Cerita December 2015. Welcome 2016.

Sekejap saja rasa and school holiday is over. Here comes 2016.

December had been a busy month for me at work. My regional head came from Hong Kong for a visit cum audit in early December. A really stressssssssssful 3 days. On the first day of his visit, tengah tengah sibuk tu, Ms M called from school. She boarded a wrong school bus and dalam kelam kabut nak turun tu, bag dia tersangkut and she fell.... on top of another student!!! She called and said her ankle hurt so much and she cannot walk. I was on my way back from a distributor warehouse in Shah Alam with my boss and I supposed to send him back to One World Hotel in Bandar Utama. Maka nya.... detour pergi sekolah Ms M dulu ambik dia, then baru hantar my boss to the hotel.

 

Lepas tu pergi klinik, x ray and no fracture. Alhamdulilah... just balut kaki tu dengan bandage and doctor suruh rehat saja.

 

But after a week, a blue back bruises started to appear. Pergi klinik balik and the doctor said it takes time to heal. En. ID cakap masuk angin tu sebab tak urut.

 

After 2 weeks, the bruises subsided but the ankle still bengkak. Eh... tak boleh jadi ni. Pergi lagi sekali klinik and this time the doctor referred her to the orthopaedic.

 

Jumpa orthopaedic, he suspected 2nd grade ligament tear. Mungkin 50% tear but to be sure, kena buat MRI.

 

MRI result showed 2 ligaments completely torn. 3 partially torn. Its quite bad actually and I felt guilty as we took it lightly and only went to see the orthopaedic after 2 weeks it happened.

 

But since we're going to Bangkok that weekend, the doctor prescribed an ankle brace and she has to use crutches to support her movement. No splint sebab berat and susah nak move about nanti. He will review the healing progress and hopefully no surgical intervention required.

 

But that's my Fluff. Happy as usual. Asik kena remind her not run, to walk slowly, jangan lompat lompat. Memang tak boleh duduk diam budak sorang tu.

 

So since all has been arranged, we went ahead with the Bangkok trip, crutches and all. But we had a good support from the airlines in arranging wheelchair at the airport here and Bangkok. Dapat lalu special lane all the way and ahamdulillah, all went well during the journey.

 

Now, its been 3 weeks since the physiotherapy started. Last week we went for follow up and the doctor said not much progress but will review again in 2 weeks time.

 

So, itu kisah Ms M.

 

Travel wise, I did not travel anywhere for work this month. We went to Cameron Highland for a short vacation in late November and it was superb!!!! We really enjoyed CH. The last time we went to CH was like 10 years ago!!!

 

Then we went back to Batu Pahat in mid December. Jalan jalan cari makan as usual.

 

And we went to Bangkok a week after that.

 

Ms A enjoyed her holiday to the max. Makan tido, makan tido saja. Baru last weekend nak tengok homework and prep for back to school.

 

Life is still good without bibik. We got the hang of it already I guess.

We welcome 2016 with old resolutions... ahaks...!!!! Nak kurus... nak kurus... nak kurus....

2016 - Ms A will take her SPM.
2016 - Ms M will have her checkpoint exam

We hope 2016 will be as good if not better as 2015. Insya Allah.

Here some pictures from our holiday.

 Jari mot mot in Boh Plantation

 Gaya macam pergi overseas tau!

 

Succulent strawberries

 

 All thing strawberries....

 

 

 The day she fell off the school bus

 

 Nasi bariani gam kambing Batu Pahat

 Mee hailam favourite @ Jengkuan Batu Pahat

 

 Nasi lemak ikan kerapu @ Sri Gading, Batu Pahat.

 

 

 Mee bandung Muor

 Breakfast asam pedas kat Batu Pahat

 Off to Bangkok. Crutches and all.

Food.... glorious food.

 Starwars exhibition @ Siam Paragon

 

 

 Chao Phraya River Cruise

 Usman Halal Restaurant

 Tak reti penat budak dua orang ni tau!

 Coconut and thai milk tea ice cream. Happiness in a tempurung.

 Ms M

 Ms A

 

 

 

SAWADIKAA BANGKOK

Ini cerita 2 months ago actually. After meeting in Vientiane ended on Friday, I had an audit to do in Bangkok. So, instead of going back to KL then go Bangkok on Sunday, I went straight to Bangkok on Saturday from Vientiane.

I always love Bangkok because of the food. So, lets talk about the FOOD!!!!!

Dulu dulu, my favorite spot will be Mak Yah Restaurant. Its near Ratchadewi BTS station. Tapi this time pergi, dah tutup!!!! And I don't know where there moved to.

I started savouring my Thai food at the airport during my transit to Vientiane. There is a halal food outlet inside the airport. Nama apa lupa dah.

 

Green curry chicken yang sangat sedap. Cost THB 300.

(Yes.. expensive... harga food airport la kan...)

Since Mak Yah dah tutup, I tried a new place located at Sukhumvit 22.

Usman Thai Muslim Food

Nice ambient. Very friendly owner yang pandai cakap melayu

I had tomyam seafood and nasi with daging goreng kunyit. Memang sedap and harga pun berpatutan

The next day, which was Sunday I went to Chatuchak Weekend Market, a must if you go to Bangkok. Walaupun tempat tu sesak dan panas, there's always interesting thing you'll find there.

Saffron. Murah sangat.... not sure if it is truly saffron so I didn't buy it

 

For lunch, I stopped at a small stall in the middle of the market named Kahjak Restaurant. I tried catfish with basil leaf. Something different which I didn't regret. Sedap sangat....

