C.A.T

My dear Alisha now loves to draw.. Just few mins ago, she showed me that she has drawn a cat.. When I see her drawing, I was like wow! A smiley cat.. It do really look like a cat.. the face only lah.. I guess she really takes after her Abah.. Her Abah was once a Arts student.. Mama can't really draw.. haha..

Presenting her Smiley Cat... :)

She drew on a book instead of her doodle.. tsk tsk tsk

First Step..

to Geylang at nite.. This year I really have no mood to go Geylang. Went once during daytime with SIL & MIL then yesterday the 2nd visit.. Was quite surprised that hub wanted to go Geylang yesterday.. After the Liverpool match, hub suggested to go Geylang since I wanted to get Dengdeng for the past weeks.. So at 11.45pm we setoff.. Parked at Spore Post and went to the Bazaar in front of the SPC before we off to the main bazaar.. Nothing much I could say.. The crowds are getting lesser and lesser compared to years before...


For me, I still prefer the atmosphere when the bazaar was once situated at Dewan Perses.. It was much more happening with bigger crowds.. That I must say the feeling of raya was super terasa..


We just bought Alisha's socks, hub's butang baju kurung, sampul duit, dengdeng & keropok lekor and off we for a KPE ride as hub wanted to "test" the KPE route..

We go O-LIO..

We had Aglio Olio Pasta for break fast as hubz wanted so much to eat that. The last time we ate was at Spize and now he's craving to eat it..


It was a success for a first try.. I can say it's delicious (oops masuk bakul angkat sendiri :p) .. Hubz agreed too... hihihi...


Anyway I have finally stop my baking after another round of M&M cookies this morning. Maybe tomoro I will bake a cake but till now I'm not too sure what cake I wanna bake... SIL will for sure bake variety cakes for us so I'm contemplating whether to bake or not to bake.. So I shall see my mood tomoro.. We gonna go Parkway tomoro as I need to get our bedsheet at Aussino and hubz need to buy a sandal for hari raya...


2 more days before Hari Raya.. so fast! haizz....

Uh so peaceful!

It's been so long since I have peaceful-ness in the office.. Today I was alone in the office as my sidekick, Suri, is on leave and the rest are currently at our International Plaza office facilitating the Selection Workshop.. Lucky me need not to be involved..

I managed to clear some work and at the same time complete my group assignment.. If only everyday is like today..

There's class today and hopefully we will get out test paper back! :)

13 Ramadhan - Baking Session

Isn't it fast that we have reached 13 Ramadhan? Almost 2 weeks have passed.. Another half month to go before Syawal..

Today I've started my baking session... Completed Chocolate M&M cookies for the orders received and also for own consumption.. Altogether I baked close to 600 pieces.. Luckily MIL helped me else I will surely be behind time. Finished just in time for break-fast.

And today break-fast was simple yet delicious.. Black Pepper Chicken Pita.. Hubz helped me to stir-fried the chicken while I prepared the pita & veggies..

Tomoro will be my revision day as I have 2 class tests this coming week.. Mon & Wed.. So no baking for me tomoro eventho I feel the urged to bake.. hihihi..

Now let the peektures do the talking...

Chocolate M&M Cookies

Black Pepper Chicken Pita

3 down..

I lost 3kgs! Yes, 3 KILOS! Was so happy when I weighed myself yesterday nite.

But I think my happiness will be shortlived when Hari Raya comes.. sure the weighing scale akan mintak ampun! :p Kilos akan naik kembali! hihihi...

Hopefully can maintain the weight or can even be reduced further.. let's see :)

7 Ramadhan..

We have reached a week of fasting this Ramadhan.. very fast indeed..

Today we had "bought-back food" for break-fast and MIL fried her epok-epok sayur... We went Jalan Pisang to buy Abak Briyani. Luckily hubz called to book the briyani else we have to wait long for it... Then bought murtabak from Victory...

I have also shopped for my kuih-baking ingredients at Sheng Shiong & Phoon Huat. Gonna start baking soon for the orders I've received and will continue to bake for mum & ownself.. At the same time need to study for my 2 tests the following week.. Stresssss!

