the one about badrul and 25th of november...

my birthday gift i...

happy birthday to me...
happy birthday to me...
happy birthday to badrul...
happy birthday to me...

yup, another year older... so, what else is new? kalau tak kerana 25th of every month tuh hari gaji, i memang taknak 25th november nih datang cepat-cepat... hahahahaa... biar lambat-lambat jer... i was a little depressed (sikit jer) for the past few days... entah kenapa, macam jadi habit pulak asyik dok menanya orang punya umur... yang buat i depressed tu sebab semua yang i tanya tuh happen to be younger than me... cisss... tak best betul! eventhough ramai yang kata i don't look my age, i look younger (kes menyedapkan hati lah nih)... but i still rasa tua... hahahhaa... anyway, from today onwards, my age will be 35, then turun jadik 34, 33, 32 so on and so forth... hahahahaa...


my birthday gift ii...

on wednesday, the 24th, i received a birthday gift from my sister, chail... a beautiful lamp... i was so excited, i tak tunggu pun sampai my birthday... terus jer bukak kat office... well, it's so beautiful... ada ukir-ukir and nampak authentic... i love it so much... thank you chail... thank you! balik rumah terus pasang and it really brighten my red wall kat living room... now ruang tamu rumah i nampak warmer and cosier... very comfy... mula-mula tuh ingat nak letak kat bilik tidur, but i think sayang lah... lawa-lawa pastu nak sorokkan dalam bilik tidur pulak... so, i think it will stay kat living room... harap-harap xe'an tak lompat atas meja tuh lah...


my birthday gift iii...

another birthday gift yang i dapat is a pair of adidas leather shoes... i memang suka sangat-sangat... selalunya kalau i beli kasut, mesti kasut kerja jer... black color... common sangat-sangat... tiap-tiap tahun, design yang sama, brand yang sama... sampai kan, bila time nak show-off kat kawan-kawan, dia orang boleh kata balik 'ya ker kasut baru? ingat kan baru kilat kan jer'... hahahaa... so, bila dapat kasut leather nih, rasa macam lain sangat... thank you... thank you... thank you... mesti bila pakai nanti nampak lebih muda kot... hahahahhaa... i think i'll wear it this weekend masa pergi beraya rumah my executive director...


my birthday gift iv...

sebenarnya i tak kisah sangat pasal birthday gift nih... maklumlah, dah 'dewasa' nih.. hahahhaa... but i do appreciate it very much... lebih-lebih lagi bila dapat from people that i care so very much... rasa macam betul-betul dihargai... i guess what i really want for my birthday is to be healthy, dapat menggembirakan keluarga, dapat hidup selesa (tak perlu kaya raya), jadi manusia yang beriman dan diberkati hidup... amin...

to all my friends and colleagues yang ucapkan happy birthday dan mendoakan kesejahteraan hidup, terima kasih... i really appreciate your friendships... semoga persahabatan kita akan berkekalan... lots of love from me ~ badrul...

the one about badrul and friends...

friends part i...

yup, i'm talking about both... my friends in real life nih, and the 'friends' kat tv tuh... now they are showing it again (repeats) on channel 70 and kalau i miss tengok pukul 7.30pm, i'll try to catch it at 11.00pm... walaupun i ada dvd semua season friends, but still tengok kat tv jugak... berulang kali pun takpa... tak jemu.. at the same time, i can't help myself to compare the 'friends' in tv show with my friends and myself...


friends part ii...

dalam banyak-banyak characters tuh, i think i ada banyak persamaan dengan chandler... hhhmm... i love to crack a joke... suka buat orang ketawa... some times can be a little bit annoying... some times can be so damn funny... ada masa can be a little bit insecure dan kadangkala pulak terlalu bossy... sensitive to a lot of issues and most of the time, can be very dramatic... but one thing for sure, i care a great deal about my friends...


friends part iii...

most of my girl-friends punya character takleh nak compare dengan 'friends' kat tv tuh... semua diaorang nih kena compare dengan 'sex and the city'... hahhahahaa... masing-masing ada gaya dan style yang tersendiri, but again, one thing that these people do have in common with me, is that they too care a great deal about friendship... i think, kita orang nih combination of 'friends' and 'sex n the city'... yup... me, tanty, tina, kudsia, jasmin, jeza, jolyn, su, shonn, sonia... crazy bunch!


