Sorok-sorok

Semalam hari Ahad, tapi DH kerja jugak. Disebabkan hati meronta-ronta nak keluar rumah (walaupun kat luar hujan tak berhenti-henti), dapatlah idea bernas. Nak ikut DH pergi kerja, tapi nak berpisah dekat Selfridges. Maksudnya bini dia pi Selfridges, laki silalah pi kerja. ;p

Nak beli sesuatu. Dok baca review sana-sini kata mendalah ni bagus. Dah cakap dah dengan DH, "nak gi beli X sebab sekarang my skin dah makin teruk". Memang betul pun, kulit muka sekarang makin suram, banyak jerawat naik di bawah dagu & bawah hidung. Memang saya stress sejak kebelakangan ni, kerja berlambak-lambak. Stress pikirkan kerja yang tak dibuat-buat. Hehe..Selain jerawat, dark spots, uneven skin tone, eye bags, semua lengkaplahh. Nak tengok cermin pun menyampah. Nak mengadap orang pun rasa segan. Wah gitu. Alasan-alasan nak justify pembelian.

DH kata "okay, belilah. Tapi Ejad tak dapat teman gi Selfridges, sebab Ejad dah lambat nak gi kerja". Okay no problem sayang, byeee!! See you!! :D

Bila pergi seorang diri, hasilnya bukan ku bawak pulang X je, Y, Z, A, B & C yang tiada kena-mengena pun ikut balik jugakk. Aiyoo.

Selama ni memang tak pernah rasa takut bila beli barang, nak sorok-sorok ke apa. Tapi semalam ku memang diamkan saja pasal A, B & C. Y & Z tu tunjuk la jugak sebab at least depa tu sekapal dengan X. Heee. Soalan paling berbisa, "berapa harga tiga item tu?" Si bini tak jawab, buat-buat pekak & tiba-tiba ubah topik. Ok sekarang baru aku faham kenapa kaum isteri sekalian kalau beli barang suka sorok-sorok. Walhal tak guna duit suami pun.. Rasa bersalah sebenarnya bila spent quite a significant amount of money untuk perkara-perkara yang bukan keperluan asas.

My strategic plan. Semalam aku pakai Y (still tak pakai X) sebab sales assistant suruh start dengan Y - "so that we'll start with a clean canvas". Y ni tugasnya adalah menanggalkan kulit mati & surface impurities. Malam seterusnya baru pakai X. Strategi - pakaikan DH jugak. Kahkahkah. Semalam ku paksa DH cuci muka bersih-bersih sebelum tido & sapukan Y di mukanya.

Pagi ni aku suruh DH cuci muka. Lepas selesai dia mandi aku nampak dia membelek-belek wajahnya sambil berkata "kalau pakai benda eby beli nih muka Ejad boleh elok kan bagus". Aha! :) DH nampak happy semacam, lepas tu dia suruh aku pegang kulit muka dia, katanya "cuba b pegang kulit Ejad, lembutkan??" Haa memang lembut bersih berseri lah sayang.. Heheheh..

Tu lah strategi aku. Kasi dia rasa sendiri. Barulah ku berani bagitau harga barang-barang belian. Tapi DH dah teka dulu harganya, and he's very, very close. Pandai laki aku (puji mesti lebih) :D

Jadi apakah dia X, Y, Z, A, B & C tu?

Dari kiri; Z, X, Y. Sales assistant kata dalam masa 28 hari ada money-back guarantee kalau tak berhasil/puas hati. Layanan SA Kiehl's sangatlah baik. It was indeed a wonderful experience.

A, B & C (mana-mana lah). Sangat puas hati dengan kualiti ketiga-tiga menatang ni. Foundation dia perfectly matches my skin tone, finishing pun bagus. Cuma I sentap sikit bila SA tak bagitau yang foundation tu kena beli pump berasingan. Bila balik rumah, bukak botol je terkejut tengok dia takde pump. Hish geramnya. Tak pasal nak kena gi lagi sekali semata-mata nak beli pump 3 pounds. Blusher pulak very highly pigmented & halus. Berus bulu pony dia tuh memang best. Belilah belilahh! :)



Oh lupa yang DH belum tau pasal A, B & C... Ugh.

Isteri solehah

1. Taat pada suami. Laki kata nak makan pizza, janganlah pulak nak jamu nasik.
2. Pandai berjimat belanja dapur (nampak tak 1pound 50pence je tu??)
3. Masak cepat-cepat. Tak baik biar suami tunggu kelaparan. Ehem,15 minit je siap.
4. Masak sedap-sedap. Oh, semestinya sedap. Tried & tested! :D

Dinner date

Ahad, 23 April 2012.

Dear husband habis kerja jam 5.45ptg. Dah janji dari malam sebelumnya nak jumpa di Whiteleys, Bayswater untuk dinner together-gether kat Tinseltown. DH teringin  western dinner pulak. Kat rumah ni memang jaranglah nak ada western dinner sebab bini dia orang kampung, asyiklaa nak mencekik nasik. Tak dapat nasik rasa macam tak makan walaupun perut dah sendat.

Grilled Cajun Chicken with salad & fries. Cajun sauce yang sedikit dalam plastic saucer tu sedapnyee. Chicken was dry, nasib baiklah sos sedap.