Hope I can study & at the same time baking.. Must know how to multi-task smartly.. :)

......presenting the food that we had for today's break-fast... *boy, i missed those days where I put up food pictures on my blog every day with my home-cooked break-fast food.. Those were my tai-tai hood days when I was 5 months pregnant..how time flies...*

Abak Nasi Briyani

Victory Murtabak Daging

Home-made Epok-epok sayur

Ramadhan Al Mubarak

Alhamdulillah kita diberikan kesempatan sekali lagi untuk menyambut Ramadhan yg mulia ini esok.. Semoga kita diberikan kekuatan menempuhi bulan yang suci ini dengan penuh kesyahduan dan keinsafan... Insya Allah

Selamat menyambut Ramadhan pada semua kawan-kawan di multiply ini...

Kuih Tart Season is back..

My Sis-in law has started taking order Kuih Tart for this coming Hari Raya... For those who had ordered the year before, now the kuih tart season is back again for this year!!! :) So for those who are interested, kindly drop me an email at cutieidah@gmail.com and for those who has my mobile number, do sms me your order else you can PM me too...and for those who have ordered thru MRSiDelicacies, thank you for your support.

Price: 1 bottle = $15 (75 pcs per bottle)

Ramadhan Challenge

Alhamdulillah, 3 more days to go before we welcome the holy month of Ramadhan.. The month which all Muslims been waiting for.. the month of 'collecting' more pahala.. I'm waiting eagerly too.. I just love this holy month as the feeling is just so different, so undescribable ..

For this coming Ramadhan, it will be a challenge for me as I have to juggle between night classes, work and family. What's more I have 2 class tests and a project due in September. Can I cope?? I hope so..with the support from my hubz & family and some close frens.. Insya Allah...

The saddest part is that, 1st Ramadhan I will be breaking fast in class (I'm the only Muslim there) while my family is enjoying their break-fast in the comfort of our home.. But anyway, these are all sacrifices for good cause... Hubz had been there and done that last year.. Insya Allah with the patience given, I can overcome the challenge smoothly..

To end this entry, herewith I wish all my friends in multiply, SELAMAT MENYAMBUT KEDATANGAN BULAN YG MULIA, RAMADHAN AL MUBARAK...

Arrived!

My long awaited bracelets & necklace..

National Day Song

Hokay, now I need another help!! Where can I get some National Day songs online or should I say mp3 (pree punya).. too much rite?? haha.. ok ok.. I know it's illegal to 'steal' mp3 songs online but I need some of the National Day songs plss.. errr.. the old one to be precise.. eg. We Are Singapore, Stand Up for Singapore, One People One Nation One Spore..

Those who have the song pls email me or PM me pls!! Thank you many2...

Catering Services - need help!

Dear all

I need contacts for Halal Buffet Catering which takes minimum order of 25 pax. Price ranging $ between 10 to $12... Will need to order for this Friday lunch!

Please help! Thank you!

Updates on..

my first day of school... I was the 2nd one to arrive.. Not kiasu or what but I was early hokay! Anyway it was a great lesson yesterday. Had a good & funny lecturer for my Productivity Management Module.. Thank goodness the class was not boring at all.. We kept laffing through out the class.. There's close to 50 of us.. A huge group... Even the lecturer was panicked to see the number of students.. Hope I will get a good lecturer as this one for my other modules..

First day we've got:-
... our class test date - 8 Sep 08
... class test tips
... topics which are most impt and sure to come out in exam
... infos on how the lecturer marks our exam paper
... and so on.....

Surprisingly yesterday I did not feel tired at all but instead I enjoyed my class.. ya..yaa.. i know cos it's only the 1st lesson...perhaps close to the 5th lesson, sure I will complain & complain.. and there's 3 more modules for this semester.. *breathe in..breathe out* .. Insya Allah, I will hang there till I finish my Dip in Feb 2010... :)

Thanks all for your encouragement and wishes.....

Weekend No Enuff!

Few hrs more to Monday.. Oh dear..I couldn't get enuff of weekend.. hmmm.. What did we do for weekend..???

Saturday
Met up with Umeer, Has & Nini at Popeye T3 for late lunch.. After lunch, the cousins went to Coffee Beans for a cuppa ice blended before we got into our BBQ discussion.. Yes, we gonna have BBQ on National Day..

Nini left earlier as she has something to attend. As for the rest of us, we stayed till 7.15pm before deciding to go Karaoke. We wanted so much to hear "Misha Umeer" sings.. Unfortunately both Cash Studio outlets were fully book. The earliest slot was at 1am.. Forget it. So we then decided to catch a movie at GV, Tampines Mall. Mummy - Tomb of The Dragon Emperor. So we went Tampines Mall. Again we were disappointed as the good seats were all taken up. Left only the front row.. So we decided to just lepak at McDonald and wait for Nini's call to go for our late dinner/supper... At 10pm, Nini called to inform that she could not join us for supper. We then went to Kampung Chai Chee Seafood and went back.

