Small Mistake Big Consequences..

Continuation from the previous entry....
Asalamualaikum..
Tuesday..
I never thought I would see Anik again.. After the sobbing session I put the heartbreaking feeling  aside..in my heart i thought I would never see her again..the last goodbye ...
The house is all mine.. and the work load. It's a good thing that I enjoy doing housework *for a certain period, however I will be glad to pass the work back to Anik. Sigh! what a relief.
The silent of the house  was disturbed when the sound of my handphone ringging..the call was from Imigration at LCCT. I knew something was wrong..Anik was stopped entering the plane because of .. expired work permit since six months ago..OMG!! I felt like screaming out loud.
Can't imagine, how I forgot to renew the work permit, of all thing. I've no one to blame but myself..Ya Allah, it's gonna be hassle at the Imigration at this time of the year..I wanted to explode my anger but to whom? I remembered that between January to February I was really tied up with Hb's Doctor's appointments. But no excuse for whatever happened!
My son had to turn back to get Anik from the Airport and back home..So the air ticket to medan burnt just like that..
Anik was forever calm or trying her best to hide her disappointment when she arrived home.. kebaikan yang ada pada Anik..tak banyak ragam.

Wednesday..
I left early to Imigration together with my son and Hb. There, we were sent from one department to the other, betul betul macam pesalah..letih nya tuhan yang tahu..especially my Hb.
To make story short...we were charged! Want to know how much? 2000rm...yes, it's not little money...boleh buat duit Raya. Apa nak di katakan!
The worst and the unforgettable part to me, when Anik had to be detained. My son went home to fetch Anik to the Imigration. Hate to mention the word cell, but it's true it's exactly like that. I cannot imagine what she feels like but Anik being Anik, she remained calmed. I did not realized that I was crying hard and feeling so sorry to Anik.  Anik  pulak yang pujuk I as though I was the one to be detained. She was there for about 4 hours. It's part of the procedure that maid has to be detained, sebagai syarat, until some papers from SUK cleared. By right, she should never be there, bukan salah dia..it's mine. Ya, my family feel sad for whatever has happened, but gladly take this as Musibah, to clean.. if any wrong doing we've done.. Redho sekali lagi, insyallah.We came home after a long day at the Imigration almost 6pm.

Now, we are waiting for the fomema to be processed, then only we decide the date to sent Anik back..
If she decide not to come back...redho lah sekali lagi. I just do not want to hope so much..eventho  she swore to me that she will come back. We will have to wait and see... Only time will tell!

Iftar for Wednesday..
Sometime ago, I said NO to Param and now, YES!

Bought at Param PKNS.

The food above was cooked by my sweet darling girl fifa...*Fried Prawn with Coconut*

thinking that we might be late home from Imigration.

Thank you Girl!

So peeps, take this as a lesson to us all.
The small mistake for the price that I have to pay, never let it happen to you!
Adios!

Good day and bye bye...

 Asalamualaikum....
Twenty ninth years together as husband and wife. The relationship develops over time, we experienced our love so deep, strong and complex. The sad and happy moments we overcome together. For better or worst through thick and thin. The memories we cherished and never to be forgotten.
 Anniversary is the time to look back at the good times and time to look ahead to live our dreams together. And being soul mates to one another...the one that never want to leave or let go.. so death do us apart..insyallah!
May our future brings us more love, understandings, good health, prosperity to carry on a proper life, and more so peace of mind through Iman...to the journey of Hereafter till the place called.. Jannah...insyallah.
To my Husband, I love you, Happy Anniversary!

On this wonderful day to celebrate but something not so good turned up..
Anik is going back to Medan! Her mother was admitted and in a very weak condition. What saddened me most, I received an sms from the sister saying that Anik is not to come back here again..but according to Anik she will fight and definitely be back once things settled with her family..that was her promise through sob and tears. I hope it's not crocodile tears. Gosh! what a situation..

But anyway, our life has to carry on. I have to be prepared. Ya, I know.. back to square one! I will leave everything in God hands.. what is good for me and vise versa...only God knows.

Weekend..Sunday.
The day my nephews and nieces came to Break Fast..

Desserts. Triffle with cream cheese topping,

Below, Bubur tepung pulut.

Bubur lambok and lee chee kang.

9th Ramadhan..

Tom Yam,Kerabu Mango and Ikan masak Kicap.

I am reconsidering the Param..atlas.

Think positive...for you will achieve peace.

Adios.

