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Seronoknya Eid will be on Wednesday here in Perth, hopefully kali ni every mosque here will celebrate Eid on the same day unlike the previous years. And starting from tonite, tuan rumah ni will be very very busy siapkan preparation for all those lovely raya dishes, hehehe. Yelah kan, dah kena masak sorang2 so tak menang tanganlah kalau nak bertenet at the same time :-). So, rumah ni like I guess a lot of other 'homes' on the blogger world will be quiet for a few days. Tuan rumah nak berehat seketika sempena musim lebaran ni, hahaha.....

So malam ni cuma nak tayang our iftar menu tonite and also some raya cards from fellow bloggers before signing off for a few days. Have a very happy and safe Eid Mubarak everyone and enjoy your holidays, well, to people who do get holidays I guess :-).

Dah makin nak dekat raya ni, dah semakin busy dengan segala macam nitty gritty things to do. Weekend ni we were so busy with house cleaning and tidying, inside and outside and last minute shopping. Esok is a public holiday here in WA so bila public holidays, all the supermarkets n shops pun tutup serapat2 nya lah, tu yang kena buy everything semalam just in case Eid falls on Tuesday. I still haven't heard any news whether Eid is on Tuesday or Wednesday. I'm really hoping it'll be on Wednesday because I've already applied for leave for taht day so tak perlulah tergesa2 masuk office after solat Raya. Bolehlah lepak2 kat masjid tu sambil mencuba segala jenis food that will be on offer on that day. Free food you, mana boleh tolak kan, hehehe.

On a different story, our ucapan raya and picture was published in Kosmo Malaysia today. Wei, perasan glamour kejap! hahahaha...... Satu kampung tau :-). I've already asked my Sis to frame it for us, dia punyalah gelak aje at my request. Tak kuasa dia nak frame dia kata, banyak lagi kerja lain dia boleh buat, wahkahkahkahkah. Kiranya sepanjang2 we all hidup di perantauan ni, that's the first time I've sent ucapan and gambar for Raya. Low profile lah katakan ;-).

Tonite, I had really run out of idea what to cook for Iftar. I know tak nak masak nasi n lauk pauk sebab bila Raya nanti, surenya sampai tak larat2 kena makan nasi n rakan2 yang sewaktu dengan nya kan. Last2 masak dhal and makan dengan roti canai segera for the Little Misses and we had frozen thosai n dhal aje. But I also made doughnuts, walnut scrolls, spring rolls for entree so by the end, memang semua kekenyangan lah. Bila datang rajin, memang rajin betul Mummy buat entree, hehehehe.

Terlebih rajin, I guna acuan flower for the doughnuts :-).

The other half asked me this morning to put up his 'dishes' on my blog. He said asik letak my dishes aje tiap2 malam, once in a while letak lah his 'dishes'. Since it's bulan Ramadhan yang mulia, I was feeling generous so here it is his 'dishes'. :-)

Every weekday night, Saturday and Sunday morning, this is what he has to do , until he's so good at stacking the plates and pots now :-).

Malam ni kita layan gambar ajelah ye sebab dah berapa hari tak letak gambar food. Nampak sgt tuan rumah tengah malas tahap gaban nak masak. Kalau tak percaya, u can ask the Little Misses what their iftar meals were for last nite and tonite. Mlm semlm masak maggi goreng aje n Mummy makan Maggi tomyam but siap dgn sayur and ayam n seafood so I guess tak lah malas sgt kan, hehehe. Malam ni makan bought BBQ chicken and frozen chips n salad. Malas tahap gaban! But malas2 pun sempat jugaklah buat choc chip cornflakes cookies and rocky roads. Rocky roads tu buat utk bagi the teachers sempena end of school :-).

Cornflakes choc chip cookies, letak dlm paper cups sbb nak bagi orang, yg buat mkn sendiri semua leper2 aje, hahahaha...

Rocky roads ni lebih kurang kek batik lah tapi versi omputih. Dia letak marshmallows, nuts, dried fruits n shortbread biscuits in it. Nak tambah benda2 lain pun boleh, bagi dia kaler maler lebih2 lagi.

Dinner orang malas :-).

