Coffee Treat

We all ke Mesra Mall EMB nk beli coffee maker (ke apa org panggil utk brew coffee) kt Starbucks.  So, I ordered a frapuccino along lah!  Sedihnya Sophie tumpahkan frapuccino tu masa jln nk pergi kt parking lot.  I'm so frustrated, x sempat nk merasa....

Balik rumah, terus EMB test his skill to prepare the coffee guna coffee maker tu.  A day before he studied how to make a coffee kt youtube.....siap nk beli kitchen scale lagi tadi tu (sbb nk measure coffee tu).  Tapi xde pun jual kt Giant.  Kalau boleh I pun nk digital kitchen scale tu, senang I nk measure ingredients utk buat cake.  Tiba2 EMB offer a cup (or a mug) of coffee....I straightaway say yes la kan...susah nk dpt treat mcm ni...Dok sekejap, my coffee dh sampai kt computer table while I was surfing the internet.  Tenkiu laling!  Siap ada whipped cream segala lagi....it tasted mmmmm.....HEAVEN!!!  

But Hareez x minat (mungkin x reti lagi nk menikmati coffee).  He said to EMB, "kopi abah x sedap!", bengkerk je EMB dgr his son ckp kopi dia x sedap.  Mana x nya, bukan ada rasa manis ke apa...mmg strong rasa coffee la...kanak2 mmg la x suka...pahit2 mcm tu.  We all yg dh dewasa ni, mmg rasa sedap sgtlah, sbb dh pandai enjoyed minum coffee.  Mmg sedap la, ikut betul2 measurement coffee, fresh milk, sugar x boleh byk sgt, sikit cukup (kalau manis, nnti hilang rasa coffee tu!).  Ok, starting from today, I have appointed EMB as a "BARISTA IN THE HOUSE" (boleh tak?).

Bodum coffee maker (percolator)

****Baru letak gambar dia (and baru tahu benda ni nama dia percolator - thanks k LG!), semalam x rajin nk letak....hehehe...

Zumba Fitness Basic Steps Demo - Jommm....kita ber "zumba"!

Sahabat Penyu WWF @ Mesra Mall

Semalam we all ke Mesra Mall, EMB nk stock up his Starbucks Coffee.  Kebetulan ada pameran pasal penyu kt situ.  The kids mmg suka la bab2 animal ni.

Layan je lah gambar mak penyu & anak2 penyu ni....

ni mak dia...penyu muslimah

ni kakak dia

ni abg dia

ni adik dia

Hot & Roll

x sangka sedap jugak Hot & Roll ni...sbb the kids dh kelaparan, I belikan dorang Hot & Roll utk alas perut dulu sementara tunggu EMB sembahyang Jumaat.

Ada road show Honda kt EC Mall, we all x lepaskan peluang menerai semua kereta kt situ...muahaha..

Cuti Hari Keputeraan Sultan Terengganu - 20/07/11

We went to Kuantan again!  Sepanjang jln dr Kerteh ke Kuantan mmg byk sgt kereta...rupa2nya bukan we all saja nk pergi Kuantan/KL, org lain pun sama jugak!  Ramai yg amik leave on the Thursday, sambung terus ke weekend, dpt lama sikit cuti kan.

We all x buat apa pun jugak kt Kuantan.  Pergi Megamall, tgk Harry Potter 7 pt 2.  It's Wednesday, and the ticket price waaaaaaaaaay cheap than its normal price.  Ticket price for adult was RM6.00, child RM5.00.  Jimat lah sikit.....tapi I x puashati sbb sound kt GSC ni sgt2 poor....nnti ada lagi sekali I pergi tgk ni...hehehe....

Balik dr Kuantan, mlm tu Hareez muntah.  Ntah apa benda dia mkn x tahu la...so, the next day tu I x bagi dia pergi school, nampak lemah sgt.  So, bwk dia ke klinik...Dr. kata food poisoning....dia sorang je yg kena...the rest of us x kena pun...mesti ada something yg dia mkn yg we all x makan.   So, dpt MC la 1 day.  I suspected yogurt drink yg I beli kt giant tu...sbb I nampak Hareez sorang je yg minum tu.  

