Trip to Cameron Highland

Sawadikap....

Dah lama tak menulis kat sini, sejak posa ari tu...idea nak menulis tu banyak tapi sebab penyakit M tu adakan, susahlah sikit...

La nie nak cita gi Cameron Highland, satu hari selepas hari merdeka....Dah lama tak gi sana, last sekali gi masa baby 5 bulan....tak reti petik strawbery lagi masa tu...si kitaorang decidelah nak gi sana coz nak bagi experience kat baby yang dah masuk 5 tahun nie....lagipun, babylah yang paling suka makan strawbery....

So naik ikut jalan lama, Tapah exit...malas nak gi simpang pulai....otw tu takut gak coz banyak tanah runtuh yang sedang di betulkan, nasib baik tak hujan, kalau hujan lagi seriau...paling menakjubkan masa otw naik nie, rumah2 orang asli kat situ, walaupun condition rumahnya tak berapa sangat tapi jangan tak caya, depa ada astro! ada tu siap astro beyond lagi....kitaorang pun tak pakai astro beyond...

So ladang teh petama jumpa kalau ikut jalan lama tu Bharat Plantation, so konon nak rasa English style, doklah minum2 teh kat situ....hehe...as if English style...100% rasa kat M'sia....minum teh je coz scone sume pricey sikit kat sini....

Pas tu coz dah dekat kol 3, gi check in kat Homestay Kg Sedia dulu...kitaorang dah book Ros Chalet, harga pun ok, RM150 je, memandangkan kat Cameron Highland nie especially time cuti2 selalu harga hotelnya mahal-mahal belaka...

Masuk-masuk dalam bilik....terperanjat...wah takde kipas, apatah lagi air-con....bole tahan ke nie....dah congak-congak kalau panas malam kang kena minta kipas dari K. Ros....so lepas golek2 atas katil sat, kitaorang pun kuarlah...kitaorang gi Boh Plantation, tempat nie pun dah pernah gi dululah...so revisiting the memoribilia....

Ladang Boh nie buka from 9am to 4.30pm, so kitaorang sampai kat gate dia tepat2 4.30, dapatlah masuk, tapi bila nak minum teh kat cafe dia...sume mende dah abis, dapat minum teh panas je....pas tu gi kedai jual teh dia...alamak very frustating...dah tutup lak....apa awal sangat depa2 nie tutup macam kat Melbourne lak....pas ambik2 gambar sume, kitaorang baliklah...nak buat apa lagi, sume dah tutup...

Pas tu kitaorang gi Pasar Malam Brinchang...situ memang glamer gan sayur kimchan, watercrest goreng...n jangan surprise, seafood goreng ala tempura pun ada n murah walaupun jauh dari laut....

So bawa balik foods dari Pasar Malam nie, itulah dinner kitaorang.....Bila dah malam, dah letih tak kuar dah, pas tu tv lak rosak, apa lagi...tido awal  jelah...ops lupa nak mention tak payah kipas memang sejuk giler bila malam sebab tu depa provide toto tebal-tebal....yang tak bestnye kalau aircon bolelah kita tutup kalau sejuk, tapi nie natural aircon nak tutup apa, kena tahan jelah sejuk-sejuk camtu....

Pagi2 kol 6.30 sume dah bangun dah, siap gan baby pun bangun awal....sejuk kot...so pagi2 tu gi merayau-rayaulah kat kg sedia....pakai baju sampai 2 lapis, memang sejuk...tapi taklah sesejuk tahun 80 -an dulu...dulu pagi2 camtu memang berasap-asap mulut...sekang nie takde dah....

Coz takde provide breakfast, kitaorang dah kuar ke Brinchang cari breakfast, dengan tak mandinya...adalah jumpa satu kedai kat simpang nak gi Hotel atas bukit...sedap gak makanan yang provide kat situ....

Pagi tu nak tahu gi mana....Boh Plantation lagi...sebab  semalam tak dapat gi kedai dia, ari nie gi lagi...dapatlah beli teh2 yang dikehendaki...pas tu baru gi KEA Farm, sumber jam kat Cameron Highland nie dek orang2 parking tepi2 jalan....

Situ kitaorang beli cam2lah, sayur, bunga, buah, etc...

