Pemakanan yang sihat (hahaha)

Pernah tak rasa macam badan tu dah berat sangat...tapi mulut dan perut masih tertunggu2 masa nak makan??? Inilah sindrom yang makin menjadi2 pada aku kebelakangan ini...asyik makan, makan, and makan je kerja aku ...bila stress aku ngap ngap ngap ...banyak report nak kena buat pun aku still ngap ngap ngap masa type report ....pastu dalam kereta pun nak makan jugak! Ini semua sebab aku travel aritu...sebab makan best2 masa tu...free plak tu...and free flowing plak food nyer..yea lah, the first 3 days tu buffet was the name of the game...setiap pagi buffet breakfast, buffet lunch and buffet dinner ...pastu takde exercise - cuma berendam kat pool je (so tak count as exercise!)...and ari2 seterusnya pun dok melantak gak ...akibatnya bila balik rumah aku terikut2 gaya makan ala melantak cam tu! Nasib baik aku sorang, so tak le masak kat rumah...dapat le jugak kurang kan food intake ...hahahaha tapi masih tahap cipan...buruk lantak aku nie ...

So, starting 2-3 ari lepas aku (dengan nada ngada2) decide to eat properly..maksud nye makan ikut time and kurangkan junk food (so, Mamee, Twisties, KitKat, that white chocolate with double beery apa tah namanye, and my firm favourite Delio waffers)...i always skip breakfast before, but kali ni i am trying to eat the right way i.e. try NOT to skip breakfast, and to make time untuk breakfast ...pastu lunch takde le lapar benor hehehehe ...malam aku pun kena makan proper gak i.e. tak ngap ngap apa2 food yang tak diperlukan hehehehe

dua tiga malam nie dah ok ... masih boleh ikut rational thinking lagi ...malam semalam i makan beef stew aje (no rice ok!) and fresh fruit salad. Baru sat nie tadi i had my dinner of fishball & vege soup with plain rice ....but one thing for sure, aku tak akan switch to brown rice hehehehe tak sedapppp!!!!

Target aku takde le ambitious sangat ...cuma kurangkan intake je ...bukan nye nak do away with all those delicious, calories laden food hahaha statement cover line in case pi KL and join Fendfid melantak!

Painting..part 1

It all started in Cardiff, then Ikea ...and the passion grows with Bali and blossoms in Bandung..In a few years time, our house will turn into an art gallery due to the increasing number of paintings that we are investing , so it's either crammed with paintings on every inch of walls that we have or move to a new house???...bagus option ni , kan??? tersasar dah.....

Right, our first painting was bought way back in the year 1995 in Cardiff. I think it was bought for less than 10 pounds sterling at a car boot sale. What a bargain....The painting has been with us from Cardiff to London to KL and last avenue , Kuantan of course..It has came a long way to be where it is now.Wow, I just realised how special this piece of art is to us.

This is an example, how we tend to take things for granted.......know what i actually tot to take it down and replace it with a new other painting..how can I??? my...

PS:Dut, I think we should buy a spot light to enhance this memorable painting...........

Another Sunday's Lunch- part entah berape

Last week we had talapia goreng...kedeboom....korang makan tak? we went to pasar tani and as usual , we ended up with all sort of ikan sungai...talapia, keli, we skipped patin for this round because we had lunch at Akop Patin the day before..and as we were early so, managed to catch 2 ayam kampung...

Ayam kampung soup....I think everybody knows how to cook chicken soup...just make sure you have celery, daun soup , daun bawang ...because without them , it wont taste as yummy...usually i would include tomato in my soup but for this one , the chef used asam keping instead...

Petola goreng...whenever i sit for a nasi daun pisang at a mamak's, i will surely take petola goreng and this is actually my first attempt with recipe which based on own observation ......bittergout+curry powder+turmeric powder+tepung beras+salt..sambal belacan....the best sambal belacan i've ever tasted was made by my late grandfather..his is the best...i've made many times but still not getting any near.....first we need to fry the fresh chillies then pound it with ikan bilis...then perah kan limau nipis/ke limau kasturi? yg kecik tu bukan yg besar keras...limau nipis kan?...dan jadi lah dia.....

blogging - a therapy?

