Tuesday, 9 September 2008

My New Toy


remember my recent post on my wishlist? how i'm dying to get at least one of them dalam waktu terdekat? alhamdulillah my prayers has been answered. ahad lepas hubby bought me the kenwood chef mixer sebagai hadiah anniversary. well, we don't make it a habit bertukar2 hadiah sempena anniversary... with the exception of this one.

i knew he would read my entry, in fact he reads them all though he doesn't want to admit that he is my no. 1 fan!!! ;-) bila dia cakap nak belikan the mixer aku cuba2 juga nak tukarkan mixer kepada handphone (well that's not in my wishlist but i need a new one anyway), handphone murah sikit takde lah banyak keluar duit dekat2 nak raya ni. well i'm just trying to be a considerate wife, tapi hubby kata he's buying me this kenwood mixer for a reason. since it is our anniversary gift he's giving me something that the family can benefit from. in other words, i get what i want, a toy for my passion for baking, he & the children will benefit from sampling my cooking. so he contibutes something that will contribute back to ... ehmm him! dia memang terrer bab2 swaying me towards his own interest tau!

this mixer model Chef 800watt was selling at cheaper price compared to the 700watt model. since orang dah nak belanja... kita sapu jelah kan? excited sangat dapat new toy ;-)

Monday, 8 September 2008

8 Ramadhan 1429H - Ikan Bakar

banyak lauk berbuka today compared to hari yang lepas2.
-pucuk paku goreng belacan, sambal tahun (tempe tumis kicap), gulai ikan tongkol 2 hari lepas yang difrozenkan dan ikan bakar (khas utk hubby je)
pastu last sekali buat roti john... sebab dah lama tak makan. selalunya setiap puasa mesti beli roti john ni umpama juadah wajib. sekarang buat sendiri jelah bukannya susah pun.

Sunday, 7 September 2008

7 Ramadhan 1429H - Mee Bandung & Sagu Gula Melaka

macam2 fikir dalam kepala nak hidang apa untuk menu berbuka untuk hari yang istimewa buat me & hubby. mula2 terfikir nak buat lamb kebab, tapi cari lamb tak jumpa. finally decide buat mee bandung je. lagipun dah lama tak buat mee bandung... sampai dah hampir lupa resipi yang diajar mil. time nak buat baru tersedar, udang kering tinggal sejemput je... cecepat duduk atas 'thinking chair' fikir nak ganti apa, sebab udang kering adalah perencah penting nak hasilkan mee bandung yang sedap. nasib ada banyak isi udang dalam freezer, so top up udang kering dengan isi udang jawabnya. wallah... sedapnya! maklum ler jarang makan, sekali dapat kena pulak rencahnya.


for dessert kubuat sagu gula melaka. tak pernah seumur hidup aku buat sendiri, masa budak2 dulu biasa tengok my mum buat... main agak2 je, dah teringin nak makan kenalah pandai usaha kan?

ada kisah lucu tentang sagu gula melaka ni. sengaja kubuat lebih sebab cadang nak bagi kat jiran sebelah kiri kanan. petang tadi bila dah elok sejuk ku masukkan dalam bekas kecil (individual pack), siap2kan masuk plastik 4 bekas seplastik. ajak fahmi & yaya pi hantar kat jiran. kena pulak jiran belah kanan (kak ruby) takde kat rumah, so heret lah yaya ke rumah kak eton pulak, sambil tu pesan kat fahmi duk dendiam yang fahmi pegang tu untuk orang lain. tup tup bila yaya serahkan plastik dia kat anak kak eton tetiba fahmi meluru hulur sama. adehhh... terkedu jap aku. elok je kami patah balik ke rumah kak ruby pun sampai... kelam kabutlah aku siapkan semula tapi dapat 3 bekas jer sebab dah kehabisan stok. rezeki kak eton anak beranak ler dapat 8 bekas... nak wat camne anak teruna aku tu pemurah.

7 Ramadhan 1429H - Anniversary!!!


6 stalks of red roses represents the 6th year of our union. alhamdulillah syukur sangat2 atas nikmat yang Allah swt berikan. this entry will be a bit lenghty and ada nada2 perasan sikit. that's what will happen bila kita selak2 kenangan lama... :-)

semalam hubby stayed up little bit late... selalunya dia kepenatan berterawih, balik rumah kol 10.30 mesti dia terus naik tidur. but last night he joined me on the sofa, watching cashmere mafia. tiba2 a couple of minutes past 12 hubby ucap 'i love u' ...terpinga2 gak memula pastu cepat teringat ohh dah past twelve masuk 7 september - our anniversary. that was so sweet of him... aku sendiri pun tak terfikir nak tunggu detik 12 malam tu coz i already made arrangement for his surprise pagi ni. which turns out to be no surprise at all coz delivery boy sampai lambat!!!

