Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Been Awhile
been soooo ong since i last post here... i cant even remember my username and password to log in!!! tad bad eh??? i wonder wats keeping e bz till i have long forgotten bout my writing? i have sooo much to tell and i dont know where to start... i just wanna start writing again especially bout all da things i eat and cook..
i think i remember i used to write alot about my kiddo, my cooking, my food photography passion.. but having my cakes all da time keeps me away from my 'laptop'!!! everything is done thru smartfones and tabs these days.. senang, snap gamba.. bukak apps edit a bit here and there and terus upload.. Facebook of coz, where else! hhahahahaa...
so... i shall write again.. about everything..
missing all of you...
Saturday, 10 March 2012
Trying out...
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
I should...
Its almost 1am here and I am still not sleeping..too hungry? Too tired? Too worry? Only God knows.. Took my medication like always while munching this bread with corn cream (yeah too sweet, should have munched on plain biscuits instead..sighss), I am writing here determined to get my postings regular again!
Must be the ‘Sambal Belacan’ I had earlier for dinner; been sneezing non stop, itchy nose and throat too! Coughing is surely from all the cold drinks I have been having lately, also with all those fast food!!! Oh dear.. I must take care more of my food consumption lah..
Neways.. I have so many things in mind right now, maybe this is one of the reason I'm still not sleeping at this hour too! Cake orders are filling my calendar (ya, I know.. Shouldn't complain so much, bz is good, bz is money!), netting cups, handmade fondant roses, googling cartoon pics for my mini flags etc... I am suppose to get half done by tonight but its too late now and I should sleep early cause I need to start my day early..
Thinking of what and where I should go and do tomorrow makes me even more tired... I know I should focus more on my business here, but lately too much distraction lah.. With my mom being sick, me travelling back and forth, entertaining mostly everyone else till I forgot what I want and need.
Well, at least with all these cake orders, I now know I'm able go get that iPad cover with stylus pen I wanted so much!
Ps: i'll post the pic here when i got them yah! hihi..
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Superwoman?
Been running around like headless chicken today! Back and forth from my place to mom’s place, cook at my place and later at mom’s .. Came back to my place and cook again.. Oh dear..
It all started when my pumpkin got sick few weeks back, high fever and bad cough until we brought her to see 3 different child specialist and then she got better.. The nasty bug caught myself and I was down for a week after.. Couldn't do much so my mom and her maid came to help with my cakes.. Few days after I was all better and then my mom got sick! 5 days and she finally got admitted at the hospital due to the fever and kidney reading not so good! Since then I have been traveling from Damansara to the hospital in Kg Baru for few days until mom got discharged, then from Damansara to Gombak for another few days..
I finally took one day rest from traveling and rest at home until the next day mom’s maid called telling she's down with fever! Sounded sooo weak over the phone .... Early morning send kiddo to school, rush back home to cook while I have my breakfast standing in the kitchen! Thank God for 3in1 coffee mix!!! Pickup kiddo and straight away drive to Gombak. There I cook dinner as well for both of them before I rush back to my place and fix our dinner. Dropped by the grocery store to get some things for mom’s lunch tomorrow too.. Prepared everything and keep in the chiller so I can just start my day early and cook everything tomorrow..
Tomorrow I am going to make singgang kerang serve with punded garlic and chilli soy sauce, kangkung goreng belacan and ayam masak kicap kenduri style!! If that what it takes to make my mom eat, so I will cook everything, all the way..
My day didn't stop there, I still have a small set of cupcakes to finish up for tomorrow’s pickup and prepare my cream, choc fudge sauce for Friday’s pickup! Everything was done at about 11pm and I finally get to sleep and rest..
Masyaallah.. Where did all those energy came from? God is Great! Like magic when I was able to do all those this whole day.. Yeah He is testing me but at the same time He is there to help me.. Always..
Saturday, 19 November 2011
My Gift To You
I think too much recently.. Been a year plus since I finished my treatment and never miss any of my regular checkup.. Alhamdulillah, semuanya selamat, semuanya sihat.. Looking good all the way.. I am more active in my bakings, stronger and feeling a lot better. Sampai kan busy sangat tak dapat nak ber-blogging sangat lately.. Ya ya I know I should be consistent in my writing if I really want to learn to write.. Am at my best now to regularly write..
Sementara I am having a good life now, tak semua orang bernasib baik like myself.. A dear friend of mine; my only cancer friend that has always been there for me especially during my chemo treatment is having relapse on her cancer after 6 beautiful and wonderful years.. The news breaks me.. I kept on thinking what if that happens to me? And then I realized I have nothing for Diya if I die! She is only 4 years old now and will be 10 years old in 6 years, I don't think she will remember me much if I'm not around by that time. I never write, collect, keep anything for her..
