Patin & Pasta

Hampir..

2012-02-13T11:05:00.001+01:00

..beku. Koi snap gambo ni awal pagi tadi, masa kome gi setel hal dokumen. Minah kat opis tu la kabo yang permukaan atas fountain kat luar tu beku. 30 tahun dia keje situ, ni pertama kali jadi. Huhu!

Tahun ni winter tojuk benor. Satu Spain dok either yellow or red alert. Keknye tojuk benor pon, pekan ni tak de la sampai salji ke hapa ye. Muaha!

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Let's go karipap healthy

2012-02-10T11:14:00.002+01:00

Koi bapok le suka nye makan karipap. Tak kira la inti mende pon, sardin ke, kentang ke, ayam ke, sayur ke.. semua pon koi bedal. Keknye karipap pusing yang merekah-rekah gitu.. koi kurang sikit. Sebab? Sebab nak makan tu leceh.. asyik berterabur je kulit karipap. Hehe!

Anyway..

Saja nak share kepada semua peminat karipap di luar sana nun. Kalo rasa teringin amat nak makan karipap keknye dalam kepala dok ligat pikir nak kurangkan makan mende-mende bergoreng gitu.. ha no worries. Ada caranye untuk anda tidak merasa gundah gulana, kempunan makan karipap.

Kalo tak mo rasa muak dengan inti kentang ke hapa, buleh ubahsuai inti guna ayam + sayur. Tak de la rasa karipap asli tu kan, keknye sekali sekala ubah selera. Apa-apa pon, ikut suka la nak bubuh inti amende.

Dah lepas klim karipap tu (koi guna kulit empadana ready made je) and instead of goreng, buleh susun kesemuanya dalam baking tray (spray minyak sikit dulu). Tuh dulu. Sekarang koi lapik baking tray dengan baking paper, and then baru susun kesemua karipap. So tak payah nak spray minyak langsung la. Memang tak melekat langsung.

Lepas tu bakor dalam oven. Suhu dalam 160-170 C, api atas bawah. Koi suka guna suhu rendah sikit and bakor lama supaya garing, crispy.

There you go folks! Karipap v2.0. Ahaks!

Have a lovely weekend!

Pakej berkesan.. mari mari mari!

2012-02-09T18:44:00.002+01:00

Tak sangka la pulak kalian suma berminat kat pakej nasihat + pelempang koi tu yek. Ahaks!

Meh koi nak promote lagi pasal pakej tu.. sebab ternyata berkesan tau! Haha!

Hari ni si Tomi meeting dengan budak tu. Dia firm, tak de jadi pak sanggup dah (harap jangan hari ni je la). Dalam banyak-banyak mende yand budak tu tanya, ni antara soklan-soklan mencabar minda..

"So I can call the coordinators and ask them if I need something?"

What the what? Koi malas nak komen.

"How do I get their contact numbers?"

Again, what the what? Dah dekat 3 tahun keje pon still tak buleh nak pikir camno nak dapatkan no tepon rakan sepejabat. Ye, budak tu based kat Filipina keknye still dalam kompeni yang sama (HQ kat The States). Sama la macam si Tomi, based kat Spain.
Dalam outlook tu segala contact numbers dari phone extension sampai la ke personal number, suma ada.
Kalo tak buleh sangat, emel direct je and tanya. Tak susah, kan?

Dalam budak tu terkial-kial dok cari template and formula bagai, si Tomi terus kabo yang dia tengah sibuk dengan keje dia, keknye the konsep of doing the report is like this and this and this (yelah kan, dah tau nak meeting keknye tak prepare pastu buang masa orang kan? wah.. garang koi). Terus budak tu toned down segala attitude dia.

Si Tomi ajak budak tu go thru segala demands dalam list (yang budak tu buat) and dengan selamba je dia tepis segala. Dia siap kabo kat budak tu "You know what M**. The one thing that I've learn in this company is, nobody's gonna give you this and that, all set and ready. You need to figure them out. Find a way."

Budak tu dah commit untuk submit reports hari ni (deadlines dah lepas pon). Dalam 30 minit lepas meeting, buleh budak tu tanya si Tomi, buleh tak dia tolong buatkan 2,3 reports sebab budak tu rasa dia tak sempat nak siapkan. Buleh? Selama ni budak tu dok buat mende pon tak tau.

Koi kabo "Pretend that you're sorry, you wish you could help but you're chasing your work deadlines too (which is 100% true.. except from being sorry. haha!)." Dia pon kabo kat budak tu gitu (thru chat), siap over-acting menambah ayat lagi.

Koi bagi thumbs up and puji "You did great!". Dia sengih-sengih and jawab "I know.". Buleh? Haha!

Anyway, satu part yang koi memang akan ingat..
Tomi: "I was firm but not in a fighting way."
Koi: "Being firm doesn't mean that you wanna fight."
Tomi: "Yea I know, and it's something that I'm learning." (alahai.. kesian la pulak koi dengor)
Koi: "Yea in know but you did really good today. You did everything perfect. You did great!"
Dia sengih beriya. He looked so pleased and happy with himself. :)

Despite our disappointment and frustration this morning, they all faded away when I see his pleased face.

Aaaaaaaaaaaalrighty!

So terbukti berkesan tak pakej koi? Sesiapa nak, sila amik nombor ye. Haha!

Claypot chicken rice.. yummeh!

2012-02-09T16:42:00.000+01:00

Sekali buat.. nak lagi! Dan lagi.. dan lagi. Muaha!

Koi buat ni few weeks ago, sebelum gi Madrid baru-baru ni. Todap weh! Tak sangka la pulak sebab senang benor je nak membuatnye. Walopon buat pakai periuk biasa je and tak pakai claypot keknyer rasa tetap pergh! Macam biasa koi adjust sikit, kasik pedas.. lagi kaw.

THE RECIPE

Claypot chicken rice (resipi asal Claypot Chicken Rice by Seasaltwithfood)

Marinate:
Pieces of chicken (cut into medium small size) + dark soya sauce + oyster sauce + ground white pepper + ground ginger + sugar + sesame oil + corn flour + salt = set aside for 1 hour in fridge

Sauce:
Oyster sauce + dark soya sauce + sweet soy sauce + sesame oil + some hot water to dilute

Rice:

Cook basmathi rice like always (with bit less water than normal). Use wide pot so that the heat distributes better, cooks them chicken better.
When the water is almost absorbed, place them chicken on top (including the marinate juice) + sauce + some bird eye chilli.
Cover pot and continue cooking on low heat. Flake the rice now and then (as needed, to ensure them chicken properly cooked). Sprinkle chopped onion springs and serve piping hot. Yummeeeeeeeeeeh!

Thanks Seasaltwithfood for this amazing recipe!

THE CRAP
Well.. it has been a busy and kinda let down morning (and meleret sampai the whole day).

We went to settle some papers.

We lack of some papers *shocker!*

We were mad and dissapointed as information changes based on the person who's in charge at particular minute.

Well, life goes on. Have another appointment in the next few weeks. Let's see.

Serak..

2012-02-08T19:01:00.000+01:00

..suara sebab baru lepas berleter kat mamat tu.

Ok la, bukan berleter.. tapi nasihat. Atopon kata-kata semangat. Ahaks!

Al kisah nye..

Dia ni perfectionist, over analyst, susah nak cakap "No" and play by the rules.

Kalo tulis emel ala-ala penting sikit (bagi koi tak pon.. haha!), ha gerenti akan panggil koi untuk check and kasik pendapat. Tu baru sebut pasal kasik pendapat, belum sebut pasal last-last koi yang duduk kat kerusi dia and taip emel.

Ayat mudah samada nak tulis "Yes." je or "Yes, it's ok." pon menjadi debat.

Even tho keje kat rumah, jangan harap dia akan berenti keje sebelum pukul 6.30pm. Kadang dah pukul 7.30pm pon still ngadap keje.

Even tho keje kat rumah, lunch break dia sejam je. Jangan harap dia nak lajak berjam-jam.

Kalo cakap kat tepon (perihal keje) and ada mende-mende yang dia tak expect, ha gerenti dia akan terima je. Lepas letak tepon baru dia akan cerita kat koi and mula dengan ~~over~~ analyzing process dia tu, and baru la dia akan rasa samada mende-mende tu patut or tak patut.

Kalo orang pass keje kat dia, dia tak reti nak cakap "Tak" or "Tak tau" even tho keje tu sah-sah bukan keje dia. Dia akan rasa obligated untuk buat or cari solution or answers or cari orang yang kena buat keje tu.

Kalo masak (once in a blue moon gitu), tak de istilah agak-agak or campak-campak. Kalo resipi kabo bubuh gula and lepas tu tepung, jangan disuruh bubuh tepung dulu and lepas tu gula. Kalo resipi kabo segenggam, dia akan tanya semula.. segenggam penuh ke, ngam-ngam ke and size genggam pon buleh dia persoalkan.

Ok, sebelum koi meleret and merapu.

Tadi ada budak opis dia emel tanya pasal job scope budak tu la bagai, demand segala list keje, demand dia support budak tu (sebab budak tu kena buat 10% dari keje dia) and whatnot.

Apa kes?

Koi pulak jadi hangat hati. Koi kabo la, awok tu bukan bos budak tu pon.. pehal lak nak pecah kepala layan kerenah dia (to cut it short, budak tu jenis makan suap, semua mende nak diajor and ditunjuk. contohnye dah ajor dia buat report untuk plant A. Bila suruh buat report untuk plant B, dah tak reti wahal sama konsep la dengan plant A. Nak copy paste row dalam excel pon buleh budak tu tepon dia tanya. Buleh? Tak de inisiatif sendiri langsung). And regarding semua mende-mende yang budak tu demand, lantakkan jek. Takkan sampai ke tahap nak ajor budak tu camno nak pikir? What the what?

Koi mula la ~~membebel~~ nasihat, cuba tengok orang lain tu.. senang je tolak keje (yang obviously keje diorang) ke sana sini dengan ayat mudah "I don't know." Dia kena belajor buat mende yang sama, moreover bila tu bukan keje dia pon.

Koi bunyi jahat, kan? Haha! Bukan jahat keknye dia ni bendul sikit. Semua mende pon dia nak tolong and bila sampai masa dia mintak tolong orang lain, diorang apply ayat mudah yang sama "I don't know.". Sampai bila, kan?

Keje dia, dia yang buat. Keje orang lain pon, dia kena buat jugak? Haish!

Time koi ~~membebel~~ nasihat tu, nada koi mula la meninggi (sebab tu la serak suara ni aa.. haha!), sampai dia kabo "Shhh.. don't yell, my neighbors can hear you!" Tapi betul, kalo koi tak ~~membebel~~ nasihat, dia dok bendul gitu la. Keje opis ni memang tak buleh nak lurus bendul macam dia tu, asyik kena pijak la jawabnye. Kena pretend-pretend sikit and be smart. That's the truth, if you like it or not.

Kalo orang cakap something yang dia rasa tak patut, then response to it. Make a comment. Bukan suruh maki ke hapa (kita bukan hidup dalam zaman batu), tapi to make the other person get the message or hint.

Koi keje opis dalam 10 tahun gitu, so koi tau la kerenah opis camno (cewah!). Dia baru 4 tahun gitu.. mentah lagik. Haha!

Lepas habis ~~membebel~~ nasihat, buleh dia kabo "Calm down, don't get mad. Ok, you can go do whatever now. I have work to do." Kalo koi buat pakej nasihat dengan free pelempang.. agak-agaknye buleh tak?

Circus in town

2012-02-08T15:10:00.003+01:00

Ponat.

Sampai sini pukul 9.50pm smalam. 4 jam dok dalam ketapi memang kematu bontot. Nasib baik diorang pasang cerita Captain America (audio Spanish macam biasa la kan), so tak de la busan tahap gaban ~~or nak terjun keluar ketapi~~.

Baru tadi sempat godak kamera and download segala gambo travel hari tu. Ternampak pulak satu folder "Sirkus" ni. Gambor-gambor bertarikh bulan Aug 2011 nun, tahap pekasam dah. Entah koi dah bubuh kat sini ke belum, koi pon dah tak ingat. Haha!

Apa-apa pon, koi bubuh jek la. Kalo dah bubuh so ni kira siaran ulangan la :).

Setiap tahun memang akan ada diorang buat sambutan gini kat pekan ni, sempena pelayaran Christopher Columbus tu la. Setiap tahun ada tema berbeza. Tahun lepas tema low budget (krisis la katakan) so tak de la meriah benor (ni parents dia la kabo sebab diorang suka pergi tiap-tiap tahun).

Sendat dengan orang weh.. macam pekan sari kat Temerloh nun.

