Ouch,ouch hmmm,hmm,krekk,krekk,slurppp,mac,mac!

Salam:) Terimakasih lagi pada kawan2 jauh dan dekat yang berkongsi hati dan kata2;) Thanks Artlover,cinnamonworld of colours berkongsi pengalaman,thanks Mazni:) your castle ghost story is very interesting! I have a few which i heard from Uwan,will share it here when i have time;) may be i share one at the end of this entry,wink wink;) Uwan and us had a good rest and weekend,hope all of you had a same one and to those extending their Salam ukhwah..Alhamdulillah,kami sambut di sini:);)

Yesterday my Fb has the above title post:) I said whoever can guess our activities going to be which will start with 'oucchh,ouchh hmmm hmm' will win 3 days 2 nights stay at Aminah Resort!Ha ha ada lah jugak yang meneka but didn't get all correct;) So the Ouch ouch was my heaven time at Thai Odysessy:) Tia and Mia had piano lesson yesterday,so i asked the papa to wait for them and i checked myself into TO.sakit kacau rendang masa raya and makan2 tak habis lagi.I chose aromatheraphy instead of Thai traditional massage as i couldn't stand kena lipat2 and pijak2.You can choose several aromatheraphy oil such as rose or lavender for relax,lemon and spice for toning etc.I asked for lemon and spice and it was heaven..60 mins is not enough must make appointment for 120 mins!The picit kepala was really nice;)I really recoomend lemon and spice..you can see the effect of body toning too:)Anyway tak lah rasa aman sangat masa massage takut Tia Mia dah habis class dan bising2 kat papa dia carik mama)

But after i finish my massage and rushed outside i saw the above scene at the Artclass next to TO;) He he thanks so much papa,they peacefully and happily doing sand art there;) kalau tahu mama sambung jadi 120 mins tau!

Wahh syok main pasir ye:)

As usual in the end papa had to finish for everybody:) I just let the bonding between the papa and the girls:)

We reached home at 4.30 after our lunch and trip to Macbook shop to fix my Mac.The girls fell asleep in the car, i put them in bed,after taking bath etc I went down to make Milo for uwan,while listening to uwan's kampung story,i potong sayur for uwan's dinner.As for Ash yang tanya how to have good feeling in everyday's life? because she feels down and bad lately;( i can't really give a complete answer to it as i pun ada ups and downs but i learn to appreciate things from day to day.The most difficult to control and to listen to us is our heart.Talk slowly to our heart,ask her to make peace with us and everybody,replace all the worries with postive vibes and love.If your heart is happy there will no place for unsatisfaction,when there is no unsatisfaction,small thing will make you happy.So try to do that Sis,start with being happy with smallest thing around you,you are precious,your life is precious,give the best to youself.The best doesn't mean the biggest,the most expansive,the most popular,the best is the thing that brings smile to your face;) My moment with uwan yesterday was precious,it brings smile to my face,no money needed,no big effort just sitting there potong my sayur while listening to her telling stories about people already passed away many many years ago in our kampung;);)

Since the girls didn't have opportunity to play outside our house for one whole day i decided to arrange dinner in our little garden.They girls asked for mushroom soup,garlic bread,fried chicken and fruit salad.

Minyak tanah dah tak ada, so i ganti letak lilin inside the pelita,it makes a nice candle holder:):)

While the girls had bread uwan ate nasi with sayur petola and sup daging.I dah rebus daging siap2 untuk masak kari kari daging dan nasi dagang for the next day's breakfast.I usually do that,kalau nak masak daging i rebus the night before supaya lembut so esok pagi tu cepat lah proses buat kari atau gulainya;)Opsss kita ada pressure cooker tapi phobia nak guna..he he;)

It was a good dinner,we took our time borak2 and ate slowly.Some people will have family dinner at fancy place during sunday night but with senior people and all we feel having dinner at home is the best;) That's the little reward for ourselves:)

I let the girls play for a little while in their cubby house before we went in to sleep.

Today; Sunday Morning is nasi Dagang Day;) I just want to share making a super fast nasi dagang if you dont have time to make double kukus.No need kukus just cook!It is my style,i just buat my cara yang  i rasa senang asalkan sedap:);) Cara i,i  guna beras dagang Faizah,i rendam semalaman,hiris bawang merah,putih,halia,sedikit halba,santan,susu segar,garam dan sedikt gula.

