Gotong-royong in SK Bangsar~

There was a gotong-royong in SK Bangsar yesterday and me being a very committed and hardworking practicum teacher (lol... don't puke! I know it sounds so syok sendiri! haha) decided to get involve even though it wasn't compulsory. Nak markah lebih punye pasal! Lalalala~


It was supposed to start at 8am but when I got there, there were just me, Zu Lee, Cikgu Wan Rosdan and 10 students! Gosh! Whatever happens to MR. PUNCTUALITY huh? Regardless, we carried on making hot tea for everyone so that we could drink it while eating biscuits as breakfast. At about 8.30 onwards, more teachers started coming in and we had breakfast together. Now, here comes the funny part.....


I took a cup of hot tea and put it on the table. Then, I reached for my handbag and accidentally swung it over my cup, spilling out everything on the table and then down on my thighs. In no time, the lower half of my body was soaked in hot tea!!!! Trust me, you don't even want to imagine that. The thing is, I don't really mind soaking in hot, sweet drink that made me uncomfortable with the stickiness ... but the fact that the hot tea spilled on my Charles & Keith handbag and my new sneakers just made me furious! Yela, salah Kae jugak kan? Kae yang cuai~ Haih... but of all 365 days in a year, why must the tea spilled on the day I wore my most precious handbag and new shoes?! Urgh~ All I could do was cleaned everything up and then proceed with the gotong-royong~

First up, collecting rubbish around the school compound~ Note my now-clean handbag and sneakers~ Kutip sampah, kutip jugak.... but hey, even Naomi Campbell did her social service wearing heels. What harm can a handbag do huh? lol~

Year 6 kids trying to switch on the lawn mower~

FIRE!!!!!! They're burning old tables and chairs~ Pembakaran terbuka ni.. Campak cikgu, campak!

This reminded me of the Bonfire Festival celebrated in the UK. Never missed the event while I was there.

Encik Ismail giving pep talk to some girls~

Even the headmaster, Encik Nordin were there to help trimmed some plants! Sempoila Sir!

Cikgu Halim (the one with the red cap) cleared out the bush behind the bird cage and I helped out with stuffing the sampah-sarap into the black bags~Still not putting down my handbag! Ngee~

After filling up just two bags, I was asked to stop. The reason? Because I'm a girl! Excuse me? Are you underestimating me?! It's not that I had to repair a broken car engine or something. I just had to basically stuff batang pokok and daun kat dalam plastic bag je! Not gonna kill la~ I'm a Convent girl. I'm from an all-girls school. Where do yo think we would find boys to do those ganas stuff??? NOWHERE! We had to do them by ourselves dudes! Moving heavy furniture, handling PA system, electronic wiring... just name it, we've done it! That's the reason why I refused to stop and continued my work.

In the end.. everything is in those 11 black bags!

At about 11, everything was done. Zu Lee wanted to jam with Cikgu Halim and so I decided to walk home alone. Cikgu Rosdan offered a ride but I declined saying that I wanted to go somewhere else before going home plus it would be extremely awkward if there were only both of us in the car. I first walked to Thoyyibah, a regular mamak restaurant that we always hang out at to tapau my lunch. I ordered my 'mi goreng tak mau ayam' with some spicy fried innards! Hihi.. my favourite. I also bought a bottle of Ribena and guava juice before heading home.

Time to dig in!!!

Watching 3 Idiots while eating my fried mee... Getting the Indian feel.. Hihi.. and this movie is awesome~

Later at night, I went to Bangsar with Syila to get my Mak Su something for her open house today. Then we had our dinner and right before I slept, I watched My Name is Khan. A day for Hindi movies huh? LOL!~

Awesomest Dinner!

Just got back from an awesome dinner with my awesome confidante a.k.a my best-est sidekick, Syila! This dinner was originally planned to be on Thursday but since both of us were already craving for the food, we decided to go today! lol~ These are the brief details of our fulfilling dinner~

Where?

Food Garden, The Gardens~

Why?

Although it is just a food court (a very expensive food court that is.. lol~), we love the ambience of the place and the food there taste superb. Korean stall in charged by Korean people, Iranian stall ran by true Iranians and so forth.. so, you'll get quite the authentic taste of the food.

What's on the table?

Syila decided to go all Korean tonight and these were what she had...

