the popia experience.....

we all agree that we all hate to wait for the good stuff for a very long time.........nonetheless, when u have to wait for hours to get the things and it is literally just 20-30 meters away..........

ok, so me and sweetie went to times square and also sungai wang yesterday to get some stuff......on the way back which is bout 230ish, sweetie ajak me to go to pasar ramadhan at section 14 coz she recommended the popia basah (wet spring rolls)........and i was like, errr, normally pasar ramadhan opens at 4ish till 7ish.....which is normally true.....we decided to go to section 14 in PJ just to see whether it has started.......

made the trip there and we saw this one long queue bout 20 people.........and i was like, eh this queue is for what eh?.....and sweetie said, that one is for people buying popia basah la.........so sweetie went down first and went into the queue while i went searching for parking spot.........
found a parking spot which is on the other side of the bazaar, and walked my way through the stalls that were selling many kinds of foods and and also drinks.......i was like, this is so a challenge for me walking through these foods and smells so good and irresistable......after a 5 minutes walk, i finally found the popia store.....met sweetie there and swapped place with her where she wanted to see what are there to be offered at the bazaar.........

later sweetie came back and we were talking bout the popia....sweetie said that they are so famous that it opened at 230....... ouch~~~~......sorry sweetie, tot that this is the typical bazaar ramadhan...... we met one of the guys there, he said that the day before he came and it was raining and the stalls wasn't opened yet and he was willing to wait just to get the spring rolls.......

as time passes by, our feets were killing us..... at times we were squatting, at times we were standing on one leg and sometimes were are blur..........ya la.....moving at 0.02km/h per hour.....and we are losing to a snail as a result.....huhuhuhu..... but i dun blame the people, they hv waited for quite some time and they are ordering like an average of 15 spring rolls per head....so just let say that a spring roll is 30 secs to make (making the spring roll, packing and also payment)....so if one person is roughly bout 4.5 mins x 20 people = +-1.5 hours till we get our turn.....fuhhh, what a pain on our feet....

the queue of people waiting for the spring rolls upon our arrival......
our feet is killing us, so to distract the pain, we cam whore.....hehehehe
the queue of people when it is our turn to buy the spring rolls

when we were approaching the tent where the guy was making the spring roll, it was almost 5, and they said that they are not gonna take anymore orders coz it will be finished when it is their turn if they were to queuing up......so kudos to sweetie for encouraging us to go early......so the spring roll is recommended to buy from my point of view.....just have to wait in the queue for quite some time......

the tent that sells the spring rolls
they are so popular, that they had to do like mc-d taking orders from the queue....so canggih man...
the sellers preparing the spring rolls

the spring rolls

a simple batch gathering

on saturday nite, me and my batchmates from pwc had a gathering at pasta zanmai @ OU.......basically the place is a japanese + western food place.......it is quite unique the place and the food is superb......to be honest, i didn't finish my portion becoz it is huge in which u can share the food with 2 people........

so we had a great time catching up with each other and also cracking jokes to all.........can't wait for the next gathering......

the attendees for the nite (l-r): myself, sofia, pei lu, marie, khun min, joleen, michelle and adeline

a short melaka trip

it was during after friday prayers and i was in front of the lappie in the office, when my phone vibrated constantly to indicate that some one is calling me........so when i looked at it, it was mum trying to called me..........when i answered the phone, she said, fahmi, are u doing anything tonite or after work? and then i answered no..... niqi (my brother) wants to go back to kl......... and i was like......hmmmmm, another trip to melaka again......

but this time, at first, i wanna ajak sweetie, but then she's tight with something......so i asked my colleagues whether they are interested for ikan bakar? but then they too are tight with something....... as a result, i went to melaka alone........

during the trip felt quite sleepy so i blasted the radio and started to sing.....some how, it started to rain i wondered was it becoz of my singing that it rained......hmmmmmmm.....

it rained when i was singing my hearts out.........hehehehe

then it stopped raining when i stopped singing.......

hello again melaka

arrived at melaka bout an hour and 15 mins later....basically took a slow drive.....when i've picked up my brother, we went straight to the famous ikan bakar in umbai pernu......it is on the out skirt of melaka town.....

the place that we had our ikan bakar
the crowd that nite
the straits of melaka.........
playing games while waiting for our food.....

when we've arrived there, it was almost time to break the fast, so we quickly ordered the food.....the food that we've ordered for the nite are:

sugar cane juice

fried tempura calamari nasi lemak
the nasi lemak is so simple
our siakap ikan bakar

but then, we were not satisfied with the prawns that we've ordered......basically i wanted it to be boiled prawns, tossed the wated so that when prawns came it is dry and that we can peel the skin and dip it with the cili padi lime juice sauce.....mmmmmmmmm.........but the prawns came as in sup serai udang....i was like shouting out in my heart la, but didn't wanna make a scene there.....so i said, nevermind, this will do...... so had to dig out the prawns in the soup, make it dry and then only i can dip it in the sauce........sigh.......

