Back and going again

Sapanca..going to sapanca isnt about going places.. it is not about visiting many places the way tourists do.. it is about...staying in one place...

Thinking of what to cook everyday

Sitting in the garden with each other

looking at sapanca lake from the garden

Working in peace with the sound of different birds cirping to each other

reading something that the heart desires..

scribbling something while waiting for anne to prepare the food

Going to Sapanca Pazar

playing basketball in kirkpinar

playing football in the garden
talking to her cousin zeynep on the phone
(girls!!!!)

Eating Barbeque food whenever the appetite asks for it (that is like much too often? hehehe)

and the pool..hmmm

Tv to the extreme minimum, no computer, no dishwasher to wash the dirty cutlery, no washing machine to wash the dirty laundry (adoi..sakit tulang belakang) n no saime to iron the clothes (i hate ironing) ..Everything is manual..everything is back to basic..where the only entertainment is each other's presence..and mıstık to do all the hard job hehehehehe..

Yes dear friends.. i am back for now.. We got back last night but by the time the kids went to sleep, i had only enough energy to transfer myself from baddin's bed to my own bed. Tomorrow (wednesday) we will be leaving again for sapanca for another 10 days break.

It was good. The kids had enjoyed the pool tremendously.The environment was very peaceful. This time though instead of lazing around, baba was busy working, putting on his final touches on his autobiography.Halil was busy playing with the kids. Being a couch potato that i am, i was happy just watching them from the kitchen. Mıstık doing whatever else that needed to be done...n so on so forth.

Selim, funda, Zeynep,Elo, Safa n Merve came for a one day visit on sunday... So the crowd increased that day... more noises... more happy n smiling faces.. Safa n Merve will join us in Sapanca tomorrow..n slowly the number of people in sapanca will increase as everyone will start coming there..the happiest?? the Kids of course!!

Yes. Sapanca is about staying in the housing area, enjoying the open space of the house. We do go down to the town everyday of course. To buy the bread for breakfast in the morning n if need to, again we will go down to buy whatever necessary from the market..meat..vegetables..what not. I personally think that the road to n pro the sapanca house is sooo scary... it is narrow..if i am to drive, i think the road is only fit enough for one car.. but how can 2 cars fit that road, i have no idea.. (the main reason why i refuse to learn to drive in istanbul).. the road uphill is so scary to me..

To make the matter worse, there was one day..when we went down in the morning to buy the bread for breakfast. When halil was about to turn right to enter the road uphill towards the house, the guy told us to come back again in half an hour since they r doing something with the road. And we were back there half an hour later. The road was different totally. They had put small rocks on the road..Half way towards the sapanca house, we encountered this..
Yup.. one road stroller..n two more trucks in front (one not evident in the pic)!!..dup dap dup dap...waaaaaa... so scary.... we later managed to pass the stroller n while going uphill, we had to follow these 2 trucks.. one spilling that black thing on the road (mortar??) and one truck drivining in reverse position dropping the stones n us following them...ı tell u...it was waaaaaaaaaaaa i dont want to repeat that experience ever.. as I was n am scared of that road.. phew!! what an experience..

The pool?? The pics will have to wait another 10 more days hehehehehe.. jangan mareee hehehe..

when we first entered the pool the first day, baddin was crying... anne!! it is cold..i am cold.. the first 5 minutes, he wanted to go out. Then, for about 10 minutes, he refused to let me go even though he had the arm float with him... Another 10 minutes we were swimming hand in hand ..me holding his one hand while we swam to the deeper part of the pool..by the second day, he was swimming on his own with the float savely tucked around his arms..free..

Hatice? She was better. Since she could somehow swim, she was busy polishing her skill. The only problem was to make her swim to the deeper part. Everytime halil tried to make her swim at the deeper part, she cried. It went on until the end of sunday. I think the presence of Zeynep somehow influenced her to be braver. Yesterday, she was swimming with 70 percent of her fears gone. And guess what? she has learnt to dive as well!!! Bravo hatice!! Bravo halil for the training..:0)

Now we all have double skin tone..burnt faces.. and to think that the sapanca house was just like spring.. it was not sunny much..at least not like down there.. here, it is a world of its own..the pool is still cold as well...buy hey!! who cares right? once u swim for 5 minutes, the body temperature will adjust to the pool's coldness..


