Throwback - Papa's treat sempena birthday KAKAK

This was actually a past event which took place on Sunday 26th May. It was my sister-in-law's birthday & my father-in-law treated us all for a dinner at medan selera nearby to Taman Dagang (opposite of Balai Polis Ampang). At first they forgot it was Kakak's birthday and I was the one who reminded them while we were hanging out at the living hall of my parent-in-law's place. They were actually just came back from Malacca for Shafiq's wedding.

My husband's family were all there at the restaurant except for his youngest brother. It was actually my first time having the food there & it was quite good especially one of the stall which make otak-otak. I ate so many of them & later I had a western food; chicken chop with brown sauce. Nyums. It was delicious.

While everyone was having shisha (which I tried but couldn't blow any smoke), I was busy eating & cleaning up hubby's food in his plate. Hubby is only opting for Suzi's corner westerns & others wont ever be able to meet his taste (duhhh....roll eyes) So I had to finish his lamb chop for him.

So this was the only photo I managed to snap while they were having dinner. Birthday girl with a funny face right there.....

Days in Masjid Tanah Melaka~24/5/2013

Last Thursday, our family on hubby's side went to Malacca to celebrate his cousin's wedding. I've been there twice before & this was my 3rd trip. Grandma's house is in Lubok China while his cousin's place (who stays with parents) is in Masjid Tanah.

We were off from KL at about 10pm after having dinner together at a tandoori stall where we all ate like crazy and his papa had to pay for everything. Kesian papa, so bad of us.. Hope we can all give treats to papa some time.. It was not a boring journey for me, while his youngest brother was asleep at the backseat of my car, me and hubby talked a lot and didnt realize we were almost there.

Later that night, it was my very 1st time sleeping over at his grannie's house and we all had a night together, a one big family at the hall. I dont have a kampung and it feels special to have one now. However, I was very scared at night, but it was so funny when hubby and his youngest brother teased us with ghost sounds and scary stories, we all giggled and laughed. As I was about to fall asleep, I heard thudding sounds on the wooden floor we were lying on and I was so scared I laid close to hubby. I was confident it wasn't a sound made from his brother as it was already late and we all went silence after some time,I assumed everyone was finally asleep but the next morning I figured out it was his brother, alright.

The marriage official pronouncement started at 3.30pm the following day and we all finally had the chance to celebrate the event. While the pronouncement was made, I felt moved & hold back my tears as it reminded me of my own solemnization day. The bride didnt even shed one tear though. How tough she is, unlike me. We ate tasty foods, laughed and talked a lot, I had a nice time.

We began our journey back to KL at 10pm last night but this time it was only me & hubby. Hubby has to work today and we had to return back to KL & didnt manage to attend the wedding reception which was today. However, it was still a nice get-together time, but unfortunately it still felt incomplete without his sister around. She was working this weekend, too bad, it would be much nicer if she was around ..

Spending my time with his family feels really great. I never had the chance to feel this special big family trip. Looking forward to have a nice holiday with the family some time around this year! xoxo

By the way, check out some photos from this event :-

Over the last weekend 4

I am so glad finally AI is overrr but I'm also sad at the same time, I mean, it had been one of the things that I looked forward to update in my blog every single week since last January. There's nothing really catch my interest right now to update in my blog so we'll just have to wait and see if something comes along.

So over this weekend, my favourite nephew had a sleepover at my place for the first time. Me & hubby took him for a small shopping spree & we bought him things. At home, he was preoccupied with my iPad, playing Angry Bird all the time. He breathe it, ate it, hugged it, like ALL THE TIME. It was very easy though ... to babysit him, I wont have to do much.

Sleepy head .........

Hubby just couldn't stop asking me do I want a laptop? He knew in my heart that I really want it all along, he knew me by heart. I tried to hide my feelings, but he knew me too well. That's what I love about hubby. So yesterday evening he went off from office a bit earlier & after I dropped by at my mom's place to send Napi home, we both went to Lowyat Mall and finally after 3 hours of endless searched, we found the right purchase.

