Legoland..continued.

Just like Disneyland and Universal Studio, Legoland is divided into several sections which comprises of different rides according to the theme.

Tips: Please get the park map at the entrance, watch out for the 4D show times and plan your tour according to ridesWe started our adventure from the right hand-side of the entrance gate, beginning with Lego City (driving school,  junior driving school, Lego city airport). We skipped the boating school, since the queue was quite long. Next we covered the Land of Adventure (Lost Kingdom Adventure - of which Ammar screamed his lungs out since we ride a vehicle in a dark tunnel and hold pistols to fire the 'not-so-scary' pirates and ghost figures hehe, Beetle Bounce, Dino Island).

 Beetle Bounce. We enjoyed this the most!! Takdela tinggi mcm Solero Shot kat Genting tuh..just nice la utk org penakut mcm i :p

 

Next is Imagination section. 

 

 Giraffe in bricks! Mmg nice and colorful.

 DUPLO Playtown

 

DUPLO Express

 Clown made 100% from lego bricks

We had our lunch at the Cafe at The Beginning and later proceeded for the 4D show. The food price is very expensive, a plate of nasi ayam costed us RM25! Something to expect if you enter a theme park of this standard :(

Royal Joust

This section is quite amazing. Lots of building miniatures made from bricks at MiniLand.

 

 

Anchor Watt - Cambodia

 

Stesen Keretapi KL

 

Lupa ni ape...tapi kat KL lah

 

Paling cantik...Taj Mahal - India

 

Masjid Putrajaya

 Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad - Dataran Merdeka. Cantik giler!

Eye of Singapore

 

 Adventure Depot @ the Land of Adventure. Yg ni mmg best and confirm basah! Sebab tu before naik siap2 pakai poncho. Naik bot dlm tunnel gelap, then menggelongsor bushhhh jatuh dlm air! Time bot jatuh tu almost 90 degree...tp sebab laju sgt tak sempat nak rasa terkejut or takut hehe

 

Albert Einstein @ the Imagination

 A show by Brainstormers - ala ala Ninjago @ the Lego City Stage

 Aquazone Wave Racers...yg ni best la jugak kalo nasib x baik mmg basah @ Lego Technic section

 Lego Teacup...yg ni aku mmg avoid from naik..confirm pening haha!

 Wrap up our day by taking the Legoland Express @ the Lego City

So to sum up Legoland has 6 sections altogether - Lego City, Land of Adventure, Imagination, Miniland, Lego Kingdoms & Lego Technic. 

Overall Legoland ni mmg best lah, budak kecik paling enjoy sbb byk rides to cater for junior kids. For kids as small as Ammar (below 3yo) they may not be able to enjoy that much, sbb byk rides tak lepas height dia hehe. Before balik kami pegi Gift Shops dia...as expected souvenirs mmg mahal giler lah. Fridge magnet kecik bukan main gambar org lego dah RM20...pejam mata jela bayor :p Tshirt kids RM50, adult RM69-80...yg tu kami tak beli rasa sayang nk kuar duit sehh. Tapi utk Firas kami beli jugaklah sehelai tshirt Lego Cima sebab ada promo RM25.

 

Lego Hero Factory...hoho yg ni mak ude blanjer bebudak tuh...RM44 ok!

 

Helicopter kecik and buaya belah kanan tu RM10 each. Buaya tengah tu <RM20.

So sape belum penah pegi, bolehlah try pegi. Insya Allah kids mesti hepi. Tapi bagi kami, takdelah sampai nk repeat berkali-kali...next time igt nk plan repeat USS pulak sbb dulu ride Transformers tak sempat naik uwaaaaa

 

Legoland here we come!

Like i said in my earlier entry, the hotel that we chose was really value for money. It was located right in the same row of shops, clinic, restaurant, laundry, etc. Senang nk cari makan. But one thing that we were so grateful for chosing this hotel, that very first night we had to visit Klinik Adham for Ammar's neb session. He had a sudden asthma attack around 9.30pm after series of jumping on the hotel's bed with Firas. Lucky the clinic was still open, and they have nebulizer in place. Ammar vomitted once that night, but syukur he slept through soundly towards the next morning.

