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Last weekend

Last weekend we went back to Kedah to attend my friend's wedding at Bertam. Bertolak around 8pm and  (driving at ~150km/h at some parts of the highway where there was no traffic jam) reached at Nurul's house at around 2ish. I drove from Selangor to Penang due to my sleepy-hollow husband.

On Sat we planned to hv lunch kt BeeChew Butterworth but it was closed due to public holiday. Deym, we were frustrated coz my husband never tried the food over there and aku plk mmg dh lama tk makan n kempunan nk makan kt situ. Dia punya inchi cabin chicken...pergh sehingga menjilat pinggan wa cakap lu.  And chicken chop dia, fuh *ayaqliuqdahdokberkumpuidalammulutlani*... aku baru google and jumpa blog ni and blog ni review pasal restoran ni. so baca kt sini lah. a few info pasal erstoran ni is it is advisable to reserve the place before you go because the restaurant will be packed almost everyday. and the shop closes very early at around 8pm daily.

:: Chicken chop @ Sin Bee Chew restaurant ::

So we ended up eating at an Indian restaurant. The food was nice, I had fish vindaloo and fried vege with garlic naan. (tiba2 terpikiaq nk makan naan kapitan pulak!deym)

After lunch we went back and lepak kt sky lounge rumah Nurul and chit chat. at 4pm went back to SP. 8pm went to Dass wedding at Penang Golf Resort Bertam. Nak jadikan cerita time nk blk tu my blackie tk bole start. pergh dh la 10pm time tu kan. gelabah jgk call toyota breakdown service and they told my membership is not active so they were gonna charge me RM250 for towing the car till SP. Then nasib baik lah my hubby told me that his brother had similar incident and called the insurance company, they will cover the tow up to 50kms. Fuhh...nsb baik la...kalau tak melayang $$$ aku. We waited for the towtruck to arrive almost 1 hour jgk. Time tu nsb baik lah nurul still ada so she sent us back to SP, actually we wanted to ride in the truck but due to safety the driver didn't allow us to seat in blackie on his truck... Sampai SP almost midnight, we asked the truck to send blackie smp toyota padang temusu. yalah, dh tgh malam, nk hantar p kedai semua dah katop. mau tk mau toyota ja yg ada security guard and allow us to park in the service centre. Kt toyota tu pulak punya lah byk anjing. Anjing yg jenih nk tokak org ja pulak tu. dok kelitin kaki Azmal. Aku pulak yg risau kot satg kena samak la pulak. Lepas dah setel pasai blackie, we went to had supper kt kedai mee udang kt simpang keluaq highway tu. Abg Syam n Azmal order mee udang, depa pulun makan walaupun bg aku tk sedap langsung, baik la indomee 10x sedap.

:: Blackie yg tgh menangih dok atas ambulan ::

Ahad tu since Toyota tak bukak (carry fwd public holiday), so melangut lah aku n Azmal kt rumah mama. Br ja plan that day nk bwk mama p Penang, tk kesampaian hajat. Cuma sampai hajat nk tdoq ptg ja, tu pun tk brp mau lelap sbb cuaca hangat nk mampuih. Pulak tu aku rs jam mcm jd slow kt sana, siang punya lah lama, mcm tukaq timezone pulak.. dah la panas terik bahang mcm apa. Mangkit tdoq tgk br pukui 3, mangkit lg skali pukui 4.. aku rs kalau kt kl aku tdoq mangkit ja dh pukui 7.

Isnin tu mmg dh siap2 ambik cuti so nsb baik la, kalau dk sure kena EL. Plan nk p merata tpt tp transport tkdak. Last skali mama call cab n htq p pekan. Nsb baik mama plk byk member2 teksi, so senang la nk panggil depa. Mula2 p CS sbb nk p maybank, then from maybank menapak tgh matahari terpacak atas kepala tu jalan smp bank rakyat (punya lah lama gila aku tk jalan kaki kt pekan SP, sempat lah aku lalu dan menghidu aroma black river) Sampai ja bank rakyat, peluh turun mcm waterfall. Then dh setel kt sana, p menapak pulak smp station taxi, naik taxi smp toyota. Nasib baik la kt toyota tu tunggu for ~1.5 hours ja. $$ melayang lg. T_____T tkpa la, asaikan blackie dah sihat kembali. Lepas dh dpt blackie, wajib lah singgah kt fav shop - kedai bundle Doubt. Brg2 dia mmg menarik and few items yg aku rembat kt situ mmg menjadi most beloved cloth aku smp la ni. Tp that day p mcm tkdak brg menarik sgt, ada seluaq tp bila aku try tk muat, or maybe ka sbb cuaca panas dan kaki aku mengembang 5cm? (sedapkan hati) Tkpa, hujung bulan ni harap1 saempat lah nk p sana lg.

