I am super duper malas nak update actually. Oh well, I have been very busy especially during school holidays. It's getting quiet now, since school is about to reopen.
There were lots of things happened for the past few months. Should I list them down? Oh well, here we go..
1- I'm pregnant. My hubby was not ready for a baby, but I insisted to have at least ONE. But I think he's quite excited about it. Due date? On Kak Yang's birthday, 21st June, 2010.
2- My hubby got 2 months contract for MMU, and later extended for another 10 months. Yeay! Rezeki baby, perhaps! ;)
3- I went for an interview, it was unsuccessful. I have no idea what was the reason, may be because I have never trained people before or may be because I'm pregnant or may be I'm not "hot" enough. Hahaha.. anyway thanks Hazim for reminding me that "hot" part.
4- I'm currently looking for a new house.
5- Tompok is getting manja with me. He was a bit marah when my hubby pick him up, but when I was alone, whenever I saw him and called him, he will come to my direction and start terguling-guling. He reminds me of Boy a lot. Oh God, how I miss that Boy.
6- We just bought food processor, wet/dry vacuum and jetwash. Between these three items, I love food processor the most.
7- I have not been cooking for like 2 months! I missed cooking actually and getting tired of eating outside. I'm wondering how people can stand that for their whole life? And my hubby, so pitty.. but the good part is, he's loosing weight. :D
8- I went for my first ante-natal check-up. The baby exactly 3 months on that day. After check-up, I brought Mak to pasar borong Selangor, just to treated her. We were there at 1.30 p.m. Luckily there were still few stall still operating, and we were lucky. The fish are not bad. She end up borong few types of fish and she bought me crabs! She even cooked it for me. Well, may be because I brought her there and that was her way to thank me. Anyway, thanks Mak for the crab and ikan terubuk. And before we left she whispered to me "Ina, nanti kita datang lagi sini ek?" Well, insya-Allah, I will bring her again after my 2nd check-up session.
9- We were running out of Blackwood! Gara-gara terlepas deadline untuk order and waiting for my hubby's pay cheque. Lucky enough Nurul still had 2kgs extra, so I quickly went to her place to get it. Itupun now totally finish. Now my babies are on Friskies diet. Which I hate it. Their poo will be very smelly and Kuriyu-kun esp also doesn't like it much. He's a bit monyok lately. Pity him. Don't worry, I will get our stock from auntie Nurul this Saturday.
10- I have not bought any maternity dress yet. I have not even sent materials to my tailor for my uniform. And my uniform now, is getting tighter. :D
Some people are desperate. To make it more annoying if they are desperate for something not that important. Well, I don't know how to describe it, but I never thought that someone really need this type of attention so badly.
This morning, when I check my email, I receive a notification from petfinder.my. There was a comment on my cat, Ayumi. Well, when I posted her picture there, I didn't expect people to comment anything. I just wanted to share with everybody. But this is the comment I received
"a.. hi,
Saya ada kucing Burmese boleh tak awk comment kat kucing saya Nama Chloe Dia pun Owner's Pet ...
kalau nak search,search kat adoption nya tau .. pleassssss ... ada org comment satu saja pastu saya sendiri yang comment tau kalau boleh Comment la eh ??"
I don't know if the owner is a lady or a man, but from the way he/she comments, I assume it's a lady. You ask a favor from me to comment on your cat, but you never commented on my cat? Isn't she a weirdo or gila glamour? Is she the only one who owns Burmese in this world?
Well I understand, memang seronok kalau dapat comment on your blog ka or anything that you posted online. But, we must remember, we're not Tun Dr. Mahathir, so don't expect lots of people will comment on your posts. Bengang ada, geli-geleman pun ada..
p/s: I just thot the best way to describe this last night, IT'S PATHETIC!
I remember when I was at primary school, my parents had a food stall. Just in front of my dad's grocery shop. Main menu was soto, but at the same time Mak would make some kuih, and must have kuih were tempe goreng, tauhu sumbat and kuih udang (cucur udang).
Sometimes what I did, I just cut all these three kuih into small pieces and simply pour my mom's special chillie sauce. It was soooo yummy. I just loved it.
I missed all those food, so I decided to fry some tempe and tauhu. The sauce, just try. Not sure if I got the right recipe, but that's what I remembered. It's just that I have not mastered yet. This time, I think I put to much potatoes in it. But taste, better than the last time I did.
As for hubby, I made this for him for today's lunch.
That's what happened today. I thought it was sinus, but doc said NO. I'm having flu and my throat, dah start merah. She didn't want to take risk, so she asked me to stay away from the office today. If it's not because of the H1N1, I can still go to work today.
