Ai -Jia Qingzhen Beef Noodle Place

Before travelling to new country, selalunya saya akan cari di internet mana restoren halal paling dekat dengan hotel yang saya akan duduk. Walaupun saya bukan jenis yang kena makan proper meal, tapi carik la jugak kot tiba rasa nak makan nasi kan?

My usual meal kalau di negara yang tak de makanan halal will be bread and soft boil egg for breakfast. Salad and fruits for lunch. Kalau nasib baik dapat la grill fish. And malam, vegetarian pizza or just plain chips will do. Kalau ada halal restoren dekat dekat, maka kesitu lah setiap hari. Kalau tak ada, maggi pun ok.

Tapi dari pengalaman saya, restoren halal ada di mana mana. So tak de alasan tak boleh dapat makanan halal. Saya pernah ke Nay Phi Taw, the administrative city for Myammar. 5 jam by bus from Yangoon. Padang jarak, padang tekukur. Tapi masih boleh jumpa restoren halal.

Hari pertama saya di Taipei, makan maggi sahaja di bilik. Hari kedua, saya ada official dinner di hotel. Malam ketiga baru dapat keluar. So, me and my Indonesian friend decided to try halal local food.

 

We wanted to go to Ai Jia Qingzhen Beef Noodle. Alamat yang tertera di Zabihah.com is

 

(Ai-Jia) Qingzhen Beef Noodle Place

41, Alley 223, Zhongxiao East Road,

Section 4 

Taipei

 

Tapi bila saya tunjukkan alamat tu pada orang hotel, dia check and cakap restoren tu dah pindah. Dia siap call restoren tu tanya alamat baru dan tunjuk arah macam mana nak pergi. Jadi saya tak ada alamat baru tapi saya boleh cerita bagaimana untuk ke sana.

 

We took MTR (ala ala LRT la..) ke station Xiamen. Keluar dari station Xiamen ikut Exit 5. Jalan terus sampai nampak kedai 11 Eleven. Bertentangan dengan 11 Eleven tu ada Taisugar Hotel. Masuk ke kanan dan jalan terus. Simpang pertama, nama jalannya Yan Ping S. Road ( S tu South tapi memang dia tulis S saja), masuk kiri dan dah boleh nampak restorennya.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dari jauh lagi tuan kedai ni dah bagi salam. Suka dia nampak orang muslim agaknya

 

 

 

Dalam restoren bersih dan teratur

 

 

Menu.

 

Appetiser. Self Service

 

Ada ambik tapi lupa harga berapa

 

Tukang masak

 

Ada macam macam lagi jenis noodle tapi saya order yang ni.

 

Taiwan Beef Noodle

Harga: NTD 120.

 

 

Rasanya biasa saja. Macam bakso la sikit sikit. Not something that I will go for again.

 

Kalau nak cheap halal food, this place is recommended. NTB 120 (RM 13.40) is considered cheap for halal food.

 

 

 



 



 

 

 

 

When I'm Away......

I'm currently in Taiwan.
For work
My first time here.

Everytime I travel
It's the same feeling
Its not sad... not lonely... tapi mmg mood akan lari

Its always the same routine everyday
Bangun, pergi kerja, balik, tido and next day
Same thing

Orang kata
"Journey is made by people you travel with"
Which is very true I think

Kalau travel alone ni
Apa pun tak buat
Tak de hati nak jalan jalan lawat kawasan keliling
Tak de hati nak tengok local attraction
Tak de hati nak shopping.... (some reservation on this depending on where I travel though)

Ramai kawan kawan cakap
Best la kau dapat jalan jalan tengok negara orang

The truth is.....
Mula mula tu excited la...
Segala ceruk solok diredah

Bila dah selalu
Mula rasa bosan

Nama pun manusia kan?
Bila tak ada, diminta hari hari
Bila dah selalu dapat,
Tak nak pulak

I think I should use this opprtunity to do khidmat masyarakat la.
I will find halal restaurant
Write a review in this blog
Sebagai panduan untuk other travellers.

Ok. Esok malam saya akan keluar cari halal restaurant di Taipei ni.
Kalau tak asik la makan kat hotel aje.
Frankly, dah 2 hari kat sini tapi belum pernah keluar dari pintu hotel ni sebab my meeting pun dalam hotel yang sama

Will start tomorrow.... hopefully

Bersyukur dan berlapang dada

Tiber entry title ala ala muslimah...

Selalu terbaca di status kawan kawan. Tak kira status fb atau status whatsapp.

I'm blessed

Alhamdulillah

Thank you Allah

Saya bersyukur dengan apa yang saya ada. Dengan apa yang Allah kurniakan pada saya.

Why need to reinforced? Kenapa perlu diwar warkan?

Kemudian saya terfikir... kadang kadang kita lupa apa yang kita ada. Apa yang Allah telah kurniakan kepada kita. Kita selalu pandang kepada apa yang orang lain ada atau apa yang kita tidak ada. Dan bila kita ada perasaan tu, hati jadi sempit.