Around 1030 pm push off from SP to KL and we arrived at ~3am.

Homemade Raspberrybanana Smoothie

Most of my entry is on food but now its about drink. =) Last week (dh lama baru nk cerita) we made banana raspberry smoothie. Maklumlah dh beli blender, dpt plk 2 bijik, sebiji aku buat blend cabai dan bahan2 masak yg lain, lg sebijik bole blend drinks! yay! :D

Actually senang ja bahan2 dia (kami reka sendiri):

• Raspberry icecream ( we used kings because it was the smallest we could find, dah tkdak space nk simpan dlm fridge)
• 3 ripped banana
• Full cream milk (we used dutchlady)
• Ice cubes

pulun tak kami? siap potong pisang letak tepi gelas? :P 

lebih pulun sbb susun bunga sbb nak ambik gambaq

ada lagi info pasai pulun: aku baru beli 2 bijik gelas tu semata2 nak buat smoothie ni, dan kami jgk telah pulun beli cupbon punya ayaq sbb nak bwk balik straw yg besaq itu, dok melilau cari dalam jusco tp tk jmpk straw yg cantik, yg juai hanya straw kambin yg kantin sekolah pakai. T_T

Selamat Mencuba!

Eat, Pray, Love 2012

We juz got back from our 4D3N honeymoon trip to Bali. As no one could send us to the airport, we decided to drive there by ourselves and park at the LCCT Zone C parking area which is the cheapest among all the other parking zones over there. Luckily our parking spot was not vr far from the terminal. The daily fee is RM33.50, so it was RM134 juz for the parking ticket.. fuhhh...berpeluh jgk nk byr :P

Ok here's the summary of our itinerary

Thurs - 3rd May

Arrived at Denpasar Airport ~1230pm

Ketut, our driver that was hired by VeraWedding travel agent has already waited for us at the airport when we arrived, he held a board with our names on it, i didn't managed to snap a pic tho. Sigh, should've asked him to hold it longer. haha.. He right away took us to Ubud which takes almost 1.5 hours from the airport. Here are some facts that I stole from wiki.. :) (so lazy to describe it myself)

Ubud is a town on the Indonesian island of Bali in Ubud District, located amongst rice paddies and steep ravines in the central foothills of the Gianyar regency. One of Bali's major arts and culture centres, it has developed a large tourism industry.Ubud has a population of about 30,000 people, but it is becoming difficult to distinguish the town itself from the villages that surround it. 

Along the way to Ubud, we can see some hills and paddy fields. Most of the locals own paddy fields, an dI got to know from 1 of them that the paddy that they harvest are just enough for their family, not for sale. Ubud is a rural and remote area which has less development because they wanted to preserve the culture, and most of them are poor.

It's interesting for us to see and passed by some different villages which has different specialized skills. First we could see a village that is specialized in woods carving, then we passed by a village which has stone carving skills where they carve the Hindu gods to be placed at their home or at the Pura (Hindu temples). Ketut also mentioned that there are other villages which are specialized in batik, marble and so on. I personally think that is cool, I mean let's say we wanted to custom made a wooden chair, we will not have to look for any other place than the wooden-carving-specialized village. 

It usually takes around 1.5 hours to Ubud but, it took us 2+ hours. That was particularly because we asked the driver to stop us at the batik shop. My Indonesian friend told me that I should get bali hand-drawn batik because the quality is good and the design is quite different. So I bought one, and thinking to turn it into a palazzo pants ;) I only bought 2meters though because of its price :P  And then we stopped by their mini mart to get some snacks in case we get hungry at nights :) 

::  At the Batik factory ::

:: At Denpasar Airport ::

We arrived at Kupu Kupu Barong at 4ish. We were welcomed by their friendly staffs who have been waiting for us to arrive. The staff then place a jasmine garland on each us. They also served us cold towel and welcome drinks upon arrival. We even being assigned with a private butler :) I felt like a princess! He brought our luggage to the villa, while we went to the restaurant to enjoy the high tea and there were some kids learning cultural balinese dance :) 

:: Just arrived at the majestic Kupu kupu Barong Tree Villa & Spa :: 

We were quite tired of the journey ( I only slept for 2.5 hours the night before due to last-min packing :P), so we headed back to the villa for refreshments. At around 8+ pm we headed to the La' View restaurant for the romantic dinner which was included in the honeymoon package as well. The food was OK for me. 