Hujan, tengah lapar pulak. Silalah makan tak payah malu-malu

DH's (Chicken) BBQ Cheese Burger with fries. Macam sedih benar dinner rupa gini. Tak memuaskan mata. I need to see more colours, more stuff on the plate, baru acik puas hati

Don't worry, DH tetap kenyang sebab 1/4 makanan orang depan disapunya jugak

Tinseltown ni terkenal dengan segala milkshakes dia. Tapi sebab rasa muak  dengan combination fries-milkshake tu, si bini opted for Ribena. Kellas kau Jah.. Si laki pulak order mango juice. Oh btw, BBQ sauce dalam bekas tomato gelap tu sangatlah sedap 

Sesiapa mencari restoran steak halal di London, bolehlah ke Tinseltown. Lebih kurang 10 minutes walk from Malaysian Hall di Bayswater. Restoran ni pun penuh dengan pelanggan2 wanita bertudung. Bukak pintu je pun dah nampak warga Malaysia tengah makan. Hehe..

For previous post on Tinseltown, click here.

Orang bertunang kita tengok sajalah

15 April 2012, hari Ahad lepas, adalah majlis pertunangan Hisyam (adik Ayu) dengan pilihan hatinya. Dah dok jauh ni, nak beli tiket, fulus pulak makin sikit. Jadinya kita tunggu dengan penuh kesabaran. Tunggu Hisyam, Mak & Maksu upload gambar-gambar di Facebook. Dalam hati memang rasa terkilan tak dapat kepoh sama2 buat hantaran dan hadir di majlis tu.

Rombongan meminang dah sampai

Jamuan tengah hari sebelum majlis bermula

Keadaan dalam rumah sewaktu perbincangan. Ramainya adik-beradik kedua-dua belah pihak

Apa punya gaya berbincang lah ni.. Sampai keluar macam2 jurus. Hehehehe

Bakal mak mentua sarung cincin

Acara wajib majlis pertunangan di Pulau Pinang - suap gula

Selamatt satu bab. Tahniah Hisyam & Ifa! Selamat mengumpul fulus & membaiki diri sebelum bertukar title. Kakak doakan selalu.. :)

Bersama ibu bapa & Adik (ada lagi adik2 yang lain)

Hantaran kedua-dua belah pihak

Salah satu hantaran untuk pihak perempuan

Satu persoalanku yang belum terjawab, bila tarikh nak menikahnya? Tanya banyak kali dah. Takdak sapa pun nak habaq kat cek. Tak balik nanti baru tau... Hehe..

Sunday early dinner

Jam 6.20 petang dah makan. :) DH just returned from work & I already knew that he'd be searching for nasik, baiklah dinner terus. Timing was perfect. Ikan bakar panas2 keluar dari oven sambut kepulangan tuan besar. Hehe..

Siakap bakar sumbat sambal kelapa

Air asam

Sambal ikan bilis+petai. Kali kedua masak petai seumur hidup. Petai dapat di Chinatown

Sayur lemak taugeh+tauhu. Tauhu juga hasil borongan di Chinatown

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Tak sampai sejam lepas early dinner T.T

Prague Trip

8-11 April 2009 - Prague Trip during Easter break with Indah, Mokrish & Gaya

The complete photo collection was never published in this blog because I started blogging on 29 April 2009. Actually, I just found the folder containing all my travel photos - I thought they were all lost during reformatting. Now let's (re)visit Prague! :)

Czech koruna

The dancing house, Fred & Ginger

Arrived at Cesky Krumlov, after a 2-hour journey from Prague city

The view that greeted us

Another view from the old castle

Walking the alley of Cesky Krumlov. The lady with umbrella was our tour guide

Medieval inspired things for sale

My vegetarian lunch - grilled cheese, boiled potatoes and garden salad with sour cream and radish

Breathtakingly beautiful

The old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site is nestles in a bend of the Vltava River, surrounded by rolling countryside and the wooded Šumava Hills

Bears of the castle - during old time, the aristocrats loved collecting bears

Of course we got to see inside the castle, but no photographs are allowed. All I can say is that it's a wonderful medieval castle. Go visit!

The next day. This is Wenceslas Square

Indah at the Old Town Square - while waiting for the tour bus to Prague Castle

The Church of Our Lady before Tyn at the Old Town Square - there's some Disneyland feel to this sight, I feel

Arrived at Prague Castle. This is St. Vitus Cathedral in the castle compound.

Beautiful stained glass window of the cathedral

Another view of St. Vitus Cathedral

Tourists admiring the cathedral's exterior

A part of church and monastery of St George at Prague Castle - Adam & Eve tower. Adam is bigger, on the right

Walking the alley of Prague Castle

Must do - eat ice cream anywhere and everywhere during a trip

The view from St. Wenceslas´Vineyard at Prague Castle. The castle sits atop a hill, overlooking Prague city and Vltava river

We met Fatimah & Omar, 2 Malaysian medical students by Vlatava river

Hard Rock Cafe - in the four-story, V.J.Rott building with a beautifully decorated neo-Renaissance façade and frescos - is situated less than 50 meters from the famous Old Town Square

With Prague Astronomical Clock (Prague Orloj) - a medieval astronomical clock, mounted on the wall of Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square

Trying trdlo - tastes just like a pretzel dusted with sugar

On the last day, we went back to Wenceslas Square

Wenceslas Square

That's a tram carriage converted to a cafe

I guess this is a tour office or something

Ahh, those days.. When we're still single :)

Yummy looking pastries

Having McDonald's sundae at Prague

I just love the illustration. I have no idea what it's saying

A photo at the Easter Market

Looking back at these photos is just like walking down a memory lane. So precious. During that time, Gaya & Mokrish were PhD students while Indah & I were completing our MSc at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Both Gaya & Mokrish have successfully completed their PhD and are now back in UPM as lecturers while Indah is now at University of Edinburgh, pursuing a PhD with dear husband and a toddler in tow :)