My husband can cook - Mussles pasta

Assalamualaikum.

Suka tak makan kupang? 

Percaya tak cik baru pandai makan kupang ni sejak balik ke Malaysia means around 2 yrs ago..gurai hehe.

Masa tinggal di Batu Pahat, selalu nampak org jual bawah payung tepi jalan. Sebab sang suami gemar kupang, ada juga la beli sekali sekala. Tapi tak pandai nak masak la...pernah sekali makan kat ikan bakar Melaka, kupang masam manis kot. Sedappp sangat..sejak tu baru suka jatuh cinta ngan kupang.Padan la kan peribahasa melayu kita tu, tak kenal maka tak cinta ye dak?

Last night menu dinner kami pun inspired by kupang.Nampak ada jual kupang kat Aeon Big, beli jugak la sekantung dalam Rm 8.Ok ke tak agaknye harga tu eh? Sebab jarang beli jadi tak tahu.Teringin nye pasal beli jugak la huhu.

Actually kalau beli kupang memang tak masak lain, mesti buat pasta je. Sebab tak reti ye kawan-kawan.Kesian tak? So nak share resepi mussles pasta kami refer kat allrecipes.com and adjusted sikit by us.

Ingredients:

• Pasta - cook according to package
• Kupang - sekantung sesuka hati
• Butter - 3 table spoon
• Onion - 1/2 biji chopped
• Garlic - 2 cloves minced
• Dried thyme - 1/4 teaspoon
• Parsley - 6 tablespoon chopped (takde so ganti dengan chopped coriander leaves)
• Bay leaf - 1 (takde so tak letak)
• White wine - 2 cups (ganti dengan carbonated white grape juice)

Method

1. Cuci kupang. Discard those that do not close when you handle them and any with broken shells.( What the heck..about 50% of kupang yang kami beli already open. Takkan nak buang, makan saje :)
2. Cook pasta according to package.Drain and reserve.
3. Meanwhile, in a large skillet place 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, onion, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, thyme and grape juice. Bring to a boil and lower heat; cook for 2 minutes. 
4. Add mussels; cover and cook just until they open, 3 to 4 minutes. Do not overcook.
5. Divide pasta into bowls and spoon mussels over noodles.
6. Strain mussel liquid, and return to pot. Add remaining butter or margarine and heat until it melts. Pour over mussels and serve.
7. Kalau suka, tambah perahan lemon dan parutan cheese.

Review :

The recipe is easy to follow. Siap masak less than half an hour. Grape juice buat rasa hanyir kupang hilang, and tambah rasa manis so be careful not to over adding unless you really love masakan manis. Definitely will use the recipe again!

Oh almost forgot to mentioned, credit to sang suami since he was the chef of the night. Cik tukang makan je kali ni hehe. Well done suami!!

:)

I've got your number - Review

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Cik baru selesai baca novel tulisan Sophie Kinsella tajuknye I've got your number. Ada sesiapa peminat Sophie tak? I know I'm one of them.

Lama dah beli novel ni ..berbulan-bulan yang lalu. Tak sempat nak baca je. Macam takde kesempatan pulak . Akhirnye berjaya jugak habiskan. Best sangat kot cerita nye.

Poppy Wyatt merupakan watak utama disamping Sam Roxton. Poppy jumpa handphone kepunyaan PA Sam dalam tong sampah dan terus guna macam hak milik sendiri since dia baru je kena ragut. Di situlah mereka kenal each other. Just through phone calls dan msg, tak pernah jumpa bertentang mata.

Poppy baru je lost cincin pertunangan dia  (cincin warisan keluarga tunang dia). Ha cuak tak? Esok dah la first time nak junpa mertua.Hadoi mana boleh hilang ni? So, hp yang dia jumpa tu sangat la penting sebab kalau2 sesiapa jumpa cincin tu boleh la call dia kan.

Sam pulak perlu la sangat hp ni sebab company punya. Pulak tu semua email2 untuk dia mesti masuk hp tu. Haruslah hp tu dipulangkan supaya takdela maklumat company ni cicir kat siapa2.

Bermula dari situ, bermula la episod daripada dua org stranger kepada kenalan kepada kawan? kepada peminat?  Yang mana membawa kepada episod Poppy menyelamatkan company Sam daripada fitnah. Sam pula bantu Poppy cari orang yang curang dengan tunang dia.

Lastly, walaupun tunang dia curang, Poppy setuju jugak kahwin dengan dia. Until semua hadirin dalam majlis wedding tu dapat sms dari Sam yang minta mereka stop Poppy dari meneruskan niat dia tu.

Jadi tak Poppy jadi isteri tunang dia agaknye?Sam and Poppy? 

