SIG-FOOD again??

Petang tadi...syukur alhamdulillah...berlangsung sekali lagi SIG-Food saya dan rakan-rakan rapat saya...Fathy, Mary and Peesha. Kali ni di rumah Fathy...gambar tak de sebab tak sesapa pun 'snap' apa-apa...kami cuma 'ngap' food aje!

Ni dia 'GENG SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP@SIG' tu (gambar diambil 18 Dec lalu)
Cik Peesha, Fathy and me...alamak Mary mana??

Kali ni small scale sebab Fathy tu beria-ia nak memasak MEE UDANG sedap dia tu... saya ditugaskan memasak MEE GORENG FOR KIDS (tak pedas)...dan menawarkan diri membuat PUDING KARAMEL with DUTCH LADY FRESH MILK tu. Kali ni alhamdulillah...sempurna puding tu...the last time buat ... karamel overly well-done...so jadi bitter kata si Peesha...kali ni memang sodap!
Dah siap-siap tanya Fathy resipi MEE UDANG KAW! dia tu...and dah berangan nak buat bila duduk kat Jubail tu sebab Haswadi kata udang kat Jubail beso beso dan murah....emm kolestrol?? tak pe la bukan nak buat setiap hari pun kaaaan! Alamak mee kuning plak masalah mana nak cari kat Jubail tu ye?? Nak bawak siap-siap MEE LIDI (ala ala spaghetti tapi dah rebus jadi mcm mee) banyak-banyak buat stok. Dan bahan lainnya ubi keledek...mesti ada kat Jubail tu kan. Sayur kangkung ada tak?? Okay nak bawak benih kangkung siap-siap...in case kena tanam sendiri.
Semasa nak menikmati MEE UDANG KAW tu seperti biasa Haikal meminta disuapkan makan. Ummi 'pause' sekejap dan suapkan dia dulu. Dah teramat biasa dah dengan si Haikal yang tersangat manja dengan ummi dia ni. "Abah! cepatla balik...suapkan Haikal pulak ye!"

Bila Haikal tengok Nuha (anak Fathy) sebaya dengan Haikal tu makan sendiri...baru dia nak cuba makan sendiri...tapi last sekali suruh juga ummi kesayangan dia ni suapkan...Haikal...Haikal...cepatla grow up and be a big boy.

Selesai semua, dalam 6.45 petang tu kami semua beransur pulang dengan rasa gembira di perut dan di hati...malam ni dah tak perlu makan lagi...cuma anak-anak je kalau nak makan memang dah masak siap sup ayam kat rumah tu.

DETIK DETIK INI...

Geram sungguh dengan Internet ni sejak sehari dua ni... Ya Rabbi teramat lambat...apasal agaknya. Acapkali dah ON and OFF laptop ni dan suis wireless tu...tapi still lambat. Nak browse web memang bercinta betul...

