Norly's Lamin

Xi Ning Kwai Le

2012-01-20T18:03:00.000+08:00

I'm taking this opportunity to wish all friends and relatives a Happy and Prosperous New Year. I wish for peace, harmony and prosperity for the country and the nation as a whole.

Must do?!!!

2012-01-20T17:51:00.002+08:00

I am definitely going to challenge myself making RVC this weekend. I have eaten nor bake one so why not give it a try huh. Plus the fact that I've been itching to bake RVC since I saw and read almost everyone's blog about it. Now, if that does not give me enough perks to start the first step, dunno la..sooooooooooo..let us see whether I might end up baking RVC huh?... I saw a simple recipe here and I even look out for the YT

version from JOB here:

Wednesday rambling....

2012-01-18T17:07:00.000+08:00

It's the 2nd week of January already, how time flies..and the lazy bug is creeping back again. Been soooo busy this last few days and am not feeling that well either. Anyway, some things that I manage to bake and cook despite being busy.

Pasta in tomato sauce a top favourite with everyone too, this is my serving and I always love sprinkling of black pepper(lots of it) and some spring onion for garnishing...

Butter cake...too much dusting of the icing sugar creates something snowy like this, blame me for it!! well..I wanted the cake to look nicer and presentable but alas...this is how it is I present this to the world...cehhh!!!! ..but the cake is simply delish and was wallup in no time by everyone.

Away from the world of reality

2012-01-09T14:48:00.002+08:00

Today I decided to bury myself in this crib of mine cos I simply hate what's happening to the outside world today. Been busy and there were times that I wanted to pour everything that was boiling up in my head and when I wanted to blog about it, it just slipped away. ***sigh*** I guess I should keep a notebook and a pen nearby just to jot down those few little ideas that just appeared out of nowhere.

I was very busy here and there and managed to do some of these along the way.

Scones again...

And again....

Another first attempt at Tiramisu, I've never tasted any tiramisu but I told myself to give it a try after surfing the net for the recipes. Finally after going through the various version of tiramisu, I finally had the courage to prepare this. Am surprised that it took less than 20 mins to prepare the whole thing.

I guess Tiramisu looks like this huh? (just ignore the sloppy layering of the biscuits tho...hahahaha)..Tastewise is simply divine, heavenly and creamy. Everyone loves it especially the boys.

At times I can be very impatient and this is the result of that, I couldn't wait to taste the tiramisu, I ended up having a messy piece instead.

Some of the ingredients for the tiramisu recipe. I finally found the Savoiardi biscuits here. It's $12.00 per packet and I used the recipe from the pack itself. Super easy and done in a jiffy!!!. Actually the recipe calls for 500gm of mascarpone cheese but I had only a 250gm of mascarpone cheese, I substituted with cream cheese instead. Insyallah, will try this recipe again with the complete ingredients.

Toasted Tuna Cheese Bread, one of the breakfast menu last weekend.

Ok, so enough with the "showing off" session of my baking skill etc. Actually I have tons to say but I'll keep that for my next posting.

Hanya Tentang Dhia & Zikir

2011-12-29T22:13:00.000+08:00

Picture credit to tonton.com.my & Tentang Dhia Fanpage

Abis suda!!!...What a tragic ending to Tentang Dhia. So from the trending of Tentang Dhia, the whole of Malaysia(err, Singapore and Brunei too I guess) were glued to their tv watching the finale episod a while ago. ***sniff***sniff***sniff***sob***sob***sob**** the sad effect is still lingering on me now.

I had in a way expected that the ending to be so but what I was really interested was to see what would happen to the evil mother-in-law or appropriately I should label her as monster-in-law from hell. I hate Ku Salmi so much. I was very frustrated that her character was left untouched and I am fuming with anger that Ku Salmi's character was not expanded further. I would love to see what her reaction was when Zikir found out about all her evil doings, and when both Zikir and Dhia died. I would have imagined that the director should have gotten Ku Salmi to get some kind of punishments afterall the bomoh thingy she did on Zikir and Dhia and not forgetting killing Dhia's parents. Whoever the director is, you fail la Mr Director...

Love: Love all the romantic scenes between Zikir and Dhia.

Hate: Ku Salmi, the conniving bitch aka monster-in-law from hell.. Grrrrrrrrrr

Love to see: What happened to Ku Salmi after Zikir's death. Will she go on a rampage or amok style, like pulling her hair, or perhaps scratching her eyes out of frustations for not only losing her only son etc. Kan, how I wished it to be so..

Love the chemistry between Ady and Nora here, simply mindblowing ya!!!(the same feeling that I get everytime I saw SRK n Kajol doing their romantic thingy in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge or the chemistry between Aamir Khan with Kajol in Fanaa. ****sigh****

Below is one of the song in the drama, can't seem to upload the youtube though.

Indah Dewi Pertiwi - Di Atas Satu Cinta

Jejak-jejak langkahku
Bagaikan lemran waktu
Apakah ku masih bisa terus melangkah
Serpihan hihupku ‘kan ku bangun
di atas satu cinta

Subhanallah aku mencintainya
Subhanallah aku menyayanginya

Dari ufuk timur hingga ke barat
Selalu dihatiku

Subhanallah aku mencintainya
Subhanallah aku menyayanginya
Dari ufuk timur hingga ke barat
Selalu dihatiku

Subhanallah aku mencintainya
Subhanallah aku menyayanginya
Dari ufuk timur hingga ke barat

Subhanallah aku mencintainya
Subhanallah aku menyayanginya
Dari ufuk timur hingga ke barat
Selalu dihatiku

Favourite dialogues:

"Dhia terlalu sayangkan abang. Demi Allah, tiada yg lain selain dari abg. Dhia tak sanggup berpisah dengan abang. Dhia rela dimadukan"

"Abang, Dhia terlalu sayangkan Abang. Sumpah! Demi Allah tiada yang lain selain daripada Abang dan Dhia tak nak berpisah dengan Abang. Hanya mati aje yang dapat pisahkan kita"

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Z: Dhia, Abang nak mintak maaf, Abang yang salah. Abang dah lukakan hati Dhia

D: Abang tak salah. Tuhan sedang menguji kita bang, kesabaran kita, cinta kita. Memang hati Dhia terluka bang. tapi cinta Dhia kepada abang semakin kuat, semakin dalam.

Z: Kalau macam tu Dhia, kenapa Dhia nak Abang kawin lain?

D: Sebab Dhia sayangkan Abang, biarlah hidup kita tenang.

Z: Dhia tak nak mummy kacau hidup kita lagi kan? Walaupun Dhia tak cakap tapi Abang nampak, Abang nampak dalam mata Dhia. Mana ada sorang isteri yang sanggup dimadu Dhia.. Abang tak nak lukakan hati Dhia. Abang tak nak seksa Dhia. Abang cuma cintakan Dhia.

D: Tapi cinta tanpa restu umpama jasad tak bernyawa. Abang, penuhi hajat mummy ye. Biar kemarau dalam hidup kita berlalu bang.

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(this was the scene when Dhia was helping Zikir for his marriage with Rose)

D: Handsomenya suami Dhia. Abang, kenapa masam-masam ni, senyum sikit Tak elok tau bakal pengantin masam-masam.

Z: Dhia tak nak ikut sama?

D: Tak naklah, Dhia taknak cacatkan majlis tu

Z: Bukan sebab hati Dhia yang terluka?

D: Abang, selagi Abang cintakan Dhia, tak ada apa-apapun dalam dunia ni boleh lukakan hati Dhia.

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I noticed something similar ala2 Kuch2 Hota Hai...different situation of course but I just can't help noticing the similarities though.

1) Zikir did the sign language thingy expressing his love for Dhia on his way for his 2nd marriage with the stupid lawyer aka Rose

Picture credit to TentangDhia (Slot Akasia TV3) fanpage

Memang cinta Dhia dan Zikir sampai mati

2) lying next to Dhia after she breathed her last at the hospital (refer to the scene of SRK & Rani)

Just to name a few favourite scenes:

3) When Zikir apologised to Dhia in their bedroom after he found out about the mum's doing, no red eyes needed and Zikir's tears were natural enough..***sniff***sniff***sniff**

4) It was a heartwrenching sight watching Dhia struggling to eat while Melly just watched over helplessly and later Melly ran out to cry...that was it for me, I was drenched in tears...again

5) Dhia crying in the bedroom after consenting to Zikir's taking a second wife. ***sob***sob***sob***

6) Zikir went home to Dhia on his supposedly first night with Rose. He spent the night with Dhia instead of Rose...

Picture credit to Tiey of Forum Cari

Ok, that's all for now, I can keep on raving and ranting about TD the whole day even. Honestly, my heart sank deeply when Zikir started to be cold towards Dhia.

Simply said, the whole drama managed to stir my emotions from laughters, anger and tears.

Picture credit to Tentang Dhia Fanpage

This entry is solely a very personal view of Tentang Dhia, others may not agree with me but I choose to ignore. I must admit that there were a few times I got carried away with my feelings and I was in tears when certain scenes affected me so much especially when Dhia and Zikir's marriage started to hit the rock. And those background songs simply complemented the whole situation.

Ady and Nora Danish complemented the whole drama with their superb acting and of course not forgetting the other suppporting actors and actresses especially Liza Abdullah as Ku Salmi. I highly recommend this drama for anyone who've missed it. Rugi kitak org eh...hehehe..

I would love to see more of Ady and Nora in future dramas and movie as both look good and fantastic as screen couples. Love you both to bitss....

In reality, we don't always get whatever we wished for in life, some are blessed with good life and some are not. That's life but never, ever go against Allah. Hanya Allah maha mengetahui, maha pengasih, maha penyayang dan maha berkuasa. Life goes on but never lose faith the Almighty Allah swt.

oooo En Haris......Izzah............Ombak Rindu

2011-12-12T18:18:00.000+08:00

Finally, I get to watch Ombak Rindu (OR) with friends last night. So here goes my review on the movie.

1) The scenery is simply fantastic and I just can’t help admiring the beautiful sceneries. It was indeed a sight to behold. So a beach-lover like me definitely enjoys and love all the beautiful sceneries.

2) Loved Hariz’s kampong house…byk modern facilities tapi nang kacaklah rumah ya..

3) Dari mula sampei abis filem ya, the kitten doesn’t seem to grow up....go figure that out!!!….

4) As expected some of my favourite scene in the novel was scrapped off especially bab Hariz n Izzah, there are quite a few intimate scenes (those who’ve read the novel knows, yang belum baca, sila beli dan baca k);I guess writer/director chose not to put those in the movies for sensitivity reasons and I think AA would want to think twice before acting certain scenes especially some intimate scenes with MK.

5) The OST was simply superb and the duet song by Hafiz AF7 and Adira AF8 complemented the movie. The song was soothing and beautiful. Halfway thru the movie, tercuit la sikit emosi dan perasaan though I did not shed a drop of tear.

6) Either Aaron or those in charge of the costume seems to love white/gray tone. Don't knowla, but I noticed that Aaron's costume is mostly in those colours. The costume for Maya sucks!!!..I simply hate the caftan thingy that she wore at the beach.

I hate this costume they put on her...urgggg...disastrous choice!!!!

Picture credit to Nur Sha's fb at OR Official Fan Page

So after watching the whole movie, I have come to the following conclusions:

1) As an audience and reader to the novel, honestly, the movie as a whole was not that strong as I had expected it to be but the fact that Aaron Aziz is the current heart-throb in the local drama/film industry at the moment,the director was smart to take advantage of that despite of the weaknesses in the movie. Some may not agree with me but that is how I honestly feel about it. In fact, I would love to see more of Haris and Izzah scenes in the movie but it's fine as it is.

2) I can't help but notice that I saw some of Seth Tan in Hariz and some Hariz in Seth Tan. how?...apa2pun I love AA…good job and hope to see more of Aaron Aziz in other heavy dramas. I don’t consider myself a die-hard fan of him cos I don’t watch all his movies or drama but he is definitely making his mark in Malaysian cinema.

3) Probably either Aaron or Maya Karin stand a chance to win best actor/actress for the next Malaysian Film Festival..(ramalan ku saja....)

4) Talking about chemistry, welllll..so far Siti Saleha has good chemistry with Aaron in Nora Elena. Maya Karin?..hmmm...yet to see that kind of chemisty between them but who knows, if both of them are given another opportunity to work together perhaps I can see the chemistry there.

My first choice heroin is still Siti Saleha. I maybe bias but I can sense the chemistry there.

Picture credit to Kami Suka Seth Tan dengan Nora Elena Fanpage.

Ok, so that's my take of Ombak Rindu the movie.

TGIF

2011-12-09T17:25:00.001+08:00

Nothing much but am glad it's Friday. Celebrating my birthday with colleagues in the office, I made this kacang pool using baked bean. Can't find any canned broad beans here so based on the recipe from Along

I am missing some old2 friends at the moment. Funny thing, both of them are in facebook but none seem to respond to my inbox messages,..I have this funny feeling that both are giving me the cold shoulders. Entahla...I've known them since school days and back in university but I just can't figured out why.

Am very sad as both were very closed to me then and we shared a lot of things be it our sorrows or happiness. Probably they have some problems but honestly it would be nice if both would reply to one of my many2, messages....**** sigh**** Am I asking too much? Kadang2 ada rasa nak nanyak but I have not found any courage to do that yet. KIV jak lah niat ya dolok....

Mengong mode on:...

Favourite ucapan dari drama Tentang Dhia....

2011-12-07T16:16:00.001+08:00

‎'Abang,Dhia cintakan abang'..'Abang pun cintakan Dhia sangat2.Dhia yang pertama dan terakhir'.

'Dhia, abang tak tahu apa akan jadi esok, minggu depan, bulan depan, tahun depan ataupun 10 tahun kemudian.. Abg tak boleh ramal nasib kita berdua... Tapi sebagai seorang suami yang bertanggungjawab, abang akan berikan cinta abang, hati abang, seluruh jiwa abang pada Dhia. Dan yang penting sekali abang akan membahagiakan Dhia seumur hidup abang..Abang janji...'

Zaman bergerek aka bila masih sayang, gialah rupanya kan... kalau nak call bila2 boleh, dah jadi laki bini...kenak marah pun ada..waaa....donia...(just responding to this yt jak....kan masih angol tok...hehehe) Angol mode on, so harap maklum and abaikan ajak entry lalek tokk.

Happy birthday to me

2011-12-06T08:32:00.001+08:00

Fruit Tartlets

Mini Chicken Quiche

Yours truly and the ladies.

My facebook is full of good wishes today. So here are some pictures of my cosy celebration with sis Sue n sis Djen. We had lunch at one of the cafeterias around campus only. . Thank you for the cakes ladies. Terasa macam kanak2 riang jak diberik surprise gia. Anyway lovely darlings...thanks a zillion. Moga kita semua murah rezeki dan panjang umur to celebrate this kind of special.

It has been a long and winding journey throughout this 43 years. Life has not been easy sometimes but I am thankful because I have families and lovely friends that I could count on whenever I need one. I had my ups and downs with my personal life, in times of heartbreak and frustration I can always count on Mbok for her ears and shoulder to cry on. I love you Mbok.

On the family side, my mum and my sister Mona has been the strong pillar for me to carry on and move with life. My mum is my source of patience and strength in life. Through the years me, mum and sis Mona had been through some tough times in our family. Life is indeed tough for us but we held on together all those years and tried our very best to make up for the pain that came with it. My love for both of you always.

At times how I wish I could have done better in life and try the best to provide comfort to mum but I believe, insyallah things would get better for all of us.

Rich Chocolate cake

2011-12-05T00:04:00.001+08:00

It's Monday already...mmmmm. Weekend has been fun, first me n Sue celebrated Djen's birthday, not that kind of fancy celebration tho but cosy enough for the three of us ..... Dear sis Djen is like a sister to both of us and she would consult either one of us for any kind of advises when she needs any.

So for her birthday I decided to try one an old recipe that I found in one of mum's old magazines. So far, I've tried a few chocolate cake recipes but I can't decide any to be my favourite yet. The least of course is the one using vegetable oil instead of butter, ..personally I prefer a fruitless cake to use butter instead of oil...I would only eat a small piece cos I just couldn't accept chocolate cake with oil in it. I would go ewewewe all over.

Ok back to Djen's birthday cake, I did a simple decoration only. Am no professional when it comes to that but I used to watch mum did all the buttercream icing when I was little. Those days there were no bakery selling birthday cakes etc. So me and the rest of my siblings gets a home-made fruitcake with buttercream icing. Mum just loved her fruitcake so without fail everyone of us gets a fruitcake birthday for our birthday. And like any other kids at that young age I simply hate fruitcakes but I just love to lick the buttercream icing off the cake...LOL...those were the days!!!!.

I braved myself to do it myself. And here's the result,..smoochy and smudgy all over but Djen and Sue loved it.

Rich Chocolate Cake

See the smudges....obviously no pro at work tapi Djen tetap madah nyaman..boleh mukak bakery bila pencen kelak ...kata Djen lah..

A slice of the cake, apologies for the poor quality of picture, ambik dari hp jak plus the lighting at Pizza Ria was quite dark...

