Carricature of Yaya

before anyone get confused let me just tell you that it is a carricature of yaya.
me and hubby both agree that the piece of art doesnt really resemble yaya, tapi mata tu adalah sikit2 macam mata yaya, plus i managed to get her hair tied up exactly macam dalam gambar tu.
cute kan? hehehe.. i'm bias of course. we had the carricature done while having our lunch at sheraton subang tengahari tadi lepas habis kelas tumble tots fahmi... for free.
yes, the they told us it's a complimentary gift for the diners, but we can see that not all diners get their face drawn by the artist. i guess we are just the lucky one... yaya is.

on the way back both fahmi & yaya kena marah dengan daddy. the kids were tired, so masing2 start buat hal. kena marah, kena "shut up"... terus zzZZzzz...

sampai rumah, mama & daddy pulak zZzZzzzz... a short outing but rasa so exhausted, due to the flu kot.

Craving For...

craving for food! macam orang pregnant plak teringin nak makan itu ini. i blame it all on pms... heheh usually i wud crave for chocolates, but this time i crave for:

1. fish… not just any fish but dory fish. Rasa terliur jer nak makan grill fish. So last week I ask hubby to buy frozen dory at carefour subang jaya. he bought back 2 packs of 6pcs dory fillet… amboiiii perli ke? Thought of cooking them for dinner khamis malam lepas, but I was sooo furious over something that happen at office, spoil mood orang jer (another pms symptom i guess). kesian kat hubby.

so, jumaat malam lepas hubby takde, i asked bibik not to cook nasi banyak, just enough for the kids. for myself... ehemm dory lah.

dapatlah makan 1/2 keping jer fish, carrot dengan kentang… the rest my 2 little kittens kerjakan habis-habisan… ummm yummm yummm yummm lepas makan, yaya terlantar on my lap. while cooking the fish, she already had her nasi. tapi si kecik ni selera dia besar, nak jugak makan fish, kalau makan sikit takpe jugak, nahhh akibatnya malam tu dia terlantar on my lap sambil mengadu “mama, akit puwut” ya Allah keras giler perut dia… *lol*

2. i crave for "udang merah" heheheee udang kalau dah masak sure will turn red kan? i'm not talking about ordinary udang but durian "udang merah". uhhh sedapnya durian ni, manis ... i dun like jenis yang pahit2 tu. last night gave hubby a hint to buy the durian, honestly i dunno how to choose the gud one, hubby's the expert, maklumlah org ada pokok durian belakang rumah. unlike me, bukak pintu belakang ada longkang...heee. hubby said i shudnt be eating durian masa tengah selsema & batuk but i told hubby "takpe buat ubat.." :)

see... bukan mama jer yang suka "udang merah"

asyik dok melayan selera makan ni, i just realised that i've put on weight! ughhh diet diet diet! ermmm rasa nak makan fish n chips pulak ... hehe

Cheeky Way To Make Lasagna

jom main masak2?
i owe a few readers yang asking for the recipe... uh uhhhh... i'm not an expert at cooking, so frens if you guys wonder how i make the lasagna, this is my way(cheeky way) of making lasagna. kalau boleh semua pun nak pakai instant... hehe

White Cheese Sauce
3 tbsp butter
2 tbsp wheat flour
2 cups low fat milk
1/2 cubed chicken stock
¾ cup chopped cheddar cheese
2 tsp dried mix herbs (oregano, basil, rosemary – McCormick’s)
or 2 tsp chopped oregano
1/2 tsp white pepper powder
1 tsp salt

Melt butter under medium heat, add in flour and let it simmer for about 2 mins. Pour in low fat milk, add cubed chicken stock, let it simmer for 6 mins until the mixture thickens. Quickly add cheese, mix herbs, pepper and salt. Mix well until cheese dissolved. Let cool.

Spaghetti Sauce
300gms mince meat/chicken
2 cups diced carrot
1 red onion - chopped
1/2 cup celery stick - finely sliced
2 ripe tomatoes diced
4 tbsp tomato paste (can be subsitute with puree)
1 sprig rosemary
1 cubed beef stock/broth
3 tbsp olive oil/cooking oil
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt (less is better)

In a medium pot, heat olive oil/cooking oil. Sautee carrot & onion until carrot half cooked. Add mince meat and diced tomatoes. Let the mince meat cooked for about 5 mins until its juices runs clear. Pour in the tomato paste/puree, mix well until the mixture simmer. Add in cubed beef stock/broth and 1.5litre water and rosemary sprig and salt & sugar. Let it simmer under medium heat until the sauce thickens.

