Bacalhau

It has been a really long time since i've posted anything. Busy as hell.... Loads of things to read before my parents come visit me. Thanks to Azizi sohabat dari Vrij Universiteit yang sudi menumpangkan apartment yang hanya 5 minit berjalan kaki dari Amsterdam Zuid. Siap belanja kebab lagi.

It has been nerly one year since I've seen my folks secara live. Selalunya skype aje.

I took my parents from the airport and we went straight to keukenhof... Sayang, bunga2nya dah banyak layu. The flower in the picture were dutch lilys. It was the end of the season. Then, off to Gro town.... Before that singgah sembahyang kejap dekat Masjid Den Haag.

A little bit about this mosque. If you look at the building, anything familliar? You'll be surprised that this building was a synagogue. I guess the Muslim community bought the building and convert it to a Mosque. Well, it is true that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. The same situation happened in Leewarden.

After 2 and a half our journey, sampai juga akhirnya

Then dinner at my garden.... Thanks Alles for the table :)

After Dinner menyanyi sepam.... Thanks to my bro Amir for the music and Frank for the guitar. Susah2 Amir turun from Leewarden utk jumpa my parents...

Brought them to see my uni.....

Then besoknya I brought them to Bremen, lepak sana semalam and off to Portugal!!!!!!

For all you readers, if any... hehe before you read this post I would strongly advice you to listen to this embedded music by Dulce Pontez

All this while I thought Sweden was Beautiful. But masyaallah, Portugal is even more beautiful. With its ancient buildings, coble stoned roads, beautifully decorated tiled walls, cozy alleys. Or is it beautiful because I was travelling with my family?. What ever it is I have to say, hands down, the most beautiful place I've ever visited.

Why is Portugal beautiful? The buildings are really old.. If you ask my mum, portuguese buildings need serious paint job. Still it's beautiful.... I think because its different. Typical Malaysians or should I say asians, europe means UK, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland.....oh yeah and a pit stop in Belgium. Portugal? I guess portugal is sort of out of the way. It is secluded inside spain. I think thats why there were not many immigrants and Muslims. Payah nak cari Muslim disini. Kalau di negara eropah lain contohnya Sweden, Switzerland, you're not alone.... mmg banyak Muslim

Neway this is my buddy Claudio. He's our tour guide (FOC maaa) member2 punya pasal. Dia, Rui and Amir nie mcm bro aku aaaa.... Best bro man!... Gaya hidup mesti mau style hippie..... Turun2 dari flight terus aku kutuk dia Abraham lincoln haha.

Nie pulak Rui..... nak sebut nama dia nie susah sikit. OK mcm nie... Khhrruiii..... with the Khhrr.... But he's a really nice guy. Budak philosophy.. Very knowledgeable fela... Dia tour guide FOC kami, siap bole cerita apa significance banggunan nie... sejarah banggunan tu...He and claudio even gave us free tickets to travel. Rui managed to arrange with his Grandma to get those tickets

This is us in Lisboa...... or should I say it in a very sexy Portugeshh way..... Lishhhbowwa.... Notice the bridge far away behind us.... Thats the exact same designed bridge in San Francisco.

This is us in Porto satu family....

Papa... Solo traveler..... But you've got to admit the view..... Mak aiii romantik...... Aku nikah nnt nak bawak bini or bini-bini aku mai sini.... Notice baggunan yang paling atas sekali tu...Aku, claudio dgn loan dah ragaih dah.

Maaan It was quite steep... The reason that we went up there because of our ego... I saw one sweet old lady climbing the steep hill selamber je. So claodio n I "Lets go man!!!" loan pon join. It turned out that that old lady lives between the hill.... She musta climbed that hill every day all her life.

Above is the tomb of Mendiang Vasco Da Gama. Sempoi dak?.... All this while baca daripada buku sejarah aje. Portuguese ppl has great pride in their exploration. According to the tourist guide(curik2 dengaq tourist guide orang lain), Apparently if you are an important figure, particularly a religious figure, your followers will cut off some of your limbs as remembrance, when you die of course.

For Vasco Da Gama, he died in India. So what the Church of India did was ... they cut his finger and keep it in the church while the rest of his body was sent back to Portugal.

Sempat lagi mengayat awek portugis lagi tuuuuuuu....... Malu-malu kucing lah konon... Sajaaa nak gempaq my mum...kasi dia suspen sikit.

Below is a typical Portuguese food. Bacalhau nama dia(sebutan bakaliaw)... Ikan kod...siap ada lagu lagi utk a=ikan nie..... mmg sedap....

Above is Pajeja..... Phayeeyaaa.... Its a typical Spanish food actually.... Nampak macam nasik goreng seafood.

Rupa-rupanya walaupun tak banyak, tapi ada jugak comunity Muslim di Portugal. Community Bangladesh actually. From now on I will NEVER patronize Bangladesh people. It is true what my friend Aiman said when I was studying in Australia, Bangladesh people are among the best people to live with. And he was right.

I was just looking for a mosque to pray, and ask this Bangladeshi salesman. Pastu dia terus calling2 member2 dia and kami dijemput ke rumah Imam Bangladesh. Jamu kami makan. Almost every one of them pernah keje dekat Malaysia and they loved it. Bangladesh people are Hardworking, honest and humble people.

Education pon boleh tahan.... Sorang tu graduate dr Al-Azhar and now doin Phd in belgium. Hebat hebat... tapi modest

From now on, siapa kutuk orang Bangladesh, mau kena paku dengan aku...

akan bersambung.......