Lauk kenduri

We went back to Batu Pahat over the weekend. Main reason, there's a kenduri organise by my biras that requires our attendance. Actually, I love going to kenduri at my better half's kampung. Not only the scenario is very the meriah, also the food is usually good!!! This is subject to who is the relatives that's invited us. Kalau the kepoh2 one, I will try my best to make excuses not to go...malas lah, asik kena laser and tak leh jawab balik...

Anyway, this kenduri was awsome. The cuties also has loads of fun. They get to run hear and there, have loads of friends around their age, of course they do enjoy the good food...

Takde sape ke nak ajak akak datang kenduri nie....

Wedding - Kampung Style

What is this pic? Wait yer, will inform you later in this post.

One of the reason why we had the balik kampung trip was to attend my better half's cousin's wedding. My better half came from a very close knit family hence weddings are mandatory for everyone to attend.

It was raining and yet that did not discourage people from coming to the wedding. Weddings, kampung style, has never failed to be happening.

Though this wedding, there was no bersanding action, it was still very meriah. Food was good, hot rice with such cold weather blended very well.

To Saiful and wife, Selamat Pengantin Baru, and of course like the rest, us and family ucapkan semoga kekal ke anak cucu!!!

Forgot abou the pic kan? That was taken before we went out the car. My hero saw this spider and being the scientist to be(suddenly, teringat kat Grissom of CSI), he was so excited and wanted a photo to be taken. That's the spider....

Tukang Besi

After we had our breakfast on Saturday, we went jalan2 around Parit Raja and we came across this very antique shop. Nama pun antik, Tukang Besi...

This shop, as per the owner, was opened back in 1940's and still in the same condition. The shop sells custom made parang, pisau, keris and sewaktu dengannyer...

We got the opportunity to watch the owner(inherited from his late father) demonstrating to us how a parang was made. He even asked my better half to try and hold the hammer. Looked light but it was 10kg in weight. I saw the shocked on my better half's face when he carried, at least tried to carry the hammer...

And we always thought kita keje berat kan?? Something to be thankful about....

Kampung Boy

My better half took the opportunity during this unplanned balik kg trip to introduce the cuties to his primary school.

My better half was born and brought up at this Kg Parit Khalid, about 20 minutes away from Parit Raja. His primary school, Sekolah Rendah Seri Mendapat, about 5 minutes from the house. This school was also the school for his grand parents, parents, sibblings and now his nephews. What a legacy!

He gave us a quick tour of the school. The canteen, this canteen siap ada stage lagik tau.

The football field where he tested his football skills.

The classroom. I never saw a classroom made of wood until I came to this school.

On the way back, he stopped to show us kekabu tree. The cuties were amazed, since they don't even know what kekabu is...

My better half also taught my hero how to use a slingshot(lastik). They were aiming for this poor squirel despite my strong objection against animal cruelty. Alhamdulilah, his skill is rather rusty so tak kena pun. But, he blamed it on me, keep on screaming to the poor thing...lari lari lari!!!

Though my better half has been in KL for the past 18 years of his life, I know he is still a kampung boy at heart, one of the many things that I love about him....

A day in kampung

We arrived very late, nearly 3am. Went straight to bed...

The next morning, we woke up quite late. My better half saw the king of fruit, so apa lagik, breakfast durian ler kaedahnyer...

Me and my better half then headed to Parit Raja. It has been a routine whenever we go back to kampung, my better half will bring me to enjoy asam pedas and fried chicken at this one particular stall. And this time was no exception.

The cuties still have to do their homework. Despite being at kampung, homework itu dilupa jangan...

We had our dinner at this new restaurant in Parit Raja. They are speacialised in western cuisine(walaupun namanyer kopitiam gitew...). We ordered quite a variety. We have chicken chop, steak, lamb chop, sizzling noodles, pizza, spaghetti, mushroom soup and garlic bread...what a feast!!!

Enjoy the photos. For those in Parit Raja, come over to this place. The food is not bad and the price is very reasonable. There were 7 adults and 3 kids with all these food and we only pay RM88. Lucky number tu...

Balik kampung!!!

Being a person that don't have a kampung, I am so glad that my "jodoh" is a kampung boy. At least boleh gak menumpang kampung orang. Otherwise Raya kat bandar je lah jawabnyer.

We left the house at 11pm, we left late cause we need to wait for my princess and my hero finish their tuition class and we wanted to avoid the traffic. However, too bad after the Bangi interchange the traffic went static. My guess either accident or road block. We were stuck there for about 30 minutes. And my first guess was accurate, there was an accident.

There was this car flipped to the other side and 3 more cars involved in the accident. Sorry no photos as I was to horrified to even look.