:: Romantic dinner at La'View restaurant ::

The next day, we went out to Ubud city by the hotel free shuttle. We did some shopping and visited the Ubud palace. I wanted to see the Monkey Forest as it is 1 of the tourist attractions but was too tired to walk there. It's ok, we have the same place in Penang - Botanical Garden,I guess it's just the same. hehe.. We were there for 4 hours and headed back to the villa at 430pm. It was the 2nd day and we wanted to make use of the limited hours left at our majestic villa :) So we didn't go for dinner, we only had some snacks bought from the mini mart earlier.

:: At Ubud Market ::

:; Hubby and new friends at Ubud Market ::

:: Along th road in Ubud town ::

:: Ubud Palace ::

The next day we went to the spa which was also included in the package. It was nice, with the calming songs and aroma and all, but in term of body-refreshing , I personally prefer Thai massage.

After spa, we checked out from the villa at 12pm..sobs2... :'( I really didn't want to leave that place, but I don't have the $$ to pay for extra nights... double sobs.... :'( :'(

:: Our private villa ::

:: Before checkout, gonna miss this place a lot! :( ::

We arrived in Kuta at around 2pm. We checked in at Mercure Kuta which is just beside the Hard Rock Hotel. The room is cozy but quite small. I wasn't feeling well, so we decided to stay at the hotel until 430pm. Hubby actually wanted me to rest at the hotel , but I feel bad for him not being able to enjoy our last day in Bali. Plus we have already paid for the driver to drive us around Bali for 10hours. It was only RM150! Quite cheap right? The driver fetched us at 430pm and we straight away went to Uluwatu to catch the sunset and Kecak dance show. We managed to arrive on time but it was quite cloudy that the sun was barely seen. It was a huge crowd at the dance show, but luckily we managed to squeezed in. Again this is a wiki-sourced info on the dance :)

Also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant, the piece, performed by a circle of 150 or more performers wearing checked cloth around their waists, percussively chanting "cak" and throwing up their arms, depicts a battle from the Ramayana where the monkey-like Vanara helped PrinceRama fight the evil King Ravana. However, Kecak has roots in sanghyang, a trance-inducingexorcism dance


It was a great show, the actors did some standup comedies too :)  We managed to take some pictures with the dancers.

:: Kecak dance ::

:: Us with the Kecak dancers ::

After that the driver brought us to Jimbaran to have seafood by the beach. The weather was nice. The ambiance even nicer. There was a man by the beach who sells roasted corn. There were fireworks and there was a live band. And in front of us was the sea. :) The food was not so nice, and it was pricey. We were actually paying for the view instead of the food I guess.

:: Dinner at Jimbaran ::

The next day which was our last day in Bali, after checkout we left our luggage at the hotel and went for a walk at the famous Kuta beach. We also walked to the shops. I did a lot of walking and was really tired. I guess it's because of the age factor too. :p 

:: At Mercure Hotel, Kuta ::

:: At Hard Rock ::

:: Kuta Town ::

:: 2002 Bomb incident memorial ::

:: Kuta Beach ::

:: Us at kuta beach ::

Our flight was at 920pm and we arrived at the airport at around 5pm. Feeling sticky, I decided to take bath at the airport and change clothes before I check in the luggage. The  flight was delayed around 20mins. 

:: Bye bye Bali. We hope to see you again in the future ::

We safely arrived at LCCT around 1ish and arrived home at 2ish.

Mangkit tidoq (bahasa baku: bangun tidur)

Ok, aku akui yg perkara bangun awai pagi adalah a bit mencabar utk aku. Ishk tktau nk habaq, sbb mmg aku dr kecik2 mmg liat nk bangun, dulu hari2 wish sekolah terbakaq/ banjir/ bus rosak dan sebagainya. tp aku dok kt SP, maka bencana alam adalah rare utk area kt sana (maklumlah ala2 bandaraya kan..im a proud kedahan yeah).

