Krispy Kreme, sedapnya...........

Sesekali makan doughnut sedapnya, ialah sempena hari menggemukkan badan :-). Sajer jerr. Satu satunya kedai doughnut kat Melbourne yang ada sijil halal. Beli 6 doughnut, makan sorang sorang apa lagi........ Lepas tu menyesal lah pulak banyak nyerr kalori lepas makan 6 biji doughnut. :-)

Achievement; Glorious Tony

77 years old Tony again proved that he still can perform well in games. He played carpet ball ( similar like lawn ball but indoor with different rules) twice a week. Last Friday he brought a trophy to the gym, straight away I looked at the trophy and announced it to everybody. Congratulation to you Tony. At 77 you still doing so well and may everyone will inspired with your achievement.

Nasi Lemak day

Such a long time never had Nasi Lemak and Sambal Tumis ikan bilis. I went to dandenong, had breakfast and lunch at Lajiman place last weekend. Lunch we had 'Soto Ayam' , such a treat. Nice and thanks for the family who organised the gathering.

Walking down the Melbourne Alley

Walking down the famous Melbourne Alley with Arts of graffiti. Been here few times and still nice to come again coz they keep on changing the graffitti arts

The graffiti change frequently. Went walking to the graffiti lane with Zul , Margaret and Ananda Sim; the Olympus fan user. :-). Anandan Sim a Malaysian whom had been staying in Melbourne for more than 15 years. While Margaret had been in Sarawak and married a Malaysian before. All of us get along well coz we have same hobby, photography and same gedget brand. Margaret going to retired as a lecturer from Melbourne University and Ananda working in one of IT company in Melbourne. Was good outing and planning to go out again sometime.

The Prayers

Location Federation Square
Date : 15 - 16 May 2010
Event : Buddha Day

Went and have a look the activity. It an annual celebration and part of Melbourne Cultural event.

The WHARF at night

Walking in the evening at The WHARF on Saturday night.

Seafood Dining

Location : Fish Seafood Grill, Waterfront Seafood Restaurant, Dockland.

Saturday night, had dinner with Zul and Adam Moore. Last dinner with Adam before leaving to Spain and stay there for a while. Huge serving of seafood platter. Finally had my day out after been a while busy with my study. Still..need to relax a little bit.

EPL 1 and the OM lenses

EPL 1 and the OM lenses, originally uploaded by mohdnaharazmi.

I had a new addition to my gadget collection. EPL 1, It is an entry level for Olympus Pen series. Small, body like other compact digital camera but it is actually a DSLR. Mini DSLR. Nice I could carry all the time, everywhere and anywhere.

The EPL1 like other EP series, had capability of interchangeable lenses with built in HD video camera. Have been influence by Zul, David William and Adam Moore, now I am slowly using old OM lenses (manual lenses), collecting suitable and interesting OM lenses too.

Point of Napean: Walking to the end of the point

Event : Walking to the end of the point.
Location :Point of Napean
Date : 3 April 2010

The weather was really nice that day. Me, Zul, Zainah with family and Lajiman with family went to the point of Mornington Peninsula; Point Napean National Park. Approximately one and a half hour drive from Dandenong. Quite surprise though, by the time we reached the entrance of Point Napean National Park, lot of people had started queing . It only 10 am and the gate only open at 10 am. I think because it was a long weekend and people already on the move to enjoy the long break.

dividing two sea

(on your left Port Philip Bay while on your right is Bass Strait)

Going to the end of the Point of Napean, it either walking, cycling and taking a tractor ride with tour guide. As for us, we decided to take the car and park at a designated area then walk for about 4 km to the end of the point. Interesting journey and nice walking along the pathway.

At the end we spent more than 3 hours walking to and from the point. It was really nice and I managed to walk more than 16 000 steps just walking to and from the Point of Napean. Cool... :-)

White Tulips

White Tulips, originally uploaded by mohdnaharazmi.

Event : Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2010
Date : 24 - 28 Mar 2010
Venue : Royal Exhibition Building & Carlton Gardens Address Nicholson St, Carlton VIC 3000

I went there last week on Saturday, 27th March 2010. I think this time round was not the best flower and garden show compared to last year the the year before. I thought 2008 show was the best. Anyhow, I went day to play around with my new gadget.

Art of Egg Shell

Deanna Mills, 72 years of age is one of my patients wife, Tony (77 years), has an interesting hobby decorating Eggs Shell. All kind of eggs shell, from quail eggs to Ostrich eggs. Anyhow, I have actually put in some of her work of art as one of my entry last November. Recently I have been contacted by a Co-editor of Woman's day Magazine, to ask my permission and use one the pictures I have taken in relation to Art of Egg Shell for their April Easter edition.

Today I have seen my Art of Egg Shell picture in April Easter Edition of Woman's Day Magazine. :-)

Click the magazine title, it will link you straight away to the dedicated page.

