Baru aje berjumpa dengan The Other Half, dah terpaksa berpisah balik. He left for Sydney this morning and will only be back on late Saturday night. But luckily kejap aje berpisah nya :-). He’ll be going to Sydney once a month from now on until end of the year for a couple of nights each time. Oh well, at least it’s not that long at a time. Tak sempat lah nak asik masyuk rindu2an kan, hehehe…

Selalunya bila kucing takde, the mice will have a party in the kitchen, betul tak. Sepatutnya tadi I bercanda lah kat dalam dapur tu kan, cooking to my heart’s content. But since I baru aje balik from bercuti, mood nak main masak2 tu masih takde lagi. Perut and hati kata mau tapi tangan yang nak memasak ni kata, “nehi…nehi…” And disebabkan nehi tu lagi kuat dari yes so tak dapatlah perut I nak makan makanan yang sedap2 for dinner tadi, hehehe. Bagus jugak tu actually sebab I want to get rid of the holiday weight so kalau I masak yang cincai2 aje, tak lah I makan 2-3 pinggan kan. Kalau tadi I masak mengikut kehendak perut and hati I, sudah semestinya lah I akan makan bertambah2 and thus susah lah nak get rid of the extra kilos right! macam2 excuse kan, kalau dah malas, mengaku aje lah malas, hehehe….

And bukan setakat nak masak aje malas, nak tulis panjang2 untuk entry ni pun rasa malas aje. Nak basuh pinggan mangkuk kat dalam sink tu pun rasa malas aje. Nak unpack my luggage tu memang dah sedia maklum malas lah kan, hehehe.. Memang lah hari malas sedunia. I think I’ll just go to bed lepas ni and baca novel under the comfort and warmth of the doona. Bila tengah malas macam ni, baring kat katil sambil baca buku is the best thing for me to do, hahaha…

So, layan aje lah ye gambar my dinner tonite. The Little Misses I buatkan burger and potato nuggets while I makan nasi goreng (I jumpa dlm freezer) with baked chicken wings from the other day, sambal yg I jumpa dlm freezer and keropok goreng. Freezer I tu kadang2 macam magic cave lah, penuh dgn harta karun, hahahahaha…..

I ni kan memang malas betul nak unpack luggage selepas balik bercuti. Ada 2 bag gergasi from our cuti2 M’sia yang masih terdampar kat lounge room tu, waiting to be unpacked by me. Entah lah kenapa perangai I macam ni, sejak dari dulu zaman muda belia lagi dah macam ni, I really do not like unpacking my bags quickly. I pernah tak unpack my luggage for a few months until berpindah to the next lodging! Sikitnya malas kan I ni, hehehehe…. Luggage tu rasanya akan ada kat lounge room tu sampai this weekend kot when I have to do the vacuuming. Tapi bukannya I akan unpack, I think I will just angkat the bag gergasi and alihkan masuk ke dalam guest room kot until we need something from the bags :-). The Other Half pulaknya suka unpack luggage sebab dia rimas tengok segala benda still dalam bags tak berganjak2, hehehe. Hand luggage I dia dah tolong unpack kan sebab he’s going to Sydney tomorrow so he needs to use the luggage, tu yang dia tolong unpack kan untuk I (bukan sebab dia rajin nak tolong I tau, hehehe). Sama lah jugak kalau balik dari shopping, kadang2 berhari2 lah the grocery bags will be sitting on the kitchen floor menunggu I yang malas ni meng unpack dia. I cuma unpack the cold stuff aje into the fridge and freezer, yang barang2 for the pantry, kadang2 berminggu2 I sumbat dalam our walk in pantry along with the bags sekali, teruk kan, hahahaha…. But bila ada tetamu datang, pandai2 lah I buat David Copperfield’s disappearing magic tricks to benda2 yang menyemakkan ni so nampak kemas aje rumah I :-), nak hidup kan…..

Hmmm, maybe I should upah The Little Misses to help me unpack the luggage this weekend. OK jugak kan idea bernas I ni? ;-).

Anyway, tadi masa The Other Half was busy unpacking my hand luggage, he found Miss 10’s new updated birth cert. He said, “wow, it’s bright green in colour. So cool! :-)” Then dia suruhlah I translate some of the stuff written on it. Baru lah I terperasan under ‘bangsa’, they wrote ‘melayu’ for Miss 10. Weh, sikitnya terperanjat we all because I thought susah jugak nak dapat title ‘melayu’ ni on the birth cert especially kalau Father is not Malaysian kan. And in Miss 10’s old birth cert, The Other Half’s bangsa was stated as ‘British’ which was such an incorrect terminology. Maybe masa tu diaorang cuma ada a few races to choose from the list kot. But he’s so happy now sebab in the new birth cert, he got given the ‘Caucasian’ title which is way more correct. So, now I officially ada sorang anak Melayu and Miss 10 can now officially tell people she’s a Malay, hehehehe. Walaupun dia takde muka Melayu tapi dia ada muka cina sikit2 kan so boleh lah tu ;-). Sesiapa yang meragui ke ‘melayu’ an dia, sila lah tengok birth cert dia OK! Sudah tertera dengan sebegitu jelasnya :-P. Miss 5 tu memang tak boleh nak buat apa lah kan, lahir kat sini so tak boleh lah nak perasan melayu, hehehe….

Since The Other Half will be going to Sydney for 3 days, malam ni I masakkan nasi and kari for him. Alah, bukannya nasi and kari best sangat pun, biasa2 aje, hehehe. I masak nasi minyak sempoi gilers, beef vindaloo, sayur goreng with egg tofu and telur goreng. Itu kira dah best lah kan sebab I still tak teruja lagi nak masuk dapur ni.3 hari dia takde kat rumah ni, mau lah kot I masak fries and burger aje kot n maggi mee, wahahaha. The Little Misses surenya akan gumbira hati dapat makan fries and burger and maggi goreng but I’m not sure my tekak boleh terima ke tak, hmmmmm….. Alah, kalau I malas sangat2, nanti I masak lah nasi goreng makan dgn bilis and keropok goreng, surenya sedap hingga menjilat jari kan. Stock keropok and bilis I kan berbakul2 I bawak from M’sia haritu, hehehehehe…….

Jemputlah makan ye :-)

People asked me kalau I balik M’sia, apa makanan yang I selalu bawak balik sini. A few years ago, setiap kali balik, segala macam rempah and pastes yang I jumpa and kerepek/keropok and ikan bilis I akan bawak balik. Kadang2 tu entah apa2 aje yang I grabbed at the supermarkets to take back. Pastu bila sampai sini, kadang2 sampai dah expired rempah ratus n pastes tu, still dok tersadai dalam pantry, hehehe. After a few years of having to throw away all these expired stuff and getting an earful from The Other half sebab entah beli benda hape2 and then tak digunakan, I decided to stop buying a lot of foodstuff bila I balik M’sia. And another reason was, since dah duduk Perth ni, punyalah senang nya nak jumpa a lot of foodstuff from Malaysia kat Asian shops kat sini. Cakap aje nak apa, sure nya dapat jumpa, hehehe. Whether you want to spend money or not aje lah buying those stuff :-).

