Missing Ingredients~

Assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera sumer...

Apa khabar? Saya, sihat sejahtera.

This entry, I'd like to talk about my favorite subject. FOODS! Yesterday, a friend came to our house with her daughter. We were spose to discuss our lil project and EAT while doing that. So couple of days before that, I've decided to make Mee Jawa for lunch. Its not what we can find anywhere in semenanjung so, its kinda like a treat for us Sarawakian to be able to get our hands on it.

So, the journey to cook a nice Mee Jawa begun. First, the recipe..a few came out but only 1 that i think i can trust. Got the recipe, Saturday nite, my husband & I went to pasar mlm to get fresh ingredients for the recipe. That nite itself, I did some preparation for the gravy.

The thing is, after so long not having mee jawa, I remember that I actually forgot how it taste n smell. Thats where my sister came to the rescue. She said that the gravy I made, smell & look like Mee Jawa gravy, but its not thick enough. We add some more sweet potatoes to it to make it thicker but unsuccessful. After adding all of the remaining taters, nohing changed. Finally, we decided to add some flour to thicken the gravy. Just this once I thought. Next time, I'll buy more sweet potatoes just in case. hehehe

After Mee Jawa, we sat down to discuss a few details on our project while my brownies doing its wonder in the oven. It smell so good & it didn't took me too long to realize, that I've forgotten to add some baking powder to it. Dang! It still taste good tho. heheh

So thats my entry about food, missing their ingredients but still taste OK. hehehe
Will try not to be too careless next time around. We promised to see each other again this wednesday to continue with our lil project. I will let u guys know what it is when its ready.

Till next entry.
Cheers

Work.

Assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera sumer..

How u guys doing? Saya, seperti biasa, sihat la jugak.

Seperti biasa jugak, dah lama x update blog saya yg dah berwajah baru ni.. hehehe..sempat saya mencantikkan blog saya ptg semlm sebelum gi keje. Cantik kan? hahaha..

Saya nk citer pasal keje this time. Hari Sabtu yesterday, June 18, bkn seperti any other Saturday. I have to work. Its our centre sorta fun house. It was soo much fun having those students of ours having fun with english. We had, Line Game, Charade & Ghost games. U can really see it on their face that they were having fun. Every game however based on the using of verbs. They have to use verbs to play the game. Every students have to participate at least once. Even the quietest ones have the opportunity to join in the fun. I dont have to tell u about the chatterboxes. LoL.

The fun house starts at 10:30 & ended at 12:30. By the time it was over, I was all hyped out. Tired but fun. The whole thing was a success. The students demanded to have another session so our principal thought that it would be a great idea to do it again in the near future. Can't wait actually. hehehe..sounds crazy yes? but i really enjoy my work.

The thing with my work is that i have to be responsible to some students..ie a monitor teacher to 3 students from 3 different levels. Well of course i have to be responsible to any students that come to my table to learn but those 3 are in need of special attention. 1 in particular is this Malay girl. I would really love to see her move forward in her english class. She can read english, she can answer those questions in the worksheets but she doesn't understand any of it. Weird? No. She answer those questions by scanning thru the passage given. She read english for the sake of reading. Understanding it is still way beyond her reach. She is also the main reason I have to think twice, thrice about quitting my job for god sake! lol.

Ok, moving on. Today is Father's Day! So, Happy Father's Day to all daddies all around the world.

Last week, June 12th , was my 33rd birthday! Yes, saya dah tua!!! boohoo.. lol
We were in Genting n encik hati took me n Princess to Coffee Terrace for buffet dinner. My sister, gave me a Handbag n a cookbook, my MIL, gave me a house like key holder n my aunt gave me 2 recipes book. Then encik hati took us to bookxcess n got me 2 books by my fav author, Patricia Cornwell. Thank you everyone. I heart u guys so much. N my parents call me on my mobile to wish me happy birthday. Very much appreciated! Time kaseh mak & bapak for giving me this life. I love you both sampai kiamat!

