You guys know how much I anticipate to quit my job (becoming tougher since hearing rumors about 2+2 bonuses this year ;-p ) right? Most of the time, I have been dreaming about this business i'm going to set up and grow with it through out my whole life. Something I could sustained for my children, something that could offer me financial & time freedom. But, everyday I woke up from bed...dreaming...dream...hope...dream...
hope. Full stop.
I have tonnes of ideas in my head, but not brave enough to start. Starting with questioning myself about this and that. What ifs. How? Can it be done? Ecetera...ecetera...until one day...I met a new friend...online...
Yes...a new found friend...online. It is just less than a month I started knowing her. With her spirit & positiveness I learn something (I know this sounds cliche, but, it is the truth). I have never look at somebody and feel ashamed about myself like I look at this girl. With a child in one hand, she managed to pull up her business & now it is a success.
This same girl came out with an idea to make my dreams come true. Believe it or not, today is the 8th day since we discussed the idea & she has done so much to make things move. Her spirit has made me move faster (though I still could not catch up with her). I must run! I must not let her down! I must not let people who has engaged with us down!
This business is about helping others. First few months focus is not to make profits, but to introduce ourselves to the country (to the world someday...insyaAllah). To brand & market ourselves together with our friends who are in his together. To show ways to the homemakers (with crafty skills) out there on how can they grow.
Alhamdulillah...as far as we're moving now, the path is quite smooth..but as she said to me...there will be hiccups a long the way...may we be blessed...amiin...
To all parents out there...expect a new phenomenon for your passion soon! We're excited about it! And so must you!
p/s : I am taking my readers seriously from now on...all of you...yes...you're not going to regret following this blog (if you're!)
Love,
Wanie
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Unconditional love
Coming home to see these cute little faces has always been great. These 2 little people love each other's company very much. I really hope that they will grow & love their bond forever. Seeing them playing, laughing & share everything together always makes me smile. Now that adik talks so much, the conversation becoming more interesting. Sometimes abang asked for adik's opinion upon constructing a lego structure & adik will answer ... haa, ya..ya..! So funny!
Mr. Hubby loves to call adik chipmunk as adik sounds like one. But, since we seldom let them watched TV (except for Disney Junior sometimes), she has no clue what chipmunk is!
Abang, being a responsible brother could now be relied on to take care of his adik. He can help adik put on her pants, hold the cup when adik wants to drink, get something in the fridge for adik. Though adik is a little bit tough, abang still can handle her.
Abang & adik, mummy & papa hope that you will always be there for your family. Be a strong man, faithful to Allah & responsible in every way you are going to be directed to. Your journey is still far beyond...may Allah S.W.T. blessed you all the way...amin..
Mr. Hubby loves to call adik chipmunk as adik sounds like one. But, since we seldom let them watched TV (except for Disney Junior sometimes), she has no clue what chipmunk is!
Abang, being a responsible brother could now be relied on to take care of his adik. He can help adik put on her pants, hold the cup when adik wants to drink, get something in the fridge for adik. Though adik is a little bit tough, abang still can handle her.
Abang & adik, mummy & papa hope that you will always be there for your family. Be a strong man, faithful to Allah & responsible in every way you are going to be directed to. Your journey is still far beyond...may Allah S.W.T. blessed you all the way...amin..
Monday, March 10, 2014
Kain, gunting & mesin jahit
Sejak beberapa tahun ni, banyak sangat kain-kain cotton yang saya beli. Maklumlah...english cotton kan famous lately ni. Dalam kepala ni macam-macam nak buat especially sejak anak dara dah besar. Bukan apa, sometimes bila ke kedai nak cari dresses yang menepati citarasa susah sangat. Alih-alih pattern yang sama cuma beza corak or jenis kain jer.
To be honest, saya jarang shopping baju anak-anak. What I usually did is, kumpul duit & tunggu the high end brands buat sale. Masa ni la saya shopping cukup setahun punya stok. It is worth the wait. Tak kisah lah the items are off season pun. Janji cantik & menepati citarasa. My first choice has always been GAP (been thinking to start buying from oversease through Hop-Shop-Go...tengoklah macamana).
Anyway, back to the title. I have been planning to sew a dress for Amani myself & I choose bubble dress for the purpose (ambitious kan? hahaha). Disebabkan gelojoh sangat nak cepat siap, saya tak jahit tepi pun (lagipun jahitan semua tersorok dalam lining). So...here is the result.
