crap! i should have blogged about my bestie Amal who gave birth recently to an adorable little angel Wan Nur Alia last couple weeks.  our due is 1 month apart so when i heard the news that she was leaking and got admitted, i got panicked.  oh dear oh dear, the only prep that ive done for my coming baby is sewing a quilt! HAHA like the baby gonna really need it.  i havent wash the clothes, pack the hospital bag, nor buy any confinement set for myself. freaking out!

so i unpack the big plastic storage box and took out a pile of ayras old baby clothes and started sorting them out. mannn looking at the number of clothes that we have we can even survive a pair of twins! lol banyak nyela baju bb baru perasan, there were even clothes that ayra didnt get to wear coz she outgrewn all the newborn size so fast thanks to my yummy milk lol.

i took  out and piled them up in the laundry basket. it took me almost a week to complete the laundry. lol then on the next week , i realized that i havent wash the CDs! we have a very limited space to dry the washed clothes so our laundry (hubby,me and ayra) had to be put on hold. (andd leaving me another pile of laundry to be done, sigh. it is a neverending job isnt it?)

i never counted how much cds that i have up till now! omg 50 is just more than enuff. now i have no excuse to buy a new one, sobsob. (itching to try snuggbabys and grovias!)

ayra was all excited to help me stuffing the inserts. at first she was just playing with the pockets tabs, then after observing how i stuff the inserts into the shell, she started to help! very quick learner this gal

well actually it wasnt much of help, that i had to rearrange all the crumpled insert in each pockets, but im glad that she had fun  getting ‘involved’ in the preparations for her new adik!

few minutes later, voila-! we are done!

this is a very easy recipe, which ayra loves soo much.

ingredients
dory (cut into strips, horizontally )

for breading
plain flour
eggwash= egg+salt+pepper
breadcrumbs =(stale bread+parsley+basil+lemon zest(optional) all chopped in the food processor)

1)pat dry your dory strips
2)Dredge the item in flour
3) dip it in egg wash
4) coat it in breadcrumbs.
5) deep fry them until golden brown! isnt that easy? hehe

for cheese fritters, i use the same breading ingredients. just cut a block of mozarella cheese into cubes and just repeat the coating process. the key is to fry them in medium high heat and pick them um before they start to ooze out from the breadcrumbs , haha or its gonna get really2 messy!

best served hot with tartar sauce and a dash of lemon!

happy trying!

left-mozarella fritters,  right-fish fingers

told her to give a thumbs up, but she came up with this! lol

 

uu hot hot hot!

 

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yesterday was  a one heck of a day.

that morning was gonna be a massive laundry day (as i rambled on twitter lol) . dah kumpul2 baju semua nak basuh plus some dirty comforter piled up along with the dirty clothes waiting to be washed. i put the comforter in , and set up the machine. few minutes later, i heard some beeping sound coming out from the WM and something like an error msg blinking at the display. ha, sudah apa pulak masalahnya, it happened few times before when i forgot to turn on the water or the load was to much and can be easily reset by switching in off , open the door and switch on again without any problem.

i switched it off and press the door latch but surprisingly it was still locked. then switched it on again and i can see the lock sign was still on. haiyah. i tried few modes like drain and spin but nothing seemed to work, took out the manual book and tried to figure it out. ayra was coming back and forth to the laundry area being kepochi but i shooed her away coz there werent much space there menyemak lagi ada lah kalau dia ada.it was hard coz the the WM was a front-loading type so i need to knee down to look closely at the door (what with my big pregnant belly and swollen feet ergh). soo miserable and annoyed.

not long after while i was still figuring whats the problem , suddenly a  very familiar odor coming from the living room filled up my nose. as i walked into the living room the whole house was olredi smelling like SH*T!  is seemed like ayra just pooped in her pants in front of the tv and took that pants off and layed it on the floor and there were  poop  scattering all over  the FLOOR!!! and i can see some poop were even sticking to the surface (she must have tried to wipe it off as if its gonna help mommy but obviously it WONT! ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the next thing i knew i was screaming like a mad person, i dragged her into the bathroom, furiously bathed her and shouting like a banshee in toilet. She cried and cried saying sorry mommy sorry mommy repeatedly .

i walked to the living room,  dealt with the crap (again with this body, terbongkok2 nak lap lantai is just another torture argh)and got back to her  again . i was still mad when i put her some clothes, she was still sobbing quietly feared of my burst (tak penah tgk kot mommy menaga macam tu) and i said to her “you stay in this room , dont come out!”

i continued cleaning up the mess and few minutes later, i found out that she fall asleep on our bed when i went to check her out.  kesian sungguh. tertido2 kena marah.  wm still not working, so i called panasonic service center and they promise to send their people tomorrow to look over the matter.

