Pesta makanan

Minggu lepas baru ni di penuhi dengan acara makan makan. Program diet terpaksa di tolak ketepi bagi laluan perut berpesta. 

Department aku buat acara makan makan raya. Makanan banyak sangat. 

Ada briyani ayam, laksa, lontong, lemang, rendang, kueh mueh, roti jala dan macam macam lagi aku tak ingat.

Aku sibuk kerja makan lambat sikit. Masa tu x ramai kat meja makanan. Selesa aikit nak ambik makanan. Aku dengan vendor sibuk kerja. Masa makan aku ajak vendor makan sekali.

Macam macam adaaa.

Sehari sebelumnya aku join kengkawan kat department lama aku buat farewell. Aku ingatkan aku nak join utk farewell senior aku yang buka laluan aku join department dia dulu. Sekali kengkawan buat farewell tu untuk aku jugak. Sebab aku tukar department. Kisahnya. Aku makan free je la.

Abc...sedap. Sebab mahal ada letak kacang gajus. Bukan kacang tanah.

Kerabu parmelo yang sedap sangat sangat.

Kuey teow beef yang mantap.

Kawan aku order cendol. Nyesal aku tak order cendol. Nampak gah menawan meletops

Kengkawan kat department lama. 

Ahad pulak makan kat Keramat. Bukan pesta sebab makanan sejenis je pun. Lizduan dan anak anak singgah rumah aku sebelum diorang balik Kuantan. Member aku dari London pun datang singgah ambik barang.

Macaroni bakar. Sebab masak terlalu awal. Terus kering jadinya. Lol.

Tapau bingka ubi dengan serimuka durian. 

Malamnya kami dinner kat House of Nasi Kerabu.

Nasi kerabu tumis ayam percik

Nasi kerabu lambchop. Both pun sedap meletops.

Zahra sibuk nak jalan jalan. Singgah jusco. Dia dengan EJ beli gula giant ni tapi makan sikit je.sampai la ni ada dalam fridge lagi.

Minggu ni xde pesta makan. Aku kena exercise...diet. Maintain slim. Tak nak jadi cam ejin kat sana tu. Macam di pam pam. Lariiiii.

Self Drive to Golden Bay 1: Hawkes Lookout Takaka

The last few postings aku buat about my South Island holiday were about hiking ..hiking and more hiking. which was great...a new thing for me coz i am not the type who love to walk hahaha ..but honest to God, it was such a great experience ..coz some places yang aku pergi tu only accessible by walking hahaha ....

self drive to Golden Bay

but not all holiday tu aku hiking sana sini ...we also did self drive ..from our base at Nelson to Golden Bay ...we decided that a day on our own would be great and gives us ample time to stop and explore as we want to ....coz Golden Bay tu banyak attraction ..golden beaches ...Farewell Spit etc ...so rent a car (about $57 per day for a small hatchback and kalau include full insurance jadi $78 a day), and off we go ...my friend not familiar with driving on right side of the road ....and never driven an automatic hahaha so akak le yang drive mula2 (she drove back) ...and boy, jalan berliku ...naik steep hills and very sharp turns ...but views are out of this world :-) it is a scenic journey all the way ...

snow-capped Alps ...such an amazing view ...

jalan berliku serta berkabus

We took off awal ..about 9.00am hahaha awal le tu kira nya ....and berbekalkan maps and stuffs, with no concrete plans, we just head of ....the drive to Golden Bay memakan masa 1.5 hours gitu ...so we have plenty of time untuk menyinggah and explore places along the way ....but first hurdle was driving over the Takaka Hill ..jalan penuh berliku hahaha ala ala gi Cameon Highland ...and certain parts tu cam so steep ...gaung and all ..so a bit scary for me! 

hehehe am utilizing my international driving permit for the very first time!

Our first stop was at Hawkes Lookout along State Highway 60 ..between Motueka and Takaka...from the carpark, there is a short walk (approx 10mins gitu) to get to the lookout ...and from the lookout tu boleh nampak the Riwaka Valley, Motueka and Tasman Bay ...

 Tasman Bay di kejauhan

Riwaka Valley

The short walk tu melalui area with rock formation yang ada scales macam sisik naga ...black rocks ..lagenda dia kata mahluk yang menyerupai cicak giant yang makan manusia dan snaring women ...the suatu hari salah sorang perempuan yang dia tangkap tu melarikan diri and with the help of local villagers berjaya membakar mahluk tu ..and mahluk tu lari to Takaka Hill ..try to dig itself into the ground utk padamkan api kat badan nya ...and somehow the sisik yang terbakar tu bertukar menjadi batu and strewn all over the area including kat Hawkes Bay Lookout ...lagenda Moari katanya ...

 ni lah rupa mahluk cicak gergasi tu :-)

Berna sitting on the rock formation along the way ..banyak batu2 kat situ ..looks beautiful

deeper into the forest walk tu ada walkway ...ad it is pretty organised lah ..with walkways and stuffs ...but when we were there, it started hailing at first ...then snowing! Rushing kitorang keluar from the place coz we know we are on the very top of Takaka Hill and how steep and byk sekeloh the drive will be ..so balik cepat ke kereta ...and off we proceeded ..next destination Collingwood and Popunga :-)

and now ...off to Golden Bay we go :-) sambung at other posting!