He bought me a Lenovo ideapad z400 touch which only cost him RM1499, how cheap is that, for a 14 and 1/2 inches screen. I was ecstatic! It was definitely lower than his budget & due to that, I was all up for it.

He knew I'm so happy and he kept on teasing me that this wasn't mine. I just love it so much. Now, I can write like all the time :-) This wasn't for any special occasion but I am so touched by his attention to me. Word can't describe how much I love hubby.

Today I went to Pasar Karat at Pudu, KL for the first time. Riding a bike with hubby, we went to places to buy our things and just to spend some quality time together. The pasar karat was very humid and packed, I absolutely hate it. And he bought another pet fish to keep. It's the same blue betta fish which we're having at home.Tonight we're gonna have a dinner outside.. Hmmm where to dine?

Over the last weekend 3

On Friday, I watched Angie's elimination on TV. Couldnt take it that she's gone. But hubby (who's rooting for Kree) agreed with the result, he said Angie is already too good that she can be BIG even without AI, and AI is for someone like Kree, who needs a stronger platform to excel in the music industry. When he puts it that way, I kinda accept the result now but definitely not hoping for Kree. I think Candice deserves this more than Kree. I'm still gonna watch the final next week. I know this time I'm gonna be right, Candice will win.

So over the weekend, here's what I did~

1) On Saturday I babysit my favorite nephew, Napi The Noddy. His dad came over to fetch him in the evening. We had a great time together; we played games in iPad, watched cartoons, dozed off, and just cuddled together on the couch.

He was playing the Angry Bird game. He's very good at it.

2) At night, me & hubby watched "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" at FMP. The novel is one of my favorite of all time.

I thought the English character of Lizbeth Salander is better than the Sweden's. But Swedish version is a bit more easier to understand than the English's.

My hubby like this movie too. Although I'd watched the Sweden's version before, I still enjoyed watching this English adaptation. Daniel Craig was HOT.

3) On Sunday, I had an awesome buffet lunch at Coffee Terrace, Genting Highlands with hubby & his family. It was about RM60++ per pax & believe me, it's awesome. They serve Japanese, Western Asians, Western, Chinese, Pastries, & so much more. I had westerns, sushi and a lot of pastries. Nyums!

At night, we celebrated my mother-in-law's belated birthday. It was a surprised celebration. 

We had a great time.

Over the last weekend 2

Just some updates on the things I did over the last weekend.

1) On Saturday I was at home spending my time watching TV and just dozing off every couple of hours and just woke up to perform prayers & browsing the internet. It was another ordinary Saturday but I was finally refreshed after the consecutive busy days the past week. I finally regained my energy & redeemed back my sleep. Saturday night, there was no movie outing like usual with hubby as there was nothing in the cinema that could excite us. We are patiently waiting for Fast & Furious 6 this month (Ooh! We cant hardly wait!!). So we decided to pack our bags & sleepover at his parent's place. I was all up for it, I love spending time with them. First, we stopped by at my mom's place. Hubby didn't see my mom for almost 2 months due to his hectic working life. That night, nothing much happened. As soon as we set foot in his parent's house, there was no one around; they were all out watching the election flash mobs in KL. I had spaghetti bolognese that my father-in-law brought home from Genting (he works there). I scarfed down one whole plate by myself while hubby was watching the TV. And afterwards, I laid on the couch like a full snake.

2) Sunday morning was the election day. We were up and about early in the morning & went out to have breakfast with the family. Then we went to the election center & performed our responsibility as Malaysians. The process was very fast & with a blink of an eye, we were back home again & scattered in the living room doing our own thing. We went out & had a late lunch that day in Tesco store and spent time together with the whole family doing some grocery shopping. My father-in-law planned to cook Chicken Curry that night. Nyums! It turned out to be delicious. Finally at 8pm we waited in front of the TV for the election result and guess what? It finally was out about 12 in the midnight and I was feeling all dizzy and tired. We all went straight to bed.