8th Ramadhan..

Today, the 8th of Ramadhan, I had not missed cooking ever since the 1st day.. enjoyed making it for the family as none of us eat out except for Thursday we Open Fast at our Surau *anak beranak*
Still say No to Bazaar Ramadhan to buy food.. masih lagi going on strong cooking in my own comfort. Yang hebat nya membuat kueh2 traditional.... kalau bukan bulan puasa tak pernah mimpi utk membuatnya what more the one using daun pisang and steamer..I really don't know where did I get the patient and strength? Maybe this is the keajaiban bulan Ramadhan..memberi makan kepada keluarga tersayang...*adakah?..* But anyway, saya bangga... dapat membuat Badak Berendam *not so favorite* hanya petik jari kat internet.. there you are, plenty of recipes to pick.


Iftar on the 7th Ramadhan..

 My first try..Badak Berendam..
A good recipe that used potato with glutinous flour..

My  two kids, Fifa, Syaz and Hb love Pecal..

Fish Head Curry and Pecal with Rice.. Noodle is a must..untuk anak Mat Salleh
yg tak makan nasi..

Orange/Apple drink.

7th of Ramadhan..

Beef Korma, I cooked to share with the Kari'ah Masjid..

5th Ramadhan..

Left: Ikan with sambal spread on top.

Tahoon, Fuchuk fried with Tempe and Taufoo and

Fried Beef with black sauce.

Alahai! walau pun buruk rasa boleh tahan..
Tepung Talam and our drink for the night *mixed teh bunga
and some cooling herbs*

4th Ramadhan..

Chicken Soup, Portugese style steam fish, Peria masak lemak

and fried Cabbage.

Dessert, Steam Vanilla Custard Caramel and 

Orange/carrot drink.

Well, I had shared my full course of food for the whole 7th days of Ramadhan..I do hope sesiapa sahaja will get inspired. *Sharing is Caring*

Now, I would also love to share my plants in my garden..

The Selections of Basils I collected.

Aslamuaikum and see you in the next entry.
Adios..

Early Ramadhan...

 Petunia

Asalamualaikum..
I was full of life on the 1st day of Puasa. Rasa nak masak semua benda...but I had promised myself not to overdo during Ramadhan. Cook simple dishes that everyone enjoy.
Suddenly, at late noon, kepala sudah buat hal..rasa melayang layang.,,must be the heat or the gastric.. or maybe getting adjusted to the fasting month, I hope. Nothing serious.. just a slight headache and still can cope, Alhamdullillah. I missed the Terawih at the surau but Hb went with his son. That did not hinder me from missing the terawih..did it at home.
It's been 2 plus years now, Hb is recovering. Tho fasting but he's doing fine..well, he was able to endure pain without complaining..ini kan pulak puasa...syukur!

There are other better things  to do rather than being in the kitchen sahaja... Di fahamkan ganjaran berzikir dan membaca Quran/tafsir, sembahyang sunat, memberi makan pada orang yang berpuasa dan banyak lagi perkara baik dilakukan mendapat ganjaran berganda ganda. I guess, everyone would want to collect as much  reward in this holy month of Ramadhan or before the light goes out.. Of course our body and mind has to be healthy in order to be able to do ibadah.
 Do things moderately.. be it in anything. Even with my computer, I cannot concentrate for more than 1 hour..pening kepala  too much glare pun tak tahan. Well, I hope we will take this opportunity in this Ramadhan doing good deeds and insyallah the reward is there to be reaped.

So, what's cooking!
Here are some food for Iftar that I love to share...ahaks remember from my very own kitchen!
1st day Iftar..

Left, Daging goreng kicap, top right: Soup Sayur,

and Assam Pedas Melaka

Seri Muka Durian for Dessert. One look..Not inviting at all..
But once tasted...hulamak! it's to die for.. *wink*

2nd day Iftar..

Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup. This special Noodle mesti

kena makan with raw vegetables especially Basils...and that

make it different from other Noodle soup.

Ini Masak Lemak Udang. Only one dish to go with rice.
 I seorang yang makan nasi.

Refreshing drink *lian chee Kang* and Cucur Badak,
I did the cucur with Fifa,,

For tonight Iftar, my dessert is Honeycomb Cake..The mixture has to be kept for more than 3 hours, then only bake. Okay, sebelum I end this entry, let's look at my dinner.

 Honeycomb Cake.

