Gump-ing with Maizan at Bubba Gump

Maizan got me to accompany her to a wedding reception at Damansara Height. After attending the event, we made our way to Curve... Since we already together, took the chance to 'date' thus get some stuff from ikea. It's like killing 3 to 4 birds with 1 stone... lol

We settled at Bubba Gump for dinner.. This is Maizan's 1st attempt at Bubba Gump... As for me, i hardly dine here tho...

Had Old Fashioned New England Clam Chowder for starter... It came in 2 sizes - RM 9.90 for cup n RM 13.90 for bowl... Since we were sharing, we decided to take bowl... It was pretty creamy... Contains chunk of potatoes, onion n clams... The clams were rather plenty...


Since Maizan is a squid lover, she had Calamari Ring (RM 17.90)... I expected it to be the huge type of Calamari, as in the one which is bigger than 50 cent coins... But it turned up to be a normal sotong punye size... The batter was crispy tho and dip was good...

I had Hush Pups (RM 19.90]... According to the menu description, it is tasty (self proclaimed) shrimp n fish with golden corn (plus some rice), deep fried and served with a Remoulade Dipping sauce... There were total of 8... I was rather full, n took away few... It is better to be taken whilst it still hot... If dah sejuk, it is ala-ala cekodok jagung... Hahahha... what a comparison...

Nevertheless, I love the presentation... It is served in some kinda bucket... Surrounded by Bubba Gump's unique 'newspaper'... Pretty cool...

Just had 3 dishes... That consists of 1 soup n 2 starters... We were still full as just got back from reception...

I just had a bit of the rice n lauk pauk... Apparently, what filled me was ICE-CREAM!!!!!! It's a new thingy to have an ice cream perlour (betul ke my term ni?) in the hall... Normally, people will have cupped ice cream for events... As for this, they brought the whole machine skali...


It's a kind of Ikea n McD's ice cream... Comes in 3 flavor - Vanilla, Chocolate or both... Sangat soft n smooth.... I really like it....

Managed to get the call card... Should there be any events, can get them to cater the ice creams... The rate are reasonable, tho...

Wafi - soft ice cream...

Maizan dearie,
thx for dinner and everything u gave me...
i had good tyme...
looking forward for another date...
love u heaps....
mwahhhsx :)

"bergambar sambil pegang kuenya"

I shall call this entry as : Wonders of Cupcake...

Sometimes, little thing can give a tremendously great impact.. Well, it's just a box of cake jer... nothing much tho...

Despite the long n hectic that i had, my beloved cuzzie, Suraya's birthday falls on one of the days that ESQ was held on (ESQ lagi, sorry guys... x help it la)... She was pretty skeptical on attending it on the 3rd day... If x dtg, rosakla plan aku... Siap plan B with another cousin lagi :D

Whatever it is, i proceeded with my plan of ordering her a box of cuppies... via Little Darling Cupcakes la, where else?... i wanted yang ada edible image... but it was a last minute thingy... thank goodness Sally n her supplier accepted my order... n we were crossing my finger, hoping that the cuppies with her face on, sempat siap... Gigih stalk her FB profile pic, to get a nice pic... hehhehe... n straight away emailed it to Sally...

Thx Sally... U saved my day...

That was one thing... Another thing was, how m i to store it as the training only ends after 7 n the cuppies needs proper storage... Thank goodness the staff of SACC Convec were co-operative enuff to store it for us.. siap letak dlm chiller lagikkk... thx u so much...

so Cik SUR, tahulah nko sesungguhnya proses penyerahan b'day kek itew, bukanlah mudah... Tapi hasilnya berbaloi2.... It gave smiles... N more...

What made it sweet was when the cupcakes were distributed not only among our family members... but also to the trainers... Pak Andy, Pak Aminul, Pak Ariff, Dato' Razif (Director, ESQ M'sia), Datin Zaleha (one of the most remarkable Alumni)...

Ya Ampun!! Macam x caya je, they had my cupcakes... I felt so glad n honored... i was oredy away then, guess dah sampai HKL rite to Seremban kot... If i was around, i would cherish that magical moment...

see... everyone is holding the cuppies... bak kata mereka "bergambar sambil pegang kuenya..." (kue refers to Cake in Indonesian)

with my 2 favorite trainer, Pak Aminul Rachman (2nd left) and Pak Andi Mohd Fajar (2nd right)... Immediate left is Pak Arif and immediate right is my beloved uncle, DZB... ye... inilah gambo yang membuatkan lisanku tidak terkata apa-apa... hampir shj aku menjerit di Ijan Burger, Seromban...

"saya pon ambil yang ada gambar ibunya lah..."

Something sweet that happened here was... as Pak Aminul had a piece, he somehow amazed by the edible image on it. Coincidentally, his son will be celebrating his 10th birthday, the following day... Coincidentally (lagi), one of my cousin whom attended the training is capable of producing such cake... (but sorry me jarang order from her due to our distance)

Maka, terjadilah satu transaksi antara Pak Aminul n my cousin... He ordered the whole cake for his son, Abiyan.. Whom had undergone circumcision (berkhatan) on his birthday...


