AHLAN YAA RAMADHAN!!!

Ramadhan datang lagi. semoga Ramadhan kali ini lebih bermakna buat kita semua. Kepada kawan2 yang menyambut Ramadhan di luar negara, betapa kita merindui suasana bulan puasa di kampung halaman....

berbuka ramai2 di Masjid; solat terawih; selain melantak masa Moreh... hehehe... silap2 bukan lose weight, tapi nasik lagi ada. Mana tak nye, hampir setiap hari makan naik minyak, nasi tomato, beriyani dll. tapi sekali sekala kena nasik putih dengan gulai ikan kering, sambal tumis, ulam, fuhhh!! terangkat. Aku teringat lagi ada sorang pakcik ni bawak buah geduak (aku tak ingat org negeri lain panggil apa), geng2 buah jering la, lagi 'harum' dari jering, masa bukak posa kat masjid... kehkehkeh... Pastu ada satu pakcik lagi, geng meja bapak aku gak, hari2 bawak teh halia dalam cerek tembaga comel dia... dan banyak lagi la nostalgia. Ni semua masa aku sekolah rendah.

Masuk form one, dah mula dok asrama. Bukak posa kat asrama memang tak dapat dilupakan... Sekolah aku ni sekolah bantuan kerajaan negeri, jadi makan tak la hebat mcm MRSM ke SBP lain ke. Masa aku form one susah sekali nak makan lauk ayam, yang paling kerap ikan jaket, yang macam dah kena tembak... bulan2 puasa ni la nak merasa lauk sedap2 sebab ramai orang bagi makan untuk berbuka. Pastu dah masuk form 3 baru ada lauk ayam, seminggu 2 kali je. Parents aku selalu gak datang hantar lauk, ye la Kuala Kangsar-Taiping bukannyer jauh mana pun. Kalau hari outing, pegi la Pasar Ramadhan kat tepi sungai perak. Masa tu takde dataran yg baru macam yg ada sekarang ni. So jalan tu tutup la untuk pasar ramadhan. Meriah betol... macam2 kuih makanan ada... cendol Kuala, slurrrp!!!

pastu form four kat Klang, bosan sikit sebab kena control ngan senior. Naik form five happening habiss... SBP, so makan best la hari2. Tak cukup dengan makanan kat dewan makan, pegi jalan kat taman2 sekeliling tu yang ada pasar ramadhan. Kat jalan kota raja tu banyak jualan. Tapi masa tu duit tak banyak, budok skoloh kan, so beli pun berpada2 la. Yang best tu kongsi makan ramai2 la, terasa ukhuwwah yang rasanya susah nak dapat dah bila dah besar macam ni. Waktu malam lepas terawih makan lagi, ikut la kalau yang derma tu org kaya best2 la makanan dia, kadang tu kuih and biskut jer. Pastu yang paling terkesan di hati sampai sekarang ialah suasana di waktu Qiam kat surau... ntah la, mungkin biah solehah yang diamalkan kat sekolah ada memberi impak secara spiritual. Susah nak rasa perasaan macam tu sejak dah habis sekolah. Ceramah/tazkirah hari2 ada... Bagi mereka yang rajin mengutip 'mutiara-mutiara' indah dan berharga, bulan Ramadhan memang masanya. Inilah antara musim yang terindah di Bumi Wakafan...

Dah masuk UKM lain pulak caranya, ye lah dah pakai kereta, langkah pun jauh le. Selain makan kat cafe Wahid, biasanya pegi beli makan kat Jalan Raja Alang. Aku ngan kawan2 buat group, kutip duit dan buat giliran sapa kena pegi beli. Ada member bawak periuk nasik, so pegi beli lauk je lah... BEst nyer nasik kerabu, laksam, ikan keli, kuih tepung pelita, ayam percik... ah banyak lagi lah kang korang boring lak nak baca. Pastu bila dah bercouple kadang2 bukak posa kat kedai, tak pun beli makanan kat Velodrom Bdr Tun Razak. Terawih kat merata tempat; masjid Kg Baru, Pulapol, HKL dan yang best masjid KLCC, sebab ada aircond. Pastu yg best lagi kedai makan bukak 24jam masa bulan posa.

Bila terkenang semua ni, betapa bertuahnya kita kat Malaysia kan. Kat sini, jangan harap nak jumpa kedai makan bukak 24jam (pub & hotel ada la)... Pasar Ramadhan jauh sekali... Uwaa!!!Buat kawan-kawan yang dah balik, ingat2 la kitorang yang jauh ni.

