tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75315934527744258152024-02-02T06:47:57.053-08:00StreetWise MummySarah Streetwise Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014649898578421077noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531593452774425815.post-25650935185819422662014-09-28T03:26:00.001-07:002014-09-28T03:26:21.640-07:00Comfort food<p>It has been raining cats and dogs so I am down with flu and cough. This is my ultimate comfort food when I'm sick. Tomato soup with chicken, potatoes and beans. Put lots of garlic in it to fight the flu and eat it with soft rice. Hope I can recover fast.<br></p>
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<br />Sarah Streetwise Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014649898578421077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531593452774425815.post-8970762684675027422014-09-15T18:27:00.001-07:002014-09-15T18:27:20.689-07:00DIY Cloud Dough<br />
I made cloud dough for Caca and it is the best thing I have ever done! You don't have to buy kinetic sand ever with this dough.<br />
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The recipe only calls for 2 things: 8 cups of flour and 1 cup of oil (I used corn oil). Mixed them up and walllaah; You get your own cloud dough. Try it guys, it's so easy and cheaper too. You can simply throw it away after using it. I have kept it in the sand pit for 2 weeks and it is still okay.<br />
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Hubby made a sandpit for caca to play the dough. </div>
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You can easily shape the dough. Its texture is like soft sand.</div>
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<br />Sarah Streetwise Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014649898578421077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531593452774425815.post-24402508997986366162014-09-15T18:11:00.000-07:002015-01-18T04:29:42.040-08:00Otak-otak daun kadukThis is my late grandma's recipe. It is one of my favorite dishes. After so many years, i managed to do it myself. Hubby cakap sedap! <br />
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Ni resepinya. Insya Allah sedap.<br />
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Otak-Otak<br />
A 1 ulas Bawang besar<br />
3 ulas Bawang putih<br />
3-4 ulas bawang merah<br />
5 cili hidup<br />
1 inci kunyit hidup<br />
¼ inchi lengkuas<br />
3 batang serai<br />
3-4 biji buah keras<br />
sedikit belacan jintan manis<br />
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Santan perahan pertama dari 1 biji kelapa<br />
1 keping asam keping<br />
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3 biji telur<br />
3 keping ikan tenggiri<br />
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Daun kadok Daun ketumbar – di hiris halus-halus<br />
Daun limau purut- di hiris halus-halus<br />
Daun kunyit- di hiris halus-halus<br />
Daun ubi – di rebus dan dibuang air rebusan (saya tak pakai daun ubi)<br />
Daun pisang untuk dibungkus<br />
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Mesin bahan-bahan A . Apabila halus, campur dengan bahan-bahan B dan masak diatas api.<br />
Masuk separuh dari hirisan daun kunyit, daun ketumbar dan daun limau purut.<br />
Kacau selalu supaya santan tidak berminyak..<br />
Selepas 10 minit masukkan ketulan ikan dan masak selama 5 minit sambil dikacau selalu.<br />
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Angkat isi ikan detempat yang berasingan dan biarkan kuah masak diatas api hingga pekat sambil dikacau selalu. Isi ikan diperisi dari tulang dan kulit.<br />
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Susun daun kaduk dan daun ubi didalam bekas kukusan atau sarung daun pisang dan letakkan isi ikan diatas daun.<br />
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Kuah yang telah pekat di biarsejuk seketika. Kemudian dicampur dengan telur yang telah dipukul.<br />
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Cedok kuah campuran telur keatas isi ikan dan taburkan hirisan daun kunyit dan daun limau purut. Kukus hingga masak selama 20 minit.<br />
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<p>Good job caca!<br>
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<p>I was down with fever on the first few days of raya.It wasn't fun at all! Nevertheless, we stil manage to celebrate raya with families and friends.</p>
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<p>Sorry for the long hiatus. I don't have the motivation to write or share anything. This picture was taken last weekend at my cousin's wedding in Perlis.  A beautiful intimate wedding indeed. So much love in the air.</p>
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<p>She is one funny kid. I guess she inherits it from my dad. She amuses us every single day with her wits. I would say my life is complete now having a great loving hubby and a sweet cheeky caca around. </p>
<p>I do get questions about the second *cough baby. The 'when' question. Hubby did say that one is enough. My family too. An Indian nurse asked me whether I will try for a second one. She was attending me when I was warded in ICU last month. I said maybe just this one and told her abt my conditions. Her immediate response, " Tapi kalau Tuhan nak bagi, ambil ajer.." That is so true. So I am letting Him to decide. <br><br></p>
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<p>We noticed that she has improved in a lot of things too. She has no interest in mobile phones anymore; she behaves well; understands instructions and speaks better too. even the principal said caca is adapting very well too.<br></p>
<p>They do provide daily report to the parents. In it they will write down the time caca is being fed; shower and poo. They will also write what caca eats for lunch and the activites done on that day.at least <br>I can plan which activity that i would like to do in the weekend.<br></p>
