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Terbang lagi .... sebelum Ramadhan

2011-08-08T21:43:00.001+08:00

... ni pemandangan di atas awan ... macam di awang-awangan... puncak gunung tu di atas awan ... more than 30,000 ft above sea level...

kelompok-kelompok awan tu sekali tengok macam ombak-ombak laut la pulak... tak sure pulak gunung apa... Gunung Merapi kah itu???

Yes... we were in Jogjakarta last month, jalan-jalan cari makan.. cari Merapi... di manakah dikau... bersembunyi di balik awan rupanya kamu ya..

Kampung di kaki Gunung Merapi

Hutan yang habis terbakar semasa letusan Merapi Nov 2010

peliknya banyak rumah yang musnah mesti ada lukisan potret gadis yang tak nampak muka ni..

ni.. ada lagi potret ni...

inilah penempatan sementara... rumah dari bambu...

ini sekolah Tadika ... kesiannya.. ada gelongsor je...

Merapi ..... selalu di hati penduduk kaki gunung ini....

Lamanya....

2011-08-08T21:08:00.000+08:00

Lamanya tak update.... dah bersawang-sawang... baik kemas sekarang.. tak lama lagi nak raya... Selamat Berpuasa semua...

bertukar!

2011-04-24T12:15:00.003+08:00

asalnya yesterday was a shepherd pie... tapi tak habis... korek semua masuk dalam smaller punya baking dish.. tambah pasta tomato sauce... tutup dengan pastry... taraa ... jadilah beef pot pie pulak hari ni. Dah beberapa kali buat chicken je... kali ni buat beef la pulak... chicken dah habis...

I sertakan resipi Chicken pot pie khas untuk kawan2 lama Irina, EE, Julaili, Norizah Baba ... jgn tak cuba sebab senang sangat dan sedap.

Bahan2:
Garlic - cincang
Onion - dadu
carrot - dadu
kentang - dadu
Celery
kacang peas - kalau suka (semua org dlm rumah I tak suka)
isi ayam - potong kecik2
mushroom - I guna button mushroom (hiris nipis2), kalau tak ada oyster mushroom pun boleh (koyak halus2)
1 tin sup cendawan Campbell
origano
lada hitam - kasar-kasar
butter & sikit minyak - untuk tumis
pastry - jenama 'kawan' - I beli kat giant

Cara:
1. tumis garlic dan onion sampai wangi.
2. masukkan carrot, kentang, celery, peas... masak sampai agak lembut
3. masukkan isi ayam dan cendawan... kacau rata.. masukkan rempah origano dan lada hitam
4. masukkan sup campbell ... biar agak mendidih.. masukkan sikit garam
5. biar kuah agak pekat... jgn sampai kering pulak.. sebab pot pie ni sedap bila makan ada kuah sikit
6. sendukkan isi pie ni dalam baking dish dan tutup dgn pastry
7. sapu kuning telur dan tabur dgn origano. tambah daun rosemary pun boleh untuk hiasan
8. Bakar dlm oven 25 - 30 mins at 180 C

Selamat mencuba..

Sendai...MATTA fair

2011-03-15T12:21:00.000+08:00

On Sunday baru-baru ni, me and hubby jalan-jalan ke MATTA Fair.. memang plan nak purchase holiday package... and we did purchase one domestic family holiday package. Another holiday package for both of us je... nak kena check flight ticket dulu baru boleh booking the holiday package...

Jalan punya jalan kat PWTC tu, ternampak booth Japan Tourism - City of Sendai... I pun say hello kat gentleman depan booth tu.. teringat Sendai was hit with the earthquake and followed by Tsunami waves.

I just say how sorry I am for the people of Sendai. He smiled and bowed to say thank you in return. And to my surprise, as I was about to walk away from the booth, he came from behind and tapped my shoulder and he presented me with some kind of Japanese art/drawing. Cantik. Nanti boleh frame tanda kenangan.

Setengah hari kat MATTA fair, kaki dah sakit, perut pun lapar.. naik komuter from Putra to Midvalley... makan beef teppanyaki... dah kenyang balik naik komuter lagi terus ke Seremban. Manusia kat komuter station toksah cakap la... punyalah ramai!

Happy Birthday Hajar.....

2011-02-11T10:08:00.000+08:00

Today's, my youngest daughter, Hajar's 8th birthday.. kalau ikut tahun masihi lah...

Kalau ikut tahun hijrah birthday dia ialah 9 Zulhijjah bersamaan 11 February 2003, sehari sebelum hari raya Aidil Adha. Kalau ikut tahun hijrah maknanya Hajar dah lapan tahun masa hari raya haji yang lepas.

Photo kat bawah ni, tak ingat dia umur berapa, rasanya masa standard one dulu. Ini memang pokok mangga kegemaran dia dan kawan-kawan memanjat, mengalahkan budak lelaki...

tengok tu, pantang dapat keluar rumah, tengahari pun nak panjat pokok mangga kat depan rumah

bergayut kat dahan pokok... macam nak jatuh longkang..

but... finally she safely landed...

Hi people... my name is Hajar Sophia. I am 8 years old. Mama cakap, balik sekolah tengahari ni ada surprise bila masuk bilik... tak sabarnya nak dapat birthday present from mama, babah, kakak nadia and kakak sarah .. Bye.

Semoga Hajar akan membesar menjadi insan yang beriman, berbakti kepada agama dan keluarga dan masyarakat.. belajar rajin-rajin ya..

Kisah si taxi driver

2011-02-11T00:14:00.001+08:00

Al kisahnya... kelmarin saya ke office naik komuter from Seremban ke Shah Alam. Transit di KL Sentral ambik tren to Pelabuhan Klang tapi turun di Batu Tiga. From there naik cab to office at Seksyen 26. Panjang betul perjalanan makcik ya. Apalagi sampai lambat lah ofis. Hari ni pool transport not available and makcik pulak tak nak drive.

So.. masa kat stesen Batu 3, saya naiklah salah satu teksi yang banyak beratur di luar stesen.. Macam biasa, the taxi driver mesti nak penuhkan teksi dgn penumpang. kalau boleh tak nak bawak seorang penumpang je. Dan seperti biasa jugaklah (dah beberapa kali jugak bila naik teksi kat sini) saya ber'jodoh' naik teksi dengan satu perempuan ala-ala bukan warganegara sini yang nak ke ofis Digi kat Shah Alam ni. Pagi tadi pun sama, dia dah masuk teksi dengan satu mamat senegara dia. Elok-elok dah duduk, datang the taxi driver suruh dua manusia ni keluar gi naik teksi belakang. Diaorang pun keluarlah dari teksi tinggallah saya seorang. Saya pun suka jugak, bukan sebab dapat berdua-duaan dgn taxi driver tu ya.. jangan salah faham pulak...

Saya suka sebab taxi tu boleh terus hantar saya ke pejabat without melencong hantar diaorang ke Digi dulu. Makcik kan dah lambat sangat ni. Dah pukul 10.00 a.m tau!

Taxi driver terus drive sambil buka cerita. "Saya bukan tak nak hantar tapi saya dah serik dah dengan diaorang ni... foreigner ni kurang ajar sikit... ada ke mula-mula dulu.. dia marahnya kita (merujuk pada perempuan kerja kat Digi tu) ...bla bla... ada orang arab .... pakai kaki... tendang (buka) pintu... bla..bla..... . Saya cuma mencelah sikit-sikit je... mengiyakan saja cerita dia... takut pulak nanti saya pun dia tak nak hantar... si taxi driver terus sambung... kalau pak arab, selalunya kurang ajar.. meter tunjuk RM25.00 dia bayar RM10.00 je... dari Shah Alam ke KL tu! ... bla...bla... dah badan besar... bla..bla... merungut2 si taxi driver tu lagi...

Bila sampai ofis, saya pun terfikir jugak cerita dia... saya pernah terserempak dengan perempuan foreigner yang kerja kat Digi tu beberapa kali kat Stesen KTM Batu 3 sebelum ni... dan beberapa kali jugak naik teksi dengan dia duduk sebelah-sebelah... and of course teksi tu hantar dia dulu... tapi sekalipun dia tak pernah nak senyum dengan saya walaupun saya pandang dia ... saya senyum? entahlah saya rasa macam nak senyum tapi tak jadi sebab muka dia selamba macam tak heran nak senyum dengan saya... ada jugak betul kata si taxi driver tu... saya mulai setuju dengan si taxi driver tu.

Entah-entah si foreigner pekerja Digi tu pun kata saya ni ... malaysian ni... pun sombong...

Sulam oh sulam ...

2011-02-10T14:40:00.000+08:00

... sebenarnya dah lama jugak tak buat projek sulam-menyulam ni... kat bawah ni projek menjahit yang lepas-lepas..

Sarung bantal bersulam dan baby's comfy

sulam frame berbunga dan nama baby

sulam kat diapers stacker

lagi sulam sarung bantal and comfy

dan lagi...

yang ni tak ada sulam... cuma I just luv the combination of polka dots and munga-munga...

Birthday present...

2011-02-09T10:03:00.002+08:00

Hajar's 8th birthday is on this coming Friday.. since last week lagi dia dah cakap... mama nanti nak bagi Hajar hadiah birthday jangan cakap hadiah apa ya. mama bagi Hajar surprise ya. mama balut hadiah tu pastu baru bagi kat Hajar. mama balut dgn kertas balut hadiah warna purple-purple tau. Amboi-amboi...

Untuk tidak menghampakan harapan si bongsu yang macam-macam kerenah ni.. I pun mengiyakan jelah... "alright Hajar, nanti mama balut hadiah Hajar bagi Hajar surprise".

Tahun lepas, Hajar dapat hadiah tapi tak surprise sebab dah cakap nak bagi apa and also tak balut pun. Alaa... hadiah beg more (betul ke I eja ni)girl yang warna pink-pink tu... yang banyak jual sekarang ni tu...

Yang bestnya lagi... yesterday babah nya pulak cakap yang Hajar pun dah mintak hadiah birthday from babah, pun nak surprise jugak. Jangan bagi tahu dulu hadiah apa. Dekat kakak Nadia dia pun cakap jugak!

