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437. 37th year

2012-02-12T12:25:00.019+08:00

February is our wedding anniversary month and it is always special to me and hubby. This year it is our 37th.

Hubby always stressed on food. To him it is food = love :D
Mak isah remember when we were still 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend' , he didn't want to miss sending me homemade food from his house to the Sarawak Hospital Nursing hostel at where I was staying, just to make sure I eat good food and did not go hungry. Hishh..

So where else did we go that evening? We went out to eat. Not just the 2 of us but with the rest of the family (for those who could come of course) except for Farok & Alif's dad, who was still offshore.

We tried this 'Kafe Idaman' at 'Seberkas' roundabout (where the weekend 'Pasar Malam' was).

Noormy, my youngest daughter introduced us to eat 'Soto Campur' here. She said it was 'sedap' and they served it in a big bowl.

'Soto Campur' is a bowl of bee hoon soup and fish balls with lots of sliced meat, sliced chicken and especially sliced cartilages in it, which I love.
What's more, if you want it hot, they served you with some sliced cili padi and cili sauce as well.
You can request for more soup too.

Except for Noormy's fiance, who asked for fried 'Kueyteow', we all asked for 'Soto Campur' each. And an extra plate of 'fried rice' to share between hubby and me.

Even Alif liked the soup of the 'Soto Campur'.

And later, fried rice and 'Soto' pun habis!

Happy February to Everyone!

Cheerio.

436. I See Korean Dramas

2012-01-29T14:43:00.013+08:00

These 3 Korean CDs aren't original but they are worth seeing. They are good stories & clear. Noormy my youngest daughter bought them for me. Cheap, about RM20 per CD.

So you can imagine how much time I spent seeing them LOL.. one story contain around 4 - 6 cds inside. And each cd consists of 6 episodes.

Do you like Korean dramas? Mak isah does, very much. This is one of my past time when in the house.

For example like this cd called 'Scent of a Woman'. Quite a box office, with handsom Lee Dong Wook & pretty Kim Sun Ah starring. And they both even went to KL!

This CD called 'Baker King, Kim Tak Goo' tells about a little boy who wanted to be a Baker and excel at it and not only he became a king in baking but excel in expanding his father's business later on.

Mak isah loves sword fighting, ninjas and warriors too. This one ' Warrior Baek Dong Soo' especially, is about how a small boy who was born with some bone deformation grew up to be a great warrior through fights and difficulties. This story has a Korean legend in it which makes it more interesting.

So what do you watch on a Sunday like this? or during your movie time?

Happy Sunday!

Cheerio.

435. Breakfast

2012-01-17T18:56:00.017+08:00

This morning hubby suddenly asked if I want to go out breakfast with him. Of course I want :p

He said,' Dah 2 minggu kita duak sik breakfast luar kan?' (means we hadn't gone out for breakfast for the last 2 weeks).

I said,' Auk la o...ingat juak dirik'. I smiled.

It was a nice feeling. He even remembered we hadn't gone out sit together, breakfast for the last 2 weeks! :D

Correct. He is always busy with work (I know which he loves) and Mak isah busy within the kitchen area and if I do go out it is together with the girls.

I am not complaining of course. I know even though both of us busy with our own work, each day, at any time of the day, we still let each other know where each of us going and with who.

Now, shouldn't life be like that? He he...I know you'll start thinking when you read this.

Anyway, it has been a 3rd time hubby asked if we can breakfast at Kaya & Toast, Miri. I know he likes to eat the new menu they have there.' Laksa Sarawak.' He likes the atmosphere there too, cosy he said. And Mak isah don't cook 'Laksa Sarawak' that often.

Kaya & Toast Laksa Sarawak

Hubby enjoying his Laksa. I had Laksa too, with Tea as well.

The queue this morning wasn't long, thank goodness. Other times I see many office workers come to this place for their breakfast.
Try this place if you want to try their new menu 'Laksa Sarawak'. Their 'Laksa Sarawak' is far much tastier compared to the other eateries in Miri.

Cheerio.

434. Paku Tumis Belacan

2012-01-14T14:17:00.006+08:00

One of the food that I ate on Boxing Day was this. Sayur Paku. That costs RM6.50. This is one of the vegetable menu that they serve at Permymall SCR Express in Miri. Rather expensive for a plate of vegetable?

