Thursday of h ... happy hawaiian

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... telah dipermudahkan Allah SWT segala urusan semalam ... AlhamduLillah ...

some bila nak get away from the "real" job ... pergi ke dapur ... but some macam saya pergi ke laman ... laman real ke laman di maya ke boleh belaka ...

dua tiga hari ni hujan lebattttt sangat ... so laman kecik banjir kecik lah juga ... the top soil has more or less disappeared ... nak kena replenish nanti tu ... but no ... not yet ... let the weather settles a bit insyaAllah ...

so for now i'll keep updating with happy hunt of plant names yang baru juga saya tahu ... ingat hari tu ikut day by day je nama plant tu ... but mana boleh cover all the alphabet kan ... so today's t will go to h ... nampak sangatlah macam cikgu kanak kanak tadika hehe ... 

okaylah tu ... asalkan ringan kepala :)

biasakan tengok plant ni kat tepi rumah tepi jalan ... but berapa ramai yang kenal betul siapa dia ...

come say hi to ...

the beautiful hawaiian ti plant ... Cordiline terminalis

image source and details ... here

anything yang drought tolerant suke je lah saya ... because kadang kadang memang tak sempat nak siram ... so this is one very carefree but very eye catching plant ... 

only 

when our eyes are allowed off mobiles and other electronic communication gadgets, that is   :)

some call it the good luck plant ... well when we are looking at such a happy looking plant ... how can we not feel that everything is on our side ... right ...:)

for more happy sights ... gugle je ... sini

and this is from a naturalist's web garden ...

do check details of this lovely pink sister ... here

so tanam je ye any which way we prefer kan ...

okay then ... 

goodnight all ... (entry written end of the day wednesday)

although lately i've learnt how to schedule the publishing for a particular date and time ... in this case tomorrow ... hahaha tolong jangan gelakkan saya ... 

tak ada kesempatan godek godek blog ni ... baik pi godek godek laman ... hehe

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haiku me ...

i'll be your backdrop ...

your happy hawaiian ti ...

so just go for it ...

:)

Wednesday meet ... and wandering jews

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... got a meet for some baseline data early this morning ...

and before leaving let me share some jewish secret ...

... most of us have some jews out there ...

quietly flourishing ...

saving you the trouble of weeding ...

here ...

the beautiful ground cover ...

wandering jew plant ... tradescantia zebrina

:)

image source and habitat ... here

wandering jew plant captured in a basket ... :)

and ...

for a whole varieties of them ... see here 

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haiku me ...

in this small garden ...

 broken diaspora ...

overwhelming me ...

:)

Tuesday blue ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... i am not at all blue AlhamduLillah ...

but here's a very sweet looking ...

Texas Bluebonnet ... Lupinus texensis

small ... hardy ... drought tolerant

belum sampai dalam nursery ...

but who knows ... one day terjumpa kan dah kenal ...

belum jumpa pun dah jatuh hati dah ...

would fit so wonderfully for a laman kecik ...

 and besarrr ... :)

image source ... here and others just guglit ...

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haiku me ...

little white crown ...

among the greens my blue ...

welcoming you ...

:)

Yes ... welcome BI

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... BI is coming finally to senawang ... yes Bank Islam :)

sume - okay almost sume yang penting penting untuk orang ramai - bank lain dah sampai dan ada yang dah tutup pun ie. eon bank ...

i ve always been with bank islam ... for a long time ... then due to certain requirements my going back and forth to seremban to the only bank islam in town was becoming a hassle ... so i switched to maybank ... close by in dataran senawang ... cdm dan atm nya pun easily accessible ... here and there ...

but prior to switching i have submitted numerous feedback - written a couple of times - and spoken to the officers about having a branch in senawang ... or at least an atm and cdm ...

and the officers kindly assured me year ... after year ... after year that they are having one next year ... the next year ... and the next year ...

now finally ... that next year is coming ... insyaAllah 

at least the bunting is up ...

exactly where i am not sure although the address is clearly indicated ... i am not very familiar with the area ...

tak pe janji sampai ...