Tapi tak beli strawberry lagi...tu kena buat hand-pick....ingatkan kat Kg Sedia tu ada....takde rupanay...so kena naik balik ke arah Brincang nak cari Farm yang ada self-plucking strawbery....untuk babylah katakan...So jumpalah self-plucking farm nie after Pekan Brinchang.  Walaupun bayar mahal. worth it lah as kids get the experience...takyah nak gi oversea....

So inilah je itenerary gi Cameron Highland, nasib baik 2 hari je, kalau 3 hari mati kutu tak tau nak buat apa lagi kat situ...otw back ikut jalan lama gak...malas nak ikut jalan baru...so singgahlah jab kat air terjun kat Cameron yang lawa tu....ambik2 gambar.

Oklah trip ke Cameron nie...nanti kalau nak gi lagi tunggu 5 tahun lagi kalau ada perubahan2 yang menarik...otherwise sama je gan gi Cameron 5 tahun yang lalu.....

Siaplah Akhirnya Biskut Raya

So episode buat biskut raya dah ditutup pada Jumaat lepas....semuanya from last Tuesday dapatlah 4 biskut, 1 for each day....

Untuk orang yang tak pernah buat biskut seumur hidup, tu kira pencapaianlah...walaupun rupa bentuk nye kira biasa dan agak kecewa gan jumlah yang dapat....target dapat isi 3 botol for each biskut tapi for biskut teh earl grey gan biskut cornflakes dapat 2 botol je....

Yang paling best buat cookies oat campur chocolate chip....nie my kids memang suka and memang buat extra untuk depa makan.....

Bila dah campur oat tu memang banyak betullah adunannya...tu yang puas hati tu....

Jangan tak caya, setengah bekas abis ari tu jugak the kids kerjakan....diaorang memang suka....


So all together nie lah rupa biskut-biskut raya yang dah siap....hopefully the kids tak usiklah....:)

So tahun nie dapat jimat beratus-ratus tak yah beli dah....all together the cost hanya RM92.90 sahaja....wah...dapat berjimat and gain experience jugak....hopefully next year pun dapat buat camni gak.

Alahai Komuter Service

Last Thursday, I decided to go to Masjid Jamek to do some last minute shopping before Ramadhan. But before that I have to run to KL Sentral to do errand at the bank there. So I  have decided to take Komuter to KL Sentral and then later an LRT to Masjid Jamek. When I was contemplating with this decision while driving, it was seems so straightforward and faster and easier....

So I went to park my car at Bandar Tasik Selatan and as the station is in construction, I have to park quite far from the station, the only available space and I was grateful I get the parking space.

So I start my long journey to the station and to KL Sentral....literally long journey....

I missed the train when I arrived there. So I have to wait for the next train. Not so many people there and I waited while playing Plant vs Zombie. After half an hour, still no train and I get bored playing the game. Opposite platform there are many advertising board " Rakyat diUtamakan Pencapaian Didahulukan". I had read all big words on the board and still the train is not in sight....huh...so much of Rakyak diutamakan...to get the simple train on schedule pun susah....Then the announcement came of the train delay, no reason whatsoever....

So on that day I have to wait for 1 hour to get into Komuter and reach KL Sentral for another half an hour.....all together 1 and half hour to get to KL Sentral! what....I wasted my precious time on waiting only....

Back in 2008 when I was working in PMC company building an office tower in KL Sentral, I used Komuter train regularly and that was my most tiring time in my life. A long process in station itself, train delay, waiting, standing in packed train, squashing myself to get into the train so that I don't have to wait the next delay train where condition was the same, all things of the pass....

So  5 year later the condition is still the same....status quo....what a disappointment....amidst with transport minister announcement on new train arrival
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/7/23/nation/11680021&sec=nation

They did have new train....the one that came after such a long delay was a new train, sort of LRT style, but it never can mended my precious time lost due to their inefficiency.

Kuih Raya : Biskut Earl Grey

Banyak betul aktiviti minggu nie, minggu sebelum nak posa nie..yelah punya berazam nak 4 banyak kuih raya before puasa....senang nak rasa try test....so dah siaplah 3 kuih: 1) Biskut Teh Earl Grey, 2) Biskut Cornflakes, 3) Cookies Oat and Chocolate Chip. Yang ke 2 and ke 3 oklah....biasa je tapi Biskut Teh Earl Grey nie first time nak try....resepi ambik kat internet.....

