Little Jon...so adorable...
Reunion, birthday & mother’s day celebration in Singapore from 7-11 May 2010
Last week, my friends and I, (Evelyn, Missy & mamashabella) ( Ahli kelab 40’an) spent 5 days in Singapore to visit one of our good friends, Glenda who followed her hubby working in Singapore. We already plan 2 months ahead.
Just one day before the trip, I was busy shopping for local produce food (also di kumbai aku, lauk antique) to bring over. I bought terung masam , daun ubi, pako ikan, midin, kasam ensabi, buah empelam muda & belacan. Trolley bag aku endang penuh nyimpan bala sida sayur-sayur antique tu. Dibungkus aku enggau newspaper ngambi ke tan. My clothes I put in the other bag, backpack. My friend, Evelyn residing in Sibu also busy looking for stuff to bring over to Glenda. Bisi di gaga ke Glen, pia ko kami duai Lin. She managed to buy buah maram, salai ikan lumi, terung iban muda. The next morning, on the day of the trip, she woke up early and dropped her son to school. On the way to Sibu airport, she stopped by at the mee stall to buy 10 packets of kampua mee. (Special request from Glenda). As for me, Glenda did sms to me on the 6th May around 5.15pm and asked if I could bring over some char siew pau and buttermilk pau from Sau Pau Bakery. I replied, no problem provided the shop still open. Yes, the shop was still open and I managed to buy 15 charsiew pau and 15 buttermilk pau. ( 3 boxes in total)
Kami duai Missy berlepas ari Miri airport taking AA flight at 10.05am. My daughter, Shasha drove us to airport. Bella also came along to see us off. My hubby enda ulih enggau nganjong ke airport laban iya kerja and bisi morning meeting sari nya. We picked up Missy at RPR Batu 6. As usual, sebedau ke airport, kami sebuat ngetu dulu ngriup ba Good taste bakuteh. In fact, Shasha ka makai bakuteh tang bedau ready maya nya laban ke agi tumu. So, we ordered other food, bubur, mee sua and mee goreng. Missy was kind enough to pay for our breakfast. Thanks a lot to Missy .
Datai di LCCT, KL udah kami duai Missy collect bag, kami duai alu ngiga Lin. Flight Lin ari Sibu pukul 9.05am, datai di KL kira pukul 11.05pagi. Tepaksa iya nganti sejam setengah di airport. Enda pedis ga begiga di airport laban ke bisi mai handphone. So, we sat at one corner lalu makai kampua mee ke dibai Lin ari Sibu. Kasih meda kami tiga, baka ke enda di guna orang. Makai nadai besudu or chopstick, makai terus ari plastic main gigit. Tekenang maya agi di sekula suba…ko Lin.
So, we checked in at around 1,30pm and our flight departed at 2.50 pm. Bag kami tiga semua di checked in magang, except for the 3 boxes of char siew & buttermilk pau which I hand-carried. Bendar amat aku nyaga kotak pau, takut ke pau nyu kempik.
Flight kami ari KL ke Singapore bisi delay mimit ketegal ke technical problem to the air-conditioning unit. Nya meh, bala passengers bepeluh tusur. Asai ke dipanggang dalam oven. Lama diri kami nganti bala technician to fix the aircondition unit. Bisi ga irau ati engka takut air-cond enda ulih di adu ke technician AA. But our flight was delayed by 30 minutes.
Leboh kami sangkai di Changi Airport, Terminal One, kami tiga kelalu excited amat. Cukup manah amat Changi airport. Toilet pun beresi amat, tau endor tindok ko kaban ku Lin seduai Missy. While waiting for Glenda to pick us up, kami tiga apa lagi, beposing meh di terminal 1. Aku nadai mai camera laban bedau nemu ngena Nikon D90 DSLR , bedau belajar cara-cara ngena iya, agi pun kaban aku, Lin and Missy bisi mai camera. So enda lah aku kisah sangat, sama bekongsi ke camera kaban aku nya meh. Seduai tu pun cukup manah amai enggau begulai kenyau ari UiTM suba. Lebih agi kami duai Lin sama pala , lucu, kih and etc…etc.…maklumlah both Geminian…hehhehe? Lin’s birthdate on 10 June and mine, 16th June. Aroh tau begulai…sama bulan ada? We planned to celebrate our birthday together this June. Our last birthday celebration together was 20 years back at All Joy ba Wisma Saberkas, Kuching. Just imagine our friendship still blossomed till now.
Leboh aku enggau Lin meli mineral water ba basement retail store, Lin tepeda ke Glen di luar, iya lalu ngelawa Glen. Aku agi bebayar ke drink kami 3 ba counter, udah nya nitih ke Lin. Tak tekenyit meh aku ninga Lin madah Glen laboh ari tangga. In fact, Glen udah meda kami duai Lin ari jauh, so iya ka capture gambar kami duai secara candid. Tak enda mukai mukai,leboh iya nurun ari tangga, iya enda tepeda ke last step, nya meh ko iya laban kelalu excited meda bala good friend iya datai nemuai ngagai iya. She sprained her right ankle. Aku lalu ngurut kaki kanan iya begadai-gadai. Udahnya aku lalu belanda ngagai kedai meli ai-chelap kena aku nyiram atas kaki iya ngambi ngurang ke pemedis. Hubby iya lalu meli ice-cube nyadi ke cold pack simpan atas kaki Glen ngambi enda balat kembai.
