Alhamdulilllah

Alhamdulillah....

Many things happened for the past one and half years since my last update in this blog. Many experience being countered which I treasured it the most. My life as back to normal if not better in many perspective.
Though I have lost my guidance and great mentor, I know God will replace it with someone or somehow along this lifelines..

For a start I always pray to have a good CEO / Boss / Director who maintains his/her solat.. and it has been answered, not only that he always guide me towards the best.

All in..I am happy with answers that Allah provide in recent years.. I know it the best time to conquer the world again, as I did it in the past :)

See yaa with the more updates..In Syaa Allah

A Reminder For Myself

Ka’ab bin Ujrah r.a. berkata bahawa Rasulullah s.a.w bersabda:

Akan datang di kemudian hari nanti, setelah aku tiada; beberapa pemimpin yang berdusta dan berbuat aniaya. Maka barang siapa yang membenarkan kedustaan mereka dan membantu (mendukung) tindakan mereka yang aniaya itu, maka ia bukan termasuk umatku, dan bukanlah aku daripadanya. Dan ia tidak akan dapat sampai datang ke telaga (yang ada di syurga)

Riwayat Tirmidzi, Nasae’i dan Hakim.

A Normal Life Again

I have decided to switch my life again...this time to a normal mode, no hectic schedule, no worries, no money... (errmm...less money obviously)

I miss cycling, I miss Friday prayers with my kids, I miss write-up (my thesis & my blog) I miss a lot of things in this life.

Mid-life crisis..nope ..not yet... just strategically re-alligned my life journey

I hope to focus on my favorites...photography (training with Sifu Zainal Abd Halim soon :).. mountainbiking.... upgrades my level
thesis writing... with my advisors
family...more time for you guys

arrghh..life to be enjoyed ....soon

Serving Lobster...

I got a call from a friend of mine, Nizam inviting me to visit the 'look-out point in Ampang recently. Since it was my first time visiting there, the whole family followed me. Obviously the scenery was awesome, the food however is ranked as moderate (biasa-biasa aje)

Since we had a good lobster in Sabah recently, we did ordered 2 of that there, only it wasn't as good as the one in Sabah :( Nevertheless if you had a chance to go there, I would recommended  the best food still the grilled lamb...bon appetite :)

By the way..anyone interested to MTbiking there?

Faster Updates..

Previously with broadband and now with newly installed streamyx.... :)

I hope now I can write more frequent and uploads more pictures. The hectic time table and scheduling which  I am facing recently shall be in the memories; as I aliigned myself with new life objectives and re-organizing my priorities

Lets begin with a visit of an old friend from United States... soon :)

Updates & Updates

It has been months since I last updated this blog. No lame excuse as my new  ventures requires more focus and more time which has taken the consequences. I wish I have more time...but the time is my enemy. Expected this to be continously up to whole year of 2011 :( 

Perhaps now I need real time planning..........

The Roasted Venison

the roasted venison for "sahur", anyone?

Venison can describe meat of any mammal killed by hunting. It was originally applied to any animal from the families Cervidae (deer), Leporidae (hares), and Suidae (wild pigs), and certain species of the genus Capra (goats and ibex), such as elk, red deer, fallow deer, roe deer, moose, reindeer/caribou, pronghorn, brown hare, arctic hare, blue hare, wild boar, and ibex, but its usage is now almost entirely restricted to the flesh of various species of deer. In Southern Africa venison is the meat of antelope. (wikipedia, last visited: 12 Aug)

I got a chance to have a roasted venison for my lunch recently prepared by a team of chefs. I do cautious on my red meat intake, nevertheless, the taste is awesome and I even manage to packed it for my family, which later taken during their first day of sahur* :)

*Sahur; the early breakfast, obligated to be taken before the start of fasting for the whole day during ramadhan month

DSLR Training

In my previous entry, I have informed about my toys which include 2 mountain bikes and a DSLR equipped with 18mm-200mm, 50mm and a flash. It was  a great investment as I was fast moving into sports fotography not to mentioned the food as well.

As I gradually improving myself, attending a training or two in fotography became one of the agenda for this year. I immediately register the two-days Nikon in-house training. the fees was reasonable if compare to other training offered, and the best part is the focusing on D90 cameras.

The first day training was focusing on button and gadget available on the D90. While the second day focusing the shutter, aperture and ISO, ways of manipulation of lights, the lenses and obviously the object, subjects etc.etc

I must say it was a great journey and I love it every single moment....