A small gift from me ...Djen loves red so I thought that this bracelet would be nice for her...almaklumlah kan orang itu tengah hangat dilamun cinta kan?....oo sulu owh...ngeeeeeeee.....

Djen showing off the card and gift I gave her. Ngegeh nuan nyak....LOL

Ok Djen, I pray and hope to hear some more good news soon, perhaps this coming Christmas....ada announcement?..!!!

And the recipes goes like this:

Source: Mum's old English magazine

Rich Chocolate Cake

185gm butter (I used 200gm of Butterlite)

2 tsp vanilla essence

1 3/4 cups castor sugar

3 eggs

2 cups self-raising flour

2/3 cups of cocoa

1 cup water (I substituted with fresh milk)

Method:

1) Combine butter, vanilla essence, sugar, eggs, sifted flour & cocoa powder in large bowl.

2) Beat on low speed until ingredients combined. Increase speed to medium, beat for about 3 minutes or until mixture is smooth.

3) Prepare a deep 23cm round cake pan (I used 24" round cake pan)

4) Bake in moderate oven for about 1 1/2 hours.

Chocolate Icing

90gm dark chocolate (chopped)

30gm butter

1 cup icing sugar

2 tbsp of hot water (approximately)

Method:

Melt chocolate, butter & hot water. Gradually stir in sifted sugar.

Note: for the chocolate icing, I had to add more butter (roughly about 100gm) as I thought that the icing was a bit watery initially because I added 2tbsp of hot water immediately in my hastiness. Hehehe..I guess I should have added the water bit by bit huh..anyway when I spread the icing to the cake, the icing seems to be wet at first but was very easy to spread and dried up easily. And the icing was just nice and not too sweet for me la....

This recipe is definitely a keeper to me. Simple and delish.

Tentang Dhia....

2011-12-02T17:16:00.001+08:00

'Lambat crita la kau tok'..as usual that was the response from my friend. Akulah orangnya yang sentiasa lambat minat akan sesuatu especially segala program drama dalam TV. Orang lain dah berkaol2 nanga, masuk forum keluar forum, masuk fanpage fb dan macam-macam lagik ...and here I am baruk nak start enjen kata urghang...LOL Macam kes aku dengan NE awal tahun tok tek...dah abis drama NE baruk nak nanga...that's me...LOL....and now demam 'Tentang Dhia'...my sister is already giving me that 'aku-dah-madah-look'... welllllllllllll....whatever lah....I chose this particular episod cos sukaaaaaaaa gilak nanga ND & AP first time dating...

Come to think of it, not badlah combination between Nora Danish & Adi Putra...ada chemistry kedak Aaron Aziz & Siti Saleha and of course my favourite jodi...sapa lagik...SRK & Kajol.... Ok enough of all that angol2 stuff...this weekend will be busy attending my ex-boss son's wedding and have some baking to do...ada orang ngidam nak makan pumpkin cheesecake.... So happy Friday to me and everyone out there....

To watch or not to watch

2011-12-01T17:45:00.001+08:00

Talking about December it seems that everyone (almost la kot?) is talking about Ombak Rindu the movie...me?..am not that excited though I've read the novel countlessly. I just love the whole story and the novel is indeed a tear-jerker but I have second thoughts about the movie though, of course temptation wise I would want to watch it cos Aaron Aziz is the hero. But I'm scared?...scared?.pelik kan?..takut?..apa nak ditakutkan nanga wayang OR. I have a knack of expecting the movie to be 100% as in the novel..that is ridiculous of course, yaaaaaaa but I can't help it. Mbok is nagging me to watch the movie this weekend and I have not given her any responses yet. I have yet to watch Happy Feet, Puss in Boots and Twilight: Breaking Dawn ...***sigh***...so which is which now...ine meeny miney mo...

Picture credit of Official Homepage of Ombak Rindu

Sebenarnya ...

2011-11-29T16:40:00.001+08:00

Gambar dari Mr Google

Sebenarnya awal pagi dah dikejutkan dengan gambar pernikahan pasangan yang boleh dikatakan rapat dengan aku & N. Honestly, I just can't figure out my exact feelings when I saw their wedding photos which I saw in my friend's facebook. Nak marah?..mmmm..nope...kecik ati?...nahi, nahi, nahi...but aku doakan kalian berbahagia hendaknya, moga dimurahkan rezeki dan dirahmati Allah sentiasa.

Sebenarnya this couple assumed that both of us(me & N) did not know about their complicated relationship. And the funny thing is some of their friends assumed the same. We knew about the whole complicated things from N's sister who are closed to all parties involved with their 'secret'. Unfortunately that "secret" had destroyed their relationship (all parties involved except for me and N). And from what I understand from N's sister, seems that all of them are suspicious of each other and occasionally if they happen to bump into each other, their conversations were done carefully and tactfully. Sick huh?. But that never happened to both of us as we pretended to be as innoncent as possible. Guilty of all charge la tek. Of course, N's sister told us to swear not to tell another soul after this. So, imagine my ala-ala "surprise" when I saw the wedding pictures this morning.

Sebenarnya nak, I find that very tickling indeed as both of us have an open mind about this kind of thing and we just don't care. Not to say that both of us agrees with it but both of you are adults and knows hukum-hakam & halal haramnya. We could only offer our prayers from far to the couple whom we considered as dear friends and both are like our brother and sister. Some of us do have some skeletons hidden in our cupboards somehow.

Sebenarnya, both of us knew the mess that there were in and we have kept the "secret" to ourselves all those years and I can say both of us did our part excellently.

Moral of the story: Sebenarnya kamek duak N dah tauk cerita kitak duak ya, whatever it is kamek duak N doakan yang terbaik for both of you. Some things should remain unsaid somehow.

Karnival Sukan Air Antara Jabatan/Fakulti UNIMAS (Piala TNC HEPA) 2011 akan diadakan pada 26 November 2011 (Sabtu) bertempat di Tasik UNIMAS.

2011-11-25T09:05:00.000+08:00

Picture credit to Nur Kasih's fb.

When I told a friend that I would be representing my faculty for this event, she was giving me that "you-must-be-joking look"..aik...ko biar betul...you of all the people, nak berkayak!!!...that was her comment while still giving me that look. LOL!! It was certainly tickling to look at her. I was not offended at all though...she meant good but I can't blame her too...I for one have never gotten myself involved in any kind of activities like this not even during school days. And,..come to think of it, zaman2 school dolok ney ada aktiviti kedak ya....but I used to tag along my dad when he goes fishing...but I just stayed quietly in the boat and was not allowed to hold the oars. Pathetic sik?!!! As I would be participating in the women's double and mixed double, come the training day, me and my partner(also a first timer though she hails from Kampung Bako), ....we had a blast!!!yesss....a real blast...LOL...first lesson...trying to get ourselves in the boat...and being girls naturally there were shouting, shrieking and laughters till our tummies ached. Firstly, both of us were struggling to get in the boat and next was struggling to sit ...yaaaaaaaaaaa....ingat senangkah nak duduk and make yourself comfy dalam bot explorer ya(the type of boat we'll be using)...lainlah mun nait perauk tambang,lagik senang!!!...aiee...manas!!!...ihiks!! I tell you nong...(Kak Lehot mode jap::) Those first few moments were quite scary ala-ala manja gitu (perlu kah>??)..cos I had this wild imagination swimming in my head that what if, I lost my balance and both of us falls in the lake. Of course both of us wore our life-jacket but none of us knows how to swim...and more wild imaginations what if this, what if that and bla, bla, bla... Pity the guy that voluntarily trained us ...he could only shaked his head away and grinning most of the time......ihikss....I thought the trainer is suppose to bully the trainee...but I guess he was intimidated cos he was given the task to train kakak2...adoii..kesian...tapi sikhal la...kakak2 tok sik main2 koh...just feeling funny at ourselves and I am still asking myself "What the hell are you doing girl?!!!" We did not have much training though as everyone was busy with their own job commitments but after a while and after getting ourselves familiar with the do's and don't's and the rowing stuff alhamdulillah both of us are at ease now.We are not counting on any winnings but prayfully we can complete the 200 metres. The distance may not look that far but after the training we are indeed doubtful whether we can make it the finishing line? mmmmmm...Apakah?..LOL...aiee...kelakar macam dah pro berkayoh aie..ihiks...so what kan?...at least adalah participation kamek duak yang dah bergelar veteran tok..kuikuikui...So...am counting to the day tomorrow...good luck to us and the faculty!!!Row, row, row your boat, gently down the streammerrily, merrily, merrilylife is but a dream.....La...la...la...la...la...la

Scones

2011-11-14T16:24:00.001+08:00

I have a very bad experience with making pastries which uses a rub-in method. Failures after failures of having to make a decent pastry out of this method had sort of freaked me out. However, with some courage I made up my mind and decided to give it a try yesterday. I decided to make scones, I have never tasted the actual scones and after looking and surfing over countless numbers of blogs and websites, at last I tried this simple scones which I found from Taste.com

So here's my first ever scones and it was clearly everyone's favourite as the whole tray disappeared within minutes. And I had to make the scones again after that. The recipe produced about 17 pieces but the first batch was only 12 as I was being very careful with the dough and followed the recipe religiously. And the recipe didn't fail, it turns out better after that, well....practice makes perfect kan...so Mum has requested that I make this again next weekend and she suggested that I add cheese, wah...(does that sound like an approval there?..hmmmm.....***grinning***)

Psst...will upload more pictures of the scones later..am so excited with this little success of mine...yeyeyeyeyeyye...

Mum's curry puff

2011-11-11T17:20:00.001+08:00

It has been sometime since mum made curry puff. So when I reached home yesterday I was delighted to see my old time favourite, mum's curry puff. Before I gobble two of it away, I managed to snap a few shots of the curry puff. Nothing special but when it comes to whatever your mum has prepared it is definitely special.Love you mum. Nak story la sikit, my mum used to make loads of this curry puff plus other kuihs as we were staying in a police quarters then, normally we would set up a table below the house and placed all the kuihs there for sale. At times she would receive orders from police canteen and I would be given the task to deliver them to the canteen. Well, those were the days.

Nak show-off la sikit the filling, though quite blurry, it's potatoes with dried prawns or sesar as it is known in Sarawak. This is my favourite filling and of course I would prefer to have it mixed with long beans and cilantros..hehehe...demanding kan?!! And I don't like them with sweet potatoes fillings...sik nyaman!!! Cerewet kan?!!! Tersangattttlah......!!! I do have this funny or rather "odd" habit of buying curry puffs if I happen to see any stalls selling one...reason? Well, ......in a way am trying to look for the good ones so that I know where to get them in case my cravings for curry puff suddenly appears. Cos I don't expect my mum to prepare curry puffs anytime just to entertain my "cravings" right?....

There goes my short tale of Mum's cuffy puff...LOL. As much as I missed her curry puff I could only ate two of them and the balance I brought to the office the next morning to share with friends.

Gift

2011-11-10T09:28:00.000+08:00

Biasanya bila kawan2 pergi kursus or holiday, pasti ada buah tangan dari sidaknya. Just nak show-off jakla, nothing fancy tapi sekali sekala terasa cam kanak2 riang bila dapat gift dari kawan. Maceh ooiii...kelak merik agik...(sik malu mode on...ahaks!!)

Mentang2 dapat fresh strawberries dari Cameron Highlands, pagi-pagi dah enjoy special breakfast.

Konon nak show-off la kemerahan and lusciousness of the strawberry, well..handphone biasa jak kan..

Bali mali from a colleague's holiday ..

Pre-convocation 2011 - UNIMAS 15TH Convocation II

2011-10-19T12:46:00.000+08:00

There was a big crowd yesterday because of this thing. This billboard is located near the roadside of the entrance to UNIMAS and was officially tested yesterday.

Pictures credit to Emi whom I guess had taken this shots from her car. P)

Sick

2011-10-19T10:13:00.000+08:00

The cough bug is around now and almost everyone in the office is coughing away. Went to the clinic last Monday, saw the same thing. Duhhh!!!...And I have to take these medications before the convocation starts this weekend.

Suddenly craving for these two.

Pre-Convocation 2011 - UNIMAS 15th Convocation

2011-10-18T17:35:00.000+08:00

The convocation is about 3 days' away and the atmosphere for the whole campus is in festivities. Canopies are being set up here and there and I saw this merry-go-round thing(what do call those anyway...).. Unfortunately I did not manage to take the picture of that merry-go-round thing as I was driving.

Picture credit to Nuan Jen taken from her office today

Picture credit to Reen from her office

So tonight's is the full dress rehearsal and official opening of the Pesta Konvo 2011 will be held tomorrow evening. Loads of activities have been planned and arranged by the committee members. There will be loads of food stalls, stalls selling flowers and souvenirs, of course not forgetting photography shops giving their best discounts to the graduates. There will also be exhibitions from the various government and private institutions, banks and telecommunications companies. Other activities includes, Career Fairs, Mari Berpantun, Battle of the Bands, Fun-fair(remember that merry-go-round thing I mentioned earlier, that was for the Fun-fair), Pesta Senam Tari, Cooking Competion, Pesta Mengail, Street Dance, performance by Tuku Kame', Group Shuffle competition, Kayak Competition and the list goes onnnnnnn. Guest artiste is Bunkface who will perform on Saturday nite 22/10/2011. So, that's all for now, ooooh and by the way UNIMAS didn't pay me for this publicity...ihiks..just want to share it here.

Food galore di Syawal nan indah....

2011-10-12T18:16:00.001+08:00

Sharing some more outstanding pictures. Blog owner dah menjadi semakin malas lately kan, nak update blog pun terkulat-kulat, therefore banyaklah outstanding entries and pictures jadi sajian.

Urap@Kerabu Sayur

Puding Laici

Ketupat pulut lemak(mmg berlemak dan berkrim rasanya)

Ikan terubuk masin goreng(wajib!!!)

Partner in crime ikan terubuk(Cabik padi & limo kesturi)

Sambal tumis tempe

Daging masak itam(didn't bother to scoop the oil anyway cos it's everyone's favourite)

Some more cookies

Peyek with lots of cekur (my favourite)

Cornflakes kacang pedas

Mixed Fruit Coleslaw

Rendang ayam kampung berkuah

Seafood Tomyam

Everyone had a wonderful time cultivating their fat on that auspicious day...LOL

Rabu tanpa kata....

2011-10-12T17:03:00.000+08:00

Wordless Wednesday huh?...Can't say much but at times I find it so hard to say no and when I finally did said no, I felt so good though I was in a limbo initially. Ok, don't wanna write much here, mood masih kureng.

Angel Hair Bolognese

With cheddar cheese, my supper on 9/10/2011

Ketupor, this morning's breakfast

4 pieces for $1.00(bought $2.00 to share with colleagues)

Kuih Basong

Gift courtesy of Sheeha Shoppe(tokey tudung PH)

Something to smile...

2011-10-11T17:23:00.000+08:00

When you least expect it to happen, suddenly it's right there in front of you. Alhamdulillah, Allah telah makbulkan doaku. I have been on a long search for so many years to locate some of my friends in primary school. Frankly I don't have any reunion thingy in mind but I would love to see if not all some of them and a short message in my facebook a few days ago triggered the whole thing. Less than 24 hours later my facebook were full of invitations from my classmates and schoolmates. Then some of the memories started to fall into pieces, though I was and still am struggling to remember some of them. Perhaps another reunion or gathering in the very near future, seems that some of us managed to track the lost sheep. Some have migrated to Australia, Canada and working all over the places across the globe. But the memories and the stories that some of the guys shared in the page has certainly rekindled some sweet memories indeed and brought the smile in me. And from then onward it was a walk down memory lane. Unfortunately I still can't seem to recall nor remember some of the stories that they shared. Some names ring a bell and I laughed at some of the things that we shared and ya it did rekindled sweet fond memories of my primary school days.

Picture credit to my ex-classmate Dinda Jaumil who went to visit the school sometime last month. The school was formerly known as St. Theresa Padungan Primary School

Note: Mood kureng sikit hari ni...

My favourites

2011-10-05T17:00:00.000+08:00

Nasi Kerabu

Sambal asam mbang & kerabu kedondong

Cats...

2011-10-05T16:30:00.000+08:00

Wordless Wednesday

2011-09-21T07:59:00.001+08:00

Ramah Taman Aidilfitri 2011

Mahalnya tapiiii.......

2011-09-20T17:37:00.000+08:00

Sebab teringin gilak nak tauk rasa buah delima, terbanglah juak $5.10 last week bila aku for the first time set my foot at Choice Premier Supermarket. Dah berapa lamak jadi warga bandaraya Kuching baruk toklah pandei melelat ke Choice Premier. Kebanyakan barang nang cater for sidak expatriates la...The cheese selections is much better than the ones being sold at Ta Kiong, Spring. And yes, if you're lucky on that day, you get to see fresh herbs such as basil, parsley, rosemary and thyme sold in small little pots. You can see some Japanese, Koreans and of course orghang putih ngan sidak Pak Itam. Supermarket is strategically located dekat dengan Inti College. Ok, let's cut the crap shall we..ehhehe. .

