Our gateaway and mom's surprise

Hi everyone! I'm back from a short vacation. 

~ Mr Hubby needs a break from his work

~ My girl needs to 'run away' from her assignments and course work for a while...

~ My mom can enjoy new environment *story to follow*

and YOURS TRULLY... just love to tag along! Hahahaha....

Hubby had asked me to have a look at the brochure he brought back from office. He told me to call up the numbers written and ask them the available dates, during weekends, before the school holiday starts. And the only dates available was last week. I confirmed the booking and started planning a surprise for my mom.

Actually my sister and I had wanted to do this since last year but the time wasn't right for both of us. Infact, we didn't manage to get the perfect time to do this together this year, so I carried on with the plan on my own. We wanted to give our mom a surprise by asking her BFF (best friend forever), Hajjah Siti Hamidah to join us in this trip. Mr Hubby asked me to book 2 rooms, preferably side by side and alhamdulillah I managed to get them. 

I called Puan Hajjah Siti Hamidah and told her of our plan. She said she would love to be a part of our plan if her son is willing to send her to the hotel from Malacca. So I spoke to her son and he is more than willing to collaborate with us. Thank you Aboy.,,, jasamu akak kenang ye.... Lain kali boleh buat lagi!  Alhamdulillah Allah made it easy for us... maybe because for a good cause...

We started from home at around 4pm. Stopped by Fatin's house to pick her up and off to Lexis Port Dickson. It was raining heavily that time so Mr Hubby had to drive slow. We reached Lexis at around 5.30 pm. I went to the counter to check in. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME HANDLING THE CHECK IN! Hahahaha.... sorry guys... I was excited, my first time okay. Haha... bear with me! After that, we had to wait for mom's BFF to arrive. After a good 10 minutes, Puan Hajjah Siti Hamidah arrived at the lobby, to my mom's surprise. She still didn't get it. She thought her friend was there by coincidence until we reached our water chalet.... SURPRISEEEEE!!!!! 

They certainly had a wonderful time together, judging from their happy faces. We let them have the room to herself while Fatin stayed with us for one night. Alhamdulillah all are happy and I am the happiest because not only my plan is successful, but the food that I brought along was 90% finished! Alhamdulillah....

......to be continued.....

Having Fun...

Yeah right, I was having fun, like I've got nothing much to do.. Where else, there are tons of work to be done! Hahaha... Well, I am not a machine. I do need a break once in a while. Even machines need to be turned off once in a while so that it can sustain a longer life span! 

Had been trying to snap photos which will look lovely like most of the blogs but yeah, I just have to accept that my creativity is very limited. But hey, I am grateful though. At least my photos nowadays looks better than 10 years back! Hahaha... 

Speaking of 10 years back, that would be my Fotopages era. Unfortunately I can't seem to access my Fotopages anymore. Anyone out there knows what happened? I really need my Fotopages because all my memories of Africa were in there.... What must I do to get back my Fotopages? HELPPPP!!!!  

Kuetiau Kung Fu  and Kedondong Asam Boi at Kassa Corner

Pasta-tak-jadi. Menyakitkan hati!!!!! Sket baik gambar jadi.. ahahaha

Keropok Belinjau dan Thai Sweet Chillie. Had this for my dinner :) Diet? Oh tidak... reason being... malas masak!!!

Goodreads 2014 Book Challenge

What is CHALLENGE?

According to Dictionary dot Com, challenge is er... gosh, there are so many ways how they define challenge. You can read for yourself HERE.

If you asked me to describe CHALLENGE, to my ownself that is, well, all I can say is, it is something that invites unnecessary stress and tense to me. It is because, once I've challenged myself or being challenged, I will try my very best to conquer it. And if I managed to do that, then it will be sweet victory to me and the feeling of satisfaction is just so great!

This year, for the first time, I've joined the Book Challenge at GOODREADS. Thanks to Chokni for provoking me. She had challenged herself to read 26 books this year. And I've challanged myself to read 27, a book more than Chokni because I must be more than her in anything! Hahahaha.... penyakit gak ni!

