happy + loser = saturday fever

i had a kenduri cukur jambul at kak idah's place (shah alam) in the morning...yup! its for the newborn baby izwan!!... i contributed 100pieces of cupcakes made by abg cepoi and his business partner from almond delight (mr.h uia mates)....

abg.cepoi and his business partner drove all the way from seremban to deliver the cupcakes and its free of charge on delivery!!!! hoyeh!!thank u! hahaa..they arrived around 10.15am...the makan-makan time starts at 11.00am...i have 45minutes to arrive shah alam...so, i decided to use the duta ulu kelang elevated highway (DUKE) to make sure i arrived in time... alhamdulillah....at 11am..sampai shah alam and terus letak the cupcakes atas meja....and suddenly all the pakcik datang and grab 1 each...

they said "wahhh cantik nyaa sape buat? dikla buat ker? wahhhhhhh..ada botol susu...wahhh ade bear...wahh ada stroller...wahhh ada pin lampin!!" hahaha and all the "wahhhh" laa..

i said... "ohh yeahh dikla buat dari internet..dapat tau dari kawan...click2 and browse2...nampak phone number, sms2 and tadaaaaaa..siap.."

and then, suddenly the kidsss pulak datang serbu!!! wahhh laku okay!! and i am so proud of it.. my name sangat popular..hahahaa...dengar orang cakap "ohh tu dikla yg bawak, dia order dari kawan dia punyer kawan"...heheheee....ada pulak tanya.."kawan mane nih? laki ke perempuan? kawan sape punyer kawan?" aduhh banyak pulak soalan...

the cupcakes a few seconds after letak atas table, i have to stop the kids first to snap a photo, kalau takkk..takde laa gambar! hehehehe itu pun ada tangan lagi mau capai..haiiiiihhh

kak idah loves cupcake...she said "diklaaa sedap laaa cake nih!! dah nak abis dahhh.." sambil buat muka macam tuu...haihh she suka buat muka yang kelakarrr..hahaha

adila ketua cupcakes....org lain tak bleh amik cupcakes yang ada bear...hahahha

my lovely izwan...tapi saya panggil dia ichzwan..hehehehe

anyway besides that...one of the dishes for the day was kambing golek!! dan sy makan tak hingat donia!! lepas makan dengan jayanyaa, after a few hours, kena migrain..sakit kepala...hahahah....my parents arrived in the afternoon, then they went to another kenduri, saya kena tinggal kat rumah kak idah, niat di hati nak tolong kemas rumah after the kenduri...tapi sakit kepala...i slept until 6pm!!! then, i woke up and terpaksa laa get ready nak balik KL sebab taknak sampai KL malam..takut because i have to drive alone...hehehe...

here goes the loser part...on the way balik, i was thinking of using DUKE, cepat sikit sampai kan? but as usual...nak cepat, kena bayar laa toll ...total toll for my journey back home rm6.60 tapi baru teringat, dalam purse ada rm2 sahaja!!!! tak cukup duit..dalam CIMB ada rm10 saja...dah tak boleh nak withdraw...OTK!! (oh tuhan ku) and i was alone!!! mana nak cari duit? I'm not very familiar with shah alam area, saya pusing satu shah alam cari jalan to federal highway because federal highway only cost me rm1.10 saja untuk sampai KL...hehehehe...

yup...crazy me..alhamdulillah jumpa jalan..nasib baik there's no toll while looking for the sign to federal.....hehehe...

sampai rumah around 7.30pm, saya cerita to my dad and he said "crazy la u dikla..." sambil tu, my dad hulur rm20 to me...OTK (oh tuhan ku)lagi.. i felt LOSER!! hahahah...and reason my dad hulur rm20...because he knows my gaji masuk this monday...rm20 is for 2 days to survive until the next gaji,which i hope masuk laa duit this monday! hahahahaha lepas hulur tuu he said "ganti balik tauu" huhuhu... my dad kedekut? i dont think so...to me, its one of his way to teach his children to appreciate money....there's no easy money in this world...u want it..u have to work for it...u pinjam, u have to pay back... there's no such thing of sedekah because sedekah duit hanya untuk fakir miskin yang tak mampu...i told my dad.."laa ingatkan sedekah, tak payah bayar balik..." then, he said "dikla, u're not tergolong dalam fakir miskin, so u don't deserve duit sedekah" aduhhhhhhh..ahahhahaa

slept around 12 midnite and boleh pulak mimpi pi atm machine nak withdraw duit..and suddenly kat screen atm tuu tulis "insufficient fund" aduhhhhhhhh nightmare...

