Ada Apa Dengan Deutsch.. dan Deutschland

Today while walking around in the hot sun to do my assignment, I was laughing alone tanpa disedari. Mainly because I recalled several incidents yang mencuit hati and also some new experiences I would like to share that had recently happened.

Incident 1 : Ingat ni kedai Turkei ke?
Right now, we are learning Past Tense (Perfekt) in our Deutschkurs. My teacher gave us homework and usually my husband will check after I have completed it. This was the conversation..

Wife : Tolong checkkan ayat ni betul tak? '....Maria und Jochen hat ein flasche Wein getrunken und ein Stück Fleisch bestellt (Maria and Jochen minom satu gelas air wain dan order satu potong daging)... '

Husband : (checked and laughed) ... tengok la ayat you nih.. diorang minom air wein.. tapi order daging.. you igt ni kedai Turkei ke boleh order² daging.. bang.. bagi sekilo daging bang...

Wife : (Gelak tergolek²)


Incident 2 : Jikalau takde Aral Melintang

Wife : I dah pergi Aral (kedai Stesen minyak) kat KFC tapi tak jmpa gak Relentless Shots tu.. I rase kena pergi Aral lain kot..

Husband : Cuba you pergi Aral dekat Netto kat rumah tu..

Wife : Tu la I rase smlm I ada ternampak.. nak pergi balik la.. Kalu tak.. taktau lagi nak pergi Aral mane dah

Husband : I tau.. kalau u tak jumpa jugak.. I know where you should go..

Wife : Mane ? (intonation dengan penuh harapan)

Husband : Aral Melintang..

Wife : !!!!!!!!


Incident 3 : Tak berapa nak kelakar walaupun pelik tapi benar..
Conversation between me (LS) and my classmate (MC)

MC : LS, schiashishiashia (said something in Mandarin)
LS : Bitte ? (Apa mu royak nih??)
MC : You speak mandarin or cantonse ?
LS : Er... neither..
MC : Oh ? You're from Malaysia right ? I thought Malaysians can speak either Mandarin or Cantonse ?
LS : Ooh.. ya.. but those are Chinese Malaysians.. I am not.. I am a Malay..
MC : Oh ?? (surprised) You mean you're not chinese ?
LS : (nganga ???? ohmyGod... seriously????)

Incident 4: Menyenangkan benda yang susah sket

Cikgu : In Deutsch, I know you don't like it, but we have artikel for every nouns. Every noun has genders and you can know the gender of the noun from the artikel. You have to memorize each artikel for each nouns. However, there are some that you can be sure of the gender of the nouns. For example, and nouns that have a '-chen' in the end is neutrum. i.e. das Brotchen (small bread), das Tischen (small table), das Stühlchen...

MC : That's easy.. just refer as everything as small.. then you can know the gender (neutrum) .. small person, small cake, small everything!

Me : One way to remember it!




There are a few more incidents that had happened.. mainly about class.. would love to blog about it.. tapi I cant really remember the details.. also other random stuff.. sigh.. rindu pulak nak berblog but I have lots of things to do right now... Biss später!!

Was gibt's in der Küche

I have been posting my dishes on facebook lately. I don't feel like posting my own pictures. Or a picture of me and my husband just like most newly weds would do. Pejam celik pejam celik we celebrated our 11 months wedding anniversary 2 days ago. I made beef stew and we ate it with rice. We had a candle light lunch which was still bright. Usually we would have our dinner around 630 which would still be bright nowadays since it's Spring. I am still getting used to the weather. Funny thing is, the weather is very unpredictable. You go out wearing a sweater and a jacket and turns out, in 1 hour, it's sunny and you have a heavy attire on your body. Of course I dare not risk not wearing a jacket. I get cold too easily. Even at 12°C right now, I am wearing a long sleeve shirt and a sweater and I still feel chilly.

Today I went to the city again to buy meat at Abone. I spoke full German today while buying meat without feeling scared if I make any mistakes. And I didnt make any! Yay for confidence! I did an extra shopping than the usual daging, minced meat and chicken. Today I also bought peaches, salad, tomatoes and bread for kebab. I reached home at 1240 and told my husband all about my 'adventures' for the day and after that I asked him what time doesn he want to eat?1pm. So, alamak lah! I cooked a very simple dish, since I just bought the minced meat, I fried it and potong² the salad and tomatoes. And it took me just about 20 minutes to produce a very delicious (can I say that?) kebab :)

 The end result are as follows.. checkit out...

Recipe for Kebab
Ingredients :
1/2 senduk minyak
1/2 Bawang besar
2 ulas bawang putih
200gm minced meat
1 senduk serbuk kari
Roti kebab
Mayonaise
Tomatoes
Salad
Chilli sauce
Salt and pepper

Cara - cara : 

1. Panaskan minyak and tumis bawang besar about 1 minute

2. Masukkan minced meat and sprinkle serbuk kari goreng2 till dah siap

3. Masukkan bawang putih till fragrant and add salt and pepper

4. Panaskan roti kebab atas pan till lembut (no need minyak).

5. Sapukan mayonaise on top of roti and susun daging, salad, tomatoes, bubuh chilli sauce, lipat, and your done :)

This was my nasi goreng cina sempena China won against Malaysia.. hehehe no laa.. totally coincident. These pictures are also in my facebook.

