Sunday, October 31, 2010

Halloween

On sunday, Oct 31, was Halloween. The neighbours at Al Hala Complex have decorated their houses for the celebration. Dede said " Kita Muslim, tak leh celebrate kan Ma!".. Anyway, Papa still bought some chocolates & sweets for the kids yg datang ketuk rumah asking "Trick or Treat?"...

Budak lain sikit punya dressed up.. kitorg pakai pyjamas je. hehe.. This is DekYa & Olivia (from Villa #8)

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Dolphinarium

The weekend after Mama came back from Ahmedabad (Oct30-sat), Papa brought us to the Dubai Dolphinarium. Location : Dubai Creek Park. To enter the park itself, kena pay DHS 5 each (the thing about Dubai, all the ticket prices in most places, are the same of Adults & Children). We were a bit late bcoz of traffic, and also bcoz on the way Papa stopped at Beach Centre, nak buy baju school Viya, Dede & Abang yang dah rosak sikit sbb Papa rendam campur skali ngan seluar.

Anyway, Mama blanje tengok Dolphine Show tu. Around DHS 350 (after 20% discount) sbb Mama pakai local credit card. Best juge sbb Dolphin dia BIGGG... and can jump HIGH!! Before Dolphin came out, there were quite a few of other shows like Seal, Acrobatics etc.


The show was about one hour. Then the best part... gift shop!! Each DHS dapat soft toy from the gift shop, compliments from Papa. Viya dapat "Mr Gong" (walrus); Dede got a "Sealy" (seal) ; and Abang got a dolphin (lupa dah nama dia...)



After the show, we went out and just enjoyed the park..



At the Creek Park, there is also other attractions. The one I remember is the ancient clock i.e how to determine the time of the day pakai penanda batu & arah matahari.


And there's also a CHILDREN's CITY, but by the time the Dolphin show was over, the place was also closing, so tak dapat masuk. This picture was taken at the entrance of the Children's City, mascot dia ... ngiau, ngiau!


Then, we headed home.. sebab the next day nak school.. On the way, Papa dropped by at one restaurant called ZAINA (on Wasl Road, behind UnionCo-op) , makan 'nasi mandi', majlis style. Takde pinggan, makan ramai2 dalam dulang, and duduk bersila atas lantai..



And this is Dede... meditating @ sleeping ? while waiting for the food (hungry) @ dah kenyang??


Ahmedabad India

First time in India, and Ahmedabad pulak jadi introduction nye. Since I took a 4am flight from Dubai, had to be at the airport at 2am! Flight was full.... of Indians. The Ahmedabad Airport is spacious (byk ruang terbiar kosong) and quiet. Takde kedai2, cuma ada satu small  cafe selling "chai" (teh).  I used the toilet, and guess what? Ada cengkerik dalam International Airport!! punya lah kuat bunyi cengkerik tu mcm dalam hutan.

Q for immigration was longggg....

Nasib baik driver hotel dah tunggu. Terpampang sebesar2nya my name. Ada orang datang Airport pakai kain je you!.. and tak pakai selipar / kasut.! ayyo..

Currency dia namanya RUPEE (RS). 1 USD = 45 RS.




Company booked me at the most expensive hotel in Ahmedabad. Corporate rate is RS6800 / night. Man, that was expensive compared to our 5 star hotels in KL.. Hotel is part of TAJ Chain. In my heart I said, sure best.. mcm Taj Palace yang kena bomb kat Mumbai dulu tu. Tengok2, old fashion jugak...

Ada swimming pool, tapi burung merpati yang mandi pagi2..

Bila tengok luar tingkap hotel, banyak taik burung. And I saw banyaknya buffalos on the road.. berbondoi2 berjalan! And this is the telephone in the room hehe..


During one of the days, on the way back from Client's office in Ghandinagar, I asked my colleague to get driver to send us to see Ghandi's Ashram (rumah Ghandi la..). It is by the Sabarmathi River, very peaceful tpt dia. Ada museum Ghandi jugak.. byk gambar2 dia and sejarah hidup Ghandi pun byk.. interesting.


Simple nye hidup dia...


Ada jugak my colleagues, Rajesh & Doug brought me to their textile place called Garvi Gurjari (and for the record, it is situated at NR. TIMES OF INDIA, ASHRAM ROAD - sebab masa mula2 pergi tu sesat & tak jumpa after pusing2 around 45 minutes) but nothing much that interest me. So I bought few things like alas meja (RS1240), bags (RS 380) & (RS 245), baju Viya (RS 400). That's about it kot..

This is picture taken in front of hotel. My colleague Doug wanted the "mustach" as souvenir, tough luck! takkan dapat punye...





Sunday, October 24, 2010

Mama nak pergi India

Ni Dede..

