Roshidiah's Journal

2012-05-22T13:06:00.000+04:00

The baking project i made so far, bottom supposed to salted caramel macaroon, the taste sedap, but theres no little feet on it...need to try more...

This chocolate moist cupcake, delicious...recipe from joyofbaking.com

This another attempt for chocolate macaroon,delicious but it cracked on top, probably the oven too hot.

This supposed to be lemon curd tart,delicious and refreshing because of the lemon, but the boys cut it before the curd set. recipe also from joyofbaking.com

This one very nice and my hubby like it, custard apple tart, sedap combination the taste of apple,cinnamon and custard...recipe from joyofbaking.com

And lastly blueberries pie, everyone favourite, easy to make and yummy....

Long break

2012-05-20T12:04:00.000+04:00

Such a long break after last entries, a lot of things happened since then, but i'm in such a lazy mood to update this blog...my parents in law and kak long came for a visit in last January until 4th February....

Don't know what else to write....

2012-01-11T12:07:00.005+04:00

Went to the park~!! No barbeque this time..haha

A garden inside the park..Located near the place we are sitting..
Soo green~!!! Fresh air~!!!!

Our car hidding behind the bushes...hehe

Look at the food we bought~!!! This picture was taken before we rearranged them..so, sorry about the messiness..hehehe

Fariha's 17th birthday on 9th January~!!!! Let's look at the delicious fooooood~!!!!^^

One caramel pudding~!! This use A LOOOT of eggs,you know, but still yum~!!haha

Eat this with rice it's called 'ayam masak halia'...yum~!!

Fried Spaghetti aka Spaghetti goreng (duh~!hehe)..warm, smooth, not too spicy but just nice.yum~!!

Chicken pie..pmashed potato on the bottom and on top..mushroom soup, onion, garlic, carrot etc etc in the middle..yum~!!

Two caramel pudding~!!! My children looooove it very very very much, especially Fariha~!!!haha..yum~!!

'Biskut bunga cina' and chocolate chip cookie..what do you think?? Ok right~!! Doesn't look delicious?? yum~!!haha

Happy New Year 2012

2012-01-02T11:58:00.003+04:00

Assalamualaikum, happy new year 2012 to everyone,may this year be a better year to all of us. InsyaAllah

More about the house~!! :)

2011-12-30T21:04:00.004+04:00

Art and book gallery~!! Interesting combination right???!!!haha

Ze guest toilet. Prettily decorated for the guests and you..hehe..Come and use it~!!^__^

The hallway. Isn't big?? Me like it a lot.haha..From first left is going to the boys' room then my daughter's room..From first right, going to royal bedroom (hehe), then the not-so-famous 2nd toilet I was talking bout..hehe^^

Le beautiful garden. Cute right??hehe.. Green Green Green~!!! Save the wooorld~!!!hehehe^^

2011-12-27T16:52:00.005+04:00

Move to a new house~!! Alhamdulillah.. Want me to give you a tour of my new, amazing and wonderful house?? Come on~!!! Let's go~!!!! :)

Ze master bathroom. My children loooove to use this fancy toilet; compare to the other toilet which has been conquered by loving bacteria after only a few days of arrival. (There is no need for a picture of the other toilet I'm taking about..right??hehehe)

The royal wardrobe for the queen (me, myself and I) and a bit of space for the king (my husband). Thank you dear. I love you^^

A part of the master bedroom for the king and queen. Decoration is still in process. Fardan, main ipad lagi??hehehehe

The enormous living room. Isn't it beautiful?? The sofa and chairs are extremely comfortable and cosy. Come and check it out~!! Everyone in the family helped in decorating, cleaning, drilling, vacuuming, hammering etc etc the living room^____^

A nice dressing area (in the bathroom actually..hehehe)

My dream come true kitchen. Wide, clean, high with window in it~!!!Though it's a little bit messy because I was making chocolate chip. Want to try??hehe

Fariha's bedroom. That part is her study area. It is surrounded with books since her IGCSE exams are coming up. Good luck am~!!^^

Boys bedroom (Syazwan, Farhan and Fardan). Bigger than in the old house with wardrobe in it. Apologize for the messiness since this picture was talking after they woke up.You know, boys..hehe

June 22,2011

2011-06-22T06:50:00.004+04:00

Tonight, we will go back to Malaysia until after the 'Id, 9th Sept,2011, but this time we will go back with my husband, he take three weeks on leave. So many plans to make hehe...relaxs and eating time....

