Papa & Mama Pulang Ke Malaysia...

Hari ni Papa, Mama, Adik & Faiz berangkat pulang ke Malaysia setelah 41 hari berkampung di Loughborough menjaga Puteri Balqis. Kami menaiki keretapi pukul 1:40 pm dari L'boro dan terus ke London Heathrow. Atie & Puteri tinggal di L'boro kerana cuaca sejuk. "Bye To'ki, To'Mi , Che Su & Abang Faiz" said Puteri Balqis, "Come back soon, we'll missed you all already..."

Boxing Day Shopping....

As Christmas day ended, we are bombarded with loads of Boxing Day Mega Sales offers. We wake up early and headed off to Fosse Park (at Junction 21, Leicester) then we went to the East Midlands Designer Outlet (at Junction 28, Mansfield, Derby) later that day. There are many great offers on clothing, home appliances and many more. Sales are up to 70% off. As some of the stores are closed on Boxing Day, we went again on the 27th and visited the shops again (Marks & Spenser as well as Next). When we reach the shopping complex at 8 am there was loads of people already queuing up to these stores.

Gambar terbaru Puteri...

Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha

Kami sekeluarga ingin mengucapkan "Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha" kepada semua. Salam dari kami yang jauh diperantauan...

Mama & Papa Went Carbooting...

Today Mama & Papa went car booting for the first time. We went to Measham & Ibstock indoor boot because of the cold weather. There are not many booters compared during summer time. You can still see the frost on the bushes even at 9 am. Imagine what it's like at 7 am.

My US Embassy experience...

Today I went to the US Embassy to get my visa for the conference. I took the 9:00 am train to London via Leicester. When I arrived at Leicester train station, my 9:30 am train was delayed due to no available driver. So the delay took 20 minutes to get sorted out. Finally arrived in London at 10:50 am and went straight to meet Hafiz at Marble Arch tube station. He went ahead to look for the embassy as it was located somewhere far from the high street. Arrived there, took a number (wondered why is an appointment needed if you still have to wait for your number to be called), and twiddling my thumbs for 20 minutes for handing in my application form. Then after more thumb twiddling (4 1/2 hours to be exactly) they call me up and said "Because you are a foreign student, your application will take longer to process" and handed me back my passport. That's it? Waited that long and they explained to me in less then 2 minutes!! Hafiz and I missed our 2:55 pm train back (buying a new train ticket on the spot costs more then £50) and have to spend the night at Hafiz's place with only the clothes on my back. That night we went to Nando's Whitechapel (serves halal chicken, not many in UK, there's one in Leicester) for dinner. We both had 1/2 chicken to replace our missed lunch. So the next day, we boarded the 10:00 am train back to Loughborough. What a day....

Nando's chicken Yum yum..

Update:

After going through all of this trouble, the conference date had passed and the US embassy people sent me an e-mail asking for a new date when will I am going back to the US. Hmmm...

Puteri is 2 weeks old & growing fast...

Today is our little princess 2 weeks old anniversary. She is growing fast and time flies when you are having fun taking care of her. She's very quite and does not cry unless she needs her nappy changed and time for her milk. Sometimes, To'mi and To'ki will take her upstairs to sleep with them. She also had her BCG injection yesterday at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham (where she's born). Hope all goes well for her, grow up to be a good girl, dimurahkan rezeki, live a long & prosper life.