hari raya curtains

since last week, asyik beremail2an dengan kawan malaysian di sini tentang curtains. where and when to drop them, when we will pick them up, contact no. of the responsible person etc...finally, last saturday, we had a chance to pick them up in the local restaurant in helsinki. initial plan, three of us go together-gether. last minute changes, hubby went alone. reason: raining, can't afford to risk baby exposed to the rain and such a cold weather because of curtains...

hubby balik bawak beg sebesar2nya, ala2 sack santa clause. we were expecting 2 or 3 pieces of curtains, but there were almost 10 of them. macam2 pattern, ber set2...meriahlah rumah ku sempena hari raya yang mulia ini. bukannya ada sapa2 nak tengok pun anyway, just for self satisfaction. tq to the dearie friend for that. we really appreciate them.

gotta run, bus will be here in the next 8 minutes. better off now.

Al-Fatihah

Al-Fatihah untuk arwah Datin Seri Endon who passed away this morning. Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat, Amiin...

autumn

it's mid autumn. but the weather is so...SOOO cold...this morning, it was -1 degree C. last week, one of the days even reached -4 deg C. and yet, it's just autumn, mid of autumn, not even winter yet. i wonder how cold winter would be. so i guess, autumn here is not as 'beautiful' as autumn in the other places. and it is not the 'ideal or regular' autumn as in the other places. differ from autumn in new york (oh, winona!) and it has nothing close to autumn in my heart..(fav korean drama)...

what's new? nothing new. last weekend, we managed to bake a kek pisang. my fav cake besides chocolate, butter,cheese cakes (actually, i love all type of cakes). rating: err 3/5 kot. the smells, the look is ok. the texture can still be improved. maybe i need to use sodium bicarbonate instead of baking powder and more and more bananas...

we browsed through ebookers site. check for flight ticket to kuala lumpur - saja2 gatal. surprisingly they offer such a good price. €400 something for 1 month break. mulalah aku teruja nak balik ni. but come to think of it, it's not even 2 months yet we are here, and pening baby aku pun tak habis lagi agaknya, dah nak naik kapal terbang lagi...hehehe...tak nak pikir, dah tutup buku. no balik2 kampung until next year.

dapat hobi baru, membaca 'bende2 berpaedah' dari website menarik. thanks to cik kieli. funny but i spent almost 5 hours last sunday reading all the 'useful' things sampai tepu rasa. can't wait for the 3 of us (ahli parlimen bahagian rembau) bersidang untuk kali kedua. kali ni, i'm sure with more latest and hot input.

find out about the one and only singapore restaurant here in helsinki. and they serve malaysian food. the best is (suggested by friend) is prawn asam pedas. namanya saja dah cukup buat cik talam meleleh air liur. will visit there one day, maybe after Ramadhan.

i think i need to leave the office earlier today. thinking of going to the health service center to make an appoinment. the earliest they can address me is next month. kalau org nazak, sah dah mati dulu. ok ke eh nak cabut ni? dah dua hari aku sampai umah, time dah bukak puasa. oklah ek. well, it's for me to question and for me to answer...:)

roti canai satu!!!

semalam nak ubah selera. asyik makaan nasi je..boring pulak. sekali sekala nak cuba menu lain. so we agreed on having roti canai for berbuka puasa. setakat sekeping dua roti canai, memang tak cukuplah. to have a lot of roti canai, nak tak nak kena buat. luckily (so luckyyyy) husband boleh buat. walaupun main bantai je, and barang2 ada yang tak cukup, Alhamdulillah jaddikkk.. this time the taste, the rupa and the texture are much better compared to the first time he made it. and it tasted soo good...(tak tahulah memang sedap betul ke, or sebab there's no other choice ke or sebab cik talam memang biig and huge fan of roti canai ke)....and we had it with kari kepala ikan rainbow trout and sambal...
sembang dengan elisa in the morning. banyak belajar tips especially on raw materials yang boleh didapati kat supermarket. bestnya, bertambah variety lah menu yang boleh dibuat. rasanya kalau ada kukus best jugak ni. boleh try2 buat kuih. memang cik talam suka kuih muih tradisional. kalau kat malaysia, banyak spend on kuih2 bila pi pasar malam...opss dah dekat time berbuka...ciao!

