Late nite supper anyone?

Dah pukul 11pm tapi masih tidak boleh lelap.
Buka fridge, ambil this one last precious slice, serve it with drizzled choc. syrup.
Yummylicious!!


Cheesecake La Boheme - one of our favourites!
Hari tu baru terjumpa resepi dlm internet, kalau rajin kita try weekend ni ok!

Sweet Chat Cafe

Last Friday we planned a very short and quick outing to Mines after office just to buy groceries and some gifts. And we had our dinner for the first time at Sweet Chat Cafe.

Tropical juice for hubby, and me & idlan had ice-chocolate.

Memang sedap! Behold on the rich chocolate syrup, i bet it's Hershey's :p

Hubby ordered this- chicken sandwich. It's not really a wholemeal bread, nor does the normal bread...tapi very soft and sedap :) Big portion some more...

Got myself a baked macaroni & cheese. Sedap jugak, in fact idlan walloped more than 1/2 of the plate hoho. Memang confirm anak mama sebab suke mkn cheese jugak :)))

Last but not least, we had this for dessert - tong yuen with bubur pulut hitam. Tong yuen tu macam glutinuous rice ball with finely grind peanut inside...rasa macam makan biskut mazola. Bubur dia sedap, lemak & manis sumer cukup :)

Overall rating - 4/5. Memang sedap, ada status halal Malaysia, harga pon reasonable.

I think their specialties are more towards dessert, they got a wide range of cold and hot dessert for you to choose from....pancake durian pun ada, perhaps we'll try this next time.

Pancake lagi?

Baru kalah bid, terlambat few seconds je pun ish ish...ni la akibatnya sambil membidding sambil buat keje...takleh nak concentrate betul2 :p

Anyway kelmarin on the way balik ofis tetiba terasa macam nak makan pancake lagi. Sempat singgah di Jusco semata-mata nak beli ini..............


nyum nyum..mmg dah lama niat nak beli, tapi sebab mahal, asyik tertangguh je niat tu :p
RM11.90 ok....


still hot and fresh from the stove...sori la size nya tidak sekata, utk makan2 sendiri, takdela saya nak buat size elok2 sama besar kesemuanya hehe. Oh yg besar tu cik abe punye, sbb dia mmg specifically mention nak pancakes of larger size :)


Dan ini dia selepas dicurah dgn chocolate syrup...mmg heaven! Jangan bubuh banyak2 tau, sebab dia manis..nanti kena diabetic plak :p

Anyway lubang chocolate syrup tu agak besar la, so bila picit jadi tak lawa sebab nampak agak gemuk2...patutnya utk effect yg lebih menarik mereka patut mengecilkan lagi diameter lubang itu....:)

next craving

Penat tunggu other attendees for my meeting, so here i am revealing my next craving items.....

1. Waffle maker
- me, hubby and idlan are a sucker of waffles. We will definitely buy waffles (with combination of blueberry/butter for its fillings) on our every visit to the nearby Jusco. Imagine if i have this at home, i can easily make my own version of waffle with any fillings to my liking, as frequent as i want. Heaven seh!!


2. A brown large tote bag so that i can easily dump in firas' bottle, milk container, diaper, baju spare, mineral water, etc. And not forgetting the usual women stuffs like compact powder, tissue, and lipstick :p I'm a sucker of brown bags too! Dunno why but i realize all my recent handbags are either khaki/brown in color.



So which one do you think is more justified to qualify for this month's purchase?

Obviously if i opt for the second item, my 1 dinar purchase has to be postponed to another month la pulak akakaka

mudah

My mom is selling off her 6 months old sofa set, and 2 sets of dining table. She put up the ads on Mudah.com.my yesterday's morning, and on the evening same day she already got tonnes of calls coming in asking for details on the items. Previously i helped her out selling few items like fridge, her old sofa set, washing machine, etc via mudah. That was before the house is wired with a broadband connection, and before she got to be introduced to the world of Internet. Now that she's already one-step ahead, she can book the AA ticket online, selling her stuffs on mudah, and she even made a small business via mudah by buying certain things (eg: comforter set) and resell those at a slight margin.

Thanks to mudah, memang sangat mudah, as easy as its name suggest!

(my brother had recently sold his 2nd hand honda civic via mudah just within 3 days...mudah kan :)

cream caramel

I think the last few updates on my blog revolves more around food, yep nothing else other than my humble ramblings on craving for this and that. Forgive me for i am indeed behaving like this when carrying a baby, so do expect more updates about food in my next coming up(s) ok :)

Well, i cooked tomyam last weekend, and i was quite impressed with the output this time. It's because i decided to blend the onion, garlic and lemon grass (serai) together to give it a thicker gravy. Before this i just 'ketuk' the lemon grass as what being written on most recipes. Nonetheless i still put the serai 'ketuk', and not forgetting daun limau purut to give the extra aroma.



