Friday, March 30, 2018

Of Blue Tick

Or is it one word bluetick?

Honestly, I don’t understand why is this such a big deal? If you can’t stand being blueticked on, why don’t you just turn it off? 

I had it turned off the moment the feature’s released . Because knowing me, I don’t think I could commit into ‘replying as soon as you read’ kind of thing. I mean, it’s texting. If something is so very urgent, you don’t text. You call. But I don’t know. Maybe that’s just me. So far, I don’t have problem with not knowing whether people has read my messages or not. So I had spared myself the headache of ‘you read my messages but why are you not replying them?'

If I can change the setting for Whatsapp group, I would, too. But too bad, it's not doable at the moment.

And the same goes to that “Last Seen” feature. Just try turn it off, and you'll have so much peace of mind. 

So, there is no need to complicate your life when you can opt to ease it.

Thursday, March 29, 2018

The One with Sore Eye

Okay, ini untuk future reference. In case any of the bulus kiddos got sore eye again, these are to look for:



That artificial tears is the same one as what I was wearing when I wore contact lenses 😬. But according to the vet, some of the eye products are applicable to both hooman and cats, but some are not. So you really need to check with the vets first before applying anything to the furry kids’ eyes.

The other one is the antibiotic.

By the way, Mocha got better after 3 days on med. Nothing serious, but he did make me worry on the first day because he spent more time inside the room and inside his carrier. Which usually an indicator that he was not feeling well. Maybe he was just feeling uncomfortable.

On the way to the vet


Wednesday, March 28, 2018

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Haha, I know, it's been decades, but I just had the chance to watch the whole episodes (well, still working on that, I'm currently on Season 3).

I remember my seniors and friends excitement about this show back then in high school. They conquered the recreation room every time it was aired on TV. Me, I think I could not afford to keep up. But I know Joey was super-cute back then!

So, was it really Phoebe who came out with the term BFF in the first place? It must have been in 1997.

And it's good to get to take a look at the old technology from the 90's, like the pager, home telephone, the computers (the bulky monitors and all). Those were the days.

So I wonder what it's like to be watching today's TV show in 20 years time. 

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Of Kuih Samperit and A Few Other Things

This is going to be a very random entry.

No, it's not the raya mood. Just some cookies mood. Lately asyik rasa nak mengunyah je, so went to cookies store at the new Mutiara Rini Mydin Mall.

And of all cookies, this one attracted me the most. Of course, the evergreen samperit! Teringat a few years ago pernah buat kuih ni dengan my niece, but in a dahlia form. Rindu pulak nak baking dengan budak kecik tu,

Anyway, need to stock up more of this, although that means I need to drink more water. Eating a lot of cookies is equivalent to sore throat for me.



Told ya, it's so random!

Monday, March 26, 2018

Restoran Cik Ani

Aku tak pasti samada kedai ni well-known atau tak. Masa zaman duduk Taman U dulu-dulu, aku tak perasan pulak kedai ni.

Lokasi: Sederet dengan Nain Bundle, opposite to McD yang dekat dengan gate UTM dekat padang kawad / tapak konvo tu. Tak tahulah apa budak UTM panggil gate tu. Tanya orang yang alumni ni pun, dah hilang dah ingatan beliau berkenaan hal itu.



Daging bakar masak lemak cili padi

Daging bakar masak black pepper

Sambal udang petai

Dua-dua kambing bakar tu memang sangatlah sedap. Rasa macam nak tapau je masa tu. Yang udang petai tu macam biasa-biasa je. Hehe, bila dah dapat kambing, udang dilupakan.

Nah, silalah study the menu:


Friday, March 23, 2018

Jemput-jemput

Mula-mula tengok kat IG Hanis Zalikha, dia buat jemput bilis guna air panas. Bila tengok tekstur jemput-jemput yang dia post tu, teringinlah nak cuba. Sepatutnya rangup di luar, lembut di dalam.

Tapi cubaan pertama, failed miserably. Aku pun tak percaya yang simple meal like jemput-jemput could beat the crap out of me. Stress!

Tapi lepas tu aku cuba jugak lagi, aku suspect air panas terlebih at the first attempt. Tapi pun tak berapa menjadi jugak.

Akhirnya selepas mungkin 5, 6 kali cubaan, I think I get it right this time. Haha, inilah yang dikatakan bersilat kat dapur tu kan. Jemput-jemput je pun, but still.. 🙄

Masa ni tak ada bilis, jadi buat jemput-jemput bawang jelah.

