Miri - things I would miss

 

Spending my last day at the office – doing it in the most leisure way. Sure gonna miss it badly. Internet access, Wi-Fi, boss not bothering too much… what else? See? I told you I have got way to cosy with the same routine that I know how and when to 'mengulat'. Enjoy it while you can… hehe =)

Since I don't have much to do, I've decided to write some notes on things that I would miss about Miri.

Nasi Lalapan + Teh C Peng Special

Let me elaborate more about this, since I plan to get a set for dinner this evening. Those who come to Miri, it's a must try! Well it is not originally from Miri, but Miri is famous for this Lalapan. It is basically a set of meal with deep-fry chicken (or you can choose between meat, fish or prawn) + ulam + fried tofu & tempe + sambal belacan. It is more like 'ayam penyet', what make it special is the sambal belacan. I love it! It has tomatoes and onion in it. I learnt from Siti, my x-housemate in Senadin – just sauté all ingredients (chillies, belacan, onion and tomatoes) than mash or blend them. Add salt, sugar and lime @ calamansi juice to taste. Simple kan? Try Lalapan with Teh C Peng Special, it's a great combo. It is actually 'teh ais' with some twist in it. Also known as 3-layer tea (read it once in GoTravel magazine), it has palm sugar, ideal milk (susu cair) and tea; served in layers. Sometime the palm sugar is replaced with 'gula pandan', but trust me – palm sugar taste better. It tastes like 'cendol' without 'cendol', and the ideal milk make it creamier but less sweet.

Midin

Midin is a type of vegetable from fern family. As Miri is located on delta area, it is available almost everywhere at the local market. If in West Malaysia, we have 'pucuk paku', in Miri we have many kind of 'pucuk paku' with different shape. They taste most likely the same. The different is they only sell the shoot, arranged nicely in small basket, cost about RM1 @ RM2 each. Just wash clean the veggie and ready to cook. Save the prep time.

Kek Lapis Sarawak – of course Sarawak is well known for its layer cake with fancy names and nice rainbow colour.

Ikan Terubok Masin

Available throughout the year and so cheap compare to West Malaysia. Well I am not a big fan but always got order from my sisters everytime I balik kampong. And they made the packaging so convenience for you to travel with.

Laksa Sarawak

It is totally different from Laksa Penang @ Johor as there is no fish at all. For me it tastes more like curry noodle. I've cooked it at home once and my families like it – or is it because there were hungry waiting for me to prepare the meals.

The batik & handicraft

I like the sarong as the design is different from Malay sarong. And I love the craft too, especially the bags.

 

Two years in Miri, I have collected so many memories that could never be erased. Yes I have achieved one of my goal – to come to work in Borneo island. This is the place where I started my career, and the place where I met my fiancée. Hoping a better brighter future awaits me as I move on and on and on.

Goodbye Miri~

 

 

 

Teddy-Cow

 

What do you call a plush toy that look like a milk cow and pink in colour?

A teddy-cow~

Correct!

I'll name it 'teddy-cow'.

Ikan…

Semalam bace blog Jedah pasal 'Perlu ke jawapan teka-teki itu logik'. Jadi saye hafal teka-teki tu nak test sayang saye. Teringat dulu mase kami mule2 nak bercinta baru nak kenal hati masing2. Kire stage malu2 lagi la nak cite pasal diri masing2. Jadi cari la topik yang lebih santai – teka-teki.

Q : Ikan ape banyak mata?

A : Ikan bilis 1 kg. [Kenapa bukan ikan kembung 1 lori? Jawapan saye ikan bilis 1 lori lg banyak mata dari ikan kembong 1 lori]

Tak puas hati die cube nak kenakan saye balik.

Q : Ikan ape takde mata?

A : Ikan sardine dalam tin [tuna dalam tin pon bole jugak]

Geram sebab saye dapat jawab dgn mudah, die tanye lagi..

Q : Ikan ape ade 3 mata?

A : Ikan kena mata kail.

Hahaha. Tu la dulu bukan main happy die kenakan saye yang tak bape tere main teka teki. Semalam dah stadi dulu tu yg dapat jawab dgn cemerlang~

 

 

Miri to Kuantan

 

Lagi 3 hari, I am leaving Miri for good. Hopefully everything will be as planned. Excited + nervous nak start keja kat tempat baru. Excited dapat balik semenanjung, nervous sebab tak dapat nak predict my nature of work kat tempat baru, skop keja baru and staf baru yang saling tak kenal. Responsibility kat sana pon lebih besar compare kat sini. Maybe I am so used to repeating the same job that now I am so good at it, make me a little bit nervous thinking that my soon to be boss is expecting something good from me. Funny isn't it when he called sayang telling him I will be working with Rxx Mxx and personally asked him to guide me on technical matters. Sometimes I just think am I good and tough enough to be an engineer, or perhaps I should slow down a bit and go for a less technical job, which I can't think of one...

