Free Market? Ape tu?

Cerita basi lagi. Haha

Tiba2 berkobar2 semangat Mr H nak bawa anak2 gi swimming kat Pusat Sukan Air, Putrajaya. Ni lah tempat kami bw anak2 berjalan yang paling cost-effective. Hehe

Canang cerita bagai kat ank2 hari sebelumnya. Tup2, masa sampai sana, kolam tutup. Alahai frustnya...

Pusing keluar dari Pusat Sukan Air tu. Masa lalu jkat Dataran Gemilang, nampaklah banyak kereta stop kat bahu jln. Nampak mcm ada carboot sale. Alang2 dah sampai, kami rikilah kot2 ada spot baru boleh masuk.

Masa masuk area Dataran Gemilang tu, nampak keadaan bercelaru. Orang ramai sgt. Banyak barang yang displayed. Ada atas meja, ada atas lantai. Appearance macam pasar pagi.

Rupa2nya, ni lah free market..

I've read about this on FB for some time. Then baru teringat pasal post Syed Azmi's programme related to helping the underprivileged and the homeless. So this is it lah....

Banner nampak sayup2 je. Tak larat nak rempuh crowd tu

Masa ni katanya banyak barang dah kurang. Ini pun dikatakan kurang. Tak taulah camana keadaan kalau kami sampai awal lagi

Sangat suka bunting ni

Konsepnya sgt mudah:
Semua free. Yes. Free. Syarat nak ambil barang:
1.  Bagi salam / tegur dengan hello.
2.  Minta secara baik.
3.  Ambil ikut keperluan dan jangan tamak.
4.  Ucap terima kasih.

Barang2 yang di offer:
Pakaian
Tudung
Toys
Books
Furnitures
Cooked food
Beras, sardin, gula, garam, susu manis, susu tepung, minyak masak, kicap, sos
Bayam, kangkung, sawi, kubis
Dental checkups
Health checkups
Facial
Khidmat mengurut

Tapi antara banyak2 benda yang ditawarkan, I think the best is main bubbles percuma. Seronok sgt tgk budak2 main bubbles unlimited rounds!

Main sampai basah baju dengan peluh dan sabun

What did we took?

1 batang tebu, and 2 biji belon

Hahaha. Actually ada rasa nak ambik barang lain. Tapi bila tanya hati kehendak atau keperluan, it always seemed to be kehendak. Sedangkan barang2 kitorang yang tak digunakan pun dah kami carbootkan, ni nak tambah lagi unnecessary things in the house. Tak naklah. Lepas bincang2 dgn Mr H, we agreed not to take anything else. Tebu tu pun sebab rasa teringin and susah nak beli kat tempat lain.

Nisa with Mr Clown who gave her the balloon

Memang sangat sesuailah ada free market ni terutamanya waktu2 ekonomi kita yang terumbang ambing sekarang. Kalau dpt beras 5kg sekampit, you can save about RM10, kalau dpt gula sepeket dah jimat RM3 duit dapur. After the exhilaration of seeing everything is free to be taken, baru it dawn on me that this is Putrajaya. Putrajaya man.. With government servants, with stable paychecks every month. And yet, here we are asking for free food. Sedih kan? What is happening to our economy? To our country? Kalau kita kerja kerajaan pun begini, bayangkan orang yg kerja swasta, gaji lagi kecik dari kita. Allah sedihnya..

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Tengah seronok lagi berpusing2 market ni, guess who we bumped into?

The small lamb himself!!

It really was an honour to meet him. I've followed his numerous projects on FB. Orangnya sangat humble and down to earth. A soft spoken person but very determine. Dialah yang mengajar saya kalau kita nak buat good deeds, tak perlu duit berkepuk2, ada majlis grand2 nak beramal jariah. We can do it in our own quiet ways.

On our way to the car, you can see happy faces everywhere. All is good. It really was a happy morning expedition for us.

New Year in Bird Park, KL

We welcomed 2016 in Bird Park, KL.

Kisahnya, nak perabiskan all the holidays and trips that we bought during the recent Matta Fair. Bila ditanya oleh Mr H tiket tu masih boleh pakai ke, dgn penuh confidentnya I as the very responsible wife answered ok lagi.. U jgn risaulah.. Tiket tu masih valid. Bila dibelek2 balik, the validity is until 31 Dec 2015. What?? Oh my this is my mistake totally.. 

Cepat2 call Mr H. Ms tu he was out somewhere. Dia balik je, mcm nak terbang kelam kabut mengemas barang2 anak2 and we rushed to KL. Well, the rushed part tu sampai masuk Grand Saga je sebab masuk Cheras area je, the traffic was really baaaddd... Takpe sabar2. Mengesot2 kereta and an hour plus later, sampai juga kami di KL Bird Park. Yeayyy!!!

Sampai dah!!

Kami sampai sana dlm pkl 4 ptg. Park tutup pukul 5.30 ptg so oklah. Tengok displayed ticket price, wow! Nasib baiklah beli tiket kat Matta Fair haritu. Baru RM15 seorang. Tiket Nisa baru RM7. Aira free sebab under 90cm.