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bersungguh berhenti tepi jalan in front of giant hypermarket senawang tu just to record this ... actually i had very tough time with BI being less than accessible ... ni yang terasa sangat ni 

now ... cuba zoom in and tengok pula apa orang yang mengaku orang malaysia suka buat ...

... bunting atas tu tak ada MPS licence ... cf bunting BI kat bawah tu ...
... iklan cari duit tutup traffic sign ...
... saya pula parking dekat no parking sign ... ehh tak nampak ... 

hehe tak parking ...
berhenti sekejap nak ambil gambar ni je ...

so very tame ... compared to this yes ...

http://www.snowboardermag.com/featured/little-things-marie-france-roy-teaser-two/#.UmFaSCTgKL1

truly a daddy's girl ...

:)

Such commitment ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... laman kecik dah semakin naik seri ... walaupun tuan laman pula yang makin gelap semacam ... hehe ... okaylah tu ... Vit D penting kan ...

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nak story sikit about keperluan bercahaya matahari ni ... bukan pasal ianya sumber Vit D semula jadi ... tu sume tau tak hal lah ...

ni ha ... back into the country, initially i was still in niqab ... then tak pasal pasal my belakang around the pinggang sakit selalu ... lama juga tahan ... last last pi jumpe my favourite dr in private practice ... checked this and that ... x-ray gitu gini ... finally she said ... eh tulang you dah nipis ... tengok ni banyak lompong ... wahhhh tulang reput ... what's this man!

so cakap cakap cakap ... cakap cakap cakap lagi ... sampai this part she said you tak kena matahari ... ohhh ... okay okay i angguk layan je ... i tak dr kan ... all the while Dr suami yang bukan dr orang sakit dengar je patiently ... okay lah tu faham lah kut ... hehe

dr recommended itu ini ... ikut je lah ... sakit kan ...

ingat okay je ... but masuk kereta Dr suami tiba tiba cakap ... she's hinting that your wearing of niqab caused your lack of sun exposure and thus lack of Vit D required for calcium absorption ... laaa jauh nya conclusion nye tu ... sikit pun saya tak fikir ... 

sangka baik walau pun dr tu Chinese ... saya pun jawab ... no lah i didn't think she meant that ... walau pun tidak dari Kg Ulu Bendul ... lurus bendul lah juga saya ni ... hehe

okay je ...  

susu memanglah tak putus cuma sekarang tambah ambil Vit D ... 

niqab or no niqab anak orang miskin ni dulu dulu mana lah banyak calcium intake kan so tulang tak bina kuat lah agaknye tu ...

alhamduLillah syukur checked in time ...

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story dua pula masa di Brunei Abode of Peace ... 

department kami tu banyak stations ... agricultural stations and centres ... tanah pertanian, sawah padi, training, research and development ... 

one day Pengarah datang lawat our centre and i saw that he was very tan ... not his usual self ... 

and budak lurus bendul ni commented to another local colleague ... 

rajin Pengarah making his rounds of the various stations and centres ... sampai sunburnt tu ...

kawan tu gelakkan saya ...

itu sunburnt main golf ... huhuhu ...

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have a good weekend all ...

:)

Banyakkan gula dalam senyuman ...

ada beberapa minit lagi menjelang esok ...

kut masih nak merasa gula bersubsidi silakan ke kedai yang masih buka tu ... hehe

more details here ...

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/10/25/Budget-Sugar-Subsidy.aspx

okay je bagi yang tak guna gula dalam tea or coffee ... plus warm fresh milk ... or susu kambing yang dalam packet packet tu cukup ... kuih muih semuanya pun dah manis kan ...

okaylah tu ...

kurangkan gula ... banyakkan senyum

goodnight all ... 

assalamualaikum wbt ... :)

 

 

Haya' ...

