quote for today

Allah menguji manusia apabila ingin menganugerahkannya yang lebih baik.

- fisya zulkefli - 

Quote for today

When someone else doesn't care as much about your friendship as you do, don't cry, it makes you realize who your real friends are. 

-Twitter-

p/s : This quote is not referring to anyone. Oktnxbye.

p.p/s : My weekend fills with Cuti-cuti Malaysia time. Hooyah!

winner.

OMG.OMG.OMG. I finally won a contest. Thanks to Jom Lomba Baca for choosing me as the winner, on my birthday. It is the first time I won an online contest. I will try harder to update my book review. Amin~

p/s : I didn't realize that I win the contest until Kak Wan sent a message on this blog. Thank God. I just found my happiness after a moment depressed on my personal problem. Alhamdulillah. There are silver lining in every cloud. I just found one. ^^ Finally, my effort and money just worth it. *big smile*

stress out

Stress out. My bank card got problem and can't be settled as soon as possible. I'd been going back forth to settle this issue but never succeed. Arghh. The account is so 90's so they need to reset back my information into the latest ones. Oh well, I'm already 21, many things are needed to be updated. Hurm.

But, what I'm happy in spite of that, I finally managed to park my car beautifully in the parking space. And I managed to parked backward. Hooyah! Maybe I can't be stress or pressured while I'm driving nor parked the car.

Because I'm so stressed out, I decided to go to the shopping mall nearby. [It's only Giant, but who cares?] I think I want to release my regret by window shopping, but I keep attracted to buy stuff. Moreover, the bookstore is having sale for Hari Raya. 20% discount for each novel. How can I not attracted to it. After a few moment fighting among myself, I decided not to buy it. Why? Because there are 4 novels in my room that needed to be read. *But, I'm thinking to buy it when I go to buy my groceries. Haha. slapface *

Finally, I'm home with a bag of hair accessories and a slice of Tiramisu cake. *Don't blame me to buy all that stuff because I'd lose my hair clip and for the cake, I promise that I will buy Tiramisu before I go back Kuantan*. So, people, Happy Friday!

popia

What Is It?

Popia is a type of chinese spring roll with a very flat and thin surface, and round in shape. It's tasteless unless you stuffed it with ingredients on your choice, turning it into a delicious spring roll.The most popular fillings are like yam bean, salad, bean sprouts, carrots, etc. It used to be a Chinese favorite. But now, even the Malays are trying their ways to make the food in their own style. There is just no right or wrong method in making a tasty food in Malaysia sometimes. All races live in harmony and it's evidenced on the food.The nyonya version of Popia is special, which the filling consists of meat (prawns, crab meat), soya bean cake (taukua), eggs, shallots, chillies, garlic, etc. Not matter how you make it, as long as the fillings is right for your own taste, you may enjoy Popia filled with tuna !!
Popia can be served fresh (not fried), or you can deep fry it to get a crispy spring roll.

credit to facinatingmalaysia

How to Make It?

Bahan-bahan :

Inti

Ditumbuk:

2 biji bawang merah

1 biji bawang putih

50g udang kering 

Dihiris panjang-panjang :

100g of sengkuang

100g of lobak merah / carrot

100g of timun

1 biji Telur

Garam secukup rasa

Minyak masak

Kulit popia

Tepung gandum + air - sebagai gam

Cara-cara :

1. Panaskan minyak di atas kuali. Apabila minyak sudah panas, masukkan bahan-bahan yang telah ditumbuk tadi. Goreng sampai garing.
2. Selepas itu, masukkan telur. Goreng sampai garing dan hancurkan telur itu.
3. Kemudian, masukkan sayur-sayuran yang telah dihiris tadi. Tambah garam secukup rasa. Masak sehingga sayur-sayuran tersebut layu. Inti siap.
4. Kemudian, ambil kulit popia dan letak sedikit daripada inti yang telah dibuat tadi di atas kulit popia tersebut. Selepas itu, gulung kulit popia itu. Jangan lupa untuk gam kulit popia tersebut. Kalau tidak, kulit popia akan terbuka bila masak. Selesai.
[Kulit popia jangan dibiarkan terdedah kepada suhu bilik. Nanti kulit popia tersebut akan kering dan susah utntuk dilipat.]
5. Popia kemudiannya digoreng sehingga garing. Siap. sedia untuk dihidang.

