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semenjak dua menjak ni, suka plak memasak. and no,not telur goreng ok. hari ni, for dinner, i thought of making kari ayam. tapi entah macam mana, termasak ayam masak merah with french beans pulak. haha.

then, dah surf2 internet, jumpa resepi orang cake, and i feel like making that tomorrow.

but, i also feel like making sagu gula melaka. dua dua pon, i tak de bahan but all can be bought kan?

pastu kan, saya juga suka makanan pedas. usually, if masak kari, memang tak penah nak letak cili. but, off late, ai suka pulak letak cili.

oh...and tomatoes kan, yg kecik2 tu, sedap dimakan begitu sahaja.

i also lovelovelovelovelove ovomaltine chocolate. oh...and sour cream and onion punye chips.

hmm...mungkin sebab itulah, dah hari hari naik tangga 4 tingkat pon, bentuk badan masih tidak berubah. haih. i blame the weather!

tacos sempoi

My tacos are really so sempoi because i just threw in whatever i could find in my fridge. kalau ada mushroom sure lagi sedap, i think. neway, the ingredients that i used were:

stengah labu bawang besar, chopped

sayur kacang buncis, chopped

tomatoes, sliced

cheese

taco sheeets

minced meat

taco mix

1. saute bawang, masukkan minced meat sampai brown.

2. masukkan kacang buncis and tomatoes

3. masukkan taco mix secukup rasa. siap!

then,

4. heat oven

5. spread taco sheet. letak cheese and the minced meat yg dah goreng tadi. (i put a lot of cheese because i LOVE cheese. plus its a good source of calcium, kan??)

6. letak dalam oven for about 10-15minutes.

SIAP!!!

senang gila kan?? and you know, sementara nak tunggu masak tu, sempat la tgk youtube or something yg durationnya 10minutes. heh heh.

oh, nak makan tu, i letak tomato sauce. some ppl would prolly love to put mayonaise as well, but since this is taco sempoi and i was out of mayo, so no mayo for me.

p/s: actually, i went to the grocery store today to get a bag of sour cream and onion chips and chocolate chip cookies (tapi tak ingat plak beli biskut!). tengah round-round the aisles, i found taco mix and also taco sheets. jadi, terus bersemangat nak makan tacos for dinner!

random

- made koay teow goreng tom yam for dinner and nasi goreng tom yam for lunch. yumss!!!

- feel like eating ayam masak merah esok.

- have to watch the great dictator tomorrow. how exciting. NOT!

- Dani absolutely loved his birthday cupcakes yang bertemakan handy manny. he also absolutely loves the present i got him. *bliss*

- have to write an abstract and also prepare a short presentation tapi mood belum mari. how?

- hands are freezing while typing this because i switched on the fan and directed it towards my lappie. cik lappie dah buat perangai balik. suddenly switched off by itself! i think its too hot. hence the percubaan.

- cannot wait to shop in the UK. But before going, I am planning to buat a visadebitcard here so that i can spend my euros instead of my rms bila guna msian crdtcrd.

- only 2 presentations, 1 abstract, and 3 summaries left before i can enjoy my long awaited break.

- i miss my boys.

- accidents may happen to some ppl, but some just asked for it.

- dr sunshine finnaly got my card which i sent like eons ago!! he loved it. heh. esok nak beli kad lagi.

- cannot wait for december.

- bencinya bila tiba2 tengah-tengah malam perut berkeroncong sebab lapar. haih. i actually woke up to eat at 1am last night ago because i was SO hungry. tu la..lain kali makan proper dinner kan? tapi ai tetap nak blame the weather.

- cuaca juga menyebabkan ai selalu pergi toilet. and, sebab udara kering, selalu haus. sejuk+byk minum= frequent toilet trips.

- entah kenapa, i semakin rajin masak. hrm. esok i feel like eating ayam pedas. yum yum.

4 already?

My baby boy will be four at exactly 11.08pm on 8 nov. i tell you, he has grown but as a mama, no matter how old he is, and how may adiks he has or will have, he will still always always be my baby.

AD is a very bright, intelligent boy. I am very thankful that hati dia terang and i hope it will remain that way. At four, his most favourite thing in the world adalah police stuff. handcuffs, police badges, guns, anything related to the police. Obviously, his favourite show would be gerakkhas, rodaroda and polisgerakmarin. kalau 3 show ni shown on tv, tak payah keluar pon tak apa. he can speak very well. cara dia nak mintak something pon ber'aluh'. InsyaAllah, Allah akan terangkan hati dia. :)

AD my huggeroonimooni,

Mama can so remember the day i gave birth to you. You are very special to me sayang. Mama harap, adik-adik AD nanti (insyaAllah) akan ikut perangai awak. I hope they would love to perform the solat, like you. Love to read, like you. Love listening to ayat-ayat suci, like you. For me sayang, you are a very good example. Thank you for being a very easy baby to take care of. You know, baru-baru ni mama terfikir. When you were just 2 years old, you were strong for mama.You knew mama tak larat dukung bila kita jalan jauh masa kat Vienna and so you walked with all your might. I feel so guilty sayang for putting you through all this but you are one VERY strong boy.

