Little Party in Khartoum

A local Sudanese friend came to our house to bring us to a little party hosted by his partner. On our way to Omdurman, another part of the capital city, we drove pass by this magnificent building.

The construction of this hotel is at its tail end and should be opening for business in Sept 08. There will be a mall at the hotel's lower ground too. Ownership of the hotel was said to be linked to the Libyan President's family.






The party was held for the naming of the partner's daughter. We finished the meal at the centre. Don't know how to tell what kind of food was it but we almost finished all of it.

Was it nice? Ahhhhhhhhh, can I choose not to answer in case my Sudanese friend reads my blog.
Our Sudanese friends that shared the same food.

My two colleagues, Peter and Nazril.
We were there around 11am plus and was quite surprised that the colourful cloth was very effective in providing protection from the sun ray.
The tent area where the tables and chairs were set up was on a road lane in between two houses. All the ladies were inside this two houses. Only the men were outside.
That was it, we were in that tent.
On our way back, we noticed that the Nile river has burst its bank near the bridge connecting Khartoum and Omdurman. It seems that the rainy season down south Sudan was quite heavy lately.
Tags: Sudan, Omdurman, Khartoum, Nile River

Police at This Bangolow House

Police is definitely not far from this bangolow house. Once you disturb the peace at this Sitiawan area located at the state of Perak, besides being arrested you'll be hated as well. Keep far far away!

Tags: Bungalow, Police, Sitiawan, Perak

Where Is The Police Speed Trap?

A friend who was on her way back to Sabak Bernam in Selangor, her hometown, stopped by a fruit stall to get some fruits. Just as her other family members were buying the fruits, she this policeman sitting inside the fruit stall which was by the roadside.

If were caught speeding in Sabak Bernam, I'm sure it was this policeman who was smart in camouflaging himself. My friend initially thought it was another stall worker sitting down there attending to some menial work ........... hahaTags: Police Speed Trap, Sabak Bernam, Selangor, Fruit Stall

Dinner Cooked by Colleagues

Home made belacan with whatever we could get our hands on in Khartoum.

Fried brinjals with chilli paste. This was fantastic.

The best of all, the curry lamb. Wow!!! Great food there by Feri.

Our dinner. Everyone went for their second helping because of the fantastic curry lamb. What a feeling.

Hungry time right in front of the the TV.

Later in the night, both Feri and Fairuz prepared the inner fillings for curry puffs. Potatoes and some meat.

Just look at the hard work.












This was our supper. The best in Sudan.
Tags: Dinner, Curry Lamb, Curry Puff

Having Drinks at Barista

Ahhhhhhhhh ........ some better quality cafe has mushroomed in Khartoum city since Jan or Feb 08. This one is called Barista.

They have a nice menu booklet with all their drinks being listed therein. Not so much on food.










Arabic lessons for you.

More arabic lessons for you.

Some pricing for you to compare (2 Sudanese Pound = US$1.00).

The inner set-up. We were around 6pm plus so not many customers.

Nazril was trying to snap a picture of me.

We were doing a quick draw with our phone cameras.











Checking the photos taken last 24 hours.
















My drink, the Oreo Shake. Goodness me, the oreo biscuits were in small chunks and thrown above the shake. Seeing those chunky oreos, I thought no oreos were blended together with the drink. Good thing they did it.












One of my colleagues' drink. Forgotten the name.

Barista is located in a bungalow building of two storey. Downstairs is the service counter where you could place your orders.
Tags: Khartoum, Sudan, Barista, Cafe, Oreo Shake

She's A Woman!

A very frustrated student who was fed up with an examination question could provide 'brilliant' answer. I wonder how will the examiner react.
Tags: Examination, Funny, Humour, Jokes, Examiner

Enjoying My Time in Khartoum

Even though life in Khartoum is not similar to Kuala Lumpur, there are still some breather here and there. Only way to keep entertained is to go round the city looking for some cool places to have some drinks (not alcohol term).

On Tuesday evening after work, we went to Ozone. Really cool place. Just look at those water being sprayed all over the garden. My colleague was enjoying those spray, just right behind him.

It's an al fresco cafe located at a roundabout with cars circling round and round. I'm like a bat now. Will appear publicly during sunset.

My hot chocolate drink ....... mmmmmmmm. It's 5 Sudanese Pound for that drink.
My mini fruit tart. Cost me 7 Sudanese Pound (2 Sudanese Pound = US$1.00).










The rest of the guys ordered Cinnamon on something something .... and Donut. Most of the pastries would cost about 5 Sudanese Pound.













This is one of those air-conditioned shop at Ozone where they will sell their foodstuff on take-away basis. If you were to dine-in, a waiter will serve you.

That guy on the left in this picture saw me taking this picture and came to the door telling me that I can't take any picture there. Why? I know you can't do it at the airport due to security reasons but here also?

We had checked with our Sudanese lawyer before on the reason for not allowing us to take pictures in Sudan to which he said - no such laws. But we are still careful with it.

After our drinking session, we went to a shop called PC Shop that doesn't sell PC (PC is understood as Personal Computer in short).

This shop sells Swiss penknives, jungle trekking knives, kitchen knives - Swiss Army, Victorinox and Wenger brands (all three are in the same family) / Swiss watch -Victorinox and Wenger brands / SIGG water bottle / Parker pens and another german watch (forgotten the name).

They have this wonderful giant collection, the world's largest penknife. Manufactured by Wenger.
This is the certificate stating the world record. Now, in order to use this penknife you would have to bring the object to the penknife ...... hahaha ...... defeats the purpose of having a penknife.












This is part of the penknives showroom. Back in year 2004 when I first stepped into Sudan, we were shocked to see this branded shop in Khartoum itself. The only branded stuff in the whole country.

This shop is generating good business with the many expats working in Khartoum. You don't even find such a boutique in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.
Tags: Khartoum, Al Fresco, Cafe, Fruit Tart, Hot Chocolate, Ozone, Victorinox, Wenger, SIGG