...Frust nyerrr.........

Frust betul bila kek yg aku buat weekend baru ni tak menjadi. Yang buat slack nyer tu was the strawberry topping. Dah lah fresh strawberry tu sikit je, pastu bila masak dengan gula, air dan cinnamon powder ..jadi sikit pulak bila dah pekat.

Orange Cake with Strawberry Jem Topping

Nak tak nak, I just spread it on the cake. Ish, tak cantik langsung kek ni..tapi Khaleeda kat sedap! Ada orange flavor..then strawberry jem (home made topping). Dan untuk menutup kekurangan topping, I just sprinkled some chocolate rice.

The resipi was given by my friend. Dia pun dpt dari internet…Senang je, tak payah beli buku resipi mahal2…Tapi satu la, kadang2 resipi kat internet tu tak berapa menjadi. Kira nasib-nasib…

Dan frust jugak bila dapat tahu dari my boss yg few divisions in my company are moving to the corporate office in KL, that includes my Division lah! Laa…I really like working here and boss, colleagues sume okay..Dah kena pindah pulak. And of course I was asked whether I’m willing to relocate. Of course not lah! KL! Ish, tak sanggup hadapi the traffic jam, the hassle, the rush…Tapi kalau dah terpaksa ..macamana? Life in PGudang is so conducive, hassle-free esp when you have a family to take care of…I just hope I’m not ‘forced’ to move to KL….

May there be some other options..Insyaallah…

Kursus Masakan Western

My husband...yg kiri sekali..with his 'students...

Weekend baru ni jugak, my hubby mengajar masakan Western kepada peserta anjuran Kementerian Luar Bandar. Anak aku yg pergi jenguk abah dia kat kitchen Politeknik kata "Pandai lah abah masak...kenapa dia tak masuk AFC? (Asian Food Channel)...hehe...Dan anak aku yang no 3 ni jugak lah bercita-cita nak jadi Chef. Ada je 'projek' dia kat dapur...goreng telur, buat maggie, masak air..."..pastu yg kena kemas...mak nyerrrr jugak..grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

Hafizy, baju hijau....Chef in the making...tapi kali ni jadi 'food tester' dulu ..(bawak kengkawan sekali!)

Waahh...dah terrer nampakk.....

Tengok betul-betul....

Fish and Chips...

Bread Pudding


Gambar kenangan le nih....

Tapii...bila kat rumah...dia 'gantung apron!'....

Earth Hour Saturday 28.3.2009

Attention Everyone...Let's get ready for the "lights-off!!

Enjoying themselves (camera flash and sky full of stars are the only source of light!..)

We, the residents of Female Students' Hostel, Infotech 2, Politeknik Johor Bahru supported the Earth Hour Campaign on Saturday, 28th March 2009!

The hostel was in darkness from 8.30 pm - 9.30 pm and we made the best out of it...!!

Oh, yeah...and there's the laptop for entertainment....


Let's just mingle for one hour...in darkness...cool!

Kimi took advantage of this 'exciting' moment.....!!!

Apa cite??

Lately, ni banyak cerita aku dengar pasal rumahtangga runtuh disebabkan oleh orang ketiga. Kalau pasangan suami isteri muda, aku paham lah jugak. Tak tahan godaan, mungkin. Konon masih muda, masih ramai peminat, maka terjadilah kisah cinta suami dan isteri orang…Tapi kalau melibatkan lelaki umur 50 tahun ke atas, macamana ek? Pada aku lah, kalau dah umur dah hampir ke penghujungnya…apa lagi yg dicari? Pasangan muda? Habis yang lelaki tu ..tak cermin diri ke? Apa sebenarnya yg dicari dalam hidup ni? Bukan kah Allah dah kurniakan usia panjang tu sebagai satu bonus…apa kata gunakan untuk memperbanyakkan ibadah, muhasabah diri dan tengok balik apa yg kurang selama ni…masa ni lah, sepatutnya kita bertungkus lumus memperbanyakkan amalan untuk bekalan kita di akhirat kelak (chewah…mcm ustazah pulak aku nih).

All I’m saying is we have to know our goals in life. What do you really want in life? Sebab kita org Islam, life kita bukan setakat di dunia ni je? Ada lagi yg abadi…Di dunia ni, kita rasa kita wanita bekerja..boleh buat apa sahaja, hingga tak takut langsung nak menduakan suami…Masih cun, vogue …ramai peminat ..so rasa diri ni bagus sangat….At the end of the day, tak ke mana semua tu kalau dah buta hati. Sampai bila kita cantik? Esok lusa, tua jugakk….Ujian sebenarnya tu. “Penyakit segala cantik adalah riak”…Setiap penyakit ada ubatnya…Antibiotik paling berkesan – Taubat. Tapi ramai jugak wanita cantik yg mempertahankan maruah diri, tahu batas sebagai seorang isteri dan wanita Islam…Alhamdulillah.