SALAM RAMADHAN AL-MUBARAK buat semua... Semoga amal ibadah kita dilakukan dengan penuh keikhlasan dan diterima serta diberkati Allah...

Oppss satu lagi. Jeng-jeng, cuba tengok gambar ni... Apakah maksud di sebalik gambar ini?



Doakan kami berdua ya...

~AzD~

Before ramadhan....

Hiyaaa.....it's not even 24H yet and I'm writing a new entry for this blog. Hahaha, I have some spare time, so why not write something, kan? At home right now. Planning to do some readings today (gee...i hope!!). Tapi rumah nampak mcm bersepah, so probably will do the cleaning up first. Have to go to school tomorrow to do some paraffin sectioning.

Anyhow, last Sunday Azd and I went to The Rock Market. It was just like any ordinary market (tp bukan market basah tu ye). So a lot of stuffs can be found there, a great place for tourists to take a peek. Ingatkan nak gi makan the famous pancake kat The Rock tu but we had lunch appointment kat rumah kak zurin. So in the end makan ice cream Copenhagen aje (devil's choc with boisenberry ice-cream). Best best.



After 1 something, went straight to Kak Zurin's house in Eastlakes. She and Abg Lan invited the PG students for a doa selamat (probably sebab allowance naik, hehe). There was still quite a number of people when we got there. Of course la, lunch hour. And the food....maaaaak aihh best giler. Macam-macam ada. From satay, gulai ayam, sambal belacan, kerabu, rojak buah, ayam bakar, etc to all sorts of kuih. Penuh sgt sampai tak nampak meja! Hahahaha.....And the kids were having fun as well running here and there kat depan rumah. Rasa mcm hari raya je!!! It was actually a pot luck kinda thing. So we brought fresh cream choc cake and butter cake ke apa ntah because we didn't have time to prepare anything.

All in all, it was a great day. Met some old faces as well as the newbies. Ni baru pre raya, kalu time raya betul2 mesti meriah.....aarghhh..bestnyer kalu boleh balik mesia terchintos!!!!!!

~elyn~

MAS Annual Dinner 2006

Halo everybody, I'm back... hehehe. Harini nak story about the annual dinner last saturday. Basically the dinner was so and so. Initially planned to go to wollongong after Asar but then went to Centro nak cari baju wan azdie. hehehehe.... Last2, keluar rumah at around 6pm. Azd pun memecut kereta dgn bersungguh2 sebab nak sampai on time. Maklumlah, org nak kena baca doa. Bila tanya nak baca doa apa, ada ke dia jawab doa lepas nikah. Tak senonoh betul!!!

Ok so when we arrived kat corrimal community center orang pun dah ramai dah kat entrance tu. We sat together with kak sam, noor, mashita and hubby, shakira, as and hubby and another 3 more unidentified guys.

The community hall was somewhat sempit compared to the usual place kat TAFE. But anyhow, that evening was a full house (actually dimeriahkan dgn ramai indons, hehehe). When everybody has taken their seats, the majlis pun bermulalah. Sad to say the MCs sgtlah bosan and nampak mcm kelam kabut. Ada ke patut start2 je majlis dia terus panggil Tuan Hj Musa MSD bg speech. Tak tgk program ke awang?? Bukan ke kena start with the doa recital dulu? Pastu baru ter errr...errr...ceh. After a while, baru dia panggil Azd baca doa.


Performance for that nite was by Buk and Alina. Ntah brapa lagu depa nyanyi ntah. Best tu best la tapi rasa mcm kat pub (pinjam ayat noor). Hehehehe. Pastu aiseh... ada belly dancing pulak. Hmmm.. at first I was like "is this the malaysian nite or the arabian night??". Perrghh, gelek habis2an minah tu tapi nasib baik the light was dim so tak nampak sgt perut dia. hahahahaha....And then it was time to eat! Finally.
The lauk2 for buffet were:
nasi minyak
ayam masak merak
sayur dalca
daging apa ntah
nasi impit
satay (which sadly was limited to ONLY 4 sticks per person)
kuah kacang
air bandung
kuih bakar (sapa ntah potong kecik2 sampai as kata lekat celah gigi je..hahahaha, kesian si ibu mengandung tu!)

Last year I remembered the meals were served although it was a buffet kinda thing as well, which was good because everybody got their share fair and square. This time it was like sapa dulu dia untung.. (kitorg la tu sebab meja very the strategic, dekat2 ngan buffet table). Hahaha...buuuuut we all takde la amik lauk sampai tak ingat dunia. Still ada conscience la not like some yg amik ayam sampai berketul2..kesian to those yg last2 tu. Apa2 pun, memang kenyang la makan. hehehehe.