Masuk je kat dlm, the excitement begun for the kids.

Tengok dari jauh jer

Ayahnya pun sama excited mcm ank2

Ececeh macam berani jer

Punyalah seronok, berjalan kaki jauh pun dorang ni x sedar. Anak2 takde pun minta didukung

Life is good

Ngam2 habis pusing satu park, hari hujan. Berterabur lari balik ke kereta. Basah sikit, but we had a great time with the kids. 

Cuti chinese new year dah dekat. Ke mana pula ye?

KL From A Tourist View

After sleepless nights for almost 3 weeks, finally I can have a good night sleep and the energy to take the kids out. Kesian budak2 dah cranky tahap max terkurung dalam rumah. Kejap2 dtg kat my workstation tanya "Mama dah habis work?". Huhuhu..

So where did we go? KL!!!

Hahaha!

This was last Sunday. Mr. H just got back from Jeniang, Kedah. Sampai rumah 30 minit, we rushed out with the kids, bibiks, Atok, Nenda and family Aunty Tina to PICC for buffet lunch. Sedap!!

Right at the center of PICC

Thank you Gibam and Tina for the treat. Displayed price is RM35 but since they bought these during Matta Fair, they got them at RM17 each. Murah kan??

Masuk2 je macam takde orang tapi meja makan banyak. Ambiance best and the view was magnificent!

The view from our table

Masa kami sampai tu dlm pukul 12.30 tgh. About 1.00 pm tu start orang ramai datang.

Main dishes

Salad bar with varieties of kerabu, sambal2, budu and keropok. Kerabu mangga dia marbelez!!

Dessert spread

Ada byk lagi makanan yg tak terambil gambarnya yang diserve kat kiosk2.

My plate of dish

Dah siap makan baru dpt jln2 tengok area keliling.

Keluar dari area makan and you can see this

Ni smoking area tapi penuh je orang makan kat sini

Overall, memang sedap and highly recommended for everyone to come here.

Atok with cucu terkecik tolong iklankan food PICC

Next stop, kami ke Tasik Titiwangsa KL untuk trip naik bas. Yes, we took the kids naik bas 2 tingkat: KL Hop-On Hop-Off Bus.

Kami beli tiket bas ni kat Matta Fair baru2 ni. Read here. Masa beli tu kami tanyalah camana nak naik bas ni. Ketawa budak kaunter tu. Dia cakap park kereta kat Tasik Titiwangsa sebab parking situ paling selamat. Then tunggu je bas datang. Tak payah tahan pun. Bas akan stop kat semua stop. Kami tanya budak tu macam2 soalan sampai letih dia. Bukan apa.. Kami ni dah berzaman2 tak naik bas. Last sekali naik bas masa honeymoon kat Redang 5 tahun lepas. Tu pun bas resort. Hahaha

Displayed price is RM19 but since we bought these at Matta Fair, we got them at RM10 each. Seronok!

Tiket bas boleh beli atas bas tapi RM19 lah. Utk foreigners at RM45. Tiket ni valid for 24 hours.

Penumpang2 yang dah tak sabar nak naik bas. Kat belakang tu lah kami park kereta

Penumpang-penumpang yang termuda

20 minutes of waiting and the bus arrived

Takde locals yang naik bas ni. Kami jelah yang Melayunya. Haha! Semua pakat nak duduk kat roof.

Pamphlets yang ada atas bas untuk kita rujuk 

Mana kami pergi? SEMUA tourist attraction places in KL. Bas akan stop kat semua tempat2 ni. Takde tekan2 loceng pun sebab ada orang ke takde orang ke bas tetap stop.

Mr H and I were having a jolly good time. Kids were hating the sun

Same goes for them. Hehe

Us

Halfway through the ride, anak2 dah x tahan panas so we passed them to Nenda yang duduk kat tempat aircond. Then, we made a stop at Pavillion.

Bukit Bintang stop

Atok with En Driver Bas (from Balakong. Nama tak sempat tanya)

Having tea at The Loaf, Pavillion. Dahaga wei...

Choice of drink: Langkawi Sunset
Review: Tak sedap

Lepas solat Asar, sedar2 dah pukul 6.30 petang. We rushed back to the bus stop coz the last bus is at 6.30 pm. Not an easy task I may say when you have 4 kids under 4 to tow.

Sempat juga stop sekejap ambik gambar

We made it just in time. Haha berpeluh!!

