221224 hornsby mosque holiday gathering

 it was the day before christmas this year. hornsby muslim community gathering. we have bbq. i was told by mahbob (the person in-charge of the mosque) to come at 930am to the mosque for preparation. since i have nothing to do on saturday. all the classes were cancelled.

so i have time to come early. meet a few members of the masjid committee. we went at 1030am for setting up. the venue is at mountview oval. it is a community park. each neighborhood has one oval park.

 

we started bbq more or less 11am. people start coming at lunch time. it was a good crowd. almost 300 prople turn out that day. we have chicken wing, hotdog, salad, bread and drinks. typical oz meals i guess. some dishes brought by the members. 

 

we eat, talk, chat and laugh.. i was busy with bbqing with a few other comittee. we perform zuhur prayer on the park. it was a great event. i left early about 3pm for delivery. plan for unplanned camping that evening too...

 

221120 kenduri poklong

Motoring can't be separated from kenduri even in oz. Introduced by Abg mat to poklong a week before Abg mat went back to malaysia.

Saw a Malay restaurant in fb called raina in Guilford. So from Hornsby straight to raina. Stop there just for a teh tarik. Amazed me the restaurant is full with Malay Chinese and Indian. Variaties of Malay food.

Met Abg din from greenacre. He's been here for 7 years with his son. Planning to go home next year. Chat with him almost 30min. Many things we share.

Then I went to poklong house. The event just started. Kind of big community here.

Newly wedded. Anuar with his wife from bangladesh.

Heard about this place owned by naim. Let's makan nsw. Open Thursday till Sunday 6-12pm. Feels so malay..

221110 nsw most

Need an id. So i decided to convert my Malaysian driving license to nsw license. Still need to take the skill test for motorcycle and car. Today only motorcycle because car I need be pre assess by the instructor. Manage to book at hart st ives. About 20min from Hornsby at 7am. It's summer but windy and cold.

Take s about an hour. And passed.

I have 3 months to get the id from rms NSW.

20221024 welcome to little saigon

The plan today was only sikmok at MG. But Ayahanda kawasan said berase nok makang ikang. So we went to little saigon in bankstown. Bought tuna and siakap. He said he will ask amri to cook afterwards. I went to see arnela my lawyer while he is working on amri 4x4. They will be going for camping again this weekend in new castle. 

A few pictures of little saigon. Feels like in ho chi Minh city.

With my migration lawyer. So many things to move forward.

I stayed for dinner. Amri is a very good cook. Sorry no pictures for fish curry. Left for Hornsby around 830pm. Very lucky the is clear..

20221018 ride sikmok punchbowl

Day off today. Call ayahande punchbowl bro mat for breakfast at Malaysian Groceries store. Normally he will available in the afternoon. But today he text me at 8am saying he is hungry. I said gimme 1 owahhh(oz slang) to get there. It's cold even during the sammah. Makes the finger numb. I arrived around 10 bro mat already there. In MG, sells malays food. Laksam, sikmok, sikminyak, tok aji serebang and so forth.

We chat a lot things. Live here in oz, back home news etc. He guided me on how to survive here. Unfortunately he is going home soon. 

I left punchbowl at 2pm because it's kinda wet today. In addition I have lesson at 530pm. Otw back I stopped by Sydney Olympic park. Thanks bro mat for all the helps, chats and guide. May Allah bless you and your family in all your future endeavors.

131022 back to 2 wheels..

 It's only a scooter to bring me from point A to B good start where to in this new land. Full thank $6.88 haha rm18 ya..Canberrra?  Brisbane? Will see will update soon ...

2021 oct a funeral & a reunion

 

 

 ALFATIHAH UNTUK SAHABAT MENG@MOHD HAMKA ABDUL AZIZ

this is the second lost after arwah bob. a sad moment for us actually on the passed of meng@hamka abd aziz. alfatihah may your soul rest in peace. i m not really active in wasap group prior to his passed. i was coaching when jai called telling me about the news. arwoh are a little bit quite a few weeks before he died. we found out he was on off in the hospital. we were shocked with the news. the week after that suppose the government announced inter state travel. one of us propose on visiting meng cemetery as a last respect for him. 

almost all of us were here-anja, dj, elly, apok, abuya, kimi, jai, hjd, faza, zek..

so we travel to ipoh with itinaries set up by zack the black. he is good in organizing event. we met in the meru raya cemetery around 130pm oct 12. we said prayers to meng led by abuya. very sad moment. our visit was accompanied by the one and only meng sons' megat husin.

i also have a chance to visit my old friend grave megat ezaramir megat zainuddin. alfatihah. he passed when we are 33 years old due to hypertension. left behind 3 children. i believe they already grown up.

been a while since our last gathering. the last was ramadhan 2019. that night we stayed at rumah sungai lenggong owned by zek. its like a memorial day for arwah meng. stay up late, laugh, eat, drink... so fun to be back together. we wish our relationship will long. until death do us apart.

the setting of rumah sugai is so nice. just right by the river from the waterfall. we took every chances to shower, swim, playing. once in the life time event i guess.

the next morning we rode bicycles around the village. hjd brought a spare bike. i took the chance to ride. was so nice morning in tasik raban. manage to ride till 18km before abuya spoiled my mood of riding with food.... ahahhahahahha

we checked out around 12 pm. people are waiting to check in. rumah sungai was fully booked til the end of the year... god bless zek.

we dicided to use cameron higland route on the way back. barat tea is our pit stop. as usual scones will me the main dishes. scones only good in cold weather i guess. only me, pokha, dj, faza, abuya and datin sue at bharat. a fews hours full of laughs which we dont know when we going to have that kind of moment again. thank you guys for the memories, the laughs, the jokes etc..