Back at The Hague

Aug 16-18: The Hague

Aug 18- 22: Lake Brienz/Zurich

Aug 22-25: The Hague

In case I forget when 2019 vacation was, those are the dates.
A day before I flew (alone) to KL, we went on a picnic at Stompwijk with Z's friend's family.Cantik tempatnya (kampong not far from The Hague).

I buat tauhu sumbat but sos terpedas. Robert's dad yang makan lebih dari satu. Orang lain were just being polite. Z's chicken curry dimakan dgn roti nan was a fav. R's mom buat quiche. Sedap.

It was a nice time out in the sun.

More pics of Swiss holiday

Summer vacation 2019

I did not plan to go on any this year sebab kerja banyak and susah nak ambik cuti (bukan susah...takut Boss tak bagi. Haha) but Nik memang planned to go to visit Z and meronda London with his surau friends. At the same time he ngok ngek komplen I never go on any family outing anymore. Kesian juga mendengarnya so I said OK, I take 10 days ja (he would take the usual 2 weeks)

So off we went. Letak bags sari at The Hague, cabut pi Zurich and rented a car to Lake Brienz near Interlaken. What we didn't know jalannya sempit dan bergaung and driving left in those conditions agak mengerikan. Banyak terowong yang panjang2 and Swiss drivers mcm KL drivers...semua kaki pecut dan tak penyabar!

But the thing about driving is time is within our control. Can stop mana kita suka. So we stopped at Lucerne for lunch.. pi beli chokelat dia. Menyesal tak beli banyak2 sebab kat Zurich takda! (satu brand tu)

Then we got to our chalet by the lake. Phuiyooo...cantik giler. The Alps kiri kanan depan belakang but cannot mandi. Air sejuk macam air batu.

Then we took a train at Interlaken up the Alps..to Murren..lunch and cable car etc. Hai, cantiknya. Jika je tak mahal..we would want to stay longer. I would want to go again. Duduk lama2 sikit.3 hari tak cukup.

Then we drove back to Zurich. Serba serbi mahal. Makan pun mahal (dan tak sedap). Met Prof W's friend who took us to a halal dinner.Cerdik dia ni.

Water at Lake Lucerne

Lake Brienz

Our chalet overlooking the lake

Our breakfast space with a view to kill

Boleh duduk termenung berjam-jam di sini

Eidul Adha 2019

This is a late entry. It has been a busy year but I need to put this on record.

The Queen was supposed to raya with us on 2nd day at IIUM but she postponed the trip to a later date but we had to go ahead with the raya rewang...lembu orang dah sedekah sampai 5 ekor (out of 60 given by donors). By the time I sampai, rewang was done. I thought I was late but apparently UMC members memang kena dtg lewat sikit. I was disappointed cos' I was ready to rewang doing my salad. I rewang juga. Some ladies were kind enough to rewang with me.

Then we had nasi bryani and korma daging. So fresh and so sedap sebab a staff from Engineering memang pandai buat paste korma tu. Some of us bungkus bawak balik  :)

The first day raya we went balik Raub mcm biasa. Jam was so terok that we had to break the journey to two: from my home to IIUM..berhenti solat etc then after 9 pm something baru bertolak. All in all close to 6 hours.

But it was worth it. This year, I did biri2. According to Shahrul, from Barbados. Haha..pandai jelah dia tu but it did look mixed. Suruh duduk, dia duduk, suruh masuk dalam Hilux, dia masuk tanpa banyak drama. And mashaAllah isinya sedap but of cos' we did not take all.