Maulidur Rasul function in Perth

I made a limau purut pie today but it turned out to have a bitter after taste. I guess sebab masa I memarut kulit limau tu, I was daydreaming about entah apa2 and parut sampai abis gondol kulit limau tu. Obviously lah I had grated the really bitter pith as well tu yang pahit sikit the pie. But it was still edible (The Other Half makan sampai 2 slices even though he’s on a diet, edible lah tu kan, hehehe) but I won’t serve it to guests lah. Baru aje ingat nak suruh The Other Half bawak gi tempat kerja dia esok. Now, I have to freeze the pie in small portions so we can eat it slowly over the months to avoid gorging on it at one seating, hehehe…

The moral of the story is, jangan daydream masa tengah memarut kulit limau especially kulit limau purut yang berbonjol2 tu. Next time I buat the pie again, I’ll make sure I parut dengan teliti ;-). Nasib baik limua purut kebun sendiri so tak kisah lah nak guna banyak mana pun kan! :-D.

This morning as I mentioned previously, we had the sambutan Maulidur Rasul at the masjid. Alhamdulillah, it wasn’t that hot in the morning so tak lah terbakar kulit masa tengah berarak tu. I dengan muka tak malu saje je jadi mamarazzi tak bertauliah ambik gambar. But ambik gambar orang lain yang banyak, gambar I satu pun takde. Memang macam tu lah kan nasib mamarazzi n papparazzi ni, hidup dibelakang lens aje, hikhikhik… I rasa the last time I letak gambar I kat blog ni was way back masa we all kat M’sia kan. Entah2 you all dah lupa how I look like, wakakakaka… Takpe, tunggu I jadi svelte macam cat woman, baru I tayang balik gambar I ye ;-D.

As with every function, mesti ada makan2 kan. Since it was a Malay masjid, makan2 nya pun tersangat lah melayu/asian nya which was really good. I had nasi beriani with acar buah, acar sayur, ayam masak merah, udang sambal and so many different types of kuih muih including cendol (yeay). Miss 6 and I were in food heaven! hehehehe (The Other Half tengah berdiet so tak makan banyak sangat even though dia terasa macam cerita ‘panggilan pulau’ tadi ;-)). Apa I makan, Miss 6 mesti nak rasa. I makan cendol, dia and The Other Half yang abiskan, I makan serimuka, dia yang abiskan, I makan udang, dia nak rasa jugak, I makan kuih bakar, dia makan jugak. Manalah kan tak semangat badan tu, hahahaha… Miss 10 cuma ambik nasi putih and ayam goreng and kuih keria. Tu yang dia slim aje :-).

I sedekah kan jugak a few kuihs for the functions tadi. Sebab functions melayu so I pun buat karipap, kuih bakar and muffin coklat. And seperti dijangka kan, ramai jugak yang bawak kuih bakar, karipap and muffin coklat, hehehehe…. But as usual, bila perut tengah lapar sangat2, you don’t think about taking photos of the glorious food kan so takde lah gambar food. But layan aje lah gambar the berarak tadi..

Sebab Miss 6 antara yang ter’kecil’ height wise so kenalah dia berdiri kat depan.

Macam2 kaler baju kurung pagi tadi, terasa sekejap macam hari raya, hehehe…

I ni tak pandai and mana biasa pakai tudung style macam ni so bila I pakaikan ke Miss 10 pun jadi tak betul sangat lah.

Group kompang ni lagi best alunan muzik dia dari kompang kat kampung I masa my sister kawin 6 tahun dulu, hehehe…

Tengah khusyuk berselawat…

hot hot hot, the weather not the blogger :-)

Another hot scorching day today with the max temperature reaching 39C. Our air cond kat rumah ni is ducted evaporative nya system so bila pasang aircond, kena bukak tingkap or else it doesn’t work properly. Tengah hari tadi while we were having lunch, I duduk at the dining table membelakangi the sliding door that was wide open. Muka I sejuk kena aircond from the air vent but my belakang panas giler kena bahang bila angin bertiup sebab the wind was so hot. Angin dia pun panas abis. Depan sejuk-belakang panas, depan sejuk- belakang panas, confused sekejap my body, hehehehe. Nasib baik lah I bukan haiwan darah sejuk, kalau tak memang confused my brains nak set the body temperature, tak tau nak ikut mana satu :-D.

It’s going to be hot again esok and kesian pulak kat The Little Misses sebab kena berarak at the masjid for sambutan Maulud Nabi. Hopefully tak lah panas sangat diaorang. Kalau panas, kenalah Daddy ke Mummy junjung payung ikut diaorang berarak, hikhikhik. Kalah pengantin baru ;-).

We all tak buat BBQ hari ni (sedih I sebab kena masak ;-)) sebab Miss 6 ada birthday party and The Other Half telah ditugaskan menghantar dia and he stayed there until the party’s over. Dia ingat nak drop her off aje and ambik after that but he got to chat with a few parents there so terus lah ter stay there. I pulak mana tau nak start the BBQ ni. I have no idea how many charcoals and briquettes needed to start a perfect BBQ so masak lah guna oven aje hari ni.

Bila dah terbiasa roast chicken dalam kettle BBQ tu, bila masak dalam oven, it feels like there’s something missing. Ye lah kan, selama ni rasa asap yang buatkan dia sedap, tiba2 takde rasa asap so kurang oomph lah sikit, hehehe.

Piri piri chicken with bean salad and chips. Recipe piri piri tu boleh dapat kat sini ye.

And ini pulak gambar Miss 6 at her assembly the other day. She got a merit award. Punyalah suka dia sebab first community assembly terus dia dapat award (compared to Miss 10), hehehe. I took this photo from quite far and masa ni I malas nak berdiri so tu yang nampak kepala2 orang infront of the lens. But I really really like this photo. It focuses on the 3 people on stage and she’s so small in the middle between the 2 boys. Tetiba terasa betapa kecik nya dia :-). I tak edit gambar ni except for the name.

