Jom Makan-makan!

Assalamualaikum/Salam Sejahtera,

Rakan-rakan, tuan-tuan, puan-puan, cik-cik, encik-encik…..

Saya sekeluarga ingin menjemput semua ke rumah kami pada 1 Disember 2007 untuk makan-makan, minum-minum, borak-borak, etc bersempena majlis house warming + birthday celebration anak kami Idlan Farhan yg ke-3.

Alamat: No 17, Jalan Sutera 2/2, Seksyen 2, Taman Sutera, 43000 Kajang, Selangor
Masa : 1 - 6pm

Semoga kehadiran semua akan memeriahkan lagi majlis. Insyallah.
p/s: Doa selamat bermula jam 12.30 ok.

Rgds,
Yati-Pruzz-Idlan

Bandung 19-21 nov

It was such a great trip, officially becomes the closing for our year-end 2007. Those 3 days escapade leaves immense and sweet memories, in fact my mom kept on telling of going again next year. 3 days was not enough to be honest, u may need at least 4 days to fully cover all the much-talked about places like FOs, Pasar Baru, etc. Lucky I’ve done some research before going there, glanced thru the forumers’ comments in cari.com, jotting down some of the ‘must-go’ places, and we had fun going here and there, no need for pak supir or guide whatsoever....just the 5 of us (plus umi and adik)…adventure sket :p

A week before that, I’ve called some of the popular hotels (3 star je ok tak boleh memahal!) and we were lucky ada satu hotel yg tak penuh..the rest are ALL fully booked. So dptla stay at Hotel Kedaton (superior room Rp405k which equivalents to around RM150/night). Fortunate enough to tell u, hotel tu dekat banget ngan Pasar Baru….best giler.

Day 1
Arrive bandung around 11am local time. Straight away went to hotel for check in. Right after Zohor went out for lunch at food court in pasar baru. Savour ourselves with its local delicacies…nama dah lupa bley refer pics later hehe. Price is almost the same with our nasi goreng…ranging between RM3.50-4.50 per set. Then terus continue with our first round shopping. Mmg rambang mata…here they sell telekung, blouse (yg sulam2 tu byk sgt and murah2 belaka), handbags, shoes, comforters, kain ela, lace, etc..u name it sumer ader…7 storeys altogether so practically u can get everything under one roof! Yg tak bestnyer, dia tutup awal..around 6-6.30pm ramai sellers dah tutup kedai. Kena cepat2 pilih, cepat2 beli hoho. So sempatla beli few blouses, kain lace, baju spiderman, topi spiderman, cadar spiderman, etc. sumernyer spiderman hoho..yg haru lepas beli terus nak pakai lagik tuh sabor jela. Night time, went to their biggest mall i.e Bandung SuperMall. Our initial intention to look out for nasi padang tapi takder..last2 makan KFC je punyerla bosan. We bought nothing over here…price-wise more or less similar with klcc nyer standard. In fact they have more branded stores compared to the one in KL….so tak mampula kitorang nak beli :p. eh silap sempatla beli their infamous local donuts ½ dozen, called J.Co..ala-ala dunkin donuts la. I think I prefer dunkin’ lagi….except their version is more fluffy and lembut. Sampai hotel terus jot down barang2 yg dah dibeli…and our mind starts calculating and planning what to buy on the next day.

Day 2
After having our buffet breakfast, went again to pasar baru, main intention was to change my mom and my blouse size..tak muat beli semlm nyer hoho. This time we split up between the guys and the ladies…and limit ourselves for 2 hours only to cover everything. So belilah blouse lagi, telekung, shoes, brooch, kerepek2, chiffon, kain sulam, etc…drop our things at hotel and then board the cab and heading to FOs in Jalan Riau. FOs ni ala-ala reject shop, but they offer wider varieties of branded items, original and imitate nyer version. Those mak and pak budaks mmg bley pinar2 mata because kids’ clothes mmg byk…brand2 yg tak penah dengar pon byk dijual kat sini. I can get idlan’s clothes merely around RM25-30 for one suit of t shirt n jean…murah giler kan hehe. So sambar la 4 pasang baju idlan…none for me as nothing caught my intention. Took a trishaw and ask the pakcik to bring us to any restaurant offering nasi padang. Mmg heaven dpt pekena masakan depa…re-energize balik after lunch. That time I bet all the muscles and legs macam dah nak tercabut…but still we have to move on else tak sempat nak cover tpt lain :p hm FOs ni ade byk standard, ade yg murah…ade yg mahal…semua nama lain2..all located within walking distance from each other (the best is Heritage pasal byk baju murah). Penat banget nak jln from one to another. Kekadang idlan mintak dukung…mmg faham la kita yg dewasa ni penat apetah lagi budak kan. Dekat nak maghrib we went to FOs along Jln Dago plak….kat sini lagi meriah, but since kaki and badan dah penat…tak byk spent time kat situ…tak larat dah. Sambar 2-3 helai baju idlan…and that’s it. Idlan mmg dah tertido..terpaksa gilir2 dukung with my mom and abahnyer. Mlm pekena nasi padang tepi hotel je. Tido mlm tu mmg tak ingat dunia..penat yg amats!

