chocolate frog cafe

alooo ...akak demam ..aiyoo, nak cakap pun sengau dah nie ...tadi ok jer ...siap gi lepak makan aiskrim kat taman ...now tetiba ingus meleleh pulak ....so this posting is gonna be a short one coz i just makan ubat, and i know, for sure, i am gonna be so sleepy pas nie ...

cerita a couple of weeks ago ...went for sunday brekkie at Choc Frog Cafe with Kak Shidah ..it is one of our fav cafes ....so, bila kak shidah datang kai nie, harus menuju ke situ ....

kat sini kerusi kerusi dia ada macam2 tulisan ...love it!

biasanya kalau gi sini aku selalu order burger jer ...that weekend was no exception, memang aku order burger jugak! and it was yumm ....

 

and not forgetting my fav latte ....

and we also had some friand ...apparently it is a french cake tapi sangat popular di australia and new zealand ..friand ni dibuat daripada almond flour and egg whites ..and then di added other flavour like lemon, strawberry etc ...but you get the picture ...

and it is such a small cake ..rega $4.00 ke atas hehehe ...friand maksud nya dainty ..so logik lah kek ke secoet ajer hahaha ...but sedap lah friand kat Choc Frog nie ....

selain food, we love the cafe sebab it is attached to a garden centre ...memang rambang mata tengok the plants there ...check it out:

 

bunga dia memang cantik2 belaka ..but tak snap semua .... masa ni aku teman kak shidah pilih plant untuk ditanam kat rumah dia ....and we ended up jalan keseluruhan nursery tu hehehe before set eyes on this beautiful tree ...

this is the chosen one hehehehe ...

banyak lagi section lain but nantilah cerita n tepek gambar...my ubat dah kick in and i am so sleepy right now ...

take care everyone xoxo

Makan makan geng ronggeng

Semalam geng ronggeng bersidang sempena tahun 2014 ni kat Sentul. Biasa la kalau geng ronggeng bersidang mesti ada acara makan makan dan makan. Persidangan kol 3pm. Lepas Fid habis kerja...kami semua bersiap cepat cepat dan terus ke Sentul. Nak buat makan makan masa January, semua kesibukan. Tak berkesempatan. Tu yang tertunda sampai ke February. Sampai aje kat Sentul, Zana dan Asmahan je yang dah sampai. AKu terus capai pinggan dan makan rasmikan dulu hidangan yang dah ready atas meja tu. Ada Satay, Nasi goreng, sardin, mi kari dan lain lain. 

Masa ni sessi menapau makanan yang tak habis. Mi kari tu terbaik.

Nuarlin paling last sekali sampai. Kery sampai awal jugak. Aku dari mula sampai akhir memang duduk kat kerusi meja makan tak gerak gerak. Kat situ spot paling best sebab bawah kipas dan depan makanan. LOL.

Menu utama...satay. 

Miss President temeng kueh talam tokyo dan puding jagung hasil tangan dia sendiri. Jenuh dia nak convince kan geng ronggeng yang dia buat sendiri kueh kueh tu. Semua ingat dia order dari orang. Talam tokyo tu terbaekkk...sedap sangat.

Gambar ni masa kami belum rasmikan makanan. Warna warni di atas meja sebab mangkuk mangkuk jenama tupperware tuan rumah berseri seri. Al maklum...tuan rumah dealer product tupperware. Ramai pulak yang berkenan dengan product tupperware ni. Berbaloi dia jadi dealer tupperware ni.

Sempat jugak buat acara potong cake. Three birthday boys yang lahir bulan february. Cheesecake oreo tu hasil tangan Reen. Terbaekkk. Semua suka dengan cheesecake tu. 

Hensem boy yang dah slim berposing dengan cake lagi. Jangan jeles tengok aku dah slim ni. LOL.
Lepak lepak makan makan borak borak sampai petang sebelum semua mintak diri untuk bersurai. Terima Kasih kepada tuan rumah yang menyediakan makanan yang sedap sedap.

