Sunday, January 17, 2010

Early Morning Trippin': Broga Hill

Psst. Kamu nak tengok aksi2 hyper kami pagi tadik??

Puas.

Walaupun terpaksa keluar dari rumah seawal 5.30pagi.

Lagi terpaksa parking sebatu jauhnya dari kaki bukit.

DAN.

Melawan graviti untuk sampai ke puncak.

Tapi kami puas.

WELCOME TO BROGA HILL, BEBEH!

Buat sesiapa yang tak tau Broga Hill tu apa, dan kat mana. Broga Hill terletak di Semenyih, half an hour je dari KL. Ia ialah tempat hiking yang sangat tinggi, dengan view yang sangat chantek. Macam kat overseas gitew. Silalah google Broga Hill.

Sebenarnya senyuman dalam gambar ialah senyuman lepas sejam sampai ke puncak. Nak sampai ke puncak, Tuhan saja yang tau! Mintak nyawa ok! Korang ingat kami boleh melompat kijang terus lepas naik ke puncak tu?? Oh tidak! Serius capek. Pancittt....

Saya sendiri yang jadi tukang bikin plan terkejut mau menangis2 tergolek-golek nak sampai ke puncak. Hanya sebab respek dengan CM & Kak CT yang steady menapak ke puncak bukit memaksa diri saya kontrol macho cun walaupun setiap inci peparu saya nak terbakar! Jantung saya nak pecah! Hati saya haru-biru sebab tak bawak makanan hatta sekeping coklat pun, dan perut pon mula buat lagu keroncong.

Sampai je di puncak, CM & Kak CT kelihatan tersepuk di sebalik lalang tinggi. Sama-sama capek. Tapi saya harus bagi kredit sebab berjaya sampai ke puncak lebih awal dari kami. Hehe. Walaupun Kak CT baru baik dari gastrik, dan CM terpaksa makan ubat darah tinggi dengan sekotak air Milo. Caya lah! Akhirnya hasrat CM nak amik gambar sunrise terbantut, sebab nak angkat kamera pun dah tak terdaya...

Sama-sama melepas lelah di sebalik lalang...

Lastly, naik bukit dan sekian mencabar, nak turun bukit pun tak kurang mencabar. Silap teknik, jadilah macam Suami Terchenta - sakit pinggang. Kesian En Suami... Nasib baik ada ubat di rumah.

Apapun, akhirnya berjaya jugak mencapai hasrat untuk merakam gambar di Broga Hill ni. Thanks CM & Kak CT yang sporting join kami, dan En Suami Terchenta yang sekarang sedang mengalami masa kecederaan.

Nak hiking kat Broga Hill lagi? Maybe not now!

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Friday, January 08, 2010

When Life Gets A Little Too Boring...

... I take a hike up the hill.

One fine morning in Bintulu, I decided to do something that I had not done for a long, long time. That is, going hiking up Bukit Nyabau. Seronok, wa cakap lu! Even my mom who was dead set against abusing her knees agreed with me that it was worth it.

Aiyoh. You never go hiking, memang la tak tau apa-apa. Wait until you see these pictures:

Berjalan-jalan di dalam hutan

Mula-mula kita panjat bukit dengan kecuraman 90 darjah!

Alamak. Baru berlaku runtuhan tanah. Tak boleh pijak di situ, nanti jatuh.

Ok. I'm starting to get the hang of hanging off the cliff.

Yaay! Berjaya!

Adik pun sukses!

Bonda sangat bangga sebab berjaya mendaki tebing yg curam.

And then, you are rewarded with this view from atop

Another fascinating thing about hiking is coming across exotic plants, like pitcher's plant and exotic forest orchid.

Psst. Who wants to go hiking at Broga Hill next week? :)

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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Adventure junkie - Trip ke Gua Niah

Perbuatan sekarang: Menonton Giuliana & Bill di Astro channel 712. Giuliana sgt comel. Bill bawak Giuliana naik small aircraft tapi minah tu cuak giler. Omg. Kalau saya jd minah tu saya akan mintak hubby saya bawak smp muntah darah. Sgt meninggikan adrenalin ok!