Kat sini I have bos, senior and colleagues to refer to, how I am going to survive there. Thinking of that make me wanna stay in this office forever, or perhaps reconsider the offer my boss made; stay here for another year and he'll recommend me for permanent post so that I can be transfer to KL. Yes my boss is generous enough and very understanding, but not the management. In fact the management has submitted a candidate for my replacement. Office politics and I am not good at it. I can see in my current office those who stay closer to PM office would probably stay longer than others. Those who serve the PM directly will have a brighter future. Lately I have been gossiping around with officemate about our future in this company. It is a big name in industry but there's no warranty you can serve the company up to end of year at least.

Well it is rezeki masing-masing. You have to do what you have to do. Ever since sayang left for other job, my working momentum is going down bit by bit. The only thing that keeps me going is by making me busy. Sometimes I just can't pretend to be busy like others. It just doesn't work anymore. Luckily sayang is onshore, I just call him whenever I fell like talking to him. Understood he is currently very busy and under pressure, well I just need someone to talk to, someone who would understand thing s I am saying. And I think the biggest trait is that I just can't stand working with my ex-housemates anymore. I tried hard not to think about them, just forgive and forget, but it is hard for me to do it when one of them is sitting next to me. Sometimes she just pulling this diva act in front of me, and I just can't stand that. Yesterday while cleaning up my pc, I found this personality test file and tried it. The result is somehow coincidently true enough…' stay away from traitors and jealous people so that you can be stress-free'. Hopefully I won't be meeting these 'kinds' of people at my new workplace.

Try not to put high expectation on my new employer, hoping that brighter future awaits for me there..Insaallah. As always I pray Allah would permudahkan segala urusan di Miri, I hope Kuantan is going to be an even better place for me. Best of all this year fruit's season, I will be around eating those fruit I had been missing for the past 2 years.

Day Trip - Labuan

 

Semalam adalah 1 hari yang tidak dirancang – I flew to Labuan. Memang dah lama teringin nak jejak kaki kat pulau kecil ni. Intention sebenar adalah sebab nak merasa naik flight Foker operate by Maswings. Last minit book flight one day before travel, ambil day trip pagi, return malam. Since it was an unplanned vacation, memang tak prepare apa2. Saturday tu pon busy siapkan kerja kat office, then cepat2 balik rumah cuci baju and peking2 barang. Well tak risau sangat since Akram ada kat sana.

Sunday started early. I woke up at 6 am [its weekend ok!]. Arrive at airport early, check-in for return trip. Since masih awal sempat pergi jenguk2 kat convenience shop looking for small bag nak letak birthday present Akram [bought him cute green hippo contact lenses case]. It was 0723 am when I realized that I forgot to bring my blue passport (work permit for Sabah & Sarawak) and flight plan take off at 0805am. Nasib baik decided to park my car kat airport, quickly rush nak ambil passport. In 30 minutes berjaya balik ambil passport, berlari2 naik tangga office [luckily I kept it at office], berlari2 naik eskolator kat departure hall, rempuh kawalan Imigresen, cop passport and naik flight. What a record. Masa tengah cop passport adalah last call for me untuk board the airplane… so lucky.

Dalam pening2 tak abes lagi sampai Labuan Akram bawa pergi breakfast dulu. Coincidently jumpa my roommate masa kat UTP – Pijot tengah breakfast kat kedai yang sama. Dari jauh nampak kakak Pijot, pastu babah Pijot, yang sorang lagi ni kompem Pijot. Dapat jumpa kejap je since diorang nak catch the next ferry to KK.

Lepas makan pergi shopping kain batik kat town, then tour around the island, beli coklat and makan2. Kecik je Labuan ni, ½ hari dah abes jalan. Part paling emo adalah bila nak balik Miri malam tu. Sedihnye sebab this might be the 1^st and last trip to Labuan, as 22/04 will be my last present in Borneo Island. I will be leaving Miri for Kuantan. Sedih nak tinggal sayang saye kat Labuan. Be tough! Insyaallah everything will be back to normal after 2 months. Bertahan~

Serabut~

 

Serabutnye hari ni.. seserabut network St Joseph PPD ni. Tak boleh nak fokus buat kerja. Dah tender berhenti kerja tadi, tapi tak official lagi. Bos dah tau, dah submit kat HR, cume HR tak finalize lagi sebab 1^st case tender notice less than 2 months, and I have to bare the 2 months notice. Then my boss datang minta siapkan schedule by Monday. It will be my last schedule. Report due next week. Patutkah disiapkan, atau patut handover sekarang. Campur serabut kompeni baru yg nak book flite suruh attend kick off meeting kat Kuantan. Hello~ I am currently in Miri rite know. Nak tukar 2 flite 2 reach Kuantan and fly back to Miri on the same day as my last day would be on 21^st April. You think that can fit in my 1 day schedule???

