19th April

A few days back when a few frens of mine asked, ko pegi tak pegi tak?

I replied with confidence...tak gi, tak cuti pon!

My mind and soul (:p) is fixed with that answer...but you know, women and shopping can hardly be separated. When the actual day comes yesterday, angin tade ribut tade tetiba hati terasa nak cuti hampehsss!

Looks like i need to go for some kind of meditation to make my heart becomes more kebal and less influenced to any sort of temptation like this.

The result, i got another 4 shirts for idlan, a 3/4 pants and a nice brown pooh sandal (tapi dia takmo pakai geram takkk?). And for myself, finally i got to buy my ever dreamed handbag that i've eyed since the past 2 months nyeh nyeh..kat sogo slash 10% tapi semlm discount 30% saya amat happy! Dan disebabkan hati tak kebal saya telah menyambar 2 instead of satu :)

And here goes what i did yesterday for ummimon (sebenarnye cuti nak buat ni bukan shopping :P):

1] vanilla muffin with almond toppings

2] vanilla cuppies for kakak and iman...k.tie requested for no icing, no topping actually, but i scribbled something simple to make it look less plain...hope she doesnt mind :)

i] Org ckp...there's always sun shine after the rain...and it does happen today!

Tak dpt L, dpt K dan B pun jadila...

Yang pasti kali ni tade omong2 kosong dgn idlan lagi hehehe

Oh semlm anak terunaku membuat 'sedikit' hal....blk dr ofis, terkebetulan geng kamceng dia (nama Farhan gak umur 5 thn) pon tgh nak masuk umah, ditariknyer tangan mama dia masuk ke umah geng dia tuh. Mama ni punyerla malu, mujur geng jugak ngan mak si Farhan ni...tapi still malu what! Bukan main syok dia main dlm umah Farhan tu, sampai buat drama swasta takmo blk umah even tho jam dah tunjuk pukul 7pm. Last resort, mama pon terpaksala tipu sunat ckp nak pegi JJ la ape la itu la...sumer tak menjadi, last sekali ummi Farhan terpaksa olok2 tutup tv, lampu, pintu umah depa...dan meng'escort' kami anak beranak blk umah (umah kitorang mcm menghadap satu sama lain).

.....harap2 ptg ni anakku tidak mengulangi kejadian semlm....dah pandai bertenggek kat umah org!

ii] Marble choc cheesecake utk Tini...

mujur semlm ade lord of the rings...so tadela mengantuk tunggu kek masak :)

Tengok LOTR teringat si wanie yg cukup obsess ngan Aragorn dier hehehhe..semah igt tak? zaman dolu2 kat putrajaya dulu :p

last call

Dear frens,

I still have rooms for this week delivery as follows:
- marble choc cheesecake - 1 order
- vanilla muffin (24 cups/12 cups) - 2 orders

buzz me at YM! calx_88 before 12noon today, first come first serve basis!

Thank you.

an evening spent in kelab komuniti CBJ

idlan swim swim
mama berjoging
abah bertindak sebagai penyelamat!

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the weekend

Planned to bring idlan to kelab komuniti cyberjaya's pool tommorow! He must be very excited upon hearing this hehe. Tapi sayang, we're not staying at hotel this time....lain kali eh..kite pegi duk hotel lawa and swim!

And to abah, gud laks and main elok2 esok coz both of us are going to watch you fighting :p

cfm la Langkawi plan tak menjadi, lecturer dah balas email ckp ade presentation huhu

Blueberry Cheese Tart

It's good to have a kelab wanita at our taman, they're very organized, active, always have lots of ideas and activities planned on weekend, and many more. Last Saturday i decided to join one of their activities, despite myself being quite new in the taman (we're phase 2 btw) and hardly know them. Tagged zarid along to accompany me, we had assorted tarts class with the instructor specially invited by the kolej komuniti bangi. Pay only RM10 and we learned how to make 3 different tarts, i.e cheese, fruit tartlets and egg tarts. The task is easy yet tedious and consumes lots of time. I tried doing cheese tart last two night, and my biggest mistakes, i did 2 adunan instead of 1, resorted me only being able to go to bed at 330am :(

Lenguh satu badan nak buat pastry dia...tapi serius enjoy! Yang penting, pruzz kata lagi sedap dr instructor punyer hohoho

small tart

regular tart

csws1090 tart :p

baked cheese tart

Kalo nak order cam biasa email eh :)

my oh my~

Dalam pada kami berbangga bila Idlan dah kenal warna, berjaya dlm speech departmentnyer, pandai kira sikit-sikit, recently mama dan abah Idlan start terasa betapa susahnyer the journey of parenthood ni.

