Egg Tart

I met my friend yesterday. I asked him to come over to The Intermark Tower. It has been quite sometimes we havent met after returning from Turkmenistan. When I greeted him at the hotel lobby, I asked where to eat and was he really hungry. A very light meal should be ok. Since we need to talk something casual and relex, why not we go to one of the cafe upstairs. The place was cosy and splendid. When I browsed the menu on the greenboard, I would prefer to have a beef quinche and ice lemon tea. My friend refused to eat instead having ice lemon tea. Finally, I decided to have a drink only. Right at the bottom of my heart, the quinche look so delicious and mouth watering. Never mind......

I reached home ealier before 6.30. The traffic was not that bad even my car have to crawl slowly. When I entered the house I could smell something nice and pleasant. My wife was baking tarts! Wow....that was my favourite. Especially blueberry cheese tart! And not only that! There were some egg tarts as well. She told me that the cheese tarts she did it because there was some left over cream cheese topping. And the egg tart because few of my children disliked cheese. I took three of the cheese tarts and two of the egg tarts. Those were my meal for dinner.

I told my wife that she better pipep the filling with roset and dot the blueberry jam with a round nozzle and it will give a better presentation.

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KTM Oh KTM

Yesterday I took a KTM commuter to the office. I never expect a marvelous ride knowing KTM services are very embarrassing and never have any efford to improve the condition. We can say 'lazy to live, refuse to die' ( I translated from a Malay proverb again,'hidup segan mati tak mahu'. Few weeks ago KTM announced that they have new coaches that can accommodate 1000 passengers. Wow that must be a good and happy news. Everybody welcomed with very much curiousity. For me, 'listen can, believe no' (another Malay proverb, ' dengar boleh percaya jangan'.

After experiencing a horrible trip, KTM just like a dumb pig. No initiative for improvement even after receiving numerous complaints from riders. Oh.....I know why! Because the commuter only used by odinary citizens and immigrants like Mat Bangla, Mat Nepal etc. Who cares? Perhaps if somebody up there taking a ride at the peak hours together with local citizens then they will realise how poor are the services whether rakyat di utamakan (people first)

I was waiting the train which should arrive at 5.46. The train only arrived at 6.12. No punctuality! Announcement and the PA system was so bad. Hardly you can hear anything when you were underground. People were increasing and coming from every where and not enough fresh air to inhale.....people might get suffocate if the ventilation is not improve.

My conclusion is how to elevate oneself to become a developed nation if the service and mindset is like third world country. I better rest my case here!

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Second Attempt

Yesterday my wife baked a red velvet cake for a second time. She has improved a lot especially the decoration part. Thump up for her. She mentioned that she using different receipe for the cake and reduced the amount of red colour and without cocoa powder. No wonder the colour little bit lighter. I would prefer the first version. The taste was better. Kis piped the cream cheese frosting with words happy holiday because no birthday to celebrate.

Now, my wife already fond of cake decoration eventhough the skill need to be sharpened. Wow......time to save my expenditure isnt it! My wife complained that the ingredients for cake baking and decoration is not a cheaper business anymore. I told her that the price for a kilogram of birthday cake is more than RM50 if you buy from a bakery shop. The most important thing is we know that our own home made cake is 100% halal.

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How To Grow Frangipani With Limited Space

My passion for frangipani because of its varieties of smells and colours will never ending. I always thought of to collect more species with different shapes and sizes. How are you going to grow them if your garden is small or sekangkang kera? Now I know what to do; and it would be more attractive and my garden will be the attention of everybody around my area. Since I already have few of them planted on the ground, that will make my project much easier. Haha.....sure you all wanted to know how am I going to manage it right! Iam going to GRAFT them. Do you know how to do it? I did it before to my bougenvila or bunga kertas years ago and it was successful. If everything goes as planned and the result will be amazing.

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Enjoying My Little Garden

My garden is small. Like a Malay proverb says 'sekangkang kera'. Yes it is really small. But I could plant many plants, squeezing them in between, hanging under my pergola and around my water lily pool. Space is not a matter if you have a creative thoughts. There are plants still leaving in the pot waiting for me to transfer them on the ground. When you are surrounded by green, you feel fresh and tranquil.

My bamboo plants have produced their new shoots. My japanese roses blooming abandantly. My frangipanis flowering with many colours. My heliconias sparkling bright with its intense red and pink colours. Oopppssss.....Im still thinking of getting another sexy orange heliconia. I saw them at the hotel receptionist counter last week!

Now I am enjoying the green, multiple colours of my beautiful garden. My wife brought me some red velvet cake and a cup of tea. Wow....it is so wonderful to experience the beautiful gift from Allah swt.