Whaaaaaaa......... mama nak pergi india baru 4 weeks   kat  dubai  dah nak pergi. Mama nak pergi 1 week
tapi balik sabtu pagi pergi esok malam sabtu 23 october .Ni je tak buat panjang2 pun




Saturday, October 23, 2010

Desert Safari

The evening just before Mama left for India, we went on a Desert Safari at Al Hatta (on the way to Oman). We left our house around 3:45pm (driver came to pick us up in his 4 x 4). Nearing the desert,  we stopped at one location untuk Driver buang angin tayar... while waiting, we had fun with the camel & falcon. It was Nenek's last day in Dubai (after one month staying with us), so Nenek pun ikut.



 And for 10 Dirham, dapat amik gambar dengan Falcon ni, bird ni kebanggaan UAE.



Then off we went to the Desert... 4x4 tu jalan konvoi2. Desert kat Al Hatta ni menarik, very challlenging sebab kawasan dia berbukit2.. terlambung2 dalam jeep, Mama pesan baca doa banyak2.. Tapi 3DHS tak takut pun, thrilled menjerit2 ada la.. diaorg kata "best la, macam naik roller coaster"..

Caution : Orang sakit jantung, pregnant or small babies dinasihatkan tidak turut serta dalam Desert Safari ini. Mama yang sihat walafiat pun jadi dizzy semacam..

Then bila sampai tengah2 desert, kita turun amik gambar.




One of the Jeep yg konvoi dengan kita, masa tengah buat drift, tiba2 its tyre lari alignment (dah tercabut la tuh maknanya..), so rancangan tergendala sebentar while waiting our driver to help the other Jeep to fix its tyre.


The view @ the desert is breathless... cantik betul ciptaan Tuhan yg kita tak pernah nampak kat tempat kita



Ni Abang ber'posing' depan Hummer yang jadi lead konvoi kita masa Desert Safari expedition tu..

Friday, October 22, 2010

3DHS More Disciplined

Alhamdulillah... I could see the difference in my 3DHS. Papa kata Abang balik school, lepas tukar baju terus buat homework, even before lunch or do anything else. And he is very much motivated by football (he is now representing GWPS team for football). His next game will be against DESS (Dubai English Speaking School)on Oct 27.

Ni Abang tengah try new football socks and Adidas boot, Papa bought at Outlet Mall.


DekYa & Dede pun rajin read book and buat homework. Somehow something at GWPS works on them.. and of course berkat doa kami ,chewah! :)) Lepas DekYa dapat Principal's Excellence Award last week, Dede pula dapat compliments from Ms Shilton (Class Teacher 3C)..

Senyum pulak Dede.. mcm tau je Mama nak snap shot


Dekya mcm biasa la, lepas buat homework, it's Barbie & Ken time!..






4th Weekend Outing at Dubai Outlet Mall/Sharjah

Kita org pergi Dubai Outlet Mall.Bessst BESAR! pulak 2,while Dede,Yaya,Mama,and Nenek pergi dulu.Abg and Papa pergi sembahyang Jumaat,first dah jumpa masjid tapi masjid tu x buat sembahyang Jumaat.Latu Papa pusing sambil cari masjid,Akhir sekali jumpa masjid.Abg beli baju,kasut bola,socks bola.Mama belikan abg basikal helmet dan mama beli socks.Papa beli sweter dan jeans,nenek pulak beli handbag.Selepas beli barang pergi foodcourt makan sambil tengok "WILD CAMEL".

Masa Mama shopping, and Papa & Abang sembahyang Jumaat, Dede & Dekya main kat playground.





Pergi Sharjah pulak kat souk mama beli tudung,nenek beli kain.POPCORN kat sini Masin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.P.S:Don't buy popcorn here.X de gula dalam popcorn.Kebanyakan nenek beli kain dan jewellry, Abg rasa nak baring atas rumput, sebab abg letih.Masa petang kita org pergi tengok water fountain,ambik gambar kat water fountain .Yaya buat muka lawak abg pun sama.Selepas pergi Sharjah kita pun balik.Masa nak balik tu kita org tersesat kat Ajman.Lama pulak 2 dalam kereta.Tapi Akhirnya sampai Dubai.Kita org singgah Metro Falcon untuk makan,latu balik rumah.


Ni gambar masa Yaya buat muka lawak kat water fountain.Lawakkan


Ni gambar masa lunch at Outlet Mall foodcourt.


And this is gambar kenangan dengan Nenek sebab ni last weekend sebelum Nenek balik Malaysia... sedih jugak sebab Nenek nak balik


Thursday, October 21, 2010

3rd Weekend Outing - Dubai Museum

This is Dede writing..

Papa & Mama brought us to Dubai Museum last friday. Best.. macam2 ada. Dapat amik gambar dekat Abrar, kat Canon, pastu dekat perigi, pastu masuk dalam galeri, pun ada macam2 patung orang Dubai pada zaman dahulu. Then, we watched video of Dubai dari dulu sampai sekarang. Then amik gambar dekat ship (how people built ship zaman dulu2)..


Ni gambar Dede dekat depan pintu Museum Dubai. Lepas tu, tengok lagi video macam mana orang Dubai tangkap "pearl" dekat dalam laut. Ada pearl kecik, ada pearl besar. Dia tak pakai swimming suit pun, cuma pakai baju biasa dan sepit hidung. Diaorg berani sangat.



