Balik Kampung!!!

Balik kampong...hohoho balik kampong...hohoho balik kampongggggg hati girang....lalalala...sambung la sendirik...disaat ini aku dah ada kat Aloq Staq...balik kampong le beb..perabih cuti hujung tawon..lagipun raya haji baru ni tak balik..Ishh macam2 citer pulak sampai kat telinga chek ni hah..blom 12 jam lagi aku kat kampong...perghhh tapi yang paling mengujakan treng teng teng......tok wan ku kawen lagik!!! Tok wan aku (is a man) dah tua..kesian kan kalau dok sorang2..nak2 pulak sejak kematian tok aku baru2 ni..mestila dia kesunyian...walaupun aku dok terinagt lagi kat arwah tok aku..tapi ye lah..yang hidup ni kena la teruskan hidup jugak...anyway, alhamdulillah syukur, jodoh tok wan aku sampai cepat (nikah lepas Isya' pada malam Jumaat 25 Dec 2008)..biaqlah dia kawen...lebih tenang jiwa dia..ada org tolong masak nasik, ada org tolong tengokkan, pasal tokwan aku ni dah agak uzur..kalau jadi apa2 dia sensorang kat rumah..org2 tua ni mana nak duduk kat rumah anak2..lebih selesa kt rumah sendirikan buruk2 cemana pun rumah dia tu.
Anyway, mak dah citer kat aku 2-3 hari lepas pasai benda nih..so kami cucu2nya sambut dgn hati yg terbuka dan happy sangat. Well mcm mana pun tetap ada yang tak suka punya. Anyhow fikirlah secara rational....But then, my mother ok..agree sesangat ayah dia nikah lain.
Tok baru aku masih malu2 lagi..agaknya dia terkejut kot dok tgk cucu2 baru dia ni dok menyakat suami barunya...kekekkeke..tersengih manjang tokwan aku nih...tok baru aku ni aku blom dapat memesrakan diri lagi..yelah aku pun malu2 jugak..tk tau nak pangge apa...hehhehee.

Aku sampai Aloq Setaq dah dekat 4.30pm, bertolak pukul 9.30pg dr Shah Alam. Sampai Ipoh..mak kau..jln jem gilos...Tensen makcik..udahle air cond keta tu ala2 chipsmore, sat sejuk sat panas...tp yg byknya paneh ler...Hentian seluruh hiway tu penuh dgn org. Kitorang keluar hiway singgah makan nasik kat Ipoh, kat Medan Kitt tu, peh2 nk masuk hiway balik tp dari jauh nampak keta jln mcm siput sedut merangkak..hmmm takpek la den.
So eden pun kasi nasihat kt suamiku merangkap driver kami supaya ikut jln lama nnt naik balik hiway kt KK (Kole Kangso) jalan punya jalan, mak kau..jauh tu...dh keluar tu, jem lagi..sampai le Penang...waduhhhh..ponek2...sabo je la....

Lepas Maghrib kitorg gegas pulak p rumah Tok aku (ini belah abah den)..sepupuku nikah malam ni..tak tolong mende pun pasai anakku tk berenggang so, dok saja le jawapnya..cumanya esok nak buat lauk utk makan beradap je la...Anyway, I got to go. Ngantuk....esok citer len arr...Owh ada lagi satu citer...adikku si kodaiyo tu(dia ni part time photographer so sesapa yang nak bergambaq buleh la kontek wa...), baik hati siot nak juai kamera dia....dgn rege 1/4 dari harga dia beli...2nd hand tp masih ok..dslr kamera beb mana dpt harga tu. cuma lense ja tk dpt...its ok...esok2 buleh beli. siap training notes lg tu..Ish semangat2..hopefully adik aku ni jadila bagi kamera tu. oit..dah2 ngantuk tahap gaban nih....esok kene p rumah kenduri awai...

My latest cravings

As mentioned before, diriku ni tersangatlah rasa stressnya. I really need a break sebelum angin naik sampai kepala....kekekeke..tahhapa2 tah la mommy sekor ni...Anyway, I think all mommies outhere, please give yourself a break. Ask from your husband untuk bercuti2 ka, pergi bersantai dgn kawan2 ke sekejap, at least for 1 day. Lagi bagus kalau 3 hari 2 malam ek..?? hehehehe...i tak tau le org lain but as for me, mmg kene ada public holiday dari jaga anak & buat kerja2 rumah at least sehari dlm 2-3 bulan. Alhamdulillah, so far my husband ok...so, I can go window shopping ke, lepak ngan kawan ke, tgk wayang ke, spa ke, p kelas masak ke, pendek kata apa2 je la. I even can travel with my frens without my kids around tapi itu activiti 2-3 thn sekali la. Melampau la kalau selalu2 sgt. Itu mcm sudah lebey kan..

