My family and I had just arrived from Penang two days ago. Unlike most of our trips to Penang when we stayed at the Feringghi BayView Beach Hotel on the island, this time we stayed at the Butterworth Palm Inn Hotel which is just across the road to the Dewan Dato’ Haji Ahmad Badawi where [...]
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A Weekend In Penang
Posted in Family, Travel, tagged Malaysia, Penang, Sungai Dua, Travel and Tourism on 22/07/2011 | 2 Comments »
Birthdays in March – mum’s and mine
Posted in Art, Birthdays, Celebrations, Creativity, Family, Fun, Hobby, Special Occasion, Stamp collecting, tagged Alhamdulillah, America, Australia, Birthday, Canada, Cards, Chicago, Craft, Domino's pizza, Elizabeth II, Greeting card, Machin stamp, March, New Zealand, Penny Black, Presents, Queen Victoria, Stamp album, Stamp collection, Stamps, U.S.S.R., Vietnam on 05/04/2011 | 4 Comments »
Both mum and I not only have our birthdays in March but also in the same week. I am 16 this year, Alhamdulillah, and my family members had given me wonderful presents. Mum gave me a lot of her Australian, American, Canadian and New Zealand stamps wrapped in a lovely silver coloured box. My dad [...]
Stamp Collecting
Posted in Family, Fun, Hobby, Stamp collecting, tagged Aishah Salihue, Alophoixus ochraceus, Birds of Malaysia, Collection, Hobby, Indonesia, Letters, Malaysia, Malaysian Agro-Based Definitive Stamps, Malaysian Postal Service, Merbah Beringin, Mint stamp, Pos Malaysia, San Jose, Sri Lanka, Stamp collecting, Stamp collection, Stamps, United States on 16/03/2011 | 8 Comments »
I had been introduced to stamp collecting since I was a little girl. Both of my parents collect stamps and they both have beautiful collections of stamps from most parts of the world. However, it wasn’t until I was 10 when I started to have a real interest in stamp collecting. I was reading [...]
Ahmad Ali’s Best Birthday
Posted in Birthdays, Celebrations, Family, Fun, Special Occasion, tagged Ahmad Ali, Birthday, Card, Do it yourself, Domino's pizza, Enzo Ferrari, Gifts, Maisto, Martial Art, Silat, Stamp album, Stamps on 19/02/2011 | 1 Comment »
Many wonderful things happened on our birthdays and my brother, Ahmad Ali, told me that his 8th birthday was his best. Ahmad turned 8 only six days ago and many wonderful things happened on his special day. Coincidentally, he also started his silat (Malay martial art) class on his birthday. He had been waiting for years for the [...]
A Glorious Rainbow Enlightening Kuala Lumpur
Posted in Family, Phenomenon, tagged Brother, Camera, Father, Olympus FE4030, Photo, Rainbow, Sisters, Sony Handycam on 12/07/2010 | Leave a Comment »
My sisters came running from upstairs yelling, “Rainbow! Rainbow!“. My brother and I excitedly rushed with them out of the front door searching for a rainbow but we found nothing. Actually our father just called to tell us about the rainbow. Thinking that we might get a better view from our bedroom windows, we climbed [...]
Karipap
Posted in Creativity, Family, Food, Fun, Malay tradition, tagged Food, Karipap, Pastry, Puff on 21/05/2010 | 2 Comments »
Curry puff or ‘karipap’ is a traditional Malay food usually served during teatime. Pastry is used for the skin and the filling is curry with meat and/or potatoes. Karipap may also comes in different ‘version’ such as sardine puff, meat puff and fish puff and you can always explore using your imagination to create new [...]
A Wonderful Weekend With Aunty Selina
Posted in Family, Food, Friends, Fun, Travel, Trip, Visitors on 11/02/2010 | 4 Comments »
On Friday night (29th of January, 2010) Aunty Selina reached KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) for a 3 days trip. Aunty Selina, who lives in Maryland, USA, is a very good friend of my parents. She stayed at The Renaissance Hotel Kuala Lumpur at Jalan Ampang. She brought all of us lots of lovely presents. [...]
Friends from Sri Lanka
Posted in Family, Friends, Fun, House, Travel, Trip, Visitors, tagged 2005, 2006, Aishah Salihue, Ali Salihue, apple, California, Emails, Friday prayers, grandparents, Hijab, Islamic Finance, Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Kuala Lumpur, Master's Degree, May Tower Hotel, San Jose, Sri Lanka, Stamp album, Stamps, tent, trampoline, USA, wagon on 13/01/2010 | 3 Comments »
Last Friday, my family and I went to May Tower Hotel in Jalan Munshi Abdullah to meet Uncle Zahedi, Aunty Suzana and Brother Hisham. They came from Sri Lanka to send Brother Hisham who is currently doing his Master’s Degree in Islamic Finance here in Kuala Lumpur. We met them after the Friday prayers. When [...]
Happy 9th Birthday Fah!
Posted in Birthdays, Celebrations, Creativity, Family, Fun, Links, Poems, Special Occasion, tagged beads weaving machine, Birthday, December, gift, Hello Kitty, poem, Sister on 09/12/2009 | 5 Comments »
My dearest sister, Anisah Afifah (or better known at home as Fah or Kafah), had just turned 9 on the 5th December, 2009. This poem is especially written as a birthday gift for Fah . On the 5th December 2009, Everybody seems to be very kind, I do not need to wonder why, Although it’s [...]