Please bring the rain…

It’s nearly Autumn but it was extremely hot today. The highest temperature recorded today got up to 42C! Dah lah panas, pastu kering sangat2 without any breeze at all pulak tu. Lagi lah terasa betapa teriknya and menggigit on the skins. I masuk kereta tengah hari tadi masa nak ambik The Little Misses tengok the suhu reached 44C. Pasang aircond full blast pun ambik masa nak turun kan the suhu inside the car. Rasa macam duduk dalam sauna but without the humidity. Sekarang ni was still hot kat luar tu even though it’s nearly 9 o’clock, I think it’s around 30+C kot. I jemur kain tadi masa pukul 4.30 petang, by 7.30 dah kering, hehehehe. Kalau jemur tengah hari tadi, mau nya kering in 5 minutes kot :-). The BOM predicted thunderstorm sejak hari Selasa lagi tapi sampai sekarang tak kunjung tiba lagi the thunderstorm. Best jugak kalau ada thunderstorm ni, at least adalah sejuk sikit.

The Northern Hemisphere has been experiencing blizzards and snow storms while we kat Down Under tengah heat wave :-).

The Little Misses pun tadi I bekalkan diaorang frozen apple juice in their lunch box. I memang saje freeze the juices so hopefully by lunch time, it will have melted nicely but still very cold. On top of that, I bagi diaorang duit to buy icy poles and slushies at school. Kesian jugak kat diaorang sebab sure panas2 macam ni, tekak diaorang akan terliur tengok ice cream kat canteen tu kan :-). Pastu I bekalkan diaorang a small face towel for school just in case they want to wet it and put it around their neck or on their head. Miss 6 kata, “I put the frozen apple juice on my forehead Mummy because it was so hot. It made my head nice and cold.” But nasib baik lah most schools here ada aircond in each classroom so tak lah kepanasan diaorang in the class.

But memang nampak sangat lah hari ni panas sangat2 sebab even though I pasang aircond kat rumah but masih lagi I berpeluh2 masa vacuuming the house tadi. Macam lah kerja vacuuming yang I buat tadi tu exerting abis, mengalahkan naik exercise bike, hikhikhik. Memang lah kerja vacuuming satu rumah ni memenatkah tapi sampai berpeluh under the aircond tu dah kira hebat, hehehehe.

That’s what we’ve been saying, kalau nak datang ke Perth ni, datang masa mid Autumn around April-May macam tu. Selalu nya masa ni the weather has cool down to really mild but the rainy season hasn’t arrived yet. So, memang bagus lah kalau nak berjalan2. Jangan datang masa late Summer sebab selalunya late Summer ni memang panas giler2 like today. And also jangan datang early Spring around September macam tu sebab walaupun dah habis Winter tapi the rainy season is still around. So tak best lah kalau nak jalan2 in the wet and cold and miserable weather kan :-).

And bila tengah panas2 ni, I suka makan mee and yang seangkatan dengan nya. Dinner tadi I buat laksa penang for me but pizza for The Little Misses. But I cengkelat, I guna ready made paste aje for the laksa penang. Punyalah pekat paste nya ni, segala macam rasa ada (bandingkan dengan my laksa penang instant yang sentiasa tak cukup bahan tu, hahahaha). I baru perasan yang laksa penang ni ada rasa manis sikit ye? Sebab masa I tested the kuah masa tengah masak, rasa manis sikit (untuk tekak I lah). Patutlah selama2 ni I buat tak pernah sedap, wakakakakaka…

Laksa penang dengan segala macam ulam on it :-).

Actually kan, tengah2 panas ni I lagi suka makan cendol, bergelas gelas I boleh telan. Terasa2 kat tekak kesedapan cendol ni… Tapi kan mana lah weh nak cari mamak jual cendol kat Perth ni! Uwahhhhhhh!!!!!!

And sebelum terlupa, selamat menyambut Maulidur Rasul untuk semua umat Islam.

Hari Ahad ni The Little Misses ada sambutan Maulidur Rasul kat Masjid, siap dengan berarak sekali, sure seronok!

Fried food…. yummm

The Other Half’s not home tonite so I pun malas betul nak masak :-). Padahal pagi tadi macam beria2 aje nak masak laksa penang and siap dah beli all the ingredients. But bila nak masak aje tadi, terus I rasa malas sangat2 nak masak 2 jenis dinner. Terus aje masak nasi goreng so semua orang boleh makan, nampak sangat hangat2 chicken poops betul lah I ni :-). I buat nasi goreng sebab nak guna leftover rice from semalam, malas nak simpan dlm freezer.

And since tadi I terlebih makan masa dinner sebab I goreng keropok, goreng telur, goreng tahu buat tahu sumbat and nasi goreng lagi (segalanya bergoreng!). Apasal lah segala benda bergoreng ni tersangat lah sedap nya. Lepas makan nasi tadi, I duduk aje kat meja makan tu sambil mengunyah keropok! Terus I tension sebab makan banyak and spent an hour on the exercise machine. Now, I’m feeling so freaking tired and sweaty and smelly, hehehe! But I feel good sebab 1 badan basah dengan peluh from the exercise so ok lah tu kan :-D. Tak lah rasa gulity sangat sebab overate just now. Esok kena makan salad aje lah banyak2. I might just make the laksa for dinner tomorrow nite and letak banyak2 ulam.

And no, even though I still teruskan my exercise and my diet, I still haven’t shed any weight. I said to The Other Half the other day, “If I hadn’t known better, I would have definitely said that something is growing inside me because instead of losing weight, I’m gaining it!” Don’t get too excited, I’m definitely NOT pregnant! Sure banyak cacing yang I bela kot, hahahahahahaha…..

And since The Other Half takde, I nak tidur awal tonite. Layan lah gambar our nasi goreng dinner ni ye.

Ini I punya portion. The Little Misses cuma ada nasi goreng and telur n keropok aje. Diaorang tak makan lah tahu ni (which is good coz more for me :-D).

How much was the ginger?

