Ada ke patut...???

Today... I felt sooo.... frustrated... terkilan sangat rasanya... hasil usaha kita.... di"caci" di belakang kita....

Kalau ada kekurangan, beritahulah... ini tidak... mulut manis cuma di depan.... di belakang lain pulak perangainya.... Bila di tanya... semuanya baik... semuanya suka....

Bukanlah saya ni tak sedia maklum perangai manusia ni berbagai-bagai.... cumanya.... malaslah nak mengomel lagi....

Dulupun bukannya saya yang beria-ia menerima tempahan... cumanya manusia tu yang terlebih beria-ia memujuk saya menerimanya... bila dah disiapkan lain pulak ceritanya...

Memang saya dah berjanji pada diri saya mulai sekarang.... tak nak percaya pada manusia yang satu ini.... sekian...

o.k.... projek apa this weekend.... maybe hajar's tote bag kot..... I am back to my usual mood...yeah!!!

Mikylayna's Giveaway

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Cantikkan semua hairclips ni.... as for me... I paling suka yang bunga Rose tu... I really like felt hairclips.... maklumlah anak dara ada 3 orang .... by the way...Happy Belated Birthday to the owner of the blog.

east & west

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Sarah and Nadia had fettuccine and Alfredo cream sauce for dinner... just that...

while Hajar and mama, we had sotong masak kicap and nasi putih... yummy.... babah?... he's not at home... he's in Penang... that was why I masak satu lauk je...

Roti...

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Those are not from the bakery... but... frashly home-baked .... of course not by me .... but by my friend's... husband!


... sedap....

I turned those bread into a garlic bread... for dinner... how genius! (perasan)... all my daughters love garlic bread with mushroom cream soup... enjoy!

Roses are everywhere...

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Why are there so many beautifully wrapped presents here??

Aren't they just sooo... sweet... I love roses....

This is Gee... one of the most creative lady in the office ... she's so good in ribbons and knots...

This is Seri... she is best for her all kinds of wrapping skill...

This is Kak Ana... very precise in cutting the coupons... me?? I did not do anything.. but hoping to be one of the lucky human for the lucky draw..

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Next weekend would be the "Hari Wanita GMSB". Insyaallah, I would be coming because Hajar, as usual, would be taking part in the colouring contest, not really colouring la, but painting the batik... it must be fun...

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Mango's Giveaway...

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Cantikkan those stamps.... dah lama nak kan stamp from Mangosteenskin. And now it's time for Mango's Game... I am joining this giveaway and hopefully to win this time.. I would love to have an object of a sewing machine or alphabets "RendaCraft" to be handcarved for me... boleh ke???

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So...to those out there yang interested to join this giveaway, do visit here.

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berhariraya lagi....

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Our children (tak pernah nya ready kalau nak bergambar)

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On Sunday, me and my other siblings, Angah and Lofty, actually, we had planned this earlier, berhari raya ke rumah our two cousins, one in Seri Rampai, Setapak and the other cousin at nearby UIA area in Gombak. Huda, my youngest sister, could not make it as she was travelling up north to Lumut.

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We ate nasi lemak and ada jugak pulut kuning in Setapak and we had Beehoon Sup Utara at the other cousin's. Sooooo yummy....... delicious... Thank you Kak Ah ...thank you Rohaya...

We have decided to regularly visit all our cousins in the Klang Valley in future for a more closer family ties. Eventhough our kampung is in Kedah but most of our relatives are around here. Maybe we should also plan to travel back there together to visit our other relatives.... Our new resolution for the coming new year .... perhaps....

I finally reached home by Maghrib and ada open house my neighbour la pulak. Came back from my neighbour's and I terus baring kat sofa kepenatan (and kekenyangan!) ... nak tengok CSIs pun tak larat lagi dah... naik atas terus tidur...

Butter Bread Pudding ...

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Bread pudding (before being bake)

The ingredients (butter and choc chips were not in the photo)

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I baked bread pudding for dinner last night... pelik jugak having bread pudding for dinner... tapi my husband suka .... dia suka I lagilah suka sebab senang dan cepat... lagipun I ada kerja jahit-menjahit yang nak disiapkan last night tu jugak..

So after masukkan bread pudding tu dalam oven, I continued my unfinished beading for my baju kurung.. ada open house at office petang ni... nak lah pakai baju bermanik-manik gitu...

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Pizza for dinner...

Yesterday, came back from work, singgah kedai, bought a few stuff for pizza toppings ... I already planned earlier, since kat office lagi, malas nak masak apa-apa...

Buat pizza je la... lagipun pizza base tu dah ada dlm fridge... apa lagi campakkan toppings, tabur mozzarella, masukkan dalam oven lebih kurang 10~15 minutes.... and ngap!!

Before prepare pizza, babah had already prepared his own chicken soup... he then celur mee kuning and sawi and taugeh... terus jadi mee soup.. the girls dah nampak pizza, mee soup babah terus tak laku lah nampaknya... except for Hajar, she ate the chicken only without the soup.

My pizza habis licin........

Giveaway - Simply Sewing's 100th Post

Another giveaway that I just joined and hopefully to win all the beautiful gifts offered by the blog owner, Sharifah.

Anyone out there who are interested, do visit the link here.

Another pouch..

I sewn and machine embroidered this pouch late last night upon special request from a special friend.... (notice tak the photo taken at the same bangku as before)

This morning, she was so happy to receive the gift ... terus taruk semua make-up dia dalam tu...

I am sure happy if kawan-kawan happy....

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Pouch again...

