At Central Market. On our way to the foodcourt for lunch cause we were famished or maybe just me...yeah imagine breakfast at 5 am and lunch at 3pm! My hubby and the rest had prata at noon so they got better energy...

The food we tried was not that great but still good to restore our energies..

We went to jln masjid india and i saw lots of tudung selling at cheap prices(most of them selling at 5 ringgit)..but i just bought two. Mcm segan gitu nak shop lebih lebih depan mak mentua..hehehe

Also bought a Quicksilver gym bag (imitation version) at 10 ringgit! and tudung hanger which has 18 slots for me to hang my tudung for 12 ringgit! In singapore they were sold around $15-18 singapore dollars. Got the kids a watch each because they were getting bored just following us around and kept persuading us to go back to hotel.

Got back to our hotel before 11pm and glad that most of them were happy with their purchases.

Set off to kl at night.

Amt of calories, fat, carb are all stated on the wrapper ...how convenient..


We reached KL at about 5a.m and the bus stopped just infront of our hotel (angcasa). We carried all our luggages to the 24hr McD which was just nearby to stop for late supper/ early breakfast. We saw there were some other travellers with luggages and big bagpacks were there too to have their meals or to rest their heads on the tables....maybe waiting for dawn before proceed to their hotel, i guess. We bought 2 happy meals, 1 big breakfast for DH and sausage mcmuffin for me...the kids got 1 mini barbie doll and 1 battle force 5 car from the happy meals set and i knew with that... they won't be bored for few more hours....phewww...what a lifesaver!!

After our meals, we went to hotel and registered at the lobby and the front desk promised us to give us at least 1 room first for all of us to rest by 7-8am. Performed our solat subuh at 2nd level air-conditioned surau at 6am and continued waiting at the hotel lobby and the kids were still not sleepy...At 7.50am we got 1 room out of 3 and at 11am we got the second room and at 1pm we got our last room(mine) at last.

It's been 4 years since i had cooked ownself meal (steamboat way) at Seoul Garden so i kindda excited. And i know that the kids will have free meal for 2 adult paying on Sunday. When we arrived at 4pm, the front desk person also the manager asked whether we make any reservation...my heart sank upon hearing that even though it was merely a question....we said no with a heavy heart and the manager asked around whether they still have available table and we heard the letter y.e.s......YES!! I guess we learnt our lesson....

I was embarrased to see that other people loaded their almost full container that's boiling with soup with lots of green vegetable while we barely had any...hehehehe
At about 5pm, we called it a day after stuffing ourself and went out from there.

We walked around a bit and before we know it, the HI-5 show scheduled at 7pm is about to start. We didn't queued for it because the queue was insanely long. So we went to the level 2 and we had quite a clear view of the stage from the glass pane...the kids really enjoyed themselves. It brought me back to memory lane when my hubby and i once brought the kids who were 2 years old to watch hi5 exclusive show at Expo. I remembered how they dance with their small steps among the big kids while the HI5 performing.

It was a good sunday...alhamdullilah....and now on friday afternoon i'm already done packing for all of us to KL and we're taking the bus tonight.

Passport-checked
Money-checked
Credit card for the hotel-checked
Skincare essentials-checked
Makeup essentials-checked
Clothing-checkedOintments esp yuyi oil-checked
travel prayer mats and telekung-checked

*excited mode*-checked

lol.............

Selamat menyambut maal hijrah 1432H. (6 disember 2010)

Doa akhir tahun (dibaca 3 kali)
Doa ini dibaca selepas fardhu Asar hari terakhir bulan Zulhijjah.

Doa awal tahun (dibaca 3 kali)
Dibaca selepas fardhu Maghrib awal tahun hijrah.

Semoga di tahun baru Islam ini, Allah memberkati kami iman yang kukuh, rezeki yang berkat, memelihara kami dan melindung kami dari gangguan syaithan dan kuncu kuncunya serta anak buahnya. Amin Amin Amin ya rab alamin.

Peristiwa yang berkaitan dengan
MUHARRAM (29 hari)

* 1 Muharram- Awal Hijrah

* 10 Muharram -Hari Asyura

* Hari kematian Saidina Hussen Bin Ali cucu Rasullulah s.a.w

Jawab mcm tak bersalah.....