Rumah baru ku

alooo bersiaran dari rumah baru ku ...hahaha jangan jump to conclusion yea...bukan rumah beli ...but my new rumah sewa ...maklumlah hidup seorang student ..tak mampu beli rumah kat sini ..bayaran sewa sebulan kat sini for a room pun sama cam aku bayar my whole house kat Mal

well, i did not expect to move pun ...aku apply to stay on at my previous flat sebab of its convenience ... memang sekangkang gajah jer from my office ...5 minit naik tangga and kalau balik tu 3 minit jer ..sebab turun laju ...but ditakdirkan tak lama dok situ ...just a year and two weeks gitu  ....so to cut story short, I am now at another uni accommodation ...but this time round, it is not a flat but a proper house gitu ....sewa and everything sama ...but only a fair bit further than my last place ..yang nie between 5-8 mins walk to my office ..i..e memang jalan lenggang kangkung gaya nak santai punya jalan ..but no hill whatsoever ....

ini dia rupa rumah aku la nie ...it is not a flat but a house ..a proper house ...rumah kat NZ nie typically rumah kayu ...yang quake friendly ....but yang baru2 tu ada yang batu kan ..but most memang dah comes with quake strenthening measures ....rumah aku nie satu tingkat ...a 3-bedroom house, with lounge area, kitchen and dining ...and one bathroom ..oo and a laundry room attached to the house jugak ....not bad ..and ada laman yang menarik

rumah kat belakang tu rumah jiran ..i met dia and his family the day I moved in ...baik orang nya ...siap tolong aku ngan kak shidah angkut barang kat shidah from the car ...and even pesan kalau ada apa2 just knock on their door ..bini dia pun peramah ...dia kerja kat uni jugak ...as the hall manager ...but hall yang undergrad duduk kat town area ,,,

nie pagar masuk utama (nampak sipi tu - sebab focus pada roses)..so sempoi kan ..kalau kat Mysia..pagar besi lah ..pagar auto lah ..here pagar kayu jer ....by the way ..the laman and the flowers are maintained by uni kata jiran aku tu ...so nice ..siap ada rosemary bushes ...and lemon tree lagi .....

our very own lemon tree ...yeay!!!!! so jakun kan hahahaha ...

and my room pun spacious ...lot bigger than my old room at Waiteata ...and feel more like a bilik ....i mean a bilik yang bukan rumah student ...and aku ingatkan semua room same size le ..rupanya tidak ...the one yang the German girl tu duduk at the moment is actually half the size of my room ...

the room ie damp sket ...that's why dehumidifier was provided ...unlike rumah2 kat UK yand berdouble glazing etc tu kan ...kat sini takde nyer double glazing ...kalau winter mmg sejuk ..and damp ....so the dehumidifier helps to suck the moisture from the air ...kata nya ....p/s masa nie separa pindah ...so bilik sepah lagi

lots of storage space ...ooo masa pindah tu, aku malas nak angkut barang in boxes ..so aku beli that china bag banyak2 ....and put my stuffs there ...senang nak angkat hahaha ... i got 5 extra large china bags ...sumbat duvet, pillow ..baju semua ....only barang dapur and kasut jer masuk dlm kotak :-)

furniture just the basic ones ...but i am ok with that ...coz i think i got all i need ...laundry facilities ada...dishwasher pon ada ....internet access ada ...

all I have to do now is unpacking ....aiyoo ...malas sangat nak unpack ..knowing that in less than two month i will be packing again ....

Frust x dapat balik ke PD

Aku sepatutnya kat PD ni and join menghantar rombongan pertunangan anak sedara aku. Tapi kita hanya merancang. Allah yang menentukan. Pagi pagi lagi dah bertolak nak balik ke PD tapi masa sampai BAgan Lalang kereta tua aku buat hal. Temp naik pulak. Aku pergi 2 bengkel kat Bagan Lalang tapi x leh nak buat. Kena hantar check wiring.

