Cuti-Cuti Medan : Perapat - Samosir Island

 Day 2 


 After lunch at Ayam Pop, we headed to Perapat through Permatang Siantar. Jalan macet le pulak coz ada perjumpaan apa ntah. Pak Leni ni bawak kereta ganas gak. Dia cilok lane kiri lalu kat lopak2. Ada at 1 time sampai melambung kitaorang. Nasib naik SUV. Kalau naik kereta maunya tersangkut kereta tu.

Ucapan selamat yang menarik sepanjang perjalanan ke Perapat. Made from bunga plastik kecik2.

 Pemandangan biasa je. Tak de la menarik. Dari Medan nak ke Perapat tu dalam 180km je. Tapi it took us over 6 hours to get there. Dah le hujan. The car was crawling at 20km/h. Kitaorang singgah kat Patent shop yang jual jajan named Teng Teng, Ting Ting etc.  Pelik nama dia. Siap bagi samples lagi. Tapi bila tengok owner tu non-muslim & product pulak tak de logo halal, malas nak merasa. We all lepak2 je sementara tunggu Pak Leni stretching & rehat. 


With Pak Leni, our tour guide & our rented car

Ni le Patent shop tu. Pandai owner dia buat business. Almost all tour groups would stop here on the way to Perapat.

 Masa lalu kat Permatang Siantar, Pak Leni pointed out to one bakery. Full house! Nama kedai tu Toko Ganda. Teringin nak merasa tapi masa tak mengizinkan. Jenuh queue looking at the number of customers. Nak tau le apa yang sedap sangat tu.. Tapi Pak Leni kata memang sedap.Freshly baked.

 By the time sampai Perapat, Sara dah a few times muntah & demam. We stopped by at a pharmacy. Cari syr pcm for her. Then, dinner kat hotel je. Ada sup ayam panas2 lagi. Elok le dengan cuaca yang sejuk.Ada la dalam 5-6 jenis lauk. We were booked at Siantar Hotel. Hotel ni biasa je. Betul2 tepi Lake toba. Buka tingkap je ada tasik kat bawah. Kat sini memang sejuk sangat. Tak payah pasang air-cond. Lepas dinner masuk bilik je terus zzz.. It was a loong day..

Day 3 

 We had breakfast at 7;30am. Ala-carte. Malam tu dah siap order. Hubby order nasi goreng. Sedap gak. I tak  order nasi coz takut pedas, I ambik roti with egg je. Kenyang gak.

From our room

At the lobby of Siantar hotel

 Lepas check-out we all ke jetty. Ambik ferry  ke Samosir Island which took 45 min. First we stopped by at Ambarita village. Perkampungan orang Batak.  Our tour guide siap buat demo penggal kepala . Kat sini latempat the famous King Siallagan. Lepas demo, we had 1/2 hour to shop. Macam kartun je..We bought a few stuff.

Ambaritas Village

Lake Toba - the biggest lake in Asia

Horas, Samosir - An island in an island

 Then, naik ferry lagi ke Tomok village.Kat sini ada kubur King Sidabutar. Shopping kat sini lagi better dari Ambarita village. Peniaga tak le main tarik2 tangan. Harga kena tawar gila2. Tapi dalam dok tawar tu I terkena gak. Sweater yang I beli lagi mahal dari yang kat Sipiso piso waterfall. :-( As a consolation, nasib tak de colour yang I beli tu kat Sipiso piso..


Tomok Village

 Dah penat shopping kat Tomok village, we had lunch kat Restoran Istana Minang, Perapat. Ada serve ikan kecik2 yang banyak kat Lake Toba tu. Sedap gak.

Restoran Istana Minang

Cuti-cuti Medan - Part I

Day 1

 For this holiday, After surveying ground packages & car rental + driver, I think it was much simpler to get a ground package. In a way, I think it is cheaper. One of the reasons, kat Medan ni kalau tourist je memang nak kena 'sembelih' le kalau makan. From what I heard, lunch at nasi padang would cost at least RM80-90 for 4 pax. With the gound package, lunch & dinner were inclusive. Tak payah nak sibuk-sibuk cari tempat makan. Since kitaorang sampai dah malam we only took a 3D2N package. The 1st night I book our rooms at Madani Syariah hotel through Agoda.com.

