Swim

Subang Jaya people must have heard of this 3K Complex. It opens for public use and after renovation, it has this exclusive slots on a Wednesdays for only women to swim. Well, Hannah Yeoh had posted about it few days ago. I'm surprised you guys wouldn't know. Oh, of course, 4 of Uber Drivers that I know didn't know where is 3K Complex and had no idea how to get themselves there. It's weird, they had Waze. Well, at least the Expensive Taxi saved my soul today.

About 3K, I haven't got myself explore the place yet but then, I did explore the swimming pool. That's what I did today though. Pool opens at 8AM and closes at 10PM. Their slots are 2 hours per slot. Like Slot 1 is at 8AM till 10AM, Slot 2 is at 10AM till 12PM and so on. But on Wednesdays, Slot 4 to Slot 6 which is at 4PM till 10PM are exclusively open for only women. So like me, I go at Slot 4 at 4PM on Wednesdays. It's got to be my weekly work out. Finger crossed hehe.

3K provides two swimming pools. An adult and a kids pool. I saw it had a lot of children swimming, playing water guns, splashing here and there. And yes, not to mention the ones who just sit by the pool and get their feet wet instead of their whole bodies. I was one of them back when I was in Primary days. My first swimming class was here! Their changing rooms are also not that bad.

My drama today was that I request Uber service but 4 of them didn't know where's this 3K Complex. I was pretty much frustrated though, I mean my battery died because of them. I needed to track them, needed to switch on my mobile data for them. End up, none of them knew. Before my battery died, it had like I think it was 11%, I got to contact the 4th Driver. I thanked this driver so much for actually spend almost 30 minutes trying to search for me, basically I was just waiting in the middle of 3K Complex's entrance. But same old bad news, he couldn't find me. He was lost somewhere in the middle of some factories he mentioned. And, my phone's battery finally died.

So, me dragging my frustration emotions, search for a person who could actually help me to contact a taxi for me. Alhamdulillah, I found one. She was handling the guests who came to the complex and sorting out some cash. I asked her if she could do me a favour, contact a taxi for me and what not. She did for me, and in 10 minutes, the specific taxi had arrived. I will never forget that lady.

From USJ 4 to 3K Complex, the most expensive an Uber costs me would be RM8. With Taxi service, it costs me RM14. WHY. But I am thankful for the service because I was pretty much desperate. So sometimes you got to call Uber but if they are dragging your time trying to search for you, just give Taxi a call. It costs us more but waiting for Uber sometimes aren't really worth it. They try hard, thank you but we need to save our time too. Unless you don't mind waiting then it should be good. I had to wait for more than 45 minutes so it pissed me off.

I can say that I am really happy for I finally spend myself some swimming activity and I truly believe what I did today was right and it was the best policy.

Blue Bird

I was one of 155 students and I was chosen to be in Group 6 with 14 other members. So, each group should have 15 members. We were asked to give our group a name and I, as the leader told my other members to suggest me a name and I'll pick the best. I knew there was like, Challenger, Champion, Amazing, Triple 6 and so on.  But I picked Blue Bird because we were all wearing Jeans and coincidentally we wanted something like 'Fly' but we couldn't go for Blue Fly so we go for Blue Bird.

In Blue Bird, we have student who's joining Accounting, Commerce, Psychology, Arts & Design, ADP, Marketing and other things. What I'm trying to say is, each of my members is joining different courses. Tu pun kebetulan la actually. Our Senior simply picked us all in one group. Macam how Simon Cowell formed Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and others into one group and become One Direction haha. Oh, I was the only Malay in Blue Bird though.

On the second day of our orientation, we had to play this Explore Our College game. We had to do by group, of course. The games are like, half bending a can tin and make it stable by pouring a little bit of liquid. Or, get our members to jump based on given timer and had our picture taken while jumping. Or, blowing a packet full of flour to get 6 candies. We had a total of 6 games and we are supposed to do it right to get high marks. Also, we were given about 3 hours time to complete every challenges. In Blue Bird, we didn't get full marks for all challenges. The highest we got was 9/10. And we were the second to finish everything. But this hasn't yet tell us our final result.

