Salam Lebaran dari Keramat AU

Salam Lebaran...aku pun nak ucapkan Selamat Hari Raya & Maaf Zahir Batin untuk kengkawan 30 smtg yang meletops and maintain Vogue. Untuk yang berjaya dengan cemerlang tahun ni...esp Ejin & Eat...I am happy for both of you. Semoga Lebaran tahun ini kita lewati dengan kesyukuran dan ceria yang berpanjangan.

Abang Ngah nak bermadah uweeekkk.

Semoga debaran dapat kusisihkan ketepi. Kegusaran ku tolak kebelakang...

Semoga aku berjaya mengutip nikmat nikmat keceriaan & kesyukuran hari lebaran dan Cahaya Aidilfitri bisa menerangi laluan aku untuk maju ke hadapan.

Ok...dah muntah? Jom kita sambung cerita. Fid selalu cakap dia teringin nak tengok deco Hari Raya kat KLCC...bukan apa...ambik mood raya. So happen, deco tahun ni cantik...so terubat lah rindu rumah di Kampung.

Cantik.
Masa sampai je...ada show kat pentas tu...tapi tak perasan sape penyanyi tu nyanyi lagu Bahtera Merdeka. Kan kita sambut Raya sekaligus dengan Hari Merdeka negara tercinta...so selain layan lagu raya...kita layan jugak lagu Patriotik. Yang penting...di mana bumi di pijak...di situ langit kita junjung.
Fid yang excited dengan deco raya...sambil lagu raya berkumandang sana sini...very the happy. Mood raya sudah mari.
Kasi can...biar dia posing sorang...masa ni EJ tengah accompany Bibik suap susu botol to Zahra. kami tak lama kat KLCC sebab kelemasan dengan lautan manusia yang ramai macam ulat taik. Nak berjalan pun tak selesa. Aircond pun kuat sangat...biler Zahra bersin aje...we all cabut terus ke Pavilion.
Berbuka puasa di Chocolate Lounge. Not our first choice tapi sebab banyak tempat penuh, I was quite confident kat sini mesti tak penuh. True enough.
Coco Mocha Frap...very the bomb....I shared dengan Fid. Sedap meletops.
Mushroom soup yang mantap.
Untuk Bibik...curry chicken and roasted chicken set. Curry tu takat kuah dan kentang aje. Ej cukai jugak sikit nasi dengan ayam ni.
There was no spoon shape chocolate...so Ej had no choice kena ambik yang lain. Tapi semua pun sedap.
I wanted to order Belgian waffle tapi Ej wanted this. Layannnn...remind us to Ejin...biler Ejin nak turun KL ni boleh repeat Chocolate Fundue ni. Banana kami swap dengan kiwi. So dapat 2 portion of kiwi. Kalau nak swap dengan strawberry...kena top up RM5.
I was so happy dapat outing with my family. Dah lama tak outing. Just imagine Liz yang bertapa 9 bulan kat Kuantan tu. Trauma.
Ej was so excited with lots of chocolate in front of her eyes.

Lepas tu kan...we went to Tony Romas...turn aku dengan Fid lak makan. LOL.
Cranberries Fizz...sedap.
My all time favourite Free Bread & spread from Tony Romas. Sometimes they forgot to give...I will ask for it...cannot miss.
Calamari Caesar Salad...sedap melampau.
HEAVEN...I was craving for this...dulu pi Chillies...ordered ribs...tapi tak sesedap ni. Tadi dapat layan 2 ketul...sedap giles. Tak sabar nak belanja Adib makan ribs kat sini...tapi Adib makan ribs ke? Ke mommy dia yang melantak tak hingat nanti. Lariiiii.
Pasangan remaja. Masa makan kan...dapat borak borak...bestnya berdating...Ej and Bibik take care of Zahra. Makan suap suap...gelak ketawa...lupa lusa Hari Raya...sebab dok ingat Hari Kekasih lak...lariiiii.

Gula gula sticky yang EJ dok nyanyi dah berbulan kata nak beli. Actually sedap jugak layan Passion Fruit flavour ni.

Ok lah...itu je nak cerita...and with this posting...officially...jalan jalan cari makan mood is back. So hopefully you can see more food posting after this.

Enjoy yourselves during Hari Raya ok...push away all the sadness and welcome the happiness of Syawal.

