F.O.C

Yati says "Oh ye, lupa nak cerita, semalam lepas kita balik main bola dari sekolah tu, kita pergi swimming kat Civil Servant Club, depan Bukit Batok Bus interchange. Open house for the weekends of March, so semalam tu last daylah open house, dapat masuk free. Fooooh! tempatnya lawalah, boleh tahan jugak. Swimming poolnya macam kat Jurong swimming complex, ada lazy river, ada wave, and children playground pool. Tapi yang sedihnya, kalau nak masuk mulai hari ni, nak kena join membershipnya, nak tahu brapa? $300 yearly dan $25 monthly... mampus! tak mampulah, even kalau mampu pun mahal sangatlah. Tapi betul cantiklah tempatnya, so kita semua mandi puas-puas pasal thats the first and the last time kita dapat masuk."

Iman says "Hari ni, Iman dan Juliana ponteng sekolah pasal Abah tak kerja. Kita pagi-pagi dah masuk JB, terus nak pergi Kota tinggi air terjun, pasal Mama mengidam nak berendam dalam air. Tapikan bila kita sampai sana, terkejut kita bila entrance feenya dah naik, rm9 adult $6 child - total dia mintak kita $32. Abah cakap tak payahlah, pasal macam tak worth-it aje, bayar mahal-mahal tapi tempat takde improvements."

Nadhirah says "Kita pun balik bandar johor, ke Jusco. Kita pun plan nak masuk RedBox KTV, sekali chargenya lagi mahal, $18 adult dan $5 child, tapi totalnya si budak kaunter tu mintak rm$52. Ah tak payahlah, nyanyi karaoke kat rumah lagi free. Lepas tu kita plan nak tengok wayang pulak. Sekali kat wayang Ice Age 2 belum start pulak. Lagipun wayang kat Jusco tu pun mahal rm$10 dan $6 child - total rm$38. Abah pun cabut!"

Juliana says "Lepas makan dan main-main games kat sana, Abah cakap ada tempat boleh mandi dan free pulak tu. Dia pun bawak kita ke Austin Hill Golf resort. Park kat sana, lepas tu bila orang sana tanya, kita eksyen guest kat hotel tu, dan kita pun mandi kat swimming pool...hehehe... Kita orang pun swimming puas-puas kat situ dengan guest-guest yang lain, mama pun swimming sekali, dapat dia lepaskan mengidam nak berendam. At the end of the day, dapat jugak kita beriadah dengan percuma...hehehe"

Goooaaallll..........

Iman says "Wah today kita penat rabaklah. Pagi-pagi kita dah masuk Johor, beli minyak, makan dan beli barang rumah. Kita breakfast kat Danga Bay, makan kuih sampai berbelas ringgit, makan sampai ke tekak. Lepas tu pergi Giant Plentong, kita orang minum air aje, tapi abah makan lagi. Lepas tu beli minyak full tank dan balik jalan Tanjung Putri. Balik dari Johor, tengahari kita pergi Jurong point pulak. Jalan-jalan kat 'pasar-malam' sebelah mrt station, pasal abah tengah cari stokin bola." "

Juliana says "Lepas tu kita pergi Lihua pri sch, untuk family soccer match. Sampai sana, maklong bawak kuih, bibik bawak pizza, siang-siang abah dah start makan, macam mana dia nak lari? Semua dah siap dengan boot bola dan jersi merah, foooh semua kencang lah."

3X says "Very good match and very exciting, and in the end, We are the Champion, with a score of 5 -2 in our favour (its my blog so I write what I want!). Every player were excellent, all raring to go and full of adrenalin. Worth a mention is Atiq who despite being smaller and a girl, have tackled men twice her size. That goes for Zohri too. Extremely proud of them. Abang Atid despite being the oldest player on the field, manage to play both halves of the game. Great Stamina! Abang Roslan worth a mentioned too, he played with a lot of gusto and dedication! Faiz and Ajan, these 2 brothers would make a good combination if they played longer. Iskandar chases for the ball the most, although his finishing is a bit off, but his running is commendable, shows extreme commitment! Anis makes a great team captain, shows a lot of leadership for the team. Arin, what can I say, you look overweight, but I saw you run like you never run before, for the ball, great defending!... don't worry I also beg to be taken out too. And of course, Udi has made history by scoring the very first goal for the family team!

As for me, if not for my kidney feeling like its going to explode, I would have played more than 10 minutes...hehehe. But heck its my blog and write what I want to... I've played the best game of my life, scoring a hat trick, 30 thousand spectators at the St.James stadium cheering for me........"

