Monday, December 27, 2010

Kenangan Bersama Mak, Ayah, Ateh & Busu

Duration of visit : Dec 16 - 28, 2010

Global Village (around 30km away from home in Jumeirah)

Heritage Village, Shindagar (tempat orang Badwi dulu2)



@ Zaina Restaurant, Chicken Mandi




@ Mall Of Emirates


Burj Al Arab

@ Wild Wadi

@ Dubai Mall

@ Ski Dubai

@ Dragon Mart (around 30km away)

@ Jumeirah Beach

@ Souk Al Bahar

@ Burj Khalifa (dapat separuh je.., tinggi sgt)
@ depan rumah, Al Hala Complex

Kenangan bersama akan ku ingat selamanya...

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Mak Kata Dia Tak Nak Shopping....

Mak kata dia tak nak shopping..


Tapi ni kat Souq yang dekat dengan Abrar place... syyyy, kitaorg dtg sini je 3 kali! kain lace, kain manik, tudung batu laplip, hehehe....


And ni kat Global Village masa first day sampai... Mak borong kain ! Ni baru kat India.. byk lagi tempat Mak borong contohnya Egypt & Vietnam.




 

Friday, December 17, 2010

Aktiviti Rumah Semasa Mak Ayah @ Dubai

Mak & Ayah lebih selesa relax kat rumah and at the compound of Al Hala Complex daripada pergi jalan2 around Dubai. Everyday mak masak sedap2, and 3DHS asyik kata "sedap mak masak..".

Mak suka sebab ada gym. Every morning Mak guna trade mill for exercise. Ayah akan teman kan Mak sambil kadang2 main ping pong.

Aktiviti petang pulak main beskal and swimming..

Mak made sure 3DHS solat, and baca Quran/Mukaddam. mmmm... how I wished Mak & Ayah duduk sekali dengan kami kat Dubai ni, mesti best sgt.
















Thursday, December 16, 2010

Yang Kami Tunggu2 Dah Tiba...

Tak sabar rasanya nak jumpa Mak.. dah 3 bulan tak jumpa sejak kami pindah Dubai. At least Ayah dah datang in November. Rindu Mak.. rindu nak makan masakan Mak.. rindu suara nyaring Mak.. rindu dengar Mak mengaji Quran.. rindu semua pasal Mak. Everynight menatap wajah Mak & Ayah yang terpampang dlm bilik tidur ku.


Dapat update from Papa yg Mak Ayah & Ateh dah selamat boarding flight MH 0156 at 11:59pm on Dec16 to Dubai. Kami tidur awal malam tu sebab nak bangun awal pegi airport jemput Mak, Ayah & Ateh. Abang & DekYa rebut2 nak ikut. Tengok2, bila Mama kejut, cuma DekYa yang kuat semangat & excited bangun. So kami 3 orang, Mama, Busu && Dekya yg pergi airport..

 Kami tunggu tak lama.. w/pun Ateh terpisah masa turun tu drpd Mak & Ayah.

Then we saw them at the arrival Hall.. MakWan! Ayah! jerit DekYa. Ateh pun ada. Terukir senyum di bibir semua.. alhamdulillah dah selamat sampai semua. Yang kami tunggu 2 dah tiba....

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Dina's 8th Birthday

The day before Dede's birthday, Mama gave her a choice between Nintendo and Bicycle, and surprisingly Dede picked bicycle (maybe because Dekya just got a bike a couple of days before). Mama and Busu went to Wolf's Bike Shop at Sheikh Zayed Road, but the price is unbelieveable. AED 1700 for a junior bike! Even pam angin basikal pun sampai AED 240. Terus tak jadi buy kat situ.

Mama went all the way to Dragon Mart and got Dede this for AED 300. Made in Taiwan (as opposed to Made in Germany like in the Wolf's Bike Shop) but it looks tough and sturdy. And trendy too.. Roda tepi tu was a special request to the bike shop because Dede can't ride a two-wheel bike yet!


The past week before Dede's birthday had been busy with her friends' birthday parties.. and Mama knew actually Dede wanted to have a birthday party too. But Mama pujuk kata having to organize bday party here would cost a lot. So Dede had one wish.. dia kata, when she comes back from school on monday (Dec14), she wanted a cake on our kitchen table waiting for her.

