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Monday, February 22, 2010

Jalan2 Hari Sabtu

Saturday noon, sedang sy sibuk memasak, Liza call ajak keluar jalan2 ke Frankfurt. Cuaca hari tu mmg cantik, langit biru, matahari menyinar2 dan suhu pon dlm 5C gitu. Susah nak dpt cuaca cantik mcm ni dlm waktu winter. And kalau suhu dah above 0C, kitorg dah cukup happy dah! Rasa mcm summer dah. Sebabnya dah went thru kesejukan sampai -18C gitu...hahaha.

Mula2 sombong, tak mau pi sbb kengkonon nak buat operasi Bakso dan mengemas rumah secara total. Lagipon sbb nak pi Frankfurt, wa tak teruja la nak ikut (eceh! x heran ngan Frankfurt dah konon!). Tapi betul....sy dah bosan gak la ke Frankfurt sbb mcm dah boleh naik hafal kedai2 kat Hauptwache tu, pastu lak hari Sabtu Hauptwache sure sesak mcm ada pesta. Nak jalan pon dok langgar2 org or kena langgar!

Then Kak Liza lak tepon, katanya kalau x mau Frankfurt maybe kita boleh pi Wiesbaden or Mainz. Hehehe...dgr Wiesbaden jer terus ubah fikiran. Yg untungnya kami ni dok kat tgh2 antara bandar2 besar. Semua boleh pi ngan satu train jer. Frankfurt terletak 25 minit by train, Mainz 15 minit and Wiesbaden 30 minit. So ada la options sikit. Tapi dekat2 Mainz pon, ni baru kali ke-3 ke sana ye...

After several phone calls antara sy, Kak Liza n Liza, akhirnya kami decide ke Mainz aje. However, my cik HB itu x ikut ler...dia sedang sibuk study utk exam. Elok2 je keluar rumah sejam lepas tu, hari yg cantik bertukar mendung dan hujan renyai2 tp keluar jugak la. Nasib baik sampai Mainz, hujan dah berenti. Seronok dok menjamu mata melihat barang2...maklum la nak shopping xde budget. Masuk Cook Mall dok belek Kitchen Aid la, periuk Fissler la...berangan2...hehehe.

Ini shopping trip yg pertama utk si kecil Liya. Tapi Liya good girl, dia x meragam pon. Boleh bawa gi shopping selalu anak dara ni...kan Mama Liya? hehehe...


Pas jalan2 pi tambah kalori ngan cheeseburger & ayam panggang. Cheeseburger dia besar ok! I dah x rindu dah ngan burger McDonald...


Bersungguh2 budak berdua ni makan!

Nasib baik keluar gak hari Sabtu. The next day snow turun lagi...huhuhu

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Oh! Encik Lenovo.....

Encik Lenovo sudah membuat pasal! Umur x sampai lagi setahun, dah dpt penyakit! Haih....

Tapi salah tuan punya Lenovo gak, download mcm2, guna like non-stop, and four pair of hands punya keje (termasuk sikembar!) So mana x sewel!

Yang tensionnya, byk sungguh harta karun berguna dalam Lenovo tu. Mine especially. Padan muka x penah buat back up. Yg paling penting buat masa ni planning holiday. Dah siap details segala, ni nak kena start all over again. Huwaaaa....

So skrg back to the days I berebut laptop balik ngan cik HB. Dan of course la priority kena bg kat cik HB sbb dia dah nak exam and notes dia byk kat dlm laptop Compact ni (Lenovo konon2 officially mine).

That is why la skrg Facebook pon like sehari sekali je check, chatting mmg xde dalam daily list, blog je la leh update sbb x makan masa.

Lenovo tu lak cuma akan dibaiki (sbb nak kena reformat tapi nak kena beli DVD drive dulu sbb ianya adalah Notebook - xde DVD drive ok) selepas cik HB settle ngan exam. Ye la, dia sibuk2 nak study, xkan kita nak merengek2 suh repair notebook kita kan?

The good side is, xde dah la den dok melopong depan laptop lagi sampai kadang2 keje2 rumah terbelangkai, anak2 dan laki terabai....hahahah

Tapi the bad side is, ala....i have to start all over again ngan holiday planning tu....aritu buat ngan semangat yg membara...makan masa berhari2 la jugak. Ni tgh attempt nak memulakan planning la ni. Kena curi2 masa tapi xde mood.

Camno labu?

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Projek Serunding & Kisah Turki yg Jujur

Nape tetiba ada projek serunding kan....bukan musim raya pon ye tak?

Alkisahnya, sy tersebut kat Kak Liza nak suruh abg ipar yg bakal dtg Frankfurt next month bawakan serunding. Dah lama x makan serunding, so ala2 teringin la kan. Kak Liza kata x payah, buatnya kena rampas ngan kastam masa sampai nanti, rugi jer....

