Spring Holiday part2

Salam.....

I have so many things to write and share here but I just have no time...

Don't tell me housewives have lots of time, don't tell me housewives have nothing to do at home!

There are lots and lots of things to do, that I wish I just have more time in one day!!

errrrrr.... hubby always says that we don't actually 'Have no time'.....

It's how we managed the times we have... Agree????

mmmmm.... btol la tu.... hehe

I have to work smart, think smart and waste no time....

So, a little update about my previous entry ~~Spring Holiday.

After we left Izu's house, we went to central London, the Malaysian Embassy specifically... hubby went there to renew his passport. Afterwards, we had our lunch at Hyde Park London, Nasik lemak yang Malaysian habis hehe and mee goreng...

At Hyde Park, London (",)

After that, we went to Malaysian Hall, solat Zuhur and Asar sambil Afeef pekena nasik sepinggan lagi haha!

Then, we went to Tower Bridge...

Glad that we finally made it here, the last time we were in London, we'd made a mistake and ended up in London bridge instead of Tower Bridge.. hehe...

And of course the view at night was even more mesmerizing I supposed (",)

Thank God the kids were all so strong and supportive and energetics... we didn't even have a stroller with us.. We just have each other to keep us stronger and a spirit so huge to meet my mom, my sister, my niece and my new niece!!!!!!

Seriously, I felt like flying straight to my sister's house!!!

Our train to Loughborough UK was due at 10 pm that night, so the plan was to wait at the train station until 10pm and get the kids something ( I bought them magazines and something for them to play with) to keep them awake. Can't afford to let them sleep before we get on the train because we didn't have a stroller with us!!

And 10pm in UK was 11pm in Germany!! Far past their bedtime!! 

But Alhamdulillah, everything went as planned (",)

It was a long day, but they were all so strong... Thank you so much, Afeef, Fatini, Aleena, for making it easy for mama and papa.. (",)

So, the moment we got on the train and settled in our seats, they were all in ~~Lalala Land~~

 hehehe...

Tengok Fatini tu sampai mengalir air liur basi hahahah!

I on the other hand couldn't sleep at all, was so excited to meet mom and adik and new baby, so I spent the time chatting with hubby and reading (",)
Adohai, while writing all these, all the feelings came back to me, mmmmmm...
There this warm feelings inside and excitement I couldn't describe... I long for that feeling again (",)

At about 12am UK time, we reached Louborough UK, where my sister's hubby waited for us. I woke Afeef up, and Hubby had to carry Fatini and I had to carry Aleena, tapi x pe, it was just a short walk before we got on the car.
It was just a few minutes drive.
And then there we were, at my sister's home, they were all still awake and waiting for us even though it's very late!!
Oh..... I miss those moments....


So, lets just make it short, among the few interesting events while we were in UK:

A trip to Manchester, UK.....

First stop, a friend's house in Manchester...

Then, Manchester United Football Club....

Where my mom initially wasn't so interested to go, but......

End up buying most hehehe...

Eh??...

My mom khusyuk memilih hehehe..

Dan jugak makan2 di Manchester, 'Mandi Rice'...

The next day, we went to Stonehenge...

Errrrrrr.....

Rezeki cik Aleena, jumpa Teletubbies kat Carboot dengan harga 50sen hehehe...

I've been searching for Teletubbies for Aleena coz she loves it so much, but never found one in Germany.. kalau ada pun, mesti mahal..

So, memang rezeki dia lah, hepi tak terkata, mama pun hepi jugak hehe..

She carries it it with here anywhere she goes (",)

Then Carboot, my sister and her hubby took us there...

Dan inilah hasil nya...... hahaha!!!

Just imagine ok camne kitorang hangkut bawak balik hehe...

Kuda besar dapat free, kuda kecik 2pound + hadiah buku2... 

Dan ada lagi barang2 dan buku2 from previous Carboot hehehe...

Most books 20pence each, ya Allah Heaven for book lovers!!!

