Thursday, December 27, 2012

My Wedding Anniversary on the Summit of the Highest Mountain in South East Asia???


Sounds great???? And so damn romantic??? Haha….yes….I do admit...My dear hubby is the most romantic hubby in world…. (Love you…& kiss you dear...muah muah muah... :-X..)..But at the same time….so adventurous….it is his dream to go Sabah & climb the highest mountain in this region...& celebrate our anniversary on top of the mountain with our kids …enjoy the beautiful view up there…..& me…just agree the idea (yess…I do feel that is romantic too…ngehngehngeh…) So..2-3 months ago…we start our training for Mount Kinabalu…..trekking in FRIM...from our house in Bukit Bujang…trekking from Bukit Bujang trail….rover track to Perah Camp…& up to Pinus Trail at Bukit Hari….walking…climbing hills..trekking…for I think around 15-18 km every weekend…including walking around frim (around 4.5 km…) at least twice a week ( weekdays)…& we believe we will be ok climbing Mount Kinabalu…:-D

The entry about the climb (did I make it or not????)...about Pulau Manukan....about KK, Sabah laaa.... will be added later…after I send my full paper to seminar’s secretariat (my deadline is 31st Dec 2012!!!!)…. & after I send my research & phd proposal (deadline is 1st week of January!!!!!) …….uwaaaaaa……………………..

at Pulau Manukan...so beautifull....jernih...& baaanyak ikan

@ Kinabalu Park HQ Office....

@ Kinabalu Park with view of Mt. Kinabalu (@ 6.30 pm)

@ Villosa Point of Mt. Kinabalu...the most beautiful point during the climb

Sunset at Kg. Serusop, Tuaran, KK..@ my foster family's house...

But, this is the most touching moment …..

Morning...when having our breakfast…sebelum  check out from Laban rata….suddenly my dear hubby taking out a paper from his bag...And that one piece of paper really makes me feel like my tears are coming out!!!! Feel sooo frustrated! So sad!!! Tapi takkan la nak nangis pulak time tuuu….dahla manusia penuh kat Laban Rata Restoran tuuu….….sekuat hati aku tahan airmataku……

Printed on that paper is our anniversary date…20.12.2012....our 10th anniversary….





Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Laksam

This laksam was made last week...asik makan nasi jek..tukar menu dinnerla plak...


Ingredients for Laksam:
  • 500 g Tepung beras
  • 1/2 cup tepung gandum
  • 1.5 litres air
  • 1/2 teaspoon garam
Methods:
  • Mix all
  • kukus air (not necessary kena guna periuk kukus....can use Kuali besar or periuk besar)
  • Bila dah mendidih, sapukan sikit minyak masak pada loyang/ tudung periuk leper.
  • tuangkan mixture laksam tadi membentuk satu lapisan lipis atas loyang/ tudung periuk (make sure x senget..& mixture tu cover all surface)
  • tutup pengukus (dalam 2-4 mins time)- boleh angkat..
  • to know sama ada dah masak ke blum....bila bukak periuk tu..lapisan tu menggelembung.....masakla tu
  • sejukkan sikit (sikit je..) & gulung
  • repeat sampai abiss
Ingredients for Kuah laksam
  • 3 ekor Ikan (kembung/ sardin- panjang lebih kurang 15-20 cm)
  • 1 teaspoon lada hitam- tumbuk lumat
  • 5 ulas bawang merah
  • 200 mL santan kotak
  • 1 liter air (depend nak pekat macam mana)
  • 2 keping asam
Methods,
  • rebus ikan dengan asam keping. make sure ikan tenggelam- 
  • dah masak amik isi ikan & kisar. air rebusan & asam keping tadi jgn buang. masukkan dalam periuk lain utk buat kuah. 
  • tulang2 yg tinggal- boleh kisar secara kasar & tapis. Gunakan air yang "1 Liter" tu utk kisar mengisar. 
  • bawang merah dikisar dengan isi ikan tadi
  • masukkan ikan, bwg merah, lada hitam, air dalam air rebusan tadi.
  • didihkan & masukkan garam & gula secukup rasa.
  • masukkan santan & didihkan lagi.
  • dah masak boleh hidang ngan laksam with ulam2 dia & sambal
laksam punya Ulam
  • kacang panjang- hiris halus
  • timun- hiris halus
  • bawang besar holland-- hiris halus
  • daun selom- hiris halus
  • bunga kantan- hiris halus
  • daun kesum- hiris halus
Sambal Laksam
  • 20 tangkai cili kering- rendam/ rebus- toskan kering
  • 1/2 teaspoon udang kering
  • garam, gula
methods
  • tumbuk cili & udang kering sampai lumat
  • mix garam & gula secukup rasa

