rumah manis rumah

Yeay! I have officially FINISHED my DIPLOMA!

*wootwoot*

After 3 years going back and forth to Melaka, I shall not have to drive long anymore!

:D

I can't believe it's already over. I will definitely miss my friends there and I already have a lunch date with my Rembian girls this Sunday.

I'm going to miss the food over at Melaka. The Asam Pedas, the Klebang Coconut Shake (will review that later), roti naan Pak Putra (drools) and Selera Kampung and lots more!

I will definitely make a day trip just for the food someday :D

But for now I will have my freedom, waking up late and just have nothing to do :D

Peace people!

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Awan Yang Terpilu

I am going away for trip to Kedah! To Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in Sintok to be specific.

:D

I'm only going there because the video clip my group made for last semester's assignment is nominated for 'Best Video Clip' category for the Festival Filem dan Video Pelajar Malaysia (FFVPM). But still, it's just another reason to go away for a trip before my diploma ends :p

I'm so excited since I've never been there and I really don't know what to expect! So I googled the place first.

My eyes went this big when I saw the map,

O.O

I'm going to 'A' :)

Can you see how close it is to Thailand?! The first thought that came to my mind was 'The journey would take a freaking day on bus!'

T_____________________T

Oh yea, we're going on a UiTM bus since we are representing UiTM and will be staying in the UUM campus.

After realising it's going to be a long journey and the possibility of not having anything to do there since it's way in the 'ulu', I googled car rental companies, ferry rides to Langkawi (Langkawi is quite near to the place I'm going and hopefully we'll get to go there :D) and things to do in Kedah.

I'm such a big freak aren't I?

:p

The journey is about 4 days. We will depart (cheh, bunyi macam naik airplane je :p) Thursday (today) at 2pm and we will head back to Melaka on Sunday (time to be announced).

Now, my suitcase looks like I'm going to a 2-weeks trip! I don't know what to wear there so I just bought anything related to holiday clothes. Though there will be the award night and the theme is 'smart casual' (thank you for giving an easy theme).

I don't know what to wear for that :S

Maybe I'll just shop over there and see what's nice :p

Borrowed Manul's (will tell you about him later) iPod for the trip and charging it :D

Pray I'll be in a safe trip!

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Post - Holiday

I was too lazy to blog these past few weeks hence slow updates from me :p

Last year's holiday was okay I guess. I didn't do anything extraordinary and I didn't even go out to welcome 2011. Oh oh by the way,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

It's not too late considering it's only the sixth day of the year, right? :p

Unlike most of my friends who went for holiday trips I spent my time learning to cook. Some of it were caramel, Spicy Beef Rice, Shrimp Chili Aglio Olio, and Spaghetti with Tomato and Blackpepper Hotdogs.

I still don't know the real reason why I wanted to cook in the past holiday but I think it came to me that I would someday be someone's wife and being a wife I would not want my family to have their meals outside everyday.

WOAH!

That's quite futuristic, no? O.O

Anyways, these meals were simple to prepare and cook plus as a beginner I would not want to try complicated dishes :)

 Shrimp Chili Aglio Olio

For Shrimp Chili Aglio Olio, I google-ed before hand to see how other people cook theirs. Aglio Olio as I found out were one of the simplest dish to cook and even simple enough for a man to cook ;) It's so versatile that you could do your own variation of Aglio Olio.

The basic indgredients you need to have is spaghetti (of course), garlic, parsley (the one with stalks), and extra virgin olive oil. The rest is up to you.

For me, I switched the chili to cili api to make it more spicy as I love spicy food. I did not have lemon so I took limau kasturi in exchange. I also added cajun and oregano just to add a little bit more spices and flavours.

This dish was inspired by a recipe I took from Australian Women's Weekly.

Spaghetti with Tomato and Blackpepper Hotdog

This dish was cooked just because I had some spaghetti left from the above's dish and I had to finish the tomato sauce I bought to make pizza. 

Toss in extra virgin olive oil, garlic, and oregano and done! :D

As for the hotdogs, I like my hotdog to be boiled first and then tossed in while cooking the sauce.

Big Apple's Donashi

I've been wanting to try Big Apple's Donashi but never got the chance. So when holiday comes, it was the time for some testing :D

It was okay, I guess. I had flu so my bud was a little tasteless. It was so cute that I kept half of it in the fridge for the next day :p 

That's all for now. I'll update more soon :)

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Hello December

Oh my gosh! It's December already?! O.O

Now time is going REALLY REALLY fast.

