Haiyos..just got back from my winter trip. It was pretty much like my previous trip in 2004. We went to the same places, San Francisco, LA and Vegas again. But this time, we focused on attractions yg tak pernah pegi lagi.
Zuhri and myself celebrated our 1st anniversary on the road. We didn't do much, just exchange gifts. He bought me 2 sets of sexy lingeries, hehe.. and I bought him an electrical shaver. But at LA outlet, zuhri wanted a leather jacket instead. So there goes my $200.
The LA outlet was superb with lots of high class shops, dior, armani X, gucci, D&G, etc..but semua2 mahal2 nak mati. One handbag costs at least $500- $2000. Huarggghhh...mana ade duit. I like this gucci bag but when I looked at the price tag $498. Waduh2....but I want it so bad. Tapi tak beli pun.
At Vegas I bought a red leather jacket from Wilson Leather. It's nice..I like the color, not so much on the design.
I really want to be on a trip where I can shop all day, all week provided that I have the money of course. Bila la nak jadi kaya and beli bag harga $1000 ni...waarrghhhh sedey!
I'll post the pics later.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Christmas Eve @ Raymond & Mary Daniel house
We went to Raymond house last night for their Christmas eve party. Raymond is Amin's senior officer at Cerner. He is also a Malaysian, used to live in Kelantan. He got married with Mary, a native American, and they recently got a baby boy.
Mary and Raymond with their son Brandon.
I unfortunately got sick since I went to the Eid Festival. I shouldn't have come because I don't want other kids and the baby to get sick either. But since I told Raymond that I would come and Amin wasn't interested to go by himself, I decided to go. But when I was there, I just looked at the baby and took pictures, I didn't dare to touch/held him.
The gathering was great. They catered halal food from a Malaysian couple. I actually made some karipap for the gathering, but it wasn't enough. In 2 hours all my karipap were gone! A few sisters hadn't get a chance to taste my karipap. So I think I'll make some more if we have another gathering.
Mary and Raymond with their son Brandon.
I unfortunately got sick since I went to the Eid Festival. I shouldn't have come because I don't want other kids and the baby to get sick either. But since I told Raymond that I would come and Amin wasn't interested to go by himself, I decided to go. But when I was there, I just looked at the baby and took pictures, I didn't dare to touch/held him.
The gathering was great. They catered halal food from a Malaysian couple. I actually made some karipap for the gathering, but it wasn't enough. In 2 hours all my karipap were gone! A few sisters hadn't get a chance to taste my karipap. So I think I'll make some more if we have another gathering.
Eid Festival @ Olathe, KS
The weather was terrible on that day. It was kinda like a small blizzard, so windy and snowing like crazy. But since I've participated, I gotta go. The festival took place in Olathe, KS which is 40 mins away from our house. But it took us an hour to get there because the traffic was quite slow. There were lotsa accidents involving trucks and vans along the way. We counted 5! Fortunately our car was heavy with foods and drinks, so alhamdulillah we got there safely.
There were not many people when we came. The other vendors were still setting up their booths, and some just arrived.
Our booth - Malaysian cafe.
Eventually, lotsa people came, mostly from Pakistani community. They estimated 2000 - 3000 will come, but only 400 people showed up. And half of them were teenagers, I guess they got nothing to do at home, so they came to hang out with their friends. They didn't buy anything much, just talking and watching the performances.
The other vendors that sold food, they are from restaurants. We were actually the only one who sold homemade food. So since they got some sort of reputation and people knew them well, they sold more food than us. Also, it was hard to sell Malaysian dishes because these people were not familiar with our food (we even gave them to sample our food!)
So basically it wasn't a successful event. I came home, rugi banyak :(
I spent $220 to buy all the stuffs, and I only got around $90 from the sale. But when I think about it, I knew other vendors from the restaurants also didn't make money at all. They had lotsa food left at the end (one of them had food for 35 people left), and they also had to pay for labor cost (because they brought their employees with them). It was like, semua org rugi la, so I didn't feel that terrible.
I was thinking about going to Alamo Bowl to watch PSU football game with Texas A&M on Dec 29. But since I didn't make money at all at the festival, I can't go anywhere, takde duit. Hmm tinggal angan2 saja la.
There were not many people when we came. The other vendors were still setting up their booths, and some just arrived.
Our booth - Malaysian cafe.
Eventually, lotsa people came, mostly from Pakistani community. They estimated 2000 - 3000 will come, but only 400 people showed up. And half of them were teenagers, I guess they got nothing to do at home, so they came to hang out with their friends. They didn't buy anything much, just talking and watching the performances.