Down here is a plate of the same vegetable dish called ' Paku Tumis Belacan' and this is worth RM5.

I bought 3 tompok for RM5 but selling at RM2 for 1 tompok. Bring home and cooked it myself. Wah, puas makan & makan panas-panas he he...

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Cheerio.

p/s. This year 2012, Mak isah finds nak makan luar (eat out) memang mahal!

433. My Favorite Fruit

2012-01-09T20:56:00.008+08:00

For the past 1 week my kitchen has smells of only DURIAN the King Fruit!

I think it's Durian craze in Sarawak. How about in the Semenanjung, I wonder? :D

This is among one of my favorite fruits, although none of my family members eat this fruit as much as I do ha ha... Can you imagine the smell of Me now?

As Aya says,' Oma and her Durian!' :p

I cannot resist these...can you??

I love them raw... and except for Noormy the rest of the family only love them made into Fried 'Tempoyak'.

So I did that too... Do you eat Fried 'Tempoyak'?
This afternoon too I had opened up 5 more Durians and made some more 'Tempoyak' . Hubby came back from Bekenu & Niah and bought some more of it. In Miri town they are selling by kilogram, that means weighing and it can goes up to RM15 - RM20 per kilo. With skin and all! But if you go to these rural areas you can buy 4 buah Durian for RM15 only.

And hubby is good in bargaining :D

So let Mak isah open up this January of the New Year 2012 of the Dragon with the King Fruit.

Cheerio.

p/s. To make 'Tempoyak, just peel off flesh of the Durian into a container, add salt and sugar to taste. I keep my container of Durian out for a day before storing it into my fridge.

To fry, in a pan of some hot cooking oil, add some grounded small red onions, some garlic and red chillies. Add some anchovies or even fresh peeled prawns.

Add the amount of Tempoyak you need and stir well. Add salt & sugar to taste.

Enjoy with your other dishes.

432. So..

2011-12-30T14:30:00.007+08:00

The saloon car was turning to the right, without signalling. The Hilux was driving straight. And straight into it!

So. leaving that whole scratched mark. It happened at the same time, hitting the sides of the the saloon car while the saloon car was moving!

This happened at around 8pm in this secluded area (there weren't any car at around this area at that time of night) near the Maybank Atm machines at Center Point Miri. I was waiting in the car with Alif while Zu withdrew some money from the ATM.

Never blame the bad traffic if one gets into a car accident, this shows it is the driver's fault.

New Year 2012 is around the corner so please be safe everyone! in whatever you do, wherever you are!

Happy New Year 2012!

Love,
Mak isah.

Cheerio.

431. Eating on Boxing Day

2011-12-28T19:18:00.011+08:00

Last Boxing Day was my 60th birthday. I know..this is a past dated post but December has always been a very special month of the year for me. It is my youngest daughter (Noormy) birthday, my Persian cat. Wiwi's birthday and especially it is my birthday month! ...and well, now can I imagine this? I am 60 years old!

Yet..my heart still remains as young LOL..

This year's birthday I spent a day out with Aya my 3rd daughter, who was off on that day. I planned the day just doing nothing.

Yet both of us ate so much on that day :D

We ate 'Sushi King' at Bintang Mega Mall, sat there for hours eating and talking comfortably.

Sushi that we ate... ( I hope you like sushi)

I ordered this 'Vanilla Icecream Shake' . I was so thirsty and it was delicious!

We both drank a whole jug of this hot 'Green Tea'

Some more sushi.. these 'Golden Eggs' was so filling...

I like this one, it had a taste of crab eggs, some salmon, rice, cheese and mayonaise, stripped cucumber and wrapped with seaweed skin.

Just imagine, we sat in the sushi restaurant from 2pm until 4pm. Before that we were at Servay Hypermarket shopping for jeans, slacks & jackets with hoods (which I can't find any cheaper in Miri).

At 430pm we drove to Permymall near Emart a good distance from town. Permymall is a new supermarket which has a big 'Giant supermarket' in it.

My legs were aching and my buttocks were sore due to walking and walking in the buildings.

It was 630pm when we both decided to go back. But not before we stopped at the new 'Singapore Chicken Rice Xpress' restaurant near the Permymall entrance and
ate all these....

Both of us drank Hot Tea and Iced Barley water.

Gosh, weren't we so very full!

