Things about me - 1

My favorite fruit is ORANGE

Kalaulah aku nak berniaga ....

Actually aku rasa aku ni tak pandai berniaga… sebabnya aku jenis tak sampai hati. Kalau orang minta turun harga mesti aku akan bagi… lepas tu untung sket. Lepas tu aku menyesal

Tapi andaikata … manalah tau satu hari nanti Midon jadi orang kaya, ada empayar business sendiri dan aku boleh joli duit dia sesuka hati aku … aku ingat aku nak try meniaga la, kiranya kalau rugi pun tak per ngeh..ngeh..ngeh.

Bila aku fikir2, apa aku nak meniaga yer ... ni adalah list-list perniagaan mengikut kegemaran aku

1. Aku nak buka panggung wayang (mungkin nak join francais TGV kot). Sebab aku suka tengok movie.. so bila aku run bussiness wayang ni mesti aku selalu dapat tengok movie free J. Tapi aku rasa business ni ala2 lagha jer kan.

2. Aku nak buka spa.. ala-ala Spa Q gitu sebab aku suka bab konon2 lawa ni. Kat spa aku tu aku nak bukak fitness class (aerobic, yoga, pilates ..gym sekali kot).

3. Aku nak buka butik busana Muslimah .. sebab aku rasa kat Malaysia ramai org yg nak pakai tudung tapi macam tak best sebab tak banyak pilihan baju yg sesuai a.k.a bergaya. Nanti aku hire2 ler mana UiTM graduate fesyen designer .. uuii senang nya aku cakap kan…

4. Aku nak bukak tuisyen centre… tapi aku macam takut nak bukak business ni. Mak bapak zaman sekarang suka salahkan cikgu jerr. Kalau anak customer aku tak pass peksa nanti diorang salahkan aku plak ..isk..isk.

5. Aku nak buka bisness catering . Aku minat gak masak2 ni. Tapi aku jadi 2nd or third chef la. Mastermind mestilah org yg betul2 terror masak.

6. Aku nak buka bakery … tapi aku ni takder baking skill. Buat kek pun ala2 jer. Tapi tak per.. asal rajin cuba, lama-lama pandai la.

Sekian….. ni semua cuma angan2 jer .. tapi mana tau tetiba satu hari nanti muka aku masuk Utusan Malaysia kat slot Usahawanita Contoh..kikiki. Ye..ye jer aku ni, belajar pun malas ada hati nak jadi businesswoman.

Yg sebenarnya, aku ni malas nak kerja dan malas nak berfikir..aku suka dok rumah tengok TV, surf internet, kemas rumah, masak, makan, jaga anak(ye ker???), urut laki, baca novel ... orang macam aku ni layak jadi surirumah jer.

Roasted Chicken Wings

Assalamualaikum kawan2.. mari kita semua ceriakan hidup kita kembali. Tak mo dah sentimental2. OK kali ni resepi yg ingin dikongsi adalah Roasted Chicken Wings. Aku tak sure le seimbang tak pemakanan ni ..heheh tapi ada sayur tu kira OK lah kan

Bahan- Bahan

Marinate
Chicken Wings 10 pieces
Garlic 3 ulas
Olive oil 2 sudu besar
Oyster Sauce (sikit jer) 1 sudu besar
Kicap 3 sudu besar
Honey 2 sudu besar
Lime juice 1 sudu besar
Garam
Vegies
Kobis bunga
Broccoli
Carrot

GravyGarlic
Brown Sos
Cili sos
Lada hitam(serbuk)
Lea Perrins

French fries or mash potato

Cara Memasak

1. Cincang garlic kecil-lecil ( crush pun OK). Campurkan semua bahan marinate. Perap 4-5 jam. Kalau overnight lagi bagus. Kemudian bakar di dalam oven sehingga masak garing.
2. Potong sayur-sayuran mengikut saiz kegemaran puan2. Steam sampai sayur lembut ( approx. 20 min)
3. Untuk gravy: cincang garlic..tumis dgn sedikit minyak. Campurkan bahan untuk gravy sesuka hati puan2 sehinggalah puan2 rasa sedap :). Masak untuk beberapa minit.
4. hidangkan bersama french fries or mash potato.