Last saturday, 18th June 2011, our last breakfast together for this term before kak long went back to Malaysia on 20th June, we had nasi goreng, pecal and cekodok, as usual everyone eat a lot a so much stories to tell.
On 16th June 2011, i was discharged from Al Noor Hospital. I was admitted on 13th June, morning due to asthma. I was a the...do know how to describe, i cannot breathe, almost fainted, the chest feel very tight, the doctor said because my airways were all blocked. What make my asthma trigger...well i think on sunday, i cut a lot of dried chillies to make a chillies paste, so during this summer my husband can make some sambal for himself...probably that particular packed of chillies full of bacterias. But now, alhamdulillah, feeling much better although the cough still there. These all the sketches that i made while i in the ward, ginger, onion, star anise and garlic

This painting i made on 9th June 2011, based on connie parkinson painting. This the first time i paint a scenery or garden..

Yellow Tulip

2011-06-05T11:26:00.005+04:00

Last friday, 3rd June 2011, i have finished painting this yellow tulip. This tulip was a gift from Farhan for mother's day last month. I took a photo and copied it into canvas. This is the first time i paint based on my own photo that i took it myself.

The original photo. Lovely tulip from Farhan Syukri. Thank you

Makan time

2011-06-05T10:37:00.007+04:00

Just to show my few dishes, been tried since kak long is here to comment the taste. Everyone been boring eating nasi goreng (except adik and Farhan),so try to make the taste different i made nasi goreng tom yom(just add the tom yam cube),this time everyone like it very much especially kak long and me...hehe...tukang masak kenalah rasakan...

This is homemade murtabak,my hubby bought me a cooking book (Malaysian Hawker) from Kinokuniya,purposely to request to make this murtabak, but i changed the recipe to make it simple and suitable with ingredients that i have in the kitchen. The taste quite delicious,although not the same as Chili Merah restaurant in Sec 9......

Thia egg tofu cooked by Kak Long, suddenly rajin ke dapur...hehe...sedap so kena rajin selalulah k hehe....
This is chicken kurma for lunch.
This bengkang gandum,resepi from my mother-in-law.but i adjust a bit by putting pandan essence and sesame seeds for decoration on the top.For tea time...

This cucur badak,made for the breakfast and bekal to school and office for hubby
This the saturday breakfast(it a brunch actually),we had nasi dagang together with kari ayam and acar. In addition to that i made spaghetti goreng and ikan kembung goreng...so many foods...

Another Saturday breakfast menu, i made fried mee hoon, cekodok together with kuah kacang..

Last weekend picnic

2011-05-19T15:22:00.004+04:00

Last thursday (12th May 2011) after ashar we went to the park infront of the Hilton Apartment, the weather just comfortable but at night still a bit chill. We stayed there until 10.oopm, i bought,nasi goreng,mee hoon goreng, murtabak,bubur jagung and carrot cake.just enjoy the photos

Painting project for past months

2011-05-19T15:05:00.005+04:00

My painting project was very slow for the past months since kak long is here, sorry kak long ; its actually just an excuse not to paint....This signage of Assalamualaikum, i hang it at the front door painted on 3rd May 2011

This cupcake painted on 6th April 2011
This pear painted on 15th March 2011.
Basically, my painting project suppose to be once a week become once a month, ohhh dear, i need to improve myself....