School and Weddings.

Iman says "Iman sekarang dah improve banyak tau, kita punya malay test kita dapat 9/10, dan spelling pun dah boleh dapat banyak betul. Kita sukalah pergi sekolah, sampai hari sabtu dan minggu pun kita merengek nak pergi sekolah. Tapi bila balik sekolah, kalau abah tanya kita belajar apa kat sekolah, kita suka cakap 'What Donno!'....hehehe."

3X says "6 weddings videos to edit. 3 nieces and 3 close friends. Chinese wedding also have. My friend Man's wedding (bride and groom orang melayu) dibuat 2 hari kat hotel seh, very high budget, potong kek dengan pedang, very westernised theme, I told him at least adakan kompang ke pe nampak melayu sikit. For the chinese wedding, I blurr rabak, don't know what they all talking about, so I edit a bit hantam but it turn out ok. Yang lagi satu indian muslim couples pulak, so sedara semua macam bollywood actor and actresses, tapi samalah dengan culture melayu. Would you believe it, Odah punya still doing, dah anak satu pun belum habis..hehehe, actually dah habis tapi dia nak tambah lagi sikit at the end. Munirah punya pun masih in production, pasal tape dia in VHS-C format, so nak kena cari playernya.

It's fun doing wedding videos because everyone's happy. Anxious grooms, beautiful brides, lots of foods, relatives and friends all around. Although I don't get paid for doing this, but the happy feeling inside is a much better reward."

yeah right....

3X says "Watched a certain award program last night, and felt compelled to write something about it. Those of you who watched would have seen 2 reality TV "instant-mee" superstars singing duet. And also would have seen (or maybe cheered) when one of them, won the Popular Male award, against other real singers. "Popular"??? hmmm... Why am I not sure about that? I am not a fan of either singers, and I don't think both of them got good voices nor can sing very well.... well ok lets analyse this.

This award is for being the most popular male artist (not best vocals). If you think about it, the winner is only popular in his country (which has a very small population), and I don't think he can make it in other country. While the other one, comes from a big country, and even have fans in the small country. And if you do the math and ratio, I guess the one who comes from the big country will surely be more popular than the one from the small country.... (am I right?). So what is the award based on? recording artiste judges or votes from people?... I have my doubts.

I would have like to support the winner, but its just not right... as Simon Cowell would say "Completely and utter rubbish!".

I am not typing any titles or names, for fear of people doing a net search and reading this entry. Sometimes opinion are better said when not recognised.

Anyway found a video of Mw doing silat at youtube, quite hilarious
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nHVZ3VlIu5A"

Educational TV

Yati says "You all nak tahu ni apa si abah ajar anak lelaki dia. Everytime kat TV ada pompuan pakai bikini atau baju sexy, dia tanya Iman, "Iman, besar ke kecik?", si Iman pulak pandai jawab pulak tu "Besar!!" atau "Kecik!!", dia pekik. Bukan dia nak suruh anak dia tutup mata ke apa. Lepas tu Juliana dan Nadhirah "EEEiiii, tak malu"... haiiii.. nilah kerja dia orang bila mengadap TV."

3X says "Ni kan educational, at least dia tahu in general on how to differentiate sizes, big or small. Macam kat Sesame Street, pun ada ajar jugak, cuma ni interesting sikit. betul tak Iman? ...hehehe..."

Iman says "Betul.. abah cerita Baywatch dah start.... Besar!!!"

Tanjung Piai

Iman says "Kami bertolak ke Kukup dari pukul 10pagi. Kami sekeluarga bersama Wakdir, Mak Eton dan Kak Atiqa menuju kesana untuk menetap di Tanjung Piai. Di sinilah tempat penghujung dunia Asia, ia terletak paling bawah sekali terselatan. Tapi sebelum kita menetap di Tanjung Piai Resort, kami melawati bandar Kukup. Di sana terdapat banyak restaurant makanan laut, tapikan ada restaurant orang cina, so kita pun tak faham sangat mana kedai yang halal.

Wakdir ajak kita orang naik ferri ke Taman Negara di Pulau Kukup. Harga seorang cuma rm5 aje. Seronok jugaklah dapat naik feri, tapi tak jauh sangat dekat aje, 10 minit dah sampai ke pulau tu. Kat pulau tu kan, kita naik suspension bridge tinggi sekali. Kak Atiqa kelakarlah dia selalu nervous aje... hehehe macam Iman jugak. Kat pulau kita jalan dalam hutan, baguslah very educational. Bermacam pokok dan binatang kecil yang terdapat di situ.

