I welcome you back

Ana called me today to chit chat with me like she always does occasionally. She updated me with her life with her new baby and all and she asked me out because she in need of someone to lend ears to hear her woes and i found myself straight away jump onboard and voluntary unconsciously..So i'll be meeting her for coffee and chocolate drink(for her...cause she don't drink coffee) today at 7pm plus at Causeway point after i got my consent from Dh.

And after i gave a careful thought, i have decided to open up my heart to her one more time and welcome her back to be my best friend...even though i was mostly there for her compared her being with me when I'm sad/angry/bored/whatever negative feelings i had before.

I wondered ....is it better to have obnoxious friend rather than none at all and feel lonely?
I've been friends with her since 10 yrs old...that means we've been together for donkey years already....and she made me feel guilty by labeling me as her best friend all the time....i can't even look into her eyes and agree...and it was so PAINFUL to feel guilty like that...

She even found a card recently that i handmade for her l10-15 yrs ago and i started my sentences To my best friend: blah blah blah...
I remembered how we are always together when we were in primary school, working part-time together at 7-11, watching movie, mimicking our favourite singer while singing at her home..how we did foolish things together and how you got scolded from my family when i ran away from home....but after what we went through, it is sad that even now, she doesn't really know me that well as a person...cause she never asked....it's always been about her...

But she reminded me how i made her my best friend....Come On...she even have the card that i gave her ages ago....i know she broke my heart and seldom feel happy for me....but i can't forsaken her when she need me.....

So i welcome you back, Ana to be my best friend and hope to embark on this journey in life together...as a wife, mother and a grandmother one day.....insyaallah.

chicken pot pie

This is my chicken pot pie that i had attempted to make today and apparently it was a success!!

I'm so in love with this and this is perfectly comfort food for me espeically when it's raining outside which sadly did not happen today....hahaha

Dh really loves the filling which is so creamy and colourful due to the mixed vegetables. I think this is perfect too for picnic food....HHmmmm....sounds like a plan...

Private Celebration

She was sore because i fed Aniq first hehehe..Well, Aniq is my firstborn so of course i fed him first but my poor girl already felt left out at that moment......You know that i love you both, right......i know she can't wait to taste the cake actually....

Look at Aliah getting her 2nd bite....






Celebrated their birthdays in our own private way at our comfortable crib. My mum came few days in advance to wish them...one thing about her that she can remember dates very well...so she never missed wishing me or my kids a happy birthday wishes.

My hubby ordered this without me around at Polar ..it was royal chocolate cake with buttercream icing...personally i think Prima deli do it better ....because the buttercream was tasteless....i generally taste nothing except greasiness because of the butter....but anyway, the cake was okay and soft...minus the buttercream frosting.....but it has this Thomas Train picture printed on the cake which made my kids super excited when we showed them just the box.....lol

Birthday treats for classmates.

I know that I've been slacking on my post but believe me that i loves writing .....about my happiness and my sadness (well...not much on that because i have my private diary for it.( which keeps me sane most of the time). Even though i told pretty much everything to my Dh, but writing on my private diary is just something i need to do to pour out my misery and anger when I'm having bad days....I'm sure everyone have their own ways of dealing theirs....

Well enough about me...let's talk about my kids...

The following monday after their birthday...i got myself excited by preparing birthday treats for their classmates...there were chocolates cookies, jellies and interesting lollipops that my kids enjoyed very much....(as you can see from their smiling faces on the pictures above)

Their classmates sang them birthday songs in 3 different languages and they felt special instantly because they told their father this after school, " Aniq aliah punya birthday!!"

I thought of having birthday party next year for their 5th but something tells me that i am not ready...just look at my kitchen utensils and my periuks...not meant to cook a lot of stuffs...but maybe early to tell....let's just see whether i have the budget to do that next year....

Irresistible

One morning when the weather was cold, the kids insisted on wearing their jackets to school...not sure whether they were feeling cold or they just wanted to try out their new jackets that i just bought for them.

Aliah's jacket is a Hello Kitty one and it is pretty with pink bows at the sides while Aniq is a hooded sleeveless one that comes in a set together with shirt and pants and he really loves his jacket very much....And after i dressed them up that day, i couldn't resist taking their pictures.

Baked Bean

This is the meal of the day which is Baked Bean with chicken meatballs.
Actually i prefer with chicken meat but i just use whatever i have in my fridge...after i cooked it in the pan, i put it on the bowl and crack an egg in it and microwave it on high for few mins.....and the egg will be cooked nicely...