Today was the last day of school and for the next 2 weeks, the other half and I akan bergilir2 jaga the Little Misses at home. Agggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We love them lots but 2 weeks with them will drive us up the walls and we will drive them nuts as well and they will drive each other insane as well! Don't know what we'll do with the Little Misses to keep them entertained. Luckily, next weekend will be Miss very-very-very-soon-going-to-be-5 b'day celebration so adalah jugak something for them to look forward to :-). Mummy dia lah tengah pening skrg nak organise everything for the party. Nasib baik b'day party kat rumah ni tak sebesar b'day parties kat M'sia yg siap guna caterings, event organiser, hehehehe.... Mau lah Mummy demam seminggu kalau buat besar2an macam tu!

Kad raya from Fiza


Kad raya fr Vin


Kad raya from Moi


Kad raya from Hana


Kad raya from Halen


Wei tak boleh jadi ni, orang lain semua dah gantung kad raya kat rumah masing2, kita pun nak gantung jugak lah, bagi meriah sikit rumah I ni. Lagi lah best kalau ada lampu lip lap lip lap kat keliling rumah kan, hehehe.... Silap pandang macam nak sambut Christmas aje :-). Takde sape2 ke nak sedekah lampu lip lap2 tu kat I? hehehe... To all my cyber friends yang sudi bagi I kad, thank you so much sebab tolong memeriahkan my Raya and my blog. Kalau ada lebih2 duit raya tu, bolehlah poskan ke sini, hehehehe ;-)

Ucapan Selamat Hari Raya

Kepada semua teman2 di alam cyber, thank you for reading my blog. Sempena bulan yang mulia ini, hanya kad ucapan yang dapat kami berikan sebagai tanda pengerat silaturrahim. I'm not sure if this kad raya can be copied n paste or not sebab kad raya ciptaan sendiri, hehehe. Tapi kalau sesiapa yang sudi terima kad raya ni n manage to kopipes to your blog, I would be so honoured :-). XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Like predicted, malam tadi memang tidur lena selepas 1 hari suntuk berjuang kat dapur, hehehe. Nasib baik still terjaga for sahur :-). Minggu ni still nak buat a few more cookies lagi kalau larat lah and ingat nak buat some cakes to give to the Little Misses' teachers as end of term / Raya presents. Last year, I buat end of year presents in the shape of fruit cakes and sweet treats masa cuti Christmas for the teachers. Tahun ni ingat nak buat masa raya because it just so happened that Raya this year will fall during the school holidays so boleh lah give them kuih raya as presents. But a big 'if rajin', hehehehe......



To Hunny n Intan who asked for the Cornflakes Meringues recipe. I just kopipes (with some alterations) aje ye but to the tuan empunya resipi, minta maaf banyak2 sebab lupa dapat dari mana. I know I got it from one of the blogs but can't remember which one. So, mohon maaf awal2 for not acknowledging the owner of the recipe.



Cornflakes meringues



-225gm cornflakes -180gm choc chips ( I only used 125g aje and I think it's more than enough )
-175gm gula halus ( I guna 150g caster sugar and it's sweet enough for me)
-3 putih telur
-1-2 sudu teh esen vanila
-50gm kacang spt hazel dll(I used flaked almond or almond nibs)



-Pukul putih telur hingga kembang and soft peaks formed.
-Masukkan gula 2 sudu besar at a time. Pukul hingga pekat dan kental or until bila terbalikkan mangkuk, putih telur tak jatuh.
-Masukkan cornflakes n choc chip, gaul n kaup balik hingga rata.
-Masukkan kekacang jika suka. Masukkan dalam papercup kecil n bakar pada 140'c selama 20-30 minutes.


( I got about 100+ meringues, kira memang cukuplah utk buat raya, hehehe).



Ini pulak tonite's dinner, Mat Saleh calls it Rice-filled omellette but kalau orang M'sia panggil Nasi Paprik ( betul ke nama nya ni?) or is it Nasi goreng Pattaya? (thanks Siti Aishah for telling me the name :-)). Last nite's nasi banyak berlebih and Mummy malas nak fikir lebih2 nak masak apa malam ni. But, to attract the Little Misses' attention, kenalah wrap the nasi in omellette, barulah diaorang makan beria :-). The power of presentation and deception, hahahaha....

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Penat betul hari ni sebab buat marathon buat kuih raya dari pagi tadi, hehehe. Bangun pagi tadi (well, pukul 8 pagi ke?) terus mula buat kuih gunting sampai lah pukul 11 baru habis siap menggoreng and mengemas semua.