Sempat ga kami tiga beposing while waiting for Glen’s hubby to get the car at the airport carpark. We stopped by at Far East Coast for our dinner. According to Glen, tempat nya sigi very popular di Singapore, especially leboh maya weekend, penuh aja laban mensia, baik local, baik expatriate. Glen sigi pandai ngorder dish untuk kami tiga. Semua yummy yummy? Signature dish ba Jumbo Seafood dia Chilli Crab. Leboh ke makai chilli crab, di provide restaurant enggau bib sekali, nya meh asai ke agi mit leboh ke ngena bib.
Paling best and lucu sekali leboh anak Glen, Jonathan, or Jon (nickname iya) ngelara kami empat anang ketawa kelalu inggar. Cute amai? Jon said, “mum…don’t laugh too loud, not good for your mouth” ninga iya munyi nya, kami empat lalu ketawa baru. John was just 30 months old, tapi cerdik serta landik amat iya bejako orang putis.
Datai di Leonie Hill Road Condotel endor sida Glen menyanak diau, kami lalu di welcome anak lelaki iya, Ezra seduai Gerald. Anak iya ke indu, Rachel bedau pulai bejalai enggau geng iya. Kami lalu di anjong ngagai bilik ke di khas untuk kami tiga. Tama kami ke bilik kami, lalu unpack barang kami tiga. Lin lalu meri kami duai Missy, spaghetti top dibeli iya one day before our trip. Aku milih colour chelum, while Missy go for orange, Lin chose green color. Buka kami bilik mandi, Apo?? naka pemanah utai dalam bilik mandi dia. Semua kelengkapan bisi magang, nyentok ke berus gigi, moisturizing lotion, make-up remover, cotton wool, cotton bud, shower cap, facial wash, feminine wash, nya pun ukai anci-anchi, brand Mark & Spencer. Semua facilities bisi magang di Condotel dia, playground for children, tennis court, badminton court, squash court, basketball court, swimming pool, sauna, and even bar. According to Glen, rental alone was S$9,000, nya baru 2nd Floor, but the higher floor you go, will be more expensive, enti di atas din, about $20,000 per month. Nya meh ko iya, orang ditu milih ke manah view and willing to pay more for it. Semua kelengkapan isi rumah pun complete, dishwasher, dryer, washing-machine,sofa,etc… you name it?
Malam nya laun kami empat tindok laban lama enda betemu since our last reunion in November 2009. Ko hubby Glen, wine ke di dalam chiller nya diasoh iya di tembu kami 3 , sigi di beli khas untuk kami tiga. Apu, cukup manah layanan seduai melaki bini tu? Both laki bini sama bela kiroh enggau bala kawan-kawan. Kami duai Lin lalu ngiri gelas kami duai enggau Glenfiddich, ( Single-malt whisky) campur enggau ice-cube and coke. Cukup smooth di irup? In fact, kami duai Lin endang udah bisi meli 1 litre Glenfiddich maya trip Ahli kelab ke Labuan in Mid March this year, tang lalu empai dibuka kami duai. Ngelama tu selalu belandik ke Jack Daniel, Chivas Regal, Martell, Gordon Bleu, tang enti compare enggau single-malt whisky, nyamai agi di irup, very smooth but most importantly, you would not get a hangover the next day. Next time, go for single-malt whisky.
The next morning, Saturday, 8th May, kami sebuat dani pukul 8.00am, bala anak Glen enda sekula. Udah breakfast, kami plan ka ke Sentosa Island ngagai Universal Studio. On the way to Sentosa, we drop Gerrald ngagai kawan iya bangsa Korean. So, he stayed overnight with his Korean friend. Nya aku berunding, nyamai endar budak-budak kemaya ari tu, can sleepover with their good friend. Apai indai pun enda nagang, on condition they don’t abuse the privilege given to them. And another thing, we as parents must also get to know our friend’s parent, so at least we know our kids are in good hand.
Datai di Sentosa Resort, kami alu begambar ba Seloso beach and meda pemandangan dia. Udah nya, kami lalu di bai ngagai Underwater world. Glen’s hubby bought 5 entrance tickets to the Underwater World. Sempat ga beposing at the main entrance ke pengingat. We spent about 2 hours there, then took our lunch at the restaurant nearby. After that, we went to watch Sea lion show which started at 2.30pm. Rindang diri kami meda show, but I don’t know for some reason, I was a bit emotional meda performance sea-lion maya nya, tak enda berasai ai mata aku laboh. Nasib endar aku ngena sunglass so enda berupai aku di peda kaban aku. Sinu amai aku meda sea-lion perform nitih ke instruction trainer iya. Nadai bala kaban aku nemu aku ke nitik ai-mata malu aku madah agai sida 3 enggai ke diketawa ke bala sida tiga, but that was what happened to me that time. (Sigi gaya penyinu empu urang, di luar aja tampak pama, kih, tapi hati dalam din lemik amat)? Munyi ko kami nganu Marina congek? Marina, one of our good friends, enda ulih enggau laban enda ulih nginsur cuti iya, enti iya enggau lebih seronok agi kami lima begulai?
Udah abis show, kami lalu nuju Universal Studio,Singapore lalu bejalai meda utai dia. As usual, kami enda ngetu beposing especially ba tempat tempat ke manah view. Kami nadai masuk ngagai Casino memandangkan dresscode kami not appropriate. Anyhow, we just took photos outside the casino entrance. We stopped by at Coffee Bean to enjoy our café latte and cheesecakes. Hmmmm….yummy! After spending few hours at Universal Studio, we decided to go back to Condotel laban lemai nya kami plan ka masak-memasak lauk ke dibai kami ari Miri/Sibu. Tuan punya rumah di asoh kami relax, enda tau gawa di dapur. Biar kami tiga ngereja utai di dapur. Nya meh aku ngelago kami 3, enda rugi tudah Glen ngimport tukang masak ari Sarawak? Landik serta cekap? Hehehehe…..So, lauk kami lemai nya, buah maram, salai lumik gulai buah terung, daun ubi kusuk goreng rangkai, pako ikan goreng belachan, midin belacan, buah entekai kukus (resipi Lin) buah empelan gulai sambal. Semua nyamai, nyamai magang! Tau muka restaurant lauk iban di Singapore kami tiga, hehehe?