So,for the past couple of years, I cuma bawak balik loads of keropok ikan (kiranya cukuplah untuk supply until next time we all balik M’sia), ikan bilis about sekilo dua. Dua benda ni memang wajib lah. Bila dua benda ni dah dapat, baru lah I beli benda2 yang lain like Teh Boh (yang dalam gold packets tu sebab teh boh takde jual kat sini and walaupun gold packets tu mahal sikit but cantik sangat untuk di beri ke our Aussie friends :-)). Then I’ll buy packets of iced lemon/peach tea Boh brand jugak for our use during the hot Summer time :-). Balik this time, I pun cuma bawak balik keropok ikan (punyalah banyak macam nak bukak kedai aje, hehehe), ikan bilis, red bean paste (yang I jumpa kat Bagus hari tu), the cute choc chips yg dwi colour tu utk buat CC decoration (pun beli kat Bagus :-)), teh Boh and keropok ikan Ganu mari hadiah dr Kak Nor Ganu and kerepek tempe and kerepek indon and dodol hadiah dari Azie Johor. Terima kasih banyak2 kat Kak Nor and Azie sebab sudi post barang ke I. Diaorang ada bagi hadiah lain, nanti I ambik gambar ye. The Other half memang suka sangat2 dodol ni so punyalah happy dia dapat dodol tu Azie, hehehe. I ni dari kecik membesar dengan dodol tapi tak pernah terminat langsung kat dodol ni. The Other half pulaknya baru kenal dodol sejak dia kahwin dengan I, pastu terus terminat sangat2 kat dodol ni, hahaha… Malam ni aje dah 2 paket dia makan habiskan sorang2 (paket kecik aje, hehehe). Next time kalau ada sape yang teringin nak bagi hadiah ke dia, bagi aje lah dodol ye, sure nya dia akan suka, wakakakakaka……

My Emak tanya, tak nak ke beli rempah macam2 lagi untuk bawak balik. I cakap kat dia, setakat Baba’s or Alagappa’s or Brahim’s tu memang berlambak lah kat sini so lagi senang beli kat sini dari bawak balik berat2 :-). And my hubby ni kan kenan indian so dia lagi suka makan kari yang guna rempah ratus Baba’s dari Adabi, hehehehe…..Lagi terasa rempah ratus nya kan ;-).

But sian kat my hubby, I still malas lagi nak masak nasi and lauk pauk malam ni. I said to him, I nak masak fries (kedai mari) and baked chicken wings aje sebab I’m still a bit lazy to melepak lama2 kat dapur. Dia terpaksa lah akur dengan kehendak I since he doesn’t want to cook anymore! Baru 9 hari kena tinggal and kena masak sendiri, dah tak larat nak masak lepas tu, apalah Hubby I tu, hehehe….

So, this is our dinner tonite. Baked chicken wings with seasoned fries and steamed veges.

Ini menu yang sungguh senang nak buat sebab semua masuk oven aje (except the veges lah) so I boleh lepak2 while ‘cooking’ them :-).

Alhamdulillah dah selamat balik semula ke Perth and dah selesai segala urusan penting kat Malaysia. Walaupun cuti cuti M’sia kali ni teramatlah pendeknya tapi it felt productive :-). Dapat jumpa family, dapat buat passports, dapat jumpa a few blogger friends and dapat melantak  segala macam buah especially durian, hehehehe. Banyak jugak food on the list yang tak dapat di makan sebab tak cukup masa nak makan and malas nak keluar pergi mencari nya. Itu pun rasanya hari2 dah sendat2 perut ni sentiasa di isi dengan ntah apa2. Selagi ada food atas meja makan tu, selagi tu lah I mengunyah aje, sampai pukul 11 malam pun masih mengunyah lagi tu, hahahaha. Tu yang balik sini bila timbang terus naik 1 kg, tension tension!!!!!! Itu baru 9 hari you, tak tau lah macam mana nanti bila cuti lama sikit in December, memang kena diet betul2 sebelum balik M’sia macam ni!

We arrived at Perth Airport around 11.30 mlm but it took about an hour to go through immigration and custom. Custom kat Australia ni very particular when it comes to food so they have to check all the food. But I pun sebab dah biasa, memang lah cuma bawak only food that’s allowed aje. So, tak lah kena check teruk2 dengan the customs but sebab queue sikitnya panjang, by the time we got home, it was already nearly 1 o’clock in the morning! Pagi tadi, nak dekat pukul 10 baru terjaga, sikitnya penat ke! Nasib baik lah The Little Misses and I ponteng school and work so tak lah kelam kabut nak siap2, hehehe. Kesian The Other Half sebab takde sape nak wave him off to work pagi tadi, semua still terbongkang kat katil lagi :-). Speaking of The Other Half, punyalah happy muka dia bila tengok we all keluar from the arrival door tu, agaknya bersyukur sangat2 dah dia sebab he can finally eat decent food after 10 days of eating ntah apa2, wakakakaka…….. He said to me, “I think that’s definitely the longest time I can cope with you being away from me.” Awwwww, sayang jugak my hubby tu kat I ye ;-). Entah2 dia lagi kesian kat perut dia tu sebab tak cukup makan dah 10 hari, hehehehe.

But since hari2 I dah makan nasi kat Malaysia, sudah semestinya lah I didn’t feel like eating rice and lauk pauk again tonite (to The Other Half’s disappointment :-( ). Sudah semestinya lah I teringin sangat2 nak makan western food kan. Actually, I still malas nak masak lagi ni tu yang nak masak western food :-). So, I pun masak lah food yang agak senang which was lasagna. The Other Half walaupun dah boleh katakan hari2 makan pasta while I was away, tadi still makan the lasagna macam orang kebuluq tu ha! Rindu gilers dia kat his wife’s cooking, sian betul kan! kihkihkih…. Dia kata pasta yang dia masak wasn’t nice at all so tu yang dia makan lasagna yang I masak macam orang kebuluq. But I pun kebuluq jugak tadi tu yang terlupa nak ambik gambar the lasagna, hehehehe…

And since takde gambar lasagna, I just letak a few more photos of The Little Misses masa kat M’sia ye. (Saje je nak bagi you all tengok gambar diaorang sampai nak termuntah dah, hehehe).

Mana lagi comel, Miss 10 or Miss 5 or the kitten? ;-).

Ini anak kucing kat rumah Atuk n Nenek, ada 3 ekor semua cantik2 and comel2 macamni. Miss 10 hari2 dok belai aje kittens ni sampai berjam2. Kalau boleh lah we all bawak seludup masuk ke Australia ni, memang dah lama I bawak masuk. So comel and playful! Ibu kucing ni kucing siam tu yang anak2 dia comel2 belaka :-). Padan lah tu dengan The Little Misses yang comel2 tu kan, hehehe….

