Ramadhan Has Passed, Syawal Has Come, Wht's Next?

This year's Ramadhan went by exceptionally fast compared to the previous year. Hmm, we've gone thru Ramadhan, we've started our Hari Raya celebrations so whts next? Every year I have problems fulfilling this promise to myself. I always promise myself tht I will quickly "payback" my puasa & not wait until a mth before the next Ramadhan. Last year, I had 6 days to pay bck - 3 days I payed bck a few days after Hari Raya but the remaining 3 was only in September ths year. Panic sey, almost didnt make it. Every year is like that, its time to make a change! I'm not getting any younger man~

I guess I knw wht I shd do for ths year. I promise to honor my promise to myself. My promise is : I will not wait too long to pay bck my fasting "hutangs". Hmm, but how long is too long? 6mths? I gotta set a target for myself. Let see....Oklah, I promise to pay bck my "hutangs" by 30 Nov 06, Insya-Allah. No excuses except for sickness or reasons tht are beyond my control. Alhamdulillah I managed to pay bck 2 days Thu (ths day Fafa also puasa so was nice lah having sm1 close to me fastg with me, even though diff office..hehe) n Fri so I gotta continue with ths & keep tht momentem going. Thur, Izah bought me hotdog bun for me to break fast n for Friday, Eliza gave me 1 pkt of cream bun. Thank u hor ladies, moga2 berkat lah rezeki korang eh memberi makan kepada yg kelaparan!

Whn I see my colleagues going out for lunch, I start imagining food at ayer rajah, holland V, secret recipe holland grove, kfc/sarpino/pizza hut delivery...so tempting! Been fightg the temptatn for 2 days but dunno how long ths can last...hehe...hopefully until I clear my hutangs lah eh...

P.S - Anyone wanna do ths also (I knw a few of u r planning the same thg but just like me it never happens lah?) Boleh kita motivate each other. : )

2nd Last Day of Ramadhan

Today is the 2nd last day of Ramadhan. Many ppl feel happy but I'm startg to feel a bit sad.
Tomorrow will be the last day of sahur with my family. Come next Ramadhan, Insya-Allah both me &
my bro will be in our own home. Talking abt home, need to start finding one after Raya...prob in Nov lah.

Anyway, I tried making kuih today. I dun hv oven but I die2 wanted to try to make ths "sarang semut" kuih cos i got it thru one of my multiply contacts (Frina) . Decided to do it thru my microwave. Sometimes with microwave, kuih tak jadi becos temp is diff from normal oven. First try was bad...hangus..hehe..

The grated dough with choc rice ready to be baked :

in the microwave for 15 minutes :

first try, using the "bake cookies" function in the microwave, turned out too dark!! my fault also lah cos i totally depended on the function & i was doing smthg else..by the time, i checked the oven, it was too late..hehe :



decided not to give up, tried again using "convection oven". better now :

in the container:

I also tried making chocolate cornflakes (recipe from suria channel website). Forgot to take pics of the "process". I only hv the final piece. The taste was ok lah, dun quite like it cos a bit too sweet :

And oh, me & my cuzin baked some cookies last week at her house. M & M cookies (recipe also from Frina multiply)

the dough :

rolling the dough :

m & m on the cookies...ready to bake!

done, in the bottle :

ran out of M & M' s replaced it with van houten choc chips (personally i prefer this, the m & m a bit too hard, but then again, maybe i baked it wrongly..hehe) :

same dough, 2 types of cookies :

The choc chip cookies was ok but the M & M cookies, hmm, i'm kinda not satisfied with how it turned out. One fine day I'll try again, I thk it was too hard lah (i thk it was my rolling technique maybe tht was wrong or maybe i used the wrong type of M&M..hehe. Insya-Allah next year I'll try all these & hoepfully more kuihs with a real oven instead of a microwave. Too late to try any other kuihs lah. Anyway, my future sis in law gave u some kuihs (thanks Erin!) & my future mum in law gave us some cake. And oh, I kind of forgot tht I already ordered a few kuihs..hehe..so my mum will scream if i sibuk2 make some more..hehe..

Problem With Counter

I seriously feel tht thr's smthg wrong with my counter. Suddenly i have 171 333 hits on my blog...a bit unbelievable rite? I tried re-doing another one at Foo Counter but I had probs so i decided to change to BlogPatrol. I've reset it to ZERO..

Anyways, boring day, waiting for Fafa to call me to go n buy sm stuff later. I'm currently tryg to see if I can add any new n intrestg thgs to ths blog....I'm kinda bad at html so havent had much luck..haha..so i'll stick to the same layout...

K lah selamat berbuka to all who are fasting! Only a few hrs more to go!