Yuna

This girl is awesome!

Down With Fever

Last nite, aku takleh tido. Dunno why, pukul 3am aku dah terjaga. Pastu cuba jugak nak tido, but tak berjaya, pulah cawah (Sally betul ke ni?) skali. Rasanya aku dapat tido balik dalam 5am kot. Badan masa tu dah start panas, and tekak gatal yang amat, coughing non stop.

*Sigh*.. pesal la bila dah makin tua ni, senang sangat kena mcm2 sakit. Dulu masa sekolah, nak demam, batuk or selsema memang susah sangat2. Maybe dalam 5-6 tahun sekali kot. Sekarang ni, 2-3 bulan mesti sakit. Dah la demam, badan aku pun sakit2 jugak. Aku buat bodyforlife program semlm. Nak jalan, kaki rasa mcm kena glued together, pastu mcm pakai kaki plastic, sebab terketar2 mcm kaki orang tua.. hehehe.. nak tergelak pulak.

Semlm for the first time, Iman and Iffah balik from sekolah naik teksi. Hubby is currently away, takde orang nak ambik dia orang sekolah. So on the way to work petang semlm, aku drop maid aku kat sekolah dia org, and they went home naik teksi. Actually takde la jauh pun rumah dgn sekolah, dalam 1 km kot. But zaman sekarang ni, takleh bagi budak2 jalan kaki, bahaya!

Ok, malas nak berceloteh panjang2, aku just nak post recipe Chicken Pie yang aku buat few days ago.

Chicken Pie

Crust
500gm tepung
200gm shortening
125gm butter - sejuk
150-200ml air - kena masukkan sikit2

for filling
500gm minced chicken
diced carrot
peas
dices potatoes - rebus dulu
1 can of mushroom soup (430ml)
1/2 can of water
1 tsp salt
1 tbs chicken stock
1 tsp black pepper
5-6 clove garlic - crushed
1 tbs flour - utk pekatkan filling

1. mula2 masukkan 2-3 tbs oil dalam kuali, masukkan garlic
2. pastu masukkan minced chicken
3. then masukkan yg lain2, rasa, boleh la tutup api.

Ni recipe reka sendiri.. alhamdulillah, it turned out to be great! Kids love it so much!! The crust tak muak :D

Sushi King Sale

Aku tgh contemplating whether to pegi Sushi King ke tak hari ni coz today they will start their sale. Everything will be RM2 (rice based sushi). Rasa mcm nak pegi, tapi takut ramai sangat yang beratur, nanti anak2 aku balik KAFA sapa nak ambik. Where is hubby when I needed him the most?? Sob sob.. Hubby is away again for 5 days, balik hari khamis. Bosan sungguh.

Last nite aku tido kul 1am. Wanted to sleep early, pastu dok berchatting dgn x-bf kakak aku sampai pukul 1am dalam FB. Now mata macam nak tutup je.

The long awaited Sushi King Bonanza is here again. RM2 for each rice-based sushi on Kaiten Belt.


I'm drooling...

Featured recipe for today will be Ginger Beef.

Ginger Beef

Bahan2

1kg daging - I bought sliced beef utk steambot. kat jusco ada jual

halia - julienne ( i used about 4-5 inches)... Read More
4-5 clove garlic - crushed
4-5 tbs sos tiram
3 tbs kicap manis
kacang pea, broccoli, baby corn, carrot
1 tbs corn flour (bancuh dgn air)
garam and gula

cara2
1. mula masukkan 2 tbs oil dalam kuali, masukkan crushed garlic, goreng til 1/2 garing
2. then masukkan daging. since daging ni dah nipis, it will take about 5-8 mins je nak masak.
3. pastu masukkan halia, sos tiram, sayur, kicap manis, garam and gula.
4. i dont like my veges to be soggy and lembik, so i masukkan just before i nak angkat daging.
5. masukkan corn flour for about 2-3 mins, then boleh angkat.

