anak abah

abah. anak abah nih rindu abah... huu~~~

rindu yg amat. tp x plak pergi bgtaw abah kan?
erm. kalo msg abah, jrng ckp 'miss u' or 'love u'.
slalu ckp basic 'take care'. tp abah kene taw. qila syg abah.
abah oh abah. baru x jmpe 2 bulan. rase mcm lame.
abah slalu ckp dkt mama. jrng anak abah nak call abah.
tp... bkn anak abah xnak call. kdng2 bile call.
abah tgh meeting. x pun main golf. grrr~~~
mls da la nak kaco. tu kdng2 nyebok kaco mama n abah gayut.
hehe. mama n abah gayut phone, kalah org couple! XD

abah. mama ckp abah menang karokae time dinner semlm.
abah dpt no 1! hehe. x heran pon. sbb suara abah mmg sedap.
suara anak abah ni je bnyk 'menyumbangkan' bnyk lagu. wakaka.
hari ni abah pergi main golf pagi2 lg kan? alaaa.
abah mmg. pasal golf laju! same je mcm papa shahli. haha.
nnt qila nak cite dkt abah. papa shahli, tang2 golf same mcm abah!
abah... ni da nak msk bulan 4 kan. x lame lg bday abah.
qila pon tataw nak bg abah ape lg. blur~~~
mama ingt nak kasi hp. tp. tgkla dulu. ngeh3.
abah nak ape eh abah?

on their anniversary

alaa. org taw. kalo org tanye abah nak ape. abah mesti ckp.
"abah nak anak abah dpt result cemerlang. jd anak solehah.
ikut sume perintah Allah. jgn lmbt2 kan solat n jage diri"
tu je. abah x mintak bnde lain. tp bnde senang mcm tu pon...
anak abah ni ssh nak buat kan? minta maaf abah...
anak abah ni teruk. x sebaik abah. x sejernih hati abah.
anak abah nih da bnyk sgt dosa. pdhal baru umur 20. hurm...
abah. lg skali qila nak bgtaw abah. kalo qila buat jaat.
kurang ajar n ape2. abah jgn sdeyh. abah jgn kecewa.
btol abah. sume tuh bkn slh abah. tu slh anak abah sdiri.
bnyk sgt pengaruh luar yg berasaskan syaitan neraka jahanam.


abah. kalau abah nak taw. abah da tunaikan tnggjwb abah.
semua lengkap abah. x de ape2 yg kurang pon. ilmu agame.
x yah ckp la. mmg bnyk abah kasi n selitkan dlm daily life.
nafkah, kasih syg, kepercayaan, ilmu, semuaaa bnyk sgt abah!
abah. qila x tpu if qila ckp abah adalah da best dad in da world.
kalau qila bkn anak abah pon. n abah ade anak lain.
mesti anak2 abah tu akan rase n pk bnde yg same...
abah terlalu bernilai n istimewa. dr segi seorg abah.
dan juga seorg lelaki yg perfect zaman skrng ni...

abah. qila slalu ckp nak suami mcm abah. tp rase.
mcm mustahil je nak cari zaman skrng nih. ssh abah.
laki mcm2 spesis ade. pompuan pon same. jaat. baik.
qila nak mcm abah sbb abah x pernah lupa sume rukun islam.
rukun iman. abah jgk x terlalu mengejar akhirat semata - mata.
abah seimbangkan duniawi n akhirat kelak.
org mcm abah yg blh bimbing isteri n anak2. qila nak suami mcm tu.
abah rajin... sgt rajin buat kerja office n kerja umah.
qila x nak suami qila asyik taw mengarah n menyuruh je.
pastu mengangkang dpn tv, marah anak2 yg duk main2.

sekali sekala mama & cik ke office abah

abah. abah selalu nasihat kalo qila lmbt solat. huuuu..
then qila ckp "yerrrrr...." dgn nada x leh blaaa. tp.
qila x mksd pon lukakan hati abah taw? qila just. hehe.
berat skit bdn nih nak bgn. huhu. ape tah lg.
ble abah ajak solat berjemaah. wahahah ... alasan qila.
solat berjemaah lame. ishhhh...x baik btol kan!
abah akan ckp pahala berganda. sampai ade pernah.
kalo qila da solat dlu. abah suruh solat berjemaah skali lg!
hahahahaha... bertuahnye anak abah ni kan!

