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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Ramadhan Day 14: We are 9 and the farewell

Today is the 14th day of Ramadhan. We nearly half-way through the Ramadhan. Are we prepared for the lailatulqadar?

Today is a very special day for us. 9 years ago, after maghrib, I officially became atang's wife. 9 years ago we began our journey together. We went through ups and downs together, were tested in various ways, we overcame many obstacles, learnt to accept things beyond our expectation, compromised and sacrificed for the benefits of each other. Alhamdullillah, we are still together and hope we will be together until death do us part, and reunite in heaven. Amin.

Yesterday I bid farewell to my sparring partner cum research colleague cum a good friend. We met over 3 years ago, when I started my PhD journey. We shared a lot of things together, from research, gossips and to personal problems. There were many occasions that we cried on each other shoulder, or infront of each other laptop while chatting through the instant messaging facility. I was so grateful that I met such a sweet but strong girl, and that's why I was devastated yesterday when we had the last chat. I almost cry infront of her but quickly turn my head around. Hahahahah very emotional yesterday. I can't believe that she's going to leave soon. I will gonna miss her, don't know if I could look at her empty workstation, the place that she used to occupy 5 days a week, next week. Lan, you will be missed.

the last picture
I have to stop right now, can't control my emotion anymore. Until we meet again, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.
yours truly,

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Ramadhan Day 13: Mulai harinie delete terus dari kamus diri

Today is the 13th day of Ramadhan. Alhamdulillah it is sunny today. Today is an important day for me, my friend is going home for good this Sunday, and today is the last chance for me to see her for the very last time. This morning she presented her research as a rehersal for her actual seminar that is going to be held at her home country. Ahhhh sedih pulak rasa hati den nih, and feeling nervous at the same time, because soon it is going to be my turn. Bila dah dekat nih, rasa macam belum bersedia pulak untuk submit. Dulu rasa tak sabar aje nak submit, sekrang nie rasa tak nak pulak. Aduhai.... moga urusan den di sini dimudahkan...amin

OK in relation to the title, somebody share me an interesting note on FB yesterday, which I am copying here:

Perkataan "BYE" merupakan jarum sulit org Kristian... Di dlm bahasa Arab b'maksud "fihafzil baba ". Manakala dlm bahasa Malaysia b'maksud di Bawah Naungan Pope(paderi). Jadi foward dan sebarkan kepada semua shbt2 anda. Semoga Allah memberi rahmat kpd kita dan org Islam yang lain. Wassalam di Universiti Putra Malaysia. Itulah satu-satunya Universiti yang ada gereja. Gereja ini antara yang aktif untuk memurtadkan orang Islam. kalau ada saudara kita terminum 'Holy Water'. Sebenarnya air ini dibuat di Vatican City. Dijampi oleh paderi termasuk Pope John Paul yang jemput Perdana Menteri kita dulu! . Kalau terminum, cari air kolah dari 3 masjid. Baca Al-Fatihah 1x, Yasin 1x, 3 qul 1x, dan selawat. Ambil sebahagian buat minum dan sebahagian buat mandi. InsyaAllah mereka akan sedar dan dapat diselamatkan.insyaAllah. tolong fowardkan ... demi islam... demi agama yang tercinta...insyaallah... forwardkan mesej ini..""

So as usual, I used answers.com to find out more. I should used the web engine to find relevant articles, but I really have limited time, so one search is enough la. And I got this from answers.com:
from answers.com, search word "Goodbye"
[Alteration (influenced by good day) of God be with you.]

WORD HISTORY No doubt more than one reader has wondered exactly how goodbye is derived from the phrase "God be with you." To understand this, it is helpful to see earlier forms of the expression, such as God be wy you, god b'w'y, godbwye, god buy' ye, and good-b'wy. The first word of the expression is now good and not God, for good replaced God by analogy with such expressions as good day, perhaps after people no longer had a clear idea of the original sense of the expression. A letter of 1573 written by Gabriel Harvey contains the first recorded use of goodbye: "To requite your gallonde [gallon] of godbwyes, I regive you a pottle of howdyes," recalling another contraction that is still used.

hmmm....adeh...kita terpedaya lagi!!!.... Dah jumpe bukti ini, walaupun satu aje, tak cukup beri bukti yang kukuh kan, am sure if I google the word I would find many related articles, tapi sudah cukup untuk menanam azam untuk buang terus perkataan itu dari kamus diri. Lepas nie cakap, C U aje laaa kat orang2 bukan Islam. Antara muslim dah tentu bagi salam kan. So korang macam mana?

Now about iftar, yesterday it was the same old normal day, so we had rice, and some kuih. Kuih keria from my neighbour, which atang call it 'donut melayu', and kuih bakar that I made, eh both were made on Sunday. Banyak sangat on Sunday, tu yg boleh bring forward. Atang pulak, he actually doesn't know the name of the kuih, and keep referring it as donut melayu. Pardon my atang, bab makan nie mmg glosari dia terhad...ahahahha and that's why he marries me...huhuhu....