Aku jumpa this in Borneo Post last week - masa aku kat Miri rasanya. Said blogging is therapeutic! Boleh hilangkan stress gitu ... so, kekawan semua, especially akak haus kat Shah Alam tu, jom kiter hilangkan stress by blogging ...kalau tengok nuffnang, kiter punya rating dah naik 4 stars (tak caya, pi check)....rating apa tu aku tak tau le ...leadership board ke apa tah ...

Personally, i love blogging. Especially bab2 sharing and bercerita nie...and kiter punya blog is unique sebab it brings us closer kan ...kan ...kan. Yea lah we live in different places but masih boleh sharing sharing gitu through blog fabulous nie (kah kah kah...fabulous - jgn mare!). Kalau tak mana nak tau kisah akak kiter dapat handbeg baru...or tengok talent si misha via her drawings...and takleh le nak bagi kekawan jeles especially tengok Fendfid sekeluarga ronggeng dan makan tak ingat dunia (hehehehe)...blogging juga membolehkan kiter release stress coz kiter pun dapat gak interact ngan other people who know us, and with people who read our blogs...

yang penting, it brings us closer compared to dulu ...hahahaha ngada aku nie, padahal aku emel hari2 ngan korang...but still, blogging is the in thing now...and manalah tau, one day we can earn a lot of $$$$$ through blogging, bak kata Fend, angan2 adalah salam kepada menggapai impian ...

Pampering diri sendiri

Hari nie hari aku relax...dah penat satu minggu travel and kerja masa weekend ..so, memang dah niat dari semalam yang today aku rehat sepuas2nya...bangun pun agak lambat ...breakfast hash brown & scrambled eggs, nak bread takde plak ...semalam lupa beli. Pastu lepak2 and ambik peluang reading ..la nie sedang baca buku "Mary Mary" by James Patterson - best! Bukan selalu aku free untuk lepak2 cam gini kat rumah ...

Kol 1 kuar rumah ...punya le terik panas kat luar sana...dalam kereta pun terasa bahangnya...jalan jam plak! Aku dah panas dah ...kereta plak buat hal ...tersengguk2, so kena on off aircond ..lagi le panas nya aku ...took one hour gak le untuk pi ke Kose di Padungan tu ...sampai2 kena tunggu a few minutes coz my beautician, Swee Ching, sedang sediakan the cubicle for me ...aku sempat tangkap gambar kat waiting area aje ...sebab bila masuk dalam tengok most cubicle dah ada org ...malu le aku nak terhegeh2 tangkap gambar ...maybe next month aku tangkap gambar kot ...

Punya le best si Swee Ching tu massage muka aku ...and terasa clean and fresh selepas my facial + cold mask treatment! Korang nak tahu, aku tido after dia massage, tak sedar pun bila dia clean and boh mask...sedar2 dia tarik mask tu dari muka aku...tengok jam dah kol 3.30 (aku masuk kol 2pm) ...aku rasa aku siap berdengkur tadi! hahaha malu aku ...but masa aku blah tu all the cublicles dah kosong ...legaaa and the good thing is that I dont have to pay tadi coz aku dah bayar for this package last month. So the next 8 treatment tu pun dah di bayar ....baru senang ati pi hahaha cheapskate kan aku nie.