To be honest, saya jarang shopping baju anak-anak. What I usually did is, kumpul duit & tunggu the high end brands buat sale. Masa ni la saya shopping cukup setahun punya stok. It is worth the wait. Tak kisah lah the items are off season pun. Janji cantik & menepati citarasa. My first choice has always been GAP (been thinking to start buying from oversease through Hop-Shop-Go...tengoklah macamana).
Anyway, back to the title. I have been planning to sew a dress for Amani myself & I choose bubble dress for the purpose (ambitious kan? hahaha). Disebabkan gelojoh sangat nak cepat siap, saya tak jahit tepi pun (lagipun jahitan semua tersorok dalam lining). So...here is the result.
Amani wore it to a kenduri last Sunday & she loved it a lot. Hahaha...bravo mummy! Still...ada la jahitan yang tunggang terbalik since this is my first try for a dress. Well...this is a new beginning for me. Hopefully I will continue with more sewing project.
Err...tutorial? Maybe we start with something easier.
An Ordinary Life
Waking up at 12.20 am after falling asleep in my children's bedroom...I can't put myself back to sleep. Looking into my phone, there's this message from my husband, giving a link to an extraordinary view regarding the recent tragedy of MH370. I'm not going to discuss the link here, it's just makes me think how our point of view does change when something far from ordinary comes across our mind.
Lately, I could not really focus on my work. When I was at work all I could think of is my family. Being a working lady, time is my worst enemy. Out to work at the wee hours with children to send to school & day care, making me so stressful especially to arrive at work on time. When I reached home from work, it has always been dark. I have only 3 hours to prepare dinner, cater to the husband & children's need, settling the house chores before putting the children to sleep (which will usually take longer time). I have no time to actually play with them (which I know that it is something they enjoyed the most). When you're to tired to entertain them, the anger came in.
Amani is just a 2 years & 4 months old toddler that really needs attention. Being the playful one, she always making me tired with the water spilled, biscuits crumbed scattered everywhere in the house and some of her request that makes me moving around the house restlessly. Sometimes I do scold her because of small things. And then, I woke up in the middle of the night feeling bad. She just wants her mummy to cuddle her & play around with her. She is such an angel with her soft voice saying 'hi, mummy!' whenever she sees me (she would never let me out of her sight). She always says sorry for small mistakes such as when she accidentally step on her brothers's toys or when she spilled something on my laminated floor. I love the tone. I love the smell of her curls & chubby cheeks. It is painful to see her crying every time I sent her to day care.
Izzat, being a responsible & well-mannered child always there for her sister. Izzat has a very good discipline. He kept his promise well (if he promised to watch 2 tv programmes, he will stick to 2, nor more or less unless we give him permission). Looking at him, I always wanted him to be my baby forever. I want him to be a good muslim & turn only to Allah S.W.T. & us his parents for guidance & advise when he grew up. I really hope that he won't put his friends first. But, how can I do that if I do not have time to sit with him listening to his problems & be with him through thick & thin?
Well...a friend of mine (who is famously known as an attention seeker) once told me that an ordinary person should never be a blogger. If your life is just about your children, family & food, it's boring & no one would read your blog. Wow...I found it quite harsh friend. A blog could be somebody's something. It could be an open journal to record his/her life journey, so that one day it could be read by his/her future generation. An open secret that you hope will soon be discovered by someone it meant for. I believed, everyone could write whatever they want.
I get different kinds of feedback when I told people that I plan to quit my job in less then 2 years time. Some are very supportive & some are not as they think letting go of my current job is a not a good decision. That is why I am preparing myself for physically, emotionally & financially. Those career woman who actually quit their 5 figures salary is my hero now. If they can do it,why can't I?
These days, I always picture myself as a SAHM. I dreamed of having my own garden, preparing meals for my family & managing the house in my own time. And most importantly...I will have more time to prepare myself for the hereafter. Nothing can beat the satisfaction I guess.
Anyway, coming back to the post title...nothing is wrong to look at things ordinarily sometimes. Be focused & lived it.
Ya Allah, permudahkanlah urusanku...Amiin...
Lately, I could not really focus on my work. When I was at work all I could think of is my family. Being a working lady, time is my worst enemy. Out to work at the wee hours with children to send to school & day care, making me so stressful especially to arrive at work on time. When I reached home from work, it has always been dark. I have only 3 hours to prepare dinner, cater to the husband & children's need, settling the house chores before putting the children to sleep (which will usually take longer time). I have no time to actually play with them (which I know that it is something they enjoyed the most). When you're to tired to entertain them, the anger came in.