Tak best nye kalau cik cerita semua kat sini. Pernah tak uolls baca novel yang buat uolls terfikir-fikir watak-watak dalam novel tu. And you're wondering what will happen from now on (after the last chapter). You want the chapter to continue and continue.You don't want it to end. You also google to find out more about the character even you realize the person doesn't exit in the real life. You want to find out how the character looks like. Sometimes you don't realize you are smiling because you had the episode in the novel playing in your mind. 

This is one of the story that might take you into that life. If you are a fan of Sophie, this is one of her book that you need to read and keep it in the shelf as you might want to read it again in the future because it is fun and satisfying.

I am looking forward to read another book by Sophie  --> Wedding Night

:)

A new chapter

Assalamualaikum.

Perantau...merantau...di rantauan.
Bila la nak berhenti merantau agaknya?
Apa salahnya hidup dalam rantauan sehingga hujung nyawa sekalipun kan?

Setelah pulang ke tanah air hampir 2 tahun lalu, ini kali ketiga cik berpindah rumah. Kali ni ke negeri Selangor pula.
Merantau lagi...tempat baru, suasana baru dan STATUS baru.

Buat pertama kalinya cik sudah berubah status dari SAHM kepada working mother.
Pertama kalinya meninggalkan anak-anak untuk dihantar ke nursery.
Pertama kalinya mengenali suasana bekerjaya, bersama teman-teman baru, keluar rumah pagi pulangnya petang.
Merasai betapa tidak sabarnya untuk mengambil anak-anak di taska, melihat mereka berlari anak sambil memanggil mama.
Bingung memikirkan pakaian yang akan dipakai esok hari untuk ke tempat kerja. Mana satu yang perlu digosok..
Teruja menunggu ketibaan hari-hari cuti samada cuti hujung minggu atau cuti-cuti am. Kalendar meja sudah penuh ditanda dengan cuti-cuti yang ada setiap bulan.

Sama tak kita? U olls rasa yang sama??

Taman dalam bangunan office cik. Hijau : nyaman.

Alhamdulillah dengan rezeki yang Tuhan beri. Syukur dan teruskan mensyukuri segala nikmatNya.



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She and she

Assalamualaikum.

Hi semua.

Do you still remember this chubby baby ?

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She celebrated her second birthday

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And now she is already turn 3 !

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a little sister who just turn 1 in November

Alhamdulillah, I am blessed with having 2 little princesses in my life now.
Just can't believe how quick time flies...

RINDU

Hi all,

How are you doing?
I really miss to blog. I do :(

I wish I can write soon.

Kelahiran Puteri Kedua - part 2

Assalamualaikum

Apa khabar agaknya? Asyik hujan je kan.Siang malam.Alhamdulillah.Kalau kat bumi sakura sekarang in the middle of winter.Salji! Wah..memang seronok kalau tengok salji turun daripada dalam rumah sambil minum hot cocoa and eat some biscuit. Cicah keropok panas dengan teh o beng pon boley. Tapi tidak seronok mana if terpaksa tempuh salji yang lebat untuk ke kelas or pergi kerja part-time kat resoran pakistan (true stories) okey :)

Lets continue the story of kelahiran puteri cik yang kedua ya.

Selepas menunggu untuk diperiksa oleh doctor, kira-kira 3 jam (starting from the time I arrived), nama cik dipanggil oleh seorang doctor muda (maybe ho kat situ). She said that cik baru dilated 1 cm.I was a bit confused. Few hours ago dah 4 cm then boleh ek jalan tutup balik? I told her yang midwife tadi check and it was more than 1 cm. So dia buat balik la procedure yang tidak berapa menyenangkan itu (mommys you know what I mean) and confirmed me " Aah la dah 4 cm " bolehhhhh ? Aduyai la doctor..

Then cik berehat at one of the bed kat bilik rawatan ni. Tak dapat masuk wad menunggu because there is no empty bed. Its ok, selesa je sebab dapat baring. Sampai la cik bagitahu the nurses " Saya rasa saya dah nak meneran la ". It was around 1130 am at that time that I was pushed to the labor room. Sang suami yang dari pagi tunggu kat luar dipanggil masuk sekali in the labor room.

Datangla beberapa orang lagi nurse@ midwives membantu cik melahirkan sang puteri. I think there were about 5 or 6 of them standing at my leg, tolong bagi semangat including arahan how to push the baby. Each of them wanted me to listen to what they said without considering that I would not be able to do as they wish when I was in a lot of pain. How can you listen to 5 different orders in one time especially when you are in the labor? Tapi memang bagus juga nurses ni bising bagi semangat, jadi cik pun tinggi lagi semangat nak push.

