and an aunt died on the same day, followed by another relative a few days after...

Only 4 of Pa's 9 siblings are still currently with us. Of the living, 3 still have their spouse around. Of the dead, only 2 survived their spouse.

That now leaves me with a total of 4 uncles and 7 aunts, inclusive of an uncle and his wife from my Ma's side. And they too shall pass... Though death knows no boundary of time nor space, the moment has certainly arrived for my parents' generation to meet our Maker.

Imagine this- when the days were young, it took my parents and I from morning until night to visit all the relatives staying around Klang only during 'eid. The same was needed for Kuala Lumpur. Likewise for Seremban-Melaka. Now? A day more than suffice.

I expressly avoid thinking of Ma and Pa passing away, though I know it will come quite soon. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it, but until then...