Back To School

Today is the first new term n day for Nabila n Hakeem. After about 7 weeks break they were excited n looking forward to go to school today. They slept early last night n alhamdullilah woke up in the morning easily.

My two little ones have grown up so fast without I realize. Nabila is now in Year 2 and Hakeem is in Year 1. The one who is more excited was Hakeem. He was so proud to be in Year 1 as he always claimed that he is now a big boy, no more in Reception n wear different color of pants which represent for primary grown up in his school.

We arrived at school quite early this morning. The kids were glad to see their friends. Some of the friends will be separated to different classes. The day started with briefing at the theatre by the principal. The number of students at the school has increased tremendously.

As I am typing this, hubby is on the way fetching them. I am sure they will have lots of things to talk about their school today.

The Temptation

Today it’s again… about pasar ramadhan. But now it’s about what to buy when we go there? For the last two days we went to pasar ramadhan near the stadium Shah Alam. Me n hubby always have our own favourite food to buy when we go there.

I love to buy murtabak. I bought at Malacca for the last couple days n it was so disappointed. No filling except flour that looked like roti canai. Hubby loves roti john.

At pasar ramadhan Shah Alam, there is one stall sells roti john that I saw last year had a long que. I am not talking about long just like long but this is really long mcm ular melingkar which had probably more than 20 people lined up. Serious… this people really mempunyai tahap kesabaran yang cukup tinggi. I really wanted to try but looking at the que n kesabaranku tidak dapat menandingi mereka mereka itu… maka terbatal lah niat tu…

This year I saw they had two separate stalls – probably because of high demand from last year. So today we were lucky to have the chance eating this famous papa john. There were about 8 people in front of us but hubby said – it’s ok.. I will que up. hmm… semangat yg cukup tinggi

They have a few types of roti john. We ordered special roti john – RM5.50. Huh.. very expensive. Because of the curiosity to taste how good it is plus nafsu yg tinggi… didn’t mind to join the que n bought not only one but two! Hehehehehe

We tasted the roti john first thing for iftar. It tasted good n delicious but very salty. I don’t know whether it was only today tasted salty or maybe it was supposed to taste like that. Anyway we have no regrets buying it.

As for murtabak, I still couldn’t find the one that really taste nice. Anyway.. still have another 25 days to go…

First Day of Ramadhan

My first day of Ramadhan was at Malacca. We arrived on Friday evening. We had our first day sahur n iftar at kampong – my mother in-law’s house.

As usual n planned hubby, me n Haziq went to pasar ramadhan. We went to the one at Peringgit. As expected the road to go there was jammed with cars n motorbikes. It was quite difficult to get a parking.

Tetapi dengan semangat yang tinggi dan berwibawa, we got a parking dan sanggup mengahadapi segala dugaan dengan sabarnya....

The place was crowded with people. The long stretched of stalls sold all kind of foods from rice, noodles, drinks n lots lots more. We bought mostly kuih muih.

I love to go to pasar ramadhan. Sometimes I can find foods that I never seen or eat before or the one that I couldn’t make. I love to see the excitement in everybody’s face looking at all the foods. Some of them don’t mind waiting or queuing for the food that they want to buy.

Well.. either it is ‘teringin’, ‘terliur’, ‘kempunan’ or ‘nafsu’ – that doesn’t matter. No matter where the pasar ramadhan it will always packed with people. Today we might venture to the different pasar ramadhan. Hmm..... bersungguh-sungguh....

Ramadhan Kareem

I would like to wish all my friends, relatives, family n readers – Selamat Berpuasa. I would like to wish everybody a very blessed Ramadhan.

This whole month of Ramadhan I will be very busy with my new project besides daily routine. Hubby is back n we wish that we could go for tarawih daily without missed. Insyaalah..

Ramadhan is a month of bountiful blessings and forgiveness. May Allah accepts all our efforts as an act of Ibadat.

Favourite Spot

Once in a while when I don’t feel like to cook, lazy or feel like wants to eat food that is not my specialties, I would eat outside. In Shah Alam there are lots of restaurants. You just name it – Mamak? Chinise? Malay? Thai? It’s just the matter whether the restaurant meet your taste bud or the service up to your expectation.

