Pasir Berdengung...

Last weekend aku g ke area singing dune which aku translate as pasir berdengung... kawasan bukit pasir ni akan menghasilkan bunyi bila ada angin kuat tp kalau takde angin, kita slide kat pasir ni pun blh buat bunyi gema yg lain mcm skit.
According to ustaz wikipedia.... ada lebih kurang 30 tempat je dlm dunia yg ada kawasan pasir berdengung ni... kalau kat Qatar cari lah... coordinate: N25.02.446 E051.24.540. atau kalau takde garmin tu... ikut salwa road, keluar kat exit 24 pergi menghala ke mesaaied then pass 2 roundabout... pastu ada simpang ke kanan. jalan lah terus sampai jumpa area singing dune tu... :-)
lokasi dia ni dekat dengan US army base kat Qatar ni... kalau korang tgk transformers the movie, awal2 ada scorpion serang army base, tu konon nya kat Qatar lah tu... katanya army base ni adalah US base paling besar kat Middle East... anyway, kalau korang tak ingat movie tu... ni trailer... at 0:38 dia ada cakap base US kat Qatar kena attack... (tak jumpa lah clip tulis tempat tu kat Qatar).


In april selalunya area singing dune ni ada Dunestock... i went there once in 2007 dan tahun 2008 plak tetiba berhabuk satu doha... read up here on 2007 Dunestock... and read here what we did 2008 Dunestock...
oh... when i said berdengung and bergema... korang sure terfikir, camner bunyi tu... ni clip kitaorg ambil masa kat sana last week... ooh semua pelakon amatur... and cameraman pun amatur... hik hik hik.. thanks che le for the video...
ooh.. btw... turun bukit tu best... nak panjat tu yg pancit.. sekali tu... sampai out of breath aku... sbb laju sgt nak panjat ke atas.. :-) selain menggelungsur dan memanjat... apa lagi boleh buat... melompat je lah... :-D

Anticipating a tough 2 weeks...

hehehe... ada 2 minggu lagi sebelum aku balik Malaysia... hooray!!! tiket dah beli...

tp tadi aku ada baca satu email dr big boss aku yg aku tak expect from him... no.. no.. no.. it's not about retrenchment... but it is about future... yup... the future of my career...

I am anticipating loads of discussions and tough decisions would be made in the next 2 weeks... and i'm hoping everything would be settled and in place before boarding the flight to KUL...

But definitely I won't be long here... InsyaAllah...

It ain't CNY, neither V Day...

Dah lama sebenarnya kitaorg tak buat proper makan2... selalu nya makan ramai2 je.. hahaha... ada beza ke... so che le's planned to have a proper makan2 kat umah dia... and the main menu is satay... yum yum... lama gak tak makan satay... for me plak... since dah nak buat proper makan2... aku cadangkan why not buat theme color. merah dan hitam.. baru lah mcm berangan happening... although it is among the same faces, ada gak muka2 baru... termasuk 3 org yg mmg baca blog aku i.e. zaireen... fairul... n shafei... yg buat aku rasa lagi kelakar, fairul n shafei read my blog even before depa datang doha... besar kemaluan bila depa ulang2 citer pasal apa yg aku tulis kat sini... really malu... hik hik hik...
the night before the party, che le (ooh ija pun baca gak blog ni.. hehehe) panggil semua 'crew' makan2 utk cucuk satay... ada dekat 500 cucuk satay rasanya.. or even more... tp ada daging n ayam je... kalau ada satay unta surely best...
the party itself was fun... almost everyone wore red... since semua ada... we have decided utk wish farewell pada ramzi and his family sbb depa nak balik malaysia for good next week... ada rezeki lebih baik kat malaysia katanya... good for him...apart from makan satay, we also as usual have karaoke session... with the kids started with nusery rhymes and later shafei n ramzi himself nyanyi lagu2 indon :-) fun fun fun...

Travel Report : Liban - tidbits

Some tidbits on my trip to Lebanon recently... (hehehe.. still talking abt the trip... hahaha)

1. for the first time i travelled without any map in hand... mmg serious, tak pegang map.. n belasah je lah mana driver kitaorg bawak. setakat 3 hari tu, our driver quite reliable. although none of them tahu mana tpt nak g visit, especially the first driver tu... but they know apa tempat yg patut pergi. so depa bertanya. meanwhile, in beirut, teksi2 takde bermeter... with price max LL10,000 (approx. USD6.67) u can go to almost everywhere in town. the price maybe pricy... but we are tourist, mmg selalu kena ketuk ngan harga mahal... :-)

2. Hotel location... Hamra Street is a good place... hotel near Rouche pun ok especially yg dpt meditreanean sea view... but i think (my personal opinion) area downtown tu a bit upscale... food around that area pun mahal2... but night life ok lah kot :-)

3. If you like Roman history and batu2 lama ni... Baalbeck and Sur/Tyre is a must... kalau tak minat, still try go to Baalbeck... impressive... tp kalau tak cukup time tak per... and in my opinion Harissa mmg blh skip... and Byblos u stop in case u nak g Tripoli... maybe i should go to Faraya hari tu... different experience. To the south plak, Beitaddine ok to be missed... Saida have loads to offer if u have plenty of time...

