... oh my god!!!

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Zarif's 4th Birthday

On Friday the 15th, was Zarif's 4th birthday. We decided to just throw a small birthday party at his school. Ordered some cupcakes from a friend. Fried some Nuggets, cocktail sausages and some fries, and most importantly some party packs for his friends. He had a lovely time, inspite of the scale of the party. He even got some gifts from some of his classmates. Happy Birthday Dik Dik!!!

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Mee Udang at Kuala Sepetang

Has anyone heard about this? Yep, Mee Udang @ Kuala Sepetang. Nope it isn't an email address. It's actually a dish that you can get in Kuala Sepetang, Perak. Never been there myself, but thank goodness for my hubby, who actually brought some home for me.

What's is so great about the mee right? Well, if you know me, you will know these few facts about me with regards to prawns/shrimps:

1) I hate cleaning them
2) I cannot clean them, once I start, my hands would start to get really itchy
3) I don't like the taste of them in general unless their lobsters
4) I do not eat small tiny prawns, because from experience, I tend to get a certain kind of allergy reaction, either my mouth would feel kind of itchi or I start feeling nauseas and would have to vomit out everything that I have just consumed
5) Later on I realise that it isn't so much about the size of the prawns or the price, but it is more about the freshness

So back to my mee udang story. Right, so due to the 5 factors above, and most importantly point number 3, I have never ever had mee udang in my entire 33 ++ years of life. I was never really that excited with the emails that have been circulating and the stories I have heard from friends and also my husband's previous experience trying the Mee Udang. When he brought home the infamous Mee Udang one day I was rather sceptical about trying the Mee Udang for I was afraid that I would break into one of those allergy reactions after having had the dish.

I tried it anyhow, and waited and waited and waited for something to happen. I thought at first my mouth was feeling funny, but then guess it was more psychological more than anything. After an hour still nothing. So the verdict is... the Mee Udang in Kuala Sepetang is sooooooo fresh!!!!! No allergy reaction nothing!!! Amazing. Even though hubby bought it at perhaps 2p.m and I had it at about 8p.m that night. Having never tasted Prawn Mee before, I thought it was alright, but the difference with this Mee Udang was that in one small pack of mee, there was 12, I repeat a dozen!!! prawns, where can you get that in any other shops right? 12 prawns.

The one brought home

The ones that my hubby brought back were the RM8 ones, the different prices reflects the sizes of the prawns, apparently there are the RM10 and also RM12. You can also get Nasi Goreng Udang, Nasi Udang (as opposed to Nasi Ayam) and even Kuey Teow Udang.

Mee Udang

Nasi Goreng Udang

Hubby tried the Nasi Goreng Udang the 2nd time he was there. He thought that was pretty good too. I guess the fact that the prawns are so fresh that makes the dishes so good and if you are prawn crazy you would really love it than. The next time you are heading up North, give this a try, drop by for lunch at Kuala Sepetang, cannot give you the specific direction, all I know is you need to take the Highway exit at Changkat Jering once you find yourself in Kuala Sepetang, I guess you can always ask the locals the whereabouts of the gerai. Happy Trying!!!

Monday, February 04, 2008

I am 22 weeks pregnant

What are the Pregnancy Weekly Tips for this week you wonder? I have cut and pasted the latest post for the week!

Week 22 Pregnancy Tip

Activities to Avoid While You Are Pregnant:

Hi Eti,For the health and safety of you and your baby, there are certain physical activities you should avoid while you are pregnant. Here's a short list:
PW: Avoid anything that requires you to lie flat on your back after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Me: Does this include lying down??? I sure hope not, cause that's basically all that I do now!!!

PW:Avoid contact sports such as football and boxing, and other high-impact activities, such as horseback riding
Me:No worries here mate! Since I happen to avoid these sports activities even when I was not pregnant, now that I am 62kg ++ not chance!

PW: Avoid activities that make you jump or change directions quickly, such as tennis or basketball.

Me: Really, if they know me at all, these Week 22 tip is totally not relevant to me!

I should really post a picture of me now huh? Well, as far as my son is concerned, when he saw me last weekend while I was changing, Mama I think the baby in your stomach is coming out anytime now! If the baby stays any longer in your tummy, you are just going to burst!!! No kidding Zarif, I feel like I am going to burst, and I will only get bigger from now on! 101 days to go... God give me strength and an LV Mini Lin oops what was that??? Just my hormones talking!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

School

My kids are back in school hence this very belated blog update. Nayli is already in Year 1, Primary School, "Sekolah Betul!", no longer in kindergarten. She is in the morning session. I forgot how early school starts. I have been so used to the kindergarten schooling hours that begins at about 8:15 a.m, so it needs a little getting used to, to wake her up at about 6:30 and to make sure that she is ready to leave the house by 7:20 the latest. School starts at 7:30 a.m, it is a good thing that her school is just 200m away from our house, practically in front of our apt block. She is adapting very well to schooling [apart from the early hours]. Though she finds it a bit unsettling that her teacher does not shower her with as much attention as she was used to from her kindy teachers.

Wan Nayli Zahra - Tahun 1 (1 Cemerlang)

Yesterday, she went to school with a really bad cough, so she was saying that she was really coughing continuously in school. I was practically honking! honking! (as in the sounds that she made when she was coughing was so loud, that it was practically ridiculous for the teacher not to noticed!) and yet, she didn't care and didn't even say anything. Awwww, Nayli Nayli Nayli you poor thing. You are no longer in kindergarten, the teacher in schools do not baby their pupils anymore. Especially when she is looking after 44 odd number of them!!! Gosh, but then again, really why can't the teacher just ask herm, Are you ok? Are you taking any medication at all at home? I mean, that's hardly a few seconds of her time right? She does have a point about the teacher not caring. Goodness!

In the afternoon, it's the Sekolah Agama, 2:30 - 5:15p.m.

My little boy, Zarif is 4 this year. We decided to enrol him into kindergarten a year earlier than her sister. We thought he was ready, because he always seemed a little put off whenever his sister could breezily read a book from cover to cover, while he just look at the pictures and had to resort to asking the sis to read for him. The first three days was somewhat rather traumatic for him. Guess it was rather an adjustment to get use to the school environment. He is ok now. Rather excited to go to school. Makes new friends everyday, at least learning a new name everyday. He!he! cute.

The first morning, "Mama I'm tired, I want to go back to bed"!

At school he was alright though, very smart

of the teachers to start with toys!!!

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Holidays

Well, well, well, what do you know. This week is already the last week of the school holidays. In the beginning I was afraid that I was going to have a difficult time trying to ensure that my kids will not get bored during these 6 weeks holidays. Let me try to recall, what has Nelly been up to these past 5 weeks. The first week of holidays, she joined her kindy's "Holiday Camp", it was an activity filled 4 days, mostly with art work and hadicrafts at school plus a visit to the rabbit farm in Semenyih. She had good fun, though I can't say the same to the brother who was bored to death since he was left home alone with bibik without the sister till about 5 in the afternoon. Poor Zarif, it's ok, by next year you'll be able to join the holiday camp too.

At the end of the 2nd week of holidays, we all went to Pangkor Island for 4 days and 3 nights. It was a wonderful break from work and the smog and haze in the city. It was spent lazing around by the beach and the pool. We didn't even leave the hotel compound throughout the stay. Fantastic! my type of holiday, though if there were things to spent on (other then food that is) in the hotel it would have been even better.