SeRiOusLy jEtLaG Laaa..

Pulau menakjubkan di Seychelles..

2012-01-08T06:56:00.000-08:00

Rasa rasa ada lagi tak planet yang berpenghuni?... mcm mana lah agaknya planet tu kan?.. tu pun kalau wujud lah... mcm filem Avatar kah?.. wallahualam.. sungguh berimaginasi... tak yah pi jauh jauh la no... berpijak di bumi nyata nih.. di bumi ciptaan Allah..

bukan apa.. selepas aku pi ke Seychelles beberapa bulan lepas.. sampai hari ni masih terngiang ngiang keindahan tempat tu.. dan aku terpikir.. bumi kita ni rupanya ada banyak tempat yg sungguh cantik... kalu ada planet lain macam mana plak rupa dya ek?.. mesti ada tanah, air tumbuhan dan haiwan yang berlainan bentuk lah kot kan...

untuk kedua kalinya aku dapat ke Seychelles lagi.. tp kali ni stay selama 48 jam kat sana! Sungguh bertuah.. bukan senang nak dapat trip tuh.. maka berderu derulah aku dan colleague yang lain keluar sight seeing what not kan.. Subhanallah.. dalam banyak banyak pantai dan pulau yang pernah aku lawat di sinilah aku menjadi saksi betapa indahnya ciptaan Tuhan.. sungguh cantik sungguh indah.. seperti mana gambar di poskad.. sebegitulah terbentang di depan mata aku.. wow.. just wow!

dari belakang truck kami bergerak ke sebuah jeti untuk ke sebuah pulau dari berpuluh puluh pulau yang ada di Seychelles.. sorry aku tak ingat apa namanya.. Terez?? Terence Island??.. ntah.

bot yang membawa kami bersiar siar untuk satu hari...

dari kejauhan air berwarna turqoise yang menggamit perhatian gue.. aduhhh tak sabaq nak terjun dowhh..

Akhirnya.. crew boat melabuhkan sauh! yeayyy!!

hang out kat sini seketika dan aku masih cuba utk meresap sebanyak mungkin pemandangan yg indah ni ke dalam ingatan..

kemudian berpindah ke satu lagi pulau yang pantainya sama cantik untuk makan tengahari..

bot crew menyiapkan santapan tengahari.. sungguh best pantai ni.. pasir putih halus.. yang penting.. privasi! kami berempat sahaja di pantai ni.. rasa exklusif sgt!

makanan dah di panggang! yum yum!

tu dia!! betapa jernihnya air.. macam kristal... tiba masa untuk snorkelling y'all!!

di protected marine park berhampiran.. ikan besar besar dan berwarna warni.. yang best nya air tu sgt jernih sampaikan bila dalam air tu dalam jarak dekat.. boleh nampak warna mata ikan ikan tuh! subhanallah!!

Satu hari boat trip sungguh mengasyikkan..tak nak balik!!!

dan semasa dalam perjalanan pulang terserempak pulak dgn sekumpulan ikan lumba lumba.. buat pertama kalinya dalam hidup aku tengok ikan lumba lumba di habitat semulajadinya... syukur sgt.

sayang lah kalau keindahan alam kita ni di cemari.. cintailah alam sekitar kita.. cubalah kurangkan pencemaran sebb keindahan tempat tempat ni takkan bertahan lama.. sbb makin tahun berganti tahun pencemaran makin bertambah.. walaupon sedikit sahaja action yg kita ambik utk menjaga persekitaran.. bermula di rumah.. trust me.. it will go a longggg way!

Xian the journey... (penantian kesinambungan dek kealpaan tuan tanah)

2012-01-01T15:30:00.000-08:00

Mulakan entry tahun 2012 dgn entry yg sepatutnya aku update April tahun lepaih!!.. Ayooo dok belek punya belek blog blog yang aku buat dalam tahun 2011.. rupanya aku lupa nak sambung kisah trip aku ke Xian dulu... klik sini untuk blog Xian yang lepas.. punyalah lama since April 2011 dowh.. ish ish ish.. apa nak jadi nih tuan tanah.. pemalas sungguh hang no sampai tak follow up entry hang.. gitew lerk!

haaa.. pasal entry dulu tuh.. aku masukkan point point pasal org org China kan.. bab bab negatif gitu... yer.. dia orang memang macam tuh... aku pon tak berapa berkenan.. agak keterlaluan jugak kalu nak katakan diaorg ni pengotor.. tp itulah realiti rock and roll nya tuan tuan puan puan...

disebalik negatif point tersebut.. ada jugak positifnya.. haaaaaaaa.. ala ala ying dan yang gitew.. ada keseimbangan dya.. dan kat Xian ni lah aku dan kawan aku temui keseimbangannya.. pertama sekali aku respek kawan aku yang sorang nih.. dya seorang melayu bersekolah di sekolah Chung Hwa di kelate.. so butir bicara bahasa Mandarin nya amat mengagumkan... di sinilah aku nampak satu perbezaan,,, perbezaan apa?.. meh aku sambung perenggan bawah..

Tatkala org China tengok org Melayu cakap bahasa Mandarin.. mereka sunguh terperanjat dan sangat kagum.. mereka sgt sgt hormat pada kawan aku.. kerana setahu mereka orang Malaysia yang melayu tak pandai cakap Mandarin.. ya.. mereka tahu! dan dari situ lah.. aku nampak sisi mereka yang tak pernah aku nampak sebelom ni... oleh kerana kawan aku fasih bertutur mandarin.. diaorg menunjukkan sifat yang sgt pemurah dan sgt sgt ikhlas menolong kami.. sampaikan tempiasnya kena pada aku jugak.. walaupon aku tak reti sepatah Mandarin..

tambah tambah masa kat penempatan Muslim di kota Xi'an.. wow the hospitality sungguh amazing.. dah la peniaga peniaga sana dapat tahu kami ni org Melayu.. yang boleh berbahasa Mandarin malah Muslim jugak lagilah mereka sambut dgn tangan terbuka.. hanya di kawasan ni aku perhatikan kebersihan menjadi perhatian.. for the obvious reason! Islam mengajar umatnya menjaga kebersihan.. only the cleanliness was much better than other places but hygienically.. still quiet disappointing.. meludah merata rata.. sudah menjadi perkara normal bagi mereka... bagi kami janji makanan halal merata rata di kawasan ni.. tak pa lah..

lorong lorong yang penuh dgn jualan cenderahati dan makanan sungguh menggamit perhatian.. berlatar belakangkan kota lama dan tembok yg sungguh antik dan indah... berabad lamanya.. kota ni sebenarnya dikelilingi tembok besar.. sejauh mata memandang.. was built as fortress to protect the inner city.. ada juga masjid yang diconvertkan dari istana lama yang sgt sgt cantik di lokasi penempatan Muslim ni.. Majalah 3 pernah datang ke sini buat liputan.. pastinya ia meninggalkan satu kenangan yang luar biasa.. kami berulang alik setiap hari ke sini utk menjelajah local cuisine dan dari situlah peniaga peniaga ni mula kenal kami..

yes diaorg masih pengotor bagi aku (kerna tabiat meludah mereka).. bukan di Xi'an sahaja.. malah merata ratalah di negara China ni.. but despite that.. once they know that you seorg foreigner yg boleh cakap mandarin.. memang diaorg respek dowh... i had witnessed it.. my words here cannot justify the experiences that i had there in that period of time.. it's actually just so opposite than apa yg aku jangkakan...

the places we visited was also intriguing and interesting enough.. apa yang aku saksikan sepanjang perjalanan.. negara China sememangnya kaya dgn alam semulajadi yang cantik dan indah.. ya lah negara nya begitu besar.. cuma cuaca agak membataskan pemandangan kerna kabus tebal dek cuaca sejuk di sana pada masa itu..

kat sini aku buat video.. kompilasi gambo gambo trip tu.. terlalu banyak sgt nak upload satu satu.. antara yang di lawati adalah tapak terracota warrior (org yang mula mula jumpa khazanah pada awal tahun 70an ni masih hidup; ternampak dya dok isap rokok kat gate masa nak masuk ke site ni), gunung huashan, penempatan Muslim Xi'an, panda research site chengdu dan hukau waterfall di yellow river..

there was one time masa kitaorg nak naik gunung huashan... punyalah excited nak naik gunung.. terlupa bawak jaket tinggal dalam tour bus kat kaki gunung.. suhu ok kat bawah tiba jer kat atas rupanya sgt sejuk yer... dah la naik ke entrance gunung kena naik another bas lagi at least 20min journey up.. tour guide kitaorg siap turun pergi ambik jaket untuk kitaorg.. dalam sejam gitu barulah dia sampai balik jumpa kitaorg.. then kitaorg pon nak kasik la tips.. diaorg tak ambik ye... we insisted coz rasa bersalah.. tetap ditolak dgn cara baik.. memadai sekadar ucapan terima kasih katanya.. sgt sgt terharu.. the tour guide here sgt brilliant and amazing.. sgt enthusiast dan dedikasi dgn kerja diaorg.. sgt berdisiplin..

kalu kat malaysia.. mesti dah kena maki.. pastu tengok tips setakat bagi rm10 lagi la menyumpah nyumpah kannn.. tambah tambah Melayu.. yer aku dah kena.. sbb tu aku berani cakap..

their sincerity and respect was heart felt.. enough to make me downright pity to myself for being a judgemental b*stard all this while... my irritation and annoyance towards sikap sikap dan norma tabiat mereka yang biasa didedahkan kepada aku selama ini dalam flight (e.g kasar, meludah, cakap menjerit, no eye contact, ignorance dan seangkatannya lah) terus hilang.. itu adalah mereka kerana itu adalah cara hidup diaorg.. kita tidak boleh paksa ubah sesiapa.. kalau mereka berpegang kuat pada budaya dan tabiat mereka.. maka itu adalah hak mereka.. dan itu lah mereka.. aku yang tidak mengenali mereka dgn lebih dekat.. maka tidak ada hak untuk menghukum.. apatah lagi untuk teach them manners.. u know what i mean kan.. very difficult to sink in at first.. yang disebalik segala benda benda negatif tu sebenarnya ada yang positif.. tp itu lah yang dikatakan the beauty of travelling.. u'd learn something from an unexpected things.. every day is a learning process.. my perspective has changed..

:-)

wokeyy lah.. seminggu kat daerah Shaanxi dan sehari di daerah Chengdu sungguh membuka mata bahawa tempat tempat yg tak dikenali sebegini sebenarnya penuh dgn surprises.. owh tak lupa bajet kitaorg pon tak la sampai over the roof.. untuk seminggu kitaorg spent less than rm2k all in termasuklah semua flight tiket to fly around the states in China dan penginapan.. sungguh berbaloi.

next stop aku rasa cam nak explore south India.. mmm sapa nak ikut?... ngee.

2012

2011-12-31T13:09:00.000-08:00

Selamat Tahun Baru yeeeeahhhhh!!!

Bukan semalam baru bulan March ker?... owh tidak kan?... ayooo sungguh cepat masa berlalu.. tup tup dah penghabisan 2011... Selamat datang 2012... hanya Allah yang tau apa akan datang dalam 2012 ni tak kiralah dalam hidup anda, hidup saya atau sesiapa saja.. kerana Dia yang lebih Mengetahui.

3 hari berturut turut aku bermimpi.. sampai sakit.. mimpi yg agak tidak sedap utk diingati (ya amat jarang untuk aku ingat apa yang aku mimpi selalunya).. adakah itu suatu petanda??... entahlah.. tak palah itu hanyalah mainan tidur.. mungkin terlalu banyak tonton citer hantu...ngeee.. mungkin terlalu banyak pembacaan pasal the end of the world ala ala filem 2012... mungkin ya.. mungkin tidak.. Wallahuallam.. yang penting hidup mesti diteruskan.. tak gitu?...

Owh sungguh tak sangka 2011 sudah berlabuh.. banyak sungguh kenangan pahit dan kenangan manis.. itu semua adalah pengalaman berharga yang akan disimpan sampai akhir usia.. kalau panjang umur banyak lagi yang ingin ditempuhi.. semuanya atas izin Allah s.w.t.

Mudah mudahan apa yang belum lagi dicapai oleh korang sebelum ni.. cobalah lagi untuk tahun 2012 ni kan... aku juga berpesan pada diri aku.. sbb peluang tak ada kalu kita tak mencari.. dan benih tak tumbuh dgn elok kalu kita tak semainya dgn baik.. oleh itu hargailah setiap detik yang berlalu.. walau seminit sesaat.. syukurlah yang kita masih di sini meneruskan sisa sisa hidup di duniawi... lunaskan tanggungjawab sebagai khalifah di muka bumi dan cintailah keamanan.. let's work towards a better tomorrow.. peace y'all.

Selamat Tahun Baru 2012 semua!!!!

credit: Fireworks by Anna Cervova

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trip trip trip

2011-12-25T02:25:00.000-08:00

trip, layover, nightstop adalah tatabahasa tatabahasa bagi golongan golongan pekerja seperti aku.. jargon la tuh.. tiap kali nak layover sesuatu destinasi tuh.. especially sesuatu destinasi baru aku gelabah.. gelabah sbb tak tau nak pack baju apa... ntah nak kuar ke tak jalan jalan nanti.. sejuk sgt ker?.. panas sgt ker?.. cuaca pon bukannya menentu.. kengkadang tu dgn company ni.. last minute change adalah sesuatu yg bukan luarbiasa.. dah pack baju winter tuptup dah sign in kerja tetiba ko kena tukar pi negara berpulau.. tak ker hangin jadinya kan..

motip entry aku kali ni?... nak ajar korang tatabahasa yg tak penting tu ker???... tak lahh.. ngeee nak mengingatkan macam mana nak get ready bila nak pi bercuti!! yahhh! betul.. sepatutnya aku post entry ni awal cuti sekolah dulu... tp biasalah aku ni pemalas... yes i admit (buh jugak ayat omputih)... bukan apa.. aku dapat inspirasi nak tulis pasai ni lepas aku pi bercuti kat Jordan bulan lepas.. hehehehe..

aku yang dah nak masuk sepuluh tahun dah terbang sana sini pon kompius kengkadang nak pack barang dalam beg.. inikan pulak korang yang jarang jarang nak bercuti dan terbang ke destinasi percutian korang kan.. bukan apa.. sbb dari pengalaman aku.. banyak org bila travel... terkontang kanting berbeg beg diheretnya.. bila tanya banyaknya beg nak ke mana?.. "bercuti" katanya!!.. bila tanya berapa hari?... tak sampai 5 hari pon!!! ek elehhhh... pa ke hal yg ber jinjing banyak giler beg niii?.. dah nama pon bercuti jauh.. duit banyak pakai kan.. nak check in beg beg tuh pon terpaksa la kedekut sket kan.. tu yang berangkut naik cabin beg beg haus diaorg tuh... yang susahnya sapa??.. aku jugak yang kena carik ruang simpan beg tuk korang... ee sgt tak kuasa k!!

aku ni sebenarnya memang tak suka berangkut banyak beg... even kalu mak aku nak kirim kuih ke apa nak bawak balik.. aku cuma nak satu paper beg saja.. lebih lebih sori yer.. tangan i ada dua jewww.. tu yang aku pening pikir camner la diaorg ni leh berjinjing berbeg beg turun naik airport.. kata nak gi bercuti.. last last penat ngendong beg jer.. adoii...

dalam Youtube banyak tip tips yg org upload dalam tu.. terutamanya pasal nak pergi bercuti lah... dan aku jumpa satu video ni.. klik sini ... sungguh 'spot on'! ada jugak video tips lain seperti cara cara nak elak daripada nampak macam tourist takut nanti jadi sasaran org jahat.. dan mcm mcm lagik.. korang ulang tayang ni beribu kali sebelom korang berangkat dan pastinya perjalanan korang ke destinasi pelancongan idaman anda akan menjadi lebih 'smooth' dan 'relax'.. bak kata org putih 'hassle free' lah.. yang penting korang nampak bergaya dan penuh style dari saat anda melangkah keluar dari rumah sampailah ke destinasi yang dituju!!!

antara alamak toyol dan misteri jalan lama

2011-12-21T11:24:00.000-08:00

hello.. lamanyaaaa tak hapdate.... ish ish ish... makin hari makin lupa plak pasal blog aku nih.. kalau dah pemalas tu kan.. tau tau sajalah..

wokeh.. sejak sebulan dua ni banyak lak tempat tempat menarik yg aku sempat pi... antaranya seychelles, mauritius dan jordan.. nanti nanti lah yer bila aku free aku buat blog pasai tuh.. lani aku nak tulih pasai movie yg aku tengok lam youtube smlm... haaa citer pa??.. cer citer cer citer.. bukan mak limah balik kampung yer.. bukan jugak 2 alam!! ayoo sebut tajuk 2 alam tu pon aku dah naik mual.. ni citer alamak toyol dan misteri jalan lamaaaa.. agak baru jugak la dipasaran..