If Mamak restaurant our favourite spot will be Rafi Bistro. They have more then 100+ types of roti canai. So far we ordered the most common one. I just wonder whether the ‘chef’ could remember how to make all types of roti or will there be anybody actually order all kinds of roti there. I love the roti canai n tose here. The teh o ais limau is superb! Rafi has always be our favourite breakfast spot n sometimes for supper.

As for Thai food, my children love to go to the Thai Restaurant at Plaza Massalam. Everytime when hubby is back, they will drag their daddy to go there. The food is not bad here n the service is fast. The price is quite reasonable. Sometimes for a change we go to the restaurant near Tasik Shah Alam. This is also served a good delicious food.

As for the malay restaurant nearby our house, we found one behind Tesco Extra. There are many restaurants there including Upin & Ipin n the geng. Never try that before as I read comments the food was so so. Anyway I always see the restaurant crowded with people. We like to go the one nearby name Qaseh Bistro.

I love the satay over here as the portion is big n tasty. Last night I really wanted to eat satay. Konon2 last kopek before ramadhan. Unfortunately no people selling satay last night. So I just ordered bihun goreng which ok lah… Hubby ordered his usual one nasi goreng cili padi n Nadira had Cantonese kuetiaw which tasted corn flour.

When sometimes you had the food which didn’t meet your taste bud, u feel regret n the first thing popped out from your mouth will be – aku masak sedap lagi ni…. It’s true though but for people like me who cooks everyday, once in a while needs a break.

Well.. maybe some other time I will try to venture at another place.

Dinner With Special Guests

Hubby is home! He safely arrived on last Sunday night. This time around my children don’t have to worry their daddy will be going away again. Well... I hope at least for quite some time..

Tonight we have a special guest - our dear friend from Doha – Zaireen’s family. We also invited Pidin, Uci n Udik. Today is also budak tua punya birthday – Pidin. I made cuppies for him as requested. Happy Birthday Pidin…

I cooked rice with lauk kampong for dinner tonight. It was so good to have them around. We chatted n yakked till midnight. It seems that there were lots of things to talk n updated each other. Terkenang zaman-zaman dolu…

I will definitely invite them again for Iftar at our house.

Gula Vs Mask

Every time nak raya, gula always be the hot stuff. At the same time there are always the irresponsible people taking advantage on others by hiding lots of stocks. Padan muka n serve them right those that had been caught.

Couple of weeks ago when the matter arise, in front of my eyes I saw makcik-makcik like got panic n grabbed as many packets sugar as they could. Though it’s written there 2 packets per person, they still took more n even begged the cashier to let them thru. Some of the shops n stores were out of stock for sugar.

In my house, we hardly use sugar except when guests come n sometimes when I cook certain dish. The 1kg packet of sugar can last up to 2 months. Despite the fact that rumours of not enough stocks of sugar, the price is still being controlled by the government.

Not like MASK. Yes.. the surgical mask, mask or apa2 yg sewaktu dengannya also currently the hot stuff in market. The price suddenly increased to RM1.50 per piece. It is so ridiculous. At the moment when all of us need mask due to the H1N1 influenza, again the irresponsible people taking advantage on this.

Four days ago, I went around looking for the mask n it’s all out of stock. Finally yesterday I found at one of the pharmacy in Shah Alam. They sell one box (50pieces) for RM75 which the price normally less then RM50. According to the sales person, a few boxes that they have in the shop were purchased from other pharmacies.

She advised me to look around at a few places which I might get cheaper. She told me at Banting, her friend bought RM30 per box n my friend got at Seremban RM25 per box. Tapi takkan lah nak round satu KL?

My cousin who was getting high fever recently in Kedah went to the government hospital for check-up. She said there were many sick n having high fever. Those who only with temp 40deg celcius above got warded otherwise just take the medicine n rest at home. She has to pay for the mask – they don’t give u for free.

Though government n ministry has given warned about this matter, there is still somebody out there who is heartless n taking advantage on the situation. Beside mask, the hand sanitizer also out of stock. I went to a few shops n pharmacies – all out of stock!

I am very seriously concern about the H1N1 matter. Everyday there is always a report that somebody die. I avoid taking my children to crowded places. At most of the time they will just stay at home. If needed to go out, I will make sure they put on a mask. Hakeem loves putting on the mask but not Nabila. For Hakeem it’s like something ‘in’ n fancy where else Nabila complained difficulty of breathing. At the end they just prefer to stay at home!