Tuesday, September 30, 2008

When men decorate..

Sticks of firecrackers attached on the glass and tu nah nampak udah anak bulan ah..raya tah esok ni..woohoooo..

Hari Raya decor on my office door

..the decoration turns out to be totally different, unconventional and yet simple. That's what we did to the Hari Raya wall decor in our office. Compare to the other sections, ours is the simplest one. When women decorate theirs with flowery and ketupat thingy, we put up firecrackers and fireworks and an origami-made lantern...hahaha..hows that?

To all my buddies and friends

Dengan hati and ingatan yang telus lagi ikhlas daripada saya.

It still touches my heart

This Hari Raya advert has the best moral story of all and it touched my heart when it was first advertised on astro.

Street trick

I wouldn't call it magic lah. In fact its just a good trick with good hand manouvre and special gadgets, innit? But the performances by the four lads at Cheezbox was a cool street magic. I was amazed at one point and Zul was even impressed of it. Yang bisai nya kami ah macam truly kana entertain ani bah..hahaha..baik jua duduk di pisuk2 eh..hahaha..

Kolo Mee Pattaya...


..at Cheez Box..hahaha..at least that's what we call it as the Kolo Mee was covered with talur dadar. I remember kalau dulu nasi goreng Pattaya ani nyaman di restoran Seri Meradun. Anyway, we were entertained by a street magic last night at Cheez Box by Wadd's Cuz and his friends..hehe..someone was impressed about it..hehehe..but it was cool lah..nice jobs to the lads..

Monday, September 29, 2008

Cowhide Carpet

I finally found it and of course I bought it. Its been a while I've been looking for it and yeah its quite expensive for a very good quality cowhide. But, I heard it's more expensive in Australia. There are actually quite a lot of different patterns but this is the one I like most coz it's brown and white plus a few patches around it. Anyone interested kan membali, just let me know as I am planning to be the supplier of Cowhide in Brunei...hehehe...

Ramadannually

Raiyan imitating the Chinese Circus troupe chopstick performance..hehehe..

Mumzie, Raiyan and Daddy

Finally, sampai jua akhir nya sahur dim sum at Dynasty last sat night and I guess its been a tradition for me and my friends having sahur dim sum sana ramadannually (every ramadan every year). This year the price per person has increased from $13.90 few years back to $18.50 now..jauh eh naik nya ah..but at least its worth it for me coz one thing I didn't eat much during sungkai, lapar banar ku mun kan kurek idung pun kajar2..hahaha..and plus Dim Sum there is better than anywhere else in Brunei...

Last minute...

I used to make last minute baju melayu for Hari Raya for the past few few years and its been 3-4 years I didn't make new ones for Raya..the thing is jarang bah memakai baju melayu ani so why bother make a new one when I still have the old ones which are still in superb condition..membazir saja..kalau bini2 nda heran lah coz they juz wanted to show off their fashionable baju kurung..yg. mahal ah and usually over style...and over lah..hahaha..

Saturday, September 27, 2008

A good one...

Tak perlu mencari teman secantik Balqis,
jika diri tak seindah Sulaiman
Mengapa mengharap teman setampan Yusuf,
jika kasih tak setulus Zulaikha
Tak perlu diri menjadi seteguh Ibrahim,
jika tak sekuat Sarah
Mengapa didamba teman hidup seistimewa Khadijah,
jika diri tak sesempurna Rasulullah S.A.W
quoted from Yana's blog

Tetris tiles

hehe..some will hate this post..imagine if ada bejual di brunei..tantu ku bali tu eh..hahaha...

Ziarah Kubur




Amalan yang selalu orang-orang kitani lakukan semasa bulan Ramadan and certainly, I wouldn't miss it for the world, bukan nya selalu kan. Its the annual family ritual. It was however a very hot and humid day yesterday but still ramai jua orang menziarahi kubur ah and as usual the parking areas and the road leading to the cemetary are packed with cars. Annoyingly, there was this an inconsiderate person main badil near the vicinity of the cemetary, disrespectful of the people doing the 'ziarah'.

Before and after




The boys posing before the sungkai at the backdrop of the KB sunset..then as usual after sungkai it's a photo craze...hahaha..iski bilang orang..but i like the coffee room opposite the main building..with comfy sofas and a big TV screen, plus it has a river view dining area outside and an open veranda on top of it..cool place..

Sungkai trip




Oh yeah! finally sampai jua akhir nya kami sungkai di KB last Thursday..at Cafe 11 at Sutera Biru Hotel..a very nice cafe setting and ambience..the food was really good except for dim sum lah..i wouldn't recommend dim sum there..there were 12 of us having sungkai there..and yes i'd agree we go there again nanti juz for lepak2..

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Kitaro kah apa ni?

Well at first we thought the guy singing atu Japanese..in our mind Kitaro..hahaha (He wish)..anyway, sekali nya he sang blues songs throughout his lepaking..we applauded him after his first song atu coz ngam we juz arrived at the De'Valley cafe jua..cool lah..i mean not everyday we see this kind of act..bisai nyanyi nya ah..pedahal ramai patrons at the time..