Mama kesian kat Dede.. so after Dede, Abg & Dekya left for school, Mama contacted Ms Shilton and asked if she would let Mama bring a cake for Dede to celebrate with her friends in Class. Ms Shilton said she would be delighted to have Dina share her bday cake with her classmates. So Mama went to look for bday cake at Spinneys, got all the bday party stuffs and sent to Dede. Dede was surprised and happy...



Kawan2 pun excited sangat nyanyi utk Dede..


Mama, Abg & Dekya bought Dede birthday cards from Park & Shop. AED 12 each..( ish,ish.. simple2 jer pun cards nye). And Busu promised to give Dede bday card bila dah balik KL.. ps : Dede, make sure Busu tak buat-buat lupe bila dah balik KL nanti.








Monday, December 13, 2010

"Hakuna Matata" Production

GWPS did a sensational performance of "The Lion King" by Stage 2 (i.e Year 3 - Year 6) students, that means Abang & Kakak included. The dates were Monday Dec 13 (morning show); and Wed Dec 15 (evening show).

Mama, Busu & even Bibik went to watch the first show on mon, Dec 13. Mama sampai amik cuti lagi ari tu, punyela semangat nak tengok Dede jadi "Elephant"; and Abang jadi "Wildbeast". Dede cuuuute sangat jadi elephant, tapi unfortunately Mama tak dpt amik gambar sebab duduk jauh from stage. Year 1 & 2 students (DekYa included) dah penuhkan about 15 rows infront. Best jugak show dia.. pandai diorg berlakon. Dede nyanyi2 je la, macam choir untuk chorus lagu2 Lion King tu. Abang naik stage, tapi tak nampak muka sebab jadi wildbeast mcm ni...




On wednesday pulak, Mama had big bos from Paris in the office.. kena buat presentation segala. So Mama came late for the show.. and terlupa pulak nak bawak camera... so, am waiting for pictures taken by GWPS punye camera man saja lah skrg ni...

After show on monday, Mama belanja makan @ Mercato. Mcm2 ada, in preparation for Christmas.



 

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Ups And Downs @ Work & Who Keeps Me Moving On

The title : Integrated Projects Management, Senior Legal Counsel (what a title...)

The area of responsibility : Middle East & Asia (15 countries in Middle East; 14 countries in Asia)

Reporting line : Direct Manager from Scotland; Functional Manager from Australia; 2nd Functional Manager from UK.

Team : From Gatwick; Houston ; Russia ; Mexico ; Latin America.

With all the above, I was not without fear. Having been rated A, plus having been granted Stock Options 3 years in a row, made it even more difficult as the expectation is very high. Being placed at the Area level (as opposed to country level) has its price.

The feedback so far has been good, but I still have the feeling of uncomfortable as to whether I am performing to the standard. It is highly competitive, and I'm out of my comfort zone.

Earning trust of internal clients (most of them are very seniors in the Co) is not an easy task. Especially when I am the "Asian" and they are the xxxx's. Have to protect the best interest of the shareholders; and at the same time must help operations with revenue target so I must not be seen as an obstacle; and must be seen as adding value to the business. It is not as easy as crossing the t's and dotting the i's.......

Had lunch with CEO last week (during his visit to Dubai). 7 of us were invited to hv a roundtable lunch with him. He knew me, my work, my background.. amazing. Quite an experience and was feeling great! And not without envious eyes from the rest.

Other development in the past week made me drag my feet to work. Had an uninvited assistance in office ..

But no matter what the situation is @ office, my dearest  3DHS never fail to put a smile back on my face when I reach home.. Syukur Alhamdulillah yg tak terhingga dengan anugerah and amanah yg Allah kurmiakan... 




Saturday, December 11, 2010

New Toys!

Mama's ... after all the "songel" by HSBC




Abang's ... since NIKE is on sale. For DHS 220, I think it is worth it. Original price was DHS 315. Abang said this is Roonie's shoe. And Abang proudly wore it for his football tournament last thursday!