During the weekend, I was quite busy, struggling to finish the remainder pouch yang belum siap... including 2 bigger pouches with embroidery (above photo). The embroidery is much easier because I only use one thread only, so cepatlah siap...

On Saturday, after sending Sarah off onboard the bus, she's gone to Cameron Highlands over the weekend, dengan di bantu (kacau) oleh Hajar I started to sew the eleven pcs of small pouches. Actually the small pouches are for the batu seremban. After that I sew small squares, 5 pcs for each set, filled with kacang hijau and sembat tangan....

On Sunday continue lagi.... I finally done after the two bigger pouches siap. The bigger pouches are for the biji guli untuk permainan congkak. All these requested by the Sport Club at my workplace.

So... today I happily delivered all the pouches to the person yang mengorder....

Alahai Sarah....

This morning I got a phone call from a cikgu sekolah. She introduced herself but I dah macam tak dengar dah sebab jantung terus berdebar-debar bila dengar cikgu called (tak ingat nama apa) dari sekolah (tak sure sekolah rendah ke sekolah menengah) macam berhati-hati menyusun kata nak inform I something ... ini mesti kes kecemasan ni.... (note : I ni cepat panik/fobia kalau dpt phone call from school)

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teacher : "anak puan jatuh....bla ...bla sebab kawan-kawan gurau tarik kerusi...bla ...bla"

mama : "eh kan dia tengah exam... masa bila pulak jatuh kerusi... dia dah habis exam ke belum?"

(note : I was refering to Nadia, kan tengah PMR ni.. at that moment she is sitting for Geography paper)

teacher : "exam? dia belum exam lagi...." (the teacher sounded soooo... confused)

mama : "eh ni sekolah menengah ke rendah ni? minta maaf cikgu sebab tak perasan cikgu cakap anak yang mana"

teacher : "anak puan Sarah Aisyah kan.. tahun 5 delima"

mama : "ya... sarah ...maaf saya ingatkan kakak dia nadia..." (malunya.. I... tulah lain kali dengar baik-baik apa orang nak beritahu)

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.... and the conversation continued a couple of minutes after that, which later ended by the teacher suggesting that I bawak sarah for an X-ray.. I thanked the teacher and hung the phone. I immediately called my husband and my husband promised to fetch her from school. tak yah balik naik bas sekolah. Babah dia pulak bila dengar ada orang buat anak dara dia jatuh, terus naik angin tanya sapa nama budak2 tu... I cakap sabarlah... takkan you nak marah anak orang tanpa usul periksa dulu cerita sebenar .... hai... cepatnya nak naik angin....

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Just now I called home.. and Sarah sounded o.k cuma sakit punggung je... ingat ada yang patah ke... buat suspen je... the two boys yang tarik kerusi dia bagi dia jatuh tu masing-masing kena rotan tangan 5x dgn cikgu... La... tak pasal-pasal kena pukul....

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Tomorrow, sarah would joint the 2-day rombongan Puteri Islam sekolah to Cameron Highlands. She's so excited and looking forward for the school trip...Dah siap ajak malam ni shopping kudap-kudapan untuk dibawa sepanjang perjalanan...

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Alahai Sarah.....

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Weekend small sewing project again...

During the last weekend, I kemas-kemas my sewing area... and terjumpa 2 keping kain with the same cutting size... baru teringat rupanya dulu-dulu (lamanya) potong those kain untuk buat pouches tapi sampai la ni tak jahit-jahit.

So apa lagi... memandangkan mood menjahit tengah menjadi-jadi, I immediately switch-on my embroidery machine and selected the butterfly design siap dengan nama I lagi... I decided to sew pencil cases.

After the first embroidery completed I proceed with the second one... this time I chosen 3 small designs yang sesuai i.e. benang, measurement tape and a sewing machine. Tak lupa sulam nama sendiri lagi... after embroidery work completed I jahit mesin dan ditambah dengan my favourite light yellow nylon lace... bila dah siap macam over la pulak... tapi tak pe.... sendiri punya.... instead of as a pencil case boleh letak small barang-barang jahitan.

This weekend... projek apa pulak? belum plan lagi....

conversation mother ~ daughter

Yesterday, lepas Hajar mandi, as usual I will comb Hajar's long curly hair. Here's the conversation as I was combing her hair ~

mama : " ni kalau nenek ada, mesti nenek suruh sapu minyak kat rambut, nanti rambut tak lah kering..."

hajar : (diam je, tak jawab)

mama : "hajar ingat nenek tak?"

hajar : "ingat"

mama : "sian kan.... nenek dah tak ada..... hajar ingat tak muka nenek?"

hajar : "ingat."

and unexpectedly she continued...

hajar : "mama, nenek raya kat syurga ke?"

mama : "ya..."

and we suddenly both became quiet ... I poured the baby powder onto my palm and sapu kat my daughter's both cheeks as my late mother did to me when I was little...

Nadia and PMRnya...

Right now, my eldest daughter, Nadia is inside the exam hall, sitting for her PMR first paper, B.Malaysia I. Me, being the mother, same as all mothers out there will continously pray for their child success.

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Last night, we sat together, and like other mothers, I gave her some words of encouragement.... may Allah bless her....

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This morning, masa hantar dia kat sekolah, sebelum turun kereta, as usual she salam and cium tangan and she also said "mama, nadia mintak maaf kalau nadia ada buat salah". I was so touched but I did not say anything... but deep inside my heart I always forgive and forgiven whatever she has done wrong...

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Good luck, Nadia and others who are sitting for their PMR today.. May success be yours...

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