i am bubbles

breaking dawn part 1

2011-11-28T23:03:00.004+08:00

something that i've been looking forward to!! i went to see the movie on the first day they show it in malaysia. tq so much to my better half for being such wonderful and sporting company. sighhhh... at last they got married, got a baby girl and bella became vampire... the movie ended so fast lah! can hardly wait for part 2. hmmmm... *berangan mode*

apam gebu

2011-11-28T22:20:00.006+08:00

salam ma'alhijrah semua.. long weekend for me. i really enjoyed the break. i went outing with the family to catch some movies. and besides that, i get to spend some quality time in my kitchen to try new recipes i got from the internet. this time i googled for apam. cerita dia macam ni.. weekend haritu pergi orang kawin, rumah jiran kat depan rumah. dalam barkat dia bagi apam. very nicely coloured, gebu, halus texture dia. so i googled to find out how to make those irresistibly yummilicious apam.. ada orang panggil 'apam gebu', ada orang panggil 'apam mekar' & ada jugak orang yang panggil 'apam halus gebu'. macam-macam.... but i prefer to call it 'apam gebu'.

apam gebu

here's the tested recipe. texture apam ni halus, gebu & lembut.

the ingredients:

250g caster sugar (kalau tak suka manis sgt, cut down to 180g-200g)
2 biji telur
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp ovalette
300g superfine flour (i used 'blue key superfine flour')
200ml fresh milk
Food colouring

1) Panaskan kukus
2) Beat telur + gula sampai kembang (approx 8-10 mins)
3) Beat in vanilla
4) Beat in ovalette
5) Beat in tepung & fresh milk selang seli
6) Devide batter into 2 or 3 & letak colourings
7) Kukus 10-15 mins

my kids love it. i love it!

tartlets, from my kitchen with love

2011-11-16T10:40:00.006+08:00

as i mentioned in my earlier post, i am so into pastries now. last weekend i tried to make cheese tarts. googled for the recipe at myresipi.com and i managed to produce these cute little tartlets.

aww... ain't it cute??

the process is not that hard. i enjoyed myself making these little cuties. the cheese filling is not that sweet. i used strawberry jam instead of blueberry bcoz i didn't have blueberry filling at home.

here's the recipe..

Bahan untuk Pastri:

125g butter (salted) - bagi lembut sikit sebelum guna
63g gula icing
250g tepung gandum
1 kuning telur (saiz B)
1/2 sudu teh esen vanila
1 sudu besar air sejuk

Bahan untuk Filling:

250g cream cheese - bagi lembut sikit sebelum pukul
20g butter (salted) - bagi lembut sikit sebelum pukul
60g gula halus/gula castor
1 biji telur (saiz B)
Blueberry filling, strawberry filling atau apa2 filling yg digemari secukupnya

Cara-caranya buat pastri:

Tepung dan gula campur sekali dan ayak.
Masukkan butter dalam tepung dan gula tadi, gaul rata hingga jadi seperti pasir/crumb.
Kemudian masukkan kuning telur, esen vanila dan air, gaul sebati hingga jadi doh.
Cover dan rehatkan pada suhu bilik selama ~15min sebelum dimasukkan kedalam acuan tart/cupcakes pan.
Tidak perlu guna sebarang gris untuk acuan. Pastikan acuan kering untuk elak adunan melekat pada acuan selepas bakar.
Bakar pada suhu 180C selama ~20-25min atau hingga sedikit perang shj.

Cara-cara buat filling:

Pukul cream cheese, butter dan gula hingga kembang.
Masukkan telur, pukul sekejap sahaja ~1-2min bagi telur sebati dgn cheese tadi.
Pipekan filling dalam pasteri yang telah dibakar. Bakar lagi pada suhu 180C ~ 6-10min.

Jika saiz besar, lebihkan masa membakar bagi pasteri dan filling.

selamat mencuba!!

sedapnya nyonya tarts!

2011-11-15T09:58:00.005+08:00

one of the latest recipes i tried, nyonya pineapple tarts.. yummmehh!

i'm so into pastries lately.. i got this recipe from the internet. credits to kak gee and tq for sharing this recipe. it is super yummeh! the texture of the pastry is not too soft and not too hard. the taste is buttery and it's like melting in your mouth. the pineapple jam is store bought. i got it from a local ingredient shop in melaka called King Hin. it tastes good.. wet & not that sweet. here's the recipe:

BAHAN2NYA:

50 gm tepung gandum

2 sudu besar tepung jagung

secubit garam

1½ sudu besar gula icing

100 gms butter (pure unsalted butter dipotong dadu)

1 kuning telor

air sejuk (berais)

JEM NENAS:

250gm nenas yg telah disagat

150 gm gula pasir

1 sudu besar jus lemon

cara membuatnya:

masak nenas sampai agak2 pekat baru bubuh gula...masak lagi sampai pekat. kalau suka boleh buh tepung jagung sikit.

CARA MEMBUAT PASTRI:

Ayak tepung, tepung jagung,garam dan gula ising ke dalam mangkuk besar.

Masukkan butter, ramas perlahan2 guna hujung jari (rub in method).

Bila dah berderai, masukkan kuning telor dan uli.

Kalau perlu, bubuh sedikit air sejuk hingga menjadi doh.

Rehatkan doh dalam fridge kira-kira 25 minit.

Turap kira-kira suku inci dan gunakan acuan tart.

Cepit guna penyepit keliling doh itu dan letakkan kira2 satu sudu jam nenas.

Bakar 10 hingga 15 minit, kepanasan 180 c.

enjoy baking!! :)

kisah petang semalam

2011-11-15T08:51:00.003+08:00

kelakar & kesian. semalam haziq merajuk besar dgn aku. sebab? hahaha... begini kisahnya...

semalam around 6pm when i was still at office, mukhriz called.
mukhriz: mama! i got a surprise for you..
mama: what3x?
mukhriz: my teacher told me that i will be pengawas pss next year.
mama: whats pss?
mukhriz: entah?!
mama: (in my head.. agaknya pusat sumber sekolah kot. ok lah tu librarian..) wow! congrats mukhriz. i'm so proud of u.

so lepas tu i took a piece of paper & scribbled some motivational quotes to congratulate him, and i insert 5 bucks in the so-called card.

balik rumah..
mama: mukhriz, this is for you.
mukhriz: (thrilled, excited, happy) YES!! 5 bucks!! tq mama. tq papa.
haziq: why u get money, abang?
mukhriz: bcoz i become pengawas.

aku pun terus masuk bilik for shower. *knock knock knock* on my door..
aku nampak kelibat haziq lari dari living room ke entah mana entah.
mukhriz: mama, haziq said he doesn't love u anymore and he wants a new mama.
mama: (huh?? what the? *blur mode*) Tell him, whatever. go la look foe another mother. (kengkonon nak merajuk kat haziq)
papa: pegi lah pujuk dia. entah2 dia merajuk tu.
mama: merajuk pasal apa pulak?

so aku pun keluar bilik & tanya mukhriz mana haziq. mukhriz kata haziq dalam bilik bibik.
true enough, muka dia masam gila & once dia nampak my face, dia tekap muka dia kat bantal (bantal bibik!) and he cried. pujuk bagai nak rak! dia juz geleng2 kepala bila aku tanya kenapa dia nangis. so aku menggagahkan diri aku, mengangkat haziq si tembamku dengan segala kedrat yang aku ada, bawak dia masuk dalam bilik aku. tanya punya tanya, soal punya soal, dia juz diam tak nak bgtau kenapa dia merajuk besar sampai menangis segala bagai.

mama: (ambik wallet & keluarkan 3 inggit) nah, haziq, this is for you.
*haziq ambik duit tu but still masam muka..
mama: haziq merajuk sebab haziq tak dapat duit eh?
haziq: (nod2x & terus bukak pintu nak keluar bilik)
mama: so haziq nak carik mama lain jugak ke?
haziq: (geleng kepala)
mama: (**!!?/,::*%@#!)

i want you!

2011-10-31T17:30:00.002+08:00

kitchenAid stand mixer
u see that machine up there?
how i wish i can have one...

baking-unlimited.com

2011-10-31T17:13:00.002+08:00

takde koje betul aku ni. asik dok try resipi itu dan ini. pantang weekend or public holiday, mesti meroyan nak buat something kat dapor. last saturday i tried to make chicken pie, dapat recipe ni dari kak ngah. sungguh aku tak percaya aku telah berjaya membuat my own homemade pie! dulu juz tau makan pie yang mak buat. best sgt bila kita buat apa2, the kids makan & kata sedap. sometimes siap exaggerate dgn pujian yang melambong2. :) thx for the recipe kak ngah ku sayang..

baking moms out there, here's the recipe..

-chicken pie-

ingredients:
2 3/4 cup flour
3/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup butter
2/3 cup cold water

Flour+salt+butter buat dgn hujung jari. campurkan air& uli. kalau lembek, tambah tepung. then canai tapi tak payah tebal sgt.

inti :

burger ayam ramly 1/2 pack

potatoes abt 2-3 biji

mushroom 1/2 can

1) letak burger on pan, keluarkan minyak & dishout minyak

2) squeeze limau nipis, then onions, serbuk rempah kari sikit, then potatoes n mushroom.

3) bila da masak tutup api

4) before put in to pastry, gaul telur n tabur flour into the inti so that dia melekat.

Makes abt 10 pies of 3x3 inch aluminium box.

Bake in preheat 200c (15-20 min)

polkadots

2011-10-31T16:49:00.003+08:00

people call it 'apam polka dot' or 'apam dot dot'. i prefer the polka dots bcoz dot dot sounds kinky. i've been eying on the little tiny cuties and been wanting to make them. and finally, i made them! the process is not so easy. the batter is thick and sticky. making the dots was quite challenging due to it's mini size and the batter's texture. but i really enjoyed making the apams. got the recipe from myresipi.com, upon recommendation from a good friend of mine.

the batter, the piping bags and the colorful outcome

awwww... ain't it cute?

if any of you baking moms out there feels like trying, here's the recipe :)

apam polka dots

bahan-bahan ( 45 biji Cup Sederhana Besar )

* 3 biji telur

* 200 gm (1 cup) gula halus (boleh kurangkan jika tak suka manis)

* 150gm (< 2/3 cup) fresh milk. Boleh juga ganti dgn susu sejat/evaporated.

* 275 gm (2 3/4 cup) tepung gandum*

* 3 sudu teh baking powder* (diayak bersama tepung gandum)

* 1 sudu teh ovallete

* 1 sudu teh esen vanilla

* Pewarna

* Filling : blueberry, sekaya, strawberry, jem, peanut butter, coklat, orange filling atau apa2 je

secukupnya (masukkan ke dalam piping bag)

cara-cara:

1. Pukul telur dan gula hingga kembang dgn kelajuan maxima selama 10 minit.

Masukkan susu BERSELANGSELI dengan tepung sedikit demi sedikit sambil pukul perlahan

dengan mixer.

Tambah esen vanilla & Ovallette, pukul lagi sehingga sebati dan nampak adunan akan berubah

texture menjadi gebu.

Bahagikan adunan kepada beberapa bahagian, titiskan pewarna mengikut citarasa.

