She's No 1

 On monday, Alysa & Adik came back with report cards. Adik got No 1 in her class. A vast improvement from the time when she first started schooling. Masa 1st term exam dulu dia dapat no 7. Tapi position in all the branches of the kindy, berpuluh2 le jugak. This time she got no 4 out of 303 five- year old students. And..she's not even 5 years old yet..:-). Balik je kindy, after telling us that " Adik dapat No 1..Adik pandai! ", terus dia call tok dia. Tapi dapat cakap dengan Tok Ayah je coz tok dia solat. But, tok cakap nak bagi dia hadiah. Baru le I terfikir nak bagi dia hadiah to reward her...Hehe.. Anak tak pegi sekolah betul2 lagi, so mama dia macam take it for granted je anak dapat result ok..:D

 Meanwhile, bila I cakap nak bagi hadiah kat Adik, Alysa who got no 4 in her class pun nak gak hadiah. I cakap no 1 - 3 je dapat hadiah. But she reasoned that she got 100% for 3 out of 4 subjects, so she was entitled for hadiah. Actually, her average pun ok.. 99.25%. Pengajian Islam je dia dapat 97%. She got no 1 for the 3 subjects. ( I think budak yang dapat no 1 tu semua dapat 100% kut.. ). So, this time I bagi je lah hadiah kat dia. Alysa ni jenis yang competitive sikit. I'm sure next time she'd do better. Lagipun hadiah yang diaorang mintak sempoi sesangat. Mmg boleh bagi..hehe..sorang mintak stationery set gambar Barbie ( Alysa ). Sorang lagi mintak chocolate & hair accessories with Barbie pictures ( Adik le tu ).

Biskut Raya 2011

 This year I sempat gak buat a few biskut raya. Actually, terpaksa buat sebab bahan2 dah beli. Kalau ikut mood Baby Airis mmg tak boleh buat seketul pun kuih raya. Ada sekali tu masa tengah buat Biskut denmark, siap dia duduk atas riba lagi. Tak boleh tinggal sorang2. Asyik nak melekat je. Now dia dah boleh merangkak, mmg le dia akan ikut je sendiri kalau tak angkat dia..

 Alysa & Ayra rajin je nak menolong buat cookies. I let them help with Biskut Denmark & Biskut Nestum. Suka hati je dapat gentel kuih2 raya & dapat letak cherry..:-)

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chips Nut Cookies
Source: Here

Biskut Denmark
Source: Here

Biskut Badam Rangup
Source: Here

Biskut Nestum

Assistant Chefs

Chocolate Chip Cookies
Source: Nadia

Bahan-bahan ( 100 biji )

450g tepung gandum
1 biji telur
250g mentega
115g gula halus
110g gula perang
100g chocolate chips
3 sudu besar cocoa powder ( I lebihkan for more chocolatey taste. 5-6 sb )
250g gajus(panggang dan cincang halus) ( I used ard 200gm )
1 sudu kecil baking soda

Cara-cara

1. Pukul mentega dan gula sampai kembang
2. Masukkan telur dan pukul lagi
3. Masukkan tepung+baking soda yg telah diayak, sedikit demi sedikit dan juga chocolate chips dan kacau
4. Masukkan gajus dan kacau lagi
5. Buat bulat kecik-kecik dan tekan dengan garfu atau apa-apa bentuk yang disukai
6. Bakar dalam oven pada suhu 160C selama 15 minit

Note: Next time I'd reduce the sugars. A bit too sweet for me. The princessess love this cookies. Habis 2 balang diorang kerjakan. I had to make another batch but using K.Fida's recipe. Tapi doh terlembik kut coz it turned out a bit flat.

Biskut Nestum Simple
Source: Kak Besah

Bahan-bahan

250g butter
1 cawan  gula (130g)
2 biji kuning telur
2 cawan nestum keluarga dgn madu (yg biasa pun bleh)
3 cawan rata tepung gandum (300g)& 1 sudu teh baking powder - diayak
lebihan nestum & ceri utk hiasan

Cara-cara
1. Putar butter dan gula hingga kembang. Campurkan telur satu persatu sambil diputar 15 saat.
2. Campurkan tepung berselang seli dgn nestum. sambil diuli perlahan hingga mnjadi satu doh yg lembut. Berhenti menambah tepung jika doh sudah elok lembut. (biar ia nmpak lembik skit, coz kejap lagi ia akn mengeras)
3. Ambil sedikit adunan, bulatkan sebesar ibu jari, leperkan sedikit, lalu ditekan ke atas lebihan nestum. susun atas dulang yg dah disapu butter/majerin.
4. Hias dengan ceri.
5. Bakar pada suhu 180C selama 20-30min.

