MIAMI BEACH, PENANG, MALAYSIA

Have u ever been to miami beach? Not miami beach in USA, this is made in  MALAYSIA...hehehe
I would like to share with you what MIAMI BEACH PENANG looks like..it is a small public beach situated in BATU FERINNGHI area..nice and cosy, and the best part, it is near to the beach...what i m trying to say, you can open your picnic basket and mat and watch your kids from there, under the shades without even have to walk down to the sea....cool....
Like other beaches, there were some activities in the beach, swimming, gathering, people selling food and beverage and other stuffs...it is not as happening as feringhi beach, with all the sea activities happening at the sea side...but still ok for small picnic...

"as for the boys...apa lagik tido la....hehehehe "

"the girls enjoying their stuff, forgot to bring theirsand castle stuff", so they were using whatever they can find along the beach.....

HATYAI TRIP 1

HATYAI TRIP

What you can do in Hatyai….

Hatyai is a small town in Thailand, which is famous for all kind of things- starting from massage, dried items, foods, all the bars and girls and don’t forget- the fake items…

This is the picture of the new hatyai town, basically hatyai is been divided into two parts- old and new town of hatyai…you can find all the new shopping complexes in the new hatyai and for the night entertainment, both part of hatyai will provide you the entertainment that you need…some of the friends said that the alcoholic drinks here is much more cheaper than in Singapore...didnt investigate that but it might be true….as for the money exchange, RM1 is equivalent with 10 bath..not bad…

"photo of new town in the evening"

I found that there Is not much activities that can be done at Hatyai, but there is still something....you can massage and pampered urself at minimum rate….some of the friend get RM50 package for whole body massage, scrubbing and manicure and pedicure….emmm not bad….quite cheap, as for foot massage, they usually charge you from around RM15 to Rm 25….
What i love the most is their night market...its huge, there s even a small funfair n playground at the night market.....cool...you can find all things here, something from food, lingerie, shoes, jeans, bundles n lots of other stuffs...emm, another thing, make sure that if u like something, u buy it on the spoy,,,,bargain and buy because it will be hard for you to find the way to the same shop again, as i mentioned earlier, its huge man!!!!compared to malaysian night market....

here you can find the miniture of all the small cartoon's characture, ben10, all the aliens, the japanese character, which i dont even know the names....but with reasonable price...some of it you can get for RM25 for 5, and even lower than that...
what else that you can get here...emmmm, guess..guess...guesss.....never seen this before in malaysia...or i guess it is not as exposed as in Thailand... emmmm, sabar...sabar.....ni upload gambar yang kecik-kecik ni dulu........

"the cute little things"

this is the thing that i mentioned earlier.....hehehe....ever seen this in the night market??? this is not a bra, put it is for u butt, to make it looks sexier...hahahaha...we have push-up bra....and now hello to push up underwear.....no wonder all the butt here are nice....now i know why, they have extra support for that........just for info okay......dont take it serious.....this is what we call "extra knowledge".

 last but not least, i would like you to see how the man paint a shoe...from a plain canvas shoe, they transfered it into unique shoes that you can choose the design from a catalogue...they are so creative...my hubby also seen one of these at Langkawi...thy eprice 250bath =RM25.90....ahhh, cheap for the art like this....till next slot, will talk more on the cuisine.....have a nice day...

TARIAN ULEK MAYANG

According to http://www.tourism.terengganu.gov.my/cultural/ulekmayang.htm,

The ulek mayang is a pre-Islamic religious trance dance accompanied by singing and music in Terengganu, originating from an unknown nearby island in which the Malay orchestra, comprising drums, gong, violin and accordian is used (Shafiee Ahmad 1992). Tarian Ulek Mayang is another worshiping dance in the Malay dances. The dancing always begins with a person who is suffering from illness either when he catches fish, in the paddy field or any other daily activities in the society. The patient will then healed by a bomoh, a traditional Malay doctor in the traditional way. Seven actors beautifully dressed represent the 7 princesses who come to visit the patient when the bomoh is treating him. Kemayan will be burnt together with chanting of pantun and dancing through the whole performance. Sometimes the rebab and seruling are also used to accompany the singing which is in the form of rhymes and poems. Although Tarian Ulek Mayang was once a folk ritual ceremonial in the Malay society, with its gentle and graceful movement, it has become one of the beautiful traditional dancing in Terengganu culture.

Talapia yang memakan usus khinzir

Kehalalan memakan haiwan yang telah menelan haiwan yang diharamkan dalam Islam.

Masyarakat kita pernah gempar dengan isu penternak talapia memberi makan ikan tersebut dengan usus khinzir. Malah terdapat juga isu haiwan ternakan yang halal dimakan oleh orang Islam seperti ayam yang berada dalam satu kawasan penternakan yang sama dengan khinzir. Bagaimanakah kedudukan masalah ini? Adakah talapia dan ayam tersebut boleh dimakan? Atau yang lebih penting lagi, adakah daging talapia dan ayam itu halal dimakan?

Hukum makan ikan yang telah memakan usus khinzir hanyalah makruh dan bukan haram. Maka orang Islam boleh memakannya, Cuma sepertimana hukum makruh, jika dapat dielakkan lebih baik.

