Desserts at Strawberry Fare, Wellington

just got back from city ...OMG OMG OMG ..it was absolutely freezing ok ..sejuk sebb ujan ....pagi tadi elok ajer suasana langit biru ..till about 2pm ..then so cloudy ....my opismate, Mike, memang suka check weather forecast ...biler dia tau aku nak kuar petang tu, dia dandan kata i should go back to the flat and tukar my fleece to rain jacket coz it is going to rain ..hahaha i believe him, and went back ...tukar jacket...pakai tebal sket ..and went out

the plan was for us - nita and kak shidah - to go and watch Ironman 3 ..janji jumpa at 5 kat Reading Cinema di Courtney Place ...i siap ponteng kelas ok hahaha lagipun it was a sit in class ...and the topik today takde kaitan sangat ngan my research ...malang nya the show at 5.45 tu full ..and the next one at 6.15 pun sama ..same with yang 8.30pm lol ...the one yang free is at 9.00 but it is a bit too late as Kak Shidah live a bit further out than us ....so gi check pulak kat Embassy theatre ...same scenario lol

so, kami tukar plan ...apa lagi makan le ..hehehe while waiting at Reading tu we had some meals coz semua peckish ...had this indian set meal of nan, nasi and lamb rogan josh ...punya lah besar portion nya ..and aku share with kak shidah ....anyway, pas that trip to the Embassy, we decided to go for dessert ...kak shidah knows this really nice dessert place kat situ ...called Strawberry Fare ....masuk2 ingat kedai tutup ...sebab tak ramai orang ....but we found out that as we sat there more and more people masuk ...and the place get to be crowded ....

check out what we had tonight:

sticky date pudding with ice-cream ..this was mine ..sangat2 yummy, very rich ..and I will definitely have this again kalau gi sana ...

sorbet - pilihan Kak Shidah - with mango, boysenberry and vanilla and coconut sorbet ...nice and refreshing ..i love the mango and boysenberry ..but kureng sket on the coconut tu ...

caramel and hazelnut torte - anita order yang nie ...again, so yummy!!!

we ended up just talking the night away hahaha ...macam le lama tak jumpa padahal last Saturday we were together ...and lusa pun nak bersama jugak hahaha ...we are invited to Kak Sidah's for a little party with her friends from school 2nd nie ....i am going to bring a cake lah to that party ..will do the baking tomorrow ....

Kol 8 baru kami balik ....by then it was raining ...and surprisingly colder than i expected ..check temp masa tu was 10 degree ....aku malas nak tunggu bus, coz i need to wait for 30 mins for my Bus 23 Mairangi tu ...so, aku jalan kaki ...menapak naik bukit ...in cold weather ...plus rain ...it was ok till the last 200m from flat aku hahaha coz that was the most steep part of the hill ..hahaha sampai rumah, i cannot feel my ears ...and cecepat minum teh panas ...now baru feel better ..heater on, aku di bawah duvet ..and got the news that my friend Maryam is coming back tomorrow ...sukaaaaa ...plus on top of the prty tu, I am planning on going for a dance workshop/free class this Sunday with Ensie hehehe they are haing sort of dance lessons ..like maori dance, salsa etc etc ...hehehe nak release stress la weiii ..which reminds me that I was given another 2 sets of Statistics assignments again today ...due next tuesday ...and there i was thinking that i will not be doing any calculation this week ...pppfffftttttt!!!!

counting my blessing ..

I am so sad this week ...pas satu satu event keluarga yang aku hadapi ...nenek sedara aku was admitted to hospital last week ..keadaan memang teruk and the doctor has prepared the family for the worst ..but nenek aku tu bertahan for a week ...melebihi jangkaan doktor who initially thought she couldnt last the night pada hari dia admitted ...a week on, her condition sort of improve ..and gave us hope ...dia boleh gerakkan tangan jari jari dia ...and the day before she passed away, dia buka mata ...but by then her only daughter, who is my dad's cousin, cannot be with her in the room ...kena tengok dari luar through cermin ajer ..coz ada infection ...aku dok whatsapp ngan my sister kata that it is good news la pa semua ..and my sister pun kata ya lah ..and less than 10 mins later I got a message from my sister to say that our beloved nenek has passed away a few hours earlier but my parents tak nak aku ngan my sister tahu ...coz my sister was hospitalised at that time ...and my mum know I will be a basket case if I found out ....this nenek sedara was so close to us that most times during our childhood till my uni days, kami adik beradik lagi rapat dengan dia compared to my own nenek ...kalau gi balik longhouse during our childhood, instead of gi rumah sendiri, her house will be our first stop ..pas makan minum and lepak situ baru kami gerak ke rumah sendiri which is only 3 doors away ..that is how close we were ...and her husband is my dad's uncle ...his only uncle (the other uncle passed away masa my dad kecik) and my dad and my mum sangat attached to this family ..we all are ....so, her sad passing really hit me ...hard ...i cannot be on my own coz i would think of her and cried ...and now am having headache ...i feel completely useless coz i am so far away ...all i can do is message dorang ..and my brother and Jane yang update me with whats going on ....

