Nasi Lemak...

Lihat lihat sambil menunggu.....

Sungguh comel....puteri ketiga Puan Zaida dan Saudara Imran.

Bersembang-sembang sambil makan-makan!

Nasi lemak sambal petai!

Terima kasih tak terhingga kami seisi keluarga kepada Saudara Imran bersama isteri Puan Zaida dan puteri2 mereka yang telah bermurah hati membawa rezki ke kediaman kami untuk di makan bersama.

Sepagi bersama, mengeratkan sillaratulrahim!
Sehari bersama, umpama keluarga sendiri!
Semoga terus di murahkan rezki.....

Sekali lagi....terimakasih daun keladi.

If your car breaks down!

My son Adlil was driving to an exhibition at the World Trade Center when he noticed smoke coming out from the bonnet of the lemon green Beettle. He did the right thing - stopping at a safe spot without blocking the traffic.

Then he did another right thing - he walked to the nearby hotel to buy three bottles of mineral water - to top up the radiator. The water boiled over in an instant due to the heat of the engine. Before he could count to ten, the water dissappeared! It was then that he realized the radiator leaked!

Driving through a traffic crawl of Dubai with an empty radiator is suicidal for any car engine. So, when he called me for advice of what to do - I told him to drive the car to the hotel and wait.

Having reliable friends around is a must have in every one's survival kit! I was lucky - KP was on hand to offer help. I called Nazrah who had recent experience of having her car towed for towing company contact number. KP called Hasnol for the contact number of a workshop which has been repairing cars for Malaysians over the last few years. Put all of these together, we had a solution to Adlil's predicament.

Within half an hour of making a call to the workshop, a tow truck arrived where Adlil was waiting. KP and I arrived at the same time. After some negotiation and reminder that we are one of his loyal Malaysian customers - we were charged Aed120 for the tow service from Exchange 2 of Sheikh Zayed Road to the workshop in Rashidiyah. Very reasonable indeed - and for his reliability and fast responce, I am publishing his call card in this blog! Hopefully, it will be useful to other Malaysians in need.

At this moment I am not yet able to comment on the quality of their worksmanship. When the car has been repaired, I will make a better assessment and will be able to recommend more confidently.

If your car breaksdown.......

1. Stop at the nearest safe spot, which does not obstruct traffic or cause hazard.

2. Call for help. Having a reliable friend or a reliable service provider is of great help.

3. Stay calm! Only calm head can think properly...

4. Always have a reliable tow truck service provider's number in your mobile. The one we called was recommended by the workshop and I found as reliable and arrived on time within half an hour. It can be reached at 050 - 8713435 ( speak to Sameer ).

5. For pricing, it is better to let the workshop negotiate with the tow truck on your behalf. We did that. The workshop did well to negotiate it down from Aed180 to Aed120.

6. The workshop can be reached through Mr. Nasier at 050-6587348. Many Malaysians have used their services.

A friend came visiting....

A friend from my previous employer came visiting. He has hardly warmed the seat when he started asking me all sort of questions about my current job. Yes, all sort ! I felt intimidated enough to say quiet abruptly, "Who sent you to come and talk to me like this?" He was taken aback, and after adjusting his seat replied, "No one. I am just curious and concern!"

"Concern? with what?" I was annoyed with his patronizing style.

He looked at me, and rested his eyes on mine for a good 45 seconds without blinking. If not for his smiling face, I would have felt like being challenged to a staring duel. But his smile was genuine and his eyes soft, even moist with tears held back. I realized then I was being hard on him. I must have taken out my frustration of my present state onto him, unintentionally - just like siblings do.

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There are many types of friends. And I know he belongs to the first type.

1. Friends forever, whatever, whenever = true friendship out of love and respect.

2. Friends for favours = whenever they appear you can be quite sure there are something they want from you. It can be to borrow your scooter or to leave their children behind with your baby sitter.

3. Friends chipsmore = come and go as they please, their presence suit only them and never you.

4. Friends for laughter = They treat you as their clown and entertainer. They come whenever they need a good laugh.

5. Friends for a ladder = This type knows they can step on you or your platform to achieve what they want. You are their stepping stones.

6. Friends backstabber = Adoii, this type can kill you softly softly you never knew when the poison comes from. This type of friends are your worst enemy....carefull!

7. Friends cyber = (added from Mummy Rizq's comment!) These friends are real, at the same time not yet real.

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I apologised for being so harsh with my words and invited him down to a cafe. Once outside of the office set-up we were more relax. Office chairs of power ( or lack of it ), desks of decision, and meeting rooms reminded us of politics, suspicion and bloating ego. Removed from all of those, we become truely two simple people trusting and enjoying each other's company.

"How are your children?" He asked.

Our conversation shifted to more personal things. And I was reminded once again of how lucky I am to still have friends of the first type.

Thank you for visiting!

Next time, we will meet at a movie with popcorns and a fizzy drink in our hands!