So, since early this year, I had been trying hard to accomplish my goal. You must be wondering, why I didn't bother to fight against my sister, right? Well, she is not in our class! She is way way way ahead from us and there is no way at all, we can manage to win! She would challenge herself to a number of books, which is way way way more than 27, and not even half the year, she had read, double the number she had put in her challange!

Finally, on the 13th October, 2014, in the car, near the traffic light to my house, at approximately 3pm, I'VE COMPLETED MY 2014 BOOK CHALLENGE! If only I was not seated and straped at the car seat, only Allah knows what I will do at that particular moment! Hahahaha.... So yes, I am done this year, alhamdulillah.

To Chokni.... all the best. 2 more books for you to complete your challenge. You can do it! But bear in mind dear, I WON! Next year, we are still going to join the Goodreads 2015 Book Challenge. Chokni has decided to challenge herself to TEN books and me, of course, a book more, ELEVEN! Hahahaha... All the best to us!

So different!

Just now, I switched on both my desktop and laptop. I normally do my 'work' on the desktop. My laptop is for me to print out stuffs because I do not connect my printer to the desktop. Psstt.. actually I don't really know how to connect these two fellas! Hahaha... But in a way, it is good too, because at least my laptop gets to be 'alive' once in a while.

Okay, now back to the story, when I switched on the laptop, and looked at the photos in my blog, only I realised it is not as good as the one on the desktop. Huhuhu... please don't get offended my dearest darling laptop. No matter what, I still love you from the bottom of my heart for you have been good to me all these years and I appreciate it very much. Muahhh......

Knock knock, who's there?

Last Monday night, I was in my room reading a book when there came a loud thud just outside the window by the bedside. Mr Hubby who was downstairs doing his office work, heard it too. I went to the window and push the curtain aside to see who had 'dropped' by.  And hello.... look who's here.....

I don't know how she got up there but one thing for sure, she doesn't know how to get down. I am not quite an animal lover but neither am I a hater. I just can't play around with living creatures besides human! Or otherwise, pity my kids!!! Hahahaha.... Mr Hubby tried to get hold of her, but she refused. The only way is to let her in the house on her own will. OMG...I LET A CAT INTO THE HOUSE!! It is so not me! Hahaha... but never mind, this is a totally different situation. 

When Miss Kitty, as we called her, came in and went downstairs, Mr Hubby quickly closed the window and went downstairs to look for Miss Kitty, while Mrs Wifey locked herself outside the house! Hahahaha... I GAVE IN TO A CAT! Hish!!! 

When Mr Hubby got hold of Miss Kitty and she looked calmer, Mr Hubby asked me to come in and take photos and video of our guest....from a distance that is. Hahaha... After about 10 minutes in the house, we opened the door and let her out... 

Bye bye Miss Kitty. Thanks for dropping by.....

MAMA BOLEH! CHAIYOK!!!!

Mak oi... dah pukul 1.17 PAGI. Astaghafirullahal'azim mama! Noti noti noti!

Huhuhu.. tak perasan! Mama terleka dalam usaha untuk cuba masukkan balik gambar-gambar yang hilang. Mama guna laptop dan komputer untuk usaha ni. Kenkadang rasa macam computer hacker pulak. Hahaha... 

Alhamdulillah malam ni dapatlah retrieve balik gambar-gambar untuk thread cookies, mukasurat pertama terutamanya untuk entry yang ada resepi. Jenuh mencari dalam folder yang sarat barat dalam laptop ni. Cam nak senoneng pun ya gak! Hehehe. Selain dari laptop dan komputer, mama rujuk juga pada buku-buku yang mama print dari blog mama ni. Sekurang-kurangnya ia membantulah sikit sebanyak.

Okaylah, mama nak beradu dululah ye. Panjang umur, mama cuba masukkan lagi gambar-gambar yang hilang dek kerana ke'gatal'an tangan mendelete gambar dari dalam handphone! Itu pun kalau masih ada dalam simpananlah ye. Huhuhu... I 'VE LEARNT MY LESSON THE HARD...VERY HARD WAY! 

