Happy Birthday Fendu ....

Seperti yang adik beradik sume sedia maklum, today birthday abang ngah ...yang keberapa kiter sume tahu, tapi i am sure angah tak akan ngaku usia nya yang sebenar...kan kan kan??? maklum lah sentiasa muda remaja ...katanya...walaupun..... (ehhh betul ke penggunaan bahasa aku nie???)...

So, nak imbas kembali le masa mula2 jumpa ngan fendu dulu ..and all the fun (and sometimes stupid??) things yang kami semua buat dulu (although along selalu buat2 control macho) ...especially bab-bab bagi hadiah masa besday ...yang paling diingati (although Liz and eat have claimed memory loss on this!) is that we - eat, liz, me and sha - gave fendu a besday present masa kat A Level dulu...wrapped up secantik2 nyer ...but the present itself is ...jeng...jeng ...jeng ...sehelai t-shirt that used to be putih, and di conteng2 ...if i am not mistaken (and I pun tak brapa ingat sangat the details) baju paling happening tu merupakan kain lap yang kami gunakan di dapur kami ...dapur 301/1 yang sentiasa tak berasap tu - so, tak le kotor kain tu sebenarnya...and i know we did wash it beforehand....sayangnya, takde foto gambar tu dalam album2 lama aku ..kalau tak, sure dah dimasukkan kat sini!

But I do have a lots of gambar2 lama ...here'a a few to share (tak larat nak scan and resize hehehehe), so that fendi can imbas kembali zaman muda remaja dia (before he admits that he is growing old) ..hahaha ... anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, and to quote Abraham Lincoln (i think lah) "It is not the years in your life that counts, it is the life in your years" ....

Ni masa aku pi melawat Kent...gambar org lain dah kena crop atas sebab2 tertentu

Calais, France: winter 1995 ...

Newcastle upon Tyne, summer 1996

Police itu "sesuatu"

Hari ni Ej siapkan homework dia kat Sekolah sebab nak freekan malam ni sebab dah janji dgn mommy dia nak pi carikan aku "sesuatu". Aku pun pura pura lah kan buat buat tak faham...nanti tak surprise pulak. Sampai je kat KLCC...terus nyanyi nak famous amos. Masa lalu kat Aunties Anne nampak pulak chocolate stick. Terus beli and lepak makan jap. Lepas tu kami mulakan operasi mencari "sesuatu".



Puas kami tawaf Klcc tu...cari apa yang berkenan...akhirnya dapat jugak. Bersungguh sungguh fid and ej nak carikan aku "sesuatu". Actually Ej did asked me 2 weeks back what I want for my 29th besday present tahun ni. I said CamXX. Fid kata not this year. Kira yang ni 2nd choice la and they both approved my request. He he he...yang pasti bukan seperti yang aku kelentong kak long...kah kah kah...fid kata tak mampu nak buat camnokan kak long kan...pujangga pun pernah berkata kata...angan angan itu salam menggapai impian...kira aku berangan lah tu...tapi aku seronok bangat sebab dapat present and dapat kelentong kak long sekali lagi. Larikkkssssss.

Lepas fid bayo, terus pi Food Court sebab Ej wanted McD. Dia dok nyanyi nak Tomy Romas tapi takde kat sini. Tunggu next month la Mama Ejin dia belanja..kan kan kan. Pastu she took revenged, Ingat tak aku paksa dia makan laksa kat Taman Tasik Titiwangsa? Aku ordered fettucine cabonara and she ordered bubur McD. Dia nampak cabonara tu lagi sedap...terus dia insist mintak tukar and paksa aku makan bubur tu. Balas dendam la tu. Terpaksala aku beralahkan...lagi pun dah separuh kenyang dapat hadiah sambil sms kelentong kak long. Tapi cabonara kat rainforest tu lagi lah sangat sangat kesedapannya. Tak sabar lak nak claim kak long dgn eat belanja...biler yek? Janji tetap janji. he he he




After dinner, terus bertolak balik. Tomorrowkan kerja and Ej ada Tunas Puteri esok. First time and she is so excited. Both Fid and Ej pun were sleepy and masuk je kereta terus EJ jadi model ambik photo besday present daddy dia. Pastu terlelap terus memasing sampai umah. Thank you love, thank you Ej for the present...I love you both. Sesuatu itu ada lah brand "police". Aku tak kisah pun sebenarnya brand apa sebab masa pilih tu asalkan sesuai, selesa and harga berpatutan.