Kesimpulannya,

  • Air jangan banyak. Kena tuang sikit-sikit dan sampai tektur campuran air+tepung tu jadi macam ni, tak boleh lembik, kena kental:

  • Owh, garam dan gula kena campur siap-siap bersama tepung gandum sebelum dicampur dengan air. Sebab bila dah campur air nanti, sebatian tu akan jadi kental dan susah nak sebatikan garam gula masa tu
  • Tapi bawang aku letak last sekali , sebab macam tak perlu nak sebati sangat kan
  • Saiz jemput-jemput tu kena comel-comel dan mini-mini je, barulah dapat digoreng dengan sempurna.
Inilah hasilnya setelah teori-teori di atas diaplikasikan: 
Idokler semenggah mana rupa dia eheh

Thursday, March 22, 2018

The Hidden Words

In this digital world today, everybody can express themselves and let their voice be heard to the entire world, if they want to.  The medium is free and somehow, effortless, too. You name it  - Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and the list goes on and on.

And then it comes down to the question, what matters?

Because, given the convenience, it does not matter anymore what one says. But what he does not. Don't you think?

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

The Complicated One

If you ever truly understand yourself,

maybe, just maybe;

you'd also understand,

how much of your intricacy
has hurt many.

If, and only if
you understand.



Tuesday, March 20, 2018

And The Mountains Echoed



My first time reading Khaled Hosseini’s. Needless to say much about his writing, the world already knows what a talented writer he is! Bought this book at Big Bad Wolf 2016 at only RM15.

The core story is about Abdullah, who had lost his sister when they were little. So the whole storyline revolves around people who is connected and related (direct and indirectly) to them both, in which some has played big role for their reunion. Although the reunion is not something that you would predict at all when you first reading it.

It jumps from one decade to another, and from one person to another. So full concentration is needed here, eheh. But of all stories, I like Markos Varvaris’ the most. I like his mother’s character who is courageous and bold to do what’s right and she has a heart of gold. And also Thalia, who’s super-smart and strong despite her misfortune.

Conclusion: Everyone has their own story. The good, the bad, the successful, the tormented ones. Every one. I believe this is what makes a co-incidence - when the stories of each of us  intersected each other. Whatever story that we are in now, somehow it shapes us - our way of thinking and our direction, which eventually leads us into someone else's story. That’s when we become a part of someone else’s life. 

If they make a movie out of this novel, it would be like Love Actually or New Year’s Eve or Valentine’s Day (haha, excuse my lame examples), only it’s going to be a heavy, conflicting and deep one. Nothing cheesy. At all.

Among the words that I love in this book:

"A thousand tragedies per square mile” *regarding Kabul, Afghanistan*

"The rope that pulls you from the flood can become a noose around your neck"

“Time is like charm. You never have as much as you think”


And this one touches me the most 😭:

“I should have been more kind. That is something a person will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old, Ah, I wish I was not good to that person. You will never think that”


Monday, March 19, 2018

Kuih Keria Antarabangsa

We went hunting for the famous Kuih Keria Antarabangsa right after loading our stomach with chicken rice and riceballs.

Dari Ee Ji Ban Chicken Rice ke sini cuma 10 minit saja.



Walaupun weekdays, tetap orang beratur tapi tak adalah sampai sejam nak dapatkan kuih tu. Queue pendek je masa tu, Alhamdulillah.

Harga: 60 sen sebiji. Tapi saiz dia lebih besar dari kuih keria di pasaran. Aku makan 2 biji dah kenyang. *ke sebab dah makan nasi ayam sebelum tu?

I am drooling myself while uploading this picture. Argghhh, nak lagi!

Aku dah lama tak makan kuih ni dan macam dah kurang berminat. Tapi yang ni kenapa sedap sangat?? Coating gula melaka dia tu memang menjadi. Mungkin sebab aku memang peminat gula melaka kot.

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Ee Ji Ban Chicken Riceball





Rupa kedai dia sangat sederhana. Nothing fancy. But the riceball is! Aku boleh makan macam tu je riceball tu (without gravy and sauce). And the perk of coming on a weekday, tempat memang available on the spot.

On the other hand, nasi ayam dia biasa-biasa je bagi aku.  Aku order Steamed Chicken Rice, husband order Roasted. Tapi masa order tu sampai, rasa macam nak ketawa je tengok plate ayam tu. Sebab kecik, the size of your saucer plate tu. So, the chicken portion is small, which is just nice for me. But definitely not for those with bigger appetite. Aku dapat bahagian breast chicken (lupa nak request drumstick) tapi it was tender so makcik makan dengan happy.

The riceballs, sambal sotong petai dan nasi ayam

Roasted Chicken

Steamed Chicken

Aku tak sempat sangat stadi menu dia sebab sampai-sampai terus gelojoh order. In fact, mula-mula tu tak order pun riceball. Lepas tu macam terfikir, motif utama datang sini nak rasa riceball tu, maka order lagi sekali.

Bahagian daput kot ni, sebab semua makanan dan minuman keluar dari sini:


Diorang ada jual kupon parking sekeping-sekeping jugak, so tak payah pergi beli the whole coupon book.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

PRU oh PRU

Cepatlah PRU..

