Approaching Sodegaura

Assalam,

Ahad, 21hb November 2011

Awal pagi lagi bangun sekitar jam 0400.  Nampak di kanan kiri ada lampu neon tapi masih dikejauhan.  Tepat jam 0530 kapten tekan butang "standby" to have manual control of the ship.  Ketika itu kapal berlayar dikelajuan 10.8knots iaitu 20km/jam.

0612 melepasi Su-no Saki lighthouse.  Tapi Gunung Fuji setinggi 3775m tak kelihatan kerana di tutupi oleh awan.  Sayang sekali!!

0700 kita melepasi Tateyama Wan (wan erti nya bay), Minami Basa dan Uki Shima.  Pics di bawa adalah gambar ketika memasoki bay to Sodegaura, Japan.



Aft side of the ship (belakang) - tali putih di ikat bagi preparation for berthing nanti



Sunrise on at 5.36am 21/11/2011

Land at last with sunrise 21/11/2011





passenger ship

 

tug boat carrying harbout pilot

 

War ship

 

boats in white are the fishing boats



Kapten berkata di hari biasa selalunya kawasan ini penuh dengan kapal ikan. Tapi bagi saya bila melihat kapal kapal yang besar, tongkang, kapal perang, kapal nelayan yang kecil, kapal container kereta dan sebagainya, sungguh menakjubkan.  Tak pernah saya melihat kapal begitu banyak sekali.  Seperti airport di London di mana runaway nya every minit mesti ada kapal terbang yang mendarat atau berlepas.  Kita nampak di kejauhan satu statue besar berwarna putih (pagoda perempuan berpakaian traditional).  Boleh di katakan statue of liberty orang Jepun lah tu.  Rupanya patong itu bagi orang jepun di percayai sebagai The God of Mercy (ini kami dapat tahu dari hotel staff ketika sarapan pagi).

akan bersambong......

Sad..

Assalam,

Saturday 28th April we - my youngest sister and youngest brother together with my mom, went for breakfast. Since my sister got her new samsung note, she was telling me to install free applications such as viber etc as we can make use of free sms and free call. By 10 am we left and drove back home as I need to pick up Khairee's graduation pictures and Nasreen for her injection. After returning home, I remembered about the viber so I sms my friend (very closed friend and ex classmate since primary 3) in Singapore. Till today we are still in touch through email, sms etc. Whenever I am in Singapore I made time to see her and if I can't do that, I will call her or sms her. Back to the sms I sent to her that day, I totally forgot all about the sms until after a few days.

Remembering her, she is always bubbly and excited when see each other. 27 years ago, her flat was my stop with my friend every time we went back to UK. We would get together and update each other on our latest news. If we didn't get to get out of the airport, she would make time to come and see me at the airport.

After we got married, everytime I go to Singapore, I will always call her. She would make time to have dinner with us and later they would come by our hotel with her husband and we talked some more. She has one daughter now in secondary one if I am not mistaken. I always have fond memories of her. She is always cheerful, smiling, and helpful. She and her family, including her dad and sisters came to visit us a couple of years ago.

Last year November 2011 on transit in Spore for my onward journey home, I called her. She told me her dad had stroked.

Sunday 29th April, I planned to go to town to get our normal groceries. Somehow I checked my hp and saw an sms which surpirsed me. Shocked! I was sad with the news. She had cancer - uterus and ovary.

She got operated in Jan 2012. No wonder I didn't receive any news from her. She is now recuperating at home and still going for her chemotherapy. The company she worked with arrange for her to work from home after her operation and treatment. She works from home in March this year for 6 months. At least she has positive thoughts always. She won't let the cancer let her down or upset her. But each time after the chemo, she will be very exhausted and tired. I pray for her speedy recovery.

0418 hours



Melaka Afamosa Feb 2006 - elephant called Ah Moi



Born the longest among your siblings at 53cm in length, second heaviest at 2.89kg, you were born at 0418 hours on 11th May 1999 (25 Muharam 1420 hijrah).

I had no complications whatsoever during my pregnancy.  Though I actually had one miscarriage on my fourth pregnancy after returning home during holidays from Nigeria.  I think I was three months pregnant when I had the miscarriage.

Your were my fifth pregnancy.  Through out my pregnancy we were in Nigeria as your father and I were crossposted there.  Alhamdulillah, I had no morning sickness.  I just went for the regular pre natal check up.  When I realised I was pregnant I was thinking where would I give birth.  There were also the airline regulations that pregnant ladies 7 months and above are not allowed to travel.  We were thinking of how best when the situation arises.  We aslo asked around those who were crosposting.  All had the opinion that it would be better to give birth in own country.  Luckily enough it was our final year in Nigeria and the timing for our plan to return home to our country was just nice i.e when I was under seven months pregnant.

Though sad leaving our second home, it was time to go home.  On our final year, we stopped over in Aberdeen and went to Glanshee.  I remember going to Glanshee, the road was winding and Aqeel vomitted in the car.  The kids went on the sledge and it was cold.  It was slippery and I fell.  Alhamdulillah, I was ok.  I think we spent abour a week there.  After Aberdeen, we stopped over in Kuala Lumpur and stayed a couple of days.

when we reached home, we stayed at the guest house for one week as our house needed cleaning up.  Arrangements for Kakak, Jie Jie and Abg for their schooling was also arranged.  Kakak went straight to Primary 2, Jiejie KG3, while Abg went to KG2.  All went to the same school i.e CCMS.  Still, they needed time to adjust.