Mula-mula buat tu oklah...takde apa-apa yang special, ikut je resepi tu...pas tu dalam resepi kata adun gulung macam keropok lekor, panjang dan bulat macam duit 50 sen...ok...rupa-rupanya cakap memang senang...tapi nak buat punyalah susah coz tepung tu berderai-derai....last-last jadi bulat dan pendek...

Ish..ish lain macam tul rupanyakan...hehe.....pas tu dalam resepi tulis lagi....balut gan plastik pas tu letak dalam fridge 5 minit supaya senang di potong.....

hapralah....sama je berderai-derai gak bila potong and tak dapatlah perfect 50sen.....hai nak buat camna nie....dah berpeluh-peluh dah...last-last kenalah improvise.....tepek-tepek gan tangan je jadi bulat and leper....

So siap gaklah biskut Earl Grey....2 botol...punyalah buat sampai 3 adunan...2 botol je dapat....
rasa oklah....rasa teh Earl Grey, memang distinct lah....and sangat-sangat ranggup...kalau takde gigi di harap jangan trylah....

So siaplah azam nak buat biskut raya sebelum posa walaupaun selama bertahun-tahun hidup nie tak pernah try pun asyik membeli je....so quite berbanggalah dengan pencapaian ni....:)

Dah Nak Puasa Dah

Lama tak menulis di sini...bz betul weekend hari tu....buat apa ye....oh ye...gi shopping baju raya....tahun nie gi awal senang sikit....pas tu hari ahad ada sukan sekolah anak...semalam mengcat rumah...hari nie sampai hari jumaat nak start buat kuih raya....suma tu buat before puasa....banyak betul
nak settle kan....hopefully sempatlah nak menulis nanti walau macam-macam mende nak buat...

Snorkeling at Pulau Kapas

We all satu family pernah gi snorkeling kat Pangkor...that was the first time after anak-anak dah besar sikit. Dulu pernah snorkeling kat Pulau Redang pada tahun 2007, tapi masa tu anak-anak kecik lagi so tak fun sangat. So sebab snorkeling kat Pangkor kira ok...kitaorng pun try tempat lain.

So akhir bulan June ari tu kitaorang gi lah ke Pulau Kapas, Terengganu. Dah lama tak gi Terengganu, last sekali pergi masa tahun 2007 masa pergi Pulau Redang....so terasa betul jauhnye drive from KL. Bertolak dalam 9.30 am sampai Marang dalam pukul 4.30....lama betul tu campur berenti gi toilet, lunch, etc....

Kitaorang decide tak tidur kat Pulau Kapas, kitaorang bermalam 2 hari di Ce Wer Chalet kat Pantai Rusila, Marang. Chaletnye betul-betul tepi laut memang best la.

Lepas rehat-rehat sume, at night  nak tahu gi mana, banyak-banyak tempat kat KT tu we all gi Mydin...haha...sebenarnya gi sana shopping makanan untuk bawak esok...beli roti, sardin utk buat sandwich....siap beli tupperware kat situ utk letak sardin. Mula-mula tu kononnya nak cari Adeq Su Ikan Bakar, cam kuar kat URTV, Hai-O nye restaurant...tapi tak jumpa lak...dah pakai navigator and Ipad pun tak jumpa...last-last dinner kat Mydin je....pas tu supper kat kedai-kedai yang banyak kat Pantai Batu Buruk...sedap makan sotong c-tepung...

So esoknye we all pergilah ke Pulau Kapas naik boat Mak Gemuk Chalet. Dah lama tak naik boat laju camnie...takut gak.....coz macam roller coaster kat atas laut tu...Anak-anak sukalah...tapi for me...bilelah nak sampai nie....

So snorkeling kat Pulau Kapas memang best coz 1) ada pantai untuk anak yang 5 tahun tu duduk-duduk main pasir 2) orang tak begitu crowded compare to Pangkor 3) ikan memang banyak walaupun dekat gan pantai...

Apa lagi seronoklah anak-anak bagi ikan makan....bagi roti je...tapi punyalah banyak berkerumun sekeliling...geli gak bila ada ikan yang mengigit-gigit...

