Just a place for me to write whenever i feel like writing. Mainly about things and issues around me....and of course...my passions.


Thursday, 30 June 2011

Sahabat Selamanya....


It was a great weekend. Spending time with bunch of old friends from school dan dalam masa yang sama berjasa pada adik-adik yang sedang merangkak naik. Some of them ini kali pertama menjejak kaki semula ke maktab selepas berbelas (puluh?) tahun.

5C2....ada 4 boys only (not in the picture of course!)
1993 was the year I first stepped at MRSM Kuantan. I had a great time sepanjang 2 tahun disana. Kira my best years of school lar considering what I've gone through masa form 1 sampai form 3. Really missed the teachers, my classmates, homeroom-mates, roommates, makcik n pakcik dewan makan, makcik dobi, kakak co-op....bla..bla..bla..

Hubungan semula dengan Kuatagh start with FB lar mana lagi. Without FB hamba memang macam katak bawah tempurung. Syok dengan kehidupan sendiri and not connected to anyone from the past. First event was Relay for Life, kat sini jumpa dengan Cho, my classmate (ketua kelas lagi) and few other seniors and juniors. Sebelum ni hamba tak tau pun wujudnya Kuatagh ni. Oh goodness, where was I? Tu lar pasal, the 1st reunion dulu tu tanak join lepas dah berbelas tahun baru terasa left out....but I'm not the only one..... 

K94 kat rumah Cho - mengumpul bakal committee
After Relay for Life, SPKG2010 pulak...sekali join terus jatuh cinta. Kebetulan lar plak SPKG2011 will be organize by K94 so hamba berjanji dengan diri sendiri to help wherever and whenever I can. Actually rasa cuak jugak mula-mula sebab some of the committee members ni hamba tak biasa sangat. They're not within my circle of friends masa kat MRSM dulu.....kenal2 gitu je lar. I don't remember having social chat with Shaza, Zal or Shirin masa kat maktab...Amin, Ezrin and Firdaus too...well, even Arief i guess....Most of them are student leaders...hamba ni orang2 biasa jer....(rendah diri lar pulak)...


K94 after the event
Almost setahun punya plan nak jayakan SPKG 2011 ni. Tabik to our CEO Arief Hakim and the committee members and many thanks to FB and BBM....hehehehe. Hari tu naik muak tengok KL Sentral, tak lama lagi mau rindu ni. No more Wednesday nite meeting....



SPKG2011 was awesome!! Hamba rasa all of the students were having a great time during those 2 days. Seminar on "Tertiary Education" and "Coping with Teen Life" as well as LDK on leadership hopefully memberi sedikit sebanyak bekalan for all the students. "English for Fun" and "English for Fun-Explorace" juga tidak kurang menarik...heard the students were having real fun. Shirin boleh senyumlar despite the asthmatic attack that day yea....:) 


Dah tentu sekali they enjoyed the sports and Kuatagh Got Talent...(kesian Fadz kena jaga anak2). Hamba pun tak dapat nak tengok habis sebab heroes 3 orang dah yawning and bapak hero dah tido dlm kereta. Oh, lupa nak mention earlier....dinner kambing golek was superb....bravo (thanks pioneer for sponsorship)!!! Budak-budak students semua pun seronok berkenduri hamper. Everybody should thanks Zal for doing wonderful job on the prizes, goody bag, t-shirt, roti...bla..bla...bla...(patut lar hari tu jadi singa betina...hehehehhe...jgn mare...)
Freakin awesome performance by the students
Tema yang dipilih ialah "Sahabat Selamanya"....credit to Shaza and Zain for the great montage. Anak-anak hamba dah jadikan montage tersebut video clip kesukaan diorang. We're friends when we were there years back, we make new friends when we met again....and hopefully we will be friends forever.....
Kuatagh Raya 2010
It feels good to give back. Hamba pasti selain dapat jumpa kawan-kawan lama, ramai yang came back year after year for SPKG because they have the same feeling. I regretted for not knowing about this awesome event much earlier...but better late than never. Sesiapa yang belum pernah join silalah berbuat demikian....

