Urgently Required! (Help!!!)

... a pair of new spectacle to replace my much worn 2 years old spectacle.
i've been contemplating on replacing it with a new one, sebab tangkai flexible nya dah retak menanti belah. i had this conversation with my colleague 2 days ago about her new spectacle jenis tangkai flexible jugak, tapi jauh lebih cantik from mine...of course the price pun jauhhhh lebih... aduhhh dengar seribu tu rasa macam tak berbaloi jer. awatlah haku ni berkira sangat dengan diri sendiri. then, tetiba malam tu jugak aku mimpi tangkai cermin mata ku patah! mak oiii real giler mimpi tu sampaikan bila aku bangun nak bersiap gi kerja boleh aku rasa gelisah & terduduk kejap mengenangkan how am i going to drive to work? macam orang penasaran kejap, a minute after that barulah aku realise itu cuma mimpi. tapi kan... terus kecut perut dibuatnya!

the problem with me is that ada masa2nya yang aku tak reti set my priorities. i should immediately get my spectacle replaced kan? but at the same time aku dok berkira2 jugak nak beli benda2 lain, tu yang hajat nak ganti spec tertangguh2. nak tau apa yang buat aku banyak fikir whether nak spend my money on a pair of new spectacle or others?

kenwood stand mixer
sejak 2 tahun lepas dok ushar benda ni. tapi sebab pricey tu yang jerukkan dulu hajat. kalau nak jimat bleh saja redeem rewards point cc aku tapi tak dapatlah kenwood. dapatlah brand biasa2 jer. tapi hati nak kenwood or yang sewaktu dengannya jugak, i'm not ready to settle for less. dok fikir2 kalau ada mixer ni bagus jugak, sesuai dengan mintaku membaking. manalah tau kot2 aku tak kerja makan gaji lagi (touchwood) bolehlah aku buat kek... jual. hehe ada sapa2 nak beli?

canon dslr
ni penyakit baru. nak kata terer sangat bab2 photography ni tak pulak, tapi saja gatal teringin. less than 2k boleh dapat dah. alasan aku nak beli sebab nak replace olympus aku yang dah berusia 4 tahun tu. pastu alasan terkini, kononnya lah nak pass down the old one to yaya since dia shows great interest in photography ni kan? amboiii yelah tu... but why not? maybe she inherits little bit of my artistic traits in her. aku punya artistic enthusiast comes in the form of seni lukis, seni baking, seni memasak. maybe hers datang dalam bentuk photography, who knows?
tapi dok fikir2...emmm takpelah kiv dulu, rasa2nya kenwood mixer tu lebih banyak manfaatnya compare to dslr ni. nak kena menuntut dengan tok guru ila dulu baru boleh beli.

kitchen hood+hob+oven
i need to buy this dalam waktu terdekat ni especially bila2 ada warehouse sales kena alert skit. fotile kat bandar baru klang ada buat sales lagi until december, tapi price dia tak semurah sales july ritu.

cadangnya nak beli & simpan untuk kegunaan rumah baru nanti. dengar2 khabar angin maybe paling lewat january next year dapat kunci... aku suka kumpul sesikit barang2 basic ni so that nanti takdelah rasa gedebuk duit habis & takdelah penat or pening mencari barang... i call it forward planning. tapi hubby kata membazir, lambat lagi!
i totally disagree! kami ni bukannya banyak duit, ada lebih2 ujung bulan put aside untuk barang2 ni semua. macam baru2 ni aku beli pokok hiasan... hubby bising dia kata lambat lagi nak pindah. aku kata, beli 2-3 pokok tanam dulu kat rumah sewa sekarang, by the time kita pindah pokok tu dah beranak pinak so tak yah beli banyak2... kan jimat tu? betul pokok tu dah keluar tunas baru pun... that's what i call forward planning & cost saving. you see darling, orang yang lembab kira duit ni tak berhenti2 buat planning untuk cost saving tau

decorative lights
dengar khabar seng hup kat jalan triple 2 buat clearance sale up to 90%!!! ni nak kena buat lawatan ni... hehe untuk rumah baru. i just need to buy lights for the children's room, masterbed, dining hall, living room and kitchen je. the rest plan nak pakai down light je. hehe forward planning lagi... tapi sure hubby menjerit mana nak simpan!!! don't panic darling, i'll figure out how & where. *lol*

emm ... yang urgently required cermin mata tu je. yang lain2 tu saja buat menyemak kepala!

