Balang kuih

It been a week since Syawal. We are now move to 2nd week of Syawal. And I bet this week will gonna have a lot of 'open house' event among friends and relatives. This year I don't have any intend to organize an open house (mcm la tahun lepas buat kan..tak pun). I would prefer friends coming to  my house with schedule arrangement. If nak terjah2 pun ok, tapi makan kuih raya je la. Since tahun ni my husband and I jadi tuan rumah, of course we need balang kuih to served the kuih raya. Tahun ni tak sempat nak survey balang kat mall, but we got it from my SIL. I like it so much.The balangs originally coming in 1 set contains 3 balang with difference sizes. But for my case we bought 2 sizes, which is 4 small and 4 big. The big one I will fill in like kerepeks and the small defenitely for kuih kuih like tart nenas, choc chips and what not. Please..it's not IKEA..my bff yesterday came raya to my house said that 'ini IKEA kan' oh no no no... It is from AKOJAYA..ever heard that?
If interested , yup can call or contact me for this lovely balang..
ci17001@gmail.com

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Childhood, Neighborhood

I recall my childhood it was fascinating and truly memorable. Our neighbors were so friendly and so do our family. We talked, we exchanged foods and sometimes we lend our cars whenever neighbors in need. (my father’s car la of kos). We lived in single storey terraced area in harmony environment. We were the first generation living in that settlement. So kira nya I ni adalah anak jati kawasan tu la. Kalau ikutkan majority bukanlah oang kaya tapi adala satu dua family. Bapa bapa kami kerja dengan sector kerajaan dan mostly bukan berpangkat besar. As I remember, jiran sebelah pakai motor, jiran depan pun pakai motor, my dad pulak pakai kerete tapi semua nya kerete second hand. So I like to recall again my childhood memang awesome. I category budak perempuan yang lasak perangai mcm lelaki. (my sibs all boys) During that time my neighbors semua best2. I pegi rumah mereka masuk dan keluar mcm rumah sedara sendiri. Ada yang bagi makan tengahari join anak2 diorang pun ada. Masa tu jiran jiran mcm sedara je. Zaman kecik kecik dulu, I tahu nak main aje. Tak kira pagi , tengahri atau petang. Seingat I kawan-kawan lebih kurang sebaya. Main galah panjang depan rumah, main pondok2 , main longkang, main kat lombong ish ish ish, main rounders, main baling selipar, apa lagi ..main lompat getah start dgn zero point! Ntah apa apa lagi la I main dulu.


Dulu dulu punya style jaga tepi kain orang, kalu jiran dlm kesusahan satu lorong tahu. Tapi ada yang membantu. Yang mengata pun tak kurang juga. I masih ingat jiran sebelah ada masalah rumah tangga, bile diorag gadoh, I dgn my mom pasang telinga kat dlm rumah. Tapi I tak tahu pun pasal apa diorang gadoh. Tapi my mom masa tu hulur kan bantuan dengan membawa si makcik tu, (dulu I kecik I panggil dia acik la kan…) pergi investigate ke KL kot2 laki dia main perempuan lain ke, dah nikah lain ke..wallahualam..tu dulu . makcik tu pun dah arwah…Jiran depan plak (Chinese) takde kereta , kalu uncle tu nk pergi pekan kajang bawak anak2, mesti pinjam kereta my dad. Sbb my dad ni baik. Lepas zaman pakai kereta secondhand, my mom nk sgt pakai kereta baru, masa tu, proton saga baru lps launched by dr Mahathir, So keluarga kitrg antara yg awal pakai kereta nasional. Plat no BCN, perh ingat lagi.


Bila time puasa, definitely exchange makanan. Pastu jiran akan balas balik. Best kan. Mlm raya, ada satu tahun tu our family tak balik kg, raya sini je, buat kuih time mlm raya sama2 dengan jiran, pastu tak tido sampai pukul 3 pagi. Dulu dulu kalu mlm raya mesti tido lambat. Korang sama tak? Part main bunga api pun heaven..best..meriah tak hingat. Meriah raya zaman sekarang tak sama dengan meriah dolu dolu..Mercun buatan sendiri pun ada. Tapi bukan I or abg2 i yg buat, ni bdk2 kampung yg berhampiran dengan kawasan kitrg yg main. Lepas je buka puasa, tak sabar2 nk keluar main. Pastu berasap je depan rumah dek kerana main bunga api. Bila bunga api dah abis, main lilin plak..Ada yg pasang pelita main pelita..