Assalamu'alaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... selamat sihat ... masih direzekikan Allah SWT ... menghirup udara segar alam ... dan masih berpeluang mohon ampun bila lalai dan lupa ... syukur AlhamduLillah

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dua tiga hari  ni ... online news are filled with sad news ... dibunuh dan terbunuh ...

one after another ...

in various contexts ... 

kenalan online ...  strangers on the road ... support at work ... calamities at home

cuma mampu berdoa semoga yang ke rahmatuLLAH diampunkan dosanya dan ditempatkan bersama hamba-hambaNYA yang diredhai ... ameen.

juga semoga kita dijauhkan Allah SWT dari sebarang mara bahaya ... ameen Allahumma ameen ...

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lama tak update Hadith 40 yang dikumpulkan oleh Imam Al-Nawawi rahimahuLLAH ...

saya sambung hari ni ...

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Hadith No 20: Modesty is From Faith

Abu Mas'ud 'Uqbah bin 'Amr al-Ansari al-Badri(ra) reported that the Messenger of Allah(sas) said:

“The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: ‘Among the early prophetic teachings that have reached people is this: if you do not feel shame, do what you wish.’ ”

Related by Bukhari

For a short audio commentary (03:04) and its corresponding written commentary ...
please visit here ...

http://www.40hadithnawawi.com/index.php/the-hadiths/hadith-20

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meaning it's up to us ... kalau tak malu ... buatlah apa yang kamu suka ... but remember that Allah SWT is the All Seeing ...

in this statement there is hope ...

kita gali dan tanamlah haya' seeds into our individual heart and those of others ...

The Arabic word used here is haya’, and is often translated as modesty. However, Haya’ is more complex and dynamic than just modesty and encompasses many shades of meaning, including humility, sensitivity, shyness, apprehensiveness, and shame.

(source: as above)

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Al Fatihah for my arwah Ustazah Datin Hajjah Kamariah yang mengajar kami Hadith of the Prophet SAW ...

ameen ...

Asam pedas ikan ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... hari ini a bit rajin ...

 makan malam masak asam pedas ikan ...

 i can't believe it that berusaha sungguh mencari bahan-bahan seperti mana disaran di resepi ...

3 resepi yang di compare and contrast (kalau ikut resepi mak senang je :) ... and i thought i'll try to be a bit adventurous ... i chose recipe no 3 ...

why ...

ramai kata dah cuba ... and sedap sampai licin pinggan :)

so cuba ... asam pedas with jintan putih and jintan manis! ...

hasilnya saya buat pekat ... reneh lama sikit jadi macam sauce kari tak bersantan pula ... which was okay since suami sedang pantang santan ...

also i blended half tomato along with the blended ingredients ... along with extra onion ... tu yang pekat ... memang alhamdulillah licin pinggan ...

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okay ni sumber resepi dari chef chef handalan tanahair :)


resepi # 1 ... http://dianaajaq.blogspot.com/2010/04/resepi-asam-pedas-melaka-asli-terbaekkk.html

resepi # 2 ... http://www.tiffinbiru.com/2012/12/asam-pedas-ikan-kembong.html

resepi # 3 oleh junjs11 ... http://www.myresipi.com/top/detail/1329 

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actually ... my modified recipe was a bit rich ... meaning sauce nya pekat ... next time yang cair pula ... sedap hirup macam soup je ... :)

gambar? ... no gambar ... habis dah ... hehe

 but gambar gugle ada ...

sedap nampak ye ...
sumber gambar dan resepinya sini ... http://rasamalaysia.com/recipe-assam-pedas-fish/2/

:)

Okay okay ... you're telling me ada aku kisah

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduliLlah syukur ... dapat kita membezakan haiwan dan manusia 

dengan haiwan boleh saja kita faham yang dia hanya berbuat sesuatu mengikut rasa semula jadinya ... tak payah nak fikir fikir ... 

aku buat ni betul ke tak betul ... 

elok ke tak elok ... 

cantik tak cara aku ni ... 

menyusahkan orang ke aku ni ...

menganiya orang ke aku ni ...

ha haiwan tak fikir macam tu lah kan ...

 itu sebab kalau nak marah kat haiwan macam tak betul je kita ye :)

semalam bercerita tentang dia ... also referred to as mengumpat (tetapi tak ada konsep mengumpat haiwan kan) ... pagi pagi ni tengok aster kuning tempat tidurnya macam ni ...

tempat tidur kucing bertamu ...

view of yesterday ...

from the opposite view we can see how comfortable she or he was for the night ...

nak kena intai sekali siapa tu ye ...

on top of that ... dah tumpang tidur dah lah ... tinggalkan najis nya pula kat sebelah ... 

maka itulah namanya ...

haiwan ... 

kita yang dirujuk sebagai insan ... tidaklah lah begini ye ...