Nana Tanjung II

Semalam aku tengok cerita Nana Tanjung II.

Tensen sampai rasa nak pecahkan TV

Sekian review dari aku

This entry actually dedicated to Atie…. entah kenapa hari ni aku sentimental sket.

I am not used to hear the MP3 music from the media player or whatsoever player from the computer while I do my research study. It simply disturbed my concentration which is already not concentrate....typical me :)

Anyway, I still need some ‘halwa telinga’ to minimize the stress of study. So, I use the traditional way by hearing the music via cassette /CD player which is located as far as it can from my desk. Ala-ala sepoi2 bunyi gitu.

I’ve got a bunch of CD’s and cassette which I brought along with me 4 years ago. Most of it are 90’s and early 2000 compilation song like Pendekar, Aishah, Fauziah Latiff (kakak angkat aku nih hehe), Now #, Rock Kapak, Spice Girl, Westlife, BSB etc.. One of my favourite is the mixed tape made by Atie as a gift for my 21^st birthday back on year 1999. Well thanks again to Atie … sampai UK tau hadiah ko tu.

Talking about my relationship with Atie …. We used to be sooo closed before and I still acknowledge you as my bestfriend even though the relationship is always in the ‘on off’ circumstances (macam org bercinta plak hehehe). Well, when it’s off actually it is much more because of my fault since Atie is the most sensitive friend I ever have and I am just such an ignorance person …. BTW, however ‘off’ the relationship was, at one point we still look out for each other for new development…. or gossips actually :)

Most people (especially Muarian’s) were a bit surprise when they know we are close. For the fact we are not from the same class even the same dorm, we should be totally disconnected. Well, boarding school people will know how strong the ‘semangat assabiah’ between classmates or dormmates at our time…like ‘you’re not my classmate so we cannot be friends’... it’s sound nonsense but it is true..but of course it’s only applied for some people…not people like us, kan Atie.

Refreshing the last 13 years memory, I suppose we become close because of arwah Onie who died on the car crash back in year 1997. Al-fatihah. OMG I just realised how much I miss her. The other reason is because of ‘lelaki-lelaki itu’ hehehe…biarlah hanya aku dan Atie yg tahu siapa mereka…. Every time we were in the ‘surau’ on weekend ‘ceramah’ I will always got a message from Atie in a piece of paper said ‘sila jaga bebola mata anda’ … hihihhi until now I still can ‘tersengih-sengih’ when I remembered how ‘gediks’ we were on that time…. Those past days will always be the sweet memories of mines.

To Atie.. I have a strong feeling that you are facing the hard time now… I wish you will get enough strength to face it. I may not a good friend at all… but I really do appreciate our friendship..and I hope you will live happily ever after…

Sambal tumis udang petai

Sambal tumis will always be our all time favourites. At least seminggu sekali. Tak kiralah sambal tumis apa sekalipun. .. mesti licin. BTW it's the most easy 'lauk' to cook. Blend ajer semua bahan lepas tu tinggal kan...buleh mandi, buleh solat, buleh tengok TV...lalalala

So sambal tumis minggu ini adalah sambal tumis udang petai

Bahan-bahan

Udang 10 ekor
Bawang besar 2 labu
Cili kering ( direbus dan dikisar) 20 tangkai
Belacan 2 cm
Asam keping 2 keping
Petai 1 papan
Garam dan gula secukup rasa
Minyak untuk menumis

Cara-cara memasak

1. Kisarkan bawang, cili kering dan belacan bersama.
2. Panaskan minyak dan tumiskan bahan kisar tadi.
3. Masukkan asam keping
4. Setelah naik minyak tambahkan garam dan gula secukup rasa.
5. Masukkan udang, teruskan menumis sehingga udang masak
6. masukkan petai... biar selama beberapa minit.