Last night, the four of us went for to shops at the admiralty mrt after dinner at home. We bought some grocery stuffs and 2 water bottle carriers for the kids.

So on the way home, we played a little game/quiz to kill our boredom.

I asked them, "Who is the tallest?"....and the kids said "AYAH!!" .

I asked again, " Who wear pink pants?" and the kids said, "ALIAH!!"

and i asked again, "Who loves to cry all the time?",.....and we all looked at Aniq and Aniq innocently said " No one body!!" (NO ONE+NOBODY) hahahaha.....

Marina Barrage

Went to Marina Barrage for the first time ...it's not that difficult to go there actually. I alighted at Marina Bay Mrt Station and took a shuttle bus to Marina Barrage ....well actually i was waiting for BUS 400 but god has plan a better way for me when the shuttle bus arrived without my expectation!! hehe...

At first the weather was kind of nice then it was rather hot later in the afternoon...i can feel my cheeks were burning...Lucky for me i brought my umbrella with me..(what do you expect...i'm vain!! haha)

It was nice that Kamisah brought homemade foods that she cooked early in the morning. I brought Roti kari from the mamak stall, twisties and 2 packs of packet drinks..thinking that we might eat dinner at food court later in the evening.....I got back quite late from a birthday party the night before so i didn't plan to make anything from home.

The kids were having a massive fun flying their kite...they did everything in their power to bring the kite up in the sky....Aniq even ran so fast (thinking that's the only way to get the kite up up into the sky) that he almost fell off...but luckily a guy who happened to be there with his family able to catch him and land into his arms....

Didn't know that kite flying could be ssooo fun...for the kids and us ...

Healthy breakfast for the loved ones

Breakfast of the day.

Wholemeal pita+scrambled egg+diced tomato+a squirt of mayo(optional)+iceberg lettuce and VOILA!!

Something to ponder upon

Watch your thoughts
for they become words

Watch your words
for they become actions

Watch your actions
for they become habits

Watch your habits
for they become character

Watch your character
for it becomes your destiny

Raya 2010 ada lebih nikmatnya dan teristimewa...

It's almost coming to 3 weeks of celebrating Hari raya ...and up to now, i feel thankful to have family, in laws and friends...around us celebrating it.

I also glad that this time ..my in laws have made time to come to our humble crib to taste my homemade kuihs and lauk-pauk and took pictures with us and the kids...Glad to know that my MIL was impressed by my homemade kuihs..(kembang sekejap member..heheh)Seriously i really feel thankful to allah for perkenankan my doa. And this year..there no major sadness that usually would happened during Hari Raya due to misunderstandings and some other things(alhamdullilah)...except to bid farewell to my old friend's mum whom i knew almost my life. Al-fateha to Cik Bibi.

So tonight, i'll be visiting my sibling's place and seems like this week will probably be our last week of celebrating Hari Raya because my kuihs at home is running low..YIKES!!

Retake

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At my cousin's house Idayu.

The last weekend, we decided to retake all family photos with just my hp's camera since we all dress up to go to Along's house, cik milah's house and Idayu's house. The way we dress up is exactly the same as on the first day Hari Raya so that's the best time to retake all pictures.

Tomorrow, we gonna jln jln hari raya with his colleague starting at 11am. That means i can't sleep back after subuh tomorrow and the kids have to skip madrasah class again because the first house will be at Simei(11am). *slapping forehead*

I need my caffeine tomorrow for sure!

Vitamin untuk batin.

A quote from Mother Theresa:

"If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

Trajedi di hari pertama Syawal.

First of all, i was excited to be able to wear makeup all day on Hari Raya without having to wash it off and put it on again for pictures because my period came that day. But then again i was nervous because the night before i thought of performing solat subuh and read yaasiin after that. Yelah dgn harapan bahawa semoga urusan kita hari itu akan dipermudahkan.

But it didn't went that way when i received my period but i still pray for the best.

but we lost our camera which was carried by DH!! I was quite sad to know that the pictures we took at the comfort of our home were gone but i quickly attempted to calm myself down thinking that bad things do happen.Kalau Allah kata jadi, maka jadilah ia sebagaimana yang diinginkan. Dh was quite remorseful even though he didn't speak much so i didn't want to add anything to that.

