Kuantan, Pahang

MY MEMORIES IN KUANTAN AND PEKAN

Let me share this, We were in Pekan and Kuantan for few days. It's was hustle free town compared to Kuala Lumpur. We arrived in Kuantan on the 24  Dec. about 8pm checked into our Hotel that we booked online. As usual looked very impressive on line but when we walked in, it was not. Being late we decided to stay on and requested for an upgrade the next day.

Kuantan

Pekan

We had to travel very early in the morning to Pekan. We left Kuantan at 6.30am. The weather was cool and beautiful. There was almost no traffic, because it was the awakening day of Christmas....  The birds were just coming out of their homes to catch the late worms which were crawling back home after spending chritmas eve with all their friends.

It was almost 40 kilometers to Pekan. To my surprise, the road leading to Pekan was the most expensive road I can imagine because it had decorative center street lights throughout the whole stretch of 40 kilometers. It was amazing experience for me, specially it was still lighted up all along the road. I was enchanted with the beauty of the road and the the amazing cool county side.. Driving and cutting through the early morning fresh air.. the car was slicing the air in two and I could feel the separating air gushing both our windscreens... Another unique feature of this Kuantan Pekan highway was, it was well planed and it had u turn facilities every 5 kilometers, in case you miss a turn. A very memorable and pleasant drive.

Now for dinner , being vegetarians it is sometimes difficult to find a proper palce to eat. we decide to walk around instead of driving to look around for restaurants that serve vegetarian food even mamak stalls were ok for us. That's where we came across this Alif curry house along Jalan Mahkota. We walked in strait to see if they had any vegetarian food. To my surprise they had a separate counters for vegetarian and non vegetarian. They did have many varieties too, which we rarely find in most mamak restaurants. It was about 9pm and the shop was almost full...one look around there were Chinese, Malays and Indians having their dinner. What I noticed to my astonishment and surprise, most of them were having banana leaf rice with fried chicken, I suppose this is the speciality in Kuantan. We too had banana leaf vegetarian food and the service was prompt. The staff were friendly and the food was above average 8/10. So, vegetarians please note that this is one place you cannot miss.

This shot was taken after our food and the crowd had left.

Alif Curry House, Kuantan, taken after our dinner 

2 day we decided to venture into Chinese vegetarian food in Kuantan....we drove around with the help of the GPS , we found this shop. It is located along Jalan Bukit Ubi.

We had butter prawns, actually made from flour,  veg. fish curry rice and tom yam mee. The butter prawns came in a big portion and were very crispy and delicious. The tom yam was also good the flavors were mild and not too spicy. The veg. Curry fish rice also was good. My verdict 9/10, looking for Chinese vegetarian food here is the place. Pobably there are also other places too. We were happy because it is not easy to find nice vegetarian restaurants.

Vegetarain food on 2 da

2013

Sekilan lama  tak blog....cos the month of November till now has been a buzy month with Deepavali and Visitors however I truly enjoyed myself too. 

 With 2013 marching  out  and 2014 knocking on our door.....it has been a great year for me  retiring after serving almost 33 years. After 6 months what have I been doing or done....

Blogging was something that I wanted to do. Thanks to my friend Zana who helped and showed to set up but still in the learning process.

At my age, .working with the younger generation was fun....in Unit AP besi...special thanks to my dear friend FarD... who would be my savior when it comes to IT or hand phone problems.... 

Than 1 year before retirement posted to Unit Kenderaan...with the work load and overtime .....crazy but was fun also will not forget Cik Wan Nor with her Thai and Kelantanese slang.....

Also, thanks to to my wonderful bosses...Pn Zu..and the others for bearing with this old lady yeh..

My colleagues..... AP Kenderaan, MITI.....enjoyed working all of you...

Selamat bertugas semua and Happy New Year....

My colleagues AP .....we had so much fun..... Special thanks to all of you.....