9th May 2010.. Pagi nya tumu kami tiga dani, sida Glen menyanak agi tindok. Udah kami mandi, kami tiga lalu nyendia ke breakfast. Glen udah mesan ngagai kami tiga buat macam rumah sendiri, so apa lagi kami tiga, buat macam rumah sendiri lah…? Tapi sebedau kami ke dapur nyendia breakfast, kami lalu sibuk ngachit ke camera di sebelah ruang tamu, ba dapur. Udah nya baru kami sibuk muka fridge ngiga utai tau dipandok for breakfast. Aku lalu ngambi steamer ba cabinet, lalu steam charsiew pau & buttermilk pau. Udah tembu magang, kami lalu breakfast. Missy ngaga ke kami ai-teh. Boleh tahan, sedap tea di bancuh iya? Tuan rumah alu bedau dani. Amat baka ngaga rumah sendiri kami tiga, we did our own laundry, we put the plates in the dishwasher, gari kamah tikau aja ba machine. Udah nya transfer ngagai dryer. Utai di rumah Glen sematik sematik (automatic) magang? Pintu aja enda sematik??? Hahaha
Udah kami tembu breakfast, kami alu rest enda lama. Udah nya, beradu bala kami 3 di asoh Glen ngena casual smart ko iya laban kami ka brunch ba Pan-Pacific Hotel start pukul 12.00 noon. Nya meh kami tiga milih baju ka dikena lalu minta penemu kaban nanya ngam ke enda baju di pasok. Aku lalu di asoh make-up seduai iya. Apa lagi aku, laban ke minat lalu ka meda kaban bajik, bendar meh aku ngecok mua seduai ngambi ke cantik, maklumlah kami ka brunch ba 5-star hotel? Hehehe…. Somehow, amat cantik ga seduai iya sarinya. Make-up pun cun amat? I wish bisi orang make-up ke aku? Lin was asking me if I should consider taking part-time business make-up orang maya function/dinner. Hmmmmm….Still thinking?
Sangkai kami di hotel, Glen lalu nuju ke counter reception nanya ke reservation kami tengahari nya. Meja endang udah di sedia untuk bala kami, semua iya 9 pax including baby John. Kami lalu start ngiga utai ka dempa. Laban kelalu mayoh choice, enda nemu ni ke pilih. Aku lalu ngambi sushi salmon, oyster, cold prawn, salmon and cold dish for a starter. Udah nya aku lalu go for main course. Bake salmon, steam codfish, pork rib, lamb, nasi beriyani, mayoh agi. Kami sigi enda berumban makai, slow & steady. After all, we had about 2 and half hours there. Udah nya, lalu ngambi all types of cakes & cookies and also trying all varieties of chocolates. I also tried the marsmallow & strawberry dipped in chocolate fountain, hmmm sedapnya! (Teringat aku Siti Nurhaliza di beri Datuk K strawberry dibalut chocolate) We really enjoyed every selection of our food. Yang paling best, wine and champagne were included in the brunch. Half way through, bisi indu Filipino mix with Chinese, (bajik amai, enda ingat ke nama iya serta ngambi gambar iya) came to distribute a stalk of carnation flower ngagai kami ke indu. Gaga amat kami diberi iya bunga carnation. At the same time, ingat ke bala budak budak ku celebrate mother’s day without the presence of their mom? Missed their hugs and kisses on Mother’s Day? In fact the brunch was specially arranged by Glen in conjunction with her 43rd birthday and also Mother’s Day celebration.
Udah abis makai, kami alu ngagai Marina Square shopping. Aku sempat meli trolley bag, cabin size for an offer price of S$15.00 at John Little. (Mother’s Day Special sale) Retail price, $59.90. Nya meh sibuk aku ber-irit ke trolley bag maya kami ka ke Esplanade/The Merlion Park. Nya ko bala sida tiga nundi aku, baka ke pelajar tersingkir ari Akademi Fantasia…senyum ku ninga sida munyi nya? Kami bisi ngelawa landmark Singapore lalu begambar dia. Enda sah enda begambar depan Singa, enti ke S’pore. Lalu relax sekejap enjoying the view there. Au, nyau berasai lelak kami sebuat. Kaki aku pedis amat, nya meh bala kami nukar kasut lalu ngena selipar jepun. Just imagine, be gaun-gaun kami duai Lin, tapi beselipar jepun? Enda peduli, asal meh kaki enda pedis bai bejalai. In fact, we were supposed to go to the flyer tapi kami semua lelak amat lalu ka pulai belelak. So, we went home but on the way home, we dropped by at the mini-market to buy some fish, kerang and vegetables for our dinner. Malam nya kami lalu masak memasak baru. Our dish malam nya, terung masak asam pedas gulai ikan merah, kasam ensabi, buah entekai kukus, sambal buah maram, sambal belachan, ulam kangkong & timun, kerang rebus cicah enggau sambal pedas…berselera magang kami sebuat. But we ate dinner quite late, nyau ka pukul 9.00 malam . Tembu makai, kami tiga lalu sibuk bekemas, aku lalu nyusun pinggai ba dishwasher. Then, kami empat indu lalu nyambung cerita baru udah baby John tindok. Hubby Glen enda join kami laban iya kerja ari siti. Kami abis berandau nyau ka pukul 3.00pagi, sempat bala kaban aku, Lin seduai Missy update their Facebook.