Typical food dari sini time dolu-dolu sampai la sekarang.

Low energy consumption lighting. Sebab tu la ala-ala malap sikit :D. Ni kira salah satu cara nak jimat kos la. Hmm.. kalo nak jimat, tak yah bubuh lampu terus. Masing-masing pakat bawak lantern. Celedik koi.

Segala macam gerai ada. Gerai nasi lemak je tak de.

Typical kerusi meja kampung zaman dolu-dolu.

Budak-budak pakat kerumun. Mak Pak budak-budak pon numpang gak.

..kecuali "Mak Pak" yang ni :D

Teringat Adik cerita pasal Inchi bila nengok natang ni. Adik temankan si Inchi naik natang gini kat IOI nun sebab Inchi kemain nak naik. Mula duduk atas kuda tu, bapok le suka nye dia. Keknye bila natang tu mula berpusing jek dia pon mula la meraung. Takut. Haha! Koman sungguh!

Ada berani naik? Koi tak berani, takut natang tu runtuh tak buleh tampung berat koi. Muaha!

Senor Krueger.

Ada berani? Sekalu hayun terpelanting ke.. haru.

Halal.

My favorite picture of all :)

Ok, selesai. Ngantok la pulak. Wawawa!

Breakfast..

2012-02-07T10:39:00.001+01:00

..not at Tiffany's. Bukan juga dekat restoren Saniah.

Setiap pagi bila jalan cari tempat nak breakfast, koi sokmo terbau nasi lemak sambal tumis ikan bilis. Dengan telur rebus pon koi terbau. Haish!

Komen dia "Oh my god!".

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Salam Maulidur Rasul

2012-02-05T07:09:00.001+01:00

..kepada semua.

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The.best.

2012-02-04T21:40:00.001+01:00

Ice cream.Ever.

Perisa dulce de leche and cheesecake. Taukeh dia orang Argentina, so dia buat aiskrim style sana. Ada orang tu riak sebab orang kampung dia.

Maya: thanks beb! Asyik Maya je jalan-jalan, saya jadi jeles! Hehe!

Cahya: set! Nanti kita naik ketapi sekali ek, bawak bekal kopi dalam tumbler kiut tu. Hehe!

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Chu chuuuuu!

2012-02-04T12:52:00.001+01:00

Naik ketapi Renfe. Ada orang tu kalut book ticket sampai terlupa nak pilih seats. Kome dapat seats yang ngadap dengan orang lain. Tepat 7.48am ketapi bergerak and kome tukor seats. Nasib baik tak kena marah ke hapa. Huhu!

Koi bekalkan sandwich, air loyal kopi and apple juice. Daaaaaan wafers and cookies. Muaha!

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I'm leaving..

2012-02-04T06:53:00.001+01:00

..not on a jet plane, but on a train. Ahaks! Will try to blog if there's WiFi available. Till few days folks, have a love weekend. Ta ta!

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Sevilla

2012-02-02T18:04:00.002+01:00

A day trip to Sevilla, 2 weeks ago.

Koi pon dah lupa apa sebabnye kome gi Sevilla hari tu. Koi rasa Mak dia kabo ada exhibition barang-barang kemas zaman dolu-dolu kat muzium sana. Sebut muzium jek koi pon terus setuju. Ahaks!

Dah alang-alang ke sana, kome singgah kejap kat Makro. Dah alang-alang kat Makro, koi rembat la sos tiram sebotol.. besor! 2 liter punya botol, harga 17eu gitu. Mahal gila weh keknye kalo tak rembat kat sana, mana nak carik kat pekan cowboy ni kan? Kiranye lepas ni tiap-tiap hari nak buat sizzling mee pon no hal. Muaha!

Anyway (sebab tu la koi maleh nak ~~cakap~~ tulis banyak-banyak, sebab nanti kang koi merapu je)..

Cantik dan besor rupanye Sevilla nih. Tak sangka la pulak. Koi dok ingatkan besor sikit je dari pekan ni. Memang koi salah sangka sungguh. Dia kabo tak pe, nanti buleh plan properly untuk datang melawat Sevilla (yelah sebab hari tu pon dekat tengari gitu baru kome bertolak).

Tu gambo kome merentas park (lupa nama) untuk ke muzium. Koi suka sebab buleh praktis snap gambo pakai Manual function. Keknye dalam terkial-kial set itu ini, dah kena hambat dek mamat tu suruh cepat. Ces!

Muzium arkeologi Sevilla. Entrance fee.. free. Dibuka sepanjang tahun (Mak dia salah info la ni sebab dia kabo minggu tu last day of exhibition).

Satu mende yang menarik perhatian koi kat muzium-muzium sini adalah para pengunjungnya yang terdiri dari perbagai peringkat umor. Young couples (baya sekolah menegah gitu) ramai. Dalam dok berkepit and dengan gaya fesyen selebet bebudak gitu (hehe!), diorang nampak berminat sungguh dengan segala pameran kat muzium. Parents yang bawak anak-anak (siap sorong stroller bagai) pon ramai. Geng-geng veteren yang jalan bertongkat pon ada.

Gambo bot/sampan kecik kat sungai Guadalqivir (sungai kedua terpanjang di Spain) tu sungguh perfect kan? Tartessos, Baetis and Al-Wad Al Kibir tu nama-nama sungai tu di zaman dolu sebelum dinamakan Guadalqivir. Wad or wadi bukan maknanya macam air or takungan air gitu dalam bahasa Arab? Siapa tere Arab weh? Mira? Koi teka-teka je ye, bukan nak bawak dakyah tau. Hehe!

Muzium tu ada terbahagi kepada 3 tingkat. Kome mula dengan underground level. Ada 10 display rooms yang merangkupi zaman prehistory and protohistory. Ni semua artifak yang diorang jumpa.

Ni level 0, ada 18 display rooms that includes Roman era, the late Roman and Middle Ages to the Modern age. Roman statues. Amazing how those statues were perfectly carved from the rumples of the clothes to the muscles of the body, eh?

Haha! Ni pandir! Koi macam biasa la, sibuk snap gambo itu ini. Mamat tu keje hambat koi. Ayah dia panggil kome and tunjuk montot (gambo kecik) tu and kabo tu montot idaman dia. Ayah dia jenis pandir sikit, kalo tengok iklan kat tb (iklan perfume ke hapa) and ada model laki dengan body berketul gitu, dia dengan muka selamba and serious akan cakap "La bila masa pulak diorang amik gambo koi ni? Amik tak kabo.. tak bayor pulak tu." Dialog setelah ditranslate ke bahsa Pahang. Muaha!

Anyway.. koi tanya dia, nak koi amik gambo montot idaman dia ke? Dia dengan muka serious gitu kabo ha amik amik. Pastu bila kat bilik mana entah, ayah dia panggil koi and tunjuk montot ala berkurap gitu. Koi kabo la, ni montot berkurap. Ayah dia dengan muka serious explain kat koi kat batu mamar (ye kan mamar?) ada sejenis penyakit gitu. Rupa macam kurap, mula-mula kecik je tapi akan merebak and sampai satu masa akan menyebabkan batu tu pecah. Haha! Koi bukan gelak kat explanation dia tu, koi gelak kat camno dia beriya nak explain pasal penyakit batu mamar.. kat montot Roman statue.

Ok tutup kes montot.

Ni pulak segala batu bertulis Roman. Tu tiang yang diorang susun semula exactly macam diorang jumpa. Amazing, uh?

Mosaics. Aging from thousands of years ago. How beautiful and amazing to be looking at arts from thousands of years ago.

Ni pulak batu bertulis peninggalan Islam. Dijumpai pada tahun 1022 (yang pertama) dan tahun 1085. Begitu halus seni tulisan and ukiran kat batu dan pasu/bekas tu kan? Amazing!

Ni kat level 1, houses the library, rooms for temporary exhibitions, an auditorium and internal work areas. Koi rasa Mak dia terkeliru dengan perkataan "temporary exhibition" kot. Hehe!

Finally kome gi tengok barang-barang kemas yang Mak dia kabo tu. The legendary El Carambolo treasure, a symbol of Tartessus and unique in the world for its exquisite decorative styling and composition. Juga paling tua/antik di Andalusia. Kesemuanya diperbuat daripada emas and hand made. Setiap bentuk ada makna nya ~~yang koi tak pay attention :D~~.

So begitulah al kisah di muzium. Kome balik terus. A day well spent :).

Hari ni..

2012-02-01T10:44:00.001+01:00

..terasa kurus satu saiz sebab dalam masa sejam, dah dua kali berurusan dengan toilet. Penangan sambal terung semalam. Terseksa namun daku gumbira. Muaha!

Ok, sambung keje. Busy bee!

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Tojuk

2012-01-31T02:31:00.001+01:00

.. todap makan ni.

THE CRAP
Dah lama tak makan crabs. Mahal gila sekarang ni. Sekilo entah berapa (mahal benor sampai harga tak lekat kat kepala otak koi). Ketam masak lemak cili api. Pergh!

Hmm.. tak pe la, tunggu harga murah sikit. Tunggu.. tunggu.

Tukor channel..

Sejak dua menjak ni tojuk amat. Koi yang banyak lemak ni pon gigil. Muaha! Kalo tempat yang bersalji bagai tu camno la ek, mau berkelubung atas katil jek.

Tanaman koi.. memang tak tahan tojuk. 80% habis mati kesemuanya. 20% lagi dok amik nombor. Pokok serai dari hijau dah jadi warna merah maroon gitu. Buleh? Pokok cili toksah cerita la, habis kerepot. Koi jadi malas nak tengok sebab nanti jadi sakit hati. Muaha!

Tunggu la. Nanti koi nak buat macam Kak Min Lemongrass. Tunggu.. tunggu.

Tukor channel..

Kalut sikit lately. Ke hulu ke hilir. Tak nyempat nak skodeng blog kawan-kawan. Nanti la dah reda sikit. Tunggu.. tunggu.

I am..

2012-01-29T22:36:00.001+01:00

..watching this again. Yup. Nite nite!

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I am..

2012-01-29T00:59:00.001+01:00

..watching this. Again. Helps me sleep. Nite nite!

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Seeh lagi

2012-01-28T23:26:00.001+01:00

Pukul 11pm. Kome baru habis makan. Seeh!

Ada orang teringin nak makan sushi. So koi angkut la segala barang ke sini (baik sungguh koi, kan?). Dah lama tak gulung sushi so hasilnye sushi macam tak cukup sifat. Keknye senang dengan diorang ni, semua pon sedap. Semua pon belasah. Haha!

Dalam teringin nak makan sushi tu, orang tu teringin nak makan tapas dengan blue cheese jugak. Toast dengan caramelized onion + blue cheese on top.

At the end, buat dua-dua sekali. Koi bapok le seeh sampai Mak dia pelik bila koi tak mo desserts (aiskrim). Koi pulak pelik matnye diorang still buleh makan. Perut stokin sungguh!

Ni la aktiviti kome time weekends. Makaaaaaaaaaan je keje nye. Haish!

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Quiche lagi & On the roll bebeh!

2012-01-27T16:52:00.002+01:00

Again, go ~~gadget~~ veges go!

THE RECIPE

Instead of guna puff pastry, koi guna filo pastry lak. Extra crispy, me likey!

Fillings of bunga kobis (stim/rebus separuh masak) + shredded carrot + feta cheese + 3 beaten eggs + seasoning + pizza cheese (sprinkle on top).
Bakor at 200 C, bottom fire fan on for 10 minutes. Then lower to 170 C, top bottom fire fan on, bakor sampai masak/filo jadi crispy.

THE CRAP

Back on the roll! Bukan garlic roll ye.

These past few days koi jadi ketua kampung, sibuk tepon sana sini. Ahaks! Adik and husband dia pon join jawatan, keknye diorang ke hulu ke hilir. First phase Along and De, second phase Adik and husband. Macam main pass baton gitu. Hehe! Harap dokumen sampai minggu depan.

Kelas aerobik semalam.. superb! Haha! Memang sah Cikgu Lina mereng. Semalam molek pulak dia ajor steps satu persatu. Siap datang menari sebelah koi lagik (tapi semalam koi tak perlukan dia sebab steps semalam senang je.. haha! riak sungguh!). Lagi satu mereng si Cikgu Lina ni adalah.. selama ni dia ingatkan koi orang sini, cakap Castellano (Spanish) sebagai bahasa ibunda. Buleh?

Alkisahnye semalam sementara menunggu Cikgu Lina, koi berborak la dengan member-member kelas (dalam Castellano). Kebetulan kome dok borak pasal sorang minah ni masuk kelas belajor English and Cikgu Lina datang nyampuk. Dia tanya kenapa dengan English? (besa la.. intro orang datang nyampuk kan? hehe!) Minah tu (Patricia nama dia) kabo la sebab koi cakap English, tu bahasa utama koi kat sini. Cikgu Lina terus tengok koi dengan ekpresi muka macam dia diberitau yang bumi ni segi empat. Buleh?

