Cleaning in Progress

Hari ni cik HB dah plugged-off electric cooker, sinki dan mesin basuh. So officially dapur dah ditutup dgn rasminya - no more cooking & washing. Sy baru lepas menyental dinding & lantai dapur, tapi tak abis pon lagi. Penat la, konon nak abiskan malam ni tapi tak larat dah, sakit pinggang dok gonyoh2 dinding/lantai. Dapur rumah ni dipasang tiles sampai ke ceiling, and dgn stail masakan melayu kita, takde lak tu kitchen hood, makanya mmg melekat2 la dinding ngan minyak: Kebaikannya, x yah cat, cuma tang menyental tu kena kuat mental & fizikal! Mujur la dapur tak besar sgt.

This is the thing about menyewa rumah kat sini. That when you want to go out from your rented house, you have to make sure that the house is clean & proper order, kalau tak chances that you don´t get back full deposit. Dulu masa kat Malaysia, everytime kami keluar rumah sewa, kami bersihkan juga apa2 yg patut, cuma takde la sampai lap2 tingkap. Kat sini, bukan setakat sapu2 aje, kena lap tingkap, sental2 apa yg patut. . Setgh2 rumah, siap kena cat balik. Kami ni nasib x payah cat sbb dlm kontrak dah kata, kami masuk rumah ni dulu without renovation, so we leave the house as it is. Tapi kan masa winter 2009/2010 bilik anak2 kena serangan kulat, wall paper rosak, so yg tu kami pasang la wall paper baru. Thanks to Kak Liza & Mat/Liza yg dtg menolong buat wall paper dan keje2 lain.

hoh!!, dah ngantuk sgt ni...taip pon dah berapa kali tersasul ntah apa2 yg keluar!

Urusan Perpindahan

Insyaallah, lagi seminggu kami akan berangkat pulang ke tanahair. Plan nak fly 31/3 tak jadi sbb cik HB dpt date buat qolluqium on 30/3. So agak kelam-kabut la kalau nak balik 31/3. Besides, since kami nak amik MAS, 31/3 tu pon takde penerbangan MAS. Makanya target kami 2/4. Tiket dah booking tapi belum confirm sbb by Monday cik HB nak pastikan semua keje2 dia settle, baru boleh confirmkan tiket.

Hari Khamis lepas, brg2 kami dah siap dihantar utk shipping ke Malaysia. Barang2 takde la byk sgt tp nak ngangkut 38 kotak dr apartment kami turun ke bawah, jenuh jugak la. Nak2 cik HB mmg ada masalah sakit pinggang. So kami minta bantuan adik2 junior Rheimers. Mujur diorg boleh tolong. Alhamdulilah.

Kalau amik kontena agaknya, lagi jenuh nak angkut brg2...huhuhu

Abg botak susun2 kotak dlm kontena

Abg hensem yg serabut! (alamat kena delete la ni jap lagi...hehe)

Thanks adik2 Rheimers!!

Tapi walau dah shipped brg2, byk lagi keje2 nak diselesaikan. Bab nak clearkan rumah and buang brg2 pon byk gak keje. Buang barang2 pon tak boleh buang semberono. Kena contact majlis perbandaran (Rathaus) Raunheim dan buat appointment utk buang barang. Service percuma aje. Actually kami x tau pon urusan nak buat appointment tu senang, so kami minta tolong Mat callkan Rathaus since kami tak pandai Deustch. Rupa2nya kena register secara online aje, then terus dpt e-mail utk tarikh pick-up brg2. Tapi yg menguruskan benda2 ni bukan Rathaus, sebaliknya private company. Dan baru kami tau, urusan buang brg2 perabot company lain, brg2 elektrik company lain pulak. So kena buat dua appointment.

Yg buang perabot ok, kami dah dpt tarikh 29/3 ni. Adik2 Rheimers pon dah janji nak tolong angkat2 brg. Yg barang elektrik ni agak complicated sbb tarikh yg diberi on 6/4, which by that time kami pon dah balik Malaysia. So sapa pulak nak uruskan kan? Ni salah kami la sbb tak check urusan buang2 barang ni dr awal. Kalau tak, boleh buat appointment lebih awal.