Kimchi Jigae (Kimchi Stew)~
The best one I've ever tasted so far!

Dolsot Bibimbap
(Rice topped with various veges, gochujang (chillie paste) and fried egg served in a hot stone bowl)
Very tasty and filling~

I decided to go back to my roots on my mother's side and had some Iranian food.

Lamb Kebab Platter
Looks a lot but the portion is just nice for my tummy because it was served with pita bread instead naan bread.

We also decided to share on the snack after dinner and this was what we had...

Dukbokki~ (Korean rice cake~)
One word.... YUMMY!

There you go.. all the food with slices of watermelon, dwaenjang soup, some side dishes, a bottle of mineral water and a cup of Chinese Tea... Wondering whether both of us could finish them?

The result?

Burp!!! LOL!~
All in! And we left with full stomachs that can last us until tomorrow's dinner! Rofl~

Marjon in My Heart~

Suhaimi shared a video on Facebook which he found on Youtube. It was a promotional video for University College Plymouth St. Mark & St. John (Marjon), our university back in the UK. It turned out that our faces were in the video! Oh yea! LOL~ Famous gua beb!! Check out the video below. We came out a few times...

1st of Syawal in Kuala Lipis: The Mayhem Continues...

Finally!!!! An entry which I thought would only take 2-3 days to post is finally published after 6 days! Alhamdulillah... I got back to Ipoh and was busy cooking rendang, lontong and baking chocolate chip cookies for guests as my supermom and superdad were off to work. Plus, thanks to the internet connection who refused to co-operate with me and made the uploading of the pictures super slow and delayed the publishing of this entry. Boo-hoo!!! Anyhow~~~~ no more complaints peeps~ The entry is here and I hope you guys will enjoy reading and getting to know my superduperly-havoc-and-awesome family!!


p/s: The entry below were written from my point of view on the first day of Hari Raya...


Salaam~ 1^st of Syawal is here and yup.. it’s Hari Raya!!! So another Hari Raya shout out to all Muslims out there! I’m here with Part 5 of my Raya Countdown entries and it’s D-day!

I would define my family’s Eid celebration as a very festive affair as ‘Keluarga Haji Latif’ consists of very lively and sporting people of different attitudes and behavior. When all of us are brought together, you can expect a scene you usually see at a ‘pasar malam’ taking place everywhere around the house.

Ikat sampin tu betul2.. Kang londeh time sembahyang raya.... Kantoi!! LOL!~

Going to the mosque~

As usual, we gather early in the morning and when those who went to Raya prayers got back, we head to the cemetery to visit the grave of my late cousin, arwah Rafiq. It was my first time there as he passed away last year when I was still in the UK. Tears were rolling down and I prayed for his spirit to be loved and protected by Allah always.. Ameen~

At arwah Rafiq's grave~

My first time there~~

Raziq and Raees sprinkling flowers on their big brother's grave~

When we reached home after that, it was the highlight that everyone has been waiting for.... seeking for forgiveness from each other.. or should I say, ‘sesi mengumpul duit raya’ as what mentioned by my younger supercouzies… LOL!~ Again, tears were strolling down some faces and YES!! After 2 years, I got to collect duit raya from my supergrandparents, superparents, superuncles and superaunties! Yeah baby! I can already see the images of my favourite handbags and shoes flashing before my eyes~ hihi~ Sadly, this would be my last year of receiving duit raya though T_T.. I’ll soon join the club of the ones giving money as I’ll start working next year. Gosh~ I feel so old! DANG!~

Lining up to ask for forgiveness from Tok Latif and Tok Wan...
And the queue was lead by Mak Long- the eldest child~

After that, we took a whole lot of family pictures as may I also declare that ‘Keluarga Haji Latif’ is also filled with camwhores who can easily detect when cameras are on site! LOL!~ We started to receive guests after that. I’m gonna write no more and let the pictures below speak for themselves and for what have been happening throughout the day~ Sit back and enjoy~

Mak Long's family~

Mi familia!!!~

Mak De's family~

Mak Teh's family~

Mak Tam's family~

Strike the freestyle baybeh!!~ LOL~!