And according to her, wearing mask is good thing and it's very, very stupid if we don't wear it just because we don't want to scare people.
So, from now on I will start wearing mask whenever I go out, especially to the office. Don't care what other people might say. Kalau sakit, I'm the one yg akan tanggung.
Take care everybody and start wearing your mask.
Rasa macam baru sangat berhari raya, tup..tup.. Ramadhan datang lagi.. Of course kenangan yang paling tak dapat lupa masa berpuasa kat Labu dulu. Syiok. Tersangat-sangat syiok. Walaupun letih berkejar sana-sini, tapi best sangat.
Anyway, this will be the very first puasa as a wife. But I don't feel any different, because I have been preparing sahur and berbuka for him since 4 years ago. Yang lainnya waktu berayalah nanti.
I wish I could celebrate this coming raya with my family, but I have to follow him. I will definitely miss hari raya celebration in Banting. Sungguh meriah. Mana tak meriah, anak-anak buah ramai. Kalau tak sebab anak-anak buah pun, on the first hari raya, my relatives (most of them) will serang my house first. Seronok tengok satu-satu enjoy makan soto Mak.
Selamat berpuasa to all of you.
I miss Bahrain, or to be precise I miss the food in Bahrain. Hehehe.. So I search for Chicken Masala recipe over the internet. I found the recipe at www.indianfoodforever.com. And of course I only follow 95% of the recipe. I turns out nice, eventhough I hate cilantro sooo much.
Here's the recipe. Thanks to www.indianfoodforever.com for this great dish.
2 Green Chilli (Hari mirch)
5 flakes Garlic (Lasun)
1 tsp Red Chili Powder (Lal Mirchi)
1 tblsp chopped Ginger (Adrak)
2 meduim sized chopped Onion (Pyaj)
1 tsp roasted Cumin Seed Powder (Jeera)
10 Black Pepper Corns (Kali Mirch)
Salt to taste
2 tblsp Oil
1 tblsp Vinegar (Sirka)
1 tblsp chopped Coriander Leaves (Dhania Patta)
- Grind the green chillies, garlic,ginger, cumin seeds,pepper corns,red chilly powder, onions with the salt and the vinegar.
- Apply over the chicken andmarinate for 1 hour.
- Heat oil in a pan and add the chicken and fry for 2 minutes.
- Add a little water and cook the chicken till it is done and the oil floats on top.
- Serve hot garnished with the chopped corriander leaves.
Ingredients
- 2 cups basmati rice
- 1 teaspoon saffron thread
- 3 tablespoons boiling water or chicken broth, plus
- 4 cups boiling water or chicken broth
- 6 tablespoons ghee or butter
- 2 inches cinnamon sticks
- 4 whole cloves
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 minced garlic clove
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
Directions
Place the saffron in a small bowl and cover with 3 tablespoons of boiling water.
Soak for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the butter over moderate heat in a large 3 or 4 quart stockpot.
Add the cinnamon and cloves and stir well.
Add the onions, garlic and saute for about 2 minutes.
Add the rice and stir for about 5 minutes.
Pour in the 4 cups of boiling water or broth, salt, and the cardamom.
Bring to a boil over high heat.
Add the saffron and its soaking water.
Stir gently.
- Cover, reduce heat, and cook for 25 minutes.
Fluff, remove cloves and cinnamon sticks and serve hot.
I have been there before. Itupun ada orang belanja. The food was good, that was why I brought mu hubby there last night. Another reason was, my brother said, their lamb mandy is good. So I wanted to try.
But, I was quite disappointed. I took mixed grill and hubby took lamb mandy. The mandy rice was so so. The rice was dry dan rasa rempah campak agak kuat. I didn't taste the lamb. As for the grill, the chicken was nice, moist and tasty. But others.. mmm.. so so I guess. We ordered lemonade, but the color of the drink just like lemon tea. Well, I don't know, may be this is their version of lemonade.
Total I have to pay, RM63 for 1 lamb mandy, 1 mixed grilled, and 2 drinks. A bit pricy I think. My conclusion, lamb mandy at Sahara Tent is at least 50 times tastier, but in terms of portion, Alrawsha won. But again, I think I don't mind paying extra RM3 for smaller portion but tastier mandy at Sahara Tent. As for the mixed grill, I prefer Tarbush. At Tarbush you will get, chicken, beef, shish kebab dan lamb chop, it's the same like mixed grill in Bahrain, and the price, same as Alrawsha. So, if I were on budget, I'll go for Tarbush (but don't go to Tarbush Star Hill, for some reason I feel it was a bit pricy there, may be beause of the location), but for taste, I will go to Sahara Tent.
