sparkle !!!! sparkle !!

it ain't some giant muffin!!! its my kek gula hangus daaaa.......

meet our extended family member...shes a royalty from birmingham.

shes queen anne....

well, couple of friends went down to birmingham last week...cant help but to kirim these darlings with them...never had them before...mom, are these enuff??...they said if u went down to the factory outlet by urself, u might get overboard on buying these stuff...huhhh.....i remembered a friend here asked me wether im a big fan of tableware? coz theres so much nice n fine collection that can be bought over here, without spending a fortune if we wanna buy it back at home..so i just told her that im not really into the habit of collecting dishes..she then replied, well, if dont have it yet, u'll develop one soon...guessed it true then....the price gap is sooo big, i sumtimes gawk...hehehehehehehe....still, im just an average fan of these stuff...got more better things to look for ...

ok...up there...it aint no giant muffin....hehehehehe...its a gula hangus cake...i was having one of those cravings for malaysian dessert..so i decided to take matters into my own hands..hhahahhahaha...lucky they turned out well..(with some guidance from mom !!)....and the rest of the neioghbourhood said they tasted nice... :-) (they'rejust hungry...heheheh)...

last weekend we all went deep into the woods and discover a very big carboot market down in Lanarkshire (sounds very LOTR..) and we even stumbled upon Hagrid's Hut , the shed they used as Hagrid's home in the Harry Potter movies...its a round white hut..cute...the market was fun though, well they better be coz it took us 1 1/2 hours drive to get there..heheheh...lots of antiques and home stuff and kids stuff...and the weather was great ..its 18 degrees with mild winds...so, its considered warm...no, hot !!hehehehe...tak tau la nnti balik KL cemana...heheheh...will post some photos later...if i can find where the kids sorok our camera....

ThE FoG....

fancy a cuppa??

caution !!! filling is hot...

it's been two foggy days over here....very poor visibility..i bet there might be some flights delayed too..coz i see the airport from here...hheehehe...since its too foggy to travel, we've been hibernating at home...hence some baking occured...guessed many things can be done when theres not much to be done....i made some bread pudding!! apparently my favourite dessert after cream caramel, green guey stuff and goreng pisang...darn, thats a lot of dessert !! heheh...and nothing beats a cup of hot tea with ur loved ones to kill time..tv over here is quite the same back home...5 public channel (sometimes great shows...sometimes just makes u wanna throw the tv outside the window)...glad we had cable tv...babah will be watching his cult show X-Files while i wonder its like dejavu watching it many years ago...i'll be watching countless news, dramas, reality shows,crime shows and just plain dumb english soap....

New hairdo !!!!!

nope...not me....hair dressing here is way toooooo expensive..i'll just keep it long for a while...it's babah, hassan & miss Sarah..and me, the barber!!! heeheheheeh....developed some skills here..and below are the results.....haircut, anyone????.....

cik sarah moves around alot...so snap jer ape2...note the high fringe !!hehehehe...

Hassan and babah sporting the new cropped do!!!..

never toooo many...

meet my new tiny expanding little hobby...not tooo much...never tooo many...certainly buat muka babah berkerut...heheheheh......and Sarah would go 'wow', 'taaaatik'...(means wow !!, cantik !!...in her language)...well, got nuthing much to tell...so i decided to line my little collection for my little sisz to see...wanna see it close up?? sure...

boots...most useful during winter...and add inches to my heights!! i cant seem to find them in other colours that i like...
shoes to match any occassion !! huahuahua...
the grey ones are very comfy n flat, most suitable for events that includes shopping or shoe testing....blacks are for exercising...hehehe...and brown ones are used in snow...huhhh...told u shoes are needed for everything u do!!....
be careful now walking down the stairs !!

since i got plenty of time, i've been keeping them in tip top condition...(sounds like i'm trying to sell them??)...noo..at least not yet...as for my make up collection tag....thats what i'll do next..

Keep the faith.....

me n' babah still menggigil though its spring !!!

i see love in this budak bucuk....

the face that gives me strength...and sumtimes geram !!!

waiting for spring...

