what's cooking??

Hmmm...Quite a number of days tak update blog. Azd update pun sebab as he said earlier, "kerna terpaksa"...hehehe. Anyway, thank you for the tazkirah.
So now i'm gonna tell what i did these past few days. Since azd didn't go to school so kitorg pun main la masak2. By the way last friday went to Flemington Market. Bought barang2 dapur. Bawak skali dr faizal. Borong sakan dia kat Swap & Sell Market --> sofa set (jealous betul...very nice and cosy set, siap ngan foot rest..perrghh) and carpet as well. He chose a geometrical pattern, azd gave his ISO approval and his undying support to dr faizal's choice (aiseh,mcm exaggerating la pulak) hahaha. But they didn't get my vote coz i'm not into that pattern sgt. But then what the heck, i'm not the one paying for it... hehehe... I guess memang guys like that kind of corak anyway. Boooring....kuang kuang kuang.
Then went home, azd mulakan langkah buat bihun goreng dgn kuantiti yg agak banyak coz sam's family nak drop by that day (yeaaa..got to see danish and firas!!). I made cucur ikan bilis (sedap pulak). Dr faizal makan dgn bestnya....
The next day langkah azd semakin panjang. Dia buat masak lemak telur ikan (ntah ikan apa punya telur ntah...When i took a bite, rasa mcm meletup2 lak telur ikan tu...pops in ur mouth, not in ur hand...hehehe). I made kobis cina stir fry. Sedaaaap sgt (especially the masak lemak tu). Well everybody, u r welcome to terliur... hehehe
Semalam I baked choc cake....yeaahh...and as usual of course la sedap dan lazat.
And today, woke up early (yee la tuh early), went to westfield cari balsamic vinegar ngan worchestershire sauce (ellleh, time dok mesia dulu tak penah dengar pun minatang ni semua).
Then, gi rockdale beli daging. Pastu dapat hati lembu free (hehehee....sedap digoreng sedap dimakan).
Reached home by 1pm, my turn to mulakan langkah pulak. Made cottage pie with green peas (perrghh....1st try sedap jugak altho agak watery daging tu. I supposed kene masak lama sket lagi bg dry but what to do, tak tahan beb...was so damn hungry).
Dinner tadi pulak makan beef steak with steamed vege. Sedap lagi sedap lagi dan lagi dan lagi. muaakakakaka..... I'm getting plenty of iron today. Good for my haemoglobine...hehe.. but must bear in mind, tak leh makan red meat byk2 sgt. Not good. Can predispose to colonic cancer. Which by the way, unlike the other stuffs mentioned above yg i said sedap2 belaka, this one not so sedap at all. So kena la makan berpada2 ok everybody??
Eh lupa lak nak story, when we were at the butcher shop earlier, we wanted to buy steak cut...so kitorg tanya la this guy "do you have steak?" (which i think it didnt sound like "stick" at all). So this guy mcm confused je muka, then tanya 'what kind of "stick" do you want?' kitorg yg tak confused ni jawab la beef steak. Pastu he said oooooh "steak" (which he pronounced something like "staaaik"...hehehe.. aussie slang...kena nganga luas2 sket mulut tuh). And baru la hilang kekonfiusan dimuka mamat tu...hahaha....No wonder muka dia confused in the first place. Mesti dia ingat apsal la budak dua ekor ni tanya pasal batang kayu kat kedai daging ni????
Moral of the story.........brush up ur OZ slang bebeh!!

p/s: kesian socceroos kalah (dlm hati sukaaaaa yea yea!!)

~elyn~

Mutiara kata

Dunno what to write, but kena paksa... kahkahah...

orait... just wanna say something bout what the Imam in Penshurst Mosque delivered during jumaah khutbah yesterday. The topic was on 'Action'. Action is an important part in our religion, and action here means our perbuatan and tingkah laku. Action is more powerful than words. Islam has spread all over the world today is because of the Arab merchants action, who travelled all over the world up to China. Malaysia and Indonesia have embraced Islam through this action. ALHAMDULILLAH... if not ntah2 kita ni masih lagi Hindu/Buddha.

