Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Ho Chi Minh City - Shopaholics' Trip 23-25 July: Day 3

last day kitaorang kat HCM dedicated khas untuk sapa-sapa yang rasa tak cukup shopping .... atau nak tukar apa-apa yang patut ditukar .... free and easy lah katanya.

pwincess menapak ke Ben Than Market. depan otel aje tapi last day baru nak jengah. biasalah kata orang ... so near yet so far cenggitu ;p



Dalam market ni ada macam-macam tapi arga mahal sket. fresh flowers melambak-lambak ... ada jugak buah-buah fresh ... ciku dia mak aih. besar gile! orang-orang vietnam pun dah pandai cakap melayu ... kaka kaka murah murah ... ciku...besar....(mcm tau-tau aje aku tgh tgk ciku dia yang giant tu..hehe). ada kedai jual kopi .. pilih la nak mana. 3 in 1 ke atau nak 2 in 1 ... kalau nak lagi authentic, beli yang timbang kati. kalau above 500gm dapat penapis free kalau tak silap.





Petang tu kitaorang pun checkout otel dan straight to airport. duty free kat airport pun bleh tahan gak murah ... rata-rata tgh sale sumenye.





So, sekian lah cite pasal HCM shopaholics' trip....

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Ho Chi Minh City - Shopaholics' Trip 23-25 July: Day 2

Meh sambung citer pasal second day di Ho Chi Minh City (HCM).

Kim Huong Hotel bagi free breakfast sepanjang our stay there. ada beberapa pilihan makanan disediakan, tapi yang halal cuma porridge with salted egg, hard/half boiled egg, cheese, strawberry jam and butter, eaten together with bread.roti dia nampak je besar tapi sebenarnya dalam tu hollow. air pula either hot/ice vietnamese coffee or tea.


lepas dah kenyang perut, kitaorang pegi ke china market. tempatnye agak jauh dari hotel, dalam 20-25 minit gak la nak sampai. kat sini ada mcm2 jenis kain ... ade kain lycra yang orang-orang mesia dah start jual tu ... ada kain untuk buat seluar keje orang laki .... ada cotton melambak-lambak .... chiffon .... silk....mcm2 aaa. kat sini pun ada some shops yang jual in bulk barang-barang plastik tu .... mmg murah-murah. tapi kena hati-hati sket kat sini, bcoz ada penjual yang aggressive, main cengkam-cengkam wrist kita ... kain pun hati-hati lah sket dgn kualiti yang dijual. biasa la tu kan...








lepas dah perabih duit kat china market, kitaorang nak buat lawatan ilmiah sket .... so kitaorang g war remnant museum. entrance fee dalam 15,000 VND. kat museum ni diaorang letak kesan-kesan perang vietnam and masa ni lah nak tgk betapa kejamnya orang us tu ... kalau tgk gamba kat internet, kat museum ni patutnye ada babies with birth defects caused by chemical poisoning (agent orange/dioxin) during the vietnam war, diawet dan diletakkan dlm botol ... tapi kitaorang tak nampak pulak. cuma ada gamba baby awet tu lah. mmg kesian sgt la tgk gamba2 orang vietnam mase perang-perang tu.





if you plan to visit the museum, be aware of the opening and closing time of the museum. unlike other museums in other parts of the world, this war remnant museum closes its doors for lunch for 1.5 hours. it was a good thing that we came earlier, sempat la habiskan sight seeing in the museum. since museum pun dah tutup pintu, we proceed to kedai shamsudin untuk mendapatkan energy (read as: isi perut) untuk agenda seterusnya ..... iaitu shopping, shopping and shopping lagi! hi hi hi.. food served di kedai shamsudin is cheaper and tastier as compared to VN halal that we went the day before.



we then proceed to russian market. we were told that suff sold here are much cheaper than Ben Than market so some of us had a long list of what to buy here. mula-mula pakcik cabbie tu nak drop kitaorang dekat-dekat area saigon square tu .. adoi la. aunty-aunty sume dah sebut no, no...russian market ... u know? ra-shi-an market? pakcik cabbie la dok ning trong..ning trong...betul betul mcm ayam angsa bercakap. pastu pwincess pun sebut ... rhu-si-ya market ... ooo baru lah paham. pakcik cabbie pun bawaklah kitaorang g situ. tapi russian market ni tak macam russian market dulu2. yang ni mcm modern dan byk jual baju je.



petang tu, some of us wanted to shop around dekat area our hotel and kak nor and I hailed a cab to go to hard rock cafe to buy some merchandise items that our friends had kirim.


nyampah-nyampah kat keganasan orang2 US, tetap jugak singgah hard rock cafe...apadaaa~

kat Vietnam asyik hujaaaaan ajer .. pagi petang siang malam hujan. and while in the cab, something caught my attention. So I quickly took out my faithful ixus and snapped a picture of a man with his kids on a motorcycle, tapi raincoat dia dibuka butang dan his kids suma diselubung oleh raincoat tu. I think this can only be seen in Vietnam ... hi hi hi....



