A Homemaker’s Diary

It’s 2 am in the morning and after a dinner of nasi tomato and air bandung, I feel like trying to sleep. I already put the leftover food in the fridge so if I feel like it I might be having the food for tea tomorrow. Plus I might have to wake up a bit early tomorrow since the insurance and the road tax will be delivered to my home, some time in the afternoon or evening (that’s what the agent told me).

Anyway, we managed to go shopping on Sunday, although both Bunga Reben and Sayang You were closed early on Sunday, I got the satin cloth for alas dulang and SIL bought kain pasang for MIL to make into baju kurung to be worn during Niece’s wedding. Then we went to Mydin USJ and SIL got the mangkuk and pinggan she wants for additional meja makan beradap. Oh, we bought choc bars to be put in the butterfly boxes as well. Now SIL said she feels like adding another type of sweets in those boxes. At least we already have bunch of chocs. The additional sweets could be bought later..heh!

I think I better hit the pillow soon before I lose the sleepy feeling. Will write more later..oh, perhaps I will upload some of the food pictures just to share what I had these past few days..hehe!

At last after like 3 days trying to update my blog, the connection tonight seems to be much better. Now I am lost for the story I should be writing here..heh!

Anyway, tomorrow I am planning to go for artificial flowers shopping for Hubby’s niece’s hantaran (and for the groom’s as well). And if I feel like it maybe we will go to Jalan TAR to get more stuffs for the bunga telur and bunga gantung, kain satin for the alas dulang plus beads for niece’s reception and nikah attire. I’m not sure how fast I can work everything out but I hope I can give most of the ready items by middle of July so that SIL and Niece will be able to bring back the items to Dungun.

Hopefully by next, next week I would be able to get the bulk koko jelly for the guest favors. I have found info about a wholesale sweets shop online but we still need to go and find the place. I read that the shop also has lollipop..told SIL about that, and she was like very excited..biasa la ibu2 pengantin surely excited nak buat first wedding event ni kan..then somewhere in July we have to go to Bagan Lalang to buy the kerepek ubi she plans to put in packs as part of the guest favors.

Come to think of it, I hope there will be a lot of guests coming for the wedding because she plans to give out like bunga telur, cupcake, sweets for kids, kerepek ubi and whatnot, even tapau nasi kenduri and lauk pauk. But then perhaps her friends all over Dungun will come since the wedding will be held on Friday, Terengganu’s day off. Otherwise it will all be a waste, God forbid!

I should be hitting the pillow soon, otherwise I might not be able to wake up tomorrow for all the shopping..gosh, I really hate going shopping now. Feel like it’s really a chore. Motivating myself, lagi cepat settle, lagi cepat boleh relax..heh!

I had this yearning for kacang kuda rebus and rendang ayam with daun kunyit just as I tried to sleep. Told Hubby about that, dia pulak yg terasa2 sedap nak makan rendang..huhu..so on Monday, Hubby came home at 5 and we went to Jusco to buy the ingredients..amik ko, satu periuk masak rendang. Daun kunyit I took the one I planted, akhirnya belalang tak serang my pokok kunyit dah, dapat la merasa mkn daun kunyit tanam sendiri.

I packed some for Hubby to bring to his office for lunch on Tuesday. His company provides free lunch every day so that rendang ayam will be additional lauk for those who eat with him..Hubby said mmg licin la, dpt la semua merasa sorang sikit. They thought we have some special occasion, ye la mana ada org tiba2 nak masak rendang 1-2 jam semata-mata nak mkn 2 ketul..hehe! On the kacang kuda rebus matter, I ransacked the groceries stock, ada la sepeket yang dah expired. Lama jugak nak bagi those chickpeas empuk, ek..note to myself, nak beli pressure cooker.

So here I am, thinking what to eat next. Terasa macam nak mkn set of nasi tomato, ayam masak merah and pajeri nenas..went to Jusco just now but the store is closed for stock counting. Anyone knows any restaurant that serves those nasi tomato set yang sedap, do tell me, OK. Otherwise I have no choice but to cook it myself..huhu!

At first I have no mood to cook anything for dinner but then since I had enough of angin episode last night after eating nasi lemak bungkus, I decided to wash some of the dishes in the sink and cook something. I told Hubby that I planned to fry bihun singapore and his reaction was wow, be back in 1/2 hour..ceh…kena masak la dah ckp kan…keh keh..

After draining the bihun, baru la perasan sikit sgt pulak, nevertheless cukup la for me mengalas perut and Hubby to enjoy it. While watching Bones I fried some udang celup tepung while waiting for the second batch of the bihun to lembut dalam periuk. I thought if somehow at wee hour I feel like eating bihun again, I will fry some for myself.

I bought those prawn like a month ago before the morning sickness struck me terribly so in order to finish it off, goreng je la kan..janji habis..hehe! Then while watching Anak Bapak (nothing else to watch) Hubby felt like eating kentang goreng with telur pulak..ada scene dorang having breakfast and I told Hubby earlier that SIL told me she goreng like 3kg kentang for tea..nasib baik ada la 3 bijik kentang kenit2 leftover buat sup nasik ayam last 2 weeks..jadi la kan dari kempunan..

So here I am after eating the second batch of Bihun Singapore..(I fried just now at 3 am) I hope nobody is awake after hearing the roaring sound of my blender, but then again lantak la those people bukan main bising lagi day time even on weekend renovate rumah sana sini..menyampah aku..

I have some of the bihun in the frying pan, nak simpan ke tak nak because tomorrow ada pasar malam, feel like eating nasik dagang..heh! Oh, Saturday night I will be attending Hubby’s company’s dinner at Hotel Maya..so no cooking for me this weekend. Hubby will be performing, that’s the main reason why last minute I feel like going..ni tgh jahit manik kat baju la ni..the theme is Movie Night but malas la nak pegi sewa costume, spouse bukan boleh dpt Best Costume Award pon..Hubby is planning to rent tux, baru la kena kan nyanyi You Look Wonderful Tonight..hope dia tak lupa lirik..hehe!

I really have to find the cure to my insomnia problem..I tried to sleep since 3am last night but ended up sleeping at 7am (I think so)…huhu! So those 4 hours (or more) was spent thinking of what I want to do in the next few months, up to next year..keh keh! I even planned my baby’s akikah and cukur jambul event in my non existence sleeping time.

I think I will do it all in April since that month I will be hitting the big 3-0..hehe! Reason to be joyful for getting old plus by April I will be over my 100 days berpantang makan..the curry kambing here I come..nyum nyum!

I even thought of clearing off most of the craft items in the second room so that I can turn that into Hubby’s room while I’ll be in confinement in December. So today after a long day of sleeping till 6pm, I did some googling and found things like buaian for rental for the cukur jambul ceremony, entertainment company in Puchong that offers kumpulan marhaban, person that do service of sembelih kambing and masak. I hope by next year these people are still in business.

Perhaps it’s still too early for me to reserve the hall at Kelab Komuniti Cyberjaya and find caterer and go for food tasting…as a friend said giler advance..heh! Oh, for my birthday I want to potong pulut kuning berhias instead of birthday cake, I know a lady who did the same kind of pulut kuning for Ning Baizura’s wedding but I wouldn’t want something as elaborate as that. Just a nice, simple one which I didn’t get on my own wedding day.

Well, it’s nice to night dream while you can’t sleep..heh!