Just my thots....

Hari ni genap 7 bulan I menjalani kehidupan sebagai pesara. Tak terasa pun begitu cepat masa berlalu. So I guess things must have been good for me. Like they say " Time flies when you are having fun".

Apa fun yang I had for today? This morning I was on my way to pay one of the many bills that made their way into my pigeon-hole. I was in my denim jeans ( I rasa fesyen pipe-line ke something ) driving and listening to light and easy channel. Terasa macam berada di zaman 80's. Syok rasanya bila memandu with just a few cars on the road ( no jam or kaya ) while listening to lagu zaman muda2 dulu. Harap2 my readers can imagine that situation. Kalau zaman 8oan dulu takde pulak the luxury to drive at that hour to go to the shopping complex. Lesen memandu pun takde lagi until 1986 kut.

Satu lagi cerita yang nak dikongsi oleh pesara ini is semasa I kat Carrefour getting some food at the counter, I had to ask the staff to put the price tag on the item that I just bought. I saw one woman ( with her back to me, cos she was putting something in the oven ) so I called out " Dik dik tolong kira ni ". Semenjak jadi pesara ni I feel that I'm older than most staff kat Carrefour tu, but bila dia berpaling to take my barang, she was definitely much older than me. She was of course, smilling happily. I can't help but feel older than most people sebab sekarang dah ada ramai cucu.

Sambung balik, in the car while driving back to my place my mind was wondering how many people get to enjoy what I have right now. Whenever I meet people that knows me, they will be asking what I have been doing sepanjang masa pencen ni. I tried to tell them but somehow I feel that whatever I say is not the whole truth. This is because people only want to know what physical ( or tangible ) things that you do with your life. The emotional and spiritual aspects are never highlighted. My retirement is more for these reasons. To be free to wonder about things and feelings. To think about what makes your life meaningful to you. How to be a better person or how to always be thankful with what you have...etc. This is something that you can't explain to people because you cannot set a schedule for such things ( at least not for me ). That's what my early retirement is all about.... ( ada jugalah kekadang tu memikirkan hal seperti, kenapa CT memilih Khalid bila terpandang lelaki yang sebaya dengan kita kat mana2 tu...hehehe )

p/s ..itu saja for now, kalau panjangkan jemu pula membacanya....
bila I cerita pasal pakai seluar apa tu, bukan bererti itu saja yang I pakai masa tu ya ;-))

Where did I eat last week....

Being a pensioner, last week I had the chance to have my food at two totally different eating places. Satu was hot and dusty and the other was cool and cosy.

The first is an eating cafeteria at UPSI, Tanjung Malim. Stopped by at the students' canteen to have my lunch while waiting for MAH to finish her meeting at the ICT building. On the way back bought some "pau istimewa" dari Tanjumg Malim.

The second is at a Cafe in Hotel Renaissance, Kelantan. Had breakfast alone while MAH is at an exhibition in Balai Islam. On the way back brought home Alya to her parents in Shah Alam. Now that she's beginning to walk, she refused to let her aunt Nieza sit but instead walked with her all over the place at KB airport's waiting room.

Hari Penentuan..

This morning I heard over the radio yang Siti akan bagi press conference berkenaan dengan perkahwinan dia and it's going to be live on TV3 melalui rancangan Wanita Hari Ini. Sebaik saja orang-orang lain tersedar mengenai hal ini, my phone tak henti-henti di hujani sms telling me to watch tv3 at 12.00 noon. Messages datang sejauh Kota Bharu, Kelantan. I did not get this much messages masa menyambut my birthday last year.. hahaha

Nampaknya Cik Siti kita begitu sinonim dengan blogger ni . Apa-apa tentang Siti mesti dikongsi bersama dengan peminat yang satu ni. Terima kasih semuanya ya. Semua perancangan untuk pagi ni ditunda ke besok because I want to be infront of my tv at 12.00 noon today. Masa sedang menonton pun masih lagi dihujani sms , panggilan telefon dan juga pertanyaan online melalui Yahoo Messenger. Terasa diri ini sama seperti wartawan dalam tv yang sedang menunggu ketibaan Siti dan rombongannya ..hahaha

At about 12.45 tgh tadi semua teka-teki pun terjawab. Again, reaksi kawan2 dan kaum keluarga diterima melalui sms dan online. Mixed reactions yang diterima, ada kecewa, tak terkejut, tak kisah, menyampah but my own reaction is terkilan tapi redha dengan apa yang disampaikan.

