steak sodap, murah @ Me'nate KL.

A good place that serves succulent steak at an affordable price is really hard to find. So when my husband's colleague recommended this place, we decided to try it out just for the sake of finding out whether it is really as good as it is said to be.

This restaurant is located in Ampang, about 7kms away from Ampang Puteri Hospital. If the Petronas nearby Ampang Puteri is on your right, the restaurant would be about 5-7kms away, on your left, located right smack in the midst of rumah kedai and medan selera opposite it.

Nothing fancy with the ambiance but don't let it fool you.



The waiter was really helpful and this would come in handy for steak noobs (like us). He gave us an ample time to decide, elaborated on wagyu beef (which is THE beef to pick if you want to have steak) and didn't mind catering to us who were dazed and confused (eating out iz a seriouz biznessz).




We finally settled on the wagyu beef and voila, the beef was on promotional price so yeah we saved some moolah there :-)

They took a reasonable time to prepare the dishes. A medium rare steak for me and a sandwich for mr husband. We shared our meals so that we would be able to have a good taste of both.

The wagyu beef steak was really mind blowing. It is succulent, tender and even the fat tasted good, not to mention edible too. It is actually stated in the menu that the fat in wagyu beef actually does you good so there's another reason for you to indulge in the steak until the plate is clean :-p








The beverage is free flow so you could drink to your heart's content!

The bill came up to RM 60++. So cheap, it's rare for a steak and a plate of sandwich.

Awesomeness.

the arrival of hero kecik :-)

My ex roomie in college just gave birth to a baby boy today at 945 pm. It can't be explained in words but my heart right now is bursting with love and affection towards this little hero that I haven't even met yet.

Teringat zaman dulu dulu waktu study, waktu mude mude hehe. Makan nasik bungkus ramai ramai, gi jenjalan mid valley nak beli air mineral haha. Kadang kadang jalan jejauh ramai ramai pegi makan kat luar. Skarang ade yang dah jadik mommy dah :-)

I can't wait to meet this cutie but I would wait until the confinement period of the mommy ends before I pay them a visit. She would need a lot of rest, I reckon :-)

When I got to know about her pregnancy, I was thrilled beyond words. She broke the news to me through Yahoo Messenger and I was smiling from ear to ear. I know that they have been looking forward for a baby (pasangan mane lah yang tamau baby kan. Susah nak jumpa) and it took some time to have one considering they were miles apart due to work commitment. After she got her transfer to Selangor , tup tup, dapat conceive pun. Alhamdulillah. Rezeki dari Allah. Semoga lepas nih rezeki lebih murah lagik ye untuk Lin & Fairul and also baby Alif Irfan.

Baby Alif Irfan, aunty dD doa yang baik baik untuk awak. Mak awak baik sangat orangnye, mesti awak dah besar nanti baik macam mak awak jugak :-) Semoga sihat, cergas dan dirahmati dunia akhirat. InsyaAllah.

The world feels even more beautiful knowing that this little hero has arrived safe and sound. Praised be to Allah.

what the hell

If you snoop around a little bit harder you might have noticed that two years back, I posted two entries about Avril Lavigne and her concert in Malaysia. Yes, I went to watch her because I was, still am actually, her fan. Not her biggest fan. Just a fan. Honest.

If you know me a bit better you would know that I adore 2 girls in this pop industry although I am embarrassed to admit so. Nampak macam loser. Haha. Ntahla. Tapi aku suka Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne. Lelain suke gak tapi yang dua nih macam suka gegila tak buleh blah eventho dah cube cakap kat diri sendiri "eh eh tak kewl langsung kot minat derang nih macam budak tadika aje T_T"

Kalo Britney datang mau aku pegi nengok show dia. Tapi dia tak datang.

Back to Avril.

Lagu Complicated time tuh kuar baru lepas SPM rasenye. Woooh teen angst. Rase kewl habes hahah. Time tuh pulak memang suka pakai baju warna gelap gelap. Pakai gelang getah warna hitam tu bebanyak (huduh gila bila tgk gamba dedulu hahahahha). Selain gelang bederet, suka pulak tuh pakai cincin ntah pape. Kengkadang sampai due, tige, pakai cincin besi bentuk memacam. My husband who was my friend back then selalu lah nampak aku pakai cemgitu. Skarang dah jadik bini dia, dia kate mendelah pakai cemtuh. Pelik. Hahaha. Kasut sneakers memang feberet. Tak pernah nak berjinak jinak dengan heels kalo pegi shopping. Rase macam nak bunuh kaki.