Kuih bakar n my neighbour's keria

Ok laaa... got to go.... rasa sebak pulak dok teringat kawan nak balik dah. sob sob sob...She is busy packing her things at the workstation right now. We took some pictures around the office just now, sad pulak rasa. Her journey is going to end soon. Soon she will have the prefix 'Dr' on her name.

yours truly,
 

Friday, June 4, 2010

muka penuh masalah

lately nie mmg banyak fikir, macam-macam hal nak kena fikir..sampaikan sorang kawan tegur...

"eh...bukan awak sorang aje la yg ada masalah"

eh...nampak sangat ke muke den nie ada masalah...sampai dia boleh tegur camtu.... I knew she meant good, sebab dia bukan jenis yg suke tegur kalau tak penting. dia nak cakap pun penuh berhati-hati....and I knew she said it to make me feel at ease.

but it really hit me.... and make me realised that I've been thinking too much, hoping this and that to happen....

aiyah....man man lorr....

happy weekend you all...

yours truly,

Friday, February 12, 2010

Tahniah seribu kali...

Salam kengkawan, friends...

Rasa berbunga-bunga dihati. Am so proud of two of my best buds cum colleague. They have reach the finish line, successfully.

Congratulations to Dr Syaimak and Dr Masnizah. Walaweiii.... you gals really surprised my, especially you la Master G. After isolating yourself from the rest of the world (at least from us who live outside UK laaa) . Tup Tup you announced that wonderful news...huhuhu....

So bila nak belanja...wakakakkakaka....and cik...make sure u reserve a room for me aaa... must be neighbour again *wink wink*

p.s. bila la den nak sampai ke garisan penamat nie?

yours truly,

Monday, September 7, 2009

Puasa di perantauan II

Minggu ke 2 Ramadhan, day is getting longer. Pukul 4.40 dah masuk subuh, berbuka antara pukul 5.35 - 5.38pm. Cuaca pulak, haritu on the first week of Ramadhan, it was hot. But last week the temperature dropped to 11 deg at night. Maknanya winter belum abis lagi. But I did my spring cleaning last weekend, punya la confident yang spring is here. Jemur quilt, wash all the woolen clothes, store the winter jackets, sekali sojuk balik daaa...

Anyway, nothing has changed in the kitchen. Masak and masak, for iftar n sahur. Jamu mato la yo...



Western for iftar, grilled wings, resepi "chicken like deli wings" tu, homemade mushroom soup, a little bit oily coz I put some cheese in it, n garlic bread.



Daging berlado... ala-ala dendeng. This one I got the idea from that "Makanan Indonesia" restaurant. Yang nie mmg tak bleh berhenti makan, tu yg goreng kentang banyak2 tu...huhu



Sup ekor... ekor kat sini murah tau. Fav atang. Atang kalau buka puasa, mesti nak ada sup daging kadang-kadang, kalau dulu selalu beli kat PaRam aje, sup yg dlm periuk kawah tu. Kek sini, takdo kawah yo, periuk kecik den tu yo guno, rebus la dalam 3 jam. elok lombut nanti.



aaaa yang nie biaso la kan... dah nak abih baru teringat nak amik gambar. Lado ijau pun dah selamat masuk perut dah :D.



Paling simple, ikan berlado aka sambal ngan sup sawi (choy sum).



Cucur udang makcik aDebbie ngan kuih kasturi (betul ke nama nie ek?) ala kuih yang dalam tu kacang ijau tu.

Last Friday, we invited some close friends for iftar, I prepared mee kari and some puffs. Tak sempat ambil gambar la. Dah lama tak makan ramai2, so over excited. Lepas tu pack2 utk tetamu bawak balik. Licin :D.

Dan....



Ada lebih mee kunin tu, esoknya den buat la mee goreng mamak style... boleh la ekk..

And on Sunday, we were invited for iftar at my colleague's house. So we had Bangladeshi meals for iftar. We had delicious and splendid meal. Penuh perut..macam2 kawan tu hidangkan. And we were curious about the food, so sume kena rasa laa (especially me, new food amazed me :p). For iftar, we had chick peas, with some fried tempura like vege (the batter was actually chick pea flour), and some fruits. I thought at first that was just the meal, so I had a good helping of the fried vege, because it was soo delicious. Lepas nie kena la carik tepung tu, so that we can have all sort of vege tempura after this...ahahahahah. For drink, the host prepared yogurt drink. Lepas tu the host cakap, you want ur dinner now or after 'namas' (solat). What?! I though this is everything...wakakakaka rupenya ada banyak lagi. Pulak tu kawan nie dok la senduk kan dalam pinggan we all nie. Memang layanan superb punya.


(chick pea that we had for iftar, and on the right is jack-fruit seed puff, haah, biji nangka tu, rasa macam kentang la...so lebih kurang karipap gak :D. Fried vege tidak kelihatan sebab dah selamat dalam perut kami nie ha)

And for dinner, the host and hostess prepared....