Thats all for now. Till next entry.

Cheers!

Books~

Assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera sumer..

Pe khabar? Sihat I hope. Kami sekeluarga sihat alhamdulillah.

Sebelum saya start dgn title entri arini, saya nk citer sikit pasal perkhemahan Chek Ieja. Masa balik dr perkhemahan tu, dia penat sangat. Hari Sabtu tu, saya dan encik hati gi ambik dia kat skolah, pastu, kami tiga beranak ke Kenny Rogers dan selepas makan² dan jalan² sat, kami pun balik. Sampai kat rumah, Chek Ieja trus masuk dlm bilik dia, then tiba2 kuar dr bilik, nangis teresak². Terkejut beruk kitorang, so, tanyalah, kenapa nangis, rupanya, seluar dia hilang, baju dia hilang & bateri torch lite pun hilang. Adoyai! Sampai ati jugak org yg ambik tu. Tp, nk ckp pun x de gunanye kan. Bende dah jadik.

Ok..skang citer pasal title plak. Buku.

Kitorang anak beranak kan ske membaca kan. So bila dah abis buku dibaca kat uma, maka, mencariklah bahan bacaan. Beberapa minggu lps, dah beli few books each, then, bila habis dibaca, encik hati pun, terus ajak ke BookXcess kat Amcorp mall. Kat situ, mmg surga buku! Kalau boleh x nak balik. Chek Ieja, beli classic books, dia ambik, Wuthering Heights, Pride & Prejudice, Alice in Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass. Saya plak, pilih Sidney Sheldon - Rage of Angels & The Naked Face..ni adalah buku² Sidney Sheldon yg x der dlm collection saya. So sangat² happy bile jumpe.Lagi dua saya choose, Miss Hargreaves dan Love's Shadow. Encik hati plak pilih, Sherlock Holmes & Empire Rising.

Sangat seronok sbb de banyak buku nk baca.

Bila nk habis baca x tau lagi. Tp, selalunya, kalau free, boleh baca 1 buku sehari.

Chek Ieja gi Camping~

Assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera sumer..salam 1 Malaysia..heehehehehe

Pe khabar? sihat i hope. Saya, sihat alhamdulillah. Walaupun hakikatnya, x berapa nk sihat. Blocked nose, batuk skali skala ..tp alhamdulillah, masih bernafas utk menaip blog arini. =)

Entry title: Chek Ieja gi Camping
Camping Ground: School Field
Date: March 4th & 5th 2011

Haaa...Chek Ieja atau sering saya panggil Princess nk gi camping arini. So sibuk sket dgn preparation utk dia ber-camping. Yelah, ini kali pertama dia nk gi camping. She's uber excited. The hype of this camping trip been buzzing our home for a while. Yelahkan, cuma yg terpilih akan dpt menyertai trip ni. So she was hysterically happy to be selected. Its not just the camping trip that excites her, its the idea of sleeping in the same tent with her best friend ST that make things doubly fun & exciting to her eyes.

Whats with chek ieja? hahaha..that's what her young cousin Anna used to call her when she couldn't pronounce her name properly. We kinda like it. Chek Ieja. Sadly now, she no longer calls princess by that name. Well, she's big enough tho. I love that lil girl. She's the funniest of the troop. hehehe Our very own Drama Queen that she is. lol

Anyway,I've just finished ironing n packing stuff for Chek Ieja's camping trip. Trying hard to make sure everything is in order & ready to go.

Lets just hope everything went well for our darling chek ieja. Will post some pikchers, maybe tomorrow on this matter.

Adios all. Till next entry.

Cheers!

Sloppy Joes!

Assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera sumer...