Tadi I pergi kedai sayur and saje lah tinjau2 Asian veges. Terbeliak jugak lah biji mata I ni tengok harga some of the veges. Halia yang tua tu now teramatlah mahalnya, macam beli emas aje! It was $27/kg. Lagi tua lagi mahal you! :-D. Wahhh, kalau my Emak and Abah tengok lah harga tu, mau terpengsan diaorang kejap agaknya. Dah lah banyak food western and asian yang I masak guna ginger in the ingredients. We all ada tanam ginger but dah takde ginger yang tua2 in our stock, semua masih lagi muda belia so the taste and smell are not that strong. But I think I would rather use our young ginger than buy ginger yang mahal giler kat kedai tu! Tak pun, I’ll just buy the minced ginger in a jar kalau dah desperate sangat, hikhikhik…

Lepas terkejut tengok ginger, I tengok pulak sayur kacang panjang. Belum sempat jantung I abis terkejut, dah terkejut balik tengok harga kacang panjang at $14/kg, hehehehe. Baru aje bercadang nak buat nasi kerabu one of these days but I guess kena lah ganti kacang panjang dgn green beans mcm tu. Sayur Asian apa lagi ye yang I nampak tadi? Oh ye.. Kangkung was $7/kg, terung panjang was $8/kg, serai was 99 cents sebatang (nasib baik kat belakang rumah tu berlambak2 serai, hehehe), keledek was $5/kg. Lebih kurang macam orang2 kat M’sia nak beli sayur overseas lah kan, mahal gilers kadang2 :-). But I selalu beli sayur ikut musim lah sebab senang nak dapat and cheaper compared to the veges yang out of season and imported. I guess sayur yang tengah in season sekarang ni would be cucumbers, capsicum, beans, celery, the big eggplant, lettuce, sweetcorns, zucchini…

Kat rumah I ni, sayur yang memang sentiasa kena ada in the crisper will be carrots and cabbage kot sebab dua2 tu tahan lama and lambat layu :-D. And there’s always frozen peas and corns in the freezer. Kalau dah takde sayur sangat, we all just microwaved aje peas n corns tu so at least ada lah jugak benda bernama sayur on our plates, hehehehe.

But sayur we all malam ni was acar sebab I masak kari for The Other Half and I. The Other Half will be going to Sydney esok for 3 days so saje je lah masak kan kari untuk dia (isteri mithali kan ;-)). But I guna daging bahagian brisket which is a bit fatty and tough so kenalah masak lama kan. Pastu I malas pulaknya nak letak and masak atas stove top sebab I nak keluar gi ambik The Little Misses at school. What I did was, I just buat masak the onions and rempah ratus and rempah kari until wangi atas dapur. Then I masukkan the brisket pieces, santan, tomato paste, air, garam n gula and kacau hingga sebati. Pastu I transferred everything masuk dlm oven proof caserole dish and baked it in the oven at 160C for a few hours. I tak payah risau dia hangus atas dapur or air dia kering or api mati ditiup angin. I relaxed aje tadi whilst it was merrily cooking in the oven.

And it came out really tender and so moist, the potatoes yang I masukkan kemudian pun was cooked just right. All the flavours dah meresap masuk in the beef and the fatty part of the daging pun dah ‘melted’ jadikan kari tu lagi oomph! (Masa ni jangan fikir pasal lemak ni bertapak in our body after we’ve eaten it :-)). But the best part was how hassle-free cooking it was. I ni kan jenis yang memang suka everything to be as simple as can be, hehehe….

The wall did it!

The Other Half teringin nak makan egg benedict and cooked breakfast for dinner. So, I pun tanya lah di, “you mean poached eggs and hollondaise sauce?” He said, “that would be so good if you can make it!” Sepanjang2 and selama2 I kahwin dengan dia (macam lah pernah kahwin dengan orang lain, wehehehe), I tak pernah sekali pun cuba buat poached eggs. Why you may ask? Entah lah, everytime I surf or tanya orang or read cook books about poached eggs, every time, they’ll say it’s quite difficult to get the perfect poached eggs. Macam2 cara you have to do to get a perfectly shaped and rightly poached egg. So, I ni kan biasalah, bila something yang agak rumit and leceh ni, memang lah I malas nak buat, hehehe.

And then bila suddenly The Other Half teringin, I pun siap lah baca cara2 on ‘how to poach an egg’ and dah set my mind to making it. But at the last minute, tiba2 dia nak scrambled eggs pulak! Ciss, penat aje I focused my mind to make poached egg, hehehehe. But I would rather make scrambled eggs anytime than making poached eggs :-D. But I still managed to make the hollondaise sauce to be eaten with the scrambled eggs. The Other Half kata, “Luckily I’m on a diet, or else, I would have licked the hollondaise bowl clean!!! It is so good!” Memang lah benda2 creamy ni kesukaan dia, hehehe.

We had scrambled egg and smoked salmon on english muffin with hollondaise sauce.

And ini pulak gambar Miss 6 tonite. Can you see anything different on her face?

This is what happened when the wall suddenly jumped out infront of you ;-D. Budak sorang ni kan memang lah. We had no idea how she didn’t see the big wall in front of her and straight away smacked bang into it! Pastu, teruslah meraung and terus lah Mummy kena letak ice pack on her forehead. Instead of having dinner quietly, she had to have dinner with ice pack on her forehead. Parut kat her pipi from the bike fall masih belum hilang lagi, ini dah tambah 1 benjol besar kat dahi pulak.

You know you are getting older when…

I used to hear people say bila umur makin meningkat, makin susah nak lose weight. I’ve never believed that until this year. Sebelum2 ni, even as late as last year, I find it not that difficult to shed the extra kilos that I’ve got hidden somewhere on my body. Kalau I kurang kan makan and exercise sikit, the weight will drop off easily.

Until this year! I tak tau lah what has gone ‘wrong’ with my metabolism after balik dari M’sia hari tu. The Other Half and I have been exercising and dieting for nearly 2 weeks now. The Other Half yang beria sangat nak lose some weight sebab dia nak his tummy to be kecik sikit by the time he buys his Ninja so I pun ikutlah sama berdiet n exercise ni. (Mana boleh dia aje yang cun bila naik Ninja nanti kan, I pun nak gak lah jadi svelte so boleh pakai leather pants and jacket dengan anggun nya, wakakakakaka).

We do 30 minutes of exercise on the eliptical and we’ve cut down on our sugar and fat intake. The Other Half have also cut down on his portions and junk/snack food intake. His weight has dropped everyday so far and dalam masa nak dekat 2 minggu, he’s lost nearly 3kg! And of course lah lepas tu, you’ll ask how much have I lost so far kan since he’s lost that much. I am so peeved sebab I haven’t lost any weight whatsoever!!!!!! Not even a measly 100g!!!Tension gilerssssss!!!!!!

The Other Half nak senang kan hati I, he said, “maybe you’ve lost the fat but you gained the weight back straight away on muscle mass which is heavier than fat.” I wish!!! Sebab I can still see the fat everywhere and not muscles, how is that so????