Day 3
Our flight tentatively was at 1035am….lepas breakfast my mom, brother n myself walked to pasar baru (5 minit je) to do our last minute shopping. Within 1 hour we try to catch up apa2 yg rasa teringin nak beli lagi hehe. Balik hotel, check out, and terus gi airport. The journey from hotel-airport took us only 15 minutes…mmg strategic!

So basically tu jela ceritanyer…for guys I think bandung ni biasa2 jer. B only bought few shirts and jacket for himself. But for women, this is one of the highly-recommended places for u to go and indulge urself. U can easily get nice shoes for less than RM20…of course it did not carry any established brand but to me as long as it is nice to wear, who cares brand aper dia tulis kan :p Telekung, kain and baju sulam…ni mmg best giler..but I didn’t spent much on that since takder size….byk size besar2 je baju dia…ralat sgt rasa L

Itu jela serba sedikit ceritanya..those yg nak pegi, can always call me and I can give u some guides/tips on places to go, things to buy and whatnots. Org bandung mmg best, sumer peramah and mesra, very courteous, polite..tak sombong. Sight-seeing places, hm rasanye tak byk….i’ve been there five years ago, so basically yg popular cuma Tangkuban Perahu (bekas gunung berapi) and hot water spring. Lain tader kot….yg best shopping je ler hehe

The following day after arrived in KL I took an urgent leave, to finish up my take home exam and settle all the laundry. This week is pretty hectic with meetings, ISO, training, and whatnots...lucky dah submit paper exam kalo idak haru biru hidupku. Nothing much awaits in December, except I’ll be following hubby to melaka for his conference…and also preparing and organizing for our house-warming cum idlan’s birthday bash …tunggu email jemputan eh :)

Gambar dah upload..refer fotopages eh!

It was Deepavali day and yet still many of my friends invited for makan-makan sempena Syawal. We managed to go to only one house in Keramat, tu pun sebab nak drop the cake.... Idlan suddenly down for fever the previous night...mujur dia tak merengek kat umah org :p


choc chips cheesecake for my ofismate...Aida

He's getting better today, though the temperature still going up and down, accompanied by thick flu.
He talks a lot nowadays...especially when he meets my mum....antara org yg paling dia sayang besides us :p He make-do his own story-telling, revise few songs that made us laugh...

"tepuk amai-amai belalang pupu-pupu..tepuk biar pandai..idlan upah susu...susu lemak manis, santan kelapa muda, mama jangan nangis..idlan pegi keje.

When asked kenape idlan nak pegi keje...dia ckp nak cari duit beli robot Batman!

Sometimes, back from nursery, he tells us...Aiman jahat, dia buat Idlan. Bila tanye buat ape..dia ckp...Aiman tolak idlan masuk swimming pool.

That's our beloved Idlan...with his own sweet tales :p

Jamuan lagik

We had pot luck Jamuan Hari Raya at my unit today. As usual, lots of varieties as expected in our team....we even emailing each other days before today to book for own's menu.

And i brought this...first time i saw this at my neighbour's open house last weekend...so tempting...so tiru idea dia hehe...



here goes baby banana coated with melted chocolate...insya allah bakal menjadi menu kami time open house nanti...:p





sempoi giler...coat je ngan coklat...siap!

We're back from Kuching for good. Alhamdulillah the trip went well, i was all OK throughout, no pain attack whatsoever. For piccas and story visit our Fotopage (still in uploading progress).

Yesterday went to 3 makan-makan invitations including Semah's....semah upload la gambar2 ok!

Now it's time for books and assignment again!

from one to another

---> Yep unda, endoscopy (using camera) was done indeed...yesterday. Horror jugak eh huhu.

Monday tu, the doc just scanned my stomach, turned out i had the same luck with Aini...ada batu karang :( One stone, measured at 4mm roughly. Since my explanation was a bit weird (ppl had batu karang usually feel the pain at the lower part of perut/pinggang/abdomen eh?) but i did not...mine was more on the ulu hati, so he concludes i need to do further test.

