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| Saturday, 22-Oct-2005 00:00 |
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Another Berbuka Puasa
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Alliya's new friends-Nur Fauwaz Hanani & Nur Isymal Widad
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Alliya and Widad
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the 2nd Photographer- Fauwaz
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22 October 2005
In the last entry, alliya spent 'berbuka puasa' at her ayah's office and this time it's her turn to 'berbuka puasa' at her ibu's office@school. We headed to SMK Seri Permaisuri around 6pm.. and arrived there 15 minutes later since there're not much of a traffic jam. Alliya was dressed in a green maxi (a passed down dress from her cousin).
Unlike ayah's office, there're not that many 'kakaks' or 'abangs' here  . Most of her ibu's colleagues are married with family.. so she was introduced to a few girls about her age.
At first it was a little bit difficult to 'break the ice'... when it comes to 'mingling'... what else can we expect from children their age... . So Alliya's ibu decided to take out the 'tool' to break the ice...which is Alliya's Kodak Easyshare  ...... and it worked.
A few minutes later they were taking turn posing and snapping pictures. They even abandoned the adults and went on doing their photography activities.. until the memory card blinked the signal 'memory card full' and only then Alliya seeked her ibu for advice. 
p/s...Please ignore the date on the pictures (forgot to adjust the time after changing of batteries) 
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| Thursday, 13-Oct-2005 00:00 |
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Alliya and 'Pre-Paid' / Ramadhan
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In the Month of October- Pre-paid
It has been almost a month since our last entry... we owed all these delays to those who decided to make this coming 29th October as the last day of school for this year... since the announcement, all schools have been having lessons/activities every Saturdays be it 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th Saturday of the month. I guess nowadays it's very common to pay something in advance.. we've all the pre-paid services everywhere and now the schools, teachers and students are required to 'pre-pay' our schooling days...
As for Alliya, it has been quite a hectic and tiring month since she is in the afternoon session. To make things easier for her, we've to make her skipped her Saturday schooling. She was not happy at first but after a few weeks gone by with having only a day rest.. she started to understand our reasons and agree to skip school...
Ramadhan
It seems like this year Alliya is more concerns about Ramadhan than before. She was very excited and woke up very early for 'sahur' on the first day. The first few days she was able to complete her 'fasting' up to around 3.30pm.. then she started getting thirsty and broke her fast with a bottle of plain water that we packed for her in her school bag. According to her, a number of her friends accidently drank the water from the pipe inside the toilet. When Sunday came, she was able to complete her fasting day...with pc games and tv programmes to occupy her time...
Since it's Ramadhan, we hadn't been having a lot of activities. We did try a few 'Bazaar Ramadhan' in a few hotels nearby eventhough the prices seem a little bit ridicule. And the latest is the 'Berbuka Puasa' at Alliya's dad office (which should remain nameless) for this time. As usual, Alliya was the centre of the attraction especially amongst the single 'kakak's and 'abang's. Luckily she had brought along her Kodak Easyshare along that nite to capture the moments.
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| Wednesday, 14-Sep-2005 00:00 |
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Alliya and the fireworks
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On the Eve of 31 August 2005
Today is the 14th September already and in 2 days time the closing ceremony for 'Bulan Kemerdekaan' will be held through out the nation. We haven't put up our fireworks shots yet...the one that we took at Putrajaya together with Jie, Bubba, Michael, Nurul and Bubba's hulubalangs.
As usual Alliya was looking forward to the outing... especially when it comes to fireworks. What she didn't know is, this year the outing is going to be a little bit different since we'll be taking pictures like a 'pro' . Last year we were there just to have over monthly picnic on the 'star' of Dataran Putra, to pass the time we brought along her bicycle and she would circle around and later we enjoyed ourselves looking at the fireworks. This year.. we were stationed at Jambatan Wawasan. We came unprepared since both of us have to work and we didn't want to be stuck in the traffic.
On our way to Putrajaya we noticed a lot of cars were heading towards the city. Alliya said..'they're going to watch the Merdeka Konsert since Mawi will be there" We did ask her if she wanted to change direction but she decided not to.. so we continued our journey to Jambatan Wawasan.
It was a great nite for us eventhough it could be better if we have more 'air mineral' and a few bungkus of mee or nasi goreng and most of all if we have brought a stool/ small chair.. Luckily Jie came prepared with keropok and candies.
