Education week : raising boys and girls

Ahaks..dalam sibuk-sibuk kemas dan packing barang, masih ada lagi ruang untuk berblog. Came to idea wriiting this topic after my playgroup mate across to this question" how do you raise your boys and girls?" Urmm..interesting, since I've got 4 boys and a girl, would like to now what is the best tips on raising boys and girls.

We all came out with a few idea but share the same opinion. Raising boys and girls diffrently, but equally, is not always easy.These are a few ideas that I manage to collect from our playgroup discussion( worth it tau bayar $1 untuk satu session)

Girls
- Emphasise intelligence, hard work, independence, sensitivity, and preservance in your daughter. We should encourage them in "dressing up" and tell them they are beautiful but de-emphasise the important of apprearance in relation to their value
(I've started it slowly with my daughter about this and she's seems like it)
-Encourage our daughterto achieve. Set high expectations for our daughter as for our sons
(We always told this to our daughter as well to our sons, and she's improving now. Before this is
- Encorage our daughter to read stories about succesful women.(My daughter really like to read about Queen Elizabeth..consider succesful la kan )

Our babies all grown UP! Please don't grow up too fast :)

This young lad always make a smile to my face. he looks happy in school, entering to 3 weeks, i can leave him at school alone.He looks so happy at school and already know how to manage himself. Legaaaaa mak ini.

He talks a lot and also makes a lot of drama. Our young lad is 6 yo this year and next year he going to enter primary school. Hopefully he can do well in school and I already fell the emptiness in the house.

Our first-born already grown up..soon she gonna sit for her SPM exam, our second-born lives in the hostel far away from us, third born also will be in secondary school next year. gosh! all my babies are grown up,how time flies so fast...Your smile, which you freely give to so many people, leaves them smiling too.You guys bring laughter to this family every day. You all are so beautiful and perfect, so absolutely amazing.Anyway, regardless if you're all grown up, you will always be my baby.

Master #5 Went To School

Heehehe...unusual moment for me. I decide to send my master#5 to school because he is so tangling with me. I'm afraid when the time arrive to send him  to school, I'm gonna have BIG, big trouble.

The moment of shopping, he was so excited. choosing his school shoes, shirts and pants. For awhile I was so relief. The day arrived and as I expected, he won't let me go. I had to stay with him at SCHOOL for about 4 hours! can you image that!

First day of school , he whatsapping his Ayah. I keep his msg because it is so funny and sweet. We never send him to any kindergarten before this yet he can read fluently by himself( only in BI)..sighhh.. I want him to go and learn like other normal kids..

Begging to his Ayah to back home early!this young lad really make my day..hahahhaha
#ALmoment

Back-Dated Post : Familia

As posted before..this is back dated post. Collection of family pictures. Just to keep it here.

Picture circa 2010- back in New Zealand. Our visit to Shanty Town. This is an attempt of gold mining. We had so much fun and i at that time was  7 month heavily pregnant to our baby boo. love it!

 Taken early this year. Bringing our army to movie theater Star Wars: The Force Awakens . Don't want to miss a chance to take photo with YB Nurul Izzah. I'm not a big fan of her but I really admire her inspired father. Thank you YB for your humbleness. I had to stop her and ask to take picture with me. heehh me again with my jakuness.

Spotted my knight carrying his little army. Quickly I take out my hp and just snapped it. Don't want again..to miss the moment. Priceless!
#hubs
#son

Frozen karipap

:)

Sejak tinggal di Christchurch dulu lagi, kita dah mula bisnes kecil-kecilan karipap beku;). bila balik malaysia, beberapa tahun selepas tu baru datang ilham nak buat balik.


Sebelum Ramadhan baru-baru ni, dek kerana terlalu rindu dengan memori Lincoln, maka kita buat balik karipap ini. Niat yang ditangguh dari sehari ke sehari akhirnya terjadi bila ada permintaan dari SIL kami. Ujarnya" kalau nak buat karipap, buatkan untuk akak sikit ek"..Mula dari situ tangan tiba-tiba gatal p upload di FB,..Alhamdullilah tak sangka permintaan agak tinggi.

