Trip To Melbourne (Part II)

Mari kita sambung tentang trip to Melbourne untuk Bahagian Kedua. Bahagian Pertama ada di sini. This is also going to be the last part of our (awesome) trip to Melbourne since I don’t want to drag it secara panjang lebar. I don’t think I’m going to put up more photos in my Facebook sebab malas nak upload. Tengok lah macam mana. Kalau tiba-tiba angin rajin datang, boleh la upload. Eih, sudah tersasar dari intro yang pendek. Maka mari lihat perjalanan cerita berdasarkan gambar (hoyeehh!).

Welcome to Day 3. Memandangkan cuaca cerah pada hari ketiga, Abang Din suggest untuk ke Ballarat – about 110km from Victoria, Melbourne (+/- about 2 hours journey). Oh, did I tell you sepanjang berada di Melbourne kami sewa MPV untuk ke sana ke mari dan Abang Din yang jadi driver.

Ballarat is such a nice place, sarat dengan cerita sejarah dan kebanyakan bangunan yang ada masih mengekalkan ciri-ciri sejarah yang asal.

Pictures (Top) L-R : (1) Ketibaan di Ballarat. Freezing and so windy that day! (2) In front of Ballarat Tourism Centre – getting our souvenirs and information.

(Below) L-R : Ballarat Heritage Walking Trails. Cantik dan menarik!

Pictures : (Top) L-R : Still at Ballarat. (1) Inside the Art Gallery of Ballarat – “The Time Capsule : was placed beneath this stone on 10.03.1988 and to be opened on 10.03.2088”. (2) Hubby with huge frame of Eureka Rebellion.

(Below) L-R : (1) In front of the Art Gallery of Ballarat. (2) In front of Ballarat Law Courts. Lawyers and Courts – so much in common. Huhu. (3) In front of The School of Mines and Industries Ballarat (established since 1870) – currently known as University of Ballarat.

Pictures : (Top) L-R : (1) At the area nearby The School of Mines and Industries Ballarat. (2) One of the legal firm at Ballarat – Saines Lucas Solicitors (established since 1939). Wow!

(Below) L-R : (1) and (2) Breathtaking view at the lake in Ballarat. (3) At Sovereign Hill – Ballarat’s major gold diggings. We bought our gold-based souvenirs here. Suka :D

Day 4 – We went to Victoria Market. Adrenaline rush for shopping especially souvenirs! Love, love, love! Teehee :D Pictures (Top) L-R : (1) In front of Victoria Market. (2) Hubby with one of the peniaga barangan kulit. (3) Khayra was playing with her newly bought Russion Dolls. Dari kecil Khayra suka main Russion Dolls ni, bila kami jumpa kat Victoria Market tu, kami borong. Haha!

(Below) L-R : Berkelah di park – city of Melbourne. Selepas itu menunaikan solat di Thomastown Mosque.

Selepas solat kami singgah untuk tapau kebab yang sungguh lazat dari kedai halal Super Chicken. Juga singgah di Coles untuk membeli-belah barangan keperluan.

Day 5 – Pictures (Top) L-R : (1) Singgah di La Trobe University (University Kak Sham iaitu Abang Din’s wife) (2) Kemudian telah ke Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.

(Below) L-R : At Bundoora Homestead Art Centre. Then proceeded to Savers. Merasai pengalaman melihat hujan batu. (Jakun). Hehe.

For the rest of Day 6 – 8 : we spent our time visiting the city centre, did some shopping and had dinner at Abang Din’s house with fellow Malaysian students. I will sum up our trip by the below pictures :

Shopping spree : (Top) L-R : (1) Books! Very cheap. I bought several books for our little one & Hubby also borong books for him. (2) Lil Darling at the Clarks Store.

(Below) L-R : (1) Corelle / Corningware / Pyrex DFO. Yums! Bought Bamboo Square Dinner sets (note the plural, huh? Hehe). Hubby’s treat. Yippee yeay yeay! (2) Cotton On Kids. Juga enak! Muwallah!

Next shopping spree : (Top) L-R : (1) Lil Darling at Pumpkin Patch Outlet. (2) Nine West. Sedap ah! Handbags & shoes – “My. God. Huge. Damage. Has. Been. Done!” Hubby said. Haha!