This is cream caramel, my favourite dessert amongst all during the fasting month. Most of the stalls at the bazaar usually sell this for RM1.50/slice. Very the expensive i'd say considering the cost is that not much! cekik darah you :p Anyway i made this yesterday and brought over to my 'dua pupu' house for a small gathering. Here goes the recipe (after slight modification by me:p)

CREAM CARAMEL

Ingredients:
4 eggs (original recipe is 8 eggs!)
3/4 cup sugar
1 glass of evaporated milk/susu cair
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp custard powder
6-7 tbp sugar - caramelized it

The action:
1. Whisk eggs and sugar together until well combined. Add in milk, vanilla & custard. Mix well.
2. Melt the sugar (6-7 tbp) on slow heat until it turns brown and caramelized. Leave it to cool and set.
3. Pour the batter onto the caramel (filter it to prevent small lumps coming from the custard), cover the mould with aluminium foil and steam for 25-30 minutes.
4. Refrigerate in fridge before serving. Yummiehhh!!!

Sempoi kan tapi sedap and very cooling..yg penting tak muak sgt coz i just use 4 eggs!

Laksa Sarawak

Terlaksana jua hasrat saya nak membuat Laksa Sarawak :)

Seperti yg saya tulis sebelum ini, pes laksa tu saya order dari sebuah blog yg empunya diri memang duduk di Sarawak.

Resepinya agak sempoi. Potong bahan dan main campak saja...taraaa dah siap. Tapi saya ambil masa yg agak lama juga di dapur. Sambil masak, sambil melayan karenah si Firas yg nak berdukung, tidurkan dia di bilik atas, kemudian dia terjaga dan menangis2 sampai muntah...aduhh penat naik turun tangga sampai semput mama jadinya! Kalaulah cik abe ada, pasti mudah kerjaku! (dia ada kelas hari ni dari 9am-3pm huhu). Kaki saya dah start lenguh2 balik ni. Mana tidaknya, jam 630am sudah ke dapur menyiapkan vermicelli goreng, sambil membiarkan mesin basuh beroperasi. Kemudian selepas breakfast, menghantar idlan ke kelas SR, singgah di kedai runcit membeli sedikit groceries, sampai di rumah terus sidai kain, dan mandikan firas. Berehat-rehat di atas sofa sambil melipat kain & menyuap firas makan...tup tup dah pukul 11am, kena keluar ambil Idlan pulak. Dan balik rumah terus ke dapur utk memasak laksa idaman! Dan kini, ku tengah melunjurkan kaki sambil mengupdate blog tercinta..sempat lagik tuh :p


Ini dia pes laksa Sarawak Hj Manan...rasanya memang sedap dan tidak mengecewakan!! Dan rasa rempah dia tidaklah terlalu overwhelm..just nice to my tekak :)
Sepeket RM6.


Ada disertakan bahan2 yg diperlukan...tapi cara2 nya tidak pula disebutkan :p


Dan inilah hasilnya...memang sedap tak tipu (perasan sket ye inikan blog saya :) walaupun rupa dia agak dull :p

Saya pakai agak2 je cara membuatnya.

Ayam & udang direbus. Air rebusan jgn dibuang, gunakan utk membuat kuah laksa nanti.
Kemudian saya blend bawang besar, bawang putih & sebatang serai.
Tumiskan bhn2 di atas, kemudian saya masukkan pes laksa. Lepas tu, masukkan santan (main agak2 je tak ikut sukatan di atas), air & garam. Siaplah kuah laksa tuh! Mudah kan :)

Ayam tadi dicarik2 halus.
Togey dicelur.
Mihun dicelur.
Telur digoreng dadar dan dipotong panjang2.

Anyway saya tak bubuh udang. Malam tadi ke Giant, udangnya tidak fresh. Pagi tadi ke kedai runcit, udangnya sudah habis. Nak ke Jusco...alaa tak larat rasanya. Takde rezeki kami la gamaknya.

Oh daun ketumbar pun saya tak bubuh...sebab tak suka (dan tak kenal akakakaka).

Dan pes laksa tu, saya cuma guna setengah peket je..sebab masak utk 2 org. Kuahnya pedas sket, jadi anak2 saya confirm takkan makan punya.

Saya masih ada 3 peket lagi di dalam simpanan. Bolehlah masak lagi time Ramadhan dan hari raya nanti :))

Fried vermicelli

Dah 2 minggu berturut2 kami makan ini for breakfast.
Senang, cepat, dan yg penting berkhasiat dan tiada kapur :)

Paling saya suka, dia kenyal dan tidak lembik & kembang seperti mee.

Bahan-bahan:

Vermicelli pasta -

Ayam

Sausage

Carrot (or any vege to your liking)

Daging cincang
Bawang besar & putih

Cili

Tomato sos

Kicap

Garam

1. Tumis bawang, kemudian masukkan cili giling yg sudah dikisar.

2. Masukkan daging, ayam, sausage.

3. Masukkan carrot/mix vege/etc.

4. Masukkan tomato sos, sedikit kicap, tomato cincang dan salt to taste.

5. Masukkan vermicelli pasta yg sudah direbus.

6. Last sekali boleh hias dgn daun sup......siap!!

Sesuai utk ibu dan ayah...dan yg penting utk kanak2 sekali :)

at 26weeks...