Jadi bermulala episod membuat karipap frozen untuk dijual. mula-mula produk tidak begitu memuaskan, selepas R&D yang entah ke berapa kali..kini karipap frozen kami semakin bertambah baik...

so uolls kalau nak order karipap frozen untuk kudap-kudap bolehla Pm kita tepi-tepi :)hihihih

Nah belanja gambar karipapa satu!

RM4/10 biji
Inti kentang/daging/ayam

:)

Back-dated post : The moment

CAUTION : This is back-dated Post!

This is only for our memories. sometimes gambar-gambar ni semua hilang, habis moment- moment terindah. Taken a few months back. Just to keep it here.

This is our precious! We are so lucky for having them in our life. Always be with us trough thick and thin.

We can never count Allah's Blessings:

Be ever grateful to Allah for everything that you possess including your wealth, health, status, intellectual abilities and life. Allah says:
"Is, then, He Who creates comp4arable to any that cannot create? Will you not, then, take heed? For should you try to count Allah's blessings, you could never compute them" (An-Nahl 16:17-19).

Our breakfast session at one of family's fav stall. Eating chapati, Tossai and nasi lemak!

Another session of breakfast berjemaah :)

Back-dated Post - Marble Cake

Oppss! recently I posted a recipe of marble cake. Today I posted again but using different recipe. should be your recipe keeper.

Did you know that the idea of marbling two different colors of batter into a cake originated in nineteenth century Germany.!these cake made their ways to America with German immigrants before Civil war.

Hurmmm..seem like the story of Pavlova.Who can resist a slice?

Deliciously moist and rich, this is definitely THE best ever cake for marble cake lovers. One piece is never enough . Go on, you deserve it.

Ingredients
1 1/4 cup self raising flour
1/2 cup salted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
1 1/2 tsp almond extract

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup very hot water

You will also need
8- or 9-inch loaf pan or dish, electric mixer, two mixing bowls , whisk

Total Time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes

Servings: One 9-inch marble cake loaf

Method:

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease the pan with some butter.

Mix the flour and the baking powder together and sieve. Add in salt and mix well. Set aside.

Use an electronic beater to mix butter and sugar until well combined or pale yellow in color. Add in the first egg. Beat well after each addition of egg until creamy. Scrape down the sides and add in vanilla essence and fold in the flour into the mixture and mix well. Finally, add in the milk.

Divide the batter into two portions. Stir the cocoa powder into one portion and mix well. Transfer the plain batter into the greased baking pan. Shake it lightly to distribute evenly. Pour the cocoa batter in the middle of baking pan, and lightly swirl the cocoa batter with a butter knife.  Do not over mix.

Happy baking uolls!

Classic Butter Muffins

A classic basic butter muffin recipe to keep the kids happy. Great for an afternoon tea snack or pop one in the lunch box.


Difficulty Easy

Prep time 10 mins

Cooking time 12 mins

Really loves this muffins. Once in the moon, I need some muffins to satisfy my sweet tooth :)

Ingredients

2 cups self raising flour
100g butter, melted(I preferred Tatura butter :) )
3/4 cup Caster Sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup milk


Method



Preheat the oven to 220°C. Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl until just mixed. Don't over mix or muffins will be tough.
Spoon into well-greased muffin tins and bake for 12-15 minutes, until cooked. Ideally served warm.

Special thanks to Allyson Gofton for use of this Best Ever Recipe.

Taqabbalallahu Minna wa Minkum

Salam Aidilfitri buat semua!

I'm still here..it's my laziness! Kadang-kadang blogging ni macam hate and love relationship :)

Beginning of this year, we've been travelling a lot. From East to South..back and forth. Our second-born get an offered from Sekolah Seni Malaysia Johor Bahru. After a long discussion, we decided that Abang should have a try embark the journey at JB.

