My Chubby-Jac

well...call me childish..but hey..there's a kid in every one of us..

Just wanna introduce you to my beloved Chubby, a birthday gift to me by my girlz last year..he's got a super cute boncet tummy and very cute 'sleeping tiger' eyes....



and here's Jac-Jac.....I got it when we bought the McDonalds' meal sometime ago when The Incredibles hit the theatres ..it's sooo cute, I decided that it shall stay with me...hehe..

A Belated Teachers' Day

hi...
after lots of thots,I finally decided to post something belated..in a way, I hutang gambar dgn khaziah..

anyway,..we celebrated Teacher's Day 2007 with a treat from Khaziah. Where?..Dinner at Secret Recipe @IMM.I actually thot of somewhere nearer, like Swensen's or something but she insisted that we go to a place where I've never tried the food before..She convincingly said that the food there's nice, so I agreed. Again, June can't go,so there's only me , Ros ,Sally, and Khaziah herself.



Went there by cab,and sat ourselves in a corner up on a raised platform.





We took sometime to order as all three of us have not been there before and I wanted to have something a little different. For drinks, I ordered Iced Lemon Tea Float, Sally had Watermelon Juice, Khaziah had Kasturi Apple Lime Punch or something like that, while Ros had 7-up with lemon, I think...forgot laa...


the funny thing was that they were not allowed to taste their orders b4 I had a chance to take a shot at them with my cam.Muka satu2 boring pasal tak boleh minum dulu especially Khaziah yang da haus tu..

Then, we ordered our food..
I had Chicken Cordon Bleu. I think it's some chicken breast stuffed with turkey ham and cheese served with slaw and fries. I thot the combination would taste crazy but it was sedap giler!..hehe..pandainya aku pilih!


when u split it open,....fuuhh!..heaven...



Khaziah had baked fish with lobster sauce..but something happened and it was served with pesto sauce instead...I kecek her sikit...it was delish!..but she was sooo full from the earlier Teachers' Day Lunch that she had - that she couldn't take that much anymore...so I kecek lagi laa..sedap..the fish taste best when it was still hot, meaning - u gotta devour it as soon as they lay it down in front of u..but I find the side bun not matching enough to go with the dish..and it looked more like a raw egg...don't u think?...but I ate it anyway,hehe..



Ros pulak, ordered Fish n Chips, complete with soup of the day and the bun which looked like raw egg...BUT...they forgot the lemon!...incomplete, man!...
and the vege?...mmmm I prefer mine to come with carrots and broccoli..tapi..takpe la...ini Ros punya..



Sally had ...alamak I forgot la...sumpah!...here's the photo,anyway...i think it's chicken ke ape ntah...u figure..


I ordered Caesar's Salad when I thot that we do not have enough vege on our plates.
I asked the waitress(who don't seem local)about the dressings that they have - I would love to have Ranch dressing to go with that but the waitress don't seem to understand the words that came out of my mouth.So I spared her the agony and just asked for some Thousand Island instead..I love the croutons(toasted bread cubes) but the sprinkle of turkey ham bits was a bit too extravagant,though..



We chatted and gossiped through the meal , laughed, got serious, laughed again,...and oh..we each received an orchid bouquet and a gift from Khaziah & Munirah.



When I noticed that I gulped down my Ice Lemon Tea Float too soon, I asked for their house mineral water,costing 50cents a bottle.



Then,I got greedy and asked for dessert. Everybody else were stuffed except me...I mean,..I gotta have their house special,right?..Khaziah wanted Iced Mocha or something like that...I asked for a Cuppucino and the famous Banana Chocolate Cake.



I asked yang lain nak tak sikit...Dorang tanak - bukan I tak tanya - so ape lagi, I baham sorang la...alamak....sedap....memang sedap...so kita berborak lagi sampai....



kita dah tak bole makan lagi, dan ...



cake pun lat-lat tinggal ini aje...
dah kenyang semua,...Khaziah generously treated me to 2 more slices of the cake that I had, to be given to my 2 girls at home.Thnks, sis.
So,bila kita look around, kita je yang masih dok lekat kat resto tu, dorang pun da nak tutup, we decided to go off pasal Abg Kareem, hero nya si Ros pun dah nak pick up dia.Kita pun jalan to the taxi stand. Orang punya la ramai, macam nak line up Hello Kitty.Ntah tak semena-mena, I asked the group of giggling chinese girls infront of us to snap us this pic..bukan ape..konon2 bukti that we had a girls' nite out kat IMM.


Kaki sampai sakit tunggu, we decided to give them some credit too. Hitam,yang kasut macam kasut my hubby tu kaki Khaziah, Nampak jari yang macam nak pegi pasar tu kaki Sally,yang lonjong macam kuih lopes tinggal nak siram gula melaka tu kaki Ros, dan saya yang putih tu la...yang dah nak tanggal tu...


hai...tunggu punya tunggu teksi,tak gerak2 kita punya q-line.Sekali,hero Ros datang macam mat rempit. Bila Ros dah balik, aku step muka ceria konon2 pujuk nasib sendiri tunggu teksi yang tak sampai2.