carta ngetop

semalam tengok carta ngetop top ten song weekly di channel mtv. carta tu meant for international singers (bukanlah ala2 juara lagu gitu). cik talam tak tengok sangat, cuma dengar2 gitu je sambil buat karipap. dari no 10 - 2, all these famous singers ranging from tatu, britney spears, black eyed peas bla bla with their new and famous songs. sekali, juara carta minggu ini.....bang! a band from finland, singing song in finnish! rasa macam tak make sense, kelakar pulak rasa...hehehe, it's like, u have this similar chart in malaysia, no 10- britney, no 9-creed, no 8-bla bla....no 3-alicia keys, no 2-usher, and juara carta minggu ini ialah...mawi dengan lagunya aduh saliha!!! errr...heheheh...ok gak eh, since i am a big fan of mawi....cuma carta semalam tu rasanya macam a bit bias lah....

semalam pagi2 buta lepas subuh, me and hubby nonton iron chef - the potato battle. hebat!!! challneger its a houseiwfe and she was able to cook 7 potato-based dishes in 1 hour. nampak simple2 masakan dia tapi macam sedapnyaaaa....and she defeated the iron chef-chen. waaa!!! hebat2!!!. i was like, 'ooh macam2 bende eh boleh buat dengan kentang ni...' petang tu, cik talam pun cuba, buat potato ball macam dalam iron chef tu. oklah jadik jugak. simple pulak tu, sedap2 (well, the jury was my husband, so...)...boleh buat lagi...dessert pun boleh buat dengan kentang, tapi tak tahulah menjadik ke idak kalau kita yang buat....dalam iron chef tu, semua dia buat, nasi kentang, stew kentang, bubur kentang, bla bla...tiada yang tidak kentang melainkan kentang2 belaka....memandangkan kentang teramatlah murah kat sini, bagus jugak aku tengok cite tu semalam. ada idea. lepas ni nak tgk iron chef nak pilih episod2 yang relevant je (yang cost raw materialnya murah di sini), flour battle ke, carrot battle ke, brocoli battle ke....ok, nak mandi, lepas ni nak tengok gilmoreeee!!!!!!!

shop till you drop in ikea

we went to ikea yesterday, here in espoo area. according to journey planner, bus 27, 270 or 28KT can take us to ikea (these busses are stationed in sello). we arrived in sello 20 minutes before bus 27 is scheduled to leave. so decided to do a quick groceries in prisma while waiting for the bus. we got ourselves a bread, raisin, apple and keledek. all costs euro 3.70. lepas bayar je, tengok jam, alamak dah 1 minit bus terlepas...menyampah betul. bas kat sini is so damn punctual that u cannot afford to be late even a minute. alang2 dah lambat tu, kami pun lengah2 dalam sello. tengok jadual bus berikutnya, it will be at 1.30pm. bus came shortly after we were in the bus stop. lamanya perjalanan. almost 40 minutes. kalau amik bus 270, the journey will be shorter than this (sebab ikut route lain). berenti di bus stop ikea. nampak ikea dari bus stop. besaarrrnyaaaaaaa....
masuk ikea terus ke tingkat atas dulu. it's like a gudang concept, 2 storeys. consists of several parts. besarrrr...dalam tu ada 2 restaurant. best gilaaaa..semua barang2 canggih22 yang amat. how can they think to invent a smart products like this? dari sebesar2 barang sampailah ke sekecik2nya, semua ada. all house appliances, ALL, everything, you can get them here. menggila betul, especially masuk part barang2 dapur and perabut2 dapur since me and hubby memang suka tengok brg dapur....bestnyaaa, undescribable....rasa macam nak angkut semua, sebab harga dia is so affordable and relatively cheap compared to ikea malaysia, even after converting over converting beberapa kali. i guess this is due to the country of origin of ikea goods itself, which is sweeden (dekat dgn finland). i wonder how cheap ikea goods are in sweeden.

mulalah aku ngan laki aku berangan. esok2, kalau nak balik malaysia lepas habis belajar, org lain bawak balik kontena bawak kete, aku bawak balik brg2 ikea. sebab kat malaysia, kalau nak have all this built-in, smart, fancy and user-friendly furniture and gadgets in your house, sahlah mahal. ada satu perabot dapur dia tu, very the very canggih. bukak one of the compartment in the perabot, ada peti ais. built-in fridge. bestnyaaa, ouch!