Adik told me, she saw in the news this afternoon, 5 died in that accident...

Our deepest condolence to the family of the victims.

Tonite, we plan to bring our parents for dinner at this new western food restaurant at Parit Raja. Will blog about it later...

Have a good weekend all!!

Birthday Celebration - The Sequel

Friday morning, me and Cik Puan Ambang organised an open room event. Saje jer, for those who came would know what's the occasion. Memang havoc and happening giler. Thanks to those yang datang and memeriahkan aka mengkecohkan suasana.

My dad and my better half packing the nasi lemak for the breakfast event. I was scolded for taking this picture. My dad's exact word "Nyibuk jer ambik gambo, tolong bungkus nasi lemak lagi elok!"

I never expect to have so many birthday celebrations...Honestly!

As usual, on Friday like any other Fridays we usual plan to go to places that we can "lepak" since the lunch hour is 2 and a half. I always let the girls to choose the venue. GTL wanted to go to Dome so Dome it is.

Since I am still actively on diet, I only had chamomile tea and vegetarian bruchetta(did I spell this correctly?). We waited for the boys to join us after Friday prayers. Lambat giler tunggu, dah ler panas! I never suspected anything. So, when the boys suddenly came behind my back with flowers and cake, I was stunned! Memang surprise to the max.

I like this photo, since 3 years working in KLCC, never taken any photo at the escalator!

That day was also the balik kg day. The mission is to prepare for Rudin's wedding. This week will be the only week we can do this since the weeks ahead will be full of activities and we will be back to kg on the nikah day itself. Imagine how chaotic it was. We started very early, took the cuties to breakfast at Pekan Sri Gading with the in laws. This place is food heaven. You can eat whatever you want at a very low price. Sometimes, naik pening kepala trying to calculate how did they come to the final figure.
Then off to the check lists of things to do....

Hantaran decorations - checked

Cake ordering - checked(nie pun ada story di sebaliknyer, later2lah yer)

Cosmetic hamper - checked

Mak Andam - checked

Makan berdamai - checked

Deejay - checked

Goodie bags and bunga telur - checked

Penat giler running all over the place. And to my surprise, as I am doing this, my mom in law was planning a kenduri doa selamat to celebrate my birthday. Terharu tau! Satu kampung datang.

Since it's my birthday, my better half did not allow me to help at all, so he was the one helping my mom in law with the cooking

The lauk which I ate only suku pinggan to jaga hati my mom in law since I don't want to disturb my diet

Iniler birthday present that I got so far, one is from the Dome party gang and another from my better half, a Bonia Purse. There is another one, a pair of baju kurung from my mom in law, tak sempat nak ambik gambor, later will upload.

If you think that's the end of the celebration, tet! you are wrong. Will update that later kay!

Weekend come and go....:(

After spending more money at kedai tudung KLCC and having what it felt as the longest week of my life, I thought I look forward to the weekend. Damn, how I was wrong. We planned to have our buka puasa this week at Batu Pahat as it has been a ritual for the first weekend of Ramadhan to have it there. But, one of the cuties demam..Ilham. Kesian dia, tgh malam balik dgn sejuk, but still he was so excited to meet atuk and nenek...

We arrived at 2am sebab bertolak pun lambat since my better half ada keje skit and considering Ilham demam. Sampai je kampung terus landing time sebab esok nak bangun sahur lak.

The morning, we had to go all the way to Batu Pahat sebab MEPS Bank Islam down ler pulak. Jauh gak beb, around 1 hour from the kampung. Sempat ler bawak the cuties to see the monument of Batu Pahat which shows Batu Pahat, literally. And we all sempat drove past the kampung that won the "Pintu Gerbang Terbaik" award for the National Day. KLCC tu!!!


Buka Puasa menu is Rojak Manis. Kat kampung nie, kalau buka pose, makanan beranak...masak sejenis jer, pastu hanto kat jiran tetangga, nescaya, dapat ler penuh satu meja macam2 jenis. Mira also helped out. Rajin anak2 dara mama. Balik kampung nie pun sempat ler gi Pasar Ramadhan. Ramai gak org. Balik jer, found out Ilham demam balik so we quickly brought him to the clinic and sampai rumah just in time for buka pose. Since Ilham, though tak pose tak makan apa pun, we decide to cheer him up and brought him to kedai ayam goreng after solat isya'. Barulah nampak dia senyum

Lepas sahur akak kena terus berangkat pulang sebab ada kelas. Tu pun dua kali stop and end up sampai kelas pukul 10, an hour late. Since dah letih, that nite masak simple jer, ayam masak pedas and sup ketam(ketam lagik??). Resepi? Nanti2lah yer, nak sambung keje sebab today half day.


Selamat Berpose Semua!!!