Determine…

 

I am so determine not to take coffee today… so I replace my coffee with fresh calamansi (limau kasturi) juice with sugar added. No wonder feel so sleepy today~

Waiting……

 

I am waiting… waiting for a call or an email. Prefer to have it next week… if any. But the sooner I know the better I would feel… If I do not make it at least the pressure is release. I hate this feeling of 'hoping too much'. I have gone thru it once… would want it for the second time. Ya Allah berikanlah aku kekuatan untuk menerima semuanya dengan tenang, sabar & redha… because I know that Allah does not burden a soul with more than it can bear. Persevere and pray hard for the best. Allah will surely give us what we deserve.

 

 

Hujan & Doa

 

Korg tahu tak [macam ramai je yg baca blog ni…hehe takpe la tulis gak] menurut Islam antara waktu-waktu yang mustajab untuk berdoa adalah ketika hujan turun. Lagi lebat hujan lg bagus sebab masa tu berlaku proses pertukaran cas2 dan ion2 positif negative. Adelah satu proses sains yang sedang berlaku yang saya pon tak pandai nak explain tapi ada berkaitan dgn aura warna dan gelombang otak. Nak tau lebih detail elok la korng google. Dan sememangnya telah terbukti segala amalan2 yang sunnah menurut Islam adalah 100% benar apabila diujikaji dari sudut sains. Maha Suci Allah!

Kakcik pernah cerita anak dia (Ecah) berdoa dalam kereta on their way to kindergarten 'Ya Allah… (sambil memuji nama2 Allah) tolonglah berhenti hujan' sebab Ecah ade subjek pendidikan jasmani pagi tu. Dengan izin Allah hujan pon berhenti dan Ecah dapat bersenam pagi tu. Doa kanak2 yang masih suci hatinya memang cepat diterima Allah.

Lately cuaca tak menentu kat Miri. Hujan kerap turun even not in its season. Boleh kata almost everyday akan hujan, kalau tak siang mesti malam atau tengah malam… aah nikmatnya tido~. Dan waktu 2/3 malam seperti mana sunat untuk kita bangun tahujud adalah juga waktu mustajab untuk berdoa. Jadi sekarang ni tiap kali hujan je mesti terus ingat untuk berdoa. Kalau terjaga tengah malam time hujan lebat terus je berdoa.. walaupon kadang2 tak sempat habis doa dah masuk alam mimpi balik. Selalu dpt agak bila hujan sampai Miri sebab hujan mesti singgah Labuan dulu baru pergi Miri, dan saya ada informer kat Labuan.

' Ya Allah kau makbulkanlah segala permintaanku…Amin '

Apa2 pon usaha, doa dan tawakal itu penting. Kalau Allah tak makbulkan permintaan kita, mungkin Dia akan tunaikan lain kali, atau mungkin Dia ada plan lain yang lebih baik untuk kita. Inshaallah~. Dulu2 ustaz selalu cakap Allah tak akan terima doa orang2 yg tak mendoakan untuk kedua ibu bapanya. So kalau nak berdoa tu elok la kita mulakan dgn doa untuk ibu bapa dulu, pastu baru doa untuk diri & lain-lain. Wallahualam.

Kelas Joget2

Petang ni nak pegi kelas joget2 yg dah 4 bulan tak pegi. Ntah instructor tu ingt lagi tak kt I? Wajib pegi arini sebab semalam dah terlebih makan.

Musim udang geragau lanlord rajin masak 'cucur udang geragau'. Makan panas2 tak sedar dah telan 6 ketul. Ade belen semalam pagi tadi panaskan. Sambil kunyah2 belek2 kat cucur tu nampak janggut dan mate udang yg sangat kecik. Terpakse ignore bende2 kecik tu sbb takut tak boleh telan. Pelik betol sbb sy tak 'gile udang'. Sy cume makan udang2 terpilih yg bebas kulit, janggut, kepala dan aksesori2 lain. Tp sebab keenakkan & mungkin jugak kesegaran udang [tgh musim udang kt Miri] terasa nk pegi beli udang geragau buat cucur di hujung minggu. Corn & prawn fritters resipi Anna Olson~ cume substitute dgn udang geragau. Sebelom tu pegi joget2 dulu.. kompem kolestrol tinggi sebab dah makan beratus-ratus ekor udang.  