Penangan cheese cake, kek lapis, aiskrim, muffin, roti jala dan sebagainya.....
Mama naik 3kg!!! (eh tak padan dengan puasa ganti 3 hari seminggu :p)
Tapi baby maintain kecik comel..doc kata keluar nanti mesti petite!
Perut pun maintain comel.
Yer baby ni mungkin yg terkecil berbanding abang-abangnya :)
Alamak tapi bila difikirkan ke manakah lemak2 itu menyorok ehhhh....arghh tidakk!!

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Hati berbunga-bunga.
Menanti pes laksa Sarawak, kek lapis Sarawak & niat di hati nak mencuba resepi Japanese Souffle Cheese cake weekend ni....tak sabar!!

Choc chips muffin (Nigella Lawson)

Source : Nigella Lawson

Ingredients :

250 g flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
175 g castor sugar
150 g chocolate chips - *i never weigh my choc chips, just chucked in to my liking
250 ml fresh milk
90 ml vegetable oil (75 g butter) - *i use butter
1 egg (L size)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method :

1. Sift flour, baking powder, bicarbonate soda and cocoa powder into a big bowl. Add in sugar.
2. In a different bowl, combine oil, fresh milk, vanilla essence and egg. Use a whisk.
3. Pour in all the liquid into the dry ingredients. Using a whisk, mix until just blended. Do not overmix.
4. Fold in the chocolate chips.
5. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups slightly more than 1/2 the cup.
6. Sprinkle extra chocolate chips on top.
7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 c for 20 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.

My comments:
1. Saya rasa macam kurang manis, tapi hubby kata dah manis and sedap dah tu. Obviously i'm a sweet tooth person :p
2. Akan lagi sedap kalau bubuh melted choc chunks or bars/pipe kan ready-made choc fillings ke dlm muffin tuh...sure scrummy!

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 memang best!!
Idlan siap plan nak mintak abah belikan cd ngeeeeeeee...

Anyway, pengalaman pertama kali bawa Firas tgk wayang...okla, he behaved well!
Belikan pop corn utk mereka...so dua2 concentrate tengok screen sambil mengunyah.
Firas mula2 agak pelik dgn keadaan yg gelap dan screen yg besar, tapi lepas tu ok.
Susu habis 2 botol.
Di saat2 terakhir dia dah mula bosan...so kejap lentok di bahu, kejap duduk seat sebelah (byk kosong), sekejap berdiri, etc. Yelah, dia bukannya faham cerita tu...tak macam si abang yg memang concentrate habis. Ni pun kira dah cukup ok...sebab Idlan dulu rasanya pertama kali kami berani bawa dia masuk wayang masa umur 3yrs++.

Apa-apa pun, mama enjoy outing bertiga dgn kids hari ini!!!
Next time boleh keluar lagi :))

Lepas tengok wayang terus balik rumah. Sempatla mereka naik basikal kejap di luar rumah before waktu Maghrib.

Firas with his new hair cut. Potong kat kedai mamak dekat rumah....sakan bercucuran air mata menangis punya pasal. Macam la tak biasa dengan mamak tu dik :p

mode malas

On EL....(10% kerana mode m.a.l.a.s)

Bukan saja2 taknak ke ofis. Bangun pagi kepala berat, belakang betis masih sakit2 sejak kelmarin. Baru duduk dapur sejam dua dah sakit kaki...ish camner nak buat biskut raya ni? hohoho. Ari tu doc tanya ada cramp2 kaki tak...dgn bangganya jawab "tidak!" Doktor kata "bagusnya awak ni...langsung tak cramp walaupun tak mkn kalsium (erkkk saya jujur mengaku malas mkn kalsium sbb pil tu besar sgt!). Nah skarang padan muka kaki dah start sengal dan sakit walaupun baru 26weeks.

Hari ni lunch simple saje...nama pun masak utk sorang kan. Telur kicap, hash brown, dan sambal kering bilis & tempe kegemaran en hubby. Kali ni buat stok byk sikit...bolehla dia tapau bwk pegi ofis kalau sudi :) Bulan puasa nanti boleh buat stok banyak2 dan simpan...pembuka selera tu penting!!

OK dokie nak tido sekejap...kejap lagi nak amik the kids dan bawa mereka pergi tgk Toy Story 3..show pukul 4.30pm. Eh kata sakit kaki kan tadi?? Takpe...saya cuma duduk dalam wayang, bukan tour the mall :p

Abah we luv you...Hepi Father's Day!

