not quite, but still alright.

i always hear or read that people say Kelantan is under developed. and that the rakyat is poor.. [??! did they check EVERY house in Kelantan or what?!!].. on what basis that claim was made, i'm not so sure. and how do they define a developed state, remains a question. to me, you have to come here and judge for yourself. we might not have those skyscrapers like KL here in Kota Bharu. or public transport systems like monorail,LRT et cetera, we don't have them. but imho, everything that we have here is enough. at least i can get what i want. those simple stuff that you thought you won't find in KB, is here already..

these are basically what shambie and i found during our 'weekly date' last weekend.

sushi? no problem. even though you won't have the luxury of eating in Sushi King, you still get to eat sushi. not as delicious, but the taste is acceptable. at least en par with Jusco's sushi [a must whenever i go to Maluri].. :D

and to our excitement, me and my 'girlfriend' Shambie found a stall that sells takoyaki. yahoo!! takoyaki, simply means grilled octopus is a famous Japanese street food and to find it in KB is just so satisfying. [wikipedia].



for some western food earlier that afternoon, we head for London Fish Tales.. [miss b, this is the 'closest' to London that i can get.. *lol*].. the food was simple [we only ate fish and chips and fried shrimp]..yet they are so yummy. especially the shrimp.

and for desert, there is Secret Recipe nearby for their oh-so-delicious cakes or Big Apple Donuts.. my, their donuts are fingerlickingly good! we didn't eat any cakes or donuts though, since the takoyaki made us full.



the best that day was of course, the fish massage that we get right after lunch. yeah, definitely not the same as the Fish Spa that you can find in Pavillion KL, but the fish are somewhat the same.

for rm18, our feet got massaged [or shall i say, 'EATEN' by the fish] for half an hour.. it's quite ticklish at first, but you'll get used to it in no time. felt as if you get minor electric shock whenever the fish suck the dead cells off your feet. the fish didn't actually bit our feet, but more like 'kissed' our feet. and with each 'kiss' we felt the shock. so imagine with that many fish all over your feet..how ticklish it would be.. :)

oh, that's yours truly's feet in the picture,btw. that's one helluva fish, right? shambie didn't get that much. so what did that indicates? hahahaha. my feet got a lot more dead cells than hers!! dang! an exciting experience it was that we decided to have another visit there to get our feet massaged.


after the 'date' we came to a conclusion that you don't need to go to KL or other 'more developed' cities to experience or get any interesting stuff when everything's right in front of you now. no matter how 'mundur' people say Kelantan is, at least in our point of view, it is the contrary. apart from a cinema, Kelantan has everything that we need. hehhehe.. [with a cinema, we'll have no more wish. everything is complete,then.].. lol.

lastly, if we 'developed' and be the same like KL or JB, where's the uniqueness then? people have always been flocking to Kelantan because they say we have quality stuff here yet with very reasonable price. i.e., gold jewelleries, batik sutera, batik sarung, tudung bawal et cetera.. i don't have proof of that, but according to my friends [not Kelantanese], it is the truth. so, i like Kelantan as it is now. whatever negative remarks people give, at least to me, it's special.

a patriotic entry, don't you think? *lol*

to shambie: babe,can't wait for our rendezvous this weekend!! hehe

joy

Assalamualaykum.

The General Election is finally over and we've all knew the results.
Some were happy with the results, while others perhaps had been crying since last Saturday wondering what went wrong.
Am I making you bored with this topic?
Hehehehehehe.. as I said before, politic excites me nowadays.
I love talking about it and sometimes debate with the 'opposition' believer.
LOL.

If not handled 'professionally', these talks about politic might end up as a fight due to the clash of understanding.
This happened to yours truly yesterday, during the 1 hour break between the PTK papers.
I was talking to this kakak who is a true-blue believer.
The problem is that, she only wanted me to listen and accept her opinion and refused to listen to mine.
Though I provided the rationales and sources of my 'story', she kept getting under my nerves.
Hence to prevent further 'damages' to our conversation, I called up Abah, asking about Adik's SPM results [which was better than mine! huhu]..

It's refreshing to know that the people still RULE the country.

I'm keeping my hopes high for the positive changes in the near future.
This election results are the EYE-OPENER to both parties, the government and the opposition [or as DSAI likes to put it as "Alternative Government" or "Government-in-Waiting"].
For the government to work harder and more transparent, in order to win back the people's hearts.
And for the opposition to work even harder, to prove that the people weren't wrong when they decided to vote for them.

I vote for a HARMONIOUS MALAYSIA!

Glad to call him MY leader.

Wassalam.

hols!

Assalamualaykum.

It's school break, my friends.
Hehehehehehehehehe..
From 7th - 15th of March 2008.
:D

InsyaAllah, if GE goes well [meaning we get the results as we wanted for our state..hehe], my family and I will be going to Cameron Highlands.
A getaway my brother in law has planned for all of us..[so not really connected to GE-lah]
I'm not really looking forward to go to Tanah Tinggi actually [as I'm more tempted to go shopping in KL], but alas, bila lagi kan?

Then on the 12th of March I'll be sitting for my PTK examination AGAIN.
Please, I'm in desperate need for your prayers so that I'll pass with flying colours this time.
For the record, in order to 'naik tangga gaji' [don't ask me what tangga means], we have to get Band 4 for the two papers we'll be sitting for.
Last time I only got Band 3 for both papers.
Sigh~

Lastly, to Pa'chik, in light of the coming GE, I pray for the wellness of our state, Kelantan Darul Naim.
May the Almighty Allah Subhanah Wataala be with us.
Amin.

