Ala Makan Ala Manda

Date :15 May 2006, Monday
Time :8.30pm
Venue :Alamanda Foodcourt, Putrajaya
Participants :Alia(Ya), Azhani(jani), Megat, Syed Shahrizal, Adli
Occasion :Dinner
Theme :Bukak Puasa Di Alamanda

Monday is always a day for someone...Some hate it..Some love it..But most don't care about it....Yet, last monday, was a monday that we loved it...

Yupp, again it was dinner outing. Five of us, Ya, jani, megat, syed and I. Anyway, it was just a simple dinner, but the outing was yet meaningful.

Ya ordered Ginger Beef Noodle, Jani with her black pepper rice and i opted for Chicken Wing Fried Rice. Megat went Kelantanese with Nasi Kerabu while Syed choosed the conventional Mee Kari. As usual, drinks were from carrefour...thinking we have to pay more for a similar drink...Mineral water is a must...As said, Alamanda Foodcourt, is among the best foorcourt in KL...foods are fairly nice...nothing much to comment on it..

As usual...dessert...we opted to try another waffle...that time it was Golden Banana...we thought of having ice cream after that...but by the time we finished 3 quarter of it...everyone ..raised their white flag...saper lagi..the poor me..had to finish the leftovers...as usual laa

Hmm, so when is the next food outing...with those 5 ..hehe....loving it

(picture courtesy of neo_gillain
All taken at Alamanda Foodcourt, 15 May 2006
1. Jani with her black pepper rice
2-3.Syed and Adli doing what they do best..eating
4.Adli,gedik pose(geli gila) with his chicken wing fried rice
5.Ya,smiling her mouth full and Megat poking food
6.Ya, again gedik with her ginger beef noodle
7.The most gedik pose of all, Mr Syed with his Mee Kari
8.Jani, and Me...trying to swallow the food...

Gloomy Hafazan Morning..

It's gloomy from early this morning...it had been raining continously since morning...something that seldom happen for the pass few months ..especially since we moved in to this new "manzilli"...

Hmm, now even it's 11.25am ...about an hour before the hottest sun supposed to shine...it's still gloomy...but in a good way...it set the mood today to be slow...and ...calming in a way...it's thursday...alhamdulillah...several of my family member are fasting today...it just surreal...


Sitting on the computer sofa...after the late morning shower...i'm supposed to continue with my hafazan...hmm...going slowly with it...with the small quran and headphones...playing back to back...the surah...hmm...hopefully i can cover the two surah by tomorrow morning

It is so tranquil to sit here..looking through the windows to the view outside...it is not an amazing scenery ones would eagerly want to see, but looking outside...at the few construction sites, green unattended lots, raindrop, wet roads, white blury blue sky...and some slow pace happening...like orange yellow school bus...children coming back from school...and birds chipping sheltering on the roof...it set the right mood for a hafazan morning...with my ears hearing HIS words....

That's urge me to share this moment....hmm...it maybe means nothing to most...but it do means something to me....

p/s-i should continue with my hafazan...hmm...

(picture courtesy of neo_gillain
1. View from window at the computer sofa at Ali Rahok's house, 18 May 2005, Desa Sentosa
2. Adli Hafazan Quran and headphones on a computer table, 18 May 2005, Desa sentosa)

dessert indulgence....

I love food ..everyone knows that ....and here are some nice dessert that i had been trying for the last hmm...3 weeks ...

1. Secret Recipe- Chocolate Indulgence- It was 25th of May 2005, It was tuesday.Not my first encounter with this particular cake, i tried it several times. Only i managed to actually took a picture of it, before i managed to grob all of it in my stomach haha...The outing was at Mid Valley after "wayang session" My Girl-Cinta Pertama....Cake was courtesy of Mr Syed Syahrizal, kosong poket ko syed..haha.

So what nice about this cake? maybe it's the layering of cream and chocolate and the different texture of it different layer. It is not that sweet neither really creamy,...Not really a chocolate lover type of cake neither the rich texture lover...it is something for the people in between....u have to eat it cool, and it kind of soggy if u take a long time to eat it...overall..nice cake for people trying to have different feeling and taste at one go...3.5/5..i think...

2. Vanilla Ice Cream Waffle-Alamanda Food Court-Outing with my family to Carrefour alamanda never complete with various food hunting at Alamanda Food Court...So that day...we decided to try the waffle..jani was the one who made the choice and ordered it...it look really nice...and pretty big..haha...definately not a dessert for one...but it is maybe enough for a single meal...

