Lastnight the Monkey was itching to go to Crown. The Donkey on the other hand wasn’t keen on going because she wanted to feast on freshly laid grass. However, out voted by the monkey the hippo and the mother hen she had no choice but to drag her sorry ass to Crown with us.

The weather has been really DISGUSTING past couple of days. We are almost reaching the middle of december and instead of hot sunshiny days we’ve been getting cold rainy weather. It has been pouring since lastnight!!!! Kalau ujan duit inda jua apa. Rahim just got back from the gym and he was complaining about a guy who despite the freezing weather had switched on the aircon.

Rahim: Tadi bah palui ka siti ada org atu ya excercise kan ya buka aircon skalinya ya turunkan lagi temperature nya ke 16. sajuk jua rahim tu!
me: waahahahahaaaha..inda kau aga ya liatkan ya puting susu mu. “excuse me sir, do you see this!? it can frickin cut glass.”. did u do do anything?
rahim: no.

anyway…picture time…

monkey

at the tram stop.

the only good thing about the rain is the nice reflections of light you get outside on the streets. they come out really pretty in pictures.

Donkey

DDR time!!!!!!

*deep heavy voice* DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION!

Gtg need to make dinner. ngaleh ku sudah masak2 ani.. heh.

kiss me.

I just woke up from a long nap. Was up at 8 today. Somehow i was pumped and ready to go for yoga. Been training myself to wake up early past few weeks and today for the first time i was able to catch the 9am Bikram class with Aliaa. Aliaa who just came back from a 2 day trip from KL was SUPER surprised by this was all like ‘Omg, this girl i leave you two days now you can wake up in the morning already!’. What a jerk. hahahaha.

Anyway, Bikram was okay. I’m still having trouble doing some of the postures and because of this i tend to get over-emotional during classes. The instructor told me that this was normal as our bodies tend to store up emotions over a period of time, that only gets released during exercise. Interesting. If this is the case..i must have been walking time bomb in the last couple of months. But all in all it was good, i even went for a 20 minute jog on the treadmill when i got back. Eh batah jua kan kurus ani. Kalau ku chatning mcm si Tina Turner during yoga.. kurus kali capat ah? yang anu Nam Yoho Renge Kya ah.. huhu. Kan. Cari pasal. hahahaha.

I have photos. Went to Night Market at Vic Mark the other night. The main attraction of the market are the over-30 stalls selling a variety of international cuisine. There were also a couple of other stalls around the market selling things like arts & crafts and over-priced reworked vintage dresses..but people came mainly for the food. Which i thought weren’t all that.

There were CORN..dipped in a choice of butter+chicken salt , butter+pepper or just “butter+can i have $4 please?” seriously. They charged that much for a cob, and the corn weren’t even as sweet as i hoped (to have paid) them to be. I felt cheated.

by her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Went with the Hassan girls.

tables were set up around the market for the convenience of those who came.

Each stall was decorated festively according to the theme of food they were selling. I found this man at the Spanish Churros stall. ani baru BASA tangannya pablo!

I think this stall had the longest line of people.

Rahim & Nad joined the fun… sanggup durang bebaris. heh. walaupun gambar ani bukan mcm bebaris.. tetapi mcm pre-wedding shot. hahahaha. Nad’s 20+++++++!!!! Rahim’s only 14!!!! so no. definitely NOT A PRE WEDDING SHOT.

Next door to Churros were the Africans. In which Nawa dared me to go up to one of their men and tell them that “i really really really like your costume, would u care for a dance?”. hahahahah. The stupid games we play.There was this one time i dared Nawa to go to the 7eleven near our house and tell the man behind the counter “Thank you, i LOOOOVE you” . The only words that managed to come out of her mouth were “..Tha….Where is San-Deep?” wahahahah buleh kah ya cari si San deep. btw kel, si Sandeep ani yang bekaca mata ah. huhuhu. yang KAU ckp hemsem. *cough*.

just look at how african she looks. huhuhu.

Next door to the africans were the Gozleme turks.

the owner was Nawa’s sugar daddy.

Girl making Gozleme. A gozleme at this stall cost about $9 bucks to buy each. The taste factor if i was to rate it out of $10 bucks.. $1.08. The one at the market in Sydney road is better. Kel, remember the old scary lady who makes it at Sydney road?

