Ramadhan ke-30

Hari ini hari terakhir puasa. Giliran mamak sia hantar makanan ke masjid untuk buka puasa.

Memandangkan mamak sia sudah ndak sihat selama 3 hari, sia dengan adik perempuan sia telah mengambil alih tugas untuk menyediakan hidangan berbuka tersebut. Dengan bantuan kawan baik mamak, makcik Ecce dan jugak nenek saudara sia. Nasib baik. Kalau ndak, memang sia ndak tahu macam mana lah keadaan hidangan tuh. Sia mengaku, sia memang langsung ndak yakin untuk memasak banyak-banyak macam ni, sebab sia memang bukan pandai betul bab masak-memasak ni. Musti ada pembantu (buku resepi) baru boleh jadi. Itupun kadang-kadang ndak menjadi… hehehhehe…

Kami hantar mi goreng berlauk telur rebus goreng dan air teh. Makcik ecce masak mi goreng tu. Memang sedap banget! Banyak tuh. Dapat lebih kurang dekat 100 tapau gitu! itupun ada lebih lagi.. Iyalah, 3 beskom (besen) bah tuh.

Selain itu, sia dengan adik sia sempat jugak masak ayam masak lengkuas untuk hidangan hari raya besok. Hidangan ni merupakan hidangan wajib keluarga kami setiap kali hari raya. Ala-ala rendang ayam la lebih kurang, Cuma bezanya guna lengkuas.

Jam 4 petang begitu, sia dengan hubby keluar pigi hantar makcik pakcik sia balik ke rumah nenek sia dan bergegas balik ke rumah untuk buka puasa.

Jadi, hidangan buka puasa kami yang terakhir adalah mi goreng berlauk sambal telur rebus, ayam masak lengkuas, kuih karipap dan kuih popia (home made oleh jiran). Memang sedap sehingga menjilat jari!

Malam, kami bersilat lagi di dapur sediakan hidangan untuk kenduri besok.

adik perempuan dengan bapak sia sibuk membuat tumbuk. Ini pun merupakan hidangan wajib keluarga kami setiap kali hari raya. Hidangan ni lebih kurang macam lemang la tapi, bezanya ndak guna buluh dan tidak dibakar. Cuma dibungkus dengan daun pisang dan direbus.

Sia pulak ambil alih tugas buat ayam masak merah. Kali pertama ni seumur hidup si buat ayam masak merah ni sendiri. Hasilnya, not bad jugak untuk 1st timer! :-)

Mintak maaf banyak-banyak sebab ndak ada gambar hidangan yang lezat-lezat ini… Sangat-sangat sibuk yang amat sampai terlupa! Tahun-tahun adakan datang ok :-)

Balik kampung! Hohoho balik kampung!

27 sep 2008

Hari ini sia balik tawau dengan hubby. 1st time hubby balik kampung sia ni... Hhehehehe... paling best, dapat tiket free :-)

Flight patut jam 9.10am, tapi sebab ada masalah dengan MAS Airline punya sistem, flight sia terpaksa ditunda ke jam 9.50am. memang kelam kabut jugaklah perjalanan sia balik kampung kali ini. Di airport kl, airport kk. sabar jaklah...


Tension tunggu pas masuk

Ah! ndak kisahlah. asalkan dapat balik kampung. Kan? Kan? Kan?

Jam 3.45pm, kami sampai di tawau dengan selamat. Alhamdulillah..

Perjalanan kami memang asyik transit jak. Sampai jak di tawau, ndak terus balik rumah. Kami singgah di rumah nenek sia sampai malam. Sebab, ambil pakcik sia sekeluarga pulak di airport pada malamnya.


istana di tengah hutan


hasil tanaman atuk sia

Lebih kurang jam 11 malam baru kami sampai di rumah mamak sia. Alhamdulillah….

28 sep 2008

Pagi lagi kami sudah sibuk pigi airport. ambil pakcik makcik sia yang lagi 1 rombongan.

hari ini kami berbuka dengan menu:

begedil jagung


dan

sayur bunga papaya


Malam, sia dengan hubby pigi hospital. sebab mamak sia ndak sihat. asma dan demam. jadi, kami bawak pigi hospital untuk pam. kesian mamak sia...

Hectic days

I had a dreadfully exhausting day for the past 2 days. At work and house as well.

At work, as usual ought to be report and report and other non-engineering stuffs. Today also will be another busying day for me at work, as I’m going for on leave for 2 weeks for this Raya season. After came back from holiday, I’m going to attend NIOSH course at Bangi for 6 days, starting from 13-18 October. So, I guess you could imagine how busy I am, to make sure every single unsettled works been passed to other colleagues, so that it won’t heap on my table once I came back to the office.

For the housework, the heat of raya has started as early as on Wednesday night. My hubby was busy with his laundry work, while I busy with my folding work and the monthly budgeting. I had paid the car’s installment, our telephone bills, water & electricity bills, our broadband, transfer anything needed and some other necessary stuffs. At 12am, I have to stop all the businesses since all the online banking had stop their services for 2 hours which I don’t think I had the strength to wait. So, I left my credit card bills to be settled off by today.

On Thursday, continuing the busyness at house with my ironing and folding works. My hubby also has done with his laundry works (yes, another laundry. And another one waits him by today as he doesn’t want to leave any unwashed laundry before we go for balik kampong this Saturday). Then, he started playing games, reading news online then only started with his duit raya budgeting stuffs. Its really annoys me. Why? Don’t want to elaborate more in here. Welll…. it is part of ups and downs of marriage life. I better keep it in myself. Huh!

Due to the last night's melancholy, I woke up very early in the morning. So, I’m now in office earlier than I should be in. That’s why I got some ample time to type this entry.

Ok guys, have to stop and starts my office work. Till then… Wassalam….

Cookies and Candies

I had completed my raya cookies project today. This afternoon, I bought 3 more containers of cookies at pasar tani. One for myself, one for my mom and another one for my MIL. Fair enough. So, all together, this year, I have jam tart, choc chips, almond London and this new biscuit (seriously I don’t know what was the name of this cookies. The only thing that I know, the taste was really nice! Worth it for RM15/50pcs)





Hmmm… now, am thinking of how I am going to carry these cookies (6 containers all together) into the flight on this Saturday? Now only I realize how greedy I am in bringing back all these cookies. No! No! No! I should reflect back myself, I am not greedy.. It’s my duty as a daughter and daughter in law to help my mom and MIL in their raya preparation. Isn’t it? I couldn’t help them much. But, this is the only contribution that I can give them, especially my MIL (since I’m going to take her son back to Tawau for 2 weeks to celebrate raya this year). Pity to her and my hubby. Because….. This year will be their first time celebrating raya far from each other. What to do? That’s what marriage all about. Sharing, sacrificing, caring and a lot of maturity stuffs to be face off.

I feel so grateful to have a very understanding hubby and in laws when come to this kind of issues. Hopefully I wouldn’t and never hurt their feelings for the entire cycle of my marriage though it might be impossible to achieve as we are only a normal human being. We can’t predict what will happen in our future. Still, will try my best to be fair to both, my in laws and my family side. I love all of them… To be honest, actually my in laws were more sporting in many aspects compared to my own mom and dad. Seriously! Yet, I still love all of them as much as they love me! :-)

Ok, we stop with my raya cookies story.

This afternoon, I flipped through a STAr newspaper (which rarely happens as I don’t like reading). Suddenly, I came across on one of the article about some of avoiding dairy products (as you all know was a hot issue in any newspaper lately). What makes me feel so sad is the photo on top of the article. The photo shows one of my childhood favourite sweets. It called “White Rabbit Creamy Candy”.



The sweets was among items now banned by the Health Ministry, after Singaporean’s Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority found that the sweets contained melamine, a chemical substance normally used to make plastic. Plastic? Adush! Hai yeeee….. I like this sweet so much last time. It tastes so good, creamy creamy and got very thin layer of which I also don’t know what that thing was called. So sad….. Am wondering if there is any other dairy based sweet, contained this melamine? I’m concerning because most of my favourite sweets usually made from milk, which is dairy product. Hmmm… meaning I have to be very careful next time in choosing any sweets to be eaten, especially those which contain milk. Or, I better stop taking any of it, since lately the newspaper has revealed a lot of shocking issues regarding this candy sweetie’s thing. Better avoiding then curing right? No harm for us.... And could also avoid us from having diabetic problem in future.... Pray hard! Bye bye to “White Rabbit Creamy Candy” :-(

Hai senangnya dalam hati!