Salad and mix vege.


Fish, beef and chicken korma. Haa...tu untuk makan 4 orang aje tu. Giler sangap perut...wakakakakakaka

And not forgetting, the rice. This is special rice. In Bangladesh they will use this type of rice for special occasion. Nie kawan tu masak, macam nasik minyak sikit la, letak butter n olive oil, tumis ngan cengkih dan buah pelaga.



To the host and hostess, thank you so much for inviting us, this is our first time tasting Bangladeshi food, and it was one authentic taste. Sorry, both of us have small stomachs, wish we could dig in more, but due to the capacity, we have to surrender. Due to privacy concern, am not able to post any pictures taken with them.

15 days of Ramadhan... 15 days to Syawal :(

yours truly,

Friday, July 31, 2009

Love story

I just left a comment at my friend's blog

"TRUE LOVE is something that you can only know yourself
When you LOVE someone TRULY (because of Allah), you will feel the warmth in your heart.
But TRUE LOVE need commitment, sharing, understanding and sacrifices.
Find it, and you will get find PEACE"


I should add:

LOVING need effort and continuing effort
LOVE is not a destination, is not a milestone, is not a punctuation mark.
It is in fact, a journey, like a flower, that need care, so that it will keep blooming....


p.s. pardon my rambling :D

yours truly,

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Friends, I need a favor from you

Dear friends,

How bad is swine flu in Malaysia? I am referring to the government's information or steps taken to curb this disease in Malaysia, generally about visitors arriving from overseas. Can you please provide me with all the information that I need to be aware of. My mom is getting worry, afraid that we will be kept somewhere upon arrival, and with me going off to India in just a couple of days after arriving Malaysia, my mom is getting so restless laaaa...aiyooo

FYI, kat sini relax aje wehh... everything is under control, though the government is taking whatever precaution to prevent spreading or reducing the case, but the public are well inform, but most important thing is, they do not panic. We go about with our daily routine, sneezing, coughing and runny nose is common during winter. So difficult to isolate normal cold and flu with swine flu. I guess being well informed what makes people here to not panic easily.

So friends, please keep me up to date about the situation in Malaysia. Just throw me anything you have. Appreciate your help.

p.s. Must buy face mask then

yours truly,

Monday, June 29, 2009

A matrimony story

Remember my friend from Brunei, Halida. I have wrote a couple of stories about our farewell lunch at the end of last year. Click here and here, if you want to read those stories laa.

Halida is now back home, serving for her country. I have been trying to write her an email for a long time after she went home, but I kept on postponing it. I knew she is getting married in June. What a terrible me!! Well, I don't know, I used to send email to friends frequently, exchanging story. But nowadays, I guess because of tremendous tasks to complete, or maybe have nothing interesting to share, afraid that I end up writing just a single line, "apa khabar?", "sihat?", "well, everything is the same", "up and down", wakakakakka... or maybe it is just me.

Anyway, I finally able to write something, in particular, congratulating Halida on her marriage, and click on the send button. Hoping she is not mad or something for not hearing from me. And a few days after that, she replied, with her matrimony story. She is now Puan Halida...ahahahah... and she even sent me some pictures of her happy moment. So sweet of her to share them with me. I asked her permission to post it here. Look how happy she is. And I am soooo happy for her.



To Halida, I know you read my blog occasionally. Thanks for visiting me virtually haha. CONGRATULATIONS dear. My dua is with you. Semoga Allah sentiasa lindungi perkahwinan kalian ya dan dimurahkan rezeki, semoga ramai junior nanti..ahahahahah.... Hope both of you live happily ever after.

p.s. Halida, hantar la gambar lagi...huhu

yours truly,

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Meeting Alie, long time no see

Kengkawan, my presentation went well yesterday, thank you for all the wishes ya. But I need to improve more on the slides, will do that later, now as I promised, I want to concentrate on my blog.

As I have wrote earlier this week, we had lunch with long lost friend last Saturday, Alie is her name. We went to the same school, MRSM Jasin. Though we knew each other since form four, we only became close in form five. We hung out, and did a lot of nakal stuff together, ala... benda2 biasa aje laaa..duduk boarding school, macam-macam hal la buat kan... ahahahha..

We were actually a group of 8 girls. We called ourselves "the outlawz" kunun nampak cam ganas laaa....paling nakal yang we all pernah buat, "fly" dari hostel jek... we went outing, and decided to go home wayyyy past the curfew...ahahahha....mesti ramai yg pernah buat camtu kan... But when we have past the curfew hour, masing-masing mule glabah dah, kecut perut.. talking about innocent ... we thought of many things to go back home.... but everybody was afraid of the outcome.....tau takuttt wakakaka......luckily we met a very close teacher of ours (he is actually our softball team manager) at one of the shopping complex in ayer keroh...ala mana lagi JJ la tu...ahahahha... Sib baik cikgu nak hantar kitaorang pulang....kalau tak ada yang merempat kat balai polis...and that was the only time we did it....ONE time only.... kunun berani la sangat kan.... hampehhha....ahahhahah

I have a lot of fond memories with the girls..... We still keep in touch though.... lagi la dengan ada facebook nie... but I have not met any of them for a very long time.



