Jakarta - Bandung 21st - 25th February, 2012

The cool wind warmly welcome us in Bandung! It was so refreshing to breathe clean crispy air on arrival!

Mother

We are here!

Its great to be able to take you here, Mom!

The cool breeze warmly welcomes Mother

Thank you Air Asia for taking us here safely.

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The Departure to Bandung-Jakarta

We decided to visit Jakarta-Bandung this time around (21st to 25th February, 2012). It was a second trip for yours truly and maiden one for Mother, Naj and Ashraf. So glad I could give them their first experiences traveling to the neighboring country.
And the day has come for us to depart to Bandung. This was early in the morning but everyone was excited!

Early morning arrival at the Senai airport

Mother having morning tea - her usual beverage with Ashraf

We took the flight Senai to KL to take a connecting flight to Bandung. 
Upon reaching KL LCCT airport, we had to wait for some time for the next flight and Mother took the opportunity to have a short nap, whilst I chose to read. Oh Mother, have some rest before your maiden flight to Bandung! :-)

Mother chose to nap, I chose to read

Look who is here!

Its such a good feeling to be sitting next to you Mom. Bandung,  here we come!

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When her otherwise calm hormones went berserk!

I have always been a calm person. But today my hormones decided to go berserk. 

I  started the day well. My  intention was to help my aged mother to get her Malaysian Passport today for the trip next week. 

As usual I got myself ready for work. On my way, get mom's passport done. Then take her  for lunch and send her home to rest. Little that I knew, God has a better plan for me!

It was almost 10a.m. and I couldn't find a parking space to park my car near the Immigration Office. 

Then I knew it was due to the extra crowd that flocked the otherwise lonely roads along the Immigration Office building. These crowd were there to collect their BR1M money. Ah!, now I knew why the jam!.

As I was making that turning, a 5 tonne lorry conveniently drove into my right of way and practically stood in front of me for nothing! And this was when the drama begun! 

The lorry driver did not even raise his hand to indicate that he was asking for way. And that simply meant "No way! I am not going to budge!"

"Miss, please reverse your car to make way for the lorry!" said the good samaritan Municipal Council's officer (who roams the town to issue parking tickets to defaulting drivers) to me.

"What?!! Why the f*ck do I need to do that?!! This is my right of way! No way I am going to reverse my car!" I said to him at the top of my lungs!

"Miss, please be considerate. Remove your car now or else other motorists can't move!" insisted the Municipal Council's officer.

"No! You please tell that to the lorry driver that he is the one who should reverse his lorry and not me (reversing my car)! " I insisted, still fuming.

I could notice that startled look in that Municipal Council's staff's face. I managed to peep that his name was written as "Ujang" on his name tag. He could have least expected my answer, maybe.

"Miss, please remove your car. I need to go and collect money from the bank!" said one Malay uncle who works with a Security Company. He needed to get his mini van out of the parking space at which my car was waiting at the back.

That was obvious. But that was not even my problem, I told him, still holding my breath in anger.

The sun has got hotter and crowd started to gather.

"Pakcik, you please keep quite! That is not my problem at all that you need to go and collect money!" for no reasons, that Pakcik also got it from me. 

Gosh! What have gotten into me, I quietly asked myself. Why was I losing my cool?

"I won't move my car until that stupid lorry driver comes down and apologize to me for getting into my right of way and caused this problem!" I adamantly said to the Municipal Council's Officer. 

He look disappointed but surprised at the same time.
 
Oh my goodness! What is happening to me? I was thinking...

"Hoy, you please come down now and bow down to her! Today is her day!" I heard the Pakcik that works with the Security Company, who needed to reverse his mini van was yelling at the lorry driver.

Surprisingly in less than two minutes, the driver and his assistant came down their 5 tonne lorry and came to my car.

"Miss, I am sorry. I was such an idiot to have driven in your right of way! You are in no way guilty of this Miss. It was all my fault and I am truly sorry!" 

To my further surprise the lorry driver was such a young man, maybe in his late twenties! And he looked startled as much as disgusted for being made to come down his big lorry and say sorry (more so to a lady driver!).

And I reversed my car feeling strange and thinking what had got into me to have lost my mind and scolded those people for no concrete reasons.

Was it because of the hot weather? Or was it because of the hormonal imbalance? God, please help me. 

Do not allow me to lose my temper in such a way! But when I think about what had happened again, I learned that if I insist on what I want, I can get it! 

But I was thankful that the lorry driver did not turn violent or verbally abusive to me! Phew!

Breakfast at Tiffany!

It was a rare opportunity to be able to have breakfast together. It was like having breakfast at Tiffany. The food comes secondary. The company matters most.

And humble coffee tasted heavenly too!

And after you have had a good start of the day, it won't affect you a bit when other motorists gave you that "Hey-you-idiot! -You-are-driving-in-the-wrong-direction!" look when you inadvertently found yourself driving in the opposite direction on a one way street! hahahahahaha...
It wont worry you an iota when your front tyre hit a pot-hole! And it amazed you how people with dimentia and pre-mature senility allowed themselves to sit behind the wheels and ended up making others one of an endangered species!