So there we are... sending the specially ordered cake... gigih sangat... Apparently, Pak Aminul wasn't in... We handed it over straight to Abyan yang sangat chumellss... Well, like father, like son, kan... lols...

note :

some may wonder, what's the excitement about all this trainers n all... well, they may not be some high profiled figure or celebrities... but as for us, they are the people whom we highly respect and thankful for the wonderful experience that we undergo... n more... that words could not express but thank to ALLAH, the Almighty...


As for Suraya :
I hope u had one of the best birthday, ever...
Thank for being sucha wonderful cousin... mwahhhsx....

Recharge... Reunite... Rejoice...

It's been such a longggg... yet wonderful weekend... I had good time eventhough i was pretty exhausted... It all happened when 7 of my family members attended ESQ training, recently... Includes Mum n my lil bro... ESQ is as if Family Gathering lak... :)

One good thing about ESQ training is when there is any session, the alumni are welcomed to join along (provided it is of the same level)... It's called RECHARGE for alumni... Quoted from Datin Zaleha, one the most remarkable alumni "bayar sekali tapi boleh recharge banyak kali"... As a matter of fact, we human tends to forget, or taken away after sometimes the training ends... Therefore we need to 'recharge'... At times, our mind are juz like batteries gak... lol

FRIDAY

Since most of my family members were at SACC Convec, my heart longed to be at there badlyyyy... Apparently I can't take leave on that particular Friday... Lotsa events going on n lotsa report to be done... errghhhh.... So i made my way 2 SACC during lunch tyme... dapatlah recharge for around 20 minutes or so... with my favorite trainer, Pak Andi...

Since lunch for alumni were not provided, we made our way to SACC Mall... Asiari precisely... Elly, Aya, Eila n myself... It's an all girl's affair... Sampai ada org merajuxxx... ops! off record..

Well, once in a while, hanging out with cousins are simple so funnn... n cool.... well, we grew up together knn.... n we're pretty close tho... the ties that we have are simply amazing... annual gathering, family book, family song, blog, monthly meeting, etc... ko ada??? well, didn't mean to brag la... but m juz being proud of my beloved Keluarga Al-Bajuri :)

SATURDAY

Thank goodness it was an off Saturday for me, so i can spend some time recharging... Headed straight to Banting for a family meeting after lunch... then we rushed back to SACC back... hhaahaa.... Aya n me treated Banting - Shah Alam just like Subang Jaya - Shah Alam jer... Gigih...

with the new Alumni of the family


guyz of Angkatan 53

during family meeting

SUNDAY

It's Aya's birthday n another crayzee day of mine... Went to SACC for final day recharge... N handed over a box of cuppies for her birthday...

Had another session of lunch at ASIARI.. But this tyme, it's more than juz 4 of us...

Hubs couldn't make it to SACC eventhough he wanted to join, badly... Apparently, he didn't sleep the whole night taking care of his dad... He then fetched me after lunch and we headed straight to IPR of HKL to visit Abah...

After HKL, we headed straight to Stadium Paroi for Rumah Si Kecil's Graduation... Almost didn't make it as i told Ray about it the night before... But things were ok and we managed to make it on time... As we got there, Waty, Syuk, Neeta n Erna dah sampai... Duduk front row lagi....

Took some berangan pics with Mortar Board yang tak muat kepala bak kata Kak Nanie... Sempat amek scroll lagi buat prop... Waiting patiently for the pics from Megat... lallalala...

Since we're alredy in Seromban, tak sahlah idupku kalu x ke Ijan Burger... We terus headed to Rest. Syed Maju and ordered lots n lotsa burger.... En. Ijan's daughter pun one of the graduan of RSK... Apparently Mrs Ijan didn't make it as she was bussy taking care of the stalll... Inilah contoh usahawan yang berjaya...

indahnya burger ini...
moist, soft, tasty...

While i was enjoying my luscious burger, got a call that really made me jealous... yet made me

smile :) Sebaik x jerit dekat ijan burger 2...

MONDAY

Since it was a pretty tiring weekend, I planned to have a rest on Monday... Apparently Aya called during lunch saying that we need to head to Damansara to for a cake delivery to one of the trainer... Ko nk ikut x? Gila aku xnak... Harus lerrr nakkk....

It was a luxuriously beautiful residence... Really amazed... We sent cake over and headed straight to my cuz's place at Ritze Perdana... We had Domino's and sempat la berjimba-jimba gaks, for a while...

The condo is as cute as the tenant...
thanx Muna :)

All in all, i had a really good time with family and friends... Thanks a to everyone that i spend time with during these 4 days... Came to work smiling as i am happy knowing that i'm surrounded by wonderful family n friends...

i do rejoice for everything i am blessed with :)

Alhamdulillah... thank you ALLAH!!!



note : several pics are taken from Aya n Waty's FB...

Kami lah Satria 165

Ikrar Satria ESQ

satu enam lima

1 hati , 6 prinsip, 5 langkah..