Right on time, the fireworks started somewhere near PM (Prime Minister)'s house but it's too far from our location... it was quite a let down at first even to Alliya. But all the photog were still patience and glued to their tripods until the big moment came a little bit later. We flipped coin before and Alliya's ayah was given the honour to handle the Oly E-300 that nite. As for myself and Alliya... we just stood there and enjoyed ourselves looking at the colourful fireworks. 
btw- the title for each foto comes from Alliya POV (Point of View)
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| Tuesday, 13-Sep-2005 00:00 |
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Children at Sungai Congkak
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10 September 2005
On this day, Alliya decided to skip school for the first time. It's not as if she has never skip school before, it's just that all these while it's due to her doctor's appointment etc. She has been very concious about getting a 'telur' or a 'P for ponteng' from her class teacher. Her ayah used to make fun about getting the 'telur' but according to her the 'telur' that an absentee student will get is something like what 'Crayon Shin Chan- the cartoon character' will get when he misbehave. and it has nothing to do with 'telur ayam' or 'bunga telur'.
So why she's willing to risk herself by getting the 'telur'? It's all because she would like to join the picnic that her ayah's company organized. The location of the picnic was set at Sungai Congkak.. somewhere in Selangor. Since her ibu couldn't join the picnic due to 'sekolah ganti'... Alliya was approached by many 'kakak' . They have kept her entertained that day.. therefore her ayah was free to give his photography skills another try.
According to him, it's rather difficult to snap sharp pictures due to the low light condition there. Another reason was due to the difficulty in keeping the Oly E-300 still especially when zooming. Alliya brought her Kodak Easyshare along but since she was enjoying herself making new friends and wetting her feet in the cold water, she decided to keep the camera in tha bag. These are some of her new friends that she met on that day. Sorryla.. gambar kakak2 dan abang2 tak diuploadkan di sini.. boss tak bagi sebab dia rasa tak lepas paiwaian
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| Sunday, 11-Sep-2005 00:00 |
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Corus Paradise PD
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3 Sept 2005 - 5 Sept 2005
Apart from playing in the pool and taking pictures, Alliya has always been interested in building sandcastle. Lucky for her because this hotel has quite a nice sandy beach eventhough the sand is not as 'smooth' as the sand in Australian beaches.. it is enough for her to build her dream castle.
Finding the right time is another problem because we don't like the idea of her being under the bright sun for too long. She was a little bit impatient and kept counting the time and hours... finally the appropriate time and especially the weather came. She was very excited when at last she managed to get her two thin hands into the sand to create her 'master piece'... and of course with her 'ayah' as her mentor.
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| Saturday, 10-Sep-2005 00:00 |
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Alliya's Works Using Kodak Easyshare (2Mp)
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Port Dickson (3 Sept 2005 - 5 Sept 2005)
We took Alliya to PD last weekend. We were in Corus Paradise for the whole 3 days and 2 nites. Alliya loves the double beds in the hotel room but was a little bit disappointed because there's no bath tub in the room. The mistake was on our part for assuming there will be one. So not to disappoint her further we decided to take the risk of allowing her to use the public swimming pool. That was the first time we let her in the public swimming pool since her treatment.
Before she was diagnosed with Leukemia, Alliya was a natural in the pool. She loves swimming very much and was about to master the skill of swimming at the age of three. But since then we had been keeping her away from public swimming pool. She was disappointed at first but after reasoning with her, she had begun to understand the needs to keep her away from a place where germs can easily be transfered from one person to another.
We took all the precautions i.e. tried to keep her away from the crowd (especially the children's pool) and kept reminding her not to swallow or use the water in the pool to wash her face. Alhamdulillah, things went well and she is still in a pink of health. 
Other than swimming, both Alliya and her ayah were showing off each other's skill in snapping pictures. I only had my chances when both of them were in the swimming pool. Alliya was using our Kodak Easyshare (2 Megapixel) which now has been proclaimed hers. She was so serious when she was doing her task... and I think the outcome of her works speak for themselves. . Btw, these pictures were taken at the Palm Spring Resort.
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| Sunday, 28-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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The TRIO Concert (Mawi, CT, Jamal)
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Alliya before the concert starts
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She's eating 'kerepek' for appertizer
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Ogy 'the emcee' for that nite
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23 August 2005
After our first experience on being "Paparazzi" with Mawi, that night we were amongst the lucky ones who managed to grab a few hot selling tickets to this trio concert dinner. Some people might think that we're spoiling our little girl, Alliya. But after what we've been through with her, we came to realize that "life should be living" and there's no amount of money that can top the happiness, gratitude and satisfaction in our little angel's eyes.