Antara kerja dan kopi

Makan tengahari dan minum air sejuk. Hasilnya ngantok.. Takpe rehat jap sambil menikmati secawan kopi [iklan nescafe].

Muffin @ Choc Cake?

Ni cerita last week tapi baru hari ni nak post entry. Ade la 3-4x try tulis entry but in the end tak jadi nak post. Y? sebab saye pon xtau. Lately mood keje merudum jatuh ke tahap negative. Malas nak keje walaupon ade keje... jadi saye pura2 tulis blog sambil buat keje. Tepat 5pm terus turn off pc without saving entry [atau perbuatan sengaja xmo save entry] & pantas drive to Imperial Hotel.

Semalam lunch balik rumah, minggu ni mmg tiap kali lunch balik jenguk rumah sambil peking2 baju keje as I spent my night teman Lily kt hotel, the way we always do if she come to Miri. While having lunch, my landlord anta sup tomyam. I packed it and brought over to hotel for our diner. Bertambah la 1 lg mangkuk lanlord yg nk dipulangkan. Diorg mmg rajin anta makanan kt rumah atas [rumah saye la tu] cume saye je yg tak pulangkan balik. Saje nak tambah koleksi pinggan mangkuk. Xtau nk balas ape sebenanye, xkan nk anta pinggan kosong je. Pas2 nk balas lauk pon rase x konfiden je, takut x sedap or xbole telan...hahaha.

Actually last week sebab sengal sgt astro xdpt siaran, I baked choc muffin... or shall I called it choc cake. Dapat resipi dr Kakni yg di ambil dr cousin kitorg. Resipi simple je, masuk sume dlm blender, kisar sebati, masuk dlm muffin cup pas2 bakar. Dgn konfidennye wat 1 aduan, dgn niat ikhlas nk bg kt lanlord sambil return pinggan ari2. Isi muffin cup 3/4 penuh, dgn harapan jd muffin yg gebu n bulat. 1 adunan tu dpt la 20 biji saiz solo cup [saiz org slalu bg utk hantaran kawen tu]. Kakni ckp bakar dlm 12 minit je tp bile jenguk oven pada minit ke 10, muffin tu bukan je x masak lg, malah tgh tunggu time nk melimpah keluar dr cup. Pasrah je la dh tau jap lg mesti melimpah kluar cam larva gunung berapi. Dari 12 minit jadi 1 jam. Yang x best tu sume muffin jd flate sbb dh melimpah kluar. Nk bg kat lanlord pon segan sbb xde rupe muffin. Xde hati nak makan sbb buruk sgt rupenye, jd saye tak snap gamba. Tp rase not bad, gebu n lembut n bahagian atas rase moist. Jadi saye pon kluarkn sume muffin dr cup n pack dlm bekas.

Esok pg bw g opis, tulis note 'PLS TAKE ONE' n letak kt pantry. Perbuatan ini dilakukan semasa tiada org ye, xmo kecoh2 [kot2 nnt ade org ckp kite nk bersaing]. Tghr jenguk kt pantry - alhamdulillah dh clear. Kalo tak letak note pon bole clear inikan kalo letak. Noticed 'cik2 diva' pon makan, sbb diorg tapau makan dpn saye [ingtkan opismate saye la tu yg buat]. Siap amek 2x [sedap la kot...hehe] pas2 ckp choc moist. Kalo saye sign kt note tu kompem la diorg x amek, sbb diorg 'tak teringin' nk makan masakan saye.

Ptg tu ade lalu tempat Fiona die tanye ade rase tak choc cake kt pantry. Tak tau nak jawab ape so dgn selambe je jwb, 'Saye yg buat tu'. 'Sedap ~  saye suke. Nk resipi'. Kalo la die tau yg tu sebenarnye resipi yg tak jd..huhu. Xpe la... biarlah rahsia [bace dgn tone Siti Nurhaliza ye].

Aktiviti weekend ni - choc moist muffin. Harap2 jadi le kali ni~ Caiyok2x!