Last Friday, Hefni was invited to a dinner. It was Multimedia University Convocation Dinner, and it was held at Pullman Hotel Putrajaya. Tun Dr. Mahathir and Tun Siti Hasmah were there. Huh.. jealous giler.
Anyway, I pushed him to go, because all this while I was the only one who went for dinner at hotels, etc. So let him, and who knows, he will get new contacts and business. Hehehe..
Anyway, enjoy the pictures.
I took a train from work last night. Hefni had to finish his work, so he couldn't fetch me. Frankly speaking, I hate taking public transport. It was such a turn off for me, actually. I hate being in a crowd. I hate sweating in my uniform. I hate waiting for the train. So I decided to wait at the office until 7 p.m. I hope by that time no more long line at the station.
Well, I was right. It was quite a smooth ride though. From my office I took a monorail at Raja Chulan station to Hang Tuah. The monorail was there when I reached the terminal. I took off at Hang Tuah to catch up LRT Ampang Line (it was known as STAR LRT before), and I don't have to wait long also. Lucky.
When I reached Ampang station, apparently they have shifted the taxi stand to the other side of the station. Well, ok. As long as people waiting in queue for the cab, I don't mind. But it started to rain when I got the cab. I totally forgot about the new rate. Now it's RM3 for the first, I don't know hour or km. What I know, the cost now almost double. Last time, it cost me, at most RM4.50 to reach my apartment from the LRT station, but now, it's RM7. Almost dropped my jaw, hehe. Lucky, I still have RM10 in my purse (I seldomly bring lots of cash), otherwise I have to call my hubby and ask him to pay. Hehehe..
Anyway, along the way home, I saw there were few people wearing facial mask. I don't blame them actually, but for some reason, it makes me stuffy and uncomfortable. And I felt like I couldn't breath. That was just me I guess.
This morning I went to Santa Restaurant. This time I really melantak, revenge I guess, because I didn't go there last Saturday.
Yesterday, coming back from Banting, Papa Boy dah kaku. He left us. He left all of us. He left lots of memories. Good memories. I remember he slept with me, right next to me, when Cuddy passed away. He had been our Boy, long before Fly. Definitely he had very, very special place in our heart. He's my Boy, the one and only Papa Boy.
He was so popular amongst the girls.
Thank you for always being by my side.
Thank you for being a very, very good boy.
Thank you for everything.
I'm sorry if I ever treated you wrong.
I'm sorry if I didn't give you the best.
I will miss you so much.
Nobody will ever replace you in my heart.
Rest in peace,
my dear Boy.
Akhirnya, kiter tunaikan juga hajat hubby untuk merasa onion soup. Lama dah dia "merengek" tu. Yelah, kiter bekerja, jadi kalau nak cuba resepi baru selalunya tunggu hujung minggu. Tapi bila dah belek-belek beberapa website, taklah sesusah mana pun. Jadi gagahkan dirilah nak buat. Lagipun, kalau white onion tu tak digunakan, takut rosak pula. Rugi je beli.
Basically I just need
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Dan inilah hasilnya...
Kalau ikutkan, cheddar cheese tak berapa sesuai, sebab bila masuk dalam oven, it was not melted. Turns out jadi macam kerepek pula. Lagi satu, kat rumah takde thyme dan french bread, jadi kiter tak letak thyme and substitute french bread dengan burger bun. Hubby loves it, and mission accomplished.
I saw one guy selling vegetable, just outside Ampang Point Shopping Complex. It's all prepacked and he sold it at RM2/pack. And I ended up buying this:
6 potatoes in a pack. Buat potato chips sedap tau...
4 big onions in a pack
It was really good bargain. Usually, 1 white onion can cost you almost RM10, but I got 4 for RM2. And now my husband is asking me to cook Onion Soup.
Wow, my apartment now has its own gym. Has to pay RM20/monthly. Which is OK, but you can not expect much. Nothing like True Fitness, no lady's area and all that. But it has sauna.
May be I should register. I need to start exercising again. I think I'm getting debab now, even I'm on no-rice diet. Not like the first month. I lost around 5kgs that time! *sigh*
I came back late last night. Not as late as before. I finished at 8 p.m. I'm glad I finished my work yesterday, otherwise Monday will be very super hectic day for me.
Anyway, my hubby had not taken lunch yesterday. He only ate dates in the evening. Since he was quite hungry, I suggested satay as our dinner. Of course none other than Zaini Satay. We missed them sooo much. We had a plan to eat satay last week, but they were closed for a week. Rupa-rupanya, Kak Chun dan Abang Zaini pergi Umrah. Alhamdulillah.
