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It's been just over a month and we dearly miss our home and everyone there.. but mostly our home..hahahah, jahat tak? I wanted to introduce the house months ago, but never got around to do it.
Since hari nak raya, sesiapa nak jemput datang beraya sila ye... you all are welcome.. tapi kami takdela.. =)
The Dining Area
The Kitchen
The Living
CW: The Master, my oh-so-wonderful wardrobe, the study room & the kids room
The two bathrooms
The hallway
p/s: to our tenants, jagala rumah kami baik2...we'll be watching! jeng jeng jeng!
As promised, here is the step-to-step guide to making the ever so addictive Banana & Peach Crumble.
Ingredients: 1. Banana 2. Peach - Fresh or tinned is fine 3. 150g butter, cubed 4. 225g plain flour/tepung gandum 5. 2 tbsp granulated sugar or brown sugar
Step 1: Pre-heat the oven to 190 deg cel or gas mark 5
Step 2: Combine butter and flour in a mixing bowl
Step 3: Rub them with both hands until they resemble breadcrumbs - see pic below I used one hand as i need the other to take photos with but trust me, it's easier with both.
Step 4: Add a tablespoon (tbsp) of sugar and mix well
Step 5: In a baking tray, mix the bananas and peaches, however way you want, squared, cut, diced and as many as you desire. Then sprinkle the other tbsp of sugar to it
Step 6: Top with the crumbs, just like so
Step 6: Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden
and wal-lah! It's ready to be served. you can have it with cream or ice cream or just on its own. Let me know how it went ok.
Notes:
1. If you want to make more, just make sure the ratio of butter to flour is 2:3 e.g. two parts butter, three parts flour to make just nice of a crumble.
2. If you have a sweet tooth, add more sugar.
3. If you love fruits, add more.
4. If you want it to be crispier, let it bake in the oven for 5-10 minutes longer.
This is a very easy flexible recipe. Create it to you own likings. Entirely up to you.. So, good luck!
p/s: Mokcik D, you wajib buat and feedback to me, beriya suruh i buat photographic tutorial. hah, amik ni!
We went to the park again today, it was sunnier than usual and kols malas nak gi office, since bangun pukul 10. heh! last day of nazar puasa punye pasal.. Anyhoo, here are some photos and videos of Hannah feeding the birds, ducks and swans.
This one below was quite a while ago, during one of the many trips to the city centre.
It took me two weeks to get this compiled. Main reason, photos are all from Mr Amien and some are from kols's phone. Yes, we are still without a camera . We had a small gathering with a few of our friends. Overall, good food, good day!
After that madness of banana & peach crumble last week, I vow not to let it go that far again with our desserts. Both Kols and I were fasting today, and I thought it'd be a good idea to have apple pie for dessert. I tried my hardest to make one healthy one and I was very pleased to how the pie turned out. Very healthy looking indeed. hehe... I wish I have a photo of it.
And just guest what Kols did? Dear goodness me, because of his appetite for all things sweet, scrumptious and well.. gynormous helpings, we had the apple pie with two flavoured ice cream; Haagen Daaz Strawberry and Cream Ice Cream and Ben & Jerry Chocolate Ice Cream with chocolate chips and cookie dough!!!!
How psychotically insane does that sound huh??? Aiyyoooooooooo... I'm doomed to a whole life of fatness because of him! Pray for me my friends...
and on and on saying windu everyone repeating it every few minutes while snoozing away.
I wasn't sure if she even understands what rindu is... But still.... Alahai... How heartbreaking!!! And how exactly do you deal with that??? How do you explain to a two year old who is just starting to know everyone, getting close to everyone and suddenly they are not around? Sedih tol.. Nasib tak berjurai2 je airmata... Waduh..
I guess mama and babah, you better make that trip over here very very soon...