I like to be in Monday! in Tuesday! in Wednesday and in any days this week…. (macam iklan celcom... ecececce.... im a digian lah.. tumpang sekejap)

Best betul berada pada hari isnin minggu nih… Monday blues pun, Monday blues lah… sebenarnya, hari ini sia tiba-tiba dapat pay slip, yang membawa maksud, besok akaun bank sia akan menunjukkan angka yang lebih baik lah.. ehehhehe…. Sia macam ndak percaya jak bila dapat pay slip tuh, sebab, jadual pembayaran gaji yang sia ada menunjukkan patutnya gaji masuk 25hb.. terkejut bercampur gumbira pun ada.. hai Senangnya dalam hati!

Yang membuatkan hari isnin sia lebih ceria lagi, sia dapat imbuhan tahunan! Yeah! Memang sungguh gmbira.. rasa macam berbaloinya kesabaran sia dengan kerja selama ni… sangatlah membantu lagi-lagi dengan kedatangan syawal ni kan.. bolehlah sia plan untuk semua extra extra perbelanjaan dengan lebih baik… servis kereta cutee sia, credit card, duit raya, kenduri kesyukuran, kuih raya.. dan banyak lagi perbelanjaan yang akan disenaraikan kemudian… Hmmm… mungkin sia patut plan buat kuih raya lagi… ehehhehe…. Macam sempat jak kan sebelum sia ballik hari sabtu ni… cita-cita besar betul…

Tengahari pulak, biskut almond London yang sia pesan sudah sampai :-) sia order 200biji utk sia, mamak sia dengan MIL. Ok lah tuh.. siap satu lagi projek kuih raya… ngeh ngeh ngeh… express one… last year sia ada buat jugak, tapi lecceh ah… sama leceh macam buat jem tart. Jadik tahun ni sia decide malas mau buat sebab senang mau dapat yang sedap di luar sana tuh… so, buat apa mau susah-susah buat kan?





Malam, sia jadi pigi lepak di rumah cik Czah.. tapi, projek buat biskut diorang belum mula lagi.. memang agak sudah pun.. biasalah kawan sia cik suhai ni memang kojeng.. ehehhehe.. sayang cik suhai! Cik czah pulak pigi round jalan tar sampai penat gilak… tapi, sia sempat jugaklah lepak-lepak dengan diorang… banyak jugak cerita sampai mengantuk-ngantuk la sia.. jam 11.40pm macam tuh, hubby sia yang sangat sporting (bodek so lain kali dapat green light lagi untuk lepaking... sayang abang!) datang jemput sia balik untuk titon… ngantuk beb mengumpat dengan kawan baik sia dua orang ni… ehehehhe.. astaghfirullahalazim… taubat!

Ok kamurang, kenak tidur sudah… mau mimpi indah-indah sebab mood baik hari ini… wassalammmm….

Missed the meeting

After completed with my raya cookies project for the past 1 week, I started busy with my normal house works.

Last night I’ve done with my ironing project. Fuh! The entire 2 weeks job was done in about 3.5 hours… Could you imagine how tired I am? Luckily I got my TV and my beloved hubby to accompany me until I finished all of them at about 2.15am.

And then, this morning I continued with my shirt’s folding works. I took almost 2 hours to finish the works. Alhamdulillah… Then, I lepaking with my hubby watching MELODI until 1.30pm.

Actually, I rushed to finish all the works by afternoon because I had planned to hang out with cik Suhai and cik Czah at Taman melati (cik Czah’s house). So, I called up cik Suhai this moring, and she promised to call me once she reached cik Czah’s house. I waited for her call until 5pm, and guess what? She forgot to call me… She thought I had called cik Czah and didn’t manage to turn up. Because, she saw cik Czah talked to the phone with her friends (which she thought was me!) Uwaaaa!!!! How could she? Never mind, if I got time tomorrow’s nite, I might be joining them for another raya cookies project… hehhhehe… Actually, I just wanted to meet them before I go back to my hometown for Raya on this coming weekend. It’s been a while since our very last meeting in KLCC. So, hopefully I will have time to meet them tomorrow.

Ok you all have to go to get some sleep…. Really need a rest before I start with the Monday blues tomorrow :-( So, Chiow everybody!

Projek Jem Tat yang huRu HarA

“Kalau penat, berehatlah. Jangan paksa diri” itulah nasihat mamak sia setiap kali dia telefon. Dan tiap kali tuh jugaklah sia akan jawab “Ok mak. Mamak jangan risau ok!”

Tapi, kemarin sia ndak mendengar nasihat mamak sia. Macam sia cakap dalam entry sia yang sebelum ni, siap terlampau penat hari Jumaat tu. Tapi, sebab sudah dalam perancangan, sia teruskan jugak projek membuat jem tat sia malam tadi. Hubby pun ada nasihat supaya buat jak hari sabtu. Tapi, sebab takut ndak sempat siap, sia tetap jugak dengan pendirian sia. Dan akhirnya, sia telah merosakkan program membuat jem tat sia tahun ini.

Kenapa? Sedang sia campurkan mentega dengan tepung dalam besen kecil, tiba-tiba sia terlupa pulak berapa banyak sudah tepung yang sia masukkan. Sia betul-betul lupa.. Mau patah balik kira, ndak boleh la pulak, sebab tepung dengan mentega tu sudah bercampur. Adui lah..Adui lah… “Ala, hentam jaklah” dalam hati sia.

Lepas habis meramas mentega dengan tepung dan minyak sapi tu, baru pulak sia perasan tepung ndak cukup! Tuh la, tamak betul. Biasanya sia buat 2 resepi jak. Tapi, sebab waktu keluarkan mentega tuh ternampak lagi ada mentega lain lebih, sia buatlah semuanya, ada lebih kurang 2.8 resepilah maksudnya. Adui… Putus asa betul lah… melihatkan sia yag sangat kecewa tu, hubby sia pun offer tolong sia pigi belikan tepung lagi. Sia dengan berat hati “Ok.. Boleh la… Thanks abang!” (sebab sebenarnya ndak mau sambung sudah patutnya). Terima kasih Abang!

Selepas 2 hiccups ni, satu lagi masalah timbul. Macam sia cakap dalam entry sia sebelum ni, sia kan rancang mau guna jem tart presser kali ini. Tahu apa jadik? Ndak berjaya. Doh tu asyik melekat jak di presser tu.. Bengang betul. Kali ini, sia betul-betul macam mau buang jak doh-doh tuh ke dalam tong sampah! Betul-betul putus asa. Sebab sia memang ndak bersedia dengan barang-barang in case sia kena kembali ke bentuk tradisional (sebab sia langsung ndak bulat-bulatkan jem dan langsung ndak beli any paper cup pun). Tapi, sekali lagi hubby sia jadi penyelamat sebab memujuk sia supaya teruskan jugak dengan plan sia tu…

Sia pun dengan berat hati mulakan lah proses membulat-bulatkan doh dan isikan inti jem sampailah jam 4.30pagi.. Masa ni sia betul-betul macam orang mengigau. Mana ndaknya, mengantuk bah sudah ni… bercakap pun macam orang apa jak… Boleh imagine ndak? Sia pandang hubby sia “Abang, saya betul-betul mengantuk dan tak larat dah ni”. Macam biasa, hubby sia pun jawab “tak apalah. Sambung esok jer lah.” Fuh! Sia pun apa lagi, cepat-cepatlah kemas-kemas apa yang patut dan pigi tidur sampailah pagi…

Jam 10 pagi, sia sambuung balik isi inti jem tu. Sekalinya, satu masalah lagi timbul… jem ndak cukup la pulak! Apa pasal la tahun ni huru-hara betul daa… Malas mau kasi bangun hubby sia yang nyenyak tidur, sia guna jak jem biasa yang guna untuk makan roti tuh.. Hahahhaha.. Punyalah susah mau bungkus. Lepas habis semua proses membungkus, sia bakar semua tat sampai jam 4.30 petang. Alhamdulillah…..

