Icip - icip - My Version

While surfing in tv3.com, I found out one interesting recipe which is laksa Sarawak. I intend to make it after the exam. As usual, I hardly listed down what to buy when going out, then, I noticed when about to make it, and a few ingredients went missing. I asked my hubby, and he said, just proceed with what we have in the kitchen. And here it goes...

Recipe: Laksa Edinburgh (modification from Laksa Sarawak)
Ingredients:
(Gravy)
Shallots (minced)
Garlics (minced)
Lemon Grass (minced)
Small Prawns (minced) – alternate to ‘belacan’
Dried Chillies (blended)
Coconut milk
Salt
Sugar
Black Pepper
Vegetable Oil (Olive is preferred)
Chicken
Prawns
Crabmeat Stick
Lemon Juice
Tamarin Juice
Chicken Stock/Cube
Water

(Dressing)

Rice Mee (Bihun)
Beans Sprout
Spring Onion
Egg

How to:

Put some oil in the pan, heat it up. When heated, put the entire minced ingredient into the pan and fried them until yellowish. Put in chillies, stir the gravy. After the chillies cooked, put in some water, tamarind juice and stir. Put in chicken. Let to boil. Slow down the heat, put in coconut milk. Put in some lemon juice. Stir. Take out the chicken, shred it. Put in the crabmeat and prawns. Stir slowly. Put in salt, sugar, black pepper and chicken stock according to your tastebuds. Stir. Wait until boils, turn down heat.

Boil the rice Mee (if it is dried one). And simmer the beans sprout. Make an omelette and shred it. Shred the Spring Onion as well. Serve the m1ee by putting the gravy on to it, the dressing on top of it. Best served while it still hot. Happy trying!


It was when; the mood of baking came as I never try to make a pizza before. I surf the internet to find the simplest recipe on pizza. And I found out, there were so many recipes on making the dough, so I just gambled and make it according to my understanding. Some of the dough I made as small baguettes for my little ones and he loves every bit of it.

Recipe: Easy Pizza

Ingredients:

(Dough)
Plain Flour
Salt
Water
Sugar
Dried yeast

(Topping)
Cheese
Onions
Ketchup
Mayonnaise
Black Pepper
Sausage

How to:

Mix the entire ingredient in a bowl and make dough. Cover the bowl containing dough with damp cloth for 1 hour until it the dough doubled its size. Pinch the dough to remove the trapped air. Lay the dough on to pizza pan (Don’t forget to grease the pan with oil or margarine). Put on Mayonnaise, ketchup, onions and sausage. Then, put on cheese (lots of it) and black pepper. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes at 220 degree. Serve while still hot. Happy trying!

Missing bin has been found!

In edinburgh, every house has its own bin for household disposal. There are two colors, one is chocolate for grass/gardens diposal, another one is green for general household disposal.Ours was been stolen last 3 weeks as we both came late from school.Almost 3 weeks we've been living without our wheelie bin and had to put our garbage early in the morning at others' bin every friday due collection.

Surprisingly, while we were studying formation evaluation for our exam tomorrow, we heard something outside. We made a guess that may be somebody put our bin back.Then we waited for a while for my husband to investigate.

Ahh...yess, it's back!Hmm...we wonder who but never mind as long we get back our bin, we are more than delightful..but..why take so long...hmm..maybe the person didn't know which houses..i guess...maybe last 3 weeks, the wife has took first the bin without the husband acknowledge it...and the husband came back from work, he saw another bin in front of his walkway and took it to the backyard as well...I don't want to predict something negatively...as I wanted to have a good heart because people here is very generous...I'll update their behavior...but not my upper neighbor ya!!very rock n roll type of family..wonder how his 2 year old son canbear with the loud song of bass...but still they are very respectful to others...

First exam after 4 years left school

It was a hectic preparation for exam.Why did I say hectic?With my current condition as a student cum wife cum mother, it was really hectic.Furthermore, my son is still wake up at night for feeding and last night he woke up for more than one hours nibble on my nip***! I was very upset because for exam, i really need good sleep.Actually I've almost forgot what a good sleep would be as I never had one since my 8 months pregnancy.Imagine the suffering i endure for almost 3 years, and i guess it will keep continuing if i have further kids.I don;'t really mind as long as I am always in the pink of health despite of less sleep that i experienced.

That is the most sacrifice mothers had for the beloved kids.It is really grateful for mother whose kids don't wake up at night after 1 year old or lesser than that.For me, my time to enjoy my sleep has gone and I can't tell when I am going to get those back.

My paper this morning was RESERVOIR ENGINEERING-G11RE.All the questions were answerable BUT unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances plus distraction that I had before the exam, I can't really memorize all the exercises, theories that I've remembered.If and only if I am still single, I know I can at least score 80% of the paper. The questions were really straightforward and have been done in class and exercises included in the coursenotes. If and only if, I had more quality time for study, I know I can score the paper easily.

I felt bit jealous to those who finishes as early as 1 hour before exam ends.They live at the hall and got plenty of time for study.I bet they are going to score all the exam by the way.I don't have anything else to say if any of the single student score lower than mine, i guess they just come for study for fun.

I really hope I will passed the paper and indeed all the 4 subjects. There are 3 remaining subjects, the nearest would be this Wednesday.I hope I can do better for the next 3 subject despite of my difficulties in having quality time for study. I guess, of total 24 hours day x 7 day per week, i only had 10-12 hours of study. And the subject has at least 7 chapters and maximum 18 chapters to cover.

I hope God will give His love to me and granted my wish to pass this MSc with flying colors and return to my beloved home country next year September 2009 and begin a new life as PETROLEUM ENGINEER (for now, I prefer to become petrophysicist as I can not do reservoir this morning but next term, I am going to meet reservoir 2 and simulation...oh dear...)

Wishlists After Exam....

In the midst of preparing exams, I'm always have thought of the after exam wish lists.It's not things that I wish I'll receiving (eventhough it's Christmas!) but things that I've always wanted to do since I get here but didn't have courage to do.They are hmm..I should have list in order but I guess for this post, I just put all that came into thoughts:

1. On the 17 Dec, last paper, going out to Planet Asia for shopping asian food igt nk cari maggi kari laa dgn kicap kipas udang dgn sos cili maggi..)

3. Outing???..hmmm...OMNI carboot sale...

4. Baking???..kek batik...icing cake..(boleh ke ni?)...

5. Pastry??..currypuff

6. Italian food??..spageti bolognese..pizza...

7. Gardening??..dah semak sgt garden...kene clear off if the wheather permits..meaning not snowing...nk tnm ape ek....spring onions dulu...later...strawberry...mn nk cari benih free ekk????

8. Decor Art??...nk decor sket umah yg xbp cantik ni...bg berseri...ceyyy...gune bhn kitar semula je la kot....nk save duit...

9. Continue with mercedes hunting...wakakaka....nk blike x ekkk....

10.Await for boxing day - pegi Livingston...wahhhh....

11.Runabout???...hmmm..winter la pulak...sejuk....nk g tgk thomas the tank engine....boleh ke???

12.Upgrading this blog...make it cheerful with colors, pictures and learn from expert on how to make beautiful blog...ceyyy...

Above all, most of them are for 'makan-makan'...Well, I am quite a good eater here as I always eat and eat whenever I see HALAL food.But, my weight is still stagnant and really hope it is going to go up when I return to Malaysia.Really praying hard for this as I am really frustrated as my weight isn't look good on me and i feel i'm not a pretty mum...sob..sob..still young and vibrant but ugly...Allright, enaugh of that frustration, I'll update whatever wish lists above after exam diets.....