Note: Next time, I'd reduce the sugar. Too sweet..but nice.

Sambutan Raya 2011

 Raya this year turn Johor, tapi nyaris2 raya kat Kedah dulu cos Baby Airis tak sihat. A few days before raya she started having runny nose. We planned to go back to Batu Pahat on monday, a day before raya. Tapi pagi tu nampak dia dah nak start wheezing. Hubby suggested kitaorang raya Kedah dulu, then on 2nd raya balik Johor.

  Barang2 dah prepare untuk raya kat Johor...Lepas tu klau raya kat Kedah dulu, 2nd day dah kena balik Johor. So, I tak nak la coz mcm tak puas raya Kedah sehari je. Then, we would miss the open houses held by relatives in Kedah which started on 4th raya. So, tawakkal je la balik Johor lepas bagi Baby Airis syr ventolin. Alhamdulillah, she was ok during the journey. The weather was ok too. Jalan pun lengang je except for heavy traffic kat Seremban as usual.

By the way, masa dah bertolak baru sedar Baby Adalia terlupa bawak kasut baru. Dia pegi sarung kasut buruk Ayra. Sampai je Sri Medan at 9 pm, we stopped by to buy her new shoes. Nasib le kedai bukak lagi. Kalau tak, beraya le dengan kasut buruk tu,,:-)

Day 1: Lepas solat raya, buat doa selamat as usual  kat rumah. Then, sesi bergambar & makan2. After makan ketupat & the dishes prepared by mak & Kaseh, kitaorang beraya ke Sri Menanti. Balik tu baru beraya kat sedara2 dekat2 rumah mak.

Day 2: Beraya kat rumah2 sedara yang tak de kat rumah on day 1. Lepas tu tunggu je kat rumah coz diorang dah start barak hari ni.

Day 3: Yeay..Balik Kedah. Plan awal nak singgah rumah kawan Hubby kat Bangi. Tapi dia belum balik dari Kg. We ended up kat Melaka rumah atuk Ain. Cantik rumah atuk Ain. Bestnya dapat jumpa my "ner" ni after 21 years tak jumpa. Masih maintain je macam dulu2. Dapat le jumpa hero2 dia. Siap dapat bawak bekal wajik durian & asam keping homemade. Thanks Ain di atas layanan hari tu. Panjang umur jumpa lagi..

Day 4: Hari ni dah start open house. Kitaorang ke rumah mak chaq, tok lang, mak chum, pak kechik, Ngah, Pak Su , Bang Lan & Mak Yang. Berjalan sampai 12.30am. Balik tu mmg letih sungguh. Nasib the princessess tak buat perangai. The food served mmg marvellous. Seronok dapat jumpa sedara mara.

Day 5: Ada lagi open house kat rumah Ila & kay'en. Nasi dagang & Soto indon. Rajin betul Ila buat open house dgn tgh preggie. Hari tu buat majlis berbuka. Nak dapat Baby girl kut..;-). Balik rumah Ila terus balik Penang.

Day 6: Open house cum aqiqah kat rumah taniza. Roasted lamb marinated by chef kat hotel kat SP. Alysa pulun lamb tu rasanya ada le 3 pinggan. Suka betul dia..

