Chuppy..

Today aku kena habiskan shopping barang2 sekolah for the girls. Semua barang dah beli except their kasut sekolah. I'm still thinking, should aku beli sekarang or tunggu voucher Jusco from Citibank? Tapi risau jugak kalau beli last minute nak kena bersesak dengan orang ramai.

Masa breakfast pagi tadi, we saw a cat, mixed breed, colour hitam, sebijik our lost cat (kena culik in 2008), Chuppy. Bila Iman tengok that cat, she cried coz she thought it was Chuppy. I took one look at that cat, I already know that it's not Chuppy coz Chuppy hidung penyek. Balik rumah my mom, the kids told my sister *the original owner of Chuppy), Mas, that they say Chuppy. Mas yang still dalam pantang, sanggup drive kete cari kucing tu.

Aku pulak kat rumah menunggu dia org, pelik, keluar cari kucing sampai almost 1 hour. Rupa2nya, Mas bawak the cat to vet, untuk treat the fungus and grooming. Grr... officially rumah aku, dah ada kucing. Malas betul nak pelihara kucing. With our constant travelling, it's hard to keep a pet especially kucing. Tak tau la mcm mana nak handle nanti. Currently the cat is at a vet in Melawati. Sunday ni baru boleh ambik sebab nak grooming, neuter and treat for fungus.

Iman with the original Chuppy. The new cat is named Chuppy too.

Journey Back to KL

We were supposed to leave KT at 11am, tapi macam biasa la, dari pukul 11am, tunda jadi 2pm which I dont really mind coz sempat la aku bershopping di Mydin. Nasib baik la Mydin tu just 3 minutes jalan kaki from my MIL's house, tak payah susah payah aku nak cari parking sebab bandar KT for the past few days, asyik jem je manjang. Nak pegi mana2 pun malas. Aku rasa ramai visitors dari negeri2 lain.

On the way back to KL, it was raining all the way. Tengok ombak besar, macam nak banjir je. Pukul 2pm, mcm baru pukul 8am sebab mendung sepanjang hari. Iman and Iffah naik kereta K.Mei coz kita org convoy. First time sepanjang aku kawin, kita orang balik from KT to KL without the kids kat belakang. Rasa sunyi je. Bila aku ajak dia org naik our car, they refused coz seronok main ipod and ipad dalam kereta K.Mei. Sorry ye anak2 mama, ipod and ipad are way too expensive for us. Mama rela beli KitchenAid.. hehehe

Sampai Kemaman, we wanted to singgah kat Hai Peng, tapi Hai Peng dah tutup. Kita orang sampai Kemaman pukul 6.15pm. Hai Peng closes at 6pm. Patutnya boleh sampai Kemaman lagi awal but jem teruk kat few places on the way tu. Mostly sebab construction. Aku rasa dia org tgh baikpulih jalan for CNY hols nanti. So, instead of Hai Peng, we went to have coffee kat Kemaman Station Kopitiam. Aku suka food kat situ, sedap! I ate their meehoon siam. Memang best! Lupa nak ambik gambar food.

 Iffah watching Zuleika playing with her ipod

 Iman kelaparan

 Punya la lapar, sampai comot hidung kena kaya

Aku suka ambience kat Kemaman Kopitiam ni

 

Ombak besar di Marang.

Rindu Shariff

Bila tengok Sonia, Rima's daughter, teringat kat Shariff sebab mata dia org sama bulat, and pipi pun sama tembam dan gebu.

The photos below were taken just before aku sent him off balik KL with Baba and Nenek.

Tadi aku called Mok. Nora's (my SIL, wife Abe) father passed away lepas suffering from stroke for more than a week. InsyaAllah esok I'll be going back to Jabi. But before balik ke Jabi, aku kena masak Nasi Minyak kat rumah MIL, maybe dalam 3 kg beras. Abang Zainol (Hubby's BIL) brought back beras Mithas 1121. Beras ni sama dengan beras Para 1122 cuma Mithas 1121 takde dijual di Msia. Bernas bawak masuk few kontena and send it as gifts to VIPs, VVIPs.

Anyway, tadi lepas cakap dengan Mok, I asked for Shariff. Dengar suara aku je, terus dia jerit "Mamaaaaa!". Rindunya aku pada Shariff. Mok cerita, ada one day tu, my sister, Ayu, bawak my car. Dia nampak kete aku parking depan rumah Mok, terus berlari keluar sambil jerit "Mama! Mama". Mcm mana ye nak detach myself from him. I'm so attached to him and the feeling is mutual.

