Last weekend my wife, mira and myself were in KL. I was away for four days in a row from last Friday attending Technology Business Review Award @ Perdana International Convention Centre (PICC) @ Putrajaya. Wow, what a Building ! I was amazed over the design of this modern architecture as if like "ala ultraman" - used to be my whooo tv favourite during my childhood in the 70s!

My boss had the award on stage on behalf of our reknown company and I managed to capture the moment via my N95... as if ala grammy award style to be kept for my year end pay rise etc :) some said those awards are being paid for. don't now whether it's true or not. The truth, we paid RM 10,000 for two table - not cheap ok without entertainment some more.

Before that managed to "curi masa" to visit my father at Shah Alam. His condition looked NOT good. Passed my magnetic bracelet for him to wear. The next day he claimed reduced his wee-wee round from 10 to 7. Pray he is accepting the reality of life cycle and may the Almighty bless him now and thereafter.

We stayed at Sheraton Subang last Friday at the expense of my company - my entitlement ok. Then the next day had lunch with Ayah, Mak, Iman, Syimir at Shah Alam. Mon prepared one of her killer menu, Nasi Ayam special. Mon's dream is to have her own chain of restaurant across Malaya one of these day. Of course, I'll be the main shareholder by then.

Cikgu Lin, my sister & her husband, Aman invited for dinner at her place. She just gave birth to another baby boy last Ramadhan. Cutee Mohd Hakim is our new family member born on 18 September 2007. This time around, the looks more "melayu" than his elder brother, Mohd Haziq.

We spent one night at Ixora Resort, the new residential area bought by Lin & Aman - quiet & very cooling in the morning. Sunday morning we had "nasi minyak trengganu" for breakfast. What a change ! Aman went to work by 9am the same morning. I snoozed from late morning until zohor. Didn't finished watching "Jangan Pandang Belakang".

Then, we rushed to Jay's open house in Cheras @ Bulatan Kg Pandan. jay is my college's buddy and doing well in his business. He married quite late, my eldest now 15 vs his 10. He has 4 children vs 1 for myself. We enjoyed the food very much - really yummy yummy....

Met Ina, his wife and their children, Adam, Hakim & Dana. Also met Shake, Fiza & Irfan. Min, Jay's younger brother looked losing weight. Yani, his other brother was not around, busy doing his toys business @ Amcorp, PJ.

By 4pm, we left for Btk Jelutong, Shah Alam for tea @ my School mate, Eddy Wong when I was studying in La Salle, PJ. Nice neighbourhood, met his wife, Joyce and his eldest child, Ethoo. I once acted together in an english drama with him late 70s. Eddy is also my colleague now for more than 7 years already. What a samll world!

He took us around as we are looking for small apartment - Ellise & walk-up type. Plan to own the like as transit point whenever we are in KL. No need to disturb our relative everytime we are in KL. Thanks Eddy for your kind hospitality - you're cool man...

My brother in-law Anis called eda my wife asking what was our dinner plan? We ended up had dinner @ Marce, The Curve. Mira had enjoyed the session very much something difference than what we have in Penang.

We supposed to leave for Penang o Sunday evening but decided to stay on one more night @ Adik's place at UPM, Serdang. Thanks Adik & family to have us as your guests. You sure will pass your mandarin paper with flying colours!

On Monday morning we left for Penang from Serdang at about 10:30am. Had late breakfast at Sg Buluh Jejantas Burger King then lunch at Mee Rebus Ramli. Stop by BJ and my wife had new assigment to get rid of termites etc.

By 7:30pm, we safely back to KM, Georgetown and Zzzzzzzzzzz.

Thanks to everyone while we were in KL especially, Ayah, Mak, Mon, Lin & Aman, Jay&Ina, Eddy&Joyce and last but not least, Adik & Family. May God bless you all & see you again next round.

Part II

Teringat kat ayah di Shah Alam... tahun ni pada July 2007, umur ayah dah menjangkau 73 tahun.

Masa tu masih ada kat Hospital Besar Klang. Jumpa Dr Yusoff pasal kes ayah dgn Cikgu Lin. Dia cerita secara terperinci pasal kes ayah dan mencadangkan pilihan yg ada bagi merawat ayah. Ayah telah disahkan mendapat barah "pancreas" dan ada kemungkinan perlu dibedah bagi membuang ketumbuhan yg berada disekitar bahagian pancreas.

macam nak pengsan bila dapat berita rasmi ni dari dr Yusoff....

The Last Journey & The New Beginning... (TLJ&TNB)

Setelah mengekori perkembangan terkini Dr M masa kat IJN via Blog MM sampai beliau selamat pulang ke Seri Kembangan, syok jugak kalau ada Blog sendiri. Masa tu dapat juga melawat bloggers yg hebat2 seperti Kak Noraina, Brother Bakri Musa to name a few.

Cita2 nak menulis ni dah lama terpendam sejak azali lagi. Tapi selalu bagi alasan sibuk dengan tugasan dsbnya terbantut-bantut sampai la ni.

Penghujung bulan Jun 2007 lalu ayah sakit dan masuk hospital lebih 4 minggu di Hospital Besar Klang. Masa tu badan ayah tiba2 jadi kuning. Mula2 masuk wad kelas 3. Kesian tengok ayah masa tu. maklumlah ayah sensitif dgn suasana persekitaran macam bunyi2 bising bila nak tidur, kongsi tandas dgn orang awam dll lagi.

Lin, adik saya telah berusaha untuk pindahkan ayah ke kelas pertama dgn menggunakan status dia sebagai guru di sekolah menengah kerajaan. Ayah dulu seorang pengawai kerajaan juga tapi kelayakannya mampu ke kelas 2 je. Masuk minggu ke 2 baru dapat pindah. Tapi bab penyakit ayah masih belum jelas lagi dari pihak hospital. Tapi semangat ayah masih teguh macam dulu cuma selera makan makin menurun dan sering mengadu loya tidak sedap perut.

Mon, adik perempuan bongsu saya pula sentiasa menghantar MMS tentang perkembangan terkini ayah masa tu. Yg sorang ni sensitif sikit & kadang2 ter-over, maklum orang perempuan dan tak kahwin lagi pulak tu.

Sorang lagi, adik bongsu lelaki saya Ap, dia ni bab duit ringgit memang cekap. Mungkin dia telah mewarisi kelebihan ibu yg saya kasihi. Bayangkan, sekitar 70an hingga 80an membesarkan kami dgn gaji ayah cuma lebih kurang sekitar RM 400 hingga RM 500 sebulan untuk membesarkan kami 7 beradik! cuba bayangkan.

Kakak sulung saya, Eda, masih bekerja sebagai operator pengeluaran di MNC di PJ sejak awal 80an hingga kini yakni lebih kurang 30 tahun - 1st job sampai la ni... kekadang pening fikir macam mana dia boleh bertahan sampai sekarang?

Masing2 masih keliru apakah penyakit yg menghantui ayah sampai seluruh badan dia jadi kuning?

Akan bersambung... ngantuk beb, gua nak masuk beradu. Insya Allah esok kita sambung if time permits.