Sunday, March 13, 2011

Psstt..ppsst..agi bisi bubuk

Au,udah bekau Tsunami ke mangka ba sekeda tempat di menua Jipun,bisi irau ati bala laban enggai ke nadai bubuk.
Pagi tadi aku bisi ke Batu 1 meda engka bisi bubuk. Amat2 ga baru di puang urang ba mija sida bubuk. Bisilah tang enda brapa maioh.agi rega RM8/- se kilo. Sometime last week,bisi urang ke sigi ke tasik ngemubuk madah ke enggai nyadi enda rega @RM8/= se kilo bubuk laban jauh sida iya ngasur ke paka ngena boat ber-injin. Ari pukul 5 pagi iya mupuk,datai di pantai @10 pagi laban minyak injin boat iya nyu ka abis,tak enda maioh bubuk ulih tudah tuai.Kada bulih 200kg.
Ba iya,anang muchau ti pangan nyual belacan @RM50/- se kilo. Kira ke 3 kg bubuk baru tulih ke belacan sekilo.

Aku kemari kengka ke bisi cincaluk & belacan,semua nya dah selamat datai di rumah panjai laki aku di bai Cikgu Jana ke bisi mansa alu mai "exotic food" nya pulai kin.
Amat tau di kumbai "exotic food" sida cincaluk & bubuk laban selain bubuk nya mar,enda semua bubuk nyadi belacan & cincaluk. Maioh didinga meredup dibuai ba tong sampah tau ke parit laban salah di geramik tau ke nadai panas/matahari kena nyembi bubuk. Aku tuchum diri pagi tadi maya ke ba gerija nyium bisi baju bala bau belacan/bubuk. Hehehehe!!

Bah..mupuk dulu,ka nutuk belacan.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Happy International Women's Day

...something like that lah. I must be getting really old when most times I am not  aware of the many days that have been named after something or somebody.For instance,this morning when I opened the entrance door of Maybank,Pelita,I was greeted by the bank staff with a stalk of red rose & greetings that went like this:"Happy International Women's Day." to me & my two other friends.We were blurred/blurr for a few minutes until they told us what day it was today.My friends & I were the first three female clients to enter the bank,thus the special treatment. It is not often or rather one hardly get such warm welcome from banks unless they want you to apply for ASB loans or Credit cards.
Anyway,thank you to Maybank,Pelita for the stalk of red rose & the sweets. Yeah! They offered sweets to the men as well. Keep up the smile,the hospitality & so forth......

Bryan & Loretta

Mr. Andrew Bangkam walking down the aisle to give his lovely daughter away to her future husband
                                          Cikgu Bryan & bini Loretta.
                                           
                                           Meeting a friend,Mrs.Wendy Laping Jawa
                                          Fr. Michael Buma
                                           Cecilia & Jara Entering
                                          Mr. Andrew Bangkam,Mr. Albert Dass,Dulles & Mr. Edmund Renggie

                                          Putting political differences aside.

                                          Dulles,Mr.Stanley Jugol,YB Robert Chuat &
                                          Mr. Edwin Dundang.
                                           An opportunity to meet & pose
                                           The newly wed;both handsome & beautiful
                                          OKK Vic came from Doha
                                          & Mrs. Karina Dundang,from Miri.
                                           Two cousins & wives
                                          Vic,me & Pat
                              
About  more than two weeks ago,Mr. Andrew Bangkam called me on the phone inviting us to his daughter's wedding. Without much hesitation,we accepted his invitation. It would be a good opportunity to meet relatives ,also to do some house cleaning for the apartment as well & the airfares were  affordable.
As usual last Friday I took the 8.40am flight. The flight was full;not by those invited to the wedding but for the BN Convention. Anyway,we made the right decision in accepting the invitation because Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Bangkam were indeed very happy to see us & the rest who turned up for the church marriage ceremony & wedding reception. Scores of relatives filled the church,the Parish Hall & Riverside Majestic Hotel.