Then straight away sambung dengan tart nenas which was a real pain nak buat. I tried using the cookie press again, ingat nak buat tart nenas bentuk bunga but hampeh tak jadi. Last2 I guna the cookie press utk buat tart nenas gulung, baru lah menjadi and cantik sikit my tart. Heran betul, boleh pulak guna cookie press tu buat tart gulung, tapi nak buat bentuk bunga langsung tak jadi. But I forgot to sapu kuning telur on the tart so bila dah masak, pucat lesi aje rupanya, hehehe, but rasa still menawan so tak kisah lah kan! Lepas aje habis bakar tart nenas, I sambung pulak buat Cornflakes meringues sebab nak use up putih telur from the biscuit making yang tersimpan sejak haritu lagi. I can't remember where I got the recipe from, minta maaf lah ye kat tuan empunya nya. Miss very-soon-to-be-5 was so happy sebab she got to be the taste tester the whole day. I asked her tak nak puasa ke, she said, "no!", hehehe. Mana boleh puasa when Mummy is making all this cookies and kuih. Poor Miss 9 sebab asik terhidu bau sedap2 coming from the oven the whole day. Tu yg dia melantak makan cornflakes meringues tu masa buka tadi. She said it tasted like marshmallow and cornflakes :-).

Then bila dah siap semua biskut n kuih, sambung pulak masak for dinner. Wei, tak larat dah nak tengok dapur tu! Malam ni sure tidur lena sungguh sebab penat memasak satu hari suntuk, hehehe. So far, dapat lah 5 jenis kuih, cukuplah kan tu, sape aje yang nak makan pun nanti ;-).

Dinner malam ni, nasi putih, kari ayam n terung, sambal goreng kacang dgn tempe n bilis, ikan mackerel goreng n telur masin. First time masak telur masin kat Perth ni sampai lupa berapa lama nak kena masak dah. Bila potong tadi, nmpk mcm still runny sikit but dah rebus sikit punya lama ke, don't know what went wrong.

The 20th day of fasting, cepat betul masa berlalu. Tadi berbuka puasa at the Little Misses' school with a lot of other parents. Kenyang giler makan, hehehe. Tiap2 malam I had to cook for iftar so bila dapat peluang berbuka makan other people's cooking, apa lagi, terus lah ambil kesempatan kan :-). It was a pot luck iftar so every family had to bring a plate or two of food. I made mee goreng and brownies. Sekejap aje dah habis, hehehe. The other half and I melantak nasi pilau, pulut kuning, kari ayam, acar and so many different types of entrees and desserts. It was fun, berbuka beramai2 macam tu. Tapi didn't get to take any photos of the food, sebab malulah nak ambil gambar depan orang ramai mcm tu, nanti ada pulaknya yg ingat I ni tak berapa betul sikit, hehehe.

Last nite, I slept very late sebab membuat biskut raya :-). My second one only though! Esok ingat nak buat lagi 2 jenis but itu pun tengok larat ke tak. I made Almond Sweeties last nite from Mak Lang's recipe. Memang lah sedap sangat2 biskut ni and berbaloi buat if you don't like almond london sbb dek badam sebiji kat tgh2 tu. Malam tadi siap bakar biskut n tgh hari tadi letak choc topping. Orang lain buat salut the whole biskut dgn choc but I ni versi malas, just letak on top aje, hehehehe.

The other half asked me to put up the photo of last nite's dinner/ iftar. He said, it's his version of 'fast food'. We all beli BBQ chicken n frozen potato gems n salad. Then tinggal bake the gems at home and assemble the salad and voila, dinner's ready! :-). Last nite I told him I was too tired to cook and too malas as well. So, since he was also too malas and too tired to cook, itu yg dia willingly beli aje, hehehe.

Also nak put up kad raya yang I dapat from my cyber friends. Thank you so much sebab sudi beri kad raya walaupun tak 'kenal'. Kad raya dr Hana still tak ambil lagi sbb complicated sikit nak ambil, hehehe....Nanti ye Hana :-).

