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Monday, July 5, 2010

Shrek Forever - Family Values

Hari2 dok rumah dan mengadap keje2 rumah yg x penah abis dan layan kerenah anak2 yg kadang kala boleh buat sy sakit jiwa, mmg memenatkan. Kadang2 tu sy merungut gak dlm hati, walau tahu x baik merungut - x ikhlas namanya! Tapi hati kita ni kan kadang2 jahat...suka je mencetuskan kontroversi.

Baru ni sy tgk Shrek Forever - the last sequel of Shrek movies. Sy mmg dah naik hafal dah citer Shrek dr first sequel sampai third sequel, disebabkan berkali2 tgk demi melayan kerenah anak2 yg mcm x jemu aje tgk movie2 Shrek. So this fourth sequel is something that I looked forward to watch.

Mcm biasa, movie Shrek ada byk good values yg boleh dipelajari. Sesuatu yg menyentap perasaan sy sendiri. Kisah kali ni, Shrek yg telah dikurniakan anak kembar 3 bersama Fiona, menjalani kehidupan sbg bapa yg penuh dgn tanggungjawab dan rutin. Mula2nya Shrek excited, tapi lama-kelamaan Shrek mula jemu dgn kehidupannya yg sgt rutin dan hectic dan memenatkan...maklum la jaga anak kembar 3, sy yg jaga anak kembar 2 pon huru hara!

Shrek mulai terkenang2kan kehidupan ogre nya dulu - yg lone langer tapi penuh kebebasan. Dia rindu nak menjadi ogre yg digeruni ramai sbb by now semua org dah tak takutkan Shrek lagi, in fact ada yg siap mempermain2kan Shrek lagi.


image from here

Then, waktu harijadi pertama si kembar 3, Shrek menjadi terlalu tertekan dgn perasaannya dan hilang kawalan bila dia menjerit sekuat hati tetapi dianggap bergurau oleh rakan2 dan keluarganya. Dek kerana terlalu marah Shrek telah menghancurkan kek harijadi anak2nya dan membuatkan semua org terkedu.

Fiona dan Shrek bertengkar dan Shrek said something he would have regret later - Shrek berkata dia telah menyesal kerana menyelamatkan Fiona dan menyebabkan kehidupannya bertukar. Fiona yg sedih pulak berkata, dia tak faham kenapa Shrek tak bersyukur dgn kehidupan yg dia ada skrg. Ada isteri, ada anak, ada kwn2 dan disayangi semua. Fiona kemudiannya berlalu pergi.

Malangnya pertengkaran mereka didengari si Rumpelstiltkin. Mamat ni dulunya hampir membuat perjanjian dgn ayah Fiona (King of Far Far Away) utk membantu mengakhiri sumpah Fiona yg penah pd waktu malam bertukar menjadi ogre (sila rujuk Shrek 1)....dgn syarat King harus la menyerahkan takhtanya kpd Rumpelstiltkin. Tp by the time the King nak sign the contract, came the news that Fiona had been saved. From that on, hidup Rumpelstiltkin menjadi huru hara dan dia berdendam dgn Shrek kerana telah menyelamatkan Fiona sekaligus menghancurkan impiannya.

So Rumpelstiltkin telah membuat perancangan utk mengenakan Shrek. Rumpelstitkin telah berjaya memujuk Shrek utk menikmati kehidupan sbg ogre seperti dahulu dgn menandatangani kontrak dgnnya.

Shrek dpt kehidupan lamanya tapi kemudiannya sedar bahawa dgn kehendaknya itu, kehidupannya bersama Fiona dan anak2 tak penah wujud. Rumpelstitskin telah memporak-peranda kehidupan semua org mengikut kehendak hati dia. Fiona, Donkey, Puss semuanya wujud dlm dimensi hidup Shrek terkini tapi malangnya semua org tak kenal Shrek. Ini kerana Shrek wished that he never saved Fiona therefore all related characters tak mengenali Shrek.

Shrek mula panik dan nak semula kehidupannya bersama ahli keluarga. Dgn bantuan Donkey, Shrek mengetahui yg dia boleh menghapuskan kontraknya by True Love Kiss. Dan Shrek mencari Fiona sbb pd Shrek Fiona adalah his true love. Again, Fiona x mengenali Shrek dan Shrek terpaksa berhempas pulas to win Fiona's heart tapi masih gagal. Bagaimanapun Shrek dan Fiona bekerjasama menentang Rumpelstitskin.

Akhirnya, utk menyelamatkan Fiona, Shrek sanggup berkorban diri but before he vanished into the thin air, Fiona kissed him and miracle happened. Sedar2 Shrek telah kembali ke waktu majlis harijadi anak2nya - moment sebelum dia memecahkan kek harijadi. Bila tersedar, Shrek memeluk Fiona dan anak2nya dan sedar mereka adalah yg paling berharga dlm hidupnya.

