Merdeka Day and Boy in our Heart!

Merdeka! Merdeka! these two girls shouted.Merdeka Day is always special too us,the merdeka spirit is alive and kicking in us,Merdeka Day we remember you and the history and to Merdeka Boy we love you..yesss it was papa's birthday 31/8..Happy Birthday Papa..we lurveeee you.

Since puasa we didn't buy the whole cake,few pieces is enough.

We prepared papa's favourite..beef steak on the eve of Merdeka Day,on the Merdeka day itself,mama cooked another papa's favourite Grilled Salmon with potato salad and French beans..tak sempat lah ambik gambar..busy:) but happy to see papa beriya-iya makan....diakui my potato salad was really good..haaa..haaa.

We took Tia and Mia to see sawah padi..kena ingat kampung halaman..bertapa susah orang dulu2..inilah sawah padi sayang..sangat cantik menghijau.

Both sangat teruja tengok sawah padi..berlari di titi..ohhh seronoknya..we love kampung...jaga,jaga jangan jatuh.

Wahhhh..is this rice mama? can we hold?can we eat it?

Itu lah zaman sekarang..tengok sawah padi pun di shopping mall ajer..Thank You One Utama for bringing the sawah padi to town..at least dapat lah the girls tengok.

Is that a scarecrow mama? Is it alive?Can he moves?Can he berak? Can he eat? ..itu boleh tahan lagi soalan..tapi bila tanya "Can we eat him?"...haaa..ni maleh nak jawab.

Okay jom ambik satu gambar kat kepok padi.

Okay girls enough bersawah padi..jomm shopping pulak...heni tak habis2 kirim beli gelang tangan untuk sedara mara dia ni..mama ingat dah seplastik besar..ni nak lagi..jom kita pergi Bonita.

Sedikit pasal birthday boy..the smeinggu dah asyik gila baca buku ilmiah ni ajer..ada sales di MPH..bila biku murah papa sangat rajin baca:)

Dah tu mama pun dia suruh baca..cuba tengok title buku tu semua..camana nak minat bulan puasa ni..dah tu siap beli dua nak bagi kat kawan dia yang sambut birthday sama jugak.

This is the picture of Birthday Boy with a bowl of bubur kacang merah kegemarannya tengah tengok program National Geographic on the late Tun Razak.. ..HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR/PAPA! We lurveeeee you very very much:) It is very kind of you to grant the whole Malaysian a public holiday on your birthday..as you said lah.

Ini budak..kepala dah terantuk main bawah meja..birthday boy pujuk tapi mata tetap tengok TV..a typical birthday boy tu:)

Today would like to share two special pictures mama took from Kak Ikin's blog..fulled with kenangan..rasa sayu..mama tak ada gambar ni..pernah tengok dulu2 kat rumah pakcik:)

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Maklang,uwan,mama ank pakcik..semua orang masam..mama lah yang tercuteeeeee...rindunya kenangan dulu..nasib baik lahir dah merdeka..ada camera,ada gown pendek and ada seluar yankee untuk pakcik..rindulah zaman uwan muda2 dulu,boleh masak2 and boleh jaga rumah di kampung..balik bau masakan uwan di dapur bestnyerrrr...

Maklang and budak super duper cuteeeee..he,hee..ohhh rindunyerrrrr..kenangan dulu..syukur atas segala yang ada.

.Kak Nur Going Mekah Al Mukarramah.

Alhamdulillah Saturday we sent Kak Nur,Kak Idah and Maklong to perform umrah.The above are pictures of special women in our family from left uwan,Kak Nur,Kak Idah(kak nur eldest sister),mama,Tia with Kak Nurul (kak idah's eldest daughter),Mia with Kak Ikin. Maklong was somewhere and missed the picture:) When mama was small half of mama's childhood was spent with Kak Nur's family as kak nur late father is mama's eldest brother.Traveling to Johor with train was always fun,maklong loves mama just like her own daughters and treatment sometimes better than the rest.Kak idah,kak yati,abang Az were mama's greatest friends,Kak idah naik basikal mama bonceng and we pergi jalan2 ke tepi laut,kak yati suka ketawa and our journey pergi tepi laut always fulled with laughter.Mama's arwah brother or known as Embong will sometimes follow to the tepi laut in his car to ensure we are okay,he will give some money and we were so happy like nobody business and stop to eat famous mee rebus mak jah jawa at the tepi laut.Those were the special times,when we grew up dah jadi jauh,most of them are in Johor except Kak Nur who works in KL,whatever it is the loves and memories are stilled in mama's heart.Sayang mereka semua moga perjalanan ke Mekah,moga wanita2 yang banyak berkorban untuk keluarga ini di berkati Allah Sbt dan mendapat kebahagiaan dunia dan akhirat.

