Winter Night

I have been trying to avoid going to the city at night during winter but not this time, it was an exceptional.

Zainah and family have never been to south bank at night and watch the flame show. Take the opportunity to spend time for a while in the city at night after visited my place last weekend.

Cardiology Lunch Birthday Gathering

We had a departmental Lunch Birthday gathering yesterday. It was a pot-luck lunch gathering, almost everybody brought something and I brought the Mud Cake given by Greg.

Especially for me from the staff. Thank you very much.

Thorn among the roses, :-) .

(L-R, Jackie,Carol-Lynn Bond, Me, Deidre, Lauren, Jane and Kerrie)

Greek Salad made by Deidre, look so fresh and healthy.

Salmon Keish made by Jackie, mmmm yummy.

The beans salad made my Carol-Lynn Bond. Tasty and yummy too. Jane also brought a loaf of Bread.
Funny, they choose the right birthday card for me. :-) , yup suit well coz most of my patients in the study are elderly.

A box of chocolate. Life is like a box of chocolate (Forrest Gump). Thanks guys, I did enjoy the company yesterday

Mud Cake present

It was nice of Greg to make a mud cake for me. He came in for his usual training session and brought a mud cake on a big tray.


Greg always made nice Mud Cake. The cake was so dense, rich with chocolate and not too sweet. Second time he made and brought us a mud cake. First it was earlier this year and now as a present for my birthday.

After the session, I cut a piece of mud cake and gave it to Ben (post grad student whom helping me training my patients, he's a Samoan). Gregory Woon (mix Irish and Chinese, his a chef) made the cake at his work kitchen on Sunday.

P.S: Still have a lot of Mud Cake at home. Think it will take me weeks to finish it.

Birthday Gift

Presents for Birthday

Chocolate Cake bought and brought by Zainah and Huzaizi for pre-birthday lunch gathering yesterday. Thanks to Zainah and Huzaizi for the cake.

A Present from me to me. Pampered myself with a watch, been admiring the watch for a while.

Like the smells of the perfume. Another pampered gift for myself.

A birthday gift from Zul. Like the smell of this perfume. Nice. Thank you very much Zul.

Pre Birthday Bash

I have decided to have a small 'makan-makan' with few of my closest friends one day before my birthday. Zainah, Huzaizi the kids and Zul came.

I didn't cook as many menu as last time, anyway it only few people. The main menu is 'Opor Ayam'. Indonesian style of 'Lontong with curry'. I had my 'bibik' recipe, had it when I was in Bandung more than 10 years ago. I found the recipe kept in my recipe book.

Since I have a pounder I made Johor style 'Sambal belacan' to spice up 'Opor Ayam'

Vietnam Style Spring Roll.

I purposely bought KFC for the kids, :-) yeah right.

Ashraf, concentrating eating.

Kuih Koci Labu di Pagi minggu

Kuih Koci Labu di Pagi minggu.
Mmmm memang menarik.
Agak cerewet juga tapi merasa puas.
Masih bertemakan 'Pumpkin'
Hasil yang tidak mengecewakan.
Dapat resepi ni dari sebuah website, Orang Malaysia yang berada di NZ. Yang berminat sila kan melihat blog beliau 'Teratak Nurkasih'
Terima Kasih kepada yang bernama 'As' Teratak Nurkasih. Resepi yang sangat menarik.

'Kuih Bakar' Pumpkin

Malam tadi, jumpa resepi kuih bakar Labu.

Kuih Bakar dicampurkan dengan separuh dari sebiji 'Pumpkin'.

'Pumpkin' direbus dan dilecek sebelum dicampurkan dengan bahan bahan untuk buat kuih bakar.

Menarik separuh lagi nak buat resepi apa agaknya, tengoklah nanti cam nerr

Pumpkin a gift.

Carol one of our Research Nurse ask me few days back, "Do you like Pumpkin?" "Yesss, why?" I replied. "I will bring you a Pumpkin". I was a bit stunned when she said that. Then I realized, she had bought a lot of Pumpkin from her son's school garden. The garden produced more than 70 pumpkins and need to finish it off before it get rotten. She bought lot and lot of them coz it was so cheap, 1 dollar each. Then she decided to give some of the pumpkin to each one of us in the department. So kind of her.

Now the pumpkin is still intact in my kitchen, still thinking what I want to do with the pumpkin. Well, will see what happen this weekend. I might make something out of the pumpkin. :-)

Cold Week.......

Cold Wet Morning
Raining, Hail, Snow some part of Victoria.
Winter
Time to visit the Alpine guys throwing snow...

Nahar' Cookies

Made chocolate chip cookies last weekend. The last time I made chocolate chip cookies was more than 10 years ago.

