Tag from Lady L

I'm finally taking up this tag challenge from my visit at "Little Parlour". Oh dear I hope I get some right!

Dear hubby, this is what I think I know about you, whadya reckon?

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen?


Golf Channel, Discovery Channel, Movie Channels

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?


Whatever that I'm getting - probably Italian or French.


3. What's one food he doesn't like?


Other types of fancy pasta, he can only stomach the spaghetti.


4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order?


Warm water or Kopi O' Kaw (2X) Kosong


5. Where did he go to high school?


RMC


6. What size shoe does he wear?


Errr dunno! What size huh yang?


7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?


Err... Golf Clubs?


8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?


Eggs in the morning, Beefy ones for other mealtimes.


9. What would this person eat every day if he could?


Local Dish - Plain white ric, Spicy Oxtail Soup, Omelette (Telur Dadar with onions a tinge of Blended Chili), with cucumber and Sambal Belacan.


Western Dish - Lamb Shank / Ribs/ Steak


10. What is his favorite cereal?


Fruit Loops.


11. What would he never wear?


"Bojan" sandals.


12. What is his favorite sports team?


The All Blacks.

13. Who did he vote for?


I know but I'm not saying it here.


14. Who is his best friend?


Me - ha!ha!ha!


15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do?


Shop too much.


16. What is his heritage?


Just Malay I guess.


17. What is his favourite colour?


Black.

18. What is his habit?


Loves coffee with his fag, and loves snacking.


19. What is he proud of?


Me?? ha!ha!ha! ok seriously his highschool background and his sporting achivements.


20. Lastly, do you think he will read this?


Yes!

Here's a chance to see how well you really know your husband. Cut, paste and fill in the answers, then shoot, you know what to do. The real challenge is to send it to your husband to see how right you really are. All of you reading are tag... with or without a blog!

Baking cookies for Hari Raya.

I have been checking off things on my "Things to do before Hari Raya list". For instance, on Saturday I checked off packed kids' clothes, this is a major weight off my shoulders, everytime, I have to pack for a trip. The kids' clothes are not 100% packed, but I can say I'm about 87% done there, just the little little things to add on before we go. On Sunday, it was checking off - Bake Chocolate Chip cookies! We bought the ingredients much earlier during the week. I made sure this time, there's no slacking with the ingredients. The chocolate chips and chocolate bar is 100% Hershey's. We did try to use Van Houten a couple of years back, it didn't come out quite as chocolatey as we'd liked it to be.

Everybody ended up 'helping" this time. Nayli of course from the beginning. She even insisted on helping with the messy bits. Oh, by the way I use the recipe that was said to be the "Famous Amos" cookie recipe that was distributed in the emails a few years back.

Like, this part of measuring 2 cups of butter. Took her quite a while to wipe out the butter from the measuring cup. So I took this opportunity to take some pictures.

It's now time to break off the chocolate bar into smaller chunks, for melting. The recipe doesn't call for melted chocs, but I prefer them melted, makes the cookies darker and looks more chocolatey.

At this point, Zarif did stop playing his PS2 to "help".

The chocolates now in the double boiler, melting away.

Butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar.

Creamed butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar.

Messy and chaotic worktop.

Semi-sweet chocolatey goodness, don't know why there's a pencil next to the pack. You need 2 bags of this delicious chocolatey morsels for this recipe.

Save 1 oz of the chocolate bars, this bit was not melted but merely sliced thinly by my assistant.

Nayli, pouring the melted chocolate into the flour mixture.

At the point when we were about to pour out the chocolate chips, we called out for Zarif (who somehow managed to dissapear half way but not before making us promise to call him again when it is time for the chocolate chips to go into the batter). Somehow, even the father came out. He!he! the effects of fasting and chocolates on some people!

Jack took forever to pour in the 1st bag of chocolate chips. I opened the next one, and chuck the contents out in one go, and was accused of being artless and not creative... as if!!!!

Since he seemed to have a lot of opinion in many things with regards to my "style", I passed him the wooden spoon to mix the now rather tough sticky dough. There, show me your artfulness and creativity...

Chocolatey goey dough somehow got to his hands, luckily he remembered that he was fasting. Almost, licked the bits off his fingers there, ha!ha!

Nayli was then given the tasks of mincing the almonds into smaller pieces.

One final mix of the cookie dough.

First tray, I scooped this and I happen to like it this way, small & uneven. I have always thought this is how a chocolate chip should look like.

