Nak Amik Parcel... Camne Nak g Central Post Office?

Actually aku dah ulang -alik post office ni since 3 years ago lagi. Tapi tak pernah terfikir nak tulis pasal benda ni. Ramai yang tak tau rupanya klu hantar barang dari Malaysia, pakai 'air mail' it took less than a week dah sampai sini, (depends bile orang Malaysia pos barang tu)

This morning, seawal 8.15am kitaorg dah keluar. Drop Fadzil kat ofis, sebb this evening ade appointment ngan member, ingat nak shoot terus amik Fadzil, so that dia tak payah nk drive balik rumah.

Aku dah track online dekat Emirates Post whether or not barang dah sampai. Biasanya klu pakai pos udara dari Malaysia, kite akan dapat reference number like this, "CP115380311MY". Nombor nilah yang diguna untuk track status kat Malaysia di web Pos Malaysia. 

Tapi sebb UAE public holiday lama, tertangguh2 ambil barang yang dah sampai since 28hb hr tu. 

How to get there?

The best route from Sheikh Zayed Road, amik direction pegi ke arah Al-Maktoum Bridge, on the way tu akan nampak jugak Karama, Port Rashid. Lepas tu ambil kiri dan ikut arah ke Ruler's Court sampai nampak Dubai Central Post Office on our right. But the post office bukan sebelah depan it's at the other side at the back. Belok kanan sebelah post office tu, and then nampak entrance post office sebelah kanan jugak selepas belok tu.

 

Sampai kat dalam post office tu, kalau dah ade slip untuk ambil parcel, just go straight to the token counter ambil token untuk kaunter no.7 dan duduk sambil tunggu giliran.

Kalau tak ada slip, go to counter 19 and give them your reference number, and they will give you the slip.

Kalau ambil barang yang bukan atas nama sendiri, jangan lupa bawa salinan passport pemilik barang tu, untuk verify.  Senang kan? Biasanya once barang dah sampai kat CPO (Central Post Office), diorg akan call, or maybe kita boleh tunggu diorg letak slip tu dalam post box kita, which took almost 2 weeks after the arrival of our parcel. In my case usually I got the slip like a month after I got the stuff and been enjoying it during that length of time.

  

 

 

Barang dari Malaysia dah sampai, senang je. Less than a week.

Keluar time sejuk-sejuk ni...

Winter's here and its sooooooo niiiceeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday we went out after maghrib but guess what?? Falisha slept all the way. Kakak had fun, babah pulak taking pictures all the time.

We went to the Global Village, the place everybody talks about every year at this time. We didn't go for anyrides, just window shopping peeking at what's interesting Frankly, me and my hubby agreed that the cost to get on the rides have been ridiculously expensive compare to the last 3 years. Even this year, the entry went up to 10 dirhams compare to year's 5 dirhams. I think it's not worth the money for each rides that lasted less than 5 minutes.

We just need to hang out walk around take the kids and enjoying the winter (eventually only 1 kid go through the evening awake!) *wink.

I think I'll bring Ibu and Bapak for the visit when they're here. I walked around looking for the booth that sells the 'ayat quran' frame. Like the one I had at home, some kind of floating thingy sort of... but still I couldn't find it. I'll look again soon.

But as usual, the place is packed with people. We're lucky as we arrived early and found the good spot for parking. There were so many people went there, by the time we walked out of the place there still people coming in! And it's almost 10 pm! Whoaa..!!

Here are some pics, enjoy!!

tini kira jari nak buat piece!

 

 

 

 

the kid who didn't got through the evening

Can you see it?

Korang nampak tak? Dekat gusi Falisha tu? Hehehe..adik dah keluar gigi. To think that adik ni maybe lambat segala2nya, compare dengan kakak when she was the same age.

Yelah, dengan badannya yang semangat tu.. we all ingat die ni ambat meniarap, maybe tak merangkak, merayap je macam kakak. But she surprised us by, meniarap at the age of 3 months exactly. Crawl, by the age of 5 months. And now since she turn 7 and half, she started standing up. Try to walk by holding the coffee table, sofa and anything she can grab on. And the teeth started coming out at the age of 5 months, and now suddenly more teeth are coming out. In 2 weeks she will turn 9 months and I bet she will walk by that time.

No wonder la, time menyusu tu sakit je kena gigit. Kadang2 kena lepuk jugak punggung Falisha sebab spontan je menggigit.

Anyway, ummi so proud of you! (punye la susah nak snap gamba ni...) keep it up ye Debok! lg 2 minggu Atok dengan Nenek sampai adik tunjuk skill ok??!

To my family enjoy this picture.

p.s. hari ni Falisha took her first step, 3 steps and then jatuh, duduk terus merangkak. I hope she won't give up! (*chaiyok!)