Fruit is nearly ripe according to mum but to me it was juicy and sweet. I just love the colors of the succulent pulps.

Busy Mode

2011-09-13T15:42:00.003+08:00

The campus is buzzing with life now that the students' registration is over and the seniors are back. At the moment we are busy with the preparations for Ramah Tamah 2011 which will be held on 15/9/2011 (Thursday). I'll be taking my leave tomorrow to do my fair share of the cooking and baking for the D day. Macamlah havoc kan though I was assigned to do Daging Masak Hitam and Spaghetti. But since a colleague wanted to sponsor for a cheesecake, so I am purposely making myself extra busy by baking two cheesecakes, one from her and one from me. Ya namanya suka nak lelah...dah lelah nak bermasak molah daging masak itam ngan molah spaghetti, udahlah nak........siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikkkkkkk..... Ok, will update again.

Oooo and by the way, this particular picture is not related to this particular posting but I am craving for this dish..... Nasi Lalapan. This is a very popular dish in Miri and this from the Nasi Lalapan restaurant at Muara, Miri. I have yet to taste anything as good as this in Kuching.

Picture courtesy of I Love Miri City Fanpage.

Masih Ramadhan and Syawal mode lagik...........

2011-09-09T17:50:00.000+08:00

Bila dah terlalu lamak sik berblogging, tahap M ya memang lah melampau2...tapi whatever la kan. Mood masih belalak dengan raya lagik tapi apa boleh buat time flies so fast. Taking this opportunity to wish everyone Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin. Kepada rakan-rakan bloggers yang mana resepi2nya telah dicuba dan disharekan disitok, mohon dihalalkan segalanya ya kawan-kawan. Hari Raya terasa kurang feel nya this year..entahlah...anyway I'm not gonna fret and whine about it. Semoga aku bertemu lagi Ramadhan akan datang, sesungguhnya aku amat merindui suasana Ramadhan. Back to work, lagiklah malas nak BW, I was on leave for 11 days to (3 days of PH), work?..aha....alhamdulillah nothing urgent or whatsoever, back to work in time for students' registration but that was all taken care of. Ok, here are some pictures taken during my absence from blogging. Nothing interesting ok....

Menu bersungkei di hari-hari terakhir Ramadhan, Kerabu Tomato & Kentang Pedas Sosej

My express way of going across river to shop for my baking stuff without facing the bad traffic jam during the month of Ramadhan every year.

Air sungai Sarawak yang tengah pasang masa ya, tenang jak rasa nanga suasana ya. Picture taken around 0900 am.

The last batch of Almond London for Sue & Atikah, siap malam raya, delivered malam raya..

Among my favourite dish after loads of rendang, ayam masak merah, daging masak itam, ketupat, lemang, kelupis etc...sayur kangkung tumis belacan, ikan senangin goreng, sambal belacan, ikan sibit and bandung rebus (Ubi kayu rebus)..heavenn!!!

Jekan sibit (melanau) aka Ikan jerok, menu favourite yang wajib dibisak2 and makan bercecahkan cabik geronong and limo kasturi...aduhhhhhh....dah kembang aik lior..***sigh***

Fried Penne in tomato sauce, requested by my dear cousin Semah, ngidam kali ya nya mintak polah ya...cooked this at her house on 5th day of Syawal...

Lunch with DJ and Sue this afternoon.

Dj & Sue

Raya cookies.....bila lah nak start owh?...

2011-08-15T16:50:00.005+08:00

Masih dalam mode bersedih dengan kematian allahyarham Muliadi, it's been a week since the tragic accident that took his life and me plus the rest of the us namely, Su, Jen, Misi, Awangku, CT and Noraini were still talking about him and all those that had happened between us. Susah gilak jak rasanya nak melepaskan nya pergi gia ajak. Yet, life goes on despite of the sadness that we felt. Alfatihah. On a lighter mood, I have yet to find the semangat to start on my cookies. Walhal, dah banyak dah resepi yang dikumpul especially those that I've never baked. I've even prepared a folder specifically for that. Alahai semangat membaking, datanglah ooooo...bak kata Saudagar Sadik Sigaragar, mintak nyawa, mintak nyawa..P)..tahun tok nang verangan2 lah nak molah 10 jenis cookies.....
1) Almond london 2) Almond Ghee 3) Biskut Nestum 4) Biskut Oat 5) Tat Nenas 6) Biskut Cornflakes 7) Biskut Dahlia aka Semperit 8) Biskut Cheese 9) Biskut Snow Almond 10) Biskut Suji Brunei. Actually the first seven cookies memang yang wajib unless of course if I missed out on one of those, be prepared to see muka monyok mak and her lectures. Hehehe...

Clockwise (Cornflakes, Chocolate Chip &amp; Almond London)

Clockwise(Tat Nenas, Almond Ghee &amp; Biskut Dahlia)
These are the cookies from last year's Eid Celebration. Home-made okeh?..no tunjuk2 one ....

So?..Enjin lom panas lagik, agik juak melungak and flipping pages and pages of recipes. My mum has already popped the question...bila gik kau nak molah biskut ya?....I haven't answered her yet..agik angol la...

Alfatihah

2011-08-08T14:15:00.006+08:00

Awal pagi aku dikejutkan dengan berita kematian rakan sekampus ku. Kamek duak dolok satu office di Canselori dari tahun 2002 hingga 2008, selepas ya aruah berpindah ke Bahagian Aset. Allahyarham Muliadi bin Sunip berusia 36 tahun meninggal dunia dalam satu kejadian ngeri dimana aruah dipercayai terperangkap dalam keretanya apabila keretanya telah meletup dan terbakar di kawasan kampungnya di Kampung Baru, Samarahan pada awal pagi 7 Ogos 2011 bersamaan dengan 7 Ramadhan 1432H. Rasa macam berbulak jak bila nerimak berita kematiannya pagi tadi. And I can't still forget about it till now. Sedih aku sebagai kawan siklah sama dengan kesedihan anak-anak dan bininya. Aruah meninggalkan 3 orang anak-anak yang masih kecil, yang bongsu baru 10 bulan dan bininya seorang surirumahtangga. Banyak kenangan pahit manis sewaktu bekerja sama dengan aruah dolok. Tapi biarlah segalanya menjadi kenangan manis bagi kamek orang yang pernah bekerja sama dengannya satu ketika dolok.

Aruah yang seringkali menyanyikan lagu2 dari Jamal Abdillah

Allahyarham dengan rakan2 dari Canselori pada majlis Ramah Tamah Aidilfitri 2008

Allahyarham dengan rakan2 lama dari Canselori pada majlis Ramah Tamah Aidilfitri 2009

Diambil dari keratan akhbar Borneo Post bertarikh 8 Ogos 2011.

TRAGIC INCIDENT: The victim’s car that was completely burnt in the incident.

A 36-year old man died in a freak incident, believed to have happened when the car he was driving caught fire by itself.

KOTA SAMARAHAN:

The incident, which happened at around 9.30am at Kampung Baru Samarahan road yesterday, took the life of Muliadi Sunip, who was a staff member of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. According to See Hua Daily News, the man was married with three small children.

According to his neighbour, the victim went out at around six yesterday morning.

Meanwhile, the victim’s brother told reporters that the victim went out yesterday morning to his father-in-law’s house.

Another villager, who happened to pass by the scene during the incident, said he saw fire burning a car and a man was being burnt on the driver’s seat. As the blaze was too big, he said he could not save the victim.

Samarahan Fire and Rescue Department, after receiving a report from the public, sent a team of eight fire fighters and a fire engine to the scene. When the team arrived, the fire was already burning fiercely and they immediately put out the fire. The department’s senior officer Bujang Junat said they received a report about the incident at 9.40am and rushed to the scene. Bujang claimed that the car was not involved in an accident and was believed to have caught fire.

Police who went to the scene to investigate the incident then sent the victim’s body to Sarawak General Hospital mortuary for a post mortem. The incident attracted many passersby and villagers, including colleagues of the victim who rushed to the scene.

The family of the victim rushed to the scene after they were informed of the incident. One of his relatives, believed to be his grandmother, fainted when told that he was burnt to death. She was then sent back to her village by other family members.

Eye witnesses believed the victim was in shock when the fire broke out and didn’t manage to escape.

Alfatihah Mul, moga rohmu tenang dan aman disana. Amin.

Posted on August 8, 2011, Monday

Pictureless entry

2011-08-03T16:03:00.001+08:00

It was a very frustrating experience on the first day of Ramadhan when I went to Bazaar Ramadhan Samarahan (regretfully I did not take any pictures). It was packed with throngs of people trying to get their share of food and drinks for bersungkei (breaking of fast). The choice of of food and drinks were limited and I can say about 80% of them were selling the same thing. Didn't wait too long, after grabbing a packet of sugar cane juice,finally I managed to pull myself from the crowd, I headed off to Stutong Bazaar Ramadhan. Not much was left when I arrived, most of the food and drinks were gone but I managed to buy a chicken murtabak (my brother's favourite)and so I left hurriedly for home shortly. It was already 6:20 pm then. I reached home around 6:50 pm which was about 5 minutes away from bersungkei.

Alhamdullillah mum made a delicious spread of good healthy food for us. We had porridge(ya, we had porridge from beras uma) plus the usual ginger and anchovies sambal. Some more green veggies, sambal pecal timun, fried fish and asam fish. Sayang mak....muahh!!!..

Bila o Lehot, o Lehot, o Lehot ngerepak....

2011-07-29T17:26:00.000+08:00

My last entry for this month. Ju kita nengar kerepak Kak Lehoddddddddddddd...

The latest 'hit' from Kak Lehot

Hal orang bergerek..

Keyword: btundak-tundei sama ke pasar meli ikan popot 2 3 kelo,meli sedo meli kebaya...tetak sama2 serabak smpey ke langit...bestfriend nya ngangkatnya gugok di juruk..makei kot,rmbut pesen dak superman bgolong di depan..mana dak rompuan makei kasut ketok 5 inci sanggol air-hostess kdk steywedesss nak dlm belon ya..bila dah x berecan..muka dah engkodok gusi dah biru...

Happy weekend semuaaaaaaaaaa...

Congrats FSTS

2011-07-29T17:15:00.003+08:00

FSTS mencipta sejarah memenangi Anugerah Inovasi Naib Canselor 2011 (nama asal Anugerah Kualiti Naib Canselor).

Empat kriteria utama yang telah dinilai oleh panel luar yang telah dilantik ialah:

1) Kepimpinan

* Perancangan Strategik

* Pengurusan Data dan Maklumat

* Komitmen Membudayakan Kualiti dalam PTJ

2) Pengurusan Sumber

*Pengurusan Sumber Manusia

*Pengurusan Sumber Kewangan

*Pengurusan Sumber Aset

3) Sistem Kualiti Penyampaian Perkhidmatan

*Pelaksanaan Sistem Kualiti

*Pemantapan Integriti

*Usaha-usaha Menangani Karenah Birokrasi

4) Pencapaian PTJ

*Perkhidmatan-perkhidmatan Utama PTJ

*Pencapaian Kualiti Perkhidmatan Kepada Pelanggan

*Pengukuran Pencapaian PTJ

*Pengiktirafan Terhadap PTJ dan Staf

Panel Penilai adalah terdiri daripada pegawai MPC dan MAMPU.

Ahlan Wa Sahlan Ya Ramadhan 1432 Hijrah

2011-07-29T16:35:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah, Ramadhan datang lagi. Selamat menyambut ramadhan al-mubarak 1432 Hijrah buat semua muslimin dan muslimat. Syukur alhamdulillah, umur kita dipanjangkan untuk terus menikmati bulan Ramadhan yang penuh berkat pada tahun ini. Saya ingin memohon ampun dan maaf dari hujung rambut hingga ke hujung kaki atas segala silap. Salam sayang untuk semua ahli keluarga, sanak-saudara dan kawan-kawan sekelian.

Blame it on Mr. Tonsil

2011-07-28T17:30:00.012+08:00

I was on sick leave due to tonsillitis last Tuesday and Wednesday. This time around the tonsil was worst and I was struggling to swallow solid food and drink. The doctor prescribed some guggling liquid but that seem to make it worst. Lastly mom suggested that I drank some tamarind juice and alhamdulillah it helped and I was coughing away some mucus after countless litres of the tamarind juice. Think this is the only time I gobbled up loads of tamarind juice...ahaks. Alhamdulillah I am getting better though I could still the twinge of pain when swallowing.

Specially to Mizz Coki, this is my workstation, you've seen my previous workstation so this is my current workstation. How?...Would you prefer the glass table or fancy this typical L-shape table?...

That's all for now, still feeling a little bit giddy after taking my medication, I must confess this is the first time I am taking the antibiotics tablets religiously. If not, after feeling a little better I would just stop taking it.

Boss away

2011-07-22T17:47:00.002+08:00

The boss is away on a weeks' leave and I am so damned bored. Counting the days for Ramadhan, Plus a couple of things that's been bugging me. That makes my headache getting worst....no boss around does not mean I'm free, my hands were quite full ..as and when required I would assist those needing assistance. But that is how it is, the support staffs are supposed to service the lecturers and students. Ayatttt!!! so the very skema ooooo.....

That's all for now, I've nothing much to share at the moment...TGIF! Alhamdulillah, will be busy this weekend and hopefully next week promises some refreshing news.

Again these beautiful pictures were taken from this beautiful blog. It's my latest favourite place to feast my eyes on. Just check it out ya!!!...

Holding on...

2011-07-15T17:03:00.000+08:00

Have you ever had that feeling of having difficulty to letgo of something? Well, I have and am experiencing that feeling now...eeeeeeeeeeeee geram aih...

! Btw, this particular song is not related at all to this sudden outburst. Need to get it out of my system somehow. ***sigh***

Hum Saath Saath Hain

2011-07-15T12:06:00.001+08:00

Watched Hum Saath Saath Hain (We Stand United) last night over Channel 108. Have actually watched this movie a few times already and it never fails to bring me to tears. I even bought the CD and I still cry and get teary all over again...***sigh*** Apakah owh?..Asal nanga cita industan kah or cita tamil kah, tauk nangis...

I simply love their costumes with all the vibrant colours and accessories etc. L - R (Karisma Kappor, Tabu & Sonali Bendre)

My favourite couple in the movie, Salman and Sonali, they looked so sweet together. Both of them were suppossedly shy in this movie. Anyway, this is among the few movies which I really enjoyed watching Salman without having him to show off his wide chest and 4 - 6 packs of abs...urghh...cos I think that he just a show-off . But Mbok just loved him...ahaks...with or without the shirt on...selera masing2 nak?...LOL.

Tabu was awesome too.....

All pictures credit to Google & lazydesis.com.

Moving?..Again?!!!........

2011-07-14T16:21:00.006+08:00

The very first question that people will always ask you when your boss is transferred away is "Äre you following him?"..seriously?!!! I've been a secretary for the last 20 years and it never happened so far. I am not belittling my own profession here but at times I do wonder, is it necessary for the secretary to follow the boss whenever he or she is transferred? Frankly, I don't see the need for it cos imo our position is not that critical. Some may disagree but where I come from, this kind of thing is a no, no, no, peeps. I've been working in a bank, then an IT consultancy firm(both private sectors) and now with the government, I have yet to see this thing happening to me yet. However, I know that some of my friends working in the state government has gone through this. I remembered that I used to call her and after a lapse of many years, I managed to contact her again for one of the reunions previously and she is still with the same boss since graduating from ITM(bossnya pun dah jadi YB kinek tok). So my boss is transferred to another department, kinda of a promotion for him from Deputy Dean to Director, congrats boss!!! Me?..am not going anywhere..................yet(decision is not mine unfortunately...)I settled for whatever is here at the faculty. I love it here!!!!

Picture credit to Asia Media Content

Lain la mun boss aku tok Seth Tan, harus aku follow..........kannn??????????? Sorry lah agik mode meruyan & masih demam dengan drama NE gik aie..(sapa2 rasa nak muntah, lap dikpun owh..ahaks..)

Ramblings

2011-07-13T17:10:00.001+08:00

This was my dinner with Mbok two nights ago. Rather than patronising our favourite Mee Kolok stall or fondly known as keday mee kolok ADM (can't remember the no of his kiosk..sorryyyy) Anyway back to this outlet, it's called Hot Plate No. 23 Kubah Ria. We decided to order Nasik Ayam Penyet and was taken by surprise as it turned out to be good and simply delish!!! Except that the sambal was not spicy enough for me la, the rest was spot on!!! As we are a bunch of cerewet species (haruslah gitu....hehehe) we tend to flock the usual favourite spot only so it was indeed refreshing to know that we have other choices after this.

Nasik Ayam Penyet Stall No 23, Hot Plate, Kubah Ria, Matang

The nice and sweet sambal. The serving was just nice nothing too much or too little and it cost $6.00 only

which is reasonable and I can say very cheap (or maybe there is something cheaper than this one) but I settled for this one.