Di bawah ni ada gambar-gambar projek sia yang ndak berapa menjadi nih:

MEMBUAT JEM TAT


Mengadun doh, ndak terlalu keras atau terlalu lembut (lembut tetapi tidak melekat di mangkuk)


Doh yang telah dibulat-bulatkan


leperkan doh yang telah dibulat-bulatkan


Sudukan inti ke dalam


Bulatkan semula doh yang telah diisi inti sehingga menjadi seperti di bawah ini



Lepas tu, guntingkan sikit di permukaan atas jem tat tu dan sapukan kuning telur. Kemudian, bakar sampai masak.

Hasilnya,









Lepas siap projek sia yang huru-hara kali ini, sia ada lesson to learn yang mahu sia kongsi bersama:
1. Kalau merancang mau buat seorang diri, janganlah sekali-kali tamak sampai mau buat banyak resipi sekaligus. Sebab, proses mau buat jem tat ni bukan senang wei! Tedious dan memerlukan kesabaran, lagi-lagi tang membungkus jem tuh.. Memang makan masa!
2. Jangan sekali-kali gunakan jem biasa, sebab bila bakar tat tuh, teruk tat tuh akan penyek sebab jem yang cair tu akan mengalir keluar. Sia sudah buang semua tat yang sia isi dengan jem biasa tu. Langsung ndak menjadi!
3. Gunakan paper cup untuk membakar tat ni. Sebab, tat ni sangatlah lembut sampai, ianya akan melekat di jari dan talam pembakar walaupun sudah masak. Jadi sangat susah mau memindahkannya daripada talam pembakar ke talam penyejuk dan ke dalam balang. Jelek betul rupa tat tu nanti. Percayalah.
4. Ndak payah mimpi mau gunakan jam tart presser untuk bentukkan tat ni, sebab memang ndak sesuai sebab dohnya terlalu lembut. Kamurang akan end up dengan tension sebab doh asyik lekat pada acuan atau akan end up dengan hasil tat yang sangat teruk (terlalu keras atau langsung ndak sedap).
5. Jangan sekali-kali gunakan putih telur sebagai ganti kuning telur untuk disapukan di atas tat ni, sebab lepas bakar, kuning tat tu akan jadik ndak cantik, sebab ndak berkilat.. Sia terpaksa gunakan putih telur kali ni sebab telur di rumah sia pulak habis…. Adui lah… banyak betul masalah… Ni contoh tat yang ndak berapa berkilat sebab sia gunakan putih telur yang dititiskan pewarna kuning (tat yang bahagian tengah tuh yang ndak berapa berkilat).


6. Gunakan cawan biasa untuk mengukur tepung (sekirannya kamurang ndak ada penyukat). nasihat ni sebagai panduan kepada puan Mastur yang telah menanyak sia pasal sukatan tepung menggunakan cawan ni. Contoh cawannya ada di bawah ni.


7. Dan yang terakhir sekali, jangan sekali-kali buat projek tat ni bila terlalu penat. Ia hanya akan membawa banyak masalah dan menyusahkan diri sendiri (macam sia sekarang nil ah.. Ndak ada feel!).

Jadi, sia ucapkan good luck kepada kawan-kawan yang belum mulakan projek ni... Belajar daripada kesilapan kan....

Minah Tukang Membersih

Penat betul otak hari ini… tapi, kerja ndak siap jugak.. Manalah sempat.. Jadi, bila punch clock ofis berbunyik, sia terus off computer, angkat handbag dan balik ke rumah… Sebab, kalau sia tinggal sampai jam berapa pun, ndak mungkinlah siap… Banyak tu….

Sampai-sampai jak di rumah, sia nampak hubby sedang bersihkan atap di luar beranda rumah kami. Bukan apa, adalah sampah-sampah dari rumah atas yang sedang buat renovation tu… sakit la mata hubby sia tengok.. Tapi, kesian hubby sia, rake yang dia guna ndak cukup panjang untuk tolak sampah-sampah tu. Jadik, untuk tolong hubby, sia cadangkan bagus kalau sia sendiri turun bersihkan. Hubby sia risau jugak.. Tapi, iyalah, itu jak pilihan yang ada. Mau hubby turun, takut pulak… Hubby sia kan besar orangnya.. Takut pulak kalau atap tu ndak tertampung beratnya… ehehehhe.. sayang abang! Yang paling lucu tu, masa bersihkan tu sia belum tukar baju lagi… Berbaju kurunglah sia atas atap tu… hahhahahaha… sambil-sambil tu, sia pandanglah jugak kiri-kanan, manalah tahu ada orang yang ternampak.. Malu wei! Nasib baik berjaya dan selamat naik ke beranda balik…Fuh!

Ok lah kamurang, sia mau buat tat nenas nih… nanti sia update cerita membuat kuih tat ni k!

Buzzing

Yesterday was a really tiring day for me.

Morning.
I attended a very long meeting from morning till afternoon. I hate to be in that meeting. It wasted my whole morning precious time. The most important issue here is the chairman also doesn’t know what he was talking about, unqualified (I really meant it!) for the meeting. The output that I got from the meeting is, just do what you wanted to do, we have no time to ask anymore. What kind of management that could do this to their staff? I got annoyance to think about the matter that discussed in that meeting. #%^%&^*(&)(* Arghhhhhh!!!!!!

Evening.
I’m trying so hard to comprehend the work that I hated so much. I keep staring at the table given and trying to figure out on what should I put inside there, so that I can come out with the presentation slide compulsory to be submitted this Friday. Aiyak! It was so bleaaakkkkkssss!

Night.
I was dead to the world as early as 9pm. This was due to my bad menstrual pain that I had last night. Or, because of my little brain was too tired thinking of the densely work in office? Hmmmm…. Pretty sure must be the 2nd one….

Today, am continuing with the yesterday’s work. Had discussion with my one up and 2nd up supervisor until lunch time. After lunch time, I thought I would have time to continue with the presentation preparation. Unluckily of me, I was wrong! My 2nd up supervisor suddenly called me and ask me to attend another meeting because this meeting also will discuss again the same topic that discussed in yesterday’s meeting. Am I making you all confuse? Hahahhaha.. Actually, I also don’t know what I’m talking about… I’m vomiting…. Yeaaaaks! huh! I hate what I am doing rite now! But, I also don’t have choice not to do it…. Oh God! What I’m supposed to do then? I’m blank! I’m empty! Unclear etc!!!!!

Huh! I think, I whining too much already. I better stop before Raqib and Atid also getting confuse to note down my good deeds and my sins.

Ok you all, I really need a rest as my head are aching badly right now … till my next entry…

Wassalammm…..

Resepi Tat Nenas

Mula-mula ingat mau bagi resepi lepas tat siap. Tapi, memandangkan ramai yang excited mau resepi, di sini sia bagi dulu demi kawan-kawan yang disayangi :-)

Bahan-bahan doh:
1 biji butter (250gm)
4 cawan tepung super fine (goreng dahulu)
3 s/b minyak sapi QBB


Bahan-bahan Jem nenas:
2 biji nenas sederhana besar.
1 cawan gula

cara buat jem nenas
Kupas nenas dan buang mata. Blend (campur air sikit, cukup-cukup supaya blender bole pusing jak). Masakkan nenas yang telah di blend dalam periuk sampai kering (sebaik-baiknya gunakan periuk non-stick supaya ndak payah selalu kenak tunggu depan dapur, dan gunakan api kecil). Kacau sekali-sekala supaya ndak hangus. Bila paste sudah kering, masukkan gula dan kacau sampai kering lagi. Sejukkan.

Cara membuat tat:
ramaskan butter dan tepung hingga sebati. Masukkan minyak sapi dan ramas sebati lagi. Lepas tu, bentukkanlah ikut idea masing-masing. Bakar hingga masak.

Selalunya, untuk resepi ni, baik bentukkan tat tradisional (bentuk nenas) atau tat yang menggunakan jem tart presser sebab doh tersangatlah lembut.

Cara bentukkan Tart tradisional:
bulat-bulatkan jem sebesar duit 5 sen. Doh pun sama. Bungkuskan jem dengan doh yang telah dibulat-bulatkan. lepas tu, gentel bentuk lonjong sikit, letak dalam paper cup, gunting bahagian atas tat sikit (ala-ala kulit nenas la konon). Sapu dengan kuning telur. Bakar

Selamat mencuba!

p/s: credited to kak Azyantie (my ex-colleague) for her recipes.

cHoc ChiPs

I got a lot of things to share with you all yesterday. However, for today’s entry I will only share about my choc chip’s making last nite.

