Untungnya kami :)

Entry ini adalah entry untuk menjeleskan sesiapa yang berkaitan (read: malaysian di Jubail).


Kelmarin hari Rabu. Seperti selalu, setiap 2 minggu kami akan adakan sesi 1 jam ceramah agama daripada ustaz yang telah kami (Kelab Rakyat Malaysia Jubail / KRMJ) lantik. Tujuan utama majlis begini ada 2 iaitu untuk merapatkan hubungan sesama kami dan juga sebagai pengisian rohani. Walaupun ada ceramah agama, malaysian yang bukan beragama Islam ada juga datang tapi diorang tak join lah ceramah ni. Join makan saja.


Haaa... yang nak bagi jeles ni ialah bab makan. Ish.. gambar tak ambik pulak. Tapi takpe lah. Semalam punyalah tak ramai orang datang. Rasanya problem communication sebab ada yang ingat, program ni akan disambung pada Januari. Neeza cuma tahu yang program ni berlangsung semalam, dalam 2 hari sebelum tu. Dengar kata email dah dihantar tapi tak pasti pulak kesahihannya sebab biasa lah.. email cuma dihantar kepada breadwinner. Kalau kebetulan breadwinner is a female, dapat lah email tu. Kalau tidak, rabbatul manzil-rabbatul manzil (surirumah dalam bahasa Arab) ni memang lah tak tahu. Nasib baik Kak M (wife president) ada bagi tahu Neeza masa dalam kelas Arab tu.


Kaum rabbatul manzil yang datang cumalah 6 orang termasuk Kak M. Kaum breadwinner lelaki tak pasti pulak. Lebih sikit daripada kami sebab ramai yang datang tak bawak the princess of the house (makna rabbatul manzil secara bahasa) mereka.


Ada seorang sahabat baru balik haji. Beliau menceritakan pengalaman beliau yang sememangnya hanya dia yang dapat rasa. Bertuah kami yang belum pergi haji ni dapat dengar pengalaman yang sudi beliau kongsikan. Terima kasih...


Food??? Banyak sesangat. Makanan berat yang Kak M masak ialah meehoon goreng merah sedap. Kak S pulak order paratha (ala ala roti canai) sebanyak 200 keping!!! Banyakkan.. 3 minggu lepas order separuh dari tu rasanya tapi tak cukup sebab orang ramai. Jadi, ingatkan orang lebih ramai datang sebabnya ramai malaysian baru telah sampai ke Jubail ni. Tapi tidak rupanya.. Again, neeza rasa masalah komunikasi and misunderstanding.


Food lain ialah kuih muih yang sememangnya menarik dan mempunyai pelbagai warna. Kak Z buat kuih gulung yang comel. Z pulak buat karipap. Yang lain-lain ada lagi tapi tak pastilah sape yang buat.


Bila dah food berlebih gitu, sesi tapau pun dijalankan diakhir program. Masing-masing bawak balik meehoon dan roti paratha yang memang banyak tu. Kak S buat kuah Dal mamak style. Sedap sungguh. Breakfast Brunch semalam, kami makan meehoon dan roti paratha. Kenyang sampai petang. Tak lunch dah la.. Terus dinner je ;).


Moral of the story - lain kali datang tau yang lain-lain tu ;).

A feast for our big family

We rarely, rarely... had our gathering with all of us in Al Jubail are invited. Recently, the guys (of course it has to be the men - since when women have a power of saying here? - okay, I am just kidding) have launched our own communitee in this small city . . It happened spontaneously in an occasion whereby they men decided to have a Malaysian Club in Al Jubail.


Firstly, I don't know if the club's name is right. Second of all, I don't really know who were appointed as who and who (the committee). What I do know is, everytime 'the men' decided on anything, 'the women' had to settle on preparing the food.. uuuwwaaaa!!! Oh well, I know there are a few (or perhaps one or two) who let their wives relax, don't do anything about the food. They prepared the food themselves. Bravo!!


I just gotta know from someone in the club, the actual name of our club is 'Kelab Rakyat Malaysia Jubail'. Notice the word rakyat malaysia? Currently, we have Indians, Chinese and Malays. Not to forget Melanau. We do have 2 of them here :). We are so Malaysian ;).


For everyone who doesn't know much about us, the malaysian communitee is getting bigger in Al Jubail. More malaysians are coming. The exact figure is not finalized yet. Let the committee does the tedious work - locate them, get the names and bla bla bla..


Yesterday, we had our first gathering (after the club launching). We planned to have it at a beach camp but all are fully booked. So, we had it at a park very close to our president's residence. In fact, it was actually next to the house - how convenience...


We had a huge meal with lots of dishes. Everyone was assigned on a task. On top of that, they also brought pot luck! From the main dishes to the most light one like 'bledho'. Hey! That's the name of my blog!! hehee.. but, it wasn't me who prepared the bledho. By the way, 'bledho' is jelly or some people call it as agar-agar. There were BBQ (the best part) done by the men! Beef, chicken and seefood were BBQed. There was beef sate too! I can't write all food here since they were a lot.


I didn't even take a picture of the food. I guess to fill my tummy is much more important than taking pictures nowadays ;). My mister took the pictures (that explains why he wasn't in any of the picture taken). The committee has assigned a photographer (a young and available one hahaha!! - he's in Grade 8..) to capture the event.


Almost a day was spent there. We started at 12 noon (many, including us came much much later hehehee...) and ended at 10.00 pm. There were still a few who mingled around to do some accounting job - calculated money in and out (yikes!!).


We (a few of us) also invited our friends in Al Khobar but some of them couldn't make it. Perhaps, we would able to invite many of them to join our feast in the future. The more the merrier right :).


Overall, we especially the ladies had joy and fun yesterday. I don't need to mention that, only in that kind of event all ladies are able to meet with each other and exchange our daily activities (gossiping??) Naaaahhhhh!!!


Lets look at the pictures. Do you recognize any of them?