Remember when we walked from our house to get KFC and i made you promise to walk the whole way if you wanted to follow? You did. But on the way back, I could sense that you were tired. And i asked you, "nak mama dukung tak?". And you said, "tapi Dani kan dah promise mama?". Terus mama dukung awak. Dani memang tak pernah ask for anything. You have always not been the type to mintak this and that when we are grocery shopping or at the mall. I remember going to toysrus and saw you so excited. So u asked papa and me if you could 'pinjam' toys tu. We let you, and when we wanted to leave, you put it back.

Dani,

Thank you for being a good brother to AA. I can see how you love him by the way you play with him. Thank you for giving in. I tell you, you may be only 4, but sometimes i feel that you are matured beyond your age. Everytime lepas mama sembahyang, mama will doa supaya Dani jadi anak yg baik, diterangkan hati, sihat, mendengar kata, insyaAllah.

Dani behave ye sayang, and be a good boy. Mama is so proud of who you are and who you will become one day.

From the bottom of my heart, Happy 4th birthday.

love,

Mama

susu soya

i went to buy some things from the asian store tadi and saw this instant soya drink that i felt i MUST buy. tak sabar nak try minum malam nanti!

i also bought kangkung, sebab fenfeeling nak makan kangkung goreng belacan with ayam goreng n kuah kari (lebih dari kari sardin) untuk lunch esok. tapi, nak kena cari mana belacan i. hmmm...

pastu, ai beli asam, sebab nampak macam menarik!

anyway, the reason i could go out was because i finished my take home test! wohoo!!! *lompat lompat*. walaubagaimanapon, i plan to reread whatever i have written tomorrow and edit mana yang patut cos technically i have till monday night to submit it. :) malam ni, ai nak tengok movie. ermm...what should i watch ek?

esok, ingat nak breakfast kat starbucks sambil2 baca so Fiske tuh because i have another summary due on tuesday. sesambil itu, nak kena pikir apa nak buat for my eksperimen untuk foprak.

p/s: siapa tahu mana kita boleh download cerita anne frank???

kari sardin sempoi

what do you cook when you don't have a lot of things in the pantry???

entah kenapa, today, i wanted to eat curry. and since there's no chicken or meat in the freezer, i decided to make kari sardin!

so uols, here is the recipe for kari sardin sempoi. memang sempoi cos it only takes less than half an hour to siap!

1 labu bawang besar

5 cili kering

2 sudu besar serbuk kari

1 tin kecik sardin in tomato sauce

garam secukup rasa

tomato sauce secukup rasa (sayang nak bukak my asam jawa)

1. blend cili kering and bawang besar. (cili kering tu kena rendam dalam air panas dulu sampai kembang)

2. tumis bawang and cili kering yg dah blend

3. bila nampak cili tu dah masak, masukkan serbuk kari. (i actually mixed the serbuk kari with water to make a paste)

4. pastu tunggu pecah minyak and masukkan the sardin without the sauce

5. letak garam

6. put tomato sauce until mencapai rasa masam yg dikehendaki. actually letak fresh tomatoes lagi best but i didnt have any.

7. let it simmer for a while, and walaahh... siap!!!

oleh sebab namanya kari sardin sempoi, tuan punye tak kuasa nak hidang atas pinggan and hias bagai. i am just keeping it real, ok!

*matila nak jugak justify kan*

senang kan??

you can have it with rice or, like me, have it with mee so instantly jadi mee kari!!!

tapi rasanya malam nanti, i will fry some papadom and makan dengan nasi. if i only i hade eggplants, i would definitely masak sambal terung. yums!!!

oh..if uols ada telur (and by that i mean telur ayam), u can make half boiled egg for breakfast, and letak kari sardin ni and kicap sikit and eat it with toasts and butter. yumss!!!

i plan kalau ada leftover esok pagi, nak makan dengan roti prata. :)

have you ever?

have you ever felt that your brains are sooooooooooooooooo super tired that all you want to do is golek-golek atas katil sambil tengok mindless tv shows?

have you ever felt like you have worked so hard for something, and deserve a good break but you cannot because you have a lot of other things waiting for you?

i tell you, November is not a good month for me. Its one deadline after another and I am suffocating. I am so tired of looking up for journal articles on the internet, cari buku kat library, do a whole lot of reading and then tulis. haih.

lepastu, i actually really want to continue writing my thesis, but tak sempat-sempat lagi because of all this other work. i really cannot wait for November to be over!!!!

ok,now back to Victor Turner's article.