The Rise and Fall of a Yummy Mummy

Anyone who has ever looked in the mirror six months after becoming a mother and not recognized the shell of a woman looking back will relate herself to this gloriously funny, warm and poignant story. I’m so love the way Polly Williams put what actually I had in mind into words. I have a confession; I was feeling really down and bad about myself after having Iman. I was not blaming him of course! The blame was on me…I felt that I was (still am) miserably failed on being a good mother, an organized housewife and a darling wife. I was more like ‘tidak terurus’!!. I tought I was alone, but after reading this book then I know that I wasn’t! and I did my own Project Dd! hahhahahahahahahah. It helps. Big time!

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Lumut

Vanue : Marina Cove dan Sekitar Lumut
Date : 14 & 15 July 2007
Occasion : Family Day Opisku - Bersantai Di Lumut!
People : Siapa lagi jika bukan staff dan keluarga!.

Tahun ini kita berhuya2 di Lumut! Emm lebih kurang setahun lepas, Iman was here for Chenta’s family day. Iman ingat lagi tak? No? hehehe…

Exit Bidur dalam pukul 12++, pekan bidur jam, ada lori besar tergolek atas jalan. Terus malas nak buat treasure hunt…terus hala ke T.Intan. sampai di simpang near Bikam, xcident lagi!. En Amat n wife. Mujur keduanya tak apa2 tp the wife still terkejut. Terus ke pekan T.Intan, xtvt wajib, amek gambo! Iman tidur, dakulah yg posing…ewahhh…. Juga singgah beli rojak dan mee rebus.

tahukah korang menara condong t.intan telah dikecilkan saiznya? tak percaya?

Menyambung perjalanan ke marina cove, ramai tgh check-in, kami decide ke pantai T.Batik dulu. Iman tak semena2 sebut “ATIK” excited kot kami dok sebut2 T.Batik. Matahari terik, so ingat tak jadi singgah. Baru chenta nak undur kereta, Iman nangis! Menjerit2 mcm kena pukul! La….tau ker tak jadi turun T.Batik? Confuse, Chenta parking balik, dia pon diam…so turunlah kami ke pantai….happy je muka baby tu…cis..cis…tak boleh sembarangan sebut lepas ni.

mengejar baby iman di t.batik a.k.a ATIK

Check-in dpt dinner plate KFC+Nasi lemak 2 bungkus. Kata tak de lunch!, so sapa mau makan itu rojak + mee rebus + KFC + nasik lemak? Imankah?.Apada…

Petang turun untuk mandi manda......

dan xtvt sukang! daku menggelecek bola...hahahhaa ada brani?

baby iman nak juga tunjuk skill....turun dari abah katanya!

Mlm, BBQ dinner. the food was OK sajer...kami layan kerang bakar..the kambing was keras! I got RM100.00 Sogo voucher!. Yieppie…TQ Muaz for amekkan our lucky draw, ye la..kami naik awal sbb En Iman sudah mengantuk!. itupun nasib baik tmpt makan sebelah play ground...mak+pak sibuk makan, anak2 lari sana sini....uih....

handsome boy di mlm dinner

Rupanya diorang ada extra lucky draw for those yg stay sampai majlis habis. Hadiahnya cuti2 mesia, penginapan sana sini. Uih..boleh tahan.

2nd day.
En Iman bangun pukul 9++! Hujan renyai2. bfast was OK but Iman makan bubur kosong dgn sedapnya. Kalaparan kot. Semalam makan sikit saja. Xtvt kanak2 dibuat di dewan makan. Crowded. Since hujan masih turun, kami gerak ke Pekan Lumut. Ronda juga ke Pantai T.Rubiah, Titi Panjang, dan nyaris ke Pantai Remis..jauh rupanya.

dihadapan tmpt kerja Holmer....

Balik semula ke hotel, hujan sudah reda dan xtvt pagi disambung ke kawasan pasir. Sungguh meriah!

cheeky boy ngorat aweks...