Ni Kak Yati,mata bengkak lagi dari menangis.When we were small kak yati ratu kuat ketawa,setiap 5 mins bercakap mesti ketawa,satu hari kita orang pergi tepi laut naik basikal,we stopped at kedai mak jah makan soto,entah macam mana satu botol kicap tumpah kat riba kak idah! habis bahagian badan bawah kak idah hitam dengan kicam hingga masuk dalam kain,mama dan kak yati ketawa berguling-guling instead of simpati, kak idah kena tinggal kat kedai sebab semua badan basah kicap,both mama and kak yati balik naik basikal nak ambik baju ganti,sepanjang jalan tu 4 kali jatuh basikal sebab ketawa tak berenti..entah berapa lama lah baru sampai rumah,dah ambik baju naik basikal ketawa lagi:) Dah lama betul tak jumpa kak yati ni,she is 4 years junior than mama,missed those old days.

These two girls were really happy at the airport,perasan dia yang nak naik flight,sabar dulu,another two weeks okay,happy tengok they bonding with sedara mara yang tak pernah jumpa:)

Ni gambar hari Jumaat,papa pasang lampu lip lap kat rumah.The girls happy and sibuk lah nak menolong.

Papa main campak jer lah kat kayu tu..faham lah puasa,tak boleh komplen banyak2:)

This past few days were really hot,Friday mama made special lee chee kang drink,mama boiled the red dates,put white fungus,longan,cincau,honey,gula kundur and ice..wahhh really cooling and refreshing.

Masak lemak cilipadi udang with pucuk pegaga was good too.

Ada masak lemak cilipadi kena ada sambal petai..baru ngammm:)

Then buat super sedap mee sup..kuah tak sempat bubuh lagi:) Taruk banyak2 sup tulang rusuk yang lembut and sambal kicap..nyummmmm.

Tia's favourite is mama's bubur kacang merah,siap taruk ice lagi..makan bermangkuk and ada bunyi "slurppppp":)

Ni lah yang buat masak seronok,anak2 suka makan,sampai nak masuk kepala dalam bowl tu..uwan jangan tengok sangat nanti terliur..dah lah cuaca panas.

Bukak puasa pun macam tu..orang dah habis makan,Mia tak habis lagi makan mee sup..sampai tunjuk buncit perut tu.

Dah makan..halaluya main bunga api kat luar..si Mia tu tumpang menari jer lah..dia penakut..tengok Tia jer.."I peep only mum" she said.

Terror jugak budak kenit ni main bunga api..until last nite..terkena sikit jerrr..lama jugak takut:)

Another favourite kat luar ni basuh tangan..sikit2 basuh tangan..

Kena marah..sengih macam ni kat mama..hmmm

After the outside activities..went up and do some writing and colouring...tak penat2 betul these two.

Finally after the hot bath and good scrub, you can only see two heads snuggling comfortably infront of laptop on the soft mattress watching "Micky Mouse Club".

See heaven with milk and ikea blanket.

Sunday,finally mama pergi tempahkan cermin meja untuk dining..and letaklah table cloth,table cloth tu bought 4 years ago at Florence Flea market,few euros saja,asalnya curtain rasanya..but mama likes the classic look,the original crochete.

Baru lah beralas meja..senang wipe ajer..mama tempah kat PJ..really resonable kedai tu untuk meja makan kita 8 - 10 chairs ni the top cuma RM240 jer.He,he..Sunday ada lee chee kang lagi..ada permintaan untuk siaran ulangan.

Beli sotong banyak dari pasar tani hari tu..mama goreng with kuchai flower,sedap.

Buat skinless roasted chicken..Tia,Mia and papa's favourite.

Yesterday was really hot..mama put the tent at the family area and both played in the tent with air cond on.

Panas sangat..tengok gambar lee chee kang mama ni again..it was really cold,soothing..didalam tekak and perut..he..heeee.

Pasar Tani TV3

Selamat Berpuasa pada semua:) Pejam celik kejap jer dah nak habis,next Saturday our maid Heni will be going back for holiday in Indonesia,so many things to do and prepare:) Cant wait to go back kampung.Today nak share few pictures of Pasar tani kat TV3,salah satu keseronokan berkerja kat sini,semua yang diinginkan boleh datang ke sini :) gerai jual kueh raya,jual baju,pasar tani,kaunter zakat fitrah,kaunter tax,kiosk urut kaki,facial,check gigi,pasar tani...kalau turun ke lobby memang lah meriah,sesekali banyak dapat benda free,dapat bubur lambuk,kurma,biskut etc,nanti nak raya company sponsor daging segar,kita kena bayar half ajer and dapat 4 kilo sorang,tiap tahun puas makan daging:)Puasa ni dah 2 kali pasar Tani,lori yang bersih dan kemas,kalau compare harga tak lah banyak sangat beza tapi yang penting semua fresh,kalau ikan tu masih keras dan berdarah lagi,udang pun macam baru tangkap,sayur menghijau semua,macam rasa nak beli semua:) Hilang lah jugak rindu kat pasar tani di kampung.