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macam hari hari pula nak kena kemas tempat tidur tetamu tak diundang ni ...

 an unmade bed ... kalau emak panggil ... tempat kucing beranak ...

(image from google)

 :)

Asters ... bintang bintang di laman

Assalamulaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... for small stars di laman kecik ni ...

ada dua jenis ... satu bunganya yellow ... 

satu lagi bunganya purple ...

dah lama dah kat laman kecik ni ....

bila saya tinggalkan tak tinjau tinjau ... hidup lah mereka among the weeds ... berlumba lumba lah pula the weeds trying to overpower and demolish them ...

but they are true survivors ... bila kemaskan semak semak tu semula ... berseri kembang melentok lentoklah bunganya ... 

yang melentok si bintang kuning tu ... over the curb (kerb) dah ...

yang buat saya merajuk bukan apa ... malam malam kucing jiran buat tempat tidur dia atas kelompok bunga tu ... daun nya soft je empuk je as a bedding agaknya ... pagi pagi tengok semua kemek macam kena pijak je plant tu ...

bintang ungu lurus tegak naturenya ... 

lama tak ambil berat ni baru nak pujuk pujuk belai semula ... yang ini tak sedap buat bedding agaknye ... kucing tak kacau ... :)

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I found out only recently that these flowering plants are in one family of ...

asteraceae

more about them here ... and also why they are called bintang ...

kalau tanam in a mass ... (tulis en masse kang tak tau pule saya nak sebut dalam bahasa perancis tu ... loghat je hehe ...) ... memang berseri benar lah laman laman kecik ...

:)

Method ... biarlah betul

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... pengajarannya ... ingat pada diri sendiri jangan buat macam tu ...

what happened ...

pagi ni off rasa sikit ... as a courtesy and out of respect i took up an invitation to attend a gathering ...

 the sms did not say much and when queried the answer was not much either ... so as i have said out of respect for yang menjemput ... pergi je lah ... thinking that it was some community service ... and she said yes ... yes termasuk juga ...

and i stayed for almost 2 hours listening to an MLM campaign programme ... 

nampak sangat mungkin that i was feeling uncomfortable ... the speaker tried to draw me in ... kejap kejap ... hajjah ... hajjah ... itu ini lah bertanya ...

tak tau dia yang si hajjah ni seat dia dah panas ... just counting the seconds ... and last last without seeming too rude ... saya minta balik dulu ... dari teman yang menjemput ... tuan rumah dsbnya minta sampaikan salam je ...

sorry ... i am not great in gatherings where orang orang berjaya, datuk datin berbicara fasal business ... tu le tak kaya kaya gamaknye :)

so pergi tadi tu rasa macam di copot pula ... i am using the same term orang yang dah berjaya tu guna ... bila dia tanya siapa yang tahu apa hal hari ni ... dan siapa yang kena copot ...

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begitulah ... 

no big deal for some ... but bagi orang yang tak besar sense of humour nya macam saya ni ... tak lah funny at all bila sedar diri ter copot ...

marah tidak lah ... berhati hati je next time ...

carilah kemewahan ... but janganlah sampai kemewahan menyelubungi hati ...

take care all

:)

ICT ... and its pain

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... for time ...

for ... demi masa verily we are in loss except for  ... yang nasihat menasihati kepada kebenaran ... dan yang nasihat menasihati kepada kesabaran ...

and AlhamduLillah ...

today's news gives me hope that we are getting better at forwarding our concerns and thoughts ... built point by point with clarifications ...

let me share the many a teacher's pain ...

http://www.sinarharian.com.my/penggunaan-internet-explorer-dalam-sppbs-1.212131

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bila baca tadi tu ... 

terus teringat HRMIS which was also developed for use with IE ... i wonder how is it now ...

