Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh...........cepat nya masa berlalu, rasa nya mcm baru semalam sambut tahun baru 2010 tup tup dah masuk 2011. Hai dah tua lah i ni, eh tak tua cuma more mature now he, he, he.

Hmph new year resolution, hmph like last year tak ada. I akan berusaha sedapa upaya i untuk menjadi isteri, ibu, menantu, kakak-ipar dan adik yang terbaik mungkin dan to be the best secretary to my boss ever, ni bukan ampu eh cuma I want to be the best that I can be.

Tahun ni i tak berpeluang bercuti ngan my family, InsyaAllah next year we will be going somewhere, belum confirm the destination but definitely somewhere yang dekat jer lah itu pun kalau ada rezeki yang lebih sebab my DH dah go back to school kan so that is more important.

Next year anak i dah masuk K1 kejap kan hai tak perasan bila anak i besar rasanya mcm kecik lagi anak I. My wish for her is that she has the best childhood ever.......

Ok lah nak kena log out now, even though its new year's eve but my office tetap open like normal office hour tak ada half day, boring kan tapi what to do, keje jer lah........

Manja

Hmph my friend commented yg i ni terlalu manjakan anak i tersangat-sangat. Ye ker? rasa i no, sebab kalau anak i nakal i akan reprimand her immediately and i do punish her and taking away her privileges . The thing is diaorang yang comment ni tak tinggal sebumbung ngan I so diaorang tak nampak lah bila i menyinga kat anak I and how i discipline her. Yang diaorang nampak adalah benda-benda yang either my DH or I belikan untuk anak i sorang ni but that does not mean i ni manjakan anak.

Last weekend my DH belikan anak i her very own guitar the real one bukan toy. Actually she has been bugging my DH for her very own guitar for like months but my DH hold back sebab we want to see whether she really wants it for real or just a phase and she really shows that she genuinely want her very own guitar sebab bila my DH ngah practice my girl pun sibuk sama and she will imitate her father cara dia hold her toy guitar and kehulu-kehilir ngan gitar toy dia and she told her father babah i want to go on stage like u play guitar and she has been onstage with her father bila babah dia perform few times and that is why she does not have any stage fright.

My DH has expose my girl ngan music at a very early stage and so naturally lah since her father is a musician so anak dia pun ikut jejak babah dia lah and as for me as a mother i will support in every thing that she does and i feel its good for her to start early. So far my DH just let her strum the guitar and bila my girl dah boleh listen to full instruction then baru lah kita enroll for her music lesson InsyaAllah.

My girl with her very own guitar, gambar ni memang lah kecik sangat sebab i sebat from my DH nya FB pics but will upload a video of her strumming her guitar, hopefully soon once i belajar cara-cara nak mengupload the video fm my hp sebab i ni kan IT idiot.

Updates

Wow dah lama juga yer i tak mengupdate my blog, hai the opportunity does not coincide lah, bila at home sibuk lah sangat ngan keje rumah and layan my little princess and bila at work keje bukan main belambak, nak curi-curi update pun tak kesempatan.

Alhamdullilah my DH dah pun abis his exam and we have done a lots of outing activity we were at Marina Bay on the eve of Deepavali holiday dari kul 10 sampai lah 12 midnight and my little girl jgn cakaplah ligat running around, so before we set for home i wash her up get her to pun her PJ. Naik je kereta terus abis lepak and she woke up after 10am on Friday which is a PH and i apalagi skaki lah.

Alhamdullilah Hari Raya Haji tahun ni i buat Aqiqah anak I, cuma gambar dia belum upload lagi masih in storage in the camera. But gambar anak i and my nephew my DH dah upload which was taken on Hari Raya Haji

My nephew dah 6 months old and everytime he came over teruk dia kena kerja ngan anak I, she will grip and hugs him tightly. Cute kan the two of them!

Last Saturday there was an event at East Coast Park, Carnival Warna Ria and my girl was one of the finalist for the Beach Gal competition, my DH lah yang submit my little girl nya photo for the event and there was 6 finalist. But i nak citer sikit lah about this particular typical malay parent or mother to be precise, i bukan nak nak buruk-burukan my own race because i pun orang melayu kan but one of the finalist mum she was really, really overboard, I mean can u imagine she dress her girl exactly like those u saw at the Hawaii beach siap ngan bunga at the girl's hand, head and even her neck and that little girl has a full make up on her face with a bright red lipstick and putting on her mum's shade OMG! I tak tau lah brapa umur this girl but the competition is for kids age between 3 to 6 years of age and i feel like telling her, wei relax lah sister u dont have to put pressure on yr girl, let her be and let her enjoy and have fun with her peers and not having a big burden on her shoulder that i must win this competition cause she keeps on drumming at her girl, mesti jalan mcm ni, mesti senyum and mesti ini, mesti itu and yada-yada. Ini lah dia kelemahan orang melayu bila part mcm ni diaorang mesti nak dulu-dulu menang but when come to serious part like studies ada lembap sikit. As for my girl she is chosen to be one of the finalist is good enough for me its not like a life and death situation. I just dress simple jer, her one piece suit and her denim skirt with her own shade dah and i told when u go up there just do your best and have fun, its ok if you are not chose to be number 1, i still luv you no matter what. When its time for all the 6 girls to be on stage this kiasu mum sibuk at the side stage sampaikan i kena sound at her hello excuse me, my girl needs to go on stage baru lah dia senyum and say sori, alamak i nya bingit and looking at her i want to burst out laughing, she is overdress herself, no no bukan overdress but the way she dress up tak kena pada tempat, mana ada org pakai knee lenght boots at a beach hello!!kelakar kan kalau u all tengok pun geleng kepala. We are at the beach bukan nya orchard road just dress simply sua lah. I guess she wants to be the centre of attraction.

