Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Good food... Good Company

Last Sunday saw me and MBB with sore limbs, a noisy house, burnt pockets and a bad flu. But it was all worth it I tell you.... I totally value the silence of my lovely home, I really do, but having family and friends over once in a while simply reminds me why these people are important in my life.

On this note, TERIMA KASIH Mak and Farah banyak,banyak,banyak,banyak for staying over and helping me prepare the food. Without the two of you, I think I would have gone mad. Thanx also to my MIL for the lovely cheng teng....

We had tulang, roti kirai and chicken curry and the evergreen mee soto and begedil.... and yours truly managed to arrange it, on my tiny dining table no less, and made it look quite good... macam at hotel hotel gitu.... hehehh

What follows is may be graphically disturbing to some.... but this was among the many things we had that wonderful day...

We are also very grateful to my noisy clan of makcik makcik, my young punky cousins who would probably have rather gone out with their friends, my CousinILs, one with new baby and one with baby who would have rather been resting at home given their conditions i'm sure for taking time out to come grace our humble abode.....

Thanx a million also to our friends who came....

That day was also a mini celebration of my baby sister's 25th birthday and my Umi's as well. Welcome to being a quarter of a century Far!! We love you little sister... May you be blessed with all that you deserve... By the way, I still owe you a present...hehehe...

It was wonderful having family and friends around... All that love..... It was great. Catching up with my aunts and uncle... getting the updates on University life with Shahid and Anne, finding out that Shafie will also be attending NTU, rubbing Ida's tum tum so that I may be pregnant soon, holding my niece, Inshira... and of course, my sweets, Irda was busy selling me Bangkok. Irda, I'm sold!! No matter how tired such functions leave me, I will always have it coz family is the best.

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Object of My Affection

Yesterday MBB and I took our nephew to watch Harry Porter and the Goblet of Fire... I was disappointed in the potrayal of Dumbledore. The book Dumbledore whom we have learned to love was this kind and genteel man of a few hundred years of age.... Cool, calm and composed all the time... But the Michael Gambon Dumbledore, is so kasar, so flamboyant, so loud.... I don't like..... but i digress....

Before catching the midnight show, we went to Great World City, MBB's and my fav hang out, for dinner. We had dinner at SiamKitchen.... and I had my fav dish there, Soft Shell Crab with Lime mayonnaise...Yumm...
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Yuyun had olive fried rice which as also nice. We also ordered some mushroom thing and the hotplate beancurd. Sumptious dinner. VERY filling... After that, we went to this place....


BEN&JERRY'S! Scoop Shop!! They are the makers of my favourite favourite ice cream... Chubby Hubby, Fudge Central, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Super Fudge Brownie, Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz, New York Super Fudge..... and many many more..... I absolutely love them... They also have the ... err... healthier sorbet.... Mango Lime and Berry Berry and more...... So even after we were full at Siam Kitchen, we just had to make room for these...

At the top, clockwise from the white one, we had Cookies and Cream, Super Fudge Brownie and Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz. At the bottom clockwise from the yellow one, we had Mango Lime Sorbet, Berry Berry Sorbet and Velvet Berry Yogurt.... They tasted so heavenly. I absolutely loved it! Hmmm..... how to lose weight like this?

Monday, November 07, 2005

Foolish Games

I feel like yelling at the top of my voice.

I feel like a fool. Whenever Murphy's law applies itself to my life, i feel like kicking myself in the arse. How could i not have seen it coming? Why is it that someone whom i thought i had pinned, turns out to be somebody the exact opposite? Why is it that a person whom i thought was nice turns out to be one who is the exact opposite? How is it that I did not realise that a person values material wealth above all else?

So foolish... I just cannot read people. I thought I could but this year, I have been proven wrong so many times. I guess this is what happens when you only know a certain someone for a short period of time. What they say about friendships not being built overnight is true... So sad...

So as Jewel so aptly puts it '...Cos I've mistaken you for somebody else.... somebody who gave a damn.... somebody more like myself.....'

When Day and Night meets....


Breathtaking. I felt so small when i saw this at 7.08 this evening. So great is His creation that I simply stood there and felt a lump in my throat... This picture was taken at the carpark at the 6th level at Harbourfront. If not for my extremely cute niece tugging at my hand, I'd probably cry. I remember having the same feeling when i saw my first in-your-face kind of sunset at Tanah Lot, Bali. When you actually wait to see a sunset, it really dawns on you how much we take for granted. Most days, sunsets are during the times when i rush home or when i'm queueing up to get dinner in some air con shopping mall.....
When i saw this today, apart from realising that God IS truly great, I realised how terrible it would be if i lost my sight. What would I do if I could not see this beautiful colours that he splashes across his canvas sky? What would I do if I were not be able to see the faces of the ones I love? What would I do if I can no longer teach my little people because i can no longer see?

I pray that i don't lose any of my senses. I pray that I learn to not take things for granted. I pray that He gives me the strength and patience to appreciate things around me.

I shall make it a point to get my glasses done.

Friday, November 04, 2005

Minal Aidil Walfaizin

This is our 4th Raya together. 2nd at our own place. This year my house looks more like a home. There will be pictures on that later.....



For now, just a little of how i feel about this Ramadhan and Syawal. I feel closer to my family. I feel that while we might not have a lot of money, Allah has blessed my family with a lot of love. While Allah has tested my family with kidney failure, cancer scare and the self centredness of one person, He has blessed us with a relationship that some people would kill to have. Alhamdulillah.