Good bye .. good bye

Farewell Carol!
Going to miss our daily conversation, hot gossips & bitching and daily work-related frustration, anger & joy.

We presented her with the team potrait for her to always remember us with ... hope it doesn't stay in the box in your attic!

The A-team as Carol calls it!
Purposely taken over looking The Duba Mall, our project.



Last lunch with Carol at Carluccio's

Like i said before, i'm glad i chose you over Scott!

It was a teary departure for Carol and I (almost). Sayakan minah leleh, tetapi di kala air mata mahu turun sewaktu sesi peluk memeluk Carol berkata ''you're going to do so well in life ... you're so good'' ... tiba2 sahaja air mata x jadi keluar??? apa kes??? hahahaha ... mahu berkata please pray for my success tetapi macam mana nak cakapkan, masing2 lain agama (tak salah jika mahu cakapkan tetapi macam x sesuai sahaja) akan tetapi kami memang mahukan yang terbaik untuk kawan2 ... terima kasih Carol .. dan kawan2 yang lain, doakan la apa yang Carol kata itu menjadi kenyataan kerana jika ikutkan hati saya hanya mahu jadi yummy mummy sahaja ... =p

seronoknya berhari raya!

still tak terlambat ntuk wish kamu semua SELAMAT HARI RAYA ... so how was your raya? Mine was unforgetable definitely!!

as it turns out, i did not celebrate my raya alone. a very good friend decided to join me here to kick some asses ... and oh boy did we!

this entry would be a good tips for those planning a trip to dubai and bak kata fedd, because of my kiasu-ness we managed to cover if not all most of the must-go in dubai in 3 days! yes, saya memang kiasu, every day kami akan bangun sebelum 7 dan gerak keluar sebelum 8 dan akan balik pukul 9-10 malam ... pengsan! sebab cuti hari raya jadi saya tidak kisah kerana jika tidak, tidak dapatlah saya bawa fedd jalan2 ...

Last day of Ramadhan : Buffet at Al Fazaris,
The Address Hotel Downtown Burj Dubai

(to kill time before iftar, we went to The Dubai Mall nearby. Tiada gambar, hanya Fedd yang ambil gambar).

Last Day of Ramadhan : Setiap 5 minit tanya Fedd what time is it cos nak catch the Dubai Dancing Fountain @ 7pm
(view from The Address Hotel Zeta Bar)

First Raya : Dubai Marina Open Beach

Sila jangan percaya date and time digambar, tipu semata-mata

(sebenarnye malas nak tukar =p)

First Raya : Dubai Marina Walk

First Raya : Wajibla pergi tengok Burj Al Arab jika ke Dubai.

View from Jumeirah Open Beach.

First Raya : Open House at Izam's & Kak Linda's place

First Raya : Desert Safari @ Dhs. 200 per head
(terima kasih kepada Fedd kerana belanja saya)

First Raya : The cool, trilling, exciting, heart pumping, one of a kind experience!

First Raya : Sunset and camel watching

(kami miss sand boarding & siap menyumpah2 kepala hotak sand boarding padahal kami melepak di tempat lain)

First Raya : Did some dune bashing

(gambar hiasan saja .. nak dune bashing boleh la bayar Dhs. 75 for 15 mins)

First Raya : A treat of some local favourites (ye ke?)

(bleaghttt .. me no likey arabic food at least Fedd enjoyed it)

First Raya : Grand finale of the desert safari,
the awaited belly dancing which marks the end of a tremendous adventure,
jadi saya memang rekomen kamu2 semua pergi ke desert safari jika datang Dubai ya. Saya? Sudah 4 atau 5 kali pergi termasuk yang ini hence Fedd belanja tu =p (saya tak minta dibelanja tetapi Fedd murah hati ntuk treat saya)

Second Raya : Bur Dubai Souq

Second Raya : Lepas ke Bur Dubai Souq wajib la naik abra (bot itu) ke Naif pula.

Tambangnye adalah 0.50 fils sahaja.

Nak tau RM berapa goggle je la currency converter ye.

Second Raya : Shopping at Naif Road

(gambar Fedd borong kain di Phulwani lupa pula nak ambil)

Second Raya : Jika ke Naif, jangan lupa beli jubah ye!