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Summer in Korea.........

i just like Korea...even that is my first time in Gangneung & Seoul....the weather.....the flowers...make me fall in love....esp Gangneung.....

this is just to share few photos taken while visiting the R&D Centre there....& that visit is official visit.....utk meninjau peluang R&D collaboration..

June 2012 is Summer in Korea...Spring baaaru jek abis....ralat jugak rasanya...ingatkan dapatla tengok spring cemana....maklum xpenah g oversea..this is 1st time...kalo setakat over south china sea dah penah dahhhhhh...5 taun meh wa kat sabah.....hehe

& the story yg x official ni...sepatutnya last june/ july lagi aku post..tapi sebab ter bz benar,....baru la nak menge"post"...

sampai di Incheon Airport...mata disajikan dengan bunga2an..... hidup rupanyaa.....sekali pandang...ingatkan bunga mati......hmmmm....


terpandang hydrangea...kat sini warnanya pink..means tanah dia acidic..cantikkkk,,,,biasa jumpa kat Malaysia kaler biru...

dari Incheon airport...kami terus ke Gangneung.....naik airport limo bus....bila belek2 balik gambar bas ni..teringat plak kat videoclip Oppa Gangnam Style...haha...macam ada sama la rupa diaa....

quit selesa....jarak perjalanan cuma 200 km from airport to Gangneung..but took 4 hrs.....sungguh berhemah pemandunya....terasa selamat naik bas tu......I think 200 km lebih kurang KL-Maran??? (lebih kurang laaa....) & bayangkan kat sini...kalau jarak perjalanan macam tu..sudah pastinya x sampai 4 jam...
Dalam tempoh perjalanan 4 jam tu...sempat juga berenti kat R&R dia....ingatkan nak beli makanan..sebab dah lapo..tapi tataula nak beli apa.....semua in Korea..xde satu pun english....tanya pun they dont know what to answer...not able to speak in english..huhuhuhuuu.....laponyerr.....but..they r so kind & polite...
 dok dalam bas...sambil menikmati pemandangan2 dari dalam bas...sekali terpandang view sebegini....terasa macam lalu kat karak highway.....kat bukit tinggi....ada bangunan2..& dikelilingi plak oleh range of mountains & hills....
yang ni plak macam view kat perlis.....area sawah padi...hehe
Sepanjang jalan....(boleh dikatakan laa.....) climbing roses....melambak2...dengan merah menyalanya...cantik sungguh mata memandang...tapi sayang....x dapat ambik gambo... x jelas......

Sampai di Gangneung Bus Terminal.....Kami dijemput Senior Scientist KIST....terus dibawa ke tempat makan.....elok sangatla tu...perut dah berkeroncong..maklumla...paginya pukul 8 am..makan roti sandwich je kat airport...tu pun roti yg MAS bagi pukul 4 pagi for breakfast....nasib baik xde selera makan masa tu...ada gak makananku utk sarapan kat airport tu..... sudahnya...kami dibawa ke sushi restaurant......hmmm....sushi....yg aku x suke itewwww...sebab mentah2 jek semuanya....hmmmmmmmmmmmm......makan jek la labu..sebab dah lapo giler....ada ayam....ada daging....tataula daging per....ada udang..ikannnn.....telur ikannnnnnnnnnnnnn.....so...pilihan aku.....udang, ikan (unagi kot nama ikan tu....)...& telur ikan.......lupa lak nak amik gambo..tapi elok gak..kang dikata "perak" aka jakun pulak.....sooo...pilihan yg ada apa lagik laaa........udang, ikan & telur ikan laa.......apa tunggu lagi kan.....