Salam Lebaran dari Sarawak

Raya dah round the corner ...tapi posting pasal ramadan byk tetangguh ...nak buat camne kan ...masa terlalu cepat berlalu ...24 hours a day felt so little to me (hahahaha) ...

note: gambar masa aku nak landing kat KLIA very early in the morning a few weeks ago ....

dengan kesempatan yang ada ini, dengan rasa rendah hati, saya minta maaf banyak2 sekiranya telah terkasar bahasa, terlebih gelak ketawa, ter-over reacting, terjuih mulut melampau (i.e. merajuk) dan membuatkan kalian semua terkecik ati dan sebagai nya ...Selamat Hari Raya untuk semua, especially pada Kak Long & keluarga yang akan beraya for the first time with their little hero Aariz, pada Fendifid family yang akan beraya sakan ngan Amoi Tasha, pada Eat - our Ms. CEO - and her family and juga pada readers setia blog ini.... maaf zahir dan batin ...

p/s aku akan balik kampung esok, masuk opis 6th Sept ....so, maaf lah kalau blog nie tak berupdate nanti ...

Less than 48hours to hari Raya

hi korang..i what's app d gang but nobody reply me..sakitlah..so here i am.'ita dah kat Pekan

..my routine kan sama year in yesr out malam raya Pekan then after sembahyg

turun KL/JB. Tahun ni kite terus JB, ada Aariz malas nak memusing musing

and i jalan tak bawak bibik...hei after nearly 9mths, ni baru akak n d boys

nak keluar bandar...walaweiii...basi kita org ni..Duan dah kemana mana aje

dia kan kerja selalu ke sana sini... i am so lookg fwd for this short break..

for d last 8mths..tak cuti pun, ada lah cuti pergi hospital..in fact masa maternity

pun cuti betul cuma 3 days masa tak discharge dr hospital..

lepas discharged kerja aje..pulak aariz hospitalised...so boss pun amik kesempatan..he..he..

rumah kita 95percent siap..cuma tiles luar, org sambg kerja jugak masa

kita beraya ni...few days dah kerja mengemas mcm gila..dalam luar

angkut itu ini..last last aku rasa mcm nak terkoyak perut--i had caesarian kan,

tadi petang siap semua, about 1.30pm start packg...somethiing i hate doing

...siap after about 4 hours..can u guys imagine..kira baju ikut hari utk

my boys..lipat susun nak minimise kan baggage..boring noh lkalau jalan

berderet2 bag kecik...

by d time siap tu mmg exhausted....ok nanti kita sambg

Last minute shopping

Bestnya dapat lepak kat Starbucks dengan fid, mak, kakak dan adik aku. Masa ni dahaga giles giles. Jusco yang selalunya sejuk boleh pulak terasa panas berbahang sebab orang ramai cam ulat taik.

Kami ke Jusco Alpha Angle untuk belikan mak aku baju kurung...dah last minute punya shopping pilihan pun tak banyak. Tapi berjaya juga dapatkan mak aku 2 pasang baju kurung. Cukup la untuk kemeriahan di pagi Syawal berbaju baru.

Actually aku dengan Fid masih belum selesai lagi preparation raya kami...sebab kueh mueh raya belum di shopping lagi. Kami ada tempat favourite yang kami selalu pergi untuk borong kueh raya dan kerepek bagai kat Taman Dagang...tapi till today belum berkesempatan nak pergi. Baju raya je dah siap. Langsir kat umah tu tengah senget pun aku takde masa plus malas untuk betulkan.

Macam mana preparation korang pulak? Meletops?

belum sempat buat posting Shanghai

Salam semua ....akak nak bagitau yang akak belum ada masa nak buat posting trip Shanghai yang lepas ...banyak nar kerja2 menanti di opis..padahal seminggu jer tak masuk opis ....pastu plak, balik from Shanghai terus tak sihat ..bak kata Fendi, aku dok bawak virus apatah from sana ...sampai sini batuk and since 2 days ago takde suara ....today baru ok sket ...tapi mak aiii suara ter-over seksi tau ....

tapi just to share my sinopsis trip ari tu (kira teaser jer lah dulu)

First day - bertolak awal pagi from kuching sampai sana kol 2 petang ....sampai hotel, jalan2 kejap jer dekat2 area tu ....
Second day - pi Wanda Shopping Mall (tak best sangat) and then gi the Bund ....balik hotel by 3.30 untuk registration for conference
Third day - conference the whole day - aku present plak tu
Fourth day - conference the whole day - then gi jalan2 Yuyuan Garden and souveniour hunting kat Old Shanghai Road (FangBan Road)
Fifth Day - all out jalan2 - gi River Cruise, gi Nanjing Road, gi Jiang'An Temple ...
Sixth day - balik .....terus demam!

gambar pun tak upload coz masih lagi dalam camera ....by the way, kiter duduk kat Crowne Plaza Hotel Fudan, yang terletak kat Handan Road, di Fudan Area....depan dengan Fudan Uni ....

