First week in the office

First day going to Shell office ni, mencabar jugak... dah tanya nak naik tram (train) nombor berapa (no 9) tapi tak tahu nak berhenti kat mana... so kenalah buat muka toya mintak tolong orang cakap where to stop. Bila dah berhenti kat Lan Copes.... tak tahu la pulak nak mengarah ke mana so call la the person in charge kat sini, Caroline Ros. Bateri lak nak kong masa ni tapi nasib baik sempat cakap where I will be.... Bila dah jumpa - baru lega!!!!

This is the Shell Center (C16)

Besor jugak Shell office ni... Caroline is so nice to accompany me get settled with the pass card and all other things... and also give me the seat location. Bila dah almost settled down, jumpa la some familiar people - Irene Tel, Wouter-Jan, Ewelina and others... sambil bagi "souvenir" from KL...

From left: Irene Tel, Ewelina, myself & Bert Dressel

Then... the next day, sebab it's a really nice day out - very sunny & "warm".... one of the colleagues kat sini bawak jalan2 gi park... really nice! Enjoy the pictures taken.... and also of the Shell Central office.

Caroline Ros & Joelle

Me & Joelle. She's from Belgium....

With Caroline Ros.....

Nice house eh? Right in the center of the park

Isn't this beautiful? Actually canal view is much prettier but that's when the battery ran out! (urrgghhh)

Jalan2 dekat dengan Apt

Masa mula2 sampai apartment ni, memang le seronok habis sebab dah penat dah ingat nak lepak aje. Memang apt ni besor la... ada 4 bilik, 2+1 bilik air. Kenapa 2+1? Sebab kat master bedroom ada "full" bathroom siap ngan bathtub. Lagi satu tu, ada shower + washing machine + dryer & the other one tu ada toilet je.



Ni kat living room - actually besor


Haikal kat area dining room....



Haikal kat kitchen. Yang background tu one of the grandest hotel in the area


The two angels in the master bedroom - kelakar "double bed" = 2 single beds together


2nd bedroom with 2 single beds


Kalau tak pun, boleh tengok dalam this website: http://www.sonarappartementen.nl/english/index.html and look for Gevers Deynootplein 202 / Scheveningen ... ada jugak la gambo kat situ.

Sudut2 lain tak ambik... but Alhamdulillah, actually, very comfortable for all of us.

Bila dah recover from jetlag, bawaklah diorang jalan around the area, the beach is across the road (tapi belum pergi) and then ada small shopping mall.....

Haikal excited ada air pancut in front of that grand hotel - terbelit lidah nak menyebut nama nya so tak yah la tulis kat sini... lagipun tak ingat. And Tini with her infamous "sling bag" for Meen!!! hee hee hee


Belakang tu la beach area... tapi belum sempat pergi sebab selalunya berangin so quite cold - around 12C


This is the shopping mall - Palace Promenade! Ada supermarket (setakat nak beli cheese, whole milk ke... boleh la).There's also Guardian-equivalent by the name of Etos.....

This weekend, my friend, Rafidah - she's been here for a while now - nak bawak jalan2 gi Cheese Farm & Clog Factory.... so nanti akan update lagi with lots of photos.....

First time on aeroplane for the kids

24th September:

We (my maid Tini, my kids Haikal & Shasmeen and moi) were all supposed to be leaving for Amsterdam on MH16; at 11:55pm.

From rumah, we all left around 9:15pm... lepas solat Isya' and after making sure all seems OK... ada 3 beg besar and 1 carry-on luggage... bawak macam2 makanan esp susu budak2, Milo, beras, and serunding ayam & daging... bukannya apa, takut susah nak cari makanan in the initial period. Lagipun, nak duduk sana 6-7 weeks ni!!! Tak kisah la kalau berat pun...

Sampai kat airport, Fadel dropped us kat tepi tu... jauh lah pulak! Dia drop us kat hujung sekali tapi kena pergi kat tengah. Lepas tu dah tersilap.... I'm supposed to be flying on business class (kompeni bayor) but the rests are on economy (tak mampu ler nak bayor biz class untuk seme sebab bayor sendiri beb!!)... tapi boleh check in kat biz class la... dah tersilap tempat so kenalah beratur semula...

Masa check in tu, ada jugak tanya ground crew if it's possible to upgrade at least Haikal... tapi dia kata flight penuh... hmmmmmm ramainya orang travel on biz class la yek... so tak kisah la.. hopefully masa dlm flight tu nanti, budak2 tidur je la. so bila dah settled seme, kitorang pergi la supper jap - gi KFC jer. Haikal sempat bergambar kat "mini aeroplane".


Haikal before the flight

Bila dah almost time, kitorang pun bergerak la ke immigration.... tinggallah Abah.... Kat immigration tu, kita cakap "this is my maid".. ada ke officer tu tanya, "maid tu apa?"... alahai nak kena sebut dalam BM lak ke? Tapi everything is OK and we all pun masuklah... naik "Thomas" ke C4 - seronok Haikal! Apa lagi bila nampak banyak aeroplanes!!

Sampai kat C4... dah boleh masuk flight pun... tapi tu lah, lupa nak check in Clarins' Body Lotion. It's 200ml - sebab lurus bendul gi declare jadi diorang pun amik lah lotion tu!! Sedih! Kalau tahu, suruh aje Fadel bawak balik tadi, nak buat camna.

Bila masuk flight, kita duduk la kat A18 - memang best la seat seme... tapi Tini & anak2 kena proceed ke row 41 sebab economy pun penuh!! Bila dah nak tutup pintu, tengok2 banyak betul seats kosong kat biz class... apa yang penuh tu? Jangan la tipu kan, patut cakap aje lah tak boleh ke.... Anyway, cuba jugak tanya stewardess if Haikal boleh bawak ke depan tapi bila dah dalam flight, nanti kalau dia allow sorang, orang lain pun sure bising... so diam je lah.

