Hair Cut Day

The girls hair grow really fast. Letihnya Mama asyik nak kena trim je. Yesterday, the girls and their Abah went to cut their hair. Lega bila tengok rambut semua dah pendek. Mama je yang tak join potong rambut. Kalau join potong rambut mcm mana nak ambik gambar.. hehe.. dah la juru gambar tak bertauliah.

My brother, Izani and his wife came for a visit. Maka aku la yang kena masak. Letih sangat sebab biasa la, time lunch aku very limited. Iman and Iffah keluar KAFA 11am, pastu gi potong rambut, then by the time balik rumah, nak kena prepare them utk pegi sekolah kebangsaan pulak. Time tu jugak la nak kena masak banyak2. My mum wasnt feeling very well yesterday, so dia mintak aku tolong masakkan for her house. Tu yang banyak keje... Takpe la, berbakti pada mak aku, bila lagi aku nak berbakti kan. Will up the photos of yesterday dishes tomorrow. Now aku nak sambung tido.. hehe

The three of them :)



Iman bored as usual



Cheeky Iffah :D

UP - New Pixar Movie

I love this trailer!! Cant wait for the movie to come out this summer!

A Busy Sunday

Pagi ni bangun, first thing aku pikir, anak2 exam. Argh! exam lagi. Apasal la exam tak habis2 ni. Baru je bulan lepas dia orang exam, now exam lagi.

Semalam was a long day for me. Dari pagi sampai ke malam, aku tak habis2 jumpa kawan. Mula2 at 11am, aku jumpa Ani. Balik rumah dah almost 2pm. Baru je 2 minggu lepas jumpa Ani. Ani is my childhood friend, dulu duduk depan rumah aku. Kita orang mengaji sama, naik bas sekolah sama, even masa study dulu, she went to Tasmania. Mak dia an australian, datuk nenek dia duduk Tasmania. So she went to high school kat Tasmania but she went back to Msia just before aku sampai kat Tasmania. Masa jumpa semalam, aku ternganga jap tengok handbag, kasut and wallet LV dia. Peh! 10k for all those?? Err.. I would rather beli rantai emas... hehe

Then lepas jumpa Ani, I went home, siapkan karipap sardine Alie, another childhood friend. Dah la semlm Makcik Ton (my maid) balik kampung pandan for the weekend. Terpaksa la aku kemas dapur, masak etc sendiri. Lunch semlm aku masak Kerutup Ayam, will post about it later. Petang about 4pm, Nora came over to my house, nak ajak aku temankan dia pegi visit Zana. Nora sampai je, hujan lebat giler, so terpaksa la Nora berkhemah kat rumah aku and cancel nak gi visit Zana tu.

At 5pm, Nora balik, then at 6pm, Lily pulak datang nak ambik bags yang Anne belikan kat Bangkok. Pukul 8pm Lily balik, then aku mandi2, siap, terus keluar jumpa Alie kat Permata. Pastu Jida joined us, and aku balik rumah kul 12 malam. Kesian anak2 aku, tak sempat aku nak melayan dia orang, busy sangat melayan kawan2. Rasa bersalah jugak..

Mee Rebus Mak (Mee Sup Sayur)

As promised, the recipe for my mum's mee rebus. I used to hate this mee rebus sebab aku tak makan mee. But bila dah besar ni, suka pulak makan mee. Actually, dulu aku makan mee. Pastu ada one time ni, aku tengah sedap makan mee, tiba2 terpandang tv yg tengah tunjuk cerita dukun lintah. Lepas tu terus aku hilang selera pada mee. Now baru boleh telan mee balik.

Mee Rebus Mak (Mee Sup Sayur)



Bahan2
Mee - 1 bungkus (boleh substitute dgn meehoon or kueyteow)
1/2 kg udang
100gm daging - potong nipis
fishball (optional)
250gm sawi
200gm kobis
1 carrot (julienne)
10 ulas bwg merah - mayang
4 ulas bwg putih - mayang
1 tbs beef stock granules
2 tbs sos tiram
1-2 tbs black pepper

Cara2
1. Panaskan periuk. Masukkan 4 tbs minyak masak, tumis bwg yg dah dihiris hingga garing.
2. Bila bawang dah garing, masukkan daging dan udang.
3. Masukkan sos tiram, air dan stock daging.
4. Bila air dah mendidih, masukkan sayur2, black pepper dan mee.

Kalau nak simpan, it's best asingkan mee dgn kuah. Jadi mee tu takla kembang sangat.