Exclusive on Sunday....

I have been thinking for quite a bit right after my last posting what would be my next posting. The momentum is reducing, as we are all running out of ideas..all of us..me, fend and ejin...eat??? fendi said HAUS...I give up on her he..he..he...I wonder if she's still reading at all.

It is not like everyweek we do something extraordinary or visit certain special places..especially not me in Kuantan..and then suddenly it strikes me, this is about us being us and by being us means normal, right? not necessarily those extravaganza experiences or only about "happening" events...

so starting this week i will share with all ( my 500,000 readers????:) my humbly weekend activities and i start with ...lunch???? huh....i should have taken pictures of the preparation but never mind i'll do it this coming weekend.....for now i give you my 500,000 readers the recipe for my weekend lunch ...prepared by.....me as tukang potong itu and ini dengan kadar kelajuan yg luar biase, like "bawang putih? "checked!".."lada satu besar 2 kecik" "checked!".....lelah akak...working sudip ke sudip with my dearest chef........




This is kepah daun selasih.. the ingredients are kepah of course sayang, onions (besau and kecik), oyster sauce and daun selasih...i love daun selasih so much....it has exotic smell, trust me..(ps:of course all originated from asia is exotic!)

Sup daging....fresh meat ( no daging kotak ok)+carrot+holland onion+celery+daun sop+daun bwg+tomato+bwg kecik/garlic+black pepper.....one tip on cooking with a chef...you must ensure you do not miss any daun..and the black pepper ..whether it is grounded or halus ...also play an important role....



Last but not least, udang butter mayo...ingredients are..udang di kunyit+butter+garlic+mayo+green chilli...and itu aje.....my super duper yummy lunch ...once a week ...exclusive on sunday....

Shopping and Late supper with Ejin

Dok tangguh tangguh nak beli uniform tunas puteri for EJ. Dia dah lama dah dok nyanyi but aku dok tangguh tangguh. Dah terlanjur janji nak jumpa Ejin, we went to Ampang Point untuk beli Uniform tu sambil look c look c kot kot ada benda yang berkenan boleh beli as wedding present kawan fid 2 weeks nanti. Saje je pilih area tu ingatkan nak lepak kat Bora Ombak but since Ejin ada dinner akhirnya tak sempat. Esok pulak nak balik Banting mengemas rumah. Next time saje la.

After shopping for the Tunas Puteri uniform and Fid's fren wedding present kat Ampang Point tu lepak jap makan Ice Cream kat Buskin Robbins. Then we headed to the nearby Mamak restaurant for dinner. Tak lapar sangat pun masa tu because we have eaten masa kat Taman Tasik Titiwangsa earlier. Ordered tosey, roti nan, roti canai and tandoori chicken.

I sms ejin and she was actually on her way back after dinner. Told her to ask her brother to drop her kat Kedai mamak tu then nanti I would sent her back. Jln jam katanya and she arrived masa tu almost 11pm kot...and EJ was sleeping dah masa tu with her head on the table. Food sume memang dah selesai lama dah. Licin.