If compare to mtbiking, the SLR is much cheaper...if combined both....there a very expensive hobby indeed, nevertheless you are invited to see some of my pictures at http://www.white-mtb.blogspot.com/ and I am improving fast on every single shot :)

Culinary School Architecture

I have designed and developed many kitchen, be it for commercial restaurant or learning institutions. My knowledge was used intensively during teaching and of course, when a client asked me to design their kitchen. Once someone claimed my drawing as his design and getting awarded while lying and stealing all my effort (plagiarism) .... but GOD is great, he will get his payback soon :)

Back to the issue, in designing the training kitchen, there are several factor to be considered

1) the kitchen mileage
2) ergonomics
3) type of equipment
4) psychological
5) curriculum content
6) cost

But the most important aspect will be on the teacher or chef instructor must have sufficient knowledge in culinary to teach young generations of chef. It is a skill that many young lecturer obviously are lacking of or worst simply without any...what!!! :)

Another Favorites...ABC

ABC is an acronym for Ais Batu Campur or literally translated as mixed shaved ice. This product is categorically under soft ice-cream which includes the sherbets, cendol and ever-popular ice-blended.

Normally taken during hot summer :) or whenever you have hot food & spicy like satay or chilli-based dishes

It has varieties of condiments like roasted peanuts, jelly etc sometimes served with ice-cream. I love it when it has lychee...simply cool and amazing.

Another Favorites

my whole family loves this soft bread :)

Lontong Klang

Lontong is traditional breakfast item made from several ingredients namely vegetables and fermented soya served with diluted flavored coconut milk making it suitable for vegetarian.

Frankly I never like having a lontong, maybe due to I never been trained to a soup-based breakfast products, with exceptional this "Lontong Klang". This famous lontong offers an enhanced version which include bergedil, sambal sotong while its fermented soya was crispy fried and the secret lies on the dessicated coconut; all compliment each other making it the best lontong available.

In yesteryear, the shop was located along the bazaar near Klang Bus Station, thus the name is derived. Nowadays it has one restaurant located in Seksyen 7 next to Shell station and UNISEL of Shah Alam. Since its normally full house, please come early to avoid any disappointment.

Nevertheless, for your eyes only; enjoy the lontong served with sambal sotong

Our Favorites

My family favorites flavors & brand of ice-cream,

simply lovely and indeed considered as some of luxurious item that I could afford :)

Being a member of NZN Expressions!, I will get discount of 10% anytime,

30% on the 29th & 30th day of the month plus a tub of ice-cream for my birthday...

marvellous!!!

Kopitiam - Kluang RailCoffee

I must admit that I am a coffee lover despite at very minimal consumption. Nevertheless if I got a chance to have a cuppa or two, I will never resisted the concoctions

Given a choice, I still prefer local brewed coffee rather than the overprice and over promoted international brand of coffee.

Some of the popular kopitiam which I frequently visited are the Uncle's Lim in Subang Jaya and Kluang Station in IKEA, Damansara. Previously, I had my chance to drop by to the other Kopitiam as well like the one in Kemaman, Terengganu and White House in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

Yesterday I had an opportunity to have my coffee at the 'original' Kluang Station in Johor. In term of taste, it was not much different from the one located in Damansara. Perhaps, more importantly of being in such original place with the original ambience, which definately cannot be replicate elsewhere.

Enjoy the coffee 'O' and served with kaya/butter toasted bread....bon apetite

Basic Fruit Carving Session

The Classs was conducted on Saturday 3rd April, lead with Chef Hamir.

Opportunity Knocking The Door - The Decision

I will be joining a Research University soon.

The University is ranked first in Malaysia, 11th in South-East Asia, 81st in Asia, and 686 in the world currently.

It wasn't the ranking I am concerned nor the salary scale I am receiving, but rather the opportunity to complete my PhD as soon as possible as the teaching hours are reduced by 50% as to compare with my current employer.

I am qouting my advisor - "view this opportunity as if as getting a scholarships for your PhD"

Opportunity Knocking The Door

I am in the midst of discussion of accelerating my own career, hope to strike a good deal

Cuti-Cuti

This Friday and Saturday to Lenggong, Perak to cycle with my brothers.

Next Friday, Saturday and Sunday to Malacca and Batu Pahat Johor for a friend wedding.

I guess that is the impact of riding and shooting as a hobby.

Building New Hotel School

I was invited as Partner-Consultant in developing new hotel school in Malaysia. This is my second project whilst being a PhD candidates in Curriculum and Instruction, and the first project was about 2 years ago.

The project will include the Vision, Mission, business orientation and drawing of strategic blueprint for the school.

Being the key member in this project, my conceptual idea is vital in making sure the successful rate in the both area of hardware; the infrastructure and the software-the knowledge and skill needed for a school.

Nowadays; a hybrid program is the keyword for success.

The experience in developing such school are related to my long term career planning, as I already anticipating being a referral in the area of Culinary and Hospitality Infrastructure :)

On TV2 630am-700am

I was informed our cookery program has been be appeared daily on TV 630am onwards.., others are my colleague, Chef Abdullah and Chef Asmah.