tak ramai yang tahu how we actually met. not even my parents or my sister. i was very secretive about it except to this long lost best friend of mine, and a couple of my coursemate yang betul2 rapat... sebabnya zaman tu kalau aku story yang aku kenal hubby kat chat room sure my family will go beserk. and this long lost best friend of mine was the first to point out to me that she thinks this male friend (hubby lah tu) of mine dah jatuh hati kat aku. and according to her, she think me too have fallen in love with this guy diluar kesedaran ku sendiri. i owe her so much and grateful to her for butting into my personal life. why? read on...

we were chat friends for almost 1 1/2 years. i was on my 2nd year kat uni, aku di bangi dia di klang. mulanya tak rapat pun biasa2 gitu je... coz aku chatting pun saja suka2 huhahuha tak teringin langsung nak mencari pasangan. from the beginning we were on the 'aku kau' basis, memang tak ladylike langsung eventhough kutahu dia 4 years my senior. we never met personally, we don't see why we should. sehinggalah masuk 3rd year (last semester just before i graduated) i had a big crush with this guy... it was a foolish crush that seems like real and it breaks my heart into pieces to learn the truth about him (heee rasa bodoh giler!!! kekeke), i posted some message kat chat room yang mengakibatkan malam tu i received an uninvited call from him (hubby). ohhh rupa2nya he was so concerned about me sampaikan dia minta my phone number from another coursemate of mine yang sama2 berchatting... budak uni memang kaki chatting!!!
strange enough because rasa mudah sangat to open up to him bercerita walaupun tak pernah berjumpa. he is a warm person and a good listener. lagipun maybe because i was so afraid of falling for a guy at that time and knowing that he already have a girlfriend buat aku rasa lega because i know this guy is not out for fishing. i have this strange rule bab berkawan dengan lelaki... if you want to be my friend then so be it because it will be strictly on friendship basis... the minute you start to woo me i'll run.

we met for the first time a couple of weeks after the phone call. he just got his paycheck and was bragging on the net about having so much money but don't know how and with whom to spent with, so he offered to pay me lunch. berlagak giler... ;-P ... the were many first time that i share with him. he was the one yang ajar aku main boling... bayangkan aku main boling pakai skirt pendek (zaman jahiliah), lane next to us ada a group of budak2 lelaki, sure diaorg jeles gila kat hubby aku not knowing yang aku dengan hubby takde apa2 masa tu. (ada nada perasan kat situ...hahah). he was the one yang bawa aku ke midvalley, kalau tak sebelum tu mana aku kenal midvalley.

and ada sekali tu he brought me to his officemate's open house tapi bila sampai sana dia sibuk melayan sorang ofismate perempuan yang tergila2kan dia. nasib aku ni sporting... tapi perbuatan dia menyebabkan aku jadi tumpuan pakwe2 macho kat situ... sure orang ingat aku adik dia. yelah datang dengan dia tapi tercongok kat kerusi while he entertaining another girl. macam gitu pun aku boleh jatuh hati kat dia eventually. he was the one who taught me what love is. he was my first and only love sehingga ke hari ini.

macam mana kami boleh bercinta padahal dia dah ada girlfriend? well his relationship with this girl was complicated. dipendekkan cerita their relationship ended tak lama lepas aku berkawan dengan dia. oww it makse me sounds macam orang ketiga kan? no no no... like i said our relationship was strictly hanya kawan. aku siap warning dia awal2 lagi, kalau nak kawan selamanya kita jadi kawan. entah macam mana our friendship slowly blossom... i started to feel this strange soft feeling towards him... kadang2 rasa nak ketuk kepala aku, dah bengong ke? nak jilat ludah sendiri ke? sepanjang bulan ramadhan akhir tahun 2000 hampir setiap malam aku buat solat hajat minta Allah swt padamkan perasaan yang bukan2 terhadap lelaki ini. i can't handle it... i can't walaupun hati aku mau. aku takut bertepuk sebelah tangan sebenarnya, dan aku tak mau perasaan ni merosakkan our friendship.

penat memendam perasaan, tapi kalau dah ditetapkan Tuhan bahawa dia jodoh aku, macam mana kuat aku berdoa sekalipun yang terjadi akan tetap terjadi... kun fayakun. 22 januari 2001 (it was the birthday of my long lost friend yang aku mention above), hubby bares his soul for the first time to me via email! and the rest is history... oh ya perjalan ke jinjang pelamin was not easy, we had a bumpy ride but we made it ;-)

to hubby, thank you for being my best friend, my lover and the father of my child. semoga kasih sayang kita terus mekar dengan rahmantNya. amin.