Wassalam.

Pa'chik.

Assalamualaykum..

A big shout out to one of my favourite blogger.. Pa'chik..
Whom I consider my virtual friend cum uncle cum advisor..
:)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PA'CHIK!
[so you're 31 or 32 today? ;)]

On your happy day, I rather felt down~
Though I got to meet two of my dearest friends today [which had definitely made my day]..
I felt like I'm losing something slowly..
Am not gonna elaborate it anymore though.
;)

Anyways, I hope you'll be blessed with all the good things in the world and hereafter.
Amin.

*Of Kelantan and pride

Assalamualaykum..


Last night while waiting for his flight back to KL, a very good friend of mine texted me.
It was a bit odd, as we rarely exchange text messages since he and I worked.
[My friends should know that I prefer phone call rather than text.]
But last night was different because his messages came when I was watching a Korean drama on air.
So, a phone call might 'jeopardize' me watching the lovely couple in the story. LOL
And having him replying to my texts with a speed of light, that's even more peculiar.
I guess he was damn bored last night, having no one around to talk to.
And I was right.

He sent me something interesting last night, I thought I'd share it with you.
I laughed aloud when I read it, but I had to agree with him about it.
So I quote:

"You can take a man out of Kelate, but you can't take Kelate out of him."

That's so true, you know.
Perhaps if you have friends or somebody you know who are from Kelantan, you can prove that to be true. Hehehehhehe.

I remembered when I was in Maktab, a friend from Johore asked me why do we Kelantanese always have that kind of 'aura' among us.
As if we know everyone from the our state.
I just laughed, not being able to explain to her as I myself can't understand it.
Whenever we the Kelantanese meet, most of us (if not all), just clicked!
I think you'd agree if I say that you can find Kelantanese in almost every part of Malaysia.
So being the 'minorities' in a not-so-foreign land, kinda make us extra happy to see somebody from where we come from.
LOL

Another thing that my friends (who aren't from Kelantan) always complaining about is the Kelantan men and their dialects.
They said it's like "irama dan lagu, tak boleh nak dipisahkan."
Again I laughed, while agreeing that to be true too.

Well, I don't know...
I guess this theory of the 'invisible' bond between the Kelantanese is unique.
As well as the Kelantan males who are overly proud of their slang.
Please, I'm not saying that other states are not equally unique or interesting.
We do have our own speciality, don't we all?
:)

"You can take me out of Kelate, but you can't take Kelate out of me."
[Chewah!!!]

♥ ♥ ♥

"che'gu,
nok tunggu puan asni buleh anok ko baru nok apdeit? jange pulok tunggu ado cucu deh.. lamo sangak pulok..."

(Yes, pa'chik.. saya update ni.. hehehehe..)

♥ ♥ ♥

Wassalam~

*added on 13June: I was so excited writing about this yesterday, I forgot to give this entry a title. LOL.

Bahaso Kelate 101

Lesson 1
Assalamualaykum!
I've been meaning to write a post on this for quite a long time.
You can say that I'm too proud of my dialect, that's why I want to share with all of you.
Hehehehehe..
And I think this will do good, I hope.
Next time you come to Kelantan you'll face less problem understanding what the mokcik-mokciks are saying if you ever go to Pasar Siti Khadijah. LOL
FYI, when I was in TKC, we the Kelantanese 'taught' a few lessons on the Kelate "vocabulary" and "simple phrases" to our friends.
Back then we had quite a number of 'students' you know.
Hehehehehhe..

Well, to start off the lesson we'll begin with a few words that are totally different from Bahasa Melayu, spelling+pronunciation wise, but the meaning is the same.

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1. SPRONG n.
- means teropong. Or binocular, telescope.

"Nok wak gapo sprong tu,Dolloh? Mung nok 'ngita oghe ko?"
(Nak buat apa teropong tu, Dollah? Kau nak mengintai orang ke?)

2. PELETING n. - ('pe' as in ape??, 'le' as in lelaki, 'ting' as in tingkap)
- can you guess?? hahahahha.. it's straw. Penyedut minuman lah in Bahasa.

"Main teguk gitu jah air nyo tu? Tokse paka peleting ko?"
(Main teguk macam tu je air kelapa tu? Tak nak pakai penyedut minuman ke?)

3. PEKONG v. -(pear, 'kung' as in kangkung)
- baling, lontar. In English, throw lah.

"Wei, bakpo mung main pekong² batu ni? Keno 'palo aku siak laa mung!"
(Wei, kenapa kau main baling² batu ni? Kena kepala aku siap laa kau!)

4. GONYOH v.
- means scrub. In Bahasa, sental.

"Gayoh, acu mung gonyoh kuak gak sikik. Supo tok make setahung jah.."
(Gayah, cuba kau sental kuat sikit. Macam tak makan setahun je..)

5. SENGELENG adv. ('se' as in senyap, 'nge' as in ngetop di ERA, 'leng' as in geleng)
- doing something on purspose. Sengaja.

"Mung meme sengeleng deh wak gitu, deki kak ku."
(Kau memang sengaja kan buat gitu, dengki kat aku.)

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There you have it.
Weird ehh? They are all TOTALLY different from our mother tongue.
But that's why it's special.
The same goes for other dialects lah..
Like loghat Utara..Perak.. Sabah, Sarawak..
And not to forget, "Nogoghi".. ehehehehe..
5 years in Seremban, man..
Kato membosa kek nogoghi, ado la sikit² eden belaja. LOL

So till we meet again in the next lesson,
Wassalam~

* n. -noun, v.-verb, adv.-adverb