Lauk hujung minggu

Apa khabar puan-puan... bertemu lagi kita di dal@the kitchen ..heheheh

So inilah lauk pauk yg telah sempat di masak oleh saya hujung minggu ini

Nasi Minyak, ayam masak madu dan acar pencuk

Nasi Minyak

Bahan-bahan
Beras 3 pot
Bawang besar( dihiris) 1 labu
Susu cair 1/4 cawan
Minyak Sapi 3 sudu besar
Minyak masak 1/4 cawan
Kismis
Garam
Rempah Ratus
Kayu Manis
Bunga cengkih
Bunga lawang
Buah pelaga

Cara memasak
1. Cuci beras. Ketepikan
2. Cairkan dan panaskan minyak sapi. Tumis bawang sehingga kuning. Campurkan rempah ratus.
3. Setelah beberapa minit campurkan garam dam minyak masak.
4. Campurkan bahan bahan diatas ke dalam beras. Tambahkan susu dan air sehingga ke anggaran yg sesuai.
5. Tanak menggunakan periuk nasi. Setelah nasi hampir masak campurkan kismis dan kacau perlahan-lahan.
6. Hidangkan nasi dengan bawang goreng dan daun bawang

Ayam Masak Madu

Bahan-bahan

Ayam 1/2 kilo
Bawang besar (dikisar/tumbuk) 1 labu
Cili kering 9 direbus dan dikisar) 7 batang
Rempah ratus
Kayu manis
Bunga cengkihBunga lawang
Buah pelaga
Madu 4 sudu
Minyak
Kunyit
Garam

Cara memasak

1. Goreng ayam yg telah digaul dgn kunit dan garam. Ketepikan.
2. Tumis bawang dan cili yg telah dikisar. Setelah minyak naik tambahkan rempah ratus. Tumis lagi beberapa minit.
3. Campurkan ayam yg telah digoreng. Gaulkan dalam 5 minit.
4. Tambahkan madu
5. Tambahkan garam secukup rasa

Acar Pencuk

Bahan - bahan

Timun 1 batang
Carrot 1 batang
Bawang besar 1/2 labu
Nenas 1/2 biji
Lada merah basah 2 batang

Cara Memasak

1. Potong dan hiris bahan .
2. Campurkan cuka dan gula secukup rasa. Biarkan dalam 1 jam sebelum dimakan.

dal@the kitchen

I am such a food lover .. it’s my passion …. It is just simply me.

Since I came to UK a few years ago, cooking is not an option … without a ‘warung’, restaurant or ‘pasar malam’ my life seems so miserable. I cannot survive with telur goreng or roti or chips etc.. I need to fulfill my longing to eat a nice decent food. So that I learn to cook from the scratch … years by years .. time by time, I think I developed an amazing cooking skills (poyo jer bunyinyer..hehhe). I am not an excellent cook but I think I’m good at it (at least for myself and hubs..hehhe). Whatever it is, I proud with my own personal achievement...

Since I always don’t have much to share about my everyday life (for the reason please refer to my prev. post hahaha…what a routine, ‘same as usual’ life that I have).From now on, I feel I want to share a recipe of what I cook or to be exact what I know how to cook. It is not like the recipe that I invented by myself … it just a typical recipe which everybody know how to do it. It also NOT like I want to show off that I know how to cook this and that.. since I fully aware there is like a ‘beratus ribu juta’ people out there who’s a better cook than me .. but it is more to my personal ‘buku masakan’ given that if I write the recipes in a piece of paper it will easily magically disappear …

I actually thinking to have another blog for the recipes but it just like pursuing another ‘not important’ commitment. So, for the time being I think its better to put the recipes in the ‘already have’ blog . Well I will make labels for each recipe post for the easy access next time for me or for whoever wanna try the recipes… ENJOY!!!!

