I am not using this blog anymore but it will always be my first blog..memories...

My new blog effective June 2005 is :~ http://theladybutterfly.blogspot.com

Byez

Every morning, the same question runs through my mind.  What to cook today??  Ya, there are hundreds of dish and hundreds of recipe books available and i own some of them, nicely stalked in my kitchen shelf. Not that I don't use them, in fact, i have tried some new recipes but the fear, more of disappointment of 'it' not turning up like it should be is the set back. If i cook up something new, my hubby and kids will say, 'what's this? some kind of alien food!?!?' And when i cook the usual, regular food, they will say 'how boring! the same kind of food, nothing new ah?' it continues..."what's with all the recipe books there? Can't come up with something interesting?" Well, like the country board hunged up in my kitchen says : "Today's Menu : 2 Choices ~Take it or ~Leave it"...mostly i insist they eat it or else they have to eat the same food the next day!  Last week's dish, 'Sambal Goreng'.  One of my hubby's favourite dish.  Learned it from my mom-in-law some years back.  Preparing it, is time consuming but taste yummy.  Nak the recipe? 

I am glad that my girls, 9 & 11, completed the reading of Al-Quran. Had a small ceremony, where their 'Ustazah' sat with them while my girls read the last 22 surah's from the A-Quran and the doa khatam Al-Quran. The 'Ustazah' came along with a dozen other students to witness their reading. My cousins and in laws came too. I was thankful that my parents took the effort to come by train from KL but was kind of disappointed that my sis family & my bro could not make it. Anyways, we are looking forward to seeing all of them during the June school break.
All's Well That End's Well.

On Saturday, i found out that the two year old girl, Nurasyura, that has been missing since last Wednesday, was found murdered. It was so shocking. The suspected murderer was none other then her 30 year old stepfather. A sick, sick man. May her soul rest in peace.

Have not gone into Blogdrive for about 2 months!  I have decided to use my other blog as my only web journal.  Did not have the heart to say goodbye to blogdrive which i have started in 3rd Nov 2004.   All this is because of the 'edit' problem that have been having with my blog and i thought 'blogdrive' will never solve it.  I was so fed up!  Now...it has been solved...the layout looks much better and i have rectified my 'Singapore Flag' and 'My Kad' date of post. mmmm... wondering what i should do?

I'm so fed up! My 'Singapore Flag' original entry date is July 27, 2005 and not Dec 29, 2005. Last week i edited that entry to change the text color and when i published it, it showed the current date. 'My Kad' original entry date is Dec 28, 2005 and not Dec 30. I am still waiting for BlogDrive admin to rectify this problem...still waiting

Happy New Year !!

Have not apply for 'MyKad' yet!!! It is free till 31st Dec 2005..only 3 days left!! This system was launched in 5th September 2001. Found out that i could apply for it in JB but where?? Can't seem to check in the http://www.jpn.gov.my website. The same thing appears..'could not open the page because the server stopped responding'. I think i know the reason for it : - Tken from Bernama.com :-
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 28 -- The old identity card is still valid for use in all official transactions after Dec 31 until a date to be determined later, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid. "The government has not determined the date when the old identity cards would become invalid," he told reporters, here Wednesday. At the same time, he said, the government would also not extend the period for free conversion to the MyKad which would end on Saturday whereby a certain fee would be imposed for conversion after that date. Azmi said the fee to be imposed for converting the old identity card into MyKad would be decided by the Cabinet next week, and gave an assurance that the amount would not be a burden to the people.as of Tuesday, there were about 1.2 million people who had yet to change their old identity card to the MyKad. "Most of them may comprise students or those working abroad. They will be given exemption from paying the fee to be charged," he said.(how about me in Singapore?? ).Those staying in remote areas such as in Sabah and Sarawak who had difficulty going out to change their old identity card would also be exempted from paying the fee, he said. Taken from Utusan Malaysia :-
"Sementara itu, tinjauan di PUTRAJAYA hari ini menyaksikan orang ramai berpusu-pusu membanjiri kaunter JPN yang telah mengeluarkan lebih 3,000 angka giliran sehingga pukul 3 petang ini. Pemohon yang telah mendapatkan nombor giliran sebelum pukul 3 petang akan dilayan sehingga selesai walaupun terpaksa melanjutkan perkhidmatan hingga lewat malam."
Time to read Malaysia newspapers!!

It's been 3 weeks since Eid, i have been busy with my girls' final year exams and baking cookies for Eid celebration. Two really good things happened during this year's fasting month...something a mother would be proud of...both my girls, 9 & 11, completed a full month of fasting and they performed fajar prayers together with me. Let me smile first.. :) ...but i just hope they will stop fighting about tinny winny things a lot lesser!
Went to my mom's place in M'sia on the first day of Raya. Even though, we got stuck in a jam near Seremban for an hour, it was alright. My son, Raziq, 4, keep asking me "where is Nani's house" and "i got stomach ache mommmmy.." and "off the air-con, mommy..too cold..." again and again but i kept him occupied by singing and diverting his attention to other things..i also sat at the back sit with him. Haseena who has been complaining about not getting the air-con, sat in the front sit...didn't hear her complaints anymore. Phewz!!
As always we went to 2 of my aunts place in Kelana Jaya and my cousin's house in Damansara on the 2nd day of Eid. In the evening, we went to my sister's place. While my hubby was fixing wireless internet for my nieces, my sis put on a movie by Shahruk Khan and Preti Zinta titled 'Veer-Zaara'.




The movie was sad but had a good ending and since i did not see the movie from the beginning, we bought the DVD in S'pore just a week ago. Later, during the night, we went to my sister's in laws place. This is the picture taken there



and the other at my cousin, Fari Appa's place



My kids enjoyed collecting 'duit Raya' and i enjoyed the variety taste of 'biskut Raya'. Mom gave me many kinds of different cookies to bring back home. But this year..my brother did not come back from Australia to celebrate with us..never mindla..next Eid he will be with us as this year is his last year of studies!!

Heard some hindi song clips on Sony Entertainment TV, then i saw this unknown singer with wonderful voice. I found out that he's the 1st Indian Idol and he has released his albums - Apaka Abhijeet Sawant and Aashiq Banaya Aapne. Must get his CD.