baruu nak rehat few minutes ayra came out from the bedroom looking  ALL DRENCHED , she just WET OUR #)(‘(“”‘#’(“&&% BED! arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh . i was speechless , the only thing i can rationally did was tweet about it. LOL . i was very2 upset about everything that happened, i took off her clothes, washed her and leave her in the living room. i went to the bedroom , locked myself and cried like crazy while taking off the bedsheet. the hormones must have really gotten me this time.  i was physically and emotionally drained from top to bottom. penat sgt.  macam org gila pun ada .the house was a train-wreck.  of all days in the month, this all happened when hubby is not in the country . yeap he is miles away from home and the wm decided to screw me today. dugaan sungguh.

today, the panasonic guys came and look over my jammed machine. it turned out that there was somthing wrong with the pump, a 50 cents coin got stucked in it for god knows how long, so the water cannot be drained out, hence the incomplete laundry cycle causing the door to remain locked.  kesimpulannye, always check for coins or other things  before you put your dirty clothes into ur precious washing maching. because they can damage ur wm for good and the spare parts/repair cost aint cheap. peringatan buat semua.

IM SO MAKING this A HOUSE RULE .

 EMPTY POCKETS  before throwing all your dirty clothes n pants into my laundry basket . TQ. 

now i can happily resume my laundry again. yeay!

i hope its not to late to wish u guys Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir dan Batin. dah habis puasa 6 belum?

we spent our 1st syawal at hubs place in sitiawan this year, manage to take some raya pics , but few minutes later ayra was all cranky wanting to take off her new kurung . nasib baik ada jugak gambar!

with the inlaws

ayra with the new purse i made last minute for her using fabric from @arifahira. do visit her fabric blogshop berry berry tomodachi for cool japanese fabric! bes!

see how moody she was. sgt tak suka pakai baju kurung. dulu ok je. panas kot. nope i didnt sew her any kurung this year. my body just cant take it. haha sakit badan!

Salam syawal from 3 of us !(next syawal will be 4 insyaAllah )

Last weekend right b4 the 1st  Ramadhan , we took a break and went for a babymoon trip to cherating, Pahang. This was  our first time there and we were very very much excited! we stayed at Impiana for two nights (reccommended by a few tweetmommas) . We arrived there a bit late as hubs still had to work on friday , and he only managed to get home at around4  . the traffic in KL was quite bad so it took us a while before we can reach the Pantai Timur Highway. Alhamdulillah, we had a smooth journey and ayra slept all the way . senang mak!

Since it was already dark, we checked in, My first impression about the room was its HOT! mcm dlm stor(!) our room was on the 3rd floor (the highest floor) and it has no ceiling , we can see the high roof direct on top of us and the fan was quite high too. i can hardly feel any air coming from the fan grr. So we left the a/c running and  went out for dinner instead. We stopped by at  an Ikan bakar restaurant not far from the hotel called W.A.I.B – warung awang ikan bakar, i was super hungry i forgot to snap any pic! The food there were so-so , and i wouldnt reccomend for u guys to try.

We then returned to our room, and quite surprised to find that the room was still hot(!) eventho we left the a/c running for a few hours! called the front and few minutes later they sent a man to work on it (change the fluid or something) and he asked us to wait for a while, still after few hours , we are all sweaty. We gave up and called it off for the night as everyone was very tired from the long journey and decided to lodge another complain  the next morning.

Got up to a nice buffet breakfast at their restaurant, then we headed to the pool to have some splash. ayra was screaming and shouting very excited to get wet. after a few dips into the pool kerol notice ‘something’ looking like hingus YUCK floating at the pool side yikes! terus kitorang lari get out of the pool , arkk geli gila!! actually mmg dah perasan dah the water wasnt that clear mcm ada lumut2 sikit but ayra punya pasal we just kept one eye closed, but that was it. tak mau dah mandi dekat pool dia so grosss. so sad to think about it coz the hotel itself was a very nice place,  rugi la if they keep on lacking of maintenance macam ni. i hope it was just our bad luck. IMPIANA, take notice ok!

we then went to the beach and had fun playing sand with ayra, main tanam2 lol. i can tell ayra really loves beach, every time she she feel the sand at her feet, she will shout, “look mommy , sand , so FUN!”

WE went back to our room, and as expected , the a/c is still not funtioning well, so being the badan panas preggo mommy with unbalance hormone, i immediately called the front desk for explanation. the last word i remembered coming out from my mouth during our conversation was “PANAS GILER!”  they immediately sent a repair man to our floor and after a few inspection we received another call (prolly from the manager) apologizing for the matter and the next i knew we were transfered to another room on the 2nd floor YEAYYYYY. way to go impiana! The moment we stepped inside the room i can feel a HUGE difference compared to the one on the 3rd floor. SEJUK! even w/o the a/c on.  fuh legaaaa ..

