Keciwi

So im having a case of 'keciwi'. keciwi according to my mom is a greedy person who wants everything. so im down with that.


ok here's the thing. we have booked our wedding place n have paid the deposit and everything. i was plenty happy with our hall. its beautiful! then i met the hall of my dreams. and fell in love. i can almost hear it singing to me... u got it u got it bad... n yes.. i do have it bad..


now our hall is looking all plain and common next to this pretty pixie of a hall.. gimme!


and to make matters worse... its cheaper then our hall... ok cheaper if we take the buffet option but still cheaper...


but the downside is that it cannot accomodate our guests if we opt for a sit down dinner... i like a sit down dinner... not a fan of buffet style wedding whr ppl push n shove u for a piece of chicken i mean jeez woman, how long have u not eaten??


so all i can do now is salivate over pics of this gorgeous thing...


lets salivate togather??

doesnt this make swoon??

now here's our hall looking all manly and imposing... ok i should be thankful.. i am.. ill make it pretty.. like a girl hall... oh man... *shuts eye on pretty hall*

IMPORTANT!!

I saw this on the status of one of my friends on facebook. It was late and i was drifting in out of slumber. i have this habit of reading fb's statuses just before i go to bed. a poor way of compensating my lack of reading actual books nowadays. but i copied it and saved it in my msg draft so i could look into it in the morning.


I did it in the morning at the ofc thinking, its probably just a scam. but lo and behold, i followed the instructions given and was shocked to find this.

and i googled the isreali flag and this is what it looks like

makes me sick to the bone...

please please please do the same and and delete this from you computer..

krring krringggg!!

Remember the time when you dont have handphones... and you would need to use the landline to call people... and you'd fight over who gets to use it first... or who's hogging the line (always kak in)...

and parents (i presume) came up with horror stories of ghosts haunting kids who stayed up late at night to hang on the phone to avoid kene marah.

and you would memorize all of ur frens numbers by heart.. amazing how we were able to store so much numbers in our heads.. mom's, dad's, sister's, bro's, frens, bf's, grandparents, aunties, uncles, pizza hut pon.

then came the handphone

i swear i cannot for the life of me remember my bf's handphone number. i have tried and tried and tried to no avail.

my mom cant remember my dad's number to save her life but she can recite her bestfrens number (whom she hangs on the phone with on a daily basis) in a heartbeat.

can u imagine life without ur handphone??

i go nuts when my phone jams on me for 5 mins. id throw a bitchfest if i didnt have a phone at all!

this post is pointless. i was just thinkin of how i cannot rmember my bf's number dats all...

In the news

Have you guys heard about the sikh boy whose hair was cut while he was asleep at NS camp??


http://www.malaysianmirror.com/media-buzz-detail/6-nation/51628-sikh-boys-hair-cut-at-ns-camp-minister-orders-probe#


fyi, his hair has NEVER been cut since birth in accordance to the teachings of his religion. so i betcha it was pretty long- think rapunzel :)


what saddens me is that these ppl are being so disrespectful. we live in a pretty colourful community with many religions being practiced side by side.

Why cant we all be tolerant and harmonious and respectful of one another?
i mean the chinese and indian people could complain about our subuh azan as it would disrupt their sleep?? ok one guy in pantai dalam actually did but he retracted his statement and appologised and are now buddies with the imam- but thats a different matter.

its just really saddening that stuff like this is happening. i hope the culprit is caught and punished for his actions.

On another note- i really really REALLY dont feel like working today... so unfair dat some ppls got to cuti today.. booooo!!! i actually have LOTS to do but procrastinating seemed more fitting on a friday morning.

Hope u guys have a wonderful weekend ahead!!

shameless

So i went on The Stars website and read the story below.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/1/19/nation/7827132&sec=nation

How embarrassing is this for us malaysians?? i mean really, instead of helping the victims out, these people went crazy collecting coins like a kid collecting candies would on halloween. and those are just coins! i dread to think how it would be had those coins been notes.

Its times like this that i lose my pride as a malaysian.