430. Alif's Usu Birthday

2011-12-23T15:00:00.000+08:00

On Noormy's 22nd birthday we stayed one night at Marriot & Spa Resort Miri. It was fun doing it with the girls and especially Alif my only grandson.

He refers to the hotel at his 'Usu house' ha ha...reason, Noormy works there. He prefers this hotel rather than the one we stayed in KK.

See...there he was up and sitting on the bed he shared with his mom Zu, watching Disneys channel at Astro.

Then he will go to the other bed and cuddled up with his 'Usu' (aunt) for a while.

Zu cooked some food to bring to the hotel and eat in the room that evening. I told Zu, let's cook and bring some food for Noormy when we checked in at 12noon. Noormy would be hungry after her night duty the night before and she had checked in earlier that morning after off duty from night shift.

Well, Zu cooked homemade fried chicken wings...
Zu cooked fried Bihoon

Not enough of those Zu ordered room service for these food ha ha...memang kuat makan!

Besides getting an angpow of RM200 from us, Noormy got a new watch as well.

The beach at Marriot & Spa Resort Hotel has quite a view...

Alif with his mom Zu enjoying Korean music over his headphones near the poolside.

Alif after a swim with Auntie Aya.

Around 8pm that night birthday girl was out with us having dinner.

Eating her favorite dish, 'Lamb Chop'!

This 'TomYam' dish which I had was delicious!

Zu's dish 'Bihoon Soup' was not as good.

Rise and shine early in the morning, after a good night sleep.

But the rest were lazy bumps LOL...

So, quietly Noormy and me...we ordered room service for breakfast...Nasi Lemak, Curry Chicken, Chicken Fingers and my favorite Marriots' Bubor'

Then it was time to go back home after check out from the hotel.

Alif asking 'When he can go to his Usu's house again??

Happy Birthday Usu!

Cheerio.

429. Just Another Side Dish

2011-12-02T22:04:00.003+08:00

This is just another side dish or rather 'pembuka selera' just like my 'Sambal Nasi Lemak' in my previous post :D But Mak isah not sure if any of you eat or make this sort of dish to add up with your main meals. Mak isah does sometimes, that is if the main dish that I cooked are very simple ones like some vegetable soup.

Today for lunch Mak isah cooked some cabbage soup and fried some chicken wings. So...to 'buka selera makan' Mak isah made this side dish here.

Simply wash some anchovies, drip dry and place in a plate or glass bowl.

Cut up some hot chili padi. Add in.

Slice some big onion (optional). Add in.

Scoop a table spoon fresh belacan (hubby made this as we eat our own self made shrimp paste).

Cut 4 - 5 pieces of 'limau kasturi' and press the juice out onto the belacan.

Mix and eat like 'Sambal Belacan'.

Ever tried this? :D

Cheerio.

428. Sambal Nasi Lemak

2011-12-01T08:30:00.004+08:00

I know this friend of my son Farouk. He's called Ah Chong working together with him in the same company. Each year when comes Hari Raya he will request me to make 'Umai Ikan' or 'Sambal Nasi Lemak' to eat with the variety of food that I serve on my table for my guests. He will come on the first day to eat especially these 2 items.

Last week he requested Farouk to let me know if I can make and sell to him some 'Sambal Nasi Lemak' . He said he wants to eat it with his regular meals.

Last month I did give him a bottle of the sambal to try. Now he wants to buy he he...

This dish is a common item in my household. Every now and then either myself or Aya will make it. And well, not necessarily we eat the sambal with nasi lemak, we eat it with practically anything like with bread, or with hard boiled eggs and with ordinary rice during everyday meals. It can be stored in a container and placed in the fridge.

So last evening I made Sambal Nasi Lemak and stored them in these 2 used Prego bottle containers for Ah Chong , Cute? :D

and some placed in this container for our own consumption.

BTW, Ah Chong wants it hot ha ha...isshh...for sure hubby and SIL will grumble as both of them cannot 'tahan' eating hot stuffs.

You can view this Sambal Nasi Lemak recipe in my previous post here :)

Have a Good 1st December!

Cheerio.

427. Sambal Udang Kering Campur Telor

2011-11-24T16:02:00.015+08:00

I made this yesterday evening as a side dish for dinner the first time after a long time. Aya forgot and said why it was that I never made it before. I said I did. She didn't remember.

Today before lunch she asked if I can make the same side dish one more time. I asked, ' do you like it?' She said,' yes of course'. Ha ha.. and I did.