GTM & The Loaf

I'm in KT, but yet aku makan roti from The Loaf tadi for dinner. Haaa... pelikkan? Takan The Loaf bukak outlet kat Kuala Trg pulak. Tak caya kan? hehe.. Actually K.Mei (my SIL) bought kat Bangsar Village. Dia baru je sampai from KL, nak ambik her daughter Zuleika. They are going back to KL on Tuesday. InsyaAllah, we will convoy together. Dah tak sabar nak balik KL ni..

 I love this pastry, sangat sedap! Cuma the kekacang is a bit sweet for my taste. Ada pistachios, walnuts, almonds, cashew nuts.

Now, what does GTM stands for? CS, it's not Guerilla Tanah Melayu ye.. hehehhe... It's actually persatuan yang baru ditubuhkan for sedara mara my hubby on his grandfather's side. GTM = Generasi YAM Tengku Ahmas SZA. Tujuan penubuhan persatuan ini adalah untuk merapatkan silaturrahim antara sedara mara semua.

Today is the first function organised by the persatuan. It was held at dewan sekolah SS 1. The event started at 2.30pm and ended at 6.00pm. By the time balik rumah, I was dead tired coz my day started as early as 11am today. Mula2 aku pegi Kopitiam Uncle Chua kat Tanjung at 11am to meet up with Amy and Rizallimi. Pastu balik rumah, solat, then keluar balik. This time pegi kenduri kawin adik Rizal (another Rizal). I didnt stay long coz we were in a hurry. By the time sampai dewan sekolah SS1, dah pukul 3.00pm.


We were a bit late. Malu jugak bila sampai lambat. Nasib baik ler tetamu2 kehormat belum sampai. Kira ok lagi la tu. Balik from the majlis, I went out with K.Mei, K.Nor (SIL) & Lokman (hubby's nephew). We went to First Station Cafe. Lepas til maghrib, then balik rumah. Sekarang rasa nak tercabut kaki.. letih...

The booklet yang mengandungi salasiah keturunan YAM Tengku Ahmad

 Activity for the children - colouring. Iffah & Zuleika tengah tekun mewarna

 Lucky draw. We won a hamper! :D

 

Muka Iman berbintik2 kena gigit nyamuk.

My cheeky Iffah :)

Kuey Teow with Squids

Another short entry coz I'm pressed for time. This photo aku peram quite a while, kalau buat pekasam, dah boleh makan pun. Seriously, lately ni, nak blogging pun takde masa. Maybe sebab I'm too busy with FB.. hehehe.. Oh ya! I'm still in KT. huwaaaaaaaaaa.... I wanna go home.. Iman and Iffah went out to the beach with hubby's sister, so I'm home alone.. lagi rasa sedih :(

Dah la tadi Nora called, cakap she's meeting up with Anne and Normi kat Midvalley for girls' gossiping session. Rasa macam nak je ambik flight to KL now. Because of hubby's extended stay in KT, aku tak boleh attend the much awaited session with the girls and I'll also have to miss going to Mar's wedding in Penang. It's so unfair!! Aku kena claim extra dengan hubby... evil me :P

Char Kuey Teow with Squids

Bahan2

ingredients
1 bungkus kueyteow
  300gm sotong

5-7 ulas bwg putih - crushed
2 tbs cili giling (boleh kurangkan kalau kids tak makan pedas)
2 tbs kicap cair
2 tbs sos tiram
1 1/2 tsp salt
2-3 tbs sugar ( i like mine to have a hint of sweetness)
taugeh, kucai
1/4 cup air
1 tbs sos ikan
1 biji telur

cara2
1. tumis bwg putih and cili giling sampai garing, masukkan sotong.
2. pastu masukkan air, sos tiram, sos ikan, garam, gula dan kicap cair. bila air mendidih, masukkan kueyteow.
3. bila kueyteow dah a bit kering, masukkan telur, kacau but jgn sampai telur  terlalu hancur. kemudian, masukkan sayur. goreng for 2 minutes, hidangkan. :)

Breakfast in KT & Sambal Tumis Sotong

This morning, I went out for breakfast again with hubby, MIL and Shariff. Iman and Iffah ikut their Ami (hubby's sister) pegi pantai kutip shells. Letih melayan Shariff makan. Pagi tadi dia makan sebungkus nasi lemak and sebungkus meehoon goreng. Pagi2 lagi, bukak je mata, terus cakap "nak akan acik emak". He loves nasi lemak ikan aye. Tiap2 hari makan nasi lemak ikan aye pun takpe. Lepas breakfast, pegi Pasar Kedai Payang, beli kuih. And Shariff asked for nasik lemak lagi. Of course this time, aku takleh layan kehendak dia. Kang montel sangat, aku jugak yg susah nak dukung.

