21st Day Of Puasa

I am enjoying a whole load of medicine. No problem. But now, I "mabuk ubat" already. @.@
Gotta get the swelling all better and the pain all gone before a visit to the dentist, next week. Better get my credit card ready. A trip to the dentist is not exactly cheap (plus my company so stingy, only cover RM100 per annum for dental entitlement. Scaling & polishing one time already cost that much now! @.@)

Raimie was pretty good at taking his too. Good boy. ^^ Never been hard for that boy to take his medicine. Unlike his Mommy who tends to forget (blame it on old age! wakaka)
Yesterday's buka puasa was Nasi Ambeng. Nasi ambeng is a javanese dish and you can find this dish served in the Jawa community in Banting, Bagan Datoh, Segamat, etc.  It is traditionally served on a big, round tray and shared amongst the guests. But of course, now that it is getting more commecial, you can buy them in individual packaging. ^^

What you get in a serving of Nasi Ambeng (be it individual packed or in a tray) will be white rice, fried chicken or ayam masak kicap (chicken cooked in soy sauce?), fried mee or beehun, salted fish & tempe, serunding kelapa (toasted coconut shred) and fried sambal. I tell you, Nasi Ambeng is super yummy!

Anyway, remember me telling you about Raimie's upcoming school trip? It will be in October, a week before my Putrajaya Night Marathon (yeay! No clashing with Taiping Marathon or Putrajaya too) and he will visit a homestay. The itinerary mentions learning about chips making, a visit to a Nata de Coco factory, eating Nasi Ambeng and fishing too! How cool is that? :)

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  1. I am the first again, lina. Morning to you.

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    1. so unfair.. now random timing already, if after buka puasa time sure i get the first!!

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    2. Me impatient mah... if I got time and I write a post already, sure want to fast fast put it up & garner more comments. ;p

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    3. & congrats Yan for being the early bird. :)

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    4. why everyone rushing to be the first one?
      feel very virgin huh?

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    5. the thrill of first sip kot! kakaka

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    6. hahaha .. the first sip...
      we chinese say the first sip of the soup..
      "kau tam tong"

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  2. This Nasi Ambeng looks sinfully delicious. Why I notice got meehun on top one?

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    1. yalor, something new to me!! so good lah this Lina, always introduce new things to me.. so happy to know more out of the box of chinese culture only..

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    2. Yeah she taught me a lot about Muslim and Malay culture which no one shared with me. My company has more Malay colleagues than Chinese ones.

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    3. Yan,
      nasi ambeng got white rice + either fried mee or beehun one. A must! :)

      SK & TM,
      Always glad to share. Like you all share your culture (and ahems ahems) with the rest of us.

      Once upon a time, I was the only Malay in my department. Now, I'm one of 4 Malays in my department of 50+ staff. xD

      Actually, other Malay would say I am very unMalay one... so dunno what I share correct or not since people tell me like that. hu~

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    4. no worries lah, i will always be the one more unMalay than you, hahahaha!! see, at least you teach me bahasa vocab so much lor..

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    5. lina, you taught us a lot about Malay food. hahahaha! I get to kote mamak, jeruk salak, laksam, lontong, and this Nasi Ambeng.

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    6. Yan mention kote mamak first in her list of Malay food she learnt! What does that say about Yan? LOL

      Jgn marah Yan. ^^

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    7. nasi ambeng? maybe it was call nasi ah beng... coz ah beng doesn't know what to order so he wallop to have nasi and bihun together....
      then slowly then it call nasi ambeng...

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  3. It's always like that. Even with very good med insurance, coverage for dental procedures are very limited. On the other had, that Nasi Ambeng sure looks inviting and it's nearing lunchtime. I want one!

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    1. I wish I work in banking sector. My hubby has nice dental and optical coverage. But it isn't extended to family. We are only covered for general medical under his co. ;p

      Nasi ambeng is delicious! :)

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  4. Good morning! Today's post is berry berry early!

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    1. yalah, she wants to play the random timing tactics like me.. so kept everyone refreshing her page..

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    2. Hahaha... I play hard to get... and not easy to read. WOrk or not? kekeke

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    3. hard to get huh? nak tarik harga le...
      later semua orang tak mahu beli then baru tahu

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  5. So this is nasi ambeng! Initially thought it was my beloved nasi lemak again~

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    1. no lah, doesn't look like nasi lemak to me.. looks like the kuih kochi.. you know, those wrapped in banana leaves, with glutinous rice and dessicated coconut?? or maybe it's not kochi but called otherwise??

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    2. It does kinda look like kuih kochi doesn't it, at first glance? ;p

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    3. Oh ya! That one is called kuih kochi?? I always mix-up with kuih's name - sometimes they put blue coloring (from the flower) for the glutinous rice :D and its specially fragrant!

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  6. Your medicine, wow so colorful - got green, yellow, strip one, long one, kakaka!

    You're good, you know? Can tahan the pain for so many days. For me, I would straight away head to the clinic and ask the dentist to do whatever he want to ease my pain. Period.

