teatime

Seperti biasa aktiviti hujung minggu i.e melawat anak di asrama. tahun ni tahun kelima my youngest di SEMASHUR. Pejam celik pejam celik dah masuk lima tahun berulang alik ke Ulu Yam. Bila teringat masa hari pertama dia mendaftar di SEMASHUR memang terasa jauh perjalanan sebab kena menempuh empangan batu dan air terjun ulu yam. Dahlah hari sebelum mendaftar hujan lebat hingga ke pagi hari pendaftaran. Perjalanan memang berkabus. Teringat suasana semasa study di Trefforest masa autumn foggy....
Antara makanan yang jadi kegemaran.

Danish pastry

sardine puff.

lasagne

Simple cake

victoria cake

roti john. ini memamg menu wajib kalau bulan puasa.

Semenjak the second son habis SPM tinggal dia saja yang dilawati hujung minggu. Tahun sebelumnya berulang alik Ulu Yam dan Putrajaya. Kadang2 tu lunch but most of time is teatime. So buatlah mana yang sempat. Buat lebih sikit boleh share dengan kawan2 dia.

what should i do?

She did an extension to the porch but unfortunately it was beyond the building by-law. I felt irritated when looking at the side of my house. The finishing touch was so ugly and looks weird. At time during the construction the polycarbonate roof falls down during heavy rain. Actually we anticipate this will happen as the structure and jointing was not done accordingly. Not to say that we know about construction a lot but my mum also said the same thing. She asked anything wrong with the renovation. When we told her what when wrong she cannot accept the facts. So what should I do? Just be patience and keep quite......

mee udang .... oh ... mee udang

25 dec 2012 gerakan mencari mee udang banjir . Actual this happen on the way balik dari Lumut. We decided to join them for one night. Mula-mula tu cari mee rebus di Hutan Melintang tapi kedai belum buka lagi, so jalan lagi ke Bagan Nakhoda Omar for mee udang banjir. Memang awesome dan sedap. Udang dia punyalah banyak bak kata selak udang nampak mee.

Inilah rupanya mee udang banjir !!!!!!!

Signboard and jalan masuk ke kedai mee udang

Lepas makan sessi bergambar

Sempat lagi berposing

Bersalaman sebelum balik 

Vietnam visit

Once again i went to Vietnam - dec2012. This time pergi dengan my sister-in-law and her hubby. Actually plan asalnya saja-saja nak pergi adik beradik je tapi since masing-masing ada hal tak dapat nak join. Tapi it turned out my SIL's friends ada yang nak ikut. Dari sepuluh orang jadi 20 orang. Maka bermula rombongan cik kiah ke Vietnam.

inilah rombongan cik kiah

Siap untuk naik bas. ladies semua naik dulu the guys tolong masukkan beg dalam compartment.

Sebenarnya we all pergi ni bukan dengan mana-mana travel agency but arrangement was made with the help of my cousin. Flight by MAS and hotel pun 3 star je tapi oklah sebab balik bilik for tidor je. Arrive Ho Chin Mihn airport dah petang. Aturcara bermula sebaik saje sampai sebab nak save time for shopping.

My Sister in law and hubby

Inside post office building. Our first visit

suasana dalam bas. masih awal dan sessi perkenalan bermula.

Our first dinner in ho chin minh city

After dinner and check in, we went out to Ben Thanh Night market. We were lucky because our hotel located immediately infront of the market. Maka bermulalah episod membelilah....

typical room.

Infront of hotel lobby

Window shopping dulu. Survey the price. 

Suasana di pasar malam. Macam pasar malam kita di Malaysia. I told them to survey and familiarise with the currency. No worry our tour guide dah photocopy conversion for comparison. Senang sikit nak bargain nanti. But surprisingly our ringgit is acceptable for transaction. Jadi you all can image masa nak bargain macam kat Malaysia. 

Inilah conversion copy yang we all guna. tak payah guna calculator

Antara barang yang dijual adalah kasut jenama. setakat nak pakai hari-hari buat basahan ok je

Cuba teka berapa baju kurung siap ni. It is cheap and cost you only RM50 , kain dia english cotton and cotton satin. Tapi kalau nak ada kualiti sikit tu kena pergi beli di boutique. Even di boutique pun the price is cheap. Kalau nak dikira dengan upah jahit baju dan manik memang berbaloi.Beli banyak boleh lah bargain sikit. 

How about this one? Yang ni belum bargain that lady offer me RM29. Kalau nak berniaga memang berbaloi beli kat sini. They call this tudung Half Moon. Kita ni manalah pakai macam ni........

The next day we all visited Cu Chi Tunnel . A place where they preserved during Communist era. A historical place and very educational. 

Hadapan pintu tunnel

Typical settlement

Entrance. Sesiapa yang pergi WC inilah masanya sebab kat dalam tu tak ada WC. 

typical pemandangan didalam settlement. 

Inside the tunnel entrance. kena jalan macam itik bila masuk. 

 

At last dapat keluar dari tunnel. According to the guide the original  tunnel opening is small and for porpose of tourism they had enlarge the tunnel. 

Lepas masuk tunnel basuh tangan

Ubi rebus and cicah kacang gula a typical meal during war. Masa pergi dengan  my mum dulu this really remind her  of the past.

Serious mendengar cerita how they survive during war.

Next visit is Mekong River. Naik boat crossing Mekong River.

Me and my youngest

Ready untuk naik boat

Honey plus bee pollent and lemon very refreshing

 Coconut candy in production

Wrap and ready for sale

Lepas tu dijamu dengan minum air kelapa. 

One of the entertainment masa melawat pulau.

Masa we all sampai tu tak ramai lagi orang. Lagipon bukan long weekend. So Malaysian tourist belum sampai lagi.

Inilah rupanya sampan yang bakal we all naik. 

Sampan ride

We all sampai sebelum cuti Krimas, so the streets are decorated with beautiful lights. Tapi jalanrayanya punyalah sesak. Kalau kat KL full with cars but here motorcycles. Kalau melintas tu kena terus je jalan ke hadapan jangan teragak-agak and jangan berhenti di tengah jalan. The motorists are polite( i can say that coz they will give way to pedestrian) and always follow the speed limit. No accident happen. Tak payah pakai AES.

this is at the road junction.

Typical park. They like to exercise coz hospital bill is very expensive.

Damage done. luggage 

Another luggage

Begitu sibuk memunggah beg dan barang-barang di airport

My sister in law and her luggage. Beg masa datang cuma yang berwarna kuning je tapi bila nak balik beranak-anak pula.

Our guide and bus driver

Time to go home

Really had a good time . Bye-bye ho chin minh city...........