moral of the story...next time, don't shop till you drop if you don't want to feel LOSER...

sisterhood traveling journal day 2

day 2 (30.04.09)

6.45am - woke up, dressed up and had a romantic walk by the beach...

was here..pantai puteri santubong

7.53am - back to our room, and ready for a half an hour swim!!...

8.45am - had our breakfast and we filled up as much as we could, sebab lepas tu, we can only makan bila dah sampai kuching town...how's that? jimat okay! haha

10.45am - went down to the village house cafe and we settled the bills and waited for shuttle bus to sarawak cultural village santubong..

11.30am - arrived sarawak cultural village and we ran as fast as we could to catch the cultural show!! hahaha....as soon as we arrived, they've started but we managed to get the front row! haha iyer..main tipu skittt

antara yang menarik dan tertarik....wink!

antara yg menarik uder...abg yg kat atas bamboo stick tuu..wahhh kagum..kagum..
after the show...with orang penan costume
orang penan hut...
its new orang ulu longhouse! do u know how to get there?
naik laa this staircase...we call it "tangga sopan"..because, we have to be very very slow to climb up...salah step jatuh gedebukk...

stamp..stamp...to prove that we went there..
me and my lovely... in front of Melanau Tall House...

this tangga leads you to the attic space...uder said 'ni tempat orang melanau simpan anak dara diorang...huhuhu

meditation area in melanau house..

rumah melayu sarawak...romantic la gambar nih macam couple pi honeymoon saje...hehehee

bilik tidur utama rumah melayu...uder,jom tidur...

jemput masuk...hehehe

jambatan tamparuli...eh silap..this is jambatan buluh...jalan atas ni kena 'catwalk' kalau terselit kaki susahhhhh...

bidayuh longhouse

this is alat traditional orang bidayuh to grind the rice, nak remove the kulit beras tu la..

ini pula, alat untuk menumbuk beras..
ini, rokok buluh...the tembakau smells horrible! senyum terpakse tuu..

chinese farm house....this is how the chinese grind the pepper...(tapi takde laa tersengih) ni lakonan semula yang tak jadi

iban longhouse, yup!! the puteri...in iban traditional costume which costs us rm10 for 1 time rent...hehehe
the verandah...uder tengah menari tarian orang iban...hehehe

while having our own good time snapping photos around the iban longhouse with the iban costume (there was only the two of us) then, suddenly i saw 4 guys and 1 girl coming...me and uder tried to run and take off our costume sebab malu and tak mau orang lain nampak, but we were too late, all of sudden, the iban longhouse was full with visitors...haihh kami berdua pun jadi orang iban sekejap, there's people asking us to be in their photos too!! as usual, i'm quite shy, after a few snap from strangers, i tried to stayed back and let uder layan the visitors...then, the guys came, one of them dah ready with the costume too! so both of us pun bergambar laa bersama mereka...and we became friends...the 4 guys are, ejart, zul, aleem and faiz..they came with their unofficial tourist guide, khai....see, the guys pun need tourist guide..kami berdua gamble guide saja..hahaha...ohh lepas borak2 dengan faiz, rupanya, dia tinggal dekat saja dengan my house.. anyway,will tell more in day 3 entry yer!

ejart with the costume and zul terbaring sebb kena belasah...hahahala

2.33pm - zul invited both of us to join them on the stage at the perfomance area for the unofficial traditional guitar learning session by one of the musician...yela sangatt

3.10pm - me and uder ran as fast as we could to the entrance of cultural village to get our shuttle bus which was scheduled to take off at around 3.15pm...hahaha penat lari!!