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    1. yalor, this woman so good at tahaning pain lah.. salute salute!! or maybe she just likes to eat the pills~~ :p

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    2. I think those are fertility pills la.

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    3. Who crazy likes to down pills ah? Some more I really dizzy this morning because of the 3 type of painkillers I ate... high like that. And Boss pulak so uncaring. hu~

      TM,
      Woi! Woi! Apa fertility pill? I part close factory already lah! Production on, but dun wan output! kakaka

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    4. Ya la! lina is just merely enjoying ahem ahem ahem only.

      lina, accident may happy one. How?

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  7. You confirmed with the hotel already or no? Legend Inn or Hotel Perdana?

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    1. I went for the one that made my life easier. Legend Inn.

      Hotel Perdana asked me to call for reservation even though I e-mailed all my details to their reservation e-mail. So mah fan!

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    2. I didn't Hotel Perdana is so fussy, cannot do online, then why bother having reservation email?

      Legend Inn is good, in the heart of Taiping town. You can find lots of halal food within walking distant :D

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    3. I fell in love with SSL Traders service though. They e-mailed me that they are fully-booked. Then, they called me 3 times to inform and check whether I want to change dates. So very very helpful. & talking to te girl there, is like talking to a staff at a posh hotel in KL. Le Meridien standard one!

      Now, you know why I give souvenirs to hotel reception. ;p

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  8. aaaaaahhhhh, gila satisfying over here!! am having italian BMT, double choc cookies and icy cold lemon tea while reading your post~~ :p

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    1. let me enjoy my lunch first before i go back to read your post.. hehehehe!! thought can get first commenter, but the line here so slow lah..

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    2. Yeerrrr Idiot Thambee... I am so hungry here!

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    3. Kan? Itu SK very notti one.

      Some more SMS me that comment also. Very very notti. xD

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    4. hehehe, this subway ramadhan meal so nice mah, RM9.90 comes with sandwich, cookies and drinks.. so full till i cannot eat the cookies anymore and need to tabao back..

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    5. Frankly I read your post before I had lunch, I was damn hungry. I really feel like eating your Nasi Ambeng. I just dare not tell you, since SK also so notti, I was thinking, "lina wasn't taking anything since Sahur, I better don't tell her I am hungry. " hehehehe~!

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    6. What??! SK so free can sms you what he had in Subway?? Dei, better go and reply your comment in your post la, SK!

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    7. He's giving me special attention today because I lost to you ladies... x dpt hadiah like you, Yan & Mama kucing mah! kekeke

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  9. Long ago this Lina already know how to Ahem Ahem.... she just typed Ehem... http://linasbackyard.blogspot.com/2008/12/relaxing-evening-at-starbucks.html

    No wonder so kawan with SP macam soul mates! Ahem Ehem....

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    1. Adakah?

      What were you doing reading a post I did in 2008? ;)

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    2. wah, this Anay is going to dig your background up!! so scary, no wonder she is the Mother of all the Hamsapress!! hehehe, already Ehem Ehem way before SP!!

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    3. I very the "berlapik" in my ehem in that post wokay....

      You all esp SP very straightforward hamsap one. Me, I play play behind the bush only. kekeke

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    4. Ohhh~~ Ahem Prince and Gadis Ehem. Wah very matching couple la!

      Ya, ya, I agree SP is very straighforward and direct hamsap one. He's the one who ahemizated all of his readers.

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  10. I do enjoy eating Indonesian food sometimes for a change! The food in Bali is so different from those I ate in Jakarta. Now got Javanese here!! I must try lah!

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    1. This type of Javanese food has long been ingrained in our Malay community lah, TM.

      There's a big Jawa community in Malaysia. Even my hometown in Raub, Pahang got Jawa people. Got Jawa people, got Jawa food lor. ^^

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  11. With all that medication, hope your gum is getting better.

    That sounds like a cool trip for Raimie.

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    1. It is much better now, thanks. ^^

      Yes the trip sounds like a cool one. :)

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  12. fuyoh!! how could you have been tahaning that pain for so many days?? really cannot imagine that, you can still survive till now, OMG!!

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    1. somemore you and raimie like adik-beradik, sama-sama jatuh sakit.. good lah, at least there's a companion right?? :p

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    2. not every kid has problem with pills lah, maybe only just you.. i remember i have no problem swallowing pills at all since young.. just pop all of them one shot into my mouth, with a gulp of water, all done!! :p

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    3. Wah, SK so brave eat ubat one! Senang your parents, no need to struggle give you medicine. kekeke

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    4. pills i never have problem but i only vomit out the scott's emulsion!! aiyooo, that one really is so stinky, *faint*

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    5. SK, you spat the scott's emulsion, luckily I were not your Mak Yan, otherwise I would slap your mouth and scold you @#$%^&*.

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    6. Yan,
      He's Mommy's boy mah... Mommy very sayang sure never kena slap one... ;p

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  13. i wonder why dentists are charging so much!! at least a 3-figure bill we have to pay.. shocking pain - both in the tooth/gum as well as in the heart!!

