Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Updates from My Birthday.

Part two, of my Birthday experience...

From the Airport in Penang, i got myself into a Airport Limo that cost (RM38).
It was a 30min trip to YMCA, WOW, the driver has some funny ideas about Indian & Chinese... and his sharing this with me... ( I'm part of both!!! ) haha.

I got to the class, and SLP was Awesome!!!
here is why,
- Parents was kind to share details on how we can make the programme better.
- the Students keep participating, with super high-level energy (Even after a long day at School)
- The fact that the class has 10yrs old - 17yrs people, they still mix around.
- Some traveled from Kedah all the way to class.

After class, they gave me a surprise.. what was it, A CAKE!!!!!
OMG! Thanks too Maryam and her Family, they bake a cake in their own bakery just for me...
Super BIG, and that was good, coz we share with all the parents and the class.

Thanks everyone.



After that, i have the chance to lepak with my good friends, Chetty and Side Burn..
it was fun fill time. =)
Dim Sum in the morning




This shop very CUTE, Baby's all around. (lucky they did not sell baby's)


Finally, I found the Nutmeg Oil for dad and mom.

This is the plan I'm going home with. (FIREFLY)

"First Comes Love, Then Comes Obesity?"


I lovingly borrowed the title of this blog entry from today's American Dietetic Association Daily News. I couldn't have come up with anything more clever myself...wise people those ADA'ers.

It is wedding season, and yay for marriage!! I am a May 2009 bride and so now... I'm a married old hag myself. Turns out, my life may be over...or at least ending sooner than anticipated now that I'm in a romantic partnership for life.




Published in April 2009 by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (ew..) was a study performed on adult obesity in relationships [1]. What the study results revealed is that individuals in relationships with overweight individuals are more likely to become overweight themselves. BMI, thus, is correlated between spouses [2]. Worse yet, one's chances of becoming obese double after just a few short years of matrimony [1]. And if you think you're in the clear for living (in sin - kidding) with your boyfriend/girlfriend, you're wrong. The study showed that those living with their significant others are also at risk for packing on "some excess lbs" [1].


While a woman's risk of weight gain is incremental after year one, men's weight gain spikes only between years one and two of cohabiting [1]. Gee, that sounds fair.

The study looked at dating, cohabiting, and married adult couples. Concordance of outcomes observed included obesity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, screen time by romantic partnerships, and duration of time living with romantic partner. Negative obesity-related behaviors were most predominant in married couples while dating couples not cohabiting were less likely than cohabiting and married couples to become obese [2].


But...I guess I can see where the mistakes begin: wedding night. Forgive the RD...it was a rough job being the bride. You know what they say, be sure to eat. ....Check!
[1] Rochman, Bonnie. First Comes Love, Then Comes Obesity? Time. 2009.
[2] Gordon-Larson, Penny.
Entry into Romantic Partnership Associated with Obesity. Obesity. Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. April 9, 2009.

Walima Cooking Club June Challenge: Fish Stew from Bahrain


This is my savory recipe for the second Walima cooking challenge for the month of June. The ingredients and directions below are as given by Summer. I kept the fish as a whole fillet, and I used Tilapia fish. The jalapenos that I used were ones that I had hand picked them fresh earlier this year and put them in a jar full of olive oil and preserved them, very powerful! I also left the sauce on the side and poured it over the fish before serving. The taste of this dish reminded me of a similar fish with sauce that I had in one of my favorite Indian restaurants, I guess the use of turmeric and spices is what made it so similar, as well as the flavor of the Basmati rice.

Ingredients:
1 tsp of turmeric
2 tbsp of vegetable oil
1 kg of fish fillet cubed
2 jalapeno peppers seeds removed and finely chopped
1 tbsp of freshly chopped fresh ginger
4 cloves of garlic chopped
Some fresh ginger chopped
2 med size chopped onions
2 med chopped tomatoes
1 1/2 tsp of mustard
2 ½ cups of water
2 cubes of chicken broth , unless you have homemade chicken stock
Replace the water with stock
2 tbsp of freshly chopped cilantro

Preparation:
Mix the turmeric with veggie oil, and marinate the fish in it for couple of minutes.
Then lay the fish on a baking tray and bake in a preheated 400F oven for 18 minutes to turn golden brown.
In a food processor, add the garlic, onion, jalapeno peppers tomatoes ginger and mustard, and whip until it turns to paste.
I did not puree my sauce, I felt that it would taste better chunky.
Heat a non stick pan and cook the paste on medium heat, without oil, till it start to turn golden,(takes around 5 min) add the water and dissolved chicken bouillon or the chicken stock, whatever you have on hand, and cook for 7-8 minutes more to become a thick sauce, pour over the fish in the oven and continue cooking for 10 more minutes.
Serve over Basmati rice and sprinkle fresh cilantro on top.