2. Masukkan setiap warna ke dalam piping bag (atau beg plastik yang bersih).

3. Picitkan sedikit adunan ke dalam mangkuk kertas yang telah disusun didalam acuan lompang.

4. Picitkan filling secukupnya.

5. Picitkan lagi adunan sehingga ¾ penuh. Kemudian dot dot kan dengan warna pilihan.

6. Kukus didalam kukusan yang telah dipanaskan selama 10-15 minit

7. Jangan buka api besar semasa mengukus. Nanti merekah. Bungkus tutup kukus dgn kain biar air tak jatuh pd apam.

feeling velvety

2011-10-31T16:30:00.000+08:00

i've tried a few recipes i got from the internet but in my opinion, Laura's recipe is the best. the cake texture is so soft & velvety. simply simply irresistible! i made some rv cupcakes for my mak yesterday, and she loves them!

here's the recipe..

red velvet cupcakes

ingredients:
1 1/4 all purpose flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
60 g unsalted butter (room temp)
3/4 cup caster sugar
3/4 cup buttermilk (3/4 fresh milk + 3/4 tbsp apple cider)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp red food colouring

1. preheat oven to 180c.
2. in a small bowl, mix together flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda & salt. put aside.
3. in a mixer bowl, cream together butter & sugar. add egg & vanilla & mix until creamy.
4. slow the mixer speed, add 1/2 of the dry ingredients. then add the buttermilk. mix until well combined. then add the remaining 1/2 of both dry ingredients. DON'T overmix.
5. use rubber spatula to mix the red food colouring into the batter.
6. use ice cream scoop to scoop the batter evenly in your baking pan/cupcake cups.
bake for 18-22 minutes.
let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting.

creamcheese frosting:
4 oz creamcheese
4 oz butter (room temp)
1 oz icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

1. mix all ingredients and beat until smooth & creamy.
2. frost the cupcakes with little spatula or using a piping bag.
let cool in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes to set a little before serving.

kesyukuran

2011-10-28T09:09:00.003+08:00

bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

betapa aku bersyukur kepadaMu ya Allah di atas segala ujianMu yang memberikan aku keinsafan. aku panjatkan segala puji-pujian ke atasMu dan aku bersyukur kepadaMu ya Allah di atas segala rahmat dan rezeki yang Kau turunkan, menjawab segala doaku, memberikan aku kebahagiaan, kesihatan dan ketenangan. Kau turunkan cahaya, Kau turunkan hujan dan Kau turunkan keberkatan di muka bumi ini untuk semua hambaMu mendapat manfaat.

.....syukur alhamdulillah

deewali 2011

2011-10-27T12:13:00.006+08:00

nope, i didn't celebrate deewali but it was a public holiday and my mode button for baking and cooking turned on again. boy! i'm crazy. i spent a lot of time in the kitchen yesterday. i made pancakes for breakfast. the recipe that i tried was so good! my kids loved them. we had them with maple syrup, strawberry jam and chocolate syrup. my kids sprayed some whipped cream on their pancakes, they love whipped cream up to an extent where they will spray it straight into their mouths!

i love pancakes!!

i cooked lunch. i'm in process of improving my skills of cooking malay dish. masak asam a.k.a asam pedas is our old time favorite lauk. so yesterday was my 2nd trial of making masam asam. almost there... with a little bit of improvising, i think i'll make the best masak asam in my taman perumahan (cewah!! perasan!).

jenak masak asam, sweet sour chicken & fried spinach.

a meal is never complete without desserts. well, that's what i think because i can't resist desserts. i love them (and that explains why fat keeps on piling up inside of me, gulp!). anyway, i made oreo ice cream cake for dessert. thx for the recipe, laura.. this is a good and simple recipe. the taste, out of this world!! ok lah, maybe i'm a little bit exaggerating here. the taste is good and i want to share the recipe with all of you baking moms out there.

smooth texture. milky and sweet. irresistible.

oreo ice cream cake recipe:

ingredients
1 pint vanilla ice cream (i prefer nestle's bcoz of the milkiness)
1/2 cup caramel sauce (i omit this bcoz it's too sweet. u can half the quantity if u want)
1/2 cup chocolate syrup
1 large pack oreo cookies
1/2 cup walnut syrup (optional)

preparation
1. take ice cream out of freezer and leave at room temp for 10-15 minutes
2. line a pan with parchment paper.
3. line the inner edge & the bottom of the pan with oreo halves.
4. place the rest of the oreo in a zip lock bag & smash them with a rolling pin until the oreo
become coarse crumbs.
5. in a large bowl, mix together ice cream, caramel sauce, chocolate syrup, walnuts and oreo
crumbs (reserve 1/4 of the crumbs for the topping). mix everything together well to combine
and pour the mixture to the pan. top the cake with the reserved crumbs.
6. place the cake in the freezer for 6 hours (i freeze my cake overnight to make sure it sets well).

ten years

2011-10-27T11:52:00.005+08:00

21st october 2001

that day... the day that brought an ultimate joy into my life. the day that made me become a brand new person. the day when my better half & i were united as one. that day was a happy ending of my own fairytale..

...and that day was the beginning of my journey in life. the journey with many happiness, laughter and joy. challenges, tears and pain are never being borne alone since that day. i am always being accompanied, being loved, and being taken care of. and the journey keeps on continuing for as long as we shall live, together..

21st october 2011

thank you my love for giving me you

pressure pressure pressure!!

2011-10-19T10:07:00.003+08:00

stress mode is so ON rite now! i feel like punching someone's face!!

16 october 2011

2011-10-18T16:01:00.003+08:00

happy birthday, me!! thank you so much to all family, relatives and friends that wished me. thanx mak for baking the most yummilicious moist chocolate cake. thanx to my siblings; kak long, k.ila @ blossom, jerd for singing 'happy bday to you' at Sri Tanjong last sunday. kak long, thx so much for the unexpected at all bday gift! you're so sweet!! thanx jerd, andy, and my staffs; nana, irwan, & othman for celebrating my belated b'day yesterday.. hugss!!

i made pretzels

2011-10-18T15:27:00.004+08:00

wow! unbelievable but true. my 1st attempt of making homemade pretzels and caramel sauce sort of succeeded. sort of... because the pretzels texture & taste can't beat auntie anne's pretzels (my favourite!) but i think with a few more attempts and some modifications and alterations here & there to the recipe, i think it's soon (entah bila agaknya??) gonna be perfect (ye la tu... perasan lebih..). want the recipe? try it, impress yourself and your kids (ni kes syok sendiri la ni...).

ingredients:

1 ½ cups of Water (warm)
1 Tbsp of Sugar
1 ½ tsp of Salt
1 package of Dry Yeast
2 Tbsp of melted Butter
4 ½ to 5 cups of All Purpose Flour

6 cups of Water
½ cup of Baking Soda

Egg Wash (1 egg beaten with 1 tbsp of water)
Kosher Salt or sugar for topping

1) In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, add the water, sugar and salt, stir to mix and sprinkle the yeast on top. Let it sit for about 5 minutes or until the yeast begins to foam.

2) Add the flour and butter and turn the mixer to low and mix until everything is combined. Turn the speed up to medium and mix for about 5 to 7 minutes or until you have a smooth dough.

3) Brush the bottom and sides of a bowl with some vegetable oil and put the dough in the oiled bowl. Cover with wet towel or cling wrapper and let it rise in a warm spot (in your microwave pun boleh) for about 1 hour.

4) Preheat your oven to 230c, lay 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and brush some vegetable oil on the parchment paper.

5) Add the water and baking soda to a roasting pan and set the roasting pan over a burner and turn the heat on to medium and let the water come to a rolling boil, meanwhile form the pretzels.

6) Once the dough has risen, cut it into 12 equal pieces, roll each piece into a rope and make a U shape, then press the ends of the rope at the bottom of the U shape and pinch the ends. Place your shaped pretzels onto the oiled parchment paper line baking sheets.

7) Carefully place the pretzels into the boiling water for 30 seconds one at a time, remove from the boiling water using a flat spatula and put them back on the oiled parchment paper lined baking sheets. Continue to cook all of them and then brush them with the egg wash and sprinkle each one with a little kosher salt or sugar.

8) Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until deeply golden brown.

well, yeah looks like it needs a lot of effort. uneasy steps i should admit but i had fun making those pretzels.

sunday @home

2011-10-10T10:43:00.008+08:00

my little dimples, weef weef is not well. his mood swings from left to right, top to bottom. so we've decided to spend our sunday at home. i love spending my weekends at home now. and i love to spend loads of time in my kitchen doing one experiment after another.. *i used to hate stepping foot into my kitchen bcoz of very poor housekeeping by my ex-maid. but my new maid, a very clean lady takes good care and maintain my kitchen very well now.. so i enjoy cooking and baking in a clean, non sticky and hygiene kitchen*

for breakfast, i made serabai. can u believe it? i dare myself to try make it. well, it was my 1st attempt & the experiment didn't turn out well. u r supposed to eat serabai with its own kuah serawa (like pengat durian/pisang) but i didn't have durian/pisang at home so i substitute them with butter, jam & chocolate spread. (entah apa2 entah! lebih baik buat pancake je kan lebih senang & sesuai. pfffttt!!). so as a conclusion, i prefer the normal pancake. haziq didn't like the serabai i made as well. he juz had 1 (unfinished) and said, "mama, apesal this pancake tak sedap eh?" sheeesh!!!

look at that rascal's face! the 'hmmm-tak-sedap-aaaa' face!

anyway.. for lunch i cooked ayam masak merah, steamed siakap & fried vege. i bought the chicken from the chicken processing shop so it was so fresh & tastes gooooood! the siakap was ok lah, juz got it from the market but not that fresh. want the steamed siakap recipe? easy peasy..

thai style steamed siakap

ingredients:
1 ekor siakap - basuh & lumur dengan air asam utk buang hanyir
2" halia - hiris halus
5 ulas bawang putih - hiris halus
1 btg serai - hiris2
1-2 biji tomato - potong dadu
1 sdB oyster sos - campur air & gula sikit
1-2 biji limau nipis - perah jus dia
daun sup

1. gaul ikan dengan garam. tabur2 kan halia, bawang putih & serai. steam for 25 minutes.
2. taburkan tomato & curah oyster sos mix. continue to steam for 5 minutes.
3. curah jus limau. cuba rasa masam manis masin. tambah apa yg patut. continue to steam for 3 minutes.
4. tutup api & tabur2 kan daun sup.

try it. it's lazat & healthy.

for dinner we just had bread & finish off lunch leftovers. haziq asked for red velvet cupcakes but it was nite time already when he asked & we had to go out to shop for some groceries. *if u notice, haziq ni memang kuat makan. very demanding & choosy. a die hard fan of desserts, like me..*
ok lah, the next time i make red velvet cupcakes for haziq, i'll post an entry about it and share with u the recipe. traaaa...

moon halo 09.10.11

2011-10-10T10:13:00.004+08:00

i didn't witness this with my own eyes but, wow!! subhanallah...

"Gambar fenomena fenomena lingkaran 22 degree lunar halo paling indah pada 9/ 10/ 2011. Mesti ramai yang dah melihat fenomena ni pada malam tu. Lingkaran yang mengelilingi bulan seperti cincin ni dinamakan 22 degree lunar halo. Ia terjadi apabila terdapat awan sirus yang mengandungi kristal ais, pantulan cahaya dari bulan membiaskan cahaya tersebut lalu terjadilah fenomena ini."
- http://www.melvister.com

u all suka soft cookies??

2011-10-06T16:30:00.007+08:00

kalau korang suka soft cookies, cuba try recipe ni. kesedapan tahap menjilat tapak tangan! rasa dia kan, kat keliling crispy tapi kat tengah chunky/chewy. chocolate chips tak kisah pakai apa cap pun but i use hersheys brand. bila kunyah tu... mmmmmm, sungguh chocolaty. cinnamon tu sikit je, tak obvious sangat rasa dia. reason guna cinnamon is to make the chocolate taste more intense. sekali try buat mesti nak buat lagi berkali2. tak percaya? cer cuba...

