on her 6th bday

i brought her to d office since it's her bday, thot i spend time with her d whole day.
by noon, i was tired n sleepy, she wasnt, n i forced her to accompany me for a cup of kopi kampung.
usually i dont allow her to ride on this animal coz i think it's unhygienic but well, it was HER bday after all.

still insisting on attending her art class. "ish, tak penat ke budak ni??"

she wanted a pet fish. huge responsibility, i know. but come on, give her a break. let her try. if she fails, at least she tried. but dont be a sceptic when she hasnt even try yet. "macamana fish tido, mami?"
oh, a surprise! udin brought his egyptian friend to mum's house, in time to blow d candles. they said he looks like vin diesel. sorry bro, u look like IMHOTEP laa...
happy birthday anacksunamun...err, no...RANIA!!

aktiviti cuti skolah

concentrating on making clay
what is that rania??

kanching waterfalls

hey ppl, check out my speedo!!

naik buai

on wednesday, rania went to d sunway safari zoo. organized by her school. so when she came back, she told me what she saw. d usuals, tigers, peacocks, flamingoes (her favorite), buaian, and she even carried a rabbit. ok wait, what was it again? BUAIAN?

rania, r u sure u said BUAIAN?

a,ah. buaian. crocodile.

masya-allah, BUAYA lah!!!!!

kalau terra, gi lah naik buaian tu...!
(sekali dia ngap, baru tau.......)

choc chip cookies penyek

before
after

health is wealth

health is wealth.
that's all im gonna say.

health is wealth.
so u'd better take care of ur health, if ure sick, go n see a doctor, if ure coughing, dont wait till it gets worse, juz go 2 d hospital and get some medicine, and if d cough still persists, that means u hafta stop smoking, if u have a flu, take clarinase, and even if ure having back pains, apply some ointment or if doesnt get any better, go for a massage. it was a long weekend for everybody. the least thing i need was us getting sick. when ure sick, plans went out of d window, when ur kids are sick, ure worried, everybody's in a gloomy mood and to not have d energy to do anything else but lying down, that's d worst i could imagine. so i guess, health is really wealth. for me, that is. and trust me, at that time, i was thinking, i dont mind not having money at all. oh God, juz make me healthy. coz when im healthy, i could do things. happy things. with my kids. sometimes i think we overrated money. yeah i do have desires but those material desires, i can live without. money can make u, but money can also ruin u. as long as u have choices, do not think that life is over.

reminiscing

u know why do i love cupcakes so much? though some pointed out dat it was juz a cake in a cup. it all started with dis one particular bakery. it was delicious, all of them! and so far i havent been able to find any cupcakery that is at par with this one. they may have d same look but d taste is totally different. i hope i'll be there again, not so soon but definitely.

cookie monster

ive been baking lately. ok let me rephrase dat. ive been TRYING baking lately. so far ive made 2 batches of brownies. i didnt post d picts coz u know, brownies are brownies. according to all who've eaten it, d brownies were super delicious. ehem, ehem. so last nite i tried baking these cookies. d responds were d same; sodap!! rania ate 4, omar ate 3. not bad, not bad...
rania's bday coming up soon so maybe dis time i'll bake her a cake.

pity d ignorants

they dont get to eat ice cream that often so this is considered a treat.

who doesnt love books eh?

the pictures are not recent pictures. maybe a month ago? speaking of ice cream, i had ice cream yesterday. my friend chosed rum n raisin. of course i didnt. but d lady manning d counter said i could take it. coz according to her, her boss said it's halal. i asked what makes u say that? 'sebab org pakai tudung pun makan.' this is one example of a very ignorant muslim. r u trying to tell me juz bcoz org pakai tudung eats rum n raisin flavored ice cream, thus making it halal? sad eh?? but true. i'm no ustazah but at least i know what's right and what's wrong. even when they convinced u that it's not really rum they're using and they're juz using d name coz it sounded fancy, haiya, juz dont take it laa...and even when it applies to anything that is in between like when ure having doubts, whether it's a 'yes, i can take it' or a 'no, i cant', juz go for d latter.

