Bit-by-Bit with Nihra & Family

Raya haji di NZ jatuh pada hari Sabtu, 28 November. Alhamdullilah, hari tak keje..hehe..jumaat tak pegi gak ofis, sbb masak sikit utk lauk raya di rumah..nanti tak terasa raya pulak. Our families here decided to have sambutan raya haji di Long Bay.. its a beach yg panjang (nama pun Long Bay!!) Just 10 minits from our house. The weather was cloudy, which was good, sbb kalau panas, sure lagi ramai org kat beach..org2 NZ memang suka BBQ and melepak kat beach. The menu was really special : satey, mussels bakar, nasi minyak, nasi dagang, pulut kuning and bermacam2 kuih...Tak larat nak makan!! We even had acara tukar hadiah for dewasa dan  kanak2. Thanks to Abg Azhar dan Abg Mie for the idea!! We all had to bring 1 used barang from our house  yg berharga kurang dari $10. Name was chosen randomly, and we had to guess the item from the giver. Clues was given, "Rock bukan sebarang rock!!" - the hadiah was batu asah!!! Lawaklah juga nak bagi clues!! As u can see from the pictur...

"Aqil nak susu? "  "YUP" "Aqil nak mandi?"  "NOOO!!" "Mama, LOOKK!!" (tunjuk ada birds kat luar) Those are Aqil three favourites words to say. Dia masih belum pandai cakap in sentences. But vocabulary dia dah banyak. Everyday ada words baru dia sebut..tapi semua in english..kadang2 kami pun tak tahu dia cakap apa..rasanya kalau dah pandai cakap, bising mcm tok wan dan nenek dia!!! "OGIFF!!"   (mama, nak oren juice) "BAMAAN" (nak tengok batman) "More plzz" ( nak lagi) Perkataan dalam bahasa melayu, "DOTT"  (nak biskut) "ELAUU" (silau mata-biasa dlm kete kena matahari) "Ayah tut" (ayah kentut!!..hehe..ini mama ajar) "Tayii ayah" (bila ada kotor..tahi ayah...hahaha..mamalah ajar..sebab ayah dlm sehari 3-4 kali g toilet, berjam2) Akhir kata dari Aqil,  "Syamat ayi ayaa!!". Selamat hari raya haji buat family and kawan2 semua. Semoga kita di mur...

Nursery aqil have done lots of activities to kutip dana to buy new things for the nursery. So far ada jualan mainan, calender, gambar and the latest yesterday, acara lelong jualan artworks!! Lots of artworks did by the children - di cantikkan oleh cikgunya, di jual paling murah $1. Not semua di lelong, half of it di pamerkan and if we want it, we buy it ( biasanya masuk dlm file je-free!!). Artworks yg dilelong adalah yg besar2, which the bidding start at $20. There was one lukisan start at $120!! Which in the end was bought at $170!! The auction was done by a real auctioneer. Cara dia lelong mmg terasa nak beli!!! ...nasib baik tak ade lukisan Aqil..kalau tak, tempted juga nak angkat tangan. It was a lovely atmosphere with a delicious vegetarian food- siap minta resepi dari tukang masak (yes, the nursery have their own chef, yg sediakan breakfast, lunch and tea and even the cakes pun dia bake sendiri-aqil makan tanpa was2!!). Mungkin sekolah di M'sia boleh cuba buat lelon...

It's spring time here. It's still cold. Rains a lot. Can't wait for SUMMER!!  The roses here are really beautiful. Really blossom! The colours..ada yg 2-3 warna in one flower. Baunya..harummm!! The pictures do all the talk!!  

There's a lake, Albany lake just open last week near our house. Its actually in front of Westfield Mall. This week, ayah decided to jog there in the morning after hantar me to uni and aqil to nursery. Why tiba2 pegi jogging?? heheh..dia tengok gambar, muka bulat semacam and perut pun sudah naik!! and I think its because tak nak org M'sia tegur2 dah gemuk!! hahah..and also nanti balik M'sia boleh makan banyak2 sbb dah kurus! Kalau tak nanti balik semula sini, mama tak kenal pula ..hhaha.. Its not a big lake..tapi oklah nak jogging. Yg bestnya sebelah westfield. This is one of the biggest mall in NZ!! But here shopping tak best! Tak banyak barang branded. Guess pun xde. Queen Ann' atau correlle pun takde. (correlle yg ada bunga laammmmmaa sgt!!) Selamatlah duit tak g shopping!! The shopping mall here open from 9am to 6pm shj. Thursday night until 9pm. Masa winter oklah, sbb isya' pun at 6. Lagipun sejuk. Tapi masa summer, magrib pun kul 9mlm, boring juga ...

Hari ini, 14 November, birthday Tok Wan yg ke 59. Happy birthday tok wan! Happy birthday to you!! Semoga Allah panjangkan umur tok wan dan murahkan rezeki. Aqil tak ade hadiahlah utk tok wan. Nanti tok wan datang sini, aqil bagi hugs and kisses!! Bila tok wan nak datang sini??!! Aqil sayang tok wan!!

My sister Ani said "Aktiflah menulis, tiap2 hari update". What?!! Tiap2 hari nak menulis?? Everyday pegi ofis pun tak dapat hasil..takkan blog pula terlebih aktif!! heheh..anyway, terasa nak menulis pula hari ni, tapi takde citer sebenarnya.. Baru2 ni, kami cuba nak menanam sayur2an kat rumah. Start by buying pokok strawberri.. tapi ayahnya kedekut beli satu pokok je($2 je pun satu)..then baru berbuah satu biji (jgn ketawa ya tgk gambar pokok strawberry kami!! hahah)..nak makan pun takleh lagi..ingatkan tak menjadi. Rupanya senang aje..biarkan dan siramlah air. I guess cuaca sini memang sesuai utk strawberry hidup. Right now memang dah ada strawberry di jual. Tapi tak boleh pegi picking lagi, probably end of December. Strawberry sini sedap, manis sgt. Taklah mcm kat Cameron, masam. Aqil boleh makan 4-5 biji sekali. Pokok-pokok lain yg ada, pokok lada. Lada jenis panjang. Dekat sini lada tu sangat mahal. Sebungkus ada 8 biji $7.99!! Nasib baik cili padi murah. Tapikan k...

Every year on 5th November, penduduk di NZ boleh main bungapi!! At first pelik juga, knp kedai2 jual bungapi from 2-5 Nov. Rupa2nya as sambutan Guy Fawkes Day - the guy who tried to blowup the English parliment (tried or berjaya, kurang pasti!!). What does English parliment got to do with NZ?? heheh..NZ is one of the Commenwealth countries yg still the "Queen" is ketua negara. Org NZ pun tumpang celebratelah!! Whatever the reason, dapat main bungapi!! We decided to buat satey. The day before, kami- Biha, Ida, Jun and Bejau sekeluarga bergotong royong buat satey di rumah Kak Asna/Adnan. Thanks semua kerana membantu dan mengambil masa belajar!!! We couldn't do any works sbb Aqil muntah kat nursery a day before, so cikgunya tak bagi pegi!! (bayar tetap bayar!!) 10 kilo ayam, 2 kilo lamb and sekilo daging got 500 cucuk satey. From 2- 7 buat keje. Peram tak lamalah... Semua org tertanya2 apa niat kami buat "kenduri satey".. Tak ada apa2..cuma sekadar ingin mak...