Yunus n family stall

The dress that Aliah wore on the picture above was my used top that i altered it and became Aliah's dress which has bohemian look iissh to it. That day, a malay girl looked at Aliah and smiled. She even told me that Aliah looked cute with that dress....Yeah...mission accomlished!!

The Mee Rebus is yummylicious with bonesless chicken meat with satay gravy slapping on top..

Last week, We went to Ang Mo Kio to give in to my craving which is Mee Rebus with satay gravy on top and this stall Yunus N Family is a place that i love to frequent once in a while....their soto is my favourite so far and this place holds a lot of memories for me....My friend and i used to come here everytime we visited the AMK National Library during Primary school. It's like walking into Memory lane for me.

The last Saturday of syawal.

Supposedly, Cik Tapa's family plan to come on last Saturday was cancelled but luckily he called at 8am which is early in the morning so it's not that bad since i just about to get started to cook in my kitchen. So i just have to cook less since my hubby's colleagues are still coming.

I made Nasi Lemak and by 1pm like that..i was done with it..Phew that no one came before that because my kitchen was in a mess! Hahaha

I able to bathe first since that early part of morning was such a hot day and performed my solat first and then about 4pm, they have arrived and it's pity that Shahdan's family could not be here because i haven't seen his wife a long time and Yursi also did not bring his fiancee, Maria because she need to attend an open house.....so as you can see...it's all guys...

I was all smile when one of his colleague, Hafiz love my kuih tarts that i made 2nd batch because my family almost finished everything and 2nd batch really taste much better....The first batch that i made in Ramadhan, i was having not a good mood so it was kindda reflecting on my kuihs....Weird.....

His colleagues went back after an hour or so because two of them were working night shift.

So later at night, we went to our groceries store to buy peanuts and drinks since there will be a football match later at 10pm, suddenly we received a sms stating "On the way there".....yikes....what now?!! Got to know that Cik Halim and family will be coming to our house in 20 mins time so we kindda hurry with our stuffs and went home and refilled the kuihs in the container...

So that's my story on last Saturday....we still received guests for Hari Raya and i still can't keep my kuih and utensils yet because there's chance that we still going to receive guests again on this coming Thursday and truth to be told , i can't wait to end it and get on with our normal lives....but i hope that Hari Raya next year will be a better year, a better celebration for me and my family....

This year, i didn't visit any of my friends or my hubby's except Ana, my long time friend who gave birth 2 days after first day of Hari Raya.

On the other note, Man 2 Bolton 0...hurray for winning but the game was not that exciting..

Terung masak kicap

I shall declare this as my one of my most favourite vegetable dish which is Terung masak kicap.

I'm so in love with this....

The First Time.

Last Sunday, we went to Cik Tapa's new house at Jurong ...we took train there and alighted at Boon Lay Station and later took bus no. 242 and we were supposed to alight at the 2nd bus stop but we didn't. So we dropped at bus no. don't know what and crossed the road and took the bus again. Once alighted, we were walking searching for the block and most of the flats there were kind of old.



After 5-7 mins of searching, we found it. Cik Tapa and cik Mimi's house was nice and comfortable and immediately we felt at ease. Aniq and Aliah love to play at the balcony because there was a fish tank with goldfish in it, so they kept staring and playing with it.

Cik mimi prepared few dishes like sambal telur, sambal udang and kangkong belacan for us to go along with plain rice and also she fried a plate of fried noodles. I remembered how Cik Mimi supported and comforted me with her advice when i was in dark place once upon a time...always appreciate and remember that...
After spending 1-2 hours at her home, we went to Sengkang to visit Abg Hisham who just met with minor accident. Turned out, he was not in a bad shape at all....so alhamdullilah.

Over there, it was nice that their nenek and atuk brought the kids to the nearby playground and watched them play..that was the first time that someone else brought them to playground apart from us, the parent.

The kids really had fun and Aniq pespired like crazy!! I really appreciate that they always took the time satting down with the kids and chatted with them and we all laughed at every funny words the kids said....Aniq even said to his nenek who was walking away from him, " Nenek..look out...nanti jatuh nanti...i don't even know Aniq can say things like that.....Hahaha...

A B C, abc

Teaching the kids on how to write properly is like stabbing my heart several times. lol
They already knew how to write their names and some of the letters but letters with difficult strokes like s, z, y...something like that...they would struggle.