Ishh dah lari topik laks. Anyway back to my stress mgmt affair yang baru lalu; I ask my hubby's permission to go out alone, he agreed. Tapi yang lawok nyer, baru pukul 9pg dia dah sibuk tanya; "Ni mommy nak keluar pukul bape nih?" Peh tu I cakap le..."lah kedai pun tak bukak lagi, semangat betul nak suruh keluar." kelakar kan??? Anyway, sebelum keluar I siap masak dulu, basuh kain then baru la bergegas keluar. Tu pun kene sembunyi dari si kenit tu dulu. Anyway, my husband ckp mommy p keja. So she's ok. 10.30pg keluar dok wonder mana nak p nih..loh..dah sensorang tk tau pulak mana nk p. Nak tgk wayang blom bukak panggung lagi..Finally, headed to Subang Parade; p minum kopi kat Uncle Lim's, then p MPH. So, about 11/2hrs lepak kt situ belek buku resepi. This is my latest syndrome. Kumpul buku recipe. I have a lot now..masing2 dok tgh tunggu turn bila aku nak try diorang..kesian buku I tu ye...but so far, boleh di katakan banyak jugak la yg i try..hmmm all turn out yummy, cuma bila langgaq ajaran tok chef tu..mmg le x menjadi. Lepas Subang Parade, tuju pulak ke Bukit Raja, p tengok wayang but still my tense's there.

WHAT TO DO!!!!????? Last2 balik keja hari apa tah, aku bawak anak2 ku ke kedai hardware. I told my eldest, kak mommy nak cat furniture kita la kak...kerusi2 lama ku itu, wardrobe lama, pintu rumah..semua aku nak cat kaler putih. Dah beli tu I can't wait for long. Malam tu mmg tak boleh nak start coz tak mau budak2 tu kacau, So keesokkan harinya aku balik rumah time lunch trus cat..then I did feel the level of stress inside me slowly turun. Finally, I release my tension. Alhamdulillah... dah lama rupa2 aku tinggalkan dunia melukis, eventhough aku ni bukan terer melukis pun tapi masa dulu2 bila tension jek I'll scriblle or sketch something. So release....

Then, sejak gila kumpul buku resipi aku pun gila jugak baca buku citer. Now in the process nak kumpul sophie kinsella's...shopaholic series...heheheheh..maybe org lain dh lama baca citer nih, aku ni baru terhegeh2 nak baca..anyway tak kesahla kan..coz selama ni mmg tak sempat pun nak baca buku2 citer nih...now I already have 3 books in sequence. Tunggu next mth la pulak utk tambah collection lagi.

So, moral of the story "jangan biarkan diri anda tertekan, kurangkan tekanan, anak2 happy, keluarga bahagia"- CAYAKlah motto ni..buleh masuk tv nih...kekekeke.......daaaaaaa

Warggggghhhhhh!!!!!! I MISS my Bloggin' time

We in ASCI had been disconnected from cyber world almost a week. Yelah kan..Monday was Raya Haji, Tuesday we found out the line down. We keep calling TMNet n as usual all sorts of reason being given and as usual also they may say that the whole Shah Alam is facing the same damn problem. After making one report then end up of two (last June damn teribble coz we end up to 2 weeks being disconnected). This is the 2nd time we had such a proble since last June (of course this year!!!). This time I asked the call ctr to immediately call up any of their technician to pay a visit to my office to fix the line. However, as I expected, they said the line (the fax line that we are using was the root of all the problems). They as me to wait until 2 working days, which I can't coz I have lots of dealings with our principals overseas. Suddenly, TM had confirmed our line is ok.
Finally today, we had our patience enough. My boss said TMnet GM or something is one of his relatives. So, with one phone call, our account had been taken care of..Finally with immediate effect his staff called me asking things and the technician being sent to us. Finally the MODEM is actually carputt.
So, that's the beauty of having "a 16 core coax cable", (u know what i mean???!!!, coz having a cable itself is not useful if its just 2.5c2v or lower ;) )

Kisah Ani sup Utara

Ahad lepas my BIL n my biras dtg lepak kt rumah. Then since aku tak masak mende, dia bawak la 2 bungkus mihun sup beli kat "Ani Sup Utara". My husband n Ifah balik Meru. Sebungkus dah kumakan siang tu, balance lagi sebungkus 3 beranak tu (my hubby n kids) tolong perabihkan sebelah malamnua. Ekceli, nothing special cumanya mcm best tgk 2 beradik ni makan sup. Apalagi aku pun snap la gambaq depa berdua yg sungguh2 menikmati sup. Biasala kalau benda sikit gerenti sedap punya. Anyway ni le gaya diorang..tengok le pipi si soffiyya tu..macam kue pau pulak mlm tu...mmg nak kene ngap nih...geraammm!!!

what the #@**!!!

