: : Mum-Mum : : Eat-Eat : :

: : USA or Bust! : :

It’s a long delayed posting. Was rushing around like mad last week and feeling very down. This flu is bad to have in the middle of winter. Sigh. Plus, the throat isn’t feeling all that well. Urgh. Was speechless and hoarse over the weekend. Thanks to TheraFlu, my throat and nose is on the way to recovery. Although, the coughing fits are making me break out into sweat each time. Sigh. Oh well.

Anyway, let’s start from KL. Boarded the plan at around 11 p.m. at nite and we took off to Dubai, enroute to Newark Airport, New York. Airline meal wasn’t too bad but it could have been a lot better.

On the way to Dubai, supper was :

Smoke Chicken with Cream Potato Salad

Szechuan Chicken

Banana Strawberry Gateau

Wasn’t too bad. I enjoyed it. Then, it was a tiring time of tossing and turning for the next 8 hrs to Dubai. Couldn’t really sleep that well.

The stopover in Dubai was about an hour. Had to take off a lot of things as the alarm was going off every other second. Didn’t dare take any pictures of the airport in case the camera was confiscated by the security guards everywhere.

Supper (again) was :

Nicoise Salad

Nile Perth with Tomato and Corn Salsa with boiled potato wedges in parsley butter and mixed seasonal vegetable. Very nice but then again, I luv eating fish.

Chocolate Fudge Cake

The bread was kind of funny so didn’t take it.

Another tossing and turning session. Been on the plane and in transit for nearly 24 hours and rest is not so forthcoming. Am definintely not going to enjoy the flight back home to Malaysia. Anyway, the sun was rising so it was time for breakfast.

I had the creamed mushroom omelette with hash-brown potato, chicken sausage and tomato. Decided to play it safe.

We were nearly there and I was getting more and more anxious. However, kept falling asleep due to exhaustion. It was not an easy flight, I can tell you that.

Beautiful scenery everywhere. Got some videos so here they are (right-click and Save As… into your computer!):

An interesting spotlight amongst the clouds (1.61 MB)

Below the clouds (2.24 MB)

Landing in Newark Airport (2.89 MB)

Arrving in Newark International Airport, I cleared customs with no problems at all. 🙂 Note to travellers to New York, do not look at the centralized airport departure times. They’re not updated regularly. Look for the TV screens dedicated for each airline. Also, couldn’t find a single CLOCK in Newark Airport. How to know if one is catching the flight on time?

Anyway, was feeling a bit cold and hungry so was looking around for some breakfast. Had some at Famiglia. Needed something hot hot hot. Bagels? Another day I guess. Probably on the trip back.

The final leg of the journey was a 3-hr flight to Dallas-Fort Worth airport. No food served on the flight. Most of the time, I was fast asleep on the plane. Too tired. Anyway, got in into Dallas and saw my sis! Hugs hugs and laughter at the airport with me cursing at the cold. Grab the bags and off we went to eat dinner! Yep, had mexican food at On the Border!

I luv corn chips with salsa sauce! Luv it better with Queso sauce, courtesy of Donnie, my sis’ bf. Pics of that homemade sauce will be up later.

I tried out the Border Sampler which is ‘sampling of chicken quesadillas, steak nachos and chicken flautas. Served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and queso’ as mentioned on the website. Confirmed that I luv quesadillas now. Gotta find the recipe to making tortilla from scratch. Don’t think I can find it back home.

Jas had the steak fajitas. Again, I just love the tortilla. Something about unleaven bread that makes me addicted to them.

Snapshots of the restaurant.

And of course, my sis, Jas. Haven’t seen in something like 3-4 yrs. Time really flies.

Anyway, more pics up later. Still got a lot of KL pics to be posted up but thought I’d post these up first. Am now off to sit on the Homedic Therapist Select Shiatsu Massage Seat which we got at Bed, Bath & Beyond for USD99.99 (about RM400). Granny’s Christmas gift and it’s definitely a lot cheaper than the OSIM Medic Chair (RM14,000!!!).

: : Asia Weblog Awards 2003 : :

It’s amazing how much publicity is generated from this award. I remembered only 2 nominees for Best Malaysian Awards and that was just a day ago. Hmm…wonder if it was because I left a link at Jeff’s posting? Ah well.