Second Raya : Manisnye cik adik ini =)

Second Raya : Madinat Jumeirah Souq.

View di sini sangat cantik akan tetapi ini souq high-class.

Tidak digalakkan shopping disini kerana barang-barangnya adalah jauh lebih mahal jika dibanding dengan Bur Dubai & Naif. Di cadangkan ke sini untuk mengambil gambar sahaja ye.

(Sebelum ke sini kami ke Wafi Mall tetapi lupa nak ambil gambar).

Second Raya : Masih di Madinat Jumeirah. Lawakan?

Third Raya : Hilton Jumeirah day pass @ Dhs. 180 per head

(day pass could get you to enjoy the private beach & pool facilities)

Third Raya : Hilton Private Beach overlooking The Palm Jumeirah.

Just chilling, swimming & relaxing.

(Selepas itu kami ke Mall of Emirates tetapi tidak ada gambar juga!)

Goodbye Feddy

That night Fedd berangkat pulang ke England. We had a jolly good time. Not the typical raya but definitely one that did not bring tears to the eye!

budak yang eksyen

''berbuka apa bru col 3 tau x dan lagi satu don't perasan yg kak ina wat benda tu sdp kalau btl buat la bila balik malaysia you suppose wish hapy merdeka''

• mungkin juga salah saya kerana wish selamat berbuka awal
• mungkin juga salah saya kerana asyik hantar mms gambar masakan saya dan berkata sedap kak ina masak
• mungkin juga salah saya kerana x wish selamat hari merdeka walaupon hari itu baru 30 August 2009
• kalau ikutkan hati nak saja saya bagi tau dia awak nak UPSR eja call pon salah, eja happy pon salah tapi nanti sia2 saja kena amukan puaka budak tu

sebab itulah sekarang kalau saya nak wish adik mahupun adik nak wish saya selamat berbuka kami akan tulis:

''selamat berbuka lagi 6 jam =)''

atau

''selamat berbuka lagi 3 1/2 jam''

oleh itu kawan2, kalau nak wish selamat berbuka, pastikan anda tekankan berapa jam lagi .. kalau x sia2 saje kena marah lalu berkecil hati seperti saya T_T

puasa & merdeka

as i'm typing this, i'm just finishing my roti john

i don't feel well as i have ulcer at the back of my tongue and i have a throat infection plus my tonsil is swollen ...

i'm no domestic goddess but when it comes to satisfying my taste buds, i would try not to be that malas to achieve it! if i have to cook i'll cook, if i have to eat out i would (aku anti sosial, i don't go out that often)!

anyhoo, emails have been really kencang these couple of days and i got my cooking inspiration from my beloved GB's ... but trust me, those cookings are only on good days, on a not so good day aka malas day, i would normally break my fast with kurma & cookies or anything else that does not involve dapur gas or even microwave ....

masak lemak gulai ketam nenas

as voted by berg, nyza & eena

fresh fruit brulee

step 1 & 2

fresh fruit brulee

step 3 & 4

(before heating in a hot grilled oven)

sago gula melaka with blue & red berries

roti john

(kenapa dipanggil roti john?

saya ada teori saya tapi malas pulak nak tulis)

Selamat hari merdeka ke-52 Malaysia.

Saya bangga menjadi anak Malaysia, bagaimana dengan anda?

ps .. aju, saya tak balik raya la tahun ini ... saya sudahh emosi dalam entri lepas

pps .. ada dengar air asia - abu dhabi & disebabkan ramai juga bertanya, mungkin jikalau ada masa saya akan tulis serba sedikit mengenai dubai i.e. places to visit, accomodation blablabla tetapi setakat ini anda semua bole jenguk website www.timeoutdubai.com

ppps ... kak ina merajuk dengan dyana ... malas nak tegur dia dah!

hey peeps!

dyana's back in the house people!


dyana :ehh kakina, paparazzi tu apa ek?

me :what?????? kenapa dyana nak tau? (sambil berfikir dan meyakinkan diri that this is a trick question)

dyana : cepatlah ... paparazzi tu apa ...

me : (this is definitely a trick question .. aku x percaya budak ni) paparazzi tu razzi's papa lah ... (gelak syaiton)

dyana : (gelak2 sebab dia tau dia kalah) ... apa pulak razzi's papa ...