Pak Anjang's family~

The newlyweds~ Cikna and Abi~
Finally Cikna dah ade teman dalam gambar raya! Muahahahahaha~

Tak bleh blah punya freestyle picture!!~

Anak-anak Haji Latif~

Freestyle~
Picture perfect!~

Menantu-menantu Haji Latif~

Unleash the masks!.......
and they became.... The RETIRED Power Rangers!!!
Mengucap jela bila tgk gambar nih!~ LOL!~

Cucu-cucu Haji Latif~

Freestyle!~
Lorh~ Ade plak yg control macho!~

And finally~
Haji Latif Ibrahim & Hajjah Siti Tagiah Sheikh Ali..
My supergrandpa & supergrandma! (Bubur lambuk Tok Wan sedap tau!~ Ngee~)

Cikgu Rosli and his family arrived when we were busy camwhoring and so they were forced to take a family picture too! They're like family already!~

Thanks to Cikgu Rosli's son, Aizuddin and a neighbour whose name is God-knows-who (I forgot to ask for his name.. Ampun~ Hihi) for being 'bidan terjun' photographers, we managed to snap a few pictures of the whole family.....

Waiting for the 'Datin' (Mak Tam) to get into position~ LOL...

And there you go!.....
Keluarga Haji Latif
Raya 2010 - Kuala Lipis

Eh..eh... Superman datang nak beraya lah!~~

Dah penat ambik gambar.. Jom attack lemang!!!!

Makan Time!~ Dig out peeps!

Aiman & Raziq...
Hai.. dan takde tempat kat dalam rumah ape?

Some prefer reading the newspapers over the food.....

....and some prefer snapping unnecessary and meaningless pictures! Muahaha~
That's me with Farah and Aqila...

Joined by Mak De~

With supermom, Farah and Intan!~

Ehem2~ Mood pengantin baru lg ke?

Nape Raziq nangis tu?~

Intan, Me, Aqila & Farah..
Munching on 'aiskrim Malaysia' made by Tok Wan!~ Hihi..

Lelong kasut!!!!! LOL!
Flashing our Jimmy Choo's and Gucci's....... NOT!!

The kids.... Ranting on Pak Teh's awesome ride!

Mak Tam and her 'anak daras', Aqila and Farah...

Yay!!! Dah raya!!!

Me & Ahda~

Raees: Macam best jer mainan Faqihah tu.... Hmm...
Faqihah: Apsal Raees pandang camtu? Nak join skali la tu...

The guys going for Friday prayers...
Abi teringin nak join budak2 dok blakang~ Haha!

Mak and Najha eating fruits~

Aqila, Farah & Intan~
Dah molek la tu anak2 dara dok kat dapur... Jaga api ke tolong makan tu? Hihi~

Back from Friday prayers...... Lunch time!

Menu of the day, Bihun Sup Daging!~ Awesomeness!!!

Not forgetting the lemang!~

Slurpppp!!~~~

The head chef tasting his own masterpiece~

Ape kene plak la dgn Abg Iwan ni? Igt awek ape?~

A beautiful moment accidentally captured~

Another one here~

Dah kenyang~ Jom lepak!

A few guests arrived after that and after they left later that evening, Tok Wan, Mak & Khalisyah headed to the dusun behind the house to pluck some fruits~

Pilih.. jangan tak pilih~

Aksi paling mahal!!
Tok Wan panjat pokok rambutan!!!

After Maghrib, all of us went to Cikgu Rosli's house and guess what?! Eventhough there was only our family there, it felt like the whole neighbourhood was also there! That's how happening our family is! As for me, I was busy emptying jars of kerepek there! LOL!~

Mak Tam & I~
Mmg buang tabiat pakai sunglasses dalam rumah... tengah malam plak tu!~ LOL!
Ooooohh.. Mak Tam doing the Angelina Jolie pout!

Tu dia!!! Sedapnye kuih lopes tu~

We head back home at around 10 and straight away launched the next project..... Main Mercun!! And as expected.... bapak2 budak lagi excited dpd budak2!! Muahahahaha~

Ustaz main bunga api ke tu?

Rayyan pon?

So, there you go.... bits and pieces of the first of Syawal spent with my beloved family in Kuala Lipis. I hereby represent the whole of this big family to wish all Muslims around the globe, 'Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri & Maaf Zahir Batin'... Please forgive any of our wrongdoings and may this Aidilfitri brings you closer to your loved ones! Happy Eid Mubarak!

And to end this post, I'll dish you guys out with a footage of the highlight of the night! The most beautiful firecrackers!!! Enjoy!~