Raya--6 days away...

It's ramadan...and 6 days away from Raya...people get restless...I do...there are so many unfinished businesses...I need to settle a few things in regards to credit facility thru out APAC so that I can go on leave in peace...and I only have 3 days...people are chasing and pushing me...throwing emails , calls, ask me to settle this and that. I just cant get my checklist cleared...i strike off one item, but another new one is added at the bottom of the list...

My house ...now i am not sure if we can get it done before raya...only a few things left but things are getting difficult to move............Even the cleaning itself is overwhelming...I scrubbed the floor, then we did the painting and we have some paint drops on the floor again....I washed and wiped all the plates, glasses everything, and then we need to demolished the old kitchen and the dust is all over.......

And I have only 2 hands and one f*%^ing brain...so please , I would really appreciate if people can practice a little tolerence--practice some respect and have the courtesy, to talk nicely........... .that is all i requested....
For now...i need to cry for a while.....

Business Biskut Raya - Kueh Tart Nenas.

Semalam kami ramai ramai ke Nilai untuk berbuka puasa kat rumah kakak aku. Sampai sana dalam kol 6petang...masuk je rumah kakak aku bau cookies semerbak harum. Perut yang lapar lagi lapar di buatnya. Ej dah bising tak sabar nak makan cookies...lebih lebih lagi biler dia tengok sana sini kat rumah tu ada balang kueh.

Kakak aku masa tu tengah bertungkus lumus untuk siapkan order ada orang nak datang ambik malam tu. Ni baru separuh dari yang di order.
Ada orang minat bentuk strawberry ni..layan...pada aku sama je...masuk mulut hancur semua. yang penting tepung kena sedap...lembut dan inti kena sedap.
Yang dah siap di masak tunggu untuk sejuk sebelum di masuk kan ke dalam balang. Sebenarnya kakak aku all this while ambik upah jahit baju kurung...entah macam mana neighbour dia yang berniaga kueh raya tak specialise dengan kueh tart. So dia offer kakak aku untuk buat kueh tart untuk di jual ke satu kedai cake kat Nilai. Dia sendiri siapkan cookies lain. Sebelum kedai cake tu setuju untuk ambil kena bagi sample untuk rasa...syukur kueh tart kakak aku menepati piawaian kedai cake tu...so bermula la business kueh tart kakak aku ni. Untuk musim raya ni saja kakak aku kena siap kan 30 carton...and setiap carton ada 24 botol macam gambar tadi.
Biler dah confirm aje kedai cake tu nak banyak stok...kakak aku beli oven besar ni...sekali bakar boleh dapat beberapa balang...so cepat la sikit nak siapkan. Kalau tak 24 jam tunggu oven je nanti...membakar cookies tu. LOL.
Mesin uli tepung ni pun kena beli yang giant size macam ni...tak kan nak uli guna tangan kan...body builder pun boleh surrender kalau kena uli tepung untuk berbalang balang kueh.
Untuk menjaga mutu...kakak aku pakai buttercup...takde campur dengan marjerin jenis lain...esp yang murah murah tu kan. Quality kena mantain.

Dah terlanjur ke Nilai...kakak aku bagi terus kueh tart yang Fid order dari dia. Lepas berbuka tadi...Ej terus buka satu balang...dah selesai satu layer...anggaran 10 ketul...rasanya tak sempat raya habis sebalang Ej sapu. Kueh samperit hari tu dah selesai sebalang. Aku tak tahu pun Ej suka makan cookies raya ni.

Kalau sesapa nak order kueh tart sila contact terus kakak aku ye (kak Ila :- 019 6599243...sebalang ada 50 biji RM25)......jangan lak contact aku sebab aku tak terlibat dengan kueh tart. Aku cuma jual wrislet dan handbag coach saje...of course yang Original all the way from USA. Sesapa nak beli wrislet Coach boleh contact aku ye...He he he. Aku dah dapat agak apa Ejin dengan Kak Long nak comment. Ha ha ha.

Interior design Part5

Next is the kitchen...we arranged the kitchen to be extended from the dining area....only one kitchen , there's no wet and dry...balun ajer lah....The kitchen area was just completed yesterday...lega.