Alkisahnya, lately si kecik sudah pandai melawan, bila ditegur, dibalasnye kite balik. Bila kita naik suara sket, dibalasnye balik dgn tone yg sama level. Mama cuba berdiplomasi, tegur dgn cara baik, intonasi suara punyerla lembut, tapi dia nangis plak in return. Diulang byk kali, still menangis dan takde improvement. Dan masalah paling besar, dia dah pandai jelir lidah, walaupun jelir sikit je kuar, tapi still considered jelir!

Aduhai anak, tolonglah faham bahawa jelir lidah tu tak bagus dan tak baik, agak tak manis dipandang orang.

......takper, kami takkan putus asa, akan dicuba utk mendidik si dia sampai berjaya berubah!
Dan sayang, bila mama atau abah marah tu tandanya kami sayang...dun take us wrong ok :)

Ahad ni kita pegi swimming okeh, langkawi dah takde harapan, makanyer kelab komuniti cyberjaya will be our next target!

p/s: tadi dlm berani tak berani tu saya mengemail bakal lecturer, bertanye sama ada akan ade presentation tak pada 28/29 hb nanti, saya inform kalau tak penting saya nak skip klas. Tapi skang macam menyesal plak email dia, mesti dah jadi bad impression plak (budak ni klas blom start dah ade niat nak ponteng!)

My head swollen inside, and things just slipped off plan since last saturday. We were supposed to start our new subject, and when i reached the class, nobody was there, called my frens, they asked me back, tak bace email ker? klas dah postpone ke 21/4. Still ok hearing that, but when she continued, klas kite 21, 28, 5, then exam 19/5...i was like OMG...Langkawi ku!!!

Dear my beloved lecturer,
I still dont know you, never meet you, expecting to meet you on last saturday but suddenly you postpone our class. I dont mind u shifting the class to suit your schedule, but plizz la why is it has to be clashed with my plan. You've screwed up my long-awaited Langkawi weekend get away dont u realize that? there gone all my correlle, corningware, chocolates and what nods. I've booked the hotel, tell my son that we'll be staying at hotel, jump to the pool, and you know what? my son is sooo looking forward to swim with his new suit (tak beli pon lagi la :p) Warned u, i may skip the class if there is no presentation involving myself, but dont blame me, i just cant let go my langkawi plan after all the angan-angan for the past two months. And my bonus money...i've put aside RM$$$ just for the trip, and now it seems that the rezeki might eventually go to TH.

.....me so sad huhuhu

new addition to Hot Stove - cup cakes!

Hi frens...

Hot Stove is back with another new product in line....that is cutie Cuppies!

Suitable for birthday wish, anniversary, engagement, new born, congratulations wish, etc...you just name it and HS will design it for you to suit ur request! (but warned you, i the amateur may not be able to design complicated character hehe)

Comes in 2 set (complete with box):

16 regular cuppies - RM20

8 regular cuppies - RM11

Cup cakes flavour- vanilla

Icing frosting - buttercream

Delivery F.O.C within Klang Valley area, delivered once a week.

Order must be placed 3 days prior delivery date.

Enquiry? mail me at calx_88@yahoo.com, or buzz at my YM! calx_88

Coming out next.....blueberry cheese tart :)

of colours!

Few weeks back Abah got a free 'congkak' games courtesy of MMU for launching one of its traditional games events. Brought home the congkak, we played with Idlan at nights, but of course main tipu-tipu saje ok. What attracts us most is the colourful guli-guli, of which they look exactly like coklat Smarties tuh. Idlan is not the kind of toddler yg picking up things and tuck inside his mouth, hence we do not worry much to let him play the guli alone.