Miss 5 punyalah gelak sakan tengok mulut dia lepas makan dragon fruit. Miss 5 suka dragon fruits but Miss 10 rasa sikit pun tak nak :-(.

Rezeki I baik sungguh bila balik M’sia this time sebab nak dekat bulan Ramadhan kan so every weekend mesti ada orang buat kenduri and every time kenduri, my Abah mesti bawak balik nasi ambeng :-). Saje nak tunjuk macam mana we all makan nasi ambeng, memang berkecah but it was so much fun as well bila makan ramai2 ni. Selalunya makan nasi ambeng ni dah lewat malam sebab tunggu my Abah balik dari kenduri, tu yang sampai tengah malam pun kadang2 masih lagi mengunyah! But nasi ambeng ni we all dah tambah lauk sendiri sebab tu ada macam2 lauk kat dalam nya. Lupa pulak nak ambil gambar yang belum kena makan.

The Little Misses and their cousins and their favorite Uncle and his new wife. Kesian kat wife dia, bila favourite Uncle ni balik kampung aje, memang lah kena kerumun dengan anak2 sedara so kenalah share hubby dia dengan all the nieces, hehehe….

Sape kata I tak membaking bila balik kampung you :-), ni salah satu benda yang I buat, apple pies. Benda2 lain yang I masak, malas pulak nak ambik gambar nya, hehehehe…..

 

 

Seperti yang dijanjikan, layan ajelah dulu ye gambar2 yang we all ambik kat KLCC. Hari ni takde citer panjang2 only photos aje :-).

Memang betul2 macam tourists kan, sebab beria2 ambik gambar kat steps and fountains KLCC tu :-). (kat steps depna KLCC tu pun nak ambik gambar, hehehe).

 

Gambar kat bawah ni pulak semuanya masa kat Petrosains.

Gambar kat bawah ni, Pak Supir aka my brother menunjukkan bakat artistik nya mengambil gambar all of us at the ‘infinity mirrors’. Perasan jadi models sekejap, hehehe….

 

Saje je ambil gambar close-up of The Little Misses for anyone who misses looking at them( yes Dear, I mean you :-)).

Alhamdulillah semua urusan nak renew passports dah settled, rasa lega sangat2 sebab the main reason we all balik dah dapat dibuat. Tak lah kena marah dengan The Other Half nanti bila balik Perth sebab tak abiskan duit tiket plane dengan sia2, hehehe. And bila dah settled semua urusan passport, baru lah I boleh enjoy sakan kan ;-). Nak jumpa kawan2 bloggers and gelak huha huha pun rasa best aje. Pastu nak shopping menyopping pun rasa ringan hati aje kan, hehehe (ringan hati nak bershopping, tapi lepas tu ringan poket pulaknya, ish…..).

Just nak cerita sikit about our passport renewal process. Monday tu we reached Immigration Shah Alam around 10.15, pastu dah siap isi borang and photostat segala benda, I pergilah ke kaunter tu sebab nak ambik nombor giliran. Then bila the officer tu check our documents, dia kata, “Puan, birth cert anak puan birth cert lama, we all tak boleh terima. Sekarang dah ada birth cert baru so Puan kena tukar dulu birth cert ni baru lah kami boleh process nak renew passport.”. Punya lah terkejut I sebab Miss 10 baru aje 10 tahun and tak kan lah birth cert dia dah ‘lama’ kot. Pastu I ni dengan muka yang blur abis tanyalah officer tu apa yang I kena buat untuk tukar the birth cert. Then she said, “birth cert baru sekarang ada tertera ‘warganegara’ atau ‘bukan warganegara’ kat document tu. Since bapa dia bukan warganegara, kami kena pastikan yang dia still warganegara. So Puan kena pergi ke JPN kat Plaza Masalam untuk buat cabutan surat beranak.” I dengan muka lagi blur tanya lah, “Tapi dia ada passport M’sia so tak ke maknanya dia warganegara?” Pastu dia cakap lah, “Oh tak semestinya…” So, nak tak nak terpaksalah I pergi ke Plaza Masalan tu untuk buat cabutan surat beranak. Why is it called cabutan? Entah lah you, agaknya macam cabutan lotteri kot, kalau bertuah, dapatlah title ‘warganegara’, kalau tak bertuah, dapatlah title ‘bukan warganegara’ and kena buang negeri, hehehehe…..

Then we spent an hour kat JPN untuk buat birth cert baru, kira tak lama lah tu kan when it comes to gomen kan :-). I know, I used to work for them, hehehe. Anyway, pastu, balik lah we all balik ke Immigration department untuk amik nombor again. Kesian kat The Little Misses sebab kena ikut we all ke hulu ke hilir and nasib baik lah ada adik I yang sanggup jadi Pak Supir. The Little Misses were really good, they didn’t complain at all walaupun penat berjalan and menunggu. Nasib baik lah ada Nintendo DS to keep them entertained while waiting :-). Tak lah diaorang bosan nak gilers. Pukul 4 petang barulah segala benda siap which wasn’t that bad if you think about it. But they were quite efficient and were very polite at both departments. I guess bila kita polite and patient with them and buat muka senyum aje to them, they’ll do the same thing to us kan :-).

After that, we went to Subang Parade (teringat kenangan lama sebab Subang Parade ni tempat The Other Half and I slalu lepak2 dolu2 ;-)). Kalau The Other Half bercuti kat M’sia, mesti dia akan cuba pergi ke Subang Parade just for old time sake, hahaha. Kat sini I met a few cyber friends and we all melepak kat situ sampai pukul 8 borak2 sakan kat kedai Uncle Lim’s Kopitiam. Memang macam lepak2 kat kedai mamak lah sebab lepak berjam2 tapi minum 1 gelas aje, hehehe.

Terima kasih to Kak Ham, Lily, Kakyu and Izah sebab sudi jumpa orang jauh, hehehe. Selama ni asik tengok gambar aje kan, first time lah baru dapat jumpa you all (exc Lily obviously :-)). Semua orang kat kopitiam tu asik pandang2 aje kan kat table kita sebab surenya diaorang heran, macam mana lah bibik2 ni dibenarkan keluar dek majikan2 nya untuk lepak2 kat Uncle Lim’s. Sian kat anak2 mat saleh majikan nya sebab di bawak keluar sama2. Pastu siap bawak Pak Supir sekali lepak sama2 pulak tu, wakakakakakaka…..

Masa ni tengah tunggu Kakyu datang so lepak2 lah sekejap kat depan Kenny Rogers (eh betul ke?) sebelum berhijrah ke Uncle Lim’s.

