Bringing out the Bree in me

Been dying to update blog! But I've been busy at work and at home..not to mention lack of sleep coz at the new house, for reasons I dunno, the kiddies would only sleep like 1-2am everyday!

But since moving to the new house, though tired, I somehow have this spirit to cook. I mean, I'd like to cook la for dinner and all. Though a lot of people have been telling me that it's just impossible to cook on a working day - save it for the weekend. Tapi cam suka plak nak try main masak2... hehe..


The first meal that I tried to cook for dinner was Fetuccine Alfredo which only Memey and me could eat.. my hubby called it Fetuccine Astaghfirullahhalazim.... Looking at his face when eating almost made me swear to never ever cook again till eternity!


I told Sally about the incident and dia lak tak puas hati because I kept on saying that I don't think I could ever cook... she was determined to make sure that I could at least cook a decent meal and gave me some really cool recipes...most importantly all were like very easy to do!


I tried cooking the Nestum Butter Prawn --- I could eat it and hubby had like 5 pieces of the prawn though after that he said the prawn takdela sedap sgt... gotta agree with him..I think kuali was too panas and I put too much butter... lepas tu mende yang takde dalam recipe pun gatal pegi tambah so last2 tak rasa sgt the nestum... but Amir really liked the fried rice..had 3 servings of em..am sure if I practice a bit more, my nestum butter prawn can be improved.




Sally pesan, jgn lupa buang misai udang...pakai gunting je.. when doing that I wondered like nak gunting byk mana...last2 I almost buang the whole kepala...most of the udang takde mata.. :p
did'nt even know that I should also buang the taik kat badan tu until hubby pointed it out to me... yeah...I'm that bad...


Nestum butter prawn.. tapi nampak cam sambal udang plak..I think my biggest mistake was to add the '*aggi Cukup Rasa' tu... not in sally's recipe tapi gatal gi tambah sebab dah cuak tengok nestum tu jadi kaler brown sgt (sebab kuali panas sgt kot)...


Tarrraaaa...


Then I tried my hand at Western food... I was all over the place preparing this coz it was already about 7.45pm when I wanted to start my 'experiment' ...so kalau tak jadi sume org kena makan nuggets ngan fries je lah... dahlah kat umah tu takde lesung...ketuk and lenyek pakai whatever that I could find.. :) BUT in the end the Western meal especially the mashed potato turned out to be superyummy!



Siap print recipe..Sally rajin gile..her recipe came with pictures of how it should look like for each and every step..



Teka mana satu alat melenyek potato?

Whoallaahhh! Mashed potato sedap giler tahap gaban okay!

Asked hubby what he thought of it coz I thought I deserved an A+... he said oklah... OK je, I said? Takde puji2 ke? Then he said dia puji dlm hati je.. so I guess that's a compliment?

I guess I may not have brought out the Bree in me (yet!)... but at least I no longer have that Susan in me!

Welcome 2010!

Unlike other bloggers, I guess I don't really have a super cool entry to mark the new year.

Looking back at 2009, I am actually very contented with what I've done and accomplished. And what an end to 2009 - new car that I truly truly love and makes me want to go to the office early everyday, unofficially moving in to the new house and learning to manage things on my own at home like an actual wife and mother, that trip to Hong Kong/Acheh/Medan which had been one of my defining moments, a very pricey family holiday which had given us priceless moments with the kiddies! So yeah contented could be an understatement? I am happy and thankful for just about everything.

I hope 2010 would bring me even more joy. Though I somehow feel that 2010 could be a very challenging year as well. Especially because:

1. Financially, we (me+hubby) had spent a lot in 2009 particularly for the house so we need to be extra cautious of our spendings this year.

2. New Chapter - I have finally moved out from the nest. I am excited to have a home of our own. It is really nice actually..comfort..privacy..but yeah..shoot me! I am still sappy.. while packing my clothes the other day I actually felt kinda mellow and had flashbacks of the memories that I have in the house with my parents... but I am looking forward to creating new memorable moments with my hubby and kiddies at our own nest! :)

3. I want to move up the ladder! - I want to do so much to change people's perception of the Bank. I am particularly excited to embark on the new CSR project and make a difference, should it be approved. Most importantly I need my own covered parking space for my new car so yeah I will work my a** off for this! ;p

4. I want to travel the world - One of the regrets that I've had to this very day is that I've never travelled (like just the two of us) with my husband. We never had a honeymoon. I would love to do this with him at any point of time in future. But now that we have kids, it breaks my heart to leave them behind. And I don't think both of us could stand the thought of them at home while we have our own private time. Oh yeah.. I also wish that I had travelled with the girls when we were all single. It could have been so much fun. I guess we all never really thought of this before -- semua sibuk bercouple, patah hati and bercinta.. :p My point is: I hope this year I could do a bit of travelling with hubby and the girls.. I know it's tough.. but even if it's just for a couple of days and just once this year, it would be good enough for me.

5. This is the most challenging of all -- improve my culinary skills which as of now is still at the level of 'No skill' .. I try.. If I have more time I could probably be better at this.. but I need to explore, fail a couple of times and then after I am sure I would be able to cook some cool/good dishes.

6. I aspire to do something for the community - After that trip to Acheh, I've done some errr.. soul searching? and thought hard of the one thing that concerns me the most about the world.. or u know like what role I could play to make sure that the world will not be so ugly in the next 20,30 years.. I've discovered that my concerns are more towards the children.. i.e sexually abused..missing/kidnapped etc... so hmm.. yeah.. I'm doing something about this.. my battle this year is towards fighting pornography and helping to find missing children. Not easy. But I'll try my very best and do my bit!

Looks like the challenges would be like my resolutions? I had 10 resolutions last year.. {read here} which I have thus far fulfilled like hmmm 90% of em.. So 6 resolutions for 2010 would not be that hard I guess... granted that they are pretty ambitious but definitely not impossible to be accomplished!

Happy New Year you all! I would like to welcome the new year with my favourite pic in 2009, taken on the 31st of Dec 2009. Despite driving me crazy with their antics, I love these two brats more and more everyday!