Mother's Weekend for 2011

2011-05-19T14:12:00.005+04:00

Last weekend on 13th May 2011, we celebrated Mother's Day, somehow this year its turn up to be mother's weekend NOT Mother's Day because we celebrated the whole weekend. On Friday, kak long prepared breakfast roti canai together with dhal (kak long made hehe...),for lunch we went at Khalidiyah Mall, we ate chicken tom yam, chicken fried rice, kerabu papaya, fried noodle and banana in palm sugar, sedappppp..at Thai express. then the boys ate Papa John's pizza...ooo..these people really enjoy eating...

Ooooo...yummy
For supper,Syazwan bought Cinnamon roll from Cinnabon,delicious.Thank you Wan

The next day on Saturday, the boys turn to cook, they prepared continental breakfast hehe...we had sausages,half boiled eggs,roti canai with chicken curry and dhal(left over from yesterday) and scramble eggs(this Wan made).hmmmm yummy...for lunch we had nasi mandi chicken and lamb,...this weekend i feel like i gained another weight at least another kg...it so hard to control since all deliciousssss

Now mother's day present,hehehe..the best part, well adik gave me this, smiley face magnetic and flat brushes, thank you adik
Farhan gave me these beautiful tulips,red and yellow.It so lovely, thank you Farhan
Kak Ngah gave me this red roses,beautiful, thank you very much Am
Thank you very much for the best mother's day ever,Thank you very much Abang,Kak Long,Kak Ngah,Wan,Paan and Adik. I love you all...so next year we can celebrate Mother's week, then mother's month, then mother's year hehehe.....lawak je k

Fresh and organic vegetable

2011-03-09T10:42:00.005+04:00

To show some lovely photos, fresh and organic vegetable that showed at Khalidiyah Mall, organized by Lulu supermarket. These photos were taken by Kak Ngah.

Interesting photos and varieties of colourful vegetable, lovely.well done kak ngah, you really have a talent.

Birthday cakes

2011-03-09T10:19:00.002+04:00

Adik's 8th birthday was on 24th December, i didn't make any cake for him since we celebrate his birthday at Dubai Mall (actually just went to Dubai Mall to buy some books and went to candilious) anyway his happy. This the present that kak Ngah gave to him,CD tom and jerry hehe

This the cheese cake i made for the kids,i think this the second time i made, for myself - i don't eat anything that contains cheese in it either cake, pizza, lasagna etc, they said the taste is good but i don't know.

This is the strawberries cake for farhan's 11th birthday. I made sponge cake,coated with cream and decorated with lots if strawberries. Usually in December, the price for strawberries are quite cheap compared to other months.
This is the blueberries cake for Kak Ngah 16th birthday. Sedap tak kak Ngah, penat mama kutip bluberries tau hehe...

Many, many happy birthday kids, may Allah panjangkan umur, murah rezeki,diberikan kesihatan,menjadi anak yang soleh and solehah, success and enjoy in what ever you do,menjadi orang-orang yang berjaya di dunia and akhirat,insyaAllah.

March 2011

2011-03-09T10:03:00.002+04:00

Just to show my latest painting project, actually the orchid was finished on 13 January 2011 and the pansies was on 8 January 2011. These two i followed from the Australian country craft magazine. This is the first time i paint orchid, quite detail actually have to do petal by petal and finally i can finished. Alhamdulillah.

This plate i painted when we was at the park for a picnic.so far my kids not like it because they said the the colour of the flowers are too dark.
So far until today, i still didn't do any painting, i don't know why the time fly so fast....

After long break

2010-10-26T09:45:00.017+04:00

Hi,busy as usual,now kak long is here on holiday start from 27th Sept 2010 until 3rd Dec 2010,what a long holiday...but the good things is she can help me with the house chores and keep me a company...hehehe..betul tak kak long..We're backed on 16th Sep, so far nothing much have done, i just finished only two painting, red rose again and strawberries with jam on canvas...imaging only two painting i can do in more than two months, what terrible time management, i really,really need to improve this...since most of the time we have been cooking,chatting or watching movie...what happen to my hobbies, keep on postponing....
Another things happened so far, I was received my CD- roses are for artists from Connie Parkinson on 30th Sep 2010,finally, i was ordered the CD on 24th may,using the PO Box address but there's no contact no.,some problem there, fortunately she willing to post another CD. She is a very nice person,thank you.