Open house kat taman ni belum start lagi coz mostly beraya kat kg. Rayanya akan start soon. Rasanya belum terlambat nak ucap " SELAMAT HARI RAYA, MAAF ZAHIR BATIN. "

Ramadhan 1432

 Dah setengah bulan kita berpuasa. I'm proud of Alysa. She managed to fast 5 days so far. Mula2 dulu puasa setengah hari. Balik kindy, dia akan berbuka around 2-3pm. Ada 1 day dulu, early ramadhan, dia melalak kelaparan coz Cik Jun tak bagi dia berbuka awal. Nampak macam kebuluran hearing the sound of her wails.:D

 But last week masa kitaorang bawak dia for raya shopping straight away after kindy, dia tak de chance le berbuka awal. Lepas tu pujuk if she could fast until 7.30pm, we would buy her Mc D double cheese burger. Boleh pulak dia puasa sampai iftar. Just nak train her tummy considering dia ni kaki makan . Tapi I pun tak nak le push dia sangat coz dia bersahur dgn sebotol susu 6 oz je. Nampak dehydrated je kalau berpuasa. I allowed her to fast every other day.When she did fast, we rewarded her with her fav food. Dah berapa kali ek dia request double cheese burger..Tapi tak de lah ikut sangat..

 This Ramadhan, I tak rajin nak experiment dengan resepi baru. Baby Airis asyik nak melekat je. Sometimes tu time masak, dia sampai bergayut kat kaki I. So, normally after 6.15pm baru masuk dapur. Kalau orang dukung dia, senyum sampai telinga le. Otherwise, melalak macam nak tercabut anak tekak. So, when Hubby asked me about kuih raya, I said nak kena tengok mood Baby Airis la. Tapi plan tu next week baru nak start buat kuih raya..

 So far, kitaorang dah balik berbuka kat kg dah 2x. Menu as usual la penuh meja. Mak masuk dapur since pagi. Tak kuasa I nak masuk dapur dari pagi to prepare for iftar kalau kat rumah sendiri..

Menu berbuka kat kg..

Masak Anga Ayam - a must have menu during raya

Daging Masak Wira - Another favourite especially for Bang Cik & family

      
Jeruk Maman - Kedahan's old dish

Note: This ramadhan, Alysa managed to fasrt 13 days. I'm proud of her.

A Good Deal in Disguise

 For the past few years, every Ramadhan we had this habit of buying some furnitures. Not that we were going to celebrate raya at home, tapi ntah kebetulan kut.. Seronok shopping bulan puasa. Lunch time was spent shopping..:-)

Recently Hubby decided to change our old sofa for the TV area. After browsing at some furniture outlets, we decided on the L-shaped sofa due to its size. We had to make a booking as it was not displayed at the showroom. Special order to fit our small area.

Last friday, we received our order together with a bookcase ordered from the same outlet. Sempat tengok sofa tu kejap je coz petang tu balik Jitra. Last nite baru I perasan there was something odd about the sofa. Sure enough, only the top part was leather. During our booking, we asked a few times what kind of material was the sofa.. They said all would be leather except for the back side which was PU. This side wasn't supposed to be noticeable.

Today, the manager kena tadah telinga le dengar I berleter. Memula tu diaorang bagi alasan the bottom part tu guna casa ( betul ke ejaan ni? ) leather, something like fake leather. Lagi le I mengamuk. When we said leather, we want cow leather as promised, not some fake leather. At last, they relented. They admitted their mistake. To compensate that, they took back the sofa & I'm getting full leather ( even the back side! ) at no additional cost. I'm getting around RM1K better deal..Credit goes to Ebenezer Furniture for their good customer service. The manager handled my complaints pretty well. Now I'm waiting for my new sofa..:-)

Alysa & Adik posing with the sofa just before kena angkut untuk tukar baju baru..

 I love murtabak but I hated the ones sold at our bazar ramadan. Penuh bawang lah, too sweet, too spicy..etc. So now I make my own murtabak albeit a mini one using kulit popiah. It's still a lot better..;-)

Mini Murtabak

Bahan-bahan:
Kulit popiah
1 cwn ayam, potong kecil
1 bawang besar, potong dadu
2 biji kentang, potong dadu
1 sk rempah kari ayam
1/2 sk serbuk lada hitam
1/2 sk pati ayam
garam secukup rasa
2 biji telur

Cara-cara:
1. Tumis bawang hingga layu. Masuk rempah and lada hitam hingga wangi.
2. Masukkan ayam, kentang dan sedikit air dan  biar hingga masak.
3. Tambahkan pati ayam dan garam.
4. Masukkan dalam mangkuk dan biar hingga sejuk.
5. Campurkan inti murtabak dengan telur.
6. Ceduk 2 sb inti ke atas kulit popiah. Lipat dan goreng hingga garing.