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!

Not My Week

this week isn't really my week.
start from monday lagi rasa takde mood, betul2 down. for 2 days i tak bercakap kat ofis, bukanlah tak bercakap langsung, bila org bertanya of course i jawab, but even my boss pun i ignore. not only i don't talk much, i don't even eat that much, i just don't have appetite. budak bangla cleaner kat ofis pun pelik tengok i, paling kesian my colleague who is sitting in front of me, she had to endure my moody days this whole week. selalu driving macam kena kejar, tapi minggu ni drive paling laju pun 80km/hr jer... fikiran melayang2.
i just can't wait for friday to come, so that my gloomy days at work for this week will end. hope the sun will shine again in the beginning of next week.
apa kena dengan aku ni?

April Is Here

April...

April means birthdays, lots and lots of birthdays to celebrate. April is a significant month coz my precious little princess Wan Soraya Zahirah @ Yaya was born in April. Today, she is two!
My niece, Sharifah Sharina @ Nana was born on 5 April 2005, that was 3 days after yaya's. Another niece, Farah Alya was also born in April, 18. Not to be missed, Ashman @ Man was born on 9 April, he's not a blood relative thou, tapi dah macam adik sendiri.

Teringat balik detik2 menunggu hari kelahiran yaya. She was born 1 week after the due date given by my gynea. My gynea dr siti wanted me to be admitted and induced on 26 march 2005 (due date) but I escaped from the appointment and resume my duty at the office as usual. Pintu rahim belum dilate, plus I don't want to endure another forced labour (after the one I had during fahmi's labour). So, i convinced dr siti to give another week, if within this 1 week takde signs of labour, i will surrender myself in to her hands.

So, dalam masa 1 week tu, ada juga berkira2 nak pi serah diri hari Jumaat, suka sangat kalau dapat lahirkan baby hari jumaat. however since i really don't like 1 April (on that year it falls on friday) so i purposely postpone going to smc for another day. plus hubby pun kata kalau bersalin hari jumaat leceh skit dia tak dapat pi solat jumaat. hahahaaa...
finally on 2 April 2005, bukan setakat i had to endure another forced labour, tapi kena c-sect terus selepas menunggu 2 hours masih tak dilate.

teringat lagi dalam mamai kesan ubat bius lepas kena c-sect sempat lagi tanya nurse "saya dapat baby apa?" sayup2 terdengar jawapan "baby girl..." lepas tu terus terlelap. sekejap lagi terjaga rasa macam conversation dengan nurse tadi macam dalam mimpi, so i ask for the second time. alhamdulillah bersyukur dalam hati bila dengar jawapannya sama.

tak lama lepas tu disorong masuk dalam ward, hubby dah ada menunggu. cepat2 i tanya lagi kat hubby, "anak kita laki ke perempuan, bang?" hubby buat muka terkejut "sayang tak tau ke?" macam mana nak tau, dah 2 jam bersalin i still haven't had the chance to meet my baby, she was sent to the NICU sebab dah hampir lemas. i remember the nurse pat my shoulder and says "puan, lain kali jangan buat macam ni lagi ye?" back to my hubby he says "perempuan..." i said "iye ke?" muka hubby dah semacam "eh ingat abang tak mampu nak kasi girl ke?" hahahahaha part ni rasa nak gelak besar.

it was a delightful surprise for both of us.








to my precious little twinkle Yaya
may you continue to bring wonderful surprises & joy to mama & daddy
we love you so much!