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Polka Dot Apam

First of all, who can help me to define a perfect word for Apam. Let me explain a little bit about apam and perhaps you could derive a suitable word for apam. From my naive knowledge, a simple explanation of apam is a cup cake in a different version. First, it is made of rice flour mixed with soaked rice and yis. Leave the mixture overnight for fermentation then steam in a cup the next morning. The other one is just like a sponge cake. Instead of baking you steaming it. Rop, I need your help to find a correct word.

Few weeks ago I shown my wife the beauty of polka dot apam. Actually the multiple colours made it looked very superbly attractive. I browsed the internet to find the receipe and copied it to my wife. As usual my wife is very keen of cooking. I need to help her to demonstrate the method of doing things coz her English is not that good. My English???? Not that good bcoz english is not my native language too.

Today when I smsed her whether she will prepare apams she remained silent. Suddenly in the evening she rang me and the apams are ready. Wow...that wonderful. When I returned home I saw lovely and cute apams. One sincere comment from me was the colours must vividly contrast between the dots and base. One more comment. The dots should put in the piping bag with a tiny round nozzle to make a perfect dot instead of cutting directly the piping bag. Never mind....you always can perfect you skill. Excellent attempt!

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Sparkling Purple

Its vibrant and sparkling purple colour make my pergola looks so beautiful. Don't you think so? Sorry for praising myself little bit. Last week end I was working on my garden to propagate and fertilise the plants. Instead of distributing the green fertiliser which promote the growth, I threw in the red fertiliser to promote flowers for my 'gasing' plant. It works! Today I can see flowers every where and every direction on my pergola. What else can I say after years of waiting? Thank god.....alhamdulillah. Yesterday, while I was feeding my fish, I saw the cutting of the same plant that I propagated months ago had produced the leaves. Now it gives me a spirit or zeal to germinate more. Anybody would like to have one????

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I Love Your Songs

I have to admit that listening to your songs have given me great pleasure. The music, the voice is mesmerising and keep me awake through the day. Eventhough the words are very alien to my ears but I am enjoying every beat and rythm of the songs. It makes me remembering of Paris the City of Romance. I just wonder when will I be there again......miss u...

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Red Velvet Cake From My Wife

Yes! Yes! Finally I ate the cake. Yesterday my wife prepared the cake for Adah's birthday. Kiss also helping my wife to prepare the cake decoration. Hhhmmmmm...Kiss needs to learn more about cake decoration. It was her first attempt. Ok lah..... Anyway the taste was good especially the cream cheese topping splendidly blended with the cake texture. Hopefully we can do it again and improve it as our own version. Hey.....you still can change the colour instead of red to become blue, green, yellow or orange!

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KLCC At Night

Ubai and I were strolling at KLCC last night. The weather wad good and not that many people were around. The panoramic view af KLCC and its surrounding very much dazzling. I wish I could have spend more time roaming around with the fresh air. Iwas so tired and my eyes keep on asking me lets go to bed. Luckily Ubai was driving a car.

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Revitalising Your Hair

When we are aging or growing old, everything is changing. Our skin has lost it elasticity. The tension of the skin has loosen up. The beauty of the teeth tend to slowly dissappear. The gum started to shrink and the teeth protruded like a dracula. The hair started to falling off gradually and the lustre of it has gone. Those symptoms can easily be detected especially when you put yourself in front of the mirror. Yes....that what I am experiencing right now.

Are there any product that can revitalise the those signs of getting old? Yes.....old is a matter of numbers right! But aging is the process of getting old. Why people scared of getting old? Simple answer is....people are scared of death and they are near time to grave.

My hair keep falling off for the past ten years. But I am not totally bald but this bit of hair still keep me look young and handsome....hehehe. I have used this product for the past 4 months and magically my hair started to grow. First I was not realised until my wife put on her comment about my hair. Yesterday I asked Ubai and he noted positively. Wow that must be good and yesterday I bought a complete set of hair treatment that costed me for nearly RM200. Actually the product was introduced by my son, Safwan.

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My New Shirt

I was late yesterday. I have made the arrangement with Ubai to meet him at KLCC. We planned to watch a movie at TGV. It has been simetimes I havent seen any movies since the period I could not remember.

That morning I asked Jalil to give me a leave to my office. I will ask Ubai to drive to KL and he needed to check his computer at Low Yat. After the meeting and finishing my asar prayer I walked to KLCC. On the way I met Azam and he demanded to have a tea at a nearby cafe. Yeah......since I have been stationed at The Intermark, I have met many of my old friends. And some of them I havent met for such a long long time.
When I met Ubai at KLCC, I asked him what did he want. Sponteneously he said a shirt. Ok.....lets find a shirt and not T-shirt since you already have plenty. We enter the Uniqlo shop and the are plenty of selections for us to choose. After having a deep thought I bought two shirts and Ubai having a blue gingham shirt. These are my new office shirts.

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