Kad raya dr Min

Kad dan duit raya (seribu ringgit u jgn main2, hehehe) dr Azah

Alamak sedih nya malam ni, first time pasang lagu raya this year :-(. I really love the old raya songs that I grew up listening to. Lagu2 raya yang baru2 by the new artists I tak kenal langsung and tak pernah dengar, so tu yg tak ngam aje kat telinga ni,hehehe. Lagu2 lama jugak yang buat I sebak, hmmm. Tapi sebak macam mana pun, I still kena dengar jugak, kalau tak, rasa macam tak best pulak raya, hahaha. Nasib baik the Little Misses dah masuk tidur, tak lah penat I nak kena jawab their unending questions about the songs :-). Bolehlah Mummy tangkap sayu and jiwang sorang2, wehkehkehkehkeh........

Last nite, I was extra rajin, I buat roti jala makan dengan kari and the Little Misses makan dengan maple syrup and also apam gula melaka Che'iza ;-) and also meehoon goreng sempoi. Banyak betul juadah semalam. First time ever, I rasa teramatlah senangnya buat roti jala tanpa perlu meng'tension'kan diri guna acuan roti jala plastic tu. Thanks to Azie bagi idea guna sauce bottle. Cantik aje jala I semalam, hehehe.

Malam ni pun ada terlebih rajin jugak. So, I buat sweet potato balls kesukaan Miss 9, sausage pizza and brownies. I makan meehoon goreng leftovers from semlm while the rest makan pizza, hehehe. Tekak I tak teringin pulaknya tengok pizza tu malam ni :-).

17th day of Ramadhan and I've lost some more weight, yeay! Well, kalau I weigh myself before iftar and after iftar, memanglah dapat 2 different bacaan yang berbeza. Satu kering kontang and satu lagi penuh dengan air, manalah tak bezakan, hehehe. Anyhow, today for the first time since puasa last year, my weight's gone down to an amazing level. Kiranya dah setahun lah I haven't seen the numbers materialised on the scale so tadi bila nampak nombor keramat tu muncul, cepat2 lah ambil gambar jadikan kenangan. Sebab entah bila lah kan akan dapat turun ke tahap tu again, wehkehkehkehkeh. Pada sesiapa yang tengah nak turunkan berat badan but masih tak berjaya lagi, please avert your eyes ok. Sebab I won't be held responsible kalau ada timbul perasaan hasad dengki masa bulan Ramadhan ni tau!

Punyalah susah nya nak ambil gambar the scale, I had to call for the other half's help in taking the photo. Sian dia kena jadi photographer tak bertauliah :-). He said luckily he loves me very much, kalau tak, tak kuasa dia nak terbongkok2 kat lantai tu nak ambil gambar. Well, the translation of what he said anyway, kuikuikuikui. Itu pun berapa kali I kena turun naik the scale to get the right picture, hehehe. My scale ni jenis yg kejap aje dia tayang your weight before it goes to measuring your hydration and fat levels. Tu yg kena cepat2 ambil gambar before the number changes, hmmmm.

Just ignore the toes ok! Just concentrate on the numbers yang tertera, best giler tengok tu, wahkahkahkahkah.......

Pagi tadi rasa berat sangat nak bangun for sahur. Kalau lah bukan dek kerana Miss 9,memang we all tak bangun lah,hehehe. Sian pulak kat dia kalau tak makan apa2 for sahur, so kenalah bangun jugak temankan dia makan n minum. Pagi tadi, dia pun susah jugak nak bangun. I told her, only 14 more days to go. Dia kata dia tak kisah puasa tp bangun sahur pagi2 tu yg dia tak larat, hehehe.

Malam ni our iftar menu was kebab, felafel n salad. Asik buat burger aje with the mince meat, malam ni tukar selera ke kebab pulaknya. The felafels come from a box, tinggal tambah air and bulat2kan and goreng, senang keje! Hari2 kena fikir apa nak masak for dinner is really hard work!

The other half got back from Singapore safely this morning bearing gifts for all of us, including for himself, hehehe. He bought me jewellery which is a real surprise sebab he's not that romantic. He said he saw this jewellery made out of this 'weird' metal last time he was in Singapore and he's been trying to find it here in Perth ever since but tak jumpa2. So this time he made sure he bought it for me and then only he found out that it's a special kind of metal and can only be found in Singapore. He knows his wife doesn't wear jewellery that much but he really wanted to buy it for me. So, as a dutiful wife, I said, "thank you so much Dear. I really really LOVE it". Lepas ni kenalah I pakai everyday kan kalau tak ada lah orang yang merajuk nanti ;-).