Between Wednesday afternoon (the time I posted the comment to Jeff’s page) to about 24 hours later (flight travels), there have been a lot more nominees including this blog. Blog followers try to show their appreciation by nominating the blog. Although, some people (scroll down to 9 December 2003) have gone to the extreme end of the line (via ruach). Lighten up! No big deal lah.

How I feel about it? Nothing much. The reason I’m blogging was for :

1)My sis and Mum to sort of have a glance at Malaysian food again

2)For Lolly to have some ideas on what to cook next :p

3)For fun and that’s the reason that this blog is up.

And hey, if everyone enjoys reading about food, then I’m glad. Everyone needs something good to look at. (I can hear a few people disagreeing with me on this as food pictures are temptations! Ha!)

Anyway, Mum is arriving in another two more hours and hopefully, can persuade her to take us out for dinner. 🙂

Toodles people! (Now doesn’t that greeting make you cringe? Haha!) Off to rest for awhile. The flu bug that had been hovering for weeks and weeks has now finally decided to crash me in. Urgh. Not feeling too good at the moment but since I’m here, I’m going OUT!

: : Denton, Texas : :

After journeying for 24 hours on the air and waiting 8 hours for layovers, have finally reached Denton, Texas. A very groggy Wena got through Dallas Fort Worth airport to see her sister waiting for her at the baggage claim area. A sight for sore eyes. Can you imagine that we have not seen each other in approximately 3-4 yrs? Long long time. Anyway, it was hugs and kisses at the airport with Wena groaning about the cold and wind.

Dinner was at a Mexican Restaurant called On the Border. It was amazing and we had two dishes. Couldn’t finish them so we took them back to eat. I was so cold that I was eating the leftovers late at night and in the early hours of the morning.

Pictures will be up either later today or tomorrow. Need to get a socket adaptor else the docking station will not work without the download. So, gotta wait for another day for the pictures to come up!

Ciao people!

: : Newark Airport ~ Part II : :

I actually type a whole bunch of stuff to be posted and it just went poof into midair! Choi!

Everyone is so friendly here. Unless, it’s another reason, say, maybe :

Wena looks so lost and forlorn after a 24 hour trip around the world. Urgh!

Wena looks too young to be travelling alone

Wena looks too darn innocent

Wena looks like an interesting person. Hmmm… long story that.

At the moment, the massage bar looks very interesting. Seriously considering to solve my aches and pains. Seriously in bad pain from the long flight from KL to Dubai to Newark. Thinking of sitting in another 3 hr flight to Dallas scares me. Oh well.

Anyway, I’m off people! Ciao! See ya all in Dallas!

: : Newark Airport ~ Part II : :

I actually type a whole bunch of stuff to be posted and it just went poof into midair! Choi!

Everyone is so friendly here. Unless, it’s another reason, say, maybe :

Wena looks so lost and forlorn after a 24 hour trip around the world. Urgh!

Wena looks too young to be travelling alone

Wena looks too darn innocent

Wena looks like an interesting person. Hmmm… long story that.

At the moment, the massage bar looks very interesting. Seriously considering to solve my aches and pains. Seriously in bad pain from the long flight from KL to Dubai to Newark. Thinking of sitting in another 3 hr flight to Dallas scares me. Oh well.

Anyway, I’m off people! Ciao! See ya all in Dallas!

: : Newark Airport Terminal A : :

Right people, am now at Newark International Airport. Am waiting for the American Airlines connecting flight to Dallas. So, after breakfast and chit chat with Mum and sis, am now waiting for 2 hrs to pass by. And guess what I saw? Free internet surfing courtesy of SONY and Intel.

So, am now using the SONY TR2A Series Notebook with the Intel Centrino chip. First time I saw this laptop, I fell in love with it. So light and cute. 🙂 Very very portable. Would love to try out the Motion Eye VideoCam but can’t get into Messenger via this laptop. Portal doesn’t permit me to do so. Oh well.

Still, the connection is not TOO bad. Bit slow according to the man in charge. Something about having to share the connection with the airports T1 line. Still, it beats the JARING Dialup Connections any day.

Can’t believe the number of people walking by and just not wanting to check out these gadgets. Then again, everyone I see are from the older generation. No one young yet. Maybe the only exhibition is here.

Soon, will be flying off to Dallas and to see my sis! Gawd, I hope the food stuff survives the trip. The bag didn’t quite survive. Urgh!