Oklah Hajar. We'll make you surprise on this Friday. Yesterday after work, babah, nadia and me pergilah kedai gift kat Giant Senawang tu, we all pun belilah hadiah sorang satu including satu hadiah for sarah untuk bagi kat Hajar. Sarah ada kat rumah dan tak tahu apa-apa pun.. So, this Friday, insyaallah, Hajar akan dapat hadiah misteri from all of us in the family. Sure senyum sampai telinga! Just wait and see..

Apalah agaknya ya hadiah anda untuk yang tersayang?

Scoliosis

2011-02-08T15:23:00.001+08:00

Scoliosis?? apa benda nya ni?? I pun tak tahu sebelum ni.... tapi sekarang dah tahulah serba sedikit... ianya bukanlah penyakit tapi medical term untuk spinal deformity.

kisahnya begini...

On last Saturday, my second daughter, Sarah had an appointment dengan orthopaedic specialist kat KPJ specialist hospital kat Seremban. I managed to slot in the appointment for her on that day.. sebabnya ialah beberapa minggu sebelum tu my hubby and me, we noticed that Sarah posture makin tak berapa tegak dan lurus. Even since last year pun Sarah ni kalau duduk ke, berdiri ke, berjalan ke mesti macam tak nak tegak-tegak .. macam malas-malas je... yang paling obvious is belakang dia, kat tulang belikat tu tak seimbang, sebelah kedalam dan sebelah lagi tu terkeluar...

Mula-mula I fikir dia macam nak hide herself sebab among her friends.. dia ni memang tinggi.. for her age yang baru nak masuk 13 tahun. Nampak macam she's taller than me now! I am 5' 2" and her height must be taller than that.

I bawak dia jumpa Dr Wan Hazmy and after explaning to him pasal Sarah the doctor suruh dia buat forward bend test... bahu dia masih seimbang antara kiri dan kanan... then the doctor mention that ini adalah symptom SCOLIOSIS. First time dengar perkataan ni... after that kena buat X-Ray. After seeing the X-ray, the curve of the spine is then measured, and roughly kecondongan tulang tu cuma 3 degree sahaja buat masa ni. tak severe lagi. Alhamdulillah...

This is not Sarah's X-Ray, but her one is exactly like this. Notice tak the spine curvature macam huruf 'S'. Image from www.iscoliosis.com

Next appointment lagi 3 bulan. Doctor nak measure lagi her spinal curv. Tengoklah nanti macam mana. I doakan the abnormality wouldn't get worse. The doctor assured her that she still can continue her atheletic and recommended her to continue with the swimming class. Bagus jugak sebab sekarang kat secondary school ada swimming pool and tak payah lah I bawak dia gi public pool selalu.

Anyone outside there ada tak experience dengan Scoliosis? Bolehlah share experience dengan I if you don't mind.

Lamanya....

2011-02-02T17:05:00.000+08:00

.... saya tak update this blog... antara sebab-sebabnya adalah sibuk (lah kunun) dan malas (yang sebenarnya). Sometime last week, a good friend of mine ada e-mail tanya... ain... kenapa lama tak hupdate blog?? I jawab... malas la zaidah...

.... and this week.... today.... I pun start my first ever entry for this year 2011.!

.... esok holiday CNY... we all adik-beradik dah plan lama dah nak balik rumah mak and nak buat BBQ.

Yahoo... bestnya... lama tak berBBQ ni...

... as usual, we all dah pakat-pakat bahagi-bahagikan tugas... my part... I have to prepare all the chicken things... Angah... all the lamb and side dish things... Lofty... salad and the fish things... Adik?... this time... I think she can't do much sebab dah ada baby!... Adik... kau mesti sibuk dgn anak je nanti... hihihi... macam kita orang dulu-dulu...

... Welcome Hurin...our latest addition into the family...

Jalan-jalan... Sawaadikaap

2010-11-09T11:47:00.019+08:00

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kali ni terbang lagi ke utara negeri gajah putih.... Chiang Mai..... Sawaadikaap....

we were ther for 4D3N... ni kat Royal Flora Garden in Chiang Mai (pls ignore the photo date..tersalah reset)

On the second day ... we had an elephant ride ....

memang seronok... berayun kekiri dan ke kanan for about 30 minutes...

meredah hutan at the Maesa Elephant Camp...

believe it or not... these are all painted by the elephants! siap for sale lagi... yang paling kiri tu with a price tag of Baht6,000... lebih kurang RM600.

on the third day we travelled to Lampang... about 100 km from Chiang Mai... naik kereta kuda...

giant umbrella... mesti gambar gajah...

On the last day... tak sabar nak balik... ni dengan our tour guide... bye Amy...

Cameron Highlands

2010-10-13T12:34:00.008+08:00

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seronoknya hajar, nyamannya di tanah tinggi...

sedapnya makan aiskrim strawberry...

sambil tu sarah petik strawberries

... ladang teh

I memang suka strawberries... What about you?

Seronoknya Hari Raya...

2010-09-15T10:40:00.007+08:00

..kanak-kanak ni semuanya sangat seronok dapat posing sempena hari raya dan dapat duit raya...

..tak ketinggalan mak-mak pun sama ... dapat bergambar bersama-sama tapi tak dapat duit raya lah..

This year is the third year beraya tanpa mak...

But... walaupun mak dah tak ada, semua juadah raya we all masak sama macam masa mak ada seperti lemang (tak beli tau, buat sendiri oleh adik ipar), nasi impit, kuah kacang, rendang ayam, rendang daging, sup tulang and some extra dish iaitu ketupat daun palas and sambal sotong kacang. The daun palas were bought by Adik at Pekan Rabu in Alor Setar just few days before Hari Raya. Best sangat dapat makan ketupat palas this year.

Lepas sembahyang raya, we all bermaaf-maafan, bagi duit raya, bergambar sakan and baru pergi ziarah kubur mak. Later in the evening we all beraya ke rumah Pak Ngah and rumah Tok. On the second day we all beraya kerumah seorang saudara terapat dan rakan baik mak. My brother pulak bertolak ke Pendang to his wife's hometown. My sister and me pulak balik to our own house later that night and tinggallah our youngest sister kat rumah mertua dia yang sepelaung je dari rumah mak.

That was our Hari Raya for this year. Walaupun beraya bersama-sama untuk masa yang agak singkat tapi amatlah penuh bermakna to all of us.

Tak malu betoi!

2010-09-03T14:28:00.003+08:00

Ada ke di hari Jumaat waktu ~1.15 p.m. di bulan ramadhan ni... orang berpusu-pusu ke masjid, yang mamat sorang ni menyibuk je kat booth tudung, pilih-pilih tudung dengan girlfriend??!!

Sungguh tak tahu malu!!!

Ingatkan senang sikit waktu tengahari, tak de orang lelaki, bolehlah cuba-cuba tudung fareeda yang chiffon cantik berlapis-lapis tu... Ada pulak mamat tersesat ni... dia pulak dok sibuk pilih-pilih tudung, elok kita nak pegang tudung yang itu, ehh dia pun sama dok nak ambik jugak tudung tu...boleh!!

My friend dengan I tadi terus meluat and macam tak comfortable langsung nak pilih-pilih tudung tu... dahlah booth tu luasnya sekangkang kera je boleh pulak asyik dok selisih bahu dengan mamat ni! Dia sorang je lelaki kat situ!!

Isshhh!!! I tak suka tau!!!!

Finally, tudung tak dapat (kaler tak sesuwai), panas hati yang dapat... sabar ya kak ooi ... ni kan tengah puasa...

Bila buah hatiku buat perangai...

2010-08-24T12:24:00.007+08:00

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Inilah buah hati pengarang jantung ku...

tapi.... tak tahan bila dia start merajuk... mula-mula yang ni rosak... I pun hantarlah kat Singer service centre..

tak sempat nak ambik kawan dia yang kena servis and repair.... mesin ni pulak rosak... alamatnya tak leh buat apa-apa langsung... baru kejap tadi service centre tu call, beritahu harga repair... fuh! boleh tahan ... hari Jumaat ni dah boleh ambil balik.

nasib baik bukan yang ini buat perangai .... mahu nangis makcik...

Selamat berpuasa...

2010-08-11T10:30:00.004+08:00

...kepada semua kenalan dan handai taulan... semoga beroleh keberkatan di bulan yang mulia ini...

... punyalah susah nak kejut Hajar for sahur... siap babah kena dukung sampai ke dapur lagi... pas tu mama kena suapkan nasi... itupun makan tiga suap je... lepas minum dia tidur balik...

... punyalah susah jugak nak kejutkan Hajar bangun pi sekolah... siap buat perangai ..nangis-nangis lagi tak nak gi sekolah... akhirnya mandi jugak dan terus hantar dia ke sekolah...

... punyalah I mengantuk pagi ni.... maklumlah bangun sahur awal sikit.... walhal sebelum ni pun bangun jugak sahur untuk ganti puasa 2 minggu berturut-turut sebelum Ramadhan ...

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Giveaway

2010-08-09T09:56:00.004+08:00

Comelkan apron kat atas tu.. sangat sesuwai untuk orang-orang yang rajin memasak seperti I ni... hihihi. Kalau nak try your luck silalah ke sini.

I memang suka join giveaway ni.. mana tahu kalau-kalau bernasib baik... tapi selalunya tak bernasib baik.. tak apa cuba lagi..

Last minute..

2010-08-03T11:25:00.001+08:00

apa lagi... ganti puasa le... teruk betoi tahun ni... sampai dah nak masuk Ramadhan puasa ganti tak habis-habis. Tak pe lah janji ganti puasa. Sebenarnya since last week I puasa. Yang bestnya my husband pun puasa sama.. so bila balik kerja sampai rumah je terus bergegas masak untuk berbuka.. sempat lagi masak yang simple-simple.

