Nyuummmm

Tetiba saya rasa mcm nak mkn char kuey teow.
Yang letak togeh baaaaanyak-banyak...
dengan kerang baaaaanyak-banyak...
dengan cili jeruk (tak leh la banyak2, takut nnti sakit perut)
Udang tak banyak pun tak pe..asalkan dicompensate oleh kerang yg baaaanyak tadi
Pastu banjir2 sikit..
Perghhhh... teringat char kuey teow kat sri gombak...


Google gambar char kuey teow orang je la dulu






Ohhhh...shedapnya...


Dah 10 Muharram dahhh...

emmphh...alahai -Part II

Ni sambungan from the previous entry...

IIa) Briefing for English test
According to the timetable that was given to us, the 9am briefing was supposed to be held at the same place where the registration took place. Maka bgn pagi tu terhegeh2 pujuk Aiman segala bagai, tok abah pun janji nk bwk gi playground kt ttwangsa.
Arrived at around 8.40am. There were a few students dah tercongok menunggu kat entrance area. Tunggu punya tunggu...almost 9am dah tapi takde gaya nk start briefing pun, pintu still tertutup....intai2 belah dalam, mcm deserted je takdak sapa.
Orang makin ramai dok kerumun kat depan entrance, hari pun makin panas.
Tick tock tick tok...dah 9.30am. Aik...briefing kensel ke?
Tetiba ada hamba Allah ni bgtau briefing buat kat tempat lain.
Hokeyyyy....so ikut je la crowd bergerak ke destinasi yg tak diketahui. Sampai kat satu area tu, semua org tercengang2 sebab tak tahu nak ke mana, masing2 muka confused. Ada yg dah marah2 (ke mmg tok arab ni ckp high pitch??). Lepas tu crowd ni bergerak lagi.. ai folo je laaaa.

Jalan turun naik tangga, sampai la kat auditorium ni. Tgk2 briefing dah start!! What the............
Yang dok bercakap atas stage tu syok je scroll powerpoint dia, as if tak perasan segerombolan manusia baru masuk hall. padahal at that moment rasanya audience yg sedia ada dlm auditorium tu maybe dlm <20% je. Lagi 80% ni baru terhegeh2 masuk and cari seat. By the time dapat seat, he was already showing his 2nd last slides.
So banyak la info yg we all missed out, tu yg time Q&A ramai student dok bertanya. Tapi boleh pulak presenter tu kata, "I thought I've already explained and showed it in my slides"
Helllooooo brother, didnt u notice that many of us had JUST arrived and MISSED most of ur slides???
Haaiishhhhhhh....and why in the very first place, no one from 'that' centre had the slightest courtesy to inform us that the venue has been changed?

IIb) Exam day
As usual la, tulis situ 9am, tp 9 am still tak bukak2 lg pintu masuk.
Bila main entrance dah bukak, kena lined up panjang sebab nak kena check ID satu2, studentnya ramai, pintu yg bukak cuma dua. So mmg lambat la prosesnya.
Bila dah masuk exam hall, kedengaran suara sumbang org yg in charge tu terjerit2 suh masuk cepat sebab dah lambat (excuse me, sapa suh hang bukak pintu at 9.10 am, walopun exam sepatutnya start at 9?).
Bila semua dah duduk, bermula la sessi explanation and instruction segala bagai..
Tapi yang sedihnya, kenapa encik nak kena terjerit2 as if yg amek exam ni budak sekolah? Padahal ramai je student2 veteran and international student. Agak kurang respect di situ...sampai ada sorang student ni mengomel sorang2, "omg, must he shout like that?". Tahu le u own the mic.....

Bila exam dah start, ada sorang student ni angkat tangan. So one lady invigilator ni pun pegi la kat mamat tu and it went like this:

Lady: yes, any problem?
Mamat macho: I dont have any pen or pencil
Lady: hah??? U dont have any? why? jhbfjbvksjhfkdlayesiruy8w9843 (mumbling tatau haper)
Mamat macho: *senyum je*

Hahahahaha.....mcmana ni brother, dtg exam bawak henpon je. henpon buleh kuar dakwat eh?

After a long 3 hrs the test ended, mcm biasa harus la encik itu terjerit2 marah sapa yg bgn. dah tu hang bg arahan tak clear hokey! Malas nk layan.....

ok tu je nk citer. kesimpulan, i dah passed pun. hehehehehe

emmphh....alahai! -Part 1

Last week I was in KL, sebab nak settle hal2 registration dgn salah sebuah IPT tu lah... What more can I say other than..."Alahaiiiii... sigh"
Why? Sebabnya:

a) Booklet/Guideline
Masa mula2 received the offer letter, terkejut gak le tgk kat sampul surat tu depa tulis ngan tangan je utk nama dan alamat, dah le hand writing tu ada sedikit sakit mata bila dilihat but tak pe, fine! asalkan encik posmen buleh baca dan tak salah hantar ke alamat lain.

Bukak2 je envelope tu, mak aihh... guideline jenis fotostat je bagi??? Tak tau la kot sebab ai ni local PG student, so bg booklet yg gitu2 je..tapi utk international student kot la depa bagi yg proper2 kan... tapi sedih, fotostat pun jenis yg kelabu asap!!
And one more thing, info kat dlm booklet tu pun byk yg tak jelas, sekelabu asap seperti printing quality-nya...

