New Toys on The Block

The boys are into Lego Hero Factory these days. (after ultraman, hotwheels, transformers - to name a few). Something they'd found out while you-tubing. Kids these days eh?

And despite it's Ramadhan and despite he's fasting, Iman still brings money to school. At times he buys things for himself. Sometimes he buys things for his friends. And at times, he buys things for Kakak or Adam. Of late he refuses to bring his usual dose of pocket money. Saya nak simpan duit Ummi. Nak beli Hero Factory.

:D :D 

In no time the boys collection have grown into a family of five. Surge, Splitface, Evo, Toxic Reapa and Furno. See what they've done to me.. :P We don't really mind buying actually. Every each comes in bits and pieces and they have to assemble according to enclosed instruction leaflet. Motor skill. Jog their mind. And now they have gone a phase further, assemble not according to instruction and do their own versions of hero. Way to go boys, way to go..

8 Tahun Sudah - Happy 8th (Hijrah) Birthday Iman!

Back track 8 years ago.
20 Ramadhan, 1.37pm - I gave birth to Muhammad Iman. Difficult birth. Serik rasanya nak beranak lagi (Ye lah tu serik, tahun 2007 pregnant lagi.. 2009 pregnant lagi.. :P). Raising him was not smooth sailing either.

Happy 8th Birthday Iman (hijrah that is).
We love you loads!!

Officially a Teenager - Happy 11th Birthday Kakak!

I am officially a mother of a teenager today! How time flies, before I knew it, my firstborn turns 11 today. It feels like yesterday that I stuffed myself like there was no tomorrow when I was pregnant with her.. Seriously, who would have thought I could eat a loaf of bread eaten with 7 boiled eggs at one go? Or a plate of mee, a roti canai, 3 kuih and milo? Just for a session of breakfast?

She was born a healthy 3.45kg at Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital at 2.20pm.

This year, rainbow cake it is for her.This year is the second year that her birthday falls during Ramadhan. Since we went back balik kampung last weekend, why not celebrate with Atok &Wan kan. We had an early celebration. Early by 3 days. And as early as wee hours time sahur. Sahur-sahur nyanyi lagi Happy Birthday okay. :D :D

To Kakak, Happy 11th Birthday. We love you loads.

Amukan Sotong!

Asal masuk Ramadhan je mulalah sibuk fikir pasal nak masak apa, menu mingguan apa. Then share dengan kawan-kawan cara masakan pulak. Contohnya kalau nak ikan bilis goreng garing, cuma bedakkan ikan bilis dengan tepung jagung. Nak goreng ayam, campurkan dengan sikit tepung jagung masa lumur garam dengan kunyit tu.

Lepas tu tertengok pulak blog menayang sotong goreng. Sempoi je. Sotong kecik-kecik tu, goreng garam kunyit aje. Dah tu tengok gambar dalam pukul 1.00 tengahari gitu kan... haruslah semua nampak best.

I decided to try anyway.

Tebby does our 'marketing' every weekend (tak paksa okay, dia memang suka pegi pasar) Awal-awal dah pesan belikan sotong kecik-kecik. Tak payah potong, kasi goreng bulat-bulat aje. Of course, bersihkan dakwat-dakwat tu dulu la kan. Perap with little garam & kunyit. Just before goreng, lumurkan dengan tepung jagung. Kasi letak daun kari juga. ............... Barulah bau mengancam jiwa. And this is what I got.

And this! Tangan melepuh kena minyak panas. Dahsyat tak dahsyatnya letupan tu, sampai terkeluar sotong dari kuali. I guess sebab tak potong badan, ada air terperangkap kat dalam tu. Apa lagi, meletup la.

Kecederaan kat tangan ni cuma 40% aje. Lagi 60% kat lengan, sikit lagi nak sampai siku. Ni dah almost two weeks, parut merah dah jadi gelap. Pegi ofis kawan ofis tanya apsal tangan jadi gitu. Balik kampung, adik beradik tanya. Abang Long ai kata habislah saham jatuh. Saham pekebendanya.. dah takde pasaran ha ha.

Apapun, Tebby kata sedap. Selalu makan sotong celup tepung je kan. Sekali-sekali tukar resepi pulak. Takpe Yang, kalau you suka makan, ai sanggup berjuang dengan amukan sotong :D (jangan lupa beg raya ai anyway hihi)

Teringat pulak satu ketika dulu, lagi tak bernasib baik. Insiden goreng sotong jugaklah. Minyak panas terpercik kena tepi leher. Sebiji macam rupa love bite. Bila kawan-kawan nampak mulalah nak senyum-senyum. Ai kata sebab goreng sotong. Depa kata sotong kaki dua ke? Haihh... sumpah.. ni sotong takde kaki laaa...

Ikang Singgang

Ingat entry saya yang ini?

Ada yang email tanya macamana nak buat ikan tu. Senang je. Ikan, asam keping, garam kasar secukup rasa. Agak-agaklah ye kuantitinya. Ai main tabur je dalam periuk.

Letak air sikit je sebab ikan tu keluar air. Ikut kan arahan asal, jangan letak air langsung. I did that once, melekat-lekat ikan kat periuk sebab tak cukup air. Api selow je. Tutup periuk, buka sikit je.. (Yaaaaa... komoihnya dapoq ai! Lepaih soq tak cuci dapoq, teruih pi lena lepaih solat Subuh)

Dah masak. Kalau nak makan terus pun buleh. Tapi ai goreng dulu. Garing-garing. Boleh makan sampai ke tulang kecik-kecik tu. Cukup masin, masam, manis (manis ikan).

Oh ya. Hari ni dah masuk 17 hari kita puasa. Lagi 3 hari je bakal menghampiri 10 malam terakhir. Cepatnya masa berlalu. Elok je masuk bulan Ogos, terus naik bendera merah. Ala-ala menyambut bulan kemerdekaan kekdahnya :D Tapi dah namanya isteri dan mak orang, haruslah kena bangun siapkan sahur jugak kan walaupun tak puasa. Walaupun tak puasa, tetap makan sahur. Memeriahkan majlis :D

Milk in a Cup!

Finally! Drinking his milk from a cup!

But not for long!! :P Two days later he's back asking for 'nak susu kecik..........' FYI, he drinks only 4oz at one go. We have coaxed him to drink more but he simply refuses bigger bottles. Kakak dulu minum 13oz at on go, Iman 9oz. Iman juara monthly consumption. 8 cans of 900gm susu. Without fail :D Adam normally consumes 2 cans of 900gm monthly.

Tho he digress back to bottles at home, it's been like two weeks already dah tak bawak botol susu pegi taska. 'Adam dah besar Ummi. Mak Nor kata Adam kena minum dalam cawan'. Adoilah. Cakap Mak Nor (pengasuh taksa) jugak yang laku ye Dik. Pastu kat taska Adik besar, kat rumah Adik kecik balik ye...

Baju Ayah, Abang, Adik

Picked up the boys' Baju Melayu from KAS Tailor yesterday. Brown it is for Eid this year. Teluk belanga for Iman and Adam. Cekak Musang for Tebby. Akhirnya, after 12 years, he agreed to have a tailor-made Baju Melayu sepasang. If not, kain pelikat lalalala.. kain pelikat lalalala..