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| Sunday, 15-Nov-2009 20:08 |
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S***! I Was An Illegal Immigrant For 3 Months!
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This incident happened during our trip along the way to Muscat, Oman.
Everything was going smoothly and we were very excited plus on the mood for holidaying...can't wait to see the scenery along the way to Muscat, really!! I woke up early in the morning so that we could enjoy at least half of the day in Muscat, and I was budgeting the travelling time will take about 6-7 hours via the highway.
At 7am after Subuh we departed from Abu Dhabi. 2 hours later, we reached the Oman border in Al Ain/ Buraimi and we needed to stop to apply and pay for the visit visa. Suddenly the immigration officer was asking my husband where is my entry visa stamp into the UAE. He couldn't find it and passed the passport to me, and I also couldn't find it. The immigration officer also telling us that inside the system I was still outside the UAE. OMG!!! They told me I am an Illegal immigrant because the immigration at the airport mistakenly didn't stamp my passport when I was entering the UAE with my kids last August from Malaysia. My kids passport had the stamp and I saw Izz's passport been stamped twice! It must be their mistake (and also mine because I didn't check it...yelah..I've been travelling here and there for the past 3 years everything was going smoothly so I didn't bother to check my passport pun unless just to check on the expiry and also the residency visa)
The officer brought our case to the attention to their boss and the boss said we must go to the Abu Dhabi airport to get back the stamp unless I could be in the jail for being as an illegal immigrant...I must present the ticket (mana nak cari balik, dah 3 bulan lepas) or if I've lost it, then I need to contact Etihad duty manager to get the manifest document. Tension betul...nak screaming ada, nak menangis pun ada. Since the boss seemed really strict and hubby was willing to drive back all the way to Abu Dhabi airport to get this settled, then I told myself to be positive...in every problem, there's always a way out from it...
About 2 hours later, we arrived in the airport, I had to go to the ticket counter, check in counter, duty manager office, but nobody can help us with the manifest document that I was on the flight on last August...forget it nak pergi Muscat...then I just tried my luck, I approached directly to the immigration officer, I showed my children's passports...then they said it's ok...the immigration at the border could have helped me because I got the UAE residence visa....anyway, by 2.30pm finally I got the stamp...and we rushed back to Al Ain border and we have wasted about 10 hours with 6 hours driving and hubby had to drive back and forth for about 400km!
We entered the Oman at almost 5pm when it's already getting dark. No more scenery because it's dark....and hubby was patiently drove to Muscat until we arrived at 10pm. It's about a total of 15 hours of roadtrip, and approx 800km of journey for a day, half of it full of tense...At first we thought of canceling the trip, but since we have made advance payment on the hotel and hubby's leave already been approved, might as well just go there..But what a terrible and challenging day!...Memang betul2 test our patience, and it really resemble our marriage journey (since it's anniversary trip)...challenging and banyak betul cabaran at first...but then with patience and optimism, we've made it...and we really hope we will survive a lot more cabaran and dugaan yang akan datang together... InsyaAllah...Amin.....
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| Sunday, 15-Nov-2009 05:06 |
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Temenggung Jugah
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Sorry my kids, mama just hantar pergi haircut kat kedai depan rumah because tak sempat nak pergi to kiddy harcut at Marina Mall. Hasilnya macam title...huhuhuhu...
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| Wednesday, 11-Nov-2009 03:09 |
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On Hiatus
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Off to Oman, Muscat for Anniversary trip. Will upload pictures once we are back. Toodles peeps! 
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| Tuesday, 10-Nov-2009 04:55 |
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Khalifa Park
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Yesterday hubby went back home early and we decided to bring the kids to Khalifa Park. I've met Elly, Oyeen and Sara...lama tak jumpa, so much stories to tell and hear. And I love these emotional pictures of Aiden playing seesaw with Izz:
Ni muka budak sedih taknak balik:
And I framed these:
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| Monday, 9-Nov-2009 06:39 |
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Latest Possession
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Canon 5D Mark II
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| Monday, 9-Nov-2009 06:32 |
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Marhaba to Baby Nisreen!
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Zira has safely delivered her 3rd baby..It's a girl..MasyaAllah..her first and second children are boys, (macam saya lah) and 3rd one dapat girl! Baby is healthy and fine and hoping for a speedy recovery for Zira! I went to visit her baby last Saturday...seronoklah tengok baby! Comey...hidung mancung...but then bila I tunjuk baby kat Aiden, dia buat tak tau je....
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| Monday, 9-Nov-2009 05:54 |
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Weekends with His Powershot S90
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Small camera but has the manual features macam DSLR. Also easy to carry around...
We went jalan2 again at under the shades of the tallest building in the world and then we went to Jumeirah for dinner...teringin nak makan macam style kedai mamak kat luar like bangsar or uptown. Teringat macam kat Malaysia, but over here different crowdslah.  The best part about is safety. I lvoe it!
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| Thursday, 5-Nov-2009 19:41 |
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Stingray in Arabic - سمك الراي اللاسع
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Garlic, shallot, onion n ginger
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blend together n tumis atas minyak panas
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if possible, guna kuali besi coz if non stick nnt cili x garing
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I went to the fish market and asking for stingray but they didn't understand what was that. Pusing-pusing I couldn't found one, ended up I bought mackerels, prawns, squids, crabs and a catfish for hubby. I was teringin sangat nak makan ikan pari bakar but then tak jumpa, I masak jugak the sambal untuk makan dgn ikan pari but I letak atas grilled prawns, squids, mackerels and crabs. Bolehlaaa..but surely akan jadi lagi best if dengan ikan pari! Will be searching for pari lagi this week, hopefully adalahhh...aminnn...
The pictures are showing the recipe how to prepare the sambal for pari bakar...try it....I cooked using this recipe for BBQ in my sister's house that day...habis licin 5 kilo ikan pari hokeh!
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| Wednesday, 4-Nov-2009 10:49 |
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McBreakfast
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Kat sini...
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| Tuesday, 3-Nov-2009 12:08 |
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Is My Love Like A Red, Red Rose?
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Nahhhh....not anymore...and now is like a fuchsia-orange rose! 
Cantik betul in real life! Visit Euphoria Junction
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