The "island" was not in our original plan...that was Duan's last minute idea...and better still, he suggested for the stove to be on the island, thus we can cook from both side...tak ke brilliant tu? Brilliant sangat kan? Dia kan ada darah darah chef sikit so that's how the idea came about kot :)Kita concrete aje cabinet bawah. The table top , initial plan is to use granite but granite costs a fortune jugak so we replaced with tiles which looks like granite tapi nampak lah keping keping nya....kalau granite dia datang custom made sekedebuk nampak cantik lagi lah....but we'll live with that...no problem at all....

The kitchen tiles yg kat dinding...initial plan was to use tiles kecik kecik, they are the "in-thing" sekarang ni, kalau buka magazine mmg most kitchen will use that....those tiles, ada ranges of quality...yg murah yg mahal yg campur granite, marble bagai....masalah nya yg berkenan harganya RM40++ per square feet...yg RM16 hinggit tak jugak lawa lawa kat mata aku ni...puas from one kedai to another...tak boleh pergi jugak....

So being me yg always very compromising dalam segala hal...seriously, that's me...one of my best features--i would believe~~ I dont like to pursue devilish desire and afterthat, macam rasa susah and all that....so i decided "hei why must we constraint our choices--just look for something trendy, modern and affordable"...tak payah susah hati...and i saw those tiles we bought....Duan pun setuju, asal black , white , grey~~duan setuju saja....i love the design...macam timbul timbul sikit...

Fixing the tiles alone , both inside the cabinet area and the floor took 2weeks to finish. The cabinet area is quite leceh sebab berlengkok lengkok and 2 tingkat some more...so terbaring lah nak pasang tu...

The floor was quite fast. Tapi tak tahu lah , but it seems to me orang buat tiles memang slow slow--man--man---like nobody businesss! In the spirit, "biar lambat asal cantik"...we play along with their phase....tak kacau sangat :)---banyak banyak bersabar ...bulan ramadan kan?

Darah dalam badan ni mmg cam pantang aje tgk orang buat kerja slow slow ni....my mom dulu selalu cakap "jangan nak kereme kereme" ...tak tahu how to spell tapi bunyi nya cam tu...javanese for terlembik lembik terlambat lambat...kalau dah keluar phrase tu from my mom, laju lah gerak or just vanish yourself...kalau tak dapat sakit he..he..he..sebab tu kita org tak pernah belajar masak...my mom tak daya tengok org terkial kial biar dia buat sorang, cepat , kemas dan wallah ...siap!Finally, done....tomorrow kita pasang cabinet, banyak lagi kerja mengemas..Bibik pun dah tak de mood nak masak kat dapur lama....bibik tak de mood , akak lagi lah...tu yang kerja buka kat luar ajer ni....ok sambung nanti...adios!.

Interior design Part4

Next in this interior design label is the laminated flooring...we've been wanting this since laminated flooring was made like the "in-thing" in interior designing...we basically followed the price movements...no kidding ha..ha..ha.. I am glad that we wait until now and I am glad that we decided to have the whole of upper floor installed with the laminated flooring.The boys room--ni tak siap lagi actually , i dont have recent pistures in my folder so nanti kita tunjuk most recent pics...

I can assure you that the floor feel so good under your feet...and it feels good to just lie on that bare floor
Initially tot we want to leave out our room...and I made the "puss in boots" kind of expression , yes with the eyes and the hands under my chin...."Alang-alang, Dut!...and my room doesnt cost that much either...kecik ajer...

This wardrobe bukan baru...ini dah 10 years old more or less...nak tunjuk floor kat bawah wardrobe aje...he...he...

Salam Ramadan

Sedar sedar dah 17 Ramadan...dari 1st ramadan , nak buat posting to wish all the readers "salam ramadan"...so here I am selamat berramadan semua...Seriously, year in year out setiap kali muncul ramadan...dalam hati kita cakap...tahun ni nak tarawih...ada buat tapi boleh bilang dgn jari ajer....then dalam hati ada jugak cakap ...nak baca quran...well ada lagi 12 hari so we'll see....
semua yg baik baik semua dalam hati ...nak mengzahirkan tu susahnya...
I always pray for Allah guidance to lead me to his path...but on the other hand I know.."Tuhan tidak akan merubah nasib sesuatu kaum melainkan mereka sendiri yg merubahnya"...Allah is always transparent...Dia beritahu beforehand....
Basically we can rate ourselves kan....and it makes me scared...

Selasa lepas, mother of my neighbour passed away...orang lorong belakang..so we went to ziarah...I am glad I did...sebab it knocks me on my head that that person could have been me...could be someone we love...are we up to it? Takut kan ? Sangat menginsafkan...sepanjang kat rumah tu , tengok the family, kita tahan air mata aje...kite pulak mmg drama sikit bab air mata ni...