So those were all the things I did over the past weekend. A happy weekend with family.

P/S: Feels like I'm writing an essay for the school. Ha Ha...

Over the last weekend

Missed to update some of the activities that I did over the last weekend. Time flies so fast, & the things that I intended to update earlier had passed like a rocket, & only today I have the chance to sit down & dance my fingers on the keyboard.

So here are the little updates on the past:-

1) On Saturday, I went to Surfine Hitech; my driving school to have the final driving lesson with my driving teacher before the final test by JPJ the following Tuesday. It went quite bad, the teacher wasn't really impress with my driving & I couldnt help feeling sad but hubby cheered me up with a movie later that night; Ironman 3. The movie was awesome (apart from picturing muslim/islam as terrorist), but hubby wasnt really impress with the ending, he thought the ironman's girlfriend shouldnt be the one who saved him at the end. I thought it didnt make any difference whatsoever.

2) On Sunday, me & hubby went to Pusat Akuatik Bukit Jalil to swim and his family came afterwards. They were late, but finally we all gathered and hanged out, had dinner & I was very happy.

3) On Tuesday, I had the final test with JPJ, and........... I excelled in that test! The marks was 19 over 20. During the road test, the JPJ officer was fast asleep and snoring like an elephant. I was glad, luck was on my side. But! If only he could see how expert I was that day, haha.. Finally I got my driving license! I am so proud of myself and this was what I posted in my FB during that day:-

"Looking back, I took almost 2 years to finally obtain a valid license. It's all becos of the urged given by d beloved man of my life. More often than not, I don't really give much attention to adhere with the laws. He taught me so much, each loving day. Thanks sayang #gratefulwife"

That's all for now. Write some other time, hopefully tomorrow for the American Idol updates.

Labour day treats : A night stay in Hotel Maya Kuala Lumpur

So I got a wedding gift from my company, a RM500 worth of Hotel Maya vouchers. Hotel Maya, my company's development.

Vouchers had been in my possession since early March 2013 but got to finally utilized it yesterday. I was so excited..

So it's either dine in or a night's stay. Me and hubs decided to stay. We thought it would be a perfect idea, as it also included with a buffet breakfast for 2, so in a way, it's already a complete package.

Turns out to be an awesome decision!

I had scrambled eggs, frankfurters, smoked fish, mashed potatoes, and a bit of malaysian fried noodle. Of course, they were delicious.

Upon check out at the counter, the receptionist informed us the best news! We had 1 excess coupon as the total stay was only RM399. So, we had an ala-carte lunch. I had Beriyani Tandoori & ice kacang while my husband had spaghetti bologna. Nyums!

It was such a sweet memory. At night, we went for a dinner at KLCC, walking hand in hand.

Thanks SDB for this wonderful treats!

Hadramawt Restaurant Part 2

So yesterday evening I was all excited to cook 'Ikan Siakap 3 rasa' for hubby that I even post it in my Facebook status. But unfortunately the excited wife went back home after work yesterday & found out that there was no water supply in the neighborhood. Damn!

I knew right away, there was no hope for cooking. So, what this brilliant wife did was SMS to her hubby & asked him to bring her out for a dinner. And the generous hubby came up with an idea, 'a second episode of Hadramawt'.  

Being a food lover person, you guess what was my reaction to that? Yes, I jumped up and down and did the hula dancing in my living room.

So, this time we didn't want to make another mistake of end up in a wrong Hadramawt restaurant. As you all know, there are a few Hadramawt restaurants in KL & the last time we went there was at the 'Jalan Bukit Bintang' outlet, which was not as good as the one we dined in yesterday.