NASI GORENG CHINA RECIPE
Ingredients :

satu senduk minyak, 2 ulas bawang putih, minced meat sket, udang cocktail beli kat kedai KIM HA, fishballs, mixed vege, nasi semalam yang dah digaul dgn garam, 2 tablespoon cili kering yg dah diblend, eggs (optional)

1. Panaskan minyak
2. Tumis bawang putih, minced meat, udang and fish balls, cili
3. Bubuh air sikit dalam stgh cawan
4. Masukkan mixed vege
5. Masukkan nasi, gaul² smpai rata
6. Goreng telur by the side and gaulkan
7. Bismillah, makan :)

I am enjoying cooking and somehow I have a weird feeling that people have this weird feeling whenever I post my dishes on FB. Well, its okay. It's food so it's pretty generic.

Biss dan!

Like Some Twilight Movie

Salam. Hello. Guten Tag!

Its day 6 here in DE and the weather is as u can see at the printscreen photo I inserted. Yes2. Its in german. Almost everything here is german.. wait.. not almost.. EVERYTHING here is in German (Deutsch). so i need to master the language real quick to get by. sometimes just listening (not watching ye), listening to the TV, can pick up a few words.. they will be talking real fast.. and I'll be picking up words like this: 'good (guht).... right (richtig)... exactly (genau)... later (später).. bye (tschuss)..

Yesterday, the weather was really nice in the afternoon. It was sunny and temp was like 10 degrees. So I decided to go out to take some fresh air and snap some pictures. I asked the houseowner's daughter, Carie to accompany me to go to the river, Rhein which is just nearby the house about 10 mins walk.

People were jogging and walking and you can see old people just sitting there enjoying the fresh air. Young couples jogging with their MP3s, track suits and jogging attires. Carie wanted to show me a nice place where there were Swans and Ducks swimming near the river. I got some really nice shots of them. Check it out.

 This is the view of the Rhein River from Lindenhof.                          This is a shot from below the stairs.

This is the view of the place that looks like the beach.. nice rite..   This is the walk way to the forest.

                           Carie.. the houseowner's daughter              Really nice view here.. almost sun set

 

 These are the ducks and the Swans swimming                           Say hello swan!

 

                 Oh yeah, that's me... with my new jacket :)                   History of the river

So there we were happily taking pictures and Carrie showing me around the river. We were talking and chit chatting until i got a call from Mr.Lucky saying that he is about 10 minutes from reaching home. See, that's gonna be abit of a problem since the house keys are with me.. and we kinda got lost... in the forest!

At first, it was not so scary.. people were still walking, and taking dogs for walks.. and somehow, we took a wrong turn and reached somewhere quite far from where we started. Nerds! (ok, too much 30rock :p ). And the time that we got lost was the other place that we got to which was beautiful (the picture of almost sun set above). yeah.. it was like a beach kinda.. and we saw two boys playing with their dogs.. even though it was almost sunset, we were still very far from home.. I was abit worried but I knew we will reach home somehow..

The drama started when we reached Camp Strandbad and it was already dark. Carrie called Joe a few times asking for directions. We needed to keep the Rhein on our left so that we can find the way home. And true enough. But as we walked further, and it became darker.. things started to get creepier.. and there were no lights at all. We started to panic and I was quite hesitant on walking forward since I don't see any signs of civilisation at all.. and no lights.. and we decided to turn back after we Carrie said 'oh my god, this is where we were just now.. we were in circles' .. Deeply, I wanted to cry, so badly. I imagined a lot of bad things, I thought I would never see daylight again.. I recited some versus to calm myself down. I even quietly sang, 'My Favourite Things' from The Sound of Music so that I won't feel so bad. But I was the adult between the two. I had to play the cool, calm and collected card. Carrie was cool too, she said 'we're gonna die.. we're gonna die.. i dont wanna die in the woods'.. but I know she was joking... (right?)

So we walked back to Camp Strandbad where there were lights but no one around. Then, there was a lorry that entered the Camp.. so we headed there straight away. Oh yes, in every drama, there is always a climax scene.. the climax scene for this drama would be when Joe called Carrie's handphone, it went dead. Bummer! see, this is just like some Twilight movie with the forest and all.. (sigh).. so we ran and ran in the dark before it gets darker and colder (I think the weather was between 2°C to -2°C im not sure. but what I know is I was shivering). So we reached the camp but the ultimate challenge is that we needed to climb through the gates, like a pelarian. And I went first and the climb and the jump made me realize that my body isn't getting any younger (Jogging will commence real soon!). Carrie was real smart when she gave me the bag first and then climbed the gate (and why didn't I think of that?). She had to take off her shoes to climb the gate which made it look easier for her. Yeay Carrie!

Finally, civilisation. No more lost in the forest.. No more lost in translation.. Just.. still.. lost.. She put her simcard in my very old Nokia phone and immediately Joe called her.. Lucky! because Joe's hp's batteries were also almost dead :p Suddenly we saw a light. and someone calling Carrie! It was Joe on a bicycle.. That's when I spoke to Mr.Lucky saying that we will be home soon. Joe brought us to a cab place. Me and Carried went home by cab and Joe cycled back home. In the cab, I realized that we walked realllllly superfar. The cab fair was 10.50€. yeah. Imagine that.

Alhamdulillah, we reached home at 7.40pm.

What an adventurous day 5 in DE :)