Melaka Trip

malam ni tak larat nak tulis entry panjang2. badan masih sakit2 from the day trip semalam. hence, tengok gambar jelah ye. we woke up late this morning, aku pun rasa terkejut bila terjaga tengok jam dah hampir 10am. tak pernah lagi bangun selewat ni! the whole family berpuasa sunat hari ni termasuk fahmi excluding yaya yang beria2 nak ikut berpuasa tapi tak masuk tengahari dah minta minum.

it was an exhausting trip, not an enjoyable one for the adults sebab banyak benda yang tak dapat nak buat i.e. naik menara taming sari, eye of malaysia and boat cruise but the children really enjoy themselves. we choose the wrong day/date sebab it was sunday dan kebetulan malaysians sambung cuti sempena Awal Muharram so melimpah ruah manusia. tu yang tak dapat naik menara berputar taming sari! frust betul. lepas tu nak naik boat cruise pun tak dapat coz petang tu hujan renyai2 so cruise diberhentikan *sigh*.

anyway, fahmi & yaya had fun dekat zoo. especially fahmi who gets to ride a horse... ditemani daddy! had too coz my boy ni berani2 takut. kali terakhir kami ke sini was 3years ago in december 2005 when fahmi was just 2. the 2005 trip lebih menyeronokkan.


besarnya seladang kat belakang tu. funny tiap kali ada orang nak take its pic mesti dia turn menghadap kamera... macam tau2 je


unlike our zoo trip 3 tahun lepas kali ni kami naik tram keliling zoo, tak larat nak repeat the same journey yang sah melenguhkan kaki




cowboy berani2 takut


the double decker bus with two faces kata yaya. i don't understand what she meant tapi bila tengok balik rupa2nya belakang bas ni nampak macam rupa hadapan bas.


sambil menunggu clearance untuk boat cruise... it was a windy day and sejuk je ditiup angin. fahmi suka sangat berlari2 kat tepi sungai melaka ni... macam2 layang2 agaknya dia rasa :-)




penat nak berjalan dari dataran pahlawan ke boat cruise kami naik beca.


we were supposed to be in this tower tapi sayang tak mampu nak beratur panjang dengan 2 orang budak kecik yang tak reti duduk diam ni. view dari tower ni mesti menarik... *sigh*

Btw, Selamat Tahun Baru Hijrah to all Muslims. Syukur Alhamdulillah atas nikmat & limpah kurniaNya kita masih lagi bernafas. Semoga kita semua diberi kekuatan Iman, ketakwaan dan perbanyakkan ibadah.

Kitchen Free Day

hari ni memang tak jejak kaki masuk dapur. we attended 2 wedding reception hari ni, makan nasi minyak puas2, so aku tak payah masak hehe.
1st reception was my distant cousin's (from my father's side)kat pendamar indah, port klang. aku sangat terhutang budi dengan keluarga dia especially his parents yang banyak tolong masa aku mula my 1st job in port klang. bukan setakat bagi shelter, makan minum, nasihat, kekadang sanggup hantar dan ambil aku balik kerja. the fact that aku tak pernah kenal keluarga dia tak jadi penghalang untuk mereka menerima aku seadanya. i'm really grateful for their kindness and they really made me feel belong.

coming back from port klang kami terus singgah ke majlis kahwin jiran setaman. honestly aku tak kenal pun tuan rumahnya, tapi since hubby rajin join kariah masjid baru ni ramai juga kawan2 baru yang kami dapat. serius cakap sejak 6 tahun tinggal kat taman ni, inilah majlis kahwin ke 2 yang kami dapat jemputan. sebelum ni kami cuma tengok je orang naikkan khemah dan tertanya2 sendiri majlis siapa tu. bukanlah makna kami ni kemaruk sangat nak makan kenduri orang tapi rasa a bit left out padahal dah 6 tahun jadi pemastautin. syukur alhamdulillah sejak naik masjid baru ni makin erat silaturrahim.

