It's my birthday...

Yeah... today is my birthday... dah semaking tua... dah makin nak mati... what's my wish??? hmm.. i don't really make wish for my birthday... sbb selalunya my wish buat lepas solat hehehe... everyday, specifically masa birthday... none..

anyway, terima kasih for all the wishes on the phone, on sms, on bbm, on ym, on gtalk, on facebook, on email, straight to me (kat office) and straight to my cheek :-) thanks all...(and for those yg tanya bila nak jadi papa/dpt anak... ha... i need your doa as well, lets doa sama2.. mudah-mudahan doa ramai2 ni lebih berkat... insyaAllah :-) )

and for simple celebration my lovely wife buat kan choclate cake semlm... hehehe... thanks for the cake sayang!!! :-) first attempt buat kek kat doha.. really appreciate your effort... its just perfect!!!

and kesian kat dia, kena celebrate my birthday sehari awal, sbb aku sibuk nak tgk WTA match malam ni kat stadium... that's how we celebrate my birthday this year, tgk tennis.. hehehe...(so kayu hahaha)

Happy Birthday...

Happy Birthday....

tahun depan kita celebrate kat Doha ok!!! :-)

Ari tu...

Weekend agak busy... byk aktiviti... and kat Doha pun byk event... i.e. ada WTA tennis tournament (yg serena williams menang dan tahun ni aku tak g pun) dan Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF).

Bagi aku weekend sudah start awal, hari rabu tu aku rasa dah weekend dah... it was my birthday rabu sudah 28.10 :-) tp aku tak lah celebrate apa2 pun, sbb aku tak tahu apa punca nak celebrate, bukannya ada apa2 significant nya hari tersebut dlm tahun 2009, tp it was really significant lah berpuluh tahun sudah bila aku lahir. but still kalau ada org nak celebrate birthday aku, aku terima je.. :-)

hari khamis lepas keje dah mula start aktiviti, seperti tahun2 lepas, antara summer ngan winter it is a good time utk buat aktiviti mengetam/crabbing (menangkap ketam). aku rasa berbondong2 org malaysia dok doha ni g ke al khor/simaisma g tangkap ketam. including my circle of frens... sampai kat simaisma pun dah ramai org, siapa geng2 org india dtg dgn bas lagi.. kat tengah2 laut masa cari ketam rasa mcm jalan kat mall, bising... semua bersembang and asyik lah berselisih... end up ketam pun tarak.. ada lah tapi sikit sangat... most of org malaysia yg turun ke laut dpt sikit last week.. ketam dah tahu dah kot, weekend kena dok umah, kalau tak mati kena tombak... :-)

tp it is not all about mengetam... selalunya kitaorg dah prepare bbq... so bab membakar tu lah best.. makan makan makan.. punya banyak ayam and kambing... sampai tak abis lah mentekedarah... btw, depa buat my birthday celebration ari tu, ada lah cake... and still dapat hadiah hehehe... terharu, thanks kak ruby & naguib, dilla n shah, abe & diba... :-) by around 11-12 kitaorg pun berangkat pulang ke doha... (oops, later2 dpt gak hadiah dr zaireen and che le n ija :-) thanks!!!)

Jumaat pagi takde apa2 aktivity.. since semlm dah tido lewat... tido je lah.. and kemas umah (that's the intention :-) ) tgh hari tu aku plan nak g tgk movie from DTFF (the festival film). cadangnya nak tgk movie Michael Moore - Capitalism : Love Story. tiket plak dah habis, n kena beratur kalau2 ada seat kosong... so we decided to purchase tickets for hari sabtu lah sbb takut abis mcm ari ni... but mmg sia2... tiket hari sabtu pun abis i mean for those show yg kitaorg blh tgk, apa punya bengong... aku cakap bengong sbb depa ada jual blue card so that kita boleh beli tiket screening... tp kalau semua cite nak tgk dah sold out, mcm membazir je beli blue card tu... so sbb kan geram, aku beli lah tiket tgk midnite malam tu... sin nombre.