So, I definitely think it’s because I’m getting older and the fat cells dah mampat sangat so diaorang tak nak budge dah :-). It’s so disheartening when you exercise and reduce your food intake and yet the weight is still to stubborn to move. The Other Half kata, “It doesn’t matter if the weight doesn’t drop off as long as you are getting fitter from the exercise.” Dia senang lah nak cakap since he is losing the weight. Kalau it happened to him, sure nya dia akan tenson gak ye tak, hehehe. I don’t want to lose a lot, cukuplah if I can lose 2 kg aje. The Other Half kata he’s got so much fat to lose tu yang senang aje berat dia nak turun, hikhikhik…. Klaau by next week, my weight still tak turun gak, I’m definitely going to go on a strike. Boikot tak nak exercise lagi dah, hahahahahaha….

(Even Miss 6 has lost some weight after going back to school which is such a relief, hehehehe.)

But I guess if I makan banyak macam ni, macam mana lah nak turun berat badan kan. Look at my dinner plate yang penuh dengan food :-).

Roast chicken with sauteed potatoes and veges.

And ini pulak gambar our pokok limau purut yang dah lagi tinggi dari I :-).

Cantik kan the buah limau purut ni. But tak banyak sangat juice you can get from 1 lime sebab kecik aje kan. But the zest is really nice in marinades and in cheese cake :-).

Lamb and Anzac biscuits, an Australian Saturday

N3 hari ni kita layan gambar aje lah ye of what we did today.

Seperti biasa on Saturday, Miss 6 and I had a date at home today. I’ve promised her yang I’ll help her make Anzac biscuits for her ‘show n tell’ on Monday. She wanted to take the biscuits and the photos to school so she can talk about what she did on the weekend i.e baking biscuits with Mummy :-).

See how tekun she was sifting the flour, hehehe…

Kacau jangan tak kacau… Round and around we go…

Posing sebelum masuk oven. But I terlupa pulak nak ambik gamabr the anzac biscuits after dah masak, hehehehe.

And seperti biasa, we had BBQ for dinner. Kali ni we had lamb chops marinated in mint, garlic and limau purut. Pokok limau purut we all tengah berbuah dengan lebatnya, happy betul we all tengok sebab after 4 years, baru berbuah :-). Sedap betul combination limau purut n mint n garlic ni.

And then since we want the salad to have the same theme as the lamb, I made watermelon in lime,chilli n mint dressing and also avocado salsa. Pastu makan pulak dengan baked sweet potato n potato! Mak oi, mak mertua lalu kat belakang, memang tak sedar, hikhikhikhik….

Saje je I bagi pink background, hahahahaha….

Best tak our lamb chop and avocado salsa n watermelon salad n baked potato n baked sweet potato? :-D

Tutorial membasuh pinggan mangkuk

For future reference for Miss 10 and Miss 6 since Miss 10 has been bestowed upon her by the King aka Daddy the chore of dish washing. But you definitely have to use Google translator to understand some of the text below :-).

1. Firstly, sebelum nak basuh pinggan mangkuk, make sure ada pinggan mangkuk yang kotor. Jangan pulak sebab nak sangat2 basuh pinggan mangkuk, you all pegi gelodah the kitchen cabinets in my dapur tu and bawak keluar cawan and pinggan yang bersih to be washed! I know it will look tempting sometimes especially when you think you can play with water and suds at the same time :-).

Make sure you go around the house to collect and search for dirty dishes especially dishes left on the dining table because some ‘people’ forgot to take them to the sink. Then stack them on the sink area and on the bench if there’s too many dishes or on the microwave :-). Stack them properly so they won’t fall on the floor and abis pecah lah Mummy’s plates and cups which is a big No No! hehehehe..

See the example given below:

2. Second, turn the tap to the furthest left so the water will be extra hot. Try not to feel the hot water with your bare hands unless you like the feeling of being scalded! (scalded not scolded but I guess if you get scalded by the hot water because of your silliness, you’ll get scolded by us after that, hahahaha :-)).

Don’t forget to put the plug in at this stage though, or else you’ll be standing there forever waiting for the sink to fill up. Then you can add a small amount of detergent. Yes, we use the concentrated one so you don’t have to add half a bottle of it. I know it’s fun watching the suds getting bigger and bigger and I know you love blowing the bubbles around.

See the example given below:

3. Third, I normally start with the glasses and cups first because they are not normally that dirty. Put them gently into the hot water. I know sometimes when you feel like you hate doing the dishes, you will tend to throw the plates and the cups around. Unless you want me to marah you, then I advice you to put them into the sink gently. (Try not to be like Daddy who chipped the plates and cups all the time! But then bila I nak tukar our dinner set to Corelle yang can’t be chipped, tak bagi pulaknya, ish….).

See how nicely I put mine in. Tu sebab we all pakai plastic tumblers sebab kalau jatuh, tak pecah, kalau Daddy basuh pun tak chipped :-)

4. Fourth, as soon as the first sink is full, turn the tap to the other sink and fill this one up. Do Not put detergent in this water because you’ll be using this water for rinsing. I would appreciate it if the plates and cups don’t taste of suds :-).

5. Fifth, this is the fun bit. Scrub, scrub scrub until they gleam and then rinse, rinse rinse. It can be quite therapeutic occasionally watching the dirty dishes become so clean and gleaming :-).

Arrange and stack the dishes nicely on the dish rack amd let the sun do the drying for you. Now your job is done!

(well, we might call you again to unpack the dishes once they are dry and put them away neatly…)

parent teacher meeting

We had our first Parent Teacher meetings at the school petang tadi. But it was just a general meeting with all the parents not individual meeting lagi. So, kiranya dapat lah we all tahu how the teachers conduct each class, sebab each teacher has their own special way of teaching the kids and also what they expect the kids to achieve throughout the year. For new parents like us, memang wajib lah kena pergi meetings ni sebab masa ni lah nak tau all the rules and regulations and the way the school operates. And masa ni lah konon2 nya nak make sure the teachers kenal who we are kan :-)).

Macam kat old school dulu, they really discourage parents coming to help with readings in the morning. Tak tau lah kenapa, maybe diaorang takut kot we all nampak all the teachers’ kelemahan. Miss 6’s teachers last year, memang tak ‘suka’ bila parents masuk kelas and nak tanya diaorang soalan. They looked like they didn’t have the time to talk to us. But it’s only her teachers last year aje yg macam tu, yang lain tu OK.

But kat sekolah baru ni, they really want and appreciate when parents help to do morning readings. Masa I kat Adelaide dulu, when Miss 10 was in Reception and Year I, I selalu jugak tolong with the kids’ reading in the morning. Our jobs were just to listen to the kids read and then help them with the words yang diaorang tak boleh baca or yang diaorang sangkut and explain the meaning of the words kalau diaorang tak paham. Alah, bukannya lama pun kena tolong, around 15 minutes aje :-).

