Dah 2 malam busy a bit, that’s why takde entry. We had guests from M’sia last nite at our house for dinner. Kesian diaorang I cuma buat sausage pizza and sticky date pudding aje for dinner, tak sempat nak masak macam2, hehehe. Maybe next time ye KB ;-)!

We’ve finally got the DSLR camera, yeay!!! On Thursday morning before work, sempat lagi tu pegi shopping for the camera. So eager were we to buy one, sanggup masuk keje lambat, hahaha.The Other Half said it’s MY Mother’s Day present tapi so far dia aje yang has been hogging the camera, hehehe. And sikit2 cakap, “ I love our new camera, Dear. Oops, I mean your new camera :-).” Biasalakan guys and new gadgets, memang tak boleh dipisahkan. I had been a bit busy so tak dan lagi nak go through the manual but The Other Half’s gone through the whole book and got very intimidated with all the fancy things that it can do. He doesn’t think that he’ll ever master the fine arts of using DSLR ni. Takpe, it’s a long term investment so I guess we still have plenty of time to get to know our DSLR better kan. But for sure, memang lah we all tak kan beli another camera for at least 10 years sebab our camera budget has gone back down to zero lepas beli camera ni, hehehe…..

This is our beloved new DSLR. Ingat nak beli yang lagi canggih but budget cuma mampu beli yang ini aje,hehehe. We all beli yang comes with twin lens kit with IS. Lenses dia yg 18-55mm and 55-250mm. I guess for the time being, cukuplah dengan these 2 lenses aje, bila dah mahir sikit baru lah boleh nak beli other lenses and also the external flash. Actually, kena tunggu kumpul duit menimbun dulu baru boleh beli all the other stuff :-). Kalau nak beli sekarang, ada lah nanti yang makan maggi aje and ambik gambar maggi aje tiap2 malam for my food entries, hahahaha.

 

 

The photos The Other Half took with the DSLR tapi banyak lagi that we need to learn sebab masih tak cantik sangat the photos. I pun kena belajar macam mana nak edit the photos on photoshop when I have more time nanti so boleh lah The Little Misses look more like models, wahahahaha…..

Malam tadi was so boring after such an eventful night the night before. We all tertunggu2 jugak for the sequel of the ‘cinta tiga segi’tu, ye lah, manalah tau kan, kot2 the ‘loser’ datang balik to the the girl’s house untuk mendendangkan lagu sambil memetik gitar to ask her to take him back :-). But we were hoping that the sequel would come with subtitles sekali, baru lah best kan nak menghayati cerita tu, hehehehe….. But sungguh menghampakan betul, not a peep at all last night! Oh well, maybe next time :-). And don’t worry, I’ll make sure I letak an exclusive entry on my blog if the wayang cina happens again! Hikhikhikhikhik :P.

To a more interesting story, my Parents in Laws will be coming here to Perth for a short holiday next month! AGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Hehehehehehe. The last time they were here was in July 2007, so lebih kurang 2 tahun lepas lah. And which means, dah 2 tahun jugak lah diaorang tak tengok menantu kesayangan diaorang ni face to face ;-). Sure diaorang dah rindu mendalam sangat2 kan kat I ni, al maklum lah, I ni kan their only menantu :-). Kiranya, I lah menantu tersayang but at the same time, I jugak lah menantu yang paling tak disayang, hehehe.

The Little Misses are so excited that Nana & Pop are coming for 6 days but Mummy & Daddy are not as excited as them :-). I get along ok with them, not extremely well like the best of buddies. I tolerate their quirks and annoying habits :-). Yang gelaknya The Other Half pun kadang2 tak tahan nak tinggal serumah dengan diaorang for more than 1 night without going mad :-). Hari tu masa The Other Half went to Adelaide for 1 night and stayed with them during that time, when The Other Half came back, he told me that, “My parents really drove me up the walls. Luckily it was only for 1 night!” Hehehehe…..Tak tau lah nanti how we are going to cope for 6 days they are here, jangan jadi macam wayang cina tu dah lah kan, hahahaha. What I’ve done previously bila diaorang do something that irritated me, I just masuk my room and membebel sorang2 dalam bilik tu. Kalau The Other Half happened to be in the same room, I akan bagi pandangan laser aje kat The Other Half so he knew how I felt at that time. Pastu The Other Half pun akan rolled his eyes jugak kat I, hehehe.

Ini lah gambar mak pak mertua I yang tersayang when they came here 2 years ago. I masa tu  tengah senyum dalam geram rasanya, wakakakaka……. ;-)

So, klu next month my entries penuh dgn perasaan geram aje, you all tau lah kenapa ye, hehehe

Malam ni takde entry about dinner sbb dinner malam ni cuma toast n scrambled eggs aje sbb Mummy tgh malas nak fikir nak masak apa sehari dua ni :-). But I nak cerita about what happened in our neighbourhood last nite. Best you cerita nya, lebih kurang cerita drama Hong Kong, hehehehehe….