pegi kat tempat barang2 dapur macam pinggan mangkuk lagilah best. barang2 dia lagi murah dari beli di bersatu jaya atau kedai jalal. eh wait a minute, lagi murah dari pasar malam TU kot. pinggan, mangkuk, high quality banyak yg harga euro 0.60. chopping board kayu2 semua murah, tupperware banyak2 pun euro 2.50 - 3.50 je. mangkuk besar untuk baking 2 for euro 4.25...barang mainan adam pun murah. we bought him a small-mr-bean's-like-teddy, and it costs only euro 1.95...

overall, semalam we bought everything in the pic with a total cost of euro 22 (itupun termasuk euro 1 for the big plastic bag)...berat gilalah nak balik tu mengangkut brg2...balik tu singgah lidl sat buat groceries...

heaven rasa...nanti sebelum balik malaysia, aku nak beli barang kecik2 tu banyak, nak jual kat pasar ramadhan...tak pun kat pesta konvo...

26th birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO.......OUR BELOVED MAMA....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

Happy 26th birthday sayang...
may Allah bless you with more birthdays...

lotsa love,
adam & abi

i received an email yesterday, from my husband, containing the above birthday wishes from my two favourite guys in the world...tq...

tima kasih jugak utk cik kieli, chah, wan, ann, wahie, prudence...-my clcub 7 members who wished me happy besday...yes, me and cik kieli's niece (nurin) share the same birthdays...memang cocok sekalilah, pasal kami berdua (me and nurin) memiliki ciri2 yang sama...vogue gitu...

kaau nurin celebrate birthday makan kfc, cik talam celebrate birthday makan aiskrim cokelat je...kat sini bukannya takde kfc, ada..tapi kentucky fried chicken tak sembelih lah...

cik talam dalam dillema...semalam dikunjungi kawan dari indonesia yang sama2 belajar2 di sini. baik sungguhh...kaya bangat seh. bersembang2 dengan dia. kaki jalan jugak minah tu. sama je ngan cik talam, kalau jalan punya pasal sanggup meninggalkan suami (cis bedebah)...dia sudah ke china, hong kong, europe semua dah di jajah...tak lama lagi sebelum balik bercuti ke indon, akan menjelajah canada selama 3 minggu. pakej, all in in, cover 1 canada. cik talam tanya berapa harganya? €2500...mak aii, lebih RM 10k duit malaysia...aku rasa sah dia ni ada kena mengena dengan suharto, tak pun dengan gus dur...kayanyaaaa....baik sungguh minah ini..bercerita dengan pengalaman manis di jepun...'saya ada kawan baik di jepun' cik alam bukak cite dan menjual minyak...bulat biji matanya...'ayuhhh dehhhh, kita pegi tahun depannnnnnn'...errr, macam mana eh....memang niat di hati nak pegi sgt lagi ke negara matahari terbit tu ke tempat cik kieli...entah, suka..memang seronok disitu...tapi aku taklah se pakcik kayo kawan indon ni...'berapa harga tiketnya ya agak2 dari sini' cik talam bertanya sendiri...'€700' pantas dia menjawab...aik macam mana dia tahu..'sudah banyak kali saya check, memang teringin bangát mahu pergi Jepun'...eehe, kenalah cik talam mintak kebenaran cik kieli dulu..tp cik kieli mesti terhibur, baik budak ni...sekepala dengan kita..baik yang amat2..humble gitu

tiba2 dia kata, 'saya ada tiket pegi stockhom minggu depan, €20 saja. kamu mau ngak?'...haaa?? utk sorang ke? ngak, untuk berempat...selalunya tiket utk berempat (1 cabin) naik kapal besar (viking) pegi balik helsinki-stochkom worth €160...dia kuat berjalan, dapatlah bonus card gitu...hmm, nak pegi ke tak nak...ikutkan hati nak pegi sgt, pasal 8 kali ganda lagi murah...in fact, aku pi buat grocery pun dah €20..ni dapat pi sweeden anak beranak. tempat tido best gila pulak tu (tgk dalam internet)...masalahnya tiket tu tamat 12hb, next wednesday, suntuk sgt masanya. the best bertolak sunday, sampai pagi monday di sweeden, jalan2, pusing2, ptg pulang, sampai pagi selasa di helsinki. at least cuti sehari je. tapi isnin tu ada kelas....tak boleh, kena bertolak selasa ptg. nampaknya kena cuti 2 hari lebih (kot2 sampai 3 hari terus cuti)...hm macam mana eh...