Me: can i grab one goz-lee-mee please?
Old lady: NOH! GOOZ-LE-MAY!!

ah. Her Gozleme is better walaupun ya ganas sikit. Besar macam gajah. Kecil macam semut. Ganas macam manusia yang tidak makan seminggu.

Abang manith jual Gozleme. Look at how festive he looks!

We skipped ‘Mauritius’ and went straight to Kebabs.

Koftas. Which were just as mediocre as the Gozlemes.

By the time we got our dinner, i was too lazy and too hungry to explore the market further. so i returned to our table where Nad had bought $7 bucks worth of soggy chinese noodles. And an ive-had-better-plate of Butter chicken from the Indian stall.

but lapar punya pasal, they all ate in silence. huhuhu.

The same pretzel lady i met at the Chocolate festival a few months back was there!

Pretzels.

For 5 bucks a pop, i was expecting more than bread disguised as a pretzel in cinnamon powder.

Rahim queued for Dutch pancakes drenched in icing sugar and maple syrup. This almost made the highlight of my evening..until..

Nawa brought back a plate of honey dumplings + ice cream!! This was really2 good. The dumplings were still hot when it got to the table. the choc & icecream made it..oh so dreaaamy.

Nad’s fork of dumpling, before popping it in to her mouth.

Tharwana and I suddenly had a craving for chocolate mouse and rich iced chocolate.

mnyam mnyam.

Another highlight of the evening were also the churros.

By the end of the it all, i came up with this theory that the food festival were set up for the org puteh living in the kampongs who have never heard of food like.. nasi goreng.. mee goreng.. samosa.. doner kebab.. SAMBAL BELACAN ..in which the night market would be sure to please them to no end. The food might not be all that, but the ambience was great. I couldn’t decide whether it was the stall owners dressing up in their national costumes or the music coming from all sides of the market but there was just something about Victoria Market dressed as a Night Market that i find very charming. I wouldnt go back for the food but ill definitely go back for more ice chocolate and picture taking. My battery died half way through my churro. hahahahaha. The market will be running up till January..those of you who will be in Melbourne i recommend you to go to the night market..i found that most of the stalls are halal.

will be taking tharwana and rahim to crown tonight. Arcade time!!!!!!!!!

kiss me.

Im waiting for this week’s gossip girl episode to finish downloading.So i thought i’d post up photos of rahim and tharwana’s first few days in melbourne. I know i have been neglecting this blog.. I have been .. lazy. And sorry Kel, i know i told you i’d post these up yesterday.. hehe.. kau pikir sanang kah mengupload gambar gambar ani???

Melbourne doesn’t really do so well in the kids & family serta mertua department when it comes to holidays. If you’re looking for theme parks and beautiful beaches i suggest you go to Goldcoast. There isn’t really anything to do in melbourne apart from shopp, eat, cafe hopping and if you are of 18 years of age and above.. club/bar hopping i suppose. While we do have beautiful beaches here, the weather’s usually the culprit that prevents us from going. Aneeeway, so yeah thats what Rahim and Tharwana’s been doing last few days. wakan, wakan and more waaaakan.

The night they came, we decided to go for Sushi at Ito on Bourke Street . Just a few tramstops away from our house. We used to go to Ito at least every week back when we were in highschool. The californial rolls are to DIEEEE for. But that was then..ahaha to me its ok la.. a california roll is a california roll, but its good to know that Amal still enjoys them.

Look in to the light Em.

Rahim welcoming us at the door. Baru jua sehari, keraja sudah ya sini.

Makis

THE Californial Roll.

Day TWO – SYDNEY ROAD

Rahim

While waiting for (Diva)Fakhruddin.. we watched Men perform .’andale andale’ songs on bourke street.

Sydney road boasts the best arabic,lebanese,turkish eateries in Melbourne. The place is all-things-arabic la basicly. Sydney road’s also where we get our supply of our meat. Alasya,Our favourite place to eat. The service is shit but the food’s worth waiting for.

What comes with lunch is a free flow of Turkish Bread, that makes LOVELY bread for roti kawin the next morning. huhuhu.

And then you have the Hummus.

My plate of mixed Doner. I am in love with the capsicum sauce on the side.

our Architect friend Din.