6. Lebih sedap dihidang bersama sos cili.

Popia yang berlum digoreng 

Selamat Mencuba!

my raya 2011 - photo edition

Last day of Ramadhan : Home Made Ketupat 

[Credit to my mum, my aunt and my cousins. Me? I'm failed in this test. huhu]

Day 1 of Aidilfitri : Cam Whore

Location : My Granny's House - Traditional Malay House, Alor Gajah, Melaka

People include : My Lovely Siblings & Cousins 

[Yan, Faris, Farisha, Nazirah, Nurin, Fahmi, Zarif, Nazrul, Siti-Dayah, Kak Dila, FISYA]

Part One

Part Two - plus my Lovely Granny (the purple one)

Day 2 : Kenduri - Gotong Royong

principessasya : the hikayat

situation 1 :
A : I think I fall in love with you...
B : .................... *blank expression*
The truth is B never love A... B had only a crush on A...but, LOVE..??what do ya think??

situation 2:
B and C were met in a competition...since then, B like C... B even stalked C...[hehehe...stalking=getting to know C without permission or knowing] B almost failed in exam because of C...they always bumped into each other...unfortunately, C doesn't even remember B or notice that B is alived..question is : does what happening to B really called love or just a crush..??

- really confius -

fear or fearless

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. 

Elbert Hubbard

Reminder to me : Never afraid to move on. Don't think that you will keep repeating the same mistakes when you encounter the same situation because life is a test. If you afraid to take risk, you don't know the result whether it is good or bad. If it is good, Alhamdulillah. If the result is bad, take that as an experience in the journey of life. 

My Raya 2011

I hope it's not too late to wish Selamat Hari Raya to people all over the world. My Raya? Quite fun . That the moment where my big family gathered together. Spend some of our precious time together even though it was just for a moment. But, I cherish that moment.

Hurm, how should I start describing my Raya? Okay, let me start my talking about my baju raya. I almost didn't have my brand new baju raya because I didn't have time to send me clothes to the tailor earlier. Thanks God that baju raya is still available at Bazar Jalan TAR. As we all know, Jalan TAR is the heaven of shopping especially on the Saturday. So, I searched everywhere for a GREEN mini kurung *Why green? Because my family have decided green as our theme for this Raya* and at last, I found it.Thus, this Raya I'm wearing a ready made clothes. I rarely have ready made clothes. My national clothes (baju kurang etc.) are usually custom made. And I'm very lucky to find a comfortable clothes which suit my taste. 

On the first day of Hari Raya, I went to Solat Sunat Aidilfitri and visiting my grandpa's grave. It's quite sad because I didn't have the chance to spend more time with my grandpa. Based on my mother's and aunty's story, he seems quite a nice man. Oh, I miss him. *Al-Fatihah is the only thing I can give to you, Grandpa. May you rest in peace.* 

This year, we (the whole family) decided take a family photo to be put in the living room. We'd been planning this for quite so long and finally, the time has come. *I sometimes envied the family who had a family photo hanging in their living room* The photo is quite expensive but it totally worth it. Can't wait to see the result.

On the second day of Raya, we, the big family of my mum's side agreed to have a kenduri on that day. So, the day was quite a busy and tiring day with overflowing people in sake of Hari Raya. *Sorry to all my friends because didn't invite you guys to the kenduri. I will, next time.* I also didn't get enough sleep on the day before in order to run some errands (making popia and kuih koci). The not-so-good-looking kuih were definitely is my handmade. But don't worry, the kuih is still taste good. Please don't judge a kuih by its cover. Hehe (Didn't have the chance to snap pictures of it. Sorry)

The next day also create memories of this Raya. But, I will shared it later. Till now, bye bye.

Selamat Hari Raya from all of us.