Tapi kami dpt tau actually kita pon boleh hantar sendiri brg2 nak dibuang ke tempat pelupusan tu. Cuma kena keluarkan belanja sendiri la. Tu yg sedikit rugi, sbb service kutip brg2 terbuang ni free aje sebenarnya. Tapi nak buat cemana, bukannya kami boleh tinggalkan kat depan rumah camtu aje. Sini undang2 mcm2 dan nanti bising pulak tuan rumah if we do things improperly. So takpe la kalau kena keluarkan duit sikit, janji semua urusan settle dan tak menyusahkan org lain.

Doa2kan semoga urusan kami disini berjalan lancar!

Senckenberg Museum

Hujung bulan lepas, pihak kindergarten ada letak advertisement menjemput ibu/bapa dan anak yg berumur 4 thn ke atas, mengikut lawatan ke Senckenberg Museum secara percuma. As it is first-come-first-serve basis sbb tempat adalah limited, cuma ada dua sesi dgn maximum 8 org kanak2 setiap sesi, maka sy pon segera signed up.

So Jumaat lepas adalah hari lawatannya. Ada 6 org ibu & 7 kanak2, termasuk seorg cikgu dan kami travel ke Senckenberg Museum yg terletak di Bonckenheim, Frankfurt Am Main naik S-Bahn pukul 9 pg.

Kanak2 di Raunheim bahnhof

Senckenberg Museum ni merupakan muzium alam semulajadi yg menempatkan pelbagai jenis maklumat, replika, sample2 pelbagai kehidupan flora-fauna, jenis2 mineral, batu2 - pendek kata mcm2 ada. Cuma takde real animals la - yg tu kena pi tgk kat zoo la...

Sampai kat muzium, kami disambut oleh staff muzium bernama Marie. I guess she was one of the coordinator, dia explained jawatan dia tapi being me yg mmg hampas Deutsch, x leh la paham makna pekerjaan dia. Then dia bawa kami ke satu bilik, buat warming session with mothers-kids, each of us dpt name badge, then museum's map and pamphlet. Then she gave brief overview about flora & fauna around the world to the kids.

while waiting for admission

Marie - the coordinator

yeay! dpt bagde cantik!

Kemudian kami pon mula tour area muzium. Suka betul sikembar sbb Marie tu sgt bagus explain &melayan pertanyaaan budak2. Lepas siap satu explaination setiap section, Maria akan buka world map dan minta budak2 ni letak pelekat utk menunjukkan tempat flora/fauna itu berada.

tgk jenis hidupan laut zaman dinosur

rangka ikan dinosour

tgk replika anakonda

learning activity

Twins & rangka dinousour

tgk jenis2 jerung

Kami berada kat muzium sampai tengahari shj. Tak sempat nak cover the whole muzium sbb muzium tu sgt besar. Marie actually asked whether we would want to come for another session to finish our tour around the museum (again for free!) tapi ianya akan dibuat pada awal April. Mmm...mmg kami tak dpt la nak pegi sbb masa tu dah balik Malaysia...huhuhu. Sgt best muzium ni, sy yg mak budak pon jadi excited (sbb sy mmg jenis suka pi muzium). Rugi tak tau pasal muzium ni awal2. Cuma masalahnya, x semua info ada dlm English.

Takpe la, kat Malaysia pon dgr kata ada pameran dinosour kat Pusat Sains Negara.

Umi & Co. in town

Weekend lepas kami menerima kunjungan dr kawan sekolah sy, Umi & famili. Rasanya ni last tetamu yg kami dpt terima utk bermalam di rumah kami sebelum kami pulang ke Malaysia for good. Skrg ni mmg tak dpt dah la nak menerima tetamu yg nak bermalam kat rumah sbb brg2 rumah byk dah masuk kotak ngan dah bagi org. Baru ni sorang budak junior dah dtg amik tilam, karpet, pinggan-mangkuk, sofa n kabinet. Tapi takde la sampai rumah kosong, byk lagi perabot yg ada, cuma kalau org dtg nak bermalam tu yg susah sikit sbb dah x cukup peralatan tido. Bilik tido sikembar dah agak kosong, tinggal almari baju diorg shj.

Cerita pasal umi, Umi adalah kawan seangkatan masa kat MRSM Muar dan kami satu dorm and sepasukan silat Cimande. Jgn tanya sy tau bersilat ke tak, sbb rasa masa tu x belajar apa2 sgt pon seni persilatan, balik2 diajar genggam penumbuk...hehehe. Sparing pon rasanya mcm x penah. Yg paling ingat kenangan dlm kelab ni, kami ahli silat cimande ni kena pi merewang kat kenduri kawen somewhere kat Batu Pahat, siap berhujan berembun malam kenduri tu sbb tgk silat show, balik ramai yg demam.....hehehe. Dan kami yg pompuan2 dlm kelab silat tu cuma 6 org, so kami agak rapat la ngan satu sama lain.

guess which one is me?