cik talam tau, kalau cik kieli ada kat sebelah ni sekarang, jawapannya memang pegilah..pasal dua2 kaki berjalan...cuma sekarang ni dalam dilema sebab sorang2...suami ku ok je, moderate..taklah sefanatik cik talam yg kuat berjalan...tapi taklah membangkang...hmm macam mana ehhhhhhhhhhhhh...

malas aa pikir, baik aku balik awal hari ni. boleh buat karipap ke, bubur ke...supervisor tiada hingga hujung minggu. pi estonia...bolehlah aku panjang langkah...

selamat menyambut Ramadhan

Ramadhan is coming. it's either on the 4th or 5th october. seronok nak sambut Ramadhan. sebab dah lamaa tak puasa (a year i must say)...tahun lepas sambut Ramadhan masa i was 7 month pregnant. so puasa penuh, no public holiday. memandangkan takde kena ganti, setahun tu langsung tak puasa (teruk betul). kononnya nak buat puasa 6, tapi dapat puasa sehari je. kononnya lapar sgt masa mengandung tu, tak tahan. yang herannya puasa Ramadhan tahan pulak....what the 'toot' of me...

minggu baru ni seminggu cik talam alami monday blues. tiap2 hari dari isnin ke jumaat, i had this so-called monday blues.tiap2 hari pi sekolah terbayang nak balik cepat. cukuplah tak productive. mana taknya, besides monday, hari2 yang lain tu semuanya dah plan dengan hubby nak keluar buat groceries in the afternoon. meaning balik awal lah tu hehhee. so bila dah plan kat umah pagi sebelum pi school tu nak balik awal (around 1 or 2 pm), the whole day tu jadi nenong2x sikitlah. tapi selasa, rabu, plan hanya tinggal plan...hari nak hujan lah, cuaca too cold laah, langit mendung lah..macam2 alasan pulak kami hadapi. me and my husband, we email each other very frequently once cik talam sampai school. so within 1 hour, beberapa kali plan berubah hehehe....selasa kononnya nak pi, kensel, so end up i went back at 5. rabu, bersemangat waja nak balik awal, kononnya nak bertolak dari umah sama2, tapi terover lak rabu, balik lambat (my mistake)...at last khamis tu kami keluar jugak pasal diapers adam dah di tahap kritikal. tapi hubby made my life completely easier by suggesting that we left from my school. he and adam took a bus and wait for me in my department's bus stop. tengah cik talam buat keje tu, tiba2, erl*n singgah bilik. she's also a postgrad student here from indonesia. she is very2 nice. apa lagi kami kalau jumpa, speaking sakanlah. cakap melayu campur indon. syokkkk, rasa macam kat kampung pulak. cik talam tanya tak balik indon ke tahun ni? dia kata 'balik, bulan 12, saya balik 1 bulan'...'waa besttttnya' cik talam cakap. 'iya, saya tiap2 tahun balik, setahun saya ada cuti 30 hari'..mak aii pakcik kayo ni...'ayoh jom balik sama2' dia kata kat cik talam...err takpelah, baru sgt tibanya kat sini...lepas tu dia ajak pi coffee room. ada birthday one of the students. ingat birthday sapa, pegi2 rupanya si kristina hngry. wish dia lepas tu dia bagi cake, cik talam rush2 lepas tu and jumpa hubby di bus stop. diaorg dah ada kat bus stop masa tu. rasa guilty tapi hubby kt diaorg baru tiba about 1 min before.

selasa, pi security office. amik key doorcard. pegawai cakap since cik talam lama kat sini (> 1 year), datang semula for photo taking session on khamis. oke! so khamis ni cik talam amik gambar, and dapatlah jugak card bergambar kat sini hehehe...

