Halal Food in Perugia

I wonder if others have the same problem as me when it comes to finding halal food in Perugia. I know some people did write the instruction on how to go to this shop.. but actually, at first, i'm fail to find it..So, if anyone come across what I wrote here.. and still can't manage to find it.. why don't you e mail me at puterisalji@gmail.com.. maybe I can help you bout it. Or drop your comment here.. I'll try my best.

Ok.. if from Centro Perugia.. I think minimetro is the best way to travel.. take minimetro to stazione fontivegge. When you reach fontivegge station and go down the station stairs... In front of you is actually a bus stop.. you can see the railway on your right and the railway station in front..  If you walk straight.. and face left after that.. you can see La Coop, the supermarket on your right and on the left you can see apartments. You can see a wide road.. usually with lots of car between the apartment and La Coop.. the road is like an underpass.. If i'm not mistaken, when I was there, there's an Indian restaurant in crossing above position of the road.. 

So now.. make sure you're standing across that road.. which mean.. you're going to be across La Coop now.. Exactly in front of the apartment.. It's like a parking area there.. (I think there's travel agency around that) You'll see a staircase there.. And you need to climb that staircase.. On your right.. there's several shops.. small shops.. You have to search there.. You can ask people too.. It takes like 2 flights like that.

Just don't expect a big shop.. so good looking.. No.. it's small and it's belong to I think Arab people. They sell fresh meat, fresh chicken and turkey.. and it is halal.. which to me, the best place to get your halal food..

It's tricky to find it.. To me maybe.. I manage to find it because I try to befriend a handsome guy that sell bag at Perugia market.. he's from middle east as well.. Don't remember which part. But he speaks english.. a bit here and there.. So he try to give me the direction and I go searching for it.. Lucky I meet some other arab women there too so I can ask them as well.. the exact location..

So I hope other people can find it..

Happy New Year 2010 !

Ok.. it's 2010 already.. I haven't update my travel for quite sometimes.. so I think I'm going to try to write on things again.. At least people got the views of my travel.. a bit here and there :) There's a lot of things to write about actually.. but i know it takes time.. so, let's hope 2010 will be a great year of travelling.. and time won't be so envious that I end up not writing.. hehe.. with Luv from me!

Happy New Year everyone !!

Ok.. let's welcome a decade after the Y2K.. Everytime I celebrate new year, I always feel like.. God, time do fly really fast.. Looking back, what have I done last year? So it's already 3rd of January.. Well, I haven't write so much in 2009.. Consistency is a bit of issue in blogging.. hehe.

Yesterday, I talked to a friend.. and old friend.. (a Malaysian guy that I accidently know via letter writing.. who says all guys hate writing anyway). We talked about blogging and how he thought that it's not his style to publish the diary.. well2.. I'm a good diary writer when I was 10 years old.. It's a way of sharing your feelings.. When I grow up.. I guess things just change. I prefer to write on thoughts more than feelings.. But of course, you can't simply run away from the real life. It's not like whatever you write has nothing to do with you. I always love to write. Be it anything :)

Let's talk a bit about last year.. If it is 2009, today I'm in Italy.. getting lost.. hehe. I always love that experience.. Visiting a european country.. going to it's Uni, learning the language, speaking that language, making friends like all over the world, seeing all the beautiful places, taste the fine coffee and eating spaghetti everyday.. plus, losing weight and yeah.. my 1st ever winter and snow.. Whenever I reminisce that 3 months plus of my life.. I always want to return back to Italy and enjoy this feelings with my fiancee'.. oh, it's so romantic :)

Ok, speaking of fiancee'.. well, the feast happen last 26th december.. and I'm so satisfied with that.. Maybe I should post like a few pictures for my dear blog.. :) and we plan to get married around October.. everything still in planning and I don't want to really procrastinate things.. so I hope, we can start planning everything soon.. Now I wonder if I should have a blog of wedding or a tag here..

What else.. I got good job too in 2009.. and struggling to make myself to satisfied with the performance.. it has been 6 months plus.. so I'm kind of happy with it. And I lost my uncle too.. which is sad.. we all love him. I remember the week before that he's not so talkative but he sat next to me asking me about italy... I don't know it be the last one.. :(

I bought a house too with Iwan.. and we're so excited about it!

Looking back, so many things can happen in a year.. and i don't want to be some fools and losers so I do hope things get better for me each day.. I remember someone says that God gives us 24 hours a day.. but that 24 hours can be different between person.. Some can do less and some can do more. So I choose to pray to God so that my 24 hours becomes valuable as I try my best too...

Let's hope that 2010 bring out the best in me as well.. I probably change my status to Iwan's wife this year.. I hope I'll have a wonderful wedding day.. :)

My home sweet home..

Ok, let me tell about my home sweet home.. I always want a double storey house but I know I can't afford it on my own.. so I share this luvly house with Iwan.. and it cost us a lot.. that I think we need to really spend less in order to really have this with us.

It begin during Hari Raya Puasa.. when my office mate, Kak Ina ask us to come visit her new house.. She has a open house that day.. So, Iwan agree to come with me. Her house is at Bandar Bukit Raja. It's a Sime Darby property. I know Sime Darby is well known as good developer. I thought of seeing their single storey house.. thinking there's no way I can afford a double storey house. Me and Iwan finally go visit the sales gallery after that open house.. and we were so amazed with the beautiful houses.