After sungkai, my hubby out of the blue proposes to me to make my choc chips tonight.

Im like, what?! Hmmmm…. “I don’t think we have enough time to finish all the 2 recipes Abang” I told him. Then, he kept saying “sempat sayang. Cubalah dulu.” All the way from my in law’s house to our house, I keep thinking about how Im gonna tackle all the unprepared things before I could start making the cookies. I haven’t clean my oven, haven’t take out my butter from the fridge, I haven’t wash my weighing etc…

So, when we reached home, to make things easier, my hubby helps me to clean the oven. Ok, settle one issue. For my part, I took out my butter, wash all the cooking utensils needed etc etc… tried my best and pray hard that we will have enough time to finish all the cookies tonight.

FYI, due to all the sudden, first time ever in my life I battered the butter when it still in cold and hard condition. Hahahaha… So funny and desperate! Hopefully it won’t affect my cookie’s recipe later.

Hehehhehe… after all the hard works, I managed to finish all the processes at about 12am in the morning, including cleaning my kitchen. Alhamdulillah…. And the choc chips also turn out very well compared to my last year’s one. Ngeh ngeh ngeh…

So, below are some photos related to the choc chip’s making:


before baking


after baking


My very traditional oven (could you see the "batu lesung" on top of the oven? usually we use it to weight down the oven)


looking inside my traditional oven


The output


We managed to get about 300pcs of choc chips cookies for 2 recipes :-)

I got the recipe from hanieliza fotopages and modify a bit (I didnt use the white choc chips).

Ingredients A:
250gm butter
160gm fine sugar
1 egg yolk
1 t/s vanillah essence

Ingredients B (combine all together):
230gm super fine flour
20gm cocoa powder
100gm choc chips
50gm white choc chips
50gm roasted almond strips
50gm nestum

batter the butter and fine sugar until creamy. Then, add in yolk and the vanilla essence. Batter well again. Stir in ingredient B. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking pan. bake for 25 mins at 180 degree celcius (my oven doesnt have timer neither the temperature control. So, I have to monitor it manually. Really old school and kampung style... hahahaha)

Kerja Oh kerja

Sia memang malas mau buat kerja hari ini. Kenapa? Sebab kerja yang sia kenak buat nih memanglah sia ndak suka. Sebab, sia memang ndak paham. Sudahlah tuh, arahan ndak jelas..

Sia satu hari mengadap benda alah kerja tuh sampai mengantuk-ngantuk... Punyalah membosankan kerja tuh... Memang ndak boleh tahan. Aduhai!

Besok ada mesyuarat/taklimat pasal kerja yang sia kenak buat nih. Sia kenak hadir menggantikan bos sia.. Lagi satu aduss! Ni mesti sia jadik antara atendees yang tidak diharapkan datang ni.. Iyalah, setakat 41, apalah sangat... Tapi, sudah bos suruh pigi, SYMP la jawabnya.

My new office room :-)

Today, I was busy moving to my new office (actually new room). FYI, since I join this gov agency, this was the first time ever that I’ve been located to so called a room. When I first join, they put me in one ex-store room, sharing with another colleague of mine. Then, when my colleague moves to another proper room, I’ve been moving to another room, which was an ex-meeting room. In fact, they got one empty room for me at that time. But, due to miscommunication, they gave the room to others. Hmmm… Not a big deal for me as I previously used to work in open workplace when I’m in private. So, I never been bothered to be placed anywhere they like. Then, today when my same colleague moves to another unit, then only they ask me to transfer to her room.

Hehehe… here is the photo of my new room :-)



Very simple and old school yet still comfortable.

Ok, finish with the new room story.

Then, on evening, actually I should have a meeting with my boss. Since the meeting was postponed to tomorrow morning, I grabbed that opportunity to go to Shah Alam (my ex-office). Actually, I went there to take a compilation of British Standard softcopy files. I forgot to copy that file when I left the company. Now, when my hubby needs it, then only I take an effort to go back and copy that file. Luckily I had my really helpful ex-colleague. Thanks a lot to Amoi and Azri (my ex-draughtsman).

At night
Since the pineapple jam that I made yesterday was too little, my hubby offered me his hand to make an additional paste tonight. We reached home by 9.30pm. Then, I quickly do my part and put the blended pineapple into pot. To use the pot instead of wok was a very smart idea, because I don’t have to wait and stir the paste all the time in front of the stove. It eases my job a lot. I even can just leave it to boil and dry and sometimes stir it to make sure it doesn’t burn. This time around, we manage to finish the cooking within 2 hours time (instead of 4 hours) which I never think that we could achieve.

At 12am, I manage to clean my kitchen, and have time to blogging :-) … ehehhehe… Thanks Abang for helping! (Though a bit “hangat-hangat taik ayam”)… Keh keh keh… sayang Abang! (bodek supaya lain kali boleh tolong lagi :D )..

K guys, have to go and get some sleep now… Till then…. Astalavista….

Hujung Minggu

SABTU

Pagi lagi jiwa jadi kacau. Apa ndaknya, sia dengan hubby dikejutkan dengan bunyi Zrengg!!!!!!!!!!! Zrengggg!!!!!!!
Ish! Orang atas buat renovation lagi rupanya. Ingatkan weekend ndak ada buat.. Ada jugak.. Hai…… Sabar jaklah..

Ndak sedap hati, sia bangun dan terus ke beranda dapur. Huh! Sekali lagi kami dikejutkan… habis barang-barang di beranda dapur kami.. Besen, tong sampah, tudung periuk, tangga, penyapu dan macam-macam lagi, habis kenak simbah konkrit.. Orang atas tuang konkrit ndak bagitau pun… Sabar jaklah… Nasib baik belum kering.. Cepat-cepat hubby sia cuci semua barang-barang di beranda tu… daripada mau keluar, terus kami ndak jadik keluar. Tahan jaklah telinga kami dengar bunyi zrenggg tuh sampai jam 5 petang… Bayangkanlah… Memang penyakit pekerjaan betul la nih… Eh! Bukan, penyakit weekender… Memang kacau!

Sebenarnya, malam sebelum tuh sudah perasan ada berhabuk banyak di beranda tu. Tapi, sebab sudah lambat dan penat masa sampai di rumah, kami ndak cuci dulu. Tunggu pagi sabtu ni lah konon baru mau cuci. Ada hikmahnya jugak kami malas malam tu. Rupa-rupanya ada yang lebih hebat lagi mau kenak hari ini. Hmmmm…

Petang, kami berbuka di Bentong, di kampong sebelah bapak mertua sia. Memandangkan sia cakap dengan hubby mau masak sup meatball weekend ni, jadik sia pun masak lah sup tu dan bawak ke Bentong. Sebab ndak ada daun sup, hias dengan bawang goreng jaklah… Sangatlah plain nya. Ndak apa lah, yang penting meatball tuh sedap :-)



Malam tu, sebelum balik ke rumah, sia singgah rumah bos sia sekejap di Tasik Sri permasuri. Sebenarnya, sia janji mau jumpa dia tengahari tu, tapi disebabkan kecemasan mencuci beranda dapur kami tu, terus ndak sempat. Jadik, sebagai ganti, datanglah jugak malam tu, sebab ada kecemasan jugak pasal kerja.

Malam tuh jugak, sia dengan hubby ambil keputusan untuk tidur di rumah mertua sia, sebab takut besok pagi dikejutkan dengan bunyi bising lagi… Memang ndak pasal-pasal!

AHAD

Kami bangun memang lambat. Lepas tu, terus pigi survey barang-barang buat kuih raya di BAGUSS (kedai menjual barang-barang membuat kuih dan kek). Lepas tu, balik rumah dan mandi. Kemas rumah dan cuci baju.