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    1. KNN!! @#$%^& you are reply to HS's comment above and posting at the same split second!! so i was unlucky i got the "conflicting edit" error, and have to type my comments again!!!

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    2. i went to the one in MV (bcos no choice was working then and need to see the dentist so badly).. just mend a few lobang then got charged RM300!!

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    3. somemore after couple of months, the mending things ripped off and i gotta go to another dentist to extract my already cracked molar tooth..

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    4. Happened to me too, at that MV dentist. The filing the lady dentist did must not have been proper as I got that sensitive sensation at the same tooth just a few weeks after. Some more charge so high.

      Lucky I cannot curse today. Otherwise, habis full this comment box with my curse. ;p

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    5. aiyoh, you also went there and the lady dentist too!! TRAPPED!! she did my filing too, and she manyak ganas lah, ketuk my tooth so hard as me got pain or not.. then not good also, charged me RM300 in the end i gotta spend another RM100 elsewhere to extract that tooth out!! geram lah!!

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    6. You also kah? Aiyo we were trapped and lured into getting bad services from that lady! woo woo

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    7. Wah... do filling need RM300, ka?? You all grrr grrr grrrr gold tooth is it?

      I thought my dentist is charging rocket high price, RM50 for a molar filling...

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    8. RM50!

      I think I buat appointment to see Taiping dentist la like this.

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    9. that is why we need to eat more fruits and orange to stay away the dentist..
      touch wood touch wood .. nanti i kena

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  14. nasi ambeng?? this is something new to me lah.. and looks like it has got lots of things in it!! sure raimie likes this?? cos got the ayam goreng~~

    ooopsss, "ayam ambeng"?? STP's sibu style, wakakakakaka..

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    1. but then i already know today you sure die die for iftaring at subway one lah.. as if friday is your subway day~~ that's why i SMS you to tease you just now!! :D

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    2. The ayam in nasi ambeng is usually ayam masak kicap one. Sometimes only ayam goreng. But then not nie lah... no gravy like that. Apa itu ayam ambeng STP ah? Tell! Tell! ;p

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    3. you dunno meh?? he always like to say "ayam kambing", read it using english pronunciation and you'll know, ahem ahem~~ :D

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    4. sibu style .. ayam kambing ayam kambing..
      kiok mehhh kiok mehhh

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  15. oooi, that school trip seems interesting!! are parents invited to go together??

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    1. if so, you better suggest the school jangan bagi ibu bapa ikut lah.. later no fun at all already, hahaha!! just let the kids have their own playful time lah~~

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    2. so is that a trip over the weekend and raimie gotta put up a night at the homestay?? like that good lah, you can ahem ahem for ultra boy production already~~

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    3. kids only. parents not invited. sure kacau daun one if got parents. xD

      We ahem ahem, definitely lah... but no production/output 9 months later. kekeke

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    4. no wonder you eating so many pills~~~ :p

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  16. What does mabuk ubat mean? TELL ME NOW! :D

    I Googled, but to no avail.

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    1. The best direct translate would be medicated drunk?? Or drunk of medicine or ... ? Well, it's a local slang.

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    2. I'm getting high on medicine. Blur whole day. xD

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  17. That is one heck of a lot of pills.

    So ... you're allowed to break fast to drink medicine regularly?

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    1. Twice a day darling. Once in the morning after sahur and one more after iftar. Religious commitment over pain.

      Anyway, I do have a rather high pain threshold. ;p

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  18. Your company is funny.
    Ade ke RM100 per annum for dental treatment?

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    1. tu pun nasib baik. Dulu punya entitlement was a big fat 0! uhuhuhu

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  19. Same story here: my company provides good coverage for medical expenses, zero (nothing!) for dental stuff. Hmph.

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    1. It's like dental treatment is frivolous. Right?

      I know I can pay next to nothing at government dental clinics but going to one, making appointments and everything are so tedious. I just don't have the time!

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  20. at first I thought why Lina taking all those ecstasy pills? nak so-hai ke?

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  21. paiseh....not reading the above comments but pening liao :P. so i just comment aje la

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    1. I never had nasi ambeng. Hubi had. must be from nasi ambeng influence coz he likes to eat char keoy teow with white rice

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    2. Hope you are better today.

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    3. me too a bit unwell., A bit sorethroat and fever. LOL not enough rest

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    4. okay...have a nice weekend :)

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    5. take care and get better soon Meow. No wonder a bit quiet today.

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  22. you still worked even though you were sick?

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    1. My Boss is always suspicious of me getting day off due to sickness.

      Thanks Wenn. :)

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  23. It is expensive to visit a dentist in Singapore too. What to do, still hope to keep my set of teeth when I get old. :D

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    1. True. What to do. Still have to visit them despite the cost. :(

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  24. I have not tried Nasi Ambeng. I am curious. Let's see if I can find it in Singapore.

    It's no fun to be in pain, hope you are feeling better. Happy weekend! Kisses for Raimie.

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