It was located in Jalan Ampang, next to Risda building, opposite of Lorenzo. This was the one hubby went to with his colleagues and the first time he tasted and fell in love with Hadramawt food. And again I have to mention, they are way tastier than the previous one.

The front view of the restaurant.

Someone was so hungry he left his wife behind.

I don't know what's with that face. Maybe the expression that he's gonna get bankrupt having an eating machine as a wife. 

This proves me right.

This is opposite of Lorenzo

This is the view of the top floor

This time, the people sitting in front of us were well behaved and we had a peace dinner.

Never to miss! The Arabian mint tea

Because his wife is an eating machine, she forgot to snap the photos before scarfing down the food. And this was the best she could get before everything cleans. The wife had a Lamb Kebab plate (again) and the hubby had a Lamb Haneeth (Lamb with rice, again). 

Total bill was RM71.90, and giving a glance at my hubby, I smiled triumphantly. (Hubby, I will give you a treat next time!)

The tiniest person I am obsessed with!

During the year 2009 (18th September to be exact), my brother's eldest child was born into this world and he has become my favourite person in this planet earth ever since, apart from my hubby and my family, of course.

You can say that I am obsess with this little 'munchkins' and I find joy writing about him. I take this opportunity to mention him in my blog so that when he's big enough to understand everything, he would be happy to read about himself here, and to know that his Auntie loves him so much (Awhh.. Sweet).

This tiny person I love so much is named Muhammad Hanaffie Bin Faizal but famously known in the family as "Napi" and as auntie calls him, "Napi the Noddy". Do you know 'Noddy' cartoon character? The name is very close to my nephew's name & that's why I call him that :-D

This is the famous Noddy, with the blue dwarf's hat and a red shirt.  I used to watch this cartoon programme while breakfast before I went to work, yes, I was already a grown up at that time but I still enjoy it, especially the theme song :-)

This is my adorable nephew, having his macdonald's burger with his mummy and daddy.

Napi the Spongebob Squarepants

My precious Napi loves Spiderman so much that his mom bought this costume for him. I put on the Spiderman's  mask and told him to make a face of a super-hero. And that was the best he could do.

I took this picture of him and I thought he looked like Luffy from 'One Piece', the manga character from Japan or in malay adaptation famously known as 'Budak Getah'.

With his hat and all. Hahahaha....

This was him playing flying 'Spiderman' on his Auntie's legs. Lucky me he's not that heavy >.<

This was him wearing his monster sweatshirt

Message from Napi to Auntie's blog readers: "Thanks for reading about me! Muahhh! Kisses for all!!"


P/S: I cant wait for my own production! Would it be as cute as Napi? Well, I hope so! Hahaha...

My weekend - Traditional massage with Indonesian 'bibik'

Today as planned since earlier of the month, I treated myself and mom for a traditional massage with this 1 Indonesian 'bibik', who is also the same person massaged me during after my miscarriage.

As u all know, bibik is a named given to Indonesian female who works as a nanny. She insisted to be called bibik, so me and my mom called her by that name. Bibik is very good in traditional massage, a talent which she inherited from her mother and late grandmother. People who suffered from strokes & other disabilities had improve a lot after seeking for bibik's treatment. Yes, she is that good.

I still remember I could barely walk after the miscarriage episode but was instantly back to my normal state after getting 3 treatments from bibik. And because of that, I chose to seek for her treatment anytime I am in need. I love the way she massages, becos she doesnt go for the whole body like she has no clue. She really knows what she's doing. She looks for veins and nerves and massages those areas only.

My mom kept complaining to me how she suffered from muscle pains and difficulty to walk properly. I instantly promised her to bring her for the treatment and Alhamdulillah, this morning I had fulfilled my niat (and she was very happy with it, I promised her to bring her again for more treatment the following months).