One of the reason we steam the rice is because we want the rice to be nice 'berderai-derai' and 'shiny'.So kalau kita tanak ajer nasi lemak or dagang dia tak lah berderai atau berkilat tu,jadi untuk dapat effect berkilat dan berderai adalah dengan menumis,so bila berminyak nasi pun cantik jugak.I tumis bawang putih,merah dan halia sampai wangi.

After that i put in the rice,coconut milk,fresh milk, a little halba, a pinch of salt and half spoon of sugar.The measurement for santan and milk should be the same as the measurement for cooking plain rice cuma lebih kan sikit ajer the liquid as beras dagang keras a bit.Make sure you masak dalam periuk tebal yang bagus macam periuk kuala pilah i;) The best periuk ni tak lekat,panas sekata etc.Then tanak lah macam biasa,balik a few times,dah kering kacau betul2,kecik api,tutup dan biar lah sampai kembang dan kering.

Hasil..tadaaaa..lagi cantik dan lembut dari di kukus..sangat nyum nyum:):)

I cooked kari daging Trengganu guna rempah kari cap rose yang Ezlin bagi:) Alhamdulillah Ezlin dah dua kali masak kari cap rose ni;) As for kari daging,i dah rebus daging tetel siap2 malam tadi with sebiji bawang besar dan halia.Untuk masak kari i tumis bawang merah dan putih dan halia,masukkan kari cap bunga rose yang dicampur beberapa sudu kari untuk masak daging biasa (campur dgn santan),dah wangi i masukkan daging dan biar berminyak,masuk santan sedikit,garam,gula,asam dan masak sampai pecah minyak.

I made some acar timun yang hanya guna gula,garam dan sedikit perahan asam limau sebab uwan dan the other half tak boleh cuka.

It was a delicious Nasi dagang,i was so happy with the result:) Uwan and the other half liked it very much:) and tips to yang baru berkahwin,walaupun mom's cooking is the best but try to have your own way of cooking surely your husband akan appreciate having the opportunity to try you way;);) I tanya MIL masak nasi dagang ni dulu but i improvised myself:);)

And it was so sedap makan nasi dagang banjir kuah kari di pagi hari yang sejuk..so Nadiah i give a skip to Subaidah roti canai banjir this morning ya;) Will try next time;);)

After menambah lemak we decided to go to Lake garden to burn it..so we just pack the fruits;):)

The girls had a wonderful time..main air was one of the itenaries;)

They dont need to burn any fats actually as they had coco crunch with milk only..yang dewasa ni nak kena burn tapi yang dewasa duduk2 ajer bawah pokok;);)

One of my precious shot today;)

Another favourite shot... I love you emak,very very much;);)

As my sister said " Emak,you are always beautiful in my eyes" and i added 'nasib baik ada peribahasa mana tumpah kuah kalau tak ke nasi";):) he he he,Again, I love you emak;):)

Bougainvilla from my little Olympus lense;) I always love water colour painting since i was small.

My third brother Pashik is  very good at painting and drawing,one of his work hanged on the wall at his house,nice kan;)

Bye bye weekend..Monday is coming,hopefully we have a good week ahead:) InshAllah:)

Before i go just wanna share with all of you this picture:) The Dialogue behind it " Tia Mia make sure you hang your towel properly on the rack okay!" "Okay mama we will"!" :):) Cantiknya my anak2 hang towel:) Bye everybody;):)

Bumi Indah Ciptaan Allah Swt.

 

Salam buat semua:)Alhamdulillah pagi Jumaat yang indah,hati pun sesejuk salju.Thank You so much semua,you are lovely people.Alhamdulillah rezki bertemu all of you di alam blogging!

 

Semalam was a bit tight for me,and ada kerja yang really complicated kat office;( If i was cool tak lah menjawab-jawab ni ha but i am a human too,kadang2 terloncat jugak:);) I noted all the good points in everybody's comments:):) Yesterday the other half@Mr Sherlock Holmes took me out for Nan Cheese at Subaidah, as usual kita cerita2 ni dia 'hmmm hmm' ajer lah,he had a board meeting yesterday and 3 days in a row before that he hardly sleep in order to finish the paper:( kesian dia...Anyway the nan cheese at Subaidah was really good,the secret is in the kuah dhal..so sedap..do give a try if you go to Subaidah in Kota Damansara.

