Mus'ab, Choc Chip Cheesecake, Millionaire?

(1) Sunday is toilet training day for Mus'ab. Yesterday was his 4th week on the training. So far he progress very well even sometimes we did mistakes of not monitored him properly.

(2) After I finished decorated Rifqi's birthday cake last Saturday, I decided to try a new cheesecake recipe from Kraft with little modification. After maghrib I baked this Choc Chip Cheesecake. Truly amazing, it does taste quite outstanding. I brought the cake 3/4 quarter to the office today. Alhamdulillah, every tester did give good remarks. My GM & VP also tried it. I served them while they have discussion a the room. (This is not bodek ok, just a promotion). Already got 1 Choc Moist Cake order from GM ( my new GM effective July) and 1 Choc Chip CC order for hari raya. Out of all the tester that gave credit to the cake, Abang didn't give any comment. (Sampai hati!) But he can finished the whole slice of cake that I left in the fridge.
To know more about the cake, visit Smiley Cakes. I also posted Cheese tart recipe for readers!

(3) Very rarely read non cooking/baking book currently I'm reading Secrets of Internet Millionaires Revealed by Dr Irfan Khairi as inspired by Abang. I wish I could also work from home, earn good income, see the kids grow in front of my own eyes, cook early for dinner, toilet train Mus'ab every day etc etc bla bla ;)

(4) My curtain sewing project resumed starting last Friday after I stopped the activity for 6 months. Insyallah will share the photo once we have bought the curtain rail & hang on the curtain. We'll be moving to the new office this Friday. I shall start packing my stuffs today.

Carrot cake promotion

New healthy cake from Smiley, Carrot Moist Cake 1.6kg (using 9 inch baking pan) at very special introductory price of RM38. Normal selling price is RM43.
It was filled with shredded carrot, pineapple, raisin and walnuts! High in beta carotene that can help you to lower cholesterol level! Topped with cream cheese frosting and cute baby carrot made from sugar paste. ;)
The above cake & first ever sold to an officemate, Kak Midah.

I was on UL for the first 2 days this week, taking care of our Nur. Nur demam panas, sebaik abangnya Ab baik dari demam panas. Aduh, Nur ni jarang demam, sekali sekala demam langsung takmo berenggang dengan mamanya.

Abang outstation again. Ke Labuan. Dah biasa ditinggal2 kan, kali ni tada terasa sgt. Jangan lupa belikan ceklat yer, kalau jumpa barang sesuai utk hadiahkan kat emak pon beli yer.

Rasanya kami dah jumpa contractor pilihan. Insyallah, kerja ubahsuai akan bermula dalam tempoh 1-2 minggu. Moga Allah permudahkan semuanya.

Apa kisahnyer ni

Dah 3 minggu tak menjahit. Aduhai cemana nak menjahit sebab tengah syok baking ajer. Lagi-lagi si Abang dan Adik sangat rajin nak membantu Mama. Tengoklah, apa dah jadi dengan mesin jahit kategori warga emas ni.

Mereka berdua dah berjaya kopakkan kayu bahagian luar mesin. Kesian mesin ni. Mesinnya pemberian Emakku manakala badan kayunyanya pemberian Arwah Mak Ngah. Mak Ngah, walau mak ngah dah pergi meninggalkan kami sejak 2001, ingatanku padamu masih kuat lagi.

Then, si abang dah berjaya patahkan jarum menjahit Singer jenis 115 utk 3 kali. Lepas ni Mama kene cari lagi kat kedai. Ayah hang dah bising suruh Mama simpan kepala mesin tu ke dalam. Ntah kenapa Mama tak suka sgt buat sebab kene cabut benang atas tu. Nanti bila nak guna kene pasang balik, malas ler:p

Then, si abang dah rosakkan benang belah atas segulung yang mama tinggalkan. So, mama kene beli lagi benang. Nasib baik harganya hanya 70 sen.

Ayah dah 4 hari tinggalkan kita bertiga di rumah. Kursus kemain lama sampai 27hb ni ( 2 minggu) kat Morib. Nampak macam Abg Mus’ab faham sebab dia kata “Ayah kusus”. Mama rindu kat ayah jugak ni ;)

Esok mama nak kuatkan semangat untuk sambung menjahit semula. Sekarang yg tinggal hanya: Night curtain utk pintu bilik & lapisan paling luar ( yg ada renda tu, yg ni dah beli renda manik) utk semua tingkap atas. Harap-harap berjaya. Apapun design lapisan luar dah dpt idea dr buku Ummimon ;) Thanks a lot kak. Ahad macam biasa, Mama byk projek kat dapur ;)

Alkisah penguabahsuaian rumah, borang permohonan sudah aku dapatkan dr MPS. Cajnya tade la mahal pon. Kami perlu engage arkitek utk lukis pelan dan kontraktor. Arkitek dah dapat, kawan Abang , then 3 no telefon kontraktor dah dapat dari jiran tetangga tapi belum sempat call lg. Yang ni aku serah pada Abang sebab tak pandai nak deal dengan kontraktor.