Random

The best thing about going back 'home' (terengganu is my home, my kampung, my root, where i was born while seremban is where i grew up, my parents' place) time ada kenduri or festive season is that i get to catch up with all my relatives; uncles, aunties, cousins, second cousins, grandpa, tok sedara etc. this is the time bila mana semua orang yang tinggal di luar terengganu (like myself & my parents) berkumpul sampai riuh rendah dibuatnya. memang seronok, my grandpa's house yang besar tu (takle besar mana pun setakat 4 bilik je) sarat dengan sebesar2 manusia sampailah sekecil2 manusia... tidur bertaburan from the living hall sampai ke ruang dapur... no hal punyer! meriah lebih2 lagi bila ada my uncle sorang ni yang reside kat kelantan suka buat lawak & kaki menyakat. yup... our big happy family yang happy gila-gila.

here are some pics from our recent balik kampung trip in random order. i just loveee to snap children's pic.

my anak buah busyuk debab fallen asleep dalam masjid... penat kot tunggu tok kadi nak akad nikah

fahmi & his favourite cousin, farah... pergi mana2 mesti cari kakak farah walaupun kakak farah ni bekeng & kekadang tu 'musang' orangnya

sebekeng2 dia pun rajin juga dia suapkan fahmi nasi... manalah fahmi tak sayang kakak farah ;-)

we (the dayangs) were made to stand under the hot sun for like 10-15mins, sebab groom menyorok berteduh kat belakang kami langsung tak bergerak... ada ke patut? patutnya dia kena ke depan barulah bride bleh datang sambut... haru punya kes! tak tahan punya pasal aku bagi cue suh ke depan... eh eh menonong pulak dia lepas tu *lol*

yaya made new friends... they are my cousins, yesss most of my cousins are far younger than me! that's the privilege for being cucu ke 3 & first batch cucu dalam keluarga abdul rahman... macam manalah yaya tak confuse dengan nama gelaran? these two yaya panggil kakak instead of auntie... *lol* whatever, she'll figure it out when she's older

suka bergambar terlentok2...

yaya, my anak buahs & cousins

jejak kasih... at both majlis (bride's & groom's side) my father bertemu semula dengan kawan2 lama zaman keje polis hutan kat kem pph, gong badak dulu. oh ya... i found out the kuarters kayu pph where i spent early days of my life dah dirobohkan dan naik flat 10 tingkat!

ada jugak 1 pose mother & daughter ni

Olang Kawin

ini dia gambar 'olang kawin'... yes memanglah in general ni gambar orang kawin. tapi meminjam ayat yaya 'olang kawin' yang dimaksudkan adalah my youngest uncle a.k.a 'tok pok' dikalangan cucu2 sedara. since yaya tak familiar sangat dengan gelaran tok pok or the person itself sebab setahun sekali berjumpa, lebih mudah bagi dia guna nama gelaran ciptaan dia sendiri... that is 'olang kawin' (ikut pelat dia).

a typical conversation with yaya goes like this

yaya: mama, kenapa olang kawin tu pakai kasut budak kecik?
mama: siapa?
yaya: tu (sambil tunjuk kat tok pok) olang kawin tu pakai kasut budak kecik
mama: ooh... itu tok pok lah sayang, nama dia bukan olang kawin
yaya: grins



these are some pics budak2 kenit yang excited tolong orang dewasa packing souvenir untuk tetamu. we had loads of work to do sebab buat style kampung semua prepare sendiri... no catering ye. at times like this, the children comes handy.

When Yaya Had The Camera...

... she kept her fingers on the snap button and wouldn't let go even when fahmi tried to wrestle the camera away and/or keep on screaming at her to let go... is my daughter a self-profess photographer in the make? so, lets see...

people, trees & sea

grinning uncle amar

mama's hand

tree & sea somemore

empty plates... betapa laparnya kami!

abang fahmi

empty plates somemore

kucing... nampak tak?

she loves nature

... and she loves to take uncle amar's pic!

these photos were taken during our trip back to terengganu. this is a famous place in my kampung where people come here to appreciate the beauty of the nature while enjoying a plate of fresh seafood; udang goreng tepung, sotong goreng tepung, ikan goreng tepung and keropok lekor with special ABC with a scoop of icecream on top of it... heaven on earth.