I talked to my BFF bout this and she came with the idea of me writing a recipe book for Diya. All my daily cooking, how she would love her food to be, all the dos and don'ts in her daily meal etc. So I will write to her as if I'm teaching her to cook. I will write manually so the book will be a personal one from me to her. I will paste cutouts of any favorite label I always use from a normal all purpose flour to the cream I use into all my sauces! This will also be in my ‘Bucket List’ to do things before I die.. I will jot down all the passwords and user name for all the websites that I have so one day she can read herself all the stories I always upload on the net, from Facebook statuses, tweets, blog postings etc..
I love you darling Diya..
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
I Miss You
Been soooo long since i last wrote here.. About a year or so? I really do miss writing here especially bout my cooking and of coz, Diya... So today i have decided not to wait anymore, or else i will never continue to write.. I think i will just continue writing as usual and make one long entry on what i have missed to write the past year.. Life has been soooo busy for me since i completed my cancer treatment, Alhamdulillah i am now doing well and trying to get back on track especially business wise.. I have loads of pictures of Diya and stories on how much she has grown up, also pictures of food and also my cakes..
Diya has started school, learning alot and has improved alot on her vocab, also speach skills.. As for myself, started my diploma in cake baking and decorating at ICCA, the best cake school intown! Although i only attend sunday classes, still i am very occupied with cake orders, Diya and her school etc... But yeah i know, all of that is not to be a reason for me to stop writing right??? Will definitely try my best to write again..
For all my blogger frens, pls dont ever give up on me.. Insyaallah will visit all of you very much soon..
Love uolls..
Monday, 20 June 2011
Me Time
Friday, 22 April 2011
Mac And Cheese
Things that you need:
A small bowl of elbow macaroni
2 tbsp of butter (I always use salted butter)
2 tbsp of multipurpose flour
2 cups of double cream milk*
cheddar cheese*
salt and pepper to taste
How To Prepare:
Melt butter and flour in a non stick pan until well combine add in milk. Again stir until everything are well mixed. Add in elbow pasta (pre-boiled and cooked) keep stirring and add in the cheese. Mix until cheese melts and remove from heat. Don't forget to add in seasoning; salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm!
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Macam Maner Nak Pilih Cili Kering
Bagi contoh cili diatas ini ialah jenis yang pedas! Warnanya merah menyala, Lurus dan tidak bertangkai. Kalau diikutkan pengalaman I memasak jenis ini adalah jenis yang paling pedas. So watch out!! Cili jenis ini mudah didapati di pasaraya terkenal dan besar seperti Giant dan Tesco.
Ini lah contoh cili yang langsung tak pedas pada tekak I lah. Senang nak diguna buat sambal sebab kalau I buat sambal I suka guna banyak cili supaya dapat lebih kuah sambal tapi kalau cili kisar tu pedas sangat nanti tak tahan pulak pedas kan? jadi I rasa cili ni lah yang terbaik for me and my family. Cili ini menurut dari mak I berasal dari Terengganu, tetapi masih boleh didapati disesetengah pasaraya seperti pasaraya NSK dan beberapa buah kedai borong barangan kering dikawasan selayang dan gombak.
Cara membuat cili kisar:
Potong dan hiris cili kering nipis-nipis dibuang bijinya sekali. Cuci sehingga air rendaman cili menjadi jernih dan rebus sehingga cili menjadi lembut. Tapis dan cuci lagi sehingga air menjadi jernih lagi dan masukkan kedalam blender. Masukkan separa penuh air masak, seulas bawang putih, satu sudu besar minyak masak, sedikit garam dan cuka(kalau suka lah dan mahu tahan lebih lama). Kisar sehingga hancur dan menjadi pes yang sempurna. simpan didalam peti sejuk untuk digunakan pada bila-bila masa. Biasanya I akan buat cili kisar ni untuk simpanan dalam seminggu dua supaya senang untuk memasak. Selain daripada cili kisar I juga buat bawang putih kisar, bawang merah kisar. Untuk topic itu I akan letak di posting yang berlainan..
Saturday, 26 March 2011
How To Choose good Lady Finger
Good Luck!