Friday (13th) came and it was actually our 10th anniversary! Hepi anni sayang!! Well celebrating our anniv at Legoland with the kiddos was not that bad, it was really meaningful (of course takdela can nak beromantika bagai kan haha) and i'm happy and grateful that we're still together and still able to make the kids happy :)

After taking a heavy breakfast at the same restaurant that we had our dinner last night, we headed straight to Legoland. Arrived there around 8ish to find that we were the first visitors entering the car park on that day! haha

So we mingled around the Medini Mall to kill the time, which is connecting direct to the Legoland. Parking rate is RM1 for weekdays.

 Also taking lots and lots of pictures before the entrance gets crowded with other visitors :p

The ticket booth opened around 9am (or was it 9.30am? sori dah lupa!). Hubby secured our tickets within just few minutes since the queue was not long. We used the Oreo biscuits vouchers in which kids got free entrance for each normal priced adult ticket. So we bought 2 adult tickets at RM140 each and got 2 free tickets for the kids :) For our BIL family, hubby bought their tickets from a travel agent (Rosmanizah Abd Rahman) thru FB (adult RM95, kids RM65). To our luck Legoland is having a promotion in conjunction of the upcoming Christmas, so we got another 6 free tickets for entrance in January 2014! rezeki anniversary :p

 The red Lego mascot waving n shaking hands with the visitors before the gate opened sharp at 10am.

family photo

with the yellow lego mascot

 Kids' first ride of the day - driving school!

 This one utk abg2 besar. 7yrs above

will continue later ya :)

Repeat JPO & our first time in Legoland!

The year-end school holiday is always something that every kid is so looking forward to. But honestly not only kids can't wait for December to arrive, even us the working ppl are as eager as the kids! The office environment turns mundane and not as hectic as the other months of the year, lots of ppl are taking opportunity to finish up their annual leave, and yesss it was a huge relief to see my calendar is quite empty with no scheduled meetings :)

And so on the second week of December (Thursday, 12th) we decided to take the kids to Legoland. Relying 100% on GPS to lead our way, we arrived in the Nusajaya town around 11am (after countless stops at the R&R sigh*), only to find that the queue to the Medini Mall's open car park (which is where most ppl who went to Legoland will park their cars instead of the allocated Legoland car park) was so damn long. After doing a quick mental calculation, we decided not to enter the Legoland on that day and re-route to JPO instead since we still haven't buy our entrance tickets, foreseeing that the queue to buy the tickets was long as well. Of course we had to deal with endless kids' questions and their sad faces of why we have to go elsewhere and not entering that place of their dreams :p Sabar ye kanak2 sekalian esok kita dtg awal pagi!!

So the plan for that day was changed to JPO. Our third visit since October 2012 :) I did not spend as much as i did during our first visit a yr ago, simply because we were quite broke after sending our cars for repair, and of course to allocate a large sum for kids' preparation back to school. Coach outlet pon tak berani nak masuk this time hihi

 my 2nd minion :p

 2nd n 3rd minions!

 my catch for that day hanyalah perfume! Am a good girl really :)

Firas posing with my body scrub glove

We stayed at the JPO until 3ish and later headed to our hotel to check in. This time we picked Oak Valley Boutique Hotel in Tampoi Indah which is only a few km away from Legoland. The rates are super reasonable, room is spacious, toilet is big, our only complaint is that the beds are so high from the floor haha risau takut kids jatuh :p But all in all this hotel is really value for money.

My very first Churros!!

Wott wott it's my first entry for the new year, and it's going to be about food haha nothing new for those who knows me well :p

Anyway the road to office is really traffic-free. Parents are still taking leave to send their kids off to school, especially for those who has kids entering the standard 1. As for us, Idlan is now on morning session for his sek keb, he becomes a prefect this year, and as of yesterday he said he enjoyed his new life :) Ammar will be joining kindy together with Firas starting next Monday. Trust that he will enjoy his kindy moments and has no issue to adapt with his new friends and teachers.

Me? Nothing new or interesting to brag about. Still working in the same department, doing the old good things hehe. Despite of the hectic schedule, i actually enjoyed my current jobs, hence no reason for me to go out and seek for other opportunities. Oh well, this year we're finally going to fly! oh yes yes yes!  Penantian selama setahun sgtlah menyeksakan haha. We just settled booking our flight to Jeju yesterday, we even have made some changes to the flight time with no additional penalty charges whatsoever, instead siap dpt refund lagi super cool la Eastarjet!! 

