Never Give Up!


Nasi Ayam Tamouh Abu Dhabi


Thanks to Wak Kohl sebab heret n blanja aku makan nasi ayam kat kantin Tamouh hari ni..

Rasa mcm best plak boleh pegi restoren and cakap mcm ni:
"Boss, nasi ayam ada? Bagi satu ekk.. Nak bahagian dada tau.. Ayam Roasted punya"
Kewl kan???

Ye saya mmg over..

Dah lama orang dok sebut2 pasal kantin Tamouh kat Reem Island ni. Memandangkan saya seorang yang cun, jadi saya tak berani la nak masuk ke tempat mcm tu sendirian. Akhirnya, di suatu hari yg damai, Wak Kohl telah mengajak saya untuk lunch di sini..

Tempatnya taklah teruk mana.. Boleh la kalau nak pegi sorang2.. I was imagining mcm real construction site tu.. rupanya tidak.. sangat proper dan kelihatan selamat. Bukak Sabtu ke Khamis sehingga jam 8malam. Petang2 ada jual goreng2 a.k.a ala' carte. Cook dia Malaysian Chinese. Rasa sedap. Harga boleh tahan murah. Nasi Ayam ni sepinggan 15AED. Air oren juice tu free and free flow.

Saya sangat happy. Hari ni saya buat kerja sambil bernyanyi kecil (macam la hari lain tak nyanyi kann)

Landmark, lepas Marina Tower kat Reem Island akan nampak satu Pencawang Elektrik warna kuning. Depan sikit pada tu jumpa la Tamouh. Bangunannya macam cabin construction site tu. 

How 'Easy' It Is To Be A Woman


Satay in UAE

Malaysia Boleh!
Hehehe.. Makcik mmg over..

Socializing

This is actually not the first Pasar Malam in Dubai nor in Abu Dhabi.. Since I was here, at least there're 4-5 Pasar Malam already. If I remember correctly, this year only there has been 3 Pasar Malam including the one in Dubai last Friday. Just that, this might be the first that was covered by Gulf News. I remember last year, the Pasar Malam in Abu Dhabi was covered by Abu Dhabi Weekly.

In any case, Pasar Malam here is a lot more fun during winter. Coz of the cooling effect. It's relatively small cos it depends a lot on the size of Embassy's compound. And the price of the food are probably 5 times higher than those in Malaysia. Obviously... Huhu.. What to do... 

This time around, the Pasar Malam was in Malaysian Consulate in Dubai. So we from Abu Dhabi drove all the way just for this.. I've never heard of those from Dubai drive to Abu Dhabi for Pasar Malam though..But the Pasar Malam in Abu Dhabi was always much more happening than this.. Aaahh.. Even those from Al-Ain also came all the way...

We arrived at the Pasar Malam around 4.30PM and stayed there until 8PM. The usual stuffs, Satay, Nasi Kerabu, Mee Goreng, Nasi Ayam, Laksam, Air Bandung, Air Mata Kucing, Cendol, Various Kuih Muih, Kicap Kipas Udang and lots more.

Kuih Muih

Kuih Bakar
Cendol
Superb Satay from KCA

                                       




Serbu Nasi Kerabu (Including myself)


Malaysian Groceries
Life in UAE... Not bad at all...




1..2..3..ZUMBA!

Penat ok.. Ni bukan 1st time wat Zumba ni. Dulu dah terpaksa wat skali sebab Elly kensel kelas BodyCombat. Jadi dia ganti dgn Zumba. So masa tu macam "hmm.. try je la.. dah dok dlm kelas ni.." Pas kelas tu rasa mcm tak best. Puncanya step dia ialah dance step. So, bila tak dpt follow step dia jadi kecewa n malas nk wat dh.

Biasanya Selasa aku masuk kelas GAQ Attack untuk attack ponngong ku yg bullet ini...Masalahnye tadi kuar ofis lambat. Memula dah malas nk g gym. Tp pikir2, Ahad pun tak pegi. Bape kali nk skip. So cadang2 pegi la treadmill barang 30 minit ke..

Pas salin2 baju bagai tgk kat board tu ada kelas Zumba. Dalam hati kata boleh la.. asyik treadmill je.. dah tgh demotivated ni.. So, masuk le makcik sekali lagi ke kelas Zumba ni. Kali ni lepas 3 lagu perut dah senak, peluh dah menitis bagai nak rak. Eh, ok jugak la kelas ni...

Zumba ni sebenarnye perkataan latin. Zumba for fitness ni dicipta oleh mamat Columbian. Nak kata baru pun tak sangat la. 2001 dia dah cipta secara tak sengaja. Tapinya sejak akhir2 ni jadi fames lak sebab Les Mills masukkan kelas ni dlm program diorg. Kalau tak salah skang ni siap ada Wii game based on Zumba lagi.. Hmm.. Mcm kena beli Wii je ni... hehhee...

Zumba dance ni banyak lompat2. Sbb tu lepas 3 lagu dah rasa sakit kat bwh perut. Maklum la.. perutnye ada 'bunc' sket kan... (ye ke sket???) And kat tanah arab ni since instructor nye pun arab jadi diorg byk masukkan element bellydance dalam zumba diorg. Makanya aku skang pun dah pandai gelek2 sket.. eceeewaaahhh.. Pasni boleh masuk kelas bellydance plak.

