Chilled Blueberry Cheesecake

Last weekend dengan gigihnya pegi ke Carrefour membeli benda ni ha. Semata-mata sebab terliur nak membuat Chilled Blueberry Cheese Cake. I must admit cooking is not one of my strong points. I picked that kind of cake because it doesn't call for any baking at all. Masuk aje dalam fridge.. tunggu dalam 4-5 jam.. and voila... a cake!

Philips. RM169 kalau tak silap. Tapi sebab tak check betul-betul contentnya, makanya bila balik baru sedar takde spatula as per described kat luar kotak. Takde spatula tahan lagik, jangan takde benda pemukul tu sudaaaahhh!

I have a considerably small kitchen. Selari dengan pembesaran anak-anak dan tumbesaran makpak mereka, maka dapur itu semakin terasa kecil. Makanya benda-benda yang guna once in a while, dibubuh di sini. Eh, did I say once in a while?? We'll see, shall we?

Taraaaa!! The final product. Agak nervous sebab my last 2 attempts buat kuih ended up in epic disaster. Tak boleh makan langsung! Even my husband yang selalunya cuba ambik hati pun sanggup melukakan hati ai dengan tidaksudiannya merasa kuih tersebut *sobs* This one, alhamdulillah. Walaupun ada blunders that happened, dicampur dengan derhaka berlagak macam terer masak takmo ikut resepi asal..

Bahan Base:-
1. Sepeket biskut oreo - Tak kesahlah apa perasa pun sebab in the end krim tengah tu kasi buang. Katanya 10gm, I used 1 and 1/2 packet! Giler derhaka okay. Blend halus.
2. 45gm butter - Cairkan. Tayah nak dabel boiler ke apa. Tenggek je atas direct api. Rasa macam dah sukat betul, tapi I ended up dengan butter yang banyak! That's why I used 1 and 1/2 packet of oreo tu. If not, the mixture is too watery. Or maybe the scale was playing trick on me?

Campur keduanya, gaul rata, then masukkan dalam bekas as base. Tekan-tekan kasi padat. Bekas tu I lined with cooking sheet. Lebihkan kertas cooking sheet tu so kita boleh guna lebihan kertas yang menjulur keluar dari bekas tu as 'tangkai' untuk keluarkan kek ni nanti Asalnya dah beli loyang spring foam.. tapi tak pakai sebab adunan ni sikit aje.. tak padan dengan bekas nanti. Lepas dan tekan-tekan tu, masukkan dalam fridge.

Bahan Topping
1. 125gm whipping cream - Pukul sampai kental, boleh buat bentuk tanduk berdiri tegak kekdahnya. After sometime, ai dapat thicker consistency tapi takleh buat tanduk. Pukul la lagi.. sampai jadi cam dadih sudahnya! It separated from its liquid. Kalau biasa tengok dalam TV cara orang proses keju, ha itulah yang berlaku kat ai. Mungkin dah masuk kategori belasah, bukan pukul anymore! But I used it anyway. Sayang woo... bekas cetoet kecik tu ajer dah makan RM6 - RM8. Kederhakaan kedua di sini ialah I used the whole box i.e. 200gm instead of 125gm. Ala... tinggal 75gm je. Might as well guna semua. Ewah.. berlagak macam nak masak kek ke-200 je. Walhalkan...

Next time I am gonna get whipping cream yang dalam pressurized bottle tu. Tayah kepuk-kepuk dah, sroootttt aje dari botol tu ha. Abih citer.

Btw, lepas selesai pukul whipping cream tu, letak tepi dulu.

2. 125gm cream cheese
3. 80gm castor sugar - I used fine granulated. Castor sugar nan ado kat Carrefour kat rumah ai ni ha.
4. 1 bekas blueberry yoghurt - I used cap Dutch Lady. Jenuh sorok from Iman sebab ni feveret dia.
5. 100gm blueberry filling - di Carrefour dekat rumah ai ni, benda ni takde. Tak tahan gedik-gedik nak buat jugak kek ni dan dan tu jugak, makanya di ganti dengan jem Wild Blueberry St Dalfour. Asal boleh. Blueberry jugak namanya kan.

Memula pukul cream cheese. I used 200gm sebab sebekas tu 200gm, alang kepalang nak tinggalkan 75gm je kan, masuk je lah sumer. Dah kembang tu, masukkan gula. Pastu yoghurt, pastu blueberry filling. In my case, jem tu lah :) Pukul sampai kembang dan kental. Yang ni I didn't dare overdoing it. Walaupun tak bertanduk, I stopped the mixer.

6. 2 sudu besar gelatin - Larutkan dalam 2-3 sudu besar air panas. Kalau tak hancur gak, buat kekdah dabel boiler yer.