Tapi time tuh rase macam Avril tiru aku.

Kat mulut macam cakap "mendelah avril nih poser giler".
Tapi dalam hati "ah comel gak pempuan nih".

Akhirnye, sampai la nih lagu feberet karoke adelah Sk8er boi. Hahaha.

Years after years, we grew up. Cewah. Umo kami sebaya. Haha. Her songs changed a bit from album to album. She got married. She gotten more feminine. Dah lama dia senyap. Last year buat soundtrack movie Alive in Wonderland, okehla. Nothing spectacular.

Taun ni, muncul with a new album that would be out this March. Her first single is What The Hell. New year's eve harituh buat show rancangan apetah, dia nyanyi lagu nih, pempuan nih da kurang lompat lompat dah. Umo da bertambah kan. Stamina tak mantap cam dedulu. Kang sore hancur lebur berdebu. This song is pretty much similar to the song Girlfriend. It has the same vibe and energy although I heard that this would be the only pop-pish song in her new album as the rest would be dark and emotional. Menarik.

And earlier tonight, I watched her official music video to this song. Alolololo comel.

Tak buleh blah dah, saye secare memalu akui lagik sekali :-

ye, saye minat Avril Lavigne.

*larik*


nih behind the scenes dia. btw mak dia ada cameo dalam vid what the hell tuh.



nih la the official music vid. sexy dah. hehe. will it work, dunno. but it works for me. hahaha.

pil khayal

I just got back from BP Mall. There's school tomorrow, to replace the one that would be off in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration so that we could have a total one week hols *whee~* As I was saying, there is school tomorrow and I decided to hang around a bit at a mall with a colleague, so as to help me feels that the time flies fast because I can't wait to go back to Melaka tomorrow, to meet my husband who would be going back tonight.

I went inside a shop that sells hijab and this conversation took place.

dD : dik, tudung pearl haya ade tak?

adik 1 : *blur*

adik 2 : hmm tak ade la kak..

adik 1 : *masih blur*

adik 2 : rasenye kat satu BP Mall nih tak ade kak..

dD : oh ye ek..tak ape la..

adik 1 : *jeling adik 2 sambil mumbling*

adik 2 : *to adik 1*PEARL HAYA lah!

adik 1 : aku ingatkan PIL KHAYAL..

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jadahnye? T_T

the vampire diaries

I have been vampire-fied. Never really been a fan of twilight although I've tried to like them but I failed miserably and lost my interest in them, in the midst of trying to finish reading the third book of the series. I returned the books to my bestie without completing reading all of them although I borrowed them for more than a year :-D There's just something off with them that didn't quite level to my liking. And it didn't help either when Bella seemed so indecisive and pushy while Edward just have this intense look all the time, it drove me insane. I do however find the werewolf guy as a drool factor :-D

not really a fan. sorry!

However, I really like the series Vampire Diaries. The story develops well on each episode and the main female character got spunk while the guys are delicious. Namely the two brothers who are the main characters. Damon and Stefan Salvatore. Hmmmmmmmm.

witty lines, cool plot. I'm a fan!

I am waiting for season 2 to end this February before I could pester my brother to download the whole season for me. From what I read on wikipedia (yes, I don't mind spoiler and yes, I am impatient), the second season is worthy of watching too. I finished watching the first season in two days. A very intense two days. Now that I am done with it, I shall retreat to bed and focus on work. Right after google-ing images of Damon Salvatore. Ehem.

he's Damon Salvatore. He's my pet vampire. *________*

my body is a battlefield.

or rather, my perut.

Segala kekuatan, aku seru kamu untuk bersatu denganku supaya dapat kita menyahkan lelemak ini secara perlahan tapi jitu. Dulu mengambil masa yang cepat sekiranya puasa nasik tapi sekarang nampak gayenye memakan masa yang lama sedikit. Mungkin sebab kita sedang menghadapi musuh yang lebih gemilang, iaitu lemak tepu tahap biadap.

Maafkan aku perut, terpakse aku meng-deprivekan kamu akan nasik dalam kuantiti yang banyak. Biarlah pandangan mata menjeling akan ketidak hadiran nasik di pingganku, biarlah nafsuku meronta ronta meminta agar nasik ditambah, biarlah kau merayu rayu agar aku meng-feed mu dengan makanan yang hebat jumlahnya, tapi aku harus mengecewakan mu. Ini penting demi masa depan kita.