Enough talk about food for now. Been quite nostalgic lately especially when I received hello messages from my 'kekasih lama' recently..woah!!!...what is it with you guys huh?..My guess is either you just wanna say hello after all those years and might want to know what happened to me orrrrr you may have some marital problems in hand now?..Which is which nak? At times when I look back I could only smile and shrugged my shoulder. Nah, it's not history lesson today, ....nothing of the sort actually just that I can't help feeling nostalgic all of a sudden. I have actually blocked him from my facebook but apparently he has other accounts and manage to knock on my facebook door again, oh! what the heck ...just couldn't be bother at all now ...too late for all those crap dude...

Angan2 lok owh....

2011-07-08T17:01:00.006+08:00

I bumped into this beautiful blog while BW this afternoon and am hopelessly in love with everything there. Just look at her beautiful cottage and garden and the flowers, OMG! I can only drool and wanna share it here. For anybody that does not fancy anything classically English kind of thing, please proceed to the other blog....kekekekkee..

Enjoying the beautiful lilac while sipping my tea!!!...Kau ada!!! Ahaks....Eeee, yalah namanya feeling verangan2 jak..

Aduh, feeling2 asa duduk sia sambil maca mills n boon kah, novel2 Alaf21 kah...wahh, very d verangan oiii mak oiii..

Verangan la having cuppa tea di sitok with friends.....

Just look at the beautiful peonies!!! ***sigh****

Verangan la nak dptkan garden macam tok. Subhanallah!..Nang kacakkkkkkkkkk...All pictures credit to Aiken House & Gardens. Owner is from Canada. Happy weekend everyone!!!...Waaaaaaaaa... bestnya mun dapat nak camtok owh......agik juak aih???!!!

Sambal tomato pedasssssssssss........

2011-07-07T12:46:00.000+08:00

Ngerepak mode on.

Today was super2 gago aka busy giler kata urghang oii...heheehe..dari pagi macam2 ajak hal, rasa semput tapi makin semput bila aircon sik sejuk...adehhhh, aircon tok memang selalu kenak kerepak aku cos bila ari panas diluar nun nak, aircon ya berlawan2 jak panasnya, mun ari ujan ribut diluar nun apatah lagik, sejok diluar nun, arumbulaknya bekuk abis dalam opis....adehhhh...mun dapat mbak comforter nak ku mbak ku aie.....grrrrrrrr

Wellllllll, udah2 gik ngerepak owh, tensionnnnn mak koh..anyway this was my dinner last night, sebab mood aku nak makan yang pedas2 tahap gaban, maka jadilah sambal tomato tok. Pedasssssssssssss yang amat sampei mak aku sik dpt makan. Bahan2nya, simple jak, ada tomato, ada cabik, ada belacan, ada pusuk, limo kasturi & gula. Garam nang sik dingkah cos belacan ngan pusuk pun dah sedia masin.

Wordless?.......with pictures to tell...........

2011-07-06T16:55:00.000+08:00

One of my dinner menus a few weeks ago..of course my favourite...

Adeh, dah kembang aik lior aie....

A friend ordered kek Ati Parek last two weeks and apart from $$$ she gave me this Mee Jawa and pineapple...mudahan murah rezeki mu wahai kawanku sayang...tq, tq, tq..

My lunch with bffs at KIA last Friday, did not manage to take more pictures, tauk ajaklah with McD, just can't wait to dive in...yammmmmmmmm!!!

My kind of food, my lunch last Saturday, home-made ikan masin from my beloved nenek in Mukah, stir-fried baby Kailan and of course the ever favourite sambal tumis asam.

Al-fatihah

2011-07-05T13:15:00.000+08:00

Bersamaan dengan 2 Syaaban 1432 Hijrah, I lost a beautiful and loving aunt (mum's first cousin)Hajah Dahlia binti Haji Sulong last night. She was 67 years old and passed away peacefully amongst all her beloved family members. Unfortunately I was not there because I just came back from the office around 7:30 pm. My sister and mom was already at Ngah's place by 5:00pm and Mom called me around 5:30 yesterday to tell me that both of them were visiting Ngah. I thought that it just a normal visit just like the usual visits that we used to do either weekly or monthly. None of us expected the worst. Whatever it is, according to sis Mona, she passed away peacefully. Terasa nyesal juak sik singgah ngagaknya last Sunday, I was suppose to send my car for washing at her place but I told myself, perhaps this week..lagikpun whenever I send my car for washing I would make it a point to bake a cake or something as buah tangan to her, as she loves to eat cakes. Unfortunately that Sunday, I did not prepare or bake anything and rasa macam sik best juak datang ngabas Ngah tangan kosong. Entahlah, terasa macam ditunggah jak bila melimpas rumah Ngah last Sunday. ****sigh**** I regret for not dropping by her house then. Ya Allah Ya Tuhanku, semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat dan ditempatkan dikalangan orang-orang yang beriman.

BERUBAH VIDEO

2011-07-01T11:49:00.000+08:00

I love this song and just wanna share it here. Quite wordless entry huh?..enjoyz ok...

Ramblings...

2011-07-01T11:40:00.001+08:00

This particular entry was supposed to be uploaded yesterday but blogger.com was experiencing major problem yesterday...urghhhhh!!!

Alhamdulillah, after experiencing the hotttttttt weather the last few days, finally it rained the last two days. Seriuosly, the scorching heat bugs me a lot and I was soooooo uncomfortable. Anyway, let's just put that aside for now. I am feeling sooooooo dead lazy to update my blog, there are still some outstanding pictures in my handphone. Haih!!! bila lah nak rajin owhhh, ooo Kak Lehoddddddd, tulung berik petua camney nak rajin owh....LOL...(yah, as if la Kak Lehot yang maca blog aku tok...)kak ya tek nak,....

Orghang saghawak tengah kenak tempias Kak Lehodddddddd, nang meriah lah derio lamak ada olahan kerepak Kak Lehoddd....ok2, dah lah crita hal Kak Lehod, mun sik mok nengar kerepak Kak Lehoddd, boleh juak nengar (opss) baca jak kerepak Kak Pot Poret di sitok . Ok, enough of Kak Lehoddd. Been BW to my some of my favourites blog and I read about some other bloggers has decided to close their facebook. Some have already done that, it seems they prefer blogging than facebook. Can't blame them, I guess when it comes to ethics in general, most of us don't observe such things anymore. Of course, you are responsible for your own comments and different people perceive things differently. Some may take it seriously and some just brush them off. And the sad thing, at times you don't realise that some parties are making fun of you for eg over some photos. In my case, I will not tag any pictures without the ownér's consent and I always warned my friends to get my consent before tagging the photos. Seriously, I've seen a 20 year old friendship just ended abruptly because of facebook. I believe that it pays to be nice to others, good deed is always rewarding and sometimes we don't realise that some blessings will just fall on your lap unconcsiously. Ada paham kah?..Hehehe.

Half year gone already, it's 1st of July and the time seems to be running fast now and in a months' time is Ramadhan. Eeee, sik sabar eh...

Zon Ingga Kak Lehot di CatsFM

2011-06-27T08:54:00.000+08:00

Rasanya dah banyak yang tauk hal Kak Lehot tok, fanpage nya di facebook pun dah 6 ribu lebih. Dapat lah sikit menghilangkan rindu ku dengan Program Berkenang. Dengar jak owh...nang best aih!!!!!

Beautiful Memories with AF

2011-06-23T13:12:00.000+08:00

Sharing some of my favourites here. Here goes:-

My top favourite AF bloggers, Sultan Muzaffar & Joe Klubbkidd. I would spent hours reading their reviews, be it a sarcastic or harsh review after every concert, I just love reading them. Picture credit to Joe Klubbkidd.com

My favourite group, AF2..the best, good singers and good dancers esp Anding, Adam, Zahid, Bob. I always look forward to watching the MP song cos I just love to watch them dance and with sharp movements. Ada la sikit glitches here and there but I simply ignore them. Compared to the AF9 batch, this group excelled. Bias?..harus bias koh....

See?...this batch is simply awesome..

Menuju Puncak AF1 Week 5

Another favourite of mine, of course AF1...there were the pioneers that brought the tears and laughters the Malaysian public then...

A tear-jerker performance from Sahri AF1. Another favourite....layannnnn..

Thank you for the music, AF1...again, another favourite...***sniff***sniff***sniff***unforgettable

Nana in d house, Vote for Nanaaaaaa.....another one...unforgettable

AF2

Mesreeeeeeeeeeee.....

Cinta Seorang Teman - Final Concert AF2

Linda Nanuwill - Semoga Abadi (if she hadn't sung this song in the concert, I would never knew about this song, original artiste is Misha Omar)

The particular song and presentation from the students made the whole house laugh to tears. Yeah, she screwed up with some of the lyrics, what the heck!..I enjoyed it so much and ignored the glitches..memorable show..

Kaer - Mentera Semerah Padi

Group song - Memory

Zahid AF2 - Where is the love

Zahid AF2 - Bila Resah

Zahid AF2 - Teratai

Zahid AF2 - Semusim

AF dah habis, period, no more kata Pak Nil. I have a lot of fond memories of AF. There were many sweet memories that I loved and hate at the same time but AF has definitely changed my life. I met a lot of new friends who shared the same interest and I was involved with the numerous forums in the internet, we started as net friends only and we had the opportunity to meet each other after that and alhamdulillah the friendship is maintained till now. And with the facebook thingy now, rasanya sik ada alasan nak lost contact kan.

When my blood go upstairs early2 morning ....

2011-06-23T12:33:00.000+08:00

Hmmm, apa ada pada tajuk di atas? Come to think of it, jadi lawak dah, yalah, mana2 jak nak. Anyway, pagi2 dah aku angin, nak settlekan something urgent before 8, I reach the office on the dot 7 am koh, bukak2 pc, internet connection down indah..haih!!! Nasib bait ada mbak broadband, ya pun kedak tekurak jak...adohhhhhh.......tension!!! last2 layan jak lagu tok dalam lappy. By 8:30 baruklah internet ok, haiyaaa...early morning already make my blood go upstairs...haishhh...grrrrrrrrrr. Geram2 pun ati layan abis nanga YT NE tok pagi2......

Don't tell me, am in love with this drama already...

Sesungguhnya aku normal orangnya wahai kawan ....

2011-06-17T17:24:00.000+08:00

Refering to my previous posting, anddddddddddddd sebab rasa tercabar sikit oleh kawan ku itu....dah puas ku perati & tanga YT Nora Elena, aku dah terrrrssuuuuuuuuuk la dgn crita tok nak, so hope you are happy ok kawan, yes you...I know you've been reading my blog...as if I don't know huh...so to dear bff hope you're happy ok...that's it..dah2...shoooooooooooo....scatttt!!!

Kau sik normal kali nak?

2011-06-17T13:36:00.002+08:00

Ha!!!...surprised?!!!..Honestly I don't follow this program at all, ya, almost everyone in the office (of course the ladies) seems to be following this drama or whatever, and I was informed that this drama is the best thing after Nur Kasih. Yes, I've watched Nur Kasih but after it was shown repeatedly over TV3 I followed the drama. Can't deny the fact that it's my kind of story tapikan, aku tok nang jenis lambat cerita. Until this morning when I received an email from my one of my bff, and saw her status in facebook and I was wondering,what is this thing with Nora Elena? And she went berserk!!! LOL, she called me immediately and more or less our conversation goes like this:

Her:Kau sik normal kali nak?

Me: What?!!! Sik normal, pa maksud kau sik normal..sapa Nora Elena ya?

Her: Yah!!!! it's the best thing after Nur Kasih girl!!!... Kau sik tauk kah?..

Me: Ooooo, drama nok rah TV3 ya kah?

Her: Aoklah!! What else? Aih! Eran jak aku ngan kau, don't you follow this drama, best aih!!!...(she was excited all over and I can imagine how excited she was, knowing her..heheeheheh)

Me: Sik pian ku nak nanga or follow drama ya, kepak bah!

Her: Oiii!!1..napa jak kepak nya nanga drama ya....kau tok eh tang ada-ada jak..

Me: Menar lah ya, kepak bah nak ngekot drama kedak ya..mun mok nanga, nanga terus, nok bersambung2 crita toklah ku malas...apa boleh buat bah dah terjebak ngan drama Nur Kasih ya..

Her: Lewat juak kau, maka sik da apa nak k gago balit rumah lepas kerja..

Me: Aih! Aih! Aih! Alu melelat gik krepak ya...kau tension kah ngan drama ya sampei nak atang moha ngan aku indah..kekeeke..

Her: Hehehe, sik eh, heran juak ngan kau...setauk aku kau suka dengan character laki romantik kedak Aaron Azis ya...

Me: Ney la ku tauk Aaron Ajiz yang berlakon ya....namalah aku dah sik follow...ada paham kah mem?..

And so the conversation goes on and on on to something else after that but not before hearing her reminding me to watch the drama. Haish!..drama dah abis kan apa nak ditanga agik...

So, the question of the day: Kau sik normal kali nak?..Mmmm..normal tapi dah malas nak ngengon benda alah kedak ya...

Been listening to this song over the radio a few times but I didn't realised that it was in this drama, no wonder la one of my cousin becomes jumpy bila nengar lagu tok...Mmmm, I guess that is one normal act huh?..

Oh and since that this posting about Aaron Aziz aka Seth Tan in this drama, I just wanna share this link here: http://borneolove.blogspot.com/2011/06/gimme-some-seth-tan.html. When I read her posting earlier on, I was clueless as to who this Seth Tan is and after having a sneak peek at one of the YT on this drama, I could somehow figured out why the ladies fell in love with this Seth Tan. Me? If his character is truly romantic as what I was being told, I would sit back and watch this drama. Am sure TV3 will repeat the drama just like they did with Nur Kasih last year. Meanwhile, Seth Tan can wait ok...

Next.....

2011-06-16T17:08:00.000+08:00

Ladies and gentlemen, please take your number and we will attend to you shortly!!!...Ahaks...I wish!!! That was somehow how I felt beginning of this week till now. I am extremely busy with the booking of flights and hotels for the lecturers travelling to monitor our students undergoing industrial training at designated offices throughout the country. Rasa kedak kaunter tiket MAS, Airasia duak Firefly juak eh. Ya baruk sikit, berapa orang jak lecturer compared to those being attended by those travel agents...Perasan sekejap jak bah...LOL! Been making calls after calls, jangan ingat orang yang bertelefon yang sik kepak..kepak aih, kepak berkelakar and making enquiries here and there. Sometimes, some people overlook and think that relak jak kerja bertalipon ya.....last-last kelak madah orang sik da kerja lain, bertalipon ajak. Aih..emosi juak..hehee..lepas geram jak bah...bila kerja kedak tok diunderestimate oleh orang lain. Kadang-kadang bila sak ati nengar komen-komen kedak ya, geram jak nak madah ngan sidaknya :suh dikpun duk sia sehari lok, dapat sik nya cope?..

And time tok juak lah bila kerja melobo-lobo, tambah agik bos sik ada (sik dapat nak yabedabeduuuu dolok, meja dah kedak rebak anyut jak) time toklah datang request yang diluar jangkauan, ada yg tertinggal research permit la, terpaksa gik berugak carik rah fail di opis, nasib bait ada, mun sik ada tek, nak kah coma2 jak pergi sik dapat masuk utan ngambik spesimen sik berpermit...dah discan permit terus emel dengannya disinun...settle sigek.. ..

Malas nak ngerepak panjang-panjang kelak makin banyak uban tumbuh rah palak ku..hehehe..My lunch for today, home-cooked ikan masin and kari terung. Yammmm!!!!.

Outstanding picture from last weekendnye breakfast, mee goreng tomyam.

Bila aku tension2 kan aku paling suka nanga gambar pusak2 ku...Siam and Ball

Al-kisahnya bila ada orang merajuk

2011-06-16T13:10:00.000+08:00

Alkisahnya bila ada sorang ya merajuk, keluarlah dari rumah tanpa izin encik suami..jauh juak lari ya sampei ke Kuching, nasib bait la ada family di Kuching. Bila dah merajuk ngan marah, anak-anaklah jadi penghubung antara keduanya.. Aku sik tauklah macam ney laki bini lain berkelai but from my observation, level marah sidak duak controllable and manageable, si isteri hanya marah dengan si suami and alhamdulillah anak-anak sik dijadikan tempat melepaskan marah itu. Walaupun malam si isteri melarikan diri itu, salah seorang anak dan si suami kemalangan, kereta yang didreb oleh si suami dilanggar oleh sebuah kereta Hilux. Bak kata si isteri, tiada niat nak keluar rumah tanpa izin tapi otak dah tension gilak, sik dapat berfikir dengan waras, tambah2 bila famili sendiri bukan nak nolongnya, nak molah benda makin kusut lagik ada. Mmmmmm, entahlah I can't comment..aku sekadar memujuk dan memberi kata semangat ajak...... So jadilah sesi pujuk memujuk di antara suami dan isteri melalui anak-anak, akhirnya selepas 4 hari si suami ngirumlah duit dengan si isteri, suruh balit rumah dalam pada ya, duit dikirum adalah lebih2 sikit, si suami pesan belilah apa-apa yang dihajati.. shopping la si isterinya tapi bukan shopping sebarang shopping, shopping untuk anak-anak & suami tersayang. Tambah2, raya duak bulan agik, ambik kesempatan la shopping awal-awal. Ney dapat marah-marah lamak gilak ya especially bila rasa kasih sayang untuk anak-anaknya begitu mendalam, akhirnya tumpas juak perasaan marah ya. Yang pasti marah dengan si suami masih bersisa...mmmmm..kata si isteri la....aku nengar ajak, sik akan masuk campur...

