Super Heroes, Super Cool!

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... There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart ~ Charles Dickens ...

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Carrot & Snow

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Entry ni ditujukan khas buat saudari MAR ;)

Kek Carrot

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Last week, bumi Besancon dihujani snow. Alhamdulillah, still berkesempatan utk menikmati salji musim sejuk yg terakhir di France. hehe.

Spot the differences.

Before ...

After ...

... Every mile is two in winter ~ George Herbert ...

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Aidilfitri '09

Salam wbt.

*tiup habuk sbb dah lama sgt tak update blog*

Tanggal 18/10, syawal pun b'akhir. insyaAllah, bagi Cohort 1 (french), ni adalah raya yg last di France. tahun depan dah nak balik Malaysia. jgn buat2 lupe plak ye. hehe. alhamdulillah, raya kali ni pun meriah seperti tahun tahun yg lepas. lebih meriah dgn adanya tetamu yg sudi dtg dr Grenoble, Rouen, Colmar etc ...

If last year kita ada nasi dagang, mi soto and tepung pelita, this year plak kita dijamu dgn nasi tomato, roti jala and mi soto jugak. hehe.

Cohort 1

Sisters :)

1st Syawal, Besancon.

Tak lengkap rasenye raya if xde open house, kan? sape ckp raya kt oversea cuma sehari (1st Syawal) mmg salah sgt la tu. here, tiap2 wiken ada org invite dtg rumah tau. safe bajet sbb tayah masak. aha. Alhamdulillah, rezeki. time ni la tuan rumah nk tunjuk skill masak masing2 kan. hehe.

Open house Ain, Anis and Ana (triple A). menu : mee kari, mee sup and rendang.

Open house Anith, Nani and Lilo. menu : laksa penang, laksa sarawak and spaghetti.

amacam? percaya dah? hehe.

and untuk pertama kalinya beraya di Paris sepanjang belajar di France. with Najib and wife, Mukhriz and wife etc.

Najib and wife.

at Pavillon Dauphine, Paris.

the 'team' :)

... One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating ~ Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright ....

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I'll miss these.

Salam wbt.


Four seasons through my window.


Spring is not the best seasons. Cold and flu are two good reasons.
Wind and rain and other sorrow. Warm today and cold tomorrow ~ Unknown.

In winter I get up at night. And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way. I have to go bed by the day ~ Robert Louis Stevenson.

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
no fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November! ~ Thomas Hood.

When the bold branches. Bid farewell to rainbow leaves -
Welcome wool sweaters ~ B. Cybrill.

... The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other ~ Arthur Rubenstein ...

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BeNeLux (entry lapuk)

Salam.

Alhamdulillah, selamat tiba afte 5 hari 4 mlm meninggalkan rumah. utk spring break dis year, Belgium + Netherland + Luxembourg = BeNeLux m'jadi pilihan hati. spring means tulips! :)

Day 1, 28/4:

First time pilih bas utk travel sbb harga Eurolines from Paris ke Rotterdam (Netherland) agak murah. Bertolak from Paris at 11pm and sampai di Rotterdam at 530am. tumpang 'khidmat diri' di train station Rotterdam. hehe. must visit place? CUBE HOUSE!

Cube House dibina di Rotterdam dan Helmond. Rekaan oleh Piet Blom, a Dutch architect. Ada 3 floors:

• Ground floor - entrance
• 1st floor - living room and open kicthen
• 2nd floor - bedrooms and bathroom
• Top floor - small garden

Cube House

inside the cubic house

From Rotterdam, kita ke Amsterdam plak (by train). the 1st thing yg kene buat bila sampai adalah cari hotel. jalan punye jalan (meredah hujan ok), baru la tahu yg hotel tu dlm boat. woh! bukan cruise tu laa. boat biasa je. dugaan jugak la sbb sempit. solat pun sampai terhantuk katil. adeh. aha.

di depan Botel (Bot + Hotel = Botel)

Malamnye, merayau-rayau hampir 2 jam semata-mata nak cari benda alah ni. Rupa-rupanya, dah dialih dr tempat asal sbb on 30/4 was Queen's Day. xde rezeki ... uhu. drp pak guard, polis sampai lah org yg tgh tggu tram. sume jd mangsa pertanyaan kitorg.