Mr. Rama Rao.....brother inlaw from india

Am waiting anxiously for my guest today who will be spending 1 week with us. He is no other than my brother inlaw from India. Well. Must be wondering how come brother in law ...... 

Family bond or family unity ...., i do not know how to define it,,,but my late mother law, way back in the 1956 or 1957..visited India with her 3 children, her elder son who is my husband, her 2 daughter and her 9 months baby. Her brother in law, who was married for some years and no children...pleaded her to leave her baby with them....probably it would have torn her heart too..she kindly left her dear son and returned to Malaysia....the child grew with his new adopted parents and settled down there. 

According to my father in law, they were a close knitted family and had strong ties with his brother and communicated through letters with his brother and son. He too grew up into a young man.... got married and has 3 children who are all now married. 

Here he is now is now visiting his family for the first time....welcome bro in law..

Food.....veg. fried fish.

This is one my favorite food...veg. Fish fried. Yes, it so much like fish ya....but it is made from soya and love it..

The supermart in Saujana Utama, ACE  Mart..thanks to the management for selling vegetarian food stuffs for people like me. It is quite easy to prepare this dish. Slice the veg.  fish marinate with pepper, salt  and some curry powder and deep fry. Slice some onions, sauté them with curry leaves and sliced serai add some lemon or lime juice and in the fried fish and give it a quick stir , dish out and here you are with this tasty dish....yes it's that simple but yummy....so enjoy trying it and ..don't forget to,leave your comments...

Veg. Fried Fish

Kartigai Deepam

Kartigai Deepam ....is the birthday of our dear Lord Murugan, we light our homes and place of worship to welcome him.

Crazy....mind blogging.....

Send so and so  life.....

yes .....That's it ......candy crush. I used to see my daughter play and wonder what so great about  the game....now I can't take my hands of my I pad and am biting my nails ....

It's time for me play this mad, crazy, mind blogging game.....enjoy and have fun . Am at level 30 only ...long way to go ...enjoy and have fun.

My helper

Come 23 rd of the month my helper will be 3 months with me. She is from India and married with 2 kids. On the first day when my agent whose is my brother in law brought her said she came with her husband who has also come to work in the estate. The thought.....oh my god this will be problem....sure .

2 weeks later she want s a day off to visit her husband who works somewhere in Kuala Selangor. WE told her this will not allowed. She may call n talk to him on the phone but no visiting. 

Training her to accomodate to our way of life style ....first hygiene...her personal hygiene, house work. Many things around her are a cultural shock to her. Things like a microwave that are so common in most house hold was something new to her...ironing was a new chore for her.... Sweeping , moping, dusting she is able to handle but the fineness and neatness is not there. I am still trying to teach her....at times she follows ...but many times she will do it her  way. I've tried to close one eye .....than realised I have to teach and show her our expectations ....she may show her face at times when she has to redo her job but....hope she will understand my expectations.....and we will work togather with understanding...

This is my helper......

Back to routine....

Wonderful moments for Deepavalli this year are over and back to my normal routine.  Suppose to take my mother to change her feeding tube but  have to postpone to another day because of the whether..

Mum was trying to say something could not make it ....we were asking to,blink to respond.....

After few attempts....she was saying want to see all her children.....it's 11 pm now.  Will inform all of them tomorrow. Although she just saw them....hope my dear siblings will be able to make it.....

All I want is to able to fulfill all  her wishes and make her happy....she was a great woman. 

Festival of Lights

ZThis year celebrated Deepavali with my all my inlaws. It has been like 5 years since we celebrated Deepavali with his 3 other siblings. Normally it will be his brother Apparao from Rawang.  They would come over for dinner on Deepavali eve. On Deepavalli day we will be our families and on the 2  day it would be our turn to vist him.......this year all his 2 other brothers from Penang and Ipoh also joined us. Had a great time ....... 

I think the photos I pose will speak more........than my words to show the fun we had

The children .....getting BBQ done....

Hubby with his brothers....

 Youngest bro ......