Pagi tadi sedang mengemas rumah...mak saudara Haswadi (Mok Su) datang rumah bersama anak sulungnya ...Jijie bakal pengantin baru 15 Mac ni. Jijie ni first cousin Haswadi. Nak dijadikan cerita semasa memula datang Dungun dan mengajar di UiTM tu Jijie ni antara pelajar saya...awal-awal lagi memang tak berapa nak recall "who is who?" in Haswadi's family...dan Mok Su hanya bagi tahu anak dia di UiTM...tup tup saya mengajar Jijie ni yang ketika tu berada di semester 6 dah. 8 tahun berlalu dah nak kahwin dah budak ni. So visit dia pagi tadi sebab sudah menjangka yang kami takkan sempat bersama-sama meraikan hari bahagia beliau sementelah tiket kami ke arab pada 10 Mac nanti. Jijie cuma dapat jumpa saya ajela...Haswadi memang tak sempat langsung...sebab pagi tadi juga Jijie balik ke KL bas jam 11.45pg dari Dungun. Beliau kerja kat KL. Jijie akan balik semula 11 Mac nanti untuk wedding dia. "Jijie, kak norma tak beli hadiah lagi untuk Jie ni...nanti kak norma tinggalkan kat mummy awak ye" kataku pada Jijie ketika bersalam dan berpelukan dengan dia. Anak-anak Mok Su ni 3 perempuan dan seorang lelaki...dan yang perempuan ni memang mesra dengan kami...semuanya peramah belaka macam mummy mereka.
Pagi tadi jugak buat fikiran saya tersentak jugak setelah Mok Su dan Jijie pulang... termenung gak sekejap walaupun mata kat TV, fikiran melayang-layang..."ehh biar betul aku nak berangkat jauh meninggalkan tempat asalku ni...apasal jadi macam sentimental sangat pun tak tahula?" Bila dah ada orang datang mengucapkan farewell dan ucap selamat ni...memang cepat terasa nak sedih...it shows how people really appreciate our presence and suddenly we will be gone very soon.
Patutnya happy sebab sepupu dan ex-student nak kahwin tapi jadi sedih la pulak...dah la tak dapat sama-sama membantu Mok Su pada perkahwinan anak sulung dia ni, nak pergi jauh pulak tu. Saya masih ingat semasa kunjungan menyambut menantu zaman saya kahwin 9 tahun lalu tu...Mok Su ni la orang yang agak sibuk melayan rombongan pengantin dari KL...in fact masa tu first time jumpa dia dan memang terus mesra dengan dia...kira jadi wakil pengantin lelaki la dia masa tu. Lepas daripada tu baru tahu yang Haswadi ada 10 orang lagi mak saudara...perghhh ramai betul. InsyaAllah by now semua (sekarang tinggal 9 orang) mak saudara Haswadi dah memang mesra dah dengan saya. Ke saya yang 'over' mesra dengan mereka...hehehe.

Untuk Jijie.."Selamat Pengantin Baru!" Semoga berbahagia ke akhir hayat!

Terkilan jugak sebab bila anak Mok Su yang sulung ni nak kahwin, tak dapat saya 'menyibukkan' diri pulak. InsyaAllah nak cari hadiah kahwin Jijie nanti di KL awal Mac ni.

TAGGING from Fatin

Okay...finally, I've completed the 'homework' given from a student! Sabar je la kan, student beri homework ke pensyarah dia!!! hemmmm nak kena 'babab' (pukul) ni. Tapi okay je Fatin...sekali sekala kaaaaaan.

7 ciri-ciri lelaki idaman anda
a. Beriman
b. Jujur
c. Penyayang
d. Prihatin
e. Setia
f. Perkasa
g. Humor

7 ciri-ciri lelaki yang anda tak suka
a. Tidak berpegang pada ajaran ALLAH!
b. Hipokrit
c. No self-confidence
d. A man who does what bad-woman does!...I mean ada lelaki yg perangai macam perempuan...mulut tak pandai jaga, suka mengata, kaki kutuk tanpa usul periksa dan suka jaga tepi kain orang!)
e. Kasanova...kenapa? hebat sangat ke?
f. Man who likes other man...ewwww...so disgusting!
g. Pengecut!

7 orang yang pernah anda minati sepanjang hidup
a. Mak
b. Abah
c. Suami
d. Yang selebihnya ehem...ehem...tak boleh bagi tau la...

7 perasaan sekiranya keluar dengan orang yang anda minati
a. Bersyukur
b. Berharga
c. Dihargai
d. Teruja
e. Gembira
f. Ceria
g. Seronok

7 tempat istimewa yang ingin dilawati bersama pasangan

Syurga Firdausi!...

7 barang istimewa yang akan diberikan kepada pasangan
a. Hati
b. Jiwa
c. Perasaan
d. Kasih abadi
e. Cinta
f. Ingatan
g. Nyawa

7 tajuk lagu yang akan anda nyanyikan kepada pasangan
a. Kau Tercipta Untukku-Mawi
b. Shoulder to Cry On-Tommy Page
c. Lagu Kita-Aizat
d. Tanpa-SOFAZ
e. Always--Atlantic Star
f. Because You Loved Me-Celine Dion
g. Just Be A Man About It-Toni Braxton

7 orang yang anda ingin tagged
...tak nak tag orang lain la...tapi kalau ada yang berminat...sila le jawab ye...

BERES!!!

MY TIME IS UP!