Preparing the Lasagna
1 box of instant lasagna sheet (large or half size)
½ cup of shredded cheese (mozzarella)
white cheese sauce
spaghetti sauce

Lightly glazed the baking foil with margarine. Pour one layer of spaghetti sauce, place one layer of lasagna sheets, continue with one layer of spaghetti sauce, 3 tbsp of cheese sauce and lasagna sheets. Repeat the whole process until you finish making 43 layers. The top layer must be covered with cheese sauce only, make sure it is enough to cover the whole lasagna sheets. Tossed with shredded cheese.

Ready to bake in the oven under 180º for 35-40mins.

Kalau tak pakai instant sheets lagi sedap... rasanya lah...hehe. Preparation time: ntah agak2 dalam 1 1/2 hr kot? Nasib ada bibik, ada jugak orang nak kemas dapur...heheh ;)

Entertaining The Kids Day

it has been quite sometime since my last entry. dah start jadik malas lah tu…hehe
actually a lot of thing happens during those silent time. a cousin (my dad’s side) that I’ve never seen since 20yrs ago passed away on 24apr, drove my parents from seremban to banting to attend the funeral, send them back to seremban and me drove back to subang, all on the same day. fuhhh exhausted. went back to work the next day. and the day after had to faced another office conflict, ughhh *&^%$#@!!?* something I can do without.

come Friday, hubby went on with his trip back to his kampung, alone… what I thought would be a short trip well 2 days the most become an extended trip. he’s been gone for 5days 4 nights altogether. never been without hubby that long, not even during his heavy outstation days masa mula2 kawin dulu. the problem with me is kalau hubby takde I feel like half of me is gone… start lah takde selera makan, tidur pun tak lena, bukan setakat tak lena, tak boleh tidur langsung sebenarnya! so the result of 4 sleepless nights is demam selsema!!! eeiii geram… yaya pun sama demam selsema, I told hubby yaya demam sebab rindu kat daddy, purposely said that to make him feel bad leaving us for sooo long. he’s back anyway, on Tuesday.

so yesterday, was the entertaining the kids day. sebab selalunya weekend we would take the kids for an outing. last weekend hubby not around, mama pun takde mood, fahmi &yaya tak dapat outing. daddy dah balik dapatlah fahmi & yaya pergi jalan2. woke up late Wednesday morning, qada’ balik tak bleh tidur 4 malam. terus siap2 pack beg mickey mouse fahmi with all the necessary stuff i.e. pampers, baby wipes, extra baju, camera, drinking water, at 10.30am we were already heading towards taman jaya putra station. parked our car there, bought two-way tickets to kl sentral.

fahmi was so excited about taking a train, yaya plak takut sampai menangis2 sebab she heard bunyi lrt tapi cudnt see any, she was a bit confused.

fahmi had so many question about siapa yang bawa the train, so hubby had to do a lot of explanation to him.

from kl sentral we had to walk for about 500m to take another train heading towards berjaya times square. aduiii penat berjalan plus hari panas, we should have gone out earlier but yesterday memang panas terik. fahmi pulak asyik tanya daddy “mana car kita?” I guess dia pun tak tahan panas plus penat berjalan kaki. sampai kat imbi station, we all turun, take a short walk coz this station terus sambung masuk ke berjaya times square. huhu malu nak admit, tapi itulah 1st time jejak kaki ke bts.

we went straight to 7th floor, masuk ke cosmo theme park, paid rm62 for 2 adult tickets and 1 child ticket, yaya enter for free coz she is below 3ft height… heheh. so those who have a 2yr old kid tapi tinggi… heheh get ready jelah to pay rm15, dun argue with the girl at the ticket counter. the kids had a fun time despite mama rasa tak sedap badan plus yaya rasa suam2 jer badan dia. we only gets to take 4 rides, every single game ada minimum height, yaya didn’t pass for most of it. walaupun fahmi pass for more than 4 games but he has to be accompanied, when it comes to that hubby plak ter'over' qualified for the max height. ughhh...

naik train lagi... train ni lalu ke satu tunnel yang gelap. kat dalam tunnel tu everything in white even your shirt will glow. ada spiderweb and big fake spiders kat tepi2 tunnel tu, fahmi was so scared of the spiders.

after we finished our 4th ride, badan yaya makin panas, she must be tired she fall asleep atas bahu hubby.

so we decided its time to go home… huh sekejap jer kat situ about 1 hr plus. fahmi start throwing tantrums coz he doesn’t want to leave yet. by 2pm we were already out of the place.

penat sebab badan sakit2... uhh tak suka selsema :(

Baking Experiment

I made beef lasagna the other day, baked in a loaf pan. It was my first try; I didn’t know how it will turn out. I just followed the recipe found at the back of the instant lasagna sheets packing. it was a success!

