Happy Birthday

21 Februari 2010, minggu,

Puji Tuhan gw masih dikasih umur panjang buat ngelewatin tahun ini. Ultah tahun ini ga bisa dirayain bareng suami coz dia kerja, n gw juga lagi teler kena flu, anak2 juga uda mulai batpil. ..so pas hari H nya, gw ga niat bkin masakan yang special, ato bkin kue, bner2 suntuk, bawaannya ngantukkk banget, n malas ngapa2in?? Wadoh, jangan2???? hhaa, ini mah penyakit males nya keluar..hahah...tapi, bneran suntuk dah hari itu.

Mei pulang skolah, dia heboh, bawain gw hadiah ultah, "Ma, ippai origami tsukutta yo, mama no presento" yang artinya, ma bkin origami banyak, hadiah ulang tahun. Wah, gw mpe terharu banget, dia di skulnya bkin segala macam kertas origami, ada bentuk hati, ada sarung tangan yg dia warnai, ada gambar usagi-klinci yang dipasangin pita, ada bintang...semua dia bikin sendiri di skulnya. Trims anak mama.

Trus sorenya dia tanya, "Ma, kok ulangtahun ga ada kue nya?" Na lho, gw ditodong kue...gw pikir2 juga, sepi banget ya ultah tanpa kue?? Ya uda dah, gw siap2 bawa 2 anak bonceng sepeda, beli kue di toko kue deket supermaket situ. Bener2 dah, uda mana dinginnn, uda mana gw lg ga enak badan, uda mana mulai hujan rintik2...kacau banget dah. Untung dah bisa balik rumah dengan selamat membawa kotak kue..gw da takut aja kue nya terbalik ato apa? soalnya dipegang ma Mei di boncengan gw. Deg2an juga gw buka tuh kue, ternyataaaa.....masih utuh..hoho
Malemnya, laki gw pulang, dia ga bawa kado, cuman bawa seikat bunga ..haha, gw terharu lagi..hihi maunya si bunga bank ya?? tapi ya percuma juga, bunga bank dsini kcil bgt, mpir bisa dibilang ga ada bunga...haha, kok nyangkut ke bunga bank?? Thx papa...muach muach

Smoked Salmon Fishcakes with Hot Chilli and Tomato Sauce

The considerable health benefits of eating smoked salmon aside, it truly is a delicious way to eat salmon. The natural oils of the fish remain intact and thus the rich, salmon flavour can be enjoyed in full. This smoked salmon fishcake recipe is in the quantities required for two people.

Ingredients

2lb potatoes
6oz smoked salmon trimmings
4 tbsp fresh breadcrumbs
2 beaten eggs
2 tsp freshly chopped basil
1 14oz can of chopped tomatoes in tomato juice
1 small red chilli pepper (very finely chopped)
1/2 tsp caster sugar
16 Brussels sprouts
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Sunflower oil for frying

Method

The first step is to make the chilli and tomato sauce, as we wish it to accompany the fishcakes having cooled. The tomatoes, chilli, sugar and salt and pepper to taste should be added to a medium sized pot and brought up to a simmer. They should continue to be simmered for around twenty minutes until the tomatoes have really started to break down. The mixture should then be poured in to a sieve over a large bowl and pressed through the sieve with the aid of a wooden spoon. The sieved sauce should then be returned to the pot and brought back to a simmer. Around ten minutes of simmering should reduce it to a fairly thick and lush sauce. It should be covered and set aside to cool while the meal proper is prepared.

The potatoes should be peeled, chopped and added to a large pot of boiling, salted water. They should be cooked until soft (around twenty-five minutes) before being drained and mashed. The smoked salmon should be roughly chopped and added to the potatoes, along with the basil and some seasoning. It is important to be careful with the amount of salt added, however, as a lot of salt will come from the smoked salmon.

A large frying pan should be filled with sunflower oil to a depth of around one and a half inches and brought up to a fairly high heat. The Brussels sprouts should be peeled and added to boiling, salted water, to simmer for no more than eight to ten minutes, depending upon their size.