Anyway bila dah ramai sangat org melayu terserlah betulah keberukan or u can see the typical malay attitude so embarrasing. After the event jer my DH terus ajak kita belah go somewere else my daughter did not win but its ok the most important is she does not have any stage fright and she is able to go up there and do her struts i dah happy giler....... ok enough of the story-mory i nak tayangkan gambar anak i jadi model for one day, he, he, he

This is her playing by the beach before the event starts. She just love the sand and water.

Got her hair done before going on stage

On stage with the rest of the contestants

She is doing her strut

Kalau dah put on swimming costume tak sah lah kalau tak main air kan so she is enjoying herself at her all time favourite place, Vivo City

Exam Season

Sana sini ngah demam exam, parent yang ada anak disekolah ngah stress due to the exam period. I pun kena the bug juga but i tak stress lah tapi my DH yang stress. He is on exam leave next week and dia dah mengistiharkan yang this weekend and the whole of next week my daughter and I nak kena jagi budak baik i.e kena duduk rumah tak leh nak gi mana-mana lepas exam baru lah abis pantang baru boleh keluar.

Ok juga lah dapat juga rest and laze around at home but si kecik tu sure bising, cause every weekend we make a point to bring her out for an outing regardless near or far but now i ngah crack my head how to keep her occupy and not to disturb her babah. As for tomorrow not so bad ada jemputan so dpt juga anak i keluar kejap. Oh yah my DH agree to send both my in-laws and me to the jemputan but dengan satu syarat, he sit in the car to read his notes, ok lah tu dari i nak keluar naik taxi mana nak pegang my mil and anak i lagi.

Ok lah nak wrap things up here and get myself ready to go home, yup me pat office ari ni, my saturday duty.

I'm Four

Not me lah but my little princess, she turn four on 15.10.2010, phew yo how fast time flies. Macam baru semalam i held her in my arm a tiny little baby and now dah 4 years old and before i know it she will be all grown up, adoi kalau boleh i nak freeze her and don't want her to grow up cause she is so damn cute, cute lah sangat-sangat and she is such a chatter box ada je yang nak dibualkan.

There is no birthday celebration at home but we did have a celebration at her school with her friends one day ahead sebab her birthday fall on Friday and the children cuma ada 2 hrs of lesson so a little bit rushing so we had the party on Thursday instead. I took a day off to spend time with my little princess and that night we brought both my metua out for dinner. On Friday i took half day, fetch my girl from home and then brought her to her father's soccer game followed by a birthday dinner at Swenson with both her godfathers and paid by one of them.

The birthday cake, actually she requested for princess birthday cake but i had hard time to find a cake shop that open early in the morning or to have the cake delivered to my girl school by 9.00 am, nasib baik lah Prima cake shop ada branch which just a five minutes drive from my girl school and it opens at 7.30am so just nice lah i can collect the cake at 8.30 and its a good thing they have pictures ada kena mengena ngan princess even though its not but at least its a pretty girl picture and its in pink colour.

This year i manage to control myself, which means i tak nangis lah sebab last year when she celebrate her 3rd birthday with her playgroup classmate i melalak sebab rasa sebak betul tengok anak i dah besar so this year i tell myself dont cry what ever happen dont cry and i did not!

Sempat fooling around before washing their hands for cake cutting and singing session

All the children gather around to sing my girl her birthday song

Blowing the 4 candles on the cake

With all her girls classmates - 7 of them

With her boys classmates - 15 of them

With her teacher

Banyak lagi gambar yg we take but tak kan lah i nak upload semua kan but after her party she has a request, ibu for my next birthday i want to have a birthday party at a pool so my friends can swim with me and don't forget i wants lots and lots of balloons, adoi anak i dah pandai make a request lak but my DH says ok sebab anak i dah faham and will remember her birthday party so InsyaAllah kalau ada rezeki lebih we will have a pool birthday party for her.

Family

Semalam i menjemput my whole family to my house, itu pun dah kecoh satu kampung. I adik bongu didalam 6 adik beradik so 6 x 2 (spouse) = 12 org, termasuk anak buah 13 semuanya so tak yah nak undang org luar keluarga i dah cukup untuk memenuhkan ruang tamu i.

