Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Weekend Getaway?!

What would you do when you are running low of budget for a weekend getaway at somewhere exquisite, out-of-city kinda thing? You spend your time in the city (or somewhere near the city), of course!! So that's what we've been doing all weekends, plus the recent long holiday.


For example, last weekend, Hubby decided to give the family a treat...so off we went to MuaraSeaf00d at P0rtKlang (towards NorthPort). It was my first trip there. We left home at around 6.30 pm and stopped half-way to perform our Maghrib.

While waiting for our turns to perform prayer.

We reached MuaraSeafood at approximately 8pm and the place was already bustled with people, fighting for food. Ok, I may be exaggerating on the "fighting for food" part, but yeah, the crowd was great.

If you intend to eat at MuaraSeaf00d, first you got to know the system. Or else, you'll wait forever for the food. The system works like this - first, choose your seafood be it fish, prawns, squids etc. Then, queue up to place an order - nak udang goreng tepung ke, steam fish ke etc. Then, they'll give you an order sheet. Find a seat and wait for someone to come to take your order for drinks. Then wait for the food and drinks to arrive.

So tip no 1. Do come with at least another two person in order to expedite the process of getting food. One person could do the queueing up, while another one search for the vast choice of seafood. The second person will the past the seafood bulk to the "queing-up" person for him to place the order. In the meantime, another person could search for a place to seat. If you don't do this, then you will wait forever for the food. Reasons - the queue is tremendously long and seats are limited (actually banyak but the crowd is greater).

Well, considering the crowd, the service I can say was good. We didn't have to wait long for the food to arrive. And my oh my, the foods were yummylicious. I had the most scrumptious meal of the month. Let me see, Sotong Goreng Tepung, Udang Masak Cili, and Siakap Stim. Yumm, yumm...

Except for the steam fish that just arrived, the rest are just leftovers.

But, since the drinks came long before the food, so we've run out of drinks once we've finished eating.


The 'culprit' who finished up my drinks.

Thus, we want to re-order some drinks. And that took us a loooongggg time, and hubby punya Coke terus tak sampai. So tip no 2, compromise on the what to drink and order them in jar so you don't have to re-order. Apparently, re-ordering is out of the system. So, the possibility for the drink to arrive late (or not at all) is huge.

All in all, it was a good dinner and we had fun.

So go and have a try at this MuaraSeafood. The seafood is fresh plus you'll enjoy the sea atmosphere. I did.


In another weekend, just what we normally did, we paid a visit to KLCC. Kalau takde idea nak pergi mana je, pergi KLCC. Cuma this time around we brought our camera along and took photos everywhere and acted as though we are tourists from Singapore *LOL*. The thing is when you born, raised and still live in KL you tend to take things for granted. It's either you couldn't care less or you are just too shy to do it. But it's pretty sad when you look at your photo album, there's not even a single photo of KL's famous landmarks like KLCC for instance. And when you look at your MIL's album in kampung, they have photos taken infront of KLCC and you go something like this "Eh, eh, kita takde pun gambar dekat KLCC kan?!".

We want to make it happened that weekend. And also during the long holiday where we brought the kids to KLCC park where Abang Ashraff could burn his energy (yang banyak tu).


Now we have photos of KLCC in our album-:)

As for the park, Ashraff had fun running around and perspire badly (pecahkan lemak..as if he had any). One second he's here and the next second he's there. And Ayah has to do the chasing coz Ibu was tied up with Aliff - Aliff nak breastfeed, Aliff nak makan, Aliff nak tidur. Tough job for Ayah coz Ashraff lari laju. And menyelit pun laju coz he's small. Ayah? Hehehe...had trouble menyelit ok...So, not only Ashraff burnt his energy. Ayah pun.





Basically that's how we spent our weekends. Have fun in the city. We are running a frugal life now. Save and save and save. Ok, stop "poyo"ing and accept the fact. We need to save money for the holiday which is like in 4 months time. Yippee! So, for now kenalah bertahan...

Off topic. What do you get when you take Ayah's face, xerox it and reduce the size?
You get Aliff!!


Sebijik kan?

14 comments:

Unknown said...

Ohmigod.. I just realised that Alif really DOES look like Fit. Hahahaha.. but so comel lah your boys. Speakin of which, I do have a pix of KLCC but just with me in it. Hmm.. must spend a day out at KLCC with the Family now.
*pun dlm mode nak save for the end of the year trip*

Liasari said...

hi,
wow ashraff sure have lots of fun at klcc. brought my kids to klcc once, ramainya umat so i didnt let them go out at the park. sometimes when we run out of idea where to go for weekend treat, hubby wud drove us in the car, pusing2 kl waktu malam. best tgk view kl waktu mlm.
btw, i got ur link from eiseai's blog. hope u dun mind, just sharing thoughts with other career mom

mommamia said...