uol uols semua..i tak bayar yer duit tengok movie citer melayu sbb dah berjuta juta kali sgt terkena dgn kehampehan dya.. rasa rugi dan menyesal teramat sgt setip kali habih jer filem melayu kat panggung.. sbb tu i lebih selesa duduk kat rumah tunggu hamba Allah mana mana yg rajin upload ke youtube...

so yang terbaru nyer smlm i tengok lah citer alamak toyol dan misteri jalan lama dlm youtube.. sbb i dah tengok free.. maka i pon akan kutuk free lah yer... dah lama aku nak keluarkan dari dada aku perihal kekecewaan aku nih.. dah terlalu lama...

alamak toyol... kelakar!!! kelakar habis!!!! tak yah pikir pikir panjang.. ko tengok toyol hijau dgn beg galas teddy bear dya jer pon ko dah terbahak bahak ketawa.. walaupon pelakon pelakon utama dya.. ayooooooo sedih!! plot ke laut... lagi sedih ada diselitkan sorang pompuan melayu bogel tp diblurkan separuh badan dan bertambah sedih ada scene toyol tembak pakai senapang padahal toyol tu budak budak.. (bukankah ini filem buatan tempatan kena ikut acuan tempatan la sket) dan filem ini disasarkan pada keluarga dan kanak kanak... tp dah komedi kan.. secara tak langsung ko terus suker... sebb apa?... sbb ko ketawa tak hengat punya... so at the end of the movie walaupon citer ni bodoh.. tp aku suka.. 55 peratus suka...

misteri jalan lama??.... separuh jalan movie tu aku cukop suka lakonan Que Haidar ngan Hans Isaac... sgt marvelles.. watak serious.. character diaorg hidup!.. malah pelakon pelakon dya sumer ternama belaka... siap ada special appearance by Marion Caunter k.. bila dah lepas separuh movie tu.. dah masuk bab bab cgi... plot pon mula lari.. aku dah mula sentap!!! awalnya dah ok.. bila sampai part last tu... ayoooooooo ni movie utk budak 7tahun ke bawah ehh???? menyesal aku melekat dpn laptop aku selama sejam lebih!!! kononnya inspirasi lord of the ring la!!! poooorahhhh!!! ngan kostum ntah apa apa siap nampak kebuncitan pelakon dya!! kononnya kaum Elves lawan Orc..

eeee puhhhleaaseeeeee... tahu la Afdlin Shauki oi ko nak wat citer fantasi.. tp boleh dak buat betul betul.. kononnya aper??? bajet tak cukop?? then tak yah la gatai buat cgi bagai!! sungguh ku diperbodohkan!! ni lah contoh sbb apa aku tak suka langsung bayar duit masuk panggung tengok citer melayu?... sokong??? aper sokong sokong.. "pergi jahanam!!" (ala ala dialog nek jah dalam scene Ombak Rindu)

bukanlah aku ni pengkritik sepenuh masa.. tak der latar belakang anak seni pon.. tp dari sudut pandangan penonton umum.. inilah sbbnya sbb apa aku tak pernah minat citer filem melayu.. apatah lagi nak ke panggung berabis duit utk diaorg.. tak ada kepuasan!!

naper?? hebat sgtkah citer omputih di pawagam???.. tak pon citer Chinese or korea??.. what do you think??? OFF COOZZZZ laahhhhhh... buleh tanya lagik.. walaupon banyak unsur unsur tak baik dlm tu.. well itu adalah filem org luar... diaorg ada acuan diaorg sendiri.. tp mereka berjaya.. puas tak setelah melihat CGI mereka yg superb?.. adakah goncang plot plot citer mereka?.. tak yah bincang mendalam..tengok saja jalan cerita yg mereka olah.. tak terasa diperbodohkan langsung kan.. be it drama, comedy, sci fi, horror or other genre.. semua nya di buat dgn baik..

memang lah tak adil nak compare dgn movie luar.. diaorg memang maju! tp kalu tak compare dgn mereka yg hebat.. camner nak ukur prestasi kita??.. cuba korang tengok karya arwah Yasmin Ahmad... kenapa dya punya karya sungguh hebat?.. aku puas tengok filem filem dya.. tak der nak cgi cgi tak der plot bersepah.. sungguh direct dan berkesan!! dah tau tak dak bajet berangan nak buat citer bercgi sgala last last hasil mcm dibuat utk projek sekolah menengah.. eeee....

so far yg terbaru cuma 2 citer melayu yg aku sanggup bayar ke panggung.. Magika dan Ombak Rindu. Tak perlu pening pening dgn plot.. straight forward.. message sampai.. lakonan mantap dan dari awal sampai akhir.. aku tak rasa 'diperbodohkan'. Uols dah tengok ker citer Ombak rindu.. aku masih terseksa minda lepas tertengok nek jah punya cleavage yg kontang dalam salah satu scene Ombak Rindu tuh.. euwww... anyways.. Ombak Rindu memang berkesan dan terkesan... layak la kot meletop di pawagam..

nak tengok citer alamak toyol free?.. search kat youtube cepat cepat yer.. sebelom MIG claim copyright video tu kena block.. owh.. aku terjumpa blog ni.. blog ni review dya menarik.. tinta kata dari org yg berpengalaman dalam mereview filem filem.. and again.. pendapat aku hanyalah dari kaca mata penonton biasa.. ngee..

baiklah uols.. next blog i akan hapdate trip ke jordan bulan lepas.. gonna share some tips sket kot kot ada yg teringin nak ke sana ker?.. mmm.. till next time k.. ciao...

Dasar Tagalogi tak guna!

2011-10-11T15:23:00.000-07:00

ok.. aku dah lama pendam makan hati ngan golongan ni... diaorg kat Dubai ni penuh merata rata.. cheap labour la katakan.. tiap tiap kali kuaq umah atas jalan ka supermarket ka.. mana mana lah... mesti dok cakap tagalog ngan aku... malang sungguh nasib aku dilahirkan rupa yang sama ngan diaorg... YA!! MALANG!!! (paras rupa jer la.. except my physic ni i lagi tinggi lonjong dr lelaki lelaki diaorg)

selama 3 tahun aku dok sini aku tak la ada perasaan against diaorg ni.. sbb sama sama dtg dari rantau yg sama kan.. pernah pon pi negara depa tengok betapa daifnya negara depa tuh... org org nya pon hensem cantik belaka.. then diaorg ni jenis happy happy walaupon dasarnya diaorg ni miskin hina.. but then again aku rasa diaorg ni sooo fake!.. dan perasan bagus!!! disebabkan satu insiden yg berlaku semalam telah merubah segala galanya... the thin line between me and them.. that mutual respect thingy.. has been crossed! (tu dia buh jugak ayat omputih)..

nak jadikan cerita aku ngan kawan aku pi TGIF (note: waiter waitresses kat dubai semuanya pinoy!!).. nak quick lunch.. lagipon dah lama kami tak jumpa.. awalnya kami sgt lah riang ria bercanda cuci mata bagai... duduk ja kat table restoran tu.. kami disambut dgn muka waiter pinoy lelaki yg sgt pissed off! kami berdua dah terkedu dah.. apa yg kami buat sampai dia marah marah.. letak pinggan cutleri hempas hempas.. (by the way.. diaorg ni memang suka hempas hempas barang.. tak tau pasai pa depa macam tu.. even colleague aku yg pinoy kalu kerja atas kapal mesti hempas hempas barang).. so far kami saja yang ada kat situ.. belom ada org lagi... nak kata dya bz ka.. takkan kot.

dya pon mai la table nak amik order.. dgn muka kekwat cakap nak tak nak ja.. pastu tak bawak pen kertas nak amik order... berraanngannnn niiiiiii ingat leh hafal semua.. padahal tak tau kami ni jenis pelahap.. lebih kurang 4 jenis la kami order siap steak berbagai ngan side ordernya.. dya blah then 5 min mai balik.. tanya lagik sekali apa yg aku order... time tu aku dah hangin la.. tp aku kontrol lagik. sbb tak nak spoil mood kami.

yang aku bengang sgt sgt... dari jauh dya berdiri bleh stare (pandang) ngan muka menjuih!!! aku tau pinoy pinoy ni memang jenis suka stare org dgn rude.. so aku abaikan... dan aku juga tahu pinoy pinoy ni tak suka kalu another pinoy cakap org putih dgn depa! tp apa leh buat.. kalu ko sangka kami ni pinoy sengaja cakap org putih ngan ko ko nak melenting... ko silap besar la labu!! coz we are not one of you!!!!

then soup ngan appetiser sampai.. biasalah kalu org dah dtg mkn kat restoran camni bukan nya nak lahap 10min habis mcm kat foodcourt... baru 10min dok asyik sembang sembang makanan depan kitaorg tak habih lagi ni... DUMPP!! 2 big plate of steaks kat tepi penjuru table.. aku ngan kawan aku pon macam eh??... tak nampak ka kita tak habis lagi ni??? tak tanya apa pon tak terus letak selamba ja..

by that time table depan kitaorg ngan belakang kitaorg ada customer baru ja masuk... so aku panggil la waiter pinoy tu balik.. aku cakap "kitaorg belum habis lagik".. "selalunya u clear dulu kan?".. (bukan kali pertama yer aku pi tgif ni).. "boleh tak ambik balik steak ni?".. time tu kawan aku pon dah hangin dah sbb dya memang dah tak suka waiter laki tu... dgn tak senyumnya moody grumpy pastu tak cakap apa pon dya angkat pinggan steak tu nak blah..then aku sempat tinggikan suara aku la "why are you like this?? not happy to serve us is it?".. saja aku nak bagi customer lain dengar.. dya toleh then boleh pulaaakkk cakap lembut lembut.. ntah apa ntah dya cakap.. tau pon ingat kitaorg nak lepaskan kau camtu jer ker!!

sambil sambil tu aku observe la dya.. sbb kat situ tak dak customer lain kecuali table betul betul depan dan belakang kami ja... yg table depan mat saleh couple... dya siap boleh ambik order sambil turunkan badan sama level ngan table.. ada eye contact pastu ADA PEN NGAN KERTAS!! DISERTAI SENYUMAN!!!! (inilah yg selalu dipraktikkan oleh staf tgif kat mana mana pon di dunia!! yess i know!!) by the time kita org dah nak hampir habis makan starters ni... table mat saleh tu pon dah mintak main course.. yg best nya... dya siap clear dulu yer meja diaorg before ambik next course!!! pastu baru bawak next dish kat depa.. aku pon cakap la kat kawan aku.. memang dya pon nampak betapa double standard nya laki pukimak tu.

lantas perbicaraan kami berdua dari bahasa melayu bertukar ke bahasa omputih la... dgn sengaja nya kami tinggi tinggikan suara "HE THINKS THAT WE ARE PINOYS THATS WHY HE TREATED US LIKE THAT!! SORRY WE ARE NOT FUCKIN PINOY!! DOUBLE STANDARD BASTARD!!".. yer... itulah antara kata kata bicara kami (ada lagik carutan yg tak perlulah aku bubuh sini) dgn lantangnya tatkala dya berada di meja sebelahhh... last last kami dah tak happy nak blah la.. kami panggil manager dya.. kami tak nak dya dtg table kami langsung.. manager dya dtg.. kami request utk cancelkan steaks tu.. tp manager dya cakap "no! no! no! no!".. itu jer yg aku dengar sbb keling kalu nak argue.. itu jer perkataan yg aku paham kuar dari mulut keling nih..

so be it... as a customer kami ada hak utk tak bayar main course tu kalu tak puas hati ngan service.. tp kami tak nak drama berterusan... kami mintak bill dari waiter lain.. sbb mamat tu kat dalam kitchen.. by the time kami dah bayar mamat tu kuar ngan steak kitaorg tadi.. dya letak je pinggan atas meja (dgn sopan santun yer kali ni... sungguh ajaib!!) kami bangun terus nak blah... mat saleh depan table kitaorg dah tengok tengok kitaorg.. ingat kitaorg kesah.. mamat tu tanya (baru nak tanya dgn suara sopan santun yer at last!!!) "tak nak makan steak ni?"... dgn selamba kawan aku cakap "WE'VE LOST OUR APPETITE BECAUSE OF YOU!".. terus kami berambus kuar dari situ.. waiter pinoy pinoy lain dah tercegat kat entrance nak bagi sweets.. kitaorg menonong without saying a word! nak pandang pon jijiks lah!

kesimpulannya... no more 'friendly' gesture.. dari aku kepada kamu kamu semua wahai pinoy!! sekian lama aku cuba avoid berfikiran negatif pasal korang kali ni tidak lagi.. my perception has totally changed! kamu sudah masuk dalam list antara umat manusia yg paling aku tak suka! bluwweekkk.

mauritius baby!!

2011-10-07T10:58:00.000-07:00

heloooooo... selamat selamat bertemu kembali... lama nyaaa tak hapdate.. giler bersawang dah compose box nih.. lalalala... ok.. kali ni i tak mau tulih tulih dalam bahasa org putih la... i rasa cam sgt sgt english pecah.. memang broken sgt sgts.. buat malu jer kan.. baik i tulih ja dalam loghat kedah.. lagi senang... lagi semangat kot nak hapdate... tak gitewww...

ok y'alls.. bulan lepas cuti panjang sgt balik raya.. walaupon bukanlah hadap sgt nak balik tp dah org bagi extra cuti... i pon balik lah... bulan ni.. haa hambik ko.. flight berjela jela kena bangun awal pagi plak tuh! adoiiii... ok no komplen no.. dah reja buat jer lah.. dari tak dak langsung kaan... nanti hujung bulan nak makan apa yer tak...

ok kali ni i nak cerita pasal trip i ke mauritius... katanya 1st time niiiii.. yer la ko.. aku tunggu 3 setengah tahun yer nak dapat roster duty layover ni.. excited gak la.. mauritius ni kat mana uol?.. ko boleh tanya kat mana?... ko google map jer lah malas aku nak explain.

memandangkan mauritius ni sgtlah terkenal ngan pulau dan pantai nya yang cantik cantik (cantik ke?).. jadi passenger nya ramai lah yg dari golongan golongan couple nak kawin la bulan madu la bercanda cuti cuti cinta lah kan.. so semuanya nice well behaved customers... ok la senang kerja aku tak banyak songeh..

sampai ja sana kami duduk kat The Link hotel.... agak terperanjat jugak aku bila tengok banyak jugak well designed buildings kat sini... area tu area business centre kot gamaknya... sepanjang perjalanan dalam bas dari epot tadi leh tengok betapa tenangnya suasana.. ladang tebu nun saujana mata memandang diselang seli dgn keindahan bangunan bangunan lama.. bertatahkan sarikata sarikata peranchis.. sungguh quaint.. jalanraya berpandukan papan tanda juga dalam bahasa peranchis... uii...

sampainya kami ke hotel terus rakan rakan crew aku pon mula lah belek belek apa tour yg boleh buat kan... disebbkan hotel ni jauh dari pantai (1jam nek keta ke pantai).. maka kami pon pilih yg paling sesuai.. kami buat package pergi pagi ke sebuah pulau (aku tak hingat apa nama pulau tu) lunch sana, snorkelling bagai dan boat ride pusing pulau then balik petang yang sama.. total 8 org pergi sorang cuma bayar 170rm.. (diconvertkan currency).

testing kamera baru katanya... hikss

aku boh sket gamba kat sini la no.. pulau yg cantik dan bersih.. walaupon pusat tumpuan pelancong yg amat ramai org nya.. tapi sgt dijaga rapi... dah lama giler aku tak lepak beach secantik camni... walaupon org kata mauritiusnya pantai cantik.. tp aku rasa masih not as great as phi phi island, koh samui, or even beras basah langkawi (eh ada jugak bunyi bunyi org putih tuh).. dan aku rasa bangga jugak sbb negara kita Malaysia khususnya serta rantau asia tenggara yang sememangnya punya khazanah alam yg sgt cantik. cuma dari segi penjagaan kesedaran sivik org ramai masih agak rendah terhadap kebersihan alam sekitar.. tu yg tak berapa best tuh... tengok jer lah betapa cantik pulau beras basah kat langkawi (aku pi tahun lepas).. tetap ada plastik and segala macam sampah kat atas darat celah celah pondok kat sana.. so how?.. nak martabatkan khazanah kita pon cam segan kan.. tak gitew?.. gitew lerk!

tetiba ada air terjun terus masuk ke laut.. begitu istimewa ciptaan Allah.

berjaya jugak aku amik gamba org lompat!!!

makaannnnn....

ladang tebu luas bertebaran.. hujan pon mula mencemburui kami..

semua org terus bongkang.. lol! tp aku masih celik sbb takut la si driver ni tadi bawak van macam sial.. siap kena tahan polis trafik lagi kena saman sbb ada org report dya bawak van macam hantu.. alhamdulillah la selamat pergi selamat balik.

aku rasa ni masa yg sgt kualiti kali ni.. ramai set aku kuaq.. selalunya tak ramai yg kuaq satu group besar camni.. aaanyways.. till next time no. muah!