Itulah rezeki orang berpuasa.. nikmatnya ketika berbuka... walaupun masak makanan yang simple je... tapi terasa tersangatlah sedapnya. Like yesterday I fried meehoon with udang... malamnya masak nasi and sotong masak kicap.

What about today?... maybe nak buat spagetti je kot... or maybe nak buat kuih buah melaka... isshh belum tengahari dah berangan nak makan apa masa berbuka... eh tadi nampak resepi lady ... tofu stim ...sedap jugak..

Giveaway Just For Fun

2010-07-13T15:27:00.005+08:00

gambar ihsan from kelly's blog

Minat nak join this giveaway? Silalah melawat ke sini. Kat atas tu hadiah pertama. Sangat best. Hadiah yang lain pun best jugak. I hope this last minute punya entry will entitle me a good news later.

Twillight.. Eclipse

2010-07-13T11:44:00.006+08:00

gambar ehsan pakcik google

Have you watch this vampire and human recently? We did during the weekend. Sebabnya... all my three daughters peminat tegar this twillight thing. So, my husband and I pun pi lah tengok. Ok lah not bad. More to teenagers and youngters, I guess. I am not in the same league anymore..... dah masuk geng mak orang dah...

Kat asteruk tu dah berapa kali tayang the first twillight ni... entah berapa kalilah dia orang nak tengok tak jemu-jemu. Siap beli DVD lagi. Hai.... layan je lah...

Terung Belanda

2010-07-12T16:46:00.004+08:00

Inilah terung belanda tu... tak pelah... walaupun kalah World Cup, nama Belanda tetap di abadikan pada buah tanah tinggi ini.

I beli buah ni kat kawasan gunung berapi Batur in Bali. Eventhough dah seminggu bawak balik, buah tu masih elok lagi, maybe sebab I simpan dalam fridge kot. Rasanya seakan-akan buah kiwi yang masam-masam manis tu. Kalau suka masam-masam manis mesti suka buah ni... one of my friends kata macam buah pinang.... Oh ya, bekas buah tu also from Bali. Diperbuat dari kayu yang bertingkat-tingkat bila di buka dan boleh dileperkan bila nak simpan... bertingkat-tingkat macam kawasan padi bukit bertingkat-tingkat di Tegallalang.

Inilah rupanya buah terung belanda ni selepas dipotong dua. Ada biji-biji halus ditengah macam tomato. Just scoop guna sudu and terus masuk mulut... enak sekali dimakan dingin ya ibuk-ibuk semua... sedap bangat!

Jalan-jalan (tak boleh cari makan) di Bali

2010-07-07T13:46:00.014+08:00

... memang betul, susah nak makan kat Bali ni... kata restoren muslim tapi ada patung... nasib baik bawak bekal roti, instant noodle, biscuit and tuna spread. Kat hotel pun macam tu, takut nak makan selain telur, roti dan sayur. Tak macam kat Bandung, nak makan senang sikit.

On the second day, we travelled up to the mountain.. ada tasik ... Ulun Danu at Bedugul... about 2 1/2 hrs drive from Denpasar... bawah ni is the temple... floating in the lake..

Tasik Ulun Danu

pemandangan taman di Ulun Danu, Bedugul

the clift, Uluwatu

On the last day, we went further south to Uluwatu, ada tarian Kecak, before we rushed to the airport.

Tanah Lot

... the tourist yang tengah kekaguman dengan pemandangan yang sangat indah

suara macam... rupa macam....

2010-07-07T12:29:00.004+08:00

Bapak ni sang for us during dinner at Jimbaran ... lagu Widuri.. suara punyalah sedap macam Broery....

(maaf gambar kurang memuaskan)

the group with the tourists... the second song was Suci Dalam Debu ...pandai dia nyanyi.. I sang along with them konon! One of them puji suara I sedap macam Siti Nurhaliza katanya... hi hi ... patut-patut lah kalau ya pun nak puji... and yang bestnya they all kata lagi rupa my hubby macam Datuk K! boleh?

I pun bagilah tip... terus they all pun pergi kat meja lain .. ish!

Holiday in Bali

2010-07-07T10:34:00.012+08:00

Arrival day
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..the scenery from the room's balcony

... malamnya we had dinner by the seaside... Jimbaran beach yang sangat cantik panoramanya...

..the outdoor dining on the beach

We arrived and checked-in at the resort around 1.30 p.m. Bali and M'sia time sama je, cuma sunrise earlier by an hour. Our room memang best. Kat atas tu pemandangan laut from the balcony. So magnificient. Malamnya we had dinner at Jimbaran beach sambil tengok sunset.. at 6.15 p.m.

After dinner, balik hotel and cannot wait for tomorrow's tour to the volcanic mount of Batur.

Tinggi di awan biru lagi...

2010-07-06T12:41:00.007+08:00

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Sekali lagi terbang bercuti-cuti...

After almost 3 hours on board the flight, we safely landed.. the runway just beside the sea..

Petangnya we watched the sunset... awal kat sini... around 6.15 p.m.

.. sambil duduk enjoy the sunset and we had seafood dinner... kat mana? kat mana lagi kalau makan di atas pasir di tepi pantai... yes, Jimbaran Beach, we were in Bali. Seronoknya!

kerabu & salad

2010-06-18T12:25:00.005+08:00

Terjumpa buku resipi ni kat MPH terus beli... belum cuba apa-apa resepi lagi tapi dah belek-belek ...memang menarik...

Untuk I yang tak pandai buat kerabu dan salad ni, buku ini sangat sesuwai sekali...

dah kerja balik...

2010-06-16T16:36:00.005+08:00

Today's my first day at work for this week... punyalah agak malas... tapi siap jugaklah whatever pending from last week.

4 days in a row dah bercuti-cuti, berehat-rehat.. my initial plan was to include sewing activity in between... but... what did I do? I cuma sempat lipat-lipat my cotton stash and continued with some beading for my baju kurung.. bilalah nak siap ni??.. I have started the beading since early May until now it was only 75% completed. Malas betul lak akak sekarang ni... sungguh tak productive!

Tapi tak pe... this weekend, I have one important project to be completed besides my beading work... apa dia?...biarlah rahsia..ceewahh...nyampah...

Cendawan

2010-06-15T19:24:00.005+08:00

sepasang cendawan and anak cendawan??

this was real... not artificial tau...

Those mushroom were spotted infront of my neighbor's front gate. It was quite a not so normal for me to find quite a big size of those ... and quickly grabbed my camera and snapped them. Besar jugak sizenya for a normal mushroom, kalau button mushroom ke, cendawan busut ke tak pernah la jumpa this big... the diameter was about 5~6 inches...

Melaka

2010-06-15T19:11:00.009+08:00

Muzium Islam

3 orang kanak2 besar and kecik yang tengah excited naik Menara Taming Sari ...

We were in Melaka yesterday, ronda-ronda and makan-makan ikan bakar at Umbai... dah lama sangat-sangat tak ke sana. Dah lebih setahun since the last we were there. Dulu many were still under construction but now all are completed like the kincir air etc. Sengaja beli tiket menara Taming Sari tu awal tapi naik ke atas bila malam. The whole city was full of lights. We snapped lots of photo but I a bit malas nak upload. We did not stay overnight... balik jugak ke Senawang at about midnight. So today, I slept almost half a day... esok dah start kerja.. internal audit will start next week...

Ulu Bendul

2010-06-14T12:02:00.010+08:00

gelapnya... maklumlah hari dah petang.. kamera pulak cap ayam...

... kanak2 yang kesejukan sampai kaki tangan semuanya kecut..
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Semalam petang ke Ulu Bendul... that was our first time ber picnic kat situ... bawak food, pasang khemah and mandi-manda ... manusia punyalah ramai... maklumlah hari Ahad, cuti sekolah, jalan bengkak-bengkok sekarang dah cantik straight dah... cepat sampai... from my house kat Senawang tak sampai half an hour pun...

Elok je lepas makan... hujan pun turun, tak berapa lebat, nasib baik dah pasang khemah.

Lepas puas mandi air yang sejuk bangat tu, (I tak berendam pun, cuma duduk atas batu celup kaki je), we all berkemas-kemas and balik.

Itu je lah berpicnic di hujung minggu.. sungguh ringkas just pack and go and come back...boleh?

Durian Kak Anim

2010-06-13T08:55:00.003+08:00

Yesterday, my father came over, on the his way back from kenduri, hantar sepasang jubah suruh potong pendek.. maklumlah sejak mak tak ada, I am the one yang kena buat kerja alteration.

And... also ayah bawak sekotak durian ada lebih kurang 12 biji durian sederhana saiz... ambik kat kebun Kak Anim katanya.. sebenarnya nak kena bagi to my sister, Angah separuh tapi tak pergi rumah dia this week, so melepaslah dia.... jangan jeles.... puas we all makan... and last night I masak kuah durian.... ingatkan nak makan dengan pulut... terlupa pulak nak rendam beras pulut sebelum tidur...

Thank you sooo much Kak Anim....

Princess Hours

2010-06-10T15:35:00.004+08:00

Baiknya my colleague yang seorang ni... after reading my post on this, she offered me her Princess Hours DVD set.. cerita yang serupa katanya.. but only for one month je.. oklah... I agreed.

Bolehlah balik ni I start tengok the first disc.

Kisah tragis..

2010-06-08T22:22:00.008+08:00

Update

Sila layari : sini

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Tadi tengahari kat office my sister called, she was on her way back to Bangi from UIA, Gombak. Eh cepatnya balik.. rupa-rupanya ada kematian kat area rumah dia.

Kisahnya, seorang kanak-kanak 4 tahun meninggal sebab terperangkap dalam van sekolah. The driver tak sedar masa tinggalkan van bertutup dan berkunci.

Bila dengarkan kisahnya sungguh teramat menyayat hati, punyalah I sedih. My sister siap nangis lagi. Maklumlah anak-anak dia pun kecik-kecik lagi, lima orang pulak tu.