Hatice n baddin both with burnt skin n though it is not obvious in this pic..both with reddish cheecks..

Halil...the kids.....n i.. we spend our summer in sapanca like this every year.. n we still cant get enough of it... the magic of sapanca.. it is true.. it has captivated my heart truly..i am bewitched.

I'll see you again by the end of the month!!

Tesettur Swim Wear

When i was growing up.. living in first, Penang island..then langkawi island...spending most of my weekends playing at the seaside in Batu Feringgi (Penang) n later my beloved Pantai Tengkorak (Langkawi).without ever knowing how to swim.. of course the usual clothing my siblings n i used to wear was track bottom n t-shirt. I think people still do wear that in Malaysia..though after tsunami, i am not sure how many have concured their phobia of the sea to play at the beach.

We dont use swimming suit or bikini as part of our swim wear..we r not used to thati remember when i was in Langkawi and these foreign girls were sunbathing at the seaside wearing bikini.. we (my siblings n i or my friends n i) used to look at them with the look of awe..i used to ask myself..*bogelnya minah ni*..n sometimes these foreigners used to kiss each other in public.. i remember how strange it was for me coz that kind of behaviour is not a part of our culture..theirs probably but not ours..

Of course after coming to turkey, i somehow get used to it.. the people's idea of swimming would include especially for those young slim girls.. as sexy..i mean as bare bikinis as possible (some go naky even in certain beaches) n the normal swimsuit (less bare)..come on.. talk about being almost naked..some very liberal newspapers have a section on the front page of a girl wearing bikini everyday...praising the woman's beauty...

What about us? what about those people wearing head cover? r we to be deprived of the sea n the pool as well.. ?? The introduction of Tesettur swimwear especially to cater those with headcover quite a few years ago had made it possible for the head covered ladies to indulge herself in the pool n sea.. I think it is fair to say that the tesettur swimwear is pioneered by the turks.

So far Haşema is the biggest name in the production of tesettur swimwear, marketing their products locally as well as internationally (Sampaikan Dr Faez kita kat UK tu pun beli)..of course there r other good brands as well..for example, the one i have now is made by odema sport. Less famous by name but of almost the same quality n definitely much much more cheaper. Haşema for example, because it is a brand name sells their tesettur swimwear for the price range from 56YTL and above... it can go up to....more than 100YTL..Like the one i have , it had cost me only 35YTL..the only problem is, i can only find this brand in edremit where we normally spend our swimming in the sea days a week a year..since hatice is starting schooling, the chances of us going there is now nill coz our staying period there clashes with the school opening season.In edremit, the choices r a lot..haşema n other brands....take ur pick.

To give u some idea of what tesettur swimwear in turkey looks like, here is a slide show for u to enjoy...


I have to admit though, ever since i have my tesettur swimwear, my swimming in the sea has become so much more comfortable . (YEs..i have learnt n can swim in the sea).. it feels lighter to fight the waves in the sea while swimming....to enjoy my swimming..n most importantly, the lightness in the suit has made it possible for me to catch up with halil in his superb swimming. Just imagine swimming using t-shirt n track bottom.. the track bottom sometimes got twisted in the ankle..n the weight of the material of ur t-shirt made the swimming less free.. heavier (esp if u r swimming in the pool)..now no more..the weight has been lifted enormously....

But the thing about head covered people is this.. i dont think that a lot of them really swim in the sea. The tesettur swimwear is used for them to hang around in the sea and to play till ankle or waist length in the sea...They dont really swim deep into the sea..they just play there..Besides, for a bit more islamic families, they usually go to certain places..certain beaches only to swim.. Halil for example, will not ever be bringing me to bodrum (a famous beach area in turkey for summer holiday) becoz over there people r with bikini etc..etc.. he wont want his children to be among the crowd of naked girls in bikini....n i wont be comfortable in it either..Like i said, head covered people have certain places they like to go.

