Pagi Isnin minggu lalu -- around pkl 11pg..

(Bunyi org ketuk pintu)

Aku: Abg, tolong tgk sapa dtg tu... ada org ketuk pintu.. Fatihah tgh nyusu ni.. (Sambil tu aku bgn terus masuk dalam bilik)

(Aku terdengar pintu dibuka, dengar pulak suara En suami berbual dgn sorang perempuan. En suami masuk dalam bilik)

Aku: Sapa yang datang?
En suami: Ada orang Singapore tu.. Dia tgh cari rumah Azizi (another family Melayu kat sini). Dia tak ingat exactly apartment number. Pergilah cakap dgn dia kat depan tu.
Aku: Dia dtg sorang ke?
En suami: Dia dtg dgn anak dia. Pergilah..

(Aku letak Fatihah yang sedang tertidur masa tgh breastfeed and terus ke depan - seorang perempuan bersama anaknya -- around 3 thn tgh duduk kat sofa -- rupa mcm India Muslim)

Aku: Hi.. You're looking for Azizi?
Lady: Yes.. I met him yesterday at the playground. We talked and he invited me to come over to his house anytime. I couldn't remember his whole apartment number, only the number 2 and unit C.
Aku: He is in Apartment 62C.. how did you end up looking here?
Lady: Actually I went to all apartment that has number 2 in the end, and knocked on every C unit in the apartment. Since I live in Apartment 10, I started with Apartment 12, 22 and now I reached your apartment, which is 32. Then I knocked upstairs, which is a Nepalise family, and they mentioned that there is a Malay family down here. (Untuk pengetahuan Apartment aku no 32 A)

We all sembang2.. dalam hati aku punyalah kesian.. gigih betul dia gi ketuk pintu apartment by apartment nak mencarik rumah si azizi ni.. nasib baik dia jumpa apartment aku dulu.. kalau tak? ketuklah pintu sampai unit 62. huhuhu... anyway, nama lady tu Afreen, asal dari Singapore, hubby dia visiting scientist kat ISU ni... anak dia umur 3 thn.. tak de kawan nak main.. tu yg nak gi main kat umah Azizi tu.. Fatihah lak time tu dah tido.. kalau tak, suka la dia jumpa kawan baru..

So petang tu aku bawak Fatihah gi playground, main dgn kawan baru.. suka sangat.. mana taknya, la ni bila petang aje, sibuk nak main kat luar.. asyik tunjuk luar and sebut "kakak.. kakak.." kekadang sebut "abam..abam" (abang..abang). Ha.. nak play dgn kakak dgn abang la tu... (anak2 kak Rosita and Jaja). Hehe..

Tapi kegigihan Afreen tu membuatkan aku berfikir.. kalau aku tak kuasa la nak gi ketuk2 rumah orang macam tu... huhu

Last weekend (Fri - Sun), kitorang pergi Minnesota -- specifically, Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding area. So dlm pkl 12tgh Jumaat tu bertolak, sampai Minneapolis around 3pm (byk kali stop kat rest area.. hehe). Kitorang stay kat Motel 6 Mall of America. So sesudah check-in, lepak kejap and makan2, then pergi ronda kat Mall of America (MOA). Konon2 tengok la apa2 yg menarik utk dilawati.. so lepas ronda2 kitorang decide nak gi masuk tengok Underwater Adverture ngan explore Nickolodeon Universe utk esoknya.. tapi serius mmg happening ah MOA tu.. selayaknya digelar MOA.. besar gila.. tak terjalan satu Mall tu ..

Esoknya pepagi kitorang gi kat area Stone Arch Bridge - Falls of St. Anthony. Kiranya kawasan empangan and sungguh la cantik dan berangin kawasan tu.. spend masa around sejam macam tu, then pergi makan kat kedai Arab - Marina Grill and Deli. Buffetnya reasonable and choice pun byk.. maklumlah, kitorang dah lama tak mkn daging halal kat restoran, makanya pulun ah cukup2.. hehe.. best2 and sedap food dia... sampai plan nak gi lagi mkn esok. Haha...



