Penuhi permintaan orang tu

Aritu ada orang tu letak status, rasa nak makan ayam berempah. Tak pernah2 orang tu letak status kat fesbuk nak makan itu ke ini ke sebelum nie. Tp tak dapat den de nak masak ayam goreng berempah hr keje. Kalau bleh nak masak tak smpi 10 minit je. Haha. Jd arinie den penuhi permintaan orang tu. Senyum lebar dia bila nampak ayam goreng tu.

Tag about ... fulfilling a wish from ms Iszan

This is for you Ms Iszan, ahahahha... baper kali aku kena redo entry nie tau...tak masuk termenung lagi wakakakaka.... susah betul laaa...sebab dah terlalu biasa, sampai tak bleh nak isolate pe'el atang ke, atau dipengaruhi oleh aku...tapi dengan sedaya upaya dan kemahiran yang ada, aku cube juga laaa :D... so here goes...

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About my Husband

Rules: Here’s a chance to see how well you really know your husband/boyfriend/lover.Cut, paste and fill in the answers, then shoot, you know what to do. The real challenge is to send it to your husband/boyfriend/lover to see how right you really are.

1. He’s sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?
Men, men, men (the TV series - two and a half men)

2. You’re out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Takde choice, apa yang ada dia makan je, WYCIWYG (macam diktator pulak bunyik nye)

3. What’s one food he doesn’t like?
eeerrkkkk..... batang sayur, dia makan daun aje :D (terpaksa la den menghabiskan batang sayur itu)

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order?
Nescafe tarik n roti canai banjir

5. Where did he go to high school?
KGV Seremban

6. What size shoes does he wear?
7

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
Hi-Fi dan segala anak cucu yang berkaitan dengan hi-fi tu, cam booster, amp, speaker segala jenis... sikit lagi ruang tamu bleh jadi kedai 2nd hand jual barang2 audio nie

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
Nothing, sama gak kes WYCIWYG

9. What would this person eat every day if he could?
Nasi + ayam goreng belado, seminggu dua minggu pun takpe (sonang kojo)

10. What is his favorite cereal?
Sultana bran

11. What would he never wear?
Short pants

12. What is his favorite sports team?
errrkkkk.... takde rasanya ahahhahah... he is not into this 'team kinda' sports

13. Who did he vote for?
Undi adalah rahsia kan :D

14. Who is his best friend?
Apart from me (chewah), his little brother and another 2 stooges :D

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn’t do?
hmmmm....apa ekkk..... makan banyak kot...ahahhahaha...

16. What is his heritage?
"aku budak minang"

17. What is his favourite colour?
aiyoh, makin susah soalan nie.... biru kot, cekalat pun ye gak...ke tu my fav color??

18. What is his habit?
Strumming his fingers, kalau pegang tangan dia pun jari2 dia tak duk diam

19. What is he proud of?
His family laaa (chewah)

20. Lastly, do you think he will read this?
Maybe not, hopefully not :D (kadang-kadang dia curik2 baca gak masa den tengah update blog nie)

--- OK... solosai utang.. Am not tagging anybody, but anybody is welcome to do it :p

another Halal Butcher outlet in Brisbane

On one Saturday, atang wanted to go to a Cash Converters at Stone Corner. Cash Converters has been atang fav place to hang out. Apa best sangat la cash converters tu tak tau laa...ahahahha... Cash Converters is like a kedai pajak gadai, they buy and sell used items or pre-owned items :D. They even provide a loan service for you, say if you need some cash, you can pawn your thing for some duration to get some cash. Begitu la kot, I never ask them for info. Cash Converters are everywhere, maybe one in each suburb. Atang like to visit the one at China Town aka The Valley. You can find almost anything, from video cassette to DVD, from Xbox to Nintendo DS, from lawn mower to chainsaw, from diamond rings to gold bangle. Pendek kata macam-macam laaa. Atang likes to go there because he can get 2nd hand CDs. Very cheap CDs. So on that Saturday, atang wanted to visit another Cash Converters located at Stone Corner.



After that, we went to another Halal butcher in Brisbane. A long time ago (takde la lama sangat, tahun lepas je), I wrote about a Halal butcher that I frequented, it was located at The Valley. There is another halal Butcher. Actually there are a couple more Halal butcher. But the one I am going to tell is nearby Brisbane CBD. This one is located at Stone Corner.

I prefer the one in The Valley because it offers many variety. But since we were at Stone Corner, and I was thinking about our dinner, and I thought of having some steaks. So we stopped by the butcher to buy some steaks.

We had black pepper with mushrooms steaks for dinner that night. Yummy ... :p

navigation aid for a cabbie

This is the continuation of my entry about atang's work. Ok.. sedikit geografi pasal Brisbane nie. First of all, the correct pronunciation of Brisbane is, Briz-ben (ben sounds like burn, not sounds like cane or Ben as in Big Ben). So everyone knows Brisbane is the capital of Queensland, with the current population is estimated 1, 760, 000.


