Funeral

Azah text-ed me early in the morn to say her mil passed away last night.I had thought of calling her up and asked about her mom semalam actually.

Mula2 nak pi dgn Nik lunch hours but after exchanging sms-es, found out that I could be of some use to Azah and her family if I helped buat bunga rampai.Daun pandan I habis dibunuh Bibik..so had to get some from Mama's place (pun habis nak mati..took home some anak pokok to tanam lagi..nanti Z nak bertunang, senang) Pi kat kubur nak cari air mawar (usually they sell there but takda..I guess musim raya je ada jual).Pi kedai bunga nak beli some colourful roses...petals dia layu mcm hapa je..so I got fresh flowers.

Drove to Jalan Gurney soonest Azah text-ed me the add.Mak oii...ramainya orang and parking was crazy..berapa kali I tawaf (I tawaf sampai Nik pun dah sampai but I nak balik pun Nik tawaf lagi! I told him to park where I parked).

I have not met Rauf's mom in person but nengok Rauf yang tinggi budi bahasanya..I guess she did a great job with the children esp the sons.So my yassin and fatihah were to thank her for helping this world be a better place through akhlaq mulia anak-anak dia (tak tau nak sakitkan hati orang, sentiasa menolong orang, tidak kedekut etc).It got me thinking...when I die, ada tak org tak kenal nak sedekahkan I fatihah dan yassin hanya kerana I telah lahirkan anak yang berbudi bahasa berakhlaq mulia? Seram I memikirkannya but I doa Z akan menjadi manusia yang disayangi ramai kerana akhlaqnya..Kita ini adalah siapa ibubapa kita.Bagaimana mereka mendidik kita.

Jika tidak mahu dihakimi, jadilah manusia mulia agar anak-anak kita juga disayangi orang.Jika orang sayang, apatah lagi Tuhan yang menjadikan.

Seremban 2013

We arrived almost midnite in Seremban

Masjid Negeri from my hotel room

 A welcoming dance called Bongai

I spoke infront of almost 450 people: penulis Persatuan Penulis Negeri Sembilan,

teacher trainees at Melewar, lecturers, etc

 Prof Muhammad Haji Salleh, sasterawan negara.

Also an old and dear friend.

Flowers for the ladies

Exotic dish

Like this: mahal macam bedil

Our host: Hajjah Mahaya Yassin

I was invited to discuss books by Nisah Haron (travelogue) and Mahaya Yassin (memoir) at Institute Perguruan Raja Melewar (a teaching institute older than UPSI, I was told and now waiting for the approval to convert it or upgrade it to university status)

The other discussant was National Laureate Prof Emeritus Muhammad Haji Salleh.We had fun cos' there were many questions.I stayed at the Royal Bintang.Nik drove me over and had to miss his investment power meeting at Putrajaya.We had planned to stay over at Marriott while he attend the conference meeting.Nasib I tak kena marah sbb the event at Melewar habis lewat. :)

Then we had lunch at this exotic place yang jual makanan kampong etc which included porcupine meat, daging rusa, ikan and daging salai etc.I had a bit of this and that..my assessment : worth RM27. nope...the bill was RM67! Terkejut den.Then saw the price label daging landak sekali makan RM18, rusa RM 12.Hadoi...they should all be protected animals, kan? Tobat!

Knowing and loving Ismail Faruqi

Two solid days listening to his friends and students from all over the world.You'd think you knew him but after two days reflecting and deliberating on his personality and thought...you'd walk away wishing that you had the opportunity of being his student.

He was an atheist before he became enlightened by Islamic thought and civilisation and started to pull his acts together after seeing that there ought to be more to address current problems.Hence, began an intellectual movement and his school of thought.His students who are still alive spoke of how humble he was.He'd look after his students well...waiting for them at airports and embassies, cooked them welcoming dinners...would not eat unless they were done, etc etc.Prof Anis Ahmad who was closest to him said his father told him (Faruqi) that he wanted his son to be a scholar and a syahid.Faruqi said I am now a scholar but I do not know how to syahid.One Ramadan, Allah gave him syahid.Jews broke into their home and brutally murdered him and his wife.He was becoming too strong an influence to the Islamic world, grooming leaders in his bright students at Temple University.May Allah reward him and his wife jannah.Al fatihah.

