Assalamualaikum everyone. 

I sent an entry for a poem competition organised by Akademi Pengajian Bahasa (APB) UiTM Cawangan Kedah in March. 

They announced the selected poems via email in May. 

It took a while of course. Late September, they reached out to inform the anthology of poems was ready but I actually didnt realise the email until October, when they emailed for the second time. 

When I first got the news, I was 100% sure i am gonna purchase the book and showed it to my parents haha

Later, i realised when the book was out - the sale price is RM200+ :0

I proceed to purchase the digital version, at least haha

As someone who is quite picky with book cover, this one is approved! It's nice, liked it..

Here's the poem (if i can call it one :p), but first promise you won't laugh okayy

Thank you for putting this silly humble work into print. 

This is actually the second time something i wrote made it into printing - the first time was way back in secondary school I won a Haiku writing contest and they put the haiku in the school magazine. Yeah, only twice - so no bragging okay haha. Thanks anyway!

p/s: when i should be writing a thesis, i wrote a poem instead...hmm

Assalamualaikum everyone. 

We organized a rehlah cum retreat to freshen up and relax a bit after the election workloads. 

The date we chose was 23rd-24th September and we looked everywhere nearby including Seremban @ Port Dickson @ Hulu Selangor for a suitable place to accomodate 25 pax and the deal breaker is; absence of a swimming pool. 

Finally, Bai found it at the eleventh hour - D'bridge Villa Putrajaya. Takpelah, tengah-tengah bandar pun, asalkan ada pool ;p

The story was, we decided to buy nasi goreng cina from here to pair up with BBQ for dinner. I went out around around 12 noon and the two restaurants were closed. Huh. I prayed the third one opened and ready for a la carte menu & alhamdulillah bought 10pax of nasi goreng cina. And some oranges from the kedai beside. 

Quickly went home to get changed and prayed Zuhr and waited for KakWa to pick me up. 

baru sampai @ 3pm and hungry

We actually informed everyone, no tea would be served and they should bring something themselves to alas perut before dinner, but since a few updated that tak sempat nak purchase anything - we the ones who arrived earlier went out to look for some light food. Kenapa la takde gerai goreng pisang kat Putrajaya ni haha

yes! jumpa kedai mamak dekat dengan villa so beli roti kosong 20pcs and teh ais

teh tarik kaw! as you should!

The roti canai kuah kari was so good! 

The short meeting or retreat was scheduled at 5pm and since every lajnah already submitted their takwim, now it is the time to present the upcoming activities. 

That one done and we prayed Maghrib in congregation and finally...BBQ dinner. 

And fortunately, whilst some of us were in the meeting - some others were prepping for dinner. 

I bought a Tupperware, hope you liked it! 

update: the nasi goreng 10 bungkus i bought turned out to be basi huhu so ordered another from Grabfood so sorry

this is the nth serving haha

Next, mandi manda di samping menikmati kegelapan malam before the curfew at 11pm.

Day 2 

We bought no breakfast as the leftover food from last night was abundant so just heat them up. 

Some of us went for a morning jog or ride a boat and i went too (briskwalk) but just in front of the villa and on top of that got my caffeine. 

sedapnya...

Race started at 2pm and watched it on the way home. #JapaneseGP

Overall, everyone enjoyed our little getaway alhamdulillah :)

One bonus point - the place is nearby Gombak hence easy to commute and need not travel far. Nice! 

That's all for now. Ilalliqo' 

Budget : Villa RM1650 

https://www.dbridgevillaputrajaya.com/

Encik Wan +6017 303 9913 

Assalamualaikum. 

It's Friday, my online tuition got postponed tonight - final exam matters done, so got some time to write here. 

I went home last week for the state election, one vote matters. 

welcome home 

On the day of voting (12th August 2023) 

proof 

after we're done voting - voted for same party haha

mom

ayah, wanting to get our saluran number - i knew already of course but still he wanted to get the paper ; dad being dad

kakak had high fever whilst ahmad was warded 

with Ummi on the way to voting centre (SK MOrak)

on the way back from voting - actually only a stone's throw away from our house but ayah said; takpo ayah hantar and tunggu sebab orang tak ramai 

kakak looked so tired and unwell; sian kakak :'(

kakak cepat sembuh okeiii

Picking up Ahmad & pulong from HRPZ

After four days at hospital, ahmad now can return home.

ayah said, bakpo tak ngaji bahagian photographer dulu haha

iPhone gives you auto filtered photo i guess

ahmad's dad was at work this time - so tok ayah picked up 

in the ward, waiting for bill settlement

Gua Musang's family 

Pokcikdin, mokcik & K Siti plus cikni & cikyah 

ayah really said, no photo pls 

the red baju melayu - ayah gifted for his elder brother, pokcikdin 

cikni & ayah chik - when i was in boarding school ; cikni used to give food to me all the time for kudap-kudap :) 

Groceries shopping 

It's time to go..

a short blackout sebab hujan kilat right before Maghrib - while i was preparing my toasted bread + kaya + half boiled egg ; yum! 

mom praying for that one daughter of hers hihi

no matter who you are and how old are you, you're still the baby of your mother as long as she's alive - Mufti Menk Podcast

May Allah bless all our parents; May Allah reward them highly for the uncountable struggles, survivals and sacrifice until we are what we are today. Amiin. 

That's it for today's post. Ahmad is warded again tonight, for fever as well. Semoga Ahmad cepat sihat okei :)