Durian Oh Durian ...

Raja sudah kembali ... bukan raja dangdut tapi raja segala raja ^_^ musim durian dah muncul semula ... bermusim ke durian ni ... mcm tak dak musim je ... setiap masa boleh dapat ... bezanya kali ni kebanyakkan buah dari Pahang ... teringat balik masa ke rumah family angkat kat Kuala Lipis dulu ... musim buah la jugak ... tiap-tiap malam lepas dinner ... dessert wajib buah durian sebijik kena habiskan ... sorang diri pulak tu ... makan je la udah rejeki ...
kat KL ni kalau nak makan durian kena pilih betul-betul ... kalau tak ada yang tawar la, busuk la ... jadi last week kami ada terjumpa satu tempat makan durian yang agak berkonsep ... kedai jual durian ni dia ada sediakan meja sekali ... so boleh terus makan kat situ ... yang best nya kita akan makan buah yang terpilih dan terbaik je ... kalau ada yang tak elok tak payah bayo le ...

boleh makan sebanyak mana terlarat dan termampu poket nak membayarnya ^_^

terletak di area taman seri rampai ... kalau ada yang nak try bleh la cari kat sana ...

Adik Anas ..

for the last 2 weeks .. almost every day after office hour we lepaking at IJN .. visiting adik anas who needs to undergo a heart surgery ... adik anas was diagnosed with this heart problem when he still at the age of 1 year old ... from there and now he's already 4 years old ... IJN has become a second home for them ... so on 10 July 09 he entered the surgery room and took almost 4 hours to complete the operation ... this operation was quite emotionally felt for both of adik anas parents ... however tough you are but when seeing your child lying at the hospital bed ... rather quite challenging ... his mom accompanied him at the hospital for the whole 2 weeks ...


adik anas before the surgery ...... still under Dr's observation ..

adik anas after the 4 hours tiring operation ... full with wires on his little body ... after operation he only can eat porridge, milk and water only ... quite challenging because he wanted nasi goreng kampung which is his favourite food ... mommy needs to crack his head answering to adik anas ..

adik anas after after released from IJN ...

took picture with Pak Long ^_^

with Daddy ..

now he can run and play without having to take 5 after every activity ... no more short breath ... the operation cost ... almost RM 18,000 ... what important he's can play like normal kids again ..

Nasi Ambeng

last week balik kmpg sebab ada kenduri kesyukuran .. 2 in one .. kenduri kesyukuran (sempena my wife 7 bulan pregnant) sekali dengan kenduri arwah ... kebiasaannya kalau ada kenduri kesyukuran nasi ambeng menjadi pilihan ... ianya merupakan hidangan tradisi masyarakat Jawa ...

apa yang ada pada setiap talam yang akan dikongsi seramai 4 ke 6 orang ialah ... nasi ... ayam goreng masak semur (seekor) ... mee goreng ala Jawa ... sambal goreng ... serunding kelapa ... keluban (sayur mayur) ... tempeyek (ganti timun kalau x dak) ... telur rebus ...

konsep nasi ambeng ni sebenarnya lebih kepada gotong royong ... dari persiapan hinggalah kepada acara makan-makan ... lagi satu konsep yg menarik ialah walau pun satu talam untuk lima orang tp makanan yang ada tak dihabiskan di situ jugak ... lepas ambik syarat rasa dua tiga suap ... kemudian setiap orang akan ambil part masing-masing dan bwk balik ke rumah ... tuan rumah akan sediakan daun pisang skali dgn kertas utk bungkus bahagian masing-masing ... tujuannya supaya setiap yang datang bleh bawak balik dan kongsi hidangan atau orang Jawa panggil "berkat" untuk dirasa dengan family lain yg tak datang ...

kebaikkannya nasi ambeng ni selain gotong royong kerna semua juadah dimasak sendiri ... tak de satu pon yang beli kat kedai runcit atau pon dari kedai nasik kandar .... menyenangkan tuan rumah jugak ... semua juadah pasti habis ... jadi tiada pembaziran

selain itu ... x perlu susah payah nk basuh pinggan ... cuma basuh talam jer ...

SC KL Marathon

My 2nd marathon for 2009 ... started and finished at Dataran Merdeka ... as mentioned in newspaper around 12,500 runners took part this year i.e. Full Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K, Fun Run and Kid Dash Run .. the race was held on 28 June 2009 and sponsored by Standard Chartered .. sponsored but all runners must pay to join the race ... distance for the full marathon is 42.195 K .. the rain that poured before the race did not stop all the runners to start the race ..

If we go for the full marathon then we needs to pass this route .. Dataran Merdeka (0K), Tabung Haji Building (14K), Istana Budaya (17K), Kampung Baru (21K), Bukit Bintang (28K), Istana Negara (33K) ... then headed to Menara DBKL and Sogo (39K) and lastly back to Dataran to complete the FM ... a complete tour around KL ^_^

my target was to finish the race under 6 hour ... however mission failed ... when reached Sogo my clock showed 5:59:59 ... so its impossible to run almost another 2 K in 0:00:01 rite ... I only can run non stop for the first 20K ... then when I was attacked by the blisters ... only managed to run+walking for the balance of the race ... when reached the finish line ... maybe can try my luck again next year ...

what I like about this race:

• can meet and make new friends
• the atmosphere
• the preparation before the race
• can see how the determination that other runners show to complete the race
• i saw one runner took a cab during half of the race ^_^ maybe tired or thirsty
• weather ... help a lot

dislikes:

• not enough water .. got enough water station but no water
• wrong positioning of the toilet ... in the other side of the road
• finisher shirt and medal ... need to improve
• where is the goodies ...

My official result:

04:59:27 - net start
06:32:24 - net time
06:33:40.06 - finish
1291 (position for FM) from 1930 that complete the race.