Pagi ni bangun 5am, sbb nk kena hantaq hubby p office dia. Driver bus tk mangkit tdoq lg, sistem lrt pun depa belum on power, so aku lah kena jd driver pepagi buta. Terkulat2 bijik mata sungguh2 mcm ada gam tk leh nk bukak. ada lah dalam 10min jgk kuatkan otot2 mata utk cuba bukak. Bila dh berjaya bukak, terus p pancuq (bhs utara utk toilet) dan basuh muka + gosot gigi secara manja (buat bg hilang bau saja utk sembang, satg nk gosot lg sekali sebelum p keja kan, suamiku suka memerli aku bila menyebut perkataan gosot... cute apa gosot, mcm lg senang nk sebut dr gosok kan). Ok, sambung cerita sebelum melalut pasai penjagaan gigi. 520am dh sampai ofc dia kt Jln Tunku Ismail. Nasib baik la ofc dia dkt saja, aku bajet before 6 dh bole sampai rumah balik. Tepat sangkaan ku, 550 sampai, teruih salin balik attire baju tidoq.

Azan subuh berkumandang, maka terus lah aku pun solat, sebelum acara dive atas katil. Sesudah subuh (cewah ayat skema), perut pulak ber-kpop, kaki dgn mode automatik teruih jln p kat dapuq, tgn pun mode automatic ambik garpu , peanut butter dan marjerin dan sapu kat atas sekeping roti. Pekena plk dgn full cream mmilk yg tgh sejuk, lagu kpop teruih stop. Perut dah kenyang, solat pn dah...apa lagi nk buat selain menyambung acara TIDOQ. Bila dah landing, mata dok mengada2 tkmau nk lelap, so iphone dan fb menjadi sasaran, smp dh rs nk lelap teruih tertidoq smp 8+. Jari aku mode automatic dok tekan snooze kt fon smp nk berlubang screen. last2, tertekan call. Call sapa? My friend Nurul. Nasib baik lah tk tekan no fon bos aku. Fon kt tgn aku, dia jawab fon tp aku tk ckp apa, sbb dok tgh tdoq. last2 aku dgq sora dia dok panggil nama aku...lah rupanya dia stay kt line sbb dia risau aku call pagi2. suara pulak time mangkit tdoq tau lah mcm apa kan. Dia pun tanya aku "Ana hg dok teriak ka wei...wei pasaipa weiii... awat dgn hg?" . Aku masih diam sbb blur lg.Dia dok cont jd panic, aku slumber kata ": wei dak la aku br mangkit tidoq ni, thx wei gerak aku... aku call hg untuk hg kejut aku mangkit tidoq wei". Nasib baik lah rumahku hanya 6min dr ofc..huahuahuaaaa... mcm mana la thn dpn nk pindah ni, sure rekod masuk ofc buruk ja....

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Ayam masak sweet sour & Tauhu jepun masak telur

Last weekend, me and hubby decided to eat home made lunch, so mcm selalu aktiviti membuka buku resipi atau meng-google adalah wajib. hehe. Here sharing 1 of the recipe in the recent recipe book that I purchased from The Popular bookstore - 1 hari 1 resipi.


A. Ayam masak sweet sour

Bahan-bahan ( 2-3 orang )
bahanA :
Serbuk pati ayam (Knorr / Maggi)
Garam
Isi ayam (dipotong kecil)
Bawang merah - sebiji dipotong dadu
Bawang putih - 2 ulas
Daun bawang (hiasan)

bahanB:
Cili hidup hijau - 1 batang
Cili hidup merah - 1 batang
Tomato - separuh dipotong dadu
Sos tomato dan cili

Cara-cara
Goreng ayam dan asingkan. Tak perlu terlalu garing.
Tumis bawang hingga naik bau
Masukkan semua bahanB dan rasa, masukkan serbuk pati ayam bereserta garam sehingga cukup rasa.
Masukkan ayam dan gaul bersama.
Hidangkan di atas pinggan bersama hirisan daun bawang.
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And here's a recipe that I found on myresipi.com


B. Tauhu jepun masak telur


Bahan-bahan ( 2-3 orang )
2 peket Tauhu Jepun Telur
1/2 kiub pati ayam Maggi.
1 inci Halia (diracik halus2)
3 ulas Bawang putih (diracik halus)
1 biji Telur
1/2 cawan air.
Garam

Cara-cara
Tauhu dipotong kepada 8 @ 10 bahagian.Terpulang kepada individu yg suka nipis @ tebal.
Kemudian goreng diatas minyak yang sedikit hingga kekuningan.
Tumis bawang putih & halia sehingga naik bau.
Kemudian masukkan air dan kiub pati ayam Maggi.
Biarkan mendidih sebentar.
Masukkan telur dan sos tiram. Bagi yg suka hirup kuah boleh tambah air lagi tapi bagi ssiapa yg suka pekat boleh campurkan dgn tepung jagung.
Bila kuah sudah pekat masukkan pula tauhu yg telah digoreng sebentar tadi.
Hidangkan bersama2 daun bawang.