"bismillahi tawakkaltu 'alallahh...."

lepas makan...menuju ke KIST Gangneung Institute.....tak jauh dari bandar Gangneung....dalam 20 mins kot...sesampai aje kitorang kat pintu gerbang dia....ini yg sambut kamii...melilit2 kat pagar diaaa...fullamakkkk...ini lah juga yg dok melilit2kat pagar2 sepanjang highway dari Seoul ke Gangneung ni haa....dari jauh sungguh memikat di mata...
ni la gambo dekatnya plak..this is climbing roses....memanjat2 pagar..& setangkai dia..ada berkuntum2 roses..kembang serentak plak tuu....yg dirumahku..walaupun ada yg jenis ni....memangla berkuntum2 juga...but...kembang x serentak....satuuu..satu...

.sampai kat apartment situ...dah dapat bilik tido satu sorang......(studio)....rehat jap..then mandi manda.......pastu kami berdua punya aktiviti ronda2.....

Gambar2 ni diambil di depan apartment penginapan kami...for them those are bushes! but for us...they r flowers!...nice one...agaknya cenggini la negara 4 musim kot...rumput pun colorful! so below is their bushes...yg aku anggap flowers tu....tumbuh liar celah2 rumput....comey kan???











but this is not rumput..this is iris orchid.....i know this very well..hahahaa.....i saw there are iris planted dekat2 situ...maybe the seeds terbang dibawa angin & tumbuh kat dalam semak samun tu...

& this is also not rumput biasa..i know this is campanula.....i know campanula sari pada cerita kartun wallace & gromit...the "heroin" punya nama is campanula....ngeeeeee.....
and also....look at this weed....macam pernah tengok kan????
ada sama tak macam yg kat dalam S3 ni??? sama kan???? 

dah abis ronda2 dalam semak dia..masukla plak Medicinal Plants Garden... ruangnya kecik je..tapi boleh tahan banyak jugak herbs dalam dia....so these pics are only few of the herbs planted there..


 

 

 
 

& these r few pics of flowers planted around the campus of the institute........only know few names of them!


this is dahlia...but "dwarf dahlia"..comelnya...baru tumbuh sejengkal dah berbunga....
dirumahku dah berpuluh jengkal pun xmo bunge....huhu

plot of dahlia....
yellow iris orchid..
and this so "gorgeous flower was grow wild there...know what is it?
This is poppy flower....so nicee...orange-red color looks stunning in the bushes....wauuu...nobody abuse this plants????Kalau kat sini dah kena musnahkan dengan kadar segera kot...hmmm....

We did visit few beautiful places there...
the Gangneung City museum..or Ojukheon Museum... i dont know about this museum at that time..but according to Mr. Wikipedia:

"Ojukheon Museum 오죽헌, which is named after a special black bamboo growing in this area, has been the birthplace of the famous Korean scholar Yulgok (1536-1584 A.D. His portrait is featured on the 5,000 Won bank note) and his mother Saimdang(1504-1551 A.D. Who is featured on the 50,000 Won bank note). Since 1963 the Ojukheon Museum counts as national cultural heritage No 165. It includes one of the oldest wooden buildings in Korea. Several shrines and old residential buildings deliver insight into the lives of these famous Koreans"


very beautiful panoramic views there! since that time is end of spring & beginning of summer...i still can see the "sisa2" spring....:-)

Entrance


yg ni kira sisa2 musim bunga...






Nice tree...look at the silara...


This is the black bamboo...In Malaysia...a lot  have been planted in Bukit Tinggi....
& a few bushes in FRIM- near the Sek Agama Rakyat (KAFA) FRIM.

the description black bamboo..I believe stated there is the medicinal props etc....sila la baca ye...ngehngehngeh

Potrait of Lady Shin Saimdang- mother of Yul-Gok...


tempat utk ambil gambar......the pics taken from this point
sama dengan gambar dalam duit Korea..but cannot rememberla which note.



Red maple tree...