friends part iv...

funny thing though, yesterday i had lunch with a bunch of blog buddies yang sekarang nih dah jadik my close friends, and one of the topic yang dah lama i nak cakap kat dia orang nih really strenghten my principle about friendship... yang paling kelakar, a simple case of 'tak sengaja' can be a big issue... but then again, 'friends' ada macam-macam perangai kan... hahahahaa...


friends part v...

to those yang minat friends tuh, have you ever wonder which character in 'friends' yang ada similarity with your own character? or any combination? or any character in other tv shows yang lebih kurang? share lah...

smelly cat... smelly cat... what are they feeding you... smelly cat... smelly cat... it's not your fault! - phoebe

the one about badrul and switzerland...

beautiful spring...

i'm always fond of switzerland... to me, switzerland is one of the most beautiful country in the world, dengan banjaran alps... big huge lake... beautiful weather and wonderful people... no wonder i wanted to go back to switzerland lepas my first big europe trip in 2001/2002...

so, when jasmin's boyfriend, peter, offer a place to stay, and at the same time ada mas fair, i terus jer agree to go... but of course, we want to choose the right time... i don't want to go in the summer because nanti cuaca dia lebih kurang malaysia jer... so, we plan to go in spring... sebenarnya masa mas fair tuh pun we were still nak decide mana nak pergi because ada jugak chance nak pergi new zealand, but i guess new zealand can wait...


dekat lawn rumah peter...

peter's house memang best... macam 'istana' dalam taman... in fact, ada banyak pokok buah-buahan macam apple, grapes, peach etc tapi since kita pergi tuh masih spring, belum ada yang berbuah lagi lah... hahahaha... we took a lot of pictures... gambar dalam rumah peter, tapi macam tak sesuai jer kan nak letak kat sini sebab gambar dalam rumah tuh kira macam invade the privacy lah pulak kan... but our room memang best, ada balcony looking out to the garden... flowers were everywhere... lawa sangat-sangat...


breakfast kat garden...

we had breakfast kat garden, either next to the kitchen macam dalam gambar kat atas nih, atau dekat lawn where it has beautiful gazebo with grapes tree kat tiang-tiang dia... i'm sure it is so beautiful during summer...


shonn, me, jas, peter and levin...

i wanted to put as much pictures as possible, tapi nak upload gambar-gambar nih, mak datuk, lamanyer... oh, if you're wondering, siapa that good looking young man, nama dia levin and he is peter's nephew... sorry girls, he's still under age.. hahahhaa...


bernn, ibu negara switzerland...

we were in zurich, switzerland for about 16 days... banyak jugaklah tempat yang kita orang pergi... lucerne, bernn, interlaken dan banyak tempat lagih yang i lupa nama dia... we also cross-over to germany, but lupa pulak nama tempat tuh... all i can remember was, i beli one t-shirt yang tulis 'fbi' for only 2 euro (about 9 ringgit) made of germany... hahahaha...


baru habis shopping... muka senyum, tapi poket perit... hihihihi...

we do a lot of other activities too... naik boat dengan kawan peter, stephan... shopping... panjat bukit dengan family peter's brother... shopping, naik alps... shopping... clubbing... shopping... bbq... shopping... naik ferry... shopping... hahahaha...


little house on the prairie?...

one thing that really amazed me, depa semua nih macam lepak jer... macam tak kerja jer... kita yang tourist nih logic lah keluar jalan-jalan, but if you look at them, kita orang jalan kat taman-taman, we can see them sun-bathing lah, main football lah, lepak-lepak lah... and that was in the afternoon on a weekday... memang seronok betul dia orang nih... another thing yang memang superb was the public transportation... senang jer for everybody to use it, even for us, the tourist...


macam citer hindustan kan... hahahaha...

flowers jangan cakap lah... everywhere dan macam-macam jenis... even wild flowers pun cantik-cantik... banyak jugaklah gambar-gambar ala hindustan, tapi taknak lah letak kat sinih... in fact, yang kat atas tuh pun dah ramai yang gelak kan... hahahaha...


