A morning at the kitchen | Sepagi di dapur

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When having breakfast separately / Bila bersarapan asing-asing

When will lunch be prepared, breakfast enjoyed by one after another. / tiada ruang nak mula memasak untuk makan tengahari bila sarapan bergilir-gilir

This morning, I've made a decision not to say anything to kids as long as it's not harmful or dangerous. The worst case scenario that I saw she used metal tongs to tweak & pull out the pancake in the toaster. I told her many times to switch off at the plug or use plastic tongs instead.

Actually its not a big deal as the the toaster not pressed on. It was off, yet back of the mind I worried the tong is wet.  But grateful everything is fine n

My aim to make adik a morning person. Actually we didn't have breakfast together for awhile. Abang had breakie alone after dusk, then get ready to school online at 7:30am. Later, me and my dear hubby had breakfast and adik didn't come in yet. 

While I was sitting, that's when I was looking at adik and saw how adik would think and did her breakfast. Sometime bread with marshmallows, the small marshmallows left a bit for drinks. She took it on her bread. No wonder she is quiet when having her food, because she didn't want us to comment on something, I think. 

I'm not sure how to 'parent' kids, is this right sentence hehe but how my mom did was simple; She would left breakfast stuff under the food cover, and wrote a love note. It's lovely too. 

I used to write in abang dan adik's lunch box, but abang said he ate the fruits in the car and the note he had read and keep. Maybe he felt embarrassed if his friends saw it.  

Adik heated up chilled pancake in the toaster

That's the journey of that particular kid of today :) 

Happy monday❤️ again.. Time flies so fast, may have blessings in each day. 

Pagi ni saya buat keputusan tak nak tegur apa-apa, hanya nak duduk dan lihat saja. Selagi semua baik saja dan tidak merbahayakan diri, biarkan ajalah.

Senario yang paling ketara pun yang nampak, adik guna tong besi untuk kepit dan keluarkan penkek tu dari pembakar roti, kalau boleh nak juga cakap ambil pengepit plastik. Memang risau dengan elektrik, berlogam atau basah walaupun pembakar roti tidak ditekan pasang hehe. Alhamdulillah semuanya ok.

Matlamatnya nak adik bangun pagi dan terus bersarapan, tidak tidur balik.

Saya dah abis sarapan, Itu yang dapat duduk dan lihat, bila adik masuk perhati apa yang adik lakukan.

Sebenarnya dah lama tak bersarapan sekali pun, abang bersarapan sendiri selepas subuh, dan terus ke sekolah atas talian pukul 7:30am. Saya dan suami bersarapan selepas itu. Dan adik yang terakhirlah.

Kadang-kadang dia letak marshmallow atas roti, Marshmallow tu memang dah sikit untuk minuman panas. Dia letak atas roti. Senyap ja makan seorang diri. Sebab tu diam sayang, tak nak la mama komen apa-apa kut. 

Tak pasti la saya nak mendidik anak-anak, macam ibu saya letak makanan bawah tudung dan letak nota cinta yng ditulis ditepi, ibu pegi kerja dan ingatkan saya makan sarapan. Sweetkan. Saya pernah buat dalam lunch box abang adik. Abang kata dia makan buah dalam kereta dan mesej tu dah baca dan simpan. Sebab segan makan buah disekolah berkertas mesej lagi. 

Adik panaskan penkeknya di dalam pembakar roti

Itulah perjalanan hidup seorang kanak-kanak zaman sekarang dari rumah ini lah :) 

Salam Isnin ❤️ cepatnya masa berlalu, moga ada keberkatan dalam setiap hari. 

PS : Adik approved the blog and video. 

Spy on a kid off school activities | Skodeng aktiviti anak masa cuti sekolah

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Scootering in the house | Main skuter dalam rumah

Lepas main scooter nak tahu apa yang dia nak buat | after scootering, what activity will be next, I wonder

Zooming what he is doing, sometime I saw them eating quietly. Certain time they would go out and sit in on a hammock.  Or else go for swimming, the best I would like them go for cycling. 

While resting I saw abang glided on the scooter back and forth, I felt pity coz I don't have any idea or suggestion on what he supposed to do. Actually they already got their gadgets with condition to take a break for awhile before continuing. 

I felt grateful when he sat at thetable not back on screen instead. He didn't go grab his gadget again, yay! Then I saw him like reading or writing. Actually he was sketching, doodling, I walked slowly to check out. Adik once said she wanted privacy when I want to filmed her. Abang was ok after we disscussed. 

Started with  this

Ahh! he was drawing a few characters there, he said he would draw a character with different actions like eating, running, speaking, I was not sure how it would be like, that"s motivated us to watch Pixar documentary about movie writers.