Bibik massaged mom more than an hour although her payment was just for an hour service. She is very generous. After mom finished with her treatment, finally it was my turn. Yes, I had a treatment too :-)

After my miscarriage, I found out that my womb was not properly placed at the right spot. It was wrongly placed at the right-side of my abdomen, and bibik said that was why I had the miscarriage. According to her,   this happened since I was a kid.

Prior to the treatments I got from bibik, my womb has finally placed properly (she massaged the uterus area, known as 'sangkak' in malay) but lately, I had the feeling that my womb had once again fell at the right-side of my abdomen due to the light pains which I felt everyday at that area. And I was right, today bibik told me it had fell again to the wrong place (maybe due to heavy duty work) and she massaged and repaired it back to its place. Now it's back to normal and any pains I endured has stopped.

Bibik adviced me to use a corset, a kind of cloth which women wears on their abdomen or body area in order to tighten the area (to look confident and to hide fats). She said, that way, my womb will stay in place and eventually stay in the right place forever. I was wondering where to get those corset when bibik offered me her corset which she used once upon a time. She was very kind enough not accepting any money for that. I was very grateful.

Later this afternoon me and my husband went to Tesco store to buy the corset and it costed me only RM12, how cheap is that. I am having one (which the bibik gave me) and another one which I bought today, and planned to buy some more next month.

Obviously this is not me :-P But this is 1 type of a corset

Bibik convinced me that I am now as healthy as a horse. Before saying goodbye to bibik in front of her doorsteps, she said, "You are good to go! And now, start to put efforts to conceive! You know, make babies!!" ;-)

Wish me luck!xoxo

Hadramawt Palace at Jalan Bukit Bintang (Arabian Food Terbaikk!!)

Haiyo! Semalam ada dinner date dengan hubby dekat Hadramawt Palace, Jalan Bukit Bintang. Sangat sedap okay! They serve 100% Arabian food here, 2 thumbs up! Alhamdulillah ada rezeki nak makan luar. Asek2 masak kat rumah je kan? ;-)

Saje lah nak share ngan kawan2 mana tahu you all nak try.

So gambar restoren tu dari luar:-

Ni lah restoren tu. Terletak just berdepan dengan Prince Court Hospital, Jalan Bukit Bintang. You all boleh pergi ke website nya di "http://www.hadramawtpalace.com/" dan find out all the infos. Kalau takut sesat, view the map here. Actually me & Hubby pun sesat semalam, we wanted to go here but ended up in Al-Rawsha restaurant nearby to Desa Pandan road towards Time Square. Penat patah balik, hehehehe...

This was hubby's menu, which is called "Lamb Kabsa". Rasa nasi nya sangat sedap (bentuk nya panjang2, I guess ni lah dipanggil nasi bukhari, though Im not too sure) tapi lamb jenis yang hubby pilih ni kurang sikit sbb it's boiled & I x suka boiled. Untuk menu hubby harga nya around RM20+. My choice was "Lamb Mandy" - iaitu nasi & lamb juga but it's grilled - Kambing Bakar. Nyums... Dan harga lebih kurang sama dengan menu hubby. Marks? 7 Out of 10! For drinks, hubby ordered arab tea, while I had a mango juice. Harga tak pasti untuk tea but my mango juice RM8. Dua2 terbaik but its tea?Beyond marvelous. Ada rasa pudina sikit, hmmm, refreshing ;-) (Sorry, Im pathetic in describing food, u all kena pergi rasa sendiri ya!)

Yang ni Lamb Kebab. Kami mmg gila kambing pada malam tu. Hahaha... This one is superb, 10 out of 10 Marks = Full Marks ler!!! :D Makan dengan roti macam roti canai but way delicious and big. Kalau pergi lagi I will order this one again. Superb. Harga tak ingat, sorry kawan2. Sedap sgt tak amek port dah pasal harga :-P

The inside of the restaurant, and this is the view from our table. Family yang duduk depan kitaorang ni seriously bising. Macam zoo dah dibuatnya :-P Tak aman orang nak makan!! Hmmm...

