Iftar the Western Way

kononnye la ... :)

We tried a western steak house somewhere in Kg Baru. Why Kg Baru? ... It's TK's idea to go there ... if given the option, this area will be last choice at this point of time ... not bcoz of the food, but bcoz of the traffic. We're lucky to find a parking spot very near to the steak house, and also very near to Masjid Kg Baru.

Th food was ok, a set of chicken grill consist of mash potatoe, coleslaw, corn on the cob, grilled chicken with lots of black pepper source for only RM7.50 and we ordered freshly blended fruit juice for only RM2.50 per big glass ... murah kan?


the scenery from my table ... of coz the setting was dark and cozy ...


the steak house ... Human Resource Steak House?? *LOL* I didn't have the chance to ask the owner :D


iftar for 2 pax, tapi airnya ada empat hehehe ... those fruit juice was only RM2.50 each ... murah for a freshly blended fruit juice

Catz: letihnye iftar kat luar ...

Left High and Dry

I was one of those people yang berduyun-duyun membanjiri Station LRT Bandar Tasik Selatan bila kami diarahkan untuk mengosongkan train yg dinaiki semalam. Of coz semua orang terpinga-pinga fikirkan alternative lain utk pulang berbuka puasa. At 7:00pm, kami masih berdiri menunggu bas yang sepatutnya disediakan oleh pihak Rapid, ada jugak yang rajin bertanya pada attendant yang bertugas kenapa train hanya stop di Tasik Selatan ... dengar-dengarnya macam ada sebut perkataan 'accident' (ni kes pasang telinga la ni ... nak tanya malas, mood takde sbb lapar hehe).

Tumit dah start sakit, pakai heel la kononnye ... dengan barang belian from sogo yg ku sangkut di lengan ala-ala makcik gitu, berat, rasa nak patah lengan menjinjing ... tapi bas tak kunjung tiba. Berbuka pun sambil berdiri, laku betul air tebu brader tu, tak menang tangan nak layan.

Fedup menunggu, terus ambik keputusan naik komuter sampai serdang & ambik cab ke parking Bukit Jalil. Cekik darah betul cab fare ... RM21 dari stesen komuter Serdang ke stesen lrt Bukit Jalil ... giler!! Nak tak nak, kena dibayar juga, sbb tak larat dah kepenatan ... Lastly sampai rumah around 9:15pm ... rupa-rupanya betul lah lrt accident kat stesen Bukit Jalil.


Gambar LRT yg berlangggar sesama sendiri ... photo taken from http://slumberaja.blogspot.com/2008/09/lrt-berlanggar-di-manakah-silapnya.html

Catz: tak serik naik lrt ...

Iftar@Kagumas

I love the excitement of having invitations to iftar gathering, one after another. Recently, we had an iftar gathering at Kagumas, Bandar Baru Bangi. Organizer: Suparjo a.k.a Fazli. To those who feel that they were not invited or have never heard about the invitations, please marah Pajoe ... ehehe acah je.

The food was ok-ok, variety jugak, but I didn't have the chance to taste all 40 dishes coz TK had to hurry back to MV.

Dunno why, almost all yg hadir adalah x-programmer ... ironic kan? :))

Kagumas building ... just beside one of the main road in BBB

Antara lauk pauk yg kami ambil ... i love their gulai lemak daging salai with mangga muda ... superb

kak bib dan crew-crew nye ... aikk ... echah & faghah dah berbuka before azan kekekek ...

Click here and here for more pictures :)

Catz: seronok jumpa kengkawan lama ...

New Office

As of this week, I’ll be working in a new office in KL. Now I’ll be the city slickers like I’m supposed to be (since I was born here in KL la kononnye hehe … padahal KL Tower pun tak pernah pergi kui kui kui ). How do I feel so far? It’s been quite a rough first week at work where I have to digest lots and lots of things. Meeting new people is interesting for sure, meeting a new group which varies in huge socio-demographic factors is event more interesting. I have no idea of what’s in store for me in the future, but I’ll try my best and if my best wasn’t good enough, I’ll be hunting again … *LOL*

Catz: syiok gak naik lrt ...

