Ramadhan Cake

Baked cream cheese pound cake today to usher the month of ramadhan. Wishing all my friends a haapy ramadhan. I wish to join in the fasting to cleanse my internal system. But awal pagi sudah i membake!! I must say this cake is so yummy!!! I tweak a bit on the recipe...adjust here and there. I wanted to put the pic..tapi susah bah pakai ipad.nanti la i upload pic ya. The recipe is: 100gm flour 100gm almond flour(original recipe calls for 195gm flour, but i change to half flour and half almond flour) 150 gm unsalted butter 140 gm cream cheese 3 eggs Sikit salt Sikit bikarbonat soda Sikit baking powder Chara chara: 1. Pukul till kembang butter dan cream cheese. 2. Add eggs one by one and beat till fluffy. 3. Ini yang renovate...instead of sugar i replaced with honey and condensed milk for the sweetness. Jilat sikit the adunan to check the level of sweetness. Main rasa the kemanisan. 4. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, almond flour, salt, bi carb, baking powder. 5. Fold in the sifted flour to the butter mixture. 6.baked in oven 160degreee celcius for 30 min first. Check if masak if belum bake another 20 min. Temp adjust ikut your oven. Start dgn suhu 150 first then adjust adjust. 7. I tell u it is so yummy and dense!!!!! Hidang selepas terawih dgn kopi o!

Aiyaaaa

Aiyaaaaaa I dont't know why the setting to post new post berubah. Bingung akak. Anyway..happy May everyone! Just to update on the many happenings the last months. Full blast organising TCamps for Pitas, Kota Marudu and Kudat (ala-ala summer camps for budak sekolah). And yg paling exciting Judith setuju to teach zumba for free!!! Zuma is the new craze in town. Mcm tarian tarian fitness. Tarian tarian gila gilan bah tapi super fun. And memang terbukti boleh kurus! si Judith kaan aku kan dari 70 kg sudah start berjumba for 9 month jadi 59 kg sudah!!!!Tapi mesti di iringi dengan gaya pemakanan sihat juga lah! Kalau malar makan lamb roast, I rasa inda jua menjadi tu! Ill master dulu ini setting baru, baru i letak pic ya. Bah akan akak update perkembangan ya.

A lean dinner

Gums yg kena jahit is still recovering. My selera sudah dtg balik. Kamu perasan ka makin kita kena suruh berpantang makan, makin mcm mcm mau makan! Like yours truly ini. Mcm mcm selera i mau makan...esp sambal belachan! Padahal baru berjahit gusi....mana boleh makan makanan gatal kan.aisehmannn..membuak buak selera i menengo food blogs org. Sambal belachan makan dengan kari kepala ikan!

Untuk mengubat hati yg lara i settled with my lean dinner of roast chiken and timun muda cecah dengan sambal kicap kokos. Not too bad coz the chikon is super fresh. Bought frm Merdeka Supermarket in Lido. usually ayam sana kurang fresh bah. Tapi today ok pula.

I just couldnt wait to be able to eat sambal belachan with ikan goreng and kuah masak lemak! Ini kali lah!!!! Mcm mcm sudah resepi in my imagination!

Take care all.

GG Kebijaksanaan

Jgn geli ah tu gambar. Kalau tidak tahan geli tutup pakai tangan dulu k hikhikhik. I need to put the pic to remind me of one of the most important event in my life. Itu yg ada hitam hitam bukan taih gg ah. Thts the ubat spray tht Dr use to numb the gum before kena jarum.

Praise the Lord...i survived the wisdom tooth extraction! Appointment suppose to be at 1230 noon but i was so nervous i came at 1130 am. Called in at 1220 and was given a spray and 2 injections.....i can feel the jarum menembusi dinding pipi i. Memang bikin nyilu! The whole time i was praying so hard for a painless procedure. Dr Kisho was gentle and kept encouraging me not to be nervous. Waited for 10 min for the ubat bius to work...and masa tu memang sudah i rasa mau pengsan ketakutan. The Lord is merciful to me! Dr suruh buka mulut and dlm 5 minit ja dia sudah dapat cabut the gigi! Then kena jahit the gusi. The historical event took thirty minutes ja. Astaga....bergegar gegar hati i keluar. The imagination yg lebih lebih bah. I closed my eyes the whole time thus i didnt see the needles or the ragum(angkup yg bikin tarik gg tu). Dapat juga i rasa si Dr Kisho berpulas mau tarik d gg bah coz gg geraham bah. He wanted to show me the wound on the gum..but no thank you lah kan. Dia paksa juga i ambik my gg..thus the pic above!

Wisdom tooth ni Dr bilang last gg tumbuh and usually tumbuh time kitani dewasa bah. It will fight for space coz tiada sudah ruang di gums kita. Pasal tu lah sekali sekala kalau tergigit makanan di sekeliling gusi akan cause the gum to bengkak and bernanah. Kena kasi ubat and ubat kumur and the bengkak will subside but it will happen again...therefore Dr akan recommend to cabut as a permanent solution.

