Egg and Salmon at Coffee Bean

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Lunch after chaos in the morning when dad has no clothes to wear when I accidentally put all in the washer | makan tengahari setelah melalui saat kelam kabut bila semua baju bapa masuk dalam mesin basuh untuk dicuci

Went to pharmacy to get some aid stock | Singgah farmasi dapatkan stok aid. 

Planned in the morning to go to the bank. Since all dad's clothes ended up in the washer, we decided to buy him shirt first. But then, we found one and only malay tradition shirt (baju melayu). Dad could come along afterall, and his mood turn better as to get a new shirt.

After we stopped at the pharmacy, yes..we chose the one that by the roadside coz we didn't want to take a long time there.

We tried to figure out a mall that was relatively 'quiet', and we found Quill mall that wasn't with too many people. Just right after the entrance is the H&M boutique. I was worry since it was kind of brandy and pricey clothes store, but turned out it was only about RM40+ for a nice shirt for dad.

Then dad gave us money, as a way to say thank you for bringing him to the mall for shopping. I tended to do the same like dad somehow, but some say 'no need, no need' refusing to accept it. OK by me.

Sometimes when we had a nice meal, I told my kids that this was from someone, whom I try to gave her/him money, but he/she refused. So, I assumed that they 'belanja' us (their treat) in a way.

Opps overboard. Grateful, we stopped for sandwich and pasta. It was delicious, and guess everybody knows it. 

Happy Sunday ❤️

Rancang di pagi hari, hendak ke bank. Dah sedar yang baju bapa semuanya termasuk dalam mesin basuh. Kami ingat beli baju dulu. Tiba tiba kami terjumpa satu-satunya baju iaitu baju melayu. Bapa boleh la ikut sekali, tapi dia dah 'terjebak' dalam mood nak beli baju baru. 

Setelah berhenti di farmasi, cari yang tepi jalan sebab tak nak duduk lama lama, lengang juga pagi-pagi di KL. 

Kami cuba cari mall yang lengang juga, nampaknya Mall Quill tak ramai orang. Di pintu masuk ja dah bertebung dengan pintu kedai baju H&M. Risau juga takut mahal, tapi tak pula cuma RM40 lebih untuk kemeja yang lawa. 

Bapa bagi duit dekat kami, sebagai tanda terima kasih kepada kami kerana bawa dia shopping kut, macamana pun saya terikut dengan caranya tu. 

Kadang kadang apabila kami makan makanan sedap, saya beritahu abang adik yang ni dari seseorang yang saya bagi duit, tapi dia beri balik atau ada yang tak terima, jadi ni kira merekalah yang belanja. 

Alamak terlebih cerita pula. Alhamdulillah kami berehat makan sandwich dan pasta. Memang sedap, boleh kata semua orang tahu. 

Salam Ahad ❤️

Scrambled eggs Sandwich and learn journaling | Sandwic Telur hancur dan belajar menulis jurnal

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Brought kids overnight in KL | Bawa abang adik bermalam di KL

Camping in the sky while journaling | berkhemah di awangan sesambil berjurnal

Overnight in KL for a few days to accompany grandparents who had stayed there for awhile. 

I briefed abang adik on how to take care of grandparents. Take turn to accompany them watching any documentary or sitting together for tea or dinner. 

At the same time, I introduced and familiarized for abang adik in the art of journaling. I'm not really sure how to start at first, but I started with like 'what I studied' .. or 'I practiced' ..or just write a date first.. like jotting a diary more or less. 

Woke up, we cooked scrambled eggs. Had it with bread in Kuala Lumpur City. 

Happy Saturday ❤️

Bermalam untuk beberapa hari bagi menemani emak bapa yang tinggal di KL tak pasti berapa lama.

Bagi taklimat  kat abang dan adik cara nak jaga tok mereka. Bergilir teman tok samada masa tonton dokumentari atau duduk untuk minum atau makan. 

Pada masa yang sama, cuba bagi abang adik berjinak dengan seni berjurnal. Saya tak pasti bagaimana tapi bermula dengan 'saya belajar' .. atau 'saya berlatih' .. atau mula dengan menulis haribulan dulu.. macam coretan dalam dairi lebih kurang.. 

