Majlis Kesyukuran dan Solat Hajat

Minggu lepas, hari Rabu 30 Disember 2009 kami mengadakan majlis ringkas 2 dalam 1 sebagai tanda kesyukuran atas kejayaan Dini dalam PMR dan solat hajat sebelum Faiz ke IQKL. Memang menjadi lumrah bagi orang-orang Kelantan mengadakan solat hajat berjemaah untuk berbagai perkara (masuk sekolah, kereta baru, mengerjakan umrah dan haji, mengambil peperiksaan dan sebagainya).

Majlis ini pun dirancang "last minute", dua hari sebelum. Oleh kerana kesuntukan masa, kami hanya menjemput keluarga terdekat serta kawan-kawan Dini dan Faiz. Kami bernasib baik kerana Pak Ngah masih sanggup menerima tempahan katering pada saat-saat akhir begitu juga Ustaz Fatihi yang sudi meluangkan masa menyempurnakan solat isyak dan solat hajat berjemaah.Apa lagi, kami pun kelam kabut menghantar jemputan dan melapangkan rumah untuk jemputan mengerjakan solat.

Sememangnya Pak Ngah tak pernah menghampakan kami dengan menu yang begitu istimewa seperti nasi tomato, daging kerutub, ayam goreng berempah, udang goreng mamak, acar mentah, dalca daging tetel dan acar buah. Bibik tak ketinggalan menyediakan ikan kering goreng tempe dan rendang daging. Terima kasih pada Tok yang sudi menyediakan pulut kuning dan butir nangka dan Kak Aishah dengan kueh sagu dan cream puff. Memang banyak buah tangan yang kami terima pada malam itu hingga tak cukup meja untuk menghidang kesemuanya. Terimakasih Nani untuk carrot cake, Teacher Mary untuk butter cake dan Kamil untuk cream puff.

Alhamdulillah majlis berjalan lancar dan kepada semua yang sudi menerima undangan kami, terima kasih kami ucapkan dan mohon maaf sekiranya terdapat sebarang kekurangan.

Continuation - Southwestern Adventure - Port Dickson

Our journey continued and after bidding farewell to both Seanette and Agnes at Rider's Lodge, we headed north. Our plan was to stop at Malacca city for "Asam Pedas" lunch at Gerai 35. As we exited Ayer Keroh toll, we got stuck in the traffic and it took us more than one hour to reach the city centre. Since there were just too many people, we just grabbed our lunch at Gerai 22. The Asam Pedas daging tetel and ikan parang are just awesome. Berbaloi lah walaupun terpaksa mengharungi kesesakan yang dahsyat! If you're looking for parking at this area, turn right at Flora De La Mar and park at the riverside....perfect! After taking some shots around Bandar Hilir, we headed straight to Port Dickson.

We reached Legend Water Chalet (www. legendwaterchalets.com.my) around 6pm and checked into the Premium Waterchalet since that was the only room available as the smaller ones have been fully booked months ago! The promotional rate was RM575++ against the published rate of RM1,300. We were lucky since that room could accommodate four adults. It was enough for the five of us. It was a beautiful room with private balcony and has two solid glass panels for viewing the sea beneath the floor. The bathroom is huge with triangle bath tub and standing shower with air well, so you could see the beautiful blue sky while having shower (provided it doesn't rain!).

Since it was almost dark, there's nothing much we could do....just enjoying the rising tide from the balcony when out of a sudden we saw 2 turtles...we were so excited!!! I didn't know that PD has turtles (probably the turtles were saying thank you for sponsoring their conservation programs). After having dinner at one of the tomyam stall outside, we went back to the hotel and rented a karaoke room. Yang beriya menyanyi of courselah ibu and abah, anak2 jadi audience. The room, choice of songs and the charges were not bad at all...perhaps the best karaoke room in PD!

The next morning, after breakfast, we rented bicycles for the kids and a fishing rod for the dad. Trying our luck, kut2 boleh dapat ikan sekor dua...unfortunately none at all! The kids went for a ride around the hotel and the hotel next door, Legend International Water Homes (http://www.legendiwh.com.my/). They came back and told us that the all the rooms at the other hotel come with a private swimming pool. Wow...tak pernah pulak dengar hotel yang macam ni. So while they were swimming, I decided to go for a walk to find out about the hotel next door.

It's true, all the rooms comes with a private pool, nice but of course more expensive. They just opened in November 2009. I checked with the front office and they told me that there still have rooms available, but only the Executive Pool Villa. The published rate is RM2,100 but the promotional rates for 2009 was RM690 but it comes with 2 King Size Beds! Enough for all of us and perhaps cheaper than renting 2 rooms! The room also has a small kitchenette and a solid glass panel to view the sea. If you want the room to be facing the sea, there is a surcharge of RM150! So, we checked out from Water Chalet at 12 noon and checked in at Water Homes and carried all our luggage to the car as the room was available only at 3pm.

We headed to PD town and stopped at Restoran Deen Berjaya - Kari kepala Ikan Deen. It's popular for fish head curry. Memang sedap dan mengancam bila tambah sotong goreng and ayam goreng! Then, we went down memory lane when we passed by my old school, SK Port Dickson (formely known as Government English Primary School). I was there in 1980 for only a year...but a year that left lots of fond memories.

Around 3pm, we checked in at the Water Homes...and IQ met his SDAR friend (who had just arrived with his family from Kelantan). It was a long way from the hotel lobby to the room (sometimes we just hop on the electric buggy!!). By the time we reached there, we were already exhausted! But the room was just lovely overlooking the sea and the kids just couldn't wait to jump into the pool. It was really cool!!! Since the pool is inside the room, all of us just jumped in!!!! That night we scouted for dinner along the beach and settled for Papa Grill Mama Chop. The food was okay just to fill up the stomach. That night, we tried again our luck with fishing....lesson learnt is that, use a bell at the the end of the rod when you're fishing at night!
The next morning, the kids jumped inside the pool after breakfast. IQ went to visit the PD Power Plant next door. I took the chance to rest and watch TV. Just before 12 noon, we packed our stuff and left Water Homes.

We were very impressed with the 2 new hotels in PD and I'm sure we will come again...probably the best hotel in PD now. The whole trip was enjoyable and fun. It was a good break for all of us.

PMR: 220 pelajar sekolah YIK dapat 9A

Harakah 1-3 Januari 2010 KOTA BHARU: Pelajar-pelajar sekolah agama di bawah Yayasan Islam Kelantan (Yik) terus mengungguli kecemerlangan apabila seramai 220 pelajar mendapat 9A dalam PMR 2009. Berlaku peningkatan seramai 50 pelajar yang mendapat kecemerlangan tersebut berbanding tahun sebelumnya. Manakala 8A seramai 199 pelajar, 7A (199 pelajar), 6A (235 pelajar) and 5A (206 pelajar).

Pengarah Yik, Ahmad Robert Abdul Rahim berkata, berlaku peningkatan pelajar yang mendapat semua A dalam semua mata pelajaran. Katanya Maahad Tahfiz Sains Tanah Merah mendapat 100 peratus dalam peperiksaan itu manakala 45 pelajar mendapat 9A.

Maahad Muhammadi Perempuan mencatat 97.81 peratus dimana bilangan pelajar yang mendapat 9A paling ramai iaitu seramai 88 orang. Manakala Maahad Muhammadi Lelaki dan MTS Bustanul Ariffin mendapat 91.75 peratus. Ahmad berkata seramai 6,144 pelajar sekolah agama di bawah Yik menduduki peperiksaan tersebut tahun ini.