Sunday 20 February 2011

TAKWIM HIJRAH 1432

Bulan Keberkatan
Syawal pasti datang!


Teruja rasa hati bila tengok kalendar bulan Ramadhan & Syawal 2011. Mudah-mudahan kita diberi peluang dan kesempatan untuk mengimarahkan serta memperhebatkan amalan pada bulan yang penuh keberkatan ni nanti, InsyaAllah...Sebenarnya takwim hijrah ni ada versi penuh, tapi aku saja je letak untuk bulan Ramadhan dan Syawal ni, pasal keduanya special padaku. Kadang-kadang kita lupa akan susunan nama bulan dalam kalendar islam kan...Selalunya anak-anak jer hafal nama bulan ni, pasal hari-hari nyanyi kat sekolah, kot satu hari ditanyanya kat kita susunan nama bulan tu, mati kutu kita...hehe! Jom kita refresh balik...

  1. MUHARRAM
  2. SAFAR
  3. RABIUL AWAL
  4. RABIUL AKHIR
  5. JAMADIL AWAL
  6. JAMADIL AKHIR
  7. REJAB
  8. SYAABAN
  9. RAMADHAN
  10. SYAWAL
  11. ZULKAEDAH
  12. ZULHIJJAH

Kelas Oh Kelas!

Niat untuk sambung belajar memang dah lama tersimpan. Bukan mudah untuk membuat keputusan, sambung ke tak...sambung ke tak! Tapi mengenangkan tuntutan hati yang memang dah lama menyimpan hasrat, ku gagahi jua. Sedikit kepuasan sebenarnya setelah benar-benar menjadi pelajar kembali. Bekerja sambil belajar dan menguruskan segala urusan keluarga adalah bukan satu perkara yang mudah! It is a really TOUGH! Time management?? YES! i have to manage my time between my work, study and also my family....Alhamdulilah..my praise to Allah, kerana mengizinkan segalanya.

Dan kini, pembelajaran diteruskan berdasarkan jadual yang telah ditetapkan. Million of thanks to my friends especially teman sekuliah yang saling membantu antara kami. Bukan senang tau! Hari ni, my mood sedikit terganggu dek kerana gangguan sang perut yang kurang nyaman. Akibatnya, kurang konsentrasi dan menyebabkan idea-idea bijak pandai nak tak nak je muncul di kotak minda. Nasib baik sesi latihan yang diadakan bukan sesi ujian sebenar! Mudah-mudahan bila tiba hari sebenarnya nanti, semuanya berjalan dengan lancar. Ya Allah engkau permudahkanlah segalanya untukku...Ameennn...

*** Ada banyak lagi task menanti :
  • Iron baju sekolah danish
  • Iron baju kerja
  • Prepare bahan untuk buat bekalan (esok pagi takdela kelam kabut)
  • upppsss sebakul baju menanti untuk dicuci...adios!

Saturday 19 February 2011

Designing dreams, serving pleasure & the story of the butterfly

As a simple and just an ordinary person, i do have dreams and always pray for the best in my life. None of us are born bringing more luck than others. Successfull only can be achieve from hard efforts and works in realizing our dreams, strengthened further by our faith and confidence. Motivational stories can lift us up, make us smile, encourage and motivate, and teach us valueable lessons. Here is a motivating story that can give you and me an inspirational to achieve our dreams. May my dreams and your dreams come true....InsyaAllah! Hopefully it can help you and me spark our motivational feeling!

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared.
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours
as it struggled to squeeze its body through the tiny hole.
Then it stopped, as if it couldn't go further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and
snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon.
The butterfly emerged easily but
it had a swollen body and shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch it,
expecting that any minute the wings would enlarge
and expand enough to support the body,
Neither happened!
In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around.
It was never able to fly.
What the man in his kindness
and haste did not understand:
The restricting cocoon and the struggle
required by the butterfly to get through the opening
was a way of forcing the fluid from the body
into the wings so that it would be ready
for flight once that was achieved.
Sometimes struggles are exactly
what we need in our lives.
Going through life with no obstacles would cripple us.
We will not be as strong as we could have been
and we would never fly.

Simply sedap Sang Makaroni!

Uploading images too slow! Potong mood nak siapkan entri ni jerlah...alkisahnya, tender WOL belum lagi beroperasi, jadi setiap hari nak kena fikir pasal menu buat bekalan. Ikutkan hati memang berderet kain 'KALAS' nak digantung, tapi mengenangkan permintaan hebat dari si tummy, maka ku turutkan jua. Antara banyak menu yang dicalonkan, Sang Makaroni yang simple lagi cepat dimasak terpilih sebagai hidangan si tummy....Brocolli dan tomato yang cute tu yang buat resepi makaroni goreng ni meriah dan berwarna-warni. Sedap sikit mata memandang ye tak?

