Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Year's Eve

Wow, agak lama jugak yea kami tak bercerita. Maklumlah sejak Faizal ada FB ni, makin asyik dia kat situ. Ok lah, kat sini Anna nak berkongsi sikit cerita tentang menjelang Tahun Baru. Semalam, sebaik saja melangkah keluar dari office, tiba2 rasa sayu, tak pasti kenapa? Adakah sumbangan di office tak cukup atau masa bersama keluarga yang tak cukup sebenarnya? Betul lah seperti kata Steve Job, our time is actually limited. It's just how to pick what's important in our life. Yang mana sepatutnya kita utamakan? Family or career? Whatever we choose, biarlah ianya tidak mengabaikan sesiapa di keliling kita.

Jadinya, sesiapa yang masih single, please...please go out and have an adventure, try, fly , eat , run ,walk, do things that you never done before; because sometimes there's no next time or later. Sometimes it's Now or Never!

Tapi pada yang dah berkahwin(macam kami) life is like a roller coaster, sometimes scary but most of the time it's Fun! Rasa takut pada mula, lepas tu taknak turun pulak...he..he..Anyway, bagi yang ada cahayamata, lagi best because kids are your lifetime adventure!

So guys, for the year of 2012, fasten your seat belts and enjoy another ride! Wooohooooo!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Passion is a Fashion...

November? Wow!..cepat betul rasanya time flies. Lagi dua bulan kita akan menyambut tahun baru 2012. So, dah tercapai ke "target" anda untuk resolusi 2011? Hehehe… insyaallah, ada rezeki umur panjang mana yang tak sempat tu kita sambung untuk resolusi tahun hadapan pulak ya...

Well, tahun ini sebenarnya kami agak kerap juga traveling. Cuma ia lebih berkaitan kerja and less backpacking. Anna is busy with her job and classes. (expanding her knowledge on baking and membuat kuih tradisional) while Faizal pulak busy with his “It’s Not Junk” stall, flea market, garage sale and “mencari barang” ala-ala American Pickers and Storage Wars.

Btw, Faizal has finally surrendered himself to Facebook and opened an account under his name "Faizal Mahmood". (yeahhh..! ). He also opened an account for his “It’s Not Junk” business on FB pages.. (search: It’s Not Junk) and jangan lupa to click “Like” ya..hehehe!

Van Halen's CD
So, if sesiapa yg ada barang2 seperti cd, kaset, vinyl, buku or other collectibles yg feel like nak buang or malas nak semakkan ruang stor dan rumah..can give him a call or sms, maybe ada benda yang might interest him.


The Simpsons Homer Cruzer Collections by Santa Cruz SkateThe Simpsons Homer Cruzer Collections by Santa Cruz Skate
Oh! Speaking of collectibles, Anna just add another Simpsons stuff in her collectibles list. This time is “The Simpsons Homer Cruzer Collections by Santa Cruz Skate”. It is 1 out of 4 design collections by Santa Cruz Skate. Apa yang paling menariknya, belum beberapa hari dalam simpanan dah ada buyer yang offer to buy this Cruzer from her… Sorry, not at this moment ya… Well..macam nilah kalau dah Passion is a Fashion.

Insyaallah, this weekend we'll be going out for a road trip. Where to? Tunggu on our next post ya...hehe!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Only the goods die young...

Remember that line? At this time and moment, Steve Jobs had it all. He is one of 10 influential people on earth...Besides his brand that will be remembered most...I think he has left us something more precious than that...His inspiring and priceless quote...It makes us think what shall we do with our life from now on...

Read "All about him..." here:

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Kemana menghilang...?

Apa khabar semua, we guess the first thing in our readers/followers mind is "Mana pergi agaknya diaorang ni ya, dah lama tak update blog?".. Actually we’re still around cuma been keeping ourselves busy with things. (we'll sum-up the stories later ya…hehehe!). Kalau nak diikutan, boleh saja diupdate citer2 pendek (short notes) melalui facebook. Ntah, but I guess we prefer it to be a bit “old school” suka bercerita melalui tulisan or maybe dah terbiasa tulis karangan masa sekolah kot…hehehe!.