I'm supposed to have lunch dengan Rina kat McD tepi stesen bas kat bandar. But my mom nak datang ambik Shariff untuk bawak balik to KL in a short while. So tak boleh la keluar lagi. Our lunch date di postponed menjadi tea date. In a way ok jugak coz kalau keluar lunch, aku kena heret Shariff sama. Takleh la nak bergossip sakan.. hehe

Sambal Tumis Sotong

I cooked the sambal tumis ages ago, cuma tak sempat nak upload gambar. Today kat rumah MIL, menu lunch will be Masak Lemak Labu with Udang, Sambal Buih Kuini & Sambal Tumis Ayam.

Skating in KT

Finding a good spot utk skate kat KT is a bit difficult. Usually, kita orang skate kat dalam kawasan Istana Maziah je. But yesterday, hubby decided to bring the girls to Pantai Batu Buruk. The track is so-so je, takde la great macam kat KL. Banyak yang dah pecah2 and lubang2. Masa we all sampai kat situ, punya la ramai orang berjogging. Susah jugak the kids nak maneuver in between the crowds.

 Wearing the safety pads.

 Sempat lagi ber BB

 Orang lain yg skating, orang lain pulak yg dahaga :)

 Muka kepenatan

 Kakak holding Abah's helmet.

 Zuleika pun kepenatan.

Shariff sorang je yang tak letih lagi.

Now I understand how tired it is to have 4 kids!

Giving A Stranger A Lift

Last week, on the day we're leaving to East Coast, hubby and I went to Jusco AU2 to do some last minute shopping. We had to leave a bit late coz K.Mei (hubby's eldest sister) had a meeting and can only send Zuleika (her daughter) after lunch. Zuleika is coming with us to spend the rest of the school holiday at her Nena's (hubby's mom ie my MIL) place.

Lepas dah habis shopping, we went home. On the nak balik, kat junction tepi Glaxo building kat Keramat tu, an old lady knocked on the window while we were waiting for the traffic light to turned green at the junction entering MRR2 highway. The old lady looks so frail, maybe around 75-80 years old. Hubby scrolled down the window as he was the one seating on the passenger seat. The old lady asked for a lift to Ampang Point. If I were alone, I wouldnt give her a lift. The reason is simple, safety first. But I was with hubby, so we decided go out of our way to send the old lady.

 Melawati is on the opposite way, but hubby cakap, kalau biarkan makcik tu sorang2, takut dia kena rompak ke apa ke, risau jugak. So kita orang pun hantar la dia pegi Ampang Point. Luckily MRR2 highway tak jam masa tu. On the way back to Melawati, hubby pesan banyak kali, never ever give anybody a lift kalau sorang2. Yeah! I know.. I will not anyway. Aku ni jenis penakut. Kalau dalam Melawati, aku berani la jugak. But on the highway, ishk! memang tak berani langsung.

On the way back to Terengganu, hujan tak berenti turun dari Melawati, sampai la Kemaman. Pastu kat Kemaman, kering, tak hujan, then sambung lagi kat Dungun. Letih bila hujan non stop. Luckily Shariff (yes, I brought him back with us) tido most of the journey. Kalau buat perangai pun, kejap je, masa nak tido. Tu pun melalak less than 5 minutes. He's so attached to his Mama (ME), that sanggup tinggal Ibu dia .. hehe..

Sampai kat Penjara Marang, hubby was stopped by a police car. Rupanya, hubby memotong kat double lane. It was raining heavily, mana la nak nampak double lane. Aku dah pening dah, tak pasal2 melayang RM300 bayar saman. The policeman ambik hubby's IC and license, ingatkan nak tulis saman, tiba2 dia lepaskan. The policeman siap pesan suruh bawak elok2. Rupanya dia lepaskan sebab hubby's address dalam his IC. hahahha.. I told hubby, bila Iman and Iffah kena buat IC, I want to use hubby's home address dalam IC dia orang. Next time kena tahan dengan polis, tak kena saman. *wink*

Ni gambar cucur yang dimasak minggu lepas, time kempunan nak makan cucur :)

Cucur Bilis Bercili.