The other vendors that sold food, they are from restaurants. We were actually the only one who sold homemade food. So since they got some sort of reputation and people knew them well, they sold more food than us. Also, it was hard to sell Malaysian dishes because these people were not familiar with our food (we even gave them to sample our food!)
So basically it wasn't a successful event. I came home, rugi banyak :(
I spent $220 to buy all the stuffs, and I only got around $90 from the sale. But when I think about it, I knew other vendors from the restaurants also didn't make money at all. They had lotsa food left at the end (one of them had food for 35 people left), and they also had to pay for labor cost (because they brought their employees with them). It was like, semua org rugi la, so I didn't feel that terrible.
I was thinking about going to Alamo Bowl to watch PSU football game with Texas A&M on Dec 29. But since I didn't make money at all at the festival, I can't go anywhere, takde duit. Hmm tinggal angan2 saja la.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
cant no longer wait....
phuuuhh~da x sabanye nk stop keje....haihhzzz br terase bosan coz every do the same work jer...every morning kne lap tingkap laa...meja laa...hahaahaha sampai nk terberak aku wut keje 2 every day...x dapat bygkan kalo keje cmtu for the whole life....janet...ko pon keje cm2 ker???everyday repeat the same thng???boringnyer...hehehhe n nk tergelak bce psl janet tulis...about the reward O annual fund...the idea was great...tp yg lawaknyer psl kne fill in form....huhuhu tp bgs gak laa...ntah erkk...pelik....sumer cousin2 kt x der yg dpt top2....haiihhzzz...yg ok cume athirah jer laa kot....mmmm btw gem....nape every function ko mesti amik gamba mkanan!!ehh den ko nak jual 100+ kuih tart 2 ader ker orng yg order???byk btolll business ko....ok2 nnti aku post pic ngn indon2...actually da lme amik tp x sempat ltk jer....hehehe =)
Friday, December 21, 2007
Hari Raya Korban
Amin and I went to Kak Safiah's house on the day of Hari Raya as she hold an open house. It was a great gathering, especially because the food she cooked was superbly yummy. Believe it or not, I had 4 plates full of food, the most so far I had at one time. Hahaha crazy.. (no wonder the day after the gathering, I gained 2 lbs when I checked on my weight! Argh!)
Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera (cursed myself for that !&#$@!%). So these are photos from kak Safiah's camera.
The official Hari Raya kek, courtesy from Kak Lily.
Me and Julia were gossiping (in a traditional way ahahaha).
The ladies (sorry the picture resolution is so small, that's why it's blurry).
Anyway tomorrow is the Eid Festival day. I haven't finished baking and making kuih. The last few days I wasn't so productive, hehehe dah malas. My target is to sell 100 of cookie containers, but as of right now, I only have around 80+ , way way off the target. Well whatever lah, I'm just going to have fun tomorrow I guess.
Unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera (cursed myself for that !&#$@!%). So these are photos from kak Safiah's camera.
The official Hari Raya kek, courtesy from Kak Lily.
Me and Julia were gossiping (in a traditional way ahahaha).
The ladies (sorry the picture resolution is so small, that's why it's blurry).
Anyway tomorrow is the Eid Festival day. I haven't finished baking and making kuih. The last few days I wasn't so productive, hehehe dah malas. My target is to sell 100 of cookie containers, but as of right now, I only have around 80+ , way way off the target. Well whatever lah, I'm just going to have fun tomorrow I guess.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Ice Storm
We haven't gotten any snow until last week when the ice storm hit this place. Here are the aftermath:
Our Directv satellite receiver on the roof was frozen (this is the main problem when you subscribe satellite instead of TV cable). So we couldn't watch TV the whole night. Next day, Amin had to shoot some water from the hose, and finally the receiver's back!
Even the phone and electric line were frozen... and the trees too.
All whitey, no more greeny
Our neighbor's frozen pine tree
A closer look...
So... this is what they called ice storm. I haven't seen anything like this in Pennsylvania. Usually the winter starts with heavy snow and snow... and some more snow. Sometimes there's hail (hujan air batu), but nothing like this (winter starts with ice storm??).
Our Directv satellite receiver on the roof was frozen (this is the main problem when you subscribe satellite instead of TV cable). So we couldn't watch TV the whole night. Next day, Amin had to shoot some water from the hose, and finally the receiver's back!
Even the phone and electric line were frozen... and the trees too.
All whitey, no more greeny
Our neighbor's frozen pine tree
A closer look...
So... this is what they called ice storm. I haven't seen anything like this in Pennsylvania. Usually the winter starts with heavy snow and snow... and some more snow. Sometimes there's hail (hujan air batu), but nothing like this (winter starts with ice storm??).
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