Talking abt adrenaline. Dua minggu lepas saya menjalani adventure di Gua Niah. Haruslah bila balik kampung halaman mencuri kesempatan melawat tempat menarik di negeri sendiri. Sebab. Air muka saya terjatuh tiap kali orang tanya, 'Kau pernah Gua Niah kan?' Biar saya membuka pekung di dada. INI IALAH PERTAMA KALI TELAPAK KAKIKU BERPIJAK DI GUA NIAH *lariiik!*

Sangat kesian kan. Tapi takpelah. Better late than never! Trip ini ialah sebenarnya tak dirancang. Otw balik dari rumah Kakanda Terchenta tiba-tiba kereta kami melencong ke Gua Niah. So bermulalah aktiviti paranormal kami anak-beranak. Saya, Bonda Terchenta, dan adik2.Dari Miri ke Gua Niah cuma ambil masa 1.5 jam.

Bayaran masuk cuma RM10 seorg (RM5 utk student). Tambang perahu ke seberang cuma RM1 seorg (one way). Dari jeti perahu, kami kena menapak sebanyak 10,000 langkah. AHAHA! Acah je. Baru 3km atau 45minit. Kesian Bonda kena buli. Tapi mesti mak dah kurus kan? ;)

Kalau korang sukakan adventure dan tak kesah menginjak-injak tahi kelawar maupun membiarkan aroma tahi kelawar menyapa keras di hidung, maka saya rekemenkan tempat ni. Tapi kalau korang jenis yang geli-geleman, pembersih dan sangat la sensitif dengan bau-bau najis, forget it. Kamu lebih baik duduk di KL je.

Saya tak mau cerita panjang2 lagi sebab jari2 saya dah letih menghentak keyboard.

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Friday, January 01, 2010

Happy New Year 2010!

Ini ialah Carneyz, membuat laporan tahun baru menggunakan ID Suami Terchenta. Saya malas nak log out dan login semula. Hahaha. Adakah ini attitude semasa tahun baru? Cis. Memang tak boleh harap.

Sebelum saya membebel rentetan malam semalam yang boleh bikin kami dapat anugerah pekerja paling berdedikasi di akhir 2009 (cewah!), saya nak ucapkan Selamat Tahun Baru 2010 KAWAN-KAWAN! Sila doakan tahun ini keluarga kami akan bertambah Mr + Mrs Junaidix + Junaidix Jr. + Carneyz Jr. HAHAHAHA! Tamak kan saya? Orang lain nak anak sorang, saya nak double dose. Tapi sebenarnya kalau boleh. Saya nak SEORANG ANAK BAGI SETIAP TAHUN KAMI DAH MEMBINA RUMAHTANGGA INI (En Junaidix tak hiraukan saya dengan angan-angan extreme ni, beliau sedang tergolek di atas katil sensorang sebab kepenatan bekerja keras semalaman - ooii, dia bekerja keras sebab ni ye. Bukan projek multi-million dollar kami tu (PERINGATAN: Blog ini mesra keluarga dan tidak mengandungi unsur-unsur yang tidak dibenarkan.)

Berbalik cerita malam semalam. Semalam kami balik kerja awal. Setelah singgah sebentar di Low Yat membeli casing handphone saya yang baru. Kesian sama itu handphone, bertelanjang bulat sejak bajunya hilang. Lagi sentiasa jatuh dan berkecai. Apa ko ingat hp tu RM2 je Carneyz??

Back to storyline asal. Sampai je di rumah, kami pon makan malam yang tak seberapa, lepas tu dengan kadar segera kembali menghadap laptop masing-masing. Hidupkan Internet, online kan YM. Siyes giler comel kan? Duduk serumah pon nak YM each other. Keskeskes... Nanti saya bagitau sebab apa kena pakai YM.

Maka bermulalah tempoh bekerja keras di luar waktu pejabat yang berakhir pukul 5.30pg tadi. En Suami sebagai web engineer mulalah memasang rangka-rangka yang sepatutnya. Saya sebagai kuli batak designer tak bertauliah mula bersilat dengan kekasih lama saya, En. Adobe Photoshop CS4 (sebelum saya terjebak ke kancah perkahwinan, chenta hati saya ialah En Photoshop yang gagah perkasa lagi bikin hati saya teruja). Selesai satu design, saya hantar file tuh kat En Junaidix menggunakan YM. Apa kes nak hantar email maupun thumbdrive. Cehcehceh...