Hari ini, tuan rumah yang buat renovation di atas rumah kami tu datang mintak maaf pasal kekacauan yang berlaku di rumah kami. Rupa-rupanya jiran depan rumah kami yang punya rumah tuh. Diorang ndak dapat bagitau kami sebab waktu diorang buat kerja tuh, sia dengan hubby memang ndak ada seminggu di rumah. Yang pasal tuang konkrit pagi kemarin tuh pulak, diorang pun ndak perasan yang kami sudah ada di rumah malam tuh. lagipun, diorang ndak sangka akan jadi sampai macam tuh sebab kontraktor tuh janji akan alas sebelum tuang konkrit. Tapi, Benda sudah jadik kan.. Tapi, ndak apalah sebab diorang datang jugak bagitau kan (Sebenarnya, malam tadi FIL sia sudah telefon salah seorang jiran untuk carik siapa owner rumah tuh, dan mintak sampaikan pesan pada owner) Iyalah, kita ni kan hidup berjiran, ada apa-apa, bagus bincang bagus-bagus kan… Manalah kita tahu kita akan hidup berjiran lama kan.. jadik baguslah jugak apa yang owner tuh buat datang dan jumpa berbincang dan bagitau kita macam tuh kan. Jadik, kita ni sebagai mangsa, ndak terasa sakit hati betul… Reda la sikit marah tuh kan…

Ok, tutup cerita pasal reno rumah tuh…

Petang tuh, sia mulakan aktiviti penyediaan barang-barang untuk membuat kuih. Sia mulakan dengan membuat jem nenas. Tahun ni kali pertama sia buat jem nenas sendiri. Selalunya, sia beli jak jem yang sudah siap. Tapi, tahun ni pulak tiba-tiba terasa macam mau cuba buat sendiri. Bukan senang jugak wooo…. Yang paling dasyat tuh, memasaknya. Bukan main punya lama. Ada mau 4 jam berangkali. Kah, lebih… Lepas tuh, daripada 1 biji nenas tuh, sia dapat dalam 1 bekas taufu fah tuh jak. Adui! Rasa macam ndak berbaloi jak tumit kaki sia ni sakit mengacau jem tuh atas api begitu lama. Tapi, ndak apalah, 1st timer kan… Nasib baik rasanya ok jugak…







Lagi 1 aktiviti sia ari ni, pigi beli barang-barang untuk buat kuih. Sia siap beli gadget baru lagi kali ini, penimbang, jem tart presser dengan pin roller.



Penimbang ni, sia beli semata-mata untuk buat choc chips. Bukan apa. Tahun lepas, sia ada buat choc chip. Tapi, main lempar-lempar jak. Main agak-agak jak sukatan nya. Ada yang jadi, ada yang ndak… Hahahhaha… Padan muka sia. Jadik, tahun ni, sia taubat. Sebab tu beli penimbang tuh, dengan harapan, tahun ni menjadi sungguh lah choc chips tuh :-)

jem tart presser dengan pin roller tuh khas untuk buat jem tart. Kan sia cakap malas sudah mau buat bentuk tradisional sebab leceh. Jadik, harap-harap jem presser tuh berkesan dan bolehlah sia buat jem tart bentuk lain tahun ni :-)

Sia beli semua barang-barang tu di Giant jak. Ok jugak harganya. Ingatkan mau beli di BAGUSS, sebab biasanya di sini dijual lebih murah. Mana tahu bila pigi survey petang tadi, boleh pulak harga mentega nya mahal terlebih. lebih RM1+++ tuh sebijik... kalau beli 4 bijik? Bukankah mahal banyak? Heh! Terus sia beli di Giant jak. Tapi, besok sia mau pigi beli minyak sapi QBB di BAGUSS. Murah sikit.... Keh keh keh... Kita mestilah menjadi pengguna yang bijak dan beli yang paling berbaloi untuk duit yang kita keluarkan. Kan? kan? kan? kan janet? :-)

Ok lah, sudah lambat ni, masa untuk tidur…. Besok mau bangun sahur pulak. Chow chin chow!

Pasar Tani

Today, I went to Pasar Tani. This Pasar Tani was a weekly event in my office. It was held twice in a weekly time, on Tuesday and Thursday.

Usually, I will have something to buy if I need to cook for dinner. Since all my family members (my dad, my mom and my bro) already gone back, so I don’t think I have anything to buy at this Pasar (I don’t have to cook because, usually if my families wasn’t around, I had my sungkai at my in law’s house everyday in weekdays).

But, as you all know, women…… I still went there to accompany my office mate as my office mate said she wanted to have a walk there (excuses..excuses and excuses)

So, as a result, I spent my RM (which I didn’t planned and thought that I won’t spent) and get a Labu Sayung, another pineapple tart and meat balls :-) Below are the photos of them:

1. The Labu Sayung



I suddenly attracted with this Labu Sayung. I bought it with intentions to put our plain water inside. Hmmm.... We’ll see whether the water got different taste (cooler) or not when using this Labu Sayung. I remember last time, I used to watch a TV programme on the making of this “Labu Sayung”. Very interesting and now I think… I bought it today at a very reasonable price, with that tedious process of making it (after few negotiations with the seller :-) . Actually, I'm not sure about the market price either). I learnt this negotiating skill from my beloved mom. She’s really expert on this! On anything!

2. Another pineapple tart



I saw this pineapple tart at one of the stalls that selling frozen food (pau, meatball, yong tau fu’s stuff etc). Looks nice, and the taste also very nice to my tongue! Luckily…. However, it still doesn't meet my expectation since I'm looking for tart that made from eggs (this one tastes exactly same like my tart's recipe, using ghee). So, I won't order from that aunty. Hmmmm….. Meaning, I haven't settled with my good pineapple tart’s finding.

3. Meat balls





This one also bought at the same stall which I bought the pineapple tart. Plan to cook meatball soup for this weekend “sahur” or sungkai. Hope the meatball nice and edible to us, because one of my colleague said it was nice (or I misheard she said ok only? Pray hard!).

Note: Sungkai is Sabahan’s term for breaking fast.

Kisah Jem Tat

Ah! ndak kisahlah pasal engineer tu... sebab...
sia ada benda yang lebih menarik...
tart nenas :-)





sia beli tart ni masa temankan kak Lynn (off mate) sia pigi beli kuih di kantin. Nampa macam sedap jak.. Lepas tu, siap tulis di situ, ori recipes guna butter cup. Itu yang lebih tertarik tu...

Sekali bukak puasa tadi excited la mau makan... Hmmmm.... mamak mertusa sia cakap ok. Sia? Ok lah... Sia suka pes jem nenas tu jak rasanya. Dia punya kulit, kurang... Sedap lagi kulit tat nenas yang sia buat (masuk bakul, angkat sendiri) ehehhehe... eh! betul bah ni...

Sia dapat resepi ni daripada kak Azyantee (ex-off mate, yang jugak teman se "cubicle" masa di consultant dulu). Kakak ni memang pandai betul kalau bab masak memasak ni... dengan dia punya kawan baik, yang kami panggil amoi (chinese daripada miri, sarawak)... Hehehehe, ngam la duduk 1 row tu, 1 orang dari KL, 1 orang dari sabah, dan 1 orang lagi dari sarawak. Eh! melalut pulak... Sia mungkin patut buat 1 entry pasal kakak-kakak kesayangan sia di KTA Tenaga S/B pada masa akan datang....

Ok, balik pada cerita tat nenas tu. Sebab terlalu suka dengan tat nenas yang kakak ni buat, sia dapat resepi mamaknya ni tahun 2004 kalau ndak silap. Memang ringkas. Masa tu, sia tinggal rumah bujang dengan ex-UTM sia, Icha dengan Czah. Punyalah excited kami mau sambut raya, kami pun kongsilah beli oven letrik yang kecik tu, semata-mata konon mau buat kuih raya. Jadi, antara kuih raya yang kami cuba, tat nenas ni lah.... Hahahhaha... Lucu betul hasilnya.. Sia ndak ada gambar jak mau kasi tunjuk betapa ndak jadinya tat tu. Sebenarnya, bancuhan sudah betul, cuma oven yang digunakan untuk membakar tu ndak berapa sesuai.

Bukan tu jak yang lucu. Sebagai jiran rumah flat yang baik, kami pun bawak lah ke rumah jiran sebelah. Rasanya, kesian makcik tu terpaksa terima hasil keikhlasan hati kami. Adui la!