Kanak2 ini naik van pagi untuk ke sekolah tadika. The van is owned by the school and the driver was the school teacher. Bila dah sampai sekolah, semua kanak-kanak turun kecuali si kecil ni yang dipercayai tertidur kat seat dalam van tu. Alkisahnya the driver tengok belakang tak nampak ada lagi penumpang yang tinggal. Dia pun locked the van terus jalan masuk sekolah. Ingatkan semua dah turun. Van tu khabarnya was parked by the road side depan area sekolah tu.

Bayangkan sekolah habis after 3 hours. Si comel tu bila dijumpai masa semua kanak-kanak yang lain tu nak balik sekolah, nak naik the same van. Just imagine... masa tu dia dah biru, mulut dah berbuih2 dan tak sedar diri. Denyut nadi masih ada. Bawak pergi hospital masuk ICU, coma. Lupa nak mention this incident happened last week on Thursday. Dalam ICU since that day sampailah tengahari tadi... Allah dah tetapkan umur dia sampai di sini sahaja.

Bayangkan perasaan ibu-bapa, adik-beradiknya... Yang sedihnya, masa pagi hari kejadian, si kecil ni menangis2 nak ikut maknya yang nak keluar, ada kerja kat Klang. Maknya suruh pergi sekolah naik van....

Bayangkan jugak perasaan cikgu (driver) itu...

Kita yakin ini qada dan qadarNya. My sister was saying in between sob..." bayangkanlah dia tu comel sangat... dengan pakai tudungnya... sob..sob "

Sedekahlah al-Fatihah. Innalillah....

Tipah tertipu...

2010-06-07T16:06:00.011+08:00

I pernah buat posting ini and link to the blog tak lama dulu.. Siap tuan punya blog itu pun pernah comment my post lagi. Ada my friend tu punyalah kesian kat dia bila baca blog dia yang kononnya dia menunggu hari je nak mengadap Ilahi.
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Sungguh tak ku sangka.. cempedak menjadi nangka... one of my blog reader kat office ni pagi-pagi lagi dah datang report kat I.. "kak ain nak tahu tak.. blog safwan husaini tu penipu rupanya...bla...bla...". I punyalah terkejut. Eh betul ke? She continue by saying "cuba tengok blog ni... nanti I e-mail kat you". And the lovely lady yang putih gebu ni pun tak lama lepas tu e-mail to me the link. Sila lah pergi sini dan sini.

Apa nak kata ya.. percaya dengan tak je. I taklah mengikuti sangat blog si mamat tu. My friend yang si putih gebu ni yang kesiannya almost everyday dok membaca blog dia, yang gelihati tu kadang-kadang sampai 2 pagi. I rasa bersalah pun ada sebab si putih gebu ni tahu pasal mamat ni from reading my blog la.

Si mamat ni tulis blog dia ala-ala cerpen/novel. Tu yang panjang lebar tu. Bermadah puisi lagi.. Masa mula-mula baca blog dia tu ada jugak terdetik.. eh kalau sakit tenat sangat takkanlah sempat tulis cerpen bagai... macam sihat je...

Kesian sampai Aznil kat Era tu pun kena tipu... Alahai.....

...auta je yang lebih...

Attention Cik Suraya...

2010-06-06T17:10:00.008+08:00

Cik Suraya kerja tak hari ni? nak tahu tak... beg you yang you mintak I jahit kan tahun lepas tu dah siap dah semalam.. punyalah berjanggut nak tunggu sebiji bag ni siap..

Sorrylah ya... apa lah tukang jahit ni... tak cekap langsung ...

Pouch you je yang belum siap... I poskan dua-dua sekali bila dah siap pouch tu... sabar lagi sekali ya Cik Suraya...

Gambar bag?? surprise!!! tak amik gambar pun...

Mesti lepas ni tak ada sapa nak order beg dari I kan... tak apalah... I jahit beg untuk diri sendiri...

Benci Bilang Cinta

2010-06-05T20:42:00.004+08:00

My eldest daughter, Nadia suka sangat tengok cerita ni petang-petang. Kalau I sampai rumah awal after office, selalu dia tengah tengok cerita ni. I pun tumpang sekaki. Lama-lama macam enjoy je dengan kisah Benci Bilang Cinta ni on Astro 104.

On Saturday from 6.00 p.m sampai 9.00 p.m. ada marathon cerita ni. Kalau tak sempat weekday boleh tengok weekend.

My husband cakap.."Laa mama dia pun tengok cerita anak dia ke??"

Tak kisah lah..

Sabar je lah...

2010-06-05T11:10:00.004+08:00

I was on leave yesterday.. nak ambil report card anak.. padahal sekejap je tapi ambik cuti the whole day sebab mengenangkan malas nak bersesak-sesak masa nak balik office petang nanti, maklum lah saya ni kan pengguna highway Elite & KL-Sban yang tegar, last day before school holiday and also the next day tu on Saturday is the public holiday.. Agong's birthday, mesti sesak.

Through my experience... kalau Friday nak cuti macam tu highway mesti kelam kabut sikit sebab banyak kereta, bila dah banyak kereta.. selalunya mesti ada accident kecil/sederhana/besar (kalau boleh mintak dijauhkan Allah). Kalau dah ada accident mesti dua-dua hala highway jammed. Baik akak cuti je.

Sebenarnya nak mengomel pasal ni... lepas ambik report card Sarah, terus ke TMPoint. Niat nak hantar telephone rosak and dapat yang baru. Dah seminggu telephone tu rosak. This is not the first time rosak dah masuk 3 kali dah. The previous 2, the TM technician came over to the house and tak banyak cakap terus tukar telefon baru. Habis cerita. But this time bila called 100 tu dia suruh kita call 1 300 xxx xxx. Bile call 1 300 tu dia suruh kita pergi to the nearest TMPoint and test itu telephone. Bila dah confirm rosak boleh terus tukar dapat telefon baru kat situ. I told the online help desk tu yang sebelum ni tak payah pun kena pergi TMPoint pun... technician datang rumah terus tukar je. Dia insist jugak I pergi. I said OK lah.

Bila dah pergi TMpoint, dia boleh kata... kena call 100, kena buat report dulu. Apalagi makcik terus naik hangin satu badan sebab dahlah susah nak dapat parking, dapat pulak jauh sikit kena jalan panas-panas, dah sampai dia suruh kita call 100, padahal bila I call 100, dia suruh kita call 1 300. Bila call 1 300 dia suruh kita pergi TMPoint. Bila kita dah sampai kat TMPoint, dia suruh kita call 100 balik! Eh! mana satu ni!!??? Ingat akak seronok naik main merry-go-round ni ke??

Sebelum keluar.. I said "Laa nak kena call 100 pulak ke? I dah call, dia suruh call 1 300, suruh datang sini. Dah lah susah nak dapat parking". I terus keluar dengan muka masam. Isshh....

Duit hilang....

2010-06-01T12:15:00.006+08:00

Siapa pernah hilang duit/purse?... I pernah sekali... balik rumah dengan cab... dalam cab keluarkan duit.. pas tu letak purse on my lap... bila turun lupa... dahlah purse warna hitam.... jatuh from my lap ...tak sedar... terus masuk rumah... esoknya public holiday... dah petang baru sedar purse tak ada... ingatkan jatuh dalam cab malam tu... terus pergi tempat teksi tu jumpa the taxi driver... siap ingat lagi sapa driver taxi tu... pakcik tu cakap tak nampak pun purse masa dia cuci teksi dia... terus I report polis sebab all my IC etc. hilang. After about a year... my daughter main kat playground depan rumah jumpa one of my cards with my name on it kat dalam longkang. Ish anak I yang sorang ni dalam banyak-banyak tempat dalam longkang yang paling dia suka main. Itulah kisahnya...

Yang ini pulak kisah duit salary hilang dari bank account. Nak terus terang cakap ...Maybank ...tak selamat jugak sang harimau ni...

One of our officemate.. pergi ATM nak keluarkan duit...maklumlah gaji dah masuk baru-baru ni ... tekan-tekan tak ada ...the balance was only RM6.00 !!!! Punyalah terkejut. Ingatkan tak masuk gaji lagi, rupa-rupanya bila check dengan bank... dah ada transaction from her account to another account. Boleh macam tu?? Sungguh tak selamat!! Ada ke duit gaji orang lain can simply transfer/curi.

Bank tengah investigate. Macam mana bank ni punya security system. Sungguh tak secure!! Kesian.... we all pun buat collection untuk meringan beban...

Baik check your bank account balance...

Kepocinya...

2010-06-01T11:04:00.004+08:00

Last night, masa I keluar rumah nak kunci pintu pagar, tiba-tiba macam terdengar dari jauh arah depan suara kuat lelaki macam marah-marah... marah kat anak kot... I just ignore.. Bila nak masuk rumah.. terdengar lagi.. kuatnya suara tapi tak berapa clear apa yang dimarahkan.. I berpaling semula. Rupa-rupanya dari arah rumah di hadapan.. Agak jauh jugak jaraknya... depan rumah ada padang and rumah orang yang marah-marah tu di seberang padang tu...

Yang menggelikan hati tu bila diingat-ingatkan I siap patah balik ke arah pintu pagar dan terhendap2 dicelah pintu pagar memerhati kearah seberang sana... di sebalik pokok-pokok tu nampak macam kelibat orang lelaki dewasa mundar mandir... Nasib baik porch I memang tutup lampu.. tak de lah nampak sangat makcik ni terintai-intai. After a while antara dengar tak dengar dah suara orang tu I pun masuk rumah.. beritahu my hubby tapi my hubby kata masuklah tak yah ambik tahu. I said oklah. Masa tu dah 10.30 p.m lebih kurang...

Makcik yang kepoci ni pun naik atas, tiba-tiba dengar orang perempuan menjerit and suara kanak-kanak menangis.. I punyalah terkejut... terus menerpa ke tingkap my bedroom. Apalagi nampak lagi clear dari kat bawah tadi. I clearly nampak the neighbours meluru keluar dari rumah masing-masing and suddenly dah macam ada orang jual ubat kat situ. I terus mengintai pulak dari tingkap bilik. Suara lelaki marah2 punyalah kuat. I rasalah bergaduh suami-isteri kot. I punya curious nak tahu..punyalah kepoci.... finally I dah fed-up.. I turun bawah masukkan baju dalam machine..baik I finish up my laundry..