Sesambil tu kami menonton citer FaceOff, diikuti Da Vinci Code. Ini ialah environment kerja yang saya suka. Bilalah kami dapat bekerja di rumah saja nih! Boleh tengok tv sambil buat kerja yang saya suka (iaitu bersilat dengan En Photoshop).

Sebenarnya kerja-kerja contengan website tuh tak la terlalu susah tapi sebab saya dah lama simpan skill design dalam kotak lepas tu kunci dan buang kotak itu jauh-jauh ke dasar hati saya memandangkan kerjaya saya yang sentiasa seboks, jadi pada mulanya saya jadi kekok. Nak cari brush pon terkial-kial. Wakakaka! Apa lagi nak buat animated gif. Ko gila berpeluh-peluh aku malam kelmarin. Bagai hilang akal. Tapi sedikit demi sedikit, ingatan saya kembali pulih. Akhirnya tercetus design-design yg tak seberapa ini.

Tahun ni jugak kami bercadang hendak melibatkan diri secara sukarela dan dengan semangat sivik yang tinggi, untuk menghidupkan Msjbox (iaitu chenta hati pertama Suami Terchenta). Jadi harap-harap kawan-kawan akan menyokong usaha murni kami yang gigih ni... ok?

Selamat Hari Raya, eh! Tahun Baru uols! :)

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

May The Light Guides Us Until The End of Time - Happy 3rd Anniversary

Today our marriage turned 3 years old. 3 years old, people. 3 fantastic, bittersweet, honest-to-God years of being man and wife.

Some people said that at the current divorce rate, anyone who made it to the third year will have it easier to deal with in the years after. At the very beginning, we spent our time trying to fit square pegs into round holes. Rubbing at each other's differences, bickering and discovering the other side we never saw before. The first year we courted and being oh so lovey-dovey till everybody else vomited blood.

Past one year, we sort of got an idea or two of the stranger we vowed to live with to the end of our days. We learned to accept the differences, sometimes not graciously but sort of you know you gotta accept them anyway. The fuzzy film in front of our eyes was slowly eroding, revealing the real person we were.

Came second year, we settled into our routine. We could already read each other's minds, body language, likes and dislikes. Yet we were still lost at which direction we should point our relationship to - Romeo & Juliet? Edward & Bella? Or are we destined to be BFF (Best Friend Forever?) I see that we are leaning more towards BFF, darling. While it is still good, I wished we could hold on to that romantic stage. It has been a long time since I got a call from someone telling me how much he missed me.

My darling husband, I know living with me is not easy. If I had to live with myself, I would probably consider an annulment. But you stuck by, undaunted. You endured my disgruntled nature, moodiness, and even crazy working schedule. I read in a paper a few weeks ago, how a hubby divorced his wife because she's too busy working. And I thank God I had married you instead of that guy.

I know I am not a perfect wife. Do you still remember that regular dinner I cooked every night during the first few months of our marriage? If you don't, I don't blame you. But you can take my waist measurement as proof of that glorious happy time. Yes, I have not been cooking, let alone warming up anything on the stove since I started work in this new company. MIL is right - I am not feeding you well enough.

I know I like to complain a lot. I complained about my work when you're tired with yours. I complained about the lack of attention from you when I want you to work harder for our family's future. I cared more about my own hardships rather than yours.

My love, tonight I feel so small beside you. No, I'm not talking about size. I'm talking about emotion. Tonight I was ready to believe that you would not think much of our anniversary.

But I was so WRONG! Suddenly you handed me a small box. All of a sudden, I felt so embarrassed. So guilty. I thought I could not accept this gift, not when both of us could not afford such luxuries at this time of the year. Not when I believed that you were pressured into buying this for me so I would not sulk for being unappreciated.

To cut it short, you proved that you are a GREATER spouse than me. Not because of the gift you bought which made me cry, but because you truly believe that I am the LOVE of your life. That despite my weaknesses, you still see the goodness in me. My dear, I don't know why, but tonight I feel the need to shed tears. Of joy, of humility, of love and gratitude.

God, I want to be a good wife to this man. I want to be a good mother to his children. I want to be his best friend, his accomplice, his ally, his partner. For as long as You give me time, please grant my prayer.

Selamat Ulangtahun Perkahwinan, sayang. You are still, the man, the very best of man in my life. I love you.

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