Monday, February 20, 2012

Across the borders

¨°o.O (Post) O.o° 2111 hours

I bet my Boyfriend would be the happiest person on earth because I’ve been fed well these few days. He has wanted me to eat more and always label me as ‘kudut’. Trust me, I’m not kudut! And if I’m kudut, I wonder what people after me are called? Like Sissy and etc etc etc, I hope not jerangkung please. 

So well, to those that don’t have my Facebook account and well, to those who has mine, as you all know on Saturday, Mama cooked Chilli crab, Prawn Oatmeal & Nasi Briyani the other day for the whole family and invited Boyfriend & Ressal over for lunch too. Mama is really such a sweet heart! It was a mixture of our cravings. Muhammad wanted Chilli crab; Ayah wanted Nasi Briyani while I wanted Prawn Oatmeal. And the outcome?

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It was super tripling marvelously delicious! No words could ever describe this heavenly Mama‘s cooked dishes!

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Not forgetting on Sunday, Ressal bought the family Macdonald’s Value Meal for breakfast. I was so full that I even skipped lunch & dinner.

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And today’s Monday, I took off just to celebrate the 7th Anniversary with the Boyfriend. Yes, our Anniversary is on the 14th but the celebration is always being celebrated on another day to avoid people making fitnah or rather accusation from thinking that we are celebrating Valentine’s Day. Furthermore, my Boyfriend doesn’t really fancy this Valentine’s Day celebration, yes its Haram.

I was talking about buffet with a new colleague of mine, Jie Min the other day. So for this year’s Anniversary, I decided to rampage on buffet at Johor Bahru since it is much cheaper there and both of us are on a tight budget. But this time I pay. It has always been on the Boyfriend every year for 6 years and since this is our first Anniversary that I’m working, I’ll pay. =)

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One of the ‘Malay Food Stall’ buffet area

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The dessert area


The choice of food is much lesser compared to Hyatt and definitely nothing compared to Carousel in Singapore. Paying for about RM 50 per person (approximately S$25) and with the amount of food that we get to eat, it’s definitely value for money. And we were greeted with super friendly staff that never fail to put a smile on their face, wins it all. Among all the staff, there’s this lady probably around her 50s or 60s, name ‘Melati’, was certainly the best! I was so impressed with her politeness. She kept going to us to clear our plate and recommends us their food like their lamb chop as well as the chicken chop and telling us the difference between Coffee & Cappuccino when we were about to get one. Not that we are not aware of the differences but it was really sweet of her.

And I have this soft spot on certain things like especially when people who are older enough than me that cleans up the mess that I make or people who cleans the place that I’m at. That is the reason why I really cannot eat at hotels or even be a boss one day. Because these people clear my plates, wash the dishes that I ate from! And worst, being a boss means I have to tell or instruct people on what to do and I HATE doing that, bossing people around. 

I even feel like crying each time when I see that happens. =( Because I always feel that human beings, no matter what level you are, you are still the same in God’s eye. Can you imagine? How old am I? And how much older is she than me, but she’s clearing my plate. =( I really feel like telling her that I would want to clear the plate myself but it has a ‘No Entry to unauthorized person' on the door where they placed the plate for washing. 

Yes, I feel so bad that I could still feel it up to now even though I had my lunch like 10 hours ago. I should have given her some tip off but felt like the idea was more like bribery. Feels so guilty! Anyway, the food I had today's buffet,

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My first serving – Rice, Briyani Rice, Lemak Cili Padi, Sambal Sotong, Sambal Udang, Kailan and Sweet & Sour Fish.

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Second serving – Chicken Patty, Beef Patty, Mushroom, Vegetable Penne Pasta, Dragon fruit chicken, Coleslaw, Gado-Gado with Gado-Gado Sauce & Thousand Island.

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Third serving – Spaghetti with Napoleon sauce, dragon fruit chicken, mushroom + Thousand island sauce, potato & broccoli. 

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Forth serving – Chicken & Lamb chop

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My very own Cappuccino.

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Boyfriend’s very own Cappuccino.

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Fifth serving – Desserts. Some cheesecake, honeydew pudding, strawberry cake and I don’t know what the others are called.

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The green one is the cheesecake by the way. The yellow is peach if I’m not wrong.

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Onion soup. Yucks yes! But apparently it taste nice, goes along super well with the croutons too!

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Sixth serving – Another strawberry cake, chocolate mousse cake & brownie

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The Boyfriend’s watermelon, kiwi and his attempt of making a face.

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 Seventh serving – Strawberry, Sweet Corn & Coconut Ice-cream

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Ice Jelly

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And my favourite cheesecake!

And yes, did I mention I vomited 9 times after lunch?! I’m really such a botch when it comes to buffet seriously. Such wasteful! Left them a feed back form and wrote in a very good words for 'Melati', hopefully her service will be recognized! =)


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We headed to City Square after that for a movie, wanted to catch ‘Azura’ but the movie is at 9.30pm. Goodness sake. I have work tomorrow, what time will I reach home like that? And who wants to wait for hours and hours just to catch a movie? So we were left with either English or Malay movies to watch from. English movies are so easy to catch in Singapore, so we decided to catch Malay movies instead. There was only ‘Chantek’ & ‘Hantu Dalam Botol Kicap’ left to watch from. Both looks boring to me but we decided to just settle in for ‘Hantu Dalam Botol Kicap’ since it has some comedy. And well, it was not bad. =)


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Rating: 3/5 Popcorns

After the movie, settle in for some Char Kway Salad, which is one of my favourite that is available at City Square. The Boyfriend first time trying it and yes, he loves it. You can really tell it. I did buy some Char Kway salad for the family as well as Cousin Lyna since it’s her favourite too. HEHE! After the fed, we went back home.


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Now you see it! 

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Now you don’t!

Certainly an enjoyable day spent with the Boyfriend today. This is our first time going across borders of Singapore without Parents’ supervision. You have no idea how I kept praying for us to be safe when going and when returning. Ceh ceh! We can go honeymoon already in the future. HAHA! Till here, I’m back to work tomorrow.

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I’m still quite disappointed that I didn’t get to watch ‘Azura’. I’m so going to watch it!

Azie: I wish my name was Azura, it’s a nice name. People make songs & movies out of it. So lucky!
Boyf: Hehe! Then I have to call you Azira from now onwards okay? Hehe!
Azie: What?!
Boyf: But if your name is Azura, instead of calling you Azi, people will call you Azu. HEHEHE!
Azie: If my name is Azura, then call me Zura lah! What’s with the Azu?!
Boyf: Hehehehe! You’re so cute dear!

Princessazie Bella<3
Elena Gilbert(:

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