Made It In Time

We just made it to the Pasar Ramadhan at Melawati just before it started pouring down. It has been threatening to rain all afternoon, and when it finally did, it was real heavy.

I wonder how the traffic going to be like with the rain? I was glad that I was not at work today as usually it would mean arriving home late. There were times when I had to have iftar in the car, but since DUKE was built, getting home in time was never a big issue.

I know, I initially wanted to be adventurous and try other Ramadhan bazaar, but with the rain, I had to settle for the usual.

The Pasar is Back

After the long drive in the jam on MRR2 - a good hour just to reach Melawati from Great Eastern Mall, I got my wish to pickup my favorites for Iftar. As usual, the stalls at Melawati were back, although their location may have changed compared to last year. Since we aeries there just after 6, we had to content with the packed crowd ad well.

Having too many people attending the Pasar was one thing, but the flow of the crowd was also worth talking about. This year, the tents were provided to the stalls, and they were just too big for the venue, cramping the apace in between for people to walk through. A two way flow was almost impossible, and stopping to browse was a teal challenge.

It was heaving!Some of them closed early

With the tent space being big, the seller seemed to have too much room. They could fit sofas and televisions, oh hell, a whole lounge if they needed to looking at the amount of space they had. It was getting silly, and it may put people off from coming again.

Otherwise, all my favourites were back. The asam boi drinks, grilled chicken wing, gearbox soup, the Kelantanese cookies. They were all there. Shame that it was too crowded. We may have to come early tomorrow. Well before 5 pm.

Ramadhan is Back!

The fasting month is back. But from looking at what I ate, I probably took more food in total than usual. I basically just gobble them down as fast as I can come iftar. Yes! It was bad but hey, I was hungry. I just can’t help it.

With Ramadhan, came the bazaar where we head out to the stalls buying food for iftar. As usual, I went to Taman Melawati. The usual suspects were there, most of them recognised me by now. There was the middle age lady selling cucur udang - I went there without fail since 2003. There was also our favourite drink stall - the gentleman mix the meanest air asam boi in town, I kid you not. There was also the guy from Sarawak selling terubuk masin. The Kelantanese lady with Nasi Kerabu. The last but not least, the rocker from Sabah with the tasty chicken wing. Yup! I sampled them all. There are now on the table, and iftar is a good 90 minutes away.

For all my Moslem friends, Salam Ramadhan, Happy Fasting, and good luck with the food! You need luck because most of them looked really nice but one may need to use expletive to describe how they taste!

After visiting sick relative I need to eat

Just returned from visiting a relative currently very ill at IJN. I must say I was very impressed with the level of care offered over there although the nurses were rather smug. The facilities have definitely been upgraded since the last renovation over there. I just hope some of the similar investment willbe put into UMMC as well in the future.

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Rock and Roll Baby!

Rock and Roll Baby!, originally uploaded by Haris Abdul Rahman.

Will be back to work tomorrow but at least I get to enjoy today off still. Had to send my wife's car to the garage. A few weeks back, while driving along MRR2, a small stone came out of nowhere and hit the windshield causing a small chip and a crack. Since the insurance will be taking care of it, we might as well get the whole thing sorted.

Did the usual school run. In the afternoon after doing some chores, we went out again to our usual joint for murtabak and stuffs for iftar. This time around however, Anita was taking a keen interest. And boy, did she shop? Initially, due to her fears about H1N1, she did not even want to eat the stuffs I bought from the stalls. It seemed the other way around now. We spent about an hour walking around, and I had to make a couple of trips to the car to send the shopping off.

Nasi kerabu, as requested by my mother-in-lawA few of the stores caught my eyes and I thought I would include the pics in my upcoming photoblog. I am just compiling the material now and it should be up and running by the weekend. I have yet to purchase the domain name however, as I was toying with a few at the minute. It will unfortunately be flash heavy. That means that it will not run on the iPhone and will take time to load up. I have already completed the infrastructure, so the slides will basically upload itself from my flickr pages, via smugmug.

I discovered this Rock and Roll Grill store right at the end of my round. I wonder what they offer, but will likely visit them again on a later date. I don't have space in my stomach for everything.