Our new castle (^^)v @ Chiba

this picture above was taken on the 1st day we arrived in chiba... the weather was fine, saw the sky tree, drove thru rainbow bridge and saw the wide tokyo city... on the upper left picture, can you see the tokyo disney resort sign? our new home is near to disneyland.. 15mins by car.. selama ni kalau nk dtg disneyland mmg kena cari tpt stay sbb nk duduk dlm disneyland one whole day...skg nih, anytime bole jumpa abg mickey mouse.. skg ni rate one day pass 6200yen(rm250 lebey kurang) seorang.ingat nk beli one year pass tp bila check2 , sampai 80 000yen seorang for both disney sea n disneyland..kalau convert dlm rm3200camtu..kalau nk beli alamatnyer sebulan 2kali kena pergi baru berbaloi2..muak ler ngadap mickey mouse camtu..so, cancel!

at around 1230pm we reached our new home at ichikawa..it's an apartment kind of house.. located on the 4th floor from total 6th floor.. we can actually see the sea from our balcony and also sky tree from the entrance door...malam2 mmg cantek nampak sky tree dgn lampu hiasnya... angin sepoi2 masuk dlm rumah, xde terasa panas sgt mungkin sbb dekat dgn laut..tak macam kat toyama kena bukak aircond.. kat sini, aircond xde, mentol lampu pon xde..cuma lampu dapur je disediakan. dengar cerita, mmg konsep macam tu kalau masuk rumah baru skg..tp nak cari lampu kat jepun, senang je..nak letak lampu pesen2 jurai2 pon boleh sbb soket dia almost semua boleh masuk... tu yang beriya ke ikea..tp last2, beli lampu simple2 je..huhuhuh..rumah ni ada 3bilik, kitchen n dining yg luas..suka dapur sbb ada tingkap, boleh sekodeng luar sambil2 masak..bawah apartment kami ada 24hour market..jual barang2 basah n barang2 dapur..kalau abis gula ke garam anytime bole turun n beli, hence nak beli ikan hari2 pon boleh..ada aje sale nya..i like!! another thing i love about this house, ada banyak pintu n tingkap..

rumah yang masih kosong..tunggu lori pakcik sakai sampai anta barang2..masa sampai tu, dah nampak lori pakcik sakai berlegar2 kat area rumah..mungkin depa cari rumah dulu..pkl 1lebey, depa call nk bawa masuk barang...kami tgk n tunjuk2 je..

 

lps barang2 dah masuk rumah, lepak2 kat rumah kepenatan jalan jauh..pkl 4 mcm tu, kami pon siap2 nk pergi jalan2 area myouden & gyoutoku..  berbuka puasa kat luar je..malam tu, sinsing lengan memunggah barang la kami..sampailah seminggu baru siap..eh, skg ni pon ada 1kotak lagi yg belum dipunggah..

 

upper left picture is rifqi holding 'semi' @ balm cricket.. musim panas ni mmg banyak semi..pernah jemur baju, semi tu sembunyi dlm baju melayu,siap dah masuk almari lagi..seb baik bukak balik sbb nk masukkan seluar..sekali semi tu bunyi..melompat la apa lagi! rifqi lagi berani drpd rayyan bab2 serangga..tp berani2 takut jugak.. semi yg dia pegang tu dah mati kot..

 

 

this picture was taken today..

left is our 'genkan'.. rumah jepun, bukak pintu depan ada genkan ni, tempat letak kasut.. n then ada pintu lagi..

right is soon to be Mai Sewing Room..but right now, jadi stor simpan boxes n kids stuff.. love mai new sewing table & the big white chair..tq emirr! beriya bawa mesin jahit sampai ke jepun, bukak2 kotak pedal takde, wayar pon tinggal.. seb baik ada jual kat sini.. i miss mai cutting board n yellow ruler..wish someone would be very nice to bring them back to me... cutting board kat jepun xbest..ukuran dalam cm n kecik n mahal.. huhuh..

 

 

gambar bawah tu adalah wajah2 kesayanganku!

 

home sweet home!!