(Below) : L-R (1) Strandbags . Variety choices. Yummy. (2) Coles. (3) Royal Doulton. Muwallah.

Visiting the city centre. Nice. Walau dalam hujan renyai, bergambar tetap maintain pose. Haha!

We had a very great time in Melbourne. Initially Abang Din wanted to take us to the Great Ocean Road tapi disebabkan waktu siang pendek (Maghrib at 5.30pm dan dah gelap) serta cuaca sejuk dan jadual lawatan yang packed, hasrat tersebut dibatalkan. Next time, perhaps? Hehe. Terima kasih banyak to Abang Din sekeluarga. Terima kasih kepada kedua-dua ibu bapa yang turut serta dalam trip ini dan melengkapkan kegirangan berganda kami. InsyaAllah ada rezeki lebih, kami bawa melancong bersama-sama lagi. Teehee. (Amin!) :D
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Hati Cair Part V

Khayra is now 22 months dan dah banyak cakap since her 17 months.

We think we should teach her on manners since she could speak fluently (but depending on certain words, she would pronounce it on her own way tapi masih boleh difahami oleh kami).

Scene I

Home sweet home : Kitchen.

We were having our lunch and Khayra also had her lunch. Hubby finished first and looking at Khayra I thought she already finished her meal. I asked Khayra to go and wash her hands with Hubby as at that material time, I am still eating my lunch.

Ibu : Khayra, go and wash your hands with Abah.

Abah : Jom, Khayra.

Khayra : (Did not show any sign of leaving her high chair but kept on playing her plate with some left over rice in it) Main lagi sampai nasi tumpah ke lantai.

Ibu : Khayra, go and wash your hands!

Abah : Jom!

Khayra : Nanak (tanak), Abah. (Started to cry sebab Ibu nak jadi tarzan. Hehe)

Ibu : (Ambil Khayra & washed her hands while she was crying)

Abah : (Buat muka sad to Khayra)

Ibu : Khayra, go to Abah. Cakap apa to Abah?

Khayra : (Went to her Abah. Abah dukung. Tak menangis dah tapi sedu-sedu)

Ibu : Cakap apa kat Abah?

Khayra : (Diam)

Ibu : (Ambil penyapu nak sapu nasi tumpah atas lantai) Khayra, you are supposed to say something to Abah.

Khayra : (Diam) Sobbing.

Ibu : (Menyapu)

Suddenly …

Khayra : Sorry .. (and kissed Abah)

Ibu & Abah : (Senyum)

Khayra has learned to say ‘Sorry’ whenever she does something wrong.

Scene II

Home sweet home. Living hall.

I was lying down on the sofa & watching TV. Khayra was playing with her toys. Suddenly,

Khayra : Ibu, jom! Up! (Trying to show something to me)

Ibu : Why, sayang? I want to lay down here.

Khayra : Ibu, up!

Ibu : I want to sleep (buat-buat pejam mata. Hihi!)

Khayra : Ibu, please? (Sambil buat jari nombor satu)

Ibu : (Senyum & bingkas bangun) OK, jom!

Khayra : Yay yay!

Now, whenever she says ‘Please’ we will definitely oblige to her command! Haha :D

Scene III

At San Remo, Melbourne.
During Pelican feeding I told her that it’d be nice if the Pelicans could share their foods with each other. Back in Malaysia, Khayra was playing with her toys, Webbit & Dino. She was ‘feeding’ her toys with something then I heard,

Khayra : (To her toys) Share! Share lah!

Ibu : Khayra bagi apa kat Webbit & Dino?

Khayra : Fish!

Ibu : OK, so they have to share?

Khayra : A’ah! Pelicans share.

Haha, she learned by heart what did I say at Melbourne about Pelicans! Love you lah, Darling!