Finally The Curtains Are Ready

Kali terakhir aku jahit langsir...? Last year masa pindah Discovery Garden. Langsir sempoi je. Kali ni almaklumlah dah dapat umah proper, aku bersemangat menjahit langsir untuk menghias setiap tingkap kat rumah. Tak payah cerita panjang lah kan. Lama jugak aku membelek magazine yang ada pelbagai jenis langsir tu. Belek, macam mana nak jahit langsir yang cantik tapi senang nak menjahitnya. Bukan tak mau tempah, tapi mahal kos nak tempah langsir kat sini. Aku bukan nak yang mewah2 sangat pun, just yang simple tapi menarik. Langsir yang aku nak jahit ni, untuk hall and dining. Untuk bilik, aku recycle langsir lama, potong, kelim jahit, jadilah langsir untuk bilik. Aku ada tambah blinds yang aku beli dari IKEA untuk tingkap lain kat bilik, just to add up some window deco. The blinds costs only AED 17.90 each.

Kain aku beli kat Dragon Mart. Banyak choice, rambang mata. Tapi the key point is, to find a good, quality fabric, dan senang nak memotong dan menjahit. Warna? Aku berkenan warna deep gold, dan padan kan dengan fabrik yang sama, tapi warna off-white. Asalnya warna ni aku pilih sebb aku nak ia padan dengan dinding rumah yang bakal dicat warna ruby red (kononnye..), tapi warna yang kami nak tu tak ada, dah 3 kali pegi kedai cat, tak ada jugak. So hubby decide, amik warna lain untuk dinding hall.

Balik ke cerita langsir. Sebab aku agak busy dengan kerja rumah dan anak-anak, progress jahit langsir ni pun slow, sampaikan raya baru2 ni, langsir pun tak sempat siap, (ahahaha.. malu je kan.. orang datang umah xde langsir.) Tapi lojik la, raya ni aku br 2 minggu pindah umah baru. Kire oklah kan (untuk level aku, *wink*)

Anyway berikut adalah hasilnya,actually belum 100%, because langsir nipis yang belah belakang x gantung lagi, sebab hubby tak pasang railing utk 2 layers curtains. "Nanti tukar" kate hubby, kena la tunggu pegi IKEA lagi to get that holder.

 

warming up, nak mula jahit semula

  

 Kena study the design and figure out camne nak jahit pattern ni.

  

Bukan senang nak adjust bagi warna putih tu balance kiri dan kanan

  

 I love the colour effect when the sun touches the curtains.

Raye haji tahun ni..

Tahun ni raya haji tak pegi vacation macam tahun2 lepas. Dok kat Dubai je. Sebab baru pindah, malas nak ke mana-mana, aku ingat nak kemas umah jahit langsir je. Lagi-lagi aku still sibuk cater breakfast and lunch untuk budak2 kat ofis En.Fadzil.

Aku masak pulut kuning dengan ayam goreng satay.. hah satu lagi menu yang tak ter'publish' untuk dikongsi beramai-ramai. Masakan ni, senang, rupe macam rendang tapi bukan rendang. And tasted better! Nanti aku publish resepi ni ye?

Bergambar pagi raya

1st family photo after quite sometimes

visit baby Kamil and Muny, terus pegi rumah Suzana and Nizar

(gamba atas, from left:ibu Azzah, Azzah, Jamel and Hessa, Fadzil, Me and Falisha, Suzana and Alex's daughter and Nizar with Ayman)

(gamba bawah, from left: Me and Falisha, Sharifah, Munyra, baby Dania, Tini and Mama Muny)

dengan Syigim dan Kak Ziela (antara yang hadir malam bakar satay)

from left: David, Jeff's boys, Diane and Jeff

Anyway, tak kurang meriah jugak raya, walaupun dengan a few friends. Kami pegi visit diorg2 yang tak pegi bercuti2 ni. Visit jugak, rumah Zai and Wak Nasrol, tapi lupe amik gamba plak..

That night, rumah kami pulak buat makan-makan, nothing extravagant, just satay, pulut kuning and bubur pulut hitam, some pot luck from Diane. Anyway, seronok tengok semua orang enjoy. Thank guys, for coming!

Eid Mubarak everybody!

1st Raindrop In Dubai

Masa tu on the way balik dari Mall of The Emirates (the famous MOE). Pegi Carrefour and singgah Carter's + Okaidi bought something for the kids, menjelang nak winter ni, I have to get something extra needed by the kids. Dan kebetulan got 70% off plakkan..

Suddenly nampak langit gelap je.. awan pun gelap je tak cerah. Dalam hati "Nak hujan ni..." memang betul. sampai je belakang MOE kat area Al-Barsha, hujan pun turun. Ini maksudnya, winter is official! Bestnye!! Sejuk, nyamankan..? Leganya, Summer finally over. Now can go out a lot! Dah tak panas, angin pun sejuk, even matahari terpacak atas kepala.

Sekarang dah duduk villa, bole la nak picnic kat belakang rumah. i plan to start gardening, but sekarang tak sempat nak gardening sebab still sibuk kemas umah, almaklumlah br pindah.

Anyway, to all Dubai residents, let's enjoy winter!

Sneak Peek

Lama dah tak update blog, kawan-kawan pun ade yang bertanye. Sibuk sesangat, kemas barang x habis2. House warming? Dalam perancangan, insyaallah.. ada nnti. Ni ade sneak peek umah kitaorg. Tak complete lagi, so enjoy gamba 'before' dulu pasni kitaorg show plak gambar after k?

Until the next post,