Rumah Sunyi?

kenapa rumah (blog) saya sunyi sepi sejak 5 hari lepas?
sebab saya balik terengganuuu!!!!
my youngest uncle tied the knot hari khamis baru2 ni, pasangannya orang kampung berdekatan juga. my uncle ni sebaya dengan my youngest brother. kekok betul anak2 aku nak panggil nenek saudara baru ni yang muda remaja ni. my uncle ni cucu2 sedara dia bahasakan diri dia 'tok pok' ... abis tu nenek sedara ni nak dipanggil apa ye? my mom suggest panggil 'tok auntie'... hehe pelik bebenor bunyi dia.

kali ni disebabkan kesuntukan masa & aturcara yang padat, we decided not to drive but we took the flight instead. masa pergi kami naik firefly from subang airport disebabkan lokasinya yang dekat dengan rumah. tapi kan rasa menyesal pulak naik firefly ni... seatnya memang jauh lebih selesa compared to airasia... tapi subang airport tengah undergo renovation, water supply takde, airport pun kotor dengan water dripping from nowhere...yuck! pastu nyamuk punyalah banyak. kesimpulannya, naik firefly kurang selesa sebab terasa sangat gegarannya...nak muntah ku dibuatnya.

sib balik kami ambil airasia. huhu nak murah punya pasal book 2 months in advance! glad we decided to go back by flight... kurang letih badan. esok nak keje huhhu...

Guests

Saturday 16/8/08

it has been ages since we have guests staying overnight at our house (note, guests exclude my mom yg stayed with us for 1 wk in june okeh?). dah lupa how tiring it was nak entertain guests. last minute hubby bagi tau his bro from pasir gudang nak datang collect his car, sekaligus nak bermalam kat umah lah. honestly i thought that he's coming alone... yelah ingat dia nak amik kereta je, dtg overnight pun 1 malam takkan nak angkut wife & anak. rupa2nya on the day itself barulah dapat clarification from hubby kata bawa sekali my biras & anak dia yg sebaya yaya. which is fine for me coz dah lama tak jumpa dia dah setahun pun!!!

hubby went to fetch them at kl sentral train station & sampai our house dah dekat jam 12 midnite... adehhh badanku dah tak larat coz the night before tidur lewat layan mega movie kat tv3, padahal sabtu tu kerja. layan2 tetamu, siapkan makan minum akhirnya dekat kol 2 pagi baru dpt tido... huwaaa letih woo. esoknya terbabas subuh...bangun2 kol 7.25am tu pun rasa tak larat nak angkat badan. tingat kat guests & i'm supposed to play host to them... host kenalah bangun siapkan breakfast. sib baik bahan2 breakfast dah siapkan sesikit sebelum tidur malam tadi. just tinggal masak nasik lemak & goreng cempedak. i made extra nasi lemak sebab tengahari nanti my sil from cheras & bil yang duduk kat sentul are coming over. since rumahku jadi transit so baik sediakan payung sebelum hujan. lebih2 lagi kutahu bro in law aku tu memang suka makan2 ni... tak taulah sbb masakan kusedap atau mmg dia suka dtg umah orang makan2... tapi apa je yg aku masak mesti dia hentam... cumanya kali ni tak larat nak buat lasagna feveret dia tu... sian plak kat dia coz suka sangat makan lasagna yg aku buat masa raya lepas. hehe next time ye 'pak cik amat'. this time tak larat lorrr mcm zombie dah ni.

lepas je tetamu sumer berangkat balik tengahari ahad tu, kami anak beranak pun bersiap2 ler nak gi jemputan kahwin my childhood friend kat seksyen 7 shah alam. her family was our neighbour masa kat berek polis jalan yazid ahmad, so our parents know each other. to begin with, it was because of our parents that we even become friends. yang bestnya kami tak tau alamat pun. kalau ikutkan badan yang penat memang larat dah nak pegi, tp sebab amanah my parents wakilkan to me coz they cannot come, jadi redah juga mencari tempat. selesai satu amanah.