my god!mmg sebijik muka aliff dgn daddy dia!gaya pose pun sama je hihi-but ashraff looks a bit diff form aliff kan,dia byk ikut muka u kot-raf,kdg2 stay kt kl ni mcm dah tak tau nak pegi mana masa weekend kan?the best place pun shopping complex la,tp kalau dulu masa bujang syokla blh tgk wyg, window shopping membuang masa etc,now ni kalau jln or window shopping pun sekejap jer,takleh lama2 nnti anak boring n the rest spend kt playground or mana2 tmpt utk anak2 bermain,n KLCC mmg tmpt yg sesuai utk family-fuhh,i tgk pic ashraff tu pun dah tau he's an active boy,mmg dia betul2 burnt energy,good for your hubby jugak la boleh exercise skali,so now i know la y u still maintain slim even u r a mother of two! :)

ummu_naqeebah said...

hi, i org port klang tapi baru sekali pi situ itupon utk calebrate anniversary hari tu. jenguk2lah blog saya. ooo, lupa , ni laily ni. haa i dah dok Uk nearly 6 month. buat phD sini. nice to know u..

rafiqaheliza said...

Izreen: Oh yes it is. Sebijik. Can masuk contest father-son look alike like that. Hey, where r u going end of the yr?

Liasari: Thanks for dropping by! Yes, KLCC mmg ramai umatnya. Mata kena bukak luas2 takut anak hilang. We all pun slalu ronda2 naik kereta when we really run out of idea on how to spend time with family. Do keep coming back. Am linking u to my blog.

Momma: Ashraff & Aliff mmg tak sama! Ashraff ikut muka tok abah. Heh, masa bujang dulu takyah cakaplah. Can spend hours at one shopping complex. Tgk wayang, window shopping. Sometimes miss jugak suasana cam dulu. But with kids, we can't afford to do that. Nak jaga dia lari sini sana kat complex tu pun dah penat. Emmm...apa rahsia u stay slim? I akan jawab "anak2 force me to exercise":)

Ummu: Hi Laily! InsyaAllah will visit your blog. Nak visit u kat UK tak bleh, jauh dan mahal. But sure best kan dapat tinggal sana. I'm sure your kids now is speaking in English slanga:)

Juliah & Faridah said...

ija,
baper $$ abis makan kat muara tu? ..meleleh la baca. tapi, kalau nak pegi takleh bawak haariz, baru aman nak makan.

klcc park, lama nye tak pegi. sbb tak larat la nak berkejar ngan haariz. skang ni weekend duk rumah je. kalau kluar pon..kejap je.

gambar alif & bapaknye tu macam clon la..ehhehe serupa habis!!

eiseais said...

ehhh...mmg xerox copy aliff tu. wahh...i yg kerja kat klcc pun tak pernah sampai the klcc park. takut tengok so many people there.

Nana said...

we normally bring Aliah to Alamanda. nak go to an actual taman skang ni, the weather is either too hot or it is raining. there's an indoor play area kat situ and she likes it there. orang pon tak ramai sangat.

Zetty said...

I went to Muara too last time. Have to agree with you that re-ordering memang impossible. Lain kali semua org kena order dua gelas terus.

oh, u should try a seafood place at Bagan Lalang. Best gak.

Amy said...

Rindunya nak makan kat Muara! Me and hubby went there almost every 2 months waktu bercinta dulu coz our group of friends suka buat makan2 kat situ bila birthday. Sotong goreng tepung dia sedap..ermm, u make wanna go there again la! nak gak try bagan lalang macam zetty cakap, ramai gak kata best.

rafiqaheliza said...

Haariz's mom: Tang $$ tu tak tau. Org blanja kan..hehe..Eh, suruh Min lah kejar Haariz. U kejar nak buat ape. Aliff-Ayah sebijikkan?

Eiseai: Heh, weekdays pun ramai ke itu park? Mmg ramai sesgt. Kalau tak tgk bebetul, senang nak hilang.

Nana: Oh yeah, tang wether tu tak bleh cakaplah. Panasss!! Alamanda aye? Rasa nak go and check it outlah. Actually masa long hday hari tu we wanna book a hotel there tapi semua mahal2 gilos!

Zetty: Bagan Lalang yek? Haaa..nak ajak hubbylah. Dia suka bab2 makan2 ni...Thanks babe!

Amy: Wowwies! Like every 2 month? Syokssnye! Udang ni mmg best..Udang dia pun, Ikan dia..eh semualah! hehe..

cikdah said...

i pernah pegi muara once .. 4 yrs ago i guess... eheheh.. masa dulu rasanyee mcm tak berapaa sgt sedap n mahal skit compared to other seafood restaurant yg dah pegi.. ie umbai, melaka and kuala selangor.. murahnye 2x ganda.. maybe now sedap lagi kot and lagi cantik kott... kena ajak hubby ni bwk kitorg semuaa ke muaraa.. for our 4th anniversary this 16th may.. :)

Unknown said...

aliff sgt gemok dan berisi ok....like father like son hhahaha.......carbon copy fit la si aliff tu....

Zaitul said...

like father like son ok....sebijik giler...huhuhuhu...kalau ada competition like father like son...sure can win one...hehehe...