 

 

  

Catfish with basil leaf.

Tak de rupa keli. Semua dah dihancurkan. 

 

And a glass of Thai ice tea....

 



And I tried different food everyday while in Bangkok

 

Orange juice by the road side near Central World

 

 

Phad Thai at Faridah Fathonee near where Mak Yah Restaurant used to be.

 

Pulut Mangga at food court in Platinum Mall

 

Green Curry Chicken at Usman

 

Kangkung goreng at Usman

This is another halal food outlet at the airport located near the prayer room.

I came back from Bangkok with an extra weight as usually.......................

 

SLEEPLESS IN VIENTIANE

I had to attend a meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR last month. This is my 4th time in Lao and I can see how it has developed and how the development has changed the life of the local people.

My first time in Vientiane I think about 6 or 7 years ago. At that time, Vientiane was very quite. The people have a  very relax life. Petang petang dalam pukul 4, dah ramai bentang tikar, picnic tepi Sungai Mekong. The women will wear a skirt made of their traditional cloth. You don't really see the local young girls mix around with mat saleh. They were very much close knitted community with strong cultural background.

Now, more hotels, modern buildings around. Most of the hotels are small boutique hotels. Tourists ramai mostly from western countries. And you can see already a lot of massage parlour, bars and western restaurants to cater the tourists. And dah nampak local girls hanging around with the mat saleh.

By the way, to go to Lao from here, AirAsia has a direct flight on alternate days rasanya. I took MH to Bangkok and took Thai Airways to Vientiane for this trip.

Apa ada kat Lao? Tak de apa. They said the famous place is Luang Prabang which you can either take a local flight to go there  or several hours journey by land. If in Vientiane itself, I must say, nothing much except for the night market near the Mekong River which sell a lot of local crafts and baju baju moden ni. Tapi.... size baju nya.. alahai... kecik kecik semuanya. Dulu tepi Mekong River tu was just a strip of padang tapi now dia dah buat macam dataran and I think they reclaim the land lah sebab rasa macam sungai tu dah jadi kecik pulak.

Halal food kat Vientiane ni dari dulu sampai sekarang sama je. Yang famous is Nazim Restaurant.

 

 

Dulu Nazim Restaurant ni depan Sungai Mekong tapi sekarang dah berpindah ke dalam sikit. Tempat baru ni lebih besar dari dulu. Menu mostly Indian food tapi ada menu Malaysia jugak macam nasi goreng dan mee goreng.

 

Nasi Goreng Ayam

 

Dosai

 

Chicken Masala dan Dry Chicken Masala with Pepper

 

Depan Mekong River tu ada pasar malam. Start dalam pukul 6.30pm. 



 

The dataran infront of Mekong River. The local offering manicure and pedicure service at the dataran.

 

Tengok sunset sambil urut dan manicure. You can see the river dah nun jauh ke tengah.

 

Tuk tuk in Vientaine.

 

For me, nothing much nak cerita pasal Vientiane. May be becasue I was there for work so tak jalan jalan.

 

As usual, when I travel alone, I cannot sleep well. Hence the reason for the title hehehehe

 

 

 

 



 

HALAL FOOD HONG KONG

There are a lot of halal food  outlets in Hong Kong actually but since I usually stay around Wanchai and Causeway Bay area, I will only go to the same place near Wanchai Road.

 

I know in there is also a mosque near Kowloon area, at Nathan Road and I'm sure there will be halal food around that area.

 

Once I went to Prada Space outlet in Aberdeen and there is an Asian grocery shop in the shopping mall nearby that sells noodles and can food from Malaysia and Indonesia which is halal.

 

ISLAMIC CENTRE CANTEEN

 

This halal canteen is located at Hong Kong Islamic Centre which is inside Masjid Ammar. Its in Wanchai area. If you walk along Hennessy Road from Causeway Bay, you will come across Wanchai Road. At the junction of Wanchai Road, there is a halal pizza kiosk. Walk uphill and you will see another halal reataurant named Istanbul on your right. Masjid Ammar is at Oi Kwan Road and it is actually at the back of Wanchai Road.

 

 

Masjid Ammar and Osman Ramju Sadick Islamic Centre. (Bertabah la tengok gambar terbalik ni. Tak tahu lah cemane nak betul kan....)

 

The signboard of the canteen

 

 

Inside the canteen.

 

 

The menu

 

 

 

 

Dimsum is served from morning to 3pm only. Then the canteen will be closed and reopen at 6pm till 9pm

 

 

My favourite, Chili Chicken

 

 

Wantan Soup

 

 

Black Pepper Beef

 

 

Sweet and Sour Chicken

 

 

Dimsum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The portion is big and enough for 3 to 4 person.

 

Sebab saya memang suka Chinese food, tiap tiap hari saya datang makan kat sini. And its just walking distance from my office and the hotel I usually stay. And lepas makan, boleh solat berjemaah di masjid sekali. There are a lot of Indonesian domestic helpers kat masjid ni datang solat and belajar agama.

 

And a glimpse of Hong Kong

 

 

View of the bay from my office

 

The bay at night.

 

 

 

 

 

View from my hotel room

 

There is also Popeye's Restaurant at the airport which is halal. Tapi agak tersorok sikit tempatnya.

 

 We'll be in Jakarta this Thursday. Tak sabar nak makan nasi padang pulak......