Owh what an experience!!!??? This morning I planned to do my banking around Shah Alam. At first I went to Maybank Sekyen 9, then my stomach crying for something. Ahh!!!Surely my tummy asking for food. As usual I go to my fav. bakery. Bought a handful of bakes- 2 sweet & savoury buns, 1 dinner roll n a loaf of sandwich bread.

Finished with my banking, then I headed to my office la...(I'm not a homemaker anyway). At the office, baik punya bancuh ayaq neslo, panas2 then open up my 2nd packet of bun- so called Chicken Onion Cheese bun- sounds yummy rite? (anyway i've finished eaten the red bean bun whilst driving the car coz kesian perut I kan)

Jeng2xxxxx----after half way eaten, I paused a few minutes coz need to answer some phone calls, when I turn back to langsai the thing.....jeng2xxxxxx....OMG..OMG...u know what I saw??????????? ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH.....literally called "LIZARD SHIT" aka taik cicak attached firmly to the bun..I guess its anak cicak's coz small in size. YUCKIE DOKIEE...
trus i made a phone call to that particular outlet and fill in the form in the internet complaining about their cleanliness and quality of food. Ini le sebab musabab why I prefer home cooking even on bread, cakes etc. Anyway that's my rezeki for this morning ...ALHAMDULILLAH.

tadadda-dada

apa ye en3 kali nih..seems tak banyak activiti for the last 2 weeks. Hanya relaks2 kat rumah- p kerja- balik rumah- badan pun x bape sedap sangat. So, tak dak story mory yang baru. This coming weekend gonna be a quite long weekend, pasal Monday is raya haji bersamaan 10 Zulhijjah. Me tak buat korban pun tapi end of the year nak buat kenduri Aqiqah my 2nd daughter. So, I'm not gonna be in Alor Setar this raya, wow thn ni 2-2 raya I tak balik u..next yr harus balik 2-2 raya!!! tak boleh tidak.
What's my plan for this December?
1. i think i have to start my catalogue this month. What catalogue????? uishh apa ye???emphhh surprise!!!!!!
2. Nak kena start beli buku, baju sekolah, kasut sekolah for Ifah as she gonna start her first attempt in primary school next year.
3. Kenduri aqiqah bersamaan kenduri kawen cik ct wan kembang- my cousin kat kampung.
4. Nak cuti panjang- from Xmas till 1st January2009....yippppppppiiiiiiiiiiiii.

Hoping bila cuti panjang nanti banyak le activiti yg aku nak buat together with the families. Merendek la mana lagi.

Anyway...attached here some pics before budak2 ni p tdoq. Mommy dia gagah nak suruh depa posing bukan apa tapi sebab tgk rambut si Sofie tu cute sgt; itu yg terus berlari mommy dia ni p ambik camera.

Bali- revisited

Last week I've been to Bali for meeting. Bestnyer pasal I can unwind myself without the girls. Jahat betul mommy nih. Bukannya nak sedih pasal tinggalkan anak2 dia. Well, basically sometimes we have to leave them with the father jugak. So that kemesraan anak- bapak tu balance dgn kemesraan depa dgn maknya.
Apa yang best pasal Bali??? Akceli different people has different perspective. As of me, I really admired the Balinese pasal depa ni kreatif giles. Halus dalam seni. One thing for sure, walaupun kawasan rumah tu sempit tapi for Hindus, pura dia tu tetap maintain besaq and well- maintained.