Manalah orang tak pandang2 aje kan, Pak Supir pun bila ambik gambar, keluarkan kamera besar, lagilah diaorang heran :-). Zafirah, Miss 10 and Miss 5 terus jadi gang but Adam malu2 kucing aje dengan minah2 mat saleh dua orang tu, hehehe. Minah Mat Saleh nak peluk dia, punyalah berpusing2 dia menyorok diri :-). Bila lagi Adam wei nak dapat peluang kena peluk dengan minah mat saleh ni kalau tak sekarang, hahahaha……

Then semalam, we spent the whole day kat KLCC meronda Petrosains and Dinotrek and tengok wayang Ice Age 3 sebab I’ve promised The Little Misses that I would treat them by doing fun stuff for them because they were so well behaved on Monday masa renew passports tu. Punya lah seronok nya diaorang but punyalah penatnya we all the adults! Pastu I met up with 3E and her kids kat the foodcourt. Kenal bertegur sapa kat cyber world aje but finally we managed to meet up face to face :-). Berborak macam dah kenal lama aje and the kids pun main2 sama2 macam dah kenal lama, hehehe.

Thanks ye 3E sebab sudi jumpa I. InsyaAlah boleh kita jumpa lagi next time.

Next N3, I’ll letak gambar The Little Misses kat KLCC.

 

Uish, nasib baik tak duduk kat tempat yang berabuk kan, so tak lah berabuk my ‘rumah’ ni. Actually, kat kampung I ni tak lah kat ceruk hulu mana so ada lah tenet ni but disebabkan panggilan buah2 rambutan, durian, manggis tersangatlah kuatnya, terus terlupa kat blog ni, hehehe. Memang kuat betul kan penangan buah2 Malaysia ni, sampai kan blog yang disayangi ni pun I tak ‘kisah’! Nasib baik lah The Other Half yang I tinggalkan sorang2 kat Malaysia tu masih I tak lupakan lagi :-) (even though, masa tengah makan durian and rambutan tu tak teringat gak kat dia, hehehe, Sorry Dear! :-)). Tapi masa makan manggis teringat lah ke dia sebab The Other Half suka sangat manggis ni….

So now I can tick off some things on my “things to eat while in Malaysia” list:

durian, rambutan, manggis, roti canai, sate, cempedak goreng, paru goreng, laksa, cendol, taufufa, nasi ambeng (nampak no jowo neh,hahaha), kerabu ulam2 – all ticked

(mak oi, baru aje balik 3 hari tapi punyalah banyak I dah makan, nasib baik 9 hari aje kat sini kan. Mau jadi belon nanti kalau lama2, kuikuikuikui). Ini pun banyak lagi yang I nak makan ni. Pastu kedai mamak pun belum di terjah lagi ni ;-). The Little Misses pun dah makan their favourite fruit, rambutan! Miss 10 dah siap tanya bila nak pergi kedai mamak yang kitaorang selalu singgah ni! The reason she asked that was because her Dad asked her to eat roti canai on her behalf and to say ‘hi’ to one of the mamaks at the restaurant, hehehe. Mana lah tak nya, last time we were here, hari2 we all gi singgah kedai mamak tu sampai dah kenal sangat2 mamak2 tu dengan kitaorang, hahahaha…

Speaking of The Little Misses, hari pertama sampai kampung, dah ajak diaorang pergi pasar malam. Dia orang suka betul dengan pasar malam ni sebab ye lah kan, lain dari yang lain, mana ada pasar malam ni kat Perth :-). And seperti biasa lah, jadi tontonan orang. Miss 5 pun kata, “everyone’s looking at me Mummy!” Budak tu memang sentiasa terperasan sikit, hehehe. But setiap kali sampai M’sia, memang lah Miss 5 akan suffer sangat2 dengan the heat. Miss 10 biasa aje, she adapts quite quickly to the heat and humidity, dia kata sebab dia lahir kat M’sia, tu yg tak kisah sgt :-). While Miss 5 pulak akan sweat non-stop even under the fan, then mandi 4-5 kali pun still eczema dia akan flares up due to the humidity. Bergelen2 air sejuk diaorang teguk in a day! Kesian betul tengok dia, nampak sangat tak selesa nya :-( (but dalam berpeluh2 tu, still jugak main2 kat luar petang2, hehe). I guess sebab OZ tengah Winter sekarang kan so bila sampai jae M’sia yg panas and humid, memang lah terasa sangat2 beza nya.Susah betul jadi anak Mat Saleh ni kan ;-).

But one thing they like kat M’sia, boleh mandi pakai gayung and kolah! Punyalah sukanya diorang main air kat dalam bilik mandi tu :-). And air yang keluar dari paip dah sedia kala menyegarkan untuk mandi. Tu yg kalau I allow them, nak mandi 4-5 kali satu hari!

Before I forget, layan aje lah gambar The Little Misses with their cousins kat rumah Nenek n Atuk.

The Little Misses ni cuma ada cousins on my side aje because The Other Half’s an only child. So, everytime balik M’sia, memang lah dia orang akan berjumpa and main bagai nak rak. Macam nak pecah rumah my parents with their voices :-). Itu pun nasib baik all girls!

Akhir nya siap jugak packing the luggage :-). The Other Half is going to tie the straps around the luggage soon and he told me that I’m not allowed to put any more stuff into the luggage once he’s tied them! So, kalau ada barang2 yang tertinggal, they just have to wait until next time lah nampak nya :-). Nak pergi bercuti 9 hari aje pun, punya lah banyak barang, macam nak bercuti setahun! I memang lah tak tau the arts of packing lightly for trips. I rasa kalau I pack lightly, macam ada aje barang yang tertinggal and my tangan akan gatal aje untuk penuhkan all the bags. I akan pergi round all the rooms in the house and akan selongkar all the drawers, shelves and cupboards to find what else to take, hehehehe…. Nasib baik lah sinki dapur tu is firmly attached, kalau tak agaknya mau I mengangkut sekali, hahahahaha ;-).

Anyway, to anyone who reads my blog ni, kalau takde entry for the next 10 days, jangan lah gundah gulana and gusar hati. 10 hari tu tak lama kan :-). But you can blame it on The Other Half! I said to him last nite, “You know what Dear, wouldn’t it be nice if you could take some photos of your dinner while I’m away so people can see how well you eat without me.” Dia gelak terus dengar my request. He said, “I’m not going to upstage you by showing them my dinner photos. They might think that I can cook but I’m just too lazy to cook when you are around.” Memang lah laki I tu, kena bribe dengan I baru jalan, hehehehe…..

So, kalau I rajin and internet kat kampung tu laju, I’ll post an entry or two. But kalau lembap macam siput, tak kuasa lah eden nak menunggu berjam2 cuma nak upload entry. lagi baik I spend the time makan durian ke, makan rambutan ke, makan thosai ke, right! :-). Sure my berat akan naik 9 hari ni, nasib baik lah bulan Ramadhan is just around the corner so bolehlah the weight comes off again. And kalau ada sesape yang rajin tu, tolong lah kemas2 ‘rumah’ I ni ye kalau dah 2-3 hari I tak masuk. Sian rumah I ni kena tinggal :-) and also kesian hubby I kena tinggal, ahaks!