Video ni tunjuk basic step zumba ni. Nampak senang kan? Haaa... Pastu ko tgk video advance nye plak.. Cuba buat sendiri tgk.. senang ke susah...Tambah sket instructor aku mmg bagi gellek baeekk punya.. haaa.. mau tergeliat urat perut..






Peringatan Untuk Diri Sendiri


Perasaan sendiri ;

Betul. Mula dengan terpaksa. Lama lama jadi biasa. Mula dengan mengikut. Lama lama jadi ikutan. 

Aku mula pakai tudung sejak skolah tadika. Sebab mak anta Tadika Al-huda, yakni tadika agama. Siap blaja bahasa arab ko.. Pastu sekolah rendah pun pakai. Sebab masa tu kakak aku nan berdua dah skolah menengah and pakai tudung kat skolah. Jadi aku takmo ketinggalan walaupun beza umur kitorg 10 tahun kottt..... Continue sampai la skang walaupun tak sesempurna.

Sebelum datang Abu Dhabi ni pakai tudung tapi baju sesuki aku je la. Kadang pakai lengan panjang. Selalunya lengan pendek. Bila datang sini pernah kena tanya sekali dgn officemate. Dia pernah g Malaysia for honeymoon. Dia kata dia nampak kat Malaysia mmg ramai yg pakai tudung tapi lengan pendek. Sheikh kita benarkan ke? (Sheikh=Mufti) Sebab bagi diorg kat sini, kalau Sheikh dia kata takpe, means takpe la. Sheikh yang tanggung segalanya. Terdiam jap aku tak terkata. Aku kata kat dia, Mufti kita kata kena tutup siap stokin bagai. Sejak tu aku kuar rumah pakai lengan panjang. Tutup kaki masih lagi kadang2. hehe...

Sekarang aku dah biasa pakai lengan panjang. ada je alternatif. Jangan la pi buang habis semua baju2 lengan pendek tu kan. Aku blaja layering, cari sarung lengan yg sesuai (layering tak sesuai kot kat Malaysia... panas duhh...) Paling malas pun, sarung abaya yang front open tu masa nak pi buang sampah. 

Aku rasa, cara terbaik nak didik diri sendiri untuk beribadat ialah dengan rasa malu pada kawan2 sekeliling. Aku malu kot kalau colleague aku g surau aku dok melepak lagi. Malu gak tak pakai stokin bila g keje dgn local Emirati. Sebab pandangan mata diorg tu tajam. Rasa macam tembus je. Dan dan aku turunkan tudung kasi labuh sket. Padahal masa ustazah kat sekolah dulu suh pakai tudung labuh tak plak aku nak kan. Serius aku malu nk g ofis pakai tudung hamidah yg jarang tu tanpa pakai anak tudung kat dalam. 

Ada colleague aku cakap. Kalau kita nk berubah, kita kena tukar kawan2 kita. Aku rasa ada betulnya. Aku ingat Wardina pun pernah cakap benda yang sama. Bila aku pindah sini, almost everything jadi mudah. Sebab kat sini public pool mmg ada allocate time utk ladies. Gym pun asing. And aku bukan cakap pasal gym2 bodoh tu. Fitness First pun asing. So it become so easy to practice Islam. 

Aku ada kawan yang jaga solat lebih baik dari aku jaga solat aku. (pengakuan ikhlas ni.. huhu..) Tapi dia tak jaga aurat. Aku slalu pikir, betapa ruginya dia.. Kesian pun ada. Pahala jaga solat dia akan lebih menarik kalau ditambah dengan jaga aurat. Tak gitu? 

Birthday Month

I always LOOOVVEEEE the month of June. Why? Because it's my birthday month. Yes. I celebrate my birthday all month long... U got problem with it?

This year, it's a little bit different. I planned carefully to be back in Malaysia on my birthday. But due to work commitment, I can't. I was so sad realizing I'll be celebrating my birthday for the first time ever not within my circle of people.

But, it also made me realize how good the people here. My new friends in AD made all the effort to make sure that I don't feel alone celebrating my birthday. They threw me TWO PARTIES. One at Marinna's Crib on Saadiyat Island. She lives in a beautiful St Regis apartment with access to the beach and all. I actually requested to have a pool party but June is already too hot for an outside gathering. Thus, Karaoke Party it is..

U've seen this pic right???
Sate, Mee Rebus and Lontong

Best Party Hostess Eva!
Cake by Mama Lin.
Then my second party which is my real birthday was with only my closest friends in AD at Chilli's.

Birthday Girl!

My Steak and Strawberry Lemonade

My cute birthday cake. Owh, yes. They sang too...

Thank you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Suap menyuap

Ni dah tahap sumbat menyumbat

Besar ok portion dalam sudu tu!

And as for my birthday gift.... Hmmmmm... Tak banyak. None are from my list. But I love both of them!

From Mr Kohl

From Nadia

Plus more than 50 birthday wishes over SMS,FB,Whatssapp, Emails, Calls... Woweeee!!!!! Luv them all!!!

Can't wait for next year!