Chicken Curry, Ikan Belah Belakang with rice and

Mee Goreng with Konon2nya Szechwan chicken

*terover coloring* simple kann.

This is the best drink ever made..

Cucumber/green apple/mint and squeeze of lemon.

Recipe from my dear friend Steff.

This is what I love about blogging.. is to share ideas of menus of what to cook and etc..

And I do hope what I had shared mine will give inspiration to others too..insyallah!

Adios..

Ramadhan Al Mubarak

Assalamuailaikum..
Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan yang mulia..
Ramadhan bermula pada sabtu ini..semoga kedatangannya di sambut dengan penuh barokah dan kesabaran.
Sempana bulan yang baik lagi mulia ini, marilah sama mengambil kesempatan untuk bermaaf maafan sesama kita. Insyaallh, ibadah kita semua akan diterima oleh Allah Subhanawataala..
Dari hujung rambut hingga ke hujung kaki,  selaku tuan blog ini memohon maaf jikalau tersalah bahasa atau telah menyinggung perasaan sesiapa dengan cara tidak disedari...
Sebagai manusia biasa, tidak boleh lari daripada melakukan sebarang kesalahan. Dengan itu, 10 jari ku hulur kan agar di ampuni jikalau ada salah dan silap.
Semoga Allah memberi kesihatan yang baik untuk kita menunaikan ibadah2 seperti mengerjakan sembahyang sunat Terawih dan sunat2 yang lain.

The last kopek before Ramadhan...
Lazimnya, tahun tahun yang lalu, orang melayu khasnya akan berkeliaran mencari makan sebelum menjelang Ramadhan. Dimana mana tempat makan penuh sesak dengan manusia. Tapi pada tahun ini tak seperti dulu..my mood untuk makan2 sungguh berkurang..just enjoy dapat coffee and light dessert at cafe with Hb..itu pun happened to be in the Mall. Jemputan dari kenkawan pun di tolak disebabkan masa tak cukup dan juga kureng mood.
Mood tertumpu pada mengemas..dalam dan di luar rumah. Rasanya lebih bermakna menyambut Ramadhan dengan sedap mata memandang dan segar bugar keadaan diri..betul tak, pada mengisi perut..bukan perli ya kawan kawan..Sorry friends!! for not joining you guys this morning and 2 days ago..malas, lagi pun my girl spent overnight at friend's house yesterday.

So the pictures below shows what I did...my last kopek for Ramadhan...mengemas.

Changing my bed sheet every week, especially for this special month, lebih awal dah tukar. And refreshed my room with some nice scented smell. Bangun sahur, atau beribadah dalam keadaan segar badan dengan bau wangi wangian. Perlu di kemas selalu bukan sehari sebelum Ramadhan aje..

Hello, ini lah orang yang di maksudkan suka sangat menghirup kuah, baik sup atau pun menu sedap isterinya..Haa, CS and PatinPasta, dah tau kann.. His favorite past time..TV lah apa lagi.

Our family dining area..all cleaned and pungah memungah telah di laksanakan.

My kitchen display cabinet pun dah diubah  suai dengan mangkuk mangkuk lain..tukar berganti.

Tea towel juga turut ditukar. Di mana ceruk pun akan membuat ku terpikir, ooh!... ini bulan special, semua berlainan /berganti gitu.. *barangan lama, tetapi bertukar wajah*

Mencuci laman dengan Si Anik, habis lah diatur2 kannya ikut citarasanya. Mengemas dilaman lagi menyamankan pemandangan. Tiap2 kali selepas habis siap kerja didalam terus menyedapkan mata
apabila membawa secawan kopi diluar..*psst..Hb I kata.ish shh, sungguh duniawi*
Selain amalan di buat untuk akhirat, duniawi jangan ditinggalkan, ye tak..

 Cuba menanam kangkong..

Our food for tonight ....Rendang Ayam..

..previous night..

 Scones for breakfast yesterday..teringin sebelum Puasa.

Well Peeps, see you in the next entry..insyallah.

Akhir kata..Selamat berpuasa. Jom kita kita bertarawih malam ni..

Adios..

Keeping busy...

Aslamualaikum..
Just came back with my daughter from Bangsar and O.U..looked for some groceries stuff and had our lunch at Plan B.. Maybe the Ox Tongue sandwich that drawn my daughter to this cafe. We had not been out together for quite sometime...so kira *Girls day out* la ni. Puasa kann nak dekat, mesti lah cari makan yg best. After bought what we looked for at the Grocer, we went to O.U. Neither me nor my girl could resist going into the shops that were on sales. Disappointed, not one attract me, all the best ones dah habis, tinggal yang melapang kat dada yang banyak..aww!