The breadcrumbs should be placed in one small, flat bowl such as a soup plate and the eggs beaten in another bowl. The fishcake ingredients should be thoroughly mixed together before being divided in to eight equal portions and carefully shaped. Each fishcake should be dipped in the eggwash before being carefully rolled in the breadcrumbs. They should be fried in the oil for about three minutes each side. Note that depending upon the size of your frying pan, it may be necessary to fry the fishcakes in two batches, keeping the first batch warm in a low oven while the second batch cooks.

The chilli sauce should be split between two small serving bowls and placed in the centre of each plate. The fishcakes should be drained on kitchen paper before being arranged around the sauce. The Brussels sprouts may then also be drained and served.

this is just my thought

to be exact, i've got a lot of things, i wanna write it all down here. as time passed by, i forgot almost about everything. haish~ nyanyok eh. and yet, lot of drafts had been safe. but idk, why i didn't post it. weirdo~ maybe because, half of my way writing, i forgot what's the main point and what else to write down. well hey, march is around the corner. gaaaaa~ crazy huh. i saw 2010 calendar yesterday. and i was like, wooo! 2oth feb 2010. aiyooo. tup tap-tup tap, 8 months from now, its gonna b my 21st bday. i've a lot of things i wanna do b4 my 21st bday. but will i?

btw. have u ever believe, and i mean. u urself, u wanna do lot of silly things, and maybe few of wrongdoing things, at least once in a lifetime. well hey, i do! as my ages getting older, that's mean time getting lesser than before. fast, fast, fast aqilah! do whatever u wanna do whenever u've got the chance. and i just promised myself to publish this post no matter how empty and crapping it is T__T

i did a lot of mistake too. naaa, u wouldn't care to know. or maybe if u do, u wouldn't believe what i've done my whole life. haha. lots of mistake, fun silly things that can cause u one thing - sin. and there's no turning back. but it's ok. i wouldn't care less to regret everything. life goes on bby! or i'll die regretting everything. haha. oh yeah! but at least, i know what i've done is wrong, and keep remind myself, what to do, and what shouldn't.

btw, talking bout myself. i went to the clinic for the 3rd time last Thursday. awww~ injection. idk what's wrong. Dr Mariam was sooo worried and she asked me to go there again, if i'm still sick today. yes, Saturday. erm, i guess there's no fever, just flu and throat pain. blood test eh Dr? huhu. no need kot. i have to be totally healthy a.s.a.p. shooting is around the corner! owhhh... i'll be outtt for shooting from monday - wednesday. ala. KL je pun. haha.

since, it is 2oth feb 2010, lemme recall few things that happened lately.

- owh en.nabil. met mama & abah, i mean like officially dinner - 18th feb 2010. awww. i laugh a lot. habis rahsia negara abah buka, rahsia diri wkt kecik, and there's erm... FUNNY JOKE of the year accidentally created by abah. hahahhahahahaha... i'll tell later.

- 19th feb 2010 - lots of things 2 b settle down. yup. really bz. i went to the college with abah & nabil, and straight to damansara. abah maw cari butik adidas semata - mata. cari brg golf adidas. huhu... he bought a shirt, and we had tea at the curve, and, back home.

- 13th feb 2010 - i met his fmly, officially. cuak x hingat! yo lah. selalunye those guys yg meet up my parents. ble recall blk, the only guy yg i meet up with his fmly was ONLY - 1st love. haha. and it was a very long time ago - 7 years ago. soooo... u should know how gubra i am. but it ends up with a smile on my face. mama + ayah u baekkk sgt!!! ;)) x cuak da jmpe mrka 2nd time hari tu~

- 14th feb 2010 - i didn't celebrate it, as usual. buttt, awww, i had great time. like really2 great time! thanks 2 all those 6 of u. esp u syg! i really3 appreciate it. i know u're working hard to do the best for us. i can see that, clearly. thanks again!

and what else? hurm. ok. random2!

- did my hair treatment and new hair looks for 2010. *like likey love*

- went to sg congkak / gabai. gileee skeee. oh i just love water. and fresh air.

- did my resume for practical. practical weyh! 12th april 2010 - 4th july 2010.

- selesai cat bilik dgn jayanya. thanks to mama + kak sally. much appreciated!

- joined college bowling tournament on 3rd april 2010. i was absent, but my friends just put down my name. haha. with miraghee + alyn + bhai + abg zul. group name - don't raba2. haha. x tahan korang nih!

