Review: Travelog Rabak

Hello semua! It’s been a long time since aku review pasal buku. Sekarang, sebab aku baru je abes baca “Travelog Rabak”, meh sini aku nak citer sama korang apa pendapat aku kepada buku ni.

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Ok fine, aku review sebab membe baek aku, Muhsin Abdul Razak a.k.a Seyn adalah salah seorang penulis buku neh. Bangga seh ada member aku penulis. Member wartawan aku dah ada, member pembaca berita dah ada. Now, penulis. Woah! Nevermind, rezeki ada di mana², dan mungkin rezeki budak ni di area penulisan.

Aku beli buku ni online. Korang nak jugak ke? Kalau nak jugak, baek korang try tengok di Sang Freud Press Facebook. Di situ ada cara² pembelian secara atas talian (online). Hikhikhik.

Waktu Sang Freud Press nak hantar, hati aku da melonjak girang sebab nak baca hasil penulisan Seyn. Ye lah, ni kire macam diari bagi Seyn la. Diari di mana die menceritakan perjalanan die ke pantai timur. Hati semakin melonjak bile aku nampak ada parcel besar dalam peti surat rumah aku, siap parcel tu tak boleh nak muat dalam parcel box tu lah, terkeluar-keluar lagi. Haha.  Sewaktu nampak parcel aku agak dalam parcel box tu mesti prefume aku beli online; kalau tak pun mesti surat cinta yang dibalas oleh Rosmah Mansor (yang ditulis secara panjang dan dijadikan buku untuk aku baca). Kalau bukan kedua-dua yang aku sebut, mesti buku yang aku beli online (which is: this is the first time). Sebab buku ni susah nak dapat di kedai² buku. Al-maklumlah, mula² kena la dijalankan secara indie, dan kemudian baru leh masuk mainstream!

Aku takmo citer pasal Ahadiat Seyn je (tetibe tuka nama plak macam Ahadiat Akasha), sebab dalam buku ni ada 3 gabungan penulis yang mengarang perjalanan mereka ke pantai timur. Ada Shima Scarlett ngan Mohd Jayzuan. Mereka ini aku tidak kenal, dan sudah semestinya sewaktu pertama kali aku dapat buku ni, aku akan terus buka muka surat bawah neh!

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Seyn

Riot!

Wah, kelas kau maria! Riot eh? Hurm. Aku suka untuk bercerita tentang penulisan member sendiri sebab aku dah kenal budak ni agak lama. Ada iras² jugaklah penulisan dia dengan sikap dan sifat yang memang aku dah kenal tu. Salah satunya ialah penggunaan bahasa dan gaya penulisan. Dah sah² ayat yang selalu keluar dari mulut die akan tertulis jugak kat situ. Hew hew hew.

Lagi satu, apa yang dia suka, apa yang dia tak suka semua memang tercatit dalam tu (tapi ni mungkin tak banyak la). Contoh seperti suka singgah bundle dan carik apa yang rare! Kemudian suka tido! Dan lagi satu, pikir masa depan. Semua ni ada tercatit dalam buku tu dan memang clearly and obviously itulah Seyn yang aku kenal.

Kejap!

Aku citer pasal Seyn ke, aku nak review pasal buku neh? Adeh. Silap plak. Sorry korang. Aku obses pada penulisan Seyn kot? Haha!

BTW, buku ni menceritakan pasal 5 orang rakan yang pergi road trip ke Pantai Timur. Lagi dua orang hanya ditugaskan mengambil gambar je, bukan untuk menulis. Hurm, banyak jugak tempat diorang singgah. Citer pasal makanan, pasal tempat tidur, pasal member, pasal aktiviti dan macam² lagi.

Apa yang aku suka?

Pertama sekali sudah tentu bahasa yang mereka gunakan. Memanglah rojak, dan aku tidak nafikan aku lebih suka bahasa yang lengkap digunakan demi menjaga martabat bahasa sendiri. Tapi bukan apa, zaman sekarang ni orang nak baca something fun dan mudah difahami, macam blog aku. Woha! *tetibe mengangkat diri sendiri kan~~~

Kedua, aku suka penulisan diorang ni sebab ketiga-tiga penulis mempunyai imaginasi yang tinggi. Contoh seperti Jayzuan yang citer memula pasal member² marah sebab lambat ke hape ntah, die kena tampor, dan tetibe die dah ada di Pantai Timur. That was out of my expectation! Haha. Lawak jugaklah bila first time baca.

Ketiga, dalam buku ni kan ada 3 penulis, dan storyline road trip diorang sudah semestinya mengikut kronologi. Contohla Jayzuan citer pasal A, B dan C, kemudian sambil die citer B, die akan kutuk Shima. Bila bukak page Shima plak, Shima akan citer pasal A, B dan C jugak, tapi dengan cara laen dan obviously akan mempertahankan diri sambil menghanjing yang lain plak. Aku suka akan susunan kronologi citer diorang ni. Menarik untuk baca sampai abes.