Hari ni yang ber handbag Chanel,LV berkasut Prada,Gucci semua menyinsing tangan membeli petai:)

Semua segar,sampai cili pun nampak meyelerakan:)

Ikan semua cantik dan segar,dah beli kepala ikan jenahak nak masak Asam pedas johor taruk sawi jeruk,daum kesum..aduhhh sedapnya.

Tengok daging pun rasa nak beli semua,so beli lah tulang rusuk sebatang tadi..tak tau lah nak rebus lembut3 buat gulai cilipadi masak serai ke atau buat ajer sup:)

Macam2 biskut traditional ada kat sini..kueh telinga india(denderam),wajik,lemang,rendang  semua ada.

Ni namanya Gadis dan Petai:)Kak Long,mumtazany pi balik buat sambal petai ehhh..

dekat Lobby pun meriah lah berjualan..baju,kain pelikat etc.

See kawan mama ni berseri-seri muka memilih baju..tapi dia memang berseri-seri naib juara "Lose Big" anjuran Company ni..bagus betul program tu..okay lah cukup bersiaran dari Sri pentas pagi ni..selamat berpuasa:)

Bulan Terang..

Bulan terang di langit dan di hati..rezki pun datang:) Yeap last nite we have rezki,Alhamdulillah.Kak Nur bawak rezki dan berita gembira,Kak Nur,Maklong dan Kak Faridah bertolak ke Mekah menunaikan Umrah sabtu ni..syukur Alhamdulillah,murah rezki anak2 Paklong (hmm mama merindui arwah abang mama yang di panggil Embong..my eldest brother..Alfatihah to Arwah Abah and Paklong)

See muka dah nak tidur tapi bangun balik..happy lepas tu..kak Nur bawak belated birthday gifts for TiaMia,mama and baju raya for uwan..thanks so much kak nur.

Suka hati yerrr..dapat hadiah..memang over suka tu ada something dalam bag tu yang buat over suka tu.

Cucu dan uwan..he..heee uwan serabai ni,baru bangun tidur depan Tv pukulan ayam masak lemak cilipadi,sotong goreng kunyit,sup cendawan,cendul dan bubur pulut hitam..Alhamdulillah cucu datang bawak baju raya kat uwan..Kak Nur ada bukak Bazaar jual baju kat johor raya ni..cantik nampak tu uwan.Nur mintak uwan doakan semuanya okay dia nak ke Mekah.

happy sangat pasal ni haaa..uishhh jangan harap dengan mama nak beli lollipop sebesar ni...since ni present kenalah buat exception..tu pun boleh jilat 10 kali jer..kira, 1,2,3,4 then xtra 5 kali jilatan lagi..dah tu simpan dalam fridge:)

See dua orang ni tak nampak dunia dah..nampak lollipop jer..

Kak Nur bawak baju raya pun tak heran...

cantik baju kak Nur bagi semua..very bright pink:)boleh pakai raya..jimat lah mama nak membeli lagi:)

Ni hadiah mama..hee suke...

Apa kat dalam ye..

Wahhhh a very nice soft silk baju kurung with full beads around the neck..so cantik..Kak Nur tempah khas untuk mama..thanks so much kak nur..mama suka sangat:)

Cerita budak dua orang ni pulak kan..Teacher Claire said,kat Club dia orang ada fikiran sendiri,ada yang dia suka tu dia akan share food..ada yang dia tak suka dia tak bagi..hmm mama tanya teacher Claire"why children behave like that?is it okay..do we need to interfere?",Teacher Claire said " it is okay,children has very strong instinct just like animal,they can sense,let it change naturally,we can guide them..but their natural instinct is something that you cannot force to change..just like us when we were small,ada certain pakcik or makcik yang kita couldn't explain why kita tak suka".Hopefully TiaMia will be nice to everybody.

Tiap hari buat banyak betul Art Works kat Club,kena beli files lah mama.Semalam ni lah the girls buat kat the club..Merdeka Bunny,Selamat menyambut Hari Merdeka dari kami..bak kat Tia Mia sambil berjoget " satu malaysia kita berjaya,satu malaysia kita bahagia".