I think the last time I met Alie was when she came to my bro's wedding in 1995. Giler lama tu, 14 years ago. She came down to Brisbane not for vacation, but she had work. Before she came to Brisbane, she asked me a favor to advance a payment for PINK! concert that she won from eBay. She went to the concert alone, yup, alone. Though this was not the first time she went to a concert, but in this particular concert, it was her first time going there alone. Giler berani makcik tu, in a strange land. But I told to myself, if anything happens to her, I should be blame as well. Alhamdulillah tak de apa-apa...perrghhh...selamat gue...ahahahhaha

The lunch was on her...orang belanja makan laaaa...and she even let me pick the place. So where else I would choose, but Hanaichi laaa...



I bought her something as a token of rememberance. I hope she like it :D. She left Brisbane that same night.



Hope to see her again in near future.

yours truly,

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Ole-ole dari Malaysia

A good neighbour of ours just came back from Malaysia. They gave us these....



Terima kasih banyak-banyak...buat susah-susah aje :D

Actually I have a story behind this. Lately I noticed I am either attracted to things in red or have something around me in that color. I discovered through out the years, my favourite color keep on changing. When I was a little girl until teenager, I like blue. Then it changed to black and white during my campus year. Changed to green when I started working (my wedding dais and songket were also green :D), and still fond of green. But slowly am attracted to red. Maybe you noticed a number of objects in red around me; my pencil case, my camera case, and my study lamp. As an evidence, a quiz result that I took from the facebook supported it (tapi tak bleh caya la quiz nie, doing it for fun only :D)

"The more excitement they experience the more alive they will feel. Reds are practical, action-oriented, love to achieve results and be successful. They have an insatiable urge to win and create something valuable and important in their life. Their strong will power and intense, almost unlimited physical energy allows them to be extremely active, persistent and successful in virtually anything they do."

And now, the gift provides me with another evidence....and...ohhh.. I just remember the tissue box cover that was given by my colleague. Aahahhahaha.... tell me something... is it me changing or the surrounding that influence me to change (eh ke benda yang sama nie??).

But I still love green karer :p

Apa yang ku bebel laaa....

yours truly,

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

can we judge the person by his/her workstation?

There was one day I was pretty hung up with the research. Been re-analysing my research data, tried to look at a different point, until I realised most of the workstations around me were deserted. It was already lunch time. I heard noises at the break-out area, the usual crowd was having their lunch.

Suddenly, an idea came into my mind. Grinning, I quickly grabbed my camera that I carry around everyday from my backpack. Creeping from one table to another, coz I didn't want anybody to know what was I up too, I took some pictures of my colleagues' workstation.





So, what can we make up from this? Messy tables, clean tables, table full of papers, rows of binders, coffee jars, biscuits, kids drawing, etc...ahahahahhaha. There are so many theories behind this. Student that has been way through the candidature, student who is new, student who is busy (working under pressure) to meet the dateline, student who comes irregularly, student who spends 7 days in the office, student who kinda live in the office...ahahahhaha... well.... I surely will not forget this sight....owhhh I was mischievous that day :p

yours truly,

Monday, June 1, 2009

Tag - Kunci ohh kunci

Menyelesaikan utang tag. I was tag by Neeza. Here is the task:

1. Ambil gambar keychain yang ada pada kunci kereta/motor/van/lori atau apa-apa sahaja kenderaan. (kunci rumah/office tak aci ok)

Here is a picture of my keychain that holds my house and car's key. It is a spare key to our one and only car, and atang holds the other key because he drives to work everyday. I take the bus to the office :D. No central locking in our car, just that one key, to lock all the doors, so that is why I keep the car key together with the house key.



2. Buat ulasan lanjut tentang keychain korang.

It is a metal, silver plated keychain, with a picture of a kaola (marking the symbol of Australia) on a darkblue background.

3. Nyatakan juga jika ada memori atau kenangan indah pada keychain tersebut.

This kaola keychain replaced the old key chain that I have used before. I bought some keychains as a token of appreciation to some people who had help me in my research, and after giving out to the intended person, I have one left. Coincidently my old keychain is broken, so I replace it with the extra.

I next pass this tag to >> Ms Taj, Jas, Kakty, and Mummy Yaeesh. Let's get jiggy with the keychain :D.

Friday, May 29, 2009

Promo : DeClassic Shawl

Laluan iklan :D

Home business, run by my ex-student. All pictures are taken from her blog ~~DeClassic-Shawl~~ ... Visit her blog to shop. There are lovely brooches on sale too.





