shopping, cooking and AFC voting

I’m still busy but enjoying the busy time.

Adik I finally arrived in Perth semalam to join his wife and son bercuti.

They were supposed to come together but at the last minute, his company sent him to London for training so terpaksalah dia postpone his trip to Perth a few days later than the rest.

So, kiranya pagi ni baru lah we all mulakan acara bershopping sakan, hahahaha….

Luckily, this weekend is a long weekend here in Perth so boleh lah The Other Half ganti tugas I jadi drebar.

Nak jalan sightseeing sekarang ni pun susah sikit sebab pukul 5.20 dah Maghrib and dah gelap so can’t see much kan.

And the girls are at school during the days pulak.

So, bila balik skolah, cepat2lah diaorang ambik kesempatan main kat lawn sambil sedut udara petang .

Sambil main bola sambil golek2 nyanyi lagu Hindustan

Hahahahaha…..

And I still managed to cook rice and lauk pauk for lunch and western meals for dinner.

I love the Tefal Actifry! It made life easier for me.

I ‘goreng’ ikan tenggiri dalam Tefal tu sambil masak benda lain on the stove top.

Bila dah siap goreng, tinggal tuang kuah aje atas tu and everyone said it tasted just like fried .

Next I want to try to ‘goreng’ keropok lekor in it!

The enchiladas I made last nite.

Semua makan the enchiladas, even my Mak, hehehe.

Oh, and another thing, my blogger friend Shidah would love it if you could vote for her photo here. She’s entered her best sambal nasi lemak in the competition.

And her sambal nasi lemak memang kaw kaw nya sedap!

Thanks guys!

The life of a host ;-P

Dah 3 malam the guests have been here.

And so far Miss 14 is happy sebab she hasn’t had to eat rice yet!

Hahahaha….

First nite tu I buat pizza and nasi with lauk.

Second nite I buat butter chicken with rice but the girls had their butter chicken with roti canai so terselamatlah Miss 14 dari kena makan nasi.

And tonite pulak I made roast chicken with bean salad, green salad, bread and chips.

Again, takde rice for her, hehehe.

But I dah buatkan nasi for the guests for lunch tadi.

Esok I tak tau nak masak apa lagi for dinner.

Sekarang sebab ada guests with a small kid, I kena prepare lunch daily lah.

Kalau I tinggal sorang2, I makan apa aje yang ada dalam fridge or kalau takde benda langsung, I’ll just fry an egg.

Tapi ada guests ni, tak best lah kan kalau bagi telur goreng aje .

My brains kenalah fikir extra hard nak cari menu lunch and dinner.

But the good thing is that, I can masak nasi and lauk for lunch and western for dinner so everyone is catered for.

Masak I tak kisah sgt, nak fikir menu tu yang pening sikit, hehehe.

Ini our dinner tonite. Roast chicken with bean salad, green salad, bread and chips.

We love bean salad tu yang memang slalu ada in our dinner menu.

And ini pulak some photos I took of our jalan2 to Fremantle semalam.

Kat OZ ni aje yang best bagi makan seagulls, hahahaha….

And cubalah teka apa yang budak2 tu bagi seagulls tu makan?

My homemade scones that I made that morning for breakfast which I packed along to take for our morning tea picnic!

Nasib baik tak bagi jam and cream as well!

They are here

Hari ni dari bangun pagi sampai malam sibuk sebab nak menyambut tetamu.

Kalah kebizian macam nak sambut menantu, hahahaha…

Awal2 pagi dah strip the beds and make the beds.

Miss 9 terpaksa kongsi bilik with Miss 14 for the next 13 days.

They all ok aje but tak tau lah once dah kongsi a few nights kan.

And then dengan kemas rumah again and buat so many washings and what not…

and also buat benda ni which we haven’t done for so many months!

Cuci kereta!

Nasib baik tak demam terus kereta tu sebab tetiba kena mandi selepas berbulan2 tak mandi sabun, hahahaha….

Siap dengan interior sekali we all polish sikit.

Semata2 sebab tetamu nak datang.

(Nasib baik their flight sampai petang so sempat lah we all nak buat macam2 that morning ).

My Mak, adik ipar and nephew. My adik akan menyusul this Tuesday.

And what did I cook for them tonite?

I made cheese pizza for whoever wants pizza and also nasi with ayam ‘goreng’, sayur goreng and sambal kosong for sesape yang teringin nak makan nasi.

Super duper host kan! Hahahaha….