bile abah blk dr masjid. qila cpt2 lari msk almari abah.
menyorok! bile abah bukak je almari. BAHHHHHHH!!!
qila terkejutkan abah. hahahahha... anak abah nih.
dr kecik sampai da besar gajah. mcm ni jgk!
ske sgt terkejutkan abah. tgk abah melatah n terkejut.
sambil same2 tergelak2. hehe... nakal kan qila~
"abah! nak coklat! nak ice cream n cake coklat skali!"
abah blk kerje, abah bwk blk semua. huuu...
qila happy sgt3 sampai kdng2 lupe nak peluk abah.
cium dahi abah. tande trime kasih... maaf abah~

anak abah yg nakal

mama slalu ajak g srwk. jmpe abah. tp slalu qila tolak.
boring la nak blk sane. qila x de kwn! ade la sorang 2.
tp sume da study dkt sini. wawawa~~~ 10 april ni.
mama ajak blk lg. sbb mama ade dinner. tp. tah. tgkla.
kalau ikot mama n abah dinner ke ape. kdng2. mcm ape je.
duk diam2 n senyum kambing dkt auntie2 n uncle2 lain.
hua3...tu kalo ikot la. kalo x ikot. duk umah sorang2 lg~
rindu jgk dkt kucing2 kte. nak main kejar2 ngan die org...

tp kan abah... qila kan. kan kan kan.
baru lepas booking air asia pnye ticket ke kuching!
wahaha. gune credit card abah! qila kan ade detail die!
n jap lg baru qila bgtaw abah! qila nak call abah dah nih!
sbb qila taw abah x kan marah pnye! hahahahah XD
i miss u like crazy abah!
kte jmpe nnt dkt srwk yer...taw abah x marah.
abah mesti ske gile qila blk! hehe. muahhhhhhh!!!
saaaaayang abah! abah. tq, 4 everything! =]


lots of love,
anak abah.

Only time for a photo

March 27

I am in Italy, prisoner of the Gruppo Ristoratori Italiani, a horde of crazy U.S.-based Italian chefs who go to Italy one week a year and eat like they're never going to see food again.
Okay, maybe that's a bit unkind. Actually, it's totally inaccurate, the ramblings of someone trying to jot a few words before slipping into a food coma. The GRI is a group of charming and quite interesting restaurateurs, their friends and assorted others who choose one of Italy's 20 regions to visit each year and check out the food and wine there. I am one of their guests, along with some other journalists etc. The week's almost over and I doubt very seriously that I'll able to go into much detail about the adventure that has been my trip to Puglia (the heel and lower calf of the great Italian boot) before boarding a plane in Brindisi that will take me to Rome, where I will board a plane and fly home to New York.
But I wanted to check in with you, say hello, and let you know that I haven't forgotten about you, dear reader. I'll let you know of my adventures as soon as I can.
In the meantime, please enjoy this picture of an Adriatic monkfish.

Vodka Tonic

This is the ultimate drink.

The gratification that this simple concoction offers is near instantaneous. It is refreshing, gentle enough to drink more than three (unlike Martinis) yet in possession of an allure that belies its simplistic nature.

By definition, vodka is the purest spirit. I often find gin too perfumed, too aromatic. This may be part of its attraction. But not for me.

Usually all that goes into the glass is a squeeze of lime, a squeeze of lemon, plenty of ice, 50ml of vodka and a generous fizz of tonic water.

Like many people, I still remember my first time. Vividly. I was sixteen, wide-eyed and working in Toronto for my cousin’s magazine. We were in the Rivoli Bar, just off Queen St.

‘What can I get you?’ he asked
‘Erm, I don’t know. What are you having?’
‘I’ll get you a vodka tonic,’ he replied knowingly.