Mood Raya

I took mom to Midvalley last weekend. As soon as we entered MV, instantly I can feel the Raya Mood in the air with Mat Jais’s ‘Selamat Hari Raya’ song playing on the loud speaker, with all the hanging ketupat and baju melayu decorations plus the in saintly delicious smell of raya cookies. The best thing that contributes the most to the whole look and feel was the Kampung setting in the middle of Centre Court. Its not like I’ve never seen a Kampung house before, but the setting brought back all the memoirs of spending my raya in Kampung during my childhood. Now there’s no more kampong house in my kampong. Bungalows, terraces and high rise condominiums had taken the place of our traditional houses. *Sigh*

We’ll know we’re in raya mood when all cookies & kerepeks dealers start to distribute their orders, and soon, everybody will start queuing their way in banks or money changers for some new change of ringgit bills, the bus station will be crowded with people trying to get home on time for raya, the main highways will be extraordinary crowded with vehicles and the sound of firecrackers or sometimes an illegal loud pipe canon will fill up the air at night.

Alas, even with the raya mood is in the air, I’ll be fairly broke this raya … *LOL* I’m saving for the big event after raya :) Beli kuih raya hutang boleh tak? *LOL*

The 'Rumah Kampong' set at Centre Court MV

Catz: I have a kampong ke?

How Time Flies

We're reaching the end of September. Oh my! ... how time flies, regardless whether you have fun or not. But I'm sure having lots of fun.

Last night I joined an iftar gathering organized by Puan Shira (thanks Shira for inviting). Seoul Garden was the venue. It's a Korean Restaurant somewhere in Plaza Pantai just next to federal highway. Seoul Garden offers an all-you-can-eat steamboat and BBQ ramadhan buffet at the price of RM40++. There were so much food for sure, but there's also a catch ... you got to cook your own food! *LOL*. So smokes were all over the place last night ... everybody went back with oily foreheads, smoky clothes and certainly fully loaded stomach. :D

The second week of Ramadhan will end soon and I think I've lost about 5 more kg (+-1) :D I'm having so much fun with the food and yet I lost some kilos, best giler ... I love Ramadhan!

background macam kat States!

Steamboat and BBQ buffet. Seoul Gardens also offers lots of other dishes ... nasi goreng, kari ayam, dessert, ice cream, kuih muih, rojak and plenty more.


"Hai ... ingatkan hari ni cuti masak, berbuka kat luar pun kena masak gak", *LOL*

lepas makan kita lepak-lepak kat tengah jalan sat ...

Aksi anak-anak ...

pengantin baru 1 ....

pengantin baru 2

ibu-ibu ... and erm ... bakal ibu-ibu hehe

Last post before beredar ...

Catz: seronok iftar ramai2 ...

Ramadhan Al-Mubarak 1429

Marhaban ya Ramadhan Al-Mubarak. Disini saya ingin mengambil kesempatan memohon maaf sekiranya ada khilaf dan salah. Selamat menjalankan ibadah berpuasa. Semoga Ramadhan kali ini menjanjikan seribu satu keberkatan buat semua.

Catz: Day1 - before iftar lost 2kg, after iftar gain 3 kg *LOL*

Happy Birthday Malaysia

Selamat Menyambut Kemerdekaan yang ke 51 Malaysia.

We had the chance to experience merdeka countdown di Dataran Merdeka ketika PM melaungkan 'Merdeka ... Merdeka ... Merdeka" 7 times. Paling best bila dapat tgk fireworks up close and live. Now I understand the feeling to melepak at Dataran :) Well, I'm not that comfortable with the 'melepak' part sebab duduk merata-rata, but I like the fact that I can see rakyat Malaysia yang berbilang bangsa, agama, gelagat, tak ketinggalan juga fesyen-fesyen pakaian yang diadaptasi dari marikh hehe... pendek kata macam-macam rupa lah. Bukan Malaysian aje yang membanjiri perkarangan Dataran last night, tourist pun ramai.