How wow you? hahaha..How r u? Sihat I hope. Saya masih mcm semlm.. esok saya rasa kalau still x oke jugak, saya akan ke klinik. hehehe

Mcm yg saya janjikan semalam, tghari tadi, saya buat Sloppy Joes utk lunch. Okelah rasanye. Both encik hati dan anakanda suke. Adik saya, saya x tau, sbb x sempat jumpe dia lagi arini. Tadi saya balik keje, dia dah tdo. Pagi tadi plak, saya x terjaga utk siapkan anakanda skolah(encik hati yg siapkan anakanda), so saya x jumpe dia jugak. tunggu esok lah saya tanya pendapat dia. hehe...

Inilah resepinyer..

Sloppy Joes

Bahan²

• 1 pound ground beef
• ¼ cwn bawang merah besar -dicincang
• ¼ cwn capsicum hijau-dicincang
• ½ sudu teh garlic powder
• 1 cwn celery
• 1 sudu teh mustard
• ¾ ketchup
• 3 sudu teh brown sugar
• garam secukup rasa
• lada hitam secukup rasa

Cara²

• Di dlm kuali, "brown"kan bwg merah, capsicum, celery dan daging. Masak sehingga agak kering.
• Setelah agak kering, masukkan garlic powder, brown sugar, ketchup & mustard. Gaul hingga sebati.
• Kecilkan api dan biarkan mendidih selama ½ jam atau hingga daging betul² masak.
• Masukkan garam dan lada hitam secukup rasa.
• Dah siap, makan dgn Burger Bun. Kalau x der atau x jumpe kat supermarket, pakai hotdog bun pun boleh jugak.hehehe..

Selamat mencuba!

Nilah Sloppy Joes saya.

Oke, till next entry.

Cheers!

Rasa cam...

Assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera sumer...

Beberapa hari cuti blogging. Sorry Bloggie! Salam Maulidur Rasul to sumer muslim di dunia.

How r u guys doing? Saya, sejak dr yesterday, feeling a lil under the weather. Rasa cam nk dpt flu. X pun demam. Batuk² di tgh mlm. Yesterday morning, bangun tdo, saya muntah. Paling x suke bile muntah tu. Rasa cam terkeluar isi perut. huhuhu. Arini, masa terjaga dr tdo pg tadi, badan rasa sakit sangat..rasa mcm baru pas kena libas jer. Bangkit, then terus start rasa nk demam tu. Blocked nose. Difficulty breathing. Sungguh saya x suke.

Actually, ptg td terfikir nk buat choc chip cookies. Then saya rasa cam kurang rajin jer. Terus batalkan niat. Sebenarnya dah 2 hari dah saya plan nk buat choc chip cookies. Tp bila dah lepas masak lunch, saya jadi kepenatan. So tertangguh lah plan tu. Insha-Allah, hari sabtu/ahad ni mungkin saya akan buat jugak.

Ptg tadi plak, masa tgh syok tgk channel TLC tu, saya tiba² terfikir, saya dan anakanda x pernah mkn sloppy joe. Macam mana agaknye rasa sloppy joe tu yer? Terus saya tinggalkan sofa & tv, langsung meng"Google" resepinye. Dpt lah resepi tu. Tp, bhn² nk buat x der lak kat rumah. Bila adik saya balik tadi, saya ajak dia ke The Store utk beli bhn². By the time kitorang berdua sampai ke rumah dah pukul 9. So x jadik buat utk dinner. Esok je lah saya bat Sloppy Joe tu. huhuhu

Kalau dah buat esok, saya postkan gambar dan resepi kat sini yek. Hopefully menjadi Sloppy Joe tu. Insha-Allah.

Anyway, sekian jerlah for this entry. Bkn per, saya dah start rasa x berapa nk sihat balik dah ni.
Till next entry.
Cheers!

Brownies~

Assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera sumer..