<p>They alternate the food every week and I am very happy that they serve healthy food to the kids. I am very particular about Marissa's food. She is almost 2 but I have never given her any type of sweets, milo, cereals or any other processed food except biscuits and breads. I just started introducing cake to Marissa but I would carefully select it first. Her diet is usually any type of finger food that i made like pancakes, french toast, homemade nuggets, but her favourite would be soup with all sorts of vegetables and protein. </p>
<p>Some of the menu that I see are soft tofu and fuchuk porridge; pasta served with carrots, potatoes, minced meat and dried basil soup; salmon,carrot &potato porridge and chicken and broccoli porridge. She refused to eat nursery's food for the first 2 weeks but now the teacher said she can finish up 2 bowls of porridge sometimes.</p>
<p>Activity wise, they do focus on motor skills, cognitive development and social development. <br>Some activities might be very light in adult's eyes but very crucial in developing certain sets of skills. There will be at least 2 skills or role play that they do every day. Enough to keep Marissa occupied and gets her to sleep early every single night! </p>
<p>The teachers are super nice too. I have not seen any of them raising their voice to the kids. Ration teachers to kids are 1: 2 or 3 depending on the age group. The are great with the kids and Marissa loves them so much.</p>
<p>Fees wise; yes it is pricier than any other nursery out there but it is not easy to find a place that we love. Some of my friends are quite shocked with the fees but both hubby and I are very fussy. Some even question our decision but we said why not? If you can splurge on unnecessary stuffs, buying expensive clothes for yourself, branded items etc, why complain about paying a bit more for your kid's well being? Anak tu amanah Allah. So to us, providing the best for her is number 1. </p>
<p> We look into a lot of things in looking for a place for Caca and this nursery suits every criteria we look for. I have no complain about the fees since the teachers are all certified with either in nursing or in early childhood. <br>
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<p>Alhamdulillah it is the best decision so far because I get to be home before the sunset!  </p>
<p>Workwise; I am still in training and will be in training for the next 2 months! It is a loooonggg training but it is essential to all of us. </p>
<p>I do miss being a SAHM. I am still adjusting between the job and chores. Am still failing miserably in it even after 2 weeks. I missed seeing the house in a superclean state! Luckily there is no complaint received.hehe. </p>
<p>How's Marissa?I'll update about it in the next post.</p>
Sarah Streetwise Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014649898578421077noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531593452774425815.post-17037795388466414112014-02-22T10:35:00.001-08:002014-02-22T10:40:48.715-08:00Aquatic Aquarium<p>This is hubby's current project; Aquatic aquarium. He has been studying and planning it for a couple of months. We customized the aquarium since we couldn't find the right size for our wall. </p>
<p>At first he planted the plants using dry method which is supposed to be easier than planting it straight in the water. That is because you need to get the CO2 first if you want to plant it straight in the water. However most of the plants died due to the heat. So we decided to get all the water filter and CO2 installed first before putting up the plants.  The plants grew quite fast after that!</p>
<p>He added the fish later in stage and we bought some shrimps today! Here are some of the pictures of the fish. We have a few more types that is not in the picture.</p>
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The class was conducted by Mamazieza from penang.. There were about 10 of us and boy oh boy it was fun. The class started around 9am and finished around 6pm! I was already missing Marissa by 4pm. Lol.</p>
<p>Mamazieza uses pure butter in her recipe which I like! Of course any recipe that uses pure butter tastes a lot better.she also gave tons of tips such as how to get the dough to be elastic, how to roll the dough and how much dough needed for each type of bread.</p>
<p>It took a long time to get all the dough rise though. It has been windy in Perlis and Kedah so the yeast is not working that well. Howevwr, despite having to wait for quite sometime for the dough to arise, the end result was sooooooo good! Every bread is so soft, buttery, fluffy and taste sooo good!</p>
<p>This is indeed a class that I will always treasure. We took all the bread home and my mom said everything was delicious.</p>
<p>Check out the pictures I took:<br><br></p>
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<p>I don't have a specific resolution but I have started looking for a job. I have a few offers in my hand which needs to be considered.</p>
<p>I still remember Chef Marina asking me whether it is hard to find a job after leaving the career world for awhile. Alhamdulillah, rezeki tu datang sesungguhnya dari Allah. I have been getting job offers which is better than what I had done previously. I thought people would be prejudice about women who have left work for more than a year. I guess I am wrong.</p>
<p>I have yet to decide which company to go but I do have one more interview tomorrow with my previous company. It is for a position I haved dreamed about. However,  it comes with a bigger responsbility which I need to think through.</p>
<p>I would like to start travelling again this year. Marissa is bigger now so I guess maybe we can start going for a long trip. That would depends on how demanding my job is. Other people might want to spend their money branded stuffs or big cars and houses, but I rather spend it seeing the world. </p>