Next place nak visit pulak, Bakken Museum.. ni museum electric -- kiranya semua asal usul electric and electronik, power dsb semua ada dlm museum ni. Sesuailah kitorang gi, dah En Suami and Adik org electrical, kan.. mmg best ah dalam museum tu sbb ada mcm2 alat and gadget yg menunjukkan berbagai eksperimen dan bagaimana electric terhasil.. mmg bunyi agak ilmiah tapi mmg fun ah.. Kat tingkat atas museum tu, ada satu bilik -- bilik tu bilik Frankenstein, dlm bilik tu ada props semua, then ada satu switch yg bila tekan, ada suara yg akan start cerita pasal Frankenstein and ada lighting effects sepanjang cerita tu.. knowing me yg penakut, takdenya aku nak masuk bilik tu, duduk dgr cerita tu... Adik and En Suami je yg masuk... aku tunggu luar.. haha... ni ha gambar bilik tu... aku dok imagine Frankenstein tu kalau tetiba dia bgn.. mati ketakutan aku weh... haha...

Seterusnya dalam agenda pulak konon2 nak ke Como Zoo, tapi sampai je kat sana, punyalah penuh nak mampus dgn kenderaan and orang.. takde tempat parking langsung.. sampai parking area depan rumah2 org pun kena kebas... since kitorang nak gi MOA semula, we all decide lain kali je ah gi zoo. So perjalanan diteruskan ke MOA -- specifically ke Nickolodeon Universe and Underwater Adventures.


Masa kat Nickolodeon Universe tu, kitorang mmg excited la.. mana taknya, dapat jumpa Spongebob, Kai Lan, Backyardigans -- org tua yg lebih2, yg budak senyap je.. takut sbb character tu besar dari kartun.. hehe... then kitorang gi la kat area yg main games then dapat hadiah tu.. Adik main game baling bola pingpong dlm bekas yg bergerak and aku pulak main basketball hoop. Tak sangka lak, Adik dapat hadiah besar -- ni dia hadiahnya...



Aku pula yg melompat sebab excited gile.. maklumlah.. aku tak pernah menang main game mcm tu... haha... bangga seh dapat hadiah besar walaupun bkn aku yg dapatkan... haha...

Habis kat situ, kitorang masuk Underwater Adventures tu, best ah sbb byk sgt ikan2... Fatihah pulak mmg suka tgk fish... ikan ni pun ada...




The next day pulak, lepas je check out dari motel, terus tuju ke Outlet ... sampai je sana, aku rasa macam org gila... imagine la... ada 100 kedai, semua best2.. ada sale lak tu... mana satu nak gi dulu... lepas tu larat ke tak aku nak tawaf the whole area... gatal kepala wehhh... masuk kedai Nike je sejam lebih... we all semua beli sport shoes..adik siap beli jam Nike... then aku masuk Carters, beli kasut Fatihah... bila masuk kedai Coach, gila sekejap aku dibuatnya menengokkan pameran handbag2 yg harganya sgt reasonable... huhuhu... tapi sebab si kecik tu dah start grumpy, aku masuk je la mana2 kedai yg patut... ingat nanti Thanksgiving Break nak gi sana lagi shopping sakan dgn Mama and Daddy... tu baru best... hehe...


Lepas tu sempat la kitorg singgah lagi makan kat Marina Grill and Deli tu before balik Ames... so... tu cerita last week... ermm... mmg la best gi vacation2 ni... lepas tu rasa malas je bila pikir semester yg akan bermula 2 minggu lagi...anyway, plan utk esok? Gi fishing + picnic kt Polk County...

Dah lama dah sebenarnya aku survey gadget ni... kejap2 check harga online, then tgk kat Walmart and Best Buy. Konon nak tgk yg mana offer best price... so akhirnya...

Ni dia gadget tu.. GPS Garmin nuvi 255W

Apa dlm kotak tu? Ha... selain GPS tu sendiri, ada car power cable, dashboard disc and suction cup mount.