Tu yang kat tepi pantai...yang jauh sikit dari pantai...wah lagi best....walaupun banyak gak coral yang dah mati...tapi ada gak yg lawa-lawa dan pelik-pelik... pas tu ada batu-batu bulat yang besar-besar kat dalam laut tu....memang berbeza....

Pas tu kat dalam laut tu ada banyak gamat laut...hitam warnanya and besar-besar.....hehe geli gak tengok....sume gambar dalam laut nie pakai videocam Sanyo Xacti. Video cam nie dah lama beli sejak 2008 lagi...berguna gak coz dia waterproof....tapi untuk certain depth je lah kot...kalau gi diving tak bole jalan rasanya....

So selepas satu hari kat situ petang kul 5 we all baliklah ke chalet untuk berehat...letih gak gi snorkeling nie....

Malam apa lagi coz semalamnya tak dapat ikan bakar, hari ni terus gi ke Pantai Kelulut....kat situ sepanjang pantai tu memang banyak kedai ikan bakar.....wah apa lagi ketam, sotong, ikan , kerang, sume kitaorang sapu.....harga pun oklah....cam gi makan ikan bakar kat Jeram Selangor....

Setelah 2 hari kat Terengganu we all pun mengucapkan selamat tinggal....tu pun selepas 2 jam kat Pasar Payang....memang best kat situ....macam-macam delicacies...we all belilah baju-baju and keropok lekor.

We all balik otw singgah lagi kat tepi jalan beli keropok losong lak, pas tu kat area dekat-dekat Rantau Abang kalau tak salah singgah lagi untuk keropok lekor 008 lak memang mengunyah je sepanjang jalan...kol 3pm baru sampai Chukai...kat sana join my sis yang hantar anaknya masuk Ranaco Marine.

Betul-betul balik bertolak dari Cherating kol 4.30pm...sampai rumah kol 10pm...tu pun lepas dinner kat Nasi Lemak Ampang, sebelah Ampang Point....memang sedap situ....tempat lepark....wah letih gak perjalanan 3 hari nie....esoknya budak-budak sekolah... tapi best lah...trip nie...nanti next time nak cari tempat lain yang best snorkeling....nak try diving tapi camna nak mengangkut anak-anak...tu kena buat sendiri or kena tunggu depa besar sikit lagi...

Kematian: Sesuatu Yang Pasti

Last weekend I had been receiving berita kematian orang terdekat. 1st mom to my kawan, she had been sick quite a long time with diabetes, been to dialysis centre every alternate days in week and this news was not surprising due to her condition. Semoga dicucuri rahmat ke atas rohnya dan ditempatkan di kalangan orang-orang yang beriman. Amin.

2nd news was my hubby's cousin on late night of Sunday. This one quite mengejut because she was quite young, early 30's. So we went to her Grandma's house in Negeri Sembilan where the funeral will be held on the next morning.

Being to funeral definitely gave me a big lesson and peringatan. Few points as reminder to me:

1) I have been saving for my future life in hope that I don't have to work anymore when I was old. What I consider old? 40's, 50's? and what is the average life of a person? 60's? So I will have enjoying my hardworking money/saving for 10 to 20 years only and if I'm lucky for good 30-40 year. That I will dead at my 80's... Haiya so long to wait....and not in good condition to enjoy the saving.....dah tua...then go to my 2nd point...

2) What I almost forgot in my life, I have not been saving for longer life in liang lahad. Lama tu nak tunggu kiamat and hari dibangkitkan....and what do I have to prepare for it? Masyaallah....selama nie aku lalai....make preparation for shorter life period but forgot about the longer one....Aku mesti berazam untuk ready for longer preparation walaupun betapa susah....

3) Been watching makcik-makcik menyediakan peralatan untuk mengkafan, dan memandikan jenazah....and terdetik di hati betapa aku tiada ilmu mengenai fardu kifayah ini....will i let other people to do for my mother or sisters when their time come?

4) Our cousin meninggal kerana sesak nafas. From story I heard, so had resigned weeks earlier and went back to kampung to get some rest...rest forever she is. From many cousins she is the significant one to me due to suara sengau that she had. Rupa-rupanya I just got to know that she had heart condition from small and had operation before. Her condition was not that good when she was in her grandma's house where she had fever and cannot eat. She puke every time she ate. And she died when the phone still at her hand telling her father in KL that she cannot breath. So the description of her death and serene face of her is still hanging on my head. A reminder to me when the time come you cannot run of give any excuse.

