21 September 2009

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri 1430H

Just a quick post:

Sempena datangnya bulan Syawal ani, saya dan keluarga ingin mengucapkan "Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri" & "Maaf Zahir dan Batin" kepada saudara mara serta sahabat handai. Tidak juga dilupakan kepada para pembaca blog ini dan Muslimin dan Muslimat di mana saja berada. Halalkan apa yang termakan dan terminum, dan maafkan jika pernah tersilap atau terkasar bahasa ataupun perbuatan yang tidak disedari yang mungkin pernah menyinggungkan hati semua! :)

Ikhlas,

xoxo

jannah <3

P.S. Sorry, I have been busy, but I will post something raya related soon! http://www.emocutez.com
20 September 2009

The last Sahur

The verdict's in.. Anak bulan Syawal tidak kelihatan. The Syawal moon sighting was held yesterday and it was announced nationwide last night. Unlike our Asian counterparts in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, who will be having their Raya Sunday, we will celebrating the Aidilfitri celebration on Monday. Same goes to Brisbane who are having their Raya on Sunday. Thus, here we are, at the last Sahur of this Hijrah's month of Ramadhan. Time surely flies fast. In the last few days, my family and I have been busy preparing for the upcoming raya celebration. Last night we were busy cleaning and decorating the house, which are partly done now, hehe. We also had a late night session of mengusai cucul and clearing the front yard and moving pots & vases around haha. The night before, we were busy with taking out the raya cuik mangkuk from storage as well as frying some keropok udang to be served during raya time. While doing these, there are the usual bunga api and badil sounds outside which I think I will surely miss after Raya is over. There are still some more stuff to do today, it being the last day of Ramadhan.


Dad replacing some light bulbs :)

Cucul outside! I havent taken any pics of the cucul inside hehe

Mom with the flower pots

Frying keropok udang! :) The colourful ones..

The normal coloured keropok udang

Keropok udang, made by mom's cousin

Goreng goreng

Mom in the kitchen

Alright then, I will update later on again to greet you all properly. I'm still tired after all the lifting, etc haha although it has been fun.. :)

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18 September 2009

A Night at Capers

So yesterday I met up with Tiyah, Valerie and Azim at Capers in Kiulap for sungkai. Rahmat couldn't make it last night. Val made earlier reservations for a table. Tiyah picked me up from my place before sungkai time. By the time we reached the Italian restaurant, many of the sungkai diners are already there. We opted to eat buffet style which costs at $14.80 per person. Thus expecting to see many dishes since it is after all 'an all you can eat buffet', we were disappointed to see the rather 'small' selection of food. In one section, there are just 4 different types of pasta (in small serving dishes) and a small basket of popia and another corner, 2 different types of pizza (atupun sebuting-sebuting) and papadams. We checked if there is any corner of the restaurant where the food is also being served but nada. Drinks which are only in the forms of bandung in jugs, atu pun banyak habis. Apparently the drinks are not being put in one place for us to pour on our own but are actually being poured in the glasses at our tables by the waitresses. Atu pun payah-payahan. Kesian c Tiyah nda kana tuangi minuman and she has to ask 4 times before the waitress menuangkan minuman. Lain jua 'buffet' nya ani, hmmm.

So after getting our first serving of pasta, we went to get pizza, atu pun tinggal 2 slices saja! We waited but nada jua kana refill the pizza, so we returned back to our table to wait. Pasta nya pun habis that time. We waited quite a while with no refill of drinks and no food on the buffet tables. We all agreed that the service is, to put it bluntly, rather crappy. This is actually my first time eating there, thus leaving quite a bad impression to me. Val went to check the buffet tables again and returned with the same result, no food kana served nya. I was thinking at this point that, the 'buffet' is not worth it! We were rather grumbly by this point. So we sabar tah saja dulu hehe. Eventually Azim has to leave early. We chatted for a bit and were still hungry since makan sikit saja tadi.

Ahirnya, Val called the waitress to ask why the 'buffet' is sedikit and nada be-refill and told her that we only managed to eat a small portion. At least Tiyah and I sampat makan the pasta & a slice of pizza, while Val sampat makan the pizza saja. Rupanya cemaniii... according to the waitress the food at the 'buffet' tables are only served from 6:30-7:30pm only (cali jua buffet nya sejam saja ani), and then WE CAN ORDER ANYTHING WE WANT FROM THE MENU which is inclusive in the "all you can eat" buffet! Well, not anything plang tu, minuman not inclusive and some pizza nda masuk. Ya Allah, rupanya cemani!! Menahan lapar jua kami tu awal atu. Mun kami tau awal format 'all you can eat buffet' nya ani cemani, awal tah kami mengorder sudah, astaga!!! Hahaha.. Kan ketawa ada jua, nda puas hati ada jua, astahhhhhhhh... Tapi walaupun buffet nya sejam saja, tapi makanannya habis nda pun sampai sejam, ish ish ish. Kesian c Azim nda dpt enjoy the food from the menu by that time.