>>> My 2 cents opinion: Kot ye pun takde budget nak buat booklet yg lawa2, tapi at least please make an effort to produce a simple yet berkualiti punya booklet. Ni mcm haper je, tgk for the first time pun dah takde perasaan seronok..haishhhhh

b) Contact person
Because there were a few issues yg tak berapa jelas kat dlm booklet tu, maka terpaksalah saya gigih menelefon bahagian PG study ni.
However, ntah berapa byk kali ai cuba tepon guna ext number yg tertera di muka depan booklet tu, hareeemmm tak penah nak dpt ok!
So ai cuba call operator suh sambung ke bhgian berkenaan...it was either unanswered or engaged. Banyaaaaaaak kali ai try sampai operator tu pun ckp,
"huh nak sambung ke C*S ye, selalu pun takde sapa angkat.. takpe la, kita cuba je la ye" (operator pun mcm dah give up je)

Ada sekali tu, ai got thru, tapi bila lepas tanya2, staff yg menjawab tu kata dia tak tahu, nnti dia sambung ke org yg berkenaan..pehtu terus engaged!!
dah la susah nak dapat, bila dah dapat, kena redirect pastu terus engaged. bila call balik takde sapa lak yg angkat.. magic sungguh!!
Last2 I asked my bf to try call from his office.....dapat.
Tapi bila dgr dia citer gaya staff yg menjawab tu buleh sakit hati ye! Jenis yg perli2 pastu menjawab! Hambooiii.....kalu ai la, siap dah kena fire mamat tuh!

>>> Tolong la wahai warga C*S, tgk2 sket anak buah yg menjawab telefon tu.. adakah sebab yg telefon tu org local, maka acuh tak acuh je gaya menjawab. Sangat tak berhemah.. Dah la susah nak get through..hotline sgt ker???

c) Registration day
Arrived at 10am....finished by 3pm. Penatnya....
Kesimpulan- Tak teratur kekdahnya... huhuhuhuhu

Scene 1: Payment of fees
It was stated in the offer letter that all payments must be made BEFORE the enrolment date. However kat guideline pulak (and I quote: Please read the guidelines carefully and follow the instructions given) kata payments must be made ON the day of registration.
Huh.. 2 statements yg contradict each other. So I decided to pay ON the day of registration je la. Tapi bila sampai kat sana punya la ramai org kat dalam bank, nak kena tunggu sampai no.83 baru la sampai my turn. Dah le tak leh nak duduk lama dalam bank tu, sebab too crowded..plus ada bau ketiak mashem daaa...tak tahan!
Last2 gi bank kat luar je...Alhamdulillah kejaaaaap je dah settle!

Scene 2: Sesi pengesahan sijil2
It took almost 15 mins to certify the original copy of my certs. They've got the copies of those cert, cuma tinggal nak tgk yg ori, copkan dan sign. Total cert tak byk pun, ada dlm 5-6 copies je. Tapi yg jadi slow sebab the person yg jaga kaunter no. 9 tu baru sampai (agaknya tukar shift kot). So time tu la baru dia tanya kat staff pompuan kat belakang tu what he was supposed to do. So kena la explain satu2 nak kena buat apa... Pelik jugak, takde dibuat briefing ke beforehand?
Bila dah abis cop2 tu, I asked la where to next sebab tak de direction apa semua. Org tu pun blur2 tak tahu.. hehe..kelakar pulak. kesian pun ada.

Scene 3: kat meja berkaitan financial declaration..fees.senang citer, pasal duit lah
Finance staff: U staff kita ke?
Staff kita (saya la tuh): A'ah kenapa?
Finance staff: eh patutnya kalau tak silap I, u boleh dpt staff discount. U tak tgk kat website ke?
Staff kita: website tak ber-update (harap maklum)
Finance staff: bhgian research tak inform u?
Staff kita: Tak penah dia mentioned apa2 pun sebelum ni
Finance staff: Tak pe, u try ty bhgian Finance nanti...
Staff kita: ok terima kasih
>>> Huk oloh..... boleh dpt discount ke????

Scene 4: Return of checklist
At the end of the checklist, it was written in bold that the form should be returned to the C*S. So after I've completed the form, I followed the instruction lah. But not knowing where exactly to submit the form I asked one of the staff. So she said to submit it at the C*S office but then she continued saying that since it was already lunch time, the office is closed. Kena dtg balik at 2pm. Ok fine.. perut pun dah lapar.

Came back after 2pm. Walked to the so called office, but to my disappointment it was still closed. No staffs were seen. Pusing2 kejap then found another entrance but it was locked too. There was a notice on the door yg lebih kurang gini bunyinya:
"The C*S will be closed for the day as all staffs will be at the registration hall for the enrolment of new PG students"

So there I was, walking back to the main hall (sgt penat hokey...dah la membuyung!!). I went back to see the same staff and asked her:

Me: Sorry ye, tadi saya ada tanya kat mana nak submit checklist form ni. U kata kena htr ke office. Saya baru pergi sana tapi office tutup. So macamana?
That lady staff: memang la tutup sebab semua staff turun sini. Takde org pun kat sana (avoiding eye contact)
Me: Dah tu kenapa suruh saya pegi sana in the first place kalau dah tau tutup. Saya nak htr borang ni kpd siapa dan kat mana sebenarnya? (voice tone was a bit on the high side dah)
Lady staff: err...err...jap (muka confused2..pusing belakang tanya kawan dia). Eh borang checklist kalau dah siap kena htr mana hah?
Kawan lady staff: hah..ntah...aku pun tak tahu (muka blur jugak). Cuba ty kat kaunter information kat luar tu

So i went outside the hall. The so called 'kaunter information' was deserted...tak de sapa pun. Meja pun kosong. Last2 tanya kat staff pompuan mana ntah, dia pun blur jugak (apahal ni??). In the end nasib baik dia kata, takpe, bagi je kat dia nnti dia forwardkan
~e.n.d~
>>>> aiyooooo.......what is this la??? kenapa semuanya tak tahu? sgt geram!