Our action also is the reflection of our akhlak. The imam told a story of a muslim merchant during the glory days of Islam. One day, at a harbour market somewhere in a non-muslim country, a local man came onto a merchant ship for a business. After he has finished with his business matter, he left the ship without realizing he left a sack of gold coin on the ship. The merchant also did not realize it, until the ship has sailed away from that country as the wind changed. During that time there were no advance telecommunications where you can just simply call or email or even air mail whatsoever. What happened was, the merchant kept the sack of gold until he and his ship came to that country again the next season. He then searched for the person who left the gold coin and returned it back to him. "Why did you return it back to me after it has been with you for so long?" the local guy asked. "It is yours, not mine. I have to return things that is not mine to its master", replied the merchant. Because of the good akhlaq practiced by this Muslim merchant, the guy has embraced Islam, and Islam has spread all over the country.

Hmm... can you imagine how this world could become peaceful without war whatsoever, if all Muslims nowadays can have such a good akhlaq. Akhlaq is a very important tool if we want to clean our image as a Muslim. People who don't understand Islam and all the non-muslims will look at your akhlaq. They never know how hard you pray at night, how strong your faith is, how many times you go for haj or how often you fast. But they can see the way we interact with people, how you address other people, the way you speak, work, eat, and your ACTION. But what are we muslim doing in the world today? we can not even manage our own country, fighting among ourselves, quarreling about small things (furu'iah), we even bertumbuk just because berebut channel tv nak tengok world cup ngan gusti kat kedai kopi (refer today's Utusan Malaysia). Tak pasal2 je atuk tu mati.

So my point is, we have to check ourself first, muhasabah diri, and if you say something, you must first do it yourself. At international level, the Umara' acknowledged that muslim countries is not strong and totally united, and keep saying about the importance of unity. But as we can see, sapa yang hulur derma dulu when there is a disaster? Which group yang sampai dulu kat tempat2 bencana ni nak hulur bantuan? ALhamdulillah Malaysia kita boleh tahan jugak la bab2 ni, we have Mercy, etc... Then at national level, again we fight among ourselves, partisan, different school of thoughts. Why is this happening? SEDARLAH, we have ONE GOD, and we have the same religion, ISLAM. Can't we just be united in the name of ISLAM?

And lastly, for mortals like us who have no power to change the world, remember that we have to inculcate a good akhlak in ourself and our family. I am reminding myself as a husband and all the people out there, dont just ask your wives and kids to behave with a good akhlaq, without you practicing it first. Jangan orang kata cakap tak serupa bikin. Allah said in the Holy Quran:

"Hai orang-orang yang beriman, mengapa kamu mengatakan apa yang tidak kamu perbuat?
Amat besar kebencian di sisi Allah bahwa kamu mengatakan apa-apa yang tiada kamu kerjakan" (As-Sof, ayat 2-3)

~AzD~

brazil vs aussie

yeaaahhh.....managed to be awake to watch the match eeeeaarrly this morning....waarghh...the uncountable yawning..nasib baik mulut x cramp...hahaha.... yesss yessss....brazil won!! hehe...
2-0..yeahh..the first half was ok la...both teams menyepak2 bola dgn bersungguh-sungguh.. hehe.. but takde gol pun...after a few minutes masuk yg second half tu, baru la mengancam sket game tu when adriano menyumbat satu gol utk brazil..wachhaa...(yeeah..me being the amateur broadcaster here..eceh ceh). pastu socceroos berhempas pulas menyerang pintu gol brazil tapi tendangan bola dari striker mereka ala2 lemah lembut gitu...tak pun ada yg terover melepasi pintu jaringan (wow... ayat mcm best pulak). After a few series of soft shouting (soft???) and unqualified babbling (plus azd's semi slurred comments on the game with his eyes closed--tak nak ngaku tido tuh!)...brazil snatched their 2nd goal to seal the game, thanks to Robinho’s angled drive crashed off the near post and the rebound fell to Fred who tapped into the empty net..kesian socceroos...doh nok buak guane??? hehehe.....anyway, suka suka suka suka....
i'm actually not a big fan of sports but hmmm... i cant believe i can name some of the brazil's player quite well like ronaldo (duuuhh...), robinho, ronaldinho, cafu (go captain!).. haha... kembang kembang....eh lupa pulak kat lagi 2 ekor pemain brazil..roberto carlos the botak ngan kaka! all in all, brazil really had a hard fought 2-0 victory over guus hiddink's Australia.
ok la..sekian sahaja komentator from me....dont think i'm gonna watch aussie vs croatia nanti.. tido lagi sedappp... krroohhh...krroohh...kkrroohhhh