Day 2, 29/4:

Tak kan lengkap cuti kita di Netherlands if tak pegi visit taman tulip. From Amsterdam, kene amek train ke Leiden. Sejam lebih je rasanya. Then, naik bas yg akan stop betul betul depan Keukenhof. Masa beli tiket nk masuk taman tulip, tiba2 dgr org ckp Indon ngan Didi. rupe2nye makcik yg jual tiket tu mix. ye la ... Indonesia kan penah dijajah oleh Belanda. Next time, if sape2 nk pegi taman tulip, better pegi pagi sbb bile dah tgh hari, bunga sume layu. dah tak cantik. Masa nk kuar dr Keukenhof tu, tgk bunga dah tak secantik masa masuk pagi td.

Tuuuliiiipsssss!

Ok. Since esok dah nk gerak ke Brussels, today mmg kene beli souvenirs siap2. Netherlands is more than drugs and prostitution. So, jgn terkejut la bile tgk souvenirs yg pelik2 and mcm2. Cannabis lollipop pun dijual selamba badak je. lol. Tu belum pegi red-light district lagi. haissh. *wink wink* ;)

pilih kak pilih.

Day 3, 30/4:

Dari Amsterdam, kita naik train menuju ke Den Haag plak. ada apa kt situ? yes, Madurodam. ok sume org ... cube sebut M.A.D.U.R.O.D.A.M ... sudeyyyy. konfem ada yg berbelit lidah nk sebut. MaduDARAM la. MaduDORAM la. aha. xpe. normal la tu. ok. Madurodam is a miniature city. ada mcm2 bangunan yg femes mahupun tak femes dlm tu. but sumenye kecik kecik. sgt la teliti. hehe. sronok jugak sbb at least, blh cover satu Netherlands dlm Madurodam tu :)

mencapub dgn topi free :)

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Highway

After dah tawaf satu Madurodam tu, kita patah balik ke train station utk ke Brussels, Belgium. tak igt dah brape jam Den Haag-Brussels. but rasanya tak lama sgt pun. Ok. bila dah sampai Brussels, tiba-tiba lost. sbb ni plan-aci-main-redah je. hotel pun tak book. supposedly, today dah habes round Brussels and terus balik France. but nak buat mcm mane kan. kite merancang and Dia yg menentukan. chewahh, dan dan je kan :)

berpandukan signboard yg tak brape nk m'bantu, ahirnya sampai di depan tourism office yg sememangnya dah tutup. ye la. dah pukul 6 pm. xde rezeki. oo ye. before tu t'serempak dgn M. Ablali. ye kawan2 ku sayang. M. Driss ABLALI yg ajar kita kat fac tu la. klaka plak rasenye. lol. ok. b'balik kpd cerita td, dgn p'tolongan polis yg ada kt situ, dpt jugak jumpa hostel (Auberges de Jeunesse). walaupun hostel je, b'fast included ok.

Grand Place (if perasan, di atas tu ada statue b'warna emas)

After dah check in hostel and rest kejap, kita terus kuar. jln jln dkt Grand Place yg mmg femes di Brussels. Square tu dikelilingi oleh bangunan lama yg sgt besar and agak tinggi. Alhamdulillah, cuaca pun elok je. tak sejuk sgt. dgn adanya tripod, sume skali blh masuk dlm gambar. paham2 je la. bile gune tripod ni, ada je org yg tak perasan and dgn konfidennya lalu dpn tu. tiba2 dtg sorg mat saleh ni. namanya Peter. katanya, dia akan jaga so dat org tak lalu dpn kamera masa amek gambar.

masa borak borak, dia bgtau yg di atas setiap bangunan tu ada statue b'warna emas. dan setiap statue tu menunding jari ke arah satu sama yg lain. hmm, interesting. act, masa tu perut sume dah nyanyi lagu keroncong. laaapaar. uhu. tiba2 aje dia ajak minum teh. ok je la sbb nnt blh mkn skali. but it worse than we thought. skali dia ajak pegi rumah daaa. situation masa tu adalah, 'aku tgk ko, ko tgk aku' and melalui mata, masing2 tny, 'mcm mana ni?'. aha. xpe. kite redah je. pape jadi, kite berempat. lol. sampai je kt rumah, dia terus buat teh. and each of us perhati dgn telitinya setiap apa yg dia masukkan dlm teh. who knows kan. ok. Let me introduce to Peter . dia b'asal dr Netherlands dan b'umur 47 tahun. sampai umur kitorg korek. hehe. tapi dia kerja di Brussels. oh, he's a journalist. and tau tak? kartun Tintin yg femes dkt France tu rupe2 nya b'asal dr Belgium.