"Kita buat sendiri jer", kata kakLiza.

Uik...buat sendiri?

For me, serunding ni mcm susah gila nak buat. Tak penah terpikir pon nak buat sendiri. Bak kata cik hb masa dia dgr rancangan kitorg nak buat serunding "Mana ada org buat serunding kat rumah. Serunding buat kat kedai aje"...hahahaha. Nampak sgt la keje membeli yg ready made je kitorg ni!

Bersama ngan Kak Liza, sy and Liza (pening ka ramai sgt nama Liza?), kitorg pon buat la plan nak buat serunding ni. Bajet sorang 2kg daging, meaning total 6kg. I dgr bunyi 6kg...mak aii...nak berniaga ke apa ni....

So, sy ngan Kak Liza pon pegi la beli daging dan bahan2 kat satu kedai Turki ni. Kedai ni mmg kedai fevret kak liza - dia panggil kedai boifren dia..hahaha. Sbbnya dia selalu buli butcher kat situ tapi butcher tu x kisah pon. Siap kadang2 boleh dapat tulang free la, daging lebih la. Saya lak kalau bukan ngan kak liza jarang la dtg ke kedai ni. Sbbnya kedai ni duduk terpencil sikit dr Stadt Ruesselsheim tu, so selalunya sy pi beli daging/ayam kat satu kedai Turki yg terletak kat tgh2 Stadt.

Dah beli daging n bahan2 yg perlu, kitorg pon nak pegi la bayar. Kat kaunter tu tetiba si cik cashier Turki hulurkan duit 7.30 Euro kat saya sambil ckp something dlm Deutsch. Saya mmg blur la kan, dah ler x paham, situasinya did make sense ok! Patut kitorg nak bayar, tetiba dia bagi duit...abis, makcik x blur ke?

Nasib la ada Kak Liza...so pada kak liza, minah cashier ni explain, saya ada dtg kedai tu 2-3 minggu lepas tapi lepas bayar sy lupa nak amik baki duit. Dia dok tunggu2 la bilanya sy nak dtg sbb baki balik duit baki. Sy mmg ternganga ok.....sbb baru teringat mmg ada dtg kedai ni dlm 2-3 minggu lepas. Masa tu sorang2. Sbbnya kedai kat tgh stadt tu dah kehabisan stok daging so sy dtg la jugak kedai ni. Amazingly, she could remember me and amount of the change. Lagi satu, sungguh jujurnya dia, sbb dia boleh je buat x tahu...bukan salah dia, sy yg x ingat nak amik change. Tapi dia tetap tunggu sy dtg dan pulangkan duit tu....

Bersambung ngan projek serunding, kita buat projek ni kat rumah Liza. So start buat keje dr kul 3 ptg, kul 6 pm baru tamat. Tu pon sbb x tunggu serunding betul2 kering, kalau tunggu alamat x tau la bape lama. Sempat gak Kak Liza ajar Liza buat German cheesecake sementara masak serunding. Serunding tu kitorg bahagi 3 pastu masing2 sambung proses pengeringan kat rumah. Cara kering kak liza ajar, masukkan serunding dlm oven ngan suhu 50C pastu biar la 2-3 jam.


Daging yg dah direbus dan dicarik


Rempah serunding sedang dimasak


Rempah dan daging dimesrakan


Aksi Puan Liza kacau serunding...control cun tu...muahaha


Chef Lijah sedang menurunkan ilmu


Cheesecake dlm oven


Cheesecake dah siap dibakar


Serunding dah siap!

Terasa mcm senang lak buat serunding (of course la sbb hasil keje 3 org!) . Kalau x, sebut je buat sendiri dah panik! Hahaha....

Utk resepi serunding nanti sy upload ke blog masakan sy ok!

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Twins @ Kindergarten Carnival

Hari Khamis lepas, macam biasa sy hantar sikembar ke kindergarten. Sampai2 aje, semua budak2 dressed up dlm pelbagai costumes.

Mesti la kitorg bertiga nganga la kan....sikembar dok tanya kenapa semua org pakai cantik2 ni...kenapa ada yg pakai baju butterfly la, bee la....kenapa ummi x pakaikan baju princess kat kakak n adik....

Which ummi dia pon x leh nak jawab sbb ummi dia pon TAK TAHU!!!!!

So ummi pon pegi la jumpa Claudia (cikgu group sikembar) n tanya ada apakah hari tu. So Claudia ckp hari tu Kindergarten buat Carnival. Apparently ada announcement yg ditampalkan kat notice board tp of course la I x perasan. Claudia pon apologized sbb selalunya dia akan bgtau kalau ada apa2 announcement to me coz she knows I'm not good in Deutsch.