After penat shopping ya nak , kepak juak aih ngulu orang yang tengah merajuk ya bershopping sakan, arumbulaknya satu Parkson dipusin, last-last orang yang merajuk itu ajak makan di Pizza Hut..abisla diet ku makan akhir-akhir malam. Yang ada dua gelas aik ya orang yang merajuk la mpun...hehehe..
Anyway,I am not going to point my finger at any one of them. Considering that they've been married for 16 years and blessed with 4 kids, it certainly has been a trying journey for both. Semoga jodoh kalian berpanjangan dan dirahmatiNYA selalu.
Posting aku tok ada merapu sikit, bahasa ada angol2..hehehe..ney nak angol bila kita ada nginang orang merajuk seminggu2 ya tek...alhamdullillah good and happy ending. Si isteri pun dah balit ke pangkuan keluarga ngembak mee kolok(favourite si suami) ngan ayam masak cola (favourite anak yang cedera) sampei kenak tegur sidak Polis di airport, benar juak kitak berbekal owh...jawap si isteri, mee kolok di kuching juak nyaman, orang miri belum pandei molah kedak orang kuching.hehehe..senyum jak sidak Polis ya....
The end................

Jiwang mode on.....

2011-06-15T17:35:00.000+08:00

Rasa jiwang mode sikit ari tok, ada lah...something happened today...my favourite from Farah AF2 - Tangisan dalam kerinduan

Idayu AF3 rendition of Aishah's Tiada lagi tangisan.

Original singer - Aishah, so which one is better Aishah? or Idayu AF3?

Apa2 jaklah..jiwang mode on...

Alahai AF9.....kata nak jadi the best of the best...tapiiiiiiiiii

2011-06-13T17:10:00.000+08:00

It's over and done with! AF9 is over and as one of the many2 fans of Akademi Fantasia, I was very, very disappointed with the concert last night. I did not watch the whole concert as I was watching Avatar at the other channel. Anyway, so Hazama won, so what kan?..as expected and pre-planned by Astro, frankly I don't care!!. The reason why I had to watch the concert, I missed seeing some of my favourite students from the last seasons especially those from AF1, AF2(my top favourite), AF3(JU), AF5(SHANO), AF6(SABUN) and AF7.

The finalist of AF9. Picture credit to Joe Klubbkidd.com

Another reason for watching AF9 is because of Aznil fondly known as Pak Nil now,of course I don't follow the diaries and the weekly concerts anymore. I only wanted to watch the other AF program that is kenangan AFNil which brings back the good old memories of the previous seasons. ***sigh***
Picture credit to Joe Klubbkidd.com

So, I don't have much to say about AF9..like I said, I was very disappointed with everything, of course changes is inevitable but taking away some sentimental elements of AF is definitely no, no, no. And I'm not interested to dwell further on the subject, suffice to say that anyone out there who claims to be peminat tegar AF knows what I'm talking about.

Boo!! to AF9 production team. You guys just don't learn from the previous seasons huh.

Life as it is...

2011-06-10T14:49:00.000+08:00

Not in the mood to update actually, lots of unpleasant things happening around me the whole week. And TGIF! Alhamdulillah. Those unpleasant stuff that I mentioned is not about me, no3x. Early of the week a cousin came and stayed at our house after a fight with her husband. Reason: He starting to lie to her, it is not about another woman but his drinking habits. Well, according to her he is not an alcoholic but what she can't accept now is his constant lying to spend his drinking session with his friends. And after 16 years of marriage, the "volcano" has finally erupted. Yaaaa, as the saying goes ignorance is bliss and patience is virtous. But everything has a limit and it happened. Everyone was caught off guard, the other half, the kids and of course her parents. And then came the blaming session..everyone started to point fingers at each other. The situation became worst when both the other half and one of her sons were involved in an accident the same night she left them. Drama!!!!!!!

My say: Think before you talk. (not meant for her but to someone else in the family) Adakalanya manusia lupak dengan apa yang telah dilafazkan, samada secara gurau atau berupa kata2 keji, maki dan sumpah-seranah. Teringat that before this happened that "someone" has cursed the family of another cousin. And I don't think she'll realised what she has done or said earlier on(which has been going on for years in fact).

This serves to as a self-reminder to myself. So next time, watch your words wisely.

To my dear cousin and her other half, moga jodoh kalian berkekalan hendaknya and tabah menghadapi apa jua cabaran yang bakal melanda. Semoga kalian mengambil iktibar dari kejadian tok and semoga lebih bijak menangani apa jua keadaan kelak.

Pictures credit to Mr Google.

June and dah bulan Rejab rupanya..........

2011-06-03T17:05:00.001+08:00

Felt so lazy to go to work today after two days' of public holiday. Tapi nak,pagi2 masuk ofis dah atang moha, well can't blame my fellow west malaysian about it though, most belum alert lagik tentang cuti2 di Sarawak, waseh...but morning2 already make my blood go upstairs you know! dah bagus dah ku jawap tepon ya, **** (nama fakulti) selamat pagi....and org belah nun pun jawapan, I have been calling your office for the last two days and nobody picked up, what happened to everybody (nada marah, almost shouting...aiyoooo). I wanted to enquire about my daughter's blaaa, blaaa.........Dalam terkejut & san buyan ya, aku jawaplah: Excuse me sir, it was a public holiday for the Gawai Celebration in Sarawak on 1st and 2nd June every year, am sure your daughter knows about this since that she's been studying here for the last 2 years..Alu diam nya, mintak maaf pun ni sik...haishhhh...whatever lah, I just don't want to crack my head about it...the line just went dead after that.....duhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! It's definitely not a good customer service on my part but what to do....****shrug****

Since a lot of the staff took their leave today, there was not much going on the office except that all of 4 of us were doing our own stuff. No phone calls and that was good..no interference and we can do our work peacefully.

Did these during the holidays, pasta in tomato sauce,custard tea-cake and sambal terung asam. I was not satisfied with the outcome of the cake though but it turn out to be nice. I will stop making custard tea-cake for now, perhaps after raya..aih?...

Pasta in tomato sauce

Custard tea-cake. Quite frustrated with the outcome though, tapi sik hal lah...will try again kelak2...

And for lunch last Wednesday, I made this sambal terung asam, just boil the terung asam and once the terung asam is cooked, just peel the skin off and diced them up. Mix with sambal belacan. Nyaman aih.!!!

Sambal terung asam

Had lunch with bffs tadik and we went to Batu 7, sik ingat nama restoran tapi restaurant is located in the same building of Pizza Hut. Apart from lunch, I ordered this particular favourite of mine, in Sarawak we called it Tumpik or Pancake in English, this tumpik is made from sago flour and lots of fresh grated coconut (my request of course) plus some salt, nice and scrumptious to be eaten while still hot from the pan together with hot coffee.

See, look at the fresh coconut...nyaman aih...p) Ilove this and my late maknek used to make this with fresh roasted prawns back in Mukah then. Anytime my mum make this I would eat this with salted fish or fried pusuk. Alfatihah to my late maknek. Missed her lots! Ok, dah2 sentimental dahnya lok. Anyway I prefer this than the normal tumpik made with flour or even the western version of the pancake served with honey, butter or any other accompaniments. Heavennnnnnnnnnn!!!!

So it's June already and it's already the 1st day of Rejab, soon will be the fasting month, so to all my muslim friends, selamat beribadat di Bulan Rejab, sapa nak bayar posa ya bayarlah disamping menjalankan puasa sunat di bulan Rejab yang mulia tok.

So have a nice weekend peeps and I hope that the weather would be kind this week, it has been a terribly hotttttttttttttttt weather lately and I'm getting slight headaches already plus some itchings here and there, wondered if those itchniness comes from the hot weather too.

Selamat Ari Gawai, Gayu Guru Gerai Nyamai, Lantang Belama

2011-05-31T17:05:00.002+08:00

Selamat Ari Gawai to all my dayak friends and relatives whereever they are. It's a two days public holidays in Sarawak starting tomorrow till 2nd June 2011. Best nak?...2 ari cuti in middle of the week and almost everyone celebrating the festival is taking their leave and going back to their respective villages by now. Apart from that some not celebrating the festival takes the opportunity to go on leave as it is the school holidays and away on Cuti2 Malaysia plus some that I know is going for overseas trip. Me?..am not going anywhere, I have plans to go elsewhere this year end with some friends insyallah.

This month as been quite a month for me because *****drum roll*****(sarcastically)...i kenak saman polis koh, setegal 3rd brake light hangus, ney la nak sedar benda kedak ya leka gago ngecek tayar ajak, tapi bayar jaklah walaupunnnnnnnnnnn..........so out with RM100.00 for that...urghhhhhhhh.....tebik dah bajet ku bulan 6 tok...haish..

I had a marvellous time driving to work for the last two days, the road was clear of traffic jam and I reached the office before 7:30 am.

See, empty parking space, when I came there were only 2 cars this morning. So blissful!!!!

My breakfast this morning, only coffee cap kapal api, I only took half a packet as I noticed that I find it to be too strong now and yeah...., drinking it daily, no wonder la somehow it's sending a signal to me to slow down on my caffeine...

I used to boast to myself that I can take black coffee or kaw2 nescafe anytime and I must have my coffee, rain or shine,nowadays?...nadaaaaaaaaaaa....it's a definitely no, no now...

So ..happy holidays to my fellow Sarawakians.

Weekend Ramblings only

2011-05-30T12:28:00.000+08:00

Musim cuti sekolah dah mula, so nikah kawin mode is activated till the school holiday ends and I guess it goes on before the fasting month begins. Haish!?? In about 2 months' time, Muslim will observe the fasting month, my...how fast time flies.***shrug***......Since that we were busy attending weddings and engagements last week, I just prepared simple dishes only.

Mix vege soup

Sambal belacan pusuk Sarawak(sambal belacan ikan bilis), I took this only with rice and the soup only and these were the menu for dinner. It's only belacan, ikan pusuk & red chillies pounded together. I prefer to cut the kalamansi lime so that I could take it together with the sambal...gosh!I am salivating already. Udah gik eh! Mun dah makan tok nak, sik boh ada lauk lain agik, memang sik disingo....laju jak jalannya...LOL

Cucur bubok kerin (Cucur udang geragau), this was for afternoon tea...

Thinking of going somewhere during the Gawai Holidays but.....I just can't figure out where and baruk terpikir nak pegi cuti?...Mmmmm...malas eh?...nak balit Miri?...

Haru Biru

2011-05-20T17:06:00.000+08:00

It happened to me today...

Entah apa2 lah nak, I call today as my haru-biru day, why?..I got all my flight bookings mixed up this afternoon and the scariest thing that happened was I totally forgotten details of one of the bookings. I was gasping for something to say when a staff from another department enquired on the flight. Gosh!!!..That bad huh, as I said to myself. Can't blame myself though, I was practically glued to my table the whole day to key-in marks as the dateline was today. I guess I've seen so many numbers that I ended up getting all the details mixed-up. I need a break. A vacation?...Mmmmmmmm...

Marol's and Yani's Wedding on 15th May 2011

2011-05-20T14:03:00.000+08:00

Pelamin yang kacak...

The beautiful couple

Yani dengan Nek Anjangnya

Yani dengan Nek Wanya

Marol with his first cousins, his mom and his aunties

Just some pictures, not that many though, all pictures courtesy of Marol himself. Gambar banyak tapi still sorting and I have no idea what to type now. Till then, have a nice weekend everyone.

Bila Mak Neng & Mak Banang bertemu.........

2011-05-20T13:30:00.001+08:00

Am sure sapa2 yang nengar SinarFM pagi2 tauk sapa Mak Neng & Mak Banang ya. Celoteh sidak duak cukup menghiborkan hati ku especially on the way ke office. Malas nak naip banyak2, diat ajaklah YT sidak duak ya....I follow ....

Mak Banang ya suka nak berkelai manjak dengan Mak Neng....tapi yg selalu kenak ya Mak Neng la nak, sampei kenak tepor ngan bantal Mak Banang...hehehe

Mak Neng berlagu lagu Bosanova....

Mat Salleh dengan lagu merapunya If Couple... tanga jaklah owh, mun sik jenaka bagi some of you sik tauklah...

Ekotkan ati ku tuk nak, mun dpt semua YT Mak Neng k ngkah lam tok, sik hal la...layan jak owh....

Oh My.......................Nigella!!!!!!!!!!

2011-05-19T13:53:00.004+08:00

Before I forget I think I better put this here. Watched Nigella's Kitchen 2 night's ago(it's the latest one as her children are already grown-up teenagers in the program)...and I managed to take down her Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake. Simple recipe, I likeeeeeeeeee very2 much.

Base:

50gm butter
200gm graham crackers
100gm chocolate chips
~~50gm peanut(or maybe 30gm)/~~50gm salted peanuts

Filling:

500gm cream cheese
3 whole eggs
3 egg yolks
dollops of sour cream
peanut butter(she didn't mentioned how much but I saw that she was holding the small bottle)
~~300gm caster sugar~~/200gm caster sugar

Topping:

250ml sour cream
100gm milk chocolate
30gm brown sugar
(melted together)

Sapa lah sik kenal dengan Nigella kan?...She's one of my cooking idol...

That's her husband, Charles Satchi who ironically doesn't eat whatever she cooks. Mmmmmm...

Oklah ..enough of Nigella....

All pictures credit to BBC.

As for the above recipe, I will try that out one of these days, I guess either my sister or Mbok will get this one since both birthdays are coming. I will share it here once I've made the cake ya. As am always baking cheesecakes, I don't bother to type down the methods, cos dah biasa molah kan(in case some of you may wonder...ngeeeeeeeeeee.!!!)

I have edited the above recipe after watching the program again.

Loss? Weight loss? Friendship gone?!!!!

2011-05-11T13:17:00.000+08:00

Everytime aku nanga produk Herbalife teringat la dengan an old2 friend or shall I say my classmate from primary and secondary school. I can say that we were very close then but all those years of friendship were lost one fine day when I told her that I am not interested to diet using herbalife. Actually when she introduced it to me I kept on telling her I would give it a thought and let her know my decision. She was pressing and insistent that I buy Herbalife from her as one of the stockists was her boyfriend. I thought we understood each other and naturally as we were old friends I never thought that she would be this persistent and knowing me, aku sik suka di push orang especially those people selling stuff MLM style and some times I feel that they are trying to shove the products down your throat, eeeeeeeeee geramnya bila dah part main paksa2 ya. So back to my dear friend tadik, initially she was being her usual self, nice and polite and much later I was caught by surprise when I realised that she is not the same soft speaking, courteous girl that I knew back then. She persuaded but I had already decided not to buy the product. I was just not interested at all plus I don't have a serious commitment to lose my weight anyway. So why bother nak meli nak?..When I told her my decision she was totally a different person. She was very upset and saying hurtful things. I don't want to say much, I still consider her as my friend though she thought otherwise...oh well! ...to dear T you will always be my friend despite of whatever you had said to me then. I was very hurt by your words but I have forgiven you and I sincerely hope that you forgave me. Life is short T, move on and enjoy life.

Picture credit to Herbalife.com

After that incident, I heard nothing from her. I tried to call her but she never answered any of my calls and I sent her emails but none from her. Hati batu nar juak eh....tapi aku redha jak T....I pray for your happiness where ever you are my dear friend..

Yesss...

2011-05-09T09:10:00.002+08:00

It's was Mothers' Day yesterday and I made two special dish for my mak A day earlier huh, but so what kan, its the thought that counts. As I mentioned in my previous posting, instead of making Penne in Tomato Sauce, I made Elbows and I baked mak Peanut butter cheesecake. She likes both but commented that the cheesecake was just too sweet for her but it was delish, creamy and turns out to be very nice though the surface ada jerawat sikit. Recipe? The pasta was copy paste from Alongroz recipe's but I added capsicum, coriander and spring onions to add colours to it.

So this is the peanut butter cheesecake. Verdict: Creamy but too sweet for mak but she loved it. The recipe is just a basic recipe for cheesecake but I added peanut butter.

My version of this recipe is:

500gm cream cheese
150gm caster sugar
220gm peanut butter
4 egg yolks
4 egg whites
1 box of nestle whipped cream (250ml)

Base:

100gm butter (melted)
Digestive biscuit (small packet)

Method:

1) Prepare a 9" springform pan and fill it with the mixture of melted butter and digestive biscuit. Put the pan away in the fridge.

2) Beat cream cheese and sugar till smooth, add in egg yolks and whipped cream. Whisk again till batter is smooth.

3) In a seperate bowl, whisk the egg whites till they reach soft peak and add in to (2). Fold the batter gently. Pour batter into 9" springform pan and bake for about an hour or less depends on oven.

Idealess?...No idea? utak sik jalan....