and another news pulak, my sister had her operation semalam ...all is well, alhamdullilah but she is still being monitored by the doctor ...and still hospitalised as I am writing this and my parents are in KL babysitting her darling daughter ..so tak leh nak balik kampung pun for my nenek's funeral..but they have the chance to ziarah kat hospital masa dia mula2 admitted dulu ..hanya dom and jane and the kids yang mewakilkan kami ...as expected, I am a basket case right now ..I am so down and depressed ...feeling useless ...and i hate my assignments coz I am stuck at that last 3 questions ...and workload yang bertimbun timbun ....i have been trying to cheer myself up since morning but by midday i gave up ...throbbing headache ...mata bengkak...idung sumbat ...ran out of tissue ...memang aku berkurung kat bilik ajer ...

but am feeling so blessed ...ada flatmates yang perihatin ...walaupun aku tak rapat ngan dorang mcm aku rapat ngan Maryam ...dorang cuba cheer me up ...siap baking cookies ok ...utk make me feel better ...i am so touched!!!

aku memang tak rapat ngan dorang berdua nie ..macam aku ngan Maryam ..we are close ..we get along most of the time ...tolak insiden towel briscoes and a few insiden sepah dapur lah kan ..but the thought that they did all these to cheer me up buat aku lagi sedih huhuhu ...and then I was chatting to mentor kesayangan aku...told him I was so down and depressed and demotivated semua tu ...especially with this abstract presentation looming ..and that i felt my proposal is so not ready ..and that there are times when I felt my topic is so lame ...and cited a few cases yang mana orang failed semua tu .....haaaa ambik, terus kena marah dah tadi ...well, put it this way, he sort of knock some senses in me and lifted my spirit again ....for that I am thankful ...he is actually one of the very few people, outside of my own family, whom i trust to give me sound advice ..and he didnt mince his word ..dia akan ckp direct punya lah ...i am lucky to have someone like him willing to give me all this guidance and act as my sounding board ...

gambar yang mendamaikan@ Hatatai

 

somewhere in Eastbourne ...

and my officemate gave me a really good parting advice last friday ..7 tips for success kata nya for me to survive 4 bulan nie - which are my crucial months to do my proposal - (i) maintain good relationship with sv - coz he can make or break you!; (ii) write and show your work - dont sit on it; (iii) treat phd like work - jgn ponteng, coz once ponteng akan melarat, which is true; (iv) avoid distractions ...he told me to switch off my wireless connection kat fon coz i am so attached to my fon kata nya ..but no, i am not going to switch off ..cuma kena kurangkan FB ajer kot...; (v) dont be shy to ask for help from people around you ...and people that matter coz you cannot do it alone; (vi) remember Gina, this is just  phd ..you are not here to change the world...there are no marks ...you only need to pass...so dont kill yourself for this ...and last but not least (vii) you can do it ...trust yourself; you can do it ....these are the advice yang org bagi kat dia hahaha siap dalam buku lagi ...dan telah diperturunkan pada aku ....some of these advices aku pernah dengar dulu ...from my colleagues, my mentor and ppl yang buat phd ...esp part about jaga relationship with sv ..treating it like work ...and that part which says be realistic - it is just a phd ..you are not going to change the world ....i will take this ..all of these and use it to remind myself ..to pick myself up when i am feeling down ...

i just felt so overwhelm these last few days ..TOO MUCH WORK ..and a couple of distractions and problems ...dugaan, I know ....and I have only been here exactly 3 month esok (monday, 29th April) ...rasa macam dah lama sangattttttttttt .....but having friends help jugak ..and I am counting my blessing sebenarnya ..walaupun baru gak kat sini, aku dah kenal a few friends yang very kind and helpful ...and also knowing I can always count on my trusted circle of friends back home for their support and encouragement ...the next few months are going to be crucial ...and I hope ..and I pray that aku boleh bertahan ..aku mampu membuat apa yang patut aku buat ....

so, this is it ...3 months had gone by ...and soon it will be my fourth months ....and before I know it, it will come to Nov ..the dayyyyyyy for my presentation ....