Hubby like it, my kids couldn’t stop eating and keep on asking for more. Fahmi was shouting “nak lagi…” and wouldn’t stop until I put another helping into his plate. And I, was so happy that they all like my cooking.

Dah lama teringin nak buat lasagna sendiri, but we dun have an oven. Last 3 weeks I went back to my mom’s house and took back the small oven that I bought more than 3 years ago. Mom don’t need it anyway, she got her own big oven, not that she baked that much. I was the one who did the baking for raya biscuits all this time.

If you notice in my previous entry i wrote down the last thing I bought was pre-cooked instant lasagna? ;) So yesterday, I made some more for dinner, this time using large lasagna sheets.

Start preparing the white cheese sauce myself, again thanks to the recipe at the back of the lasagna sheets packing. haha menjadi pun… ;) bibik masak nasi tengahari tu. Usually fahmi & yaya had their dinner early, around 6pm. So while baking the lasagna, I asked bibik to fed the kids. Surprisingly they didn’t want nasi, both refused to eat nasi and continue play with their toys. Poor bibik…

Lasagna siap masak pun dah almost maghrib. Hubby haven’t come back by then, he went out to the worksyop, our car need some service. So I decided to let the kids have their meal first…

I've Been Tagged

I’ve been tagged by js. So here you are…

1. Your gender:
♀

2. Single?
happily married

3. Want to be?:
I don’t want to be single at my age… susah oo mau cari jodoh, kena fight dgn awek2 yg muda… hoho but I wonder what it’s like to be single at 28. anyone?

4. Age?
28

5. Age you wish you were:
29… so that I can have a big celebration on 29 September 2007!!! I told myself that I’m going to celebrate my 29th birthday sebab this 29th sept i'm turning 29!

6. The color of your eyes:
brown. hubby won’t admit it thou :-P. eh how come none of my kids have my brown eyes? sayangnyer…

7. Yourself:
I am a calm person, hate chaos, love kids, suka menyendiri

8. Your Hair:
dark straight hair. now 2 inches past shoulder length… i should get a hair cut. dah tak muat nak simpul masuk dlm net sanggul

9. Your Favorite Item:
my collection of books & magazines
Top in my favorite list is my judith mcnaughts collection!

10. Your Favorite Drink:
fresh orange juice… pegi makan mana2 pun mesti ni jer I order. hubby sure buat camni :-P

11. The Room You Are In:
computer room cum mini library cum mini closet

12. Your Pets:
i dun have pets, not allowed to

13. What You Want to be in Ten Years:
a homemaker. boleh ke?

14. What You're Not:
tak panas baran… tak cepat mesra, I dun make friends easily

15. One of Your Wishlist Items:
can I write more than one? new civic 1.8, a ticket to NZ & korea

16. The Last Thing You Did:
had my shower

17. Your Favorite Book:
yeah… paradise, perfect, something wonderful, once & always and a kingdom of dreams all by judith mcnaught(wink wink kat js)

18. The Last Thing You Ate:
a slice of mango mousse cake

19. Your Life:
everything is in control, at least for the time being

20. Your Mood:
am feeling good… I always feel happy every time I read the comments in my blog. had I know writing a blog wud make me feel contented, I wud have done it sooner.

21. Favorite color:
hate to admit it but my closet is full of pink bajus
purple & blue too

22. My lover is:
k.o.c.a.i ;) wink wink

23. I'm listening to:
perhaps love, sarangnaghia

24. Maybe I should:
stop dreaming! sometimes I’m just like alice in wonderland, I can lose myself in my dream world

25. I love:
my hubby, my 2 little terror, family & friends

26. My best friends are:
the one who care to listen to me, understand me when nobody does, who lend me her shoulder to cry on… I’ve lost a best friend once; I dun intend to lose more