And this is the face of a happy wife ^______^

The Croods ~ Terbaik!!!

Last Saturday, macam biasa lah, me & hubby's usual outing at night was going out for a movie. Hari Sabtu lah hari yang paling di nanti-nantikan every week sbb I love going out with hubby sooo much ^_^

At first I wanted to watch "The Host" or "Olympus has fallen", but Hubby opted for "The Croods". My friends cakap cerita tu mmg best gila, so I said, why not? As long as dapat tengok wayang dengan hubby dah happy sgt dah ^___^ So, earlier that day hubby bought the ticket via online..senang je, sampai dkt counter nanti just give the booking number & ta-daa, they all akan bagi the ticket, sangat hassle-free.. Lepas tu he sms me the booking number, I was very surprised sbb ingat x jadi tengok wayang that night. Sbb mula2 pun dia cakap dia tak nak keluar, prefer duduk rumah. Macam2 hubby I ni. Buat surprise last minute. Of course happy Lah aku :-P

The movie started at 10.15pm but we were still queuing up at the pop corn counter, hahaha... Sampai kena marah Encik hubby dengan I sbb degil sgt nak beli pop corn although movie dah nak start.

Lucky for us, when we finally got our pop corns & entered our cinema, the movie havent started yet & masih tengah iklan.

The croods, dari awal sampai habis mmg best sangat. Here are the synopsis:-

"The Croods tells the story of the world's first family road trip. When their cave is destroyed, the Crood family must embark on a comedy adventure into strange and spectacular territory in search of a new home. As if patriarch Grug (Cage) didn't already have enough to handle, it goes from bad to worse when they encounter an imaginative nomad named Guy (Reynolds.) With Guy's help the Croods conquer their fear of the outside world and discover that they have exactly what it takes to survive - each other.(c) Paramount" - source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-croods/

Cerita ni mengimbas kembali zaman orang gua, so we are presented with "The Croods" family who were one of those cave men masa tu. Starting cerita, dia tunjuk how "The Croods" memburu utk mendapatkan makanan. It was so funny how all of them chased a bird's egg semata2 utk makan bersama2. It was such a survival episode. Lepas gua mereka di musnahkan oleh natural disaster, they fight to find a new home & discover new hope during the journey. Mmg kelakar sgt isi2 dalam cerita tu, full of comedy. Banyak parts yang I ketawa non-stop & ada parts yang I shed tears. Hubby cakap I tengok cerita cartun mana pun akan nangis kalau ada sad parts. Lol...

I highly recommend this movie to all of you yang suka comedy, boleh juga bawa anak2.. Macam kami, kami bawak anak2 tekak kami, so ketawa lah bagai nak rak guna anak tekak masing2. Hahaha.. ok, it aint funny tasha.. :-P
  
Voices behind this movie characters pun famous2. 

For example, The voice for Grug was Nicholas Cage:-

 And the voice for Eep was Emma Stone:-

Emma Stone punya muka x terang in this picture. This one better:-

Kenal kan? ;-) The modern Spiderman's gf :-P

Also ada Ryan Reynolds, whose voice was used for Guy character in this movie:-

Character yang I paling suka dalam "The Croods" ni is Belt The Sloth:-

 Comel gila Belt ni...... ^_________^

And Chunky the Tiger. At one part dia buat muka comel dia, mmg comel gila. Dia ni garang and asek nk makan "The Croods" je tapi in the end jadi pet kepada Grug. Hehehe...

The best part is, the sound track "OST" for this movie is sang by our very own Yuna.

Yuna & Owl City to be exact. They sang "Shine your way" together & this song is the official OST for this movie. Our very own YUNA. Proud of her for bringing up Malaysia's name di persada dunia.

 "Shine Your way", Owl City ft Yuna, The Croods OST.

2 Thumbs up! Jgn lupa tengok yer kawan2... ^_____^