Ramadhan

We started to perform our puasa on Saturday 22th August. It is also coincide with the school holidays. Even better, so that the kids won't be that tired during the day especially Sarah. Naim is looking forward for puasa because he can eat dadih coklat during buka puasa. During sahur on the first day puasa, we had rice & some ayam goreng & sambal. Sarah just ate some cereal & milk. Naim has already told us what he wanted to eat during sahur the following day and on Monday morning, and I was like ...Hari Raya dah tau dah nak makan apa? He grinned.

After solat subuh around 5.55am, everybody tido semula. During the day nothing much to do, Naim played with games, Sarah played Barbie Doll with Maryam and me with my book. Alhamdulillah, not even once Sarah was complaining that she was hungry or thirsty. Around 6pm we went to Pasar Ramadhan. As it was Saturday and school holidays, I guessed a lot of people came early to the pasar and seemed that not many food left by the time we arrived. No dadih coklat for Naim as well...sold out. We ended up going to G**nt to buy the kids' favorite chicken rice. So chicken rice for the first day buka puasa.

On the second day, asked the kids what they wanted to eat for buka puasa...both wanted to eat Maggi...OMG!..of all the things. So we went to G**ant to buy Maggi and other groceries. Nevertheless hubby also bought kfc variety bucket for the kids. Me bought nasi dagang and hubby laksam from the pasar ramadhan. Naim also got his dadih coklat.

Malam tu, Naim siap cari balik wallet dia untuk simpan duit raya...OMG!..kids!

Disney's Up with the kids 20/8/09

Yesterday i was a bit not-in-the mood to go to the office. As there is nothing much pending in the office, decided to take leave. The kids were already unofficially holidaying since one of the sekolah kebangsaaan nearby already closed due to h1n1. The same infected kids probably went to the same sekolah agama where naim & sarah is also attending. So to minimize the risks, we tell them to stay at home since wednesday. The school holidays were supposed to be started this saturday.

Since the kids were at home and I was on leave, we checked out TGV for matinee show. Booked 11.45am show for Disney's Up 3D at S.Pyramid. Got the kids ready and drove to the mall around 11. Not many people there so very easy to get parking and after getting the kids to wear masks we went to the cinema to get our tickets. Maryam was quite restless because she thought we were going to her ultimate favorite spot i.e. G**nt BK5 (he!he!). Naim bought some popcorn and mineral water before going to the hall.

The first 15 minutes of the movie is a prologue, on the life of the grumpy old Mr Fredricksen. Though there was not much dialog but it was really touching. It is a must see scene because from that scene we understand the reason why he decided to take up the adventure on the balloons.

The character that I like most is the scout boy, Russell. He's really cute and all his dialog in it reflects how innocent our kids are. He can't tell lies, he's direct, he's curious, honest..I mean who won't like him? He's adorable!

One of the scene that I liked most was when Russell found the big giant bird who really like chocolate. Russel wanted to keep the bird and bring it throughout the adventure as a pet. He named the bird Kevin. Along the way Kevin responded to some squawking birds from their nest. Mr Fredricksen told Russell that Kevin has babies...so Russell was like...huh! Kevin is a girl?..hehe so cute!

Maryam was a bit scared because there some thunderstorm scenes...mummy!ujan!kut!

After movie, singgah McD drive thru for lunch.

Fairy Cupcake

Heat oven to 200 Cel. Cream 250gm butter with 200gm brown sugar using electric mixer. Add 2 tsp vanilla essence. Add 4 eggs. Beat until fluffy. Set aside. Sift 1.5 cup of self raising flour. Fold in the flour into the butter mix with 3-4 tbsp milk in between. Spoon into cute cupcake mold/muffin cup. Chocolate chips & almond optional.
Bake for 12-15 min depends on oven/size of cup.

EMBA 8B Gathering

The class of EMBA 8B organized a gathering on 25th July at TGCC. The mastermind behind the event was Syarin, thanks pal!. She basically did the venue reservation, chose the food, get everybody to pay (the leceh one this one), plan for the backdrop, photographer and macam2 which I also didn't know what else la. Doorgifts were sponsored by Mark & Samseah, nice la all the things u guys gave us! appreciate them very much...ada pens la, notepad la, post it, water tumbler, pouch, canvas shopping bag sampai dua!

We booked one function room for that event so that we could have more privacy with ourselves. Thought somebody wanted to karaoke or something but dunno what happened..The turnout was really really good where if not mistaken 25 out of 28 yang dah confirmed datang. Syarin, Samseah & Mark were the early birds and myself & Mas joined in a little bit later. Then bila Gee came, she & me jaga the registration counter. Mylord was the first bee yang muncul around 12ish...I heard that he actually went in and tasted the food eventhough event belum start...ishk!iskh!iskh! Cik Pah kite datang terhencut2 sikit sebab jari kaki patah tapi sanggup jugak drive tu, tabik spring! Pian datang with a bodyguard ...hehe...takpelah...layan jer.

At a little bit after 1pm, syarin started the event which actually start makan ler...no speech or whatever because the main objective is to gather and catching up sambil makan. The food was excellente. With RM75, we were served with pasta (bolognaise, penne & alfredo), rice & lauk2 yang sedap, ada ayam masak lemon, roasted beef dengan kuah apa ntah kuning cam masak lemak cili api tapi sedap, veges etc. For appetizer ada salad, pecal, oyster, soup, roti and ulam2an. Dessert ada bubur kacang, ABC, cakes, brownies, jelly etc. Tak dapat nak makan sume sebab banyak sangat....rugi...rugi.

Sambil2 makan tu ada juga yang baru datang macam hj ghazi & abe mie. The 2 couples were the last to join in around 3pm. Yati & Sham brought their 8 mo baby together, she's really cute and baiknyer! Orang dok pegang here and there, dia diam jer tengok...agaknyer dlm kepala dia "Ape ke halnyer diaorang ni tak pernah jumpa baby ke ape?" Around 3.30 camtu, we had group photo taken by the photographer and after that some of us had to take a move. A few stayed and listened to a so-called press conference by sham & yati. Never seen yati seceria tu when we were in the class.Nice!

We called it a day around 4pm. Hope to see you guys in the next reunion.

Birthday @ Chilli's MV

Some of my close friends in the office (Fas, Aiza & Gee) treated me a lunch on one of the Friday afternoon at Chilli's MV. We ordered the famous and yummy tostada chips & queso dip of course!..itu wajib. We also ordered chicken & steak. Makan hidang la kira maklum la sume small eater. Thanks guys and thanks to all of you again including yati, hanum & ziham for the sweetest birthday gift (pilih sendiri tapi!).

Aiza did ask me whether I know how to prepare the dip, I think I know how but haven't tried it. Kalau aku nak buat aku nak cecah dengan ape? Kepok ikan? ke papadom? sedap gak kot.