Last night's homecooked dinner -> Fish, Tofu, Vegetables (Ikan, Tauhu, Sayur)

Yesterday I took opportunity to go back early from office as I have no office projects to work on. Bukan selalu dpt balik awal mcm ni. So I arrived at home around 545pm. Lepak2 tgk tv, tgk buku resipi then teringat yg hari tu ada beli ikan bawal putih sbb konon nk buat ikan masak chuan  (yup2 resipi yg hg bagi kt aku tu Hip). So I decided to do it. and 2 other meal was mix vege (sayur campur) and also spicy tofu and enchovies (tauhu dan bilis masak sambal-resipi hentam)

So here are the recipes and pics. :) 

Menu 1: Ikan masak Chuan (courtesy of Hip)

Bahan-bahan

1. 3 ekor ikan bawal putih, saiz sederhana
2. 1 biji bawang besar, hiris
3. 2 ulas bawang putih, hiris nipis
4. 1 biji cili merah, buang biji, hiris dan dadu halus - smlm mcm malas nk hiris halus so hiris mcm biasa :P
5. 3 camca besar plum sos - I used 'Life' brand - it is highly recommended
6. 1 camca besar sos tiram
7. 1 cawan air
8. Sedikit kicap air
9. Gula secukup rasa
10. Hirisan daun bawang sebagai hiasan

Cara-cara

1. Ikan disiang, cuci bersih, kelar sedikit dan lumur dengan secubit garam, serbuk lada sulah dan sedikit kunyit serbuk. 
2. Goreng hingga kuning keemasan, toskan dan susuh dalam pinggan sesuai.
3. Panaskan sedikit minyak, tumis bawang besar, bawang putih dan halia. ( I didn't use halia as I have none in my kitchen last night). Tumis hingga wangi. 
4. Masukkan cili, sos plum dan sos tiram, kacau rata dan masukkan air. Biar mendidih. 
5. Tambah gula secukup rasa dan kicap cair. 
6. Masak hingga pekat.
7. Tuang atas ikan tadi, hias dengan hirisan daun bawang dan hidangkan segera selagi hangat.. (Daun bawang pn tkdak smlm, so tk pakai jgk :p )

Hasilnya

sedaaaapppp tapi termasak cair sbb nk kuah lebih. 

Notakaki: Hari tu hubby bwk blk byk Life punya sauce and paste - blackpepper, kari kapitan, plum sauce etc2 (Free lah katakan :P free pn sbb dh nk expired thn ni) . And so far dh try most of them and mmg sedap sgt, tk perlu nk tambah garam+gula byk sgt pn sbb dh mmg sauce/paste tu sedap. So nxt time, tk perlu la look after other brands lagi, coz Life mmg sedap! :) (berapa byk sedap daaaa...hahaha.. kena support hubby's company....tp sumpah tk tipu mmg sedap (lg sekali))

Menu2 : Tauhu & Bilis masak sambal.

Bahan-bahan

1. 2 ketul tauhu - dipotong saiz kecil mengikut firasat masing2. hehehe..
2. 1 labu bawang besar - dipotong bulat2
3. Sambal - yg mama bwk dr SP tu dh habis n sbb belender masih blum beli, so aku guna Adabi punya ja
4. Ikan Bilis - ikut suka byk mana nak letak
5. Sos tiram - dlm 2 sudu besar
6. Sos tomato  - dlm 2 sudu besar
7. Gula
8. Garam

Cara-cara

1. Goreng tauhu dan bilis secara berasingan
2. Tumis bawang dan sambal (make sure sambal tu dh masak dan jgn smp hangit)
3. Masukkan sos tiram, sos tomato, garam dan gula secukup rasa. Kalau nk tambah Maggie secukup rasa pn bole (aku mmg supporter kuat bnda alah ni..hehe)
4. Masukkan tauhu dan bilis yg digoreng td. Gaul dan gorengkan sekali.

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Menu 3: Sayur Campur 

Hmmm...tk perlu kot nk cerita panjang, rasa mcm semua org tau ja mcm mana nk masak ni. hehe...potong2 semua sayur (aku beli yg dh potong siap2 kt jusco sbb nk express..hehee..ada carrot, mushroom, kobis, cili hijau), goreng ngan sos tiram ja. Tp smlm tak rendam su'un lepas tu bila goreng dia jd mcm bihun.hahha.. sori la, hubby br bgtau kena rendam actually. sori ya, inilah akibat dulu2 jarang masuk dapuq. :P

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