For example the place we used to go..edremit. For the beach we used to go, the sections of the beach area r divided into 3. The left side is for the men only. The right side is for the ladies and the middle side is for families. We usually hang around in the family section where we at times just throw the kids to baba to monitor (they would be playing with the sand n baba sun bathing)..while halil n i would be romantically swimming together in the deep blue sea hehehehe hey!! husband n wife do need some time alone dont u agree?? BEsides, the grandchildren-grandpa bond will be strengthened that way.. (alasannnnn) hehehe The pool over there is also separated. THere will be pools for male only and pools for ladies only. Of course the ladies..in that kind of pool.. u can see them in bikini.. well..that is the only way they can wear bikini right?? n the best part of all is that in the ladies' pool..there is a space where the sun can shine into the pool area n the ladies can sun bathe without anyone of the opposite sex
seeing her. In fact nowadays more n more 5 star hotels r making it a point to have both isolated pool by gender n mixed pools in their hotels..

Of course..since the pool in sapanca is a private pool, i do not use the tesettur swimwear in sapanca's pool. i use something like this...not exactly but the same concept..

but of course for public places.. i have a normal tesettur.The model is like this..
Mine is in pink color..just like the color in the semi closed swimwear in the second last picture with a very light pink stripe..very feminine color..pink hehehhe mona....wei jgn kutuk..aku memang suka kaler pink hahahaha

and tomorrow is wednedsay..No more World Cup.. The pool is ready..i need to pack the bags..iron what nots..maybe tomorrow noon we will leave home.. Baba will be coming with us as usual....mısıtık will come on thursday. I suppose kerim will join us after his wife n kid r on the flight to her hometown..The rest of the siblings n families r on their holidays everywhere else..i hope they will join us as soon as they get back from their oversea holiday..hatice n baddin would love to play with their cousins..

I am totally excited..I really love Sapanca..i miss it so much. Halil, hatice n baddin r totally excited as well..n i think baba has been looking forward to this for ages.. i need to do the packing. InsyaAllah i wont forget the camera. I dunno when we will return..i think max is 2 weeks but we may return on tuesday to istanbul n then go back to sapanca on wednesday.. i dunno....

I'll see u when i see you!!
Sapanca Here We Come!!!!

World Cup is over!!

Italy beats France on Penalty kicks 5-3

I turned on the tv n there was this announcement on tv.. Yeahhh.. for italians... Condolences to France..i am sure halil is sad now.. he was hoping france would win..so does my dear nephew in Malaysia.. i am sure loads of happy italy supporters n loads n loads of sad France supporters tonite..

And yes.. World Cup is finally over..Phewwwwwwwww... now i will get my hubby back...n tonite i am sure he will mumble to himself about the match...!!

We were all at baba's tonite.. kerim n family n halil n family (that's us).. the match would start at 9pm turkish time.

By 8.35pm, halil drove kerim's wife, baby ,mom in law, hatice, baddin n i back to our apartment. Once out of the car, kerim's wife asked halil whether kerim had given halil their house key. halil said no..his face changed saying deep inside"aaa.. the match is starting n u forget the house key?"..of course being halil the polite guy, he drove to baba's house to get the key from kerim. In the meantime, I invited them to my apartment while waiting for the key. Halil came back with kerim. This time they came back again without the key!!! First iclal forgot the key..n now it was kerim!! Again, they turned back to baba. The third time Alhamdulillah the brought the key. But the men decided to watch the first half of the match at our house. At that time france had already scored the goal. They managed to watch italy scoring their first goal. For the second half of the match they went back to baba..they didnt want to let baba watch the match alone. The power of the match hehehe ..when u r in a rush..anything can happen..

p.s baba's apartment is around 8 minutes drive from our apartment.

oh gee..like halil, i was kindda hoping that france would win too..anyway, this year italy got the title..maybe next time eh?

