LIfe's getting busier...

As the titled above, its crazy hectic...I need to do my studying but i can't because i need to concentrate to the current run i'm in...we're having our Pathology final exam next thursday and i'm freaking because i haven't study anything yet...its so gonna be a short, tiring weekend...anyway the purpose of this entry is to tell that since our life is so busy, I only cooked once this week, which sucks because i like cooking...if the fridge has nothing to eat and we haven't had sahur for quite some time now...

Last Friday - Cinta Restaurant (Chicken wings, Tofu sumbat, Koong Poh Beef and Char kueh teaw)
Saturday - I cooked Chicken Kurma, Ikan bilis with potato masak tomato, sambal belacan and telur masin
Sunday - Iftaar at Pn Siti's House (Karipap, Murtabak maggi, agar-agar, Cekodok, Chicken Curry, Sup sayur, sambal belacan, ikan masin goreng)
Monday - Kayu Manis Restaurant (Bubur pulut hitam, Murtabak daging, Bihun goreng, Chicken Curry, Sayur Goreng and Seri muka)
Tuesday - I was oncall so I had to buy from VIBE cafe in the hospital (Vegetarian Curry with rice, Muesli dessert and apple-guava juice), Baby bought takeaway from Serai Heaven (Ayam Panggang with rice)
Wednesday - Kayu Manis Restaurant (Murtabak daging, Bihun goreng, Chicken Curry, Daging Masak Hitam, Sayur Goreng and Seri muka)
Thursday - Cinta Restaurant (Tofu sumbat, Char kueh teaw and 2 Chicken Rice)
Tonight - Baby is oncall and ask me not to cook but get takeaway from Serai Heaven (Chicken Sambal with rice)


Probably I'll start cooking this weekend.....

The struggle of getting a table...

I wasn't feeling well last night, emotionally...so fiance was worried and what else that can make me happy kan? good food!!...so he made a reservation at Kayu Manis...well this is actually third time we wanted to try the Ramadhan Menu Set...the first time was Saturday before flying to Rotorua...we didn't made any reservation, thinking that it will be in the menu and to our suprised, its not!...i was pretty upset and fiance couldn't do anything since the next day we had o fly to Rotorua...so he made a promise that he reserve the day we arrive back...so we order from the menu that they had, which turn out pretty good...

So on last friday before we flew back, fiance call to make a reservation and guess what? they now only serve the Ramadhan menu set from Monday to Thursday...ishh geramnye! thats why we end up dining at Cinta instead...

Since i was depressed last night, fiance reserve to eat there tonight and praying hard nothing wrong will happen and guess what?...nothing happen...hahhah it was just to crowded and they had to turn people away...apparently they was a good review about the restaurant last Saturday....So this is what we had...the lighting concept ala-ala romantic with candles, so my the pictures quality is a bit crap...and we did start of with kurma....then

Bubur Pulut Hitam & Air Sirap

Bihun Goreng

Kari Ayam, Sayur Goreng and Mutabak Daging

Then we finish off with seri muka...Overall the food was ok but i hate the seri muka and the kari was tawar and they dont have the salt and pepper shakers on the table...but otherwise for a 12 dollars set, its worth it...since their normal main dish is about 18 dollars...

Rotorua

ok this is going to be a short and fast entry...since i have a lot of assignments and reading to be done before monday...Haha tula bercuti lagi 2 weeks...anyway this is an entry on my last 2 weeks in Rotorua...As mentioned before, I was living in a motel (which cost a fortune but worth every minute of every single day) that has full kitchen in the unit, swimming pool, private thermal pool, 3 minutes to town, 5 minutes to Hospital and one loving fiance...HAHA..

We flew to Rotorua on Sunday evening and buka puasa in the plane...not fun!...arrived and settled in quickly before heading off to buy food and groceries...owh my kaki was so sakit since its been a while we walk to anywhere...missing Galant so much at that time...huhu...then after dinner we headed to the private thermal pool...that was awesome...it was bloody hot and smell like a rotten egg but it was so relaxing...definitely release all the stresses...then we turned in...