<p>I have started taking orders for swissrolls for the last 2 weeks and boy oh boy; it has been overwhelming. Alhamdulillah rezeki Marissa..order datang bertalu-talu. I still want to continue this eventhough I have started working. My other resolution is to attend more baking classes this year. Ilmu itu satu jihad jugak kan.</p>
<p>Despite of all this, I am experiencing separation anxiety with Marissa. I will need to start looking for a nursery for her. Living in damansara is definitely not a good choice for a budgeting parent. A full day daycare can cost to almost rm1000 a month. I wonder if she can cope not having me around. I know I can't!</p>
Sarah Streetwise Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014649898578421077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531593452774425815.post-43594541658945958442013-12-27T04:55:00.001-08:002013-12-27T04:57:02.607-08:00Pink Lilies<p>My house smells so good at this moment. The pink lilies that hubby gave on our anniversary are blooming with joy! Hehe.</p>
<p>The lilies he got this time are huge. Bigger than my hand. I put them in 2 vases; one in our bedroom and the one in the living room.<br></p>
<p>This is way better than store bought perfume!</p>
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<p>Ahhhh...so happy!</p>
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<p>Boo boo, You are still the same person I married to 3 years ago. You have never failed to make me laugh or cry. :p Here is to many more years to come Insya Allah.</p>
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<p>At this age, she has started to pronounce some words clearly. One of her very first words is Thank you. Tapi dia pronounce ada pelat sikit lah but you know that it is Thank you. Every time dia ambil barang ke nak bagi barang ke mesti dia cakap thank you. However, this week dia tukar pulak thank you tu bunyi macam TATAP. Tatau apsal. I need to say more thank you from now on.</p>
<p>Cat, Cow, Apple, Bird and Abang sangat jelas pronounciation dia. She knows that birds can fly so everytime we are outside, she would look up and point out at the birds. At this point, cats and dogs looks the same to her. Hehe. She would say cat whenever she sees a dog near us.</p>
<p>Dah pandai point out mana dia sakit and when asked what happened to it, sometimes she would say jatuh. She has started to say daddy but most of the time its Da. No mummy yet though. <br>Sometimes dia akan pronounce her name as aaaiissssssha..with heavy pronounciation on the S.<br></p>
<p>Other words are still rough on the edge. She babbles a lot and she likes to copy what i said. I need to be extra careful now as she is absorbing it like a sponge. Need to keep my mouth from swearing! Hehe.</p>
<p>Overall I am quite happy with a progress. Not bad for someone that had a hole in her brain. Good job caca!<br><br></p>
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We decided to just go for awhile as we didn't want to be stuck in the traffic jam. Hubby even set an alarm for 1 hour. Haha. Boy oh boy did we missed the alarm! We went crazy at the kids and cookery section. Too many books to choose from! I put Marissa in Boba but halfway through, she wanted me to just carry her. Ouch, my arms are still hurting since then.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Sarah Streetwise Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014649898578421077noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531593452774425815.post-67292256268708293792013-12-12T03:19:00.000-08:002013-12-12T03:19:43.473-08:00Kelas Swissroll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a quite overdue punya post. I attended a class organized by Kak Rani from <a href="http://www.ranicakes.com/" style="text-align: center;">RaniCakes</a> when I went back to Perlis a couple of weeks back. The class was conducted by another baker based in Penang( <a aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="js_12" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100002311095755&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/tashyarolls.homecakes" id="js_13" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Tashyaroll's Homecakes</a>) .</div>
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I was quite nervous to find out other participants were bakers as well but it turned out that everyone was very friendly.</div>
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We learned how to make decorated swissroll! I have been watching the technique from youtube from weeks and now I get to see it personally how easy it is! The tip is you need to make the design first, bake it then fill up the rest of the batter to the cake pan.</div>
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She taught us to make 5 different sets of designs plus the polkadot and we get to bring them home too. Look at these beauties!<br />
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Sarah Streetwise Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014649898578421077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531593452774425815.post-46820499303762326212013-12-07T10:16:00.001-08:002013-12-07T10:16:32.488-08:00Helmi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I lost a friend yesterday. A great friend. He was my colleague and my first partner when I started working with HP. We always had lunch together either with my other colleague or just the two of us. He is like a brother, a mentor to me.<br />
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He has been sick since Raya due to pneumonia. We thought he would recover. Since raya, he has been going in and out of the hospital several times. Along that time, he was still working from home. I have been wanting to visit him but never actually find an ample time to do that. 2 weeks back I told hubby that we would visit him after I came back from Perlis.<br />