Another thing that happened that day was when my friend, ana called me crying in the middle of the night saying that her mother had passed away. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajioon.

I knew Cik bibi as long i knew my friend which is 22 years long....She loved talking to me everytime i came to their house ...i always admired the motherly love she gave to my friend all these while. I'll pray that she will rest in peace and May Allah bless her soul.

I went to visit Ana yesterday but i can't come at the time when cik bibi dikebumikan because Aniq had fever while Aliah had diarhhea so i need to wait for Dh to come home and take of them. With that being said, i went there alone with the purpose to give emotional support and console her. We hug and cried together and we promised each other that no matter what may come or how busy we going to be, we will keep in touch...suffice with just sms if not on the phone.

She also told me how she rasa insaf when the jenezah dimadikan and when Ustazah Aminah menceritakan tentang alam kubur. I was glad that she willing to share all that with me even though she did it with tears kept rolling down her cheeks.

Salah satu hadis Rasulullah SAW yang sangat akrab ditelinga kita berbunyi :“Apabila meninggal anak cucu Adam (manusia), maka terputuslah amalnya kecuali tiga hal saja, yaitu sedekah jariah, ilmu yang diambil manfaatnya oleh manusia, dan anak yang saleh yang berdoa untuknya “ ( HR.Ahmad ).

Sick again..

I just done painting the door without dh around....told him jokingly but serious (mcmana tu??haha) that if next year he did not finished painting by fasting month...i won't make raya cookies...just buy them from stores....because there's only so much i can do...he said ok ok, he promised that he'll do better next time....(aik nak kena blackmail baru tahu takut...lol...)


Aliah is having fever again ...these past weeks, they have been sick like nobody business....At first it was aliah ..then when aliah got better, aniq fall sick soon after that....now aniq just got better 2 days ago...aliah is having fever now...so i'm really really super tired .....i'm start to wonder whether the aircon in their classroom is the culprit?

Made biskut suji yesterday in from 9pm till 12am...excluding the washing of utensils...Thought of visiting my friend's mother in nursing hospital today when the kids were in school but it was raining quite heavily in the afternoon..not to mention the body ache that i has now so i cancelled my intention. Ya allah, aku seperti mengejar masa selalu...dlm kesibukan, janganlah engkau biarkan aku melupakan dirimu maka aku memohon supaya engkau kuatkan lah iman ku...amin amin amin ya rabbal alamin.

This weekend, i was hoping to paint the walls and make nestum cookies...this will be the first time i make them ...hopefully they turned out fine...insyaallah...

Aniq and Aliah fasting on weekend too!

We went to geylang yesterday for berbuka and just to browse around. I dunno why but i dont feel the 'heat' for hari raya yet or maybe it's still too early...but still there were a lot of people in Geylang yesterday already starting shopping. We went to Joo Chiat coffee shop and it was crawling with hungry people that were no tables vaccant and we were there before 6.30pm and Maghrib was 7.16pm! So next time we need to book table at least 6-6.15pm....

We approached one couple who were sitting on a big table and we thought of sharing ....luckily they weren't reserved other empty seats for someone else so we bunk in with them. For me ..i dont mind eating at the road side just eating burger or banana fritters but i sympathised aniq and aliah who were fasting as well and they look real tired even though their mouths still chattering non-stop.

Had a fulfilling meal at break fast...just simple meals like chicken rice, char kuay teow and banana fritters....for me, in ramadhan ...i love love love kuih muihs at berbuka..

But lately i feel like having Badak berendam....and feel like making my own because at least i know it would be nice...hehe

Aniq and Aliah fast for the first time...

It was the first time Aniq and Aliah bersahur with us...i was glad that they were quite easy to be awaken even at 4.00am.

As usual my mother always called us over to break fast and usually she will cook a feast. She has always been generous on food.

At first i thought of making chocolate cupcakes and tahu sumbat but i knew that there will be lot of food so i skip on tahu sumbat...and i was right..

This is the chocolate cupcake that i always make...the one that the twins always loved...especially the icing....