Buah Feijoa

pernah tak dengar nama buah nie??? Feijoa ...tak pernah kan??? kat UK aku rasa tak pernah nampak buah nie ....or kat Malaysia pun takde ....aku mula2 nampak buah nie kat sunday market two weeks ago ...but tak tau buah apa haha ..and how to cook it ....hahaha punya lah kan ....rupanya tak dimasak pun!!! it is  fruit ...

rupa cam jambu kan? well according to wikipedia (aku google ok!) feijoa nie also known as pineapple guava or guavasteen ....and kata nya, buah nie banyak available masa autumn ...colour hijau and berbentuk bujur telur ....like in the above photo la kan ....

This is how you eat it ...cut into half and scoop isi nya ...makan ngan biji tu sekali ....it is soft and juicy ..rasa cam manis2 with a hint of masam ...rasa cam buah jambu but ada bau yang sweet and tak nak cerita macam mana ......but according to my fren, Nita, feijos nie is an acquired taste kata nya hahaha ...for me, I love it! Nice, juicy gitu .....

so bila dah abis makan, it should look like this hahaha ...scoop out all the flesh ...and kulit nie buang lah ....

aritu aku tak beli coz tak tau nak makan camne ...aku ingat dimasak hahaha ...but last weekend kat rumah Kak Shidah, she showed me how to eat this ....i love it hahhaa so esok nak gi suday market and buy some feijoa!

Autumn is here ...

dah confirm dah ....cuaca sejuk are here to stay ...walaupun belum winter, tapi cuaca tu sejuk semacam ....kalau kat Newcaste dulu, masa autumn, setakat pakai fleece jacket masih ok ..sejuk2 jugak but kat sini sejuk tu mencengkam sampai ke tulang .... and apparently, cuaca yang sekarang nie kira masih mild kata orang2 local yang aku jumpa ...dorang kata angin pun takde lagi ...padahal the other day, it was so windy and bunyi wind tu sepanjang malam sangat eerie ..and Sandra kata kat aku it was nothing ...you havent seen the realy windy wet Welly kata nya ....kata dorang, ngko tunggu lah masa southerly nanti, then you know what windy means ...so aku google ...rupanya southerly refers to that cold front from the south ..and selalu nya akan membawa cuaca sejuk and angin yang kuat ..like 120-160kmh ...and because of Welly's geographical location, memang kaw kaw lah angin from Straits Cook ke kota ini ....gilerrrr...but i have yet to experience that kind of wind ..no wonder lah semalam Jana and Alex kata jgn sesekali berangan nak pakai payung kat sini ...hanya tourist or org yang datang ajer pakai payung lol ...and also jgn lah pakai skirt pendek yang kembang2 tu kata nya ...coz tak pasal2 free show disebabkan agin ...kalau tight mini or skirt labuh takpe sebab it wont blow kata alex ;-) they were telling me not to do lah mostly ... nampak nya aku nie akan experience zaman2 sejuk beku lah nampak nya ...but worry not, segala macam jacket aku dah ada hahaha ...jacket untuk ujan ...jacket kalis air and angin ....jacket cantek untuk jalan2 ...and long coat pun ada ...ooo and my casual fleece jacket ....pas nie tak beli dah jacket ...coz no reason to buy more hahahaha .....

takpe ..kiter  tukar topik...kiter tunjuk gambar daun2 kuning dulu ...a sign that autumn is here ;-)

kat welly city belum banyak nampak daun2 kuning like this ...banyak hijau lagi ..but start to change colour lah ...yang nie gambar kat Otaki ...when we went there for lunch last weekend ....selain dari warna kuning daun berguguran nie ...it is sinonim ngan ujan and sejuk ....i hates it kalau sejuk, ujan and berangin ...memang bercinta nak kuar rumah ....macam semalam kan aku kuar ..ingat nak pakai dress ok ..yea lah nak gi party birthday kawan aku kat Havana di Wigan Street ...so memang ingat nak pakai dress etc ...sekali dari siang nya dah sejuk sampai ke tulang ...end up pakai baju tangan panjang with slack and boots ...so out of the original plan ...and on top of that kena pakai jacket tebal ...fleece was not compatible with the dress code pulak hahaha ....lagipun aku kan gi menapak, so have to be properly wrapped up for the occsion ....aku kan asthma ..so kena lah berhati2 dalam sejuk nie

