Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Acute Bronchitis

Zhafran couldn't sleep for the past few days and last night was the worst. It worries me. He's having a terrible cough, phlegm and difficulty to breathe. Since Fifi's daughter just got admitted for fever and cough, me and Fauzy immediately think it's a good idea to bring him straight to the specialist. The clinic was packed with feverish children and we waited for a good 3 hours. I was frustrated and thinking that I would never go back to An-Nur again. Everything changes when I meet the doctor. Dr. Siti Arbaiyah is a caring and a very thoughtful doctor. She diagnos it quickly and explain on the cause, sign and symptom briefly in layman's term which I needed as to understand the disease. According to her, Zhafran has Acute bronchitis which is usually caused by a virus. Often a person gets acute bronchitis after having an upper respiratory tract infection such as a cold or the flu. The most common symptom of acute bronchitis is a cough that is dry and later develop heavier cough that may bring up mucus. He is now having a mild fever as well. I hope things will get better soon. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Upin & Ipin - Geng: The Adventure Begins

I am a skeptic when it comes to Malaysian-made movies. Definitely was not a fan of local movies. Not that I'm not being supportive but I like my money well spend. I tried being supportive and greatly dissapointed by the quality of the movies plus the terrible acting by the actors. However, I was pleasantly surprise by the Upin and Ipin the movie. I watched the movie on the way balik kampung in my brother's mpv. So we were "forced" to watch it since we were all stuck in it. It was meant to make my nephews to calm down and stay put. What amazes me, everyone including my mom couldn't help watching the cartoon. Ha-ha! I love the character Rajoo and his beloved cow named Sapy. It's a pure joy to watch it. Although I'm not fancy of the voice of Upin and Ipin but I could let that go for the dearest Sapy! Ha-ha! LOL! The movie is mixed with reality and fantasy - well it is a cartoon. I love the first part of the movie. Really shows what Malay and Malaysia is all about. I heard from my colleague that they ran minisodes of the cartoon every day during Ramadhan. Fortunately for me, I could watch it on youtube! YAY!

Here's the movie trailer and a Raya minisode. Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!!










Can't get enough of them ? Visit their official webby!! Enjoy! :D

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Raya @ Bakau D'Muara

I long for another makan-makan at Bakau D'Muara and at last we did manage to spare some time to go to Sitiawan. The food was GREAT! I love the Ketam Cili Kering, Jenahak masak Kerabu and Sotong Goreng Tepung. It's the best seafood that I've had so far. Hands down! :P The presentation was simple but the taste was impeccable. I first tried it at the HQ of the restaurant chain however the HQ was closed due to most of the staff were still on Raya holiday so reluctantly we booked our table at the second restaurant - Bakau D'Muara II. I was pleasantly surprise by the food. It has the same taste and texture as if it was cooked by the same cook. Maybe it was. :P I wanted to take pictures of the food but having dinner with my family is just insane. In seconds I could only see a clean plate of what it suppose to be Sotong goreng tepung. I couldn't lift a finger let alone a camera. LOL! It was fun eating out with family - different vibe and more meaningful. Definitely will pay another visit to the restaurant. Worth every penny! :D

Hey, if you're going to Lumut, Manjung, Sitiawan or even Ipoh. It's worth a visit! Trust me! Hehehe~! :D

RM200 for 9 ppl
2 jugs of fresh orange and 1 jug of cold water
Jenahak masak Kerabu
Sweet Sour Siakap
Sotong Goreng Tepung (8)
Ketam Cili Kering (8)
Kailan Ikan Masin (for 4)
Kangkung masak Belacan (for4)
Tomyam Campur (for 5)
Nasi putih (for 10)

Must try
Jenahak masak Kerabu
Ketam Cili Kering
Sotong Goreng Tepung
Jus Kedondong

Food: A
Service: B
Price: A
Food Portion: B
Ambience: B
Overall: A+ - It's all about the food..