Last sekali right before I went to bed... I jengok keluar tingkap lagi...punyalah kepoci lagi...... neighbours still ramai kat depan.. and ada kereta polis lagi!! Eh bila pulak polis datang ni? I must have missed that part masa buat laundry tadi. Masa tu dah about 12.40 a.m.

Lamanya drama malam tadi.... I wonder... entah-entah orang lelaki tu dah kena tangkap polis tak???

And this morning.... guess what.. I hantar anak I gi sekolah... on the way balik I sengaja lalu depan deretan rumah tu.... kepocinya... I saw one of the neighbours tengah story-story kat neighbour lagi satu... entah-entah cerita malam tadi... kepocinya kita semua....

Tak siap-siap

2010-05-30T22:57:00.004+08:00

Banyak my projek menjahit tak siap-siap... macam mana ni? Antara yang dah start tapi belum siap ialah bag untuk seorang kawan yang jauh di selatan...yang sedang memandang ke arah selat teberau tu... tentu dia sudah jemu dan bosan menunggu bagnya yang tak siap-siap. Sungguh tak boleh di harap langsung si tukang jahit ini ya!

Sebenarnya banyak halangan (walaupun taklah sebesar mana) dalam nak menyiapkan sesatu projek tu (alasanlah tu!). Walau macam mana banyak alasan pun, saya akan tetap siapkan sikit demi sedikit.. Macam tadi ingat nak sulam butterfly, cari-cari kerta alas sulam pulak tak ada... mana pulak hilang nya ni? Tapi tak apa, kain ni dah cukup tebal, boleh terus sulam... akhirnya siap jugak butterfly biru itu.

Sekarang cuma tinggal nak cantumkan tangkai and lining sahaja. Sabar ya Cik Suraya...

Lain yang dirancang...

2010-05-30T22:12:00.008+08:00

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...lain jadinya.... sungguh! tak sangka cempedak menjadi nangka..
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The plan was at the very last minute. On Wednesday last week, apartment reservation at Ilham Resort was open with unlimited booking. The company I am working with is so generous to subsidise the apartment rate. So, apa lagi I immediately booked 3 apartments for the weekend. Memang we all adik-beradik had planned earlier to get together over the weekend, so the booking was just the right time, right place and right budget as well.

One day after the booking (Thursday) was made, it was confirmed and I immediately called the resort to book the BBQ and everything seemed to be perfect. Everyone in the family was informed that we gonna spend the weekend together at Ilham. The last time we were there was some 10 years ago. Lamanya!

The next day after work at home I informed my hubby and to my surprise he could not join us for the weekend. Alahai... kalau dia tak dapat pergi, we all tak nak pergi jugaklah. Lagipun, kitakan baru pergi situ April lepas. So dipendekkan cerita, tak jadilah.. yang jadi just the two sisters.

Last minute cancellation is not possible. HR will still deduct my salary. So, I offered to my sister and her SILs. Lucky, they accepted and ended up we spend our weekend at home, apalagi kemas rumah, menjahit sikit2 and tengok wayang... Prince of Persia... best jugak!!!

Ladies' coach

2010-05-27T13:33:00.005+08:00

When I first heard about KTM komuter introduces the pink coach for ladies, I said, bagus jugak. The coach is special for ladies' only. Yet, the introduction of the ladies coach does not mean that the KTM Komuter management is sidelining the right of the male passengers. Do not get offended ye guys!

Yesterday, for the first time, I got to try the new service.. dah lama tak balik naik komuter ni sebenarnya. Since my pool transport was not available yesterday, I pun baliklah naik komuter and teringat pulak pasal this ladies' coach. I boarded the ladies coach ni at Stesen Bandar Tasik Selatan. Bagus jugak sebab dalam coach tu semuanya ladies.

Tapi, yang tak best nya bila sampai Serdang ada pulak mamat sorang ni tak reti bahasa masuk ladies' coach ni. Ada seorang kakak ni tegur cakap lelaki naik coach sebelah dia buat muka toya je. Ingatkan at the next station dia nak keluar from that coach, rupa-rupanya dia dengan muka tebal tak tahu malu and tak respect langsung all the ladies terus berada dalam coach tu sampai to his destination baru dia turun dengan muka poyo je. Geram betul I!! Masa dia berdiri depan I dalam tren tu, I pandang muka dia sambil jengil biji mata I, tapi dia tak faham bahasa betul!

Eh, I thought the coach suppose to be in pink? Semalam tak pink pun...

Baju Melayu

2010-05-21T11:25:00.008+08:00

(L to R) Luqman, Naufal and Haqim

Salam hari Jumaat... terjumpa gambar ni masa browse thru the folder ... sungguh comel kanak-kanak 3 orang ni berbaju melayu sedondon. Berkilat-kilat lagi. Baru I perasan... sama kaler dengan cat dinding la... Eh lupa... kanak-kanak yang bercermin mata itu has turned 12 yesterday. Dah besar dah. That's Haqim, the one I mentioned in my post earlier. The photo was taken during Adik's wedding reception kat rumah mak last March.

I pun ada the same kain, belum buat baju lagi.. sebenarnya for my husband's baju melayu but... being soooo 'cerewet' (shhhh) , dia tak nak sebab berkilat2 katanya, boleh?? (I beli kain semua tu kat Bandung tau) I cadang buat baju kurung I je lah. Elok jugak. For the kenduri dia beli kain lain with not the same color for his baju melayu.

Baru teringat.....

2010-05-20T09:28:00.003+08:00

Today is ayah's birthday yang ke 67... tapi belum call dia lagi.. He share the same bithdate with my nephew Haqim. Happy birthday ayah and happy birthday Haqim... Haqim is 12 today... dah kena buat IC... semua kena bayar macam adult... no more half price ya...

My daughter, Sarah will also turn 12 this coming June 26... also no longer half price... tiket wayang dah kena bayar penuh lah Sarah...

What's the birthday present?? Ok lah, insyaallah we all buat makan-makan bila balik rumah mak hujung bulan ni...

Sepatutnya hari ni....

2010-05-19T12:31:00.003+08:00

Ya... sepatutnya hari ni I dah terbang ke Ho Chi Minh City dah.... tapi ...apakan daya kaki tak sampai.... tiket Air Asia dah lama beli... plan nya nak pergi beramai-ramai rombongan cik kiah kat office ni. Akhirnya tiket tu 'burn' gitu je...

Kenapa tak jadi pergi??? Sebabnya...................my husband tak izinkan!!!

Tu lah...lain kali tanya dulu baru book tiket...ini tidak...beli tiket dah 2, 3 hari baru nak bagitahu...

Tak pelah...I kan nak jadi isteri mithali.... huuuahhhhhhhh

Berjaya jugak akhirnya...

2010-05-11T14:36:00.011+08:00

Percaya tak?? Seumur hidup I tak pernah masak/tanak pulut. Malu sebenarnya nak beritahu. Bila nak buat khatam Quran for my daughter couple of years ago.. siap tempah pulut kuning dengan rendang ayam. Dulu masa arwah mak ada, selalu makan pulut kuning mak yang buatkan... lembut dan lemak ... sedap betul!!

Tiba-tiba teringin nak try masak pulut sendiri setelah melawat blog Lady ini. Thanks a lot for the simple recipe. Tengok pulut mangga and pulut ikan masin punyalah terliur. Lepas balik office, singgah kedai beli beras pulut, santan pekat, buah mangga and ikan masin. Punyalah bersemangat.

Dan akhirnya semalam I berjaya menghasilkan pulut ikan masin without the mangga sebab mangga habis kena pau! Tak pe.. lepas ni boleh buat lagi. Sorrylah tak hinggat nak ambil foto.. leka makan sampai terlupa.. Sumpah tau I memang masak... tak baik tau!!

My hubby said... "lepas ni you bolehlah buat kuih pulut seri muka pulak". I balas "yelah.. nanti I cari resepi untuk buat kepala pulut tu dulu".

Alamak! baru je tahu masak pulut (ikan masin je) dah kena buat kuih pulut seri muka pulak...

Rabun jugak....

2010-05-07T15:04:00.007+08:00

Quite some time jugak I have noticed that my youngest daughter, Hajar mesti terteleng-teleng mata dia whenever she watched TV. I pulak quite some time jugak tertangguh-tangguh nak bawak pergi optician. Yesterday, sempat bawak dia and test mata, memang confirm rabun jauh and silau pun agak tinggi.

The optician suggested us to undergo another test with the eye specialist and then only come back for the glassses once dah confirm tahap rabunnya. Hajar tersangatlah sedihnya bila dengar kena jumpa specialist, terus takut. She's only 7 years old!

This morning I called the clinic and made an appointment to see the doctor on Friday next week. So, nampak gayanya all my daughters bercermin mata lah termasuklah babahnya pun baru bercermin mata sebab rabun dekat.

Nasi Lemak buah bidara....

2010-05-06T08:27:00.013+08:00

Nasi lemak buah bidara

Sayang selasih hamba lurutkan

Buah emak buang saudara

Kerana kasih hamba turutkan..

(sungguh tak boleh dipakai baris terakhir ni!)

Ada ke macam tu? Agaknya tulah sebabnya ramai anak dara lari ikut mamat Indon balik Lombok. Kekasihlah kunun.... sampai sana kena buat kerja sawah lah, angkut air kat perigilah etc. Lepas tu baru teringat family nak balik sini.

Anyway, I suka pantun ni sebenarnya... Nak cerita ni sebenarnya ......I ate nasi lemak ayam (alamak! macamana nak diet ni?) this morning for breakfast.. sedap sungguh...!! One of our colleague, Fauziah, belanja we all semua sempena her birthday yesterday. Thanks Gee!! And we have another 3 friends yang share the same birthday with her. Patutnya kita yang belanja dia.. ini terbalik pulak... Last year we all buat makan-makan kat office. I ada buat entry pasal ni..