2 1/4 cups All purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
7 tbsp unsalted butter (room temp)
2 tbsp vegetable shortening (room temp)
3/4 cups caster sugar
3/4 cups brown sugar
2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

Preps:
1. Preheat oven to 190c
2. Combine together flour, salt, baking soda & cinnamon
3. In a mixer bowl, cream together butter, shortening and both sugars
4. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix until well combined
5. Scrape down sides of bowl to make sure everything is mixed well
6. Add the dry ingredients & mix to combine
7. Add choc chips & mix to distribute through the batter
8. Use a small ice cream scoop, drop the dough 2" apart onto a baking tray
Bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly golden brown around the edges
Cool for 5 minutes on the baking tray before u remove onto wire rack

this recipe is my haziq's favourite. i'll bake half or 1/4 of the batter and keep the balance of the batter in the fridge so that i can easily bake fresh anytime haziq wants somemore cookies bila2 dia teragak nak makan. cuba tau.. :)

last weekend

2011-10-05T09:52:00.005+08:00

hoi hai.. last weekend we brought our kids to kl. saje lepak2 sebab dah lama tak keluar from melaka. kids dah bosan asik dok rumah masa weekend. so kitorang gi lepak area damansara. best ada ikea. nak ke mana2 pun senang tak pyh drive sebab kat bawah2 hotel tu ada macam2.

view from our hotel room. biasanya we all dpt bilik yg nampak view ikea.
tak best sgt view from this room sbb nampak bumbung je banyak.

in the room the kids main psp & ipad sementara nak tunggu mama & papa siap

nyum nyum.. best rupa2nya tutti frutti. self service frozen yogurt shop..
the kids excited gila sbb boleh tuang sendiri their yogurt

tengok lah dak haziq dan aksi2 terlampau nya itu!! mat over sungguh...

bye2 fun weekend in kl. time to go back home...

jom buat carrot cake

2011-10-04T16:24:00.005+08:00

hi all.. been ages since i last share my story with u people. well, there's nothing much to say actually. been doing the normal daily routine. nothing out of this world. weekdays, macam biasa lah. bangun pagi gosok gigi cuci muka mandi pakai baju *tweet* masa cikgu muzik kat sekolah dulu ajar, dia tak mention : 'mandi'. apa lah punya cikgu. kita mestilah mandi lepas gosok gigi & cuci muka. well anyway, then hantar mukhriz to school. then off to office. the same thing happens everyday monday to friday.

so weekends, kalau takde benda nak buat, i juz rest at home with the family. since my new maid is not so good at cooking (boleh lah tahan tapi tak lah sedap sgt..), i normally choose to cook and ask her to do other stuffs like laundry, ironing etc etc. i prefer to be chef alone in the kitchen. i'm not a pro but ok lah.. besides preparing lunch, i like to try out new recipes for desserts. nyumm nyumm... last weekend i tried new recipe for carrotcake. sedap jugak that recipe. u wanna try it? very easy peasy.

MOIST CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

1 1/4 cup & 1 tbsp all purpose flour
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg (i didnt put this haritu sbb takde)
3/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla essence
1 tsp grated orange zest (ni pun i didnt put sbb takde orange plk kat fridge masa tu.. hmmm)
1 1/2 cup shredded carrot
1/2 cup raisin (ni i didnt put sbb takut the kids tak suka)

1. preheat oven to 180c
2. in a bowl, toss together raisins, carrots and 1 tbsp flour
3. in a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients until well combined
4. then add in the carrot & raisin. mix until incorporated
5. pour the batter in a baking pan (jangan lupa sapu butter & alas parchment paper dulu)
6. bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

for the frosting:
4 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
4 oz butter (room temperature)
1 oz icing sugar

1. beat all ingredients until creamy and thick
2. then frost the cake. tapi kena make sure cake betul2 cool off tau, kalau tak cair bair frosting tu jadi mcm castard.

ok u alls. try yang ni dulu. nanti kalau ada masa lapang, i'll share some other recipes in my top list. selamat mencuba.. oxox W.

cuba skincare baru

2011-08-28T16:41:00.005+08:00

hari ni i had a nice long awaited & postponed facial treatment. kali ni aku cuba something new. cuba product cellnique. (terpengaruh dengan nana AF). hrtu aku terbaca blog dia. dia cerita pasal skincare yg dia pakai. mmg jauh beza complexion nana AF dulu & sekarang. tapi besides nana AF ada lagi a few people yang bagi good reviews about cellnique. so, atas dasar terpengaruh, aku pun ingin mencuba sesuatu yang baru. at the moment aku pakai produk campur2. macam2 ada. eumora soap bar, dermalogica special cleansing gel, dermalogica multi active toner, simplysiti C Bright 5in1 cream & simplysiti C Bright Serum. simplysiti pun ada.. sokonglah produk buatan malaysia.. :p

actually eumora really helped me overcome my oily t zone problem. oil seed yg tumbuh mcm cendawan kat muka pun berjaya ditentang oleh eumora. tau tak satu masa dulu masa aku ada problem complexion byk bijik2 tu, aku pergi klinik dr kelly anesthetist yg entah bertauliah ke tidak tu. dia kata bijik2 kat muka aku tu warts! dia soh aku buat laser treatment yang sakit nak mampuih tapi tak solve pun problem. benda alah bijik2 tu keluar balik merrily. bijik2 tu ripa2nya oil seeds. apa le punya dr kelly. oil seed dgn ketuat pun tak tau beza? apa punya anesthetist entah le dia tu. cap ayam sungguh.

tapi masalah yang timbul bila aku pakai eumora lepas 1 thn lebih ni, dia buat overall complexion jadi terlalu kering bila pakai long term. kulit kat u-zone jadi kesat. so.. aku rasa dah tiba masanya untuk mencuba sesuatu yg baru. cellnique..

hopefully percubaan yang berbaloi...

diam membisu

2011-08-26T08:07:00.007+08:00

dah lamanya tak update blog. dah bersawang kot blog ni. setelah sekian lama aku membisu, hari ni aku rasa mcm nak bukak blog & update sikit tentang apa yang aku buat selama aku mendiamkan diri. actually bukannya buat apa pun, juz that takde mood, takde modal nak berceloteh & bulan puasa kan.. processor jadi slow mo.

tapi kan, sejak bulan puasa ni, aku suka sgt dok dapur lepas2 time kerja tu buat cake, cupcakes & cookies. cuba2 recipe baru.. ada yang sedap, ada yang hampeh. semua belajar guna internet & you tube. syok jugak baking ni sebenarnya. berguna sungguh oven all in 1 amway yang aku beli drp faizah, staff kakak aku tu. itu lah bread maker, itu lah oven, itulah toaster, itu lah segalanya. walaupun cute kemetot je size dia, tapi puas aku buat cake guna dia.

selain daripada baking-unlimited.com, lepas2 kerja tu aku suka browsing internet utk collect recipe2. baking je. masak2 takde pun sepanjang bulan puasa ni. semua maid tersohor aku yang buat. oh ye, ada seketika hrtu aku ada 2 maid. so life was like wow.. relax habis. maid aku yg dah keje almost 4 years tu decided to quit & now she's gone. i'm back to having 1 maid now.

maid yg sekarang ni bagus bangat. i took her for my parents in law. oleh kerana aku ada anak kecik & takut nak ambik risk maid baru utk jaga anak2 aku, aku decide utk bwk bibik dtg keje utk aku & ambik bibik baru utk parents in law. kat situ tak ada baby so not so kritikal. bibik aku ni sgt cekap, bersih & orangnya jenis suka kemas nak dibandingkan dgn ex maid aku yg dah blah tu. anak2 aku pun suka kat dia. last 2 days we went shopping for some raya stuffs for her. kesian tgk baju dia selekeh. bagi la dia bergaya sikit raya ni.

well, that's it for now. to infinity.. and beyond!!

al-fatihah

2011-06-24T09:09:00.000+08:00

ya Allah, kau cucuri lah rahmatmu ke atas roh ibu mertuaku, patimah binti mohd sah. ampunkan lah segala dosa dosanya. tempatkan lah dia di kalangan orang orang yang beriman. lepaskan lah dia dari seksa kubur. berikan lah dia kebahagiaan dan ketenangan dari mula alam barzakhnya sehingga ke akhirat kelak. amin.

"bertenang lah di sana, mak. kami semua redha dengan ketentuan Allah yang lebih sayangkan mak. ampunkan lah kami sekiranya ada tersalah laku dan kata yang telah menyinggung perasaan mak.
semoga kita berjumpa semula di akhirat nanti. we miss you..."
16062011. 2355 hrs

bliss

2011-05-17T12:51:00.005+08:00

Last week i had a really relaxing session with my sister buttercup at keyside spa. We had mani pedi & body massage. I love spas.. The aroma & scents that manage to ease tension. Mmmmmmm... Bliss!

syukur alhamdulillah

2011-05-12T14:37:00.000+08:00

sebab tu lah mak selalu pesan, kita kena bersyukur je dgn apa yg berlaku. semua ujian yg Allah turunkan pada kita tu ada hikmah disebaliknya. biar org buat kita tapi kita jgn buat org. pepatah mak tu mmg sangat tak relevan dgn jiwa aku sbb bagi aku, mana boleh org asik pijak kepala kita? takkan kita nak buat diam je kena pijak dgn org? tapi betul lah cakap mak. Allah tu maha berkuasa. hari ni org dengki kat kita, esok lusa Allah akan bg kita happy. syukur alhamdulillah, musim kemarau yg melanda akhirnya berhenti. akhirnya doa dan hajat aku termakbul jugak. sikit sebanyak ada juga rezeki yg Allah curahkan.

tapi, aku amat2 bersyukur sebab aku dilahirkan dlm keluarga yg sgt penyayang, mendorong, tolong menolong & sanggup bersama2 dgn aku tak kira masa senang ataupun susah. tq Allah atas nikmat yg kau berikan padaku..

ujian Allah

2011-04-18T22:49:00.003+08:00

dunia ni memang penuh dengan dugaan & cabaran. tu semua ujian dari Allah s.w.t.. setiap orang mesti tak terlepas daripada ujianNya. tahun ni, memang aku mendapat ujian yang bertalu-talu drpNya. lepas satu, satu Dia menguji aku. sebagai sorang manusia lemah yang tahap keimanan tak lah setinggi mana, aku memang kadang2 rasa tension tahap gunung berapi nak meletop, tahap gempa 100 skala rektor, tahap... tahap apa2 lah yang tak terkata lagi dah! tapi what to do? aku hanya mampu berusaha, buat apa yang terdaya, selebihnya aku doa & tawakkal je lah. tapi aku heran lah.. kenapa lah dlm dunia ni ada manusia yang berspesiskan cicak? sebenarnya, aku nak golongkan manusia ni dlm golongan binatang yg lebih keji dari cicak tapi takpe lah, tahap kesabaran aku masih ada lg sikit2. cicak pun dah cukup teruk dah, zaman nabi dulu kan cicak khianat nabi. so, oleh kerana manusia yg aku maksudkan ni kaya dgn sifat2 dengki, khianat & busuk hati, dia amat sesuai sekali digolongkan dlm kategori cicak. haiiihhh, zaman sains & teknologi ni pun masih wujud barberian. ambik tindakan tanpa memperdulikan undang2. takpe lah si cicak yang bangang, selagi kau ada kuasa & berjawatan ni, kau buatlah apa yg kau nak sesuka hati kau. Allah maha adil. harini kau kenakan orang, satu hari nanti kau yang akan terkena. masa tu, barulah kau tahu pangkat & kuasa kalau disalahguna, akhirnya kau takkan disanjung tapi akan dilambung, ditendang & dipijak2 sampai penyek. stupid barberian. *sighhhhh...* walaubagaimanapun, takpe lah. aku terima ujian2 ni semua dgn redha & kesyukuran. bak kata pepatah, 'tak jatuh, tak pandai'. so bila terjatuh tu, gagahkan diri utk bangun balik. kalau ada luka2 kecik akibat terjatuh tu, letak antiseptik, tampal plaster & paksa diri utk teruskan usaha & perjalanan. mudah2an, aku dijauhkan dari dugaan & ujian yang diluar kemampuan aku. amin...

10 april 2011

2011-04-12T10:36:00.002+08:00

i thank to Allah swt for giving me such a wonderful in laws. they treat me like their own daughter. they love my children dearly. my father in law has been helping me picking up mukhriz everyday from school. thanks alot dear father in law for being so willing. both my in laws are such a great sport. they never bug into their children's personal life and they let their children be free to choose their own paths & make their own decisions in life.

last weekend, we celebrated my in-laws wedding 39th year anniversary & my father in-law's 63rd b'day.

happy anniversary to my in laws. happy birthday to my father in law.

satu april

2011-04-01T16:23:00.004+08:00

hari ni mak & apak celebrate anniversary yang ke 49. walaupun tempat sambutan diorang tak begitu romantik tahun ni, diorang tetap together dalam keadaan susah senang sakit pening. aku wujud dalam hidup mak apak 16 tahun lepas diorang kahwin. selama 33 tahun aku hidup dalam dunia ni, mak apak sentiasa sediakan segalanya yang terbaik untuk aku. makan, minum, pelajaran dan kasih sayang. mak apak tak pernah pilih kasih atau ada unsur2 favouritism dalam membesarkan aku & adik beradik aku semua. diorang memang sentiasa adil & saksama. terima kasih mak & apak yang sangat2 aku sayang atas segala jasa & kasih sayang yang mak & apak berikan dalam mendidik & membesarkan aku. i love you both deeply & there's no one in this world that can ever replace you both.

al-fatihah

2011-03-30T16:09:00.003+08:00

I received a sad news early in the morning yesterday. One of my staffs that had been hospitalized for two months finally returned to Yang Maha Esa. Wak Latif..