Dah lama sket, datang stewardess lain beritahu, diorang kena pindah ke row 52G sebab nak dekat dengan bassinet location.... makin jauh lah diorang kat belakang!!!

Ada lah jugak pi jengah diorang tapi masa tu Haikal & Meen (Tini sekali) dah tengah tido so tak de lah kacau. Tapi bila tengah2 malam, tak alih2 ada stewardess kejut kata Haikal cari mama... and then terus dudukkan Haikal kat sebelah kita. Dapatlah Haikal merasa tidur baring kat kerusi tu (lupa lak nak amik gambar)... tapi bila tiba masa makan (sebab bulan puasa and Imsa' kul 2:18am, diorang bagi makan awal le)... Haikal memula tu dapat jugak 1 tray tapi lepas tu, stewardess tu kata, Haikal tak sepatutnya berada di situ - supervisor dia "marah"... so pujuklah Haikal supaya gi semula kat belakang.... jenuh jugak nak pujuk dia .... tapi akhirnya berjaya lah jugak....

Lepas tu ada turbulent so tak bleh nak visit diorang sangat and then lepas tu baru diorang nak makan. Tini pun sama sapu so kira orang musafirlah untuk dia.... apparently, ada "atuk belanda" duduk sebelah Haikal berkenan jugak kat dia and so dia lah tolong layan Haikal while Tini sibuk uruskan Meen yang dah bangun.

Other times pun, kata Tini, ramai "dayang2 di udara" berkenan kat Haikal ... dia asyik menyanyi (and one of his favourites is DEWI!!!)... s dapatlah macam2 permainan seme.... Alhamdulillah jugak le....

Bila dah dekat nak sampai, sempatlah amik gambar diorang..........


Muka ngantuk Haikal, Tini & Meen just before landing.

Masa landing tu, dah 6:30am local time.... Nasib baik semua OK... kat immigration diorang pun OK lah... nak tengok credit cards seme - agaknya takut kita nak merempat kat tempat diorang.... bila dah masuk, orang taxi (pre-booked) pun dah called, amik barang2 and keluar. yang kelakarnya, beg besar dah hilang satu handle!!!! Punyalah berat beg tu agaknya sampai hilang satu handle!!!! haa haa haaa

Kitorang buat toya je lah lalu green lane, tak de officer pun kat situ... and keluar2 aje, ada orang pegang kertas with my name on it........

WELCOME to Holland!!!!

Sesi dengan AZ

22 September: Tu lah orang kata, ada hikmah jugak kena delay pergi NL ni ek... dapatlah jugak gi promosi album AZ kat Selayang Mall. Pergi ngan Che La ler, siapa lagi "partner-in-crime".....

Anyway, berbuka kat the same restaurant "Johnny's" tapi dia duduk dalam bilik khas ler.... ingat nak gi solat dulu tapi bila dah excited nampak AZ, terus duduk berdekatan ngan dia... order makanan, seperti biasa lah, terlebih..... lepas tu terus bontang2.... nak gi solat pun macam berat tapi Alhamdulillah lah jugak....

AZ pun pergi solat... siap ada "escort" kat luar surau... kat tempat pompuan lak penuh giler! Tapi sempat la jugak....

He sang 3 new songs: Kau Bunga Cintaku, Lelaki Ini & my favourite, Teman Terulung..... cuma tak sure kenapa AZ tersebak tetengah nyanyi lagu last tu... siap terberhenti nyanyi kejap & I think he cried... mungkin terharu sebab tak sangka ramai pulak yang dah hafal lagu2 baru dia ni.... inilah namanya peminat setia ek?



Masa nyanyi lagu Kau Bunga Cintaku (and I'm listening to it right now)

Anyway, sempat lah bergambar and got his autograph! I brought 2 (one for moi & the other to be brought to Holland)... Che La sampai 5!!!! Tapi yang best, Che La mintak AZ signkan Mint nya birthday card (for 26th Sept)..... Mint, we do hope you like it!!!! Kak E dah marah sebab patutnya none other than CDs... tapi Che La buat muka selamba je... AZ pun, seperti biasa, very accommodating!!! Love you AZ!!!!

Anyway, gambar tak dapat nak upload... tak berapa clear. Yang ber2 ngan AZ pun, ada dalam phone Che La, lupa Shamier nak downloadkan... tak pe lah... Ni Che La dah bagi!!!

Jangan jeles ek?!

Had a fun nite .... thanks Che La for the company!!!

Dah dekat sebulan tak menulis....

MasyaAllah.. tak sangka lak dah begini lama tak meng-updatekan blog ni.
Sibuk sesangat....

Workwise: trainings & then we have to run periodic and adhoc reports for EU/UK & US
nak kena gi The Hague lak bulan2 puasa ni for 6 weeks... kena lah raya kat sana!!
sibuk jugak nak siapkan itu ini.... nak bawak anak2 so kena bawak maid jadi kena
apply visa untuk dia (Indon) tapi tak pe le... asal Raya ngan budak2.
abah bebudak ni nanti kot baru join - masa nak balik so that boleh merayap ke

Personally: tengah huru hara sikit with all the preparations.

Patutnya dah pergi NL malam ni tapi sebab visa tak siap, kenalah postpone ke next week... ada hikmah lah tu!!!

Anyway, kat sana nanti, insyaAllah akan update more frequently.... especially kalau jalan2 ngan anak2 kat sana.....