Last2, I call hubby who's still in his office at Ngee Ann Poly to come and fetch us. It was a good 20 mins b4 he came.
Felt tired, but this time,....kenyang...time pegi Delifrance kemarin,tak kenyang...hehe
Anyway, thanks AGAIN Zie,...for the sumptuous treat.
That was a great nite and u know it!

Pointing the finger..

I have not been updating the blog,..yes, I know...it's starting to collect dust ..but then again,..the latest thing that happened to me is....
well..I accidentally sliced off a good part of my left index tip,just to the right of the nail....with what?..a PENKNIFE....trying to do what?....trying to exact off the corners of an artwork with one good precision cut...but the ruler that I leaned against the blade began to slide on the rather slippery paper. I didn't manage to stop my right hand from knifing with one strong stroke...so off goes a good chunk of my flesh...and I bled profusely. I bled so much (non-stop) that I had to go to the A&E. Brought along the piece of flesh in the hope that they could stitch it back...but due to the time it took for me to decide to go to hsptl,the tissue was already dead. So,they said that all they could do was to reconstruct it with grafting to promote tissue re-growth.The worst part?I gotta go there every 2 days for them to change the dressing(in which the wound is still bleeding underneath the layers of netting and bandage) and for them to monitor the tissue growth. So, I am now learning to do stuff with one finger less....sounds odd...but there are times when I felt rather difficult going about doing chores,especially cleaning myself. Also,it made me realise that we do need every limb that God had created for us as each of them REALLY does serve a purpose.It's a long road to recovery but I can't wait to point the finger again!...hehe

oh yes....I hope this is my excuse for not updating that often...typing this alone is killing me....had to narrow down my energy to just 2 fingers....Argh!!

Where's Suhana?

helo, helo, helo....

adoi....lama sungguh rasanya tak masuk....ntah knape ntah...padahal banyak nak cakap...tapi,...tak cakap2...bila dah accumulate gini,...baru lah pedih nak type...apa nak cerita dulu eh...banyak nie..

ok mula2,..let me post some food pics first...i made these some time ago,..but only have the time to upload it now..
so,..these were what u missed...

of course ,..stuff happened since my last update but really... no mood to talk abt any of it...just the usual rendition of tears and laughter...
but something worth mentioning happened on one Saturday,where I went to Ira's sch. She was a subject prize winner for English in the Express Stream for last year.Besides being a prize giving day, the sch was also celebrating its 30th Anniversary. We were supposed to be seated in the hall by 7.40am but then again, SOMETHING happened to spoil the morning.She went off to sch 1st to get ready for her Band Performance.In the meantime, we got ready.Suddenly,I got cramps and was not able to - I repeat - not able to even walk. So frustrated.I told myself I'm not gonna miss this for anything,including the damn cramp.But seriously,the pain deteriorated and I gotta "rest" for a while..b4 u know it,...we were running late.I told myself that even if I have to fake a face,I'm really gonna drag myself there.Upon reaching the sch,I literally rushed to the hall, just in time to see that Ira HAD ALREADY RECEIVED HER PRIZE!....AARRGGHHH!!!!!
U have no idea how frustrated I was. If only. If only I had reached there about a few mins earlier, I would have witnessed her big moment. Altho this was not her 1st time, I have always made a point to be there when my girls went up to any stage to receive any prize of any form.But this was the 1st time I missed it! I cursed myself for it.Felt so apologetic to her but she gave me a rather forgiving look from her seat.Felt like giving myself and hub a punch. (Well, I gotta share/shift the blame on somebody, shouldn't I?)
But then, its ok..most important,I was and am still proud of her. Went about the sch to savour what the sch had put up for the day. Shows, extravaganzas, games stalls, exhibits - u name it...but the best one has got to be the food that has been catered for everyone.There For the parents, ours was located on the 3rd flr and I think I was certainly the 1st to dig in because obviously,when I opened the 1st buffet tray, it was still untouched!...seriously, the food was goooooooooooddd!!!..there was so much food,I now remembered that I forgot to eat some of them!..hehe...Anyway,lots of Kudos to the sch and the caterer : delihubcatering.com.sg
Halal lah.... The embarrassing part? Me and adik tried to smuggle some delicious éclairs but they got squashed in my bag and therefore, I gotta throw them...so sayang...dolat agaknya...but then again,kita bukan curi apa...kan memang diberi makan kan?..

Cardiac Call

5th July

Went for chk up today.
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too bored to comment on it.
Que sera sera.
Whatever will be, will be....

Oh God..

3rd July...

Went to melawat.
I lost another relative younger than me today.Pity.
Went from late morning to evening.
I felt drained....really drained....
Didn't eat the whole day.Just had a bottle of mineral water.Legs go wobbly after hours of waiting.After the funeral,the reality checked in. Felt like passing out on the way back.
Oh....by the way, I was alone. So alone. So lonely.
Do u know what is the feeling of being lonely?...
Horrendous....

