HeLLoooo Friedrichshafen

we're invited by one of our friends, - Lay Sean- to her housewarming party at Friedrichshafen on the next saturday, 15th march.

guest were served with ayam masak cola, sayur campur, begedil, puding jagung, kek buah, fruits, juices, etc -
hehe, on that day, saya agak kelam- kabut juga laa buat agar-agar marble untuk dibawa ke sana.
Kerana kesuntukan masa utk sejukkan agar2 dlm freeze, so saya pun buka tingkap besar2 dan sejukkan agar2 tu kat tepi tingkap (thanks to the cool weather)

birthday lay sean jatuhnya pd 13th march, iaitu 2 hari lps- suriani pula the birthday girl (15/03)
so saya nak ambil kesempatan ni utk wish happy birthday kat mereka berdua.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LAY SEAN...SURIANI....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U
smg pjg umur, murah rezeki...aminnnnn

okeh, slps acara makan2 di rumah Lay Sean, kami pun beramai2 jalan di tepi tasik Friedrichshafen (constance lake)

aha, masa kami sampai jer kat tasik ni, pemandangan banjaran alps dapat dilihat dengan jelas sekali. tp sygnya, bila ambik gambar, x nampak pula..wuaaaaaa :(

another style..ni tgh berhati2 sbb takut terjatuh atas batu

1, 2, 3 - shot! us with all the gud friends - suriani, roslin, shah, shafiqe, lan, kelvin

makan ice-cream di tepi tasik (boleh tahan sejuk juga laaa makan kat luar kedai ni)-
sian kat hubby, dia x der kat dlm photo ni sbbnya busy ambik gambar kami makan2

this photo was taken by roslin. thanx ya!

Constanz

helloooooooooo... assalamualaikum, ape khabar?
sajelah nak tanya khabar, harap2 semuanya dlm keadaan sihat selalu.

hmm, we'd spent our weekend on saturday, 8th march to CONSTANZE, which is about 2 hours by train from ulm.

ni nak cerita sikit ttg tasik yang terbesar di german, iaitu lake constance. It is also the third largest lake in central europe after lake balaton in hungary and lake geneva, and also the second largest of the lakes bordering the Alps.

pemandangan di lake constanze ni sangatlah cantik, cuba tengok gambar2 kat bawah ni.

perfect weather, perfect landscape, perfect lake @ beach( mcm laut pun ada tasik ni), perfect everything

mula-mula sampai kat constance, macam x percaya pun ade sbbnya tasik ni besar sangat - saya rasa mcm berada kat tepi laut jer. fresh air, beautiful landscape, relaxing atmosphere :)

Menu of the week - chocolate cake

helloooooooooooooooooooo

finally, i managed to bake a chocolate cake for hubby , yeeeee (^_^)
he had been asking for the cake since last 3 weeks, but then at that time, i still did not get the mood of baking anything until last monday night.

the recipe is very easy to make,
saya masih sempat tengok drama - impak maksima the series lagi masa tgh menunggu kek masak dlm oven, wink*(^_^)

so, this is the recipe.

pre-heat your oven at 180 degrees
[first bowl]melted and mixed 125g of butter+ blended with 5 eggs (putting one by one) + sugar +vanilla essence.
in a separate bowl, mixed the flour + baking powder (2 teaspoon) + cocoa powder (half cup)
then add in all the mixture flour to the first bowl
gradually we can add fresh milk so that the cake would be moist
at last, baked the cake for 40 minutes at 180 degrees.

saya x der gambar nak share kat sini, sbbnya sebaik shj kek tu masak, my hubby dah terus makan.....sedaaaaaaaaaaaap sgt, yumm yummmm
so kami pun makan laaa sama2 sambil sambung tengok drama impak maksima

Buai laju-lajuuu

Buai kaju-laju
sampai pokok sena
apa ada dalam baju
sekuntum bunga cina

yeeeeeee, seronoknya main buaian
it tooks about 5 minutes walking from our house to this playground

...cerita saya...

I am back to my laptop. The time now is 4.53 pm.

Initially i am thinking of finishing a story book that I bought since last 2 weeks, ~ The other side of the story, written by Marian Keyes. Tp tiba2 jd malas pulak dah eh nak baca buku.

Hubby keeps on complaining - "Dari minggu lepas lg saya tgk sarah asyik baca buku tu, muka surat tak byk berubah pun, x der improvement!".

so i responsed back to him, "ha...saya kene menghayati buku ni, nak kene bayangkan watak Gemma & her mum, therefore i've to read it up again & again, baru betul2 faham."

~ I always keep on telling myself, "on whatever u read, u must read until u understand" ~

Kalau sekadar membaca jer, x faham, buat ape, betul tak?