Sunday
Went for 2 jemputan. And in the evening we went to Parkway to get something. The rest of the time was spent at home.

Tomorrow will be a long day for me.. My class finally starts tomoro.. Gosh! I'm having jitters already. *seems like the feeling when I first went to poly in 1995.. haha* .. Not too sure what to expect but I hope I'm able to jungle between work, family & studies. Insya Allah... Pray for me ya! Do hope that after 18 mths I can get my Dip in HR and continue my degree... Insya Allah.. Have pack my "school bag"... :)

Will update again soon.. Have a great week ahead...

Happy Birthday Rosie!!!

Happy 32nd Birthday to my dear fren, Rosie... and Happy 6th Wedding Anniversary to you & Adam...

Semoga dipanjangkan umur, dimurahkan rezeki dan diberi kesihatan yg sempurna... Insya Allah...Cekal kan hati untuk menghadapi apa pon dugaan dari NYA..

May your marriage be blessed with happiness always...

A Walk to Remember

I couldn’t believe that I’ve actually walked 22km from our office (Braddell Road) to Terminal 2 Changi Airport. I guess no one will believe but yes, we did it!!

It’s all started on Monday when the Management had our Capstone MBA session where we were talking about BELIEF.. So our CEO, Michael, suggested that we should walk from our office to Changi Airport for our Wednesday Health is Wealth. Most of us shocked! We knew that we couldn’t do it for sure cos it will be a long walk.. But according to Michael, if we believe in ourselves, we know that we can do it.. We can reach Changi Airport.

So with the belief that we had in ourselves, we were ready to go for the Capstone TGR Challenge. Before that planning were done by our Health Is Wealth guru, Jerome. Routes were all planned, enuff food & drinks, safety measures were done and we were all ready to go.

In fact I was a bit skeptical whether to join the 22km walk cos I’m unsure if I have the stamina to complete the whole journey. Fear but yet excited on the event. Since most of them had set their mind to go, I followed them. Anyway we were not forced to complete the journey. We can fall out anytime we want.

So 14 of us set off from our office at 3.40pm after our warming up session led by Farhan.

The routes that I can vividly remember were:-
- Braddell Road
- Toa Payoh Lorong 8
- Potong Pasir
- Bendemeer
- Whampoa
- Kallang Bahru
- Mountabtten Road
- Old Airport Road
- Fort Road
- East Coast Beach
- ECP
- Budget Terminal
- Terminal 2

2 Pitstop – Carpark B1 (light food & drinks) & F2 East Coast (light food, sugarcane drinks & tea) - all thanks to Cik Husin.

Challenges: Walking along ECP grass area. Lotsa pot-holes and uneven grass walkway.

Fall out: 1 colleague Casualties: none except our legs are still sore and pain (I'm feeling it now still, cant even walk properly)

Arrival at Terminal 2 was at 10.45pm. It took us 7 hrs, 14 mins & 59 secs. Our CEO then gave us a treat at Swensens for our late dinner/supper. Eyes were half closed by then but the feeling that we've actually completed our journey was priceless... Great achievement I must say! Not forgetting the bonding that we had and most importantly the support that we received from one another.. That was priceless too! :)

A walk that I will remember for the rest of my life…. We are given an off day today. And my left leg is super aching... ouch!

For pictures, do visit here!

Thank You Dear!

Thank you hubz for the watch.. Simply lurve it! *ku yg choose sendirik* :)

Birthday Note..

Happy Birthday Glitter Pictures

Happy Birthday to my dear fren, Norah aka Nollie!!

Semoga dipanjangkan usia, dimurahkan rezeki selalu dan diberkati Allah...

May you be blessed with love and happiness always... Enjoy your special day today!!

Movie Marathon

Yes, we did that yesterday. Watched 2 movies in a row. I took half day and met hubz at Plaza Singapura. Only the 2 of us.. So called a date lah after so long.. hiak hiak hiak..

Hubz called me when he was queuing to buy the tix.. He asked if I wanted to watch another movie at 1625hrs and I agreed.. So he bought tix for 2 movies.. HANCOCK first followed by WANTED.. Sungguh best.com! Our first time ever did a movie marathon.. haha

First round..

Second round..

All time favourite, Nachos with lotsa cheese..