SMSS Gathering @ The Garden

Mula2 nak update jugak blog semalam, but aku letih giler. Dah la the nite before aku tido pukul 3am sebab dok busy buat karipap for Ella, Anne and Ally. Semalam aku ada gathering budak2 sekolah aku kat The Garden. Bagi aku, The Garden ni tersangat la jauhnya, rasa malas nak pegi. But since ramai yang duduk kat area sana, so terpaksa la jugak pegi.

Aku naik LRT with Iman and Iffah. Sally picked us up kat LRT Taman Jaya. Pegh! ramai giler orang naik LRT. Most probably sebab ada PC Fair kat KLCC kot. Rasa macam masuk dalam tin sardine. Yang paling aku tak tahan, penumpang2 LRT yg bengap, yg tak reti nak bagi budak2 duduk. Kesian anak2 aku kena berdiri sampai la kat station Masjid Jamek. I tak paham dgn mentality orang Msia, kononnya berbudi bahasa sangat. Anak aku yang kecik pun reti nak bagi tempat duduk kat orang tua walaupun masa tu Iffah baru je dapat tempat duduk setelah lama berdiri.

We were supposed to be there at 3pm, but as usual, aku, Sally & Cikitas sampai a bit lambat sebab cari parking je dah more than 15 mins. Masa sampai tu Zida and Shahrin dah sampai. Then baru la the others sampai. Rasanya yang sampai paling lambat Potek, about 4.30pm. Since most of us tak jumpa more than 19 years, mula2 rasa a bit awkward. Biasa la, aku ni need time to panaskan enjin. Lepas enjin dah panas, couldnt stop talking. Hehe.. aku selalu mcm tu.

Us @ The Garden



Group Photo

Cikitas & Aida



Rambo, Prem, Sah & Shahrin

Shahrin & Sah with me & Iffah



Ernie, Sally & Madi

Ni gambar gathering, aku cilok from Zida' FB. Sah was not in the group photo coz dia dah balik masa ni. Shahrin pun takde dalam gambar. The boys/pakciks went Ga-Ga over Sah's niece yang tersgt la lawanya.

Lepas the gathering, aku balik rumah, Sally tolong hantarkan. Dia nak makan ayam kerutup yang aku buat. Lepak kat rumah kejap, after maghrib, kita orang keluar lagi. Aku pegi Eastin Hotel, hantar barang kat Anne, then sambung lepak dengan Sally kat Ikea's cafe. Pukul 11.pm baru Hubby datang ambik. Memang letih la semalam. Balik rumah, sambung lagi buat karipap untuk Ella. Alhamdulillah semua siap. Now tengah pikir, apa aku nak masak for lunch....

Culture Unplugged Video

View this movie at cultureunplugged.com

I wanted to cry... Thx Zida for sharing this video with me.

Lunch With Iffah

Yesterday I went to Jusco AU2 with Iffah. Selalunya kalau Mama needs someone to temankan, Iffah akan volunteer. Sometimes, nak keluar sorang2 ni malas. But the kids bila dah makin besar, amatla susahnya nak keluar dengan Mama. Bila Mama merajuk, baru la sibuk nak temankan. Semalam I wanted to replenish mutton rolls yang dah almost habis kat dalam freezer, selalunya aku akan pegi pagi so that aku akan dapat good bargain. Jusco AU2 will sell meat at 50% discount bila dah dekat their expiry date. Masa tu aku borong la byk2 since mutton, lamb, beef, marinated beef & wagyu beef very expensive. hehe.. nice trick rite?

Our lunch was Takoyaki. Since Mama still kenyang, so kita orang share Tako balls. Iffah bough Tako with prawn. Yummy! I love tako, provided they gave us generous serving of bonito, sauce and mayo. Eh! sauce apa yek yg dia org guna tu? erm.. aku pun wonder jugak. Good Tako will make u crave for more.

