Day 1 - London to Amsterdam

Saturday -18 July 2009.

Pukul 4 pagi dah sampai London. Punya lah laju taxi driver tu drive, 2.5 hrs dah sampai London. Apalah nak buat pagi2 buta dah sampai situ. Nasib baik driver tu, Mr Zafar baik hati..kesian kat we all so dia bawak pergi Central mosque dulu untuk solat. Mula2 suspens jugak sebab takde orang lain pun.. betul ke tempat we all tunggu nie? Rupanya... mana nak ada orang, baru pukul 5 pagi! Sepatutnya janji pukul 7 pagi... so menunggu lah we all dalam kesejukan hampir 2 jam...

Sebahagian dari bag...

7am - One by one participants datang. Pukul 8.15am bas bertolak ke Dover. Perjalanan ke Dover dalam 2.5-3 hrs. Apa lagi.. dapat jer seat terus lelap, sedar2 dah nak sampai Dover. Kelana Convoy (KC) provide breakfast tapi for today cuma dapat Brioche bun jer... tak kisah lah sebab bekalan dari rumah banyak.. hehehe..

Dover Port

From Dover naik ferry pukul 1225. Journey ke Calais lebih kurang 2 jam. For lunch KC cuma sediakan tuna sandwich jer...

From Calais we headed towards Belgium. Tapi sebab dah petang tak sempat nak round2 cuma singgah ke chocolate factory. Belgium kan famous for its Belgian chocolates...

Lepas shopping2 chocolate, kami bertolak ke campsite di Amsterdam. Nama campsite ni Uitdam terletak di daerah Marken. Uniknya Amsterdam atau Holland nie, paras air nya lebih tinggi dari daratan. Bayangkan.. laut lebih tinggi dari daratan. KC ada explain camne benda ni jadi tapi tak tulis so tak ingat...

Sampai di campsite lebih kurang pukul 7ptg kalau tak silap. Campsite ni tepi laut so sangat cantik pemandangan. We all ambik cabin 4 katil. Boleh tahan lah cabin nie, 2 katil double decker and ada satu dinner table with 4 chairs. Ada participants yang berkhemah. Kesian diaorang, 2 malam tido kat situ... tiap-tiap malam hujan lebat. Nasib baik takde khemah yang terbang. We all yang tido dalam cabin ni, tak sedar apa.. letak jer kepala bye bye lah jawab nya... Toilet pulak quite far from cabin, pastu nak air panas kena pakai token.. satu token 5 minit = 1Euro.

Malam ni for dinner - Nasi putih, pickled salad and kari daging. Hmmm.. memang best makan tepi laut malam2 cuma yang tak best gelap hehehe.. makan kena pakai torch light.

That's it for day one. More picts will be post in my Fotopages. Check it out later...

We've conquered Europe!

At last expedisi ber'kelana' kami tamat pada hari Sabtu lepas. Two words to best explain the experience.. BEST and PENATNAKMAMPOS!!!!!

Kalau orang tanya my opinion samada patut ke tidak join Kelana Convoy, the answers is YES. Tapi don't expect first class treatment sebab nama nya pun BUDGET trip, tapi it's really worth your money. Memang lah penat sebab selama 2 weeks tu jadi nomad.. hehehe berpindah randah from one camp site to another, pastu makan pulak nasi kawah (kadang2 dalam gelap plak tu, nak makan siap kena suluh dgn torch light), toilet plak guna toilet public - paham2 jer lah kan. Tapi itu lah nama nye pengalaman...

Trip kali ni ada 2 bas, so lebih kurang 100 ppl in total. Ramai family and kanak2, orang tua pun ramai - makcik2 & pakcik2 from Malaysia. Participants from all over the world ok, from Jeddah, Kuwait, Russia, Ireland. Paling best dalam trip ni banyak sungguh Doktor - doctor yang baru habis belajar, doctor yang tengah belajar, doktor veteran pun ada. So sape2 sakit free consultation jer lah.. tapi ubat beli sendiri lah kan...

Anyway all in all trip ni memang best. Thanks to tour manager Hairul and his crew Brother Sam, Kader and Shafiq not forgetting coach 2 driver - Mike.

To coach2-mate: Shakila & Abg Zul (tukang karut), Amira Manchester (tukang menyampuk), Kak Ha & Glasgow team, Abg Fendy & family from Jeddah, autine yati & pakcik rahman, auntie Aloyah & pakcik Rahman, auntie Suzana MSD & family, adik2 from Russia, Mak Engku & Aida, Hakimah and mak dia, bakal pengantin yang paling banyak shopping Zai, Dr Yusof yang dah nk balik msia, budak stokin hitam, and riza & hana - YOu aLL MeMang BesT!

Stay tune for my details entry about the trip... Out for now!

Swine Flu update

The kids are getting better now. Hmm... what a week! Rumah tu dah tukar jadi ward. At first angah jer kat sakit, then last friday along pulak and then adik. Along condition is worse, siap dgn vomitting and diarohea (betul ke spelling nie???)

Anyway I do think this is a possible swine flu case, but maybe just a mild one. Why did i say that? Because today the GP call me and ask how's Angah condition!!! Mana pernah dia orang call to follow up if it's just a normal flu. Must be that thing but they just don't want to alarm us.