Ok, untuk memulakan cerita, actually my computer has been down since Ramadhan haritu. Bukan taknak repair tapi at the same time, our official car pulak meragam...Dugaan!. So, disebabkan malas untuk memikirkan masalah2 ni, I keep myelf busy with my small business in Amcorp Mall, PJ. Started a few months back, I'm selling new and used books, music (cd, cassette and soon, vinyl’s), movies (which is “old but gold” collections) and other stuffs. Open from 10.00am till 6.00pm every Sunday (insyaAllah, soon on Saturday too..), I operate my stall under my alter ego name “It’s Not Junk”..

Stesen LRT Taman JayaAmcorp Mall, PJFaizal (It's Not Junk) @ Amcorp Mall Flea Market, PJFaizal (It's Not Junk) @ Amcorp Mall Flea Market, PJFaizal (It's Not Junk) @ Amcorp Mall Flea Market, PJ
So, whoever is looking out for me since my departure from “the glorious” Bazaar@Maeps in Serdang (apa dah jadi dengan tempat ni ya…?), can now come to Amcorp Mall Flea Market in PJ.

B,...cukup pasal kerja. After Anna's trip with her "girlfriends", right before Ramadhan Faizal and I made a short trip to Jakarta. Not for holiday (he..he..boleh percaya ke?) Trust me, this time around more; to find stuff for Faizal's stall and for me, apalagi shopping kain, blouses which has been sold out in 2 days..! Cayalah! Maybe sebabkan nak raya kot...

To Jakarta with Lion Air
We took Lion Air this time because it was the cheapest plus 20kg included. We stayed at this new hotel, MaxOne which is located in Sabang, Jalan Agus Salim. Actually not that far from our favourite hotel, Ibis Arcadia. It's very modern and creatively designed. Since I'm a kind of working with creative things, I really appreciate this kind of hotel.



Maxone Hotel, JakartaMaxone Hotel, JakartaMaxone Hotel, JakartaOur room @ Maxone Hotel, JakartaMaxone Hotel, Jakarta

Gerai makan in Jakarta
Macam biasalah,semua kedai-kedai CD Faizal masuk..including Gramedia (famous bookstore in Jakarta). We spent 4days3nights just to find stuff and sampaikan makan pun tak ingat lah...This time around we challenged ourselves with street food and suprisingly, We Survived! Cuma pastikan we drink from can or bottled drink.


Now, I have new favourite place;Tanah Abang, tak boleh cerita lebih2, kena pergi baru syok! Bak kata kereta MyVi lah "Lagi Best". Seperkara lagi yang membuatkan Faizal "excited" semasa disana ialah peluang untuk menonton kesinambungan terbaharu filem "Catatan Harian Si Boy". He's been following all 5 part of "Catatan Si Boy" movie installment (starring Ongky Alexander, Didi Petet, Meriam Bellina, Paramitha Rusady & Sophia Latjuba) dari zaman sekolah lagi. Masa tu sewa video tape (VHS)...hehe!. Btw, really love the ending of the new movie...

Tanah Abang, JakartaTanah Abang, JakartaTanah Abang, JakartaShopping @ Tanah Abang, Jakarta"Catatan Harian Si Boy" poster
Alhamdulillah sepanjang Ramadhan kami seisi keluarga semua sihat...cuma di kawasan perumahan kami; kita lebih banyak berbuka puasa di surau...yang mana I think it's good because this is the only time for you to get closer with neighbours and friends. We take our turns to provide food for Iftar. I hope they'll do it again next year...Looking forward...InsyaAllah...