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Pacha's new found sweet tooth!

Pacha surprised us all when she insisted that she'd be given a piece of this Lemon Poppy Seed cupcakes! And we did!

The irresistible attraction to Pacha

Little Pacha, enjoying the cake

Thank you Mummy! It was so yummmmyyy!

And she was so full that she could
hardly lift her head up!

And when she could finally lift her head up,
she came back to the plate to lick it good!

That is our little Pacha! ;-)

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Knowledge building - an on going process

I have resolved this year to attend at least one baking class/lesson a month. And this is my first class with my baking buddy, Ms Ana Sharana. I am ever so grateful to have found her to share interest in baking. In fact, this was our second baking lesson together.

R-L:  Ana, Azie (our Baking Sifu) and Yours Truly

And the going back journey was so challenging that it took us longer than usual to do that merely 110km!

The crawl - for nothing actually!

Thanks Ana! You are such a great friend!

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Face Book

This is the Face Book I bought some time in 2007. I bought it for I found the book cute and informative. The graphics in the book are simply cute and interesting. Its unfortunate that I can't share the pages here for fear of breaking the Copyright Law.  And I can't add friends into this cute litte book! This little red book came in hardcover and has 111 pages. I simply loves this Face book!

Face book - Red and Hard Covered

Enjoy Face booking! ;-)~

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Of good happy moments

We have known each other for more than 26 years now. How time flies. And we are grateful for each other. And our greatest achievement, the two sons. Now that the children have grown up, we have more time to ourselves! He has started working on the garden and I am back on my baking!  

Thank you for being here!  

Honey, wait up! Let me tie my shoe strings!

Who is that lady in the hat? 

Look Honey, the boat is still here!

Thank you dear, for these happy moments.

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Much awaited outing - Part II

This place was such a great place to spend time and to unwind. Its tranquility and serenity really help to distress after a week of hard work!

Annie and Manal
- enjoying each others' company

Yours Truly and Manal
- enjoying the morning breeze

Yours Truly and Cik Firus at Italianos
- where is the famous Italian spagetti 
and gigantic meatballs?! 

Manal - patiently ensuring that
Yours Truly got to get what
she wanted to get! Thanks Manal!

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Much awaited girls outing - Part I

All credits should go to Annie and Firus for taking all the efforts to organize this outing. We had a great time together.

Such a great findings!

Lots of sunshine and sea breeze

Ain't she gorgeous?!

The best of buddies
Cik Firus and Annie

Such comfortable room!

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Double Rolled Pineapple Tarts

These are melts in the mouth rolled pineapple tarts. For those who are interested to try, she shares herewith the how to:-

The pastry
150g flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp corn flour
100g butter/margarine
1 1/2 tbsp icing sugar
1 egg yolk

Method
Sieve flour, corn flour, salt and icing sugar.
Rub butter + egg yolk.
Form into dough.

Use suitable tart moulds and pipe lines of pastry. Put reasonable size of pineapple jam (shape into small tubes) and roll the pastry twice. Bake in preheated oven at 170 degree Celcius for about 15-20 minutes. Enjoy!

Brush some egg yolk (mixed with a pinch
of salt) on top of the cookies to get this
golden effect.

50 pieces for RM25
Place your orders now!

Ms Azrin Felicia, Ms Noni of HSBC,  thank you for your continued support! Glad you like these tarts. For that matter your host does too! ;-)~

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Motoring on cupcakes

Had the customer allowed your host to use her own imagination to color all these items, she would have used bright/chilli red and black! Pastels and motoring theme somehow find each other challenging rather than complimenting! Anyway, thank you so much Noni for your continuous support.

Helmets, Tussels and boots

Pink and violets helmets and Spanners

More helmets and boots

Thank God that these helmets, tussels, spanners and boots had a safe flight to Kota Bahru!

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At least we had each other!

Please stay and let us keep each other warm. For we only have no one but each other! These are stray kittens that found their way to our home. At the time this entry is made, Blacky did not make it to the day. Snow White has grown so fat now - thanks to the sardines my husband has been feeding her!  

Blacky and Snow White
- keeping each other warm

They serenade each other to sleep

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What she did last Ramadhan!

Ramadhan or the fasting month gave her a great opportunity to finish doing her home library. She has been putting that intention on hold for a few months. And Ramadahn was the best time to do this for there is almost no distraction!

And the additions shall continue endlessly!

And she can just spend time updating and reading her favourite magazines and self help books in this small cosy library of her own!

She also found time to visit the flea market at another district and managed to buy lots of lamps and art work at a bargain.

Painting on pua cloth on Sarawak design
crafted wood hanger for RM10!

She was very glad that she made these purchases. A cheap but worth the effort to browse through the flea market at night!

Water colour painting with frame for RM15

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Little pleasures she enjoys

These are life little pleasures that she enjoys at any one time. 

Costume jeweleries - especially when
it is a gift! 

Sweet succulent fresh promegranates

Spaghetti and Giant meat ball and
generous amount of sauce -
enjoyed with great friends! 

Foam soft tiramisu!

Rich brownies

Eastern Coast delicacy -  Nasi Kerabu

Home grown fresh mangoes!

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