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Yati Birthday Celebration

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Allah Selamatkan Kamu!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YATI / UMI, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

ALLAH SELAMATKAN KAMU! ALLAH SELAMATKAN KAMU!

ALLAH SELAMATKAN YATI / UMI, ALLAH SELAMATKAN KAMU!

Yati says "Happy 33th Birthday to me... Today we went to Masjid Darul Ghufran to join in Maulid Nabi. Join in makan beramai-ramai makan atas dulang, nasi & ayam masak merah. Lepas makan kenyang kita cabut...hehehe..

Then kita pergi Pasir Ris beach untuk relax tepi pantai. Yang kelakar kat car park panas terik, tapi bila sampai tepi pantai, hari mendung macam nak hujan rabak, so kelam kabut balik car-park matahari keluar balik panas...hmmmm...

Then kita pun pergi Downtown East Bowling, nampak banner "Birthday Treat, Free 2 games if its your birthday!"... apalagi kita pun gamelah, Score Ylo-80/69 3X-117/98. Then bik sms ajak makan kat rumah, apalagi kita pun game jugaklah. Makan nasi bryani, some jeruks, kuah ikan curry. KakNgah dan BakJat datang jugak. Kita ada bawak kek, so potong kek dan semua nyanyi ramai-ramai dan BakJat bacakan doa selamat for me. Iman got hair-cut from Munah, really short, now then can see his face.

Later evening, hantar KakNgah dan BakJat balik, on the way stopby Geylang, Bakjat belanja makan murtabak. Relax sekejap kat Dover Rd, met Arin and Hajar, lepak-lepak sampai 9.30pm.

Now at home, semua tired and full... nak happy hour pun dah tak larat.... hehehe...

Ni hang nak habaq plak....

3X cerita pulak "Wah sodapnyo habaq kat orang noh... malu depa, mano nak tarok muko ni... meh hang cerito plak... Sebenornya, sebelum jumpo si yati ni, hang ado 2 kenale yang hang memang ingot nok buot kawen. Tapi dok program rosak jo, tak habeh-habeh, ado je tak kono. Ponet betui asyek kerenoh banyok sanget noh.

Satu tu kak Jurong, boleh tahe jugok, baik hati, tapi suko melalak tak sudoh-sudoh. Depa asyik kono pujok, eh ponet macam jago budok-budok noh. Nak ayak, tak belikan nangeh, nak pergi jale asyek murung je, ponet siket, muko mace duyian basi. 6 tahun hang kenal depa tu. Hang ajak kawen, depa cake dio tak cayo. Hang cakap tak cayo sudoh, maleh nak pujok lagi. Seminggu lepah tu, dio habaq dia memong nak sanget. Hang pulok cake tak cayo, dia merajok. Sebule tak jumpo lagi... tapi lepah tu kawan balek. Mace gitulah, sekojap on sekojap off, mace switch lampu. Takpolah takpolah, mu layelah diri sendirik tu puah-puah sampay tuo noh.

Yang lagi satu plak, tinggeh Tampines. Dio ni power jugok, dan hati baik, boleh tahenlah. Entahlah, hati kito same sanget sampa hang dan depo tak ingot nak kawen. Kenal nok dekot 4 tahun, tapi takdak nak sound kawen. Bilo berbuol tu asyek cakop pasal namo anak kito, nak taruk Aisyah lah, Rita lah... tapi tak inget pulok nak jak kawen, so kawan ajolah sampa bilo-bilo.

Tengah hang dok memikiak pasei maso dopen yang amendo nok jadik pun tok tahu, jumpolah si yati ni kat Johor, Multipurpose Bank. Hang jumpo dia kak depang bank, muko dia takut macam ado orang nok rompak dia. Nasib baiklah hang punyo "personality" dan "charisma" yang buek dio pikat ngan hang. Kenal 3 bulan, terui tunang, lepah 6 bulan kawen. Yang lagi 2 tu, bilo habaq hang nok tunang, satu tu tanyo apasal plak, tanyo nok dekak 5 kali, apase? apase? Hang cakap maaf jolah, tarok talipon sampah sekare tok dengor lagi. Yang lagi satu plak, tak terkato, sonyap terui taruk talipon, ado jugak dio talipon lepas hang dah kawen, tapi hang tak noklah scandal, terui tak laye lagi.

