Pengkalan Balak, Melaka…

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tau Pengkalan Balak di Melaka?

katanya tempat famous untuk makan ikan bakar….

pertama kali di sini, tot to go to Umbai, but jauh sesangat Umbai tuh. yet waktu ni dah kol 10-11 malam. we had our dinner, patut panggil supper je nih.

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guess what

tempat ni tak berapa tersusun lah. the service is so out. at one time aku leh nampak budak yang serve air campak2 tray kat belakang customers. of cos lah customers tu tak pasan.

tapi demi mak ajah yang nak merasa makan kat sini, kami redha je lah…

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mak wpun orang melaka, kalau anak2 tak bawak datang sini camne le mak aku nak datang kan. so wpun penat2 berlengas badan, kami buat dekkkkkkk jer lah. sampai kami dah abih makan nasi, lauk tomyam bagai, ikan bakarnya tak sampai2 lagi.

bila sirman checked, astaga, dia amik order tp dia tak buat2 kau. dah over an hour. ada satu meja ttu, customer ni sorang kakak bertudung pink ni aku ingat lagi, sampai 3,4 kali dia sound tokey ikan bakar nih. sian….

sudahnya depa pulang tanpa ikan bakar.

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the little girl’s name is Batrisya, my brother’s daughter. bapaknya si abang aku nih garang. dia marah anaknya tak nak makan, cebik2 budak tuh. sekali je aku pujuk, panggil mai kat mak merah, lajuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu je dia datang ke pangkuan ku.waaa manjanya ko.

So one part of being  parent, kalau sorang marah, sorang either diam or cubalah jadi air. sian anak tu. kang dedua marah anak2, apa nak jadi kang, meletup lak rumah.

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we finally got our ikan bakar. siakap 2 ekor and cencaru 2 ekor. itupun sotong cancel order. sedap memanglah sedap, cuma service sangat out. but memandangkan takde yang dikejar kat kl nun, so dok lah situ lelambat nunggu makanan sambil gossip mak merah sama adik beradik ku…

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this girl is not my sister, she is my eldest sis’s daughter. she s the one yang aku kulu kilir bawak masa dia kekecik lagi. skang sudah anak dara sunti, 15 years old. aku tengok bulu mata dia, rasa nak suh pakai mascara jer hahahaha but she doesnt like make up. just yet.

berpaksa suh amik gambar, dok malu malu maluuuuu manjang.

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hamik nak basuh tangan, amik je air dari kolah tu. bersih tak bersih korang redha je lah. ni bukan makan kat first star or 5 star nye class, orang yang kelas kekaya tak sesuai makan sini, sure lari kelaparan. tapi kita selambaaaaaaaa. oh dulu umah arwah tok nek aku ada kolah gini, dalammmmmmmmmmmmmm air nya. kalau jatuh, arwah la ko, camne nak naik panjat tuh. and we mandi guna air kolah tu, sejuka ya rabbi.

umah kampung arwah tok nek aku sudah dirobohkan, tiada siapa yang tinggal di sana, hanya tinggal tangga batu melaka sahaja. seingat ku, hanya sekali lam hidupku kami beraya di Melaka, yakni sehari sebelum Syawal aku ada kenangan beraya di kampung. that was like bila,  25 years ago?? hahahahah

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jarang nampak kakak saya, that s her. she has 5 kids. her daughter the one next to me syiannnnnnnnnnn dia. akak aku suh lakinya bawakkan anak pi gunting rambut kat saloon, si bapak malas. dia ketamkan rambut anaknya sendiri. astaga. dah macam rambut minah rock kapak je budak kecik nih.

jap2 dia bertudung, malu  nye pasal. last2 dia bukak. kalo umah dekat aku je angkut dia bwk pi saloon apatah lg petang raya aku sendiri ke saloon ngan gegirl.

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this is our last port in Melaka during the 2nd day of Syawal.

ai dont have any bigger plans for this raya. The Red Family usually pi holiday sana sini every 3rd raya tp kenangkan anak aku Abang baru je baik sihat from H1N1’s case, so kami dok kl dok umah je lah. sapa2 ada buat open house, marilah jemput saya. ai dont do any open house, ahhahahahaha!