2011-05-06T13:30:00.001+08:00

Hari tok adalah hari sik ada idea bagi aku, yalah bukak hotmail, sik tauk nak nulis apa rah hotmail, ujung2 merajuk ajak kawan sorang nun. Kak ya dlm facebook, kak wish kawan lamak eppy birthday, terlingo-lingo nak reply. Haish....apakah?...Blogwalking dari tadik so timbullah idea nak molah something special for my mak for mother's day celebration. Tadik jalan di rumah Kak Ida tertangalah gambar Peach & Chococlate Chip Cheese Cake, mmmm..cheese ada dalam fridge, whipped cream pun ada, roti digestive pun ada, peanut butter pun ada...ha..bolehla molah Peanut Butter Cheese Cake for mak.

Tok gambar Peach & Chocolate Cheese cake dari rumah Kak Ida okeh..bukan Norly yang punya, tapi Kak Ida's ....love her presentation...see dah ada idea dah ya. Hahaha...Next?...Blogwalking gik rumah Alongroz, and looked up for her pasta recipes and I sort of fell for this one..Along's Penne in Tomato Sauce. Hmmm..but I have a packet of elbows instead of the penne...ahhh...boleh la kan?..ok...I guess I have set the menu for mak this weekend. Insyallah, I have almost everything in the kitchen except that I need to replenish some more eggs, mushrooms and milk....

So folks, these beautiful food piccies are from Kak Ida and Along's blog ok. Kamek pinjam ajak picture yang delish tok to give me an idea what I'm going to cook and bake this weekend. Feel free to check them out, I've put the link in this entry and link is also available in this humble blog of mine.

Bye for now.......

Happy Mother's Day

2011-05-05T17:04:00.001+08:00

I dedicate this to all mothers in the world and a very special person in my life, my mother. No words to describe all that you've done throughout the years. Through thick and thin, and along the way, we shed tears and laughters together and there were some struggling moments in our lives that I could only watch you crying quietly. There were times that I would watched helplessly when you cried out openly.

This is for you mak....

Mak....
Ada ketikanya mak bergembira
Ada ketikanya mak bersedih dan menangis
Ada ketikanya mak hilang punca
Ada ketikanya mak berdiam diri
Ada ketikanya mak merintih mengenangkan nasib diri
Ada ketikanya mak marah

Ketika mak berduka lara, aku bersedih
Ketika mak bergembira, aku ketawa riang
Ketika mak merintih kesedihan, aku hanya mampu memujuk
Ketika mak marah, aku terkedu

Aku sedih bila mak digantung tidak bertali
Aku marah bila mak semakin sakit
Aku sedih bila ada yang menjauhkan diri dari keluargaku
Aku marah bila ayah menghina mak dan keturunannya

Langit pasti cerah, sekali sekala mendung pasti melanda
Namun aku gembira kerna

Mak semakin sihat
Mak semakin kuat semangat
Mak semakin gembira
Mak semakin berdikari

Begitulah mak aku
Mak yang ku kenali dari dulu hingga kini
Mak yang telah bangun dari duka nestapanya
Mak yang telah beroleh semangat baru
Mak yang lebih tenang
Mak yang lebih gembira
Meniti hari-hari yang mendatang

Mak
Engkaulah ratuku
Engkaulah semangatku
Engkaulah kekuatanku
Engkaulah nyawaku

Ya Allah! Ya Tuhanku!
Sesungguhnya engkau Maha Pengasih, Maha Penyayang dan Maha Mengetahui
Limpahkan rahmat ke atas mak ku, sesungguhnya tiada apa yang ku harapkan selain daripada kebahagiaan mak di dunia dan di akhirat.

Puisi/sajak or whatever you call it is specially dedicated to my mak. I love you Mak.

Crazy in love....cinta gila?...or gila cinta?........

2011-05-05T09:43:00.000+08:00

I have no intention at all to belittle someone who is totally obsessively in love but to the wrong person. At times, aku dah angol. Why????? How would you feel if you get the same old questions over and over and over and over and over and over againnnnnnnn!!!...

Which reminds of this which I read in my facebook yesterday, Those who have love, have wealth beyond measure.(this was according to my fortune cookie in my horoscope) But this is not about me, just a young friend ...Like I said, she's in love with the wrong person, yeah! he's a nice guy but he's engaged already. There were countless numbers of time that I would advised her to forget him and move on. Pahal la susah gilak nak move on, degil?..ada masa degil ya bagus, ada masa munuh dikpun...

I can say that this picture does reminds me of her and him.

How would you feel if you get questions like this:-

1) How was he when you saw him this morning? (this question would be asked if I happen to tell her that I bumped into him that morning)and she missed seeing him that morning.

Me: Ney la ku tauk, sik kan aku nak merati nya dari palak sampei ke kaki....aiyaaaaaa...

Her: No response and seemed oblivious to my answer...

Me: Sot!!!!

2) Did you notice whether he shaved off his beard already?..And I would go like this, opened my eyes widely.

Me: Excussssseeeeeeee me ...he's not my boyfriend okeh,,none of my bisness...Ada ku kesah?!!!!Hellllllllooooo........

Her: Laughing away...bencik ku ngan kau eh....

Me: Kak ya, nang juak benar...Sot..aku sik suka nanga orang laki bersomet, berjanggut, beremos dan yang sewaktu dengannya okehhhhh... You're asking the wrong person sayang...

Her: Kau selalu nganok aku sot....kelak aku menar2 sot

Me: Tauk pun... dah berkali2 aku madah kan, udah gik...noooooooooooooo, ada ko nengar .......siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik ada...so sapa susah...kau juak ...akuuuuuuuu juak yang susah nengar cerita bodo kau...tiap-tiap hari gik ya...

Her: No response but gave me that empty look....

Me: Hmmmmmmmm

3) Ko rasa nya cute kah handsome?...uweeeeeeeeeekkkkkk (was my response and I did that right in front of her).

Me: None of the above, frankly I don't see what you see in him...urgggggggghhhh...Next question please?...

4) No question from her and she said: I told him that I don't want to see him again after this and that's the end of the relationship.

Me: Really?..(Sarcastically) I thought you said this the last time, what happened after that?...Masih juak kitak duak kedak ya..You know, it takes two to tango ok..either you make your first move or you'll never ...and don't expect him to do the same, he won't say the word...Men are selfish(not all but most that I've met)......mun dapat semuanya maok...

And after all the interrogating questions she would just laugh it off away and she goes excited,yes! excited...I just wondered what was she excited about anyway.....making her life miserable and trying to act as if nothing happens....***sigh****

I've been in love before but looking at her and offering her the best advices doesn't seem to work at all. I guess that is up to her now. Sooooo..I just have to bear with all her emotions till the whole drama ends...munnnnn juak...

Come to think of it, it's easier to criticize somebody when they are vulnerable.....bukan nak ambik kesempatan but you just have to make them think sensibly. I've been there and done that. It hurts but at the same time it makes you emotionally stronger and to be prepared for anyting, come what may!!!...

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Main masak-masak @ Junior Masterchef Australia

2011-04-26T17:31:00.001+08:00

The 12 finalists. My favourites?...all of them but my top 7 favourite is Isabella, Sofia, Siena, Lucy, Cassidy, Pierre and Jack

Dah basik dah cerita tok tapi I still wanna blog about this. The season Finale was shown at 08:00pm on 24th April 2011 @711 channel over at Astro. I just watched in awe at 12 year old & 10 years old kids dishing up choux pastries and ***sigh***, both Jack and Isabella (the finalist) made me ashamed of my age. I tried my hand on the basic choux pastry and it was quite a nightmare!!! But watching them preparing the pastry, aiyayayayayya….me n my sister was gaping away………….When I was 12 the only thing that I could cook was rice, boiling water and fried eggs. Plus the fact that my mum just don’t trust me in the kitchen with her, she was quite an impatient in her younger days(I guess most mums are, huh?..), I also think that she rather have the kitchen to herself than shouting and screaming her head off telling me to how to cut this and how to do this and that . Oh well, …those were the days..can’t blame my mum either, my dad only wanted us to concentrate on our studies and not spending too much time in the kitchen. I remembered that both of them would say this:, Ësok2 bila dah dapat kerja bagus kelak baruk kau belajar masak. Masak ya bila2 jak boleh belajar…(skrip lebih kurang cam ya lah….)However, I still have my fair share of housechores but the kitchen was the last place for me …………………………………then

As a result of all that, I only started serious cooking when I was 28…..Bla, bla, bla, bla, bla…………………….that was history. Nowadays, I love to cook (but not a good cook yet ok)and am always excited to try out any new recipes that I fancy and blogwalking has certainly helped me a lot plus some helpful advices from my dear mum. Ät times, I think am a foodie and loves trying something new(though I would rather settled for simple dish like salted fish with sambal belacan or pusuk with shreds of onion, birds eye chillies, soy sauce and some kaffir lime juice, heaven!!!) . But somehow, I wish that I have a job like Anthony Bourdain ..***sigh*** minus the non-halal stuff plus other éxotic’ stuff…and yet I call myself a foodie…..ahaks….loba owh!!!! kekekekekekek…

[banyaknya selingan dan iklan owh, maka nak berchegita hal Junior Masterchef(JMC)]

Ok, ok, ok, here I go again, melelat bak kata urghang saghawak. Ok, take a look at this picture. This was one the two dishes that they had to prepare. See that?..Choux (pronounced as shoe) pastry…I had tried to make this twice and it was a total disaster….guess I’m gonna give that a try again after … …later2 la nak….kekekeke…

This pear perfection was in the pressure test.

Both Isabella and Jack did better than the chef himself as per the overall comments from the panel of judges.

This scallop was Isabella’s dish in the invention test. It's called Scallop with garlic custard, seaweed broth and a blood orange jelly. Just look at the vibrant, beautiful and colorful presentation. Looking at this, I don’t know about some of you but I definitely can guess that the cook is a girl indeed.

And this was Jack's invention. Tea-smoked Quail in Citrus Sauce

This won the judge's heart and they were impressed with this. Jack simply crusted the quail with tea..mmmm, wonder what the taste is like....

I am however fascinated with Pierre's invention in Episode 4. He came up with this dish

Name of dish is Lamb Wellington with Spinach and Mushroom Duxcell.

This was among a few that impressed the judges. Am clueless with this one, I was asking myself what is mushroom duxcell?...So I googled and here’s what Mr Wiki (Wikipedia)says: Duxelles is a finely chopped (minced) mixture of mushrooms or mushroom stems, onions, shallots and herbs sautéed in butter, and reduced to a paste (sometimes cream is used as well). It is a basic preparation used in stuffings and sauces (notably, beef Wellington), or as a garnish. Duxelles can also be filled into a pocket of raw pastry and baked as a savory tart (similar to a hand-held pie).
Duxelles is made with any cultivated or wild mushroom, depending on the recipe. Duxelles made with wild porcini mushrooms will be much stronger flavored than that made with white or brown mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms are usually used, however reconstituted dried varieties are used as well. If you want a stronger flavor, use a mixture of both, heavy on the common mushrooms.[citation needed]

Duxelles is said to have been created by the 17th-century French chef François Pierre La Varenne (1615–1678) and to have been named after his employer, Nicolas Chalon du Blé, marquis d'Uxelles, maréchal de France.
And the French prounounced Duxelles as Dooksell..ok, enough of French lesson...dah tauk apa Duxelle tek nak...ok lah ya....hehehe..

Am still not over the show yet but I certainly look forward to JMC 2011. Ok, that's for now.

oh, by the way..the look on Isabella's face when she was announced the winner.

It brought tears to my eyes...

Pictures credit to AAP, Ten Network Australia.

Ramblingsss......

2011-04-22T22:47:00.000+08:00

Aik?...tang ada-ada jak ada gambar telur goreng, ada cerita sebenarnya tapi tunggu lok. It's Good Friday holiday here so come the holiday, come the chores with it. Clearing the laundry, doing some mini spring-cleaning in the bedroom etc. Ok, back to this story of the fried egg..cam ney nak start owh?..cam tok jaklah, last month I chatted with adik angkatku. She's married with 4 kids and residing in Putrajaya. We shared a lot of gossips, hehehe, biasalah nak...so nya bercerita hal perangey anak lakinya...asal makan ajak nya mesti ada telur goreng. Mun telur goreng sik ada, nya mesti nyuruh bibik molah. Ya lah berkenang mun dolok masa nya kecik, telur goreng ya dikira stok makanan tengah bulan. Dolok idop pun bukan senang, I shared that too with her. Come to think of it, I couldn't agree more, I was brought up with that 'culture' of sindrom makanan tengah bulan or bila sontok2 kata urghang sarawak. Another favourite is sardine masak kicap. Aku tauk bila mak dah ngidang sardine masak kicap duak telur goreng, fulus sik cukup lah ya...but I learn to be thankful no matter what. Along the way and as I grew up I began to understand the whole thing. Actually my parents never brought any of us to eat out. Well, those days pun sik banyak food court or fast food kedak kinek tok. I remembered when Sugar Bun first operated in Miri back in 1984(those days, I never even heard of KFC so Sugar Bun was the thing then), I made it a point to save enough so that I could enjoy the chicken burger. . Anddddddddddddd...come to think of it,I mean now, I just realised that the burgers are getting smaller. Another favourite is the fish burger. Waaaa...I could rave on and on and on...LOL

Mmmmmmmmmm ...Ok, ok, ok..back to those days, it was a big thing then okeh!!!.I would always asked my friend to buy me the burger and I would enjoy it during the extra class then.

Telur goreng tok dari dapur Uncle Google, sik sempat nak berambik gambar telur goreng dari dapur ku pun..hehehhe

Yalah beza dolok ngan kinek tok, kedak langit ngan bumi jak bezanya. That's all for now, mata dah ngantok kenak kipas angin. Have a nice weekend and happy easter to all celebrating.

Ijooooooooooo

2011-04-21T14:00:00.000+08:00

Mode: Bahasa melayu sarawak ++++++++ skipping london wak....

Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....ijooooooooooooo nak?...emmmmmmmmmmmmmm..dah berkali aku nukar template aku tok, bila dah ok jak upanya, sekali dah diview macam2 jak accesories bergantung sia2, alu sakit mata ku nanga...kak ya berugak2 agik carik template yg tang nyaman jak upanya...mun diekot ati tok, macam2 jak nak k ngkah ku lam tok tapiiiiiiiiiii....aku lom pandei, like I said in my previous entries, am not a tech-savvy person.

Mupok2 lok nak, ada dapat sikit ilmu ya, practice kan, apa kata pepatah orghang putih tek, practice makes perfect, gia nak?...dah lupak2 juak kedong ku lamak tok sik skipping london gilak cos ada urghang sik nyaman nyawa bila ku skipping...aishhhhhhhhhh....whatever la nak....Ok, will be back soon. Insyallah.

DJ YAZNOR (DJ Norhidayah & DJ Yazid of SarawakFM) ........oooooo Dettttttttttt...

2011-04-19T13:02:00.004+08:00

Mode: Bahasa Sarawak on air!!!

Entry tok ku polah atas rasa penghargaan & kasih sayang ku tujukan untuk DJ Nor & DJ Yazid of SarawakFM sebab inisiatif sidak duak molah program Berkenang(arap maklum, mun nak muntah ijo, silakan...LOL..tapi salut dikpun muntah ya lok, sik pian k nak bermop2 disitok)

Sik terpikir la juak nak post this particular entry tapi bila nanga status facebook DJ Norhidayah(SarawakFM)alu datanglah idea nak molah post tok. Mintak maap la aku tok bukan sorang pencerita yang bagus, sik hu ha hu ha kedak adik ku sorang tok.

AAAAAAnyway, back to the topic, see I skipping london already...sebenarnya aku tok jenis lambat crita kata orhang saghawak, maka dah 6 tahun dah YAZNOR ya on air, aku baruklah sedar 2 tahun lepas tapi mula2 nang sik lalek juak cos standard radio sarawak bagi aku adalah k orang tua jak (nang mudaklah aku tek oooo, aihhhhhhhh...perasannya lok....kekekkee)tapi kadang2 terrrrrrpaksa nengar juak mun sik diamok oleh mak ku, sebab ada segmen berita koga @keluarga...(harap maklum ye kawan2, orghang saghawak ni ada tendency nak memendekkan perkataan, keluarga jadi koga, kali jadi ali, pelik jadi lik...(itupun depends dengan penggunaan ayat dan situasi yang digambarkan)...aihhh...pehal melelat ke tutorial bahasa saghawak indah....ingat tok program senada seirama kah or program sayang sarawak(nan hado itu...)...ok lah, insap gik owh, nak alah2 jak melelat kangkong..ujung2 kangkong ya melelat ke kedai Lock Ann jak..(teringat la dengan rojak suntung/kangkung ya...) aiee., melelat agik..
oklah, sapa-sapa yang pernah nengar SarawakFM akan tauk program Berkenang. Mmmmm..sik tauk juak ..oklah, tok nya YT yang sempat direkod oleh salah sorang peminat program ya...

tok promo program Berkenang, gelik2 ati bila nengar part melobo2 ya oleh DJ AJ, ya juak sorang ya nang good combination ngan sidak duak DJ YAZNOR ..mun dak tiga tok on air, nang ancor lah, antap i tell you....

