Agrotek Garden Resort

Hi!
Its already January 2013! Really can't believe how long it has been since my last post. Honestly it wasn't because I was busy or anything, mostly because I was wayyyyy too lazy AND because my camera was "missing".

See, last month, 15th to be exact, I went to this place for "kursus" with my office; Unit Kewangan, KKM to this wonderful place, Agrotek Garden Resort, Hulu Langat.

Its a gorgeous place with a nice cool river, extensive garden dining halls and cute chalets. There are activities you can do there too, like karaoke, sports and other stuff.

But to cut things short, we went for only a day, so on our way back I sort of misplaced my camera (actually I put it in my unclosed bag and it fell out while the bag was at the back of the facilitator's jeep). So I got it back yesterday, thanks to my friend Atiqah (she was kind enough to rempit with me all the way to Kota Warisan in Sepang to get it back from the facilitator).

So in conjunction of this festive event (haha!) i feel the need to update on this!

So here's a few pictures of the kursus ヾ（*⌒ヮ⌒*）ゞ

 

from left: Atiqah, Wani, Ain & Liza

 

our favorite colleague, En Rahman who is always 

so kind with us and feeding us food :p  

 

from left: Farah & Me  (*≧▽≦)

 

one of the many dining hall

 

the super cold river!

 

the FOOD, 

bbq chicken with black pepper gravy, lamb chop, 

coleslaw, fries, hotdogs and watermelon  (bbq dinner) -wani's

 

the FOOD,

bbq chicken with black pepper gravy, coleslaw, 

bbq squid and fries (bbq dinner) -mine

 

after a day of on-land activities, its time for a dip in the cold water!

 

after dinner, picture time with the facilitators (●´∀｀●)

Agrotek was A+ for calming and relaxing and gorgeous view and the food was delicious too! And trust me, there are a lot more pictures but I'm not gonna bore this place (and you!) with them anymore. I'll post them on facebook maybe... Alrightey then, that's all for this post! Until next time! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

Malaysian Malay Weddings.

Oh Hi Blog Visitors! ヽ(=^･ω･^=)丿
(that's if i have any.....tsk tsk.)

so here is something random but "somewhat" food related......hehe

WEDDINGS.

This was an old photo of my cousin's wedding. I was the "maid-of-honor" of some sort, the picture above is the banquet table for the bride and groom and their close family. Typical Malay weddings are like this, fancy banquet table for bride+groom+close family and standard tables for other guest. Malaysian Malay wedding guest invites usually are above 300 people. The food are mostly caterings these days and are consisting of specialty rice and various side dishes from lamb, beef, chicken, fish to vegetables and fruits.

The bride and groom in red traditional Malay wedding costumes. And the one wearing white baju kurung with black tudung and smiling like a goofball is me >__<"

This one is when the bride+groom posse are "berarak" (marching) from a certain distance (usually a place just further away from the guest's views) with typical Malay's kompang group in the background (a sort of group playing a musical instrument which i don't know how to explain but you can see for yourself in the next picture).

And when the bride+groom arrives, they are seated at the pelamin for all guest to see. The bride+groom usually sits there for 15 minutes to maybe an hour or so, depending if there are guest wanting to take pictures and tepung tawar (its does not translate as plain flour....but instead it means a sort of activity where guest comes and throw fragrant shreddings of flowers/rice/pandan leaves and rose water towards the bride+groom, as a sign of blessings). 

There you can see the kompang group singing and hitting playing their instruments (which is called kompang). And of course, what's a wedding without cakes? This was a vanilla sponge cake with buttercream.

NO thanks to my cousin's GREAT photography skill, i didn't have any decent front view of the pelamin to show here but,,,i do have two other wedding pelamin that i took when i went to my other cousin's and neighbor's weddings.

this is my cousin's wedding. also with red+white theme.

this is my neighbor's pelamin. still with white theme, but with a hint of gold.

well, it wouldn't be fair if i post their pelamin but not the bride+groom..cute eh?

☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

ok that's it. something random and food related. hehe

WEDDINGS. i love them, especially the all you can eat FOOD.

how do you do weddings in your country?