Both my DH and I nak prepare simple meal so we came up with this menu, pizza, bake pasta and ayam goreng, menu mat salleh ha, ha, ha. Semenjak dua menjak ni my DH pandai betui buat pizza nor, resipi for the pizza base i dpt dari teman blog i LG and its so easy to make, as for bake pasta pulak my italian friend yg ajar i how to make while i was residing in australia dulu-dulu. So tak yah lah remeh temeh untuk tumis-tumis apa rempah or nak slog in the kitchen the whole night long. Aft sholat zohor i rebus my pasta and prepare the sauce pastu potong ayam and marinade dah siap as for my DH pulak dia prepare the dough for 6 pizza and let it rest and get the topping ready, i sempat tido ngan anak I tengahari jap. So bila my family sampai je, i terus masukkan my bake pasta, goreng ayam and my Dh pulak will start preparing the pizza and my family luv it eating it fresh from the oven, panas-panas while the cheese is still melting and dripping, phew yo power......but i lupa nak tangkap gambo, tulah sibuk bake, bake and bake sampai lupa pulak nak amik gambo makanan yg dihidang, hmph biasa lah kan i ni kan terforget selalu....

Acara Memasak - Sarapan

Semalam i masuk gelangang lagi acara memasak, every fortnightly (Friday morning) my opis ada acara bersarapan bersama whereby kita ada group yang akan membeli sarapan untuk everybody, so pagi tadi giliran my team lak. Selalu nya kita order je dari mana-mana kedai lah yg kita suka but this time around ada request untuk i masak rendang ayam kerana the last time i cook this dish for breakfast was last year and since then i tak sempat untuk masak sebab i nak kena sent my little princess to school dulu kan and so coincidentally ari ni my girl tak gi sekolah sebab cause Children Day so bila ada request tu i relented lah, ok lah masak.

My friends over here memang suka benor ngan lauk rendang ayam (versi my Indonesian heritage and not the normal rendang) every time kalau ada kesempatan either i masak for them here or invitation to my house diaorang ni mesti request lauk ni, prebet betul diaorang and they like to eat with bread so kuah nya i nak kena lebihkan lah. Even akak i pernah tanya kelakar nya sarapan pagi makan rendang ayam, gasak lah diaorang yang nak makan.

The last time round i cuma masak 2 paket kepak ayam i.e 4 kilo but this time around dah makin ramai orang so i kena masak 3 paket kepak ayam i.e 6 kilo! untuk 35 orang, i dah macam masak untuk kenduri. Semalam nasib baik lah my mak metua tolong i kisarkan cili kering and also defrost the chicken wing for me kalau tak kul 12 malam pun i tak abis masak lagi so lepas je sholat maghrib i terus masuk dapur and start the cooking and by 10pm i dah abis masak, phew! Pagi tadi i cuma masukkan santan and daun kunyit untuk the final touches. Sampai je @ my opis tadi my boss dah menuggu and he says that he purposely postpone his flight back to China sebab dia nak makan lauk i and alangkah hapi and gembira nya i bila i tengok all friends makan dengan seleranya and licin abis rendang ayam i.

Cook n cook n cook n cook............

Masak urgh.........dah penat dah, asyik masak je!!!! Ia nya bermula 2 hari sebelum hari raya sampai lah semalam, asyik masak.............jer. Even my little princess keep on asking me ibu why do u have to cook all the time and why u cook a lot, well apa nak buat nak dah memang keje ibu memasak!!

Minggu lepas my mak metua requested that i masak another round of hari raya dishes sebab genap 1 week hari raya so last Thursday after my maghrib prayer i terus masuk dapur untuk masak but terbantut kejap sebab ada tamu so terpaksalah lah layan tamu dulu kan i cuma dapat masak 2 macam lauk, rendang ayam and serunding itupun kul 12 baru abis so i got about 5 hrs of sleep je before heading off to work, hai hari tu Tuhan aje yang tau betapa ngantuk nya mata i nasib baik lah tuan besar i ada meeting in the afternoon dapat juga i membelit sekejap, kejap je tido about 20 minutes jer. Balik rumah i lintang pukang lagi masak sambal goreng sebab my mak metua nya niece dah on the way so u can imagine i ni dah mcm octopus!! On saturday i tak peduli lepas sholat suboh i sambung tido i woke up @ 10am, mak metua dah risau sebab her nephew nak datang and i belum bangun lagi untuk masak lauk lodeh, nasib baik lah i dah prepare all the bahan2 the night before so bangun je i boleh terus menumis. Not a problem, tamu i sampai kul 11.30am and semua lauk dah siap.

Finally my girl got the chance jalan raya both saturday & sunday and she got to wear her new baju kurung and her pink kebaya. But on sunday sampai je rumah i dah nak kena mula acara memasak lagi sebab kawan adik ipar i nak beraya and my mak metua dah tak leh nak masak so i lah yg nak kena masak so what i did i tumis rempah ayam masak merah and mak metua i cuma tolong goreng ayam and mix with the gravy and i siapkan juga the rempah untuk masak lemak for me to cook bila i balik keje so senangkan tak yah nak kelam kabut. Huh penat betul lah, sekarang i got this throbbing headache for the past 3 days that does not want to go away dah makan panadol pun tak jalan, i think its because of me not having enough sleep and rest.