 

 

Next destination!

remember in this entry i mentioned about a major change in August? yeap, it officially took place last saturday.

we moved! again :D

due to the company request, kami sekeluarga berpindah ke bandar lain. kali ini ke bandar besar bersebelahan tokyo iaitu Chiba.mula2 bila disuruh pindah, perasaan mmg bercampur-baur.. seronok, risau, berbelah-bahagi macam2 laa..tp memandangkan i'm a SAHM, why not? after all, it's just for a year( but the end date is not mention anywhere yet... hmmm). so, if it's for a year, it might be fun! i lovvveee my 6months stay in saitama last year and i'm definitely gonna love my stay in chiba with the company of the boys!!

so, emir started his obon holiday earlier than others since thursday last week, we packed everything in 1day..i'm too lazy to pack beforehand. well, i know Sakai guys will do most of the work.. not that hard as we don't have that many things.. come to think of it, i just got to stay in toyama for only 2months.. xsempat nk bosan, xsempat nk sayang...rasa macam persinggahan...

thursday 09.08.2012, buat makan2 untuk warga toyama.. budget masak untuk 40org.. malas nk masak kat surau, so we both masak kat rumah berdua.ini pertama kali masak banyak2..takut xsedap sbb puasa huhuh..tp alhamdulillah, semua habis licin..

sempat amek gambar ni je.. sbb masa ni tgh rehat separuh masa pertama...

lenguh tangan memotong macam2..gambar2 makanan dan tukang makan semua xsempat sbb sibuk makan dan berborak.. :) sangat2 seronok jamu org makan!!

boleh la gmbr ayam goreng ni buat kenangan :))

friday 10.08.2012, one whole day mengemas, dan mengemas... dan mengemas lagi...walaupon madam banyak mengelat! hehehe

ini tukang kacau abg dia & tukang buat bising waktu org mengemas.. *geram*

saturday 11.08.2012, time to leave 奥田町ハイツ(okuda machi haitsu) 202 and toyama

seb baik abg2 Sakai buat semua..sementara tunggu depa angkut barang2 masuk lori, kami main2 kat playground sblh rumah.. seronok betul pindah guna perkhidmatan camni, xyah sibuk2 berpeluh2 angkat barang..tau2 dah licin sume kena angkut



around 12pm we leave for our next destination...that is,Matsumoto :)) i was very excited to meet mai dear friend, yotte!!

we chose to drive using the old road rather than highway.. because of the distance n traffic..and most importantly the scenery, subhanallah..breathtaking!! that's why we love doraibu(driving) in japan..lotsa place to stop by.. especially here in nagano..green everywhere.. on our way, we saw people camping, picnic by the river and fishing... i just love it!!

we made a brief stop here at the Nagawado Dam..

and then, singgah beli tembikai..maklumlah, bila musim panas ni meriah dengan buah tembikai..puasa2 ni mmg terliur je bila nampak tembikai di kiri kanan jalan... nampak pokok epal2 yg sedang berbuah..nagano salah satu negeri yg banyak tanam epal..bila la bleh dpt pergi 'ringo gari' (apple picking)..teringin!!

 lps tu, atas suggestion tuan rumah, kami pon singgah sebentar di matsumoto castle..tak sempat masuk dlm sbb dah tutup pkl 530pm..posing dr luar je laa.. rayyan & rifqi dah pancit waktu ni..jalan pon xlarat dah..

bandar matsumoto sangat cantek..sekali masuk area dkt train station tu, macam kat tokyo..eccehh! banyak bangunan menarik, ada kouen(taman) yg besar... jatuh cinta dgn matsumoto sudah...

pkl 6 lebih, selamat lah kami sampai ke teratak puan yotte..rumah sgt cantek dan besar.. n tak dilupakan, terus menjenguk kebun sayurnya di belakang rumah..itu antara salah satu agenda pergi rumah puan yotte sbb geram tgk gambar2 IG beliau..hehehe..banyak dah menuntut ilmu perkebunan dan tips berguna..hahaha..
dayot is my aaj friend back in 2001, sampai lah sekarang.. dah lama xjumpa..kali terakhir jumpa lps job fair kat tokyo...one trivia about us, we share the same birthday!!n then later that day, we found out we even use the same casing for our 4s white iphone!! mmg un'sangka'rable..huhuhu

 malam tu, puan yotte jamu makan nasi lemak & ayam goreng berempah..mmg tip top sedap! rayyan makan siap bertambah.. n then, dapat berkenalan dengan anisah dan keluarga..nice to meet her.. tp xpuas lagi borak2!

ini je gambar yg sempat di'snap'..lps tu dah xigt nk bergambar..huhuh..