:)

Qurban ... dan yang terkorban

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... selamat sihat dalam meniti hari hari yang mencabar ...

To all ... 

Selamat Hari Raya Qurban ... 

May the blessings of Allah SWT be with us all ...

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... semalam di rumah emak abah ... buat kesekian kali saya mencuba masak ayam kerutup yang mula mula saya temu ceritanya di sini ...

sambil diketawakan adik adik sebab masih lagi rujuk buku resepi ... saya modify sana sini ... all the bahan i have brought from senawang ... except those yang ada dalam tanaman emak ... serai dan kelapa to make santan and kerisik ... cili hijau besar emak tanam banyak, terlupa pula ... kunyit hidup, halia dan lengkuas pun emak tanam ... but senang capai je dari display box kat hypermarket tu ...

a major modification was i did not use whole chicken ... rather i have bought chicken wings ... 

potong buang wing tip ... kita tak makan yang itu kan ...so each wing gave two pieces ... kulit kulit dan lemak trimmed off ...

alhamduLillah ...

bila siap macam ayam rendang lah ... but very pleasant tak pedas sangat ...

and my father loved these wing pieces ...

and sekejap je ... habissss ...

and adik adik pun kata ... in chorus ... boleh cuba boleh cuba ...
di rumah masing masing nanti lah tu :)

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but ... 

yang sebenar nya nak share this article tadi ... it's such a sad scene of our life ... tak mahu saya menerimanya ... but this is the reality ... when all the feel good factor is gone ...

kita baca je lah ... buat insaf diri yang selalu ingin melupakan ...

http://www.sinarharian.com.my/kolumnis/ridhuan-tee-abdullah/dilema-melayu-popular-1.211598

and here's another one ...

http://blu4sky.blogspot.com/2013/10/isu-sensetep.html#comment-form

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happiness is bubbles bursting upon the white sand ...

Catecholamines ... and abscisic acid

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ...

last cerita was on plant hormones including ...

abscisic acid kan ... yang nak pekse ... eja ... abs ... cis ... ic :)

today let's get to know ...

catecholamines ... 

do i know how to pronounce this? ... haha ... no matter ...

here is a feeler about this hormone ...

When we are angry our body releases hormones called catecholamines. These hormones generate energy. That is why we suddenly feel like we have a burst of renewed strength. Then in turn our adrenal organs begin to work overtime which is why we feel on edge. These adrenal organs will continue working overtime as long as we are thinking about the situation that made us angry in the first place. This is why we can stay angry and on edge from hours to days.

Source: here

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what happened? ... i had some challenge getting baseline data ... and it was not terribly difficult for some entity to release them ... but it has to be difficult for me ... nak buat PhD kan kan ... so kena lah nangis kan ... hehe ...

no no no ... anak abah tak nanges ...  insyaAllah, insyaAllah, insyaAllah no ... ameen ...

rather she would spend her burst of renewed strength into helping the plants in her laman kecik release their abscisic acid (although i like that name gibberellins more)  ... :)

processnya macam ni ...

ambil gergaji ...

select a plant ... this time the oleander ...

select one dahan or two or three ... depending on your catecholamines level ...

then ... gergaji ... ! ... woittt ganas amattt ...

no no no ... i gergaji veryyyy gently ...

sambil belai belai lagi ... (sebab tetiba teringat ini ... Hadith No 19)

dalam bahasa biasa proses cantas mencantas ni we call trimming/pruning ...

that will trigger the release of that plant hormone ... abscisic acid

which will promote new lateral branches ... bagi cantik lagi insyaAllah pokok tu ...

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so maknanya ... bila kita kena cantas ... kita makin bertambah cantik lah insyaAllah ... :)

yes ... AlhamduLillah syukur ...

hmmm ... ini lah hasil cantasan orang yang terlebih catecholamines tu ...

bunga-bunga dari hujung hujung dahan yang sudah kena gergaji tadi saya simpan dalam air ... not sure how long they will last ...

but thank you so much ... for being so beautiful ...