Pa habaq? Hows ur weekend? Saya dan keluarga sihat walafiat. Hope semua pun sihat walafiat jugak.This week we stayed home jer. Hari Sabtu 1/2 day dah habis dgn aktiviti anakanda saya skolah. Then on Sunday plak kakak mengemas rumah tu dtg lambat sbb dia baru balik dr T'ganu, so kena tunggu dia sampai utk bgtau mana yg dia patut buat aritu.

So bile dah x kuar, saya biasanya akan buat some baking. This time saya buat brownies. Sbb kwn skolah saya telah pun mem-bake brownies on Friday dan dah post gambar brownies dia kat fb. Saya pun teringin nk mkn. Mmg nampak menyelerakan lah brownies dia tu.

Saya pernah mkn brownies yg sangat sedap. Maksud saya, sangat² SEDAP! Masa tu saya beli brownies tu kt The Garden. Ada satu bakery yg di beri nama Delectable , terletak di 2nd floor The Garden, Mid Valley City. Brownies dia, mmg to die for!

Sejak dr aritu, saya dah cuba utk buat brownies spt delectable tp resultnye.. mmg x best. Then saya come across satu resepi yg menggunakan baking bar. Selalunye saya gunakan cocoa powder jer. Masa tgh bake tu, rumah saya berbau haruman coklat. Mmg memukau baunya. Walaupun baunya amat sedap..saya x berani nk ke oven utk cekidaut. Takut kecewa lagi untuk kesekian kalinya. Then bile dah cukup 25 minit tu, saya gi tgk. Imagine my perasaan masa tu bila nampak brownies saya jadik betul² mcm yg di idam²kan. Mmg seronok! So inilah resepi yg ultimate. Slps ni, saya x kan tukar dah resepi brownies saya. Saya akan stick to this recipe.

Then tiba masa nk potong..jeng³ , jatuhlah brownies tu dr tgn saya dan terkelepop ke atas chopping board saya. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (T_T) . Saya dah x leh ptg. Sib bek x jatuh ke lantai. So rupa brownies saya mmg hancus! SEDIHNYER!!! Tapi, walaupun rupanya x seindah..tp rasanya mmg cun.

Inilah rupa brownies saya. yg di sebelah kanan tu. Belah kiri plak adalah gambar brownies tu dr Hershey's Kitchen . Resepi pun boleh dpt dr situ jugak.

Well, tu jer citer for this entry.
Till next entry.
Cheers!

Kueh..kueh~

Assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera sumer..

Tiba² saya rajin meng-update blog. woot..woot.. hahahaha

Selamat pagi sayang..baru sekejap kita bertemu..engkau dtg membawa sekuntum mawar merah, pagi menjadi indah..hehehe

Dulu masa kecik², DJ radio Kuching slalu putarkan lagu ni tiap² pagi. So bila dah meningkat dewasa ni...bile bangun dr tdo dan terasa yang pagi tu sungguh harmoni, mesti teringat kat lagu tu walaupun x de lah mawar merah bagai..hihihik

Apa khabar u all? Sihat dan berbahagia hendaknya di pagi Sabtu yg ceria ni.

Harini, anakanda ada aktiviti kat skolah. So td ikut gi ngantor dia ke skolah, then ajak lah encik hati ke Pasar Basah di Semenyih lama. Spt biasalah, hari sabtu dan ahad merupakan hari shopping sakan warga semenyih. Jenuh jugak ler nk carik tempat utk park kereta lombu kami itu. muahahaha

Setelah mendapat spot parking yg x lah jauh dr market tu, maka bermulalah operasi mencarik sarapan melayu. Mmg ada banyak gerai yg menjual juadah sarapan..meriah bak hari raya. wakakakak. Ada gerai nasik dagang, nasik kerabu, nasik lomak, kueh mueh, mee goreng dsb.