Jangan tenung lama-lama....ahaha....gi la jenguk-jenguk (dah lama tak pakai tudung chiffon nie)

Monday, May 25, 2009

Telah di'tag' oleh Ms Taj

1. copy award dan letakkan di blog anda

OK walaupun den dah tempek aritu, den tempek lagi sekali yo, bagi memenuhi soalan. (Terimo kasih sekali lagi yo atas pemberian award nie Ms Taj)



2. nyatakan 5 jenis fakta menarik tentang pemberi award ini

Fakta pertama : Nama sebenarnya bukan Mrs Taj :D

Fakta kedua : Beliau seorang wanita yang bekerjaya, sudah berumahtangga dan mempunyai seorang cahaya mata

Fakta ketiga : Suka minum susu Anlenne (betul ke eja tu?).

Fakta keempat : Membeli belah adalah aktiviti kesukaan beliau.

Fakta kelima : Beliau pun suke masak gak, must try her rosemary chicken recipe one day.

3. setiap blogger mesti menyatakan 10 fakta atau hobi diri sendiri sebelum memilih penerima award seterusnya

hmmmmm...... 10 pulak tu...adehhhh.....den cubo la yo

Fakta satu : Sedang melanjutkan pelajaran, demi tugas dan negara (chewahh). Nie fakta tara tipu punya :p

Fakta dua : Kuat minum kupi, tiap2 hari mesti pekena kupi. Kupi fav Aik Cheong, dan skrang ada fav baru, Kupi O Old Town White Coffee. Jadi kena pastikan bekalan dipenuhi setiap kali pulang Mesia (atau minta love ones kat mesia pos ke sini). Kupi-kupi kat sini sume tak sedap, tak bleh terima la tekak den nie.




Fakta tiga : Tak boleh nampak kucing, mesti nak usap kepala, dari kecik smpi skrang. Rasa kurang aje bila tak boleh bela kucing kat rumah (sebab duduk atas bumbung rumah orang LOL). Jadi tiap kali balik rumah mak, mesti nak gomol2 kucing yang sekrang tinggal sekor aje, si moody Lara. Sekarang Thirah suke buli si Lara tu, dah tua dah tu, omak den selalu pesan kat dia, "ko jgn mati dulu, tunggu tuan ko balik".



(Lara yg sedang tido di dalam guni rumput)

Fakta empat: Kalau tido, 10 minit pertama tak bleh diganggu, kalau tak, siap la den menyinga. Nie dari kecik smpi skrang. Tapi kalau tido mmg senang (kalau tak bny benda nak pikir la). Memang sesuai la peribahasa, "seperti orang ngantuk disorong bantal", mmg den terus tido dgn nyenyak laa.....dgn syarat jgn la ada gangguan utk 10 minit pertama tu ya....

Fakta lima: Cepat baran bila lapar dan ngantuk. Kadang2 tu bleh siap gigil sebab lambat makan. Lagi la kalau tengah pregnant.... sabar aje la ye.....
Fakta enam: Orang kata, takut nak tegur sebab nampak garang, wakakakaka. Tapi bila dah kenal, orang kata kite nie gila-gila. Pulak dahhh. Student pun cakap macam tu. Boleh nampak muke masing-masing takut aje bila first time buat perjumpaan penasihat akademik. Yang tak boleh tahan tu, bila student tahun akhir dapat tahu den jadi pemeriksa projek tahun akhir mereka, ada yang dah agak diorang tak bleh scorenye laaa (A la tu), nak dapat B pun diorang tak yakin bila den jadi pemeriksa (kejam sangat ke den nie). Macam-macam tips la diorang minta dekat student di dalam kumpulan penasihat akademik den (yg diorang nie pulak dah macam adik beradik den pulak, pandai2 aje takut2 kan kawan-kawan dia tu). Adehhh...kelakar2. Tapi bila dah dapat grade dari den, ramai yang kata, "ingat takde chance dah ngan puan nie". Abis tu, kalau projek bagus takkan den nak bagi B kot. Agak-agak la kan. ahahahhahah... Tapi, tiap-tiap tahun, sama je tanggapan student2 nie kat den...tak tau la balik esok macammana pulak (rindu pulak nak ngajar)


(nie student yng sangat rapat dengan den sebab den pantau dari tahun satu hingga akhir. hari terakhir den bertugas diorang buat kejutan :D)

Fakta tujuh: Seawal umur 9 tahun, dah belajar hidup berdikari, ada kunci rumah sendiri (orang kato latch-key kid), kerana omak abah den bekerja. Sekolah sesi petang, bangun pagi, bfast sendiri, siap2 gi sekolah, kunci pintu rumah dan tunggu bas sekolah....kesian ke?...hehe...ala dulu kan takde nak risau pasal pecah masuk rumah laaa..itu ini...jadi dek tak kisah ....complain pun tak pernah. lagi suke ada laaa sebab bleh bangun lambat wakakaka.