Umi adalah kawan ke-3 dr MRSM Muar selepas Dal & Afzan yg dtg kerumah kami di Frankfurt. Dah bertahun kami tak jumpa, last jumpa masa kenduri kawen Dal kat Muar tahun 2004. Umi baru abis buat phd kat UK, dan yg dtg Frankfurt ni, kira jln2 sempena meraikan tamatnya phd dia and kira destinasti en-route since dia nak ke Swiss.

So sempat la bawak umi & family jln2 ke Frankfurt and jln2 kat Roemer, Willy Brant Platz, Hauptwache, tepi sungai Rhein Main tu semua. Dah bape byk dah versi gambar kami sekeluarga kat area Frankfurt ni, tinggal lagi bergambar ngan org2 berlainan aje :D

Umi & family with sikembar at Raunheim Bahnhof

Sy & umi - zaman sekolah dulu org ckp muka2 kami seiras

Balik2 ke Roemer juga ku angkut....hehehe

Balik2 kat Euro sign ni juga bergambar....hehehe

Patung2 manusia ni bila tah nak tukar costume,

yg baju karat tu pon dah byk kali kami amik gambar ngan dia

sempat bawa diorg merasa makanan Turki @ DoyDoy

Dua malam umi disini, sempat la kami borak panjang reminiscing good old stories zaman sekolah & update cerita kawan2 sekolah yg mana dia x dgr berita, dan yg mana sy x berita. Anak umi, Sophea pon ngam berkawan dgn sikembar. Umi pon dah nak balik for good ke Malaysia bulan depan, so hopefully kami dpt berjumpa lagi di Malaysia.

To umi, thanks for visiting me and congrats on your success menggenggam phd. I know it wasn't easy journey but have made it, my friend!

Drachenland Karnival

Ni event yg dah berlalu 2 minggu lepas. Tapi as sy malas yg amat sebelum ni nak update blog, maka baru skrg la nak masukkan dlm blog.

Event ni dipanggil Karnival atau Fasching. It's like a costume party. It's an yearly event, disambut meriah di kawasan Frankfurt dan ada karnival besar2an di Mainz. Acara dibandar2 besar tu, kami pernah pergi sekali tahun 2009 di Frankfurt Am Main. Ada costume parade dan boleh kutip coklat/gula2 byk2. Tapi event thn2 berikut2nya dah malas nak pegi tgk parade besar2an dah. Sebab org sgt ramai dan of course suasana sesak.

About Karnival kat kindergarten, last year sy siap x tau pon bila pihak kindergarten buat party ni, makanya persiapan sikembar agak huru-hara mcm sy ceritakan kat SINI. Tahun ni sy lebih bersedia, dah beli accessories yg sesuai mengikut permintaan sikembar. Diorg, mcm biasa, mahu jadi princess dan untung dresses dah ada, cuma perlu minta tolong Liza buatkan skirt sbb ada sikit kecacatan pd dress Nabilah dan utk enhance kan lagi rupa dress tu. So Liza buatkan skirt pink ala2 apron yg cantik utk diorg. Thank you dear!

Then sy belikan diorg satu set wings, cortar (hahaha..x tau the right vocab utk nama benda alah ni, rasa2 cam cortar aje), dan princess crown. And kos utk ini, cuma 8 euro seorg. So ok la...rather than nak kena beli the whole set, gown shj selaluya 20€++. So tema kembar dah jadi ala2 Barbie Mariposa.

My sweet pumpkins!

Kembar dgn Luna the Sleeping Beauty (katanya)

Seronok tgk kanak2 kat kindy hari tu. Mcm2 costume ada dan comel2 belaka. Siap puteri Korea pon ada - si Marie! Kalau stay sini lagi, thn depan harus dibajukan kurungkan sikembar! Since thn ni last Fasching sikembar and since diorg nak merasa pakai crown, so jadi la princess.

Kembar with their best friends - Marie, Lenie & Luna

With another set of twins - Neval & Nehal

With Annita - the group teacher

With Tanya - the group teacher

Disastrous Earthquake & Tsunami of Japan

Ok, I am a bit late posting this on my blog.

But I am aware of the tragedy as early as Friday morning (waktu Jerman) as people announcing it at FB and I watched news on TV.

