Selamat Pengantin Baru Puan Fara

yeay, alhamdulillah ... mba classmate and abrmate-to-be pwincess dah selamat bergelar isteri ... :) hope u enjoy the journey of being a wife, a daughter in law, sister in law dan sewaktunya lah ... mari layan a few piccas ...

Komuter

prince : Mon tengah tunggu tren.

pwincess : Hehe. apakah perasaan encik mon yang kini naik turun berlari mengejar menunggu tren komuter setelah kini bekerja di kota metropolitan?

prince : Troublesome.

pwincess : Chom pasti, tak lama je lagi encik mon dapat menguruskan badan akan tatapi bad temper pasti akan naik.

prince : Haha. pagi tadi pun dah naik. bangla memang busuk dan pengotor.

hihi. those were snippets of our exchanged smses. tak tahan part ayat last sekali tu. teringat zaman dahulukala masa naik komuter ... kus semangat! paling tak tahan bile kita berlari-lari mengalahkan acara lumba lari masa kat sekolah-sekolah dulu .. and bile dah berjaya je masuk komuter, sekali mcm tin sardin ... pulak tu bau masing-masing ... WOW ... haa ... tu pagi-pagi dah mcm tu ... kalau petang ape tah lagi ... nak-nak pulak bile komuter tu rosak air cond ... wakakaka ... tiada kata mampu menggambarkan perasaanku itu weih ...

aja-aja fighting!

yeay! esok prince balik dari PERMATA. lama gile induction course. dengar cite dia... sian ada, nyampah pun ado. hi hi. mana taknya, prince cite dalam group dia, ada bebudak fresh grads ... and tau-tau aje la ... new broom sweeps clean, kan? kalau dah freshies tu, dia punya aura tuh lain macam .... punya bersemangat sangat-sangat la ... haih.

tingat induction course pwincess dulu. masa mula-mula habis course tu ... bukan main la akrabnya la silaturrahim. masing-masing asyik email-email satu group, calling-calling extension.... pastu hari-hari ajak lunch together-gether..... tapi masa tu pwincess tak dpt join sgt psl masa lunch hour la nak buat system maintenance. ofismates yang senior2 suma dok cakap, alah .... baru-baru ni je korang mcm ni ... tunggulah nanti esok-esok mesti korang akan buat2 tak kenal.

memang btul, pun. ada la sorang dua yang BFF tapi majority bebudak lenlain memang tak tegur dah.hhmmph! sabo la ye, cik abang. tinggal esok aja.

aja-aja fighting!

Lemon Meringue Pie

there is an abundance of lemons in the house ... and what can we do with lemons other than lemonades? well ... lemon meringue pie, it is!

I first tasted the pie when we went visiting my papa's friends in Sydney, masa tu umur 12 tawun. masa tu kitaorg dihidangkan makanan sedap-sedap ... and last sekali aunty tu bawak kua this pie for dessert. mase tu mmg takjub gile la dgn rupa and rasa pie tu ... sedap gile ... and rasa mesti susah gile kalau nak buat such a dish.

tapi tak sangka lak pwincess berjaya buat this dish. susah tak susah, cuma leceh sket. anyhow, gumbiraaaaaa yaaa aku gumbiraaaa wahahaha ... !!

Lemon Meringue PieIngredients:

Pastry:

1 and 1/2 cups plain flour
3 teaspoons icing sugar
140g butter
1 egg yolk
2 tbs water

filling:

1/2 cup cornflour
1 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 and 1/4 cups water
2 tsp grated lemon rind
3 egg yolks
60g unsalted butter

Meringue:

3 egg whites
1/2 cup caster sugar

hmmm ... alahai. malas nak type cara-cara nak buat, buleh? nway, pwincess made these pies in small mini pie dishes yang prince banjer aritu and they are such a beauty. mama siap curik2 poke the meringues and tak saba-saba nak makan. i think the next time I do this pie, pwincess nak reduce the amount of sugar in the lemon curd .... and i need to pektis lagi how to create tanduk-tanduk tu :p

Mother's Day

A Mother's Love

~

A Mother's love is something
that no one can explain,
It is made of deep devotion
and of sacrifice and pain,
It is endless and unselfish
and enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it
or take that love away . . .
It is patient and forgiving
when all others are forsaking,
And it never fails or falters
even though the heart is breaking . . .
It believes beyond believing
when the world around condemns,
And it glows with all the beauty
of the rarest, brightest gems . . .
It is far beyond defining,
it defies all explanation,
And it still remains a secret
like the mysteries of creation . . .
A many splendoured miracle
man cannot understand
And another wondrous evidence
of God's tender guiding hand.

- Helen Steiner Rice

Happy mother's day, mama and mak!

