It’s over for this year

Eurovision is finally over, until next year.

Denmark won Eurovision this year.

But my heart has been stolen by the Icelandic viking singer…..

(Even though I tak faham sepatah haram pun apa yang dia nyanyi tadi but he was still gorgeous).

Be still my beating heart .

I was telling The Other Half that Icelandic language must be one of the quite difficult languages to learn and master.

And it doesn’t use the ABC alphabets so lagi lah susah kan.

Berbelit2 lidah we all nak ikut dia nyanyi tadi, hahahahaha…..

Memang takkan boleh mahir in 1 year lah.

Kena duduk Iceland sejak lahir baru boleh mahir kot, heeeeee…..

But I sure nya tak tahan the cold.

Kat Perth ni pun kadang2 a bit too cold for me, lagi lah kat Iceland tu kan!

Mau beku I hari2, hahahaha….

But sebelum tengok Eurovision, perut kena diisi dulu.

The Other Half requested for nasi lemak.

So, that’s what I made for dinner tonite.

Nasi lemak dgn ayam bakar, ikan bilis goreng and sambal kosong.

I sorang aje yang makan telur goreng malam ni. Yang lain makan telur masin.

I made the sambal using Shidah’s recipe.

Sedap sangat tastenya sebab sambal ni takes a while to cook so memang dah meresap segala rasanya lah.

I guna half chili api kering and half cili besar kering untuk buat sambal ni but since dah masak lama, the pedas was just nice.

Eurovision is on again!

This weekend is the Eurovision weekend again!

Tu sebab update blog pun lambat and semalam pun malas nak update blog, hehehe.

We all satu family have been glued infront of the tv from 7.30 at night till quite late.

Memang dah jadi satu tradisi tiap2 tahun tengok Eurovision song contest ni.

Kali ni I buat salted caramel popcorns to eat while we were watching it. But tomorrow nite we are just having m&m’s aje.

Habis lah semua naik berat badan after 3 nights of Eurovision!

Satu besen popcorns I buat! Mau tak naik!

Hahahaha…..

For us it’s one of those activities that we enjoy doing together as a family like picnicking and cycling and it’s much better sebab everyone can snuggle up under the doonas in the comfort of our own home (sambil makan popcorns buatan sendiri, hahahahaha).

Miss 14 snuggling up under the doona and their own comfy recliner…..

And then siap terperasan yang rambut salah seorang singers tu macam rambut dia so kenalah ambik gambar sama2 untuk buktikan kan!

hahahahaha….

Sorang lelaki tulen while sorang lagi wanita tulen, hahahaha….

The mountain

Can’t talk much tonite….

Things to do…

One of them is this….

Kalau lah the laundry basket tu boleh berkata2, mau lah agaknya dia sumpah seranah I sbb tak lighten his load.

Sampai nak patah tulang belakang dia menampung berat kain baju yang tak ber iron lagi tu, hahahahaha……

Up close and personal with the birds

When we were in Msia, we went to a few places we’ve never been before.

We went to Bird Park (we’ve only been there once when Miss 14 was only 1+ years old.) so memang dah lama sgt2 lah.

We went to Aquaria which we’ve also been to once before about 4+ years ago kot.

We went to Pusat Sains Negara which we’ve never been to.

The girls really enjoyed spending time at these places.

Memang berbaloi lah pergi.

At least diaorang tau yang kat KL tu bukan setakat ada Petrosains aje and bukan setakat ada shopping malls aje, hahahahaha….

So, layan lah ye a few photos I took at these places.

And guess what?

We were the typical Mat Saleh tourists that day.

We walked all the way from our hotel to the Bird Park and walked back!

Memang we did a lot of walking that day!

Nearly nak sesat but nasib baik tak sesat.

The girls were really good walaupun kena jalan jauh, tak komplen penat langsung.

They were so happy kat Bird Park tu sebab dapat bagi makan ikan, dapat bagi makan burung, dapat bergambar dgn burung.

Kalau dah namanya pergi taman burung, kenalah ambik gambar dgn burung kan.