Sejak-sejak dapat 'lesen besar' ni, berani jugak lah nak keluar malam till 2-3 am in the morning with TK, tu pun dengan izin the clan counsel hehe. Fireworks ended around 12:30am, lepas tu terus gerak to Campbell for our car. Kena redah jam jugak akhirnya. Around 2:00am baru sampai Sunway. Sampai Bangi around 2:30am.


Orang ramai mula membanjiri perkarangan bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad after Isya'. Ramai yang park kereta dekat Campbell utk elakkan jam teruk waktu pulang nanti.

Fireworks spark from my 35mm lense.

Lagi photo bunga api. Time ni semua orang mendongak ke atas. Since the spark was so near, pedih juga mata bila debris bunga api jatuh ke bawah.


Antara bunga api yang paling dekat dengan tempat we all berdiri. Less than 100 metres.

A clip during the bunga api featuring TK & Flying Ultramen Taro ... :)

Catz: esok ramadhan ...

Belated Birthday

Putihsalju is now 2 years old. How can I forget? All my life, there were dozens of events fell under 14th August tab and it unconsciously slipped my mind. Happy belated birthday to putihsalju.blogspot.com.


Catz: jgn lupa wedding date sudahhh ....

Woops! 2 Months Left

Checked out my wedding countdown earlier today ... there's only 2 months left! The last time I checked I think it was something like 200 days, where did all the time go? OMG there's so much to do ...

Me & TK went for a shopping-mall-hopping looking for our hantaran stuffs. It's kinda hard to find TK's non-alcohol fragrance set, lenguh kaki jalan satu kolumpo. And after lots of visits and pujuk rayu, finally he settled on a cologne set sold by his 'girlfren' *LOL*. His girlfren? Funny story ... to make it short, TK has an admirer and she(or he) happens to be a Nyah ... *LOL* ... "Abang ni manis, baik, tak tinggal solat, bla bla bla ... beruntung akak!" ... Frankly speaking, sekelumit jealousy pun takde dihati ni, rasa nak terguling2 gelak tengok muka TK when he received all the compliments tu ada la *LOL*. Puji punya puji, we end up paying less than what we get ... free stuff situ, free stuff sini ... untung uols! :)))


Haha this photo got nothing to do with the wedding. I had the chance to visit MAHA Exhibition a day before they opened it to the public. The tomatoes looked so voluptous that I had to take a picture of it ehehe


These chilies looked like bunch of small flowers from far ... so beautiful yet so hot :)


How often can you see pokok sawi on the ground? It's my first time ...


They have strawberries too ...


They also have a mini padi huma field ...


The transportation provided from the car park to the tram station ...


Catz: 2 months and 2 days ...

Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Watched the movie on Saturday. Thought of buying tickets for The Dark Knight but I end up buying tickets for this movie. TK had no problem with the movie he said, but I wonder why he slept for almost half of the film? *LOL*

Have ya all seen the movie? Some critics said it's better than Mummy Returns, not as good as The Mummy but still worth a look. The others said that they can think of almost nothing good to say about the film, except that they enjoyed it immensely. Some also said that it is a disappointing three-quel with a badly written script, irritating characters, dodgy CGI work, a miscast Maria Bello and an underused Jet Li.

What about my reviews? Well, it's quite interesting I might say, but only towards the end. I have no idea why they choosed Maria Bello to replace Rachel Weisz as Evelyn O'Connell. I like the previous Evelyn better. I also hate to see Jet Li casting the bad guys role coz he's a kung fu legend in my book. Overall, I would rate it as 3.0/5.0. I'm still wondering why TK dozed off during the movie! Hmm ...


What's this? Someone had kindly deliver this at home. I've sent Mom's baju kurung for the beads and it turned out very pretty. Thanks Jal!