Yesterday, he did the procedure, first spray ubat bius inside anak tekak (pahit giler, lucky i did not vomit in front him :p), then after one jab at my hand, terus pengsan tak sedar. About 15-20 minutes je kot..ntahla...cant remember anything. A camera was inserted, from mouth going to tekak, not sure whether it reached the stomach or not hehe. The result, he said inflammation at my esophagus (called esophagustrities, apology for my spelling ok tak tahu :p), so he just gave 2 types of medicine. As for the stone, he told not to worry or do anything..nothing serious about that, i should be alarm only when i have the symptons like sakit2 kat bwh perut tu. Betul ke unda? what your lecturers/experience/books tell u about this?
Please advise if u/any friends out there know specific foods/drinks to eat so that the stone can hancur by itself and wipe out thru urine. Seriously i was freaked the whole day yesterday but today i guess myself is back to normal kot...alhamdulillah harap2 this is not as serious as i think. Follow-up will be next Tuesday, hope i am all ok as usual.

Today am on mc. But now im in the office, settling some works, attending jamuan hari raya office, and hehe obviously writing this entry. Tomorrow we will be off to kuching until saturday. Sunday got two makan2 invitations...harap2 no gastric attack during these precious wonderful days ahead. As for me, starting from this episode, i should take more precaution on my food intake...do not dare to put my health at risk after this kind of things happening at my age. Kena control makan..jgn belasah je ok!

Salam all...take care!

more on gastric...

Last Friday another attack striked again. I was all ok from morning till 4pm when suddenly i felt the difficulty to breath, loya and vommited thrice (including once in car while driving back home :p). That night again the doc said my sugar level did not improved...it reads at 5.3 (compared to the previous one was 5.2), despite eating lots of foods that day (2 office invitations in a row, with lontong, rendang, nasi impit, lemang, nasi lauk, etc and of course, air manis!)

Felt a bit relieved after series of vommiting, maybe angin dah takde dlm perut. Weekend came, i was all OK with no signs of gastric at all. Lucky for me since we got few invitations on these 2 days, but i made a point to myself not to overeat or else i might go to the toilet again :) Yesterday we went to 2 houses in Bangi and Equine, also to Nilai 3 in between to look for something and ended up bought other things :p This evening i had an appointment with a doc, specialized in gastroenterologist, hope he'll able to give some detail explanation and solution to my stomach problem.

Open house? NO it will not be in this Syawal due to our packed schedule. However i expect we'll be able to 'open' our house for frens and relatives somewhere in December insya allah, right after exam. Cannot play2 anymore since i 'kantoi' a bit in my recent modules...guess i need to be more serious and persevere for the next 6 subjects je lagik nyeh nyehhh

p/s: Aini, jgn malas2 mkn ubat...jgn gi shopping time mc :p

of gastric

Had another attack yesterday near lunch time, caused me to stay in the toilet for about 1/2 hour, vommiting and sitting there hoping the pain will ease and yet it continued...so at last i decided to go back. Went to clinic (my 3rd visit in this Syawal), hope the doc will refer me to specialist since it's already over a week. Mr Doc checked my body pressure, inspect the stomach (malu wooo), and lastly did a sugar test. The result - pressure all OK, lack of sugar (my reading is 5.2, normal level should be above 6 kot?). He concluded - i need to take more sugary drinks and foods to increase my sugar level, so that the body activity can operates as normal to digest foods and reduce the acidity. Of course NO hot n spicy, sour, makanan berangin etc...lega kejap bila pk as nothing serious according to him :) Hope everything will be back to normal. It hurts like he** when it attacked the 'ulu hati' and i can hardly breathe out and rasa macam sakit jantung (tho i dont know how sakit jantung exactly feels like...)

Back home, try to sleep and rest but couldnt...so lepas asar, terus ke garden cewahh...semangat waja gitu! But upon seeing almost all the newly-planted pokok2 macam nak layu, terus rasa pressure huhu...either the plants get shocked because we transferred it to tanah, or it was just merely our hands yg soooo panas dan tak rasi :( Sedey banget rasa huhu. But anyway, guess the project is almost 70% completed, pending to clean the porch and awaiting ppl to install pergola and pond.