Closer look.

Yummm!

Another batch.

Adding in the nuts, in the next batch.

Still stirring. Chef 'Wan"nabe!

Then he decided, he could do better than me.

What is that??? Again, I was accused of being artless and dull.

Once they saw the father having his way with the dough, there was just no stopping them.

They began creating all sorts of shapes.

Jack somehow likes to pat and "smother" the cookie dough like so. This will make the cookie turn out flat and boring, but that's what I think and apparently who cares what I think, :-P.

The baked cookies are cooled separately before placed in the container.

One example of being creative! I know, you do not need to tell me what this remind you off!!

Other letters in the alphabet, there is actually a smiley face somewhere in this batch too!

Still at it, I gave up, and concentrated on minding the cookies in the oven.

The baked smiley face, not so clear though.

Zaim, woke up just in time to sample the cooled cookies.

His verdict? Well, clearly he looked like he loved it huh?

Z for Zarif, Zahra, Zakree & Zaim.

E for Mama, and T for Tok.

All done.

The end result of 3 1/2 hours labour of love.

Belated Weekend Updates

My last weekend update is long overdue. Tomorrow is already Saturday. I'm posting this with minimal write-ups. Last Saturday was Zaim's 1 yr old MMR jab at the Dr's. Since the passing of the late Dr. Haliza, we have not been to see any Paed, since there wasn't any jab lined up until now. After much contemplation, I decided on changing Hospitals altogether, this time, we decided on Glen Eagles Medical Centre, for the simple reason of avoiding long queues during Dr.'s appointments. Since there is an opportunity to change, why not. We chose Dato' Dr.Iean Hamzah.

On the way to the hospital. Zaim in his car seat, not the way he is supposed to be seated... hmmm I try.

At the clinic, notice how empty it is. Just wonderful! Something that you would not see at APSH. I really have no problem with APSH, love that hospital, their service, their catering (this matters to me, a lot ok!), the medication dispensed, but really, the number of patients there is just amazing!!!

Waiting for his turn.

The walls of the clinic is filled with art work from Yusof Gajah, I have always loved his work, the Dr. more so obviously!!!

Zaim, being measured, he is 10.7kg by the way!!!

Jab time, sorry no picture of the Dr, just his knee. Must make a note to give a pointer or two to hubby when taking pictures for a blogger!!! Tsk! tsk! tsk! How can I tell my story now??? Anyway, Zaim looked a bit funny here. But really, his staff made such a racket while the Dr. was about to jab him that, Zaim totally, didn't realise what was going on down on his thigh, ha!ha! not a tear was shed. Thank Goodness. Since the brother and sister were also present, and since they had them, Nayli and Zarif also got their flu jab. Something unplanned. No pictures sorry! For those who never took this Flu Jab for their kids or even themselves, you should. This is by no means for the H1N1 Virus, but for the normal Cough and Cold. It can be administered to children over 2 yrs old, check with your Paed. I find that, God Willing the kids are less prone to colds and coughs with this Jab once a year at least. Even if they do catch em' it would not be that severe. Insya-allah, I leave the rest to the Almighty, one can always take all the precautions, especially when one is covered by the Co's Insurance!!!

Then we were off to Shah Alam, to the Kompleks PKNS to be exact for Festival Sains, Teknologi & Inovasi Negeri Selangor 2008 [FESSTIS] because I am a Science and Technology Junkie!!! NOT!!!! Seriously, Jack's company has a booth there, so we went there to support him.

The booth - Ennoble Consultancy

So much for minding the booth eh?

We were told that this particular shop sells a good bowl of Laksa Assam. Just had to try it ourselves. Not as good as the ones we had in Langkawi, but it was good nevertheless!!!

By then Zaim was already awake. Here he is patiently waiting for the father to devour his bowl of Laksa, while the mother eyes it too longingly even after finishing one bowl herself before that!

A balloon to keep him amused.

Luckily, Zali brought along his netbook, to keep these 2 occupied.

Since we missed, their swimming lessons on Saturday, we went for the Sunday slot. Nayli has graduated from the free form pool to the lap pool, with another group of class and instructor.

Here's Zaim, blissfully unaware of his surroundings!

Zarif, about to dive in. He is still "adjusting" his "feelings" swimming in a deep pool.

Debush!!!

Once awake, he knows, where he is, so, you better take him for a swim or else!