July is approaching towards the end. There goes another month, and then comes another. It's still summer, though... perfect time for vay-kay or roadtrip. Nothing new and exciting for me at the moment, just doing my thing.. day in day out..

Speaking of roadtrip, it was pretty exciting to hear stories from Kak Rosita who has been travelling for two weeks -- went to 14 states. Cool, huh? Not to mention Kak Nor and her family -- 11 States. These people seriously were having sooo much fun and enjoyed themselves! Kak Rosita and family -- I bet when she got here, they must be so damn tired.. just imagine, they just got back from Malaysia the night before, and the next day off to travel -- despite the jetlag, not to mention the time difference. Never in a million years I could do such thing! Haha... memang salutelah Kak Rosita and Abg Jalal...:))

I'm kinda excited for this coming fall. Why? New semester , of course! Ye ye aje... well, actually it was exciting for us that Daddy and mama, together with Angah and Apit -- confirmed their flight and Insya Allah will be coming over. What else would be more exciting than having the big family here? Tentatively they will be coming over mid November, and will stay here for a month. Well, god timing, guys ... we are sooo going to hit the outlets and malls during the thanksgiving break! Hell, yeah! Shopping time... wohoooo.... and we got to celebrate Aidil Adha together, too!

To end our slow summer months, we plan on going to Minnesota next Friday, and will be back on Sunday. It's time for us to have the taste of summer, so to speak. Haha. Well, kinda chillin' before Ramadhan and school starts. We'll be going to Mall of America, Albertville Outlet store, and other must-visit places. Everything has been reserved and planed -- just waiting for next week to arrive!

Aku ni bukan jenis yang selalu shopping.. hehe.. tapi kalau sekali bershopping tu, boleh tahan gak la... so during my "depressed" week yg lepas, sempatlah aku rembat jeans dgn brg2 personal care kat Mall --

Apa yg aku beli?

GAP jeans --

Pagi Isnin minggu lalu -- around pkl 11pg..

(Bunyi org ketuk pintu)

Aku: Abg, tolong tgk sapa dtg tu... ada org ketuk pintu.. Fatihah tgh nyusu ni.. (Sambil tu aku bgn terus masuk dalam bilik)

(Aku terdengar pintu dibuka, dengar pulak suara En suami berbual dgn sorang perempuan. En suami masuk dalam bilik)

Aku: Sapa yang datang?
En suami: Ada orang Singapore tu.. Dia tgh cari rumah Azizi (another family Melayu kat sini). Dia tak ingat exactly apartment number. Pergilah cakap dgn dia kat depan tu.
Aku: Dia dtg sorang ke?
En suami: Dia dtg dgn anak dia. Pergilah..

(Aku letak Fatihah yang sedang tertidur masa tgh breastfeed and terus ke depan - seorang perempuan bersama anaknya -- around 3 thn tgh duduk kat sofa -- rupa mcm India Muslim)

Aku: Hi.. You're looking for Azizi?
Lady: Yes.. I met him yesterday at the playground. We talked and he invited me to come over to his house anytime. I couldn't remember his whole apartment number, only the number 2 and unit C.
Aku: He is in Apartment 62C.. how did you end up looking here?
Lady: Actually I went to all apartment that has number 2 in the end, and knocked on every C unit in the apartment. Since I live in Apartment 10, I started with Apartment 12, 22 and now I reached your apartment, which is 32. Then I knocked upstairs, which is a Nepalise family, and they mentioned that there is a Malay family down here. (Untuk pengetahuan Apartment aku no 32 A)

We all sembang2.. dalam hati aku punyalah kesian.. gigih betul dia gi ketuk pintu apartment by apartment nak mencarik rumah si azizi ni.. nasib baik dia jumpa apartment aku dulu.. kalau tak? ketuklah pintu sampai unit 62. huhuhu... anyway, nama lady tu Afreen, asal dari Singapore, hubby dia visiting scientist kat ISU ni... anak dia umur 3 thn.. tak de kawan nak main.. tu yg nak gi main kat umah Azizi tu.. Fatihah lak time tu dah tido.. kalau tak, suka la dia jumpa kawan baru..