Adehh..malas lak nak tulis. So basically to keep things short:
1. We went there sebab dah bayar for the ticket.................tapi hampeh tak dapat lucky draw!!
2. Part makan..................alhamdulillah kenyang tp kalu dpt unlimited satay lagi best, hahaha.
3. Jumpa kengkawan kat wollongong.......................posing habis2an.
4. Everybody won the trivia thing (ye la, soalan senang giler).................so everybody got this gold coins choc as a reward (ala, cekelat duit tu.So had a scene from nujum pak belalang with noor: "satu utk ko..satu utk aku..." hehehe)
4. Berjaya mencilok lilin2 atas meja......................penting di saat takde electricity in the future. heh!

Aiseh, banyak lak citer. hahaha..Maklum lah supervisor takde for 2 weeks. Sangat syok bebeh. Boleh rilek2. Oh by the way, to whom it may concern, that kedai halal in the sydney CBD --> coco's island ke apa ntah dah takde. Found out yesterday when I was on my way to DIMIA (I walked from the uni to the city..hehehe. Kagum!). Ok people.... to be continued!

~elyn~

Jalan-jalan cari makangggg.....

Assalamualaikummmm everybody!!!! yeaaahhh...It has been a loooooong time since our last update ey?? Dah sebulan lebeh yek? Sorry la...Very the busy and buat2 busy.



Anyway, azd's parents have gone back to mesia . Sob sob..No more home cook meal yg sedap2 for us. Nowadays, kena masak banyak2 terus and carry forward je lauk2 tu everytime balik from school. Bijak bijak. But apa2 pun, it has been a great 1 month sebab kitorg gi jengjalan bersungguh-sungguh to merata tempat sampai ke Canberra. So memang puas hati la depa datang holiday sebulan. Sampai sakit2 la kaki... hehehehe. Apa lagi ek nak citer? Hmmm...Banyak actually nak story mory tapi nanti2 lah citer. Kang tulis semua jadi novel bersiri pulak. Ahaks!

OK, today is Saturday. Yeeaahh!!! Has been always anticipated the weekends..Everytime hari jumaat je, bila dah petang tu mula la tak leh dok diam.. Asyik terpikir nak balik umah je... Cannot concentrate kat lab dah. Buruk la perangai. Even the mice yg melompat2 tu pun have no fatal attraction at all to me. Hahahahaha....hmm..maybe I should tepek gambar2 mice ni one day. Yeah..One day, before i sacrifice them. la la la la...Or would you guys want to see the pics when i open them up??? hehehehe

Will be going to Wollongong tonite to attend MAS UoW Annual Dinner at Corrimal Community Center. Maybe i'll be wearing kebaya tonite (awww....). Azd will be the Pak Haji reciting the doa for the ceremony. Amiiinn.... Anyway, Kak Sam kata lauk for tonite will probably mcm last year. We shall wait and see.

OOhh, by the way, last week Tok Pa from MHE came to australia to meet all the malaysian students. But we weren't able to go because had some stuffs to do. Pity tok pa didnt have the chance to meet us. Satu kerugian. Kalu tak buleh lawan2 kecek kelate..hehehe.. Silap2 allowance naik triple! Cayalah!!! Apa2 pun alhamdulillah la sebab setelah sekian lama, at last allowance dah ada increment. kayo kayo!!!

Apa lagi nak citer..haaa...Nowadays Azd and I are doing our own version of jalan2 cari makan. Have been trying out kat some of the halal food outlets listed in the PPMS website. The chinese restaurant aka Great Wall Kitchen at Lakemba wasn't that bad. In fact we first went there bila Sam's family belanja for dinner a couple of months ago. Terima kasih daun keladi!! The food was nice but the service was slow though. Nama je chinese restaurant tp ada some mix of indian cooking as well, hehehe ada jual nan, paratha, tikka, lassi and etc. Harga standard la kat sydney ni. Acceptable. Nasi padang kat lakemba pun OK jugak. For $7, you get to choose 3 lauk. So puas hati la makan. Then we tried thai food pulak. First was at Bankstown. What was the name of that place again? hmm..Thai Hutt Restaurant. Busy jugak area Bankstown tu, ramai pak arab. Had Chilli Basil Noodle (ye kot), Pad Thai Noodle something and tom yam. Sadly enough the pad thai did not satisfy my taste bud. I didn't finish it and terpaksa tapau (which in the end esoknya azd yg habiskan hahahaha). Dia bab makan sedap je semua. By the way mamat yg menapaukan the left over for me tu macam muka mamat india kat malaysia. hehehe.... Anyway, the tom yam was OK although kalu dia bg dlm mangkuk besar sket lagi best. Deco dlm restaurant tu memang cantik. Classy gitu. And by the way the cashier (or was it the boss???) was a pak arab. How multicultured!! hehehehehhe...