This month also is Syazwan's 14th birthday on 3rd Oct, he requested roasted chicken,coleslaw, mashed potatoes and caramel pudding, a bit of western taste. On 19th Oct was hubby's birthday,and he requested all traditional kuih, ketayap, badak berendam, roti jala together with chicken curry, and swiss roll (this is a family-Gurun-tradition, always made during the Eid for the last 30 years).

21st Oct 2010, on Thursday night, we went to the Ferrari World Abu Dhabi at Yas Island, we got a free tickets, the kids enjoyed very much, we went for a ride at speed of magic (it a 3D ride), interesting, but the queue very long we have to wait for almost one and half hour than we went to see how the ferrari made. Fun but expensive to go.On 4th November 2010, was my 20th anniversary,so i made fruit tart,chicken pie, mee hoon, and bought texas chicken. that night kak ngah had a painting workshop at Emirate Palace, so all of us went to the Emirate to see the Abu Dhabi Contemporary Art Exhibition...hehehe...actually it not easy to enter the Emirate Palace, we tried to go there once during the Islamic exhibition, but the guard there not allow us to enter because we do wear proper dress, cerewet betul...

On 12th November 2010,we went to Musandam for a camping,beautiful place, clear water, the weather comfortable...just a nice day to relax....20th November 2010, we went to the park to do painting for the family day,this year a bit different from the past five years, i want everyone do the painting about what they think about the family day. So here are the results.

Painted by kak Long Farihin Syafirapainted by Muhammad Farhan Syukri

Painted by Muhammad Syazwan Fikri

Painted by Muhammad Fakhruddin
Painted by Fariha Syakirin
Painted by Muhammad Fardan Rashidi
by me
Just to show Kak Ngah painted during her past-time.

This I made on 20th December 2010, tepung Talam favourite hubby.

June Project

2010-06-18T09:26:00.005+04:00

Hi,my June painting projects, actually there still a few more, but insyaAllah i will posted next time, by the way,next week on 23rd June 2010, my children and my will go back to Malaysia for our summer holiday until 16th Sept 2010,just a week after the Eid. So this year, the kids just "ponteng" for two days.

This the mug that I painted for Kak Ngah's friend,Youser, i painted on 13th June 2010

This the first time I paint on plate, i painted on 7th June 2010, The fruits I followed the Still Life Painting book by Mary McLean

This i painted on 16th June 2010

This cupcakes, i painted on 8th June 2010

This one, the first time also I paint on canvas, this i followed the book of Still life painting by Mary McLean, i painted it on 3rd June 2010

Happy holiday kids, don't forget your studies, especially Fardan need to improve your English ya......

Painting and other stuffs

2010-05-17T08:12:00.018+04:00

Hi,just to add my new collection of painting i made for last month, i think there is slightly or tiny improvement on my painting, but i'm happy with it,need to practice more,i know...this project for march, april and may 2010, really enjoy doing it..i'm hook...

This round chopping board, i was painted it on 18th of May 2010, and below cookies jar i painted it on 24th May 2010, just try on the glass

This i was painted it on 25th April 2010

The rose below, i was followed the instruction given by the magazine Australian country craft, but the colour i was used what i have in stock, she used genesis but mine just normal acrylic colour. I was painted it on 13th May 2010

The below wall plaque, home sweet home, i painted it on 18th May 2010

This another chopping board that i bought, i painted the based coat with burnt umber-actually i don't like it very much because its look so dark but Fariha prefer this colour, first i thought want to make it yellow or any other light colour but she comment that i have so many others light colour and why not try something dark, so i took her advise and I painted it on 24th May 2010

This i was painted it on 20th May 2010

This another cookies jar, i painted on 1st June 2010, but the hydrangea not that nice and too big and too many leaves

This on the chopping board also, i painted hydragear (since everyone comment i always paint roses) on 31st May 2010.This one, i was painted on 25th April 2010, the based coat was green plus yellow, sorry the sequence not in order

This, i was painted on 24th april 2010

This i was painted it on 21st April 2010,

On 23th Feb until 13th March 2010,kak long came for a holiday during her semester break, we just went to Bur Dubai, taking a waterbus(actually a boat) from Deira to Dubai Creek, a very short tour.Here some of the cakes that i made for my loving daughter kak long....