Ingredients
1 cup SRF
1 cup plain flour
1 biji telur
1/2 cup ikan bilis - blend
3 biji bwg besar - potong nipis
2 biji cili merah - potong nipis
daun bawang
garam, air

cara2
1. campur semua bahan, gaul rata. make sure that bila adunan tak terlalu pekat.

Dendeng Daging Korban

Since raya haji masa tu, Mok korban sekor lembu, maka daging korban yang Makcik Ton simpan, still ada lagi. Lately ni, aku dah kurang makan daging. Most of the time, kita orang makan ikan and sayur je coz hubby kena kurangkan makan daging. Now that dia dah kena makan ubat darah tinggi, aku pun jaga la his diet. Risau jugak.

In a short while, I'll be going back to Terengganu for a holiday plus keje (hubby, not me). Hubby is taking time off from work until next week. So, we're going to spend the weekend bersantai kat kampung. Seronoknya! Tak sabar nak balik. Kita orang dah plan nak pegi skating kat belakang Kg.Cina kat tepi Pasar Kedai Payang now that the park belakang Kg. Cina tu dah siap.

Oleh kerana aku will be away for a week, with the daging korban, aku buatkan adik aku, Mas, yang still dalam pantang tu, Daging Dendeng. The truth is, aku tak sure samada org dalam pantang boleh ke tak makan daging dendeng. Tapi tak kesah la.. Kalau tak, kesian jugak Makcik Ton nak masak.

Daging Dendeng

This recipe, aku dapat from mak angkat my eldest sister, K.Ma. BTW, aku panggil kakak aku, Ma, bukan K.Ma. Nasib baik la aku muda setahun je dari dia, kalau tak, sure orang ingat dia mak aku.. hahahah.. perasan la pulak. :P

The recipe for dendeng can be found here.

Letupan Pelantar Minyak Bekok C

Hope both Risha ( Mohd Rishauddin) and Bro (Mohd Fauzi) cepat sembuh. Both of them are my x-schoolmate from SMSS, Kuala Terengganu.

Source : http://www.hmetro.com.my/articles/6dibahambebolaapi/Article

6 dibaham bebola api

MANGSA LETUPAN...(atas dari kiri) Mohd Hamzah, Alias, Mohd Fauzi dan Zamri manakala (bawah) Mohd Rishauddin dan Mohd Arif dirawat di HSNZ.

KUALA TERENGGANU: “Saya nampak satu bebola api menuju ke arah kami ketika saya dan rakan dalam proses menamatkan syif di pelantar minyak Bekok C.
“Saya dan lima rakan lain terkena bebola itu menyebabkan kami mengalami lecur di beberapa anggota badan termasuk di muka,” kata Alias Abdullah, 52, seorang daripada enam pekerja yang terbabit dalam kebakaran pelantar minyak milik Petronas, kira-kira 200 kilometer dari perairan Terengganu.

Dia yang mengalami lecur kecil di muka menceritakan kejadian itu kepada Menteri Besar Terengganu, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said yang melawat mangsa di Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ), semalam.

Dalam kejadian jam 12.05 tengah malam kelmarin, seramai 108 pekerja berada di pelantar itu, tetapi hanya enam pekerja mengalami kecederaan. Kebakaran dipercayai berpunca daripada paip gas yang bocor.

Menurut Alias, kejadian berlaku terlalu pantas menyebabkan dia bersama rakan tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa apabila melihat bebola itu meluru laju ke arah mereka.

“Kami diberikan rawatan awal di pelantar minyak sebelum diterbangkan dengan helikopter ke Lapangan Terbang Sultan Mahmud dan dibawa ke hospital ini untuk rawatan lanjut.

“Saya bersyukur kerana kecederaan yang dialami tidak begitu parah dan hanya mengalami lecur akibat disambar api pada muka,” katanya.

Selain Alias, turut cedera dalam kejadian itu ialah Mohd Rishauddin Ismail, 37, Mohd Hamzah Abdullah, 32, Mohd Fauzi Ibrahim, 37, Mohd Arif Farimi, 28, dan Zamri Wagiman, 32.

Mohd Hamzah ketika menceritakan kejadian itu kepada Ahmad Said pula berkata, api menyambar mereka pada hujung waktu bertugas di pelantar itu.