Salam Lebaran from tok chik

2011-08-26T19:17:00.000-07:00

HOOOMAAIIGOOOD!!! aku dah jadik tok.. i am officially a grand uncle!!! anak menakan gue sudah dapat anak laki few weeks ago.. i am sooo old! lol! but you know what.. not many people at this age.. i mean i am at the beginning of 3 series now wud have a grand nephew??.. so positive thinking.. its all good... HOMAIGOOODD im soo old!!

Dengan ini aku nak ambik kesempatan untuk mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri kepada semua.... sambutlah keriangan Syawal bersama keluarga dan insan tersayang ya. Alhamdulillah I am able to celebrate this next Syawal again with my family at kampung. Ciao.

p/s:image courtesy of http://vectorise.net

fully booked?

2011-07-16T02:38:00.001-07:00

cuti 5 hari aku pecut balik kl... tak dak operational flight ke kl la plak bulan ni.. tp off day berlambak.. alhamdulillah.. dgn confidentnya balik tanpa book bilik in advance terlebih dulu.. maklumla aku balik minggu kerja bukan weekend... sampai ja teruih la aku walk in jer mana mana hotel yg terdekat ngan kl sentral... fully book katanya... meridien, hilton, hotel ayam kat area brickfield... semua lah area tu penuh... ayoooo panic jap...

a receptionist kat meridien were very kind trying hard to call any available hotel that he could think of in kl for me... he made few calls and he advised that all was overbooked.. aku mcm tak percaya jer... katanya skrg ni musim arab mengawan.. so memang payah nak dapat bilik... i left with a small hope and a lil bit of luck.. and i went to bukit bintang.. dapat la satu hotel ayam yg sgt dodgy, gloomy and stuffy.. tuala mandi sebesar tuala lap kaki.. yg murah semurah rm70.. tak pa lah utk semalam jer esok tgh hari aku carik tempat lain...

next aftanoon aku cepat cepat blah then aku made few calls.. i mean a lot of calls... to hotels everywhere outside kl.. assuming area damansara wud at least have one room.. arab mana lah yg nak ke area curve ke.. one utama ker... subang ke.. kan.. TETAP TAK ADER BILIK YERRR...!!! then i made one last call to double tree hilton in ampang... a chinese lady answered me and she was kinda whispering saying that they have 3 deluxe room left.. and a service apartment.. after confirming the rate.. i said will call her back in 2 mins just wanna check something before i book it.. so pelik coz she was whispering.. perlu ker nak whisper????.. will defo call her back... then exactly after 2 mins i called her back... this time a malay lady answered and guess what.. she said no room is available.. i told her i called just now and was confirmed that they have 3 deluxe room.. but she insisted no room is available... pelik bin ajaib sgt sgt!

fine... i was stuck tak tau nak pi mana... then i teringat kat empire subang.. ada Empire hotel.. Alhamdulillah ada duplex available.. without hesitation i terus book em sbb ratenya sungguh murah sama rate dgn a small room in every other hotel in kl... it was a great deal so i took em... phewww... selamat ada tempat bermalam...

glimpse of the duplex Empire Hotel Subang

afta settled in.. aku terpikir.. impossible lah all hotel in kl penuh?.... then i realized perhimpunan ala ala manja BERSIH baru jer lepas... and something struck me... security reason la ni.. mesti ada sekatan or restriction bagai... damn you perhimpunan bersih shit! menyusahkan org ja.. maybe i was wrong.. but its the only thing that made sense.. anyhoo.. i shud have had a party or something in that penthouse.. mmmm... next time perhaps.

Nairobi Kenya

2011-06-10T12:41:00.001-07:00

this month is my reserve month... what is that you may ask.. well... it's the month of every 7th cycle of my roster where the crew (which in this case is me) must dial the telephone at 4pm everyday to check my next coming duty for tomorrow... and goes on and on till end of june.. so basically i'll stuck at home.. or at the airport standby lounge waiting for any flight that needs me to operate..

so la ni dapat la aku update blog ni.. sbb ada masa senggang sket.. walaupon tak der sapa pon yg baca.. tp aku nak update jugak!

last month was amahhzinnggg... banyak tul kl flight yang aku dapat.. well.. all of my layover was kl actually... siap dapat balik kampung during my off day lagik.. best tuh. sampai ja 1st june terus kena airport standby.. lahanat tul.. tak sempat nak tarik nafas afta long trip to kul melben before that.. terus kena 'jail' kat lounge... then tak pasal pasal plak they put me on a nairobi flight.. few hours after sign in to the standby lounge.. my name was called to operate the flight. . seb bek la layover kalu turnaround.. masak aku.. sbb tak rest betul betul kan.. penat dowh!!

but yeah.. the hotel in Nairobi was amaahhhzinggg!!! one of the reason why i loike africa destinations is that the hotel for us to stay is soooo beautiful! chic and modern! most of our hotels in africa are boutique type.. there is a fair different between a well known business pleasure hotels and a boutique style hotel.. you see this link lah.. this is the hotel that we stayed in; the Tribe

boutique style hotels; the designs are more relaxed, chic, lounge-ish and more intimate.. as for big named business hotels would be grand, huge and formal!.. i had a great rest and sleep here.. the bed was superb.. not as great as the bed in marriot though.. but none the less i had deep sleep which is very difficult for me to get past few days. room service was yummy.. and the staff are soo hardworking and friendly.

i didnt feel like goin out for venture as this was my first time to nairobi.. eventhough hati nak sgt kuar jalan jalan tp kepenatan sampai tak terpikir nak keluar dari bilik langsung.. next time for sure aku jalan jalan..

Alhamdulillah... another layover station that i havent been to in my personal list (nairobi kenya) ticked! tinggal less than 15 stations lagik in emirates network.. but how la like this.. st petersburg will become our next new destinations plak in november.. makin kurang list makin tambah lak list.. sampai bila nak habis camni..

owh before i forget... my trip to xian blom habis lagik cerita kan.. maybe next update.. insyaAllah. till then.. ciao.

kurang hajar punya melayu!

2011-05-15T12:50:00.000-07:00

the title says it all.... you may say anything you want after you read this but this one is just the climax of my hatred towards some malays in kuala lumpur.. you have no idea how long have i kept this to myself but after what had happened.. i just have to vent it out..

al kisahnya.. gua sakit gigi... memandangkan buleh claim maka tergedik gedik lah aku nak jumpa dentist.. since turun kl kerap this month.. terjumpak lah klinik gigi secara tak sengaja dalam kawasan kotaraya kuala lumpur ni... tapi cam nak pergi tak pergi sbb ada benda lain nak buat dulu.. lagipon sakit yg datang on and off.. sampailah satu tahap aku rasa gigi aku ni cam makin parah.. sakit berdenyut denyut..

satu hari layover di kl baru baru ni aku pon kelam kabut nak check gigi sbb bangun pagi tu gigi aku mula sakit kembali.. so teringat la klinik gigi kat midvalley sbb aku pernah tengok ada kat situ.. tp tak ambik lak no tipon dya.. ingat kena buat appointment dulu... alih alih dah tak tahan aku tipon reception kat hotel suh carik kan no dentist terdekat area renaissance.. reception tu cakap ada kat area Kampung Baru and will come back to me with the no.. lama la jugak aku tunggu last last aku decide aku nak pi ke midvalley ja.. baru jer langkah kuar bilik tiba tiba tipon bilik berbunyi.. dapat lah no satu klinik ni...

so tanpa ragu aku pon terus la call.. this is the exact conversation ok.... i can still remember every detail of it!

me: hello, saya dapat no klinik ni dari hotel.. buleh saya tanya kalau saya nak walk in saja ke klinik ni..

si bangsat: boleh sapa nama? dari hotel mana ni?

me: (gave my name).. from reniassance actually.. urm.. buleh saya tau apa nama klinik ni.. cuma dapat no tp tak tau nama plak..

si bangsat: .................... (silence for few seconds)

me: hello?... apa nama klinik ni ek?

si bangsat: .............. klinik zainal (with high toned voice)

me: ok kat mana location dya?

si bangsat: jalan raja laut simpang somewhere somewhere (i still have no clue where it is)

me: ooo so saya boleh walk in saja lah ya.. tengahari saya sampai kot nak cari klinik ni lagi..

si bangsat: datanglah kalu doktor tak sibuk... prappp *tuuuutttt..... (the sound of the phone been put down and the line was cut off)

me: *blurred......

apakah?? aku belum habis cakap lagik dya dah letak camtu jer?? so i redial again.. coz i wanna know the exact location.. and he picked it up again..

me: hye... sorry.. saya yang tipon tadi... sorry saya lom habis cakap lagi.. why did you hang up the phone in the middle of conversation?.. ok saya nak tau exact location apa address klinik ni?..

si bangsat: sorry.. doctor tak da hari ni.. praap *ttuuuuttt (he hang up again)

i was in disbelieved! awed and amazed... how rude this guy was! what a douche!! my head spun dizzily not coz of the pain due to the ache but the warm blood rushed to my head tunggu masa jer nak meletop..

i redialled for the third time.

me:..... HELLO!! who the hell are you again?.. the receptionist? PA? or the dentist himself?... why did you hang up the phone while im talking to you??? so freaking rude!!!

prapp... *tuuuuttttt

he just hang up just like that... left me speechless.. but i was in super rage!!!! baannnngggg the phone flies to the wall.

left the hotel straight to midvalley and straight went in to Pristine Dental... and guess what.. greeted with a polite gesture.. isi form no need appointment just walk in.. less than 10 minutes waiting.. i was called.. even tho ada 3 org queue who were already there but they have appointments with other dentists.. i was ushered to another dentist.. the assistant took my bag remove my eye wear.. all i gotta do was just lay back on the chair.. aku rasa dihormati!

the dentist said my wisdom tooth is coming out that's the reason of the ache that im having.. also i had my teeth scaled, polished and filled due to gigi aku ada lobang sket.. sepanjang rawatan segala air meleleh di muka di lap lap oleh assistant tu.. very professional. THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE!!! less than hour dah siap! my teeth shines and sparkled!!

rasa sgt puas hati.. biarpon kalu nak charge aku seribu juta ringgit kalau aku mampu aku tak kesah.. because that's how you run your business! AND THIS PRISTINE CLINIC IS A NON MALAY CLINIC!!! all staff are non malay.. sekor melayu pon tak der situ.. shame on you malays want to run your own business but have no single clue at all what you doin!!! CUSTOMER SERVICE ETHICS HANCUR!!!

akan pikir dua tiga kali sebelum pakai khidmat atau masuk kedai org melayu. a tiny little respect goes a looonggg way.. i learned my lesson.

yours truely a malay.

Xian.. the beginning..

2011-04-06T00:53:00.000-07:00

Hello.. its been a while... tak update coz nothing interesting to write about.. until recently aku baru jer balik holiday seminggu dari China.. apa ada kat China korang tanya?... banyaaaakkkk benda ada... haha.. tak terpikir pon nak masuk ke negara ni for holiday.. kalu ikut flight duty memang dah selalu la.. tp ke bandar bandar besar seperti Beijing atau Shanghai jer.. bukannya sentral China.. awalnya planning nak ke Tibet... last minute terpaksa cancel sebb permit tak diluluskan.. wrong timing.. memandangkan tiket flight dah beli terpaksa la jugak redah ke China.. nak cancel sayang duit tak leh refund.. airasia la plak kan.

so dok google google last last me and a friend of mine decided to visit chengdu ada panda kat sana and xian ada terracotta warrior.. ada la tempat yg menarik jugak.. dalam hati kitaorg pon macm korang jugak la.. apa ada kat China.. cam tak best jer... mula mula tu rasa sangsi.. tp once journey kitaorg dah habis... rasa berbaloiii!!!!! puassss sgt!!! sebab tak sangka.. actually natural beauty kat sana sungguh mengagumkan!!!!!

First and foremost let me describe pasal org org China dulu lah ya. Aku tak racist.. dan aku tak benci org sesuka hati.. (melainkan satu kaum tu yg memang aku takkan suka sampai bila bila) Dah nama pon kabin krew kerja dah nak dekat satu dekad punya experience.. mesti lah kami tau profile org org China ni camna.. it's the habit and culture you alls.. made us think twice weather or not shud we proceed with our plan to China.. so kat sini aku point kan saja few negative thoughts yg terbit dalam minda aku ya...

1. Hygiene is a major issue!!! Kalu dlm kabin tu.. tak sah kalu tak nampak sorang sorang korek hidung.. kalau bab smelly feet.. diaorg nilah paling champion.. bau stokin satu kabin.. I will elaborate more on this matter later.

2. Chinese sgt kasar and loud bila diaorg cakap. Sekali dengar mcm diaorg tengking kau semacam jer. Tapi itu adalah sebahagian cara hidup mereka.

3. Language barrier. Mandarin is the only language spoken so kalu ko reti cakap omputih.. jgn harap diaorg nak ambik pot bagi ko paham or translate mandarin to English untuk ko.. sekali diaorg dengar ko cakp omputih.. they just ignore you. literally.

So... inilah yg menjadi fobia aku masa nak ke sana.. walaupon teman se holiday aku ni tau cakap Mandarin tp aku tak harap yg aku akan enjoy.. sbb main thing was to go to Tibet.. dah lama aku plan nak ke sana.. alih alih tak nak burn flight ticket punya pasal terpaksa lah turun ke sentral China jugak.

This post aku hanya tulis pasal benda yg aku tak suka dulu.. nanti next post i will tell you why my perception towards China has changed!.. ok not everything but some aspects la.. After my trip ended I have a whole different view of what China is really is! So I will make a new post dedicating to the best of my experience here in China soon.

OK back to hygiene issue that i had to dealt with masa kat sana.. I got sick on the last day.. in fact i threw up on the last day prior leaving Xian.. thought terkena penyakit apa plak kan.. tp apa yg aku mkn kawan aku pon makan benda yg sama.. kitaorg tak berani nak jamah makanan sewenang wenangnya sbb di sana makanan berasaskan khinzir amat berleluasa.. tambahan plak takut dgn ketidakpekaan org org sini terhadap hygiene.. bear in mind.. hygiene and cleanliness is two different thing ya.. dan kawan aku tu tak sakit apa pon sehinggalah kami tiba ke Malaysia.

Everything was fine earlier.. honestly we had great time!!.. we found Muslim quarters or settlement yg mana majoriti penduduk kat kawasan tu (actually its in xian city itself) adalah Muslim. So kami tak risau ngan daging babi dan sbgnya kerana disitu memang tak ada.. semua makanan halal kat kawasan tu.. we enjoyed it to the max... malahan selama seminggu kami kat sana.. sesetengah tuan punya kedai makanan dah kenal muka kami sbb selalu bertandang ke sana.. sekali sampai ja mana mana kedai kat sana. mereka terus cakap.. "aaahhh malaysiaaaa".. diaorg tau kami org malaysia!!! how did they know?.. i have no idea.. boleh dikatakan kebersihan agak terjaga berbanding tempat makan lain di xian.. mungkin sbb Islam sendiri mengajar umatnya menjaga kebersihan kan.. ya memang betul... taaaaappppppiiiiiiiiiii............................

jeng jeng jeng.. "...kkhhaaaiiiiikkkkkkkk tuuuiihhhhhhh...." errrkkkk.. hmmm apa tuh???..tu diaaa.... dah tabiat semula jadi mereka kot.. ini kita tak boleh judge mreka.. sekali pandang memang kita akan salah erti.. the thing is its in their gene or culture i think.. diaorg meludah merata rata uolsss!! they spit here and there like no one's business.. sometimes they spit right infront of me.. i was so offended.. apa yg aku buat sampai dya benci kat aku??.. sampai hati dya ludah depan kaki aku... well... thats how it is.. its not about they hating you or they dislike you.. it's just them! they spit!!! irrespective where they were.. its a part of their daily life..it's cold weather.. and the air is kinda polluted.. seriously.. be it a girl, a man, a woman or a boy.. and you will see flem everywhere on the street!

have you ever seen a public poo poo session?.. i did!! it was in a public toilet at a bus station.. i was desperately need to pee and without hesitation i rushed into a public toilet and stunned!!! as i saw it at a glance.. i assume there were 8 or 10 people or so squatting next to each other poo ing!!! no divider no nothing!!! thank God i saw a urinal right infront of me.. had to do it very quickly coz it was baaaadd.. the smell was nasssstyyy!!! went out as soon as possible and i was TRAUMATIZED!! gasped for air badly... until now that image lingers in my brain whenever i talk about it.. its so so disgusting! it's too much for me to take in...

during the tour itself.. me and my friend didnt have the guts to enter any public toilets... we actually chose somewhere further outside the toilet vicinity.. be it in the bushes or trees somewhere hidden... i remembered one time.. while we were doin our business.. my friend called me ".. Beeeeeebbbbb..".. and i said "..what??...".. "..tengok kaki kau ada benda apa tak????..." and guess what?...... there were shit EVERYWHERE!!!! and i was the unlucky one to step on one of those disgusting thing!!. i screamed on top of my lung coz i was soooo pissed!!! you'd see shit every two steps covered by soil.. the whole area was covered by shit!! i actually threw that shoe away at the end of the trip (i bought it for the purpose of trekking actually)..

dah sampai masa nak balik preparing to go home baru aku ok sket but not fully recovered.. mentally i mean... after a long walk and meeting local people during the awesome tours that we did.. i understood this.. Chinese pretty much care only for one thing.. the number one... MONEY!! the rest is less important.. so hygiene comes to i dont know what number lah!