Last spring school holiday, Za's family, Wati's family,Aida's family,Fazillah's family and my family went a camping to Green Mubazzarah in Al-Ain.

Another new hobby,taking a photo of a flower. Here are the result of my photoshot. Quiet nice hehehe.....love it...

January 2010 project

2010-02-13T15:10:00.006+04:00

In January, my mood have changed from quilting and baking to painting so this month I finished paint a bag,two t-shirt, side table and chest drawer,although the painting not that beautiful but i'm still practice it the stroke, quite productive month.

This the flowers on the side table,first time draw after almost a year break, so the stokes looked very stiff not curvy enough.

This is my second big project after the side table, the chest drawer. I drawed only the roses. This is the roses on top of the drawer.
These roses on the sides of the drawer.

And these I drawed the in front of the drawer, small roses with the vine.

I also make some cocktail jelly and blueberry pie for the tea time. Other activity during the weekend went for walked at corniche.

Jalan-jalan at the corniche, just about 5 minutes from my house, this picture toward the Meena Port, the scenery is lovely, the water so clear, you can see the fishs in the water. The following picture are the sunset, relax and calm.

Happy New Year 2010

2010-01-15T13:43:00.010+04:00

We're in the new decade,wish all happy new year, may this year better than last year,especially after the credit crunch happened for the last two years, affected many of us. Well my last years resolution will carried forward to this year. But extra resolution, i want to do more painting this year,insyaAllah.

Last month on 14th Dec was Farhan's birthday, His 11 years old now. This is his chocolate cake as requested, with lasagne.

Fardan's birthday on december 24th 2009.Now he is 12 years old..

I made him buttercake together with cream and also chicken pie...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY~!!!!

For this month, on 9th January 2010 was Kak Ngah 15th birthday,emm..kak ngah you getting old heheh....

Kak Long visit & 6th family day

2009-10-13T10:35:00.015+04:00

Kak Long came for a visit on 30th September 2009 until 24th October 2009, during her semester break. During this visit, we just went to Dubai Mall and Atlantis, at Dubai Mall we watched the musical fountain, very beautiful the water will moving according to the music. Then we went to Atlantis just to watch the fish, and backed to Abu Dhabi at 11.30pm.

On 3rd October 2009,Syazwan 10th birthday.I made for him orange cupcakes as requested. Happy Birthday Wan..

On 16th Octotober 2009, we had our 6th Family Day at Corniche. This is annual event, to celebrate my 19th anniversary. As usual Spice win most of the game.

On the 19th October 2009, was my hubby's 47 birthday, happy birthday, moga diberkati Allah senantiasa.

Summer vacation

2009-10-13T08:56:00.030+04:00

Such a long vacation, my kids and i went backed to Malaysia on 24th June 2009 for summer vacation by Gulf airways and back to Abu Dhabi on 27th Sept 2009, about three months holiday. During the first month most of the time we spend at home,cleaned the house and visited kak long at her campus in PJ and watched movies. We watched transformers 2 - revemge of the fallen(my kids requested), quite a nice movie, full of action compared to the first one.

Oh, yea..on my birthday, my kids arranged the whole day activities, it started with Farhan's paid for the breakfast, we ate nasi lemak and roti canai at Restaurant Gembira in Section 3, Shah Alam, then we went to Midvalley to watch movie - Hannah Montana the movie and this time Kak Ngah paid for it, she also bought a cake for each of us at the Secret Recipes, and i choosed chocolate indulgence, it taste so delicious, for the lunch we ate chicken rice at the Chicken Rice shop and Syazwan paid for it. Later of the day, we went to visit kak long at her college (she cannot joined us because she had a class) we had nasi lemak again at her college's cafe. What a long day full of food and fun, thank you very very much everyone being such a lovely daughters and sons, i love you all very much.