Apa pun alhamdulillah budak2 tu dah sihat, tinggal batuk jer sikit. Ubat memang cukup time kena bagi.. kalau lambat skit temperature naik balik. And they are now quarantine in the house, tak boleh pegi sekolah. Alah sekolah pun lagi 2 minggu jer, pastu dah summer break.

The other day someone forwarded an email about natural remedy for swine flu. Thanks for that. It's really useful.

Use 9 star anise, 6 cups of water.
Boil in earthern pot if possible or else avoid steel/metal pot.
Boil for about 30-40 mins until about 4 cups left.
Drink twice daily over the flu period.
Above volume good for 2 adults per day.
To add flavour, add couple of red dates (remove seed before boiling).

FYI - Annise star tu bunga lawang.. ;0)

Nak termuntah2 budak2 tu minum.. tak kira kena minum jugak! I searched anisse star on the internet , and it's true indeed! They used this to make the swine flu vaccine - TAMIFLU. Tak sangka.. kita selalu guna masa nak masak kari jer.. hehehe..

So kalau ada sape-sape yang rasa tak sihat masa musim Swine Flu ni, I strongly suggest you try this. No harm bukan nya drug pun. It's all natural...

Possible swine flu!

Last nite we were so worried that angah might have SWINE FLU! Got a note from their school saying that 2 children and a member of a staff at Forest Field Primary school got swine flu. Ya Allah punya lah we all risau bila baca note tu. Kan dia demam.. teringat lah pulak masa ambik dia kat sekolah the other day, her teacher said half of her classmates are not feeling well too! Dah lah tu, lately ni swine flu cases are increasing rapidly in UK! What make me worried most is... it looks like she got some of the symptoms...

Typical symptoms of swine flu are:

• sudden fever,
• and sudden cough.

Other symptoms may include:

• headache,
• tiredness,
• chills,
• aching muscles,
• limb or joint pain,
• diarrhoea or stomach upset,
• sore throat,
• runny nose,
• sneezing, and
• loss of appetite.

Dah ler dia tu asthmatic. So I straight away called NHS direct (the line was so damn busy!). As usual they asked lots and lots of questions. They said they've put a note to our GP and we had to call them first thing in the morning. Lagi lah we all suspens..

Last night her temperature was constantly aroung 39C or more! So called the GP this morning and they seems to be so relax about this!!!?? Sakit hati tak? Bengang betul! Bila call sekolah pulak and asked them who's the infected kid, they won't tell! Hmmm.. finally when we see the Doc, he said she's fine, just normal flu. Bila tanya how can we differentiate between swine flu and normal flu.. Doc tu pun tak boleh nk jawab!

At the moment, she looks better.. although she still have the temp. We continue to give her paracetamol every 6hrs, more fluids and keep her cool. Nasib baik hari ni hujan as predicted, so sejuk sikit!

And today adik pulak demam.. but he's still active and bubbly as usual, so I'm not too worry. Let's hope everybody will get better soon.. IAllah.

If you want to know more about swine flu, follow this link. Mudah-mudahan kita semua di jauhkan dari penyakit merbahaya ni. Amin.

It's hot!

HOT! HOT! HOT! Past few days has been really hot.. boiling! Kalau cakap camni orang kata eksyen plak.. kat Malaysia tu lagi panas lah oiii!! But probably because we are now climatise to the weather here, so memang panas! Kat sini tak humid mcm kat Malaysia, so budak-budak ni dah macam sama warna dengan anak2 Paki and Bangla kat sini - SUNBURN!

Fan is probably the most popular item at the moment. Hmm.. maybe we also need to buy another fan.

Angah is not feeling well, biasa lah dia kalau musim panas, sure demam. Got a call from from Mina yesterday (kat sini pun ada Minah jugak ok.. tapi minachi lah kan hehehe) - the lady from Along & Angah school, said we need to pick up angah cos she's not feeling well. Apparently half of her class was not in for the same reason! This morning went to see the doctor. Just normal fever, drink lots of water and keep her cool. Risau jugak with the swine flu thing lately...

Weather forecast says it's going to rain, heavy rain on Friday. See??? Kejap panas, kejap hujan.. mana lah tak sakit. BUt this could be a blessing so it will cool down a bit.. Hopefully.

Mengidam

Hah mesti ada yang suspens baca title post ni kan?? Sape yang mengidam?? Hahaha.. not me OK! Not yet...

Sebenarnya hari ni ada request from my newly preggie friend..nak makan my mee hoon goreng. Yang tak tahan tu dia kata mee hoon goreng I sama standard dengan mee hoon yang mak dia masak! Sangat terharu I dengar ok.. Hmm harap-harap mee hari ni sama sedap dengan mee yang dia pernah makan sebelum nie. Last minute notice kan, guna jer apa bahan yang ada kat rumah tu.

To mommysarah hope you enjoy the mee goreng ok... Sedap tak? hehehe.. and hope you'll feel better again soon.

To my another preggie neighbour, mummy Akif - you tak mengidam pun dapat jugak mee tu. To other non-preggie neighbours yang dapat mee tu, rezeki you all lah yer. Yang tak dapat jangan 'small heart' eh.. insyAllah next time.