Turkish taste

It was Thursday..a few weeks ago...Saime (the ironing lady) came. I immediately told her that there was something in the kitchen. A Malaysian something. I suggested her to try it. It was this:

She tried it. She came to me with a totally screwed n tortured face and asked me politely

"Simah bu içinde balık mı var?" (is there any fish inside this?)

hahahahahahahah i knew she would respond that way!!She did!! hahaha i was just being naughty!! hahahahhaha

U see, Türks in general when it comes to fish they have only this one very specific conception on fish. They either fry the fish.. or they bake the fish in the oven or they barbeque the fish. Next to it, they it with salad n bread. If u choose, u may have sauce on it. But trust me, they like it just like that. An example is this *Lazy Fish Dish*..Just fish..salad n bread. The corn is just for my benefit. They dont like corn with fish either..

What i made Saime tasted was this keropok pusing ikan bilis..some sort of a cracker with fish inside, sent to me by my teacher thru the guests who came the other day. Türks..their taste bud cannot accept fish any other way. So if u have a türk visiting u, though we Malaysians love it, try not to serve them keropok ikan (fish cracker) n the keropok pusing ikan bilis (in the above picture). They may eat it out of politeness..but to expect them to take more than a bite.. that will be too much.. i know coz besides Saime, i had tried this on the others as well.

Laksa..another fishy food..a favourite among malaysians especially in the northern states.. that i doubt they will even like the smell...let alone the taste hehehe..hmmm alinlai was supposed to cook laksa this weekend..i wonder if she had burnt the kuah (gravy) hehehehe

Rice. I think i have mentioned this in my previous entries..The Türks' definiton of a rice is..rice cooked with salt n butter or oil. If not, they dont consider it rice. The rice when it is cooked should not be sticking to each other..U should be able to see each rice (setiap butir). That is why they call our Malaysian rice *lapa pilav*...they do not like it.

The last time we went to Malaysia, halil was so relieved when one day i cooked for him the turkish pilav (pilav-rice)..That was why while we were there, my mom made it a point to buy things like nasi beriani, nasi tomato, nasi daging and nasi hujan panas to cater the taste of her one menantu (son-in law)....so that he wont be deprived hehehehe (eee tak larat.. nak ambik hati menantu la tu hahahah..jangan marah mak..) .

When u want to cook the turkish pilav, there is also a problem. Türks..i am referring to halil, his dad n his late mom,..they could not stand the smell of the Malaysian palm oil (minyak Kelapa Sawit). To them, our oil is soooo smelly. It gave them headache. Let alone if u cook the rice with palm oil. I think in Mecca as well..people use palm oil because several relatives who went for their hajj or umrah, they complained of the smell of the oil used. If truth is to be told, i think it has been scientifically tested that among the vegetable oil, palm oil is among the most nutritious.. i guess if the government is ever thinking exporting palm oil to turkey, they will have to do something about the smell..

so what do türks use for cooking.. usually i would say they use sunflower oil or corn oil..n some even use hazelnut oil (expensive).. Though to think again, the turkish cooking uses a lot of olive oil in their dishes. Olive oil is not so nice smelling as well. But i suppose since it is in their culture for thousands of years, the türks r used to the smell just like Malaysians r used to the smell of palm oil.

A thought.. rice cooked using minyak sapi..will türks like it??? i dunno.. minyak sapi can be replaced by butter i think..minyak sapi produces quite a strong smell...hmmm.. i dunno.. what do u think?

Malaysian fruits..i think our exotic fruits captured halil's heart when he was here. He went bananas over sweet mango..he loves our papaya, he had tried almost every fruits..jackfruit, star fruit, rambutan, duku, buah mata kuching, manggis...he basically loves almost all of them..those sweet n juicy ones..
And the king of Fruit in Malaysia...ahhhh..this i love.....i said i...not he hehehehe ..nope! i am afraid our beloved durian is not for a foreign's taste...halil, his mom n dad admitted that to me..i suppose they dont like the smell as well.. it is more of a personal taste i suppose.. in my family for example, my dad n i love durian a lot..but my younger siblings... they dont like it.. dunno why..i think they r missing something heavenly....still personal preferences should be respected right? By the way, dont try giving them dodol as well.. unless of course u r feeling naughty heheheh

The drinks...our fruit juice..freshly squeezed sugar cane, soy milk, fresh mango juice,fresh pineapple juice, air kelapa muda.....those..a must serve to türks esp the mango n pineapple juice.. no need to serve them watermelon juice if u know what i mean..*chuckles*