4. Ka'ak is delicious, try one... menurut kata arab2 kat sini, one of the best thing in lebanon is their food... better than other countries. but i would say the price is a bit pricy, sama mcm doha, or a bit more... sbb at least kat doha portion dia besar blh share ramai2. i do not know how to guide u to the place, sandwich tepi jalan tmpt pakcik to bawak, seriously sedap. oh, u also can try armenian food. plenty of restaurants around Dora area (tk g sbb tak sempat melawat beyrouth)

5. Loads of festivals in Summer... lebanese org yg suka berparty... Baalbeck, Anjar and Beitaddine mmg ada summer festivals. so if you plan to go in Summer checkout the shows... :-) anyway, during summer blh gak g ke beach... enjoy the meditrenean beach... surely best... (lebanese girls are pretty... tp masa sejuk2 ni semua pakai bertutup... hahahaha)

6. Kalau ada plan keluar dr Beirut... save ur shopping (for souvenir) kat luar dr beirut... common sense... shopping kat beirut mahal skit... saida souq gives u a reasonable price for souvenir same goes to Byblos... anyway, Saida souq best gak pergi... loads of things... and its meant for locals... tak lah superficial... byblos souq tu agak touristic skit...

A Qatari Wedding...

Baru-baru ni aku berpeluang untuk kali pertamanya menghadiri majlis perkahwinan orang Qatar. Dah 2 tahun aku tunggu invitation, tak pernah ada. tp at least aku 2 tahun, abe zu yg ikut aku g wedding ni dah 4 tahun keje sini.. ni pun his first time... tak seperti malaysia, kita senang jemput org g kenduri especially yg bukan kat dlm dewan... sini depa tak berapa rapat ngan bukan local. btw, majlis yg aku pergi ari tu, majlis lelaki, so takde perempuan langsung... majlis perempuan celebrate only by women, kat dlm dewan rasanya. mmg lelaki tak blh diinvite, sbb dlm dewan tu dengar katanya depa berhias cantik2 tak pakai tudung n sexy2... (uiks... rugi tak dpt gi.. hehehe)

Majlis dah bermula selepas maghrib, tp as advice by tuan rumah aku dtg lewat i.e. lepas isya'. actually itu pun aku kiranya awal... ramai lagi lewat... like our majlis kahwin, first kita dtg dan bersalam dgn family/bapa/pengantin lelaki... sama jugak kat sini, salam ucap tahniah dan kemudian duduk lah mana2. bagi org kita selalunya kita salam je, tp dah ikut budaya depa, kena lah laga2 pipi... hehehe... tp for those local yg i think sedara mara or sesama qatari, depa lagi hebat... siap laga2 hidung... :-)
sementara menunggu tu, akan ada org bawak teko arab bg sesapa nak coffee arab or teh arab... rasanya mmg pekat... but at the same time ada jugak serve teh o (chai ahmar) atau teh susu (chai halib). dan kat atas meja kecik2 tu ada kekacang, manisan (i think from oman) dan air kosong. sambil duduk2 sebelum makanan tiba, ada persembahan tarian pedang. although it is a normal tarian pedang, tp camera video yg ambil gambar mmg hebat, siap ada jib lagi... and pakai 2 cameras. in fact, tempat bersalam2 tu pun ada satu lagi kamera... i think the amount of camera used lagi banyak drpd production telefilem melayu... ye ke?
around 8 lebih... few ppl datang bawak lapik plastic alas carpet. dan mula menghidang kan makanan. very simple indeed. ada salad, ada air gas, ada few things yg aku pun tak sure... dan lastly, baru lah turun nasi makhbush kambing... and org pun turun makan atas lantai...
ooh.. this is how we ate...
i can say that was one of the best'est' nasi yg aku pernah rasa... gile sedap! abe zu sampai sendat perut makan!!! but after the makan2... one scene yg aku tak expect berlaku. those south asian workers yg maybe keje utk majlis or perhaps keje construction sekitar2 tu pun mula masuk majlis and makan balance makanan. uiks... and bukan tu je... depa siap bawak beg plastic n tapau the food... apparently i guess its normal, sbb takde sapa pun halang...

anyway, it is another experience. it's as not much as i expect sangat lah... but at least aku dah pergi. one of the thing yg aku mmg impikan utk pergi sebelum aku tinggalkan doha (oooh another thing is pergi Umrah...) so since aku dah dpt dtg wedding ni, so blh lah aku tinggalkan doha dah kan.. hahaha...

this is the bridegroom and the father... with abe n me... and 2 org arab yg jadi tetamu dlm majlis ni... :-)