muka nak keluar joli :-)

another thing is about ujan ...memang rimas kalau ujan ...kalau ujan renyai2 tu ok lagi ...kalau yang ujan macam kena jirus ngan air dalam baldi tu yang aku sekali ....and if i can help it, i will not be venturing out of the house pun ...like I did last weekend masa gi rumah Kak Shidah di Khandallah ....we all lepak2 ajer ...sambil tengok ujan :-) such a nice life kan??? 

 snap gambar from kereta ajer ...and it is such  gloomy day ...di kejauhan adalah Kapiti Island ...tempat cantek, tapi along that highway takde tempat for you to stop to take the picture ...

that's what you think - reality nya, i am beginning to feel that I dont have a life ...like today kan public holiday here ..it is ANZAC day ...macam red poppy day kat UK tu ...hari pengenang pahlawan dorang ..well, i have to work today ok ...coz assignment will be due soon ...tapi tak le aku work full day ...gi kol 1 and balik kol 5.30 ...tapi semua org buat cam tu ...like my fren Anita, Kak Shidah and a few others ...semua nya ada di opis masing2 as if tiada holiday pun .... i sort of know this is gonna happen to me ..coz I have seen this masa aku kat UK dulu ...and mentor kesayangan aku tu pun dok cerita how he would spent the weekends at the office just to get work done ...cuma he advised me to also have time to myself ..do something yang completely not work related ...and just get away from it all ...setiap orang lain keperluan yang berlainan...macam aku so far at least satu hari tu memang tak akan buat kerja ... i prefer sunday for my recreational day ...but i always make sure jugak I enjoy myself ...gi shopping ...window shopping ..food shopping ...or just jalan2 ..meet friends for coffee  and all that ...and baking is like a new stress reliever for me ...and talking to other phd students pun akan kata macam tu ...semua takde life coz will always be in the office ..or reading di rumah ..or other phd-related thingy ...but talking to those yang dah abis phd - they seem to recall that part quite fondly ...and mungkin nanti, pas aku abis, i will look back at this phd journey with kepuasan ...knowing that ini lah pilihan aku ..yang aku nak ...bak kata my opismate, you have to love what you do ..it is not like school where ppl or parents force you to study ....so kekawan doakan lah my phd journey ini smooth as a baby's bottom ...hehehe ...

poppies for ANZAC Day dekat Astoria Cafe, Lambton Quay

itu cerita2 yang gloomy ...tapi welly pun ada jugak hari2 yang happening ...like when it is really sunny and langit super biru ...masa aku sampai dulu kan summer ...ujung summer lah but the weather was unseasonaly warm kata the local ....it was nice for me...sebab nak adapt kan ...tapi now, walaupun sejuk, sesekali matahari muncul...it just transform the city ...terus nampak ceria ...

langit biru ...laut biru ...sejuk mata memandang ...tapi sejuk lagi tangan yang pegang camera nak snap gambar nie! This was taken kat jalan menuju ke flat aku ..hari2 lalu this area and see this view ..awesome sangat

this was taken last month ...masa aku balik opis around 6.30pm ..masa tu jam belum ditukar lagi ...so i guess it is still masa summer ...btw, ingat tak kisah aku yang jalan kaki with Nabil and Maryam from Hatatai ari tu??? well, we actually walked along that peninsular tu coz rumah Ensie is at the other side of that peninsular ...not far from the airport ..see how far I actually walked in the middle of the night!

hahaha nie saja nak tepek ...nie adalah view from tangga kat opis aku ..tangga shortcut if I want to avoid orang and buat kopi cepat2 tanpa sembang ngan sesapa ....can still get the view of Mount Victoria and Oriental Bay from here ...

but now, these are the usual scenery! Rain, rain and more rain .....nie view from tangga nak menuju ke dapur in my flat ...view of the city ...gloomy weather macam nie hanya sedap untuk tido! hahahaha tapi apa kan daya, my classes is nearly every day ...so nak tak nak harus kuar rumah ...ujan or no ujan

sekian laporan dari Ms. Welly ...roger and out (terkenan WeChat radio buruk fendi!)