I met in person my fb friend Prof Imtiyaz.I loved his presentation but kwn2 dari sub-continent think he's too 'westernised'.Kesianlah juga.Isham's paper pun bagus.First time I heard him.Pandai rupanya Isham ni.Haha...Uni of Chicago mah.Philosophy some more.

Faruqi said ummah tu bkn org Islam je.Ia termasuk semua.So kita kena berbaik2 sesama sendiri.
Submitted my paper.Had favorable comments.Syukur.

Musim kahwin

vadey: sedap giler

the gravies to go with vadey: sedap giler

 Thosay: sedap giler

 kari ikan and dal: sedap giler

prince and pauper sama sahaja di sini

We did two weddings yesterday and another one today (and two kenduris with the family). How to follow the dietitian's advice macam ni but I was good yesterday...low protein and all.But ice cream mesti. :)

Off to have tosay at Raju's in PJ.Kari ikan dia sedap.

School visit, spa and NZ dinner

Nama je cuti...I got up before Subuh and soon after collected Dr. Saodah and I had to drive bck to Gombak to pick up materials for the sch visit.Geram betul..terlupa nak bwk balik rumah before Raya.

Then we took Duke to Rawang.Selva came early but we were earlier.:) What a welcoming team from SMK Seri Gareng (yup..gareng) from Principal dia to students.We collected our data.We had bright kids.Promised Puan Ho we'd help out with the problematic kids.Rang a couple of friends to help out.Harap2 menjadi.After dropping off Saodah, went to collect my baju and then spa...while I was dozing off during facial time, tiba2 I mimpi mengarut and could not breathe.Ada syaitan ke hapa bilik ni.Screamed for Nikki who left me in the semi dark room.Cheh!I asked her ada hantu ke bilik ni.She thought I merepek ke hapa.

Malam: trapped in jam but had time to do Maghrib at the dinner meant to welcome MBA students from Uni. of Waikato at NZ High Comm's place.I thought Helmy would be there..takda.Met Datuk Meriam of DeLoitte. Tan Sri Halim Saad pun ada.Kurus  benor dia kini.Leo Moggie pun ada.

Told Datuk Meriam, lain kali kalu dinner weekday, malas nak dtg lagi..jam gila.Then we thought we could tompang each other if we decide to go. Set! ;)

A joyous day

Turun padang mengembeling tenaga

Yang tolong susun macam ini ialah siapa? :)

21 ekor lembu dibuat bersama di belakang rumah 

orang kaya Gali

Sangat redho (our lembu)

Blue eyes

Equipment semua cukup

Easy job...di bawah khemah menjamu sup daging korban 

dan makan tengahari daging korban yang sangat sweet

We started our day trip back to Raub pretty late and I was worried that we might not be able to witness lembu kami (my family and I) disembelih cos' ustaz said sunat melihatnya dan boleh minta doa apa2.... amat makbul.

Mula2  my kid sister text-ed kata dah selamat disembelih..lembu no. 4. I was so kecewa.Then she text-ed bck kata silap..ours is no. 8 (of 21 ekor).Lega. No. 4 was Sal's and she mmg tak dpt balik and says to give away all.

This year, our lembu so baik.No tantrum like every year we do (one year, dia lepas lari..terpaksa pulak cari ganti.Haha...gamaknya that year dosa byk sgt sampai binatang pun tak sudi). Syukurlah...badan I felt so light after the qurban was done.Semoga diterima Allah amalan yg tak seberapanya ini.The place was new...kawasan this tycoon guy...dia sponsored 21 lembu tu sampai we only had to pay rm250 satu bahagian.I didn't know...we were wondering why so murah..mcm kat Kemboja je.Dah sampai baru tau.Oh well...the lembu's not so bad.And they had good food and drinks.No ruang for us to bersedekah cos' semua ditanggung beres.Semoga murah lagi lah rezeki dia.Nik and I tolong potong2 towards the end cos' byk sgt to do.Adalah barang 10 minit di situ. :))

Next year panjang umur, we want to do in Kuang with our surau people.This will enhance our ukhwah.Sure seronok doing it with people you know.