all and all, the food was nice la.........and we came back to kl with our tummies really tight and hard.....really full man i tell u........ if anymore were to come in, i think we had to "let go" some of it to make space and then we can consume......hahahahaha........

the remains of the food

we made our trip back to kl bout 9ish and arrived at 1030........so it was a good trip actually to say coz i got to eat ikan bakar...yippie.....

bye melaka

pictures brings back memories

Ok peeps.........as i was browsing my pictures, i found some of my old pictures in the my hard drive.......yes, the pictures did bring alot of memories back to me after all these years......it brought smiles and also tears to me after looking at these pictures.......

this was me in the 50's............ thin and stylish...........

errr.......me in the 60's.........wearing spectacles coz me eyes got rosak already.......

during the 70's, i've gained weight and became a lecturer at a local uni and taught history to the students

this is me in the 80's............ smart & also a rocker........ miss those long hairs........sigh

this is me in the 90's.........joined a boyband and i was the backup singer.........

This is me today.......relax and also enjoying life as always.........hehehe

Till next time, u peeps have an enjoyable weekend aite......

so much for sleeping with the air-cond on.....

ok tell u what, last nite i've decided that i dun wanna sahur.......so i ate something before i hit the sack.......it was raining heavily out of sudden at my place.........and i was hoping that i can cuddle and snuggle under the covers.......so took out a blankie, wish sweetie good nite and started my trip to the lalaland and hoping it was gonna be a smooth ride.........

rainy and cold nite.......nice for cuddle and snuggle under the covers

but then i was wrong.....the rain some how stopped and the heat and the vaporized process made it a very very hot nite.....so i had to switch on the air cond and hit back to the lalaland.......without noticing it, i accidentally made a slight opening of my mouth during my sleep and when i woke up, it was really really dry my throat and also kindda painful too........

but when the rain stops, the heat rises up and it is really warm

so was about to wake up, then i look at the clock, it's 615..........doink~~~~~~....it's 20 mins pass the time where u can eat.............so much not wanting to sahur.......oh how i wish i could have a glass of ice 100 plus.........yikes, fasting month.....not good to say these things during the day.......
sigh

can i have a sip there smurfy.........huhuhuhu

morale of the story:

dun sleep with ur mouth open~!!!!

duit raya

due to the fuel price increase and also all the other things that is increasing, i therefore will give only ONE/UNE/SATU/YAT/UN/CICI/DWAI ringgit to the kids for their duit raya..........well, it is better than nothing rite........so if 50 kids, then it is only 50bucks......hmmmmmmmmm..........gud economy planning la.........hahahahahahaha..................plus the kids need to know how to save......so let's start from a small amount for them to keep............i think revision of duit raya needs to do again in the mid month............to 50cents i think???........hmmmmmmmm.............a pakcik once told me, "dulu, pakcik kalau dapat singgit, boleh tahan 3 bulan tau"........so kids, i'm taking lesson from the pakcik to pass on the knowledge to u..........u should thank uncle fahmi for this...........

this year's amount of duit raya for the kids

fasting tale............

hmmmmmm......... i'm not sure why is it during fasting month, the traffic jam is like everyone is trying to get out from the city at one go....... i mean yes they are release from work few hours from breaking their fast.......but then, it's like the roads are building up real quick and it is not moving........

it is much more worse if it was raining........KL is famous for heavy traffic during or after it rains......so u guys do the maths, rain plus fasting month...... it will take u an hour just to go to the kedai runcit which is like 500 meters away.......if u were travelling by vehicles.........just ain't sure y is it out of sudden the traffic is heavy..........

dun let me even go to public transport......... just imagine, a full train in the LRT (Light Railway Transit) with full of people fasting from head to tail end...... out of sudden, got additional "fragrance" from all corners...i think it is being sprayed out for every 3-4 minutes at 2-3 times at one go........hahahahaha...........fuhhhh, just imagine how "wangi" the train would be........ and i guess, the train wouldn't need to install stereo sets during fasting month......coz everyone is bringing their own "stereo" set onboard the train........but then it only plays one song which goes something like kruuk kraaak kruuuk pooooot.......hahahahahaha.....tummy grumbling like mad..... can make unofficial concert some more........and it is free for a month......... =P

the other thing is during the short trip to the pasar ramadhan......not to say anything or what, but then we will then be like a refugee found their way to the food factory..........everything we see we wanna buy........u name it, popia, curry puffs, lauk here and there, murtabak, ayam panggang, sugar cane drink and all.............and alas, when we have a sip of water and that's it, we are not hungry anymore.......hmmmmmmmmm.....then we are struggling to finish all the food that we've bought.......

oh dear, what have i done....... saying all the things bout food, now i'm having my own concert in front of the laptop..........aiyoooo, and i pledge to myself that i wanna lose weight.......quick quick......other thoughts other thoughts.......... aaaaaaaaaaaaa..........can't get it off my mind............have a great day ahead peeps............aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa........

p/s: i think tonite, gonna play mercun........kababoooooooooooommmmmmm .......yeah~~~!!!!!

it is no fun without mercun sound during fasting month and raya........

a long weekend........

