Spicy Shredded Balinese Chicken (Ayam Pelalah)

250 g breast chicken meat
1 tbsp margarine

4 tbsp sliced shallots
2 tbsp sliced garlic
1 tsp sliced kaempferia galanga
1 tsp sliced galangal
5 candlenuts
1 tbsp sliced turmeric
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp sliced lemon grass
1 tbsp sliced red chilies
1/2 tsp shrimp paste
1 tsp lime juice
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp sliced shallots
1 tsp sliced garlic
1 tbsp sliced shallots
1 tsp sliced garlic
1 ripe tomato, sliced

Blend all spices into a paste, add shallots, garlic, red chilies, and tomatoes.
In a bowl, toss chicken with the seasoning and mix well, let stand for a few minutes.

Grill the chicken until done and turn lightly brown, keep the remaining seasoning.
Shred chicken into fine strips.

Put margarine in a wok, saute the remaining seasoning until fragrant. Add the shredded chicken and stir well.

Transfer into a serving dish and serve immediately.

Spicy Shredded Balinese Chicken (Ayam Pelalah)

250 g breast chicken meat
1 tbsp margarine

4 tbsp sliced shallots
2 tbsp sliced garlic
1 tsp sliced kaempferia galanga
1 tsp sliced galangal
5 candlenuts
1 tbsp sliced turmeric
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp sliced lemon grass
1 tbsp sliced red chilies
1/2 tsp shrimp paste
1 tsp lime juice
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp sliced shallots
1 tsp sliced garlic
1 tbsp sliced shallots
1 tsp sliced garlic
1 ripe tomato, sliced

Blend all spices into a paste, add shallots, garlic, red chilies, and tomatoes.
In a bowl, toss chicken with the seasoning and mix well, let stand for a few minutes.

Grill the chicken until done and turn lightly brown, keep the remaining seasoning.
Shred chicken into fine strips.

Put margarine in a wok, saute the remaining seasoning until fragrant. Add the shredded chicken and stir well.

Transfer into a serving dish and serve immediately.

The Fame Monster (My weekend at Granada)

Hi there!! I just came back yesterday from Granada, what a weekend!! We danced, walked around the city, had fun and took lots of pictures!

(pictures here!)

On saturday Jairo was having a party at home, and we used some custome, wigs and glasses for some pictures, as you can see in the first one of the post!

Jairo and Curro, his boyfriend. They're moving to Poland next month :(!

Ruben, Marta, Dani and Nuria.

Manolo. I can't say nothing serious about this... XD

Curro and Sachi. 

On sunday, Jairo and I went to the Alhambra, walking by one of my favourite parts of Granada: a promenade called "El Paseo de los Tristes". 

I can't show you more pictures because the upcoming ones are a part from a bigger project that you'll know really soon about!

Anyway, I would like to say something: I've receive lots of comments at Elsa's interview talking about the point of moving to Sweden. Thank you so much fot them, it's so nice knowing the experience of other people; but I've noticed that lots of them thinks that I only want to move there because the life I see in swedish blogs. Don't get confused; I've been dreaming with this since I was 7 years old and has NOTHING to do with the life I read in Elin, Sandra, Emma or Elsa's blogs.

At any rate, I'll write about this really soon, because I don't want you to think about me like if I had only 13 years old a a nest in my head :)

So, was good your weekend? Now here in Algeciras is SO hot, I fainted today because the hot weather :(!!

hari pertama Ramadan 2010 - masam-masam manis

hye hye! selamat berpuasa semua. hurm, kenapa masam-masam manis? banyak benda jd 1st day puasa ni. bermula dr petang semalam, hingga selesai berbuka hari pertama berpuasa ni ;)

pagi semlm, sy cirit birit. tiba-tiba. tp sekali je. so mcm abaikan. selsema mmg dah dlm 2-3 hari ni. entah kenape tibe-tibe je diserang. habis ditonyoh hidung, mata & telinga. gatal sgt! resdung. tskkk. then ptgnya, demam dah sikit-sikit. sejuk panas sejuk panas. nak maghrib, terus mkn ubat demam. tak syoklah nak celebrate 1st day puasa tp tak sihat. demam yg meletihkan. ;(

mlm semlm, tak dptlah berterawih. sbb lepas azan isya, terus tidur. rasa tak best sgt dah. tp biasalah dah tak sihat kan, tak berapa nak lena. pukul 1100pm mcm tu, bangun, terus on9 kejap. then tak lame tu tidur semula. dgn harapan hari esok lebih baik.

bangun sahur, mkn ubat lg. semuanya blh tahan lg. then rase penatnye! mengantuknye! pdhal ade je puasa bulan rejab & syaaban, tak plak camni. grr~ ptgnye, ingt nak tidur jap lepas zohor, tp tak jd sbb dah tak blh tidur. mandi, solat asar. bersiap ke JJ & bazar. wkt tu dpt phone call. ada berita gembira. Alhamdulilah ;) kalau nnt ada rezeki, dan dah pasti, baru sy bgtaw ye ape berita gembira tu.

