After like menung2 mengenang nasib diri dlm flight, I felt asleep. Sedar2 dah time makan. Nasi lemak VS omelet. Of course I chose the latter, but it was plain and tasteless. Turbulence: not hot drinks served. Continue sleeping sampai pungkok lenguh but it was actually only few minutes. Tawaf the aisle 3 rounds, wee wee and basuh muka. Layan Kak Julia Robert: eat, pray and love. That were pretty much everything I did in the plane, repeatedly. Dada dan kepala masih berat. I left my immaterial brooch in the loo and went to get it, the stewardess said, I just about to make an announcement berlian sapa tetinggal…. Pffttt, not funny!!.
Sampai hotel around 10pm merambu ke 7E few blocks away cari food. Layan Maggie. Jetlag. I didn’t usually have this problem but perhaps I didn’t get enough sleep and rest led me to it. Or maybe just can’t wait to explore Melbourne with Smidah 2moro. I didn’t exactly know when I drifted out but it was 4:15am when Kak Izan woke me up for subuh. Just can’t continue sleeping so I watched Yoga channel, Simpsons and interesting morning show similar to Selamat Pagi Mesia. Hellllooo Victoria, eh, rasanya I wrote Melb for state dlm immigration form. Sebab tak amek geography masa SPM, tak de la rasa malu sangat hehe:) .Midah called, screamed and laughed lot, and all I remember was she will be coming at 11am.
Oh the room comes with free bf; I had sautéed mushroom + smoked salmon on toast + hot choc. These, among few others, became my must-have-bf-menu for 10 days in a row!. Perghh, salmon on toast *salivating* After bf, we explored sekitar hotel.
Walked to Swanston St and Burke St where Myers and David Jones are. Getting around Melb is easy peasy as the city layout is simple. I’ve studied Melb and the 3 major streets (Swanston, Burke and Flinder) are in my finger tip. Shopping radar spotted Pumpkin Patch, sports attire shop and book store. Wah..suka!. Berposingan and it was hilarious when Atai wanted to pose with a moving tram as background. Layan…
You know how much I love to visit close friends while travelling? Yeah, like you visit Mud or G when in Penang Dd! Hehheh, don’t get me wrong, to those yang duk local, there will always next time kan. InsyaAllah? Btw, been beremailing with Smid countless time. Aju can easily imagine the emails, to the rest, here’re some extracts for you. Pls be envious hehehe
From: asmidah alwi [mailto:asmidah75@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 6:45 AM
To: Idahroyani Setam
Subject: RE: ke Melbourne
hahaha..hang alwak la Dd..opis ku tu kat Uni la..hang mmg haru tgk opis aku, dlm shopping arkade gitu...hahaha..
bab nak pigi shopping correlle tu hang toksah susah hati..tepi umah aku ja ...hahhaha..takkan la aku nak suh hang naik bus/train segala kut nak usung corelle berkotak2 tu..hehehhe..btw, hebat hang dah tau dah sale 1st dis? aku kat sini pun tak tau..hahhaha
………………… *lebih panjang lagi saja x mo korang jeles sangat?
takpa, nnt 1hb tu aku pi cari hang kat hotel..leh plan betoi2 camna korang nak pi jln2 tu.. okla..bab hang nak pi corrlle 1hb tu no prob.. aku terus pi kat hotel hang. then, leh naik train balik umah, husband aku amik kat train terus pi correlle pun ok..kalau hang setuju la..ataupun, kita balik umah mkn2 dulu ka then baru pi corelle..hehehhehehehe..sudah ku rasai "kemeriahannya"..
Jeles tak? Jeeleeees tak? I know..corelle outlet! I was clapping like a kid while reading her email and immediately forward to geng cik/abang Kiah yg lain. Raslan a.k.a Atai pun sama naik tau!.
Smid came sharp at 11am, *peluk..peluk*. Seeing her, I was like: dude, this city not fascinated enough for you? Well, if you think you miss Asmidah a lot, wondering how she looks like nowadays, don’t waste your energy on that because I tell you, she isn’t changed a bit!. I loike, jeles sebenarnya.
lihat, kalut masih sama! suka merah mcm dulu!
Since semua nak itot, the hubby had to go back alone, keta tak muat. Smidah led us:
Bought our tram/bus/train ticket AUD29.90 for unlimited 1 week travel in zone 1.