~elyn~

Happy Father's Day

the title says it all.....today is father's day...tp kat sini they're not celebrating it just yet. i think father's day kat aussie ni is celebrated in another 3-4 months (if i'm not mistaken la). anyway... kalu ikut mesian time, hari ni la father's day... called abah pagi tadi but he was in a meeting. skrg ni abah, mama, boy and reena are in Terengganu..balik esok kot. boy n reena tgh cuti... apsal tak moh datang sini? hehehe..... seronok ke gi candat sotong ngan abah semalam boy??? kesian reena kebosanan dok kat hotel..mama gi meronggeng kat kenyir..hahahaha..... duty calls, hoo laaah nok buak guane!!
now i'm waiting for that 1.30am game between oz and brazil..i wonder who will win??? mintak2 brazil...hahahahha.....sure hope my penyu eyes will be wide awake to watch the game.
Anyway, i'd like to wish happy ABAH's day to my abah in gombak..and to my another abah kat tepeng... thank you for everything and may Allah bless you always..muuaahhh muuahhh muuuaahhh!!!

behaaglijk en gelukkig dochter...
~elyn~

after calling home....

just got off the phone...called org2 kat gombak...wah wah wah..reena sudah pandai pakai baju kaler2 yeee...what an improvement...hehehe..no more tudung hitam ngan seluar buuuhh baahh buuhh baahh ye??? semakin ayu yer?? hehehe...hmmm..dia kantoi busuk ngan boy ngan mama yer?? kuang kuang kuang...
hmmm....you all nak gi ganu kiteee ye esok?? jeles la ni... naik rexton pulak tu...jeles lagi skali la ni... gi kenyir?? jeles membuak-buak ni...uhuk uhuk...cuti2 mesia ye??? tak pe..no worries... talin cuti2 international ni..hehehehe....sila jeles... sila jeles..waarghhh...ngantuk..nak tidooooo...papai!!