Every one takes me back:

The effervescence on the nose. The sweet bitterness of the quinine. The sour citrus hit. And the warming glow of the vodka. They still taste of dwindling innocence and suppressed excitement.


[Caution: Retro 80s style photography alert]

Often necessity is the mother of invention. We were out of lemons and limes but it had been one of those days. A real stinker. The cucumber looked slightly sad but strangely expectant.

And it really worked. Perhaps not quite as refreshing as the sharpness of citric acid but it added something else. Something worth repeating.

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Pizza

Things seem to have got a bit ‘bakery’ recently what with oatcakes, flatbreads and Italian style tray bread. You’ve not been complaining though, so I’ll take that as a good sign.

The situation will be rectified shortly and there is a belated Nose to Tail Tuesday on the way as well as some cheeky nibbles.

In the mean time here is the final (for now) piece on what to do with bubbling masses of sourdough that I've been nurturing as it gradually expands and develops its own unique characteristics.

(I will post about making the actual mother dough next week)



When people refer to pizza as fast food they are normally talking about the sort that comes in a cardboard box with a base as thick as a telephone directory and all sorts of toppings that would probably make even Tony Soprano weep.

But there is another way.

Along with the swamp of dough that sits in the fridge, I try to keep a batch of tomato sauce on hand either frozen or refrigerated (gently fry a couple of shallots or a small onion in a little olive oil, add some chopped garlic, a little balsamic vinegar and two tins of tomatoes. Let it simmer for an hour or so, add a little oregano and seasoning and you have a tomato sauce fit for a king and a multitude of uses).

If you have these two things available you are only ten minutes away from a fresh pizza, and that’s quicker than any Dominos delivery.

Crank your oven up to full (about 225-250 degrees C) and get a dry frying pan hot. Roll out a handful of dough until it is the size you want and about half a centimetre thick. Try not to get it too evenly rolled, you want some discrepancies - they add to the flavour and character of the finished pizza.

Cook one side of the dough in the hot pan until it starts to blister slightly. What you are doing here is replicating the scorching temperatures on the base of a genuine Italian pizza oven – it will give you sublime flavour and a wonderful crispness.



Place on a tray and cover with a little tomato sauce, whatever toppings you want (I usually keep it simple and go for mushrooms, maybe some red onion and a few roasted peppers – basically whatever you have left in the ‘fridge!).



Top with cheese and get it into the oven. It should take no more than seven or eight minutes until the edges start to crisp up, the cheese starts to bubble and the whole lot begins to look like deliciousness defined.

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quality of life

semalam ~~~
sy sdeyh. yerrr. sy sdeyh. biarlah sy sdeyh. ia normal!
sy x blh SEKUAT SETABAH SEMATANG SEPOSITIF anda sume.
da lame da sy cube utk sentiasa berfikiran positif. tp.
seorg pun x pernah nak nmpk kan? yer. org selalu nmpk sy.
as a SPOIL. manja. x matang n pk negatif pnye bdk.
ppl. u dont really see me. dont judge me. dont make fooled of me.
i'm not dat stupid. i'm not that heartless. i'm not that naive.
sudah sampai tahap sy tulis d blog. bermakna. da x tertahan.
eh. plz...suke hati. hati sy. kalo hancur. blh ke tlg cantumkan?
x blhkan? stop being so boorish towards me. let me be me.

its a bonus. that i can recover from the sadness easily.
i can get over the madness as fast as the wind past by.
i'm not even a grouchy. i used-2 b one. huh... bad~
grrr... if anything bad happened yesterday. then da next day,
which is 2day, i wouldnt talk bout it anymore.
cuz. its 'da past'. let all the bad things comes to an end.
i wanna get rid of all this bad feelings as time goes by.
but as usual. i will let it go, but i will never 4get...

yesterday night. i've got an SMS from a friend.
more to fmly relative i guess. bkn ayie cousin ku.
tp ayie...aaa. sepupu sy punya bini punya adek~ haha.
same age. in uitm arau~ pandai gile! baik gile!