And then masa hari tu jugak lah baru found out that students ada briefing and have to sit for an english test that same week (since my IELTS dah wayyy overdue, so tak valid dah ler). Terpaksa la beta tinggal di kl bersama2 anakanda tercinta sementara kekanda beta pulang ke Ktn.
Alangkah senang sket perancangan kalu pihak yg berkenaan sound awal2 student kena stay for briefing la, test la etc. Kalu student tu jenis dari Kelantan ke, Perlis ke...tak tahu menahu kena stay lagi di KL sebab ada program lepas registration ni, tak ke kesian kat mereka2 ni? nak kena cari accommodation pulak..
Dah la kat website pun tak mention apa2...
Nasib baik my family mmg di KL. Terpaksa la tok abah jadi babysitter Aiman.. hehehehe


- To be continued.....(part briefing and part exam day)- tak larat dah.....

p/s: Saya akan mengomel dan mengomen bila ada rasa tak puas hati terhadap kualiti perkhidmatan yang disediakan. I strongly believe that in order to get the work done, to get respect from others and if u are giving services to the public, you should have a proper working ethics.. Utk peringatan diri sendiri jugak. I am not perfect either but sometimes if you do not make changes to improve your working attitude ke, ur staffs, ur department, apa2 je la....you are forever will not gain any respect and forever tak maju. Quality is the best policy gittew....perghhhh!
I say this because I've experienced a whole lot different environment/situation when I was in Sydney. Friendly and professional.....Hati pun manyak senang :)

Kucing oh kucing

I hv to admit that I am not an animal friendly type of person. Tgk dari jauh boleh lg, kalu dekat2 ke, nak pegang ke (depends on what type of animal jugak) no can do la bebeh. Contrary to my husband, who absolutely adores animal and also ahli pecinta alam...kira peminat flora dan fauna gitu.

Kat rumah skrg ni binatang ternakan dia (hahahha) adalah ikan laga sekor (sekor dah mati) dgn ayam katik, eh ke serama (huihh betapa tak amek kisahnya saya!). Nasib baik ayam dapat free, tp yg kesiannya ayam tu (Aiman bg nama Bobby) al duda, sebab tak sempat bawak balik kuantan, bini dia mati. COD was unknown..kematian mengejut. Tak rela i nak buat post mortem...

Awal2 dulu Bobby di bawa ke hulu ke hilir, diangkut balik Gombak la, balik Tepeng la.. kalu balik Gombak mmg sah2 tak de org heran sebab mmg semua bukan kaki binatang. Nasib baik kalu balik Tepeng ada jugak org yg layan Bobby hehehe.

Nak dijadikan cerita, sebab adegan angkut mengangkut ni sgt leceh (eleeh mcm la awak yg kena susun2 angkut Bobby pun hahaha), maka Babah Aiman pun bertekad utk membina rumah khas utk Bobby kesayangan.

Tatau berapa kali gi kedai hardware beli kayu kayan segala bagai, pung pang pung pang..ketung ketang ketung ketang... bunyi di petang hari lepas Babah Aiman balik keje, bertungkus lumus menyiapkan rumah Bobby sambil dibantu oleh Aiman tanpa disuruh. Akhirnya rumah Bobby pun siaaappp..tersergam indah, ala2 kondo 2 tingkat gittew.

Bobby in action

Hmmm...mcm agak serabut tgk rumput yg dah panjang dan landscape yg belum complete eceh ceh... Nak buat mcmana, yg tukang kebun nyer sorang tu je, dia la yg tanam pokok, susun pokok, korek sana korek sini, susun sana susun sini, budak tecik Aiman haruslah tolong jugak. Babah dia letak tanah, dia gi buang tanah...
Mama Aiman sekadar tgk dari jauh saje.. hahahaha.... sambil memberi arahan.

Tanah sekangkang kera kt belakang rumah tu pun i jeling2 je . Boleh kira dgn jari kot berapa kali je gi jenguk keluar dan buat apa2 yg patut. Nasib baik Babah Aiman ada, thank u babah for the daun kari, daun limau purut, pucuk ubi, serai, daun pandan... err apa lagi ek????

Hmm...apa kaitan citer2 di atas ni dgn tajuk entry?? sgt tak berkaitan.. hahaha.. ekceli nak story, baru2 ni kitorg upah org tarkan jalan depan umah ni, so takde dah la lalang2 menyemak kat area tong sampah tu. Nampak la kemas sket. Ingatkan dah takde tanah kat situ, diganti dgn tar, takde la kucing nak berak sesuka hati.. tetapi owh tidak..mcm makin byk pulak kucing2 ni melepas. Modus operandi walopun bukan kat rumput dlm kwsn umah, tapi dah bertukar di atas2 jalan DEPAN umah. Tgk kat depan rumah org lain tak de la pulak bahan kumuhan tu bersepah, walopun kat rumah org lain tu ada je lalang2 tanah2 sejemput yg kiranya lebih sesuai dijadikan tandas kucing. But nooooooo.... kat tengah2 depan umah kitorg jugak yg kucing pilih. Tiap2 pagi ada je sejemput kat situ, sejemput kat sini....

Kalu dah kering tu blh tahan lagi la, tp masalahnya skrg ni musim hujan ok.. jadi tak leh nk tgk rupa bentuk bahan kumuhan itu, loya tekak den!!!!
Kucing ooh kucing, please do ur no.2 elsewhere, kat depan rumah we ols dah takde tanah, mana blh nak kambus2 dah.. cuba gi berak kat tempat lain jauh2 sket.......terima kasih!

Bukti kucing2 liar melepas sesuka hati

Local Sinetron

Yeaahh...moh kita story2 about jodoh.. (again!)

Scenario 1: (continuation fr the previous entry)

Both parents suka
Third party lagi la suka
Satu pihak suka (why i do not know)
Satu pihak not so suka tp terpaksarela
Ahkak - no comment
Ring utk merisik - checked
Date utk merisik - checked
Dalam hati ada taman - hmmm.... hmm....zzzzzzzz.......kroohhhhhhhhh
*tak dapek den nak nolong dah aaihhh*


Scenario 2:

Both cintan cintun (obviously more fr the other side) - tangkap lelehhhh...restoren berputar alam menjadi saksi hahahahaha
That family - ok kot yada yada yada
This family - ding dong, houston, we've got a problem! One kaki is set to go, but the other kaki is errrr.....hypotonia?! unmovable gittew. guna superglue kot!
So the good to go kaki needs assistant in order for the other kaki to operate and go go go...
So who is the assistant?? - ahkakkkk jugak...(to *e**a, be nice to me bebeh..be verrrry verryy nice to me!)