macam biasa gambar makanan xsempat amek..hik2

those 2girls are anisah's beautiful girls, nuha & wafa...syafi asek sibuk dgn anpanman nya sampai xsudi nk tgk kamera auntie mai...

and the next day sunday 12.08.2012, lepas sahur kami sambung lagi berborak..sampai lah tiba waktu untuk meneruskan perjalanan ke chiba... sebelum bertolak, puan yotte(kenapa rasa best panggil ko 'puan' yotte? huhuh) begitu baik hati bekalkan kami dengan sarapan nasi lemak untuk anak2 yg belum bangun dan juga hasil tanaman dari kebun comelnya... sangat seronok ok dapat fresh veggies n pokok lagi! (balik rumah makan puji xabis2..maniss n u can taste the freshness!!,seriously yotte!!)

amacam, ada gaya petani wanita berjaya kan??...hehehe.. pagi2 dah masuk kebun..alhamdulillah, murah rezeki puan yotte bagi pokok basil n tomato..pokok2 survive dlm kereta sampai ke chiba, masih sihat nampaknya..we'll see how puan mai jaga pokok pulak hehehe

syafi pon bangun awal tolong mama dia kat kebun :)) 

thanks a lot yotte & hubby for having us.. thank you for the warm host! insyaAllah ada rezeki mmg nak sgt dtg jalan2 matsumoto lagi!

ok laa..sampai sini dulu update story..dah masuk waktu sahur..kita sambung cerita rumah baru next entry pulak yer...

psssttt

fyi, i super-duper love mai new home!! (*^-^*)

jya,

selamat bersahur!!

The Beginning of the story

*banyaknya habuk..karat pon ada*

lamanya x menulis...cliche la nk kata xde masa, padahal duduk rumah je.. ingatkan bila dah jadi surirumah sepenuh masa(FTHW) ni, banyak masa boleh menggodeh belog..tp sangkaanku silap belaka... makin malass la pulak.. biasanya bila nk mengadap blog ni, hati kena tenang, idea bergelimpangan n xde orang kacau(paling penting!).. sbb tu dulu2, byk update blog kat opis..oppss! hehehe... bila dah duduk rumh bertiga dengan 2ashkar malaya xcukup umur ni, tangan rasa tersekat2 menaip, idea dtg on off..tu yg malas..alternatifnya, banyak melayan instagram.. skg ni mmg addicted dgn instagram..fb pon dah kureng..sbb instagram senang..boleh 2dlm 1.. oleh sbb dr azali mmg xpandai xlayan twitter, makanya skg ni life live update byk tertumpu kat IG.. kawan2 yg nk tau perkembangan boleh la follow kat IG yer.. id 'mysara' like always ;)

skg nih, my heroes tiga2 still sleeping soundly while yours truly can't sleep, blame IG n Pinterest! huhuhu.. tido pkl 12lebey, bgn balik utk sahur pkl 230am, subuh pkl 315am n godeh2 printer..bila lompat atas katil, mata cerah je... nih yg dok ngadap lappy pink... rasanya macam dah lama xcerita santai kat sini.. asek2 ngelat letak gmbr (kira update jugak la tu..huhu).. kali ni nak membebel panjang la pulak.. yer, insyaAllah akan jadi panjang... *alert!*

nak cerita baaaaanyyyaakkkk benda..kalau nk letak gambar, sampai ke sudah la jawabnya..kalau ada kesempatan mmg nk retrieve balik kenangan2 indah yg dah berlalu dalam sebulan ni..maklumlah, bermula hidup baru, suasana baru, job title baru! proudly calling myself FTHW.. yang masih terkedek2 nk set up jadual harian... skg nih, honestly mmg xde jadual..main hentam ikut suka hati nk buat apa... maklumlah, dah lama xjadi surirumah sepenuh masa. nak membiasakan diri tu mcam amek banyak masa. dulu masa kerja berangan nak buat macam2 bila dah duk rumah 24jam...tp lagi tak produktif ada laa..mungkin buat masa ni kot.. banyak la sebab-musababnya *justifikasi diri bagi sedap hati* ehehehe

??  eh xstart lagi masuk isi kandungan..baru muqaddimah dah 3perenggan..sape ajar buat karangan ni..uish2..

tak tau nk start cerita dari mana... sbnrnya tak tau nk cerita secerah mana...hahaha..boleh tak? skg nih suka perkataan pencerahan..bila sebut pon dah terasa 'cerah'.. positif sungguh aura perkataan ni..

apa kata kita tukar pattern penulisan kepada bentuk menjawab soalan..nih berdasarkan soalan2 yg selalu kami terima (macam hotline!)

