Saturday, February 04, 2012

Z in Hanoi

Z left for her History trip to Hanoi on Friday.We tried calling her but gamaknya ph dia not roaming.

Hari ni Sabtu jam 10 malam lebih, dia telefon menangis2.You know the first fear every mother would feel kan when anak gadisnya di perantauan begitu dan di tempat2 begitu? I tell ya..suspen habis!

Rupa2nya purse dia dicompet org..habis credit card and duit USDnya.What can I say? Nik and I dah berkali2 pesan not to bring everything bila keluar, jaga handbag tu bla bla..and bukan dia tak pernah travel overseas (sejak setahun lebih OK?) dan tak tau habit kita bwk apa yang patut je bila keluar dan selebihnya simpan dlm peti besi kat hotel...unless hotel depa ni cikai takda peti besi??

I was like cacing panas trying to locate my Hanoi contact, Chan.Minggu ni minggu conference which I was supposed to be also (tapi sebab audit ada..aku terpaksa tak pergi..grrrgh!)Finally managed to locate Chan via the net.She promises to look into the matter sebaik conference dinner habis.Jgn satu Hanoi dia bungkus utk Z sudah.I knw Chan ni pemurah tersangat.

My Arabic class is getting tougher but fun.Kita tengah buat plan nak buat rombongan Cik Kiah ke Yemen utk perkukuhkan lagi bahasa kita.Duduk dgn keluarga angkat..mudah2an diizinkan Allah.

Thank God besok cuti panjang but will have to balik Raub with my sister on Monday.To fetch my mom yang balik 'bercuti' di rumahnya sendiri. :)

11 comments:

Anonymous Devil said...

alamak. kene copet is one thing, having to experience it far away from families is another. alhamdulillah you have contact there.

Faridah said...

Xlanx: Bila Z emailed me kata my fren kasi dia some cash,I cannot sabar already to scold her.Dlm email pun kena.Geram! I cannot be looking out for her all the time kan? The least she can do is to beringat2 sendiri.Jgn sampai sikap cuai kita menyusahkan org lain.Nanti u ada anak, pesan dari kecik.Nak ajar bila dah besar ni, susah.Anyway,kawan dia pun kena pickpocketed the same evening.Chan tolong buatkan police report.Well, at least they make the statistics.Kalau tak report nanti gomen depa ingat Hanoi ni selamat sgt nak pi bershopping or pi berholiday.But masa I pi years ago, best sgt.Maybe I had Chan to take care of me.

Mawar said...

Kak F
Chan oh Chan!

Faridah said...

Mawar: Mungkin lagu rakyat Chan Mali Chan tu lagu wanita vietnam yang baik budi.

Mawar said...

Kak F
heheh, lucu! Chan mari Chan!
oh, saya ingatkan dia ni ENCIK Chan...

Faridah said...

Mawar: tidakkah skendeles kalau Encik Chan took care of me masa di Hanoi kemudian memberi cash kpd anak dara saya? Haha..biar betul! Di mana nak cari shawl batik? Saya nak kasi hadiah kpd Cik Chan sebagai tanda terhutang budi kami.Kain batik ela dia tak mau sebab baju semua beli, takda tailor2 mcm kita.Ada ke dijual selendang chiffon batik? Shawl sah takda (kita ni tak kreatif, kan?)

F A L T 0 said...

Poor Z!
I just got back from Saigon. Ada juga dengar cerita juga pasal kawan2 kena pickpocket di sana tapi alhamdulillah kami semua selamat. In fact we're planning on a 2nd trip very soon! :p

Faridah said...

Falto: what was saigon like? I hear it's friendlier than Hanoi.never been.Hanoi is cooler which I liked when I was thr.Cer cerita sikit pasal Saigon ni.

F A L T 0 said...

Saigon is REALLY NICE(esp if you love shopping :p)! Org pun baik2. Tapi tempat historical dia tak banyak, 2/3 hari boleh habis kot. Best of all high quality cottons, chiffons, silk, telekung n whatnot are SO cheap & SO beautiful kat sana sebab tu kami nak pergi lagi hihi!

p/s: traffic kat sana gave me a little heart attack though! Tapi sistem n toleransi depa sangat impressive!

Mawar said...

Kak F
selendang jenis tu kena rajin cari. pernah nampak. shawl tak pasti, sebab tak memakainya.

Faridah said...

Falto: sounds like real fun.Will consider.
Mawar: tulah.Nak cari masa nak mencari tu satu masalah yang agak rumit. :)