oat prawns..
read shakirah's blog and someone actually asked for the recipe of oat prawns. and since this is one easy dish, i gladly share the recipe of this dish which i got it off from kak tini, with the rest of u... enjoice.... hehe
prawns, preferably medium size to bigger size.
cili padi, - to those who prefer it to be hot, suka hati korang ah berapa banyak nak letak. hehe
curry leaves
oats/nestum - i prefer to use nestum actually, very the lemak..just mix both for better taste.
butter
salt
sugar
oil for deep frying.
do as per usual with the prawns, trim it, and devein it first. then deep fry the prawns. u dont have to marinate the prawns if u dont want to. but i added rempah goreng (if u use kunyit and salt pon kira alrite, but i prefer to use a dash or kunyit, corriander, curry powder, or watever rempah i can find in the kitchen. hehe). after frying, put it aside.
then, add butter to the pan, let it melt, then add the curry leaves. let the bau keluar and the leaves look very the garing2, then, add finely chopped cili padi (again this is to your own preference, u can just slice the cili thickly too, i prefer finely, so i'll just eat it anyway.) let the leaves and cili get comfortable with each other first before adding sugar and salt. then add in the prawns and the oats/nestum mix. then, gaul rata... let it settle for a while. after all the ingredients knew each other in the pan, then, u can take it out and serve it on a platter. hehhe...
eat it while its hot. yummy... the oats/nestum mix is just so crunchy that u can just eat it like that. hehe...
selamat mencuba.
we didnt take very nice photo of the dish when we cooked it for dinner last week, so, i just got this off the net, and i reckon, this photo was taken at sa.ku.ra far east. pinjam kejap eh gambarnye... hehhee
what's my true colour???
havent been doing this kinda thing for ages... so, as a stress reliever from all those work, i decided to take the test, thanks to ishmann... hehhe
Your true color is Red!
Your color is red, the color of racy sportscars, blushing cheeks, and luscious roses. Red symbolizes passion, romance, and love. So, since you're ruled by red, you probably trust your feelings more than your brain and tend to act spontaneously. If you see something you want, you go for it without thinking twice — impulsive is your middle name. You don't wait around for people to make decisions, either; you dive right in. Quite the romantic, you pay close attention to your emotions. In fact, if your heart isn't in what you're doing, you won't be satisfied. Of course, even when you do pour all your energy into the projects you tackle, your impetuous nature means your passions can shift as frequently as the wind. That's why some reds have trouble with commitment. Our advice? Next time you're feeling fickle, think before you act, if possible. You might be surprised at the results. Overall, though, it's great to be red. No one lives life more completely than you do.
What's Your True Color?
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guess, most of it are true tho. hehehe... and maybe its also due to being a libran. especially the part of being indecisive. and hell ya, i do things spontaneously, kan along? kan kak inah?? hehhe oh well, just something for fun.
and yeah, i realise that i like what i am doing in the office now. alhamdulillah. something that i didnt really think twice abt accepting the offer here. *smiles*
its been a great saturday.... firstly, let's welcome Nayli bte Hasfizal... Zuraina delivered Nayli weighing 2.55kg just now early morning at 0149hrs. and the best part was that i was there the first before anyone else. hehehe... kiasu per.. hehe.. and boy, she looked soo healthy. didnt even look as if she just gave birth. alhamdulillah. insya-allah, i'll be visiting both mummy and baby before i depart to kl tomorrow evening. Congrats zuraina and hasfizal for the arrival of lil cute baby Nayli. *smiles* ********************************************************************* secondly, had yet another gathering with the westlake pri gang. and this time round, there's two more who made it to join us. sabrina, rina, saadah and me..... finally managed to locate saadah after more than dunno how many years that we didnt meet. we were very close during primary school, especially in primary 6 when i started to take bus no. 137 to school. we did a lot of stuffs together after school, like just hanging out together, and playing hide and seek over at my place. hehe... those were the days..... Faizal managed to join us after maghrib. it was nice to see him again. he was my next door neighbour when i was staying in t.oa pa.yoh, and he was my classmate from pri 1 all the way till pri 6. for the rest of the photos, please check it out over here or even over here. ******************************************************* it's such a blessed saturday, and i truly, truly look forward for this kinda things again, soon. 