Pastu satukan adunan whipping cream dengan cream cheese tu. Kaup balik sampai rata. Pastu masukkan gelatin tadi.

Tuang dalam bekas yang ada oreo tadi. Masuk dalam fridge for at least 4 hours. It was an excruciating 4 hours for me. Kalau tak jadi memang tobat sampai hujung tahun mogok takmo buat kuih-kuih resepi baru dah. When the time was up, i pinched it a bit, alhamdulillah.. mengeras.

The kids absolutely love it.

Next am gonna do lemon flavour pulak InsyaAllah.

Nota - resepi diambil dari blog ana ni http://mylovelyfamily-ana.blogspot.com/ (dan kendiannya diderhakai)

Making Do..

There was this corner lot selling at RM520k in 2010. Very near to my house. The time was not right since I wasn't working that time. Then another corner lot, last year. For about RM600k. I was still not working then. Takde rezeki. (I am not complaining tho. I took leave to attend to Iman. Witnessing his progress is indeed much more than RM520k or RM600k or any other amount for that matter)

Very recently, there was another one selling. At freaking RM750! That, I complained. Such aa huge hike in such a short time. After thinking and deliberating and not wanting to put almost all eggs in one basket, we decided to just make do. Some said to go elsewhere where there's still cheaper, bigger house. You see, we are rooted there. We love routines when it comes to certain things. Where we're staying, included. The house was sold barely a week after it was advertised.

Renovate it is then. Perhaps we should make use of the long driveway (we can park two cars front and back now). And extend the kitchen. And paint the house blue with black ironworks as grills and gate. And install an oven in the kitchen. I shall have a small breakfast counter. To even have a small reading/solat area if the situation (and budget) permits. I want to have a french window at the living area. And a built-in shoe rack. And a walk-in wardrobe. I have endless list..

Hence..

We're withdrawing our EPF Account 2 fund. Last time we did that was in 2002 when we first bought our house. It's been 10 years. Hoping for full settlement, insyaAllah.

Tanamera First Timer

Tanamera literally means Red Earth - Tanah Merah. When I first went to spa (sort of), Tanamera Spa was one of the considerations. I went to Hammam instead nevertheless :) (Hammam web www.hammambaths.com.my)

I've been reading Tanamera's web (www.tanamera.com.my and its spa web www.tanameraspa.com.my), 'hanging out' at their online outlet (www.tranquilicespa.com), been reading other people's review and all. Tanamera has its own spa (few, to be exact). It sells products as well. Unlike Hammam. Should you need to use their product, you have to go and use em up at their spa! Tanamera on the other hand, you can spa yourself at their outlet OR buy their products and spa yourself up at the comfort of your own bathroom. Having read a bit about Tanamera, I was tempted to sample up few things. Facial scrub, facial mask and body scrub.

Recently Tanamera opened a temporary booth at neighboring office. They were selling things at 20% discounts (some were 70% but I couldn't recall which items as I went and terjah all the things I had wanted - facial scrub, facial mask and body scrub).

First, let's see what Tanamera claims. Born in the land of Malaysia. Au naturel. Supports recycling too.

Tropical Lulur Scrub. Selling at RM40 per pack before 20% discount. It comes in a jar. Inside, you'll find 6 small packs of Tropical Lulur Scrub. Each pack for one session of lulur. And a bottle of 60ml distilled Tanamera Rose Water. Add up about 40ml of water plus 10ml of rose water to the lulur. Mix and slap em up your body. Tunggu sampai half dry. Then silalah sental daki anda :D

Tropical Lulur Scrub falls under Tanamera's Natural Body Scrubs. Other variations of lulur are Tropical Boreh Scrub (for aching muscle and tiredness), Tropical Coffee Scrub (to break fatty deposit and prevent cellulite), Organic Brown Sugar Scrub (with ylang-ylang to relax and rejuvenate) and Himalayan Rock Salt Scrub. Price varies according to type. My next aim will be Tropical Coffee Scrub.

Having used only once the Tropical Lulur Scrub, I can only review the immediate after effect. Of course cleaner skin laa after daki-daki tanggal. A tad bit drying. But always apply body lotion after body scrub anyway. Smelling of spices, even after adding up Tanamera Rose Water. One thing Tanamera can improve is to include penyukat for the rose water. It says add up 10ml. Takde kekuasaan lah nak pegi cari syringe nak sukat bagai kan. I added up until it reached consistency of my liking.

More info here http://www.tanamera.com.my/natural_body_scrubs.html

Kacang Hijau Facial Scrub aaaannnndddd Black Rice Facial Mask. For mature and blemished skin. Ahem. I am 38, what do you expect kan. Other variations are Tanamera Mangir Facial Scrub (for oily, acne skin), Sengkuang Facial Scrub (for dull tired skin). I was torn between all three. I have occasional acne, I have blemished skin, my skin is mature, I have dull skin. But cannot tamak, can we? SA suggested Kacang Hijau Facial Scrub.

