The Touch of the Green

What's a home!  What surrounds your home is just as important as what is in it.  The exterior landscape needs the same attention like an interior design.  The owner, Lynn and Mai complement their home's architectural design with well designed tropical landscape.  Surrounding with a dramatic beautiful landscape makes you feel in a resort home. My first step to the bungalow, the touch of the green fulfills the space of the house in every single corner. A very impressive and inspiring concept of  a modern tropical interior design.  I just love the earth tone colour chosen for this bungalow. Credit to the owner again, for allowing my lens to appreciate their lovely bungalow house and thanks again for allowing us to stay one night  at their house recently.  I'm so excited to visit their house since this bungalow had been published in  "Impiana" and "Laman" magazine.  Let's find out what I got from my  lens' angle.......(sorry a very amateur photographer..he..he..he...).

Visit to Bali

Bali is an internationally known tourist destination.  For muslim travellers, even though there are not many restaurants serve halal menu but still u can find one if you do some searches prior to you visit. Halal restaurants are either typical "minang" or "sunda"  type of restaurants. The hotel rates are mostly a little bit on higher side if you don't do much study prior to your visit. Bali has  beautiful landscapes,sceneries, serene tranquility, and offers a lot to tourists especially the scuba fraternities and it is a paradise for surfers. Southern coastal of Bali is a perfect spot for the surfers,and those who love scuba diving activities there are lot of such spots along the north easterly coast of Bali . The rural lifestyle and culture of the people of Bali can be considered as unique. Here are lensed views from our recent visit to this famous island.

Kuta town

Natrabu restaurant, among halal food restaurant at Kuta. The restaurant serve Padang dishes.

Morning scenery of Mount Agong  view from  Valley of Kubu

The making of roof ceiling by using a "Mengkuang" leaf.  Local use to make a floor mat from the leaf.

Final touch the "Mengkuang" leaf ceiling.

The sea view from Siddharta Resort.

An open bathroom at Siddharta Resort.

A deluxe room at Siddharta Resort.

Fried banana with ice-cream topping

Open jacuzzi at Siddharta Resort

Main entrance / main lobby of Siddharta Resort

Local called this boat as "Jukung".

Temple for local called "Pura" - More than  90% of Balinese practise Hinduism.

Another "Jukung" at the beach in Amed.

Black sand beach in Amed

Padi rice field at rural Bali area

Street in Kuta

Kuta beach the surfer paradise

well....famaous restaurant what's else...Hard Rock Cafe

The memorial built for bombing victim in Kuta

Happy Chinese New Year

Never laugh at a Chinese businessman!

A Chinese man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan

officer. He tells the loan officer that he

is going to China on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.

The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security for

the loan, so the Chinese man hands over the keys to a new Ferrari parked on

the street in front of the bank. He produces the title and everything checks

out.

The Loan officer agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The

bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the Chinese for
using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan.
An employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground
garage and parks it there.
Two weeks later, the Chinese returns, repays the $5,000
and the interest, which comes to $15.41.
The loan officer says, 'Sir, we are very happy to have had your business,
and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little
puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are
a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is why you would bother to borrow
$5,000? The Chinese replies: 'Where else in New York City can I park my car
for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there safely when I
return.

Gerai Ujang - Simpang Ampat, Alor Gajah, Melaka (masakan kampung sedap)

Kalau u all pergi ke Melaka, nak rasa gerai masakan kampung yang best sangat, masak lomak cili api (kuah santan pekat gitu) atau the real kampung asam pedas, u all singgah ler kat Gerai Pak Ujang nih.  Lokasi sangat dekat dengan tol Simpang Ampat, Melaka.  Selain dari dekat ngan tol, gerai nih dekat jugak ngan A Famosa Melaka tuh.  So rasa nak bercuti kat A Famosa dan nak try the real masak lomak cili & asam pedas, meh singgah makan kat sini.  Tukang masak gerai ni, memang the real makcik kampung tau! yang masak pergh.....sodap betul.  Kalau korang rasa dah boring sangat makan kat R&R kat highway tuh, makan jer kat sini, cuz gerai ni dekat sangat ngan tol Simpang Ampat. Aku kalau pegi Melaka (he..he..he...kampung hubby sebenornyer) tak yah susah2 cari asam pedas ke masak lomak ke kat, maner2 restoran ke gerai ke cuz one the freelance tukang masaknyer somebody yg very close to me (mak mertua aku la....he..he...he...).  Memang sodap sesangat dorang masak nih, aku yang tengah on diet nih kalau balik Simpang Ampat, terpaksa tak terdiet dek godaan yang sangat terlampau...................lupa lak, lokasi gerai lepas tol Simpang Ampat, roundabout kul 3 or amik kanan. pastu +-2km sebelah kiri kat tepi jalan jer. (cam penin jer aku punye direction ni, pandai2 u all carik sendiri bak kata Nabil "lu pikir la sendiri" tukar ngan version aku "lu carik la sendiri".

Ni la Gerai Pak Ujang, patriotik gitu, siap bendera Malaysia.

Gerai memang bersih n halalan toyiban

gerai nih memang sempoi jer, tapi customer ramai gak, selain org lalu lalang nak ke tampin or ke tol, ramai gak student makan kat situ

 

Ni la bos besar merangkap ketua chef kat gerai pak ujang ni, yg kat belakang tuh Pak Ujang CEO gerai ni...

hah! ni makjun tongkat ali pun ader jual kat sini...

Nasik lemak & meehon bungkus dah tersedia, u all tinggal zasssss............jer...

fuyoh.....meleleh air liur tengok masak lemak cili api & assam pedas nih..sebenor banyak lagi lauk yg mak ujang masak, sajer aku x nak amik gambo. nak tau dier masak aper, korang g sendiri

korang tau tak kat lemari ni air aper?

ha...ni la air asekerem soda zaman dulu kala aku kecik dulu. Sodap air ni...org Melaka panggil loncan, org Selangor kat kampung aku panggil oren bodo. dun wori u all minum idakler bodo jugak. kui...kui...kui

Happy Birthday Hubby and Daughter.

Both of you blessed with the same month.  A lot of people said, when you're in the same zodiac , you can feel the heat.  Does it true ?  Hemmm....I'm not sure but sometimes I think yes, he..he..he..but what I understand and believe that both of you care and love each other.  For sure I love both of you so much and "Happy Birthday".

Free Wall Decal

Guys! wanna sweet and cute wall decalls for your kid room and it's for free.....just surf to this web to find out.

http://www.wallcraftstore.com/free_wall_decal  The closing date for this is on 31 Jan. 2011, so frenz better make your move now before it's too late.