Kami gerak balik dlm pukul 2++. Kali ini lalu S.Bernam. Singgah pekan Sg.Besar layan durian + manggis.

Sesat barat nak lalu Ijok sampai ke Unisel, terus ke h.way exit B.Beruntung! Apadaaaaaa…

Tak de mood nak mengarang…byk kelija...gambar2 spt biasa akan diupload di fp bila kelapangan dirumah!

Main Masak-Masak – Chewy Gooey Brownies!

ingredients:

• 250g unsalted butter
• 400g semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 340g light brown sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 80g flour (tepung gandum pon boleh)
• 60g cocoa powder (I mixed 40g cocoa powder with 20g dark cocoa powder)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (omit this if you are using salted butter)
• 140g cup chopped nuts - walnuts, pecans, almonds, macadamia (you choose) – roasted and coated with the flour and cocoa powder

direction:

• double boil the butter. As the butter melts, sprinkle the chocolate evenly into it. Stir or whisk it until smooth and let the chocolate mixture cool to room temperature.
• heat the oven to 180°.
• Lightly butter a 11-by-11-inch square cake pan and dust it with flour, knocking out the excess.
• Combine the sugars in a large mixing bowl, break up any lumps. Add the eggs. Beat the eggs and sugar until well blended
• Blend in the vanilla extract.
• Add the cooled chocolate (which should still be liquid) and mix on medium speed just until evenly blended.
• Sift the flour and salt into a medium bowl, coated the roasted nuts. Stir them into the chocolate mixture, about half at a time, until no streaks of flour remain. Then scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth it with a spoon.
• Bake them the center oven rack for 30 to 35 minutes. When done, the brownies will have risen slightly and the top will have a thin, brittle crust. Underdone is better than overdone. Cool.
• To get the cleanest cuts, cover and refrigerate the brownies for several hours before slicing.
  
  *I don’t have 11X11’ of square pan, so I made using only half of the recipe. Banyak enough for us! Puas makan!
  *I made the frosting by melting quarter of choc cooking bar with 1 spoon of butter. After icing the brownies, I sprinkled grated white choc on top.

Bagan Lalang

Date : July 7, 2007

Vanue : Bagan Lalang
People : Chenta, Iman, me, Nitzus, Zatikus, Alifus, Aiza, Azeman, Hisyam, Ana, Aween.

The main agenda was to have a farewell dinner for Miss Aiza as she will be flying to UK for good next week. The mini agenda was simply to loosen up, enjoy each other at the beach and obviously seafood!. Despite being real late for the scheduled meeting-up at 3.00pm at KLIA Mosque, we managed to catch Nitzus and Aiza on the Sepang highway as they sesat barat towards Banting!.We reached the beach around 4.15pm.

Redup, angin sepoi, air surut. Pantai luas terbentang didepan mata!

I just love this pics by Nitzus. So dramatic!

Miss Aiza with Alifus & Iman

alifus mengambil kesempatan!

Iman can't stop running here and there.

Juga meredah becak air laut. Habis baju dia basah!

Around 5:30 we moved to the eating area (near to the wet market) and learnt that they still close. Ingatkan nak tumpang mandikan iman disitu! Instead, he had a quick rinse at pasar ikan! Changed his nappy and clothes in the car and finally finished his 6 ounce of milk. Tidak tidur juga ini baby!! Chenta bawak pusing pantai naik kereta seround lagi dgn harapan dia akan tidur..hampa juga!
Just few minutes before 6pm, Hisyam and family arrived. He knew the restaurant only start their business at 6 and somehow didn’t tell us about this. Cis! Namanya Rest Terapung HM Seri Bagan.

muka masam tak dpt lari

Iman got excited with everything, the old uneven timber flooring pier, the mini old stage with old broken umbrella, and especially with the end of the pier yang hanya berpagarkan rentasan 4 tali! Uiih makanya sesi kejar-mengejar Iman berlaku dengan hebat sekali. Seperti hendak pitam akak!
By the time the food arrived, Chenta and me got so worried that we might not be able to enjoy our dinner or worst, he might make others uncomfortable too. We crossed our finger and put him in the baby high chair. I quickly gave him a small plastic plate, a spoon and secubit plain white rice. He tried to spoon the rice to his mouth, and really concentrates doing it. He did it well. Oh, sungguh tak disangka, kami dapat makan dengan aman sekali. Good boy!!!
We had