~elyn~

Clean up day at Penshurst

hmmm....malas pulak nak update blog...hehehe...masa awal2 dulu poyolistik nak update... aiseehh... nak citer apa yer? today went to ikea homebush...saja jalan2 (actually was looking for wheels). oh... did i tell u that we got ourselves some good stuffs a few days back?? hahaha... kelakar betul... let see... last sunday kitorg gi jalan2 kat penshurst dgn hajat nak membeli sunday paper..then on our way tu, byk la sgt brg2 yg dok bergelimpangan on the road side.. pastu baru teringat esoknya tu is the clean up day (it's the day org2 put away things yg diorg tak nak pakai dah kat tepi jalan...so the city council people will come and collect semua benda tu). pastu brg2 yg depa gi buang ni some of it memang junks la...like brg2 electronics yg dah tak leh pakai..carpet lama...tilam buruk bertompok tompok...hmmm??...almari buruk..etc...
pastu haaa...ni yg best ni...masa tgh jengjalan tu, we saw a 2 seater sofa, which was still in a very good condition....apa lagi, kitorg pun mengangkut la..angkat laju2 la konon, takut org nampak..nasib baik benda tu depan umah jer...hehhee... actually ramai je manusia dok usha barang2 kat tepi jalan tu... ada tu siap bawak ute nak mengangkut bebarang tu...time clean up day ni la second hand dealer datang berdoyon-doyon (versi juliana banos) bawak lori ke..van ke..nak cari any barangs that are still in a good condition..nanti diaorg bwk balik gi kedai..polish2 sket..touch up here and there..pastu jadi cantik..pastu jual balik kat org dengan harga yg boleh-tahan-sedap-mata-memandang-tapi-kempis-rasa-di-wallet.....
anyway, back to my story..kitorg berjaya mencilok sofa..sekali ngan cushion2nya yg empuks ittew...pastu portable coffee table..ngan tv cabinet..ngan meja makan...ngan ironing board... caya laaa....pastu hari ahad itu dihabiskan dgn mentouch up rumah supaya menjadi lebih cantiks dan ayu lagi ala2 casa impian..hehehehhehehehe.......
memang syok la....pastu, masa tgh skodeng2 tu i saw one meja makan yg memang cun... very good condition except with some calar calar....ingat nak amik la, tp tak muat nak letak dlm kete dah (becoz at that time dah ada coffee table with the ironing board), then we decided nak hantar dulu brg2 tadi ke rumah then dtg balik.....tetapi.. jeng jeng jeng...bila we all dtg balik kat tempat tu, tgk2 dah ada mamat OZ ni dah angkut meja tu ..ceeehh...terlepas meja cantik...tp tak pe..last2 kitorg dapat meja mkn lain yg kiut jugak...same colour with our lantai rumah... sedondon..hehehe... hmmmm... kalu kat mesia ni, jgn harap ler nak wat benda2 mcm ni. apsal yer??? tunggu la azd jadi dato' bandar nanti.. then i can be datin bandar...keh keh keh.....

~elyn~

jalan-jalan bawak orang...

hmm..today as azd said kat bawah tu was the day for our intellectual discourse (waa..bunyi mcm sangat intelek..hehehe)...i shall not talk abt the topic bcoz azd has done a good job explaining abt patience...bagus bagus....
so i'm gonna story mory the things that we did after the talking malking...biasa la..apa lagi makan!! hehe....it was a good timing sebab habis benda tu pun dah almost lunch time..and today's meal was sponsored by big chef (thank you dear). menu of the day was nasik lemak sambal ikan bilis dgn kuih sagu (kesian big chef buat kuih sorang2 last nite, me got no mood..me was impatient..baaad me)....and not forgetting spaghetti as well, courtesy of kak zurin and hubby. we all makan dengan penuh bersopan santun sekali...disertai dgn cerita ceriti menarik from the penglipur lara dr faizal (maklum laa orang dah ada tv baru...hehehe). Sedaaaap sungguh sambal big chef...(kena puji sokmo). by the way, dr faizal was my lecturer merangkap specialist when i was in HUKM dolu-dolu. wow, time really flies....tak pe, stay young sokmo!!
lepas makan2, kitorg pun bawak la kak zurin + abg lan ngan dr faizal gi sydney market. but sungguh bernasib kureng baik, by the time we sampai market tu nak tutup dah, so tak leh masuk. maka berputihlah mata orang2 yg berpupil dark brown ini...but no worries mate, next time blh datang...takkan lari sydney market dikejar....
so next stop was kat DFO....ramai betul manusia..tp we all mcm biasa la...window shopping...dah abis tawaf dfo, terus la balik umah....solat..pastu pekena tea ngan choc cake lak...buurrp.. alhamdulillah..kenyang...siap bg bekal kat dr faizal ngan kak zurin lagi tu...hehehe.
dinner lak, again with nasik lemak...hmmm....tgk gaya mcm esok pun breakfast with nasik lemak jugak..sebab byk lg xtra....maka bertambah la lemak2 dlm badan big chef...hehehe..... takpe berlemak2 pun sayang...mmmuaahhh!!!!

~elyn~

tak de keje la ni....

You Are Kermit

Hi, ho! Lovable and friendly, you get along well with everyone you know.You're a big thinker, and sometimes you over think life's problems.Don't worry - everyone know's it's not easy being green.Just remember, time's fun when you're having flies!