Alhamdulillah syukur sangat sebab penantian yang menggusarkan benakku sudah terjawab. YELLOW SLIP bertuah tu sudah pun diterima dan telahpun di email ke FIRESTAR SERVICES untuk proses Visa kami. Puan Kamariah FIRESTAR is really a cool lady!... Just talking to her makes me feel so relief even I am quite worried if along the way any problem might occur especially at the embassy. But, like Puan Kamariah says, "tak pe jangan risau...tak ada masalah la tu!"...haaaa so cool tapi ye la...kalau tak selesai...tak masukle duit dia kaaaaan!
We are now counting days for the return of our 'great man' ... InsyaAllah if all goes well as planned, Haswadi will arrive at Kuala Terengganu Airport 9.10p.m on 26th of February. Just 7 days more!
The kiddos especially Luthfil is really excite about it. In fact, all of us are so excite to see him again! Unfortunately, no one is going to wait him at the airport because he says so..."dah lewat nanti abang sampai, abang balik Dungun naik teksi je"...alahai...kesian la pulak...seperti biasa Haswadi memang tak suka menyusahkan orang...biar adik beradik atau anak beranak sekalipun. Masa dia berangkat dulu ramai yang hantar...kat KT dan juga kat KLIA...tapi bila balik...tak ada orang nak tunggu. I can always drive to KT and fetch him...tapi with the three little kiddos...oh...kena lupakan hasrat murni tu...and defintely a NO! NO! from Haswadi.
Tarikh berangkat ke Arab Saudi pula will be on the 10th of March, at 2.00a.m....yes 2 pagi! Adoi...macamana nak layan anak-anak ni nanti? Mesti ada yang melentok liuk kena dukung...beg lagi, cabaran cabaran sungguh...dah la biasa 9.30 malam masing-masing dah beratur atas katil nak tidur...ni pulak perlu berjaga sampai jam 2 pagi....
And surely, once Haswadi is at home....the big task will begin....packing time. Ramai dah bertanya tak mengemas dan packing lagi ke? Tunggu Haswadi balik, saya jawab. Setiap kali ada yang bertanya itulah jawapan standard yang akan diberi...padahal dalam hati ni berdebar-debar...Ya ALLAh aku tak mengemas lagi barang-barang yang nak dibawa nanti... tak apa InsyaAllah ada masa lagi.
Sebelum dia balik ni pun dah ada beberapa agenda nak dilakukan...especially trip balik Kuala Lumpur jumpa mak dan kak long dan juga jiran tetangga kat Sentul yang memang amat mengenali dan rapat dengan 'adik' sorang ni... Dah gamat dah flat Sentul Utama tu si 'adik' nak ke Arab Saudi ikut suami kerja kat sana... Masa balik KL Disember lalu....pantang aje keluar ke kedai di bawah flet tu...semuanya menanyakan bila nak berangkat.... alahai ni mesti mak bercerita ni...maklumlah 'adik' ni 'budak' kesayangan kat Kampung Chubadak dulu. Kalau arwah abah ada pun rasanya lagi gamat dibuatnya...mana taknya arwah abah ni 'otai' Kampung Chubadak, Sentul... jangan cari pasal dengan anak-anak Pak Samad (panggilan manja arwah abah kat situ) yang dua orang ni (kak long and me) dan memang orang tak berani kacau anak-anak Pak Samad sebab respect habis dengan arwah abah! Sebab tu kak long and myself tak bertemu jodoh dengan mana-mana pun orang Sentul..."nak mati ke?" bebudak lelaki yang ngurat-ngurat kami berdua dulu pun....tak sanggup....anak Pak Samad jangan main-main wooo! Sabar je la ingat zaman tu...
Wei Norma!...why you get so nostalgic ni?? Ala...biasalah...nak meninggalkan tanahair tercinta dan orang-orang tercinta...akan jadi beginila. Banyak lagi cerita yang nak didokumentasikan dalam precious space of mine ini...tapi later...kalau ada idea tercetus...sambung balik...
What is the time now?? Alamak my time is up la!

gambar ni diambil oleh cik peesha masa gathering SIG-FOOD!...special-interest-group: FOOD is our interest! 12 Feb lalu. Maklumlah tuan rumah tak menang tangan nak ambil gambar kaaaaaan!
ni la dua orang puteri kesayangan "Pak Samad!