I worked for a few months before giving birth on May 11 1999.  13 years had passed, I still feel as if in a dream having you as my daughter.  Alhamdulillah to Allah's creation.  May you always be guided by Allah.  Amin

Happy Birthday Nasreen

Assalam,

11th May 2012n

Happy 13th Birthday Nasreen

Semuga menjadi anak yang solehah

Berjaya dan cemerlang dunia akhirat

Tercapai cita cita

Di temukan jodoh orang orang yang soleh

Diberkati hidup di dunia dan akhirat

Dalam rahmat, redha dan perlindungan Allah

Amin yarabbal alamin

Khairee CCMS Graduation 2011

Assalam,

27th April 2012

Khairee's graduation was held in Nov 2011 when I was away on a working trip to Japan.  I wish I was there.  It was only this year that I remember about the graduation pictures.  Apparently, he was not aware that he was supposed to choose the pictures he wanted.  I asked the teachers at school and they informed me to get it from the kindigarten teacher.  I managed to find her and ordered in Feb 2012.  When I was in UK, I read an sms which stated the pictures were ready.  At last, I collected the pictures 28th April 2012 but still have to wait for another two as they forgot to develop it.  I was able to go to the school to collect it and at the same time to bring Nasreen for injectiion.  Saturday is always an errand day.  So many things to do.  Sometimes I feel like I am working all week and not enough rest.

Anyway, below are some of the pics from the graduation:



Group pic for 2011 Graduation

 

group pic with family & friends

Congratulations Khairee!

Last day in Cardiff & London

Assalam,

12th April 2012

My last day in Cardiff and London.  Worked up early and did final packing.  After shower kaka went to get the knitting kit for Nasreen while I stayed behind having  my tea dan eat my roti kawin.  We left the house around 1130 am to the Cardiff Megabus coach station.  Our coach was delayed by 30 minutes so we left Cardiff 1300 hours.  We arrived London Victoria Coach station 1615 hours.  My memories of Cardiff.  The flowers were saying goodbye to me.  See pics below:



Megabus coach station

our coach

On arrival at Victoria Coach Station, we left our luggages at the station and went to Nandos' at Bayswater.  Left Nandos by 1800 hours.  Have enough time to take our luggage and said our goodbyes. Then Kaka proceed to her departure Gate14 for Manchester airport leaving 1900 hours; while I waited at gate 2 for my departure to London Heathrow 1930 hours but delayed untill 2015.  Due to my flight was on 13th April, I might stay overnite at London Heathrow Terminal 4.

 

Bon Voyage Kaka, Amirul, Athiyah & tunang.  Safe journey and safe flight.  Do share your pics in Italy - Rome, Pisa and Venice.  Don't forget Aqeel leaning Tower of Pisa.  Hee..hee...Below are pics along the way from Cardiff to London Victoria Station:



time we reached London, still no arrived at Victoria Coach Station



Chicken wings with mash potatoes and peri chips

Mushroom & Halloumi wrap with garlic bread and peri chips

I departed Victoria Coach station 2015 and changed at Terminal 5 and hopped on another coach to Terminal 4.  Waited for 20 minutes for the coach and it was so cold!!!  Arrived at Terminal 4 2150 and I went on to look for any hotels.  I stayed at Yotel for the night on the first floor in Room 8.  It was convenient as second floor is the departure hall.  So I don't really need to rush tomorrow.  The room I stayed was a cubical room with WC & shower, bed, TV and free Wifi.  Able to perform solat, rest dan sleep.  Alhamdulillah.  see pics below fo the Yotel's place:

at Victoria coach station waiting to leave for Heathrow

London Heathrow Terminal 5 while waiting for the coach to pick passenger to Terminal 4

my room for the nite

13th April 2012

Departure day from London Heathrow Terminal 4 at 10 am.  It was a 6 hours and 20 minutes flight to Dubai.  We arrived Dubai by 7.30pm local time (UK time 4.20pm). Went to transfer and alhamdulillah managed to solat maghrib & ishak. Bought Kingdom dates and biscuits.  Below are pics of the day:

London Heathrow Terminal 4

Dubai Airport while on transit

Prayer room at Dubai Airport

Arrived home 10:30 am.  Home sweet Home!

Selamat Pengantin Baru

Assalam,

14th April 2012

Malam berbedak sunggah meriah. Pakaian berwarga biru dan menggunakan kelengkapan adat disini.  See pics below: 

malam berbedak

pic with brother Shahril, nephew & cousins



pics with cousins



famili pic



berpacar (berinai)

 15th April 2012

Majlis persandingan di adakan di ibu kota secara sederhana tetapi meriah.  di bawah ini adalah sebahagian dari gambar gambar pada hari berikut:

pelamin



groom about to go ziarah



groom's brother & cousins sebagai penyambut tetamu



groom's brothers & father

nenek from Miri and nenek lumut

ketibaan kumpulan hadrah diikuti oleh pengatin

groom's brother & cousin

groom's cousin

family pic with groom's family

groom's cousins & niece & nephews

with groom's parents & nenek

pasang pengatin

Didoakan semuga bahagia hingga ke syurga firdaus, dikurniakan anak anak yang soleh dan solehah, dalam perlindungan dan rahmat Allah. Amin