Until next year.....kalau diberi rezeki InsyaAllah.........

P/s: Thanks to hubby for the support....dia pun dah jadi Kuatagh by marriage...hehehehe.















Tuesday, 28 June 2011

....keret....

                                                          
 Carrot dalam Bahasa Melayu ialah lobak merah, dalam bahasa scientific ialah Daucus carota subsp. sativus. Widad's physiotherapist cerita kat hamba anak dia darjah satu jawab exam tulis "keret" pasal tak tau Bahasa Melayu panggil apa. Lebih kurang macam classmate Khalish yang jawab "buah bintang" instead of belimbing besi. Bahasa sekarang ni dah bercampur baur.....banyak sangat pinjam bahasa lain...

This time bukan nak cerita pasal bahasa tapi nak cerita pasal carrot. Hamba suka makan carrot. Minum carrot susu pun suka...kek carrot lagi lah suka. The nutty texture and taste plus creamy n slightly sour frosting....ermmmm yummy...yummy. So Monday baru ni try lar buat carrot cake, nak makan puas2. Hubby dah pesan, kalau dia ngan anak-anak tanak makan jangan marah pasal diorang agak 'allergic' dengan species sayur-sayuran ni (I called then carnivore). True enough, Shah and Khalish makan sikit jer....tapi hamba rasa kalau tak bagitau dalam tu ada carrot mesti diorang boleh telan kot. Anyway, Widad makan dengan banyaknya....
My carrot cake
This is the recipe...(resepi asal dari allrecipes.com )

Carrot Cake

4 biji telur
1 1/4 cawan minyak sayuran (hamba guna canola oil)
2 cawan gula putih
2 sudu kecil esen vanila
2 cawan tepung serba guna
2 sudu kecil baking soda
2 sudu kecil serbuk penaik
1/2 sudu kecil garam
2 sudu kecil serbuk kayu manis (optional-hamba tak letak pun)
3 cawan lobak merah yang diparut
1 cawan kacang pecan/walnut yang dicincang (hamba pakai walnut...pecan macam ada pahit2 sket)
Untuk frosting...

1/2 cawan mentega (lembutkan dulu)
8 ounces cream cheese, (lembutkan dulu)
4 cawan gula icing (hamba guna 2 1/2 jer....too sweet lar 4 cawan)
1 sudu kecil esen vanila
Cara-cara
  1. Panaskan ketuhar 175 degrees C.
  2. Pukul telur, gula, minyak dan esen vanila dalam mangkuk besar. Campurkan tepung, baking soda, serbuk penaik, garam dan serbuk kayu manis. Gaulkan lobak merah dan kacang.  Tuang dalam dulang pembakar yang sudah digris / lapik kertas bakar (anggaran 9 x 13 inch)
  3. Bakar dalam 40-50 minit. Cucuk tengah kek dengan lidi, kalau masih lekat, bakar lagi sampai dah tak lekat.Bila dah masak biar sejuk sebelum letak frosting.
  4. Untuk buat frosting: Campurkan mentega, cream cheese, gula icing dan vanila dalam mangkuk sederhana. Pukul sampai  nampak smooth dan berkrim.  Hias kek dengan frosting dan boleh tabur lebihan kacang cincang atas kek.
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Carrot contains beta-carotene yang akan dicerna menjadi vitamin A dalam tubuh manusia. Vitamin A baik untuk penglihatan, boleh elak rabun malam. Hai anak-anak....nak makan dalam bentuk asal memang tidaklah....dah jadi kek pun tanak makan....Takpe, kita cuba cara lain plak...
P/s: Hamba bagi 4 1/2 star out of 5 kat resepi diatas. Keknya sangat lembut dan sedap. Resepi frosting kena revise balik lar.....