Dia kabo selama ni dia dok ingat koi memang orang sini sebab dia dengor koi borak guna Castellano macam orang sini jek. Pastu selama dia bertegur-sapa dengan koi, tak de bunyi macam koi orang luar jek. Koi pulak bubuh expresi muka macam koi diberitahu yang bumi ni segi empat. Haha! Koi explain la, kalo dia cakap laju macam ketapi tu.. ha memang koi tak buleh nak paham la. Castellano koi pon bukannye molek benor sebab koi pakai belasah jek.

Pastu ada sorang lagi minah ni nyampuk dia kabo dia ingatkan selama ni koi American. Buleh? ~~Terasa macam koi ni hantu shape shifter lak. Haha!~~ Koi kabo la dengan muka koi gini, tak de gaya langsung. Koi dari Malaysia. Malasia. :)

Ok enough merapu. Nak siesta. Kepala dah berat. Mata dah ngantok. Semalam tido kol 6.30am. Ahad ni maybe gi ke kawasan hutan gunung pekan ni. Me likey!

Have a lovely weekend folks!

I've been kissed..

2012-01-27T03:37:00.001+01:00

..on the.. err cheeks, by these smacking luscious red lips!

..well by none other than our sweet-and-funny-world-traveler blogger friend, *drum-roll pleaseeeee!*.. Dieeeeeeeeeyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Here's the story.

I got a parcel yesterday. THE parcel, mind you.

It's from Malaysia. Wohooooooooo! And it's from Dieya! Double wohooooooooooo!

Was so excited when I heard the ting-tong at the door. Was exhilarated when the mister-postman handed me the precious and keenly-awaited parcel. Had to control myself from jumping like a monkey in front of the mister-postman. Hehe!

I fast took pics (of course!) and opened it. And jeng.. jeng.. jeng!

This picture says it all. Wohoooooooo! The orange-yellow MALDIVES (don't play play) seahorse and MAS miniature airplane join the rest of the bunch on my fridge. They look perfect babe! Me likey!

Thanks Dieya for all the trouble sending me not only 1, but 2 lovely fridge magnets! They came intact and perfect (how can they not, with the your TLC wrapping, eh? :D) I love them both! And I love the postcard too, beautiful! And you know what? Tommy said "Thanks Dieya, for the airplane!"

Apa kes pulak?

Ahh.. because he just went retarded for it! Dok belek beriya sambil buat bunyi kapalterbang, I kid you not. And that's the airplane.. in his palm. Haha! I don't know how long I can hold on to the airplane till the day when he comes and takes it (which I know is gonna happen soon).

Again, THANKS girl! Un beso y un abrazo!

Nawaitu

2012-01-26T19:03:00.001+01:00

..nak ke kelas aerobik ke tak kejap lagik. Malas tu memang la malas. Isk! Ngantok la pulak.

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Kuih bakar berlauk.. awok kena buat, Along!

2012-01-26T10:23:00.000+01:00

Todap!

THE RECIPE

Along, ni koi tulis resipi kuih bakor yang awok mintak tu. Todap weh! Awok kena buat jugak, belasah je pakai loyang.. no halnye. Koi pon belasah pakai bekas muffin bagai. Hehe!

Kuih bakar berlauk (resipi asal Roti Boyan & Kuih Bakar Berlauk oleh Rossyabakes)

Inti:

Guna sedikit minyak, masak dan keringkan air daging (daging kisar lebih kurang 300 g).
Masukkan rempah kari daging + lada sulah + garam secukupnya. Ketepikan

Bahan hiris & tabur:

Daun bawang, dicincang
Daun ketumbar/sup, dicincang
Lada merah, dihiris
Bawang goreng

Bahan A:

150 g tepung gandum + garam = gaul, ketepikan

Bahan B:

Sangai 1 tsp biji ketumbar + 1 tsp jintan manis = kisar halus, ketepikan
400 ml susu (substitute santan) + 2 biji telur + garam + serbuk kunyit (untuk warna) = blend/pukul sebati, ketepikan

Cara:

Preheat oven at 180 C, top bottom fire, fan on. Grease loyang/bekas dengan sedikit minyak.
Campurkan bahan B + A, blend/pukul sebati. Masukkan daun bawang + daun ketumbar/sup, kacau rata. Ketepikan.
Panaskan loyang/bekas di dalam oven lebih kurang 10 minit. Keluarkan loyang/bekas and ready untuk curah adunan.
At last minute, masukkan bawang goreng ke dalam adunan tepung dan kacau rata. Curah adunan ke dalam loyang/bekas sehingga paras 3/4.
Masukkan inti. Tabur dengan daun bawang + daun ketumbar/sup + lada merah + bawang goreng.
Masukkan loyang/bekas ke dalam oven dan turunkan suhu kepada 160 C. Bakar selama 20 minit or sehingga masak.

Dah 2 kali koi buat guna resipi ni, memang best! Guna bawang goreng lebih sikit, lagik pergh. Koi guna sikit je sebab bawang goreng Omma pos hari tu tinggal dalam segenggam dua jek. Muaha!

Menyampah

2012-01-25T22:40:00.000+01:00

Baru balik dari kelas aerobik. Menyampah!

Sebab?

Sebab dari awal lagi dah rasa malas nak pergi. Sejuk, malas nak keluar. Mamat tu paksa jugak pergi. Menyampah!

Pastu kelas hari ni memang mereng. Entah hapa-hapa steps je si Cikgu Lina tu ajor. Hari ni 8 orang je datang termasuk koi. Si Cikgu Lina hari ni ajor ikut sedap dia jek. Ajor steps 2.5 saat pastu terus next step. Pastu next step. Pastu pusing. Pusing pusing and pusing. At the end koi yang jadi pusing. Menyampah!

Pastu koi rasa didiskriminasi (tetiba). Ahaks! Maybe sebab dari awal lagi mood dah tak best (nawaitu tak betul la tu), so semua mende pon koi nak hangat hati jek. Koi terkial-kial dengan steps mereng Cikgu Lina tu, tak de lak dia datang tunjuk ke hapa. Keknye ada sorang minah ni, steps senang amat (dalam tido pon koi buleh buat) dia tak reti.. beriya si Cikgu Lina datang tunjuk kat dia. Menyampah!

Mamat tu kata kan dah tau Cikgu Lina memang gitu. Kadang dia orait, kadang dia mereng. Abaikan jek. Yang penting koi gi kelas untuk bersenam (kira suruh koi perbetul nawaitu la tu). Koi tau la koi gi untuk bersenam, bukannye koi gi untuk bercucuk tanam. Ahaks! Patut at least dia join la komplen sama pasal Cikgu Lina, sejuk la hati koi sikit. Ini tak, koi pulak kena leter. Suruh tukor attitude bagai. Ingat koi suis lampu ke, buleh on off dalam masa 2.5 saat.. Menyampah!

Dinner tadi koi makan nasi lebih tengari + scrambled eggs + 1 toast with butter and marmalade + 2 toasts with nutella as fillings. Sia-sia jek gi kelas aerobik kalo balik makan tak hingat dunia. Menyampah!

Sekian, terima kasih.

Wordless Wednesday

2012-01-25T10:26:00.001+01:00

Wordless Wednesday

2012-01-25T01:49:00.005+01:00

Selamat..

2012-01-24T11:41:00.001+01:00

..tak kena check gigi. Muaha! Daku terasa sungguh gumbira!

Orait, dah setel gambo klinik. Nak download and sort. Nak sambung template abang dia lak lepas tu. Busy bee.

And lapor bee!

-posted from my mobile-

Oh yea oh yea..oh tidak!

2012-01-24T08:58:00.001+01:00

Ada jugak orang yang iktiraf skill photography koi. Haha! Ayah dia mintak koi amik gambo klinik dia (perlu skill ke?) sebab dia nak jual. Nak bersara.

Dia laki ringan mulut suruh ayah dia check gigi koi, dah alang-alang koi nak gi sana.

Koi tak mau!

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Zucchini carrot quiche

2012-01-23T16:20:00.000+01:00

Go ~~gadget~~ veges go!

THE RECIPE

Preheat oven at 200 C, bottom fire.
2 grated zucchini + 1 grated carrot + sauteed 1/2 onion + 3 eggs, beaten + crumbles of feta cheese + seasoning (nutmeg + black pepper + chicken seasoning powder + oregano + cumin) = mix all together
Place pastry puff in baking container. Pour in fillings and spread evenly. Fold and tuck in excess pastry. Bake for 10 minutes.
Change to top and bottom fire, reduce to 180 C. Bake until filling's set and pastry's golden and crisp. Serve hot.

Such a simple and yummeh way to eat veges. Me likey!

THE CRAP

The weekend was.. great! I get to talk to my family. I get to gossip with my Along. Ahaks! It was perfect. :)

Along said some of her friends have been following my blog for quite a while and it took me by surprise as I'm so freaking sure that nobody reads my blog, except for maybe 3 or 4 blogger friends. It's nice to know that I have 2 or 3 more people reading my craps here. Ahaks!

Special note: To my Along's friends, thanks and don't expect anything useful in here. Haha!

And ohhh.. on Saturday we went to Sevilla. 1 day spent without lazying on the couch watching tv. Wohooooo!

All these times the only places that we went whenever we go to Sevilla are Makro and Ikea. Sad, uh? On Saturday we drove around in the city (unintentionally as we were lost.. haha!), went to the museum and I now have new opinions on Sevilla. It is a beautiful city. He promised we would go back to explore more and I will definitely hold him to that promise :).

Maybe I'll blog bout Sevilla in a day or two.. or this month, or this year. Ahaks!

Bee

2012-01-23T10:00:00.001+01:00

Tojuk.

Hari ni busy. Busy bee.

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Ahad update

2012-01-22T18:49:00.001+01:00

Lazy Sunday.

We had asado. One word, Yummeh! Directly after lunch his mother baked a lemon cake. As for me, directly after lunch I called my beloved family.

Omma dah tido. Awal, pukul 10pm dah tido. Ponat sebab gi makan kenduri 3 tempat hari ni. Hehe!

De and Ujang lak gi Cameron Highland. Tak plan hapa and bila sampai sana, suma hotel fully booked. Tepon sana sini nasib baik dapat apartment. Kalo tak, sia-sia je. Haha!

Along lak dok tengah tido, ponat ulang alik ke toilet. Hehe! Koi tak kira, dah lama tak bergossip dengan Along. Paksa jugak dia bangun. Dari bercakap dalam mamai sampai la gelak ngekek. Lama borak. Me likey! Tak sabor nak tengok 'bibik' Along rambut blonde. Haha!

Adik bertiga lak balik Johor dulu. Ahad kot baru balik Pahang. Nanti buleh la tengok Inchi shuffle. Hehe!

Ngantok la pulak. Kalo koi terlelap kat sofa ni and TERberdengkur, mau okojot lak diorang. Isk!

-posted from my mobile-

Couscous.. Kalut

2012-01-19T15:01:00.000+01:00

Morocco style bebeh!
THE RECIPE
Couscous:

Masukkan 1/2 cawan couscous ke dalam mangkuk, ketepikan.
In pan, using EVOO tumis bawang putih + chopped red and green capsicum + serbuk perisa ayam + serbuk jintan putih (cumin) - lagi banyak lagi todap, sehingga kesemuanya agak layu.
Masukkan 3/4 cawan air dan biarkan mendidih. Tuangkan ke dalam mangkuk berisi couscous, tutup kemas dengan paper film dan biarkan couscous kembang selama 10-15 minit.
Drizzle some EVOO and gemburkan couscous. Serve dengan lebihan oven roasted chicken yang 2 hari lepas punya, yang dah diubahsuai dan dimasak semula dengan carrot, spices dan gravy. Ahaks!

THE CRAP

Kalut minggu ni.

Dok arrange segala hal dokumen.

Petang ni nak kena gi pejabat pos. Kena rushing sebab lepas tu ada kelas aerobik lak.

Talking bout aerobic. Kelas semalam punya lah mereng! Haha! Cikgu Lina tak de, so cikgu lain ganti. Dia chubby macam koi tapi bergerak macam lipas kudung. LAJU benor, tak terkejor kome semua. Semput weh! Time cooling off tu buleh dia duduk, spread her legs and bend down her upper body sampai dahi dia cecah lantai. Buleh? Koi tak attempt nak ikut buat pon sebab dah tau, memang tak buleh buat. So koi gelak je la. Budak-budak lain pon pakat duduk and gelak je. Haha!