Banyak lagi rupanya kawasan KL ni yang kami belum explore. Rasa macam nak pergi lagi naik bas ni, with Mr H only, so we can make stops at all the interesting places in KL. Kira macam dating yg low budget gitu. Hehe

All in all:
1.   Enjoyable, fun ride!
2.   Safe. Giler cekap la driver bas ni
3.   Tak stress langsung tunggu bas sebab dlm 15 minit camtu lalu satu bas
4.   Murah
5.   Baby friendly sebab ada a few spots atas bas yg boleh letak stroller dengan selamat
6.   Sepanjang ride ni ada penerangan tentang tempat2 yang bas lalu. Very informative

Sekian laporan trip Ibrahim's Clan To KL

Posponed Birthday Celebration

Yes you CAN postpone birthday celebration according to MY book of life. Haha

My birthday was way, way long ago. But, time seems to constrain our plan. Ada je yg tak kena. Kalau sy cuti, Mr. H keje. Kalau dia cuti, kita pula ada meeting. Kalau dua2 free, anak2 pula tak sihat. Finally, kitorang decide well.. Kalau ada masa je kita jalan. Tak yah nak plan bagai2. Senang.

In September, when asked what I wish for as a gift, as usual my answer is nothing. Haha really. I wish for none. Tak pernah harap dapat apa2. As long as he remembers, that's the best gift ever. Still, he took me to various shops utk tengok oven. Yes. Oven. Because he knows how much I wanted to buy an oven tapi duit tak mengizinkan. Hehehe. Everytime kitorang jumpa oven yang size boleh masuk dapur kami yg petite tu, at the last moment I tak nak. I felt, kalau oven tu.. takdelah urgent sangat nak. Lagipun, kalau ada oven, lagi rancak memasaknya. lagi gemuk kami jadi. Haha!!

Kebetulan bulan tu ada Matta Fair. So, kami ronda2 kat sana. Then he said I bawa you pergi vacation nak? Cari yang dlm budget I. Of course lah nak! So this holiday is our hasil rembatan di Matta Fair haritu @ my birthday gift part I. Read here. Hahaha ada part I lagi tu sebab Mr H bajet2 nak pergi 3 hari 2 mlm, but I cadang pergi 2 places; 1 night each.  

Jadi, for Part I, we went to Goldcoast Morib Resort. I chose this place sebab tak pernah sampai. Deal dia pun sangat murah. At RM150, we got a studio suite, private jacuzzi, breakfast for two, 4 tickets to the waterpark. 

Since saya jarang2 dapat drive long distance, I drove us there. Lebih kurang 80km from our place, an hour drive. Seronok!

Dah sampai

Kat lobby

We arrived around 2pm. Seronok sebab dapat sampai on time. Tapi rupa2nya check in time pkl 3. They were strict on this. Jadi, check in je dulu kat kaunter then we waited until 3pm baru boleh ambil room key. We filled up our time by ronda2 area hotel dulu. 

Can see the water park from the lobby

Sesekali Mama masuk blog sendiri

Pkl 3.15 camtu kami masuk bilik.

Then, to the pool!!

Hitam Mama and anak2

Ada this giant water slide. Mr H nak bawa anak2 naik. I said oh no. No. No. No. Dangerous. Anak2 takut. Saya takut. What if you terlepas anak? Anak tenggelam? Mr H said jangan risau. Saya ada kan? Saya peganglah anak kuat2. Haha yakin ke saya? Tanya Nisa. Dia tak nak. Tanya Aira. Dia nak.

Lebih 10 kali dorang berdua turun naik benda ni

At last, Nisa naik sekali with me. Sampai bawah, kami berdua tak mau dah. Hahaha!!

Malam tu, kami dinner kat Pantai Morib. Sedapnya lahai...

Bersepah meja punyalah menikmati makanan + lapar

King Ikan Bakar. Memang sedap!

Ada pasar malam jual2 barang kat sebelah medan selera. Bw budak2 berjalan. Terbang gak RM12 beli mainan. Lepas tu pergi taman permainan kat situ

Ada batu peringatan kat pantai ni

Tomorrow morningnya kami breakfast kat hotel. Tak bestnya, masa breakfast is 7-10am only. Selalunya hotel bagi breakfast sampai 10.30am. Anyway, breakfast spread was superb!

Lepas tu, sambung mandi lagi sampai check out pkl 12 tgh hari.

Sebelum balik, kami pergi balik Pantai Morib. Malam tadi pergi tak nampak apa. Air lautnya macam PD lah. Tapi area tu really reminds me of Esplanade Kudat. Ada benteng batu. Masa kat Kudat dulu, selalu petang2 bila takde apa nak buat, duduk kat benteng Esplanade Kudat, menung2 tgk ke tengah laut yang biru-hijau jernihnya. Angin menderu2. Teringat orang-orang yang ada di Semenanjung. Hehehe tetiba nostalgia...

All in all:

1. Goldcoast Morib Hotel ni 3 stars hotel. Harga reasonable. Boleh pergi kalau budget tak besar.
2. Main attraction is the water park. Nothing else.
3. Agak lama hotel ni. They could do better by at least gantikan benda2 dlm bilik yang dah rosak/usang like door knobs, lights, switches.
4. Food was great!
5. Lobby panas giler. Pasanglah air-cond full blast kot ye pun nak jimat. First impression is important you know
6. Easy access to the beach. We went but air tgh surut.

Thank you Mr H for this wonderful short vacation. Tak sabar nak celebrate Part II plak. 

Lovey dovey feeling