Kalau ikut hati macam2 buku lagi nak beli, tapi tatau camana nak angkut balik German je...

Ade jugak basikal Barbie, cantik!!! Siap dengan carrier kat belakang, dan bag Barbie kat depan, 10pound je!! Tu pun bila kitorang cam x nak beli dia nak offer turun harga lagi!

Rasa cam nak cakap, 

"Oh we definitely think 10pound is cheap enough and we definitely wanna grab it even if you don't reduce the price, but we can't because we don't know how to 'angkut' it" heheheh...

Kalau Flohmarkt sini, basikal cantik camtu mesti at least 30euro!!!

Fatini pun menangis2 nak beli jugak, kalau lah kami memang penduduk UK memang dah beli tau .. tapi apekan daya kan...

Memang nikmat lah dok UK ni.. 

Ape pun, bersyukur dengan ape yang ada... (",)

Alhamdulillah diberi peluang merasa semua ni, dan dapat jugak carik buku English banyak2 for the kids and myself too...

Rezeki Nadrah, kuda2 ni kami tinggal aje (",) 

There's more stories actually, later I'll update insyaAllah...

The kids were having a great time... (",)

Playground only a few steps away from my sister's home. 

***sigh****

I miss those moments.... 

Terribly....

Lastly....

A Piano cover by me, 

This time I dedicate this specially for those who will be getting married soon (",)

~~Impian Kasih, InTeam Sentimental version~~~

Used to love this song so much, and still love it very much...

Lovely (",)

Enjoy!

Till later, Salam....

Spring's Holiday ~~Part 1~~ (",)

Salam...

Wow, feel so long since my last update.. I don't know why but every time I sat infront of my computer to update blog, I ended up doing something else hehe...

Ok, just a quick one before all events became rotten (",)

Esters holiday just started last Wednesday and will last in 2 weeks, and coincidently my sister in UK gave birth to her 2nd child early in March. And what's more, my mother decided to visit them, and help taking care of the newborn, and me????

Of coz I was overly excited!!! Meeting my mom and my sister again!!! And a new niece!!!! Wow!!!

Super duper cool!!

So, we booked a flight ticket to London last Tuesday evening, and our first stop was.........

Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaa......!!!!!!

My long time friends, Izuan Murat and Hisham... Izu is among the first person I met during my early days in IIUM. Something still so fresh in my mind, We sat next to each other the whole of orientation week (",)

Today, masing2 dah ada 3 anak! How time flies... (",)

So our 1st stop was Izu and Hisham's house, not only that Izu insisted we should spend the night there, she also insisted that Hisham pick us all up from the airport! Terharu ok, dah la jauh pulak tu.. When we reached their house, they served us with wonderful and delicious meals!!

Macam2 masak, sedap2, superb hospitality....thank you sooooo much Izu and Hisham... Allah bless you guys (",)

I myself feel like I'm truly blessed with wonderful people around me (",) Alhamdulillah...

Overall, We had a great time at Izu & Hisham's, and unfortunately we had to leave early in the morning, it's not a school holidays just yet in London, The Eins (their two beautiful girls) had to go to school and my hubby had to renew his passport.

So we left about 10.30am, and our train to Loughborough UK was due at 10pm that very same day.. It's a long day, yes... But it was great, we went to Malaysian hall again, Hyde park, and Tower bridge. We didn't have the chance to visit Tower bridge the last time we were in London (",)

I'll continue tomorrow, insyaAllah, or day after tomorrow, or tomorrow tomorrow haha!!

You know, being with your loved ones, other activities seemed like a waste of time!!

Oh, this time around, this Spring's holiday, is by far the best holiday for me.. Can't believe I get to meet my mom again and my sister in just a few months after we'd last get together. Ini pun dikira rezeki kan...? I've never had to ask, He gave, if I asked, He never dissappoint..... 

Thank you Allah!