On the 4th day of our trip, that morning Glen mai kami ngagai Orchard lalu shopping dia. In fact, semak amat ari rumah iya, just about 20 minutes walk from her condotel. We dropped John to school first udah nya Glen’s hubby dropped us to Orchard Road. Since mall bedau agi buka, we just sat at the bench while waiting for the mall to open at 10.30am. Leboh ke bejalai mansa mall, bisi tepeda ke shop siti, Adult Shop. Kami begambar depan kedai dia, bedau buka maya nya. Hahaha…out of so many places, nama ga kami tiga enggai enda beposing depan kedai nya? Lucu amat? Bisi ke ditusi ga? Enti di Malaysia, haram abis tempat baka tu??? Enti bisi, enda meh berani masuk nangi ke bisi orang kelala meda kitai masuk ke dalam?
The mall finally opened……! First outlet we went to was Mark & Spencer. Au, bendar diri kami tiga shopping dia. Paling best iya, Sales Assistant enda ngeriut kening meda kami keluar masuk fitting room nguji baju, enda ngam, ambi baru. Enti di Malaysia, lebih agi di Miri, panjai mua salesgirl enti kitai nguji baju tang enda meli. Glen enda lama ngulu ke kami 3 coz she had to pick up John from the school. So, apa lagi, tinggal kami tiga ngasak ke mall din. We went to Robinson, the anchor store at the mall and managed to grab few stuff there. Kami duai Lin pun sempat meli shimmer brick compact by Bobbi Brown for $66. It was Glen who suggested me and Lin to use shimmer brick compact laban kami duai Lin ngelara skin iya cantik amat. Enda berasai, purse kami duai kempis sekempis. We had our lunch at the basement at around 2.30pm. Nyu lepi kami 3 lalu beguai ngiga utai dempa. I ordered Singapore chicken rice and there was also side dish that went along with it, fried tofu mixed with sweet hot sauce..sedap! Lin and Missy ordered mix rice. Enti di convert ngagai duit kitai, my lunch cost me RM19.00. Enti di Miri, I can eat 2-3 times with RM19. Cuba bayangkan! Just before we went back to Glen’s condotel, Lin mai kami duai Missy nilik nama utai di jual di Adult Shop? Curious ko iya? Mansang kin meh kami tiga, sekali udah kami tama dia, nyu peluh tusur Lin lalu beguai guai mai kami pansut ari store nya. Bab bab tu lah yang paling lucu sekali. Nasit endar nadai orang kelala meda kami masuk kia, enti enda nama enda runding sida ya? Kami tiga mulai ke diri ngena taxi. We had to que-ue up for our taxi. Anang irau nepan taxi di S’pore, you feel safe. We only paid $4.60 for our taxi fare. Datai di condotel, kami masuk ngena pintu dapur. Sunyi di rumah? We walked in slowly enggai ke Jon terdani ninga kami tiga. Kami alu rest sekejap. That evening, Glen ordered pizza for our dinner. So after we had taken our dinner, we continued shopping at Takashimaya at Ghee Ann City. In fact, kami tiga nadai ka shopping agi, just accompanied Glen ngiga swimming suit untuk anak indu iya, lalu iya meli sandal for herself and her mom. After that, we bought tit-bits, peanuts, wine ( Port-tawny ) and Bailey original flavor. Also Glen bought birthday cake for her hubby whose birthday fell on 10th May, one day after Glen’s birthday on 9th May. We celebrated Glen’s hubby birthday at home and little Jon lah yang paling happy amat, becoz he blowed the candles away. Malam nya, laun baru kami sebuat tindok laban bercerita mayoh utai dikenang. Glen ke enda nemu ngirup ngelama tu, di ansak kami duai Lin nguji ngirup wine Port serta Bailey. Ok ga iya, ulih di terima iya drink dua iti tu. Aku lalu mix drink Glenfiddich with coke & ice cube ke kami empat. Nice, very smooth..nyamai tindok malam nya udah dijamah glenfiddich….?
11th May 2010, 5th day & the end of our trip. Pagi nya, kami empat mandi dulu di swimming pool lalu ngagai sauna, we spent about 1 hour there and sempat beposing. Udahnya kami di bai Glen shopping baru ba mall semak rumah iya dia, just a walking distance. As usual, Glen’s hubby dropped us to the mall on the way to work. Kami 4 breakfast at The Toast, aku ngorder breakfast set, meehon goreng with fishball and egg + coffee. Udahnya kami lalu shopping ba Mark & Spencer lalu sempat mega Glen nunjuk ke kami gymn (Fitness Concept) ke selalu endor iya workout while waiting to pick up Jon from school at 12noon. Kami enda lama dia coz we had to be at the airport by 12.30pm. Laban condotel Glen enda jauh, we walked not more than 20 minutes. Datai di rumah, lalu betukar baju and got ready our luggage. Glen’s hubby sent us to the airport and it took 20 minutes drive to the airport from their condotel. Just before we got out of the car, sempat ga Glen meri kami duit allowance kena kami makai while waiting for our flight departing at 14.35hrs. Sama bela reluctant kami 3 nyambut duit diberi iya laban she had spent a lot untuk kami tiga. Ba iya, munyi ko bula nusoi, every food expenses, entertainment, tickets were on her and hubby. Kami tiga, 1 sen pen nadai meh ngeluar duit, except for our own personal shopping, semua Glen magang mayar. We were so grateful and blessed to have a good friend like her. We prayed to God that her life will always be blessed with more goodness & blessings to come in her life.