Unplanned sleep over in Khandallah

aloooo ....malas nya biler Monday kan ...rasa cam nak cepat2 ajer Wednesday ....apakah??? hahahaha ...hanya Fendu ajer yang faham ;-)

Last week was quite hectic for me ...dengan mid-term exam nya, ngan jumpa sv nya, ngan report nya ..segala macam pressure and  tasks to be done ...tambah pulak dapat sad news from home ...maka dunia aku tak tentu hala sekejap ...and since dah fall kan...cuaca cepat gelap ...it is gloomy and cold and last week memang ujan memanjang ..i was trying hard to stay positive sebenarnya ...memaksa diri untuk study for the exam ...memaksa diri gi opis ...sebab kalau kat rumah, aku garenti tido ...so last fri by 3 tu otak aku memang dah tepu ...one opismate dah cabut coz same ketepuan melanda ...aku tengok cuaca was nice (for one!) and terus decided nak gi tengok wayang ....baru nak balik ajer (it was 3.30pm) aku dapat sms from Kak Shidah ..tanya apa plan aku that night and for saturday ...aku kata takde plan lagi...and i was bored ...and she said, why dont you come over to my place, stay the night and the three of us (inc Anita J) will go to Otaki for lunch at a friend's place and i will send you home after that...aku pun yes, please ....hahaha nampak sangat kebosanan kan ...tanpa fikir panjang terus on ajer ...so decided jumpa at 6pm that day kat kampus Kak Shidah ...dia bukan kat Kelburn campus ..but at Pipitea Campus ....about 30mins walk from my place  ...aku balik rumah ...packed baju tido and baju for the next day ..lepak sat, tulis note for my flatmates and chow ....

meet Kak Shidah and Anita J (nie bukan Anita my ex-flatmate tu ..but a Sarawakian PhD student kat sini) kat bus station ...and off we go to Khandallah ...Khandallah nie is actually a suburb kat Welly ..kalau tak silap, maksud Khandallah nie is "Resting place of god" ... sampai sana terus menuju supermarket ...beli stock makanan ...that that indicates what sort of weekend it is going to be kan ....

muka kekenyangan ..now masa tengok tv ...blanket tu comfy tu ...colour pun cantek :-)

sampai2 tu Kak Shidah masak ...aku ngan Anita was in awe of the house lol maklumlah aku nie dok rumah kontena aku tu kan ...bilik ciput lak tu lol ...sementara waiting for dinner, we had nibbles ...crisps with aioli dip ...macam2 keropok ...etc ...sambil berborak ...it is different lah from my usual weekend ;-) and it is fun ...

dessert malam tu ..peach with vanilla ice cream

pas abis dinner, kami bertiga sambung tengok tv pulak ...tengok the Voice NZ ...was really good actually ....and the judges are more "humane" bak kata kak shidah ...judges nya are Delta Goodrem, Seal, Ricky Martin and Joel from Good Charlotte ..but the talents were amazing ...sambil tengok tv tu sambil makan makan lagi ..ngan teh bagai hahaha ....tido lambat lah malam tu ..banyak berborak ...it was a great night..suka lah dapat sembang2 ..and away from my usual environment ...

ini lah Kak Shidah ..dia merupakan salah sorang Malaysian yang aku jumpa the second day aku sampai Welly ...and kebetulan senegeri dengan ku :-) and we happens to know the same people back home ...

the next morning tu aku bangun2 tengok both of them dah di dapur ..in fact kak shidah dah buat bingka ubi kayu (was already in the oven!) and her chicken curry was bubbling away on the stove ..semua untuk dibawa ke get-together tu...akak baru make an appearance ...sungguh takleh dibuat menantu ...that morning I made a new discovery! masa having breakfast I discover jam yang sedap meletops ok ....passionfruit curds sangat sedap for bread and toast ...and now, I have a jar in my own fridge ...my new must haves in the fridge ...

passionfruit curd $4.30 kat Countdown ...hehehe am sure New Worlds pun ada ...