Setakat ni, aku rasa itu je la kot aku nak hupdate pasal buku neh. Papepon, korang kena la baca sendiri. Hew hew hew.

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Aku rasa untuk harga yang ditawarkan, memang sangat berbaloi. Aku beli dan aku rasa puas membaca nukilan diorang. Ya, at first aku beli sebab aku nak tolong member aku sendiri. He’s my brother yo! Hikhikhik.

Kalo korang nak tau lebih lanjut, belilah sekarang, jangan menunggu bulan jatuh ke riba. Woha!

Till then, ciaw~~~

Eat.Photo.Blog: Ayam Penyet

Well, another franchise. Dah lama kan tak review franchise (macam banyak sangat je review franchise kan).

Aku semenjak dua menjak ni rasa cam nak makan ayam penyet jek. Tatau la kenapa. Maybe sebab dah banyak kali sangat g Indon* Indonesia agaknya. *(aku belajar dari rakan Indonesia, word as Indon is not good to be used – sebab serumpun; aku tidak menggunakannya).

Oh ya, berbalik kepada Ayam Penyet. Sebenarnya dah banyak da franchise restoran ni dalam Malaysia. Kali pertama aku cuba makan ialah di e Curve. Nak kata suka tu, tidak lah; sebab aku rasa aku leh masak lagi bagus kot (ada unsur puji diri sendiri di situ walaupun tak btol). Haha.

Aku tak amek plak gambar depan restoran tu, tapi korang tau la kan camne ghupenye…

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The bar and the kitchen.

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The interior.

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The menu. Berlatar belakangkan Pekan Lama Surabaya, the origin of the food and the name of the kedai la kan.

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Bandung Cincau

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Honey Lemon Tea

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Ayam Penyet

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With the rice and drink

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Bebek Goreng @ Itik Goreng.

Overall, it was nice. Sama je pon rasa dengan Indonesian food yang aku rasa di Indonesia sendiri. Memang rasanya agak sama dengan origin food. Memang takkan lari jauh sangatlah.

Pricing pon ok. Makanan satu below RM10. Air biasa dalam ranging RM3-5. Not bad. Semua skali dalam RM 30++.

NHL’s Stomach Meter:

NHL's Stomach Meter (B)

NHL's Stomach Meter

P/S: Ultimate goal tahun ni nak makan di Mache. Kalau tak dapat jugak, tatau la nak cakap ape. Dah bertahun lamanya aku menanti saat nak makan di sana~~~ (ayat sedih) Hew hew hew.

Proton Preve Review

Preve? What is Preve? Yeah, the new Proton. Proton Preve. I did test drive it. I would like to comments on the car itself. What am I going to do? I would give personal opinion, I would compare with the same category and definitely the price will comes in the picture also. Many of my friends knew that I work for automotive industry and they asked me whether worth or not buying Proton Preve. Well guys, you don’t have to go that far. Here you go…

P/S: I would differentiate the Premium based Preve which has CFE Engine and full specs of the car itself with others!

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And I am not going to review about the style and design, clearly this is depends on the individual. For me, it is a normal design car which I hope the design can be more intriguing, because Proton can do whatever they want (but maybe this is because of restriction of engineering). Ok, now let’s go for the advantages that drew me towards the car. Hehe.

Let’s go for Proton Preve and Honda City, S Grade. What? Vios? Hell no! You better buy Proton Saga BLM full specs rather than Toyota Vios (it’s double the price with the same specification – not to say other things as well, that I couldn’t write here). Hew hew hew.

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With RM72,990, you can get push start/stop button, auto headlamp, ISOFIX, auto wiper, auto cruise. Honda City price is higher than that, but not too much inside. The best part? 4 airbags! Which definitely and surely covers you for side impact. *There are no Malaysian car so far fitted with 4 airbags.

In a short yet meaningful thing to say, I am not recommending Toyota Vios to all of you. Erk! *Sorry UMW people, I have to say this. Preve is way better than Vios. Yes! If you have RM72k, please go for Preve! Hew hew hew.

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Now, let’s go for the test drive session. Actually, I like test drive Preve very much, because it felt so light. It is just like driving a BLM (I mean in terms of weight, not the feel of driving it), especially when you are cruising 80 to 120 km/h. Yes, I did that! On the not-so-clear road. Ahaks! That one is the advantages of Proton, as well as good interior, comfy seats and others. The bad part is? The first gear is so damn heavy. I mean, when I changed to D mode, it does not move a bit, until I pressed the throttle. It was damn heavy. For me, this is the dropping side of Preve. Just imagine that when you trapped in a traffic, the heavy machine would still turned you down! Haha! And one more thing, the AMT transmission would cost around RM2k if it is faulty! Oh my God! Maintenance wise? Neh!

Overall, for me it is just a normal car from Proton, with all the safety features in and the new CFE engine. Other that that, the styling is quite normal. I don’t know what  to say no more. That’s all; I guess???

P/S: HIM would still be the best! Go HIM! Hew hew hew.