1. kenapa pindah jepun?

kenapa yer? hmm... sebenarnya, me & emir dah lama menyimpan hasrat nk datang balik jepun.raise our family here,maybe for few years...

2. kenapa?

sbb ngada2! muehehe..tu pon ye jugak kot....

year 2010 :
i guess everything started in 2010 lagi.. dulu mula2 emir apply nk sambung belajar, alhamdulillah dapat tempat di nagaoka university n dpt sensei mmg best, cumanya nasib xmenyebelahi, xdpt scholarship.... bila emir tak dapat, kami pon pasrah la.. xlama lps tu, dlm tahun yg sama, mai dan 2org lagi kawan ofis disuruh pergi kursus selama 6bulan di urawa,japan. mmg mai nk sangat pergi tahun sebelum tu, tp masa tu tgh pregnant rifqi..so, bila offer tu sampai lagi sekali, dah tawar hati nk pergi sbb ada baby..masa dpt offer tu rifqi baru 7~8bulan camtu..antara kami bertiga, salah seorang diWAJIBkan pergi..boss mmg xde kawtim. memikirkan situasi 2 lagi sahabat yg juga ada alasan masing2..i offered myself.. kursus bermula bulan 9,2011..by that umur rifqi 1thn stgh..umur 1thn 2bulan dah berhenti full-breastfeed sbb nk ajar dia minum susu biasa..mmg sedey sgt sbb xsampai 2tahun..mungkin bukan rezeki adik. tp rifqi sangat cooperative n very easy to hanlde.. dia terima je any changes we made.

SEPT2011~MAC 2012 :
and so i flew to japan sept 2011~ mac 2012... sebelum pergi, i can't remember why emir too was suddenly searching for jobs in japan. mmg kitorang ni mmg sejak azali tak bley long-distance relationship... ngada2 kan?! sejak dr zaman single, sampai la dah beranak-pinak ni, kemana2 mesti nk berkepit. imagine nk duduk jauh2 berbulan2? and so, he searched n rezeki dia, senang je dpt keje..ulang-alik naik flight for interviews n akhirnya confirm. tarikh masuk kerja pulak 2weeks lewat dpd tarikh i started my course. i flew 13th sept, while he left for japan on 26th sept... mmg just nice!! eventhough, jarak antara urawa n toyama is like 500km++, we feel secured being in the same country..hahaha..bukannya jumpa selalu pon, sebulan sekali je..tambang train mahai!!

APRIL :
after i finished my course, mac 2012... mmg niat dihati nk sambung belajar dah lama...tapi inisiatif kureng.. bila dah balik msia, kepala pk nk dtg jepun balik je..tp kena tunggu lps majlis kawen brother in law dulu..aih, lamanya rasa kena tunggu..mac~jun..4bulan jugak tu..pertengahan mac, dapat tahu ttg offer scholarship dr monbusyo(kerajaan jepun).. mmg niat nk cuba je apply,  but i spent most time searching for supervisor.. xsangka pulak kalau penjawat kerajaan process nya lain ( tu la xbaca syarat betul2)...leceh & byk pulak simpang2 nk kena lalu..itu pon tau last2 minute dpd ofismate yg baik hati..siap tolong bg contoh isi borang sume..alhamdulillah, Allah dtgkan pertolongan..mmg masa tu dah nk give up, sbb mmg diri ini jenis yg malas n menyampah isi borang..rasanya masa tu 4hari to dateline.tp emir n my dear kak niza, yakinkan utk cuba juga apply..and so i made peace anta je la mana yg mampu...dan dari situ bermula la perjalanan yg baru..iaitu meneruskan perjuangan peng'apply'an... :)

MAY :
tgh2 bulan mei tu seb baik emir balik msia seminggu,kalau tak mmg meroyan gak kot..dpt la jalan2 sampai ke cherating... best!!

JUN :
selesai sahaja majlis resepsi pada 16hb, pada 18 jun kami sekeluarga berangkat ke jepun. ditemani mak mertua n maklong suami.. seronok bukan main lagi adam n aydeen.. maklumlah, cita2 nk dtg jepun dgn papa dah tercapai..rifqi's 1st flight... it was a pleasant journey with lotsa hopes!

