Jamuan AidilFitri MyPSA 2008

Walaupun Syawal 1429H hampir sampai ke penghujungnya, namun sambutan AidilFitri tetap disambut dengan penuh kemeriahan, terutamanya bagi semua warga Persatuan Pelajar Postgrad Malaysia dan keluarga di Sydney.

Tanggal 25 Oktober 2008, once again our humble home was selected to be the host for this biggest event of the year, "Majlis Jamuan AidilFitri MyPSA 2008".

The foods were absolutely tempting. The main dish was BBQ. Most of the guesses also came with pot lucks. There were soooo many Malaysian food that day. Rugi hangpa tak datang weh. Well, as usual Sal served her famous Sup Tulang Gear Box, with bihun. Jangan jeles iye. Alhamdulillah, habis licin semuanya. Just look at these pictures of rezeqi. Selera you...

One of the memorable moment on that day was we managed to gather all 5 members of FSKTM tutors who further studies here in Sydney. Sapa lagi kalau bukan dengan KA, Faizah dan Masnida. Hopefully that all of us can succesfully finish our PhD here. Amiiinnnn...

These are few pictures of the event on that day. Enjoy...

Siput sedut Sydney

Today, Sydney's wheather is so hot, and so we decided to go for a swim at Malabar big sea pool. We just swam for a while, though... due to the very unexpected cold sea temperature...It's freaking freezing, despite of the hot wheather!!! Sungguh tak sesuaiiiii!

Just as we were getting ready to go home, we saw two Indonesian people who looked like they were searching for something in the water just by the seaside. So we went to them and to our surprise, there goes the land of siput sedut..hahahahaha! They were everywhere and the first thing popped out of my head was I got to take them home and cook them into delicious lemak cili api ;-) It's been a year since I had my last siput sedut masak lemak cili api. So without thinking any further, I just grabbed a plastic bag from our picnic bag (which was supposed to be used for our wet clothes) and started 'collecting'! And the Indonesians? Hahaha...they must had think that they should spare some for us, that they left right away when they realized we spotted them. Thanks anyway, guys!

So, this is how the precioussssss look like.. taraaaa....!!! (terasa tersangatla miracle nyer...maklumla, kat sini mana ada org jual siput sedut? omputih mana makan? Puas kitorang belek nak make sure this is the real siput sedut. Belek punye belek, finally we came to our conclusion...betul la ni, since rupa dia sah sebijik macam yang jual kat pasar borong Selangor tu. Hahahaha...

Later that night, we had siput sedut masak lemak cili api for dinner. Ummmph!!! And the best part is, we picked them out ourselves, totally FOC!

Sedap tu... macam makan kat kedai Uncle Bob Padang. (Lama tak mkn kat Padang, tetiba rindu plak)

Iman's a pirate

The pirates has taken over the school. And here is the captain, or my son...

The picture was taken during Pirate Day at Kensington Public School.
My son was given a pirate name... Captain Black Prince Iman

Grrrrrrrr.... here comes the handsome brutal pirate.

Our guests during Syawal

On the first and second Syawal, many of our friends came to beraya at our humble house ;-) Its been a little busy preparing all the foods and entertaining guests, but its really worthy. Antara menu yang disediakan termasuklah nasi himpit, kuah lodeh, sambal sotong, sup tulang, spaghetti bolognaise, kek lapis Indo, air sirap laici dan kuih-muih raya yang diimport dari Malaysia (Thanks to angah and achik for bringing the delicious kuih-muih from Malaysia). Tak sempat nak ambik gambar makanan :-)

Aidilfitri di Malaysia Hall

Salam Lebaran.

1 Syawal 1429H, kami sekeluarga ke Malaysia Hall, untuk bersembahyang aidilfitri berjemaah. We arrived a little bit late but still manged to perform the prayer. There is not much things to say since these pictures speak louder than words. Quite number of pictures were taken but since I'm not really a good photographer, hehe... I just put some which I think is most visible ;-)

Me and my family at Malaysia hall

Left: With Ustaz Mohd Zuhir family - Peg. Atase pendidikan
Right: Sal with Kak Nani - Malaysia Hall Deputy Warden

Left: Sal with Yani (Farid's-UKM wife)

Right: Sal with Kak Zurina-USIM (Abang Lan's-UKM wife)

Left: Sal with Puan Fatimah, Dr. Mohd Nasir wife - MSDA director

Right: Sal with Kak Ida (her senior in SSP)

With abang Hasan Zuhudi from UTHM

Pagi 1 Syawal 1429H

Allahuakbar Allahuakbar Allahuakbar,
LailahaillallahuAllahuakbar,
Allahuakbar walillahilham...

Syukur Alhamdulillah kerana masih diberi peluang untuk menyambut Ramadhan dan Syawal 1429H pada tahun ini. Walaupun jauh di perantauan, Syawal tetap disambut dengan penuh ceria (walaupun sebak rindukan keluarga, sedara-mara dan sahabat-handai di tanah air). Pagi 1 syawal, kami bersiap awal untuk sembahyang aidilfitri di Malaysia Hall. Suasana pagi teramat syahdu, mengenangkan keluarga yang jauh di mata. Namun senyuman tetap terpahat di wajah, apabila melihat Iman Raziq dan Iman Nuryasmin bergelak ketawa, bersuka ria dan menyanyi lagu raya (ikut lagu raya yang di pasang di komputer). Sebelum ke Malaysia Hall, kami sekeluarga sempat bergambar dan bermaaf-maafan. Walaupun tiada kemaafan yang perlu dipohon oleh isteriku, namun air mata tetap mengalir memohon ampun dan maaf. Terima kasih kepada Pak Ngah (Fitri), sebab hadiahkan kami sekeluarga sepasang baju melayu/kurung yang sangat indah dan cantik.