On Monday went to the hospital and was given timetable...hmm first impression, giler free...awesome! Well i won't talk about all the commuity place that we visited because its boring...hahaha...anyway we the day finishes, we went straight to the swimming pool and did a couple of lap (more like more than 10)... I was tercunggap but fiance maintain je..ceh...ok2 I know swimming during bulan puasa is makruh but hey the way we look at it is a form as exercise...seriously it was super penat... So that was our routine everyday (alternating geothermal pool and swimming pool)...xde picture for the swimming pool because there is no single picture that has no us in it...should have taken pic of fiance without me...huhu

Geothermal private pool

Most of the days, I cooked for buka puase but at times we bought Nandos...but the first thursay we were there, we went to Valentines..its a buffet restaurant and thursday is their Seafood Sensation...ouh we eat like there's no tomorrow...they have a wide variety of seafood and i like it!...ouh there were like at 8 stations of buffet but saye segan nk tangkap sumer..heheh...ouh apart from that i also like their asian groceries, they have telur masin which which is so yummy to break fast with and i bought some to brought back to Welly...and i also found rempah sup which i have been on a hunt for so long...imagine masak sup without sup bunjut or rempah sup...huhu nasib baik den terrer...hahahaha...

The raw/cold seafood station

The desert station (mostly dah habis)

Shopping wise, fiance was a bit lenient on my shopping but being a good girl, i didnt went on a spree of course...Haha.. but i did bought a new bag from Sussan...to my suprise they sell Clinique product here in Rotorua and my facial wash just finished so i bought one there (tak sempat beli kat Welly)...and it was a great bargain $42 for 200ml and $60 for 400ml (sah2 la amik 400ml kan)....I also nearly bought a 4" wedge shoe that went down to $59 from $195 which i found on our last day there and fiance approved but tetibe x jadi...and now i'm kicking myself for not buying it..huhu...

what else did we do...lepak2ing at Starbucks and of course the lake...and owh ye on friday which is our last day there, we had nothing on but our flight was at 5pm so a lot of time to kill, so we end up watching step brothers at the cinema..they also have reading cinema here...hahaha i should have done the assigment but hey we are still on vacation...that night we went to Cinta for dinner...we ate roti, chicken wings, south east tofu, kueh teaw goreng and hot and spicy beef...

Fiancee tired melayan Q

Last night I cooked chicken kurma, tempe goreng (without tempe hahah, only potato and anchovies), sambal belacan and popiah goreng for buke puasa...around 10pm start mengade2, wanting desert and coffee...call fiance and went out...first stop Starbucks, bought 2 caramel machiatto, 1 cinnamon roll and butter croissant...second stop New World, bought 6 muffins and 4 doughnut with cream...last stop McD drive through, bought 1 fish burger, 2 fries, 1 sprite...terlupe apple pie, and fiance wanting to avoid unnecessary mengadeness from me when we arrived home, parked the car and went queuing for 1 apple pie...hahahha you know me too well yyg...

thats all folk...

Sneak preview of currently whereabout...

Rotorua+2 weeks+living in a motel+private geothermal pool every evening+swimming pool on sunny days = Heaven

A week recapped and weekend gateaway...

I haven't been so well earlier this week, physically and emotionally and fiance have been attending to that...sian...i don't know no whats wrong but i do get this kinda feeling occasionally, just not talking and sleeping most of the times and he knows that there is something wrong...he always know...to cheer me up, he bought so many food ie mee rebus, lontong, fish n chips and sanggup sacrifice to go and watch a chick flick movie...but i wasn't really up to it...