And for the first time ever, we cooked the ayam in the actifry.

Memang dah lama berhajat nak beli but tak terbeli2 sebab tak tau whether it’s going to be another unused gadget.

But after the first try tadi, we were so happy with the results.

The chicken wings were so crispy and cooked just like as though they were fried.

Padahal cuma guna 1 tablespoon oil aje.

So The Other Half lah yang beria2 dah berangan2 nak try macam2 recipe in it.

Which means I lah yang kena masak kan kan, hehehehehe…..

Things I do as I get older

I’ve finally done it for the first time ever!

Selama2 bertahun2 I ada hand phone since 1998 or 99 kot, tak pernah I buat kerja ni.

But tadi, I finally asked The Other Half if he could do it for me and he did it.

And since I did it, he did it too .

You nak tau apa we all buat with our handphones?

We finally downloaded songs to be used as our ring tones!

Muahahahaha…..

Sangat lah ketinggalan zaman kan!

Selama2 ni tak pernah berminat and kisah nak guna songs as our ringtones but I’ve fallen in love with this one particular song sampai sanggup nak buat my ring tone.

And The Other Half pun since I dah buat, he found a song that he really likes as his ring tone.

But yang sangat2 tragic nya, the songs we chose both came from Eurovision!

Hikhikhikhikhik…..

So tadi, I asik lah suruh The Other Half to ring my phone just so I could hear the song, kahkahkahkah…..

Hazab betul perangai dah makin tua ni kan

Samalah mcm camwhoring, makin tua, makin rajin I buat, hahaha.

I think I know why…

Sebab dulu masa I kecik2, jarang sgt2 ambik gambar.

My Dad ada camera tapi I guess sebab nak cuci filem and beli filem mahal kan so tak boleh lah nak ambik gambar slalu.

Skrg sbb semua digital and phone pun ada camera, kat mana2 selagi boleh, I akan bercamwhore and yang slalu jadi mangsa kena ambik gambar I is Miss 9.

Macam pagi tadi, it was really cold kat tempat I ni….

So, I pun pakai mcm ni lah….

Kasi bungkus semua, hehehe…

A few days ago tak lah sejuk sangat so tak lah bungkus kasi habis…

And bila dah masuk musim sejuk ni, the lemons and the limes kat pokok pun start masak dah…

The limes dah terlalu masak sampai kaler kuning mcm lemons.

Bila takde buah, sibuk mencari2 sebab konon nak buat macam2…

Bila dah ada, sampai jatuh2 kat lawn sebab tak sempat nak petik and nak guna….

The cobwebs might come again

Starting from this Saturday for 2 weeks, I will be extra busy.

So, kemungkinan besar untuk blog ni sepi lagi adalah sangat tinggi, hehehe.

Last time sepi sebab we all bercuti ke Malaysia.

Kali ni, orang Msia pulak yang nak datang bercuti ke sini.

Untuk menjadi host/tuan rumah yang mithali, kenalah I spend less time in front of the computer and spend more time layan tetamu lah kan.

Sekarang ni tengah busy kemas rumah yang masih tak kemas2, hahahaha….

I said to The Other Half, nasib baik rumah tak besar or else lagi pening lah I nak kemas.

And I also said to him, anything yang I tak boleh nak kemas, I akan sumbat masuk shed for 2 weeks!

Hahahahaha….

But I guess for now I’m just making sure that the pantry and the fridge and the freezer are all well stocked.

Like tonite, I made beef schnitzel and chips for dinner.

So, I made a big batch of schnitzel so I can freeze some to be used next week.

Miss 14’s question to me “Do I have to eat rice everyday when they are here?”

Hahahahaha…..

Dia tu kan memang lah, muka aje pure asian tapi tekak sikit pun tak menunjukkan dia Asian.

Another cuti2 Malaysia post

Sambung balik kisah cuti2 Msia ye.

Masa we all kat Msia a month ago, boleh katakan setiap petang akan hujan lebat giler2 nya.

Siap dengan ribut petir lagi tu.

For people i.e The Other Half and the girls yang membesar in countries yang jarang ada ribut petir ni, so bila ada ribut petir rasa macam excited sangat2 lah.

Setiap hujan and flash flood kalau boleh dia nak ambik gambar, hahahaha….

Masa ni we were on the way berjalan kaki nak cari taxi balik ke hotel, sempat lagi tu berenti kejap semata2 nak ambik gambar ni.

Semua jakun tengok flash flooding you!