So we shall follow Agent Oso kat Playhouse Disney:
Step 1: to meet and interrogate the suspect
Step 2: KIV makeover or boot camp
Step 3: to evaluate how Step 1 and 2 goes then, we take it from there... hehehehe


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*aaaaaaahhhhhh.....what a predicament....*

Tak Berapa Best....

Macamana ni..... masalah negara sungguh...
Susah betul bab jodoh ni (not me of course, saya dah kawen maaaaa-nasib baik!!). Hmmm.....lelaki yang baik adalah untuk perempuan yang baik, dan perempuan yang baik adalah untuk lelaki yang baik.....

Orang kata,
it's better to be with somebody who loves u.. walaupun kalau both lovey dovey tu, kira bonus lah.
tapi kalau sebelah pihak je yang suka, tambah pulak ada confounding factors yg beriya-iya nak satukan...tapi yg masalah problemnya tuan punya badan takde hati. mcmana??

Orang kata lagi,
cinta blh dipupuk lepas kawen...org zaman dulu-dulu pun, ada je kes time nikah baru i pandang u, u pandang i...first time ever!

Dan orang berkata lagi,
ikut la pilihan mak bapak, kompem restu dah dpt... kena redha...berkaaaat hidup...

tapi tu laaa.. susah jugak jadi kakak manusia ni... kena make sure apa yang kita cakap ni blh diterima pakai... most of the time we tend to satisfy and give pleasure to others, and often forget about our own feelings.....

Jadinya... to you-know-who.... my prayers are always with you. I can only give you guidance and options..but you have to decide on ur own. From what I can see, you can either say No-apologize-get on with ur life OR Yes-lets proceed-redha-and find ways to make it work.
and yes, people will talk, hearts will be broken and there will be consequences for the decision u make tapi yg penting DOA, TAWAKKAL dan PERCAYA kepada Allah....
What ever your final say is (sure hope it's a good one), i'm right behind you!

Nostalgia

Ish ish ish...berhabuk..bersawang...punya lama tak hapdet blog ni. Kdg2 rasa nak tutup je, but then again rasa mcm sayang pulak. Mcm hidup segan, mati tak moh gittew...
Takpe la, will try to update for my own reading if time permits.

Hari ni dah Jumaat. Aiman paling happy sebab dah nak weekend. Pantang sungguh nak gi school, dok mengira berapa hari lg he has to go to school, and how many days dia cuti. Nak cuti banyak2... tak nak 2 days aje, boleh?
This morning masa htr babah to his office, tetiba je senyap..sedih..sebek mulut... bila babah dia tanya what's wrong, tak nak ckp...pujuk punya pujuk.. kata nak beli lolly before dropping him off to his tadika baru la ok sket. Berenti kat Petronas, bukan setakat lolly dia rembat, siap candy ngan jam Ben 10..aiyaaa! Nasib baik murah ajo..

Dalam kereta, tanya dia apsal sedih2 nak cry ni... then baru la dia ckp, "sebab Aiman sad, Aiman nak play with babah. Dah lama Aiman tak play with babah.."
Alahaiii.... sedih la pulak dengar.
Nak buat mcmana sayang, babah kan kena work... bukan mcm dulu dah...
sekarang ni pun weekend kdg2 burn, babah bz la etc...
Long weekend ni pun dah kena booked. Ada IEEP...nasib baik Aiman blh ikut.
Sabar ye sayang....nanti kita gi jalan2 ok?

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Tetiba teringat zaman sekolah rendah... sangat happening!! Rindu... best!! Sebab join school choir yg sgt active melalak di sana sini... yg best bila every year (since Std 4- Std 6) we would participate dlm choir beramai2 sempena Hari Kanak-Kanak Sedunia kat Stadium Negara.. perrghh best best... dgn rehearsalnya, dgn baju lip lapnya...dgn mekapnya..dgn KFC freenya. Banyak jugak sekolah lain yg terpilih, mostly around KL.


Ni rasanya masa buat persembahan kat hotel, depan PM and other delegates...baju sgt 'anggun' sampai tak blh blah! hahaha

Teringat time latihan dgn Ms Khoo (music teacher). Dia suruh bawak cermin kecik sorang satu so that masa prektis nyanyi semua org kena tgk cermin and make sure buka mulut & nyanyi secukup rasa ooooohhhh aaaaaaahhhh aaaaahhhh..
hehehehehe...lalat masuk pun mesti tak sedar!!



Sbb sgt ler active choir kitorg ni, maka ada a few events yg dijemput khas ie masa Maulidur Rasul (siap kuar paper tu) and event OIC ke haper ntah..nyanyi depan Agong...and then Kempen Rumah ku Syurga ku lah..(masa ni first time masuk recording studio..rakam suara merdu we ols..hahaha...so during the real event tu, kitorg miming ajo!)..and few other events la..mostly kat hotel.
Hmmm....ada bakat menyanyi rupanya ai ni... hahahahaha!

Safety First

Lets Santai....

Gosh we are already halfway through 2010.. how time flies!!! Come July, will be a year older...wooottt...wooottt!!!

Spent last weekend lazying around, rearranging stuffs from the boxes (managed to empty quite a number of boxes yippie!!). Then on Sunday evening, headed to Pantai Sepat to enjoy the south china sea breeze.
Oh yes, what beautiful stretch of beaches we have. However, I was so sadden to see all the rubbish being dumped everywhere (or was it washed away from other part of the continent?? hmmmm.....).
Empty bottles, plastics, papers, err nappies???? slippers, tin cans etc etc etc... giving an extra little 'touch of soarness' to the sandy beaches. SIGH.... kenapa org Malaysia sukaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa buang sampah??????
**Oh how I miss the oz beaches.... spotless!!!!!!**

So anyway, before Aiman had the chance to get all wet, we went to have dinner at Santai.

Location: please refer to the website.

Although it was Sunday, the restaurant was quiet and there weren't many customers yet because we were there a wee bit early. Love the santai ambiance... it goes well with the theme: Tenang, Damai, Menyelerakan...
But I do hope the Santai management would do something about the dining chairs. It looked all worn out, with dirty stains and small tears.