Hari jumaat ada gak bowling tournament anjuran MAQ... tahun lepas aku complain.. and tahun ni aku tolong che le organise... aku rasa apa yg aku complain tahun lepas aku dah improve tahun ni... i.e. semua main serentak... takde lah masa sesetengah org tgh main ada yg dah balik dah... dan yg paling utama, aku dah minta the committee utk buat announcement dalam bahasa melayu hik hik hik... ini pun berjaya.. baru lah Malaysia... the game was ok... aku cuma dpt no 3 je... :-) actually ni lah first time aku nak menang game boling, pada balingan 10 utk game terakhir tu, aku blh menang if aku strike all the 3 throws tu... tp sbb terkejut/gugup... hampeh... spare pun tidak... jawabnya no 2 pun terlepas.. hehehe... takde rezeki... hasil duit menang tu pun dah abis... belanja kengkawan yg celebrate my birthday the night before... hehehehe...

so pas boling dlm 10.30pm tu siap2 terus g tgk Sin Nombre... a story about usaha org2 hondurans nak cross mexico menuju ke US... a story about kesusahan hidup di samping gangsterisme... the story about hope, loyalty, power, family, friendship, love and hope... all in one.. its a good movie, i kinda love it sbb cite dia about something yg aku tak pernah nampak before... life about other part of the world, which buat aku rasa nak g travel ke sana plak... and walaupun penat, aku tak pun tido.. so kira ok lah tu.. (aku akan tido kalau cite macam james bond and die hard.. but not life story :-) ) but what surprise me, ada gak sex scene... yg tak ditapis... hebat gak Qatar ni... and org semua faham... its normal, tak lah plak sampai nak kena ban kat surat khabar plak lepas tu... not that i know of lah... kat malaysia je kecoh, konon buka baju masa concert pun kecoh.. kalau nak kecoh, tak payah buat concert langsung, concert terkinja2 tu pun bukan budaya kita :-) anyway, jam 2am br sampai umah.

hari sabtu, ada training volleyball sempena friendly game antara malaysian ngan indonesian yg dok kat alkhor... jam 7am aku dah gerak ke al khor... game was good, we can have a stable first team lah... dengan latihan pun sekali, and like me after 3 tahun tak main volleyball... abis lah sakut semua sendi lepas training tu.. hahaha... (mmg pun, hari ahad... macam tak leh nak bend dah lutut... hik hik hik) al khor ni is another pekan 50km north of Doha... pekan utk org2 keje minyak je. kalau aku dok kat sini, dgn kemudahan main vb ni, sure lah aku tak gemuk mcm sekarang... hahaha

trained sampai jam 12... then balik n rehat... jam 5pm g plak celebrate birthday myra... anak aizal ngan yeen.. dia br 2 tahun... :-) again makan makan makan... thats the end of my last weekend... full of activities... :-) start with a birthday, end with another birthday.. :-) weekend ni pun mcm penuh gak rasanya :-) ada game lawan indon, ada ceramah haji and doa selamat...

Thanks peeps!!!

Khamis malam Jumaat (semlm) kak ruby n naguib jemput member2 n aku datang umah dia... ada bbq plus nak sambut birthday seperti biasa... since makan2 session almost like a routine... aku pun tak de lah nak bawak camera dah... and again its a birthday party utk bebudak... bawak hadiah (or in this case x bw pun, sbb kirim dilla je g beli n bawak, thanks dilla). so again, its makan2... so same old thing.

bila dah kebanyakan bbq siap masak, we gathered around and sing the birthday song... masa tu aku plak kepochi nak suruh semua org pakai that funny party hat, sesaja buat kecoh.... ntah mcm mana, the song which supposed to be sing as "happy birthday Adif!!!!, happy birthday to you..." bertukar jadi "Happy birthday Zal.... happy birthday to you..." aku sebenarnya tak sempat nak register apa tetiba lain plak ni... plus bebudak plak mcm tercengang2... adif lagi lah terkejut tetiba ada org2 tua steal the limelight....rupanya there was a surprise (belated) birthday party for me... thanks peeps... ingat jugak korang kat birthday aku, walaupun dah lewat 22 hari :-) aku mmg terkejut... and tak prepare.... depa siap bawak hadiah lagi... and mmg betul curi limelight dr adif :-) and plus mengotor kan umah org.. :-)

here some photos!!! (thanks dilla for the photos, ni pun curi dr fb dia.... hahaha)

Ulangtahun Blog...