Another view of the beads. If anyone interested to get 'em, feel free to drop by Jellybeesz's. They have lots of design to choose from.

Catz: Countdown ... 2 months and 22 days to go ... huhuhu

Camno nak Diet?

Rezeki Allah beri tak kira di mana-mana kan? Walaupun dalam keadaan poket terdesak pun ada saje rezeki yang datang especially tang makan-makan. Tribe mates ni memang gemar sesangat makan-makan. Minggu ini saje, dah 2 kali makan free. Dengar-dengar cerita, esok ada lagi makan-makan free hosted by Puang Fifi @ pantry level 1 (betul ke?). Bukan orang berduit aje yang boleh buat makan-makan ni, yang penting hati nak bersedekah, yang sedikit dikongsi bersama, yang banyak dibahagi sama rata. Awal minggu ni pun ada sarapan pagi free nasi lemak, hari ni pulak, birthday Kak Ina, dibawanya pulut kuning berlaukkan rendang minang ... fuh sehingga menjilat siku kesedapannya.

Sebut pasal makan-makan, teringat masa di Terengganu dulu. Almost hari-hari ada makan-makan. Waktu tu pun poket terdesak juga, but still masing-masing sempat luangkan masa untuk bersama-sama pergi makan-makan. Tak kiralah di mana tempatnya, dari Teluk Ketapang hinggalah ke Mok Ngoh, agenda makan-makan tak pernah tinggal dari list harian.

Bila di flip flipkan album-album lama, rupanya banyak betul sesi makan-makan, layan senyum sorang-sorang bila tgk.

Received this email earlier:

Apakah anda tahu hubungan antara 2 biji mata anda? Mereka berkelip bersama, bergerak bersama, menangis bersama, melihat bersama dan tidur pun bersama, malah menutup pandangan terakhir pun bersama, meskipun mereka tidak melihat antara satu sama lain kecuali melalui cermin. Persahabatan seharusnya begitu, kehidupan akan kurang ceria tanpa sahabat. Minggu ini adalah "MINGGU KAWAN SEDUNIA", siapa kawan anda? Kirimkan message ini untuk semua kawan-kawan anda ...

Walaupun tak berapa sure betul ke minggu ni minggu kawan sedunia, if you read the above message, consider you're my prennnn ... :)

Ni contoh sesi makan-makan yang pernah diadakan, macam semut dijamu gula. Selagi tak penuh pinggan tak gerak lagi dari meja buffet tu, sampai ada yang terkepit ... tu yang tudung hijau tu terkepit la tu hehe.

Catz: berkawan kah ku dengan mu?

Lunch Entry

Lambat betul sampai office hari ni. Masuk office je, lengang takde orang, rupanya semuanya belum sampai ... gara-gara road block semua orang terpaksa meredah kesesakkan berbatu-batu jauhnya. Perjalanan dari Bangi ke Seri Kembangan yang sepatutnya memakan masa hanya 15 minit, jadi 45 minit, tu pun cilok mencilok & ikut route short cut.

Exit from toll UPM, kereta dah start sangkut, tersengguk-sengguk. Ingatkan ada road bloack untuk mencari pembayar saman lalu lintas yang belum dilunaskan, cuak gak! (saman speeding lom bayar daa ... hehe).


Haaa ni pun sebenarnya pasal kesesakan lalu lintas jugak ni, kalau tak takkan gambar ni dapat diambil dari jarak yang agak dekat. Photo taken from forwarded email yang tak pasti siapa pengirim asalnya. Glamor dah lori ni ... :)

Catz: comel tak kalau naik scooter ke office? ahaks

Bring Back My Chi

Why am I so very very very extremely awfully tired, confused, and clueless? Where have all my Chi gone?

** the phone rang!

Another old pic of the tribe mates taken in March 2005. That lady standing at the back, she just gave birth to a 3.6kg baby boy at 12:45pm this afternoon. Congrats! Wonder why she looked so kurus in this photo? *LOL*

** the phone rang again! (Sad news. May Allah bless him with peace ... amin)


Catz: ada sesapa nak join melawat Shonna?