So, ape yg saya nak buat ni? Masa ni org lain tentunya tgh sibuk study, baca lecture notes, jurnal itu ini, buat assignment, study utk exams... saya? Sibuk update blog??

....mmm...Let me start my story today with snow in ulm.

It was snow in Ulm on the past few days. Can u believe that? I thought March is allready spring, but then ulm is still in winter mood ~ temperature is always freezing cold at 1, 2 , 3 degrees most of the time!

That day, we're walking freely under the snow. It seems like in Japanese drama -- winter sonata.

I asked hubby to take some photos, but then he just smiled and said “Mcm mana nak ambik gambar, kiter kan x der flash , snow mane boleh nampak mlm2 ni dlm gambar….”

Oh dear, I am getting mad at him already.

“Apesal pulak nak tunggu flash baru boleh ambil gambar?”

Actually he had been asking for my permission to buy a camera flash.
We'd been surveyed the flash at few camera shops in ulm, dan dlm byk2 flash kat kedai tu, he is very interested with one of the flash. NIKON CAMERA FLASH worth 350 euros!!

It is damp expensive and out of our budget. Apparently, the answer is NO-

Kesian kat hubby, dia mmg x senang duduk sejak sy beritahu x leh beli flash camera tu. Nak buat mcm mana syg, mahal sgt...it is not worth to spend 350 euros for a camera flash!? am i right?

It is hard to say no to him …

Dia sgt minat dgn photography - camera, lenses, are all his best friends. Tiap2 malam, after we'd our dinner, dia mesti duduk kat meja study, belajar utk edit gambar2 kami kat Photoshop...

He'd spend few hours in front of the laptop just to edit the photos! Betapa minat & sukanya dia pd photography ni...

Well…sabar sikit yer SYG…mesti ade second hand flash camera kat ebay…kalau murah & masih berkualiti, kiter beli, ok?

Burg Hohenzollern

Hehe, our trip to Hohenzollern Castle was a very last minute plan. We went there on the following Saturday, 23 febr. As at 8 in the morning, we reached Ulm Houptbahnhof to get the inter city train to Hechingen. The journey from Ulm to Hechingen train station took us 2 hours.

well, that 2 hours excluded the time on waiting for the shuttle bus to the castle, climbing up the hills (kene jln kaki mendaki bukit + berpuluh-püluh tangga - aaaahhhh.....saya mmg tension masa ni, apesal laaaa raja german ni suka sgt bina istana atas gunung!) menyusahkan rakyat jelata!! nak tak nak, pujuk jer laaa hati utk teruskan naik bukit!

the path to the castle took us approximately 30 minutes walking from the car park. Hohenzollern castle, here we come!

hubby had taken a lot of photos but then most of them are still unedited.
hehe.. anyway, thanks to SYG, anywhere we go for a visit, he'd never forget to bring the tripod along, in that sense... we never miss taken our photos together, right? * wink--- (^_^)

mmm.... i would like to make a short note on this fairy tale castle which was constructed by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussian King and German Emperor.

Hohenzollern Castle

* Located on top of Swabian hill near Hechingen, south of Stuttgart.
* The castle offers a beautiful panoramic countryside views (Hechingen village) and landscape of every direction, with the variety of towers and castle courtyards.
* One of Germany's famous sites.
* The guided tour is only in Germany, however u can buy a book that contains the information of this castle at the ticket centre... and of course it is an English book, or else..mmg x faham pun!

Stuttgart

At about 6 in the evening, we continue our journey to Stuttgart. It is among the busiest city as Stuttgart is the capital state of Baden-Wurtemberg in southern Germany.

I can say that this metropolitan city is similar to Oxford Street in London ataupun mcm Bintang Walk kat Kuala Lumpur. Ya Allah, ramainya org! mcm susah sgt nak jalan, asyik berlanggar bahu jer.


Stuttgart is popularly known of its Mercedes-Benz world. On a total area of approximately 17.000 sq.m. the Mercedes-Benz Museum shows around 160 vehicles on permanent display, including not only the earliest models but also the latest series production vehicles.

I can see that most of the people here are driving Mercedes and even the local taxis are also Merz!

The economic brief
(quoted from http://www.stuttgart-tourist.de/ENG/city/wirtschaft.htm)

* It is considered to be one of the most innovative metropolitan regions in Europe. Around 2.7 million people live here, 1.4 million people work here.

* Around 160,000 companies produce a gross domestic product of 90 billion Euros, which corresponds to that of Finland.

* The Stuttgart region has repeatedly been awarded with the "Award of Excellence for Innovative Regions" of the European Commission.

* Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Bosch, HP/Compaq Deutschland, IBM Deutschland, Agilent Technologies, and many more are among the brands that are well known all over the world.