Apart from that.. the tour industry was well prosper here... they do not need foreign tourists to support this industry.. org org dalam China sendiri berpusu pusu tak putus putus ikut tour kat dalam negara mereka.. i was sooo impress.. mereka sgt supportive towards their own produk pelancongan.. sambutannya sgt overwhelming.. it is great for them sbb negara China kan besar jadi banyak jugak benda pelancongan yg boleh dioffer... lagipon penduduk China sgt ramai kan.. kalu kat malaysia.. industri pelancongan di kalangan penduduk tempatan amatlah tak maju.. sbb setiap individu dalam negara kita kalau nak melancong suka pergi sendiri sendiri tak nak ikut tour sbb tak nak kuar bajet banyak kan.. then our local tour companies would hunt the foreigners and charge them to the max la.. infact the tours that we did in xian wasnt expensive at all... i will post about the tours soon..

dah sampai masa balik before check out.. i woke up with massive headache.. and i vomited really really bad.. but nothing came out actually.. just liquid! after that i felt soooo mucchhh better.. except for the temperature.. demam selesema sket.. but the nausea just cudnt go away.. on the flight had to standby air sickness bag.. i am a flight crew and i had an airsickness bag ready for me! how ironic.. i think because i hold it in too much for too long.. in the end i let it all out.. its that psychology thingy i think.. owh well.. tell me what you think of the image below?.. until next post.. ciao.

Tripoli

2011-02-08T12:51:00.000-08:00

I set my foot to Tripoli for the first time the other day.. one new destination that i havent been to ticked! I have another 16-18 destinations to go.. Surprisingly Libyans are very polite and humble.. and they smile a lot.. their currency is like double ringgit to 1 dinar.. rich country blessed with 'black oil'..

As things were a bit tensed around this region at this moment.. Libya is in a total different environment.. very calm and relaxed (at least for now i think).. cud see sands and ruins everywhere... juxtaposed with few high rise buildings that gave it a sense of belonging and identity.. which i like very much..

the hotel that we stayed in was the Corinthia Tripoli.. beautiful spacious room with excellent service and great food! i was amazed with the food.. the pasta was so yummy!! and especially asian cuisine! hats off.. i ordered sweet and sour prawn.. very Thai and Chinese fusion right.. wasnt really expecting anything great since im in Africa continent.. not discriminating mind you.. trust me.. it is very very hard to find a single great Asian cuisine offered in room service especially if the hotel is out of Asian region.. once the food arrived (the room service guy was very very good looking too!) and i tasted it.. i mean i tasted the FOOD!!!.. it was the bomb!.. my tongue cudnt lie.. the taste wasnt artificial.. the taste was authentic.. i ordered the same food again the night after.. and i didnt get disappointed..guess the chef is an Asian lah kot..

on my way to my room

tripoli city from far

spacious

i kinda like the fact that the cupboard was tailor made to complement the curved wall.. which become a great piece of furniture..

typical bathroom.. nothing much to say..

outside view from my window..

shame that our departure and arrival time was in odd hours.. so travelling out is not in my itinerary.. was quite eager to see whats out there actually.. the weather was nice.. heard there are magnificent ruins somewhere in tripoli.. maybe next time.. thank God for the great Corinthia Hotel Tripoli.. with free internet and good allowance.. staying indoor wasnt that bad after all..

Fire & Ice!!

2011-02-08T11:54:00.000-08:00

howdy.. its been a while since i updated my last layover hotels.. this one is the recent new hotel that i stayed in.. Protea Fire and Ice Johannesburg.. Its the most beautiful attractive hotel that Ive been to.. the interior was so chic and boudoir ish.. i've got the Elizabeth Hurley's room so called.. as they named their rooms according to superstar's name.. other parts of the hotel was nice too.. especially downstairs in their restaurant.. very stylish I'd say.

i was wowed once opened the door...

the space was a lil bit tight.. but just nice.. everything is just two steps away within reach.. i love the idea of open shower (when i am alone of course).. separated by a curtain if privacy needed..

that Phillipe Stark Ghost Chair is a brilliant piece in this kind of concept.. (can you see it? that's why he named it ghost chair i assume lol!) in kl you may find one in Il Lido kl.

this one i dont know who's the designer is.. but it reminded me of a similar design at Festival City Dubai.. the one in Creme' De la Creme' restaurant.. except that there it was in a bigger scale.. owh and that similar kerusi pelamin pengantin i saw in majalah pengantin somewhere..

i quote a friend's comment in Facebook "...Audrey Hepburn watch me pee-pee.." well yeah mine wud be Elizabeth Taylor instead.. hahaha.

this is the outside view... the hotel location was brand new.. everything was open nearly 9 months ago.. there are few shopping malls, hotels including this one and well known restaurants like Meat and Co, Moyo..to name a few.. the whole development was called Melrose Arch.. if in kl we have Solaris Mount Kiara right.. it is very similar those two..

gediks gediks before off to bed.. :-P

ive been to many hotels and their decore is awe inspiring.. like this one of course.. its so gorgeous hands down.. but to tell you the truth i havent found one that really can be considered as my cup of tea.. keep discovering i guess...

GSC oh GSC

2011-01-26T07:47:00.000-08:00

tatkala sebelum aku menjengah pulang ke kampung halaman minggu lepas sempena cuti.. aku teringin nak tengok cerita Paranormal Activity 2... sapa dah tengok yg 1st?... scary giler babs kan..

so nak jadikan cerita since aku terlepas nak tengok kat dubai.. rasanya eloklah aku bertandang saja ke gardens midvalley.. sbb aku pon memang suka ke midvalley untuk tengok wayang (buat masa skrg).. nak ke One Utama yakni cinema terbaik di Malaysia agak jauh (my fav spot dulu)..

bagi korang yg tak tau (yang dah tau duduk diam diam) Golden Screen Cinema di signature @ the gardens boleh dikatakan agak pricey.. lebih mahal sket la compare other GSC.. sbb utama nya seating configuration adalah berlainan dgn seating kat GSC lain lain.. dibahagikan kepada dua kelas sama seperti GSC lain yakni ada Gold Class... serta kelas yang biasa.. cuma di sini kelas biasa itu dimarketkan sebagai premiere class... seatingnya 2x2 seats bersebelahan seperti couple seat dan tak lebih dari 130 org kapasiti dalam satu hall tu.. tiketnya mahal sedikit dari tiket tiket biasa di Gsc yg lain.. lebih kurang rm25... ok gak seat kat premiere class ni.. dya recline kebelakang few degrees bila korang sandar... then ada small table sebelah kerusi for you to place your handbag or your caramel popcorn and 7up (contohnya la).. nak tau harga dan book tiket semua masuk la Golden Screen Cinema punya web.. sgt mudah.

sebulan sekali dua aku akan layan di Gold Class to give myself a treat.. sapa lagi nak entertain diri kalu bukan diri sendiri yg buat kan.. afterall.. we deserve to spoil ourselves after hard days work.. lagipon sini tak der org sgt dan best leh baring baring ada duvet dan bantal yg sungguh empuk!.. harga tiket untuk Gold Class ialah rm65.. once you beli tiket you will be ushered to your seat by their attendants.. diaorg akan tunjukkan cara camner nak baringkan kerusi semua... selalunya diaorg akan ambik order masa korang nak masuk hall.. tp aku selalu suh diaorg bawak menu ke dalam.. saja nak kasik diaorg buat kerja sket.. bukannya ada customer ramai pon. so far semua attendant sgt sgt professional dan ikhlas buat kerja..

guess la berapa harga gold club kat semua cinema di dubai?.. semua 200dirham lebih ok!! tiket biasa tak nak tanya?... 30dirham ye!.. dah la seat busuk bau peluh arab.. pastu masing masing tengok movie mulot tak leh diam.. handphone tak usah cakap la.. mcm mcm ringtone leh dgr.. dya punya tiket mak ai sedih!! mcm tiket bas express.. so korang semua nak tau?.. south east asia adalah negara yg paling murah jual tiket wayang (base on my experience tengok kat bangkok dan manila jugak).. dan agak civilize.. so korang better appreciate sket apa yang kita ada ok!

nak dijadikan cerita.. masa aku nak tengok citer Paranormal Activity 2 tu.. everything was great as usual.. starting from purchasing the tix until i was ushered into the hall.. the show time on the ticket was printed at 1810.. maknanya 610ptg la.. langkah jer masuk ke hall tengok tengok movie dah start... owh.. why? tanya ku pada diriku sendiri.. la ni baru 1815.. bukanker ada trailer or iklan bagai dulu ker?.. maybe sbb aku sorang jer kot.. that's why that movie started sharp on time... so tak pe lah assuming 2-3 minutes terlepas awal citer... no biggie.. dah duduk kat seat made myself comfortable then aku pon order lah makanan.. kali ni aku nak mkn heavy sbb perot memang agak lapar.. dan mentang mentang la aku sorang jer dalam hall tu aku pon order la set koeyteow goreng dgn air serta aiskrim.. bau makanan nanti takderla ganggu sapa sapa.. wahhhh set menu ko.. tambah popcorn lagik!! plus one free drink yakni coke.. oh ya.. kalu korang order mknan selain air coke yg complimentary tu.. korang kena bayar lah.. on the spot bila makanan tu dah sampai ke seat korang... selalunya aku tak la melantak mcm tu skali dalam cinema.. tp dah aku sorang jer kan.. gasak ar.

kembali pada cerita Paranormal Activity 2.. eee panjang la aku nak tulih title movie tu.. aku buh PA2 la ek... ya.. PA2.. baru 5 minit ja aku tengok citer tu berlansung.. aku dah tutup tutup telinga.. scary siaaaaa..... memang mantap! pastu pompuan heroin yg kena rasuk dulu masa PA1 kembali lagi.. kali ni dya naik atas rumah terus bunuh ayah dan mak dya.. then kuar mcm some sort of perenggan on the screen... "Micah was found dead on blablablalblabla..." something like that... suddenly i wonder.. something is wrong.. flashback of the ending of PA1 dulu sama jer mcm ni.. owh.. thinking that maybe they have twisted the plot.. the ending must be the beginning.. later they will show how and why i'd happened this way.. ok let me pay attention for the next scene.. after a while when the killing scene ended.. it went dark and blank.. for almost few minutes then suddenly.. THE ENDING TITLES started to come up on the screen showing the cast's names and so on... BLOODY HELL THAT MOVIE HAD JUST FINISHED!!!!

kebetulan plak.. tengah bingung.. my food has arrived.. aku tanya la attendant tu camner lak movie boleh baru habis kata show time jam 1810.. skrg dah 1835.. dya plak yg tercengang.. boleh pulak cakap tak tau.. katanya dia tak incharge bahagian cinema screening.. dya cuma waiter saja.. seperti biasa lah menuding jari.. he still insisting me to pay.. i said hold on.. pegi check dulu then baru aku bayar.. so he did..

at 1850 baru ada iklan dan trailer.. i was like WHAT????.. those last 10-15minute i sat here watching those scenes were ACTUALLY the ending of the movie!!! buat apa la aku nak tengok sesuatu movie tu kalu aku dah tengok ending dulu!!! the whole surprise and excitement of the movie ruined! so defeating the purpose!! hello it's Golden Club none of this nonsense should ever happen..

so i walked out the hall and called for their manager.. i demand for a refund!!!.. drama tak drama aku nak balik duit aku... spoil habis! but i wasnt angry at all.. i didnt feeel like screaming or anything.. nak tergelak pon ada.. just dissappointed je.. you know why i didnt explode burst into flame and chase the attendants with a spear in my hand?.. because the attendants there were very attentive and helpful.. they admitted their mistake and genuinely wanted to rectify the situation.. berkali kali diaorg ajak aku masuk balik sbb movie dah start.. tp aku refuse sbb dah tak der mood nak tengok.. sah sah aku dah tau ending macammana..

waited for the manager to show up.. but no.. the manager didnt come.. 15minutes camtu tunggu then a ticketing attendant took my ticket then immediately handed me full refund.. the food that i ordered tak di caj.. the other attendants lined up and appologized for the inconvenience.. then i walked away with the coke in my hand and a SMILE ON MY FACE.. which.. was very seldom for it to happen.. ever!

cuti

2011-01-25T22:54:00.000-08:00

Cuti bererti merehatkan diri dari sebarang perkara yg berkaitan kerja.. betul tak... smestinya lah.. tengah cuti seminggu ni.. maka aku rehat serehat rehatnya lah..

sempat jugak menonton teater Tun Mahathir di Istana Budaya.. weekend lepas... best jugak.. tak la over the top best.. bolehla nak layan kesah Tun Mahathir idola kita smua.. yg paling best tu sbb ada imej Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid as their stage backdrop.. sgt bangga.. sekolah yg aku belajar selama 5 tahun di sana diangkat ke teater k.. walaupon sikit tp tetap berbekas dihati.. kudos to esma Daniel membawa watak Tun dgn sgt sgt hebat.. hampir sebijik cara lontaran ucapan serta personality Tun yg biasa kita kenali dan lihat.. adegan terakhir yg mana Tun mengumumkan perletakan jawatannya sugguh emosional.. aku terasa sgt sgt.. dah la duduk baris kedua dari depan.. boleh lihat mimik muka serta emosi Esma Daniel dgn sgt jelas ketika dya menghayati karakter dalam babak itu.. perghh.. HEBAT!

Cast yang lain lain pon hebat jugak.. tak dinafikan.. cuma sesetengah scene tu cam tak sampai ja mesej yg nak disampaikan.. ntahla.. aku ni bukannya activist teater.... nak kritik lebih lebih pon tak reti lah.. setakat tengok camtu camtu jer..

mmm.. dah kat kampung ni duduk umah jerla... angin menderu deru tiap tiap petang sungguh sejuk dan nyaman.. indahnya kampung halaman.. naik motor usang kepunyaan arwah ayah aku... bernombor plate KY****... pusing pusing kampung.. gi Alor Staq.. bestnyaaaa.. lama tul tak balik.. dari masa nak landing hari tu kelihatan sawah padi terbentang luas.. sungguh mengasyikan.. Ya Allah.. mudah mudahan kekalkanlah keindahan kampung halaman ku seperti ini selama yg mungkin.. amin.

nightmare

2011-01-11T21:15:00.000-08:00

good morning!! (tatkala entry ni ditulis jam menunjukkan 9am disini).. adoi la sakit belakang.. either tilam aku keras ataupon salah position masa tido.. dah dua mlm berturut turut...

tp smlm yg tak leh tahan sbb mimpi ngeri lah! terngiang ngiang lagi skrg ni... usually in my dream as i can still remember... there were plenty of water element in there.. be it just a normal dream or nightmare.. will always be water in it.. tp smlm lain plak... terlalu lain sampai aku teringat ingat sampai skrg.. lepas bangun tido terus tulang belakang rasa sengal.. aku terbangun pon sbb rasa sengal tu lah.. alih kiri alih kanan rasa sengal tu tak hilang terus give up i jumped off the bed..what was the nightmare u wonder?.. hmmm let me get this straight.. it was just a dream la kan.. nothing more.. mainan tido saja...

it was a whole muted nightmare.. i remembered i was somewhere in an orchard like/ plantation area... rows of tress planted neatly as far as the eye can see... and here in front of me berlari lari anak were two guys and another guy leading them ahead, perhaps he's a guide of some sort.. looking left and right searching for something (i dont know how but i have the idea of someone is missing in the plantation).. and i actually following them (from my view we were in motion already)... i only saw their backs.. didnt know who coz i cant see their faces...

we were running very fast because the sky was getting dark.. dah senja pon.. and all the sudden one of the guy who wore yellow tshirt and white trouser stopped and pointed somewhere among the plants and i looked and saw a green blinking light and it actually moving and floats away very quickly.. the men chased the light abruptly leaving me behind.. i stood there cause i dont even know why was i even there in the first place.. then i saw them passed thru some sort of arched gate made of wood panels or pintu gerbang.. like a trellis full of crawlies but no fences.. they just ran thru it and disappeared into the greens.. why must they pass thru the gate when there were no fences at all?.. beats me.

as i was standing there.. the sky has already turned grey and dark and darker.. i panicked and try to go back.. weird coz i didnt think or wanna follow those guys instead i turned back. i ran as quickly as i could to find an exit.. just to get out from the plantation area.. but as i ran deep into the rows of trees the sky has completely turned to pitch black in a split second!! i was scared as hell! (as im writing this... goosebumps).. i cudnt see a single thing.. i bumped into trees i ran towards bushes i just dont know where i was going.. but i know that i was all alone!! i kept running blindly cuz i was freakin out.. then i remembered something in my head as if i came back to reality.. my mom told me to follow any street lights if i were in this sort of situation.. then immediately i saw a row of street lights in front of me emerging.. 4 spherical lamps on top of a tall black pole.. lined ahead.. the light was very very very dim... hardly noticed it but its there right in front of me... covered by thick fog.. and its quite chilly.. i followed them passing one another and keep going and going and going infinitely..