Mak isah don't know if any of you are allergic to prawns or dry prawns. I hope not too many though. Noormy is allergic to fresh prawns nowadays. But with dried prawns she's okay.

I bought these dry prawns during my last short visit in KK for RM35 per kilo. Do you think it is cheap? But in Miri it costs more than that.

You can make this dish hot or not hot. I made it real hot by adding 10 - 12 chilli padi beside adding a tablespoon of blended dried chillies.

1. Wash a handful of dried prawns and drip dry in a sieve.

2. Heat some cooking oil in a frying pan.

3. Throw in grounded 2 small red onions & 3 garlic plus a tablespoon of blended dried chillies.

4. Stir well. Add in 1 egg and continue stirring.

5. Add in grounded 12 chilli padi with the lightly grounded dried prawns as well.

6. Stir and add salt to taste.

7. Serve as a side dish with hot rice.

p/s.

This can also be eaten with white bread or use as a filling for puffs.

Cheerio.

426. A Small Radio

2011-11-19T14:34:00.014+08:00

This morning Mak isah woke up early. I was trying to go out by 8am, to drive Aya's car to the car wash station beside 'Warung Puteri'.

When hubby came home from night duty, he said he wanted to go with me. I said okay. We had breakfast at Warung Puteri restaurant and waited while Aya's car to be washed.

On our way out, hubby suddenly asked if we can drive around town to look for a small radio for him. He wanted to play radio as well as music while he work as a driver during the day. He wants to listen to some music so he wouldn't be so lonely while driving his lorry.

Oh by the way if you are wondering why he 'came home from night duty' and 'as a driver during the day', it's because he have 2 jobs. At night he is a 'Night Supervisor' at a Petrol Shell Station and during the day he is a lorry driver sending fresh 'Hj Mos' chicken to the rural areas like Bakong, Niah & Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort Miri. I don't know where he has the energy but that's what he does. And Mak isah can see he likes what he is doing.

Back to the radio, he doesn't like having earphones plug into his ears when listening to radio and he wants me to get Cliff Richards and Elvis Presley old time favorites for him to listen to.

So, I thought a small radio with an antennae will do just fine. As for his Cliff Richards and Elvis Presley songs, I definitely need to download the songs from my laptop for him. For that I need a radio which has a 'USB' plug?

After an hour and a half scouring some hp shops (it's where you can get small radios you know) he finally agreed to buy this one (in this picture).

There are so many shapes and colors, a long one, round like a ball, like a triangle and comes in red, black, pink, yellow or purple.

This radio is white in color, square shaped, about 4 inches square and 5 inches tall. Cute and small kan? Oh when this picture was taken, it is charging, you can see the radio wire going to my laptop USB.

We have tried to look and play some radio stations earlier while in the car and with the antennae, the receptions are good.

Here in this last picture you can see the USB Host hole, where he can plug in his pen drive full of his Cliff Richards and Elvis Presley songs for him to listen later on.

On the way back I asked him if he is satisfied with his small radio. He said yes. I am glad :)

Happy weekend everyone!

Cheerio.

425. Short Stay In KK

2011-11-17T12:09:00.002+08:00

This is a late post. But Mak isah wish to share the pictures :)
The short stay was 1Nov - 3rd Nov this month.

Alif excited at the same time a little scared hearing the sounds of the plane we were in.

A few minutes later he was asleep.

Wisma Merdeka shopping complex right next to the hotel we were staying.

Staying in a 'Family Suite' room.

I don't know why Noormy & Aya like this food.

Having 'Bakso' in the evening.

We walked as well and sometimes took a taxi.
A Robot shop, some for show and some for sale.

Hi from Mak isah :D

Breakfast at the hotel, had to wake up early.

Alif doesn't eat early in the morning.

Initially, going with 3 bags but coming home with 5 .

Waiting to board the plane.

Alif saying bye to the plane when landed back in Miri.

Mak isah did not spend much other than eating but the girls spent their money on clothes. Aya bought 5 jackets with hoods, Noormy & Zu bought t shirts & pants. I asked why buy them in KK? They said what they bought there they can't find in Miri. So no chance of bumping onto someone using the same clothes that they have.

Isshh..masuk akal tak?

Thanks for sharing these pictures with me :D

Cheerio.

