India - Day 4

25/11 – Kerala

~ Flight to Kochi @ 12.30pm. Kuar umah @ 8.40am after bekfast (nasi goreng againnn… telan sajala labu). Sampai airport @ 10.05am… hmph dekat 1jam stengah!! Nasib baik driver tu tau lak jalan to airport …Flight is at 11.00am. After check-in, we had coffee n sandwich, vege of course. Flight delay sampai 1 n 1/2 hour, due to kabus.. Kedai kat dalam tu, ok gak ... byk tgh sale jual winter clothing ... nak beli, tp Mr Hubby x bagi :(, 'nak wat hape? Bila lak nak pakai??' katenye...  Flight to Kochi is about 4 hours. Sampai kat Kochi Airport, travel ngan keta to Adoor in Kerala.

~ ~ From map ateh ni, Kerala is at South of India, so kira macam dah kat another country. Kat Delhi, sejuk, due to the winter season approximately 16-18celcius.. kat Kerala lak .. macam kat mesia. My hubby keje base in Kerala. Kalau meeting pun kat Bangalore je, so kira his first trip to Delhi la. Company dia ade project wat hiway kat Kerala/Delhi/Mumbai/Chennai ... banyak gak aar. K, back to the trip...

~ Reached Kochi airport @ 5.13pm, Papa’s driver frm his ofis was already waiting… Stopped for dinner, makan fried rice, sayur, udang sechuan, bawal goreng (haah, baru jumpa ikan… kat delhi, according to Izam, ikan mahal…!) and orange / pineapple juice. Road back to Adoor was ok, jalan x de la jam, and clean (compared to delhi..). Sampai umah papa kul 10mlm… then tidur… Zzzzz.

~ So, nothing much … duk dlam plane sampai kebas bontot den… pas tu kebas bontot dlam keta. N zzzzzzzzz.......

END of DAY 4 v

DAY 5...

26/11 – Adoor / Trivandrum

~ After bekfast, ( we had nasi goring , again, but this time made by Raman, papa’s cook)we went to office papa jap. Introduced me to his staff… huuish.. rase macam artis jap. Semua datang nak jumpe boss biwi.... Then, went shopping sari in Trivandrum (Adoor ni, kira pekan kecik jer, Trivandrum is the nearest pekan besar kar situ..... macam kemaman gitu...). Jalan dia is a bit like jaln kat kampong kat M’sia.. Bersih sket. Kat sini, ok sket cara diaorng bawak keta, x macam kat Delhi tu. Sepanjang jalan nampak org lelaki dok diri jer tepi2 jalan... X de keje k? Org pompuan x de lak… Singgah jap kat Varkala beach … 
 

~ Beli byk gak… sampai 10,000rupee hahaha. Kopak papa! Kain sari dia murah ... Dalam RM 30-60, kalau kat Jalan masjid India, kain yg lebeh kurang sama, ade dekat RM200!!! Sori la x byk amek gambo, excited sangat shopping sari... 

Tkain engok tu da brape byk da kuar ...

Pilih .... jgn x pilih ...

~ Then, we had lunch @ Zamzam restaurant, makan fried rice, ciken sharwaya, wif yogurt (kut) and mosambi. The food was nice, the ciken tuu seedap. Next stop.. Himalaya outlet, ramai yg kirim ubat, and supplements. Lepas tu, trus balik. Got home @ 7.45pm.

END of DAY 5 v

27/11 – KL, Malaysia

~ My flight back to KL is @ 8.30am, so @ 3.50am dah kuar nak ke Trivandrum airport. Slept all the way till airport. Kecik je airport ni... Malas nak balik … sebab macam rase x puas jalan2.. wat to do.. Monday keje > closing!!!

~ Flight is @ 8.30 sharp. Dalam flight .. I sorang jer ... yng lain sume kap lam ya nga. … Touchdown @ LCCT KLIA 3.15pm, 15minutes awal. Tiah was already waiting …

END of MY TRIP TO INDIA… v

InsyaAllah, kalau ade rezeki panjang umur, nak datang visit cni lagi. Banyak tempat that u can visit... 1st on the list for my next visit will be .... of course >>> Kashmir, they say its almost like Switzerland ... pas tu nak main snow .....

InsyAllah ..... 

Balik kampung

Last week of May 2011, ari tu kiteorang balik kampong in Terengganu, to attend wedding adik asben. The akad nikad was on malam Jumaat , tapikitaorng x balik for that sebab bebudak x abis periksa lagi … sorang upsr, sorang lagi pmr …. Kalu kecik lagi …. Memang dah ponteng daaa… hahahah!!!! So balik on Friday for the kenduri on Saturday … Reached MIL palce round afternoon … Semuanya dah ready da… Tunggu esok makan lauk kenduri aje..

