Tak Larat Thursday

Hari ni Miss 7 stayed home sebab she had been coughing quite badly so didn’t sleep well last night. I said to her yang baik cuti hari ni and get some rest and then pergi sekolah esok for the Harmony Day celebration.

Dia pun setuju aje lah, hehehe.

And The Other Half pun worked from home today.

But my day was busy jugak lah sebab I ter rajin buat karipap untuk bawak picnic esok and then buat some cupcakes as well for the karaoke session, hehehe.

(esok pagi2 lepas berexercise baru nak goreng the karipap. Sure macam lipas kudung lah esok pagi, heeee..)

Pastu, had to rush after school for a doctor’s appointment and the doctor was way behind time so by the time we keluar, terpaksa menempuh the after work jam. Terpaksa cari jalan lain to avoid the jam. The Other Half tak ikut so I lah yang tadi gerammmmm aje rasa hati masa tengah drive bila jumpa stupid drivers on the road.

(Sape kata takde traffic jam kat Perth ni but tak lah seteruk kat KL tu, hehehe. Still boleh sampai rumah, cuma delay around 10 minutes lah ).

And by the time I sampai rumah, dah malas nak masak dinner so I made toasted cheese sandwich with salad and chicken burger. Tapi I punya I buat lain sikit, I had ‘fried’ eggs on the sandwich. I just felt like runny egg on toast aje tadi .

Runny egg on toasted cheese sandwich.

Sekarang ni we all dah jarang makan bread except the pizza base and the occasional sandwich. Sebab bila tengok the calories in bread that are quite high, rasa macam lagi best makan nasi aje, hehehehe.

Multigrain bread has higher calories but they are wayyyyy better for you than white bread.

Tu yang our dinner last night was nasi again. I made beef stir-fry makan with japanese rice and then tabur nori on top.

Masa tengah ber’diet’ ni selalu pulak we all makan nasi, hahahaha.

Delima ke dilemma

I’m in a dilemma sekarang ni, tak tau nak pilih yang mana satu.

Takut jadi macam Pak Pandir pulaknya, too tamak haloba, last2 tak dapat merasa lauk kenduri kat mana2, hehehe.

Hari Ahad lepas masa kat Sunday school, I dapat invite gi karaoke+makan2 kat rumah my friend this Friday. I pun bila dengar ada makan2 and sembang2 tanpa I perlu memasak, terus kata “InsyaAllah I’ll be there” lah. Bila lagi kan nak bersosial macam ni. Rumah dia pulak tu memang ala2 mansion kalau banding dengan my house lah, ada swimming pool, ada big outdoor areas with gorgeous seating areas and siap ada bilik khas untuk karaoke/multimedia room you! hehehehe. (Yang bersebelahan dengan bilik solat . So, kalau lepas penat caterwauling kat bilik karaoke, terus masuk bilik solat pulak kan, hehehe.) Pastu kalau penat nyanyi  and dah solat, boleh terjun masuk pool pulaknya kan, hahahaha.

Kitchen area dia pun I cuma boleh drooling aje lah tengok, hehehe.

Anyyywaayyyy….

Lepas I kata I’ll be there tu and dah balik rumah, baru I tersedar yang this Friday jugak lah ada Harmony Picnic Day lunch at Miss 7’s school. All parents are invited to have a picnic lunch under the trees with their children to celebrate Harmony Day.

And Miss 7 dah beria2 pujuk I supaya pergi picnic lunch ni sebab I didn’t go last year.

Now, my problem is the time constraint. The karaoke invite ni mula pukul 10 sampai pukul 2.30 mcm tu. And picnic lunch ni pulak around 12.15.

Tak sempat lah I nak asah my vocal capabilities supaya dapat setanding Dato’ Siti or Lady Gaga kan macam ni! Baru aje nak start nyanyi lagi Lady Gaga, dah kena stop sebab kena berkejar balik to the school.

Tapi, tak sampai hati pulak nya tengok muka Miss 7 merayu2 I suruh berpicnic sama2 dengan dia. Dia kata kalau sape2 parents yang tak dapat datang, anak2 diaorang kena tumpang berpicnic dengan family lain macam family angkat lah sekejap. Sedih aje muka dia masa dia cakap tu, hikhikhikhik….

Dah lah I ni bukan jenis yang selalu bersosial pulak tu. Occasionally ada invite, clash pulak tu dengan benda lain. Memang selalu jadi macam tu.