Weekend ni penuh aturcara kot (Yehaaaaa! Tak de la busan sakit bontot ngadap tb je).
Sabtu maybe gi muzium.
Ahad maybe gi hutan. Me likey!

Update on the so-called-another-titanic episode. Buleh captain kapal tu turun dulu dan biorkan semua krew and penumpang gitu je. Tak de arahan abandon boat ke hapa langsung, dia lari sorang dia je. Punca dia navigate kapal tu terlalu dekat dengan pulau tu sebab nak bagi head chef dia lambai-lambai kat family yang dok kat pulau tu. Buleh? Sampai sekarang, 24 people are still missing. *sigh*

Happy birthday De!

2012-01-19T10:41:00.000+01:00

Hepi besday to you!
Hepi besday to you!
Hepi besday to De ~~kongkang~~!
Hepi besday to you!

Tak pernah nye tak ngantok kalo tepon, penampo jugak! Muaha! Koi ucapkan a wonderful happy birthday to you dear sista. Wishing you happiness and have a lovely birthday! LOVE and MISS YOU!

Muahs muahs muahs!

ps: Omma kabo tahun ni nehi kek mahai. Haha!

Ganamos!

2012-01-19T00:06:00.001+01:00

Barca vs R.Madrid. First match in 2012. 1-2!

Tabek sama itu Puyol and Abidal! Tabek sama itu Messi for being cute. Ahaks!

-posted from my mobile-

Carrot cake/muffins.. and wusa!

2012-01-18T16:47:00.000+01:00

Cake.. muffins, the recipe suits it all.

THE CRAP
Has nothing to do with the food at all.

Am in a relieved and cheerful mode today.

One; 2012 marks a challenging year at work. His company announced of their downsizing and it started in the States 2 weeks before Christmas. Around 100 employees were let go. For Europe, the laying off process is still not done for Germany and Italy. Luckily it finished in Spain last week, with 8 employees were let go. He's safe, fortunately.

With the new re-structuring (again) he's now back reporting under Europe, with new boss. Yesterday his colleague from Philippine told him that he heard (men do gossip, eh?) from somebody that Tommy was gonna be working in Italy.. and that he was already in Italy. Weird because Tommy was supposed to have a meeting bout his work with his new boss only today and Italy was never mentioned on the phone before.

So the whole day yesterday we were discussing how to go about this matter. He doesn't wanna go back and forth to Italy (with his flying thingy).. more when if he was meant to do the same tasks like he's doing now. It doesn't make sense.

The meeting today was at 10am. He asked me to stay in the room and listened so that I can comment and hint him things. Haha! I think I was more nervous than he was. Now and then he would raised his eyebrows and I would give him a thumbs up, indicating that he was doing good. Now and then he would write down questions to me on a paper and I would write back the answers. Haha! We were so.. ridiculous. But hey, it worked! He's not going to Italy. Well yea there are some changes in the work but the bottom line is, no Italy. Muahaha!

Two: Things are finally moving again.

THE RECIPE

I've used this recipe over and over again but have failed to jot it down in here for my easy reference. No, the recipe is not a fail, do not read me wrong. The recipe is just perfect! Everybody loved it. Definitely a keeper!

Baked this for tea time last Sunday. The recipe yield 1 carrot cake, bread loaf size and 10 carrot muffins. Love its soft texture. THE carrot cake for me :)

Carrot cake (resipi asal Morning glory muffin oleh Rinnchan)
Bahan A:
2 cawan tepung naik sendiri + 2 tsp baking powder + secubit garam + 3/4 cawan brown sugar + 2 tsp ground cinnamon = satukan di dalam mangkuk, ketepikan.

Bahan B:
200 g grated carrot (or anggaran 2 cawan) + 1 biji epal merah (size besar), potong dadu + 1/2 cawan walnut, chopped + 1/2 cawan coconut flakes = satukan dan masukkan ke dalam mangkuk bahan A. Gaul rata.

Bahan C:
3 biji telur + 1/2 cawan EVOO + 2 tsp esen vanila = beat together in a separate bowl, stir into flour mixture. Mix until just combined.

Preheat oven at 175 C. Grease and flour breaf loaf pan. Pour mixture into pan and the balance into muffin cups. Bake for 20-30 minutes (or until cooked). Muffins take less time to cook.

Cream cheese topping (resipi asal Carrot apple cake oleh Rinnchan)
250 g cream cheese + 4 tbsp butter + juice of 1/2 lemon + 1/3 cawan gula icing = beat until fluffy and spread on carrot cake.

Thanks Kak Rin for this perfect recipe!

Yeay!

2012-01-18T11:19:00.001+01:00

He doesn't need to go to Italy. Yeay!

Again, yeay! *crazy tribe dance*

-posted from my mobile-

Urgh part 2

2012-01-18T10:18:00.001+01:00

He's in the meeting now. I'm listening. My heart is racing like crazy.

-posted from my mobile-

Urgh!

2012-01-18T06:19:00.001+01:00

He's gonna have the important meeting at 10am today. Can't sleep good thinking bout it.

This is it.

-posted from my mobile-

Cute!

2012-01-17T16:33:00.000+01:00

I served him these a few minutes ago.
He snapped this picture and put it in his twitter.
Cute! Haha!

Happy belated birthday Abang Ngah!

2012-01-17T14:56:00.000+01:00

Dok dengah baca doa makan time sambut besday. Cilok dari FB Abang Man :D

Selalunye anak kedua memang unik kan? Abang Ngah memang geng dan satu kepala dengan Mak Ngah, wohoooooo! Mak Ngah ucapkan Happy Birthday untuk Abang Ngah! Kalo tak baca buku pon buleh top 5, kalo baca buku camno la gamaknye yek? :D

Muahs muahs muahs dari Mak Ngah!

Baked fish and chips

2012-01-17T11:11:00.000+01:00

Let's go healthy..

THE CRAP
Life will never be easy. If it was, we would not appreciate it. Today's a new day, so let's just inhale it and.. smile :)

Tukor channel..

I don't fry.. almost never. Here frying is seen as.. a sin. Haha! But I kid you not.

Well, at least a sin according to him and family. Goreng cekodok and keropok tu buleh kira dengan jari je. Mula-mula tu rasa menyampah pon ada (ahaks!) tapi sekarang dah terbiasa. But I do have my fix of cucur udang now and then (hmm.. been months already since my last cucur udang).

So the other day I made fish and chips with a tiny twist.. baked.

THE RECIPE

Baked chips with thyme

Pre-heat oven at 200 C, grill with fan.
Scrub clean 1 potato, cut into thick strips, arrange in single layer on a plate, micro on max for 5-7 minutes (until half cooked).
Sprinkle EVOO + salt + thyme + black pepper, coat well. Arrange them in single layer on baking tray (on baking sheet).
Bake in oven (highest rack) until one side is crispy. Turn them over, continue baking until the other side is also crispy.

Baked fish with piri-piri

Preheat oven at 190 C, grill with fan.
Pat dry fish medallions (I used hake, round 1 inch thick). Prepare 2 bowls. 1 containing 1 beaten egg + salt, the other containing breadcrumbs with parsley.
Season medallions with salt + black pepper + piri-piri. Dip 1 medallion in egg, coat well. Put it in breadcrumbs, coat well. Dip it back again in egg and then breadcrumbs (double coat makes it crispier). Put it in a baking tray (on baking sheet).
Repeat until all medallions are done. Spray some EVOO on them and bake (highest rack) until one side is golden. Turn them over and continue baking till the other side is golden. Serve with baked chips. YUMMEH!

I am..

2012-01-16T17:30:00.000+01:00

.. disappointed. People change I guess.

New Titanic

2012-01-14T21:28:00.001+01:00

Italy. 3 dead and 70 still missing. Victims claimed reliving the horror and panic as if they were in Titanic.

The captain is detained. Safety and emergency procedures weren't executed properly. That's sad when the whole world know what happened to Titanic.

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Can't get enough..

2012-01-14T14:48:00.001+01:00

..of sizzling chicken mushroom yee mee that am makin it again for lunch. Keknye tak bubuh mi kali ni, tiap-tiap hari makan mi kang haru la pulak.

Lapor!

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Adeh..

2012-01-14T11:48:00.001+01:00

..malasnye nak bangun! Ni la kalo jadi batman, tido kol 6am. Dekat 12 tengahari pon dok berkelubung lagi.

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Sizzling chicken mushroom yee mee

2012-01-13T22:34:00.000+01:00

THE CRAP
I LOVE sizzling chicken mushroom yee mee. My sisters and me always had our fix at Giant Kinara. RM3.50/plate. I loved it so much that I even went there after work for tapau. Sanggup rempit sebab kat area Bukit Jalil tu kalo lambat sikit, ha mula la jam beriya.

Have never thought of making my own sizzling chicken mushroom yee mee because it's such a perfect meal, with perfect taste and perfect texture that I had it carved in my mind that only the kitchen's gods can produce such perfect creation.

All those have changed today when I dared to interfere with the kitchen's gods masterpiece. I made my own sizzling chicken mushroom yee mee.

Now I feel like a kitchen god. Muahahaha! (gelak evil sambil petir sabung-menyabung.. oppss, black out lak!)

This recipe is definitely a keeper! I kid you not. I didn't expect it to be so simple and easy.. and the verdict? YUMMEH! Macam biasa, koi adjust sikit untuk versi sempoi koi :)

THE RECIPE
Sizzling chicken mushroom yee mee (resipi asal Sizzling Chicken Mushroom Yee Mee dari FabolousTaste)
Ayam & Mi:

Guna pressure cooker, rebus 2 chicken thighs + air + bay leaf + serbuk perisa ayam. Cooking time 20 minutes.
Separate broth and thighs. De-boned them thighs, keep them meat.
Rebus mi, tos dan ketepikan.

Tumis bahan tumbuk kasar (2 ulas bawang putih + 1/2 inci halia) + hirisan lada kering sehingga agak garing.
Masukkan frozen mixed mushrooms + serbuk lada hitam, masak sehingga mushrooms lembut.
Masukkan broth (ikut nak kuah sebanyak mana) and season dengan sos tiram + kicap pekat + kicap manis + serbuk perisa ayam. Masukkan mi, kacau rata.
Masukkan bancuhan tepung jagung + sedikit air sehingga mencapai tahap keledotan yang disukai.
Pecahkan sebiji telur, biarkan sehingga putih telur masak. Serve hot!

Can't wait to be making this again.. and again and again!

Omma!

2012-01-13T17:33:00.001+01:00

Baru lepas tepon dengan Omma, nasib baik Omma belum tido. Hehe! Sejam jugak borak. Omma tak setuju tukang kebun tu tak menang Masterchef. Muaha! Omma.. Omma! Como te extrano! Como te quiero!

Omma kabo nak pos benih kacang bendi. Omma ku sungguh kiut! Muah muah!

Sungguh senonoh

2012-01-13T15:36:00.001+01:00

Baru lepas sesi fotografi sizzling yee mee. Makan terus dalam pan, tak yah nak tambah pinggan mangkuk nak dibasuh. Celedik!

-posted from my mobile-

It's 4.34 am..

2012-01-13T04:32:00.000+01:00

..and I'm still up, googling and reading info on lenses. O_o

Tukor channel..

Cepat sungguh rasanye minggu ni, kejap je dah hari Jumaat. Planning konon nye weekend ni nak gi mountain area kat pekan ni, tak jauh pon..dalam sejam drive dah sampai. Keknye koi rasa kensel kot sebab it's that time-of-the-month. Leceh. Tambah dengan senggugut teruk, dah 3 hari berturut telan pain killer je. Haish.. apa nak jadi ni.

Tukor channel lagi..

Semalam Mak dia kabo kalo ada kain baju yang tak mau pakai and nak buang, dia pesan pack dalam bag plastik and letak depan gate rumah dia sebab ada orang nak datang kutip pagi ni. Pukul 9am. Semangat koi kabo, ha koi ada banyak nak buang ni.. nanti koi gi letak. Semangat je, wahal tak pergi pon. Malas. Muaha! Lain kali la koi pergi sebab memang banyak kain baju yang dah tak buleh pakai sebab gedebeh amat. Bila pakai semula baju lama koi sendiri pon okojot.. dulu koi besor dari gajah gamaknye. Haha! Sekarang pon still besor.. keknye tahap anak gajah la :)

Hmm.. lapor la pulak.

Sotong masala

2012-01-12T18:56:00.000+01:00

Yea, horrible photo.. I know. I blame it on the blue plate. Haha!

