Tuesday, November 29, 2005

The Surroundings of My Little Hut

Many asked what would I do to my house when I leave for Qatar. The answer is, I will just leave it the way it is. I am not renting it nor am I selling it. For I need a place to stay when I come back to Malaysia later. Plus I still have some junks in the house and I don't think I like the idea of people using those. My parents will probably come once in a while to see the house.

I will certaily miss my house particurlaly when it gets hot in Qatar later. I live right next to the Air Hitam Forest Reserve where the forest is semi dense. The area is cool and is always foggy especially when it rains.

When it stop raining, and little sun peaked out..I would walk around or linger with the kids. It would be very pleasant indeed. Ada ala-ala macam kat UK gitu except that no asap keluar dari mulutlaaa.



This is a picture of somebody else's house. My house is not photogenic enough to be shown on the web.

The thing about living next to the forest is of course the monkeys. Those little rascals were always up to something at our houses. Ni yang jenis kera ni. Small ones. They can slip through the grills even. We have donated them jemput-jemput, limau mandarin and bananas, of course unwillingly. We had to tell off our neighbour's maid who thinks feeding monkey is cute and very animal lover act. But this, as a matter of fact, will only encourage them to make a city out of the neighborhood's area.



Jom take a walk at the alley behind my house. Can you see the fence? That's the border of the housing area and the forest. There is also a monsson drain there. During heavy rain, you can hear the rush of water and imagine that you live near the river.



The signboard says, HUTAN SIMPAN KEKAL - DILARANG MASUK. I don't know how kekal is this kekal. There were talks of Anak Toyo tu nak buat development kat sini. After the Bukit Cerakah story, things have been quiet. We'll see how far this forest can be there.

Anyway, besides monkey, someone stumbled across a female phython sometime ago. A real big one. I think it's the size of my thigh. And my thighs are big. Some Indonesian renovation guys beat it up to my horrors. The bomba pun satu cekadak. When we called, they said, tak ada sapa ke yang nak ular tu. Can you handle it. When they came 2 hours later and the phython was beaten up to near death, they told us this is an extinct species. I was pregnant with Zachary and people were giving me strange tales about this cruel death of the boa constrictor. I pity the phython. I think it was trying to grab one of the monkeys and stumbled down the cliff and couldn't make it up.

Anyway because of this I tak jadi nak buat little Bali kolam with fish and all. Tak rela saya kalau kolam tu nanti ada ular melingkar pulak kang.



This is Haziq and his best friend, Omar, our neighbour's son. Ni betul-betul belakang rumah I.

I am going to miss my little hut, with or without the little kolam bali.

35 comments:

Leen AshBurn said...

macam tau je kat mana rumah nih hehehe

Anonymous said...

I have a vacation home somewhere in the east, mind you it is very stressful on the first day when you arrive as there are many things to do,sweeping,mopping, changing the bed cover etc,i am grateful that my husband and kids give their helping hand. If you have somebody looking after it okle.

Lollies said...

leen - jadilah stalker saya.

easylady - hmm i am not even sure whether parents i nak lap-lap and mop mop and all. Sigh. I know mesti horrors punya bila balik. Sigh again.

Cherry said...

tak pe lollies, klu you nak balik, you can hire a temp lady via me. i buat bisness gitu kecil-kecilan. of course i the manager, bibi i buat the part-timer thing. he he he ... dapat le bibik duit obertime.

bertique said...

saya akan pastikan umah anda dipenuhi .. misteriiiiii ...

dan juga ular sawa :D

dah mula rasa rindu kat ur kids .. hehe seronok betul leh main bola + wrestling ngan depa ..

Anonymous said...

Lollies,

Wise, wise decision Not to rent it out.

Kang tenant tak bayar satu hal.

Buatnye dia tempek lukisan-lukisan menarik kat dinding lagi satu hal.

Dia tukarnya kunci tuu tambah lagi satu hal..Hmmmmmp

Qatar pun lebat masyuuk kaaan.

Bergen said...

Enjoy your stay in Qatar. Nice place, good food, nice autumn weather. Don't know if they've got sandstorm in March. Pretty women. The Qatari dagger is a good souvenir.

Enjoy it, don't think of home while you are there. It's a different country, different place. Home will always be home, nothing to miss about.

elisataufik said...