 

Don't worry, i will not stop writing as it is my passion:) plus menulis ini untuk my girls:):) and the most imporatant I will not hate anybody,people have their own mind and saya pun sama:):) Frienship is more beautiful than vengeance:):) Today; I would like to share my beautiful frienship as i didn't post the above picture before.That's a bouquet of flowers from my friend ,she hand delivered to me on my birthday together with a box of cuppies and some candles.We hardly jumpa,berborak pun kat fb,she's my friend sejak di U,in term of a friendship  didn't give her much,birthday dia kadang2 ada jugak i terlupa..but she always there for me..kadang2 we bertekak-tekak sebab lain2 pendapat but it never affect our freindship. Without fail on my birthday she will have something for me,kadang2 dia ambik cuti muncul kat office with flower and cake..this year masa my birthday, i baru bangun,my husband pun tak beli cake lagi for me,my door bell rang,she came with her husband and kids,hugged and kissed the busuk me yang tak mandi lagi&gave me flowers and cake..So beautiful the friendship kan..and so difficult to that attain that kind of love and sincerity in your heart.Alhamdulillah i have the opportunity to receive that kind of sincerity and love from a friend. And now i am receiving loves from all of you out there,so Alhamdulillah,lots and lots of loves from  me  to each of you out here;)

 

These are our kids,she has two girls too:);) Hopefully they will continue the beautiful friendship.

 

This is my special girl! We should meet more often ya,i need your hugs and surely you need mine..heee heee.When we sent sms we always say " hugs and kisses for you and yr girls ya but minus zubir!" and she will reply "hugs and kisses for you and the girls okay but minus azam!" LOL.Finally hugs and kisses to all of you out there minus Mr The Singing Pilot ( he received brotherly love and firm ukhwah salam for standing up and declared himself as my 'defence lawyer'!)

.................................................The end to the yesterday's episode:):).............................

Today i am sharing pictures of "Bumi Indah Ciptaan Allah Swt".

 

One of our great visit in Geneva was a visit to sunflower's farm.

 

The flowers were so beautiful but had to be careful of the bees;);)

 

Tia and Mia were so excited to see the sunflowers as they are one of their favourite:):)

 

The farm has berries too..and they look so lovely.

 

The leleh2 air liur girl:)

 

Red and black berries.

 

Then we saw this berries,you can find many of these at the local market.

 

Look so good ya..but they are sour,the local normally soak or marinate them in sugar before eating or use it for cooking/baking.

 

Anyway the best finding of course the apple trees in Nyon.

 

 The girls love green apple very very much:)

 

Just to share with all of you the recipe created by Tia and Mia themselves- try to eat the cut green apples with coleslaw dressing..it is so nice! I have many coleslaw dressing at home due to the makan2 raya..so girls prepared fruit salad almost every evening:):)

 

Continue with our visit to sunflower/berries farm- this is the lovely farm house.

 

The farm was simple and old but it was well maintained and clean.

 

This is our wonderful breakfast at Migros the local supermarket before our visit to the farm;):)

 

Finally i wish all of you a wonderful short break this weekend:);)

 

Hmm we are longing for a short breakaway too:);)

 

And to those asking about Lowick bungalow in CH..unfortunately none of the numbers i called yesterday okay..semua tak boleh go through:( However the Hilltop Bungalow as per in the picture is available,anybody interested can visit their website by typing "Hilltop bungalow CH".This bungalow is a bit pricey, priced at RM1200 per night per 10 people and that makes RM120 per person per night. You cannot cook at this place as they have a cook there,they will prepare breakfast,lunch,tea and dinner for you at a separate price.The place look so wonderful kan but when i read more comments i found that this bungalow is also spooky.especially at night and according to one of the writer the bungalow was used as japanese office during the war! Ayaya! macam ni malam2 kena duduk bawah selimut ajer lah..so my sister said " NO!"

Thank You so much Fadila for your offer to assist on Mardi cottage,sangat suka:) sebab ni more suitable for uwan:)If our program jadi nak buat family gathering there,saya akan cepat2 call dila tau!Thanks again:):)

 

Lastly a bit on Nusantara,English,contemporary,minimalist deco/architecture..even we are living in a different part of the world with different look and culture ;somehow there's many similarities in many aspect:):) Just look at this building in Chamonix,France during our trip to Mont Blanc.Dont you think that the balcony and architecture look similar to our 'rumah kampung"? Bilah2 balcony tu sama dengan bilah2 tingkap rumah uwan di kampung:):) The more we read and the more we see the more we understand:) The  similarities are obvious and it's all in a beautiful way:);)

Salam and happy weekend everybody!