It is already the third week of my holiday and boy oh boy I think I have been enjoying too much food *gulps*

But it is soooooo mouth-watering how can I stand it? Look at these foods that welcomes me from my stressful days at university :D

WARNING! You will have a possibility of drooling over the pictures and will probably ask your mom to cook for it too or  you will try to cook it yourself but ended up being burnt and your last resort will be buying from some restaurant! 

TEEHEE!

*dontsayididntwarnyou*

Masak Lemak Ketam!

The super soft rice with added soy sauce and the gravy  :D

I opted to have this with a crispy salad and fresh tomatoes with a little bit of tomato sauce (tomato on tomato :p).

The crab was super nice! I literally ate all the gravy on the crab and thank God Mama bought big crabs with lots of meat inside :D

My dinner on the the first day of holiday! :D 

*om nom nom nom*

Mama also decided to be extra rajin to try new recipes when I started my holiday. Okay blame Mama too if I gain weight during the holidays -___-

This is one of the recipes she found in the internet. You see, Mama is suddenly fond of going to other people's blog just to find recipes she can try and I swear to you she has been comparing her production of food with my other aunts.

Okay. That what stay at home moms do when they are bored.

This is Brownies Kukus dengan Keju or Steamed Brownies with Cheese :D Inspired by Mama's friend when she brought us some of hers.

Mama's first attempt at the brownie!

The brownie was soft and spongy and the cheese did not taste super creamy (which I love). You can opt to choose creamier cheese but since I am not exactly fond of cheese, Mama decided to make it less cheesy.

Then comes Raya Korban and of course there will be food :D 

Mama decided to cook Nasi Briyani with Ayam Briyani and Acar. A simple food for the family and does not take much time.

For the Acar, Mama mixed up vinegar, salt and sugar and we used pineapple, carrot, cucumber, red onions and red chillies for a hint of spiciness :D

Delicious Acar

Ayam Briyani :)

Nasi Briyani

It was really delicious that I had two servings of it for lunch and another serving for dinner! O.O

I am really going to gain weight!

Atok having his Nasi Briyani!

Ps: Would someone tell me why does blogger makes the pictures to turn out in weird sizes if it is not edited or if it's too big it'll just come out big? O.O It's a hassle and I do really like the old version. Easy and it compresses the photo without me having to edit it first.

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Sigh

I am currently in my new room at my new house in Rembia, Melaka. Classes will start tomorrow and gosh, I really miss my home :(

To be honest, I don't exactly have the mood to type anything right now but writing this out sort of helping me to release all the tension I'm having.

Alright, I am getting sleepy and I'm off to bed now. I promise the next post would be something fun :)

Nights everybody!

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Just A Quick Post Without Pictures

Yesterday was AWESOME!

No, no..

It was BEYOND AWESOME!

Had a day out with Qammy, Shabby, Dzaf and long time no see see Is.

And the sleepover was nothing but fun fun fun especially the gossip part (the best or kalau orang melayu cakap 'terbaik!')!

And I'm a little bit hyper which I don't know why :P

Anyways, g'nite everyone!

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Belly Excercise

OMG!

I am sweating like hell all thanks to youtube!

MAHAHA!!

I've been working out since I started my holiday and whenever I want to go for a jog my mom wouldn't let me! She says that it's dangerous to jog alone, got suspicious Indonesians and bla bla bla..

So this morning I decided to search for a work out for my belly and found this!









Okay, the fourth one just stops like that if you watch it.

If you watch it, it looks easy to do it but once you start following it, WOW!

Fat burner! I'm still sweating while I write this down in my PJs, okay no lah.. I bathed.

Gosh I don't want to linger around in sweat but for those who wants to sweat, DO THIS WORKOUT! Definitely a big sweat excercise! And I wonder how could those girls keep on smiling the whole time?!!!

AH-MA-ZING!!!

:D

TWO THUMBS UP FROM DREAM GIRL!

ps: I wish I could lose all the belly fat with a one time excercise. Dream on Dream Girl.

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Being Lost in Tambun

OMG!

I just got back from Tambun, Perak and it was awesome!

Alright, that's too much. Anyways, I'm home from The Lost World of Tambun. It's a water theme park, not to small not too big but just nice for a day in the sun.

