Nasi Goreng Stacy

Greetings from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, the Land Below the Wind.

How are you guys doing? Camane raya ke-2? Mine, kat mane lagi.....kat sini la di KK bah.

I was at Filipino Market just now with a colleague for our dinner. I had the above food--nasi goreng ayam (chicken fried rice) yang maha dry and so-called 'cendol', KK version. Boleh laa....Cendol dia sangat besar.

The market was overcrowded with those mat rempit from I-don't-know-which-planet-they-come-from despite the heavy rainfalls here in KK. Seriously sesak sampai nak bernapas pon susah. Haha

And guess what? There was a celebrity on my flight to KK this afternoon.

It was Stacy!!! I really like her performance during final AJL 2008. She should've get the Best Performance award, at least. Sigh....

Tapi kan....apsal si Stacy tu nampak macam selebeh je tadi? Gulp! Sorry....that's my honest opinion.

U know u love me, xoxo

ps: Teringat Bob AF2. Banyak kali dia travel as passenger on my flights. The last time was just few days before Raya last week. He was on his way to his hometown in Limbang, Sarawak. Very friendly and easy to get along with. Bukan sekadar di skrin TV.

Sept 10, 2010. Hari Raya.

Selamat Hari Raya. Maaf Zahir dan Batin (Happy Eid Mubarak. Forgive me for all my wrongdoings)

I am already back in KL as you may read this. It was a short holiday for me. Sighh......
Ramadhan, you will be missed. Till we meet again next year. InsyaAllah...

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Eid Mubarak), People!~

Dear everyone,

I would like to take this opportunity to wish a very joyous Selamat Hari Raya Airdilfitri, Eid Mubarak and maaf zahir dan batin. May the Hari Raya brings you thousands of fulfillment and do enjoy the spirit of togetherness this Hari Raya.

Asik terbaaaang je, nasib baik sempat nak bayar zakat (personal tithe)

Dan seperti Raya tahun lepas......duit Raya saya kepada kanak2 adalah di dalam sampul ini. Haha. My signature. LOL

I better dash now. Am taking the ol' skool way to balik kampung by takin the train and later a coach.

La Familia....I'll see you in a bit.

Happy Hari Rayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~

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Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2009 Pt. 2

Dear Diary,

I am back to KL. I just arrived here this evening.

I feel sooooo malas to go to work tomorrow, will be going to Taipei in Taiwan to be precise. And it will be my first time to the city.

I am actually still in Raya mood. All my family members are still at kampung, I am sure they are all gelak'ing, borak'ing and makan'ing at this time, while I am here dead bored with no one else at home. Nasib baik ade internet.

My Hari Raya was so mediocre. Everythingwas sooooo kureng lah. Ma fell ill, with less people yang balik kampung (maybe due to H1N1), and the luxury of returning to KL with family was taken away when I had to take a coach to KL. Mind you it was not a direct kampung-KL journey. Dengan stomachache lagi, etc etc.

And upon arrival into KL, I was soo surprised to see soooooo many Indons in KL!

I felt like I was not in my own country anymore! There was a slight insecure feeling to walk around town this evening, when so many nasty, smelly and fugly Indons staring at me. Eugh......How I wished yang stare to Indon² sinetron, or fashionistas/socialites yang selalu masuk Tatler. haha

And KL amatlah kotor ye....

And yet, people in Indon still ade intention nak perang dengan Malaysia? Aiyo.....tak sedar ke berjuta² Indon yang carik rezeki kat sini..... Ptui!

Come to think of it, very menyampah dengan propaganda murahan negara seberang ni!

I better go now. I am so restless.

Will update more.

U know u love me, xoxo

ps: And macam tahun² lepas, Hari Raya disajikan dengan banyak cerita² klise. Anak derhaka, anak terlambat balik, keluarga dah mati pastu dah tanam baru nak sampai and the like. Pelakon sape lagi kalo bukan Rosyam Nor dgn Fauziah Nawi. Tolong lah! Hari Raya orang nak bergembira.....bukan nak meraung!

Very klise, very very klise. Seolah² dah takde idea orang Melayu ni!

Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2009

Greetings everyone,

Yeah! Raya is here, in less than 2 days. I really cannot wait for Raya this Sunday.