pergi JJ dlu. dah makin sehat. tp tibe2 je dkt kaunter, sakit perut gile-gile. tak sampai 30saat, terus ckp dkt mama, nak pergi toilet! cirit plak. huwaaa. sakit perut! then abah keluar dulu, letak brg2 dlm kereta. beli air tebu dkt bazar jap dgn mama. sekali abah plak sakit perut tibe-tibe. tak sempat sampai rumah, abah singgah Caltex, pergi toilet. tskkk.

sampai rumah, kak sally pun cirit. rupenye time bersahur ade slh mkn. mama je tak mkn ayam tuh, so mama selamat. ayam tu ade org beli & kasi. mungkin adelah ape2 sbb, rupenye ayam tu dah x elok. ni pun perut tgh memulas lg! lepas berbuka td cirit lg, so tak pergi terawih lg. waaaaaaa. T____T bkn saje2 taknak pergi, tp toilet perlu ade di dpn mate.

actually mcm kelakar jgk tgk abah driving td sakit perut. sbb habis semua keluar 'Allahhu Akbar' dan mcm2 lg membebel. tersengih sbb, on the way dr kereta ke toilet tuh, die blh sempat angkat tgn dkt kwn die yg ade dkt ctu. pdhal kalau sy lah, dah sakit perut tu, mmg fokus dkt toilet je dlu. ahah. itu belum abah beranak lg. haha.

then ye lah, tak pernah lg ha sy demam + cirit serentak 1st day puasa plak tuh. eheh. cam. it was simple, but meaningful & beautiful -- all those little things that happned today. thank u Allah. ;)

btw. minta maaf salah silap semua ya. kawan2 sekolah, kawan2 kolej, kawan2 blogger, customer2, sedara mara. minta maaf sgt kalau ada TERsalah ckp, or TERkasar bahasa. sbb kadang sy nih, kalau buat silap, mmg kadang tak nampak bnda tu silap. so sila tegur & terus terang kalau sy ada buat salah! sbb sy mmg kdng3 betul2 tak tahu sy salah. jd sila tegur! supaya sy tahu sy salah! oklah. take care semua!

From Bed To Bench For White Wednesday

Hi everyone, Here it is another White Wednesday. Well its Scotts time again, I hope to get some blogging in the rest of the week, we'll see. I did want to do White Wednesday for sure. Welcome to my Swedish style bench in my conservatory (I could say sun porch, but I love the romance of the word). I know pics are coming, right now I have a French settee in there, that's not suppose to be there. Garage time for that little beauty (I know before and afters of that also, I got a really great deal on it). Back to the bench, it has a surprise.... It was really a headboard and footboard in the trash. It was a couple of years ago, I was picking up a friend for lunch and spied it. I couldn't get it right then, so though lunch that was all I could think about. After lunch I bee lined right to it, just in time to snatch it from the trash man. He even helped me get it in my car (talk about a close call). I had seen in a magazine how to turn headboards and footboards into benches, so now was my chance.

I added details because all the details were taken off of it. I don't like doing that, but it did need something. Chopped the footboard in half, perfect arms. Added a skirt and a deck, some white paint and wa la done (Ok it wasn't that easy, but wouldn't you like to think that).
Some fluffy pillows, for napping..... (I've done that a few times on here).

There you have it from bed to bench.....
For more wonderful white eye candy go visit Kathleen at http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/
See everyone next time......

Matsuri 2010

11 Agustus 2010, rabu

Malam ini ada natsu matsuri di kota gw, yaitu festival musim panas, semacam parade gitu deh. Tahun ini sempet datang liat setelah berapa tahun kemaren absen trus, coz pulang kampung lah, suami sibuklah, ga sempet lah, kelupaan lah..hehe, banyak alesan dah...

Tahun ini meriah banget, berlangsung 3 malam,dari tanggal 11 mpe 13 agustus,jam 6.00 mpe 8.15. Suami nganterin aja trus dia ajak anak2 ke mertua, jadi tinggal gw n bonyok dah liat festivalnya. Acaranya berlangsung dari pidato gubenur Matsuyama, bla bla bla....akhirnya acara yang ditunggu2 dateng juga..

Musicnya rame banget, 1 mobil bak terbuka yang isinya speaker super gede, nanyangin musiknya mpe menggelegar, diikuti peserta yang joget2 meriah, plus baju n asesorisnya.Ada yang pake baju yukata, ada yang mpe berbikini ria, bahkan mpe setengah bugil segala..hahha...seru dah. Mpe kepinginnn banget ikutan joget...

Buat foto2nya, silakan liat di sini.