Sunday, March 16, 2008

Stories for 3 weeks

Its been nearly three weeks since my last post....a lot have been happening around me...for one.. Man's weeding in Batang Kali...then the troubles with the Avanza skirting...thirdly send my Avanza for its first service ( yup ! you guess it...1000 km in under one week !!!)..then went back to johor to cast our votes...lily in Batu Pahat and for myself in Muar (Bandar Maharani- Sekolah Sri Muar) and attended majlis tahlil at rumah Pak Jang in line with Man's Weeding on Sunday and the highlights of the week was Man's Weeding and on top of that the shocking defeat of BN in five states in the 12th election...Kelatan, Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor...a lesson for BN for being arrogant and complacent( a word i learned from Pak Uda)....For this whole week people (including myself) cant stop talking about the recent elections...but enough of that..you can read all about it in the newspapers or if you want to read the stories i suggest you read them in the blogs ( Malaysia-today or Malaysiakini) not that fabricated stories you read in the papers or in the BN controlled media....heres are some pictures...

Removing the rear skirting of my Avanza because the exhaust pipe blows directly to the skirting making it melts and its because of faulty design and the failure of the shop to inform me of the situation...after they fitted the skirting i went back to the office and to my horror, found out that the newly fitted rear skirting had been burnt and melts..went back to the shop 4 days after and asked the shop to replace it....need to do some modifications with the exhaust pipe

At the exhaust shop...modding the exhaust pipe..the pipe need to be bent and welded with a new muffler so it can match the hole in the skirting ...cost me about rm 70.00...the guy using a plasma torch..way cooler than a normal blowtorch...how it works?....beats me...

At the Rumah Besanggah having our breakfast of nasi lemak bungkus...and having it while standing.

At the masjid...where the Pak Imam do his ceramah on being a husband and how to take care of a family..lasted for 30-45 minutes...and then came the nikah part...Man got it right on the first try...well done...( same as myself )

On the way to the bride's house...btw Man's wife is Liza..don't know her full name

Lepaking under the khemah..seen here were Rek, Esa and Abg Amir

My family with the brides....

Majlis Tahlil at Pak Jang's house the night before Man's Weeding Ceremony

Lepaking outside while the tahlil in progress...seen here clockwise...Ayem, Me, Esa, Abang and Pak Jang....

Feasting time....the Menu : Roti Jala with Kari Ayam and Kuih-Muih...

Washing the plates and periuk after the tahlil..my feets hurts just after washing 3 plates and 3 cups...

Pak Chu and Su ...setting up the main table

Mak and Su...same location..doing the same thing...

Pak Jang talking with the jemputan....

Arrival of the Bride and Groom....

Newest addition to the Atok Yem's family...Atie's son...his name is something Daniel/Danish Something...can't remember his full name...he really looks like his mom....

Taking pictures of Ayem and Apis taking the pictures of Man and Liza on the pelamin.

Gift opening...seen here Man holding a gift from me and the family..a table lamp bought at ikea...

Pretty much all the things happening in the last 3 weeks...things that i remember at this time..takes me about 3 hours to post these pictures....kind of tired...tomorrow have to wake up early....need to follow lily to the market...and at mid day..go to klia to fetch linda...arriving from London....don't know why she came back....maybe bored or something...i'll keep you posted next time....

Sunday, March 2, 2008

2.00 am

Just finished burning some songs on the cd for lily...songs that she want to play in a cd player in our new Avanza... what?...you heard me right...i got our new car last Thursday...picked up the car in Muar, sent it to be tinted on the same day..cost me RM800.00, its actually RM1000.00 but i got a discount for rm 200.00 from Fareyz, the former toyota salesman. It hasn't got its body kit yet...it will be fitted on monday in a shop somewhere in balakong. Don't asked me why it didn't came with a body kit...long story, and i don't feel to share it with you. The car is a Toyota Avanza 1.5 G (A), A is for Automatic Transmission, i don't have any pictures of the car yet, maybe tomorrow. Early this morning, we'll be going to Batang Kali to attend Man's ( my cousin) wedding. Have to be at the mosque in Batang Kali at about 9.30 am. We'll see how that go. Expect a lot of pictures in my next post especially pictures of our new Avanza...One more thing..i just heard the song by the band Hujan - Bila Aku Sudah Tiada, great song with a simple lyrics and great music...wonder why i never heard it before...maybe i seldom tune in to a malay radio channel?....i've been playing the song over and over again...

Hujan - Bila Aku Sudah Tiada

Bila, aku sudah tiada
Simpan semua lagu ku
Jangan di tangis selalu

Mungkin, itu sementara
Bila jumpa pengganti ku
jangan di lupakan aku

Pagi itu indah seperti biasa
Tidur yang lena terhenti di sana
Layap kuyu masih tak terdaya
Bukalah tingkap mu
Curahkan cahaya…

Siapa yang sangka
Bila tiba masa kita
Untuk pergi selamanya

Takkan terduga
Jika saat ni
Tuhan tentukan
Aku lah orangnya

Gelak tawa tangisan yang hiba
Kenangan kita masa di dunia
Alangkah indahnya jika
Kita mampu hidup selamanya…


---Simple lyrics and a catchy tune...a recipe for a hit song.....