Salam ceria,

So apa aktiviti anda hari ini? Kami sekeluarga cuma bermalas-malasan di rumah...al maklum la di hujung bulan ni budget agak ketat, nak keluar rumah pun agak takde mood :p Hari ini agak sedikit istimewa buat daddy, ayah, abah, bapa, walid dan apa sajalah panggilan yg anda gunakan buat insan yg bergelar bapa. Yer tanpa seorang bapa...maka tiadalah kita di dunia ini. Tanpa seorang suami yang juga bergelar bapa, maka tidak lengkaplah kehidupan sang isteri dan anak-anak yang sangat bergantung kepada si dia dalam aspek2 tertentu. Saya sangat2 bersyukur kerana ditemukan jodoh dengan en suami ku yang tersayang itu. Pandai menjaga anak2, tidak kekok membasuh berak, mandikan budak, tukarkan pampers, bangun malam bancuh susu, etc. Itu belum masuk ringan tulang bab kerja2 rumah - basuh kain, sidai kain, kemas rumah dan sebagainya. Dan paling penting, dia sangat menghormati keluarga saya dan pandai menjaga hati umi dan papa saya seperti mak dan ayahnya sendiri :) Dibandingkan dengan bapa2 zaman dahulu, tidakkah anda bersetuju yang kita sangat beruntung dikurniakan suami zaman sekarang ini betul tak? Yer memang tidak wujud istilah seorang suami atau bapa yg perfect, masing2 pasti ada kekurangan yang tersendiri.... tapi apa2 pun Yang, awak tetap hebat di mata kite dan anak-anak! Happy Father's Day to you...takde cheesecake, muffin pun jadikla yer :p



Hari ni untuk breakfast saya buatkan pancake kegemaran en suami. Saya cuba resepi baru, diambil dari joyofbaking.com. Hasilnya memang tidak mengecewakan, pancake yg sangat fluffy dan lembut...served with maple syrup Hungry Jacks yg kami ambil masa pergi GC dulu, blueberry fillings & strawberry jem. Perfect!



Pancake (source: www.joyofbaking.com)
1 cup flour (130g)
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbp sugar (28g)
1 large egg (lightly beaten)
1 cup milk (240ml)
2 tbp unsalted butter - melted (i just use the normal butter, not unsalted)

1. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt & sugar. In another bowl whisk the egg, milk and butter. Combine both mixture, stir/whisk until just combined. The batter should have some small lumps. DO NOT overmix the batter.
2. Using a small ladle or scoop, pour about 1/4 cup of the batter onto the non-stick pan. When the bottom of the pancakes are brown and bubbles start to appear on the top surface, turn over. Cook until lightly browned.

Dan selepas breakfast, saya buat coklat muffin pulak. Resepi baru juga kali ni, oleh Nigella Lawson. Hasilnya pun sangat memuaskan, texture padat dan tidak terlalu berongga, dan tidak terlalu manis. Jika ada permintaan saya postkan resepi kemudian ok.

Excited si kecik ni bila abah setuju bawa dia ke surau.

Harap2 bila dah besar esok masih rajin ye anak2 mama...:)

Nasi Minyak Tokmi

Seperti yg dijanjikan, hari ni kita cuba resepi Nasi Minyak Tokmi (diambil dari blog kak tie). Tapi i did a little bit of modification here and there. Instead of beras siam, saya guna je beras biasa sebab malas beli (of course rasanya tak sehebat beras siam/basmathi la kan). Sukatan air kena betul2 ye, nanti kalau nasi lembik tak sedap...tambah2 kalau guna beras biasa. Saya tak guna daun pandan semasa menumis. Instead saya bubuh daun sup & kismis bila nasi dah masak.
Then kat rumah takde stok bawang goreng, so tak letakla utk hiasan :p


Dimakan bersama dengan kurma daging...rasanya ni kali pertama dalam sejarah jugak saya buat masak kurma (jangan gelak!) Bukan apa, i'm not a favourite fan of kurma...tu yg malas buat :p Pergi kedai runcit pun cuma beli serbuk kurma adabi hok peket yg paling kecik tuh hehe.


Haaa ni memang my favourite. Ayam masak merah yatipruzz...kasi can la bubuh nama saya, sebab resepi sendiri kan hehehe. Guna cili kering yg sudah diblend+tomato puree untuk memberikan effect color & rasa yg lebih menarik. Ditabur dengan daun sup & hirisan bawang besar di saat2 akhir utk kesan aroma yg lebih harum.

Dan yang terakhir, homemade fresh orange yg lazat hasil air tangan en pruzz....tersangat refreshing!! Tak masam sangat, tak manis sangat...just nice :) Mula2 dia suggest blend dengan ais+susu...jadikla orange milkshake. Tapi saya kata tak payahla...takut berlemak sangat pulak nanti. Dahla nasi dan kurma tu pun dah cukup berlemak-lemak :p

Esok saya dah blank tak tahu nak masak apa yer?? idea atau keinginan tak muncul2 pulak lagi.

sedikit petua utk dikongsi bersama

Hubby dah share dalam FB dia...so saya just copy paste dlm blog ni, moga ada yg mendapat manfaat yer :)

Semalam baca beberapa kisah mistik riders2 & drivers2 dlm forum, so nak kongsi tips dari Ustaz yg ubatkan Firas masa kecik dulu (baru abis pantang)..Masa tu kitorg balik dr kampung Kedah & bila sampai umah firas takmoh tido malam & melalak2..Tak tdo kitorg mlm tu..Esoknya bawak jumpa sorg ustaz kat masjid Kajang, dia kata ada mende ngikut sbb mende tu berkenan & hormat ngan Firas ni yg cerdik & ada ciri2 khalifah (ayat ustaz tu), so nak ajak main...Alhamdulillah suma ok pas berubat..