After few trials of pushing the baby out, puteri kedua selamat dilahirkan at 1148 am. After the baby came out, the nurses showed her to me and that was the first time I met my lovely princess.

My princess was born just about 20 minutes after I entered the labor room. Cik rasa sangat sekejap berbanding kelahiran Little Hana but the pain was much much more.Pheww..My hands was shaking after the birth when the nurse made me sign for a few papers at that time. Aloha takde masa yang lagi sesuai kot?

Sang suami left the room after meeting and azan our daughter. The midwife took about 20 minutes (or less) to stich me and they handed me my princess for our first time bf moment before I had a nap for 2 hours inside the labor room (since no one is delivering baby that noon, they allowed me to stay there while waiting before transfering me to the ward).

I was so glad that I had a 4 beds room for my stay at the hospital where I got roommates (since sang suami works with the gov, I got convinient for my stay.Must bring along guarantee letter whatso ever when admitting though). My princess and I both were healthy, Little Hana also did very well along the process, we made it to Melaka before the birth, we were charged nothing for the hospital bill, everything went well, syukur Ya Allah for easing us.
Allah sebaik-baik perancang. Alhamdulillah.

Bersalin di hospital kerajaan bukanlah teruk pun seperti yang selalu disangka. Ok je , nurse baik-baik, makan sedap, wad selesa dan bersih. Tapi masih perlu diperbaiki lagi untuk lebih cemerlang.

After one night stay, Little Aiqa and me left the hospital with many grateful to all the doctors, nurses, midwives and everyone who helped us through the journey. Arigato gozaimashta!! May Allah bless all us all.

Kelahiran Puteri Kedua - part 1

Assalamualaikum..

Sudah lama tidak bersiaran..apa khabar agaknya? Alhamdulillah segala puji bagi Sang Pencipta, cik selamat melahirkan puteri kedua pada 9 November 2012 jam 1148 pagi. Seminggu awal dari due date (15 Nov).



Malam tu cik tidur awal.Selesai dinner, terus solat Isya.Belum pukul 830 malam lagi cik dah lena. Tidur cik dikejutkan dengan contraction yang bermula jam 1145 malam. Contraction ni berpanjangan, direct sejam sakit kat perut. Time tu dah cukup pasti that I was in pre-labor.

Nak kejut sang suami, tapi kesian pula sebab dia baru je lelap mata. So dalam sakit sikit-sikit tu cik bangun dan mula mengemas rumah apa yang patut. Packing for Little Hana sekali sebab cik pasti we will be leaving for quite some time. Oh yes, masa ni cik kat Batu Pahat dan perlu balik Melaka untuk bersalin (kampung sang suami). Kalau bersalin kat BP ni, takde siapa nak tengokkan Little Hana.If kat Melaka, masa cik kat labor room boleh la nenek Ija tengok-tengokkan.

Selepas siap packing, kemas dapur, kemas rumah, kemas toys yang bersepah, barulah cik kejut sang suami. Time tu dah pukul 130 pagi. So, kami pun bersiap-siap dan bertolak ke Melaka. Highway memang clear lah, dah berjalan waktu malam kan so pukul 430 pagi tiba di kampung. Sakit dah makin kerap dah 10-15 minit datang.

Dapat jugak tidur walaupun tak berapa lena dek contraction. Bangun untuk solat subuh dan terus bertolak ke Hospital Melaka. Hanya cik dan sang suami. Little Hana tak ikut. Dia sedap je tidur.

Sampai di hospital dalam 630 pagi.Midwife buat pemeriksaan, cik dah 4 cm dilated. Ok baiklah..kene tunggu doc buat pemeriksaan pula. Lama tu kene tunggu..Jam 9 lebih baru la nama dipanggil. Cik okla contraction je, ada sorang akak tu siap muntah2 lagi . Tapi nurse takde pun yang tengokkan keadaan dia. Masih kene menunggu kat kerusi biru yang tak berapa selesa untuk ibu-ibu yang tengah menunggu untuk bersalin.

Masa cik tengah diperiksa untuk tengok blood pressure, boleh pulak seorang lagi nurse datang dok tanya pasal order lunch. Makan masa juga la kat situ nak kena layan order makan dia. Rasa sangat tak profesional la. I was in pain, kalau boleh biar la cepat sikit dapat check up kan.Tak perlu kot tindakan macam tu kat depan patient.Bisik-bisik ke boleh tahan lagi :)

Sambung next entry ye. Senang sikit nak update blog bila ada app blogger ni. InsyaAllah I will try to update soon.
Assalamualaikum.