Every 10km temp naik so aku decided patah balik ke KL saje. Nanti hantar ke bengkel yang aku dah biasa hantar tu. Confident sikit nak suruh diorang check. Kena plan lain lak untuk balik ke PD. Frust aje.

Takde gambar PD nor gambar pertunangan kita ganti dengan gambar lasagne meletops. EJ la hari tu sibuk suruh aku buat lasagne. Pastu dia makan sikit je. Masa buat baked macaroni kat PD dulu tu dia makan tak puas. Tu yang sibuk mintak aku masak lasagne pulak.

Lasagne tak sejuk lagi aku dah potong. Tu yang kuah berladung. Aku actually suka lasagne macam ni. Seronok makan dengan Zahra. Suka pulak dia. Banyak kami makan sedar sedar dah tinggal separuh.

Bila dah sejuk. Gini lak rupa lasagne tu. Kalau macam ni keras sikit dah pastanya tu. Tapi rasa tetap sama.

Hari tu bila dah boring tak tahu nak sarapan kat mana aku saje la google tempat sarapan sedap di keramat. Jumpa la blog yang tulis pasal nasi ambeng jawa dan lontong jawa kat lorong datok keramat 20. Terus ajak Fid untuk serbu. Kami sama sama minat makan lontong.

Aku makan nasi ambeng. Jenuh nak habiskan. Too heavy for breakfast. Sedap rasa nasi ambeng ni. Sampai waktu lunch pun rasa kenyang lagi.

Fid makan lontong campur sambal sotong. Terus jatuh cinta dengan lontong kat sini. Selain lontong sedap kat seksyen 14 PJ. Lontong kat anjung selera ni highly recommended. Dekat pun dekat dengan rumah kami. Boleh la datang selalu layan lontong.

Ini gambar lontong yang aku makan pagi tadi. 

Dalam seminggu aku kesini 3 kali. First trip dgn Fid, 2nd aku tapau bawak ke office and third tadi singgah sarapan kat sini sebelum balik ke PD. Aku ada inform member, aku jumpa kedai jual lontong sedap. Rupanya lepas 5 minit aku left tempat tu pagi tadi member aku call tanya direction. Dia ke sini jugak untuk tapau lontong. Member aku pun kata sedap. 

Masalah kalau ke sini ialah parking sebab lorong tu sempit. Kalau nak senang parking boleh ke pasar baru dato keramat park kereta kat situ pastu menapak ke lorong 20 ni. 5 minit je jalan kaki. 

Aku suka lontong campur daging. Fid suka lontong campur sotong. Both pun sedap menyengat...makan teringat ingat.

Macam biasa la kalau balik pd lalu Dengkil wajib singgah layan cendol durian. Selepas pekena cendol ni la keta tu buat hal. Macam macam hal. Sabor je la. 

Aku siap tapau daging salai nak bawak balik pd. Boleh la kakak aku masak lemak esok. Hajat x kesampaian la gamaknya. Kena masak sendiri kat rumah. Daging tu tak boleh simpan lama lama. 

Padahal baru je lagi layan daging salai kat restoran 911. Actually kakak aku masak lagi sedap tau. Home made kan. Layannn. Daging salai yang aku beli tu Fid kata nanti esok dia masakkan. Fid sekarang dah terror masak lemak cili api ayam atau sotong. Berselera ayah dia makan. Fid suka hati tengok ayah dia berselera makan masak lemak yang dia masak. Bila dia happy aku pun happy la kan. Cukup rasa santan berlemak. Cuma kurang pedas. Kalau pedas sangat nanti ayah dia x leh makan lak. Tapi daging salai nanti Fid kata dia buat pedas sebab ayah dia tak makan daging.

Kueh badak berendam makan kat rose 911. Santan cair dan inti kurang manis. Aiyooo why la like that. Kualiti kena la mantain the vazzz selalu kan.