Bangun pagi, terus masak telur hancur. Alhamdulillah. Makan bersama roti di bandaraya Kuala Lumpur. 

Salam Sabtu ❤️

Mixed Rice from Pelita Restaurant and watched BBC's Lifestyle Channel | Nasi Kandar Pelita dan tonton Siaran Lifestyle dari BBC

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Fried chicken, curry, vege n rice

Being in KL with dad, he wanted Southern Asian Rice | berada di Kl, bapa mahukan Nasi Kandar

Dad wanted to have it at the restaurant, sadly gone are the days on outing like that | Bapa mahukan makan di restoran tapi sedih hari kegemilangan keluar lepak sudah jarang buat kami. 

I ordered for delivery, we then waited... And had it for lunch. We ate quietly and dad told that he accepted what had happened due to pandemic. 

Later on after lunch, we watched BBC's Lifestyle with the projector screen as here don't have TV.

Since my parents stayed overnight in KL, I headed back home in the heavy rain. This is when the doa from verses that ocean split of Prophet Moses crossed my mind, to make the road cleared from torrential rainwater and heavy traffic. Verse 26 :63.

 

It was December Rain. 

Happy Friday❤️

Saya buat pesanan untuk penghantaran makanan, kami pun menunggu... Dan makan tengahari dengan nasi kandar Pelita. Dan bapa cakap dia terima takdir macam ni akibat pandemik yang melanda dunia. 

Selepas makan, kami nonton siaran Lifestyle dari BBC dengan skrin projektor sebab disini takda TV. 

Oleh kerana parents bermalam di KL. Saya pun bergerak pulang ke rumah di dalam hujan. Masa nilah baru hendak ingat ayat-ayat Surah laut terbelah terutama ayat Nabi Musa AS untuk melancarkan perjalanan dalam air hujan lebat dan trafik padat dengan kenderaan. Surah 26:63. 

Hujan Disember ni. 

Salam Jumaat ❤️

Chicken Pies brought to KL for food tasting | Pai Ayam di bawa ke Kl untuk dirasa

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Planned to have my pie be tasted by expert people | Rancang hendak juga insan yang pakar untuk merasa pai saya

From home to pickup parents and take them to KL | Dari rumah pergi ambil parents dan bawa ke KL

Prepared the pies in a better way this time. Used the cupcake tray and I made the design on top of the pies.

Brought them to KL but before that, we had to pass by the nature residential area to pick up my parents, and over there saw a magpie-robin bird , yes "nature" said adik and abang because the internet was kind of slow there.  

On the way, I took photos of the unique kind of building, with greenery facade under the crossover of jalan Ampang, and then slightly the De'Wan Cafe of the local celebrity Chef Wan fame, which located at the Linc mall. 

Back to the pies, it went into the elevator, arrived to the kitchen and I took them to the window with the skylines view for a photo profile :)

Dad & co said the pies were delicious,  the fillings were  flavourful but they doubted that I can provide them again the next day. So right, I doubted it myself, hehe.. 

I made the video by sequence of what I took. I didn't have the ones while making it. I knew I used gloves and sure adik helped me to film it at that time. Perhaps the videos were in my phone somewhere. Gonna get digging to find them. 

Happy Wednesday❤️

Menyediakan pai dengan cara yang lebih elok kali ini. Buat di dalam talam cupcake dan saya buat desain ala logo dan letak di atas pai. 

Bawa pai ke KL tapi kena singgah di kawasan perumahan alam kehijauan untuk ambil parents, ya..alam hijau di sini kata abang adik sebab kelajuan internet pun perlahan.

Di dalam perjalanan, saya ambil gambar gambar bangunan unik, kehijauan tepi crossover jalan Ampang tu teruja, cuba juga ambil sipi-sipi ganbar restoran Chef Wan 'De Wan' di the Linc. 