Monday, July 26, 2010

Ho Chi Minh City - Shopaholics' Trip 23-25 July

pwincess baru balik dari trip shopaholics kayangan heights 23-25 July aritu. ni memang trip shopaholics tegar ... all ladies' affair ... para suami pulak ... ada yang tinggal kat rumah, ada jugak takmo kalah ... g buat jakarta trip sesama depa. he he he ... boley tahan rock uncle-uncle ni.

so nway. MH750 berlepas dari Kuala Lumpur dengan tiada delay and whatsoever .... dan tiba di Ho Chi Minh City (HCM) after 1 jam 55 minit of flying. waktu di HCM lambat satu jam dari mesia. transportation suma dah diuruskan by our tour leader, aunty sabariah ... dia sangat efficient, memang takde nak tercongok2 la kitaorang tunggu cab, etc.

kat HCM kitaorang stayed at Kim Huong Hotel, it is exactly opposite Ben Than Market ... senang aar nak borong-borong pastu anta terus ke bilik otel. haa ..... strategi kena ada, beb. otel ni bersih, and harga bilik ikutlah korang nak camane. nak besar, bayar mahal sket ... nak bilik biasa-biasa untuk just tido, 28usd pun bleh dapat. bilik yang besar dapat view tepi tingkap, kerusi santai-santai plus complimentary drinks and a flask of hot water. facilities wise, memang ok, because toiletries, towel, hair dryer, flat screen tv sume disediakan.



after checked in, we wasted no time and zoomed off to Hong Anh Boutique not far from our hotel. nak jadi cite, tup-tup lah mase tu ujan turun. takpa .... masing-masing tak patah semangat and beli lah payung dari pakcik kedai depan otel. tokey pun apa lagi, letak aa arga payung sebatang 7-8 usd....masyuk woo....

dah sume orang ada payung, kitaorang pun teruskan perjalanan pergi ke Hong Anh tuh ... haa ... tengoklah aunty-aunty ni memborong kaw-kaw ....






yang lawaknya....ape tau? kat luar butik tu ada sorang yang jual air kelapa kendong. dok asyik pujuk kita bli kelapa dia .... dia ngikut je kitaorang although kitaorang dah jalan jauh dah dari butik first tuh. dia bukak-bukak arga mahal la untuk sebiji air kelapa tu ... last-last turun, turun dan turun harga . tapi sorang pun tak termakan pujukan pakcik ni. finally aunty sabar pun bagilah duit tapi tak amek kelapa dia, just cakap stop following us lah ... then dia pun tak ikut. tapi petang tu, lepas we dah keluar masuk keluar masuk kedai-kedai and nak masuk balik otel ... treng treng treng .... pakcik kelapa dah tercongok depan pintu lobby tengah tunggu kitaorang. haha ... sengih je dia. mana dia tau tah kitaorang menetap situ. dia siap tanye, "air kepala?"

kuang kuang kuang~

oh ya, we had a late lunch pasal masing-masing kenyang makan nasi lemak/murtabak ayam dalam flight tu. so, dalam kul 4 cenggitu, kitaorang pun menapak ke VN Halal. kedai makan ni mahal sket tapi sedap and yang penting halal. pwincess ordered claypot seafood noodle vietnam style and vietnamese coffee tarik. sedap gile. serious tak tipu.





lepas tu, balik otel, bersiap-siap pula untuk agenda malam tu. dalam lebih kurang kul 8 lebih, hajah basiroh pun dah calling-calling and tunggu kitaorang kat lobby otel. hajah ni ... jual segala mala jenis tudung, kain and telekung. femes tau dia ... tanye aa mana-mana orang mesia, mesti depa tau. dengar gossip kata, hajah ni berurusan dgn orang mesia smpi dpt bina rumah kat vietnam berharga rm1 juta ... fuh...

lepas shopping-shopping kat rumah hajah basiroh ... kitaorang balik otel. and for some ppl yang still ada energy to shop, depa teruskan cuci-cuci mata kat pasar malam depan otel.