I'm sure that he won't read this ......

Dear Diary,

I'm gonna be broke!! Yikes......
For my hubby's birthday, i promised him to treat him and the children dinner and i let him choose any place he wish to dine....so he chose Sakura Int'l buffet....yeah it's nothing special but he says he really like to try the one that's located behind Mosque Al-falah.

I suppose to receive my payment 2 weeks ago for my tailoring but so far no news yet ...wargghh..

Luckily i put aside some money before hand for the dinner treats but still i'm gonna be broke after that...lol..

I also got him a perfume by Beckham signature (50ml) and it's hiding in my closet..i really like the smell and it's been such a looooong time since he had a perfume...KEsian kan!! Even the last one that he had which is by Calvin Klein Truth was bought by me!! He always don't like to spend money on himself except for necessities. That is what i like about him...SIMPLE man with simple needs..

I really need to get a wrapping paper tomorrow morning while he's asleep . That's the only time i can get away. And one more thing....i get the kids to draw him birthday cards..i did help here and there but most of the works were done by them...BRAVO KIDDOS!! (i just realise there're so many exclamation marks in this post...i must be hyper even at 1.50am!!)

Corned beef in hot dog bun

Made this for yesterday's breakfast and Dh ate 3-4 of these.... ooppss!!

What i did was saute some diced onions, 1 garlic chopped and 2 tomato diced, and then throw in 340gm of corned beef in a can, some black pepper...and voila!! All i need to do last is pipe out some mayo and chili sauce on top in zig zag motion and they are good to eat!!

Trying new hijab style.

I scratched my itch and decided to try this new hijab style. I've been trying to get the inner scarf but it was sold out like hot cakes on fb, especially the black and grey. So i pm my school friend whom i called Adik(izan) and asked for more links and told her about my itchiness to change my style. She gave me the support and encouragement since she already worn this style.

So now....how do i feel about this style??.hhmmm.....i will wear it again and i think it's easier to take it off when i'm taking my wudhu at mosque since the inner scarf is round and flat not like the pointy one which i still wear till now but i'm still comfy with old style tudung. This style might suit me better when i lose the 2kg that i gained since the last month which will result less chubby cheeks because i find it emphasis on my round face. I asked hubby and he said that he's okay with this and my old style...Haaiyaa...GUYS...it's hard to ask for their opinions....

Another bad news to bear.

My hubby just lost his childhood friend two days ago. I remembered that he and his wife got married on the same day as me and Dh. The deceased left a widower with a daughter who is still very young (6yrs old). The deceased is younger that Dh actually and it was truly a shocking news that reached us on Saturday morning. He was short of breath after having dinner and heard that he passed soon after that.

My hubby told me that ever since he reached in his thirties, he kept receiving bad news of people getting sick or even ones who had passed on. Well, it does make sense actually....when you're getting older ..the people around you will get old too......

Usually it makes me wonder about when it's my "time" and how it would be like...i also realised that when my father got leukemia and left 6 months to live, it was actually a blessing that he knew how much time he left with his family and prepare....rather than a shocking and sudden death...well this is just how i see it...Dh don't like it when i talked like that...but i believe it's good to get prepare rather than being an ostrich...ignoring everything and just wished death doesn't exist. I feel that behaviour is somewhat childish, don't you think?

BBQ chicken.

The funny thing is that we only took this picture because we were hungry that we forgot to snap the other meals that we ordered.lol

We went to BBQ chicken for the first time and we ordered Jerk (Jamaican Jerk Spice) BBQ..(the picture above), Olive Luxury Chicken (2 pcs) and Teri-Soya Wings (6 pcs). I would recommend Jerk BBQ because it was really delicious and it came with delicious mashed potato that was mould like a bowl with gravy.

This month we also went to Fish Manhattan and we really love it! Don't have the pictures with me now as it was taken by Dh's iphone. Too lazy to extract from it anyway. But I can see myself going there again....hehehe I simply adore the seafood platter (don't know what it's called)...even Dh said that he would order that for himself the next time.

Craved for Nasi Ayam Penyet...

These are Ice lemon tea and Milo Dinosaur which is weird to me that the size is totally not 'dinosaurest' to me.