But before I start story mory, saje je nak tayang gambar our rented house so you can try to imagine what happened malam tadi ;-). Dari luar nampak kecik aje but it’s quite roomy inside.

It started (well, from my perspective anyway) around 9.30 mlm tadi. Masa tu I tengah khusyuk bersolat Isya’ when keheningan malam was shattered with yelling and screaming. I nak solat pun tak tenteram, hish, hehehe. As soon as I habis solat, I asked The Other Half if he could hear people arguing, he said, he couldn’t hear them. So, biasalah kan, we all ni nosey parker sikit especially if it sounds so close by. We all pun padam lampu and bukak tingkap sikit and intai kat tingkap, wehehehe. Masa tu memang loud and clear dengar suara2 tengah bertengkar but yang hampeh nya it was in Mandarin/Hokkien or Cantonese or one of the chinese dialects anyway so obviously sepatah haram pun we all tak paham. Kira macam tonton Chinese movie without the subtitles lah, wahkahkahkahkah…..

Then, The Other Half konon nya nak jadi lagi nosey parker, he went out of the house to see what was actually going on and berapa ramai orang yang involved. Tapi keluar pun sembunyi2 sebab dia takut kot2 it was the Triads yang tengah bergaduh so tak pasal2 kan, dia pulak yang kena bantai. I pun keluar jugak tapi setakat kat pintu depan aje lah sebab I ni kan pemalu, hehehe. We saw 2 cars stopped in the middle of the road with their lights on and about 20 people loitering around the cars. But tak nampak betul2 sebab haprak nya cars, ada ke pasang lampu terang2 mcm tu, silau lah, mcm mana nak nampak what’s around it! Pastu we saw a lot of our neighbours keluar rumah jugak nak tengok wayang cina in the middle of the road :-). But we definitely could hear them screaming and yelling and arguing. Pastu kereta nak lalu lalang kat situ pun tak boleh sebab the 2 cars were blocking the road. Kalau nak gaduh pun, gaduh lah kat tempat lapang ye tak instead of kat tengah2 jalan, apa lah diaorang ni.

Nampak tak the white car with the boat next to it, kat situlah malam tadi the ‘event’ happened. Scooter biru in the picture tu belonged to The Other Half but it got stolen a few years back (sedih betul :-(( ).

Anyway, back to the story, after about 20 minutes, makin banyak cars yg datang and makin kuat the arguments so The Other Half became a good neighbourhood watch, he called the police. We tak nak lah call the police straight away sebab ye lah, we thought diaorang tak gaduh lama2 sgt. Tapi after 20 minutes and still going strong, tu yang we all called the police. The police was quite good, they were here in less than 3 minutes (police station pun just around the corner aje, tu yg cepat aje diaorang sampai, hehehe). Best betul bila we all tengok 2 police cars raced down the road and 1 paddywagon as well. Rasa macam tengah tengok cerita ‘The Force’ aje :-). Suddenly the road was swarmed with about 10 police officers.

Bila The Other Half nampak the police cars dah sampai, terus aje dia jadi berani and went closer to the orang ramai tu. Chet, perasan berani kejap, hehehe. Pastu the police came up to him and and our neighbours to ask if they were they ones who called the police. The Other Half mengaku lah and our neighbours pun called the police jugak sebenarnya lepas we all called tu. Then the police explained to them what they thought happened. As usual, macam any drama kat TV tu, it involved 1 girl and 2 boys. Kiranya cinta tiga segi lah! Orang yang ramai2 tu hanyalah penyokong2 and kawan2 both of the boys yang involved in the cinta tiga segi tu. Moral support lah konon2 nya or maybe muscle support as well kalau tetiba nak gaduh tumbuk2 kan :-).

Pastu bila the police dah datang and they’ve settled the fight and forced everyone to go home, we all pun masuk lah balik rumah n bersiap2 nak tidur. But then, tengah sedap2 nak lena tu, suddenly we heard loud noises again. Tension betul masa tu sebab ye lah, berapa kali we all nak kena panggil the police kan, pastu dah lah we all kena bangun pagi2 nak gi kerja so nak lah kalau boleh tidur awal!