pwincess tak rajin snap gambo masa kat HCM kali ni bcoz firstly, prince tak ikut. bile cameraman takde, maka takde la camera best nak snap2 gambo-gambo cun. secondly pasal pwincess dapat penyakit orang pompuan dapat tetiap bulan tu ... so sgtlah takde mood. sakit sana, sakit sini. so, layan je lah pape gamba yang ade ni...





nanti pwincess sambung blog about our second day there~

Monday, July 19, 2010

...A Lot Like Love...

a few days ago, prince balik-balik dari keje terus passed me a box. a simple, chic box.

so I asked, what's this?

prince jawab, bukaklah tgk ....

bukak-bukak tengok .... the box is filled with lots of love .... love is everywhere lah bak kata orang putih ... hi hi hi




they are heart shaped stickers. nothing grand, nothing spectacular to others. but something like this coming from him, that is sooo sweet plus super duper cute!

i heart u, momon!

p/s : pwincess dapat nickname baru. pwincess sekarang dipanggil fru fru ~~~

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Friends in Facebook

I am simply not in the mood today.

I discovered two of my friends in FB deleted me from their friend's list.

Tecit ati tau .... sorang tu i guess dia delete me bcoz she's the type of person yang always want response from her friends ... in this case, she expects her friends to respond to any of her FB status updates in which, dia selalu tukar dalam average setiap 1 jam cenggitu ... letih tau. dahla selalunya FB status dia selalu berbau menunjuk-nunjuk...I feel that, if we agree, then we respond. if we disagree/dislike, then shut up.

before i discovered she deleted me, she did post something like, "kalau senyap je...and takat nak tambah kawan dalam friends list baik takyah. buang masa aku aje." something along that line lah.

haha. tak sangka itu merupakan threaten. boleh pulak pwincess tak terasa kepedasannya. sebenarnya tak luak pun kalau dia delete me tapi tah, rasa sedih la kalau friendship tu measured by one's responsiveness against FB status update/blog comments.

my other friend ni pulak .... aaa ni lagi lah. got to know her from my boarding school days. tak cukup dengan tu ... sekali pulak dengan matrix. then ... satu uni. although not doing the same course in uni, but still, memang bound to see each other lah. kalau tak kat pusanika. dekat pasar malam. tak pun, kat mines. paling jauh pun, midval atau sogo. kekekek. and bile dah nak dekat grad ... i heard rumours abt her, tapi biarlah.....dia sendiri yang tau ape yang terjadi kan. years later, tetibe terjumpa lak masa open house organized by satu financial institution ni ... memang it's a small world after all. tapi ni takde angin takde ape, tup tup, dia delete haku jugak!! adoi lah...

tsk tsk. sedey sedey ~

Friday, July 9, 2010

check it out ... my bro was featured in the DEMC's new website

DEMC Specialist Hospital Shah Alam has just been relocated to section 14 , Shah Alam last month and since then, they have revved up their marketing activities to increase awareness among public consumers. My brother, also took part to promote his new office (unintentionally). "pejabatku, syurgaku, perhaps?" he he. He excitedly informed us the other day that his face is currently featured in the new DEMC official website.



rose among the thorns, eh ?


looking good, barei ;-p

pssst!! For those who would like to have some professional consultation services related to health, just head up to DEMC since I got a tip off that DEMC has the cheapest consultation fee in town!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Weekend Gathering

alhamdulillah, kenduri doa selamat (semalam) dah selamat berlangsung ... elok pulak cuaca semalam, tak panas terik mcm sepanjang minggu ni and tak pulak ujan lebat. it was just a small gathering ... jemput sedara mara dekat-dekat ...

menu untuk kenduri semalam: roasted kambing, nasi dagang (full set) + sambal udang, dessert and fruits. i made kuih putri ayu and chocolate cake with fudge. For the choc cake, I made 2 sets of batter for me to steam and bake. I wanted to see which version is the best dari segi texture, moist and rasa. Both cakes were made a day earlier and pwincess bubuh fudge topping just before serving to guests.






the results? taste-wise, both cakes scored well :) texture-wise, the baked version is more mampat .compared to steamed version. nak kata mampat, not so, actually. it's best to say that the version baked kurang berongga lah ... tak dense yet tak spongy while the steamed version berrongga sket and totally melts in the mouth. rasa? both teramatlah sedappp! as for the putri ayu ... everyone just raved about it! ha ha ha ... tak sangka kuih melayu yang satu ni ramai peminat rupanya ...


yummy gooey


putri ayu yang ayu~


so that leaves me with one more baking project ~ devil's food chocolate cake before encik mon fly away ...huhuu~
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