It actually not that difficult and could get it done in less than 1 hour including 15 minutes baked the cookies in the oven. Now I can call my cookies. Nahar's Famous Cookie. :-)

Caribbean Garden and Market

The long weekend weather was not really goo. Cloudy and Raining made us decided to abbanddon our initial plan. I have suggested we should at least go out somewhere or it will be such a waste not doing something during the long weekend. Then we decided to go to Caribbean Garden and Market at Scoresby

I came across this place when one of my patient mentioned it to me and suggested that I should go and visit this place. Well indeed, I did and went to this place with Zainah and her family last Sunday. The reason why on Sunday because it open only on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, the first two days during working day which is impossible to go.

It is a huge place, 100 hectare. It has a big lake, big park, playground, picnic and BBQ place every where. And to make it more interesting the Caribbean Garden also has, boat riding, chair lift riding and train riding.

We are planning to come again next time for picnic and BBQ

Roger Federer Won French Open Title

Finally he did it. Roger Federer won the most awaiting French Open Grand Slam title for such a such along time. Well done.

Marble Arch, London

Marble Arch is located in the borough of City of Westminster

Originally located in front of Buckingham Palace then in 1851 it moved to it current location.

Frankly I found the Marble Arch coincidentally while I was walking on my way from Sussex Garden to Oxford Street. Yup the famous shopping area in London. You won't missed the huge white elephant in a junction between bayswater road, edgeware road and oxford road.

Immediately went for shopping after visited Marble Arch.

Bonda Cafe, Paddington London

Almost a month when I was in UK, not having Malaysian Food felt like I missed something. Don't have the opportunity to cook with enough ingredients. Most of the time I will have or cook either western or Indian food. Fortunately Nik Sherina told me where to go when I'm in London. 'Bangunan Mara', at Sussex Garden, Paddington the place to go.

About lunch time I reached Bonda Cafe and the crowd started building up. The food just came out from the kitchen, look so fresh, Smells nice too. Make my tummy growling. :-)

I went in, nice simple interior with cosy environment."Bang, nak makan apa bang?. I assumed a Malaysian student who do part time job in the restaurant and ordered my food.

Finally, after a month not having rice with ''asam pedas'' made me bit relief. Food was not so bad had ''teh ais'' too.I spent more than an hour in the cafe.

Memoir of Windsor

Memoir of Windsor.
Still I could recall until now, the memory of Windsor apart of the Castle. Small township with nice peaceful place and the people.


Talked to one of the police officer whom greeted me first and had a long chat. Told me a little bit history of Windsor. Interesting.



Nice weather, lots and lots of tourists as usual since this is the town of the famous Castle.

It is a beautiful historical and clean town.
Not love to come again next time

Bad Luck......

It was really an upsetting event. Not a good week for me to begin with. Was really down. the whole week. Apart of people giving me hard time to me, suddenly today out of no where a patient attacked me and scolded me. $#@#$%$%%%

I was so shocked. Then a nurse in the clinic came out and help me sought it out.

I was on my way to the clinic to look and meet some of my possible candidate for the study. While I was walking to enter the clinic (which is C) suddenly a lady in her late 50s came and approach me and said.

' I heard some one announced my name and asked me to go to room 30. I went there and nobody in the room and been waiting but still nobody in the room???'

I was really stunned. I think she thought I am the doctor who suppose to be in the room. Then came our nurse and asked her which clinic she suppose to go and she replied clinic A. Then she chased her away to go to clinic A counter and find out from there. She still not satisfied, and said 'I know but they told me to go room 30'.
'Go and asked counter Clinic A, please' the nurse said. The lady went off and shaking her head unsatisfied and angry still. The husband called her , think he was so uncomfortable with his wife misbehavior. Grumpy old lady...

I was standing there still in shock. I was thinking she might missed heard the announcement, it supposed to be thirteen instead she heard as thirty. What a day.

Was upset with the incidence. Made my day not a cheerful day, the whole day today.
:-(

Walking in a Park

One of those days , rare sunny in Winter. It has been so gloomy, cloudy and raining for the past few days. Cold weather early in the morning. Still, I woke up early as usual take my morning shower despite cold temperature. Get ready and go to 'work' to catch early train.

My Dreams Never End

Everybody was giving me hard time since last week at Austin......

Mushrooms Hunt

Hunting for mushrooms on Saturday morning. Sounds weird but it was interesting. Searching almost every part of the Botanical Garden. Near Oak tree, covered by the leaves, under a small trees, on the grass, just every where. Everybody was looking at us, but they soon understand without bothering so much.

There was a signage mentioned, look out for more than 10 species of mushrooms. We finally managed to find 5 of them. Next time will search for more, especially after rainy days like this week.

'Lepat Pisang' for Breakfast

Made 'Lepat Pisang' for breakfast. The Ingredients are banana, flour, sugar and shredded coconut.

Finally, I have been thinking of making this traditional Malaysian breakfast for weeks since I have bought a kilo of banana leaves. At least I have something different for breakfast today. Other wise it will be the same bread toast or cereals.