Dah 2 tahun blog ni wujud...

Dah hampir 2 tahun lah aku kat doha ni...

awalnya blog ni wujud cuma nak menceritakan kehidupan aku kat my close family member and old frens kat malaysia...

but in turn... blog ni telah menemukan aku ngan few new friends... yg now become some of my best friends... dan ada yg bakal jadi my friends...

awalnya blog ni ditulis utk aku meluahkan ke tidak puas hatian aku pada keadaan, tempat, orang-orang sekeliling aku...

tp nak jadi cerita, kawan-kawan aku kat doha pun dah terjumpa blog ni.... so tak leh lah nak kutuk padat-padat punya... (kena buka blog lain lah kot hahahaha)...

at the same time i believed ada gak org aku tak kenal yg baca blog ni... yg a total stranger who knows me by hard dah since selalu baca blog ni (ada ke? ke aku je perasan?)....

nama pun blog ni blog perantau... setakat ni baru doha je dia merantau... i wish on its 3rd year annivesary blog ni dah merantau n bermastautin kat negara lain plak (hehehe.. dah birtday, kena lah ada wish kan). pada kawan-kawan yg baca blog ni, tolong carikan tempat utk zal ni merantau ye... dia dah segan dah called himself perantau... sbb baru 1 negara je dia pergi ni...

and i wish (harap-harap la) in my 3rd year ni ada satu event besar in my life happening yg mmg blogable... :-) if u know it, apa2 event yg wajib lah... doakan yer.. oh.... nak recommend ke? email kat zals.blogspot.com

lastly... kalau ada salah silap for the past 2 years... sejak wujud nya blog ni... minta ampun dan maaf... (since all in writing, let me know apa salah nya, so i can delete that entry, tp kalau salah grammar, mmg disengajakan)

insyaAllah...

Fun day by the pool... n birthday... and karaoke... and bbq...

hehehe... from the title dah tahu dah.. punya lah banyak aktiviti last friday... punya lah best... siap mandi kolam (bapak2 budak lagi banyak dr budak)... then celebrate birthday by the pool... sambung BBQ kat umah... and karaoke until midnite... enjoy the pics below...

the party...

and the pool..

the bbq...

buka hadiah...

and karaoke...












and finally... special pose for blog readers...

tp mcm tak sesuai je gambar ni utk bg ucapan selamat berpuasa.... hehehe...

It's Makan time again...

Last weekend we had glorious makan-makan time again...

1. by Azerdills...

Dilla dengan rela hati nya organise makan-makan for 2 valid reasons...

- first farewell utk Aizal n Yeen (hehehee... there'll be few more farewell makan2 for them coming!!!)

- surprise birthday party for akak diba yang telah mencecah usia XX tahun...

Dilla served nasi ayam n import laksam dr Eja... both were wonderfully sedap... yes they are mmg sedap... plus... dilla dah mula buat kuih yg pakai steamer... keep making kuih dilla... lama-lama nanti sure perfect! and we of course don't mind jadi ur tikus makmal utk test all the kuih muih tu...

actually we had few other makan-makan kat umah dilla ni dulu... but entah mcm mana it was not in this blog... sorry dilla... i think at 1 time tu, my camera was out of battery, so tak de ambil gambar... that was makan-makan for aidil birthday cum surprise birthday utk kak ruby, abg kimie and frans :-). but when it comes to dilla's place... one won't miss this item... hehehe....

back to the makan-makan last weekend... diba was so surprised yg ada birthday celebration utk dia. disebabkan dia memang tak sangka and this makan2 ni like normal makan2. it took her and abe more than 10 minutes (ntah2 lama dari tu) utk naik tangga ke tingkat 3, kitaorg ni plak dah lah duduk dalam gelap n sha terpaksa lah pegang kek yg dah berlilin... sampai cair lah lilin yg ada kat kek tu n kena replenish taruh lilin baru. apa lah yg digaduhkan akak n abe kat dalam kereta tu. to kak diba, hope u enjoy the surprise birthday bash.