Dua2 perasan hensem tu yang sampai nak berlaga kepala .

I cant remember the name of this birds but they are really pretty with their shocking orange colour.

Burung ni pun cantik with the gorgeous blue tapi sangat lah evil rupanya with the red eyes kan.

Kat Msia pun ada rainbow lorikeet ni. Cantik tapi pencuri buah anggur! hahahaha.

Dah puas bagi makan kat burung, bagi makan kat ikan pulak.

Muka orang yang dah kepenatan sangat2 berjalan kaki tak berhenti, hehehe….

Balik dari Bird Park tu, we all lepak tepi pool sampai suntanned habis .

It’s test time again

Hari ni mulanya Australia-wide test for students in Yr 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Last year Miss 14 sat her last NAPLAN test when she was in Yr 9.

This year giliran Miss 9 pulak to sit for the test since she’s in Yr 5.

Pagi tadi muka dia nervous habis masa dalam kereta nak pergi sekolah…

Macam orang sakit perut aje, hahahahaha .

mesti masa ni there’s so many butterflies in her tummy kan.

And then balik sekolah tadi, she was all cheery and laughing.

She said, “the topic for the persuasive writing was so easy. It was ‘my hero’ and I chose you as my hero Mum.”

Awwwwwwww…….that is so sweet…..

Lega dia dah habis 2 papers. 2 more papers to go and then she’s free for 2 more years.

Lepas ni, mid June ni turn Miss 14 pulak ada exam.

Now she’s in Year 10, they have exam every year in the middle of the year.

Dulu masa I tgh study, I nervous giler masa every time nak exam.

Now ni dah tak study lagi, still jugak rasa nervous bila anak2 nak exam kan!

Patutlah rambut I dah banyak grey hair sekarang, hahahahaha….

Anywaaaaayyyy….

Tugas cook kena jugak berjalan.

Last night I buat mee kari laksa seafood.

My mee kari laksa semua guna ready-made paste ye.

Easy peasy and sedap, hehehe.

And tonite pulak I masak kari again.

But this time I masak chicken briyani.

I buat my style, I guna a bit of rempah kurma, a bit of rempah kari and a bit of rempah briyani for the curry paste to cook the chicken in.

I masak kari ayam tu dulu until nearly cooked.

I masak dalam oven aje sebab tadi Miss 14 ada appointment with her orthodontist so the easiest thing to do is to sumbat the kari masuk dlm oven.

Bila balik, I tinggal masak nasi until 90% cooked and then layer it dalam chicken curry tu.

I ikut the cooking steps yang chef ni buat but I tak guna his recipe lah.

And for the final step, I masukkan dlm oven for 30 minutes.

Bila keluar, jadi macam ni….

Memang sedap! The rice is well cooked and the chicken is so moist .

I tak guna all the kuah kari untuk the final step masak dlm oven tu so bila nak makan, The Other Half yang suka nasi dia banjir, just tambah kuah on top of his briyani lah.

I pulak suka my nasi ‘kering’ so my plate looked like this.

That lump of vege is bende masala from a packet, hehehe.

Balik Msia haritu, we all tak sempat nak makan kari laksa nor briyani so balik sini, kenalah masak sendiri, hahahaha….

And then I masak banyak giler so I’ve put the leftovers in a container and esok I’ll try find a space in the freezer so we can have it again bila2…..

Mother’s day story

Semalam for Mother’s day we all tak buat apa2.

Sebab ada sunday school for the girls in the morning.

But I did get some presents from the girls.

Miss 14 kata dia takde duit so she could only get cheap stuff for me and Miss 9 pulak made something at science lab at school for Mother’s day present.

Caya lah kan!

Present buat kat lab!

Hahahahaha……

Ini hadiah from them.

An owl keychain from Miss 14 and a bath bomb from Miss 9.

She made the bath bomb in the science lab. It uses olive oil, bicarb soda, citric acid, lavender oil and food colouring .

I can’t remember when was the last time I used the bath, hehehehe.

But Miss 9 said I can also use it as a foot bath to relax my sore feet….