And with Miss 6’s allergy, kat sekolah baru ni, I had to fill in 5 forms in regards to her allergy, plan of treatment and macam2 lagi lah. Kat sekolah lama dia dulu, bila I tanya about what I needed to do in regards to her allergy, no one could tell me what the correct procedure is. Borang pun takde yang I nak kena isi because no one knows what the correct form is! I guess lain padang lain belalang kan :-). But most probably the truth was, diaorang a bit slack and tak cekap kot. Oh well, I’m so glad they are not there anymore!

For dinner tonite, I made baked chicken and sweet potatoes. Chicken tu I marinated dgn maple syrup, tomato sauce, balsamic vinegar and mustard. Ok lah rasa dia :-). We all makan dengan ‘orange pasta’ which is actually sauteed carrots and also white bread.

Cantik kan the carrots bila buat mcm tu. I dapat idea from the Woolies advert kat TV, hehehehe…

One step closer to being.. oops… owning a Ninja

Bangun pagi tadi, The Other Half was so excited sebab he’s finally getting his riding lesson today. Dia ni tak pernah ride motorbike yang guna clutch and gear ni, motor vespa scooter dia dulu was fully auto. Dia cuma masuk kunci and pusing and then tekan accelarator and tekan brake, itu aje :-). So, pagi tadi he was so excited but nervous at the same time sebab takut kena gelak dengan instructor tu. I said to him, “Don’t worry too much. Even the young kampung kids in M’sia learn to ride motorbikes in such a short time, you can do better than them :-).” Kat kampung I kat Ijok tu kan, tiap2 petang aje memang lah penuh dengan budak2 sekolah vrooming on their motorbikes from one end to the other. They make it look so easy kan.

I pun dulu, lepas aje abis SPM sementara menunggu result, I dah ditugaskan jadi supir hantar my Mak and my little brother to school on a motorbike. Masa tu lah baru kelam kabut I belajar naik motor my Atuk and terus kena jadi supir tak berlesen, hehehe. Masa tu we were staying kat rumah Arwah Atuk sebab Arwah nenek baru meninggal and takde sape yang nak jaga Arwah Atuk so since rumah we all yang paling dekat dgn kampung, my parents lah kena jaga Atuk. Tu yg I lepas abis SPM terus jadi bibik separa Indon and jadi supir kat rumah Atuk tu… But seronok jugak belajar naik motor masa tu sebab rasa macam one of the kampung folks, hehehe.. But if you were to ask me to ride a motorbike now, rasanya tak boleh kot sebab I dah lupa after more than 20 years tak naik :-).

Anyway, now The Other Half is complaining that his thighs are so sore after riding non stop for 2 hours, hikhikhik.. I cuma gelakkan aje sebab dia yang beria nak belajar ;-). When I asked him how it went, he said, “Ok but there’s still so many things I need to learn!” The instructor tu kata that he will need probably about 4 more lessons before he can sit for his test and he’s already booked the test at the end of March so he’ll probably do 1 lesson a week. Pastu he said to me, “I can’t wait to go bike hunting in Mid March so I can get my bike as soon as I pass the test.” Test tak pass lagi tapi motor dah nak beli, hehehe.. And yes, he is still yearning for the Ninja! And most probably, he’ll get what he wants. So, lepas ni, kenalah I belajar pakai skin tight jeans, high heel boots, leather jacket, buat rebonding rambut semata mata nak jadi Bike chick, wakakakaka…. Tak kuasa I, hehehehe…

Malam ni for dinner, I wanted to make chicken bake but bila dah nak start masak baru lah I terperasan ayam sudah habis maa! So, terpaksalah tukar haluan and masak mince instead. Fikir punya fikir I pun masak lah meat pie.

Orang lain ambik gambar, diaorang make sure kain alas tu semua dah di iron dulu. I ni main capai aje table cloth dlm linen cupboard tadi yg so crumpled, hehehe…

My meat pie tu takde base, cuma top aje I letak puff pastry. Pastu makan dgn cheesy toast and salad. The filling tu I letak onion, garlic, beef mince, curry powder, tomato puree, tomato paste, worcesteshire sauce, powdered chicken stock, diced carrot and peas. But I masak dulu the filling on the stove top so tak lah takut kot2 tak masak dlm oven tu.

Monday ramblings

I tanya The Other Half semalam whether he had a fixed set of menu when he was growing up. Lebih kurang macam Sunday nite is roast chicken nite, Monday nite is pasta nite, Tuesday nite is Lamb chops nite and so on and so on. He said he can’t remember most of what his meals were like when he was growing up but he can remember having one pot pasta meal which his Mum loved to cook which he really hated and still hates and having loads of baked beans which makes him hates baked beans now. Tu sebab our household tak pernah ada baked beans and I tak pernah masak baked beans, hehehe. Even though kat OZ ni ramai yang suka makan baked beans on toast anytime and anywhere :-).

But he still remembers going to his Nenek sedara’s house and having the typical English style meat and 3 veg with lamb chop, boiled potato, peas and boiled cabbage all the time! He said Nenek sedara dia ni kalau boiled cabbage memang sampai kobis tu transparent abis lah and boleh nampak on the other side, hikhikhik. Sayur ruji kat rumah Nenek dia tu peas and cabbage aje lah sebab sayur2 lain tu kiranya sangatlah exotic including carrot :-).

Pastu dia tanya lah I what were my meals like when I was a kid. I said to him, of course lah rice, rice and more rice hari2 for lunch, what else was there anyway, hehehehe. Bila dinner barulah kadang2 makan mee or kuetiaw but selalunya leftovers from lauk pauk lunch. I rasa masa I dah besar sikit kot baru lah I jumpa burger and fries ni sebab duduk kampung kan. Tapi masa kecik dulu tu, makan nasi hari2 pun tak gemuk kan so nampak sangat lah bukan sebab nasi tu yang menggemukkan :-).

