Small feast at Rumah Mak..

These photos were taken on Saturday the previous week. I just kept on holding this posting due to unforseen circumstances.. lack of spare time...

What is this little Maryam doing under the palm tree while Sarah concentrating on that paper??

Oh I see... these children were happy main tengah panas...

They were playing don't know what within the Rumah Nenek's compound..

Ooo... it seem that they were playing the badminton... seen here Najla was holding one racket... where was the other player??

Eh... now they were in football la pulak..

While I was in the kitchen preparing this Masak Lemak Telur Itik for lunch..

While Adik was busy with her inti karipap... satu kuali...

This is the inti karipap sedia untuk di isikan ke dalam karipap..

And we also uli tepung satu periuk for the karipap pastry..

And we used cawan plastik as the pastry cutter...

'Kelim' the edge of the karipap... we need skill...

And we also utilised the modern way ...

Karipap in production...

Ready untuk di goreng... and there were at least another 4 trays of those...

Angah's sup tulang for the Meehoon Sup Utara...

Our guest of honour... Kak Shidah... her kelim karipap skill is unchallenged...

Why are we sooo 'happy' infront of the camera....

I started my Saturday by ironing 3 pairs of Baju Kurung and after light breakfast, off we go balik kampung. What was the occasion?? Nothing special to us actually... just that we were to be at a majlis kenduri at someone's house after Isyak prayer..

Angah and Adik were already at Rumah Mak since the previous night. When I arrived, they were busy distributing all the ingredients needed for cooking our lunch and for the dinner. We already planned beforehand to cook simple lunch for all of us. I was in charge of cooking the lunch. What did I cook? I cooked Lala Masak Sup, Ikan Cencaru Goreng Sambal and Masak Lemak Telur Itik (above photo).

Oh... I forgot to snap the Secret Recipe's Chocolate Cake and Carrot Cake... The carrot cake was for us to makan and the other one to be given away .. as a gift...

While I was preparing the lunch, Angah prepared for that nite's - Meehoon Sup Utara.. Adik was busy preparing the karipap filling (above photo)... No nasi for the kenduri at our house..

We were busy doing the makan preparation ... just for the sake of Ayah..

Why??? Simply because it was majlis nikah Ayah......

Chicken Curry for Dinner...

My chicken curry is ready for today's early dinner...

About Mungkir Janji...

I am on leave today.. so... after sending both Sarah and Hajar off to school, I quickly made up my plan for today... off to the bank... and after that to search for a cake for someone's special occasion ... that is tomorrow.

As I was driving alone towards Taipan Senawang (ceh... kat Senawang pun ada Taipan.. jgn marah!), I turned on the radio to Ikim.FM. jarang dengar this station kalau the girls ada sekali... tahu jelah asyik nak dengar EraFM je..

What attracted my attention was the topic discussed... Kewajipan Menepati Janji... bukan sahaja janji sesama manusia tetapi jugak janji kepada Allah s.w.t.

The ustaz was saying that whoever cannot keep to their promise is someone who is tipis IMAN nya! has no DISCIPLINE ! hambik kau!! For instance, perangai suka melambat-lambat solat, selalu lambat ke tempat kerja, sengaja lambat menghadiri perjumpaan ataupun lewat ke mesyuarat atau berjanji sesuatu perkara... tanpa ada halangan dengan sengaja melambat-lambatkan janji atau tidak langsung menunaikan janji tanpa sebab.

Another contoh is, suka sangat menyebut perkataan InsyaAllah... dengan tidak mengetahui bahawa perkataan InsyaAllah itu sendiri adalah kata janji yang WAJIB ditunaikan, wajib berusaha bersungguh-sungguh untuk menunaikan janji. Tapi kita (termasuklah saya) suka mengucapkan perkataan InsyaAllah bila sebenarnya kita tak mampu nak kata TIDAK (that's me lah). Contohnya, bila seseorang mengundang kita ke suatu majlis, kita tahu kita tak dapat datang, tapi kita cakap InsyAllah... sebenarnya Ustaz tu kata tak boleh kata InsyaAllah kalau kita memang plan tak nak datang... sebab InsyaAllah itu bermaksud kita berjanji... janji WAJIB ditunaikan... If we cannot make it to the majlis.. just say NO, I cannot come, instead of saying InsyaAllah.... Can we do that? I asked myself... Are you able to say 'NO' ?