Arwah started working in my company somewhere in 2009. He was a loyal & dedicated man. I never thought that he would go because he was such a strong hearted person. But Allah knows what's best for him. Semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat yang melimpah ruah ke atas roh arwah & semoga arwah ditempatkan dikalangan orang2 yang beriman..

You will be missed, Wak...

one year ago

2011-03-18T22:15:00.008+08:00

It is fresh in my mind. the suspense, the moment, the pain, the tears and the happiness..

The suspense.. With my past experience of long labour due to big babies that i breed in my womb, my O&G estimated zarif's weight around 3.7kg 2 weeks b4 due date. So i chose to force him get out of my womb by going thru c-section 2 weeks b4 due date. That morning when the nurse in charged was preparing me for the c-sec, my heartbeat went wild and i was torn. I wanted to chicken out but i didn't wanna gamble and go thru another long labour. "God, is this right? Am i making a wise decision? Is it too late to back off?" Those are the questions that kept on repeating over and over again in my head when the nurse inserted a tube for urinating. And those questions made my heart gone even wilder when the nurse was wheeling me to the OR. it was a whole new experience for me bcoz my other half is not by my side like always.. At that moment, i knew that i made a terrible mistake that i'm gonna regret..

The pain.. i alwiz thot that my tolerance for pain is high. But how was i so wrong to think of that?! The pain of natural labour is great, undoubtfully.. But the painful labour ends immediately when we hear the crying sound of the gift from Allah. I didn't go thru another long labour this time tho, but i had to go thru a long long long post-op pain. The pain that hurt me physically & mentally bcoz i could not handle my baby as easy as it is supposed to be. I was in so much pain mainly bcoz i was having a bad cough that hurt the cut so badly. And my problem is i have low antibody that needs extra shots of medicine to relief me from sickness or pain. I asked for overdosed morphines but the doctor refused to give me what i wanted and gave me pain killers that didn't help that much. Well, that was the price that i had to pay..

The tears.. I cried alot after delivery. Tears of joy, tears of pain..

The happiness.. the painful experiment of my life is all worth it bcoz i have another special gift from Allah s.w.t. Syukur alhamdulillah. I'm so blessed to have such a cutie pie like zarif. He brought so much love, laughters and happiness to me and my family. He completes us. Thank you Allah for giving me this little dimples.

Happy birthday Zarif. Today you're 1. I love you and i'm anxious to raise you. You have been such a good baby, really cuddly and clingy. I feel so blessed and loved. And i love you back...

iPhone vs blackberry

2011-03-01T21:34:00.006+08:00

i've been using blackberry for more than a year now and i juz love it. it's really handy. one thing i like about it is the fact that i get to open my emails anywhere i go and take action immediately even when i'm not in the office. but the best part of using my blackberry is when i get to keep in touch with my family & friends thru blackberry messenger (bbm). no matter how far i go, or my family goes, i will feel so near to them by communicating thru bbm. thank god for great information technology!
i heard many people say that apple products are superbly awesome. i never understood how it can be categorized as awesome bcoz the fact that its touchscreen only respond to the tip of your finger and not to your fingernails, i find that hard to accept due to the not-so-petite fingertips of mine. until recently, when my kekasih decided to get an iPhone4, he offered to me his iPhone3Gs. and i thot, well... why not? one thing about me is i'm crazy about gadgets. when i get new gadgets, i will explore them. and the mission to explore iPhone began immediately when i insert my sim card into the phone.

O M G !!now i realized how interesting iPhone is and i am starting to lurve it madly! access to facebook is so much better thru iPhone than blackberry. i can download many many applications thru iTune apps store. picture viewing is so much better thru iPhone.

however, i don't to sms or email thru iPhone though bcoz of the touchscreen keypad. blackberry still gets to be in my top ranking when it comes to emailing and text-ing. other than that, when it comes to multimedia, iPhone rocks!!! thanks kekasihku for giving me that wonderful gadget. the more i explore the iPhone, the harder for me to take my hands off of it.

and since apple has started to set foot in my heart, i considered to get an iPad and now i'm so anxious to wait for my iPad to arrive!! woohooo....!

an eternal fairy tale

2011-01-27T10:18:00.008+08:00

once upon a time in 1982...

.... and they live happily ever after

21st october 2001

*thank you Allah for making him mine*

the unforgettable memories with evo

2011-01-26T09:16:00.009+08:00

5 years ago, my kekasih bought his dream car, a mitsubishi evolution 9 that he named MQ22. evo became his baby, his toy, his heart and soul. with his 6 years experience of modifying his previous car, he extended his knowledge and passion for motor-sports by exploring the modification of his new baby since the day he possess it. evo had gone through many phases of make ups and upgrading that finally turned it into being the furious killer 9 with 500 horse power. the speed has the ability to create such adrenaline rush that i definitely can't cope.

evo then became an important part of our family. mukhriz & haziq enjoyed being wow-ed by friends when papa send them to school in evo. zarif doesn't really enjoy the roaring sound of the exhaust but he enjoys riding in evo. driving evo makes me feel youthful and sporty.

next week, the killer 9 is going to be handed over to it's new owner. my kekasih decided to sell it off and use the money for other plans and dreams that we have in mind. evo will have a new name, new owner, new garage, new surroundings & new journey.

my kekasih is quite sad to let it go but he knows that something more exciting is waiting for him and our family. he has new dreams that he wants to possess. however, the memories with evo will forever remain in our hearts.

thank you evo for being our ride.
thank you evo for being an exciting entertainment to my kekasih.
thank you evo for the wonderful memories..

un cadeau de paris

2011-01-23T18:48:00.005+08:00

sighhhh, paris... one of my dream destinations..

my sister blossom came back from paris and she brought back a wonderful souvenir for me. thank you dear sister. i love it really much!

the 10th month of the little dimples

2011-01-10T16:09:00.011+08:00

18th March 2010. that day, i received a wonderfully priceless gift from Allah. the gift that brought loads of excitement, joy & happiness to my family. the gift that we named Ahmad Zarif..

day 1 - zarif, born on 18.3.2010 at 9.03am. weight 3.39kg

....and from that day, his life journey started.

month 1 - march 2010

month 2 - april 2010

month 3 - may 2010

month 4 - june 2010

month 5 - july 2010

month 6 - august 2010

month 7 - september 2010

month 8 - october 2010

month 7 - november 2010

month 9 - december 2010

month 10 - january 2011

zarif, you are my little dimples..

mukhriz vs haziq

2011-01-07T10:44:00.014+08:00

mukhriz:

born - 19/11/2002, time - 8.17am, weight - 4.0kg

mukhriz on 29/8/2005

he was my first baby. my pride and joy that gave me a whole new experience in life. he was a really chubby baby with real fair skin and thick hair. he had very low tolerance of pain every time he gets his monthly vaccination. but overall, he was a calm and good baby.. he didn't cry out loud at nights for milk. he just made soft groans whenever he needed feedings.
he's in standard 3 this year, he has grown tall & slim. he's still as calm & gentle. very shy & timid type of person. he doesn't rebel loudly when i say no to his wishes. he cries silently when he's upset. oh mukhriz... you're my big boy now. abang long to both your little brothers. i'm so proud to have such a well-mannered and polite son like you, my dear mukhriz...

haziq:
born - 11/7/2005, time - 11.52pm, weight - 4.05kg

haziq on 28/1/2006

oh haziq, my little apple.. he was born chubby and stays chubby. when he was a baby, he was not like mukhriz. he cried loudly every 2 hours for milk. and the 2 hourly feeding lasts for 4 years! handling him when he was a baby was quite a challenge to me because he was such an active baby. he fell, wounded, bumped, swelled & bleed a lot.
this little rascal of mine is a total opposite of his abang long. he rebels when i don't fulfill his wishes. he'll cry out loud if he doesn't get what he wants. he's talkative, cheeky & jovial. he makes me laugh with his jokes, his funny facial expressions & his silly fictional stories.. home is quiet without him.
he's turning to 6 this year but he's still so clingy and babyish. haziq... you're the everlasting baby of mine.

mukhriz & haziq

31/8/2005

23/1/2006

16/6/2007

18/12/2008

19/3/2009

5/3/2010

i love you dearly, mukhriz & haziq....

2010

2010-12-30T14:08:00.003+08:00

2010 is reaching towards its end soon. so many things happened. some, good and happy but some are not good and sad. some targets and resolutions are achieved but some are still unachievable and maybe need to be carried forward.

family: 2010 brought so much love, passion, care and togetherness in the Nordin clan. we got closer and closer everyday. i am so blessed to have such loving parents, and great siblings with wonderful children. 2010 brought zarif to me, to my other half and to my 2 big boys. our home became merrier, happier and filled with lots and lots of laughter.

luck: in perspective of business, i would summarize 2010 as one of the unlucky years for our construction company. i had to face many challenges, dirty politics, failures and downturns. with continuous effort, i do believe that sooner or later this dry season will end. however, Allah is great and fair. in despite of the unlucky season of the construction company, Allah sprinkled some luck to our maintenance company. the company started blooming towards the 4th quarter of the year. we got new jobs with new clients, more equipments to add to our existing assets and more workers (that gives a big BOMB to our account every end of the month!! Gulp...) *nothing to be complained about, syukur alhamdulillah. :)

health: just a little bit of mild sickness sometimes but most of the time, i'm perfectly healthy throughout 2010. but somewhere in the middle of november, my other half's family was so sad and shocked when we discovered about my mother in law's sickness. she went for an operation and a few other post op treatments and now she is recovering bit by bit.

2011: resolution. i don't like that word. never had and never will. it somehow gives some kind of vibration to my brain, i don't know why.. but i know that one needs a resolution to be specifically clear about what needs to be achieved and what needs to be done. so i set for myself a resolution and keep my brain focus on achieving what i want.

with all the tests that Allah gave me in 2010, i accept them with gratitude and hope for a better luck in 2011. goodbye 2010...

zarif

2010-11-03T10:46:00.007+08:00

anak bongsu le katakan, asik ambik gambau dia je le...

little dimples ku

suka tido meniarap

boleh duduk tapi tak reti duduk sendiri

dah ada gigi 4 batang

scones

2010-11-03T09:55:00.003+08:00

hi blog. hmmmm, harini aku ada satu cerita pasal scones...
segalanya bermula last weekend masa aku lepak minum petang kat rumah kakak aku, blossom. scones yang blossom buat, OMG!! OMG!! setaraf coffee bean, or maybe better actually.. blossom dah dikira tahap sifu dalam baking scones & many other things lah, so dia takde exact measurement utk ingredients. dia main campak2 je ingredients. terror kan dia?

maka aku pun mencubalah... dengan ingredientsnya iaitu tepung, brown sugar, butter, raisins and fresh milk. uli punya uli, canai punya canai, akhirnya terhasil lah scones yang kemudiannya aku masukkan ke dalam ovenku yang kemetot ini (oven all in 1 noxxa amway, aku beli dari faizah, staff kakak aku.. *sempat aku promote kau, pekzah. tuan penasihat, 25 persennnn*) :-

20 minit berlalu, dengan hati yang besar, excited & riang gembira, aku offer dak haziq bawak scones utk bekal sekolah hari ni. haziq setuju & dia nak rasa. kata haziq: can i try and taste the 'cones'?
namun malangnya, indah rupa tapi isi dalamnya bentan. aku heran, agaknya terlebih butter ke apa? atau oven aku yg kemetot ni hampeh ke? dengan hampa aku pun keluarkan balik scones yg aku nak bekalkan utk haziq tu daripada tupperware. kang cikgu dia rasa scone bentan aku, buat malu je.. :(

alkisah rupa2nya, blossom lupa nak pesan pada aku, tepung tu kena pakai tepung MFM self raising flour. mana lah aku tau, aku buat tadi main beduk je pakai tepung gandum.
ishh ishh ishhhh...... silap tepung daaaaaa...