Yati ni hang terpikat, pase orang dia simple noh. Yang buak hang syok kat dio ni, pasel bilo pergi dating ngan dio, dia takdolah nak bersolek power-power. Bilo dating nampok dia bawak beg tangen yang dah koyak-rabak, hang dalam hati memang sahlah pompuan ni hang nak kawen. Dio pun nampak macem selalu happy aje. Tak banyok kerenah, dan manjo betui. Lepah dating 3 bulan, turun-naik johor, oi ponet betui... Hang pun talipon depa ajak kawen.

Lepah 4 tahun kawen, hang bersyukur pasel seminggu sebelum arwah mak meninggal dio cakap "Yati ni aku nampak, baik". Alhamdullilah, tulah yang buat hang raso, hang punya choice betui. Hang sayeng kat dio, tak boleh bayenglah kawen orang lain... tak sebahagia noh.

So harijadik pun nak dokat. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ajelah... nanti kito happy hour lamo sikit... khahahaaa..

Cerita pasal Yati

Yati cerita "Hai dah lama tak tulis, sibuk je 3X ni cerita pasal dia aje. Oklah let me tell you all about me, since birthday comingkan... Saya ni berasa dari Parit Buntar Perak, diberanakkan di hospital Parit Buntar, keluar 5kg, fooyoh besar nak mampui... Bayangkanlah baby besar gitu.

Dari kecik kita tinggal kat rumah kampung dua tingkat papan. Mak kite koje Cikgu kat Sekolah India, Perak dan Apak koje kerani di Risda. Kita semua 4 adik-beradik dan kita number 3. Bila kita dah Primary One kita orang pindah ke Batu Pahat, Johor.

Kat sano yati ada bela se-ekor ayam. Bungkus dengan kain macam baby, dan selalu yati ajak dia cycling satu taman....seronok dan sayang betul dengan dia. Nak dekat 3 tahun bela ayam tu, sekali satu hari tu balik, tanya Mak, "Mana ayam yati"...Mak cakap "Dah kena sembelih, sedekah kat orang"... Macam nak pecah jantung, sedih rabak, tengok reban kosong je.

Lepas Primary 6 kita pindah ke Ayer Hitam, Johor. Tapi kat sana, bukan macam orang singapore, tinggal dengan mak-bapak sampai kahwin, orang sana kebanyakan bila sekolah duduk kat asrama. Untuk 6 tahun (secondary school) kita dok kat Sekolah Menengah Perempuan Temenggong Ibrahim. Cuma dapat balik sebulan sekali. Rindu macam nak apa, tapi mak-apak tak nak ambik balik, merayu rabak pun tak guna.

Dah tamat sekolah, yati koje kat Penang, hidup sorang berdikari tapi sekojap aje. Lepas tu kita koje jadi Cikgu pulak kat Ayer Hitam, Sekolah Kebangsaan Kota Dalam. Tapi jadi cikgu ni kita tak favouritelah pasal malas nak layan budak-budak... banyak nak berak... malas nak cibuk. Actually kita ni dapat masuk Maktab Perguruan Durian Daun di Melaka, tapi pasal tak nak jadi cikgu, so tak accept... Masa tu Mak kita punya mengamuk sampai halau kita dari rumah, pasal tak nak ikut cakap dia. Dia nak sangat anak dia jadi cikgu, so bila kita reject, dia hampa lah. Dua minggu kita tak boleh balik rumah, dok rumah sedara, pasal dah kena halau.

Lepas tu kita cari kerja glamour, dapat koje kerani kat Multipurpose Bank kat Holiday Plaza... sampailah jumpa si Brad Pit dari singapore ni, dia tercegat kat depan bank. First time, nampak dia macam samseng atau drug addict, ada janggut dan misai, takde hati lansung.. takut lagi ade. Dia ajak kita dating, tapi bila first date/dinner, dia asyik cerita pasal ex-girlfriend aje. APE KONO!... ade ke ajak kita dating, lepas tu tak habis-habis cerita pasal Sufiah lah... Hariyati lah.... NYAMPAH!.. Lepas tu bila tengok wayang dengan dia, dia makan popcorn macam tak makan setahun, dan tak jemput kita lansung... Kite pun heran, eh budak ni kebulur sangat apasal?.. tengok wayang asyik ajak berbual.. irritating. Second date pun masih takde hati dengan dia...