Another splendid chocolate cake

Love love love this dessert at Pizza Hut...There is chocolate fudge-ish oozing out from the warm chocolate cake. This will be my staple dessert from pizza hut. Looking at this picture just makes me yearn for it again.....oh no....Help!!

I need to lose weight because i've been naughty on food in June..maybe due to the stress of having the kids hanging around the house 24/7 during the holiday....lol...but now they are back to school so it's the perfect time for me to start getting healthy back. Yeah....yoyo on weight is just my thing...haiz what can i say when my passion to eat screaming their way out and make me forget the hardwork i put in to lose the weight that i've lost ....lol....

Meal of the Day.

Meal of the day is Ikan Bawal Masak Merah. I made this with Taugeh Goreng as the 'buddy' meal .

I'm tired....

It feels like a lifetime that i haven't updated anything in my blog. Things have gone super crazy busy this month. I and my SAHM friend agreed that we can't wait for the school to reopen to shoo the kids back there...hahaha(super evil laugh). And did i mention that she got a maid to help her...so what about me who has to do everything ...EVERYTHING!! Truth to be told...i'm tired physically and mentally with their toys, books and colouring pencils laying around the house everyday and their non stop want this and want that list....get what i mean??

Anyway...i will updated some other stuff soon....or maybe i will resume blogging next week when the school reopens...hhmm...

Got a new Hp.

Took this picture using my new Hp Sony Erricson W995 camera (8.1 mp) and i love the quality of this picture.That means i don't need to bring my camera all the time with me. Yeah!!Dh asked whether i wanted iphone more than twice and i answered No because i rarely went out and i have my beloved pc at home but if i'm working, definitely i will get iphone for sure because it is really a GREAT HP!!

We paid less for both HP because we got $160 vouchers($80 for each HP) from Singtel to redeem.

After we bought it, we went to ION for coffee at CoffeeBean and we get Rosemary Roast Chicken with a bread of our choice which is Baguette with side salad for 8.50. I've been meaning to try it months ago since i saw the Halal logo stated on the menu. Hubby also promised to bring me to Fish Manhattan Restaurant end of this month. So yeah yeah....

As for my sewing project/business...i have sewed two of out three because the third one, i had insufficient material given by customer and i forgot to ask for their phone number so i need to wait till the school re-opens before i get to meet her and discuss about her daughter's kebaya as i got other alternatives to make it work and need to discuss with her.For now, i'm making my kebaya and Aliah's. I sketched the simple design kebaya with bell sleeve and cekak musang as my neckline on sketch book and showed it to Aliah and she love it!! My konon konon little customer......hahaha

OK that's it for now...got to go back to work and i'm now already starting to payback my fasting days ...well 5 days to go....

Been Busy all week!!

It's been sometime i have not updated anything on my blog including the trip to Melaka with my mother and my aunt for Belated Mother's Day celebration....
Just days before the school holiday, Cik norsiah the grandmother of Shami (my kids's classmate in nursery) asked me whether i'm a home-based seamstress. I was shocked as to why she asked me that because i never said anything about me sewing malay traditional clothes.....

i remembered being berat mulut about saying yes because i'm not sure i'm ready yet to take any orders. But i was telling myself to give it a try and do my best....so i said YES to her. But i told her that i only make Baju kurung Pesak and Baju Kebaya Modern with simple neckline. Even though, i do make Baju kurung Lelaki for the men in my house but i'm not ready to make for others...I try to give myself another 2 years before taking any orders for Baju Kurung Lelaki because to me it's the hardest pattern that i've learned.

Few other peoples and even my cousin have asked about it when words get around. For now, i've got three Hari Raya clothes to make plus another 4 more for myself so i'm gonna be really busy for this month but i love it!! I;ve completed one baju kurung pesak so 6 more to go.....

But what i don't love that my kids fallen sick so it made me super duper busy especially today. Dh worked afternoon shift today, i gotmy period today plus all the cramp pain and Aliah's fever went up to 40.2 degrees!! So i have to bring Aliah and Aniq myself to the clinic while trying to control my own pain.