Ok let's get back to our main topic. I decided to try out making churros on last wednesday evening. We had our first taste on San Chocolatier Churros during our trip to Fremantle, Perth on June 2012. Lama dah kan! If i can recall correctly, they serve the churros with varieties of dippings to our choice i.e. milk choc, dark choc, white choc, sugar, etc. We chose churros with milk chocolate dippings and it was heck very very sweettttttttt...orang kelantan ckp manis leting!! Lepas minum air pon masih terasa kat anak tekak kemanisan dia tuh ish ish. But the churros was good (and the price was super not cheap i warn you hehe), at least something new utk org Mesia yg tak penah mkn nih. But when we got back to Malaysia i just got to know that we also have churros in Malaysia! walaweiii ape la sengal sangat sampai beria-ia nk rasa churros Fremantle :p

So now let me introduce to our first home made churros. Recipe taken from Dapur Mamasya. It was super duper easy, but watch out on the tepung part as it's quite tricky and needs you to adjust accordingly using your instinct! hihi

CHURROS
Sumber; Dapurmamasya
Oleh: Yatipruzz

Bahan-bahan
1 cawan air
1 sudu makan gula
1 1/2 cawan tepung gandum - saya bubuh 1 1/4 je (i put 1 cup only, kalau terlebih your batter will thicken and it may be difficult to pipe them later)
1 biji telur - size L (kalau batter tu macam susah nak pipe, you can add another egg or maybe only half to smooth the batter)
1/2 sudu kecil garam
1 sudu makan butter
#Gula+cinnamon powder atau hot chocolate (i use dark chocolate Beryls, mmg sedap and tak manis)

Cara-cara
Didihkan air, garam, butter dan juga gula.
Kecilkan api. Masukkan tepung.
Kacau cepat2 agar tepung tidak berketul2.
Angkat dari api. Masukkan telur dan kacau sebati.
Panaskan minyak.
Masukkan adunan ke dalam acuan (boleh gune nozzle bentuk bintang dan masukkan dalam piping bag).
Picit dan potong panjang ikut suka@ picit dan bulatkan macam french crullers.
Goreng hingga keemasan.Angkat dan toskan.
Taburkan gula+cinnamon atau celupkan ke dalam hot chocolate.

Mula2 pipe dlm pinggan, but later i found it difficult to transfer into the kuali, so plan B adalah pipe terus dlm kuali! mmg la panas sket tapi kena tahan la yer :) Api jgn besar sgt, nnt churros tak brown equally, silap haribulan burnt plaks

nyum nyum...rupa dah cun! Bila rasa...walawei mmg sodappp! rugi tak gugel resepi dr dulu :)

Dia mcm rangup di luar, lembut di dlm. Texture tak sama macam cakoi, or donut, or apa2 jela. Unique on its own omputih kata.

Kids suke choc dip, i prefer castor sugar+cinnamon. Lagi rasa fresh!

1 batter tu dptla dlm 15 ketul medium-long churros.

itu dia meleleh-leleh...jgn cicah byk sgt yer kanak2..nnt kencing manis.

Yesterday i buat lagi second round, sbb rasa tak puas. Kali ni buat pendek2 sket, so dpt la byk ketul sket :)

So happy trying ye kengkawan...resepi wajib tahun 2014 ni tau!!

Happy 9th Birthday my dear Idlan Farhan!

He is my only boy who made the mother having to undergo the c-sect procedure somewhere 9 years ago. It was a painful labor experience as compared to his other two younger brothers, but i believe Allah knows better what is best for His servant. Raising him was far more difficult than what we can ever imagined as a first-time parents, but syukran to Allah, we do learnt a lot during those days. Now he grows up as a healthy boy, very obedient, sensitive, rajin bila disuruh, and most importantly, he doesnt miss his 5x solat fardhu everyday. He is doing quite well in school, though not consistently stay at the top, to us he has already performed and did his best. Most importantly, we hope he can strike the balance and always put Islam and iman as his pillar in whatever undertakings. May you be protected by Allah all the time, jangan tinggal solat, kena sayang dan jaga adik2 baik-baik tau. Mama, Abah, Firas and Ammar luv u loads abang Idlan!!!

 My very first card for him...hope he will keep this properly sampai lah besar nanti :)

 Ok it was not easy to have the me-time to write on this card. Kena menyorok dlm bilik sebab Ammar sibuk nak 'tulis' atas kad tu sama!

with his abah during his school's appreciation day. He landed at no 4 in class..jatuh 2 anak tangga dari mid term hehe..and got mata pelajaran terbaik for Bhs Arab. Next yr he got selected as a prefect, i know well he's gonna like the job sebab dpt tulis nama budak nakal atas buku nota! Like what he always did at the Kafa :p

Donut lembut dan sempoi!