What else?
-kari? Türks may like it as long as u dont make it too hot...fish curry?.... let us not be too adventurous heheh
-tomyam - halil i think likes it but the one i made is the somehow modified version of the real tomyam.. again less hot n less masam..is preferable for türks
-fried bihun, koey teow, mee.. i think türks can take the taste as long as we dont put udang kering in it (udang is makhruh)
-Pasembor Penang - tak payah jamu..the last time we went, i bought around 20 ringgit of passembur, i ate alone..terus packet bawak balik hehehe
-belacan hehhehe i would say let the malaysians eat it alone heheheh..türks dunno how to appreciate it

I cant think of anything else at the moment......this is what i see so far from my point of view..

The thing is.. it takes time for one person from one culture to be able to accept the food of another culture especially if the food is totally different in many sense. It also depends on the individual. If one is brave enough or is open minded enough to accept the challenge of the new food..then, the person will get used to the new food faster.

I remember when i first came to turkey how i didnt like the turkish food. The only thing i loved at that time was lahmacun. Now after years of living here, the taste bud changes. I like most of the food here. And though it saddens me so, my endurance for hot n very spicy (pedas) is not what it used to do..

One taste of a food and u decide that u dont like it.. doesnt mean u wont like it forever...things change over time..even the taste bud....

Pls Excuse me

9th, Sunday, Selim n his family will board a flight to Budapest..Halim n family r in France while Meşe n family r on tour in the balkan countries. Selimlar n halimlar r both combining work n holiday.. Still...

When u have this longing, and then to see the rest of the other family members get to board a flight to a destination, the longing is somehow intensified. U cant help but to wish that it is u who r going.. going to the place u dearly long to go. Wishing n longing...

But dearest heart knows the time is not here for u to go. ur turn will come. Patience is a virtue. No regrets. Just wait.

He knows ur longing. He knows ur heart. He is doing the best he can. And as ur heart n his combine...beat as one.. u know that to wait...for the turn...to come ...is best.. And so u wait and pray...Allah is merciful after all..

Pls ignore this entry. This feeling comes n goes... i long ..i am a human after all..Alhamdulillah...I am blessed. I have my angels. I have my man. They make this longing worth enduring.

Smileeee simah smileeee

A Smile

I woke up yesterday morning feeling totally lousy. I didnt sleep much during the night. Hatice coughed a lot while sleeping.Her nose was stuck...Baddin kept waking up as well.. He too i suspect was not feeling nice. Halil had a terrible sore throat..The windy day in sapanca affecting them despite the thick clothing the kids wore.. 3 in 1 ..all not feeling very well last night left me feeling letargic in the morning. And on top of that, i had to go to pazar as well .

I dragged myself out of the house after Saime came. Bought my beloved mango lipton ice tea as part of my pazar going tradition..While walking towards pazar, i saw this one lanky guy. I know him. He walks around in our area everyday. He walks and walks everyday. I suppose there is a short circuit in his brain somewhere. But this guy, he is so warm to look at coz he smiles all the time.With very polite manner, he always say hi to all he sees n sometimes he chats with them. Everyone seems to like him. Even i..

Yesterday, as i was walking, he saw me and said the usual..*merhaba abla. nasilsin?* (hi.how r u sister?). He was smiling very warmly despite the heat. And he lifted my spirit..i was feeling better. .. He may not be a normal guy..but he was there subconsciously making me feeling better... A smile..

What a wonderful thing a smile is isnt it? i remember an advertisement on tv that i used to watch as i was growing up... it would be nice if i can put that ad here..i love it very much..At that time, the government was trying to promote people to smile and the lyrics goes like this..

A smile is quite a funny thing
it lightens up ur face
and when it's gone u'll never find
it's secret hiding place
But far more wonderful it is
to see what smile can do
u smile at me
and i smile at u
and so one smile makes two

smile smile
it isnt hard to do
smile for a while
let one smile makes two

smile smile
the magic shining thru
smile from ur heart
n the world smiles
with u....