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caution ...

and jangan simpan oleander flower cuttings dalam rumah ... because the oleander plant and its leaves, flowers and sap are poisonous ...

kalau dah kering potongan potongan nya di bakar pun jangan ... asapnya juga poisonous ...

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ni oleander yang dibelai ... google image

ni oleander yang berdikari ... google image

by the way the common name of this bunga is ... 

firecracker plant ... 

how apt ... 

to sejukkan orang panas hehe ...

 AlhamduLillah ... syukur

:)

Nak makan ini ye ...

meh sini ...

restaurant on the rock ...

:)

The exciting science ... of Laman

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... for plants ... and flowers ... and dirts ...and mucks ... and gardens ...

just watch the science of it ...

here ...
 

... i am being a kid and learning all over again ...

:)

only 5 ...

only 5 the plant needs for living ...

yes ...

the 5 plant growth regulators ... plant hormones ...

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auxins

cytokinins

abscisic acid

gibberellins

ethylene

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auxins ... to root

cytokinins ... to shoot

abscisic acid ... for laterals

gibberellins ... to flower and stem growth ... seed germination

ethylene ... to ripen ... the beginning of the end

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kalau nak ambik peksa ... more here ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_hormone

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if only this was the way my biology teacher taught me in plant biology ... alangkah exciting nya ...

well ... still ingat lah juga nama tu sikit sikit but now with the gardening activity back in my schedule

... the art of propagating is much more understood ...

because some plants are so simple to propagate but some are much more challenging ...


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just another pleasant stress buster ...

:)

crossandra ... image source here

oh ... baru tahu nama nya ...  although mine is more yellow than orange ...

yang saya manjang tinggalkan but the plant never give up on me ... forever berbunga alhamduLillah

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and ... happy birthday mak'mbong ... Tina and Danial and Amir and sume sume sume ... jangan lupa doa mak'mbong ye ...

:)

AlhamduLillah syukur ...

Kalau percuma ... tu tiada nilai ke ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ... 

AlhamduLillah syukur dengan kehidupan dan kesihatan ... yang Allah SWT tak minta kita bayar pun ... cuma ingat dan buat apa yang diperintah dan jauhi apa yang dilarangNya ...

walau selalu tersasar ... 

masih juga dikasihani dan diampun maafkan juga ... diberi makan minum AlhamduLillah ...

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semalam borak borak dengan adik ni ... dia mengkhabarkan belajar di  universiti di sebuah negara ni adalah percuma ... AlhamduLillah ...

untuk bidang bidang tertentu adalah juga pelajar kita yang telah dibiayai ke sana ...

seterusnya adalah hamba Allah yang satu ni berkata - oleh kerana kepercumaan (istilah saya je tetapi begitulah maksudnya) itu, makanya kualiti pendidikan tersebut mungkin tidak setaraf mana ... apa maksudnya ... diri yang berkata tu je lah  faham ... masalahnya diri yang berkata tu perkataannya diambilkira pihak university ... maka mereka pun decidelah ... dah kalau percuma tu orang beranggapan kurang kualiti ... maka kita charge jelah mereka mereka ni ...

begitulah ceritanya ...

maka bagi saya ... satu saja ... 

kenapa payah sangat nak sebut AlhamduLillah bila menerima sesuatu pemberian ...

berganda-ganda lagilah yang akan diterima ...

insyaAllah ...

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semalam juga baru belajar nama bunga pelbagai colours ni ... 

google je ...

kangaroo paw plant ... 

asalnya tumbuh meliar dibenua bawah angin tu ... Allah SWT bagi free je asalnya ... but now semua ada commercial value ...

belum pula pernah nampak di nursery around here ...

nantilah ... sampai juga nanti tu ...