straight from shah alam we went to gombak pulak. jemputan from blogger + pcm forummer, azie... walaupun penat tapi i didn't regret the whole journey one bit. kenapa? sebab bukan aja dapat makan roti jala cecah kuah durian yang lemak2 manis, dan bukan aja kerana hubby dapat menikmati udang masak lemak tempoyak yang best sangat, tapi sebab enjoy dengan suasana kampung tu. mak oiii peaceful jer rasa. redup & dingin... it was the kind of kampung i'd dream living in. while mama & daddy enjoy makan2, fahmi & yaya enjoy juga main buai dekat yard. rasa malas nak minta diri sebenarnya...he he he

oh ye... almost forgot to mention, we went to erin's house on saturday for her daughter's birthday. guess what? theme nya dora so yaya pun dengan suka citanya pakai t-shirt dora...
jeles dengan rumah baru erin... driveway nya panjang. kalau buat makan2 boleh pasang khemah kat driveway je cukup. rumah kami kat alam budiman nanti walaupun luas tapi drivewaynya kontot je. still kena letak khemah atas jalan klu buat makan2... :-P
sedap makan spaghetti kat majlis tu... lebih2 lagi yaya klu jumpa 'mee sketi' makan tak hingattt!

suppose nak upload pic blueberry baked cheesecake yang kubuat jumaat lepas. tapi hubby dah rembat camera bawa gi outstation. eiii tak suka betul! suka sangat bawa camera sendiri pi buat keje... terbantut niat malam ni. gerrrr...aaammm!

Puding Cendol

just jamu mata jelah ye malam ni... puding cendol buat pemanis mulut masa berbuka petang tadi

Weekend Updates

penyakit M tengah melanda ni, M sangat nak masak2. sabtu lunch je ala kadar, balik kerja i dropped by to 'bake with yen' shop beli barang2 baking (hihi kata malas masak, tapi bukan malas baking... tak sama tau...). dalam pada M tu tekak sebenarnya teringin sangat nak makan nasi goreng kampung 'kedai made' of course. tengah sibuk2 membaking mini cheese tart hubby pun pegilah beli nasi goreng kampung... hehe mekacihhh darling.




mini blueberry cheese tart, my & the kids favourite. resipi courtesy from myresipi ye sila2lah browse. puas hati dapat makan sepuasnya... just like kedai punya





siap je membaking cheese tart, terus sambung buat rendang daging+ayam... ni kes pemalas punya pasal campak jer ayam dalam rendang daging. dalam malas2 tu selera terasa nak makan pulut kuning untuk sarapan, so siapkan rendangnya awal2.

sebut pasal pulut kuning, hehe aku sebenarnya tak pernah seumur hidup buat sendiri. dan untuk kali ni belum terbuka lagi hati nak cuba buat. hajat nak beli siap je kat kedai depan tu pagi esok. tapi hampanya hati dah habis... huhu ratah rendang jelah.

tengahari just masak stir fry kailan in oyster sauce. petang2 skit buatlah prawn dumpling ni. emmm boleh tahan. next time nak goreng pulak, yang ini steamed.

Mango Pudding & Burger Malaysia

malam ni just nak tunjuk hasil kerja orang yang 'gatal tangan'. gian punya pasal kat burger malaysia sampai 2 days in a row buat benda yang sama.


ni mango pudding, hasil experimenting with halal gelatin yang baru kubeli bulan lepas. not bad.

'Penasaran'

ntah apa 'penasaran' nya aku ni kan, sejak dari semalam terbayang2 kan burger malaysia (roti goreng sumbat sambal ikan bilis) sampai tak tertahan2kan lagi akhirnya lepas dinner tadi aku kerjakan juga sampai jadi. nasib kat rumah ada streamyx, bolehlah browse myresipi cari resipi. pastu buat sambal ikan bilis sikit, patutnya baki sambal nasi lemak sunday lepas ada lagi boleh guna, tapi malam tadi dah kubuangkan sebab tak kuasa nak simpan lelama dalam fridge. tau2 jer datang craving serta merta.

ni lah dilema aku, kalau dah terbayangkan sesuatu selagi aku tak puaskan hati selagi tu lagi jadik macam orang 'nanar'; nak tidur pun termimpi2.