Thanks for mama sarah for reminding me that starting of the malay version of the song... here is the song in malay..i just hope i still remember it right..

Senyum seindah suria
yang membawa cahaya
senyumlah dari hati
dunia pun berseri

senyum mu bagai impian
dalam kehidupan
kau tersenyum
ku tersennyum
kemesraan menguntum

senyum
kepada semua
senyuman mu amatlah berharga
senyum
membahagiakan
dengan senyuman
terjalinlah
ikatan...

Yesterday, i also smiled as i walked home from pazar holding this flower in my hand..every girl deserves flowers once in a while.. if people dont give it to u..buy it urself hehehe.. i did n i felt so happy coz i love flowers..But what made my day most importantly yesterday was to see the excitement on hatice n baddin's faces when they discovered that their selim amca and their two cousins (zeynep n elo) were on their way to our house..Gosh!! they played n played for hours and they did not get bored of each other..masyaAllah..they really had fun..laughing n chatting. Can u imagine, with 4 kids..n the house was still in harmony..n my hubby n his brother..they chatted n chatted non stop... where did they find the topics to chat??? *chuckles*..Yup..this is the life of turks.. give them good company...turkish coffee n later tea next to them..They can chat n chat without looking at the watch.. how sweet isnt it? i was just the silent worker n observer.. unlike most normal people.. i am not a chatter..well, at least not in real life..this simah in the blogging world is different of course...

2 younger cousins
elo n baddin

2 elder cousins
hatice n zeynep

2 brothers
halil n selim
with my pazar trolley in the background heheh

For the first time ever, elo allowed me to braid her hair.
I couldnt miss that chance could i?
So here is elo's hair braided by simah heheheh

I am no beauty..
for i am fat n specky
But
I believe
if I smile to others
from the bottom
of my heart
That smile can be
infectious indeed..
And so..
I Smile at You

Have a Nice Weekend Everyone!!
Let Us live Life full of smile!!

Pool

Normally, at this time of the year we would be in Sapanca.. running away from the istanbul heat, into the cool beauty of the trees, leisuring ourselves at the balcony, chatting, with the Sapanca big lake giving a breathtaking view if we ever decide to look down there on the lower ground, splashing ourselves in the pool.. the kids running n playing in the garden..and baba just watching them, reading the newspaper..taking his time..enjoying his time surrounded by his love ones..

This year.. only today..can u imagine? only today, halil, hatice, baddin, mısıtk (baba's helper) and i went to Sapanca..Us for a day trip in Sapanca and for mıstık..to do all the hard job..to clean the house, trim the grass,..to make the house ready for us (zaimlar) to stay in..and most importantly.. To CLEAN THe SwimminG POOL!! hehe
Just look at the pool..(my girl is always cute heheh ) dont u think it needs to be cleaned? Totally slimy, greenish in color with all sorts of insects living in it..Well.. this is the fate of outdoor swimming pool of the summer houses in 4 season countries i think (my opinion only). Summer house. The name suggests the function of the house itself. We normally go there during summer n perhaps occasionally during spring when the weather is not too cold. Hence, the pool is only used during the summer season. U may want to ask.." why dont u just empty the water in the pool before u stop coming to sapanca before the next summer season?". We cant. If we do that, the bitter cold of winter may crack the pool. Hence, the reason for the water to be as it is till the next summer.

Anyway, by 3.30pm all the water was out. The pool was empty except for the slimy greenish things, insects...and toys!! heheheh Mıstıkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk... Yup!! our guy.. As in every year, armed with various detergants n what not, he started to tackle that yucky greenish thing.. Our mıstık at work tackling that yucky thing..

Still with that yucky green thing

Can u imagine? he does this every year...Hatice n baddin was totally fascinated by this since this was n is their first time ever seeing the pool being cleaned.
Then he sprayed the green thing with water n started cleaning the pool using detergants
See how the pool is almost clean?
Of course, the kids were itching to join mıstık there so we let them for 5 minutes
The mom of the kids too couldnt help the temptation hehehe
(Just 5 minutes while mıstık was having his coffee break)
And...