“Ketika itu kami sibuk menyiapkan tugasan dan saya tidak tahu bagaimana kebakaran itu boleh berlaku,” katanya.

Sementara itu, Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd dalam kenyataan akhbar berkata, kejadian berlaku di pelantar Bekok C yang berkedudukan 200 kilometer dari pantai Semenanjung Malaysia sejurus selepas tengah malam dan api berjaya dikawal pasukan tindakan kecemasan pelantar terbabit.

“Terdapat 108 pekerja di pelantar itu ketika kejadian dan enam daripadanya mengalami kecederaan dan dibawa ke HSNZ untuk menerima rawatan. Baki 102 pekerja lagi dipindahkan ke pelantar berhampiran,” katanya.

Menurut kenyataan itu, aktiviti di Bekok C dihentikan sementara dan siasatan masih dilakukan bagi mengenal pasti punca kejadian.

Ahmad Said yang ditemui selepas melawat mangsa berkata, beliau bersyukur kerana kemalangan itu tidak mengorbankan nyawa.

“Mujur pelantar tidak meletup akibat kejadian itu kerana bilangan pekerja ketika kejadian ramai,” katanya.

Pasta for Dinner

Adik aku, Ayu, wanted me to cook Lasagne for dinner. So petang semalam, we went to Jusco AU2 to buy the ingredients. Unfortunately, the pasta shelves takde lasagne sheets, dah sold out. Argh! Tension betul. Time orang nak ni la, dia out of stock. I had no choice but to buy macaroni. Guna macaroni to replace the lasagne sheets.

I cooked the bachemel sauce and meat sauce before going out with hubby and kids. We went to skate at a park at Wangsa Maju. Kaki belah kiri aku, is a bit painful, rasanya from our skating session last week kat Lake Garden. Sampai hari ni, still sakit. Semalam masa skate, the kids buat 2 laps, aku buat 1 lap je sebab sakit kaki. Actually, tu alasan je. The real reason was, I was too tired and malas. Macam mana la nak kurus macam ni, kalau malas.

Aku kena lebih bersemangat sikit lepas ni untuk kuruskan badan. Tengok Nisa dah shed more than 20kg, jelesnya!! Nisa, I dunno how you find the strength to go on carb-less diet. Kalau I, sure takleh tahan the temptation. Anyway, back to the pasta. Balik from skating, the pasta dah ready utk dimasukkan dalam oven. Ayu helped to lapiskan the pasta with bechamel sauce and meat sauce. So aku cuma perlu untuk masuk dalam oven je.

The result.............

Baked Macaroni ala Lasagne

Ingredients

500gm macaroni - boiled til al-dante, toskan, set aside (this will be the last step after the bechamel sauce and met sauce)

Bechamel Sauce

3 tbs butter

3 tbs flour

2 cups milk

1/2 cup water

125gm grated cheddar cheese (I used sliced cheddar cheese)

salt, pepper

cara2

1. Melt the butter, add flour, goreng sampai kuning, tutup api, add milk and water, kacau sampai tak berketul. 

2. If the sauce berketul, just masuk dalam blender, blend kejap, then tuang balik ke dalam periuk.

3. Panaskan the sauce, sampai sauce pekat, add salt, black pepper and cheese.

Meat Sauce

1/2kg minced meat

1 tin tomato paste

1/2 tin air

2 biji tomato - diced

1 biji bawang besar - diced

5 garlic - minced

salt, sugar, black pepper

few tbs olive oil

cara2

1. Panaskan olive oil, masukkan garlic and bawang besar. Goreng sampai kuning.

2. Then masukkan minced meat. Cook the minced meat sampai garing ie air from the meat kering.

3. add diced tomato, goreng for few minutes then add  tomato paste and water. 

4. Let it simmer for a while, then add salt, sugar and pepper. Set aside.

Lepas dah rebus the macaroni, boleh start melapis. Lapisan bawah sekali, should be macaroni, then meat sauce, then macaroni again, bechamel sauce, selang seli sampai semua sauce habis. Lapisan atas should be meat sauce, topped with grated cheddar cheese or sliced cheddar cheese. Baked for 45 mins, 170 degree celcius.

Puding Laici Sunquick Oren

I made this on Saturday masa kawan2 hubby datang rumah. Initially, aku just nak buat the conventional puding laici, using susu cair. But the evaporated milk yg aku guna tu was a bit thick, which made the puding laici lost its sourness. I like my puding laici a bit masam, mcm rasa laici tu. So what I did was, I added few tbs of sunquick orange. Suprisingly, puding tu rasa sedap sgt, according to my food critic, Iffah. Satu talam tu, habis kejap je.