Naik tram: Elizabeth St - Melbourne Central (1 stop saja). She thought we were all tired/jetlag tu yg 1 stop pun naik tram.
Naik train: Melbourne Central – Southampton station
Naik bus: Station – Simpang umah Smid. Again, dokat saja. Smid.. Smid..
Jalan kaki dari simpang umah ke rumahnya. Kalau ada bas harus diajak kami naik bas juga agaknya.
cantik kan!
Wow, I must say she lives in such a beautiful and peaceful neighborhood. Everybody was like wah.. cantiknya kampung Smid:) Being Smidah, sesampai je terus membusykan diri buat air la.. hidang itu..hidang ini. Meeting her kids, they had grown tall! Her son looks exactly like Rahim or so I think, and her daughter is soft spoken, hence lovely and girly, sooo not Smidah heheheh. I didn’t talk much to Smid, well, there were 7 of my colleagues there, 4 of them are bosses and except Atai, they didn’t know Smid at all, so let them berkenalan. I didn’t want to sound so dramatic or over excited in front of them. Instead, I tawaf rumah Smid and play with her kiddos. I will definitely seeing her again so catching up and gossiping can wait:) After we emptied a jug of iced milo and ¾ of the cheesecake, the first group were ready to Essendon!. Obviously, Laki Smid had to make 2 trips.
OMG, as expected semua terkedu melihat harga di worldkitchen. Sedang berkira2 nak angkat yg mana, makcik cashier said ‘sale start this coming Friday’. Maka terus letak balik!. Sabarr, 30% additional discount is huge!. Terus ke pumpkinpatch dan cotton on dan royal doulton. Balik umah Smid sudah agak lewat kerana menuggu 2 cik kiah yg ralit dan memborong berkotak2 royal doulton.
Smid insisted to cook despite we were all saying no. This lady betul2 buat org rasa serba salah. She cooked in a storm! Rahman juga ada, katanya ‘Kak Dd besar ni jugak la..’. Patutkah? PATUTKAH? Rahman, sambil menumbuk sambal sambil menyembang sakan dengan kekakak, we pretty much get the idea how’s post graduate student’s life is like. Oh, he is doing his master in Sydney and visiting Smidah sebab ada conference di Melb. If you knew him, you can probably imagine how vivacious he is. Dapur Smid dah macam ada kenduri!. Hingar dengan tawa kami.
Late lunch @5.15pm: chicken curry, sambal belacan Rahman, ulam timun jepun, ikan kerin. Perghh. Kami makan bersila beramai2. Tanpa malu2 semua bertambah nasi!. Masa menghidang nenas, Smid said, kau kan suka nenas… kalau tak kerana ada budak opis esp Atai itu, harus aku nangis.. shahdu!.
Again, after cadangan naik bus ditolak mentah2, En Rafiqi menghantar kami ke Southampton station.
Smid gave me a file of maps and train/tram routes. Sungguh tak terucap terima kasih kami pada Smidah sekeluarga. In the train to Melb Central, we decided to buy something for Smidah. Mike suggested kain batik and sarong. I was like what? I’ve never seen her wearing any kain batik dulu2. At the end everybody agreed to buy ikan bilis and rempah ratus, even though we know those things are easily found in China town. We texted Kak Has (yang akan sampai dua hari lagi) utk beli. Atai said, nanti boleh suruh Smid masak nasik lemak, kita dtg makan lagi. Hoiiii! Ya, most of us jerit the same thing to him:). Jutaan terima kasih Asmidah, semoga Allah melimpahkan rezeki dan rahmat kepada keluargamu.
Since tangkapan tidak memberangsangkan, Kak Izan, Lin and I decided to just hop on the tram and enjoy Melb city. You must know, at this hour, all shopping complexes were closed already. We headed to Etihad Stadium and Waterfront city; people were marching to the stadium as there will be U2 concert that night! Kalau ku tahu, harus ku join. We walked along the waterfront and enjoying sunset at the wharf sambil membuat mental list apakah yg nak diborong on the 2nd visit to Essendon nanti? Nearly 10pm, we headed to Flinder Station and walked to the hotel.
Perghh, it was a GREAT day. After not be able to sleep properly in almost 2 days, I finally dozed off with ease.
Good night Melbourne.