Rating System:
A : Recommended
B : Worth A Visit
C : Average
D : Below Average
E : Waste Of "Hard-Earned" Money. Seriously, I'm Not Kidding!

Bakau D'Muara
1 - Batu 8, Jln Lekir, 32020, Sitiawan, Perak
2 - Batu 6, Jln Lekir, 32020, Sitiawan, Perak
3 - Jalan Titi Panjang, Lumut, Perak
Tel: 6012-432 6449 / 017-569 1550
Visit their webby!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Wishes all a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

My favourite Hari raya song is Selamat Hari Raya sang by Saloma. Every year I have to listen to the song to get my Raya mood. It's a evergreen song and loves every bit of it! This is Zhafran's first Raya and we bought him a bright yellow baju Melayu, the same color as mine. I'm not too crazy of the color but since Fauzy liked it so much, decided to play along with it. :)

This is not much different from last year. Eve of Raya will go to Rawang - spend a night and the next day -afternoon- will go straight to Ipoh. I can't wait to meet up with my family and spend the whole week with them. My mom just celebrated her birthday (Islamic calendar) on 27th Ramadhan. I hope she likes the telekung that I sent over on her birthday.. Maybe we'll celebrate together at Lumut. Hurmm... I miss her rendang, her smiles and her company. It's been awhile.. :)

I hope everyone have a joyous Eid Mubarak and have a safe trip back home. Will be back at the office on Sept 18th. Till then... :D

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Ramadhan Buffet @ Chinoz on the Park

Our audit turned out a success which is a relief to the team. So my boss decided to have berbuka puasa session combining 3 groups; NAS, PCMS and Net Sec. A few couldn't make it so only 10 people attended the session. Since this week is the last week before Raya, we're in a rush as time constraints and most of the Ramadhan buffet are fully booked. So we opt to Chinoz on the park instead since it's within vicinity and they have wireless, in case someone needed to be online at that hour.

I managed to reach there minutes after berbuka. The ambience was great but that's all. It cost us RM79 Nett for the buffet and there aren't variety of choices to choose from. The "lauk" (malay dish area), there are only 10 dishes and 2 of them are tempe masak merah and telur rebus (boiled egg) masak merah which is relatively cheap and the fact that 1 large fish to cater 40+ of people (at a time) seems to be ridiculous. Sadly, I had the worst spaghetti ever. It's vegetarian and the sauce is made of tomato puree and GARLIC. I like garlic but I'm not crazy bout it. They've put in 3 handful cloves of roast garlic - which I thought it was the mushroom at first. The garlic taste is so over powering and I hated the dish! All you taste was garlic! Even the tomato taste fades away. I love sushi but they only served 3 types of sushi which is very limited - really slow in topping that up too. As for the western area, apart from Spaghetti, I find the beef and lamb was ok. I liked the sauce and gravy. Still, the taste isn't to die for. You can find the same flavour at other restaurants. The desert was not much but they're ok - choc mousse was good - although they did served fruit cocktail from the can.

I am not satisfied with the services either. We requested for cold drinks and it took us 20 mins to get that. I even have to request the waiters to clean up the plates. The part that was ok is when it's time to pay. At least they have the decency to expedite the process. I won't ever organize any dinner, berbuka puasa nor having casual lunch there. The experience was very unpleasant!

Though there's one funny story to share. While waiting to break fast, Fifi did caught a guy doing something really funny. He was with his friends - 3 caucasians and a chinese guy. The Malay guy actually say his break fast prayer out loud and drink a big cold Carlsberg beer. We were speechless to hear that and we burst out laughing. Well, that's between him and God. Nuff said.

Buffet - RM79/pax (nett)

So, here's the verdict:

Food: D
Service: C
Price: E
*This verdict is the compared price to other berbuka puasa buffet price.
Food Portion: C
Ambience: A
Overall: E - It's all about the food..

Rating System:
A : Recommended
B : Worth A Visit
C : Average
D : Below Average
E : Waste Of "Hard-Earned" Money. Seriously, I'm Not Kidding!

