rendang raya 2009

i just got back from MIL helping her...ok fine...watching her cooked rendang daging nogori for raya tomorrow!!! yeay esok raye!!! :)

ok2 well here's the recipe while it's still fresh in my mind (i hope it still there ;p)

ingredients:
1. special rempah - consists of ketumbar, jintan manis n jintan putih; fried without oil then blended
2. coconut milk - very thick one
3. red onion, garlic, ginger - all sliced very thinly
4. lemongrass - blended/tumbuk
5. lengkuas - tumbuk
6. kerisik
7. daun kunyit
8. all the spices - kulit kayu manis, bunga lawang, bunga cengkih, etc. (hihi can't remember ;p)
9. dried chillies - blended
10. beef - put some kunyit n salt

how to make:
1. heat some oil and put item 1, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9; cook until well cooked..hehe
2. put item 10 and cook until dry n beef soft
3. put item 7
4. followed by item 2 n cook until dry up
5. finally item 6

n....don't forget salt!!! secukup rasa yer :)

well that's all for now...i'm suppose to learn on how to change this boring blog layout...hihi gotta go googling now :) till then, selamat hari raya!!!

p/s: it's my 1st raya with hubby n baby (still inside - no need baju raya yet :)); next yr raya our theme colour will be pink (follow baby)...hihi boleh kan abg syg? ;)

fasting n birthday @ 6 months

hihi no idea what title to put for this entry...actually want to story about my birthday this year which falls during fasting month and also during my sixth month of pregnancy :)

so 5 days already past since i celebrated my 2*th b'day which was on 31st August...1st time celebrate as a wife but really celebrate it only after breaking the fast la...hubby brought me to break fast buffet at KL Tower revolving restaurant :) very very nice and i was so happy n excited since that was my first visit to the KL Tower...yup2 seriously my 1st ever visit...haha name je org kl but all this while never been to KL Tower...yeah i know pathetic...i think i just took that place for granted since i'm a KLian n the KL Tower will be there anytime i feel like going...hihi besides i really don't know what to look for there (obviously people go there to go up the tower right ;p)

but anyway hubby reserved the break fast buffet there earlier n ask them to have our table near the window so that we can see the view of KL from up there...totally nice but only after maghrib because during daylight it just looks like a building jungle...not very nice buildings actually...but during the night the view was superb thanks to all the lights n what not...baru la nampak cam city sket :)

oh btw b4 that during the day hubby's car got problem with its battery so after changing the battery he said he was going out just to drive the car around to make sure that it's already ok n stable...turns out he went to KLCC n bought me a Coach handbag as a b'day pressie!!! very nice...i heart it soooooo much!!! so my b'day pressie this year is the same as last year la...hihi that makes it my Coachie #5 :)) - not really a collector yet lah...hihi so i went to KL Tower that night wearing my new Coach...niceeee :)
p/s: my b'day pressie shud be the Medela FS breastpump but since i can't book it yet until my due date is near so i think that's why hubby find an alternative pressie...hihi again, lucky me! (but not to worry, i'm still going to get the breastpump yer :)) hahaha

ok that's it on my b'day update for this yr...hehe all in all i was sooo happy to celebrate it with hubby...thank u sooo much abg for everything!!! luv u darling! ;)

so today we had my check up for week 25...my weight increase by 0.8 kg ONLY due to fasting...yeay!!! the baby is still a girl :) n dr seri said she has the daddy o's nose...hehe good2...don't follow mama's k...hihi n this time around her weight is already around 811 gram...wow no wonder la mama jalan really slow je lately ni...baby is getting heavier inside...it's ok as long as she's healthy :)

hopefully from now on i can maintain my weight gain like that...huhu have to continue fasting after raya (erkkk i don't think so ;p)

ok lah till then, happy fasting (15 days to go, yeay!!!) n maybe an early selamat hari raya since i know i'll be soooo lazy to put any update here later...huhuhu

to baby darling, we'll see u again next month k...stay cute n healthy orait...n keep that nose held high...hehehe ape la pesanan penaja nih ;p

it's a bird, it's a plane, opsss no bird there ;p

wow it's been ages since i wrote anything here (cam x biase pulak ;p)
btw just to update on the visit to see our cute baby last week :)
few days b4 the visit i told our baby not to be shy2 when we visit n guess what? our baby did just that! hehehe our baby finally revealed her gender!!! oh btw while telling our baby not to be shy2 we also made a promise to buy him/her cute clothes right after the visit if we know the gender (maybe this is actually working...hihi)

so, after looking just for a while for the sign, insyaAllah our baby is going to be a 'she'!!!!! :) she slightly open her legs just enough for us to peek thru instead of crossing her legs like during previous visits...hehe so it takes only a minute for dr seri to tell that it's a girl! or at least she thought that it's a girl since there is no bird in view...haha very cute little girl :)

so as promised, after the visit we went to pavillion n bought her a cute newborn white gown with cute pink ribbons :)) hope u like it darling!!! i know i loveeee it...hihi of course la mama yg pilih kan ;p

but i can't buy more clothes yet for the moment since it has some risks there if the doc told u that u're having a girl since it's still early to tell exactly...it can be a boy but doesn't show his manhood yet...hehe but if doc tell u that it's a boy then the chance is it's almost confirm...so we'll wait for 2-3 visits to confirm, then start our shopping spree...yeehuuuuu!!!!!