Berbalik ke pai-pai tersebut; pai ayam dah masuk lif, sampai di dapur dan saya bawa pula ke tingkap berdepan dengan permandangan pencakar langit untuk ambil gambar profil :) 

Bapa dan geng kata pai saya sedap, intinya pun secukup rasa, akan tetapi mereka ragui bolehkah saya buat lagi untuk esok. Hmm? Saya pun raguinya juga, dengan masa dan tenaga yang ada.. hehe

Saya buat video ikut haribulan terdahulu. Tak nampak pula video yang semasa tengah membuatnya. Memanglah ada pakai sarung tangan, biasanya adik akan menolong. Mungkin ada dimana-mana video 'the making' dalam handphone saya tu InshaAllah. Akan usaha mencarinya. 

Salam Rabu ❤️

Korean Spicy Macaroni, Matcha drink and Coffee Gula Melaka from Zus Cafe

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Since parents were around, the meal time kind of shorter. 

| Oleh kerana parents ada bersama, jarak waktu makan menjadi pendek

They asked for Carbonara, we ordered macaroni Korean style for us and ate at the  zus cafe  while waiting. 

| Mereka minta hidangan pasta carbonara, kami pula pesan makaroni gaya Korea dan makan di kafe sementara menunggu.

Before going to the cafe, I took a book was thinking to rest, most of the books here are from religion testaments, the hosts are into Seerah (history).

Sit to lean but stand up for call of duty, to fill loved ones' tummies. 

Yes back to eating in by the corridor, I got nervous with the new variant existed. Quickly eating and left, immediately brought the food up.

We had :

Korean Macaroni Cheese 

For drink, I chose matcha and coffee gula malacca

Love the dining in ambience and having unwind time, it was relaxed but a bit rush. 

Happy Thursday❤️

Sementara duduk-duduk, ambil sebuah buku, kebanyakkan buku di sini dari  kitab agama. Hos sini berminat dalam pembelajaran Quran dan Seerah. 

Duduk hampir melunjur tapi berdiri demi panggilan bertugas, untuk mengisi perut kesayangan. 

Ya berbalik tentang makan 'dine in' ni di kaki lima tepi kaunter, saya gementar la juga dengan "variant baharu" yang menjelma. Cepat pulun makan dan bangun hantar makanan ke atas. 

Kami makan:

Makaroni Cheese Korea

Untuk minuman saya ambil Matcha dan kopi Gula Melaka. 

Suka makan di suasana luar, Alhamdulillah santai ja  walaupun sedikit kalut. 

Salam Khamis ❤️

Rice with Shellfish/Clams | Nasi berlauk Lala

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The high frequency of coming to downtown KLCC, visiting here, tend to neglect the view or scenery. 

| Dah selalu sangat kena turun ke pusat bandar KL menziarah, maka mula rasa tak endah lagi permandangan dan senario. 

Arrived, walked to the shop nearby. | Sampai, menapak ke kedai berdekatan. 

At the shop I saw massage chairs, and few foodstuffs like waffle, laksa etc being prepared at the counter. It was an exciting discovery actually. 

Walked along the trees, between the building and took a lift. It was lunch time and we intended to cook. We saw the shellfish or lala clams that were bought recently.

I took out the shells and boiled their sweet original taste muscle meats with ginger and lemongrass. There was a vege dish that was already cooked earlier as well. 

So we had lunch rice, vege and shellfish (lala). It was a tiring but satisfying day. 

Happy Saturday ❤️

Di kedai serbaneka tu, ternampak kerusi urut elektrik, dan waffle, laksa juga disediakan di depan kaunter. Penemuan berdekatan yang agak menarik juga ni. 

Berjalan di sepanjang pokok-pokok, dicelah celah bangunan, sampai masuk dan ambil lif. Dah hampir waktu makan tengahari dan saya rancang hendak masak. Nampak lala yang baru jugak dibeli. 

Saya ambil keluar isi lala dari kulitnya dan rebus manis saja dengan serai dan halia. Ada juga hidangan sayur yang telah dimasak awal. 

Jadi dapatlah kami makan tengahari, nasi, sayur dan lala. Hari yang agak penat tapi tetap memuaskan. 