3.30pm - arrived village house, pick up our luggage..(abang shuttle bus tu yang tolong angkat..best laa, we felt like a princess....we dont have to do heavy things...hehehe)we met laurance and team, said thank you and we shoot off to kuching town.....good bye puteri santubong and puteri sejinjang, we'll come again!!

4.15pm - arrived riverside majestic hotel (thanks a lot to uncle khairuddin for booking and checked in the hotel for us and million thanks to my beloved daddy for sponsoring the 2 nite stay in the hotel for me and uder) sampai hotel, we unpacked our things and tido!!!

6.45pm - woke up and get dressed, went to giant in parkson to grab some food...beli maggi in my mug, juices, pudding..

7.30pm - zul called uder and invited us for dinner at barok cafe across the sarawak river...actually, it was ejart's idea..he told me and uder before we left them at the cultural village, he asked if we would like to join them for dinner...oh well, me and uder said "why not' we don't mind."..uder exchange her number with zul...so yeahhh..we went for seafood dinner...thanks guys for the treat! hahaha..lain kali belanje lagi okayyy..kahkahkah

8.00pm - met the guys in front of our hotel, and went straight to the jetty. we crossed the river by sampan!! risau jugak malam2 naik sampan, dengan 4 lelaki, and pakcik bawak sampan tu relaks saja...takut laa kot diorang bawak pi tempat lain, pastu kena jual...whahahaha...ye negative thinking sajee..heheh but the guys are really nice guy....ejart paid for the sampan..alahaiii baik nyer laa si ejart nih...yang lain2 tuu baik jugak...tapi poyo lebih! hahaha

9.30pm - abis makan, the guys ajak pi tengok muvi pulak..tapi citer hantu...both of us straight cakap "NO" giler ape nk tengok citer hantu malam2? we decided to go to the cinema and check for other movies..tapi kul 9.15pm last show..hahah too late...bagus pun...then, the guys ajak pi main bowling pulak...since baru kul 9.30pm, me and uder pun okay saje lahh..

10.30pm - penat and back to our room...the guys jalan kaki balik hotel diorang..heheh luckily the bowling is just beside our hotel...takde la jauh nk berjalan balik..

end of day 2...

more photos on day 2 and day 3 coming soon...still waiting for faiz to pass me the cd..hehee

snippet for day 3 in semenggoh wildlife centre...!

to be continued..

birthday and perfume

starter...yup...starts with cake, then continue with chicken mushroom and black pepper grilled chicken..(lupa plak nak amik gambar)..ouhh....scrumptious okay! hehehe

happy birthday to my dearest officemate / office buddy / gossips buddy during office hours! suhana!! hehehee

many happy returns to you and hope you had a great time!!...sekarang kita sama umur!! hehehehe

we went for birthday lunch at secret recipe...hehehe...mane lagi kan? tu yg best setakat nih to have lunch and bestest cake...

lepas tuu...saya singgah at one of perfume shop kat ampang point......biasa laa tangan gatal kan..? saya spray one of the perfume for men kat my hand..... then saya bagitau suhana "aaaaaa bau mr.h!!!...rinduuuu"

hahahah yup..pathetic...i know..

us against the world

i have been introduced to this song by mr.f

and i dedicate this song to mr.h

If the sun shuts down and decided not to shine no more
I would still have you, baby
If we see the last day and they say we gotta go to war
I'll be fighting with you, baby
Cuz I know if I'm falling, you won't let me hit the ground
If the boat is sinking, I know you won't let me drown...

(by christina milian)

sisterhood traveling journal day 1

Day 1 (290409)

4.45am - depart from my house (uder slept over at my place) to KL sentral. we took the 5.30am shuttle bus to LCCT to get the 8.20am flight to kuching, sarawak...million thanks to my younger sis sarah and my beloved daddy for having the trouble woke up in the middle of the nite..(eh..early morning lah..) to send us two..

5.15 am - arrived Kl sentral, uder bought shuttle bus ticket for two, we thought,the bus is inside the building, but due to renovations, they parked outside and we have to walk down...huhhhh starts this wacky feeling..