The Muppet Personality Test

aiseehh...sukanya kat kermit the frog...nasib baik bukan miss piggy...hehehe..hmm..tp kalu cookie monster ker..grover ker....elmo ke..ok gak....tp tak moh big bird.. :)

~elyn~

Sabar itu sebahagian dari Iman

"Patience"... that was the topic of our group discussion/intellectual discourse for this week and my house was the venue for today's meeting. But it was only 5 of us, H couldn't make it coz he had to settle other important problem.

Back to our topic, patience. LOts of things have been discussed about the importance of being patience. Patience is an important value that we have to practice every day. We can not deny that the Prophets were the most patience as they were the most challenged and tested by Allah s.w.t. For us, Allah will never test us by things that we can not bear with, and He will upgrade us according to our level of patience. Patience plays a big role in our life, apart from being half of our relegious practice (the other half is thankfulness), patience is a part of Iman. This tells us that having or being patience is a must for a Muslim.

This is a story or sirah that I told to the group. One day, Rasulullah s.a.w was sitting with his other companions including Abu Bakar r.a. Then came a man who was a non-believer (kafir) and he started to abuse Abu Bakar, saying bad things to him. Abu Bakar just sat there without retaliation. Rasulullah smiled, approving what Abu Bakar was doing. After a while, Abu Bakar stood up and responded to that man. At this point, Rasulullah also stood up and walked away from Abu Bakar. Realizing that something was wrong, AbuBakar ran towards Rasulullah asking why he walked away when he responded to the man who was abusing him. Rasulullah then explained to Abu Bakar,'When that man was abusing you, and you sat there quietly, there was an Angel responding back to him. But when you stand up and responded to that man, the angel was gone and Satan took his place beside you'.

Allah mentioned a lot about sabr in Al-Quran. In most of these ayat, Allah promise that He will be together with the patient. As a conclusion, I quoted an ayat from Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 153, Allah siad; "O ye who believe! Seek help with patient/perseverance and Prayer: for Allah is with those who patiently persevere" [Wahai sekalian orang-orang yang beriman! Mintalah pertolongan (untuk menghadapi susah payah dalam menyempurnakan sesuatu perintah Tuhan) dengan bersabar dan dengan (mengerjakan) sembahyang; kerana sesungguhnya Allah menyertai (menolong) orang-orang yang sabar.] There is no short cut in life... so work hard, make du'a and supplicate to Allah, and leave it to Him to decide the best for us (tawakkal).

Just another day...

waarghhh.....agak bosan hari ini...pagi2 dah kuar rumah (not exactly pagi..dah nak noon dah pun)...went to settle my student visa, posted it and went back home. Buang masa depan komputer (as always)..then i made fried rice for lunch. hmmm... how come everytime my nasik goreng has an atypical color? not the usual color that you see kalu kat kedai? did i miss out something or did i over do it??? then makan..then red flag!! arrghhhh... mission unaccomplished!!!! wuaargghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...tensionnyaaaaa.....
anyway...then buang masa tgk tv lagi..pastu we had dinner..hmm..today big boss made lamb chop (yum yum) with mushroom sauce...and i made the salads and mashed potato....with double choc ice-cream as the dessert..waa...sejuk2 pun makan ice-cream..huh.
then abah called, got to talk to mama. Didnt get the chance to talk to her when i called home yesterday as she was in kuala lipis. how gloomy abah nyer suara last nite...ye laaa..his other half wasnt around..hehehe...ketawa pun buat2..apa la abah!! then tadi suara dia gumbira pulak...hepi ler tuh boleh berkepit ngan mama for 4 days ni kat kelantan...keh keh keh....belangkas dua sejoli kan reena kannnn???? semoga abah & mama selamat sampai to kelate and selamat balik to kl this sunday, insya allah!!!
tomorrow, we'll be going to sydney. big boss nak gi pick up something pasal visa.....
~elyn~