Amani is just a 2 years & 4 months old toddler that really needs attention. Being the playful one, she always making me tired with the water spilled, biscuits crumbed scattered everywhere in the house and some of her request that makes me moving around the house restlessly. Sometimes I do scold her because of small things. And then, I woke up in the middle of the night feeling bad. She just wants her mummy to cuddle her & play around with her. She is such an angel with her soft voice saying 'hi, mummy!' whenever she sees me (she would never let me out of her sight). She always says sorry for small mistakes such as when she accidentally step on her brothers's toys or when she spilled something on my laminated floor. I love the tone. I love the smell of her curls & chubby cheeks. It is painful to see her crying every time I sent her to day care.
Izzat, being a responsible & well-mannered child always there for her sister. Izzat has a very good discipline. He kept his promise well (if he promised to watch 2 tv programmes, he will stick to 2, nor more or less unless we give him permission). Looking at him, I always wanted him to be my baby forever. I want him to be a good muslim & turn only to Allah S.W.T. & us his parents for guidance & advise when he grew up. I really hope that he won't put his friends first. But, how can I do that if I do not have time to sit with him listening to his problems & be with him through thick & thin?
Well...a friend of mine (who is famously known as an attention seeker) once told me that an ordinary person should never be a blogger. If your life is just about your children, family & food, it's boring & no one would read your blog. Wow...I found it quite harsh friend. A blog could be somebody's something. It could be an open journal to record his/her life journey, so that one day it could be read by his/her future generation. An open secret that you hope will soon be discovered by someone it meant for. I believed, everyone could write whatever they want.
I get different kinds of feedback when I told people that I plan to quit my job in less then 2 years time. Some are very supportive & some are not as they think letting go of my current job is a not a good decision. That is why I am preparing myself for physically, emotionally & financially. Those career woman who actually quit their 5 figures salary is my hero now. If they can do it,why can't I?
These days, I always picture myself as a SAHM. I dreamed of having my own garden, preparing meals for my family & managing the house in my own time. And most importantly...I will have more time to prepare myself for the hereafter. Nothing can beat the satisfaction I guess.
Anyway, coming back to the post title...nothing is wrong to look at things ordinarily sometimes. Be focused & lived it.
Ya Allah, permudahkanlah urusanku...Amiin...
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Saya Nak Bagi...'Pay It Forward'
On 25th January 2014, a friend of mine write a status about 'pay it forward'. She offered the first 5 commenters who comented "I'm in" on the status a surprise gift. However, the 5 commenters must extend the 'pay it forward' spirit by offering another 5 people the same thing. Without any hesitation, I commented on her status...but...not with the intention to be indulged with gifts. The reason why I commented is because I like the spirit. Recently, I have also watched a video shared on FB which shows similar spirit.
I'm not sure if any of you have actually come across a movie called Pay It Forward filmed based on a novel with the same title. The movie was out in 2000, and here is the synopsis :-
When eleven and a half year old Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) begins seventh grade in Las Vegas, Nevada, his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey) gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. Trevor's plan is a charitable program based on the networking of good deeds. He calls his plan "Pay It Forward", which means the recipient of a favor does a favor for three others rather than paying the favor back. However, it needs to be a major favor that the receiver can't complete themselves.
Trevor does a favor for three people, asking each of them to "pay the favor forward" by doing favors for three other people, and so on, along a branching tree of good deeds. His first good deed is to let a homeless man named Jerry (Jim Caviezel) live in his garage, and Jerry pays the favor forward by doing car repairs for Trevor's mother. Trevor's efforts appear to fail when Jerry relapses into drug addiction, but Jerry pays his debt forward later by talking to a suicidal woman, who is about to jump off the bridge.
Meanwhile, Trevor's mother Arlene (Helen Hunt) confronts Eugene about Trevor's project after discovering Jerry in their house. Trevor then selects Eugene as his next "pay it forward" target and tricks Eugene and Arlene into a romantic dinner date. This also appears to fail until Trevor and Arlene argue about her alcoholism and she slaps him in a fit of anger. The two adults are brought together again when Trevor runs away from home and Arlene asks Eugene to help her find him.
After finding Trevor, Arlene begins to pursue Eugene sexually. Eugene has deep burn marks visible on his neck and face, and he initially resists Arlene's overtures out of insecurity. When they finally sleep together, he is seen to have extensive scarring all over his torso.