So now i'm back at home....already gave Aliah her medicine and right now she was sleeping soundly while Aniq watched Transformer 1 DVD...so i can rest a little while before starting my crazy schedule again...hope they get well soon...

Body shop sale at Causeway Pt

I was actually at Causeway Pt to get a new wallet and to look for moisturiser. But to my surprise, i saw Body shop sale near the Clinique booth on the first floor of Causeway Pt. For so long i was contemplating to get the Tea Tree Skin Clearing Foaming cleanser(that comes with a pump) and the Tea Tree Oil Mattifying Moisturiser...so when i saw this sale going on...i jumped into the bandwagon. Bought the regular size cleanser for $12.90 (regular price is $19.90) and the moisturiser is for $16.90. (not sure about the regular price).

Once i reached home, i took this opportunity to try to wash off my makeup with the cleanser and i really like it...so far i love my HG Neutrogena fresh foaming cleanser and now i can say that the Body shop one is good too despite the antiseptic smell ...it's not as drying to my skin as my Neutrogena one which is a bonus. Would i buy this Again? Probably yes...especially in a sale like this. hehe Why i say that? Because my Neutrogena only cost $16.90 while this cleanser cost $19.90 ..so you do the math...

BUT....i regretted buying the moisturiser :( ....i will still use it till i'm done with it though. I don't feel it do its job in moisturing ...it sink into my skin so quickly ...it smell like tea tree (duh) which i don't like in my cream but later it gave out this talc-ish smell which i find it weird ..it does gave me matte finish to my skin and this contain salicylic Acid which help in battling my acne-prone skin which is good. But will i buy this Again?? definetely NO.....but i would recommend this for teenage skin.

Once i'm done with this moisturiser, i'm gonna try the Clinique dramatically different moisturising gel in a small tube first because i heard lots of good stuff about it. =)

Must-have foods in my kitchen

Stock my kitchen wih these must-have foods

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Bread

Fruits -usually either apples, oranges, grapes and banana

Biscuits or plain crackers

Cheese-mostly for the children

Tuna

Eggs

Butter

Coke Zero (bad for me, i know)

Coffee -drink only in the morning

These are the foods that i found myself stocking up...but what i really can't live without is Bread, Coffee and Fruits.

Bio Multi-Effect BB Cream review (just like i thought it would be)

Yesterday, Dh asked me out for a movie date at Ang Mo Kio Jubilee to watch Bounty Hunter at 2.10pm (the kids were at school btw). Initially i wanted to watch The Back-up Plan because it seems funnier but the timing wasn't right.

So i took this opportunity to use my sample packet of Bio Essence BB cream to try it out. Just like i though it would be......it was a 1-2 lighter shade from my skin so i look ASHY!! i used my stippling brush to buff it out and used my inexpensive ELF contour powder to counteract the whitish effect the BB cream gave me. The substance was thick so my makeup felt 'heavy' on my face. I guess this stuff only suited for fair skin tone. So weird..that it came in only 1 shade to fit all...don't we come in different colour??..(shrug) Anyway, i'm not crazy about BB cream..so it's okay.

Mother's Day

The ant-looking picture is actually Aliah and me(the one with 4 strands of hair..lol)

This is Aniq's card.

I don't celebrate much as a mother but was pleased with the cards my kids made for me with attached paper flowers with a lollilop in it act like a flower bud. It was my first mother's day present from my children!!

My hubby and i got a perfume(Elizabeth Arden) for my mil because she adore perfume apart from handbags. As for my mother, Cik Isa (stepfather) and i shared to get her on a one day tour plus high tea at Malacca with me on this 23/05(belated mother's day celebration). We will be going with my guru ngaji and some other people we knew from our ngaji class. I have never went away with my mother alone, just the two of us anywhere in Singapore let alone overseas. So i was quite excited till i knew that she will be bringing Cik waidah ( my aunt) along and i was a a little disappointed by that. I didn't voice it out and i let her do whatever makes her happy...i mean that's the real meaning of mother's day, i guess..... is to make her happy and appreciate her. My hubby's present for me is that he will take care of the children when i'm away on that day...and hope he will a great job and i'm sure he will. I have to remember to cook the night before and refrigerate so that his job will be easier. All he need to do is to cook rice and heat up the dishes.