GOOD NITE EVERYONE!

DIFITNAH????

DIFITNAH??

Siapa yang difitnah ni? Ce citer ce citer?

Hah? MamaFaMi difitnah? Bila? Siapa? Pasal apa?

Cuba tengok ni.....

Laaaaaaaaa kalau yang ini... bukanlah FITNAH namanya. Ini namanya PROMOSI. Hihihi... Taaanjat gegirl!

Mat Gebu kan memang suka buat gempak. Mentang-mentanglah mama tak ada FB... kalau tak kerana ada orang lain yang 'trigger', mama tak tahu apa pun yang jadi kat dalam FB.

Ada satu hari tu, dapat message kat whatsapp mama dari Kak Wan Nita Ferial. Dia kata CONGRATULATIONS. Oh, apa kes pulak ni? Bila mama selidik, Kak Wan kata, patutlah mama senyap aje kat whatsapp, rupanya sibuk kendalikan rancangan memasak overseas! Hok aloh... blur achik kejap! Rupa-rupanya ada orang sudah bikin berita gempak kat FB. Hahaha... seronok juga perasan sekali sekala ni... hahaha...

Anyway, terima kasihlah bebanyak Mat sebab naikkan traffic mama untuk hari tu ye. Bolehlah buat selalu ye... mama rela... hik hik hik....

Bercakap tentang 'Rancangan Masak Memasak' mama tu kan, ini dia bukti kerberkesanannya.... chewah...

Hasil air tangan pertama anak dara ku.... (gambar ikhsan dari Fatin)

*clap* *clap* *clap* Fatin!!!!

Nota : Terima kasih Mak Chu sebab bagi pinjam skodeng FB Mak Chu untuk ambil gambar BERITA GEMPAQ ni ye... muahhh...

What Mrs Busy Bee did...

Heyyy... who said MamaFaMi is lazy???

Erkkk.... nobody said, is it?

Oh oh oh... I was the one saying it just now...

Hahaha... Thousand apologies to all...

I think I was struck by the hardworking angel with it's invisible arrow. I spent most of my time today in the kitchen. Baking and cooking. We will leave the baking part for later ya... psstt... new recipe coming okay... stay tuned... *wink*

Anyway, these were what Mrs Busy Bee cooked today. But can you believe it if I said, I haven't eaten any of them... time checked 21:05. Maybe after this...

FRIED RICE - for dear hubby

FRIED MACARONI - for mom to break her fast. But she had the fried rice too because she can never resist fried rice and so can't we! Hahahahaa...

FRIED EGG NOODLES - for my son...

Me? I am flexible... any leftovers will do.... makes me a happy lady!

Till then, good nite!

Suamiiiii???

Assalamualaikum...

Ingatkan siang tadi nak update, tapi banyak pulak benda yang nak kena buat. Jadi tak sempatlah nak update kat sini. Malam ni tadi, sempat update kat blog lagi satu, Journey MamaFaMi. Sempat update 2 entry sebab tak de nak menceceh banyak kat situ. Dan lagi, tak payah nak alihbahasa. Senang sikit kerja. Hehehe... Kebetulan, dua-dua buku yang mama update, bertemakan SUAMI. Buku-buku yang mama update tadi ialah :

PROJEK MEMIKAT SUAMI..... suami sendiri ye, jangan suami orang lain pulak... hehehe...

SUAMIKU, ENCIK PERFECT 10

Kalau nak tengok rupa paras buku-buku ni berserta sinopsisnya... ce klik kat tajuk buku yang berkenan di qolbu tu ye....

Lepas entry ni, mama nak update resepi apa eh? Entah kurun bilalah updatenya lepas ni... hahaha....

KEK ATAU ROTI?

Ce jawab ce...

Okaylah, minta diri dulu ye...

Selamat Malam...

Oh ya Mat, pintu, grill, tingkap, pagar... semua mama dah kunci... ngeh ngeh ngeh...