For facial mask, other variation includes Temu Facial Mask (for oily and acne prone skin) and Hibiscus Facial Mask (to soften and brighten skin).

More info:
http://www.tanamera.com.my/facial_scrubs.html
http://www.tanamera.com.my/facial_mask.html

The ones I bought comes in 4 small sachets. 1 sachets for 1 application. Memula scrub muka then pakai mask. Macam tu lah aturannya.

I used this one few days back. I tell you, sangat tingling sensation okay. Macam panas-panas sikit. I almost wash it up after 1-2 minutes. Tapi tahan ajelah kan. Kaler cam dull purple, maybe it contains beras pulut hitam kot. Smells nice tho. This kena tempek kat muka sampai kering. Bubuh kat leher jugak yer. See note - budak-budak bawah umur sila jangan pakai. The after effect, supple! Ingatkan muka jadi merah menyala but it didn't. Rasa supple and hydrate. Tak sia-sia menahan tingling itu.

As we know, green bean ni, the Koreans dah lama pakai as part of their beauty regime. Apart from ditempel ke muka, it can be soaked overnight and later use as hair wash. It claims to reduce dandruff. Haven't tried on my hair tho. I have no complaint on this scrub. Tempel and sental. Don't over do, kesian kulit muka tu kang.

My bill, after 20% - RM72. Kalau pakai weekly, the facial scrub and mask will last a month, body scrub for 1 and 1/2 month.

Tanamera's other offerings. Boleh tinjau tinjau kat www.tanamera.com.my. They're also having a Malaysia GP Sale 10th March - 15th April 2012, diskaun 20%. Good time to buy kalau nak try-try. Boleh order online here http://www.tranquilicespa.com.

Muhibbah Seafood

The bulk of our domestic expenses goes to *drumroll* - FOOD. (of course putting aside payment for car and and our home sweet home house). One of our feveret outlet is MUHIBBAH SEAFOOD. It's a chinese-muslim restaurant. The address is as per printed on their wet-tissue packet. Previously they were operating at TTDI, occupying shoplots. In Sg Penchala, they have their own place, with compound. Better and bigger.

Went there 5th March for lunch with En Tebby. We took the long, more complicated route! Lalu kat belakang rumah orang, ingatkan dah sesat :D :D The much more easier way is to just drive ahead from their TTDI outlet, turn left then right. That's it, you're at MUHIBBAH SEAFOOD Sg Penchala.

First to arrive were these. Peanuts, kicap cili and hot wet tissue. It's not in their menu btw. Courtesy with a cost. Why? Masuk dalam bil. Tak taulah kalau tak usik masuk bil ke tidak sebab everytime we'll finish up the peanuts and used up the tissues.. While waiting for out main course to arrive, mari tengok persekitaran dahulu yer.

In midst of green. For someone who has been raised in kampung, it is really soothing to be surrounded by trees.

Our drinks. I had BARLI SUAM (mintak suam tapi yang sampai panas amat, kena mintak ais) Tebby had this 'kasturi something' drink.

BUTTER PRAWN. Took the smallest serving. Tebby ate one. The rest is history. Well, my history actually :P

Steam fish. Garoupa. Thai style with loads of jeruk bawang putih and halia. We intended to order yang stim with sayur jeruk but the waitress warned us yang tak ramai orang order that variation sebab kurang sedap. Bukan ai cakap yer, dia cakap. And we ikut cakap dia hihi.

We also ordered KAILAN IKAN MASIN. All time favorite vege dish. Tak di foto, I was busy eating :P

Balik Kampung!

Went back to Tgg on Saturday 10th March 2012. Came back yesterday, Wednesday 14th March 2012. A short break so we took the plane. For 5 of us, the fare was around RM1550 (lebih kurang lah), inclusive of seat-booking. My friend said it was reasonable. For us who travel mostly on-the-road, it was more than 'reasonable'. Saved approximately 12-14 hours of journey should we travel by car.

Adam was super-excited. A first-timer that he was! Albeit just going balik kampung but to actually be in the plane was really something for him. At least during the journey to Tgg. To KL, he looked a tad bit bored and kept asking bila nak sampai, bila nak turun etc. Adoilah.. baru 50 minit nak oii.

My elder 2. Seated side by side in the same row with Tebby. Gambar terlebih cahaya la pulak :P

Striking a pose sebelum naik. Adam insisted on same dress code with Iman :D Sebelum kejadian ni, Adam went pointing to a woman with long hair. And kept on saying 'macam hantu Kak Limah'. Loudly. She looked like a foreigner, I hope she didn't understand what Adam was saying :P

Puting No More!