me : betul lah ... ayah si razzi, x percaya pergi la tanya si razzi tu

dyana : ni mesti adik adik bg tau kak ina ... awak ni x pandai ke? paparazzi tu reporter hiburan lah .. yang sibuk2 pasal gossipgossip artis ada pulak ayah si razzi ... (terdengar suara papa di belakang gelakkan dyana)

me : wat ever lah dyana ... baik awak mengaku kalah je

dyana : baik kak ina mengaku .. ni mesti adik bagi tau kak ina

me : sumpah demi allah .. bila masa la pulak kak ina call dia

dyana : wat ever lah .. bye

saya mengambil kesempatan di sini untuk wish adik saya selamat maju jaya dalam peperiksaan UPSR yang beliau bakal duduki pada 8 September 2009 (kalau tak silap saya lah) ... saya sayang awak lah budak kecil muahss

a day before ramadan (cont'd)

after dah round kat Entertainment Centre i had some business to take care of but only to be told to come back at 17:15 .. so to kill time i took a walk around the mall and later decided to feast myself to Yo Sushi!

indoor water feature with lotsa manequin in a ''jumping down'' position

(close up saya x berkenan dengan manequin itu)

i think this is suppose to be the biggest indoor aquarium in a shopping mall? or the first aquarium with a running glass panel that big? it's something la .. knowing Dubai kan, always wanna be the biggest la, the tallest la, the whatever la, the penduduk setempat yang ... (yang ini x perlu jadi cos dah semulajadi, bukan semua tetapi hampir) ... biasalah ragam manusia, ada yang baik, peramah dan rajin akan tetapi ada juga yang sebaliknya betul tak? Kita perlu tabah menghadapi dugaan tetapi sedih juga jika selalu dipandang serong ... adakah kerana kulit saya yang sawo matang dan hidung saya yang tak mancung dan wajah saya yang awet muda dan mata saya yang sepet? Bukankah itu juga sama dengan saya seorang makhluk ciptaan Allah yang comel? Bukankah semua makhluk ciptaan yang Maha Esa unik dengan tersendirinya? (tangan seperti Yat Dol ... ya rabbi ampunkan lah aku lagi sekali ye Yati ... tapi itu trade mark apa!) ... ya itu betul cuma hati sahaja yang lain-lain kan .... (nak kena kasi ceramah macam anas tahir ke? hahaha .. yang ni salahkan berg :p yang telah kasi link you tube dia) ... tapi comel dan menghiburkan apa? (ada orang pandang aku serong ke hah hah hah?) .. sorry terkeluar topik but lets get back on track ...

another way to generate income by introducing diving in the aquarium ... if you are willing to pay say around RM 600++ for a 20 minutes dive, please go ahead (according to my colleague who's hubby wanted to try out but cancelled when informed of the price)! First time saya tengok cage dive dekat aquarium ini .. ini mesti kes 'not for the brave' as you do get sharkssssssss swimming freely in there ... nooooo addved, there's no such thing as a vegetarian shark unless you're living in Finding Nemo lah!

i missed two sushi session with my colleagues which left me

terliur and had to go back by myself!

Later, saya teringin pulak nak tengok the biggest water fountain in the world la konon-kononnye outside The Dubai Mall. Saya masih tidak pasti adakah ini biggest water fountain in the world? Kena semak fakta ini ya kawan-kawan ... sila betulkan saya jikalau saya salah, saya hanya menerima infomasi daripada media di sini!

Lalu ke luarlah saya di hari yang panas terik walaupon sudah pukul 18:00 lebih .. ok tidak lah panas terik tetapi bahang yang terlalu kuat dan peluh sampai ke batu (bak kata cumi & aunty norma .. sila baca itu dengan loghat terengganu ye kawan-kawan sebab kalau tak x jadi ok!)

Water fountain show tak start lagi tapi ramai dah tunggu .. around 10 minutes tunggu x start2 juga .. x kuasa saya nak tunggu lagi .. dah la the show is only for 4 minutes at every 30 minutes interval ... x kuasa la cik Dubai oooiiiiiii! Saya dah tengok dancing water fountain kat Sentosa Island, what difference could it be right? Tapi suatu hari nanti teringin juga tengok supaya boleh berkata ohh saya sudah tengok dancing fountain di Dubai ... cuma timing kena betul la!