And on top of that…

Bapak diaorang pun bagi I presents, hehehe.

And since bapak dia ada duit (walaupun tak berapa banyak, hahahaha), dapatlah dia bagi hadiah2 yang besar sikit dari keychain and bath bomb tu…

But semua hadiah ni revolves around the kitchen jugak so kiranya semua orang dapat faedah nya from me using them, hehehe.

I said to The Other Half that I need a nicer, bigger rice cooker that can do many things as well.

So, Tefal ni ada function slow cooker as well so we grabbed this one.

Jimatlah ruang kan .

My small rice cooker and my humongous slow cooker pindah masuk dalam shed at the moment, hehehe…

And then, I wanted a new set of saucepans sebab the saucepans that we’ve been using at the moment dah lanjut usianya (even though they are still in mint condition).

Our old saucepans ni hadiah kahwin but a really good brand so tu yang still in tip top condition (except bontot yg a bit hitam lah sbb I malas nak sental) so sayang jugak lah nak retire kan mereka.

And then sepanjang we all bermastautin in OZ, dah banyak add-ons I beli so periuk belanga I memang brand caca marba lah.

But when I saw this set went on sale, terus lah I rembat…

Dia ada 25 years guarantee so kiranya I can only ask for another new set in 25 years time lah ye tak?

Sangat lah berbaloi dia belikan untuk I kan!

Hahahahaha…..

And then, I said to him that the kitchen is running out of cupboard space…

So, we went shopping for a buffet/sideboard.

Kat dining are tu dah ada a big buffet already tapi since my kitchen ni quite small and lacking storage space, so I wanted another buffet to store segala macam benda.

The Other Half kata, one day we’ll renovate the kitchen….

I said to him, takpelah, while waiting for that one day to come, we’ll just buy some more free standing cabinets…

So, we got this one.

We like pine furniture so tu yg we bought a pine buffet.

Our other buffet was made from recycled wood from a railway track which they salvaged and polished and made into a fine piece of furniture, hehehe….

Itu aje lah Mother’s Day presents I for this year…

But yang paling bestnya, Miss 9 made breakfast for all of us on Sunday.

Memang I tak tolong langsung since she’s just using the ready made pancake mix, hehehe

Alhamdulillah…..

The friendly meetings

Sambung cerita2 Msia lagi ye.

Cuti balik kali ni I dapat berkesempatan jumpa a few blogger friends.

Ada yang dah a few times jumpa and ada yang baru first time jumpa.

Tapi walaupun baru first time jumpa, bila borak2, macam dah kenal lama!

Memang riuh rendah shopping mall tu, hahahaha.

First meeting, on that Monday at KLCC.

Lepas aje check in kat hotel, we all pun pergi ke KLCC.

Berjumpa lah dengan puan2 blogger ni….

Dari kiri Zarin, Shidah, Rima, Sonia, Asilah and me .

Kecoh San Fransisco coffee house tu!

The Other Half and the girls kejap aje kat situ, pastu diaorang pergi ronda2 around that area kejap sebab bosan tunggu we all tak habis2 gelak and borak.

Bila diaorang dtg balik, masih lagi tak habis borak, hahahahaha.

Sonia and Miss 9. Walaupun dua2 budak ni mixed mat saleh and jawa tapi Sonia muka mat saleh habis while Miss 9 pulak muka tukar2 hari2, hahaha.

On that day, bila duduk sebelah Sonia, nampak lah muka Miss 9 yang sangat melayu kan .

And then, that Friday towards the end of our stay in KL, we went to KLCC again.

Pagi pergi Aquaria and tengah hari jumpa another blogger.

Jumpa blogger Mulan kat food court. The hubbies pergi solat Jumaat, we all duduk borak2

Dari jauh we all berdua datang, kat KL jugak berjumpa, hehehehe.

And then on Saturday, jumpa pulak friends from IG.

Deana and Zarin again.

Alhamdulillah dapat jumpa all these people.

Memang seronok borak2 and gelak ketawa with them.

Thank you so much ye sebab sudi jumpa dangan I and family.