Crazy baby lovin'

i am crazy in love with this little person

tick tock tick tock

yesterday i emcee-ed my first ever event at PWTC!! woohoo me!!! ok dun mind me bt i got rather xcited coz ive been thr a couple of times but its always to attend very boring events that i had to cover bt yesterday i was the one standing up at the rostrum n the reporters that were thr were like me before! ony dis time i was looking at them n going hah! now u gotta go bck n write dis story n go all... eee boring nyee!! ok i had to go back to the ofc n work after dat coz i only took a half day leave.. but thats diff...

anyway! i dont hv any pics coz i forgot to take any... bt the company might hv.. will check later..

so anyway! i changed my blog layout coz the old one couldnt fit my daisypath ticker thingy. the one that counts down to my wedding day. omg. 9 months, 1 week, and 2 days to go... i shud start my diet in 3 months time... 3 months left to gorge mercilessly on unhealthy delicious food.. god give me strength..

weve got 9 months to go, and this is what we have done so far.

- booked the hall
- booked make up artist for all 3 events (akad nikah, my reception, his reception)
- booked a photog
- booked tickets to jakarta later to do our wedding outfits
- bought some hantaran stuff
- bought favours for VIP table


what we still need to do

- buy the rest of the hantaran stuff
- book a videographer
- decide on a theme colour
- decide whr i want to do my henna
- find the perfect wedding dress dsign
- find wedding shoes
- wedding cake!
- hall deco (the price for the hall comes inclusive of pelamin n deco but im pretty sure itll be minimal)
- find material for dress
- find material for family members, maid of honor and bridesmaids
- find honeymoon place that suits our budget
- lose weight in order to look smokin hot on wedding day

these are on my to do list for now. im sure thr is a lot more that i need to do. ill freak out when the time is right. in the meantime, were moving at a steady pace getting things done one at a time...

Happy Wonderful 2011

Happy New Year everyone!! so how'd u guys spend ur new years? watching beautiful fireworks?? having a party with friends?? bbq with the family?? when the clock struck midnite, signaling the arrival of 1st Jan 2011, i was in bed. sleeping. freezing. cursing at the sound of fireworks. n getting pushed off the bed by my 2 year old niece who thinks she's the size of an elephant n need the entire queen sized bed to herself. 


but it was for me a wonderful way to start the new year- with family. albeit family meant having a toe shoved into my mouth while she tossed and turned in bed. i actually miss smelling her baby hair while i slept. she does this thing whr she will sleep in the crook of ur body and try to come as close as she can- often almost pushing me off the bed.


on the day b4 the eve of new year, myself, along with jj n sabrina made our way up the windy road to cameron highlands whr my parents were waiting. they had come down from penang whr they were shopping for food. they hate cameron food so every year b4 our cameron trip they'll go up to penang to tapau delish food to be consumed during the trip.


and oh my god sabrina has such a mouth on her!! she will talk ur ear off!!! if u dont listen to her she'll shout n scream n hit u just to mke a point. n wen she gets excited she's kindda dangerous. i bathed her the othr day n bundled her up in a towel. and it was really cold n she was laughing real hard den all of a sudden she bit my neck. hard. it was soooo painful i let out a scream n put her down. of course i marah her. she's got ALOT of teeth now so it really really hurt! of course she turned on the water works and i got it fr my dad. seriously. she should bite him. id like to see him go all cool n 'shes just a baby' after dat! hehe


but all in all. i had fun. the trip was centred arnd cakbina and she is such a funny baby. mama na!!! whr tobeylee!??? whrr?!?!?! whr mama naa!?!?!? whr!!!! tobeyleee!!!!! -this happens evrytime we pass a giant strawberry up thr. which is abt every 2 mins. and she seemed to not like the butterflies we saw at the butterfly farm but she went on forever after dat looking for 'butter-tai'.


we saw a cute chipmunk in a cage running non stop and she got all excited coz she loves the chipmunk movie. she was doing the dance routine n everything then she suddenly got all mad n was scolding the chipmunk going 'chipmak no!! no chipmak!!' i asked her 'y r u scolding the chipmunk na?' she went 'chipmak tupah!!! no chipmak!!' turns out the chipmunks food, some corn kernals had spilled onto the floor under the cage. she got plenty mad with chipmak after dat. 


oh and she also speaks in two volumes. whispers. and maximum volume. she shouts. she doesnt talk. even when its just the 2 of u in a quiet place. she shouts. ive gone half deaf since the trip. she also whines a lot to my mom. she'll go gemama!! (grandmama) tenok mama na!! (tengok mama na) wenever i annoy her.


all in all. i had a wonderful exhausting time. and it did get pretty cold in cameron much to my surprise. must be all dat rain. ill leave u guys with some photos. Happy New Year again! I hope 2011 will bring us all more happiness and rezeki and serenity.


hugss all round!