I think i nak amik cuti, hide somewhere and give myself a good rest and sleep..........but where???

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Selamat Hari Raya, hai dah 4 hari kita menyambut nya baru lah ari ni i boleh mengupdate and berceloteh sikit because i dah back to work sebab tu lah i boleh mengupdate. I was on leave last week on Wednesday and Thursday. Hai cepat betul masa berlalu tup, tup dah raya. Oi bukan main penat lagi rasa badan and i've been sleeping late since Tuesday night, ari tu i buat kek kukus and i slept @ 3am! nasib baik lah anak i cuti sekolah so apalagi mak ngan anak both sleep thru sampai kan ke pukul 10.00, pas tu start lah engine i memasak, 1st dish i start untuk masak kuah ayam, this is a must have dish kalau tak my DH akan berontak and untuk memasak nya take hours and hours of cooking sambil-sambil tu i masak serunding. Lepas tu i buat bergedil and dah 2 tahun i tak buat so this year my DH request so nak tak nak terpaksa ler buat and tido kul 2 pagi. The next day engine i start from kul 7 sampai lah waktu berbuka i terperok in the kitchen memasak and i tak kemas rumah i langsung which my adik ipar yg buat, fair lah kan i masak dia yang mengemas and my DH pulak bersihkan the playroom and our bedroom, i cuma tukar the bedsheet je at night tapi penatnya bukan main. I masak lauk :- Ayam keluak, sambal goreng, sambal tumis udang, sayur lodeh, bergedel and serunding. Rasa penat hilang bila look at my family face eating lauk-lauk yang i masak with gusto, they love it.

Untuk Hari Ray kedua pulak rumah i kena serbu by all the aunties, uncles and cousins, my tamu start from 3pm sampai lah ke 11 malam. I masak additional dish on that day daging beefstik and also sayur lodeh again so fresh lah kan. Semalam pulak tamu i still datang non stop but i tak masak anything special sebab ada lauk belen kan i cuma tambah sambal udang je.

I akan mula start my berjalan raya end of this week, i told my mak metua since Hari Raya this year falls on a weekend kita sambut tamu je lah senang sikit kalau kita nak berjalan the following week sebab most of the relative dah berkunjung rumah kita and she agrees, ok lah tu.

Ok lah I dah nak kena sambung keje i ni, before i log off i nak tayangkan gambar putri i taken on the 1st day sebelum bertamu ke rumah abang long I.

Cute kan, with her big flower hair clip and pink colour shoes

Raya oh Raya

Hai diam tak diam raya dah nak dekat dah, next week Friday to be precise. As for persiapan ok-ok je lah, baju i dah beli sepasang, cukup lah tu as for my little princess pulak i beli kan dia tiga pasang, dua baju kurung and 1 kebaya, her pink colour shoe and a hair clip with big flower pink colour pun i dah belikan cuma tinggal satu lagi je, her pink colour handbag. Oi anak i sorang ni pandai bergaya sekarang, she wants everything to be in pink. As for both my DH and I biar kita berdua simple je asalkan anak i yg bergaya. She comes first, her needs is more important. As for baju babah this saturday baru nak gi beli.

Oh ya my DH finally bought a simple dining table for our home, terperanjat kan rumah i tak ada dining table. My DH and I luv to have big wide space for our little girl to run around so we decided not to have any while she is growing up and since kita pun hardly have our meals together as a family and we have our meal at a different time so my DH decided not to have any. But this year he decided to buy 1 because dia tak sanggup tengok my mak metua having hard time bangun bila berbuka duduk bawah so he relented and anak i pun dah besar so finally for the past 1 week my mak metua happy sangat2 dpt makan on a new dining table.

BTW I dah mula my baking mission. So far i dah buat kuih tart, tart gulung, makmur and chocolate chip cookies and also sarang semut, this is a must sebab my DH nya favorite and its looks like my little girl nya favorite too sebab semalam dia keluar masuk dapur asking for sarang semut, ibu i want some more, i like this cookies very nice. Hai bila anak dah puji mcm ni rasa penat terus hilang.

Tadaa........my sarang semut

I tampalkan resipi nya skali

6 oz mentega
6 oz tepung gandum
4 oz tepung castard
4 oz gula halus
1/2 sudu teh vanilla essence
1/2 sudu teh baking powder
Chocolate rice secukupnya

Tepung gandum dan baking powder diayak bersama. Pukul mentega, gula halus dan vanilla essence hingga ringan pas tu masukkan tepung gandum di selang selikan dengan tepung castard.
Bulat kan doh beberapa bahagian kemudian beku kan di peti ais. Selalu nya i akan buat dough nya one night before, leave it inside the fridge for one 1 day and bake it the next day. Bila dough dah beku baru senang untuk memarut. Isikan di kertas cawan yg kecil dan taburkan dengan chocolate rice. Bakar di over 160 degree celcius lebih kurang 20 hingga 25 minute. Senang kan.