rumah peter's brother...

i think the highlight of my journey to zurich, switzerland, was the visit to peter's brother... the house is situated at this beautiful quiet valley and we had such a wonderful time there... they were such a wonderful people... we had cheese fondue, which i don't really like, but they also have something 'special' in store for all of us... biarlah ianya menjadi kenangan peribadi... hahahhaha....


mount pilatus, lucerne...

we've been to lucerne before and we've been up on the mountain, but it was a different mountain... mount rigis... so we decided to go up to the highest one, which is mount pilatus... it was raining heavily that day, so memang basah kuyuplah... i nih memang ada height phobia, so masa naik cable car tuh kecut perut jugaklah... but the view on top of the mountain was worth it!


on top of mount pilatus... snow...best nyer...

bayangkan, walaupun dah spring, tapi on top of mount pilatus masih lagih ada snow... sejuk but what an experience... kudsia macam biasalah, tak tahan sejuk sebab dia tak bawak jacket tebal, so she spent her time in the restaurant baca novel... oh, by the way, kudsia joins us about a week later, since she was on her way to paris to see her aunt...


kambing gurun?...

we saw these kelompok of 'kambing' on our way down from mount pilatus... i remember someone mentioned its name but i can't recall it... takpalah, just anggap macam kambing gurun sudah lah sebab tanduk dia lebih kurang jer... hahahahhaa...


shonn, kuds and me... turun from mount pilatus...

masa turun from mount pilatus, we opted for train... memang curam giler... but i rather naik train and have both my feet on the ground, daripada naik cable car again... hahahhaa... tak sanggup oooiiii...


lake lucerne...

from the edge of the mountain, we took a ferry to lucerne city... change scenery sikit kan... it was beautiful walaupun sejuk sangat...


dalam ferry kat lake lucerne...

i really enjoyed my trip to switzerland... memang sesuatu yang menyeronokkan... apatah lagi kalau you pergi dengan kawan-kawan rapat... kalau boleh, memang nak letak banyak gambar lagih, but then, takpalah... maybe next time you can have a look at my albums... baru puas hati...


the alps... beautiful kan...

next year, insyaallah, dalam perancangan nak pergi new zealand pulak... i've heard so much about new zealand too... in fact, some of my friends cakap it is as beautiful as switzerland... mana tau kot-kot dapat jumpa 'lord of the ring'...

the one where badrul expresses his gratitude...

salam lebaran...


i'm sure everyone masih lagi dalam mood raya... me too! and i'm sure masa nih some of you masih lagi kat kampung beraya bersama sanak-saudara... makan ketupat dan rendang... lemang dan serunding... seronoknya! anyway, i too have a wonderful raya, walaupun kena kerja first day of raya hari tuh, it was worth it! i taknak cerita pasal kerja di hari raya, but i want to share a story yang membuatkan my hari raya this time around sungguh bermakna...

one day before raya, i called izreenkiut... entah apasal entah, i rasa macam nak buat nasi tomato for hari raya... i was planning to prepare it when my parents balik dari mekah, maybe on the third day of raya, tapi macam biasalah kan, kalau nak masak something yang baru kenalah cuba dulu... ok, back to nasi tomato and izreenkiut... kalau siapa-siapa yang pernah makan nasi tomato yang emak izreenkiut masak, i'm sure you will agree with me that it is the most delicious nasi tomato you've ever taste... so, naturally, i mintaklah kat izreenkiut the recipe... masa tuh tak terlintas kat fikiran yang i dah buat something yang a bit 'unethical'...

why it was unethical? well, you see, izreenkiut's mom does this for a living... dia masak untuk catering... for business... i nih pandai-pandai jer pergi call izreenkiut and mintak the recipe... after i realised the mistake that i've made, for a few days i rasa tak sedap hati... but at the same time, i taknak kacau izreenkiut beraya... so, on the fourth day, which is today, i called her and apologies... of course lah dia cakap takpa... well, she is really sweet... i felt a bit relieved but, i still feel that i need to jot this down...

how was the nasi tomato? it was a big hit! hari raya pertama, i masak nasi tomato, kari ayam, daging masak halia, acar timun, masak pedas udang dan sambal belacan... tina datang beraya and later bawak balik some for her brother, chris... the rest, 'export' to rumah abang shonny where his parents, his bothers' family and sisters' family gathered for holiday...