JULY:
balik malaysia for a week.. on few important matters.. tukar status visa, interview & top up bekalan makanan nk puasa+raya..hehehe don't you just feel grateful for having air asia? even japanese pon ramai dah kenal malaysia thru air asia..sampai depa pon dah ada LCC(cuma xde 'T' je kat blkg) hehehe

and soon in AUGUST :

we're having a major change too,isnyaAllah.. will tell about it when it happens ( maybe a few days, weeks after it happens..eheheh)


you see...

life seems to be so much fun this way. during school days, semua jalan macam dah diatur, meaning kita dah boleh agak ke mana arah kita nk tuju...and we struggled for that, for what we have in mind. but after that.. lps masuk alam pekerjaan, at one point of mai life..i felt frozen, kalau diibaratkan macam graf, hidup rasa macam garisan mendatar... kerja la sampai bebila n that's it!of course that doesn't deny my passion in teaching...i enjoy seeing my students growth..but somehow, something is missing... bila mula tukar arah kompas, hidup rasa lebih hidup... walaupun skg nih dok kat rumah, layan anak2 dan suami.. rasa waku2(tertunggu2) what comes next!

yes.. everyday i wonder, 'what comes next'

kadang2 terfikir gak pasal baby..hehehe..rindu nk bau wangi minyak yu yi cap limau..kadang2 saje je sapu kat aydeen bg bau baby sket..hehehe.. tp semua tu ku serahkan pada Dia :))


*lerr, 2je soalannya?* hihihi

Mai heart & soul

semoga Allah merahmati dan melindungi perjalanan kami

In Memory

in preparation of migrating....

we have to sell this baby..

our 6th car

(bukan 6biji kereta kami ada..tp kereta yg ke-6 kami beli)

SOLD!

within a day of adevertisement...mcm goreng pisang panasss

alhamdulillah...urusan berjalan lancar

Briefing session

i'll be attending a briefing session about my long-course programme at the Japan Foundation KL from 2pm until 7pm today. JFKL HQ is next to the midvalley megamall.. maybe i can do some window shopping...heheh..sempat lagi! owh, yeah..yesterday PM just annoounced that gov servants are gonna get half-month salary bonus...alhamdulillahh...syukur rezeki Allah bagi dlm bulan ramadhan...

anyway, back to my story.. this briefing session is mainly to explain to candidates about the course.and i was asked to get my PMP(personal mini project) ideas ready.we're gonna have consultation(i have no idea how it's gonna be), and there'll be a presentation on that later the same day.i've not done any presentation on any research like in 4years.last time was my final year degree presentation. hopefully i can present well and generate my ideas clearly,insyaAllah. other than me, another person from penang, a chinese (dunno girl/guy) is gonna take part too..and i thought i was going to japan alone... great thing to know that i'll have company.yeayy!! after the session, they are gonna bring us for dinner(in my case buka puasa)... i refused to join the dinner but they insisted..well, rezeki jangan ditolak kan? they said it's gonna be washoku..sukaa2!!

on other matter, i've received all the documents regarding my departure..my flight schedule, my visa application which is completed, just wait to be collected i don't know when, and my schedule for the next 6months.never had a full schedule for a long time...looking at the schedule, i can see that i'll be busy..back to being a student...excitement?? yeah..a little :)

so, please pray for my success today!

and i hope you all have a blast tuesday :))

All the best Papa RA

~Rayyan Adam is 4years 5days old~

~Rifqi Aydeen is 1year 3months 3weeks 6days old~

these 2weeks papa is busy with his interviews...last week, he went to singapore for a live video interview with company in japan... alhamdulillah, the interview went well. on thursday, he called me from work and told me he got the job! i'm not that surprised because i knew from the start that he's gonna get it..naluri instict hati isteri mithali..hik3

1st mission done!

and last night, he went for his 2nd job interview in Japan..eventho he already had the job he wanted, but he's still gonna make the best for this interview...he studied everyday..lama xnmpk dia stay up buat keje...this time, they want him to sit for an exam..i tried their sample questions n quit halfway...haven't touch maths questions like in 4years n i'm already lost... hehehhe..

while waiting for papa to check in

enjoying himself walking everywhere

supporter papa no.2..no.1 ikut ummi dia balik kampung

papa,

we're so PROUD of you...

how you never give up to try the best,

and do the best for us

semoga urusan papa dipermudahkan Allah...

we miss you already!!