So petang tu aku bawak Fatihah gi playground, main dgn kawan baru.. suka sangat.. mana taknya, la ni bila petang aje, sibuk nak main kat luar.. asyik tunjuk luar and sebut "kakak.. kakak.." kekadang sebut "abam..abam" (abang..abang). Ha.. nak play dgn kakak dgn abang la tu... (anak2 kak Rosita and Jaja). Hehe..

Tapi kegigihan Afreen tu membuatkan aku berfikir.. kalau aku tak kuasa la nak gi ketuk2 rumah orang macam tu... huhu

Last weekend (Fri - Sun), kitorang pergi Minnesota -- specifically, Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding area. So dlm pkl 12tgh Jumaat tu bertolak, sampai Minneapolis around 3pm (byk kali stop kat rest area.. hehe). Kitorang stay kat Motel 6 Mall of America. So sesudah check-in, lepak kejap and makan2, then pergi ronda kat Mall of America (MOA). Konon2 tengok la apa2 yg menarik utk dilawati.. so lepas ronda2 kitorang decide nak gi masuk tengok Underwater Adverture ngan explore Nickolodeon Universe utk esoknya.. tapi serius mmg happening ah MOA tu.. selayaknya digelar MOA.. besar gila.. tak terjalan satu Mall tu ..

Esoknya pepagi kitorang gi kat area Stone Arch Bridge - Falls of St. Anthony. Kiranya kawasan empangan and sungguh la cantik dan berangin kawasan tu.. spend masa around sejam macam tu, then pergi makan kat kedai Arab - Marina Grill and Deli. Buffetnya reasonable and choice pun byk.. maklumlah, kitorang dah lama tak mkn daging halal kat restoran, makanya pulun ah cukup2.. hehe.. best2 and sedap food dia... sampai plan nak gi lagi mkn esok. Haha...



Next place nak visit pulak, Bakken Museum.. ni museum electric -- kiranya semua asal usul electric and electronik, power dsb semua ada dlm museum ni. Sesuailah kitorang gi, dah En Suami and Adik org electrical, kan.. mmg best ah dalam museum tu sbb ada mcm2 alat and gadget yg menunjukkan berbagai eksperimen dan bagaimana electric terhasil.. mmg bunyi agak ilmiah tapi mmg fun ah.. Kat tingkat atas museum tu, ada satu bilik -- bilik tu bilik Frankenstein, dlm bilik tu ada props semua, then ada satu switch yg bila tekan, ada suara yg akan start cerita pasal Frankenstein and ada lighting effects sepanjang cerita tu.. knowing me yg penakut, takdenya aku nak masuk bilik tu, duduk dgr cerita tu... Adik and En Suami je yg masuk... aku tunggu luar.. haha... ni ha gambar bilik tu... aku dok imagine Frankenstein tu kalau tetiba dia bgn.. mati ketakutan aku weh... haha...

Seterusnya dalam agenda pulak konon2 nak ke Como Zoo, tapi sampai je kat sana, punyalah penuh nak mampus dgn kenderaan and orang.. takde tempat parking langsung.. sampai parking area depan rumah2 org pun kena kebas... since kitorang nak gi MOA semula, we all decide lain kali je ah gi zoo. So perjalanan diteruskan ke MOA -- specifically ke Nickolodeon Universe and Underwater Adventures.


Masa kat Nickolodeon Universe tu, kitorang mmg excited la.. mana taknya, dapat jumpa Spongebob, Kai Lan, Backyardigans -- org tua yg lebih2, yg budak senyap je.. takut sbb character tu besar dari kartun.. hehe... then kitorang gi la kat area yg main games then dapat hadiah tu.. Adik main game baling bola pingpong dlm bekas yg bergerak and aku pulak main basketball hoop. Tak sangka lak, Adik dapat hadiah besar -- ni dia hadiahnya...