It's a locket. It's called purple gold. It consists of 80% pure gold and 20% other metals inclusive of palladium. I think they didn't say what the other metals are sebab tak nak orang cilok rahsia jadi kaler purple tu. He said the shop assistant told him yg you can only find purple gold kat Singapore, tak tau lah betul ke tak that statement. But kat Perth ni memang tak jumpa lagi. For me I like the unique colour and also the diamond at the end of the purple gold, wehehehehe. My necklace now is a bit chunky for the chain to go thru. Lepas ni I kenalah cari necklace white gold baru yang halus so I can put the locket on it, hahahaha. I love it Dear, thanks for the thoughts, XOXOXOXOXO..........

14th day of Ramadhan and finally I've made my first kuih raya, yeay! I wanted to make biskut dahlia using my new toy. I was so excited to have a go at it and to make all these wonderful cookies and different icing designs and dah terbayang2 all the gorgeous looking cakes yang I'll be concocting and creating with this new toy.

But alangkah sedih nya, I don't know what went wrong. At first the dough was a bit hard for the cookie press so I added some milk which made it just nice. But tak tau kenapa, the dough wont stay put on the cookie tray. Bila I tekan, it came out but was still stuck to the nozzle. when I tried to remove it with a knife, terus senget benget pulaknya bentuk bunga nya so after much trial and error, I was still stumped. Last2, I grated the dough jadi bentuk sarang semut. But instead of putting it in paper case, I put it straight on the tray and letak ceri sebagai hiasan. It still turned out ok at the end. But, very unhappy cos I can't use my new toy! Probably you need to have a master degree to operate it, hehehehe. So, anyone out there who knows how to operate this toy, please let me know cos I really really want to use it to make some more cookies.

My first kuih raya this year. Can't call it biskut dahlia sebab takde rupa dahlia pun. Tapi rasa mmng mcm biskut dahlia so nak panggil apa yek?

Untuk Pekaboo n Nana, a very simple tiramisu recipe:

-sponge finger biscuits (klu takde, guna sponge cake pun boleh jugak kot)-bnyk mana nak guna depends on berapa ramai nak makan

-1 cawan black coffee, tak payah letak gula

-200 mls thick cream

-1/4 cup caster sugar

-Kalau nak lagi creamy, boleh tambah cream cheese -100g

-grated chocolate sebagai hiasan

-Pukul thick cream bersama gula caster sehingga kembang dan gebu, guna whisk aje pun boleh. -Pukul cream cheese sehingga kembang sedikit dlm mangkuk yg lain. Kemudian campurkan cream cheese ke adunan thick cream tadi dan kaup balik sehingga mixed.

-Celupkan sponge biscuits tadi kedalam air kopi dan susun dalam acuan mangkuk atau gelas cantik atau cawan cantik. Sendukkan adunan cream n cream cheese tadi ke atas sponge biscuits tu dan ratakan. Boleh nak buat layers atau klu dlm gelas/cawan, cukup 1 layer aje.

-Taburkan grated chocolate atas cream. Chill dlm fridge utk a few hours sebelum dihidangkan.

- Kalau nak resipi yg original nya, yg guna telur n mascarpone cheese, boleh tengok kat sini.

Malam ni berbuka puasa with the Little Misses aje, the other half's still away. He said to me, kalau I nak makan segala jenis mee, masa ni lah nak buat since he wont be at home. Selalunya memanglah I akan masak segala jenis resipi mee yg guna mee kuning bila dia takde. Tapi bulan puasa ni, takde mood pulaknya nak makan mee. Tak tau kenapa. Maybe I kena tukar haluan masak meehoon or kueyteow kot, baru ada selera nak makan agaknya, hehehehe.

So, tadi fikir lah banyak kali nak masak apa for dinner. Last2 I masak nasi aje, with pajeri terung and dendeng daging. Resipi dapat from MyResipi. Barulah berselera sikit makan masa iftar tadi, hehehehe. Maybe sbb dah lama tak makan nasi kot, tu yg 'mengidam' tekak ni nak rasa nasi :-). Kalau the other half tau I masak nasi, sure dia sedih dbb tak tunggu dia balik baru masak. Takpe, I masak banyak2 so boleh freeze and makan buat buka nanti masa dia dah balik, hehehe.

