Thank you very much...Terima kasih yang tak terhingga kepada semua yang tak putus2 bagi sokongan moral pada Anna. We really appreciate it! It's been more than 2 weeks now, trying our best to cope and be strong for each other. Now, I know what does Rindu means exactly...
I always remember what Mak used to say, "Sementara tengah muda, belum ada anak, ada kesihatan, ada masa dan ada rezeki, pergi lah jalan, tengok dunia". She's always been our best motivator and we definitely InsyaAllah...will continue what we like best and try to start to live life to the fullest...Again.
Thank you sooooooooo much to all our readers, we love you guys!
Terlalu berat untuk berkongsi pengalaman ini but I'm sure one day everyone has to go thru this kind of situation.
Tepat 10.40mlm, pada 11 Jun yang lalu ibunda tercinta telah kembali ke rahmatullah, kehilangan mak umpama kehilangan separuh jiwa raga. Tanpa kesakitan, tanpa kepayahan dan juga tanpa pesan, mak pergi menyahut panggilan Ilahi. Dunia bagaikan mimpi yang tiada kesudahan, setiap kali bangun tidur, selalu mengharapkan ianya sebuah mimpi, tapi ternyata ianya adalah realiti yang harus ditempuhi.
Bersyukur ke hadrat Allah swt, Ana dikurniakan abah, adik, suami serta ahli keluarga, rakan-rakan dan juga jiran tetangga yang tak putus-putus memberikan sokongan dan segala bantuan yang diperlukan.
Tiada apa yang dapat mengiringi mak selain doa anak yang soleh dan solehah, sedekah jariah dan juga ilmu yang arwah mak kongsikan bersama. Semoga roh mak akan ditempatkan bersama orang-orang yang beriman. InsyaAllah...Al- Fatihah.
Mimpi yang Panjang
Jikalau masa kan boleh kembali
Akan ku peluk, Akan ku cium tapak kaki mu
Akan ku belai, Akan ku serah jiwa raga ku
Jikalau masa kan boleh kembali
Akan ku buat dirimu lebih bangga
Akan ku buat dirimu lebih bahagia
Jikalau masa kan boleh kembali
Akan ku turut segala kehendakmu
Akan ku turut segala kemahuanmu
Jikalau itu kehendak Yang Maha Esa
Siapalah aku untuk menahannya
Jikalau itu panggilan Agung
Siapalah kita untuk menolaknya
Tapi yang pasti...
Aku masih di dalam Mimpi yang Panjang
Hai semua, seminggu jugak lah nak update ni, bukan apa nak sort out gambar yang lama tu..He..he..alasan je tu. Anyway, let's move on... This time around, we headed to Geylang Serai for accomodation. Perfect location for makan2 and senang to take public transport. Our target besides cuti2, we headed to this uncommon area to shop. It is located at Sungei Road and known as Thieves Market. Actually we also have this kind of market at our place, kalau tak silap kat area Petaling Street dekat dengan bus stand Klang.
This place has been here for such a long time and considered as the oldest flea market in Singapore. Ala kira2 kalau ada barang hilang kat Singapore tu, cuba cari kat sini, tapi itu dulu, nowadays they have to declare their items beforehand, just to make sure we're not buying stolen goods(God knows whether it's true!) Tapi Faizal and I really enjoyed ourselves there, from clothes to household to electrical goods, boleh katakan anything you can think of...ada kat sini. I guess we are tired of shopping malls (ye ke?..), just to get another look of Singapore.
Kalau ikutkan vendors memang pecah rumah punya, tapi diaorang ni cool but you have to follow their style when you're bargaining. Bak kata orang Berani Mati punya style. Sempat jugak lah dapat barang2 yang menarik. If you wanna come here, take MRT to Bugis Station, walk on Rochor Road until you hit Jalan Besar, turn right you will see the unchoreographed market that awaits you. The best time to visit is actually at 3pm onwards unless you can stand under the hot sun! Open daily till 7pm.
Our next destination, Universal Studios but unfortunately tickets dah habis. We went there just for Hard Rock Hotel & Cafe (wohooo! I have completed all Singapore's HRCs) and at the same time trying our luck to get through. Tapi takpe, we have plan to go again with a bunch of our friends! For those who're going to Universal Studios soon, do book online. There's one thing yang kat sini lain, cuaca panas tak ingat tak boleh imagine kalau naik ride tengahari buta. Kena lulur sun block satu badan la...agaknye.
As usual, Singapore Great Sale is not what I expected, taklah murah sangat tapi bolehlah...Mustafa Centre satu lagi tempat kitaorang shopping, tapi yang berkenan di hati Faizal DVDs Hindustan dia...hmmmmm...Ada satu lagi tempat yang quite interesting Tampines area just outside the MRT Station, kat situ ada mall yang kalau nak shopping ok jugak la...
For 3days/2nights holiday, we ended with our Top 5's list:
1. Joo Chiat Road - for accomodation
2. Hjh Maimunah Restaurant & Pasar Geylang Serai - for breakfast/lunch/dinner
3. Sg. Road - unusual shopping spree
4. Mustafa Centre - for insomnia, because it's 24hrs shopping mall
5. Universal Studios - Singapore's latest attraction
Hmmmm...Best nyer tag line tu. Have you watched this program lately? What do you think? Teruja nak cuti? Or do you think you can have better way of Cuti? As for us, addiction to traveling has been with us for quite a long time.