My recipe; Low Fat Low Calorie Fruits Cake

I managed to make Low Fat Low Calorie Fruits Cake with the right recipe after few attempts. I had gathered all Fruits cake recipes I can get including my mom recipe. Mix and match the recipes and managed to create the basic recipe I like. From then, changes and substitute with few ingredients. After 5 attempts, I like the result and gave few pieces to friends and my patients. Get good responds and recommend to maintain the current recipe.

Well this is my version of Low Fat Low Calorie Fruits Cake

Ingredients:

200g Self Raising Flour
100g Ultralight Spread (Western Star Brand)
100g Low Fat Cottage Cheese
1 tea spoon baking soda
100g Mix fruits
50g Prunes
125 g Apple Puree
50g Greeted Apple

1.Mixing the Ultralight Spread and Low Fat Cottage cheese between 10 - 15 min
2. Add apple puree and continue mixing.
3. Add the rest, flour, prunes and mix fruits one at the time in small quantity till finish.
4. Baked in the oven (I used convection oven/ danoz flavowave) for 40 minutes with 140 C heat.

Notes:
+ Ultralight Spread is a low calorie butter 100g with only 217 calorie.
+ Apple puree. Cook peeled cooking apple (Granny smith) with water. You can add on Cinnamon if you like.

Antara Dua : cuba teka

The ceremony, originally uploaded by mohdnaharazmi.

Lupalah...Masa kat Thai festival hari tuu, ada sorang ni dari jauh sungguh ayu jelita. Mengalahkan jelitawan yang lain, yang mengambil bahgian dalam ratu cantik thai. lain gerenti kalah. Semua orang terpegun.

Bila dekat alamak suara garau nyah....hehehe..
Ternyata....
:-)

Amazing Thailand : Thailand Culture and Food Festival in Melbourne

Event : Thailand Culture and Food Festival
Sunday, 21/3/2010
Location : Federation Square

Lots of Thai Food stalls, Thai products and performances were on that day. Finish till night time at about 10 pm, but I didn't stay on.

Thai Cultural dance

Thai beauty peagent

Thai Massage...

Something from Sam

Sam one of my patients, an Italian, brought me, 5 bottles of home made passata sauce (tomato sauce) and few chillies with 2 egg plants from his garden. He made bottles of passata sauce 2 weeks ago. He said, he will bring some for me. Which he did bring it last Friday.

Donate and Get Healthy too......

Run for the Kid

Melbourne

14.03.2010

Run for the Kid activity as part of donation contribution to Royal Children Hospital Melbourne Good Friday fund Rising. Donate and healthy at the same time. To think of it I should participate, anyway I did my morning 10 km walk that good too. :-)

Metlink Edible Garden

Metlink Edible Garden

City Square, Melbourne

13 - 19 March 2010

Colourful corns

Capsicum

Apple

Jamie Oliver : Myers Department Store

I just found out that Jamie Oliver is in Myers. I went to the place where they organised the session meet Jamie Oliver in person. So many people was around to get his autograph. And myself I managed to get his picture.

Moomba Parade 2010

Moomba Parade

8.3.2010

11.00 am - 12.00pm

In conjunction with Moomba festival. The weather was nice before and during the parade then once it completed few minutes later. It was raining again.

Turkish Culture

Interesting Costume

fake moustache

Melbourne and the storm

It was a wet weekend, started yesterday after we came back from Trout Farm. Melbourne CBD and some other parts in Melbourne was hit with flood and hail. The hail was as big as a golf ball and even some places get bigger than that. It caused damage to most of Melbournian properties who get hit by the storm.

Today the, it was raining still. Heavily. Thought of going to watch firework at Moomba Festival then decided to go home due to rain. :-(

Trout Farm : Fishing and BBQ

Planned a week earlier and Huzaizi had made the arrangement as usual. He called me and asked if I am OK to go to trout farm on Saturday, 6 March 2010. Sounds good for me.

We started early as usual and it turned out we were too early. They only open at 10.00 am instead we arrived ad 9.15am. :-). Well we always early anyway and we are an early starter. That why we are click together. if others want to join us they have to be punctual and early. Others wise, we won't invite them again next time. Huzaizi and Zainah always asked us ( Me and Zul) if somebody else want to join.

Anyway, when we arrived and we get the best spot of them all and arrange everything ready before we start to catch the fish.

Well, it was really easy to catch fish in the fish farm. Once you put the bait in the pool, immediately you could catch the fish. :-) . We caught 4 fish, they cleaned it for us then we marinated and BBQ the fish. In the end we only able to finish 2 fish, urgggh..was really full.

Sesame Biscuits and Honey

Had a nice gift from my patients on Wednesday. Paul a Greek man, brought me a big jar contain of 3 litres of Honey. A supply for months which I am not sure how long it will take me to finish it all. Then another patient, Elia a Lebanese brought me home made sesame biscuits made by his wife. I immediately taste it, yummy nice. He said they modified the recipe from the original recipe, which they cut down the usage of butter to half, no eggs and less sugar. Still taste nice, I like it.