If you ever watch Running Man. Yes, this Explore game really follow Running Man regulations. Like we had to climb the stairs from Basement 2 to 11th Floor and then back to Ground Floor and then climb up to 10th Floor. WE REALLY LOST OUR BREATH. We didn't want to use the lift because it takes a lot of time. We'd be wasting our time waiting for it pun. Over all, we had fun playing the game together as a team and those lost of oxygen//shaky tiring legs cooled off when we were announced to be the TOP 3!

Tomorrow, we may not going to meet each other because we have to go to specific given room based on our course. But I'm keeping Blue Bird as long as we can hold each other. I would hold longer because hey, when the game was on, they waited for me outside the prayer room for about 15 minutes and let myself perform my prayer. A member said, "This is just a game. You got to do your responsibility."  I don't know man but I feel like this year, Raya Aidilfitri, I need to have Blue Bird members to gather in my open house. I feel I should treat them special!

Khabar dia.

I supposed semua orang ada a friend we lost contact tapi at times, we do think of them.  Sometimes, kita even risau whereabouts dia or, our mood swings bila tak jumpa muka dia. Dari jauh pun takpe asalkan nampak. Betul tak?

One night, I had a dream of my friend that I lost contact for almost a year. Tapi tahu la cerita hidup dia cuma we don't talk and what not. I dreamt dia almost dying. Sebab badan dia over heat and short of breath sampai berpeluh peluh. I woke up from the dream at 4AM, had myself worried and wondered what exactly happened to this fellow. I wanted to text one of family members dia tapi takkan nak kacau diorang time tu. In the end, I put my cutie Spongebob's headphone on and listen to Just A Dream by Nelly on repeat, kuat kuat trying not to worry anything. Dapat je tidur balik sebenarnya.

The next  day, I asked a couple of my friends. Saja nak tahu update/khabar this fellow sampai termimpi sakit bagai. Unfortunately, semua tak tahu. None. Maybe sebab dia tak duduk Subang so no one knows khabar dia. Desperately, I managed to text the sister, asking "Dia sihat ke? Semalam mimpi dia tak sihat. Badan overheat, lelah sampai berpeluh-peluh. Terasa la risau sikit"  But my question didn't get the answer because the sister pun tak tahu. I gathered my emotions together and forced myself to believe that it was just a dream and these worrying-sickness feelings aren't real. I mean, I have the ability to control those feelings if I want to.

Today, (3 days after the dream), ada gang told me that  dia isn't feeling well till semalam (2 days after the dream), needed to check dekat hospital.  Terkejut la. I was like, SO THE DREAM WAS A MESSAGE?! The dream really frightened me a little bit but at least the dream told me khabar dia. I was told by the mother that dia demam panas. Syukur that cuma demam biasa but still! It could've been worse.

Bila fikir balik, we were good buddies. We had our bond tied together. Wished it won't break, we wished it's everlasting and stay gold forever. Today I think I can see that our bond is still alive. It had it's heart beating but it doesn't have a thing to survive. So it's a 50-50 condition.

Haha, take care little man.

Mama turns *6!

Bismillahirahmanirrahim.
Behind the scene of Mama's birthday cake.

So, two weeks ago, I decided to do something for my mom for her birthday (19th Sept). I was thinking of baking a cake myself.

I promise you this is my first time baking a cake by myself! I usually bake cupcakes, really hehe. Mama's favourite cake is Victoria Sandwich. You know the cake with strawberries in the middle. Yeah. In this case, I don't use fruits. I used jam. Its still nice. Nice to be eaten!

Anyways, I asked Aunty Ana to bring her out on Monday morning so that i can bake without her knowing. After I done baking, Aunty Ana sent Mama home and when Mama got into her room, quickly I passed the cake to Aunty Ana. Can you guys tell how I did things in a flash? Honestly, I saw Mama was looking at us from her window. But! Luckily she didnt see the cake haha.