Lepas tu, punyalah mau kasi orang rasa, sia bawak pulak ke rumah bf sia (rumah mertua sia sekarang ni). Rasanya, diorang semua mau jaga hati sia jak makan seorang satu. Lepas tu, ndak tambah sudah lah.. Terkulat-kulat... Last last, sia abiskan sendiri... Ahahahhaha... Pecah perut jugak kalau sia mau ingat....

Hehehhehe.... Lepas insiden tu, sia ndak putus asa jugak. Sia buat lagi raya tahun berikutnya dan tahun berikutnya. Tapi, buat di kampung la masa balik raya. Sebab di rumah bujang ndak ada oven. Lebih menjadi tapi belum 100%. Mungkin 70%. Tapi, sedap jaklah sia rasa. Sia jugaklah yang abiskan sendiri. Punyalah gila tat nenas.

Lepas sia kawin, tahun 2007, raya pertama bersama suami, sia ndak juga lupa buat tat ni. Siap suruh mamak sia belikan oven konvensional lagi dari Tawau (murah dan itu jak oven yang sia pandai guna buat masa ini. Lagipun, mau guna untuk bakar kuih raya jak pun). Hubby sia la jadi mangsa kenak tolong gunting kasi jadi bentuk kulit nenas. Oh! ya, sia lupa mau cerita, bentuk tat yang sia buat, bukan macam yang dijual di luar, tapi bentuk konvensional (bentuk nenas tapi diletakkan dalam paper cup). Sia ndak ada gambar la pulak.

Hmmm.... tahun ni ingat mau buat perubahan la.. macam mau buat guna pam kuih tuh la (kalau ada lah). Mau buat tat nenas yang inti dituang jak atas paste kulit tat tu. Senang sikit dan jimat masa dan kos (ndak payah beli peper cup). Lepas tu, kalau boleh mau cuba buat jem nenas sendiri la pulak (selama ni beli jem yang siap jak :-) ). Nanti sia buat sia akan post kan hasilnya pada entry yang akan datang. Ok!

Oklah penat sudah menaip dan mengomel... Jumpa lagi pada entry akan datang. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

Tolonglah!

Sia ni geram betul dengan ada satu engineer di tempat sia ni...



Semenjak sia masuk gomen ni, sia memang sudah "out of touch" dalam bidang engineering ni. Sebab sia kenak buat perkara-perkara bukan teknikal. Banyak buat laporan laporan dan laporan lagi. Sia ndak lah kisah, sebab buat apa mau komplen. Sia yang pilih masuk ke agensi ni kan.... Cuma, kadang-kadang memanglah ada terasa jugak kan... Jawatan jurutera, tapi banyak buat perkara-perkara berkaitan pentadbiran. "Baik diorang bagi aku jadik PTD dan jangan panggil aku jurutera" dalam hatilah...

Ok, berbalik pada cerita geram sia ni.. Antara kerja yang sia kenak buat di sini, adalah menguruskan senarai nama pencatit minit mesyuarat mingguan cawangan. Biasanya, mesyuarat ni diadakan setiap hari Jumaat pagi. Mau dijadikan cerita, sia nilah jugak orang yang patut memastikan minit mesyuarat mingguan tu ada setiap kali sebelum mesyuarat pada minggu seterusnya. Jadik, sia pagi tadi pigilah ke bilik engineer yang sia maksudkan di atas. Sebab dia yang jadi pencatit minit untuk mesyuarat minggu lepas. Di bawah ni lebih kurang perbualan sia.

Sia: Abu (bukan nama sebenar), minit mesyuarat minggu lepas tuh sudah siap?
Abu: Belum, hari ini baru buat. Tapi aku buat draft jak, Ani (bukan nama sebenar) yang akan siapkan.
Sia: Hah! Kenapa pulak? Kan dia sudah jadik pencatit minit minggu sebelum tu? Mana boleh macam tu, siapa punya giliran, dia kenak siapkan sampai habis lah.
Abu: Sia ndak tau lah macam mana mau buat. Sia ndak paham lah apa yang diorang bincangkan dalam mesyuarat tuh.
Sia: Kalau ndak tahu, kenalah bertanya. Lagipun, kan ada minit mesyuarat minggu lepas boleh dijadikan contoh? Lagipun Ani kan ada bagi senarai perkara-perkara yang dibincangkan dalam mesyuarat tu? Masukkan jaklah dalam minit tu. Bukan susah pun.
Abu: Hei! ndak kan lah sia yang baru ni mau bertanya pada pengarah dalam mesyuarat tuh! Siapalah sia ni untuk bertanya.
Sia: La..... Nama jugak pencatit minit. Kalau ndak paham perkara yang dibincangkan, kenaklah tanya. baru ka, ndak baru ka, pengarah mesti akan jawab sebab dia tahu kita sedang catit minit.
Abu: Ndak apalah, nanti sia buat draf, lepas tuh bagi pada Ani untuk dia siapkan.
Sia: Eh! ndak boleh la macam tuh. kenaklah siapkan sampai abis.
Abu: Alaaa... Ani hari tu sudah janji mau buat.
Sia: Hah! dia janji?
Abu: Ha ah...

Bila dia cakap macam tuh, sia pun panggil la kak Ani ni. Tanya samada betul kah dia janji dengan si Abu ni. Iyalah, sia kenaklah pastikan minit tuh siap. Ndak kisahlah siapa yang buat pun. Sekalinya, kak Ani ni cakap, dia ndak ada pun janji macam tuh dengan si Abu nih. Jadik, kami pigi lagi jumpa si Abu ni untuk penjelasan.

Kak Ani: Eh! Mana ada I cakap I nak siapkan you punya minit. (Kak Ani ni memang cakap I You I You jak dengan si Abu ni :-) )
Abu: Kan hari tu kau cakap kau mau siapkan minit tu. Aku buat draf jak.
Kak Ani: Eh! Salah tu. I cakap, I bagi you senarai perkara-perkara benda yang dibincangkan dalam mesyuarat tu, sebab you tak catit pun hari tu. I boleh tolong tengokkan samada you buat format tuh betul ke tak jer...
Abu: Iyalah.. Aku draf, lepas tu kau siapkanlah!
kak Ani: Eh! Apa pulak. Tuh you punya kerja. I tolong check kan boleh lah. Tapi, you punya giliran, you la kena siapkan.
Abu: Eh! Aku ndak sukaklah buat benda-benda bodoh macam nih! 7 tahun aku di J***, ndak pernah buat perkara bodoh macam ni tau!
Sia: J*** lain, *** lain... mana boleh samakan macam tu...
Kak Ani: Eh! Semua orang kena buat lah minit nih. You baru sekali kena buat nak bising-bising, I pun dah buat 2 kali lah. Amisah ni hah, ntah berapa banyak kali dah buat, tak bising pun. Bukannya susah nak buat pun. Dah la orang dah bagi bahan.
Abu: Eh! Aku ndak setuju la buat benda bodoh ni! Aku memang ndak sukak!
Sia: Kalau ndak sukak, cakaplah dengan bos. Dia yang tetapkan benda nih. Jangan komplen di sini pulak.
Kak Ani: Ntahnyer... Pegilah ngadu kat bos tuh..
Abu: Walau apa pun, aku tetap ndak setuju!
Sia: Suka hatilah! Jawab lah dengan bos sendiri!

Punyalaha sia dengan Kak Ani geram. Kami tinggalkan jak dia mengomel-ngomel dalam bilik tuh. Nampaknya, sia ndak da pilihan lah. Kenaklah berunding dengan bos macam ni. Malangnya bos ndak ada.

Sekali, lebih kurang 2 jam lepas tu, kak Ani panggil sia. Dia tunjuk minit yang si Abu ni buat. Punyalah "childish". Memang sangat general dan langsung ndak ada kena mengena dengan bahan yang kak Ani bagi dia. Sabar jaklah kami. Kami malas mau betulkan sebab nanti kalau ada apa-apa, kami pulak yang kenak menjawab. Memanglah bodoh sombong dia nih. Ndak tahu, bukan mau tanyak. Duduk diam jak dalam bilik tu. Apa dia ingat dia tu 44 besar betul kah? Eh! Tolonglah, 44 ka 54 ka, kalau ndak tahu mau respek orang, ingat orang mau respek ka? Boleh jalan lah…

Sebenarnya, dia ni memang macam tuh. Dia ni dulu dari Sabah, salah satu agensi persekutuan di sana (dia memang orang Sabah pun, orang kampong sia pulak tuh. Memang memalukan!) Tapi, sebab naik pangkat, dia dihantar ke HQ. Tahulah kalau macam di negeri kan? Pegawai... Dilayan macam dewa. Bukan macam di HQ. Apa sangatlah kalau setakat engineer... 44 jak pulak tuh...