When i say- 'i love u na', she'll reply by saying 'too naa!!!'



red car

kissy kissy kissy!!

kak in didnt pack her shoes n she refused to wear her boots

with mama na n grandpapa

trying hard to do d peace sign

lookie here na!!

no chipmak no!!

babap chikmak

no tupah chipmak!!

grandmama n grandpapa

blood suckers

Its common knowledge among my friends that i have an abnormal fear of needles. be it for blood tests or vaccination of any kind. which explains why i have not been vaccinated for hepatitis b or any other vaccines and that it is no surprise that when the company offered free H1N1 vaccines for staff, i declined. of course i dont want to be infected but i also do not wan to be injected. no sireee!!! no thank u!!


bt yesterday, two ladies from sum lab came over for a health talk. the exact topic was cancer. now this is a rather touchy subject for me as my grandmother passed away two years ago from cancer and i have a rather complicated relationship with my ovaries. so this topic really interested me. they educated us about the our food intake n bla bla bla n that we should exercise (weird that i froze my gym yet again just the night before eh?).


Then they told us that we shud check our husbands blood type before giving birth coz if u have a positive blood type n ur husbands is negative, then thrs a chance ur baby will be abnormal. and we also hv to check for thalessemia. coz if both u n ur husband are thalessemia minor then ur kid will be a thalessemia major, and thalessemia major babies dont live long. so heartbreaking... thalessemia is a condition whr u dont have enuf blood cells.


nyway! at the end of it they offered to steal all our blood n drink it coz they're actually vampires and distant cousins of edward! ok no they offered us a package whr they take our blood and check it for irregularities and 60 different things like cholestrol level, sugar level, tumor markers, iodine and so on n so forth. it would normally cost RM 400 but we were getting a corporate rate at RM 295.


there was only 6 of us thr out off like 600 ppl in dis huge building n only 6 decided to turn up. such ignorant fools these ppl are. offer them free food n all wuud turn up. haiya msians.. so since all the other 5 people sed they were gonna do it, i too dcided to let them rob me of my blood .10 ml's ok?? dats like 10 big mineral water bottles!! or u know.. close..


so of course we went thru the mandatory drama prior to them poking my veins, starring moi. turns out it didnt hurt much. ok im kidding of course it hurt!! not like giving birth painful bt it hurt alright!


so now we are to wait 10 days, maybe more coz of xmas n all for our results. im not counting on much for my cholesterol level coz i eat like a truck driver... and the rest.. i'll just wait n see.. bit nerve wrecking.. kindda like waiting for ur spm results... cept its worse...

My 1st Foie Gras

so a couple of nights ago jj n i went to pressroom in bsc whr my sister works. she wanted to treat us to dinner for organizing my nieces bday party.
i was really xcited coz i was gonna taste foie gras for the 1st time! im a avid food lover so to not have tasted foie gras before is really an embarrasment.

on the said day, i had too much time on my hands while waiting for jj to wake up from his nap n come pick me up so i went a lil overboard with the eye make up.

i hardly dress up to go out in public nowadays, so for me to put on full make up was really sumtin.

kak in suggested a few dishes she thought we might like but i had my heart set on the foie gras with seared apple for my appetiser, she suggested i get the fish for my main n i obliged.

jj had the king prawns (of which i eventually had half of) for starters n fettucini with shredded duck and mushrooms.

wen my foie gras came my face was glowing with xcitement! n den the camera broke down on us. a few slaps and throws later (kidding :p) it was ok agn bt i had wasted too many precious mins letting it go cold i had to dive in (hence the poor quality photos)!

and my face scrunched up wen i did. like eeew? ok im a pretty adventerous eater. in fact id eat pretty much anything u throw in front of me bt this just made me nauseous.