Thanks Summer!!!!! That was very delicious!

RECIPE FOR MALPUA - TEEJ RECIPES


Ingredients

Milk : 1 litre

Suji : 1 cup

Maida : 2 ½ cup

Ghee : for roasting

Water : 1 cup

Grated Jaggery : 2 cups

Curd : 1 tbsp

Lime : 1

Salt and soda : a pinch

Method of Preparation

1. Boil the milk for 15-20 minutes till it reaches half the total quantity.

2. Mix maida and suji with milk, curd, jaggery and a pinch of salt in a big pan.

3. Beat the mixture for 5-7 minutres so that the mixture becomes light.

4. Heat 2 tablespoons of ghee in a pan.

5. Pour the mixture over it.

6. Cover the mixture and keep it in a warm place for 6-7 hours.

7. Now the mixture would have become fluffy. Stir it well and add a little water or milk if it becomes thick.

8. Add a pinch of soda and lime juice to it. Blend well.

9. Heat ghee in a round vessel and put 1 tablespoon of the ready batter into the smoky ghee.

10. Fry it to golden brown.

11. Take it out in a wired mesh to drain excess ghee.

12. Similarly, fry all malpuas.

RECEIPE OF DAL BAATI - TEEJ RECIPES


Ingredients

Urad dal soaked in water with sodium bicarbonate : ¾ cups

Soaked rajma beans : 2 cups

Ginger-garlic paste : 1 tbsp

Chopped onions : 3-4

Chopped tomatoes : 2-3

Garam masala powder : 2 ½ tsp

Red chilli powder : 2 tsp

Chopped green chillies : 2-3

Coriander leaves : 10-12

Ghee : 4 tbsp

Cream : 2 ½ tbsp

Oil : ½ cup

Salt : according to taste

For dumplings

Ghee : 1 cup

Wheat flour : 5 cups

Curd : 2 ½ tbsp

Salt : according to taste

Method of preparation

1. Pressure cook rajma and urad dal.

2. Heat oil in a round vessel. Fry onions till it turns brown. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry.

3. Add rajma beans with all the masalas in the fried paste. Add some salt to it and blend it well. 4. Make a thick paste and pour over ghee and cream.

5. Prepare a dough with flour, ghee, curd, salt and little water.

6. Make out small soft balls from it and keep for one hour.

7. After that roast these balls till puffed. It should be golden outside and spongy inside.

8. Dip hot dumplings in dal and garnish the dal with coriander leaves and chillies. Serve hot.

Recipe for Ghevar - Teej recipes


Ghevar is the delightful delicacy linked with the monsoon festival of Teej. It is a round cake made made from plain ghee and flour.

Ingredients

Plain Flour : 3 cups

Solidified ghee : 1 cup

Water : ½ cup

Milk : ½ cup

Ice cubes : 3-4 pcs

Yellow food color : ¼ tsp

Ghee : 1 cup (for deep frying)

Kewra essence : 5-6 drops

Syrup

Sugar : 1 ½ cups

Water : 1 cup

Topping

Cardomum powder : 1 tsp

Chopped almonds : 1 tbsp

Pistachios : 1 tbsp

Milk with saffron : 1 tbsp

Method of Preparation

1. Add sugar to the boiled water to prepare a sugar syrup of 1 thread consistency.

2. Take solidified ghee in a large bowl and rub it with ice cubes till it turns white.

3. Add milk, flour and 1 cup water. Mix together to make a smooth batter.

4. Dissolve some color in the water with kewra essence and to the batter. Add more water if required.

5. Batter should be very smooth and thin.

6. Take an aluminum cylinder or a long cylindrical container with height 12 inches and diameter 5-6 inches.

7. Fill half the container with ghee and heat.

8. When ghee is hot, take 50ml glass full of batter and pur it slowly in the centre of the ghee.

9. Allow foam to settle. Similarly, pour one more glassful in hole formed in the centre.

10. When foam settles again, loosen ghevar with an iron skewer inserted in the hole.

11. Place ghevar on the wire mesh to drain excessive oil.

12. Pour hot sugar syrup in the flat bottomed container to fit in ghevar.

13. Put ghevar in it and drain excessive syrup.

14. Cool it for a while, cover with silver foil.

15. Splash a few drops of saffromn milk and sprinkle some pistachios and almonds with cardomum powder.

16. Ghevar is ready to serve.

sorry. and i've lost everything.