There's no single storey house available except for end lot that cost 245k. Then we decide to look at the house sample of avira and ellis.. Ellis will cost us 280 plus k and Avira will cost us 308k... and without knowledge, we think that we might need to pay like 2k to 3k per month.. which we can't afford :( Later we pick the loan brochures.. the list shows that for 30 years, we have to pay around 1400 per month.. which is.. when we think back.. is quite affordable.

We realize that with such amount.. we have to squeeze our budget a bit for first few years.. until our salary increase a bit, that amount become not a really big sum.. Maybe people wonder why we take such financial risk.. 1st) the house price keep incresing.. and we don't think that if we wait.. we soon can afford such that type of property.. once we put on commitment for like a smaller house.. we're not going to have balance to purchase bigger size house. 2) The location is good.. and it's worth every penny spend.. and guess what, we survey other parts too and it's not easy to get that price for that kind of house.. most cost like 400k. 3) Why worried spending more on something valuable like that.. It's not an LV bag or Prada shoes.. I'm talking about a house here..

After a few time calculating and recalculating the monthly budget.. we decide to go survey the loan before paying for down payment.. we find that Maybank offer quite attractive package.. Zero entry cost.. at blr - 2.1% interest.. So we go paying the booking fees and select no 18 as our house.. it's facing sun- down.. which to other people is bad.. but i think it meets what we want so it's fine then..

On the day we collect the offer letter from sime darby sales person, pn lily, a loan promoter, mr tee comes offer us the cimb loan.. we already think that we'll go to maybank but he patiently wants to offer us loans.. explain to us this and that.. and the next day we meet to give the documents and he explain to us again what cimb can offer.. he gives us blr - 2.2% and it's non zero entry cost but the amount absorb in loan.. we're quite satisfied with his explaination.. and this is flexi loan. We proceed the application with him..

The next day we receive news that our loan only approve 85%.. then he ask us to submit any other account info.. so we submit our ASB.. then our loan approve 90% + other cost.. We did submit to maybank as well.. but we got the news from CIMB first.. and we're satisfied with the offer.. so, we accept that.

After that, we proceed to sign the S & P with Pn Lily.. and now.. tomorrow, we'll go sign the actual loan agreement and ask about the S & P so that Iwan can withdaraw his KWSP to pay the balance of downpayment..

So, what's avira looks like.. is like above.. The interior is from the house sample.. :) Did I mention the rumors.. that Jusco will open nearby.. :D I think it's a good choice to buy here.

Recently..

I always wanted to write something.. Writing has been my biggest passion. For such a long time.. i found myself wandering in such a different world, searching for bits and pieces of words. So after such this long time.. I manage to let myself sit.. and fulfill my passion in writing, once again..
I think it's good. It's a window to open a soul.

So recently, so many things has happen.. my boyfriend always said something like.. honey, you'll lost interest in it.. you always do.. like the malay says 'hangat2 taik ayam'.. which i really hate. Those phrases just kill me. Because... God gives me 24 hours a day.. which i did hope i have more. I spend at least 12 hours from preparation to works... and working. When I get home.. I have my duty as a daughter as well.. to help my mom a bit here and there.. when the clock ticking faster and i even curse my eyes because i got tired when it reach ten sumting.. and the whole routine comes again..

I never hate my work even though I always comes home thinking what I should do next days.. what promise i have deliver to people.. these days.. I even worried to take a leave even though i have no choice.. I always want to give my best. And up till today. I'm still learning to fulfill my own requirement and needs. And who says working with government agencies is really easy.. I think I trust what the registrar of UiTM says.. if we, not prepared to do things like the private sector.. then we're not qualified to stay in UiTM.. yeah.. i'm learning to be at the same phase as the private do.

I love Saturday.. It's an official day that I will go out with Iwan.. I've learn this needs for such a long time.. I still remember how much I hate my days in boarding school. Weekends for me is a day that you get creative with yourself.. I never been in love with Tv.. even today.. I did like movies.. so i think it's essential to go out and see the world on weekends.. not just cramp your head with all the algebra, the newton laws, the process of forming the alcohol or however the blood runs in your veins should reach your heart.. I know I did score my SPM with flying colors... Thanks to my beloved school.. but I need my weekend freedom and I don 't get that when I was in school and i rage that time.. Regrets? No.. I'm graduate now.. and working as a professional... what else could you ask in life.. When everything seems like at a nice track.. We should be grateful. Alhamdulillah..

There's several things i did these days.. several projects running.. I've bought my first house.. And I know I can't afford a mortgage unless it's together with Iwan.. So we bought the house together.. People says like it's a huge risk.. we're not married yet.. Whatever! We've been together 7 years.. once, the big waves rock our boat.. and i think i learn good enough lesson on how to be strong.. to survive my relationship.. And I pray to God.. that what we plan will happen as it is.. I think I'll make another post on this.. Coz I alwayz wanted to write bout this house.

Another project is my engagement and soon to be wedding.. my engagement is next month.. I can't wait for it.. and we're still in preparation.. I'll write on that too next.. and the wedding.. I'll constantly will update on that too...

The last but one of the most important one is... the clearance of 2009 works.. I have to get this done after hari raya haji... I have to settle this thing.. at least, a large portion of it should be done.. :)

So many things happen in this year.. it's almost end of november... I hope I can have time to really write sumthing here.. It's a story of life too...