I'm Home...

It's good to be home. Although this is completely not my motherland, but this is my home. This is where I should be for the time being, and it feels so good, comfy, bliss and pleasant to be in my own place. I feel so sheltered (despites the cold autumn weather). Autumn in the Netherlands is not that nice. Well, the scenery is beautiful but the weather is nasty. It has been raining and pouring since the day I came back.

I haven't had the opportunity to update much during my hols in Malaysia. Oh, mind you, I wouldn't call it a hols anyway, as hols should be time for us to leisure. I would call going back to Malaysia is for carrying out our responsibilities to the family. Plus, it is so different now, all sorts of thing is expensive, everything costs a bomb. Life in Malaysia is so hectic everyone in a rush (except those who are lucky ones). I miss my activities and my lady-of-leisure-wannabe life. But on the top of that, I was happy because I could see my mother and be with her for a while. For those who was asking about her and prayed for her health, I only could express my thanks for your concern and Allah will do the rest. Talked to her on the phone twice since I came back and she said she feels better now.

I've been back for a week but I kinda lost my track. For the first time in my life, I don't know what to do, other than doing my housework, I kinda miss doing it maybe (*giggles*) and I don't feel like surfing the internet neither updating this blog, I don't feel like playing any games. I don't know what's going on with me...but I did go to the "Monday rituals" (mengaji) and badminton, for the sake of seeing my friends. I really miss them. It's not that I don't miss my old friends in Malaysia...but they were not there when I went back because they were busy working everywhere in the country. That's why I felt so bored and had nothing else to do other than watching TV.

But now I'm here, back to my normal life, ready for some action! LOL.
I'm breathing the dutch air again and feels like going dutch with some friends! Let's???

A year Older...

and hoping for a year wiser!!

A Lil' Update

First and foremost, Selamat Hari Raya. Aidilfitri, I didn't have the opportunity to wish all of you during the feast because I was extremely busy.

I should have been back in Holland by now but I'm still in Malaysia, my mother is sick and I have to look after her for a while and trying to get the doctor change her medicament. Metaprolol (Metoprolol)doesn't suit her. A doctor said that is the first thing he'll throw away. It's not a good drug. It makes your heartbeat very slow. My mother was unconscious a few seconds and it happened a few times; apart from being unwell, malaise, giddy, losing appetite and so forth.

The day I suppose to fly back to Holland, Oct the 9th it is, I felt feverish after sending my husband flying alone. I thot it was whether mild fever or H1N1. To my surprise, it turned out to be something uncommon to an adult. I've got HFM disease. Thank God it is not so serious (no blisters, only red buttons, no ulcers in my mouth but only sore throat and fever was gone in just a day) but right now the red buttons are still on my feet and it makes me not easy to mobile myself. I really pray that I will be ok soon enough because I don't have time to be sick. I have to take care of my mom.

A short one

I'm busy these days with packing and gardening...in my virtual farm in FB..LOL
There are so many thing happens.. I finally collected my French certificate from the institute. I'm so happy when I had it in my hand. I couldn't enroll the course for this coming term because I would miss 4 out of 10 classes. So i better wait for next session.

I am so happy upon knowing that bellydance class will only be started after i camback from Malaysia..so i won't miss any class!

I will be busy tomorrow because I still have to do some chores before having a long hols.. :-). Freezer need to be defrosted, because I want to switch it off. Fridge need to be wiped, kitchen floor need to be mopped. Kitchen towels need to be washed. Toilet and bathroom need to be cleaned. I want to leave my house in clean mode. Luckily I already do some laundry and ironed piles of clothes.

Luggages are ready, stuffed with things that we want to bring along with us. Wish us a safe journey! I hope to update during the hols though..

Tag: Angry

This tag is from a dear friend, Yatie, aka Yatiespeed. I drafted this since lat week but I didn't finisht it. Now that I completed it, I think I should publish it...just for fun, not that I'm angry right now!

1. What would you do if you are angry?
Depends on how cross am I at that time. If I'm really angry, I would take a deep breath but I would feel my face's burning at the same time. I could be cross if I accidentally hit something in the kitchen (because of my clumsiness- which happens very often) and I would hit the thing back. I also cannot resist if somebody scratch my utensils, my non-stick pan for example. Also if somebody flip my story books. You know, some people would flip the page they're reading, me in the other hand would use book mark or anything else that wouldn't need me to flip the page. And, I would really found myself pissed off if people didn't take care of my books they borrowed from me.