Itulah saja laporan untuk diabadikan dalam blog ini mengenai apa yang bersejarahnya tentang 17 Julai 2006. Untuk bakal pengantin " Selamat Pengantin Baru ( dan beberapa kali Baru ) , semoga berkekalan hingga ke Akhirat ( bukan akhir hayat) "

More joy!!

At 11.03am on 16th July 06 another baby girl was force out of her cozy home into this world. Welcome into the family baby girl!! ( without a name yet, sebab kedatangan yang tak disangka sangka ). Anyway, Congtratulations to Mama and Papa Alya and Alya ( big sis ) for the new addition.

Kata Si anak kecil " Harap2 kakak dan mak sepupu ku tak hot kat aku sebab sampai lebih awal ni, risaunya! "

Beginilah rupa kakak dan mak sepupu bila menerima kabar berita kehadiran another baby in the family.

Si Kakak berkata " Apa!! Dah datang . Alya dah jadi Kakak??? Cepatnyer!" dan sahut Si Mak Sepupunya " Aiik, Maya bukan lagi yang termuda? Apa kita nak buat kat budak ni?? Baik fikir cepat2 kita dah takde masa ni, dia dah sampai pun. Ingatkan bulan depan "

My weekend with turtles..

What can I share with you about the turtle trip to Ma' Daerah? Yang pastinya pada trip itu I was down with flu and fever. The bas trip was too cold for me. Half way thru' I had to get down to get my jacket.

Bila sampai kat Kerteh we were picked ( or packed macam sardin )up by our friend cum facilitator, Cik Rahayu, in her Ford Frontier. There were 5 of us ( 2 XL, 1L and 2M ) dan bagasi masing2. The trip to the turtle santuary takle jauh sangat, so tak kisahlah bersesak sikit tu. Thank you driver!

Sampai sana we were introduced to our lodging for the weekend. Tak payahlah I describe macam mana nanti tengok gambar2 ya ( kita akan bagi dalam bentuk yahoo fotopage bila dah dapat semuanya ).

Aktiviti yang disediakan memang interesting and exciting, cuma I saja yang takleh enjoy fully sebab keadaan kesihatan waktu itu. Anyway I tried my best to be in every activities eventhough not fully. Antaranya tidur di pantai till midnight while waiting for puan penyu to finish bertelor; standing in the 12tgh hot sun recording the number of UD ( undeveloped ) and UH (un hatched ) eggs and don't forget enduring the "sweet" smell of rotten eggs ( thank god I had the flu ) and having to be all alone in the long-house one night (sebab demam) while the rest went to look at another laying egg process. Tapi semuanya memberi pengalaman yang berharga at the end of it all.

I also had the opportunity to get to know an energetic 69 year old Muslim British woman, Zaharah ( or Patricia ) whose life is so colourful. You can listened to her stories for hours ( if there was nothing else to do lah ).

Lastly, for those of you yang interested to attend such programme, bolehlah melayari www.wwf.com.my for more information. I memang rekomen pun.

Gambar menunjukkan aktiviti mengeluarkan telor dari lubangnya untuk dikira jumlah yang menetas, tidak menetas, tidak menjadi dan yang dimusnahkan oleh predator. Tengoklah ramai yang menutup hidung menahan bau wangi hehe..Ada juga yang masih boleh tersenyum...