And, nak tayang toy I baru beli tadi sempena nak sambut raya. Mula fikir, kalau nak beli setakat nak buat biskut raya aje, tak berbaloi rasanya sebab berapa banyak ajelah biskut raya yang nak dibuat kan. Tapi bila tengok the set comes with icing nozzles as well, so berbaloi jugaklah beli nya, hehehe. Padahal buat b'day cakes pun boleh kira dgn jari aje in a year. But since it's made from stainless steel, hopefully it'll last for a long time lah! Bolehlah jadi barang turun temurun ke anak cucu, wahkahkahkah.

Sebelum entry malam ni, nak minta maaf dulu from all my blogger friends for being such a procrastinator. Punyalah banyak tags and awards yang you all bagi but I peram sikit nya lama sampai dah jadi tapai yang kejap lagi jadi tuak agaknya, hehehehe. Ingat bila tiba bulan puasa, makin lah rajin nak jawab tags and nak gi ronda2 rumah kawan2 ambil awards, tapi makin malas adalah! So entry malam ni will be a very long one sebab hajat hati nak jawab tags yang dah lama2 tu and post the awards in here. But before that, again, humble apologies if ada nama2 yang tertinggal in the acknowledgements. Bila dah tua2 ni, memories makin kurang, wehkehkehkeh......

1. First tag fr Mama Anis and Hana Jepun. Baru lah ni nak jawab tag yang terperam, hehe

1. What were you doing 5 years ago?
- 5 years ago we were still in Adelaide and I tengah sarat preggy with Miss soon-to-be-5. And masa tu jugaklah I finally decided to sit for my driver license test in Adelaide selepas berapa tahun menetap kat situ. I've already got my M'sian driver's license at that time but bila migrate to Adelaide, they didn't accept the M'sian driver's license, still kena resit the written and road tests, hampeh betul! Tu yg malas nak buat. But finally masa tgh dah nak terberanak tu, barulah kelam kabut nak ambil the tests, hehehe. Nasib baik terus passed on the first go :-).

2. What are 5 things on your to-do list today?
- Get the Little Misses ready for school, chaufferred them to and from school, buy milk, eggs n bread, fill up the car and take the Little Misses to swimming lessons. Basically, everything revolves around the Little Misses and the car. That's the story of my life!

3. What are 5 snacks you enjoy?
- I love snacks but it depends on the time of the month, wether it's sweet or savouries, hehehe.
Cadbury Picnic (which I can only eat when Miss soon-to-be-5 is not around), Jatz biscuits, potato chips/kerepek kentang,keropok ikan, tart nanas. Nasib baik raya dah nak dekat so boleh lah buat tart nanas, hehehe....

4. What are 5 things you would do if you were a billionaire?
- Only 5 things? Kalau dah jadi billionnaire, mestilah a billion things to do kan, hahaha. Macam2 I would do sampai tak larat nak tulis ;-).

5. What are 5 jobs you've had?
-cikgu sambilan lepas SPM
- keje dgn gomen kat M'sia
- tutor
- admin work
- "minister of home affairs" ( which is a tenured position, hmmmm)

2. Second tag fr Cik Mat

1. Nama timangan - aduih, sikitnya susah ke nak jawab soalan ni, hehehe. Family and jiran2 kat M'sia panggil Angah/ Mummy Angah since I'm the 2nd in the family. At school/ uni/ work/my in laws, they call me Mynn. And kat cyberworld, I'm known as LG, hehehe. My other half calls me Dear/Mynn and the Little Misses call me Mummy.

2. Saya seorang yang - if you ask the other half, he would say, too complicated to understand, hehehe. If you ask the Little Misses, they'll say, Mummy is so garang, strict, not fun but loves them lots :-). I also like my own company more, in other words, I'd rather stay at home than go out setiap masa with friends/ acquaintance.

3.Insan teristimewa - My other half, my Little Misses and my families.

4. Makanan- anything and everything yang berkenan, as long as I know what's in it.

5. Warna kegemaran - Blue and Brown. Bila dah makin meningkat umur ni, makin suka pulak kat anything dark brown, aaaagggghhhhhhhh, I'm definitely getting old!

6. Lagu kegemaran - anything minah jiwang type lagu, hehehe.

7. Benda yg membuat anda stress - The Little Misses and the other half, every single day! Hahaha

8. 3 benda dalam wallet - Driving License, cash and my visa/bankcard.