5.25am - the bus instructor said,they only have 1 seat left and the other seat is right beside the driver (co-driver punyer seat lah) uder was brave enough to sit there...i said to the bus instructor..."kitorg nk duduk sama2"...tapi...pakcik bas tu kata "kalau nk duduk sekali, u have to wait for the next bus" oh great...then uder said "its okay...kita naik sekarang la...awak duduk belakang...nanti saya call dari depan" ahahhaha romantik tak? saja jer buat drama di pagi hari...

6.45am - arrived LCCT, ticket counter yet to open, so we decided to get our BIG breakfast at Mckdees

lcct mckdees

7.20am - ticket counter is now open! hoyehhh! we get to checked in without any problems...our luggage within the weight limit..great..everything seems smooth..

7.45am - departure lounge, long queue...but luckily we have booked our seat earlier of course with extra charge rm5...

8.20am - yeay! we're going to kuching!! tapi after a while, both of us slept until the cabin crew announced that we're landing...ohohoho...

everyone can fly!

10.20am - kuching airport, excited! on the way to the immigration counter, there's one pakcik suddenly said "kurang ajar!" to both of us, just because we didn't see him walking through and apparently we blocked his way... uder said.."oh maybe that was not too bad for them to say to other people" oh well what everrrrr... hahahha...we just don't care lah pakcik...but we did say sorry..tak tau la dia dengar ke tak kann

10.45am - our luggage in hand..went straight to the info counter to get the map...yup..kuching map, and asked for the taxi.. the kakak said it will costs us rm22...so we went to the taxi booth to pay...suddenly kakak kat taxi booth said rm35...wahhhhhh...then i said "but the info person said its only rm22?" then the kakak said "oh yang itu counter sebelah.." hahaha boleh macam tu pulakk...

11.20am - arrived singgahsana lodge...a very nice place for backpackers...they named their rooms by the name of divisions in sarawak..batang ai..batang rejang..and i dont know ape lagi...tapi semua starts with batang lah...we waited almost an hour to get the shuttle bus to village house..while waiting, me and uder asked for permission to the person in charge to have a look at rooms that they have...it was a very cosy place to stay..oh2 they have honeymooners room too!!... loved it!

singgahsana lodge loungesinggahsana lodge cafe - top levelsinggahsana lodge reading area

12.15noon - depart from singgahsana lodge to village house...

12.45noon - arrived village house! it was magnificent! they greet us with a big smile..thanks to laurence for the very warm welcome! we've been given orange juice as the welcoming treat and they showed us our room... they named it 'serai' village twin room...

the village house -garden

mine

uder's

right in front of our room..turun tangga and terjun dalam pool! cool huh!!?

1.45pm - dressed up and went for a swim in the 14m long swimming pool...felt like jumping all over and it was just the two of us, using the pool...hehehe..we ordered our vegetarian lunch, we had lunch and we had a great chit chat together under the shed enjoying and impressed with the architecture, and the calm environment.. it was fantastic..

the 14meters pool

our vegetarian lunch

4.15pm - tired and sleepy.....tido!!!!!

6.15pm - woke up and dressed up quickly to catch the sunset!! hahah we ran over to the beach and it was almost sunset..waited there till the last moment...met, vivian, one of the village house owner's good friend... chatted for a while and back to our room..

the entrance (balinese style)..tak dapat pi bali..sini pun jadi lahmount santubongnearly thereoh ohhhhh..time to go...

8.00pm - went for dinner at damai beach resort restaurant...laurance sent us over to the restaurant...baik kan laurance nih...oh wait till he said "that will cost u rm5" ahahaha....nahh he was joking la...

dinner time..uder talking to hmmmm...fake smile...why? sebb tengah lapar..laksa sarawak...loved it!!sarawak fried rice

9.00pm - back to village house and lepak-lepak kat TV room and we watched devil's wear prada, shakti..oh well i slept after a while, and uder still with her tv show..the nanny!..hahaha

11.45pm - balik bilik and tido.....

tv room...yup! just the two of us...

uder's version of kuching trip can be viewed here

okay peeps thats for our 1st day in santubong, kuching sarawak....

to be continued....