Balik plak singgah supermarket ...beli buah2an ...sebab masa travelling tu dok melantak pelbagai jenis kek yang sarat ngan lemak, aku nekad nak makan salad and buah2an for dinner for the next two weeks...boleh tak boleh itu lain cerita...tapi niatnya ada ...kan..kan..kan..so, dinner malam nie is tuna salad with grapes, pear and apples cincang as side dish ...boleh??? tapi kalau lapar pas tu aku tak tau le...

i felt relax ...really relax ...and hopefully dapat abiskan novel before aku tido malam nie. Esok is another day ...esok aku kena pulun marking huhuhuhu ...

yang nie plak gambar2 yang takde kaitan ngan posting nie...gambar temple cina somewhere along the road from Padungan to my place...jalan jam, so aku takde kerja snap le a few photos!

Mr CK in the house

Guys...i got this...masin mulut Eat...he..he..he

It is a semi suprise...because he actually mms in teh afternoon but later told me it is too pricey , no discount ...so i was like emmm ok!

When he arrived last night, I was watching "Kliwon" (for the first time- there was Fasha Sandha so visually interesting). I watched him took out his dirty laundry then continue to watch Kliwon...there was no sight of what I want to see ...emmm

Then while watching Kliwon, hubby was inside the room with angah...Afi was lying besides me..and I asked him, "did you see anything like a shopping plastic bag or something like that , which Abah brought back just now?"

Afi responded with eyes stuck on the tv, "yes, it reads CK"..

Maka melompat lah sang permaisuri...berlari terkedek kedek ke dlm bilik...maka teruja lah dia melihat that silver bag..and menjerit jerit lah si permaisuri, terus memberi a big hug and a smack to her raja.......sekian terima kasih.....

What I do for a living ...

Today is my last day travelling. This is my 6th night away from home atas nama kerja. Since sekarang nie revision week kat Uni, we took the opportunity to do our fieldwork for our housing research. Dah le aku baru balik from CH, stay kat umah 2 mlm je dah kena travelling. But is is kind of fun jugak...there were times I rasa cam holiday ...paid holiday gitu.

First destination is Miri ...3 malam di sini...we arrived in the afternoon, tanpa check in dulu terus pi ronda2 Miri ...kitorang reckki tempat for our survey - so that cuti nie nanti our students akan ke sana to interview people. and the next day pun sama ...but the good thing is that abis awal than expected. So, we had one day free - aku apa lagi - tido, lepak kat pool, makan and tido ...cam holiday kan? One thing best about Miri - we stayed in Mega Hotel and breakfast, lunch and dinner is inclusive - and apa lagi ...buffet breakfast, buffet lunch then buffet dinner 3 hari berturut2 ...steamboat plak tu dia punya weekend special last week! Heavens ....

Steaming hot chocolate pudding! Sedappppp

Kat Bintulu - pun ok gak. We managed to do everything that we need to do in one day. But yang bestnyer malam tu ada dinner - served for 10 people in their VIP room tapi yang makannya (or should I say melantak) only 5 org ...fun! Bintulu - nothing much to see or do. I just stay in my room (aku tak tau ada rooftop swimming pool kat Lee Hua Hotel) buat kerja ...and kami sanggup lepak kat airport for more than 3 hours than jalan kat situ. Bos aku sms awal pagi kata "lets lepak kat airport. will be better than this cave"...

Then, the final leg of the trip is Sibu. Sampai lewat petang so nothing to do yesterday. Today dah reckki abis satu Sibu nie - from setinggan to kampung-kampung to low cost housing area...penat. Makan tak berapa best ...malam nie aku tapau kfc je ...huhuhu huge different from our VIP dinner kat Bintulu or our sumptous buffet kat Miri ...tapi hotel dia kelas sket ...am staying at the 12th floor (exec floor) at RH Hotel...hotel baru, so everything is quite new, fresh ...tapi buffet breakfast dia tak brapa best ...maybe sebab hotel nie penuh la nie ngan org2 dari Jabatan Pendidikan - ada courses, seminar and even interview JPA kat sini this week...choices of food is limited. Pagi tadi aku turun tengok most of the food dah nak abis ....kuat melantak org pendidikan nie pepagi kot ...hehehehe

Sunset over the mighty Rajang River, view from my room earlier this evening

So, that was a week of my life....enjoy gak travel mcm nie...seeing new places sambil kerja. Kalau tak kerana kerja aku rasa susah aku nak ke sini. Bukan apa, takde sebab nak ke sini. This is my first trip to Sibu ...and my room is overlooking the mighty Rajang River ...alah, sungai yang terpanjang di Malaysia tu ...hehehehe aku pun baru tengok!

