Sunday Event.....

MUFC (click at the photo)

Ni la activities kitorang last Sunday. Early morning dah keluar ke car boot sale. Ye la ada keta for 2 days kan. guna la sebaik mungkin. We going to Farnworth. Cari punya cari baru jumpa kat area gudang. Actually car boot ni open daily. Tak meriah sangat. Barang pun tak banyak sangat. Iqbal dapat one small teddy bear for free (harga asal 10p jer) and one toy (40p). Sorry Iqbal sini tak de jual Thomas & Friends. Nanti kita cari tempat lain ok. Around 10 am dah nak balik but we stopped at Middleton. Cari car boot sale kat Middleton, tapi hampa Juki dah tak ingat the way to go there. So, we just balik rumah masak makan. Petang we went to Old Trafford. Visit the Manchester United Old Trafford Stadium. Possing sakan kat sini and shopping kat the store dalam area stadium. Papa bought 3 key chains. Ok la. Very nice MU jersey was selling here but, the price walla...40 pound. Tunggu sale la yer papa. Tu pun kalau ada. Kesian papa tak dapat jersey. Sorry gak acu Eman. Lepas tu kitorang ke Lowry Outlet Mall. Mama and Iqbal possing kat tepi Quay (sungai). Then, masuk mall. mama terus ke Mark & Spenser outlet. cari punya cari I found it. Denim skirt for 9 pound (cheap right). Next time I will show you. :)

Trip to Lakes District

Lake District

Activities during last weekend. Papa and friends rent 3 cars. Nak pegi jalan2 to North of Manchester. kat Lakes District. This is the area with surrounded by a numbers of lakes. But sad to say sampai jer hujan sangat lebat. We cannot possing kat area water front dia. and we just wait in the car. We decided to move to another location Aquarium of Lake District. kat sini hujan dah stop. Apa lagi bentang pot luck and makan time.... mama prepare nasi lemak telur masak sos (resepi arwah mak long) and ayam goreng, mak Hafizan masak meehoon goreng. Lepas makan, kitorang post sakan la kat lake nih. Actually Lake District nih towards country side dah. kat tebing2 lake banyak la sheeps and cows. plan macam-macam lagi tapi kat sini pukul 5 dah gelap. All the drivers plak just depend on maps and GPS. so, ada la tempat yang plan nak pegi tapi tak dapat sebab tak jumpa. From Lake District we went to Lanchester, hari dah gelap take away dinner at Neptune Fish and Chips. Makan kat Motoway Service (mcm R&R la). Sampai rumah dah pukul 9.00pm. So tired and tido.

Outting Early Days in Manchester

This is the pictures our early days in Manchester. we went to ASDA to do some shops. Actually ASDA (hypermarket) in the Manchester sport city. A few numbers of sport stadiums in this area. One of that is Manchester city stadium at the back. Today they have the football match by local football club. So many peoples walking towards the stadium show that they really support their games.

This is the picture at the Lowry Outlet Mall. We plan to breaking fast at the mall, but had been informed that the mall close at 7.00pm. so, just take away fish and chips. Actually across the river there is the Old Trafford Stadium. Iqbal ok jer even dah makin sejuk....

Lets walk.....jalan2 dari Marriott Hotel to University of Manchester. Take a break kejap under the bridge. cause it is raining. Malas nak redah jer. Kesian hero mama nih. Gigit jari dia kesejukan. Actually quite far the uni from the hotel, but papa still decide to walk. Tengok tempat orang. dah ler masa ni bulan puasa lagi.

Gambar raya lagi

Selamat Hari Raya........

New Smithfield Market, here we go.....

Excited sangat nak jalan2 ke car boot mama dah bangun subuh lagi 6.00am. prepare breakfast and 7.15am dah jumpa ngan Poeng and Juki kat bus stop. Iqbal ckp jer nak jalan terus stop nangis. Sambung tido dlm bus la Iqbal yer. Naik bus ke Piccadilly, dari sini ambil bus Stagecoach ke Ashton. Sanggup tukar 2 bus just to experiance the market. But not many car boot actually and I have no idea why. sekarang ni sejuk sesangat sampai rasa nak krem kaki nih. Iqbal tertido masa tengah shopping. beli glove and cap Iqbal & papa. Fleece & baju 1 pound for mama. Ok lah dah tengahhari kitorang pun balik pekena nasi lemah mak Hafizan kat rumah Poeng.

Ready for Open House

Kua..kua...mama...Iqbal dah tak sabar nak ajak kluar. Gambar kitorang bersiap nak pegi open house Zaini & family kat Crumpsall. Zaini is secreatary for Malaysian Community kat Cheetham Hill nih. Iqbal pegang heater. anash mama.