hari ni. bgn awal. hurm, terpakse. ade presentation final project audio, editing.
trailer n montage da settle. khamis plak VIVA & final presentation SCP.
the whole day dkt college from 9am - 5pm. it's tiring... lunch d red island cafe with dila.
and something bad happened. bad, worse & worst. terrible. nightmare. what else?
i've lost a friend. not really A FRIEND but, 4 friends. not just friends. love.
i've lost their trust on me and most of all i'm losing those i love again n again...

well. it happened a lot of time and i guess i should've put all the blame on me.
yar, since it happened over and over again, mmg da terang la sume slh sy kan..?

dear friends, love, life. what else?
2 guys and 2 girls. sorry. sorry sorry sorry. told ya. million time. i'm not good.
not a good girl. not a good friend. not a good.... not good in anything at all.


my one and only syg [girl] - ms scorpio
miss almost perfect - FS
mr nice guy / ms bbylove bf - MHF
last but not least, my only syg [boy], TTM, mr notty - syg


at 1st. sy mengaku mmg sy marah, serabot, penink dgn semua yg jd nih.
da la sy dlm class. tgh presentation. mcm2 plak jd. tp sy bkn mrh dgn kalian sgt...
sy mrh sbb bende yg x sepatutnya jd, jd. bnde yg x de kaitan, terus berkait.
jujurnya sy ckp, mmg sy tgh x ok. sekarang sgt x ok. tp biar sy handle sendiri blh?
uh. nak ckp camne pon tataw da. ok, sy tgh x ok & sy buat semua cam biase. kan?
yer. sy dgn TTM pon x berape nak stabil, n mmg sy baru dlm usaha nak OK kan semua.
then mcm2 jd. sy pun reti serabot. fhm x? sy taw semua org pun de mslh masing2.
erm. entahlah. tataw camne nak ckp dgn kalian...n tataw nak rase ape da pon.
yg pasti. tak marah. serabot, ya. rasa x berguna, ya. rasa sy menyusahkan, ya.


MHF minx no syg. sy kasi no, tp MHF x bgtaw sy utk ape. just ckp urgent.
syg msg sy & ckp MHF call 20x, and FS ade masalah. sy pelik... utk ape? mslh ape?
sy x sure ttg semua tu & musykil, sy msg Ms Scorpio & tnye anything x kena?
Ms Scorpio ckp semua ok, tp sy taw die pon tgh x ok sbb x bape sehat. hurmm...
then syg bgtaw sy semuanya maklumat yg dia dpt dr MHF, FS. sy tnya Ms Scorpio.
die tataw pape, n akhirnya merujuk pd FS. FS plak ckp die ok and actually...
semua kekusutan tu bermule d situ. kalo sy explain d sini pon, x de sape fhm.
sbb sy jd org tgh d antare 4 org yg terlibat secara tak sengaja nih...


1 - Ms Scorpio
sorry sy kaco awk pagi2 + kusutkan lg diri awk yg x bape sehat. sorry if buat awk penink.
tp sy x puas hati & just nak kepastian. tp, sy harapkan awk biar perkara tu antara kte je.
tp lain plak jdnye... hurm. salah fhm terus menerus & bila da ptg tuh, sy mmg da leteyh.
hp sy dua-dua x de bttry. laptop pon da x de bttry. presentation x abis2 lg. sy penat...
jd sy tolak HP ke tepi. malas da nak layan. sbb mase tuh, sy da hilang semuanya.
semua msg sy x reply dah. sbb x de bttry + sedang buat2 ok. then awk msg...
sy x sampai hati nak biar. sy balas n ckp, "x ok. tp buat2 ok. no worries". mcm tu la kot.
tp awk sebut plak ttg FS trase dgn sy sbb sy x reply msg die. Ya Allah tlg la. bkn saje2.
hp x de bttry. sy dlm class. sy pun tak boleh nak positive setiap mase. sy tgh serabot.
jd sy tolak ke tepi dlu. last2 FS trase ape sume plak... jd sy reply. sy reply jgk msg FS ptg td.

and sorry if awk ingt sy marah awk. sy x marah. sy taw awk tgh x ok.
dr msg awk pon taw awk tgh x ok. just awk da babitkan FS jgk. sy taw.
awk pon nak kepastian. tp. saat sy tgh nak lupekan semua tu sekejap,
awk terus sampaikan pesan FS. sy jd. cam...serabut blk.
i just need some time 2 get over it 4 a while. and x niat pon buat FS trase.
then, sy reply msg semua org akhirnya time tu jgk dgn hp yg akan OFF anytime.
bkn salah awk. sy taw awk just sampaikan ape yg FS rase and so on.
jd. maaflah semua ni salah sy. cuma...sy percayakan awk sgt3. sbb tu sy tanya.