Esok aku nak balik ke Kuching. And i will have to pack now. The thought of coming back to Kuching memang seronok but I will be coming back to a empty house coz my parents still kat KL ...anyway, best tak kerja aku??? penat memang penat, tapi this time round aku rasa mcm bercuti sket. Bukan apa, kami pergi atas budget Kementerian yang hire kami buat research nie, and 2 org staff dia pun ikut sekali ...so all expenses ditanggung ...kalau uni yang buat, kami selalu tak splash all out like this ....

Our 14th anniversary

April 20th or 21st April is our anniversary...both of us cant remember the exact date as we misplaced the surat nikah ( tak lnaklah ckp hilangkan). According my tip top memory...the date supposed to be a day before or after the wedding day in KL which is 21st, so it should be 20th (thank god we both remember the month).

Being as "romantic" as we are, we dont usually really celebrate our anniversary ....besides, for this year, the day falls on monday, duan was outstationed the next day ...i know no excuses but ..that how we are..........franklu, I was a little dissapointed with how we celebrated the day- it looks like we dont treasure the 14 years...but i passed that feeling pretty fast -about 24 hours....

...long long time ago I thought love is to be shown...but after moving from one phase of life to another and observing the world around us...I concluded that love is to be felt...you should be able to feel it in your skin, run with your blood...honestly, that is how i feel...

but being a woman maybe, there is a girl inside me that telling my brain to have that little dissatisfaction...cant help it dear!

My hope....of course to continue to "celebrate"more anniversarys..and i hope my other half always feels my love...

18SX- check your id

It's about the boys' pet- the tortoises (please refer to "we are family" in march 09) namely AquaTortoise and Flash, well i saw them doing "that" yesterday....

Afi told me the tortoise always cllimb on each other,
Me :they were mating...
Afi: "mating?".
Me:"to reproduce"
Afi: "Ahhhhh"...
Luckily, this topic is covered in his Science- so he understands. It is now identified that Flash is the male and Aqua is the female...Aimran just screamed "alhamdulillah" as Afi told him that his tortoise is "expecting"....


after being ambushed.....

Me & My Gals

Suprisingly, dept aku finally clinched the award where patient misteri fill in details of their experience and bagi points to the depts involved..

The hadiah is Nyony-a Kitc-hen voucher Rm100 unlimited time period.. tapi, aku dapat surat ajer.. saba je lah..











Just to show you guys betapa 'besarnye' farmasi aku.. nak ambik new staff kena pastikan BMI kecik.. takut tersepit sbb sempit..

Pusat Tenun Pahang

Last saturday, while waiting for the boys attending their piano class, we went to Pusat Tenun Pahang at Sg Soi (strange name, right?)..anyway, that was my first visit (after all these years-dasat tu!). We were there to pick up 2 pieces of clothing which have been reserved earlier. After the first tenun which is a sampin bought about 8 years ago (at Pusat Tenun Pekan)...this is our second addition to our tenun pahang's collection (if 3 is enough to define a "collection "at all...grrrr-if cant, please propose a correct word..).

Frankly, I am not really into tenun pahang coz somehow most of the time, the colour is always too pastel for me and pattern is usually checked, which i think would only suits as sampin or sarong than baju kurung. However, my perception has changed quite a bit after visiting the pusat...having spent sometime watching the staff doing the tenun, observing the machine works..i just realise this one malay heritage is magnificent , it has special character and uniqueness that stand on its own. If we malays do not preserve this inheritance who will??..so standing ovations to KYDTM Tengku Puan Pahang.

