Johor Premium Outlet (pit stop otw home)

We reached JPO around 11. Kereta dah banyak siap ada buses buat rombongan Cik Kiah lagi. Punya la slow nak masuk parking.... aiyo.... patutnya banyakkan entrance. Kalau tak silap ada 2 aje entrance/exit. So entrance wasn't a nice experience coz long queue considering that we're still early. Ada Burberry, Levi's, Gap, Padini Store, Brooks Brother (tak bukak lagi), Samsonite, Coach (my favourite...hehe), Salvatore Ferragamo, dan banyak lagi la.... Kedai yang orang queue nak masuk -Coach (long queue) dan Burberry. The experience- ok tapi ramai sangat orang. Nak makan pun takde tempat. Left around 1 pm. Hubby said he'll come again with proper planning (and lotsa $$ ?? :-p).

As seen from the hiway -sorry pic x clear!

JPO

Coach

Queue, jgn tak queue! (mengata diri sendiri la jugak....huhu)

Us-queueing

Beli2x.... lelong2x...yang tak berapa nak murah....

Kat dalam kedai Coach.

Kat Coach jugak

 Muka muncung sebab mama n papa yang sibuk nak shopping! hehe

Geox

Samsonite

 The damage...... papa tension tak beli apa2...huhu.... 

Last2 mama yang dapat tangkap handbag! hehehe..... ok papa.... that's all for 2011

Balik Kampung!!!! (with pics)

Minggu ni I plan nak balik JB. Sepatutnya kami balik JB masa Krismas tapi abah pulak takde. Dia ada family reunion belah Cik Idah. Jadinya weekends ni la kena balik jugak....karang merajuk pulak my Abah. Rancangan awal nak balik sebelum bday Nurin tp that weekends I was down with flu so cancel plan balik JB minggu tu. Been surfing the net utk decide nak balik naik apa. Bas, train @ flight. Checked and compared between  Airasia, MAS and Firefly. Airasia still cheapest. MAS dekat 1k. Firefly cheaper than MAS and Airasia around 500 for the 5 of us. Train pulak tak banyak tix. Bas memang banyak tapi risau with the recent news on buses. By the time I finally decided to buy flight tix, price went higher. Browsed again and finally settled with Nice Exec Coach. Yang tak bestnya, Naznin boleh cakap Naznin tak nak accident la mama. Aiyoooo!!!! Choi!!! She repeated a few times! Finally I told her firmly, Naznin, kalau nak mati kat mana2 boleh mati even awak tgh main komputer pun boleh mati kalau dah sampai masa. She said she didn't want to die early. Mmmm.....Naznin2x..... apa2 ajelah awak ni.....very the drama queen! Hopefully, we'll have a smooth journey, insyaAllah!

 hehe....wanna try?

 Shopping mall tak bukak lagi....kami dah window shopping - @ 8.30am :-p

Pelarian.... 

Isy3x.....dok depan 7E pun jadik ek?

Our ride!

The seats

Comfy....

Nurin suka....

Mak Long duduk depan sekali, terpisah daripada kami!

The food

 On board entertainment-internet, movies, games, songs...Nurin suka la dapat tengok Tom n Jerry!

Wednesday and Today's 3rd class of Basic Deco @ ICCA

After the baking class, Wednesday I was too tired to think about today's class. So Wednesday projek buat sarung bantal... again, love my new toy... yeay.... I can sew..... sori la ek... bukan nak berlagak...truth is sewing is just not me..... setakat nak jahit butang baju ke, simple jahit mana2 yang koyak n jahit lencana anak, ok la.... but using a sewing machine tu macam something yang very complicated for me.... I know some of you sangat cekap menjahit....excuse this novice ye.... :-) as it's a milestone (kilometre ? :-p) achievement for me.

Yesss!!!! I did it!