Steamed Tofu & Buttered Prawn

arini datang mood nak main masak-masak. tekak ni teringin sangat nak makan tauhu kukus dari aritu lagi ... tapi terpaksa suppress pasal mase tu kua makan dgn prince berdua aje, dia tak dapat makan tauhu, so macam kejam je kan kalau nak makan tauhu tu depan dia. so, arini decide nak masak steamed tauhu, resipi yang digunakan dtg dari rasamalaysia website tapi actual recipe dia ade satu ingredient yang HARAM so pwincess tanak c&p lah .. i hope takde issue dgn copyright or what.

banyak sbnrnye cara nak masak steamed tofu nih, ada yang simple sangat and ada yang leceh, dua tiga kali keje. tapi, pwincess tercari-cari resipi steamed tofu yang ade bende rangup2 atas tauhu tu. sampai skrg tatau amende yang rangup2 tu, and that's why i tried out this recipe, kut-kut lah dia rangup mcm pwincess tercari2 tu.

komen yang diterima oleh orang2 kat umah sume memberangsangkan (wow, look at the choice of word...haha.) tapi, yes, orang-orang rumah kata sedap sangat, so recipe ni leh la pwincess refer again in the future.

besides steamed tofu, i made buttered prawn and goreng cucur. Buttered prawn recipe gotten from Kak Nor's blog, thank u so much, kak Nor. tapi maaf ye Kak Nor, walaupun resipi ni tasty, tapi pwincess nak edit sket lah recipe ni in the future. kalau ikutkan resipi, udang digoreng dahulu baru buat egg floss. but my egg floss turned out to be soggy though the taste and look are already there. i might goreng egg floss dulu then only goreng udang kot in the future. lets see if it makes any difference.

Recipe as below, thanks to the contributors, pwincess C&P sini ye....:)

Steamed Tofu Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cube of silken tofu
2 tablespoons of dried shrimps
2 stalks of scallions (diagonal cuts)
1 red chili (diagonal cuts)
1 teaspoon of oyster sauce
2 teaspoons of soy sauce
1/2 cup of water
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste
A few drops of sesame oil
White pepper powder to taste

Soak the dried shrimps in warm water for 10 minutes. Drain the water and chopped the dried shrimps into small pieces. Steam the tofu for 5 minutes and set aside. Heat up a wok with some oil and stir fry the dried shrimps until fragant. Add in the water, oyster sauce, soy sauce and bring it to boil. Add in the scallions, red chili, sesame oil, salt and sugar (to taste) and white pepper powder. Quick stir for 30 seconds and pour the toppings onto the steamed tofu. Serve hot with rice.

Buttered Prawn (http://secubitgaramnor67.blogspot.com)

Bahan2:

12 ekor udang saiz besar
2 sudu butter
3 biji kuning telur ~ K.Nor guna 2 bj sahaja
sedikit daun kari
sedikit cili padi
serbuk kunyit & garam
minyak utk menggoreng

Cara2:
Lumur serbuk kunyit & garam kat udang. Goreng sehingga masak.Bila udang hampir masak tu, masukkan daun kari & cili padi.Gaul seketika sebelom diangkat. Bila dah msak,ketepikan. Dengan menggunakan minyak yg sama, biarkan minyak dikuali anggaran dlm 1/2 cawan cenggitu. Panaskan minyak dan masukkan butter. Biarkan butter cair & minyak betul2 panas.Sementara tu,kacau2 telur bagi rata dan masukkan telur kuning dalam bekas roti jala.

Matikan api bila minyak tu panas2. Dengan menggunakan 2 tangan, tgn kiri pegang telur kuning ..tgn kanan pegang garfu...tuang perlahan2 telur sambil tgn kanan mengacau dlm bentuk pusingan. Biar dia bertali2. Kemudian bila dah selesai, angkat telur tu dah buh dlm tapis utk membuang minyak berlebihan.

Bali oh Bali

This entry agak belated untuk dimuatkan dalam blog ni ... dahla takde internet access dah brapa hari sehingga hari ini ... geram tul dgn streamyx ni ...arghhhhhhhhhh. celcom broadband pulak lembab mcm ape ... double argh arghh .. macam hulk hogan pulak aku .. urgh ... anyway, last week pwincess dan prince g va-cay di pulau bali, indon. alhamdulillah selamat pergi dan selamat balik. so antara tempat yang we all visited as the following :

Pesona Beach Inn
This is the resort that we decided to stay in during our trip. It's a budget hotel, so we didnt expect much, bcoz we all dah plan nak jenjalan and sampai2 je bilik leh teus bamm ... and nak tempat yang leh tdo dgn selesa, bersih, takde toilet yang bertakung-takung airnya dan strategic location. PBI juga terletak di belakang hard rock cafe, jadi ia sebenarnye terletak sangat berhampiran dgn kuta square dan in front of the hotel (maybe dlm 20m?) ade kuta beach. Another plus point for PBI is that it comes with free breakfast and it is halal. bekpes toksah expect gedegang2 aa.....depa just bagi a plate of fruits (pisang dia sangat sedap), a choice of omelette/poached/scrambled/boiled egg to be eaten with roti panas dengan jem and butter. cukup la kan? by the way, kalau ade pasangan nak g honeymoon for the first time, pwincess tak rekemen tempat ni...better korang g nusa dua tapi situ susah nak cari makan halal.