Tiba2 datang semangat dan keazaman nak buat donut. Lepas baca blog kak tie mmg terus nekad balik ofis nak singgah kedai runcit beli yis! hihi

If i can recall correctly the last time i made donut was back in 2005. Those days considered the peak of my 'rajin-ness', i made donut, pau, karipap and even chicken pie. My first chicken pie turned out disaster, its pastry cracked and tasted too salty haha. The subsequent ones, after series of improvement and re-engineering, passed quite well ehemmm.

Well, those were the days masa anak masih sorang. Now that i have 3 to control, i guess my energy level was not as good as before. The body gets tired easily, so does the muscles n joints.

But nevertheless today's donut project still proceeded as planned! Well some people called me a baker, but a baker is all the way different from pastry experts. The tricks and tips to yield a good donut are not the same as making cakes. That is why i googled from one site to another just to find an easy yet promising donut recipe! Thanks to kak tie and my SIL for the tips, my donut turned out pretty well this afternoon. Here goes the recipe taken from Dapur Mamasya, it is very simple and helpful for a non-pastry expert like me :)

Donut Mudah
Sumber; : Mamasya

Bahan-bahan ( 20 - 25 biji ) - mine yield close to 30! kenyang sampai ke mlm haha
3 cawan tepung gandum
1 cawan air suam kuku
2 sudu besar mentega
6 sudu besar gula pasir (boleh kurang bagi yang tak suka manis) - i put 4tbs, but i think 6tbs is still ok
3 sudu besar susu pekat manis - i omit this, jarang beli susu pekat manis
1 paket yis (jenama mauripan) - kedai runcit rumah i jual 90sen sepekat :)
1 biji telur

Cara-cara
Cairkan mentega dan ketepikan.
Gula dan susu disatukan di dalam air suam, kacau supaya gula larut. masukkan yis, kacau lagi. Biarkan selama 10 minit. - i rested the mix for 20min as what SIL told me. Dia akan berbuih2...means sudah aktif. Kak Tie ckp kalau tak buih means yis tu dah mati. Yis jgn letak tpt panas nnt rosak.
Pukul telur sedikit dan campurkan bersama mentega cair tadi.
Selepas 10 minit yis akan naik berbuih-buih, masukkan pula mentega yang dicampur telur tadi.kacau.
Masukkan campuran yis kedalam mangkuk yang berisi tepung gandum, gaul sebati dengan senduk kayu. biar adunan lagi selama 45 minit. - ni yg bosan sebab kena tunggu. i tutup adunan dgn kain, mmg giler tak sabar nak bukak kain and tengok size dia berganda ke tidak hihi mcm experimen dlm makmal rasa! Sambil2 tunggu tu sempat lagi goreng drummet utk bebudak tuh :)
Banyakkan tepung ditangan supaya adunan tak melekat.(adunan memang agak lembik). ambil sedikit adunan, bulatkan dan leperkan atas papan pencanai. tekan acuan donut yg telah dicelup sedikit tepung.
Sediakan minyak untuk menggoreng. gunakan api sederhana. alih selalu supaya dapat warna yang sekata. setelah agak kekuningan bolehlah diangkat. Tabur gula caster atau hias dengan coklat cair dan ditabur dengan coklat rice..Ok time ni agak kecoh sebab ramai assistant nak volunteer. Firas punyer ball menjadi, Ammar gave up and stop after few attempts. Batter agak lembik, so agak mencabar nak canai. Last skali buat small balls je sudahla..malas nak susah2kan diri. Sambil2 buat ball tu gosokkan tangan dgn tepung utk elakkan adunan stick to ur hands. Lepas dah jadi balls, i rested the balls for few more minutes...huish mmg dia makin mengembang u ols....lepas tu baru goreng hihi. Disebabkan dah penat, rasa malas plak nak buat choc ganache and coat atas ball, so sudahnya jadilah donut versi original bersalut gula kaster :)

The verdict? mmg fluffy dan lembut di dalam...sedap di makan time panas2...marvellous kata orang putih. Tapi rupa donut i takdela lawa macam Mamasya...ball tak serupa ball sangat....senget benget ikut sesedap tangan yg membentuknya hihi. Tengok si anak bujang yg sulung tu pulun byk ketul gak time panas2 tuh...alhamdulillah :) We have donut and apple pie for today's tea time...5 happy tummy indeed :)

yatipruzz's donut balls...apology for the not-so-handsome-looks

of Firas

Geeshh my blog has been left unattended for quite some time, thanks to the never ending office workloads, i lose the energy and mood to write. I even missed doing things i used and loved to do in the past i.e. baking, baking and baking. The kitchen mixer must have been longing to whip up something and spread the love to the household :p