424. Greetings!

2011-11-16T21:06:00.029+08:00

Asalamualaikum!

Mak isah sure all of you are looking forward to the weekend :) Yes, especially for those of you who are working ya? But, for Mak isah..it is a weekend each day he he...

For example like today, it's a weekday but I went out the whole afternoon, not a worry to have to sit in the office, be in a meeting or be at a counter to serve customers like I used to in the old days...A'aahhh what a bliss!

Going out today.., it was nothing much. It was only having an afternoon tea at Noormy's favorite hangout called 'Warung Puteri'. I think I talked about this shop here in my previous post.

As in that post, I also sent my car to be washed while sitting in the shop.

Myself, Noormy, Zu and Alif my grandson went there to eat these...

These were chopped hot fried chicken wings & fried 'Cucur Sayur', Noormy, Zu & Alif's favorites.

And these are my favorites, fried sliced tauhu & fried 'Cucur Keladi' (Yam)

They taste delicious dipped into these chilli sauce mixed with blended groundnuts

To avoid having no table to sit and not enough of the items we wanted we made sure we were at the shop between 3 to 4pm because by 3pm all the food were just fried and we can choose whatever we want to eat. After 4pm there will be a lot of office people going there to have their drinks before going back home.

In other words if you go there after 4pm or late you will be waiting to queue up with the others to get serve OR most of the items fried have finished.

Almost every afternoons the shop are packed with people.

We were home at 630pm.

Cheerio.

423. Off Days

2011-11-01T01:20:00.006+08:00

I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!

I am flying to KK later in the morning and will be staying at Best Western Kota kinabalu Hotel for a couple of days.

I like staying at this hotel. Situated at Jalan Pantai, it is convenient as it is just next door to the shops, pharmacy as well as the shopping complex. And the hotel staff are friendly, very helpful and these made me feel at home there.

Have any of you stayed there? Try it :) And the hotel rooms are affordable for people like Mak isah :D

I am not going alone, the 3 girls and myself ( ladies) and Alif (my grandson) have booked ourselves a family suite.

So, again, the men (hubby, my son and SIL (son in law) have to stay home in Miri and looked after our house.

The Ladies' off days LOL..

See you again next week!

Cheerio.

422. Sambal Belacan

2011-10-28T14:56:00.019+08:00

Macam2 cara nak buat 'Sambal Belacan' Mak isah rasa...Yang ini Mak isah buat bila buat entri yang lepas sebab nak makan dengan Kari Kepala Ikan.

Dan Entri ni istimewa untuk blogger friend 'Luciana' because she asked me my 'Sambal Belacan' recipe he he... Thanks for asking my dear :D

Simple je...

1. 15 - 20 Cili Padi

2. 2 Sudu Besar Belacan (Shrimp Paste) * Belacan buat sendiri...hubby yang buat :)

3. Ground well ingredients 1. and 2. in a 'Lesung Batu'.

Lesung Batu

4. Slice 3 'Limau Kasturi' into 4 or more slices and add into the 'Lesung Batu'. Press lightly the juice and mix well.

Limau Kasturi

5. Serve with your other dishes.

P.S. If for 'Ulam' with young mangoes or others, usually I will add in more 'Belacan' and also some 'Ikan Bilis' or 'Pusu' (dry anchovies).

Wash the 'Ikan Bilis' and pound well with the 'Belacan'.

Usually if for 'Ulam' with mangoes, Mak isah will not add too much Cili Padi but more 'Belacan'. Then it will be nicer to eat and not so hot!

Cheerio.

421. Bemasak & GT

2011-10-24T14:57:00.020+08:00

SIL came back from offshore 2 days ago. He brought home this huge fish.
He said this is called 'Ikan Bemasak' or sometimes people called it 'GT'. I have no idea, I thought at first it is 'Ikan Belokok'. That's what me and hubby called it or fishes that look like it. Smaller of course.

Do you have another name for this fish?

This was the head...

It's tail part...taken near...

Hubby helped cut the fish into small parts using his Company's machine (a machine used to cut chicken parts).

He told me when he weigh the fish on the scale it weighs over 9 kilos.

Today I cooked it's head into Curry he he...

