Me.. Baby .. and Kota Darul Naim

As per scheduled averything ran smoothly last week. It was a running, rushing and tiring week for me while other people already enjoying their trimester break. When they were coming back from their holiday, then I started mine. As I mentioned in my previous entry, right after the BOE meeting, i'll be going to kelantan to attend my brother's akad nikah. Since my husband did not allow me to go by bus or car and he is not going, flight is the only option. Thanks to our good friend, Nik, for sending me to KLIA.

The flight touched down around 10.50pm and once reaching there, my brother asked me "bila kakak nak buat hantaran?". haaa..... it is almost midnight and the hantaran still not ready??? Erm... I was so exhausted after the whole day meeting, rushing from Melaka to KLIA then Kota Bharu and now still got things to do. For a second thought, thank god for giving me the opportunity to be next to my brother during his very very important and crucial time and contribute my expertise in preparing the hantaran. I can imagine, without me... my brother will be lonely waiting the whole family coming down from johor and KL. With very limited resources, I forced myself to be as creative as I can and it was hard! very hard... Alhamdulillah... everyhing almost finished by 2am. Just a little bit final touch for the next morning..Zkea and baby ready to bed.

Morning - 11th June. The akad nikah is scheduled at 11am. Final touch is not as easy as I thought. By 10am we decided to move to Pasir Mas whatever the hantaran look like. The 'rombongan' from Johor has already at Pasir Mas. All my brothers and sister were also there. Altogether there were more than 50 people from our side. Such a big numbers! It was our family members' and neighbours' request to join the rombongan and they are willing to pay half of the transportation cost. So it became a very fun and exciting journey.

The akad nikah went smoothly. It was a very simple occasion. The kenduri was also very simple. We were treated by 'lauk-lauk kampung' with Kelantan version sambal belacan. The kenduri is just like an open house... no canopy, no 'rewang-rewang' like what we have in Johor, no pelamin and majlis bersanding. It was only a 'makan-makan' with the family members.

After zohor we were headed to Rantau Panjang for shopping. I did not have any intention to buy anything, just a T-shirt for my husband, a blouse for me and keropok for my in laws. They finished shopping by 5pm and at 6pm we reached our accomodation- Kampung Geng Guesthouse. A very convenient bungalow style guesthouse which can accomodate more than 50 people at one time. Bapak said it is "Kampung Gengster Gusti house"... hahaha..

The guesthouse is located not to far from Pasar Che Yeh, if i'm not mistaken. We were informed by 'we' (wan), Tasya's father that every Friday Tuan Guru Nik Abdul Aziz will be giving his Kuliah there. So, early morning we left the nice guesthouse and having breakfast at Pasar Che Yeh. In the middle of the pasar, there are 5 canopies and one stage. I guess that will be for the speaker. The kuliah began at 8.30am with one Ustaz giving his kuliah. Tuan Guru turned up at 9.30am and his kuliah ends at 10.30am. Masyaallah... when I turned back, there were so many people, stop shopping and their morning activities, some brought their own mat to listen to the Kuliah. Tuan guru started his kuliah by reciting few lines of quranic verses and followed by the audience. It was calming and relaxing. It was a very great experience for me being in that rahmah and barakah morning, full with du'a and hamdalah. In KL or other places... people tend to sleep in the morning during weekend, and rushing to office during weekdays..including me...

After the kuliah, we were heading to Pasar Siti Khadijah. Mak bought gelang there.. I just having my lunch with them. I was so sleepy since I slept only two hours... almost the whole night listening to Bapak's song. hehehe.. he was snoring badly and I couldn't sleep. So, I decided to go straightaway to the airport after all of them finished shopping. It was still 2.30pm and my flight will be at 7.50pm. Once reaching the airport at 3pm, I changed my baju kurung, perform my prayer and.... zzzzz until 5.30pm.

There was one incident happened in the flight that makes the flight leaving Kota Bharu a little bit late. Next to my seat, there is a lonely paralysed uncle with very fierce and weird face. I couldn't understand him and was frightened at the beginning which turned into sympathy at the end. Couldn't imagine how a paralysed old folk can travel alone. Luckily MAS hired a very skillful stewarders who can handle the situation calmly. Zkea and baby reached KLIA at 9.15pm, rushing and running to catch 9.30pm KLIA express. Forgetting that I shouldn't walk that way with this pregnancy. Reached KL Sentral around 10pm, took LRT and reached Tmn. Melati around 10.40pm. The IPU in KL makes me a little bit uncomfortable while the memories of Kota Darul Naim still hazing my mind... Pray that Fat and Tasya will be living happily ever after..For Tasya... welcome to our big family!!

Spent my night in KL and heading to Penang at 6.45am to attend another wedding... come on baby... this is part of our journey this week, enjoy it ok!