Masa depan wallet aku. Dan suamiku.

Badan yang bertambah gemuk bermakna wardrobe yang baru. Serba baru. Sebab yang lama tak muat. Tsk. Ini boleh menyebakan kegawatan ekonomi yang tidak diingini. Buruk padahnya.

Metabolisme badan (yang lembap), jangan risau, aku tidak menyalahkanmu. You had your time, you shone. And now I have to embrace the fact that nothing works perfectly forever. Lepas nih aku akan lebih membantu kamu. Izinkan aku membantumu. Mungkin menaip blog menggunakan jari telah membantu kamu untuk membakar kalori aku. Biar lah sedikit, lama lama jadi bukit.

Ape yang penting,

KERJASAMA!


- keluhan insan gemuk, 1208 am, monday 170111. Selamat berjaya.

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Dah pukul 1215 pagi yet I am still not in bed. Baru saje meng-rekod suare sendiri untuk bagi students dengar supaye mereka dapat information needed to write the essay that I will assign them tomorrow. Rase macam artis pulak siap rekod rekod suare. Hihi. Lepas ni kene pikir suare orang lain untuk direkod. Rasenye potential victim number one would be my husband :-p

Cemane agaknye rase jadik penyanyi ke pelakon. Dapat bayangkan, kalo aku jadik penyanyi for sure setiap kali suare aku kuar kat radio, cepat cepat aku tutup. Malu. Kalo muke kuar kat tibi, cepat cepat tukar cenel. Rase macam cacat aje kalo tengok diri sendiri berlakon.

Cakap pasal berlakon, waktu skolah rendah dulu pernah lah dengan gila glemernye (anak mas cikgu kottt time tuh :-p) berlakon sketsa BI. cehwah. Konsep citer tuh macam cinderella. Siap nanges nanges lagik. Lepas tuh mak tiri tolak kat meja, cepat cepat calit water colour warna merah kat dahi, konon konon berdarah. Bebudak yang tengok sumer macam uuuu cemane ko buat tuh? Naseb baik waktu tuh tak ade talent agency tengah scouting for talents kalo tak mak tak jadik cikgu nok, jadik retis gamaknye. Hari hari kene kutuk kat laman gosip artis tempatan. Jadik best friend dengan Fasha Sandha. Nama glemer dah ade, dD zulkifli.

Hmmm tapi on second thought, naseb baik lah tak jadik retis. Kalau tak, makin bertimbun timbun lah dosa T_T

.firework.

Baru aje beli speaker yay! There is only one room where the teachers could use ICT stuff in teaching the students (albeit an inadequate one - you have to use your own laptop and mine could not get in sync with the projector T_T) and it's almost impossible to book the room due to high demand, especially from the form six teachers.

Therefore, terpakselah menggunakan resource sendiri ape ade kalo nak buat lesson best sket untuk bebudak. In my case, I'm going to use my own laptop and the speaker that I just bought.

Tomorrow I am planning to teach the kids through the song Firework by Katy Perry. It will test their listening skill (they would have to complete the lyric given to them) and after that, I will give them a set of antonyms of several words taken from the lyric so that they would understand the difficult words in the lyric (I know there would be some - for an example, the word 'ignite' in this song).

Why did I plan to apply this method as early as the first week?

It's because I could sense that they are very tense. These students (the top class among the form two) need to have a time out and I hope that this lesson would enable them to enjoy English lessons better. I have a feeling that they fear the very thought of having to learn English with me because I have been speaking totally in English to them. I know that some of them are having difficulties in understanding me but they need to challenge themselves as they have the potential.

Let's see if this would work :-)

The reason for choosing this song is because the lyric is very meaningful. It's about not being afraid to express who you really are on the inside and not letting your flaws stop you from having a great life. It's about how each individual is special in their very own way. A very relevant song for the teenagers as this is the time where you feel like the world is against you. I still remember that feeling :-D

we could all be beautiful and awesome if we let ourselves be :-)

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?

Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you
'Cause there's a spark in you?

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down

You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July

'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through

'Cause baby you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, oh
As you shoot across the sky

Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, oh
You're gonna leave 'em falling down

Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon

(I would have to edit the lyric for them a bit so that it would be in proper English)

Here's hoping that the lesson would go well as planned and I would walked out the classroom feeling good, knowing that I have taught them something useful and motivational :-)

that IS my cat. this IS my book.