its on the way......
just received a text from my darling, zuraina, and it said, "i'm on the way to the hospital, tell u more after i give birth, ok."
ohh... gosh... finally... it's really really on the way... am soo excited for her. was suppose to come out yesterday tho. hehe... the baby really wanna wait for me lah.. hehehe.. *perasan kejap aku nie.*
anyways darling, i pray u have a safe delivery. be strong, aite. coz i know u are, despite your small size. love u loads. cant wait to see that lil one inside u. *hugs*
guess the next entry will be all abt babies... i cant really wait.
*help me pray for her safe delivery too, friends. actually... i am very nervous now!!*
reminiscing
was reading idah's blog and somehow her entry was exactly the same like what i had doing the past few weeks. the content differs tho. i was reminiscing too much abt what happened in my life abt 5yrs back.
i was looking at nur's brissy albums, and i've been browsing my pbase album, and i dunno how many times i click to view my albums on my hard drive to remember the times i had in brisbane.
i reckon, i am missing that place too much now. been more than 2 yrs that i'm back, but never once did the memories i had there, escape me. i miss everything abt brisbane, the weather, the people, the stress, the assignments, toowong village, queen st mall, torts, aladdin's kebabs, portmans, sportsgirls, wkend markets, the river, southbank. basically, everything. everything abt brisbane.
it has always brought smile in my face thinking abt brisbane. the place itself has taught me a lot of things. it definitely helped me in knowing myself better.
i truly remember the nite, a few nites before i departed for spore for good. it was still fasting month. and after mahgrib, we went to 3 monkeys with the west enders (very seldom of me and tasha to meet and hang out with them tho). and there was this crazy man who came very very very close to me. tasha and wiyah were already freaked out by him. he then sat beside me. the man was just communicating with me. and he didnt talk to the rest, it was just me. but hell, i was also freaking out inside. it has always been told, that u have to kinda entertain and then ask them to leave politely rather than snubbing them.
then muhaimin and another guy came to join us and i spoke in malay asking him to sit beside me and once he was seated, i actually held on to his hand. the crazy man continue talking to me until he realised that there were just too many ppl in the group and he did say something like all of us were noisy and he didnt like it. and then, he just left like that. i think, all he wanted was just a stick of ciggy, but i aint got any. and he came sitting next to me. seram beb. after he left, all of us basically laughing to the whole thing and was glad that the man didnt do anything to us, the girls, especially.
that is just one of many examples on how we can actually care for one another even tho we are not really close to each other. i love the thought that we look after one another when we are far away from our family. i miss all of that too.
ohh, who can ever forget that rich italian hot chocolate at milton? it's just so rich and creamy that u feel as if u are eating nutella. yes, it is that thick as a drink.
i can never forget that i simply cook whenever i was stress. i can never forget that i reached my peak at 85kg when i was there - complete with a triple chin. i can never forget the nite that i decided to shave my hair. i can never forget the overnite stay in the school library comp lab. i can never forget that i sat at the same seat in the library for almost 60hrs. i can never forget the man-made beach at southbank which i just love going after classes to just relax, be soaked in the sun while reading a book and listening to my md-player. i can never forget how much tears and laughter i had while i was in brisbane. every single bit of it are all fresh in my mind.
brissy dear, i may not be there with u anymore, but that doesnt me, i stop loving u, and definitely i never stop thinking abt u.
i better stop now as the tears are actually swelling up in my eyes. trying hard not to blink now.
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thanks to everyone who has been giving me the feedback whether i shld keep my hair long or not. it all depends at the end of the month after i get my pay, hehehe if i want to spend money for my hair, i wld do something to it. hehhee... but dont worry kak ely, i wont go gondol again.... hehe
keep it long, or have it short?
somehow, i've been contemplating whether i shld keep my long hair, or shld i just cut it into a bob. what do u guys think?
i love the long hair, especially now that it is straight, but i do miss my wavy hair sometimes. sometimes, whenever i look at the photo in my passport, i really do miss that wavy hair.
yesterday, while cleaning up the closet, i found a few photos of me having short hair. looks kinda ok too.
hhmm... or shld i just shave it like i did in august 2002? nah... dont think my head will withstand the heat at over this side of the world. it'll be scorching hot for the next few months.
i know adik will be all for it if i decide to cut my hair coz, only then, her hair will be longer than mine. hehe.. too bad adik, my hair will outgrow yours in just matter of time.
so, people, shld i or shld i not?
40 days.... ********************************************
last saturday, we had a tahlil for arwah yai. as per today, it's been 42days since he left us. last saturday, after maghrib, family gathered to say yassin and tahlil for him and arwah nyai and to everyone who had passed.
somehow, i felt that he was around there joining us for prayers. i felt that he was there sitting quietly at the sofa, smoking while scolding nabil for the things that he did. nabil was the closest great-grandson to yai. i felt that it was only yesterday that he left us. well, maybe i miss him so much. i reckon, everybody in the family misses him too.
soon, it'll be 100 days. and then it'll be a year. but life still have to go on....
just soo many things to write, but i dunno where to start.
i wldnt say the past few days went on smoothly tho. upon reaching home on thursday nite, put down my bags and i went out straight away with my parents to m/u/s/t/a/f/a centre to get some stuffs for the weekend. reached home at almost 3 in the morning. suppose to clean the house straight away, but i aint got any energy left. slept for a couple of hours, and then woke up and find there's only myself to do a lot of stuffs. cleaned the kitchen, arranged the chairs, tables. pushed the tv cabinet all by myself to the other side of the living room. everything was a lil chaotic.
by the time i'm about to leave home to do project which i had agreed to do, the house was a lil tad better, even tho, still not really that satisfying to my standards lah. hehe...
and next the project, i dun even really wanna talk abt it. i dun think i did a good job for it. i hope i didnt lose the trust that reza had in me. *sorry reza, if the teachers' feedback aint good. i did all i cld.*
reached back home only almost to 11. and there were lots of people. all the aunties and uncles were busy helping out with stuffs. i only managed to sleep at 3am, after we did the gubahans. i ended up sleeping in the living room with adik. saturday, was the day. it was a busy busy morning for everyone. i only get to shower and get ready at abt half past one. the whole lot of us had to be at the bride side by 3pm. and just minutes before we left, i was still doing the gubahan for the hantaran monies. i almost forgotten abt that one lil important thing. lucky abg as handed me the money, and with that little time, i managed to come out with something for it lah. well, the norms were that ppl always used a photo frame or an album for the hantaran monies. but, with that little time, mana aku nak curi frame?? luckily i have ample 'nonsense' in my box and took out a small lil pilliow/cushion for the hantaran notes. it was ok lah, kinda presentable. hehehehe...
i was kinda stress during the nikah. ppl who knows my family, will understand it tho, as why is that so. i reckon, it wasnt only me who was stress, all the uncles and aunties were too. once it was over, i texted bapak saying that everything dah selamat. and with that text, bapak made the announcement to everyone back home. and there and then, bapak has a new sis in law. hehe. sounds funny tho. heahhea... and bapak now had married off all his siblings. no more responsibility for his siblings anymore, just us now.
went back straight home after the meal at the bride's, and soon after, it was raining heavily, and people were still flocking in. we had to shift the food to the other table as the rain was so heavy that everyone under the khemah wasnt even spared. cik jun and cik pau (my former neighbours) even ate with an umbrella in front of them. hehe...
i dare say that almost 50% of the people attended, thought it was MY wedding. and to which, i just smile and inform that my wedding will take place in september. yes people, it will be in september. if siti has decided to tell everyone that she's in love, i, too, now tell everyone of u that my wedding will take place in september, insya-allah. BUT, *winks* i have no idea which year and to whom i'm getting married to lah. hehhee..