• Udang goreng tepung
• Udang masak rempah
• Udang goreng butter
• Jenahak masam manis
• Kerapu 3 rasa
• Siakap stim
• Sotong goreng tepung
• Pepahat goreng cili
• Lala masak serai
• Kangkung goreng belacan
• Tom yam biasa a.k.a tomyam ayam
• And variety of drinks mengikut selera masing-masing.

tinggal tulang

I ordered a can of coke. It really helps to wash down the “seafood” taste in your mouth and the best part is, not claiming even a least part of your stomach unlike any other fruit juices. Tidaklah daku kenyang minum air sajer…hehehe. Bila perut semua sudah gendut, kami pun pulang…..in the car, Iman nenen and terus fell asleep. Chenta asked me to kiss Iman on his behalf as a gift for being extra good just now.

keletihan....

We will definitely do this again. Pulau Carey?
more photos in our fp!

what friends are for

I was feeling miserable over everything for the past few days. Like I said before, perhaps I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My brain exhausted, thus my judgment outlying from my usual self. At this nastiest frame of mind, I need a punch bag.

During my maverick jolly life, I got this Mr H whom known me enough not to judge me every time he attends my dramatic crisis, even the stupid one. Yes, you read it right, Mr H, meaning a guy, man. Please don’t judge me. And this morning I did call him. **guilty**. Not to mengadu domba but like I said, he never failed to smell my rotten mind. However, I wasn’t burdening him with my stupid details. Just a swift hello and that was it. As I about to say goodbye, he said “hope you feel much better now, takes life easy lady.” I felt better then.

And my other special friend did call me after reading the small font note under my previous posting. She too smelled something was not right. Thank you for being so caring and sensitive.

I’am honored to have such wonderful friends around me. As I’m writing this, I’m OK already. And I guess I’ll be my usual me by tomorrow.

Main masak-masak - Banana Nut Bread

you need :

• 2-3 ripe medium size bananas
• 6 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 eggs ~ beaten
• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
• 2/3 cup castor sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnut

direction :

1. Mix well the dry ingredients except walnuts.

2. Mash the banana and add in melted butter and vanilla essence.

3. Add in the beaten eggs and mix well.

4. Pour the mixture into the dry ingredients and stir till well incorporated.

5. Pour the batter into a greased baking tray.

6. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 C for 40 - 45 minutes.

7. When baked, leave the cake in the tin for 10 minutes before removing it to the wire rack to cool.

petang-petang

July 02,2007
dari pukul 5:00 hingga 5:30, sambung pula entah sampai pukul berapa. ada lebih sepuluh lagu dlm playlist, tajuknya semua sama!. volume full blast!

C.I.N.T.A - Melly Goeslaw & KrisdayantiCinta
Menatap jalan yang menjauh

Tentukan arah yangg ku mau

Tempatkan aku pada satu

Peristiwa yang membuat hati lara
Di dekat engkau aku tenang

Sendu matamu penuh tanya

Misteri hidup akan kah menghilang

Dan bahagia di akhir cerita
Cinta tegarkan hatiku

Tak mau sesuatu merenggut engkau

Naluriku berkata tak ingin terulang lagi

Kehilangan cinta hati bagai raga tak bernyawa
Aku junjung petuamu

Cintai dia yang mencintaiku

Hati yang dulu belayar

Kini telah menepi

Bukankah hidup kita akhirnya harus bahagia
CintaBiar saja ada

Yang terjadi biar saja terjadi

Bagai manapun hidup

Memang hanya cerita

Cerita tentang meninggalkan dengan ditinggalkan

Cinta…..

Guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much...
I hate this place. I hate the future. Where does that leave me?