How much rice do you eat??

there is a dispute within the kaibigans...of how much rice we eat...it started when we were trying to decide how much rice to bring for our Aussie break Away...(yes we are poor that we have to cook our own meals)

ignore the beras pulut...the pack we plan to bring are the 1kg rice packets....so we wanted to know how much rice should we bring for a 10 days self cater trip....with 6 Dugongs (eh ada juga ikan bilis ikut...mereka yg kurus..dan yg menafi mereka  byk makan nasi)..

so our engineer was saying 1kg is almost equavalent to 8 put/kong/cups or watever you call this little cup..

 these are cups that comes with the ricecooker....i bet we all have different names for it......i think i learn to cook with this cup when i had my own house...with the rice cooker my mom gave...cos it came with a cup...
at home we had this stainless steel tin...the susu cap junjung tin....like these ones..

we call it kong...!and please be reminded this kong is 2 cups..rice cooker cups....i remembered one time when i was in primary 6...my mom shouted from the garden to ask me to cook porridge...and i shouted back from the kitchen to ask her how many cups....i said CUPS...so she said 2....but actually in the rice bin (we use  to use baldi back then...was this "kong". so i cook 2 kong....back then my late grandfather was with us...so during dinner he asked my mom "i tot you said you cook porridge...?"- we had  rice that evening...hehee..!as i put 2 kong of rice in a small pot with the same amount of water and you got rice instead of porridge....(my mom tot i was using the small cup measurement...!"

back to the argument....some of us were saying 1 kong/put/pot/cup will be able to feed 4 person or even the whole group the 6 of us...and some say  1 kong/put/pot/cup is so little rice..this 2 days i did an experiment...with the bro and me..i cook with 1 cup...and we had plenty until i couldn't stand up..!! the bro was complainning of his mountain like rice in his plate...!but if i cook something that was our favourite the rice was just enough...

so well...please help do maths and say how many kilos of rice should we bring...!! :P

A baking saturday...- life is good

 thanks tu merlinda for the recipe..i was craving for this cake since last week..i cut the recipe into half but forgot to cut the frosting ingredient into half...so i still have a container of frosting...
.as a beginner baker...LOL....i rather think it was a success cos i was berani enuff to give the neighbour half of the cake....:P...

 messy2 cake...

 i spend the whole saturday at home...and ejoyed it...it's great to lie back and enjoy at your own home...i suddenly felt at peace....enjoying the day as it goes by...

{p/s got to admit even though i crave for this but this certainly was diffrent then the other days cake...maybe it was the company..eating with good friends..certainly taste better}

heartnote:God is Great...everytime even every single time when things goes wrong...He still knows best..

A simple Soup...

I've been missing some taste that i use to taste....

yesterday i tasted a soup that reminded me of "who" i use to be....

and i was overwelm..

Do you know the feeling of lost...and suddently when you find something that reminds you of who you really are or was...it's a funny feeling or maybe an insane one....i remembered a taste that always made me happy when i was studying in uni days....i call my Uni days...days of insanity...if i look back i really feel those days where in dreams...it was not real...everything was not real...things we did...things we encountered...

back to the soup...

i was so stressed out yesterday that i was looking for a taste to sooth me...(yeah i know i knw everything must be about food..) i had a bad day at the office infact in a meeting yesterday where i kinda felt everything was wrong and that everything was blammed on me...(sampai air terlampau manis pun salah pegawai ker??) but anyway as i am always good at..but muka slamber...muka no feelin..and i smiled...

so i left the office with a heart of destruction...but anyway..went and wanted a taste that i remembered...after searching i went back home and cook up a soup...when i tasted it...i was struck dumb it was that taste...the taste that reminded me...who i was...i was a person..a person that was happy go lucky...everything anything i would do.....without fail..without any hessistation...

i actually did a dip for my chicken...it's a home recipe my mom always-always make if got a family gathering....she send me some herbs...i don't know what it is call .....and i made this..:

 slicing of onion and fresh  herbs...

 add young ginger

 oystersauce,kicap and hot boiling sesame oil 

walahhhhhhhhhh....yummie...aduhs terus tetiba spoil ini post kan....terus menjadi post recipe pulak...dem

herbs..tia tau nama...hehehe...courtesy of mister google....

heartnote: trying to remember the real taste of life....the real life...