Fakta lapan: Pernah masuk akhbar Berita Harian ruangan tekno huhu. Cerita pasal projek student, aplikasi yang boleh dipasarkan pada SMI, tapi den tak sempat la nak pergi sampai marketing tu sebab sibuk nak ke sini :D

Fakta sembilan: Dari kecik sampai dah ada anak nie, tak suke benda-benda girly (dah asyik bergusti yo ngan abang den mano tak). Masa kecik tak suke main anak patung, tapi anak sulung den, yaya, sangat2 tertarik dengan benda-benda girly dan accessories. Den layankan aje.

Fakta sepuluh: pheeewwwwhhhh akhirnyaaaa..... Suka, suka, suka makan, wakakakakaka. Sebab tu den digelar oleh atang, food lover. Den pelik bila orang kata, "tak gheti la makan nie..." sebab den nie jenis yang asalkan halal dan tak mudarat dan bukan luar dari normal, allahumma bariklana....masuk mulut, kunyah2, telan :D. sonang baitu.

4. anda perlu memilih 10 penerima award seterusnya dan describe tentang mereka

Nak describe ke? Tak payah la ekkk (nie kes malas nak buat research nie). Den nak kasi yo award nie bleh tak? Aci la kan.... Jadi den nak kasi kek kengkawan yang selalu datang jenguk sini, Ms Taj, Kakty, Mummy Yaeesh, Neeza, Liza, Jas, Iszan, Adik Nur, Cikgu Jane, Iza, dan kengkawan yang kunjung tapi tak meninggalkan jejak, dan pada sapa-sapa aje laaa. You, you and you have an amazing blog. Ambil la yo, kalu buat tag tu, nanti giliran den pulak yang baco.

Monday, May 18, 2009

The pictures are finally in my FP...and

Sorry for taking a long time to upload the pictures from that Train and Hot Rod show. But I managed to have the uploading task done last Saturday. So, have fun flipping through the album in our fotopages ya.

And.... I received an award from Ms Taj. Thanks sis. The award came with a task, tapi den tempek award dulu la ye (aci tak? huhu). Will find a time to answer all the questions.



Thank you for reading my story Ms Taj. It is nice knowing you. Jangan lupa cuba resepi ayam tu ek :D.

Friday, May 15, 2009

I bow and say "Thank You"

Remember that "misteri blog ini" entry? I did requested some of you to do the tag (for those who have not done it ye...and for those yang belum tu...ehem ehem huhu). Anyway it has been awhile since I last visited my friend's Jas blog. So when I was reading her blog today, I came across the homework I left her, and answering question no. 5, she wrote....

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5) Apakah pendapat anda mengenai blog kepada pemilik blog yg tag anda ini?

It covers a variety of topics. Maturity is evident from her writing. Unlike my blog that is. I especially like the entries where she covers cake recipes. How I wish she's near so that I can taste a bit hehehe

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What captured my attention is the word maturity...well (ku terasa macam tua sangat la jas) I hope she is referring to the content ya, but not like orang tua membebel wakakakakkaka...because I do membebel in here from time to time. Anyway was flattered at the same time.

Actually the pleasure is mine. Writing is a passion, and I thank all of you for visiting and reading my rambling ya. Terima kasih banyak-banyak. I gained a lot of new friends from blogging. Hope the friendships do not end here, and hope to see you, my friends in the real-world.

And about the cooking bit....hehehe... like I said, I cook to soothe myself :D. Plus we don't have anything to do/go in the weekend, and the kitchen is equipped with an oven. So with all these reasons I work myself in the kitchen, to put my mind away kejap :D. Don't know if I will be the same back home (no oven kat rumah laa). Tapi kalau dapat share makan-makan memang seronok kan.

Wokeh, I was fasting yesterday, and for iftar I prepared blackpepper beef, a recipe given by my friend Gee. Thanks Gee for the recipe, something new, and delicious, mmg rasa kuah steak laaa, daging pun takde rasa macam kering tau.



So, have a great weekend ya. Am sure need to work on weekend, but am looking forward for the premier of Harper's Island on Sunday. Terngiang-ngiang suara budak perempuan tu, "one by one...." hehehe. But I read the review, it is beyond expectation, hope I have different opinion.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Award lagi...hehehe

Kali nie dicilok dari Neeza (ye dengan tak malunya....wakakakaka). Thanks Neeza.
Dan saya dengan rasminya memberitahu, saya salah sorang pengikut nya (ye, itupun saya nak gi tau gak :p)

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Misteri blog ini.... Menyelesaikan tag

Tag dah lamo peram, tak sompek nak buek. Thousand apology Ms Iszan....


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Misteri kewujudan blog
(jangan biarkan hidup anda diselubungi misteri..huhu..nie den tambah)

Apakah nama blog anda sekarang dan kenapa anda memilih nama itu?