Arlene accepts Eugene's physical disfigurement and forms an emotional bond with him, but quickly abandons their relationship when her alcoholic ex-husband Ricky (Jon Bon Jovi) returns to her, claiming to have given up drinking. Ricky's return and Arlene's acceptance of it angers Eugene, whose own mother had a habit of taking his abusive, alcoholic father back. When Arlene attempts to explain to him that she believes Ricky has changed for good, he explains that his father intentionally burned him by knocking him unconscious and pouring gas over him, berating Arlene for being "one of those women" and warns her of Ricky's potential to abuse Trevor. When Ricky drinks again and resumes his abusive behavior, Arlene realizes her mistake and forces him to leave.
Trevor's school assignment marks the beginning of the story's chronology, but the opening scene in the film shows one of the later favors in the "pay it forward" tree, in which a man gives a car to Los Angeles journalist Chris Chandler (Jay Mohr). As the film proceeds, Chandler traces the chain of favors back to its origin as Trevor's school project. After her date with Eugene, Arlene paid Jerry's favor forward by forgiving her own mother, Grace (Angie Dickinson), for her mistakes in raising Arlene, and Grace, who is homeless, helps a gang member escape from the police. The gang member then saves a girl's life in a hospital, and the girl's father gives Chandler his new car.
Chandler finally identifies Trevor as the originator of "pay it forward" and conducts a recorded interview in which Trevor describes his hopes and concerns for the project. Eugene, hearing Trevor's words, realizes that he and Arlene should be together. As Eugene and Arlene reconcile with a passionate embrace, Trevor notices his friend Adam being bullied by gangster-like kids. He pays it forward to Adam by rushing into the scene and fighting the bullies while Eugene and Arlene rush to stop him. One of the bullies takes a switchblade out of his pocket. Trevor is then accidentally pushed into the knife and is stabbed in the abdomen. Trevor consequently dies at the hospital. This news is reported on television; Arlene and Eugene are soon visited by hundreds of people who have participated in the "Pay It Forward" movement by gathering in a vigil to pay Trevor their respects.
(Source: WikiPedia )
Have we ever noticed that doing good to others will actually make our day?
Well, I think it is time for me to see things differently now. It is no point for me to be annoyed by ill-mannered people around me or being offended when my so called best friends are no more acting like best friends & etc.. Let's do some changes in life.
Therefore, I would really like to offer the same 'Pay-it-forward' spirit & my friendship to any 5 of my dear readers who willing to drop their comments in my comment box. Be it where ever you are. Here are guides for you :-
1. Leave your comments on this post together with your email address
2. Take pictures of my surprise gift to you & write a special post on how would you like to extend this 'pay-it-forward' spririt to your readers.
3. Put a link to my blog in your post so that I could pay you a visit.
*But if you do not have your own blog, you could spread the spirit through other social media, be it FB, instagram etc.
I'm not sure if any of you have actually come across a movie called Pay It Forward filmed based on a novel with the same title. The movie was out in 2000, and here is the synopsis :-
When eleven and a half year old Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) begins seventh grade in Las Vegas, Nevada, his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey) gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. Trevor's plan is a charitable program based on the networking of good deeds. He calls his plan "Pay It Forward", which means the recipient of a favor does a favor for three others rather than paying the favor back. However, it needs to be a major favor that the receiver can't complete themselves.
Trevor does a favor for three people, asking each of them to "pay the favor forward" by doing favors for three other people, and so on, along a branching tree of good deeds. His first good deed is to let a homeless man named Jerry (Jim Caviezel) live in his garage, and Jerry pays the favor forward by doing car repairs for Trevor's mother. Trevor's efforts appear to fail when Jerry relapses into drug addiction, but Jerry pays his debt forward later by talking to a suicidal woman, who is about to jump off the bridge.
Meanwhile, Trevor's mother Arlene (Helen Hunt) confronts Eugene about Trevor's project after discovering Jerry in their house. Trevor then selects Eugene as his next "pay it forward" target and tricks Eugene and Arlene into a romantic dinner date. This also appears to fail until Trevor and Arlene argue about her alcoholism and she slaps him in a fit of anger. The two adults are brought together again when Trevor runs away from home and Arlene asks Eugene to help her find him.
After finding Trevor, Arlene begins to pursue Eugene sexually. Eugene has deep burn marks visible on his neck and face, and he initially resists Arlene's overtures out of insecurity. When they finally sleep together, he is seen to have extensive scarring all over his torso.