Raya Beraya

Posting ni nak citer pasal 2 hari meroyan beraya geng ronggeng. He he he. Rasanya tahun ni meriah kami beraya. On Saturday Fid kerja, lepas kerja kami tunggu kak long Fid datang dari Rawang. Kak Ngah pula tunggu di Pandan Indah. Lepas tu kami berkonvoi ke Taman Kencana beraya ke Open House Nuarlin. Geng ronggeng yang lain semua dah balik sebab diorang kol 12 dah terpacak depan rumah. Yang ada Zamreen aje sebab sampai almost same time dengan kami.

Posing depan pintu gate rumah Nuarlin. Baru siap reno.

Hidangan wajib. Nasi dagang merah dan putih. Lauk pulak ikan tongkol dan gulai ayam. Sedap dan bertambah makan. Lepas tu kami gerak ke Shah Alam dan terus ke plaza pkns. Adik aku jadi rakan kongsi buka restoran nasi kerabu. Ada open house merangkap launching.

Restoran ni berdekatan MC D

Nasi Kerabu terbaik. Mantap sangat. Cili tu pedas dan sedap.

Muka puas hati dapat makanan sedap. 

Dari nasi kerabu kami ke seksyen 7 pulak. Open house sepupu Fid. Makan makan lagi walaupun dah kekenyangan. 

Dari Shah Alam aku ke Putrajaya attending open house Nahar. Ramai orang kat open house tu walaupun dah malam. Dari situ kami balik Keramat sampai nearly 11 mlm. Penat sangat.

Esoknya geng ronggeng beraya ke Nilai. Rumah kawan geng ronggeng masa kerja dgn HLA. Kak zie menjamu kami nasi dan lauk pauk. Borak borak sampai ke petang.

Posing posing dulu sebelum gerak ke Keramat.

Posing sebelum geng ronggeng berangkat balik.

Posing lagi. 

Aku jamu baked macaroni, nasi goreng cili api dengan rendang ayam pegaga.  Lepak borak borak sampai ke petang.

Akhir sekali tepek gambar selfie mamat hensem. Lol. 

Next week ada satu lagi open house. Lepas tu the following week anak sedara aku bertunang. Sekian saje kisah sawan beraya.

Attraction in Nelson, NZ - Centre of New Zealand

Welly sejuk gila pagi nie..angin southerly dia bukan setakat mendayu dayu tapi more like menjerit2 kat luar tingkap aku nie. So, akak rasa buat posting dulu lah sebelum berkira nak kuar gi opis ...lagipun today is Friday kan ...I always treat friday as a day yang aku tak perlu ikut schedule sangat ..kalau org yang diet tu, kira my friday is my cheat day at work :-)

That last holiday tu, my friend and I actually based ourselves at Nelson. Kecik jer town nyer but it is a popular town for those yang nak explore Abel Tasman and Golden Bay ..ada gak le yang based themselves in Motueka (nearest town to Abel Tasman NAtional Park) but Nelson ni besar lagi and lots more services la...lagipun the Naked Bus yang kami ambik tu memang stop at Nelson ..so senang ...

On the second day there we decided to go up the hill to visit the Centre of New Zealand. semua orang dok recommend to go there coz from there boleh tengok pemandangan Nelson city ..panaromic view gitu ...our Backpacker owner gave us the direction ...hahaha tapi kami berdua pandai ...lupa bawak map yang dia beri kan ...pastu menonong dua dua carik haluan ....

and masa kitorang mula nak mendaki tu dah kol 4 lebih ....coz we planned to watch the sunset from the top of the hill ....mula2 memang flat jer lah jalan kan ...hahaha pastu mula lah naik sket ...hehehe sebelum naik banyak! some places are steep ...and i was feeling grumpy jugak le...like "bila nak sampai nie????" the start of point for the walk tu kat Queens Park ...then cross that rugby field ...then baru pendakian bermula ....aku pulak test kn my hiking boots masa nie ...sebab i was advised to have it "broken" before the real hiking adventure at Abel Tasman (posting terdahulu)

but the view - as i said over and over again - was really outstanding! We can see the snow-capped mountain masa nak daki bukit tu ....

kawan aku bawak camera canggih ..so boleh lle dapat gambar cam nie :-)

masa nie dah penat hahaha ...kata 20min lagi tapi tak sampai2 ponnnnnnnn ....

but when we reached the top ...it was worth it ..and we get to see the sunset jugak up there ....we reached there first ..then ada 3 org joggers joinned us ..and we ended up talking to one jogger tu - who happened to be a tourist ..and an avid mountain climber ...

that long stretch of bay di kejauhan adalah parts of Abeel Tasman National Park :-) and in between is the Tasman Sea

behind me is the Maitai Valley

This place is called the Centre of NZ ...sebab geographically, merangkumi North and South Islands, it is the centre of NZ ...according to the surveyor's map kata nya ....

 

so, been there, done that ..and can get the Centre of NZ off my NZ bucket list. Somewhere in the list is Cape Reinga - the most northwestern point kat north island pulak :-) ntah bila la tu kannnnn

We left after the sun has set ...along with Fred- that guy yang kitorang kenal masa kat sana ...and all three of us was keen to see the kauri tree ...one of the native trees of NZ and can be so big ...but disappointed le jugak ..kauri tree yang ada kat sini kecik setoet ajer ..padahal tanam in 1951 ....nevermind ...maybe i will see the most outstanding kauri tree in some other parts of NZ ...