the texture was that of pure fat, u know the white kind u find on beef? and the taste was, well it tasted exactly like wat it was, fatty duck liver but it tasted so gamey. it didnt have that rich livery taste which i love! it was fatty liver.. literally..

i love fat! i eat spoonfulls of butter while watching tv (i kid u not)! i rarely trim my meat and i really like fatty greasy chicken skin.

but this was a whole new league of eeww.

it spoiled my appetite for the rest of the night. which was a shame coz the fish was quite good tho i prefered his pasta over it n dessert was awesome-

but we forgot to take pictures cos we were so full we requested for only 1 dessert to share, and ended up fighting over it. seriously sharing food w jj is a nightmare, he's like a hungry lion all d time its scary.

i love my sister very much and she's a wonderful chef, but kak in, nx time we go la bodega ok? she handles both restaurants and i tink la bodega is much much kinder to the palate, not to mention the wallet.

Good butter = happy Janna

sceptical him.. he hates pretentious fancy meals. pftttt

my new nemesis



 

Moment of truth...



ehem ehem bluekk



eewww....

 

Barramundi fillet with bisque sauce and fresh asparagus







my sister the fab chef!

So i was browsing thru bangsar-babe's website when i came across her posting on the KL time Out Food Awards 2010.

I was scrolling down the list when lo and behold! wat do i see??

My sister is a chef there and she just did their dessert menu! how cool is dat! ok kak in! ill b there soon! siap kn foie gras ok!!

and Congratsss!!!

ok she doest read my blog, doesnt even kno i hv one, probably doesnt kno how to find a blog even.. working in a kitchen does that to u..

bt congrats anywayy!!!!

mwahhh!!

marry we??

on a slow boring tuesday, i get an IM from jj at work, after ignoring me for most of the day coz he was busy, saying that he was craving for oyster mornay so we were goin out for dinner. i found this weird coz im the crave-er in our relationship. he wud normally just go along. he hardly ever craves anything! boring tummy he has.

the place we were going to is in wangsamaju, and in my book, anywhr more then 20 kms away from my home is practically another country. it was 8pm when he picked me up. i was so hungry by this time that i was practically gnawing on the car seat. pls bear in mind that my dinner time, at the latest is 630pm. n i hate dat hunger pang that seem to eat away at ur tummy. bt i sensed something was goin on so i kept my green eyed monster in check.

it took us only abt half an hour to get there and as we were reaching the place he took an unknown turn. i though this was weird but i reasond that he knew this area really well, mayb he's taking a short cut or somthing. he pointed out wangsa walk to me n i went 'ooooh they have a cold storage!' (i have an unhealthy addiction to supermarkets) to which he replied 'u wanna go??' i flashed him a look n sed 'hello??? do u kno wat time it is??? im so hungry i cud eat a family of elephants n u wanna go jln2 kt supermarket???!?' ok green eyed monster peeping over the wall!

he took me around n around n around. at one point i looked out the window n saw the zoo negara!! i looked at him n sed- r we lost?? it was almost 9 by now n my tummy juices were churning out acid that was burning holes in my tummy in search for food!

i kindda guessed he was gonna propose at the restaurant coz he was acting all weird so i was thinking in my mind, y d heck is he going around n around in circles?? is the staff having problem sticking the damn ring into the dessert?? is he trying to work up the courage?? watt??!

then we FINALLY arrived after my incessant bables urging him to go faster as i really needed to use the loo.

after refreshing myself, we sat down n ordered. as we were waiting for our food, he looked worried n distracted and the moment i start to talk he would zone out like he's thr but he's not really thr. get wat i mean? n im like 'hello, talk to me'.
and then!! all of a sudden the restaurant doors opened n i see my dear dear darlings frens walk in, D, la's husband, followed by La n their baby, Mari (holding up her phone the entire time recording the event) and her bf Af af. they were each carrying a pla card that read, M-A-R-R-Y. i turned n looked at him n he was holding up an M and an E, only the M was upside down so it sed MARRY WE.

den he took out the ring box. or rather, accidently threw it across the table. nervous n embarassed punye pasal. n fixed it on my finger!

i found out later the reason he took me around the tour of wangsa maju was that mari was late, and she had the placards so he had to stall while she was stuck in traffic with marry we.

our wedding is planned for next year and i pray to Allah swt all goes smoothly and as planned.

so there, that is the story of his proposal to me. and to answer his question - will you marry we? of course i sed yes. how could i say no to marrying 6 people at once!

shoving my hands in his face impatiently

marry we??

marry me?? -more like it

The usual forever unchanging cast be it for surprise parties or proposals *lufffss*

megamind and i :)

p/s: looking at these pics made me realize sumtin. i really shudnt go out in public sans make up. gross..