Saturday, 6 September 2008

6 Ramadhan 1429H - Pizza & Mushroom Soup


menu berbuka today - chicken & beef pepperoni pizza dan mushroom soup
since dah banyak kali buat menu ni, so tak payahlah cerita panjang lebar. hubby berbuka kat masjid yang tak jauh dari rumah, just around the corner blok kami ni. but he said to save some for him. well, don't worry darling i made plenty enough for 8 person! sebenarnya buat sekali untuk sahur.
alhamdulillah masjid kat penjuru blok aku ni siap just in time untuk kegunaan bulan puasa ni. syukur sesangat sebab mudah lah kami nak berterawih. dulu di atasnya adalah tapak surau kecil... sempit untuk jemaah yang makin bertambah. kebetulan kat belakang masjid ni nak naik sekolah pulak. amboiii makmur sungguh tempat ni semenjak kami ambil keputusan beli rumah sendiri kat tempat lain. sayanglah pulak nak leave this place...huhu :-(

Friday, 5 September 2008

5 Ramadhan 1429H - Chicken Chop & Seri Kaya



tonite's entry will be very brief. so as our breaking fast menu tonite which was very simple and easy to make. we had chicken chop with potato wedges and salad. i made seri kaya the other nite, so that was our dessert.
don't ask me about drinks because for the past 5 days of breaking fast i didn't make any special drinks to go with our meal. kami minum air suam aja!!! which makes our breaking fast this year totally 100% unlike the previous years where we had loads of food fit to feed the king and we never failed beli minuman lazat2 i.e. bancau, cendol, air katira, air jagung etc. that shows how fortunate we are to be malaysian, syurga makanan.
i'm crossing my finger that this ramadhan's resolution akan tercapai. 25 days more to go... banyak lagi hari tu, jangan kantoi.
before i end tonite's entry let me just brief about seri kaya. seri kaya ni adalah dessert pantai timur kegemaranku since i was small. my mum selalu buat kuih ni untuk berbuka puasa. tapi sejak dah jadi isteri orang and living on my own, mum dah tak buat kuih ni lagi because satu2nya anak dia yang gemarkan kuih ni jarang balik berbuka. i opened up the fridge semalam nampak berderet telur ayam. i wanted to get rid of them before it became rotten, so i decided to make this kuih. so i called up my mum and ask for the recipe. sangat mudah resipi main agak2 je... ;-). well not bad for a first timer, eh?
by the way, our 6th anniversary is in 2 days' time. i still haven't decide what to cook for our special anniversary breaking fast.

Thursday, 4 September 2008

4 Ramadhan 1429H - Award!

i am truly honoured that erin & nad; my two blogging friends think that this blog deserved an award. rasa nak buat speech ala2 azean irdawati je... lihatlah dunia...*lol*

but i still think that my blog ni simple and biasa2 aja. it was not aimed to please people, it was not created to draw readers (initially) but in case you stumble upon my blog while blog hopping you are welcome to read (one of the reason i didn't privatised the blog), share your thoughts and perhaps somewhere between the lines if there is mutual connection and understanding perhaps we can move towards friendship. thank you erin & nad and a big thank you to all my blogging friends, your words of encouragement keep me going.

at first i do not know what to blog about or why people create their blog. i started because i think it is an interesting medium to capture the highlights of my life and the 'downlights' too, well its real life we are talking about. i used to keep a diary (diaries) until i was about 18 or 19, but then i stopped because i was so busy enjoying my undergrad life. oh yes life was so happening back then, i regret for being ignorant of the existence of blog or else i would have started earlier. or perhaps blog does not exist back then?

so, i just let this blog capture moments of my life. at the moment as you can see it never escape to capture my interest/things that i found pleasure/i enjoy doing ; that is cooking. and i also blog depending on my mood. well, the number of entries per month speaks for itself; the higher means i'm highly in mood of writing... the lesser means either i'm just too absorb with something or i'm simply off mood.

you silent readers out there (if there is any), if you find this blog is an interesting read, thank you for dropping by & do come back. if you find something useful here i.e the recipes, feel free to try it out. it is about sharing and giving... i believe the more you give the more you get. i know i don't always paste the recipe here, that's because i don't want the blog to turn into a foodblog, i am an amateur in the kitchen. feel free to ask anyway.

oh i've said so much... ni dah over daripada kak yan... that's the privilege you enjoy when you have your own space! *lol* nobody's going to give you a cue to stop.

juadah berbuka today adalah lauk pauk tipikal melayu - asam pedas ikan senangin, baby kailan in oyster sauce dan pegedil kentang. all prepared by my maid... ;-P chef cuti masak today, esok baru chef take over dapur...heehehe