DUTCH LADY...and the thirst of milk!

Pardon me, this is not a free-commercial or I'll get anything free from Dutch Lady!...nothing like that. Just wanted to show how much important this brand to our family.
This morning while reading the newspaper, I came across a small article on DUTCH LADY!. A group of researchers from UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia) is doing a RM500,000 funded research/survey on the nutritious content of DUTCH LADY products on children mental development. I found it very interesting and definitely so relevant to us at home. I knew it that we've always choose the best when it comes to food choices and brands! Surely I want to know the findings of that research and how it can benefit other people as well when choosing a brand of nutritional products.
At our home Dutch Lady is the most preferred brand than other dairy products we have in the market when it comes to milk consumption. FRESH MILK is our favorite along with the chocolate flavored (Luthfil's) and Strawberry flavored (Nadhrah's) milk that the kids consume once in a while. But the Fresh Milk is a must in our fridge at all times. Haikal is still on his SUSTAGEN JUNIOR 3+! Once in a while he drinks those too. I've tried other brands like Nestle, Magnolia, Goodday and a few other local brands but DUTCH LADY has always been the top-most preferred milk.
What I like the most with its Fresh Milk is it really tastes FRESH!.. Doesn't taste so milky or smell cowly! And quite often I use it also in my recipes such as the caramel pudding, bread pudding, macaroni n cheese and of course on cereals. The best is when I use it to make the caramel pudding...emmm yummie. And you'll never felt guilty at all even if you finished all the 1-litre recipe of caramel pudding by yourself with DUTCH LADY Fresh Milk! emmm...you and the kids of course.

"AWARD"...seronok beb!

Entry kali ni...dengan rasa seronok dan seronoknya!...nak dokumenkan penerimaan "award" dari rakan blogger...Neeza (Slice of Bledho). Thanks a lot dear! Even though kenal di 'alam maya' aje...once in a while we do keep in 'touch'. Hope to get to meet you very soon. Thank you again...kelakar pulak sebab syok ni!....macam dapat hadiah best gitu!

WARKAH SYAHDU...di dinihari

"Suhaib, di Hari Raya ini, abah mohon jutaan maaf kerana sejak tujuh tahun yang lalu, abah tak pernah belikan baju Raya dan kasut baru untuk Suhaib. Abah juga terlalu ingin untuk membawa Suhaib ke kedai dan membeli barang-barang yang Suhaib suka.

"Abah juga minta maaf kerana tidak dapat membesarkan Suhaib dan memberi didikan yang baik sepertimana bapa orang lain. Abah terlalu rindu untuk bersama-sama Suhaib dan Umi dan menyambut Raya macam orang lain....."

Tgh malam ni...terasa syahdu sangat....apa taknya...semasa blog hopping sebentar tadi, ntah macamana terbaca satu blog (sepanjang jalan kenangan) yang mempunyai link kepada kisah-kisah keluarga tahanan ISA yang sudah bertahun-tahun terpisah daripada suami, ayah, abi, bapa mereka...

Tiba-tiba tersentuh sangat dengan kisah Suhaib ni... sudah hampir 7 tahun tidak dapat bersama-sama ayah tercintanya...sehinggakan kad raya terkini yang dikirim oleh ayahnya tidak mahu dibacanya lagi...kesian...sedih dan terharu membaca kisahnya...

Tak dapat bayangkan seorang anak lelaki seperti Suhaib yang dibesarkan tanpa seorang ayah...walau hakikatnya ayahnya "ada" tetapi "ditidakkan" kehadirannya di sisi keluarga! Betapa besar pengorbanan keluarga-keluarga seumpama mereka ini dan terdapat beberapa ramai lagi senasib dengan mereka....

Ada juga sebuah keluarga ini...mempunyai 5 orang anak dan umur si ibu sebaya dengan saya 35 tahun dan seorang surirumah sepenuh masa...ketika suami ditahan dan dikurung ISA...beliau hampir mati akal...tak tahu nak buat apa? Akhirnya dengan bantuan pelbagai "pihak" beliau bangkit dan meneruskan kehidupan tanpa suami di sisi. Kalau ini terjadi pada saya...mampukah saya memperolehi semangat sebegitu rupa?? Ini baru kepergian 3 bulan...anak baru 3 orang, haru biru dah jadinya...MasyaAllah!

