A Card & A Cake

yesterday fahmi brought home a handmade mother's day card from school. last week on the last day of his school i was already wondering if he's going to bring back 'something' for me, but when he came back with nothing special in his bag, i thought the school was so ignorant of such occasion. rupa2nya the card came in 3 days after the actual occasion, which is OK for me daripada takde langsung. so this is the simple card that fahmi made at school.

cheeky yaya make fahmi blushed when she dubbed the card 'Surat Cinta' because of the big heart on the front. so sweet... i'm going to frame this. my first mother's day card from fahmi.
teacher's day is in 2 days time. last year fahmi presented a box of chocolate to his teacher intan at smart reader. but since i'm so into baking mood, i'm baking carrot cake for his teachers at tadika strawberry. frosting the cake with cream cheese icing all over was really a tough job. the combination of cream cheese, butter and icing sugar are not firm enough and does not hold together at the sides of the cake. it tends to drip, i had to leave it in the fridge before i proceed to the next decoration.

since 16mei falls on saturday which is a no school day, fahmi will bring this cake tomorrow instead.

yaya won't be missed out on this years' teacher's day. coz she'll bring some cuppies for her teacher Nurin at smart reader. so this year no ready made presents for their teachers. insyaAllah kalau mama masih terdaya *wink*

What I Did Last Weekend

the peanut butter cuppies that i made on saturday, complete the decoration with choc ganache, buttercream swirl and walnut on crown, drizzled with my homemade caramel saucethe ben10 cake that i bake and decorate using wilton stiff buttercream and ben10 printed on edible icing. mind you i'm not well trained in piping images ( i have no formal training!), thus i cheat by using edible icingthis cake was made to fulfil my fahmi's dream cake. thought of making this on his 6th birthday next year but it is still ages away. since i'm in the mood for baking, i made them anyway. fahmi dedicated this cake to me as a mother's day gift. hah! ben10 mother's day cake? only fahmi can make it sounds so sweet. but really that was so sweet of him.

While I Was Busy

as i was busy with my baking project over the weekend, i didn't get to pay much attention to my kids. pity them coz eventhough mama not working on saturday, they still didn't get to spend time bermanja dengan mama. these photos shows how they deal with lack of my motherly attention...

saturday photos
with mama lack of attention, they divert their attention to nature, hence these pictures of pokok2 in our small yard




these were taken by kakak, whom i suspected were also suffering from boredom, photgraphing the kids who pretended that they were cameleon, seeking disguise dicelah2 pokok daun birah. or were they shooting for national geography trying to show us how large daun birah can grow sampai boleh buat selimut?

sunday photos... indoor photoshoot ;-P
the one in the photo were pretending she was in the America's Next Top Model run, while the one taking the shoot pretending he was nigel barker

all of these were taken by fahmi while i was busy giving final touch to the ben10 cake



the photographer being a photographer doesn't like when the model decides to play photographer instead...muka boring jer

in the end i had to confiscated the camera away because in the end they both were fighting like cat & dog over the camera

Plans For Today

see if i can live it up to another day packed with to-do list. i have to finish decorating my ben10 cake which gonna eat up most of my time today, i have to find time to go to my cousin's house at taman bunga negara to collect 'beleda' i.e agar2 kering kiriman my uncle last month - i feel like one terrible niece sebab tak cepat2 ambil beleda tu and in the mean time i also have to find time to go to the watch shop kat subang parade to get my watch repaired - rosak my watch hadiah mother's day 2 tahun lepas from hubby dikerjakan dek dua orang anakku yang mischievious ni.

both my kids were up early today. which means kerja2 decorating cake ku akan menjadi bertambah lembab sebab in between i'll be yelling and screaming to both of them yang tak serik-serik mengacau.

okay got to go now.

btw, Happy Mother's Day to all fabulous mothers out there.

Living Up To My Plans

horayy! i've finally live up to my own expectation and plans.
i managed to drag myself out of bed for a brief running this morning. i swear i was very discreet in my movements dalam gelap dalam bilik early this morning, thus i didn't expect my 2 kids to be disturb by my early rise sampaikan both of them nak ikut go running with mama. i talked yaya out of it coz she had to get ready for her saturday class. fahmi insisted he wants to come so i had no choice but to bring him along. the problem is he doesn't have a proper running shoes. so i just get him to wear his school shoes instead.

oh and as i suspected last night, the mak ciks & nyonyas from the tai chi group was there this morning. we managed to do 3 full round only, lepas tu berjalan keliling padang & taman perumahan. fahmi mula2 terasa kekok nak jogging and he merungut sakit kaki but after a while dia pulak yang seronok. he was sweating and i told him running and sweating is good for his body which he kept on telling yaya the same thing the whole day terutama bila dia ajak yaya berbasikal petang tadi.

