Dear Readers (and silent readers 😉

After 6 month of travels , ive finally went back home. Since that i have finished my exchange so its time to close this blog. Not to worry, one door close,another door opens. So, i will now reveal my new blog which is now open for reader’s mostly my friends be it in Cork or Malaysia to know my updates.

Ive decided to let it open because i can choose what i want to let it out in the open,right? And of course that means you silent reader’s can continue to enjoy your ‘silence’ though i know who you are 😉

This blog will be linked for my report on my exchange so that id save the environment as well hehe Healthy Campus katakan ;P

Thanks for the visits  and best wishes from me. Farewell here, hello there new blog:

http://mencarisakiinah.wordpress.com

As requested,;)

p/s: Sorry for the delays ,part 2  xleyh upload sebab too big.   

*And to Kak Aisha..nnt xyah blanja Kebabish kalau mareh hehehe….you make a good presenter you know ;P 

(To my family…ampun…x sempat buat Paella last time i went back hoho will make it when i go back insyAllah)

1. goreng bawang putih
(fry some garlic just like the pic)

2. masukkan sayur…red,green pepper and carrot..
(Veggies as u like)

 

3. masukkan mushroom (if u want other types also can)

4. goreng sampai wangi yum2.. (Fry till it smells your tummy hoho..this is not translated)

5. goreng semua.. (Fry all…)

6. goreng lagi dgn kacang peas hehe (some peas)

7. masukkan sotong & ikan (white only) (squids & white meat fish, any kind u like)

8. masukkan beras..spanish beras yg bulat2 kecik kalau boleh..hoho (spanish rice..Aarroz is for rice..small like li roundl seeds)

9. masukkan udang, udang lagi..and kupang LAST tapi siap rebus (prawns,more prawns, but mussels put last tho ALL must be cooked before so that its easier to cook, keep the water)

10. masukkan air rebusan udang,sotong,ikan tadi..hoho (pour the water of the cooked seafood before 1 cup of rice 2 water)

11. rebus….taruk serbuk kunyit & saffron (kalau xde xpe)…. cook em up style…with some yellow powder i dont remember the name & saffron

12. perah limau…kasi oomph! (A squeeze of lemon in the Paella and when u eat also including Salt)

13. masukkan udang kecik— (Small prawns..its like the whole SEA is in the Paella hehe )

14. rebus dlm 20 minitsampai nasi masak..jangan gaul2 sgt..sebelah tu rebus telur utk deco.. (WaitingIIIII% 20 mins, dont stir often but flip it like a chef hoho)

15. 5 minit sebelum nasi masak..hias udang,kupang and telur on top..pastu makan dengan limau (perah limau sebab sini x guna halia so hanyir nnt kalau x perah)

Hey all, before i end, in case any of you are going to Granada, drop by to these places other than Al Hambra,ok?

Granada Moqsue @  Mezquita De Granada

Opening Hour

http://www.granadamosque.com/

How To Get There:

Al Hambra Bus 31 @ 32, stop at San Nicholas OR Al Baycin, its near to the Mirador San Nicholas. You can see the Al Hambra from  here and its view its most beautiful at night.

The mosque helds a lot of activities every month so check out their activities via the website or email them directly (sometimes the website is not updated often) so that if you so happen to come to the right time, you can join and listen their talks.

They did about ‘Marriage in Islam’ recently with speaker’s from a living experience couples talking about the things that became issues between husband and wives at their early stage or through out the marriage so those intending or just want to add more knowledge on Islam can join in (Plus..you can even get married there with the Al Hambra as your wedding picture? hoho)

They sell Dinar & Dirham where you can buy as an assets in these recession time or as  your own collection of jewelleries coz they also made it into jewelleries PLUS, you can also use it as you ‘Mas Kawin’ @ ‘Dowry’. Cool,huh?

Dinar & Dirham (base on Gold & Silver so thats why its expensive)

HANDMADE Jewlleries

Lots of facilities like conference hall, Kitchen (fully equipped!) , praying place, etc is available so if you ever have anything to do your meeting etc, you can try the mosque for a change since that it intergrates the Islamic Centre (they even have libraries with Al Quran in Braile version!)