Sampai kat tengah pulau, kita naik tower yang tinggi nya 6 tingkat. Di atas.. foooyoh!! luas kehijau-hijauan permandangan pokok-pokok di bawah. Kita tak penat tau, kita naik dengan Wakdir lepas tu dengan Abah pulak.

Setelah jalan sejauh 1.2km (600m pergi balik) kami tunggu ferri untuk membawa kita ke Kelong pulak. Wah seronoklah kat atas kelong tu, bermacam-macam ikan yang besar-besar yang mereka pelihara. Ada satu ikan tu berharga rm40 sekilo, dan beratnya adalah 3kg, bermakna harganya rm120. Puas tu kalau makan. Wakdir pegang anak Ikan Yu, kita takutlah pasal mulutnya sentiasa nak gigit orang. Mama dia suka kat kelong, dia cakap "the happiest time of her life!"...hehehe

Nadhirah says "Setelah penat kita berjalan-jalan dan ambik gambar di Pulau dan Kelong, feri tu membawa kita balik ke Kukup. Perut pun dah start bergelora, tekak pun dah haus, so kita makan kat restoran Zaiton Hussin. Kat sana kiri-kanan semua restoran. Tapikan kita makan nasi goreng aje, pasal tengah-hari selalunya kata tak makan banyak.

Kami menetap sehari semalam di Tanjung Piai Resort. Jauhnya kurang-kurang 9km dari Kukup. Chaletnya berada di atas lautan, kena jalan jembatan untuk ke bilik resort tu. Bilik kami bersebelahan dan dinding rumahnya kayu tipis, so kita main pekik-pekik dengan Kak Atiqa...hehehe. Di sini takdelah shopping centre atau kedai, jadi very peacefullah tempatnya. Permandangan laut luas kat depan, boleh nampak 3 negeri, Singapore, Malaysia dan Indonesia. Abah dia favourite tinggal tempat macam gini, pasal dia paling tak suka holiday tempat sibuk traffic atau tempat shopping.

Di Tanjung Piai pun ada Taman Negara jugak, dan disinilah tempat yang paling terbawah di Asia. Kena jalanlah untuk masuk dalam hutan, tapi kerana kita dah kepenatan sebelumnya dah jalan jauh kat Pulau Kukup, kami jalan ke Jeti aje. Wow!!! luas nya pantai lumpur kat situ. Bersih jugak takde sampah, dan terdapat banyak mudskipper kat pantai lumpur tu.

Juliana says "Pada malam harinya kita makan di Kukup lagi tapi tak sampai hujung. Kat situ kita makan sotong goreng, chap cai, ayam goreng... kena rm41. Kira ok jugaklah untuk kita anak beranak makan. Wakdir semua makan mee aje, tapikan lepas tu dia cari prata pulak. Sebelum masuk balik ke resort, nasib baik jumpa kedai roti chanai. Wakdir happylah, bungkus balik dan kita makan ramai-ramai kat chalet di bawah bulan mengambang. Tiupan angin fooooohhh punyalah sedap, kalau tidur kat luar ni syoklah.
Yati says " Esoknya kita makan prata lagi di Serkat (sebelum Kukup). Terimakasih Kaketon belanja kita makan. Kat situ semua kedai jual ikan, kalau kita nak barbeque di resort tu senanglah kita boleh beli barang-barang nya. Selepas makan kita balik resort. Semasa berjalan masuk, ada monyet kejar kita pasal juliana dan iman tengah pegang makanan. Atiqa dan budak-budak semua berlari elak dengan monyet tu. Si Iman kelakar seh lagi sikit masuk longkang pasal nak lari dari monyet....hehehehe. Sorry Iman, Mama tak boleh savekan Iman, pasal Mama pun penakut jugak, Abah pun macam nak cabut.

Lepas tu kita jalan tepi laut sejauh 3600km pergi ke Taman Negara. Sepanjang jalan tu ada jumpa ular, monyet, sungai dan pokok-pokok. Syok jugaklah dapat exercise dengan udara fresh tepi pantai. Tepi sepanjang perjalanan, ada banyak pokok dan daun yang kunang-kunang suka makan, kalau malam hari mesti jadi christmas tree bila firefly menyala.


