Sleepyhead In Surrey

...who is the makcik-est of them all? That would be Sleepyhead! Jadi bukan lah Auntida sahaja yang sudah promote kepada taste makcik-makcik. Tehehehe....I got it while on the way back to Kuantan. We made a detour (I know it sounds ridiculous) to The Store, Alam Sentral Shah Alam. It's retailing at 50% of its original price.....CNY sales ma...only RM 39.90. Quite comfy and suitable for long walks on the beach.......which is what we did on Saturday. Mak cooked nasi minyak and gulai ayam. I fried up some prawns and a couple of salmon blocks. Ja and Abg Din brought fruits and drinks and off we went to Pantai Balok. Abah came way later (after his mengaji class and berborak sessions) and was only left with 2 prawns and gulai tanpa daging ayam. I bet he knew the food was going to be polished off before he arrived so he brought kuih kambas (? spelling) and some buns courtesy of Makcik Mas.









Pictures of the beach were forgotten because the picnic was centered around eating Mak's famous nasi minyak. On Friday Joe and I ventured out to Tanjung Lumpur in search of Nafisah's Keropok Sagu. Unfortunately Nafisah was otherwise engaged. Busy going to CNY open houses, maybe. So our plan B was to go to Mok Na's stall. The front section was filled with throngs of people queueing up to buy the sata. I wasn't interested in that so we went straight in to the dining area. No empty tables were to be found. Not at least, until we have stood around with a hungry look on our faces for about 10 minutes. Next, it came to ordering. Since this is only our second time here we looked at other tables for a clue. There were numerous plates of what seemd to be fish deep fried in batter so we ordered a set of those; and RM3 worth of kepok. Next, we saw the house specialty drink in the form of air jagung special. The "special" turns out to be a meagre scoop of corn flavord ice cream. But it looked quite attractive when it was being made so I ordered it on top of our iced lime tea and teh tarik. The service leaves much room for improvement. We had to wait close to half an hour for the fish to arrive and yet another 30 minutes for the kepok to arrive; and not without our constant nagging of the waiter-boy-person. Granted, there were so many people there; but I think for a business like this to survive it needs to think strategically and be prepared to cater to a large number of customers. Oh well, you can't have much hope for a smalltown kampung business like this, can you? Not without proper brains at the helm. And I think this Mok Na person has gone a little way over her head since so many people are visiting her stall. Needless to say, the kepok was gorgeous.....nice crispy outer layer which gives a crunch when you bit and then soft gooey center completes the palate. I can't say the same for the deep fried fish, though. It's a little bland. And the air jagung? So-so. In essence, I'd definitely go there for the kepok but only if there is no long queue or throngs of people.



People lining up for sata

People filling up the tables

Deep fried battered fishy fish

Air Jagung Special

Kepok Sagu

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sangat NAIF. Insident lewat minggu ini cukup meletakkan benda-benda ke dalam perspektif (put things into perspective, yo!) Tapi tak apa, apa orang kata tu ye? Don't get angry, get EVEN. Bring it on, b*tch!!!!

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I do not want to seem so shallow but although there are many other saddening news in this world, I weep a little when I heard about this....R.I.P Heath Ledger.

And in other news, I'm gonna need to do some shopping since the government has decided that Thursday is Batik Day

Posted in: on January 24, 2008 at at 12:36:00 PM 0 comments

of good food and good company. It was Abami's birthday, Kak Ida's coming to KL and Kak Nona's promotion; and naturally we decided it was high time for a good makan time. At another hotel, of course. This time, it was One World Hotel. Guess who suggested it? Ahem!

The spread was delectable. My pick was the dimsum, sushi and sashimi, smoked salmon (my usual must-have!), pasta, button mushrooms in olive oil (bit too salty), pizza and the usual salads and starters. There was also mamak-style and chinese-style cuisine but I wasn't tempted. The angel-hair pasta was lovely with the cream sauce and I added the smoked salmon and mushrooms to it to make it more irresistable. I wish I had more of those dimsum as well as sashimi. The tuna on the sushi was not as fresh, though. It's color was slightly pale. I liked the choice of salads and vegetables mainly because there was plenty of broccoli and cauliflower to be had with a wide selection of salad dressings. Okay, enough about the food.