The crap

Have been installing this and that tools in this notebook the whole day. Well actually since yesterday. One thing bout installing is that, the fact that it occasionally forces you to reboot and since my notebook takes centuries to reboot..so it leaves me time to do other things ;)

Other things such as monkeying with the camera and the eventually-cold food. It was a lost cause but hey, determination is important kids! Eh, RC?

The recipe

As always, altered a bit here and there for my campak-campak version :D

Sotong Masala (resipi asal Sotong Masala Nasi Kandar dari Wattie's HomeMade)

Tumis kulit kayu manis + bunga cengkih + bunga lawang + buah pelada + sedikit hirisan bawang merah + hirisan 1 biji lada merah.
Masukkan bahan kisar (1/2 biji bawang besar + 4 ulas bawang putih + 1 inci halia), masak sehingga agak garing.
Masukkan bancuhan rempah (1 tbsp rempah kari daging + 1/2 tbsp serbuk lada kering + 1 tsp jintan putih + manis), masak sehingga terbit minyak.
Masukkan susu + kacang bendi, perisakan dengan garam + gula. Biarkan sehingga bendi lembut.
Masukkan sotong katak (kelar dan potong kiub), kacau seketika sahaja and ready to serve with biryani.

Thanks Wattie for the recipe!

The verdict

Yummeh! Lain kali koi nak buat bagi ledot-ledot sikit kuahnye. Ni tercair sikit, laju benor curah susu :D. Sotong biasa tu mahal benor kat sini, sekilo dekat 9-10eu. Koi guna sotong katak ni murah je, yelah.. dah origin dari pekan ni kan.

When?

2012-01-12T17:30:00.001+01:00

When can I really take good ('great' is too unachievable) food photos? When? When? When?

Been trying many things. Been reading loads of tutorials.

They said rustic-looking board look great in photos.
So I bought them woods and painted them as per instructions.

They said lighting is extremely important and to watch it, together with ISO, shutter, aperture, flash and reflector if needed.
I have been paying attention to each of those~~, like a monkey pressing here and there with the camera with adjusting the polysterin~~.

They said spice it up with fabrics and cutleries.
Well, I have tried and somehow my fork and knife don't look as fitting and perfect like the others (who I bet take great photos even when they are sleeping). Urgh!

Is it me?
Is it my camera? (ada jugak orang kat Texas tu sengih sampai ke telinga kang)
This is just so freaking annoying and frustrating! Haha!

Wusa.

Moving on..

2012-01-12T02:23:00.001+01:00

..to New moon. It is 2.22 am.

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I am not..

2012-01-12T01:35:00.001+01:00

..ashamed to say that I watch Twilight before sleep.

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Minda penjenayah

2012-01-11T16:48:00.000+01:00

Criminal minds.
Mente criminales.

Panas!

Suam kuku!

Panas!

Missing my sister-time when we would do marathon of series.. or movies!

Makan kenduri

2012-01-11T05:30:00.000+01:00

Along koi suka benor makan kenduri. Koi, De dengan Adik lak sanggup makan megi goreng or balance nasik semalam lagi dari gi makan kenduri. Sebab? Sebab nak kena mandi bagai (muaha!), bersiap ~~cantik-cantik~~, gi kenduri yang entah berapa jam perjalanan, tengah cuaca panas (takkan salji lak kan).. semata nak makan nasik sepinggan (patut pikir nak meriahkan majlis, ye tak?).

Kome sokmo tanya Along "Matnye awok suke mat makan kenduri weh?"
Along sokmo jawab "Sebab koi suke lauk kenduri."
Buleh? Haha!

Seumor hidup koi yang dah tua bangka ni, rasanye tak sampai 10 kali kot koi pergi makan kenduri. Kalo koi pergi tu makna nya kena paksa dek Omma and koi belum cukup tua untuk membantah and buat megi goreng sendiri. Haha!

Keknye minggu lepas koi makan kenduri weh. Don't play-play.

Kenduri yang tak payah nak mandi bersiap bagai. Perjalanan pon tak lama sebab.. kat rumah sendiri. Seronok kenduri gini sebab bila seeh lepas makan.. nak kuak lentang ke, kuak terbalik ke, tak menjadi masalah langsung. Tak de orang nak amik pot. I bery the celedik :)

Nasi minyak:

Tumis (guna butter + EVOO) kulit kayu manis + bunga cengkih + bunga lawang + buah pelaga + daun pandan + hirisan penumis (bawang merah + putih + halia).
Masukkan basmathi, kacau seketika. Masukkan stok ayam + susu + garam. Masak seperti biasa (takkan tak biasa masak nasi kan?).

Ayam masak merah (resipi asal Resipi Pak Engku lagi dari Kak Ita)
Koi rebus ayam guna pressure cooker untuk dapatkan texture ayam lembut ala fell-off-the-bone gitu.

Ayam:
Rebus 4 ketul drumsticks + 1 bay leaf + serbuk perisa ayam + air, guna pressure cooker for 20 minutes cooking time.
Asingkan air (guna untuk masak nasi minyak dan dalca sayur) dan ayam, ketepikan.

Ayam masak merah:

Tumis daun pandan + kulit kayu manis + bunga cengkih + bunga lawang + buah pelaga.
Masukkan bahan kisar (1/2 biji bawang besar + 4 ulas bawang putih + 1 inci halia + lada kering + 1 batang serai), masak sehingga agak kering/terbit minyak.
Masukkan tomato (canned + sos tomato) + susu + air (agak nak kuah sebanyak mana). Season to taste.
Masukkan frozen green beans + ayam. Masak sehingga beans lembut. Ready to serve.

Thanks Kak Ita for the yummeh recipe!

.. dan memang sah lepas makan kenduri, koi kuak lentang. Nikmat!

Live life

2012-01-10T22:56:00.000+01:00

She caught my attention when I first saw her in the local television. Not because of her age but because of how she is filled with life.

The Duchess of Alba. Bet you know her? Her full name is María del Rosario Cayetana Paloma Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Fernanda Teresa Francisca de Paula Lourdes Antonia Josefa Fausta Rita Castor Dorotea Santa Esperanza Fitz-James Stuart, Silva, Falcó y Gurtubay (image akad time.. a nightmare for any guy :D)

She has more pure royal blood than the King of Spain himself. At the age of 85, she got married for the third time. 85 years old.

Happily married. They signed prenuptial before the marriage. I love to watch how attentive her husband is when she talks to him. The way they look at each other with love, so sweet.

She danced flamenco right after the wedding ceremony. The people just love her. She is everywhere, you know. Tennis matches, public appearances, tv shows.. and even at the beach in her bikini. She's like a bull, never stops and just her live the way she loves it.

Where am I heading with this entry?

Well, I dunno. Haha! It's just that the more and more I see and read bout her.. the more and more I find her as a motivation. To just live life, you know. Sometimes we (or is it me?) feel pressured over all these expectations that come from all around us.. be it directly or indirectly, be it from family or society. It's tiring.. and old.

The thing is, whose life is it? Theirs or ours? Everybody is entitled to be happy, no? As long as our happiness isn't built on other people's suffering.. then what's the fuss? Why is one's life is a less value than the others just because one is not going-with-the-flow?

Enough rambling. Enough judging. Chill. Live life.

Photo source:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20116849-10391698.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/07/duchess-of-alba-spain

Semput

2012-01-10T17:26:00.001+01:00

Semalam kelas aerobic dah mula semula. Cuti raya dengan tahun baru la katakan. Ditambah pulak dengan cuti malas, ha kira lama jugak la tak bergegar dewan tu dek lompatan koi. Muaha!

Steps semalam senang je keknye koi semput giler! Separuh kelas je dah habis sebotol gedabak air koi. Nyaris nak gi ke gym sebelah mintak air si mamat tu. Actually steps warm up pon koi dah semput. Haha!

Hopefully lepas ni back on track.

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Pizza.. step by step

2012-01-09T17:23:00.000+01:00

Koi bangga sebab berjaya buat pizza macam Mak dia. Bertambah bangga bila diorang sendiri kabo todap (sila muntah). Muaha! Yelah, sokmo koi pro dalam tumis lada buat sambal je kan.. so bila pizza koi lepas dek tekak diorang, koi nak la bangga sendiri. Yelah, takkan jiran sebelah rumah koi pulak nak bangga kan? Apa kes?

Anyway..

Ni kira pertama kali koi buat from scratch pizza tu tanpa supervision Mak ~~or sanak sedara~~ dia. Sokmo nye tolong gitu-gitu je time Mak dia buat pizza kat rumah dia (yelah, takkan dia nak datang nguli tepung pizza kat rumah koi lak). Ngeri time dok gebala kan dough sebab bab-bab dough ni koi memang lemah. Nasib baik koi sokmo ~~skodeng~~ perati time Mak dia berpizza kat dapor.

Baik koi dokumen kan (cewah!) kat sini, mana tau kot satu hari koi tersepak semut, jatuh tergolek and terus amnesia ke kan. At least buleh refer sini.

1. Sediakan yis. Selalunye Mak dia guna 1 granule fresh yeast untuk 500g tepung gandum. Tepung koi tak cukup, so untuk hari tu koi guna 340g tepung gandum:
1/2 granule fresh yeast + lebih kurang 3/4 gelas air suam kuku + 1 tbsp gula + 1 tbsp tepung (dari 340g).
Tutup dan rendam gelas dalam periuk berisi air suam selama 10 minit or yis jadi berbuih gitu.

2. 340g tepung gandum + 2-3tbsp EVOO + garam + yis.

3. Gaul sehingga dough tak melekat di tangan. Time ni kalo air or tepung kurang, sila tambah.

4. Lumurkan dough dengan sedikit EVOO dan masukkan ke dalam bag plastik gini. Step ni koi ngelat, sebab Mak dia uli ~~dengan penuh perasaan~~ keknye koi ~~malas~~ celedik, so koi guna cara Ros JintanManis :D. Ramas dough selama 8 minit.

5. Keluarkan dough dari bag plastik dan masukkan semula ke dalam bekas. Mula ingatkan nak uli la dalam 5 minit gitu tapi sebab dek malas tahap gaban, koi lantakkan jek.

6. Masukkan ke dalam oven (pre-heat to 30-35 C, top bottom fire, fan on). Masukkan baking tray dengan sedikit air and letakkan kat bawah. Biarkan sehingga dough naik 2 kali ganda.

Mak dia nye oven ada bread fermentation function, so dia la suruh koi buat gini sebab oven koi tak de function tu. Koi ikutkan jek.. al maklum le lemah dalam bab-bab dough ni kan.

8. Sementara tu, buleh sediakan tomato sauce.
1 cup canned tomato + oregano + EVOO + garam + serbuk bawang putih, kacau rata dan ketepikan.

9. Koi suka pizza cendawan.. so koi buat la pizza cendawana (takkan nak buat pizza bayam lak kan). Using high heat saute cendawan + bawang putih + EVOO + garam.

10. Pak Jamie kabo bior sampai air cendawan tu kering, baru la rasa cendawan tu berlipat kali ganda (cewah!). Lagipon, kalo tak keringkan dulu air cendawan tu, nanti time bakor pizza.. cendawan akan continue releasing liquid and menjadikan pizza berair/lembab gitu. Tak todap la kan.

11. Bila dough dah naik 2 kali ganda, keluarkan dari oven. Tumbuk dough untuk release kan udara. Bahagikan dough kepada 2, gelek nipis dan letakkan di dalam baking tray (grease kan dulu).

12. Jangan ditanya kenapa tak base tu tak bulat. Sapukan sedikit tomato sauce tadi dan masukkan sekali lagi dalam oven sehingga base mencapai tahap ketebalan yang disukai. Koi tak mau base tebal macam roti so koi terus prepare untuk bakor.

13. Pre-heat oven at 200 C, bottom fire, fan on. Letakkan di lowest rack and bakor for a few minutes (separuh masak).

14. Base is ready when you see the bottom is brownish. Do no over cooked. At stage ni kalo ada lebih and nak simpan base, ha ini lah masanye. Let the base cool, put in a bag and freeze it. Lain kali nak makan pizza, senang.. keluarkan base dari freezer and bubuh toppings jek.

15. Bagi puak yang belasah semua (macam kome), ha buleh la bubuh topping sesuka hati.
Smear more tomato sauce (koi suka banyak) dan letakkan cendawan.
Tear up 1 mozzarella and place on top. Sprinkle pizza cheeses (koi beli yang dalam peket tu je) and top it off with pieces of blue cheese. Yummeh!

Place in middle rack and bake in pre-heated oven at 200 C , fire top and bottom, fan on, until cheeses are melted. Serve hot.

Sekian rancangan dokumentari membuat pizza. Follow at your own risk :D

Bla bla bla

2012-01-08T20:23:00.001+01:00

Am so freaking bored. Am even so freaking bored realising and saying that I am so freaking bored.