Cheeky Iffah Is Not Feeling Very Well Still

Since semlm, Iffah still complaining about muka yang sakit. Semlm muka dia tak bengkak sangat, today nampak a bit swollen. Hehe.. kelakar la pulak anak Mama, nampak mcm budak gemuk coz pipi chubby. Dari bangun tido tadi, sampai la petang, dok complain sakit muka.

Hari ni dia tak gi sekolah sebab dapat MC, maka dengan kakak sekali tak pegi sekolah. Lagipun kul 10.00am tadi aku dah janji dengan Anne nak jumpa dia kat Ikea. Apa la punya Mama, janji nak jumpa kawan, sampai sanggup tak hantar anak sekolah.. hehe.. sorry ye girls. Takpe la, missed KAFA today je.

I was a bit late sampai kat Ikea tadi. Patutnya kul 10.00am dah sampai, dah tu dok psycho Iffah je dah berapa lama, nak tunggu anak2 dara mandi lagi. Last sekali aku naik angin, aku cakap, sapa tak siap dalam masa 5 minit, Mama tinggal. Wah! cepat pulak anak2 aku siap. Next time can use the same tactic.

Lepas berborak and ambik barang from Anne (thank you Anne), aku terus ke rumah Dina, janji nak lunch kat rumah Dina at Kota Damansara. Kesian Dina kena melayan rombongan Cik Kiah.. heheh.. Ramai jugak yang pegi, aku, Mas, Sharif, Iman, Iffah and Dzia. Sampai kat rumah Dina, pak guard kat situ tegur kita orang, tanya Dzia tu budak duduk block B ke? Wah! famous gak anak sedara aku sorang tu. Memang dia duduk block B kat condo yang sama dengan Dina.

Kat rumah Dina, we all makan pizza. Alamak! lupa la pulak pizza apa yg kita orang makan, yang surenya, sedap sangat2! Sebenarnya taknak la susahkan Dina, dia pun tengah sarat pregnant, tapi sebab janji nak jumpa K.Nizah, kakak ipar Dina, kat situ. Dah lama aku tak jumpa K.Nizah, last was masa aku form 3, before K.Nizah pindah sekolah. That was ages ago.. takyah la cakap berapa lama ye, sebab nanti semua orang tau umur aku.. hehe.. Yang pastinye, tersangat la lamanya.

Ok, semalam aku masak Mee Rebus yang mak aku selalu masak masa aku kecik2 dulu. Tiba2 je teringat Mee Rebus ni lepas dok berdiscuss dengan Za kat dalam FB. Recipe aku akan tulis esok, ngantuk dah..

Mee Rebus Mak (Mee Sup Sayur)

Detox Juice

Today cikgu Iffah called, but aku tak perasan ada missed call. Pastu petang hubby telepon cakap cikgu Iffah called him, Iffah tak sihat. Aku panic kejap, sebab selalunya Iman yang sakit. Iffah jarang sakit. Hubby cakap, cikgu kata iffah sakit gigi. So lepas balik keje tadi, aku picked up the kids kat rumah mak, then terus bawak gi dentist. Lepas dentist dah check, dia kata takde apa2, maybe ada mumps.

Pastu bawak gi klinik biasa. Doktor kata takde apa2 jugak, cuma her lymph node kat sebelah kanan swollen a bit. He precribed antibiotic for Iffah. Letih aku today, dah la karipap untuk Ella esok tak siap lagi.

Semalam I was feeling a bit hungry, pastu malas nak keluar beli makanan. Entah apa mimpi, aku terajin pulak nak buat detox juice. Aku ada tulis recipe for Detox Juice ni dalam one of the older entry.

Detox Juice

Bahan2
2 green apple
1 capsicum hijau
1 cucumber
3 bitter gourd
3 celery stalk

Masak Lemak Udang Ibu Mertua Ku

bahan tumbuk
8 ulas bwg merah
4 ulas bwg putih
1 inci lengkuas
1/2 inci kunyit

3 tbs cili boh
2 btg serai - titik
1/2 kg santan pekat
1kg udang
1 helai daun kunyit - hiris halus

1. mula2 tumis bahan tumbuk dgn cili boh dalam minyak panas.
2. bila dah garing, masukkan udang, pastu masukkan santan, serai
3. bila udang dah masak, masukkan daun kunyit, garam and gula.

Abbas oh Abbas

After picking up the kids from KAFA school, we went to kedai mamak near my mum's house. I wanted to beli santan sebab nak buat sambal ikan for karipap ikan yang Ella order. On the way, kena lalu 2 round-a-bout.

Abbas : Aunty, kenapa aunty lalu kat kirkel?
Me : kirkel?? apa tu Abbas??
Abbas : Ala.. ni yang bulat2 ni..
Me : round-a-bout ni ke? u mean circle?
Abbas : ha-ah, kirkel

Iffah : Mama, Abbas eja rectangle REKTENGGEL
Me : ..........