I guess in our household, makanan yang memang I gerenti akan masak weekly would be pasta and potato. Nasi tu tak tentu sangat, kadang2 twice a week, kadang2 once a week and kadang2 once every fortnight. But yang gerenti nya, I memang tak boleh masak nasi hari2 sebab memang akan ada lah yang meng komplen nanti. Tapi kalau masak potato hari2 takpe sebab The Other Half kata potato boleh buat macam2 cara, roast one day, mashed the next, fries after that, hash brown pulak lepas tu :-). Nasi pun boleh buat macam2 cara sebenarnya weh, cuma I guess tekak dia aje yang tak boleh nak telan nasi hari2, hehehehe. I boleh masak nasi ayam on Sunday, risotto on Monday, sushi on Tuesday, nasi goreng on Wednesday, pilaf on Thursday, paella on Friday and then buat rice pudding for dessert on Sunday, hahahahaha. Baru lah masa tu terkulat2 muka semua orang nak makan dinner :-).

Another dish yang I terpaksa masak most week is pizza. Kalau dah seminggu tak makan pizza, mesti The Little Misses akan mintak. Which was what Miss 10 asked for last nite. So, I pun malas nak fikir 2-3 kali, buatlah pizza for dinner tonite and everyone was happy :-).

frankfurt n pineapple pizza.

Tale of a 10 year old

Happy Chinese New Year!!!! Ramai ke yang dapat Angpau today? We all tak dapat angpau tapi dapat makan pau for breakfast leftovers from semalam, wehehehe….

Saje je buat lawak tak best sebagai the opening of the story I want to tell below… :-D

Ini ada satu cerita tentang kisah anak2 zaman sekarang..

Miss 10 ada kawan baik masa kat sekolah lama dia dulu. Kiranya kawan dia main kat playground, kawan dia borak2, kawan dia play chasey. Tapi her best friend ni happened to be a boy :-). Diaorang sangat lah kamcing sampai kan hari2 kena ejek dengan their classmates kata diaorang pakwe makwe but the good thing was, neither of them was bothered by the teasings they got. They still played together and borak2 together without any worries. But this boy is a year above her, she was in year 6 and this boy was in year 7 last year. But sebab their class was a mixed class Yr 6/7 combined, tu yang diaorang boleh jadi kawan baik sebab hari2 jumpa dalam kelas kan.

Towards the end of the year when they knew that they are going separate ways, him going to high school and Miss 10 going to a different school, she started getting to be a bit down sebab she would miss her best friend. But with the present technology, a friendship is just a click away so diaorang pun bertukar2 email address and bertukar2 present. Sebagai kenangan, she got a bracelet from this boy and Miss 10 gave him a keychain with his intial on it. So sweet kan! :-). And then she found out before school finished that the boy was going to be in KL for a few days while we were also there and punyalah excited dia.

So, before we left for M’sia and while we were in M’sia, she emailed this boy a few times to ask when he would be in KL so we (she!) could meet up with him. Tapi sungguh lah hampa nya dia sebab her emails went unanswered! We told her probably she got the email address wrong so the emails didn’t get to him. Punyalah baik kan Mummy and Daddy ni :-). Masa we all kat KL during the holidays, everytime we went to KLCC, she would be looking around just in case this boy would magically appear and she would bump into him, hehehe. Until lah we came back to Perth, still tak terjumpa this boy. (Macam cerita soap opera sedih aje kan, hahahaha).

And then, about a week ago, Mummy dearest suddenly had a brilliant idea. I had totally forgotten that this boy’s Mum and family are friends with a friend of ours and that their houses are quite near to each other. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that before! So, I ni pun sebagai Mummy yang baik hati rang my friend to ask a favour from her, could she please ask for this boy’s phone number from her friend, his Mum, or at least to relay our phone number to this boy so he could ring Miss 10 up if he wants to.

And then a few days ago, I got his number given to my friend by his Mum. Punyalah excited Miss 10 to finally be able to get in contact with her best friend. Terus dia nak call this boy tang2 tu jugak. But I said to Miss 10, “you don’t have to call him straight away. Just sms him whenever you have a free time. And if he doesn’t answer back, don’t worry ok. It means that he probably doesn’t want to be your friend anymore.” (Ye lah kan, tak nak lah nampak sangat yang Miss 10 ni so eager and tak nak lah Miss 10 kecik hati kalau budak ni tak jawab, hikhikhik).

So today, she finally smsed this boy and was so happy when he smsed back. Pastu berbalas2 sms sampai lah Daddy said, “don’t waste your money on too many sms. you haven’t got that much on your prepaid.” Hikhikhikhik….

Sekian lah kisah anak2 zaman sekarang. Kalau ada continuation of this story, I’ll blog about it later kay! hehehe

(By the way, we bought Miss 10 a prepaid phone so she can take it to painting every Saturday and to the Sunday class so she can ring us if there’s any problem. Other than that, dia tak guna pun her phone until today lah :-)).

I was telling The Other Half yang I don’t think my Emak would have done what I did in regards to helping Miss 10 reconnect with her best friend who happens to be a boy. Probably my Emak would have said, “tak payah lah, apasal beria2 nak contact budak lelaki ni.” For me personally, I don’t mind, they are still young and they were really good friends at school so there’s nothing wrong for them to get in contact with each other :-)). It’s really so sweet anyway :-).

And ini pulak gambar The Little Misses pagi tadi in their baju kurung and tudung. Miss 6 looked so chubby in this photo, probably just the camera angle kot, hehehe..

And ini pulak our dinner tonite. I masak nasi malam ni sempena Chinese New Year, hehehe. I masak chicken stir fry and salt & pepper squid.

This was our salt & pepper squid. Miss 6 memang suka squid so dia pun melantak sama banyak dengan we all. Miss 10 pandang pun tak kisah!

Saturday, dragon, pau and meatloaf

Nothing much happened today. Miss 10 went painting with The Other Half while I stayed at home with Miss 6. I malas nak ikut diaorang gi bershopping and Miss 6 would rather lepak2 kat rumah playing Lego. Seronok jugak bila sekali sekala memerap aje kat rumah and cuma keluar bila jemur kain aje tadi :-).

Seperti biasa Friday night and Saturday night are our movie night so I can’t write much sebab nak tengok ‘The Mummy 2’. The Little Misses dah masuk tidur so now it’s ourt urn to watch some gory films :-). But before that, layan dulu a few photos that I took today.

Ini gambar the dragon yang Miss 10 has been painting since January. It’s still a work in progress but she’s done quite a lot more compared to the previous photos that I put up a few weeks ago.

We think she’s done a great job with it. I suka betul kat the grass on the rock tu. Nampak macam real aje pulak!

And since I duduk rumah aje hari ni, I tried my hands at making pau. Me and pau don’t get along well together, hehehe. Memang sentiasa berkedut and tak smooth pau tu. And then I saw kat blog Mamafami this rather nice looking pau recipe by Ani Ahmad. So, I pun teruja lah nak mencubanya sebab I finally ada stock double-action baking powder yang I beli kat Bagus dulu.