 My sewing basket (bought this for RM99)

The contents

Another pic

This morning macam minggu lepas la, kalut ribut nak buat cupcakes dan prepare icing. As a result, icing tertinggal kat rumah. I brought some only. Thanks to lovely Nawar and Yana who came to my rescue! Oh, and also Summer for preparing extra for the students.... she knows we'll have problems.... Sampai kelas ngam2 je Summer baru nak start... huhu.... More pics of what I did in class...

Summer demonstrated how to make pompom flower...

 The first one I did....very the burukssss....

The second one I did, slightly better.... 

Close up pic

Shaggy mom (we were puzzled...are there really flowers by the name of Shaggy Mom?)

2nd Better Baking Series 1 class

What a productive morning! Keluar awal, buat Poslaju kirim sim card kat abah, lepas tu terus ke ICCA. Yang tak bestnya perut meragam. Adesss...mana la nak cari tandas.... dalam pada tu, berdoa semoga tak terkucil dalam perjalanan yang penuh debaran.... huhu...... Macam roller coaster, ada naik turunnya....macam tu juga la rasa perut ni.... nasib baik la sebelum tol Damansara ada Petronas. I also bought Pil Chi Kit.... kalau tak makan, macam mana la nak survive kelas semalam? Alhamdulillah, sepanjang kelas...tiada insiden2 yang tidak diingini berlaku....perut pun ok sepanjang kelas.....

Anyway, semalam buat Pound Cake dan Red Velvet. Pound cake tu cuma letak lemon glaze...a bit sweet and I don't like the taste of lemon. My kids pun tak suka lemon glaze tu.... Red Velvet pulak, semalam pakai pan yg boleh buat heart shape dalam kek... huhu.... nice.... sapa2 nak order untuk anniversary boleh la ye! However, I don't quite like the taste of the RV cake dalam resepi ni coz terasa sangat baking sodanya.... On the other hand, this round, untuk RV, frosting guna French Buttercream....very nice, I repeat VERY NICE but a bit too sweet for me and FATTENING.....hohoho..... ada berani nak try?

:-) Some pics of the cakes :

 The whole cake

Keratan rentas....nampak tak heart shape tu?

Very simple yet classic.... (ni bukan syok sendiri, design ikut chef ye.... :-p)

Pemotongan kek yang tidak berapa menjadi dilakukan.... habis berterabur crumbs....

Clean cut... :-)

New Toy @ addition to the family

I've never loved sewing despite my late mom being a tailor. Entah tak tau kenapa. Mmmm....but then so does baking! I didn't fancy baking then but I am so into baking and decorating cakes nowadays...so why should sewing be any different? Who knows I might fall deeply in love with sewing like I do with baking and decorating cakes.....huhu..... It all started when hubby told me that I should buy a sewing machine. Truth is he has to alter 2 pants and it took me ages to bring those pants to the tailor. Mmmm..... Ok was all I said and started to browse those sewing machines online.

This morning, we went to Cheras and I bought a sewing machine! My very first sewing machine! Wuuuuhuuuu...... Too bad sayang, initially I wanted to buy those cheapo ones but I fell in love with Brother NV 50! With this machine, sewing seems so easy...... Balik2 terus potong seluar hubby. Being a novice, biasalah slowmo je keja.... Sakit kepala pulak tu.... Owh....so not good!!!! Anyway, NV 50 ni banyak function. Simple jahit tepi pun boleh.... Wah, jahit baju kurung la lepas ni..... Senang sangat nak operate mesin ni, sampai nak tertidur masa jahit seluar hubby (hehehe melampau tuh!). Pics of the machine:

Kekalutan Melanda n Kelas Basic Deco (2)

Sepatutnya semalam buat kek dan prepare icing untuk kelas hari ni! Tapi takde mood sangat2 nak buat apa2 semalam....lagipun banyak benda nak kena uruskan- pasal warranty sofa, Maxis line bla2x.... Ha, talk about sofa! Don't ever buy leatherbond! After a year or two, leatherbond tu akan koyak.....should've invested in leather @ fabric. Dah la tu, sofa tu lepas setahun dah out of shape....nasib baik under warranty....so boleh la hantar repair. Tapi tak boleh nak claim tukar leatherbond tu. Tak pasal2 kena sarung fabrik la pulak. Leather cam mahal sangat baik beli baru (hahaha.....sure berkerut muka my hubby bila baca.... sabo ye yang....)