so kesimpulannya, percubaan pertamaku gagal tapi ini tak bermaksud aku putus asa. percubaan kedua ku akan menyusul.... (entah2 petang kang.. heheheh....)

hari ini

2010-10-19T10:18:00.004+08:00

hi blog.

hari ini, 19 october 2010.

hari ini, aku rasa sedih sangat. kakak aku emilda a.k.a. buttercup (BC) akan berangkat untuk mengerjakan haji. aku sgt2 close dgn kakak2ku yang kat melaka ni, BC and BO (adillah a.k.a. blossom). selain drp kekasih ku ZZ, diorang berdua ni lah tempat aku mengadu nasib suka duka ku, tempat aku minta pendapat & nasihat, teman2 utk aku release tension, teman2 bergossip sambil menternak lemak & diorang lah teman2 PPGs aku.

hari ini, BC nak pergi utk 44 hari tinggalkan aku, BO, office & family utk pergi beribadat, pergi menyahut panggilan & jemputan Allah. aku berdoa semoga selamat perjalanan pergi-balik nya, mudah segala urusan haji nya, bertenang & happy dia & husband nya kat sana nanti..

i'm gonna miss you my dear sister..

sehari sebelum 16 oktober 2010

2010-10-15T15:08:00.006+08:00

hi blog. hari ni adalah hari yang paling happy dalam hidup aku. aku amat2 bersyukur kerana dengan izinNya, aku diberikan kesihatan, kegembiraan, dan usia yang dilanjutkan. walaupun dari semasa ke semasa Dia menguji aku dengan dugaan2Nya, aku redha dan bersyukur kerana segala ujian yg diberikan kepadaku dapat aku lalui dengan tabah.

hari ni, mcm tahun lepas jugak, semua team members aku tak pernah lupa utk celebrate bday aku walaupun sehari in advance.
*thank you to my dear sisters, bro & staffs yg bersusah payah buat mini celebration that made my morning so happy & cheerful.. ingatan & kasih sayang yang korang berikan akan aku ingat sampai bila2. i love you guys..*

lepas habis celebrate dgn budak2 ofis, kawan baik aku, liana belanja lunch kat ayam penyet mitc. *thx my friend.. u're so sweet and thotful.*

back from lunch tadi, aku dikejutkan lagi dgn sesuatu yang sgt2 tak ku sangka akan berlaku pada diriku hari ni..

OMG!! gelang idamanku! kekasih hatiku Azizi buat satu kejutan yang hampir memberikan aku heart attack. what a wonderful surprise. kata dia, gelang ni ada 9 butterflies untuk 9 years bday celebrated with him..
*thank you very much sayang. i really didn't expect this. you are the best gift that Allah give me. i'm blessed to have you as my soul mate. praying for our love & bond will last for eternity. thnx so much for this lovely gift.*

raya ku yang meriah

2010-09-23T14:14:00.005+08:00

hi blog. dah lama aku menyepi. puasa dah berlalu. nak raya, dah raya. dah celebrate sepuas2nya. dah naik dah pun kilo kilo yang dah hilang sekejap masa puasa haritu. hishh!! walaubagaimanapun, padahnya terpaksa lah aku tanggung sebab aku yg makan tak ingat dunia. sekarang ni, pelahan2 diet la balik. anyways, raya haritu mmg best sgt. semua adik beradik aku balik. kitorang enjoy sgt masa bagi2 duit raya & tukar2 presents (aktiviti tahunan yg dinamakan 'ali baba bagi harta').

well, ni serba sikit snapshots di hari raya..

mak & apak yang tersayang..
tanpa mereka, tiadalah aku

meriahnya raya. inilah the nordins yang asal. apak, mak & lapan beradik

inilah the nordin group of families..

ini pulak, tak lain tak bukan... the azizis

ni petang raya masa kitorang buat sessi ali baba bagi harta
( mak ai, gemoknya aku! )

itu saja lah yang dapat aku ceritakan kali ni. selamat hari raya kepada semua..

salam aidilfitri

2010-09-07T13:18:00.002+08:00

hi blog.. raya is coming real soon and i'd like to wish you & all my relatives and friends, selamat hari raya. maaf zahir batin. hopefully this year's raya will bring more joy, happiness, health and wealth.. amin..

merdeka

2010-09-01T10:44:00.006+08:00

hi blog.. semalam hari merdeka & aku habiskan masa kat rumah dengan kids tanpa maid sepanjang hari. so, aku pun buat macam2 aktiviti yang bermula selepas sahur.. zarif kena flu, so dia terkejut masa aku bangun sahur then dia tak nak tidur balik sampai subuh. by that time, mata aku pun dah wide open & aku dah fully downloaded. so aku pun teringat yang aku ada beli pisang & terasa macam nak buat banana cupcakes...

percubaan pertama membuat banana cupcakes.
tak cukup satu bahan (ie: sour cream 4 tbsp) tapi aku beduk je..

senang je buat dia rupa2nya.. so lepas masukkan dia dlm oven, terdengar suara budak2 berbunyik. dah bangun tidur la tu. bila aku jengak diorang dalam bilik, mukhriz & haziq tgh buat bising & zarif tgh main2 sendiri. then mukhriz kata dia nak pizza sbb dah lama dia tak makan homemade pizza. so, aku pakai apron balik semula & buatkan pizza untuk diorang. nasib baik ada le jugak bahan2 utk buat pizza's toppings.

main belasah je apa yg ada.. ie: sausages, crab sticks, mince chicken & carrot.

zarif pun leka tgk aku buat pizza. dia dok dalam baby chair dia sambil main2 dgn dia punya teether & toys. cukup time, dia ngengek nak mandi...

petang aku masak for berbuka. buat pertama kalinya aku masak utk berbuka tahun ni sbb selalunya maid aku yg masakkan. aku buat ayam masak kicap, sambal telur & masak lemak kobis. so itulah aktiviti aku sepanjang hari.. penat jugak jadi suri rumah/maid sebenarnya. tu tak buat laundry tu.. kalau laundry pun aku buat semlm, mau naik sawan aku agaknya. nasib baik aku bukan suri rumah/maid... fiuhhhh!! ;p

cuppies for a friend

2010-08-27T10:31:00.005+08:00

hi blog! tomorrow's the birthday of a good friend of mine & i thot that it would be nice if i give her somethg that i make with love. she's special in my heart bcoz of her sincerity in building friendship with me and my PPG sisters. no matter how busy or tired she is, she will spare some of her time to attend to me whenever i need her help. i really hope that this friendship will last forever... so these cuppies are specially for you, my friend & i hope you like them.

happy bday in advance my dear friend !!
thanx for being such a wonderful, understanding & helpful friend...

toothfairy oh toothfairy...

2010-08-25T14:10:00.003+08:00

haziq's first experience of losing his tooth! it happened last 2 days. (that tooth has been shaking for a week or so.), he was trying to open eclipse mints with his teeth then suddenly... ploooop!! his tooth came off. he was such a brave boy bcoz he didnt panic, didnt cry or whatsoever although blood was all over his right palm and that lucky tooth was on his left palm. he juz came to me and said: "mama, my gigi patah".. now my little apple is officially a client of miss toothfairy... :)

MR3

2010-08-23T13:04:00.009+08:00

hi blog.. last week aku & adik beradikku di nordin group prezenkan apak new lamps untuk MR3 nya. excited gila apak aku dapat lampu baru. mana taknya, lampu existing dia tu dah boleh dikatakan katarak tahap kronik. akhirnya, MR3 diberikan satu nafas yang baru...

ini lah flashback masa kitorg buat 'surpriseeee' kat apak & process transformasi lampu tersebut.

apak yang hatinya berbunga-bunga kesukaan & tak sabau2 nak tengok prezennya.

ta-daaaaa....

seperti biasa, aku selalu tak dapat nak enter frame sbb sibuk mengambik gambau.. yang kiri sekali tu bukan aku eh, dia kakakku Blossom yang cun melecun. kakakku Buttercup takde masa ni sbb kena pegi jakarta. apak. adik lelaki tunggalku si lorat Andy. adik perempuanku yang cute & boleh tahan banyak cenekel Jerd. dan of coz... kekasih awal dan akhirku.... (kenapa tak nak tengok camera yang??)

work in progress....

kachingggggggg!!!

siap aku memandai tambah2kan HID ballast kasi memencau2 sikit lampu apak aku... bill-nya seperti biasa.. berat sama dipikul ringan sama dijinjing dgn adik beradik aku yg terlibat dlm projek mencantikkan lampu MR3 ni..

guys, we made apak & mak really happy... <3

5 months

2010-08-18T14:44:00.002+08:00

5 months ago, i gave birth to a wonderful baby that we named Zarif. he was born 3.39kg, the smallest amongst my 3 children. time flies so fast, he's so big now. today he's 9kg.

he can now turn, laugh out loud & sit in a baby chair. and the latest thing that i notice yesterday is that he's got teeth, 2 tiny teeth.. what a wonderful priceless gift that Allah gave me and my family.

my little dimples. syukur alhamdulillah...

ramadhan

2010-08-12T12:18:00.002+08:00

assalamualaikum..
hi blog. selamat berpuasa...

semalam 1st day puasa. lepak2 at home with kids. they all semua ber-hibernate in my room. mukhriz didnt fast yesterday bcoz he is just recovering from toothache & he was under medication. but today is his first trial & i hope that he can make it until berbuka time..

our sahur is simple. we eat bread or oatmeal with drinks like milo, soya milk & water. no appetite to eat big so early in the morning.. but i really hope i'll lose some babyphats during this holy month..

this year, my big sister marlin suggested 'the biggest loser contest', where we're gonna pool money by collecting entry fees of rm50/participant & the one who loses the most kgs will win the pool money. so exciting! i'm participating but not putting any hope to win, just for the sake of having fun with my family..

di bulan ramadhan yg mulia ni, i'm praying semoga Allah membukakan pintu rezeki seluas2nya untukku & family ku & limpahkan kurniaan & rezeki yang melimpah2nya, amin...

ok blog.. have a great ramadhan!!

last weekend

2010-08-09T12:02:00.005+08:00

hi blog! last weekend i had a really special quality time with my darling & my kids. we spent a nite at Gardens, we did window shopping, a little bit of shopping and makan makan makan! after a few visits to coach for the past 2 weeks, i finally ended my temptation & indulged myself with the brand new Alexandra...

thank you my mr. cheerleader, without your "go go! buy buy!", i might not have bought it and maybe i would still be drooling for it rite at this moment.. but now, not anymore!! yeaaahhoo....

well actually the main objective of kl for the weekend was bcoz of my sister's kenduri on saturday. we checked out from Gardens on saturday & ZZ wanted to take a quick peek at his car in a workshop in bandar sunway. peeking done and we were just about to push off to jelatek until somethg happened! i opened my window to throw a cotton bud with zarif's snot and the power window was stuck. it was wide open and then rain drops started to fall! talking about bad lucks.. (maybe Allah's mad at me for overindulging myself with handbags..)

nasib baik we are still in bandar sunway & there's a shop that can fix that darn power window. so zz dropped my kids and i at sunway pyramid so that the kids wont feel uncomfortable while the power window is being fixed. so... only me and my 3 lil heros wandering around, up and down sunway pyramid. but the big boys had fun playing bumper car (3 rounds) and went for a ride in ferry's wheel. and little dimples behaved himself well, sleeping & drinking milk & sleeping again.

that was my 'last weekend'... tiring but exciting (especially the alexandra part!) :)

**to my dear kak mas, sorry to miss your kenduri & congrats to your new office set up! go go azamas!!

happy birthday sweetheart

2010-07-30T12:36:00.010+08:00

today, 30th july 2010, is the 34th birthday of someone very special to my heart. he's my best friend, the one that i always turn to for better or for worse. he's the father of my 3 wonderful gifts from Allah, the one that my children respect & admire. he's my azizi, the one that continuously pours his attention, love & affection to my children and i.

i made some cupcakes for his birthday. well, actually he's not a cake-eater, he just doesn't like cakes. but for the sake of showing his appreciation to my effort, he ate 1, the one that has his name on it. thank you my dear..

i also ordered carrot walnut cupcakes from a bakery near ozana, farissha bakery. the cuppies are delicious! we celebrated his bday at our office. thanx to my dear siblings and staffs that joined the micro party.. to my beloved other half, happy b'day & may Allah bless us with more & more love and happiness..

cupcakes

2010-07-29T08:53:00.003+08:00

i love cupcakes (well, who doesn't??) & it's an 'in' thing now. it's suitable for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and many many other occasions. i normally order them from full time cupcakes makers for my kids' b'days. until recently, i felt like i wanna try bake them myself. so i baked cuppies and muffins. then i thot that i should try decorate them myself, juz for fun. and i so enjoyed it!! so this is my first attempt....