hari raya kedua aiman nak makan nasi lemak, so i cooked nasi lemak with ayam masak merah, sambal pedas ikan, timun, telur dan ikan bilis... since my parents arrived quite late on the second day of raya, dia orang dapat jugaklah rasa sikit my nasi lemak... hahahhaa...

on the third day of raya, sekali lagi i buat nasi tomato and this time for the rest of my family... ramai tau... about 18 people including my grandmother yang datang all the way from terengganu... again i masak lauk kari ayam, daging masak halia, sambal pedas telur, udang sweet n sour, acar timun dan sambal belacan... alhamdulillah, habis licin... and my parents suka sangat... maklumlah, dah lama tak makan masakan melayu nih...

so again, to izreenkiut and her mom, thank you very much... thank you for sharing the most delicious nasi tomato recipe with me, and thank you for making my hari raya a memorable one... all my gratitude to you, your mom and your family...

salam aidilfitri from my family...

the one about badrul and pantun di aidilfitri...

buluh lemang diikat dawai,
anak dara memasak kurma,
buat keluarga ku di a.m.t.y
bahagia sungguh dapat bersama...

emas sekarung harta sepeti,
tiadakan sama budi berharga,
kak n yang amat saya hormati,
salam aidilfitri buat keluarga...

baju digosok songkok diberus,
biar kemas berlipat jangan,
tak kira kak shamina atau kak rose,
kasih mesra harap berpanjangan…

kuih siput kuih dahlia,
di dalam tabung tinggal bersisa,
alang, alyne, shai dan alia,
maafkan abang segala dosa…

kalau makan tepung pelita,
biar semua dapat merasa,
buat dreamfinder yang jauh dimata,
kasihmu abadi kekal sentiasa…

tahun hijrah tahun masehi,
syawal tiba silih berganti,
buat boy yang amat dikasihi,
maafkan segala tersinggung dihati...

anggun sungguh gaya sang putri,
susun langkah berhati-hati,
ampun dan maaf di aidilfitri,
buat tiesya yang baik hati...

salam ditulis jawi dan rumi,
sebagai tanda pengganti diri,
pada adik chail yang abang kagumi,
tabahkan hatimu riangkan diri...

chongsam baju tradisi cina,
kebaya serong nakdara muda,
ke mana menghilang dirimu lina,
semoga sihat sejahtera sentiasa...

berhari raya ke pekan remis,
singgah di kemaman membeli lidi,
buat nisa yang cantik manis,
semoga persahabatan kekal abadi...

baju melayu dibuat sepasang,
bersamping elok benang suasa,
ampun dan maaf untuk linpisang,
semoga sekeluarga aman bahagia...

mendung berarak putih diawan,
lemang dimasak sepakat sekata,
untuk mandur wink yang handsome rupawan,
salam dihulur maaf dipinta...

sekeping kuih segelas air sejuk,
sambil menjeling bermain mata,
adik sumbing yang selalu merajuk,
ampun kan dosa dan kata-kata...

hampir tamat sebulan berpuasa,
terangkan rumah nyalakan pelita
buat meesua yang ceria sentiasa...
bermaaf-maafan sesama kita...

bunga melati bunga cempaka,
buat perhiasan hari mulia,
kepada cikanosweet yang jauh dimata,
jangan terkilan terkasar bahasa...

serunding daging dan kuih keria,
rendang ayam direneh-reneh,
leen yang sentiasa riang dan ria,
buang yang keruh ambil yang jernih...

duit raya buat belanja,
berduyun-duyun menuju ke pekan,
pada izkiut yang comel dan manja,
salah dan silap harap maafkan...

dipagi raya mandi diperigi,
segarnya badan air ditimba,
tak lupa kak aidid, waiem dan lv,
terkasar bahasa maafkan hamba...

kuih dikendong di dalam raga,
diiring doa selamat sejahtera,
buat nart dia, dia dan dia,
semoga bahagia aman sentiasa...

ambilkan ketupat berikan saya,
hendak dimakan bersama kari,
pada orgkampung yang suka bergaya,
maaf dipohon kemaafan diberi...