It feel surreal, and I'm having a mix feelings about leaving him thousand miles from us. I know he'll be okay. The first few weeks was really tough!. he keep calling and crying, asking to be transfer back but after the pujuk-pujukan, he calm back.

Our life after that change totally. Every school holidays or any holidays, we will travel from East up to South to pick him up and will stop by at Kajang for temporarily nesting. Ayah really looks exhausted but because of anak's dream, I think he got inspired. i feel sorry for him but at the same time the proud expression from him appeared.

We moved back to Selangor after that. So hai-hai, bye-bye to Kota Bharu. The rest of clans said..here we go again! new journey, new home, new friends. To cut the story, early of April, our secondJeddi got an offer from MRSM Tun Abdul Razak, Pekan and he accepted the offer. son had a good time in Skolah Seni Malaysia. He learnt a lot there. His drawing is improve. His confident level is good, and not to forget he can IRON his shirts now!sighhh..This mother is so relief..hehehhehe..

So taknak cakap panjang dah aihhh.. belanja uolls satu pic. his last day at SSeMJ. Selamat hari raya Maaf zahir batin untuk semua!

Spring is around!!!

My oh my..time goes by so fast..spring is already around!! done with the cold chilly season, here comes the sunnies..

blooming roses

Haven't got the time to capture the beautiful scenery of spring. Spring is always become my favorite season. During spring buds, blossoms, and other new growth bursts forth throughout the country and new born lambs frolic in the fields just before dusk. Can't wait to see the daffodils, roses, redbud, iris, lilac..gosh! I love it...not-to-forget lavender!

So welcome spring!!

It's wild plant

Marble cake! Marble Cake!

Saya suka kek ni. Ringkas dan tak rumit . Am not consider a good baker, just an amateur. A baker for my only family. I suka nak share this recipe so that mommies yang lain also can try it and serve it to the family.

baking ni bukanla I punya forte' , tapi I suka buat tatkala jiwa I tak begitu tenteram..pendekata bila stress. Bila baking ni, rasa ketenangan dan focus tu mendalam. Dalam cracked the eggs, putarkan doh, dan bau aroma cake tu..arghhh..hmmm..satu kepuasan. So, no mor rmbling, here it is.. one of my favourite recipe. Memang I selalu guna recipe ni and it's usually turns good.

BAHAN-BAHANNYA :-)
240 g  butter
10 g ovallate
4 biji telur gred A
100 g gula halus
240 g tepung naik sendiri (*digaul rata dan diayak)
60 ml susu segar
1 camca teh esen vanilla
20 g serbuk koko

CARA MEMBUATNYA :-)
1. Panaskan oven pada suhu 175C, lenser tin kek dengan sedikit mentega, alas dasar tin dengan kertas    minyak (jika guna bund pan, sapu mentega rata2 pada bahagian dalam tin kek dan tabur sedikit            tepung, ketuk keluar lebihan tepung). Ketepikan.
2. Putar mentega dan ovallate hingga rata, masukkan gula halus dan putar hingga putih, masukkan           telur satu persatu sambil terus memutar hingga kembang. Jarak masa untuk sebiji telur ialah 1             minit.
3. Perlahankan speed, masukkan tepung sedikit demi sedikit berselang seli dengan susu segar hingga       habis, masukkan esen vanilla, putar rata.
4. Bahagi adunan kepada 2 bahagian, satu dibiarkan kosong dan satu lagi dimasukkan serbuk koko        dan air suam, gaul rata.
5. Sudu kan adunan kosong berselang seli dengan adunan koko, buat hingga siap. Gunakan pisau atau     chopstick, buat beberapa pusingan. Bakar 50 - 60 minit atau hingga masak bergantung pada oven        masing2.

Have a nice day mate!

Classic Butter Cake!