I am Burning Out

Felt so so exhausted since yesterday.
I am Burning Out.
Anxious.
I feel like I can't keep it me much longer...
I have and need to keep my mind focus. Just a little bit more.
Always pray to Allah to keep me stronger and patience.
Just a little bit more.....

Lysterfield Lake Park; We had BBQ then Walking

Lysterfield Lake Park

We went to Lysterfield Lake Park on Sunday. Me, Zul, Zainah and her family and Lajiman and his family (Our usual team). Zainah suggested the place when she called on Friday.

Had BBQ and some other food prepared earlier. Zainah and Lajiman wife prepared most of the foods and all the men do the cooking that day.

Then after full stomach. :-) We went for a walk around the Lake exploring the bush and the lake. Thought to find Kangaroo instead some of us had leaches crawling on their leg while walking in the water. :-)

Flowers and Bees

Flowers and Bee, originally uploaded by mohdnaharazmi.

Walking and Relaxing at Botanical Garden in the morning while at the same time hunting bees and flowers as a subject matter. :-)

Started early while the weather still not too hot. Had a coffee near the lake site, thought one of my student, Nic (working part time at the lake site restaurant), is on duty. Unfortunately his not working on Saturday. Thought of trying to get free coffee. :-)

Model at David Jones

Miranda Kerr , originally uploaded by mohdnaharazmi.

Saw Miranda Kerr (One of Australian Top Model and also David Jones spokesperson) at David Jones signing autographs and at the same time launching her own brand Organic Skincare product.

Chinese New Year 2010

Chinese New Year 2010, originally uploaded by mohdnaharazmi.

Event: 2010 Chinese New Year Celebration in Melbourne
Location: Little Burke Street, Melbourne
Starting time: 1030am

I went and watched the opening ceremony of Cinese New Year celebration. It was a big event in Melbourne on Sunday morning. Some places in Melbourne already started the celebration on Saturday.

Lot of chinese cultural performance performed; martial arts,dragon and lion dance and so on then finally it finish with a big bang of firecrackers.

Pick your own stonefruit

Event : Tour and Pick your own stonefruits
Location : Rayner's Stonefruit Orchard in the Yarra Valley

Finally we found a place where we can pick our own peaches, nectarines, plums and apricots. Thanks to Huzaizi who made the effort. About one hour trip from Huzaizi place. Initially we plan to do something else, which is catching Yabby.But, we were disappointed. No Yabbys at all. Hmm

Anyhow the Stonefruit Orchard is not far from Yabby Farm. Only 15 minutes drive.

We were excited. The owner was really nice. He took us for a walking tour to each varieties of the stonefruits. All kind of peaches, plums and nectarines. and we tasted all. Yummy..

Finally, everybody decided what they want to pick themselves. Under the guidance of the owner he showed which one is suitable to be picked. We enjoyed our day and had a great time. By the way they made their own jam and some other things too. There is a small factory just besides the Cafe, so you can watch their activities. Interesting.

Australia Day 2010 : The Parade

Australia Day 2010

26th January 2010

The speaches. The Mayor and The VIctoria Premier sat side by side

The Parade started

(moustache or nose hair?)

All ethnic background participated in the parade.

Australian Open Experienced

Event : Australian Open 2010

Date : 23rd January 2010

Location : Hisense Arena.

If last year I went to Australian Open and only bought the ground pass ticket, this time round I had the chance and experienced to watch three important match by 3 top 10 tennis players; Victoria Azarenka, Serena William and Nocak Djokovic.

Ticket for AO 2010

Decided to bought Australian Open 2010 ticket at Federation Square ticket counter.

Bought tickets for 23rd January, next Saturday.

Have to take this opportunity, will be my last year in Melbourne.

43 C

I have decided to get back home early today. Finished all the morning session by 11.30 am. Called and cancel all the afternoon session. The temperature at noon was already at it late 30s finish most of the work and left Austin by 1 pm. Train already started to show sign of trouble and delay. Fortunate to get back home just before 2.30 pm. After watched 5.00 pm news with temperature soars to 43C and the train having bad delays and cancellation causing chaotic at main train station in Melbourne. Glad I am already at home.

Love this song : Owl City - Fireflies

Red Papaya

Nampak papaya kat supermarket. Hmmm menarik merah ranum, tapi harga 3 dollar sekilo. Ambik sebiji yang kecik , tak sampai sekilo. Macam kempunan lak tengok betik. Rasa lama tak makan betik tetiba la nak makan. Apa lagi belik lah.. :-)

Hmmm sedap

Donald's Apricort

Donald came to the gym on Monday and made an announcement. 'I have bad news there is no more plum but the good news I have a lot of apricot'. Yea.....

Well today as promise, he brought us bags of apricot from his garden. Nice. :-)

Sunday Breakfast

Sunday morning Breakfast at Coffee Club.