Selamat Hariraya Eidul Adha

We tak masak pun...last nite bought satay and read yassin with my in-laws.Pagi ni pi kubur then had nasi dagang at my aruah mil's then went off to visit Irshad at HUKM and mama's friend's husband kena stroke.

My mom lives in JB now.Sal's kids and Kak Ngah raya with Mek and mom.We keep in touch through  our chat group.Meriah juga.

Happy eid.

All set for a busy year end

I went to collect my blood test results yesterday.Syukur alhamdullilah no cervical or breast cancer indicators.Past 50 kena chk twice a year (mammo) and every year pap.But my fren yg buat mammo every two years in the end dpt breast cancer.Some say the radiation from the mammo can cause it.Nauzubillah.Just live and eat right lah.Exercise, mesti.

I dah berhenti lama my olive oil routine.Last accupuncture was in June.Apa lagi...flared up lah segala readings yg tak patut tu.Now nekad to stay off lamb chops and red meats.Mkn ala kadar je.But musim korban ni entahlah lah how well I can bertahan.

Nik and Z and I are on daily contact.Nik changed his flight early.I'm happy to know this cos' I pun dah mati kutu tinggal with two maids now (the luxury of them all...they just helped dye my hair for raya sebentar tadi.Then one prepare my aura bath yakni air garam from Pakistan.Betullah rasa segar after mandi air garam ni.Maybe all the negative energy was washed away.I also did my accupuncture today.Sampai terlelap.Syukurlah.Must be all those stresses doing two film events).

Last night I joined my Mahmud Sch seniors meraikan our teacher who is still alive.Cikgu Abbas is almost everyone's favourite.A first class honours from UM, his way of teaching mmg lekat punyalah.So I was invited to join my seniors (Nik's batch) and dined at The Saddle,Bukit Kiara.Rosman and Rostam are twin brothers.Nik's friends (Nik spent two years at the same sch I went to but we didn't meet there.I masuk form 4, his family dah pindah ke KL) are now my friends.I only know the twins from my fb.We had a nice time talking about our High School.Apparently Cikgu Abbas and his good friend Cikgu Yusoff took two buses to Rantau Abang and got the kids from Raub (mostly Chinese yg tak pernah pi kg Melayu) to see penyu bertelor.I missed that.My class went to Langkawi with other teachers.The heartthrob waktu tu..Wai Keong kena sengat with jellyfish and dikejarkan ke emergency room.And the chalet we slept in by the sea, atapnya bocor ke hapa.It rained that night and we all tidur kesejukan.Looking bck, I wonder how or why my parents let me go on this trip.:))

Empty Nest Syndrome

Haiya...am feeling it now that I'm left with Bibik for the next ten days.I have many book projects and had been working on them (one of them) today and nunggu CERDAS cos' Allam is in the hospital for the next couple of weeks.Yesterday nasib the lecturer was smart enough not to cancel the class when the classroom was locked.Allam sms-ed on Fri to tell me to replace him tom and after tom.I was reading quickly and thought Tom tu kawan dia who would replace him and after Tom, ada org lain. Haha..I am so spoilt...ingat ada org nak clean my mess all the time. I pun sakan la with my family...tengok orang kawin...hantar my mom kat airport...rupa2nya tom tu tomorrow...I were to find his replacement for Saturday and Sunday (after tom).Aii..byklah cantik kasi I message mcm tu.Short notice pulak.Dr. Haris said tak pyh dtg on Sunday..he'd take care of his own class and would inform Dr. Nor Harun.