~ butter cream frosting with colorings ~

~ work in progress ~

~ ta-daaa...... ~

well for a first timer in cupcakes decorating, i consider myself... 6/10. (perasan!!! hahahah...).
by the way, thanks to the sophisticated world of IT, i learnt to make the butter cream from you-tube. <3

my little dimples

2010-07-27T15:37:00.004+08:00

my little fella here has grown bigger and bigger & he's really huggable.
hugging him gives a real pleasure to me.
i love my baby!!

zarif, 4 months 10 days today...

my little apple

2010-07-23T15:10:00.005+08:00

terlambat nak cerita pasal my little apple's bday. actually bday dia 11 july haritu. dah besar dah dak haziq.. we celebrated his bday on the 10th at my parents' house. ordered cupcakes from a friend in melaka. last minit order, nasib baik ada yg sanggup nak buat. on his bday, bawak dia gi main2 kat arcade.

on monday, bwk cupcakes pegi school & nyanyi2 with his frens. he was so happy bcoz papa bought a toycar for him, a miniature skyline. and my fren yang buat cupcakes tu prezen kan dia a big remote control car.. punya lah kembang kuncup dak haziq dapat prezen tu!

bali

2010-07-01T17:27:00.010+08:00

sunday lepas me & my team members pergi bali. stayed at 14 roses hotel legian kuta for 3 nights. bali sememangnya satu tempat yg sgt sesuai utk bersantai, relax, honeymoon & snap wonderful pictures.

our activity everyday full from morning sampai malam. we all pergi uluwatu temple, jimbaran beach, tgk barong & keris dance, batik factory, kintamani volcano, tanah lot & yang paling luarbiasa yg aku buat adalah scuba diving kat tanjong benoa nusa dua. satu experience baru yg aku tak pernah terpikir pun nak try sebelum ni. best gile rupanya, tapi at first takut gila, macam nak lemas pun ada, almaklumlah baru first time mencuba...

bali is an amazing island.. buildings dia banyak yg nampak ancient. semua low rise, not more than 4 storeys. byk temples, arca2 & patung2 yg agak scary & dewa dewi kinda stuffs. 90% of bali population are hindus. food yang halal is limited. banyak tourist mat saleh kat situ. the beach takde lah cantik & bersih sangat. tapi ada a lot of water activities. overall, i love bali..

my precious

2010-06-25T16:43:00.003+08:00

it's totally unbelievable to think that i already have 3 wonderful angels.
they are the best thing that happen to me and their papa. thank Allah for giving us such joy & happiness, bless us with love & affection...

haziq's lucky pipi

2010-06-22T10:27:00.004+08:00

berat mata memandang, berat lagi bahu yang memikul.
aku pernah cerita apa sebenarnya yang jadi pada haziq 3 tahun lepas, kecuaian maid mak aku yang telah menyebabkan kerosakan kekal pada pipi kanan haziq.

dulu dia tak faham. tapi sekarang bila dia dah besar & dia dah faham bila org tanya kenapa dgn muka dia, dia mula rasa annoyed & tak selesa. lepas mandi, dia sapu lotion kat pipi dia, dia kata biar pipi dia cantik..
hati aku betul2 tersentuh bila pada satu hari haziq tanya aku samada mama sayang tak pada dia walaupun pipi dia tak mcm pipi zarif.
dengan hati yang sgt2 sebak, aku yakinkan haziq, aku sayang kat dia no matter how he looks like & betapa dia beruntung dapat pipi mcm tu sbb takde org lain yg ada pipi mcm tu kat school kecuali dia je. so, we call it his 'Lucky Pipi'...

aku & zizi tak sanggup nak memikirkan kalau haziq kena ejek dgn kawan2 bila dia mula sekolah standard 1 nanti. aku tak nak bila dia kena ejek, dia akan rasa demotivated atau benci nak pergi sekolah. so, kitorang bawak haziq pergi jumpa plastic surgeon utk dapatkn nasihat & pendapat.
2 org surgeon nasihatkan utk jgn buat surgery sbb keadaan kulit dia sekarang adalah apa yg diorang harapkan utk setiap reconstructive surgery yg diorg buat utk patients yg betul2 ada critical injuries. kalau buat surgery pd haziq, result after surgery maybe lagi teruk daripada condition sekarang. so, aku buat masa ini redha dgn keadaan & cuba bio oil utk baikkan scar haziq. hopefully semakin dia besar, semakin baik lah scar kat lucky pipi dia....

pokok pangkalnya, tuhan aje yg tau mcm mana aku rasa sekarang ni. tapi, aku kena think positif so that haziq akan sentiasa rasa happy dgn his Lucky Pipi..

blog yang diabaikan..

2010-06-15T17:16:00.002+08:00

assalamualaikum..
satu ucapan yang sangat sesuai sekali diucapkan kpd blog aku yang dah lama dibiarkan sunyi sepi kesorangan ini. banyak benda yang telah berlaku sejak kali terakhir aku bercerita. banyak yang tak dapat aku nak recall balik satu persatu.

sebagai salam permulaan kepada kehidupan baru blog aku ni, aku nak introduce sorang pahlawan baru yang muncul dalam hidup aku, zizi dan family aku... zarif

dialah edisi aku dan zizi yang terkini. tambah lagi sorang bodyguard aku. kehadiran zarif menambahkan lagi kebahagiaan & keceriaan kami sekeluarga. lagi 3 hari zarif nak masuk 3 bulan. rasa macam baru je semalam aku diusung masuk ke operation room. yep... zarif memberikan aku satu pengalaman baru yang amat luarbiasa sekali.. yang aku sangkakan senang & sekelip mata.. memang pun senang & sekelip mata, tapi kemudiannya... padan muka aku sendiri yang mencari penyakit. well, semuanya dah berlalu & kesakitan yang aku tanggung pun adalah atas pilihan aku sendiri. now i'm back to normal.. syukur lah semuanya dah berlalu.

dari 2 sekarang dah pun 3. mukhriz & haziq dah jadi bang long & bang ngah. zarif completes our little happy family..
welcome to the family my little dimples..

me in twilight mood.....

2009-12-14T17:19:00.006+08:00

seriously! dah lama gila aku tak sakbi kan blog aku ni. well, nothing much to talk about actually.. besides being a super lazy preggy mom, of coz. that's the main reason of this long silence actually.

well well well... lately, aku terjebak & terpengaruh dengan kakak aku, buttercup. dia mmg tgh menggila gila read and watch twilight and new moon. at first, aku terpikir.. amenda lah yg dia ni dok syok sgt melayan twilight ni? orang kata, cerita ni cerita utk teenagers. mcm mana lah arkitek tersohor pun boleh melayan kisah cinta kanak2 ribena?? ramalan, kutukan, sangkaan aku amat meleset sekali lepas aku sendiri tengok dvd twilight yg buttercup pinjamkan to me. mmg best lah jalan cerita & sceneries dia. the hero & heroin pun begitu mengancam sekali, terbayang2 mcm aku lah bella & zizi lah edwardku... (ni pembawakan budak ke apa ni?? funny & feeling so childish).

thanks to my personal version of vampire (zizi la tu..), rajin sungguh dia melayan aku tengok dvd twilight tu 3 times and tgk new moon at gsc dataran pahlawan last saturday. thanks to the kiddy vampires yang refused to follow us and chose to stay at my in-laws' place, dapatlah aku bertenet dgn zizi berdua-duaan tgk new moon! (^-^)

now i feel like reading the book! buttercup have been trying to get me to read the books bcoz dia kata baca buku lagi best and detail, but i'm not a reading kinda person actually. looking at the book.. it's as thick as yellow pages! it would take me years to finish reading it... gegegeegeeggggg.. but i'm so tempted!! arrrgghhh...

16 october 2009

2009-10-20T09:43:00.007+08:00

last friday was my b'day & i celebrated my b'day with a lot of surprises, joy & love from my good friends, my staffs, my siblings, my children & of coz.. my soulmate. thanx to everyone that remembers and celebrate that special day with me.

keenakan dan kesedapan makanan yg di masak oleh my fashion designer & good friend: KASEH...

this is KASEH. the oh-so-lovely lady yang menjemput 'the melaka glam ladies' (bak katanya) dtg beraya at her house that friday morning & sekali arung Kaseh celebrate my b'day masa tu.. *thanks babe.. serious sedap babe, kau masak.. especially rendang ayam & sambal udang tu. sampai aku bertambah2 tau..*

sweet & lovely birthday cupcakes from Kaseh. begitu sweet sampai tak sanggup nak makan. but when i reach home, haziq dgn rakusnya menerkam tanpa belas kasihan!! the cupcakes taste as good as it looks!

inilah barisan 'the glam ladies kengkonon' tu.. but buttercup (my sister yg arkitek tersohor tu) takde in the picture. dia belum sampai masa ni..

my sister yg blossom tu (alah... yg paling glamer pakai puff sleeve orange tu...) bought a yummy orange cake for my bday.. sedapnya, moist gila!!

lepas dah makan makan & makan sampai senak perutku, i went to office to chk if there's any urgent matters b4 i go to kl and... what a surprise, my staffs buat a bday celebration for me..

dapat a huge gigantic bday card and a sweet wonderful blouse from the staffs.. thx guys..

this is a lovely vintage candy pot from my good friend, liana.

dan akhirnya, yang membuatkan bday aku begitu happening & bermakna sekali, the whole family went to kl to chill out & spend time together.
the last gift that i got on that day is an eternity ring from kekasih hatiku, azizi..
thx so much for this pretty ring. it's my dream ring.
i love you and love it so much!

thx to all for the meaningful and thoughtful gifts and celebration.
love you all!!

senyapku yang bersebab...

2009-10-09T11:16:00.005+08:00

i've been quiet, i know... terima kasih banyak2 kepada compact digital camera lama ku yg buat hal. so, nak buat apa2 entry pun boring sbb tak dpt nak add pictures. my DSLR ada, tapi tak kuasa nak angkut ke hulu ke hilir. hari raya haritu pun tak ambik apa2 pictures sbb asyik lupa je nak bwk the DSLR. until finally.. i bought a new lumix dmc-tz7 for myself! yay, now i'm in the mood to update this lonely blog of mine.

tapi, actually there's nothing much going on pun lately. besides weight increasing and body expansion, there's nothing extraordinaryly interesting..
i spent most of my weekends relaxing at home with the family. i enjoy cooking lately, walaupun tak pandai mana pun memasak, i juz open recipe books and hentam keromo. and leave the cleaning and dishwashing part to the maid.

other than that, i'm in process of learning abt my new digital camera. 0f course the picture quality is not as good as my DSLR but it's handy.
captured some kids activities, this and that....

kat atas ni mukhriz yg tgh kebosanan menunggu mama & papa pilih camera.
lepas beberapa percubaan memberontak, merungut & merengek, dia akhirnya
kepenatan & terpelesok kat celah2 rak kedai fotokem tu..
lepas tu kitorang pergi tgk G-Force.

kat bawah ni mukhriz & haziq tengah lepak2 & bergolek2

yang ni haziq punya favourite activity. dia ada workshop kat rumah.
nampak tak sports car subaru impreza (ketera idaman dia) kat atas hydrolic jack?
dia kata dia tgh modify kereta dia.
habis semua harta bendaku dia buat jadi prop dia.

dah time tido, dia nak tutup kedai pakai roller shutter
(psp case yg kaler biru tu is his imaginary roller shutter)
mcm mana keadaan workshop dia masa dia tutup kedai, jgn lah sesekali ubah
position props dia. bangun pagi nanti kalau lain, mesti dia meradang!

ok lah. that's all for now. hope it's not to late to wish all of you out there Selamat Hari Raya 2009 & maaf zahir batin.

life has been miserable!!