Anyway, happy birthday to them. May Allah bless them and all of us. Amin.

Note: I'm also worried... I have three grown up daughters ...

Another surprise...

2010-05-04T09:18:00.004+08:00

I got another surprise this morning as I reached my desk kat office... there were 2 slices of chocolate cake (above photo) on my desk... I knew immediately who's the generous person tu... sapa lagi kalau bukan our innovative and creative baker... cik puan Vass. She bakes marvellous delicious cakes tau... (bodek nampak...hi..hi..)

Kenapa dia bagi I cake?? mestilah sebab I tolong jahitkan (repair) baju dia yang tailor tersalah alter tu! Yesterday I returned the baju to her. When she asked me how much ($$)...seperti biasa.. I kata...ala... tak payah lah...sikit je jahitnya... and seperti biasa she insisted... ok.. I said bake me a cake then... and to my surprise she agreed... and.. I do not expect it to be sooo fast...anyway..thank you Vass... bolehlah I jahit baju you lagi...

Macam sistem barter la pulak.... bertukar-tukar barang.....

Sunset..

2010-05-03T09:43:00.004+08:00

This was the sunset by the seaside, Ilham Resort in Port Dickson. Me and hubby tak akan lepaskan peluang menyaksikan matahari terbenam setiap kali ke PD. Romantik la kunun....

We all sekeluarga spent one night at the beach resort a few weekend ago. Ajak a few friends to join us tapi semuanya couldn't make it. So... we all sekeluarga ajelah. We had BBQ at night. Seronok sangat...

Roti Benggali....

2010-05-03T08:45:00.004+08:00

Tahu tak roti benggali?? I panggil roti ni roti benggali... sebab kat Penang Benggali yang jual roti ni... ada yang panggil roti paun...

This morning, masuk kerja. one of my colleague, Mar, surprise me by giving me sebuku kecil roti benggali ni... oh... thank you sooooo much ... she just came back from Penang and brought a few of this roti benggali. OK next time if she balik Penang again, I would kirim lagi, maybe beberapa buku and of course la kirim duit sekali.. tak kan kirim air liur je kan??!!

Roti benggali ni kalau cicah dengan kuah kari memang sedap... nak nak lagi kari yang dah overnight... terliur I kat depan PC ni ... tak pe after this I will kecek another colleague nak mintak kopi kampung dia and boleh cicah roti benggali ni dengan black kopi kampung...

Kalau kat rumah, potong roti and then sapu dengan garlic butter and bakar atas pan.... memang sedap... cubalah...kalau tak sapu dengan butter and kaya je.. pun sodap...

Ok lah I nak gi breakfast... have a nice day ahead everyone..

Bilalah nak dapat ni....

2010-04-30T11:41:00.006+08:00

My hubby have recently agreed to subscribe to this international weekly newsmagazine. I pun ada jugak magazine subscription tapi to another magazine. Apart of suka sebab dapat menambahkan bahan bacaan (konon-konon nya lah!), I suka dia punya free gift sebenarnya. This TIME dia punya free gift is a wheeled carryon set, consists of Traveler, Briefcase and Toiletry Bag. Best jugak! tapi yang tak bestnya sampai la ni tak dapat-dapat lagi free gift ni!

Eloklah tu ... my hubby leka dengan magazine tu, I pulak sibuk nakkan free gift dia. Yang pelik tu dia sikit tak tanya pasal free gift.. I pulak yang terlebih kepoci!!

Issh.. nak kena e-mail ni... nak kena komplen ni...

Merisik khabar... menghitung hari...

2010-04-22T23:09:00.007+08:00

This evening, after work, seperti biasa beratur nak isi gas, macam nak beli tiket wayang, at the Petronas station. And for the first time since arwah Din Beramboi dah tak ada... I baru dengar suara Aznil on air, kebetulan segmen Merisik Khabar.. one of the pemanggil nak merisik khabar someone by the name of Safwan Husaini... a blogger... yang khabarnya sedang tenat with barah hati... terpaksa berhenti belajar... medic student in London... terpaksa balik Malaysia...etc..

Balik rumah...after dinner... I pun berinternet explorerlah... I go here. Jumpalah manusia bernama Safwan Husaini yang menghitung hari....

Ziarahilah beliau....

Lirik Setiaku Korbankan...

2010-04-22T10:13:00.009+08:00

This morning, on the way to work, lagu lama Fauziah Latiff was aired on the radio... dah lama tak dengar lagu ni... lembut je suara si penyanyi ni.... khabarnya suara si penyanyi ni dah tak sama sekarang... betul ke???... anyway just hayati the lirik kat bawah ni... I tak jiwang ya tapi tetap suka lagu ni dari dulu lagi..

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Inikah dugaan yang ku terima

Menyintai mu sepenuh jiwa

Untuk bersama mu

Kesabaran membakar fikiran

Rinduku embunan di lautan

Cintamu debunga berterbangan

Tak pernah mempeduli kasih sayang

Yang aku korbankan

Kau janjikan bahagia

Namun kau hantui dengan gurauan berbisa

Kau janjikan setia

Rapuh ku berpegang untuk hidup bersamamu

Kembalilah hangati semula asmaraku dengan mu

Demi cinta suci

Andainya tak mungkin ku miliki

Keayuan kasih impianmu

Lepaskan asmara di jiwaku

Setia ku korbankan

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Nyanyian: Fauziah Latiff

Mengidam mee...

2010-04-21T17:06:00.007+08:00

picture from pakcik google

Sedapnya.....

Last Sunday, berehat-rehat dipetang hari sambil tukar-tukar channel, langsung ke channel afc tulah, program from S'pore - Gila Makan... the host tu explore S'pore's popular Mee Rebus... punya lah I terliur-liur tengok akak tu makan. And suddenly, perut I pun terasa laparnya... apalagi terus I ajak husband cari mee rebus kat Seremban... bukak ke restoran tu on Sunday???

Betul sangkaan I, the restaurant was closed. So, tak pe... pergi Ampangan pulak terus ternampak this Orkid Kopitiam at Plaza Ampangan...

Never been here before... macam baru je this cafe... bukak the menu... terus ternampak Mee Rebus... I ordered one for myself and for my hubby, he ordered mee hailam... I also had a glass of Air Asam Boi... sedapnya...

Punyalah mengidam makan mee gara-gara makcik S'pore tu... mengidam sebab lama tak makan mee rebus tau... bukannya mengidam sebab lain tau!

Silver ring...

2010-04-08T11:12:00.007+08:00

This was the silver plated ring for the groom... nicely tied with satin ribbon onto the small pillow... and it was done by... who else?? me.. la! poyo kan??!!!

Nak nikah petang Jumaat... right before Sembahyang Jumaat I baru terhegeh-hegeh nak jahit the satin sarung bantal and kemudian stuffed it with fibre... jahit segala renda yang ada and lekatkan ribbon and... tah dah.... siap pun....

Selamat Pengantin Baru

2010-04-01T18:00:00.005+08:00

Adik ... the most important and precious moment in your life begins....

Selamat Pengantin Baru... to the newly wed... Adik & Azlan..

Nikah & wedding favor

2010-03-29T23:58:00.009+08:00

berbakul-bakul nikah favor... I put a sachet of potpourri, a cupcake and a box of sweets inside each bag..

Wedding favor.... bekas telur and telur dalam sarang....

cupcakes for nikah favor... (photo from here)

cupcakes lagi... nikah favor (photo also from here)

Cupcakes as one of the hantaran... cantik bangat especially the two swans... also from here.... Thank you sooo much Zarina sebab sudi menerima tempahan I... siap janji jumpa kat tol Bangi lagi nak deliver the cupcakes. My sister pun suka the swan tu...

(pssst... zarina.. pinjam gambar ya... I lupa nak pukul gambar ... hi hi )

Flower girls..

2010-03-29T23:11:00.005+08:00

Introducing the flower girls.... Husna Khadeeja and Najla.... sungguh seronok kanak-kanak berdua ni menjadi flower girls... during the reception...

Barisan flower girls during the hari bertandang.... (L to R) Sakina, Hajar, Hanan, Najla, Maryam and Husna.

Bila tengok baju diaorang... I pun terpikir...kenapalah tak beli this lace for myself masa kat Bandung hari tu...issh sukalah the color...

Pak Andam..

2010-03-29T23:07:00.003+08:00

Introducing... Kamaruddin... the Pak Andam... my sister's ex-classmate during those days in KGV, Seremban. Tengoklah briefcasenya tu... For inquiry on the andaman services, pls contact me...

Senyum meleret... maklumlah tugas-tugas khas dah selesai...

Pelamin

2010-03-29T23:01:00.006+08:00

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This is the pelamin that was done by the Pak Andam... later I will introduce the Pak Andam ya... .. my sister's classmate and also my junior prefect masa kat KGV dulu-dulu...

Daun-daun hijau tu bukan nya artificial tau... melainkan yang segar-segar belaka... sila abaikan cushions yang bersepah-sepah tu ya.... oh ya... we use our daybed yang sedia ada kat rumah as the tempat duduk pengantin...

Bekas hantaran

2010-03-29T22:54:00.003+08:00

Jangan terkejut... hantaran ni bukannya bertingkat tinggi macam ni... I cuma tindih-tindih kan gabus tu sebelum sudahkan gubahan seterusnya....

This is the bekas hantaran yang sudah siap dijahit...

I suka betul dengan bunga-bunga kecik kat tepi gabus tu....

Gambar-gambar hantaran yang lengkap will be uploaded later....

Sangkar...

2010-03-19T10:49:00.011+08:00

Cantik tak??

We hanged at the centre front of the porch... ada satu lagi macam sarang burung was also hanged in front of the entrance...

Dalam sangkar tu tak de burung... tapi a bulb lampu... so malam... switch on the light... it was sooo beautiful... tak de gambar la pulak...

The first time I saw this type of sangkar was at Nilai 3, I terus suka sangat. Ada warna putih and hitam.. but I like the hitam gelap one... it was beautifully decorated with english roses and was hanged with orhanza ribbons berjurai-jurai. Cantik sangat!