P/S/T: Can’t wait for ASEAN NCAP this 24th May in Malacca. Let’s see the best out from the bunch of cars that being sold in Malaysia. Yeah!

Eat.Photo.Blog: Las Vacas

Hola! Sebab semua orang sekarang ni sibuk sangat pasal Burger Bakar Kaw Kaw kan? Meh aku bawak korang ke restoran similar to the Burger Kaw Kaw. Price pon lebih kurang je. *ni sebab nak beratur Burger Kaw Kaw panjang sangat kot aku review benda neh. Haha.

Nama tempat ni Las Vacas, terletak di area Mont Kiara. Ye lah, takat Wangsamaju, mana kelas Jah! *okay, kata² berbaur unsur tak puas ati di situ. Haha.

Jom kita saksikan~~~

Las Vacas!

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Terletak di sebelah Kompleks Mont Kiara. Korang akan nampak signboard Las Vacas clear as crystal kalo lalu situ.

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Actually it compromises of butcher shop and also a restaurant. Disebabkan area ni ramai expatriates, so butcher shop halal ini sangat laku!

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At the counter there are meat which has been cut to pieces. It goes by grams.

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And it’s fresh!

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The interior with all the ketchups and sauces at the rack. Nice.

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Aku duduk luar sebab dalam da penuh, only a few tables inside.

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But the outside seems fine for me. Nice surroundings. You can see most of them eating there is expatriates, and you don’t have to do a long queue like Burger Bakar Kaw Kaw! Just sit and relax, waiting for your food.

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Ketchup and sauce. Yeah! Heinz gitu. Haha.

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Peach Tea was my choice. RM 5 per bottle. Small bottle!

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The beef burger goes by weight of the beef.

Beef burger 150 g  = RM17.00.

Beef burger 250 g = RM 25.00 (picture below).

TadaA~~~

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Seriously you won’t regret eating this!

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With the fries, and a big burger; I am totally gonna come here again!

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Can you see how big the burger is?

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And yes, I am enjoying the food and drinks!

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There are mustard if you would like to add some.

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The counter, you can see also the kitchen.

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For me, only drinks here is expensive. Small Peach Tea (RM 5.00) and warm water (RM1.00).

I guess, there is where they made money. The beef burger for that stated price was worth it!

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NHL’s Stomach Meter:

NHL's Stomach Meter (A)

NHL's Stomach Meter

P/S: Yes, I never tried Burger Bakar Kaw Kaw. Maybe after all this burger craziness stop, I would try once. But for me, Las Vacas is one of my fav now!

P/S/T: Friends that I knew from outside Malaysia, I’ll bring them here. Surely, they’ll like it. Hew hew hew.

Extreme Water Sports!

Venue: Asian Water Sports Village, Serdang

Time: 10:00 am ~ 1:00 pm

Price: RM 29 / 3 hours non-stop rides

At first I was scared. I don’t know why, but heights and water seems not like me that much. Naim with height and/or water does not put together. Bahahaha.

Well, I tried. But this time, I tried harder. Yeah! Made it!

You guys have heard about it? Actually one rides cost you RM 24 / pax. But I was invited by my friend because they were bought coupon from website. Surely you guys know Groupon, MyDeal, Dealmates, etc, right? So, the price is only RM 29 / pax and you can ride all the rides for 3 hours!

For me? Enough one ride for each thing. Haha!

Here are the pictures:

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The Heritage (serviced apartment) that is located in Serdang is next to the Asian Water Sport Village. In order to enjoy all the rides, you have to go inside the service apartment and park your car there.

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Mines lake, I suppose the name is?

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Nice view actually~~~

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Taking pictures of the scene~~~

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Well, look like enjoying the view huh Naim? Wait for the rides then! Hew hew hew.

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Seconds before getting wet.

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Well, the first is banana boat. This is quite normal especially in Port Dickson, but this is my first time riding it actually. Haha.

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The second one is Storm. Gosh, I am brave enough not sitting at the centre?

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Owh, not really! Changed places already. Haha!

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Here we go!!!

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I am thinking that was is the last ride for me. Gosh it was thrilling. They knew all guys were on that thing, they went all out with the jet ski!

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Wet wet wet. *not the singing group lah!

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Next is the Evo Pro 3. This one also like crazy! I felt like Superman!

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See that fake smile? Hahahahaha!

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The next one is Airhead. This ride made your butt hurts!

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The jet ski that pull all those crappy things we sit on.

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The hair starting to dry out

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This one is smaller than the Evo Pro 3. harder to grip and stay on it while riding it. Haha!

One word to describe this activity?

AWESOME!

I basically tried, even though I am scared. I’ll do it again if forced by my friends. Well, nothing to lose right? Hew hew hew.

You can check the facebook of Asian Water Sport Village. Click the picture below:

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P/S: I am having pains over my biceps and my hands. It is really hard to get your grip all the time.

P/S/T: My friends said, if you don’t want to get hurt, just release and let your body fall down as that will be the best option rather than your biceps and hand hurts later on. This is TOTALLY right!