Weekend BBQ

Our latest favourite family activity is BBQ.. this is like an extension to our cooking routine..ok to re-cap...sunday is d day that we visit d wet market for fish prawns meat n brg pasar lah and then giant for groceries - so right after we cook and enjoy d best lunch n dinner for the week coz our chef abah will do d cooking..amah!!

For d past few weekends..we bbq-ed...and here are d pictures surrounding d activity..

These are even better than chillis ok...membuat kan kita lapar lah tgk gambar ni.. nasi tu briyani mng awesome.. i love homemade briyani  ..we usually put pudina and d smell is utterly heavenly.

Kalau kita dekat kan sure fun buat bbq potluck kan...fendu blh bawak lasagne yg nampak yummy tu huuuu...ejin bawa cherries dr nz pun jadilah...ita...ehh ita lasagne ...fendi kena cari recipe lain...dulu masali uni fendu terror noh buat tomyam...ejin dulu tak tunjuk pun skill baking cuma tunjuk skill melantak aje...diam diam bakat terpendam....

Ni another tenants of my residence..there are like around 10 cats...i have come to terms w them..tak daya nak halau...all are my neighbour's but they spend more time in my territory than their own home...kdg rasa nak bbq jugak kucing2 ni...ha..ha..habis keje nya berak on my lawn..kena sabaq sgt..halau sgt rasa berdosa...so shooo shooo aje but aariz adore them..bibik lah ajar tu.
Ok lah till next time...

Out of Kuantan

2nd attempt this week ..hopefully i managed to finish ok. First of all hari ini hari malas kita..partly stress coz tomorrow is my t&t monthly meetg..been doing it monthly tapi still having d same pressure like i had in d first month..malas sgt sampai ingat i really wanted to skip shower or i need someone to give me a shower..finally mandi jugak ..cuaca panas tapi mandi rasa macam nak pucat lesi sejuk...ahh parak lah awal awal 40an memacam hal.

Came back early by an hour and terbongkang depan tv with a tupperware of berangan...sedap..my favourite.

Ok we were in KL last weekend...went down on friday...nak decide to turun tu was like nak tak nak ..nak tak nak..because jdt lawan tok gajah jumaat malam tu..d boys mati2 nak beli ticket but jdt main sini better dont..dr awal mmgctak bagi...mat saleh main games happy2..msian main bola local leaque je pun asik gaduh...i am not in any side ..tak bertepuk dua belah tak kan berbunyi kan...betul tak madah berhelah aku ni ha..ha..so we reached kl had a quick and early dinner at Chillis.. terus balik...tok gajah menang erghhg...akak kan penyokong jdt..sodih. tok gajah had his winning goal at the very last minute...haiyo.. aimran plg semangat nak l

Next day gi tgk sample2 packaging ..then went to riana green...d tenant was moving out..thank god..rumah tu dah tak serupa rumah..d kitchen cabinet was filthy dirty..d fridge is not workg  .one of d aircond is out of order..one broken lamp..d ceiling fan also kong...toilet cabinet also broken...horrible..he is a foreigner and a muslim...i just cant understand a muslim being so lazy n dirty...islam kan promote kebersihan.....adoi basic lah afterall u are living under the roof not doing it for anybody else but yourself kan..bongak nye lah.

So settle those ..another round of chillis ..hokkaido...and vietnam-- duan n aimran suka ni..for me vietnam food taste like makanan tak siap...tak sesuai utk jiwa ku...

Saturday tu pun rush balik sebab malam Liverpool vs Arsenal...me and darling we ended up watchg first 30min of meletop awards via alin's iphone 5..gitu...Alhamdulillah short trip but it was a good detox theraphy..out from Kuantan atmosphere and breathing d polluted air of Kuala Lumpur..he..he..

had a quick breakfast w my siblings jugak..ann n bell sebok....my mom..oh she is enjoying her 2 weeks vacation kat kampung kita huwawawa lebih kelas lagi sambunh srkali paris dubai bagai...perghhh...my dad..ha..ha..i sms him last week..he replied..dear doter..i am alive and kicking...ha..ha..my baba...sempoiii...am glad that he is all healthy and enjoying life.. at d end of d day that what counts... living your life and choose to  be happy.