Hai, 

Lately I suka makan cake butter. Just simple butter cake. Agak susah nak jumpa resepi yang boleh I betul-betul suka. So kali ni I jumpa resepi ni and really likes it. My kids also loves it. They more prefer this kind of cake compared to other fancy cake. I guess the simplicity of the cake itself makes us fall in love.

So I nak nak share resepi ni dengan y'all ..by the way I memang suka guna butter SCS ni. It more buttery and tastes so yumm.. Other brand I used either Tatura or Anchor.. tapi tu semua brgantung pada taste masing-masing.. Buttercup alone pun okay as long it suits your taste bud.

Resepi Oleh: SCS Dairy MY
Di kongsikan oleh : SCS Dairy MY
Rujukkan : SCS Dairy MY



Butter cake
Ingredients:
250g butter, softened
1 cups caster sugar (ORIGINAL RECIPE 1 1/4 CUP)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
270g/ 2 1/4 cups self-raising flour, sifted
94g/ 3/4 cup plain flour, sifted
185g/ 3/4 cup milk

For the Lemon frosting:
125g butter, softened
125g/ 1 cup icing sugar mixture, sifted
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Grease a 7cm-deep, 20cm (base) square cake pan. Line base and sides with baking paper, allowing a 2cm overhang on all sides.

Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add half the flours. Stir to combine. Add half the milk. Stir to combine. Repeat with remaining flour and milk.

Spoon mixture into prepared pan. Smooth top. Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.Make lemon frosting Using an electric mixer beat butter, icing sugar, lemon rind and lemon juice together until pale and fluffy.Spread cake with lemon frosting. Serves 1.

Try it and have a nice day y'all!!

P/s : I cuba improve the picture quality ek... Dulu rajin nak berphotograph bagai, tapi lepas dah lama stop blogging, I jadik kurang kreatif. So now I think I need to sharp my blogging skill back..hihihi..Wish me luck!

Little sister engagement..Love is The Air..

 When two heart are meant for each other, no distance is too far, no time is too long and no other love can break them apart....

There it goes..can't believe it that my youngest sister already prepared to marriage life.

The day for the engagement ceremony finally came. With 5 dulangs from Alif's side, and 7 from our side, surrounded by close families and friends, my youngest sister officially became Alif's fiancee when his aunt slipped the ring onto my lil sister ring finger

 The Happiness Face from her

 It's Ayah's turn to slipped the ring onto his future son-in law

Picture worth thousand story

 The hantaran from her

The Hantaran from him

 Kelantan traditional dessert " Buah Tanjung and Jala Mas"

Mum with her last-born daughter

So can't wait for the big day soon. Have a nice day y'all !!

One fine day @Governor Bay, Lyttleton, Christchurch

So...another down to memory lane. disebabkan New Zealand sangat dekat di hati, maka sebolehnya I nak lakarkannya di sini. Pengalaman yang terindah yang pernah I dapat. Alhamdullilah, syukur.

I wrote this entry on January 21st, 2011. lamaaa kan? lama betul I peram.. Sekarang I bukak untuk refresh memory..

Ahaks...saja nk ceriakan suasana. Lepas cuti panjang tahun baru aritu, rasa macam baru meriah balik jalan raya kat sini. Kalau tak rasa sunyi jek kampung Lincoln ni. cuaca sekrang tak menentu, panas, hujan,panas, hujan. Earthquake aftershock pun masih terasa sekali sekala, paling kuat takat ni 5.2 mag.

Beberapa hujung mggu lps, kami saja2 jln ke Lyttleton,bandar pelabuhan yang terletak lebih kuang dlm 45km dari rumah. Saja ronda petang2, my suami kata he needs a break. Kami pegi ke satu jetty,Governor Bay, Lyttleton. Cantik!! kebetulan pulak masa tu ada org tgh capture wedding pictures, so lucky us la kan, boleh tgk pengantin..bukan kenal pun saja suka tgk org cantik.