We all pun buatlah kerja mengintai balik. What we saw was this guy tengah menangis meraung2 kat tepi jalan sambil cuba di tenteram kan oleh his friends. We all rasa this boy was the ‘loser’ of the love triangle. Tu yang menangis meraung sampai tak hingat dunia. But yang we all tension nya tu, tak boleh ke dia meraung menangis kat his own house. Kalau ye pun nak menangis sampai keluar air mata darah, buatlah privately in his own room or pergi tepi pantai ke yang takde orang tu. We all pun dulu pernah gak frust menonggeng bercinta macam dia tapi tak lah sampai meraung2 kat tengah jalan tu and buat orang tak boleh nak tidur. Setakat nangis teresak2 kat dlm bilik atas katil tekup bantal adalah kan, hehehe. Nasib baik lah meraung dia cuma 10 minit aje, kalau tak, memang lah dah kena baling kasut dengan I!

Waduh, panjang gilers entry malam ni semata2 nak cerita our neighbourhood story. Kalau I paham what they were arguing about last nite, memang lah I dah buat skrip and hantar to ‘Neighbours’ or ‘Home and Away’ , and sure nya dah kaya I skrg ni, wahkahkahkahkah….

Semalam tengah dok belek2 catalogues yang ada sales berlambak2 sempena Mother’s Day and I asked The Little Misses what are they going to buy for me for Mother’s Day. Miss 10 said she wanted to buy a necklace (yang costume jewellery aje ye Puan Puan, bukannya yang bling bling berkarat2 tu :-)), but then she said that Daddy told her that Mummy doesn’t wear jewelleries much so there’s no point buying it for me. In a way, that’s true sebab I ni memang bukan jenis yang pakai jewelleries beria, I cuma pakai necklace and 3 rings aje on my body. But I like to collect necklaces especially if they are cute and cheap, hehehe.

Then I told Miss 10 what I really really want for Mother’s Day. I told her it’s nothing material but I would appreciate it a lot if I can get it. Then The Other Half tanyalah what is this thing that I really really want. Do you know what I want?

1 year ‘supply’ of cleaning lady/person to come to our house weekly to do the household chores that I  detest. (especially the dusting, cleaning the bathrooms and toilets, mopping, vacuuming, making the house spic n span :-))

Why one year, why not forever? Kalau I mintak 1 year, then for next year’s Mother’s Day, I can ask for the same thing again and they don’t have to worry about what to get for me for Mother’s Day present, hehehehehe…… And if I do it every year, every one will be happy, betul tak!

But when I told The Other Half that, he just said, “Ok but you have to do the googling, calling them up, getting quotes!”. Lerr, my present but I have to do all the work! I’ve found a service which charges $57/2 hours and then $20 for the next hour which looks really good. But I’m not sure if that’s a good rate or not. The Other Half said it sounded reasonable. But when you think about it, that sounds like a lot of money for 1 year! Paling murah pun that’ll be $3100 a year! Am I willing to spend that much money to get my house clean for 2 hours/week??? That’s a lot of money to be given away :-). Hmmm….. I’d rather clean the house myself and use the money to pamper myself kan, lagi worthwhile I think, hehehehe….. What do you think?

This was our dinner last nite, The Other Half mengidam nak makan laksa :-).

Ini pulak our dinner tonite, finger food sebab Mummy dah tak tau nak masak apa. I made prawn fritters, curry puffs (I buat semalam masa tgh rajin) and melted cheese and vege wrap.

Pagi tadi ter rajin sikit for a Sunday morning, bangun pagi2 terus buat roti (well my BM yang buat but I still had to measure and put all the ingredients in it!). Hari tu tengok Shidah buat cinnabon rolls nampak sedap sangat2 sampai meleleh air liur I. Even though setiap kali balik M’sia tak pernah beli cinnabon rolls ni so I had no idea what a cinnabon roll is supposed to taste like,hehehe. Cinnamon rolls yang biasa2 tu dah selalu lah buat but with the cream cheese icing on top memang tak pernah buat lagi.

So, anyway, I made the dough in the BM using my normal doughnut dough recipe and separuh buat cinnamon rolls and separuh buat doughnuts for The Little Misses. Beria2 lah I buat cream cheese icing for the cinnamon rolls sebab without that icing, tak ‘authentic’lah kan the rolls. As soon as The Other Half tasted the cinnabon, “he straight away said, “what did you put on the rolls?”. Then I tanyalah kenapa. He said, “it doesn’t taste as nice as the normal cinnamon rolls.” Nampak sangat lah yang The Other Half ni memang bukan American or Malaysian yang dah biasa sgt2 dgn cinnabon type cinnamon rolls kan! Kat sini, the cinnamon rolls are usually covered with just normal icing or no icing what so ever. So, bila I letak cream cheese icing, memang lah terasa sangat beza nya, hehehehe. Kalau we all duduk kat M’sia, for sure lah dia dah familiar dengan cinnabons ni kan :-). But he still ate them but not as much as he would have liked, hehehe. And Miss 5 pun tak makan langsung the cinnamon rolls sebab dia kata, “the icing tastes a bit funny!”. Hisssshhhhhh…… Sape lah yang nak menghabiskan my cinnamon rolls tu macam ni!