We really enjoyed the wedding dinner.Very well organised. Good food & free flowing drinks; Good music provided by Sound Express. Very good speech by  Tuai Rumah Richard Mullok of Matop,Paku who welcomed the groom.  A very beautiful,short speech (without going very much into details) by a good friend of the newly wed on how the couple met & I couldn't help smiling to myself when this friend ended his speech directing this to the bridegroom in jest by saying "amat meh munyi ko lagu Ricky L, ti aku nyadi cikgu baru sida iya setuju.". Hehehe!!

Cikgu or any other profession,'kalau hati sudah suka,semua setuju."

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

La- sa -gna

 Tumu pagi tadi udah ke makai Lasagna di panduk anak kawan aku maya birthday iya,aku alu bebeli ke utai kena ngaga Lasagna. Pama diri ga ungkus ngaga pemakai tu. Sida minced beef,butter,milk,cheddar cheese,flour,bolognaise sauce & Lasagna sheets. Kira ke sepiak jari bisi nyau kena ngaga recipe tu. Patut rega Lasagna mar di jual ba pete's deli. Tu kira ke 1st attempt aku ngaga pemakai tu. Bala kawan ke belaki diau di menua ribai nyu bekarih begaga ke pamakai ke bisi kitai di menua tu. Nyadi bala ke ditu nyu ka begaga utai ke dempa ba menua ribai. Anyway,tu aja gambar ulih di tangkap aku:


                                          minced beef in tomato sauce/gravy
 the making of white cheese sauce

dah nya nadai ngambi gambar laban berumban ka pansut meli bubuk.....
1st attempt..the taste was there except lasagna sheest on the top layer were too dry.
Next attempt,aku ngambi gambar. Pulai meli bubuk,bala anak dah attack lasagna so nadai gambar.
:-)

Long time ago...........

niang Aki Lakam & bala uchu
me & mak

 
Apai Sampai,Apai Aaron,John
Indai Maie & mak.

Sigi gaya...

Ba iya sigi gaya-> kaung kaung ba radio ba newspapers ngasuh sapa sapa ke bisi kena saman Polis,sida di pinta mayar saman. Kemari was supposed to be the last day to pay up all the summons. Saman pan di kurangkan tang ti saman nuan rega RM30/- asai ke nadai di kurangkan rega.Bisi kawan siko betunda udi kami dua ngambi duit ba ATM bank di pasar. Iya ngambi duit kena iya mayar saman. Ko cerita di tusoi Apai Jill,laban nya ke kawan iya,nyu bejam-jam iya nganti enggau urang queue ba Opis Trafik baru di Airport Road kemari. amat maioh urang bebayar ke saman kemari. Aku nemu laban ke bisi nganjung surat ngagai Mary B ke diau ba quarters baru polis trafik.
Pulai ngagai cerita kawan apai Jill nya tadi: Kenu ko iya,nadai maioh saman ke ka di bayar iya tang maia iya ke bebayar di peda ba computer tak nyu datai RM490/- rega saman iya.Bisi enda temu iya diri ke kena saman. Nyu  RM10/- aja tinggal,semadi cukup kena ngirup kopi.
 Minggu nyin tadi kena saman baru meh aku laban brake lights kereta dah lupu/angust. Balat diri offence ti nadai brake lights..di asuh ngagai mahkamah.
So peda peda lampu brakes kereta kita..enggai ke kena saman.

Bubuk sudah jadi cincaluk & belacan..


A few days ago kami bisi ngagai Batu 1,Kuala Baram,meli bubuk. Rega bubuk ti meli 5 kg & above,rega iya RM7/- se kg tang ti less than 5kg,rega iya RM8/- per kg. Aku meli bubuk rega RM100/-Bisi kawan aku madah iya bisi meli se tray bubuk rega RM200 for 50kg (RM4/- per kg) ba bala di Pulau Melayu.

Au,dah nyadi cincaluk & belacan bubuk ke di beli aku di gaga mak aku. Taja bubuk maioh tang rega agi mar. Pagi tadi bisi meh kami ngagai Batu 1,meli bubuk & ikan lumik. Au,ti maya bubuk maioh ikan lumik. Idup apai Jill belauk ikan lumik masak asam.