Twelv with MJ's

Haya's Dad (Mat Jaya) birthday was on the 29th of September, but we were pretty much due for the boat departure by then. So Haya booked a place for us to sungkai as well as celebrate her dad's birthday.

Nenek and Atok Laut Haya was there, so she had to don on something more sopan. Harks harks. This is some of her family members. Her pretty sister Pijah, Elmo y aku rase suke kat aku tp tape, her mum, MJ himself , Haya and Mel. Haya has another sister Titin and brother Adul.


Kan aku cakap Elmo ni suke aku. Haha. Jgn tak cayee =P He is so cute ok! And of course I already took the liberty of piggy-backing him mase kat rumah. Berat siots.

The other guests, Elmo, Me, Nadia (Haya's friend), Titin, Maid haya, Nenek and Atok Haya.

Later MJ got himself a nice pressie. A brand spanking new handphone. And he like immediately took out the sim card and had one of the daughters put it in for him. Haha. Mmg kewl la ayah die.

After that, I dragged Haya and Mell to take me to the Mall for another round of tudung borong-ing. Nanti turun kapal da bukan raye lg. Sure da tade da soldes ni. Met up with Tina and Jas at the food court upstairs. Balik. Tido cam org gile. The next morning we had to board Ajang Hormat. Again.

Ambuyat

I had to try Ambuyat. The traditional sagu or (ape eh sagu in english?) dish/staple food of Brunei. In Sabah and Sarawak, they also eat this a lot. But not in Semenanjung Malaysia tho. I am however, interested to try. No promises though. Cause I know it is slimy and soft and mcm mane nak mkn ngn sambal? Haha.

The usual crowd. All girls. I have no idea what to order, so luckily the girls had already ordered before hand. I just had to sit there and try some.

We had a dslr among us. So candid la comel kan? Haha. Me and Chloe. Oh she didn't come during the previous sungkai session. I think her name is so cute. So I call her Chelowee instead. Haha. This is my babes Haya. She looks a bit like Sara Raisudin la that nite. All the dishes arrived..and I tried bits and pieces of the fried pickled meat, urat goreng mcm rendang (urat?? ohh telan je), ikan goreng, pucuk paku..cacah this and cacah that. All I try wa. And now, how to eat ambuyat.


Step #1. Poke around this soft pot and yo-yo it up and down until u get a nice slab on ur chopsticks looking poles, roll the bamboo until you get your desired amount (mine was always tiny). Step #2. Dip it in some sauce, or cacah. Like sambal la..got some with tempoyak and some with ape tah tak ingat.

Step #3. Put it in your mouth. Do not chew. Do not let it idle and travel in your mouth, just SWALLOW. Doing otherwise will cause some serious repercussions. Haha. Like gagging.

Step #4. And then you choose from so many other dishes to put some flavour in your mouth.

Tomyam. Aku order. Just in case aku tak lalu nak makan ambuyat. Bijak kan?

This is my attempt to try to eat as much as I can, but in the end. I had to have some white rice. I was afraid I might get hungry from all the play-play eating I did.

The fried pickled meat. It was delicious. Soft, very flavourful. Sedap lah. Ratah puas-puas.

This is ikan masak asam pedas. Masam. But of course, not pedas enough. Cili je lebeh. Haha.

This is how you know your ambuyat is no longer good for eating. Settling time is around 30 minutes. Haha. Syiok wa, main dgn ambuyat.

We then headed to coffeebean in Gadong (uptown la kire). And then walked around the Mall since it was only 8pm at that time.

I straight away did what I hadn't done in a long long time.. Looky2 for tudung. Borong abes. But here the style is all silk scarves. Nice lah. Got a few for my mum, my admin in Kemaman.

Dah lame tak pergi shopping. What a nice evening out with the girls!! Rina even treated me to a scarf since I couldn't make my mind up. But in the end I did get 8 scarves + 1.. Thanks Rina!!

Sparkly and New

Today I left the base at 1.30 in the afternoon. All muslims were allowed to leave as early as that. I didn't feel like doing anything. Plus there wasn't anything hands-on to do in the yard. And my boss just pretty much confirmed the fact that he is not allowing me to go back for the festivities.

Its ok. I am fine. Just a tad sad. I seriously hope the ship will get its sorry arse over quickly. Rumour has it that the 28th will be the date. Ok la tu. Chloe promised me a cheesecake. Home-made. I want the whole thing to myself later on the boat. Can ka?

Now I have to change my ticket to a date that is way further in the future. 15 October is good enough? Or that is just too early for the operation to be over? Oh tolong lahhh.

I tried on all the scarves I bought to cheer my day up. Haha. Happy happy. Need to go back to the Mall to get some more!

CoffeeZone Kiulap

As all of my friends and loved ones are obviously enjoying their Iftars (ye Kepen) without me, I am also trying to make the best of things in peaceful Brunei.

We started a frenzy at the base when all of us decided not to work and instead think about where to have our sungkai later. One of them even went ahead and printed in color, a list of all buffet spots in Bandar. Kire town la. Bandar Seri Begawan, geddit.

We decided to pick a place that was below 20 Brunei Dollars, cause it wouldn't make any sense to go somewhere that would cost us a bomb when neither one of us could eat that much. Tgk gamba je la..

Mel, Haya and Rina

Its been a while since I laid my eyes on good food. Temptation temptation. I had 3 rounds! Good job kin. But Rina was there to cheer me on, the rest. Hampeh. Makan sikit je da kenyang. Rugi btul bwk g buffet.
My plate. But I didn't finish the mee hoon. Keras. Tak best. The menu was simple, tapi sedap. No need for a flood of choices, just a few good ones will suffice. At least for me.

This is Tina, she looks an awfully a lot like Lisa, but I don't have anyone to verify that for me!! Sesape yang kenal lisa, and is reading. Setuju tak?

The whole pack. Jas (not SLB), Tina, Me on my toes, Rina, and in the front, Haya and Mel (also not SLB).

Was great fun to be all pretty and dressed up again. It made me really happy. Malam itu tido rumah Haya lagik!