During the visit, there was also a group of local club/association did their outing at the Pusat. I overheard some complained about not many ready-to-buy selections, and I think (another eavesdropping-tak sengaja ok)there is no credit card merchandise- which i feel necessary given its price range. And I am in the opinion that to capture wider market i.e. non malays esp, there should be more plain or big stripes patterns-which is more stylish than checked or ready to wear items like shawls-which is a hip to all, rather than only kain pasang. Having said that, perhaps they do not have the capacity to have like massive production, and maybe those left unsold are the checked pattern (as there are quite many on the shelves)

Gloomy week

hi guys...it has been a week since my last posting but somehow i feel like it has been a decade...work is slightly overloaded and it makes the office very gloomy. My boss was acting like a pain in the ass and transferring all the bad vibration to me....that was office...at home there was a little incident of "sedang kan lidah lagi tergigit" (the first ever for 2oo9 -thank Allah)...and thank Allah again, the "sedangkan lidah lagi tergigit" episode last for less than 24 hours (if not the weekend would go down the drain) .....miserable week!phew!!!!!!!!!!!

ok last weekend we overnight at my in laws in Pekan thus we skipped cooking on sunday (except for char kuey teow for dinner). It is not that i was so "berat tulang" or anything like that but there were 3 bibiks (including mine).. if all in the kitchen who want to be the "ibu", kan???GITU! he..he...well actually nobody did any cooking for sunday lunch....so happened another 2 siblings who stay outside Pekan, also visited for the weekend, thus there was a feast treat for the whole family courtesy from the second brother....


my tummy was really bloated right after, i just had to give up "my " breath-in technique"..he..he..he... sedap!

Main Games

Lepas kenyang makan...the kids dok nyanyi nak pi main games. Paling tak sabar Ej la.
Layan je lah. Lepas dapat main games...senyum memasing. Padahal sume buat muka ngantuk. Yang penting memasing happy dapat beronggeng.

Seronok Bangat - Dinner reramai.

Biler tak jadi nak ke taman, we went to JJ Balakong instead. Sampai ke kat JJ tak dan nak jenjalan memasing dah meronta mintak makanan. Semuanya gara-gara mandi pool petangnya tu. Initially wanted to have Steamboat tapi penuh and que pun panjang.
Terus kami ke restaurant sebelahnya, Orkid Bistro. Sib baik ada meja korang.

EJ was excited bukannya sebab dapat makan. But she was so happy her cousins ada sekali masa ni. Kalau balik PD, EJ and Syahira memang paling close sekali. So far tak pernah diorang bergaduh. Selalu elok je diorang bermain berdua. Kalau ada Syahira ni confirm mommy and daddy free nak dating dgn aman.



Shahira, Aleesa & EJ. Aleesa dah mula pandai nak berkawan asyik nak join kakak dia berdua ni.

Daniel


Danny and Mommy. Masa dalam kereta. Danny tanya soalan ni kat Mommy dia. Mommy kenapa panggil daddy Beb? Mommy terkedu tak reti nak jawab...kah kah kah.



Nasi goreng and chicken chop. Ok la.

Mi kari dia sedap. Terasa serainya.

Sizling chicken
Makanan kat sini kira worth fr the price la. Rasapun Ok. Takde lah tawar hebeh ke nko nak rasa nyesal ke...takde. Sumer Ok. Boleh diterima tekak.
Ej and Shahira shared fish and chips dan rajin diorang suapkan Aleesa makan.
Biler dah lapar ni, fries sejuk pun sedap. Laju je bebudak ni sume makan mulanya. Bila tengok diorang dah slow je terus ugut kata tak habis makan tak payah pi main games. Semua bersemangat balik makan sampai habis.


When we were almost finished baru Zamreen's family sampai. Time tu banyak dah meja kosong.

Zamreen ordered Maryland chicken. Sedap katanya Alif.