Stuck like forever

Not even the emergency police car can move in the ever traffic congested road in Bangkok..we can only hear the siren from our Tuk-tuk..hahaha..syukur tah udah di Brunei ah..ketawa lakat org Thai mun ia stuck in the traffic jam di Brunei ah..atupun udah orang kitani ani mengusut, baru stuck sekajap..dui malai ku..hehe...not unless orang atu kan tekirit kah apa..hahaha..

A short nap in Bangkok

It was just a light nap until I started to snore..bangun tah ku..hahaha...not realizing someone was sitting next to me..it was really a nice nap on the perch of a walkway near a building in Bangkok..with the wind blowing the cool air...anyway, thanx junior for snapshooting this pic..I miss Bangkok..

Monday, September 22, 2008

ele on soi 3

Poor ele..and I shared my thought with my friend at that time what if we ask the owner of the ele if we can take a ride back to the hotel..hahaha..gerenti batah tu kan sampai..hahaha..I guess its a common scene of the ele at the already narrow Arab street, barangkali everyday ia lalu sana...good business for the owner though.

After Iftar

At first I thought the debut Formula 1 GP in S'pore was last night..hehe..rupa-rupanya next week. Baik jua lah tu coz I really wanna watch the first Formula 1 evening GP in history. How cool would that be plus I hope it'll rain. woohooo! So, anyway, I went to a shisha bar instead and ngam ada soccer match between Chelsea and Man U and I predicted its gonna be a draw game and I was totally right. And ramai lagi tu supporters Chelsea ah, most of them blacks.

Yamaha bike show (The clip)

It was really a cool Yamaha bike show,if it was a vespa I'd probably took the pix of every bike. Ani pun udah ku awesomely impressed with the show. Cool designs and great creativity on the bikes. In fact they held the show at two separate locations, only separated by a shopping mall. Each bike has its own uniqueness and very detail in its design.

Yamaha bike show (Part tres)




Yamaha bike show (Part Dos)





Yamaha bike show (Part Uno)




Sunday, September 21, 2008

Cake galore


well not a surprise if its at Secret Recipe. I think its been almost every night now that we did take aways of the cakes. Last night we tried the Chocolate chip cake and white chocolate cake and this evening we bought chocolate walnut cake and chocolate banana cake. I can't remember what cakes we ate two nights ago. I had enuff of eating the cakes eh. Esok mencari durian ku mana tau ada bejual arah street vendors and then makan on the spot.

Faces





weird pieces of art..I snapshot these at one of the galleries showing mostly the paintings of faces..look closely and you'll recognize one of the faces..

Fifth Avenue




Cool food court with live music performances every evening..the choice of food pun banyak..from Greek to Lebanese as well as seafood...its a bit up scale but its worth it coz the food really nyaman..not a miss to dine or lunch in here whenever I go to MBK..

Art square




Even though not so much of the art works being displayed and on sale, I must say that they are quite good and some even caught my attention. I was tempted to buy one beautiful piece but the price is ridiculously expensive, I mean I have seen better one in Yangon but the price was reasonable. Anyway, this is the first time I saw this place across MBK being used for the so called art square. I hope its a weekend thingy.

Creativity below..

This is what I call creativity..even though so simple. I stumbled upon this wall at an underground walls near the Chatuchak Market which is in fact an underground market and a modern one. I guess it is similar to the Suntec city underground mall,only this one is a smaller version.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

I just love it..





I don't know about you guys and the others, but I just love paintings especially oil on canvas or arcylic..but these paintings don't come in cheap..they have high value and good investment..These paintings are exhibited at the National Gallery in Bangkok..unfortunately none are for sale...

Wet, cold and dirty

Its been raining everyday and today I just can't avoid it..well at least I was wearing my slipper tadi, if it was shoes tadi..it'd got dirty and soaked and gerenti bebau tu olehnya..well so much for adventure, one has to endure it..hahaha..mun ganya mengharungi lumpur yang licak..sekadar..tapi jangan jua, pernah kali putus selipar ah bejalan arah licak ani..mun rakat..hahaha..ampit ku kali tu pengalaman atu..hehe..
This was right before I got my feet dirty..it has to begin somewhere..innit!

Spray painting versus oil painting


I was laughing when I came across both paintings..the one with the boobs was painted or perhaps sprayed on a tent canvas (obviously) and it was displayed somewhere on the street and the wedding painting is of course oil on canvas being exhibited at a National gallery..total contrast..but both are kind of funny..

Fruit of the day goes to..

the buah nangka..hahaha...basar hantap nangka nya and they way the lady displaying it atu lagi bisai..i'm sure nangka nya atu manis coz it looks and smells sweet...i think i'm gonna look for durian kanyaw tomolo nite..but so far I haven't seen one yet..

Ramly burger, cucur tibadak etc.

Nyaman eh beef burger nya ah..nyam..nyam..


Tibadak cucur hot-hot

well, dats what I have for Sungkai today...I was kind of craving for the famous ramly burger..so I eat lah..plus I also bought some cucur tibadak..like I can smell its been fried..so cari-cari..tetulus jua orang bejual atu..nyaman kali ah...esp. when lakat lagi panas-panas ah..I think I'm gonna eat the burger again esok..wooohooo..