This time there were a few good & bad things in store for us. To start of our holiday, we were treated for lunch by a stranger at Penang International Airport. Actually, bukan sebab kehenseman muka Hubby..:-) tapi sebab that Singaporean ada free McD voucher. So, dia belanja le Hubby.

Sempat posing sementara tunggu flight yang delayed 2 jam :-(

 Then, our flight was delayed for nearly 2 hours due to bad weather in Medan. So, bila sampai je Medan at 6pm, tak de le our airport transfer from Madani Syariah hotel nak tunggu kan..since dah 2 jam lambat. Terpaksa call hotel a few times baru diorang hantar airport transfer. By the time sampai hotel & check-in, dah 9pm. Dinner kat food court belakang hotel tu je. Food biasa-biasa je except for sate padang. Sedap. Lepas dinner dah 10pm ( 11 pm Malaysia time ). Nak pegi Yuki Complex seberang jalan hotel tu dah tutup. Nak ronda-ronda Medan semua dah penat. Sara pun dah tertido. So, we settled in for the night. Tomorrow would be another long day.

At Madani Syariah hotel. Bersanding before masuk bilik hehe.. Furniture kat sini ala2 macm ni la..

Sate Padang - served with nasi himpit. Kuah kacang dicampur dengan sambal kicap cili padi. Yummy!

Day 2 

 We requested for the tour guide to pick us at 8 am. After breakfast at the hotel, ( food selection tak menarik sangat for my taste ) we were greeted by Pak Ahmad Leni from Lovely Holidays. Actually, I booked the ground package through High Point Travel kat Malaysia. Nasib we all memang baik.. Instead of Toyota Innova , we got Toyota Fortuner. Reason; Innova dah full. So, they had to use their boss' car..:-) Kalau ikut rate memang berbeza . According to Pak Leni rental untuk Innova is IDR600K ( RM200 ) sehari. Fortuner pulak IDR 1.5 million ( RM500 ) sehari. Masa kat Malaysia I dah cakap kat Hubby, I nak duduk depan kalau naik innova coz takut pening2 lalat on the way to Perapat. Bila tengok dapat Fortuner, tak jadi lah duduk depan..;-)

 Pagi tu Pak Leni bawak pusing2 Medan dulu. Kitaorang ke Istana Maimun. Tapi tak boleh masuk sebab ada persidangan raja2. Then ke Kedai Batik. Baju kebaya sulam memang cantik2 kat sini. Telekung pun banyak. Kebaya sulam kat sini kain dia tak payah lining dah. Masa ni tak beli apa pun. I datang pulak on the last day to buy kebaya,,;-)

Istana Maimun

 Then, kitaorang ke Pasar Ikan ( Pajak Ikan ). Bukan nak beli ikan ye.. Tapi membeli telekung & baju2. Masa nak ke Medan I memang tak plan nak shopping coz dengarnya kat Medan lagi mahal dari Bandung & Jakarta. Masa ke Bandung & Jakarta dah puas beli telekung for me & as souvenirs. So, kali ni I beli telekung kat I je. Telekung budak2 lagi mahal dari dewasa. IDR 180K. Liza pulak yang memborong banyak. Barang2 kat sini tak menarik perhatian I sangat.

Pasar Ikan

 Lepas penat window shopping, we had lunch at Ayam Pop. Nasi Padang. So, makanan penuh meja.

Restoran Ayam Pop - Nasi Padang

So, that's it ronda-ronda Medan. Next we went to Perapat, Samosir Island & Brastagi. Tapi yang sedih, my camera's memory card corrupt pulak. So, banyak pics yang rosak.. Huwaa..

Sepetang di Pantai Bersih

Adik & Baby - melukis atas pasir.