Just one day before the trip, I was busy shopping for local produce food (also di kumbai aku, lauk antique) to bring over. I bought terung masam , daun ubi, pako ikan, midin, kasam ensabi, buah empelam muda & belacan. Trolley bag aku endang penuh nyimpan bala sida sayur-sayur antique tu. Dibungkus aku enggau newspaper ngambi ke tan. My clothes I put in the other bag, backpack. My friend, Evelyn residing in Sibu also busy looking for stuff to bring over to Glenda. Bisi di gaga ke Glen, pia ko kami duai Lin. She managed to buy buah maram, salai ikan lumi, terung iban muda. The next morning, on the day of the trip, she woke up early and dropped her son to school. On the way to Sibu airport, she stopped by at the mee stall to buy 10 packets of kampua mee. (Special request from Glenda). As for me, Glenda did sms to me on the 6th May around 5.15pm and asked if I could bring over some char siew pau and buttermilk pau from Sau Pau Bakery. I replied, no problem provided the shop still open. Yes, the shop was still open and I managed to buy 15 charsiew pau and 15 buttermilk pau. ( 3 boxes in total)
Kami duai Missy berlepas ari Miri airport taking AA flight at 10.05am. My daughter, Shasha drove us to airport. Bella also came along to see us off. My hubby enda ulih enggau nganjong ke airport laban iya kerja and bisi morning meeting sari nya. We picked up Missy at RPR Batu 6. As usual, sebedau ke airport, kami sebuat ngetu dulu ngriup ba Good taste bakuteh. In fact, Shasha ka makai bakuteh tang bedau ready maya nya laban ke agi tumu. So, we ordered other food, bubur, mee sua and mee goreng. Missy was kind enough to pay for our breakfast. Thanks a lot to Missy .
Datai di LCCT, KL udah kami duai Missy collect bag, kami duai alu ngiga Lin. Flight Lin ari Sibu pukul 9.05am, datai di KL kira pukul 11.05pagi. Tepaksa iya nganti sejam setengah di airport. Enda pedis ga begiga di airport laban ke bisi mai handphone. So, we sat at one corner lalu makai kampua mee ke dibai Lin ari Sibu. Kasih meda kami tiga, baka ke enda di guna orang. Makai nadai besudu or chopstick, makai terus ari plastic main gigit. Tekenang maya agi di sekula suba…ko Lin.
So, we checked in at around 1,30pm and our flight departed at 2.50 pm. Bag kami tiga semua di checked in magang, except for the 3 boxes of char siew & buttermilk pau which I hand-carried. Bendar amat aku nyaga kotak pau, takut ke pau nyu kempik.
Flight kami ari KL ke Singapore bisi delay mimit ketegal ke technical problem to the air-conditioning unit. Nya meh, bala passengers bepeluh tusur. Asai ke dipanggang dalam oven. Lama diri kami nganti bala technician to fix the aircondition unit. Bisi ga irau ati engka takut air-cond enda ulih di adu ke technician AA. But our flight was delayed by 30 minutes.
Leboh kami sangkai di Changi Airport, Terminal One, kami tiga kelalu excited amat. Cukup manah amat Changi airport. Toilet pun beresi amat, tau endor tindok ko kaban ku Lin seduai Missy. While waiting for Glenda to pick us up, kami tiga apa lagi, beposing meh di terminal 1. Aku nadai mai camera laban bedau nemu ngena Nikon D90 DSLR , bedau belajar cara-cara ngena iya, agi pun kaban aku, Lin and Missy bisi mai camera. So enda lah aku kisah sangat, sama bekongsi ke camera kaban aku nya meh. Seduai tu pun cukup manah amai enggau begulai kenyau ari UiTM suba. Lebih agi kami duai Lin sama pala , lucu, kih and etc…etc.…maklumlah both Geminian…hehhehe? Lin’s birthdate on 10 June and mine, 16th June. Aroh tau begulai…sama bulan ada? We planned to celebrate our birthday together this June. Our last birthday celebration together was 20 years back at All Joy ba Wisma Saberkas, Kuching. Just imagine our friendship still blossomed till now.
Leboh aku enggau Lin meli mineral water ba basement retail store, Lin tepeda ke Glen di luar, iya lalu ngelawa Glen. Aku agi bebayar ke drink kami 3 ba counter, udah nya nitih ke Lin. Tak tekenyit meh aku ninga Lin madah Glen laboh ari tangga. In fact, Glen udah meda kami duai Lin ari jauh, so iya ka capture gambar kami duai secara candid. Tak enda mukai mukai,leboh iya nurun ari tangga, iya enda tepeda ke last step, nya meh ko iya laban kelalu excited meda bala good friend iya datai nemuai ngagai iya. She sprained her right ankle. Aku lalu ngurut kaki kanan iya begadai-gadai. Udahnya aku lalu belanda ngagai kedai meli ai-chelap kena aku nyiram atas kaki iya ngambi ngurang ke pemedis. Hubby iya lalu meli ice-cube nyadi ke cold pack simpan atas kaki Glen ngambi enda balat kembai.
Sempat ga kami tiga beposing while waiting for Glen’s hubby to get the car at the airport carpark. We stopped by at Far East Coast for our dinner. According to Glen, tempat nya sigi very popular di Singapore, especially leboh maya weekend, penuh aja laban mensia, baik local, baik expatriate. Glen sigi pandai ngorder dish untuk kami tiga. Semua yummy yummy? Signature dish ba Jumbo Seafood dia Chilli Crab. Leboh ke makai chilli crab, di provide restaurant enggau bib sekali, nya meh asai ke agi mit leboh ke ngena bib.