Pudung Laici Sunquick Oren

Bahan2

25gm agar2 strips

1 tin laici - blend together with juice laici.

1.5 litre air

1/2 cup gula

1 tin susu cair

4 tbs sunquick orange

cara2

1. Didihkan air, add agar2 strips.

2. Bila agar2 dah hancur, tapis air kemudian, masukkan semula ke dalam periuk.

3. Masukkan gula, kacau sehingga gula larut.

4. Masukkan laici yang telah di blend halus. Bila campuran agar2 dah mendidih, masukkan susu cair dan sunquick oren. Tutup air, masukkan dalam acuan.

Facebook & Apam Butter Gula Hangus

For the past few days, hubby has been nagging me to spring clean my friend's list in facebook. Yesterday, he did it for me. Erm.. takpe la, I dont really mind coz dia cuma removed his friends je from my list. Tu pun friends yang I sendiri tak kenal, just jumpa once or twice. Today I deleted my gaming friends. Bye bye farmville, frontierville, cityville, cafeworld and semua facebook games. Starting from today, I decided to grow up. No more games, just kids and hubby and inline skating.

In a way, I feel sad to bid farewell to the games and gaming friends but I think almost 10 years of gaming is enough for me. Now that hubby dah makin busy, I need to pay more attention to the girls. Soon they will be in their teens and by then, mama and abah will be less important than friends. Hopefully, that will never be the case la.

Yesterday, Sally and Azli came over for lunch. I cooked Laksa Kuoh Meroh and Apam Butter Gula Hangus. The truh is, aku was so tired, malas rasa nak masak, tapi kesian pulak kat Sally and Azli. The kuah laksa, according to hubby, sedap sangat but the laksa, really sucks. I used laksa kering. I didnt know that laksa tu kena rendam satu malam, then baru boleh guna. Aku rebus je for 1 hour, and laksa tu rasa macam laksa plastik, sungguh tak sedap! Nasib baik Sally and Azli still makan sampai habis. Azli siap tapau bawak balik. I was too lazy to take photo of laksa kuoh meroh tu. :)

Nasi Telur for Lunch

I wanted to update my blog yesterday after the makan2 session, but I was too tired. I woke up at 6am, after prayer, I went to Pasar Tani with hubby. Iman and Iffah pun kena bangun pagi. Menu for yesterday was Nasi Telur. Nasi Telur ni, cerewet sikit nak masak sebab the work has to start as early as 3 hours before. Thus, the trip to Pasar Tani early in the morning. Hati lembu yang digunakan kena fresh. Kalau hati tak fresh, bila potong, dia akan hancur and berlendir. Urgh! I really hate hati lembu yang dah lembik and berlendir. The smell, buatkan aku tak lalu makan satu hati.

Alhamdulillah masa aku pegi Pasar Tani semalam, hati still banyak lagi. Aku ingatkan kita org the earliest yang pegi pasar tu, rupanya dah penuh manusia at 6.15am. Lepas beli hati and telur masin, I bought some premix dirt untuk Iman and Iffah berkebun kat belakang rumah. Masa kat tempat beli tanah tu, aku nampak pokok Kemangi and pokok Selasih, tu pun aku rembat. Hajat hati nak jadi petani berjaya macam K.Min... hehe

Sampai je rumah, aku terus potong hati lembu tu. Leceh betul nak potong hati tu sebab kena potong kecik2 about 1/2cm in size. It took me about 1 hour untuk habis potong 1kg hati. Kalau ikutkan aku, memang malas nak buat Nasi Telur, but hubby dah jemput his friends, promosing Nasi Telur as the menu. Grr... sesuka hati je bagi menu sendiri. Lepas dah siap potong hati, aku goreng udang kering yang dah di blend, then goreng telur and last sekali goreng hati while masak Kerutup ayam. Aku buat dalam 1 gantang Nasi Telur, so this time, masak ayam pun tak banyak, dalam 4 ekor je.

Siap masak about 11am. Hubby's guests came at 2pm. Penuh kejap rumah aku. Potek and his family came, then Rithaudin came with his family later. Bila bergossip dengan wife Potek, Niza, macam tak cukup masa. By the time Potek ajak balik, we were not done yet.. hahahha.. Terpaksa la Potek menunggu lagi. Sorry ye Potek. Lain kali kita org buat lagi. :P

 A complete Nasi Telur meal - Kerutup Ayam, Acar Nenas and Acar Kobis

 Acar Nenas and Acar Kobis.