Malam ni pulak i akan buat biskut dahlia, ni semua menu my mak metua, dia yang tentu kan biskut apa nak buat and i sebagai menantu cuma ikutkan je lah and dia nak buat biskut-biskut lama. Ok lah got to go now sebelum my boss muncul depan mata i i better log off.

Eh before i go i nak show my little girl in her uniform with her best friend in her class

YOG Update

Ops terlambat update on my 1st YOG experience, dah abis dah pun YOG and all sportsperson dah balik dah negeri masing-masing kan baru lah i sibuk nak update well its because i got tons of work to clear!!! Ni pun curi2 mengupdate tau.

It was really an overwhelming experience, i really did not expect so many people/Singaporean interested in watching boys playing but i was wrong. In fact the stadium was packed and i think it helps boost the boys moral and my little princess was really enjoying herself and she tak nak ketinggalan siap ngan pakai her red jersey and white jeans untuk menunjukkan her support towards the S'pore team. But sayang kan kita kalah and tak dpt masuk final but anyway the boys did a very good job and they manage go clinch Bronze medal and it is very good considering they are all under 15. You go BOYS!!!

Ni i lampirkan gambar my little princess with the clapper that we receive, enjoy betul dia main ngan benda ni.

YOG, here we come..........

Yes we are going to watch one of the games for the inaugural YOG this Sunday! We are going to watch Soccer Semi-Finals Boys. My little princess is super duper excited and she been asking me everyday now, when are we going YOG bu sampai penat i nak jawab her repeatedly question.

As you know lah in schools the children are informed about YOG so bila kita keluar and she saw the posters on the streets she will shout YOG, YOG. Initially my DH intend to bring my girl to watch the opening ceremony but the ticket is quite expensive and everyday my girl been telling her babah that she wants to watch YOG so finally she got her wish. My little girl is exactly like her father she love sports tak kira lah, bola ke, golf ke what ever her father watches she watches too she is turning into a sports buff. I tampal kan gambar anak i with her YOG doll, her aunty yang belikan.

This is the YOG ticket folder ngan complimentary MRT card

Tadada....the tickets

Sori lah kalau the scanning kurang baik, anyway will updates in detail next week on our experience being there in the flesh the very 1st YOG!!!

OMG!!

OMG its been more than a month and now I'm back updating and penning down what ever in my thoughts or brain if its is working cause i have been sick for the last 5 days! urgh!! Hold and behold its fasting month and its the 7th day already! wow time do flies man.........and i must remind myself that my little princess birthday is coming, according to the muslim calendar and that is the 23rd Ramadhan because lately i am getting more and more forgetful, maklum lah umur dah meningkat kan, oh tidak.............

This year i took half and hour early time off knocking off work, like the previous years when my baby is younger i took an hour but now that my girl is 4 and she is able to entertain herself and my mil would be able to prepare simple meal for breaking fast and as for dinner i will do the cooking after berbuka lah. As for persiapan hari raya nope not ready yet. I am not going to buy any new things to add in to my hse deco cause i like my house to be as simple as possible. Baju raya pulak i beli yang dah siap, senang tak yah susah-susah beli bahan and nak cari tailor to jahit, cause kalau tak menjadi and i tak nak pakai abis lah nanti my the DH akan mengamok so to make it simple buy the ready made one. This year my girl choose pink colour, she's into pink now and her favorite sentence is girls likes pink, boys like blue, so next week we will do our shopping for baju raya, so for 1st day raya i satu famili akan berwarna pink, ha, ha, ha and this year my girl ask for 2 baju kurung, pink and purple and 1 kebaya and she did ask for a pink colour shoes, hopefully the slip on shoes that i saw at Gap still in stock will drop by this Saturday to check it out.

As for my working life, hmph the truth is i really drag myself coming to work everyday. I think i need a fresh air but i can't quit now cause my DH is taking his degree and he did mention to give him 2 more years and aft that i am free to do anything i want so for time being i am enduring my everyday crisis at work, sabar je kan, cari rezeki namanya. Oh ya i nak tayangkan gambar anak dara i in red and white sempena national day celebration.

Dah besarkan anak mak......and cute lagi..........

Ok lah got to go, apalagi nak selesaikan keje-keje yang been calling my name and will try to come back as often as i can ciao....