Aku ni mulala berangan nk suruh incik suami tangkap gambar mcm tu jugak,then baru teringat, haishh takmola, rosak gambar..dengan kelebaran badan macam daun sireh skrg ni erkkk..tak sggp nk tgk.sudahnya anak2 la jadik model..bukan nak pun bdk2 ni.. apa2 pun hari tu mmg santai dan relax..seronok..

So enjoy the picture :) Yesssss...

Kuih Bakar Oh Kuih Bakar!

 Semalam I blog-walking and terpandang satu resepi, the very classic kuih. I suka sangat kuih ni. Kalau Kelantanese derang called it as 'Kuih Bekey".kalo tak silap la.. :) . Disebakan terliur sangat, jadi I rajinkan diri untuk buat kuih ni. Nak makan kan rajin kannnn? hihihihi

Because the result turn so good, me and families loves it, so I nak share resepi ni, Y'll should try this recipe. Worth it! Mana I dapat resepi ni? To be honest I lupa..masa jumpa tu, I terus jot down the recipe. Credit to the owner of this recipe. Who ever you are, thank you a zillion time. Well done mate!

KUIH BAKAR LEMAK MANIS


Bahan-bahan
1 1/2 cawan tepung gandum
1/2 cawan gula (kurangkan sikit)
3 biji telur
3 cawan santan - (200ml sntan KARA + air)
3 sb susu manis
garam secukup rasa
1 sk esen vanilla
sedikit pewarna kuning
bijan - utk tabur (opt)

Cara-cara:
1. Satukan kesemua bahan2 di dalam blender kecuali bijan dan kisar hingga sebati.
2. Masak adunan hingga pekat.
3. Nak masak terus pun blh cuma masa membakar lama sikit.
4. Tuang ke dalam loyang yang di sapu majerin,ratakan adunan dan tabur bijan jika suka dan bakar         selama 40 min atau sehingga kelihatan garing.

* makan ni bersama dengan secawan kopi atau tea..sedappppppppp.sedap..sedap

Canterbury A&P Show

Tadaaa.. down to memory lane. This of of our favorite event at Christchurch, A&P Show!

It usually held on September in order to celebrate the Spring. My kids really loves to go because they can experience and see New Zealand's largest Agricultural and Pastoral Event!. Usually it held at Canterbury Agricultural Park.

So if you're already in Christchurch, do visit this event. Full of excitement and joy.

* Picture  circa 2012. Long time ay ??:)

One of His Favorite..Puding Roti Karamel

He loves sweet dessert, so disebabkan bahan-bahannya cukup  maka I made him this. One of his favorit pudding. Easy peasy , y'all should try it!

3 kpg roti gardenia
1 tin susu cair
12 biji telur(kalo nk kurang pun xpa)
Sikit esen vanila(sy ltk butter vanila).
1/2 tin susu pekat( kalo nk lg manis letak lebih)
Sikit garam**

Caramel
6 sudu besar gula+air sikit dan sy letak daun pandan. Masak hingga jadi kuning2(jgn hangus)

1. Bahan atas tadi sy blend smp licin
2. Caramel tadi tuang dlm loyang.
3. Tuang puding blend tadi dalam loyang caramel pastu kukus hingga masak ( lebih kurang 45-60 minit). Make sure tutup loyang dengan aluminium foil, so that y'll can get very nice and smooth surface of pudding

** if takmo letak it's okay.

So happy cooking to all!! :)

Nasi Dagang 101

Nasi dagang for everyone :) This is very close to heart. Recipe I got from my late MIL. One very simple meal which made this bunch one very happy family

Bahan-bahan
1 cawan beras pulut
3 cawan beras basmathi
1 tin santan- bahagi dua, separuh pekat dan separuh cair
1 s/teh garam
5 s/teh gula
3 ulas bawang merah - hiris halus
1 cm halia- hiris halus
1 s/teh halba