1st entry thru Hazel

Enjoying diner while updating blog thru hazel.thanks to astro for taking 48hrs to solve this technical problem that I have time to surf the net at home. I rarely use internet at home even though it is free [thanks to landlord~]. And this is the 1st time I had a proper diner at dining table..huhu

Rumah baru

Pagi Jumaat yang indah. terasa nak tulis blog arini. takmo wat workpack lagi. still in mood cuti sebab bulan february adalah bulan yang paling pendek dan banyak cuti. mula2 cuti CNY saya extend sampai 07/02, pastu saya ambil leave 11/02 untuk g interview, pastu cuti Maulud Nabi 15/02 and saya ambil cuti lagi 22-23/02 untuk pegi kursus kawen. total hari bekerja saya ialah 11 hari sahaja. tu pon tak tau nak tulis ape dalam timesheet sebab terasa macam tak wat pape kerja kat opis.

12/02 saya pindah rumah for the 3rd time. ok la tu sempena tahun ke-3 saya kat miri. kate org jauh perjalanan, luas pemandangan, tambah pegalaman. actually blog ni pon saya tulis utk share pengalaman saya yg dok merantau sorg2 kt miri. sbb tu ltk name blog miri-trader walhal sy bkn asal miri pon. sometime kalo kite xdpt luahkan perasaan kt org lebih baik kite tulis. menulis perlukan akal fikiran tp kalo cakap kdg2 main ikut hati je. bile marah xdpt kontrol bole kluar kate2 yg x sepatutnye. rumah no. 1 dah lame tinggal kenangan, rumah no. 2 tu jauh sangat dari opis so bile dapat tau landlord nak bagi sewa terus g tgk rumah and terus decide nak pindah. sebenarnya rumah no. 2 tu ok, cume terlalu jauh dari opis, atau cume alasan jauh sebab dah dapat rumah yang lebih selesa~

Alhamdulillah skang dah pindah rumah no. 3 yang dekat dgn opis and sgt selesa. rumah fully furnished and paling best dapat bli tv philip 21" + free astro installation dgn harga serendah RM250. tengahari sempat balik rumah lunch sambil layan csi. saje nk bagi kete gerak byk ckit sbb dok dkt sgt ngn opis, enjin x sempat panas dh sampai..haha alasan~

ingat dulu mase dok kt rumah no. 2, jauh dari opis, nak g klas exercise xdpt sbb time constraint, pas2 asik mkn je sbb dpt osmet yg kuat msk n mkn. blk keje masing2 msk n mkn mlm same2. lauk utk 3 org mkn dh cam utk 6 org mkn. jadi kami terpakse mkn utk 2 org utk elakkn pembaziran. hasilnye dpt extra kilo. dh pindah rumah baru dkt dgn taman bulatan, dkt dgn kelas tp sampai skang x start2 lg exercise. haai bile la nak jadi rajin ni. rajin tgk tv je since dh psg astro. membazir lak kalo x tgk and nk qada' blk siri2 yg dh byk termiss. pasni mmg nk kene bli gym ball [actually ask my fiancee to buy for birthday present]. sambil exercise sambil tgk tv.. agak2 berjaya tak?

Opsss she did it again.

It's been a while since the last time I updated my blog... sampai tak ingat address blog sendiri. terpakse trace blog sendri dari blog kawan2. cari blog kunaz link kt blog jedah baru dapat jumpe. Lagi disaster tak dapat recall login id and password. Struggle to log in my own blog sebab ade cerite best yang ingin di tulis.. well sebab dah tak tahan menahan geram dah post kat wall fb, why not write some details kat blog. sesetengah orang prefer fb as medium untuk lepas geram but for me it is not a genius idea. infact it look stupid and yet i did it because SHE did it again. don't care if it make me look stupid, since i know that most people won't be able to tell what does it really means and wouldn't dare to ask. wonder if SHE notice!


i have this x-osmet, co-worker who is a big pretender. suka berpura2 concern padahal just nak dapat kredit je. SHE accused me nak bersaing merebut gelaran 'Diva wanna be Ladies Engineer' yet SHE yang beria2. fyi i never registered to be one of the contestant! and today SHE did it again. Remember last time bile aku cube2 nak concern psl other x-osmet yg tergeliat kaki and dapat mc seminggu. at first all 3 divas buat tak tau je. bile aku ambil berat baru la yg lain tu cepat2 nk ambil berat. lg tak tahan tengok lakonan hebat SHE. i could not forget the time when she took the necklace from me.. macam la aku nak pergi gadai necklace tu.. and macam la SHE tak notice necklace yang aku pakai lagi besar dr tu. saje je nak tunjuk perangai depan aku. what ever!


Happy Chap Goh Mei. Hari ni bos release awal so nak siap2 solat asar and pegi jogging. Insaf selepas bace2 cite kenaikan berat badan di kalangan kawan2 and I'm one of them~