Love greetings ❤️

Saya zoom dekat.Tertanya-tanya apa yang sedang dibuat abang waktu itu.  Nampak duduk nak makan, kadang kadang jika tiada apa nak buat, mereka akan duduk senyap dan makan. Ada masa mereka akan keluar duduk atas buaian hammock. Ataupun berenang. Yang lain tu, saya suka mereka pergi main basikal.

Semasa saya duduk, abang main skuter pi mai pi mai. Rasa kesian pula, tak da idea pula nak ajak main apa yang best-best ni.

Saya rasa bersyukur bila nampak dia duduk di meja tidak terus main gadget walau pun sudah merehatkan mata. Saya nampak dia menunduk, macam membaca ke atau menulis. Bila dah dekat tu barulah tahu dia melukis. Saya mendekati kearah abang untuk lihat lukisannya. 

Adik pernah cakap dia suka privacy tak suka bervideo. Abang ok je. Sebenarnya abang dah dapat gadget untuk cuti sekolah ni sebab dah abiskan kerja sekolah. Itulah terma dan syaratnya nak dapat gadget pun.

Mula dengan ni

Ahh! dia sedang melukis beberapa karakter, abang sedang nak cuba buat beberapa karakter dengan pelbagai aksi. Itulah dia, berminat dengan pelukis dan penulis filem, memberi motivasi untuk kami menonton dokumentari Pixar tentang penulis filem. 

Salam sayang❤️

Half Fried rice / Nasi Goreng Separuh

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Menunggu kedatangannya  |  Waited for it

Whole heartedly wanted to eat | Sepenuh hati nak nasi goreng

Late evening I discovered that I am hungry and craving for fried rice. I ordered late and waited at dusk. Expecting a fox but it didn't turn up. 

Still love if a kangaroo come at the window like in the photo, but this will only happen down under. 

After entering the house, I had to go for the dusk prayers. Somehow I felt full at sudden, so I kept it nicely in the fridge.

Enjoyed the night by watching a list of the writers movies:

    1. Goodbye Christopher Robin

    2. Can you ever Forgive me

  3. Documentary about writer of movie Luca

Based on true stories. 

When the sun rises up the next morning, then only I got 'willy' hungry and yet need to share, that was the dilema moment. I sacrificed ':) 

Happy Sunday❤️

Dah hujung petang baru nak buat keputusan untuk melangkah masuk ke alam mengenyangkan untuk sepinggan nasi goreng. Kerana terlewat order terpaksalah tunggu waktu maghrib. Harap harap musang menjelma tapi tak nampak batang hidungnya. 

Lebih suka kalau kanggaru seperti dalam gambar tu menjelma ikut tingkap, tapi ini hanya boleh berlaku kat 'down under / Australia' kan..

Lepas dapat makanan, saya terus masuk solat maghrib dulu. Tetiba rasa kenyang pulak dan tak jadi nak makan. Jadi masuk kan bungkusan tu dalam peti ais.

Semalaman, saya sekeluarga menonton cerita tentang kisah penulis seperti:

    1. Goodbye Christopher Robin

    2. Forgive me

    3. Dokumentari tentang     penulis cerita Luca

filem berdasarkan kisah benar tentang penulis-penulis. 

Bila tiba keesokan harinya, saya rasa teramat lapar, tapi terpaksa berkongsi separuh. Dilema jugak, tapi tetap berkorban ':) 

Nikmati RahmatNya❤️

Panda Molly Fish gave birth | Ikan Panda Molly beranak

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Sepasang Ikan panda molly baru sampai | A pair of panda molly arrived and adapted well with the environment 

Sehari semalam menyesuaikan diri sudah berumahtangga, beranak pinak. | A day a night, felt home, already make a family

I love windows at the sink, somehow my kitchen's sink is not by the window. I dream of planting herbs by the window or look out for natural light, view of green, gray, blue that influence my mood. 

However, I visualized hard to have a sink by the window, it didn't change a thing (yet) hehe a thing I learnt from a book "The Secret". I only asked the contractors how much it'll cost to build a window, one guy quoted RM800, another quoted RM1000. 

I got over the dream but now created something similar. I put money plants for a start then changed to herbs plants like basil or laksa leaf (kesum). It worked because I hanged an LED light there. I came across the idea to make a shelf or rack to place a small aquarium there. 

Since I already have Guppies, I wanted a different fish species, so I got Panda Molly, kind of small not long like the Sword tail fish.  

I set it up the same way I did to the guppies the post here I doubt that they were as comfy though, as the small rocks seems a bit less.  The plants were also not fully developed yet. I knew the water circulation was not so good,  I didn't redo, I wanted to wait at least a day before I moved them to a proper aquarium, if the water has bubble and too much things moving in the water, I am afraid the fish wouldnt feel at peace to hatch, not sure.. Read a little, apply a little, use instinct the most. 

To my surprise, the pair had a few fry (kids) at dawn , first I was  thinking, could this be worms from the fish pond, coz I took the plant out from there. 