Ma have decided to change the initial plan and we all gonna balik kampung for Raya. Millions times better than celebrating it in KL.
Well, we did it once and it was awful.....! Yuck! First day of Raya dah pegi KLCC tengok wayang. Eugh....!

The metropolis will be empty, like many years before. 4 mills of KL'ites semua pon nak balik kampung (kesian sape yang takde kampung).

And the next 3 photos below were taken at Suria KLCC. This year's theme was a bit different. They used to build real kampong house at the concourse floor, but it is presented in a simpler version for this year. See below. I like the new idea. Looks very fresh!

And by all means, I always have a thing for Kampung Boy.

Just one of many signature characters in Kampung Boy the series.

And also this one.

First time bayar fitrah sendiri!

And the biggest surprise is.....

My duit raya is in these hotel envelopes, OK? Haha! Well, my company doesn't provide the envelopes so I thought why not to use the envelope hotel yang banyak dikutip from my work travels. Lantak lahh......as long as dalam tu berisik, dan yang pastinya bukan duit kaler biru.

TO ALL ZACHBA READERS, SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI, MAAF ZAHIR BATIN, ATAS BAWAH, LUAR DALAM.......HALALKAN MAKAN MINUM UTANG etc (if any)

MAY YOU ALL HAVE A SPLENDID RAYA THIS YEAR.

I will be going back to my kampung at Negeri Sembilan tomorrow. Tido Kuching malam ni.... ;(

U know u love me, xoxo

Pantun Raya

Hello,

Raya (Eid) is around the corner.

I am very sure that soon, the culture of sending Pantun SMS will datang balik.

PLEAAAAASE.....LIKE YEARS BEFORE, DO NOT FORWARD ME ANY PANTUN RAYA, like this one:

yada yada yada,
yada yada,
yada yada yada,
hantar SMS pon OK what?

Really aku takde mase nak reply, even nak bace, pantun² Raya yang cheap nih. Sorry, but that is just me.

Kalau nak wish Raya tu, biarlah sincere dari hati sendiri. Bukan ape yang kau dapat dari orang, ko rase cute, pastu ko hantar kat aku pulak?

I am not the place for you to dump your pantuns.

A simple Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir Batin, Halal Makan Minum is much nicer and more original.

Happy weekend.

Peace.

Updates

Dear Diary,

It's been long! How is everyone doing? I am just so and so, still recovering from back pain, slight fever and diarrhea (toilet calls every 5 minutes)! Eugh.....

I guess it must've been the sirap bandung that I bought for break fast from nearby bazaar. Screw you, abang! Mesti air tak masak nih!

Today is Sept 9, 2009 (09/09/09). Nice date, neh?

2 huge companies will unveil (it is Tuesday 08/09/09 evening in the West) their latest inventions today--Apple and Leica. I can't wait! Rumors said that the new iPods will receive 3.2 MP camera. And Leica will introduce the new DSLR. Aiyo... We will see.

Raya is around the corner. And I still haven't do any Raya shopping just yet, not even a new pair of Raya underwear! I keen to buy a new Songkok (a headgear worn by Malay men together with the traditional outfit, Baju Melayu) since I can't find the old one, and prolly a new pair of Baju Melayu. Seeking for shopping kaki now. Anyone?

Oh, have I told you that I got 2 days off for Raya? I mean after my applications been rejected for 3 times? Haha!

One thing that I am very sure is, I will go bankrupt this Raya! I have 17 nephews and nieces (no younger bro/sis though) and let's say if I feed them RM10 each, I am already poorer by RM170 there, just for duit Raya. And takkan la nak bagi RM10 je kan? Budak² mane nak pandang duit kaler merah ni....... *PENGSAN!

I am off to Medan, Indonesia this afternoon. This would be my very first time flying to the city after almost 6 months flying as a crew. So, it will complete my journey to all stations in Indonesia.

Yet, I am still looking forward for other stations that I have not been to yet served by the B-737--Alor Star (Malaysia), Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), Rangoon (Myanmar), Macau and HK (SAR of China) and Taipei and Kaohsiung (Taiwan). Haa.....macam tak percaya je Alor Star pon tak sampai lagi.....