Hawa was ebay-ing for some boots and the kids were sleeping. Sitting there doing nothing, I switched on the TV and then jeng-jeng-jeng, I saw one of my favourite movie - Get Over It. (I must stress out here that I am NOT a chick flick fan.) I was laughing and smiling through out the movie, because I remembered how benci my housemates were in Bolton Gardens, whenever I watched this movie. Did I not mention that I watched it for more than five times? heheheh
Hawa was asking me today (while ebay ing, konon2 kasi moral support la, walhal menyampah dgn cerita ni) "By, you bukan ke dah tengok cerita ni banyak kali?"
Nak tau ke kenapa?
The movie actually reminds me of my good all days, in Imperial College. (Lebih kurang la macam dalam cerita tu) I was actively involved in Malaysian Night, dikir barat, silat, dancing, kompang etc. It was during that time that I started to know this lady. She was not the average girl, she was seriously, wayyyyy below average; gemuk, pendek, muka bulat, spek zaman kuno, gelak kuat, banyak cakap, perasan bagus, sheesh. I was at that time (and still until now) hensem, kacak, perut berpetak enam, gagah serta memiliki keyakinan yang tinggi.
Well, cut the story short, (sebab macam malu la kan nak cerita lebih2) one thing led to another, I am now married to the lady. You might wonder how did she look like earlier? No no no, you don't have to know. Thanks to Dr Mc Namara for a few big surgeries, she had her new physical transformation, funded from selling some stolen kambings from the village, selling smuggled bicycles parts to the school kids and gadai-ing some sudu and garpu.
I love you Hawa.
p/s If you still want to know how she look like zaman dulu2, you may ask fellow KUSSESians, especially to Mr Silent-Reader, you know who you are.
Up until today which is Thursday over here, I've made Banana & Peach Crumble 6 nights in a row. Oh yes!! I'm not kidding, 6 nights in a row. Thanks to Kols who is addicted to it. Arteries-Clogging, cardiac-arrest chronically addicted to it.
I made it the first time for Hannah's birthday party last Saturday, and since then, It's Banana Peach Crumble every single night. I tried to make it as healthy as possible from the you'll-die-in-a-week original version. Less sugar, less butter, and less cream! hah! still taste so good to him! Plus he's been nazar fasting this past few days, I couldn't say no. But I've decided to mogok making it for the next few weeks. At least until I'm sure the six days worth of Crumble has been flushed out of his system. I'll just make fruit salad for him tonight. hahaha... I'm almost 100% sure, he wouldn't go for it.
We've been dying to visit this place again since the last time we did about 4 years ago. The Salmon Ramen is to die for. We love it so much that we dream about it once in a while. We tried to find anything that could come close to it everywhere in Malaysia. We've tasted lots of them, some were ok and some were just total nothing. Sure enough, nothing compared to what they serve in Ichiban. Oh yes, except for one we admire, beef ramen from Sushi Zenmai. Not the same but close.
Now that we are here, and Ichiban is just a short visit to the city centre we will surely have a plenty of that delicious salmon ramen everytime we get the chance.
p/s: I'm drooling just writing about it. heh..
Aiyooo, I can still taste it in my mouth. Ya Rabbi, sedap gile!
A small cosy celebration of Hannah's bday after we both totally forgotten about it. We went to Iceland to get her favourite vanilla cheesecake that evening.
Insyaallah, we'll be having the real celebration for Hannah this Saturday with some of our close friends. Will update with more photos soon.
We are still without a camera. All photos are by kols phone.. Please don't mind the quality.
These are of a few trips to the city centre. Hannah is still very overly excited getting on a bus. There's this one time, returning from a car boot sales with a golf set I bought for her, sibuk main golf atas bas.
Alhamdulillah, at last, we slept at our own beds last night. Kols managed to sign the agreement and get the house keys yesterday, we moved in straight away.
A million thank yous to Alid & Amin for your wonderful hospitality, lending us a place to stay while we sort out our house. Semoga Allah je membalas jasa kalian... we are surely gonna miss you, hannah keep asking about aunty and uncle. Keep asking to go to 'Rumah Uncle'. Come and visit us when you have the time ok.