Eventhough we did sometimes go all out to make her wishes come true.. Alliya does know her limits and so far she has been quite reasonable with her wishes and 'demands'. Like she always say.. she is more like 'Charlie' (the character in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). She's not happy when we call her 'Veronica Ginger' as in Veronica Salts (a spoilt little girl character in the same movie)
During the concert, dinner was not on her mind. She was concentrating, laughing, singing/clapping along and of course smiling all throughout Mawi's presentation. She took a break when Jamal Abdillah took the stage but she did enjoy herself especially when Jamal was singing the duet with Ogy because 'Sandarkan Pada Kenangan' is one of her favourites. By the time Siti came out... Alliya was a little tired and sleepy already. Alliya was quite disappointed because that night Siti was not singing songs from her albums.. therefore she couldn't sing along with Siti.
Luckily Jamal and especially Mawi came out to join Siti for the finale. Alliya was clapping and smiling again. According to her that day was the 'bestest' day in her life
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| Tuesday, 23-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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Mawi World 1
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The Hardest Part- The waiting
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Trying to occupy her time with her new friend
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The Arrival
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23 August 2005
Alliya's day started very early today eventhough it was suppose to be a school holiday. She woke up on her own and was very enthusiastic because she knew that today she's gonna meet up with one of her idol... none other than 'Mawi World'...the latest gem produced by Astro's Akademi Fantasia (AF)
Eventhough this year was Astro's third season of AF, Alliya has never gotten this AF fever all these while. Why? Because we only started subscribing Astro last year.. and 2nd season of AF has just finished when we had our Astro.
She didn't make it a habit to watch AF all the time because she still prefers her Channel 63 programmes (Play House Disney Chanel) but she seems to be up to date on what was happening in AF. Still can't figure out how she managed to do that.. probably through listening to her friends or discussing with her cousins.. Anyway.. all through this season she is a faithful fan of Mawi. And like millions (???) of Mawi's fan, she also would like to meet 'him' in person.
And somehow... somewhere... someone(s) had made her wish came true. We're very much grateful to all the people that has made it possible for her to meet her idol. To Mawi (if you're reading this)... thank you for squeezing us in eventhough you're so exhausted with your busy schedule. You really has brightened up Alliya's Day.
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| Monday, 22-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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PutraJaya - A View From Dondang Sayang
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21 August 2005
It was a beautiful sunny day. We decided to give out Oly E300 a test. After given a lot of thoughts, we decided to head to PutraJaya (Malaysia new 'administration' city). This was not our first trip there since PutraJaya is only 15 minutes away from our place... but it's definitely different since we'll be looking at PutraJaya through our Oly E300 lense(s)
Alliya was very eager to get there. She was looking forward to test her 'Camera Girl' skill outdoor... and one thing she didn't realize is that her ayah was looking forward to the 'same' thing himself...
What do you expect? Her ayah used his charm and convinced her to be the model for that day.... Alliya was complaining at first but all the complains stopped once her ayah agreed to take her on a 'Dondang Sayang' sampan ride... Now please enjoy the snapshots taken by Camera Girl's ayah.
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| Friday, 19-Aug-2005 00:00 |
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A Birthday... A Year Ago
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birthday cake that was taken to her kindergarten
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Simple decorations
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more decorations & balloons
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19th August 2004
Alliya was born on the 19.8.1998... what a unique date. So.. today is her 7th birthday... Happy Birthday my dear!! I can still remember...by this time last year.... both of us, my hubby and me were busy preparing her birthday party. That was her first year in the kindergarten. She didn't start her schooling earlier due to her condition. Last year was the her first experience being in school with other kids. Eventhough she started a few year later than her friends... she didn't have a lot of problem catching up with them because she started reading simple english book at the age of three (remind me of a boy called 'genius' just because he can read at the same age like Alliya.... and that was in the 70's where this things were not very common).
So last year she really make a big fuss about her birthday and insisted that we had a 'party' for her. After a few discussions we decided to pick 'sunflower' as the theme for that day. Preparation started a week earlier with a sunflower invitation cards.. then continue with the decorations. We even ordered a cake that shape like a sunflower.. but somehow during all the chaos.. we forgot to take a still picture of that cake.
So today is her birthday again but this year she prefers to celebrate it quietly ... just the three of us. But since both of us , me and my hubby were quite busy lately.. we only managed to get her presents and cards only.. we were looking for appropriate cake for her but still couldn't find 'it'.. maybe tomorrow we'll take her to the store and let her pick her favorites.
So now let's take a look at her birthday celebration last year...
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jeff.... TQ
