Tuesday, July 28, 2009

hi everyone!

Arrived at the office 10 mins to 7. Hubby needs to catch his flight to labuan at 7 am, thus we had to push early from home. Anyways, I know its been a long while since my last entry. I am around, a little bit swamped with work. If I were to blog, I'll probably write things about work as well which is indeed boring stuffs. But honestly, work has taken its toll on me for the past 2 weeks. Didn't do anything interesting lately, so I guess thats why I dont have anything to blog about really.

So, what have I been doing? Not much, away for 4 days, attending conference at pwtc and returned on sunday. It was a nice event, very organized and fun as they had exhibitions gathering all sorts of people from tok bomoh and researchers. It was a promotion on wellness industries in the country so you can see various herbal products and healing techniques. SK did a good presentation and I think everyone enjoyed his lecture as much as I do. I found that the talk on guava cookies and pre-biotic guava drink to be interesting and dr. ida's encapsulated roselle is mind blowing too. These extraordinary ladies are very inspiring indeed.

I saw a batu tungku pillow at the exhibition, almost bought it. It was filled with a jelly-like substance (he said it was garam bukit + gel), and all you need to do is heat it like an iron for 8 mins, and you can use it after that. Very very convenient, compared to traditional batu tungku. But minus point is that you cannot use it as in the conventional batu tungku that is tak boleh tekan2 as it is in the gel form. Too bad kan, otherwise I might have gotten it for myself. Retail price slightly over RM100 I think.

Hubby came along to kl as he had sciencefund meeting on Thursday at putrajaya. We took the opportunity to watch Harry Potter that night. It has been years since we last hit the cinema, the last movie we went to was pirates of the caribbean 3. So, it was really a nice date ahaks, just that hubby kinda dozed off in middle of the show. Must be boring then. I guess in a small way, yes of all the hp movies, i think this one a bit boring for me. Romance between the kids is not really necessary. Hehe, no offense yeah to those die hard fans. But I still like it though, harry potter is still harry potter. Looking forward for more as I do not read any of the book, I must say that I prefer to watch the movie.

While waiting for the 8.50 pm show, we wandered around midvalley and I am just amazed at the sale madness in kl. Ha ha, of course joining the crowd was fun but it was indeed crazy. The next thing I know, a makcik took my stuff that I have reserved to buy. Terpaksa la berebut I tell you. Astaga, I thought it was funny, but it gives you strange pleasure. Jahat kan. Ha ha. It is slightly different back here in kk, i guess probably when the sale signs are up everywhere in kk, the price is still ridiculous, contrary to kl. Besides you have unlimited choices over there. I dont know. Nak tgk tak the crowd?? (will upload later!)

And the food, I had diarrhea for the first 2 days. Ha ha ha, that sums up everything. It seems as though I cannot tolerate spicy food. Or maybe salah makan kali. One thing I regret is not buying any books. Tak sempat la.

I came home and saw that the pokok2 are doing alright despite tidak kena siram for few days, except for pokok daun sup yg FIL bagi. Dua dua dah KO. Alamak, sedih juga... I did ask my dear neighbour tlg siram tapi dia pon tak sempat, she too was rushing to semporna to arrange smtg for the conference. Haih... takpa la, nda kisah la tuh. But anyway, I just watered them yesterday, with the hope that they can still grow. Hmm..

The best thing about coming is of course hugging the girls, I so miss them. Very much. I dont think I can bear it for another week or so. Ha ha. Oh dear, they grew so fast within four days and the kid sis is so clingy. He he.. she keeps crying and wanting to be hug. However, she refuses bf totally. Wonder why? Merajuk kali ya. I am slightly worried.

muka merajuk nih

Conference is 2 weeks away. I am nervous. Still have plenty of things to do and classes to replace. Until then, daaaa.......

Saturday, July 11, 2009

lovely day

one thing i found funny working during the weekend is the inability for my mind to stay focus on completing the task i normally do on normal working days. i guess it means that i am not really into doing this, but rather had to. few things pertaining the conference needs to be done before this monday meeting. shucks really.

i had to bring her along to the office for the past 2 days. she had sore eyes. its almost a month and she still has her flu and somehow it has caused infection to her eyes too. poor girl. the second day, x sempat nak mandi pagi. cause the daddy needs to be at the office early for the pasca registration. thus u see her in her otromen pjs dengan muka lalok lagi. mandi kat ofis la jawabnya. he he...

so, i had to come to work today, to cover for the days that I lost as u can see though she is kind of sick but she is still running up and down in my office. I need to concentrate on her. I tried to keep her quiet by showing her the mini fountain in my room but it works for 1/2 hr only. ha ha. aiyoyo. Her mickey mouse coloring book didnt impressed her at all. She is glued to my paper clip, pen, puncher, stapler and to many things that she never saw before. She calls my printer robot transformers as it makes sound whenever I printed something. Saya mau gelak guling2 dilantai dibuatnya. Ha ha...

honestly, i rather be at home with the kids and watch cartoons with them. or make donuts, lots of chocolate donuts. though its nothing comparable to the bigA, still my daughter is crazy about it. i know she is aiming for the chocolate only! :)

or u can find me doing some jalan2 cari makan during the weekends. its raining now, and its a bit cold these days. that said, u can find me and hubby hunting for mamaks food. so a good kari kepala ikan is always the bet. he he...skip the pic if are not into mamak ok. u can try the sate of course. if u ever go to beaufort, please oh pleaseeeee........ try this gigantic sate, it will cost u 60 sen each, but u'll be surprise to know that u'll have problem finishing 5 cucuk sate tu. kenyang sgt ok. so dont forget to go to brunei satay house if u ever go there. :) tgk la si kawan tuh, concentrate abiss makan.... he he he..

hey, look at what hubby won during the recent lucky draw from a bank. adui nah, jadi-lah. hehe, semestinya la itu untuk aku.

time checked 4.00 p.m.. hubby call just now and ajak dating. tee hee...till next post, enjoy ur weekend.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Apam bakar

One of my mom's fav kuih is apam bakar. Pendek kata selalu sgtla mak saya akan membuat kuih nih. In semenanjung, u can find this kuih easily for brekkie. My bro told me that when he was in ukm, students were lining up for this kuih. I guess because it is cheap, delicious and filling.

But over here in kk, I think it is a bit hard to find it. I'm not sure whether it is available di restoren abah & angah alam mesra tuh as I saw many kelantan delicacies over there.

Anyhow, since u cant find it elsewhere, why not whip it up urself as it is so simple to do.

Puan2 sediakan pen dan kertas ya,

Bahan-bahannya:
1 cwn tepung beras
1/2 cwn tepung gandum
3/4 cwn gula (adjust to your liking)
1 sudu kecil yis
air

Cara:
Tepung beras dan gandum diayak dan masukkan air (ala2 buat lempeng tuh). Masukkan gula dan yis (larutkan dalam air). Biar semalaman dan esok pagi buleh la bakar (as in goreng dgn minyak sedikit mcm buat lempeng tu).

Mom told me kalau di kg, some people will eat it with kari ayam, or maybe rendang. You can omit the yeast, if u have tapai nasi. Lagi sedap, dan hasilnya apam lebih lembut. Hidang kan bersama kelapa parut. Selamat mencuba!

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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Panic

I received an email just now.

Enough to make me sweat.

Need to do a presentation tomorrow.

I handed in the form yesterday, so I thought it will take a week or so for the presentation.

Time check 3.00 pm. And I haven't prepared any slides let alone study.

Pengsannnnnnnn!!!!!!