I was trying to find information about the number of suburb in Brisbane. Ok, here it is, there are 188 suburbs in Brisbane (I get this from wiki, maybe not accurate). Banyak tu... Thus, to help atang navigate around Brisbane, he seeks help from two dedicated objects. The primary object/gadget/tool/aid etc. is .....




The GPS. This you need to buy, not just because you are driving a cab, but it really helps a lot when you are travelling. So it is a bonus for us when atang need to buy this for his work, and at the same time we use it to get around Brisbane (and outside Brisbane).





And another important thing is.....

The Street Index, or RefeDex or some people call it UBD. Directory nie tebalnya macam yellowpages. It contains map of every district, suburbs, popular landmarks in Brisbane. We bought this directory on the first week we arrived in Brisbane. Why atang need this eventhough he has the GPS? Well one absolute reason that I can give is, according to atang, the GPS usually will calculate the easiest route, so it will provide you with the Hway or Motorway route, that sometimes take longer to reach the destination rather than inner road. Jadi bila dah lame bawak cab nie, atang eventually knows some shortcuts, but he needs to refer to the RefeDex for verification.

Usually, if we are travelling together, I will be the co-pilot la...ahahhahaha..or else atang has to pull over by the roadside to study the map. Best jadi co-pilot nie, kalau sesat bleh buat muke kesian :p

Ok, this is one example of a map inside the UBD. Yang bulat tu la QUT :D. Betul2 tepi sungai Brisbane. But my office is situated at Margaret St, about two blocks away from QUT.


OK... tamat kelas geografi arinie.

Rock or Metal ... which one is the hardest?

Our mission at Queens Street Mall is to find rock band t-shirts for atang's friend. We went to music/CD shops, and found two shops that sell anything that relates to rock and metal. One shop located at Adelaide St, same row with JB Hi Fi, near city hall, sell not just CDs and t-shirts but also LP, DVD, VHS, gothic clothing, boots, accessories etc.





The shop is located on 1st level . We came across this shop by the displayed t-shirts and that black dress, plus Led Zeppelin blaring from the stereo. Atang was at first reluctant to go up, because he thought it is just a tattoo shop. But I persuaded atang to go and have a look. And we did. But then, standing in front of the shop, we stop and discussed whether we should go in or not. Because, the interior of the shop is a bit gloomy, not enough light coming in for the windows are drapped with fabric posters/banners of rock bands. At the far side of the shops, there sat rows of boots; high boots with high platform and high heel; gothic clothing. When I peeked inside (yes we were still wondering whether to go in or not, we were like underaged children... ahahahah), I saw on the left, a glass cabinet, displaying dagger, knife, and other rock band accessories. But again we did walked inside, or else I would be regretted because.......

The second shop is located at Queens St. opposite Myer Centre. This one is ok, but not a lot of stuff in compare to the one at Adelaide St. The t-shirts are limited to only some specific bands.

I bought 2 CDs from the first shops.... Atang?? He bought some CDs at JB Hi Fi, unfortunately no t-shirts. A gainer for me, a failure for atang.

more pictures in our fotopages

Yaya's masterpiece

Before we went back to Brisbane, I asked yaya to make two cards for her teacher, 1 for Ms Underwood, another for Mrs Mc Call. Since she got a card maker for her birthday, she used the kit, to make a Thank You card for both teachers. I bought a set of brooch for both of them, accompanying the card.

I went to the school on one fine morning. Walking up the school stairs, and walking to yaya's classroom, brought a lot of memories of me and yaya. Once I arrived at the classroom, searching for familiar faces, I saw most of yaya's friends still recognised me. 1 or 2 of them even walked up to me and asked about yaya. I smiled and said yaya is in Malaysia, home with her grandma. Before I stepped out from the house that day, I was determined to not show any emotion, I mean no sad emotion, in order to brace myself from crying . But at that moment, when the kids asked about yaya, I felt weak. I hold the smile and look for Ms Underwood.

Ms Underwood was suprised to see me there. She asked about yaya, how's yaya doing, how's yaya coping staying behind, and I just told her the truth. I told her that yaya cried the last day she came home from school, about yaya sometimes talked about her friends in Ironside. She even still remember that japanese song she learnt at Ironside. I told her yaya was sad when we left her, but she is doing ok now. Then Ms Underwood said they missed her a lot and she talked briefly about her. And I saw her eyes were getting wet. When I told her that she was not OK at first when I have to leave her, Ms Underwood cleared her throat and turned around, and took a piece of paper from a box behind her. She said, "Do yaya have email? The kids would love to write something for yaya." So I gave her my email and said that I will forward it to my dad's email address cause I didn't remember his address at that time.