Cakap pasal Maxis pulak....eeee.....sakit hati tak habis ni! Dah la tak ada reception bila dok kat bawah. Kat atas pulak kadang2 ada, kadang2 tak ada! Sakit hati betul....dah la bayar mahal tiap2 bulan.... average bayar 400-500 setiap bulan untuk 4 line. Dah sakit hati tahap gaban, Sarah's phone line I switched from postpaid to prepaid. Tu pun almost 500 bulan ni...Argh...sakit hati betul! So, we decided to switch to Digi. Boleh pulak I kena blacklist dengan Celcom sebab tak bayar broadband. I made payment months ago. My stupid mistake was I didn't print screen the transaction and save a copy! Duh.... Nak check balik statement, kalau bulan lepas ok la...... ni many months before....

Forget about my merepekness, back to this morning.... bukak fridge, OMG, sebijik je telur.... resepi butter cake ada 5.... nak call Zura...way too early... belasah la buat kek coklat 1/2 recipe. Dah masuk kek dalam oven, start la nak buat icing...Tepuk dahi pulak!!!! Krimwell tak ada ....shortening aje yang ada.....I panik dah masa tu..... aiyo....cemana nak buat ni? Pack barang2, sms my teacher bagitau I'd do the icing in class...rush gi kelas. Nyaris tertinggal kek....phew.....Subang to Damansara slow moving pulak... panik GILA!!!! Called ICCA mintak diaorang prepare Krimwell kat kaunter. Michelle-retail staff kat ICCA was very kind and helpful. I gave the money and told her I'll take the balance later. Dia siap hantar baki duit dengan resit naik atas ke kelas. Salute!!!!

Enough talking....eh... ke writing ? Enjoy some of my pics....

 My class....

Items and tools yang I dapat.... 

My fellow classmates..... semua best.... yang baju biru tu baru 11/12 thn ye! 

My teacher-Summer Lee, teringat my other sifus....k Liana (yang mula2 ajar tentang deco cake) n Maz (ajar teknik deco cake) tq to both of you..... :-)

Ni kes malas nak salin la ni....snap pic je.... er leh nampak ke ek?

Yang ni bukan sebab malas nak salin ye... tapi sebab rushing nak balik... kelas dah habis! (ahaks!!!)

Ini la hasilnya...... some of the cakes yang Summer pilih sebab frosting cantik, pilihan kaler cantik etc...

hikhik....mine included....takde lawa mana.... :-p

Teringat Summer cakap, when you do the dots, make sure no nipple ah.... hehehe.....

Wilton Better Baking Series 1

Finally dapat jugak attend kelas ni yang dibatalkan bulan lepas sebab kurang sambutan. Bulan lepas banyak sangat cuti, itu yang tak ramai boleh join. This round sampai 16 orang dalam kelas. Kelas start pukul 11 pagi. Wah, mudanya instructor, Kevin namanya. Tapi walaupun nampak muda, Kevin was very good at explaining and answering questions. Ok, hari ni buat 2 jenis kek- Butter Cake n Choc Fudge Cake. My partner is Nawar... Kami tak habis2 gelak dalam kelas. Asyik2 kami la yang last siapkan task. Kekeke.... Dah bake 2 cake rehat sat for lunch. Lepas tu sambung untuk cake frosting pulak. I tell you, the Fluffy Vanilla Frosting tastes very nice but a bit sweet, though. Yg tu takpe sebab boleh kurangkan icing sugar. Hak choc fudge pun sama. Apa pun, Nawar n me yang paling last keluar kelas coz kami siapkan jugak frosting our cakes. Ada yang balik buat di rumah.... Me? Tak kuasa mak!!! Weekends dah penat bergelumang dengan buttercream. Esok nak kena prepare buttercream untuk kelas hari Khamis pulak..... Huhu.... Dah siap tu, dengan handbagnya, dengan beg kertas isi barang2 plus 2 cakes terhegeh2 bawak ke kereta. Baru la rasa penat yang teramat sangat. It was a good class. Learnt lotsa things. Banyak benda yang tak tahu rupanya....sebab tu kena belajar! :-)

