I guess this will be my final entry for Ramadhan. It has been an eventful and exciting month for me, thanks to the present company of Bard, Linda, Suaimi, Azam and of course Whaisee and Karen. Many thanks to this guys and gals for filling my days and evenings with joy and laughter and of course, abundance of food!!
Despite being away from home, the buka puasa spread here has been lavish this year compared to last year, where I survived on Kit kat on most days. Thanks to Bard, whom I met, at the end of Ramadhan last year….. Since then, I have never been able to reduce to my ideal weight of below 50kg. Aisey…..
This Ramadhan, anything that I wanted to eat, I managed to get. Of course I contributed to my share of cooking as well but it was no trouble at all…….it was a pleasure to cook when you have your close buddies to share and enjoy the food with.
But I should give the award for most Hardworking Chef should go to Bard for cooking Chili Crab for our sahur and the most Innovative Chef goes to Linda for her Fried rice with Chicken Sausage and Ikan Billis. Yeah, sounds odd I know....I would never have thought of it mixing those 2 items together but it was delicious!! Fusion cuisine indeed…
Yesterday we had the 3rd typhoon that reached level 8 for this year. The typhoon is only a ‘look-forward to’ event when it reaches the Gale Storm Warning Typhoon Level 8 category coz that’s when offices and schools close. The level 8 was declared at 4pm yesterday and we get to leave office early. Hurrah!!!!
Spent the evening with Linda watching a thriller movie amidst our screaming. After that we ended up talking till wee hours of the morning. We were wishing that the level 8 will be enforced until today (and get another day holiday) but much to our disappointments, the storm level was downgraded from 8 to 5 and 3….That means back to office….that sulks…
I’m all bleary eyed and groggy now with only couple of hours of sleep in between. I bet Linda must be feeling the same too. But it was a pleasant evening getting to know each other better….
Incidentally, today is one of those hectic pre-event preparation activities. I’ll be starting my Eid leave from Monday, going home to Msia for the whole week (cuti Raya, yeh!!!!) and after that I will be off directly to Xi’an in China for the week-long Oncology Summit. That means I have to complete all my tasks before the end of this week!
Compared to my other trips previously, this time I am looking forward to this trip because Xi’an is the city of the famous Terracotta soldiers which I have read so much about and it is also known in the olden days as ‘Serambi Mekah; (if I am not mistaken) and since this is a predominatly Islamic city, I will not have any problems getting halal food!!
That is one of the best things about this trip because this time I don’t have to restrict myself to only seafood or vegetables for a whole week long. But the best thing is having Linda and Bard joining me after the meeting. We will have a short holiday together. Hurrah!!!
Meanwhile, in between my hundreds jaw stretching exercise (yawns) today…..I’m gonna be that super cool, efficient, experienced, ‘don’t panic! I have everything under control’ confident conference manager…………..Ha ha!!
Despite being away from home, the buka puasa spread here has been lavish this year compared to last year, where I survived on Kit kat on most days. Thanks to Bard, whom I met, at the end of Ramadhan last year….. Since then, I have never been able to reduce to my ideal weight of below 50kg. Aisey…..
This Ramadhan, anything that I wanted to eat, I managed to get. Of course I contributed to my share of cooking as well but it was no trouble at all…….it was a pleasure to cook when you have your close buddies to share and enjoy the food with.
But I should give the award for most Hardworking Chef should go to Bard for cooking Chili Crab for our sahur and the most Innovative Chef goes to Linda for her Fried rice with Chicken Sausage and Ikan Billis. Yeah, sounds odd I know....I would never have thought of it mixing those 2 items together but it was delicious!! Fusion cuisine indeed…
Yesterday we had the 3rd typhoon that reached level 8 for this year. The typhoon is only a ‘look-forward to’ event when it reaches the Gale Storm Warning Typhoon Level 8 category coz that’s when offices and schools close. The level 8 was declared at 4pm yesterday and we get to leave office early. Hurrah!!!!
Spent the evening with Linda watching a thriller movie amidst our screaming. After that we ended up talking till wee hours of the morning. We were wishing that the level 8 will be enforced until today (and get another day holiday) but much to our disappointments, the storm level was downgraded from 8 to 5 and 3….That means back to office….that sulks…
I’m all bleary eyed and groggy now with only couple of hours of sleep in between. I bet Linda must be feeling the same too. But it was a pleasant evening getting to know each other better….
Incidentally, today is one of those hectic pre-event preparation activities. I’ll be starting my Eid leave from Monday, going home to Msia for the whole week (cuti Raya, yeh!!!!) and after that I will be off directly to Xi’an in China for the week-long Oncology Summit. That means I have to complete all my tasks before the end of this week!
Compared to my other trips previously, this time I am looking forward to this trip because Xi’an is the city of the famous Terracotta soldiers which I have read so much about and it is also known in the olden days as ‘Serambi Mekah; (if I am not mistaken) and since this is a predominatly Islamic city, I will not have any problems getting halal food!!
That is one of the best things about this trip because this time I don’t have to restrict myself to only seafood or vegetables for a whole week long. But the best thing is having Linda and Bard joining me after the meeting. We will have a short holiday together. Hurrah!!!
Meanwhile, in between my hundreds jaw stretching exercise (yawns) today…..I’m gonna be that super cool, efficient, experienced, ‘don’t panic! I have everything under control’ confident conference manager…………..Ha ha!!
3 comments:
a few things :
1) fui sim your ex housemate tak da mehh?? soon may b ur BFF...wahahah
2) oooo...blame on me for gain weight? hmmm....get ur tennis and badminton racket after raya...we going to book the court every week!
3)my last comment before raya...see u when i see u in malaysia!!
thanks a lot too for joining the session of eating! at least this year i can share it with someone either than cook and eat it for myself....it's sounds a bit selfish! hahaha
My dear Mr Bard,
1) Even if FS is my ex housemate, she's your BFF la...not mine (i did not get mooncake from her), so no importance in my life, hence no mention of her name.
2) Err...badminton and tennis? What's that? New restaurants? Halal? Where???
3) Yes, cywicu...Wishing you Selamat Hari Raya and Maaf Zahir Batin, halal kan makan minum ye...will be camping at your place and perabiskan all your food again this weekend...heheh
wohoaaaa...i'm left all alone in HK...have to eat my own cooking!!!
At least I have Xi'an to look forward to :) ..and the Halloween bash..and raya open house..and yada..yada..yada..The trip will be my deadlines for many things..
Dam dam dum bunyi mercun..selamat hari raya!!!
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