Tapi i tak minat le nak letak gerbang pura tu kt rumah...tapi home deco best giles..rambang bijik mata you!!!!One of the place yg poket ni meronta2 nak p is SUKAWATI-heavan for small budgeter like me. Kami menginap kat Haris Tuban- known as Hariss Bandara pasal dekat airport, bak kata my HOD Engineering- 5 menit jalan kaki sampai la kat airport, so in case kalau jadi apa2 sng terbang trus balik msia. Well, literally 5 menit la, tapi ishh harus semput jugak kalau nak jln kaki p Bandara. It has very nice ambience, peaceful, cute and paling penting ini rasanya first time jumpa hotel yg menghidang makanan halal kat Bali nih, no pork served here- kat Bali ni pork tu macam kemestian la, then BABI GULING is a popular dish. So, comfortable utk stay, service pun mantap, ada gratis WI- fi (this is the main reason we stayed here), cheap rate for hotel room, free transfer to airport pokoknya menyenangkan lah except hotel room tu kecik sket but for me no hal....























kat depan one of the suite and fish pond tu sebelah ngan meja makan, ada deck memanjang trus ke kamar kecil kt lounge area.
(dia punya reception mcm island; depan reception belakang dia punya F&B, so lounge combine dgn cafe) cute sgt, since kawasan hotel ni tk besar sgt so they fully utilised the area with those cute design.

hujung minggu kami

Hari Sabtu, my husband returned from Limbang. Malam tu he decided to take us for a picnic on Sunday. We headed to Janda Baik. This is our 2nd visit. Air bersih and not too crowded. First spot kami tuju sungai berdepan D' Ark Training Ctr, fuhh tingat citer :Kekasihku Seru...yang citer seram kat TV3 tu, sesambil mencari spot mata dok melilau cari pokok tempat depa cari "Waris" yang dalam citer tu. Tapi konpius la..banyak sgt tpt yang nampak serupa. Depan compund D' Ark tu agak ramai coz ada family gathering...siap bawak BBQ set lagi...Bestnya.....bila boleh beli satu nih....

We then jumpa another spot...orang memang tak ramai la..& air tak dalam sangat...sesuwai la dgn anak2 ku itu...dapat merendem sekerat betis pun dah jadik la...janji dah bawak depa mandi.

My concern was with si Sofea tu pasai hari jumaat baru ni dia kena neb....ada sempuit sket. Tapi masa piknik tu dia punya main ayaq pergh...tak ingat!!!!! selagi kakak dia tak naik, dia pun tak mo...bibir pun dah biru dah.

Untuk piknik ni tak dak apa yang special; aku just masak nasik, lauk kari ayam semlm, sambal belacan, ayam goreng, chicken scallop n sosej saja...tapi makan tak setara mana pun...depa lebih suka mandi dari makan....

Conlusion dari citer ni: piknik ni dapat merelease tension kami anak beranak yang jarang2 menikmati cuti hari minggu yang sebenaq2nya.

So....................kita ENJOY!!!!!!!!

Fish feeding- Tasik Shah Alam

Last Friday as promised with the children, I brought them for fish feeding. Tapi tak de fish pun. Yang ada hanyalah labi2. But then the scenary so beautiful pasal masa tu sungguh cerah. The girls suka pi tasik ni. The deretan pokok2 tu rasa mcm kt NZ laks..hehheheeh macam la penah p.

A visit to McDonalds seksyen 3

Yesterday was a boring day.. My mind was thinking of no cooking for dinner & planned to bring the children for fish feeding at Tasik Shah Alam. But at first need to do my banking. Loitering around seksyen 9, suddenly we enter into Daging Segar shop. The shop is very nice, clean but sells only meat & organic chicken. I bought Daging Salai which I planned for Masak Lemak Cili Api Daging Salai once my husband return from Limbang this weekend. In the shop itself there's a lil' koi pond. Both zarrifas, especially zarrifa soffiyya was so excited.

After purchased, I changed the plan. I said lets go to McDonalds.But the eldest plead to go for fish feeding, I said let us go on Friday as mommy will buy some bread for the fish. So she agreed alast.
We stopped at McD seksyen 3 which had new make up recently. The ambience is more fresher with new furnitures & fittings. As of the children, they really have a good time & also make new friend.

My first slide

Finally I managed to create this slide. Punya la IT illiterate aku nih..nak buat slide saja ambik 3 hari utk study..selepas beberapa kali fail dlm trial..akhirnya berjaya jugak aku...barang siapa yg kesian pada diriku ini tolongla ajar cemana nak letak kt sidebar...part ni fail lagi nih...sadis...

Sepetang@playground

Petang semalam seperti dijanjikan I brought my children to small playground near our neighbourhood since tak hujan. They had a good time there tapi on the way back si kenit tu buat hal la pulak. Nangis sepanjang jln and tk mau kakak dia duduk dgn dia. Macam2 perangai keluar dgn tumpahkan air, baling sandal...warghhhhhhh mmg menguji kesabaran. Macam menyesal lak bawak depa p main. Anyhow, some pics of their enjoyment. So, layanzzzzz!!!!!