Night time, around 940pm, our neighbour next door ajak pegi beraya ke rumah jiran...so lepas beraya, sambung berborak kat luar rumah sampai 11pm....sakan kan :p

Weekend is coming and am fully booked with open house and class....nx week will be going to kuching, cant wait to savour the ever delicious kek lapis cadbury nyeh nyehhh...soon after that Bandung is waiting....wah wah...lepas tu terus exam punyerla tak best :(

Cerita Eid kami - 2007

12 oct- sibuk membuat cheese tart, brownie and blueberry cheesecake utk mkn2 sendiri and bwk balik kg.

13 oct - It's Raya today...kami kat Ampang dari pagi raya hingga ke ptg...umi masak nasi beriyani, nasi impit kuah kacang, rendang daging, lemang beli je...aku? tukang tolong sket2 jer. Sempat berjln ke umah makcik je kat kg pandan...lepas asar, terus bertolak pulang ke Junjung, Kedah. Hujan lebat yg amats...tapi alhamdulillah selamat sampai mlm tuh dlm pukul 9 kot. Lepas rehat kejap terus kuar beraya rumah mak lang bole tak?? hehe mkn mihun sup...balik terus terbongkang keletihan.

14 oct- beraya di Alor Setar umah mak ngah & pak lang...pekena mee kari.

15 oct- Pagi pukul 530am dah kuar ke airport bayan lepas hantar mak ude pulang ke UK...jgn sedey2 unda hohoho. Idlan busuk...mandi kat airport je hoho...lepas tu terus gi beraya umah mak chak kat perak kat mane ntah lupa dah aku huhu...balik lepas zohor kepenatan yg amats...sakit kepala, telan panadol actifast.

15 oct - mlm tu pegi beraya umah pak teh...tetiba aku kena gastric attack yg horror skali..terus pruz antar balik naik motor...mujur dekat je. Lepas tu duk sesorang dlm bilik...mkn ubat ayah Aktel...tak tahan lagi, tgh mlm pegi cari klinik kat kulim..mujur ade klinik bukak....teruk jugak kena kali ni.

16 oct- kali ni duk umah je..perut tak sihat lagi. Ptg tu abang2 ipar+pruz buat BBQ..ikan siakap, sotong, udang, kerang, etc ...+ tomyam campur. Sedap banget...aku mkn tak byk sgt. Lepas mkn terus muntah, gastrik still ade lagi...adusss menahan sakit lagi mlm tuh.

17 oct- balik KL, selamat sampai ptg kol 2 lebey. Mlm tu kena attack lagi, terus pegi Az Zahrah amik injection...lega kejap rasa.

18 oct-pegi Pusat Flora Cheras dan Bangi beli rumput, batu , stones, tanah, etc utk projek laman kami. Sempat order pond skali kat balakong...next friday insya allah sampai la pond ku :P

19 oct- patutnye keje tapi nursery idlan tutup lagi...so aku pon cuti la...gastrik ade sket2...tapi still kuar today...membeli barang2 utk laman lagik. Malam pegi ampang beraya umah abg...mkn lamb chop ngan mihun... :-> Mujur perut ok...tapi mkn taleh byk..nanti dia kuar balik huhu

Sabtu- Family aku (mak, abg, sepupu) datang serbu rumah utk raya. So startla projek memasak dari 930am sampai ke 4pm kot...penat den, sambil masak kunyah biskut raya...takut kena attack lagi kan. Abah bz kat luar menanam rumput...idlan terbiar keseorangan..sampai nak tertido depan pintu anak teruna ku itu...sian dia! So ptg tu alhamdulillah...dptla menjamu mereka dgn mihun sup, soto, spaghetti, roti jala...and not forgetting kek terbaru ku..chocolate chips cheesecake. Since makanan byk, jemputla jiran tetangga sama...asalnye jemput 3 family aku je...last skali membiak jadi 9 family yg serbu rumah sampai ke 12 tgh mlm....sakan giler tak? heheh 1st time beraya sampai tgh mlm! Mlm tu lepas org dtg beraya kami plak bergilir2 raya ke rumah jiran sederet+depan umah....penat sungguh. Idlan sampai tertido kat umah jiran sebelah. Balik umah kemas+basuh pinggan mangkuk sampai kol 1 pagi! Makanan still ade lebih lagi, so bleyla dipanaskan utk wat breakfast esoknyer.

