Beef Stew

lama sungguh tak update blog. bila otakku dah sesak dan sarat sangat dengan macam2 perkara nak berblogging pun takde mood.

for tonite's dinner i made beef stew aja. hubby beli tulang rusuk lagi last week but because he bought banyak variety of poultry and seafood aku tak sempat nak buat sup tulang untuk dia. sampai dah makin panjang muncung dia merajuk sebab kempunan nak makan sup tulang. so malam tadi aku pun defrost lah tulang temulang tu. hajat memang nak buat sup aja macam biasa. tapi bila tengok tulang temulang tu takde rupa tulang rusuk pun... maaf ler aku ni bukan kenal sangat semua bahagian lembu cuma tulang yang dibeli instead of tulang rusuk it looks more of like tulang bahagian kaki or lutut gitu. tebal pulak dagingnya. so instead of buat sup aku plan buat stew ajalah. malam tadi kurebus dulu tulang & dagingnya biar cepat lembut so that malam ni takdelah lama sangat nak merenih stew.

bagus juga buat stew sebab boleh campak segala jenis veggie yang ada dalam fridge i.e. celery & carrot, pastu tambah ubi kentang and bawang jer.


emm senang keje tukang masak malam ni tak yah masak lauk berbagai2... semua ada dalam 1 hidangan ;-)

Stressful Week

the 1st week of the year has gone by. and all i can say is that it was a stressful week. it wasnt a good beginning for the new year.

monday was the most horrible day at work. whatever happened that day contributed to my lack of sleep for the whole week. i couldn't brush off the pressure i had that day and no matter how i tried to take it easy, 'it' still lingers on and hamper my mood. as a result i lost appetite, i had trouble sleep... i couldn't focus, i give less attention to what been said at home.

i came back home on thursday only to be disturbed by an appalling news. fahmi had a small accident at school. he was chasing around with another boy and accidently knocked his head on the wall. he had a small cut on the apple of his forehead and ugly bruises; apparently when he knocked his head to the wall, dahi dia hit the metal frame on the window. and you know what? nobody from the school call me to report the incident. nobody! sakit tak hati? i thought when you hand over your child to the school, they are supposed to take responsiblity over whatever happened there... bukannya nak salahkan mereka but at least bagitaulah... bengang giler aku hari tu.

the next day, aku hantar sendiri fahmi ke sekolah. when i confronted the teacher lagilah aku sakit hati... boleh dia tersengih2 gelak lagi. pastu dalam tersengih2 tu mintak maaf sebab tak call. aduhaiii senangnya kerja! kalaulah dia tunjukkan rasa bersalah or concern sikit mungkin kurang juga marah aku. tapi dengan acuh tak acuh tu makin mendidih darah aku... ringan je mulut aku membelasah diaorang. hati aku memang cukup panas, ikutkan nafsu marah time tu jugak aku nak berhentikan fahmi sekolah... tapi takpe aku sejukkan dulu panas ni... esok nak call the principal, banyak benda nak complain kat dia. overreact ke aku ni?

dinner tadi simple je... lamb sausage, chicken nugget, wedges & salad. semua ready made main campak je dalam kuali. takde mood nak main masak2... hentam jelah labuuu.

Rojak

semalam nak upload video candle blowing by birthday boy tak kesampaian coz asyik error je... blogger pun penat mengupload je kerja dia. after a few attempt failed tengok jam pun dah kol 12tgh malam aku pun surrender, pergi mandi.

kol 12mlm baru nak mandi, itupun anak2 & hubby dah tidur coz aku balik kerja lewat sangat malam tadi. badan letih tapi mata tak nak lelap. agaknya sebab otak masih lagi melayan masalah2 negara yang tak berkesudahan... inilah bahana meeting yang dragged dari petang sampai ke malam. sampai terbawa2 mengganggu tidur. masuk jam 2 pagi barulah mata mau lelap... itupun tidur asyik terjaga & bila bangun pagi tadi mata sembab dan dark circles jadi teman setia. aku tertanya sendiri worth it ke semua ni? bilalah aku dapat kumpul semangat secukupnya to leave everything i had and move on create a new meaning to my life.

hari ni masuk ofis lambat 1/2 hour coz i waited until fahmi safely boarded pak yob's school van. i called the school to ensure he reaches school and called home to check if he has already returned home safely. alhamdulillah day one going to school with school van berjalan lancar. how i wish i can send and fetch my children from school... *sigh*


candle blowing or cake cutting time mesti kecoh & huru hara... tak pernah proper

First Day

today is fahmi's birthday and also his first day at school.
he is excited about going to school, much more when he knows we both (me & hubby) will be sending him off to school. with fahmi i don't have to worry about him crying and wailing when we left him at the school. he has develop a certain confidence level within him, something he derived from being exposed to school thing from early age. but i did help to break the ice. he was all quite and holding himself back a bit masa mula2 sampai kat school. i played the role to introduce him to another boy. coincidently this boy's name sama dengan his old friend from smartreader kids. instantly i saw fahmi's eyes bercahaya and you see the bond almost instantly.


i makesure he had his breakfast at home before we left to school. i didn't pack any snack for him coz the school will provide snacks for morning break.


comelkan uniform dia? he was all smiles today... which is a good sign.

i left him at the school for 3 hours and came back to fetch him at 12noon. tomorrow he'll be chaffeur by pak yob. we pay him to send and fetch him from school. i'll be going to work a little bit late tomorrow after sending him off on pak yob's van. hope everything is well with his school.