Ni gambar Iffah and the tako balls. The bonito on top of the tako balls bergerak2 mcm ulat, which turned off Iffah's appetite to finish javascript:void(0)off her tako sebab dia kata geli cam ulat. Actually bonito tu nampak mcm gerak2 sebab asap yg keluar dari tako balls. Takpe la, more for Mama then.. hehehe

Iffah (always laughing and smiling)





Tako Balls

The Best of Ghibli Studio

My kids love Ghibli's movies. There are more than 10 movies, but there are few yang budak2 ni suka sgt. Below are the list

Studio Ghibli Films

Cat Returns, The



Grave of the Fireflies

Horus: Prince of the Sun



Howl's Moving Castle

Kiki's Delivery Service



Laputa: Castle in the Sky

Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro



My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbors the Yamadas
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Night of Taneyamagahara
Only Yesterday

Panda! Go Panda!
Pom Poko



Ponyo on a Cliff
Porco Rosso



Princess Mononoke



Spirited Away



Tales from Earthsea
Whisper of the Heart

Spirit

These past few days, tv kat rumah aku dok asyik menayangkan cerita yang sama "Spirit". Iman & Iffah sama perangai dengan Mama dia, once they like a movie, they will watch the movie over and over again, sometimes 2-3 minggu, pastu bila dah bosan, then they will stop. It started with Ghibli Studio's movies, then Monster Inc, Toy Story, Pirates of Carribean and banyak lagi. So this week, rumah aku jadi minggu Spirit sedunia.. hehe





Now dia orang dok menghafal lagu Bryan Adams dalam cite ni. *sigh*.. macam2 la anak2 Mama ni. Today adalah hari Malas sedunia untuk Mama, so I'll just cook pasta. What pasta? We will see the end result in a short while, I havent decide yet :D

Caramel Pudding

Semalam buat projek caramel pudding untuk Iffah. Iffah loves caramel pudding, kalau bagi dia semua pun, boleh dia habiskan. I dont really like it coz it's sweet. Anything sweet doesnt really agree with my taste. Kalau buat teh O, my mum sure complain that my tea is too bland, takde rasa, rasa mcm air suam. Buat kopi pun mcm tu jugak.

Since today takde mood sgt lagi nak menaip panjang2, kita teruskan pada acara menepek recipe. Recipe caramel pudding ni aku belajar from mak Neli. As usual, aku ni suka tokok tambah recipe, maka ni la hasilnya :D

Caramel Pudding

Bahan2
5 eggs (Size A)
1 tin susu cair
1 tin air (sukat guna tin susu cair tu)
1/4 tsp salt

caramel
1 1/2 cup sugar - cairkan dalam periuk and goreng til brown
1/2 cup water - masukkan dalam air gula, kacau sampai caramelised sugar dissolved, pastu tutup api. sejukkan

Cara2
1. Pukul telur sampai kembang, then masukkan susu cair, air and salt, and pukul lagi.
2. tuang caramelised sugar dalam bekas, and pour egg mixture kat atas sugar tu.
3. kukus sampai masak. sejukkan
4. bila dah sejuk, masuk dalam peti for about 6-8 hours.
5. keluarkan and makan.. yummy!

Aku masukkan dalam container kecik2 masa nak kukus, so that senang for Iman and Iffah nak bawak to school.

Recipe - Meehoon Goreng Tomyam

Hari ni takde mood nak berblogging sebab letih sangat2. So I will just tempek recipe meehoon goreng tomyam that I made few days ago.

Meehoon Goreng Tomyam

Bahan2
1 bungkus meehoon
200gm udang
2 tbs tomyam paste (apa2 brand, asal menyelerakan)
10 clove garlic - crush
250gm taugeh
daun sup - potong panjang2 (abt 2 inches)
1 btg serai - ketuk
3 helai daun limau purut
4 tbs sos tiram

Cara2
1. tumis bwg putih, masukkan udang, then masukkan tomyam paste, then masukkan 3 cups air
2. bila air dah mendidih, masukkan sos tiram, salt, 4 tbs sugar, serai, daun limau purut and meehoon.
3. once air dah almost kering, masukkan daun sup and taugeh.
4. then boleh makan.. yummy!

Birthday Wish List Taq

I was tagged by Rina.

The rules to comply with:-

1. Make a list of what you want on your birthday
2. The list should be 10 numbers
3. Post the image of this award in your posting
4. Give it to 10 friends of yours

Another 5 months to go before my birthday. If I make this list now, Hubby will definitely be able to fulfill it...... in my dream la kot.. hehe. Thus, I think might as well I ask for the impossible.