Aku pula yg melompat sebab excited gile.. maklumlah.. aku tak pernah menang main game mcm tu... haha... bangga seh dapat hadiah besar walaupun bkn aku yg dapatkan... haha...

Habis kat situ, kitorang masuk Underwater Adventures tu, best ah sbb byk sgt ikan2... Fatihah pulak mmg suka tgk fish... ikan ni pun ada...




The next day pulak, lepas je check out dari motel, terus tuju ke Outlet ... sampai je sana, aku rasa macam org gila... imagine la... ada 100 kedai, semua best2.. ada sale lak tu... mana satu nak gi dulu... lepas tu larat ke tak aku nak tawaf the whole area... gatal kepala wehhh... masuk kedai Nike je sejam lebih... we all semua beli sport shoes..adik siap beli jam Nike... then aku masuk Carters, beli kasut Fatihah... bila masuk kedai Coach, gila sekejap aku dibuatnya menengokkan pameran handbag2 yg harganya sgt reasonable... huhuhu... tapi sebab si kecik tu dah start grumpy, aku masuk je la mana2 kedai yg patut... ingat nanti Thanksgiving Break nak gi sana lagi shopping sakan dgn Mama and Daddy... tu baru best... hehe...


Lepas tu sempat la kitorg singgah lagi makan kat Marina Grill and Deli tu before balik Ames... so... tu cerita last week... ermm... mmg la best gi vacation2 ni... lepas tu rasa malas je bila pikir semester yg akan bermula 2 minggu lagi...anyway, plan utk esok? Gi fishing + picnic kt Polk County...

Dah lama dah sebenarnya aku survey gadget ni... kejap2 check harga online, then tgk kat Walmart and Best Buy. Konon nak tgk yg mana offer best price... so akhirnya...

Ni dia gadget tu.. GPS Garmin nuvi 255W

Apa dlm kotak tu? Ha... selain GPS tu sendiri, ada car power cable, dashboard disc and suction cup mount.

July is approaching towards the end. There goes another month, and then comes another. It's still summer, though... perfect time for vay-kay or roadtrip. Nothing new and exciting for me at the moment, just doing my thing.. day in day out..

Speaking of roadtrip, it was pretty exciting to hear stories from Kak Rosita who has been travelling for two weeks -- went to 14 states. Cool, huh? Not to mention Kak Nor and her family -- 11 States. These people seriously were having sooo much fun and enjoyed themselves! Kak Rosita and family -- I bet when she got here, they must be so damn tired.. just imagine, they just got back from Malaysia the night before, and the next day off to travel -- despite the jetlag, not to mention the time difference. Never in a million years I could do such thing! Haha... memang salutelah Kak Rosita and Abg Jalal...:))

I'm kinda excited for this coming fall. Why? New semester , of course! Ye ye aje... well, actually it was exciting for us that Daddy and mama, together with Angah and Apit -- confirmed their flight and Insya Allah will be coming over. What else would be more exciting than having the big family here? Tentatively they will be coming over mid November, and will stay here for a month. Well, god timing, guys ... we are sooo going to hit the outlets and malls during the thanksgiving break! Hell, yeah! Shopping time... wohoooo.... and we got to celebrate Aidil Adha together, too!

To end our slow summer months, we plan on going to Minnesota next Friday, and will be back on Sunday. It's time for us to have the taste of summer, so to speak. Haha. Well, kinda chillin' before Ramadhan and school starts. We'll be going to Mall of America, Albertville Outlet store, and other must-visit places. Everything has been reserved and planed -- just waiting for next week to arrive!

Aku ni bukan jenis yang selalu shopping.. hehe.. tapi kalau sekali bershopping tu, boleh tahan gak la... so during my "depressed" week yg lepas, sempatlah aku rembat jeans dgn brg2 personal care kat Mall --

Apa yg aku beli?

GAP jeans --