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.

Banjar Clear Soup (Soto Banjar)

Soup
1 whole chicken. cut into 4 pieces
1,5 litres water
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
4 spring onion, chopped
2 chinese celery, chopped
10 shallots
5 cloves garlic
1/2 whole nutmeg
5 cm cinnamon stick
4 cloves
2 pods cardamon
2 tablespoons cooking oil

Condiments
100 gr mungbean noodles, blanch with boiling water for 2 minutes
3 hard boiled eggs, cut into wedges
50 gr beansprouts, blanch with boiling water for 1 minute
deep fried shallot flakes
frikadel potatoes (recipe here)
sweet soy sauce
2 limes, cut into wedges

Chili paste
5 red chili
10 thai eye’s chili
5 candlenut,
1 teaspoon shrimp paste
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon cooking oil

Wrap nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and cardamon with a piece of cloth (preferably some type of muslin). Set aside.
Grind shallots and garlic into fine paste. Heat 2 tablespoons cooking oil over high heat for 2 minutes. Toss in the spices in muslin.
In a big stock pot, add the water and the spices from above, cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes.
Add pieces of chicken into the pot. Cook for another 20 minutes.
Remove chicken pieces. Shred the meat and get rid off the bones.
Set aside.

To prepare the chili paste, put all the ingredients in a spice grinder and grind them into paste.

To serve, ladle the soup into individual serving bowls. Add mungbean noodles, beansprouts, shredded chicken, bitter-nut crackers, perkedel potatoes and hard boiled egg wedges.
Sprinkle some shallot flakes and a couple of dash of soy sauce with squirts of lime juice before serving.

Add chili paste moderately and mix everything up.
Serve with warm rice

Banjar Clear Soup (Soto Banjar)

Soup
1 whole chicken. cut into 4 pieces
1,5 litres water
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
4 spring onion, chopped
2 chinese celery, chopped
10 shallots
5 cloves garlic
1/2 whole nutmeg
5 cm cinnamon stick
4 cloves
2 pods cardamon
2 tablespoons cooking oil

Condiments
100 gr mungbean noodles, blanch with boiling water for 2 minutes
3 hard boiled eggs, cut into wedges
50 gr beansprouts, blanch with boiling water for 1 minute
deep fried shallot flakes
frikadel potatoes (recipe here)
sweet soy sauce
2 limes, cut into wedges

Chili paste
5 red chili
10 thai eye’s chili
5 candlenut,
1 teaspoon shrimp paste
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon cooking oil

Wrap nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and cardamon with a piece of cloth (preferably some type of muslin). Set aside.
Grind shallots and garlic into fine paste. Heat 2 tablespoons cooking oil over high heat for 2 minutes. Toss in the spices in muslin.
In a big stock pot, add the water and the spices from above, cover and cook over low heat for 10 minutes.
Add pieces of chicken into the pot. Cook for another 20 minutes.
Remove chicken pieces. Shred the meat and get rid off the bones.
Set aside.

To prepare the chili paste, put all the ingredients in a spice grinder and grind them into paste.

To serve, ladle the soup into individual serving bowls. Add mungbean noodles, beansprouts, shredded chicken, bitter-nut crackers, perkedel potatoes and hard boiled egg wedges.
Sprinkle some shallot flakes and a couple of dash of soy sauce with squirts of lime juice before serving.

Add chili paste moderately and mix everything up.
Serve with warm rice