Nasi Lemak

we had simple nasi lemak for breakfast this morning. it had been ages since i last cook nasi lemak; i think it was sometime after i gave birth to yaya. then i stop making it because hubby complaint the sambal doesn't taste sesedap the one i made when i was pregnant with yaya. inspired by nasi lemak ayam goreng yang puan sally made the other day, kuteruskan jua hajat buat nasi lemak kali ni, dengan azam sambalnya mesti sedap.

kisah sambal nasi lemak ni is one weird episode that i'd like to share with all readers (macam lah ramai hehe). seriously, i was hopeless when it comes to making the best sambal. i could never get it right, that explains why i didn't make nasi lemak kerap sangat, in fact boleh dibilang dengan jari. kena pulak hubby jenis yang rajin mengomel tentang masakan ku, so yang dia kurang berkenan tu memang aku elakkan jauh2.

strangely, while i was pregnant with yaya i had lots of craving for food. but instead of taking the easiest way of buying them outside i have this strange craving for making them myself. so one night, dah dekat pukul 10pm macam tu, dengan perut memboyot kumasak sambal nasi lemak. i have no idea apa bahan terbaik nak guna to produce sambal yang sedap, but i just go with my instinct. i still thinks that it was a miracle that it turns out really fantastic. you must ask why kan? sebab selepas the first attempt yang menjadi tu followed by 2nd & 3rd attempt but after i gave birth to yaya, no matter how rigid i followed the recipe that i invented that night i could never get it right. never!

and you know what? i have this superstitous believe that that was because i was carrying a girl! i don't really like to believe it, but i made so many other delicious dishes masa pregnant kan yaya. okaylah enough about my 'instinct' or superstitous believe nanti ada yang throw up pulak membacanya ;-)

alhamdulillah sambal yang kubuat pagi tadi sesedap sambal nasi lemak mak cik yang berniaga depan kedai kat rumah kami hehehe masuk lif tekan sendiri ye. kalau ada belacan Bintulu ( i used them masa pregnant dulu) tentu lagi kick. insyaAllah dalam waktu terdekat ni dapatlah kot, dah kirim dengan my colleague yang nak balik kampung next week. seriously, belacan Bintulu is the best ever in Malaysia (and the world perhaps).

The Last Journey

the journey to eternity that no one will ever escape has come to claim the life of a colleague of mine, in the wee hours of the morning or perhaps in the midnight in the most less expected way by his immediate family; where he passed away in his sleep. why? there are several health factors but shall remain speculative since it was not confirmed by a medical practitioner. how? nobody will ever know for sure hanya dia dan Allah swt sahaja yang Maha Mengetahui.

the sad news came while we were lazying watching tv after having a heavy breakfast. it was around 11 am when i went upstairs to shower (i know its rather late, well it's sunday) but i paused to check my hp. initially we planned to go looking for some plants at the nursery along the roadside heading towards Sg Buloh & Kota Damansara. hubby dok merungut bertanyakan apa program hari ni? nothing much sounded so boring for him so i suggest we go plants hunting. neither of us realised that God had already had a programme for us today.

so, we went to pay our last respect at Kota Damansara (what a coincidence with my initial plan kan?). arwah left behind a wife and two young children, the eldest a girl aged 8 and the youngest a boy aged 5; who were too young to register what was going on. si adik muttered something "siapa nak bawak kereta lepas ni?" he doesn't look sad or rasa pelik tengok orang ramai kat rumah dia. the sister was very cool, i'm not sure whether she was trying her hard to look strong in front of everyone or she just doesn't quite realised the impact of her father's death. but she didn't cry either and sounds like nothing happen. except she complaint that she doesn't have appetite when we pujuk her to have something to eat. the only time that i saw her almost moved with tears was after she went to kiss her father for the last time, but still not a single tears shed. it was too much for me to handle... tengok anak2 dia yang masih kecil aku pulak rasa merah2 mata. the wife... besarnya dugaan Allah swt buat dia. she passed out a couple of times.

though i wasn't that close to arwah & his family but the sight of his wife kejut2kan dia suruh bangun masa jenazah being taken away buat aku rasa hiba tersangat amat. i'm not sure if i can go through this when the time comes.

it reminds me to re-visit my deeds... dah bersediakan kita for the last journey?