Salam Sabtu ❤️

Happy Holiday Log Cake, Ceasar Salad, Chicken Mushroom Pasta

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Trip from PJ via Bangsar,  past by National Museum. |

 Perjalanan dari Petaling Jaya melalui Bangsar, melepasi Muzium Negara. 

To sibling's home to settle some task, off course we reward our self. | Ke rumah adik beradik menyelesaikan tugas. Sudah pasti memberi ganjaran pada diri. 

Ad-Hoc moment sometimes happen. Breathe slowly and head the road. I took a lot video on the road and had to edit and compile it to save space. 

When I got in I saw the view with beautiful tree and the eagle eye view scenery (drone view) . My tastebud turned to holiday mood, for something at the cafe or airport or oversea in western country I must say.  

Hit the phone and changed the address, follow to click order. 

So there we are with meal

Holiday Log Cake

Chicken Mushroom Pasta

Ceasar Salad

And this house has a lot of fresh fruit juice. I didn't take the photo again. (sigh). 

But the host from a far (not at home) offered pasta from the Lobby. We said 'maybe next time' and not 'no thank you' hehe.. (take a chance kan)  

Happy Sunday ❤️

Keadaan tergesa-gesa, kadang kadang boleh berlaku. Bernafas perlahan dan terjah ke jalan. Saya ambil banyak video, terpaksa 'edit dan compile' untuk kurangkan penggunaan memori. 

Bila saya ternampak permandangan pokok dihiasi cantik dengan pandangan mata si burung helang (drone view era baru) . Terus terasa citarasa untuk makanan berubah jadi perasaan percutian, ala berada di  cafe, airport, luar negara seakan negara barat lah pendek kata.

Terus ambil telefon dan tukar alamat, ikut klik pesan. 

Jadi ni la kami dengan makanan:

Holiday Log Cake

Chicken Mushroom Pasta

Ceasar Salad

Dan dalam rumah ni ada banyak juice segar. Saya tak ambil gambar  pula. (keluh). 

Tapi hos dari jauh (tiada di rumah) tawar kami makan pasta di lobi. Alhamdulillah. Kami cakap 'masa akan datang la' dan bukan 'takpa terima kasih' hehe

(ambil peluang kan). 

Salam Ahad ❤️

Banana Leaf Coconut Rice and Sweet Sago Cake at Bangsar Village

Nasi Lemak Daun Pisang dan Kueh Sagu di Bangsar Village

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On the way to Bangsar saw a building name Damansara Intan that looked like the Budapest Hotel in a movie the Grand Budapest Hotel (Nice Movie). | 

Semasa dalam perjalanan ke Bangsar ternampak bangunan Damansara Intan seakan hotel Budapest dalam filem The Grand Budapest Hotel (Menarik jalan ceritanya) 

Before turning tu commercial centre of Bangsar saw a new building like a finger 'One Malaysia' that become heated news recently. 

Sebelum pusing masuk ke pusat kommersial Bangsar ternampak bangunan seakan jari 'Satu Malaysia' yang menjadi berita panas baru baru ni. 

Parked the car, we walked in to the entrance, show our certs (I asked him to show me the officer certs also hehe.. and scan temperature and scan check in code. 

Took the escalator saw a booth selling kueh and banana leaf packed coconut rice and red Sago in the Mall. I didn't take a video (sighed). 

We walked for a mission to find something here, while walking I filmed the festives sales there. Love festives decoration, moment but mixed feeling arise as the year is going to end and new chapter is just around the corner. 

Come new year, it will be a new journey for me to do kids study journey and some food journal for them.  It is still in planning, not sure yet hehe.. 

Heading out we stopped by to buy nasi lemak (fat rice in banana leaf and kueh sago) and have to eat them in the car as our mission did not ended yet. 

Happy Wednesday ❤️

Berhenti kereta di parkir, jalan masuk di pintu masuk, tunjuk sijil kepada Pegawal di situ. Saya pun minta pegawal tu tunjuk sijilnya kepada saya hehe..and imbas suhu badan dan QR code. 

