So Woody...

Recently i received an email from a close friend with an attachment. I had a good laugh... for what it tells is quite true..

Keadaan Kayu & Ramalan
Kayu ini Kering = Hari Ini Tidak Hujan
Kayu ini Basah = Hari Ini Hujan
Mempunyai Bayang di Lantai = Hari Ini Panas Terik
Kayu Berayun-ayun = Hari Ini Berangin
Kayu ini Berpusing = Ribut Petir
Kayu Kelihatan Samar-samar = Hari Ini Mendung
Kayu ini Patah = Vandalisma
Tidak Nampak Kayu = Ada Orang Ambil

Which way is Pagoh?

Kubu yg menyambut pemandu yg exit di Tol Pagoh

Akan berlaku sedikit kerumitan kpd pemandu yang ingin mencari arah tuju (unless you have a GPS as the guide) sekiranya mengharapkan 100% kpd kubu yg menunujukkan arah jalan.

WHY?

Sebab tulisannya terlalu kecil utk dibaca. Berkemungkinan berlaku kesilapan dalam pengurusan bajet - too much money allocated to buid the Welcome Wall & in the end not enough fund to put up proper signages for 'Pagoh' & 'Muar'. Hence low budget come with small & tiny alphabet put up on the wall.

Luckily before the junction, PLUS has already put up big sigange to remind drivers, which way to go. So what's the purpose of having the wall in the first place

Or is it by having such big wall is a sign of Pagoh maju....

Moral of the story, don't rely 100% on the sign!

Telurnya halal! Isinya Bagaimana pula?

-Papan tanda Gerai Belangkas Mahkota di Kota Tinggi-

Telur penyu boleh dimakan. Penyunya tak boleh. Memang ada terbaca artikel berkaitan perkara ini dlm Majalah Solusi. Need to find the article and share it soon...

Bagaimana pulak dengan Belangkas? Recently ke Kota Tinggi dan kawan di sana ajak ke kedai yang jual telur Belangkas. Not just that, ada juga siput laut yg sangat mirip bentuknya mcm siput babi walaupun cengkerangnya berbeza warna.

Bila rasa was-was, lazimnya memang tak cuba lah makanan sebegini. Sama mcm sewaktu di Seoul pd tahun 2008 dulu, rasa was-was nak makan kat kedai Arab di Itaewon yg berlokasi berhampiran dengan Grand Mosque Seoul.

p/s: Di lokasi gerai belangkas inilah, baru jelas & faham kenapa wujud ungkapan 'macam belangkas'- kalau tengok dari foto tu, ada 2 ekor belangkas. Yg atas dan kecil tu jantan sementara di bawah dan besar tu adalah betina. Need to catch both of them utk dptkan telur belangkas.

dicatat dari Hotel Palm Inn, Seberang Jaya

1 Gantang = 40 org

Nasi minyak yg baru masak

4 Dis 2010 yg lalu, adakan sedikit kenduri di Kuala Terengganu. Hujan tidak berhenti turun sejak 2-3 hari yg lalu sehingga memaksa proses memasak di buat secara in-door (in fact memang biasa buat in-door sebab ada sengkuap yg memang ayah buat). Led by Ayah Teh & Achik, maka i took the opportunity to learn a few tricks / tips to prepare nasi minyak.

What I learned:
1. For each gantang of beras, must add segenggam garam
2. 1 Gantang beras is enough to serve approximately 40 people
3. The current rate if you were to as caterer to prepare for weddings : 1 Gantang ranging RM280 - RM300. Maknanya sekepala lebih kurang RM7 - RM8
4. 250 grams gula utk 5 gantang beras (elok jugak tak bubuh byk sangat utk elak diabetes & gula pun dah mahal)

Insya-Allah tahun depan, i'll ask Ayah Teh to teach us how to prepare nasi beriyani utk aqiqah 'Maryam'- scan di Klinik Dr Hamid Arshat pd 6 Dis 2010 more or less confirmed the gender.

Let's try kibas for a change!

Nipah Banana...

Menyisir pisang nipah - tandan ke dua di tepi rumah

2 tandan pisang nipah yg hampir serentak masaknya. Tetapi disebabkan kelewatan utk menebang, maka sebahagiannya menjadi rezeki kpd makhluk Allah yg lain spt burung. Itu adalah antara kelebihan bertanam. Rezeki boleh dikongsi dgn makhluk sejenis atau tidak. Even that, nak menyisirnya took me quite some time.

Just look at the tandan in above picture..now we are in the midst of distributing them to neighbours..

Muhammad dah lancar dalam menyebut perkataan 'banana' walaupun kadang-kadang terdengar mcm 'ayah nak gi mana?'

Don't mix & mixed..

The actual 3 layer tea


Foto iklan 3 layer tea


Had to pay a visit to Bukit Sentosa (ext at Bkt Beruntung) - TNB Warehouse recently. The location was so remote that I have to take a 4 km ride before we can have our lunch but it turned out fine coz I experienced the '3 layer tea' - First layer: tea, 2nd layer : milk & 3rd layer : gula nipah.

It's best to mix them up first b4 you drink it for I didn't hence the the 3 layer tea only taste as gula nipah...then I learnt my lesson.

Have a go at it if you have the chance..