I caught this girl in action. She was pressing the pedestrian crossing button thingy balik balik..mcm inda sabar saja kan cross. The mom was there and she did nothing..and i was like ..kalau akuuuuu.. kana cubit2 kali sudah!! hahaha

The Fruit Market & Din

After a heavy turkish lunch we went down the street to have heavy desserts in the form of Lebanese Sweets at Balha… by the end of it all we were all turkished and lebanesed out. hahahaha.

The tram ride home….Sfot the Monkey!!

Next:- Amal’s Birthday Cake Tiup Tiupan..

later tonight ah. ani kan jalan dulu. MAKAN.

kiss me.

Dear 1.Salman Khan. I don’t really know how to tell you this, 2.but i think you are balding. I think I realized it 3. yesterday when i saw you washing your feet in the ganges river. I’m sure you’re 4.bald enough to understand that the occurance of hairloss is normal among men your age. I’m returning you the hair tonic you sold me the other day because clearly: it doesnt work (banyak lah kau punya rambut!) ,5.but I’ll keep an old picture of THE Salman Khan with lots of hair as a memory. You should also know that between you and Shahrukh Khan, Shahrukh always gets the girl,

Thousand Apologies,
Syazwana

kissme.

Tharwana & Rahim , tired after their long flight.

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy i wont be as bored anymore now that my siblings are here!!!!

Fuff daddy then Fee. Diddy..now Sean “Puppi” Combs. (ya ani tukar2 nama mcm tukar sfendet ah?)

I like replacing the Fs in words with Ps and Ps in words with Fs. I somehow find this very amusing and would have a good chuckle to myself everytime i do it. I mean, what’s not funny about FOM FOMS? hahaha.

I met this guy once who did mixed up his Fs and Ps not for fun but because he was truly unable to pronounce them correctly. If that is the case, its probably not funny anymore lah – FOR HIM! For me, it was EXTRAORDINARILY hilarious. I remembered trying very very hard not to laugh in his face when he said something about going to “Taurean at PIPE POTY PIPE.” and loving “Kreg Debit’s” track titled “PAST WOMEN PAST CARS”.

That’s 5:45pm , Craig David and Fast Women Fast Cars.

Its so kesian kan? these things, unlike the big mole HOVERING one corner of my forehead, even if you SWITCH OP the light also you can’t hide it. Unless you SWITCH OP and dont SFEAK lah kali. hahaha.But u have to admit. it IS funny on the receiving end.

So Fablo. if you want to know.. why my chicken pot pie was Chicken Fot Fye. this is why. hahaha. I amuse myself silly with these things. Easily tickled banar. hahahaha.

i feel like karifafs now.

kiss me.

On most days my blog is just a blog, but today my blog is a food blog. Just wanted to share with you guys what i had for lunch today. Inspired by Nigella’s recipe for chicken pot pie i’ve decided to make my own.. oh also, i had some puff pastry (or puff daddy whichever u like) in my disposal..what better use for it than to use it for chicken pot pie?

Ingredients Nigella used
Bacon
Butter
Thyme
Chicken Stock
Water
Chicken Thigh fillet
Mushrooms
Flour
chicken stock
Puff Daddy

Ingredients i used
Bacon.. hehe ..everything accept bacon.

Directions
Heat Olive oil in pan. Sautee Mushrooms, i used Portabello Mushrooms. Cut chicken in to little pieces, dredge in flour. Chuck in a knob of butter in to the mushrooms then the chicken..Season with thyme, i only used abit because i’m not too fond of it. Once the chicken is browned,put in water. Just enough to drench the chicken and chicken stock.

Put chicken mixture in an oven-proof ramekin like dish. Honestly, i didnt even know if the dish that used in the picture above was oven proof. huhu. “OOPs!!!” anyway, then cover dish with puff daddy.

pierce holes on the surface of the puff daddy. But not too much. I went mental with the holes and the pastry ended up sinking a little bit. hahaha.

Bake in oven heated at 220 degrees. Until brown.

Voila!

Bon-a-peTITS!!!!!

You can watch video of Nigella here.

Heading down to the pharMACY, the flu-like symptoms im having doesnt seem to be going away. and its been 3 days. U know that feeling mcm kan damam rasanya? tapi inda damam? aaah. ive been experiencing that and its annoying. baik plang tantu2 damam tu.

kisss miami.