I play with him and i told him, yellow color belongs to pak su, green color is nek umi's, black is abah's, red belongs to mama, blue belongs to idlan, etc. After several repetition and practise he can now memorize the basic colours, and associated it with things surround him. He knows he's wearing a yellow shirt, mama has red pant, knows our curtain is green, so as the green wall. The pillow is white, the buai is red in colour, his power rangers watch is blue, and there are 5 power rangers with different colours. And not forgetting all trees are green!

Now we know he likes colours, apart from his hobby of singing alif, ba, ta, jim, ha, ho....(he always missed sa by the way hehe).

Does anyone has Tilmiz cd? i'll pay for the burned cd tq :)

from the Hot Stove!

We had a small family gathering at my house last week and these are among the menus cooked that day.

1] Baked macaroni with mozarella toppings

Nak try? ni cara-caranyer.....

- Rebus macaroni hingga masak (masukkan a pinch of salt utk tak kasik dia stick with each other)
- Tumis bawang putih & besar, masukkan daging cincang, buh cili sket, masukkan tomato puree, masak lagi, then masukkan button mushroom, carrot (dan segala sayur yg anda suker), garam, gula, oregano, black pepper, dan teruskan masak...biar ade berkuah sket.
- Masukkan dlm bekas, then tuang white sauce (butter, tepung gandum, fresh milk, garam sket).
- Last skali garnish with onions, capsicum, tomato, and slices of mozarella nyum nyummm
- Baked at 170-180 celcius for 25 minutes or until cheese melt
- Ape lagi....hidangkan dan ngapp!


2] Chocolate marble cheesecake

8' (1.1kg) RM33. Interested? Do email me at calx_88@yahoo.com

bonus

I guess now people are busy looking out for places to go for holidays, or check out the web sites for sales, or merely completing their online transactions, transferring the money here and there. Before I forget, thanks to the company for the money, it does works as some forms of motivation and encouragement for better works in future. Despite grievances and murmurs to some people, I tell myself it’s ok if you don’t score above average in your working department. At least am far better off in other ways (ayat penyedap hati ehehehe).

I was locked in MMC for a three-days training, and yesterday was the bestest day as we completed the course for half-day only. Whether it is just our luck or merely a coincidence, the bonus payday also falls on yesterday. To cut it short, the cash outflow goes to the Sogo department and Jln TAR (Sogo sales gegiler harus pegi :p). I congratulate myself, for being able to control my nafsu and only spent about 8% of the bonus amount. I shall allocate 1/5 of it for our Langkawi trip, and some hundreds to the family members. The rest shall sit safely in my TH account. Earlier I was thinking to get a new, big, nice oven to replace the current one. However after much deliberation I don’t think I’m in a dire need of a new one. After all I don’t bake as often as I should to, having a new one will make me feel guilty if it does not operate to its full utilization scales. With the MBA class going on, plus if I get pregnant somewhere around this year, definitely the new oven will sit nicely in its nest untouched. So lets just abort the oven hunt till next yr or Raya ok. Wait until I finish my class then only can start considering seriously on the small-scale baking business.

The little guy of the house has becomes very choosy nowadays. He now choose himself on what to wear after taking bath, what to wear before going to bed, what to wear for outing, etc. Yesterday the little boy and his mama had fun trying their new outfits in front of mirror in the master bedroom (before abah coming back home hehe) And when abah knocked the door, terus bising dia announce idlan ade baju dinasour, seluar pooh, nak pakai balik kampung, nak pakai pegi langkawi, bla bla bla.... Sampai nak pakai bwk tido, mujur berjaya pujuk utk basuh dulu hehe

Back to the bonus money, how do you guys go about it? Ada yg cuti2 ke luar negara ker?

Idlan...

He now counts 1,2,3 until 10
At times he says satu, dua, tiga ...hingga sepuluh
He can say A, B, C, D, E..but sometimes not in the correct sequence

But what amazes us, he also know alif, ba, ta...sampai ho

I was touched on the first time i heard that...
All this while I only managed to teach him 1,2,3....10
Thanks to the teachers at his nursery, they really done a good job on that!