Ahad- pagi tuh ade jiran dtg beraya lagi...then kami kuar beraya ke rumah jiran + sepupu kat Puchong. Pagi tu sempatla abah menyiapkan projek lama kami. Tapi still tak complete...laman belakang masih semak samun. Dan porch comot yg amat...hujan je kan..mmg lecak abis! Petang sempatla tido sejam lebih...cover balik kepenatan weekend yg masih ada. Malam tadi dinner cekodok pisang je sian kan? :P


Photos...sila la jenguk kat Fotopageje..malas nak upload byk kali :p

Biskut Raya #5

Irish Cookies

Sumber : Noorbaya

Bahan A

180g butter

130g gula castor

20g shortening

1 biji kuning telur

1st nescafe

1st esen coffee

Bahan B

1/2st baking powder

200g tepung gandum

100g tepung ubi

40g nestum (kisar kasar)

Hiasan: kuning telur – sapuan, badam flake dihancurkan dan choc. rice

Cara:

Sebatikan semua Bahan A lalu masukkan Bahan B. Canai dan terap. Sapukan dengan kuning telur dan taburkan badam flake dan Choc Rice.

Nota: Nestum kisar boleh diganti dgn cornflakes kisar

Well i guess majority has taken leave starting from today. It feels a bit pressure when u're still typing and sitting in the office, reading emails with lots of ucapan hari raya from friends, thinking what they're doing right now, and u can do nothing except waiting for the clock to tick at 430pm...arghhh tak sukenyerrr!

hm hmm...got this yesterday from a customer, looking at the exterior itself mmg dah kagum, take a peek inside terus teruja :p Thank you my dear customer, and sori for giving you nothing in return, my cost center is lacking of budget when it comes to 'entertainment thingy mangy'.

chocolate with kurma and Amos cookies...sedap!

And this is hari raya cake for Sue...blueberry chocolate delight. Topped cream cheese pagi tadi with non-stop interruption from idlan...menduga sungguh!

To all my dear friends, blogger/non-blogger...Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir Batin yer!

Biskut Raya #4

Butter Cookies - source hanieliza



Ingredients :
135 g butter
60 g castor sugar
150 g flour
30 g cornflour

Method :
1. Cream butter and sugar.
2. Add in sifted flour and cornflour bit by bit.
3. Place the soft dough into the piping bag with a big star nozzle and pipe the dough into papercups.
4. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170 C for 18 - 20 minutes.
5. Leave to cool and keep in an airtight container.
6. You can also drizzle with melted cooking chocolate and sprinkle some '100's and 1000's' (manik berwarna) on top






Did this after sahur, lucky managed to reach office on time :)
1 batter only yields about 50 pieces...sikit sgt kan huhu

Biskut Raya #3

Biskut Arab - source mamafami

Bahan
250 gm tepung gandum
125 gm gula halus
125 gm minyak sapi
pewarna..merah ..kuning dan hijau

Caranya:
1. Gaulkan semua bahan sehingga sebati.
2. Bahagikan adunan kepada 3 warna dan masukkan warna yg berlainan saperti
merah, kuning dan hijau.
4. Bentukkan adunan spt bebola dan cantumkan 3 warna seperti di dalam
gambar.
5. Masukan adunan dalam paper-cup kecil.
6. Bakar pada suh 180'c selama 20 - 25 minit.

7. Taburkan gula halus bila dah masak.

Sempoi sesangat (tayah guna mixer) and rasa pon sedap..cuma 1 adunan bley dpt dlm 75-78 biji jer...kejap je ngap dah abis :p

resepi resepi

hehe farra...tunggula taun depan kalo nk wat bisness baru upgrade oven..mmg x larat sungguh oven kecilku itu..dah la dapur aku tade fan! cuba bayangkannnn betapa panasnyer kuikuikui




Pegedil - source umi saye!
kentang - 5 biji
daging - agak2 je..blend
daun sup - potong halus
2 sudu besar tepung jagung
bawang goreng

Rebus kentang sampai empuk..dlm 25-30 min..buh garam sket.
Goreng daging sampai masak..buh garam sket.
Then lecekkan kentang sampai hancur.
Gaul kentang, daging, tepung jagung, daun sup, bwg goreng. Bentukkan bulat2.
Celup telur, then goreng...tu saje!
(ade org letak black pepper kalo nk pedas..aku tak letak)



Ni ade satu lagi resepi sempoi tapi sedap sesgt aku rasa...tak muak, dan sgt menyelerakan!



Udang goreng daun kari - source Umi
Udang - perap garam and kunyit
Goreng udang sampai masak...then angkat.
Then tumis bwg dgn daun kari, akhir skali masukkan udang.



Sempoi sesgt kan...tp serius saya suke sbb aroma daun kari tuh best...sila cuba ok!

tiring yet satisfying weekend!