Sebulan Berlalu

Oh no! its been more than a month since i last post my sad entry. Actually kan a lot of happening yang telah happen this past month. Banyak sangat mcm mana nak citer eh. Ok 1st thing 1st, i attended my first ever parent/teacher conference for my little lady on 26.05.2010. The discussion was about how my girl has been adapting and her progress and so far Alhamdullilah she is doing very well. In fact her teacher praise her cause she understands what was taught faster than the rest of her classmates. Well its because i have only speaks english to her since day 1 and the lesson are conducted in english so naturally my girl will understand faster than the rest of peers. Her teacher also commented that she is dominant in class, my little princess will initiate what games to play during their play time and she will instruct all her friends and she is selective who she wants to play with. Hmph i was thinking is she dominant or is she a natural leader? I am not taking sides just because she is my little girl but her teacher can put that advantage to her by making my girl to run errands for her and develop her ability. But i tak comment lah i just take it positively and i did mention that i will talk to my girl to be more open and play with everyone in her class. Oh i forgot to mention that my girl has a report card! yes a report card, ha, ha so my DH went thru all her grades and he just burst laughing and mentioned out loud that my girl has one big similarity with me, she got a C in malay. My DH did comment that if this continues on we have to get a malay tuition teacher for my princess, i reply firmly no there no need for that. For heaven sake she is only 4, i did not put any high expectation on my little girl, i want her to enjoy her childhood so she will luv going to school and not frighten of it. But i truly enjoy the so call conference and am looking forward to another one towards the end of the year. After the fulfilling session, movie time and yes lately have been bringing my girl for movies but it has to be cartoon. So far she has watched princess and the frog, how to teach yr dragon to fly, shrek 3 and not forgetting toy story 3. She truly enjoy them, just get her a bag of popcorn and ice-lemon tea drink, settle.

This June school holiday tak dpt nak gi for a short trip sebab my DH dah go back to school taking his degree so time is limited and also our pocket cause we need to channel the funds to his studies instead but anyway the countries that we intend to go will still be there and InsyaAllah if god permit we will be there. Ai actually kan banyak lagi yang i nak berceloteh and gambar to upload but keje is belambak banget and have to clear all this workload b4 it adds on.

Mother's Day

Well this year is my third year celebrating Mother's Day and how is it?? sigh....... penat and feeling totally disappointed. I guess i nak kena tunggu anak i besar baru lah i got the chance to feel how is it like to celebrate mother's day when i received the pampering that i deserve from my little princess, kalau nak harapkan from the people around me, tak yah lah, lupakan saja.

Is it a must for us to fell appreciated??? well at some point we need it kan, at least lega sikit what ever disappointment feeling that is harbouring somewhere in our heart. I might sound bitter at the moment, may be a little bit, teeny weeny bit cause kekadang i rasa i macam tak dihargai in what ever i do or did. Mana office work and on top of it house work and looking aft my girl and kalau lah ada some tiny bit of recognisation may be i don't feel that down and disappointed sangat. Entahlah i pun tak tau how to get rid of it, i guess just bottle it up and making myself feel numb and just follow the flow................

May day, may day.......

May day, may day, may day and its a tiring day......Sabtu lepas i ada 3 jemputan to attend. 1st my jiran, 2nd my sil nya bil married and 3rd kenduri cukur rambut. Kul 12.30 kita bertolak and sampai rumah kul 5.30 ptg and rasa nya penat sangat....nasib baik lah the last house its my aunty house and berkat nya nasi ambeng so senang sikit lah i tak yah nak masak dinner for DH and my girl. As for my in-laws and myself dah tak yah mkn dinner dah terlalu kenyang.

Its a relaxing and laze around day semalam, rasa nya malas nak kluar so lepak je pat rumah and naturally lah i masak a very simple lunch and including dinner masak lebih sikit so tak yah nak masuk dapur dua tiga kali, ayam masak madu, all the ingredients easily available at home so tak yah nak sibuk2 gi pasar. So here goes the recipe and including pictures skali:

Bahan
Ayam
*Bawang putih } tumbuk
*Halia }
*Rempah Kari
*Kunyit Serbuk
*Garam
Bawang Besar
Cili Kisar
Tomato Sos
Madu
Sedikit Air

Cara
Ayam terlebih dahulu marinate dengan bahan* perapkan lebih kurang 1/2 jam kemudian goreng setengah masak. Simpan lebihan bahan perapan ayam








Lebihan bahan perapan ayam








Ayam yg telah digoreng setengah masak

Tumis bawang besar hingga layu, masukkan cili kisar dah tumis hingga garing kemudian masukkan lebihan bahan perapan dan tumis lagi hingga harum. Masukkan sos tomato dan kacau seketika kemudian masukan madu dan kacau, masukkan air sedikit, kalau nak agak berkuah masukkan air lebih. Kemudian masukkan ayam goreng dan masakan hinggan ayam empuk. Dah siap. Senang kan








The final product, Ayam Masak Madu

Resipi yang cukup mudah dan cepat dimasak dan sedap dimakan. What more could you ask.

Updates......

Ops actually kan mcm2 citer i nak pen but 1st thing 1st, i nak share this resipi Kicap Ayam Berempah, its suppose to be Daging kicap berempah since pat rumah tak ada daging so i tukarkan ke ayam lah, its so easy and i finish preparing it within 1 hour, sebenarnya boleh abis cepat but kena interference from my princess nak gi toilet bab tu lah 1 hour, ok here goes the resipi:

Bahan
Ayam
Bawang kecil
Bawang putih
Halia
Lada Hitam
Jintan Halus & Kasar
Cili Kering (all these items kisar)
Kicap Manis
Tomato Sos
Kentang - potong wedges and marinate ngan kunyit serbuk & garam - goreng
Tomato - potong wedges
Bawang Besar - potong ring - boleh goreng dulu kalau rajin but as for me i masukkan je, shortcut
Daun ketumbar

Cara
Tumis bahan kisar hingga wangi dan garing. Kemudian masukkan kicap manis and tomato sos dan tumis lagi seketika. Masukkan ayam dan masak hingga ayam empuk, masukkan garam (sikit je tau sebab kicap & tomato sos dah contain salt) and gula dan rasakan cukup perisa pas tu masukkan kentan, tomato & bawang besar, kacau sekejap last skali masukkan daun ketumbar, tutup api dah siap. Simple kan and sedap.