One thing that I am really concern, is the safety of my bestfriend, Nat and her family who live in Ibaraki, one of the regions that is quite near to the centre of the earthquake and tsunami. So I quickly sent message to her FB and waited anxiously for the reply.

Alhamdulilah, Nat replied the message after couple of hours, saying that her place was affected by the earthquake, but she and the whole family were ok and their house is still standing even though things are scattered all around. The situation was very traumatic and they are really scared. Fortunately, though phones are not working, the internet can still be used, and she can update her status through FB.

However as of yesterday, she said water supply is no longer available, and electricity is expected to go off anytime soon as the nuclear power plant is having major problem. Food stock is also running low and they can't drive anywhere as petrol supply also limited and highways are closed. And much to the worse, it is announced that there might be another earthquake expected to occur at 7.0 magnitude in 3 days time. So they have to prepare whatever is coming next. And the issue of the failure of nuclear power plant and possible leakage is also very scary.

Today, Nat does not post anything on her FB. I guess electricity has gone off or they have to save power supply. I'm praying that they are all ok. Besides her, there are two more friends of mine from highschool living in Japan but these two said their place is quite far from the affected area and they are not very much affected by the disaster.

Ya Allah, permudahkan urusan mereka ini.

Counting days...

Aaaa..lamanya blog ni terbiar sepi!

Tuan punya blog takde la busy mana tapi tadak mood dan situasi mcm tak berapa best nak memblog. Bila rasa nak memblog, masa tu ada je benda yg nak kena buat.

Bulan Mac sudah! Dah nak tgh bulan lak tu...

Bermakna dah boleh menghitung hari2 nak meninggalkan Deutschland dan pulang ke tanahair tercinta.

Buat masa ni preparation is like 70% i would say. Benda2 byk yg dah dok dlm kotak. Kotak2 pon dah byk tersusun sana sini. Cik HB sedang memulun sakan menyiapkan report dan target utk submit full report pd 15 Mac. Then bersedia utk qolloquium. Kami target utk amik flight pulang ke Malaysia pd 31/3/2011. Mudah2an semuanya berjalan lancar.

Ada org tanya apa perasaan nak balik Malaysia for good.

Ntah, takde perasaan apa2 so far. Tapi bukannya takde perasaan rindu kat family, mmg la rindu sesangat, I'm sure yg menunggu kami lagi la tak sabar2 nak nantikan kepulangan kami. Setiap kali call Mak, soalan dia mesti "dah beli tiket flight?", "sampai nanti balik mana dulu?", "bila balik rumah Mak?"

Camtu la...

Sikembar pon asik tanya bila sebenarnya kami nak balik Malaysia. Hari2 mesti tanya "esok ke balik Malaysia?". Susah nak explain to budak2 yg belom paham konsep masa ini.

Tak sabar juga nak tgk reaksi dan komen diorg sampai2 Malaysia nanti. Sebab masa tinggalkan Malaysia dulu, umur diorg around 3 years old, ckp tak byk lagi masa dan x tau apa yg diorg ingat about life in Malaysia. Now dah makin besar, komen mcm2, so boleh imagine la beribu2 soklan cepu emas diorg akan tanya.

Bukan tak happy nak balik Malaysia, itu kan negara sendiri tapi as I always said to friends bila ditanya best ke dok oversea - hidup disini rileks. Rileks la kot sbb sy tak payah keje, hanya fikir hari ni nak masak apa, nak beli apa. Rileks sbb kita tak payah fikir pasal nak beli rumah, nak beli kereta, atau nak bersaing dgn org keliling mcm2 aspek. Maybe kalau duduk permanently, my views will be different. Tapi dlm 2 thn lebih duduk disini, ada byk living aspect & quality disini yg sy kagumi - recycling system, education system, driving attitudes, social attitudes (bab2 menegur, senyum) yg sy harap satu hari nanti Malaysia juga begini. Ok, bukan semua bagus la, kang ada pulak org ckp, kalau benda2 oversea tu semuanya bagus la ye...tapi yg mana bagus tu, harus la dicontohi! Yg tak bagus tu tolak la ketepi!

So there would be a lot to think of bila dah balik Malaysia nanti - kualiti kehidupan, pendidikan anak2, kerjaya sendiri, pembagunan keluarga, well....it's reality of life!

Thus, at the moment, I'm not going to think about any of these yet. Sy masih mau menikmati kehidupan yg rileks ni (tapi rileks ke bila dah nak pindah?) yg tinggal lagi beberapa hari.