The plan today was to wake up early, syaz punya early lah. 11am early. haha. We wanted to catch the four oclock pm Bikram class so we thought we’d warm up by walking around the city for abit. Jalan jalan jalan, come three thirty we made our way to Yoga. It was good. However, i dont think i could’ve done any of the postures if were to come earlier in the morning. The class wasn’t so bad, i did sat out some of the postures..but overall, seeing how drenched by t-shirt was after the full hour..it was good. Trammed back home with Alia… the journey home felt somewhat longer. haha ngaleh punya pasal.

Anyway, got home.. was looking forward to a good shower and a nap but Nawa called and asked me if i would like to dangankan her go to this Art Gallery that the brother was apart of. The brother’s gone back to KL and she was doing him a favour by showing up at the thing out of courtesy. The gallery consisted of photos of first year photography student from RMIT. Nawa and I tried analysing the photos but we couldn’t get any sense out of them. It wasn’t photos, it was definetely us. this whole art-analysing-thing ? im giving it a pass. hahaha

I thought the invites were kinda cool. One side.

Names of the artists were on the other side.

the gallery where it was held

some of the photos

kisah nya anak ani..luan puas bemain.. main main main..skalinya pingsan… skali nya ya mcm.. AUNTY!!!! BUATKAN SUSU!!!!!!!!!! …hahaha my 2 cents on this photo.

Moms dads aunties uncles and students i guess.

Nawa

other than that i havent got anything else for you guys today. im gonna go make myself green tea.. and sleep.

kiss miyagi.

I woke up with a sore throat and a headache this morning. Seems like im coming down with something. Blah. I don’t know if going to Bikram Yoga would help prevent the symtomps from brewing in to a flu. I’d take vitamin C but i think its a tad too late for that now.

Yesterday Kamy’s mom called us over for chicken rice. The mom’s chicken rice is probably one of the best chicken rice i’ve ever tasted in this whole wide world. Its the NYAMANEST of the nyamans ok? My other favorites has got to be her oxtail stew, her oyster-corriander frittata, the chicken curry..and her Soto with hati buyah. *drools*. I strongly suggest the mom to open up a catering business. Kamy’s mom’s cooking is probably one of the things i would miss about Melbourne when i leave.
I know i’d probably still get invited to her luncheons in Brunei but i guess it wont be the same like having it at their apartment on Spring street.

Ameerah

Anyway, i got to meet the kids too. Kat’s daughter Meerah is now 1+ and Khadeejah is fast approaching four months!!! They’re just tooooooooo cute i tell you. Meerah usually avoids me like a plague when the other girls are around. She’d even CRY sometimes when im near her hahaha. We’ve concluded that it probably has something to do with my short hair and OLIVE skin. So when the fairer girls with LONGER hair (BOO!!!) are not around..guess who wanted to come out and play!! damn right!!!! OLIVE SKINNED GIRL WON THIS TIME ..BOOYAH!!!

Baby Khadeejah

And was’t i surprised to see Khadeejah.. all grown up. will not exactly but u know, a little bit bigger. Her features are more defined now but i still can’t exactly figure out who she takes after more. The mom or the dad. dua dua lah. hahaha rasa ku kan gigit ni this girl! just look at her cheeks and shaped-like eyebrows!! She spent the day chatting away with whoever’s carrying her. hahaha. so cute.

and then there was elmo,

these things are SCARY. It was trying to fly ni.. i think it was HIGH. hahaha.

This is meerah taking the term ‘writing on your wall’ a little bit too literally. hahahaha.

sorry the photos are abit grainy. bad lighting. seriously need to get myself one of those speed light..whatever things. huhuhu

anyway, i should go mandi..and.. i dont know.. sleep or something.

kiss me.

Take me on a trip i like to go someday
take me to newyork id like to see LA..
boring ku sudah tidur bangun ani.

My body can’t even take it anymore. Its so sick of sleeping that it woke me up at six am this morning. So today. Im planning ahead. I WILL BE GETTING RID OF MY SCHOOL STUFF (paper, textbooks etc) which is currently blocking access to my desk drawer. I sooo can’t wait to see my desk all emptied out.

and what’s with me and this Kanye West song. I’ve been listening to it as if the single debuted YESTERDAY. lol. I guess i didn’t get to over-play it for myself when it first came out..and now i’m just compensating for lost time. hahaha.

would u be my american poi? american PPPppoooi!!!!!!!!!!!

you’ll be my american poi.

kiss me.