Sebenarnya, dia memang akan berpindah balik ke Sabah dalam masa terdekat ni. Dial ah orang yang sia maksudkan dalam entry sebelum ni yang sia kenak ambil alih kerjanya. Memang menyusahkan. Dia ni, memang satu cawangan tahu perangainya ni. Memang ndak boleh pakai. Ndak tahulah macam mana. Kalau kamurang mau tahu, pegawai-pegawai di Sabah memang banyak yang macam tu. Sebab, di sana orang bawahan diorang, panggil diorang Tuan…. Heh! Mana diorang ndak besar kepala kan? Itu yang ndak pandai buat kerja tu. Semua kerja bagi campak sema (sama/pada) orang bawah. Diri sendiri goyang kaki. Tidur dalam bilik. Lepas tu, begayak (berlagak) jak lebih!

Hmmmm… sia pun ndak tahu mau cakap macam mana lah… Kita ni sebagai seorang Islam, sepatutnya mendapat gaji berdasarkan kerja yang kita buat. Makin banyak gaji, memang makin banyak kerja lah. Bukanlah sia mau cakap diri sia ni bagus, ndak pernah curi tulang. Pernah jugak. Tapi, kerja tetap kerja. Kita kenaklah siapkan. Memang lah kita ni ada turun dan naik. Ada masa kita ndak ada mood mau buat kerja. Tapi, tolonglah jangan menyusahkan orang! Bukan apa, duit yang kita dapat tu, ndak ka kita rasa serba salah dapat gaji, tapi sebenarnya kita ndak buat pun kerja tu? Apa kita mau jawab di akhirat nanti? Kasi makan anak bini? Lu pikirlah sendiri!

Renung-renungkan dan selamat beramal :-)

My hubby gave me......

Hai yeeeerrrr…. I feel so blush to post this entry.

Bear in mind, you maybe feel there is nothing so special about the gift (especially for Malay because, usually this is part of wedding preparation procedures in Malay’s culture). Anyhow, since Jaq and kak Aishah insisted to know the gift that my hubby gave me before he takes me as his wife, so, this entry will be sort of like continuation to my previous entry.

I will start with the tele-conversation with Nadia and Fat Fabes (the Fly FM’s deejay) first. Wah! Makin poyos neh! Ehhehehehe…

DJ: Hi! Who’s on the line?
Me: I’m Amisah here.
DJ: Oohhh… Hi Anisah! (they pronounced my name wrongly! This wasn’t the 1st time you know! Sabar jer lah :-( ) Are you married Anisah?
Me: Yes I am.
DJ: Ok, So what is the gift that you gave to your husband last time, to let him know that you’re ready to take him as your husband?
Me: Hmmm… I don’t remember the gift that I gave him. But, I do remember the gift that he gave me that I considered him really serious in taking me as his wife…
DJ: I seee…. So, what is the gift then?
Me: He gave me a ring. But, the ring wasn’t given by him directly.
DJ; Ouhhhh….. Then?
Me: It was through his parents.
DJ: You mean his parents came to your house and give it to you at your house?
Me: Yes! When giving thru his parents, then only I can consider he is serious…
DJ: It’s like “bertunang” like that lah?
Me: Not really actually, it’s like “merisik”only.
DJ: I seee….. I seee… Ok, thanks for calling Anisah! (See! Again they pronounced my name wrongly!)
Me: Ok… Bye!
DJ: Bye!

Actually, my hubby gave other things also which more valuable than this ring. However, I only measured his seriousness after he gave me this ring thru his parents. Because, by doing that, definitely he has to talk and consult to his family, before he dare to send his parents to confer about it with my family kan?

Then, as usual, when parent meets, of course they will bring something... Which I seriously never expect that they will bring the ring together with them that night!

That’s why I took this ring as the very important gift that he gave me to show that he really serious in taking me as his wife! :-) And called up Fly FM to share with all their listeners :-) . Cukup poyo tak? Malu la pulak! Ihik Ihik Ihik....


See the bottom one. The top one (the heart shape) also was a gift. Birthday present from my bestfriends, Cik Suhai and Cik Czah! I love to wear both together every time and everyday! The combination looks very nice in my eyes! Thanks Abang, Cik Suhai and Cik Czah!

I Love Your Blog Too!

I cilok this from puan mastur's blog.. ehehehe... since she said "mama nak bagi present kat semua readers mama.."



Meaning, I'm one of them la kan? Syok sendrik punya budak :-)

Tenkiu puan mastur... Cute sangat2!

So, I'm now gladly thinking of passing this cutees to my blog's readers pulak! Terimalah seadanya kawan2.. ikhlas daripada hati saya yang tulus... chewah! jiwang karat sket malam ni! :-)

Good & Not Good

For this entry, I wanted to share some good and not good (I hate to call it bad) things happened to me today. Will start with the not good first, so that I can end my writing with the good things :-)

Not good:
1. As I mentioned in my previous entry, I’m alone this week! So, this morning, I had my “sahur” alone because my in laws, opah and my sis in law don’t eat for “sahur”. They just had a glass of plain water for their “sahur”. However, having a very good MIL, she accompanied me for my “sahur” this morning. I feel so pity at her. Thank you Mama! I really appreciate it! I should write about my beloved MIL later in my very next next entry.
2. I have to take over other people’s work starting from next week. I don’t want to elaborate more on this since I’m not so happy to take over his haywire works! :-(
3. I was stuck in very bad traffic jammed this morning. Aiyak! If I would know, I will ask my hubby to left his automatic car then.
4. Being a very bad water drinker, I always have a dry skin problem. Usually, to prevent this to be happened, I will use lotion to moisturize my skin before going to work in the morning.



Being so undisciplined person also, I always skip this essential simple daily routine. I already missed this routine for more than a month, resulting in the skin problem getting bad evee since the last time I noticed it. Serve you right Amisah! So, starting from tomorrow, I hope I could wake up earlier so that I will have time to put the lotion onto my body. Pray hard!
5. My hubby sms me and tell me that he is now having his swimming at PD! Arggggghhhhh! I’m so jealous!

Good:
1. I manage to get reached into the Fly FM line for “Pagi Show” this morning! Actually, this was my second time. First time was back in somewhere in the end of last month. For today’s topic, they were discussing about what gift you will give to somebody which will tell them that you are really serious in taking them as your wife/hubby. So, I storied to them on what gift that my hubby gave me before he takes me as his wife :-) I even called up my hubby after that to tell him about this.. ehehehhe... So jakun and poyo huh!
2. My boss confirmed to me that one of the new staff that we had last week will take over some of my workload, which is report! Yahoooo! Im so happy to hear this :-) as later, I will concentrate more to my OHSAS stuffs.
3. I called up one of my ex-colleague when I was in private, Kak Sally. She updates me with the news of her niece, which I called Angah. She’s now in her 3 months pregnancy! The baby will be the first grandson in their family. I was really happy for them, as they were like family to me. We were so close each other when I was single. Praise to Allah that I had friends like them!
4. I like being in my in law’s house, because I can use PC to run my Maxis modem, which of course will be faster than using my hubby’s laptop. So, since my hubby away to PD for 5 days, I will fully utilize the time given to surf and blogging as much as I can… and, without disturbance… Ehehehhe… Love you Abang!
5 Luckily Allah granted me a very smart hubby. You know why? Because, when you have smart hubby, they will buy you a smart tag. When they buy you smart tag, it will really help you avoiding long Q at toll plaza. When help you avoid the long Q at the toll plaza, meaning you will have lesser tense. When you have lesser tense, you will have a very good day as mine! Yippiieeeee!



When I’m entering AKLEH toll plaza this evening, I could see the long Q from far away. So, coolly I followed the smart tag signs and take out my smart tag and tiiit! Tetet! Tetet! Tetet! Tetet! (the battery is low lah pulak… ehehehhe…..Lupa lagi nak tukar). Ah! tak kisahlah as I managed to avoid the long Q! Thank you Abang for buying me this smart tag! You were really smart lah Abang! (actually, thank you for saving my RM100… ehehehhe :-) )

So, all the 5 good and not good things above really balanced up my days today! Praise to Allah!