Antara aktiviti wajib family when balik kampung is …..

Makan ikan goreng celup tepung … best!!! Esp klu dapat ynag fresh … minum air kelapa lak tuuu. Makan kat gerai  tepi pantai, ngadap laut … peergh !! Memang best!  Ikan celup tepung ni klu wat sendiri kat umah cam x jadi jerk… x berape rangup . Nak jugak yg kena bayo …

Tak sempat nak amek gambo ikan .... udah licin... udang n sotong tu baru sampai, jemputla ye..

Selesai sudah ...... burppp!

Klu nak resepi nye >>> ni resepi from my bibik … hahah…  bibik yg wat …

IKAN CELUP TEPUNG

3 ekor ikan, ikut pade ikan yg uols suke la, udang o sotong

3 sudu bsr tepung beras

1 sudu kecik serbuk kunyit

garam sket n air - dalam antara ½-1  cawan, tengok pada kpekatan

1 biji telur

Minyak, kena pkai byk sket   

Cara-caranya :

Bancuh semua bahan dgn air yg secukupnya.

Panaskan minyak, pakai api yg sederhana.

Celupkan ikan di dalam adunan tdi.

Goreng sampai garing.

Siaap!!   dan … MAKAAN…. Burp ..! Alhamdulillah....

Pastu , aktiviti wajib kitaorang …. Mandi laut la …. Pantai is about +- 200 meter dari umah MIL. Anak2 buah kat sana … klu kita orng balik baru sebok ajak mandi laut . Diaorng tu, walaupun pantai depan umah … tapi x gi mandi laut . Bila kitorang ni balik baru la sebok nak join skali ….

Jalan to pantai

Tak dak la citer pasal wedding  tu kann … tengok gambo ajela ek…

Geng cuci pinggan....

Pak pung,, pak pung...... pengantin ....

Pengantin .... alaaa nampak lak tpt sampah kat tepi tuuu!! Wat spoil laa

Mak Ayu & Pok Mie

Acara suap menyuap ...... malu malu gitu ....

Ha ni... pengantin yg da x malu-malu....

Sampai terover lak ... hehehe!!

India - Day 3

Sorri, lame tak update cite ... bizi aar. Okay here goes >>>>



24/11 – Delhi

~ Today’s agenda is to venture around the city of Old Delhi. Kuar umah at 10am. 1^st on the list is Indian Gate… Went tru morning traffic … again, then the driver started asking around for the route to the gate… even though there’s a signboard showing the way. Then, we found out that he is actually from Chennai, ( bru start keje, b4 this, bawak treller across the expressway throughout India, and he’s never driven within the city of Delhi … cannot read properly lak tu…sikit2 jer … Bengang betoii la  *%@!!) Pagi2 lagi da buat papa pissed off !! Now, we r the one guiding him wif our GPS kat hp … lepas pusing2, sampai gak kat Indian Gate. The place is something like our Tugu Peringatan la…

The Indian Gate is the national monument of India. India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Originally known as All India War Memorial, commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who lost their lives while fighting for the British Indian Empire, or more correctly the British Raj in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. It is composed of red sand stone and granite. Burning in a shrine under the arch of India Gate since 1971 is the Amar Jawan Jyoti (the flame of the immortal soldier) which marks the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The shrine itself is a black marblecenotaph with a rifle placed on its barrel, crested by a soldier's helmet. Each face of the cenotaph has inscribed in gold the words "Amar Jawan" (Immortal Warrior). Standing right behind the gate is an empty canopy made out of sandstone, also designed by Lutyens, and inspired by a 18th century Mahabalipuram pavilion.

Me .. in front of  India Gate

Ni org2 yg jual tepi2 jalan tu .. Jual air panas..kopi o tea .. x yah bukak gerai ape pun

Ni lak jual some sort of salad. Macam timun + tomato + sos ape ntah and kacang buh dlam cawan ... macam our corn in cup tuu.

 ~ Pas ni, we headed to Connaught Place, shopping place (which is supposed to be just around the corner) .. lepas pusing2 and rounds of heated conversations between papa n driver, sampai la jugaak .. We walked alround the Rajiv Chowk, (something like dataran merdeka, wif shopping area kat bawah), ade pasar malam kat situ, and surrounded by shopping malls around the chowk. Tengah jalan tu we saw this guy  (pic kat bawh ...) macam ni pun ade!! Tidur kat tgh padang tuu.... Ape kes ni....???

ni pun adaaaaa.... ?@#$%??

