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Monday, April 19, 2010

Weekend with Sara: Just the two of us and MING

I've been trying to be on time in updating this blog of mine but is not successful yet. I aimed to keep it update daily and will try to do so, finger cross. :)

Well, my hubby is still in Vietnam today and will be home later this evening. Hence, there were me, Sara and Ming enjoying the not so enjoyable weekend.

Saturday was a nice day and i learned a lot about my own daughter development. Pity me, that I did not notice my own daughter abilities with the fact how so little time hubby and I spend with her during weekdays. Last weekend I just realized she can hold her own bottle, aku siap pegang the botol for her while parking my car. So for this Saturday, I found out she can guling guling at all sides despite I'd been telling my colleagues how she won't just roll her body and only managed to lie still and angkat her kaki. Mummy is so sorry Sara, Mummy undermine you. She can laugh now, giggles, look at Mummy knowingly and smiles, roll her body if she wants milk, shouts whenever loosing the sight of Mummy. She can even shout at Ming whenever Ming at her sight. Wow, a lot of developments in just one weekend.

Although it's interesting, we still miss Papa so much and it's weekend but he's not with us, felt incomplete. But then, the day got worst (for me la) suddenly I could feel my throat swelling. Damn! So before it got worst, I washed Sara's clothes, her bottles, kemas kemas rumah here and there, power pumping for one hour, then settled down.

So on Sunday morning, I barely could speak. My body was weak (still a bit weak now), headache, neck aching and my throat was burning. Still, I know I won't be able to go to the clinic as Hubby not around. Took 2 paracetamol and lie down for a moment. Sara was shouting, I ignored her. Rested for 5 minutes, then layan Sara, changed her diaper, played with her and lots of other things. Well, my Sara is very playful, quite naughty, loves me to carry her around and famous for her loud shouting. As a mother, although I was weak, I could not not entertain her. There was one point, I could not get up but she was crying, so I forced myself, now I really understand why "Syurga Di Telapak Kaki IBU". It's not just the 9 months pregnancy but the whole life of a child, the mother will always try to make sure the child is safe and is always hoping for the best of the child.

So today, I took Med Leave as I know by going to work will make it worst due to air conditioned office. Dropped Sara at the nursery, went to the clinic (finally): excitedly I sprayed my swollen tonsil with the medication given by the doctor in the car, then spend the day resting. I need my energy back by tomorrow for one discussion with my boss.

Anyway, while resting, I cooked a few of my favorites, Cendawan Goreng and Tempe with Pusuk.

Cendawan Goreng
 
 
Tempe with Pusuk (Ikan Bilis)

The recipe is so simple I found in Rasa magazine and the internet.
Cendawan Goreng - Mix the blackpepper with the well beaten egg (include salt as well), dip the mushroom in the mixture, dip again in the corn flour, then just fry it. Wallaaaa....simple but delicious. Good for snacking.

Tempe with Pusuk (anchovies) - I simplified it by using the ready made sambal (mixture of chilli, onion, garlic), add a little oil in the sambal and stir until you can smell the aroma, add tempe and anchovies (all fried up first), add one tablespoon of air asam jawa, add a bit of belacan, then kacau altogether. Then add some brown sugar, then kacau again. Wait until everything is nicely mixed and cooked, angkat and MAKAN!!! Nice for lunch or dinner or even snacking like I did!

While I did all of these cooking, Ming2 the busybody cat always being her busybody self.
 
Ming at the Wet Kitchen

 
Ming at the Dry Kitchen

Well Ming is my BESTFRIEND!!!

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Bersyukur....