Finally, Sayonara and hopefully we’ll meet again soon :-).

Angkat tangan sape yang tengah giler bayang sebab 2 hari dah tak dapat baca my new entries? Hahahaha… Just joking ;-). Alhamdulillah our internet service provider changeover went smoothly, cuma around 30 hours lah takde internet connection which was bearable. Mati kutu I pagi semalam tak boleh nak surf the net, rasa semacam aje, hehehe. But at least since tak boleh nak surf the net, I managed to do the packing quite early this time (still tak habis packing lagi though). Ada banyak masa lagi esok nak buat last minute packing ni ;-).

Speaking of tomorrow, Miss 10 ada Visual Arts Program Placement Test the whole day esok. She’s applied to go to this high school which focuses on arts and they are doing the test esok. Even though she’s only going to enter high school in 2 years time but they have to sit the test now so I guess adalah banyak masa for the panel of examiners to teliti all the artwork one by one kot.

You might ask why we chose to send her to this school? We’ve applied for the Math and Science placement as well but tak tau lagi bila the tests for them. Miss 10 loves arts and we think she’s got the potential, so tu yang we applied for this program. She might not get a place but at least we’ve tried kan. So, to all the artistic people out there, please, please channel your energy to Miss 10 so she can do well esok, OK! Lagi banyak energy, lagi bagus :-). The Other Half and I memang tak artistic langsung so we can only hope and pray for her. Kalau we all yang channel our energy to her, lain pulak jadi nya nanti kan, hehehe.

I cuma artistic in the kitchen aje, itu pun bila mood tengah rajin and the correct angin yang bertiup, baru lah jadi my creations. Mostly tu, memang hampeh lah, ahaks! Orang lain main2 dengan icing memang jadi bunga ros or carnation, I main dengan icing jadi bunga taik ayam terus ;-). Takpe lah, asalkan sedap, hehehe.

But dinner malam ni, takde lah bunga ros or carnation. Just baked honey mustard chicken drumsticks with steamed veges and bread. Since kejap lagi nak balik M’sia kan so we have to stock up on western food lah kan. Mana lah nak cari western food kat kampung tu kan, kalau ada pun, I’d rather eat roti canai and thosai yang dah sure gerenti sedap :-). The Little Misses dah terbayang2 nak makan roti canai kat M’sia and I dah terbayang2 nak makan paper thosai with coconut sambal! Jom ramai ramai lepak kat kedai mamak :-).

Our dinner tonite…

Nampak lah artistic jugak kan, hehehehe….

4 more sleeps before the flight to Malaysia and 1 more sleep on the plane before it lands in Malaysia (The Little Misses have been counting :-)). My kids (and I think most kids kot) count the sleeps leading up to an event they are eagerly waiting for, while the adults count the days, hehehe… Funny kan :-)! While The Little Misses gembira hati, Mummy pulak dah start jadi macam lipas kudung sebab nak make sure segala benda dah di cari dan di beli and nak make sure everything weighs within the allocated weight allowance (which is a very big task to do, hehehe). Kalau takde weight limit ni kan, mau lah I hangkut everything bawak ke Malaysia :-). Cuti 9 hari aje pun nanti, our luggage sure nya akan gaya orang bercuti berbulan2, hahaha… And then on top of that, kena make sure the house is clean and tidy as well. Kalau nak biarkan bersepah macam tu aje, alamat lah it will stay that way until we get back from Malaysia. I know My Other Half so well, dia tak nampak persekitaran dia yg messy ni, hehehe…

And another thing, I might not be able to blog for the next few days sebab we are changing our internet service from using landline-based internet to ‘naked’ DSL internet. If the change over goes smoothly and takde hiccups, our internet will be back on straight away. Tapi kalau ada problems with the changeover, ada lah nanti we all dalam ‘kegelapan’ for a few days. Adalah yang nanti dapat withdrawal symptoms kalau tak dapat berinternet for a few days ni. Nasib baik lah sekarang ni dah ada phone yang canggih sikit so boleh lah jugak kalau terdesak nanti, I’ll do mobile blogging :-). So, kalau the next few days takde N3, you tau lah kenapa ye…

Petang tadi, I said to The Other Half yang I nak masak nasi and lauk pauk tonite. Then dia kata, “You’ll be going to M’sia in a few days time, don’t they have rice in Malaysia?” Then I said to him, “I’m cooking rice because of you. You won’t be eating my dishes while I’m away, I just want to make sure that you won’t be missing my cooking then :-).” Sure nya during that 9 days he’ll be eating western food (unless dia eat out lah :-)) so tu yang I masak nasi.

Our lauk pauk tonite. Marinara mix masak goreng kunyit, sayur campur goreng, ayam masak kicap and telur goreng mata kerbau.

I rasa kan setiap kali I masak lauk pauk melayu, tak nampak menggiurkan macam my western dishes kan! Tu yang I lagi suka masak western dishes ni, hehehe….

Tonite was supposed to be The Other Half’s turn to cook dinner but cengkelat punya pasal, he told us that he wanted to make meatlof. The Little Misses dengar aje meatloaf terus buat muka ‘tak lalu’ and I pun dengar meatloaf, terus join The Little Misses buat muka ‘tak lalu’ jugak. So, dengan senang hati nya The Other Half pun declare lah yang since semua orang tak lalu nak makan his dinner, I terpaksalah ambil alih his duty tonite. Nampak sangat2 lah memang dia tak nak masak malam ni tu yang dia suggested food yang orang semua tak nak makan. So I said, “Fine! I’ll cook but I’m just making smoked salmon sushi and nothing else ok!”. Lepas dengar yang I’ll be the one cooking dinner and sushi pulak tu, terus ceria muka The Little Misses (and The Other Half as well), hehehe. So, I made just that for dinner tonite, smoked salmon maki zushi, nothing else sebab I malas betul nak masak :-).

But since I dah selalu sangat tayang gambar my sushi, tak payah lah I tayang the same thing again kan. Layan lah gambar anak beranak ni tengah bergurau senda before dinner tadi…

 

The Other Half tengah showing off to me yang he’s still strong even though he’s a year older now, hahahaha…. I cakap, “bagus lah tu, sebab nanti manalah tau kan in an emergency situation, you need to carry both kids at the same time, I can always rely on you to do that.” Pastu dia cakap, “No worries! Not only can I carry the kids, I can carry you at the same time as well!” Hahahahaha….. dia ingat wife dia ni kecik molek and weighs less than 40 kgs agaknya! I’d rather walk myself than being carried by him :-D.