malam ni my children tidur awal. keletihan kot tambahan siang tadi tak nap langsung. lagipun aku dah pesan awal2 suruh diaorang berehat dan kalau boleh tidur awal coz esok kami nak pergi berjalan... siapa yang lewat bangun kena tinggal! tu yang semua obey heheh. we'll be going to melaka esok. that's the best i can offer to my kids sebagai penutup tirai 2008. the last we took them to melaka was in 2005, fahmi was about to turn 2 at that time and yaya was only 8mths old. nak bawa gi vacation jauh2 fulusnya tak mencukupi. so just bawa diaorang day trip ke melaka jelah, tak payah bazir duit sewa hotel. sure hotel rate melambung during peak season cenggini. and a famosa waterwolrd is being voted out from the list... no way we're going to let the kids main air dalam keadaan selsema yang belum betul sembuh ni.

aku pulak dapat virus selsema yaya. i'm the last among the 4 of us to catch the bug. cepat2 telan panadol & minta ubat selsema dengan doctor petang tadi... tak rela sakit2 badan sebelum sempat enjoy jalan2. hope the bug won't survive more than 24hrs in my body(kalau betullah cakap doctor tu when he gave me the strong prescription)

Planning For Soon To Be 5 Party

fahmi is going to turn 5 this coming january. in fact his birthday falls on the first day of new school semester, that is 5 january 2009. so this 5 jan shall be his 5th birthday and his first day at school. 5jan also happens to be on monday which was the day he was born. i always emphasize on making extra special celebration jika tarikh ulang tahun anak2ku bersamaan dengan peningkatan usia dia.

yaya has gone through the same extra special celebration when she turns 2 on 2 april 2007. so now it's gonna be fahmi's turn pulak. so how hard planning for another party can be? ughh just thinking about it pun dah buat aku rasa pening kepala. tambahan pulak kalau akulah party planner, akulah mak 'pengantin', akulah chef, akulah cook etc.

ok, extra special celebration/party doesn't mean that we are going to have a big party with tons of food and guests. i'd love to hold a big party coz it has been a while since i last throw a party. tapi penat buat makan2 lagipun takkan tiap2 tahun nak buat party, budak2 pun makin membesar nanti diaorang naik lemak pulak kan? as usual we are going to celebrate it with my family at my mum's place.

i've drafted my plan and menus. kalau dibiar ikutkan hati i'd like to do something grand with lavish food, i'd like to show off my culinary skills to my family (hehe perasan habis), make it a feast but that means i'd have to stay in the kitchen all day long coz the preparation list will be extensively long. so i have to cut down a few things and keep it simple.

since i'll be making fahmi's birthday cake i will have to start baking on the 1 january ambil kesempatan cuti umum or else i wouldn't be able to finish it on time. there's others that i need to prepare in advance. nak kena pegi shopping for barang makan, party decorative items etc.

bestnya kalau party planner ni ada assistant. hubby? ehh orang lelaki mana minat part planning party ni, part makan tu bolehlah ajak dia ;-P

hari ni aku malas masak. just buat chicken pie je dengan pumpkin pie yang aku buat malam tadi. ada orang bising tak dapat makan nasi tapi seriously aku teramat malas tahap gaban today. ampun tuanku!




buruk sungguh crust dia kan? yang penting rasa pumpkin pie dia yang lemak2 manis tu sedap :-)


hasil berwindow shopping hari ni. blueberries from chile ni kurang sedap compared to nz and korean yang pernah aku beli. lain kali tak bleh beli lagi chilean blueberries

Demam

my soon to be 5 hero demam. it started with a bout of nausea, followed by vomitting a couple of times and ultimately it turns out as a fever. his body was hot tapi taklah panas sangat. gave him liquid paracetamol for his fever and get him to drink plenty of water. his lips were so red which means badan dia panas kat dalam. dia baring on the sofa malam tadi while i busy myself preparing dinner, fried kuey tiaw. dia kata kepala dia berdenyut2. poor him. sambil2 baring dan dalam pada berdenyut kepala tu, mulut dia tak berhenti bercakap sorang2. if he had his eyes closed i would have thought yang dia tengah meracau. kan kalau orang demam panas sangat sampai boleh meracau? thank God he wasn't. he was just babbling to himself sebab boring kot nak bermain & melompat tak boleh. demam orang nak bertambah umur kot.