 And Viya's ... this is by luck. Ma & Busu went to Dragon Mart with Viya (since Abg & Dede wanted to stay at home with Bibik), and when we saw the bike, and Ma asked Viya whether she wanted it. Ma knew Viya wanted it so much but being a good girl, she just said "if you hv the money and tak mahal sgt, yes I want...". Ma melted...

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Abang face

Thi s  is  Abang   Face  Abang  was  trying to make  an  angri    face  Abang  was  veri  Funny  went Abang  was  in the picture. that's all for today. thank you from Dira.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Zaabeel Hall

dede writing
On Friday we go to convention hall, dalam convention hall ade Zaabeel hall .Jauh sangat nk kena jalan pastu baru sampai  kena bayar 25 drh untuk adults 10 drh untk children  . Org yang kat counter suruh tengok ape dalam dia kt dalam satu buku ni ade ckp ape dalam tu.lepastu mama dah decide mama pun beli tiket tu kita nk  pergi sini sebab ade discount  kasut crocs.  Abang tak sabar nak pegi kedai crocs tu. pastu kita terus pegi. first sekali Yaya jumpa kasut yg dia suka, starfish.. pastu Mama pulak dapat warna brown. saya first skali tanak beli sebab kecik, pastu jumpa Crocs Octopus yg boleh muat saya belilah  Busu tanak beli apa-apa. Pastu Abang nak jidbits bendayg letak kat Crocs. Satu packet ada 4 tapi Mama cakap share satu. kita ambik yg kita agree dengan Abang i.e actors Taylor, Hana Montana, Ryan & Chad. I ambik Hana Montana & Taylor.

Kita dapat 4 balloon crocs free. Pastu ini gambar crocs saya.


Pastu ada cartoon nak naik stage. First skali Humongusor tapi I tak dapat clear sgt la amik gambar sebab camera mama gerak, tapi Yaya punya ok la. Ni gambar Yaya and me



CROCS YAYA STARFISH


this is my crocs and it has a starfish and i already have another one in malaysia. In malaysia it the same like that one butthe starfish is small. I buy it from near Mama's office but i don't know what it's called.

when i wear it, it's nice and comfy and it was very tickling. that's all for my crocs.. Yaya

Friday, December 3, 2010

Mercato For Movie

After Friday prayer, we sent straight to Mercato for our 1:15pm MEGAMIND show. Abg pulak finished prayer lambat today. Nasib sempat.. guess what? only 13 people (including 5 of us) tengok movie tu! Mercato (@ Jumeirah 1 ni memang nampak lengang.. takde orang. Cinema pun takde orang. 

Anyway, we enjoyed the movie!








Thursday, December 2, 2010

Activity Cuti Sempena UAE National Day

Today, Mama & Busu project Nasi Ayam lagi, labuje!..

While we were cooking, look at what each of 3DHS was doing..

ABANG...


DEKYA...


AND DEDE...!


We considered a few options for the weekend.. First, Oman trip by tour. To Musandam, just 3 hours from Dubai. Activity : Snorkeling, cruising by Dhow, fishing etc (AED 495 each) . Tapi 3DHS voted "NO"..
Then Mama suggested "Dubai Wonder Bus" (bas yg boleh jalan dalam air & on land) from Burjuman Shopping Mall. AED 140 each / 1.5 hours. Tapi Dede said : "Eleh, naik bas je pun sampai mahal mcm tu?"..
Third option : Fun Square @ Time Square ( Abang pulak tanak sbb ni untuk much smaller kids..)
4th Option : Dubai Wonderland Theme & Water Park (AED 100 each) but still 3DHS voted "NO" (maybe sbb pagi tu dah gi swimming kat pool depan villa.
Rupa2nya, 3DHS nak ajak gi tengok movie..! MEGAMIND

So we went to Emirates Mall. Unfortunately, only 3D show was available. Yg ni, tiketnya 50 Dirham sorang! ayyo... so expensive. So we decided to watch Harry Porter, but full house pulak.. So kita jalan2 @ EM.

Ni pic depan Toy Store..


Abang recky2 Ray Mysterio, tapi tak dapat..


Busu dapat free picture with Falcon..



We also went and check out the Ski Dubai .. looks cool, but we were not ready for it today. Maybe next time..