2. If you are shocked, could you possibly feel angry?
I think so, but I've never be in the situation where I'm really shocked.

3. How long will you feel angry?
Not that long.

4. What do you do to blow the ill-temper away?
There are a few method I use to channel my anger. One of them is imagination. I would imagine myself throwing plates in the kitchen, sometimes I would imagine myself confronting and showing my tantrum to the person I am mad with. Sometimes I would go near to cool places, wash myself or wudhuk.

5. How often do you think you make others angry?
I don't know. Not if they don't show it. When I was a little girl, I think I've made my parents angry from time to time :-P

6. How frequent you do feel angry?
Not that frequent but I sulk a lot with my husband..haihh..not healthy! LOL

7. Who do you want to tag? If they don't complete the tag, would you be cross?
Since this is Ramadhan, I don't want to make others angry by bugging them with this tag, LOL. But anyone who feels like doing it are most welcome!

Tentative Ramadhan Menu

I created a list of foods I want to prepare during Ramadhan, so that i don't have to blow my mind during fasting by thinking what to cook for break fasting. This is only 'tentative' list, any suggestion are most welcomed... Please suggest your favorite meals!

Here goes the list:

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1. Meals: White rice, oxtail stew, omelet, sambal belacan and ulam. Dessert: Banana split. Drinks: Grass jelly soy milk (soya cincau)

2. Meals: White rice, lamb shoarma, hati ayam goreng, kangkung goreng belacan. Dessert: Bubur biji nangka. Drinks: soya cincau

3. Meals: Nasi goreng kampung, fried chicken, keropok ikan. Dessert: Strawberry jelly. Drinks: Sparkling Ribena

4. Meals:White rice, fried sliptong (ikan sebelah), ulam, budu Dessert: Ketupat sotong. Drinks: Bandung cincau

5. Meals: White rice, Ayam percik, sambal goreng jawa, and mix vege. Dessert: Milo jelly (dadih). Drinks:Sirap bandung

6. White rice, steamed sea-bass (siakap), fried calamari, vege soup. Dessert: Watermelon. Drinks: Carrot Juice

7. Meals: Curry mee. Dessert: cekodok ikan bilis and honeydew. Drinks: Sparkling ribena

8. Meals: white rice, ayam masak lemak cili padi, stir fry vegetables. Desset and drinks: Lychee

9. Meals: Set nasi lemak with spicy fried chicken. Dessert: buah melaka Drinks: Apple juice

10. Meals: Nasi tomato, ayam masak merah, dalca sayur, sambal belacan Dessert: Ice cream. Drinks: Rose syrup

11. Meals: White rice, seafood tom yum, omelet, ulam, sambal belacan. Dessert: Bubur kacang hijau Drinks: Fruit punch

12. Meals: White rice, black pepper beef, sayur lodeh. Dessert: Curry-puff. Drinks: Sparkling ribena

13. Meals: Nasi minyak, kerutub daging, acar buah, acar timun. Dessert: Fruits. Drinks:

14. Meals: White rice, fried sea-bass with buttered onions, sambal taucu udang, and stir fry vegetables. Dessert: Some cake, maybe?? Drinks: Float

15. Potluck @ embassy.

16. Meals: White rice, chicken padprik, daging goreng kunyit, ulam, budu. Dessert: Bubur pulut hitam Drinks: Mixed fruit juice

17. Meals: White rice, thai green curry, kerabu sotong. Dessert: cara berlauk. Drinks: Milo cincau

18. Meals: White rice, tilapia sweet sour, stuffed paprika and vege. Dessert: bubur kacang hijau. Drinks: Soya drink.

19. Meals:Fried kueytiau, french or curly fries (subject to availability). Dessert: Bubur pulut hitam. Drinks:Iced lemon tea

20.Meals: White rice, ikan bakar, telur rebus, terung bakar, air asam, ulam, budu Dessert: Vanilla jelly(dadih). Drinks:Iced lemon tea
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My husband likes the suggested menu.

Why only 20 meals?
Answer: we're going to spend the rest 10 days in Malaysia :-)

P/s: Please don't giggle to "budu" listed in so many meals. Bear in mind, both of us are Kelantaneses. LOL



Have a blessed Ramadhan!

The Month Full of Blessings

Wishing all of you a blessed Ramadhan!