Nak kena luahkan juga!!!!

Sabarlah wahai hati.... kuatkan semangat wahai MamaFaMi... semua ini adalah dugaan... bukan cobaan.... 

Sudah dua kali, tatkala memandu, mama di'asak' oleh pemandu yang baran. Sungguh mengerikan. Tetapi oleh kerana semangat ku semangat power rangers kaler biru, maka mama masih gagah memandu dan tidak lemah semangat. 

Insiden pertama : 

Sewaktu memandu di waktu malam untuk pulang ke rumah setelah menghantar anak ke pusat tusyen, mama telah memberi signal untuk ke kiri, dalam erti kata lain, meminta jalan untuk masuk ke kiri dan mama mula memasuki lorong kiri. Kereta BMW berwarna putih dengan nombor plat... eh tak payah cakaplah... telah membunyikan hon dengan kuat. Marah la tuh.... mama pun teruskan pemanduan dan bila tiba di jalan yang sedikit lapang, BMW tersebut telah memotong kereta mama dan menghimpit mama dengan sengaja!!! Dan kemudian memecut pergi..... 

Rumusan mama :

Kalaulah si pemandu itu mengatakan yang mama ni pemandu yang reckless, then dia kena ingat... bahawa dia DOUBLE RECKLESS because I didn't do it on purpose but he or she did! Betul tak? 

Insiden kedua :

Sewaktu menyusuri jalan untuk keluar ke jalan besar, mama telah memandu di tepi sebuah lori besar. Mungkin silap mama sebab tidak ke hadapan sedikit dan menghalang pemandu tersebut. Tetapi bila mama sedar akan keadaan tersebut, mama telah ke hadapan dan memberi jalan kepada lori tersebut untuk lalu and what did I get.... nak mamp*s ke dan entah apa-apa lagi yang dihamunnya. Bila dia di hadapan, panas hatinya masih belum reda, melalui cermin tepinya dia masih marah marah dan mama tunjuklah gesture... silalah jalan saya dah beri laluan... and what did I get... the middle finger thingy! Tidak cukup dengan itu, dia sengaja memandu dengan cara yang cuba membuat mama pissed off. But did I? No... I stayed cool. Bila mama hendak ke lorong kanan, sengaja dia masuk ke lorong kanan dan begitu juga bila mama hendak ke lorong kiri, dia sengaja masuk ke lorong kiri. Apabila mama berjaya memintas, dengan gaya yang tak sopannya, dia terus masuk lorong yang sama dan berhenti begitu hampir dengan kereta mama. Harapannya nak tengok mama melatah ternyata meleset. I stayed cool and didn't even move an inch. Agaknya, bertambah-tambahlah marah 'kawan' tu! Marahnya belum habis sehinggakan dia hampir sahaja tersalah masuk lorong, hala tujuan dia ke kanan dan mama ke kiri, tapi dia ikut lorong kiri dan last minute terus swerve masuk ke lorong kanan...sebab nak sesakkan hidup mama semata-mata... tapi kesian dia sebab apa yang dia buat, tidak mendatangkan effect kepada mama... 

Rumusan mama :

Kalaulah si pemandu tu kata mama ni bodoh dan tak reti memandu dengan baik... cuba dia fikir balik, segala tindakan dia pandai ke? Fikir-fikirkanlah...... 

Dalam kedua-dua insiden ini, mama memandu kereta anak mama dengan tanda P terpampang di cermin kereta... 

Phew... lega dah lepaskan......

I am 5

Today, in 2007, a blog is 'born'. And that's me, MamaFaMi's Spice n Splendour ! At first, it is more like just a quiet blog, where I posted the recipes from my Fotopages , without any ramblings or grandma's stories. Surprisingly, a few of my visitors said, they missed my pot pet pot pet. That's when I started to write, a short one if not long. How I missed the good ol' days when writing is much easier for me. Nowadays, it's not only time which is not on my side but to think of something to write, do takes time. And I guess, my grammar has gone haywire too.