Friday, 25 March 2011
Petua Siang Sayur Supaya Manis
Satu lagi petua yang berkaitan ngan sayur! Well, this time I got this petua from a lady yang dulu bekerja sebagai pembantu rumah at my house. This lady is a mother to my sister's friend and we had her to stay with us for a while until my mom got us a permanent pembantu rumah. yeah, dulu kita panggil pembantu rumah because they are locals and citizens, unlike these days where people prefers to use foreigners maid to help with house chores.
Neways, we called her "Bonda" which means mom or mother. I can remember one day I sat beside her while she cooks lunch and I notice the way she cut her vegetables and I asked why? What she did was, instead of using the knives or nowadays people uses kitchen scissors; she simply use her hands to 'pluck' the leaves from the stem, or just break into small pieces with crunchier type of vegetable. Sebagai contoh lah, sayur kangkung.. Biasanyer kita siang sayur pakai pisau, tapi Bonda petik-petik daun kangkung tu bersama sebahagian kecil tangkainya dengan hanya menggunakan tangan. Lepas tu kalau dia siang kacang panjang or kacang buncis pun dia gunakan teknik yang sama, petik-petik to smaller pieces. Bila I tanyer; Bonda, kenapa buat sayur tu macam tu and she answered... Barulah sayur ni manis bila kita masak nanti.. So, sampai lah sekarang nih, kalau I masak sayur, bila nak siang sayur tu I will just use my hands..
Do try this out babes..
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
New Segmant?
On top of that, I think I want to add in a new segment that is "PETUA" where I can share many tips on cooking, groceries shopping, termasuk lah macam maner nak pilih ikan kat pasar ker haha! This may sound funny but believe me, I do have friends calling me; sue, macam maner nak pilih kangkung yang elok kat pasar? Since now this is how my life is and over the years I have gained more and more experience in being a full-time mom, why not I share my tips with all of you out there.. Once a friend call me up crying because she now had to quit her job, become a full-time mom and just couldn't handle everything at once. " Sue, macam maner you boleh buat kerja rumah, cook almost complete meal everyday, shop groceries, drive around, bake and sell cakes WITH Diya hanging on to you all the time??? Im even scared to drive pegi kedai depan tu tu get simple things!!! How you manage? Whats your secret?" (bukan masuk bakul dan angkat sendiri yer.. hehe). Bila I fikir balik, ye lah kan? I managed!!! Not perfect but I am able to handle it Alhamdulillah.
So, I think this is good for me to write here.. Share more things and why not make more friends kan? So, I shall have a form here too for any of you to email me directly and ask questions, selagi I boleh tolong, I will Insyaallah.. Email me on any inquiries you have in mind lah.. Err.. Decent ones ek heheheheh... So jangan lupa to checkout the tabs I have and new category on the side bar..
Broccoli Oyster Sauce With Egg Tofu Mumy
The things you need:
Egg tofu in tubes slice them but not to thin because we are going to fry them.
Sayur broccoli dalam a bunch ker.. You can opt for other vegetable also but I love non- bitter ones.
Garlic say a few cloves
A few table spoon of oyster sauce
A table spoon of corn flour( to be mix with water)
Half cup water
Seasonings: Salt and pepper
How To Cook:
Fry the egg tofu in a stir fry pan, no need to deep fry. Just until they get slightly brownish. Can we skip this part? I suggest not because egg tofu is very soft and delicate; they will definitely put a side. Clean the broccoli and cut them as how you like. You can also add in fish ball or fish cake if you want to. Bruise the garlic and start to fry them. Add in the oyster sauce and the fried tofu, a little water for gravy. Add in the broccoli cut into small pieces, seasonings and stir a little longer. Not to long cause you wouldn't want mushy vegetable right? Lastly, remove from heat and add in the corn flour water mixture. Stir until thick and serve hot with any other dishes. It can match almost all dishes although I don't agree to have this with any kuah masak lemak hehehe..
Monday, 21 March 2011
Talking Diya
I can remember last time masa I had to go through chemo and I was weak, my mom's maid had to suap diya makan, mandi and pakai kan baju tuk Diya and I got jelous! sometimes she even sleeps with her.. I cried in the room, but I know I had to let go Diya for a while, at least until I am strong enough to handle her again.. The moment I have more energy I will do all the things myself, I’ll bathe her, comb her hair, feed her and even play with her abit here and there. To think again, she was my strength when I was weak. I stayed strong for her.. Semua ni berlaku tanpa myself sedari.. Tak perasan langsung Diya is actually my strength yang datang dari maner pun I tak tau.. Alhamdulillah, dan I will always stay strong for her Insyaallah.