Therapy in progress...

it might not be the yummiest muffin but it is self bake...!! my first attempt of baking..i didn't know baking was this fun...!!

the first muffin i ever baked..! isn't she ugly hehehe..!

first batches that i put in the microwave just to try...the tray was small for my oversize cups..! bagus juga pandai kasi kurang inti masuk dalam cups kalau tidak paster berlimpah2....

ada hati mo bagi org wakakkakaka....kihkihkih....ofcourse lah i can't eat myself...after this i want to experiment with Rum and wisky...hehehe...! can i bake wisky or Rum  filled muffins???

if you guys were awed by my baking...look again ....semesti nya ini dari box lah bah...!! kasi chan lah first time.... i didn't have a measurement cup...no mixer... 

taaddaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... i bought this box...hehehe..but atleast i improvise hehehe..i bought choc chips and mix it in...(actually bought almonds but it went missing).....i think i got too carried away with the choc chips... for those who bake.. i wanna ask you..!!

HOW ON EARTH TO YOU MEASURE WATER BY GRAM?????adoyaiiii!!! marah pun ada...!!was wondering wat the heckkkkkkkkk???

i made half of the box...was wondering too how to use 1 and half egg hehehe..(i put 2 instead..)

okes that's all for my baking adventure...! and i will have to think twice before i start baking again hehehe..! hard work....!!but i tell you i don't know why but i had tears in my eyes while watching the muffun "grow" in the oven!!!

Merdekalicious

I know... i know...too much food in short time hahaha...(satu hari saja kan hehehe) but well that's what makes me happy and a time well spend...but so the very patriotic this year all the dishes are local :P..

this was dinner

nasi lemak sambal udang with petai....

desert was this:

don't know what's it called...kuih telur katak??

i was suppose to wait for the desert to harden but biasalah tidak sabar hehehee...it's green because that's the only colour i have...teda coconut parut cos..i don't fancy them...

all of this was wip up in 30 minutes cos i had to go to airport to pick my bro up at 8pm heehehe

but if you all thought i did it on my own..you were wrong....i had help from

but it wasn't too great...i rather make from scratch..i had the stuffs but didn't have the time...maybe next time...but do try their asam fish paste and the rendang one's there are really yummy...(but improvise follow your own taste

tips for merdekalicous...
1.Make from scratch taste better
2. artificial pandan flavouring really sucks..!

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oh nossss....my blog is becoming a food blog!!! no no no...it's suppose to be a photoblog and a luahan hati blog...!!! DARN...hehe but it makes me happy...!! friends let's get together and wip something up...!! make ur tummy full and heart happy...!!

I got to get stuffs done yesterday too...did clearing and shinning of our kitchen counter...!! sampai sakit mata sebab putih betul muahahhaa....!!

*pics all from hp...i forgot my memory card in the office so nikko had a merdeka break as well....

Laksalicious...!!

MENDEKA....MENDEKA...!! (as kids i think that was what we said....) i remember when i was a kid my parents use to have activities on this day because it's a holidayyyyyyy...!! we used to go picnic...or have people to our house for a bbq...i really missed those times...(except the part i have to be the one doing the cleaning up)

today i missed home so much....the Aroma of mum's cooking the sound of edmund's cartoon on the tv..the sound of my dad flipping his newspaper....damn...!!

so how i spend my merdeka day break... i made myself laksa....

the reason i couldn't share....got just a small pot of soup...(the paste was complimentary from cik togou...)

prepared the stuffs

mix the stuffs todether

breakfast with laksa n lemonade...

and then after a few minutes walahhhh...BURPSSsss....

after 1 small packet of laksa paste,a chicken carcass,prawn shells and head for the soup....a few prawns,chicken breast meat,taugey,ketumbar leaves....fuh this was a lovely breakfast...!!

and i top this glutton breakfast with this:

you can't beat choc & vanilla icecream top up with fresh strawberry

Happy Independence day Malaysia...!! Hope we would be independent regardless of our race and religion..!

the Durian adventure..!

back from a wild and adventures long weekend....got to admit tiring but fun...bloated too...but all i can say is i had a balance weekend...:P

started with exercising...(wanted to go to gym but it was close due to public holiday on friday....) oh well then went for a walk in the park in putra-jaya...then had wantan mee with woly.. we decided to just go to ikea for window shopping...proud of myself cos i didn't buy anything hehee...it's hard to part with money this days...hard earned money :P....then evening i had a wild adventure ridding the tren..phew i tell you i respect those who takes the train everyday...!! it was packed like sardin and i was like sweating like crazyyyyy..!! i vowed never to take the tren ever after this...!! DANG..! i took the tren from UKm to midvalley...!! to meet up with the rest cos we had a Durian appointment with this little guy...!