rupa2nya yaya pun dah berjangkit demam abang dia. malam tadi dia menyelit lagi tidur sebelah aku. tengah2 malam aku tersedar bila terasa tangan dia yang panas tu atas lengan aku. oh my... rasanya baru bulan lepas budak2 ni demam.

i promise my kids kalau diaorang rajin makan ubat dan cepat sembuh me and hubby going to take them for a holiday. we'd be going to melaka this sunday. to the zoo maybe, or let the children loose main air kat a famosa, later maybe we can take the boat ride kat sungai melaka. and hubby says he wants to bring the kids naik eye of melaka. oh i'll pass. i don't mind tunggu kat bawah je, i'll be a dutifull photographer daripada menakutkan diri sendiri naik roda berpusing tu!

Kari Kepala Ikan

honestly i'm not a fan of kari kepala ikan. in fact i don't really like kari ikan at all with the exception to gulai ikan tongkol. tapi disebabkan mr hubby suka sangat makan kari kepala ikan dan rajin sangat mewar-warkan kehebatan kari mamak sampai naik panas telinga mendengarnya, maka tercabar juga aku kali ni untuk masak kari kepala ikan.

aku tak reti nak masak kari macam mamak tu, lagipun sebab aku tak suka makan kari mamak. ada semacam rasa geli sikit tekak aku nak makan. tapi orang lelaki ni majoriti memang suka sangat kari mamak kan? keranamu mr hubby maka aku persembahkan kari kepala ikan merah ni.

syioklah pulak makan kari buatan sendiri. rasanya sedap lagi kari aku ;-) hehehe


lusa is a public holiday inconjunction with Chritsmas celebration. dengar khabar ramai budak2 ofis yang sambung cuti the next day tu sampai selasa depan coz monday Awal Muharam pulak.

petang tadi i ask hubby to get some chicken meat coz i'm going to make chicken pie on christmas day. hubby gelakkan aku pulak, katanya aku ni ter'over' excited macam kita pulak yang nak beraya. well, it's going to be an off day from work anyway and i always cook on my rest day plus any other day during weekday kalau sempat. so what's wrong with me making chicken pie on christmas? nasib aku tak suruh carikan turkey!

Beef Wellington

amboi jauhnya makan sampai ke wellington, nz ye? gurau jer ;-)
we had beef wellington semalam. sebenarnya dah lama nak buat tapi rasa macam remeh je nak membuatnya. dah berzaman dok tenung resipi dalam majalah jelita tahun lepas tapi still don't have the courage to make it.
sekali tu bila tengok take home chef curtis buat beef wellington terus datang balik rasa teruja tu.

beef wellington ni sebenarnya daging tenderloin or eye fillet yang di pan-grill lepas tu wrapped in pastry sheet dan dibakar hingga masak. it is believed that beef wellington was named after the 1st Duke of Wellington iaitu Arthur Wellesley yang gemar makan hidangan daging berbalut pastry ni.


thinly sliced for serving dan makan dengan sauteed vege & gravy. small portion je maklumlah nak diet kan? ;-)

i also made sausages in pastry puff for the children sebab diaorang belum belajar makan daging merah lagi

Laksa Lemak

tekak teringin nak makan laksa nyonya, cari punya cari resipi terjumpa resipi laksa lemak ni. so balik kerja tengahari tadi selepas bershopping kat bagus, kota damansara terus aku pulun buat laksa lemak.

mr hubby dok mengomel pasal aku sibuk ke hulu ke hilir melengkapkan bahan, pastu dia bising lagi sebab bau semerbak dalam rumah. oh ya... ada orang tu cakap dia nak mula berdiet. pasal tulah dia bising aku main masak2... takut diet dia terbang entah ke mana.;-)


macam mee kari kan? tapi without serbuk kari pasal tu cerah sikit. kucampak daun kesum and put loads of lemongrass