Arlene accepts Eugene's physical disfigurement and forms an emotional bond with him, but quickly abandons their relationship when her alcoholic ex-husband Ricky (Jon Bon Jovi) returns to her, claiming to have given up drinking. Ricky's return and Arlene's acceptance of it angers Eugene, whose own mother had a habit of taking his abusive, alcoholic father back. When Arlene attempts to explain to him that she believes Ricky has changed for good, he explains that his father intentionally burned him by knocking him unconscious and pouring gas over him, berating Arlene for being "one of those women" and warns her of Ricky's potential to abuse Trevor. When Ricky drinks again and resumes his abusive behavior, Arlene realizes her mistake and forces him to leave.
Trevor's school assignment marks the beginning of the story's chronology, but the opening scene in the film shows one of the later favors in the "pay it forward" tree, in which a man gives a car to Los Angeles journalist Chris Chandler (Jay Mohr). As the film proceeds, Chandler traces the chain of favors back to its origin as Trevor's school project. After her date with Eugene, Arlene paid Jerry's favor forward by forgiving her own mother, Grace (Angie Dickinson), for her mistakes in raising Arlene, and Grace, who is homeless, helps a gang member escape from the police. The gang member then saves a girl's life in a hospital, and the girl's father gives Chandler his new car.
Chandler finally identifies Trevor as the originator of "pay it forward" and conducts a recorded interview in which Trevor describes his hopes and concerns for the project. Eugene, hearing Trevor's words, realizes that he and Arlene should be together. As Eugene and Arlene reconcile with a passionate embrace, Trevor notices his friend Adam being bullied by gangster-like kids. He pays it forward to Adam by rushing into the scene and fighting the bullies while Eugene and Arlene rush to stop him. One of the bullies takes a switchblade out of his pocket. Trevor is then accidentally pushed into the knife and is stabbed in the abdomen. Trevor consequently dies at the hospital. This news is reported on television; Arlene and Eugene are soon visited by hundreds of people who have participated in the "Pay It Forward" movement by gathering in a vigil to pay Trevor their respects.
(Source: WikiPedia )
Have we ever noticed that doing good to others will actually make our day?
Well, I think it is time for me to see things differently now. It is no point for me to be annoyed by ill-mannered people around me or being offended when my so called best friends are no more acting like best friends & etc.. Let's do some changes in life.
Therefore, I would really like to offer the same 'Pay-it-forward' spirit & my friendship to any 5 of my dear readers who willing to drop their comments in my comment box. Be it where ever you are. Here are guides for you :-
1. Leave your comments on this post together with your email address
2. Take pictures of my surprise gift to you & write a special post on how would you like to extend this 'pay-it-forward' spririt to your readers.
3. Put a link to my blog in your post so that I could pay you a visit.
*But if you do not have your own blog, you could spread the spirit through other social media, be it FB, instagram etc.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
London & Paris Trip Part 3 : Jalan-Jalan
Lama benar ambil masa nak sambung cerita yer? Nak buat macamana, the mood is not there...hehehe...ok..ok..jom sambung lagi...
Hari ketiga kami di London adalah hari Sabtu. Seperti biasa trip kami just nak rileks-rileks jer, so, tak payah la nak rushing sangat. Seperti biasa, pukul 9 pagi kami keluar dari apartment & heading to King's Cross Station to visit the famous Natural History Museum.
Ramai betul orang keluar hari tu...maklumlah...sabtu kan? Queue nak masuk museum pun bukan main panjang lagi. Izzat memang excited la bila bagitau dia yang kita nak pergi tengok dinosour dekat museum (walaupun cuma rangka dinosaur). Maka beratur la kami walaupun panjang. Tapi, sekejap jer beratur tu, dalam 5 minit je sebab dia just nak release yang keluar dulu then baru lepaskan yang beratur nak masuk. Oh ya, masuk museum ni free jer.
Sesampainya kami di Madame Tussauds, punya la ramai manusia beratur. Sepanjang kat dalam sana, memang sesak nafas rasanya, manusia punya la ramai, nak skip ruang tak boleh dah. Nak tak nak terpaksa la redah. Tapi, kami betul-betul syukur sebab anak-anak memang behaved & langsung tak buat hal. Nothing much to say about Madame Tussauds, lets the picture do the talking.