Ada beberapa tips yg boleh dikongsi:

1. Kalo berjalan jauh (especially ngan budak kecik), jgn terus stop di destinasi yg dituju (rumah, hotel, etc..). Singgah dulu mana2 tempat sbb takut ada mende ngikut (tak kira siang/mlm). Masa singgah tu, amik seketul batu/ sehelai daun, selawat & cakap "Jangan ikut kami/aku, ikut daun/batu ni". Then baling batu/daun tu, & teruskan perjalanan ke destinasi..

2. Kalo anak mengangis mlm tak henti, cuba tekan2 telapak kaki dia ngan ibu jari. Kalo anak menangis lagi kuat, maybe ada 'mende' dok nyakat. Kalo tak, mungkin kembung ke ape.

3. Satu lagi tanda ada 'mende' kaco kalo anak menangis mata terbeliak dok pandang atas.

4. Kalo terjadi spt 2&3 di atas, cuba azan & iqamat (sebaik2nya 7 kali) & baca ayat kursi & 3 Qul (7 kali)

5. Kalo tak berjaya jugak, amik bawng putih/merah, kunyah2 sket supaya berair & sapukan kat pelipat2 (area belakang lutut & siku), dahi & tulang belakang. Ni area 'mende' ni masuk/keluar badan orang. Bila sapu bawang tu 'dia' kana panas.

Lain2 tips yg boleh dikongsi:

1. Sentiasa bagi salam b4 masuk umah. Especially kalo balik mlm, selawat & baca ayat kursi b4 bukak pintu

2. Kalo balik mlm sorg2, seelok2nya jgn trus masuk bilik kalo anak2 dah tido. Kalo lom solat, solat dulu. Kalo dah, amik wudhu' b4 masuk tido.

3. Kalo gi bercuti ke hotel, b4 masuk bagi salam. Then trus selak suma curtain bagi cahaya masuk & kibas2kan katil.

Sedikit ilmu utk dikongsi bersama. Ustaz tu pon dah pesan, dia dah bagi ilmu2 ni..kena sebarkan kat org lain. Moga jadik pedoman & panduan bersama. Kalo ada tips2 nak kongsi pon bole jugak..wallahua'lam.

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Bila baca post hubby ni, terkenang kembali keperitan menjaga Firas waktu kecik dulu. Kuat nangis, cranky, nak bf sambil berdukung dan berdodoi jer sampai 6 bulan, etc...huh one tough baby to take care of i'd say :p Tapi bila tgk muka dia yg kiut comel bila dah besar ni...terubat hati mama, malah segala kesusahan dan keperitan dulu tu macam small matter je org kata. Moga membesar menjadi anak yg soleh yer Muhammad Amir Firas...menjadi pelindung kepada abang, adik dan keluargamu kelak...

Amir - Ketua/pemimpin

Firas - kecerdikan/tajam fikiran

Pasal makanan lagi?

Salam ceria buat semua,

Sori yer, bila time2 tengah puasa ni, fikiran saya memang tak boleh lari dari memikirkan hal makanan. Sambil buat kerja, boleh tu fikir nak makan apa, nak masak apa weekend ni, apa makanan yg saya teringin sangat nak makan...kesimpulannya semua soalan berputar kepada hal makanan.

Anyway, saya sort of dah decide utk memasak nasi minyak Tokmi weekend ni. Resepi diambil dari blog masakan Kak Tie (my-pancake-life). Ikut Kak Tie, beliau menggandingkan nasi minyak Tokmi (oh Tokmi ni ialah MIL kak Tie yer) ni dengan gulai daging yg menggunakan rempah Dayang Suri diimport khas dari T'ganu. Memandangkan saya takde rempah special tu, maka saya berhasrat nak menggandingkan nasi minyak tu bersama2 dengan kurma daging dan ayam masak merah. Kira versi yatipruzz la bley?? :) So kita tunggu dan lihat hasilnya nanti yer!

Dan, saya baru sahaja selesai mengorder pes laksa Sarawak secara online. Hasil blog hopping Umi saya telah menemukan dia dgn blog si pembuat pes laksa yg memang duduk di Sarawak itu (jangan main2, Umi saya pun sekarang ni bukan main pandai lagi surf sana sini, cari batik la, cadar la, macam2 lagi :p). Testimoni di blog katanya sangat sedap pes tu. Memandangkan saya dan suami mmg suka banget dgn laksa Sarawak, dan kalau nak tunggu pergi ke Kuching lagi ntah bila kan, so kita order saja lah! Senang kan bila ada teknologi IT yg tiada rentas sempadan ni...with a single (few actually :p) mouse clicks everything is possible! So bila dah sampai pes (dan bila dah masak nanti) saya update kan hasilnya tunggu!!!

on eBay...

I lose my first bid on eBay :(
But in one way, am actually glad that i lose.
Besar hikmahnya tuh hehe


* Nevertheless, am still eyeing and waiting for the right time to place another bid on the same item. Kemaruk ke ape kes ntah??? :p

Tiara Beach PD 13-14 June

Our 4th/5th visit to TBR this time. It was already like our family's 'official' hotel when it comes to PD hihi. This time, i prepared a simple fried rice (accompanied by the sambal kering bilis & tempe), and have it packed in three bekas for our lunch. Exactly like what our mothers did during the good old days whereby they normally cook and tapau their own homemade food for picnic/makan angin trip.