The above sangkar is done exactly like the one that I saw at Nilai 3.. I bought the sangkar without the flowers. The artificial flowers was bought separately and balik rumah I pun deco, tirulah macam kat kedai tu... bolehlah walaupun not 100% sama..

That was one of the deco during Adik's wedding.

After the wedding I plan to hang that sangkar kat taman mini belakang rumah...

Ada orang kata, tak elok ada sangkar... betul ke???... I malas nak percaya...

What do you think???

Wedding checklist...

2010-03-18T11:02:00.013+08:00

How I wish I could do flower arrangement like the above ... (picture from google)

Since the past couple of months, I dah macam mak pengantin... most of my colleagues gelarkan I... maklumlah... mak kan dah tak ada.... bukan saja kakak pengantin... sibuknya macam nak dapat menantu...

Right after the bertunang early January this year, I dah start sibuk prepare the checklist...

I called it Adik's Wedding checklist.... to those out there yang nak naik pelamin bolehlah kita share bersama-sama checklist yang tak seberapa ni... silakan...

1. Date - Nikah (26 March), reception (27 March) & bertandang (28 March)

2. Venue - Nikah, bertandang (@ home)

3. Catering - majlis nikah and reception - from Tampin

4. Canopies - from Sanggar Gemalai

5. Bridal make-up - make-up from Andaman (cum wedding coordinator) in Nilai (our old friend masa sekolah KGV dulu-dulu)

6. Decor - house (on our own) & pelamin, bilik pengantin by the wedding coordinator

7. Photographer - hired from KL

8. Baju Pengantin - nikah, reception, bertandang - laces bought in Bandung & beaded chiffon in KL, tailor in Seremban

9. All in the families outfits - all materials bought in Bandung, tailor in KL, Shah Alam, Seremban and Tampin

9. Favors - nikah (I prepared a white lace sachet to be filled with orchid scented potpourri - this sachet will be put together in a small paper bag together with some sweets and a cupcake from here & reception (small oval weaved rattan box with cover (bought in Bandung for less than RM1.00 after puas tawar-menawar) to be filled with coloured shredded paper and a telur for the guests & rombongan pengantin lelaki, and for the main table - we bought a light yellowish satin tissue box cover, also bought in Bandung

10. Hantaran - for him (9 dulang - with so-called English theme la kunun... akak tengah pulun buat lah ni...

11. Bunga pahar - reception & bertandang - bunga pahar bought from ZC Creation in Nilai 3, we bought 4 x 50 pcs = 200 pcs altogether, boleh tahan harganya!

12. Invitation cards - we managed to get a nice & cheap blank light-englishyellowish card from Bandung (after penat mengukur jalan kat bandung tu!) and got it printed at here. We considered this as cheap, all in satu card less than RM1.00 boleh??!

13. Cake - hantaran - beautiful cupcakes from here & acara potong kek (acara keluarga) - 3 tiered from KL

14. Hand bouquet - for the bride from the wedding coordinator collection & flower girls (8 org) - we bought from ZC Creation in Nilai 3

15. Ada lagi tak yang tertinggal ??? - please suggest.... akak dah pening ni....

Bandung... Day 1

2010-03-17T16:22:00.019+08:00

There were sooo many laces.... all photos are taken at one of the shops inside the Pasar baru...

Lace yang kat beheaded mannequin ni sungguh... canteeekkk

..and all these.....

and these......

and .....akak yang kepenatan, berehat di sofa nan empuk bersama-sama dengan beg-begnya...

... and the owner of the kedai yang melambai-lambai kegembiraan sebab dapat duit berjuta-juta rupiah.... and the customer (the bride-to-be) yang tersenyum kelat sebab duit dah banyak abis...

..the restroom yang bersih nan indah dengan pohon buluh lagi....

The AirAsia landed at the Bandara Husien Sasteranegara Bandung at about 11 a.m. local time (my watch was still Malaysian time 12 noon, late by one hour), our supir Asep was already waiting for us with a card board stating my sister's name on it..

We reached our hotel, unloading our bags and checked in. After the qasar and jamak done, we off to Pasar Baru. Our supir parked the mpv at the complex parking lot at Lantai 7. As we all tak lunch lagi... so apa lagi we search for our lunch. Our supir recommended a restaurant at Lantai 6. We ordered nasi goreng and fruit juices. The nasi goreng were soooo sedap and so were the juices. But the supir ordered something different... lupa namanya tapi something macam kita punya nasi dengan kangkung goreng belacan but ada additional rencah... pun sedap banget..

The funny thing was... finally we all dok kecek kangkung goreng belacan pak supir tu sebab punyalah sedapnya... ok enough bab makan-makan...

After makan, our headache begun..... punyalah banyak kedai jual kain lace.... cantik-cantik semuanya (above photos)... we were there until kedai tutup at about 7 p.m. local time.

.....to be continued......

Di awan nan biru...

2010-03-03T10:27:00.008+08:00

.Sebenarnya.. entry ni dah lama (basi..) tapi I still want to post it...

Cuba teka.... high ....over the rainbow... blue sky... ke manakah gerangan destinasi saya..??

nak landing dah....

the padi fields... cantikkan... macam kat Kedah je... no...

mana lagi... destinasinya kalau nak buat persiapan untuk wedding... Bandung...

Almaklumlah tak lama lagi is Adik's wedding... so... we all adik-beradik had planned earlier to fly to Bandung. Sambil jalan-jalan bolehlah shopping barang-barang for the wedding. If you ask me whether worth going as far as Bandung to search for the wedding preaparations, I would say... terpulanglah pada yang empunya diri... apa yang nak dibeli...

As for us, the 3D 2N trip to Bandung was sooooo tiring (happy) ... we almost got what we wanted... Oh lupa... one tip ...you must have a proper checklist of things to search/buy before you go. Start browsing of the things over here before going there..

InsyaAllah I will share some of the photos while we shopped (like crazy) for laces, wedding favor, nikah favor etc. over there.... murah banget...

Lupa nak mention.. we were there last month... dah sebulan dah... baru sekarang boleh story mory...

First anniversary...

2010-02-22T15:00:00.004+08:00

This month, to be exact.. 3rd February marked my one year with this humble blog.. What's the achievement so far? ... Well, among others I've made lots of friends and improve (tak banyak sikit la) my writing (mengarut) skill la kunun....

Unlike other bloggers... I did not throw any Giveaway... please forgive me... lagipun there is nothing to offer ... as I am sooo busy with my sister's wedding preparation..

Thank you to all my cyber-friends out there and do come again o.k. (of course bila ada new entry from me la). I welcome all comments for improvement...

Giveaway lagi...

2010-02-22T14:23:00.006+08:00

Another lovely Giveaway...

Hi, it has been sooo long since my last entry... entah kenapa penyakit malas melanda... anyway... as usual... I love to try my luck with giveaways.... and if you have noticed I have lots of entry about other bloggers' giveaways... and so far I have won three times! tapikan ... so far... I only receive one giveaway at my doorstep (sob...sob...sob...) ... I pun confius on whether I was lucky or unlucky...

The latest giveaway that I want to try my luck is .... Nannie's Giveaway.. tengok hadiah-hadiah nya yang cantik2 and cute sangat... I am still waiting for her to conduct smocking class... bilakah agaknya ya??

Interested to join this giveaway..... do hop in here.

Wedding preparation...

2010-01-19T11:09:00.010+08:00

Of course it's not mine... I've been married to my beloved husband for 17 years this coming August. Right now if you were to ask me what's the project for 2010... I would give a list of to do things for the upcoming Adik's majlis nikah on 26 March 2010.

My new year of 2010 began with the Majlis Bertunang of my youngest sister on the 2nd January 2010. Asalnya pihak lelaki nak datang merisik dulu... tapi last minute they decided to make it as bertunang as well. We, pihak perempuan, complaint almost nothing but agreed. We rushed to Nilai 3 for the hantarans. Thinking of it, bagus jugak, sebab it been years since my first trip to Nilai 3. We (me and almost all in the family, including our children and adik and fiance-to-be) had fun in Nilai 3 in fact.

Our cousin, Kak Ah was sooo kind to hand her expertise to help us with the hantarans. So, we can concentrated on the bertunang menu. Percaya tak, we all masak sendiri kat rumah and tak de langsung menempah. The majlis was held at about 4.30 p.m and the menu was:

1. Roti Jala (my brother, Lofty and his wife yang 'menjala' and later other cousins pun tolong)

2. Kari Ayam (of course! I was the cook - 1 periuk besar - almost 4 ekor ayam!)

3. Fried Meehoon with Prawn (Adik her self the fiancee-to-be yang menggoreng - 2 kuali besar tau!!)

4. Kuih muih (makcik Kamsah yang buat - karipap and pulut seri muka - sodap !!)

5. Dessert - Agar-agar santan (prepared by kak Ah - super sedap !!)

6. Hot drink - tea

7. Fruit - omg, we forgotten!!

All the above were for about over 70 peoples and the bertunang favors were a small pouch of chocolates. Overall, the majlis turned out Alhamdulillah OK, enough food, even for tapau and everyone was happy especially Adik!

The photographer - sampaikan 3 orang including my husband.

Oops lupa the tetamu were:

1. Cousins - Kak Ah & husband, Haris & Shidah, Rohaya & husband,

2. Arwah mak's close friends - Kak Falah & husband and Auntie Bibah & husband

3. Aunties and uncles and grandmother

4. Kak Anim & husband

5. Pihak rombongan lelaki - about 30 peoples

I'll upload the photos later tonite. Kat ofis tak leh upload photo. Leceh betul la!

D'Cottage Craft Giveaway

2009-12-30T11:49:00.004+08:00

Another giveaway... I memang suka try my luck with giveaways... so far dah dua kali menang... dari 5/6 percubaan.. boleh tahan jugak kan..