I had a good life
before you came
I had my friends and my freedom
I had my name

Still there was sorrow and emptynes
till you made me glad
oh and this love
i found strength
never knew i had

And this love
Is like nothing i have ever known
Take my hand
Im taking you home
Taking you home

There were days, lonely days
When the world
Wouldnt throw me a crumb
But i kept on believin
That this day would come

And this love
Is like nothig like i have ever known baby
Take my hand
Im takin you home
Im taking you home

Where we can be with the ones who really care
Home
Where we can grow together
Keep you in my heart forever

Oh and this love
Is like nothing i have ever known
Take my hand
Taking you home
Taking you home

this particular lyrics means a lot to me...hahahahahaa....

googled for ot and wanted to share it with the rest of the world...

love....love....love........it makes the world goes round....or was it money???....yeahh....whatever....this subject has been sticking at the back of my mind for quite some time now..coz a dear friend of mine just got divorced recently...and shes left to handle her beautiful child by herself....well, cant say much about jodoh...its ketentuan Allah swt......but i feel sad for her being left in Malaysia while her ex-husband went working abroad and got himself someone else in the process of 'i'm doing this all for my family' thing.......well life is complicated enuff...i pray that she will be strong and InsyaAllah she will find jodoh in the future....thats about it the whole story sharing about someone else for today...dont wanna be some kak nab or something.....huhuhuhuhu........i'm just beginning to understand the amount of faith and effort needed to keep a family together....great job mom and dad!!! theres always gonna be a silver lining every now and then...but remember that we always have Allah swt to turn to and family ot seek help ..... xoxo !!!!hahahaha.........

A lot of things been going on since.......

i got plenty of news bout my friends and loved ones back home...great news mostly...alhamdulillah..listed here are some of it:-

1. mom n dad n family are doing fine..

2. my bro Amar got a job.....in Mont Kiara..near my old office...dejavu...

3. my sisz Nawal is coming home end of this year...good for her...been worrying bout her safety there..but shes a survivor...

4. friends tying knots...

5. dear friends gave birth; Yan, Shasha..

6. cousin due to give birth; Hanie, Intan...

7. sisz Nabilla about to finish her diploma..InsyaAllah...budak dekan, sure boley punye...then get out from there !!!

8. bro in law; Sharil is planning to pinang anak orang...heheheh...good luck!!

9. Malaysia has a new PM...

10. my best buddies are moving into new home !! ; Kak Wati, Yan & Hanie...

11. More of my best buddies are preggers; Lydia, kak Aniq & Kak It....

12. and i wonder if my bro Amir has completed his prof.competency test...he is so clever...

well, thats about what i could remember for now...i'm really blessed and thankful to Allah SWT for this having this life and family and all the people around me....

oooppss... almost forgot, my babah also finished his classes for his Masters programme, now is his exam season and dissertation completion......best of luck honey !!! and me n the kids are being ohhh sooo helpful by giving him mental support n stuff...

domestic diva in training...

when i was about to do nothing after finished cooking n cleaning, a very lonely fruit basket just stared at me .... theres bunch of bananas (bananas here just dont go rot that easy...), three apples and an orange...not really in the mood of eating them, babah suddenly stumbled upon this orange cake recipe that seems to be able to do some justice to the lonely orange...just to show what we can do with an orange, internet recipe and some brand new kitchen helper babah just got me for mothers day !!!

phewww.....

Me about to discover the steepness of the pathways!!

A very helpful sarah reading the zoo map..

Ahaaaa...!!! sarah new babysitter !!

yeahhh....sure...whaatever....theres not even an animal in sight!!

hahahaha....it was mothers day last 2 weeks..22 nd march if i wasnt mistaken...we went to Edinburgh Zoo (sponsored by UMNO la..)...i think there were around 20 families altogether...mothers day?zoo? cant seem to figure out the resemblance...but anyway...it was a great trip..we were tooo busy walking around and looking for animals, we forgot to take a lot photos..the zoo was overeall nice, clean, a lot of animals, but most of them are still hibernating due to the cold weather that day!! it was soooo windy, it became very cold...lucky i brought my jacket. Babah meanwhile thought it was an OK weather, so he decided to wear like we were in Malaysia...and ended up shiovering inside, but control macho outside!!hehehe....just one thing i wanna ask the zoo designer...why the *** did u guys build the zoo on a slope that is sooo steep with fancy pathway that just couldnt grip with strollers?? just imagine trying to move in such windy condition? nasib la ayang ade nak tarik ....if not i'll be blown away with the stroller masuk semak mana tah...heheheh.....photos on facebook la as usual...heheh.we were so tired after the whole trip, i misplaced our digicam and thought i had dropped it somewhere in the zoo!!..i was so sad that we no longer have our dear digicam..but pheeww....after 2 weeks of searching, we managed to find it !!just underneath the passanger seat..heheheh.....pheewww again......Happy belated mothers day!!