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This boy looks so Micheal Jackson. dia pakai pokdenya (Epi) topi and sunglasses, hensem macam orang besau lah pulak. His baju is the transformer shirt, i bout 2 pcs, bape kali dia bising kat telinga aku, nak pakai baju transformer ye mommy! perkhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

banyak2 baju yang dibeli, baju transformer biru ni gak lah yang dia berkenan!

He is not favvy to red colour

but since the mother is a queen of red

he doesnt has a choice, kena gak lah ikut tekak maknya bermerah merah merah merahhhhhhh! oh itu adalah punca kuasa tiga power ibu yer. The parenting tips today hahahahahha 🙂

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The Raya in Melaka…

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during the 2nd day of raya, we went down to melaka, 4 cars, convoyed with my family. bawak my mom to visit her side. she s from melaka, was born and dibesarkan di sana, tp anak2nya tak ngaku orang melaka boleh? hahahaha coz we dont live there, we went back there like once a year jer.

itupun sebab bawak parents to visit the family members yang tinggal di sana…

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kami pergi dalam 4,5 bijik rumah. and semua umah yang kami pergi tu, kerusi kayu depa serupa giler! omg! orang melaka suka kerusi gitu rupanya. btw, the traffic from kl to melaka, sangattttttttttttttttttttttttttlah hazab.

aku tidur

bangun

tidur

bangun

still dalam highway!

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anw i m not gonna change my style of writing just bcoz i m the finalist of Best Parenting Blog. i dont talk bout babies stuff, kids thingy at every of my entries. that s so not Redmummy! the readers kenal saya sebagai seorang yang menulis tanpa halangan, ai write bout everything, pasal anak2 is part of it too.

So, that s my sister Nana with her son, Khyre. the boy is so funny…………bila nampak camera, automatic he gives that pose. sooooo cute ler budak kecik nih.

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We went back down to KL after the melaka trip at 2am. kids tidur sepanjang Melaka – KL, i watched the movie, August Rush, nice movie. 2 kali tengok, 2 kali menitik2 ayo mato.

The reason entry agak kurang coz aku masih lagi bercuti, in fact most malaysians yang cuti melambak2 tu sambung cuti for the whole of this week. Raya mar! kerana itulah saya malas nak update blog. Wpun aku membongkang je kat umah.

n now aku ketar2 jari ngadap blog balik, trying to give u lots of entries back. ngah amik moooodddddddddd marii!

But hey, dont forget to cast your vote for Redmummy.com. Camne ke aku nak remind korang vote ni ek, coz menda ni kena vote at every 2 hours. Ingat sendiri lah yer…support sket RM. Nuffnang Regional Blog Awards to be held in Spore on 23rd October!

Thanks yo!

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Krunching my way to Uniquely Singapore…

hey, lots of you have heard bout the Nuffnang Blog Awards. It s an award for the bloggers to be held in Singapore on Oct 23rd.

To mark over 2 years of community building, Nuffnang.com is presenting the first ever Asia-Pacific Blog Awards.

Honouring the best of the blogosphere in our region, we would be running 2 months worth of nominations and campaigning. This would eventually culminate in a GRAND blogger affair in Singapore. Invites would be given to 60 of the region’s best bloggers, and 360 bloggers and guests for this 3 Day 2 Night affair. Transportations and accommodations would be provided for foreign bloggers in the region.

Bloggers will descend on the fair shores of Singapore on the 23rd October 2009 and create an evening of unparalleled glamour & prestige.Bloggers can look forward to a classy Gala Dinner at the Pan Pacific Singapore Grand Ballroom and be dazzled by regional entertainers which includes some of the biggest names in Asian showbiz.

The following days would be filled with an action packed itinerary of Uniquely Singapore experiences where numerous surprises will be in store!The inaugural Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Awards 2009, is brought to you proudly by Pringles, and Singapore Tourism Board.