(googled and found this image.. doesnt really picture my nightmare but u got the idea)

then i woke up.. with my back hurts. haihhh.. thank God it was just a dream.. this was one of the few dreams that i cud remember every detail of it.. usually we dont really remember them right.. but this one was kinda freaky.. it stucks in my head.. hmm lain kali before tido baca doa. basuh kaki dulu la ye. heheh...

diam tak diam dah middle january 2011 kan.. wow time does fly very fast.. cant wait to go home for my leave end of next week. hope 2011 will be a better year for all of us.. insyaAllah... shuuuzzz..

soalan cepumas

2010-12-26T08:41:00.000-08:00

apakah soalan cepumas?... soalan yg apabila dijawab dgn jawapan yang betul maka anda akan diberi ganjaran... selalunya dalam rancangan kuiz gitu kan... maksud aku disini bukanlah berkaitan soalan cepumas dlm rancangan kuiz or whatever tp pasal soalan Bila Nak Kahwin?!!!

bukannya aku menentang perkahwinan tak juga aku terdesak sgt nak kawin tp aku lebih selesa berseorangan... ntah kenapa org lain plak nak sebok sebok aku pun tak paham.. aku buh ayat klise kat sini.. 'jodoh maut ditangan Tuhan".. ya.. itu lah yang kita kena percaya.. awat nak persoal jodoh seseorng tu plak kan.. kalu ada.. adalah.. kalu tak dak.. nak buat camna tak dak rejeki...

mentang mentang la skrg ni cuti sekolah.. pasti berduyun duyun majlis kahwin seluruh negara... termasuklah anak menakan aku pon... baru 24 tahun tp dah nak berkahwin.. itulah jodoh namanya... dah ketemu jodoh terus jer langsung walimatulurus kan... aku yg tak dak ni buat apa la nak pening kepala otak nak pikiaq.. biaq pon umoq dah lanjut tp aku tak rasa nak kawin pun lagi.. nak mencari.. hmm harapan jer la..

itu lah.. dah anak menakan sulong la plak kan.. maka excitedlah satu family kan... aku ni majlis majlis kahwin ni teramat lah kurang berminat... tp ntah cam best jer semua adik beradik berkumpul kat damansara.. maka aku pon terexcited nak join.. aku pon berusahalah dapatkan flight and whatever just to balik kul and jenguk my nephew's family.. kebetulan 25th dec tu i got a couple of day off.. so tak bimbang lah sgt kalu termiss majlis penting ni.

dah sampai hari kenduri.. haaah ko siaplah nak elak soalan soalan cepumas yg akan ditembak oleh saudara mara.. bermacam strategi aku pasang.. tapi kalu dah dalam satu majlis tu tetap bertembung jugak la dgn tembakan soalan cepumas ni.. kononnya dah kerja jauh jauh kononnya duit banyak dah layak la kawin kan.. owh tidak.. maaf aku terpaksa jawab dgn nada sinis.. cukoplah cukoplah.. sekali dua boleh aku dengar.. masuk kali ketiga aku dah letih..

jawapan yg dapat kuberi hanya 3 jawapan... pertama:"ya dah kawin nikah ja belom".. kedua:"dah kawin dah tp cerai tahun lepas".. ketiga: "awek saya tak mau dok malaysia".. jawapan yg no dua tu paling syiok skali.. tengok riak muka depa berubah dgn serta merta (priceless).. pastu bila aku cakap lawak jer la.. terus dyaorg hela nafas panjang dan dalam.. kuikuikui.. (yerla yerla tak elok main main benda camtu)

prinsip aku senang jer... kalau ada jodoh tak kemana dong...

from Dakar with hard labour..

2010-11-28T04:12:00.000-08:00

hellooooo... ok recent post was my first trip to dakar.. this one the second trip after a week... i gotta tell ya.. i like this layover.. very calm and relaxing.. good flying hours and very very empty flight.. like a lil holiday for me...

this time around me and another girl decided to go to the famous lake known as the Pink Lake... this lake was known for its salty water.. like the one in the Dead Sea... the salt content is through the roof.. and of coz u will not sink if u wanna swim in it... it is so called pink because at a certain time of the year.. when the sun at the right position.. usually when the sun beam is very very strong.. the lake will naturally turn into pink.. very very bright pink... unfortunately the day that we went.. it wasnt pink..

dissappointed that the colour wasnt pink.. but i still enjoy the journey to this lake tho... it took us bout 1h 30m... it has its own adventure... went through some rural area.. passed few local villages.. and the road condition was horrible!!!! potholes potholes potholes everywhere!!! the taxi driver was an 'excellent' driver.. he just drive ahead like no one cares.. i think he thought that his taxi was like a 4wd i think... lol!! with the window scrolled down!!! no ac ok.. pure air!! lol!!! the other side of the road, behind and infront we cud only see lorries.. huge lorries carrying sand and soil.. every time they passed our taxi the dirt just flew in.. omygod!!! sesak nafas sia... apart from that tough ride... the view around the rural area was priceless!!! a lil taste of Africa i'd say...

just a glimpse along the journey...

on our way to ride a boat...

a mosque...

no soo pink lake..

in a salty water like this.. engines wont work and paddling forward is just pointless... our guide said the only way to move the boat is to push the boat forward with only a 3m long stick!! he did this for the whole tour which took us 1hr!!! man he's strong...

one of the local that works with the salt company.. he was digging the raw minerals from underneath the lake.. we were told they were only allowed to be in the water less than 5 hours a day..

all this raw salt ready to be processed...

at the shore we were 'chased ' by these woman and children.. pleading us to buy some of their crafts.. it was kinda annoying at times cos they just wont leave you alone.. but sad at the same time because they really need to earn something for a living.. a girl on my left gave me her address and contact number wrote on a piece of paper.. begging me to contact her if i have a job opportunity somewhere else... my heart broke into pieces to see the struggle that they have to get through...

this is the finish line of the Dakar rally track..

back at the shore.. our guide showed us this fresh water that flows into the lake.. weird isnt it.. just 2 meters away is the salty watered lake.. and yet over here.. the water is fresh coming out from the ground...

thats all folks.. i am getting crazy sitting at home doing nothing because of this standby month.. i must get a kl flight in december.. whatever it takes i must go home for a while.. i need nasi lemak laaa!!! ok lah.. chiao..

from Dakar with history lesson,,,

2010-10-14T23:04:00.000-07:00

OMG!!! RED ALERT!!! its been more than a month since my last update... oh well.. malas punya pasal la ni... mmm.. here it goes then...

My trip to Africa was never boring.. its a new continent that I havent explored.. curious to see how its like.. Dakar is one of the newly launched route.. it is located to the most west of the African continent.. and they have oh my lovely beaches.. stretched as far as the eye could see.. the Atlantic sea of coz.. most of senegalese are muslims.. so it wasnt hard for me to find halal food.. even in the hotel the buffet spread has no pork in it.. which is great..

This is a new destination launched in September.. so the passenger load was half full in economy.. in business class.. only 4!! such a treat for me .. since have been working like a donkey for the past few weeks.. Layover hotel was not as great as the others even tho its a well known ones.. Le Meridien... but its all right as long as the internet is free (even tho slow nak mampus).. On the day of arrival the Senegal's President was in the Hotel.. the security was tight.. didnt see him tho..

We decided to go for a day tour.. the First Officer who had been here last month arranged them for us.. for a 12500 franc (giler kaya) we covered the Goree Island and the Dakar City.. fyi 1usd = 500franc.. so total trip cuma 26usd.. or rm90++.. was fine coz both the tour guide was extremely nice, informative and helpful. itu pon ada jugak crew yg bising bising nak mintak kurang lagik.. pleaseee lah.

starting our sightseeing we went around the outside of the hotel's vicinity.. there's a beach.. not so nice to swim in coz the rocky water and the huge waves.. some nice seafood restaurants all over the place.. me not so fancy seafood nemore coz my diarrhoea history.. in fact the cleanliness is a huge issue here.

then off we went to the city.. stopped at the national monument.. this monument is sooo huge that we could see it miles away.. even when we landed at the airport i noticed some strange construction from afar and it is actually a monument.. and observation deck is available at the top but it was closed due to some renovation.. about 20minutes we arrived in the city.. made few stops to take pictures..

and what i noticed about the senegalese here.. they a very physical and active people! as early as 6am i saw people running on the street.. on the beach there are several open air gym.. exercising equipments on the sandy beach.. and see many many many people doing some sort of exercise or some kind of training. very athletic.. maybe these people are extremely health concious?.. and its not even weekend yet.. rare to see something like this back at home.. yer la org malaysia sibuk bekerja then kuat makan mcam aku ;-P

unique looking mosque

the presidential palace...

only able to see it from the gate..

after a while we took ferry trip to Goree Island.. one of the Unesco World Heritage site.. It kept a long gruelling slave trading history.. even tho the outer look of the island is beautiful but once you know a bit of the slave history u might think again.. and i couldnt imagine how its like back in the 14th-15th century.. due to colonization.. to name a few; the dutch, british then lastly french.. they speak mainly french.. french is the one who abolished the slave trading later on around 18th century..

There are many slaves houses.. but one remain as a tourist site.. most of the buildings painted in colourful and bright colours.. contradicting the past.. it has definitely become a touristy area..

sgt cantik pemandangan masa kapal approach the jetty...

the island surrounding..

in the middle picture... some sort of structure.. is the only new structure ever build on this island.. some kind of monumental structure to remind us the tough times they had lived.. after that no more building allowed to be built on the island.. it has been prohibited by unesco.

the slaves house...

the middle picture.. an entrance door that leads to the sea.. its the well known door called 'the door of no return'... the slaves are led to the ship out in the ocean through this door to be traded in europe or the carribean.. it used to have a jetty made of bamboo 300m-400m away that connects the ships and this slave house..... only through this door the slaves were literally able to get out from the house once in their life span since being held like a prisoner here.. everyone of them were chained to each other so if one person try to jump into the water to escape.. he then will pull others too.. right there and then the guard shoots him and the dead body will be a feast for the sharks... too much red blooded water that some local called it the 'red island'...

those are the rooms where all the slaves suffered in... subdivided rooms for every 'type' of slaves.. each room cud filled of 40-50 people.. everybody were chained and only allowed to pee and poo only once a day.. need to pee still?.. then do it right there and then in the room among the other slaves.. eat, sleep in that same cramped room.. so cruel!! some were forced feed to reach a certain weight.. some were locked underneath the stairs because they broke some rule or something.. and i really dont understand how and why.. the slaves have to be healthy and free from any sickness regardless of the condition.. if not then bye bye... after all that treatment?? how??.. sedih tul..

the virgins apparently were very very expensive back then.. if they were pregnant.. they will be released and guess what.. the mother and the baby when it grew up were eligible to buy a slave after that.. this is due to the babies that came from the westerners seeds.. sick!!

the whole day gone quiet quickly.. before the sun set we went to a bazaar.. or market.. i bought lots of mangoes.. sama mcm kalu kat kampung kat aloq setaq tu aku panggil 'pelam apple'.. mangoes here are huge.. and delicious..

well.. this is the first part.. second part of my little african adventure in senegal will come soon.. nak tidor dulu ye.. ciao.

Maher Zain

2010-10-09T06:51:00.000-07:00

pernah dengar nama dia?... lagu lagu Islamik dya sgt menyentuh hati.. baru jer beli album dya.. semua lagu best.. my most favourite one's The Chosen One (click it to watch the video)... kalu dengar mlm mlm sayuu jer. Anyways aku minat lagu lagu dya sejak pertengahan tahun ni.. sampai lah dah release video music InysaAllah dan The Chosen One skrg makin bertambah addicted.

Dah la aku tak perasan dya nak dtg ke Malaysia.. alih alih hujung september baru cakap official nak turun ke KL.. tu pon thru fan facebook dya.. ayooo try google tengok tiket dah SOLD OUT!!! hmmmphh melepas la gamaknya.. konsert dya 14 ngan 15hb ni kat MBSA.. time tu aku off day ingat leh la turun kl sat. tak pa lah tak dak rejeki..

Anyhoo... yesterday i worked soo hard like a donkey... literally like a donkey.. balik rumah tidur flat tak hengat sbb letih ya amat! woke up today i was still in disbelieve that last night i worked my ass off like no tomorrow.. managing the galley.. seriously this company must revise their service procedure in business class.. my God.. lucky all of us survived that tiring and looongg turn around flight to Istanbul. . kesian tengok crew crew yg kerja ngan aku kena marah ngan passenger yg sgt sgt sgt sgt demanding.. 42 customers and ALL wanted to have their meal.. our food in the bulk food cart was merely empty sbb semua mentekedarah!! and my galley was like tongkang terbalik..

Tobat aku tak nak absent flight lagi dah.. sbb aku ter'absent' la aku kena tarik buat flight Istanbul yg macm hanjing nih. Supposedly buat Tehran yang sgt cepat 2 jam camtu one way.. tp aku yg bodoh ni terkunci jam wrong timing aku terbangun dah lewat sgt dah.. dah lepas pon sign in untuk reporting time aku.. last last they put me on standby and pull me out for this Istanbul flight.. HORROR!! my legs are numb and heavy.. so malas nak bangun.. layan lagu Maher Zain jap then sambung tidor lah..

unexpected magika

2010-09-25T12:28:00.000-07:00

sedapnya ayam.. lama tak pekena kenny's roger... ayam memang haiwan paling popular di dunia... u wanna bet??... teringat lak satu passenger ni leh tanya ayam yang kitaorg hidang ni ayam diternak ker ayam liar yang hidup bebas lepas?... tertelan air liur aku sbb tak sangka ada org leh tanya.. hello lu ingat emirates nak sgt ker upah org carik ayam hutan utk catering dya... nak kata bodoh ada makna jugak soalan dya tu.. sbb ayam ternak kan kurang kualiti.. anyhoo.. sebb ayam jugaklah.. siap aku kena baling menu ngan passenger... urggh..

masih lom terlambat nak ucap selamat hari raya untuk semua saudara muslim dan muslimah dimana jua anda berada... dah puas ucap selamat.. tp lam blog tak perasan tak tulis lagik.. gitew.

baru jer lepas tengok magika tadik... magika... berjaya menambat hati.. cerita yang simple ringkas.. flow cerita ni nampak 'bijak' walaupon sgt ringkas.. tp hati aku tersentuh dalam satu scene dalam citer tu... korang tengoklah.. kalau korang tersentuh masa tengok sesuatu scene tu maknanya scene tu lah yang aku maksudkan (just for me k).. seronok tengok hakak ziana.. hakak ning.. kak dibah, abg mnasir berjaya bawak watak diaorg walau sekejap kemunculan tp mencuit.. jenaka ringkas tp bermakna... :-)

despite that of cozlah.. citerni tetap ada flaw dya.. especially si dania danielle yang kelam kabut acting dya.. dah la tak dak impact.. sama ngan aznil.. meluat plak aku tengok.. even mawi yg aku tak minat langsung pon boleh tahan memberangsangkan lakonan dya... overall.. i left the cinema sambil tersenyum..

adoiyai nak kena balik dubai dah esok pagi.. boringnya.... bulan depan kena pi dakar, senegal.. 3 kali plak tuh!.. bodoh la rostering nih.. kalu bagi satu tak per.. ni asyik dok bagi repetition trip dlm satu bulan.. pattern roster aku tak pernah berubah.. anyhoo.. will blog bout that layover in senegal insyaAllah... . senegal adalah destinasi terbaru Emirates... excited and yet worried tak tau nak expect camner dgn passenger dya nanti.. anyhoo.. till next time... taaa.

jaga jaga!

2010-09-01T08:13:00.001-07:00

Infographic by USI Affinity Travel Insurance Services

upgraded.