1 hati,

Ehsan perbuatanku

6 prinsip

Allah tujuanku,

Malaikat mencatat perbuatanku,

Nabi dan rasul teladanku,

Kitab suci pedomanku,

hari Kemudian cita-cita ku,

Ikhlas dan tawakal sikapku

5 langkah

Pengabdian kepada Allah syahadatku,

Solat karakterku,

Puasa bentengku,

Zakat keluarkan potensiku,

Haji derap langkahku

inilah satria 1 6 5

>> loving this number.... it boosts up me up!!!

n always hoping it to be my way of life

:)

Misi Bantuan ERA

As far as humanity is concerned (giteewwwla ayat), INTEKMA Resort had collected foodstuff and cash money to be donated to the flood victim in Kedah n Perlis... Initially we wanted to go and hand over but changed the plan due to time and cost constrained (daripada bayar toll n fuel, might as well convert to cash n give them.. kn...)

Coincidentally, as i was browsing thru Era's FB, i saw a feed on Misi Bantuan Era... should anyone wants to donate, they can do so thru them... Well, kalu niat baik, memang jalan mudah... Our team got in touched with them and made necessary arrangements...

So here we are... All the way to Astro Bukit Jalil to sent over the goods...

The goods were aplenty... Beras, biscuits, mihun, mineral water, sugar... n so on... Alhamdulillah... Thanx to our supplier, staff, guess and everyone who donated...

We arrived somehow early... The announcer were scheduled to be out at 11 am, after their segment, i guess... but we arrived at around 10.30...

We we hang around... The heat was pretty burning... Macam-macam dorang buat... melepak and siap pose with Era's MyVi... As usual, i'll head for the ladies room... dapat merasa air cond japps... lol...

Finally Riuh Pagi Era came out and made their appearance... yeayyy... Got a chance to meet up with Paknil, Ray, Haniff and their producer... Comeyy jer dorang ni...

Paknil kata we arrived so early... hehehhee... and the goods sangat banyakkk... dah macam supermarket :)

Then, Azrin, my colleague cum boss.. heheeh... was interviewed by Aznil... At first, she was kinda skeptical... but i assured her it's gonna be ok... knew she trembled but went on fine...

Team of Misi Bantuan Era...

***wink***

INTEKMA got tweeted by @aznilawawi "Tahniah INTEKMA menjadi yg pertama tiba serahkan brgn bantuan! Korang jgn baca je...eh derma skali!"

Hah comel!!! thx @nanayeay for alerting me... too busy in the car, almost missed it...

All in all, it was sucha wonderful experience... Meeting the celebrities is one thing... but being able to involved in a charity thingy really made one feels good... knowing that something that we gave could benefit someone that is really in need...

Get Well Soon, Abah

Salam Aidiladha...

As usual, my Raye Haji is not as happening as Raye Puasa... Furthermore when my dad in is admitted in Institut Perubatan Respiratori, HKL 2 days before Aidiladha... Initially he had some lung problem but as for now it's more to his asthmatic thingy...

Well, m sure celebrating Aidiladha at the ward is certainly not something favorable for anyone especially for someone whom is so attached to the surau and the local community...

inhaling his Ventolin via a device...

Juz praying for the best and may he gets well, soon... aminnn..

Shark's Fin & Seabass Promo

It's been years since we last stepped in Orkid Thai of Sec 9, Shah Alam... It's the same row with Ayam Penyet AP (not Ria)... Last time we dined here was when dad was still around... Al fatihah...

What derived us back to Orkid Thai is because of 2 promotional banner that captured us :

RM 9.00 for a bowl of Shark's Fin soup...


and Seabass @ Siakap for only Rm 19.00

I hardly take sharks fin soup, even it is my favorite... Well, it's kinda costly... The only time i ever eat shark's fin soup is when i attend a Chinese course dinner... Therefore, i can't make a proper analysis of the soup... As long as it taste good, it's fine for me... And so far, it is good... Comes with particle of crab meat... The amount of shark's fin pun is quite moderate... I love to take it with some dashes of Chinese vinegar and cili padi potong... yummmm....

Initially we wanted to have only shark's fin soup but hubs decided to try the steam Siakap too as it's in offer. There were few types of steam.. Assam, soy sauce, tomyam n more.. We tried Thai Steam... It's a kinda steam limau... Massssammmm.... But sodappp... Worth the RM19 we paid for as the ikan is not so kecik...

worth it!!

If one were to dine in here, i suggest to take a seat at the upper floor. It contains 2 floor... The ground floor ada aquarium with live fishes, crab, prawn n such... The price per kg, is written at the yellow and the customers are free to choose which ever fish the desire and get them to cook it... Therefore it's fresh!!!

Nevertheless, the dining space in this floor is not so welcoming with all the aquarium n all. But the dining space in the first floor is much more cosy, air conditioned, welcoming and comfortable... The 2 floors differs tremendously...

Note :

This restaurant serves Yam Ring, too... X payah pegi jauh2 to Mohd Chan Abdullah... In fact cheaper... Only RM 15 per serving... Yet to try... Megat, next tyme we come here ok since u teringin rasa the Yam Ring :)

N i wanna try the four season...