Teringat anak sepupu aku sorang, Lutfan. Dulu selalu jugak bapak dia hantar rumah aku belajar dengan Iman and Iffah. Ada one day, aku buat spelling, suruh eja postman. Lutfan eja postman as BOSMAN.

Today still takde mood nak masak. Hubby is away, won't be back until tomorrow, so aku boleh la cuti masak. The kids tadi makan sup sayur again. Parents aku baru balik from Cameron, so peti sejuk kat rumah ni, penuh dengan sayur2. Tiba2 teringat Masak Lemak Udang yang mak mertua aku ajar.. errm.. sedapnya..

Masak Lemak Udang Ibu Mertua Ku

Surat Layang

Semalam balik from work, Iman was complaining pasal kawan dia buat surat layang. Eh! surat layang ke? Erm.. aku tak sure whether it falls under surat layang nya category ke tak. Cerita dia macam ni. Last week, Iman ada cerita that a friend of hers, Siti, accused her of sending Amir surat cinta. Amir dapat surat cinta, tak tau dari sapa. Siti told Amir, the letter was from Iman, mind you, we're talking about budak darjah tiga ok, and Iman is not even 9 yet.

Iman was very angry with Siti coz she said she didnt write the letter, and why is Siti accusing her of doing something yg dia tak buat. So semalam, Iman finally found the culprit. It was written by Siti. Apparently Siti ada hati kat Amir, but dia takut nak mengaku. Maka Iman la yang jadi mangsa. Aiyo!! why so complicated one? Baru darjah 3 dah tulis surat cinta. Pastu siap boleh main tuduh2 lagi. What's happening to our kids? Maybe sebab influence from cerita Indon yang bersepah2 dalam TV kot.. *sigh*..

Anyway, mood untuk masak belum datang lagi. Semalam buat muesli for Hubby. Today cuma makan sup sayur je.

Beautiful Pashmina

On saturday tu, masa jumpa Anne, ambik few pashmina from her. Iman and Iffah suka sgt2 sebab now, they have their very own pashmina. Pegi tengok movie semalam, bawak their pashmina sama, macam mak2 datin pulak :D. Thank you Anne.

Iman's



Iffah's

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

Today tengok cerita The Rock yang baru, Race To Witch Mountain. Sebenarnya malas sangat nak layan tengok wayang, but terpaksa jugak merajinkan diri sebab nak compensate the kids for not being able to bring them visit Baba & Nenek kat Cameron Highland. Ok la cite tu, tak la best sangat, ada part yang aku almost fall asleep. Overall just average. Iffah siap tertido lagi kat dalam panggung tu.

Mula2 nak buat barbeque, pastu balik dari tengok movie tadi, tengok Mas, dah beli 4 large pizza from Pizza Hut. So tak jadi la nak masak. Maybe will just cook pasta or something for the kids later. Tak tahu la pesal aku malas giler nak masak sekarang. Pagi tadi aku cuma buat sambal ikan for karipap. Ella wanted 400 biji karipap, terpaksa la reserve jari2 gemuk aku utk kelim karipap later.. hehe..

Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

I was excited upon reading about the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta on the official website http://www.myballoonfiesta.com/. Rupanya ni indah kabar dari rupa. Argh! buang masa aku je pegi Putrajaya. It was supposed to include biking session around Putrajaya. But we all as usual, bangun lambat, by the time sampai Putrajaya at 9.00pm, it was already hot. Tak sangka Putrajaya tersangat la panasnya.

Pagi tadi plannya pukul 6.00am nak bangun, siap2, then terus pegi Putrajaya. Tapi mcm mana la nak bangun awal, aku tido at 5am, layan tengok cerita The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince. Aku kunci jam kul 6.00am, sedar2 dah almost 8.00am. Apa lagi, terjerit2 pagi tadi suruh budak2 siap, nasib baik last nite dah masak nasik lemak siap2. Pagi tadi just pack nasik lemak, ambik some muesli bars and masukkan teh O panas dalam thermos, terus pecut to Putrajaya.

I left home at 8.30am, sampai Putrajaya at 9.00am. hehe.. I know, I was driving very fast, tapi taknak miss beli tiket untuk naik hot air balloon tu. Sampai je, aku drop my hubby and kids, aku pegi isi minyak coz my car was low on fuel. Seksa giler nak cari gas station kat Putrajaya. Maybe jugak sebab aku tak familiar dgn Putrajaya. Anyway, lepas park kete je, aku cari Hubby. Pagi2 lagi, Hubby dah buat darah aku naik, dia tertinggal handphone kat rumah!! Seksa aku nak mencari celah2 orang yang ramai tu. Alhamdulillah jumpa, kalau tak, memang aku tinggal je kat Putrajaya, biar balik jalan kaki to Melawati!