Apa-apa pun, Thumbs up! to this program for giving their viewers a chance to host their own travel show. For those who've not be chosen for the show, don't give up, You can have your "Saya Nak Cuti" in your own way! I guess it will be more happening kot, tak terikat dengan skrip..he..he..
Anybody been to Universal Studios Singapore? Kalau ada, tell us...saja nak tau! Sekarang ni, Airasia tengah buat offer Free Seats, apalagi grab this opportunity dan boleh travel secara budget.
*Tengah selak2 album and recap our version of "Kami Nak Cuti" so far... (next plan..?)
Masa zaman sekolah dulu, tak sah rasanya kalau tak jamming lagu-lagu dari kumpulan Wings atau Search. Kedua-dua band ini memang menjadi idola buat peminat muzik rock tanahair yang membesar sekitar tahun 80an dan 90an. Dari gaya nyanyian hinggalah ke penampilan mereka pun menjadi ikutan Faizal dan rakan-rakan. Kelakar pulak rasanya bila diingat balik…hehehe!
So, bila diumumkan Konsert Double Trouble akan kembali bergabung pada 1 Mei 2010, tanpa berlengah lagi Faizal menandakan tarikh ini dan membuat tempahan tiket (RM70) di premis terdekat. Teruja beb!! Lagipun sudah agak lama artis-artis Malaysia yang berkualiti seperti ini diketepikan bila mereka ingin mengadakan konsert pada skala yang besar.
Ada juga yang mempertikaikan harga tiket konsert ini agak mahal. But to me, if you’re really a true music fan and appreciate the music legends who have fought more than 21 years in this music business and still survive, RM70 itu hanyalah satu jumlah yang kecil.
On the concert day, Faizal together with his brother in law and friends went out as early as 5pm to the venue. It was raining heavily along the way. Nasib baik concert ini Indoor. We thought we were the earliest to arrive at the venue but as we were getting closer, the traffic was already congested. Lautan peminat kedua-dua band ini sudahpun membanjiri sekitar kawasan konsert yang turut menjual official merchandise, makanan dan juga minuman. (Sempat jugalah sambar “burger stadium” buat alas perut..hehe!)
Wow! Biarpun setelah berbelas tahun sejak konsert pertama diadakan, melihat pada kekuatan peminat yang datang memberikan sokongan tiba-tiba membuatkan Faizal terharu. (macam dia pulak band member..!). Actually, few days before the concert Faizal bought a copy of Double Trouble cd and the staff ask him if he’s going to the concert. He said “Of Course!” but the staff has doubt. Can Awie sings like he used to in the 1993 concert?
Tepat jam 8.50malam, lampu-lampu mula dipadamkan dan tumpuan peminat terus tertuju ke pentas utama dimana ahli-ahli kumpulan Search dan Wings mengambil posisi masing-masing dan memainkan lagu pertama mereka “Gemuruh”. Awie yang memulakan rangkap pertama lagu ini benar-benar memukau peminat dengan suara lemaknya, Begitu juga pada keseluruhan konsert, vokal Awie pada lagu-lagu bernada tinggi seperti Gema di Inderaloka, Mabuk Tujuh Lautan, Sejati, berjaya dikawal dengan baik.
Search juga tidak dinafikan persembahan mantap mereka melalui lagu-lagu seperti Balada Pemuzik Jalanan, Cakap Memang Murah dan Gadisku tetapi malam itu rasanya Wings telah mencuri sedikit limelight dari Search. Mungkin kerana teruja mendengar suara Awie yang kembali “top notch”.
Apa-apa pun, malam itu memang milik para peminat mereka. Setiap setlist lagu-lagu Wings dan Search yang dipersembahkan turut dinyanyikan bersama-sama oleh peminat. 20,000 fans in one BIG KARAOKE room, can you imagine how loud it is...
Semasa lagu Isabella berkumandang, secara spontan “lighter” dihidupkan seperti mengimbas scene dalam filem “Fenomena”. Paling menarik apabila bahagian backup vocal untuk “Kenangan Itu…” dalam lagu Sejati pun turut dilontarkan oleh peminat. Salute lah…!
*Mengangkat kata-kata Tommy Lee (Motley Crue) dalam bukunya "TommyLand" - "We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing".
Thank you again to Wings and Search for giving your fans a 3 hours of pure enjoyment.
To the organizer, a big thank you for your confidence to bring this iconic legends to where they're belong. Syabas Adept Net Productions…! By the way, to whom who have missed the concert, good news is it will coming to your way soon. Just wait for it to be announced…
**Lebih dari 21 tahun Search & Wings bertapak di industri muzik tetapi lagu-lagu yang disajikan di kebanyakkan stesen-stesen radio masih berbalik kepada lagu-lagu yang sama. Lebih kreatif lah sikit ya…
It has been a while since we came back from Hong Kong... Last week Ian Wright, the most traveled man on the planet came down to my workplace. I was thrilled by his experiences and hopefully me and Faizal will be able to follow his footstep.
He was amazingly funny and down to earth. When I saw him talking I felt like being part of his show. He came down to promote his new show, Out of Bounds premieres 20th May. He did mention about Trans Siberia train, traveling from Russia which take you roughly 1 week on the train. Hmmmmmmmm...sounds yummy!!! I like travelling on the train plus Russia is one of my "must see" places on the planet.
Even though, he was there for about an hour but he really inspired me and drives me to travel and see the world even more!