Rase macam senang aje kan ayat ayat bawah ni:-

That is my cat.


This is my book.

Average Malaysians would understand the above sentences with no difficulties and could produce own sentences like the above with very little effort or perhaps none at all. However, there are some who can't fathom the above sentences let alone writing them on their own, using own words. And they are my students. I teach both first and the last class for Form 2 (and another form 2 class that is quite weak too) and you could see a vast difference between these two classes. Kadang kadang rase sebak jugak..sebab sebelum jadik cikgu nih memang tak pernah terlintas yang ade murid yang sungguh sungguh lemah.

Kalo ade yang cakap, semua orang nih dilahirkan sama saje, tapi usaha yang memainkan peranan. Sorry, but I beg to differ. Students kelas yang depan depan nih senang skit nak tangkap dan fahamkan ape yang dicakap walaupun ade tuh yang malas tahap gaban T_T. Hati terang. Tapi yang kelas belakang belakang ni kene betul betul cakap the simplest way possible, ayat kene pendek dan tepat. Ade jugak yang rajin dan dapatlah result yang okay tapi masih jauh ketinggalan lah kalau nak dibandingkan dengan students kelas lain. Kesian kan. Tapi usaha tuh memang patut dipuji :-)

Hari nih saje I spent a period teaching them when to use 'IS'. Baru 'IS' saje, belum masuk 'ARE' lagik sebab sadly, hanya a few saje yang cepat catch up dalam kelas tuh and I have to cater to the majority.

Paling best, bila akhir waktu, suruh buat ayat sendiri, most of them could do it. Phew. Terase lah berbaloi mulut nih bergulung sebut bende yang same aje. I don't set a high expectation for this class because I have to get real. Therefore, I am planning to equip them with the basic stuff so that maybe they could use it later on in their life. Janganlah sampai nanti nak perkenalkan diri sendiri dalam Bahasa Inggeris pun tak buleh huu.

Hari nih jugak form one students abes orientation. Memang la ramai yang cecomel tahap candy tapi ituh baru baru awal tahun kan, semua masih ade halo atas kepala :-D Towards the end of their orientation, they had to seek for the teachers' signature and the teacher's room was crowded with these little eager mini people. However, only a few came to me. There were probably around 25 students. Sebabnye ? Lepas derang bukak aje mulut tanye mintak signature bagai, aku cakap :- "you would have to speak to me in English if you want my signature". Hah, menggagau bebudak tuh nak carik cemane nak cakap "tolong tulis nama dan tandatangan di sini" dalam BI.

Yang dapat signature aku tuh, thumbs up for trying. Two thumbs up for not being scared at the thought of speaking in English. You shouldn't be scared of something that would do you good :-)

the secret for an extra boost of happiness ;-)

The secret for an extra boost of happiness and probably an eternal youth look too is plain and simple. It is, not to whine. Jangan merungut. Ataupun bila dah ter-merungut tu, cepat cepat sedar dan stop.

Perasan tak, bila dah merungut tuh selalunya kite rase self pity. Bila da rase kesian kat diri sendiri tuh menebal, kite rase sedih. Bila dah sedih, kita rase tak semangat. Bila tak semangat, nak buat kerja pun malas. Bila kerja tak dapat siap, kita susah hati. Susah hati pulak boleh menyebabkan kita nampak tua. It's a chain reaction.

Lagipun dera orang lain untuk dengar rungutan kita pun tak elok. Kesian orang tu, terpakse buat buat muka simpati sedangkan dalam hati "alaa bila la dia nih nak stop bosan betul aku dengar". Paling teruk kalo nanti orang tu jadik menyampah. Lepas tuh elak elak nak bercakap dengan kita sebab takut jadik mangsa pendengaran rungutan lagik. Oh no T_T

Tapi orang kate it's better to let your problems be heard than keeping it in because it could eat you up inside. In my opinion, there's a fine line between sharing your problems and whining therefore you have to be smart so as not to come across as a whiner.

Selalu jugak orang tua tua cakap, jangan banyak merungut nanti Allah tarik nikmat sesuatu tuh dari kita barulah kita rase menyesal. Huu.

Why am I posting this post? Haa...sebab nak self motivate. Hmmm I want to avoid whining sebab dulu selalu jugak suka merungut, last last diri sendiri rase tak semangat. Bila dah dapat kerja untuk tahun nih kalo buleh tak nak la merungut tak tentu hala. Fuuuuh, semangat!