221224 crossland park hornsby camping

 

 

ad hoc and unplanned at all. when i got the text for mount view gathering, i forwarded the text to anas and he said he will be in crossland park hornsby for camping on the same day. so i told him i wanted to join after the bbq in mountview.

about 7pm i arrived at the camp site. very nice and well maintained campsite. only we cannot bring the vehicle close to the tent. park at the designated area. i do not have any tent. just bought a few camping stuff like sleeping bed, light, and a few other things. 

 

there are 4 families. setting up big tent for each of them. they were fishing and get ready for the bbq. i helped them started the fire and start cooking. we gathered together surrounding the bbq pit. joining us also the indonesian who are the colleage with ont he families.

by the way for families are ridwan, anas, rozi and amir if i ma not mistaken. did not get the wifes name and the kids. we have fun eating, talking and singing. on e the indonesian bring the guitar for the night.

 

i left the next morning after maggi breakfast since need to do the delivery first before i hit the road again on monday. cannot wait for the ride.

221224 hornsby mosque holiday gathering

 it was the day before christmas this year. hornsby muslim community gathering. we have bbq. i was told by mahbob (the person in-charge of the mosque) to come at 930am to the mosque for preparation. since i have nothing to do on saturday. all the classes were cancelled.

so i have time to come early. meet a few members of the masjid committee. we went at 1030am for setting up. the venue is at mountview oval. it is a community park. each neighborhood has one oval park.

 

we started bbq more or less 11am. people start coming at lunch time. it was a good crowd. almost 300 prople turn out that day. we have chicken wing, hotdog, salad, bread and drinks. typical oz meals i guess. some dishes brought by the members. 

 

we eat, talk, chat and laugh.. i was busy with bbqing with a few other comittee. we perform zuhur prayer on the park. it was a great event. i left early about 3pm for delivery. plan for unplanned camping that evening too...

 

221120 kenduri poklong

Motoring can't be separated from kenduri even in oz. Introduced by Abg mat to poklong a week before Abg mat went back to malaysia.

Saw a Malay restaurant in fb called raina in Guilford. So from Hornsby straight to raina. Stop there just for a teh tarik. Amazed me the restaurant is full with Malay Chinese and Indian. Variaties of Malay food.

Met Abg din from greenacre. He's been here for 7 years with his son. Planning to go home next year. Chat with him almost 30min. Many things we share.

Then I went to poklong house. The event just started. Kind of big community here.

Newly wedded. Anuar with his wife from bangladesh.

Heard about this place owned by naim. Let's makan nsw. Open Thursday till Sunday 6-12pm. Feels so malay..

221110 nsw most

Need an id. So i decided to convert my Malaysian driving license to nsw license. Still need to take the skill test for motorcycle and car. Today only motorcycle because car I need be pre assess by the instructor. Manage to book at hart st ives. About 20min from Hornsby at 7am. It's summer but windy and cold.

Take s about an hour. And passed.

I have 3 months to get the id from rms NSW.

20221024 welcome to little saigon

The plan today was only sikmok at MG. But Ayahanda kawasan said berase nok makang ikang. So we went to little saigon in bankstown. Bought tuna and siakap. He said he will ask amri to cook afterwards. I went to see arnela my lawyer while he is working on amri 4x4. They will be going for camping again this weekend in new castle. 

A few pictures of little saigon. Feels like in ho chi Minh city.

With my migration lawyer. So many things to move forward.

I stayed for dinner. Amri is a very good cook. Sorry no pictures for fish curry. Left for Hornsby around 830pm. Very lucky the is clear..

20221018 ride sikmok punchbowl

Day off today. Call ayahande punchbowl bro mat for breakfast at Malaysian Groceries store. Normally he will available in the afternoon. But today he text me at 8am saying he is hungry. I said gimme 1 owahhh(oz slang) to get there. It's cold even during the sammah. Makes the finger numb. I arrived around 10 bro mat already there. In MG, sells malays food. Laksam, sikmok, sikminyak, tok aji serebang and so forth.

We chat a lot things. Live here in oz, back home news etc. He guided me on how to survive here. Unfortunately he is going home soon. 

I left punchbowl at 2pm because it's kinda wet today. In addition I have lesson at 530pm. Otw back I stopped by Sydney Olympic park. Thanks bro mat for all the helps, chats and guide. May Allah bless you and your family in all your future endeavors.

131022 back to 2 wheels..

 It's only a scooter to bring me from point A to B good start where to in this new land. Full thank $6.88 haha rm18 ya..Canberrra?  Brisbane? Will see will update soon ...