9. Kali terakhir nangis beria2 - after Miss soon-to-be-5 was a few months old when she wouldn't go to sleep without being held. I was exhausted and so was the other half because both of us were working. When I was still awake and upright having to hold her at 3 o'clock in the morning, that's when the dam just burst!

10. Tag rakan anda - sesiapa yang tengah baca Tag ni and sudi nak buat tag ni, di persilakan lah ye :-).

3. Tag from Tulip Merah

3 perkara ramadhan

i.Berikan pendapat mengenai pasar ramadhan di kawasan anda
- Huwahhhhhhhhhh, mana ada pasar ramadhan kat Perth ni! "Pasar Ramadhan" kat rumah ni pulaknya sentiasa didatangi virus Malas jadi memang jarang ada makanan menarik lah, hehehe.

ii. Apa yg anda suka dlm bulan Ramadhan yg tiada dlm bulan lain
- Lailatul Qadar, klu lah dpt merasa alangkah seronoknya. And masa bulan ni rajin banyak baca Quran. And also lagu2 raya yang berkumandang kat online radio, hehehe.

iii. Siapa anda dlm bulan Ramadhan
- still the same person cuma hopefully makin rajin beribadat lah :-)

3 perkara syawal

i. Keutamaan persiapan syawal utk - weii beraya kat overseas ni lah part paling best. Tak payah susah2 fikir nak buat mcm2 persiapan, hehehe. Baju raya the Little Misses and I dah beli masa balik M'sia haritu. The other half will wear last year nya baju. Kuih muih bila senang nanti baru nak buat, hehehehe.

ii. Dgn suasana ekonomi skrg, adakah ianya akan menjejaskan Syawal anda- Alhamdulillah, ekonomi ok lagi and then since takde anak buah n sedara mara kat sini, so duit raya tak payah bagi, wehkehkehkeh :-).

iii. visi selepas syawal- life goes back to usual I guess ;-).

Mak oi, sikit nya banyak ke tags yang kena jawab. Penat gilers jari jemari mengetuk keyboard. Ingat nak post awards sekali malam ni, but tak larat my shoulders n jari dah. Since the other half takde kat sini, takde sapelah yg boleh mengurut bahu n tangan ni bila penat. So, esok ajelah ye I post the awards. Manyak2 sori mah, hehehehe.

The other half is leaving for Melbourne tonite for a meeting there esok pagi. Then after the meeting, he's flying off to Singapore straight from Melbourne. Monday morning baru balik Perth. Ini baru betul2 high flyer,hehehe. Weekend ni cuma the Little Misses and I ajelah kat rumah. Maybe I should start our raya biscuit making this weekend since it's going to be 2 more weeks after that to Raya. Yeah right, and maybe pigs will fly too! God, I'm just so unmotivated this year to start all the Raya preparations. Macamlah selama ni, prepare beria2 pun,hehehe. In a way, I like raya di perantauan sebab for me it's not that hectic. I do miss seeing all my families masa raya but I don't miss all the house visiting which I think is so tiring. I'd rather stay at home tunggu orang datang aje, hehehe.

Can't be bothered to talk about food tonite. So, layan lah gambar the other half and Miss soon-to-be-5 on the computer yesterday. When I got home from work, I saw the other half sitting infront of the Little Misses' computer (he was supposed to be working from home yesterday) playing games. Then, when the Little Misses got back from school, Miss soon-to-be-5 played on her computer as well. Guess what games both of them were playing? SHAUN THE SHEEP! It's a kid's TV show. The other half loves the story so much, he said it's hilarious! And the Little Misses pun suka sgt tengok cerita tu kat TV. I still haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER!!!!!

Sekejap aje dah 10 hari Ramadhan berlalu, 1/3rd of it gone so quickly. Someone once said to us, the days will seem long when you are fasting but the month will race by so quickly. Betul jugak kan! Kalau kat Malaysia ni, kejap lagi sure dah berkumandang lagu raya kat all the shopping complexes. Kat sini, masa bulan puasa tahun2 lepas, I listened to ERA online so terubat lah rindu sikit nak dengar lagu raya. Tahun ni, rasanya just pasang cd ajelah, hehehe. Yang faham melayu pun cuma I sorang aje kat rumah ni pun, hahaha. The Little Misses when they hear malay songs on the radio, sibuk tanya, 'what are they saying Mummy? what are they saying Mummy?" Aduih, tak sanggup nak translate all the songs satu2 kat diaorang! But they know that bila bulan puasa aje, Mummy loves listening to malay songs. Bulan2 lain, sikit pun dia tak heran, hehehe.