2010-08-25T11:48:00.000-07:00

alhamdulillah.. dah lebih 3 minggu dah puasa... aku tak rasa sgt puasa kat sini sbb selalu berpuasa atas kapal.. tak der masalah sgt.. cuma kesabaran tu sgt sgt tercabar.. tambah tambah masalah dehidrasi.. tp ok tak dak masalah pon dah bertahun puasa onboard small matter..

last few days jugak aku dah habis kelas business class.. rasa sgt ketinggalan sbb training dgn bebudak awal 20an semua.. aku ni dah nak masuk 3 series baru nak naik.. infact the trainer himself sama umor ngan aku.. ayoo..awkward.. ingatkan crew yg ada record record baik ja dapat nek dulu.. hmmm.. hampeh semua tuh.. yg ada 2 3 warning letter pon dah dapat naik malah lagik junior daripada aku plak tuh.. aku suffer kat economy for 2 years full on dgn 4 hari sick.. and here they are.. junior yg setahun setengah.. setahun 4 bulan dah leh naik.. rekod sick pon banyak sampai kena warning letter depa ni.. diaorg ar bangga dok cerita.. gua diam jer lah.. mungkin rezeki aku lambat sket.. lagipon company ni pro barat... apa nak diheran kan..

forget bout business class yg kononnya 'classy'.. ajar service procedure bagai nak rak nih.. tengok onboard bukan main cincai jer.. better lagi airline yg aku kerja dulu.. procedure tak la susah sgt.. service execution by crew.. meletop!! well deserve best cabin crew in the world.. yg company ni.. harapan tinggal harapan jer lah... all the best to them.. gua kerja makan gaji hujung bulan dah!

yesterday baru balik dari ccj.. ntah mana ntah ceruk India nu.. my few last turnaround in this month before i'll b in business starting next month.. puas aku maki passenger passenger economy tu.. God knows how bad that flight was... in fact it has been a while since i had this kind of experience.. i was actually serving (if i even call it service) a bunch of uncivilised bastards!... dont wanna elaborate what had happened.. but i yelled and screamed at the top of my lung while doing my service.. and yeah! i threw the meal tray on their table like no body's business!

u dont know a simple etiquette.. that's what you get from me... sbb puasa kot.. ramai yg lapo.. half cabin org org yg berpuasa.. time nak berbuka half of passengers tu menyinga.. lama tunggu tray sampai ke meja diaorg.. ye lah.. memang la lama... org org lain yg tak puasa tu nak todi bagai itu ini cam gampang delaying my service.. walaupon berkali kali aku explain yg aku kena serve ramai lagi org yg puasa.. kebetulan service inflight sama ngan waktu berbuka..

sempat aku teguk air kejap jer sbb still in the middle of service.. dgn mana yg puasa aku nak kena take note... dgn mana yg nak "excuse me whiskey whisley whiskey"... "non veg only non veg only".. "whiskey whiskey whisey".. "excuse me beer beer beer".. bukannya nak tunggu turn aku serve.. pakai tarik tarik waistcoat gua pulak lepas gua baru jer bagi order dya!!! b*abi sgt.. pastu dah hantar air haram tuh kena bom ke muka.. sbb lambat sampai.. memang aku menyinga jugak ar!! pukimak sgt!.. siap aku maki bahasa kesat melayu.. rasanya 2 3 row skali diaorg leh dengar.. and of coz nobody would understand...hey dont get me wrong.. gua caci time aku dah buka puasa lah.. keluaq semua carutan.. PUAS!!!

Hiba sempena Ramadhan

2010-08-12T13:05:00.000-07:00

beberapa hari yang lepas aku balik dari kl.. operational kul.. sehari sebelum puasa aku sampai ke dubai.. dijadikan cerita dalam banyak banyak passenger tu ada sekumpulan pakcik makcik kira kira 10 org camtu nak ke Mekah untuk menunaikan Umrah.. ikutkan loghat mereka seperti berasal dari daerah pantai timur..

serious.. dalam hati aku.. pakcik dan makcik seperti mereka seharusnya guna khidmat airline tempatan sbbnya ramai crew crew tempatan yang berbahasa melayu dan paham situasi mereka serta lebih selesa memantau keselesaan mereka.. bukan apa.. crew crew yg international ni sgt kurang ajar dan tidak bertimbang rasa kat diaorg.. kita org Malaysia hormat org tua tua.. tetapi bebudak kat airline sini they have little respect to the elders.. through my experience working with them.. they couldn't care less of any type of passenger.. as if the passenger is the one who owe them or something.. the fact is.. the passenger that gave us the pay at the end of the month..

bayangkan seorang pakcik berkopiah serta tasbih ditangan.. dtg ke galley berdiri kat hujung galley sebelah sini hanya nak mintak segelas air.. si crew cam gampang ni dari hujung sudut galley sana boleh baling cuplets kat pakcik tu sbb malas nak bangun!!!... harapkan pakcik tu tangkap cuplets yang tiba tiba dibaling ke arah dya.. nasib bek cuplets tu tersangkut dalam baju sejuk pakcik tu.. aku tengah busy berada bertentang ngan pakcik tu sebelah galley sini tengah membancuh susu botol utk sorang passenger ni... terkejut berok aku.. sampai aku ternganga mulut.. betapa kurang hajarnya crew tu.. that crew actually saw my facial expression then he said sorry to me.. and i was like.. dont apologise to me.. apologise to that passenger dude!.. what a dickhead!

if you dont know what a cuplet is.. above is an example.

sebb aku malu dan geram aku tak berani nak tengok muka pakcik tu.. tp serious aku ternampak wajah pakcik tadi terkejut dan tergamam bila diperlakukan sedemikian.. bila aku pusing alih pandangan ke arah pakcik tu few minutes later he has gone.. back to his seat..

then after the first service was done.. ada sorang lagi pakcik dalam lingkungan awal 70an muntah muntah.. si isteri yang sama usia tengah tadah plastik beg bagi suami nya muntah ke dalam tu... nasib baik aku baru nak duduk kat jumpseat bertentang dgn aisle tu aku ternampak mereka.. seat diaorg kat kabin paling belakang.. cepat cepat aku rush tengok keadaan.. rupanya pakcik tu ada sakit jantung atas penerangan isterinya.. kemungkinan jugak muntah muntah tu akan menjurus kepada sakit jantung yg boleh terjadi bila bila masa.. tak habis habis pakcik tu mengucap menyeru nama Allah.. sayunya aku time tu.. terasa sejuk satu badan..

aku tak berapa paham sgt cakap makcik dan pakcik tu sbb loghat pantai timur yg sgt pekat.. setelah disoal siasat serta cuba aku tenangkan pakcik tu.. tetiba pakcik tu keluarkan botol pil nitrolingual dari dalam poket dya.. setelah dibelek dan yakin aku suh pakcik amik satu letak bawah lidah dya.. alhamdulillah.. setelah lebih sejam pakcik tu mengerang dan muntah.. dya tenang berehat akhirnya..

paling menyentuh perasaan aku bila makcik yakni si isteri menenangkan si pakcik.. sambil berkata "tak pa bang.. kita nak sampai dah.. kita nak sampai Mekah dah bang.. sabar".. ".. dah lama kita tunggu.. harap pakcik ni lepas la ke Mekah nak".. kata makcik tu kat aku (begitulah lebih kurang sbb loghatnya yang pekat).. aduh.. mata aku dah bergenang time tu.. aku mintak diri kejap then ke galley amik air panas dan towel.. aku follow up setiap kali ada masa terluang.. makcik tak lelapkan mata langsung walau seminit.. sepanjang 6jam night flight tu she was patting her husbands back comforting him.. pakcik agak ok sedikit sbb masa breakfast service dya boleh menjamah makanan.. lega sket hati aku.

masa dah landing kat dubai.. as i was bidding farewell to everyone.. makcik dan pakcik yang berkenaan tadi lalu depan aku.. makcik tu ucapkan terima kasih banyak banyak sbb ambil berat pasal mereka.. sayu ja pandangan makcik tu.. teringat plak my mom.. dan aku pon ucapkan semoga mereka dapat menunaikan ibadah dgn sempurna dan balik ke Malaysia dgn selamat..

nasib baiklah aku ada dalam flight tu.. sekurang kurangnya bahasa yg ditutur dipahami memudahkan aku membantu mereka.. aku tak dapat bayangkan sekiranya tiada Malay speaking crew dlm penerbangan lain.. dan makcik dan pakcik yg tak tahu bertutur English sekiranya ada masalah bagaimana pulak nak berkomunikasi dgn crew yg sememangnya ramai berperangai sgt kurang ajar!

setelah selesai post landing duties.. dan semua passenger dah disembark.. aku bergerak menuju ke kabin belakang untuk simpan beberapa barang.. alangkah terkejutnya aku.. apabila terlihat satu beg tertinggal dalam hatrack.. beg itu serupa dgn beg beg kumpulan yang nak pergi umrah tadi..

apabila sampai ke dubai kami tidak dibenarkan menyentuh beg penumpang sekiranya tertinggal dalam kabin.. security officer dan cleaners akan bertanggungjawab untuk mengendalikan beg tersebut.. aku belek belek beg tu dan terperasan seat number.. "owh tidakk!!".. pakcik tadi yang sakit muntah muntah tu duduk kat situ.. dan semestinya tu beg pakcik tadi.. sbb masa dya keluar aku terperasan dya tak bawak sebarang beg mcm ahli kumpulan umrah yang lain.. terngiang ngiang dalam benak fikiran ku.. pakcik tu ada menyebut yang ubat ubat jantung dan penyakit dya yang lain ada dalam ni..

aduh.. hancur luluh hati aku mengenangkan nasib pakcik tu.. sebak dan hiba tak terkata.. apakah mungkin dya sempat ambik beg ni sebelum naik flight lagi satu ke madinah dlm masa terdekat ni?.. siapa akan tolong dya kat terminal nanti sedangkan berbataskan bahasa yang berbeza?.. kalau lah dya tak sempat menjejakkan kaki ke kota Mekah.. bayangkan betapa lama mereka mengumpul duit untuk menunaikan umrah ni.. alangkah sedihnya.. mcm mcm aku terpikir.. aku hanya mampu berdoa seketika.. mudah mudahan beg itu akan kembali ke tangan pakcik dan semoga pakcik dan makcik tadi sempat menunaikan ibadah umrah di sana..

bila aku sampai ja ke rumah.. mungkin akibat terlalu letih.. mungkin jugak aku ni memang sorang yang sensitif..i dont know why.. but i always had a soft spot for senior citizens..

as i was lying in bed.. teringat pakcik dan makcik td.. terhambur airmata aku sebelum aku terus terlena.. Ya Allah.. sekiranya itu adalah ujian Mu buat pakcik dan makcik tadi.. mudah mudahan mereka sabar menghadapinya.. Amin.

Istilah Bercinta - dessy fitri

2010-07-14T17:19:00.000-07:00

vocal mantap + lagu classic yang evergreen.. what will you get??... goosebumps!!!

this dessy's cover of istilah bercinta has been my lullaby for the past 2 months.. originally sang by ramli sarip.. our own papa rock! lagu ni dah lama kuar kat album dessy.. cuma lately aku terjumpa.. sekali dengar.. fuhhh.. tangkap lentok.. tambah tambah groove dya ada iras iras 'if its over' by mariah carey..

wonder what had happened to dessy now?.. 'kareer di akhir garisan' kah?

..enjoyssss..

owh its a happy new day but i hate it when you..

2010-06-28T17:25:00.000-07:00

1. came into the cabin with 3 huge bags and then struggling to put them in the hatrack assuming me to assist?! have you heard of check in baggage system?!! check in jer lahh! sengal tul!

2. pepandai tukar and rearrange seat for your group without waiting til boarding session completed and everyone's seated.. especially you damn head tour guide! you've caused massive confusion to other passengers! at the end of the day 245 passengers call me to settle the problem that u've caused!!

3. asked me for water again when you know the guy next to you have asked me for water earlier.. u think this aisle is a runway for me to catwalk!!!

4. wanted to read magazine that obviously only available in business class.. get your ass up and take it yourself!!

5. tell me to check your vegetarian meal if it's catered.. which u said you have requested upon booking.. as i place your veg meal on your table you see the menu there is a nice delicious snapper in red sauce with beans and all the sudden you change your mind??!! then dont bother request the bloody vegetarian earlier you dumb ass!!!

6. said "i have a british passport is there a toilet for british?" in your f*ckin *ndian accent at the same time waving your f*ckin passport to my f*ckin face!

7. started screaming at me for not having your preferred seats! guess what? it's not my bloody fault.. CHECK IN ONLINE and choose your seat there bugger!!!!!

8. ignored me when i said "put your seat upright for the landing please".. you think i did that for fun?!! try to stand up quickly when the person infront of you didnt put his seat upright.. incase of emergency during take off or landing you'll pretty much stuck in there!!.. bet you never consider that to your fellow passenger behind you huh??..

9. didnt have the patience to wait for your turn! while im serving this passenger DO NOT interrupt me with your request until im done one at a time!

10. asked me again for the meal choices when i already mention it twice and you have been given a menu earlier... owh.. taking 3 minutes to decide is a f*ckin joke!

...have a great flight!

easy breezy dar es salam..

2010-06-23T17:40:00.000-07:00

owh what a good trip few days ago.. the whole team worked so hard even though the customers were only half full in the cabin... everybody laughing and joking and at that moment everyone seemed to be enjoying their job... good to see it after a loooongg time.. maybe it was derived from the excitement of goin to dar es salam in tanzania.. half of the crew were first timer including me... we heard the hotel we're stayin is nice.. so everyone was looking forward to it..

dar es salam in tanzania is just another destination in Africa continent.. it was just 5 hour flight from dubai... very easy goin customers.. except those bloody kelly ng 'vegetarians'.. cant believe there were loads of them goin to dar es salam.. i guess these people have plans to spread out through entire planet!

we were accommodated in a hotel next to a sea port.. along side an estuary that leads to Indian Ocean.. we could see huge tank ships come and go while we were in the bus heading to the hotel.. true enough when we arrived at Kilimanjaro Kempinski Hotel.. from the drop off area you'll walk pass fountains and wide man made ponds built at both sides of the entrance.. could tell the architect was trying to 'bring' the water element from the cove into the hotel.. cool concept.

and talk about design.. the room i'd say is the most beautiful room ive been through out these flying years.. and this is the standard room.. wonder how its like in the upper rate room. mmmm..

gotta luv the tub.. spent 2 hours in there.

view from my room..

once put my bag and all in the room.. straight away all of us went out for an afternoon walk.. most of the shops were closing coz its approaching 5pm.. concierge said nothing else to do at this time.. so all of us decided to stroll down the cove alongside the street and have a look of what dar es salam city has to offer.. everybody took out bulky huge expensive camera ready to capture anything interesting but i only have my 9 year old olympus compact (shame... i need a new one).. but it served me great until now... sayang la pulak kan.. sentimental value.

nothing to say bout the city... coz we didnt go into the city CITY.. u know what i mean.. we came across interesting bazaars along the way..a seaside market and land side market next to each other... and we passed some street sellers.. lots of them.. where the locals try to sell anything.. from shoes, fish, veg, fruits, candies, hp batteries etc etc to the passers by.. setting up small table and display their goods on it.. the rusticity and unorganized embiance somehow gave this place an identity...

when one of my colleagues tried to take some picture of the food they're selling.. she was told off by the seller.. seems that they were a bit disturbed and alarmed when they saw a group of people pointing their camera here and there.. that i think made them a bit aggresive to us.. maybe.. hmm??.. when i was in accra or entebbe i didnt come across anything like that...

mcm pasar kat pekan langgaq la sket..

this is one of many buildings.. that have the colonial influence.. since the side that we walked to was away from the centralized complexes so not many nice buildings to see..

swahili is widely spoken here.. have no clue what it means..

this is the estuary.. looks nice right.. wait until u smell the air.. STINKY!!!

the ships name is Mogorzoni.. pay less a dollar u can go cross this cove.. 5 minutes only to the other side.. which basically have nothing too..

Kochampon from thailand..

some kind of bazaar.. better lagi pekan rabu.

u dont wanna go near there.. they were cooking some stuffs.. the smell made me wanna puke..

poor fishy.. they blow this puffer fish then dried em.. kejam!! (memang ikan ni jenis mengembung pon ;-P)

we finally came to a cove with sandy beach.. not as clean as we thought it would.. but hey.. at least there is something.. looking at the clear sky and the sun starting to set took my breath away somehow.. it was nice.

guess how big the swimming pool is?..

that's the 'pool'!! the cove itself.

next morning went for bfast early... my colleagues said they saw bill clinton in the hotel yesterday.. wonder what's he doing here... if only i had the chance to see him infront of me that would be cool.. hmm.. hangout by the pool the whole afternoon with my safety manual in hand (my license recurrent class is coming soon).. the infinity pool is gorgeous... the water flow seems went into the cove.. strengthening the architects concept of bringing the outside element inside..

port from afar.. perspective wise the infinity pool seems 'flowing' into the cove..

all and all its a nice layover.. wouldnt mind to return.. :-)

under the weather of kota kinabalu...