When I'm alone I always look at my life, pondering, and whispering, how lucky I am. I have a husband who loves me so much and of course I love him to death, a healthy baby Sara (InsyaAllah..), a brilliant cat, great set of parents and in laws, nice home, good career, what else I should be ungrateful...NOTHING. So, one morning, hubby actually told me, how lucky he is, to wake up with his wife by his side and a daughter. Comparing to his past life, he has nothing in life to cherish and yet he's complaining on how sleepy he was. He started telling me how us, as a human being always complaining on little little things and forgetting on appreciating the other major things happening around them. Hm....he opens my eyes. I always complain, how my work sucks sometimes, how little my saving is, so little time I have. The thing is, I think that way but actually, I'm all good. I have everything that I mentioned above. My life is complete. I do want more but I just need to put some efforts to get the 'more' part and at the same time enjoy the life I'm in. Be happy, smile always. Now I'm holding to that motto, I did try and it does works. I felt happy that day, from morning until the end of it. So BE HAPPY, SMILE ALWAYS and the most important, STOP COMPLAINING. It brings nothing to you.

Weekend with Hubby, Sara and Bapak

It's been a while, AGAIN!!!Have not updated my blog. I tried during my working hours but damn the IT people blocked the access. Ok, I shouldn't blame them, working hours, I'm supposed to be working. Anyhoo..(My hubby loves to use this term as he's soooo into SCRUBS!), Bapak actually came to KL as he needs to settle his Legend Hotel membership, where he decided to sell it. Hubby and I accompanied him to the marketing consultant office at Philleo Damansara near the Stars office but in different block. I've never been to that area and I find the environment is quite different compare to KLCC. It's full with red-brick colour with a dash of classiness on the building design. Unfortunately, as Bapak and I stepped into the consultant's office (Hubby waited in the car), the space is pretty small to be a consultant's office and seems untidy. We were directed to a 6x6 ftsq room with a small table fan, but, the good thing is, we were treated by a friendly employee (she's a marketing background anyway, must be friendly to all her customer) with a boyish style, yes, she's a female employee, dressing as a male. Bapak even mistook her as a guy. Well, the discussion, evaluation, decision making took around 2 hours. Interesting experience as I managed to learn a few financing/marketing terms that I've heard but never have the chance to understand it. The manager was nice and we hope that they will be able to find a buyer for that membership. Bapak rarely used it and I found him under utilized it. It's better he keeps the money in his ASB or in my ASB..hahahaha.

After his long waited in the car (Hubby la), he took us to Gulatis to buy my sister's kain. Pink and off-white chiffon. She wanted the washable and it's not that pricey comparing to the dry cleaning chiffon. I told the salesgirl on the kain that I wanted to purchase, instead she replied that they don't have the washable chiffon and she started to unrolled the pink and off-white dry-clean chiffon bundles. The price is around RM25/m, pretty expensive to pay if I wanted to get 4m out of it. So, I called my super kain-genius sister, Ju for her opinion. One thing about my sister, she really knows how to choose kain in terms of the colours and designs. Sometimes (actually most of the times), even cheap kain, looks expensive. Back to her opinion, she said the salesgirl is lying, as there is the washable chiffon. So, I told the salesgirl to get me kain that feels like chiffon at cheaper price. I think she changed her mind on selling high prices fabric only (better than nothing), she directed me to a another corner where the cheaper range of fabrics located, and there are lots of other chiffon, some more, washable chiffon. She malu2 introduced me the prices of the fabrics. In the end, I only paid RM51 for 4m of pink chiffon and 2m of off white chiffon. Worth it!!!

For lunch, hubby brought Bapak and me to a Thai restaurant located near Taman Melati.  It was a nice restaurant, with Thai deco but the food is OK, and I can get a cheaper price for that kind of taste. We ordered, kerapu masak tiga rasa, telur bungkus, mix vege, tom yam campur and ayam halia, carrot milk juice and ice lemon tea.

I didn't mention Sara at all as she's at the nursery and after lunch, we picked her up. I gave her kakak 3ozx3 pack of milk and was hoping she'll return back 1 pack. I was quite surprised Sara finished them all as we dropped her around 9am and picked her up around 330pm, 7 hours. Usually, she'll drink 1 bottle every 3 hours. Now she's giving me indication to express more. Hardwork2!!!There goes me and my pump, pumping pumping....