5) I'm so sad and regret on abundance of Malay ghost movie in cinema, some doing the comedy out of the death.  I feel that it is a mockery to the death sedangkan they should know that kematiann itu pasti dan panjang dan kehidupan itu hanya sementara dan pendek masanya....


Dulu emak selalu melarang melawat kematian...baginya its taboo, kena mandi untuk hilangkan taboo bila balik dari melawat kematian, agaknya dipengaruhi dengan cita-cita hantu etc....bila dah besar nie....saya tahu fahamannye silap.....Kematian memberi satu peringatan besar and as long as other kematian orang yang saya kenali, I will go and visit coz I want to be reminded until my time come.

GA at Koleksi 1010 Giveaway

Tadi dok belek-belek resepi kat internet...konon-konon nak try buat Laksa....pernah makan je tapi tak pernah buat....terbukalah blog nie: http://www.koleksi1001resepi.com . Wah dah lama tak buka blog nie...dulu-dulu masa keje jat ofis selalulah gak menjengah blog nie...pas tu bile berhenti lupalak nak copy all blog/site yang menarik...ari nie baru buka balik....

Rupa-rupanya the blogger, kkida ada buat wow1001 giveaway. Menarik gak tu...hopefully ada chance untuk dijemput kat Restoran Rebung tu memandangakn baru terhegeh-hegeh nak link kat sini hehe...yelah update kat sini pun baru-baru nie je...selama nie menyepi konon sibuk berkerja...

Anyway blog kkida nie memang terbaiklah....sempoi but padat with resepi...I LIKE....

Evaluation Criteria in KSSR : Band!

Tadi ada Hari Akademik di sekolah anak. Untuk anak yang darjah 4 oklah...cam biasa evaluation pun straight forward same je macam mak bapaknye 15 tahun yang dulu.

Untuk anak darjah 2 nie...emmm...payah sikit...every parent spend about 15-20 mins with cikgu...nape...coz berbuih-buih cikgu nak menerangkan system baru nie...using"Band" ? ni word English ke Bahasa Melayu ke tak tahulah....So cikgu explainlah...for pertengahan tahun, band yang paling tinggi adalah Band 3. Tapi untuk akhir tahun Band yang paling tinggi adalah Band 5.

Description for the Band are as follows:

    Band 1 : Tahu
    Band 2: Tahu dan Faham
    Band 3: Tahu, Faham dan Boleh Buat
    Band 4: Tahu, Faham dan Boleh Buat Dengan Beradab
    Band 5: Tahu, Faham dan Boleh Buat Dengan Beradab Terpuji
    Band 6: Tahu, Faham dan Boleh Buat Dengan Beradab Mithali

So kitaorang yang blur nie tanyalah cikgu:

Saya/Suami: Cikgu, jadi untuk memastikan anak sayang mendapat Band tertinggi, Band 5 pada akhir tahun nanti, apa yang dia patut buat untuk mencapai Band tersebut (Tahu, Faham dan Boleh Buat Dengan Beradab Terpuji)

Cikgu: Sebenarnya saya pun tak faham pengertian dalam Band-band tersebut. Kami hanya memberi tahap Band itu berdasarkan sehingga Band 3 iaitu Tahu, Faham dan Boleh Buat.

Saya/Suami: ***Bump*...*Oink oink...***

Cikgu: Nanti bolehlah check website Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia , sure ada penerangan kat situ....

Saya/Suami: ****Double Bump***

So we all baliklah dengan berpuas hati coz result for anak-anak, not too badlah...tapi balik gak tak puas hati coz, we never got the straight answer....since last year lagi masa anak darjah satu...cikgu tu pun tak dapat nak explain to our satisfaction. Hopefully ada orang-orang Kementerian berkenaaan yang baca nie yang dapat explain dengan lebih baik dari cikgu-cikgu...:).

"If my daughter has achieved till Band 3, what she should do to jump into Band 4, 5 or 6...."

If the objective is not being understood, how we suppose to achieve it.....If the policy maker blur in their mission/vision, don't expect other people to follow successfully...... BUMP...again with CAPITAL LETTERS....