pulang raya semua bercuti,
kunjung mengunjung sanak saudara,
buat malique dan scov yang baik hati,
semoga persahabatan terus mesra…

pukul telur buat bahulu,
ayam digoreng dengan halia,
javard dan skylar kenalan baruku,
semoga gembira di hari mulia…

cincau dan sirap berserta bali,
hidangan penyegar membuka selera
nhk, rose, dan bat yang baru dikenali,
tersalah kata maaf dipinta...

nasi dagang ikan tenggiri,
bunga mawar dibuang duri,
bersihkan hati ikhlas kan diri,
sesuci shay di aidilfitri...

sanggul berhias anggun menawan,
kayuh sampan ke tasik cini,
tabahkan hati di perantauan,
buat kretortd jauh di germany...

zazz, guruvocal, hemo dan lainnya,
tak mampu hendak sebut semua,
usah marah usah terasa,
sekalung maaf ku pohon jua...

silent, farahfan, nuraudha dan teman di sini,
jangan terkilan rasa di hati,
bukan dilupa bukan tak diingati,
salam dihulur di aidilfitri…

indah sungguh cahaya bulan,
dihujung sinar terbit pelangi,
tangan dianjur tanda perkenalan,
untuk semua yang sudi mengunjungi...

rakan bloggers dan pembaca setia,
tak lupa juga yang hanya memerhati,
zahir dan batin maaf dipinta,
semoga aidilftri penuh harmoni…

selamat hari raya aidilfitri daripada badrul~after~six

the one about badrul and his scrumptious sambal udang petai... (kitchen tour - episode 6)

i think this one would be our last kitchen tour for ramadhan al-mubarak... even today pun i think dah ramai yang balik kampung bercuti... but you don't have to do this recipe for buka puasa... you can still do it after raya, for lunch, dinner or whenever you like... this sambal udang petai recipe i belajar dari shonny's mom... so, it's slightly different than our normal malay style... tapi sungguh sungguh sedap... kalau yang tak suka petai, you can actually change it to other vegetables like long beans, or even brinjals (for brinjals, potong dan goreng terlebih dahulu)... ok, here's the recipe...

bahan-bahan...


petai dan udang...


bawang kisar dan cili giling...


udang kering kisar dan air asam jawa...

300gm udang sederhana besar - dibersihkan...
300gm petai
10biji bawang merah - dikisar
2ulas bawang putih - dikisar
15biji cili kering - dikisar (nak lagi pedas, letak lagi banyak)
100gm udang kering - dikisar
1sudu besar asam jawa (dicampur satu mangkuk air)
3sudu besar minyak masak

cara-caranya...


goreng bawang yang dikisar...


masukkan cili giling...


masukkan udang kering yang dikisar...

goreng bawang kisar sehingga naik baunya... masukkan cili yang dikisar dan goreng sehingga garing... kemudian masukkan udang kering yang dikisar... kacau sehingga rata dan masukkan semangkuk air asam jawa...


masukkan air asam jawa...


kacau sehingga rata dan sedikit kering...


masukkan petai...


masukkan udang...

bila dah sedikit kering, masukkan petai... petai nih cepat masak, jadi jangan biarkan terlalu lama... kemudian masukkan udang dan kacau sehingga rata... biarkan kuah sedikit kering dan udang masak... jangan masak terlalu lama sebab udang nih akan jadi terlalu keras... tak best...


kacau sehingga rata dan sampai udang masak... kemudian hidangkan...

final result...


sambal udang petai... close up...


sambal udang petai...

sambal udang petai memang sedap kalau makan dengan nasi panas-panas... tapi macam biasalah kan, bila makan petai, jangan dok dekat dengan orang lain... hahahaha... baunya sungguh memikat jiwa... cuba jangan tak cuba...

dikesempatan ini jugak, i nak menyusun sepuluh jari, memohon maaf zahir dan batin jika ada terkasar bahasa dan tuturkata, mahupun kelakuan yang menyinggung perasaan teman-teman di sini... halal kan makan dan minum... semoga syawal yang akan menjelang akan memberikan keindahan dan kerahmatan untuk semua... amin...

~ pictures by shonny ~