Malam tu pulak, my nebor bagi durian 2 bijik, rambutan & buah salak.  So, apalagi EMB & si kakak la dok kenduri dpn tv durian2 tu....oh...2 bijik sekelip mata je habis 2 beranak tu kerjakan...yg lain2, sorry, x layan durian...EMB try bagi kt Sophie sikit...sampai berair mata dia, x boleh nk telan.  Hareez langsung lari bila sua durian kt dia.  I pun x makan durian.  Kecik2 mmg makan, tapi bila dh besar malas nk makan sbb x suka aftertaste dia tu & pernah termuntah juga lepas mkn durian...lama2 langsung x rasa nk mkn durian.

kt kemaman, pick up ni kt dpn we all...can't help our mind, it went "biru" bila baca kt belakang tu...(org utara faham la kot)

HP7 pt 2 tickets

Weekend ke KL

Suddenly EMB ajak I pegi KL, Khamis last week.  Kelam kabut lah I kemaskan baju2 semua.  Biasanya we all akan ke rmh EMB's parents kt Bestari Jaya.  So, Friday tu we all jln2 Midvalley je...nk tgk movie HP7 pt 2, seat dpn je yg kosong....so, jln2 je la.  Nk shopping pun mmg x plan, cuma bila masuk jusco kt bwh tu terjumpa Mascarpone Cheese yg mmg I cari pun.  I beli la satu (RM24.99) nnti nk buat lagi RVC, si kakak tu dh tanya I bila nk buat lagi.  Nntilah, tggu mood rajin I dtg dulu....

I rasa lega sbb highway baru dh siap.  x perlu ikut jln bengkang bengkok lagi nk ke Bestari Jaya.  Highway ni terus keluar kt Ijok, jln straight je.  I mmg x suka lalu ikut jln yg bengkang bengkok tu...kadang2 rasa pening pun ada..

Try buat vadei

Kebetulan semalam ada lebihan dal yg I buat dalca.  Hari tu nampak kt blog LG buat vadei.  Tgk resepinya pun x susah nk buat .  So, I try buat vadei lah....guna je bahan yg ada kt rmh...Resepi kt sini.  I guna acuan bulat, sbb susah nk bentukkan vadei ni, dia berderai....mungkin ada yg x kena kot dgn vadei I ni.  Next time nk try buat lagi...tapi kena adjust bagi dia x berderai. 

Kunjungan ex-colleague

Lama dah akak AK ni nk dtg rmh.  Tapi disebabkan dia sgt busy dgn kerja2 dia, terpaksa ditangguhkan dulu.  And she is the only one yg I masih keep in touch, see each other sometimes.  Ex-colleague yg lain2 hanya 'thru email/FB...itu pun sgt2 jarang!  

Pasal kitaorg dua ni, boleh jadi close bukan apa....maybe ada certain interest yg sama kot.  Akak AK yg introduced I kt Japanese anime ni.  I pulak, peminat movie Studio Ghibli & director Hayao Miyazaki.  My first Ghibli movie yg EMB beli was "Spirited Away".  After that, I started to collect most of the Ghibli Movies.  Akak AK pun selalu bagi I borrow her CD/DVD anime.  But hey, akak AK very fluent in Japanese language (her grandmother is Japanese!).  Terkenang kisah dulu2, akak AK rajin masak.  Selalu bwk bekal food mkn kt pantry.  I selalu dpt merasa masakan dia yg sedap tu....hehehe...dptlah merasa soba mee yg dia buat sendiri (sgt rajin ini org taw..), sometimes pasta....meehoon....mcm2 lagilah...

Lps I resigned setahun mcm tu kot...akak AK pun resigned jugak sbb dia nk focus more on her translation job (she is now a certified freelance translator), ada jugak buat job utk translate korean drama for tv.  Mmg busy sgt lah dia...alhamdulillah rezeki....