~ Time now is already 3pm, we wanted to squeeze in Jama’ Masjid or Red Fort to our list … but wif our ‘kayu” driver ( as papa called him), I doubt that we can reach either one in time, … coz malam nti, his frenz ajak out for dinner…Esok na

~ I was quite upset, we did not get to visit the Red Fort, Jama’ Masjid, Humayyum Tomb, Qutub Minar, Jantar Mantar ….

·         The Red Fort was the palace for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's new capital, Shahjahanabad, the seventh city in the Delhi site. He moved his capital here from Agra in a move designed to bring prestige to his reign, and to provide ample opportunity to apply his ambitious building schemes and interests.

·       The Jama Masjid of Delhi is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, and completed in the year 1656 AD, it is the largest and best-known mosque in India. The mosque was the result of the efforts of over 5,000 workers, over a period of six years.^[2]. The cost incurred on the construction in those times was 10 lakh (1 million) Rupees, and it was same Emperor who also built theTaj Mahal, at Agra and the Red Fort, which stands across the Jama Masjid, which was finally ready in 1656 AD, complete with three great gates, four towers and two 40 m-high minarets constructed of strips of red sandstone and white marble.

·         The Humayyum Tomb is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun, was built by the orders of Hamida Banu Begum, Humayun's widow, and begun in 1565, nine years after his death,and completed in 1572 AD at a cost of 15 lakh rupees (1.5 million) at the time.

·         The Qutub Minar is a tower located in Delhi, India. It is the world's tallest brick minaret with a height of 72.5 meters (237.8 ft). Construction commenced by Qutubuddin Aibak who won Delhi from the Prithviraj under Mohammed Ghori as his commander in chief,and finished by Iltutmish, The Qutub Minar is notable for being one of the earliest and most prominent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture.

·         The Jantar Mantar primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets. Some of these purposes nowadays would be classified as astrology.  It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1724 onwards, and is one of five built by him,

~ so we headed home …. Stopped for lunch @ kat Ansal Plaza, shopping mall near umah, makan piza @ Piza Hut… vege of course!!

~ Malam , 8.00pm, we (Papa, Izam, Sani, Danny & me, sorang jer bunga d celah kumbang2 ni…) had dinner at Karim’s Place. Kelakar dengar Izam cakap Hindustan stail melayu...  Tp, ok la tu …We had Ciken Tikka, Butter nan wif gravy, ciken briyani, and one whole lamb leg & plain water… mak aai… sebelah kaki kambing selambak ateh pinggan … Izam n Sani were shoving down the lamb cam cannibal … macam flinstone!! Doesn’fancy much bout the lamb, though.The yogurt was sedaaap... Tak sama la their briyani wif the one in Mesia... To me sedap lagi our briyani...

 END of DAY 3 v

Next entry ... Kerala ...

Hmmmph .... *sighh*

Sori ... no update for a few days. Quite bizi wif work. nak kejo month end...  Lagi pun tgh heart sick ni ... Well biasela.. its 'thaat' time of the year agaain... Apa lagi, Kalau bukan >>>>>>>

Appraisal !!! 

  

Where all your hard work is not counted ... yng diingat is semua yg x betul ... (which was done on 'their' instructions gak!!) and the days u are late which is not even frequent... Whatever la kannn... If theres any of u readers out there who are H.O.D (Head of department ...konon), please remember that u pun makan gaji gak, Uols pun human which are prone to mistakes ... Whateverlaa ...I know 'Life is unfair... theres no Fair n Square ... BUT, ... the world is round!!

Okla... enough of this sad stories...

Picnic @ Tmn Bukit Jalil

Not long ago .. tertiba yang kecik ni cakap ... " Mama, kita pernah x pegi picnic?" Aiik... x pernah ke kita g picnic .... hmmm??  so sambil g jogging, trus picnic la ... X  bawak ape pun ... macaroni goreng & ayam goreng  + water ... tuu ajew

Sempat lagi ... The Romantics ni ... ??#@%??

India ~ Day 2

23/11 – Jaipur

~ Today, we plan bagus nye… start the day early, kuar umah at 8.30am (after b/fast with Izam n Danny {hari2 Danny stopped kat umah Izam minum kopi dulu.. then 2gether-gether nek keta g ofc} , had nasi goreng... again). Went thru Delhi morning jam … (Gila la they all nye driving … ngeri tul!) Reached Gurgaeon tol @ 10am!! After that hiway, this time the road is much better … (in terms of x byk keta lembu /kuda/keldai/unta… ade, tp x byk like yesterday..) We saw a lot of ladang sayur along the way, but x de org working in the fields… Where r they… gf*?? We humans can only plan …, it rained … so this slows us down. @2pm , we stopped for lunch (we had fried rice – vege la… Ciken? A bit sceptical on the halal status) n for bladder release… (One thing about travelling foreign places is >> bladder control … if only u could put on a stainless steel bladder…). Reached Jaipur at almost 3.15pm. We looked for the famous Pink City.

Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. During the British rule in India, Jaipur was the capital of the princely state of Jaipur. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber. Jaipur is the first planned city of India, located in the semi-desert lands of Rajasthan. The city which once had been the capital of the royalty now is the capital city of Rajasthan. The very structure of Jaipur resembles the taste of the Rajputs and the Royal families.

~ Its not really pink la, from near its, like maroon tp cerah sket. 1^st, we went to City Palace. Its huge! It’s still raining, so lagi la sejuk. Ketar2 tangan papa amek gambo …

Kat City Palace ... ujan renyai .. sejukkk

Kat dalam courtyard  City Palace

Eh eh ... ade lak yg interframe ni ... 

Cantik pintu untuk masuk ke dalam palace ... Pintu hijau ni khas untuk para gundik aje ...

The romantics ....

Papa kat tengah courtyard ...

~ Then, we went to Hawa Mahal, which is a short distance away. We took a tut-tut there (merasala naek although less then 10 minutes ride..) Nothing much .. Its actually a wall with lots of small windows…

The Hawa Mahal Palace is a part of the Royal Palace including the women’s chambers. The literal meaning of Hawa Mahal is Palace of Winds. Hawa Mahal was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh in 1799. Hawa Mahal is believed to build for the women of the Royal Families, since they had to observe strict "purdah" (cover). The small windows and screened balconies serve the women to watch processions and different activities taking place on the streets. In this manner, the women could enjoy a sense of freedom without showing themselves. The Hawa Mahal palace has 953 windows, which faces towards the street outside the palace. A huge amount of breeze circulates through these windows even in summer, due to this reason the name was kept as Hawa (breeze) Mahal. 

~ Along the road at Hawa Mahal, there’s a lot of kedai (small ones), so we took a stroll along it. 

Kalau tengok closely .... ade keta lembu kat jalan tu ..

Sampai pokok pun kena cat kuning ... sacred agaknye pokok tuuu.

Gajah pun ade .....

Yang canteek skali kat situ ... hahahah

~ Tgh syok jenjalan ... trtiba, our driver told us, its already 4.45pm…whaaat.. laaa, dah kena balik, as we don’t want to be late like yesterday. So our plan to visit Amber Fort, Jantar Mahal, Jai Mahal …. Tak kesampaian… hmmmmm.  Upset la L.

·         Amber Fort is usually pronounced as Amer Fort. In 1592, construction of the Fort was started by Raja Man Singh I. It took around two centuries for the whole fort to be built. 

·         Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is the largest stone observatory in the world, located near the gate of the illustrious City Palace of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India. The name is derived from yantra, instrument, and mantra, for chanting; hence the "The Chanting Instrument". The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is a part of the five astronomical observatories in west central India, which was build by Sawai Raja Jai Singh II of Jaipur between 1727 and 1734. The Jaipur observatory was built in 1728 and was the biggest of all his observatories and the only one built of stone.

·         The Jai Mahal palace was built for the purpose of recreation and pleasure. This reflects the royal taste of the Rajputs during that era. This palace was primarily used for arranging local duck shooting parties.

~ On the way back …. U wanna know wat happen…??? 

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                                  Tayar pancit la pulak!!! Aaargh!! 

Tp, x pe… nasib baik pancit langit still cerah, still in town … depan kedai taya pulak … Soo, Alhamdulillah … amiin...

Jadi, lepak dulu, tepi jalan, makan kacang, tengok orang lalu lalang. Sempat tengok orang kawen berarak ateh kuda, dengan brass band.. gojet2 tgh jalan (macam dalm cite endustan tu .... sebijik cam tu!!) … sampai jam la jalan!!! Kelakar…

Keta yg pancit

Ni rombongan org kawen, pengantin laki ateh kuda ... otw ke kuil diaorng, siap ngan band lagi ... joget joget kat jalanraya...

Baru kul 5, tapi da macam maghrib

 ~ By 7.30pm we head back to Delhi … tp stop jap for coffee. Seeejuk tau!! We found a coffee shop (ala2 starbuck la) in front of the Mansagar Lake where Jai Mahal is situated.. Had capucinos and muffin.
~ On the way back, we passed by Amber Fort …. Hmm tengok ajela dr dlam keta… Jalan was  jam with lorries again. Reached Delhi +/- 11pm. 

END of DAY 2 v

Next entry .... Old Delhi