finally...

all the stress is gone(at least until now!).... i have completed my internal audit and my EI service kick-off presentation.....

after conducted the internal audit, i find myself still got a lot of things to learn.... i don't mind attending more training on it...... plus it's FOC.....

so, how did i fare in the presentation? hmmm... my immediate boss said i did well and my colleagues said i look cool (they said i don't look nervous at all)..... really? they don't know that my heart beat so much until i just don't have anymore nervous feeling... i just don't care... i just presented what i have prepared for the past few weeks......

as a reward from hubby, i'll get to go genting highlands tomolo with him... looking forward to spend a relax day at the casino... hehehe....... supposedly we join his annual department trip to ROMPIN but it was cancel last minute..... just too bad.....

oklah... wanna wish everyone a HAPPY LABOUR DAY & HAPPY WESAK DAY too.....

labourer like us deserved to have this break...... we really do.....

may all of you get to spend this short break with ur loved ones......

claypot chicken rice

supposedly i need to use a claypot to make this dish. but how many of us really have a claypot at home? so, i followed my mum's way of cooking this dish by using the rice cooker..... this dish is easy to cook... and luckily it turn out yummy.... my hubby actually ate two plate of this rice.... again, i'm proud of myself.... hehehe

ingredients(serve 3-4 persons)

300gm boneless chicken thigh meat
5 chinese mushrooms(need to soak for a while, then cut strip)
2 chinese sausages("lap cheong"- rinse with hot water to wash a way the first layer of oil, then cut into smaller pieces)
some dried shrimps
abalone sauce
oyster sauce
dark soya sauce
sesame oil

method:

- marinate the meat with all the sauces + sesame oil
- add in the chinese mushrooms + sausages + dried shrimps. leave it in the fridge to marinate for about 30minutes
- cook the marinated ingredients and leave it a aside
- using the rice cooker, cook the rice the way you normally do. Except that this time, add in the cooked ingredients and let it boil together with the rice
- once everything is cook, serve it hot....

tips: when cook the rice, put less water as you normally do. if not, the rice will turn out to be soggy

sg buloh nursery 2

again i went to sg buloh nursery with my parents few weeks back while hubby was away for BT.... and this time, there is more beautiful shots of the flowers and plants there

steamboat dinner with mr ha

apr 14th '07(saturday)- while mrs ha is away for BT at germany, hubby & i manage to "date" mr ha for dinner... this time, mr ha recommended us to this Pulau Ketam steamboat place near jaya jusco klang..... Hao Hao Wey Steamboat restaurant...... he oso first time there, so we do not expect much from this place in terms of the food quality......

and all's well, end well.... the food is fresh.... they onli serve plain soup(no tomyam/ kim chi etc...)...... and it's not expensive.... about RM 13 per person for one set of steamboat..... we actually added a plate of dumplings for RM 5 (8 pieces- the dumplings are really yummy)......
and last saturday, hubby & i went to this same restaurant for another round of steamboat with my mummy & SIL...... i just can't have enough of steamboat.....

miso soup

dear hubby bought home some miso soup from japan when he went for his BT last month.... i love miso soup(i should say that i love japanese food.... hehehe)... i guess he is too....

and this is one of the many instant miso soup that he bought...... nice packing that they have there...... it actually has five different flavours (if i'm not wrong is the original flavour, the onion flavour etc...)

if you're interested to taste it, you can buy some of this miso soup from Jaya Jusco supermarket or the 100yen shop at SS2/ Puchong/ Subang......

"ketchup" squid with cucumber

this past few weeks i hv been exploring new recipes... yup... i'm still learning to cook..... once a while MIL will give me some tips to cook better....

and this time round, i did this cooking all by myself (from washing the squid, cutting it to give patterns & cooking it).... i'm so proud of myself.... hehehe......
ingredients (serve: 3-4 persons)

300g squid (washed & cut)
one cucumber
garlic
ketchup

method:

- stir-fry the garlic
- add in the squid and let it cook for a while. then add in the ketchup(as much as you want)
- finally, add in the cucumber to cook it until it's a bit soft
- serve hot

tips: no need to add water. ketchup will do coz the water will come out from the squid naturally.....

snacks from japan + hong kong

i'm going to post some pics i took last month when hubby came back from his japan BT.... and also his recent BT to China.... but he did not buy any snack from china as i requested him to get my fav Wing Wah "wife cake" when he transit one nite at Hong Kong....

