Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Puasa in B-Town and a bit about Raya

Puasa here was somehow a bit different from home.

Working hours were not shortened like back home. We worked from 7.30am until 4.30pm with an hour of lunch break. Most people used the one-hour lunch break to take naps. For a person who relied a lot on caffeine to survive the day, it was really difficult to survive those fasting days. Thus the one-hour lunch break became one of the highlights of the day.

Breaking fast and bersahur became 'loner' events. I normally went out to the gerai to get something to sungkai with. There were 3 main places of gerai ramadhan here; the biggest one was the old airport, right on the now defunct runway of the old airport (oh, they also used the runway to race their kapcais!). The hotel also provided sungkai buffet which cost RM35 per person, but I was not a big fan of buffet. There were sahur spread at 3am, but I prefered my sahur to be sent to my room. So every night at about 11pm, I would get my sahur delivered in a nice bento box, complete with starters and desserts. And they all cost just an extra RM8. So I would have my late supper at 11pm and wake up at 4am, to have some water and kurma. Speaking of kurma, every Muslim staff was given a box of Iranian kurma from the company, which was a nice gesture.


Gerai Ramadhan at the Old Airport


Some examples of my Sahur boxes

There were no public holidays for the start of Ramadhan and Nuzul Al-Quran (or the Anniversary of the revelation of Al-Quran), which were celebrated with public holidays back home. Also, there was no Israk Mekraj holiday here either.

Celebrated Raya back at home; took the whole week off. Raya was a low-key affair; it was the first Raya without my dear mother who passed away last year. Hence, no gerai-styled open house this year. Sorry guys!! Spent most of Raya at home, but spent one day visiting relatives' houses in Bandar, which was really unplanned.

On lighter note, this was seen in one department store in Bandar. This really took the piss out of the warning not to increase price of goods during the recent BGS!

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Cake! Cake! I lurveeee the cakeee......

Just couldn't resist posting this...... Enjoy!!



Remember to eat with Ryvita; it makes everything low fat!

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Old posts re-visited

Remember that injury that I got while playing badminton (read about it here and here)? Well, five months on, the wound has healed (well, kinda). So Jest, don't worry about it; all forgiven but not forgotten! Ha ha!

Before - May 2007


After - Oct 2007

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Announcing Part Deux

Referring to this and to answer this:
arzhri: Is that a mazda 8? is it your new ride bulgemeister? if so, SWEET! (posted: 2007-10-24 4:21 PM).

The answer can be found here.

It is said to be a crossover between an SUV and Mazda RX-8. The Mazda RX-8 is a tad too small; I like my ride to be big!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Something DF.....

Many congratulations to Dr. Lenny and Dr. Taufique on their wedding over the weekend. Sorry I was not there during your nikah.


P.s.: DF = Doctor Friend(s)

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Fly to Sydney anyone?

Airbus has delivered the first A-380 to Singapore Airlines, who is the launch customer of this super jumbo. The first flight to Sydney will leave Singapore on 25 October.

Check out more on the delivery here.

The aircraft also boasts a new class, apparent--ly a class above First Class. It is called the Singapore Airlines Suites. Check out the new Singapore Airlines Suites and other classes here.

It's time to check out new courses in Sydney then!

Posted by: Bulgemeister (a PPS Club member!)

Announcing.....

... a new addition to the Lunch Transport. Arriving in LMT in January 2008.

:)



See you on the road!

Posted by: Bulgemeister

Friday, October 12, 2007

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Pulang ke kampung melalui Miri,
Harap-harap queue janganlah panjang;
Masa memandu berhati-hati,
Ingatlah pada orang yang tersayang.

Dr. Muzaphar angkasawan Malaysia,
Berhari raya di ruang angkasa;
Salah silap maaf dipinta,
Termakan terminum halalkan semua.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Maaf Zahir dan Batin

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Another incident on the road.

This incident happened recently while driving back to the hotel from work.



I was driving towards a roundabout when there was a slow moving trailer on the left lane. I decided to take the right lane while the trailer stayed on the left lane. As we (me + the trailer) were going around the roundabout, I heard some sort of rumble. I took a quick look on the left side mirror and noticed that the load (consisted mainly of metal pipes, probably 6" across) on the trailer was starting to fell off the trailer. I stepped on the accelerator, hoping to avoid any of the falling items. I heard some scratching noise and knew immediately something must have hit my car. I stopped by the roadside and sure enough, there was a long, deep scratch on the left side of the car, running across both the front and back doors. The rear wheel wasn't spared either; there were some damage to it too.




Damage to the car



Scene of the incident


Anyway, to cut the story short, I managed to get the tranportation company to pay for the repair. Brought the car to the Toyota agent and was qouted RM500 for the repair. And that the amount I'm getting from the company.



So far, I've got 3 car-related incident during this posting to B-Town. Shall I get a new car to get rid of the bad luck? He... he...! :)



Posted by the Bulgemeister

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Who Can??

Just a short post for today......

Buffet sungkai anyone? Got this from one of the many Bruneian bloggers.......

http://muazrashid.blogspot.com/2007/10/appalled-and-speechless.html

What do you think? Remind me of "bali saja, nyaman ni!"....