1. I wanna own a house at 20 Trees (Melawati). Dear hubby, do work hard and buy me a house there.

2. 3G iPhone. I saw Dilla using it, and I want!! :D

3. A shopping trip to LV boutique with no credit limit. Ani bought 10k worth of LV goods, and I want! Aci tak? hehe

4. I want a Crossover. In this case, it's either a Ford Edge or Volvo XC60.

5. I really need a vacation. Maybe I'll pay a visit to few of my friends all over the world starting with Zmin in UK, then Emil in Switzerland, and maybe Ita in Ireland, or Suzana in US and few others .. sigh.. what a wish

6.Gold Bullion - Lots of it!!

7. Bling Bling!

8. Beautiful Kitchen!

9. Own a chateau in France.

10. Above all, I want be hamba yang bersyukur. Bersyukur that Allah gave me 2 beautiful daughters, a roof on my head, a car to drive around and a loving husband. Dear Hubby, dont worry, u dont need to buy me anything, 1-9 will always be part of my angan2 mat jenin. All I need from you is ur unconditional love, affection and commitment.

Phew!

Hari ni aku jadikan "Sleeping Beauty Day". Nito la yang bagi nama tu. Actually, I'm pretty exhausted mentally and physically, these past few days byk sangat activity. Semalam ada "Car Boot Carnival" kat sekolah Iman. Pagi2 lagi dia orang dah kejutkan Mama and Abah, nak pegi sekolah.

Our plan was to walk to school, tapi disebabkan Mama and Abah bangun dah lambat, maka terpaksa la naik kereta. Bila sampai sekolah, MasyaAllah, ramainya manusia. Yesterday rasanya the 2nd year sekolah buat that event. This year was better than last year. At least lagi banyak kedai and beratur tunggu nak masuk rumah hantu tu lagi sistematik. Tahun lepas, nak masuk rumah hantu, budak2 kena beratur more than 2 jam, beratur tengah panas pulak tu.

We didnt stay long kat sekolah sebab panas sangat. Furthermore, terlalu ramai orang, termasuk la yang bukan sekolah kat situ. Budak2 luar pun ramai masuk. Cikgu siap buat announcement for the kids to be careful with their belongings sebab ada orang luar yang masuk sekolah untuk curi handphone and beg budak2. Teruk betul la orang yang macam tu. Really menyusahkan orang lain. Ada few budak2 yang hilang handphone and wallet.

Lepas balik from Car Boot Sale tu, aku pegi rumah Jana with Sally, Cikitass and Nito. Thank you Jana sebab bagi makan kat aku dan rombongan cik kiah aku tu.. hehe. Rumah Jana punya la jauh, letih aku drive. Jana hidangkan Nasik Kerabu. Aku bawak Meehoon Goreng Tomyam and karipap ikan aku yang femes tu.. hehehe.. perasan la pulak.

Meehoon Goreng Tomyam

Recipes - Ayam Gulai Kampung, Sambal Udang

As promised, below are the recipes for the 2 dishes yang aku tak sempat2 nak up.

Sambal Tumis Udang

Bahan2
1kg udang
2-3 tangkai daun kari

bahan2 blend
30 biji bwg merah
10 biji bwg putih
8 tbs cili boh
1 tbs belacan

cara2
1. tumis daun kari dalam kuali, then masukkan bahan2 blend.
2. bila dah garing, masukkan gula, tumis lagi sampai gula hancur.
3. masukkan udang, 1/2 cup of air.
4. bila udang dah masak, masukkan garam and maybe tambah gula kalau perlu.