Advance Birthday Party

alhamdulillah... fahmi's advance birthday party went well. the kids enjoy the candle blowing, chocolate throwing bit, chasing for balloons and playing and rambling with themselves. while the adults enjoy the food while catching up on each others, exchanging stories/remarks on each others kids, laughing out aloud (and a lot). on other words, everyone enjoy the party in their own way.

as for me, well yeah eventhough planning and seeing thorugh the whole event can be tiresome but it worth it. yup lenguh kaki, sakit sendi sebab berdiri satu hari buat preparation for the food all came afterwards. but i'm glad that i organised this party.

what's with the tongue in the cheek?

the birthday cake... in the end the cake colour theme looks like the american flag with the blue, white and red except it's light blue i'm using. i've lost touch with colours and penat too

we took a lot of this pictures. me and all the ladies who had contributed to the success of this party. the guys were jealous of us coz i made up this ladies only photoshoot, in the end my brother wants to sneak in the pics but i makesure i erased him from all the photos!

i couldn't thank my maid (in purple) & my sister's maid (in green) enough for helping me out and in the kitchen sampai jam 12tgh mlm berkemas!

roast lamb, spaghetti with bolognaise sauce, potato salad to go with, barbequed chicken & prawn and my mum made her signature nasi minyak

the boys having fun in their own way... makan2!

the birthday boy were all smiles. since the birthday theme is 'spiderman' everyone wears spiderman cone hat

no gifts for the children to bring home tapi kutabur spongebob chocolate coin untuk direbut anak2 kecil.

First Day...

first day of the new year pass by... another 3 more days before my boy celebrates his 5th birthday.
today i spent more than 3 hours decorating his birthday cake. i know some of you would probably raised an eyebrow asking isn't it too early? there is still one more day before his party at my mum's place on saturday. but well, if you minus friday (tomorrow) which happens to be my working day and the whole day on saturday where i'm going to be extremely busy preparing the food, i wouldn't be able to catch time to finish decorating the cake. that's what happen when you happen to be a working mother enthusiast on giving the best for his son's birthday.

i started icing the cake from morning. i was too caught up in my work that i almost forgot to prepare lunch. nasib baik hubby request for steam fish aja. ;-)
yaya asyik merungut coz it took me a long time to finish my work. i guess she was hoping to get my full attention today since it was a non-working day. sorry darling...

siap je decorate cake terus aku rasa nak demam. hubby ajak keluar jalan2... tak larat rasanya. fahmi pun terasa boring. before i could response to hubby's invitation semua orang dah terleka mengadap movie The Hulk kat tv3. sedar tak sedar rupa2nya fahmi dozed off sambil duduk.




eventually we did go out petang tadi after asar prayer. since i won't be cooking anything for dinner we decided to get a quick bite at McD in kota damansara. kebetulan pula terserempak dengan fahmi's classmate from smart reader who happens to be a sweet girl named nuha. fahmi used to had a crush on her masa mula2 masuk smart reader dulu. comel orangnya dan ramah pulak tu. i avoid mention about his crush coz i doesn't want to embarass him. i know he missed his friends (not only nuha)since they had to part ways after the school closed down. tapi sampai nuha left the mcD pun fahmi langsung tak berganjak dari tempat duduk dia. dia takut kami tease dia. pemalu yang amat anak teruna ni sorang. okaylah tu... takdelah mama risau anak mama jadi "pencinta wanita' iye tak?

Main Teka Teki

minggu lepas masa aku baru je nak makan malam tiba2 fahmi ajak aku berteka teki. i know he somehow rasa bosan takde orang nak diajak bertekak coz yaya tidur awal. walaupun aku betul2 tengah lapar but i indulge in to his teka teki.

fahmi: cuba teka haiwan apa yang yang kalau dia berjalan perlahan sangat?
mama: kura-kura
fahmi: betulll!!! (beaming with smiles)

fahmi: cuba teka haiwan apa yang duduk dalam air pastu badan dia besar sangat?
mama: ikan paus
fahmi: salahh!!! ikan jaws lah

aikk? sejak bila pulak jaws jadi lebih besar dari paus??? i didn't confront him, layan jelah.

fahmi: cuba teka haiwan apa yang duduk dalam air lepas tu dia boleh melompat?
mama: katak!
fahmi: betul!!!

fahmi: cuba teka haiwan apa yang kat badan dia ada belang2 hitam dengan putih
mama: kuda belang!
fahmi: eiii pandailah mama ni
mama: mama jawab betul ni dapat hadiah tak?
terus je he come to me and drop a wet kiss on my cheek. alamakkk cair mama macam ni. muahhh love you bebeh.

by this time aku pun dah siap makan. but he's not done with his teka teki, masih ada lagi yang dia nak tanya. his next question ni yang prompt me to twist his leg.

fahmi: benda apa yang boleh berlari laju?
mama: haah yang ni mama tau sangat... mestilah BUDONG!
fahmi tak terkata apa. tersengeh dia sebab dia tau mama kenakan dia. hahaha budong adalah watak superhero dalam siri drama kanak2 filipina. my kids always stuck in fornt of tv petang jumaat tengok cerita ni...