Projek Sabtu
After sahur terus melekat @ dapur buat projek biskut raya #1 : Quaker Oats resepi mak. Biskut favourite since last yr, and taun ni modify sket dgn top kan biskut with chocolate unlike last yr just sprinkle with choc. rice. Hasil dia..mmg menarik! Dah nak masuk lunch time, terus masak mihun sup utk idlan...utk kami berbuka sama. Tapi idlan mkn mee, dia tak brape suke mihun. Lepas zohor sumer, start buat pegedil. Hari jumaat dah siap call umi tanye camner nak wat...1st timer ni hehe. Alhamdulillah projek pegedil menjadi dan pegedil ku comel2 belaka...tingin sesgt mkn tuh bersama2 ngan mihun sup!

Lepas tuh, buat kek batik plak...modify resepi ina, aku bubuh nestum and serbuk koko sket....hasilnyer mmg memuaskan....2 hari loyang dah licin! Lepas tuh, buat plak my favourite cream caramel...ari tuh baru buat tapi x puas mkn hoho...again kali ni habis weekend sumer licin alhamdulillah. Kiranye hari ni mmg produktif sungguh...sampai flat tak igt..lepas terawikh terus surrender :p

Projek Ahad
Pagi kami ke KLIA, jumpe mak, ayah and unda yg baru sampai dari menunaikan umrah. Alhamdulillah semua sihat. Time nak balik ade tunjuk perasaan sket...Idlan jerit nak naik kapal terbang! adus siap ditarik tgn mama tpt nak masuk check in passport tuh..ish ish...sabar eh sayang..next month kite gi jalan2 naik aeroplane okeh!
Balik dr KLIA, singgah ke Jusco...mujur x shopping sgt hehe...balik rumah dah pukul 2 lebih...penat giler rasa, terus tido nyeh nyeh. Before asar bgn, then terus ke dapur buat projek biskut raya #2: Chocolate chips.
Sambil bakar biskut, sambil masak kari ayam utk di makan dgn mihun kelmarin yg terlebih celur dgn byk sekali :p Jadikla 2 hari berturut-turut mkn mihun hoho. Habis wat kuah kari, pukul 6 lebih pegi melawat zarid sat. Mlm pas terawikh sambung bakar choc. chips tadi...adunan mmg byk, so ntah brape kali trip membakar, dgn oven yg kecik tuh...adus penat menunggu. Dlm kol 11 baru siap kot huhu...lotih mama!

Sahur tadi mkn mihun kari lagi....dan disebabkan mihun still byk, terus buat mihun goreng and kasik bebudak nursery idlan...at least tiada pembaziran :)

Ptg ni dapur berehat..mama ada majlis berbuka puasa bersama customer Max** kat klcc...so terpaksala abah berbuka berdua ngan Idlan je.

tart lagi...

This time it was for Tini...tima kasih eh kerana setia ngan tart aku ni hehe


Topped with chocolate


and yg kecik comey ni meant for darling2 kat rumah tuh :)

Today i shall granted off day to Mr Kitchen..we'll drop at Jusco since B wants to buy something.
I just cant help it, keep on thinking what to get for our iftar...KFC, Mc D, nasi ayam, bla bla bla....huhu teruk betul fikiranku ini!

the word 'FREEDOM'

I am now considered 'merdeka' for the next 2 weeks. Next class officially commence on 6th Oct, so i have super duper ample time to bake my raya biscuits, and enjoy my precious upcoming weekend, no book, no assignment whatsoever!

How was the exam? Well i was confident with my answers throughout the xm, but suddenly the world turned upside down when we discuss the answers, later after submission. It was like 'the person is guilty and i said not guilty". This is law, and obviously when we give judgement contradict to what the law says, it means we already made a huge mistake! aduhhhhs habisla diriku...and some more the Q itself accounts for 40% of all damnnn. Just to comfort myself, some of my friends also had the same opinion with me..harap lecturer kasik la markah kesian :p

After exam we had a small gathering cum pot luck at my mom's, i cooked tomyam and it was a bit tawar, my brother claimed it was not only tawar, but tak pedas, tak masam, tak umpph langsung..but ironically his plate was full with all the tomyam's isi dan sebagainyer...sabor jela!