Dalam pada tu some neighbours ni sempat bercerita the difference between woman and man after the death of their spouse. They said rata rata lelaki akan sebok cari penganti be it lelaki muda ke tua. I just listened and giggled..To date I have never came accross anybody who has same view like mine, not among people that I know but we dont really talk about life after death , do we....seriously, I dont mind at all..if i die first, I dont mind if my dear hubby wants to marry another...among other thing , I dont think we'll bring "jealousy" to alam barzakh. Doesnt mean that i love my hubby less than those who said they will haunt the new wife...but I just being realistic....we have much more to handle THERE than worry about what we left in THIS world. If only we need to concern, it has to be well being of the kids cause I dnot think anybody can love others like they love their own kids!

So that's all for tonite...again salam ramadhan to all.....

House renovation part12

Macam macam dah jadi...the indonesian guy we engaged with, dah quit...basically, he requested for all due to him, but I told him we wanted to hold sikit until completion...then he requested for additional cash to finish off the ground floor...at that point, we knew something is not right so we called him, we talked and he told us he wanted to quit...we let him go, the fund that we retain is used to hire new contractors to finish off the work...and with the same total amount ( maybe less) we also managed to get a new fence..

And patah tumbuh , hilang berganti...we get ourselves a new contractor.. a malay chap ..the guy is quite straight forward and he has quite a number of workers so the progress was quite fast.

See...it is so true that nobody is indispensable...even ourselves in our office, i always have that thought in mind --it keeps me grounded and it reminds me that whatever decisision we make, family comes first. Afterall, I do work for the family kan..And that's why when my ex regional manager in my previous company asked me to lead a branch in KL, aku mati hidup balik tak nak...I came this far to avoid KL hectic life....and if I go down, Duan and the boys camno...and I cant be apart from abg Duan lama sangat kang akak terpeluk orang lain...opocot sasul pulak...ha..ha..ha..main ajer sayang. Know what I just saw a new HLB branch in town, that is supposed to be mine if only.....yes if only......
But I love my job in Grace...On that note, I also need to mention kerja tak boleh separuh hati
...kerja kena ikhlas jadi rezeki tu diberkati.
This is our new fence...simple aje...kita naik kan tinggi and have it concrete aje...senang sikit macam ni...I love it .....memenuhi citarasa kita :)...minggu ni insyallah cat..

Pesanan Dari Kak Dik

Ejin kan takde seminggu sebab attend seminar sambil beronggeng kat Shanghai China. Berkali kali dia pesan suruh update blog jangan sampai bersawang. LOL. Aku mana la ada story mory yang best nak update sebab Fid dan Tasha masih tempoh berpantang. Ej pulak sibuk dengan exam (read tv & fesbuking...lol). Makanya korang layan la gambar food yang blur blur sikit ni sebab ambik guna blackbery...tak koser nak pakai dlsr canggih. kah kah kah.

Ni la jelly yang aku kata famous kat Param Taman Melawati...yang famous tu oreo...aku beli 2 ketul...paling bawah kanan dan paling atas. Tapinya...aku tak suka sangat...EJ siap kata jelly peach aku lagi sedap...lol. yang kuning tu durian...yang merah tu dragon fruit dan atas cendol merah. Yang boleh kata menepati selera aku...yang cendol merah dan durian aje.
Tak sangka kat Param Wangsa Maju ada pasembor ni...not bad sedap...dan harga pun berpatutan. Boleh la buat lepas rindu Penang.
Moroccan lamb...so so je pada aku.
lempeng pisang...10 kali pi Param...asyik la habis...hari ni baru dapat...tapi frust sebab tak menepati anak tekak...aku rasa pisangnya kureng.
Lauk mak cik sebelah bagi. KIta hidup berjiran ni kalau panjang panjangkan rezeki...bagus jugak kan...kenyang perut sebab dapat makan free kan...oleh itu...esok korang masak la lebih sikit bagi jiran sebelah sepiring. Sharing is caring.

Tapikan...dah 15hari puasa ni...iftar paling da bomb yang rasa puas sangat makan...masa aku tapau Fajitas & tripple play...walaupun presentation kureng sebab tapau je kan....rasa tetap mantap meletops. Puas hati dapat layan anak tekak makan food dari Chillies. Layannnn.

Makanya...aku takde hutang posting lol...Pesanan Kak Dik dah terlayan.