Cara-cara :
1. Basuh beras seperti biasa dan rendamkan selama 4 jam ( lagi bagus kalau rendam satu malam)
2. Didihkan air dalam pengukus
3. Alaskan bekas pengukus dengan daun pandan
4. Toskan beras dan letak dalam bekas yg berisi daun pandan tadi
5. Kukus sehingga naik wap ( lebih kurang 20 minit)
6. Angkat dan tuang dalam bekas bersih, kemudian ambik separuh santan( santan cair) tadi letak gula dan garam dan sira ke atas beras tadi.Gaul rata, masuk balik dalam pengukus dan kukus semula.
7. Kukus lebih kurang 25 minit lagi, angkat dan siramkan dengan baki santan tadi

Happy Sunday y'all, and here wishing all of you a great weekend!

Review memories..

Gosh! I'm shocked!. I was just reading my old bog entries and realized  just how much I'm blogged but didn't publish it!! Tengok, tengok, penunjuk aras betapa lamaanyaaaaaaa blog tak di usik. To discovered rupanya I ada almost 20 drat yang belum publish and it's all about my extra,extra Sunday. All the stories about my kids and our life back before.

Reading my draft postings on each of them chronologically brings me through the best journey of them growing up, and memories of what I had blogged would come back so fresh and vivid to mind- as if they just happened yesterday.

I will keep postings my old draft slowly and I admit that blogging is very rewarding in its own special way. Just love it<3 .="" p="">
And I realized that I should start writing about my Extra Sunday on a regular basis again. So that years down the road, I could recall every single thought that I have of all.

So I start it with my post, wrote it on Wednesday, 21 April 2010. Back in Christchurch. It was our little Bubba Aqeef Ilman.

Talk..Ummi. Talk..

Dia dh start cakap..tapi sepatah pun aku tak paham. Dia tegur, aku jawab, aku tegur, dia senyum..alahaii tembam umi..sejak dh umur 48 hari ni makin galak pulak dia ckp..haritu macam ada lesung pipit, tapi skrg dh hilang..mana pegi ek?

Dia demand nak suruh umi cakap hari2..maka bercakaplah umi walaupun tak paham apa yg ditanya. Apa yang umi cakap? semua bendalah. Daripada benda kecik sampailah benda besar..hari ni nak masak apa? hari nak buat apa?lagi umi bercakap lagi dia senyum..bila umi diam, maka dia akan tegur macam dia cakap" talk umi..talk".mengarutlah umi seharian..

dengan ayah takmo duduk..kata ayah..huh! ayah tak ada dunlop..umi banyak dunlop..iyolah tu..@ ayah mmg cari alasan mengelat takmo pangku..aqil lagi terror dr umi..

My cooking weekend...Oooo Yeahhhh...

Untuk mengubat hati yang lara...UBATNYA : Baking uolls!!!

So today, I 'm not in the good mood, to ubat my lara hati..I bake. I just bake a simple brownies, very simple and 'campak-campak'. Not so Holloywood Brownies. This what me and my kids call "Brownies , baked from heart". 

Kids loves it so much and I would love to share it with uolls. 

Ingredients :

100g Self Raising Flour

150g biter-sweet chocolate

120 g butter (I used Anchor)

1tbsp coffee

180g castor sugar( if more sweet add to 200g)

1 tspn vanilla essence

3 large eggs( I used A size)

1/4 cup fresh milk @ creamer

Method

1. Sift the flour

2. Melt the chocolate, butter, sugar, coffee, milk in medium heat. Mix it well

3. Once the chocolate melt, remove from the heat and put in the vanilla essence. Mix well. Cool it for a while

4. When it comes to suam-suam kuku, add the eggs at a time, mix well.

5. Fold in the flour

6. Pour the batter into a square tray pe-pined with baking paper. Bake in pre-heated oven at 180c  for about 25-30 minutes. 

I'm really looking forward to bake and cook again. Best, best, best!!