Balik from Putrajaya, aku singgah kat Midvalley, jumpa Anne. Aku kirim Anne beli pashmina and Le Sport Sac bags (superb imitation.. hehe) kat Bangkok. Balik from Midvalley, dah almost 3.00pm. Aku on aircond, terus landing. Tadi masa aku bangun, tengok gelap kat luar, ingatkan hujan, rupanya dah pukul 8.30pm. Terkejut aku! Lamanya aku tido..

Hot Air Balloon (the only 1 yg aku nampak, mana yg lain?? )


Iman trying out climbing



Iffah menyelit



Kesiannya anak Mama, panas2, kena memanjat



Kejap je, Iffah dah sampai kat atas



My very own Thug! hehe

Iman Crying.. Part 2

Pagi tadi, Iman's appointment kat Hospital Selayang. Last year she had severe stomach cramp. Pegi Selayang, then kena hospitalised for almost a week. So ni follow-up check up la. Doctor still couldnt figure out what's wrong with her. They refused to subject her to scoping or other test yg bahaya for kids. Kena main wait and see game. Aku tak la kesah sangat coz as it is now, her pain is less frequent than before.

Ok, back to why Iman cried in the Hospital. I cant really disclose it here, it's quite personal. The doctor said she might need a surgery to rectify it. Tu yang airmata berjurai2. Puas la aku pujuk. Seribu satu soalan keluar termasukla why premature baby like her always have problems etc.. *sigh*.. susah Mama nak jawab tu. Doctor Anita, the attending doctor, was very concerned bila tengok Iman menangis. Bila Iman nangis, muka dia nampak kesian sgt. Mesti patients lain yg dok tunggu kat luar ingat aku abuse Iman. hehe.. kesian anak Mama. Don't cry sayang, Mama is here..

Iman Crying..

It cuts me deep whenever I see Iman crying. She's not a crybaby, unlike Iffah. So whenever Iman cries, I feel my heart is being torn into pieces. Why big fat tears streaming down her cheeks? To be continued...

Muesli Bars

I've been wanting to make some of these for my kids. Tapi takde masa nak gi beli cereals and nuts. My kids pulak sekarang dah tak suka sangat makan cereal, so bekalan cereal kat rumah sangat la terhad. Tadi ajak Iffah temankan aku pegi Giant. Bought few types of cereal termasukla Trix. Iffah yang beria2 nak makan Trix. Bila dah bayar, then suddenly Iffah cakap dia taknak makan Trix. Aku tanya la dia, pesal taknak makan pulak? She said "Adik takut sakit kepala lepas makan Trix. Nanti kepala adik pusing2 nanti macam mana?". I was like... zzz.. Rupanya, kat new Trix packaging tu ada tulis "Your head will spin over the fruity taste". Patutla.. Lawak jugak anak Mama ni..

Anyway, thank you so much K.min for the lovely Muesli Bar recipe. Aku add peanuts, sunflower seed, and few other seeds

Muesli Bar

Ni gambar before dibakar. Yang colourful tu, Trix

The recipe aku copy from k.min's blog. Thanx again k.min

Bahan-bahan

- 2 cups rolled oats
-2 cups cereal (aku guna rice bubbles, koko crunch duo, honeystar, trix)
-100 g nuts, chopped up a bit (pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts & almonds)
- 100g dried fruits (black currants, raisins)
-150g butter
-1/2 cup honey
-1/4 cup brown sugar

Cara-cara:

-Preheat oven to 180C. Line a lamington/slice pan (18cm x 25 cm) with baking paper and make sure the baking paper overhang a bit so senang nak angkat the slice tu nanti lepas masak.
-In a pot, add butter and honey (and brown sugar if using) and masak atas api sederhana hingga butter melted and sugar dissolved. Masak sampai menggelegak dan reduce kan api dan masak hingga butter mixture tu thickens a bit. Set it aside to cool down a bit.
-In a big bowl, masukkan rolled oats, cereals, dried fruit, choc bits and stir to combine.
-Pour the butter mixture into the oat mixture and stir until all combined and coated with butter mixture.
-Spread the muesli into the slice pan and tekan2 sikit bagi mampat and tak crumbly. Bake for 30 minutes and then cool completely in the pan.
-Bila dah sejuk, bolehlah masuk fridge dulu utk bagi dia firm sikit so senang nak potong. Kalau tak kisah the muesli a bit crumbly, boleh aje terus potong after dia dah cool down.
-Put the slice in airtight container so boleh lah tahan for a week.