The Journey of Something Here and There

Berkesempatan ke Gaza Restaurant yang menyediakan makanan Palestin di Taman Melati, Kuala Lumpur. Makanannya boleh tahan. Jemput tengok gambar yang saya sekeluarga makan :)  Jika rasa nak makan makanan arab, bolehlah cuba kat sini. Harga pun berpatutan. Untuk makanan + layanan + rasa, saya bagi 3.5/5 bintang. Hehe.

Photos: Gamuda Walk Since our first visit to Gamuda Walk, we already fall in love with the ambience and environment of this place. It is officially open end of last year, but only last month we're able to go there. The purpose of going there mainly because we want to go to Mr DIY. That's the nearest branch to us. But as you know when going to a mall...you will end up going other stores too. Hehe. Aeon Maxvalu is a convenient store which offers household products and wet market. The prices are quite reasonable and there is a lot of imported stuffs. I found that the baking shelves offer quite a number of choices of cake premix, cake or dessert decorations. But for Muslims, please take note for the halal products. As for fruits and vegetables, you can have the premium quality and organic here. It's a bit pricey but thats the price for quality. You can see organic spinach, non-gmo corns, premium grade chives and many more. The wet market also offers fresh tenggiri, ikan ...

Yesterday was my son's 3rd birthday. Were thinking from last month that by yesterday I would be able to make a birthday cake for him on my own. Since we don't have any oven or toaster oven, a microwave cake should be enough. Furthermore, I found a very simple recipe for a 3-minute chocolate cake with easy ingredients too. So I give it a try. I tried few times. There are times the cake appeared a bit hard. Sometimes too soft. I do experience with real cocoa powder instead of chocolate drink powder. Also replacing fresh milk with condensed milk. Quite few trials and errors. And yesterday alhamdulillah the cake turns ok. Ok for an amateur like me. Here is the recipe I used to make the birthday cake. Super simple and its done less than 15 minutes! And without oven! BIRTHDAY MICROWAVE CAKE 8 spoonfuls Vico/Milo powder 8 spoonfuls self raising flour 8 spoonfuls brown sugar 8 spoonfuls full cream milk 8 spoonfuls cooking oil 2 eggs Put all ingredients in a bowl. Mix well...

Alhamdulillah, woke up another day today. Be grateful for another beautiful day and another oppportunity to live life to the fullest. I am grateful for the small family I have. I am grateful for the chance to take care of my kids on my own. That's the beauty of being a wahm. It's so challenging being a mother, yet I enjoy every moment of that. May Allah ease the journey. Happy Thursday!

Sakit kepala berdenyut-denyut, pada satu bahagian kepala boleh jadi petanda migrain. Pernah kena tak? Lebih kurang 75% penderita migrain ni kaum wanita tau. Nampak benor wanita ni sukar sikit nak kawal stres dan tekanan. Eh. Bukan, tu antara sebab yang mungkin menyebabkan migrain je. Banyak lagi punca lain yang sebabkan terjadinya migrain. Alkisahnya, anak-anak saya tak sihat. Dua orang sekali. Dek takut suhu badan naik tengah malam, kita tidur pun ayam-ayam aje lah. Mana tahu tetiba suhu spike ke 38 ke 39 ke, kena cecepat pegi klinik atau hospital. Yang kecik pantang kudengar merengek terus disua susu. Yang besar, perhati dulu kadang-kadang dia mengigau je. Sejak tu, waktu tidur memang terganggu. Tak cukup tidur, tak cukup rehat. Siang buat kerja macam biasa tapi lepas sehari dua, terasa sangatlah lemah satu badan. Keesokannya bertambah lemah bila kepala start pusing dan berdenyut. Memang lain macam. Saya tak pernah lagi kena macam ini. KENALI SIMPTOM MIGRAIN DI SINI. Terus amb...

Beberapa minggu lepas, banyak aktiviti luar. Berturut-turut. Disebabkan anak-anak pun keluar masuk kereta aircond, kena panas terik kat luar... masing-masing pun tak berapa sihat minggu lepas. Yang si abang nak hampir bengkak tonsil, yang adik dedar-dedar. Adik tu dengan demam uratnya dengan nak tumbuh giginya, dengan tak sabar nak meniarap hari-hari tu yang kejap panas kejap sejuk badan dia. Tapi yang pasti memang demam atau salah urat sebab bahagian atas pinggang panas, bahagian bawah sejuk. Gitu lah simptom salah urat kat budak-budak. Ini pun belajar daripada mak mertua masa anak sulung dulu la. Pernah sekali apsal kepala sampai pinggang je panas tapi kaki sejuk budak ni. Orang muda mana nak tahu. Lepas tu bawak pergi urut lah. Kami sekeluarga ni memang dah biasa guna khidmat sorang wak urut kat Sepang. Wak ni pandai urut baby dan budak. Orang lepas bersalin pun dia urut. Jadi kami anak beranak memang selalu juga lah berurut dengan dia. Masa anak sulung dulu, belum setahun umu...

Minggu lepas, husband dan kawan-kawannya ada majlis makan-makan. Saje together gather. Husband dah ditugaskan untuk siapkan main course, maka bertungkus-lumus jugaklah kami husband and wife siapkan makanan untuk 50 orang. Menu - Nasi Arab. Tak pernah pun masak untuk orang makan seramai ni. Selalu masak runcit-runcit je jamu family dan kawan-kawan. Ni agak mencabar jugaklah kan. Tapi husband memang confident. Dia memang biasa masak kalau masa program company beliau... program camping ke, bbq ke. Dialah masterchefnye. Hehe Nak masak nasi arab ni insya Allah ok. Sebab guna rempah segera. Beras pun dah ada siap. So tak payah nak risau tentang rasa. Insya Allah sedap! Kami masak guna rempah Nasi Arab Al Bayt je senang. Dalam 10 kotak jugaklah sebab 50 orang kan. Sekotak anggaran 4-5 orang makan. Beras dah bagi, rempah semua pun dah ada dalam. Maka bekerjasama lah husband dan wife siapkan menu. Husband tolong potong timun, tomato, bawang-bawang. Then siapkan salad arab siap-siap simpan...