A Homemaker’s Diary

Cepatnya masa berlalu, dah nak masuk middle November, actually I kinda like it when time passed by quickly…esp. when the whole raya sucks…I wish kita posa and tak yah nak susah2 beraya…the idea of spending raya with family will be splendid kalau your family are supportive and tak menyakitkan hati, tapi kalau masing2 mcm aarghhhh…i dont want my blog to be tainted with bad words…but you know what i mean…

kita tutup la citer raya…let’s move on with life in big picture, sekarang start dah monsoon season. almost hari2 kalau tak mlm, early in the morning or late afternoon mesti hujan, hujan lebat sampai ke mlm kdg2 tu…bagus jugak la hujan,

1. tak yah nak siram pokok lepas balik keje…

2. tak yah nak pegi bercuti kat mana2…

kena plak time cuti sekolah ni kan..everywhere sure ramai org bawak anak2 berjalan…

well, ingat nak gi berjalan early next year, maybe nak pegi Cameron Highland lagi…I really like it, ada pokok2 byk, pokok bunga esp. though most of roses and decorative plants tu bila turun lowland semua mati or kalau hidup pon mcm nak tak nak je… but the surrounding is so peaceful, this time nak try stay kat Equatorial plak.. last time dah stay kat Strawberry Park…

this time kalau beli cactus lagi, dah tau dah..siram seminggu sekali je….tapi tak leh la..mesti rasa gatal tgn nak siram hari2 jugak..then tak sampai seminggu cactus semua jadi lembik sebab terlebih air…hahahhaah….

seronok kan bila buat plan nak jln2 ni…excited je tunggu bila nak pegi jln tu…rasa2 lepas february baru leh apply cuti sebab the project will most prob. go live in Feb, this monday la keputusan whether can go UAT or not, kalau no GO alamat Go live lagi lambat la….hahahha..

padan muka diorang…semua berterabur…proper training tak de, harap staff pandai2 belajar sendiri, ada ke camtu…pastu expectation masing2 semua ntah apa2…ingat kitorang ni robot ke…enough said,

kalau ikut kan mmg sakit hati, tapi dah almost 3 months ni dah lali dah…asal keje siap cukup la, nak hope so much for the company, career development etc mmg tak yah la…the less we hope, the less disappointment we get…janji hujung bulan dpt gaji, and learn as much as possible cukup la tu…mana tau experience masa project set up will be beneficial utk my own business and company kan….

OK la nak sambung sidai baju, bgn early Saturday morning ni sebab nak habiskan washing load, harap2 tak hujan tgh hari ni..leh sidai separuh kat luar, cepat sikit kering…nanti nak survey harga dryer la…mcm kedai dobi plak ek…hahahah..take care ppl…sekali lagi..jemput dtg beraya umah kami…

Akhirnya, last weekend sebelum raya, cepat je kan masa berlalu, pejam celik, pejam celik esp. sejak bekerja ni, bgn pegi keje, balik dah mlm, then weekend..byk lagi yg plan nak buat tapi tak terbuat, still pikir nak sambung buat kuih raya ke tak, since tinggal hari Deepavali ni je nak wrap up all the scheduled tasks..nak gantung langsir, salin sarung sofa, gunting rumput kat laman, wah..macam2 ek nak buat, sempat ke…

Semlm MQ buat kacang goreng bersalut tepung, resepi ingat2 lupa sebab last time buat masa kanak2 remaja rasanya, bila di goreng, semua tepung tu tercabut..kenapa ek? sebab pakai tepung naik sendiri Blue Key kot..hahaha…hubby kata OK dah rasanya, first batch yg goreng tu hitam rentung, api panas sgt…hahaha…second batch onwards OK la…boleh la tu, nak sgt buat kacang bersalut tepung…lepas ni boleh cuba buat lagi, first trial biasa la byk yg tak jadi dr jadi…

Emm..kuih raya ada 4 jenis dah, tgh pikir lagi nak buat tak, sebab bahan2 ada lagi, ingat nak buat biskut peanut butter, biskut buah2 campuran, biskut hazel n biskut makmur….tapi yg malas nak initiate tu sebab nak kena goreng kacang without minyak n pisah2 kan sebab nak jadikan hiasan atas biskut peanut butter tu…then nak blend utk letak as inti biskut makmur…biasa la bila dah lama berenti buat kuih ni la bahana nya, plan je lebih, nak buat liat…hahaha…