We were a bit late getting there because we had to get a gift for abami and I got a couple of cards for Kak Nona and Kak Ida. I'm sure when they opened the cards they were expecting something more than just a card. Ticket to Hawaii? Eheh. Maybe in 10 years' time (crossing my fingers!!!!) To be frank, I didn't know what to get them. For sure it can't be something unoriginal because they give great gifts......(kipas nih!) like what I got just now.......thanks Kak Ida! As soon as I got home I turned on the laptop to try the gadget on. I am ecstatic. It was nice to see the kids again. Ajmal has now got a little chevron on his sleeve; a sign of an upgrade in his life experiences as baby-toddler. Jijin confirmed that she indeed has a lot of friends; too many to recite their names to me, Qin was being her cheeky self but probably forgot who I was because she barely said a sentence to me, Shasha and Aiman are swamped with work to get them ready for their big exams and Along is still in love with Rain. Hohum. Conversation was the usual. There's talk of going for the pilgrimage and the possibility of a couple of us being sponsored for the trip. Yehoo!The stuff-your-face-while-talking-at-the-same-time session took slightly longer than two hours. We convened to the cafe lobby for a photo op and later adjourned to our respective destinations.

And the actual reason I am writing this is because the memory of the food that we had is making me go hungry again. Tonight I'll be going to sleep with a rumbling belly and dreaming of a large salmon lying agains smokey blue-grey walls and a certain antique stained dining table.

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Nope, I'm not getting any commission from Proton. Wish I do, though.

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There is no particular reason for this entry. We had an uneventful week and weekend. The holiday was spent lazing around just because I miss lazing around on a holiday with Joe. He's still out there, by the way; doing what he likes best. I have yet to email my non blogging sis his resume just because Joe says he is shy about his credentials. Nothing much to be impressed about, he says. I am livid, of course; at his revelation just because it is particularly a very, very, very stupid excuse indeed. Nantilah ye Kak Nona! He has updated the resume but has yet to give it to me. The bugger is somewhere in the boondocks of Jerantut. Yesterday was at least a little bit productive. The lawn is growing nicely. The flowers are blooming. Only the pseudo Christmas tree is losing its color. Lack of water, probably. I am quite happy of that just because we broke our backs to make it happen. We've looked at a few kitchen cabinet designs. I am at my wits end choosing the right color for the doors just because I want it to match with our kitchen's terracotta orange floor tiles. The walls on the living room have been partially painted with Jotun's Sugar Cane green. It is partially painted just because Joe is trying to veto for the wall to be painted in Jotun's Lime Peel green. The roomie is blabbing about the hubby getting a good offer from a multinational telco company and I am depressed just because I think she is so lucky. And finally, I am not answering the emails with regards to the family get-together in February just because I simply do not know yet what Joe's schedule is like next month.

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In keeping with a promise I made, here's wishing you a happy and very together birthday! May Auntida lavish you with love and kisses and everything nice plus a cake or two. May the new year bring new hope and promises and not to mention the great surroundings for a photo op featuring none other than yours truly and joe hihihi....

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I've been...tagged! Kena ke?

Instructions : **Start Copy**
Tag Mode: 5 blogger
1st - You leave their blog and post link and add to the list below.
2nd - Let the blogger you want to tag know they been tagged by comment in their blog or etc.

Tagged by - Aida

5 things found in my bag... a handbag? or my backpack?
* Guess purse
* car keys, room keys, house keys
* nokia phone
* 2 thumbdrives
* lippy and extra brooch (they count as 1 --> savers di masa kecemasan)

5 things found in my purse..
* RM
* IDs of all sorts
* kad kawen yg bergambo saya dan joe
* ATM card /discount cards / loyalty cards
* passport size photo of self (juga savers bila kena isi forms)

5 favorite things in my room... really this is my mil's room just wait for our REAL room heheh
* my ucuk --> read previous posts to view the ucuk
* a sepia toned photo of our wedding
* joe's perfume
* my small but cute all white aneboda
* the 19" wide flat screen for our midnite movies

5 things i’ve always wanted to do (for now)..
* cuddle a big fat cute cat
* cuddle a big fat cute joe --> notice the order!
* travel to the US
* play tennis --> i went halfway to the classes cuz i'm such an uncoordinated klutz
* own a beach house somewhere in bora bora

5 things I’m currently into..
* discovery home & health and asian food chanel --> talk about a couch potato!
* extra virgin olive oil
* tiles, paints, wallpapers, lamps, you name it
* midnite outstation calls to wherever joe is
* did I mention channel 733 and 703?