As for Syawal, ...which we are still celebrating (tulah...orang kita...memang juara beraya, nasib baik Syawal tu sebulan kalau 2 bulan, memang pecah perut..Open house tak berhenti) We celebrated Raya kat Rawang then 3rd raya kat Teluk Batik. We had family gathering known as Family Day...I always enjoy having this Family Day, you know why? Because my late mum's family is very big, in order to go to each and every house memang tak cukup sebulan. Jadinya my uncle had this idea to gather all of us during Syawal we meet, we eat, we play, we bagi duit raya...all there! Selain menjimatkan masa, kos dan lain-lain, we can meet all our relatives in one go...Memang best!

JK-Imma Family Day @ Teluk BatikOrang2 kuat JK-ImmaDaftar kehadiran...JK-Imma Family Day @ Teluk BatikSay Cheeseee....!
Sayfullah & Zarrah..JK-Imma Family Day @ Teluk BatikJK-Imma Family Day @ Teluk BatikJK-Imma Family Day @ Teluk BatikJK-Imma Family Day @ Teluk Batik
JK-Imma Family Day @ Teluk BatikJK-Imma Family Day @ Teluk BatikDedikasi buat mu...Pantai Teluk Batik, PerakPantai Teluk Batik, Perak
Last week, we had Open House at our place; memang ramai and I am very thankful that friends, neighbours and family members came and spent their precious time with us! Especially my 2 aunts from UK. Thank you very much indeed, Aunty Maton and Chik Ain!

BudgetCouple - Malaysia Boleh!
As I am writing this today, I would like to wish all Malaysians including us, Happy Belated Merdeka and Happy Malaysia Day!

Monday, July 25, 2011

Girls, Just Wanna Fun!

Hello...Hello...

Pejam celik pejam celik, tak lama lagi dah nak masuk bulan puasa lepas tu bulan raya lepas tu tahun baru. Hmm...apa la agaknya kita semua dah buat sepanjang separuh tahun ni? Tak kisah lah apa pun...Janji sesiapa yang kaki jalan teruskan, yang kaki makan...teruskan...tapi pandai-pandai lah control..kan?

Anyway, masa Faizal sibuk membanting tulang masa Garage Sale kat Shah Alam tu, saya dan rakan-rakan perempuan saya bersuka-ria di Ho Chi Minh City..He..he..Sorry Sayang, this time you kena tinggal! Bukan apa, saje jer nak "bershopping sakan" dengan kawan2. Walaupun trip tak lama, tapi shopping bagai nak rak lah...sampai beberapa minit nak ke Airport pun sempat lah tempah baju kat sana...


Kami ke sana pagi Sabtu dengan AirAsia(masa ni tiket AirAsia dan MAS sama harga, boleh?). Sampai jer di sana, kami naik teksi yang hanya USD8 untuk lima orang. Ok kan? Perjalanan dari airport ke hotel memakan masa lebih kurang 45minit. Punya lah macet bak kata orang Indonesia...dengan kepadatan penduduk seramai 15juta yang hanya di HCMC ni sahaja. Boleh bayangkan? Bagi sesiapa yang dah biasa ke sini, tak de hal lah!

Hotel Boss 2 (USD33per night incl. bfast) yang kami menginap tu tak jauh dari pasar Ben Thanh yang tersangatlah popular di kalangan orang Melayu kita ni...Dari kain ela, baju kurung yang dah siap, telekung, handbag semuanya ada kat sini...Hmm..tempat ni boleh jadi saingan sengit Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman...Harga? Tak boleh cerita lebih-lebih, takut pulak kacau periuk nasi orang berniaga...He..he..memang murah. Berbaloi-baloi!
Malam tu sempat jugak kami ke Hard Rock Cafe, macam biasa Ana kan sibuk dengan membeli pinnya...Tapi tak banyak pulak pilihan...