jumaat bersemangat waja (yelah, khamis dah ponteng kan). tiba kat opis, terus taip research plan yang didraft semalam. taip + pikir2 formaat sambil tu + edit2 + make-up2 kan plan tu, pukul 10 lebih baru siap. pegi bilik prof a few times nak jumpa, tapi he was not in the room. takpe baca paper dulu. lepas pukul 1, saje pi bilik prof. dia ada guest, dia suruh dtg balik. pegi jenguk kristina hgry sat. hehe, biasaklah, kalau dah jumpa dia mesti sejam lebih gak masa aku hilang..ni yang maleh ni...waaaa!!! lepas tu semayang sat, siap je semayang tu prof datang bilik tempat cik talam duduk. cik talam bagitau ada bende nak bincang. dia ajak pi bilik dia. dia bukak pintu dia, cik talam masuk dulu ala2 bilik sendiri pulak. lepas tu terus menonong pi meja tetamu dia. time aku tarik kerusi nak duduk tu, baru dia sempat cakap 'yes please'..hehehe.....belum dijemput aku dah duduk..bincang2...prof asyik rasa bersalah sebab minggu ni and depan dia kinda busy. aku pulaj asyik cakap its ok...hhehehe...sian dia...takpe, sambil tu boleh buat banyak keje lain...mula2 frust gak rasanya, sebab aim nak jumpa dia tu, nak cakap macam2, nak bagi idea sikit...sekali hehe, prof cakap lagi banyak dari aku, sampai aku takde kesempatan nak cakap...kalau nak cakap, cik talam kena potong cakap dia...takpun keje cik talam is mengeluarkan perkataan2 yang prof nak cakap tapi tak tersebut oleh dia...biasalah diaorg ni cakap tu oklah tapi bab menulis, mak aiii tere gilaaaaa.....

hari ni sekali lagi pi helsinki.kali ni cik talam dan suami dan adam pi sendiri. R*** tak boleh pi sebab pindah umah...tere gak kami. figure out journey semua and end up we manage to take a bus yang direct dari umah ke helsinki without having to take another bus or whatsoever. dalam perjalanan tu tiba2 kami passed by maharaja cuisine, the halal restaurant yang kami makan masa embassy buat jamuan merdeka hari tu...best makanan2 dia. nasi beriyani, ayam tandoori, sambal sotong, vegetable salad semua. best betul masakan dia. masa ternampak maharaja cuisine tu, cik talam pandang hubby, hubby pandang cik talam. then kami sengihh hhehehe..akhirnya dah tahu macam mana nak pi restaurant tu naik bas. dulu masa pi tumpang kete orang. ehhehe bestnyaaaa, maharaja cuisine, tunggulah kedatangan kami ye......

balik dari helsinki, terus masak. simple je sebab dah lapar. sambil goreng ikan, buat bread pudding. lepas makan nasik dan solat semua tengok lost season 2, episode 2. semakin best aa cite tu. suspen. aku cukup2 tak sangka, jack the hero dalam lost tu is mathew fox. mathew fox, abang sulung dalam cite apa eh cik kieli, ingat tak? yang adik beradik dia ramai tu, salah sorg adik dia is neve campbell. yang diaorg ada restoran tu and parents dia org dah mati..cite apa eh? series gitu.....lepas tgk lost, tengok my all-time favourite series walaupun asyik misss, iaitu gilmore girlssssss...dah season 6 sehh. aku rasa aku tak tengok since season 3 ke 4...heheh....episode 1..best tetap best...bodek2 hubby sikit ajak dia tgk sama and try to make him like that series supaya kalau dia suka boleh tlg downloadkan lagi hehe...dia ada jugak download cite2 dia, smallvile (i dont like smallville, i dont know y), lagi NFL (entah apa entah, football, yang peliknya state mana main, semua dia suka tengok), CSI...tu cite2 dialah. kalau cik talam, hmm, gilmore, american next top mdl,apprentice, mawi..eehhe..

ok nak semayang...tadi baru lepas makan cekodok pisang..heran lah kenapa kalau kita buat cekodok pisang tak boleh jadik se'bulat' dan sekembang macam jual kat warung2 tu? aku rasa dah banyak gila bubuh baking powder...tetap penyek jee..lantak aa, asalkan boleh makan. hari tu tengok resepi nak buat apaam balik sebab teringin pulaklaaahh nak makan apam balik (menyampah betul, kat sinilah tiba2 segala bende macam teringin nak makan)...result...hmmm macam tak jadik je, nampak macam lempeng cuma volume dia increase dari lempeng biasa....bolehlah, asalakn boleh makan...cukuplah buat makan anak beranak je....tak sesuai utk dipasarkan...