Apapun, tak sabar rasanya nk pergi HomeDec 07. Cuti pon dah apply. Harap-harap dapat byk lagi idea & offer menarik utk tiles, hob, hood, kitchen cabinet etc. walalala…berapa RMMMM akan melayang*&^ eheheh

p/s- Smiley akan berkursus selama 3 hari di KL, so tak masuk pejabat. Then, cuti panjang lg nak balik Kulim. Anyone yg nak order kek untuk bulan Mei tolong call or email Y! ok.

FD Plan 2007 progress

Curtain sewing project just resuming today after almost 3 weeks break. I only managed to complete one room night curtain. Alhamdulillah, I feel my body is getting stronger & healthier.
Insyallah, I'll start joining my first baking class tomorrow. Thanks Abang for allowing me leaving you with the kids for half day ;)
As far as the another FD plan is concern (kitchen rennovation), I'm still waiting for my KWSP money bank into my account. Sembap nyer kwsp ni. They said I have to wait for 21 working days. I've been applied the withdrawal since 2 Feb 07. More than 21 working dys kan? Sabo je la

Major Plan 2007 # 1: Curtain Fiesta

Alhamdulillah, cuti raya Cina dimanfaatkan dengan Projek Menjahit Langsir Rumah. This is actually one of the major plan in my diary this year. FYI, next major plan is kitchen renovation that maybe commence on May/June this year, insyallah. Abang, sokong la yer ;)

Setakat hari Selasa, langsir-langsir yang dah berjaya disiapkan:

Day curtain – sliding door living hall

Day curtain – window living hall

Day curtain – window Mus’ab room

Day curtain – window Mawaddah room

Day curtain – window rest area upstairs

Night curtain – window rest area upstairs

Next to do:

Night curtain – for all other area, which the Day Curtain is completed

Important lesson for me:

Sebenarnya inilah kali pertama aku menjahit langsir. Bukannya pandai. Tapi untuk pakai di rumah sendiri bolehla. Nak tempah semua, kos upah mahal sangat. Duit nak guna untuk ubahsuai rumah ;) Me & mom dah pergi survey banyak kedai benornya untuk tahu upah kos jahit langsir. Contoh, Nagoya, Nagoya, Elyza. Buat masa ni sayang duit la dulu. Kalau dah ada rezeki lebih 10 tahun lagi, boleh la tempah yang lagi elok (agaknya?)

Ada 3 pengajaran penting yang aku belajar dari menjahit langsir ni:

1) Curtain Band- Ni belajor dari Day Curatin pertama yang aku jahit. Aku tak plak terfikir untuk susun kearah bawah Band tu. Main jahit je asal lurus. Lepas dah siap, saje-saje nak gantung nak tgk cantik ke idak. Rupanya, band terjahit arah ke atas. So, terpaksa buka balik jahitan. Nasib baik , belum jahir kain-kain seterusnya.

2) Curtain Pattern- Ni plak belajor dari Night curtain pertama yang aku jahit. Due to this is tingkap 3 panel, so aku kene sambung sekeping + half keping. Tak faham takpe, orang biasa jahit langsir je paham kot?! Coz benda ni pon aku baru tahu & belajor..hahaha..aku tak plak terfikir kene pastikan pattern bunga atas kain tu mesti duduk searah, yakni pattern bunga mesti memanjang ke bawah. Bila dah siap, dan aku gantung, sebab saje2 nk tgk..aku ajak mak aku dating umah untuk tgk. Aduh, mak terus tanya, kenapa corak bunga sekeping ke arah atas, satu keeping lagi ke arah bawah. So, bila nak kene bukak jahitan balik ni?

3) Panjang ukuran kain- Semua Night Curtain dah hampir siap dipotong. Yang pasti, kain tak cukup untuk buat lapisan luar skali yang ada fesyen sket tu. Itulah, tade experience so tak pandai estimate. Sabtu ni kene la ajak Abang ke Nagoya sekali lagi. Dalam rekod, dah 3 kali pergi Nagoya masa sales ni ;)

Mudah-mudahan, aku dapat belajar dari kesilapan-kesilapan di atas.