Wee......i'm getting excited already..since i've never been to Melacca before. Hopefully i will enjoy it and bring my family there the next time......

11th anniversary

The Burger King that we went every year to celebrate is no longer there... :(

I always imagining that we will continue going there till our hair turn all white or maybe i able to go there with my grandchildren one day but apparently i can forget dreaming about it anymore. But the bigger picture is that as long my hubby and i have and love each other...other things seems pale in comparision already. ;)

I'll wait for now.

I don't know why all i can think about these days is to go back working...i'm talking about just getting a job not a career...cause i don't really care a hoot about that.
But i need to get realistic about it ...Dh don't like having maid, mum stay a bit far from us, can't bear to put the kids in the child care centre especially they already used to the comfort of own home all these while and i can't afford help since i dont think i'll be earning that much. And the most important thing of all is that ...in my personal opinion...the kids are so much fun to spend the day with...and i wouldn't miss it for the world.

So i did a mental planning for myself....I'll think i'll wait for at least 5 yrs from now when the kids will be 10 yrs old and i'll start on part time job so that i still have the best of both worlds. But for now, i hope to enjoy every moment with my family..creating many many beautiful memories...

School project.

One of the reasons they simply love going to school.

Spaghetti with Seafood sauce

This recipe i got from http://www.recipezaar.com/ and if I'm not wrong it was actually called Amazing Spaghetti with seafood sauce and it's truly amazing to me. I haven't tried lots of different pasta recipe and I'm truly satisfied with this one and this recipe is a keeper!

(4 Servings)

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3 tbsp olive oil

1 onion and 2 garlic chopped

1 1/4 cans of Hunts tomato diced tomato (then i used blender to smooth out the sauce)

1 tbsp tomato puree

1 tsp oregano, 1 bay leaf

2 tsp sugar

1 cup of prawns (12-15 pcs)

8 crabstick (each pc cut into 3 parts)

white clams (i don't use it cause the kids sure will not like it)

1 tbsp lemon juice

300gm spaghetti or penne

2 tbsp butter

Instructions

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1)Heat the oil in a pan and add onion and garlic till soft.

2) Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in another seperate saucepan of boiling water salted water till al dente.

3) Stir in the blended tomato sauce, tomato paste, oregano, bay leaf and sugar to the onion.

4) Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer or 2-3 mins.

5)Add prawns, crabstick and lemon juice.

6) Stir well, then cover and cook for 6-7 mins. Do not overcook. And the sauce is done.

7) Meanwhile, drain the spaghetti and add the butter to the pan.

8)Return the spaghetti to the pan and stir well so that the spaghetti well-coated with the butter.

9)Season with salt and pepper to taste.

10) Serve the spaghetti with sauce on top. For my case, i mix the spaghetti together and stir well so that the kids have easy access to it.

Simple guidelines for happiness

Simple Guidelines For Happiness
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1) Free your heart from hate

2) Free your mind from worry

3) Live simple

4) Give more

5) Expect less

Importance of Reading to Children

When my kids were still babies, i have read somewhere in the paper about this 4 yrs old preschooler who able to read simple words and i was amazed by that fact.

I was asking myself, "4 yrs old knows how to read..REALLY??!!" So i always bring the kids to the library and even bought them book hoping that they will love to read like their mummy...not like their daddy who don't love to read.hahaha....well, it's never too soon to start our children on the path to reading

I told Dh about the importance of reading skill development for our children and he supported me by converting his free time at home just to guide them reading simple words from Peter and Jane books...(this is what i love about him...that he don't just give me verbal commitment but in action...way to go DADDY!) and when the kids about 4yrs 3 months old...THEY CAN READ all the words from their Peter and Jane books..

Now we have proceeded to level 2A and 2B of Peter and Jane books. And they can read at least 80% of that books. Thanks to Dh's colleagues who recommended us these books ...so i'm really proud of them to be able to read at this young age. And i can see their love for reading without me pushing them towards it. Sometimes they will asked me about unrecognised words in the newspaper or in my scattered magazine, just to know how it pronounce. I guess if we really put something on our mind, insyaallah we can do it...nothing is impossible or at least try, try and try..