I direly want to snap some photos of the house for this post, unfortunately, our very much loved not to mention still so new Sony Cybershot T700 is kaput!!! Due to a certain scorching, burning, excessive heat of an unexpected caustic lamp! Thanks sayang... ;)
It burned through the leather case and toast the camera inside out! I almost died when I saw the camera, not just because of how much money we spent on it, more so because of the memories (photos I didn't or haven't yet transferred into a pc) I kept inside it. The camera was purposely bought with a built in memory so that I'd never leave behind the memory card (I always do that with our previous sony). So, until our next camera purchase, we are leave with kols camera phone. Insyaallah, god permits, we'll get a new one soon, or maybe as a pressie? Anyone?
I woke up again around 10.00am in the morning, feeling excited looking at Ayah and Ibu, but Moink??? They looked as usual, busuk and have not taken their shower yet. "Uiks, macam takde apa-apa je?. Baik try golek-golek, mana tau diorang ingat." (Golek-golek, golek-golek) ... 1 hour later "Tak ingat jugak?? Poo-poo la pulak, biar boleh mandi, mana la tau, diorang boleh ingat." (Poo poo, poo poo)... 1 hour later "Ya ampun!!!... Mengong nye dua-dua ni." "Ayah, Hannah yak cuk!! Andiiiiiiiiii.."
Then while in the shower, babah called, all the way from Malaysia. I could not hear what Babah said to Ayah, but when the phone was passed to me.. "Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to Hannah, Happy birthday to you.."
It took me long enough eh? But, I managed. For your eyes and hearts only...
Thank you to everyone who came to send us off at the airport at 12am sunday night. Thank you for your dua's and prayers. I'll surely miss each and everyone of you dearly. Insyaallah, God permits, we will see each other again.
To bapak & mak, Kak Ina & Abg Saiful, thank you so much for coming all the way from Johor.
p/s:Untuk Atok & Nenek, jangan nangis pulak tengok gambar2 cucu2 mu ni ye.. hehehe
Transit at Dubai
Having Dinner upon arrival at Kak Jas's in Glasgow
Following Kols to Uni for registration
Oh Yes, my favourite part, shopping for the kids at Primark. Wah..syiok gile.. heheh
Look at that hat on Sophie, kelakar gile. I bought it at Car Boot Sales the other day. (sempat dah pegi Car Boot gile la..hehe)
Taking a breather while having the ever so famous chips & curry at St. George's Sq.
It's sunny, but it's so cold. Keras jari jemari semua.
We have safely arrived in Glasgow. Currently staying at a friend's place while looking for a house. We've seen a few today. I really like the first house we saw, however, it will only be available on Nov 2nd. That's 3 weeks more being homeless. We are thinking of staying at a B&B or maybe just stay on the street for the next three weeks.. aduh...
The rest we saw were either too shabby, comot-momot or extremely expensive. Macam manala?? I keep pestering kols on getting the first house. But seriously, I don't even know how to go around it. Where are going to stay for the next three weeks, if we were to decide on it? mak aii, payah!! kusut mokcik...
Other than the kekusutan looking for a house, everything's well, alhamdulillah. And Kols is still getting use to the slangs. senget2 kepala dia dengar orang sini cakap. His Uni registration was a challenge because of the scottish slangs. It might take him a while.. heh
I'm already missing everyone at home. Plus my best friends... =(
To those yang kami tak sempat jumpa,kami mohon ampun kalau ade salah dan silap. Ada rezki, kita jumpa lagi Insyaallah.
I'm in the midst of doing the final packing. Insyaallah, everything's packed. I just need to get hannah a pair of boots tomorrow at OU and a few more vacuum bags for our rempah ratus. We'll be leaving for the airport at 9.30 pm tomorrow. Our flight is at 2am.
Salaam sayang to everyone, and Insyaallah, I'll see you all back when everything is sorted out in Glasgow. Hope it'll be soon...
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ibuhannah
A 26-year old, a wife and a mommy to two beautiful daughters. A home-maker who's enjoying every minute of being one. I'm also known as the "lady of leisure" among my best friends.