I looked closely, they're Panda Molly juniors. So cute aahh.. sounded like adik hehe.. Later on, we transferred them to a proper aquarium with electriic features. I replaced them back with guppies. 

Grateful always ❤️

Saya suka sinki yang berdepan dengan tingkap. Dapur yang ada ni, sinki berdepan dengan dinding. 

Impianlah juga ada pokok herba di tingkap tu, boleh memerhati cahaya di siang  hari makin memendung hingga ke petang, suasana, fenomena, menpengaruhi mood kan. 

Macamana pun bayangkan ada tingkap, tak ada perubahan langsung (lagi), hehe... terbawa-bawa dari buku "The Secret", magnet rezeki dan sebagainya. 

Saya cuma bertanya beberapa kontraktor untuk reno buat tingkap, ada yang sebut harga RM800, ada yang bagi RM1000. 

Saya lepaskan mimpi, teruskan kehidupan, buat sesuatu je la yang boleh memerhati. Saya letak pokok duit duit untuk permulaan, lepas itu saya tukar ke pokok herba. Memang menjadi sebab saya letak lampu LED di situ. Terbit buah fikiran untuk gantung rak dan letak akuarium pula di situ. 

Disebabkan sudah ada ikan Gapi, nak pula species ikan lain, jadi Panda Molly penyeri dinding sinki. Ikannya kecil tak sepanjang ikan berekor pedang.- Sword tail. 

Saya buat sebagaimana saya  telah lakukan pada ikan Gapi boleh baca di sini , tapi ragu ragu keselesaan ikan  sebab bekasnya kecil, saiz Panda Molly besar sedikit dari Gapi. 

Batu-batu tidak berapa mencukupi, risau juga, manakala pokok duit-duit tu pun tak begitu besar, dan nampak macam sistem udaranya tak begitu bagus.  Saya tak buat lain, saya tunggu sehari lagi, lepas tu baru lah pindah ke akuarium yang lengkap. Jika akuarium yang ada berbuih. Air bergerak sangat pun, ikan-ikan tak rasa tenang untuk bertelur dan menetas. 

Terbaca teori sikit, praktikla juga sikit, yang banyak adalah mengikut naluri hati. 

Terkejut di subuh hari, pasangan ikan panda molly sudah berjaya berkembang menjadi kepada 12 ekor anak ikan. 

Pada mulanya saya ingatkan ulat dari kolam ikan luar sebab saya ambil pokok dari sana. Perhati betul betul, memang keturunan panda molly, memang sah mereka satu keluarga. Comelnya aahh..berenang-renang, berbunyi macam adikla pula bila nampak kucing terus dia jadi mama kucing hehe..

Selepas tu sekeluarga ikan panda di pindahkan ke akuarium berperalatan lengkap.  Gapi pula diletak di depan sink.

Syukur selalu ❤️

Chicken Stew | Sup Ayam Pekat

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Stewed - masakkan secara perlahan dan ditutup.  | Cooked slow and close

Stewed yang dimasak seakan  sup pekat

I wondered how the stew like, I searched for recipes but they need capsicum and holland onion and most are beef stew. 

What we used were :

Red onions

Potatoes

Carrots

Salt

Soup powder

Tomatoes

Coriander leaves

Garlic

Chickens

Corn flour

Italian mixed herbs / sweet basil

I figured I'm going to use chicken bones that were left from dendeng chicken and going to slice drumstick meat. Yes I saw most of the recipe with sliced beef on, that's so alluring. 

Then I overthought if debone again means when the bone should be cooking again, it goes round and round with bone in the fridge. 

So ending up cooking  the whole parts of drumsticks. The mixture of italians herbs really tasted like western taste, a bit :). 

Loving this stew even at night we had a bowl each. 

Love always ❤️

Saya tak tahu bagaimana rupa stew sebenarnya. Saya pun membuat carian dan medapati yang chili benggala dan bawang besar holland diperlukan resepi dalam stew. Dan kebanyakan resepi menggunakan daging lembu.

Yang diguna kat rumah ialah

Bawang besar merah

Kentang

Lobak

Garam

Rempah sup

Tomato

Daun ketumbar

Bawang putih

Ayam 

Tepung jagung

Serbuk herba campuran Itali / serbuk sweet basil

Saya mulanya mahu menggunakan tulang ayam yang tersimpan dalam peti ais bersama paha ayam yang dihiris. Kebanyakan resipi menggunakan daging lembu yang dihiris dan ini membangkitkan selera.

Namun saya fikir tulang paha ayam yang tinggal akan terpaksa disimpan dalam peti ais. Tak habis cerita simpan tulang kan.. 

Jadi akhirnya saya gunakan paha ayam tanpa dihiris bersama tulang ayam untuk membuat stew ini. Resepi stew bersama herba campuran Itali membangkitkan rasa 'barat' skit :) 

Malam menjelma, pekena seorang semangkuk lagi. 