 

 

Happy Birthday Dear Hubby, Happy Birthday Dear Hubby….. :-). Another year older and quickly catching up on me ;-). As usual, when The Little Misses woke up, the card-giving ceremony took place. Since dia dah dapat the Treo, we all just gave him chocolates and cards aje lah (and not forgetting a wonderful dinner cooked by the wife!).

Tengok lah muka The Little Misses baru bangun tidur. Camner lah nak jadi models macam ni kan ;-). Kenalah letak mekap banyak2 macam ni, hehehe…

Saje je nak tayang the birthday card that I got for him, sikitnya romantik ke banding kan denagn the card that he gave me. ( Sila abaikan the clothes on the sofa in the background tu ye and the model yang serabai lagi tu).

Then when The Other Half went off to work, he took along the food I made for his morning tea. Sikit nya baik kan wife dia ni, buatkan morning tea lah, special dinner lah, hehehe.

The Jaffa cake (orange cake with choc ganache). But I alter sikit recipe orange kek ni, I kurangkan gula sebab ramai kata too sweet and I ganti kan plain flour dengan almond meal (takpekan Jun :-)). Pastu malas nak decorate lebih2 sebab kang takut pulak orang nak makan bila tengok decoration I yang still tak passed lagi tu, hehehe.

Isteri mithali kan, so mana cukup bekalkan kek aje, I pun bekal kan sekali mini ginger cheesecakes, cheese n chive muffins and baked karipap. Kenyang lah diaorang makan masa morning tea tadi :-).

Pastu for the special dinner pulaknya, The Other Half requested chicken kiev. Chicken kiev ni is chicken breast yang letak frozen flavoured butter ( I flavoured kan dengan garlic and chives aje)  inside the slit and then crumbed and pan fried. So, bila you cut it in half when you are eating it, the now melted butter will just dribble out on to the plate…. Heaven on a plate :-).

Chicken kiev with hasselback potatoes, roast garlic and steamed veges. (Ini The Other Half’s plate ok, tu yang penuh satu pinggan!).

Ini bila dah di belah dua, you can see the melted butter oozing out, hehehe…

So I said to The Other Half, “Kesimpulan nya, nasib baik lah you dapat wife yang agak pandai masak. Dapat lah you makan your favourite food on your birthday and saving your money at the same time :-).” ( Ini selepas di alih bahasa ).

My cough has gotten worse today instead of getting better. Miss 10 woke up feeling much better then yesterday but during the day, she had diarrhoea pulaknya. Miss 5 pulak, when Miss 10 suddenly got all the attention, she started feeling miserable as well and wanting attention too! Kids! Selalunya Miss 5 yang sakit and gets all the extra attention so bila suddenly Miss 10 yang sakit and got the extra attention, jealous sikit lah dia, hehehe. Mula lah dia pun rasa sakit perut and rasa nak muntah and rasa pening kepala lah…… tapi bila suruh rehat aje kat katil, tak sampai 1 jam dah bosan sangat2 and mulalah nak tengok TV lah, main Wii lah, tengok dvd lah. So Mummy pun kenalah ‘nasihat’ kan dia,’ “if you are sick, act like you are sick!”, hehehehe… Garang betul Mummy dia ni kan!

But I was quite busy in the kitchen today sebab tomorrow is The Other Half’s birthday and he wants to take some morning tea to work. But morning tea kat tempat dia ni bukannya macam morning tea kat Malaysia yang makan berat2 tu with mee goreng or kuey teow goreng  and kuih muih lagi :-). I cuma kena buat kek and a few other types of kuih muih. So, tadi I made orange cake as the birthday cake, mini cheesecakes, karipap (but malas nya pasal, pakai kulit paratha aje, sonang keje!) and esok pagi I nak buat savoury scones or muffins. Gambar the food esok lah ye baru ambik after I dah decorate cake tu sikit2 ;-). I ingat kalau rajin esok, I just curah choc ganache aje atas cake tu so jadi lah nanti Jaffa Cake (Jaffa is what OZ calls the flavour of choc+orange). Sebab kan The Other Half dah tua, tak payah lah I susah payah decorate the cake tu kan, hehehe….

But since dah buat the orange cake for his work, I don’t have to make him another cake for home. Dia kata bukannya ada orang yang nak makan sangat the cake at home pun with everyone not feeling that great. Nanti lah, bila dah balik from Malaysia and semua orang sihat, I’ll make him his favourite pavlova. But he’s already asked for his birthday meal which I’m going to cook tomorrow nite. Kalau jadi the meal, I’ll put it up on the blog, kalau tak jadi tu, paham2 aje lah ye, hehehe…..

Tonite’s meal sebab The Little Misses tak sihat and I pun tak berapa sihat, I buat mee sup aje guna instant noodles. The Other Half I buatkan toasted cheese sandwiches aje, hahaha….

Sedap jugak sekali sekala makan mee sup sempoi gilers macam ni :-).

Hari ni kat rumah ni, semua orang tak berapa sihat. I sejak minggu lepas lagi dah batuk sikit2 and sakit tekak ( dont think it’s H1N1) but tak lah teruk sangat. Still boleh gi kerja, boleh masak (the most important thing!), boleh makan and boleh shopping lagi :-). Hari ni pulak, Miss 10 dah demam2 sikit and Miss 5 pun masih batuk2 lagi especially bila sejuk. Kesian Miss 10, dia jarang betul sakit so bila sakit memang muka poyo aje lah and satu petang tadi dia baring aje kat katil. Selalunya Miss 5 aje yang sakit, Miss 10’s immune system memang very good but this time, terkena jugak dia. Winter ni memang lah macam ni, segala macam viruses bermaharajalela! Everywhere you go, mesti akan dengar orang batuk2 and blowing their noses. Kalau everyone yang batuk2 sikit stays at home and tak pergi kerja, memang akan tak bergerak lah bandar Perth ni during Winter, hehehe.

But, kiranya bagus jugak lah The Little Misses demam batuk sekarang ni sebab it’s school holidays so tak lah diaorang miss any school days and hopefully by next week diaorang dah recover from it. I really berdoa sangat2 supaya all of us have fully recovered by next week. Nak tau what’s so important about next week?

Sila tengok gambar kat bawah ni ye…. (courtesy of Pakcik Google)

The Little Misses and I akan bercuti ke Malaysia for 9 days :-). Kesian The Other Half, dia tak boleh ikut sebab uni dah start masa tu so tak boleh lah dia nak tuang lectures. His students I think will like it kalau dia cancel his lectures but I don’t think his boss will like it, hehehe…. But ada sebab penting pun we all balik ni. Miss 10 and I nak kena renew our passports yang akan expire in December since we are still Malaysian citizens kan. So, balik nanti memang we all akan busy sikitlah sebab nak make sure urusan renewing passports tu got done. Kalau ada sape2 yang baca blog ni kerja kat Immigration Department kan best, boleh lah tolong we all, hahaha. Boleh kalau nak renew kat Perth ni but it’ll take 3 months (at least) to get them done! Kat Malaysia, it’ll take us 2 hours aje to get them done, punyalah jauh beza kan! And during that 3 months, tak boleh lah we all nak membook flights or anything like that. So, kalau MAS buat cheap flights promotion during that 3 months time, ternganga aje lah we all nanti and sure nya tension habis kan kalau tak dapat cheap flights ni, hehehe. Dah lah we all memang wajib balik December nanti for the wedding so tu yang fikir punya fikir, we decided to go back this holidays for 9 days.