Yup!! a 97% clean pool!!
And of course these people has to get their picture snapped as well.. hehe

My 3 favourite people in the clean pool

The job does not end there, as in this moment, mıstık is trying to fill the pool with water. InsyaAllah by friday morning, it will be full. After that, he will need to treat the pool with chemicals.. anti algie, ph neutralizer, clorine etc..

The chemicals for the pool

Like i said, he will also get the house cleaned etc etc..n i suppose by saturday or sunday, only then he will come back to istanbul. What will be do without u mıstık!! Allah Razı Olsun..Çok Çok teşekkur Ederiz! That's our mıstık.. MasyaAllah he is forever helpful n with such a pure heart..

And yup.. as u may have guessed.. summer is here... the pool is slowly ready.. and slowly, ur friend simah will be slowly retreating herself to the pool in Sapanca..i am not sure of the date..maybe middle next week..?? it all depends on halil's leave permission..But for now..i am still here.. mumbling to my heart's content.. i am sooo tired now... better get some sleep.. Good nite world!! I am so glad i found friends like u all who r so sweet to me.. thank you for being my friends... :0)

Tem.. i had a wonderful time today.. THANK YOU for EVERYTHING! :0)

Fenerbahçe Jerseys

I dont support any football team, nor do i watch the matches. But these players...wearing the fenerbahçe jerseys..
THEY...
i LoVE to watch..

A Special Pose

They found the perfect green place to start the match

And there goes the match!!! Everyone running after the ball ( a red ball i have to add hehehe)

2 Siblings during the match break













tired n


n
tired kids
Doing what kids do best...
PLAY
:0)

The Malaysian Rojak

"Kuah Rojak Hawa"
Pedas gila n Manis... Sedapppppppp
Alamat:1838 Kampung Tun Sardon, Bukit Mertajam
04-4843502
tu dia...siap promote lagi hehehehehehe
orang BM..bangga kejap hehehe
Tapi memang kuah rojak ni sedap...terbakar mulut i makan!! :0)

If u wanna explain what a rojak is, it can be explained as small cut fruits coated with a special malaysian fruit sauce (usually it is hot n somehow sweet) and sprinkled with blended peanut. Usually u have

yam bean-sengkuang
Cucumber
Guava (Jambu Batu)

Jambu Air
Pineapple


and my favourite- still very young, very green Mango

My sister managed to send me the Kuah rojak with the guests who came to our house a month ago. Of course, it will be nice to have all those fruits (sengkuang n cucumber-r they fruits?) together with the kuah rojak.. for me, it will be heavenly..in fact, i prefer just kuah rojak n mango...even as i am writing this now, terliur sendiri sendiri hehehe

Instead of all those fruits, i could only come up with this...

Yup..my version of rojak in istanbul..sliced green apples (granny smith apple), cucumber and carrot!!! hahahahahahah i looked for a mango in migros (a supermarket) but the ones they have there were like..sooooooo unappetising..i decided against buying it . i have been trying to drag halil to carrefour for almost a month now.. they sell mango n pineapple there...all to no avail. The rojak sauce will expire in a week or two.. i suppose i will just have to delete the thoughts of mango n pineapple in my rojak..and just settle for cucumber n carrot instead.. hehehhe..that's pathetic simah really pathetic heheheheheh

The mango picture reminded me of halil's story. It was the after the first time we met. Halil was flying back to istanbul but he had to transit in bangkok for i think 12 hours or perhaps more. Hence, he decided to take a city tour in bangkok to pass the time. Do u know what he did during the tour?? he slept!! Anyway, back to the mango story. It was noon n he was getting hungry. Not confident that the food in bangkok was halal, he decided against eating anything. It was then he saw a street seller selling manggo. Halil loves mango. So he bought it.. It was green n the guy sprinkled salt on top of the green mango. Halil tasted it n...yikessssssss.. let us just say that the mango met its demise inside the rubbish bin!! heheheh it never crossed his mind that people eat mango while they r unripe. His idea of mango was the yellow, sweet juicy mango.. I personally prefer the green mango..see the difference in culture?? U can bet it was an experience halil did not forget...eating green mango! :0)