Ayam Gulai Kampung

bahan2
1 ekor ayam - potong 16
20 ulas bwg merah - mayang halus... Read More
10 ulas bwg putih - mayang halus
3 inci halia - mayang halus
2 inci lengkuas - ketuk
6-8 tbs cili boh
kerisik - from 1/2 biji kelapa
santan 1/2 kg
2 asam keping
1 keping nisang kecik
garam, gula
5 tbs rempah gulai kampung (ganti rempah kari pun takpe)
rempah kasar (kayu manis, bunga lawang, bunga cengkih, pelaga)
4 tbs bwg putih + bwg merah yg dah diblend

cara2
1. panaskan minyak dalam periuk, tumis rempah kasar.
2. then masukkan bwg & halia, goreng sampai garing.
3. masukkan cili boh, tumis sampai garing, then masukkan bwg blend & rempah gulai kampung, masukkan air sikit. then masukkan kerisik, asam keping & nisang
4. tumis sampai naik minyak.
5. once rempah dah garing, masukkan ayam sampai 1/2 masak. then masukkan santan & 3 cups of water. bila ayam dah masak, masukkan garam & gula

Madras Eye

Why do they call conjunctivitis as Madras eye? Pelik aku.. kalau kena conjunctivitis pastu bila tgk apa2, tukar jadi gold takpe gak. Ermm.. aku kena sakit mata.. sob sob.. Apa la.. dah tua, baru nak kena sakit mata. Pagi tadi la mata takleh nak bukak. Actually dari semlm lagi rasa tak selesa, mcm ada benda stuck dalam mata, rasa heavy je. Pastu gatal2.. *sigh*.. Hopefully anak2 tak kena.

I just came back from dinner with Nora kat Little Penang Cafe. Favourite dinner place for Nora, aku dah cam tak lalu nak makan kat Little Penang Cafe tu. Tadi masa tengah syok makan, tiba2 Nora tunjuk, kat pinggan dia ada rambut. Apa lagi, aku pun panggil la waiter kat situ, suruh dia tukar kari hantu dish Nora.

Ok, yang aku nak marah ni, the way they handle it. Dah la the manager tak datang say sorry. Pastu the waiter macam nak taknak je tukar dish tu. Masa bayar tadi, Nora belanja (thank you Nora), Nora compain la kat manager LPC KLCC tu. Manager tu siap boleh cakap lagi, that every 2-3 weeks, customer akan jumpa rambut, takleh nak elakkan lagi.

I was shocked!! Wei! u're an established eatery, I dont need to listen to ur shocking stories about customer jumpa rambut la, jumpa batu dalam pulut hitam la etc.. What I want to hear is ur "professionalism". Tak lalu aku nak makan kat situ lagi. Tomorrow I'll try to create my own kari hantu. Nothing special pun about LPC's curry hantu.

Sambal Udang

Aku will post this recipe and gulai ayam recipe tomorrow. Takleh nak bukak mata, sakit sebelah kiri.

A Hot n Dry Day

Bangun pagi tadi, kepala rasa pening. Last nite pukul 1.30am, adik aku, Mas, called. Dia mintak tolong bawak pegi Hospital sebab Shariff the Sumo Baby was not well. Both of them kena diarrhea, tak tau la silap makan apa. Yang pastinya, Shariff diarrhea sebab maknya coz he's fully on breast milk. Pagi tadi pukul 4.30am baru balik rumah. Argh!! tension!! Aku kehilangan beberapa jam beauty sleep aku.. sob sob.. sungguh sedih.

Pukul 10.30am, Hubby ajak start Body For Life program again. Hubby cakap, nanti lagi 8 weeks, bila dia dah kurus, nanti aku pulak yang susah hati kalau aku tak start from now. Ye la, nak tak nak, terpaksa la ikut cakap Hubby ku itu. Dalam pening2, terpaksa jugak aku angkat berat since today is upper body exercise.

Lately ni KL dah panas balik. My problem is, aku tak tahan cuaca yang panas. Bila panas, aku akan kena migraine. Alhamdulillah today not as hot and dry as yesterday, but still very hot for puteri lilin (that's what hubby call me bila dia meluat dengan alasan taknak keluar sebab panas aku tu) macam aku ni :)

Iman : Mama, kat mana aunty Anne beli sling bag ni?
Mama : Kat Bangkok. Why?
Iman : Ooo.. Bangkok ni bila kita jalan, jalan dia pusing2, and buat kepala kita pening ke? Macam jalan nak pegi Genting tu..
Mama : Huh??! U mean BENGKOK?
Iman : Ha-ah, BENGKOK
Mama : ...............

Oh tidak! anak aku confused..

Ayam Gulai Kampung