Sementelah...di rumah ni...abah baru kepergian merantau 3 bulan, ummi dah agak pening kepala dan sakit kepala melayan kerenah-kerenah 3 orang permata hati...berbanding pahit getir Ummi Suhaib yang ditinggalkan selama 7 tahun membesarkan anak-anak seorang diri...

Ummi dan anak-anak masih mampu boleh "skype", "sms" dan "telefon" abah hampir setiap hari...tetapi Suhaib dan adik beradiknya ... hanya menerima sekeping kad raya setiap tahun...

Anak-anak di rumah sibuk menanyakan..."bila abah nak balik dari Arab ni...luthfil nak suruh abah belikan robot hebat untuk luthfil ni"...si adik haikal pun sibuk.."kalau abah bayik (balik)...adik nak suruh abah beli "bom" (bom ni adalah excavator atau jengkaut...yang diberikan nama "bom" oleh si haikal...permainan favoritenya!), cuma nadhrah aje tak merengek belikan mainan...."rah tak nak apa-apa, rah nak katil pink ajerr!" pulak....

Anak-anak mangsa ISA ni...tak boleh nak buat apa...hanya mampu merindui ayahanda tercinta dari kejauhan...tanpa menatap muka mahupun mendengar suara acapkalinya. Nak minta itu ini...jauh sekali...hanya mampu bersyukur dengan apa yang ada...

Tatkala menulis ini..airmata masih berderai-derai lagi...tak tahu kenapa jadi macam ni..padahal baru petang tadi terhibur dengan perjumpaan rakan taulan yang datang bertandang ke rumah. Agaknya tak sanggup menunggu lama lagi...baca pulak kisah-kisah sebegini....aduhhh sedihnya hati...baru aje si suami 3 bulan pergi dan InsyaAllah bakal kembali tidak lama lagi...tapi bila terkenangkan Suhaib dan keluarganya...menanti suatu yang tidak pasti!...sedih lagi....

A SWING IN PERAK

Tak minat politik tapi tertarik dengan apa yang berlaku kat Perak tu. Tak pasti exactly what the situation really was, however...an MB di'paksa' untuk letak jawatan is something crucial to a country's administration. Kuasa Raja 'diajak' campur tangan sekali....konon untuk lebih valid 'paksaan' tersebut. MB Nizar is an intellectual person actually tapi mungkin terlalu drastik every of his move. On the other hand...defintely as a leader (MB) he needed fast action to prove his credibilty where he's only got like 4 years till the next election. Sadly he had to step down...by force. Whatever it is hopefully MB Zambry could make a change...a positive ones hopefully. To my friend Farini kat Perak tu..."kome tak rasa ape-ape ke?"

Yang dulu cerah...yang sekarang gelap...jangan gelap masa hadapan sudah lah ye!

ERRR....kenangan itu.

Aikk....what's up with you Norma?? Alrighty...let me confess ... I really want to show off some of our wedding photos...nobody ever requested...but still want it to be in my precious space here....

The photos were taken in the Bride's Creation Studio, Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur (tak ada dah sekarang ni...ntah pindah kat mana ntah!)..but really...both of us 'ikat perut' zaman tu nak bayar caj gambar kahwin dalam studio ni...it turned out sooooooo good you know...
We got 'nikah' on the 27th of February 2000 and the session was a week after the ceremony. We paid RM1000 for 4 different outfits... and we added our 'baju nikah as well...with no charge!
I believed since 27th of February is somewhere near this month....so I got a little bit hyped-up with the photos...bukan apa...sentimental value...dapat jimat duit untuk bayar towkey Bride's Creation tu RM1000.00 selepas setahun aje kerja...sabar jela...