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so anw, there are 2 ways for you to vote RM. one is via Nuffnang Blog Awards, the site url is awards.nuffnang.com . Im competing with  4 other blogs from Australia, Philiphine and Singapore. Think i m the only Malaysian from that category. i think, not sure. so you support RM, pls cast your vote. without your vote, aku pi Singapore sekadar memeriahkan suasana je lah gamaknya. ater korang tak vote, kalah ler teman kang 🙁

But in order for you to vote RM, you oso need to vote other categories as well, so just click click click. i know you may say...’tak penah dengo pun blog2 lain tuh’

but remember, negara luar lain pun tak penah dengo gak RM 🙂

My problem is, my readers mostly skang ni ngah bercuti raya, most of malaysians masuk cuti dari kerja on next monday onwards, so saya sudah kerugian votes yang beribu2 dari korang per day. so takpelah, redha…kita usaha tengok sejauh mana RM boleh pergi from your votes. at least i m the finalist already.

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The second way of voting is via my blog. on the right side bar lam blog nih, you can see the shortcut to the voting column. it s at the bottom of my nuffnang’s iklan. tepi kanan tu yer.

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again, korang kena vote category2 lain jugak, some of them are from Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and Philiphines. Click2 your vote, till you are in Best Parenting Blog’s category. sample as the above.

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Move your cursor to Redmummy @ Redmummy.com 🙂

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n you are done! you can place your votes again, in 2 hours time. Keep coming back for voting RM. I ll be down to Singapore on 23rd October 2009 (this is the date of my son’s birthday!)

TIME: 5.30 pm
VENUE: Pan Pacific Singapore Grand Ballroom
DRESSCODE: Black Tie

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So it s time to ask for help from my readers and bloggers frens, all over the world. Coz 50% of your votes will help me to win the Best Parenting blog. well, i donno why m i being nominated for the Best Parenting Blog, coz korang yang nominate saya. Few told me that they have nominated me for few categories, but the judges think that i m suitable for the Best Parenting Blog’s category. 🙂

Hey, after all i m a mother of 2 kids hokey!

Remember, this is a personal blog, RM is not just talking bout how you do the diapers, how to feed your children how to blahblahblah…i m writing as what i experience the process of our life, not the manual thingy. My 2 kids, abang 8 years old and Gegirl, 5 years old are famous in RM, you guys love them so much, seperti mana kamu cinta reading this blog.I talk bout the development of kids, a parental thing throughout my experience as a mother, Sirman as their dad. We are the Red Family.

Rerasanya, being mother, the recent case yang paling menyayat hati kita semua is when my son Abang was confirmed positive for H1N1. That story, the info the knowledge everything is to be shared with all of you.

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If i m the right winner, itu rezeki saya, but if not, i m oso one of the lucky blogger, after Project Alpha,  the Nuffnang Blog Awards is one of my biggest achievement. Dear Blog’s entry was meant for this purpose actually. For my lovely red readers, thanks for your vote.

See you in Singapore. Jangan lupa, keep on voting RM for every 2 hours :). Closing date for voting is on 11th October, pastuh, enggak bisa vote lagik yeah.

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Bunga api di Klang…

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Semarak bunga api dan mercun di rumah mertua. hebat tak hebat anak2 buahaku main sama kencang ngan abang and gegirl.

this time nya balik kampung umah mak Sirman, aku kena licin and kemaskan dapur coz menantu pompuan yakni birasku sedang sarat nak menunggu hari beranak and 2 sisters in law aku pulak beraya di umah mertua gak n sudah pulang ke rumah sendiri. kerna itu aku tidak berbaju kurung di malam raya pertama, kena buat keje dapur daaaa….

coz family sirman ni kakaknya 2 orang jer, lagi 7 lelaki koooooo!

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hari2 biasa my mom in law tinggal ngan 3 anak bujangnya, so rasanya cuti sekolah hujung tahun nih, aku akan bawak mak mertua aku tinggal ngan aku sekejap…

hahahaha, adik2 ipar aku kena makan kodai lah jawabnya, apo nak buat korang, bukannya selalu Sirman abang korang nak kidnap mak korang bawak balik umah VA kami, yeyyyy!