2009-08-19T21:31:00.004+08:00

it's been so long since i last throw some words in my blog. a lot of things happened the past few weeks. good things, bad things, happy news, bad news... the colors of life.

we celebrated zizi's bday last month 30/7/2009. i gave him a surprise bday present, a racing car seat to pair his existing seat, he liked it so much. besides a surprise for him, i got a wonderful surprise for myself and the family too! we are having a new member in the clan soon!! (^_^)
what a wonderful surprise..
well, that explains all the laziness and my scrabbled-mood for the past few weeks.
now i have a good reason to get fat! woohoo...

that's the good part. now the bad part, the whole family have been sick. fever, flu, cough, sore throat! and the worst thing that happened was both my children, mukhriz & haziq had to be admitted at pantai hospital. mukhriz : confirmed Influenza A positive!! haziq : negative but advised to be treated. haziq's case went worse because his chest x-ray result showed that his lungs has fluids (due to bad asthma) & the doctor said that haziq needs extra attention and treatment to make sure that he won't get pneumonia! God knows how i felt that time.
i became brave like a warrior although inside i felt so scared,
i became strong although inside i felt so weak,
i became energetic although inside i felt so so tired.
i had to fight all negative feelings for the sake of my 2 boys.

thank Allah for giving me and zizi strength and not giving us unbearable sickness, so we could take care of our children at the hospital every second, every minute, everyday for 5 days. my children are now healthy and happy again & they are really happy to be back at home.

"syukur alhamdulillah, ujian yang Allah berikan dapat aku tempuh dengan kesabaran. aku redha segala apa yang berlaku & bersyukur semuanya berakhir dengan kebaikan..."

thanx to blossom and buttercup!!

2009-07-23T21:22:00.008+08:00

hmmm.... i've been so busy at work lately. there's a lot of tenders due for submissions. 19 down, 7 more to go! i'm blessed to have a great and helpful team that helps me to settle the workload.. hopefully all the energy and effort that we poured these past few weeks will lead to a happy ending.

in addition to the hectic tender datelines, my dad : the big boss at nordin group is having ideas to consider ISO certification for our group of companies. and... zizi and i had to listen to a draggy presentation made by this ISO Consultant Agency (thanks alot to my darling sisters : blossom and buttercup for escaping the presentation and dumping the extra unwanted and unneccesary schedule to me and zizi).. *hey u two!! u guys owe me iced caffe latte coffee jelly!! :-p*
after listening to the oh-so-time-consuming presentation, i can conclude that ISO is quite a good practice in business operations but very the susahkan kerja one.. and i can also conclude that ISO stands for: Itu Susahkan Orang!!

besides the ISO thingy, my dad issued a memo to the Head of Departments of nordin group that he's recruiting another receptionist and he picked 8 candidates from our HR KIV File to call for interview that was held today. first session was at 10am. second session was at 2pm. once again.. my dearest darlingest prettiest sisters : blossom and buttercup (again!!) escaped the recruitment interview and left the dirty work to me and zizi. *well well.. looks like u two girls owe me 2 rounds of iced caffe latte coffee jelly!!*

because of all the extra schedules slotted into our own schedule, zizi and i had to put our tender inking on hold from time to time and we had to work till late night for the past few days. finally, we managed to settle inking the 15 school maintenance tenders today and got it ready for submission tomorrow morning.. legaaaa... now there's a few more construction tenders to go and my big time QS is in process of preparing the costing.

but in the midst of the buzy life that's going on lately, i've been introduced by blossom to a blog that sells authentic handbags : catchthatcoach and i've been hooked to the blog since my first browse! they get authentic hbags straight from US and sells them at good bargain.. i made an order and it's now in process of shipping.. yippeeyayyy!! i can hardly wait..
go on and take a peep at their blog and get tempted!! :-D

have a good weekend everyone!!

happy birthday haziq!!

2009-07-12T18:02:00.005+08:00

yesterday, 11th july 2009 was haziq's 4th bday.

i ordered 2 sets of bday cupcakes, 1 for him to celebrate at school with friends on friday 10/7, and the other 1 for the party at mak's house yesterday. we did a small bday bash for haziq at mak's house and it was fun & happening!! thx to all my loving family members for joining.. haziq got alot of wonderful bday presents from his cousins. car & bubble gun (from ateh's kids : ael, yaya & mimi), hot wheel track & car (from alang's kids : adlan, hakim, adlina & anas), bakugan (from uda's kids : alya, husna, muaz & hana), ben10 cap (from cikjerd's baby : adrian) !!

i can't believe that my lil bumblebee is now 4?! it feels like just yesterday that i gave birth to a chubby baby, and now he's 4! haziq, i want you to know that you are such a wonderful and special boy that Allah sent to me, papa & your abang, and i'm really thankful and happy to have you in my life! u complete our little happy family...

my lil bumblebee

2009-07-08T16:27:00.015+08:00

ladies and gentlemen!!

allow me to introduce you to the one & only bumblebee in da house.... (drum rolls*****)

HAZIQ AZIZI!!!

kisahnya, si kemetot sorang ni wants mama to write about him. mana aci kan, mama citer pasal abang je.. 'where's my picture? where's my picture?'. when i showed him the previous pictures in my previous posts, he says.. 'no...! i want a lot lot picture...'

so this post is dedicated to my one and only baby haziq! he's not a baby anymore but i still call him 'mama's baby' coz he's so manja, cheeky & clingy..

haziq, masa dia betul2 baby..

ok, let's recap about HAZIQ............

al-kisah.. back in 2005, the date was 11th july, haziq was born at Pantai Hospital Ayer Keroh melaka at 11.52pm. weighing 4.05kg, i safely delivered him the normal way after 12 painful hours in labour room. when my doctor put him on my tummy, i said to myself, 'oooh, kali ni anak aku mendung sikit kaler dia.. tapi takpe lah.. asalkan dia selamat & cukup sifat, syukur alhamdulillah...'

then, zizi pergi azan kan haziq.. and the nurses sent me to my room. memang tak boleh nak tidur la kan after giving birth.. same as the first labour, after delivering the baby, penat gila pun, mata tak nak tido. i think bcoz of the excitement that my belly is finally freeee, and the baby's safely born.. excited gila nak first feed the baby, wanna let him taste the healthy and fresh colostrum. tunggu punya tunggu punya tunggu.. baby tak sampai2... dalam pada tak dapat tido tu, sedar2, dah terang. (oh, terlelap jugak aku rupanya... kononnya langsung tak boleh tido!!). then came a chief misi with a bunch of nursing students, chief nurse tu dok ajar2 diorg entah apa2 agaknya, then i asked her abt my baby... 'oh, didn't the doctor tell you?'

WHAAAATTTTTT????!!! of coz lah aku terkejut beruk kan.. dah lah baru lepas beranak, emotionally unstable, in pain & hurt after getting a lot of stitches! rupa2nya haziq kena oxygenized sbb leher dia terbelit tali pusat... no wonder he looks 'mendung'.. rupanya blood capilaries dia burst sebab tercekik.. kesiannya anak aku...

but the tiny red blood spots all over his face and body slowly faded & by 3 weeks after he was born, his skin colour became fairer and fairer. so that's about haziq when he was born..

i used to send both haziq & mukhriz to my parents' house. my parents ada 2 maids, indah & milah. indah's in charged of cooking, laundry and housekeeping. milah, takes care of my grandma & housekeeping jugak sikit2. the kids selalunya milah yang jaga bcoz indah selalunya bz buat laundry.. so, my daily routine masa tu is, pagi: send the kids to parents - then: go to work - petang: pick them and go home. that routine started since mukhriz, sampailah ke haziq..

until one day... in February 2007, hari tu mcm hari2 biasa. the kids mmg suka pergi 'mak's house', as they call it. that evening when i came back from work to pick the kids, milah kata the kids ikut my parents pergi kedai kejap. then, i asked zizi to go back to office bcoz i forgot to bring back work that i wanna finish at home. so we went back to office to pick the document.
on our way back to mak's house, masa tu at klebang kechil area, which is about 5 minutes away from mak's house, i got a fone call from mak's house. it was milah, crying and said, 'Kak win, balik cepat. haziq kena iron!!!' dalam hati aku masa tu, 'ya allah, biarlah kena kat tangan ke, kaki ke.. jangan la kena kat muka..'

sampai je mak's house, i jumped out of the car & looked for haziq, and....

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IRON KENA MUKA!!!! :'(

tuhan aje yang tau perasaan aku masa tu. sedih, risau, takut, marah! tak tentu arah aku dibuatnya. haziq's right cheek, the whole cheek!!! the sadness and anger feeling that i felt back then is still fresh in my heart that made me teary everytime i think abt that incident. sampai sekarang, bila aku teringat aje incident tu, aku rasa menyesal sgt2 patah balik to office to get that darn document!!! kenapa haziq? kenapa bukan aku yang kena?

the dark memories of February 2007....

zizi banyak nasihat aku untuk bersabar & redha dgn apa yang berlaku, itu semua takdir & ketentuan Allah yang kita mesti terima. but both of us still try to find ways to repair his skin. we went for consultations & most of the surgeons don't advice for operation yet. he's too small to cope with post-op care & procedures. takpe lah... kita sapu je lah scar gel yg doctor bagi. sekarang, 2 years after that incident, the redness on his cheeks fades bit by bit..

lagipun, no matter how big the scar on his cheek, he's still the cutest boy on earth to me and he'll always be mama's baby!!

and i always tell him that he's extraordinary & special bcoz no one else in his school has that kind of cheek.. and that makes him a special boy...

so both zizi and i have decided to just leave the cheek alone for now, and let's hope & see if it's gonna get better and better.. until he's ready and grow big enough to go for further procedures...

to reduce the redness and skin overforming,

everynight for about 1 year+, i had to paste 'cica care' on his cheek.

syukur alhamdulillah, the redness fades and the overformed skin subsides

sikit demi sikit..

kisah malang dak haziq ni bukan berakhir setakat iron hinggap ke muka...

25/01/2009, masa tu kat rumah, dalam the kids' room. entah macammana, haziq jatuh from their double decker bed. bukannya dari katil atas pun, but from the 1st step of the stairs. dia jatuh & badan dia terhempap his left hand!! masa tu, dia nangis teruk sangat & he fell asleep after dipujuk2 & minum susu. masa dia tidur, i noticed that left elbow dia bengkak & looks kinda different. bila dia bangun, dia nangis teruk sgt & kata tangan dia tak boleh gerak.. punya lah aku cuak masa tu.. bergegas lah ke putra specialist hospital accident & emergency department.
berdebar-debar tunggu x-ray result, mintak2 sgt tak de kes patah riuk..
then came the nurse and once again...

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PATAH! shit happens, i have to admit but.. haziq? again??!! my poor little baby..

maka bersimen lah tangan si kemetot sorang ni for a month. (tapi aksi seram ganas dia masih berkekalan walaupun hanya dengan sebelah tangan yang berfungsi!!), biasa lah.. nama pun HAZIQ!!

haziq oh haziq.....

hong kong disneyland, march 2009...

yaay!! haziq is turning to 4 this saturday (11/7/09), and we're gonna make a family gathering to celebrate his bday. a small party for my little baby at mak's house. i ordered colourful cupcakes for him from Babycakes. i told him about the cupcakes for his bday and he's so excited about it! hopefully the cupcakes are gonna be exactly like what i described them to haziq!

my optimus prime

2009-06-29T18:05:00.010+08:00

my motherhood experience started on 19th november 2002. the day when i delivered my first born child, mukhriz.

mukhriz made me learn & experience a lot of things, the things that i've never been thru before. he gave me the first pregnancy & labor experience. he thought me the meaning of patience & responsibility...

mukhriz is gentle. he's not the 'cry-till-he-gets' type of boy. he expresses his frustration by silent tears. between giving and taking, he will always be the giving person, especially with his brother, haziq. he's very tolerant in dealing with his demanding brother, that's why haziq loves mukhriz very dearly..

mukhriz is a private & quiet person. he only hangs around with the people that he knows, takes quite some time to make new friends, but once he gets familiar and comfortable with someone, he'll be very loud that you will be wondering: is this the mukhriz that i know??

he loves to draw and he can draw beautifully! i love his drawings. very talented! he will see his surroundings, capture what he sees in his mind and draw them.. i think his photographic memory is outrageous! he draws signages, car logos, cartoon characters, anything that he sees..

besides his wonderful talent, he's always driven to be the best in everything he does, including academically.

the latest new experience that i share with mukhriz is 'report card day'. last saturday, i had to go to his school to meet his teacher and to sign his report cards. this first report card experience was a wonderful experience.

he got A in all subjects!! (except for bahasa arab, which to me, it's not so important to score A anyway.. ). he scored 95% overall that made him the 3rd place out of 32 pupils in his class!!

that day, he made me a very proud and happy mother!!

mukhriz, i'm very very proud of you...

my niece's birthday bash

2009-06-29T17:11:00.010+08:00

pretty princess...

she's mimi, one of my 12 nieces. mimi's my sister, buttercup's youngest daughter.

we celebrated mimi's birthday yesterday at mahkota parade's mcD. it was a small party but all mimi's cousins in melaka were there to celebrate her b'day. the kids had loads of fun eating, playing and laughing.. unfortunately, my other sister, blossom had to miss the party bcoz she was too exhausted after organizing st.david's carnival on saturday, but her kids made it to the party. after the party, buttercup brought us all to GSC to watch transformers!! tq for the wonderful treat, buttercup..

happy 4th birthday mimi...