Lucky I went juga pagi ni after pasar.Mcm2 takda.The students were good (from the industry semuanya...senior positions).This prog needs proper caringlah.So much potential.Besok Haris and Alizi and I will meet up to see how we can menggerudi to make it better and friendlier.

I miss Nik.He's in Ho Chi Minh City with other top notch orgs...kononnya leadership training but I hope he'd help do some silk and linen shopping for me. :))

I guess I should finish up reading this autobiography by a woman writer.Will update on this soon.

My first meeting as IIUM Lower Education BoD

Macam biasa, I got lost ke Kg Sg Pusu.Baca surat tu betul2 la cek...Jalan Sg Pusu.Bukan Kg Sungai Pusu.

So the Chairperson, Group CEO semua tunggu saya (but I was still a min or two before the stipulated meeting time...OKlah tu).If only I could run CERDAS like this...ahaks.Very tersusun but issues pun byk juga.Tougher woh.But with Prof Rosnani as Chair, insyaAllah, we'll do this together.

Mak ooii...the sch culture is so different.Possibly tougher to handle than IIUM itself but let us try.Berkat nawaitu yang betul and hardwork, we must be on par with some of the best private schools in town.


Found out this: KJ and I share same zodiac: Capricorn. :)) Dia Jan 10.I Jan 11.Saja nak usik Z. :)
Suddenly I'm so wanted.So many dinners and luncheons which clash.Haiyo.Dah la I lupa dinner with Tun Mahathir last Saturday (thinking it's this Sat).Nov macam penuh jugak.

Oh well, it's all about time management and which is to prioritise.

Just another lazy Saturday

Z left mlm Jumaat at 3.30 am.We took a room at Sama-sama Hotel.I arrived dulu thinking the two would check in early.Z and I went for the spa.Girl tu buat sakit...she urut mcm org Melayu.She said mmg dia belajar dgn org Melayu..urut cari urat.Fui...nak mati rasanya.

We slept very little cos' by 1.30 am naik buggy from the hotel to drop Z's luggage.If you do web check in, tak payah queue (queue was long).So we went for a drink and lepak2. Z masuk early cos' we were sleepy also.I had to drive bck to Gombak for a student's viva at 10 am so by 7 am dah kena bertolak to beat the jam.

Ngantuk giler. The day before we had Daryoush and Kianoush Dalvand from Iran to speak on their animated series on Rasulullah.I tanya why so many violent scenes...perang perang juga but the Prophet as seorang yang penyayang dan lemah lembut must be shown too.They said they are working on the later bit of history...zaman perang pun sikap pemaaf Rasulullah pun ada, apa.Dialog sunni-shiah harus diteruskan although dua beradik ni kata film mereka avoid hal2 agama.Itupun kata mrk, dah buang 70 per cent scene perang.Bak kata Tunku, itu kehendak market.Film2 Hollywood pun byk violence.Saya protest! :)

Today, we caught up with lost sleep but at noon, we picked up Mr. Maw, the qigong guy.Bwk pi jumpa Irshad who's looking so tak bermaya.A very nice guy Maw ni.Orang charge RM400, dia charge Rm50 je cos' konsep dia...ada ilmu,bantu orang.Kalau salah guna, buruk padah ke atas diri sendiri.Wow..Islamiknya.

IYSFC and IWFF pics

 the designers

 screening 

 the youngest participants from Cherang Ruku

 Serious considerations

 Guests

 Short films

 Impressed

 Behind the scene

 workshop

 more workshop

 learning new tricks

 monitoring from afar

 workshop again

 forum on shariah complaint films

 boys at work

 we are listening

introducing Islamic rap

Final day of IWFF@IIUM

We did the final session today...last day of IWFF at IIUM.Animation was easy...so few entries.Was able to catch up with the judges.Pak Hassan is one kind person..like every one sitting as IWFF judges.Big names but humble.We have not paid them a single cent.I hope they would be honoured at IWFF@Putrajaya.