Till later, salam... (",)

Another Fasching Season (",)

Salam...

This is actually a last Saturday's story, before it gets rotten, I better bring myself to write about this because... 

you know... 

For future reminiscence... (",)

This is something special, which we'll never have in Malaysia, it's a celebration or a carnival season in Germany known as Fasching.

It's a time of festivity and merry making, there's parades, dancing in the streets, people from all ages wearing costumes, you'll get to see so many types of costumes!

It's fun, and the atmosphere were filled with vibrance and merriment!! 

So, there was a Parade held in Mainz last Saturday, so off we went..

It was about 1 and a half hours journey by trains, and the kids were well equipped with entertainment to avoid boredom hehe..

As we were nearing Mainz, the atmosphere inside the train changed tremendously, as more and more people entered the train with costumes, they sang a song, cheered and the air was filled with vibrance!!

And once we've reached Mainz, wow!! We saw more and more people with all kinds of costumes!

Everywhere!

The parade was due to begin at 2.15pm, and we've decided to have our lunch first in a Restaurant which Hubby had searched online. But, while we were on our way to that Restaurant, we've passed by another Restaurant which looked presentable, comfortable, so I told hubby, let's just have our Lunch here.. and hubby insisted on finding the one he had found on the internet..
mmmmmm camtu lah hubby, if he has decided on something, it's very hard to change his mind ^_^

I had to agree though I felt a lil bit dissatisfied hehehe...

So, we finally reached the Restaurant, it was small, not as comfortable looking as the previous one, and it was a lil bit crowded too...

And we had to wait longer for our food and the Parade was going to start soon.. and the previous Restaurant was a little vacant compared to this.. 

And perhaps if we had gone to that Restaurant, we would have enough time to eat, to watch the parade, to find the Mosque for Zuhur and Asar prayer...

So I began expressing my dissatisfaction at hubby's choice hehehe...

But, I shouldn't feel dissatisfied for anything, just make doa for whatever decision we were going to make, let Allah guide us so that we make the best decision even in a small small matter like deciding where to eat.. do you agree?

Yes, there's hidden 'hikmah' for everything that happens, either you see it straight away or you have to wait for a while to see it, or wait longer but eventually you'll see the 'hikmah' and reasons behind it...

So, even though it seemed like a wrong decision, fortunately enough the Parade starting point was just a few steps away, just opposite the Restaurant, we could even watched it from the glass door of the Restaurant. So while waiting for the food, I took Afeef and Fatini outside to watch the parade and collect candies, while Hubby and Aleena stayed inside the Restaurant, and wait for the food.

And later, the Restaurant workers told us that we could perform Solat in their store room which they themselves used as a prayer room.

There were 'sejadah' ready and all...

So sweet... masa solat rasa nak nangis...

You know, I regretted complaining earlier....

How God has made things easy for us, and all we did was find faults.. huhu

My point is, don't complain, don't argue because Allah certainly has plans for us in every single thing we do.. So Trust.. (",)

So..... These were some pictures I took during the Parade....

Paling cute (",) 

Yang berstroller, yang kecik molek, semua ada hehe...

But, the part I enjoyed most was.....

........Watching the bystander..... hehehe

It's cute to watch the whole family dressed in costumes... right?

 (",)

Afeef and Fatini had a great time collecting candies..

Our Lunch... (",)

Hasil Kutipan hehehe...

Banyak buang aje sebab tak halal..

One beautiful view I managed to capture in Mainz (",)

After the Parade, we went to a nearby some sort of a Fun-fare held in conjunction with Fasching season. 

The kids watched the sky-fliers in awe heheh..

Serious scary benda ni huhu..

On the way home, I captured a unique tree plastered against the wall of a building. 

And Aleena with her little teddy, always carry that teddy anywhere she goes, cute kan (",)

Nowadays we rarely bring a stroller along, just to train her, and it worked out well... only hubby had to carry her once in a while, it's ok.... hubby kan nak build muscles hehehe!