My New Love

I have been in love with kitchenaid mixers since forever. and it doesnt help that nigella n my fav pastry chef (other then my sister) anna olsen uses it. thing is, it costs a bomb here. ok not so bomb la but bomb for me considering thr are so many oth things i need to buy n u can get a kenwood one for wayyyyy cheaper here.

theres a store near my place that carries kitchenaid mixers n evrytime i pass by the display window, whr they have so meanly displayed the mixers in a row of rainbow colours, i wud look forlornly and longingly, like a child staring at an ice cream shop. only worse.. coz the child hasnt eaten in 3 days n is really hungry n so she needs the ice cream to survive.

so ive been looking for it on websites like mudah n lelong, then it struck me that these sites sometimes sell used things n eeeuu im gona b making food with it n eeeuuu coz i dont kno whr its been u kno! ok i kno i can clean it yadda yadda yadda bt im anal like dat get over it.

den i went on this magic website called amazon! whr beautiful kitchenaid mixers had such tiny pricetags compared to here!! ok not so tiny wen converted bt real tiny for kitchenaid!!

the ARTISAN STAND MIXER 5KSM150PS costs about 2400- 2600 MYR but in the US its like 299.00 USD. heaven??!? i think so!! its even cheaper (256 USD) for some less popular colours like the yellow (which i love)!!

the price here is more then double the selling price thr!! insane!!

so now im inclined to buy it online n have it shipped over but id like to get some feedback from ppl who have bought heavy things online from the US. i wanna kno wud i be taxed? also theres the voltage issue. i read on a blog that Malaysia uses the same high voltage as the UK at 240kV. The US uses 110kV. so wud this pose a problem? well if anyone knows pls pls pls enlighten me.

in the meantime. feast ur eyes!!

p/s: btw he proposed!! but lets save that for another post eyh?

r you in love yet???

baby talk

Ive been an silent reader of munirah's blog for some time now. i love her tales as well as trials and tribulations of raising her 3 kids (and another on the way). i guess it reminds me of how my mom raised me and my siblings because she's married to a pilot, and my dad's a pilot. so their husbands are away a lot and often times they are left to raise the kids singlehandedly.


one of her newer post really cracked me up. currently all her 3 kids sleep on the same bed as her and her husband. and as she is expecting, she wanted to re-configure their sleeping arrangements. in other words, get the older kids to bunk in their own beds. she would pick them up after they fell asleep and place them on their own beds, but one of her boys would climb back onto her bed in the night.


she would sing praises to the other two saying what big boys and girls they are now in an attempt to encourage the other one to follow suit.


the little boy innocently retorted back with the line below.


“tapi pApa also very big boy, why pApa tak sleep on his own bed?”


cracks you up doesnt it!?

Kellogs Special K

so ive started a new bfast regime (if u must) it starts with a serving of kellogs special k cereal served with skim milk and followed by a serving of fruits. i love fruits so i have no qualms about muching on truckloads of any types of fruits, but they typically revolve around apples, oranges, kiwis, mangoes, melons, and the occasional pomengranate or two.

thing is, i am a big bfast eater, ok im a big eater full stop, but i love having huge savoury bfasts. ive never been one to settle for a slice of toast or a bowl of cereal. on weekends, i would normally make scrambled eggs which i pair with some fat sausages or even the spicy halal african ones papa brings home with some sauteed mushrooms and a grilled tomato. THAT is bfast. not sume limp toast. at the office i indulge in the occasional nasi lemak. but bfast at the ofc is normally whatever is being served in the crappy cafe downstairs which is usually roti telur or maggi grg. so unhealthy kan! like wat a way to start my mornings!

so that was y i dcided to try this kellogs special k 2 week challenge. i wont be following it by the book as it requires u to take the cereal for bfast AND dinner. i might not survive that. so im starting off slow with bfast first. depending on my level of famish-ness tonite, i will decide if i can subsist on it alone.