Jamuan Raya untuk sedara- mara

Last Sunday, 26th October me n my husband organised jamuan raya utk sedara mara- since adik beradik dia ramai jadinya & memandangkan rumah aku yg haluih so tak dapekla nk jemput semua kwn2ku. So will organise one for my frens laks.
Anyway, it was a success alhamdulillah. My kids also suka. Menu for that day was- LAKSA JOHOR, SPAGHETTI MEATBALL & TIRAMISU CAKE. Hajat dihati nak buat banyak2 lagi tapi x sempat la.
So the whole xperience was so fun n syiok..malam tu kitorg tdoq awai..semua letih, mak budak, bapak budak, budak2....pukul 9.30mlm dah zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....yang best sekali this time dapor aku tak kecah sgt..sng kemas.

Sandal baru Soffiyya

Semalam ke Pasaraya Bintang dekat rumah actually nak cari button mushroom, tapi sebab mommy baik sgt walaupun dah pokai hujung2 bln ni kan, cari gak le selipar utk anak kecik dia.
Besaq sungguh kaki cik adik nih, umur baru 11/2 thn tp pakai sandal size 28.
Tapi cute sgt bila tgk Soffiyya pakai sandal ni. Macam nak cubit2 dia rasanya. Si Kakak pun claim untuk beli sandal yg sama, tp dia baru je dpt selipar masa balik raya baru ni, tp utk x bagi dia merajuk suruh jugak la dia try tapi tak dak size. Button mushroom mommy pun x dak juai, so trus je la balik rumah pas2.

Hari Ihtifal Little Caliphs

Bulan Oktober ni sungguhla bz dgn macam2 aktiviti- mak bapak n budak2... Last Saturday, after a week Parents- meet- teachers session, berlangsunglah Hari Ihtifal menandakan tamatnya kindy session for Little Caliphans. My dotter is 5 yo tapi next yr dia dah boleh masuk std 1(ala2 xpress class la ni) so dia pun dapat join this Ihtifal.

This is Puan Sabariah Faridah- the founder & the shareholder of Little Caliph's Program. There're a lot of great performances shown to the parents but unable to upload now banyak laks error. So I think kena postpone next time le ni.

Ifah with d scroll, that's her Principal at Little Caliph Tadika Anggerik. Cert. cover dia punyala cun macam dapat real degree.
Soffiyya masa tgh tunggu kakak dia nk perform. Kesian jugak kat dia, she's really exhausted. Malam tu budak 2 org ni tdo awal giler.

Ifah in Action

Dah basi dah pun citer nih, tapi tk kira nak tulih gak. Last Sunday- 12 October 2008, Ifah participated in Gymnastic Championship between kindies in Selangor. About 14 kindergartens involved. There are 2 events contested- vault & floor. Hmmm...aku tgk Ifah ni relax jer...so tak tau la macam mana dia buat. So, on that day manage to catch few photos of her in action. Some may not in good quality. Event tu start dari pagi 9.30, sampaila nearly 2pm. We are so exhausted. Penat giles. Sapa la yang buat program tu...So many performances including ballet. Yang bertandingnya sekejap jek....makcik mmg ponek. Anyway layanz la gambaq depa nih. Che kak ni tak menang pun tp ok lah tu..just to get her involved n beraktivitas.

Al- Fatihah to Arwah TOK NAH

At about pukul 5pg hari Isnin 13 Oktober 2008 bersamaan 13 Syawal; aku dikejutkan dgn fon call dari mak-

"Kak, Tok dah tak dak".
Tok mana?
"Tok Nah".
Hah! biaq betoi!!! Pasai apa? sakit apa??
- itula soalan bertalu2, mak aku pun blum tau lagi coz masa tu di apun on the way ke rumah Ngah aku dimana kali terakhir tok aku bermalam. Innalillah....
Aku memang rapat dgn tok sebab arwah cuma ada 3 cucu perempuan eventhough aku ni bukanla cucu faveret arwah tapi kami rapat.Setiap kali balik Kedah tak sah kalau tak ke rumah arwah.
Lagipun aku sefamily baru ja jumpa arwah hari selasa minggu sebelumnya, tak sampai seminggu pun lagi. Memang terkejut, tapi itulah kuasa Allah. Hari itu tetap akan tiba dan tiada siapa yang boleh menghalangnya. Kami bergegas pulang ke Pendang. Bertolak dari Shah Alam pada pukul 6.30pg dan sampai di Pendang dah pukul 11.30pg. Semasa solat Subuh, aku mmg berdoa semoga sempat mencium jenazah buat kali terakhir. Alhamdulillah Allah perkenankan permintaan aku.
Semuanya tinggal kenangan. Petang Selasa 14 October 2008 kami pulang semula ke Shah Alam.