Val was apologetic since ia suggest the place and ia pun nda tau rupanya cemani formatnya, but it's ok Val! Not your fault, we also didn't know it was supposed to be that way, hehehe. So then we ordered 2 types of pasta and pizza from the menu. We stayed until 8+ pm before heading back home. Before that, we checked on the blackboard near the restaurant entrance where info about the buffet is written, but there is nothing there indicating that buffet atu inclusive jua of makanan from the menu. Skali ani tau tah kami! Hehe. Waitress nya ani pun nda jua bunyi2 arah kami masa awal atu pasal kami langsung nada mengorder apa2 dari menu. Nda lagi brapa melayan tu, maybe pasal ramai org atu jua, hmmm. Patut tah service nya nda brapa bagus ish ish ish. I will not be too keen to return there soon! Though some of the pasta nyaman, hehe. So there you go, our 'interesting' experience last night sungkai sana.

Capers

Val :)

Azim :)

Me :)

Val and Azim :)

Me and Tiyah :)

Tiyah and Val :)

Azim and Me :)


Pasta that we ordered dari menu

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16 September 2009

Sungkai with the family

Yesterday my family and I had sungkai outside at Nurizna restaurant (luruskah ni hehe) at the Pengakap building at Beribi. The place was packed when we arrived but good thing we made earlier bookings for a table. The sungkai buffet was reasonable, $7 per person, and the food was delicious. I think the food was more enjoyable than masa we had the buffet arah nyonya. I guess it depends jua on what day we had the buffet since the menu changes everyday hehe. As I said the place was so packed sampai our table pun di luar, hehe, but that is not a problem. An outing will not be complete without any pics, so here are some pics! :)

Dad and mom. Marak jua mata kita Ma? hehehe

C mun dengan slogan untuk hari ini... "Sedap hingga menjilat sudu!" Kekekeke

Slurrppp, slurrppp :P

Bapa tersenyum-senyum hehe

Mama tersenyum-senyum kanyang hehe

Langisss.. Alhamdulillah :)

Oh and also, masa malam I made some nachos. I love nachos and used to selalu buat masa di brissy. Hehe. Bebulan-bulan sudah nda ku membuat, haha, barutah teingat kan membuat. Puas hatiku lagi buat sendiri, hehe. Nyum nyum. :)

Tadaaa! :P Doritos chips with mild salsa, cheese and sour cream dip! Easy to make :)

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15 September 2009

Pizza night

Yesterday, I went out to sungkai with Najmiah, Liyana and Diyana. It was actually a last minute thing so we didn't make any earlier bookings. We tried out a few restaurants but most are fully booked, so we ended up in Pizza Hut in Gadong. Nevertheless, we had a delicious meal of mushroom soup, pizza, lasagne and BBQ chicken wings. Nyum! :) After sungkai, we headed out to the Mall to browse for Raya stuffs. I ended up buying a new clutch bag for raya, hehe. I still need to buy new Raya shoes and scarfs. There is still a Raya expo being held at the Mall, which will run until the 21st of September. The Raya atmosphere is becoming more pronounced especially with all the Ketupat decorations and light displays in addition to Raya songs being played on the speakers. Wahhh, we are almost nearing the end of Ramadhan with only a couple of days left before Hari Raya. The new moon sighting will be held on Saturday here. I'm really looking forward to celebrate Hari Raya in Brunei this year! :D

Me and Diyana at Pizza Hut :)

Liyana and Najmiah :)



Food! :)

Pizza Hut

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12 September 2009

Sungkai out with work mates

Today, my work mates and I went to a sungkai which was organised by SCB at Vanda restaurant in Orchid Garden Hotel near the stadium. The whole restaurant was filled by SCB staffers. We were treated to a very huge feast buffet for sungkai. On the menu were dishes and delicacies such as DimSum, Sushi, Lamb Chops, Rice and a variety of dishes, Noodles, Soto, Variety of mouth-watering cakes and puddings, Murtabak, ABC and ice creams and the list goes on. It was truly a feast and so we had to get up a few times to try the different dishes, until our tummies were so full hahaha. That said, we didn't even get to try some of the dishes since kekanyangan sudah hehe. We were seated with our office mates and our supervisors.

The restaurant is a Chinese themed restaurant and a cozy one. It was a fun dining experience and the atmosphere was filled with chit chat and friendly banters, hehe. It was a fun experience working with them these past few weeks. We stayed until 8:30 or so before taking more pictures and then heading back home. In other news, I have received my first ever job salary today! Whoop! :D Although it is just a temporary job but I am so proud to earn my first ever paycheck. I just need to cash it in first this Monday hehehe. Time to do some shopping soon! Hehehe :D I also have a job interview this coming Monday at SPA. I'm hoping for the best! :D

My work mates; Amal, Liyana & Najmiah :)

Fad, me & Kaka Najla :)

Group photo! :) Diyana couldn't make it to the sungkai though.

Another colleague and our other colleague/supervisor, Ms C & Ms B :)

Makan time! :P

Say Peace! :P

A section of the Buffet area

Desserts area

At the entrance to the restaurant hehe

Vanda restaurant on the first floor

Another restaurant on the ground floor which was full earlier hehe

The view of the hotel at night

I will post up more photos on facebook soon! :)

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