Had: Sayur Campur (RM 8)
--nyuummm....oyster mushrooms everywhere!

Siakap Peksak (RM28)
-- oouhhh...sedap sedap!! sllurrppp.. I can still taste sweet and sourness of the gravy... tasted a bit like tom yam.

Butter Prawn (RM9)
-- Presentation wise: Nice
A bunch of fried su'un -is this how we spell it? topped with fried butter prawn, nicely decorated with salads and a flower shaped carrot. However, the butter prawns were too sweet for my taste bud.

They serve western food as well, and I think the price is quite reasonable.

So people, whenever you guys are in Kuantan, do try Santai!

** Sorry no pics this time**

Makan-makan di Kuantan (part II)

And I quote from him, Food is my passion....

Sara Thai Kitchen (opening hrs: 1pm- 11.45pm)

Ada 3 cawangan kalau tak silap. Satu di Jalan Teluk Sisek, satu di hadapan Hotel Grand Continental dan satu lg saya tak sure (berdekatan dgn Kuantan Megamall??)
Kami anak beranak selalunya ke branch berhadapan dgn hotel tu. A bit easier to find a parking space and the restaurant has a much bigger space.
The restaurant serves an authentic Thai cuisine. Even amongst the workers pun you can hear them conversing in Thai. Selalunya time cuti sekolah atau pun weekends especially, selalu full house. Jadi kena la datang awal atau pun call utk buat reservation (tapi ramai2 orang pun, servis mmg cepat i loike!)
Dah nama pun Sara Thai Kitchen, maka semua makanan yang disediakan adalah masakan ala Thai... Semua jenis masakan panas ada tapi sup ekor tak de ye, harap maklum.

Contoh menu ala carte yg saya ingat2 lupa adalah seperti nasi goreng kimau (nasi goreng selasih/basil), nasi goreng kluk kapi (n.g belacan) & mee goreng phad siew (ni mee goreng biasa tu kot). Utk mendapatkan kepastian, sila la bertanya kepada waiter apakah maksud2 masakan yg ada di dalam menu itu.


Yang ini cawangan berhadapan dgn Hotel Grand Continental

Suasana di dalam kedai time tak berapa crowded

Tgh menunggu makanan sampai dgn penuh bergaya!


Top: Tom Yam Campur (ada model tangan org itu sambil memegang sudu)
L-R: Ayam goreng limau purut (sedap!!), Kangkung goreng belacan, kerabu sotong.

Rating: semualah sedaaaaapppp...sluurrppppp!!!! Regular customer hokay!

Makan-makan Di Kuantan

Ni entry ala2 jalan-jalan cari makan....

Pak Lim Nasi Arab
Disebabkan boifren dah lama teringin nak makan nasi arab, kami pun terjah ke kedai Pak Lim Nasi Arab ni.

Di mana kah kedai ini?
Mintak maaf ler sebab tak ada the exact address. Tapi kedai corner lot, kat Jalan Hj Ahmad (mcm otw nak ke Teluk Chempedak, kalau dari area city, ie Kuantan Megamall tu pusing kiri, jalan ke depan lagi then kedai tu will be on your left) - senang nampak sebab signboard kedai ni besar.

Rasa: Boleh tahan sodap.. walaupun tak sama mcm nasik arab ori yg tok arab buat tuh..kalu yg tu, harus terangkat!! Nasi arab ni tak berkuah, tp depa bagi satu mangkuk kuah kari atau kuah dhal bersama2 dgn nasik ni.
Kami ada mintak lagi satu lauk tambahan ~ sup kambing. Sup dia tak mcm sup pekat kat kedai mamak nun. Sup kambing ni rasa mcm sup ekor sket2, ada masam2 jugaaa. Tapi rasa kekambingan ittew tetap ada.
Selain dari signature dish nasi arab & ayam rose, masakan panas & western food pun ada dijual juga. Panjang list dalam menu......

So apa lagi, sila la cuba!


Suasana dalam kedai (Lupa nak snap gambar dari depan kedai)



Nasi Arab (RM 3.80) + Ayam Rose (RM4.20)



Excuse the chicken yg dah dirobek.. hehe



Sup Kambing (RM 7.90)


Salah seorang customer sedang menikmati keenakan nasi arab

Maid In Heaven

Just recently the government has set a new regulation on issues like providing a one day off to the maids, allowing them to hold on to their passports and also to provide compensation for maids injured at workplace. and oh... RM800 a month to hire a maid?

Personally I somewhat object (cewah mcm dlm court pulak) these so called new regulations. I see only the downside of it.

How sure are we that we will get an honest and qualified maids with that kind of salary? How do we know these maids will not run away at night (sometimes with valuables belonging to the employers). And who is going to look out for the employer's right? Aiya... and the list goes on....fuuhh stress headache.... (mcm la org yg cakap ni ada maid!! hehehehehe).

I have very little memory of having a maid when I was young. My parents hired a maid when I was already in my high school. The first maid was from Thailand, apa ntah nama dia. She was given a big room, next to mine. Sedap dia masak. She was with us for only a few months when she told my mum that she needed to go back "for a while" to her hometown to see her children. So my mum gave her some clothes and money (konon2 nak umpan dia to come back again). Tapi haram tak mai dah.

The second maid was from Indonesia, pun tak tahan lama. Sebab p.e.m.a.l.a.s.
After that, my parents stopped hiring any maids. We did everything on our own (eceh ceh...).

So back to the topic of discussion. Why the need for a weekly day rest? and that RM800 per month thingy. Are we willing to pay that much? Maybe in certain cases or in certain families memang the maid had to work their butts off. Tapi nama pun maid. Kalau suh buat tu tak reti, buat ni tak reti...sikit2 saya tak pandai, tapi makan nak yg sedap aje, apa majikan tak hangen!!
And I quote maid MakSu Tepeng yang baru, "saya lepas Isya pukul 8 terus tidur, barulah tidur berwudhu!" Waduh waduh... sedapnya dia tido awal. Tidur dalam iman gittew!!