Festival of Ideas

Yet another time lapse....

Anyway,...before the start of the new Semester,..I was sent to MOE for the 2008 ExcelFest focus group discussion on how to further improve and enhance next year's festival.Was thrilled to share new ideas and we had a good brainstorming session.My team came up with a pretty good slogan fit enough to be considered by the Exco. The Green Apples (that was what we call ourselves)comprised of myself as the Group Leader, Georgina as the Table Host, and members Joan, Sheila, Elizabeth and Nurul. The best moment for me was when my team was saved for last and while giving the speech during my presentation, the i-studio which housed around 40 of us, roared with supportive applause. We were only given 10mins to draft our ideas but I took a max of 25 to deliver my speech. Members from the other teams stopped me in my tracks to compliment our points.It took about 2 and a half hours for the whole session to wrap up,in which refreshments were provided but I did not take a single bite...oh well,..I'm not missing it..

Took some lame pictures along the way,coz we were in a hurry to finish the given tasks.When I emailed the pics to the rest of them, Elizabeth called me "Brainy"...reminds me of one of the Smurfs with that big, black glasses over his blue face...hehe..
All in all,..had a great time and our team proved to stand out among the rest when we came up with : "ASPIRE TO INSPIRE"

*cheers*

Bon Joir!, Madamoisalle...

Had a meeting in school about TB. Finished quite late but then, Cikgu Khaziah wanted to 'wind down'...so we went to JP for dinner...Mula2 ingat nak makan kat Banquet aje but then ntah sape ntah yg dah recommend Delifrance..so we went there.Plus Ros and Sally. Cikgu bayar in the end...tak puas ah...with that amount, bole makan raya cina kat Banquet...Delifrance punya serving portion punya sikit....anjing tengok pun fed up tak kenyang...tapi bukan salah cikgu...salahnya Delifrance...kasi setotet let gitu,taruk harga mahal nak mampos,..tapi sikit nak mampos jugak...ah ngkau...fed up aku...anyway,...i had a chicken mayo sandwich,mushroom soup,and cappucino..nampak macam banyak ...tapi tak sangat...mula2 ingat nak expresso...tapi bila dah sampai, tekejut beruk bila tengok cawan dia..punya lah kecik...agaknya lipas nak kencing pun, tak muat...terus tak tunggu...tukar order...makanan dia tak worth it la....too ex for something very little...tapi the nite was good becoz kita ngumpat about the meeting...berbakul umpat...sebab tu tak kenyang...tak berkat agaknya...hehe..
my sandwich
but the ambience was good la...for umpat-mengumpat...hehe
Me tengah on the line, with Ros
Sally and Khaziah
My cuppa with a little cookie...satu kali telan aje...buang masa..
Brownie...sedap, but too sweet...bole kencing manis potong kaki punya
Had some bread pudding for dessert too, with vanilla ice-cream...tapi dorang bodoh ah...tak tau makan...nasib baik dah kenyang...kalau tak, dengan lampu France tu sekali aku kebas...hehe
Anyway,...Ros paid with her card but Khaziah bayar dia balik with cash...kira2 dia belanja la....Thanks so much, Zie....teruk la I ni...orang dah belanja pun nak kutuk lagi...tapi takpe la...dia pun kutuk ape...

Fast Food

believe it or not, this dinner was done in a record-breaking 20 mins.Chopping and stir fry simultaneously. Terror nya gue!...hehe

Hungry?

June holidays...
In short,...I did nothing...except it was a month of check-ups, check-ups and more check-ups for my in-laws...we siblings had a rotating roster to send them to and fro...A very boring month...Thot of doing a spring cleaning but oh...what the heck...kids had camp, supplementary classes, and stuff like that and therefore we had no quality time outside,..a.k.a holidays...so I just brought them to JP to shop for some garbs and stuff...and that's abt it...pretty sad but the kids understand..

Me looking bored...Back off my Mocha!

Had some lousy days with my health...but I'm getting on...

well,...did a bit of stuff in the kitchen. Got the kids to get messy.
drop teaspoonfulls of cookie dough onto baking sheet
into an oven @ 175 deg. c.
cool them on a wire rack
heavenly beautiful chewy double choco chunk cookies...



made some Roti John yg sedap nak mampos...hehe...
take some broccoli, yellow courgettes, carrots and lemon
some dory fillets
coat with tempura batter and deep fry
a dollop of tartare sauce (or add chopped capers/gherkins to some mayo)and u got yrself a set of my all-time fave = fish & chips

spread some garlic-herbed-butter onto slices of french baguettes,wrap in foil and grilled
skewer shrimps that are marinated in lemon juice + my secret self-made marinade
grill shrimps in oven. Grill some chicken marinated in the same marinade too.
after about 20 mins or so, this is what u get
with some veggie, u got yrself a pretty filling meal