27. I don't understand:
what I don’t understand

28. I miss:
my kampungggg… bila nak balik t’ganu lagi nih?

29. A lot of people say:
i’m slim, some people say I’m skinny, one person today said I’m anorexic!can u believe that?

30. The meaning of my name:
penghibur… no wonder salwa abd rahman jadik penyanyi, she is born to entertain people

31. Love is:
beautiful. everything seems to be very beautiful when you are in love

32. Read the newspaper:
only on weekends, if I’m lucky I gets to read a few pages from the daily newspaper

33. Take walks in the rain:
love it… I like it when it rains… like to sit by the window and just listen to the raindrops

34. Drive:
reckless driver… keep your distance

35. Like to drive fast?
yup… I drive fast from subang to seremban … I made it in 45mins

36. Been out of the country:
hahah jakun… never leave my country even for a second. only in my dream

37. Been in love:
yes, truly madly deeply in love with the man I’m married to now
once upon a time foolishly think that it was love before I met him

38. Ran away from home:
why would I do that?

39. Been on stage:
performed traditional dance “lenggang kangkung” when I was in standard oneand other performance throughout my schooling years

40. Judged other people by their clothing:
I dun judge people by their looks, clothing, how they think etc
tak suka buruk sangka

41. Are you trendy:
no… but I’d love to, its just that I’m too comfortable with the way I am now susah nak tukar style

42. Something that happened to you in 1995?
kena pulau dengan cikgu, I break some guy’s heart

43. Last thing you said aloud?
”tolonglah…” i wasn’t pleading anyway, more of asking somebody to shut up

44. What colour is your toothbrush?
light yellow

45. Last thing you bought?
pre-cooked instant lasagna sheets

46. Best ice cream flavour?
baskin’ n robbin’s caramel ice cream

47. Last person you hugged?
hubby, this morning

48. Do you talk alot?
yup, when I’m in the mood to talk

49. Is laughter the best medicine?
oh yesss… soo true

50. Do you prefer giving smiles or getting them?
i tend to smile back when people smile at me, try not to smile that much nanti macam kerang busuk pulak…

51. Do you admit when are wrong?
Yes, whenever it’s proven that I’m wrong coz I don’t do anything wrong on purpose. what is considered wrong to other people might not be wrong to me. there is always a reason why we did what we did

who wud i tag next? shida it's your turn :)

Aftermath

Finally, we make a go to hold yaya’s dinner party semalam, 7 april. Walaupun pada mulanya rasa agak keberatan, but it’s not fair not to hold her birthday party, especially when fahmi dapat raikan birthday dia besar2an. Although it was not a successful party. For an instance, the birthday girl demam. Tengah malam before her party tiba2 badan dia panas. Dahlah 3 malam berturut2 berjaga malam sebab dia batuk teruk menjelang tengah malam sampai ke pagi.

Secondly, most of the invited guest tiba2 tak dapat datang. My mom balik Terengganu jaga nenek sakit. My dad, I dah agak bila ma takde memang susah nak pujuk abah datang, plus abah don’t drive! Pak Ngah (my bro) pun tak dapat datang, problem transport gak. My best friend dari zaman sekolah (you know who you are) tiba2 ada urusan keluarga. Huhhhu… mana syok gini.

Alhamdulillah kak ya (my sis) and her kids, ebby (my younger bro) and his girlfriend datang jugak. Kalau tidak boring sihhh sedara mara takde, dahlah aku ni sebatang kara kat KL ni.

Seawal jam 4 petang caterer from eden catering dah terpacak depan laman rumah yang so sempit. Bagus diaorang ni, semua diuruskan sendiri takde gangguan langsung, terus we all keluar nak gi collect cake kat tropicana pun tak risau. Tengok tuh birthday cake yang sarat dengan macam2 figurine.




Anyway, alhamdulillah, walaupun siangnya nampak macam mendung nak hujan tapi tak jadi & cerah sampai habis aturcara. Thank you to those who came to make the party lively, js&her football team, watie&co, nad, kak eza yang sporting, acik… geram dengan qistina yang comel. Thank you for the presents.








Uhhh penat walaupun pakai caterer. Penat Berkemas laman rumah sampai kol 1 pagi, pastu penat malam tu me & hubby both tak boleh tido jaga yaya tak sihat & meracau jer sampai lepas subuh baru dia tido nyenyak. Kesian my little princess. Oh ya, to my surprise anak mama dapat patung barbie lah... wink ;) wink ;) ... siaplah lepas ni dia kasik barbie pakai diapers.

So, today sepanjang hari, our main agenda is tido, tido tido!