With that one day off, the employer pulak disuruhnya pantau si maid. Aikk.. majikan agaknya dah takde keje lain kot nak kena monitor maid pulak. And again I quote, from Azd, "Apa kata suruh maid tu cari rumah sendiri, bayar sewa makan sendiri. Transportation sendiri. Cukup time malam, balik umah sendiri."

I'm sure most of the employers wont mind having to pay a lot of money (sebab kebanyakannya terdesak) but at least the agent should provide them with well-trained maids according to the specific needs of the employers, or at least lepas secondary education. Ni membaca pun tak reti, kunyit halia pun tak kenal, dah la kadang2 ada language barrier. Tapi bab mengira boleh tahan cerdik pulak!
Alahaiii.......

Pasar Malam

I think it has been a month since the night market started its operation in IM 14. So far so good lah, the stalls keep on expanding, more people are coming. A busy environment every Thursday evening in front of our house.







Senang pun senang, jalan dua tiga tapak dah sampai... senang hati macam2 ada, tak payah pikir nak masak apa...main tunjuk2 aje...bila poket mengempis barulah saya pandang awak, awak pandang saya....muahahahahaha!!

Aiman pun excited if we tell him it's pasar malam day. Seronok sebab kadang2 terjumpa kawan tadika dia... tersengih2 je, tak pun terjumpa teacher dia.

And yesterday, "Aiman tak nak lah buy toys kat pasar malam, tak best, cepat rosak kan mama? kan? kan? Aiman nak buy toys kat supermarket aje, baru nice."
Peerrgghhhh..... mcm tu pulak! Standard shopping mall ghupanya dia.. ngeeeeee T_T

This morning otw to have our breakfast, saw a banner at the junction to our house. There's a meeting for the residents of IM 14 this Saturday about this Pasar Malam. Jeng jeng jeng... pasar malam menjadi agenda meeting??
Agak2 apsal yer... nak ban pasar malam ni ker? ada org tak puas hati ke? nak kata sampah bersepah2... so far tak de la bersepah sgt. Ke sebab meeting nak tambah tapak? Hmmmmm......

Selamat Pengantin Baru Ijan & Izzy

To dearest Ijan and Izzy

Congratulations!
Semoga berbahagia selamanya dan kekal hingga ke akhir hayat.
From best friends to lovers to husband and wife
Wishing you guys all the best in every way!

Alahai pomen...kenapa harus menipu?

Lepas kena ketuk kaw2 oleh pomen hantu &%@#$^%%^%$ kat karak hari Ahad haritu, semalam kitorg pun ke Padang Lalang, cari kedai radiator. Tokeh Cina. Berenti betul2 depan kedai dia, terus tokeh tu datang sambil tersengih2. Ramai jugak customer yg tgh menunggu. Azd explain bok bek bok bek... pastu tokeh tu kata, takpe pukul 5 boleh siap. Oraiiitttt bebeh....

So menunggu la kat kedai tu, nasib baik ada aircond, tak la panas. Tak tahu berapa byk paper Harian Metro yg ada kat workshop tu saya khatam. Azd tunggu kat luar most of the time, tgk2 apa yg diorg buat.

Kejap2 saya keluar jugak jenguk bila nak siap. Azd kata sparepart utk Ford model ni mmg susah nak cari, kena order bla bla bla. Tapi not to worry, tokeh tu ganti dgn sparepart Ford baru, walopun not for this model. Hitam berkilat, fresh from the box! I loike!

Habiiiiiiis semua, tiba lah masa utk membayar. Cuak jugak kalu2 kena byk, tp alhamdulillah, acceptable la tokeh tu charge, tak sampai 1K pun. Radiator pun dpt yg baru.

Bila teringat balik kat episode kena tipu oleh pomen Karak kurang asam tu mmg BARA!!! Walaupun I was not there at that time, tapi terkena tempiasnya hokey!!?
Betapa kejinya perangai korang sebab amik kesempatan ke atas org yg tgh dlm kesusahan. Ingatkan sesama Muslim tu, adalah kesedaran sikit, jujur bila buat keje. Awak tu cari rezeki, kalau awak buat keje betul2, free2 je dapat berkat pahala apa semua tau tak. Kitorg boleh rekomen korang sebab ramai je member2 yg lalu kat Karak highway tu. Ni tidak!! lagi nak kelentong hidup2. Eeeeiiiiiiiii aku laaaa!!!!!!

Dah la tak solat...nak kata period, dah memang sah2 ko XY.
Radiator buruk second hand yg ko ganti tu ko charge seribu lebih, kipas yg korang kata "rosak tu" ko ganti dgn yg TAK berkualiti.. Tak sampai 24jam, radiator BOCOR balik. Apa hal???!!

Bila tepon, dgn muka TAK MALU dan TAK BERSALAH ko suh tambah lagi kalu nak cari barang baru. Kepala hotak la kan!! Keji keji keji!!
And ko tau tak, with the same unreasonable price yg ko charge giler2 tu, we all blh dpt 4 radiator BARU!
Yes I am totally PISSED!! @$%**)$^%$%!@#$!@#$$^%$
Org mcm ni yg memalukan kaum Melayu... memalukan org Islam!!! Tak tahu la dah berapa ramai org kat highway tu yg korang TIPU. Tak pe... tak pe... walopun tersangat lah marah dan geram sebab kena tipu beribu raban, takpe... what goes around comes around.
Semoga Allah akan membalas perbuatan korang ni dan memberi petunjuk kat korang.
Jadi lepas ni sapa2 yg tersadai kat highway, sebab kereta rosak, janganlah cepat percaya kat pomen2 yg berenti nak tolong. Mungkin ada satu dua yg betul2 ikhlas, tapi zaman sekarang ni, berapa kerat la yg betul2 trustworthy? Ramai yg jenis take advantage org2 yg dalam kesusahan... nak2 pulak kalau dia tgk org tu perempuan. So kena be extra careful. Jangan la cepat percaya kat org.
Semoga kita semua sentiasa dilindungi Allah dan sentiasa dijauhkan dari segala kejahatan.
Amiiiinnn.