Pas breakfast, we went siap2 nak ke Otaki ...sempat gi tengok garage sales at rumah jiran sebelah jugak tu before kuar rumah ...it was raining ..so kelabu ajer lah gambar ...we went out at 10 something menuju ke Otaki ...we are invited for lunch gathering kat sana ..by a really nice Malaysian gentleman ...ad that will go into another posting lah ...on the way ke sana, kami sempat lagi singah kat Penray farm ..kat sini tempat org selalu gi petik buah2an and cili etc etc ..kami stop membeli ajer ..coz nak petik camne ..hari ujan!!! Lagipun it was nearly time for us untuk sampai rumah host kami tu ...the get-together tu sangat meriah ..i get to know fellow malaysians lah ..and also had an over-dose of Malaysian food ...yang tu nanti cerita masuk posting lain ...

petang tu otw back to the City from Otaki, Kak Sidah told us that dia dah kuarkan lamb kat rumah to defrost so she is not sending us back ...dia kata bermalam semalam lagi hahaha di kata baju semua masuk jer dalam washing machine and dryer so takde alasan takde baju bersih...last minute change of plan ....plan asal nak tgk wayang and go back ...cancel and change plan ...so kol 6 sampai Khandallah ...and we started making dinner ...padahal kata kenyang yang amat masa lunch kat Otaki ...hahahaha .. rezeki jgn ditolak ;-)

lamb chop ...dimakan with roasted carrots, potatoes, kumara and parsnip ..sedap mantap bak kata Fendu ...sebab aku yang tak makan lamb, boleh abiskan my huge portion ...

abis dinner, kak shidah buat apple crumble pulak ...sedap ...makan with vanilla ice cream

as usual sambil makan makan ...sembang sembang ..topik melompat ke sana ke sini ...but i had a good time...and I am sure the other two feel the same ...then sambung lagi borak2 depan tv ...semua tergolek kekenyangan ...tengok tv tu sampai kol 2 pagi ok ...hahaha pastu menggagau masing2 masuk bilik tido ...sebab kata nak gi balik pagi ....

sekali pagi nya ujan ...and aku kol 8 baru bangun ....we had a lazy morning ...aku masuk2 dapur jer Kak Shidah hand over pancake making duty to me hahaha dia kata you take over flipping the pancake ...so bidan terjun le akak yea ...

muka cuak lol ..and please excuse the hair ...baru abis mandi and tak sempat nak siap2 elok lagi ok ...the pancake was yummy ...semua ya dah disediakan oleh Kak Shidah ..aku flip kan ajer lol ...and she also made caramelised bananas to go with the pancake ...

abis breakfast pulak sambung lagi sembang hahaha ..kali nie dok kat kitchen ngadap bay window and just look at the view ...and guess what, we all sambung makan hahaha ...mula2 makan crisps jer ..then mula lah kuarkan bingka ubi kayu ...leftover crumble ..aioli dip ..teh panas ...and we just sat there having a lazy sunday ...ari pulak ujan ..so memag malas nak bangun dah ..kata nak balik pagi kan, takde makna nyer ..seda2 dah kol 1 ...so kak shidah told us we are having lunch before kuar hahaha ..so I cooked nasi goreng and dia buat sambal sardin ...simple but delicious ....by the perut aku memang ketat weiii ....setel makan, kemas dapur baru masing2 siap2 nak kuar ...itu pun aku sempat lagi ambik rosemary, bunga2an untuk dibawak balik ...hehehe rumah nie semua ada ...tanam sendiri their own salad..lectucce ...potatoes ..rhubarb ...silverbeet ...lemon ...herbs ...semua ada ....

our "picnic" by the bay window 

and masa hantar kami balik tu, sempat menyinggah kat Countdown - supermarket ..so that I can buy my groceries ..and since Kak Shidah drive kan, dia kata i should buy banyak sket ...hehehe so i stock up on beras, pasta, juice etc ...pastu satu hal sampai rumah ...macam2 benda aku bawak balik lol ...dorang antar aku dulu sebelum antar anita ambik baju ke rumah dia ..she is staying on with Kak Shidah as her flatmates semua flu ..kat sini flu is not a minor thing ...kalau kena tu teruk weiii ...anyway I ended up sampai rumah at 6pm on a Sunday evening ...two nights away from the flat ...two nights with great companies ...great food (or should I say an overdose of great food)..and having a fun time ...thank you Kak Shidah and Anita for the fun-filled weekend ...(kalau korang jumpa and baca blog ini hehehe) ..kalau dijemput untuk repeat lagi tu, i will definitely be available ;-)

Tiada siapa yang ajar dia sendiri belajar

AIYO...mana ini budak belajar posing?

Aku pun x tau dari mana dia belajar..