Yang nak tergelak nya, The Little Misses punyalah tak sabar menunggu pau tu siap and punyalah tension diaorang bila I told them yang we still need to wait for the pau to double in size first before we can steam them and eat them, hehehehe. Sebab diaorang teramatlah sukanya red bean filling tu (which I also bought kat Bagus :-)). And these are my red bean pau.

Ada nampak gebus tak? Thanks Mamafami and Ani Ahmad for the marvellous gebu recipe!

And our dinner tonite courtesy of The Other Half yang tetiba datang angin kus kus and meng offer nak masak meatloaf. I pun walaupun wasn’t in the mood to eat meatloaf but rezeki jangan di tolak kan. So, teruslah agree aje with his suggestion since dia yang nak masak, hehehe..

Sukanya dia…

The Other Half selalunya akan jenguk blog I probably once or twice a day kot. But hari ni, punyalah banyak kali dia jenguk blog I sebab nak tau berapa ramai yang sokong dia, hehehe. Let’s just say, he’s extremely happy that people aka my readers sehati sejiwa dengan dia, hikhikhikhik.. He said, “See Dear, most people have got good taste! They know which one’s the best one for me :-). You should listen to them!” Iyo lah tu jang… :-D. I said to him yang he can buy a Ninja if he wants to as long as he can find one that’s the same price as the Kymco, hehehehe… Evil betul bini dia ni :-).

But bila I peratikan Ninja tu kan, bila nak tunggang dia, memang kena tonggeng lah kan especially the rider kena betul2 macam nak meniarap dah. Pastu I tanya lah The Other Half, “Are you sure you can ride this? Where are you going to put your tummy and your spare tyres? Won’t your tummy be in the way?” :-D. Ye lah kan, kalau dia kena tunduk macam tu, surenya lah perut dia tu akan di squeeze against the petrol tank kan. I said to him, “surely you’ll get a tummy ache from being squashed, hahahahaha.” Tension aje The Other Half bila I mentioned his spare tyres, hikhikhik.

Pastu I tanyalah kat dia, “where am I going to sit?” He said, “there’s a seat there for you at the back. just nice for you to lean forward and hug me tight!” Then I said, “what if my butt gets bigger? the seat won’t be able to hold it anymore.” Then dia dengan senyum meleret kata, “well…. you have to stay slim then hey!” Ciss…

Kalau Kymco tu at least tak lah nampak sangat kena tertonggeng nya kan. And at my age, I don’t think I’ll look good on a Ninja anyway sebab I haven’t got the lonnnggg legs required for a pillion passenger :-). Kalau you tengok all the motorbikes advert, the girls on it mesti ada long legs, rambut panjang mengurai underneath the helmet, sexy body :-). Kiranya jauh panggang dari api lah kan, hahahaha. So tu yang I rasa kalau I nak jadi his pillion passenger occasionally, it’ll be much better on the scooter or the Kymco, hehehehe.

The Other Half is going to use the bike to go to work daily so tu yang memang kena fikir banyak kali jugak lah what’s the best one for him to buy. He said he’s going to ask the instructor’s opinion on what kind of bike will suit his ‘big-boned’ body :-). And then go for test rides with and without me on the back :-D. But he’s going to use the bike for work anyway, so bila lah akan ada masa untuk I naik bersama2 dengan dia. Kalau weekends, dah sibuk dengan The Little Misses activity and sape nak jaga diaorang kalau we all pergi on a joyride, hehehe… Nampak gayanya memang takde chance lah I nak jadi pillion rider dia selalu selalu, sob sob….

Anyway, malam ni I tayang dinners we all ye, last night punya and tonite punya.

Last nite we all makan beef schnitzel with herb damper and steam veges. Pastu I buat tomato relish untuk makan dgn schnitzel. Selalunya we all makan dengan tomato sauce aje sampai tak larat I nak telan tomato sauce tu! So, I pun buatlah tomato relish, resipi from here for a change. The Other Half mula2 tengok macam tak best aje sebab dia nak tomato sauce jugak but since I dah tunag on his plate, terpaksalah dia makan. Pastu he said, “it’s really nice and goes so well with the schnitzel!” Baru dia tau wife dia ni kandag2 pandai gak masak, hehehe…

And tonite, we had beer-battered barramundi and chips with home made tartare sauce. Kalau you all dapat jumpa non alcoholic beer/malt drink, try lah using it in the fish batter, it’s really nice. Kalau nak resipi, pergi sini ye. Sape nak recipe tartare sauce boleh guna recipe ni ye.

His dream… or is it his wish?

Semalam The Other Half sat for his motorcycle written test to get his L-licence. In OZ ni, you can use your car licence to drive a 50 cc motorbikes but if you want to ride a higher cc bikes, you kena ada a motorcycle licence. And motorcycle licence ni pulak, for the first year you can only ride motorbikes up to 250cc only. Lepas the ‘probationary’ period of 1 year, lantak lah kome nak naik motorxikal bagak mana pun, hehehe.

The Other Half dulu ada a 50cc scooter but dah arwah scooter tu, sob sob… Tragis sungguh riwayat hidup scooter dia tu, di culik tengah malam buta, lepas tu di bakar hingga rentung dek manusia keparat yang tak berhati perut! Sejak dari tu, The Other Half macam sedih aje nak beli scooter baru…

Until lah semenjak dua menjak ni, dia teringin balik nak beli motorbike. Tapi dek sebabkan berat badan dia yang macam belon di pam2, tak kan lah dia nak naik motor 50cc aje kan. Alamat pancit tengah jalan and tak bergerak langsung motor tu sebab tak larat nak bawak dia especially kalau naik bukit, wakakakaka….. Mau agaknya instead of naik bukit, dia and motor tu turun bukit reverse, muahahahhahahaha… Sure gelak guling2 orang tengok dia nanti! Jahat betul I ni, mengata husband sendiri, hehehe. Takpe, dia tau I tengah gossip pasal dia kat blog I ni :-D.

Anyway, so lepas aje dia pergi ambik lesen L dia tu, terus lah dia singgah kedai motosikal nak cari motor idaman dia and sambil nak booking riding lessons. Masa tu dia pergi sorang so sempatlah dia berangan2 tinggi menggunung and meleleh air liur tengok all the bikes there. After I balik kerja, dia ajak I pergi tengok motosikal idaman dia tu, ye lah kan, dia nak lah his beloved wife to agree on his choice (yang sebenarnya, kuasa veto kat tangan I, hikhikhik… ;-)).