ZZ, MLOC & Japan GT 2009

2009-06-24T16:35:00.014+08:00

ZZ is a car crazed guy. inspired by japanese. anything about cars can attract his attention. he buys piles of mags about cars, some of them are japanese mags that he can't even read the contents, but by looking at the car pixies, it's good enough for him to study what kind of accessories and what type of mods done by the japanese.. he talks about cars (from engines to accessories) everyday, that made me understand what is piston, con-rod, turbo, racing cam, wastegate, and many many many more....

wondering what MLOC means? it's the short form of Mitsubishi Lancer Owners Club, the car club that ZZ joined since he bought his E9.

Japan GT is a yearly event @ sepang F1 circuit where japanese cars will test their engine setting power and performance thru racing. well, this year's Japan GT was held from 19-21/6/2009. but we normally go to the last day when the race is happening. but i didn't follow ZZ to see the event this year bcoz ZZ's car is stuck in the workshop and he got a ride from his friend. so i juz let him have fun doing boy stuffs on father's day..

he went for a pitwalk where he could see the racing cars rite before his eyes at a very short distance,

...and to get the unforgettable and to-die-for chance to hug that berketul-ketul thing called the michellin mascot. *haiyya... this fatso oso he wants to take picture ah?? take la pictures of keiichi tsuchiya ke, nobuteru taniguchi ke, konichiwa naruto ke.. but hey, look at the back there. japanese people oso like afro style meh? poor that japanese afro dude bcoz ZZ is only interested in the michellin mascot and not him, altough he flew all the way from japan!! hehehhehh.. :)

ZZ had a great & fun time with his friends that day!!

but no matter how much fun he had with his friends that day, he never forget about his family bcoz he came back that nite and brought home a sepang F1 t-shirt for each and everyone of us (me, mukhriz & haziq).

happy father's day, my dear sweetheart..

Nordin Group Opening Ceremony

2009-06-24T12:00:00.014+08:00

as i mentioned in my earlier post, we did our opening ceremony last month 15/5/09.
i wanna share some pictures of this memorable day with all of you.

the great apak & mak

these happy faces are the backbone of NORDIN GROUP.

from left (back row) : azlan - managing neuromaju's sites (zz's brother), ZZ - head of neuromaju sdn bhd (my other half), dr. zaharim - head of Danau (BO's other half), ery - head of niche solutions (jerd's other half), andy - head of n-genereight sdn bhd (the one & only boy in the list of siblings), asmadi - architect of emilda architect (B.C.'s other half).

from left (front row) : me, BO, MAK, APAK & B.C.

as you could probably notice, jerd's not in the picture. she was on maternity leave. she was angry, though because we did the ceremony when she was on leave but we had to do it anyway bcoz according to APAK, that date is 'berkat'.

my dear jerd, with or without your presence during the ceremony, we always felt that u were there together with us on that day because we love you..

that day, many relatives, friends, clients and future prospects came to our office.

can u see BO (in the red outfit), playing tourist guide to our guests?

*actually, i've got alot to talk about BO and B.C.. besides being my 2 elder sisters, they are my PPG buddies at work, but i'll reserve the juicy details in my upcoming posts lah.*

we rented 2 khemah from 'din khemah' and ordered food from my mom's old time favourite caterer friend : hajah rahimah. we did hi-tea, so we served the guests bihun goreng, nasi impit, sambal kacang, kari ayam, roti jala, kuih muih & teh tarik.

my territory:

office feels like home... :)

NORDIN GROUP

2009-06-19T23:29:00.015+08:00

APAK is the founder and chairman of NORDIN GROUP. it's the parent company of a few subsidiary companies consists of : a legal firm, an architect firm and a few construction companies. it's a one stop centre, fully owned by my family members like; my Apak, my sisters, my brother in laws, myself & my other half. we started operating since 2003 in melaka raya, a 3-storey shoplot. years passed by, the legal and architectural departments' workmen expended and they had to rent the next door shoplot due to limited production space.

at the same time, APAK always had this vision to acquire a land to build our very own NORDIN GROUP building so that we get a bigger and more comfortable space to work. but somewhere last year, my 2 elder sisters (blossom : the head of our legal department, and; buttercup : the head of our architecture department) found a nice spot in MITC ayer keroh (the putrajaya of melaka). we managed to find a row of 4 units of 2-storey shophouse selling at good bargains. after discussing with APAK about the building, he agreed with our idea to acquire that building and move NORDIN GROUP to a new premise. so i bought 1 unit, blossom a.k.a. 'BO' bought 1 unit and buttercup a.k.a. 'B.C.' bought 2 units.

so B.C. and her architect husband cracked their heads to come up with the renovation and ID plans. and this is the final 3D proposal presented to APAK.

APAK was so so excited about this renovation and moving thing. he pushed and pester and kept on pushing and pestering us from the acquisition stage to the renovation stage and so on towards the end... and we finally moved and started our operation at our new office premise by 10/04/2009. fiiiuuhhhh, finally.. no more pushings and pesterings from APAK! :) :)

APAK, i love you...

the opening ceremony was held on 15/05/2009. it was a memorable celebration officially launched by the CM of melaka. (but awww man!! nice pictures of the office and the ceremony are in my external hard disk & i left it at the office!!)

i am actually the financial controller of the group, assisted by my little sister, jerd. i need her to be FC2 bcoz i'm the head of our technical/construction department and i'm running a construction company. so i delegate most of book keeping, cheque issuance, banking and accounting workload to jerd. thank god for that or else i'll have to work 24-7.

initially, i was not really keen to move bcoz i was too concerned about the renovation cost, the distance from my home to the new office, renovation cost.. again, renovation cost.. again and again.., but in the end, my beloved other half (azizi a.k.a. ZZ) told me that we had to agree with BO and B.C. that this new office is gonna give a fresh start for all of us and it's gonna be a better place since it's located in a prime area and it's near to almost all core government agencies. and i finally made my mind focus on the positives, minus all negatives and i said to them : ok lah ok lah... jom lah pindah.. (while my head sung lullabuys of : habislah duit aku... koyak lah nak membayau duit bangunan lah, renovation cost lah, bill hitu lah, bill hini lah!!!) but... it's all worth it! i like my new work space, the ID suits my taste. office feels like home bcoz my other half, 4 of my siblings & 3 0f my brother in laws are my officemates and working partners. and..APAK is our big boss. MAK, of coz, will drop by from time to time and she always bring food for us! i love you, MAK...

but to me, on top of all that and the most important thing is; APAK has finally achieved his vision!

welcome to :

NORDIN GROUP

82, jalan tu 2

tmn tasik utama

mitc city ayer keroh

75450 melaka

tel 06.2332223 / 06.2338882

fax 06.2332221 / 06.2318882

life...

2009-06-16T15:17:00.013+08:00

i had a wonderful childhood, being brought up in a wonderful house (sri tanjong) by the seaside.

at the backyard of sri tanjong, there's a huge 'pokok asam' that supplied us asam jawa ever since we stayed there.

talking about this pokok asam, when i was a little girl, when the world gets dark at nite, i would always be so afraid to look at the back yard because i imagined there's a langsuir or pontianak sitting on the tree branch, maybe looking at me... scary!! my parents didn't fix any spotlights back then, so it was so dark and spooky, especially during windy season... the wind that hits the glass sliding door makes some kinda scary humming sound! woooooo... wooooooo..... something like that lah...

i have a big family consists of 8 siblings (7 girls and 1 spoilt brat - jgn marah andy... nanti kena jual kat pajak gantung). my dad is a super lawyer dad, tan sri datuk wira a. nordin. we call him 'apak'. very angry and grumpy looking bugis blood face, but very kind and caring father.

my mom... she bakes, cooks, sews, drives, do gardenings, joins women institutions, etc etc etc... she's a wonder women! i wonder where she stores all those energy! she's always on the run. that's why my mom, puan sri datin wira halijah aji won the Ibu Mithali award last month.. we call her 'mak'. my siblings... all girls are taken, only my lil brother is available and open for dates. anyone interested? handsome jugak dia tu.. boleh tahan macho jugak la.

nope, this was not my wedding day. it was my lil sister, jerd's wedding.. she's now a mother of one cute baby adrian...

now i no longer stay at sri tanjong. i've built my own little happy family and moved to my own little wonderful home. i have 2 adorable kids that i always look forward to go home to everyday after work..

my first born baby is mukhriz, now he's 7. mukhriz is a very gentle boy. he listens to what i tell him to do or to don't do. he likes to play psp (all boys hobby rite?? ok lah tu, it's cyber century what??)

my 2nd baby is haziq, now he's 4. he's the opposite of mukhriz. he's talkative, friendly, rough, cheeky & prone to accidents!! he loves chocolates, any kind of chocolate based food. that explains his rotten teeth, huh??

mama loves you, mukhriz & haziq!

that's a lil bit about my life, and it's a never ending story.

to be continued....

my blog is in progress..

2009-06-15T19:51:00.000+08:00

hmmm... how do i begin?? oh, i know....

assalamualaikum..

ok, that should be a good start. actually, i'm not a big fan of virtual diaries (well, that's what i think about blogs) bcoz i think pictures and infos can be manipulated easily. but i follow alot of blogs of friends and family members that makes me feel.. eh, best jugak kan ada blog, we can share interesting stories about many many things.

but, i'm a freshie, so i'm a bit blur with a lot of tools & settings. but i'm sure i'll master it in no time!! malaysia boleh!!

as for now, welcome to my blog....

i am bubbles

breaking dawn part 1

apam gebu

tartlets, from my kitchen with love

sedapnya nyonya tarts!

kisah petang semalam

i want you!

baking-unlimited.com

polkadots

feeling velvety

kesyukuran

deewali 2011

ten years

pressure pressure pressure!!

16 october 2011

i made pretzels

sunday @home

moon halo 09.10.11

u all suka soft cookies??

last weekend

jom buat carrot cake

cuba skincare baru

diam membisu

al-fatihah

bliss

syukur alhamdulillah

ujian Allah

10 april 2011

satu april

al-fatihah

one year ago

iPhone vs blackberry

an eternal fairy tale

the unforgettable memories with evo

un cadeau de paris

the 10th month of the little dimples

mukhriz vs haziq

2010

zarif

scones

hari ini

sehari sebelum 16 oktober 2010

raya ku yang meriah

salam aidilfitri

merdeka

cuppies for a friend

toothfairy oh toothfairy...

MR3

5 months

ramadhan

last weekend

happy birthday sweetheart

cupcakes

my little dimples

my little apple

bali

my precious

haziq's lucky pipi

blog yang diabaikan..

me in twilight mood.....

16 october 2009

senyapku yang bersebab...

life has been miserable!!

thanx to blossom and buttercup!!

happy birthday haziq!!

**my lil bumblebee**

my optimus prime

my niece's birthday bash

ZZ, MLOC & Japan GT 2009

Nordin Group Opening Ceremony

NORDIN GROUP

life...

my blog is in progress..

my lil bumblebee