Terkejar kejar ejin masa this trip to KL. Work related trip pun kan...bukan holiday. Tapi dia sempat lagi shopping kat Sogo even though dok complain about her tight schedule. Janji jumpa pun dok postpone postpone tu yang on the Saturday night tu walaupun lambat..tetap kena jumpa jugak...DEMI SAMBAL. As expected the 3 packs that she ordered was not enough. Kena la order lagi for next month trip banyak banyak sikit. Since ejin will be having monthly trip to KL...korang tak nak kirim Terubuk Masin ke???? I know eat still has few yang dah kering kontang in her fridge...larikssss

After drink and chit chat lebih kurang, hantar Ejin to Danau Kota sampai tersesat barat. Next time confirm tak sesat lagi. he he he

Sepetang di Taman Tasik Titiwangsa

Dah lama dah EJ dok nyanyi nak pi Taman Tasik Titiwangsa ni tapi weekend selalu ada hal. Tak sempat nak bawa dia. Sebab dah janji lama.. so last Saturday...we decided to go. Sampai je kat sana...it started raining. Kami pun terus lah ke gerai kat situ lepak minum dan makan. Fid order laksa. Aku mulanya order kueh teow sup. Tapi kueh teow takde..so aku order gak la laksa. Pastu biler sampai laksa tu putih je kuah dia. Tak kena dgn selera aku. Tapi makan gak la. Ej mintak nak rasa aku cepat cepat hulur laksa tu kat dia. Pastu aku suruh dia makan banyak sikit. Once she said Oklah. I quickly bangun and ordered Bihun Sup. Biler dia nak bagi balik laksa tu kat aku..I said...takpelah you finish it. I have ordered another one.(tanpa bagitahu aku order bihun sup). Bengang je dia. Yang kelakar tu...biler dia nampak bihun sup aku dia mintak tukar pulak. Tapi sebab bihun sup aku tu pedas...terpaksalah dia makan gak laksa tu dalam keterpaksaan. kah kah kah. Tengok lah muka monyok dia tu konon nyorok belakang gelas.







Lepas makan...hujan pun berhenti teruslah jalan pi ke tempat yang banyak mainan budak budak ni. Ada gak alat alat senaman yang macam gym tu tapi orang ramai sangat. Berebut rebut.

Penat melayan budak budak main kat taman yang semacam ni. Sebab mata kena tajam...sekelip mata je boleh terlepas pandang...anak anak boleh hilang. Banyak permainan baru. Harap harap diorang maintain tempat ni baik baik. Yang penting mesti ada guard untuk halau orang orang tua/remaja yang terigin gak nak jadi budak budak dok join panjat itu ini. Nak kasi roboh agaknya. Menyemak mata je biler tgk gelagat diorang ni.






Dulukan...few years back masa datang ke Taman Tasik ni...beberapa kali kami lihat ada orng main polo air kat sini. Tapi la ni tengok airnya je dah tak menyelerakan. Korang nampak tak rumpair yang penuh giler tu. Air pun tak bersih. Kenape yek? Masalah maintenance ke or diorang dah ada port baru untuk main polo air.






Korang teka gambar apa ni?



Biler tengok Photo ni...korang boleh agak tak camne keadaan toilet ni? More than ten years ago, when I was first jumpa toilet auto macam ni masa tu ronggeng kat Paris. Walaupun tak rasa cam nak guna toilet masa tu aku menyibukkan diri jugak beratur sebab teringin nak experience guna toilet auto camni. In fact kat Kent ke kat London ke aku tak pernah jumpa toilet auto ni. Memang canggih and impressive masa tu. Tapi aku tak pasti pasal time limit sekali masuk coin. And now dah ada kat Taman Titiwangsa (TT) ni...harus terkenang kenangan lama Europe tour kan kan kan.

Yang kat TT ni ada 2 pintu. Tapi masa aku beratur tu cuma 1 pintu je boleh guna. The other 1 tu the door jammed. Penjaga Toilet tu kata dah tutup sebab dah kol 7...padahal baru kol 6.30. Then she said takde air agaknya...air dah habis. Apa apa je lahkan alasan...aku que kat sebelah satu lagi. Sib baik tak ramai orang masa tu. Ada chinese lady and her son nak guna toilet tu tapi penjaga toilet takde small change. Aku pun masa tu memang ada sekeping je syiling 20sen. Tak dapek den nak tolong an.