Our 2nd son, Adam has been latching on dummy since he was a very tiny miny baby. It was like a 'mute button' or 'snooze button' when the 'alarm' went off ^-^!

And today, as of now, I can proudly say he's doing without the puting for a day and a half already! You see, he always thinks he's a big boy these days, that made the process even easier.

'Adik, adik dah besar. Dah big boy kan'
Nodded.
'Big boy tak hisap puting kan Dik. Adik stop ya hisap puting? Kalau nak tidur, Adik peluk Doggie aje ye?'
Nodded.

And he stopped since. That was easy! Phew!

Oh Oh must remember the date 4/3/2012 :D

Doggie is his blankie soft toy btw.

Apart from Adam, Kakak pun hisap puting when she was small. In fact, dia ni lagi 'hebat', manjanglah nak ada puting kat mulut dia tu. Cam Adam, masa nak tidur je dia cari puting. Separation dengan puting pun, Kakak lagi susah. 3-4 hari moody sebab tak boleh hisap puting.

Iman? He rejected dummy puting altogether. He wanted the real thing, if you know what I mean :D :D

I'm a Puffer

I am puffer!
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I have been relatively healthy for the past 38 years. No major health issues. Which was why I was so suprised when Dr in Klinik Kita scheduled me for neb sessions from last Sunday 26th to Wednesday 29th February for coughing. I mean, I am or was not asthmatic. true that I live around asthmatic people, my husband is, my three children are. Asthma is not contagious. Having surrounded by them while I was taking the gas was, well,.. adalah sangat weird. Tables are turned everyday anyway right? :D

Apapun, I have been well for the past 38 years (almost), syukran Ya Allah for that. I have been thin, I have been a little plump for a while. I am having flabs from three pregnancies which seem so setia with me. I have my share of pimples. I have period pain. I have PMS. But no, no major health issues. And I hope this one will not be as well.

Medications prescribed. 7 of them. Some are to be taken during the day and night. Some are during the day only. Some are for night time only. Pretty confusing huh? Kenyang makan ubat. Tak payah makan nasi :D We'll see anyway :D

Medication to be taken during night time. Nasiblah semua kecik molek jer. Hak lonjong 2 biji tu adalah antibiotik. Pas ambik mesti rasa sakit perut.

Anyway, Rabu lepas was my last neb session. Then jumpa balik Dr. He said my lungs are much better and the phlegm dah dislodge. I was still having coughing that time, and worst time was (still is!) bedtime. Sampai tak boleh tidur. My stomach muscle sampai sakit sebab terbatuk-batuk. My back muscle as well. Insaf nikmat kesihatan yang Allah bagi that I may have neglected and taken for granted.

So, I got these.. inhalers. Welcome me to the world of inhalers! Budesonide & Ventolin. Whatever happens to Seretide? I remember when my children were younger, musti dapat Seretide. Yang Ventolin ni memang dari dulu sampai sekarang wujud :D

Ventolin, 2 puffs 3 times a day.
Budesonide, 2 puffs, 2 times a day.

Kosongkan lung, relax. Puff the spray in mouth. Inhale.

(Sounds and looks easy, until I tried it at home. Macam naga okay, asap keluar dari hidung. The after-taste adalah sangat tak best. Pahit dan payau. Oh ya, must drink water after puffing, kalau idak, serbuk tu buat tekak gatal)

Baik Dr.

Ventolin & Budesonide guna sampai sihat. Then discontinue Ventolin, sambung dengan Budesonide for another month.

Hurmppp.. baik Dr.

Always bring these with you where ever you go. Kalau dah pernah kena macam ni, besar kemungkinan akan kena lagi in future.

Baik Dr.

So, I am puffing since. Told you, now I am officially a puffer ^_^

Anyway.. I was feeling giddy (and was shaking a bit, my friends told me that's normal after neb session). Tapi boleh lagi request nak pegi makan nasi Arab kat Al-Barada. Rasanya Al-Barada ni takde branch lain except this one in Suarasa, BTHO.

Hot Lemon Tea. My current favorite. Rasa lain dari Lemon Tea I have tasted elsewhere. Ni Liga Arab punya :D Yang biasa I minum tu Liga Asia punya :D :D

Seberang Al-Barada is Bangi Kopitiam. Dulu ramai gi** customer then beransur surut. Walaupun tak seramai dulu, it is surviving.

I ordered Arab Rice with Lamb & Ladyfinger. Ni nasinya. Lembut. Sedap. Wangi. I loike.

Dalam mangkuk tu Lamb and Ladyfinger. Sedap. Lamb tu amatlah lembutnya.

Tebby's. Chicken Mandy. Dia tak puas hati his rice is not as nice as mine hihi.

Oh ya, my friends also told me, usually after neb session, they usually get veryyy hungry .. so that pretty much explains it....