Uncle Awang Goneng’s latest book, A Map of Trengganu is finally out! This morning, I went out with my father to pick up the books from the country distributor and helped dad with our first batch of deliveries. Anxious to be one of the first people to read it, I quickly picked up a copy from the box as soon [...]
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A Map of Trengganu
Posted in Books, Friends, Fun, Terengganu, Trengganuspeak, tagged A Map of Trengganu, Awang Goneng, Books, Growing Up In Trengganu, literature, Malaysia, Pizzaman, Singapore, Terengganu, Wan A. Hulaimi on 01/04/2011 | 8 Comments »
An evening at Pantai Rhu Sepuloh… With Uncle Nisar!
Posted in Friends, Fun, Nature, Terengganu, Travel, Trengganuspeak, tagged Fish, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, Prawn, Seafood, Terengganu on 08/01/2011 | 2 Comments »
We took a trip to Kuala Terengganu on 24th of December, 2010 together with Uncle Nisar. That was his first trip to the east coast of West Malaysia and we were very excited to take him around our hometown. On the evening of the 26th of December, we went to Pantai Rhu Sepuloh (Rhu Sepuloh Beach - near Bari). [...]
Uncle Nisar
Posted in Friends, Special Occasion, Visitors, tagged Cherry Tomato, Fruit, Garden, India, Malaysia, Palo Alto California, Persimmon, Singapore, Travel, University of Nebraska on 30/11/2010 | 1 Comment »
Last Wednesday, we had a special guest for lunch—Uncle Nisar Shaikh with his sister and mother. Uncle Nisar is a very good friend of my dad who lives in Palo Alto, California. He was a professor teaching in University of Nebraska – Lincoln before working in an IT company in Palo Alto. All of [...]
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 Birthday to Tahirah, Maryam and Sofia!
Posted in Birthdays, Friends, Fun, tagged Balqis, Birthday, Maryam, Sofia, Sultana, Tahirah on 25/12/2009 | 4 Comments »
Have a wonderful birthday to the two of my beloved friends, Tahirah Mohd Nasir (Happy 15th birthday!) and Maryam Balqis (Happy 13th birthday!) I would also like to wish a happy belated birthday to my dear friend Sofia Sultana who had turned twelve yesterday. May Allah bless you all and have a great year ahead!
What Should I Give?
Posted in Creativity, Friends, Poems, tagged Card, Draw, Idea, Malaysia, Paint, poem, Potrait, Seaside, Sudan, Watercolour on 03/12/2009 | 8 Comments »
A poem written especially for Uncle Osman, Aunty Yaman and Sister Arwa from Khartoum, Sudan… What should I make? Should I draw or paint? Make a glittering card? Oh, but that’s hard. A watercolour painting! Of the seaside in the evening! It would remind Sister Arwa Of her visit to Malaysia. But I don’t paint [...]
Awang Goneng Is In Town!
Posted in Books, Friends, Special Occasion, Terengganu, tagged 1960's, Awang Goneng, Dictionary, Growing Up In Terengganu, Heritage, History, Improvement, London, Malacca, Penang, Prof Muhammad Al-Mahdi, skill, Terengganu, The Writing Mind, Tips, University Putra Malaysia, Vocabulary, Wan A. Hulaimi, Work, workshop, Writing on 12/08/2009 | 3 Comments »
Today, I met Uncle Awang Goneng at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Awang Goneng (a.k.a. Wan A. Hulaimi) grew up in Terengganu but later on moved to London, a place so far away from his homeland. His beautiful book ‘Growing Up In Trengganu’ (originated from his blog -http://kecek-kecek.blogspot.com) was written to share with everyone about [...]
Happy Best Friends Day!!!
Posted in Celebrations, Creativity, Friends, Fun, tagged Best Friend, Best Friend's Day on 08/06/2009 | 3 Comments »
Happy Best Friends Day to all of my friends especially to my best friend I can ever have… Noor Fareeda.
‘Kenduri’
Posted in Celebrations, Creativity, Family, Food, Friends, Fun, House, Malay tradition, Visitors, tagged Anuar, Anuar Ibrahim, Bride, Bukhori, Butter Cream, Cupcakes, Dewan Merak Kayangan, Food, Ibrahim, Jalan Semarak, Keramat, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, Malaysian, Roses, Schoolmate, Sulaimanian, Terengganu, Wedding on 08/06/2009 | 5 Comments »
Now is the mid-year school holidays in Malaysia and it means a ‘wedding season’ for us – Malaysians in Malaysia. We received wedding invitations here and there from both relatives and friends; sometimes we attended a few wedding receptions in a day! Today we attended two wedding celebrations, first in Keramat and after that at [...]