Am so freaking bored that I feel like digging a hole and burry myself in it just for excitement. Haha!

The need to ramble that I am so freaking bored here, in hope somehow some of my boredom would magically reduced is just..sad? Haha!

One thing is for sure, will definitely have a freaking spicy dinner tonight. Nothing boring bout that, that's for sure.

Yup.

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Seeh

2012-01-08T16:33:00.001+01:00

..dengan season hari ni. Beef ribs. Koi rasa lama benor dah tak makan ribs asado ni. 2.5kg (dengan tulang) untuk makan berempat. Kalo tak seeh lagi, tak tau la.

Tukor channel..

Ulang tayang finale Survivor. Koi still tak puas hari so Ozzy tak menang last immunity challenge tu. He did everything right the whole entire season but lost in the last crucial leg. *sigh*

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Inchi..

2012-01-08T07:46:00.001+01:00

..dengan rupa baru bangun tido. Pakai headphone gedabak dari Cameron Highland (Along gi cuti sana..cewah! :D). Memang sah Inchi kiut sebab ikut rambut Makngah dia. Haha!

Tugasan dan tuntutan untuk Along and Adik, sila upload gambor banyak2 kat Fb. Koi bangun tido sekali lagi kang buleh tengok. Koi celedik! Hehe!

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Habis..

2012-01-08T03:33:00.001+01:00

..kesemua 10 episod Band of brothers semalam. Kome marathon 3 episod. Pause setakat untuk penonton gi restroom or bubuh kayu dalam fireplace, semangat waja sungguh. Muaha!

Masalah sekarang..dah tak de mende nak tengok. Survivor lagi sebulan baru mula. The killing entah bila. Games of throne langsung tak tau berita. The borgias, amazing race pon sama.

Isk! Kronik nih! Haha!

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Band of brothers..

2012-01-06T17:26:00.001+01:00

..episode 7 now. Marathon dari episod 5, sambung marathon minggu lepas.

Ni baru la tak busan maa.

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67

2012-01-06T15:27:00.001+01:00

Hari ni besday ayah dia yang ke..67 tahun. Kome berempat je sebab abang dia dan marka dah balik ke kampung marka abang dia.

Seeh.

Menu:
Bell pepper stuffed dengan surimi + phily cheese, broccoli cheese gravy.
Turkey wellington resipi pak Jamie, adjust sket.
Kek besday, dulce de leche filling.

Tadi abang dia tepon, nak mintak tolong buatkan webite ke mende entah, untuk photography dia. Ha tu la, sepanjang cuti tak lekat kat rumah. Bila dah balik sana baru kalut tanya pasal keje. Koi mula la nak berleter. Muaha!

Ni diorang dah mula aktiviti ngadap tb. Adoi la!

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Pink..and bored

2012-01-05T23:12:00.001+01:00

Have always hated pink because it screams girly from thousand miles away. Am now loving pink. Wow that's scary!

Am obviously so freaking bored. They are watching this local stupid comedy program. He keeps looking at me now and then, expecting me to laugh. Apa kes?

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Chicken, leek and potato pot pie

2012-01-05T11:46:00.001+01:00

LOVE this pot pie A LOT! I didn't expect such simple recipe could turn out so great and yummeh! Will definately make this one again and again and again. Yup, I will.

I was interested to try Donna Hay's chicken pot pie recipe but since I wanted the pie to be more towards comfort food style, very thick gravy and melt-in-you-mouth chicken texture.. so I altered the recipe.

Chicken:

Using pressure cooker, put 2 drumsticks + 2 thighs + 1 bay leaf + salt + black pepper + water to cook, for 25 minutes cooking time.
Once cooked, separate chicken from broth (will be used in fillings). De-bone them chicken. Set aside.

Fillings:

Using a pot (that can go in the oven) saute chopped 2 stalks of leek + 4 garlic with some butter + chicken stock powder + bay leaf (from chicken) until leek translucent.
Add in 1 tbsp of flour, stir and mix well. Add the chicken broth + 1 potato, cubed. Season to taste, cook until potato is soft and gravy thickens. Stir in 1 handful of chopped coriander leaves. Set aside.

Assemble:

Pre-heat oven at 180 C, top fire, fan on.
Roll out puff pastry flat and mark circle shape using the pot's (where filling was cooked in) cover. Cut out the circle shape 2 cm bigger than the marked area. Cut out a small circle in the middle.
Place pastry on top on the fillings (cut the balance of pastry into strips and place on top, if you like), bake until pastry's golden and crispy. Serve hot, YUMMEH!

Penangan..

2012-01-05T09:21:00.001+01:00

..makan bihun goreng pedas malam tadi, hari ni dah dua kali bertapa dalam bilik termenung.

Walau terseksa tapi koi suka! Muaha!

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Ahkak, jom nyanyi!

2012-01-04T19:09:00.003+01:00

Koi sekarang dok suka lagu Flightless bird, American mouth by Iron & Wine. Ala, lagu yang koi buat background blog ni (dulu koi okojot bila bukak blog orang and tetiba ada lagu, sekarang koi join the club lak.. muaha!). Walopon lagu tu dah berkurun lamanye, tapi koi peduli hapa :)

Ahkak pon suka, kan? Kan? Kan? Ni saya tepek liriks dia. Moh kita nyanyi and jiwang sama-sama moh! Muaha!

Flightless bird, American mouth by Iron & Wine

I was a quick wet boy
Diving too deep for coins
All of your street light eyes
Wide on my plastic toys
And when the cops closed the fair
I cut my long baby hair
Stole me a dog-eared map
And called for you everywhere

Have I found you?
Flightless bird
Jealous, weeping
Or lost you?
American mouth
Big pill looming

Now I'm a fat house cat
Nursing my sore blunt tongue
Watching the warm poison rats
Curl through the wide fence cracks
Pissing on magazine photos
Those fishing lures
Thrown in the cold and clean
Blood of Christ mountain stream

Have I found you?
Flightless bird
Grounded, bleeding
Or lost you?
American mouth
Big pill, stuck going down

note: Lagu tu kiut benor, kan? Feels like floating and hopping from one cloud to another :)

Ponat

2012-01-04T13:07:00.001+01:00

Berbulan lamanye menjaga segala pokok cili kat ladang koi yang sekangkang kera tu, inilah hasilnye. Bukan takat tal buleh nak eksport ke Malaysia, nak makan sendiri pon tak lepas.

Frust dan geram! Maybe lepas ni nak try buat macam Kak Min lemongrass, no-dig garden style.

Tempahan cili dibuka sekarang (walopon benih cili tak nampak batang hidung lagi), so sesiapa nak order dari koi? Ahaks!

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Opps

2012-01-04T09:37:00.001+01:00

Dah lambat! Banyak mende kena setel hari ni.

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Jeet dah tanya

2012-01-03T15:48:00.000+01:00

Tuh dia Jeet dah tanya. Haha! Dah agak dah, mesti ada yang akan tanya nanti. Bukan habit la dear, sebab tak nyempat. Ngadap kompeter kejap-kejap. Saya lak jenis amik aura dan masa lama bila men-reply. Suka feeling-feeling gitu :). Kalo approve je tapi tak reply terus, rasa tak sedap lak.

Tukor channel..

Baru habis tepon kawan, si Yang. Minah ni kalo dia tak kenal nombor, memang takkan dijawab tepon. Nombor koi lak sokmo bertukor sebab tepon dari Skype. Lepas 1 juta kali tepon (over la tu kan), akhirnya.. dia jawab. Thank you for answering my call girl! Haha!

Tukor channel lagi..

Ok, moh ngadap blog moh!

Erk!

2012-01-03T14:26:00.002+01:00

Kredit bulanan masa bertelepon Skype ada lagi 68 minit, esok expired. Sejam jugak tu. Nak tepon siapa ni? Haish!

Tepon Along, dia dengan family dok beratur menunggu nak makan sate.

Omma rasanye macam dah tido jek.

De time sekolah ni gerenti dah terbungkang awal-awal lagik.

Adik memang sah dah tido, ngikut masa tido si Inchi la tu.

Hmm.. tik tok tik tok tik tok. Nak kacau siapa ek? Hmm..

Garlic and onion bread rolls

2012-01-03T10:20:00.000+01:00

Original recipe from Garlic roll by Kak Ita

My ~~cheat~~ simple version.

Filling spread:
50 g unsalted butter + 4 garlics, chopped + 2 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped + some onion soup powder = mix together

Bread:
500g instant cereal bread flour (hence the sawo matang color)
340 ml warm water (according to the packet.. I think)
1/2 granule of fresh yeast
Olive oil
Milk

preheat oven at 30-35 C, fire top + bottom, fan on, place a baking tray with water at the bottom of oven (ni untuk oven koi yang tak de bread fermentation function)

Fresh yeast + 3/4 glass of warm water (from 340ml water) + 1 tbsp flour (from 500g bread flour) + 1 tbsp sugar = mix together, leave for 10 minutes until yeast is foamy (saje tambah sendiri fresh yeast for the fresh bread smell).
Flour in a bowl, make a well in the middle and pour in yeast and balance of warm water. Mix everything together bit by bit.
Make a ball out of the dough, spread tiny bit of olive oil on its surface, put in a plastic bag and massage dough for 8 minutes.
Take out dough from the bag and knead for another 8 minutes. Make a ball, put in a bowl, put in oven and leave for 40 minutes (till double size).
Punch the ~~hell~~ air out of dough. Roll into a rectangle shape, spread fillings and roll into a log. Cut into eights. Place in loaf pan, spread balance of fillings, brush with some milk to top it off and leave for 20 minutes, or double size. Bake at 180 C for 20-25 minutes.

Verdict: Yummeh! Will definately make it again. Thanks Kak Ita!

Hmm

2012-01-03T08:38:00.001+01:00

Nak bangun ke tak. Tojuk!

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Perfect

2012-01-03T00:43:00.001+01:00

Watching Breaking Dawn for I dunno how many times. Helps me to sleep.

Though Jacob is the guy, Edward is perfect.

OMG, I am so in the lala land!

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Happy birthday Along!

2012-01-02T18:29:00.000+01:00

Wishing my dear Along a wonderful birthday! May you have a lovely birthday and keep that beautiful smile on.. always. I love and miss you dear sista!

XOXOXOX,
Angah

ps: Awalnye awok tido weh, koi tepon bertubi-tubi tadi.. tak berangkat. Ke henset dah kaput?

Uh?

2012-01-02T17:13:00.001+01:00

Was catching up blogger friends when suddenly I heard tyre shrieks outside. An accident. We do have many at this roundabout.

Looks pretty but stings like a bee.
Apakah?

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Rice poridge with chicken and beans

2012-01-02T15:37:00.000+01:00

In pressure cooker:
Saute 1/2 onion + 4 garlic + 2 inch ginger until translucent. Add in 1 bay leaf + 1 tbsp rice, stir. Add in chicken stock, 1 chicken breast, cover pot and set cooking time for 25 minutes.

Take out chicken breast and shred to pieces. Add beans, shredded chicken into pot. Season to taste. Poridge is ready when the beans are cooked. Serve hot.

Relax

2012-01-02T13:25:00.001+01:00

He is scared of me. Told me to make myself infu-relax tea..2 sachets at once.

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Anger

2012-01-02T09:16:00.001+01:00

..has been occupying my soul these few days. And I dunno why.

Am ready to snap people's heads off. The other day he commented "Why are you so jumpy..violence?" and I replied "Well I am violence, so?"

Haha?

I've always been cool, calm. Wondering why now am not.

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Muah!

2012-01-01T15:44:00.001+01:00

Miss my family!

Called Omma when I woke up. We talked. We gossipped (is there such a word?). Me likey! Love it when she talks passionately over things..and certain people. Haha!

Made my first day in 2012 spectacular.

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The 12 grapes

2012-01-01T00:51:00.001+01:00

Eat 1 grape each second. Countdown begins on the last 12 seconds of 2011.

Happy 2012!
And I am still so freaking sleepy.

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The sweets

2011-12-31T23:35:00.001+01:00

Am bored.
Am eating them sweets.
Am gonna finish them sweets.

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The activity

2011-12-31T23:10:00.001+01:00

Koi ngantok gila. Wahal belum pukul 11pm.

Diorang dok ngekek gelak tengok cerita Dumb and dumber. Bergegar rumah rasa. Wahal dah berapa kali tengok.

Dia dok cuit koi suruh tengok. Koi tak minat langsung.

Adoi busannye la. Tak tau nak buat apa..hence all this merapu kat sini. Wawawa!

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The eve

2011-12-31T19:31:00.001+01:00

Am in charge of setting up the table.