My dear Amir Firas in a white jubah. So innocent, pure, suci murni gitu. I couldn't stop smiling when looking at this pic, courtesy of his kindy's teacher. Last month we went to his kindy graduation day at the Jade Hills Clubhouse. He did not graduated yet, but we got the chance to see him up on the stage performing coral speaking with his other 5yo and 6yo friends. Sangat hebat mereka semua, they could remember such a long story narrated by their teachers. It was more than 5 full pages of wordings if i can recall correctly. Well even if they missed out certain sentences i still think the kids were just superb! Guru2 yg mengajar apetah lagi...mmg sangat hebat :) Anyway this yr Firas walked away with 2 piala. Hafazan surah terbaik dan bacaan Qiraati terbaik for 5yo. Alhamdulillah moga sentiasa diterangkan hati ye sayang.

okla time's up...till the nx entry ya :)

kids' talk :)

It was quite funny when we talked about it last night..that i still find it amusing when the conversation replayed in my mind. Whatever they want to be when they've grown up, i'll just pray that Allah will ease their ways, and may they be guided in the correct path in all undertakings. Amin ya rabbal alamin.

Mode sayu plak rasa isk isk

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terharu

Ok walaupon dh agak lama saya x baking...bila terima sms.camni rasa agak terharu. Felt so appreciated gitu hehe. At least it lights up my day...yg sudah agak lama gloomy dgn masalah2 di ofis nih. Rasa mcm nak cuti setahun pon ade haishhhhh

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my leg hurts

For the 1st time in life, i sprained my leg n it hurts badly. En suami came into assistance, he massaged the swollen part n placed a bandage. I cried like a lil tod in front of the kids that Firas laughed over me n said...org besar pon nak nangis ker! Arghhh rasa mcm nk cubit-cubit je mulut budak nihhh isk isk. He didnt laugh once...he, as a matter of fact laughed all the way until i asked hubby to put a stop on what he was doing. Mmg nakal!

p/s: Mode tak sabar nak tunggu cuti sekolah. I am not a teacher but i just need a good n long break..full.stop.

the ups..and downs...

Goshh it has been close to a month since i last blogged in this space. I obviously lose the energy to write..physically and mentally tired with things that have happened recently. Ever since before Eid i have stopped taking cake orders, and decided to concentrate more to the family, and of course to my full-time job. Alhamdulillah life becomes easier and more structured i would say haha..no more unfolded clothes piled up on the sofa, i got to cook more often for the family, i got to iron more office clothes than usual, and i realized i have more free time than usual that i can sleep like hours during the weekend! :p

Works are becoming more hectic these days. Last Friday some of my colleagues tegur and said "lamanya tak jumpe kak yati!" Hehe i was around ok, it's just that i was not in the office but instead forced to lock myself in the tender room doing the evaluation. On last Wednesday's evening, our first car got bang by a school bus inside my taman, just after i picked up the kids from their kindy. Dented and scratch at the back, lucky it didnt hit the back lamp. After exchanging few calls with the bus owner (well i must say it was not easy to locate their number! mcm nak giler carik okehh) finally she agreed to pay for the damage. So after 2 days stayed in a workshop nearby our matrix was back at home. This happened when myself was busy finalizing the report, of all the days during the month it happened when i cannot take EL and leave the pending tasks unattended. So imagine how serabut i was last week...keta problem, report belum siap, tak boleh cuti!

On the very same day, our second car also got problem, which i think it was not appropriate to disclose it here. Ibarat jatuh ditimpa tangga seriously...but when we think over and over about it, we tried to console our heart, and redha with what have happened. Until today we still could not find the solution to it, and just keep on praying for Allah to show us the way. I must say this is one of the biggest test befalls on us this year, it hurts us...mentally n physically. But life goes on, and must continue. Allah tests us with something that we can actually bear, only to realize it or not. Allah challenges us because He wants to make us closer to him, to ask and pray before Him, to surrender to him. Alhamdulillah, apart from depending on Him, i still have people surrounds me, my loved ones, my friends, neighbours, who i can always hang on and share the stories. May Allah bless all of us, and give His rahmat in whatever undertakings...Amin.