By d way aariz dah pandai ..tak buat hal sgt...boleh dgr cakap org..kalau tak pantang nampak escalator tak nak dia gerak tempat lain...tapi aariz kalau abah ada mmg behave  kelas 1.
Yeay...i managed to finish ...bagusss...bye ..

summer yang sejuk beku

The weather dah haywire.... NZ sepatutnya summer kan ..but it has been very cold since friday ...last friday I was out in town ..i need to get something to pack my stuffs ..akak nak pindah kan ...so i went to town ..had a leisurely walk ...lunch ..lepak ...then a quick detour to the office, reply emel and balik flat ..the moment aku sampai flat, the rain started ..mencurah2 plak tu ...so my timing was perfect! and thats the start of a cold wet welly weekend ....sampai today ...sampai sekarang nie ...tenperature was mid teens ajer the last three days ...giler kan ...semua baju sejuk aku yang dah properly paked pun kena diselongkar balik hahaha

this was the view outside my living room two hours ago ..at 8.30pm ..kelabu jer coz it was too misty!

and last weekend plak was the Wellington Sevens Game ..and the weather sangat bad for those people ..but biasalah ..ujan2 pun org gi sebab fun! It is actually a rugby game - involving 16 countries ...memang a huge deal kat sini ..people gi watch the game in customes! tiket masuk stadium a tad expensive ..but those yang tak nak bayar plak can go to the Sevens party afterwards - dua malam berturut2 in town ..the biggest street party! and jalan2 semua ditutup for that party ..but this year ..it was a soggy party sebab ujan lebat and sejuk :-)

semua photo aku ambik from FB Sergey ..sebab aku malas nak snap gambar hahaha

two days before the game, dorang buat Sevens Parade ..aku tak gi coz that was the day aku gi Health CEntre ..this is the Canadian team ....aku suka color baju dorang!

tapi kan, masa orang dok berpusu pusu gi town and menuju stadium on Saturday, akak golek2 ajer in bed ...sambil catching up with my James Patterson novel ...then tetiba Kak Shidah called kata she asked Paan to ambik aku ..coz she wants me to go to her place for lunch ...menggagau akak gi mandi dan bersiap hahaha ...and the lunch at her place as always was awesome ...but as usual, aku stay on till petang ..dia tak bagi balik..pastu aku dijemput gi dinner with her kat rumah Kak Su plak ...aiyooo rezeki oiii ...the whole day asyik dapat offer lepak, makan2 ... 

sementara tunggu nak gi rumah Kak Su, I just sit and read at my fav spot kat rumah Kak Shidah tu ...the corner by the window in their morning room ..with a mug of hot tea ....i always felt relax cam gi holiday bila melepak here ...that may be my last trip coz Kak Shidah balik minggu nie .....kena carik port lain nampak nya ....

tu saturday punya cerita ...sunday pun aku gi berjoli hehehe ..weather was better ...just drizzle ...but still cold ...yang tu nati cerita sebab gambar from sunday banyak!!! but a good start to my chilly Sunday was breakfast apam balik hahaha ...kat Malaysia takde lah jakun sangat ...but here was like ...omg ..apam balik hahahaha

Kak Su bagi aku masa gi dinner at her place ...and wow, it was heavenly :-)

I am hoping that the cold weather will go away ..especially as it is not good for my asthma ...and also i need a good weather this thursday ...sebab that is the day i am moving! tak nak le pindah in rainy cold windy weather ......aku ingatkan England sejuk ..rupanya kat sini lagi sejuk bila the southerlies dah melanda!