On the way home...

 We reached home about 9.00 pm kot, had our dinner and dropped by at the store, but still the kids were all energetics! 

And... 

I felt new all day, I was wearing one of the most beautiful shawl, even more beautiful because it's a gift from a wonderful friend recently (",)

And lastly, Afeef's school celebrated Fasching last Friday, which he wore a Police costume, (I forgot to take a photo of him) and Fatini's kindergarten celebrated it last Monday, and she had on her Rapunzel costume!!

Our last Fasching.... insyaAllah...

(",)

Hitting Zweibrucken With Friends... !!

Well, ini bukan lah cerita yg nak di ceritakan hehe.. tapi saje je letak gmbar bunga cantik ni..

Cik hubby yang beli, mat bunga jugak rupa2 nye cik hubby ku ini hehe..

Tapi memang cantik, Roses and Tulips are my favorites !

Hehehe, next to me is Yla, kami sungguh serasi, nampak tu, sengaja plan sama2 nak pakai merah, sweet tau yla ni, sangat lemah lembut orang nye :)

Ok, the real story, nak cerita sblom ia basi, last Saturday's project, we went to Factory outlet in Zweibrucken, bersempena Yla dan Kak pah yg datang ke Kaiserslautern, bermalam di rumah kami 2 malam, kenangan2 indah bersama tak kan sy lupakan...

Jugak kenangan2 lilit shawl bersama2.....

Berhibur bersama2... Million thanx to kak pah and yla sefamily, for the wonderful time together :)

Gambar yang cantik ni, credit untuk Amyr (husband Yla), nasib baik la dia snap gambar ni, klu tak, tak de la gambar kenangan beramai2 di Zweibrucken :)

Basically, Factory outlet ni semua nya kedai2 barang berjenama, so for those who are not into branded stuffs will find this a lil bit boring.

As for me, I'm not so into branded stuffs as well, so for me, I would say, biasa aje, tak rasa pun nak pergi lagi huhu..

Mungkin akan pergi kalau ada barang nak beli or waktu SALE ke, bole la layan..

Beli jugak something waktu pergi ni, but not much la..

Aleena bila dah jumpa cermin...

There, Espirit, ada juga Ralph Lauren, Guess, Adidas, Nike, Crocs, ... etc etc semua ada.. you name it, you got it..

Ni lah habuan kami yg tak seberapa... ehem ehem.. all these are for me, tapi I tak mintak, cik Hubby yg volunteer nak belikan hahaha

Sweet la cik Hubby ni..

Thank you very much my dear :)

Inside Adidas outlet, ada tempat main budak2 jugak.. so lepak sini semntara menunggu yg lain2 bershopping hehe

Percubaan ambik gambar sendiri hehe.. ni kes boring and penat hehe..

Sampai Kaiserslautern, dinner di Restoran Kebab, that's Kak pah... :)

Kak Pah ni cool je orang nye, sangat banyak bagi nasihat and tunjuk ajar, and salu tegur saya bila sy buat silap.. tegur untuk kebaikan, saya sayaaaangg Kak pah..

Sebenarnye, saya ni sayang semua ngeh ngeh..

Last time I wrote about One Sweet Day in Koblenz, HERE, that was @ Kak pah's house :)

Kanak2 yg paling happy and excited kat mana2 pun :)

That's yla and Amyr..

ooooo tak nampak muka Danish la, baby Yla and Amyr ni, sangat comel tau !!

Credit to Amyr for this wonderful photo :)

Lastly, a gift from Yla, thanx sooo much yla dear, both Kak pah and Yla are so sweet, so kind, so helpful, so lovely...

Love you guys so much..

Teringat kata2 Wardina,

" Bila kita ingin jadi orang yg baik , maka Allah akan hantarkan kawan2 yg baik untuk kita.. "

It's really a bless to know you guys...

Hopefully, after this we'll have the chance to get together again...

May Allah bless all of us !!