2010-06-13T21:28:00.000-07:00

call me paranoid if you want to.. but i think somebody poisoned me.. for few days i was in kota kinabalu for holiday i'd say 70percent was fun but the rest was such a waste of money and time.. i shouldve stayed in sutera harbour and i shouldve been to the marine park!! damn i shouldve did those!!! but things already done and passed.. owh well..

no doubt this city is the place for seafood lovers.. the main reason why i wanna come to kk was the seafood.. owh not forgetting to catchup with friends here in kk.. kk has changed a lot!!! since last time i was here in 2003.. it is still a charming and laid back city but i saw new tall buildings and malls now... makin it slightly more vibrant than before..

mungkin disebbkan mulot aku yang lancang ni... maka ada org sudah tak berpuas hati gamaknya.. almaklumla.. kk la pulak kan.. balik saja ke kl.. aku terus cirit birit.. masih sempat hangout ngan friends in kl.. tanpa rasa sakit yg keterlaluan.. bila aku mulakan tugas pada hari pertama aku masih boleh bertahan.. tp bila dah masuk hari kedua semasa pulang ke dubai... my body went against me.. i was shivering non stop feeling terribly cold.. never happened to me before.. i have to step down from duty.. for the first time in 7 years flying.. this was the first time i fell sick onboard.. doctor were called for advised and i was given an aspirin.. my body's temperature was 39degrees!

back at home in dubai i couldnt get off my bed for a week.. didnt even able to go and see doctor until the very last week coz i couldnt stand up.. i felt blister like texture in the inner lips.. white dots that ridiculously itchy appeared and i looked horrible.. my skin turned red and burnt.. tapak tangan membengkak.. my roomie thought i got sunburnt! it was the most horrible week of my life.. apart from the time hanging out with my friend peter in kk i dont think ive enjoyed it that much..

first day stayed in Manja hotel.. stumbled upon a site.. internet review said 'it's a hidden gem'.. hidden gem my ass.. the club next door litterally shook the room with it's loud music.. and i have no idea how i fell asleep.. myb i was too tired.. plus point was that even tho its a 2 star hotel but the decor was very tastefully done... basic modern contemporary at its best.. u wont feel like a cheap rumah tumpangan at all.. with the price of rm120 pernight.. even better than some renown hotels.. located in a newly build kk times square.. this complex was a bit isolated.. so i decided to change accomodation the next day..

flat screen tv in a 2 star.. who wudve guessed.

tastefully done bathroom

being able to move around in peter's car who drove me the whole time.. i managed to change to hyatt kk.. this was the starting point of the whole disastrous experience.. all i could say is that i will never come and stay in hyatt ever again.. my last stay here was during MH days.. 4 years back.. to reminisce i thought of spending a couple of nights here.. but it turned out to be an awful experience.. starting from checkin in then the time to take a nap in their room..

i was asked to wait for an hour before i could get into my room since it was fully occupied that weekend.. i wasnt early than the time when i was suppose to check in.. was there at 230pm.. so i decided to leave the premise at 3pm.. leaving our bags at the concierge and head towards 1 Borneo and tour round the city for a while.. went up to the viewing deck on the hill side.. such a breathtaking view of kk.. meeting another friend of ours and such.. at 7pm i came back to hyatt and to my surprise there were some kind of delay still and waited for another half and hour before i could go to my room.. so mulot aku pon lancar jer lah.. couldnt tahan already..

menara tun mustapha from afar..

anak anak laut terjumpa tepi jalan on the way to 1 borneo

1 borneo mall sebelah unimas.

somehow the sky here in kk seems more beautiful..

abc special ada cornflakes.. weird.

once we refreshed ourselves we went to Gayang seafood restaurant.. the place is build on the river bank overlooking the mangroove area which was pretty awesome.. i 'd say this was the highlight of my holiday.. the seafood was cooked in a generous amount, delicious and fresh!! we ordered baby lobsters around 8 of them, bawal masak 3 rasa, buttered prawns, pakis belacan, tomyam soup and ambal kari (ambal is somewhat look like lala).. all of these yummilicious food worth of rm112 only!!!

entering gayang

chose anything from the aquarium..

all these food cost us less than rm150

itu cerita yg sedap.. yang tak sedapnya.. layanan burok dan pilih kasih tukang ambik order kat pintu masuk kedai ni.. pon kena la dgn mulot aku yang sgt lancang nih.. hats off to peter too.. seems that i wasnt the only bitch that day... dgn org yg teramat ramai.. tak der satu pon meja yang dikemas.. i have to angkat some pinggan mangkuk myself since staff dya tak cukop tangan... pity the staffs yg tak cukop tangan.. were sweating like pigs running up and down serving their customers.. satu meja ada 8 org.. dan dlm tempat mkn tu ada more than 40 big tables and it was full!!.. once i stepped in the dining area i knew it's not gonna be a smooth dining experience.. peter was soo embarrassed coz dya lah yang beriya iya nak bawak aku ke sana.. sampai sampai kena angkut pinggan mangkuk sendiri plak.. what to do.. wrong timing la agaknya.. waited for the food around 25minutes but its worth the wait.. once the food arrived one by one.. our tension immediately gone..

that same night in hyatt.. before i went to sleep.. the room was 'vibrating'!!! boom boom boom from the loud music of the club called shananigans on the ground floor.. i called the receptioninst few times they appologized and all that shit but i just couldnt sleep until 3am!! then the music stopped.. i was gonna change hotel again but the whole day i was pretty much caught up with my plans i just forget all about it. left me wonder... semua hotel kat kk ni sebelahnya club ker?... and the noise level were unbearable.. what the eff!!

that's pulau gaya from afar.. where the maritime park is located..

views from my room.. i specially requested this side of the hotel..

visited lok kawi the next day.. more like a zoo.. my intention to visit kk was to see the proboscis monkeys and org utan too.. of coz when you are in kk u have to at least see these animals live infront of you aite.. proceed to tambunan waterfall after that.. but unfortunately once we arrived.. it was raining heavily.. we decided to go back to the city..

terjumpa this titi gantung on the way to tambunan..

lok kawi wildlife reserve..

monyet belanda

it is not a visit to kk if you dont go to filipino market.. owh i have to tell ya that if you dont mind with the pasar mlm typpa kinda environment.. apart from the people here mostly keturunan pinoys.. do come and eat the grilled fish here.. freshly caught and brought in right from the fisherman's boat porting next to the market which is just a stone throw away.. rambang mata nak pilih ikan mana satu sbb semuanya fresh dan dibakar on the spot.. i had kerapu and some sotong bakar.. dgn nasik putih.. pekena lak dgn air kelapa muda.. yummm.. we consider those as our late lunch coz the pasar bukak around 4pm onwards.. most probably i got sick coz i ate this seaweed.. local calls it latok.. they eat em raw.. well u can mix it with kicap and sambal belacan and what not.. i had some of it.. just to try local cuisine katanya.. alih alih i fell sick.. not sure if that seaweed made me sick but it might have.. they say its good for your kidney.. rasa lendir lendir sket..

freshly caught brought up by the fishermen that afternoon...

on far left is the dish called latok..

yum yum..

rupa latok dari dekat..

wonder if its legal to sell these shells..

tak sempat nak rasa ubi ni.. local calls it tompek.. mkn dgn ikan bakar td.. tp dah habis mkn baru jumpa..

kepak madu yg lazat! dulu masa MH kepak ni lah yg selalu aku beli..

see the port is just nearby.. that's where they all angkut fresh sea creatures to sell..

peter and a friendly tourist that we bump into.

next to the market there is a craft market.. where u can buy cheap pearls.. and of coz the local crafts.. grabbed some souvenirs then im off to another market few distance away called pasar ikan masin/kering.. ni kalu my mom ada sure rambang mata lah.. ikan bilis, ikan talang masin, gamat.. dijual ngan harga borong.. banyak giler..

went back to hotel with food stuffs.. filipina manggo and such.. lepak kejap then tanpa membuang masa.. peter took me to another interesting restaurant.. Kampung Nelayan restaurant.. it's a 'floating' restaurant built on a fish pond. peter said their steamboat was excellent.. but i found it was just ok.. nothing to shout about.. i barely eat anything.. for rm30 per person all you can eat.. i think its alright..

restaurant kampung nelayan.

steamboat...

sempat jenguk ke pasar malam gaya street lepas pekena steamboat tu.. bought some stuffs here.. butang baju melayu diperbuat daripada pearl sgt sgt cantik.. so beli lah dua tiga untuk raya nanti..

the next day when i was about to leave kk.. my stomach started to growl and achy..... the poison has finally takin over my body.. lessons to learn.. never celupar dgn org org tempatan and no more seafood for me.. at least for this year.. urghh.

mandarin oriental

2010-05-07T22:12:00.000-07:00

tengah pening kepala jetlag.. accra flights 3 in a row this month.. 2 sudah selesai.. satu lagi coming in few days.. and the trip was like 4 days trip each.. accra kat mana?.. google je.. dah la timing very the lari... 8jam behind waktu malaysia.. now im drinking coffee (old town hazelnut white coffee to be exact... my fav!!) to stay awake and to adjust my sleeping pattern again.. dubai time lak.. which is 4hrs behind malaysia.. giler lah.. nak pecah kepala jetlag cenggini.. so sementara tak der apa nak buat.. update lah blog kusam nih.. huhu..

nak mulakan cerita... buruk lah bilik hotel mandarin oriental kat sbelah klcc tuh... tak dapat dinafikan restoren dya memang gah la.. Pacifica, mandarin grill, lai po heen to name a few.. owh.. not forgetting the ever famous Sultan lounge.. luxurious memang luxurious.. sneek a peek while i was there.. but the guest rooms.. such a let down.. hate the colour combo, the materials, hate the concept.. from the lobby until into the lift.. pening aku tengok colour kusam dan lusuh.. and the staffs, porter, bellman, receptionist were wearing mixed uniforms.. really confuses me.. ada yg pakai batik ada yang pakai indian costume ada yang pakai cheongsam.. koncep 1malaysia sgt.. mayb only for that particular day ker apa i hv no clue.. couldnt help but it just left me with this tacky feeling looking at the whole picture then compare it to their brand image and all.. or maybe it's image is like that.. hmmmm.. owh well move on.

comfy beds..

hate this chair... the fabric and colour is so blerghh..

at least the complimentary oranges was nice..

managed to change room from facing the construction site to the pool side.. giler ka pa.. bayo mahal dapat view mamat indon keja kat constructon site.. ish!

kl convention centre..

better view at least..

bathroom design quite old..

this design may look cool back then..

the tiles on the wall sgtlah hodoh..

huge mirror to make the bathroom looks bigger.. thank God!

spent a night here coincidently coz came back to kl for some errands.. during my off days of coz.. it was just an adhoc decision.. saja nak try dok sini.. at least i know now.. se gah mana pon nama sesuatu hotel itu tak semestinya terbaik.. there are other 5 star hotels in kl that i'd rather spend my money on.. dah la internet kena bayar.. not worth it lah..

get me water!

2010-04-19T14:42:00.000-07:00

get me water!!! ayoo rupanya aku ada satu entry jer utk bulan mac dulu?... ayoooo ni dah pertengahan april... apa idea pon tak dak nak nulih kat blog ni ha... tersgtlah malas nak taip sebenarnya.. apa kaitannya 'get me water' di ayat pengenalan entry kali ni?.. haha... i'll story after this naa....

bulan ni aku banyak buat trip panjang panjang.. agak happy la jugak dapat tinggalkan negara padang pasir nih buat sementara waktu.. mola awal bulan buat trip brisbane auckland selama 5 hari... then buat trip kl melbourne pulak... jugak selama 5 hari... pastu baru balik dari perth semlm.. panjang jugak flight perth ni... 11jam pergi... 10 jam balik... letih ooo.. tp nasib baik la ada rest kat dalam crew bunk yang sungguh selesa tuh.. leh tengok movie sambil baring baring... hmmm...

agak seronok buat trip trip panjang kat area area negara other than ASIA SELATAN ni sbb passenger sgt baik... sgt ramah... aku pon seronok memberi layanan yang terbaik utk diaorg.. walaupon sibok sampai tak duduk utk mkn pon aku tak kesah.. aku seronok... paling seronok sbb aku tak yah tengok muka muka k*ling... memang tak der sekor pon muka keling yg aku kena layan during this trip (well almost).. mau tak happy... giler tak happy! (i sounded racist right?) ... well.. whatever... i do have a REASON why... and when i said i have a REASON.. that REASON is pretty damn solid yet very personal!!!

so nak jadikan cerita... dalam semua hari long trip yang stress free tu.. trip yang aku sebutkan kat atas tadi... jumlahnya 10 hari.. memang stress free... sepatutnya stress free!! dah berapa kali i cakap stress free.. memang i happy tau!.. haaaaa.. tiba tiba ada jugak beb!!! satu hari yang agak malang lah bagi aku... sbb dalam 1 hari itu ada jugak terpalit stress... letihlaaa...

alkisahnya ada satu couple k*ling dalam flight aku... duduk kat dalam kabin aku pulak tuh!! pasangan suami isteri pertengahan 40an gitew.. nak balik negara asal tercinta diaorg lah kot... diaorng naik flight dari auckland ke brisbane then onwards to dubai... nasib baikla aku on duty from auckland to brisbane jer..

masa boarding aku dah ternampak wajah k*ling... dalam hati aku "SHIT!!!"..... "please go to the other cabin pleaseeeeeee"... malangnya tempat duduk dyaorg di dalam kabin aku... *sigh.... huge sigh!!!.. buat bodo jer.. maintain cam biasa... dalam otak aku ingat yang indah indah jer... then we proceed with our normal pre departure service.. nothing happened.. i was pretty sure it's gonna be a pleasant flight... tengah secure cabin right before we took off... aku tengah jalan nak menuju ke jump seat aku tiba tiba..... "excuse me!!!!"... terdengar org panggil aku dalam nada k*ling... "damn it! dont start now please!!"... nak tak nak terpaksalah aku paling muka aku kat org yang panggil aku tu.. tak yah tercari cari sapa yang panggil... cara sebut excuse me tu pon aku dah tau dah sapa dan tang mana yang panggil aku tu...

"i want water"... "give me water"... =====> ayat skema k*ling tiap kali masuk kapal.. padahal kat luar tu berlambak lambak air mineral dalm botol bukannya ko tak boleh beli bawak masuk kapal... (sesetengah airport benarkan bawak masuk botol air below 100ml ke dalam aircraft asalkan letak dalam plastik seal khas provided by the airport security.. in this case they were allowed to).. satu persoalan sampai sekarang aku tak pernah dapat jawapan... kalu k*ling.. masuk kapal mesti mintak air.. ko tak kedarah minum ke kat airport before that???... heyyy...

"i'll get you water once we took off.. we need to secure the cabin first sir".. with of course the sweetest smile i could put on... sebaik saja aku paling muka nak beredar.. "excuse me i need water now!"... tersentak jap aku.. i took a deep breath then i turned to him.. i said "sure.. i'll get you water"... but instead of pergi ke galley amik air aku terus ke jump seat aku terus duduk.. memang tak sempat pon sbb dah nak dekat taking off dah... the aircraft was already at the end of the runway ready to take off.. deep in my heart... "why?"..."why?!!!"... why now????... tak boleh tunggu ker?!

we took off... after being released from the jump seat aku pon bersiap la nak jalankan tugas.. terus immediately prepare bassinets for children dulu.. then 'ting'... the same passenger td press the call button.. aku nak ignore sebenarnya.. i knew he would ask again.. memang aku nak pergi amik air dya tu pon.. tp kena lalu sebelah dya la pulak!!.. jalan laju nih nak walk pass him.. "excuse me!!!!".. "i asked for water where is my water?"... shit.. kena tahan jugak!! "of coz sir i do remember.. the seat belt sign has just been turn off.. only now i can move and i'll bring you water right away".... so pergi ler amik water yg sgt lah dinanti nantikan oleh k*ling tuh... once i reached his seat aku serve air tu.. tiba tiba... keluar pulak ayat dari mulot dya "... i want to have my drink before u serve dinner.."... adehhhh... dah start dahhhhh... "yes sir what would you like to have?"... "i want whiskey.."... "ok how would you like it?"... "ON THE ROCKS" katanya... on the rocks tu maksudnya whiskey ngan ais je!!!... so aku pon pi la fix his drink then serve him.. and all the f*ckin sudden!!!! ".. can you give me soda water!.."....................................... "c*bai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!................" tadi ko cakap nak on the rocks skrg nak mintak soda water plak... anak haram sungguh la!!!! naper tak cakap tadi???? tak reti reti nak mintak sekali harung ke bangsat!!! tu la aku nyumpah nyumpah dalam hati..... so aku pon pi la semula ke galley kat belakang aircraft tu ha amik soda utk dya.. padahal aku ada banyak lagi duty nak kena buat sblum start service...

sekali lagi eh... sekali lagi... korang mesti tak sedap baca kata kata kesat kan... aku terpaksa tulis lagi skali pasni sbb apa tau... sbb nya... lepas aku amik soda tu aku pi hantar ke seat dya... instead of thank you (which aku tak harap pon dtg dari mulot dya) dya boleh plak kata "...my wife would like to have the same also..." no magic word.. no please no nothing!... at that minute that second i froze... i looked deep into his eyes then i looked at his wife... my head was heated by the blood rushed to my brain.. my hand shivered.. my mouth was about to open.. my voice started to make a sound... i was about to scream at them... but my heart said 'STOP!!'.. dont do anything foolish today fithri!!!.. pleaseeee.......