2 - dear FS
aku tataw pe mslh ko. ko x bgtaw aku straight. so, aku tnye Ms Scorpio just utk pastikan.
and aku mmg taley la nak mrh ko lelame. aku pon mmg x marah ko. jd...jgn trase.
aku btol2 x de bttry da time tu + aku da sgt xok dgn syg time tuh.
aku pon tataw nak ckp camne da. otak aku da sebu dgn class 1 hari, dgn syg.
dgn salah fhm ni semua. entahlah. ko pun taw aku tgh ade class. kan?
ko jgn la riso if ko x de buat slh pape dgn aku. tahlah. x de ape da pon. semua slh fhm.
n aku rase dgn sume ni jd, ko pun da x caye aku. sorry libatkan ms scorpio.
aku just nak kepastian and aku just kurang gemar ble syg terlibat.
sbb aku n die pon x bape ok, aku pon da bnyk sshkan die. tibe camni plak. tu je.
sorry. semua salah aku. ko tayah risaw k? take care. aku xmarah. aku xbenci.
btw. aku nak ko taw. MHF syg gileee dkt ko. semua org buat slh. ko pk la k?


3 - MHF
knowing some1 like u, is great. FS untung pnyai kamu. tataw la if FS x seda?
da la MHF. org x marah. x benci FS pon. x pernah...sbb die kwn org. hurm...
sorry if sshkan lg kamu yg tgh bnyk masalah jgk. sorry dgn slh fhm ni.
and org just x ske ble babitkan syg jgk. and jd slh fhm semua lg. and in the n.
org gadow dgn syg... gadow utk tah kali ke berape. sorry again. and i guess.
org pon da x dipercayai agaknye kan? sorry. org xmarah. org ok. jgn riso.
take a good care of FS. good luck with her. jage diri jgk.


4 - syg.
syg... sy syg awk sgt3~!!! erm. sy tataw nape awk leh terlibat. n sy x ske itu~!
sy dgn awk baru nak ok kan? tp bnyk la plak halnya n td kte gadow lg... huu. sorry syg.
tp. btol sy sdeyh. sy taw sy sshkan awk. slaloo. tp sy x ske dgn ape awk ckp tuh.
sy taw awk gurau. tp wrong timing kot. entah. sorry. sy serabot. sy geram. sy...tah.
sy kene jage kepercayaan FS dkt sy. kepercayaan MHF dkt sy. kepercayaan Ms scorpio jgk.
then td salah fhm tu makin berkecamuk n kte gadow, n sy pujuk tp...sy taw.
awk da mls nak layan. syg. sy sdeyh. sdeyh sgt n serabot sgt ble syg msg camtuh...
serius. btol2 menusuk ke jantung, hati, sy. sampai sy bace je. mmg kosong sy rase.

syg ckp...
"mlas ah msg awk..k2. g bwat keje2 awk lg bgus.."

"msg awk xgmbirakn sy lgsg.. dah lah"

huu. sy mmg x pernah gembirakan syg ek? hurm... sorry. sy tataw. utk kali ke bape.
sy ckp sorry tuh. and tah kali ke bape awk malas nak layan sy da. sy tataw.
dan ble awk ckp camtu td la. sy terus malas da nak ckp bebnyk dgn FS, MHF, ms scorpio.
sy bgtaw mereka, abaikan semuanye. sy dgn awk da gadow da pon. sy ckp...
"i've lost everything"

i've lost everything. y?

ms scorpio. semua ni mesti serabotkan awk lg. maaf.
it's ok. awk...pergilah. sy bkn kwn yg baek. tah kali ke berapa sy ckp tuh.

FS. sure ko da x caye kat aku da kan? sorry. sudahlah.
lupakan aku. aku da sshkan ko je...

MHF. sorry too. mmg salah org. i know, u too. x kan caye org da.
it's ok. take care. be happy.

syg...hari makin hari. sy makin hilang awk.
tp hari ni...1st time syg ckp camtuh. maaf...utk kali ke bape tah.
sy x berniat dgn sume ni. sy x berniat buat awk sdeyh.
sorry. sy tataw nak ckp camne. just. sy syg awk sgt3~~~


and. mereka ber4 ni mmg semua bererti bagi sy...
tp hari ni yg pasti. sy da hilang mereka.
yg plg besar, sy da hilang kepercayaan mereka.
sy x slhkan sesiapa. salah sy. maaf, buat julung kalinya.

at d n of d day, setelah tamat semua class...sy gi JJ sorang.
erm. akhirnya, sy buat manicure + pedicure. setelah sekian lame.
then sy ddk d taman itu sorang diri tah utk bape lame...
mama. thanks ambik. jgn tngglkan qila.
i've lost everything.