Syukur alhamdulillah, we saw the finishing line.Nice feeling.I think we have our objectives covered.Could have done a bit more with publicity.I hope at Putrajaya, we'd have lots of it.It does not matter now.No one can take away our experience in organising the film events and Cikgu Faiz of Cherang Ruku said this: we have been to so many film festivals (they were in Thailand, Japan and almost Australia cuma no tickets to go) but at IIUM, the festival gave us skills and network we needed.Sweet, kan?Itulah pun antara objectives kita...to empower young people.

And now to assist IWFFi for their Nov IWFF event.But I can now move on to other things. :)

Day 3 at IWFF@IIUM

Terasa penat dah.This morning I was at the documentary session.Wough, very informative.Prof Ibrahim pun kata he found all the entries fascinating.

Then Dr. Jeff Halper came and spoke of political bullyings on Palestinian subjects.I like wht he said about governments always not doing the right thing.He said governments do not leave.They change.They do not lead,they follow.The people's job is to push/pressure governments till they follow what the people want.Cantik, kan?

I keep receiving anonymous messages through iwff website (kinda figure out who...Mr.Sourgrapes who thinks he should be the centre of the universe but feels abandoned and unimportant cos' the world continues to spin without him).

What can I say? Bak kata KJ...I do not layan politik longkang. :)) If you do not even have the balls to leave your proper email address when you harass (dok tukar2 pulak tu...menipu diri sendiri) do not expect to be treated with respect.

Dah tak suka baca writings on website kita (iwff.org.my), sapa suruh baca? Pi la cari kerja lain to fill up your time.

The special screenings went well with Ms. Jacinta Gould, NZ Deputy High Commissioner giving an interesting introduction on Islam in NZ and Coffee and Allah.It was the Chinese gold miners who first brought Islam to NZ (the first recorded existence as it appeared in the 1874 census). 20 years later Indian Muslims arrived, followed by Eastern Europe Muslims after WW2.

Prof. Zikrgoo did a philosophical introduction on Iran.Islam.Film.He also spoke on his latest art exhibition which he just completed at Matrade.

More later.

Day 2 IWFF@IIUM

Hiccups...one venue was locked up..techies at tempat kebakaran at IRK Building..could not be located.Sigh.

But we got another venue downstairs..techies berkejar ke tempat kejadian..found us a portable screen.After getting the judges settled down, I rushed to catch Faisal Hamdi and his friends (Farahin one of them).I vowed NOT to cry...emotional persuasion does not work...I'm a practical person...but I cried in the end and parted with a few ringgit for the Syrian cause...memang jahat betul regim Syria sekarang.The bit that caught me was him not dipilih Allah to syahid ...belum layak..him not picked for death cos' Allah wants him to carry a bigger mission.I think that and that bit in which a young soldier (Z's age) rebelled against the dajal Prez cos' he was asked to kill demonstrators ke hapa. He refused..he was arrested and tortured till death.

Ptg tu Riaz came.I thought he was not coming.Bawak gang la pulak.A lawyer filmmaker.Nama mcm orang putih but Muslim.He introduced the documentary from US and we had a drink soon after.We clicked sebab semuanya IIUM grads! So here's the plan...dot dot  dot ..for next year..(I thought I said I wanna move on? Told ya!) :))

IYSFC Award Night

KJ came as advised - wearing smart casual.Only we were not! He said looks like I'm the only one who's underdressed here.:D But he carried himself so well. Betul mcm Obama. Z likes him so much.I used to tease her about it but looks like dgn mak2 dia dah masuk KJ's fan club now.

KJ ni beradab bdknya.I saw how he salam Prof Kamal and didn't call Rector Dato Seri Halimah.He worked on his p's and q's.The way he said my name...ada ideram di 'h' at 'dah'.Wough...Arabnya bagusss.Haha.When I posted my pic with him on my fb, never before I got so many likes so fast.Org dok like his photo.Not me. :D

The speech he rewrote better (but of cos'!) He did his homework well.Said all the right things...women's empowerment, youth power.Rumi.You'd want a Prime Minister who's so KJ.Muntah le Rafizi if he reads this. ;)

Will post pics when I get some.