Chinoz on the Park
Esplanade (G47), KLCC.
Tel: 603-2166 8277

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Sahur @ Seri Melayu

Finally, we did carry out our plan to have sahur (late supper/early morning breakfast) at Seri Melayu. It was Helme's crazy idea. He saw the Seri Melayu banner and quickly suggested to have the get together. Only 6 people came to the session; Me, Helme, Oche, Famy, Un and Husein. For RM25 we get Nasi Lemah, Bubur nasi, Mee Rebus, Sup Tulang, Nasi Campur and variety of lauk. We came at approximately 12 a.m. and end up staying till 4 a.m. Hehe! I tasted nearly every dish on the table. The hottest item on the table had to be the Sup tulang, loved by Husein and Un. They got themselves a few bowls and it tasted better wih bread. The food was generally good. I see that few chefs do cook during that time so I don't think it's a leftover food from Berbuka earlier. Ha-ha!

I personally think it's a great idea. It's more like hangout with friends late at night, having a good conversations and basically enjoy life. Since I am on-call this week, I had to bring my precious laptop in case I receive a call. Thankfully I didn't although there were a few schedule change that night. The downturn is, I had to wake up early in the morning to assist on the delayed changes. I bet they're -still- having a good morning sleep till late after noon. LOL!

Seri Melayu doesn't require reservation for sahur session as the crowd wasn't that much. According to one of the staff, this is the first time that Seri Melayu held such event. There were actually very slow nights during the first 2 weeks of Ramadhan. Now, I see that the crowd is quite good. Some even came when it rains heavily. ;)

We part ways when the rain started to go wild. We were starting to miss our bed terribly and call it a night. Ha-ha! Hopefully we're going to have more sahur get together next year! :D

No. 1 Jalan Conlay, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
Reservations: 03 - 2145 1833
Fax: 03-2145 1755

You can find the map here. ;)

**Sorry no pictures, out of battery :P **

We won! We won the Baby Crawling Competition! Yay!

On the previous entry, I wrote about Baby Crawling Competition organized by Toys"R"Us. We actually went day on Friday (yesterday) to register Zhafran as when I called, we can't make registration via phone. On Friday, the traffic jam was horrible and we were actually are insane as we're brave enough to go through an ocean of car to get there. Not a very wise idea. However, everything paid of..

We came late - well because of the jam - again. People are rushing for last minute shopping Raya which is just around the corner. This week is the last weekend before Raya. I feel time flies very quickly. Hardly had time to breathe let alone having mood celebrating Raya. OK, enough about Raya. It is about Zhafran!

He won the Baby Crawling Competition and won himself a 6 months supply of Pampers! YAY! He actually won something when he's 7 months old! Hehe!

My battery camera died on me so we only have a short clip.. Check it out. ;)



Thursday, September 10, 2009

Baby Crawling Competition @ Toys"R"Us Midvalley

I went to Toys"R"Us KLCC to buy Rubiks for Fauzy. At the counter, I stumble upon a very interesting flyer on the Baby Crawling Competition. Zhafran way of crawling is more of like a soldier crawl. He hasn't get the skill of the proper crawler yet. I am not sure if the "crawl" will be accepted in the competition. Ha-ha! I called up the MidValley Toys"R"Us store but sadly they don't accept calls registeration. Thankfully we can walk-in on the day itself. Wish me luck! Hopefully, there'll be enough room for Zhafran's application. Ha-ha!

Grand Prize: 6 months supply of diapers (3 packs monthly)
2nd Prize: RM50 TRU gift voucher
3rd Prize: RM30 TRU gift voucher

I'll update later whether we could get into the competition! YAY!