Saya ni tekak agak kepantai-timuran sedikit. Kalau ada gerai nasik dagang dan nasik kerabu, maka tulah selera saya. Encik hati plak lebih kepada nasik lomak kinda guy. Kitorang pun belilah nasik dagang, nasik lomak rendang daging dan beberapa jenis kueh. Kat gerai nasik dagang tu plak, ada bermacam² jenis kueh. Mmg rambang mata jadiknye. So iman kena kuat kalau ke situ. Kalau x, senang jer setan ngajok kite membazir. huhuhu

Drpada kueh apam, pulut panggang, gula hangus, karipap, ketayap, kueh bakar, donat, lepat pisang dan ubi hinggalah ke kueh koci pulut hitam. Mmg ASTRO betul! macam² ada...heheh

Setelah menjelajah dan membeli selera tekak memasing, barulah saya dan encik hati blah dr situ. Rasa puas hati sbb bila sampai kat rumah, kueh yg di beli mmg sedap dan berbaloi².

Saya sempat snap beberapa pikcher sblm hilang kueh mueh tu. hihihi

Karipap, Ketayap, Apam, Pulut Panggang & Lepat Pisang

Sedap..karipap tu, tepungnya sangat crunchy~

Dia ni, ikut kitorang berjalan² pagi tadi...cam baek jer kan dok kat bakang tu..huhuhu

Sebelum saya blah terus, jom hiburkan hati ngan tinge dgn lagu nih.

Oke arr..sampai sini dulu entry saya harini.

Till next entry.

Cheers!

Filling up empty pots~

Assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera sumer..

Hehehe..tetibe terajin lak nk update blog..baru jer yesterday buat entry..arini masok plak.

Arini nk citer pasal pokok² bunga saya! Yay!!

Saya ni sebenarnya agak suka bertanam pokok munge ni. Cuma selalunye saya x berkesempatan nk ke nursery utk membeli pokok munge. Pernah beberapa kali saya ke nursery masa dok di Damansara dulu tp, saya jadik rambang mata. Saya end up leaving the nursery empty handed! Sbb saya x boleh made my mind on which one to buy.

Sebelum dok kat Damansara dulu, saya mmglah ada ber-tanam sedikit. Tanaman paling sukses masa tu adalah, Cactus bulat tu & pokok cili . Cili tu, berbuah..punye banyak..n i remember that nk bg bunga dia di-debungakan, saya sentuh pollen bunga tu dgn jari dan pindahkan dr satu bunga ke satu bunga cili yg lain. hasilnya, sangat memberansangkan. Sbb saya buat tu sumer, sbb x der insect yg nk tlg buat tu sumer..so saya buat sendiri proses tu.

Awal thn ni, parents saya kan ada kat sini, so mak saya ajak gi ke nursery n beli bunga sbb banyak jugak pasu kosong. So, saya, Dla(bkn nama sebenar), mak , bapak n anakanda ke nursery utk beli bunga, pasu, tanah dan baja. Kat nursery yg hidup segan mati x mau tulah saya pilih beberapa jenis pokok munge utk di tanam. Beberapa cactus, keladi menjadi pilihan. Sbb mak kata(bkn saya kata) tanam keladi bunga ngan cactus utk jaga rumah. Betul atau x wallahua'lam. Belilah jugak masa tu beberapa packs of fertilized soil. Pasu besar utk mengalihkan cactus bulat lama yg dah penuh dlm pasu lama tu.

Sesampai kat rumah, lps lunch, maka bermulalah operasi menanam semula dan mengisi pasu kosong kat rumah. Aleh² tanah x cukup..hahahak

Pergi balik ke nursery, beli tanah dan beberapa pokok dan pasu lagi! Gilak betol..dah kata dah, jgn ajak saya ke nursery!hukhukhuk

Then, siap tanam sumer dan mengemas kawasan dpn umah saya..nampak cantek dan berseri² jer. Ceria jer..hehehe

Then, few days lepas tu, when we were at the morning market, adalah satu lori yg jual pokok² munge kat situ. So, saya pun belilah pulak satu pokok munge yg diberi nama Al-Juga. Cantek sangat sbb munge² dia kaler purple halus².