Naik rimas dah dengan ‘kempen’ parti-parti ni semua. I mean, of both sides!

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Back To Life

Another old book which I just finished reading. Pun tak ingat bila dan di mana exactly beli si dia ni.



This book is divided into 3 main chapters:
  • Changing How You Think
  • Changing What You Do
  • Changing How You Feel

Basically, it's for those who wants to overcome their traumatic experience. But trauma, according to the author (a psychiatrist), is not necessarily something big. It can be anything that, in a way. changes us. Changes who we are, changes the way we feel and the way we see this world. So this book is like a manual of how to feel better and how to be the best version of we are.

Since it’s not a normal thing for us here in Malaysia to go and see shrink, I think it’d be good to read this kind book once in a while to balance out our emotion. It's important to deal with whatever traumas that we feel or face. 

Let me share a few pages with some important and helpful notes:











Monday, March 12, 2018

Restoran ZZ Sup Tulang

Aku cuma pernah pergi cawangannya di Setia Tropika dan Damansara Alif. Owh, dan yang dekat Hutan Bandar JB jugak.

Rupanya dia ada lagi satu cawangan dekat area Masjid Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Petri ). Tak tahulah bila nak sampai kedai yang tu.

The must try menu is of course, Mee Rebus Tulang. yang ni aku selalu makan kalau pergi breakfast di Hutan Bandar. 

Mee Rebus Tulang

Dan masa lunch hours kalau pergi either di Setia Tropika atau Damansara Alif tu, aku mesti nak makan Nasi Ayam Penyet dia. Aku ni jenis tak boleh nak sumbat banyak-banyak kalau makan, dan biasanya makan apa pun mesti tak habis. But this one is exceptional. Kalau makan nasi ayam penyet kat sini, aku siap boleh bertambah nasi lagi. 

Selain mee rebus dan nasi ayam penyet, ada jugak menu lain. Sup daging dia pun sedap jugak. Yang lain-lain aku tak pernah try lagi.

Jadi, ini adalah antara must-try makan place in JB.




Friday, March 9, 2018

Wonder

A novel adaptation movie, with family-drama genre. Sinopsis boleh baca kat Wikipedia.

Setiap watak dalam cerita ni sangat menyentuh perasaan, even for the dog. Pelakon tak payah cakaplah when it's Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson. Part kelakar memang kelakar dan part sedih memang sedih.

Selain emosi yang bermacam-macam, jalan cerita pun banyak aspek yang disentuh selain kekeluargaan, it' also about humanity and friendships. Adalah sikit pasal young love but I won't count that eheh. 

It actually reminds me of the book I'm currently reading where it suggests on looking for goodness in people. "There are bad people out there and selfish people and nasty people. But mostly, there are good, kind, decent caring people who want to help. Go looking for them and you will find them"

All in all, this is a beautiful story. It takes a good person to look beyond appearance. Appearance, after all, is just a skin deep. 




Thursday, March 8, 2018

Some Food for The Soul

Favourite quotes from the film “Wonder”:

  1. When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.
  2. When someone acts small, you just have to be the bigger person.
  3. You can’t blend in when you were born to stand out.

Will definitely write about the movie soon!

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Fangirling

Watched Ellen show yesterday. And the guest was - OPRAH!


Too much inspiration in one screen.

.
.

And guess what??

They invited Reese Witherspoon, too.



Okay, enough of fangirling already! 

And owh, as Ellen always ends her show - "Be kind to one another".

Monday, March 5, 2018

Revolusi Kening

So, this is what I was talking before. Found this in Instagram while I was writing this. I was amazed to read the caption - what a similar sentiment!

Haha.


Saturday, March 3, 2018

Semoga


semoga;

di suatu hari nanti 
kau akan ketemu damai di hati

dan semoga;

bila bersih jiwamu
tak kau perlu lagi
merosak aman 
di jiwa yang lain.


Disclaimer: All poems may be or may not be from my own experience. Some are merely from observationsJust chill, don't speculate 😝😝




Friday, March 2, 2018

Aurat dan Adab

I personally think that jaga aurat is not difficult. Lagi-lagi di zaman yang wearing niqab  and hijab is becoming a thing. Becoming a trend.

It's just a matter of NAK atau TAK NAK tutup.

...

Jaga hati - itu yang susah.

Jika sudah terpilih di kalangan yang menutup aurat dengan sempurna, janganlah DICEMUH mereka yang belum. Dekati, sayangi dan bimbing. Bukannya membenci.


Because again, jaga hati tu sangat susah.

#justsaying
#spreadlovenothate

Thursday, March 1, 2018

It’s Medicine Time!

Dah tua-tua ni baru nak tahu waktu yang betul untuk makan ubat. Dulu main belasah je kan. Kadang tu antiobitics pun tak habiskan. Dululah. Sekarang makcik patuh setiap arahan makan ubat (ye ke tu 😜)

Nah, untuk panduan bersama: