Lagenda...

Hari Jumaat sudah ada member aku ajak g makan kat the new 'malaysian' restaurant kat doha ni, Lagenda. Actually, aku tak rasa ni malaysian restaurant, cuma restaurant kat hotel holiday villa yg ada menu malaysian food kot. its a buffet breakfast at QR76 per person.

the buffet spread tak lah byk sangat variety, i think maybe dia tahu kitaorg je nak makan. memang ye pun, for the first 1 - 2 hours tu, kitaorg je makan kat situ. banyak nya western breakfast spread and arabic spread... tp tu pun tak lah byk. aku rasa depa still bajet2 utk taruh semua, sbb tak expect ramai org... ada 2 je (or shall i say only one) malaysian food - nasi lemak dan puree ngan kuah... so apa lagi, nasi lemak lah yg depa (not me, i started with fruits and taking pictures) balun dulu...

so talking abt nasi lemak...

the sambal tu sedap jugak... tp agak pedas lah.. not for international standard... seriously pedas

tp nasi dia out... kurang lemak... n kurang bau... aku bg tahu the manager and aku tanya, tak taruh pandan ke? dia admit, mmg taruh serai n halia je, sbb pandan tak de... so mcm makan nasi putih je lah...

but still we enjoyed the time there.. mainly enjoy sembang2 lah.. in terms of food, for QR76, we need more variety... aku dah pesan kat manager tu yg dia blh caj mahal if they remained the authenticity (betul ke ejaan aku ni) of the food... like pakai lah mee kuning instead of spagetthi... ada kerang, taugeh n daun kucai for char kue tiow... etc etc... dia agree with me on that... plus he even said that the current malaysian restaurant kat souq tu pun harga lagi tinggi... he plans to put a cheaper price for the food at the hotel...

the manager also said that every friday ada malaysian's buffet... in couple of months aku check out... but for me, apa depa perlu buat, is a good ramadhan buka puasa buffet... if they can score 10/10 for the buffet and dpt pull crowd... depa insyaAllah better than the current malaysian restaurant... (ntah kenapa, aku giler2 anti seri kebayan tu.. hahaha)

Sun and Sand...

aku dah lama nak try scuba diving... bila dah ada fesbuk, banyak aku tgk gambar kawan2 aku g scuba diving... jeles plak.. dan aku rasa mmg aku seronok nak diving ni, sbb aku selalu excited utk buat snorkelling...

so since aku dah dapat approval utk cuti 3 minggu dan aku plan nak cancel my mumbai trip... am planning to go for diving courses... nak dpt lesen diving :-) ada sesapa tahu sapa instructor yg bagus....

btw... blh ke belajar or dpt lesen diving kalau tak tahu berenang??? hehehe....

Burn out???

aku plan nak balik raya tahun ni... 11 sept nanti... cuti 2 -3 minggu... plan asal nya... aku nak balik 2 minggu sampai 28 september. lepas tu balik doha and catch a flight to mumbai from 28hb tu sampai 3 oct... ada wedding budak office to attend...

the first thought... this is the chance utk tgk culture india... yg aku bayang kan mcm kuch kuch hota hai... dah lah kawin kat mumbai... blh lah aku g ambik gambar org kawin... full of colors sambil2 jalan2 kat mumbai...

so aku pun buat lah plan.. dr dok mumbai 5 hari.. aku cut short and aku plan dok sana 3 hari and lepas wedding g tempat lain... few places in mind.... udaipur, jaipur, goa, mysore, bangalore etc... aku plan nak g naik train... tp setelah cek... nak g to one place tu blh makan 17 - 24 hours naik train... so tukar plan naik flight plak... ok lah tak mahal mana... tp yg tak best nya, semua flight tu kena patah balik ke mumbai utk balik ke doha... kind of wasting time gak lah... tp my main place is either udaipur or mysore... both takde airport.. still kena naik train... which kalau ikut all the timing, aku blh spend maybe max 1 day yg memenatkan kat bandar lain tu.

at the same time... aku kena travel sorang again... which mcm penat je.. mcm business travel... although my fren tu ada kat situ, and tolong2 plan... and dia pun dah cakap... accomodation kat mumbai dia provide... tp aku plak tak tahu mana nak g pas mumbai tu... and places like hill station n beach are definitely no no sbb aku g sorang2...