Peter dgn piring hitam fav' nye (Sweet Rain by Stan Getz)

Kisah malam ni tak habes lg tau. After minum teh kt rumah Peter, pencarian dinner diteruskan lg. kalau ke Belgium, mmg 'wajib' mkn fries. plus, french fries b'asal dr sini. bukan nye France sekali pun ada 'french' sblmnye. igt tu! :) since dah lewat, so nk cari kedai yg dkt dgn hostel je. but malangnya dah tutup. then, tny la sorg pakcik arab ni. ada lg tak kedai yg jual fries area tu. dia kate sume dah tutup. yg bkk pun bar and club je. mmg xde rezeki la kan. otw nk balik hostel, tibe2 dgr org panggil. rupe2nya pakcik tu kejar. dia kata if nk mkn fries, dia blh gorengkan. wah, rezeki! boleh boleh. last last dia kasi free je sorg satu. siap kasi sos and mayo lg. Alhamdulillah ...

Day 4, 1/5:

After beli tiket train from Brussels-France, terus cari bas yg tour satu Brussels. so dat blh jimatkan masa since pukul 2pm nnt dah kene naik train. kene gunakan masa yg ada ni utk jalan2 and cari souvenirs skali. Alhamdulillah, today rezeki murah lg. org yg jual tiket bas tu pun muslim. so, instead of paying Eur 16, kene byr Eur 10 je. harga tiket kanak2. hehe. antara tempat yg menarik adalah Atomium. kita blh masuk dlm benda2 bulat tu. ada tubes yg m'hubungkan setiap satunya. dlm tubes tu plak ada escalator yg sgt la curam. ngeriii. Dah puas naik turun bas, tiba lah masa utk beli souvenirs plak. cth nya Belgian Chocolate. mmg best dan harganya pun b'patutan.

Hop on - Hop off

Atomium

Since tiket train direct from Brussels-France agak mahal, so kena singgah di Luxembourg dulu. alang2kan. at least, dah jejak kaki walaupun tak b'jalan mana sgt kt situ. tapi kan, sepanjang p'jalanan dr Brussels-Luxembourg, mmg sgt cantek. dgn sungai nya, bukit nya. Subhanallah ... Dah sampai di Luxembourg, kene beli tiket train ke Nancy (France) plak. nak balik terus ke Besancon mmg tak sempat. so, mmg kena b'malam di Nancy dulu.

satu satunya gambar di Luxembourg. aha.

... There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign ...

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Negara zikir

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"I truly resolve to see Brunei Darussalam become a Negara Zikir," said His Majesty (Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah).

... InsyaAllah ...

And our journey started ...

Ulang tahun His Majesty (HM) yang ke-63. He's 'everywhere'.

Masjid Jame Asr Hassanil Bolkiah.

Kampong Ayer, 'Venice of the East'.

The most interesting fact about Brunei : hanya m'punyai +- 390 000 org penduduk.

oh, seriously?? sampai sekarang still susah nk percaya ;)

... Travelling is like flirting with life. It's like saying, "I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station" - Lisa St Aubin de Teran ...

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Vocab

Salam.

Nak dekat sbulan dah rasenye duduk kt kampung ni. makin lama, makin byk vocab dlm loghat kedah yg baru tahu. hehe.


Situasi 1:
Ni masa balik Msia winter last year. tgh duk layan cerekarama kt tv3.

Pelakon 1 : Eh, awal bangun pagi ni. Dah menyoghok ke blom?
Pelakon 2 : Haa? Menyorok? Buat ape menyorok pakcik?

*Menyoghok = breakfast


Situasi 2:
Teman makcik pegi bank kt pekan (town). otw tu, nampak org ramai2 kt depan sebuah kedai ni. rupe2 nye, perompak kene ikat kt tiang. padan muke!

Cousin : Mama, along tgk muke dia (perompak) tu berdarah n lebam lebam kene labuh.
Makcik : Padan muka dia. Sape suruh m'curi.

*Labuh = penampar


Situasi 3:
Di dapur.

Makcik : Inah, nnt hang letak nasi naa. Ayah hang nak makan.
... afte beberapa minit blurrr...
Inah : Laaa, awat tak habaq letak tu masak. Igtkan letak nasi dlm pinggan. lol.

*Letak = masak

From left : Adik abang and adik adik (jgn ditanya kenapa dipanggil begitu). hehe.

... Learn a new language and get a new soul :) ...

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