We travel with kids, as such some junks is a must!


Before 11am, we arrived at TBR. Packed like sardine as expected (it's school holidays remember?), and we can only checked in after 3pm as the room was still not ready and cleaned.

The kids had fun in the pool from 11-1pm. We had a break in between to enjoy the nasi goreng and not forgetting the 'over-priced' ice cream sold at nearby cafe. We cleaned ourselves at the restroom, and later brought the kids to the games room..just to kill the time waiting for check in. At 2pm, we collected our key, nevertheless the cleaner is still not done with the room, so we decided to go out and have something to eat. We stopped at this one stall by the roadside, no signage or name to assist you but the owner stacked loads of buah kelapa in front of his kedai. We had cendol, ABC, air sarsi and goreng pisang/keropok lekor. All in is only for RM7.50 (kuih tu rm4)...cheap isnt it? sedap plak tuh...highly recommended!

By 3.10pm, we finally managed to check in. Abah terus pengsan, the kids tahan mata watching Dora dan sebagainya. At 530pm, we had our second dip in the pool. Idlan makin berani as he tried out some of the slides yg before this dia tak pernah nak try. Firas is cool, refused pelampung and prefer to walk by himself in the water until it reaches his neck level. When i asked him to stoppp, he turned back and said "dalam dalam". He's getting more excited than ever when hubby took him up on the slides as well....dekat atas dah tersengih2 and later bila meluncur laju turun from the slides jatuh dlm air, tercungap2 dia pedih air masuk mata but after a few seconds terus cakap "nak nakkk" which means dia nak naik lagi! So mereka bertiga naikla slides tu lagi few more rounds sampai firas pon macam nak selsema huhu.

Night time, we went out to look out for dinner. Stopped at Restoran Ummi (BBQ & steamboat) few km after Teluk Kemang as recommended by one of the forumer, tapi macam takde orang, plus ikan nya kurang. So we turned back towards Teluk Kemang and decided to stop at Restoran Nasreen Seafood Songkla, which is located few km before the Sri Intan. Stop pun sebab tgk ramai org, which could probably be an indication that tempat tu sedap! We ordered a tomyam set which comes with 2 plain rice, bawal masak cili, kailan ikan masin, & telur dadar (rm35). Plus ikan pari bakar. Waited for nearly an hour for the food to arrive! Letih menunggu sbb org terlalu ramai. Idlan sampai tertido, firas pun lentuk dekat bahu mama. Kami kejut dan paksa kids utk makan jugak sbb kesiankan mereka yg lapar. We coaxed idlan and promised to take him to the games room again after dinner, sort of a motivation for him to stay awake and eat :p Alhamdulillah food sedap, worth the waiting! But our ikan pari bakar tak sampai2 jugak, so we just cancel it off from the bill. Balik hotel, it was already 10ish, as promised hubby let idlan played the games few rounds, while i waited inside the car sbb firas dah dozed off.

The Next day, we went down for breakfast as early as 730am. Their buffet spread is so-so, nothing to shout about. By 830am, semua dah berendam dlm pool for the last one. At 11am, we checked out and off we went back to KL. Anyway, we stayed in their studio room, RM205 booked via www.cuti.com. Kalau book direct thru hotel mmg mahal sgt la.

After a dosage of ice cream, the kids terus lena in lalaland dlm kereta...kepenatan! Cramp peha mama tampung 2 kepala kekanak yg berat :p

back to KL

Pukul 12pm sampai di TS....terus iron baju & seluar abah sbb pukul 2pm abah ada lecture.
Then terus machine kain baju kotor, suap kekanak mkn nasi sambil layan youtube upin ipin, sidai kain, dannnn terus check my bid dekat eBay. First time masuk eBay last saturday. Gosh padanla ramai suke eBay....serius mmg berhantu!! Dekat hotel pun terkenang2 what happen to my bid :p Kalaulah menang.....wahahahaha consider hadiah raya kedua la plak bley??

Entry Tiara Beach next time ok...kena layan lipat baju dulu hohoho. Opppss baju ofis pun blom iron ishh bosannyer!

Productive weekend :)

Start off the morning at 7am and managed to have these for breakfast...roti jala+kari ayam
Recipe taken from Julie's blog...tq Julie!


Sambal kering bilis & tempe+telur dadar+kari ayam for lunch.

Hubby kata sambal sedap ngeeee....so puasa nanti boleh buat stock byk2 dan simpan, pasti berselera waktu bersahur :)


Cheesecake stuffed with loads of choc chip c/w oreo base - prepared last night while hubby was watching World Cup


And today, the overnight chilled cheesecake is topped with blueberry and loads of mini choc/strawberry chips. Yummieh!! My first intention was to bake a strawberry cake, but the fillings and fresh strawberry were out of stock, both at Yummie & Tesco. So blueberry cake it was!

Happy Father's Day Abah!!!
(betul ke today father's day eh??? hehehe den pun tak pasti!)