oh, i managed to tell off a cousin of mine, to change his line whenever he meets me the next time as the line he kept on using dah basi dah. if he used the line once or twice, then, its ok lah. but then he kept using the line one time too many, - go and get a life!!!!! or like what i said to his face, go and clean his eyes or even change his glasses. and learn how to see properly. bodoh!!! *kan dah geram dah!!!*
enough of saturday. more cleaning up on sunday. and when its time to pack my bags to go back to kl last nite, i felt sooo lazy. met up with the gerls at only 2330hrs at wood/lands, and only when we reached larkin did we realised that we got no tickets to go back. well, not literally no tickets lah. all the normal buses were full, and we have to settle for a bus kilang or bus sekolah for rm40. we got no choice, as i gotta go to work today and the gerls have classes. the bus came only at half past one. and left 15mins after. we got the back seats and the leg room, gosh, there wasnt any. i dont give a damn as i was sleepy and tired from the wedding and the cleaning up. and i soon fell asleep. i kept on waking up throughout the journey tho, to check on our location. we only reached seremban just after 6am. and when we reached kl, it was almost 8. texted alan saying that i'm taking a half day's leave as there's no way i can be ready to be at work by 9, and there's definitely no way that i am going to work looking very very tired and sleepy. ooh, i got myself a bump on the right side of my head from sleeping in the bumpy bus. and it blardly hurts!!
there u go peeps. that what happened for the past few days, and no, i did not have a meal at banquet or even tong seng coffeeship. and yes, the monthly good fren decided to come on saturday of all days.
hope this week is a better week for me.
good vibes didnt arrive....
i just dont feel good. maybe the reasons being me PMS-ing, or there mite be something not good out there. this time round, i just dont feel like going back spore. but, i reckon i have to. i am suppose to go back spore this evening.
accepted a job for tomorrow's evening. and there's a wedding this sat over at my place. and there's loads to be done. i dunno how's the preparation is going on now back home. will only know for sure tonite when i reach spore.
i hope things wont screw up this weekend.
*oh, it's not my wedding this sat. i am still very much single. well, maybe just being attach to myself too much, i reckon. i'll announce if i'm getting married. insya-allah.*
my hari bodoh
i reckon everyone has had their hari bodoh before. and mine was clearly last nite. and the whole household (zuraida, liza and shakirah) had a good laugh themselves. i dunno what happened to me, but i kept one making blunders, blurting out things wrongly, everything just wasnt rite. i felt like a true bimbo.
am here stuck in the office having no mood to communicate with the rest. thank god there's no meeting or what so ever today. i even forgo going out for lunch, just because i dont want to be irritated by even more irritating people outside. keep on going to the pantry from just now to look for biscuits, milo, or anything i can snack. for now, i am munching on p/r/i/n/g/l/e/s.
had a nap during the last 20mins before my lunch period ended. but it really didnt do me any good. tot the nap wld ease a lil of the irritation that i am having, but it just makes it worst. i am now having a headache for napping with my head on my arm on my table. and now, i am more irritated than i was before lunch. and i guess, being quiet and just stay in my room will be the best choice for now.
i am unsure if i know what i am blogging abt now. coz, everything just seems so flat. there's no feel in the entry. there's no essence at all.
well, i dont blame anyone for me being like this. i reckon, i'm just PMS-ing. the good fren will be here soon, and hence i am feeling this way. and i truely dont like the state i am in now, and to the rest, for the time being, pls pls refrain from stepping my toes. if u do, i dunno what will happen to me. and pls, u wldnt want to know either. this time round, i dont nibble, i can even break your arms...
dont say i didnt warn u.....
banquet
i dunno why but i just feel like having a meal at banquet toa payoh. and i really feel that, i just wanna get out and take a bus or cab there, rite at this moment. aiyoh. cam nak makan carrot cake. cam nak makan char kuay teow.
and i also feel like having white fish soup at tong seng coffeeshop. *adik, u want??*
i think i wanna go this friday. anyone wanna join me for lunch on friday?? oh yeah, i'll be on leave on friday and hence, i'll be reaching spore thursday nite, insya-allah.
and i just feel like eating and eating and eating....