I'm Losing It

I've been a bit stressed out lately. I have piles of work to do and yet I don't know where to begin. I have a few important details to plan, but I'm not in the right condition to do it. I need to buy some things, but I'm seriously broke. The wedding is just in a few months, and I still have a lot to plan. Anyway thanks to those who help me with ideas (my FOC wedding planner). Err did I mention wedding? *LOL*

How to handle stress? How you guys handle yours?

Mine and TK's family

Catz: Is the grass always greener on the other side?

It's been so quiet here ...

Finally, few months of silence ended! I was so busy trying to live my life to the fullest, gulping some air whenever I can to survive.

Yeah it's been so quiet lately, not just in this blog, but also back at the tribal headquarters. The tribe head count is getting lesser and lesser everyday. Seems like a better opportunity is the best solution for some of 'em.

For this entry, I'll just photo blog some of the pictures taken with the tribe mates since 2003 ...

29-12-2003: Open house gathering at Pan Pacific Hotel.

01-2004: Key Personnel Meeting at Bukit Tinggi. Apesai ku nampak kurus ... ahaks.


01-01-2005: Dinner at Seri Wangsa Kuala Terengganu after first batch's interview session.


22-09-2005: First CMD's pot luck. Hmm nape budak baju purple tu suka buat muka cute cute gitu? hahaha


16-06-2006: Family Day at Duta Village, Cherating. Apa khabar agaknya mereka?


11-10-2006: Berbuka Puasa at The Coast, Alamanda. This was superbly fun!


19-10-2006: Birthday Bash yang tak ingat ke berapa kali. All those people in the pic, only one is still with us, itu pun tgh maternity leave.


16-03-2007: BBQ at Kuala Ibai Lagoon, Kuala Terengganu.


01-07-2007: Not-So-Surprised Birthday party at Kokitab.


10-07-2007: At Air Buah Pior. I forgot how big was the glass!


30-10-2007: Retro Pose by the Ganu Leads. It was a very fun year of 2007. Takde duit but we still had so much fun.


Catz: All the best to you guys ...

New Look

Renovation in progress :)

Catz: lamanya tak update!

Renovation

Renovation in progress :)

May First

Nope! It got nothing to do with gelang Mayfirst tu *LOL*

May 1^st 2008, Happy labour day to all.

Had the chance to visit GSC Signatures at The Gardens today. Bayar lebih sikit je for a superb movie-watching experience. Birthday boy's wish nak tgk The Ironman, since midvalley's tickets were fully booked so we all lari pi Gardens ... sib baik ada & tak perlu beratur panjang pun :)

Kebunku ... view from 4th floor.

Catz: eppy besday Tukang Kebun!

Zipper

Back from lunch, as usual we had a rest-before-climbing-3rd-floor-discussion at the lobby. A colleague of mine with a backpack on his shoulder wearing his white shirt and black pants walked into the lobby, putting on his necktie, getting ready for a meeting outside.

All four of us (all ladies) sat at the couch, doing what we're doing earlier, checking out the newspaper. One of us suddenly greeted my colleague, ...

"Bro, zip terbukak!"

Her sudden remark made him extremely shocked and tried to cover his fly. All the three ladies were in shocked as well. It was surely an awkward moment! *LOL*

"Bukan zip tu, zip backpack la!", she continued. Obviously, his backpack was wide open.

Laaaa ... buat terkezut je! Kesian bro, sure terkezut giler ... kui kui kui.

So morale of the story, if you have zipper issues, try to keep it as quiet as you can so that no one will be shocked and embarrassed ... tak kiralah zip seluar or zip bag hehehe.

p/s: jgn marah bro! :P

fly - a zipped, Velcro or buttoned opening in trousers, shorts and other garments covering the groin.

Catz: dah settle LHDN?