Zarin, here's the recipe for Acar Nenas.

Bahan2
2 biji nenas Josephine - buang kulit, potong kecik2
4 tbs sugar
4 tbs vinegar
1/2 tbs salt
2 tbs cili giling/cili boh
1/2 keping nisang/gula melaka
 1/4 c water
cara2
1. Masukkan air, cili giling, cuka, garam, gula dan nisang dalam periuk, didihkan. Bila air dah mendidih, masukkan nenas. Air tak boleh letak banyak sebab bila air nenas turun, kuah acar tu akan rasa tawar.
2. Masak nenas sampai nenas betul2 masak. Tutup api, and hidangkan.

Nasi Telur. I cooked Nasi Telur using beras siam wangi.

Full Day...

I went to watch The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader with Iman, Iffah, K.Siti and her two girls, Zulaikha and Suhaila. I bought the tickets yesterday for the morning show so that we can get early bird price (the cheapskate in me... hahahhaa). Since it's school holiday, tiket memang kena beli a day earlier kalau taknak frust menonggeng. If not, it will be like Wednesday baru ni, the whole day, panggung fully booked except for cerita yg tak best macam Hantu Mak Limah Balik Rumah.

Aku bukan tak nak support cerita melayu, tapikan, aku dah sampai tahap bila tengok, rasa macam nak muntah. Tak boleh tahan. Really meluat dengan slapstick jokes yang never ending, pastu pompuan2 melayu islam yg pakai baju macam tak pakai baju. Baik la tak payah aku buang masa dan duit. Tengok cite omputih lagi bagus.

Back to cerita Narnia tu. Masa aku sampai kat TGV Wangsa Walk tu, it was already 10.55am. The show was at 10.50am. Risau takut cerita dah start, alhamdulillah belum lagi. I was late sebab kunci rumah tertinggal dalam kete hubby. Dia pulak dah pegi keje. I had to wait for my sister, Ayu, to bukakkan pintu using Makcik Ton's keys. Nasib baik Ayu tak keluar pegi mana2. Buatnya dia keluar pegi jalan, takde orang la nak bawak kunci tu dari rumah Mok to my house sebab Mas is in confinement, tak boleh drive. Nasib baik rumah aku is just 5 minutes drive to rumah Mok.

After Narnia, we went back home. Oh ya! the kids love cerita Narnia tu. Iman said the adventure and magic is believable. Apa2 la kakak.. Aku angguk je la coz I wasnt really concentrating on the show, my mind was elsewhere. I was sleepy too at that time. At 3.30pm, I went out again, this time to Great Eastern Mall to meet a fellow blogger whom I've met once before, a  warm and bubbly person, Enida. I really like her. When you talk to her, it feels like you have known her for ages.

Balik from Great Eastern Mall, I went to Jusco with hubby to buy groceries, then sampai rumah je, terus masak dinner for my brother, Abe. He called tanya what's for dinner. Aisey! nak taknak, kena la masak.

Nasi Goreng Ikan Goreng

My favourite! Masa kecik2 dulu, Mok selalu goreng this version of nasi goreng with left over ikan goreng. I remembered masa we all kecik2 dulu, we dont really eat daging or ayam. I guess that's why we were so slim compared dgn budak2 sekarang yang almost everyday makan meat.

No matter how good I am at cooking, I still think that Mok's version of this nasi goreng is still the best! Aku masak, still tak sama dengan rasa nasi goreng Mok. Tiba-tiba rasa rindu pulak kat Mok. Dah few weeks tak jumpa Mok. The last was masa raya haji. Dah la lately ni Mok kurang sihat, asyik batuk and selsema je.

Nasi Goreng Ikan Goreng.

Ingredients

4 cups of nasi

3 ekor ikan goreng (kembung/selar/sardine) - tumbuk lumat

5 ulas bawang merah

2 ulas bawang putih

3 biji cili merah (kalau suka pedas, boleh masukkan few cili padi)

2 biji telur - pecahkan kedalam mangkuk

garam

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1. Tumbuk lumat bwg merah, bwg putih and cili merah. Panaskan minyak dalam kuali, tumis bahan tumbuk sampai garing. Kemudian, masukkan ikan goreng yg dah lumat, goreng sampai garing.