Sudah tersurat, bila sampai suatu masa dan ketika segalanya akan ternoktah, tetapi sebelum itu kita harus menempuh segala persimpangan. Di kala itu, kita harus berhenti seketika dan berfikir. Ikutlah simpang yang betul kelak kita akan sampai ke penghujung yang diredhai.

Dalam terik mentari petang, mata terpaku pada keindahan ciptaan Tuhan, indahnya alam. Sayugia, ku tala lensa kamera, damai sekali rasa di hati. Hayatilah kehijauan hamparan padi yang mendamaikan...sayu rasanya.

Seketika kemudian terpandang kegagahan dan keindahan Gunung Jerai diselaputi awan. Entah bila lagi nak kujejak nak kudaki. Hanya mampu memandang dari kejauhan.

Cerita pas raya!!

Al- kisah kami sefamily balik dari AS on last Tuesday (7th Sept. 08)- menyahut seruan kerajaan utk merancang perjalanan. Sampai rumah lebih kurang 6.15ptg. Memang tak jem langsung. Anak tak sekolah lagi boley le...Pas ni memang kena tempoh jugakla jem2 tu..kalau jem tart ke ok gak kan....

So malam tu dapat rest sket la before masuk kerja hari Rabu. Nak dijadikan cerita masa tgh dok main2 ngan budak2 tu..si Sophie terjeles ngan kakak dia, dia pun nak nyempit ngan mommy, sekali kakak tk mo bagi ruang, trus di "ngap" kt lengan kakak dia...menjerit2 & melalak la kakak dia yg sorang nih...gigi taring dia terbenam kt lengan kakak yg tak bape berisi tu...

"Hmmmm Sophie2"...masuk kali ni dah 3 kali dia gigit kakak dia...hah tgk la tahap kecederaan kakak dia.

Pemangsa tido pas gigit mangsanya.

Masa balik AS baru2 ni...sempat jugak la aku jengah TESCO kat Mergong tu. Bukan apa dok tingat nk try BIG Apple Donut. Masa balik awal posa dulu x dan nk beli. So balik raya kali ni mmg target nak beli. But so far I dont really like the taste. Too sweet and rasanya I can make it better...ye ke??? n compared to its price, hmmm macam tk bape berbaloi lah..I like Dunkin Donut better. Next time nak try J Co Donuts pulak. Anyway, tgk le variety donuts pilihanku itu...

4th of Syawal

Mlm tadi at about 8pm@ Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, we received our new member of the family (from my side not my husband's side). WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD Ms Fatheen Humaira bt Mohd. Khairuddin...from Che Ngah & family.For sure abah dia akan buat beralbum2 gambaq dia pasni almaklumla pak dia photographer. Che Ngah blum dpt p tengok lagi..If everything ok, then both mama n baby balik la kt rumah hari ni.
Me and my family baru je sampai Aloq Staq malam tadi at about 10pm. Kami bertolak dr Meru at about 9.30am peh2 we stopped at Bagan Serai untuk isi perut. Susah sungguh nak cari restoran melayu, mana taknya baru 3rd day raya, eventhough dah ada org yg dah start kerja, tp kedai makan blum byk yg dibuka. Anyway we managed to find one, tapi lauk tinggai sejenis ja...Kari ayam- jadila..tu je la rezeki kami pd tgh hari tu, Alhamdullilah syukur, kenyang jugak perut. Masa nak balik ke kereta lepas makan, dek kerana suka melompat2, si Ifah tu nyaris2 nak kena langgaq keta, nasib bek la keta Kancil tu tak laju- ala2 kereta dok cari parking. Alhamdulillah.
Then, we continue our journey to Aloq Staq however we then decided to stop at Sg. Petani- singgah rumah Pak Lang Mat, however terlupa lak nak ambik gambaq tuan rumah. yang kuambil hanyalah gambaq anak2 ku...kakakkaaka.

We arrived at their house at around 6pm, then pekena mihun sup buatan mak langku, then

mandi n solat pas2 makan lagi- nasik goreng pulak. Tup2 abah call suruh balik masak nasi for his besan...terus bergegas p balik pulak.