Petikan dari majalah solusi isu no. 2.

Dalam kitab fiqah, masalah seperti ini ada disebutkan. Sebagai contoh seekor anak kambing yang tersesat masuk dalam kumpulan anak anjing dan diberi minum susu oleh ibu anjing dan membesarlah ia. Bolehkah dimakan kambing tersebut? Jawabnya BOLEH.

Haiwan seperti itu dipanggil haiwan jalallah, di mana jika ingin disembelih, perlu dikurung selama 3 hari baru disembelih. Begitu juga dengan ikan talapia tersebut, kalau dibeli hidup (dalam air), maka perlu dibiarkan selama 3 atau 4 hari baru dimasak. Tetapi kalau waktu dibeli telah mati, maka boleh terus proses untuk dimasak. Ini kerana apa yang dimakan oleh ikan telah bertukar menjadi tahwel ihalah, yakni menjadi daging maka tidak ada masalah jika dimakan.

Begitu juga dengan pokok dan sayuran yang diberi baja organik, walaupun tahi khinzir atau tahi ayam, mana-mana satu juga adalah najis. Tetapi pokok atau sayuran yang tumbuh subur itu bersih dan HALAL dimakan.

Kesimpulannya, ikan talapia atau apa saja haiwan ternakan yang diberi makan usus khinzir, boleh dimakan cuma hukumnya MAKRUH.

Theater at Istana Budaya Malaysia

Natrah…


Theater Natrah is now at Istana Budaya from 30th Nov until 9th Dec but was extended until 13th December 2009. The story was about Nadra Maarof or her Dutch’s name Maria Huberdina Hertogh. The theater focused on the love story between Natrah and her husband Mansor Adabi, but, I wouldn’t want to elaborate on that because the story was a sad tale of a girl being ripped off her happiness…or that is what we thought her happiness would be. Her story was a sad ending for a girl born Roman Catholic and raised as Islam and later were converted back to her original religion and died in vain.

But that was not what I wanted to write about…I wanted to write about my experience.

It was the first time I went to a theater. The experience was overwhelming until I forget to have feelings for the story itself. Eventhough I brought tissues just in case, but I found myself not needing it…:D:D. I was focusing on the technical aspects of the theater, about the awesome props and how they change and move it about, I was awestruck by the “bombing” and fire on stage, I was mesmerize by the choreography and I was dumbfounded by the dialogs. The whole package of watching the theater had my mouth open and my mind thinking on how good those people were in preparing all those “gadgets” to tackle the audience. The package of emotional was enhanced by its audio, visual and even the “touch” material when they drop some white thin papers from the roof of the theater hall. I envy those at the bottom front seats because they could enjoy the “touch” aspects of watching the theater, and they could also see the face expressions by the actors and actresses when they were deep in their dialogs. But of course I understand, that is what you got when you pay RM150 for being in front of the stage as opposed to RM30..hehe. All in all..I enjoy my experience at the theater last night.

Good job to all the production people who were responsible for making it happen and I would like to congratulate Eirma Fatima for a job well done!...CONGRATULATION!!

I felt like going again…

Wedding in Padang, Indonesia

My Best Friend's wedding


A friend of mine got married early this year. She is an Indonesian friend from Padang. Padang is a town situated in the upper north of Sumatera. Padang people is related to us especially those of Minangkabau ancestries. This can be seen from their buildings and wedding ceremony.

My friend’s wedding started early in the morning with akad niqah which is a formal and religious Muslim marriage matrimony. She was dressed in white and traditional Indonesian songket while the groom wore a smart dark coat with a batik “sampin”. After their akad, we had heavy breakfast while waiting for the couple to change into more traditional attire. However, I would like to talk about their “pelamin” or the stage for the couple. This stage is familiar even in our Malay culture in Malaysia, however, theirs are more elaborated. They had the whole room covered with shining material that matched the pelamin. So when we entered the room..we were struck in awesome because of the fabulous décor. Normal tourist reaction would be to take photos and more photos..:D:D. And that was what we did.



Akad nikah



pelamin


The ceremony were further celebrated with more food for lunch. One that strikes our attention was that of a satay. Meat-on-sticks, to describe the food for short!..satay were grilled on the spot and best eaten while its hot. It is eaten with peanut gravy just like the one we had in Malaysia…didn’t I tell you that Padang people were very much like Malaysian.



satay

Later that day we went sight seing in Padang town. Our first destination was the Museum Padang. They charge admission fee but it was worth it. The museum had free open show on its ground every Sunday. The traditional dance were performed by school children and they were fabulous and look very professional. We were impressed!!..Even my parents in law were entertained..(I was worried if they wouldn’t enjoy museum). The exhibits were typical of any museums in Malaysia. Old and liveless..and I wouldn’t want to comment more. But the building is just like any Minangkabau buildings even the ones in Malaysia particularly in Negeri Sembilan.



Museum

After museum we bought some “keripek belado” or in Malay terms kerepek berlada. Later we went to the beach to let the kids get off some steams.



They had an open show at the beach..Dangdut ofcourse!!..

welcoming myself to this blog

Hi..i am chemah, another contributor for this blog. Hopefully my contribution will be beneficial..