Walaupun charge hanya 20 sen...tandas ni bersih (hopefully the maintenance will be good selama lamanya) and ber air-cond. Pintu masuk macam pintu lif. Banyak button. System air and blowernya pun auto. Kira berbaloi la 20sen yang korang laburkan tu. Memang selesa guna public toilet ni. Cuma...satu je masalah berbangkit. Scroll down...







Sambil tunggu the other toilet to vacant, berlaku conversation yang kelakar ini.

Penjaga Tandas : Setiap 20sen untuk 15 minit sahaja. Kalau sudah sebelum 15 minit tekan butang hijau untuk buka pintu.
Customer 1 : Kalau belum siap tapi masa dah 15 minit?
Penjaga Tandas : Kena masukkan duit 20sen lagi.
Customer 1 : ohhh...kat dalam pun ada tempat masuk duit.
Penjaga Tandas : Takde...kena masukkan syiling dari luar.
Customer 2 : Aaaa? macam mana tu? biler kiter kat dalam macam mana nak masukkan syiling dari luar?
Penjaga Tandas : Kena jeritlah...nanti "orang" masukkan dari luar (ntah sape "orang" yang dia refered tu aku pun tak sure)
Customer 2 : Kalau orang kat luar tak dengar? Pastu tak sempat masuk duit lagi...pintu terbuka la?
Aku : KALAU TAK SEMPAT MASUK SYILING...FREE SHOW LA.

Korang rasa 15 minit tu cukup ke masa untuk semua orang guna tandas ni? Kalau orang kat luar tak dengar 1 hal...kalau dengar tapi takde syiling 20 sen pun 1 hal jugakkan. Tanya kat Nabil...dia jawab Lu Pikir la sendiri...

My current reading

From time to time, i try my best to continue my one ( and only-maybe) very beneficial hobby since childhood (dont play play ahhh) ..that is READING..i read all sort of materials from religion to history, romance, mystery, fashion ( do we really read fashion???kelentong lah ni...kah..kah..kah... and etc etc..One thing that i realised about me lah , i cant speak for others, but my kind of reading changes over time...it sort of keep up with the changes in age (bukan aging..kah..kah..kah..)..Like, I used to love romance a lot but i am no more into it...i mean my reading ok....my latest romance is Ayat Ayat Cinta- not so bad but not my cup of tea though.

Recently I finally found a book about our 25 Rasuls. I have been looking for it for ages- no kidding and i cant find it in any normal local bookstores in Msia, ...found one before but it is more like for school children as it is very thin. This new book I bought actually a real thick one which split the 24 rasuls before our Prophet Muhammad ( peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as they have one dedicated for our Prophet, thus the one I bought covers the 24 rasuls....very comprehensive....the story is being written with close reference to the quran and hadith..interesting...to date i have finished Adam as.
For 2009...for this reading activity...i am trying to finish my Tafsir Quran..I almost finish last year but i stopped too long that i think i have to repeat...so I have started again and now still in A'Bagarah....Any kind of reading is good as it stimulates thinking.....but i still need my monthly GLAM to inspire my other hobby...my "favourite" hobby....tut...........

We are now "nuffnang-ed"

Hello hello ....thanks to Fendu, we are now "nuffnang-ed" ...yes, we finally able to add the nuffnang adverts in our blog. Fendu has been pushing me to do it like forever, but me, being me - felt that it was a complex process. I only managed to get halfway before I gave up. But Fendu was very persistant and he ended up doing the adding etc last night. Thanks Fendu ...

I don't really know about Nuffnang, and the first time I heard about it is through Fendu. Anyway, I did a little reading on the net and here's 5 facts about Nuffnang....

1. Nuffnang is an online advertising community founded in 2007 (www.nuffnang.com)
   
2. It was founded by Timothy Tiah Ewe Tiam and Cheo Ming Shen @ Tong Ming Shen
3. One of its networks is Nuffnang Malaysia, but it also covers other networks such as Australia, Philippines and Singapore
4. Nuffnang targets local advertisers - and among them (in Malaysia) are Hondas,
   
5. Allows bloggers to earn income from putting nuffnang adverts in their blogs (hear, hear!!!)
   

So, there you go.... Nuffnang is actually a revolutionary platform for advertising, and the increased interests in blogging have created a snowball effects on this method of advertising. I love the idea - hehehehe wish I could have thought of it first!