Keesokkannya selepas morning shopping, kami pun chartered satu teksi ke Chu Chi Tunnel, untuk melawat kawasan peninggalan sejarah perang. Untuk ke situ, kalau tiada pakej macam kami, bolehlah ambik teksi (Vinasun atau Malinh)untuk kesana..lebih kurang USD50-USD60 return untuk teksi 7orang. Perjalanan memakan masa 2jam, pusing2 dalam tu lebih kurang 2jam jugak...so separuh hari boleh habis lah kalau ke sini..Kalau tak datang sini, rugi tau...sebabnya bukan selalu boleh jenguk bawah tanah! He..he..


Sampai je kami ke hotel, sambung balik shopping..memang lupa diri betul diaorang nie...Kat sini untuk mendapatkan makanan halal taklah susah sangat cuma agak pricey sikit...Tempat makan yang kami kunjungi sepanjang di sini, VN Halal, Lion City Restaurant & Kedai Samsuddin(ini agak jauh dari hotel). Kalau ke sini, harus cuba kopi ais Vietnam memang KAWWWWWW! Memandangkan sebelah hotel kami ada spa, sebelum mengakhiri malam kedua kami, sempat jugaklah memanjakan diri...

Esoknya, macam biasa sambung lagi shopping dan mengambil tempahan baju2 kami. Kat sini kalau nak tempah baju sehari dah boleh siap. Kebetulan semasa kami disana, sepupu Ana sempat jugak bawa kami ke Pasar An Dong, kat sini barang makanan kering lagi murah...Tapi di sini lebih untuk "traders"...Rasa-rasa dah boleh bayang tak HCMC ni?


Secara kesimpulannya;kat sini shopping murah, hotel affordable, spa ok ok...Transport pun tak mahal sangat cuma tips: Kalau shopping kena pandai bargain especially kat pasar malam, silap2 70% diskaun pun dapat...Masalah kat sini: Komunikasi, payah betul nak bercakap; tapi kalau nak kemana-mana tunjuk address baru diaorang tau nak bawa kita kemana...


Rasanya kena pergi lagi ni, next time bawak Faizal dan more to sightseeing like we used to...

Sorry gambar tak banyak; tak bawak kamera sebab nak fokus shopping la kata kan...he..he..Gambar-gambar courtesy of my friends. Thank you, Girls!

Friday, July 1, 2011

Ada apa di Anggerik Mall, Shah Alam?

Nampaknya demam Garage Sale ini masih belum lagi reda. Selepas konsep ini berjaya dalam penganjurannya di Presint 16, Putrajaya, kali ini wabaknya telah menular ke Anggerik Mall Shah Alam pula.

Mungkin ramai yang tertanya mengapa dibuat di Anggerik Mall? Ramai yang menganggap tempat ini seperti sudah mati malah kedudukannya yang terletak hanya dibelakang SACC Mall ini seperti disisihkan oleh pengunjung untuk ke sana.

Hal ini mungkin akan berubah pada 2hb dan 3hb Julai 2011 ini. Mulai dari jam 10.00 pagi hingga 4.00 ptg selama dua hari, para penggemar barangan lama, collectibles, 2nd hand stuff dan pre-owned dijemput untuk memeriahkan “Garage Sale” yg pertama kali dibuat secara terbuka di Shah Alam ini. Datang dan alamilah sendiri pengalaman ini..

Our Stall @ Bazaar MaepsCarbootsales@MaepsCollectibles @ Bazaar Maeps
Pada sesiapa yang mengunjungi Pesta Buku Selangor di SACC Mall hujung minggu ini, andai ada kelapangan bolehlah singgah sebentar ke Anggerik Mall kerana lokasinya sangat berdekatan. (10minit berjalan kaki sahaja…).

Tidak lupa juga buat anak-anak muda yang ingin ke “Pekan Frinjan” di Laman Budaya Shah Alam pada 2hb Julai ini, apakata anda “hangout” dulu di Anggerik Mall sebelum event itu bermula pada pukul 5 petang.

Akhir kata, Happy hunting and see you guys there!