n also her weight in week 21 is 436 gram n i gained another 3 kg this month!!! total mama's weight gain to date = 9 kg (dgn bangganya yer ;p)

sekarang mama n daddy o tgh memerah otak untuk memilih nama :) daddy got a lot of ideas already...wait n see laaaa :)

walking at 20 weeks~~~

yup2 i'm 20 weeks preggy now...20 weeks to go!!! :) how time flies huh...n how big my tummy is right now?haha just say that it's big enough that i actually walk slower now...really feel the difference tau...if i walk with the normal pace like before i'll actually panting within a few minutes!! huhu hv to really take my time walking :)

but it's me to blame right...looking at my eating habit nowadays...huhu i'm trying to control myself now...trust me it's not easy k...hihi n i also want to control my spicy food consumption...i'm so worried that lately i don't really taste the 'hot' taste of the spicy food...all food are not spicy enough which makes me want to hv more spicy food...huhu i guess there's s'thing wrong with my tongue 'hot n spicy' area...hihi whatever that means ;p hopefully baby won't feel the 'hot' taste from the food that i provide him/her...

baby is very behave him/herself inside there since i'm here in JB with daddy o for the whole week...not much movement...daddy o garang ek baby...hihi stay cute n healthy ok sayang! we'll see u next saturday insyaAllah :))

walking the journey of second trimester...

actually there's not much updates for my second trimester journey...but i'll try to list whatever that comes to my mind since the pregnancy forgetfulness syndrome is really taking place right now...hihi well, let's see...
1. very forgetful lately...well i think i already mentioned that right? opss...forgot laaa ;p
2. the 'night sickness' is gone...yeay me!!! :)
3. backache is the conquerer of all...huhu luckily i'm saved by the calcium pill everyday
4. eat a lot...well this shouldn't be in the list since this is forever a syndrome, pregnant or no pregnant...hahaha
5. feels the baby kicking already (at least i think so it's the kicking...hehe) - feels like there are thousands of butterflies in there :)

that's all that i can remember for now...basically i'm sooo enjoying my second trimester journey coz i have the energy to do everything since the 'night sickness' is gone :)

latest update mama n baby during last visit to PCMC:
1. baby's weight - 200 g
2. mama's weight gain - 3 kg in one month!!!!! (kene marah dgn doc tau ;p)
so the question is, where do that 2.8 kg went??? muahahaha...i want to blame the Sangobion which i believe had increased my appetite...huhu now i'm taking it only once in 3 days instead of everyday for last month...target for weight gain during next check-up - strictly 1 kg max only!!!
3. baby still shy2 to show that thing under...still maintain his/her leg position like the previous check up...but baby plays with his/her hands a lot...very active one according to doc...keep it up darling! :)

mama is getting sleepy now...but i think baby just woke up n having his/her 'morning' exercise in mama's tummy :) insyaAllah we'll see u again on 8 august k baby...luv u...mmuahhh~~~

nyum...nyum...

actually i'm desperate to write s'thing here since it's almost the end of june n i only hv 1 post so far for this month...soo lazy la me...well i'm so desperate that i don't know what to write actually n i decided to put up a recipe here...it's from my MIL...she's from noghori n i love this food sooo much (erkk cam x relevant je ;p) n i want to record this recipe somewhere so that i can cook it anytime i'm feel like eating it...if rajin la kan ;p anyways, here is the recipe for gulai tempoyak pucuk ubi...not really a gulai...maybe a very pekat gulai...hehe...