END.

So, kesimpulannya, sayangi dan hargai la apa yg anda miliki dlm kehidupan. Kadang2 benda yg ada depan mata, people always take it for granted and realised how much important it is once it's gone.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Weekend

Another full weekend...

Azma and family from Saarbrücken once again berkunjung kerumah. Tapi hanya semalam then Saturday pagi2 Azma dah ke Frankfurt atas urusan kerja. Then Saturday noon, Kak Rosliza & suami from Idstein dtg berkunjung buat pertama kali ke sini. Since Kak Liza nak venture Raunheim, ptg tu kami keluar berjln2 ke Einkaufzentrum (pusat beli-belah) Raunheim.

Kak Liza & the twins..all in purple!

Einkaufzentrum Raunheim ni xde la besar sgt tapi Kak Liza kata best sbb REAL, Toom Markt, pastu ada small shopping complex yg ada kedai kasut Deichman, kedai2 baju, kedai elektronik, semuanya in one place. Big store utk brg2 kelengkapan rumah TEDOX dan Toom Baumarkt pon ada. Yes, sy pon akui mmg best that semua kedai2 ni dok setempat tp sy dah selalu sgt kesini (like every 2 days) so sy dah agak bosan la jugak ngan tempat ni dan berharap Hauptwache Frankfurt is just some distance away..mcm boleh jln kaki ke dr rumah (eceh..melampau!)


Depan shopping complex tidak bernama....

Penat meronda, singgah minum kopi dan makan kek...

Then Ahad pulak, Mat & Liza dtg lepak kat rumah kami since sama2 nak menonton game WC Germany vs. England. Unfortunately Kak Liza & Abg. Azam x dpt join watching the match sbb diorg ada appointment ngan tuan rumah diorg.

Match Germany vs. England mmg sgt2 best! Sy sebenarnya bukan peminat bola, couldn´t even imagine I could sit down watching the whole game but this year WC, suddenly I´m a big fan of football. Dari x penah tau sapa dan sapa player utk negara mana, suddenly now sy kenal sapa Wayne Rooney, sapa Lukas Podolski, sapa Kevin Prince Boateng dan siap google Wiki utk kenal lebih lanjut Mesut Özil (ni player favourite sy!).

Tak rugi sokong Germany aritu (despite sy sorang je sokong Germany, cik HB & Mat sokong England hokeh!). Mmg Deutschland main dgn sgt cemerlang. Tak sabar tunggu match Germany vs. Argentina!

Ok, back to Ahad....lepas game abis, kitorg keluar berjalan kat park belakang rumah sy. Though dah pukul 7 mlm, hari masih lagi terang benderang.

Twins and basikal hadiah besday. Thanks to Uncle Mat as the major contributor!

Kat park ni penuh dgn pokok epal, plum, pear dan ceri. Dan since ianya terletak dikawasan awam, maka sapa2 pon boleh petik. Tapi buat masa ni epal, plum, pear suma belum lagi masak. Hanya ceri je yg kami boleh petik. Tahun lepas sy dah merasa dah epal kat park ni but unfortunately x sedap la. Maklum la buah free, dok kat kawasan awam, sapa la nak jaga bg ianya berbuah dgn baik. Imagine ye kalau taman2 kat malaysia tu ditanam ngan pokok mangga ke, pokok rambutan ke...pastu suka hati la sapa2 nak amik..agak2 praktikal x? Ke nanti buat bergaduh je sesama manusia?

Pokok epal

Nabihah depan pokok epal

Pokok ceri

Aksi pemetik ceri...sib baik sampai tgn nak petik...hehehe

Nabilah dan ceri yg dipetik sendiri (setelah didukung oleh Uncle Mat!)

Pokok plum

Main buai
Org tua pon boleh main gelongsor kat playground ni...hehehe

Monday, June 28, 2010

Picnic

Kat Rüsselsheim ada satu park ni, agak cantik especially di waktu summer. Since on Friday, Kak Liza & cik dee cuti dan free dr sebarang aktiviti, maka kami semua pi lepak2 kat park ni. Just bawa KFC, ceri, strawberi & roti dan lepak kat situ. Sungguh aman rasanya lepak dibawah pokok yg rendang ngan angin sepoi2 bahasa...hampir tertido la dibuatnya.

Picnic menu omputih...KFC, brötchen, cherry...

Bunga2 yg cantik kat park ni...

Ada fountain juga...

Ye, sila main puas2...

mama & Liya

Ummi and Liya..

Liya and Tok Chik & Tok Dee

Liya yg comel & cheeky...rindu la nanti bila dia dah pindah ke Aachen :(

Monday, June 21, 2010

Birthday/Eating Party?