Photo a little bit blur sebab in a hurry nak siap gi jemputan

Last week was a hectic week for me, keje opis belambak and not to mention keje rumah pun nak kena buat and last Thursday my mil pulak down, tak sihat so my DH cuti on Thursday and me pulak on Friday. Ya ampun penat giler, bangun mcm biasa kul 5.30, send my girl to school pas tu rush home to prepare breakfast for my mil, straight away masak lunch for my girl sambil-sambil kemas dapur, siap masak turun bawah to fetch my girl. Feed her lunch and kemas the whole house pulak and gedebak-gedebuk keje siap right aft zohor, hai enjin on terus lepas solat zohor i put my girl to take her noon nap and i pun apalagi sekaki lah. Hai i got a taste how is it like to be a full time home maker, i don't think i can fit the bill sebab mcm brain dead gitu duduk pat rumah sal tak sempat nak read newspaper or surf net cause my mind kp on focusing to finishing all the housework.

Saturday i kena masuk office sebab i nak kena pay back the time off yang i dah amik and i brought along my little princess skali. She enjoy it tremendously and so did i, my DH send us here but balik we both take the train and bus home, it was fun. Ok i tampalkan gambar my baby enjoying herself at my office but pardon the background eh berserak.

Secretary in the making......

Dah penat keje, dancing to the tune of Wonder Girls on U-Tube

This weekend is a May dah weekend but i ada 3 jemputan to go to, urgh..... honestly now i am looking forward to go for a short trip, any where to release my stress but where eh.........

Weekend & Roti B

Ok boss tak ada dah keluar meeting so dpt lah berblogging jap. Dah lama juga kan i tak menciter about my cooking or culinary activities, ceh bah mcm lah i ni pro sangat, but sikit-sikit tu boleh lah. Well its because i masak biasa-biasa je tak ada yang extra-ordinary nya dishes and usually kalau i masak pun its during weekend when my mil nya resting day kalau weekdays nya cooking lagi simple.

Sabtu lalu i masak, ayam masak merah and taugeh goreng, simple kan but i luper pulak nak tangkap gambor lauk ayam i. But smlm my mil ada project dia nak buat roti boyan or nama glamour roti b. Kalau sesiapa yang tak tau roti b ni apa, its actually sama mcm epok2 cuma inti nya its from kentang yang direbus and the shape is bulat. Agn i lupa nak tangkap gambor but mcm mana lah i nak amik gambar tu while i'm doing it. Tak pe lah, instead of picture i tampalkan the resipi nya.

Bahan:
Crust
Tepung 1 kg
Air suam 400ml
Minyak 100 ml (kalau nak lagi sedap, u may use olive oil, kalau tak ada any type of oil pun boleh)
1 sudu teh garam
1 sudu teh gula
1 sudu teh baking powder.

Mix all the above ingredients and uli hingga boleh dibentukkan.

Filling
1 kilo kentang
telur 4 biji
2 or 3 biji bawang besar
Daun sup/bawang
Lada putih & garam

Kentang di rebus dengan kulit nya sekali but jgn lupa basuh dulu the kentang yer. Bawang besar di potong dadu, campur ngan garam dan air panas dan ramas-ramas untuk menghilangkan bau bawang mentah kemudian cuci under running water then tapis the excess water. Bila kentang dah empuk, peel the skin and tumbuk halus, kemudian campurkan with the rest of the ingredients.

Take the crust bentukkan bulat then fill with the inti pas tu goreng, dah siap. Selalu nya i kalau buat banyak pas tu i goreng setengah masak kemudian simpan dlm freezer, boleh tahan abt 1 month. The roti b ni sedap kalau makan ngan sambal tumis, phew pegi beb.

Ok lah have to go now keje i dah menunggu and calling my name.

Baby 1st Sports Day

Oh yah i nak citer sikit tentang my little girl's nya sports day which was held on 28.03.2010, it was on a Sunday and it starts at 2.30pm. Initially my girl was overly excited about the event and 2 days before the actual day the school had a rehearsal so the children assemble in school at 12.30pm and they were at CCK stadium from 1.30 to 5.00pm. By the time my girl reaches home is already 5.30pm and muka dia masam mencuka cause she is tired, sleepy, hot and hungry. She told me "I don't want to go to the stadium anymore" and throughout Friday to Saturday she keeps on repeating the same sentence again and again so i pun pelik juga why suddenly her enthusiasm dah hilang.