Tak sampai hati I nak say no to this face….

Hikhikhikhik…… (Sure Miss 7 heran apasal lah I letak gambar dia masa dolu2 kat entry hari ni).

So, what do you think I should do ye?

Our garden update (yet again!)

Dah nak masuk 3 minggu in Autumn but the weather is still so hot during the day. Minggu ni aje, the temperature will be around 35°C and no rain in sight at all.

In a way, it is good sebab all the Summer veges and fruits are still in abundance. The veges yang I tanam pun still berbuah especially the chillies, terung and capsicums. And the cucumber plants and the tomato plants are fruiting and flowering as well .

Tapi yang sedihnya, banyak pokok I yang kering aje kalau malas terlupa nak siram walau sehari. Pastu ada pokok yang mengada2 tu, nak kena siram 2-3 kali sehari untuk dia kekal cantik. I pun mandi 2 kali max everyday, takkan pokok mengada2 nak kena siram lebih dari tuan nya mandi kan, hahahaha.

Meh tengok pokok I yang mengada2 ni…

Hah, padan muka kering aje. Tu lah sape suruh mengada2 nak mandi 2-3 kali, kan dah menyampah tuan tanah nak menyiram, hehehe. I think I kena alihkan the still viable kesum to another pot lah sebab the water well kat pot ni dah jampacked dengan akar kesum, tu yang takde tempat for the water to go to.

And ini pulak pokok cucumbers yang probably baru sebulan kot we all tanam.

Tadi I tengah bersih2kan the straggly bits of the plants, terjumpa these 2 growing cucumbers. But I just realised that I don’t like this type of cucumbers . I lagi suka lebanese cucumbers yang I tanam tahun lepas tu. I bought this bush variety semata2 sebab I ingat dia tak menjalar, hehehehe. Tapi tengok lah pokoknya, sampai habis trellis tu dia conquer!

And ini pulak longgokan capsicum yang I tuai from our plants tadi. Banyak kan, Alhamdulillah! I might just chargrill all of them and add them bila I masak couscous or pasta or salad nanti.

Tapi banyak jugak yang rosak from water damaged. Tak silap I, this can happen when buah yang baru nak membesar tu kena siraman air tak sekata so some parts will be a bit ‘rotten’ and tak mengembang cantik.

Tengok lah. Some parts ok, the rest kerepot sebab too much water, hehehe.

And ini pulak our dinner tonite.

Roast chicken with potato bake and green salad.

Yang membanyakkan calories on this plate is the chicken skin tu aje but tu yang menyedapkan kan . The potato bake tak banyak sgt calorie sebab I kurangkan sgt2 the cheese in the cheese sauce.

Tak nampak gaya food orang tengah berdiet kan .

Like The Other Half cakap, he is not dieting, he is only eating enough for his daily activities and not more. He used to overeat ikut nafsu tu yang badan dia naik membelon sangat2 tu. But now dia dah berjaya kawal nafsu makan dia, he is only eating what his body needs.

Her family tree

I was walking passed Miss 7’s class tadi and tetiba terpandang something on their window wall which caught my attention and made me smile .

Every kid in that class had to do their family tree.

I rasa bersyukur sangat2 yang The Little Misses tak ramai sedara mara sebab even adik beradik I yang 5 orang tu pun Miss 7 ingat2 lupa nama diaorang. She remembers all their faces and their names bila kat M’sia but bila dah kat sini and jumpa cuma once a year at most, so tu yang terlupa. And cousins dia yang cuma 7 orang tu pun dia tak ingat nama semua when she was doing the tree .

(But she made sure she has a leaf for every one of the cousin walaupun dia tak ingat nama, baiklah kan anak I tu, hehehe.)

Untuk all the uncles and the aunts and the cousins, pandai2 lah ye you all bubuh nama you all on this tree .

(Sape yang tak cukup daun tu, nanti I tambah kan ye, hikhikhikhik. Family Uncle Keem aje yang dia ingat lengkap. Mentang2 lah Uncle kesayangan kan, hahaha ).

Malam ni I masak smoked salmon pesto pasta aje. So quick and easy untuk orang2 malas macam I tadi, hehehe.

Patutnya letak lagi banyak pesto and smoked salmon tapi sebab nak cut down on the calories, terpaksalah kurangkan but still really yumm.

Look at the sweet numbers :-)

Masa I tengah sibuk2 masak petang tadi, The Other Half just got home from a run and he was in the bathroom when he excitedly called me, “Dear! You have to come here quick. I want you to see this.”

Taadaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

(He cheated this time sebab baru balik from an 8km run, terus timbang. Mana aci kan ).

But, he’s so ecstatic sebab he hasn’t seen those numbers for soooo many years! He is definitely heading the right way weight-wise with the exercises and daily calorie counting.

We are so very proud of you Love .

And because of that, I made his favourite thai green chicken curry. Sekarang ni, green chicken curry is his new favourite curry. Dia dah tak main lah jadi mamak celup ni, sekarang asik2 sawadikap aje! Hahahahaha…….

Tapi sebab it is not the chef’s favourite curry, I pun masak lah udang 5 spice Che’iza. Recipe I ambik kat sini. Selongkar freezer tadi, terjumpa this large raw prawns. Memang sedap betul makan sebab dah lama tak masak udang style Asian ni.

But I tak guna banyak sangat minyak, less than 2 teaspoons, enough to cantikkan the sambal, hehehe.

Nasi putih, green chicken curry and udang 5 spice.

the succulent udang .

the lower fat thai green chicken curry . I used lite coconut milk and skinless drumsticks.

Speech-less Saturday

We went to the mall this morning, cycling from home which took us 20 minutes there and 20 minutes back (at a leisurely pace).

I said to The Other Half yang bagus jugak cycling ni sebab jiiiiimaaaat minyak kereta. Petrol price will increase even more this coming week so memang kena catulah perjalanan ke mana2 lepas ni, hehehehe. Kalau I nak pergi shopping, kena kayuh beskal lah kan and tak boleh lah shopping giler2 mcm tu .

And we bought a few things there including…

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And the consequence of having this thing in the house…..

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And because of that, I ended up looking like….

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(Photo from here).

Muahahahahaha…. I WISH! I can only dream and drool over her hair style ajelah.

(Kaler kulit dah nak hampir sama, kurus pun dah lebih kurang jugak, hahahaha)

Ye lah, Halle Berry nya hairdresser bayaran beratus ratus ratus dollars for 1 haircut.

I nya ‘hairdresser’ tadi, siap gelak2 kan I masa dia tengah clip my hair and nearly nak terclip my ears lagi adalah!

Bila I tanya my ‘hairdresser’, “How come you didn’t cut my hair like hers?”

Dia jawab, “The sideburn looks similar. That’s good enough isn’t it? When your hair grows back again in a few months time, I’m sure it will look exactly like hers!”

(pastu dia gelak muahahahahahaha sangat lah evilnya!).

Hampeh betul hairdresser I tu! hikhikhikhik….

So, do you think I should sack my hairdresser tu?

Kerja makcik kantin lagi

Malam ni makcik kantin kerja overtime (bukan overtime sebab malam Jumaat! Take your mind out of the gutter people! ).

Tapi sebab esok pagi2 morning lepas solat and minum se mug kopi, makcik kantin n laki dia nak exercise dengan Maya so memang takde masa langsung lah nak prepare lunch boxes pelanggan setia esok pagi. Tu yang kena prepare segalanya malam ni.

Pastu, bila dah siap prepare all the lunch boxes, terfikir pulak kejap bila tengok the 3 lunch boxes yang memang sahih2 I boleh dicalonkan jadi tokoh makcik kantin untuk 2011, hikhikhik…

Nak tengok the lunch boxes?

Ini lunchbox The Other Half. I made silverside salad sandwich on multigrain bread for him with carrot and celery sticks as snack and plum, nectarine and pluot for fruits. Sejak dia makan fruits berbiji2 sekarang ni, I kena beli buah every 2 days, pastu memilih pulak nya, apple tak nak, pears tak nak, oren tak nak. Pakkallah laki sendiri yang choosy ni, I carikan jugak buah2an yang dia suka . hehehe.

And ini lunchbox Miss 7. She asked for party pies with silverside, a mandarin for recess and some dates and a muesli bar for after. She loves all fruits so senang sikit nak letak fruit in her lunchbox ni.

And ini lunch box Miss 11. She has an apple and muesli bar for recess and silverside salad sandwich for lunch (the chips tu kalau dia still lapar after the sandwich ). Miss 11 ni pulak, sangat susah nak bagi makan buah, the only one yang dia suka is the tiny apple. So, I beli apple kiranya untuk dia ajelah, hehehe.

So, sape nak calonkan I jadi tokoh makcik kantin for 2011 ni?

Hehehehehehe……..