Whatever it is, we luv you loads Yang...with all our heart :)
Thanks for being such a super cool and wonderful father to our family....muahsss!

It's finally here.....



* Dah pukul 11.45pm...bosan tgh tunggu cheesecake masak :p

kek lapis india

Opps jangan terliur ye kengkawan.
Kek lapis idaman ku sudah tiba.
Thanx a bunch Tini...sayang ko!!
Tapi sabar Yati sabar....kena tunggu jam 7.22pm baru boleh ngapppp :p



Dan esok, after ofis dah berangan nak singgah ke Yummie beli barang kek.
Strawberry cheesecake dah terbayang2 dalam kepala ni yummiehhh!!

talking about food again....

2 ketul kek lapis yg diorder dari Farra last week dah selamat habis dimakan tidak sampai seminggu.
Seketul lagi bakal tiba esok courtesy from Tini S'wak.
Tadi baru ambil satu pack Daim chocolates yg dikirim dari Farra khas dari Langkawi.
Huish kenapa semua makan benda2 manis je ni?
Hopefully next check up sugar level still maintain :p

Dan bila2 bosan (read:lapar) ni, mulalah tangan sibuk klik sana sini surf pasal makanan.
Yer, saya dah tahu apa menu kami weekend ni.

Breakfast - roti jala+kari ayam (inspired by Julie yg baru buat roti jala hehe)
Lunch - kari ayam pagi tadi+sambal kering tempe campur ikan bilis+omelette 'hotel style'

* kenapa ckp hotel style - sebab nak letak capsicum, button mushroom, carrot & mayonnese utk kasi extra creamy and umpphh :)

Dinner - tak fikir lagi, mungkin habiskan leftover breakfast/lunch atau maggi goreng (kes teringin nih!)

Ahad - cuti2 ke PD. Baru book Tiara Beach kelmarin :) Nak try Avillion/Thistle/Legend water chalet macam mahal sgt time cuti sekolah ni.....isk sayang duit.

24 weeks and counting

1. A colleague of mine tegur time lunch tadi .....

'jgn ckp aku ko pose lagi ari nih...sian aku tgk'
and i said....'pose lagi la beb'.
He continued...'byk lagi ke, bley ke aku tolong bayarkan?'
I giggled....'haha hutang dgn Allah sendiri kena bayar la weh :p'

2. I'm on my 24 weeks already, how time flies! Still yet to know the baby's gender. Idlan keeps insist for us to finalize the baby's name, he was like proposing and threw out few names every time the idea came across...how sweet :) I haven't do any shopping for the lil' one yet, guess i don't need much as firas' things were still look good. But if it turns out to be a girl, wahahhaa let's see how much the damage will be :p

3. It's been quite long since i last blogged about the kids kan. Idlan is progressing well at school. But he impressed us most on the bacaan Quran (honestly sejuk hati ibu dia), last night i asked him to recite the Quran and alhamdulillah, bacaan dia sgt lancar. Sgt rajin to follow abah going to surau for Isyak, i told hubby to bring him along for Tarawikh time Ramadhan nanti. He already told us he wanted to puasa (since abah had promised him RM1 per day for every full puasa, and he can use the money to buy anything he wants - tak payah masuk tabung :p)

4. My dear Firas turns 22 mths today. Cheeky, energetic, bubbly and bouncy boy...always got something to do every minute. Loves this 1 cd bought by abah, consists of Barney, Bob the Builder, Thomas and Pingu all in one. He bounces and jumps whenever his favourite songs aired on TV...especially lagu Bob. Do not eat much, he's giving me stress during meal times lately...seriously. Most of the time he takes nothing except milk. Malam tadi mkn nasi kosong kuah sardin, i even tried to sorok the sardin & telur bwh2 nasi but he figured it out...and tunjuk2 at those lauk, asking me to take it out...sabor jela!

5. My other half, tak payah cerita la kot :p Those on FB tahu bf saya ni tgh sakan main volley and join tournament sana sini. I support you Yang...main-main jugak, phd jangan dilupa!!!

Sempoi?

Sebenarnya since dekat ofis dah terfikir nak makan sardin. Balik je dari ofis, singgah kedai runcit, beli sardin satu tin kecil (tak lupa 3 ketul ice-cream utk kami anak beranak teheee :p)

Hasilnya, menu berbuka hari ni tersangatlah sempoi.

Sardin+telur goreng kicap+potato wedges+nasi putih panas yummiehhh!!

Alhamdulillah kenyang seisi keluarga :)

Sekali-sekala makan sempoi gini memang membuka selera. Confirm ni bakal menjadi salah satu menu Ramadhan nanti hehe

Brekkie - Beef+chicken carbonara lasagna


Before


After


Dinner - bihun goreng Singapore

and for dessert, hubby spoilt me with 2 slices of blueberry cheesecake and durian-durian from SR, tq Yang! I didn't try out the cheezy wedges recipe, too much cheese overdose for a day is not good for your cholesterol level isn't it, let's save it for next time okie!