Ambil tangga elektrik ternampak kiosk jual kueh dan nasi lemak daun pisang di dalam Mall. I tak ambil video la pulah aihh.. 

Terus jalan demi misi mencari benda penting, semasa bergerak tu sempat merakam video suasana perayaan hujung tahun, jualan perayaan. Suka dekor-dekornya, bercampur perasaan sayu juga, tahun ini sudah sampai di penghujung dan permulaan bab baru bakal tiba. 

Tahun baharu, bermulalah perjalanan hidup baru untuk saya hendak buat jurnal pembelajaran dan makanan untuk anak-anak. Masih dalam perancangan tak pasti lagi hehe.. 

Masa langkah keluar, kami berhenti beli nasi lemak bersama kueh sagu dan makan di dalam kereta saja, sebab misi belum berakhir lagi. 

Salam Rabu ❤️

Mix Rice Kampung Baru | Nasi campur Kampung Baru

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We picked up parents to KL City |

Kami ambil bapa emak ke Kuala Lumpur

We stopped at sibling's home | Kami singgah di rumah adik beradik

We were thinking to please everyone with our current situation. We had no idea what to do but settle a place for them. 

I would like to stay longer but dad didn't want to stay. So we picked up, had something and sent them back.

Ok lunch was bought for us. Consists of:

Salad (Ulam) with Jering

Fish Curry

Scramble egg

Fried Cat fish

Roasted fish

Stir Fry Spinach

Rice.

Chillies Paste but I hid it from parents because their tummy do not stand spicy, eventhough their tastebud want it badly. 

It was a good lunch, this is how we eat most of the time.  Sometimes upon arrival, I did my share and cooked something too here. 

Happy Sunday ❤️

Kami memikirkan untuk membahagiakan bapa dan emak dalam situasi semasa ini. Kami pun tak da fikiran bernas pun apa nak buat tapi nak pergi satu tempat dan duduk sekejap atau lama. 

Saya lebih suka lepak lama tapi bapa fikirkan hendak balik saja. Jadi kami ambil, buat sesuatu macam makan dan hantar balik. 

Ok makanan tengahari disediakan: Ia terdiri dari :-

Ulam termasuk Jering

Nasi

Kari Ikan

Telur Dadar

Bayam goreng

Ikan Keli

Ikan Bakar

Sambal dan air asam saya sembunyikan kerana perut mereka dah tak boleh tahan pedas, walaupun citarasa mereka tetap nak makan. 

Makanan tengahari yang sangat enak, beginilah makan tengahari kami sepatutnya dan selalu. 

Kadang saya sampai, dan tolong masak juga sikit. 

Salam Ahad ❤️

View from the condo

Rice Noodle with Fish Paste |Laksa Buyung

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After breakfast, I left parents for awhile to get lunch for them. | Selepas sarapan, saya tinggal parents buat sementara, untuk beli makan tengahari untuk mereka.

Saw laksa shop and a boy from well off family worked there was cleaning at the back of  small shop| Nampak kedai laksa dan seorang budak dari keluarga berada tengah mencuci di belakang kedai tu. 

As usual at the gate, always intrigued with cute dogs, snipe and this time around I saw a monitor lizard roaming around.

Arrived at commercial centre, I went to order rice with vege fish and also I got dinner, fried kueyteow for them.

Since we order quite a bunch, the duration of waiting a bit long, so we waited in the car, I saw a sign of Laksa Buyung, laksa is rice noodle which is famous at northern side of the country. 

We drove to the stall that attached at the a shop lot. I saw a boy, familiar face to me since I used to live around there. This boy is a son whose father has a luxury yacht as big like a ship. No kidding... 

There is also another boy who worked in a car wash, which happen to be his brother. Their big bungalow house has really big land with all sort of facilities such as surau, hall, tiny homes and so on. 

Sometimes we perceived the people (who do car wash or washing dishes), were not well to do nor well educated, but they actually are and they learnt from the bottom up as entrepreneurs, that's how their father taught them.

They also had jumped at mediterranean Sea. (myself intrigued, thats what I felt). 