Anyway, I'd like to thank all my lovely visitors for your continuous support towards my blog. May God bless us all.. Thank you from the bottom of my heart....

GULP!!!

I am totally the opposite of this at the moment....

Courtesy of Google Image. TQ

I am more like this....

Courtesy of Google Image. TQ

HELP!!!

YA atau TIDAK

Courtesy of Google Image. Tq

Agak-agak kalau nak pencen awal dari berblog, boleh ke tak ye?

Jawab YA atau TIDAK je...

Ramadhan Mubarak

Assalamualaikum.

May this Ramadhan be a

month of blessing,

A month full of forgiveness

and guidance..

for you and your family.
Please forgive me if I ever hurt or offended anybody with my postings.
It was not my intention to do so.

Ramadhan Mubarak

Salams from MamaFaMi and Family

Time, why is it always to be blamed???

A week has passed.. time flies! What's more, this week, I had been very busy... slightly busier than the bee.. that's why I feel like time is being fast forwarded! If only time can be rewinded, how nice it would be... I will surely want to be in Malawi again... *grin*

Anyway, back to reality... frankly speaking, this week, I had not done much experimenting in the kitchen as time does not permit me to do so... sorry dear Mr Time, I kept blaming you! But do I have a choice? Hahaha... For now, I will just passed the recipe column. InsyaAllah will try to post a recipe tomorrow. Mind the word..WILL TRY yeah.. *grinning sheepishly*.

I will just post the photos of my recent orders from friend and cousin. After quite a while, not playing with buttercream, this is the best that I could come out with. I do hope, they are satisfied with what I had produced. Thank you for your order ya... mama jual...



Order from my cousin Noni

Order from my cousin Noni

Order from my cousin Noni

Order from Datin Faridah

Order from Datin Faridah



Requested by Nurul Dayana



For Intan

Books 4 Charity

Hello hello hellooo....

Mama menjelma ni... ahaks.. Sorrylah dah dua hari blog tak diupdate. Tak sempatlah. Macam-macam perkara yang telah dilakukan... nanti mama cerita satu persatu ye... tapi rasanya kalau tak cerita pun, orang bukan kesah kan kan kan... hehehe...

Untuk entry ni, mama nak cerita aktiviti mama dan Mak Chu hari ni. Dari pagi tadi, mama sibuk di dapur buat kek dan kemas dapur yang cantik sket je dari kapal karam. Hehe.. Pukul 12.10 tengahari Mak Chu sampai, mama sogok dia suruh main Ipad2 mama sementara mama naik atas, mandi dan bersiap. Sogok tu bukan apa, takut Mak Chu membebel je sebab mama lom siap. Hehe... ini sogok halal punya wokey...

Selesai bersiap, kami pun bertolaklah ke rumah Ida Books4Charity di Sg Buloh dengan membawa sedikit ole-ole...

Sampai di sana, kami disambut dengan senyuman yang tak lekang di bibir oleh tuan rumah dan dua orang tuan puterinya. Terus aje kami dijamu dengan makan tengahari yang sedap sekali. Terima kasihlah Ida, penat-penat je memasak untuk kami... lain kali, masaklah lagi ye.... ahaks...

Perut dah kenyang, kami diarahkan ke atas dan disogok dengan buku cerita yang ntah berapa rak tah... aduyai... tersiksa jiwa dan raga ku mengawal nafsu membeli... huhuhu... Pengabisnya, kubu nafsu membeli ku telah dicerobohi oleh...

..siap bawak bakul tau, nak isi buku.. sebab kan hari ni hari Sabtu, NO PLASTIC BAG DAY... ahahahaha....

Bagi sesiapa yang mempunyai akaun Facebook, bolehlah add BooksforCharity Nizida dan bolehlah mula shopping di sana ye. Sebahagian dari hasil jualan buku akan diperuntukkan untuk kerja-kerja amal.