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oh, today, i can leave office at 5pm, as i need to send my parents off back to spore. hehe...they are here for the weekend. ada wedding kat rawang.
i am sleepy and the lens are drying up fast. cant wait to reach home early tonite and rest!!!
shoes therapy....
my favorite white vincci shoes that i normally used to go to work with, has given way so does the bronze marie claire shoes that i bought at bata abt 2 years ago for only sgd9.90. both shoes are some of my favorites being comfortable. i use the latter for most of the interviews that i went to.
i told liza that i need to throw the white pair as it made my feet sore last nite. and straight after i ended my sentence, she told me, "eh, vincci ada sale tau. can get new shoes ah." my eyes lit up straight away. hehe..
was actually thinking to check out the sale either on friday or over the weekend. but just now, during lunch time, siti wanted to go to lot 10 to get some top from i/s/e/t/a/n. but luck wasnt on her side. we proceeded to s/u/n/g/a/i w/a/n/g p/l/a/za. and there's vincci. and there's a sale. saw a nice pair, was going for rm16.78, but my size wasnt available. tot of getting adik that pair, but, well, nanti dah beli, dia tak appreciate. malas lah. ehhe.... then, i moved to the next gondola, and saw a pretty nice pair of heels. and i took it and it was my size. put it on my feet, and the next thing, i was holding it close to my chest. eahheahea.. ter-over sikit, u... and the price was rm69.90 and after discount, it is only rm20.97. cheap cheap.... and i likeeeeeeeeeee....
looked ard the whole shop, but cldnt find anything else that's to my liking. and i left the shop a happy person.
mite be looking for another pair of shoes (macam lah kat rumah tu takder kasut!!) tomorrow at 1 u/t/a/m/a. hhehe... i just cldnt wait....
taken using my n/3/2/0/0. that explains the blur-ness...
the tale of handphones....
i am really really in need to change my handphones. everyone seems to have a new set except for me. aarrrggghhhh.... fatimah is currently using n/7/0 (berat seh!!) which she claims its her husband's. i like shakirah's phone tho. just because it's kinda stylish gitu. but function-wise, i aint got a clue. i reckon, it's a normal n/o/k/i/a phone. hehe.. even adik and zuraina had their phone changed in december. and its that m/o/t/o/r/o/l/a pink phone. dont think i like it. well, maybe for the size ah, but nothing else. abg ir, too, got himself a m/o/t/o/r/o/l/a r/a/z/r. abg as got a new n/o/k/i/a too. aarrrgghhh... everyone with a new phone. boring nye!!!
i've been using my s/i/e/m/e/n/s c/62 phone since january 2004. ever since i came back from brisbane. and now, i am using the phone for my spore number. and it sucks. hehe.. bought it because it was a good deal and i love the size. oh, for those who still have yet to get it, i prefer small phones. hehe... and if u remember some time last year, i blog abt how bullshit the customer service for the phone were. and here i am still stuck with the phone. and it has been giving me loads of problem.
my other phone, n/o/k/i/a 3/2/0/0 is for my msian number. sometimes, its good, sometimes, the mood swing just irks me. sometimes, i can hear it loud and clear, sometimes, i cant hear the other party. sometimes, it just play dead. but i'm still hanging on. got it second hand in january 2005. 
i still do miss my 6510 tho. got pickpocket on christmas 2003 in kl. and i still believe it was one of the good phones that i ever have. (not that i have a lot to begin with.. ehhehe)
i love my p/a/na/so/nic g/d/90 too. small and sleek. and got a recording function somemore. hehe... and i cant forget my ever durable no/rt/el phone. my first ever phone. birthday present from abg.
so, i am pleading... who ever got extra cash, get me a new phone. if it isnt new set, a very workable camera phone will be great. actually, i've been eyeing so/ny e/r/ic/cson w/8/00/i since it first came out last year. but it is tooooo expensive for me lah. hehe...
if not, hopefully with that progress package or watsoever, i can change my phone. well, not looking to change both at one go tho. am willing to let go the c/6/2 phone first. hehhehehe