:)

Of dirt and beauty ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah for laman kecik ... we can take our sweet time to sculp and play with it ... at least that's what i do ... menung menung depan tanah tu ... 

for instance ...

tanah ni basah kurang sun ... what is best here

tanah ni pula keras berbatu ... what to do here

tanah ni plenty of sun ... siapa suka kat sini

with children like my niece Tina who is dyslexic ... perbincangan begini sangatlah suka dia ... nothing formal ... even how to pull a piece of weed pun can turn into an exciting conversation about plant and its root system ... i love the challenge of understanding weeds ... their root systems and how they support each other for survival ...

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take a look at this little project ...

how a tiny space underneath all that canopies is transformed into an eye pleasing convenient spot ...

more here ...

http://lindenhillgardens.com/about-us/photos/jerry-fritz-garden-design/

and another small space project ...

 here

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a real life laman ... where every inch of dirt is celebrated ...

 all images from ...

http://lindenhillgardens.com/about-us/photos/jerry-fritz-garden-design/

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and some plants are just like weeds ... but beautiful weeds ... 

they survive without fuss ...

an example ...

the periwinkles ...

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but for a living space in a garden ...

macam ni kena lah bela ... macam menatang minyak yang penuh ...

image source ... here

:)

Seriously ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

Alhamdulillah syukur ... sweating out for the past two weekends ...

no no no ... not jogging mogging by the lakeside ... which i wanted to but he said no lah ...

actually that was a good decision because we ended up clearing that semak that we used to call laman ...

alhamduLillah ... done ... sakit pinggang sakit tapak kaki ... tapak kaki rasa tebal sakit semacam ... tapak tangan apa lagi ... but biasa dah kecik kecik dulu pun mencangkul merumput bagai dalam sawah ...so tak hal kan ...

selalunya dah mengada sikit ni berglove lah ... nak kurangkan sakit tangan ... but glove dah habis rosak ... and to get new ones would have meant delay of the job ... and i am not the one to delay bila semangat berkobar-kobar ...

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main main kat laman ni bagus ... walau tangan badan baju comot ... otak tak comot ... ada je idea pusing pusing dalam kepala ... i regularly talked out analysis dalam kepala ... concepts and lines and paragraphs ... sampai kadang kadang terbe-cakap sendiri hehe ... i will stop myself when this happens ... jangan sampai ada yang salah sangka haha...

i think this was what happened one day when a neighbour melaporkan kepada saya yang sorang neighbour lagi tu cakap ... akak tu bercakap dengan bunga dia hahaha ... 

mengintai yo kojo kau yo :)

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anyway ... my co-supervisor encourages me to ... cakap and write ... meaning write it as you talk to yourself ...

 talking to yourself helps to clarify ideas ... 

but as i have said earlier jangan buat depan orang je ...

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now with the laman dah clear ... nampak kosong lah kan ... so ada alasan lah kita ke nursery jamu mata :) ... jamu lebih - beli sikit je ... what with the US government shutdown tu ... kita kat sini pun pandai pandai lah bawa diri ... dunia semakin sempit ... tempias semakin kerap ...

bunga lama ada lah sikit surviving in the jungle of weeds ... i like these kinds of survivors ... so i keep on transplanting them ...

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and on the serious side ...

for those who are keen to know apa hal US Government shutdown tu ... 

bolehlah ziarah sini ...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/30/us-shutdown-explainer-non-americans ...

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hi ... 

gloves orang punya ... sini

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update trip to Baitul Maqdis ... AlhamduLillah documents have been submitted to KDN for approval ... itinerary pun dah ada ... yang ni update kemudian insyaAllah ...

2 conferences concurrently two days before departure ... tengok macam mana insyaAllah usahakan juga ... may Allah SWT ease ... ameen.

T2 ... T9 ... T6 ... T3 ... T4 ... Light and Easy

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

AlhamduLillah syukur ... by this day of  barakah a lot of this and that have been completed ... i will not worry about the yet to be completed because life is not for me to confirm ... so alhamduLillah for the things accomplished ...

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by monday midnight successfully submitted one paper for a conference ... i would hazard that most people were also doing the last minute thingy ... because it took a long while to access and finally submit the paper online ... i was worried that i would miss it ... lesson learned is to submit way way before the due date ... but then again the thrill of a last minute job is always there hehe ...