For the last few days, I cooked rice until yesterday, we decided to change the menu..
Below, was our dinner last night...... dah lama tak masak cengini..

 Bread and Roasted Chicken Breast and Salad. Avacado sauce and eggs with mayonnaise.

Egg and Mayonnaise spread on the bread.

Puasa is around the corner, I prepared Karipap Pusing..like the previous years, and kept it in the freezer.

Karipap Pusing

Saturday..

My nephew Faiz and Niece Nadira, bertandang bawak Packets of Sambal Pecal from their Mum *Leeza* Thank you so much...Hb's favorite!

Almost all weekend, I selalu would cooked something extra. Alhamdullillah ada aje tamu2 yang berkunjung...*semoga murah rezeki* This week I made Laksa with two kind of Kuah..one with Assam, and the other one was Laksa lemak. Fifa and my second Son would prefer assam, me and my eldest son love lemak. Hb pulak, anything will do. So, buat lah dua2, semua orang boleh makan, kann.

Siapa yang menghirup kuah laksa tu?

My plants..

My orchid..sedang berbunga. Cantik kann.

And this is my Australian Lemon..

But why not oval in shape?

Anik and me are quite busy with things around the house preparing for Ramadhan.

Busy cleaning the whole household before puasa, so that we have a clean atmostphere without 

dust, nice clean tea towel, placemat baru *actually not baru, tukar lain. So, you see new

environment..bertukar wajah, gitu.

Oh.. friends are planning for makan2...the last kopek before Ramadhan.

 Adios for now..

Weekend that was..

Assalamualaikum..

It was past 9 in the morning when I woke up on Sunday morning. I hurriedly prepared breakfast *grin, cereal aje*
Short while later, received a call from my Sister Intan..coming to fetch her daughter Kamelia who stayed overnight in our house. Humming happily in my heart, while cooking Mee Curry for lunch. My Sister will come sometime late afternoon. And Fifa's best friend Anna also in our house...so, I must cook. Tho the night before I only had my beauty sleep for less than 3 hours...as age is catching up,  susah nak tidur bila dah terjaga. And that Sunday morning..   my eldest son was flying to Jakarta...so I wake him up at 4.30 am. Like all Mum, even having a son yang dah boleh kawin tu, still need my attention. I have to make sure that he got his breakfast and all his needs packed nicely. Lemah longlai badan dibuatnya..imagine macam bangun sahur. I just cannot leave him on his own..dah jadi kebiasaan. Hopefully, this ends when he gets a wife. Bila? God knows!
I got back to bed right away after Solat Subuh, itu pun macam tidur2 ayam..sedar2 jam dah pukul 9 lebih.
So I waited and I waited for my sister... but no sign of her.  Tut tut, another call..her hb had business appointment..And I knew she was very dissapointed...Was all dressed up waited when her Hb called. We seldom meet eventho we are staying not far away..masing2 busy dengan hal sendiri .
It was a pleasant surprised....guess who came instead?.. my eldest sister Teh with her hb and daughter...betul2 langkah kanan.  The Mee Curry that was just cooked and still warmth on my stove. I was so pleased to receive guest when there's food to serve..itu lah dinamakan rezeki.
Know what time my Sister Intan came?  She finally came at 10.00pm..hehe..

The two girls Fifa and Kamelia still in pyjamas..ishh ishh!

Meanwhile..

Thank you Linda for ordering.. 

And below is a simple Kebab that my Granma used to make..

The crepe or pancake.. the recipe: flour, an egg, water and salt.

And the filling is basically mince beef with some spices added, fry it with a little oil and that's it.
Eat it with coconut sauce...just plain coconut milk and salt to taste. Bring it to boil for sometime on slow fire. Biasa lah.. I would tambah a little bit here and there. We had it with Moroccon Salad thick sauce, that was yogurt, onion, cilantro and cili padi...and a squeeze of lemon.

Superb! Why not try, you'll love this Kebab!

  Some photos of plants in my garden..

I am not too sure it's the right name..it's called Malaitang.

Orchid

Cempaka pisang/Magnolia Coco

Chempaka Telur../talauma Pumila also species of magnolia

The Exotic plant in the garden, Black Pepper.

Insyallah, will update more of my plants.

Till next time, Adios.