We left the hotel and went to turtle sanctuary 5 minutes from the hotel and ayra was very excited to see all the turtles that were kept there. admission was free but nothing much see other than the live turtles so it took us not more than half n hour to complete our tour hehe. Everyone was hungry soon after so we head out to kemaman to look for the famous satar at Restaurant Aziz Satar 15 minutes from impiana.

This is a must go place if you come to cherating /kemaman. sedap gilaaaaaa satar dia!  i can eat more than 10 pieces alone at one go (provided perut kosong la hehe)

then balik tu tukar baju pegi beach lagi main sand, nak mandi, the wave was too high, kalau nak surfing tu bolehlah haha, buat sakit badan jek.  lol

then that night we just stayed in, lepak2 in our new well airconditioned room (heh) and had a very good rest from a long fun day.

next morning, we went to the beach again (with no intention of getting wet) and lepak2 , sedar2 ayra dah basah lencuh satu badan. padahal pakai skirt cantik2 nak balik dah lol. this girl mmg tak boleh tgk laut!!

initial look, all fluffy, and DRY. playing nicely with the sand

then papa took her closer to the water,

…….

and closer…..

….

and a few minutes later, its out of control!

and mommy decided to join the FUN!

by noon, we picked up some seashells (which she repeated the word overnover again sheshellsheshell x100 lol) and returned to the room before checking out and head back to KL. bye bye cherating! we shall see you again someday, four of us insyaAllah!

its been a while since we took proper pictures together. so last weekend, we decided to have a quick photoshoot at our home (taking advantages of me being all dressed up for an outing) and we had soo much fun!

ops did i forget to mention that im about 7 months pregnant?

 

the first time i tasted mille crepe was during my 1st year in japan. it was sooooo good i was immediately hooked. i found out that mille crepe fever has finally come to malaysia, but i havent have the chance to get any yet.

last year , while we were in japan, on hubs bday, i decided to make mille crepe cake for him coz we didnt have any oven in the house . i searched for the recipe online , and one a very good one on my favourite japanese recipe website called cookpad.com .

So for those of you who are interested to make a mille crepe yourself and indulge the whole cake at cheaper option ( a slice can cost you nearly rm10 outside! ), i would love to translate the recipe for you and for those who can read japanese , visit this link  (crepe recipe) and this (custard recipe)

*img googled

Vanilla Mille Crepe

Ingredients

Crepe

4 eggs
1tbs sugar
a pinch of salt
500ml milk
200g all purpose flour.
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 drops vanilla
40g unsalted butter

filling
200ml whip cream
450ml milk
2 tbs flour
85g sugar
1 1/2 tbs cornstarch
4 egg yolks
2 tbs butter/margarine
vanilla essence

How-to (crepe)

1.sift flour+baking powder together. melt butter and put aside.

2.in a separate bowl, mix eggs + 250ml milk + sugar well. add the flour mixture and amix well until combined. add in vanilla and the rest of the milk,  combine.

3.add in melted butter and mix again. cover and let the batter rest inside the fridge for 30minutes- 2 hours

4.heat a nonstick pan and slightly oil the surface. wipe any excess oil. pour in a ladle full of your crepe batter and spread evenly as thin as possible. cook for 30 seconds and flip the crepe upside down and wait for 10 secs. remove your crepe from the pan and cover with a cling wrap to keep it moist.

5. repeat  until you finish all the batter. you should get around 20 crepes. put the crepes aside to let them cool down.

How- to (filling)

1. make the custard.

-using a heatproof bowl, heat milk in the microwave for 3 minutes. sift in cornstarch and flour , add in sugar and quickly whisk well to avoid lumps . add the egg yolks gradually and combine. put back the bowl of mixture into the microwave and reheat until it gets bubbly. take out and whisk the batter and reheat again. repeat this 3 times for a total of 5 minutes. take out the bowl, and add in butter and vanilla and mix well. leave it to cool .