Bagi suami yg rasa kuasa veto nak kawin 4 tu dia org punya….Jangan bab kawin 4 je ikut sunnah Rasulullah SAW. Tingkah laku yg lain tak de pulak sekelumit pun mcm Baginda!! Kesian lah kat wife yang cuba jadi isteri terbaik - - bekerja utk tolong suami (which is not compulsory pun!), jaga makan pakai sekeluarga…Masih tak cukup lagi ke? We are not getting any younger…Bila susah pandai pulak dgn isteri pertama, tapi bila senang mula nak buka cawangan. Boleh kawin 4..sebab ini Allah SWT telah benarkan …Dia yang Maha Mengetahui setiap hambanya….tapi ingat tanggungjawab! Bukan nya senang….Dengan sorang pun dah pening..kalau 4…muntah terus kot???

Buah hati pengarang jantung aku yg paling bongsu...Haqimi, 3 thn....
(tu bukan bantal...tapi cotton candy!!!)

Entahlah ek, kita perempuan ni paling banyak beralah…paling banyak bersabar, paling banyak berkorban demi kebahagiaan suami dan anak2…Tambahan pulak isteri bekerja…mak aiii..rasa hari cepat sangat berlalu…Kerja tak habis-habis…dari opis smpailah ke rumah…Tapi I’m glad to do it..selagi masih ada tenaga dan kesihatan….I love doing it for my family….Macam semalam, sampai rumah dah pukul 6 lebih. Tengok ada ikan sekor lagi…hiris serai, daun limau purut, asam keeping, daun sup, daun ketumbar…bawang putih sikit…bubuh kicap cair, minyak bijan, then lumur pada ikan…then stim je!!!! Pukul 6.45 pm kena ambik anak dara aku kat sekolah since on Thursdays, my husband kena gi kelas PhD dia kat UTM…Selalunya ada org tolong ambik anak aku, tapi dia gi outstation pulakk….Super Kelam Kabut!

Steamed Fish...

So, makan malam hanya dengan stim fish!!! And pagi tadi aku sempat buat nasi lemak. for breakfast. Yang sedihnya aku dah siap letak dalam bekas..nak breakfast kat office le konon...….boleh tertinggal kat rumah!!!!! Sedeyyy laaa….kempunan aku nasi lemak buatan sendiri…hmmm..tak de rezeki nampaknya....Ni lah nasib perempuan bekerja...cuba sedaya upaya pleasing others, sampai 'lupa' nak layan diri sendiri! Sigh..!

Breakfast pulakkk....

Simple je...tapi kena bangun awal sikit...!

Pagi tadi, sempat buat roti jala for breakfast. Kari ayam tu I cooked for dinner last night. So, memang buat lebih utk makan dgn roti jala. Senang je kan buat roti jala ni. Make sure texture adunan tepung tu cair sikit and campur telur, gula dan garam. Tapis la adunan tepung untuk elakkan ketul-ketul tu…

Kari ayam masak malam tadi...hehe..

Well, walaupun kelam-kabut jugak la pagi tadi, tapi bila tengok my family enjoying it, sungguh berbaloi..ahaks! To me, breakfast la paling penting especially for my kids. Lunch dia org tak makan sangat, sebab kenyang lepas makan apa ntah kat sekolah. Tapi bila dinner, haa ..kau..! Makan banyak-banyak!!

Khaleeda makan pakai apron...!!

Mmmm......

Sweet and Sour Fish

On every working days, I go out of the house latest by 7.15 am and only comes home earliest by 5.45 pm. I'm always in a hurry! The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is to put the kettle on and then off to the bathroom. After solat, then it's time to prepare breakfast. It's as simple as french toast or nasi goreng. And if I have the time to make early preparation, so it's going to be nasi lemak for breakfast!

Then, comes the menu for dinner!! Goodness...it's hard enough thinking about it. I called my husband and asked "Nak makan apa?"...And sometimes he answered "Ntah"..Well, that doesn't help, dear! Well, I just have to use whatever is in the fridge and try to have dinner ready before Maghrib..! Phewwww...(the story of my life...sigh!)..

Like today, I just peeped into my fridge and found some vegetables that desperately needed to be cooked! Then there's one ikan siakap! Hmmm....The simplest dish I can think of is sweet and sour fish..

Recipe? Tak payahlah kot...it's everybody's "know-how"....just campak2 some onions-garlic-ginger-chilli, different types of sauce and don't forget some corriander leaves (I just love the taste and smell)...I also added some daun sup and fresh tomatoes! Hmm...kalau korang tak sempat nak buat (al-maklumlah, everybody is so busy and tak sempat) just enjoy the pic je lah, ek...ahaks!

Reunion - The Cyber Style...

Amazing! How these modern technologies can do wonders to us all…With Facebook, Friendster, MySpace, we can actually ‘reunite’ with our childhood friends from school and even college.