And Sabtu lepas, when we checked our emails, we got a notification kata MAS buat promotion for cheap flights khas for Perth people. We all pun kelam kabut lah pegi their website and syukur Alhamdulillah, we got the seats! The tickets were amazingly cheap, cuma A$16 aje you/person excluding tax and surcharge. Tax dia lagi mahal, 20X more expensive than the ticket price! But all in all, it was still very cheap, macam tak caya aje, hehehe.

So, The Little Misses have been getting very excited to go on this holiday. They have already told everyone what they want to eat in Malaysia, hehehe. And Nenek and Atuk pun sekarang ni tengah sibuk lah kemas rumah and buying all The Little Misses’ favourite food. I punya favourite food, takde sape sibuk2 nak tanya, nyampah betul ;-). Mentang2 lah budak dua orang tu lagi glemer and femes dari Mummy dia so everything yang diaorang teringin nak makan, sampai ceruk kampung Nenek and Atuk and Aunties and Uncles akan carikan. Mummy dia yang penat2 shopping belikan barang2 for everyone, terpinggir aje nanti, hehehehe….. But since I dah biasa sangat kena pinggir when The Little Misses are in Malaysia, dah tak kisah dah lah :-)….. Nasib baik The Other Half tak ikut sama, kalau tak, lagi lah I terpinggir jauh, hahahaha……

First off, thank you so much to everyone who kindly sent me birthday wishes and doa. Even though I only know a lot of you through cyber world, macam dah lama kenal aje kan. Thank you once again :-).

The Other Half and I dah jatuh cinta dengan our birthday presents, the Palm Treo. Now we know why some people get so addicted to all these new high-tech gadgets like iPod, iPhone, touch screen phones and macam2 lagi lah. And now I know why some people get so addicted to mobile blogging and mobile facebooking, hehehe. The Other Half said that he’s never going back to the ‘old’ styles of phones anymore sebba dia kata he loves his Palm so much kalau yang ni dah kojol, dia rela abis duit beli another Palm (macam lah banyak duit dia tu, hehehe). Semalam we bought micro-SD cards for the Palm so lepas ni boleh lah I download segala macam lagu untuk I listen to masa naik public transport. I can’t read on the bus or on the train or in the car so nak hilangkan bosan tahap gaban kat dalam bas tu, kenalah listen to something. Dulu we used MP3 player untuk dengar lagu dalam bas but now dah ada the Palm, we’ve given our Sony MP3 player to Miss 5 so she can listen to her audio cds whenever she wants to. Punyalah happy gilers dia dapat MP3 player tu, hehehe…. We said to Miss 10 yang dia dapat our old digital camera when we bought the DSLR so bagi chance lah kat adik dia dapat our MP3 player pulak :-). Miss 5 pun sibuk memberitahu kakak dia yang the player is hers but she’ll let her sister use it sometimes ( punyalah considerate Miss 5 tu ). So, now everyone’s happy with their new toys, hehehehe…

Kat library kat sini, they have loads of audio cds cerita macam2 so tu yang everytime we all pergi library, mesti pinjam for The Little Misses to listen to at night time. Tadi, we all pinjam banyak2 and upload it to the computer and download it to the player so lepas ni kalau pergi jalan mana2, senanglah diaorang nak dengar the stories instead of having to listen to Mummy’s and Daddy’s song choice :-).

Now, layan gambar our dinners malam semalam and malam ni.

We had roast potato and sausage meat st ir fry last nite. Sausage meat stir fry ni I pakai taram aje masak sebab tak tau nak masak apa.

 

Miss 5 beria mintak fruit salad for dessert so we had rockmelon, persimmon, banana and kiwi fruit salad. Then makan pulak dengan nata di coco, jadi lagilah sedapnya, hehehe.

Then malam ni sebab dah lama sangat rasanya tak makan simple fettucine bolognese, I made that. Miss 5 asik cakap, “this is so yummy Mummy!” :-) and sampai tambah2 lagi you, hahaha.

But nak bagi The Little Misse makan sayur, I added mushroom and carrot to it.

Dah lama betul I tak jadi cikgu bahasa ni kan, malam ni nak start balik lah :-).

‘Out of the frying pan, into the fire’ which in Malay is ‘Keluar dari mulut harimau, masuk mulut buaya’. Thanks to Mrswongjowo, Kak Ain & Dill sebab betulkan my peribahasa. Hapeh betul cikgu bahasa ni ajar orang peribahasa silap :-).

Ayat contoh:

The Other Half dengan I betul2 tak dapat fikir ayat2 contoh yang best untuk nak masukkan peribahasa and proverb malam ni (maybe dah malam kot so our brains have reduced capacities nak berfikir :-)). Sape2 yang dapat bagi ayat contoh for us, sangat lah di alu alu kan. Nanti I masukkan ayat contoh you all kat sini :-).

Today I’m another year older but probably not another year wiser kot :-). Early this morning, The Other Half and I were sleeping and suddenly dia terjaga around 5 in the morning, and I pun terjaga sama sekejap. Dia terperasan yang I opened my eyes, terus dia ucap, “happy birthday!”. At 5 o’clock in the morning, what do you think my respond was? Obviously lah I just grunt and said, “uh!” which meant ‘thanks’ if I was more awake, hehehehe. Luckily lah I still ‘jawab’ his wish instead of just jegil biji mata ke dia sebab wished me pagi2 buta :-). But he did wish me again when we were both more awake at 6.30 wish I answered with a smile and a proper “thank you Dear!” :-).

Then it was The Little Misses’ turns to wish their favourite Mummy a happy birthday with presents from them (bought by The Other Half obviously). I asked him apsal beli hadiah lagi when we’ve bought the Palm Treo as our birthday presents. Jawapan dia, “I bought these things before we decided to buy the Palm.” Unbelievable, my hubby bought my birthday presents weeks in advance! Selalunya, sehari sebelum my birthday baru lah dia kelam kabut beli the present (or after my birthday!), hehehe.

Can you see the birthday card my bertuah Other Half gave me with the number 40 infront? Do you know what he said? Dia kata, saje je bagi card tu sebab then I have 1 year to get used to the idea of turning 40 next year! Ada ka! Nasib baik lah wife dia ni malas nak cari gaduh and merajuk on her birthday, so I buat tak tau aje bila dia cakap macam tu. Menyampah betul!!!!! Probably, dia nak jimat duit kot so he can give me the same card next year!! Gelak aje my bertuah Other Half tu bila baca the above sentence…..