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tuesday was tingkat 2 day ... i had 1 month less than the requisite 6 months valid pasport for foreign travel ... so hendak tak hendak kenalah seperti biasanya bersesak sesak renew pasport kat seremban wisma persekutuan ... lewat sikit tiba 10.45am but alhamduLillah unlike zaman dedulu selesailah juga slightly after 2p.m. ... yang lama nya menunggu giliran to the counter which was about 2 hours ... but the pasport was ready soon after lunch break ... they must have worked thru the lunch hours ... in fact nampak juga one officer dalam office tu sambil makan sambil buat kerja ... tak keluar lunch lah tu ... thank you thank you ... 

and kalau ada sesiapa yang belum tahu ... here is the new pasport photo requirement ...

http://www.imi.gov.my/index.php/en/main-services/pasport/malaysian-international-passport

and although coloured photo was submitted, gambar dalam pasport tu pun dah balik hitam putih je ... so gincu gincu pun tak nampak ... okay je ... hehe

sementara menunggu pasport siap ... naik ke tingkat 9 ...

sebelum turun semula sempat pula ambil ni ha ... nak share view seremban indah permai ... hehe ...

actually majlis perbandaran - bangunan dan padangnya dah more than half the view ...

dan sempat juga lah yang ini nak share juga ...

tahniah ... komiti jemaah tingkat 9 memang boleh di contohi ... :)

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thursday pagi pagi pusing pusing cari parking nak tinggalkan kereta nak ke KL by what else my favourite commuter ... tak ada ... penat pusing ... so finally ended up at Terminal 1 ... naik bus je lah ...

penuh juga parking lots ... pusing pusing sampai tingkat 6 wah nampak one end lot - cantik tempat tu ... so dah lambat ni zoomed je and parked ... turun naik bas seremban - KL ...

turun kat central market ... tanya teksi nak ke SDB jln ampang next to maya hotel ... teksi guy - melayu - said rm25 ... no meter ... okay ... tanya another taxi - india - pakai meter tak ... he said ye ... sampai rm 13 ... alhamdulillah ... 

dari SDB nak balik ke central market ... tahan teksi - india - tanya pakai meter - jawabnya tidak ... tahan another one - melayu ... tanya pakai meter ... ye ... sampai central market semula cuma rm7 sahaja!!! ... AlhamduliLlah ... since dah bersedia nak beri dia rm 13 tadi ... so beri rm10 padanya ... Allah SWT mudahan murahkan rezekinya ... ameen ...

so now rasa rasanya naik bas je bila nak berurusan kat KL tu ... only disadvantage is i can't read in a bus ... pening muntah karang ... but not in the commuter ... walau lama sikit perjalanannya boleh je baca kerja ... dalam bas tidur je lah apa lagi ...

sampai ke Terminal 1 seremban jam 8.00 malam ... bila nak keluar baru perasan ... tingkat 6 during weekdays khusus untuk LHDN ... wahhh alhamduliLlah nasib je tak kena clamp ...

so elok juga sesiapa yang ada limpahan untuk investment ... invest bina parking lot bertingkat dekat railway station tu ...

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SDB - Selangor Dredging Building ... ada apa di sini ... JAKOA di tingkat 3, tingkat 4 ... British Council di groundfloor ... just in case ada sesiapa yang nak ke sana :)

hotel maya kuala lumpur ... tunjuk SDB will not be as pleasing ... hehe

Tiada kualiti katanya ...

Assalamualaikum wbt ...

tiada kualiti kata pakcik ni ... more here ...

http://my.news.yahoo.com/bumiputera-tiada-kualiti-bukan-sektor-swasta-tutup-peluang-224243533.html

right right ... now pakcik ... 

please define quality

thank you ...

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and sooooo very pandai ... yang cakap orang lain ... tunjuk gambar orang lain ...

and that's quality for you ...

woittt devious amatttt!

diamond drill bit ... when the going gets tough ...