Women Best Friend!

When I say women best friend, what comes into your mind? If you heard this before, most would say diamond. :). Yes, it is...but only for those who can afford it. uhuhu....for others...well maybe....cheap jewelry accessories, handbags, dresses and shoes. ahahaha...I know that's a lot.  That's why they say, for a women, the best theraphy is 'retail therapy'.

If I talk about myself, there's not much of retail therapy going on except for occasionally on twilight merchandise. Oh yeah....that's my best friends. A lot of these items, I don't dare to use them except for tee. ahahahah....my precious collection. Hey! Maybe I can make a lot of money selling them on ebay one day. Not sure if I would though.....

Well, I do love handbags and shoes. And since raya is just around the corner, it's time to buy a new one. hmmm....when was the last time I bought a shoe? Actually, I got two shoes this year. Both of them are from my hubward. :D. One is for me to do my favorite activities (which I don't really do much these days) which are sports and exercise. The last time I bought a sport shoe was hmmm.....when is it? ouh..like 8 years ago. ahahaha....and it's already worn out. Thank you hubward!!

And a few days ago, as we were window shopping at One Utama, hubward dragged me into Vincci. He knows that there's a stiletto that I would love to buy and he bought it for me! yey! I got my raya shoe. ahahaha....the stiletto is gorgeous! At least for me. :). So, I got me a new shoe to flaunt this Aidilfitri!!

Last but not least, I would like to wish all my muslim friends, SELAMAT HARI RAYA, MAAF ZAHIR & BATIN!!

Sleeping Disorder

If you read my short self profile on the left column of this blog, you can see that I'm insomniac and I hate it. And Ramadhan doesn't help it either since I have to wake up at 4.30am everyday to prepare sahur meal for the last 26 days (including today). Last year, there was a few days I missed sahur as I overslept. Why? It's so damn hard for me to even get to sleep and having to wake up that early is frustrating. But this year, hubward says he wants to sahur for the whole 30 days of Ramadhan. uhuk.

Can you imagine, I tried to sleep starting around 11.00pm and I think I finally fell asleep at 1.00am. And as I was in my deepest sleep I already have to wake up. :( And everyday (work day) I will feel like a zombie at work. I think most wives with hubby who wants to sahur experience this. I said to hubward that maybe we can take turn to wake up early to prepare for sahur. But, hubward being the normal guy that he is.....what will he be preparing anyway? So, no take turn. It's always my turn. Seriously, I can't wait for raya and after that, I will get back my normal sleep which is not that normal in the first place.

I hate that, just when I put my head on the pillow, my brain started to reminisce all things that I need to think of or recall and it will take me at least around 1 to 2 hours to go to sleep. No, sex counting lambs sometimes doesn't really help either. I really envy those who gets to go to sleep as soon as they put their head on the pillow. uhuk.

Hope things will be better after Ramadhan because my sleep will not be interrupted so much. :)

Special Request Break Fast Menu - Chicken Stew

Two days ago, as we were going to sleep, hubward and I started to talk about food. Yeah..I know. It's kind of funny to talk about food as you are going to sleep. hehehe. And as we were talking, suddenly hubward said he wants to eat chicken stew. ehehe..it's been awhile since I cooked stew coz normally I only cook it on certain occasions. :)

So, as requested I cooked Chicken Stew for break fast meal for hubward. For those who have never tasted chicken stew before, it is delicious to be eaten with bread. Toasted bread is even better. uuu...yummy!! I know my beloved friends Bani and Diyana loves my chicken stew. :D

The recipe was given by my mom to me and I have passed the recipe to few others as my mom did too. But somehow, not everyone quite manage to get the best taste result. Not sure why though. So, here is the recipe if you are interested to try it at home. However, since I learn my spices and recipe in Bahasa Melayu, I'm not quite sure what they are called in English and will list down most of the ingredients in Bahasa Melayu. To those who know the translation please do give your translation in the comment box. I want to know also. :)

CHICKEN STEW (For two person)

Ingredients:
Cooking oil
Butter
Black Pepper powder
10 x Red onions (Bawang Merah) and  4 x garlic (Bawang Putih) - Blend
A pinch of nutmeg (Buah pala)
cinnamon stick (Kulit Kayu Manis) x 1
Cardamom Pod (Buah Pelaga) x 3
Cloves (Cengkih) x 5
Star Anise (Bunga Lawang) x 1.5
Corn Starch (Tepung Jagung) - need to estimate yourself based on how much is your sauce
Ketchup (Tomata Sauce)
Salted Light Soy Sauce (Kicap)
Macaroni
Potato (Kentang) - cut into blocks
Carrot - cut into blocks
Chives (Daun Bawang) - cut into small fine cuts
Chervil (Daun Sup) - cut into small fine cuts
Chicken (4 pcs/cuts) - u can add more if you want
Tomato x 1

Preparation:
Heat you pot and then put some cooking oil and butter. When they are hot enough, put in a pinch of nutmeg (Buah pala), cinnamon stick (Kulit Kayu Manis), Cardamom Pod  (Buah Pelaga), Cloves (Cengkih) and Star Anise (Bunga Lawang) and later blended red onions and garlic. 

Let it simmer until you can smell the aroma and then at the black pepper (as you feel like it) and some water. Let it cook for awhile. Then, add in more water + corn starch (as much as you like) + ketchup + light soy sauce. After that, put in the carrot and potato. After awhile, put in the chicken and macaroni. you may add some salt if you want. You might want to add chives and chervil from time to time to add flavour.

Finally, after it's cooked, you may add the balance of the chives and chervil and also tomato.

** It is advisable for you to mix the corn starch with water first rather than just adding it into the hot sauce/soup.

HAPPY TRYING!!