Happy Saturday❤️

Seperti biasa di pagar, selalu terkejut atau teruja dengan anjing telinga kelepek, burung wak wak dan kali ini ternampak biawak tanah. 

Setiba di pusat kommersial, saya pergi ke restoran dan beli nasi dan ikan sayur dan juga beli untuk makan malam iaitu kueyteow goreng. 

Sementara menunggu, dah order banyak juga, lamalah siapnya, ternampak  jualan laksa Buyung, laksa yang femes di utara.

Kami pun terus pandu kereta ke kedai yang menumpang ditepi lot rumah kedai. Saya nampak budak yang macam saya kenali sebab saya pernah tinggal di sini. Budak itu adalah anak lelaki yang bapanya ada sebuah bot mewah sebesar kapal. Tak tipu ... 

Seorang budak lain yang bekerja membasuh kereta seakan beliau itu adalah abangnya. Rumah banglo mereka tu diatas tanah besar, siap ada surau, dewan dan rumah comel2 dan pelbagai lagi. 

Kadang kadang kita menyangkakan mereka (tengah basuh kereta atau cuci pinggan) itu tak berpelajaran tinggi atau berada, sebenarnya mereka tu sedang belajar dari bawah keatas sebagai usahawan, itulah cara bapa mereka ajar mereka. Mereka juga pernah terjun di laut Mediteranean. (saya sendiri yang teruja). 

Salam Sabtu ❤️

My late grandfather had a dog name "kelepek" because of flappy ears like that. 

Pancakes with honeycomb | Lempeng dengan sarang lebah

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Need a professional cameraman for advertising picture of a new product | Perlu jurukamera professional untuk gambar iklan produk baru

Adik helped to film the process of spreading honeycomb on pancake | Adik tolong mengambil video tengah bubuh sapuan sarang madu di atas lempeng

After discussing about business, adik suggested and more interested in selling pancakes because she said "she would buy it, infact she would have it as often as staple food. She got the point there. Sell that you yourself would buy. Totally agree ;) 

This moment reminded me last time before MCO I got order for cakes (I used to put cakes at shop and also took order. my mom offered me to pay the price of the cake so that she would have it and i didn't need to send it or I won't be so busy spending time at the kitchen or could visit her or take her and dad out instead. 

The funny part sometimes when they were here. while I wanted to send the whole cake but they wanted the cake. I had to give two slices. When I arrived at the cafe shop, I had to explain that a customer insisted to buy two slices while I walked in here. (suddenly miss them). 

Ok back to the pancakes as products and tried to freeze it also and made an effort to maintain standardized size by using a square mould. 

For the photo, I put a lot of jam to make it attractive but still not so alluring right. 

Need a professional photographer and marketeer at this part perhaps :) 

Happy Friday❤️

Setelah berbincang tentang berniaga ni, adik cadangkan dan lebih berminat menjual lempeng atau pancake sebab dia akan beli pancake, malah akan makan sekerap boleh ala makanan ruji. Ada betulnya si adik tu. Jual yang kita sendiri makan. Setuju sangat ;) 

Ketika ini buat saya teringat pula, sebelum pkp, saya pernah jual kek, letak di kedai makan dan ambil order. Emak saya cakap tak payah hantar dia beli atau bayar (beri duit kat saya) supaya saya tak payah berlama di dapur boleh la bawa emak dan bapa keluar. 

Yang tergelak tu bila mereka ada di sini, ketika saya nak keluar hantar kek, mereka hendak dua potong kek. Tiba di kedai terpaksala saya cakap ada pelanggan nak beli sangat dua potong dalam perjalanan tadi. (subhanAllah rindu pula) 

Ok berbalik kepada pancake sebagai produk, dah cuba bekukan dan berusaha untuk mengekalkan saiz standard menggunakan acuan segiempat sama. 

Untuk dalam gambar pancake, saya letak selungguk jem dan madu dengan sarang lagi supaya menarik tapi masih tak mengiurkan. 

Perlu jurufoto dan pakar pemasaran untuk bahagian ni kut :) 

Salam Jumaat ❤️