* this are the snacks hubby bought from his japan BT *

* and this"wife cake" is from Hong Kong.....my fav is the original flavour *

* there is a story behind this "wife cake"

wild hogs

went to watch this movie yesterday with dear hubby at GSC, Berjaya Times Square... been a long time since we last watch a "real comedy" movie... yup... we laugh from the time the movie starts till it end.... everyone in the cinema were laughing out loud! really worth watching if you wanna have a relax day....

this movie is starred by Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence & William H.Macy

you can find out more about this movie at this site

my rating: 8/10

happy

i really feel happy now..... should be " i feel more relief now that hubby is home safely".... yup.. he's finally back from his China BT yesterday......

I've been complaning to him so much on how worried i was for the past few days since he did not call home to report that he landed safely there....

his excuses:

- he reached late on sunday
- been working till late nite everyday(almost midnite)
- rushing to visit suppliers at diff place e.g. guangzhou & shenzhen
- no roaming svc for the h/p(tomolo need to bring him and activate the roaming svc first)

he said: "nvm-lah..... i'm now home oledi.... don't be angry ya...."
i said : "if i am in your position, i also no need to call home and report that i reach safely is it?"

question: is it LADIES think or worry too much??? is it too much to ask for?

worry...

have u ever worry about ur loved one when they are away from you & they are not in M'sia???

I DO......

sigh... my dear hubby yet to call me since he reached CHINA last sunday... hopefully he's safe and things go well for him.... today is the 3rd day he's there and there is still not one single call from him..... it is just not so him...

how come he haven't call me yet? is it he forget to call me and inform me that he hv reached CHINA safely? can't he use the hotel room's phone to call me? can't he call from his workplace there? is the place he went to is so ULU until no phone line available??? cannot be rite???

(btw, his h/p no roaming - really regret he didn't apply for it, next time will insist he activate the roaming svc before he goes BT)

so many unaswered questions now....

i just hope that he's fine and he will give me a call soon....... he's scheduled to spend a nite tomorrow at hong kong ETA 7pm.... maybe then he will call.... i dunno.... really dunno.....

miss you dear.... & worry for you at the same time

boring weeks to come

dunno why these few weeks my workload has increased suddenly... i guess i am now shouldering more responsibilites at work place.... nope.... i did not get any job promotion(not that i want coz i am not those career minded type of person, hehehe....)

i enjoy learning new things at work but i really need to manage my time better..... there is just so many pending work around...

first of all, i am learning about internal audit... i hv been selected to be in the internal audit team committee..... started with one whole day of training last week and tomolo there will be a two hours briefing on the coming internal audit scheduled for the coming wednesday & thursday....

secondly, there will be a service kick-off for my EI division held annually.... as one of the section leader, i will hv to do a presentation on my meter reading section... did i tell u b4 that i just HATE presentations? from school days to uni life and now to work place...... i really HATE it a lot...

but what to do? i got to "jaga" my "rice bowl"....... or else my hubby will not be able to support me financially(rite dear???)...... so, die die also got to do presentation lor.....

this will be the 2nd time that i'm giving this presentation... the first time i did it was 2 years ago.... and to make things worse, it'll be held on the 27th of this month...... why worse? coz it's month end... the most busy days of the month plus i'll be taking leave on the 3oth(last day of the month)... sure a lot of my work will be pending again until i come back to work in early may....

don't care about the work now... i better start preparing for the presentations.....

hmmm... i wish hubby is with me now..... he'll definitely tell me "aiyah! presentation onli mah! what to worry?"... he's CORRECT.... no big deal.....

miss you dear...

i'm back

i just realised that i hv not been blogging for quite some time.... actually since hubby back from his BT , i hv not been blogging... and tomolo, he'll be flying off again for another BT... this time is to Dongguan, China..... luckily this time it's just for 5 days & 4 nites (including one nite transit at HONG KONG)...

so, i hv not much to complain this time since it's just a short tip..... guess where's he staying for his one nite transit at hong kong? it's none other than the hotel that we stayed at when we went for our hong kong honeymoon in Y2005.... the MAJESTIC HOTEL... what a coincidence..... and since it's now super peak season at hong kong(coz dunno got what exhibition there woh), the room costs RM 500++ per room for one nite stay....

hmmm..... actually me hv been really busy... and oso no mood to blog..... sometimes i wonder if there is anyone out there who is reading my blog.... maybe there is a few active readers who hv been following my blog.... not many but i do appreciate you guys who hv been putting up your comments every now and then for some of my posts..... a big THANK YOU! at least i know there is still readers out there....

oklah...enuf of my bla bla bla.... i'm going out now for dinner with hubby & mr ha(our old fren who is so lonely now coz his wife, MRS HA went to germany for BT until next month..... hehehe...)

will write a few posts later when i'm in the mood to blog.....