...Blog nie den boghi namo "Life in Brisbane". Den nie, ado la cito-cito nak jadi penulis, tapi casual laa...nuleh utk suko2. Jadi seblom "Life in Brisbane", den dah start membebel kek "Blogging Ala Mode"(den dah lamo tak update blog tu, dibiarkan sopi), den nie kuek bebel. Tapi blog tu hanyo kengkawan rapat yo tau (den la yg gi tau :p), maso tu penulisan pun lobeh kepado konteks peribadi, konteks pun kocik yo, oghang kato macam kelilingi bahu ajo la... tak jauh pun. Entry pun tak banyak, maso tu kigho trial run laaa..

Jadi, bilo den sampai sini, nak continue nuleh kehidupan kek Brisbane dlm blog lamo tu cam tak sesuai. Den pun meng"create" satu blog khas. Maso tu, den nuleh untuk kongsi cito ngan keluargo n kengkawan yang ado kek Mesia, mahupun luar Mesia. Biaso la kan, bila berado kek negagho asing, mesti oghang nak tau macam2 kan; makan camno, oghang2 kek sini camno, study camno kan. Jadi, bilo oghang nak tau khaba kami, den kasi yo link ni...."haa....korang baco kek sini yo..." hehehhehe... sonang yo tak?

Mulo tu, cito2 kami menyesuaikan diri kek sini, skrang nie bnyak cito kehidupan kek sini. Awal2 tahun tu, banyak cito pasa rindu kampung halaman, keluargo, kengkawan. Tapi skrang den dah kobal dah...ahahah..kato oghang "alah biso tegal biaso", yo tak. eh biso bona :p

Eh tadi tanyo napo pilih namo nie yo....ala... maleh nak pikir panjang...den lotak yo "Life in Brisbane" ....


Apakah link blog anda sekarang dan bagaimana boleh timbul idea untuk menamakannya seperti itu?

...aaaa tuuuuu, kek address bar tuuu.... fazidbrisbanestory.blogspot.com .... fazid tu namo glamo den (glamo you)... dan sobab den nuleh cito kehidupan kek kota Brisbane nie, jadi la fazid-brisbane-story....blogspot.com tu tau apo kan..ahahhahaha... den guno free hosting yo :D


Apakah 'method' penulisan dalam blog anda?

...method penulisan ??? nie susah nak jawab nie.... den ghaso la, tak do apo-apo kekdah, den nuleh gitu yo...takdo cagho yg totap... tapi den cubo sedayo upayo nuleh dlm bahasa inggeris. tujuan nyo satu yo, nak membantu den nuleh tesis, pakso den memikir dlm bahasa inggeris... takdo niat lain do... kadang2 nuleh melayu, ikut keadaan... (tapi bilo nuleh melayu, tup tup kuar bahaso noghori pulak....dah budak minang, nak buek camno yo tak)


Pernah terasa nak hapuskan blog anda? Sebabnya?

....hapus tu.... tak do... tapi kadang2 ghaso jomu tu ado...hehehehhe...


Apakah pendapat anda mengenai blog kepada pemilik blog yang tag anda ni?

... Ms Iszan, den kona di alam cyber ni laa... blog-hopping. cara penulisan dio yang menarik bagi den, sempoi. den bleh ghaso Ms Iszan cito dari hati, bilo bengang, den bleh teghaso bahang nyo, bilo sodih, den teghaso sayu nyo, bilo dia ghaso bersalah (bilo dio spend lebih), den bleh teghaso insaf tapi enggak mau nyo...wakakakakka (jangan mara babe)....tapi bilo dia cito pasal anak nyo si naupal, den akan emo teringat anak2 den.... tu apo yg den ghaso pasal blog Ms Iszan yo....

Jadi bilo aritu, Ms Iszan cuti dari menuleh, kurang la sumbo pembacaan den.... babe ko jgn berhenti terus ok....


Senaraikan 5 orang yang akan anda tag

...part nie den kughang goma skit....bukan apo, den tak nak menambah komitmen kengkawan sumo...masing2 ada tanggungjawab yg lagi ponting kan... apo2 pun, kalau kengkawan ilang punco nak nuleh...nak buek...buek la yo...takdo paksaan, den tak kocik ati do...

*Liza* *MsTaj* *Jas* *Cikgu Jane* *Kakty (kalau tak buat lagi..rasa macam dah baca)* *Neeza (kalau tak buat lagi)* dan den tambah lagi sorang *mummy Yaeesh*

kengkawan yang lain pun silo la yo....

gitu la kisah seadonyo.... kan den dah cakap den kuek bebel :p

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Craving for Sushi

(forewarn, this entry is long. make sure you are not in distress before reading this entry :p)

Ever since my first taste of sushi (read my first attempt on eating sushi here, thank you very much to my friend Sabrina for introducing me to Hanaichi), I am getting fond of it, especially Hanaichi's (as if I have tried other different sushi restaurant!!). I even introduced sushi to atang, and also to kak Su (a research colleague). But to go there often is a no no, because, 1 plate of sushi will cost you between $3.30 to $7.00. Only occassionally OK laa.