Raya kali ni i managed to bake my first ever Kek Lapis Sarawak, pls refer here for the photos n recipe.

29th

Tinggal lagi sehari utk semua umat Islam kat Malaysia ni berpuasa. Esok last day, and hari ni insyaAllah Ifah dapat puasa 8 hari. Semalam dia puasa sekerat hari saja. Penat agaknya n demotivated coz sepupu dia kt Meru yg sebaya semua tk posa. So today I bring her to the office so, kurang sket godaannya.

About persiapan raya, dalam dok nak tak nak berbelanja tu a few hundreds dah melayang utk buat makanan saja. Pergh...tak tahan betul aku ni...anyway...as of today no more shopping. So gambar mlm raya akan dimasukkan ke entry seterusnya.

For food, pls refer to my foodie blog at http://hanasoffiyya.blogspot.com/ Currently, blum ader n3 lagik...bizis ler.

Hari ke- 23 puasa

Hey diam tak diam dah 23 hari dah puasa. Tahun ni mmg cepat sungguh masa berlalu. Ifah puasa lagi hari ni so in total yang puasa full ada 4 hari including today. So my target is 7 days for her tapi tak cakap kat dia awal2 lah pasai nanti dah cukup 7 hari terus tak nak puasa pulak kan. Anyway so far my 1st dotter ni boleh dikatakan good girl la jugak. Senang dengar cakap and if she wants something and if mommy says no c/w explaination then she will listen. Alhamdulillah hopefully it will continue forever.

Tahun ni giliran beraya kat rumah mertua. Raya ke- 3 baru target nak balik Aloq Setaq. Hmmm maybe cuti tahun ni nak bawak my kids p ke sekolah lama aku- Sultanah Asma School. Rindu sangat tak tau pasai apa, especially the hostel life, so sweet. Macam baru je lepas habih sekolah. I want to bring them if possible to every part of the school and hostel, tapi waktu siang la coz kalau malam hmmmmm serrreeeeeemmm u!! Nak lalu depan porch pun dah macam serremmm apatah lagi kalau nak p jengah kat lab ke, hall ke fuuhhhh takkan punyalah.

My persiapan raya for this year really sederhana. I dont buy myself baju raya, yang ada ni pun kain yang my SIL and my auntie sedekahkan. Planned utk buat pakai p ofis, suddenly dah masuk puasa dah, so jadi la baju raya. Nothing glamorous and nothing lip- lap2. Ada lagi 2 pasang kain yg my brother and my mom beli pun blum berjahit, so cukup la tu, pakaila apa saja seadanya. for the kids 1 pasang sorang baju kurung, yang blum siap lagi htr pegi alter,then 2 helai t- shirts setiap sorang, both got 1 each power puff girls pink t- shirt, and kakak 1 jeans plus 1 greenish t-shirt which very rare to her wardrobe, and I also bought for them hair accessories almaklumla masing2 sibuk nak ikat rambut & it won't last long at their hair. Saja nak memeriahkan pagi raya tu jer..No gown/ dress, macam kejam je mommy ni kan, .My husband pun baru ada sehelai shirt, so memang kenalah dgn niat aku thn ni takmo membazir di bln ramadhan n Syawal. Bukan apa, actually I want to educate my children coz Syawal bukanlah masa untuk bermewah2, kena bersederhana saja. But I did spent much on baking last few weeks since my semangat so berkobar2 nak buat kuih n kek sendiri.

I really hope my dua' to have a pious kids termakbul. and I also hope that we can become modern practising Muslim bak kata my dotter's principal "Biar fikiran macam London tapi hati Masjidil Haram"- understood?

Okeh..got to sign off now, nak solat pastu nak balik.

cerita ceriti minggu ke- 3 ramadhan

diam tak diam dah nak masuk 3 minggu kita puase..hmmm x terasa langsung & this yr probably paling kurang ibadat....but just recite Quran je...tu pun x tau sempat ke tak nak khatam..lagi 22juzuk warggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!banyak tuuu..

mlm tadi lepas buka posa n solat maghrib terus ku tuju ke Bukit Raja shopping Ctr, nak collect spec baru- saturday last week p buat...ini tak tau kali ke bape dah ni...last 2 specs semua budak2 kecik yg hancurkan....tak sampai 6 bln pakai..erkhhhh tensen I. Here's my new spec. Hope it will last longer than b4.