No wonder. Kak Chun looked sooo berseri last night with white tudung, while Abang Zaini wearing kopiah.
So, we ordered 10 cucuks of chicken and another 10 cucuks of beaf, plus nasi impit. Yum..yum.. unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera. I would love to show off their tasty, juicy and big satay here. May be later. Since my hubby was hungry, we finished 20 cucuks just like that. Otherwise, 5 cucuks each person, sudah betul-betul full.
They have been in business for more than 30 years. Cukup respect this couple. Most of their children study abroad, ada yang ke UK ada yang ke Japan. One of them, medical doctor. Jangan tak tau, kalau tengah musim sakura tu, both of them will fly to Japan tau!
For me, cukup susah nak cari orang yang betul-betul ikhlas nak berniaga. Kak Chun always asks her clients to comment her satay and kuah kacang. She will definitely listen to her clients. Really, really puas makan satay dia. Her satay, is much, much better than Satay Kajang. God bless both of them.
I didn't really know what to eat just now, I mean for lunch. I decided to check out Pavilion. I know the price there is damn expensive, but I don't feel like going to Pak Cik or ikan bakar today. NZ, I have banned them for cheating me.
I ended up buying mee jawa for RM8.50. Yes, a bowl of mee jawa cost me RM8.50. Tapi oklah, not bad.
On the way back to the office, I passed by True Fitness, and I saw this machine..
Semalam genap setahun budak 2 ekor ni menetap kat rumah ni. Alhamdulillah. I'm so thankful for both of them. Diaorang ni macam anak. Just imagine, kalau tengah tension kat office, bila balik rumah, sejuk hati tengok budak2 ni, esp si Kuriyu.
I'm so thankful sebab bawa diaorang balik. They are not Fly or Cuddy, but they are special in their own way.
Kuriyu Kohei and Ayumi Yamada, thanks for everything and I hope you like staying with me.
This time, bengang kat driver yang perasan dia bawak kereta super mahal.
Kiter hampir-hampir berlanggar dengan dia. Geram sgt. Kiter elok-elok kat lane kiter, dia dengan takde signalnya tiba-tiba terus masuk depan kiter. Padahal jarak kiter dgn kereta depan, taklah besar mana. Masih nak menyelit. Idiot. Nasib baik tak bercium, tapi kalau bercium pun apa kiter kisah, police traffic ada kat depan tu ha.
Sebelum kiter lupa, the guy bawak Toyota Vios je.. NCB282. Kalau ikutkan hati nak je buat aduan JPJ online tu sebab dia memandu dgn bahaya. Tapi no use, bukan kena apa2 pun tu. So forget about it.
Just because I'm driving a Kancil, and I'm a lady dan pakai tudung, dia ingat dia boleh buli kiter? Hmmm.. silap laa kan.. Bila laa kiter nak dapat my dream car ni.. Memang akan ku besit satu-satu hantu jalan yg perasan bawak kereta powerful sgt tu. Hihihihi
I don't care, even if the food is good. I just don't get it. All this while, if I were to eat there, they will take my order immediately. But this time around, no one bothers. There were two or three staffs there, "busy" doing something else, but didn't bother to take out order.
Luckily I've got my food from a smaller stall there. But I still need drink. To make thing worst, one of them, keep coming to my sitting area, she even cleaned up the table behind me and came back again, and still nothing.
When I almost finished, suddenly the same staff asked me "Akak nak minum apa kak?". I was sooooooo pissed off. I just yelled at her. I told her "TAK PAYAH. DAH NAK TERCEKIK BARU NAK TANYA. BUAT APA? INGAT KITAORANG KAT SINI BATU KE HAPE? TAKKAN NAK KENA TUNJUK DOMPET TEBAL KE TAK BARU NAK AMBIK ORDER? INGAT KITAORANG NI MINTAK SEDEKAH KE?"
So, I'm going to ban this stall. Which stall? It's near to SPCA Ampang. Right in front of Restoran Murni. It's the first stall as you come in to that area. They're selling nasi campur. I will not go there. Forever and ever. I will sit somewhere else if I were to have Kak Chun's satay.
I think this is the second stall I ban for the same reason. The first one was at Taman Melawati.
Hmm.. rupa-rupanya Mak Ina a bit ketinggalan zaman. Anyway, congratulations to Babang. Babang or Azim, has finally registered at UniKL MIAT. Course apa? Kena tanya empunya badan. Hehehe.. Hampeh betul Mak Ina ni ye..