Sunday came, right after subuh i prepared sardine curry puff and frozed it, think they can last for about 3-4 days. For berbuka we had mee hailam, curry puff and tepung pelita..my favourite! Idlan had a small ketumbit and we brought him to clinic that evening, and later drop off at bazar ramadhan bangi to get the tepung pelita. 1-2 minutes before azan,while both of us were bz at kitchen sorting out the plates and everything, we heard a loud thunder and the only thing i knew, idlan landed himself on the floor, him gum bleeds a bit and of course cried his lungs out. Tapi takdela teruk sgt pon i guess..more like nangis manja :)

And these are cheese tart for my officemate kak alimah...i've been owing these to her since the last 2 months kot hoho..dia kata rindu ngan cheese tart yati .....adus terharu plak daku :p, and since 'ethically' i was bind by the promise...here goes for u!

menu ramadhan

Semlm lepas berbuka terus pengsan….mengantuk sesgt takleh tahan dah pukul 9 dah doze off. Berbuka kelmarin dgn daging black pepper…favourite big bos and aku sendiri. Appetizer cempedak goreng...tu pon time azan still lagi menggoreng hehe sungguhla tak efficient :p So tadi terjaga pukul 130am…lepas solat sumer terus mengadap pc sampailah ke waktu sahur. Sahur recycle je daging semlm, goreng telur dadar ngan ikan masin gelama…alhamdulillah. Tinggal satu soklan je lagi yg pending..nampak gaya mlm ni kena stay up lagi huhuhu…mataku sudah mengantuk skarang ni helpppp!

Ni resepi yg dijanjikan kelmarin…

Udang masak cili kering – resepi mak pruzz

Udang
Cili kering
Santan – maybe ½ kelapa kot…ntahla tak measure pon senarnyer :p
Bawang besar
Bawang putih – sket je
Serai – sebatang cukup kot mkn 5 org
Asam keeping - satu
Belacan – sket je
Garam & gula

Blend cili kering bersama2 dgn bwg besar, bwg putih and serai

Tumiskan cili tu sampai pecah minyak, masukkan santan

Then masukkan belacan sket, asam keping, garam n gula. Masak sampai kuah kering (tapi jgn kering sgt biarla ade kuah)..opps jgn lupa masukkan udang ok.

Tu je sempoi je kan hehe..tapi sedap J sbb ade rasa serai tuh….mak masak ketam, tapi since saya tak penah beli ketam, so jadikla udang jer hoho

Daging black pepper sempoi

Daging – hiris
Kicap manis
Tepung jagung
Bwg besar - hiris
Bwg putih - hiris
Halia
Lada hitam – tumbuk sampai halus (saye x suke guna serbuk tak umpphh sgt)
Tomato sebiji dua
Hiasan – cili hidup, daun bawang, capsicum

Tumis bawang/halia, masukkan daging, tambah air and masak sampai empok (air jgn byk sgt, agak2 terendam daging)

- Then tambah kicap, tepung jagung, and lada hitam

- Last masukkan tomato, and cili hidup, daun bawang, capsicum, etc

- Kalo ade button mushroom bley tambah lagi best!

- Daging tu biar berkuah sket..baru best..kalo kering sgt tak berapa rasa black pepper tu..

Ok sekian resepi utk hari ni! Measurement tu saya agak2 jer...sbb sumer pakai campak je...

update update!

In response to k.nieta’s challenge, here goes the updates….:P

Since everybody is talking about their menu, I’ll be sharing mine as well.
Well like last year, I choose to cook during the holy month of ramadhan. The rest of the months, we usually opt to buy foods from outside. No need for justification, it’s just me and the penyakit “M”, to answer your question hehehe. Perhaps the spirit of Ramadhan and its ‘barakah’ that turns me slightly ‘rajin’ than before :p

First day, I cook nasi lemak for sahur. Woke up at 4am and managed to get everything ready earlier than expected. Well B has mentioned he wants something heavy during the earlier weeks, that’s why la nasi lemak menjadi pilihan. The first day was indeed challenging, I felt so sleepy like monsters and could hardly opened my eyes at office. The sleepiness even made me dizzy and later gave me migraine like hell huhu. Sampai loya2 dlm kereta on the way back (bukan preggie ok). But again thanks for the barakah in ramadhan, I still cook for berbuka..kari ikan bawal, sayur campur telur and chicken poppers….simple and enough to feast our stomach alhamdulillah.

Taking lesson from the 1st day, the second day I woke up a bit late, 440am hehe. Recycle the last’s night curry, goreng telur kicap and ikan gelama masin….ishh sedap sungguh pekena ikan masin! It was my 1st time in life I bought ikan masin and fry on my own, serius x tipu hehe dahsyat kan….
So menu seterusnye, ayam masak kicap, sausage sweet sour, kangkung goreng belacan dan cempedak goreng. The next day we had potluck at my mom’s and I cooked udang masak cili kering+serai & sup daging n fishball. I even prepared popia and freeze it, senang goreng je time berbuka….this time special thanx to B, he was the one who did all the folding :) Sunday came, B suggested to go to bazaar ramadhan and I declared a public holiday to Mr kitchen. And yesterday, again simple menu jer..ikan kerisi goreng, bilis goreng cili padi, sup sayur n nugget.