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Whatnots.. and 2012

2011-12-31T11:19:00.000+01:00

My new year resolution (among other things): Less talk.

So here goes..

What's up folks? How's everybody doing? It has been a while since I last wrote something here. Suddenly I was hit by this need-to-get-away-from-Blogger virus. So I was gone. After recovering a bit, I explored Tumblr and LOVE it! Been posting craps here.

Tumblr integrates perfectly with Twitter and the mobile application is awesome! Blogging thru mobile is so freaking easy with it. I see Tumblr as a lighter blogging platform compared to Blogger.. and I so freaking love it. The way Tumblr breaks down an entry to text, quote, video, audio, chat, link, photo is making it extremely simple and easy to blog. But.. yup, there's always a but. But the search feature in Tumblr sucks! It doesn't return any result even when I search an entry that I posted 2 seconds after. *sigh!*

I was so ready to change to Tumblr but that major search thingy puts me to a halt. I don't wanna continue loving it when I know I can't search for recipes that I've blogged. What do I do in the kitchen when that moment of need comes? Drag my notebook? Heaven no.

He said for me to keep my Blogger as it's a waste to leave everything after all these times.
Fasha said to give it some time first and see which one suits me better.

After a pimp-up theme from Blogger (to ensure browsing thru mobile is not such a mess), so here I am. Since I can't have both.. so why don't I try to combine one. Use Blogger like I do Tumblr. Make do with the Bloggeroid mobile application. Let's see.

How's that for less talking.

Happy 2012 folks! Happy new year!

Day 1: Tavira

2011-11-22T11:24:00.001+01:00

A short trip to Portugal a while ago. A 3 days trip of rocky shores, bays and headlands hunting.

Date: 20th September 2011, Tuesday

Location: Pego do Inferno, Tavira

Rural level: 4/5

Portugal is just 1 hour away from this town. Of all the times that we went there were always for movies, cheap things, chilies and good seafood. It was time to get to know Portugal for its nature.

We started off by getting lost trying to find the "Lake of Hell". Muaha! The place was so poorly indicated that it makes you doubt if it was worth it. He was persistence and it paid us off. Big time.

The map above shows the walk that you needed to make to get to the lake.

The initial path. Muaha! To be walking under the freaking hot sun at 11 am was such a ~~big~~ medium mistake.

Eventually the path got better.

And when you get to see this.. the heat and sweats ~~and sweaty armpits~~ didn't matter anymore.

First glance of the lake. Contradictory to its name.. it was heaven.

How in the world did it gets its name then? Well it is said that many years ago, a carriage plunged into the lake, dropping the passengers and animals into it. Their bodies were never found and the divers failed to find the bottom of the lake, since then it is "Pego do Inferno/ Lake of Hell".

One cute waterfall.

And if you look carefully you can see one boy jumping from the rocks and the other one was waiting his turn. Crazy kids!

Transparent water with small fishes swimming.

Extremely transparent, eh?

I love this shot. Love it so much that I'm using it as my banner :)

There weren't as many people when we got at the lake. We didn't expect that it would be such a cool place.. perfect for a picnic even. We stayed for a while and then headed back. We bumped into groups of people carrying their picnic baskets. They knew better, eh?

We had lunch at one of the towns nearby (I forgot the name). Cod fish and chips for 6eu, I think. Cheap. It was good but I think the fish was a bit overcooked.

We hang around the area for a while. It was packed with British and Americans. Almost all Portuguese can speak/understand English and almost every shops and restaurants were made ready for tourists. They really have their tourism sector figured out, which is not the case for Spain. Such a pity because Spain is loaded with ancient historic buildings, amazing nature and spectacular food. Well.. what to do.

End of day 1. Next day the real hunt began.

Dah habis tu camno?

2011-11-21T11:19:00.001+01:00

Camno nak kuat semangat kalo jejak kaki keluar dari rumah je ada dugaan.

Lepas gi Carrefour beli barang dapor.. belasah makan tapa.

Lepas gi beli sweaters.. belasah makan kek cekelat.

Hujung minggu jadual penuh dengan acara makan-makan. Ni baru tunjuk sikit je.

Bukan tahap fell-off-the-wagon dah ni. Ni tahap jatuh-berguling-guling-dari-wagon.
Dah habis tu camno?

Majulah sukan untuk negara

2011-11-17T11:04:00.001+01:00

.. and that's the theme for today, folks! Ahaks!

So.. I got my medical checkup result hmm.. like a week ago. Everything's good. Doc decided to reduce my high blood pressure dose (again.. yuppie!). Good cholesterol (HDL) reading has been increasing (yuppie!) but.. my anemia is back though. Doc said my body doesn't absorb iron good (should I munch a piece of steel for snacks? :D). So I'm back on the anemia meds.

Tukor channel..

My aerobic teacher Lina is still missing-in-action.

Nah. She's still recovering from her operation and is still not fit to get back to class. Last week I went for my aerobic class and the substitute teacher taught us how to dance.. FUNKY style! The background music was from Black Eye Peas - Let's get retarded ("Let's get it started" for Asia version, I think). Buleh?

We're missing Lina. Hope she gets back.. soon! Save us, por favor!

Hey talking bout that, I would like to share some videos that I've been following ever since last week. Yup, you heard me right, I've been doing my lil-aerobic-session at home. So far the building is still intact, no cracks and no neighbors filed any complaints bout one jumping elephant in the building. Haha!

I start with this but I skip the cooling off part..

* you guys gonna have to watch them videos in youtube though, simply by clicking the link.

.. and continue with this one. This is more for the upper body, arms and shoulders. Again I skip the cooling off part..

.. and continue with this one till the end. This is more for the lower body, thighs and butt.

And just for fun, end the morning with this less than 4 minutes of light dance :D

* you folks can watch this video directly from here.

I'm liking the Fit Tonic (first 3 videos) series. The steps are easy to follow. It's just that with 1 session/video is not enough so that's why I combined it with this and that. She has more videos to select (it's good to change the routine so that you don't get bored), here's the link for those who are interested.
http://www.youtube.com/show/fittonic?s=2011

The last video is fun and funny. Haha! Nothing's wrong bout being goofy and enjoying it. Me likey! He has more videos too but some are just waaaaaaaaaay out of my league ~~and hips skill~~. Muaha!

So.. let's start today folks. Let's exercise and most important thing is to have fun and enjoy doing it :)

Wordless Wednesday

2011-11-16T17:40:00.001+01:00

Camno besorkan gambo & Rupa sambal oelek

2011-11-15T12:00:00.001+01:00

Camno besorkan gambo
Hari tu Puan Yong kita ada tanya camno nak bubuh gambo besor gedabak kat dalam entry. Ha meh koi tunjukkan caranya (yang teramatlah senang itu).

1. Pilih gambo amende nak letak (ahaks!)

2. Bila dah select gambo, mula-mula tu gambo akan automatically jadi kecik/medium size gini. Jangan gundah gulana or hentak kepala kat meja.

3. Klik kat gambo tu and peratikan, akan keluar macam properties window kat bawah gambo tu.

4. Lepas tu klik pada option that says "Original size". Tu kalo size original gambo kita dah memang besor la. Kalo tak sure, buleh try other options that says "Large" ke, "X-Large" ke.
Kalo gambo style potrait, koi selalu resize gambo supaya width nye = 550px.
Kalo gambo style landscape, koi selalu resize gambo supaya width nye = 700 px.
* Koi resize gambo dulu sebelum masukkan ke dalam blog sebab original size dari kamera 3000x4000px (potrait) and 4000x3000px (landscape). But then again, size gambo kat kamera masing-masing berbeza and kita buleh adjust kat kamera.

5. So.. jadi lah gambo besor gedabak gini.

Senang je kan? :)

Rupa sambal oelek

Kepada Cahya dan MM yang hari tu tanya camno rupa sambal oelek.. ha gini la rupa nye. Consist of red chili + air + garam + tepung jagung + conservatives (of course). Label kabo hot and spicy tapi tak pon. Besa la tahap pedas omputeh memang sungguh tidak mencabar. Kan? Ahaks!

Koi guna sambal oelek hari tu sebab nak cepat ~~and malas~~. Kalo korang rajin, buleh je blend lada kering bagai or tak pon guna cili boh jek. :)

Sekian, terima kaseeeeeeeeeeeeeh!

Savory chicken drumsticks, Spinach quiche & Melayu

2011-11-09T09:17:00.003+01:00

Savory chicken drumsticks

Yesterday's lunch plus veges ~~and the balance will be carried forward for dinner~~. Tugasan menjadi chef tak bertauliah masih berjalan tapi koi dah celedik sikit sekarang. Bermula dari minggu ni koi masak kat rumah sendiri and bila dah selesai masak, koi tepon Ayah dia mintak datang amik food. Buleh gitu? Haha! Nak suruh dia datang, dia sibuk keje. Mamat tu kalo kalut and rushing ke hapa, mula la dia sewel.. tak kuasa koi.

Sebab dek koi still dengan low carbs diet (cewah), so koi masak makanan berbeza sikit untuk diorang. Hari Isnin koi grill salmon, masak nasi and buat salad tomato and avocado. Koi makan yang sama cuma minus nasi (siapa orang Melayu sekarang ni?).

Semalam lak koi buat spinach quiche untuk diorang. Hari ni rasanye nak bakor ayam je untuk semua sebab simple. Kalut sikit sebab koi ada doc appoinment dalam pukul 10.30 am kejap lagi. Menu untuk Khamis and Jumaat tak pikir lagik. Hehe!

Savory chicken drumsticks

6 chicken drumsticks
1 tsp mustard + 2 tsp sambal olek + sesame oil + EVOO + sweet soya sauce + japanese soya sauce + dark soya sauce + juice of 1 lime + tumeric powder + paste of 4 garlics and 1 cm ginger (pounded in the mortar)

Mix everything. Bake in the oven at 180 C, turning and glaze them during half cooking time.

Spinach quiche

Ni diorang nye makanan. Tak sempat nak posing quiche sebab kalut potong and pack dalam bekas. Ayah dia tu jenis cepat, selang few minutes je gerenti dah berbunyi ting-tong kat pintu.

Spinach quiche (from Jamie's 30 minutes meals recipe)

25g butter, melted
10 sheets fresh filo pastry
200g Greek feta
250g baby spinach
1tbs golden raisins
1tbsg pine nuts
1 garlic clove, crushed
Juice of 1 lemon
200g ricotta, drained
How to make feta and spinach pie
1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan170°C/gas5. Brush a 20cm round loose-bottomed tart tin with some of the butter. Lay a few sheets of filo across it, slightly overlapping. Brush the overhanging filo with more butter. Continue layering with filo, brushing with butter as you go. Set aside.
2. Crumble 125g of the feta into a large bowl and mix with the rest of the filling ingredients. Season with pepper and spoon into the filo case. Crumble over the remaining feta.
3. Fold the overhanging filo over the filling, then give it a bit of a scrunch to form an edge. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until the filo is golden and crisp and the filling piping hot.

Melayu

A meroyan moment, happened during last weekend time tengah tengok rancangan memasak masakan Arab.

Him: "Hey kau! Salam.. orang Melayu. Aku.. makam.. roti canai!"

..pastu sengih-sengih. Ada rasa nak layan tak? Tak kuasa.

Pollo rollado & Raya

2011-11-07T22:25:00.001+01:00

Pollo rollado

Ayam gulung nama diberi, setelah dialih bahasa. Tak ni bukan menu raya koi, ni koi buat few days ago. Lunch raya koi masak sayur campur + dada ayam percik 2 ketul. Jangan ditanya mana nasi impit or rendang ye. Nehi. Nada. Yilek.

I'm in love with this meal! It's so freaking simple and todap. Yummeh! Resipi koi amik dari majalah resipi yang koi pinjam dari Mak dia and dah kalo lidah Melayu ni, mana buleh telan kalo tak pedas kan? Koi adjust sendiri.

Pollo rollado (Ayam gulung)

Ayam

1 dada ayam (butterfly it as thinly as possible)
Serbuk kunyit + serbuk piri-piri + serbuk bawang putih + garam + EVOO
* lumur pada ayam, ketepikan

Inti

130 g frozen bayam (defrost and perah sedikit untuk buang air)
1/2 biji bawang merah, dicincang
2 ulas bawang putih, didadu
1 genggam feta cheese
Garam + EVOO
Toothpicks

Cara:

Preheat oven at 200 C, upper grill + fan.
Tumis bawang merah + bawang putih + garam dengan sedikit EVOO sehingga bawang agak garing.
Masukkan bayam + feta cheese, gaul sebati and tutup api.
Letakkan inti rata di atas ayam and gulung. Semat kemas dengan some toothpicks. Masukkan ke dalam oven (upper rack) selama 10-15 minit, or sehingga ayam masak.