Chicken balls spaghetti with spinach

Today's spaghetti was a bit different. Since i dont have carrot or capsicum in fridge, i resorted to spinach instead. It's kinda weird putting green vege, apetah lagi spinach but honestly it tastes quite good hehe

Still need to put that considering Idlan is a big fan of vege, to be specific GREEN vege :p

Weekend's activity

1] Sunday morning spent at Zoo Negara

It was great having the chance to brought idlan to the zoo, he recognizes almost every animal there, except the uncommon ones like rhynos, tapir, etc. The trip was fun yet very tiring, we walked and complete the whole compound for two hours, honestly i felt like dragging my legs to the exit gate more than once.

It was unfortunate our battery runs flat, hence we managed to snap only a few pics.

The ticket now priced at RM15/adult.

2] Im selling choc almond brownies, orders delivered once a week, usually on Monday.

loyang 10 inch x 10 inch (weight 1.4kg) - RM22

a slice of brownie costs u RM1.50

I'm halfway done with the current subject, another one month to go before i enter the second qtr journey of the mba program. Me and my partner received a well-done notes from the lecturer for our last presentation, talking to the whole class for nearly 3 hours seems too short actually. And we enjoyed every bits of it, including the apprentice video. I'm left with another 2 big assignments and now have started thinking about Langkawi already...blom abis klas pon lagik hehe

We planned to go to langkawi somewhere in end of march or early april, before the new class starts. I need to get some pinggan mangkuk and serving tray, in case tetamu comes i dont have to take out my old and ONLY melamine sets that we have at home (pity us isnt it?) I dont really consider buying things like that all this while, but now after living in our own house, dont think serving foods with melamine would be appropriate any more. But langkawi has more to offer other than that, am really looking forward to try the cable car, get idlan to see penguins at the underwater world, and bring home loads and loads of chocholates! aduss tak sabarnyer saya!

On the other notes, after 1 year and 3 months of waiting, my husband has finally been awarded with his master of philosophy. Thanks to the bureaucracy in the university, i guess my husband was among the unlucky ones for having to go through such dreadful journey along the way. Nevertheless alhamdulillah and syukrillah, our prayer was answered and finally the joyous moment becomes ours. tak sabar nak pegi konvo dia! Congrats b, jgn lupa blanjer pinggan mangkuk utk mama hehehehe. His convo will be somewhere in july or august, and my turn will be next year....the BIG thing is that i'll be wearing a different robe this time :p

And yes my PIL came to our house since Thursday and idlan seems to have forgotten my existence ever since then. He becomes so close with his tok and wan especially, nak wan suap, buli wan main itu ini, ikut lah wan ke mana sahaja. The good thing is mama dpt relaks habis! Tomorrow they're leaving and i hope the attached-to-mama-sindrome won't re-occur :p

talking about Idlan.....

Anybody knows how to make your child less attached to yourself? if yes all suggestions or recommendations are highly welcomed!

From the first day we moved to the new house, idlan's getting more and more attached to me. I could hardly move around the house, with him clinging at my shirts/kain/pants, following me around here and there. To the toilet, upstairs, kitchen, to be exact every inch of the house is no more free. Even if i go to sink and wash my hands for less than a minute, he'll screamed as if i disappeared and vanished to somewhere where he cannot see me! He'll always sit or stand besides me; time goreng ayam, basuh pinggan, itu dan ini.....I pray and he'll sit or stand still on the prayer mat, wait till i finish, and of course with some interruption going on like touching or belek my kain semayang, intai bwh kain, etc. And now he started producing one kind of sound which we find it quite annoying and very mengada-ngada :(

Night time, i need to accompany him and pretend to sleep when he wants to sleep, which sometimes i ended up betul2 tersleep! Sometimes he sleeps on my hip, stomach, leg, whichever parts of the body that he likes until i got cramp but only able to move him bila dia betul2 dah tido. Recently at the hospital, he slept cuddling my body in a seating position and i can move nowhere.

I know some people says a son is closer to his mom and a daughter has higher tendency to cling more to her dad. This happens to my brother where his daughter is very attached to him and looking at his face with full admiration and obsession (tersgt klakar if u see this :p). But how i wish idlan would give 50-50 attention to the both of us equally, so that i have time for myself, to clean the kitchen, to iron clothes, or do anything with the house chores all alone with no outside disturbance. The dreadest part, when we go for outing, like yesterday to ikea, just imagine i have to carry him most of the time when he refused to walk (this is another problem to be tackle on immediately). I dont want to see Dr George, my orthopaedic again. I dont want to take any pain killer again.