Well am not that very good in cooking but tak kira, nak share jugak tips of fast (1 hr cooked time) and simpe cooking….blend cili kering siap2, kupas segala jenis bawang siap2, perap ikan/ayam siap2 and letak kat fridge the lower part…(sumer orang dah tahu ni kot haha) And either am so organize or pathetic, I even prepared my menu list (so far sampai 10 hari je, sbb blank dah x tau nk masak ape :p). Kepala ni jugak dah fikir macam2 pasal dessert, but so far only popia and cempedak goreng yg materialize…the rest is still in white paper. I’ll be having my final this com Saturday, after that I have sufficient 2 weeks to prepare dessert yg best2 sket and biskut raya yeye!

Opps it’s already 4.24am. The two angels of mine still in deep slumber, and me from 12am burning the light pulun wat assignment :( I wonder if anyone else out there also doing what I’m doing right now….aini yuhuu ko tgh stay up jugak ker???? Jgn diriku menjadi zombie lagi hari ni sudah ler huhuhu..
Oh menu sahur kejap lagi..dried fried noddle! Off to kitchen peeps!

p/s: I’ll share my MIL’s udang masak cili kering+serai tuh next time ok..insya allah sedap, but no picas whatsoever…dlm kelam kabut mane sempat capai kamera daa.

amacam k.nieta...panjang tak hehehehe

Ramadhan Al-Mubarak

Insya Allah esok kita semua akan menyambut Ramadhan, bulan yg mulia. Betapa beruntungnya kita dpt menempuh sekali lagi kenikmatan bulan Ramadhan, hati dan fikiran rasa tenang...dan perilaku seharian pun insya Allah akan lebih terkawal dan bertambah baik :) Azam ku tahun ini........

- nak lebihkan membaca Al-Quran
- nak masak sendiri utk sahur dan berbuka puasa
- kurangkan berbelanja di pasar ramadhan
- kawal diri, kawal hati, kurang marah dan membebel :p
- study rajin-rajin, jgn malas-malas dan tido jer!
- buat biskut ngan kek raya sendiri
- takmo buat bisnes...nak rehat-rehat jer :)

ok tu saja, nampak list sikit tapi berat juga nak melaksanakan semuanya...moga Allah beri kekuatan fizikal, mental dan iman utk aku melaksanakan semua azamku ini....amin.

Kepada kengkawan semua, Selamat Berpuasa...semoga amal ibadat kita diterima olehNya...

I: Sambil menyelam minum air

Akibat membuat group discussion @ MidValley, duitku habis tanpa disangka2 dgn membeli comforter set, cadar & kasut. Yang menarik, shopping hanya dilakukan dlm masa beberapa minit, main entrance dah half-way closed, dan kami sumer kluar melalui emergency exit :p

Idlan happy sungguh tgk girrafe n lion nih...:)

II: Shoppin' galore

Ini mmg planned shopping, bukan impulse buying ok. Pergi Ikea dan tesco ampang utk mencari barang2 hiasan rumah...dan juga hadiah besday :) Dapatla membeli 6-7 ketul pasu dan pokok hijau. Pokok ni penting, sbb papa dah membebel rumah kami takde 'green effect' langsung! Pokok2 lain bley tgk fotopages...

pokok cinonet saya!

III: Makan-makan

The best thing about my office and colleagues, we love to gather and stuff ourselves with wide array of foods, tak kesah la..brunch ke, lunch ke, tea time ker...mesti grand makanan nyer! Ari ni ada pot luck lagi, sempena bakal menyambut Ramadhan, dan sempena dah lama tak organize mkn2 formal. Mee kari, mihun, spaghetti bolognese, choc cake, cheese cake, mango cake SR, talam berlauk, nasi goreng, apam, ayam black pepper, fun fries, cream caramel, pecal, air pelbagai jenis, etc...aduss kecur perut ku...macam pasar ramadhan plak rasa :p

Aku bwk bread pudding and cuppies...buat cuppies sbb nak bwk blk kampung sama esok utk cousin2 idlan :)

Esok cuti balik kampung yey!!!

SRM...3 years already

Aiman-Haikal-Idlan..the three stooges

Tapi nama Haikal dah hilang, terjatuh time nak angkut dlm kotak huhu