Even though Dh and i succeeded in teaching them that at the end of the day after 1-2 hours, i began to worry.

What about next year in K1, with spelling test and other stuffs? Would i struggle everytime i teach them? Or maybe they might surprise me because they sometimes do that. Things that i thought they have difficulties...someimes they surprised me with their capabilities.
I know i shouldn't worry that much but i can't help it....
I can imagine how wreck up i am going to be when the kids is taking the 'o' level on day....hahaha.

Yesterday i watched Opra's show on Hallmark about child abuse and it was heart-sanking.
It was 6 yrs old girl who was left in the house with soiled diaper with wasn't changed for several days, never mixed with other human being, never been outside the house since her birth so her mentality was like 6 months even though she was 6 yrs old...and the best part is when the mother was caught, she told the police that she raised her child the best that she could.
What's so difficult about bringing your 6 yr old girl outside away from home???? What an excuse..! In my opinion, if you cowardly can't or don't want to raise your child, you can always get adoption for your child rather that make your child rot...

Going to KL or Bangkok?

Yesterday night after the kids went to sleep at 9pm, i was vacumming the floor and mopped it afterwards. The the phone rang and it was my MIL called. She was actually looking for Dh but he was working afternoon shift yesterday so she needed to call him on the cell.

Since i already picked the phone up, she informed me that my brother in law, Abg Hisham fall off his bike the day he supposed to meet us for jalan hari raya...i remembered that day was raining drizzly so i guess he fell off due to slippery road. And his motorbile broke down due to that apparently..Alhamdullilah, his injury was nothing serious.
Abg Hisham need Dh's help in terms of his motorbike reparing costs....and where to get it repaired and blah blah blah...Dh was just about to send his sister's computer to Sim Lim Square this saturday and now this...guess his wanted to do list will never end...lol

My MIL was wondering whether we wanted to join in his cousin's family and his uncle's and of course my mum and sis in law will be joining in to KL and Genting for about 4 days this upcoming December.
Truth to be told, Dh and i already made plans about going to Bangkok this January because Dh's annual leave left 2 days this year so we have to wait for January...and the kids were just about to start school so there will no harm done ....i guess, hahaha.
I'm nervous to tell her just yet but will inform her once we made solid plans because there were few times when we cancelled our trip at the last minute....

I'm still making decisions about which hotel to stay...i wanted a place with reasonable price and comfortable/nice room ....a friend of ours said Baiyoke Sky is good but i'm still keeping my eyes open .....I think 1 week before we setting off...then i will informed all parents ...his side and my side.

Spize

Roti John..it has cheddar cheese, mozarella cheese and other stuffs...I love this except it's too cheesy after a while so i will order this with less cheddar cheese next time.

Trained to pose for Men magazine's cover if given an opportunity...lol

Nasi Goreng Pattaya..this is nice


Nasi Ayam Goreng...very nice...

My hubby went to this place at Simpang Bedok with his colleagues and his colleagues recommended him to eat there...it was called Spize...

And he really loves the food there so he brought me and the kids to Spize and even though we only ordered 3 dishes...all of them were well cooked and nice....i really love the Nasi Ayam Goreng. This place also has western food too so next time i might wanting to try them one day.

Lemon Cupcakes

Today i have the mood to bake...so i just randomly picked a cupcake recipe at recipezaar and tried it...

The recipe is almost the same as the orange cupcakes that i did before except of course this used lemon zest instead of orange...

Yoga for kids.

I wanted to start my exercise regime since I've been slacking when it was fasting month and the raya period...and all those kuihs, cakes, lontong and all those stuffs that i stuffed in my mouth...i can feel it already on my bulging tummy and my cheeks....i will feel it on my tummy and my cheeks first before it went to other area....and that's where i should stop.

So yesterday i've been drinking lots of plain cold water and do my exercise...30 mins on my stationary bike while the kids were having breakfast with their milk...

And this morning, i thought of doing yoga for 1/2 hour. I had 2 dvds on pilates, 2 on yoga and few aerobics vcd so i can always spice it up instead of doing one thing everyday...BORING!!

And i always choose yoga that doesn't consist any chanting...only focusing on techniques of breathing, strength and flexibility...

So when i lay my yoga mat and started, i saw Aliah following every simple yoga step that caught her eye and Aniq joined in the fun ..it was hilarious and cute...(the pics shown above)

So Healthy Lifestyle starts with ME!! hehehe