Paling best and lucu sekali leboh anak Glen, Jonathan, or Jon (nickname iya) ngelara kami empat anang ketawa kelalu inggar. Cute amai? Jon said, “mum…don’t laugh too loud, not good for your mouth” ninga iya munyi nya, kami empat lalu ketawa baru. John was just 30 months old, tapi cerdik serta landik amat iya bejako orang putis.
Datai di Leonie Hill Road Condotel endor sida Glen menyanak diau, kami lalu di welcome anak lelaki iya, Ezra seduai Gerald. Anak iya ke indu, Rachel bedau pulai bejalai enggau geng iya. Kami lalu di anjong ngagai bilik ke di khas untuk kami tiga. Tama kami ke bilik kami, lalu unpack barang kami tiga. Lin lalu meri kami duai Missy, spaghetti top dibeli iya one day before our trip. Aku milih colour chelum, while Missy go for orange, Lin chose green color. Buka kami bilik mandi, Apo?? naka pemanah utai dalam bilik mandi dia. Semua kelengkapan bisi magang, nyentok ke berus gigi, moisturizing lotion, make-up remover, cotton wool, cotton bud, shower cap, facial wash, feminine wash, nya pun ukai anci-anchi, brand Mark & Spencer. Semua facilities bisi magang di Condotel dia, playground for children, tennis court, badminton court, squash court, basketball court, swimming pool, sauna, and even bar. According to Glen, rental alone was S$9,000, nya baru 2nd Floor, but the higher floor you go, will be more expensive, enti di atas din, about $20,000 per month. Nya meh ko iya, orang ditu milih ke manah view and willing to pay more for it. Semua kelengkapan isi rumah pun complete, dishwasher, dryer, washing-machine,sofa,etc… you name it?
Malam nya laun kami empat tindok laban lama enda betemu since our last reunion in November 2009. Ko hubby Glen, wine ke di dalam chiller nya diasoh iya di tembu kami 3 , sigi di beli khas untuk kami tiga. Apu, cukup manah layanan seduai melaki bini tu? Both laki bini sama bela kiroh enggau bala kawan-kawan. Kami duai Lin lalu ngiri gelas kami duai enggau Glenfiddich, ( Single-malt whisky) campur enggau ice-cube and coke. Cukup smooth di irup? In fact, kami duai Lin endang udah bisi meli 1 litre Glenfiddich maya trip Ahli kelab ke Labuan in Mid March this year, tang lalu empai dibuka kami duai. Ngelama tu selalu belandik ke Jack Daniel, Chivas Regal, Martell, Gordon Bleu, tang enti compare enggau single-malt whisky, nyamai agi di irup, very smooth but most importantly, you would not get a hangover the next day. Next time, go for single-malt whisky.
The next morning, Saturday, 8th May, kami sebuat dani pukul 8.00am, bala anak Glen enda sekula. Udah breakfast, kami plan ka ke Sentosa Island ngagai Universal Studio. On the way to Sentosa, we drop Gerrald ngagai kawan iya bangsa Korean. So, he stayed overnight with his Korean friend. Nya aku berunding, nyamai endar budak-budak kemaya ari tu, can sleepover with their good friend. Apai indai pun enda nagang, on condition they don’t abuse the privilege given to them. And another thing, we as parents must also get to know our friend’s parent, so at least we know our kids are in good hand.
Datai di Sentosa Resort, kami alu begambar ba Seloso beach and meda pemandangan dia. Udah nya, kami lalu di bai ngagai Underwater world. Glen’s hubby bought 5 entrance tickets to the Underwater World. Sempat ga beposing at the main entrance ke pengingat. We spent about 2 hours there, then took our lunch at the restaurant nearby. After that, we went to watch Sea lion show which started at 2.30pm. Rindang diri kami meda show, but I don’t know for some reason, I was a bit emotional meda performance sea-lion maya nya, tak enda berasai ai mata aku laboh. Nasib endar aku ngena sunglass so enda berupai aku di peda kaban aku. Sinu amai aku meda sea-lion perform nitih ke instruction trainer iya. Nadai bala kaban aku nemu aku ke nitik ai-mata malu aku madah agai sida 3 enggai ke diketawa ke bala sida tiga, but that was what happened to me that time. (Sigi gaya penyinu empu urang, di luar aja tampak pama, kih, tapi hati dalam din lemik amat)? Munyi ko kami nganu Marina congek? Marina, one of our good friends, enda ulih enggau laban enda ulih nginsur cuti iya, enti iya enggau lebih seronok agi kami lima begulai?
Udah abis show, kami lalu nuju Universal Studio,Singapore lalu bejalai meda utai dia. As usual, kami enda ngetu beposing especially ba tempat tempat ke manah view. Kami nadai masuk ngagai Casino memandangkan dresscode kami not appropriate. Anyhow, we just took photos outside the casino entrance. We stopped by at Coffee Bean to enjoy our café latte and cheesecakes. Hmmmm….yummy! After spending few hours at Universal Studio, we decided to go back to Condotel laban lemai nya kami plan ka masak-memasak lauk ke dibai kami ari Miri/Sibu. Tuan punya rumah di asoh kami relax, enda tau gawa di dapur. Biar kami tiga ngereja utai di dapur. Nya meh aku ngelago kami 3, enda rugi tudah Glen ngimport tukang masak ari Sarawak? Landik serta cekap? Hehehehe…..So, lauk kami lemai nya, buah maram, salai lumik gulai buah terung, daun ubi kusuk goreng rangkai, pako ikan goreng belachan, midin belacan, buah entekai kukus (resipi Lin) buah empelan gulai sambal. Semua nyamai, nyamai magang! Tau muka restaurant lauk iban di Singapore kami tiga, hehehe?