Anyway, do your best and we're proud of you.
And after the wedding, I had migraine. Aaarrggghhh!!! I hate this.
The best part is, my husband treated me to Tarbush. Hehehe.. I wish I could have mixed grill, but too much lamb, so he ordered shish kebab for me. Yummy... Thanks so much Yang.
I went to this restaurant again. My husband was craving for their Chicken BBQ Pau, and since I was not hungry, so we went straight to Melawati after work.
This time I had Claypot Yee Mee and my husband tried their Claypot Chicken Rice. The claypot yee mee is the best so far. I really love it. Too bad, I didn't bring my camera this time.
Anyway, Mohd Chan Abdullah Muslim Restaurant operates everyday from 11.30 a.m until 10.30p.m. They close on second and forth Friday. They located at Jalan Negara, Taman Melawati, next to A-Cut hair salon.
First time organized! Congrats and thanks a million to Kak Imang n family.
We arrived Ayer Keroh, Seri Malaysia Hotel to be precised at around 6 p.m. on 11th July. I thought we were the last one to arrive. The majlis would start around 7.20. That was what Kak Imang has advised through email. Furthermore, I was on duty yesterday and I had lots of things to do before going to Malacca.
When we checked-in, we found that we were second to arrrive aftoer Kak Yang and famiely with Mak and Adood.
Me and husband, after checking in
Abang Rahim, Kak Yang and Kak Imang, while waiting for others to check-in
Family Abang Intan, check-in
Nak masuk bilik
This is our room
Day 1
After performing Maghrib prayer together (I didn't join them, because ......), we had simple majlis Tahlil and reciting Yaasin, led by Babang. I wonder if Bapak still around and could see his grandchildren now.
Tahlil and Yaasin, lead by Babang
Anak-anak bujang (Afiq, Pp, Mukmin & Babang)
Abang Rahim attending to Afif
Cute Hafitri
Sempat lagi dua beranak ni berposing
Pg and Mubarak
Abid and Alif
Kak Ton & Kak Imang
Amira, termenung seeehh
Mom
Right after doa, we had our dinner. The spread, wow! Rambang mata seeehh.
Appetizer
Ulam & Gereh
Spaghetti & Cream Sauce
Daging tetel masak asam pedas
Ikan Goreng Berempah
Tauhu Jepun
Sayur Campur
Dessert
Betul ke nak makan kuih apam tu?
Ahaks, ada orang pun nak suap-suapan juger
Dah kebulur ye Pp?
Before we went to bed, we had tazkirah by Abang Ndol and Ustaz Razlan (sorry, kalau salah nama but he's Abang Rahim's colleague).
Oh, almost forgot, that night we celebrated Pg, Afiq and Kak Yang's birthday. Oh, another thing, there was a lucky draw session, me and husband dapat hadiah. Hehehe..
Birthday boys and girl, after the "press conference"
The birthday cake, buah tangan Kak Anim
I told you, I was one of the lucky winners. Hehehehe
Day 2
We were supposed to perform Subuh prayer together. But me and husband couldn't get up early. So, he just pray at our room. Almost 7 a.m, we went down to the Cafe to have our breakfast. Not bad, but the orange juice a bit disappointing. Until we finished, we didn't see the boys. Hmmm.. having late night heh? Mentang-mentang tak duduk sebilik dengan parents. Takpe, takpe.. Mak Ina paham... hehehe..
We were supposed to have senamrobik session with Pp. But like I said, the boys were still sleeping when we finished breakfast. Oh well, good also. Because I didn't bring sports attire.
So, from 8 till 11 a.m was acara bebas. It means, SWIMMING POOL time!!!! And of course the girls yang terjun dulu, because the boys masih "swimming" atas katil. Hehehehe...
Lisa, Tasha & Filza
Husna, with her burqini. Very cute
Sayang each other. I like this pic most
While the girls having fun in the pool, menantu-menantu Mak serius berbincang. Tapi bukan yang pakai baju hitam tu ye.
Pak Dood, the life guard, tengah memerhati dari atas
Khusyuknya. Ada syarahan ke?
Oh. rupanya ada tazkirah daripada Kak Anim. Hehehehe..
Kak Yang, the dolphin trainer?
Hehehe...
Berapa markah nak kasi Mubarak ek?
Walrus baru mendarat?? Ahaks.. sorry Abid
Alif, model of the year
We checked out around 12 and left for McDonald's for lunch.
Ini antara aksi-aksi my family masa nak check out
Ambil order baik-baik ye dik. Nanti kena potong gaji. Supervisor lak dok perhati je tu.
Dik, akak nak order....