BTW, last weekend my activity was BAKING. 2 harian tu membaking je kejanya & on Saturday actually Ifah tried to fast for full day, she managed to do it until petang and even requested from mommy to bake for her a pizza, thats my fault too as I had promised her to send some pizzas to her kindy b4 puasa but due to my laziness got to pay her la..but I made her not one but 2 pizzas. I did the dough on my own with sausages and mushrooms coz thats the only things I have in my fridge (mula dough tu nak bubuh dlm breadmaker je suddenly tk buleh jalan la pulak, maybe coz I'm using the oven so dia x sempat sejuk then resulted my BM x functioned) Kena la menguli beb!!! then duduk menopping pizza, suddenly she came with a smell of Yakult...I asked her whether she still fasting or not..she said she is but I can smell Yakult from her tiny- winy mouth.."Oh dear just tell mommy you drink or not???" Innocently she said she just sipped the Yakult just a little bit coz she's too thirsty and now she puasa again.....Hmmm....so innocent as she unable to understand what puasa is all about- ye le budak baru umo 5 thn daa....anyway the spirit is there already..just need to polish, teach & play along with it. Here's my pizza.

Yang enterfem skali tu ketupat palas, jgn mare..mcm hari raya la pulak, imported directly from Aloq Staq hasil nukilan Mak ku yang mmg superb dalam bab ketupat mengupat ni...Awat la ayaq tangan tu x menitik kt aku ni hah...tp sebahagian dr ketupat yg menjadi tu aku pun turut serta membalutnya..ala2 budak baru blajaq la ni...yg tak lawa tu for sure i punye...
Nak resipi???? tunggu tayangan selanjutnya..maleh la plak nk menaip hari nih...
Ifah sekarang tgh kemaruk nak berambut panjang pulak, so every morning b4 p sekolah nak ikat rambut, and si Sophie pun may be I rase tingin jugak nak ikat rambut so mommy dia pun menggatalkan tangan buat tocang dua..May be she thought she looks more cuter with that tocang so lepas je ikat rambut dia, Si Sophie ni mula la mengangkat2 kening dia.
2 beradik ni tgh posing sedondon menerai baju raya baru dpt upah kt tailor kt seremban..my fren's nyer mother..cepat & cun jahitannya. But unluckily, the leher n pinggang a bit tight for them tp still boleh pakai...tgk la tu tersengih jek...

Make to order

Pagi tadi pas sahur aku gagahkan diri utk buat adunan cookies yang di order sempena raya ni.

Badan ni agak sakit jugak ni coz rasa mcm nak demam. Tapi memikirkan next week dah masuk minggu ke- 3 puasa and takut nanti terkocoh2 nak menyiapkan order, terpaksa jugak merajinkan diri. Lagipun nak try my new gadget- Electronic Scale (murah version). nak test tahap kebagusannya coz my aim akceli yang rege hundred plus....tapi yang ni punya tak sampai RM30.

Nyatalah rege juge mencerminkan quality product, so this scale ala2 buleh pakai je lah..not up to satisfaction. Baru timbang 3 kali dah jem, tokleh nak detect berat..terpaksa pakai manualnyer balik. WARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Inile ghopenya konon akan jadi gadget kesayanganku tapi x best langsung!!!HAMPEH.....

Pagi ni sahur sempoi abis, almaklumla mkn sensorang, aku cuma makan nasik yg ditapau from Mar anak Maarisnyer rumah pasal semlm aku plus my lil princesses tu p buke posa kt rumah dia, aku masak koeteow sup, since dia dah lebey masak nasik, n dia pun sorang je kt rumah, alaaa nasik putih sama 3 ketul ayam goreng je. Alhamdulillah tu lah rezeki aku utk semlm. Kenyang jugak. Habis makan lebih kurang pukul 5pg aku dah start mengadun adunan cookie ku.

ni le hasil adunan aku tu, mixer blade tgh enterfrem (mixer kesayangan aku tuh cap Philips beli kat Giant Shah Alam).

Mentega n gula dah kembang dah..... yang sebelah kanan ni plak adunan yg dah siap bungkus nak simpan dlm fridge, nanti mlm baru bako.

Nak dijadikan cerita tgh hari semlm boring punya pasal, aku terjah Bagus Bakery Supply, beli barang2 buat kuih pergh berhabiss jugakla...Sereeeeemmmmm masa kuar duit tu...kaya cina tu...kayap la aku. So mlm tadi pas balik dr rumah Mar aku trus kemaskan store ku itu n fill up my baking stock container...see below:

Anyway, gtg to pick up my kids. see u in d next n3.