heyya peeps, how's da weekend and also the merdeka? well as for me, it was ups and downs...... on friday nite, went out with sweetie to watch the love guru.....it was a simple and also funny movie to watch...... it is recommended for you peeps to watch it aite....

then the next day, the 3 of us (mum, me and ma bro) made a day trip to perak to visit relatives there......been quite some time that i've been to perak although i used to study there for like 5 years..... went back home and arrived bout 630ish........ oh yeah, went arrived home, dad saw his car was dirty, basically we went to perak with dad's ride and dad didn't follow us to perak......so he drove jazzy to his golf game.....and he said that he just gave jazzy a car wash and he said to me that he wants me to wash his car.....so ran upstairs and changed to my gear and washed dad's car........dad helped me to wash his car and he was complaining that i left a very small amount of petrol in the car.......and he said ok, i only put 10 bucks of petrol in.......but dad ain't know that with 10bucks, jazzy can travel a long way........hahahahaha.......dun tell dad that aite.......hehehehee.........

then later at nite, went for a birthday bbq....... was my 3 cuzzies celebrating their birthday.....then came back from the bbq, i started to sneeze non-stop.....and later at nite, noted that i've got myself flu.......and was hard for me to breath.......during the count down, met some batchmates of the neighbourhood..... crack some jokes and did some catch ups.....normally, we could see the fireworks from our place, but then some how, this year, there is none coz klcc didn't play any fireworks....what a bummer....so decided to go in to the house and took my medication of neorufen and went to bed......

the next morning, went to buy breakie of nasi lemak with my nasi lemak mate, mail......and still hard for me to breath and it is getting worse...... took panadols and went out again with sweetie....... the plan was to send jazzy for a polish since got me self free voucher from citibank.....so why not rite.....but then, when reached sweetie's place, i took a look at the voucher again, and it is only valid for weekdays and not weekends or public hols.....so let me see, it is sunday (weekends) and also it is merdeka (public hols)......doink......as a result, sweetie did her internal wash for her car......while waiting, we went to watch a movie, u dun mess with the zohan.......hmmmmmm, the movie has lots of hidden message in it but the jokes are for those who just want to laugh to watch a movie......later, went to have lunch at chillis and went back after that....my flu is getting worse and once i've reached home, i took a nap.....

when i woke up, i felt better, although there was still blockage at my nose......went for terawikh later at nite then after the terawikh, went to for a durian session with sweetie, JJ and also his wife......basically it's to celebrate Jj's birthday......so everyone was really stuffed with the durian and satisfied with the meal although at first they were laughing at the durian species..... who would not laugh if they heard a durian species of Udang Merah (Red Prawns)...........they were like, uish, ini ada rasa udang ka the durian? hahahahaha......but then, it is worth the journey that we went there...........i dun care if i'm having a flu and cough or not, i will eat durian coz i luv it.......hehehehehe.......

Jj and wifey during durian session

me and sweetie

sweetie enjoying her durian

this is the new way how to scrub off black heads mr fahmi

the durian stall

the durian

and as a result, the next day, i had a fever.......the first day of the fasting month, i'm having fever, flu and coughs.....what a way to celebrate fasting......i think it is due to the weather...hot + cold made it worse......plus in the morning, went out with parents....... first we went to take our baju melayu which has been completed........yippie....... can celebrate raya.....hahahahaha.....then from there, we went to times square to fix mum's watch.... bought myself a t-shirt......later, we went to a car showroom, which we want to see a car that we have heard that it was a great car......so we went to check the price and also the specs of the car.......

our baju melayu

inspecting the car

big boot i must say

after that, mum said that she wanted to look for furnitures to add to the collection....so we went to gotic and also fella design...but then, we just KIV some of the furniture that we are interested....... later, when arrived home, i felt that my fever is getting heavier and that i couldn't take my medication coz i'm fasting......so took my nap and later when i woke up, went to break my fast when it is time for it......and took my medication.......

gotic, specialize in teak furniture

the display bed at fella design

the cozy couch at fella

today, when i woke up, i feel quite ok........

so peeps, u have a nice week ahead aite......oh yeah, happy berpuasa to u........

cheers

it's complete..........

tadaaaaaaaaaaaaa..................

during the day
barb just woke up, not groomed yet.........hehehehe.........
the gate lights use to be round
now it is square

the house has complete with its renovation..............basically we've put stack stones on the tembok, we painted the house (well basically we just repaint the house back to white), changed the gate lights and also we have extended the roof to shield the car from the heat and also the rain...........so, all and all, the house was being renovated for like 3 weeks..............just in time for raya.............

nurul's farewell lunch

last thursday, we had a farewell lunch buffet at cyberview lodge for one of my colleague, nurul........she's moving on to a new role which is abroad........UK to be exact.........so i guess, no sambal belacan for lunch or teh tarik there at nite....hehehehe

to nurul, gud lux and all the best for ur new endeavour......

cheers

the gossip gang

they had to stop gossip and pose for the camera

they dun really bother bouth the pix taking.......

ok, we have to listen to what the boss had to say............

me and nurul.........

nurul receiving her farewell gift from the boss