So..we ate 'Curry Fish Head' for lunch today :)

Curry Fish Head (2 pictures)

To cook...it's simple :)

1. Clean the cut fish head parts under tap water, put into a sieve and place aside to drip dry.

2. Blend 3 red onions, 4 garlic, 2" ginger with some water in an electric blender.

3. Pour some cooking oil in a pot.

4. When hot pour in the blended ingredients and let boiled. Add one stalk of lightly grounded lemongrass.

5. Add in 2 tablespoons of blended dried red chillies or according to taste.

6. Add a small packet of 'Rempah Tumis' and some curry leaves (optional).

7. Add 5 tablespoons of 'Babas' curry powder. Add in 1 packet of 'Cocolin' coconut powder. *Both mixed with some water to dilute*

8. Add in the fish and add salt to taste.

9. Let boiled quickly and then off fire.

Vegetable for today was 'Kangkong Tumis Belacan', which Aya (who is offduty) offered to cook.

I thought if there is Curry there must be ' Sambal Belacan' ...so I made this :D

Last but not least, this Soy sauce, add some lime juice and cut cilli padi to it, to eat the fish head with.

What can I say.... we had a Yummy lunch today!

Cheerio.

420. Fried Fish Balls with Spicy Gravy

2011-10-14T18:19:00.006+08:00

This is quite a new recipe in my family. Surprisingly the children like it. Usually I cooked fish ball soup when I am lazy to spend too much time in the kitchen on a particular day.

Like today ha ha...

I asked Zu my eldest daughter to roast a chicken whilst I cooked this. Even Mak isah 'malas' nak ground the onions. I have seen Zu blend some ginger, red onions and garlic in my blender. She blended quite a lot and more than enough. And it was to cook a hot spicy gravy to eat with the roasted chicken later.

What I did was, I poured a little cooking oil onto a frying pan.

When boiled, I scooped some of the blended ingredients (ginger, red onions & garlic) which was enough to make some gravy, and poured into the frying pan.

Add 2 tablespoons of blended dried chillies or according to your taste.

Stir under moderate fire for 5 minutes while adding a little water.

Add a tablespoon of tomato sauce or more according to taste.

Add half a teaspoon of sugar or to taste.

Add salt to taste.

Pour on to the plate of fried fish balls (which are already fried in oil earlier).

Pour some cut 'daun bawang' for garnish.

Enjoy it with hot white rice.

Cheerio.

419. Merry Weekend!

2011-10-09T18:30:00.002+08:00

Streamyx has been really down in my area for couple of weeks. It was really frustrating when I couldn't open sites and when I wanted to move to another site the round 'thing' went round and round!
To occupy some of my time...I went back to viewing some old Korean dvds that belonged to my 2 daughters he he...

So thus, this post is back dated....

*Crossed fingers my net is okay while I am writing this post* :p

Mak isah just want to share some pictures on hubby's birthday, last 26 September. Btw, he's 63 this year :D

As like last year, he requested to eat dinner at Singapore Chicken Rice near to Mega Hotel, Miri. Now there is another SCR branch which has opened at the Boulevard Complex. I have been there, but still like this spot near to Mega Hotel.

Happy 63rd birthday 'ling' (short for darling) :P

As usual, we reserved a table before coming to the eatery.

Alif asking me, 'Apa Alif mok makan popo?' (he called me 'popo' )

Farouk and Noormy choosing what to eat from the menu.

Food, food has come!

Noormy posing with her dad :)
Aya came late as she was only off duty at 8pm.

But dinner went well.

And most important family ties were strenghthened with laughter, happiness and love.

Have a merry weekend everyone!

Love,
Mak isah.

Cheerio.

418. Contemplating...

2011-09-19T14:58:00.013+08:00

Hish...mak isah missing my 3rd daughter Aya ...

Lately she has been travelling quite often due to work. She was away last August, just before Hari Raya for a week and only came back from KL on eve of Hari Raya.

And now she is in Kuching for a week again and will come back next week. What I missed about her is that when at home she wants to eat together with me and eat lots of vegetables. When going out somewhere or eating out she needs a friend or someone to be with her. It's embarrassing eating or walking alone she says.

That's Aya in purple tudong...

Anyway...today, besides blog walking, Mak isah been browsing the net looking at some Nokia latest touch screen phones. He he...just contemplating to buy a new hp..(not immediately :P ) but don't know which can serve Mak isah well. Actually Mak isah stores and hears a lot of music with my hp wherever I go...and well...right now would wish to use Wifi with my phone.