Chocolate indulgance by secret's recepies

During these holiday, we also watched ice age 3 (very funny especially the Buck), Harry potter and the half blood prince (i read the book, a it was so good but the movie unfortunately too short and a lot of important parts did not show it) and lastly we watched GI Joe(action packed movie) but the kids like it very much anyway, not for me.

On 18th July 2009, we went backed to my hometown in Pahang with Kak Ton joined us, this time was the durian season, full of durian everywhere until everyone got headache because of eating too much durian. I just stayed for three days and two nights, my mom still healthy even at the age of 95 years old, did not use tongkat (walking stick) and still can remember all the things, i think it is due to her diet, she eat a lot of ulam(vegetables) and fresh fish that she caught from the river (but now she just eat the fish that my brother cooked). She also did not take modern medicine, she make her own medicine from the herbs and roots that she collected from around the house.

On the way backed from my kampung, we went for a holiday at Merantik Park Suite at the Berjaya Hill, in Karak Highway. We just been there for one night since Kak Ton have to work the following day. We reached there late in the afternoon, so we did not go anywhere, only the next day, we went to visit the Japanese Garden and the Tropical Colmar. On the way backed to Kuala Lumpur, we thought want to do a horse riding, but unfortunately it closed and the weather was rained, so we went backed straight.

Japanese Garden at Berjaya Hill

At the Tropical Colmar

My hubby came backed to Malaysia on 1st August 2009, we picked him up at the airport, the next day, we went backed to Gurun to visit his parents. We stayed in Gurun four days and three nights.

On 5th August 2009, we went to Berjaya Georgetown, since kak long not joined us the fun was less, not enough'corrum'. We just round the the island, went the chocolate boutique and at night we went to nigt market at Batu Feringgi, but nothing much to see, not many people also there, i think people scared to go to public area since a lot of swine flu cases in Penang lately, so we went to fisg spa for a fish therapy. The fish will nibble our foot, quite tickle for a while but after a few minutes it enjoyable. Once finished you can feel your foot soft and clean. We went back to Shah Alam the next morning after breakfast. In the evening we picked up kak long at her hostel to bring her home.

Relax at the Fish Spa in Batu Feringgi

Chocolate we bought at the Chocolate Boutique

View of Georgetown, Penang from the hotel room

The following weekend on 15th August 2009, we went to Taman Negara (National Park) at Kuala Tahan, it about 4 hours drive from Shah Alam. We went with Kak Ton, Aiman and Zuri's family. We stayed at Rainforest Resort, everything were arranged by Zuri since she quite familiar with the area and knows most of the people there. That afternoon we just went for a boat trip since the weather also rained. But it turned out to be fun also since we went to the jeram(rapid) the water splashed all over us. But the most adventure the next day, we went for a canopy walk, it so high there are hanging bridges between the trees. My legs started to feel wobbly, but adik relax, maintained cool. hehehe...After that we walked back to Kuala Tahan used jungle trekking, it about 1.5km from the canopy trail. We went backed to Shah Alam at 1.00pm.

On the way backed, my husband thought why not we go to Genting Highland since non of us been there before, that must be another adventure (very spontaneous right?). We went to the Theme Park, the boys enjoyed it very much, we went for monorail ride, kak long, my hubby, farhan and syazwan went for spidermen ride, adik and kak ngah went for big wheel ride. We reached home at 11.30pm, i felt so tired, the whole day full of activities.

On Tuesday, 18th August 2009, we went to another adventure at Extreme Park in Shah Alam, we played paint ball, but really, at war paint just a target practice, still turned out to be very fun, then we went for wall climbing, all of them can reached to the top even adik can do it, only me climbed half way. I'm felt scared after looked down, my legs start to shaking....the next day my husband went backed to Abu Dhabi.