Before I left, Ms Underwood gave me yaya's last painting that was done a few weeks before we went home. It was a father's day drawing. She drew her babah, and some description about her babah at the back of the artblock. I gave the cards and gifts, said my last thanks to Ms Underwood and Mrs McCall, and walked out of the classroom, feeling sad but lighthearted at the same time.

The carpet is clean now

Yesterday, the property agent called me and inform, that a carpet cleaning service will come at around 7 pm. At half-past 7, atang called the carpet-cleaning-guy, and we were told that he will be arrived at 9pm. So while waiting, atang watched a movie, while I did some reading. Then a lightning has forced atang to switch off the TV, and he dozed off immediately after that.

I felt sleepy too, couldn't stand it any longer, I called it-a-day, woke atang up and said I am going to bed. It was already past 9 o'clock, assumed that the carpet-cleaning-guy couldn't make it, and postponed the schedule.

I might have been dozed off about 10 minutes when I heard atang calling me from the living room "nie, kunci mana... dah datang dah..." Adehh.... I woke up, found my keys and gave it to atang, and went back...to sleep. While dozing off, I heard, "hey mate....yadayadayada..... how did the water get in....yadayadayada...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

And I woke up this morning, the carpet is clean....hoorayy.... still a bit damp, need some airing. Anyway, the carpet is clean. I don't know what time did the process ended. And don't know what time atang went back to sleep. But I know that he had finish watching 2 movies last night.

Thanks carpet-cleaning-guy. And thanks to the agent for pronto response.

One Tree Hill

Are you One Tree Hill fan? I am. Ooohh I got the idea of writing about OTH from Ms Taj. Thanks Ms Taj for reminding me about this TV series that I used to follow.

I have totally forgotten about OTH. I have been an avid follower of this TV series before. I couldn't remember the last season that I have seen. Maybe season 3, the one that Lucas was diagnosed with heart problem. Oh is it season 3? A quick search on OTH at Google, informing me that OTH is now season 5. That means I have missed 2 seasons (if I did watched the 3rd season).

This is one of the character from OTH. Lucas hehehhehe.... He is one of the reason why I couldn't/wouldn't miss the show (don't worry you guys, Atang knows I have crushed on him). Thanks to StarWorld via Astro for having the rerun of the OTH if I missed the show.

And this is Peyton. I knew she and Lucas will eventually be together. I don't know whether the TV series is here in Brisbane. It definately not in the regular TV channel. Maybe in FoxTel (FoxTel is like Astro).


Today is Atang's movie selection day. You will get cheaper price of renting a DVD at Leading Edge Video only on Tuesday. Am thinking of tagging along Atang today, search for OTH box set (I think I saw it last week) and slip it amongst Atang's stack of to-rent DVDs, hoping that he will rent it for me.

Oh...another TV series to catch up, The OC.

Melaka....Oh Melaka

Cantik sungguh Melaka sekarang nie. Melaka memang dari dulu merupakan negeri yang ku kagumi, sebab landskapnye yang menarik. Rumah-rumah Melaka nye pun sangat menarik.

Lepas bersiap, kami pun menuju ke destinasi dengan melalui Lebuh AMJ (Alor Gajah-Melaka-Jasin). To those who are not familiar with Melaka, this highway will lead to Muar. All along the way, you can see beautiful Rumah Melaka on both side of the road. Selalu la berangan nak ada rumah macam ini...hahahhahahhah... apsal tak minat rumah minang pulak ye...ontah laaa. Senibina rumah melaka tu yang menarik, uniknya pada serambi rumah melaka nie. Susah den nak toghang kan. Sape2 orang Melakau tu tau la maksud den yo.

Sorry la tak ambil gambar kan...eden nie amatur kan... hahahha...bila perlu aje, n rasa2 perlu aje la kuarkan kamera itu. Lain2 ku simpan dalam minda ku ini.

Lagi satu tempat menarik, Pusat Islam kat sana. Memang cantik planningnye. Atang kata mmg town planning kat Melaka kemas dan cantik. Ada la sebabnya yang tak bleh mention kat sini. Tak sempat pulak kami nak singgah Jasin semasa di Melaka aritu. Lama betul tak ke sana. Kata kengkawan, Jasin pun dah berubah. Kengkawan, bila nak buat reunion kat sana???

Kami ditemani ujan di sepanjang perjalanan. Perut pun dah berkeroncong, tak sabar rasanya tiba di destinasi.