~Makaroni goreng~

~Simply Sedap~

Recipe from the Land of Eagle!

Bak kata orang, 'sharing is caring'. I already tried this recipe...hasilnya tidak mengecewakan...Pada mereka yang dalam diet mode tu apa kata anda pulak cuba resepi ni. Alah, senang jer...adunkan semua bahan bahagikan kepada 2 bahagian dan bakar. Cukup simple dan mudah! {Maaflah, original recipe nya memang dalam bahasa omputeh, so mana-mana word yang konpius tu, pastikan ada kamus kat sebelah}

Heat your oven to 325ºF
(Design ni, my beloved danish yang buat.  pasal sibuk
nak tolongkan, jadi biar jer lah, janji SEDAP!)
Plain Batter:
Ingredient 1A:
2 eggs
1/2 can coconut milk ( 200 gm)
1/2 cups sugar ** ( see notes below)
1/4 cup canola oil ** ( see notes below)

Ingredient 1b:
1 1/2 cups of flour
2 tsp of baking powder

Ingredient 1c:
1/4 tsp vanilla
1 tblspn of water

Choccolate Batter:
Ingredient 2a:
2 eggs
1/2 can coconut milk (200 gm)
1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup canola oil

Ingredient 2b:
1/2 cups of flour
1 cup of cocoa
2 tsp of baking powder

Ingredient 2c:
1/4 tsp vanilla
2 tblspn of water (**I find that cocoa seems to produce a bit of a dry cake so adding this would help)

Get ready two separate bowls,  one for the plain batter and one for the chocolate batter. Both ingredient is pretty much the same. the only difference is the Cocoa for chocolate batter.

Mix ingredient A well till nice and smooth but not over mixing in each bowl. Then, add in Ingredient B and C.

Pour the plain batter one layer, and pour the chocolate batter next and repeat. It will spread flat so don't worry if it looks a bit messy.
I am using 2 loaf pans but you can use 8x8 pan.
Pour in a greased and floured or lined with parchment/grease proof paper.

Bake in 325ºF for about 1 hr or till skewer comes clean.

**NOTE: I have reduced the sugar from the original recipe from  a total of 2 cups to 1 cup. I prefer it less sweet and with the cocoa being 1 cup, it will taste more like dark chocolate. Feel free to add sugar if you like. The same goes to the Canola Oil. Reduced from 1 to half cup. I found it is still moist because of the coconut milk.

*Conversion:
1 all-purpose flour - Cup US = 125 gram - g
1 cup oil = 8 fluid ounces( fl oz)

Happy Baking, Bakers!:) these are really good with plain unsweetened hot tea or coffee.
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**Thanks to my cuzzy, Kak Deng for the recipe**

Gara-gara cafe tutup!

Masa lunch semalam, dok sibuk citer tentang bekalan masing-masing. Ada hikmahnya semenjak cafe (WOL) kat tempat kerja belum beroperasi. Ekoran dari penutupan sementara cafe, maka kami teman sepejabat sependapat nak buat bekalan untuk makan tengahari. Ada yang buat bekalan untuk minum petang terus and skip lunch! Diet mode-la katakan...hehehe. 

Cik LLa & Mr Tom
On the way nak mandi wap!

My Homemade Pizza
"sesungguhnya jiwa takkan tenteram bila stok menjeling minta di adun dengan geng2 nya lain!...Ahaksss i did it again, but now with cik la and without cik nas...{lupak meli cik nas, nak pegi kedey, ujan rahmat di luar kohh...alhamdulilah}"

Kita akan share resepi pada entri yang akan datang k....tungguuuu!

Dimulakan dengan Bismillah...Assalammulaikum!

Alangkah bagusnya kalau teknologi yang ada pada masa kini, dapat digunakan bertahun-tahun yang lepas kan! Takdelah kita sibuk menulis dalam buku catatan, ataupun 'My Diary'. Masa zaman saya muda remaja dulu, naik penat tangan mencoret cerita-cerita di dalam diari. Hari-hari balik sekolah...mesti tak lepas dengan statement standard, dear diary, bla bla bla...kalau nak dikenangkan, lucu pun ada sedih pun yer...all in one! Nahhh...sekarang ni beb, teknologi canggih manggih...sampai saya sendiri pun teruja nak ada blog sendiri...ni tgh try, test, cuba la ni...ahakss! Duduk dalam istana ilmu ni sambil memerhatikan keadaan sekeliling, tup tup timbul idea nak ada BLOG sendiri. So, sudi-sudikanlah singgah yer...