5 people I'm going to tag... --> nobody really reads this blog except for a few so if you ARE reading;
* kak ida
* kak nona
* abami
* emi
* sha

Posted in: on December 17, 2007 at at 12:02:00 PM 0 comments

...is not interesting at all. You just have to usher people in. I didn't do much of that anyways. Just put on nice clothes and then pose madly in front of the VIPs. The lunch was horrible as the vegetables were close to being binned and the fruits were limp. But the fish in lemon butter was a compensation. The Koreans were mad cuz nobody came to their 7 booths. And my stomach was in limbo from the nerves. .....then came the time that we were supposed to go on stage. Taking the cue from the team from Athabasca we decided to do a duet. Me and Ayu; Ayu and me. To hell with the grammar! The presentation was a breeze. It WAS in my head at least. And we received a lot of questions. This I take it to my heart to mean that they were interested, interested I tell ya! And I jumped to answer one of the questions. Especially for the guy in the pony tails. Drools and all. So the heartache and the butterflies and the nightmares were once again only a distant memory. Jack just called and told that there might be a chance of me going to Thailand for yet another one of these. Cross my fingers and hope to dazzle the audience with my charm and eloquence, ahem.

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Who knew it could be so easy? I spilled my guts for 2.5 hrs and the money poured in. Thanks a lot to my sister, though. She paved the way for me. Next I'm gonna be making my wish list for a new external hard drive. But the money soon poured out to other more important obligations. Like paying all my debts! Abg Zach is in town and we're treating him and Kak Ida to nasi lemak. I offered Mahbub's nasi bukhara but he refused. Hey, his loss!

We're on the verge of getting the couch that we were looking for. Nothing fancy, just a 3 + 1 + 1 seater and 2 recliners. The recliners are Joe's dream come true since he's a potato couch at birth. Hope his weight will not be increasing any more after we move to the new house. At the rate that we're going with this buying new stuff hype we'll only be done moving house by the middle of next year! It's just so frustrating that at this important time Joe has to go work outside of town. I'm just gonna make him pay by getting us that 52" lcd tv with embedded hard drive.

Posted in: on November 22, 2007 at at 1:01:00 PM 0 comments

it seems like a dead fish in the middle of the road, annoying but nobody pays any attention to it. Not even the neighbourhood cat. I have run out of things to say. Mostly because I find it too revealing to write anything about myself. Who am I kidding? Nobody reads these entries, anyway. So maybe I'd revive this blog to blow off some steam.

Posted in: on November 13, 2007 at at 12:19:00 PM 0 comments

because I've got the Jaffa cake jones. It's thin layer of chocolate just teases the palate before letting our teeth break into the soft sweet layer of orange jelly and later on crushing the cuchy soft cake base and the taste blends to provide an explosion of the sense. EEEEEeeeeehhhhhhh...can you find them at Tesco?

Posted in: on June 13, 2007 at at 11:19:00 AM 0 comments

It seems there ARE some visitors here who still wonder why I don't update. Thanks for visiting. Not much to say, really. So I'm posting some random pics instead until I get my writing groove back.
Lovely couple - my uncle with his long lost cousing

Posted in: on May 31, 2007 at at 10:33:00 AM 0 comments

sat next to our table at Mahbub a couple of nights ago. Frankly speaking I thought you were a show off. Couldn't stop yakking the whole time, could you? And at the top of your lungs at that. I know you are somewhat of a celebrity but barring those who frequent the Actor's Studio I don't think people know you that much. I know some of your work and sometimes I think they're brilliant, but then so are your brother's. When I looked at you it was not because I was looking at exactly you, but I was looking over your shoulder where Nurul the beautiful banker was sitting. She deservers my eye time more than you. And stop announcing to people that Maya Karin is a good girl. If bringing three bottles of champagne to a party means that she's a good girl then all practicing muslims are the devil's cousins. I wonder what your best pal "I am Muslim" Dina would say about that. And don't brag about how much Chivas you can take. It's not very endearing.

Posted in: on April 24, 2007 at at 12:06:00 PM 1 comments

Some go the obviously negative path and become addicted to drugs and alcohol. Others, like Oprah, are addicted to food. So am I. But that's a whole other entry. I've discovered that I'm also addicted to something else. Instant gratification. It's the reason why whenever I'm feeling down (ONLY when I'm feeling down) I like to clean, or iron my clothes, or wash dishes. I get to see instant results. It's a relief to see that shrivelled up, wrinkly shirt suddenly become as smooth as a baby's bottom by just squirting the kitchen maid and running the hot iron on the shirt's surface. I'm not patient like some people. I get tetchy waiting for money in the bank to grow. I become kranky thinking of having to plan and plan and plan for a project. I just want to get it going so that I could see the results. It brings me grief sometimes because my addiction distracts me from seeing the big picture; the grand scheme of things so to speak. I'm supposed to be able to think strategically and plan for my future in the long run. Not the short distance ahead. But I'm glad that I haven't become so shortsighted to join Windlifund. Like some people. Muehehehehe. May you (yes, you know who you are!) wait for it till my cat turn into a sheep.

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