2. by Adam's family

on saturday plak adam buat makan-makan... ada nasi goreng cina, ayam goreng with yummy lemon sauce and superb mee bandung! oh, the choc cake pun sedap... plus org lain bawak cendol, kuih ketayap n sagu gula melaka... penuh meja!

actually no one knows why there's a makan2 kat umah adam... but anyways, its makan-makan... so who cares apa reason dia... enjoy je lah.. but i guess most of us were not around masa anak dia punya birthday ari tu, ni kind of bg kitaorang tengok hadiah yg kitaorang bg kat anak dia (hahaha.. we gave the money to dilla n dia je yg beli, tak tgk pun.... :-))

and both makan-makan ends a bit late... because the guys sebuk tgk bola... hehehe... and the underdogs won!!! i like!!!

*update... We had another makan2 again tadi.. and buat projek besar-besaran... heheheh... anyway, best spain menang!!!

ad-hoc...

Azerdills yg aritu balik KL now dah balik doha :-) hooray.... and bg meraikan ketibaan semula, aku pun ajak lah few ppl g makan2 kat ponderosa... tot of having a small group je... alih2... :-D ramai plak yg turn up... which includes Mat Le's family and Adam's family... better... the more the merrier :-)


jarang dah kumpul ramai2 ni.. so alang2 i buat a surprise birthday potong kek utk org2 yg dah makin tua kat doha ni... (actually mmg dah tua pun)... Adam's birthday on 28th and Nije on 20th... sbb kan ad-hoc n tak plan... tersilap plak.. i should also celebrate birthday Che' Le yg dah lepas 15 mar huhuhuhu... tak lengkap my surprise birthday celebration utk org tua ni.. hehehe...

it was fun kalau makan2 kat restoran ni.. kids can still play around... sembang2 ok je.. and the best part lepas makan tak perlu nak cuci.. hehehe.... and the good thing makan kat sterling restaurant chain now, dia bagi coupun QR3 for setiap perbelanjaan QR10... so mlm tu kitaorang dapat 70 keping coupon QR3 = QR210 for the bills we paid (QR700) boleh lepak2 n minum kat coffee beanery for free pas ni.. hehehe....


again happy birthday to adam, nije.. and also che' le.. :-) (they are all more than 30 years old - ada yg dah almost 40 pun hik hik hik...)


p/s - thanks for adam for the pics :-)

Mak & ayah trip...

As aku cakap ari tu.. aku membusykan diri plan the weeks my parents were here... so banyak aktiviti diorganise sampai penat depa :-)

aku dah citer the main stories kat hari tu... (round-round Qatar)... so ni gambar-gambar nya...

1. BBQ @ simaisma

2. Sand Dune


3. Trip to the North

4. Birthday Maisara & Muzzil

and sampai hari ni... aku masih lagi dalam proses nak menghabis kan makanan yg my mom dah siap masak :-) still good lagi... kalau tak elok pun bedal je... thanks mak n ayah for coming all the way to Doha... at last sampai jugak...one thing yg aku betul2 realise masa depa datang sini, they are now dah tua... mmg pun.. my dad dah 60+ my mom dah nak masuk 60... age is catching them... especially my mom. although its unfair for me to judge that way sbb dia sakit hari tu, tp 60 mmg lah umur dah tua ok... aku sangat berharap depa sentiasa sihat dan dapat berjalan merata dunia mengikut hajat hati insyaAllah... hopefully they have enjoyed their time here...

and for sure, among other thing yg disampaikan masa depa kat sini... tanya aku bila lah aku nak kawin... bukan tak nak kawin... tp macam mana nak kawin kalau tak de calon isteri!!! :-) any takers out there???

Round-round Qatar...

so... apa lagi nak buat kalau ada orang datang visit doha... round-round and makan-makan lah... :-)

the first 3 days my parents decided to stay home... cuma ada bawak depa g makan kat luar n beli ikan kat corniche - they were surprised ngan harga ikan2 n ketam yg murah!!!... lagipun depa nak rehat setelah balik dari 10 hari trip Jordan Syria... mmg nampak penat pun...

then come weekends... khamis malam jumaat we held bbq by the Simaisma beach :-) awalnya aku cadang nak mengetam... tp sebab cuaca tak mengizinkan, cancel... mak bapak aku mmg teringin nak mengetam. mlm khamis tu sejuk giler!!! very windy... ramai jugak yg join... tak silap aku sampai dekat 10 kereta join the bbq... loads of food...