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Sirman’s hometown is in Klang, tapi satu hari raya dari noon to midnite memang masa kami anak beranak akan berabih di sini…

Udah 3 Syawal…hows your raya?

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Raya raya pun kena ada 3rd advertorial on Prudential, please scroll down for my latest entries coz this is a special sticky mode entry.

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Waaaaaaaaaaaaa! Kalau nak sihat, jaga makan jaga badan. Jaga juga perwatakan! Kalau nak sihat lagi, do lots of check up, kalau tak dpt 6 bulan sekali, buat setahun sekali. Kalau ye pun korang ingat korang healthy, tp mana tau yang kat dalam badan tu ada ‘hidden illness’ kannnnnn!

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So anw, seronoknya bila attend the PRUhealth talk arituh, kami diberi rawatan percuma to do some check up for our body. Merata2 depa cek, through the system machine yang aku tak tau lah pulak namanya, sangat molek bagus wooo…

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at least for 15min gitu they spent to check on me, and perfecto, alhamdulillah, aku takde sakit yang mudarat sangat lah, itu dari minor check up yang depa buat. But they noticed aku ada masalah rendah darah. Itu biasa…bagi sorang yang tak cukup tidur tak cukup rehat, memang symtom2 tu je lah yang aku akan dapat. Huiiiiiii! Pasnih kol 10mlm kena off pc lah.

Abih, kalo tidur awal, iskk..kedaunglah blog aku kang.

saya tidur lambat setiap malam, paling awal tu midnite, sokmonya kol 2pagi baru panjat katil. sombab mata den 🙂

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Tapi PRUhealth memanjakan kami, the top 9 bloggers bukan ajer dengan medical checkup tapi dengan rawatan massage enak nyaaaaaaaaaaa di Vila Manja, Ampang. Memula dengo talk, pastu layan medical check up pastuh makan eh makan sepanjang hari hikss..pastu dimassagenya kita.

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You can choose apa types of massage ko nak, and for the first time saya memilih ‘stone massage’ perkhhhhhhhhhh, meletup2 liuk badan aku kena ngan batu panas tuh. Jari jemari pun Mbak tu guna gak untuk massage saya, full body tuh nikmatnyaaaaaaa!

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Massage is very important to me, sama pentingnya dengan insurans. Saya antara manusia seperti kamu yang hidup dengan penuh macam2 kerja dan masalah. With my permanent job, with my blogging job, personal life, family, seiring itulah saya perlukan insurans specially untuk tabungan anak-anak.

What will happen if saya pergi dahulu tanpa tabungan anak-anak. PRUhealth adalah satu2nya peluang untuk saya menambah modal kehidupaan material for the kids. Not only that, untuk saya sendiri dan suami jugak.

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Saya tidak mahu menjadi salah seorang yang gagal dalam hidup. Saya mahu everything comes together in one package. Apa2pun family is the main point penggerak utama in my reality life, that s why ai m calling all of you to join me to register yourself and kids for PRUhealth.

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Walaupun begitu, sentiasa berpegang to the princip….you have an insurance, you dont have to think much about your problem. Being one of the top bloggers, sangat happy and gembira coz kami hanya perlu keluar bekerja, attend event sana event sini, buat heavy assignments tapi the rest, just leave to PRUhealth.

but of cos dalam Islam, kita perlu percaya qada dan qadar, tapi kita juga perlu berusaha, dok ko membebel camne nak sihat camne nak kaya tapi nan ado nak bersilat kerja bagai, and bayo insurance, camne nak maju kan?

Nothing comes for free my dear, budget lah sikit from your monthly allocation, to pay insurance via PRUhealth, at least kamu dan waris kamu ada masa hadapan coz kita tidak boleh predict the future yang masih samar-samar.

Em…

Can ai insured my blog? One question yang masih tinggal tanda tanya….tapi mungkin juga satu hari nanti, Redmummy.com akan kuinsuranskan under PRUhealth.

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