2.in another bowl, beat cream at medium speed until cream starts to thicken, continue to beat until you get a soft peak.

fold in the cream into the cooled custard until well combined.

assembling the cake

lay one crepe on a cake base / flat plate and spread the custard filling evenly on the surface. (not to thick) cover the filling with another crepe and repeat until you have used all the crepe. put your cake in the fridge for 3-5 hours to let it set and serve it cool. happy trying!

p/s the key to a good mille crepe is to have the crepes thinner than the cream layers. so that your fork can nicely cut thru it. good luck!

hhaaha selfclaimed world recipe day.  hubby is out to office , and ayra is still in slumberland on this lovely saturday morning. so im taking my own sweet time here to post some of the recipes that ive promise to my tweetmomma after a while.

i had beed searching high n low for a good new york pizza crust recipe (thin, crisp and chewy type) . all these years, we had been using my moms pizza dough recipe (which is great) but its the typical ‘bready’ type dough , similar to the ones at pizza hut.so after much googling i found a great video by a pizza maker in brooklyn HERE with a much2 simpler recipe and gave it a try.  This recipe really works wonders! the ingredients were very simple, but the key is the shaping technique. The bad news is the video is no longer available! arghh. i still remember the technique but i dont think i can explain it well with words only. ill give you the recipe first , then maybe if i have the time to take a video my self i will posted it here. haha i hope im rajin enuff

crispy chewy pizza dough (authentic new york pizza)

ingredients

* 3 cups flour (divided into ¾ cup and 2¼ cup) + extra for work surface and hands
* 1 packet quick-rise yeast
* 1½ cups water
* 2 tsp sea salt ( i would reccomend 1 tsp of regular salt, as my finished dough was a bit salty )

HOW-TO:

Make Starter for Dough

1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, but using a spoon or fork only, combine  salt,  1½cup warm water and 1 packet of quick-rise yeast
2. Then add 2 1/4 cups flour
3. With dough hook attachment, mix in electric mixer for 2-3 min
4. Scrape flour down from sides of bowl. Mixture will be very wet and loose
5. Let rest for 20-25 min

Finish the Dough

1. Add the remaining flour.
2. Mix using dough hook for about 2 min
3. Mix will be slightly wet at this point. If too wet, add a little more flour in small increments until dough pulls away from the sides of the mixer wall with ease. If dough is sticking to the sides of the mixer bowl, it’s too wet. If dough is too dry, add water in small increments to bring to desired wetness
4. When ready, dough will be sticky to the touch, but not sticking to your hands. It hangs on the dough hook
5. Let rest for 20 minutes

6. take out the dough, cut and form into balls by pushing all the corners into the bottom of the dough (depending how large you want to make the pizza) *argh i wish the video link is working!
7. flour both dough and your working surface well coz the dough tends to be quite sticky. let rise for 4 hours in room temp  or overnight (in the fridge).
8. press your proofed dough gently with your palm to flatten, then using both palm, stretch all corners aside while turning the dough around in circle motion.  its very important that you dont press the dough down coz we want to keep the air pockets inside the dough.pick up the dough and put the dough over your both closed fist and rotate, just let the gravity pulls your dough and it will be stretched evenly while u rotate it.
put back the dough down n ure done. finish your toppings and and bake in the highest oven temp for 12-15 minutes .(or untill the dough is cooked)

really sorry for theloose how-to explanation , lets hope the video will be restored soon or ill have to come up with my own instruction video! lol. happy trying!

p/s i prefer to cut my mozarella into thick slices and scatter them onto my dough instead of using the shredded one. i gives you more goey effect just like the italian margherita . try it!

this is gonna be a quick post, but im glad to annouce that my new maplenhoney blog is up! do visit if you have the time . thanks for your support!

we made it to the crafty market! banyak kali dah nak pegi tapi tak penah ada rezeki, so this time i had made sure our schedule is blocked nicely for this event hehhe. as you know i have been helping mai of @okinokiyo to sew for quite a while, and this time she has offered me to put my products at the booth!  i was sooo excited i kept reminding hubby about the event almost everyday hahaha.

we arrived there a bit late coz kerol had a meeting in the morning,  to my surprise the market was BIG, there were also booths selling nonhandmades stuffs like clothes, shoes handbags and such. btw it was held in an open space at JayaOne so we we all sweaty walking from booth to booth on thot sunny day. Ayra was looking forward to meet her kakak nasya but unfortunately she wasnt around. Little missy got all excited (lebih dari mak lol) seeing all the colorful handmade stuffs at mai’s booth,  and she just stood there fiddling with the rosette hairband going oohs and ahhs over them . cantikk tak? cantik tak? non-stop . she was our crowd drawer for a while. lol  then after a while she went doodling on @idoublera’s chalk mat, doing a free demo for customers LOL.  i was hoping to bump into ira there but unfortunately she came n left early that day.

i wasnt there for long but i was lucky enuff to meet another twitter momma @hajarhakim who came by at the booth with her family. sgt geram tgk her lovely kids. apparently the eldest is at the same age with Ayra.

all in all, i really had fun at the market, didnt buy anything tho and cant thank  mai enuff for giving me the opportunity. thanks mai!

happy kiddo having  lunch at nandos

okinokiyo booth!

“cantik tak? cantik tak?” over n over again. tak larat lah mommy nak jawab dearr

your little shopping assistant!

ok ni macam boleh mintak royalty from @idoublera nih lol