Asal kita panggil nama dia untuk posing aje dia akan letak jari kat pipi pastu senget kepala. Paling x tahan dia akan pusing pandang tempat lain.

Dimana kemana kenapa bagaimana. Yang penting jari kat pipi.

Zahra kalau marah suka baling barang. Stress pak cik tengok dia baling baling barang. Babap baru tahu. Zahra tak pandai sebut anything yang end with `'ng'. Abang jadi abam. Dukung jadi dukum. Sayang jadi sayam. And she call me mami sometimes. Biler dia perasan aku x sahut baru dia panggil daddy style pelat dia. So most of the time she calls me mami daddy. Ha ha ha. 

Actually Ej yang sibuk suruh aku tepek hambar Zahra ni sebab yang ada colourful tu dia yang buat. Layannn.

Weekend yang penuh dengan activity makan.

Masa menaip posting ni aku tengah keletihan dalam kekenyangan. Sesuai la sangat dengan tajuk posting tu kan. On friday I was EL sebab Zahra demam. Tak nak hantar dia ke rumah baby sitter, I decided to take EL jaga dia kat rumah. Paginya aku bawak Zahra ke Restoran diva for breakfast.

Ada pulut durian. Tinggal 2 ketul je masa tu. Rezeki. Dapat la merasa. Sedap pulutnya lembut dan berlemak. Kuah durian tu standard kedai la bukan standard rumah. Maknanya kalau masak kat rumah lagi sedap sebab guna durian banyak kan. Kueh bakar, agar agar santan dan bingka ubi.

Petangnya sebab aku kat rumah, aku masak lasagne. Ej paling banyak makan Lasagne ni.

On Saturday pulak aku bz bawak EJ ke kedai cari uniform pengawas dan blazer. Tapi tak dapat cari blazer...tak jumpa. Petang aku balik banting jap teman Ayah Fid. Pastu malam keluar dengan Fid and Zahra. Kami pi hantar kain untuk alter. Pastu singgah kat restoran Patatimo. Tahu pasal restoran ni sebab masuk JJCM and surat khabar. Banyak menu Pantai Timur.

Posing wajib sebelum order makan,

Macam macam ada. Boleh la try next time. Aku kenyang masa tu sebab dah makan kat Banting.

Aku order kueh teow celup. Sebab tahu Zahra suka makan kueh teow. Lagi pun nak kill time sementara tunggu kain siap di alter.

Siang tadi pulak g High Tea kat Taman Sari Istana Hotel.

Ej layan Zahra sebab masa ni Zahra sibuk nak jalan nak turun nak itu ini.

Aku bawak Zahra jalan jalan sementara Fid and EJ makan dengan aman. Dia dah menjerit jerit dah dalam tu.

Antara makanannya. Masa ni dah ketat perut pastu nampak puding roti...ambik sikit. Bingka ubi tu tak sesedap kat la cucur sebab la cucur ada campur nenas. Jelly tu biasa biasa je.

Yang ni semua superlicious. Berpiring piring kami melantak. Bukan tahap makan dah. puding caramel, walnut brownies, american cheesecake and cream brulee. Fid tak berapa suka cream brulee tu sebab ada telur kan.

Semua sedap sedap.

Zahra kami ambik kan bihun tapi dia tak berapa berkenan bihun kat sini.

Selection of kebab. Tapi kebab Taza still the best. Apakah?

Actually ni masa baru sampai. Belum ramai orang lagi.

Masa makan berlaku insiden lawak antarabangsa. Aku baru lepas ambik coconut sago. Pastu masa nak duduk balik aku cakap ni ha COCONUT SAGO...pastu tangan kiri terlanggar set cutlery kat atas meja. Berterabur sume cutleries atas lantai. Bunyi jangan cerita la kan. Ej bantai gelak 30 minutes siap jadi lawak pulak Coconut sago tu. Malu malu. Ish ish ish.

Ni masa dok tolak Zahra dengan stroller sementara tunggu boleh masuk ke Taman Sari tu.

Sebelum balik posing dengan restoran trishna. Singgah ke Kamdar untuk cari blazer tapi takde jugak. Pastu terus balik ke rumah. Penat dalam kekenyangan.Dengan cuaca yang sangat panas...aku teman Zahra tidur petang. Tapi still penat tak hilang. LOL.

Berbaloi baloi project makan kami weekend ni. Sedap dan mantap.