Your hostel can also be arranged by the mosque so you know where you can get cheap hostel but at the same time help the mosque as well as  Ibadah  😉

Muslim Women Centre @ Centre of Zaynab Bint Yash

http://www.mujeresmedinagranada.es/portal_eng.html

Run by Moumina, a German muslim, servicing in Homeopathy where you can also get Bach Flower for natural remedies plus Oriental Dance lesson @ Arab Dance only for women if you plan to stay long hoho ( saw a sneak peek of the dance, err..i prefer to dance alone where no one can see hehe ) and loads more activities monthly. The activities that i like most would be the Engslish Tea Time,every First Thursday of the month because i can have tea while watching movie and discuss about the movies we watch (usually about the current state of the muslims)

Muslim Children School (Age 6 – 12)

http://www.fundacionalandalus.org/

Its a private school funded by the muslim community and anyone who is kind enough to fund some money for the school. The curriculum is planned by the parents & teachers themselves where they will held a conference discussing about their children education. The studies is holistic,means other than the usual Math, Science etc  it have islamic elements such as Arab class,Quran class and even Fencing for boys! Wish i was sent there years ago.

Located in Los Olivos (surrounded by Olive Farms where the kids went to learn how to make Olive Oil during the picking time), Yellow Bus 105 or 305 to Pulianas, wait at Profesor Emillio Bus Stop near the Flag nearby Gran Via Colo. The bus goes every 1 hour only starting from 9am so to go back, ask for the timetable from the bus driver, sometimes the bus arrives late when you are going back to the city so patience is part of your Iman 😉

Shopping

For a difference, you can buy their hand made leather bags etc in Munira’s in Plaza Nueva along the souvenier shops where u can also find one of the Helado Ice cream shops hehe

www.munira.net

Sample shopper & shopping ;P

OR

Pashmina from the Moroccon shop opposite La Sultana. Just to let you know the price keeps changing but it will always be one of the cheapest place to buy Pashmina as cheap as 2 Euro till 8 Euro. Hoho

Opposite La Sultana

LA SULTANA @ Halal Bakery Takeways

Run by a group of spanish muslim women, its mostly bakeries with some Olive Oils bottles and sweets. My favourite is Vegetarian Lasagna…hoho. Its in San Jeronimo but the best way to get there is to go to the Msoque first and get their flyers coz they have flyers with the map included. Granada road can be confusing for first timer’s. Hurm, i wonder if they will come up with Halal Paella one day  😉

Helado @ I ce Cream…!!!

Yup! Its the MUST  HAVE coz the ice cream is not the icy thing but its a bit different and lots of varieties, sample’s here:

near the cathedral,next to The Shop

nearby Kabab King at Plaza Nueva

CHURRO

They say you can’t leave Granada without having Churro so do look out for any shops selling Churro. Its like Malaysian ‘Cakoi’ dip with Hot Choc @ Melt Choc (they use different name for the REAL hot choc so careful when you order hoho). The best one is AL Hambra near the Plaza Bib Rambla if im not mistaken. Sample’s here:

hot choc

Churro..mcm cakoi but slightly crispier

PAELLA

Obviously THE food you must try here, for muslims, ask if they have ‘Jamon’ @ Pork even the powdered Jamon coz even though they dont have Pork inside but they sometimes add’s a powder base on pork so becareful. Sample:

Iman's Paella is the BEST..!!!!

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Enjoy your trip!

=)

This probably be the last post. Ive decided to end this blog since that my exchange have ends. Will start a new blog elsewhere that  will be open to those who is invited only. Do drop by your email if you want  the link,will give it upon request only.

Thank you for all the reader’s coming by. Wish you had a good time reading my experience, it was a pleasure sharing the experience i had. Hope that you will get your own experience wherever you go,even if its not the same like me, im sure there are things that happens during your travel that is worth an experience.

Best wishes,

-Sakiinah-

( Exchange student in University College Cork since: 18 September – 18 December 2008 )

what else i can say?

i miss the rains (coz its 30 degree HOT now)

i miss the cold ( coz i had to run for the air cond)

i miss the heater ( coz it kept me warm and now i have to find somewhere cold)

i miss the walk (coz i cant walk under the heating sun!)

i miss the not as good as the real one in Malaysia cooking (coz at least its close enough to remind me of Malaysia)

i miss the visits from one house to another (coz the only place i can talk in Malay before awkwardly forgetting how to say ‘Apa Khabar?’)

i miss taking the pictures ( coz at least i have excuse that im a tourist, cant take pics here,else they’d think im a stalker!)

i miss talking in english (coz its the only language there that i can talk fluently and pick up ascent along the way imagine how i sound with: British+Spanish+German English?)

i miss JANNAH where i felt like in paradise,

i miss Syifa, where i can fight endlessly with the Syifaians

i miss D’Nur,where i first resides..

i miss Cauliklaufter, where i ate a lot hehe

i miss Laburnum,where i can always stay for free in their B&B’s

i miss Castlewhite, where i could at least be young and old at the same time hehe

i miss Vic Lodge, where i own everything to myself when the Irish went home…

i miss my second ‘home’

😥

Friend + Ship = Friendship

We have to build it first,once its strong then we can sail it wherever we want. But once it cracks, there’ll be rooms for water to flow and sink the ship we build it. So, we either have to repair it or find another ‘ship’ if its too bad for us to sail on. However, if we are on board, when the ship is about to sinks, only then we’ll know our true friend.