9th May 2010.. Pagi nya tumu kami tiga dani, sida Glen menyanak agi tindok. Udah kami mandi, kami tiga lalu nyendia ke breakfast. Glen udah mesan ngagai kami tiga buat macam rumah sendiri, so apa lagi kami tiga, buat macam rumah sendiri lah…? Tapi sebedau kami ke dapur nyendia breakfast, kami lalu sibuk ngachit ke camera di sebelah ruang tamu, ba dapur. Udah nya baru kami sibuk muka fridge ngiga utai tau dipandok for breakfast. Aku lalu ngambi steamer ba cabinet, lalu steam charsiew pau & buttermilk pau. Udah tembu magang, kami lalu breakfast. Missy ngaga ke kami ai-teh. Boleh tahan, sedap tea di bancuh iya? Tuan rumah alu bedau dani. Amat baka ngaga rumah sendiri kami tiga, we did our own laundry, we put the plates in the dishwasher, gari kamah tikau aja ba machine. Udah nya transfer ngagai dryer. Utai di rumah Glen sematik sematik (automatic) magang? Pintu aja enda sematik??? Hahaha
Udah kami tembu breakfast, kami alu rest enda lama. Udah nya, beradu bala kami 3 di asoh Glen ngena casual smart ko iya laban kami ka brunch ba Pan-Pacific Hotel start pukul 12.00 noon. Nya meh kami tiga milih baju ka dikena lalu minta penemu kaban nanya ngam ke enda baju di pasok. Aku lalu di asoh make-up seduai iya. Apa lagi aku, laban ke minat lalu ka meda kaban bajik, bendar meh aku ngecok mua seduai ngambi ke cantik, maklumlah kami ka brunch ba 5-star hotel? Hehehe…. Somehow, amat cantik ga seduai iya sarinya. Make-up pun cun amat? I wish bisi orang make-up ke aku? Lin was asking me if I should consider taking part-time business make-up orang maya function/dinner. Hmmmmm….Still thinking?
Sangkai kami di hotel, Glen lalu nuju ke counter reception nanya ke reservation kami tengahari nya. Meja endang udah di sedia untuk bala kami, semua iya 9 pax including baby John. Kami lalu start ngiga utai ka dempa. Laban kelalu mayoh choice, enda nemu ni ke pilih. Aku lalu ngambi sushi salmon, oyster, cold prawn, salmon and cold dish for a starter. Udah nya aku lalu go for main course. Bake salmon, steam codfish, pork rib, lamb, nasi beriyani, mayoh agi. Kami sigi enda berumban makai, slow & steady. After all, we had about 2 and half hours there. Udah nya, lalu ngambi all types of cakes & cookies and also trying all varieties of chocolates. I also tried the marsmallow & strawberry dipped in chocolate fountain, hmmm sedapnya! (Teringat aku Siti Nurhaliza di beri Datuk K strawberry dibalut chocolate) We really enjoyed every selection of our food. Yang paling best, wine and champagne were included in the brunch. Half way through, bisi indu Filipino mix with Chinese, (bajik amai, enda ingat ke nama iya serta ngambi gambar iya) came to distribute a stalk of carnation flower ngagai kami ke indu. Gaga amat kami diberi iya bunga carnation. At the same time, ingat ke bala budak budak ku celebrate mother’s day without the presence of their mom? Missed their hugs and kisses on Mother’s Day? In fact the brunch was specially arranged by Glen in conjunction with her 43rd birthday and also Mother’s Day celebration.
Udah abis makai, kami alu ngagai Marina Square shopping. Aku sempat meli trolley bag, cabin size for an offer price of S$15.00 at John Little. (Mother’s Day Special sale) Retail price, $59.90. Nya meh sibuk aku ber-irit ke trolley bag maya kami ka ke Esplanade/The Merlion Park. Nya ko bala sida tiga nundi aku, baka ke pelajar tersingkir ari Akademi Fantasia…senyum ku ninga sida munyi nya? Kami bisi ngelawa landmark Singapore lalu begambar dia. Enda sah enda begambar depan Singa, enti ke S’pore. Lalu relax sekejap enjoying the view there. Au, nyau berasai lelak kami sebuat. Kaki aku pedis amat, nya meh bala kami nukar kasut lalu ngena selipar jepun. Just imagine, be gaun-gaun kami duai Lin, tapi beselipar jepun? Enda peduli, asal meh kaki enda pedis bai bejalai. In fact, we were supposed to go to the flyer tapi kami semua lelak amat lalu ka pulai belelak. So, we went home but on the way home, we dropped by at the mini-market to buy some fish, kerang and vegetables for our dinner. Malam nya kami lalu masak memasak baru. Our dish malam nya, terung masak asam pedas gulai ikan merah, kasam ensabi, buah entekai kukus, sambal buah maram, sambal belachan, ulam kangkong & timun, kerang rebus cicah enggau sambal pedas…berselera magang kami sebuat. But we ate dinner quite late, nyau ka pukul 9.00 malam . Tembu makai, kami tiga lalu sibuk bekemas, aku lalu nyusun pinggai ba dishwasher. Then, kami empat indu lalu nyambung cerita baru udah baby John tindok. Hubby Glen enda join kami laban iya kerja ari siti. Kami abis berandau nyau ka pukul 3.00pagi, sempat bala kaban aku, Lin seduai Missy update their Facebook.