Gardening

So last weekend , we did some gardening...we got to find an alternative way to pass our weekend as we sort of agreed that we are going to reduce shopping for quite a bit this year....he..he...he....but on second thought, i think we should have decided on reducing "spending" not "shopping"...i know basically they have the same meaning but actually they are not...shopping is more associated to the malls whereby most of the time we are being carried away to spend and spend either because something is on sales and we just cant help but to "save" on the discount...or something just catched our eyes and we feel the urge so overwhelming from head to toe that we cant live without that little something....

I am saying this because to do that gardening we ended up "spending"a few hundreds for the pots and the soil and the stones-massaging-steps ( i am not sure what it is called so hentam saje- u can see them in the picture).

You see what I mean....therefore..we should reduce spending , not shopping alone ok!

EJ and her new fren lagi

Ej could not sleep well last night because her new fren has no dress. Yesterday, her mommy was quite tired so told her to wait esok ke next week ke untuk buat sesama. EJ tak puas hati. Tetap bersemangat nak mula operasi secepat mungkin. So today bangun je tidur, she search merata satu rumah for material. Actually she asked me for thumbtack. I asked her for what? Dress mana ada pakai thumbtack kan kan kan? She said she need it untuk lekat kan the 'arm' guna eraser and thumbtack tu so that the arm can move macam wayang kulit. So imaginative but I have to passed the idea. I told her dangerous nanti tercucuk sana sini kot kot ada orang lain pegang hasil kerja tangan dia tu tak perasan ada thumbtack.

Akhirnya dengan bersungguh sungguh with all the memek muka gaya pelukis tersohor negara, she started her drawing on a board. 1st attempt failed. Too small. Then, she drew a new one. Just nice the size and lepas gunting mintak tolong aku kemaskan sisa sisa gunting tu. Since nak tolong draw tak pandai, to encourage and give her some support aku tolonglah jugak kemaskan sikit sikit.

Pastu dia pun startlah colouring job. I saw the colour was thin and could see the board so haruslah tangan bangku ni menolong...konon nak tolong touch up colour tu biar tebal sikit. Pastu hasilnya terus tompok sana sini...terus kena marah. kah kah kah. Pastu aku pujuk dia suruh repair balik tompok tompok tu. I said I was just trying to help sebab nampak board tu tak cantik nanti. Sambil mengomel 10 ayat tak kurang she repairedlah tompok tompok tu sampai hilang. Dan hasilnya. A+.

Pink Panther 2

Since a couple of weeks ago, Ej has been singing to my ears that she wanted to watch Pink Panther2. I was a bit reluctant sebab tak minat sangat slaptic comedy ni. Fid ok je...boleh layan. After dinner kat Datok Keramat we drove to Pavilion. Sampai je kat that area, the road to Bukit Bintang was closed. Pastu we saw fireworks. Agak agak je ada CNY celebration. Memang betul pun. Rupanya CNY Open House 2009.

Since ada ramai police traffic takde lah jam sangat but I had to make 1 big turn at Jln Raja Chulan in order to go to Pavilion. We went straight to GSC to buy tickets. Initially I thought nak tengok crite Benjamin Button yang Brad Pitt berlakon tu and let Fid and EJ je tengok Pink Panther but durationnya 2 hours 30 minutes while Pink Panther 1 hour 40 minutes je. Takut diorang boring nak kena tunggu 1 hour so belasah je lah semua tengok Pink Panther2. Kesannya, I slept for the first 30-40 minutes. Padahal 1 panggung tu orang dok gelak dengan lawak lawak mengada Steve Martin tu. Aku tetap syok tidur walaupun aircond tak memuaskan. Tak cukup dingin.