Few friends from SM Convent Jalan Sultan Idris Shah, Ipoh are already in my friends list. When I look at them all, I could still reminisce our school days...


Amutha Taylor – We practically grew up together. Born the same year, she was my closest friend in Greentown, Ipoh. Greentown was a huge government quarters years ago. And now all that’s left are fond memories. It is now a business center in Ipoh. Amutha and I were neighbours and when we played, fight, shared our interests together. We even shared the same toilet once!! (I’ll skip the details!!). We went through the eras of the 70s and 80s ie Grease, Lady Di (the hair cut…arhhh!). She speaks Malay fluently (yeah, complete with Perak accent, sometimes) but I cannot speak a word of Indian…err… perhaps one or two …How I wish I can ‘master’ the Indian language as she did with the BM!


Now she is married to an American and living in Texas, USA. She has a son (woi..tak nak tambah lagi ker??)… Glad to be connected with her again.


Zarina Abdul Rahim - She is one of my most beautiful friends! Ramai peminat nih….She is tall, fair and she looks good in anything ..even in the altered jeans during Rock Kapak era…(remember?)..My mom said Zarina is very well-mannered. She married young and now her two kids look like her younger brother/sister!


Intan Bazian Zakaria – Intan and I went to primary and secondary schools together but we got acquainted during our secondary school years! I will never forget when Intan ‘taught’ me how to enjoy the KFC coleslaw (I used to hate it)..but when we were having lunch in KFC after school, I saw her putting lots of tomato sauce on the coleslaw..and it actually tasted good..and from there on, I never leave my KFC coleslaw untouched!

Today she is married to a Swiss, living in Switzerland and has two beautiful kids!


Firuz Husin – Firuz is the most intelligent Malay girl in Convent School that time. She scored straight As in every major exams! Although we were not that close, but we used to be in the same class in Form 4 or 5 (I couldn’t remember). She is just adorable and friendly. I still remember when she sold cassettes of Azura soundtracks for RM2…! I think she made a good income that year! Haha…


Latest info from Firuz (through FB of course)…she is now in USA with her family. She is working and hubby is studying..Good for her!!


And there’s Hanim and Ailisa…really, really happy to be reunited with all of you…! Keep in touch…and maybe someday there’ll be an actual Reunion, eh? I am still hoping to see more friends from SM Convent Ipoh in FB!

PS: Just to share - that Ms Zara Salim Davidson, who is now the wife of Raja Muda Perak’, is also an ex-Convent Ipoh student! She is 5 years younger than I am and I can still remember how she looks like in her primary school uniform. Since the primary and secondary schools are in the same compound.. I could see her running around with her friends sometimes. She had lots of admirers (anak Mat Salleh cun le katakannn…)..Daulat Tuanku...YM Raja Zara Salim.

Vegetable Dalca

Not bad for a "first-timer"

When I got this recipe from my friend Sue of Paka, Terengganu, I was excited and tried it for dinner the very same day! After office, I dropped by the supermarket and grabbed two packets of frozen roti canai and some vegetables. As this recipe calls for fresh lamb bones, I substitute it with lamb slice (meant for making steaks). I reached home around 6 pm and started with my cooking adventure!

A perfect match!

True enough, the dalca was simply delicious and very easy to prepare. The only problem was my dal wasn’t tender enough as I was cooking it in a rush! It should be boiled for quiet sometime to get the right texture…Oh, well…next time round, I’ll make sure it will turned out better than this..hehe..

So, this recipe is especially dedicated to working moms who are always looking for simple, delicious recipe. As I always try to serve dinner before Maghrib, simple recipes such as this always save the day!

Happy cooking!

Bahan2

Dalca (cari yg kaler orange kecik tu sedap sikit and cepat empuk)

Bawang putih 3 ulas

Tulang kambing or kalu tak suka, ayam pun boleh (potong kecik2)

Tomato, kentang, terung, carrot (potong sederhana besar)

Santan or fresh milk

Serbuk kunyit satu sudu kecik

Serbuk cili 2 sudu or ikut suka nak pedas ke idak

Tumis darat

Bawang merah, cili kering, halia & daun kari

Cara2.

1. Masukkan dalca, tulang & isi sikit, bawang putih (seulas2, tak payah hiris) and serbuk kunyit, serbuk rempah kari daging, serbuk cili and rebus.

2. Dah empuk, masukkan kentang & carrot and teruskan merebus till half empuk.

3. Masukkan terung bulat tu (Yg dah dipotong enam) dah rebus lagi till empuk then masukkan tomato

4. Masukkan santan pekat (jgn pekat sgt, dah tambah air sikit) or fresh milk.

5. Garamkan, dah rasa sedap tutup api

Dlm kuali lain, tumis kan bawang merah yg dihiris, halia yg dihiris, cili kering yg dipotong 3 dan daun kari.

Dah kuning2, tuangkan dlm periuk dalca nnt.