hubby asked me betul ke today is mother's day? well, i don't know exactly which date but i know it's in the mid of may. well, i can't be bothered coz i was very busy with my baking project. had it not for the fact that hubby was at home today i wouldn't be taking any break from my baking to prepare a quick lunch, that is chicken pizza with loads and loads of shredded chicken meat, smoked turkey slice, chicken salami and beef pepperoni all in one go. because i was too busy today, i tried to coerce him into helping me preparing the dough. unfortunately usaha ku (or should i say usaha hubby) tidak berjaya. the dough turns into rock hard stone bukannya dough tepung! my goodness... kena aku jugaklah buat semuanya... tak boleh nak subcon any part of my work in the kitchen. sungguh keras tangan!

my meaty pizza, no mushroom, no capsicum the way i used to do. so i had to make do with all the meat and replaced capsicum with green chillies instead, kalau tak terasa pedas langsung kurang sedap pulak dengan tekak melayu hubby. owh the bbq sauce on top did wonders to my pizza... umm so yummy!

dinner malam nanti hubby ajak makan kat luar. i'm so grateful for his offer coz badan dah tak larat nak bekerja kat dapur lagi ;-)

Plans For Long Weekend

ohh... tomorrow's another long weekend because i don't have to work on saturday. it's public holiday in selangor inconjunction with wesak day. kalau dulu2 long weekend sebegini memang sangat dinantikan, coz aku boleh berehat sepuasnya. but nowadays long weekend sebegini means more and more project menanti. my baking project of course. i couldn't wait for long weekends, my hands itch and my brain just can't stop making plans and visualising things for my project. umpamanya kalau my weekend pass by macam tu aja without doing anything aku rasa menyesal sangat dan terasa rugi masa yang berlalu macam tu aja.

i thought of going for a jog tomorrow morning. jog a few round of the football field kat perumahan aku ni. maklumlah sejak 2-3minggu ni terasa badan berat sikit, duduk kat rumah bukannya bersenam pun. my only exercise was berjalan kat shopping complex heheh.

selalunya hujung minggu padang tu sunyi sepi. esok tak taulah sepi or not coz nowadays tiap weekday pagi aku nampak sekumpulan mak cik2 & nyonya bersenam tai chi. it would be good to join them tapi malu pulak coz tak kenal. lama benar tak ber tai chi. tai chi ni satu senaman yang sangat menenangkan. masa zaman remaja dulu tiap hujung minggu me & my sister ikut nyonya2 ber tai chi. that was 17years ago... my goodness! lama nya.

lepas berjogging (itupun kalau mata mau buka) kena hantar yaya ke saturday class dia. while waiting for her class to end, i'm going to pay a quick visit to bagus. grab a few things pastu fetch yaya. hmm... fahmi and yaya pun dah buat tempahan awal apa yang diaorang nak mama masakkan weekend ni. its going to be a long, full weekend. and hopefully a fruitful one.

Hati Sakit

aku balik kerja hari ni dengan perasaan yang bercampur baur. aku rasa sedih, kecewa, geram, bosan dan macam2 lagi. apparently my advice dan usaha aku nak perbaiki keadaan was not appreciated. bukan itu saja, niat baik aku diperkecilkan. and i was told to do things the other way round, forget about what is right and what is wrong, just do as i'm instructed to do. what would you do if you are in my shoes? i was thinking apa guna aku kat sini kalau aku cuma jadi tukang angguk je? i have ethics tau. aku pun tak nak today aku angguk je later kalau things blow up aku juga yang dipersalahkan sebab tak advice benda yang betul. selama ni segala benda buruk yang berlaku because of past mistakes aku juga yang kena shoulder. useless sangatlah aku kalau aku tak learn from past mistakes, kan?

i did what i did because i care. kalau aku tak bother pasal the company's well being memang aku takkan bersusah payah buat semua ni. kalau aku tak bother pasal company ni, aku pun tak ingin nak buang air liur bertekak... dahlah aku puasa. but for the first time kali ni aku betul2 bertekak dengan dia. i know dia terkejut bila aku bertegang urat dengan dia, memang dia boss aku... tapi biarlah aku buat dia marah hari ni daripada later dia salahkan aku sebab tak advice benda yang betul. aku tak mau after i'm gone orang menyumpah aku. biarlah hari ni dia kata aku dah berubah or dia dah tak kenal siapa aku just because i voice out my opinion aloud. the truth is dia memang tak pernah cuba nak kenal siapa aku or listen to what i have to say. just because i stood up on my grounds suddenly i become a different person. well, work sucks!

even in my personal life pun aku sangat berhati2 not to repeat kesilapan lepas. kan kita belajar & improve diri daripada past mistakes? i started to ask myself the same question i've been asking myself all this while and again - apa gunanya aku kat sini?