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I came back from Perlis on Thursday. The moment I reached back in KL, I immediately asked our Whatsapp group the update on Helmi. They said so far his wife hasn't given any update yet, but he was in ICU a week before. So I said to myself, I better go and visit him.<br />
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The next day, my ex colleague called around 9am saying that Helmi had passed away. It took me awhile to sink it in. I cried my heart out. They suspected that it was a cancer. Yesterday, my news feed was full with condolences from everyone that knew him. Alhamdulillah, he is remembered as the nicest person we have ever met. He was the type of person that would go beyond anything to help you out.<br />
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Arwah dikebumikan di Kedah. He left his wife with a 2 year old daughter, Dian. His wife texted me just now saying that Dian has been missing her dad since yesterday. She has been crying and having tantrum. Ya Allah,sayunya hati ni even a 2-year-old can sense it.<br />
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I have been blaming myself for not finding time to see him when he was sick. Rasa ralat sangat. However, my friend Abie said there is a hikmah why I didn't see him when he was sick. He had lost 20kgs since raya. All I could remember was the healthy him. The guy who loves her daughter so much.<br />
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Sarah Streetwise Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014649898578421077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531593452774425815.post-40727276606995309122013-11-22T11:03:00.001-08:002013-11-22T11:04:10.131-08:00Tips on becoming a housewife<br />
I have several people asking me whether do we have enough to go by monthly once I quit my job. They also asked what should they prepare for if they want to quit their job like me.<br />
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To tell you the truth, I am not the right person to answer these questions! Why? Because I quit my job without much plans. I did it because of Marissa. However, I can list out a few things from what I have experienced throughout the whole year of being a housewife. It's not easy I tell you! Especially when you are living in KL.<br />
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1. List out all your debts. Minimize it to the maximum especially your credit card. Just have 1 credit card at least. We didn't do that and it's biting us in the butt. LOL<br />
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2. I unsubscribed my 3G line since I am mostly at home. We have WIFI at home so it wasn't an issue at all. I used to pay rm200 more or less monthly including the 3G subscriptions but at the moment my phone bill is only around rm40. It took me awhile to get used to not having any internet connections when I am on the go but on the good side, you won't see us playing on the phone while having dinner or hanging out somewhere. No anti social geeks at all! LOL.<br />
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3. Invest in a good, big fridge. This is the first thing I did when I quit my job. I cook most of the time now so it is essential to get a good fridge that can store a lot of food. Oh plus, we have the habit of buying a lot of seafood and meat whenever we're back in our hometown so I need a fridge that has a big freezer! If only the house is bigger, I would have gotten a deep freezer as well.<br />
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4. Buy only when you need it. Don't buy just because it is on sale. Think whether this is something you need. Whether do you need a 100 of these because its on sale or just 2? Plan your spending. Our focus is mostly on our daughter. So the expenses on her must be the number 1. Oh ni paling susah. Took us awhile to adjust to this.<br />
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5. Solat sunat Dhuha. Try to perform solat sunat Dhuha whenever you can and be grateful with what you have. Insya Allah rezeki tu ada.Sarah Streetwise Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014649898578421077noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531593452774425815.post-12939353675853717502013-11-19T22:48:00.003-08:002013-11-19T22:48:16.048-08:00Homemade MeatballsThis is the recipe that Chef Marina Mustafa shared with us during the cooking demo with Phillips. Sedap sangat! Kebetulan I have all the ingredients so apa lagi! The secret ingredient in this meatballs is raisins! Tak pernah terfikir pulak nak add raisins in meatballs sebelum ni. <br />
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250grams minced meat<br />
1 cup chopped onion - fried lightly so it caramelized a bit.<br />
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2 tbsp of chopped raisins<br />
1tbsp of chopped parsley <br />
1/2 tbsp of ground black pepper<br />
1/2 cup of breadcrumbs<br />
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I substituted the parsley with coriander leaves. Sarah memang suka daun ketumbar. Penyedap rasa. I didn't add any salt since I wanted to make this for Marissa. Just add all the ingredients together and make a ball like below:<br />
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We reached there around 9 am. Just nice. It wasn't too hot and there were not many kids around. Marissa was so fascinated with the squirrels and birds. </div>
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We try to bring Marissa out to non crowded places.This is the perfect place for her. I don't know whether it is always like this or it was just our luck. There were people having a birthday party there as well but because the park is big, kids can run around freely! Sangat best!</div>
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