Sayang selalu ❤️

Three Wheelers Bajay at Jakarta | Kereta beroda tiga di Kota Jakarta

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Terokai Bajay biar bertempat | Exploration needs knowledge

Bergantung pada umur jua| Depends on age range too

Adventurers are born? Not all but someone of us is, she liked to try out backpackers style. We were with kids but she love the idea of waiting at the 24 hours restaurant or shop like 7E till the ferries started to operate in early morning or for airplane to depart. 

We rather had a room by the port or station to rest for few hours get freshen up  and catch the ferry or whatever we need to do next after the transit. She'll be ready with a bag filled with few clothes and good to go. 

We were in the city of Jakarta. After visited the market, we took a cab to a mall. I didn't bother much what mall to visit because  I was just like to experience being there. This trip was before pandamic, the security checked our bags before entering the mall. 

As long as the hotel was a well known or chained one, I was a bit at peace. We spent sometimes at the mall because  I assumed it was the best time to rest after walked at the market, we have kids, we have elderlies with us, we made a move. slowly and safely in a high population of a big city.

After 1 or 2 hours we decided to go back to the hotel. I decided to take the taxi but one of us wanted to take the bajay.  It was not easy to decide as the motorbike taxi came to offer as well as the bajay drivers did the same,  3 or 4 could go into bajay. We divided by two. So one group with me another group went to another bajay. 

The ride was fast, I and my group arrived first, the suspense part, another group hadn't yet to arrive. Panicking, I called relative in Malaysia to tell what happened. We waited and prayed hard.  The hotel staffs follow along to wait. About more than an hour they arrived, the driver didn't recognised the hotel as the the bajay is meant for city centre ride.

So adik was worried at that time because she was separated with abang, hope it wasn't a nightmare to them.  

Actually, the adventurer spent also a lot  for us. Thank you, love her may she be blessed with happiness always. Aameen. We haven't seen her for awhile. 

Peace greetings ❤️

Pengembara dilahirkan? Tak semua tapi seorang dari kami memang berani mengembara, dia suka mencuba gaya backpackers. Kami dengan budak-budak, dia masih dengan caranya, lebih gemar tunggu feri di restaurant  24 jam atau kedai seakan 7E tu selepas tengah malam. Juga untuk kapalterbang. Tak perlu berbilik transit. 

Kami sanggup mengambil bilik walau untuk 2 atau 3 jam berehat dan menyegarkan badan baru gegas ke feri. 

Dia dengan bagnya yang berisi baju sehelai dua sudah bersedia untuk kembara.

Kami berada di Kota Jakarta semasa ini. Kami ambil taxi dari hotel hendak ke mall. Tetapi beliau mahu ke pasar dahulu. Selepas pasar baru ke mall. saya rasa sesuailah ke mall kerana kami ada budak-budak dan  warga emas.

Bila berjalan ke negara orang ni, jika hotel yang ada nama sikit atau rangkaian hotel yang kenal, saya dah rasa tenangla sikit. 

Kami luangkan masa di mall, saya rasa tempat itu sesuai selepas berjalan di pasar tadi lagipun  ada budak dan warga emas. Dapat pengalaman di mall orang  di mana mereka check/scan beg masa nak masuk. Ni jalan_jalan sebelum pandamik. 

Sejam dua di  Starbucks kami perlu gerak ke hotel walau ada yang nak terus ke safari, aii. Ni pun.. bergerak perlahan agar selamat di negara besar  yang ramai penduduk. 

Bila turun ke pintu keluar mall, meneru pula yang menawar naik kenderaan mereka ada yang bawa motor, teksi, ada yang bawa bajay, biasala seorang pengembara yang dingati selalu dalam doa kami, lama tak jumpa sejak pandamik ni.   Beliau pilih bajay kereta beroda tiga, jadi terpaksa berpisah separuh anggota pasukan, separuh dengan saya, separuh lagi naik satu lagi bajay. 

Memang laju bajay di bawa, kami sampai dulu. Berdebar juga bajay satu lagi belum sampai, Panik sangat hingga menelefon sedara di Malaysia. Berbanyak berdoa sambil menunggu. Pekerja hotel pun turut menunggu. Kira sejam lebih juga, Alhamdulillah mereka sampai. Pemandu bajay tak berapa tahu jalan kerana bajay memang untuk di sekitar pusat bandar sahaja. 

Harap adik tidak serik berpengalaman begini terutama terpisah dengan abang. 

Dia, si pengembara yang dikasihi  berbelanja banyak juga untuk kami. Bersyukur, terima kasih, sayang beliau, moga beliau dirahmati dengan kebahagiaan selalu. Aameen. Cuma lama tak jumpa sekarang ni. 

Salam ❤️