Sampai hotel around 10pm merambu ke 7E few blocks away cari food. Layan Maggie. Jetlag. I didn’t usually have this problem but perhaps I didn’t get enough sleep and rest led me to it. Or maybe just can’t wait to explore Melbourne with Smidah 2moro. I didn’t exactly know when I drifted out but it was 4:15am when Kak Izan woke me up for subuh. Just can’t continue sleeping so I watched Yoga channel, Simpsons and interesting morning show similar to Selamat Pagi Mesia. Hellllooo Victoria, eh, rasanya I wrote Melb for state dlm immigration form. Sebab tak amek geography masa SPM, tak de la rasa malu sangat hehe:) .Midah called, screamed and laughed lot, and all I remember was she will be coming at 11am.
Before bf, sempat beremailan dgn keluarga.
Oh the room comes with free bf; I had sautéed mushroom + smoked salmon on toast + hot choc. These, among few others, became my must-have-bf-menu for 10 days in a row!. Perghh, salmon on toast *salivating* After bf, we explored sekitar hotel.
Walked to Swanston St and Burke St where Myers and David Jones are. Getting around Melb is easy peasy as the city layout is simple. I’ve studied Melb and the 3 major streets (Swanston, Burke and Flinder) are in my finger tip. Shopping radar spotted Pumpkin Patch, sports attire shop and book store. Wah..suka!. Berposingan and it was hilarious when Atai wanted to pose with a moving tram as background. Layan…
You know how much I love to visit close friends while travelling? Yeah, like you visit Mud or G when in Penang Dd! Hehheh, don’t get me wrong, to those yang duk local, there will always next time kan. InsyaAllah? Btw, been beremailing with Smid countless time. Aju can easily imagine the emails, to the rest, here’re some extracts for you. Pls be envious hehehe
From: asmidah alwi [mailto:asmidah75@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 6:45 AM
To: Idahroyani Setam
Subject: RE: ke Melbourne
hahaha..hang alwak la Dd..opis ku tu kat Uni la..hang mmg haru tgk opis aku, dlm shopping arkade gitu...hahaha..
bab nak pigi shopping correlle tu hang toksah susah hati..tepi umah aku ja ...hahhaha..takkan la aku nak suh hang naik bus/train segala kut nak usung corelle berkotak2 tu..hehehhe..btw, hebat hang dah tau dah sale 1st dis? aku kat sini pun tak tau..hahhaha
………………… *lebih panjang lagi saja x mo korang jeles sangat?
takpa, nnt 1hb tu aku pi cari hang kat hotel..leh plan betoi2 camna korang nak pi jln2 tu.. okla..bab hang nak pi corrlle 1hb tu no prob.. aku terus pi kat hotel hang. then, leh naik train balik umah, husband aku amik kat train terus pi correlle pun ok..kalau hang setuju la..ataupun, kita balik umah mkn2 dulu ka then baru pi corelle..hehehhehehehe..sudah ku rasai "kemeriahannya"..
Jeles tak? Jeeleeees tak? I know..corelle outlet! I was clapping like a kid while reading her email and immediately forward to geng cik/abang Kiah yg lain. Raslan a.k.a Atai pun sama naik tau!.
Smid came sharp at 11am, *peluk..peluk*. Seeing her, I was like: dude, this city not fascinated enough for you? Well, if you think you miss Asmidah a lot, wondering how she looks like nowadays, don’t waste your energy on that because I tell you, she isn’t changed a bit!. I loike, jeles sebenarnya.
lihat, kalut masih sama! suka merah mcm dulu!
Since semua nak itot, the hubby had to go back alone, keta tak muat. Smidah led us:
Bought our tram/bus/train ticket AUD29.90 for unlimited 1 week travel in zone 1.
Naik tram: Elizabeth St - Melbourne Central (1 stop saja). She thought we were all tired/jetlag tu yg 1 stop pun naik tram.
Naik train: Melbourne Central – Southampton station
Naik bus: Station – Simpang umah Smid. Again, dokat saja. Smid.. Smid..
Jalan kaki dari simpang umah ke rumahnya. Kalau ada bas harus diajak kami naik bas juga agaknya.
cantik kan!