2. Bila ikan dah garing, masukkan telur, kacau. Telur akan jadi hancur into small pieces. Pastu add garam dan nasi.  Kacau rata, biarkan atas kuali for few minutes, hidangkan.

note : aku tak letak sayur sebab aku suka makan nasi goreng ni dengan salad. Feel free to add kobis, carrot and sawi or kangkung.

Gingerbread Bears

Bila cuti sekolah, aku memang pening. Pening nak pikir apa nak buat dengan the kids. Dah ler roadtax kete takleh nak renew lagi sebab ada problem dengan insurance (insurance pun takleh nak renew sebab saman tu.. huhuhu). Today, hubby took EL. I used his car. The plan was to go watch Rapunzel : A Tangled Tale (for the 2nd time), pastu bila pegi kat TGV Wangsa Walk, tengok2 tiket semua dah habis. Maybe jugak sebab on Wednesday kan tiket flat rate, RM9. So berebut la agaknya orang pegi tengok. Frust sungguh!

My mistake was that aku tak booked online. I should have! Takyah la aku beratur panjang2 then bila sampai turn aku,  tak dapat beli tiket sebab sold out. Kesian Zuleika. At least Iman and Iffah dah tengok. Since tak jadi tengok wayang, I brought the girls pegi main kat arcade there. I gave each of them RM10 to spend. Lepas habis duit, we went to Vitacare. My sister, Mas, wanted Rin sebab she feels very lethargic lately. Her problem is low blood pressure. Since now dia tengah confinement, risau jugak kalau pengsan ke apa ke while holding her baby girl. But masa aku pegi tadi, Farik (hubby Zana), takde la pulak. So aku tak beli sebab tak dapat discount.. hahahaha.. the cheapskate me always look for bargain :D

Lepas keluar from Vitacare, I saw Cold Storage booth selling cookies and sweets kat depan Vitacare tu. Then I saw Crayola Gingerbread Bears kit. I decided to make gingerbread with the girls. The girls were very excited. Finally they get to do something different today. Masuk je kete, Iffah terus bukak the box.

Tergerak hati nak tengok the ingredients list. Lupa nak check masa kat Cold Storage. All the ingredients takde benda yang meragukan except for the jelly candies which have gelatine. Dah ler made in China. Ishk! meragukan sungguh. Balik rumah, terus ambik kotak nak baca the instructions. Tengok2, the instructions leaflet hilang. Grrr... punya la marah aku kat the kids. Alhamdulillah setelah digoogle dengan penuh perasaan, last2 jumpa jugak instructions kat amazon.com. Phew!

 The kit from Cold Storage which cost about RM20+

 The cookies made by Iman.

 Iffah busy decorating hers.

Iffah's bear.

Hunting for Bargain (versi meroyan)

I love bargains! I used to hate sales, but macam orang cakap, tak kenal maka tak cinta. Tahun baru, my new year resolution antaranya adalah untuk lebih berjimat cermat, ie, more sales for me.. hahaha.. (CS, like I said, me and sale, ibarat aur dengan tebing.. hehehe).

Untuk merealisasikan resolution aku, maka I did some shopping on amazon.com. My best friend, Suzana, is studying in USA. Every few months, dia akan shipped barang to Msia coz ramai yang kirim beli pinggan mangkuk especially Corelle. The next shipment will be in January. Now amazon.com is having discounts and free shipping to address in US. I'm taking the opportunity untuk mengasah bakat shopping aku.

So, what did I buy?

 

2x CorningWare 6109785 French White 12-Piece Bake and Serve Set

 2x Corelle Livingware Geometric 16-Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4

 3x Corelle Impressions White Flower 16-Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4

3x Corelle Livingware 16-Piece Dinnerware Set with Mug, Service for 4, Country Cottage

 Nordic Ware Platinum Collection Cast-Aluminum Nonstick Tea-Cake and Candy Mold

 

2x Corelle Contours New Leaf 16-Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4 

 2x Pyrex 6021224 Storage 10-Piece Set, Clear with Blue Lids

 Pink & Blue American Princess Hearts Backpack / School Backpack / Outdoor Backpack

 2x Corelle Coordinates Country Cottage 14-Ounce Acrylic Glass, Set of 6

CorningWare French White 17-Piece Bake and Serve Set

I wanna buy T-Fal cookware set!! I think my hubby is gonna be really mad if I were to order that :(