Sikembar dah start merengek2 nak baju princess jugak sbb kawan2 dok pakai baju2 princess (ada yg pakai baju superman, batman gak tp si anak dara berdua ni mmg obsess ngan gaya princess). My impulsive thinking - pegi KIK! So I told twins and Claudia that I will be back afterwards after I get the dresses.

So terus berlari ke KIK. Nasib baik KIK adalah dekat, lebih kurang 10 minit dr Kindergarten. KIK ni kedai pakaian dan brg2 rumah yg murah. Dan masuk2 aje terus nampak baju2 costumes yg tinggal 4 pasang princess gown. Agaknya ada byk before this tapi skrg musim Fasching sbb tu dah nak abis kot. 2 pasang colour biru, n dua pasang colour putih. Yg biru tu saiz 5-6 thn. So i just grabbed yg biru tu dan bayar.

Lepas tu teringat 'alamak, make-up ngan aksesori!!!'. Terus berlari ke rumah kak liza yg pon x jauh dr KIK, knowing that she''s an expert when it comes to this kind of thing. Dan nasib baik kak liza ada kat rumah! Buka je mulut ckp ada Carnival, kak liza pon terus berdesup capai make-up, hair clips, pins, brooch, subang, rantai....segalanya la!

Lepas tu kak liza drove me home, sbb nak amik kamera (hahaha...sempat lagi pk kamera), terus drove to kindergarten. So terus siapkan bebudak tu...gown tu a bit menggelebeh for Nabilah tapi nasib baik kak liza ingat nak bawa tali pinggan, so dia alter bg nampak ok. Budak2 lain pon berkerumun dok tgk...ye la, org lain bersiap kat rumah, ni kat sekolah bersiap. Pulak tu penuh ngan aksesori!!!

Within 15 minit kot, everything done. Sikembar dah mcm pengantin daa...sarat ngan aksesori. Dan sebelum kami pulang, sy pesan berkali2 jangan hilangkan apa2 aksesori.







Lepas kalut di kindergarten, sy ngan Kak liza pi lepak kat Ruesselsheim n reward ourselves ngan makanan Turki...hahaha

Bila sy jemput twins balik tengahari tu, nasib baik semua aksesori ada!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Tag: How do I Meet My Beloved Hubby

Tag from Iu.....

First time jumpa with your hubby bila dan kat mana?
Dalam bas PPP ITM (masa buat A-Level) tahun 1996 on the way nak gi British Council Exhibition kat PWTC. Masa tu dah lebih 6 bulan buat A-Level tapi tu la first time baru notice mamat ni...hehehe. Tapi notice and take note je (sbb dia cute!) Bercakap langsung x. First time berckp masa naik gunung Korbu tahun yg sama. Kitorg satu group tapi x boleh ngam pon...hahaha.

Love at first sight?
Hmmm....not sure how apa yg dikatakan love at first sight ni. Tapi suka la tgk muka dia dr first time notice dia...hahaha. I chose him as my SA (secret admire). Masa tu my roomates n I saja2 choose boys kat PPP tu and jadikan diorg our SA. So kalau anyf us jumpa any of the mamat2 yg jadi SA kitorg ni, wah...balik bilik mesti bergossip. Xde keje kan? Tapi best tau bila kita minat seseorg tapi org tu x tau pon kita minat dia

Who is he when the first time u met him?
A-Level student sama batch ngan I.

How long it takes for him to ask you out for a date?
Hmmm....lama la jugak since the first time kitorg mula jadi kawan sejak naik Gunung Korbu sama2 (eh, kawan ke mula2 tu? Rasa mcm byk gaduh aje...kekeke). Shortly masa lepas trip Gunung Korbu, kengkawan dok kenen2 kan kitorg berdua. Dunno why, dok gaduh2 pon, org nak kenen2kan. Lepas several times, akhirnya from sarcastic2 remarks bertukar2 senyuman n `hai2` and one day he called my fren´s hp and asked me out for dinner. Yg kelakar, spot makan budak2 PPP patutnya dekat aje kat Junction Seksyen 18 tu, tapi dek kerana kitorg x mo jadi bahan gossip, sanggup jalan kaki jauh2 pi makan kat Seksyen 24.

1st place dating di..
Gerai makan kat Seksyen 24, Shah Alam

How he proposed?
Well, on bended knee tu mmg xde la kan (sila jgn terpengaruh ngan citer2 Hollywood ye). Just dia terus tanya ´bila kita nak bertunang and kawen?` Tarikh so and so sesuai x?