This is his dream bike…which will for the time being, continue to be a dream aje lah disebabkan harga dia…Setiap kali dia tengok motor ni, asik drooling aje and asik mengeluh macam pungguk rindukan bulan, wehehehe

A kawasaki Ninja 250. Harga dia $9K… I know kalau banding kan dgn M’sia memang tak mahal but….

But I think he would look cute on this 125cc scooter which he says looks so camp. Dia kata he’s definitely not buying it! :-).

But at the end I think he will end up terpaksa beli yang ini since it’s half the price of the Ninja! A Kymco 125cc bike. It’s still red and still sexy looking kan…

All the above photos are from Google.

The Other Half nak tanya you all, which one you think he should buy? :-D

(sekarang ni dia tengah recruit The Little Misses to pujuk I supaya benarkan dia beli the Ninja. Hish! tak kuasa I di pujuk rayu, hehehe)

I told him he’s definitely going through a midlife crisis sebab tetiba nak beli motosikal ninja yang kaler merah lagi tu! He said at least it’s not a sporty convertible which will cost a lot more than the ninja!

Baru jumpa dah gaduh….

Kan dah cakap, kalau jauh rindu rinduan, kalau dekat gaduh gaduhan. Baru aje masuk dalam kereta and berjumpa tak sampai 5 minit, dah gaduh. Sorang kaki menyakat and sorang lagi kaki nangis… Hish..Kids!

Miss 6 beria2 lah cakap dengan Miss 10 yang dia rindu sangat2 kat kakak dia tu malam tadi and bila dia tanya Miss 10, rindu tak ke dia, miss 10 gelak2 and cakap, “No! I only missed Mummy’s cooking”. Manalah budak tu tak kecik hati and mula meleleh air mata kan. Terpaksa lah I as mediator kata sebab Miss 10 malam tadi tidur kat dorm with her friends and tak sunyi and sibuk dengan all kinds of activities tu yang tak sempat nak rindu kat Miss 6. Miss 6 pulaknya kena tidur sorang2 dalam bilik and takde kawan, tu yang terasa sangat2 ‘kehilangan’ Miss 10. Kalau Miss 6 yang pergi camp, sure lah dia tak kan rindu gak kat orang yang tinggal kat rumah. Terus Miss 6 cakap, “I will still miss her even though I get to sleep with my friends at the camp!” Benda macam tu pun boleh buat gaduh, hehehehe…. Mummy jadi dragon nanti baru tau!

Then The Other Half tanya Miss 10,”how come you missed Mummy’s cooking when you don’t like to eat Mummy’s cooking anyway?” Sebab Miss 10 ni so fussy, punyalah susah nak suruh dia makan and finish off her plate. Mesti ada aje yang dia tak nak makan and tak habis makan (unlike Miss 6 yang selalunya asks for seconds, hahaha ;-)). Then Miss 10 cakap, “After staying at the camp, now I know how nice Mummy’s cooking is!” Wakakakakaka…

But I still malas masak tonite, I bagi Miss 10 and The Other half makan chicken n chips and salad and Miss 6 and I makan instant noodles n chicken and salad. Why I malas masak… biasalah kan tu, macam tak biasa pulak malas masak ni, hikhikhikhik…

Inilah makanan orang malas yang still terpaksa gak masak. Cili tu dari ‘kebun’ we all, nampak and nama aje ‘hot chilli’ tapi hampeh tak pedas! I ni asik tertipu aje when it comes to hot chilli lah. Next time I nak beli chilli api aje lah, sebab dah memang gerenti pedas kan!

And ini pulak I saje nak tayang some of my silicon bakeware collection. Kat M’sia pun rasanya banyak gak kan silicon moulds yang macam2 jenis ni? Hari tu, masa baru balik from cuti2 M’sia, I gi Big W nak cari barang2 sekolah, tapi seperti biasa termelencong ke kitchenware aisle lah and dia tengah sale giler2 silicone bakewares ni so I pun rembat secara giler2 lah jugak, kuikuikuikui….

I cukup berkenan betul kat square muffin cases and kat insects muffin tray tu. Beli aje dulu, gunanya belum lagi, hehehe… Lepas ni kan muffins I tak lah round aje kan, adalah yg square-shaped nanti, butterfly-shaped, ladybird-shaped, heart-shaped :-). But kena tunggu I rajin dulu lah before I akan tayang the muffins!

Where’s the other one?

Miss 10 is at school camp today and tomorrow and so tinggal lah adik dia sorang2 kat rumah after school tadi. Sekejap2 kata, “I miss my sister…” Kalau ada depan mata, asik bergaduh aje but bila takde depan mata, tau pulak rindu rinduan :-). Miss 10 will only be back esok petang. Malam ni Miss 6 kena lah tidur sorang2 dalam bilik tu, hehehe. And since we all kesian tengok dia sorang2 takde kawan, we took her to the park for a picnic dinner and bike riding. Ni kira sambungan belajar bike riding day 4 lah. But since I malas nak masak best2 for picnic, I made frittata and chips aje.

After dinner, we let Miss 6 loose on her bike on the bike track. Bike track kat park ni berturap so punyalah takut Miss 6 tadi sebab dia kata kalau jatuh sure sakit giler banding dgn jatuh atas rumput. But after much persuasion, she managed to ride really well on the track. Jauh jugak dia rode sampai tercungap2 Daddy kena kejar dia and Mummy pulak tercungap2 gak berlari2 anak sebab I had to carry the camera bag as well! Mana ler ada orang berjogging sambil kendong camera bag and camera around her neck macam I tadi, hehehehe.. Memang terasa macam papparazzi betul lah yang tengah kejar artis untuk hot gossip :-).

Halfway thru her riding, posing sekejap on the bridge :-).

C’mon everyone, why are you so slow! :-D

The Other Half was saying, “you try and start yourself..”

And masa nak on the way balik tu, she had a bad fall and hurt herself. Pastu terus tak nak naik basikal lagi dah, hehehe… But main kat playground masih boleh :-)

Masa ni her tears have dried up but the scratch is still there on her cheek :-). Esok sure cikgu dia tanya kenapa lebam on her cheek. Adalah nanti yang kena interview dengan Child Welfare Agency, hahahaha…