Lonely..... I'm mRs Lonely

Today, as early as 5am in the morning, me and hubby wake up to cook for our sahur. We fried siew pak choy and fish ball with eggs. Then, we re-heat the leftover asam pedas chicken and rice. After Subuh, I re-check my dad’s flight ticket and get some sleep.

My hubby’s plan to service his car was gone, as we only wake up at almost 11am :-p. So, we quickly go to Giant and buy some chicken breast and prawn to cook with the extra rice that we have in our kitchen. I "tapao" some for my younger brother for her break fast, and "tapao" the other half to bring to my in law’s house.



After get bathed at about 1.30pm, we take off to LCCT to send my dad to catch his 3.50pm flight to Tawau. We manage to arrive there at 2.30pm. I was queuing for half an hour to complete with my dad’s check in procedure.

After my dad enters the boarding gate, we go to Surau and perform our Zohor prayer. Now, only three of us left behind (me, hubby and my younger brother :-( )

Oh ya! When you come to LCCT, you will experience a lot of things here. One of them that I want to share is the Q cutting. To be a truly Malaysian, you have to be expert on this. I experienced this twice in less than a month been in LCCT. First was when I send my mom back in 31 August 2008. This one lady without feeling guilty, and with no sorry or excusing, simply cut our Q when we queuing to scan my mom’s bag. Being a very patient person my mom ask me to be tolerant to that woman. So, I just keep quiet and let the women go happily. Huh! (I sigh inside).

The second one was happened today, when I queuing to perform my dad’s check in procedure, and bear in mind, also done by a woman ok! As she arrived, she quickly stands beside me and keep moving frontward when the queue moving forward. Again, I’m being so patient and wait until the Q reaches the counter. Inside of me, I had planned words for her in case she cuts my Q. Luckily, when we almost reaching the counter, she step a few steps back behind me and let me do my dad’s check in first. Hmmmm… I think she understood the cynical faces that I show her ever since her trying to cut my Q. Good! So, I don’t need to voice out my sarcastic word to her then.

Another thing that you will find out when you come to LCCT is the short of “kain sarung” for praying in Surau (female). I experienced this twice also. So, if you planning to perform your solat here, you better either bring your own full “telekung” set, or bring your own ‘kain sarung”, or bring a pair of socks, to enable you to perform your solat without any hassle. I’m advising you this because the surau here only provides you with 3 ‘kain sarungs’ with lots of telekung (top set only). So, to avoid waiting, you better pick one of the 3 alternatives that I listed above.

Continue with my today’s story.....

About 3.30pm, we departed from LCCT to send my younger brother to Unikl Bangi as his 1 week holiday ended today. So, now only two of us (me and hubby :-( )

Reached home by 4.30pm and hurriedly pack my hubby’s and my stuff. We also packed everything that left inside our refrigerator to bring it to my in law’s house. Actually, since my mom arrives from Tawau in 13 August last month, I do cook everyday, despite the fact that all of them are very simple dishes. So, when everybody left our house today, I don’t think I need all the coconut milk and the watermelon anymore. Might as well I bring it to my in law house kan? At least, if I suddenly “terlebih rajin”, I can cook “masak lemak” dishes there :-) , (as I don’t think I will go back to our house to cook when my hubby wasn’t around).

We finished at 6.15pm and leave our house to my in law’s house to break our fast. My MIL (mother in law) cooks a lot of yummy dishes, and we really enjoy all of them, especially the fried “keledek” :-)

Huhuhhuu…. The saddest episode started at 8.45pm, when my hubby departs to PD for his 5 days courses there… Uhuhuhu…. He never leaves me for any course that requires him to stay overnight…. That’s why, now I’m feels so lonely without him being around for me to nag…. Uwaaaaa…….

So, now, I’m staying at my in law’s house until my hubby comes back on Friday…. Lonely.... I'm Mrs lonely..... I have nobody...... For my owwnnnn.....

Tick tock tick tock…..

2 hari pecah puasa

Termasuk hari ini, sudah 2 hari sia ndak puasa. Bukan sebab period, tapi sebab ndak berapa sihat..

Selepas Mc sebab cirit-birit pada hari rabu hari tu, hari Khamis sia pigi jugak kerja walaupun perut rasa lain macam yang amat, sebab malas sudah mau pigi klinik ambil Mc dan menambahkan bilangan ubat yang mau dimakan.

Sebab ndak berapa selera, masa berbuka tu, sia makan tembikai dengan kek coklat jak sikit. Lepas tu, pigi terawih. Waktu kerjakan terwaih tu, jangan cakaplah berapa kali sia sendawa. Sampai ndak tahu mana mau letak muka ni… Mesti orang sebelah menyebelah sia tu cakap apa lah yang sia ni makan sampai sendawa teruk macam tuh… Memang tebal jaklah mukak tu….Serba salah pun ada pigi terawih tu.. Mengganggu jemaah lain pulak…

Balik terawih tu, sia rasa makin ndak sedap… jadik, sia makan nasi dengan sup ayam sikit. Sekali ndak lama lepas tuh, sia terus berlari pigi tandas, dan muntah dengan banyaknya… Keluarlah semua nasi dengan tembikai yang sia makan tadi.



Sebagai seorang hubby yang baik, dia cepat-cepat ambilkan nasi dan sup ayam untuk dimakan lagi. Sekali lagi ndak berhasil. Sia muntah lagi… Lepas tuh, hubby buatkan air milo pulak… Pun sama jugak… Kali ini sia putus asa sudah dan cakap pada hubby yang sia ndak mau makan atau minum apa-apa sudah.. Nanti akan muntah lagi… jadi, hubby suruh sia berehat jak.. jadik, sia tidur sampailah waktu sahur.

Waktu sahur, sia makan sikit jak… Lepas tuh, berehat sampai tunggu masa pigi kerja…

Pagi tuh, lepas sia hantar bapak sia pigi klinik untuk temujanji, mulut sia mula keluarkan air liur dengan banyaknya. “Adui!” Dalam hati sia… “Mau muntah lagi ka nih?”… Sia memang nekad jak masa tu mau pigi kerja… Baru mau masuk gear kereta, terus sia rasa makin ndak sedap… cepat-cepat sia berlari masuk rumah dan telefon hubby mintak dia hantarkan pigi klinik. Hubby mesyuarat pulak.. Jadi, kenaklah tungggu. Belum sempat hubby sampai, sia sudah muntah… “Habis puasa sia hari ni” ngomel sia dalam hati… Ndak apalah… Sia pun tidur sambil tunggu hubby sampai..

Jam 11.45pagi macam tuh baru hubby sampai dan hantar pigi klinik… Doc cakap mungkin salah makan dan bagi lagi ubat untuk dimakan… lepas makan ubat dan bubur, sia tidur sampai petang…

Petang tu, masih ndak ok jugak… mulut asik berair liur lagi… Jadik, lepas maghrib, hubby antar sia pigi klinik lagi sekali. Kali ini, doc tuh bagi suntikan pulak.. Dia bagi suntik dadah la tuh mungkin… Sebab, ndak sampai setengah jam, sia lalok ndak hengat… hubby buatkan air milo pun sia hirup dalam keadaan sedar ndak sedar… Sia tidur memang ndak ingat.. Langsung ndak sedar…

Sekarang rasa macam sudah beransur ok… Tapi, gigi pulak asyik rasa mau ketap… Macam mau cari teether jak untuk digigit (macam baby yang baru mau tumbuh gigi tuh)…



Mungkin kesan suntik malam tadi ndak habis lagik… harap-harap sia sudah ok malam ni dan akan mampu puasa besok…

Lagipun, besok sia akan tinggal sendiri… Sebab, bapak sia sudah mau balik sabah, adik sia sudah mau balik unikl dan hubby sia pulak mau outstation ke PD 1 minggu…. Uhuhuhuhhuhuu.. sedih :-(

Harap-harap sia ndak ada masalah sudah lepas nih…

Ndak apalah.. mesti ada hikmah di sebaliknya… Ya Allah! aku redha....