this little dude...likes durian...!

muka sudah kenyang makan durian..!! juvi macam mo nangis sudah...

durian was away to balas dendam Raub tia jadi...but it was great...paying RM15 for buffet...then the endless flow of durian...now we know..one cannot eat so much durian...hehehe...!!but anyway i think i wud go back to that place and eat...bah abi kalau mo p ...call jak k..!! i am always on hehehe... 

the next day 4am had to send my bro to airport..saja tunjuk tshirt i bought for him from hcmc...fitting pulak hehe..tapi rasa he looks cool in it...:P

then we 3 stooges went on a journey to the highlands hehee...despite a bloated tummy and lack of sleep...i survive the winding drive up the hills...!

ni model ladang teh...!

org yang tia sabar2 p pasar malam

balik dengan hasil...

ni lah hasil2 nya hahaha...sayur2 murah..buah buahan pun murah...so apa lagi beli lah...

the whole way down ada org berangan kalau durian jatuh di tepi jalan hehehe...!! macam jakun saja we all tengok durian on the tree...fun juga lah..jalan2 lepas tu stop lepas tu semacam menginterview org asli di tepi jalan ehehehe...the day before macam cakap tidak mau makan durian already tapi stop juga makan sebab damn cheap..! sedap lagi tu...!!

we settle back home safely with food (standed lah kan) went to puchong to eat and yang lucu mencari tempat makan dengan menghidu aroma makanan...!!

Sunday..bah apa lagi operasi lah...(did i tell you we bought petai too..?)because it was cheap so beli lah ehhee..typical !!...have yet to buy prawns so i can make sambal prawn with petai...yummy!!

all work and no play make Jane a dull girl..sambil kopak petai mesti lah kopak rambutan juga...!! by the way..rambutan was RM1 1kg...aduh...!!

well..apart from all the stories...i spend my sunday sleeping....and of course food in between ehhee...4.30pm drag myself to wake up and mandi :P...then went out to visit Puan and encik then we went jusco...!!phew..mana tidak rasa macam hang over...!

kesimpulan..!:

1. One cannot eat and is not possible to eat lots and lots of durian..

2.it's fun to have a spontenuos ride to see the greens...

3.tiring is worth while...!!

LETS DO IT AGAIN ONE DAY..!!

Sunset that ran away.....

the main reason was to catch a glimps of sunset and be one with the beach ....dancing to the sound of waves....but none the less...we were only human with needs.....

last2 standed lah..perut lapar....tidak peduli benda yg lain...motif utama bertukar menjadi makan seafood!!!...

food for the dozen....

hehehe..actually for two :p....we were hungry bah...very hungry...!! and the plates were little portions....6 dishes of seafood...(eh kalau ko namakan sayur tu sea water shoots..boleh lah..(kangkung bah tu sebenarnya)...

makanan habis..hari pun gelap....!! maybe next time lah kita p sana utk tengok sunset k...huahuahuahuahua....tadi tu sempat lah glimpse sikit...tapi terus sambung makan hehhee....tahap kekenyangan gaban hehehe....murah juga o..RM52.20 utk semua ini....! dahsyat lah....

dasyat lah dating sama cik buffy weekend ni...!! thanks lahongs....! macam bercinta2 pulak bermula dari couple sit tengok airbender sampai dinner yg romantika di tepi laut wakakakkaka....!! jgn lupa shopin menyopin lagi hehehehe...!! yeay...!! let's do it again but not too ofthen...byk betul damage hahaha....

bah kabigans..next time datang sini tau sudah tempat lepak sambil makan seafood...mungkin boleh camping ehehhehehe

Sunday Sunshine...

Dear Sifu...

i have been thinking of what you have thought me...the 30 minutes kuih....i was so hungry and thought for it for days...then i wanted to do it myself...sifu, you have thought me well...i did what you thought me....get out the rice flour....cut the "gula melaka" and boil the water....

i add everything...and mix it until it became plastesine consistency...i waited for the water to boil...i boiled it and waited for it to float.....