Tengok ni, Dede dapat pegang camel. Ni camel betul tau...! (sebenarnya patung..syyyhh hehehe)

Then, kitaorg pergi ladang kurma (tapi dalam muzeum je la..). Ada orang kat belakang tengah berkebun. Nampak tak orang tu?



Ada jugak kampung orang Badwi.. yang tinggal dalam khemah. Ni gambar abang dengan goat Orang Badwi tu! hehehe












Me and my new friend

My new friend is Oscar dari "ENGLAND"dia duduk di VILLA NO:11.Sebelah rumah je......My second new friend is Ryan Mansour from "SAUDI" dia duduk di VILLA NO:9 dia pun duduk sebelah rumah tapi sebelah kanan.dan dia pandai main "FOOTBALL"dan main untuk F.C.B.C. A.K.A  also known as Barcelona Football Club.Ada banyak lagi kawan kat GWPS contohnya:Ismaiel,Naeem,Lius,Husain,and many more.............P.S. :I am very good at playing football and also entered a school  team:     


This is my friend Oscar Ross Jewell.Picture was taken during Aunti Rubina's suprise birthday party at Aunti Sabreena's house.Budak yg handsome sebelah Oscar ialah Danial  A.K.A:Professional Football                    

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Dekya on Dean's List

DekYa made it ..! She got the "Principal's Excellence Award" for overall outstanding performance last week di kalangan Year 1 students. Ada 5 classes, each class around 17 students, and my daughter got the best student award :))

This is DekYa with her Ms "Miko" (Class teacher) ...



Since Mama had a Signal Test that morning, Papa and NekDah yang dapat tengok DekYa kat School hall dia...

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Party Lagi!

Baru 2 weeks kat rumah baru, dah 2 birthday parties we attended. First Villa # 8 selang 2 hari lepas tu, surprised party Rubina at Villa # 15 pulak. Actually I was very tied, tapi sebab neighbours dah jemput terpaksa la pergi jugak... Tapi ada hikmah jugak, dapat kenal all the other jiran2. Masa first party kat rumah Helen, tak dapat stay lama sebab Cuggi datang rumah ngan Imi & Seth for dinner...

Tengok la ni Dede & Dekya tak sabar nak makan kek, macam birthday parties diorg pulak..


This is Papa and his friend, Dave fr Villa #8.



And this is Cuggi & Seth @ our house. Seth is about to be 3 years old. Cute sangat, and he does not speak Malay Cakap English pun pelat...




Getting Ready For School Again

This is princess Dina getting ready for school.. morning cranky because not satisfied with the way Mama brushed her hair..



And this is breakfast time... masa ni Nenek ada, Nenek yang prepare breakfast


Infront of the house before leaving for school.. Princess is smiling again...



And these two are always happy go lucky! Abang.. Abang..





Metro Falcon

This picture is taken at Papa's favourite restaurant. Nama dia METRO FALCON, behind Shangri-La Sheikh Zayed Road, sebelah Union Coop and GEMS Wellington Primary School. The variety of food includes Indian, Chinese, Arabic and Western. Memang best... roti canai and teh tarik pun ada. Briyani pun sedap. So far, kat sini paling ok.. teringin nak makan mamak je datang sini. So far dah 5 kali kot kitaorg lepak sini..

Dear Jeep Cherokee..

Ha... ! Ni dia our rented Jeep Cherokee 4.9 litre. We got it for 4500 Dirham / month (corporate rate). Tapi 5 seater je. And we only rent it for one month. By end of October, need to look for another cheaper rented car, or buy a second hand car kot..




Saturday, October 9, 2010

Welcome to Villa #10 Al Hala Complex

We moved in Villa #10 Al Hala Complex on Saturday, Oct 9. For the past 2 weeks, Papa has been veryyyyy busy ulang alik cari furniture for the house. He practically visited every furniture center here in Dubai. You name it, he's done it... from Pan Emirates, to Home Centre, Ikea, and many more.. Mama followed him to Pan Emirates last friday and we ended up spending 5 hours choosing the furniture there.

Anyway, this is our decent house. Given that our shipment from KL has not arrived, kira ok lah ni.. cuma we forgot the most important thing... the CURTAINS! so our neighbours could see us .. it is like living in a fish tank, tapi tak kisah la...everyone excited!


Ni pandangan dari luar Complex.. it is a compound of 16 villas. Neighbours are mostly from England, yang lain from France, Jordan, Palestine and Pakistan. Very friendly neighbourhood.. kita baru angkat2 barang, they have come to greet us and invite us to their "Morning Coffee" session. And Danial immediately dapat kawan baru, Oscar, neighbour sebelah from UK. 


Each villa is facing a shared compound and swimming pool.


Ni DekYa @ her room. DekYa and Dede share a room, Abang dah besar nak one room for himself..


Ok, the rest is a surprise for our guests.. tak sabar tunggu Mak Ayah Ateh & Busu to come over...