Im not complaining, just hoping that the situation will change so that i got more time for myself. And saying this does not mean that idlan is not close to his father. Of course he's very close to my hubby, especially during part yg bergurau2 lasak/geletek, it's just that he has this kind of 'mother-son-attached-problem' which i dunno its common among other mothers out there or not.

So my dear bloggers out there, pls share your tips to solve the issue hehe thank you!

p/s:

• i've scold him - no effect
• i've left him behind during our outing - he screamed and nangis olok2 of which ppl will start looking and staring at you and they might be saying, what a bad mother she is!
• have tried to ignore him while settling my chores - still does not solve the issue because he keeps on berbunyi-bunyi and nangis dan terasa sgtla annoying

Whatever it is, mama still loves you and it never becomes lesser as time passes by :p If nothing helps then i guess i must accept it as parts n parcels of motherhood life hehe

what we did over the CNY weekend

Our balik kampung plan has to be cancelled. Idlan was warded at Az-Zahra Bangi due to his high fever since Monday. On Friday after ofis hour we headed straight to a panel clinic to get referral letter, then proceed to az-zahra to meet the paed. Idlan's blood was taken as sample, then the paed decided idlan has to stay there due to some inconsistency with his blood counts. We were unlucky for all the single rooms were fully occupied, hence resorted to 3-room, sharing with a girl suspected to have dengue, and a baby girl sufffering diarrhoea. First night was quite terrible, with water drip on his left hand, i could hardly sleep because i need to consistently adjust wire yg berbelit-belit sbb idlan tido tunggang terbalik. At times the wire stuck below his tummy, later the wire berbelit at his neck, etc....with the baby girl next door crying out loud in midst of the night....what with the small bed i had to share and squeeze with him...sakit belakang woo. The next day we moved to a single room, nevertheless idlan's condition never gets better, the nurse took his urine for sample. His fever still on yo-yo, he refused to eat and drink, and the water drip has to be continued. Sunday came, he got slightly better and we managed to get him eat/drink a bit. And on Monday morning, we got the green light to go back but still he needs to continue with the antibiotic. Yesterday he's back to his own feet, and we spent the whole day outside, outing to ikea and a few shops in bangi and serdang.

We're yet to received his urine test result, but that did not worry us too much upon seeing him back to his normal self. The doc said it could be the viral infection, hence causing the prolonged on-off fever for more than a week. Whatever it is, alhamdulillah dan syukur Ya Allah. Dan hikmahnya, kami tak stuck dlm traffic jam yg teruk ke Utara kalau blk kampung on that saturday hehe.

of making a decision

1] My lawyer fren and i will be having a big presentation right after the CNY. We'll be taking our prof's position and do the talking in front of class for 2 hours. The topic will be Communication and Decision Making. And as of today, we haven't start anything, our progress is zero, even the outlines or draft have not been finalized yet :p The points to be included are simple and easy, we can just look out for several books on the relevant topic and prepare our write-up and slides. The toughest part is on the presentation. Talking for 2 hours and grabbing the whole class's attention is not easy. To reach the target of 2 hours time is another BIG issue. To make sure they do not fall asleep is another challenge. Adoi diriku bukan seorang lecturer! Btw the carry marks is 30%, which is a lot man!

2] Idlan is still on high fever...his tonsil does not improve. Yesterday from 7am till 2.30pm he refused to take any food/water...after much forces i managed to get him drink 4oz of milk...tu saje. Sian dia, and sian mama too...sbb dia berkepit je ngan aku ke mana sahaja ku pergi! When night approches only he showed some intention to eat a bit and drink some water :(

3] The bos finally told me the 'thing'...only after i got the informal info from another bos. And now the dilemma comes into the picture. It's a coincidence since i'm presenting the decision making topic next week hehe...theoretical part is easy, apply this tool, use that technique, evaluate bla bla bla...when you've been placed in that position, then only u know the difficulty of making the best decision!