ayie ; qila! mehla turun perlis! =]

me ; ayie! huu. i was thinking of u ptg td. hee. ayie. qila tgh sdeyh la. wawawa.. qila kan,kalo blh hari2 nak try new things in life n nak gi bnyk tmpt. tp x de chance.

ayie started to call me. but i dont picked up da phone.
i just cant. my tears. try 2 hide it. whuu~~~ be cool. calm2!
lgpon tgh cari uban mama. tammo mama taw anak die x ok.

me ; sorry2. td tgh cari uban mama. kte msg je eh? hee. erm. this year kan da 20. bnyk sgt lg bnde yg qila x try in life. qila nak try bnyk bnde at least once in a lifetime. n nak gi bnyk tmpt.. erm,it's not mama x kasi tp mmg qila sdiri x de chance. bz, monye or perhaps x taw nak gi dgn sape or how. even batu cave pun qila x penah gi.. teringin. ayie. u're lucky. at least da bnyk gi oversea. rock climbing pun qila x pernah buat.. bnyk sgt bnde qila x buat.. ={

ayie ; ok. ingt nk ajak sembang =] erm.. is't? lor qila kn ramai kwn. xkn xtry g apa2 trip ngan diorg. erm aah qila dh 20 kn.. bnyk bnde xtry lg masa remaja dulu? hehe x la.. 21 baru kira besar kn. u still got a yr 2 do so =] ayie pon bnyk bnda xtry lg. even though i got all dat travellin n so on, frankly said, in trade, i got least frenz. at least i guess u got lotz of frenz kn. org kata, klu tmpt paling best tp we're alone, bosan gak jdnya. tp klu g tempat plg bosan tp ada member2 y sekepala jd best gak kn. dats d trade i had =]

me ; haha. erm. ade da tnye die org. tp tu la,mcm2 obstacles.. ade yg parents x kasi,xde duit,x same time cuti,n kdng2 minat x same.. huu. erm tp btol jgk ckp ayie. maybe qila ramai kwn.. eheh. yup.. life is fair. aite? =]

ayie ; aah.. what comes around goes around. we get back twice o more wat we gv. we want smthn we hv 2 sacrifice smthn. dats life =] pasni klu qila nk jln2 kemana2 pon ke, ajak la ayie skali klu xkisah. klu xde pape masalah mendtg, insya allah ayie leh je join =]

me ; hehe.. qila kalo jln pun gi tmpt same je ayie. x berkmbng btol.. eheh. ayie ble cuti? qila baru start sem5 this week...

ayie ; ye ke? x pela.. nnt kita explore tempat2 y patut skali k? hehe. ayie mula ct mid may. qila ayie nak tdo dh. sok kelas pg. kita msg lain sok ea? nitez qila =]

hurmmm... then i felt better!
yesss. see. told ya.
sy x ok kejap je. wawawawa~~~
x reti majuk lame2 sbb xreti pujuk org jgk!
haha XD

anyway. shafinaz. thanks 4 calling at da middle of da nite.
from moscow bout 1 hour aite? huuu~~~ thanks a lot!
and we were planning bout going to malacca.
somewhere in august. with mereka yg lain.
yamin n naiya as well. hope cuti mereka same.

thanks 2 shahli as well. shown up at the right time.
thanks 2 kambink too. juge muncul d saat S.O.S.
mcm taw2 je bdk x matang nih da masok ICU?
haha. ICU mental n gwa. wheee~~

nora. lg skali dselitkan d sini. thanks sbb dtg.
dgn si nana siput. utk balut novel2 sy.
wahahah. 1 fact - sy x reti balut buku!!!
time skola. abah n mama tlg. time d hostel?
my dear d12 gang yg tlg!!! hahahha...

thanks everyone. esp bloggers.
4 teaching me a lot bout life. dr hasil nukilan kalian.
yup. da mcm 'chicken soup 4 da soul' sy. ngeh3...
semua list blog yg sy link d sebelah, sy baca.
tak tipu! sy baca semua! walau x semua sy comment!

again. thanks. 4 improving, making it better.
i mean. the quality of my life.
smile! ^__^