Shopping

we went shopping today, at brands outlet ikano power centre. fahmi wants to get himself a ben-10 tee (another famous cartoon character on astro), so astro does have its bad influence to the children. but instead of the ben-10 tee, we got himself two 'hot wheels' tees to replaced the over sized ben-10 tee. tau tak betapa frust nya fahmi tak dapat tee ben-10 sampai dia minta belikan t-shirt 'yang ganas2' ? garu kepala mama & daddy.

yaya was excited coz she gets to choose her own clothes jugak. tapi bila sampai sana dia sibuk ikut pilihkan baju fahmi, so mama gets to choose hers sesuka hati ku... anyway, yaya punya taste sangat pelik, asyik ambil baju baby jer! the blue blouse is so cute that i forget about the much hated hooded cap (tak seswaiii dengan cuaca kat malaysia ni) grabbed it and paid.

okeh... awal2 bulan dah 'botak' so no more shopping after this. my budget is very very tight this month... apatah lagi with the trip balik kampung hujung bulan ni. uarghhh!

Herb Roasted Chicken

i delivered my promise to fahmi who had been requesting me to make roasted chicken for him. so for tonite's dinner i made herb roasted chicken. remember last time i made rosemary roasted chick? well, this time i used sage instead of rosemary as the main ingredient combined with finely crushed garlic, lemon juice and olive oil. memula rasa was2 juga nak guna sage + lemon for bahan marinade because i'm not sure how it's going to taste like... but well just give it a try.

alhamdulillah... sedap rasanya, hubby approved and had second helping. as usual kalau masak roasted chicken mesti kena buat gravy/sauce nya coz hubby tak suka makan macam tu aja. so i scrapped the juices yang comes out from the chicken, sauteed white button mushroom, flour and letak blackpepper sauce sikit. ni aja sauce yang hubby berkenan.

roasted chicken with mashed potato + salad

masa tengah masak ayam ni teringat pulak my dad masa we all kecil dulu suka jugak masak ayam panggang... tapi dia punya style malay lah - ayam panggang serai. my dad ni ada talent masak2 tau, tak lah hebat tapi masa my mom terlantar sakit 1 bulan (i was 10 yrs old masa tu) abah lah yang took over kerja2 membasuh & memasak untuk kami 4 beradik. tapi dalam tempoh sebulan tu tak merasa kami makan ayam panggang... it was like everyday abah cooked us sambal sardin with plenty of sliced potato in it. itulah makanan kami 4 beradik hari2... not that i fretted about it, selera aku masa tu simple jer, dapat nasi dengan kicap dan gaul dengan keropok yang diramas halus pun cukup...menjilat jari lagi!

but of course to make ayam panggang serai mestilah with the help of my mom, kalau tak berkecahlah dapur tu... nak harapkan anak dara dia yang sorang ni memang minta maaf ler sebab aku kecik2 dulu tak reti masuk dapur... buat kacau tau ler ;-) bila abah buat ayam panggang serai dia, my mom would prepare the chilli sauce for dipping. suka tengok my parents kerjasama kat dapur... so sweet hehe.

and bakat/kerajinan abah memasak tu diwarisi oleh anak2 lelakinya. adik2 lelaki aku memang tak mati kutu nak memasak kalau my mom takde kat rumah. ada2 ajalah idea nak mengisi perut. my 1st bro is famous for his ayam bakar and he used to sell satay masa bujang dulu... so kalau nak ber bbq serah jelah kat dia. and he also made bihun goreng yang sedap, better than mine! my 2nd bro plak suka bereksperimen with food... ada2 jelah pelbagai nasi goreng ikut selera dia, rasa memang pass! that's what i'm proud of my bros... at least depa berdua ni pandai memasak ;-)

choc coated strawberry for dessert

ni mengada2 nak buat ala2 choc ferrero rocher macam 'take home chef' buat tapi takde chopped almond so buat plain choc dusted with cocoa powder jelah