- i'm almost done with my UIA english class. whoaaa. nak graduate suda *wink wink*

- 16th feb 2010 - kak long bersalin anak ke 4! another hero! x cukup bulan but so far ok.

- i'll be away from Mlysia from 11th march - 22nd march insya Allah. ;))

i was thinking of going to any beach since weeks ago. i don't know. i just really want it. mama & ayah (referring to his fmly) invited me to join them at PD today. but it seems i can't. abah dah kuar g main golf since 730am td lg. haha. and mama wanted to go to jln TAR this evening. but maybe, just maybe, we're gonna go to PD for a while tomorrow. IF only flight abah blk srwk malam esok. if x dpt, x pergilah. rushing woo~

and last night, oh, not really night, 4am - thinking of my future. degree, work, fmly. oh god. that's scary. like really. what is going to happen to a super duper lazy totally pampered girl like me. aiyaaa! i wanna b somebody. somebody means - i achieve everything i've been dreaming of. no need to be fofular or super duper rich. no no no. i don't need that. i just need to fulfill my target. and u know 'try to do new thing list' is never gonna end. owh owh~

aqilah. what goes around comes around aite. so, plz, be nice to everyone. i mean, keep on being hard, but be nice as well. naaa, i don't know how to explain that, but me myself, get it. haha.

the no 1 things i love bout him - he RESPECT his parents so much. and my parents as well. ble wa ade conflict gwa dgn mama or abah, he'll b the one who keep on protecting mama & abah. huuu. i know syg. i know they love me. u know i'm ashamed of myself when i can see how u treat ur parents and mine. at least, i'm trying to remind myself more bout them since i met u. hee. thank u!

keyna! sorry i couldnt' make it today. hoping to see u again later. ;)

to friends. i miss you. yes u. but sorry, i've never told u. all i wanted to say. cuz sometimes, u should realize a thing as well - it's not i'm the only one who changes, u've change too. but still, i've never 4get u too. u should know that. sometime i wanna wish u good morning / night, but, i just keep it to myself. i wanna say hye! but, i just smile. maybe. u can hear my heart saying 'i love u'

El Borne, Barcelona

Yesterday I walked into El Borne, another gorgeous neighborhood from Barcelona, and discovered several nice places... follow me!

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This is El Palau de la Música (Music's Palace)... and it's so magical!

After walk all the morning and part of the evening, I went back into Gracia with Micky, just because I wanted to show him a Toys' shop that I discovered yesterday. Albert, the guy who works on the shop, posed for me, he´s so nice!! I'll show you his pictures next week!

And later, I went back into the city center and took a nice coffee with Laia and Esther!

 

 

And this is what I looked like yesterday... yes, I'm using a different hairstyle, without bangs... do you like it? It's so fifties!

 

 

Shirt - H&M

Cardigan - Stradivarius

Skirt - Ben Sherman

Tights - Calzedonia

Shoes - Melissa

Bag - Vintage

Hairband - Offbrand

Tomorrow... SONIA RYKIEL POUR H&M!! Have you decided what are you going to buy? We'll be waiting from 8 o'clock in the morning!

Technical Difficulties

Maybe someday I will actually become proficient at this blogging business.  Remember how I announced a few posts ago that you can actually follow my blog (meaning you will get updates when a new post appears)?

Apparently there was a big glitch in the system.  Duh, that would rest with me, the operator.  Some of you opened up the blog and alas, there was no "Follow" button.  Turns out the reason why is because you need to sign on to Google first.  Here's how it works:

Log onto http://www.nevertrustaskinnycook1.blogspot.com/, go to the upper right hand corner and click on "Sign In."  Enter your google username and password. Once you do that and go back to the blog, the "follow" button will show up on the top left next to "share."  You can then hit it and sign up.

If you don't have a google password, go to http://www.google.com/ and click on "Sign In" in the upper right hand corner. It will let let you create a username and password.

For those of you who care about this sort of thing, thank you.  For all of you who read this blog, THANK YOU!

Now can I get back to the business of cooking and writing about it?

While I am at it, here is a photo of my favorite dish in Cambodia.  It's called "Amok" and it is fish in coconut milk, wrapped in banana leaves.  The type of fish varies, but it is often made with snake fish.  Despite the name, it is really good!  Will work on finding a recipe.