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Hari ketiga kami di London adalah hari Sabtu. Seperti biasa trip kami just nak rileks-rileks jer, so, tak payah la nak rushing sangat. Seperti biasa, pukul 9 pagi kami keluar dari apartment & heading to King's Cross Station to visit the famous Natural History Museum.
Ramai betul orang keluar hari tu...maklumlah...sabtu kan? Queue nak masuk museum pun bukan main panjang lagi. Izzat memang excited la bila bagitau dia yang kita nak pergi tengok dinosour dekat museum (walaupun cuma rangka dinosaur). Maka beratur la kami walaupun panjang. Tapi, sekejap jer beratur tu, dalam 5 minit je sebab dia just nak release yang keluar dulu then baru lepaskan yang beratur nak masuk. Oh ya, masuk museum ni free jer.
The queue (Kalau boleh elak weekend lebih baik)
Hmm...apa motif bergambar dengan globe ni yer?
The famous spot of Natural History Museum
Izzat & the dinosaur skeleton...yang dia excited sangat nak tengok tu
Kami kat dalam museum tu tak lama, around pukul 1 dah keluar. Kalau ikutkan itenary saya, lepas keluar dari museum, nak ke Harrods yang katanya cuma a few blocks away from the museum. So, jalan la kami...dah la hujan masa tengah jalan tu. Jalan punya jalan, bila dah nampak Harrods terus hilang letih. Biasa la...perempuan..hehehe. Masuk jer dalam tu, ramai sangat orang...ARAB...memang kaya la diaorang ni...sorang-sorang beratur bayar chanel, LV & all those high end punya brand. Dalam segan-segan, saya approach la sorang salesman ni, asking for Harrods items department. Dengan penuh mesra, dia berikan direction pada saya. Hilang la jugak rasa segan tu.
Masuk je ke department yang diingini, memang rambang mata la weh. Habis berterabur memori ni nak recall balik sapa kirim apa. End up, all types of handbags aku sambar. Adalah dalam 9 biji (untuk mama, mami, umi, acom etc...mostly for family members). Then sambar pulak shopping bag harrods yang colourful tu. FYI, barang-barang kat sana murah banyak berbanding Harrods kat KLCC or KLIA ya. Mr. Hubby & anak-anakku sangat well behaved, siap duduk bersila kat lantai lagi tunggu mummynya yang dah tak tentu arah memilih barang. Lepas dah pilih yang berkenan, saya pun pass la kat Mr. Hubby mintak dia beratur bayar. Hehehe...lama betul menunggu giliran nak membayar sebab nya ramai pak-mak Arab yang shopping lagiiii banyak.
Welcome to London Harrods!
Lepas habis bayar, kami bergerak ke kaunter VAT claim pulak. Sedar tak sedar dah dekat pukul 4 petang, tiket nak masuk Madame Tussauds pukul 4.30 petang. Mula la kalut masa tu. Nak berjalan ke sana tak tau kot mana. Last-last, teringat pesan sorang kawan ni, kalau ada emergency, naik taxi je. Bila kami turun, nasib baik taxi dah ada, terus masuk dengan stroller sekali (ini yang bagus tentang taxi di London, stroller boleh tolak masuk jer, tak payah lipat-lipat).
Sesampainya kami di Madame Tussauds, punya la ramai manusia beratur. Sepanjang kat dalam sana, memang sesak nafas rasanya, manusia punya la ramai, nak skip ruang tak boleh dah. Nak tak nak terpaksa la redah. Tapi, kami betul-betul syukur sebab anak-anak memang behaved & langsung tak buat hal. Nothing much to say about Madame Tussauds, lets the picture do the talking.
Jumpa spiderman...ok la tu..
Ironman pulak...lagi seronok dia
Two well behaved children! Welldone!
Sian Lady Di, duduk kat tepi stage sorang-sorang, takde sapa nak ambik gambar dengan dia, meh..meh..kita ambik gambar dua ek? (Tak kuasa nak beratur ramai-ramai nak ambik gambar dengan other royal family members)
Jumpa shrek jugak!
Mr. Hubby...jumpa kawan lama...hehehe
Setakat inilah dulu yang mampu saya update. Next is on our trip out of central London...till then...tata
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
London & Paris Trip 2013 : Part 2 - The Journey (2nd Day)
Ok...kita sambung citer sikit lagi ya...