Ni saya sengaja ambil gambar the tallest building in the world, (the whole area is called The Burj Dubai Development) ... tahniah, soon the whole Guinness Book of World Records would evolve only and only around Dubai ... clap clap clap! Anda suka .... me? IHSWIS ... sekian terima kasih dan selamat malam semua!

a day before ramadan

i decided to go for a walk at The Dubai Mall ... tskkk ... macam tidak ada tempat lain mahu pergi ... hari2 di sana weekend pon mahu ke sana ke? Nway the intention was to go and watch a movie at the newly opened Reel Cinema (even though only the lower level was opened) .... after more than a year, finally buka juga lower level ... sape x happy kan? Penat tau physically and mentally handle project tu, ni pon penat lagi nak kasi complete upper level pulak pastu dengan masalah lain pulak yang timbul tapi itu hal kerja x boleh la nak discuss kat sinikan! Anyway, once there, the movies on going wasn't that interesting, most of it saya dah tengok so i decided just to take some pics cos i promised the girls i would cos to be frank, i've never seen a cinema such as that one ... macam 5 star hotel (but that's just my opinion la kan)!

So let me just brief you guys on the The Dubai Mall-Entertainment Centre, it comprises of 3 packages being:

• Reel Cinema (partly opened to the public on 14 August 2009)
• Sega Republic (soft opening on 21 August 2009)
• Kidzania (on-going for pavillion fitout)

Let's start first with my first baby (yang selalu buat saya marah, bengang dan selalu mengamuk & mahu mencampak file dan sehingga ke saat ini, sambil taip saya masih rasa bengang dan tidak tenteram); Reel Cinema

the grand entrance


another entrance

lower level lobby

main ticketing counter

another part of the main lobby, next to the ticketing counter

My second baby (yang tidak menyusahkan saya sangat tetapi kadang-kadang buat saya pening juga); SEGA REPUBLIC

self service ticketing kiosk

main entrance

different view of the main entrance

Kiutkan baju penyambut tetamu dia .. jika saya tiada kerja selepas projek ini saya mahu apply jadi penyambut tetamu di sini kerana dapat memakai baju biru yang kiut dan skirt pendek dan high heels hitam dan saya akan nampak seksi dan comel .. haha!

My third baby (yang saya neglect sebab dah serah kuasa kepada orang lain untuk jaga tetapi bos tetap suka tanya saya T_T); KIDZANIA

the main entrance (hoarding x turun lagi sebab x soft opening lagi) kiut x muncung kapal terbang tu? Jangan main2, itu kapal terbang betul tau, diterbangkan khas dari Indonesia tahun lepas

tengok hoarding je lah! kalau aku amik gambar kat dalam pon x boleh tayang kat sini ... mahu terus kena pecat!

Korang tengok Reel Cinema and Sega mesti cam nothing la kan?! But Kidzania is super duper marvelous lah ... a world for kids .. so the thing is they go on board the plane and (ni from what i know lah .. kalu salah nanti saya betulkan balik ok) there they would choose what kind of a job they would want in Kidzania i.e. doctor, police man, fire fighter, student, chef, QS (haha nak juga letak walaupon xde dalam job description maklum la QS kan x glamer macam En. Architect mahupon En. Engineer) etc (siap ada mini disko and juice bar ok .. tapi konsep disko itu telah ditukar ke music lounge ye kawan-kawan tapi lampu disko itu tetap ada ok) ... and they will be given their own Kidzania money and act like an adult there (cuma aku heran, adakah watak penjenayah akan wujud di situ kerana di dalam balai polis Kidzania siap ada penjara ok .. bukan itu sahaja, bank Kidzania siap ada vault and simulated gold bars and the vault/bank itself is being monitored via camera which is directly linked to the police station, apa guna ada sume itu kala xde penjenayah? atau adakah watak penjenayah akan diberikan kepada saya jikalau saya tiada kerja selepas projek ini siap jadi bolehlah saya hantar resume saya sebagai penjenayah di Kidzania supaya kanak-kanak baru ada feel main police & thieves kan kan kan)... anyhoo, it's obviously a good learning place for kids lah ... ohh how i wish i could be a kid again and join Kidzania ... T_T

Walaupun saya selalu marah-marah dan selalu berasa bengang, saya tetap sayang akan my babies ... ibu bapa mana yang x sayangkan anak ye dak? Saya patut bersyukur dan berkata alhamdulillah kerana setelah hampir 7 tahun berkerja, siap juga (akan siap juga) projek saya (sedih kalau terpaksa berkongsi pengalaman tentang projek2 dulu dengan syarikat-syarikat terdahulu yang sehingga ke hari ini x siap-siap lagi atau kalau siap pon kerana telah diberikan kepada contractor lain... T_T lagi).