She asked me what did i do outside. Simply, i said "saja salam dengan Aunty"... Haha. And then on Tuesday, Mama said she wanted to bake Victoria Sandwich because dah lama tak makan. I thought she was being sarcastic, because maybe she knew about it kan? But from her expression,  her face really meant that she dah lama tak makan cake. That kesian looking face memang kesian sangat la.

And so drama today: i worked until noon. And then, Aunty picked me up from work and we go to Mak Ani's (Mama's best friend) house. We were there sebab nak tumpang decorate the cake I baked. Mak Ani wasn't there when we busy decorating. We literally went there to only tumpang her house. So basically, the good looking flowerish icing was decorated by Aunty! I just put on the beads to make it look more flower-ish. And soft.

And the colour of the writing isn't bright enough, but it was one of the biggest effort Aunty did. It is also Mama's favourite green colour. We thought the colour was so soft too, so we decided to add beads on the writings to make the writings look more shining? You can put it that way haha.

Finally, tadaa! Mama's pre birthday dinner. Happy birthday, Mama! (Ps: Mama's birthdays has been full of surprises. I remember last year, where my house was full of her friends to surprise her. Honestly, they were loud enough that my neighbour could hear them. Yet, Mama yang dekat atas tak sedar her friends ada dalam rumah. And i still dont get it how she didnt hear the noises that her friends made. When I called her to come down, only she realised her friends were there. Oh well, that is what we call Surprise party kan? Haih, my mom :) )

Salam Aidiladha!

From 7PM, 23RD SEPT till 4PM, 24TH SEPT;
my aunty & her family came over for buka puasa and then, we lepak until we didn't even realised what time it was! What does that mean again? Fun, happy. Hehe, dah lama la tak reunion dengan cousin sampai camtu. We talk and talk and eat and eat. Macam tak sedar lagi sejam lebih nak Subuh pastu kena siap pergi masjid.

I can probably say that they are my closest family since i was a baby. So, i'm sure i missed them after so long not meeting and chatting. My cousin who is 19 years old now is the closest to me. We were like twins back then. She has just finished her Foundation studies, so she's now on her holiday mood.

She told me about how was her holidays treating her. We talked about our future plans, things that needed to be changed if there is any and as usual, just fun talk about our family history. From my grandma to her grandparents and etc.

When both my family and hers gather in the living room, we talked about something different. We talked about my late grandpa who was a policeman. I got to meet him until i was 3 years old. There isn't much memories I could remember myself spending with him but I do have some I could always remember about. Like how he always call my full name, and i will answer with "Ku Abit". How he used to play my curly hair.

My mom & aunty who happened to be his daughters, talked about him and mentioned every good details he has done. I feel like I could get to know him better even though he is not breathing the earth's air anymore.

That's why it was a little bit special. We didn't always talk about him. This is like the first time after so long of not mentioning him. I miss, him.

Salam Aidiladha, kita sembelih lembu pastu potong potong daging ok? lagi berapa jam je nak pergi masjid. Tah la nak tidur ke nak mandi ke nak gosok baju dulu. Reunion part two will be held tomorrow, I supposed. Hehe

Can I write about #bersih4 here?

Got you guys, I wouldn't write anything about politics. Not now. 

-> Clan Ahmad at Johnny Rockets, a little farewell for Fikri who's left Subang Jaya for Penang to work. 

This morning, we had our breakfast at a Kelantanese Restaurant, if I'm not mistaken la. Fikri and I planned not to eat rice for breakfast but we couldn't say no when we were there. There was A LOT of food, you couldn't make a brilliant choice! I'll tell you something, when you are in a Kelantan Restaurant, food is all around you man. Talking about food was many, the place was hell crowded too. We were 6, had to sit at a 4-seated-table but of course, we didn't mind because as long as we get to sit and eat, we are cool. 