Our wedding was really 'setiap titik peluh' we all yang mengalir bekerja dalam setahun dua dan kahwin lepas tu... Alhamdulillah...both my parents did not spend their money during our wedding...every single cent was a saved up.... I feel so satisfied because I did not burden them much. They had sacrificed the 'world' for me already. So semasa kenduri di rumah mak di Sentul..we did not even buat pelamin dan hanya memakai 2 pasang baju aje, baju nikah dan baju sambut tetamu... semuanya gara-gara nak jimat ambik gambar kat studio tu...'berhantu' betul masa tu nak merakam gambar kahwin yang paling vogue gitu!...Ingat balik kelakar pun ada. I know orang lain punya lagi gempak...tapi itu hanya yang termampu oleh kami masa tu...so bersyukur sangat.

M NASIR...sang pencinta!

This moment, I feel like writing about M. Nasir... I disliked him...once...during the "Mahathir's" incident. I remembered back in the 90's he was banned from appearing at RTM or on TV because of his scornful remark on "Who is Mahathir?"... he was banned quite some time...and he never apologized...if not mistaken, however he got through after the 'quarantine'....I hated him then because I love Mahathir!
He is one of the bests..in fact the best artiste so far Malaysia's or Singapore's (because he was from Singapore) has, really...I do not know which country he actually belongs to. I've seen him of course on TV singing since long ago, I've watched his acts on movies...I've listened and observed him on many shows and agendas on music, concerts, dramas, movies, talk shows and stuffs... and believed he is the most talented and 'educated' artiste of the eras...
I love his musics, his thoughtful lyrics and his personality...with a little bit of arrogant though! I've learnt that he has been always inspired by related Quranic commentaries in his songs and his works. He also had past Islamic history embedded in his songs. Remember the Tanya Sama Itu Hud Hud, Andalusia, Bila Rumi Menari , Phoenix Bangkit Dari Abu and Kias Fansuri to name a few...
End saying, I will definitely listen to M Nasir all the way through. I've been listening to him since primary school till now...to me he still looks the same M Nasir 20 years ago...and wonder how he keeps himself that way. Mungkin amal baca Quran kut?

FEBRUARY

Alhamdulillah..dah masuk Februari 2009 dah ni...
This morning I went to Luthfil's school, SK Sura, Dungun to request Sijil Berhenti sekolah since he'll be going to one of the schools in Jubail, Saudi Arabia InsyaAllah...soon.
That was my second attempt actually because last Thursday there was no one who could entertain my request even there were many staffs working at the school's office that moment...yet none of them could answer my question with certainty...gosh!...how I hate those uncertainties!
The PK HEM (penolong kanan) was not around, the Pengetua was on a meeting out-station, the so-called-senior clerk went for a tea...emmm at 11.00 in the morning!!! Tea at 11 a.m.??? alahai...nak kerja ke tak nak diorang ni?? I assumed they went for tea every hour kut!!! Anyhow...with my precious-patience, I managed to smile all the way and walked away....
Luckily this morning, I managed to meet the PK HEM...Tuan Haji Mansor and settled a few things with him...tomorrow I will be going back to the school to render the 'letter' the school requested. Just got it printed out a few minutes ago.
News from Jubail pulak, Haswadi just passed his driving test after his second try..."bang...I thought you were the 'superdriver'...fail jugak test dulu tu!"
Alhamdulillah, he'll be quite mobile InsyaAllah next week for his 'house-hunt' and probably 'car-hunt' as well.
Our Yellow Slip (the family permits) is still unavailable with a couple of excuses by SABIC...I know everyone of us, Haswadi and myself are so (im)patiently waiting for IT!..tak ada tu...tak ke Arab la kami di Dungun ni...

As for myself...I am getting on the third piece from Sophie Kinsella...wonderful!...I know her pieces have been for years already...but only this time I find some 'space' to get to 'know' her! Apa la Norma ni...'tembel' betul...what can I do?? Last time I got no time to 'drill' her works...tu pun nasib baik kak Awie (Adnawiah) bagi pinjam masa on medical leave ari tu.
But I love her writings...so entertaining, hillarious, and one thing for sure...she makes me feel young and 'dangerous'!!! Be it Rebecca or Emma...a bit from both of them is just like Norma...hehehe! (syok sendiri la tu!)
I have left with 2 more...and so far for record, it took me 2-3 days to finish a book of Sophie Kinsella... kalau tak sibuk kat rumah ni...I guess one day pun I tahan habiskan!
eh..eh..it is almost 3 in the morning...I have to wake up at 5.00 for sahur la..