Tonite, 10.00 p.m. at RTM 1, there will be a TV program called blog@1 featuring Zabrina Abu Bakar, the author of the current book I am reading ... Life is an Open Secret... cannot miss it..

About the cake I mentioned just now... I have ordered 2 cakes, a carrot cake with creamcheese topping and the other one is a chocolate cake... petang ni gi ambik...

Next posting would be on tomorrow's occasion.. what occasion? just wait...

Tag Heuer and Me..

Just now after sending off my daughter Sarah to her tuition class (as usual her class starts at 8.00 p.m), my husband, my youngest little girl Hajar and me quickly make our way to Jusco Seremban 2. Why??

But before that at about 4.20 p.m. inside the office's surau (while waiting for Asar prayer), suddenly I asked Zarin who was sitting beside me.. did her Tag Heuer has got a battery change? Then only Ruksana started telling me her experience with her watch...

To simplify the story, I immediately got worried that my long-time dead Tag Heuer need an immediate battery change to avoid any mechanical malfunction...

That was the reason why I rushed to the watch outlet to have a battery changed for my Tag Heuer and also another 2 watches, those were Sarah's (Guess) and nadia's ( a pasar malam brand).

Why was everyone talking about the Tag Heuer?? We, in Gas Malaysia were once showered with a Tag Heuer watch as a gift in conjunction with the company excellent performance for the year. So... everyone in the company for the year and serving the company for a certain period of time.. has got one each... Isn't that nice...

And the story continues...

The gentlement at the watch outlet was fixing those watches with new batteries but my Tag Heuer just would not tickle even with a new battery installed... oh! my... he told me to bring that precious treasure of mine to the authorised reseller or to the service centre.. ok. lah...

I put back the watch into my totebag together with the other two watches which successfully tickling with the new batteries, pay the gentlement... and I ate my dinner with Hajar and my husband at the food court.

As I was forcing myself to swallow my food, I looked back for the Tag Heuer and guess what??? It was tickling!!! to my surprise... Miracle do happen... somethimes... My Tag Heuer is once again alive... (no battery changed)...

We drove home and picked up Sarah at 10.00 p.m. (the Tag Heuer's time).

Happy Birthday...Dear Friends...

This posting is specially dedicated to those people in the photos... for being nice to me, posed for my camera...
These were the birthday girls and boy... torn among the roses

(L to R) Fauziah, Marziana, Roslee and Asiah... making birthday wishess ... I guess

Say cheese everyone.....

Asiah just can't wait... to blow off the candles..

Yummy... chocolate cake... I just been lucky to get to taste this... Thanks guys...

Let me be the first to cut the cake... Fauziah

Smile everyone...

More smiles....

Smile again Gee...

Fauziah and Marziana... a bouquet of roses from beloved hubby...

Asiah with two bouquet of flowers from someone special ...I guess...

(L to R) Ruksana, Haridas, Julia and Shabri

Smile Rasliana...

Haridas was teasing Julia, while Shabri looks on...

The perfect waitress of all... Jangan marah Julia... I was joking... nice pose in fact...

Something is going on..I wonder... now Julia is teasing Haridas instead..

Miss Jambu.... Masrah the young enterpreneur... pssst... perhaps free jambu for me after this...

Julia's big laugh... while Roslee malu-malu kucing... Fauzi's sneaking from behind the partition...

It was so nice knowing that someone, infact everyone around us, got to remember our birthday. Isn't it? Agree with me my friends? That was true friendship.. We, in Gas Malaysia has longed practising celebrating our collegues birthdays. Isn't that nice? While working, we would just arrange a quick get-together among friends within the same department or the same working place. I just love the idea of having such an occasion simply because ... of course.. we got to taste delicious cake...

I also remember Marzuqi (not in any of the photos, where were you?) was saying that after eating the cake... we have to go for a 2-round jog in order to get rid of the cholesterol... Thank you for the advice... and don't forget to invite me in the future...

Once again, I wish HAPPY BIRTHDAY, may Allah bless all of us.