alhamdulillah aku managed to pull myself together.. without saying anything i just walked off without acknowledging them whether i'll be back with her drink or not.. basically.. i totally ignored them.. instead i chose to serve other customers in someone else's cabin.. i switched side with my college coz i just couldnt look at their faces anymore.. let me be in peace for once.. for God's sake pleaseee!

it's a full cabin capasity.. passenger semua mat saleh!! each leg i did before that.. not even a single k*ling anywhere!! none!! tak ada!!!.. there were only peaceful delighting customers there which were obviously orang putih saja.. those who knew how to say thank you and please... at least!!.. unfortunately kali ni ada 2 ekor k*ling kat celah org org mat saleh tu... tak ramai... 2 ekor jer!!! 2 ekor jerrr beb dalam the whole entire cabin!!!!! but they can really turn ur day into the shittiest day ever!!! ruined your mood and really challenge your emotion!

imagine all this while aku selalu dok buat trip ke negara penuh dgn ratusan org org k*ling macam diaorg nih dalam satu kapal... hari hari!!... u will never understand how stressful it can be.. for the past six years flying!! ive been digging in their shit ever since.. dah sampai satu tahap hati aku dah keras towards these people! i think i've explained enough how stressful dealin with these people are... impatient, snotty, selfish b*stards.. tak sedar dtg dari negara miskin!.. dan secara tak langsung.. ive described my personal REASON why aku tak suka diaorg nih! the soft mud has harden!...

khalas.

nasik lemak oh nasik lemak

2010-03-23T03:58:00.000-07:00

mmmmm...

hey yall.. how r you guys doin?.. kalu sakit cepat makan obat k.. yang penting tidor kena cukop.. mmmm it's pretty much a good month for me this march.. started with leaves earlier of the month then operating flights to kl quiet frequently make me happy! yaaaa.. happy!!

bak kata org perut kenyang.. emosi pon stabil lah kan.. so sememangnya lah masa cuti dulu terisi dgn aktiviti makan jer... nak nak lak dapat merasa makanan yg sedap sedap kat malaysia.. alhamdulillah. ntah kenapa aku ni memang dah tabiat.. kalu suka sesuatu tu aku akan sukerr jee benda tu.. tak kesah la beberapa kali pon akan aku coba dapat dan ulang benda tersebut sampai aku puas.. skrg ni i am soo into nasik lemak.. so this month alone.. i have no idea how much nasik lemak that i had.. every week leh turun kl so everytime tu jugak lah aku asyik pusing pekena nasik lemak...

started during my leave hari tu.. i was in seremban.. there i found this humble yet good cendol stall.. cendol dara katanya.. mmm memang puas.. thank God my friend farizh baik hati bawak kereta pusing pusing then nampak this stall (i should have taken a pix of this place.. or at least the cendol aite.. maybe it's time to get a dslr??.. hmm).. we also tried mee kari dya.. ayooo sedap!!! next few days i had the chance to try nasik lemak kukus plak.. it was breakfast when i saw this stall just nearby the road side.. since awal awalnya tak dapat nak makan kat gerai nasik lemak yang sgt femes kat seremban td sbb penuh dgn customer diaorg (i didnt actually even remember the name of that particular stall) so i tapau dari yg kedai lagi satu nih dgn lauk ayam berempah.. since that la.. aku mola ketagih nak makan nasik lemak.. ntah kenapa.. i really craved for nasi lemak since then..

i even wandered to kl to find some good nasik lemak.. and guess what.. my MAS batchgirl texted me then that she had opened a nasi lemak antarabangsa outlet!! what a coincidence.. recently she bought over the outlet and run the business with her husband.. what a good news coming from someone who is very dear to me.. even better that i am goin to meet her and have more nasi lemak!! mmmm...

so i went there and tried their nasi lemak.. i have no further comment since everybody knows how their nasi lemak standard's like right.. some might like it some might not.. all i could say is.. it has fixed my nasik lemak craving.. well for that day of coz.. owh by the way.. the nasik lemak antarabangsa outlet that she owns is at ampang point next to mcdonald.. right opposite ampang park lrt station.. so jemput lah kesana ye.. huhu free advertising... :-)

in kl sentral if you ever notice.. there is an outlet called warong kita.. their nasik lemak oso was good.. during the early days when they were still fresh running their business there... i could still remember.. especially their sambal sotong.. very yummy.. but now.. it seems like they cut down on their ingredients or something and turn out serving bland nasik lemak and sambal.. hmmph.. pretty much a let down place since i kinda love their nasik lemak once..

then i was off to meet another friend another day.. he brought me to a place which i had seen it from outside but never thot of trying their food.. cafe chawan near bangsar village.. kopitiam style.. and guess what.. the nasik lemak there was the bomb!!!!! sedap giler.. as the waitress put down my order on the table.. immediately the aroma menusuk ke hidung.. yummmy!!!! bau harum nasik lemak.. itu yang penting!! kalau bau pon sedap apatah lagi rasa kan.. mmmph mmpph.. sungguh lemak.. cukop semua rasa!! and the main part the sambal complemented the nasik and the lauk very well.. the taste was just amazing.. it blew my brain away.. well tak la sampai camtu..

they serve those nasik lemak either on a plate with choices of side dishes e.g beef or chicken rendang or ayam berempah, or sambal sotong.. kinda like nasik campor presentation OR the one that is wrapped like the tradisional nasik lemak should be.. but hey.. diaorg bungkus dalam dapur only once they have your order ya.. bukannya yang jenis letak kat atas meja like we use to see during breakfast tu kan.. so it is guaranteed that your nasik lemak bungkus is 100percent hot when they serve them to you.. that's pretty awesome!! and their kemaman ice coffee frappe is a must try too.. it is sooo good!.. i am officially addicted and a fan of cafe chawan's nasi lemak.. deserve every penny that i spend on them.. thanx to my friend now i know where to get the best nasi lemak in town.. hopefully it will remain like this.. unlike warong kita.. huhu..

my leave has come to an end.. but fortunately i have my operational flights to kl again.. for few times i make sure that i get the chance to go to this cafe again and have the nasik lemak there.. even ajak kawan kawan yang lain pergi sama sama.. and true enough they do like the nasik lemak here.. it's been soo long for them to taste nasik lemak so sedap like that too.. owh not forgetting the pisang abu rebus dicicah sambal nasi lemak dan parut kelapa.. amazing dish!!

my addiction for nasik lemak may last for a while.. so gemok la kejap pas ni.. huhu.. ok. makan makan jugak.. jgn lupa org yang tak cukop makan di luar sana ya.. jom kita beramal bersedekah bila berpeluang k.. take care of yerself.. bye!

p/s: head yourself to pavillion... dalam food republic ada org jual durian.. Durian Durian counter ada jual pelbagai juadah manisan berasaskan durian.. my personal favourite Durian Mochi! u have to try it.. cheers ;-)

horror casablanca!

2010-02-26T18:59:00.000-08:00

o my God.. my body is like deteriorating right now.. felt like my legs literally gonna come off.. just came back from casablanca.. this was my second trip.. if you havent read my first blog bout casablanca u can check them here.

my God what else can i describe bout that place.. twice i've been there and i didnt even enjoy any of it!! (except the free breakfast in the hotel).. when i reached into my room i was soo freaking tired.. never in my life felt soo tired like that before.. the customer profile.. no wait.. customer is to 'polite'... the people on that flight was soooo annoying.. no wait.. annoying is also too 'polite'.. they were soo rude! and like to scream to each other.. yes to among themselves!! (even one of them screamed to my colleague in the galley for not having his choice.. the fu*king beef!! and also during boarding for not being able to swap their seats)

the worst part was when they gathered around the aft galley and drinking as if there were having a house party or something.. to make it even worst.. they help themselves with the beverages from the bar.. and when i say drink i mean alcoholic drinks! i dont care if they wanna stretch and walk around as long as they give space for us to work.. the airbus economy galley fyi is very very small! and i was literally tensed and pissed coz everyone was in my way.. plus we were still doing our service!!!

and i thot everyone would go away and sit at their seats after a while... noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! they stood there for the whole flight!!!! even when the seatbelt sign is on.. yeah they do return to their seat once we asked them to do so.. but only for 5minutes!! one by one come and go inside the galley and the familiar faces would ask for more drinks, tea coffee and what ever fu*k u name it! we were basically walked up to casablanca and walked down back to dubai.. coz none of us.. me and my colleagues would have the chance to sit and eat! and the flight time was 8hrs and a half on the way up then 6hrs and a half coming back.. ting ting ting ting the call bell was nonstop ringing like a background music that we didnt enjoy to listen to..

that was about my work load.. this now is about the people in the hotel where i stayed.. the novotel.. when i reached my room i was soo freakin tired.. and it was afternoon over there.. i couldnt care less to go out for sightseeing coz i was dead tired.. decided to call for room service.. from the menu i couldnt understand a bit coz its in french and arabic.. very little english translating the menu.. so i asked politely about this one dish jumbo shrimp 'Mhancha' or whatever.. then the operator did try to explain in english.. but he was too quick.. i couldnt get him.. i was like.. errr can u repeat that please.. i didnt get you.. he was like "bla bla bla.. toe, veg, pret whatever.. as how u like it!..".. i was very confused.. urmm could you please say it slowly coz i cannot understand..he went "BLA ..BLA BLA.. VEG..POT.. WEG HOW U WANT IT??!!!".. he actually screamed at the end of the phone!!!! "okeyyyy... no thank you!!".. i hung up with a hard slam on the phone.. i slept the whole day until my wake up call the next day..

then during my wake up call time.. we cabin crew are to receive a call from the hotel one hour before our pick up time prior leaving to the airport.. i got my call 20 minutes from my actual wake up call time.. when i receive the call the operator at the other end was "HELLO!!! HELLO!!!! WAKE UP CALL!!" he hung up.. i was like.. what the fu*k!! never ever in my whole freakin 6 years flying and stayed in a 4 to 5 star hotel being screamed at like that during my wake up call.. my God! luckily i was awake earlier so i managed to get down on time.. to my surprise.. 2 of my colleagues were late.. and they said they only receive their calls at 45minutes passed!!!.. thats just 15mins before the pickup time.. he was dead sleep when he received the call.. some of them only got the calls 10minutes passed and some half an hour.. that was the most ridiculous thing ever.. if we didnt get our call on time like we were suppose to.. we will automatically think the flight is delayed.. so everyone would think our pickup time would be later than it should be.. we usually then call the hotel operator back to check the correct timing.. and the fact was... our flight wasnt delayed.. nothing change on the timing.. their operator screwed our call time! my purser then raised a report about it.

in the airport.. at the immigration desk.. oooo.. i just dont wanna elaborate about it... let me just sums it up.. CHAOTIC!! UN ORGANIZED!! worst than the first time i was there.. i will call sick if they roster this again in my future duty.. khalas.

fascinating weekend in kl!

2010-02-23T17:39:00.000-08:00

haloo.. salam semua!!.. end of feb is approaching... all i can say is time flew sooo fast... memang petanda akhir zaman kan.. mmm just came back from kl back to back... what a feeling!! i feel refreshed and energised.. mainly because the quality time that i had with my friends.. plus the heavenly hawker street food that i chowed down on..

on the first trip few weeks ago i actually went to Gallery Petronas at klcc for the first time.. and thanks to my friend Afiq who had the idea of visiting the gallery which turn out to be very interesting.. well there were photography exhibition goin on at that time and we were lucky to be there.. i kinda enjoyed it.. so inspired by the award winning photos.. lalalalala....

me and my colleagues once we arrived the night before we went out to jalan alor for some food! all of them never been there before even though they did kl flights few times already.. as a local so i took them out lor.. i felt like a tourist guide lak.. but it was fun.. we ordered battered prawns, calamari, chicken fish, stingray, lala, kangkung, rice, mee and sort... loads and loads of dishes and cost us not more than rm50 per person and we were like 7 of us.. cool right! memang puas mkn kat situ.. i like this one particular shop here coz they do not sell pork.. unlike other stalls.. but yeah.. we had great time!

on my last kl trip recently i went to kl tower with 2 of my close friends which i will story more bout it after this.. luckily it was saturday.. so i could enjoy kl on the weekend.. which hardly ever i got the chance to do so.. kl + weekend=hectic and fun! the night before we went to kampung baru for food hunting.. where else in kl that u can find yummylicious malay food other than here right?! as we stroll along kampung baru on the left and right filled with food stalls.. none could trigger our attention until we saw a restaurant that my friend remembered he had been to before..

we went into restaurant kak su... they have nasi kerabu, nasi daging, nasi minyak with choices of other dishes.. i so wanna try the nasi kerabu.. and guess what.. i loved it!! sedap!! memang owner dya pon org kelantan.. i saw soo many people came by to tapau their nasik and lauk non stop.. like the other stall that sells nasik lemak across the road.. and it's already past midnight.. even Fizow (some local actor) was here with his family.. seated next to our table.. not that i was excited to see him but a celebrity came to dine in kampung baru in a small stall like that.. mmm thats really cool..

after that.. a night slow drive.. we went from cheras to all the way to pj..stop by at a&w at pj old town.. nak pekena waffle.. even tho being served by a filthy server who has filthy fingernails we still lepak there pekena rootbeer float which has been years since i had one.. haha..

back at renaissance.. this time around we were so lucky to be placed here in the west wing.. tak la mcm bilik hotel ayam like the other wing.. so tak malu la nak bawak kawan kawan bertandang.. huhuh.. owh by the way.. we cabin crew always being allocated a room for one person (no share share k) and we can bring some friends or family over.. just so you know. :-))

ok la jugak lobby dya.. but bilik.. very der lah..

sampai je bilik hotel we were soo sleepy.. coz its 6am already.. guess what time we woke up.. 3pm!! and our stomach were growling for food.. then immediately we went to starhill.. we had our lunch at Enak.. yummy food..

one thing i like bout this place is that it can be casual during daytime and then turn to romantic and classy by evening.. tengoklah siap ada bean bed leh duduk bersila baring baring lagi sambil tunggu makanan sampai.. huhu

my new messenger bag.. love it!

my favourite dish here.. the oxtail soup.. so thick and full of spices!! the only reason why i keep coming back here..

who says malay (lil bit of indonesian touch acually) food cannot go international.. this one here has it.. huhu.. we ordered daging bakar, kerabu jantung pisang, ayam kalio dan sotong sumbat.. mmph.. yumm.. for dessert at first we wanted to have it here.. their cendol is marvellous.. but since the waiter kat enak tu screw something up.. we decided to lepak at lecka lecka instead.. my friend could smoke and me cuci mata la.. especially those peeps crossing the road from pavilion.. mcm mcm ragam org siot kitaorg dok ngumpat.. oppss.

aku ni kaki waffle.. huhuh

dah kenyang we went to kl tower... i was in kl for endless time but i had never thot of going to kl tower.. but yeah.. none of us never been up there yet so we thot why not?.. looking at the tower from afar seems unattracted to me but to my surprise as we were there.. it wasnt that bad after all.. i was actually amused!!! well at least now i can claim that i've been there if my colleagues wud've asked.. huhuh..

entrance fee is rm38.. it includes some other activities like pony riding la.. jungle tour la.. cultural village laa.. whatever lagi.. even if you just wanna go to the observation deck only you still have no choice but to buy tickets in a package.. so we decided to buy the cultural village package instead.. we went up to the observation deck first.. after an hour then we came down to watch some performance held in the cultural village situated next to the main entrance... these performances are shown for 10minutes with repetition after every half an hour starting in the evening if not mistaken.. it was the cultural dance and stuff.. quite good for foreign tourists... i myself being a local did enjoy it :-)

some nice crystal decorative ceiling in the lift lobby.. so bling bling..

insert 20cents and you could see anything so close for a long period of time....

magnificent view..

musicians played the traditional instruments here..

in the cultural village..

the cultural village is actually a small square.. looked as if surrounded by our traditional houses.. but actually only the façade were replicated and build around the stage where the dancers performed in the centre.. the replicated facade includes rumah kedah, rumah melaka, rumah iban, rumah pahang dan mcm mcm lagi.. it's a quick introduction of our basic culture to the tourists actually.. which i think it works..

puas!! memang puas!! trip kali ni ke kl sungguh berbaloi baloi... alhamdulillah. balik hari hari ke kl pon aku tak kesah.. huhuhu... owh.. i am so blessed to be a malaysian.. where else can you have delish street food at any hour at any time.. fancy restaurants at par with international standards everywhere.. good quality product for shopping... and humble generous people of malaysia who never judge.. i dont want to call anywhere else as my home.. only in Malaysia. :-) Take care guys..

credit to fakhruz a.k.a mischka for the luvly pixies taken from his camera.. ej and afiq too for the company.. you guys are awesome!