Masa beli tiket jam kol 10 something and movie starts at 11.30pm. Ada masa nak jalan jalan look see look see. We saw some crowd and ada stage. Terus turun ke ground floor. Nampak ada banyak lukisan tak jauh from the stage and terus ambik gambar dulu.

Then heard Fauziah Latiff was singing and quickly walk towards the stage. Orang dah tak berapa ramai masa tu. So dapat lah menyelit and found a spot to sit. Sadly that was her last song. Tak puas nak enjoy her performance but I managed to snap few photos. Tak berapa clear sangat tapi ok lah buat Kak Long lepas rindu. Kan dia peminat no 1 Fauziah Latiff dulu. Letih telinga kita layan "aku sebutir pasir" during our trip to PD masa A Level. Ingat lagi tak? Lepas tu ada someone singing lagu Bajau before a couple singing a chinese number which was the last song for the show. Sekian saje kata Mahathir Lukman and Angeline Tan yang jadi hosts show tu. Tak puas? Sape suruh datang lambatkan kan kan.







After the show, we took few pictures around Pavilion. The decoration for the CNY was not bad. Cun jugak. Tambahan pula Pavilion is celebrating 1st year Anniversary. Meriahlah suasana. Ada Seladang giant kat pintu masuk Pavilion and 1 gigantic cakes. Lepas layan movie terus balk umah and sampai kol 2 lebih.

EJ and her new fren

Every Saturday morning EJ will follow her mommy to Smart Reader for English Tuition. Then around 11 am I will fetch her from Smart Reader and send her to Da Vinci Ampang Point for her art class. She always looking forward to Saturday because she enjoys both classes so much. Last week, after sent her I drove back home and was stucked in the jam. Pastu menyesal. So today I decided to lepak at Coffee Bean while waiting for her.

For the art class today, EJ learned about "toning" and she made "The lovely fan". She referred the fan as her new fren and wanted to make dress for the fren. So she asked me to help her. I am so "tangan bangku" mana lah tahu nak buatkan. Then I got an idea. Asked her to closed her eyes and quickly put the stick into one of EJ's t-shirt. kah kah kah. EJ tak surprised pun and frustratedly terus buat muncung. Mengeluh "This is not a dress". I told her to seek help from her mommy later who is much better than me when comes to arts. he he he.









After fetching her, EJ said she wanted Nasi Lemak for lunch. I tried to propose Chicken Rice, Nasi Kandar or Nasi Campur tapi semua kena reject and she insisted on Nasi Lemak. Padahal, Everyday before I sent her to School she asked me to tapau Nasi Lemak for her breakfast. Weekend pun nak makan nasi lemak jugak. Tak muak muak. Teka...ikut perangai sape ni?

Luckily we were at Ampang Point area. Ada new branch Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa kat situ. Same row with Coffee Bean facing Ampang Puteri Hospital. We tapau nasi lemak sotong harganya RM7.30 sebungkus.

THE Apartment

How can I forget??...THE Apartment....again, being a tourist guide for the ever mengada tourist...who came up with criterias and conditions...one, swimming pool which we only used once for less than 30minutes or was it 20 minutes...two...apartment which we can cook...three, make sure it is an apartment not hotel if hotel then might as well we go there alone not in a group...(there were 3 couples, 2 kids and ejin).....i am sure there are more lah like "mesti vass"..entah ape lagi.....and Duan being an amateur guide...booked a few hotels and apartments, with recommendations from some friends in Bandung.......and at the end, Duan made his choice ensuring it satisfy all conditions with our regular tagline, never ever go overboard......the 6 star apartment...he..he..he...

us at 30 something...aku lupa lah umur kite berape.....chan chin chow.....

Liz's Bandung marathon

Sorry folk , you are seeing too many of me here he..he..he...i am having this urge to do this marathon....while blogging, i am actually doing the facebook thing concurrently...and i managed to cilok some pictures from Ejin's facebook which I think should be shared/shown here in our blog...

Rumah Mode....free advertisement, is what actually i am doing now...erkk .....tak pe lah kan, ade dia suruh?

Paris Pan Java...

Cihampelas Walk