Raya

Smalam tepon Omma. First ayat koi ke Omma was "Selamat hari raya Mak, maaf zahir batin." First ayat Omma ke koi lak "Haaa.. awok dah berak ke?" Buleh? Hahahaha! Bila koi bising, dia kabo "Laaa.. tadi De kabo awok nak berak." Adoi la!

Menu smalam mi soto. De kabo dia yang masak tapi koi suspek sungguh! Entah ye entah tidak dia tu. Kongkang masuk dapor? Musykil musyil :D.

Husband De ada sekali. Adik and Inchi pon ada. Along and the clan beraya kat Mersing. Tak borak lama sangat, sempat la beraya and bercakap dengan semua. Omma kalut sebab Inchi nak tidor tepi dia and dia lak lepas tu nak gi kenduri.

Koi tepon Along lak lepas tu, beraya. Siap bertukor-tukor resipi lagi. Menu diorang macam biasa la, pulut kuning sebab bebudak memang suka. Koi saje je hasut dia suruh buat ayam bakor macam koi buat hari tu untuk dinner sebab senang amat. Hmm.. nak kena mintak gambor ni, bukti dia buat betul ke tak.

Raya kalian lak camno? Ada gi tengok orang buat korban?

Dam dam dum!

2011-11-05T10:00:00.000+01:00

Ada bakor mercun ke kat kampung korang weh?

Selamat menyambut Hari Raya Aidil Adha kepada semua. Travel safe and have fun :)

Bakor jangan tak bakor.. ayam!

2011-11-03T19:14:00.002+01:00

Memang betul la kalo dah lama (lama ke?) tinggalkan blog, memang lemah nak mula menaip semula.
Memang betul la kalo banyak sangat mende nak buat, rasa lemah (ke malas?) sampai satu pon tak terbuat.
Memang betul la kalo banyak sangat mende nak tulis, rasa serabut (cewah!) sampai satu pon tak tertaip .
Memang betul la kalo sejuk sikit je, terus membuak perasaan malas nak mandi. Haha!

Tukor channel..

Ayam bakor tarikh dalam 2 minggu lepas. Saje nak tayang. Ingatkan susah rupanya senang je ek? Bancuh segala mende yang nak digaul kat ayam, lumur-lumur kat ayam and lepas tu bakor jek. Bila dah separuh masak gitu, campak masuk segala kentang, bawang and lada. Me likey!

Kalo oven yang lagi canggih ada rotisserie function, ha buleh buat macam June kita ni. Macam ayam golek gitu :D. Me likey osso!

Tukor channel lagi..

Omma koi dah keluar spital Sabtu lepas. Syukur alhamdulillah. Tak lama kali ni. Omma ada batu karang sebesor 1cm. February ni (lamanye!) baru ada further check and doc akan decide if nak operate ke tak. Tapinye Omma kabo berubat cara kampung pon buleh. Buleh gitu? Omma.. Omma!

Tukor channel lagi dan lagi..

So dalam seminggu dua ni koi jadi tukang masak kat rumah diorang. Matnye? Kenapa? Porque? Sebab Mak dia baru lepas surgery buang katarak semalam. Koi angkut habis segala notebook koi supaya tak busan kat sini. Huhu!

Sekian, terima kaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!

Uuuuuu-chak!

2011-11-01T02:05:00.001+01:00

Err.. taring ada sedikit patah. Skill mengukir labu tahap amatur.

Hmm..

2011-10-26T18:31:00.000+02:00

Hari tu koi ada baca satu entry dari our lovely blogger friend, Arena. Sis kita ni ada list kan mende-mende yang menarik dan yang tak menarik bila gi melawat dan membaca blog-blog. Koi suka entry tu sebab koi rasa memang betul benor. An honest entry, me likey! Bila baca setiap point yang dia tulis, koi dok hangguk-hangguk ~~geleng-geleng~~ (dalam kepala la).

Koi rasa koi banyak termasuk dalam list mula-mula tu (huhu!) especially kat point nombor 7 tu.

So, untuk masukkan sedikit "jiwa" kat sini.. meh koi melalut sikit hari ni.

~~Padaaaaa suatu hari..~~

Hari ni rasa down + MALAS. Mood yang memang sesuai benor dengan cuaca hari ni yang kelam, berangin kuat and sejuk (apa kaitan). Antara sebab musabab:

1. Diet yang kejap on kejap off.

Koi dah almost a month dok practice low carbs diet. Mula tu rasa macam susah sikit nak ikut tapi after a few days, dah no hal. Rasa sesuai sebab tengok scale figures makin menurun and menurun. During weekdays memang no problem at all sebab koi memasak and makan kat rumah sendiri. Masalahnye bila weekends sebab time weekends memang get together dengan diorang and makan-makan. Sabtu dan Ahad. Lunch and dinner.
Kenapa masalah? Sebab Mak dia suka masak sedap-sedap (masalah ke ni?) dan suka buat pastries and sweet things which is a huge No-No in my diet. Tapi takkan la koi tak join pulak, kan? And takkan la koi nak bawak makanan koi untuk dimakan kat sana. Contohnya hari tu Mak dia buat curry pasta (dia tau koi on diet so dia buat perisa kari supaya koi lalu makan.. adoi la, salah konsep sungguh!). Pastu dia buat sweet pastries lak untuk minum petang. Malam dia buat empanada lak. Dia memang bersungguh masak sampai koi tak sampai hati nak tolak and tak makan (masalah sungguh!).
So sekarang weekdays koi ok tapi sampai weekends je habis segala diet. So macam going round in circles gitu and bila tengok scale figures pon kejap naik kejap turun, koi mula la penat. Mula la rasa down. Mula la rasa malas. Dah habis tu camno.

2. Kelas aerobik tergendala.

Cikgu Lina tak de minggu ni sebab dia ada operation keluarkan lump kat breast. Tak tau lump camno tapi dia kabo bukan kanser.
Ada cikgu lain ganti dia and hari Isnin baru-baru ni koi pergi la. Tak menarik langsung kelas cikgu ganti tu. Bayangkan la, koi cuci rumah pon berpeluh lagi banyak dari kelas hari tu. Cikgu baru tu takat ajor steps menari (one step forward one step back) and tepuk-tepuk tangan (apa kes?).
Cikgu Lina kabo dia tak de seminggu je tapi kome rasa surely dia akan tak de lagi lama sebab dek nature operation dia tu. Kang dalam kelas dok stretch itu ini, terbertas jahitan tak ke haru.
Hari ni koi tak mau gi kelas aerobik. Esok pon tak mau.

3. Kata nak pergi tapi tak pergi pon.

Mamat tu la. Kome gi gym 3 hari seminggu je so 2 hari lagi tu koi kabo moh le jogging kat atas jambatan menghala ke pekan nun. Jarak dalam 3km++ gitu je. Dia kabo ok no hal.
Bila sampai hari nak pergi, tak pergi pon. Dia banyak keje la.. malas la.. hari gelap la.. macam-macam. Koi nak pergi sorang dia tak bagi pulak. Dah habis tu camno, diet mereng.. aerobik tak de.. jogging pon tak.

4. Bila ada udang disebalik mee .

Koi dah lepas perasaan dah hari tu kat Tweeter :D, ni nak sambung kat sini lak. Sebab? Sebab kes masih belum tutup. Ahaks!
Penat kan kalo orang cari kita sebab nak mintak something je? Kalo tak.. jangankan nak balas ucapan raya kita (ha mula la koi emo ni), nama kita pon tak ingat gamaknye. Koi ni jenis tak kisah bagi pihak koi tapi kalo lepas dah treat family koi carca marba je tapi still nak expect koi buat tak kisah and tolong dia, ha memang silap la.
Sekali jadi.. ok la tutup mata. Bila jadi lagi, dan lagi, dan lagi.. memang penat jadinye. So koi malas nak amik pot dah.

5. Penat tanam cili.

Dulu koi ada buat entry (malas nak cari link) pasal koi ada tanam pokok cili. Anak pokok semai je dalam 70 pokok gitu. Sebab dek summer yang terlampau panas, tinggal dalam 20 pokok je yang still mampu hidup berdiri. Dalam 20 tu, tinggal dalam 10 pokok je yang masih berjuang.. yang lain-lain dah give-up, emosi terganggu bila koi ubah masuk pasu lain.
Sekarang pokok-pokok cili tu dah berbuah. Dalam 10 pokok yang still ada kat atas nun nak tau jumlah cili yang ada? 6 biji. Bukan 60, bukan 16 dan bukan 6.5. 6 SAHAJA. Menyampah tak?

6. Sebab terakhir dan paling utama.. Omma lagi sekali masuk spital.

Tak de la teruk ke apa, cuma tu la.. bila bab-bab family tak sihat and masuk spital ni, memang kita risau and down. Omma ni dari dulu lagi jenis lasak and tak reti dok diam. So bila dia sakit, dia still berlasak.. sebab dah terbiasa. Bila koi berleter (molek-molek la) kat dia thru tepon, dia pass tepon kat adik koi.. buleh? Alahai Omma.. Omma. Harap kali ni tak lama macam hari tu la. *sigh*

Bila rasa down gini je mula la nak makan je, kan? Koi nak pergi cari resipi kek batik. Sekian.

Nota: Nanti koi reply komen kalian ye..

Home made pasta

2011-10-25T01:09:00.000+02:00

Kalian sanggup tak nak buat mee kuning tu kalo tetiba tingin nak makan mee goreng? Sanggup?
Sanggup buat bihun kalo nak makan bihun sup? Sanggup?
Kalo koi memang koi tak sanggup sebab.. tak kuasa! Ditambah lak dengan unsur "malas" kuasa 40. Nehi nehi.

Keknya lain pulak cerita dengan diorang ni.

Nak makan pasta? Ha terus ~~melompat-lompat~~ excited gila nak buat pasta sendiri. Bancuh tepung. Pastu gelek ~~menari Arab~~. Pastu potong. Pastu kirai. ~~Pastu posing gambo~~. Gigih sungguh.

Home made pasta.

Makan dengan tomato sauce (with a lil twist) yang dimasak dengan peha ayam (dapat la sorang seketul). Koi memang tak gigih gitu tapi bila makan tu.. memang ~~gigih~~ yummeh! Me likey! :D

Nasib la laman rumah diorang tak besor so tak de la aksi gigih nak nanam and nuai padi bila tingin nak makan nasi. Kan?

Don't drink and drive

2011-10-24T17:21:00.001+02:00

Rajin lak koi mengupdate blog hari ni. Ahaks! Ni view dari tingkap bilik komputer. Ada orang eksiden kat jalan straight, sesorang dia lak tu. Dia langgor tiang tepi jalan nun. Pak polisi suh dia buat alcoholemia test. Rasanye memang sah kantoi dah drebar tu.

Jeet tagged me

2011-10-24T16:25:00.000+02:00

Give it another 10 more days then it would be a month since our sweet and lovely Jeet tagged me. Yikes! So without further ado (cewah!), here I am in front my my ~~ancient~~ notebook.. doing the tag.

List three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter

Traveler cum photographer (nak buat camno.. memang almost sama macam Jeet :D). I LOVE traveling (sapa tak suka, kan?) and I LOVE photographing everything that I see (hence explains the almost 900 photos taken for duration of 7 days traveling.. only). If I based my income by the traveling-story-telling and photographing skills.. hmm, memang alamatnye kais pagi makan pagi. Kais petang makan esoknye. Muaha!
Chef cum photographer (ada ke keje gini?). I LOVE to cook ~~and eat~~ and I LOVE food photographing. There's just something bout how you get all the right ingredients mixed and cooked all together, resulting excellent taste and then do it justice by portraying it. Tuh angan jek sebab memasak pon bukan sedap mana. Amik gambo pon diri sendiri jek rasa terliur tengok. Haha sadis!
Motivator. Dunno why but my friends and people close to me always say that I'm a good listener (ahaks!) and am always with positive energy (muntah muntah!). I like to see that things are not as bad as we thought they were and there's always a way to almost anything if we're not to hard on ourselves :).

Gonna tag Cahya, Arena, Tinie and June . Happy listing girls!

Breakfast out

2011-10-24T11:16:00.001+02:00

Having breakfast (after doc app) at our favourite tapa cafe. Didn't know they have free wi fi here. Hehe! Lepas ni nak pi terjah Adli. Yehaaaaaa!

Paella de marisco

2011-10-22T14:22:00.001+02:00

Chef Gladys is cooking this at the moment. We are waiting in hunger. Que buena pinta!
* Gambo tak do the paella any justice sebab snap pakai henset je.