3X says " Selepas checkout - kita pergi ke muzium bugis. Kat situ bermacam-macam information mengenai orang-orang bugis. Family tree foooh! complete set. Bukan bedek punya, semua official family tree, tapi I dan abang kadir tak jumpa pulak Pengulu Bachok dan Penghulu Sapir, keturunan lain kot. Dan kat situ pun ada banyak barang-barang antik yang digunakan oleh orang bugis. Dan juga ada benda tajam untuk sula orang, tak tahu pulak benda tu pernah digunakan.

Tanjung Piai ni untuk sesiapa yang suka dengan alam semulajadi.... Back to nature. So kalau sesiapa berminat untuk memancing, barbeque, bermalam di atas laut, kami sedia membawa ke sini. Rm80 = SGD35 aje untuk semalam, dan petrol rm20 dah boleh untuk pergi balik. Jangan expect shopping centres atau five star bilik, tu semua tak main, mana lagi nak dapat tidur atas laut.... priceless.

Quirky Couple

Selamat Pengantin Baru
Nur Zetty & Iskandar

I have to say something about this newlyweds... and it is - "They make a great couple". I have never come across pengantin yang paling relax and truly happy on their wedding day. No offence but I'm used to seeing couples (including me) totally stress on their big day. These 2 makes it look like its an everyday event... no worries... no problem... just be happy.

And there's one thing that cracks me up when I look at Eti, is when she smile... or try to smile. Its like someone points a gun at her, and demand "Smile at me now!!!"... hehehe, but don't worry you still look fabulous with that smile.

So to my dearest niece and new nephew - "Stay quirky, eat well, make many-many babies and live prosper together-gether". -3X

Let's spare a thought...

When we are hungry... we have food...
When we are thirsty... we have water...


When we are sick... we have medicine...
When we are tired... we have a home...



What do they have ?.....



Make Poverty History....

Can you look at them without shedding a tear.... I can't.......
3X

Video Blogging

3X says "Ok some of you have emailed asking how to make/edit/placed video for the blog. First you need a video camera obviously, but nowadays you can take videos from your digital camera, and if you are using it make sure it can capture at 25 frames per second. Some digital cameras takes at 12 fps, and this will result in choppy output, very nauseating to watch.

Once you captured already, if using (1) DV-cam - capture using firewire to your PC, but beware, the file size will be very big, (2) Digital camera - simply copy and paste the file from your memory stick to your hard-disk. The file will usually be either WMV8 (Avi) or Mpeg4 (Divx). Usually your digital camera will come with the software to edit, usually Ulead.

Then you can upload to Youtube.com as taught by tamanbahasa.blogspot.com. Very easy. It will give you the URL to put at your blog, instructions can be found at Tamanbahasa blog.

My method is more tedious, as I encode the final edited file to Flash 8 using Macromedia Flash MX, too make the file size really small and host it at imageshack, the reason I do this is, I like to keep it private and not open to public. But imageshack will only allow 1mg of filesize, which is fine by me, because I will only put 1min video for the blog. Internet streaming is still too slow, so the longer the video - the bigger the file and the longer the wait for it to stream, and I don't like waiting. The videos I placed in my blog, if you noticed are all 1 min only. Don't think 1 min is too short, think about advertisements on TV, how it can capture the viewers attention in such a short span of time.

So get your cameras out, capture all your precious moments, and looking forward to seeing your videos. Any other queries you can still email me.

Cerita budak-budak....

Iman says "Iman sekarang spelling makin improve tau, sekarang dah macam nak pandai sikit. First-first kita dapat 1/10, lepas tu 3/10, lepast tu 4/10, sekarang kita dah dapat 4/5. Hee..hehe.. yang last-nya ada 5 aje, teacher kasi chance sikit, tak kasi banyak-banyak. Actually spelling ok, tapi bila tulis word-nya ada lain sikit, tu pun teacher tak kasi chan mark salah."

Nadhirah says "Hi kengkawan, birthday kita dah nak dekat lagi 2 minggu lagi. Kita tak tahu kira, tapi kalau abah tanya umur brapa, kita cakap "40 dollars". Kita pun tak tahu apa makna tu. Dan kalau kita nak beli mainan, kita bayar "40 years old". Betul ke tidak?"

Juliana says "Kita pulak kan, spelling kita semua dapat 10/10, english dan malay semua kita dapat betul. Abah dan mama dah tak ajar kita lagi, pasal dah sibuk dengan iman. Tapi takpe, pasal homework kita boleh buat sendiri. Kita pun suka pinjam buku kat library, dan suka baca suratkhabar New Paper."