By the way we did went out to Jusco for lunch, just to kill my 'sangap' since yesterday the three of us stayed at home while Abah bertarung for his GLU volley tournament. Congrats abah for the gold medal, berkat 'kasut baru' ehhhh! Last night, i opened the youtube for first time (betul tak tipu hehe) and let the kids watched several nursery ryhmes+upin ipin while meself watched the cerekarama. Later when they fall asleep i browse thru several online websites and guess what, i finally secured my dream bag, the one that i've longed for longggg time ago :) Consider hadiah raya la bole??? With that i will need to postpone my dinar purchase to next month, budget dah tarak :p

menu weekend

I know what i wanted to cook this weekend wink wink*.

1. Chicken/beef carbonara lasagna (since i still have few lasagna sheets in fridge)
2. Cheezy wedges (had just found the recipe on the net), if the taste is good hahhh no more KFC cheezy wedges after this!! Jimat tau :))
3. Bihun Singapore - kes mengidam kots?

Anyway our neighbour right next door is going to have a wedding kenduri this saturday for their eldest daughter, so tonight myself and few other neighbours are going to her house to help her out with anything...kira just mencukupkan syarat ziarah jiran & tolong apa yg patut :p Me tak reti bab2 camni (slalu org tua2 kan yg tolong hal kenduri ni) but considering dah ada kawan yg ajak...so kita ikut sajer lah :)

azam?

I like how k.tie reminiscence her previous 2010 resolution and see how she was doing so far. By the way it's already half of the year, how time flies huh?
I tried to do the same by googling the archives, but couldn't find one unfortunately. Guess my tagging list needs major improvement :p Anyway, here are some that i can still remember been entered into my list:

#1. Bayar hutang puasa (accumulated for 2 consecutive yrs)
-this is still ongoing, so far i'm doing well despite it's slightly behind track as planned. Syukur pada Allah for my good health, despite being preggie i still manage to perform my puasa though at times dugaannya sgt besar like migrain, lapar tahap gaban, etc :p

#2. Getting conceive.
Done :)

That's all i can remember, pathetic huh?

But anyway these are some of the things achieved and worth been highlighting:

1. On the purchasing department, no major damage been done so far (big pat *wink wink), except on few little things like changing my old Nokia phone to HTC Tough 3G, bought a small yet cute white gold ring utilizing my 2009 bonus, impulse buying on the black Swatch, sharing with hubby for the new 42’ LCD tv, and that’s it! No new handbags, no new expensive shoes (of course I still bought some on the medium-range prices considering those are necessities okie!). No major and unnecessary splurge on clothes, be it mine or for the kids. Opps except that I realized this year I bought more new kain as compared to last year and had them all turned into kurung Pahang, including one pure Kelantan batik silk which I managed to wore 2-3 times before it’s suddenly become too small for my growing tummy :p Oh yes, my recent venture on gold bars, an investment vehicle for the future, i think this was my wisest purchase so far….

2. My cooking skill on malay dish is improving a lot. I don’t know why but i think my recent nasi lemak & its sambal, kari ayam, masak lemak cili api, cucur bilis (don’t laugh!), etc semakin sedap!! But still I only cook on weekends as I just don’t have the energy to cook right after I got back from office (excuse la tu yer???)

3. Spring clean my wardrobe and the outcome is one big box containing used clothes, ready to be given away to the needy. Am still awaiting hubby to settle his part, and once done we can transport it out hopefully before the upcoming Ramadhan.

Now let’s see what are the things that I wish to achieve/do this year:

1. To cook daily for breaking fast on this year’s Ramadhan. Exceptions given for cases like bad traffic, extended meeting, etc. Harap2 larat la :) With that we will only spend few ringgits on kuih, like what we did for the last 2 yrs. I bet this year Ramadhan is going to be more special since Idlan has mentioned few times he wanted to ‘puasa betul-betul’, plus i'm no longer 'sakit-sakit' like last year.

2. To exclusively breastfeed my next baby for at least 1.5yr. I didn’t manage to do so with Firas, so hopefully this time Allah will ease my way.

3. To have at least 3x per year a short vacation/weekend getaway with the family. Even a one night hotel stay is considered good enough, as you don’t have to worry about the chores, laundry, etc. Nice kan!

4. To buy 1 gold dinar every month. But I remind myself not to get too excited and must only buy during the right time. Like now harga tgh naik…so kite tunggu sajer lah…

5. Try to khatam Al Quran once before end of the year.

6. Cook my very first rendang for Hari Raya this year. Remember am trying to improve my Malay cooking skill kan…so rendang is one of it!

7. To try to at least get the oven operated once! I realize I didn’t bake any cakes/tarts/muffins/biscuits this year, thanks to my laziness. Perhaps I’ll kick start with our favourites – cheese tarts & cheese cakes yummieh!!

Okla enough for now…when I got to think of other wishes then I’ll update ok.

kek lapis sarawak

Alhamdulillah, kek yg ditunggu-tunggu sudah tiba.
Yg dpt 2 jenis, cadbury & sisik ikan. Hati pari tak jumpa kot.
Apa2 pun, tima kasih bebyk yerrrr Farra, ckp tima kasih sesgt kpd adik hang sama :))

Kecur liur tgk kek ni, bukak pose mlm ni harus ku lenjan kek dulu yummiehhhh!!