What say you...? Mak isah likes Nokia though...

Some Nokia phones I've looked through (pictures are from the net).

NOKIA X7
View it's support page here

NOKIA E7
View it's support page here.

But they look expensive aren't they?

Cheerio.

417. Maaf Zahir Batin

2011-09-17T10:05:00.008+08:00

Alhamdulillah...Mak isah dah balik ke blog kesayangan Mak isah ni...

Apa kabar semua? Sebelom apa-apa, Mak isah menyusun sepuluh jari memohon Maaf Zahir & Batin dibulan Syawal yang mulia ini diatas apa-apa kesilapan kata-kata atau apa-apa komen yang Mak isah mungkin telah coretkan didalam blog Mak isah ini yang (mana lah tau) telah menyinggung perasaan kalian kawan2 bloggers kesayangan Mak isah disini.

Maaf ye...lama Mak isah menyepi..tapi..

Mak isah okay & missing ya all!! :D

I hope it is not too late for me to post & share some Hari Raya pictures here..

This is morning of 1st day of Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.. where I gathered the family for 'Angpow & Ziarah serta bermaaf-maafan'. Hugs and kisses to show love as well :)

Sharing with you all the love too...

Cheerio.

416. Tumis Asam Pedas Ikan Pari

2011-08-06T08:54:00.007+08:00

Tumis Asam Pedas Ikan Pari

A week had passed since we Muslims 'berpuasa' :D Hope everybody are all settling down there! Especially Mak isah, I have settled back to my usual routine of housework etc., besides thinking about the coming Hari Raya Festival :)

Wow, time runs fast doesn't it? Now it is 'Puasa' then comes 'Hari Raya' & then 'Deepavali' & then 'Christmas' & then comes 'New Year'. But amidst of all these, Good Health & Happiness plus a happy family counts most. And so Mak isah wish all these great things for you all my dearest blogger friends.

God Bless.

Btw, this past week, Mak isah been cooking my everyday normal simple recipes for 'berbuka puasa' or 'Sahur'. Too much food on the table is also a waste isn't it?

Yesterday Mak isah cooked 'Tumis Asam Pedas Ikan Pari' . Tetiba teringin nak makan asam pedas yang bertumis yang agak pekat. There is also another way of cooking Asam Pedas, just by boiling water in a pot first.

This time Mak isah nak tumiskan (cooked with some cooking oil) the blended onions and chillies.

Yes blended :p

To prepare :-

1. Cut 'Stingray' fish into moderate pieces. Wash clean. Sprinkle & spread some salt over them & let stay for 5 minutes before washing them clean again. Drip dry in a sieve. Put aside.

2. 7 small red onions (bawang merah) , 5 garlic, 1 1/2 inch ginger, a teaspoon of belacan (shrimp paste), 1/2 teaspoon of powdered turmeric or fresh turmeric (all blended with a little water).

To cook :-

1. Add 3 to 4 tablespoons of cooking oil in a pot.

2. When heated, add in the blended ingredients.

3. Add in a stalk of lemon grass (slightly cut) & 3 pieces of 'Asam Gelugor' (tamarind peel).

4. Add in 1 to 2 tablespoons of blended dried chillies (according to taste).

5. Let 2,3, & 4 be well cooked under moderate fire, while stirring now and then. Add a little water if ingredients gets too dry.

6. Add the washed fish.

7. When ingredients starts to boil with the fish, add some water according to how much soup you need. As a guide, Mak isah put in some water barely touching top of my fish cubes as I wanted the soup a bit thick.

8. Add salt to taste.

We 'sungkai' (break fast) with this and hot rice, some 'Sambal Asam' (mangoes from my tree) & 'Fried Salted Mustard with Eggs' yesterday.

Happy Sungkai!

415. I'm Back!

2011-07-28T17:41:00.026+08:00

Hello there!

It is great to be back here. Mak isah been busy with my youngest daughter Noormy's Engagement Ceremony and for this last week had been recovering from sheer fatigue he he...

But Noormy looked so happy that day which made my hard work worth it :D

Noormy looking so happy

Mak isah hopes the pictures below will let you share a peek and says it all on what happened on Noormy's happy day the 17th July 2011...

To start off, this picture below showed these ladies from the man's side bringing the decorated 'Hantaran' to our house.

The 'Watikah Pertunangan' to be read

This group of 'Zikir' made the Ceremony more colorful.