Hati start terbuka untuk dia bila dapat email dari dia... mat kental ajak seriouslah. Terharu baca email tu... romantik dan very sincere. Pergi koje tunjuk kat members semua. So kita reply dia balik... oklah kita accept, apa nak jadi-jadilah. So macam gitulah cerita sampai beranak penak sekarang.

Ada satu birthday tu, dia present kita rantai. So dia macam nak surprise kitalah... Dia taruk dalam mulut, lepas tu kira macam stylelah keluar slowly dari mulut. Tapi bukan rantai aje keluar, air liuh dia semua terkeluar sekali, banyak pulak tu... eeeeiiii geli!!!"

Main weblog for any family event discussion

http://hjsalleh.blogspot.com/

I've created this weblog for main discussion of any family's events. For the moment, Oja and Arin's wedding plans and accomodation can be discussed there. Any family members can posts any invitations to any family events, and use the date of the event when posting, not the default posting date.

Just login in as hjsallehfamily and password is happyfamily
(www.blogger.com)

Please feel free to update anything, or change anything if it needs to be amended. Hopefully this will make contacting or informing family members easier. I will email this info to all members, and I hopefully everyone in the family will get to access it.

http://hjsalleh.blogspot.com/

Bowling Tournament

Mai we had fun watching you bowl to the longkang on the left, and then the next bowl you put it in the longkang on the right... consecutively... and as if that's not enough, you can transfer your "tecnhique" to the bowler on the next lane...good job, well done.

As I see everyone bowl, there's a certain uniqueness that everyone does...
1- Anis, a slow throw technique, the ball rolls happily taking its own sweet time, must really wait long-long
2- Abg Jaafar, an aggressive thrower who wants to destroy everything in his path, really Ultra-Violent throw
3- Aan, just go to the front and then...plop... drop the ball, and let nature takes it course
4- Khairul, gelek a bit, "shake your bon-bon" then throw... got potential... be ricky martin of bowling
5- Bik/RMS, I can't really see the throws because can't really see from behind ...seriously can't see the lane also... hehe
6- Mai, well... let's just say, she tries her best to avoid the bowling pins at all cost, her children Mohammad and Danish gets to bowl also, luckily they didn't drop the ball on their feet.

As for me, I'm still figuring out my style, half the time thinking which leg to step off first then where to aim, is it looking at the floor or the pins, most of the time the ball has a mind of its own, I let it go where it wants to go, not where I want it to go.

With the exception of Mai, everyone else get to strike. Ylo couldn't join in the fun, because she recovering from backache, so the next best thing is become the cheerleader for her husband.

So final score,
Anis-104 Mai-63 JJ-100 Aan-90 Mkn-104 Bik-74 3X-94

Anyway, too bad Yan/Herman and family are nowhere to be seen, she's been "organising" this tournament for almost a week but unfortunately they got stuck at the checkpoint at the last minute, no worries... beat ya guys next time.

3X Report Card

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Juliana Report Card

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3X says"Wah nampak report card si Juliana, teringat masa kecik-kecik dulu. You all nak tahu, kecik-kecik dulu I used to "liquid paper" my report book, pasal banyak sangat merah. So takut kena marah dengan bapak, I blanko the red, write back in blue. Dah lepas bapak sign, I blanko balik original red marks. Secondary 1 sampai 2 ok, markah semua bagus-bagus, tapi lepas Sec 3 and 4, dah start main-main. Even though I express science stream class 4.1 (kira class paling champion, gua sorang aje melayu) tapi gaul dengan budak-budak normal stream. Cabut classlah, pergi gaduh kat atas bukit, tangkap stoinglah... siapa yang sekolah Chai Chee Secondary School, tahulah tu kat belakang sekolah tu ada bukit, famous for gang-clash. Lepas tu sekolah Singapore Technical Institute, main-main lagi. Exam dan test asyik hand-in blank paper aje, stylelah konon. Bila dah start malas nak belajar tu, haii... otak cramp tak boleh take it... agaknya puberty kicking in.