An act of kindness

Went for a wedding today.....indian wedding have always been so gala and colorful .....
Had to rush after my EHV class. For those who do not know about this classes they are everyday human values classes and I do some service to teach the children in my community. Wedding was in Air Panas, hubby and me not so sure of the venue....gods grace comes in many forms....let me relate what happened. I know Air Panas is in KL but sometimes it is no easy to locate the venue.....we got lost and stopped and asked a young biker at a petrol station. His reaction was...." Wait Aunty I'll come and show u and go off" , I was beyond words and thanked god or his kindness and this young man who showed us the way....who ever he is May he be blessed. A little act of kindness that deepens my faith in you dear god. Thank You always....

After along time , hope ve  succeed 

Hari malas sedunia,

What's happening today, all of us at home no mood . Want to know who are the all...my hubby, my mum , my helper, and my self.  Tak tahu apa kena...
Breakfast done indian Upma ( made from semolina).  Nampak  my helper pun senyap aje but work going on as normal so close one eye. My mum......nak tidur aje so have to let her sleep. Hubby pula lazing suppose tired because he accompanied me for shopping  ....which he NEVER likes , however thank you dear. Me pula malas.....feel like just duduk ....already 11.30.

So, wats for lunch....asked hubby ...know what's his cute answer " if u malas no need to cook but if you want can make vegetarian fish curry". So the moral of the statement is .... Masak aje I want home food.....ok no problem and done .

Andhra Mango Pickles

Today's project is marinating andhar mango pickles, 

Pickles are a must in my house. Always used to get the ready made bottled pickles from the shops. However you will not find this authentic andhar mango pickles. Whenever any members of my family visit India, especially going to Andhara Pradesh, Visakapattanam we never return without these pickles. We can get a variety of them there.

So, today preparing pickles......          

The credit goes to my dear amma because its from her that I picked up the receipe. The process is quite tedious. First you have to get green young mangoes, cut and marinated with salt with our weather  shinning one moment and cloudy the next. It took me a few days. It's now done and waiting to be stored. Hope tomorrow will be sunny also because need to sun the pickles and after about 2  weeks will be ready to be served. For now this is how it is.

Tea on a rainy afternoon

Tea  on a raining day.

Raining and dear hubby requested for Bajjis. Bajjis are the Malaysian gorengan like our  goreng  pisang. Only we use the Urud dhall flour ( tepung kacang kuda). Normally I would add some self rising flour so it gives the fluffiness and crunch. As I added water to make the batter I realized that it had a different texture. Naturally tasted....my Bajjis would be sweet instead of savory.  However, add some self rising flour to the batter and carried on to make the bajjis. This is how they turned out and my good hubby did not realize the difference . Probably he would have thought  another new receipe.  Thanks hubby dear and had our evening tea

Feeling......

 Mixed feelings , the good feeling nice because able to post my link today..... cemas and worried because exams.... Not me my kids, wishing all the best to u sanggi and rekha.

Sad.....feeling no response from someone i am waiting but no worries time will change things.

Human nature always want things our way....Sai ram

Today in my life

Looking at my aging mother , makes think how and where I will at her age . Let  me introduce my mum to you guys. Her name is Narayanamah she a telugu by birth . Born in India , according to her and my late grandfather she was brought to Malaysia as baby by both her parents looking for greener pastures. Thank my grandparents form that . Now we are Malaysians.

She is now 75 years old. A stroke  patient . As I remember her she was a strong person physically and also mentally but after the death  of my dear father the late Tanakala Apparao, she slowly gave up on life she lost her best friend and buddy. As I know she did not have a best friend or a close relation.  To her my father and her 7 children were her world. Today she lives with me.

Myself

Hai all of this is something new to me . I am retired and want to share somethings that I see from my eyes......

I am a Hindu and telugu but a Malaysian.  Today is Vinayagar Chathurti , Lord Ganesha 'birthday. Ok who is this Ganesha , he is the remover of obstacles and will give u a clear discriminating mind to choose from right n wrong.