 For Z :)

 Part of the team (over 100 of them)

 the important people behind IYSC

(Hafsham and Tan Sri Kamal Hassan.Rector can't be seen in the pic)

His speech was a dynamite

Today.Here.

Alhamdulillah, I live to see IWFF@IIUM.What a historical moment! All praise to Allah.It's God's will.
IWFF kicked off nicely today with screenings of documentaries at Mini Audi and short films at Al Tabari.Syed conducted his making short films at HS Seminar Room, all happy at lunch when we met with the other judges (Azrain included).Semua happy cos' we were together at the beginning.Hajjah Juju pun begitu sporting despite kesibukan dia as Queen of Halal Hub. :)

Counsellor Iran Embassy Dr Ali Akhbar Ziaee came with his wife.We spoke a bit about Haji Amir yang marah cos' I refused to speak Bahasa Indonesia with him.Ahaks.Gue ngak reti!

Am staying back for an interesting forum malam ni (ada imam muda) on syariah compliance films.Will write feedback later.

Laporan forum:

I enjoyed listening to all three speakers...Tn Zabidi (dulu magistrate but now a well known writer and scriptwriter drama TV), Fikery Yahya (TV3 anchor..I don't knw him cos' takq tengok TV but he's very witty) and Imam Muda personality.

Sambung later.Long day.

Besok akan sampai juga,InsyaAllah

Last minute tak boleh datang (my two judges of two different film events).Hadoi.Nasib Dr. M emailed me a couple of days ago..very timely.Dia org besar FINAS so I pun SOS dia.Dgn izin Allah, dilontarkan seorang yg juga besar untuk mengganti juri yg sudah terbang last min.Mudah-mudahan selamatlah perjalanan kami.

Tensi as we discovered 11th hour blunders.The kids dah berkhemah at CERDAS, always sleeping late (kalu cuti ari tu siap awal kerja, tak la kalut gini ya? But we agreed not to play the blaming game.I pun buat byk blunders.:) ) In the end, I told them the real trophy would be how we handle our last min. crisis.Wah..now everyone control macho! :)

Budak-budak Cherang Ruku, Kelantan dah sampai. You know cikgu-cikgu mereka dtg just to send them then balik semula ke Cherang Ruku which is further away from KB which would be 6-7 hours drive.Bdk2 UIA bwk diaorg jalan2 ke KLCC naik lrt.I betcha some of them have never set foot in KL before.Ummi used to be a doctor in Kelantan.She said Cherang Ruku is remote.But google it.It has a very interesting history.Batu asas tapak sekolah was placed by Dato Sri Anwar Ibrahim and two Prime Ministers had visited the school before : Tun Mahathir and Dato Sri Najib.Now they are about to meet KJ, youth icon dlm bentuk Menteri bkn penyanyi atau pelakon.

I find this truly exciting.In fact serba serbinyalah exciting...I saw promotional materials on film and shariah compliance bdk2 ni organise..ada imam muda...novelist terkenal...macam2. I didn't register tapi nak sgt join.I hope ada seat lagi.

Some quality time with the family

We were comparing notes with how other families made time for their kids.One of Z's friend's family would always drive somewhere either to eat or just to stay in a plc to unwind.Kadang2 balik ari e.g going to Ipoh for chicken rice ke or mee udang in Kedah ke.Wah...pengsan kalau dapat biras mcm ni! :)

