moon halo 09.10.11

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??

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

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

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

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

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

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