Dear Sifu...

i hope you are proud of me.....

I present you with ..........................

Onjeng-onjeng =P

 Onde- onde yang di buat oleh Jeng...

Sorry lah sifu...i didn't have the coconut...and i was so impatient that explain the shapes ehehhehe....but at least it can be eaten =P

from me...

Maker of ONJENG =P


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after 2 nasi lemak...and a couple of gronjeng...tis was dinner

as much as i love staying home during weekends....i hate pilling calories....muahahahahahaha...tiapa bah kan therapy bah ni....

dablecisberger = dable chin+dable lipatan perut....

CHEERS everyone... Have a Great week ahead...!!

Seafood

what a way to spend a saturday ....so i thought...but magically guthing fish is a life motivater....

my uncle and friends came all the way from goldcoast just to fish in Rompin....and came back with lots of fishes....lots i tell you lots....(sorry no pics....don't want risking Nicko smelling fishy....)

so i finally got time to gut all the fishes...and sotongs by the way....

scaling scales was mind staking...but then i realise why God created fish with scales...cos they have soft skin...once the scales are off the skin easily tore....guess it's like humans too..we tend to have this self defense thingy that often we put one...once some people provoke our comfort zone...we just strike back...!actually inside we are soft....oh well what the heck i am talking about...it's just something i learn today....

God knows every weakness we have that's why He provides us Him as the scaless...and He knows every need we have...He knows the best....
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well today is a day well spend..eating and eating and resting...after so long i have not been having weekends away from work...and i am glad for today...

 i end this post with a stern warning...never watch TV when you're frying something...!!! DANG....anyone care for fry..erm i mean...crispy burned chicken wings...!! :P

how do you swear in vietnamese...???

&^*(^%&(%$#@#.... if i could just swear in vietnamese.....dang...i was searching for this vietnamese rice paper since monday....!! my mom called up asking to buy it as she wanted to teach how to make this in her ladies fellowship...so the quest of searching bermula dari kajang,bangi..sampai jusco balakong..! satu midval pun cari2 sampai cik buffy kita nampak sangat keletihan menjadi pengikut...! we even went to ask at the thai restaurant.....they use to have but sold off.....finally i remembered the vietnamese restaurant....we went there and  phew they had them..! but what the what !!!!!!!! it cost a bomb.... shaitssssssssss...rippoff betul kan...!!
it cost RM9 for only 26 pieces..........!!!! cilakak punya kedai...tapi then again apa boleh buat i needed it...! terus beli 3...triple cilakak...!!

to make the ultimate cilakas....ada lah bah ini org sms aku di saigon hari tu dia beli 7000 dong for 50 pieces....darn it...that is like...it's like RM2 for 50 pieces...lu bikin gwa sakit hati togs
..bikin panas...bila aku p saigon next time aku akan bawa satu karung balik....!!!!


money can't compare with my mother's love....~ (ayat kasi sedap hati)

Guilty as charge....

with all the stress happening around me...and all are mostly non related to me...!! i decided to give myself a real break from everything....!!nyum nyum nyum....wat can beat...

cookies and cream icecream with fresh strawberry top with honey...!!!

sorry for the blurr photo...!! i couldn't wait to dig in...!!!

i learn one thing yesterday:

Life is a confuse thing that we just have to let go and let God do His thing.....!

Therapy in need

No wonder dy said it's therapy....after a whole day of anger and fumes....last nite just before midnite we had a little project of our own....i told togou that i like a certain "kuih" and i always had this after meeting....and she said it was easy peasy to make and can make it in 30 minutes..so we went hunting for stuffs...it was 11pm most of the shops almost close...but thank God for pasar mini....!!we bought everything and rush home

mixing the stuff until  consistensy becomes like a plastersin...(ini itu org yg ajar yg kasi tau lah)

shape it...

boil it...wait till it floats..

lastly do the santan dance...!!

yeah she really proved that it could be done in 30 minutes...20 minutes to be exact...(yes we did time it)

it's jemput2 bah kan???eh bukan pulak ...onde2... i guess i like this kuih cos...everytime after a hard meeting...when my self esteem become low after all the complaining,more assignment piliing up..this certain kuih just makes me happy..when you bite in it there is a sweet gula melaka that i love...and it cools down the fumes....yeah...i felt better after eating this last nite...and it was home made...!!

hoping today will be a better day oh Lord...!