First timer

Assalamualaikum...yeaahh..finally i've upgraded myself to become a blogger. Selama ni dok skodeng at other people's blog...now we have our own blog..ngeh ngeh ngeh....
hmm...what an opening from azd, the big boss... so i cannot lawan tokeh...ahaks!
well since this our first post, i'd like to say selamat datang to azd & me (wink wink). We'll try to update this blog from time to time with whatever that is happening and evolving around us selama dok kat negara orang ni...still a looooooooong way to go. Hopefully everything will go smoothly as planned, insya allah.
hmm...skrg dah start winter....and these past few days cuaca very mandom...but today ok sket... tak la hujan mcm semalam. So tadi for lunch we ate sambal udang+petai (haaa....finally jumpa jugak uncanned petai kat lakemba..although frozen..hehe), kerabu togeh+celery+coriander ngan sayur bak choy bersos oyster (hmm..mcm pelik lak bunyi)....as usual big boss turun padang menunjukkan his skill yg terer itu (he made the sambal udang)..perrghh..sedap nyer makan. alhamdulillah.... later that evening, i made pau kacang...but errr...di atas daya inovasi dan creativity big boss mengsteamkan pau itu..the first batch of pau didnt make it alive...hehe... it was edible (of course it was edible) but some of it looked like dinosaur kene penyek pun ada...hahaha....reason being we used the baking rack and terlupa nak lapik the paus.. so in the end, bila steam pau2 tu pun ikut la bentuk rack yg berjaring-jaring tu..hahaha...
pastu the second batch (masa ni dah bijak dah), we used the aluminium foil nak lapik the pau..and then walllaaa.....pau kacang..siaaappp....hehehehe..... but i wonder how they make the paus looked so bright white kalau kat kedai..bleach ker??? anyway, mine is original... hehehe..
ok laaa....nak titun...it's already 12.07am. nite!!!

~elyn~

Opening Post

hmm... sekarang azan Isya' sedang berkumandang di radio muzik, stesen muzik anda. Aku dan elyn dok melayan Pilihan Bersama, saje jer sbb rancangan ni mengimbau kenangan masa muda2 dulu, esp time lagu2 yang popular masa kita sekolah dulu2 berkumandang. Teknologi internet menjadikan dunia tanpa sempadan, dan dengan teknologi ini juga aku dapat melepas rindu dan gian nak dengar lagu2 dan siaran berbahasa melayu, selain mengikuti perkembangan terkini di Malaysia. Rindu nak dengar azan yang real berkumandang di udara... Jam di Penshurst sudah pun pukul 10.40 malam. Bulan depan genap setahun aku dan elyn berada di bumi Australia... dan selama itu juga lah aku merindui mama & abah, dan semua family aku di Malaysia. Again, telefon & internet juga menjadi talian hayat antara kami. Pengajian aku makin bertambah sibuk; presentations, writings etc. Doa mama & abah amat2 membantu, selain drp sokongan dari elyn. Hmm... bulan depan juga elyn akan mula pengajian di University of Sydney, sedang aku sudah setahun di University of Wollongong, berulang-alik naik train dari Penshurst. Sekarang ni kalau aku tension2 dia selalu la bagi semangat termasuk pujukan2 yang kadang2 tak menjadi,pastu masak itu ini untuk aku, yang jugak kadang2 tak menjadi ;). Lepas ni kalau aku tension silap2 kena fire balik sebab elyn pun tension study macam aku jugak! kahkahkah! Sekarang aku masih goyang kaki di rumah, i mean segala kerja rumah elyn yang bereskan sebab dia menjawat jawatan full time housewife buat masa ini. Mulai bulan depan, bermakna kerja2 di rumah perlu dikongsi memandangkan elyn juga akan mula sibuk dengan research. Suami mithali lah katakan. Aku ni bab memasak ok aje, tapi bila time nak membasuh menyental tu yang liat sikit... elyn tau la... kan sayang kan?!Aku sebenarnya dok menilik data pemakanan & kesihatan Australia tadi, bila elyn memberi penghormatan utk aku melakarkan coretan pembukaan blog kami berdua. Kena pulak otak agak slow, bersamaan dengan keadaan cuaca yang semakin sejuk. Banyak cerita yang nak ditulis selama setahun di Australia ni, maybe aku akan post cerita2 lain di waktu lain... Wassalam