Okay, itulah antara aktiviti sengal Mama dan Mak Chu termasuklah Ida dan puteri bongsunya. Puteri kedua Ida tak larat nak layan kesengalan kami, jadinya dia pun capai satu buku dan terus masuk dalam bilik tak keluar keluar sampailah makcik-makcik dua orang ni balik... hehehe... tobat agaknya dia! Hahaha... Apa-apa pun, terima kasih banyak dari kami berdua buat Ida. Jangan serik ye terima kehadiran kami lagi...

Journey to Tambun, Ipoh, Perak

Last weekend, we went to Tambun, Ipoh, Perak. Not to The Lost World but to an old time friend's house who stayed somewhere inside the Sunway area. We had a swell time.... chatting, eating, laughing till late! It had always been that way everytime all of us meet up, no matter where.

Anyway, that was not what I wanted to write about in this post. What hubby doesn't know that time was, deep down,  I was actually feeling so sad. Why? It's neither because of the friend's family nor mine but the scenery along the highway. Full of greenery, full of mountains which reminds me a lot of Malawi, Africa.... if not because of the smooth road ride and if it's not because of the number of cars on the road, I will surely think that I am in Malawi... I really really really miss Malawi so much... and the feeling was unbearable that time...

Looks like in Dedza Malawi...



Along the highway to Tambun, Perak...



Zomba Road look alike... :((

Nostalgic ride...unbearable....

Sigh.... will I be able to visit Malawi again? Only Allah knows...........................

Ketagih laman web

Salam sejahtera buat semua...

Semoga kalian diberikan kesihatan yang baik, dipermudahkan segala urusan dan diberkati kehidupan.

Mama baru sahaja selesai menonton progrem Selami Jiwa oleh Dato' Dr Fadzilah Kamsah. Tajuk yang dibincangkan adalah Ketagihan Laman Web dan tetamu undangan beliau adalah saudara Irfan Khairi dan juga saudara Ahmad Azfar. Mama titipkan Youtube rancangan tersebut di sini untuk sesiapa yang ingin menontonnya ya. Sayangnya, hanya Bahagian 1 sahaja yang mama berjaya perolehi dari YouTube.

Mama akui, suatu masa dulu, mama juga boleh dikatakan ketagih laman web kerana sanggup menghabiskan separuh hari di hadapan laptop. Mama rasa masa berlalu amat pantas. Banyak kerja yang tertunda dan segala kerja yang ada, dibereskan tergesa-gesa kerana kesuntukan masa. Tidur malam juga tidak kecukupan gara-gara tidak sanggup untuk logout dari internet. Justeru itu, kesihatan kerap terganggu dan tidak dinafikan, kerja-kerja di rumah banyak yang tidak selesai. Rasa macam tiada kehidupan yang bermakna. Tapi kini, alhamdulillah, sedikit demi sedikit, mama mengurangkan masa di hadapan laptop. Hanya jika mama ingin update blog, menggosok baju atau kebetulan ada masa santai, itulah masa mama mengadap internet. Alhamdulillah kini mama rasa lebih selesa.

Mama tidak sama sekali menyalahkan internet itu sebenarnya. Tapi lebih menyalahkan diri sendiri kerana gagal mengawal diri. Sebenarnya banyak kebaikan melayari internet ini, tidak dinafikan. Cuma kita harus tahu diri. Tahu menilai apa yang baik untuk dilayari dan apa yang perlu ditinggalkan. Contohnya, laman web tentang masakan, tentang fakta kesihatan, motivasi, semua itu adalah amat berguna dan boleh membantu kita di dalam pelbagai aspek. Apa-apa pun, kawalan kendiri adalah yang utama....

I'm sorry!

Assalamualaikum warrahmatullahi wabarokaatuh

Here's hoping that all of you are in the best of health. My sincere apologies to all my visitors for not updating the blog with new recipes or be it just the ramblings.

I am trying my hardest to settle some unfinished business. Really pray and hope that everything will be completed soonest possible. I am just too tired.

Meanwhile, my heartful thanks to all of you who still take some of your precious time off, to visit my humble blog. I appreciate it very much.

Thank you and take care!

M . I . A