Unfortunately, there was a man at his 50s had trouble to find his sit. He was alone. He had his Cucur Udang on his plate already, holding it and dragging it everywhere as he was looking for an empty sit. He wants to be seated for him to eat comfortably. I felt bad, as though I wanted to find a chair for him and give to him. Tak payah meja pun tak apa la because desperate moment kan. He was standing, walking around the restaurant for 5 minutes, I guess? Sampai kuah Cucur Udang tu tumpah tumpah. I wanted to stand up and call for the waiter to give him a sit. But as I wanted to do that, the waiter opened a new table for him. Sempit sikit la but it's the best he can do for him. What's amazing was when the man was so happy, he actually ate his food with a smile. Tu la orang yang bersyukur kan? 

Shout out to the restaurant for a very good service to their customers. They're friendly & loving and most of all, respectful. I love that! But just a little restaurant tip, when you enter a restaurant, best is to find a place to sit first and then only think about searching for food. If you accidentally become like the 50s uncle just now, then the solution is to pack your food at the counter and ciao. Don't ever think of throwing away your food when the reason is just because you don't have a sit. You still can eat your food, just not in the restaurant la.  

Later at 4PM, Fikri has packed his stuff and left Subang Jaya. He is leaving to Penang because his first day of working is on the 1st September. Bismillahirahmanirahim, a new chapter for him. A new environment and ambience for him. All the best to him and may He protects Fikri all the time. Indeed, may Fikri takes care of Allah so He takes care of Fikri too. InsyaAllah, we will visit him soon when he is stable over there which I think he already is. 

That's a surprised. Rasa macam he baru balik from the US but then he has to leave again for work. As for me, hmm I have to perform Isyak prayer as early as I can already. Because the man who usually wakes me up at 2AM - 3AM to pray, has left hahaha. I usually sleep and then later at 2AM, Fikri would wake me up because he knows I haven't pray. If I sleep anywhere else besides my room, it means I haven't pray. That's how I "send" him a message. Also, if I haven't put on my bedak sejuk, it is also a hidden "message" I sent to him. Since he has left, then I should pray as early as I can. Might as well before 10PM, LOL. 

Just received a message from Fikri. He has safely arrived! Alhamdulillah. 

Till then, these are the highlights for today! Besides whatever happened at Dataran Merdeka today, of course. Malaysians want their voices allowed to be heard, and did this because it's how the love for Malaysia works. #bersih4 

Another day at work

Today is just another day at work and of course, it was a normal day. Usually, Dad picked me up from work and then we'll be home in less than 2 minutes because I swear, my house is really near to where I'm working.

Oh! I'm a teacher now, a part time teacher. Where I'm at? Let's that be a secret! Because, I do know you know ;)

And then I have a habit where I'll lie down on the couch for maybe an hour after I got home. It depends, if I want to watch a movie, I'll be upstairs. If I want to be alone having my gadgets on my hands, I'll be downstairs. On the 3-seat-couch. Like right now, I'm lying down on the couch upstairs watching Lilo & Stitch.

Mom would ask what I had for my dinner. I usually had nothing, hehe but I said I had something just because I don't want Mom to worry about me. But I'm not lying! I had something light like biscuits or chocolate bars and just a drink. And then I'll continue teaching the kids. It's fun teaching them, you don't want to miss a second without them.

Praying is exceptional. We can't say we don't want to pray just because we want to teach. Because to lose something for the Almighty is better than to lose the Almighty for something hehe. Actually that phrase has got nothing to do with whatever I said.

Anyway, after I think I have done "relaxing on my couch", then only I take my shower and finally sleep. I think sleeping after you had your shower is just super amazing. I will be on my highest comfort hehe. And unfortunately, I failed at perform Isyak prayer before I sleep(sometimes only). So, I usually wake up or got waken up by Mama or Bangah to perform my Isyak prayer. I really put a note saying I haven't perform my Isyak so they'll wake me up before Subuh time. Haha

So that total up my night routine on my working days! I will of course try harder on being a better person. Wee!

Assalamualaikum, yang baik comes from Allah, yang buruk comes from myself. Forgive me.