Hari kedua kami di London, itenary kami cuma berjalan-jalan di sekitar kota London. Lepas breakfast, kami terus berjalan ke King's Cross station & naik tube ke Trafalgar Square. Semua research nak naik line mana & connection from one station to one station kami dah buat siap-siap. It's good for you to check the lines & routes through this website . From here, you could plan your route & will be given a few choices to decide the best & shortest route possible for your journey. Dekat website ni pun dia akan inform station yang mana wheelchair & stroller friendly.
Satu perkara yang saya puas dok meng'google' sebelum ke sana adalah tentang ber'stroller' di kota London. Al maklumlah, kami travel with small children, it is important to know the road condition, public transport etc.. Tapi, saya tak mendapat jawapan yang tepat sepanjang research saya. Oleh itu, saya ingin berkongsi tentang tips ber'stroller' di London. Sebelum ke sana, banyak perkara yang kami bincangkan pasal isu stroller ni, perlu ke tak bawak double stroller, or bawak 2 stroller or satu stroller dengan buggy board.
Ber'stroller' di London
Susah ke senang? Sebenarnya it depends...kalau bawak anak kecik, memang perlu bawak stroller. Especially untuk memudahkan anak-anak berehat & tido, lebih-lebih lagi kalau maknya nak bershopping...hehehe
Kebanyakan kaki lima di London sempit & berbatu kasar, tapi at least ada kaki lima kan? So, ok jer kalau nak bawak stroller. Tapi kalau guna double stroller yang side by side tu susah sikit la, better lagi guna tandem stroller.
Cuma, kalau nak travel ke sana ke sini menggunakan tube, be prepared untuk mengangkat stroller turun naik tangga, sebab tak semua tube station ada lif (sebab tu better check di website tfl ). Sesetengah station yang banyak line tu kalau ada lif pun jauh-jauh jaraknya & makan masa serta meletihkan. Jangan main-main kalau letih ni, mood pun boleh jatuh merudum...hehehe..
First & 2nd day kami banyak naik tube, tapi, disebabkan dah tak larat, kami naik bas. Amazingly, naik bas di London ni lebih convenient dari naik tube, especially dengan stroller. Timing pun tepat & bas-bas kat sana akan ada selang 10 minit. Tapi, kena rajin baca route di bus stand, sebab tak semua bas akan berhenti di bus stand yang sama. Tak susah lah, senang jer.
Sebagai guide, kalau duduk di area King's Cross, boleh naik bas no. 10 (operate 24 hours - bila baca route dia automatik kita tahu) terus sampai depan jalan besar nak ke Studios to let tu. Cuma, setiap bas, maximum no. of stroller/wheelchair allowed are 3 only. Kalau you all tahan tp driver bas tak berhenti or tak buka pintu, cuba jenguk dulu kat dalam tu, mungkin dah penuh kuota stroller dalam bas. Takpe, boleh tunggu next bus.
Tapi, kami tak bawa double/tandem stroller. Kami cuma bawa stroller + buggy board. Kalau abang tido, kami letak abang dalam stroller & adik berdiri kat buggy board. Kalau dua-dua tido, papa dukung adik..hehehe..tak larat la nak mengangkat double/tandem stroller. Kata travel light kan? Nak shopping lagi..huhuhu.
Hari kedua kami di London, itenary kami cuma berjalan-jalan di sekitar kota London. Lepas breakfast, kami terus berjalan ke King's Cross station & naik tube ke Trafalgar Square. Semua research nak naik line mana & connection from one station to one station kami dah buat siap-siap. It's good for you to check the lines & routes through this website . From here, you could plan your route & will be given a few choices to decide the best & shortest route possible for your journey. Dekat website ni pun dia akan inform station yang mana wheelchair & stroller friendly.
Satu perkara yang saya puas dok meng'google' sebelum ke sana adalah tentang ber'stroller' di kota London. Al maklumlah, kami travel with small children, it is important to know the road condition, public transport etc.. Tapi, saya tak mendapat jawapan yang tepat sepanjang research saya. Oleh itu, saya ingin berkongsi tentang tips ber'stroller' di London. Sebelum ke sana, banyak perkara yang kami bincangkan pasal isu stroller ni, perlu ke tak bawak double stroller, or bawak 2 stroller or satu stroller dengan buggy board.
Ber'stroller' di London
Susah ke senang? Sebenarnya it depends...kalau bawak anak kecik, memang perlu bawak stroller. Especially untuk memudahkan anak-anak berehat & tido, lebih-lebih lagi kalau maknya nak bershopping...hehehe
Kebanyakan kaki lima di London sempit & berbatu kasar, tapi at least ada kaki lima kan? So, ok jer kalau nak bawak stroller. Tapi kalau guna double stroller yang side by side tu susah sikit la, better lagi guna tandem stroller.