Miss very-soon-to-be-5 last nite told me yang dia nak puasa full today so tadi she told her teachers yang dia nak puasa full, tak nak have lunch at school. I said to her, kalau dia tak larat, I ada bekalkan lunch for her. When I picked her up today after school, tanyalah dia, still puasa lagi ke. She said, dia cuma mkn corn chips snack aje tadi masa lunch, tak mkn her pasta langsung. I was quite impressed sbb dia jenis yg will finish everything in her lunchbox. And bila balik rumah pun, she didn't eat or drink until buka tadi. But sekejap2 pergi dapur bila tercium bau sedap from what i was cooking and said, I'm so hungry! She was so happy sbb dpt 'puasa' like her big sister, hehehe. But masa buka tadi, sikit nya banyak ke dia makan :-). Kelaparan betul tu!

Ini gara2 terliur tengok lopes kat 'rumah' Mallan tadi so balik fr school, terus masak lopes. Luckily resipi ni resipi express masak in the microwave, so sekejap aje dah siap. Yang lamanya, merendam pulut tu n masak air gula, hehehe. Dapat resipi fr Myresipi I thought I would be the only one yang lalu makan lopes ni, rupa2nya, the other half and Miss very-soon-to-be-5 pun suka sangat2 dengan lopes. Terkejut Mummy, hehehe.

Tengoklah dia makan, ini her 3rd lopes. I think she thinks that's dinner, tu yg makan beria :-).

This is main meal, I made impossible quiche. Basically it's just crustless quiche. Guna leftover ayam from nasi ayam hari tu. The other half makan half of the quiche, dia pun kelaparan agaknya malam ni :-).

I know I know, memang rupa tak cantik langsung but rasa tetap sedap, hehehe. I made baked caramel custards. I think I overcooked it and over mixed it kot tu yg jadi mcm berlubang2 and not smooth. But the inside was really smooth looking, luar aje yang mcm tu. I guess masa ni lah u can say, don't judge a book by its cover kan, wehkehkehkehkeh.

Had no idea what to cook for iftar today. Ingat nak masak couscous with fish but bila buka freezer, saw lots of frozen rice to be used up. Hari tu, the other half dah mintak nasi goreng and sambal sotong but malas nak buat. So, malam ni since malas nak fikir lebih2, I just buat nasi goreng, sambal sotong, telur goreng and keropok goreng for iftar. And red bean pau for pembuka selera. Don't worry, I wasn't that rajin to buat pau, pau segera aje from the asian shop. I'd rather buy the mini pau than membuatnya, bukannya mahal pun, u can get them for $2 a packet of 9 mini ones. Baik I beli aje kan,dah gerenti lembut and gebu,hehehe. Kalau I buat sendiri, mau lah agaknya bantat and buruk rupa,hehehe..... Macam2 excuse! Bilalah nak rajin ni agaknya :-).

Happy Father's Day today to all Dads in Australia n NZ. The Little Misses gave the other half cards and presents that they made at school. When I asked the other half what he wants for Father's Day, he showed me the new IKEA catalogue. He said, "the new IKEA STIBY TV storage combination for plasma TV is really gorgeous." Then I said to him, "but we haven't got a plasma TV to put in it." Then he smiled and said, "You know what Dear, that would be a really great present for Father's Day!" Hampeh betul bapak budak2 ni! Luckily I know he's just joking about the plasma TV since tengok TV pun jarang2, what's the point of buying one kan. As usual, he didn't know what he wants for Father's Day so we ended up not buying him anything, hehehe.

But I did cook him what he wanted for iftar today so I guess that's good enough eh ;-).

For starters we had chocolate tart and murtabak segera.

For mains we had homemade burger, roast wedges and salad (Mat Saleh kan, hehehe).

For dessert we had tiramisu.

Kenyang betul everyone makan malam ni. Kalau tiap2 malam makan mcm ni, bukan makin berkurang lemak2 kat badan masa puasa, makin bertambah adalah, hehehehe.....