HaPpY bIrThDaY AiMaN!!!

Happy birthday Aiman..... Pejam celik pejam celik dah pun 3 tahun umur budak kecik ni.. teringat masa aiman dalam perut mama, asyik dok menendang je keje...and rasa mcm baru semalam dok kendong aiman masa aiman baby... sekarang pun still baby lagi... manja!!
Mama doakan semua yg terbaik utk Aiman, semoga dipanjangkan umur, dimurahkan rezeki, sihat tubuh badan dan semoga menjadi anak yg soleh dan berjaya di dunia & akhirat.....
Mama and Babah Sayang Aiman sangat... mmmmmmuuuuuaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

Mode: Ketika Cinta Bertasbih

Bertuturlah cinta
Mengucap satu nama
Seindah goresan sabdaMu
Dalam kitab ku

Cinta yang bertasbih
Mengutus hati ini
Ku sandarkan hidup dan matiku padaMu

Bisikan doaku
Dalam butiran tasbih
Ku panjatkan pinta ku pada Mu Maha Cinta

Sudah di ubun-ubun
Cinta mengusik rasa
Tak bisa ku paksa walau hatiku menjerit

Ketika cinta bertasbih
Nadi ku berdenyut merdu
Kembang kempis dadaku
Merangkai butir cinta

Garis tangan tergambar
Tak bisa aku menentang
Sujud syukur pada Mu
Atas segala cinta

Cinta

Ketika cinta bertasbih....

The time now is 3.12pm...

****Cuaca****
Sekejap panas... sekejap mendung... sekejap hujan.. tp kat sana tak hujan pun.
Sekejap lapar... masuk dapur. Makan apa yang ada. In the end, makan 2 keping daging burger dgn roti berkulat (what the???)... oh.. ku koyak-koyak buang bahagian roti yg nampak kekulatannya di mata kasar.. Pathetic kah? Hahaha...
Tak apa, mlm nanti kita makan busat (hai meh?). Kita mkn segala jenis sayur berdaun yg berjaya dibeli di pasar malam semalam.

**** Panassss****
Kenapa tak rasa angin kipas nih? Harus letak aircond. Tapi bila?? Kuang3x

****Thought block****
Dapat laa 2 para... pastu haremmm. Layan fb, layan email tak block pulak!

****Anak****
Aiman: Mama nanti birthday Aiman, Aiman nak bicycle yg ada macam motor tuh (sambil buat gaya pegang handle + brake motor)
Mama: Hokeyyyy
Aiman: And then Aiman nak kek car...(hantu kete sungguh)
Mama: Hokeyyyy
Aiman: And then Aiman nak toy car yg biiiiiiiiiiiiig tu. nanti Aiman suruh tok abah beli, dia banyak duit! (errkkkk!!!!)
Mama: Muahahahahahahahaha.... shabash beta, shabash!!!!

Selamat Tinggal Andak..... (1979-2010)

Jumaat
~ Kenapa satu hari ni rasa tak sedap hati... mungkin sebab mlm semalam bermimpi sedih. Mimpi org yg tersayang meninggal dunia... Mainan tidur aje kot. Tapi dalam hati rasa nak sangat balik kl.....

Sesudah maghrib, tgh melepak2 di rumah... telefon berbunyi. Yati called. Kenapa pulak ni tiba2 je....
"Uder..yati ni. Andak nazak..... diorg tgh buat CPR. Pidot ada kat situ, tgh ajar andak mengucap...."
Ya Allah.... Kau panjangkanlah umur andak...
"ok, nanti uder bgtau Ucu"
Telefon Ucu.... "ucu, tadi yati kol, andak tgh nazak... uder nak balik kl ni"

Hati sebak... Patutlah hari ni rasa lain....
Cepat2 berkemas nak balik KL tgk andak...

Pukul 9 pm.... telefon berbunyi lagi. Yati!!
Dada mula berdebar-debar.... air mata dah mula mengalir di pipi....
Kenapa aku dah dapat agak apa yg yati nak bgtau....
Suara yati sayu...."uder....andak dah takde.........."
"Innalillahi wa innailahi rojiun"
Andak..............tak sempat uder nak jumpa andak!

Sepanjang perjalanan ke kl, jari-jemari sibuk menghantar sms kpd kwn2...menyampaikan berita sedih, Fauzan telah kembali ke rahmatullah..

Kemudian Faizi kol...
"uder, kat mana ni?"
"on the way balik kl..."
"uder......" dia terdiam... mungkin sebak.
"uder dah tahu.... ko kat mana ni?"
"kat simpang pulai lagi....hujan lebat"
"bawak kereta baik2, jumpa nanti... sabar ye Faizi"

*********
Sabtu pagi

Bertolak ke rumah keluarga andak di Rawang. Kereta di kiri kanan jalan, orang pun dah mula ramai. Nampak mcm ada kenduri. Teringat masa kenduri kahwin arwah dulu... mcm ni lah. ramai org... meriah!
Cuma bezanya kali ni bukan hari yg gembira. Semuanya muka berduka...
Aku masuk ke dalam rumah. Berpelukkan dgn mak andak...dgn una... dgn cik odi..
sekujur badan terbaring kaku, ditutup dgn kain putih. Hibanya... org2 di keliling membacakan surah Yassin...
Tak lama kemudian, jenazah diusung ke dalam van, utk dibawa ke masjid berdekatan. Farhan menangis... mungkin dia tgk uminya tidur, takkan bangun lagi... atau mungkin dia menangis inginkan sesuatu.... Farhan kecik lagi...tak tahu apa2....

Jenazah andak dimandikan dan dikafankan di masjid. Ramai kawan2 ukm yg datang memberikan penghormatan akhir kepada arwah..
Sebelum muka andak ditutupi kain kafan, semua keluarga mengelilingi jenazah... memberikan kucupan terakhir buat andak.
Andak, uder pun turut cium dahi andak... sejuknya... pucatnya... cengkungnya...
sedihnya.....
Laju air mata ni mengalir..... sedih tgk anak2 andak mencium pipi uminya utk kali terakhir...