The man's sister as representative to place his ring on Noormy's finger.

Salam from Noormy

His ring from Noormy

Noormy with her beautiful gifts.

Guests...friends...

Alhamdulillah...semua berjalan dengan lancar..

Last but not least 'Thank you' from
Noormy to all guests and friends who came and from Mak isah, a big 'Thank you' to all my blogger friends here with your wishes and for being sooo..patient awaiting for my ENTRY! :D

One for the memory...

Love,
Mak isah

Cheerio.

414. In the Midst of...

2011-06-23T22:32:00.002+08:00

Hello there!
Oh I do miss my blogging! Can't help it, I do have to be here he he he...

Ok Ok for just a short peep yea? Mak isah really missed being with you all :D

How's things with you all my lovelies? and for my men bloggers, my super friends? he he...

My side, things are going well so far with my family preparations. I am in the midst of preparing & printing the invitation cards for Noormy's engagement ceremony. By middle of next week I will distribute the cards out. Don't get me wrong, I know when I said printing the invitation cards the ceremony sounds huge but it's not. I am only printing 100 pieces (that's the least the 'Quick Copy' shop) who is also my friend will print for me. And I do need cards distributed especially for Noormy's office friends, my son's boss and family and for Aya's office friends. The rest, like my neighbors and friends nearby we do the inviting by what we called 'Seruk' (Sarawak Malay local word) . This is done by me asking one person and he or she will pass the word around to the neighbors. Easy :)

It is going to be a very simple ceremony.

It will take place at Mak isah house, after the 'Sembahyang Zohor' in the afternoon.

At 130pm the house will be filled with the 'Zikir' people (about 20 elderly appointed persons reciting words from the holy Qur'an).

Mak isah guests will come about 2pm.

230pm the family representatives from the boy's side will come to Mak isah house to bring 9 'dulang' (trays) of decorative items plus the gold ring for the girl who he is going to be engaged to.

The 'Watikah Pertunangan' (conditions and items) will be read and witnessed by 'Imam' and several elderly men.

Noormy will come out so the boy's mother or a family representative will put the engagement ring on her finger.

After that an exchange of gifts will take place, Mak isah and Noormy's side will give 11 'dulang' (trays of decorative items plus an engagement ring for the boy to the boy's representatives or relatives to bring home.

All those done, a 'Doa Selamat' as a sign of things smoothly done will take place.

Last but not least the food will be serve to the guests.

Aahh...talk about food, this time Mak isah will be cooking my own 'Curry Chicken' served with white rice. Also will be making my own ' Umai Ikan' . Other food will be very light, some local kuih like 'Kuih Kosoi' and 'Curry Puffs' which Mak isah asked some friends to make. But Mak isah will be making my own 'Tapai' :) Imagine eating 'Tapai' at an engagement ceremony time? *eyes rolling up*

(Images below here are all courtesy of the Internet, Mak isah just want to show you examples of the local kuih I am going to have on that day)

Kuih Kosoi

Currypuff

Tapai (but Mak isah punya Tapai will be wrap in Daun Simpor :)

Zu will fry ' Bi Hoon Goreng'. To add up there will be 'SunQuick' orange juice with ice cubes and fruits.

That will be almost like a heavy 'High Tea' or a heavy 'SunQuick' time eh? Mak isah prefers it simple.

Now Mak isah will need to continue with my preparations. Hopefully the next entry Mak isah will give you some pictures on the day itself.

Till then, fingers crossed.

Take care and Love,
Mak isah.

Cheerio.

413. Pray & Wish Me

2011-06-10T09:01:00.005+08:00

Me & My Youngest Daughter Noormy

Hi again my lovely friends :)

Aaahh... Mak isah going to be QUITE occupied for the next 2 months. As you can noticed, I have been missing from this beloved blogging world for the last 2 or 3 weeks he he...

Perhaps that's how it is going to be for the next 2 months, and perhaps after this entry Mak isah will be here in 1 week or a little bit over a week's time okay? I will try my very best!

I am not going anywhere far :D

I am going to be occupied with preparations for my youngest daughter Noormy's Engagement Ceremony on this coming 17th July 2011.

Hopefully Mak isah will be back soon yea?

Will miss you all!

But,

do pray and wish me luck for this family preparation :)

God Bless.

Love,
Mak isah

Cheerio.