Oh ya about this giveaway... from Inahaiqal's. So pink... and sweet sangat2.
And my top 5 decal designs:
1. Jubilee Rose
2. Pink Delight
3. Summertime Pink
4. Cottage Houses
5. Mum's Kitchen wording

Baby Bees Boutique Giveaway

2009-12-29T16:36:00.004+08:00

Another attractive giveaway by Baby Bees at Grosgrain. I just love the vintage ideas for the baby... It is sooo adorable and cute .....Hope I'll be the lucky pick....

Sew Retro's Fabric Giveaway

2009-12-29T15:04:00.004+08:00

Those are fabrics offered by Zura from SewRetroChic for the giveaway. As usual, I have participated... I hope I am the lucky winner this time.... The fabrics are sooooo adorable to resist!

What would I do with all those?? I think I'll sew a 2-tiered skirts for Hajar and a blouse for her too.. kain lebih boleh buat pouch.

Tengah berangan lah ni....

New year...

2009-12-29T12:09:00.007+08:00

Once again, I wish all of you a happy new year 2010 and not too late Selamat Maal Hijrah..

And yes, every beginning of new year, I would make a list of things to do... Whether I actually cross out everything on the list, that's a different story....

I have to admit that I still have things to finish in this year's list... I'm afraid I'll have to bring forward the remainder of the things to the next year... I am allowed to do that of course...

Besides sewing, I do other lists for other occasions such as 'balik kampung' list, grocerries and used to have a maternity lists for my maternity stay in the hospital few years back...

What would be my 2010 lists??? What about yours???

I hope all of you will enjoy yourself during the last few days of 2009 and may next year will be a good, healthy and prosperous year to all of us... Amin...

Nadia and PMRnya

2009-12-29T11:54:00.005+08:00

I know some of you who personally known me might be wondering what was Nadia's PMR result? Well, she's not one of the PMR's 8As. She got 3As and 5Bs.

Me, as a mother, am proud of her on whatever result she produces... I knew she has done all her best.. and never stop praying for her future undertakings...

I take this opportunity to congratulate all mothers out there whose sons/daughters have excelled in the examination. We should be proud of ourselves.

Next year, Sarah would be siting for her UPSR la pulak..

Lamanya....

2009-12-28T10:19:00.010+08:00

Lamanyaa... it has been more than a month since my last update....

Happy New Year to all of you out there who happened to visit this blog. I wish I have more time to do things I love to do these days ~ sewing and not forgetting blogging. I have been extremely busy (alasanlah tu!) with my office work (the auditors were here), busy with the girls, they are at home during this school holidays, busy preparing meals for them before going to office, and not forgetting, being a dedicated, productive 'farmer'... A friend once had an entry about me... that was why lack of blogging...

I had one baby's set order and finished them way out of time!!! I had also bags and pouches orders and yet to finish them.. About the baby's set... I'll paste the photo during my next entry as I have yet to copy them from my sister's camera..

I am now also busy with the enggagement preparations for my youngest sister. We have been to Nilai 3 to do some last minutes shopping for the occasion. I will also paste the photo later...

There you see.... I am really occupied....

'The Handmade Dress' patterns Giveaway!!!

2009-11-10T11:27:00.011+08:00

These are beautiful dresses using patterns by Samantha of The Handmade Dress. I like all the patterns... and I never sew peasant style dress before. If I am lucky again I could win the patterns...

If you love the patterns, do hop in here..

I won... again...

2009-11-06T11:59:00.008+08:00

I am sooooo delighted.... sebabnya I won Mango's Game giveaway.... this is the second time I menang giveaway yang I joined. I am now imagining all the mini handcarved eraser stamps offered by the owner. I would also be getting a personalised stamp ... guess what?? I've chosen a sewing machine! bestnya! (janganlah menyampah ye... )

Nanti bila I dah terima... I akan tayangkan di sini o.k ...

Hajar and Sabrina

2009-11-01T19:09:00.004+08:00

This is Hajar and Sabrina. Hajar won 3rd while Sabrina won 4th place in the batik coloring contest. She is Hajar's new friend... Children make friends the moment they meet...

Hajar won ....

2009-11-01T18:27:00.011+08:00

third place in the batik coloring contest yesterday....

Hajar happy je sebab dapat hadiah... tempat ke berapa tak kisah ...asal dapat hadiah...

Seronoknya hajar, dapat hadiah from my ex-boss...

..tengah mengecat batik...

The snail looks funny.... the eyeballs were green...

The 3rd winner with her prizes

... hadiahnya (except the Barbie)

Nasib baik menang... kalau tidak mesti moncong je .... We were at the Hari Wanita mini carnival yesterday... I tak masuk apa-apa pertandingan pun.... ada cooking competition, flower arrangement and games like congkak and batu seremban... and banyak gerai-gerai jualan makanan, minuman and barangan hiasan etc etc.. it was fun...

Ada ke patut...???

2009-10-28T15:10:00.003+08:00

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

2009-10-28T10:11:00.006+08:00

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

2009-10-25T23:59:00.009+08:00

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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...

2009-10-25T23:55:00.005+08:00

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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...

2009-10-25T23:48:00.006+08:00

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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...

Mango's Giveaway...

2009-10-23T10:54:00.008+08:00

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???

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

berhariraya lagi....

2009-10-19T10:00:00.010+08:00

Our children (tak pernah nya ready kalau nak bergambar)

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.

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 ...

2009-10-16T08:56:00.011+08:00

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Bread pudding (before being bake)

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

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...

Pizza for dinner...

2009-10-15T08:59:00.007+08:00

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

2009-10-14T16:03:00.005+08:00

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..

2009-10-13T11:00:00.007+08:00

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....

Pouch again...

2009-10-12T10:44:00.008+08:00

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....

2009-10-09T11:19:00.005+08:00

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....

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....

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...

Alahai Sarah.....

Weekend small sewing project again...

2009-10-08T18:01:00.005+08:00

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

2009-10-08T16:39:00.007+08:00

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...

2009-10-07T09:14:00.005+08:00

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.

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

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...

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

Hari Raya Open House

2009-09-30T14:41:00.007+08:00

What was Hajar doing?? dancing along the line??? that's the padang golf behind her...

We were here actually....

Mama and daughters... (pls ignore the background)

Babah and daughters...

This year, we took the opportunity to be among thousands of people from all walk of life to Dr. M residence in Seri Kembangan - the Hari Raya Open House. We have not planned it earlier. I got to know about the open house by accidentally reading it in the newspaper the night before.

We were there quite early, as early as 10.30 a.m. We met and salam (after been given the hand sanitizer of course!) both Dr. M and his wife and also the son, Mukhriz. We ate and after a while we left.

Orang punyalah ramai beratur and it was so difficult to photograph with them. Yang ada gambar kita orang dan orang2 lain... oh ya... we all tak menjamu selera bawah khemah tapi tepi padang golf di bawah pokok di atas rumput belakang rumah... best tau... macam picnic.. di tengah hari lagi!

Giveaway from the Netherland ... has arrived!

2009-09-30T14:16:00.008+08:00

Remember, I was so excited telling everyone that I won the giveaway by Zaza a few weeks ago? Yes, on Friday last week, mr. postman tu telah menyelitkan bunkusan dari nun jauh... tengok pada bungkusan dan nama pengirimnya I jumped (not actually jump la...) with joy....

I quickly opened the parcel and there you are.... all the crafty cutie little things... cantiknya... especially those laces.... thanks again Zaza... Please visit here for the photos of all the beautiful things I received...

Until today... I have not started anything with the giveaways... I have been browsing the internet looking for ideas of creating paper craft especially self-made greeting cards.... nantilah... once I successfully created something, I 'll surely tayang kat sini...o.k..

Perginya seorang kenalan....

2009-09-11T08:27:00.006+08:00

I received a sms from a friend yesterday, apart of bertanya khabar, hal anak-anak, etc... she texted me that an old male friend that we both knew while we were working at this one big oil company back in 90's, has just passed away a couple of weeks ago... Innalillah...

That was quite a shock to me.... but.... what most shocked me was that he might be contacted with the most uncure disease... HIV/AIDS!

I said Ya Allah... betul ke ni... ??? Kalaulah betul... how?? when??who??

Then, in the evening, I was onboard the Komuter train, on my way home from work, my friend who smsed me earlier, called me and we talked about this old friend of ours.. She told me that our ex-colleague had once paid him a visit while he was being treated at the hospital last year and one of the nurses reluctant to confirm the patient condition at that time... The nurse, I believe won't reveal patient punya detail. It's unethical, of course.

I could still remember bumped on him sometime in 2007 in Seremban... I was driving at that time and suddenly I saw someone walking and macam kenal je... I slowed down, then I said to myself macam Rxxxxx je... I honked at him and he was like terkejut and just looked at me macam dia tak kenal/perasan I... I didn't stop but just lambai-lambaikan tangan I kat dia... That was the last time I saw him ...

What ever it is... Al~Fatihah for him... may Allah blessed his soul... sesungguhnya Allah itu maha mengetahui....

...sob...sob... sedih I.... macam-macam kenangan di bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ni...

Nur Kasih.... The full synopsis

2009-09-10T10:24:00.005+08:00

I just finished reading the full synopsis of Nur Kasih.... tragis nya... My sister e-mailed the PDF file to me (tak suspen sangat la lepas ni... tak kisah lah..). I started to follow the series from Episode 6 or 7, missed few episodes in between. Tapi sejak bulan puasa ni, TV3 buat rerun the series ... boleh tengok ulangan masa sahur from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Saturday & Sunday (if I'm not mistaken la).

So, I took the opportunity to watch the episodes that I missed before.

Ceritanya, in my opinion... best sangat and tak rugi bagi I to follow.... anyone out there interested to get the synopsis???

In Sweet Memories... Al-Fatihah

2009-09-10T09:18:00.005+08:00

Hari ini, 20 Ramadhan genaplah setahun pemergian arwah my mother. At about this time, last year, as I was on the way to the hospital, I received a call from my father saying that my mother has just passed away....

I could still remember, how I cried and cried all my heart out... and so did everyone else inside the car.

Today, I sedekahkan Al-Fatihah for my beloved mother. May Allah s.w.t bless her and I will always miss her for the rest of my live.