Tagline: melobo2, kali juak kau tok nisot....

Program tok nang best cos selain daripada ngembak kita balit ke jeman mensia marek, pada masa yang sama program tok banyak ngeluar perkataan lamak orghang2 saghawak yang jarang dipakei oleh mbiak kinek tok. Aku nang sayang menar ngan program tok, apa boleh buat eh....ish...aku nang emosi abis part tok, jaik ati ku ngenang ...bah..dengar jaklah owh k ngibor ati kata ughang tek nak...

Oklah, malas ku nak ngerenyang panjang gilak, mun asa nak nengar, nengar lah nak, mun sik mok nak nisot kedak aku tok kadang2, boh layan owh..g rah sia sinun jak ....

Sebenarnya rasa peras @ frust kata orghang putih, bila program tok diambik aleh oleh orang lain, aku alu sek da mood nak nengar SarawakFM agik. Effective aritok DJ Yazid dah dengan CATS FM. Sik tauklah apa crita disebalik ya but whatever, honestly, it's a big loss to SarawakFM cos the main reason aku nengar SarawakFM because of sidak duak tok yang sekalor tapi nang best, nang best of the best bagi aku..

Benarlah kata pepatah tek nak, yang patah, akan tumbuh, yang ilang akan berganti tapiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii..nak berganti yang sik sama dengan yang dolok koh...aiseyyy..emosi dah aku bila dah part tok...apa kata orghang Malaya tek, ralat?.!!!!..aaaa, nyalah ya...rasa ralat jak...

Bah, okla, aku nak melayan rasa lok nengar YT2 tok...

Credit to: Zahar Othman...maceh banyak2 oiii...dapat juak k ku melepas beraie dengan kelakar nisot dak duak tok...

Ada agik aie...

Dah la aku tok, entry tok khas juak k sidak2 anak sarawak yang nuuun jauh disinun....maybe kitak orghang disinun adalah nengar nak owh, suka jak bah nak mengngegehkan dirik nak share ngan kitak orghang sinun...bah..mupok lok, boleh tahan juak dah kamek tok bercakap di sitok..kekekekeee

Nota kaki oiii: Aku nulis tok sekadar meluahkan rasa sik puas ati at least ku dah melepas segala rasa geram ku sitok, sik juak banyak tapi boleh tahan juak rasanya aku dah ngereco tek nak...and seriously aku sik mengharap sapa2 pun maca ...just sharing of my thoughts only.(aie...skipping agik lok...LOL) bah udah gik ya....

Finally!!!

2011-04-17T01:13:00.000+08:00

Finally, Sarawak's election is over with BN garnering 55 seats and the rest by DAP, PKR & one sole Independent candidate.

So there's check and balance, plus and minus in DUN now. So to all YBs, young and old, the current ones and the newbies...deliver your promises and walk the talk please. No more crappy stuff. Oh and by the way, provocations and gangster kind of approach is a no, no. no in Sarawak ok. We are known as peace-loving people, though some of the ancestors of my fellow brothers and sisters were known as headhunters ..that was history but it's the 21st century folks, so be nice human beings ok, and don't call us names ok. You want respect, you should earn it. It may work now but people tend to get tired of the same tactic.

Demam Election 2011

2011-04-15T12:53:00.001+08:00

D day is finally tomorrow. And I for one can't wait for this weekend to be over. Sarawak is hyped with activities at all corners of the state. It's in the papers, in the media and evvvvvvvvvvvvverywhere, I tell you...
Since that I am not a crowd person (I hate crowds cos everytime am in a crowd I get suffocated easily...) I plan to do so in the morning.

This is the only time you see hoards of ministers and political leaders from West Malaysia in Sarawak, you practicaly bump into them at the wet markets, kopitiam (and if you're lucky you get to share the same table sipping your hot coffee and laksa sarawak with them & the whole troop etc. Whatever la kan, come election, or shall I say election mentality, election mali, YB & menteri mali jugak....mmmmmm..

Posters, flags (you see big2 ones, the small2 ones)are put up everywhere & every little corners that they can think of. It saddens me to see that some posters are more on personal attack. Wonder how some of the leaders feel if their own father are being called old dog?..mmmmm..I can't help thinking.....that the present leaders reflects what the leaders of tomorrow will be. If this is what our next generation have to put up, may God have mercy on everyone.

However, I am very frustrated when I look at how the election fever is going on with the whole state anddddddd country. I just simply hate the provocations. We don't want foreigners parading promises after promises and telling us what is best for the state.

Being the biggest state in the country and blessed with abundance of natural resources that is Oil and Gas, plus the abundance of tropical Borneo forest, it is definitely our pride and joy. Am not going to talk further on that, but come to think of it, and in my personal opinion, I think I understand why the late father of the current Sultan Brunei did not want Brunei to join Malaysia.)

Ok, no more rantings on this political stuff, frankly, am not happy with the whole election thing now as I noticed that there more attack on race and religion than progress and development for the state. I wonder though, did they really listen to their own speeches? I guess it's just for the sake of pulling the crowd and bragging that you have the most crowd ever...!!!!!!!

Whatever the outcome is I want peace and harmony to my fellow brothers and sisters in my beloved Sarawak. Peace.

Happy Secretaries Week Yáll.

2011-04-14T17:03:00.000+08:00

Happy secretaries week to my fellow secretaries. Be it Secretary, Personal Assistant, Confidential Secretary, Confidential Stenographer, Pembantu Tadbir (Kesetiausahaan) or Setiausaha Pejabat, in general we have the same job description yáll (forget the slang ya, dah lamak ada astro beyond di rumah, suka gilak nanga program masakan Paula Deen...those of you yang ada astro beyond pahamlah kan...her southern slang siap dengan sengongnya ya)

This is the general picture of a secretary, in case soooooome of you might not know...hehehe, ada2 jak kan..

Another general picture of a secretary, meja ya kedak meja aku jak...

As for this one, wellllllllll, this picture is among the many that I googled. This particular picture is how some people perceive what a secretary is. Frankly, my last 20 years being a secretary, I have yet to meet one like this. I've been working in a bank & an IT firm before but I've never seen one like this. Of course, we see this in the movies or maybe heard of one but so far no encounter of such kind..hehehee..

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway, I love my job and it's fun cos I get to meet lots of people from different walks of life. Plus the fact that I've been blessed with nice understanding bosses till now. I am thankful indeed for that and couldn't ask for more. I grew up with my job and I matured with every little happenings that came with it. There were some baddddd moments that when I thought of it, it brings the smile in me...and sometimes I wished that I could have done better....mmmm...ok, ok, ok, don't wanna cry over spill milk...what's done is done...(waaaaaaa, KMJ mode dah eh...what is KMJ?..Kenangan Mengusik Jiwa koh...kekekkee)

This is my second year that I am not sent for any secretarial conference. Budget constraints kata Unit Latihan, oh well! can't say much on that, whatever lah kan...I'm at the point in my life that I just couldn't be bothered to go for any conference. I'm thankful however that I've been to many conferences previously, at times some of the stuff mentioned are repeated topics. But nowadays, some consultants even come up with attractive package for eg, luxurious door gifts such as perfume, camera, handphones just to get participants for the program. It's quite an issue now with our training unit. Some of my fellow secretaries were affected, I can only listen to their frustrations, drama bagai la kan!!..Can't help you ladies there,.............. Andddddddd, am not going to discuss further on that. Full stop.

Well, me and a few friends have plans to celebrate Secretary's week next week. What else kan?..makan2 & karaoke jaklah....

Thank you Kjee

2011-04-14T16:19:00.001+08:00

Just nak show-off thankyou card dari Kjee, check out her blog here. Stumbled upon her blog earlier this year and I've been following her blog eversince. Very nice, funny and informative blog. I just love her simple writings. Oklah kan dah cukup promote blog Kjee ya....bah!...click jak rah link kaler bihu ya.

Alfatihah

2011-04-12T09:48:00.001+08:00

Back from work yesterday, my mum told me that mum's cousin fondly known as Usu Dillah @ Abang Zarazella Abang Sebli passed away while undergoing dialysis. He was 48, single and working at Ambank KL. He left a daughter (his own niece actually whom he took care after her parent's divorce years ago). Despite suffering kencing manis, sakit jantung and darah tinggi he remains lively as ever though lately I couldn't helped noticing how frail he was. His passion and spirit to enjoy his life was very obvious, nothing stopped him. You can see and hear him cracking naughty vulgar jokes with friends. Likewise, his friends and families treated him as if he was as healthy as ever.

I remembered that he would buy me lunch or dinner after I helped him typing his assignments when he took his degree course a few years ago. I didn't want to accept any payments from him then so I get free lunches and dinners..hehee...

Al-fatihah to my dear Usu Dillah, moga rohmu dicucuri rahmat hendaknya. You will be dearly missed Su.

Dap dup dap dup

2011-04-04T12:45:00.000+08:00

My head was throbbing eversince last Saturday and my body is tingling with nervousness. I've been in worst situation before but this?.. Apakah tandanya itu?...Mmmmmm...I pray and hope that everything is ok. Good news?..entahlah, hopefully lah....

Al-fatihah

2011-03-18T00:04:00.004+08:00

Petang rabu lepas, around 5 pm, mbok called and told me that Yah(Sharifah Rodziah) was in coma. Aku demam masa ya and mbok was still working. After that I made a few calls to friends that knew her and told about them bout the news. Plan kamek orang tek nak ngabas nya pagi tadik, but when I called another friend, she broke the news that Yah passed away yesterday morning. She was suffering from leukemia. She was single, a successful entrepreneur and bussinesswoman. Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat hendaknya. Dari kejauhan aku maafkan salah silap cos there were some bad times between us. Alfatihah! Amin.

Update: Lekak chatting ngan Mbok tadik, sedih nengar crita Mbok, Mbok ada ngabas tapi sik sempat jumpa jenazah aruah, kakak aruah sempat bercerita, pagi nya nak ninggal ya ..abis jak orang dipesannya nyuruh kamek duak Mbok ngabasnya. aduhh...nangis agik, dah jak terkilan sik dpt ngabas di icu, lagik sedih cos kamek duak Mbok sik da disisinya bila nya melepas. Tambah sedih bila kakaknya madah, lately bila nya jumpa kawan2 cepat2nya mintak maaf, nya dah tauk nya nak pulang ya nya banyak mintak maaf. Aku percayak that aruah ikhlas hati mintak maaf kerananya tauknya banyak melukakan hati kawan2 sebelum tok termasuklah kamek duak Mbok dan niat baitnya dipermudahkan lagi w/pun ada yang sik sempat dijumpanya nak mintak maaf. Ada lagik cerita tapi biarlah sebahagian yang aku share tok jadi teladan kita. Teringat dengan kata Datuk Dr Fadzillah, amalkan memaafkan semua orang sebelum tidur kerana kita sik tauk esok kita akan bangun dari tidur atau tidur selamanya.

Sekali lagi, Alfatihah,

"Face-lift" errrrrr.........."blog-lift"...whateverrrrr

2011-03-07T16:59:00.000+08:00

Image credit to: free.clipart of.com

I have been struggling(hard work konon2 la kan?!!!...) to give my blog a "face-lift, ingat muka ajak k face-lift" kah?.."***giggling****...come to think of it, I guess(in my own way) a blog-lift" ïs more appropriate right? Frankly, I am bored with this template, the font is just too small for my 43 years old eye", plus the fact that I think that this template is not attractive enough. So why on earth did I chose the template in the first place. Me dunno either...laaaaaaaaa, what an excuse!!!

Drooling over all the gorgeous templates.
Image credit to: free.clipart of.com

I have no problems searching for the templates however I had a major problem. Being "a-not-technical-kind-of-a-person it is such a nightmare having to read and trying to grasp the whole idea. First have to download, then the file goes under zip file and then you have to unzip the file and bla, bla, bla....*yikes* aiyayaayayayaya...in between the frustrations of having to endure the whole process, I stopped to think and said to myself..."will it ever end?"..My brain cell it too rustic to digest all those stuff ya. To the lucky ones that can easily understand and able to translate those IT stuff in simple English, of course it's no big deal I suppose. To me, it is....***sigh*** BUTTTT!!! I am saying aloudly to myself that I will get it done and I hope to achieve that say...this weekend...????? Mmmmmmm... hard to say no?!!

Am lost!!!! where do I go, what next? what to do?...

Image credit to free.clipart of.com

At times I am envious of people putting up such efforts to make their blog look sooooooooo colorful and full of stuff, I mean really the good stuff. But of course, looking back at myself,I do not have any intention at all to make my blog a fanciful one. I am not a creative person period!!. My blog will be as simple as I want it to be, afterall, whatever I pour here are simply some scribbles of myself and things that I feel that I want to share here. ***shrug***(and frankly, it doesn't bother me at all if nobody reads my blog).

BLOGWALKING

Blogwalking has certainly helped and gave me an idea what the whole picture of blogging is all about. On top of that, I gained a lot of infos. Whether it's the crappy stuff or informative stuff, people still want to know. And that depends again how you define whether stuff you read is crap or not!. Even if posting ala syok sendirik pun posting juak namanya kan. Oh my!..Dah melelat indah ehs, oklah back to the topic. Talking about those blogs, here are some of them.I love to go to LG reading about her experience with her family in Australia. I referred to some of her recipes too and so far I have already tried one or two recipes already. My family just loved her version of the crustless quiche.

Image credit to: free.clipart of.com

Another blog that I must visit daily is CMG This guy can really cook and I just love his food presentation and simple recipes. He even shows you to do them step by step. I tried some of his recipes and all turn out to be ok. Tapi CMG merajuk la aritok, I guess some irresponsible party has upset him again. Just click the link peeps.

Likewise, I would go to almost all the cooking blog there is and some of them are already my favourites, for eg this one, this one this one

And for some non-cooking blog, I love to hang out here
, here, here, here

this Borneo Lady too, and once in a while I like it here

For some fun and laughter I simply love this one Coki and at times maca miak
tok ngerepak.

Last but not least of course, I certainly wouldn't want to end up like this lady here trying to install a new template successfully. LOL!!!

Image credit to: free.clipart of.com

Terapi menghilangkan marah................layan jaklah owh....

2011-03-04T13:08:00.002+08:00

While typing subject ya, I was second-guessing already, mmmm...whatever lah, ati masih geram ngan marah setegal keretaku dilanggar lari oleh si pengecut yang dayus dan ngok-ngek itu. Dalam melayan perasaan marah & piluk di ati, aku masuklah forum cari tadik, kiranya nak maca gossip lah tek nak, dah masuk rah bod gossip lamak2, terjumpalah macam2 YT lamak, so hasilnya tok lah, found some nice YT of those familiar faces and familiar songs that I grew up with. Terasa nostalgic jak bila nanga YT2 ya. Enjoy lah mun rasa nak enjoy, jalan2 ke jeman mensia ketika aku masih remaja..cehhhhhhhhh....nang ada?..!!!!

Toklah rupa Shiela gik mudak2 dolok, sik byk berubah kan, masih kecik2 tapi adalah sikit expansion sia2..but I just love her to bits la...

Tiba2 jaik ati(sebak kata urang malaya) jak nanga YT tu, Al-fatihah utk
allayarhamah Seha. My favourite group juak tok and my favourite duo.

Gelombang - Heavy Machine. Now and then will still stop and listen to the song and sing to the lyrics whenever it's on air.

My idol dolok2...Al-fatihah to Allahyarham Junainah Amin (bini M.Nasir)sebelumnya kawin dengan Marlia Musa. Twinnya Junaidah is married to S. Amin Sahab, sidak duak selalu molah lagu dengan Alleycats dolok tapi rasanya kinek tok S. Amin Sahab concentrate dengan lukisan nya ajak. Kumpulan Feminin pernah ngembak lagu tok but I still prefer the original though.

Aha...paling suka and rindu lah dengan group tok, Farah and Yasmin dari Spore, nama kumpulan Queens, Farah yang pernah jadi bini Aman Shah dolok tapi dah bercerai dah(spt kata gossip Aman Shah is a well-known casanova during his hey days...)...entah siney gik tuju sidak duak beradik tok...the last time I read up somewhere Yasmin is married to an Australian of Arab descent. I missed them. Lagu tok famous when I was in Primary 6(1980)...agak2 berapa dah umo makcik tok..

Last one..................... for now(takut ada urang muntah ijo kelak..LOL)sabar jaklah owh...

Debu dihati dari cerita Ali Setan. Aku suka lirik lagu tok, nang jiwanglah bila Ebby molah lagu..dunno what happened to him now tapi lagu/lirik polah Ebby nak banyak jiwang. Sekali sekala melayan jiwang boleh lah but not too much la, umas sa nyawa, sik pian nak berratib sendu jak2....

Layan jaklah sia, boh manas2...ilek2 jak sia....