Last kedai we went 3 days ago was Pu Tai Thai Restaurant kat Ashfield. A bit complicated nak cari this place sebab tercoroooot sket. Malam pulak tuh. Tak nampak mcm kedai sgt. Kecik and sempit and nampak mcm antique. hehehe. Nak masuk pun susah, sebab entrance door ketat. Mcm tak nak bagi masuk je...
This time ordered Green Curry Vege and Po Tak (sepupu sepapat tom yam). Entree : 1 fish cake + 1 popiah (best lg aku buat) + 1 karipap (again best lg aku buat) + 2 fried dumplings (ni tak reti nak buat tp kalu reti buat mesti lagi sedap) + chilli sauce + grated carrot = $6. So I reckon semua tu agak2 $1 each and the sauce ngan carrot tu 50sen each. Disebabkan harga $6, so even the very last bit of the grated carrot tu kitorg songlap. hahahahaha. Licin pinggan. Pastu bila main course sampai, alangkah terkejutnya jiwa (takde kene mengena ngan khalid mohd jiwa aaa...tak kuasa) melihat saiz mangkuk ayun tomyam tu. Cinonet je. Terus tak terkata wan azdie. I see you, you see me. hahahahahaa. Kemut nak mampus kedai ni!! Tak sedap (tp azd kata boleh la). Harapkan udang je besar. The green curry vege tu rasa mcm masak lemak kacang je. Dia letak kacang pjg, broccoli and carrot. Mula2 ingatkan gravy dia kaler hijau (because of the name), tp actually kaler kuning. So yg menghijaukannya is the sayur-sayur. Hehehehehe. Disebabkan lapaq, so habis licin semua tu even the nasik.
Conclusion I: This kedai is out of my list. Sekian terima kasih.

Haaa...ada lagi 2 kedai nak citer. Hmmphh...Kan dah panjang dah. Baca.. baca.. sila lah baca...
This time we went there masa parents Azd still kat sini. Kat area Randwick (area malaysia hall). Nama kedai: Taste of Thai. First time pegi last year with Hazman, Firdaus (yg dah ada cewek!! Awww..sudah pandai tepek gambar kat friendster yer??! hehehe) and Kausa. Memang best!!!!!! portion besar giler. puas hati mak kiah!
This time went for dinner beramai2. Dr Zit and family belanja. Thank you. Kenyang perut suka hati. The place was as usual, very crowded with people. Nasib baik Dr Zit book awal2, so senang dpt tempat. Kalau tak, terpaksa beratur kat luar tunggu turn. Hmmm... mcm kat hard rock cafe la pulak. hehehehe.

Then another kedai we went for lunch : Kaki Lima Restaurant in Kingsford. This kedai belongs to Kak Sam punya kawan. Masa sampai tu ramai jugak org. We ordered chicken rice, nyonya laksa and assam laksa (pergghh...lama giler tak pekena laksa!). and also not forgetting teh tarik. Hahahahaa. Best best. Abah ngan mama kata sedap. . Sebab mmg dah lapar giler masa tu. Banyak betul makan. Nasib baik berat ada naik sikit. hahahahaha. suka suka!!!
Conclusion II: Ada banyak port utk makan2 in case bulan puasa ni tak sempat atau malas nak masak. muakakakakakaka......tak gitu wahai suami??? *wink wink*

So begitu lah kitorg nyer version of jalan2 cari makan. memang syok! duit pun lajuuuu je mcm air. Tapi tak pe. Allowance naik kan. Hehehehehhehehehe.
Esok pun makan lagi. Pot luck kat rumah kak zurin kat Eastlake. Tak tahu nak masak apa. Nanti lah pikir. Esok masih ada.
OK la kengkawan yg dihormati dan dikasihi sekalian. Penat sekali jari jemari delicate ini menekan2 keyboard. Maka dengan ini I want to go bersantai sebentar.
To be continued....... adios!!!!!!

p/s: to itot, puas hati baca?? hahahahahahaha......pasal cik tikus, tungguuuu....

~elyn~