Jom..jalan jalan. Iqbal boleh benti nangis sbb mama dah ready nak bawak dia jalan-jalan open house rumah Uncle Zaini & Aunty Azian. Iqbal tak berapa sihat hari nih. tapi happy gak nak jalan.

Kami dah ready kat luar pagar rumah. nak la bergambar kat rumah nih, nanti dah nak pindah tak sempat bergambar kat sini. Uncle Poeng yang ambik gambar. Iqbal pejam mata sebab kena matahari panas skit. kitorg suka ja dpt kena cahaya matahari sbb bukan senang dpt matahari kat sini selalu mendung ja.

Kitorang jalan kaki jer ke rumah Kak Azian. sebab tak der keta lagi. Actually jauh gak. sorry la tak der gambar kat rumah dorang. dah lapar tak sempat bergambar. Ada mcm2 menu siap ada BBQ lagi. malu la nak bergambar rumah orang. maklumlah orang baru la katakan. hehehe. Iqbal excited sbb rumah tu ada playground and garden rumah dorang mmg besar.

We got the house.....Keane Court

After waiting for almost 2 weeks, than we met the letting agent to take a look of the house. She was late for 1 hour and we still waiting outside (sejuk menggigil dah) and actually we are not the only couple made the appointment with her. Another family (British....I guess) siap bawak new born baby lagi. I feel like sure susah nak dpt this time. When we enter the apartment, seriously it is what are we looking for. but again the family also show the same interest like us. "Wow very nice room and bla bla). As the first person who arrange the appointment, Sam talked to the agent personally that he likes the house and want to book it. Alhamdulillah the agent is very professional she said just call her boss now and confirm the booking with him. Then, we got the house...2 bedrooms fully furnished apartment ground floor (This is important no stairs good for Iqbal...hehehe). One more thing we successfully cut the price from GBP525 to GBP500pcm. Hooray...our problem next is how to explain to our current landlord.

Jalan lagi

Ni gambar semalam kitorang jalan lepas makan lalu kat area China town. saja nak ambik gambar. mana2 negara pun sure ada China Town kan. kat sini ada supermarket woo sang jual barang dari asia. ada gak dari Malaysia. kitorg beli kicap cap kipas udang 2 pound and serbuk curry adabi, pastu daun pandan daun limau purut dan serai pun ada dijual kat sini.

China Town Manchester................................

Papa tengah posing kat Picadilly Garden. kat belakang building Primark. kalau Sunday lagi ramai org. penuh kat area nih. layan pemuzik jalanan. Bila dah ramai sangat orang kat sini mula la plak rasa cuak tengok pelbagai gaya org kan. Ada ke papa hari tu ada Chinese tanya harga barang cakap Cina ngan dia. ada rupa cina ker papa nih...mata tak der la sepet sangat pun. actually tu bukan first time even kat KL pun ada Chinese cakap cina ngan dia tau. senyum papa..........

Belakang gambar merpati.....tapi Iqbal tak excited this time cause this is my nap time.....kalau tak mesti mintak nak turun keja bird...bird..mama bird....

Jalan-jalan ke Picadilly

Semalam papa cuti ada revision day..tapi pagi tuh we went to Medical centre for registration. Pegi ngan family Juki. Then papa ajak kitorang jalan2 ke Picadilly. makan fish & Chips (tak sedap) ngan Pizza Jannam (ok la!!) tapi onion ring memang mama suka...yum...yum. Lepas makan jalan2 la kat Picadilly garden and shopping skit kat Boots Farmasi. Beli susu SMA progress utk Iqbal (tak tau la dia nak ker tak, dah tak der pilihan lain). Gambar tu tunjuk kitorang baru lepas shopping kat Primark (Shopping Complex dia)

Sambil tu Iqbal tetap ngudap makan muffin dari Starbuck. Iqbal dah ngatuk skit dah nih...Belakang tu gambar kedai-kedai kat Picadilly and Manchester market ada org jual bunga and fruits. Beli la grapes kat sini....manis n crunchi nyer.....sedap...banyak sangat makan grapes kitorang pun batuk...

Post lagi back ground junction.

Ni masa tunggu bas. posing kat bus stop kat belakang tu ada building cantik dekat gak ngan University of Manchester (building putih tu) faculty Engineering). Iqbal dah boring nak mintak turun nak lari-lari...shopping Primark beli la baju-baju mama, Iqbal n papa.

Makan Ala Kadar

Hari ni Sunday 14 Oct 07, tak dak apa nak dibuat kat rumah saje coz Sam nak kena siapkan report so, masak la nasi lemak ngan sambal ikan masin yg mak bekalkan. since we have blender borrowed by Poeng aku pun blend bawang pastu tumis ngan sikit serbuk cili. tu pun dah cukup pedas gak.