This is my busiest month but the two are breathing down my neck for quality time since Z is going bck to Hengland soon. So we went to the movies semalam.Z must be the only young adult pi tengok wayang dgn mak bapak.I saw ramai anak2 muda lain berboiferen dan golfren. The Internship ni kelakar giler.Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.Go and watch it.Bumped into Azhar outside the cinema (he's 60 something).We laughed at one another saying we could relate to the movie very well..mengisahkan org tua buta komputer kerja dgn bdk2 gen i ni...internet, information dan segala2 digital.But org tua buta hurup ni survived. (Iyalah..yg tulis script tu org tua..Vince Vaughn.Cer bdk muda yg tulis..sure di akhir cerita org tua mengaku kalah and let these digital Frankensteins rule the world)

Monday Sept 16

We went to have high tea at Hyatt.Z and Amir tengah popular...tadi the Star interview mereka over their website on interns and someone from JP Morgan (VP) tweeted looking for the duo sebab keluar The Edge satu muka semalam.It's nice to see young people being busy like this.Alhamdulillah.

Visited Irshad.The eldest brother is so responsible.He cukur habis rambut Irshad so that when rambut Irshad start gugur, he won't be so depressed.Smart and sensitive, kan? Irshad not looking good but his mom said dah byk kurangnya.Pls doa.

Catatan hidup yang tidak mungkin luntur

My two years' project is coming to an end, InsyaAllah.I should not be whining how difficult the journey has been...we started with no money, no experience.By will of Allah, we have some money for two festivals.Kerja Allah, Allah akan bantu.Alhamdulillah.

I must record this...hari ini was tested to a certain limit (well..hari-hari pun for the last 2 years!) so when a friend text-ed pasal his schedule, I asked if anyone from my office contacted him since I had 1001 mcm probs at the moment.He said ada and added nanti hilanglah your 1001 masalah tu.Kah2.Sangat cute jawabannya itu! Sangat la juga tepat (masalah 1001 ini akan berakhir bila film events berakhir Sept 23).

I wanna move on! I wanna be free like an eagle.Eagle tu kan jahat burungnya? :)) Jadi baik pun orang pijat kepala kita, kan?

Tapi wanna, wanna ni biasanya kekal as wanna, wanna.

Nota kaki : Kita ingat semuanya straightforward with the winners - beritahu anda salah seorang pemenang, dia dtg, ambik hadiah dan balik.Tetapi tidak! Seorang ibu pemenang telah menelefon menyatakan anaknya tidak dibenarkan keluar dari kem latihan khidmat negara.I went OMG! Then I had to call HQ Kem Negara ni and memohon agar pelatih dibenar keluar sekejap utk ambik anugerah.My co-organiser pulak time nilah nak itu ini.Fening mcm tak cukup kaki tangan.But Dr Riza,Dr Aishah, Dr Farizah,Dr Maszlee semua rajin menolong. We went to see Prof Ridza on a different agenda ptg tadi.Ridza is so easy to work with.And he would come down to the ground check apa kita nak.Ridza is our Deputy Rector.

Finishing touch, kenduri and economic stability

I went to pasar with Bibik this morning.Nik nmpk penat so I let him sleep in.Miss tali la kononnya tu. ;)

Lucky we booked ayam kg last week cos' we went late, semua dah habis except those reserved.Bagus arrangement mcm ni.We hv decided to eat ayam kg only after our friend told us dari mkn ayam hormon, lebih selamat mkn daging (which is bad too).He said organic chicken or ayam kg is safe.
Gayah rang and asked me to teman her to get Tan Sri Ani's approval signature for his memoirs to be published. Told her ada wedding noon ...can we balik by then? She said can.

We didn't get home till 1 pm.Dok berborak mcm2.Preps were made to launch the book soonest it's out. We have a few options.Nak nunggu Sakinah confirm who they want to help launch the book.

At the wedding do, bumped into rakan haji kita, Haji Z who is in the financial world.All this kecoh2 about Msian econ doing bad was nicely explained by Haji Z (a yuppy yg tak makan dek usia... he's very religious).This is the right time to buy gold investment account, katanya. He also said if India were badly hit economically, satu dunia kena.Msia will not be so badly affected like econ crisis in 1998, he said, echoing the voice of other economists we know.

Just spend wisely, folks.It's always good to save for rainy days.