Cuma, kalau nak travel ke sana ke sini menggunakan tube, be prepared untuk mengangkat stroller turun naik tangga, sebab tak semua tube station ada lif (sebab tu better check di website tfl ). Sesetengah station yang banyak line tu kalau ada lif pun jauh-jauh jaraknya & makan masa serta meletihkan. Jangan main-main kalau letih ni, mood pun boleh jatuh merudum...hehehe..
First & 2nd day kami banyak naik tube, tapi, disebabkan dah tak larat, kami naik bas. Amazingly, naik bas di London ni lebih convenient dari naik tube, especially dengan stroller. Timing pun tepat & bas-bas kat sana akan ada selang 10 minit. Tapi, kena rajin baca route di bus stand, sebab tak semua bas akan berhenti di bus stand yang sama. Tak susah lah, senang jer.
Sebagai guide, kalau duduk di area King's Cross, boleh naik bas no. 10 (operate 24 hours - bila baca route dia automatik kita tahu) terus sampai depan jalan besar nak ke Studios to let tu. Cuma, setiap bas, maximum no. of stroller/wheelchair allowed are 3 only. Kalau you all tahan tp driver bas tak berhenti or tak buka pintu, cuba jenguk dulu kat dalam tu, mungkin dah penuh kuota stroller dalam bas. Takpe, boleh tunggu next bus.
Tapi, kami tak bawa double/tandem stroller. Kami cuma bawa stroller + buggy board. Kalau abang tido, kami letak abang dalam stroller & adik berdiri kat buggy board. Kalau dua-dua tido, papa dukung adik..hehehe..tak larat la nak mengangkat double/tandem stroller. Kata travel light kan? Nak shopping lagi..huhuhu.
Trafalgar square. From here, we just walk to
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Big ben, horse guard museum, London eye & other attraction
Kiri : Horseguard museum
Kanan : Big Ben
Kiri : London eye
Kanan : Izzat at Disney Store @ Oxford Street
Kiri & Kanan : Still at Disney Store. Adik is so excited to meet Princess Sofia
Oxford street ni pun walking distance jer from other attraction, tapi, kami ni mana la biasa berjalan banyak, so, naik bas la jawabnya. Tujuan ke Oxford Street ni sebenarnya just nak get familiar with it jer sambil2 memilih kedai nak masuk later. Kalau ikut itenary, shopping day kami hari Isnin nanti.
To be honest, I love shopping in London. One of the reason saya pilih ke London during summer sebab banyak sale. Kalau pergi hujung tahun pun banyak sale, tapi, banyak winter clothing jer, kalau ada yang lain pun balance yang tak habis masa summer. Ok, enough about shopping, will update in another posts ya.
Lepas jalan-jalan di Oxford Street, kami ke Harry Potter Studio. Yang ni tragis sikit, nak masuk studio ni, kena beli tiket online jer, pastu kena pilih timing. Dekat tiket tu dia dah tulis, kalau kita lambat, ada kemungkinan tak dibenarkan masuk tapi, boleh cuba tanya dekat kaunter. Cuma, entrance tak dijamin. Huhuhu...nak tahu apa kisah tragisnya? Kami lambat 1/2 jam!!!! Ni Oxford Street punya pasal la! Konon sempat la...padahal nak mencari tube line tu satu hal...tapi...nasib kami baik...punya bagi alasan macam-macam...mat saleh tu sengih jer...dia cakap boleh masuk sebab tak ramai orang (nasib baik beli tiket hari Jumaat...kalau sabtu or ahad konfem naya)...Alhamdulillah...dapat juga kami masuk. It's like a dream comes true! I love Harry Potter series (semua citer magical saya suka) tapi takde la sampai hafal detailnya, bila dapat tengok all the props & masuk ke set filem ni memang best sangat. Budak-budak ni bukan faham pun..mak dia jer yang excited lebih...hehehe...enjoy the pic la yer...nak letak caption pun dah lupa dah semua nama set ni...huhuhu...yang mana terer tu teka la set apa yang ada kat bawah ni...
Balik jer dari Harry Potter Studios ni, dah pukul 8 malam...masak tetap kena masak...lepas makan semua terbongkang tak sedar diri. Hehehe...next trip, kita citer next post.
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