That's from the museum....then we visited one place..macam wakaf...atau kalau dalam novel Ramlee Awang Mursyid (I'm refering to siries of Laksamana Sunan)...that kinda building call "pondok tak berdinding...hehe..which is nak sampai ke wakaf ni di puncaknya...quite mengah la jugak...nasib baik berbaloi...with temperature macam dekat cameron H....angin bertiup x brenti.....hmmm...kalau datang sorang....memang aku tidur punya la kat situ.......

I dont remember the place's name....tapi this is a place where their great scholar rests...berfikir mencari ilham....& write a poem. I forgot to tell earlier..Korean...they love arts...a lot of poems written....in fact at this place....(macam tempat rehat raja2 gitu...)..banyak poems digantung....but in their language la....no translation at all...so i cant understand...

panoramic view from the "wakaf"
The guardian of this wakaf...very nice lady..peramah...tapi sayang nya...x boleh berbahasa  inggeris...Thanks a lot to senior researcher yg bawa kami....tolong jadi translator.....yg melekat kat bumbung tu semua adalah sajak2 yg ditulis oleh pemerintah2 mereka...& one of the sajak belong's to Yul-Gok...yg ditulis semasa umur beliau 9 or 10 (not sure la umur sebenar.)


Lunch time???? hmm...we were brought to a TaufooRestaurant...served the is soy bean product...with vege.....
taste like asam pedas without daun kesum...

knowing Korean....Kimchi is compulsory! suppose to be side dish..
but for me...looks like the main  dish served here! look at the table...

Kimchi time!!!!! it's 4 small plates of Kimchi here....macam2 sayur yg di "kimchi" kan....
I love the kimchi daun/ pokok bawang tu...that's the best! 
 At the evening....we had our coffee at 'Angel in us Coffee"..at the beach! with temp around 23-25 oC.....7 coffee with me...anging bertiup kencang dengan pemandangan yg memang cantik......(walaupun cuma ada air laut jek pun).....hmmmm.....

forget to snap pics of the coffee house....this pic is from http://www.ejpix.com. 

 Dinner timee....yes..seafood restaurant!
kawasan dekat2 restoran tu....banyak kereta..tapi orangnya tatau pegi mana...

Kimchi

octopus
main course.....merah menyala2 dalam pinggan ni.....all seafood & tauge (yg nampak macam mee tu.....)
rasa?? hmm..how to describe? pedas gilaa!! but taste like tomyam without asam, daun limau purut & serai..hehe...lu pikirla sendiri!!!

close up...belek punya belek..tiba2...ting tongg....terberenti kejap aku makan....rupa2nya siput sedut (laut punyer..)..hahahha....suspen betul....
 apa lagi..makan la kami sampai merah2 muka tahan pedas..tapi sedapp....

from Gangneung..we back to Seoul for next official visit....this time..we had free time (afternoon) for ronda2 sekitar institute.... Seoul is hotter  than Gangneung....but not as hot as Malaysia la...hehe..
dinner time...I should thank the officer of the Institute..so kind bawak kami berdua makan malam kat seafood restrn....nice guys....
octopus....bila kat seoul..baru aku realise....kat sini sotong kurita aje yg aku jumpa.......xsotong biasa x jumpa plak...maybe sebab laut sejuk kot...kurita jek yg colonised laut depa..hehe

yeahh...kimchi again...



my favourite..roses!



buah apa tu?? apricot????? ada macam ke?

mesin basuh kat guest house yg kami stay...all in Korea! Nak guna pun tatau...sebab takut ter rosakkan  mesin basuh ni..sanggup kami x pakai..hehe
now..balik timee...yeeha..dah seminggu kat sana...time to pulang menadah hujan batu di negeri sendiri...hehe..

good idea of vertical landscape for rumah..hehe
 

hydrangea...
also another good idea for garden...boleh tiru ni.
close up...it is simen..but covered with spagnum moss...& deco with  indoor plants...

time to take off...good bye Korea..

bila dah sampai penghujung entry ni baru realise...penuh ngan gambo2 bunga2, pokok2 & rumput2 jek..hehe...i'm so "nature" la...hahahaaa....