Somehow I manage to get it together (seeing how much he tried) and decided to go out and watch Hell boy 2 on Thursday...it was funny and for the whole 2 hours it felt good to be out-of-my-life for a while and just be with him...it felt good to be out of all the negative energy I've been surrounded with...Anyway, I now realized I get withdrawal caffeine headache...I've been getting the headache every late afternoon and on that day I bought Starbuck and yes, the headache is gone...drank the coffee through out the movie and it felt goooood...

Had mcq practice on friday but could not be bother to study...did the mcq in 16 minutes and left...i was not up to anything, so i went home and slept the whole afternoon...missing another kecture i think...oh well...that night we decided to go somewhere this weekend and google few places nearby (malas driving for hours)...then we decided we might go to Wanganui but I wasn't putting much hope on going...

Saturday morning woke up and did laundry...at 10.30 fiance woke up and suruh siap2...I wasn't really sure to go or not but fiance paksa siap...so I gave in and packed...fiance made dinner the night before (and most of the night this week) and there were a lot of nasi lemak leftover...so i packed the nasi lemak, baju, laptop and fully dressed in an hour (that was a miracle...hehehe) and at 11.30, we were already in the car,...sungguh menakjubkan...

Obviously we didn't booked any accommodation and the last time we did something like this was our (Read: Ba'am) spontaneous-have-some-adventurous-sense trip to Wanaka and we ended up sleeping in the car...why? who would actually know that there is an Air Force festival in Wanaka that weekend and every accommodation is booked including the nearby towns...haha that was hilarious (well not at that time)...so I was praying hard that it won't happen again...hehehe

We stopped once at Otaki beach to have late afternoon lunch and the place was beautiful..owh and I was so excited through out the whole journey...I dont think I stopped talking...

We arrived at Wanganui at 3.00pm and searched for accomodation...we wanted to stay near the beach well just because we love beach! and we did...lepak2 for a while and went out to the beach...we walked on the beach and it was one of our greatest moment...punyala tak sempat2 nak pi beach, camera pun tak bawak...so no pic just memories...

then we drove to the town to find something to eat and the town was beautiful...flowers were everywhere...we stopped at what was said to be the biggest fish n chips in town and it took 45 minutes to get our seafood basket...people were ordering through phone and buying in a large sum...we were speculating "bini die malas masak kut and anak die mesti ramai"...hahaha...because 45 minute goneby, we missed to watch sunset at the beach...Sad...

this morning woke up and checked out...initial plan was to go to the splash centre and mandi for a few hours but we decided not to go...tetibe malas and thinking it Sunday and there will be so many kids, we decided to just go and do some touristy thing...

Theme black and red

we left at 11.00am and stop at a NZ version of UK-carboot-sale at Sanson...being in the market made me reminisced the times I was in the UK and every weekend we'll go to carboot sale in various towns...mama like buying soft toys for me and the last time I count I had like 70+ soft toys...it was great being the only girl...hahaha...anyway fiance bought 2 scoops ice cream and it was huge (thinking he might lure me on having some) which in the end he didn't even finish it...

We arrived home and we had fish n chips (again), squid tempura, prawn tempura, scallop tempura, carrot, tempura, mushroom tempura and salad...sungguh gluttony and we didn't manage to finish it...

Happy 1 year old Afif!!!!!

My not-blood related nephew turns 1 today....he's my best friend's son and he is adorable...he calls me mama Qish (well he hasnt said a word yet, but thats what his mum called me) and the last time I saw him was 6 months ago...his mum didnt bring him on my engagement day...

Afif wearing the shirt I bought him

Owh I so can't wait for him to start talking...mesti talkative like her mum and maybe he can sing too...OA has a great voice...anyway for this birthday I bought him clothes from Gap.com...Hope it will arrive soon tho'...This is what i bought him

Since I'm already shopping for Afif's clothes...it would be a waste if I didnt but a pair for Akmal's...so this is what I bought him...



Anyway hope u had a blast birthday celebration Afif...

Our Saturday....