27 April 2010
On the first day, we explored kuta square, ade banyak kedai-kedai international especially kedai untuk surfing e.g. billabong, rip curl, etc. we had dinner at pizza hut, discovery mall, pizza hut dia takde set meal and sangat different dari pizza hut mesia. dia berbeda dari menu dan juga layanan. macam lagi best kat bali lah. hehe. kitaorg makan pasta, sedap babas!

28 April 2010
Nusa Dua
We went there on the second day. cuaca sangatlah terik aritu .. seb baik supir dah bagi supply baik punye air mineral. Kat Nusa Dua ni, supir kitaorg bwk g 2 tempat. satu tu mcm open sangat...means, people can go there and do water sports or sewa boat g tgk turtle, etc. the other one is more private and isolated, sunyi sket lah. and banyak pokok2 tepi pantai, so sejuk la sket.
Garuda Wisnu Kenchana
hmm. kat sini ade patung dewa wisnu yang sangat sangat besar ... sekali dengan dia nye pet, sang garuda. at first kan, pwincess ingatkn mcm ade story la behind this dewa, bcoz patung tu SANGAT BESAR okey ... and without both hands. apesal la kan ... adakah dia menjaga keamanan sampai tercapek tangan ke .... kan? hmm .... skali bile tanye supir, rupenye ... tangan dia tak siap lagi. ha ha ha. kelaka tul jawapan pak supir tu. Dreamland Beach
yeah , as its name implies, it is indeed a dreamland beach for surfers pasal ombak dia sangatlah besar and tinggi. heaven tul. tapi masa kitarg sampai tu, mmg sgt panas, so ala-ala snap gamba apa yang patut and cepat2 masuk apv. Uluwatu
tempat ini sangat romantik ... the sun sets early in Bali (sama macam sabah) but we managed to watch the beautiful sunset here ... sambil2 tu jaga-jaga jugak kot2 encik monyet gemuk dan nakal curik pape ke ... kat sini sangat banyak monyet, so becareful la...



29 April 2010
Tampaksiring, Ubud, Coffee Farm, Tegallalang & Tanah Lot
The next day, we had another full day tour of batik weaving, stopped by at Tampaksiring to see the tirta temple, dropped by Ubud to see the Rumah Pelukis and the paintings. Berkenan memang berkenan pada paintings yang dijual...tapi asal pwincess berkenan, mesti ada gamba haiwan. kalau tak gamba haiwan, mesti gamba tu super duper expensive. adoi lah. so terpaksa kensel la niat. ade satu tu, gambo gajah. sangat lovely! tapi takat pegang-pegang and tgk je lah.

We then proceed on to coffee farm that offers the famous kopi luwak or some malaysians call it kopi taik musang. we were offered to taste 4 different drinks here: ginger, lemon tea, balinese coffee and cacao. all of them were tasty!we also managed to see how coffee was processed and also greeted the luwak, or musang yang menghasilkan kopi luwak. agak kiut, mcm kucing yang gemuk, dia tidur je ... ye lah....malam karang dia nak kna menghasilkan najis yang sangat banyak untuk dijadikan kopi so kena dapat rest secukupnya ;p

By noon, we arrived at the mountain village of Kintamani. We were awed by the beautiful scenery of Mount Batur and while we were enjoying the view, we had our lunch at Batur Sari, a halal restaurant overlooking the majestic volcanic cone of Gunung Batur and the lake that fills half of the surrounding, one of Bali's most spectacular landscapes. But, alas, not long after that, heavy clouds began to surround the lake and overshadow Mount Batur, hence, made it a bit difficult to snap the picturesque view. oh ya. kat sini juga terdapat so many aggressive souvenir sellers. so, becareful.

Our next stop adalah Tegalallang, that houses the beautiful rice terraces. Cantik sangat rice terraces, nampak teratur je. and last but not least, sampailah kami kat Tanah Lot. Ada a beautiful rock temple, and ular suci kat bawah rock temple tu. kitaorg tak g la tgk ular suci tu, we busied ourselves with snapping pictures of the beautiful sunset di situ.

30 April 2010
Spa and farewell, Bali
On the last day, which fall on my birthday, we spent 6 hours of spa at Sang Spa, Ubud. we were pampered from head to toe there. I would recommend those who want to experience spa with 'balinese feel' here. Kitaorg dijemput dari otel terus ke Sang Spa, and kita disambut mesra oleh staff spa situ. Kitaorg disuruh pilih nak body mask or body scrub and both of us opted for body scrub, and kita dapat pilih scrub apa yang kita mau. pwincess pilih frangipani while prince pilih green tea. Kita juga diberi pilihan menu lunch dan chef di situ orang Islam. tempat tu bersih and ramai tourist yang datang situ.
All in all, alhamdulillah, dapat opportunity g Bali. Perjalanan kitaorg smooth sepanjang kat sana, dapat lak travelmate dan supir yang best, macam ni, nak g lagi la bali ... akekekek