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Trip to Melbourne (Part I)

We had an awesome trip to Melbourne! OK, disebabkan aku tanak cerita basi jadi aku cuba update pasal Trip to Melbourne ni secara ringkas. Sebab ini untuk coretan masa hadapan aku, jadi tak perlu lah details kot. As long as aku ingat apa berlaku pada hari yang sepatutnya dah memadai. Sekarang nak catch up kerja dan nak tulis panjang-panjang sungguh tak sesuai. Haish. So here it goes :

Flight to Melbourne – 10.20pm. Memang sengaja ambil flight malam so that semua boleh tidur to kill the time. Photos were taken during the 8 hours flight to Melbourne. Huwargh. Khayra has been entertained by her grandparents for the 1st hour and she slept soundly for the rest of hours in the flight. Pheww.

Day 1 - Arrived Melbourne at 7.50am (Malaysia : 5.50am). Kami dapat priority to be first in the queue so semua jadi cepat. Beg pun kena buka 1 beg je sebab the officer tanya pasal susu Khayra. Kami pack all foods in a box, labeled yang mana not commercially packed so time checking semua lepas (man, they were so strict!). Also had our morning coffee at the airport while waiting for our friend to pick us.

Abang Din (kawan kami yang arrange semua penginapan, MPV, destination di Melbourne) invited us to drop by at his house for breakfast. Then kami terus ke rumah sewa kami di Dumbarton Street, Victoria. Photos were taken in front of our rented house ($115.00 perday).

Next after solat, Abang Din took us to Bacchus Marsh for fresh crunchy apple picking. About 40 minutes drive. Free entrance. Boleh makan sebanyak mana yang mahu direct from the trees but will be charges $5.00 per kilo if nak pack bawa balik. So crunchy dan manis especially yang kecil-kecil tu. *salivate*

Apple picking at Bacchus Marsh. Scenery. Big pumpkins.

Day 2 – Woke up at 4.00am (waktu Malaysia) for Subuh (waktu Australia 2 jam awal), had breakfast & ready to go to San Remo for Pelican Feeding and Phillip Island for kangaroo feeding and took about 2 hours drive to reach there. A small celebration on Mother’s Day! Photos were taken at San Remo – Pelican Feeding at 12.00 noon.

Dropped by at Phillip Island Tourism Centre and Panny’s Chocolate Factory at Phillip Island.

Mother’s Day (and feeding the animals. Yeehuuu!) Made a quick stop at Churchill Island Heritage Farm.

Phillip Island. Weeehooo! Kangaroo feeding. The sleeping Koala. (Note : $15 per person per entry)

Top (L-R) Koala. Emu. Black Swans.
Below (L-R) Stopped at Nobbies Island. Sejuk beku rasa sebab so windy! Next, Penguin Parade!

* The rest of the days in Melbourne will be in the next entry. Huwargh. Watch out this space for more stories. For more pictures, kindly check my Facebook :D
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Wordless Wednesday (18.05.2011) Melbourne

Mother's Day 2011

Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. - Author Unknown

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers out there!

I am very sure that this year will be marked as the best Mother's Day celebration for me as I'm celebrating it in the Land Down Under together with my beloved Mom and my beloved Mother-In-Law! And of course in the presence of my Lil Darling and my beloved Husband, Father and Father-In-Law! Couldn't be more happier as we are all here, thousand miles away from our hometown just to be together, have fun together and in the name of L.O.V.E!!

Have a good day people! ;D

* From OZ with L.O.V.E! *
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Self Therapy

Tak boleh tidur sebab telah melepasi waktu tidur. Sedang berjaga malam untuk siapkan kerja. Ya, waktu tidur saya kebiasaannya jam 10 malam pada hari bekerja. Malam Selasa adalah terkecuali sebab nak tengok Desperate Housewives. Maka telah godek-godek gambar dalam laptop dan mahu share di sini.

Hasil belian untuk self therapy (kunun!). Shopping bersama Khayra dan Suami tersayang. Khayra sangat sporting maka telah membeli-belah tanpa sempadan but within the budget. Suami menggalakkan lagi si Isteri membeli-belah dengan berkata, “Take your time, Yang.” serta “Yang ini, on me.” Maka tercipta kegembiraan pada si Isteri.

Terima kasih, Suami! Terima kasih, anak (bagi peluang Ibu shopping)! Terima kasih, Tuhan atas rezeki.

Syukur :D
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