Soon after Raya, I'll be flying to...

Taipei

Kaohsiung

....and Colombo via Male in Maldives.

Boi, I am so looking forward for my trips. Anyone nak kirim barang?

U know u love me, xoxo

Raya 2008 Pt 9

Last but not least, some photos of my Raya angpow's envelopes for this year.
I got very little lah this year.

Very sad indeed. Sob...sob... :'(

Raya 2008 Pt 8

***read the previous entry here.

Dear Diary,

This is the second last entry of my Raya 2008 report. There's nothing much from from the festival itself, but a visit to the Raja Melewar Museum close to my kampong house on the third day of Raya.

I visited the museum with my 2 nephews. No entrance fees, fyi, so, you could bring as many as you like without burning a hole in the pocket ;)

The replica of Batu Bertikam. See the photo below for the description.

And last but not least, Raya this year fell on no-fruit-season. There were no whatsoever but rambutans, durians jambu air, which is actually not a seasonal fruit, neh?

The jambu airs. ;)

Daun sirih.

So, that is all for my report from kampong. The pic above was taken when I was on my way back to KL from kampong. Janice Lee was not elected as MB in my area during the last election...but I think this is nice, to show that she IS there for the rakyats.

U know u love me, xoxo

Raya 2008 Pt 7

*** read the previous part here.

An inside view of a Kampong house. Colorful, neh?

So do the kuih, very colorful. Btw, it is Sarawak layer cake there.

In the evening, I lent my hands doing this work. Honestly, I have never siang any fish before.... :p

...and they were a lot, I'm telling you :(

And the celebration continues at night.

And guess what? Bole pulak I'm falling for my makcik's glasses.
It is quite vintage looking, tortoise shell....so like in my wishlist

And how could I forgot this cookies--Kuih Suji.

u know u love me, xoxo

ps: Malas nak type. Penat now ;)

Raya 2008 Pt 6

***see the previous part here.

Another report from my Raya 2008 ;).
These photos were taken on the first day of Raya. Like years before, a lot of dramas seen on the first day itself, especially in the morning. Ha!

Filial pity. Kissing ma, asking for forgiveness for all the wrong doings past one year ;)

Ta-duh~! My big happy family. There are 30 members in the family, certainly not a nucleus family portrait. 4 were missing in the photo tho. (and this is the purpose of camera tripod, when you dont have someone to snap for the photo)

WTF?

Traditional cuisine, special for the day.

This one is my fav too! Mama Carrie.

Lelong²!

I am telling you, every year, kalo balik raya mesty ade air gas brand baru.

Tak payah makan lain, makan ni pon dah cukop ;)

Raya 2008 Pt 5

Dear Diary,

This is yet another entry re my Raya (Eid Mubarak) this year that we celebrated last month.

On my previous entries, I did show you some of the photos taken before the actual day of Raya. And today, I will start to show more photos taken on the Raya day itself.

I woke up pretty late that day, you know....main mercun till late night, and like many previous years, I skipped my Raya prayer again this year. In fact, I only performed the special prayer once in my entire life, and that was when I was 8! Many² years ago, indeed! Haha...confession sangat!

As soon as I got up, I straight went to the kitchen and eat this. It is like a tradition that every year, mom will cook this for the special day. It is the nasik himpit with kuah kacang, of course. (Description in English: rice cooked in young coconut leaves/small plastic bag (?) with peanut sauce on top) Btol ke tu?

Then I ate this, kuih buah rotan kan name dia?

And as much as I hate to say this, Petronas Raya TVC this year somewhat a bit disappointing whereas we could expect the storyline at the beginning of the commercial!

And the award for the Best Raya TVC 2008, goes to.....:

Telekom TVC. Sebak pon ade mule² tgk. Agree?

And don't be surprised that our family used this scarf below as the table cloth. It is a hit amongst youngsters these days to use that cloth as scarf but my family......

It is the betel nut tress, those who dont know.

Please excuse the langsir senget. hahaha

And macam biase la...si sepet kene buli suruh isik duit dalam envelope, kan...

Bole.....baru sehari kat kampong dah ade tungau, I mean the kid la...not me.

to be continued...