In the meantime, i have cut up a large tupperware of mangoes and apples into tiny bite sized bits to munch on coz i cannot not munch. its like my mouth has a mind of its own. i have to munch on sumtin or it might start to munch my own tongue.

so far i feel great! hunger pangs have not set in yet even tho i only had cereal and fruits and nothing savoury! ive got a good feeling about this. oh and just so u know.. im already 50 mins into this diet! 50 whole mins n i havent gone hungry! amazing rite!

well it is for me anyway!

World Hunger 2010 Charity Walk

I did my first ever charity walk in my adult life over the weekend. and it was soooooo much fun!!

i stumbled across the reg booth one day while i was out having lunch. i called jj n he gave his nod of approval. then i roped in some buddies who were equally excited and clueless about it.

the evening before the walk, jj had a football friendly with his buddies and twisted his ankle. my first thot was 'oh noooo!! kesian!! r u ok!' winds of change came quickly and concern turned to 'omg!! den u kenot walk tomorrow!! ohh mann!! u kno how long weve been planning for this??' he shushed me n sed he wud be ok to walk by morning. i highly doubted it n offered my late grandmothers wheelchair, the one we use as a racing vehicle around the house. very mature ppl we are.

so come morning he picked me up for breakfast and lo n behold! he was limping! and walking very slowly, dragging his swollen ankle.. shiannn!! i told him not to do the walk, instead he cud just sit by the side and hold our handbags. of course he disagreed. 'tanak lah!!'

so we reached the place n was greeted with a sea of yellow. it was like we went to sleep and woke up in digi man land. was pretty hard trying to spot one another coz evryone looked yellow and similar.

there was a few activities we could partake in while waiting for the walk to start. nenah and i spotted the sumo wrestle thingy and was jumping up n down in xcitement! the suit was like a portable sauna and stank of the sweat of former sumo's. disgusting i kno. bt the wrestling part was soooo fun and uber funny!! at one point nenah fell on her back and cudnt get up. she was like an upside down turtle. the man had to pick her up by her suit. so so so funnn!!!

we (jj n i) ended up walking 5 km instead of our pre agreed 3. it rained earlier so it was cool n breezy. at one point jj picked out an old old man and sed that he would be our benchmark, we had to keep our pace up to his and that he should never be out of our sight. i thot 'sure!! no problem!! he's old how fast can he really go??' 10 minutes down the road we were on the lookout for a new benchmark, we lost our old one (pun not intended).

we ended the walk with the collection of our goodie bag (which i loved) and dinner which we ceremoniously ate by the roadside along with other digi man lookalikes.

all in all it was a marvellous day and i would love to do it again!

they had it last year at padang merbok and there were two thousand ppl in attendance, this year there was six thousand.

i hope there'll be more and more ppl nx year. not only do u get to spend an awesome day with your loved ones, u also get to burn fat and play sumo AND FEED THE POOR!! how wonderful is that!!

here are some photos that i nicked from nenah's fb coz she was the only one taking photos.

digi man lookalikes

Ayomak get set gone!!

bouncy rock climbing! look at our xcited faces!

and off we go!

my 10 obese minutes

pretend ur dis fat, and fighting over the last piece of french fry. sure win wan!

FIRE!!

So the fire alarm went off today while we were busy working. my first instinct was 'wat the toot' shaddap!!! then i turned to my collegues who were all looking around in bewilderment, unmoving for 3 seconds before continiuing with their work. haha i swear if the building really was on fire we'd b toast! - pun intended.


the fire alarm is located (so thoughtfully) right by my workstation. like im deaf or sumtin. so wen it rang, my brains shook. i turned around to face my collegue who then saw my new dress and commented (in shouts mind u) on its lenght and the material, all the while the alarm was blaring its bell head off.


such safety concious employees we are.


and i got a call from my fren down below who was in the nursing room asking if she should save her breast pump and ebm.


a few minutes later (after breaking my eardrums) the alarm died down, and we heard an announcement. there was a ting ting ting ting (ala airport annoucement) telling us it was a false alarm.


i never knew our office had an announcement machine.. hmmm wonder whr its located...