On the 11th of April, we wanted to have sushi for lunch. Unfortunately the restaurant was closed because of the Easter holiday. A notice on the front door read that the restaurant will be closed for several days. So, takde rezeki la we all that day, and we were a bit dissappointed (especially atang huhu). We went to Azra Kebab for pizza instead (tu namenya rezeki pizza :D).

Anyway, last Saturday we went again to Hanaichi (dah name pun craving kan...hehe). We were supposed to meet mael and family at the restaurant, but they couldn't come early. We, on the other hand couldn't wait for them, for the parking fee is expensive in the city ($9 per hour). Usually we would circle around the block to find a space, but this time I told atang, since I need to buy some groceries at Coles (a supermarket) in the Myer Centre (a shopping mall in the city), why not we just park at the paid parking area. And because we were chasing the time (planned to not exceed 3 hours, that will cost us $16), we told mael that we will start first. Owhh mael and family was our latest mangsa in this sushi introductory (should ask for commission from Hanaichi huh!! or at least discount LOL).

And so, let fulfillin the need of having sushi (is there a plural for sushi?? err Jas if you read this, please confirm ya, am sure you are an expert in this. terima kasih). These were what we were having last Saturday (siap google tu nak carik nama dalam jepun). ahahahahha I forgot to take a photo of 1 plate (can't fight the hunger....so desperate!!).



(Click on the picture for bigger and clearer picture)

Aha... a little information about sushi. Do you know that sushi comes in many types? When I first saw this sushi, I was peculiar about the way it looks. My understanding of sushi was so limited, I thought sushi only looks like 'lemang' that is wrap with nori. So after my first attempt, I browse the internet to find any information about the type of sushi (ye, kalau bab makan laju jek buat research :p). Using my favorite and reliable online dictionary, answers.com, there are 7 types of sushi; nigirizushi, makizushi, oshizushi, inarizushi, chirashizushi, narezushi and the contemporary sushi called western sushi. So sushi that is wrap with nori (yang macam lemang tu) is called makizushi. Hanaichi mostly serve nigirizushi (or nigiri for short). And I loved nigiri (especially unagi nigiri). If you like to know more about sushi, click here.




We were like that minah salih, waiting for the right sushi to come infront of us. Eyes following the sushi on the conveyor belt (or sushi train, kaiten zushi in japanese). Note in the picture above, a menu. The price of a sushi are indicated by the color of the plate.


I was always seated infront of this sushi chef. And he is always helpful in answering our questions about the ingredients of the sushi.

We, " err, excuse me. what is this?" Chef, "crab stick"
Few minutes later, "helo, what about this?" Chef, " that's tempura, vegetable"
Later, while raising a plate of sushi, ".....this?" Chef, "unagi... grill eel"

ahahhahahahahha the point I want to raise here is, don't feel shy to ask. Kang termakan benda tak halal kang, sape nak jawab (btw kat sini takde jual daging tu, faham kan, cume ayam dan daging kat sini tak sembelih, dan sebab tu jugak la entry nie tak letak tag Halal food outlet, sbb takde certificate halal).

And for conclusion....


Hik

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Arnab bercokelat

Ada satu perayaan nie, which you can google it later ya (apsal pulak cakap melayu nie ya..wakakaka), masa nie banyak la cokelat berbentuk arnab jual merata-rata. Selain tu ada gak bentuk telur. Ala...bila sebut telur, mesti ramai boleh agak kan. Jadi masa perayaan nie, diorang sorok la telur-telur cokelat ni untuk dicari oleh kanak-kanak. Kalau kat sekolah, selalunya seminggu sebelum perayaan (dulu la masa yaya sekolah kat sini, skrang tak tau ada lagi ke idak), anak-anak di sekolah akan buat la bakul, daripada cardboard ke, kertas warna warni ke, bergantung kepada kreativiti anak itu. Kemudian cikgu akan bagi la sorang beberapa bijik cokelat berbentuk telur nie untuk diletak ke dalam bakul tu.

Jadi kepercayaan diorang la kan...kira the story behind this thing (eh cakap omputih pulak, tapi citer nie pasal arnab ngan cekelat ye...bukan pasal agama), arnab akan datang bawak telur2 itu, dan sorokkan, nanti kanak-kanak akan datang carik. Yaya pun dulu sempat la menyertai aktiviti nie. Nak buat camne kan, dah sekolah kat sini, ikut aje laaa... tapi balik kami explain la kat dia kenapa kita tak boleh buat itu. So mak apak pun kene kreatif jugak la bila nak bagi jawapan, tapi jgn tipu, kena terus terang, bagitau sebab utamanya. Cuma nak bagi dia faham tu, mmg agak2 mencabar minda mak apaknye.

Jadi aritu ada tinggal komen kat blog ms Taj pasal cekelat bentuk arnab.... jadi khas utk tatapan ms Taj, dan kengkawan yang lain... gini la ngupenya....



dah selamat dah dalam perut....makan part kepala dulu...macam cannibal la pulak...wakakakkaka