OK la jam dah kul 2pm, lagi lengah lagi tak buat…nak pegi goreng kacang, kena teruskan usaha, sebab kuih2 yg dah buat 4 jenis tu bila dah dibahagi2 kan utk mak-mak, tinggal balance ciput je..actually bagus jugak sebab niat MQ tak nak membazir, kalau boleh biar semua kuih tu habis di mkn, baru la berbaloi segala tenaga…buat kuih ni hidangkan time raya buat syarat je, sebab sure ada main dish lain, bihun goreng ke, soto ayam ke…kan…

Well to those yang mengenali MQ n suami di dlm n di luar Blog world ni, MQ nak ucapkan Selamat Berhari Raya, Maaf Zahir Batin, jemput la dtg ke rumah bulan Syawal ni, Insyallah hujung2 minggu selepas raya tu ada di rumah, bgtau la awal2 boleh MQ prepare apa2 yg patut…Salam Syawal utk semua….

Sedar tak sedar dah dekat 20 hari dah berpuasa, this weekend n next weekend kiranya last weekend nak buat persiapan…kuih raya dah berjaya buat 4 jenis, tu pon kdg2 mlm weekdays pon gagahkan jugak bakar kuih, dpt la sebalang dua..balang kuih kecik je la…by 11pm je off semua oven, simpan adunan sambung bakar mlm2 seterusnya…kalau nak ikutkan penat, mmg la..sebab kalau beli, hulur duit je terus dpt kuih raya…tak yah nak sepah2 rumah, tepung berserakan atas meja, ngan alat penimbang semua..cewahh…tapi kepuasan buat kuih sendiri tu tak sama la kan…walaupun bentuk semua bulat2 leper, tapi rasa kuih2 sekalian tu boleh di adjust ikut suka hati kita, nak byk nestum, nak tempek almond 2-3 bijik, heheheh…

Well, another good news dah dpt berita bout my MBA application, tahniah puan di terima masuk utk pengajian sepenuh masa, the big qs now is nak berenti keje ke tak, tapi apa2 mmg dah puas hati pun sebab dah sah layak nak buat MBA, jawapan terima atau tak tawaran tu kena bagi by 14 Nov, so in a way balik raya ni still boleh pikir lagi, nak terima ke, or nak terus bekerja…tak pe la…kena bincang n timbang dr berbagai segi, financial stability semua, mentality pon kena sediakan, mampu ke nak jadi student balik, nak buat assignment, attend class semua ni…ngan exam lagi…

Bila pikir part tu mmg rasa serik nak jadi student balik, kalau tak pon ada option lain, apply MBA kat MMU ke…hehehe MMU lagi…Degree MMU, MBA pon nak amik kat MMU jugak…tapi itu option yg paling baik la..dekat dgn rumah, familiar surrounding, boleh apply part time on weekend basis…

Hidup ni byk pilihan kan, kdg2 kita tak tau yg jalan yg dipilih tu, itu ke yg terbaik, pendek akal sekali pikir rasa dah cukup jitu pilihan kita tu, tapi masa akan datang, cuma Tuhan yang tau…

Few things that I have achieved this month:

1. My business has been succesfully registered. Now I’m in the process to do the company stamp, business card and to open current account for the company.

2. I have downloaded the full Season 2 of Enterprise since I always missed watching the series on Astro every Saturday nite.

3. I downloaded the new season 6 of Gilmore Girls. I wonder whether Rory should continue her relationship with Logan, the rich boy who seems to be too carefree and not that matured in life.

4. As the result of mass downloading, my HD is full and I am so lazy to burn everything into CD. Maybe later I will buy DVD burner so that I won’t waste too much time doing housekeeping of my HD content.

5. Today I decided to do kuih raya. My very first choice is Biskut Cornflakes, which I’m not sure will turn out the way it should be. The dough is still in the fridge. Maybe I will bake the cookies after buka puasa, while watching Harry Porter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at Astro 9pm.

6. My heliconia decided to bloom after months of me taking care of them plus all the coaxing. It’s the usual orange heliconia.

Baked Cheese Cake

2 large Eggs
2 tablespoons superfine flour
190g sugar
2 tablespoon Corn flour
500g Philadelphia Cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon essence vanilla
70g Butter softened
300ml whipping cream

1. Beat eggs in large bowl.

2. Blend in sugar, flour and cornstarch.

3. Add remaining ingredients blending well after each addition. Blend until smooth. Pour into 9 inch springform pan.

4. Bake for 1 hour at 160 degree celcius.

5. Turn oven off and leave cake to cool with oven door open for another hour. Remove and refrigerate.

P/S: To melor, good luck in your baking venture after Raya.