Nak dijadikan cerita, soon after akak AK balik from my house, EMB pulak called, katanya the company kt Doha nk translation utk Marriage certificate we all & Birth Certificate the kids (birth cert. boleh mintak kt JPN reprint dgn bayaran RM5/each).  So, I asked akak AK lah how kan...dia kata ITNM (Institut Terjemahan Negara) boleh buat tapi lambat dan mahal....pass kt dia pun boleh.  So, EMB kata ok lah pass kt akak AK....but her fees has been reduced from normal rate la kan...cincai2 katanya utk kawan2...dah selesai satu masalah...tenkiu kak...

So, I korek semula gambar lama ni because I miss them a lot....dh nk masuk 4 tahun dah rupanya I x kerja....

me & akak AK

I miss my office!! We had such an amazing time when we were together

akak AK recent visit to my house

thanks for the buah tangan!  EMB loves the coffee...

Farewell Party

Last Sunday night at EMB's collegue's place, farewell party ni has been organized utk 2 org collegues dorang yg akan transfer ke tempat lain.  Everyone kena bawak satu dish la kan...pakat2 ramai2...penuh jugak meja dgn foods.  Ada BBQ ayam, udang, sotong...lamb pun ada (tapi org yg kena bawak lamb tu ada hal jadi lambat pulak dia sampai), lontong, spaghetti, pizza, kuih muih, my RVC, ice cream, buah2an...mcm2 lagi lah...FUH!!  I lega sbb RVC I mlm tu licinnn.....kids love it!!  Alhamdulillah...

Red Velvet Cupcakes

I x pernah tayang foods yg I buat sendiri kan sblm ni.  Bukan sbb I jarang masak or what, but I teramat lah maloooo sebenarnya....I langsung x berseni nk hias2 or nk bagi foods I nampak cantik...sungguh!  So, hari ni I memberanikan diri utk tayangkan RVC yg I try buat utk dibawa ke party EMB's office esok.  I x kira cantik ke tak cantik ke, this is my first attempt utk buat RVC ni.   Bila walkwalk pergi ke blog Shidah....I teruja sangat tgk cupcakes dia yg cantik tu....tambah2 lagi RVC!  Unfortunately, semalam I merayau2 cari mascarpone cheese kt kuantan tapi hampeh belaka....xde kedai yg jual pun!  So, I terpaksa guna recipe yg x pakai mascarpone cheese lah utk cream dia.  Recipe from here.

So, I dgn bangganya presenting my simple, humble homemade RVC........

cream - cream cheese + whipping cream + icing sugar + vanilla extract

oh, jgn ketawakan rupaku yg hodoh ini....:(

leper mcm ni je la cream nya...nk buat swirl mcm org lain buat amatlah x reti nya...

He gets what he wants!!!

Kami bersyukur padaMu ya Allah....he waited so long to get this chance.  We're very very happy today.  EMB got what he wanted  so much during past few years. He had working hard for this, doing self studies...., his own calculation...giving training and so on....Seems it's been paid off now!

He went through 7 interviews before, which are 3 times phone interview & 4 times  site interview ( remember he went to Doha...it's for the interview...the air tickets, accommodation are fully sponsored by the company in Qatar, and they had arranged a driver to cater EMB too throughout his stay).  EMB told me that it was quite tough interview...and he loves the working environment there. 

He called me twice in the morning when I was in the bathroom taking shower after doing some tebas2 pokok at the fence.  But I need to call him back, as I still in the bathroom....Then after I done, I called him straightaway.....

EMB:  Dh dpt dah...

Me:  dpt apa?  

EMB:  Offer letter...

Me:  (dlm hati - dh agak dh...sbb tu beriya2 call I sampai 2 x gitu...biasa x pernah2 mcm tu kalau xde benda penting)....ok...nnti forward offer letter tu kt I...nk tgk...congratulations!!

Lunch time, back at home...signing his offerletter.....Who could resist or ignore the offer...it was sooooo...good package.....where the company give you a house to stay (free), car allowance some more (just name a few)...& lotsa benefits that I can't write here.  And of course - higher pay, tax free!

In a few months time, I have to be ready for a big move.  Pls make doa for us that everything will be smooth sailing.....

offer letter signing ceremony...

Shrouded Ghost or What?!

This is my son, he is soooooooooooooo funny!!