shakira is definitely hotter

rania loves madonna but she cannot differentiate d older or d youger version. somehow i find d video with justin was a little bit tacky and nothing different bout it. and nothing catchy bout dat song. i like madonna but not this current madonna. i think, she looks much, much better when she was in dat 'dont tell me' video. that was THE ultimate madonna.
y on earth are we discussing madonna here?
oh yeah, coz i wish i could sing like anita baker...and i wish i could play d guitar like tracy chapman. i sent rania for a piano class last week. in d end, she wasnt interested. so no point forcing her. not dat i forced her nway. i know i could still attend classes and all dat but i will always have a reason not to. and i thot U2's beginnings was kinda inspirational but somehow i find it difficult to push myself.
i was having lunch alone at ikano yesterday when i noticed there are a lot of 'soft-spoken' guys nowadays. was 'soft-spoken' d rite term for them? i dont know, maybe, 'soft' wud be more appropriate. d way they talk among themselves, seriously man, im ashamed! i felt like a rough girl out there! i know it's none of my business but why do they act the way they do? u know, d softie thing in them. basically, i think i can tolerate them better than those metrosexuals. pleaselah, dont give me dat 'wannabe beckham' crap or even worse, d 'i think i look macho' crap. i dont buy it. men dont need lancome skincare to look good! hairy armpits, hairy legs, d unshaven look...that's what i call macho. but err, throw away those 'jambang ciput' thots eh...mcm ustad la beb.

on mother's day

gotta know from someone that this particular bunch of ppl visited their mom's grave. during d 14 years when d 'still alive' mom were living abroad, they never went to visit. now d mom's dead, n off u went to visit. hati kecilku berkata, apa ke jadahnye tengok bila dah mati?

to mum sempena mother's day

i have no intention of making dis blog into a pretentious food haven fotopages. it happened dat ive been staying at mum's house a little bit longer lately so food is everywhere around d house. dis is cekodok ikan bilis. good for all occasions and never fails to disappoint. like yesterday evening, while i was lying down, mum came to my room and said, 'mcm nak buat cekodok' and i said, 'haa buatlaa...' her reply? 'yes mem!' on her way out of d room, i uttered, 'cepat sket buat tu...' . usually, she'll keep feeding us until we bloat. d only time that all of us will go hungry a.k.a. kebuluran, is when she goes for umrah. we're talking bout 14 days without food here, ppl!! coz basically, nobody knows which is where so d idea of wanting to cook has been jeopardised by d lack of locating d basic ingredients. and there were few (well, not dat few la...) occasions when we picked her up from d airport after 14 days without food; d moment she stepped into d house, someone will definitely want something to eat, prompting her to think of a dish and voila! there's food again on d table. u see, me, my sis, my bro, we're all good kids. d only thing lacking is, we cant cook cook up a storm like she does. we wud still prefer her to cook. and we all knew she loves d attention given; she can do the 'keeping cool' thing quite well, u know. and it's funny when mum asked 'sape nak makan nasi goreng / kari kambing / sup ekor', all of us wud say 'yes, yes!' excitingly but when my dad asked d 'sape nak makan' question, everybody pretends to read d newspapers. oh well, maybe omar wud say 'nak' but then again, omar says 'nak' to almost anything.

poie pokan tp tak naik beskal

at tabung haji. 'mcm gaduh je...' hehe

ok, we went to klcc to have lunch after a visit to tabung haji. me, being d 'supir terhormat' will always obliged wherever my parents wanna go. so we had lunch at dis one lebanese restaurant. and for appetizers, i ordered lebanese bread with eggplants. frankly, i didnt even know what eggplant was n was too proud to ask. i ordered coz it sounded 'nice'. n when it came, i was disappointed. when mum translated it to bahasa, i laughed so hard coz u wouldnt believe what i thot eggplant meant. seriously ppl, u dont wanna know!!! one thing's 4 sure, it was kinda stupid. so there they went again, making fun of me...!
lambshank...to eat with; u guess it right! lebanese bread!
briyani kambing la, ya habibi!!
mixed grill...with a bit of cincaluk taste.

when i got home, dis is d one that i look forward d most! MR Spidey with his MINI Spidey. Spiderman selsema daa....

mee hailam; kegemaran semua

mee hailam. who doesnt love dis eh? on labour day, we attended a kenduri at my mum's kampung in n9. it was a whole day affair so when we got home around maghrib time, we juz wanted a simple but delicious meal. i suggested mee hailam to dad but mum insisted on doing it. according to her, 'takut jadi makanan ala fear factor'. so, this was mine, i was d first in d line, even forgetting to scoop for my kids. 'apa punye mak daa...' no need to elaborate further; sodap tak terkira!!
omar, rania, my bro, mum. tell me, wats d purpose of buying d sofa eh? hiasan?
after finishing his mee hailam, he gulped my homemade burger. meanwhile, hubby buat style ala-ala pedas.
tak sempat bukak kopiah...?!! punyolah sodap...
tukang masak pun hentam daa...

homemade cake, courtesy of...sape lagi kalau bukan ibu mithali ku. do u know d name of dis cake? namanye; kek bodoh. why? mum said; senang sgt nak buat!!

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