I went there with my sister and her classmates.

We had a blast!

Albeit the pictures are all at my sister's friends so nada piccies.

:(

After coming back at home I thought I might find some time to rest but my aunt offered me to go with her and her family to Terengganu!

*wootwoot!*

So tomorrow I'll be leaving home sweet home again but this time I will definitely bring my own camera.

Hehe..

So see you later!

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when make-ups interrupts games

I have been playing game(s) since I started my semester break. The Sims 3 being the number 1 on the list following Left 4 Dead. The Sims 3 craze started off few months ago but never really indulge in playing it since assignments kept interrupting me.

Oh yea, FYI I have NEVER ever play The Sims. EVER.



So, I decided to give it a try when my holidays starts and boy oh boy, my lappie has never been shutdown since that.

My routine: wake up, play sims, bath, eat, play sims, lunch, play sims, bath, dinner, play sims.

That's about it I guess. Hehe.

On the other hand, Left 4 Dead gave me nightmares. All the zombies coming attacking you when you can barely control the mouse because you were shocked to see them running to you and shooting your teammates.



Brrrr...

I think most people would laugh to see how I play it.

Izzah playing Left 4 Dead: start of the game feeling all semangat-ed, pick up weapons and bla bla bla, go to the door, open, see A zombie, pause, play shoot that one zombie, pause, play, walk down the stairs, see zombie, pause, play, see A LOT of ZOMBIES, looooooooooooooong pause, feeling scared, then motivated my little aunt, press play, shoot everything including teammates.

This is why I'm embarrassed to go to any cyber cafe to play with my guy friends. They will surely laugh at me.

Aiyo!

Therefore, all of you would not be seeing me at any gamers pad.

But before I forgot, The Sims 3 has come out with The Sims 3 World Adventures and Left 4 Dead came out with Left 4 Dead 2!



Weee!

*jumps for joy*

Hehe.

I think I will get addicted to The Sims 3 World Adventure but I really don't know if I can get through Left 4 Dead.

:(

Anyways, something interrupted me when I was playing L4D. My sister asked me to follow her to Pavilion.

OMG!

I'm so glad that she did (it was my idea in the place but she reminded me, hehe). I have been staying at home for God knows how long, I definitely needed that outing especially to shopping malls where I can find make ups and clothes and other random things to see.

*ithinkisoundedlikeihaveneverbeentoashoppingmallbefore*

I quickly rambled to my wardrobe and put on some nice clothes and we head to Pavi!!

WEEEE!!

Alright, that was unnecessary.

Anyways, I have been aiming to see the M.A.C Holiday Collection and the moment that I see it, wawawwawawawa!!!



Pretty!

I love the Eye Shadow palettes.

If only I can buy them all *thoughts wonder around*




Though, I'm kind of disappointed to see that they do not bring in the M.A.C's Baroque Boudoir Collection.


I'm really excited to see that particular collection since they have the prettiest packaging. I mean it's all about the packaging really.



*sigh*

M.A.C, please bring in the Baroque Boudoir. I will buy them all. Promise. :)

Hehe.

Alright, not all but maybe most of it.

Ps: I feel super unproductive this holiday. Please give me any work.

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this morning

As most would have or would have not known, my grandma or Nenek as I call her, passed away last 20th October. It was a shocked to me and to all of my family members.

As people would have said, 'Allah loves her more'.

I'm still grieving but not to the extend of shouting and wailing in the middle of the night. She would of course would not want me to behave like that.

So, this morning I visited her graveyard at the Ulu Klang Mosque. It's a weekly routine for me and my mom to go there every Monday.


We would recite Yassin for her and spread out flowers taken from our garden on her grave.

God, I miss her.

And this is the first time I can actually talk about her.

Anyways, this morning while sending my sister for her SPM, mama and I saw the waterlily blooming!

It was beautiful. After I send my sister and visited Nenek, I took my camera and shot pictures of it. There were a bee too!

The lonely waterlily

Up close

Here comes Mr Bee

Trust me Mr Bee is somewhere in there

There he is!

Looking for honey...

Miss Waterlily only blooms in the morning for two to three days. So sad.. :(

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hilly hill

I'm going to Bukit Tinggi tomorrow.

Just a day trip. Not staying over there.

Will post about it.

:D

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