During the fasting month start on 22th August 2009, no more adventure activities, we just fasting, terawih as many as we can and read Al-Quran, semuga Allah s.w.t menerima ibadah kami yang ikhlas hanya untukNya, amin

Anyway, last minutes tought, i did sold a few chocolate chips and honey cornflakes to Kak long's friends at her college. by the way, anyone would like to buy the cookies can do so next year, insyaAllah, just email to me.:)

My husband came backed for Eid on 17th Sept 2009. we went backed to Gurun for the celebration. Everyone was there, Kak Ichah's family, kak Idah's family, fakhrul's family and my family (fakhruddin's family), altogether 31 people, such a big family. It was happy celebration, my kids especially since this the first time after four years, we had been celebrating Eid in Abu Dhabi.

The boys and girls watching football

We went backed to Shah Alam on the third Eid which was on 22nd September 2009 since kak long start her final exam on 24th Sept 2009. For the next few days we just busy preparing for buying and packaging foods and things to bring back to Abu Dhabi. We went back to Abu Dhabi on 27th Sept 2009 at 11.40 am. What a memorable holiday summer 2009.

These the photo of the flowers that I took infornt of my house in Shah Alam, for my collection.

Atlantis, Dubai

2009-04-20T09:06:00.015+04:00

Last friday, 17th April 2009, we sent Syazwan to the burger king at Hamdan Street, he had a field trip to aquaventure at Atlantis, so we also went to dubai, but first we went to kinokuniya at Dubai Mall, we all bought a new books, i bought two book, two lipsticks and a lover by helena frith powell and painting book by donna dewberry, my husband also bought three books, Farhan, Fardan and Fariha bought two book each, all story books. After lunch we went to Atlantis,just to have a view how it look like. It located at the Palm Jumeira, the view spectacular, very very nice.

On Thursday, i made a coconut bun for tea time, this the result, soft and tasty.

Painting project

2009-04-14T18:47:00.013+04:00

Last Thursday, 9th April 2009, i finally can made my painting project, i don't know what you think but i like it, i enjoyed it very much, although the flowers are all roses, i like roses very much. I'm still learning to become better. Here to show what i did.

The painting that i made so far since August 2007, I learned the decorative painting at creative cottage, Amcorp Mall, Malaysia, But I'm not very productive with this hobbies,since most of the time i either baking or quilting, but i still enjoying it very much since my kids also enjoy painting with me.

Muscat trip

2009-04-14T17:36:00.031+04:00

Last weekend, 10th of April 2009, we went to muscat,oman with Za's family, Wati's family, Fazillah's family, Ina's family and Ayu's family, six family altogether, it was very fun trip although we just stayed for one night and the others came back on Sunday. We went at 5.45am from Abu Dhabi and met at the adnoc petrol station on the way to Al-Ain. On the way we stopped at Nizwa for lunch and at Jabel Akhdar to see the view up there. It cool up there but the scenery very beautiful.
Having lunch at the park
View on the way to Jabel Akhdar

Wadi at Jabel Akhdar

At Jabel Akhdar, the weather was cool
On the way down, a beautiful sunset

About 7.00pm we went to muscat and reached the apartment about 10.00pm, we stayed at Asas Oman apartment, there are three bedroom, but very spacious. We brought our own food, Za and Wati brought a lot of food, sambal tumis ikan bilis, dalca, daging masak kicap, ayam goreng etc.

In the apartment living room

Foods for breakfast, sambal tumis ikan bilis,ayam goreng, telur rebus and karipap

Infront of the apartment, all the guys with the kids

The next morning we woke-up early prepared for breakfast-nasi lemak, i brought karipap, so after breakfast about 7.00am, we went to Sultan Qaboos mosque, took a photos there, then we went to muscat port and muttrah suoq. Took a lot of photos.

Infornt of Sultan Qaboos mosque

Inside the mosque

On the way to muscat

The muscat port
The fort, near the port
Inside the fort there's a canon

At muttrah suoq
Wan tengah dok berangan, hehehe....

At 11.30am my family we backed to Abu Dhabi because the next day(Sunday) my husband was working, but the rest of the group stay till sunday.

On the way back to Abu dhabi, at al buraimi