Wow, I must say she lives in such a beautiful and peaceful neighborhood. Everybody was like wah.. cantiknya kampung Smid:) Being Smidah, sesampai je terus membusykan diri buat air la.. hidang itu..hidang ini. Meeting her kids, they had grown tall! Her son looks exactly like Rahim or so I think, and her daughter is soft spoken, hence lovely and girly, sooo not Smidah heheheh. I didn’t talk much to Smid, well, there were 7 of my colleagues there, 4 of them are bosses and except Atai, they didn’t know Smid at all, so let them berkenalan. I didn’t want to sound so dramatic or over excited in front of them. Instead, I tawaf rumah Smid and play with her kiddos. I will definitely seeing her again so catching up and gossiping can wait:) After we emptied a jug of iced milo and ¾ of the cheesecake, the first group were ready to Essendon!. Obviously, Laki Smid had to make 2 trips.
geng Multimedia dulu2... hahaha
OMG, as expected semua terkedu melihat harga di worldkitchen. Sedang berkira2 nak angkat yg mana, makcik cashier said ‘sale start this coming Friday’. Maka terus letak balik!. Sabarr, 30% additional discount is huge!. Terus ke pumpkinpatch dan cotton on dan royal doulton. Balik umah Smid sudah agak lewat kerana menuggu 2 cik kiah yg ralit dan memborong berkotak2 royal doulton.
Smid insisted to cook despite we were all saying no. This lady betul2 buat org rasa serba salah. She cooked in a storm! Rahman juga ada, katanya ‘Kak Dd besar ni jugak la..’. Patutkah? PATUTKAH? Rahman, sambil menumbuk sambal sambil menyembang sakan dengan kekakak, we pretty much get the idea how’s post graduate student’s life is like. Oh, he is doing his master in Sydney and visiting Smidah sebab ada conference di Melb. If you knew him, you can probably imagine how vivacious he is. Dapur Smid dah macam ada kenduri!. Hingar dengan tawa kami.
Late lunch @5.15pm: chicken curry, sambal belacan Rahman, ulam timun jepun, ikan kerin. Perghh. Kami makan bersila beramai2. Tanpa malu2 semua bertambah nasi!. Masa menghidang nenas, Smid said, kau kan suka nenas… kalau tak kerana ada budak opis esp Atai itu, harus aku nangis.. shahdu!.
Again, after cadangan naik bus ditolak mentah2, En Rafiqi menghantar kami ke Southampton station.
Smid gave me a file of maps and train/tram routes. Sungguh tak terucap terima kasih kami pada Smidah sekeluarga. In the train to Melb Central, we decided to buy something for Smidah. Mike suggested kain batik and sarong. I was like what? I’ve never seen her wearing any kain batik dulu2. At the end everybody agreed to buy ikan bilis and rempah ratus, even though we know those things are easily found in China town. We texted Kak Has (yang akan sampai dua hari lagi) utk beli. Atai said, nanti boleh suruh Smid masak nasik lemak, kita dtg makan lagi. Hoiiii! Ya, most of us jerit the same thing to him:). Jutaan terima kasih Asmidah, semoga Allah melimpahkan rezeki dan rahmat kepada keluargamu.
Since tangkapan tidak memberangsangkan, Kak Izan, Lin and I decided to just hop on the tram and enjoy Melb city. You must know, at this hour, all shopping complexes were closed already. We headed to Etihad Stadium and Waterfront city; people were marching to the stadium as there will be U2 concert that night! Kalau ku tahu, harus ku join. We walked along the waterfront and enjoying sunset at the wharf sambil membuat mental list apakah yg nak diborong on the 2nd visit to Essendon nanti? Nearly 10pm, we headed to Flinder Station and walked to the hotel.
Perghh, it was a GREAT day. After not be able to sleep properly in almost 2 days, I finally dozed off with ease.
Good night Melbourne.
4 comments:
i want worldkitchen i want worldkitchen i want worldkitchen ...agak2 nk kna sebut baper kali nak bagi makbul ni ?
royal doulton ada kat sini gak.cane harga kat melbourne?entah2 lagi murah kot kan?
p/s ngape gambau kecik nau?
zie, tak yah sebut, masuk airasiaX.com terus makbul hhahaha.
Ninie, ntah, last time pi UK saya ak amek pot pasal pinggan mangkuk sebab langsung tak de bajet hehehhe. tgk gaya opismate saya memborong macam murah sangat....hahahahha
mmg saja upload gambau kecik... x bawak slr.. gambau tak cun la.. anyway, click it to enlarge:)
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