The Long Wait Ends *Maid*

Flowers in my garden.

Hmmmmm, baunya sangat2 harumm!

Gebra Daisy

New Maid!

It's almost 7 months without a maid and I had handled my chores diligently with little fuss and complaint *ya ke, mungkin lebih* But finally the new maid arrived two nights ago. Her name is Rukiani. My kids fetched her at Port Klang. Well, here she is..what more could I asked for.
Initially, who would be at ease with a stranger in the house after a long break. All kind of unpleasant thoughts played in my mind these days. Hubby too felt uneasy, no shirt off or lying on sofas whenever he was downstairs. But I thank God, she's here with a reason..' to lighten my work load'
And today, with a long relief, I didnt have to bother about house cleaning. But, the cooking is still done by me! Tak sempat nak snap photos of lunch. I cooked rice with ikan masak cuka bersantan and terung masak siam plus yesterday's leftovers.
As for dinner, I baked cinnamon rolls, garlic bread and mushroom soup added with lots of thyme, oregano and some carrots and celery. And previous night, I made simple pasta.

Cinnamon roll. Alamak! dah tinggal satu.

Garlic Bread with Mushroom soup.

A simple pasta with fried prawns and Fried Dory Fish,
Actually, I should maintain this simple cooking tho
having a maid.

Till the next entry, goodnight!

My passions...

I was enjoying every minute of my time, in the house..bergarderning and cooking *and of course time with my family* Cooking and gardening are a must do tasks. Firstly, I want to share the pictures of food. I made Cornish, a few days ago , macam curry puff. Bezanya, you have to bake it instead of fry. It was for dinner and we ate it with fruit salad. Tho, it's kinda big in size tapi my kids kata tak kenyang,*kesian, lepas tu makan maggi*
kalau lah my mum tengok, mesti terkejut, *Karipap Beso, * to her anything big, tak dainty* or tak beradun gitu!

Cornish

Wantan Mee.

Hidangan makan tengah hari.

Kari Ikan, stew Ayam dan telur masin.

Pancake for breakfast, on last Sunday, lepas tengok blog my niece Ida, tetiba teringin pulak.
We had it with banana and apa yang ada dekat breakfast table.

My passion for gardening..
I see that my plants are responding to me, by being healthy and flowering happily *pokok2 pun pandai balas jasa* Everyday I had been out in the garden, watering them, and once a week I put fertilizer. But, I am not happy with my Fruit trees. Kenapa?? Now, let's watch.

Apa nama bunga ni? Kalau tak silap Bunga Telur. It looked
like Camelia.
Tak tahan lama, cuma kembang sehari saja.

This is Australian Lemon tree, I bought almost 1 1/2 years ago.
According to the guy that I bought at S. Buloh, by 6 months it can
bare fruit.

And this one is Passion fruit tree, pun tak pernah
berbunga, asyik mabuk daun.

My kantan tree, almost 8 years, from my old house brought
to Kota kemuning, satu bunga pun tak keluar.

Huh! I must not give up, if my flower plant can grow healthy, why can't my fruit trees.. You never know, maybe in future my garden jadi orchard pulak.

'Beef Kebab'

Hooray!! application maid dah approved..alhamdullillah! Seronok2 nanti dapat yang tak senonoh*anyway, all I can do is pray to God agar everything will be ok*

Today, I would like to share what I and Fifa cooked for dinner last night, kebabs. Wow! great, kan, kan! First thing that morning after taking my Maid's approval letter and stopped at the Kurma shop *Mahnaz wholesaler*. We bought some kurmas and hubby saw this lebanese bread and insisted to buy. Kalau nak kata I ni rajin, oh tidak! tapi sikit ada lah..but more of terpaksa you, tak kan nak membeli je. Like I always say,'Food has to be on the table, whether I like it or not'
Impromptu plan, and just try an error, jadi jugak. It started with a little mince meat yang ada but I mixed it with two biji of mash potatoes (by right, the meat should be solid, no potatoes), chopped onion, chilies, corriander leaves and a little rempah2. Mixed all together and form it into oblong balls and fry (kalau nak) When cool, insert it nicely into satay sticks or skewer together with some onions, cucumbers and tomatoes or whatever you prefer. Heat up the oven or grill, bake it for about 20minutes.
And we must have Salsa, my whole family loves it. Done! wrap the kebab with lebanese bread, chopped cabbage and savor it with mayonaise or thousand island and eat it with salsa.

Now, let's us look at the pictures.

My assistant Chef helped up with the frying.

After inserting the oblong balls to the skewer or satay sticks

Now, getting ready to bake or grill.

Out from the over and into the serving plate.

Wallah! My Beef Kebab!

This is my portion, I prefer to eat it with normal bread

This is Strawberry flavor, a non alcoholic drink I bought at the
same shop.

Lunch at Taman Tun

Flowers in my garden

Wild orchid.

Cathelia. Wonderful fragrance.

oncidium

Love this orchid, tak berenti berbunga.

And this too.

Sunday lunch

Sunday, we had lunch at my sister Intan's house at Taman Tun . We *hubby, me, Fifa and my niece Dira* arrived around 12.30 pm. And my two son's, were forever late and arrived at their own sweet time..*dah tak larat nak marah.. membebel dari pagi lagi!* To me, family ties is very important, no matter what! My cousin Yong with family and my nephew Taqi and family were also invited..*sungguh meriah*
My sister masak perbagai lauk pauk like, kari ikan, masak kicap daging, sambal tumis petai, sayur campur, ayam goreng, tempe, ikan masin from sabah and sambal belacan. Yong brought gulai tempoyak ikan tengiri dengan taugeh. Bila makan beramai2, selera pun bagai mengila..tak boleh nak berhenti. Mulut pun, tak berenti bercakap, pok pek, pok pek! Hmm, the wonders of having get together.
Most topics were about our adolescent years. Brought back memories of the yesteryears made us smiled to ourselves *wink* Kelakar... and I felt really goood, hilang rasa stress seketika.
For tea, we had bread Pudding, which I made earlier before I came. We left around 4.45pm, after hubby rested for about half an hour.

Hmm, what actually tickled me??

The best of cousins!

Yong and Son.

Hii, geram budak bushuk ni *Taqi's boy*

Happy viewing guys! Till the next entry, Adios!

Cuttoo Get Together

Pheww!! Tiring day, *friday, 14th* I was in Shah Alam dari pagi lagi sehingga petang. Why? Oh, applying for my new maid, Yeah, yeah!! Syazwan took leave and we went together. Hopefully by next week, we'll get the approval, insyallah.

Cuttoo Get togather
I was lucky indeed, Cuttoo get togather at Meisan Restoran at Quality Hotel in Shah Alam, the same day I did my application *maid*. Walking distance from Wisma PKNS *where Imigration is* Only nine out of fourteen of us turned up. This time we had Dim Sum.

The gorgeous ladies!!

Dim Sum

Kalau tak silap, this is called Loh Sang!

Wishing for the best of everything

Fairuz and Zaiton

This month's treat was from Steff, the one with red blouse.
Thank you, Steff!

The dessert came last.

Kalau lah selalu makan macam ni, alamat gemuk lah kami 'the gorgeous ladies'. Nasib baik, sebulan sekali, he, he!