When the actual day came i was having hard time getting her to dress and ready and terpaksa lah i put on for her home clothes dulu and not in her sports attire and nasib baik she fell asleep in the car and sampai at CCK stadium she was awake and i quickly point towards all her friends and quickly change her to her sports attire and was feeling quite glad that anak i tak nangis when i carry her to her teacher to join her group, ya ampun almost half of the nursery student melalak!! Apa tak ye nya melalak, they were joined by other students from 3 different centres and the weather was really hot on that day and for the young children its normally a nap time for them. So bila nampak other children melalak apa lagi anak i pun join the party lah. I have to kp on assuring her that both my DH and I is outside cheering her. I betul nya salute towards all the teachers, even though ramai budak yang nangis the teachers are still cool and compose they try their best to attend each and every student needs and its not an easy feat, kalau lah i in their shoes i don't think i have the patience to do that. Ok i tampalkan gambar anak i yang masam mencuka on that day.

This was taken when we just arrived, warming up session

Waiting for her turn for the running event

Ok done! finish running, masam kan muka

Anyway it was fun day for us even though she threw up on her teacher after so much of crying and feeling very hot. Immediately inside the car she say "I'm hungry" so we went to JP and makan chicken rice. Our 1st experience attending our precious little girl nya sports day and many more to come.............

It's been awhile

Ya ampun lama benor i tinggal rumah yang 1 ni. Iish, ish dah berabok betul lah. Bukan nya lupa cuma time is very limited. Well my day starts from 5.30am, it's too early in the morning kan, some people masih sedap dibuai mimpi, i dah kena force myself to wake up, mandi, cuci baju, sholat and terus masuk dapur nak kena buang sampah, bersihkan the service balcony which dah penuh ngan cat pooh-pooh & urine and bau dia, mak datok tak leh angkat! then pas tu clear the dishes, tidy up the kitchen area, normally sebelum tido i dah clear but malam slalunya my pak metua or my sil who never clean up after she eats by leaving the remenants there for me to clear. Semua ni i nak kena bereskan sebelum gi keje sebab untuk senangkan mak metua i.

Dah bereskan dapur, i have to wake my DH and bereskan bilik pulak. Nasib baik my DH ada juga tolong I cause i don't need to attend to my little princess semua my DH yang uruskan. From bathing her and getting her dress in her school uniform everything is done by my DH so senang lah sikit kalau tidak i terpekik2 at my daughter to quickly get dress. Semua siap,drop my little princess off at school. Her school starts @ 8am, i will make my move from her school at around 8 and walk all the way to the MRT station and by the time i sampai office exactly at 9.00am sampai lah kul 6.00pm and by the time i reach home is about 7 in the evening and i will have to attend to my girl nya needs and demands and by the time she sleeps at around 10pm i dah pancit i pun tido skali. So my typical day starts from 5.30 and end at about 11pm, huh tu sebab lah rumah ini terbengkalai jap.

As for my little princess she starts her nursery class this year and i have no problem with her crying or tantrum sebab she has gone thru playgroup the year b4 so this year senang sikit lah. The funny things is bukan anak yg nangsi but ibu yg nangis, yup i yg nangis on her 1st day of school. Rasa sedih lah sangat2 sebab cepat nya anak i dah besar and starting her nursery mcm baru smlm je i had her and rasa mcm magic pulak anak i dah besar dah and she has finish her 1st term and now she is on her 2nd term already. Oh skg my little girl is really a chatter box, ada je yg dia nak bualkan and she luv being a princess and i tampalkan gambar my sweet girl with a crown on her head.


The next picture my girl dress up mcm minah rocker pulak


Huh tengok tu anak i dah mcm anak dara kan. Ok lah have to go now, dah nak get ready on yr mark to balik dah nih. Jumpa lagi ye and i will try lah slalu -slalu balik kat rumah yg 1 ni.

Hapi New Year

Wow its the 2nd day of the year already, hmph so far my new year long weekend break has been great, apa tak ye smlm i had a wonderful time with my family picnic at east coast. We were there from 3+ sampai kan ke mlm. I telah diarahkan oleh kak long to cook kari daging and each of my family brought different types of food and the best is my abg long brought along pisang and my 2nd brother pulak bawak chicken wings and these two item kita goreng kak sana, oi sedap nya makan panas2 dengan wind blowing from the sea, phew enjoy.....and not forgetting my little princess really enjoy herself playing with her cousins, making sand castle and playing at the makeshift swing. By the time sampai rumah dah kul 12 and kita anak beranak bangun almost 11 on Saturday.

My little princess with her abg & kakak

The things that i enjoy most is the i got the house to myself!!!! Yipee!!!! i can do what ever i want tak ada org yang nak tegur. Can u imagine 1 hari ni i tak do anything, just vege out. Aft we woke up, terus siap and go out for brunch sampai rumah almost 2. What i did is hang the clothes to dry and kemas dapur sikit and that's it. Angin malas betul nya melanda, i dont even cook dinner and my dh dont mind cause he know its not everyday that i got this opportunity. I cook only tiny bit of rice and small amt of potato soup for my girl and as for me makan roti dah cukup. Pas my update ni i nak melantak tengok tv all my favourite show and its a long due........