Visiting friends and heavy rain last Saturday

Next destination was Puchong. Actually my friend invited us to her open house event on Saturday. But we already planned something in advance, so we could not come to her majlis. But she insisted us to come to her house before we go back to Brisbane. She is one of my close friends. Pernah jadi penasihat semasa krisis dengan atang zaman tok kaduk dulu…hahahahahha…Jadi untuk tidak menghampakan permintaan kawan, kami pun menuju ke arah Puchong tengahari tu dalam ujan gerimis yang agak-agak manja (macam mana tu??).
Sekali….sesat wehhh…… eventhough we have the map…. Tak gheti baca map (azah map ko betul-betul menguji minda aku wehhhh…ko buat pseudo code lain kali lagi senang laaa…hahahhahah). Satu jam kami sesat…. We have given up. Masa nie teringat Navman atang yang kami guna kat Brisbane. Tapi kalau ada pun...mana nak bayar servisnye... we heard the service charge is expensive here...hmmm..hmmm.....

Atang kata lain kali aje laa…lagipun zuhur dah panjang. Coincidently there was a mosque nearby (mmg suruh solat dulu la tu). Athirah was crying and could not sit still. Stresss di situ. So I called up my friend azah, she said we were nearby her housing area… and demand us to come to her house (adehhhh)…. Salah kami…tersilap simpang. Akhirnya jumpa juga rumah azah…. Masa tu dah penat dah…ujan yang manja itu pun dah bertukar jadi kasar….

Pun tak lame kat rumah azah…solat, minum sikit makan sikit…kami bertolak pulang. Along the way home it was raining heavily. Yet we have one more invitation to full fill, my long time no see friend, liza aka being normal (mmg kepingin nak lihat rumah baru dia). We thought when we reach home, we will go up to VSP to perform asr, then off to liza’s house. But when we reached home, the kids were drained up, naik atas, sume melepak. In the end tak dapat gi umah liza… sorry liza …. Bukan kami tak sudi….orang dah jemput, kecil tapak tangan sekawah kami tadahkan…hahahahhah….tapi apa kan daya…. Apa-apa punkerana sudi jemput kami sekeluarga ini....

Mengidam nasi kandar

Haaaa……. Nie la tempat yang kami tuju ahad lepas. Eventhough we have some open house invitation to fullfill, atang insisted that we had lunch at Nasi Kandar Utara at SS15 nie…..lepas tu baru la gi rumah kengkawan nie…. Kite ikut aje laa…hehehheh..tekak pun ada rasa nak makan nasi kandar nie…. Memang kami peminat nasi kandar, terutama sekali yang ini....



What is so special about this nasi kandar, the friend chicken la …. Plus there are 3 types of gravy that you will get on your nasi putih…… kuah kari dua jenis…lagi satu kuah itam…. I don’t know what is the kuah itam actually… tapi tu yg sedap tu….walla weyyy....



Eerrrpppp…alhamdullillah…. Kenyang dah….sekarang baru boleh terjah rumah kengkawan.

Atang’s ”list of ngidam“

Bila duduk kat VSP, memang dapur tak berasap. Ada pun masak untuk bubur thirah. And since the fasting month, all decision regarding to what and where to eat was done by Atang. I call it, ‘ikut tekak atang’ choice…. hahahahhaha…. Dulu tak macam nie. Dulu, I have to decide for the family, what to eat, what to cook, where to eat…bla…bla… stress weyy . La nie…bleh sengih laaa… And Atang has some kind of list in his head….So here are the ‘ikut tekak atang’ punye choice yang dah kami penuhi.

1. Manhattan fish market.
2. Kenny Rogers.
3. Mekka (McD laaa).
4. KFC.
5. A&W.
6. Restoran Ayamas (dah tukar jadi restoran mas).
7. Pizza Hut.
8. Dunkin donut (oppss this is my tekak one).
9. Roti canai kat mapley di Taipan, Senawang (giler mahal dah roti canai sekarang ye)
10. Chicken tandoori and Nan kat mapley di BSP (dah tak sorok ayam dalam laci dah wey…hahaha..ada la kisahnye).
11. Hungry Jack…opssss I mean Burger King (nie pun tekak saya… tapi tersalah order burger so kureng sikit la makan aritu).



Masih ada lagi tempat yang atang nak terjah nie…. Tunggu aje laaa.... I also have a number of places, or list of food, to go/get to before we leave Malaysia. Satu tempat tu dah ku cancel hasratnye disebabkan keraguan (takde kengkawan pun yang bagi info nie). Another ngidam food yang sangat buat terliur (sib baik tak pregnant ye), are popia basah n goreng kat stadium paroi tu, kueh udang alor gajah (banyak minyak tu..tapi suke), nasi kerabu, ikan sembiling berlado, n ikan bakar, kerang bakar, sotong bakar (sume yang bakar2 laaa) kat Melaka tu. Ohhh ohhh… dengan nasi lemak nye laaaa… Nie sape yang tau kesedapan medan ikan bakar kat serkam n umbai mesti terbayang keenakannye ye….huhuhu….

Berat badan dah naik balik nie….hmmmmm….