Ini pesanan and reinforcement untuk diri saya sendiri sebenarnya. Memang mulut selalu mengucap syukur, tapi dalam hati masih ada yang tidak puas? Astaghfirullah...!!!!!!

So, saya rasa, mungkin perlu kadang kadang reinforcement tu dibuat bukan saja di mulut, tetapi juga di hati dan di war war kan. Dipahatkan di mana mana. Lebih kepada sebagai peringatan kepada diri.

Saya perlu lebih selalu "count my blessings"

Bukan tukar status fb kepada Alhamdulillah untuk meng war war kan yang kita dapat bonus bulan ni. Tapi kerana kita masih bernafas hari ini. Atau kerana matahari bersinar cantik, baju diampaian kering elok.

I shall put my whatsapp status as Thank you Allah for rezeki yang Allah berikan setiap hari, kesihatan yang Allah bagi, anak anak yang sihat, kehidupan yang bahagia, kawan kawan yang amat baik terhadap saya, ahli keluarga yang sentiasa ada disamping saya.

I need the reinforcement supaya saya tidak lupa dan alpa.

WW: Of Baking with Love

 

 

Happy Birthday Darling

9.9.99

I remember that day, 9.9.99. Nice date. How I wished my due date would be that day. But according to my doctor, its not going to happen for the next 3 weeks.

10.9.99

We just bought our baby cot. The white baby cot I've always wanted.
My mother in law was at home. After work, I felt very tired and I fell asleep on the sofa.
After maghrib, my sister in law came to fetch my mother in law. Then we went out to pasar malam to buy dinner. I slept again after dinner.
At 11 pm, I woke up and felt nauseous. Run to the kitchen sink and poured my tummy content. Must be the pasar malam food... so we thought.
I went to the bathroom later and spotted a blood stain. I didn't feel any pain or discomfort though.
Encik ID insisted we went to the hospital for check up. Just to make sure that everything is fine.
At 12 am, we went to the hospital which is only about 10 minutes away. Half way, I've forgotten my ic. Turned back home and finally reached the hospital at almost 1 am.
We told the nurse that I had blood stain. They admitted me for observation and call my gynae. In the mean time, the nurse did her usually checked up and said " you are 5 cm dilated. We will send you to the labour room and call your gynae now".
I insisted I can walk to the labour room but they said "NO...!! You can give birth anytime now!". So the wheeled me in.
In the labour room, I started to feel the discomfort. On and off. The nurse came and checked on me from time to time. The gynae was still on her way.
The nurse asked me to lay on my side instead and keep my legs together and that was when I started to feel the pain. "You need to wait for your doctor" she said.

My doctor came and in less that 15 minutes after that, at 2.37 am, 11.9.99, Ms A, our bundle of joy came into this world.

It was very quick and the whole experience shocked me. I was shivering after that may be because I never expected it to happen that day and everything happened so fast.

Nevertheless, all was forgotten once I saw her face, felt her skin, smell her baby skin.

She changed our world. She changed us from "spur of the moment" kind of couple to a more matured adult. We became more risk averse, we started to plan for the future. Our life persective changed. Its no longer about just the two of us, everything we do, we have to consider another being. A very precious being.

14 years passed by. Today, our baby is a little lady.

To Ms A. My love, princess of my heart, my precious......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Darling.

Mummy, Papa and Ms M love you to bits.

Ya Allah...

Kau lindungilah kesayangan kami ini di dunia dan di akhirat
Kau peliharalah imannya.
Kau permudahkan urusan nya
Kau lapangkan lah hidupnya
Jadikan lah dia anak yang solehah dan hamba mu yang taat.

Ameen

WW: Of Perfect Soft Boil Egg

Of Pounds and Ounces

Selamat Hari Raya.

 

Maaf Zahir dan Batin. Dah 22 Syawal. How time flies...

 

As usual, the normal grouses post hari raya would be about the weight everybody gained despite the fasting during ramadhan and puasa 6. And I'm not spared too.

 

I lost 3 kg during ramadhan and gained 4kg now.

 

I never had any weight issue before I reached 35 years old. I was the kind of gal who can eat like there's no tomorrow and still maintain at 52kg. When I was pregnant full term, my weight was 60kg. And back to 52kg post partum. No diet restriction required. No exercise required. Of the rack clothes was easy to find. Everything look nice on me.

 

But that was 7 years ago. And I constantly gained 2kg every year for the past 7 years. Last sunday, I weigh 66kg!!!

 

I know I have to do something to stop the weight gain if not reduce it. I have to make a lifestyle change.

 

FIRST STEP:

 

I NEED TO EXERCISE. I NEED TO EXERCISE. I NEED TO EXERCISE.

 

I need to get my butt off. I have not been exercising since god knows when. May be not for the last 5 years or so. Kerja rumah memang tak buat lah kan since my bibik is so efficient. Habis satu rumah dengan gardening dia buat. So, starting this week, 26th of August 2013, I will at least TRY brisk walking a few times a week. We'll see how long I manage to do it.

 

If I can do the first step diligently, then only I will think on the second step... hehehehe