On the 4th day of our trip, that morning Glen mai kami ngagai Orchard lalu shopping dia. In fact, semak amat ari rumah iya, just about 20 minutes walk from her condotel. We dropped John to school first udah nya Glen’s hubby dropped us to Orchard Road. Since mall bedau agi buka, we just sat at the bench while waiting for the mall to open at 10.30am. Leboh ke bejalai mansa mall, bisi tepeda ke shop siti, Adult Shop. Kami begambar depan kedai dia, bedau buka maya nya. Hahaha…out of so many places, nama ga kami tiga enggai enda beposing depan kedai nya? Lucu amat? Bisi ke ditusi ga? Enti di Malaysia, haram abis tempat baka tu??? Enti bisi, enda meh berani masuk nangi ke bisi orang kelala meda kitai masuk ke dalam?
The mall finally opened……! First outlet we went to was Mark & Spencer. Au, bendar diri kami tiga shopping dia. Paling best iya, Sales Assistant enda ngeriut kening meda kami keluar masuk fitting room nguji baju, enda ngam, ambi baru. Enti di Malaysia, lebih agi di Miri, panjai mua salesgirl enti kitai nguji baju tang enda meli. Glen enda lama ngulu ke kami 3 coz she had to pick up John from the school. So, apa lagi, tinggal kami tiga ngasak ke mall din. We went to Robinson, the anchor store at the mall and managed to grab few stuff there. Kami duai Lin pun sempat meli shimmer brick compact by Bobbi Brown for $66. It was Glen who suggested me and Lin to use shimmer brick compact laban kami duai Lin ngelara skin iya cantik amat. Enda berasai, purse kami duai kempis sekempis. We had our lunch at the basement at around 2.30pm. Nyu lepi kami 3 lalu beguai ngiga utai dempa. I ordered Singapore chicken rice and there was also side dish that went along with it, fried tofu mixed with sweet hot sauce..sedap! Lin and Missy ordered mix rice. Enti di convert ngagai duit kitai, my lunch cost me RM19.00. Enti di Miri, I can eat 2-3 times with RM19. Cuba bayangkan! Just before we went back to Glen’s condotel, Lin mai kami duai Missy nilik nama utai di jual di Adult Shop? Curious ko iya? Mansang kin meh kami tiga, sekali udah kami tama dia, nyu peluh tusur Lin lalu beguai guai mai kami pansut ari store nya. Bab bab tu lah yang paling lucu sekali. Nasit endar nadai orang kelala meda kami masuk kia, enti enda nama enda runding sida ya? Kami tiga mulai ke diri ngena taxi. We had to que-ue up for our taxi. Anang irau nepan taxi di S’pore, you feel safe. We only paid $4.60 for our taxi fare. Datai di condotel, kami masuk ngena pintu dapur. Sunyi di rumah? We walked in slowly enggai ke Jon terdani ninga kami tiga. Kami alu rest sekejap. That evening, Glen ordered pizza for our dinner. So after we had taken our dinner, we continued shopping at Takashimaya at Ghee Ann City. In fact, kami tiga nadai ka shopping agi, just accompanied Glen ngiga swimming suit untuk anak indu iya, lalu iya meli sandal for herself and her mom. After that, we bought tit-bits, peanuts, wine ( Port-tawny ) and Bailey original flavor. Also Glen bought birthday cake for her hubby whose birthday fell on 10th May, one day after Glen’s birthday on 9th May. We celebrated Glen’s hubby birthday at home and little Jon lah yang paling happy amat, becoz he blowed the candles away. Malam nya, laun baru kami sebuat tindok laban bercerita mayoh utai dikenang. Glen ke enda nemu ngirup ngelama tu, di ansak kami duai Lin nguji ngirup wine Port serta Bailey. Ok ga iya, ulih di terima iya drink dua iti tu. Aku lalu mix drink Glenfiddich with coke & ice cube ke kami empat. Nice, very smooth..nyamai tindok malam nya udah dijamah glenfiddich….?
11th May 2010, 5th day & the end of our trip. Pagi nya, kami empat mandi dulu di swimming pool lalu ngagai sauna, we spent about 1 hour there and sempat beposing. Udahnya kami di bai Glen shopping baru ba mall semak rumah iya dia, just a walking distance. As usual, Glen’s hubby dropped us to the mall on the way to work. Kami 4 breakfast at The Toast, aku ngorder breakfast set, meehon goreng with fishball and egg + coffee. Udahnya kami lalu shopping ba Mark & Spencer lalu sempat mega Glen nunjuk ke kami gymn (Fitness Concept) ke selalu endor iya workout while waiting to pick up Jon from school at 12noon. Kami enda lama dia coz we had to be at the airport by 12.30pm. Laban condotel Glen enda jauh, we walked not more than 20 minutes. Datai di rumah, lalu betukar baju and got ready our luggage. Glen’s hubby sent us to the airport and it took 20 minutes drive to the airport from their condotel. Just before we got out of the car, sempat ga Glen meri kami duit allowance kena kami makai while waiting for our flight departing at 14.35hrs. Sama bela reluctant kami 3 nyambut duit diberi iya laban she had spent a lot untuk kami tiga. Ba iya, munyi ko bula nusoi, every food expenses, entertainment, tickets were on her and hubby. Kami tiga, 1 sen pen nadai meh ngeluar duit, except for our own personal shopping, semua Glen magang mayar. We were so grateful and blessed to have a good friend like her. We prayed to God that her life will always be blessed with more goodness & blessings to come in her life.
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