Chicken Stew

Stew ayam ni macam glamer jer namanya, tapi sebenarnya rasanya macam sup aje, cuma kuahnya pekat sket sebab dicampurkan dgn kentang lenyek dan cornflour.

Bahan -bahan

Ayam 1/2 kg
Kentang 5 biji (potong 8)
Bawang besar 1/2 biji( dicincang)
Bawang putih 2 ulas( dicincang)
Sup Bunjut 1 bunjut
Celery 1 batang
Tomato 1 biji
Lobak merah 1 batang
Sos tiram 1 sudu besar
Lada Hitam serbuk 1 sudu besar
Tepung jagung 1 sudu besar
Garam dan gula secukup rasa
Cara Memasak

1. Masukkan semua bahan melainkan tepung jagung dalam slow-cooker dan setkan low.
Air sama paras dengan bahan.
2. Masakkan selama 2-3 jam.
3. Bila ayam dah lembut lecekkan separuh kentang supaya kuah pekat.
4. Tambahkan tepung jagung. Panaskan selama 15 minit sambil kacau perlahan.
4. Taburkan daun sup dan bawang goreng.
5. Hidangkan dengan roti biasa, garlic bread or cheese twist stick.

Sesuai untuk hidangan petang atau malam.

Yoga

Last Friday I went to the YOGA class for beginner. It was my first yoga experience ever. Overall I enjoyed the class even though my body feel sooo 'terpeleot' by the posture and ached for the next 2 days.

But I still like swimming the most followed by gym since there is no personal instructor, so I will not 'terhegeh-hegeh' to follow the movement. Aerobic is the one that I like the least. May be because of the movement is too fast and I cannot cope with it, then I can't enjoyed it anymore. ... but I have to do it to tone my body shape....

Well for this Yoga practice I plan to attend another few classes (4 or 5 times maybe) and then continue just at home. I already downloaded the movie of Yoga intstruction together with the music for meditation ...

....soooo emotional me......

Sunday comes and goes.....

Hari ni hari Ahad... rasa cepat jer kalau weekend, esok dah kena pegi school semula huhuhuh.

After a very long time since our last 'carbooting' ( nearly 3 months kot...since Ramadhan) today we woke up with the highly carboot spirit... buang tebiat kot hehhee. Wheater forecast predicted the day will be a slightly raining today... so we decided to go to the indoor carboot at Mansfield. Unfortunately, there were not many carbooters today, still in the holiday mood maybe...

Actually, there is no important thing that we wanna buy ... the purpose sebenarnya nak jalan2 jer while meeting other Malays. What's the best bargain I've got today? ... three nice novels (perhaps!!!) for the price at 1 pound.

bunga & glasses adalah sekadar hiasan...

Other than that i also bought a pair of Ikea frame, NEXT long denim skirt and some kitchen appliances something like besi utk grill jagung....lima pound pun tak habis ari nih hehehe. Hubby as usual borong the gadgets thingy.

On the way balik carboot, singgah kedai cina beli durian ... tiba2 Kak Fida tepon ajak lunch kat rumah dia, makan Nasi Dagang yummy..yummy. Thanks Kak Fida. Terima kasih daun keladi, lain kali jemput lagi:). Walaupun aku pandai masak nasi dagang tapi manakan sama dengan rasa air tangan orang ganu.. lagi power gitu.

Selamat tahun baru Hijrah

Happy New Year again to semua orang ....

Semoga hidup kita diberkati sepanjang tahun. Amin

minyak oh minyak

Cuti da habis… jadual hidup aku back to usual routine. Bangun tidur- masak- mandi-pergi school- balik school- masak, tengok TV- study ( kalau rajin hehe) - tidur again.

Tak der apa yg menarik … melainkan tak best semata. Huhuhuh.

I must finish my PhD this year… dah tak sanggup aku hidup cam ni. Bercampur ngan org putih ni macam tak der life … tak der gossip yg mengujakan aku, tak der nak sakit- sakit hati … tak rasa macam duduk kat persekitaran melayu lah senang cerita…walaupun duk dalam melayu environment is a bit torturing with all the back stabbing, bengang with si polan, gossip about us all over the place…but ‘pain is beautiful’ believe me hehehe.