Then, we had breakfast (prepared by me, siapa lagi kan!). I wanted to have kaya toast with teh tarik (macam kat kedai mamak tu :-)) so semua orang kena lah bersarapan dengan kaya toast pagi tadi which they enjoyed, hehehe.

Then lunch was leftovers from last night (again reheated by me!). Bila lah agaknya I’ll get to just lepak2 without having to lift a finger to cook on my birthday ni ye :-)? Then, I made doughnuts for afternoon tea sebab dah lama tak makan doughnuts ni.

Tapi tercair pulaknya the choc ganache and malas pulak I nak betulkan, hehehe….

Then followed by dinner which was also cooked by me. I nak makan dishes yang I really like tonite (since it’s MY birthday) so kalau I suruh The Other Half masak, he’ll cook dishes yang he can cook which is highly probably not the same as dishes that I like so baik I aje lah yang masak kan! At least, I know I will enjoy the dinner :-). He owes me BIG! (Dah berapa minggu dia tak cook dinner on Saturday night ni so memang lah dia akan kena cook every weekend for the next few months, hahahaha).

I kan memang suka sangat2 noodles ni so malam ni I masak mee goreng, makan pulak dengan honey chicken. Actually honey chicken ni memang kegemaran semua orang so bukan I sorang aje lah yang makan beria2 tadi, even Miss 10 pun makan banyak you :-). (Miss 5 and The Other Half tu tak payah cakap lah kan, memang hari2 pun makan banyak, wehehehe).

And then, sure you all tertanya2 kan, what about the birthday cake? Dulu masa kecik2 kalau buat birthday party, mesti mintak kek span yang jual kat kedai kek tu with mocked cream and bunga wafer. Lagi besar the flowers, lagi sedap sangat2 rasanya the kek. Padahal, tak sedap pun but it’s the size and the deco that counts right, hehehe. Tapi, bila dah tua ni (39 ok not 40!), dah malas nak buat birthday cake for me sebab bukannya susah sangat nak buat cake ni, kalau bukan on birthdays pun boleh buat, betul tak (cuma bab men deco cake cantik2 yang I still tak pass2 lagi, hehehe). And tak sanggup I nak meniup 39 batang lilin, maulah kek tu nanti basah denagn semburan air liur aje (uweekkkk, tak lalu I nak makan!). So, tadi as a cake replacement, I made apple pie. I lagi suka makan apple pie ni dari makan kek, tambah2 lagi kalau makan dengan vanilla ice cream, memang heaven……. :-).

My simple birthday ‘cake’.

So, itulah saje cerita what happened today on my birthday. Kesimpulannya,

1.The Other Half tak sabar nak tunggu I turn 40 (rolling eyes now!!!!)

2. I still kena masak on my birthday (more rolling eyes!!!!)

3.I still love them dearly though, hehehehe

p/s to all my family and friends yang wished me a very Happy Birthday, thank you very much for your kind thoughts.

pps I ada citer lagi best nak khabaq kat sini but nanti lah ye, closer to the date :-)

Malam ni tak boleh nak borak panjang2, we’ve been so busy the whole day today organising a few things. Nanti lah, when it’s closer to the time, I’ll tell you kenapa we were busy today. But malam ni, layan aje lah ye gambar our dinner. Harini I teringin nak makan udang because pergi merayap blogs rata2, semua ada entry pasal udang. But I teringin nak makan grilled prawns, not masak lemak or masak kari or sambal udang :-). Tekak ni nak rasa udang ala2 mat saleh bukan udang asian, hehehe. So, tadi we bought Australian banana prawns to marinate and grill. This was how our dinner looked like tadi.

Grilled banana prawns with fried rice. I sorang aje yang makan nasi goreng tu, the rest makan baked chips with the prawns. Memang tadi we all meratah udang aje lah for dinner tadi :-). The Other Half selalunya tak berapa suka sangat banana prawns ni, but tadi he said the taste was really good.

Every year in July, The Other Half and I will always have the same conversation that goes along like this:

The Other Half: What do you want for your birthday?

Me: I don’t know. What do YOU want for your birthday?

The Other Half: I don’t know either and I asked you first so you have to tell what you want first.

Me: I’ve told you already, I don’t know. There’s nothing I really really need and want that I can think of. Just buy whatever.

The Other Half: I don’t like it when you say whatever because that’s not an answer :-). I don’t know either what I want that won’t break the bank. I know what I dream of buying though :-).

Susah kan bila our birthdays fall 5 days of each other but senang sebab tak payah buat 2 birthday parties, buat 1 aje pun dah cukup, hehehe. Sebab I jugak yang kena masak for both :-).

Then we selalunya ended up not buying anything sebab we just couldn’t figure out what we want. Yang kesian nya The Little Misses lah sebab diaorang lah yang beria nak belikan presents for us. We normally bila dah tak larat kena pester just say, ‘Just buy Lindt chocolates.’

But this year, we did end up buying something for both of us which is a quite a big deal jugak lah for us, hehehe. Itu pun sebab last night, The Other Half was browsing through this catalogue and saw something that really caught his eyes. Which means something gadgety and tech stuff lah kan. Then I said to him, “ Why don’t you buy it so we can make it as a birthday present for you.” Then he said, “Do you want 1 too. Then we can both say that it’s our birthday presents and have matching things at the same time!” I pun toleh lah ke benda yang dia tengah tengok ni and terminat lah jugak kat benda ni so I pun kata ok lah aje. Ringan sikit kepala I sebab tak payah susah payah fikir nak benda apa as present kan.

This is our presents, a Palm Treo 500, one for him and one for me. Kalau you all nak tahu, we all berdua ni memang bukan mobile phone addicts. Our mobile phones tak pernah yang canggih manggih, basically cuma boleh call and SMS aje, camera takde, radio takde and we all akan cari yang paling murah sekali, hehehe. Pernah sekali aje dapat phone canggih, itu pun sebab we all tukar plan and it came with the nice phone. So for us to buy this palm smartphone which cost more than $100 kiranya memang dah caya abis lah, hahaha. Orang lain dah tak heran tengok phone canggih and spend thousands of dollars on phone, we all baru spent more than $100 and tengok ni aje pun dah awe-struck and siap masuk blog lagi tu, wehehehehe :-).

Ini lah first time my phone ada camera you, rasa macam apa aje, hahahaha. Now, tinggal nak belajar cara2 nak pakai benda ni aje so happy weekend for me playing with my new toy :-). The Other Half pun dah happy sangat2 sebab dapat a new toy as well.

(but lagi best kalau The Other Half can cook all my favourite dishes and bake a cake for me on my birthday. Itu lagi lah caya giler nya present, hehehehe)