I too miss my 'rumah buruk'.. can't wait to get home in 2 weeks.
Alhamdulillah, my brother in law rajin pegi jenguk and kemas2 rumah.. mop2 and stuff. He'll be staying there while doing his practical training in one of the factories in PJ. And my parents in law sleeps there whenever they are down in KL.. so my house tu kira macam 'rumah tumpangan' lah sekarang.. heh heh.
Did I tell you my fish died coz no one came around to feed it and change its water?? (my mom forgot) It was so sad!! :(

Baca doa sebelum tinggalkan rumah, and maybe ask atreides to send 'someone' to look after it's perimeter while you're gone.. ;)

Lollies said...

betik - mungkin anak i nak start football club di qatar. :-P

tj - itulah pasal. lagipun i nak balik nak tinggal mana pulak

bergen - i only notice the pretty woman part. The more reason for me to go there. their daggers eh? anyone wants to kirim?

onde2 - ya flightnya pulul 7:30 pagi hari Isnin 12hb.

elisa - that's good. at least ada orang stay sometimes. sian ur fish. mati lemas dia.

elle said...

erk..air hitam reserve kat mana yer?

Lollies said...

kat selangor elle.

Lollies said...

wait a minute elisa, did i read something about atredies can help. paul oh paul mana you ni?

Angie said...

Dear Lollies,

welcome to the wonderous world of expat wife. - zalyn

Jill Yusoff said...

Everybody's leaving... :(

Lollies said...

sexpat - I would like you to share with us the sizzling life of an expat's wife.

nekbat - huwaaa...nak hug nak hug

zan said...

you'r gonna miss your house and we're gonna miss you...takpe friday nie kita dating....

Lazydaisy said...

jadi ke nak dating tu ? kat mana dah decide ke

Lollies said...

zan and lazydaisy - jadi kot. Jaring sunway. Kat mentari tau bukan dalam sunway mall tu. depan dia.

Anonymous said...

ko duduk mana ni lollies?

belakang ada hutan2 ni...ini mesti penempatan tak berapa lama dan tak berapa baru ni. macam area rumah kakak aku ajer...

Anonymous said...

Lollie..dah sampai sana ya..jauhnya..
Boleh tolong tak? nanti publish lah apa2 photo pasal bas,jalan raya,traffic light,roundabout.taxi and apa2 lagi lah pasal transport..leh tak?heheheh

atiza said...

take care..(kot2 tak sempat jumpa)

Ni said...

macam kawasan perumahan elit je....

Anonymous said...

artco - akak ko dok mana? saya dok kat BK area

ros - generally the roads buat dari tar jugak. they drive on the other side. doha has lots or roundabouts. traffic is horrendous and the drivers are crazy. itu yang saya baca. cuba goggle banyak cita pasal ni. but nanti saya ambik gambo

atiza- memang tak sempat kot. I am leaving on the 12th. 2nd ni my last day of work.

cik ni - tak lah. tak ada elitnya. biasa aje

shidah said...

Lollies: Ei, cepatnya nak pergi... make sure cepat2 dapat internet connection, kasi update okay. Nice place la rumah you, tak membelakangkan rumah orang.

Anonymous said...

hmm betul tu. Memang i will try getting a connection as soon as i can and err also a computer

Jill Yusoff said...

sending hugs and wet slobbering smooches your way..mmmmmmmuuuah

Lollies said...

hugs nekbat back and reciprocate her with dribbling wet smooches

Anonymous said...

I Do here.

Words can't really describe how sad we are that you are leaving for Qatar so soon..

Do hope we could meet up - Omar is actually in Kuantan now and wud be coming back only next Wednesday (yes, you've got that rite, so lama...!) - before you go..

We'll keep a look out for your house, don't worry.. Truly gonna miss having a cool family in the neighbourhood...cepat2 balik tau.. Haziq and Omar would be in their pre-teens by then...wow!

Ni said...

oi! *jegilkan mata*
berapa lama nak pergi obesi?

an0nymous-ign0ranus said...

aiyaya lolly, i can rasa your wistfulness in leaving your home. itulah perasaan saya setiap kali terpaksa berpindah rumah dulu. nangis wei ...

Zed said...

even i am touched! your house is definitely a "cool" place to be in, especially when in contrast to qatar... well good luck and have fun anyway. i am sure there will be some pleasant surprises awaiting in the new land. cheers.

Lollies said...

cik ni - err plannya 4 tahun. gitulah.

i do - i thot you'd never visit. I want to cal you for a makan-makan

babe - aku sekarang asyik nangis aje. berat lah

zed - i hope so too zed. Trying to keep an open mind.

Anonymous said...

nanti i nak camping la kat situ, boleh ngintai ;)

Lollies said...

awak nak ngintai sapa?

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