Its nice to own a big cruise  ship but its too expensive to maintain it. At least for me, thats why i prefer slightly crack ships or small ships where i can have only few people to sail with me and  spend time with those on boards rather then a whole big people on a cruise but hard for me to gather them together.

At least, these ships is easier to maintain and see where the cracks is and repair it as soon as possible. Still, there are ships that we have to let it go  and set their sail on themselves. Bon voyage id say, may these ships reach their own destination even without me on board. And to the ships that i have now, know that im glad that you are all on board. May we continue to sail together and overcome all the tides and wave.  Glad to know who my true friends now =)

* * *

I’d like to be the sort of friend that
you have been to me;
I’d like to be the help that
you’ve been always glad to be;

I’d like to mean as much to you
each minute of the day
As you have meant, old friend of mine,
to me along the way.

I’d like to do the big things and
the splendid things for you,
To brush the gray from out your skies
and leave them only blue;

I’d like to say the kindly things that
I so oft have heard,
And feel that I could rouse your soul
the way that mine you’ve stirred.

I’d like to give you back the joy
that you have given me,
Yet that were wishing you a need
I hope will never be;

I’d like to make you feel as rich as I,
who travel on
Undaunted in the darkest hours with you to
lean upon.

I’m wishing at this time that I
could but repay
A portion of the gladness that
you’ve strewn along my way;

And could I have one wish this year,
this only would it be:
I’d like to be the sort of friend
that you have been to me.

***

Friendship is a heavenly voice
That makes the hearing rejoice

Make new friends but keep the old
Though they are old, they are gold

No matter how many friends you have
There is always room for one more

God chooses our relatives
But we choose our friends

A true friend is some one who knows
Everything about you but still likes you.

True friend is like a Diamond
He/She is valuable for ever.

And im glad that friend is YOU…YOU…YOU…owh…YOU  know who 😉

Helado @ Ice Cream...!!!

somehow i decided not to write about my trip recently with my mum since that its rather a private holiday between us. So, i think this time its best kept secret. all i can say, we had a pretty good time (and shopping) esp. Alhambra where i finally get to visit. hoho. pictures later, hehe

anyway, finally im back home. my Penang, my Malaysia, my Land… hoho its soo good to be home..really..even seeing all the rubbish that we are ever famous of did not annoy me as much as it did before hehe.

anyway, it was rather a hectic time so i didnt get to update my blog this month. by the time im back in cork after Granada trip with my mum, it snowed! hoho it rarely snow in cork, and i missed the first flakes previously as i was travelling so thankfully i get to see the snow in cork despite the fact ive already seen it elsewhere hehe. seems like a blessing eyh? ;P

well, my last day in cork was spent with a few close friends, thanks to Zee & Dee for walking me back home to Jannah in the midnight, sorry that i couldnt stay over that night, had to pack (if only i could pack u both as well hehe).

somehow, the time felt so slow, at least my feet as i was waiting for the departure. I didnt get into the gate despite the fact that i arrive 2 hour and half early from my flight. was even the first to check in but i waited until its 1 hour before my flight to have a last look of my dear Cork.

guess what..? it rained that day, wish i could snap that rain drops from the aeroplane but its already about to depart so i didnt get to snap it. plus, it will only make me ‘rain’ even more knowing the fact that no one could send me to the airport. alone. sigh..(secretly i wish that something i saw in the movie would happen where someone i know would run to the airport to say their last goodbye or at least a surprise pop up at the airport. dream on~)

part of me was excited knowing the fact that im going home, but part of me was sad to leave my ‘home’  here. so, yeah..its good that no one sends me coz then it will be harder for me to leave huhu. sedeyy…

but, that completely washed away after i step down the airport esp Penang hehe and with all the ‘Tom Yuuuuum’, ‘Ikan Bakaq’, and all the seafood i had afterwards hoho so yeah..its sure good to be home. hehe

hurm, now that im back home (not travelling anywhere). this blog will be temporarily hold on until i can settle down and get things sorted out (esp my laundry!!!) . will continue blogging, this time focus in my travels in Malaysia hehe till now…

=)

sis,bro,sis in law

they say Malaysia is very HOT ;P

lalalala~

ikan bakaq...!!!!

sotong goreng tepung...!!!!

aaaa.....

Penang xoxo

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Selamat Pulau Pinang,
Negeriku yang mulia,
Ku taat dan setia,
Aman dan bahagia,
Majulah, Jayalah,
Negeriku yang ku cinta,
Bersatu dan bersama,
Untuk negeri kita.

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