Special date with your hubby?..
20/9/97 & 22/8/04

Changes that he asked you to do??..
Jadi la wanita yg bersopan santun, lemah lembut gitu, gelak tu jgn kuat2 sgt ok? Ye la, sy dulu lasak orgnya...favourite naik gunung sana sini, cemana la nak ada ciri2 wanita melayu terakhir gitu kan? Mula2 mmg x leh terima coz pk "you should like me the way I am". But then lama2 pk, if the changes is utk kebaikan, kenapa la tidak kan? Slowly, berubah la sikit2 walau x sepenuhnya. Masih lagi suka gelak kuat2 kot kalau jumpa geng2 sekepala!

What about him that you love so much?.
I just love him...i dont need reason for that.

What is about him that you wish he would change?
To be more understanding how a woman´s (aka his wife) feeling, therefore sila la baca `Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus´.

You will lose your mind n crack your head when he?..
doesn´t even know that I am angry or upset with him and when he´s angry or upset with me but I dont know why. Does that make sense?

You will smile thru your eyes for the whole day when he?..
says all nice things about me

Complete below sentences "my love towards my hubby is as big as.."...
infinitive...i can't compare with anything...

I'm tagging Azma, Nana, Durra, Didie, Shahida, Dalina, Kak Dalia, and whoever yg rasa nak buat....for those yg dah lama kawin, should do this tau...ala2 membuatkan anda tersenyum kembali bila teringat2 zaman2 bercinta.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

3 IDIOTS

I am not a big fan of Bollywood movies. Used to watch a lot during my study years due to peer pressure (peer pressure ke? sendiri dok ulang tayang citer Kuch2 Hota Hai berkali2 tu apahal? kan cik Ma kan?)

In the recent years I hardly watch any Bollywood movies unless if I really have nothing to do and there's nothing to watch which is hardly the case because there are so many interesting things to watch - the Korean series, the Hollywood stuffs. `I actually have become judgmental toward Bollywood movies as I thought Bollywood movies always have the same story lines : man-woman complicated loves and series of songs and dancing. And besides, there's nobody to watch it together (it's a big NO-NO to cik HB when it comes to Bollywood movies). So I don't even bother to check out the Bollywood movies anymore.

Not that I have realized that Bollywood movies apparently have evolved into something more sophisticated, brilliant and mind-pondering masterpieces.

It is all began when I keep reading in the newspaper about Aamir Khan's international success in several Bollywood movies. It made me wonder, what is it so good about his acting, that he kept receiving praises. So I decided to check out at Youtube, and I selected randomly one of his latest movie called Taare Zameen Par. And the movie managed to make me watch it for several parts and cik HB became interested too. However, I didn't finish watching coz I had chores to do. And after several hours when I thought I wanted to continue watching the movie, cik HB told me he had downloaded another Aamir Khan's movie called 3 IDIOTS.

And I was like 'What???? Cik HB downloaded Bollywood movie?'

He said since there are enormous good comments on this movie, maybe we should try watch it.

So we did.

And it was beyond my expectation. The movie is awesome! It's brilliant and hilarious. If you like those Hollywood movies like Forest Gum or Beautiful Mind, then this movie is for you. No, it doesn't have the same story line but I classified the genre of this 3 Idiots as similar as the two mentioned. And even better!

And trust me, you won't get annoyed with the singing and dancing because that part of scenes play important roles in the movie. Besides, that singing and dancing parts are less than the normal Bollywood movies. If I'm not mistaken, about 2 or 3 songs only. I guess, being a Bollywood movie, it's just their nature to have the songs, huh?

The movie tells you about meaning of life, friendship, family values, love. And you going to laugh, at some points maybe even cry, and it makes you ponder. And if you study engineering, you'll appreciate this movie even more ^-^.

Aamir Khan's acting is really COOL....imagine a 40-something man (he was born in 1965) taking role of 20-something college student. And it doesn't seem awkward in your eyes. He deserves all the good comments.

I'm not going to write the movie review. As I watched, I was frustrated because the English subtitles were missing at several parts. So I'm thinking to find a better version of this movie.


Check out yourself the trailer:


Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Winter bis April?

Ok, mari buat satu post utk bulan Februari.

Nothing much la...just dengar berita kat TV that winter this year could probably extended until April. Yes, April....lama lagi kan?

Kalau tahun lepas, April dah berseri2 ngan bunga2an yg berkembang dan burung2 berkicauan meraikan musim bunga yg indah.

Next month, we are planning for Europe tour with our family members from Malaysia. Antara agenda adalah Disneyland. Tapi kalau ianya masih sejuk beku diwaktu itu, adakah trip ke Disneyland meriangkan?

Oh, tak tau lah kan...kita manusia hanya merancang tapi Tuhan jua yg menentukan. Dan cuaca yg x menentu ni pon...adalah sebabnya kan?