Happy Package from United States

Today, I received a package from US that I really have been waiting for. As you can see, The Twilight Saga dominates about 45% of my blog. Yes! You guest it right. The package is full of twilight merchandise. But no...not all are mine. :). Some of Twilighters Malaysia members order together so that we can enjoy lower shipment after we divide it amongst those who ordered.

I am so thankful to have a friend is US (Katie Dirga) who is willing to help me acquire some of the merchandise that they don't send to Malaysia. Especially those limited edition and also from ebay. So, what did I get for myself? A Cullen Crest Hoodie (and a matching one for hubward, of course!), Eclipse Bella & Edward water bottle, Cullen Crest T-shirt (for hubward), Eclipse Deluxe Edition Soundtrack and Eclipse Team Edward Pin Set. And the best thing is, Katie put some extra stuff for me as a gift. Actually, a Team Edward Eclipse tee, Team Edward Eclipse Bandage (this is cute), New Moon trading cards and Volturi Lip gloss are from her and Edward bookmark from her friend Shari. Thank you girls!! Love yah!! :D

All the merchandise I receive today

Cullen Crest Hoodie and Team Edward Eclipse Tee

Cullen Crest T-Shirt for my hubward :D

All these merchandise will be added to my existing collection of twilight stuff that I own. ahahah...yeah...I have damn a lot. ;). Tomorrow, I'm gonna pack other merchandise to be sent out.

Note: Hubward is what we twimoms call our hubby..:P, I'm a twimom just by age, not that I have any children, yet.

The One Day Holiday - Malaysia 53rd Independance Day!!

So, what did you guys do for your one day holiday? Did you all go for raya shopping? OMG!! KL is so pack! No...I didn't go shopping for raya. Well, my clothing are all ready and will only buy raya biscuits literally like one day before raya. uhuhuhu. Maybe when I have kids....I might have a lot more to shop for.

What did I do? The eve of Independance day, my hubby and I went strolling around KL on his motorbike. (who would insanely go on a stroll around KL in a car on the eve of Independance day?). Before that, we stopped at Chidas, Taman Tun to hang out with my TTDI clan just to catch up. It seems like ages since I've seen and chat stupid things with them. :P. Around 1.30am we left and head to KL. I guess that's the perks of not having children yet. uhuk.

Since it was Ramadhan, the celebration was a bit mellow, I guess. There were no fireworks or concert but there were sure a lot of people in Dataran Merdeka (Independance Field/Area - that's the best translation I can come up with). Not sure what they were doing there of course.....maybe Dataran Merdeka  seems the right place to be on an Independance Day celebration. We reach there around 1.45am and still there were so many people gathering around the area and the road is OMG so jammed and packed. There was a group of people (not sure what they were doing) that attracts so many people just stopping there looking at them. Hubby stopped, but when we discover that there's nothing to see, he stroll off and just ride around Jalan TAR. Again, massive traffic and bazaar ramadhan/aidilfitri was still open with lots of people hovering around it. We didn't stop of course. Both me and hubby don't really like to thrive through crowds unless we really really really have no choice.

So, at around 2.00am, we start our journey back home and arrived home at around 2.25am. It was such a hard thing to wake up again at 4.30am for sahur and hubby nearly missed it. :P Not my fault since I've tried to wake him up like a million times. ahahahah....

For that day, I had a break fast gathering with my old Banting friends. That's another whole story. ahaha....you know, when you didn't see your friends for like 6-8 years and now they are with their family with kids running around here and there. LOL...I went alone my friend Farah (who went alone too, coz we think our hubby will be bored to death to hang around with us and friends they don't have history with). All in all, it was nice to see them again. Most of them didn't change much :)

And today, I am back at work as usual and writing my blog working like my normal day routine. ;)

A Shocking Yet Flattering Discovery

My life has been such a boring routine for quite sometime now. Everyday, I will go through the same thing :P. And on weekend, well...sometimes....I'm just at home. Yes! I told you, my life is boring but used to be so fun! uhuk. I really need some girl time and laugh my a** off. I miss those days. sigh.....

Seriously..my life is so boring, I decided to google my own name. ahahahah..I know, it seems cheeky to google your name when you are not even famous. :P. but hey....I have time in my hand and googling about twilight, Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart doesn't reveal any new result now.

So, you would have thought that nothing interesting will come out after googling my name, right? Well, you are almost right. I am shocked to find out that my final year thesis (2003) is now online and was used by my thesis supervisor as a revision. Yeap..I told you, shocking yet flattering discovery. :). She gave me a B+ and not an A for the thesis as according to her, I only did the thesis for one semester. yeah...I wasted one whole semester with this stupid lazy ass brilliant lecturer who just shoved me a thick book and tell me just do what ever I want. Hey! you are supposed to guide and supervise. uurghhhh....

The first page of an overview of the study paperwork done. :). View full here!

The best thing is, the paperwork or study done is now online and people will need to pay in order to view the full version. Well, not my whole thesis is there, but the lecturer did put my name of the paper. How cool is that. Do you think I should ask for royalty? I mean, my name is there....uhuhuhu. So, maybe you would want to google your own name too :) ouh...and yes, my full name is super long. :P and the email she put, is not my real email address.

QUESTION OF THE DAY!

I will post question of the day on which ever day I have question of the day. If you have any answer or comment on the question, please do leave your comments/answer because I would really love to hear it!

WHY IS IT WHEN A WOMEN SAY THINGS ABOUT SOMETHING, MEN SAY THE WOMEN IS NAGGING BUT IF THE MAN DOES IT, IT'S CALLED CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM??

Not sure if many people read my blog...but what the heck...just trying my luck here. LOL