Homestay Kg Sg Sireh Tanjung Karang; Unforgetable Experience

May 2012 bunch of ex schoolmate and family, beramai-ramai ke Sabak Bernam Selangor. The objective was to attend schoolmate's wedding. Quite far gak ke situ almost 2-3 hours from KL....itupun dah short cut ikut LATAR Highway....kalau ikut Klang tak taulah berapa jam lagi. N'way berlepaklah beramai-ramai kat wedding tu sampai kol 4 petang! Lama tu...buat malu kat tuan rumah je....tulah sapa suh hidang kerepek-kerepek yang sedap and dessert bubur kacang sekali....lagilah tak mau balik depa-depa nie...almaklumlah jumpa kawan lama....

Nway dah petang....beberapa family decide to put up a night at Homestay Kg Sireh di Tanjung Karang...dapat rumah 7 bilik....lengkap gan tempt masak sume....adik yg uruskan tu kata they had guest sampai 2 bus pun bole muat kat rumah tu....owner nye dok sebelah je....

Tempatnya memang gorgeous!.... depan sawah padi kau...memang tenang hati memandang....kalaulah rumah sendiri kat sini....

So me with camera...apa lagilah...snap sans snap sini...sume mende nak ambik gambar.....nasib baik digital kan....kalau pakai film....dah beratus-ratus nak develop film tu....best, banyak subject to take...

Tiba time sunset....lagilah...macam pesta...berebut sume dok ambik gambar.....dengan harapan gambar tu dapat memberi the best memory of the place....it does.....

Jangan tak caya, every inch sang suria turun, bersnap-snap gambar diambik.....fuh....gile photography lah katakan....:)

Bile dah malam....this place quite and so tranquil....but us apa lagi...bbqlah... makan, borak, makan, borak....siap ada kawan datang bawa ikan and udang utk bbq kol 10pm++ tu....siap masak suma dalam kol 11pm++ lah makan....pun abis gak...

Terbaik....makan and borak lagi....sampai ayam berkokok pagi kol 4am....hah masa tu mata dah tak terangkat lagi..

Memang bestlah experience kat homestay nie especially for me yang early bird nye org...kol 10pm dah ngantuk dapat bertahan tu sampai kol 4am....

Kalau ada sesapa tak pernah cuba homestay tu cubalah....tapi jangan put high expectation, just except the place seadanye and you will find unexpected experience from that.

Ok nanti cita lagi....

Trip to Borobudur World Heritage Site

Oh...nak cita pasal trip 2 tahun dulu to Yogjakarta...me and my girlfriends pergi ke Borobudur di Yogjakarta. When we arrived at the parking lot, our driver has informed us that if the Guard asked "from where" katakan saja dari Sumatera..." we didn't ask why nor we pay any heavy attention to the statement....our ignorance has made us lost a few ribu rupiah for the entrance fee... rupa-rupanye non-local has to pay a lot more that the local....so here we goes....at different gate pulak tu....! Nak tak nak bayarlah 175 ribu tak salah sebab dah sampaikan...grumble gak all of us tapi takpelah.. U are at the World Heritage Site.

Morever this is the place that I have studied during my undergraduate course long time ago....to write a paper on this place, I had painstakingly draw and studied the plan....dulu tak pakai AutoCad, sume pakai tangan...

So been to this place is like a dream to me....to appreciate the system and persistence to build the architecture wonder.

The detailing and story scripted along the wall is astonishing and a reminder what the builder intended to convey through their work of art.

That make me thinking...at that time without technology and advance construction system, people can still build something amazing. Hopefully what we build today can be appreciated by the next generation as well in its own way...

Anyway nak panjat tangga tu berpeluh gak especially untuk badan macam mak-mak orang nie...

yang tak bestnye bile nak balik you have to go through many stalls/seller yang berkerumun asking almost forcing you to buy something from them....arg...tu yang paling tak larat...and if you bought something more seller will swarming you....better don't buy anything.....

nie jelah cita pasal yogjakarta....nanti boring lak.... next time cita pasal trip ke tempat lain lak....

Dah lama tak menulis di sini. Idea-idea tu banyak just tak tertulis je.... maybe before this busy berkerja....tapi sekang nie...banyaklah masa lapang sementara tunggu class nak start this coming September....so wait ha....nak cari gambar-gambar to accompany the story, mana-mana tah gi nye...