Ini adalah tips yg i boleh kongsikan for those who will endure similar procedure:
1. Ikut cakap Dr when he says have a hevy lunch before cabut gg coz after cabut bius masih ada dan berdarah darah jadi inda lah bah selesa mau makan kan. Tapi..sapa juga mau makan berabis sebelum cabut gg bah kan. Org sedang nervous...masih ada lagi ka selera kan!
2. Order sedia minuman ais atau abc suapaya boleh trus minum to bantu kasi stop teh darah yg mengalir. Cendol pun boleh juga i rasa..tapi jgn jua la tebarus kan..karang temasuk pula tu kekacang di luka kan! I recommend teh atau nescafe ping ja la...
3. Limpang atau baring supaya the darah tidak berjujuran. Dont pi buat kerja rumah spt memasak atau cuci piring atau menyapu coz itu akan menyebabkan darah banyak! Dan anda akan merasa geli coz terasa darah di mulut mulut kita.

Itu ja tips yg i can think of. The harga bagi membukan gigi kebijaksanaan i adalah RM295. Wed i need to see the Dr again to buka jahitan.

Happy Easter all.

Gigi Bongsu

Tak kan i mau letak gambar gigi kan...

My wisdom tooth buat hal lagi. This will be the 3rd time dia bertebiat. Pandai bernanah di sekeliling gusi. I guess terlampau tiada space for the gg to tumbuh,and terpakasa menyisip di ruang-ruang terhad yg ada. Such discomfort it gives me.

Sampai bengkak muka and feverish. Went to see dentist yesterday and di rekomen utk cabut ja this friday. Cost is RM295. The last time i had a tooth extraction was in Standard 3 i think! lebih 20 tahun yg lalu!

Gathering strength now to face D-Day!

Will update soon.

Nenek dan Owen

Things had been very hectic for the months of February and half of March. Non-stop outstations to Sandakan, Beluran, Kinabatangan and Lahad Datu. Main jalan darat and almost every week pula tu!

March sees us through the TCamps (ala-ala summer camp) organised in Kg. Bundu Apin-Apin, Kg. Muruk Ranau and Kg Ratau Kota Belud.

The pics above are so sweet. Owen is 8 and 1/2 years old and he is very handy at home. Pandai betul dia help nenek buat kerja untuk meringankan kerja (ayat karangan). My mom ada kedai runcit di kampung so kalau dia dtg KK she will ambil supply for her KRuncit. The kedai runcit had been in existence since before I was born. Agak lengkap and compact la KR my mom tu. Ala-ala Tesco kampung hhahahahah. Semua barang ada: groceries, penyapu, barang tin, beras, stationaries, present paper, ikan masin,udang kering, penyapu, ice cubes, chicken wings, bun and bread etc. Telampau banyak jenis sampai the stocks akan encroached to the kitchen and TV room. Pandai-pandailah kami menengok tv di celah-celah timbunan kampit beras nasional my mom!

The pics above menunjukkan Owen tukang follow and sorong the heavy trolley and help my mom utk take stock. He knows my mom sudah tidak kuat sangat to sorong the trolleys. Ini gambar masa belum penuh the trolley ni. Bila sampai di cashier, the trolley were full to the brink. Owen la juga yg tukang kasi keluar and susun atas cashier supaya senang mau kira harga. I pray so tht Owen will continue to be a blessing to the family.

My mom memang kasi gaji sama pembantu damit dia ni. Gaji dia adalah sebanyak RM10 hehehehhehehee.

Luar Daerah

February sees me commuting to sandakan almost every week. Pi sandakan, kinabatangan, lahad datu, beluran. Ini kali lah!!! Non stop outstation jalan darat. Journey ifrm kk to sandakan is 6 to 7 hours drive coz too many stops for pembelian keropok, dan kencing kencingan. I chose not to think of the tiredness. This is part of operasi "re building Nehemiah wall"(val punya own codded msg).

Went with teams. The Lord is good and gracious providing us wuth laughter and favour. Masa di sdk we stayed di hotel mark's lodge. Lawa ni hotel mcm org putih punya stail. Ala ala jesselton hotel. Love the timber laminated flooring but dont like the noisy aircond. Lupa i mau ambi pic bilik. Tapi paling best bila check in akan disambut dengan teh serai sejuk di gelas miring as per above pic. Bukan arak tu dlm gelas ah. Akak fall in love with the gelas miring. Entah mcm mana tu kilang potong ni gelas kan(keluar topik).

I m in lahad datu now masa menaip this entry. Masih menunggu org giat mara to take a look at our properties to rent. Biar si sara and zakir ja becakap dengan dorang.

Will be gg back to sdk afterwards another 3 to 4 hrs journey. Esok the last leg of this outstation to Beluran.

Ok tra love.till next entry