lepas plan2 dah semua ni... aku rasa penat lah plak.... rasa mcm malas nak travel... aku rasa baik aku balik malaysia n rehat2 je.. hehehe.... kenkadang aku rasa mcm burn out plak tetiba... burnout like aku malas nak travel... hairan plak mcm mana org macam aku malas nak travel... hmm...

doha panas!!!

dah lama blog ni tak citer pasal doha... hehehe...

sekarang ni doha panas giler... actually for me tak lah panas mana, dah experience the heat before... tp kalau aku nak describe kat org malaysia yg tak pernah sampai doha, now mmg panas giler... kenkadang tu, rasa mcm dok kat depan oven yg panas bila angin tiup masa tengah hari... terasa merekah2 kulit muka...

selalunya masa summer ni.. kulit merekah2... bibir cepat kering... and kepala panas... and mmg perlu minum air banyak.... aku rasa lately aku kurang minum air, terasa mcm sakit kepala... bila pegang kulit kepala mcm terasa takde kulit.. mencengkam rasanya kat keliling mata... i'm not a person yg selalu komplen pasal pening, so aku rasa sakit ni surely affected sbb panas.

Alhamdulillah, ari ni aku minum air sebanyak mungkin, and will do also for tomorrow... dah beransur hilang sakit kepala... in less than a month dah nak posa... masa tu lagi lah kurang minum air. harap2 still sihat sejahtera... :-)

PEK : Shopping and night time...

Kalau sapa ikut pakej trip dr Malaysia, mmg most of the itinerary jalan tu g shopping... since aku ni travel sorang2 aku tak sure sangat kat mana tempat shopping best yg org2 tu pergi... and since aku travel sorang2 aku takde lah g kedai ubat, kedai teh and kedai2 apa ntah... plus aku tak tgk pun akrobatik...

but aku ada la gi tgk2 tempat shopping... one of the famous street i think the Wang Fu Jing... yg selalu nya penuh ngan org....

Sekitar central Beijing ni mmg byk mall... semua brand ada... and keluar dr circle 1 and 2 ni.. kat business central area pun banyak mall.... tengok directory lah kalau nak tgk pasal mall ni... tp mengikut kata kawan aku, brg2 kat beijing ni tak murah, kalau original branded goods, better beli kat shanghai or hong kong, kat sana lagi murah
anyway, kalau nak beli no original branded goods, ada satu kedai ni, they call it silk street also known as silk market. paling banyak kat kedai2 ni brand Polo RL, Paul Smith... even Ed Hardy pun ada.. aku tak membeli sgt, tp ada lah beli t-shirt for souvenir. the first few floors kat kedai ni mmg jual shirts je... harga collared t-shirt paling murah aku dpt RM40 - RMB50... although ada shirt yg dia start ngan RMB650... giler tak??? tp yg best masa aku g sini, sbb muka aku mcm cina ada masa nya aku jalan2 without org hassle aku suruh beli, sbb kalau muka org putih tu, sibuk lah penjual ni jerit2 buat sales... :-)this place is so famous sampai aku terserempak ngan shaq o neil yg jalan2 kat situ.. penuh lah semua org nak ambil gambar... disebabkan aku trap sekejap, since dia lalu sebelah aku, terpaksa lah aku pun ambik gambar blur dia ni...
malam kat beijing ni hidup... aku tak sure sbb mmg happening or mmg sbb org nya terlampau ramai so depa mmg keluar... kat Wang Fu Jing street (gambar bawah tu) tu penuh ngan org... apart from that, blh g jugak area Ho Hai.. its a lake yg tepi2 dia penuh bar and club... aku g jalan2 sana without camera.... kat ho hai ni byk peraih2 menjaja 'peking duck'.... cakap je brapa harga, blh je bawak balik bilik... tp masa aku jalan kat sini, aku tak g sorang, aku g ngan member malaysia aku yg keje sini, dia paham bahasa, senang skit aku jalan2.
malam, blh gak g jalan2 tgk stadium olimpik - kolam renang tu n the bird nest... pun ramai org gak... jalan2... duduk... lepak2... mmg ramai sungguh org kat beijing ni...and setelah berjalan seharian... blh lah berehat kat tempat2 urut... aku suka g urut kaki je... hehehe... :-)
aku pun ada 2 hari je jalan2 kat beijing ni... if lama lagi n mmg tujuan nya utk berjalan, perhaps aku blh explore lebih lagi dr ni... :-)