so the ingreients:
1. pucuk ubi
2. daun labu
3. daun kunyit
4. cili padi
5. ikan bilis
6. pati santan
7. tempoyak
8. sugar n salt secukup rasa
9. petai
10. serbuk kunyit/kunyit hidup

it's depend on u on how much to put for each ingredient...hehe kira everything is secukup rasa la...if u want more pedas then put more cili padi, if want more tempoyak then put a lt of them...but from my observation (ye saya hanyalah tukang observe pada waktu itu) the pucuk ubi is the most to be put (hence the title of the recipe la kan ;p)

so how u do it? it's very simple actually...i mean very very simple...just cut item 1,2,3 into very very small pieces...while u hv somebody to do that (hehe it's quite time consuming), u can tumbuk ikan bilis, kunyit hidup (no need if u use serbuk kunyit ;p) n cili padi n put in the kuali...then put all ur dauns n pucuks which had been cut into the kuali as well...followed by petai, pati santan n tempoyak...then turn on the gas n stir slowly until it's cooked...n don't forget ur sugar n salt...n that's it! ready to be served :)

for the moment i don't hv the pic...finished all already b4 thinking of taking a pic...see la if rajin next time i cook it, i'll try to remember to snap a pic n upload here k...the last time my MIL cooked it (well it's more like the first n last time for me as of now), that time i was still in miri...i came back for the weekend n she packed me one tupperware of that for me to be brought back to miri...n i ate them for 3 straight days without the feel of boringness of the dish...hihi niceeee...the memory brings back all the saliva in my mouth now...nyum...nyum! now wondering when again my MIL will cook it...hmm...

p/s: preggy update - now having a severe backache almost everytime, everywhere...but just enjoysss la kan :) oh n also sneezing n coughing are also accompanying me everytime, everywhere...anything for my baby :)

10 things...

well, it's my 1st entry for this month (hopefully it's not the 1st n the last...for the month i mean ;p)...it's been about 3 and half months since i got married to my hubby (duh! to whom else did i get married to ;p)...i had learned a lot about him since then which i didn't know b4 we got married...so i decided to make a list about them...but i'm soo lazy soi'll just put 10 things about him first...just bear in mind that this list is not exhaustive and i'll add as we go along (if rajin la..hihi) so here we go:

1. he always sleep talking (or rather sleep screaming) at night...always means like almost every night...hehe at first i was so shocked and scared when i heard he's talking to me while sleeping but now i'm so used to it that i actually disappointed if he don't sleep talk at one of the nights...hehe the funny thing is he always wants me to respond to him when he talks so sometimes i just responding by saying "yeah...yeah...u r right" eventhough he makes no sense at all...hihi this is the most interesting fact that i learned about hubby :)

2. favourite food: KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken, ayam goreng kentucky (yup i purposely write 3 times to emphasize his most favourite food), nasi putih + sup ayam/sup tulang + telur dadar (must be in this complete set), ayam penyet, tomyam ayam putih, nasi lemak la cucur...so my cooking skills will be limited to these dishes only (except the KFC la ;p)...hehe nice kan...i'm so lucky :)

3. favourite drinks: orange juice, teh tarik, coke, teh o...all easily prepared (or bought) kan :)

4. he is a Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt collector...so if any of u guys r dropping by any hard rock cafe store around the world, pls buy me a hard rock cafe t-shirt k...his size is M (as of now ;p)...i'll pay u...hihi if i'm not mistaken his current collection - Kuala Lumpur, Houston, San Diego, Hollywood

5. he's so into guitar, in fact he's so famous at the office as the guitarist of his dept's band...hihi well, i knew this already b4 we got married but only after i married him that i truly knew his passion towards that nice body instruments with all those strings...he's good at it n i love watching him play his guitar...i'll melt everytime ;)

6. he takes really great care of all his things...he keep them very carefully...i think extra careful compared to me...hihi this is why i don't mind if he buys expensive things (it's his money anyway ;p) becoz i know that he'll take good care of those stuff

7. this one i like...he likes to help me tidying my room!!! yeay!!! n of course he's the one who will tidy his room...well for those who r confuse, we r not sleeping in separate room but now as we still practically living with both our parents, so practically we hv 2 rooms - 1 at my mom's n 1 at my parents-in-law's...so if i'm tired (or pretend to be ;p) he'll help tidying the rooms...nice kan :)

8. favourite football team: glory glory man united!!! the red devils, etc...i don't believe i know all these stuff these days...huhu i'm sooo not into these ok...so any of u found any nice Man U t-shirt, pls buy 1 for me k...i'll pay...as mentioned his size is M (as of now ;p)

9. favourite jeans: Levi's only...size 30...opss this is b4 we got married...now it's proudly upgraded to 31 :)

10. work pants n shirts: Dockers n Padini (size 30 n S respectively, as of now)

all in all i think hubby is a simple person n easy to take care of...hihi but i love his simplicity sooo much!!! n i love him dearly :))

p/s: we went to see our baby just now...he/she is getting bigger now...around 9 cm...we love u cute baby!!! mmuahhhh!!! c u again on 11 July...insyaAllah...it's 1 day after daddy's burfday so don't shy2 to show us that thing under ok as daddy's burfday present :) hihihi