Mourning....

I was hit by an indeed shocking and sad news which I read
in FB yesterday. My junior, Ja, who is also my dorm mate during
school time in SHAH has just lost his 14 months baby who was
diagnosed with 'Biliary Atresia' when he was 2 or 3 months old.
The late baby Wan Umar Zharif passed away on 24Oct,
Friday afernoon.

"BA is a rare disease (~1:1600 newborns) that causes inflammation/
obstruction of the bile ducts resulting in back up of bile in the liver
which destroys the healthy liver. To date, the cause of BA is still
unknown & it is confirmed that it is not caused by food, genetics,
chemical, lifestyle or any other myth that any of you have in mind
right now :) BA is just a Birth Defect! The only cure is thru a
surgery called 'Kasai' procedure' "

I can feel tears running down my cheek after reading the
message. I know it must be really hard for Ja to accept that
the baby who is very attached to her for the past 14 months
is no longer laughing, gigling, crying for milk and playing around
with her little sister.

I can really really understand how she feels as I had faced the
same situations when I lost my little baby, Fariza, who is Farisa's
twin sister 5 years ago. The only difference is I only managed to be
with her for only 9 days after she was born. I just have to accept the
fate and be strong at that time... At the same time I feel bersyukur
that I still have another twin baby to look after.

May Allah give some strength to Ja and her family
to face this hard time.... My pray will always be with her...
Sesungguhnya setiap sesuatu yang berlaku ada hikmah disebaliknya...

Al fatihah to Wan Umar Zharif...

Again....

I was thinking to update my blog
yesterday but end up sitting in the
kitchen..buat ketupat palas... I bought
the daun last sunday..and suddenly
when I passed by the fridge, ternampak
the daun wrapped in a newspaper
next to it..
Quickly took the beras pulut and
have to wait approx 40 mins until
the pulut masak... I've already frozen the ketupat and later
bila nak makan, just steam it for about 20 mins...
i'm planning to cook Rendang Daging Dendeng this weekend
to eat with the ketupat....

Alamak.. how am I going to slim downla like this....

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I've been planning to go jogging since yesterday but my plan
has been 'terbengkalai' coz of the rain..nak drive to the gym,
hhmmm....malas...so end up with no exercise at all... and today
rasa guilty coz i ate a lot during lunch time...
Our staff cafetaria serves a Hari Raya food ... and moi makan
dengan happynya...nasi himpit, rendang ayam, daging, kuah
kacang and lontong...eeiii...banyaknya.... after makan, rasa
guilty pulak.... so I ran to the pharmacy accross the road looking
for a detox tea to get rid of the fats, oil, toxin and all bad stuffs..
And just now, I only have a cup of Horlicks with Dragon fruit
for dinner.... But the thing is...this weekend we have 7 open
house invitations.... hhhmmmm...habis lagi la i !!!!!! ...

Open house...Raya again!!!

We had a Hari Raya get together with my ex schoolmates
last Saturday. So happen one of our colleague from Germany
is back for Raya, so we plan to meet up at my place... Kalau
dah buat at my place.... means I've to be the host and
prepare for the makan-makan....

At first pening jugak to think what to prepare for the day...
and furthermore we were expecting around 70 guests.... Susah
jugak nak budget how much to cook coz takut the food is not
enough... Most of the time pun masak for 3 persons so bila nak
kena prepare for ramai2, mmg terpanic i di buatnya....

But alhamdulillah, we do not have much leftover... just nicela...

The first guest arrived at 3pm and the very last guest left
at 11.30pm ...I was extremely tired... tapi seronok sangat tengok
ramai datang even it was heavy rain plus thunderstorm...
One of my them, I've not met up for 17 years!!! Ehh...suddenly
i feel so old pulak....but am so grateful to see all of them doing
very well.... hope our relationships will last forever and ever...



chicken rendang & peanut sauce


Rendang Daging Dendeng


Spaghetti bolognaise - the most laku food of the day
I guess peoples are tired of eating Rendang..





cookies - i dont have enough time to bake..
so just tunjuk and pay for them... :-)


I didnt forget to buy a new 'skirt' for
the cookie jars... :-)


Me and some of my friends...

So next week is our turn to visit friend's open house.... makan lagiii!!!!

Okie dokie... Good nite everyone!!!

The Eve of Raya

Hello everyone!!!!! I'm back...It has been quite sometimes since
my last post...goshh...This is the first time I do not update my
blog for more than 2 weeks.... But frankly speaking, I really
really missed my blog and reading all my fav blogs.... Rindu
la kat you guys!!! I've been soooo busy with the Raya preparations
and some days were hit by the lazy bugs plus penat plus
hilang mood.... Okla....let's forget about this...

This year is MY turn... yesssss...so Raya is at my kampung (modern
kampung which is a housing area actually...) in Johor.

Eve of Raya is the most hectic day... macam2 nak buat...

So, these are the things we prepared ...

ketupat nasi .....my younger sister is the tukang anyam...

we had about 70 pcs.... makan with rendang and kuah kacang...sedappp...

daun palas - to make ketupat palas


ketupat palas - i made this one.... a few years belajar from my MIL baru okay..

at first it looks so complicated but kena try and error baru pandai sikit...

Farhana and Farisa play at the 'pondok'....



Dapat jugak I cari supplier bunga api..... everynite towards the end of
puasa, they have already started their bunga api session...


The smoke from the bunga api triggered Farhana's bronchitis..

2 days later she started to cough and we had to bring her to clinic

every 4 hours to get the nebulizer... nasib baik 3 kali aje... i was a bit

panic.. takut if doctor admitted her in the ward... nanti camping kat

hospital pulak the whole family...but alhamdulillah..everything was ok..

The only thing that I forgot is to take the pic of all the rendang and
kuah kacang (busy nak makan sampai lupa nak snap some pics you...)

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish Selamat Hari Raya to all
muslim bloggers.. esp to Kak Ummi, Rin chan, Zaza, Nik Diva, Ja, and
Shaque..Hope you guys had a great time with the loved ones...

Salam Aidil Fitri..Maaf Zahir Batin...