Friday, 18 March 2011
Ikan Cencaru Masak Tauchu Mumy
Things That you need:
Ikan cencaru yang dibuang jaket dan dibersihkan sepenuhnya. I always like the smaller size of fish so i can have seekor on my own plate haha..
Bawang putih(seulas), bawang kecik/merah(dua ulas), halia(dalam seinchi) dan cili hijau (dalam dua biji). Cuci dan hiris kesemua bahan ini kecuali cili hijau cukup sekadar dibelah dia sebagai perhiasan.
Sedikit timun atau kacang panjang sebagai sayur tambahan dalam kuah tauchu itu.
Satu paket kecik Tauchu masin atau dalam dua sudu besar; dilecek atau ditmbuk atau digunakan terus dari paket mengikut cita rasa masing-masing lah.
Sedikit air, serbuk lada sulah dan garam sebagai perasa serta serbuk kunyit untuk menggoreng ikan.
Cara memasak:
Ikan dibersihkan, digaul dengan sedikit garam dan kunyit dan digoreng sehingga garing mengikut cita rasa sendiri. Toskan dan ketepikan.
Panaskan minyak sedikit didalam kuali, tumis bahan hirisan termasuk cili hijau, tumis sehingga naik bau kemudian masukkan tauchu. Kacau hingga masak baru masukkan air. Tunggu mendididh, masukkan garam sedikit(hati-hati kerana tauchu sudah masin), lada sulah secukup rasa dan sayuran tadi. Setelah semua masak curahkan kuah tauchu ini keatas ikan yang telah siap digoreng, hidang kan sementara masih panas.
Lactose Intolerant and Dairy Overdose?
Oh dear... My Diya is not well.. Mula-mula sekali-dua jer dia cirit, tapi lama-lama makin kerap pulak. Sampai sehari 5 pampers berganti. Baru tukar satu dah kena ganti baru lagi sekali. I thought nak tunggu sehari dulu baru bawak pegi klinik pakar kanak-kanak kat depan tu tapi tak sampai hati pulak lah bila tengok Diya cirit-birit macam tu, so malam tu we went to see the doctor and get her checked.
I explained to the doctor that on Saturday Diya had pizza which that was her 1st pizza. We had the Cheesy Volcano Pizza cause we thought that would be FUN for Diya. Then the next day Diya asked for the same thing; pizza again! And so we went.. Earlier the day Diya had mushroom soup, cereal with milk for lunch and pizza for dinner. Later she had vanilla ice cream for desert. And everything started that midnight. One after another until myself pun penat nak bangun tengah malam lagi. Sebab terlalu kerap kena cuci Diay's private part tu naik rashes. Very red and I'm sure very painful lah. Diya has eczema and too much water will dehydrate her skin and trigger rashes, her body tempreture pun naik jugak sikit. I was worried quite much until I get to see the doctor. After the checkup doctor concluded that Diya has Lactose Intolerant and Dairy Overdose. she prescribed Diya with Probiotix from Bio-Life, ORS for her diarrhea and some salt water for energy, also flu and fever syrup for her runny nose and body temperature. Doctor told me not to worry because Diya is not dehydrated. She is very active playing and should be ok in a couple of days. I teringat masa kecik dulu Diya got admitted to the hospital due to the same reason only that time she was vomiting quite much, in fact the whole night! 3 days admitted with full drips. I wrote about this in my previous posting.
Today is her fourth day having diarrhea but she is a lot better now. Kurang sikit cirit-birit, gap from one another pun dah makin jarak. She has more energy, selera makan pun makin baik and dia lebih ceria main her toys! Alhamdulillah.. Bersyukur sangat. Lega jugak myself tak payah bangun tengah malam lagi hehehe... Lega betul rasanya dapat main ngan Diya like she always do.. Moga Allah panjangkan umur both myself and her so that she will grow to be anak yang solehah and myself pulak sihat nak membesarkan dia. Insyaallah..
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Earning Enough?
I just have to work harder.. I have to bersyukur to what I have. Stop complaining and be happy always. Insyaallah.. Walau aper pun ujian Tuhan for me I will face them with all my might! moga Tuhan permudahkan urusanku dan bantu aku mengharungi dugaan-Nya..
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
J.Co Today
Pagi ni I decided to hang out at J.Co for breakfast while waitng for my kiddo to habis sekolah.. Plus I need to get some things from the hypermarket too.. Actually this place is not bad lah.. Sofa is comfortable, almost semua table dia setty guna sofa so i lebih selesa nak pilih any spot to sit. Parking pun senang and FREE, another bonus point for the place! I order their tuna club donut and hot tea. Makan satu tak cukup lah plak memandangkan badan I dah double size now ahhahaha... So I ordered another piece haha.. Segan betul..