The waffle...is not really heavy, it is kind of light. The texture was perfect, between crispy and soft, giving waffle its real identity. It was again not that sweet. the topping was adequate, vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, with nuts...nothing much to comment on it. Combination of both...was okay. It can be better if the waffle was made heavier, making it more firm and more feeling. Overall, dessert that adequate to be eaten by 2-4 person after a nice meal, perfect for a night supper outing...when craving for something simple yet sound pretty...haha

(picture courtesy of neo_gillain
1. Chocolate Indulgence, half of it inside Adli Ali, 25th April 2006, Secret Recipe Mid Vally Megamall
2. Adli with his big tongue and the vanilla waffle, 30th April 2006, Alamanda Food Court)

at last...THe pHoNE after 4 years

Hmm, it was 1st of May 2006...outing with my mak and kak ina to KLCC..it was monday...Suddenly my dear Nokia 3530...blank...

"Hmm,...napa tak nak on nih?".."Battery kong kot!!"..."hmm..kena tukar battery nih"...she won't switch on, everytime i pushed the powerbutton...she will blink for a second ...and then shut off...i was all the time there blaming the battery....thought of getting a new battery for her...

Arriving home...i brought her to Warta Bangi...trying to give him the medicine that she need to stay alive ,...from one shop to another...from one battery to another....she won't woke up....i was getting worried....some "phone doctor" said..."ni bukan battery...ni telepon nih..kena hanta baiki"...some said.."beli baru aja laa....sudah lama laa"...some just ...won't comment...by that time...part of me knew that ...she's dying...but i still had hope...i brought her to an expert...

admitting her to the "phone hospital" i had to wait 30 minute for diagnosis being made....by the end of it...the diganosis was revealed...never that i know...it was my Nokia 3530 last breath...her way to say good bye to me...Hmm...it had been 4 years ...4 years of memories together...from being blue...to gold...from prepaid to postpaid...she had been involved in hundreds of accident, falls...but she survived...never that i knew ....she was suffering ....i hope she had a good life with me...

I went back.....alone....

but i knew i had to move on...so ,,,by that night...i made a decision...there are a better phone for me...it had been 4 years ..it's time for her to go...and for me to move on..i remember it had been nearly 2 years my sister especially ya and jani..complaining.."abng li tukar laa handphone tuh....boleh baling anjing pun mati tau"....and i always reply..."hmm...mana ada duit..malas nak tukar...tunggu sampai hilang ataupun rosak.."...so...as i said ...now she is rosak...i had to get a new one...

By that night, i was browsing thro profile of potential next companion...i narrowed down to motorola L6 and nokia 3230....asking my sister especially kak ina for opinion..."lebih baik amik nokia li...li dah familiar"...asking syed for his opinion.."nokia nih the best hp laa...aku gerenti ko sukanya...aku gegila nyer recommend"....so...by the end of the day..i'm pretty keen of getting nokia 3230 to be my next companion...

The next day....at Warta the search began...hmm...it was hard...that particular day..most of the shop...was out of stock...for her...leaving me with only one small shop beside an escalator that had only one of it left...hmm...eagerly to grab it that day...i took it...

She was born to me on 3rd of May 2006, at 7.00pm, at warta bangi..she was black..estimated at rm788 with plastic casing...and she was smiling...I knew ..insyallah i will have a great time with her....Nokia 3230....i'm yet to name her.....

Thanks to mak and abah for paying half of it first....thanks to ya and jani...for being really excited...thanks to kak ina to remind me nokia is better..thanks to syed to eagerly forcing me to by the same phone but black....but the most importnat thing...all of these is allah takdir ..my rezeki.....i can never stop bersyukur...

My first smartphone and i'm still learning about her and adapting to her...and i wish i can use it wisely..hmm...

(picture coutesy of neo_gillain
1.Memory with Nokia 3530, Alamanda Food Court with Alia,30th April 2006, was talking on the phone,
2,3,4. My Nokia 3230 with plastic casing, 6 days old, adli's bed and Jani's computer table, 9 May 2006)

Adli, reporting...

yupp...been ages since my last post ...i had lot to share for sure ...some had been there ...ready to be posted..yet waiting for it to be completed...just there was no urge to do so..

however today...i have the energy...realised that ...lot of happenings had been going on...involving various product endorsement..hehe, multiple personality, trays of food, zillion mixed of emotion...it is a world of happening....here..we goes...

(picture courtesy of neo_gillain, Secret Recipe, MidValley Megamall,25 April 2005)