I found my true calling bila buat my diploma in computer studies after my NS. I actually start to enjoy studying, and I really want to pass exams, no more blank papers... hehehe. Eventually passing exams becomes very addictive, because its sooo satisfying. Then a few years later, after getting married, gatal lagi... took my advance diploma... susah nak mampus, banyak pakai memory dan reasoning power, didn't really enjoyed it but eventually completed it also.

I thought I had enough of the "paper-chase" already, then a few years later I got another calling. Actually it all started when a friend of mine laughed at me when I said I want to take a degree course. Yes from a laughter, it become my motivation to do it. And I did it! Sign up for the course, and never look back. Every exams feel so nerve wrecking feel like want to die. It was crazy, during the 2 year course I didn't even know what I am studying at all, I hated the subjects and I hated the exams, the tests and the projects. Numerous times I was thinking "what the f%k did I get myself into?" but what kept me going was Juliana, Iman and Nadhirah's face. I had to do it, I need to tell them when they're older, that I did it for them.

Alhamdullilah I completed the computing Degree studies, with Honours (3rd Class) tau, don't play-play... hehehe. Dah beranak penak baru nak belajar, sampai kena neglect family, terperuk dalam bilik. Buat thesis 15K words, macam nak pengsan. Teringat 3 years ago time belajar, orang semua jalan hari-raya, gua tengah ambik exam. Alhamdullilah, berkat anak-anak dan doa sebelum ambik exam, pass jugak akhirnya. Ni sekarang ingat nak ambik Masters tapi financial cannot make it... doakan one day can become a reality."

Sweetdarling Blogspot

Another family fellow blogger, this time Wani... Busu/Idah.

Their Blogspot : http://sweetdarling.blogspot.com/

Give a Shoutout!

Snow City

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Saturday Outings... Bapak/Tok's Birthday

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& Hj Salleh Birthday

Night Safari

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Father and Son

3X says to his children "To my dearest children... you all make my life complete. Each one of you are just equally irritating and equally addictive. You drive me crazy and at the same time you bring me back down to earth. The greatest lesson you teach me is tolerance, by testing my patience constantly.

Even from young each of you have special abilities, I am never short of feeling awed with the things what each of you can do. Juliana, most of the time you can be a whiner, but you are a very hard-working child I've ever known. Iman, you are such a cry baby, but you are a very lovable brother to your sisters, even though they don't like you that much. Nadhirah, you know you get attention, ergo you get what you want, and you are I think going to be the smart one when you grow up.

Listen....Take your time to grow up, just relax and take it easy. I don't want any perfection from all of you, in fact I want you all to screw up at times, because thats the time when you learn and grow, and be strong as a person. Don't study hard but play hard... Have fun, now and especially later in life. As a father, like any other father in this world, I worry constantly for all of you, what I can I'll do anything for your happiness, forgive me if I have lacked or screw up myself.

What inspired to write about all of you now is because I have been listening to the song "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens (now remake by Ronan Keating). And also because I know in a few blinks of the eye, you all will be flying off the coop, and living off your own lives, and soon we, your parents will be someone you see when you feel obligatory.

This Satuday let us celebrate the birth of our Father/Grandfather... for without whom, we will not be what we are today. What he have achieved, raising a dozen children during his time is beyond what is humanly possible. All of us will never- ever-ever know how it is to raise and feed so many children, its near impossible to do it in this present times. We worry about what cars to get, where to go for holidays, what toys/clothes to buy for our children... imagine him at our age, with so many mouths to feed, I don't think I have the resilience to achieve half of what must be done to raise a big family. So let's celebrate life, let's celebrate birth, let's celebrate him....

9th April 1918

Juliana School Works

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Juliana says "Hmmm... hari ni kita sakitlah... actually kita dah pergi sekolah tapi pukul 4 petang gitu kita muntah kat class. Ms.Choi talipon abah suruh ambik kita kat sekolah. Abah kita sampai lepas tu ambik kita bawak balik. Kita ni jangkit si Nadhirah lah, dia dah sakit sejak hari minggu, tapi dia dah baik sekarang. Kawan-kawan kalau nak tengok homework dan test kita clicklah kat link kat atas. Buku spelling pada teacher, nanti bila dah dapat balik kita tunjuk dengan kawan-kawan ok... Oklah kita nak tidurlah, kepala tengah pening, besok kita rasa macam tak sekolahlah, tapi ada english test, so tak dapat buatlah. Mintak-mintak hari Jumaat dah baik, pasal kita nak pergi Night Safari."