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Gregorian-Hijri Dates Converter

It's good to know when you were born on Hijri Calendar (Islamic Calendar). Most of us have no idea what's the date. I am fortunate enough that my mom actually remember the date. Mostly because it is easy to remember ;P I was born on Ramadhan which is this month! Thinking of celebrating the day with Fauzy which leads to tonnes of presents! YAY! Ha-ha! How I wish! :P

Zhafran
Tuesday 23 Muharram 1430 A.H.
Saturday 9 January 2010

Fauzy
Monday 13 Safar 1403 A.H.
Thursday 28 January 2010

Aisyah
Friday 15 Ramadhaan 1404 A.H.
Wednesday 25 August 2010

Aini (my mom)
Friday 27 Ramadhaan 1374 A.H.
Monday 6 September 2010

This is fun! Try this out!

Berbuka puasa @ Tupai Tupai Restaurant & Café

We just had our berbuka puasa organized by Fahmy at Tupai Tupai. It has ample parking space but I don't think it can accommodate more than 30 cars. It was packed with people. The staff who was guarding the entrance told us that, there were >300 people that night. I went there once before so I got a good look of the place. It was on lunch hours and they served a really good Malay cuisine. It wasn't pricey though it wasn't cheap either. Ha-ha! I think I had a good price. :)

OK, back to our berbuka puasa, they served a variety of food; Malay, Chinese and Western. I love buffet style but I don't know why I didn't eat much that night. Maybe when you're fasting, it's easy for you to get full or it wasn't just my day. :) The nasi campur was good although I couldn't say the same thing to the Spaghetti bolognaise and the Assam Laksa. I was craving for Spaghetti so I had to have a try on it. The spaghetti sauce wasn't good at all. It seems like it has been cook and reheat for several days. Then, my colleague asked me to try the Assam Laksa. Fauzy helped me getting the dish and I asked him to put in extra gravy on it. Well, he did put 1 thing extra alright. ;P The infamous chilli padi and makes it unbearable. Ha-ha! After that, I don't have a stomach for anything.

Zhafran was having a mild fever and thankfully a lot of uncles and aunties hold him throughout dinner. He was a bit mellow and quiet. I couldn't really walk or eat when Zhafran is around. He can't seat in the baby seat yet so I only eat when someone wants to hold him. Ahh.. That's alright. I still have fun chatting and eating with my colleagues. :)

Oh yeah! One more thing, there's a warning sign. Ha-ha! Be careful! :P
"Perhatian: Pembaziran melebihi 100gm akan dikenakan bayaran RM10/100gm" (Notice: Wastage more than 100gm will be charged RM10/100gm)

Buffet - RM46/pax

So, here's the verdict:

Food: B
Service: B
Price: B (Depends on how much you can eat)
*This verdict is the compared price to other berbuka puasa buffet price.
Food Portion: A
Ambience: B
Overall: B+

Rating System:
A : Recommended
B : Worth A Visit
C : Average
D : Below Average
E : Waste Of "Hard-Earned" Money. Seriously, I'm Not Kidding!

Tupai Tupai Restaurant & Café
No. 551A, Jalan Bukit Petaling
50460 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel : 03-2143 2525



**Credit to Fahmy. My camera broke down after only 1 year of service. :( **

Fever - Zhafran

Fauzy was having a mild fever and so do Haziq. So it was not a mystery that Zhafran will have fever too. Plus he just got his first teeth. It has been lasting from Friday and thankfully it has been subsided a bit. The body temperature was only about 37ºC. We went to An-Nur hospital to get checked up as a precaution over the terrifying H1N1 cases. It was ok, the doctor said Zhafran has a mild fever. The doctor even gave permission to bring him along to berbuka puasa with my colleague that night. It was a relieve to us. We strip his down all the time and gave him a cold bath. That helps a lot to cool down his temperature. Hopefully he'll get healthy soon. ;)

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Zhafran's first teeth

YAY! His first and foremost teeth! His nanny told me bout it today! I am very happy! Can't wait to tell Fauzy..

Date: Sept 2, 2009
Time: 4:40 p.m.

** Finally I've got the pictures! Hehe!**