 Baby & Afif Basyer

sunset

Lepas gian..Baby takut nak bangun..:-)

Airis & Cikla

Yeay! Dah lepas pantang.. Belum 60 hari ibu dah bawak Izzah lepak tepi pantai time maghrib..

A Week Achievements

 Last Saturday we attended Alysa's Hari Anugerah Cemerlang 2012. She got  2nd place & the highest in Bahasa Arab & Math. She always got the highest in Math since kindy. Memula ingatkan dia tak dapat apa-apa hadiah sebab bila tanya dia, kakak dapat hadiah ke? Dia kata belum lagi. On Friday baru tau bila kawan dia tegur dia dapat hadiah esok cos they were practising to receive the awards on Friday. Apa-apa pun Hubby still had to attend the event cos dia AJK PIBG..:-)

 Then, semalam pulak Alysa officially dah habis iqra' 6 & dah start baca quran. Yeay.. Kira oklah for a standard 1. Mama dulu std 1 baru nak start muqaddam. Alysa dah boleh baca fluently tapi nak kena jaga pernafasan.

Alysa receiving the prize from Yang Dipertua PIBG

Puding Roti Sos Kastad
Source: Here

 I made this recently for tea. Sedap & simple. I told Hubby, even dia pun boleh buat. Preparation time was only 10 min. Tapi bila tanya Hubby nak makan dengan sos kastad or susu, dia nak makan dengan susu je. Lagi senang kerja I. Then, letak Hersyey's chocolate syrup. Heavenly.

Bahan- bahan

• Bahan A
• 500 ml susu segar/fresh milk
• 8 keping roti (gardenia/high 5)
• Bahan B
• 4 s/b gula halus
• 2 s/b butter - cairkan sebentar atas api
• 2 biji telur ayam
• 1 sudu teh esen vanilla
• 1 s/b tepung jagung
• 1 s/b serbuk kayu manis/cinnamon powder *(optional)
• 1 s/b buah pala *(optional)
• Bahan C-kuah
• 1 tin susu cair
• 2 s/b tepungkastad
• 2 s/b gula

Cara-cara

1. Hancurkan /koyakkan roti dan rendam dalam susu 1/2 jam
2. Kacau dan gaul rata bahan B. Tuangkan ke dalam loyang bersama dgn bahan A yg telah direndam.
3. Bakar dalam suhu 180'C selama 30 minit/masak. Biarkan sebentar sebelum disejukkan dlm fridge.
4. Gaulkan bahan sos kastad dan masakkan diatas api yg sederhana sebentar.
5. Tuangkan sos diatas puding semasa menghidang.

Airis 0412

 Lama tak berblogging. Blog hopping pun tak sempat. Angin M yang melanda manjang..haha..Nak try new recipes pun malas. Tapi, tetap nak kena masak. Sapa lagi nak masak...except if mak came over. Dapat le merasa makanan sedap penuh meja. I've been neglecting to update the princesses' progresss especially pasal Baby Airis.
 Back to the actual title, Airis has been taking her first steps early this year. Kira cepat la jugak at 13 m.o. Alysa dulu rasanya boleh berjalan at 15 m.o. Baby Airis ni tumbuh gigi paling cepat rasanya when she was 9 or 10 m.o. Now dah 8 batang. Alysa dulu setahun lebih belum tumbuh gigi, sampai I naik risau. Siap tanya Liza whether it was normal..:-). Anak I yang bongsu ni semuanya mudah.. porridge pun tak lalu. So, nestum le dia telan until now besides all the stuff the we ate. She especially loves pasta and spaghetti. Walker tak suka nak naik. Tidur atas tilam. Not even once dia tidur atas buaian. I think it 's HIS gift for me, since masa bersalin kat dia dulu i dah teruk.
 The photos here are taken using camera phone since my camera's memory card terkena virus. Gone all the 500+ photos. Sob..sob..Dah le tak sempat back up. Reminds me to save the photos especially after taking photos of memorable events.

My fav activity after bangun tidur..slides

Jogging or rather strolling at the stadium..Habis 1 round

Fuhh..penatnye..

Brushing up my musical talent

Gebus lepas mandi