On 18 June, it's cik HB's 32th birthday. Yes, birthday kami berdua berbeza 6 hari shj. Boleh celebrate sama2 kalau nak. Kalau ikutkan dah tua2 ni agak segan la nak ber birthday2 party kan? Especially utk org2 yg pemalu cam kami ni.

Anyway, atas permintaan ramai (ecewah...xde la ramai pon, sorang aje pon), maka kami buat la makan2 sikit sempena birthday kami baru ni. Just kami 3 famili aje campur ngan famili Kak Emi yg baru prtama kali berkunjung ke rumah sy.

Kak Liza buat home-made cendol, kerabu daging & nasi beriani, sy buat daging hitam manis, ayam goreng lemon stail mamak (ok, i know namanya agak koya sikit, tp tu resepi sy amik dr Myresepi) acar timun-karot, kek coklat, popiah & samosa. Liza bawa meatball & ayam masak pedas (lupa la cik oi nak tanya nama masakannya). Thanks to Kak Emi yg bawa agar2 milo ngan agar2...hmm... x tau! Sambil layan World Cup (Itali vs. New Zealand) dan 2 babies comel, si Liya & Asha, sy asik makan dan makan. Cendol kak liza yg super sedap tu, sy makan 3-4 mangkuk kot (lost count actually!).

My chocolate cake!

Antara dua watak utama...

Aksi comel Stefan main peek-a-boo ngan Liya

Aksi comel Cik Dee & Liya

Eh, Nabihah nampak cam kakak yg dah besar la!

Cik HB dpt hadiah jersi ori Germany yg custom-made khas sempena birthday dia yg ke-32, siap dgn nama dia lagi! Hadiah beramai2 dr Kak Liza, cik Dee, Mat, Liza, Awie & Zurina. I know he likes it very much, dah lama dia dok eyeing jersi Germany tp bertangguh2 nak beli.


Thanks to Kak Liza on her initiative nak buat majlis ni, we all had great time. When Stefan (boyfriend Zurina) nak balik, he said "this is a nice birthday party!"

And I said " What birthday party? It is all about eating party !"
^_^

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Semakin berumur....

It's nice kalau la nombor itu boleh diterbalikkan

TAPI hakikatnya....

I am 32 today.

Doakan semoga sy menjadi muslimah yg lebih baik...

Dan ageing gracefully....hehehe

Friday, June 11, 2010

Jom layan Polyvore!

Sy suka pi tgk baju2, kasut2, beg2 kat shopping complex. Cuma sy x jadi gila cam Becky Bloomwood shopping sampai terpaksa berhutang 12 credit card! Sy berangan aje lebih...dan kalau betul nak beli pon selalunya sy buat budget and cari baju bwh 20 Euro aje.

Lagi satu berangan yg best adalah di Polyvore. Walaupun x dpt memegang materialnya, cuci mata pon cukup la. Alangkah bestnya kalau shopping adalah semudah clik n clik di Polyvore ini. Tapi total kos utk berfesyen seperti dibwh adalah lebih kurang 600 Euro!

Baik sy beli Kitchen Aid....hahaha


Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Of Summer

I'm glad now it's summer.

Though sometimes some days are those rainy days, still I appreciate the warm of summer. When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I would think is to do laundry. I really love it when I manage to get wet clothes dry up under the hot sun in very quick time when during winter laundry takes at least 2 days to dry up inside the house as I don't have electrical dryer and worry whether the humidity from the washed clothes would cause mould to grow!

Then summer means you can get out from the house without having to bundle yourself in layers of clothes. It's the time to wear sandals, ballerina, slippers, pumps, stilettos....(ok, I only have two pairs of summer shoes, although I wish I could have more summer shoes...hehehe).

Summer also makes me start again with my morning walk. In winter, I gave excuses to myself that it was too cold to be outside, the road are slippery because of the snow or frost, I didn't have the right shoes to have a long walk in that weather...bla..bla..bla. But now, I force myself to start walk again, an hour a day!

The negative part of summer on the other hand...well, not many I could think of but I now keep fighting with the flies. They are absolutely non-exist, not even one you manage to find during the winter but as it hot now, they come happily flying around the house, making the buzz sounds which is so annoying to my ears. And I have to make sure that all the food are properly covered, if not it would be the feast for the flies. We have this electrical insect repellent, it resembles a tennis/badminton racket and I would be running around the house with this device, hunting the flies. I guess I use this device much better than I use the badminton racket :))

Food also easily get rotten under this weather. Recently I had to throw away half of a bread loaf because there were fungus growing on it even though the expiry date was still long way to go. Rice from the dinner the night before could also easily get rotten the day after. So I have to be alert when buying groceries. For me, buying extra load is not a good thing during this season.

The thing is, what I notice, living in a four-season land, makes you appreciate what you could have in each season.

But I guess I would probably not missing summer as we have 'Summer Forever' in Malaysia.