Choc Fudge Cake with Choc Buttercream Icing

 Butter Cake with Fluffy Vanilla Frosting

I bagi the whole Choc Fudge Cake kat my neighbour, Adzura. Siapa nak makan sampai 2 biji kek? Next week I'll be baking Pound Cake and Red Velvet Cake.....mmmm.....nak bagi kat siapa pulak ye? Zura sure tak nak..... tadi pun I practically forced her to take the cake....hehehe...... 

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Thank You-updated

Alhamdulillah, selesai sudah jamuan hari lahir Nurin. This is the first time ever mama n papa really planned a birthday party untuk anak. All the while, just makan2 n small gathering. Seronok jugak sekali sekala tapi penat. Yang penat sangat tu bukan apa, sejak minggu lepas I was down with flu sampai 5 hari hilang suara. Batuk pun teruk juga n affecting my sleep. Siang pulak tak ada napping, tu yang terasa penat sangat. To family n friends yang datang, ribuan terima kasih yang tidak terhingga kerana sudi memeriahkan majlis hari lahir Nurin. Mohon maaf atas segala kekurangan. Kalau tak terlayan tu, maaf sangat2 ye, 2 weeks before, sihat sangat2... Cuma the past week ni je yg tak berapa sihat.To June Razali, thanks a million! Dari menemankan cari baju untuk Nurin sampailah ke balloon decoration. Saja suka2 dengan theme Strawberry Shortcake...tapi hope tiadalah pula sampai menyusahkan semua untuk ikut theme. Thanks again ye, will upload pics tomorrow n xtra story mory....

Bab Muamalat

Sebagai seorang yang berniaga walaupun kecil-kecilan, runsing juga bila membaca bab-bab yang berkaitan dengan muamalat. Bukan apa, ilmu tentang bab muamalat sangat2 minimal. Itulah, masa sekolah dulu ustaz/ustazah ajar bab Muamalat main-main. Sekarang barulah terasa ruginya kerana tidak mengambil perhatian tentang bab muamalat waktu sekolah dulu. Tambah runsing lepas membaca artikel-artikel tentang riba. Apapun, di sini disertakan link untuk satu artikel yang telah saya baca untuk manfaat bersama terutama yang berniaga tidak kiralah peniaga besar-besaran atau peniaga kecil-kecilan.

Kids' Field Trip to the Library-updated

It's school holiday! Minggu pertama cuti sekolah berlangsunglah aktiviti mengemas rumah dan bilik masing-masing. Ni dah minggu keberapa ye? Lepas buat Shaun the Sheep, I was down with flu. Semalam start hilang suara. Hari ni pun sama. Suara rock gittew ala2! teringat cerita Hamid Gurkha dgn arwah seniwati Yusni Jaafar. Dialognya, "Baru balik, Mid?" Hamid Gurkha terkejut ingat suara jantan mana... hehe.... rupanya suara arwah Yusni Jaafar.

Maal Hijrah

Salam Maal Hijrah buat semua. Looking back, what have we achieved? Have we become a better person, somewhat the same or worse than last year? Saya berdoa semoga kita semua, walaupun tidak banyak perubahan namun sekurang-kurangnya ada jua walaupun sedikit dalam mencari keredhaanNya.

Theme Party Ideas

It turns out that many people take months to prepare for a birthday party! On the other hand, it's gonna be a mere two weeks for me! I gotta kid myself! It's Wednesday and I start to panic as there are a lot of things that need to be done! I tried to use the service of a party planner. Hey, it doesn't come cheap, ok! What do you expect? I don't blame them (the party planners), it's business and there are many who are willing to pay huge amount of money to celebrate a birthday, hassle-free.