Ni apa pulak...cuba teka? ni cucur jagung. siap cicah ngan sos cili maggie lagi. Rupanya kat UK pun ada sos maggie ni kan. Iqbal and papa makan dengan lazatnya....may be sebab dah lama tak makan cucur jagung agaknya. Kat KL belum tentu mama sempat buat kan.

Actually ni memang favourite Iqbal, pasta sup. Just tumis bawang putih ngan bawang besar sikit bunga cengkih, bunga lawang, kulit kayu manis dan serai. Masuk isi ayam sampai dah masak skit masuk air. Dah didih masuk sos tiram sos cili maggie. Last masuk carrot ngan sayur hijau. Didihkan dan pecah kan telur perah jus limau kasturi dah siap....hidang kan bersama pasta yang telah di rebus dan ditoskan. yum....yum....Iqbal yang susah makan pun siap bertambah tau.....

cAr VrOoM! vRoOm!

Iqbal before drive the car. suka sgt dia skg dah pandai buat willy atas car ni. bila dia dok sorg dia main car ni la. tapi mama kena ada sama kalau tak menempek kat mana mama pi.

Ready to go, vroom vroom...angah join naik car Iqbal. ni antara toys yg previous tenant tinggal kan. kami kan tak shopping car boot lagi.

Dah malaih naik naik car main benda lain la plak.

Macho man. hehehe...raya kat community hall lepas ada org ambik gambar dia dok berlari. Mesti org tu geram tengok dia aktif sangat kot. terkedek-kedek.

Beraya Lagi.....

Beraya sakan walaupun dah raya kedua kami tetap pakai baju raya (tak basuh smlm pakai sat jer.....hehe) pegi rumah Juki buat pot luck. Iqbal tersenyum dgn baju Melayu siap bersongket lagi.

Ni la juadah pot luck kami. masak ala kadar coz byk kedai tutup, org Paki raya hari ni. Meehoon goreng mama yang masak. Pedas skit sbb guna cili padi kering. Tapi semua org makan dgn berselera mesti sbb semua org pun lapar sesgt.

Dah siap makan kat rumah Juki kitorg nak beraya plak kat rumah kakak Hafizan (camera man) kat apartment. Gambar kat main road. background kedai ngan rumah org. Suka Iqbal tak payah jalan. Segak semua org pakai baju kebangsaan kecuali bby Mardhiah.
Mama ngan papa posing kat area apartment sini. cantik kawasan rumah ni. ingat nak pindah area ni jugak la. tunggu appointment ngan landlord next week.

Pulut & Gulai Ayam

Dah mmg sah aku ni berdarah siam. Tak lengkap raya kalau tak der pulut. Walaupun di bumi Manchester aku berjaya gak kukus pulut.

Ni la hasilnya. Gulai ayam ni paling lama aku masak ikut my mom, suka masak lama2 baru lauk tahan lama (kalau tak habis ler)

Selamat Hari Raya

Beraya di rumah Juki

Iqbal "Selamat hari raya, mak, abah, along, angah, anjang, acu & tatak2"

kt luar Cheetham Hill community Hall

nak jln balik dr smbhyg raya

Aidilfitri di Manchester

Allahu Akhbar Allahu Akhbar Allahu Akhbar
Todeay is 1st Sycawal 1428 H. We celebrate hari raya in Manchester. Ingat kan raya esok, but last night Sam's friend called informed that raya is today. So, no preparation for juadah raya la. But Sam & friends went to the Khezra Masjid for takbir. He told me shahdu rasa takbir this year in Manchester. normally we celebrated our Aidilfitri in Malaysia. Then he joined the Malaysian community and takbir from house to house (who's ready) of course not ours. Very gud effort kan. Me and Iqbal just stay at home coz it midnight already.
Early morning ym family, this time we managed to talk and watch them from webcam. Whats the great techno. Thanks to whom created that. Today we have nasi impit, serunding and gulai ayam prepared by Nor, Juki's wife. Terasa gak berhari raya. Then, we went to Cheetham Hill community centre for sembahyang raya and met with Malaysian community. Lagila terasa berhari raya. Alhamdulillah. Iqbal looks so happy coz today he can play with other boys. Tapi Iqbal ni lasak sangat

Journey to UK

Finally, we are in Manchester City. We arrived UK on 18 Sep 07. Lepak 4 nights at Marriot Hotel, then 1 night at IBIS Hotel and 2 nights at Novotel. Then, moved to our rental house owned by British Pakistani Aslam.