Happy Tuesday

Nothing but happy thoughts, that is what I told myself today. Happy happy happy and happy....

Its Tuesday and I feel obligated to write. There is so much to write actually but I have very little time.

I want to write about our trip to Kiulu, Sabah for the Official Launch of Asrama Donni. I had a very exciting weekend, started from the minute I picked Roha up from the Subang Skypark (I thought it is still called Terminal 3, sungguh ketinggalan zaman lah Maknjang ni) on Thursday evening and was sleep deprived from that night onwards. Caught a flight to KK on Friday morning, met Ita, the generous soul who sponsored my ticket to KK and a brisk encounter with Shitah who was on a different flight, at McD.

On the flight, we met with Didi, fellow killers. He was travelling with the ANGKA (Angkatan Karyawan Aktif), for the same purpose. ANGKA was the group of people the killers collaborate with for the Ghazal Party Queen, the theater performance to collect fund for the Kulim to Kiulu Project. Kak Cah Kunyit however, had to give a miss to this flight, she forgot to bring the birth certificate for her son Bubu. She had to return home, collect the certificate and caught the later flight. Kak Cah is Aisyah of the Aisyah and the Fan Club. (Uish! orang Maori pon ada nama Aisyah was Maknjang's first thought when I first saw her video clip way back when I was in ANU... ha ha ha). We had a short stop at Labuan and reached KK at 1 pm, slightly later than the original schedule. Shitah was already on the way to Marina Court with Azri, who thought that the 4 of us plus him as the driver will not fit into that small Viva... haih! tercabar! When we settled, just so-so at Marina Court, which was too big for just the 4 of us, more killerladies should have been there... went for lunch at a Thai Restaurant. Alhamdulillah, makan free, Azri belanja. Without delay, as soon as we finished lunch, we went to the Filipino Market, famous for its pearls and products from the Philipines. Maknjang only bought 2 crystal bracelets for the two princesses at BJ. The 3 of them bought more than they planned, I think. Jangan marah..

There was a misunderstanding on whose car I was renting, Alben or Albert... ding dong ding dong.. after calling here and there, Alben turned up to pick us up from the Filipino Market while Albert, whose car we were renting waited for us at Marina Court!

That night SCC threw us a Fellowship Dinner at Ocean, a few minute walk from Marina. We had a blast! The highlights were Aisyah who sang Janji Manis Mu (JMM, which she said could also be Janda Manis Mu or now that she is into manik, Jahit Manik Mu) and I Will Always Love You. Her 9 years old son's Tragedi Oktober was an out of this world experience, I tell you, penuh perasaan! SCC's choir and the food of course! After the dinner, I wanted to test drive the car and we need to go to another hotel to collect our T-shirt. Me and the car got on, on the wrong foot and some claimed that I gave them a terror ride.... ehem! ehem!

Started our journey to Kiulu early Saturday morning and got there at 8:30am. What a reception! What a grand event it was with the attendance of TYT and a few other dignitaries. Syahdu gila! As I have said before, I was very skeptical when Raja Ali first proposed this project to us on our 30th Anniversary reunion last year. Now, only after a little over 14 months, here is Asrama Donni, completed. After all the formalities were over, Killerbatch band took the stage and of course it rained after Nan sang. Surprise, surprise, the rain stopped the minute Aisyah opened her mouth to sing, coincident? I don't think so.... he he he... The whole singing thing lasted until about 2 pm and we left Kiulu, with a short detour to Nexus, Karambunai. We stopped at 1Borneo for makan and reached Marina at 5:45pm. That night, we drove to Tanjung Aru for jagung and looked for place to eat and ended up having dinner at Promenade Hotel.

Sunday... ikan bilis, udang kering and short stop at pasar Ikan Masin before sending Shitah, Ita and Azri to the airport. Back from the airport, a short stop at the Filipino Market, Roha needed a few more things while I waited in the car. Checked out, had lunch and waited for Amirah who got there at 2:30 pm, sent Roha to the airport, yak yak yak and then Amirah sent me to the airport. Slept all the way from KK to KL.

What a wonderful weekend, what a beautiful friendship. I love you killers, boys and girls.......

I am not feeling so good, rasa macam selsema since yesterday. Ya Allah, jadikanlah sakit ku ini sebagai kafarrah kepada segala dosa-dosaku. Amin.

Cukup lah takat ni for this Tuesday, nanti cerita-cerita lagi.