Apa aku nak komen ye… ha pasal isu minyak masak kat Malaysia. Aku baca paper kata kekurangan minyak masak sebab penjual dok simpan dan akan jual balik selepas kerajaan naikkan harga minyak. Ada yg jual kat Thailand sampai RM5.80/kg. Mak ooi mahalnya.

Sebelum aku pegi UK dulu kalau tak salah aku harga minyak masak dalam RM 2.00/kg. Aku biasa beli yg brand bodoh dalam packet jual kat pasar malam tu. Bukan selalu masak pun... 1 kilo tu pun mau tahan sampai 2-3 bulan. Sekarang ni aku tak sure harga minya berapa sekilogram. RM2.50 -2.70 kot.

Katalah kerajaan naikkan harga minyak hingga ke RM3.00 sekilo. Sekarang ni average aku guna minyak masak dalam 4 - 5kg sebulan ( masak hari2)...so nanti dalam sebulan aku akan spend dalam RM12-15 sebulan untuk minyak masak. Hmmm ... still reasonable price.... tapi kalau naik ke RM3.00 la...kalaula naik sampai RM 5.00 mau aku masak air jer semua lauk... dah tak payah minyak-minyak.

Sometimes.. aku rasa takut nak balik malaysia. Dengan harga barang yg mahal dan tak sejajar dgn pendapatan aku rasa macam tak bleh survive jer. One thing I like about England is the price for ‘ barang runcit’ is sooooo cheap…. Well kalau convert mmg la lagi mahal dr Malaysia tapi kalau dinisbahkan dgn pendapatan the prices can be consider as cheap (setelah diambil kira factor inflasi bla bla bla..something kalau kita belajar ekonomi kita faham …). Kalau tiap2 minggu aku shopping barang makan penuh satu troli pun still tak sampai 50 GBP. Alangkah bestnyer kalau kat Malaysia camtu.

Tapi aku percaya satu hari nanti Malaysia akan jadi macam England … apabila semua sumber dalam negara dimaksimumkan penggunaanya, apabila rakyat Malaysia semakin civillised, apabila etc. etc.. As a conclusion all the dreams can become true when Malaysia already going through all the civilization and revolution process as England went through before. InsyaAllah.

Cuma entah sempat ke tidak aku merasa since ‘civilization’ dan ‘revolution’ memakan masa beratus tahun ribu mungkin. Whatever it is, I’ll always pray that one day, Malaysia will be a better place for people to live their life. Amin.

Happy New Year 2008

Happy New Year everybody…cepatnya masa berlalu. Masih terasa lagi seluruh dunia dengan emosionalnya menyambut New Millenium … tiba2 dah tahun 2008.

Aku pun tak ingat apa resolutions aku tahun lepas. Aku pun tak pasti apa yg aku capai sepanjang tahun 2007.

Inilah first time aku list kan resolutions aku. Hopefully aku akan sentiasa ingat dan bekerja keras nak capai kehendak aku sendiri

1. Benda yg paling aku nak capai tahun ni ….. to finish my PhD. Right now, nothing more in the world that I want but finished my PhD sebabnya kalau aku dah habis belajar InsyaAllah semua azam sampingan aku akan terlaksana such nak balik Malaysia, be a better wife, becoming a mummy, nak pegi umrah, nak makan warung etc..etc.

2. Be a better Muslimah… cukup solat, khatam Quran, puasa sunat, solat sunat, tutup aurat … well I’ll try my best

3. Nak pergi gym/aerobic at least once a week

4. Nak turunkan berat badan to 50 kg

5. Less on watching TV series and movies .... part ni mmg super duper susah.

Itu jer lah buat setakat ni… nanti list banyak2 tak tercapai plak.

So, to all my friends...all the best for year 2008.