They’ve finished off the doughnuts (as usual).

Ini lah rupa my cinnamon rolls with the cream cheese icing. Nasib baik lah I letak sikit aje the icing on top, kalau I letak sampai meleleh2 the icing, mau lah I sorang aje yang makan tadi, hehehe……

Next time I know, my family’s anak tekak tak posh, so kena buat cinnamon rolls yang biasa2 aje, baru lah diaorang makan :-).

Our Saturday morning as usual was spent painting (Miss 10 and The Other Half) and shopping (Miss 5 and I). I certainly enjoyed my morning sebab I managed to find a few things that I’ve been looking for. Miss 10 still hasn’t got bored with her miniature models painting and she’s also found a few friends there at the painting workshop. But she’s still the only girl painting there every week, probably sebab girls her age are not into that kind of thing kot. As long as she’s happy, that’s what matters :-).

And then in the afternoon, The Other Half spent some more time scanning all the old photos. Dari hari tu tak habis2 lagi scanning but he’s finally finished it today so all our old photos are on the PC and a few other backup hard drives. And he’s going to shred all the original photos sebab dia kata, he’s not going to carry them everywhere ever time we move place. Berat jugak nak mengangkut all the albums kemana2 so tu yang dia nak shred semua gambar tu. But sedih jugak bila tengok all the originals yang some of them as old as us kena shred, rasa macam I’m cutting the last tie to my childhood :-(………

But on a happier note, we found some more photos of The Other Half when he was a kid. He was definitely very very cute with his blond hair and gorgeous smile. Even The Little Misses thought their Daddy was very cute when he was a kid. That’s high praise coming from your kids! Hehehehe

Saje je nak tayang gambar The Other Half when he was five y.o. and compare it with The Little Misses’ photos when they were 5 as well (oh and me as well but I was probably 6 y.o. at that time).

 

    

 

So, agaknya dari mana datang genes cute ni ye? Wahahaha…….. ;-). I should try that scale yang shows which child resembles which parents most kan, baru lah betul2 tau lepas ni, hehehe.

And ini pulak gambar our dinner tonite. Dah lama I tak buat sausage rolls yang rajin version ni. Hari tu I asked the butcher to set aside 2 kg of sausage mince sans casing for me. And then last Thursday, baru lah the butcher called for me to pick up my sausage mince and hari ni baru berkesempatan buat the sausage rolls. I added mixed veges, chopped onions, curry powder and egg to the sausage mince for the sausage roll filling and punyalah banyak sausage rolls I made tadi. The Little Misses and The Other Half will love me forever sebab now they can have sausage rolls for their lunches, hehehehe……

Another Friday yang busy this term with swimming classes for The Little Misses. Unfortunately their classes start at different times so kena berkejaran and berulang alik sikit lah this term from school-home-swimming-home-swimming-home again. Miss 5’s swimming lesson starts at 4 o’clock and Miss 10’s lesson starts at 5.15 for an hour. We all tak nak lah tunggu until 6.15 baru balik rumah sebab surenya tak kan sempat nak get the kids ready and nak masak dinner at the same time before bed time. And kesian pulak kat diaorang if they have to sleep late after such a tiring day at swimming. So, tadi what we did was we let The Little Misses play together after Miss 5’s lesson has finished until it’s time for Miss 10 to start her lesson. Then as soon as Miss 10 is in the water, we all pun zoomed off balik rumah. Pastu, The Other Half went back to the swimming centre before 6.15 to pick up Miss 10 while I stayed at home with Miss 5 to get her ready and to get dinner ready. Luckily lah, the swimming centre is only 10 minutes away from home so bolehlah nak berulang alik banyak2 kali, hehehe. At times like this, memang lah susah sikit ada 1 kereta aje ni. But, seminggu sekali aje pun bersusah payah mcm ni so still manageable for us. And luckily it’s just swimming classes aje so far. Bayangkan lah kalau ada music classes ke, martial art classes ke, sports ke, Kumon ke in 1 week, Mummy lah yang definitely akan pengsan dulu :-).

So, bila busy macam ni, pasta lah yang paling senang nak masak especially when I use the ready made pasta bake sauce in the jar. I sayang betul kat Pakcik Leggo ni sebab he helps me a lot in the kitchen (kalau compare dengan The Other Half, hehehehe ;-)). As long as you ada a packet of pasta in the pantry and a jar of pasta bake sauce, you can have a lovely meal :-).

 

Spinach, mushroom and meatballs pasta bake.