on Friday, pepagi aku bawak ke pasar sayur and ikan... nak tunjuk kat mak aku yg mostly semua benda ada sini... then lepas solat, sand duning!!! it was always fun sand duning... my parents enjoyed it, but my mom a bit tense sbb rasa mcm roller coaster ride katanya...

hari sabtu... aku bawak depa buat round trip to north... which covered Umm Slal Mohd, Fuweirit, Madinat Shamal, Zubara dan AlKhor... it was very tiring 7 hour driving trip... but at least depa dapat tgk places in Qatar yg kecik ni....

i guess 3 full day itinerary was a bit too much for my mom... on Sunday, dia dah tak berapa sihat... selsema.. cough n demam.. due to extreme sejuk during BBQ then dust n sand during sand duning dan later streanous road trip... macam torture dia lah plak... it was still ok on Sunday, but Monday mcm nak getting worst, so Tuesday aku bawak depa ke klinik... now she's recovering... :-) and ready to enjoy the coming weekends.... sbb mak aku sakit... tak de lah aku buat makan2...

(later aku letak gambar ok!)

now keje kat office agak busy... plus am so excited for this coming pilihanraya... will blog something on it later, kalau sempat.... anyway... i wanna wish (although dah terlambat

HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY

to my best fren in KL.... razi...

dia lah my family lawyer and legal advisor etc... thanks very much, for doing my chores and always readily giving a helping hand to my family... i am really grateful to have you as the bestest friend and also can be considered as a brother :-) semoga tahun-tahun akan datang make u wiser and healthier dan semoga semua yang dihajati tercapai... anyway, 32 is a really cool number plus being single won't make me feel that i'm too old to be single... hahahaa.. sesapa nak kenal razi... let me know!!! :-) tgh mencari calon dia tu.. hahaha

Hepi Birthday ALONG!!!

today is my elder brother birthday.... dah tua dah dia... :-)

SElaMal hARi LaHIr!!!

semoga panjang umur, murah rezeki, dan family berjaya di dunia dan akhirat!!!

DeAr AyaH!!!!

SeLaMAt HaRi LAhiR AyaH!!!!...

semoga diberikan kesihatan sempurna... dimurahkan rezeki... ditingkatkan iman... dan sentiasa dibawah hidayahNya...

InsyaAllah...

(mlm semalam tetiba aku terfikir, next year aku mesti buat big celebration utk sambut birthday my parents :-) insyaAllah...)

kebaya bandung...

first of all... dah lama aku nak taruh gambar ni... aku nak ucapkan thanks for hadiah (incl birthday) yg aku masih terima sehingga mid last month (fulamak lamanya br nak ucap terima kasih kan) aku dah ucap thanks verbally... tp saja taruh kat blog... thanks azerdills, titien, diba & abe and razi for the hadiah :-) (eh mcm kena je timing korang yg bg hadiah kan)....

ok... last weekend kitaorang agak buntu nak buat aktiviti... so dalam kebosanan tu aku pun try lah masak mee bandung... hehehe... cari je resepi kat internet dan cuba lah... tapi yg kelakar bila aku masak n rasa, baru aku tahu yang sebenarnya aku tak tahu macam mana patutnya rasa mee bandung... hahaha... jadi lah mee bandung aku terlebih manis :-). thanks diba, abe, nije, kimie and adam family for sanggup jadi guinea pig makan mee bandung aku... :-) nanti aku try buat mee rebus plak, korang jangan takut makan lagi yer...

ooh.... restoran malaysia yg pertama kat doha dah buat soft launch last weekend... we (kimi, nije n me) tried nasi lemak (the only food serve for the soft launch. we ordered sambal udang, rendang daging dan ayam percik utk makan ngan 3 nasi lemak.... in total... harga QR110 for those... and QR14 for segelas teh tarik... so go figure abt the price :-).... tp rasa sedap lah, cuma terlebih pedas...

and lepas makan owner restaurant pun sembang2 ngan kitaorang.. and she reveal abt under table money business kat malaysia yang kena kat dia... hmm... mmg lah malaysia ni negara yg mementingkan 'know who' instead of 'know how'.... but actually kat Qatar ni pun sama kan... sigh...