I took more picture of The Dubai Mall ... but nanti panjang sangat entry ini yang sudah sediakala panjang .. bohsan pulak korang tengok gambar nanti.

Ketemu kita di lain hari ok.

Selamat Berpuasa kepada kawan-kawan muslim saya. Sama-sama lah kita menghormati bulan ramadan yang mulia ini.

Sekian wasalam (tangan gaya Yatt Dol).

(Maafkan saya Yati, jangan salahkan saya ... salahkan puan yang baru bersalin itu)!

it's good to be in love

Remember the post on when is the right time for you to inform your ex you’re getting married by ishfiqah?

No, I’m not here to elaborate on the discussion but merely to convey my warmest congratulation to airul on his engagement to his girl lah. For some reason, I think it was important for him to tell me of his engagement but even before that, he told me his intention of getting married way back in March this year. I guess he doesn't want me to be the last one to know eh? To be honest, I have nothing but happiness for him and I wish him the very best of luck in pursuing the next level in life.

Who wouldn’t want to be at the very next level eh?

time's still ticking but everything's slower

I’m just counting the hours

Tick tock tick tock
Time’s still ticking but everything’s slower
Time’s still ticking but everything’s slower

Who would have thought ganti puasa could make me so freaking lazy … ok ok as if la it's not a well known fact but seriously i haven't felt like this in a long time!
I know I know … like most of you out there I should be saying dah terberak baru nak gali lubang but technically aku tidaklah terberak lagi cuma sipi-sipi sahaja akan tetapi bernanah jugak lah otak nak ganti one whole lump sum sekaligus…

Am I looking forward to Ramadhan?
Yes and No
Yes cos it’s Ramadhan, the holiest month in a muslim calendar (plus the benefits of shedding a few pounds)
No cos I won’t be going back for Eid this year
No new baju raya for me
No looking forward to Eid shopping
No kuih raya ... no cornflakes madu by aunty normah the night before Eid
No ketupat, lemang, rendang, nasi impit, dendeng, soto, satay and the list goes on …
No playing fire crackers till the wee hours... running around daddy’s house like a small kid with dyana
No loves one with me
No happiness

To be honest … I have no freaking clue on what I should be doing? Cook and invite people over to my place? Or maybe I should just cook for myself? Or I should drive down to Abu Dhabi and celebrate Eid at the embassy? Or maybe crashed the Consulate’s house? Friends? I don’t have anyone who I can call close friends … well not anymore after Sally and Haizan’s family left for good … sad eh?

But people … someone’s moving back to Dubai, well at least I’m hoping I would get invited to a diving trip anywhere everywhere since this someone and his family are keen divers!

It’s already 16:15 … yeah! Another 1 hour to go. To kill more time, maybe I should update on interesting events that happened ages ago eh? Nahhh … then my entry would be too long lah … but guess what we had for iftar last night? I cooked my oh soo yummylicious tomyam and he cooked us a nice big juicy rib eye steak and a gorgeous pineapple salad with a killer vinaigrette and mustard dressing … who would have thought of having your tomyam soup with steak? Well .. we did eh :)

I'm dying for nasi lemak ... maybe i should just drive down to karama and get meself daun pandan and ikan bilis ... maybe not! I don't like eating my nasi lemak with ikan bilis ... i like to eat my nasi lemak with ikan masak asam ... baru kick ass! But with mak's nasi lemak, i definitely love her sambal ikan bilis (not my mak but Eena's mak) ... talking bout mak, maybe i should call my mommy tomorrow ... she's a bit ill but nothing serious ... i should have called earlier i know .. excuses addved excuses ... sigh

later peeps