Time changed and people changed bila I dah masuk akil baligh. Mungkin dah ada sifat malu kot. Abg2 pun asik ejek I ni perempuan ganas, so time tu control dah sikit.masih lasak tapi taklah lasak sgt. Jalan depan rumah petang2 jadi sunyi jer. Anak jiran2 pun akil baligh sama. Tak main kat luar dah. My brothers plak after form 3 masuk asrama. I je yg tak dpt masuk asrama coz my mom tak kasi. Mak2 pun dah tak se friendly like dulu dulu mungkin factor usia duk dalam rumah jer. Anak2 membesar, dah dpt kerja bagus. Bila masuk millennium 2000, everything changed. Neighbors dah tak bertegur sapa, masing2 mengambil pendekatan tak nak amik tahu or tak nak jaga tepi kain orang. Jiran sebelah dulu main longkang sama2 , now dah jadi pramugari. Bole tahan jugak eksennya. Dah tak bertegur dah.. Dah dpt kerje bagus la katakan..hihi..(bunyi mcm jealous jer tuh). Bile I dah masuk matriks, semangat kejiranan dah takde. Masing2 buat hal sendiri. But fortunately hubungan dengan school mate masih utuh. Begitu juga dengan Uni mate, masih utuh lagi hingga ke hari ni walau ada yg dah beranak pinak. Now kan dah banyak gadget. Gadget2 canggih ni la yg membuat kan kita jadi kera sumbang. Menghubungkan yang jauh tapi yang dekat dilupakan..



Peringatan buat diri sendiri, I dengan jiran baru ni pun tak berapa nk kenal lagi. Orang sebelah nampak mcm tak keluar rumah. Kiri kanan keluar pegi kerja subuh2. balik kerja pulak dh nk malam. Ntah bila nk jumpe nya. I admit level of semangat kejiranan tu agak rendah kat kawasan rumah I. Well, that is life. Kita berjiran dalam blogland je lah.hehehe

Selamat Hari Raya. Tak sabar nak makan juadah raya!

As a newly staff and still under probation , I'm not entitiled any leaves yet. But thankfully my current boss allow me to take one day post raya leave. Horray. And I think it will be not recorded in the E-Leave system as well coz my 'Annual Leaves' is not credited yet  into the system. How sweet my boss kan. Realy appreciate your kind tolerance. This morning, when I'm about to go to work, I noticed that my neighboorhood's cars was at their porch. I believed sumua nye dah start cuti and ready to balik kg. Well neighboors, have a safe journey and happy holiday!

Husband and myself are very lucky. We don't argue at all about 1st day raya. Our parent's house are nearby and it's only 15 minutes distance. On 1st raya we can be at both side. No hassle. For this year we had decided that on the morning raya , we'll be at my parent's house. As usual mom will cook scrumptious nasi dagang and rendang ayam keras together with nasi impit and I tell you my mom's nasi dagang very irresistible. And the interesting part mom will exchange her juadah raya with my MIL. MIL pula will cook Lontong, Ayam masak merah, Kuah kacang, nasik impit and rendang daging. These are all delicious and mouthwatering foods and you can't refuse it. Lucky us having super mom. Ok thats it. Enough about food. Puasa ni...tak thn nanti karang.


I want to wish selamat hari raya but is there anyone reading my blog? huhu...I have only 10 followers and not sure whether they are reading or not. But just in case you are, I would like to wish you selamat hari raya eidulfitri  maaf zahir batin and may this special occasion will bring you joy and happiness with family members and friends. Have a safe and pleasant journey going back to hometown.

Sorry no picca...

My other half turns to 36

H.a.p.p.y B.i.r.t.h.d.a.y

[ H.U.B.B.Y ]

14th Aug

This entry delay one day. I feel bad now.

3/4 of Ramadhan, I am so blessed

Today is 19th Ramadhan and it's almost to Syawal. Nothing much about raya's preparation. This is my 2nd year Ramadhan as a wifey and a 1st year Ramadhan being so called 'wife-must-cook-at-home'. Most of the time I cooked for breakfasting dishes and we are not so fond of Bazaar Ramadhan. But we went there just to buy air soya or roti john if we were breakfast at in law's house.
Ramadhan is a blessing month hence I took this opportunity making a doa of what I want. Ustaz did mentioned  that Allah will grant whatever your doa during Ramadhan just before breaking fast time. And so, from the 1st Ramadhan I never missed doa before buka and pray hard that Allah will shower us rezeki by granting me a new job. And yes Allah is very kind to me that He makbulkan my doa. Alhamdulillah. I got a new job during Ramadhan and morever the working place only 15 minutes distance from my house. I am so blessed. Totally blessed. And now I can resume  to pay the debts, housing loan la, hire purchase la, credit card la, ptptn la, gosh...byk nye hutang aku.. But Im expecting something this coming November. My hire purchased loan will be settled in Nov. Really looking forward to it so that I can take a deep breath then.
Up to  5th working day now (since this post already drafted), I love my work at this moment. Not much work actualy. Maybe after raya the real work will come and I had pyhsically and mentally prepared for that. Now if require to stay back up to 8.30 or 9 pm, I have no issue. Dekat maa...15 minutes sudah sampai rumah ma...

Am so blessed.

Thanks dear Allah