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2011-03-03T15:23:00.000+08:00

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Geram Ati dengan pengecut

2011-03-03T05:32:00.000+08:00

I had a shock of my life when my car was hit and the culprit got away with it again. And it happened at the staff car park again. Sik tauk sapa pengecut ya, it could be our own staff, student or orang luar yang parking sia, lagikpun yesterday banyak supplier ngantar tender ke office***sigh***..Ya Allah! Sik tauk la kenak species manusia kedak ya sik pandei nak madah kah or just leave a note somewhere di sia....nang sakit ati menar lah ati ku petang marek. At first when I looked at the dented door and the scratches that came with it, I was sort of lost and macam sik ada perasaan jak masa ya. entahlah...I called my sis and my bff Mbok and told them about it. I just renewed my roadtax and insurance the previous day..nak claim insurance agik..?...noooooo...sik mok ku ngaco NCB kereta ku ya...

Jaik ati ku nanga scratch ya....geram ajak sik pat nak molah apa....sabar jak akuuuu...Ya Allah! ya jak dapat diluah setiap kali ku ingat dgn scratch tok.

Cengkenk rah pintu ...gerammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

On the way back baruklah terasa sakit ati ngan sedih ngenang dikpun. Rasa macam nyawa melayang jak and it seems that I was floating away aimlessly. I'm not the type that easily gets headache easily tapi on my way balit marek, my head was throbbing slowly, sampei rumah, took dinner and slept after that. I woke up around 4 pagi tadik, cooked for my lunch-pack and ngadap pc terus venting on my anger and frustrations away. Marah?!!! sik guna jak marah kelaluan, species yang molah ya sik da depan mata, mun ada mok juak kenak sepatah duak ayat ku, namun nak nyumpah orang, not me...I just wish nya responsible enough to admit ****shrug*****...ah..sik guna juak ngerepak ngereco, nok dah jadi, aku redha tapi nang sik puas ati lah...

Sudirman dalam kenangan

2011-02-23T17:23:00.000+08:00

Pic credit to ricky

Mun diekot rasa ati sik ada juak nak post hal aruah Sudirman. It's known already and there were a few entries about him here and here It's been 19 years since he passed away. Banyak la cerita tentangnya, namala artis, sik pernah lari dari gossip etc. I believe none of those crap and in my own little way, I pray that he would get well soon then. But it never happened. After all these years, he is dearly missed. But am not here to talk about any of that except that I am one of his fans, I grew up with his songs and to me he is simply unbeatable and he is in his own league. Program tv dolok pun bukan mcm kinek tok,macam2 channel ada sampei sik tertanga agik nok ney. But knowing me, I spend most of the time watching AFC, TLC, Criminal Minds, Oprah, NCIS (just to name a few of my many2 favourites) Aih!..Jauh juak melelat aku tek owh...ok back to cerita aruah Sudirman tek..

My favourite songs?...banyakkkkkkkkkkkkkkk........Amongst the many2 is Penganggur, Anak Gembala, Basikal Tua (this particular song was very popular somewhere in 1980 if am not mistaken) aku masih ingat lagi video ya, whereby Sudirman berempas pulas jak nak berbasikal ngembak aruah Yusni Jaafar dibelakang. I can't seem to find the YT on this one though.

dolok2 masa frust nang sik dapat nengar lagu tok...mmg nangisssss...

Al-fatihah. Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat hendaknya.

TGIF

2011-02-11T17:26:00.000+08:00

Skemanya title entry kali tok. Boring eh! Weekend is here again, come to think of it, alang2 jak ari senin kerja owh, kakya PH gik ari Selasa sempena Maulidurasul. Next weekend is our family day di Damaipuri (betul nak kah spelling ya)...it's been ages since I set foot di area Santubong. Bukan nak bias kah apa but I prefer the beaches in Miri compare to the ones here. Jgn marah oii kitak org yg suke ke Santubong beach ya...dah la jauh, you don't really enjoy the whole stretch of beach, I mean..not that I would want to take a walk along the whole stretch of course but.***sigh****...the Santubong beach does not seem to fascinate me at all. I've been to Sematan and Lundu, the beaches there is much better than the ones at Santubong. Biasnya aku...mmm..I just can't help it at all. If Miri is as near Sematan and Lundu memang ku agak bah. Ok! Ok! Ok!..Udah lah ngerepak hal beach ya...alu berjakok...haish!..

These pictures were taken during my last trip to Miri. I miss these sight.

just looking at this picture is enough to bring me peace..

Pure blisssss.....

Opss...tajuk di atas TGIF..tapi kelakar hal beach, mmm that definitely shows how much I miss Miri. Next trip insyallah. I must!!!!

Sambal ikan bilis n kentang aka (dalam bahasa sarawak - Sambal tumis kentang goreng ngan pusuk)

2011-02-11T12:52:00.001+08:00

I made this beautiful, super duper easy recipe for dinner last night, while blogwalking I found this here
My Kuali: Sambal ikan bilis n kentang

This is my version, nang nyaman lah and this is definitely in my favourite list already, super duper easy and darn simple. I didn't make any alterations or derhaka to the recipe at all. It's divinely heaven!!! Ya! I know it's only pusuk but the combination of oyster sauce and honey, I tell you ...is mindblowing!!!... Ok! Ok ! Ok! enough of the drooling...ahaks!!!.and all that over a simple dish...nyaman haih!!!..coba lah!!!!...you won't regret it!!!

Credit to the blog owner. Tq for sharing the recipe with the rest of us here in space. Ngeee...

Baking spree...ngeeeeeeee

2011-02-07T12:42:00.001+08:00

Entah apa-apa jak tajuk ya, but anyway I just wanna share here that I was on a baking spree (macamlah banyak gilak yang dipolah ku ya...ahaks!!..)during the last CNY holidays. I made a crustless quiche, I mentioned in my earlier posting that I'm not good with pastry, my hands are too warm to do the rub-in-method (I have yet to try using the food processor though, as suggested by Rachel Allen in one of her programs)and bread pudding. Anddddddd...the pudding tastes better a day after...yummylicious indeed. Definitely I'll be making the quiche again,of course I will since that the whole thing was gobbled up on the day itself by my dear sister. (Must be delish to her, tho no comment from her yet....perhaps I make another one plus loads of cheese she would say otherwise..hehehe)

This crustless savoury quiche turns out to be nice and less salty, I have to consider my mum too, she's on strict orders and that is not too salty or too sweet. Will make it again and will put lots of potatoes, sausages, pepper or chilli and loads of cheese. Walla...

This bread pudding turns out to be nice too though aku derhaka banyak2 dengan resepi tok ...LOL!!. Initially I followed the recipe but halfway through, there were lots of additions especially with milk and sugar content...alas am happy that everyone enjoyed it. The pudding too was gobbled up yesterday. Will definitely make that again ...real soon...cos I watched Anna Olson preparing bread banana pudding last evening and her version was super duper simple and saves me from hunting for double cream. Those double cream are not cheap, for a packet of 250ml it's RM5.50 (pricey ya...) whereas a box of 1 litre is around RM14.00 to RM16.00. I have to think I mean really2 think if I were to get one. At times I wish that all those good stuff esp creams, cheese, butter and cereals are cheap. You must be wondering why I used the word hunting huh!..this stuff among other things is very pricey and believe me you don't get to see this on the shelves of every supermarket in town..but if you do, you might as well grab one cos it's like now you see, now you don't(you hardly find any after that.If you're lucky you get to see it again a month later but different brands keep popping out!) Looking at the prices nowadays, it has become luxurious to enjoy good food be it in your house!!!! ****sigh****...what?..am fretting already...

I have quiche in mind...

2011-02-02T17:19:00.000+08:00

Esok dah cuti raya Cina..I have a few things to do for this coming holiday, ney ada kerja lain, masak la...been collecting some recipes for the past few weeks and I sort of have listed down (sounds like soooo many2 kan..LOL) a few or rather 1 or 2 (sure kah you, one or two only....that I plan to do this week. See lah, what I can come up with...either I'll be doing Potato quiche, peanut butter cheesecake, nasi ayam penyet or maybe another try of moist chocolate cake. Mmmm.....pikir lok...I have more or less have all the ingredients that I need already...

I saw something like this at one of my favourite blogs recently and am hooked to do it already, why?..the recipe does not need any pastry dough..honestly, I always seem to fail when it comes to making a pastry dough...so when I found out that this particular quiche is crustless, wallla.....I told myself am gonna do it. Picture is credit to chezus.com

Happy Chinese New Year 2011

2011-02-01T17:06:00.002+08:00

Chinese New Year is about less than 2 days from now and it's bustling with last minute shopping everywhere. It happens every year, be it CNY, Hari Raya or Christmas,Gawai and Deepavali. But I simply love the festive atmosphere. You see red all over the places, red lanterns, red calligraphies in total, I see red everywhere. I therefore take this opportunity to wish all Malaysian Chinese plus my own Chinese cousins a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2011.

Testing ajak...

2011-02-01T13:00:00.004+08:00

I must say that I'm having fun with my blog today cos you know why, I've managed to change the font (which I will change again later...) and I've added my signature too. Am just typing this particular entry to see whether I've been successful or not,........... considering the fact that I simply hate technical stuff. Oh well!..No harm trying kan but believe me, for now I just to stick to the basics only...lelah eh merugak tenet tok up and down.....

Ramblings

2011-01-31T17:07:00.004+08:00

I was so busy making CNY cookies for my mum's friend last weekend. Tired!!!!...Woah...you know, when it's not the time for to bake anything, I have the tendency to dilly-delay here and there. Rasa malas ya nang ndak ku tauklah ....and I could here my mum asking me over and over again, bila gik kau nak molah kuih Pui ya?..***sigh****Ya ku malas (dlm ati jak....)Ok, so I managed to bake 2 cookies yesterday, the chocolate chip and pineapple tart. Yalah, kotan dah malas ya, sik sedar one tray angus...nasib adunan biskut yang banyak mun sik nak ke lelah aku molah agik...(which of course, I don't have any intention to do it again...)

Poor me kan (I keep telling myself,it's the weekend and with CNY just a few days'away, my mind is focused on the sales. CNY is always the best time to do some serious shopping, almost all the supermarkets and departmental stores are showing off their best sale items which, am telling you is simply super duper irresistible!!!) I've been wanting to buy a few things ...apa barang2 ya...sorry not sharing it here....ahaks!!!...

Well, gotta go now...will update later2....daaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Halfway in January 2011

2011-01-20T08:23:00.003+08:00

No, no, no, am not going to apologise or ramble about why I was away from blogging since last November...tsk! tsk! tsk!..none of that okey...definitely I'll be doing some postings soon. Till then, my next entry coming soon.

Mini gathering

2010-11-29T13:33:00.006+08:00

Azie muji gelang ku kac, gelang adik ku ya oii.....hehehe... daripada lengan ku yang bulat kedak panda ya kosong pakei ajakla yang matching ngan baju...

Pose candid dari Azie...

Dah nak abis tahun 2010, baruklah dapat berjumpa dengan geng2 tegar ku dari Bod Sarawak. Malas nak announce rah board, selalu di announce, banyak macam jak cerita, last2 the same old face jak yang datang. One more thing,padah pun kelak, ada yang sik jujur ambik kesempatan nak tauk sapa kamek orang, kak ya madah dalam board ada nengar orang gathering....dah alang2 ke sia, tang join ajak owh....Aieee... ai berjakok2 indah lok...hehehe. Al-kisahnya tek 4 orang yang dah confirm datang, last2 3 orang jak yang datang, Ema tek ada hal last minit. Whatever, it was to catch up on loads and loads of gossip. It was fun though, dah lamak sik jumpa esp with Ida....kamek tiga Azie & Ema dah jumpa riya bila pengilan nikah BG bulan June lepas. Hopefully to see some crowd at the next gathering....mmmm

Geram???

2010-11-24T15:25:00.003+08:00

I just don't know what to put as the title of this entry but after seeing the pictures, geram lah ya..but not that very d geram kata urang, just geram ajak. Well, that gives me a stronger point to counter attack someone out there. Apa kata urang tek, mengata dulang paku serpih, mengata orang dia yang lebih. Whatever it is, aku just nak melepas geram ajak. Just can't help feeling geram, afterall aku hanyalah manusia yang tidak sempurna.

Kek Raya Aji

2010-11-18T12:27:00.002+08:00

I made these 3 cakes for raya aji celebration, kek Ati Parek, cheese cake and cheese choc fudge cake.

Pulang

2010-11-12T13:57:00.002+08:00

Lekak sorang2 artis kita ninggal tahun tok, latest was Allahyarham Shamrin (vocalist Fotograf)Masa remaja aku membesar dengan lagu2 group tok. Mun dibanding dengan lagu2 kinek tok masih sik dapat melawan lagu2 dolok. I guess the 80's and early 90' still rules.

Alfatihah. Moga rohnya dicucuri rahmat hendaknya.

To do for raya aji?..

2010-11-09T17:04:00.002+08:00

Been planning to make brownies since last week but I was bogged down with loads of thing...nak molah jak, ada2 jak bendol ngaco. Now that raya aji is round the corner, my mum dah ngeluar book resepi aku. Waaa...nak molah kek apa tek mak?..hehee...Me?..I plan to make 1 - 2 cookies this weekend ..and opss...ada kawan order kek ati parek 2 cuan plus kek lapis choc cheese..ok...halfway blogwalking trying to carik infirasi apa k polah raya aji kelak, mun ekot rasa nyawa tok semua nak k polah...

See lah, what I'm going to do later...checking2....tsk..tsk...tsk!!!

Monday????...

2010-11-08T13:31:00.004+08:00

It's Monday!!!!!Yeahhh!..what can I say, first2 thing eh, I had to iron 3 baju awal pagi tadik, reason being, the first two tops were white and I didn't notice the yellow smudges on both tops. By the time I wore the 3rd top, it was already 7 am. Still, I manage to calm myself tho getting a lil panicky already. I simply hate to face the jam around that time tho am driving an auto car. However, I was happy that I arrived before 8, about 0740am to be exact.Must be laju kan, kata kawanku tadik...entahlah deng, sik pian gik nanga meter ku ya... Phew!...

Once I reached the office, all the 3 bosses were in. Wah!...p sik hal la nak, I came before 8. Then, it struck me, two of my colleagues are on leave and that meant I'll be serving 3 bosses today. Mmmmmmmm...kak ya?..dah kerja nak..polah jak lah, tp alhamdulillah all 3 were very nice except for a few occasional enquiries and instructions from my own immediate boss..the rest was history and manageable. Lamak dah aku sik busy gila kedak pagi tadik. Thankfully, I managed to juggle the tasks and clear the pile (not that many but enough to steal the breath out of me)before 12:30 today.

In between photostating stuffs (and with the photostating machine meragam awal2 pagi), delegating the other photostating loads to the office boy, answering calls, making a few calls, flight cancellations and sending & replying emails(need to think oso ma, ingat reply or antar2 emel sukati jak kah, salah ayat mmg mangkong palak dirikpun)...haaaaaaaaa....happy I... I just love my job!...

I made two mistakes today, I ommitted two names in my email list and was reminded by the missing person themselves...ehehehee...sori Dr2 sekelian...

Second mistake, typo error, instead of typing 8 November 2010, I typed 8 October 2010, senyum jak boss madah (senyum sindir kah Boss?..what the heck, I apologised immediately and he smiled...whatever!!!)

And the conversation goes like this...

2010-11-05T14:13:00.003+08:00

L: I miss him!

N: Is that a statement or declaration ger?... Sabar jaklah. Btw, nak nanyak kau...Are you in love with him? (Thought about it initially but didn't manage to ask her then)

P: Yes, I am!. sik pernah aku rasa cam tok not even with my x-bf.

N: owh????!!!...ok (clueless what to say next...and after a while while rummaging thru the papers in my hand and looked at her) Kau tauk kan he's engaged so I hope you just let go lah, it's not easy ok, I've been there and I know, it hurts but you have to decide what's best for you.

P: I don''t have a choice...(she gave me the kesian look)

N: ooo sayang... You have choices and you can decide you know, kau jak sik maok molah choice ya. Still, if you want to suffer and wait for him, up to you but honestly you are wasting your time. Kau masih mudak bah.. 26 yrs old only..be fair to yourself...(actually wanted to say some more but I fear that she would think that I am such a nag and talking way tooooo much...so I just stop there..teehehehe...over kan?..)

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She walked up to my table and sat in front of me with her shoulders hunched. (Doh!..dah parah mbiak tok eh!) said to myself

L: Benci aku eh! (And then she put her head down on the table) Nya sik sms aku agik...! She looked at me again.

N: (Smiled) Biarnya bah..give him space, aku dah madah ngan kau nak...sooooooooo?... do you know that you are being so pushy! You're giving him more pressure la...nya serba salah ya, nya tunang orang bah and it's a complicated relationship ok. Kau org luar, orang lain akan nyalah kau bah ....let it rest ok...

L: Aku tauk tapi aku sik suka bah...

N: apa yang kau sik suka...nya sik kedak dolok, masa mula2nya kenal ngan kau...?

L: aoklah, I miss the old him!

N: Biasalah orang laki, mula2 nak kenal, ayat-ayat jak power koh and then malar jak bersms, kak ya....ish.....malasku nak madah eh, you know the drill....

All these conversations happened within this week, every now and then she would come up to me and share with me her thoughts and feeling. Ada lagik sebenarnya, tunggu lok ah....to be continued.