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Camera Phone

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Well here as promised the tips to make your camera phone captured pictures look more like your megapixels camera quality images. Go through the tips, follow the rules and the most important thing is to use the these software to enhance the outputs. So download them and use it. Of the 2, Stoik Cameraphone Enhancer produces better results, though its not free, you can still use it for 15 days (trial).

http://www.picasa.com
&
http://www.stoik.com/products/Mobile_enhancer/

if using Picasa2, under Basic Fixes you can just use I'm Feeling Lucky to edit the pic.
for more info : http://www.picasa.com/features/features-edit.php

Jurong Bird Park and Wild Wild Wet

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Nadhirah says "Hi friends! Hari ni kita pergi Jurong Bird Parklah! Seronok tau, kita tengok burung-burung, tapi hujan sikitlah so kita semua basah sikit, tapi takpe... kita jalan-jalan jugak. Ada burung-burung naughty tau, kejar kita... kita pun nangis.. takut!... Kita naik Panorail, dia macam monorail kat sentosa tapi ini punya ada air-con."

Yati says "I like kat Dimbula, tempat sarang besar sekali, kita boleh jalan-jalan kat jembatan yang setinggi 9 tingkat. Untuk kasi burung-burung Lories makan, kita boleh beli satu cawan nectar. Burung-burung suka betul minum benda tu, bila kita offer nanti ramai yang bertenggek kat tangan dan kepala kita. Cuma satu takut kena "spray" dengan burung-burung tu. So kalau anyone pergi bird park ni, I recommend you pergi kat Dimbula, second stop kalau naik Panorail... tapi jangan takut bila kena attack dengan burung."

Juliana says "Lepas kita jalan kat bird park, kita semua pergi Wild Wild Wet pulak, pasal hari ni freelah masuk...yahooo!!!.. Abah pun dengan pantas drive pergi kita pergi Downtown East kat Pasir Ris...kita pun swim - swim -swim...yeah! Wah penat betullah, tapi seronok, nanti next week Friday 8/4 kita pergi Night Safari pulak dan Sunday 10/4 Snow City...Saturday 9/4 Tok punya birthday, so next weekend, kita lagi busy."

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*tip* all the pictures taken are from my handphone Motorola C550 which is the cheapest camera phone in the market. Generally camera phone produce crappy quality, but with good lighting and some "magic tweaks", it can turn out good sharp quality photos. If anyone interested in these "magic tweaks", let me know and I can post the tips here.

New Addition to the Family

Md.Ilham bin Ibrahim

Tahniah kepada Munirah dan Ibrahim

29 March 2005
"very handsome baby"
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Yati says "Hai.. dah tua aku ni makin bertambah cucu aku... hehehe... mak dan apak kat ayer hitam cuma ada 9 cucu aje, aku kat singapore dah belasan cucu-cucu. Anak mai, nur, mamat, uji, munirah, yan, semua akan panggil aku nyai atau nenek, umur baru 32 tahun... seronok... seronok.... Anyway kita semua singgah ke rumah mak minah, tengok baby, terpegun jugak tengok baby ni, handsome betul. Beratnya cuma 3Kg aje, very small size. Munirah cakap labornya cuma 1 jam aje, masuk delivery ward 4:30pm, by 5:30pm dia dah bersalin. Dia cerita Brahim asyik sibuk ambik gambar, sampai kena tegur dengan nurse...hehehe... biasalah excited. Teringat dulu-dulu masa nak teran si Juliana keluar, si 3X sibuk tengok World Cup 98 kat TV."

3X says "tulah Italy tengah lawan France that time, macam mana nak concentrate kat you... doktor Aziz pun sibuk tanya score. Lain kali kalau ada game janganlah labour dulu, tunggu dah habis game baru teran.. hehehe.. Anyway, that baby quite good lookinglah, must have followed his Great grand uncle Brad features. So all the best to munirah, and especially to brahim... you the man!

Jules, Eamon & Ned says "Yeah!!! Tommorow we going Jurong Bird Park"

Midnight Supper

Midnight Supper at
Al-Amin Restaurant 24hour.