Di perkuburan....
Yati, ateh, fidot pun ada. Kami berpelukkan.
Di tempat persemadian andak sementara menunggu hari kebangkitan seluruh umat.
"ayah, umi kat situ ke?" aku dengar Farhan bertanya pada Faizi.
Imam membacakan talkin.
Selesai semua, farhan dan faezah taburkan bunga di pusara uminya..
bergelak ketawa.... gembira.... ya allah, mereka masih kecil... masih belum faham yg uminya sudah tiada...
Farihin pulak asyik merengek dikendong Una....
Mata Faizi merah, sebak.... kawan2 datang mententeramkan dia.. memberi kata2 semangat utk dia.
Faizi, ko kena kuat semangat... tabahkan hati... demi anak2!

Andak, damailah dikau di sana.....
uder rindu kat andak...
uder teringat masa kita sama2 belajar dulu
teringat masa kita sama2 keje dulu
teringat kali terakhir uder berjumpa dgn andak di hospital....
andak kata "bila la andak dapat jumpa uder lagi, ntah2 lepas ni tak sempat dah..."
Andak....Maafkan uder sebab tak sempat uder nak jumpa andak.
Sudah ketentuan Illahi andak pergi dulu....
Mungkin ini yg terbaik... daripada andak terseksa sakitnya chemo.

Ya Allah, kau ampunilah dosa sahabat ku Fauzan Mohd Hata
Kau cucurilah rahmat ke atas rohnya
Kau letakkan dia di kalangan mereka yang mendapat keberkatan Mu...
Dan Kau kuatkanlah semangat suamianya, Faizi serta anak2nya...
Lindungi lah mereka...semoga mereka tabah menghadapi dugaan ini.

Al Fatihah utk sahabat tersayang...
Dr Fauzan Mohd Hata (22 Julai 1979 - 2 April 2010)

Can I help you miss?

Let me tell you about some of my not so delightful incidents when going to a restaurant/cafe/warung dan yg sewaktu dengannya.

Scene One:
Recent incident @ kedai pizza yg terkenal tu lah:
Dah la service slow, waiter pun sekejap2 dtg tanya nak reconfirm order. Ok so he was a trainee, acceptable lah for his slowness. And then mintak set lain, bawak mai set lain; got an extra drink and bread sticks. I dont mind, infact terima dgn mulut terbuka. But being a Muslim, tak elok la kan mkn benda yg kita tak bayar. Jadi darah daging kita kan. So bila tanya balik the 'real' staff, rupa2nya memang dia tersilap bagi set, but nevermind she said, we can have it for free. Alhamdulillah, rezeki. And then, tgk2 pizza tu pulak was not super supreme! Tak sure pizza amende tapi takpe la, nasib baik sedap aje.
Mkn punya mkn, minum punya minum, baru boyfriend perasan ada anak lipas penyek kat dlm air dia (melekat kat gelas). I was like uurrghhhhh!!!!!! minum dah separuh... aiyaaaaa...... kurang asam sungguh!
When we went to the counter to pay, dah bayar etc, then I told adik counter tu, "Adik, next time sebelum serve air kat customer, make sure gelas bersih. tadi ada jumpa anak lipas dlm gelas. Tak elok la kan."
Naib baik adik tu said, "Mintak maaf ye kak" bla bla bla...
ok fineeeee...

Scene two:
Incident restaurant depan rumah.
Masa ni baru2 je masuk rumah. Saja la testing kat restaurant ni, sebab dekat sgt dgn rumah. We ordered nasik ayam + Milo ais. Bila milo aisnya datang, tgk2 bhgian atas gelas tu mcm errr...not so clean lah. Lepas tu tgh2 dok asyik mkn nasik ayam (dah la ayam kecik) sambil selak2 kulit ayam ittew then...jeng jeng jeng... tidaaaakkkkk... kenapa ada telur lalat??????? why on my plate??
aduuhhh.. mati terus selera nak mkn.
Bila byr kat kaunter tu, I told the guy, nasik ayam tu ada telur lalat lah. Dia pulak mcm blur blur... "huh ye ke? hah tak pe lah, tak payah bayar lah utk nasik tu".
Selamat la u ols kena blacklisted from me hokey!

Scene 3:
This was last year kat uptown bangsar. My brother nak belanja mkn western. Mmg ramai la org kat foodcourt ni. So I ordered sirloin black pepper steak, and my bro ordered T-bone steak with diane sauce. Lupa pulak what my sister and mom ordered tp lbh kurang sama la menunya.
Tungguuu lama then ada la sorang POKCIK TUA ni hantar mknan kitorg, letak2 pinggan terus nak blah. I asked him NICELY lah, "pakcik, yang ni sirloin steak ke?" (sambil point kat pinggan depan mata. Tetiba je POKCIK TUA ni mcm hangen, jawab high tone, "awak order apa tadi???"
"saya order sirloin black pepper steak", i said sambil dlm hati dah mcm apahal org tua ni?
"hah kalau awak order sirloin black pepper, sirloin black pepper lah!"
"tak de la, saya tanya sebab tak tahu, takut tertukar dgn org lain punya order" (masa ni still blh control suara lg)
"saya keje kat sini, saya tau la sirloin black pepper tu mcmana!" org tua tu jawab.
"pakcik, awak mmg patut tau la sebab awak pekerja, saya ni tanya sebab saya ni bukan keje sini!" (start my high tone jugak lah)
"awak mkn je la apa yg awak order tu bla bla bla bla.... dia membebel"
Org keliling dah tgk dah... "WHATEVER LAAA!!" i shouted to him.
Dia pun blah mcm tuh je.
Adooiiii...baranya dlm hati masa tu. mkn pun tak habis, bukannya sedap pun ko masak!
Org tanya baik2, jawab la baik2.. susah sgt ker pakcik!???? Patutnya makin tua, makin wiser la sket. Mcmana org nak respect, kalau awak sendiri tak respect kat orang?
Kedai ni pun selamat dah kena blacklists jugak!!
Menci!