wanna order the famous and best pau?

mcoba's obw 2009 is about 17 days away, but yut loy' already started taking orders for their famous ever pau including mama's—

OBW® 2008

i was about to load the above pic when vroommm... a few cars drove in and parked in to the house compound. it was my lil' bro and friends. maybe they wanted to have some quality times here other than in koleq.

i was on the way back from a function at the primary school when i snapped the pic hehe... saje je (simply) go all the way round ;) actually i was on the look out for this! hehe... who knows maybe he can bring me jalan-jalan with his new car. he's an OB too. we have known each other via blogosphere for quite some time but haven't met.

for those who dunno, there's the big school. a prominent feature of the big school is the big tree (ref pic, on right). located in front of the east wing, it was said to be as old as the school itself. it is of the samanea saman species, and commonly known as the rain tree, coco tamarind, acacia preta, french tamarind, saman, monkey pod or "pokok pukul lima" (five o'clock tree). it came from tropical america, and has a large dome-shaped canopy. it can grow up to 180 feet tall with a crown up to 240 feet across. as the leaves age, the colour changes from pale green to bright yellow and then to a golden colour before shedding. the flowers are small pinkish green. go here, here or here to know more about this species.

to the boys of mckk, big tree is more than just a tree. it is a monument that every living old boy can easily relate to. throughout its existence, it has been a landmark for many a congregation, and serves as both a meeting and parting point. stories pertaining to big tree, true or mythical, are plentiful.

i am sure some of you people were wondering of how i know the mckk facts hehe... hey, its so simple-- my dad was from the class of 1963, while my lil' bro-- batch 1993. and oh... not forgetting my late great grandfather too, whose also was the first head boy if i am not mistaken; also my uncles and cousins.

o yea... when i left the house this morning, the cake ordered by a teacher has been left at home for her to collect it. mother said the teacher was very impressed with it *phew*

den tum... den tam...

ya... while i am typing this, i can hear the sound of the fire crackers from town-- its the sultan's 80th birthday tomorrow people!!! i am not in the mood to view it, as i am in the mid of baking a birthday cake ordered by a teacher for tomorrow. well its in the ovens though :P thus that i made it for this post! yea... hehe...

Dirgahayu* Kebawah Duli Tuanku!

"dirgahayu" is an interesting word. i know the readers of this blog together with the hundreds of thousands of perakians driving past by huge banners that say "Dirgahayu Kebawah Duli Tuanku" are taking the banners for granted. but here is the interesting bit-- how many actually would know what the word "Dirgahayu" means? do you know? i know because i checked.

"Dirgahayu" according to a dictionary (ahh... whats the name?), my trusted 3K+ pages dictionary with tiny little fonts that hurt my eyes, defined it as "(mudah-mudahan) lanjut usia; berumur panjang (biasanya ditujukan kepada raja, negara, atau organisasi yang sedang memperingati hari jadinya)". so, "Dirgahayu" just means "long live", thus the English equivalent of "Long Live the King". the next time you passed by one of those banners you can tell everyone in the car what that means.

so, if ever news camera was to approach you and ask you to wish His Majesty a Happy Birthday, you know what to do ;)

and as usual, one of the must yearly event here is the 'panjut' (oil lamps) festival competition by government agencies and communities in the district. they will usually turn kuala kangsar into a fairyland with a massive display of 'lampu panjut' (oil lamps) using bamboo as the receptacles, a common practice among perak malays to add festivity during the month of ramadhan. the 'lampu panjut' festival will be held for two days.

here's a pic taken the other day--

















while this one that i snapped tonight--

















although it was raining, but the rakyat (people) still went out either with family or friends to enjoy the great night views of kuale... well we'll see whether i wanna go out again tomorrow night, maybe to take better pics (?).

fyi too people, kuale really gonna be damn busy this weekend. the 'pesta ayor' (water sports festival) is on sunday. while malay college' OBW® 2008 is from 18 to 20 april, duh!... btw to all bebudak koleqs, welcome back!!! *grin*

of me being a minachi

like what i mentioned before, i was at damai laut with kids. we arrived there yesterday around noon. as soon as we settled down, we had our lunch at one of the resort' f&b outlet first. then off we went to the ballroom. but half-way there, kids were bored. they went to the room, while i was still there at the ballroom, checking some stuff on the last-minute preparation for the night's event i.e. rehearsal, sound check, decorations etc. i can't concentrate on the tele-match that evening. too 'gabra' i think lol... i was hoping that everything would goes on well and smoothly as expected. i was sooo relieved when the event ended great *phew* everyone were happy and congratulate me for my hard work. the theme was glamour nite. but for our N7 group, we were all clad-in bollywood attire, including our AM. i didn't take any pics at all during the event. i was too busy. maybe a friend whose one of the emcee, did call us to take pics together after the event. i will get her to email me the pics. other than that, yes i know the cameraman did take some pics of me. that would be later too. at the meantime, i guess some pics of me cam whore will do. as you could see, i was in yellow saree with beads and sequins that really suitable for our event. some were surprised that i had the guts to wear saree (???). told ya... who cares whether i had to hold the walkie-talkie that night, to talk with my committee. i still wanna look good and dress-up as usual. on the other hand, some of them whose open-minded, were so impressed with me. they even teased me of being sexy ler... some said i missed my flight rotfl... etc... what when they knew that i tied the saree myself ;) ok lorr... not too bad for a first-timer :)


i slept late the night before we went to damai laut. puteri and i were baking cupcakes for my newly-wed cousin charlie. read about it here.

we check-out from the resort before noon. and by the time we reached home, charlie and the rest of our family and relatives still at home. they had lunch here before they went back to kl.

my brother and SIL were here too over the weekend. the best thing was that my brother didn't even realize that our cousin was having another wedding reception in kuale, other than the ones in jb and kl lol... my brother arrived on friday night, for the koleq's OBW (old boys weekend) from 27 to 29 april 2007. great pics can be seen here and here. hmm... so fast ler dia update.

o yes... here's some pics that i took around the resort this morning.

i was accompanying megat at children's pool, when i saw rainbow behind me, quickly snapped this...

here's me, relaxing... i was having my monthly period. if not i would have go in there first lol...

another pic from my view on the left. up there was a block of the resort rooms.

i really had a great time there. i also would definitely go back, especially when i didn't have the time to try their samsara spa. i saw it when i went there with my friends a few weeks ago. well every time i saw places like that, i always thought that i really gotta find some time for myself (huh?!!...). maybe because of the nice and beautiful environment with great balinese style soothing pipe-in music--my kinda style, suits me well.

all-in-all i could say that my weekends were filled with full of laughter and joy. how about you.

oh my god... malaysia will be on holiday this tuesday and wednesday again. what's your plan. i just hope that everyone will have a great week ahead. ciao!