Agaknyer pagi- pagi mamat yang kerja tu blur kot.. Macam tak paham aper kita cakap pun ye jugak. Bila I nak tambah order pun muka blur.. Tanyer aper set breakfast pun susahnyer lah dia nak explain.. Well.. Menu wise tak lah variety sangat kat sini, semua donut base which I think they should improvise sikit tambah menu simple like small nasi lemak set ke for breakfast sahaja, or maybe donut toast with scramble egg and sausage ker.. Dah nama pun kedai kat Malaysia kan, kena lah ikut selera Malaysia hahahah... Drinks quite pricy lebih kurang starbucks jugak for their coffee and such but I tak tengok pada itu sahaja lah, the place is comfy, wifi laju, easy parking so conclude all that I rasa I will definitely come back here again.. Or maybe mark this place as my favorite place to hangout too.
So what I did today was trying to upload my cake pictures to my cake website tapi Masyaallah, banyak nyer limitation iPad nih.. I cant attach any picture kalau I guna email through the website, I tak boleh upload picture to my fan page it will directly go to my personal facebook. Kalau I nak upload via email sahaja for my fan page but again the email setting takder attachment kalau I guna the official website. Meaning I kena set kan my email account to this iPad and email from there, another but is iPad ni sharing and email is super confidential lah huhuhuh...
Ipad ooohhhh iPad! Tapi takper lah so now I know I will just the iPad to write and surf, later balik rumah baru settlekan all the work yang I dah buat on the Ipad.. Atleast I tak payah nak carry my bulky laptop lagi kan.. Plus iPad is very stylish hehehehe.
New Hijab Style?
And there we go, chit and chat bout her career and all.. What interests me was her hijab style. I wonder always everytime I see her pictures on Facebook or magazines; macam maner dia lilit tudung dia ek? And so she did a short demo for us! Oh, dear... Simplenyer!!! I always fikir alahai lecehnyer nak belit-belit tudung mcm tu! Only few pins does the trick! She even tip us on where to get nice shawls, inner shawls, even makeup tips! Teruja nyer I masa tu heheheh... That night I sleep thinking ish tak sabar lah nak pakai tudung macam tu..
So the next day, I went to visit the boutiques, wow! Happy I was to see many shades for the inner although tak banyak shawl collection there. I spent a bit on shawl inners and I took one shawl for me to try.. The day after that I went to another boutique in Shah Alam; Hajra and there I got myself few more shawls! Fancy ones too! Am very very happy with my new look. I plan to stick to this image and of course get more shawls from Hajra!
I Don't Want To Work In An Office Anymore
Then suddenly I just thought; I never want to work in an office ever again. I never want to leave my Diya even just for work. I feel that I never have the courage, energy and strength to go back to that world. I don't care perceptions from family and friends, I just want to do what I want. I will try my best to maintain my mini baking business and help to finance the family as much as I can. If others can success.. So why not me right? Anak orang jual nasi lemak dan kuih pun boleh sampai masuk University kan??? I feel now money is not everything anymore. Yes no doubt it is important but its just not everything anymore.. Well.. At least in my list they aren't. I appreciate health more nowadays. Bila sakit aper pun kita tak boleh nak buat lagi. Allah tu bila nak amik kita anytime Dia boleh amik. Jiran belakang rumah my mom sihat walafiat, selalu come by visit and hantar kuih but suddenly last week she had a stroke, lumpuh sebelah badan and darah beku masuk ke her brain. Went for surgery the next day, coma and passed away the day after. Before this memang takder mengeluh sakit aper pun, takder kencing manis ke, darah tinggi ker aper pun takder. Just one day kena stroke.. Allahhuakhbar!
Another different story; yesterday I had lunch with some good friends of mine, career woman they are.Looking at them sitting in the fancy restaurant made me miss my office career life too.. Wear fancy clothes, bergaya betul ngan accessories, nice handbags and shoes.. Jauh beza ngan my dressing with them (although lately I dah pakai new hijab style; will story all of you in a different posting lah) but still I stylo jugak la hehe.. I dah fikir masak-masak, this life is the best for me. Home mom to Diya with a home base career, i also want to learn to write for myself. I want to cook for family, participate in all Diya's activity especially her school. I want to be there for her all the time. I make her my life now. and also maybe I want to start reading too. Yes these are the things that I want.
Please God, let me have all these. I pray hard to have all these..




