Nasib baik ada walkway so tak lah basah kuyup we all menunggu mamat ni ambik gambar, hehehe…

Masa ni on the way nak pergi dinner….

Giler jam sebab hujan lebat.

We were stuck here for so long, about 30 minutes untuk bergerak a few hundred metres aje!

(well, so long for our standard lah yang traffic jam 5 minute pun dah gelisah, hahahaha).

And on the day we all decided to go jalan2 sekitar Pasar Seni, Chinatown and Masjid India, it was raining really heavily as well…

So, we all lepak2 lah kat food court kat Pasar Seni tu sementara tunggu hujan reda sikit.

Sambil minum petang and makan this shaved ice dessert.

I cant remember what they are called. We’ve got it here in Perth as well.

Lepas reda sikit, we all pun jalan2 lah sekitar Chinatown and Masjid Jamek area…

We did our touristy thing again, jalan kaki from Pasar Seni to Chinatown to the Indian area around there and then to the Malay section sekitar masjid Jamek pulak.

Masa ni hujan dah reda sikit but still drizzling a bit.

But Mat Saleh tourists kan, apa dia kisah .

Kat kedai jual barang kering ni pun nak ambik gambar, hahaha…

Sangat lah tourist nya kan!

Punyalah basah the jalan. Lencun selipar Ipanema I, hikhikhik….

But still ada time nak singgah beli barang sambil tawar menawar dengan abang La.

Very blurry tapi ok lah dari takde kan .

First time I sampai area ni.

Ni dekat dengan stesen LRT Masjid Jamek.

Ada banyak tudung yang dijual murah2 so apa lagi, I pun sambar lah berhelai2 untuk stock bertahun2, hahaha….

Bila dah beli tudung, kenalah beli brooches kan.

Murah! Murah!

What to do when you are vertically-challenged

In this household, I’m the one who normally does the shopping.

From grocery shopping to shopping for things that The Other Half and the girls need.

The Other Half will temankan I shop some weekends.

But I would do most of the grocery shopping during the week lepas hantar the girls to school.

Because it’s quiet and I can do it in peace, hehehe.

But ada jugak setback bila shopping sorang2 ni….

Especially when the shopper i.e. me sangatlah vertically-challenged a.k.a kemetot!

There’s this hazelnut flavouring that we always put in our morning coffee that can be found at Woolies and IGA only.

And guess where they put the hazelnut flavouring packets?

Right at the topmost shelf!!!!!!!!!

Kalau masa tu, the stock of hazelnut banyak lagi, agak senang jugak for me to get it sebab I only have to do a tippy-toe to get the packets.

I will normally get 3-5 packets sekali gus sebab slalunya it aje yang I dapat capai, hahaha.

But bila stock hazelnut tu tinggal sikit and kat belakang2 the shelf, memang sampai kucing bertanduk pun I tak kan dapat ambik the packets.

Tension weh!!!!!!!

Nak aje I buat aduan kat Woolies tu sebab discriminate orang2 pendek macam I ni!

So, what do I usually do?

Most times I will wait for a tall person to come along the aisle and ask them nicely to get the packets for me.

But kalau dah tunggu 1-2 minutes, still takde orang tinggi lalu that aisle, I’ll move somewhere else to get other things first…

Then, I’ll come back to the aisle and kalau malas nak menunggu, I’ll ask one of the Woolies workers to get them for me.

But kadang2 Woolies workers ni pun pendek2 gak so sama aje mcm I, hahahahaha….

Kenalah diaorang tak pasal2 cari steps to get the darn hazelnut packets!

Kalau dah Woolies workers pun semua busy aje, I’ll just go home empty handed aje.

Ada sekali tu, I dah siap terjengket2 nak get the blooming packets, The Other Half and the girls gelak2 aje tengok I dari jauh.

Hampeh betul kan!

I told The Other Half yang I wonder if all the tall guys think I’m trying to chat them up when I say, “Excuse me, can I ask a favour from you?”

Hahahahahaha .

So tadi I told The Other Half that it’s now his job to get the whole week supply of hazelnut flavouring from the Woolies near his workplace.

I will not be doing any more hazelnut shopping from now on!

Kesian kan kat orang kemetot macam I ni .

takpe lah, at least this orang kemetot ada other talents, heeeeee….

Like cooking dinner every nite, hahaha…

Tonite I made creamy fettucine with tuna and broccoli.

We all dah lama tak makan fish so malam ni I just cooked tuna in a can.

I love this kind of pasta. I can eat a whole big bowl of it just to myself .