Here's some pikcher yg sempat saya snap.

Pink Cactus milik Dla(bkn nama sebenar)

Red Cactus

Cactus Bulat yg dah di alih n di tanam semula~

Keladi Pink yg cantik..love the colors~

Sebahagian of munge² saya~

Sekian jer entry kali ni. Till next entry.

Cheers!

Whatever happen to yours truly?

Assalamualaikum n salam sejahtera..

Punyalah lama saya x update blog saya. rasa cam nk nangis jer bile bukak blog arinih. huhu.. sedih tgk blog terabai mcm x der tuan.

Oh, sblm terlupa, apa habaq u all? fine I hope.
Selamat tahun baru blog. Selamat Tahun Baru Cina blog.

Oke, skang nk citer, whats new with me? Keje baru, azam baru(walaupun azam lama x terlaksana), kengkawan baru.. baju baru, kasut baru, seluar baru..wahakhak..x de lah, seluar baju baru tu biasalah..x der yg perlu saya banggakan..heheh

Hujung thn lps, saya dpt keje di sebuah pusat perkembangan individu(betul ke nih?). Bkn lah keje sepenuh masa.Part time je. Just the way I like it. Bkn ape, keje sebelah ptg sampai kol 10 mlm. By then, (bile rajin) mkn mlm utk semua dah siap, siang boleh berfoya² di fb. hehehe..sebenarnya lebih kepada keperluan anakanda saya. Bila dia balik skolah saya masih di rumah, make sure homework dia siap dsb.

Thn ni anakanda saya dah darjah 5. CEPATNYAAAAAAAAAAA!!! x terasa dah masok 11 thn dah usia anakanda saya. Oke, thn ni, anakanda agak aktif jugak. Menyebabkan saya rasa heppi sesangat. Dia join netball, kelab kebudayaan n kesenian & PBSM. What surprised us is that she joined all those clubs without any paksaan. Dia buat dgn rela hati. Alhamdulillah!

OO..hujung thn lepas jugak, saya punya parents dtg bercuti selama dekat nk sebulan jugak lah. Kali ni kitorang bawak mak, bapak n adik ke Melaka. Mak teringin nk ke Melaka. so, dok di melaka masa new year celebration itu ari. heheh. Oh, x lupa, Dla pun ikut skali. so mmg meriah.

Citer seterusnyer..pagi tadi saya ikut encik hati menghantar anakanda skolah. So on our way back tu, kena lalu jln jauh sket utk mengelak jem. Kenalah lalu kawasan perkampungan Cina. Saya agak teruja sbb, penduduk kat situ, mmg orang pagi(morning person) hahahak-
Kawasan pasar, penuh dgn org ramai yg membeli belah brg2 dapur, then ada stall bunga segar, x lupa jugak kedai² mkn/ restaurant, awal² dah bukak for breakfast. Mmg ramai sangat org kat situ.. That was 7:20 am. Some people dah on their way back from the market! Bkn stakat kedai mkn, kedai runcit pun dah beroperasi seawal itu! Tiba² terasa sedikit malu. Sbb org melayu yg seharusnya bangun awal utk solat subuh pun x bukak kedai awal² mcm tu. Ini bknnye baru bukak pukul 7 tu tau, itu org dah siap dok mkn breakfast dah time tu. Imagine kita org melayu, kalau ada pun yg awal mcm tu, org yg nk meniaga nasik lemak tepi jln bawah payung besar. Nampak kan, kerajinan dorang. Saya dan encik hati sama² agree yg dorang sangat berpegang teguh pada that famous saying-"Early bird gets the worm".
It is such a positive atmosphere. Imagine living in that area. Dont u think that we'll somehow get into the act as well? I wouldnt mind one bit. I LOVE IT!!

Thats all for now. Insha-Allah, saya akan try update kerap sikit this year.
Till next entry.