Nasi Kunyit

I tried to make Pulut Kuning today. It was my second time. My first time was a success I think, at least it tasted yummy, perhaps unlike the usual Pulut Kuning, but it tasted good! That's the most important thing right?

Haha….truthfully I didn't know how exactly Pulut Kuning taste like. Somehow I've forgotten the taste. So I came up with this Nasi Kunyit instead. (I didn't name it Pulut Kuning cuz I think it would be unfair. :p)

So I want to share this with you guys.

You will need;

1 cawan beras

1 sudu makan serbuk kunyit

1 clove bawang putih

1 cawan susu segar (cairkan dengan ratio 9 susu:1 air)

Garam secukup rasa

 

Procedure-nya

Bancuh serbuk kunyit ke dalam air,(air secukupnya untuk meliputi beras)

Ketuk bawang putih, letak dalam rendaman beras tadi

Biarkan rendaman ini semalaman (atau at least 3 jam)

Masukkan susu dan garam secukupnya ke dalam rice cooker

Masukkan beras

Masak nasi seperti biasa

 

;)

...why is the bedroom so cold?...

1. Lab dah dlm mood new year. They spend the whole day cleaning the lab. Totally cleaning. Disposing unused buffer and stuff.

2. We (my lab members n me) will be having 'bonenkai' tomorrow. Bonenkai is this year end party that the japannese do every year...end of the year obviously. :p
I'm pondering whether to go or not. Basically because they will drink and they will drink alot and I feel uncomfortable sitting together with them when they are drinking. Pity me...uhuhu

3. I spend my free time watching grey's anatomy season 3...after i completed season 2 and will continue with season 4, 5 and 6 after this. Sometimes i feel its really pathetic that i spend my free time this way, but it makes me happy and less lonely...so what the hell....

4. I am baking my very first cake and i am waiting for it to bake. It's moist chocolate cake.

5. I held my first lunch-get-together last Sunday. I prepared Laksa Sarawak. The kuah is almost perfect but i over-cooked the noodle....isk... i also prepared spaghetti bolognaise...the spaghetti is great...according to me...hehe

6. I feel I am calmer lately. At least calmer than i was two years ago. I feel older as well. But in a good way. :)

Till then... happy new year people... ;)

a cold wind will blow through your door

Night will follow day
Sure as the sun and moon
Remember I will always be with you
If i'm out of words to say
And I understand you
When you see a darkness coming through
Remember to keep one take shelter from the storm
The night will not last for much more
I wrote in a small note
put on your winter coat
A cold wind will blow through your door
Night will follow day
Sure as the sun and moon
Remember I will always be with you
Just fold your hands and pray
And I am beside you
Tell mother I hope to see you through
Remember to keep one take shelter from the storm
The night will not last for much more
I wrote in a small note
put on your winter coat
A cold wind will blow through your door

Happy or not…

It's your choice

True…sometimes sad things happen to us. We can't avoid it. It's called destiny. We can't really change our destiny. But we can always choose how to face it.

So happy or not is your choice.

It's a state of mind.

When you are sad, try harder to look at the bright sunny side. Try harder to smile honestly from your heart. Try harder.

But if you can't, means you are depressed. Some depression goes away soon enough. Some stays for one reason or another. Find help before it destroy you. Talk with your family or friends…get help dear…

no further question please

I confess that in 2009, I have....
( ) stayed single for the whole year
( ) made out in/on a car
( ) kissed in the snow
( ) celebrated Halloween
( ) kissed in the rain
(x) had your heart broken
( ) broke someone else’s heart
(x) had a stalker
( ) went over the minutes on your cell phone
(x) had a good relationship with someone
( ) someone questioned your sexual orientation
( ) gotten pregnant
( ) had an abortion
(x) have a relationship with someone you’ll never forget
(x) done something you’ve regretted
(x) lost faith in love
( ) kissed under a mistletoe

OTHER
( ) painted a picture
(x) wrote a poem
(x) ran a mile
( ) shopped at Hollister or Abercrombie and Fitch
(x) posted a blog
(x) listened to music you couldn’t stand
( ) went to a sleepover
( ) went camping
( ) threw a surprise party
(x) laughed till you cried
( ) laughed till you peed in your pants
(x) visited a foreign country
(x) cut in a line of waiting people
(x) told someone you were busy when you weren’t
( ) partied to celebrate the new year
( ) cooked a disastrous meal
(x) lost something/someone important to you

In 2009 I…
(x) broke a promise
(x) lied
(x) went behind your parents back
(x) cried over a broken heart
(x) disappointed someone close
(x) hid a secret
(x) pretended to be happy
( ) slept under the stars
( ) kept your new years resolution
(x) forgot your new years resolution
( ) met someone who changed your life
( ) met one of your idols
(x) changed your outlook on life
(x) sat home all day doing nothing
(x) pretended to be sick
(x) left the country
( ) almost died
(x) given up something important to you
(x) lost something expensive
(x) learned something new about yourself
(x) tried something you normally wouldn’t try and liked it
(x) made a change in your life
( ) found out who your true friends were
(x) met great people
(x) stayed up til sunrise
(x) Cried over the silliest thing
(x) was never home on weekends
( ) got into a car accident
(x) had friends who were drifting away from you
(x) had someone close to you die
(x) had a high cell phone bill
(x) spent most of your money on food
( ) had a fist fight
( ) went to the beach with your best friend
( ) saw a celebrity
(x) gotten sick
( ) liked more than 5 people at the same time
( ) became closer with a lot of people

I'm not gonna get down on one knee...
I'm not gonna ask you a question...
i love you Meredith Grey....
and I wanna spend the rest of my life with you...

And i wanna spend the rest of my life with you....

:)

Fiela! Say it properly!

Labbbbbbb

Effectttt

Appliedddd

…well…that's what I learned in my English class today. My sensei said my English is good (ahahahahaha……I'm a proud girl! :p) ….but (sighhhh) my pronunciation is 'off' sometimes. Especially words like 'lab', or 'effect' or 'applied'….I tend to silent the 'b'or 't' or 'd' too much….especially when I'm presenting….uhuhuhu….must be the nervousnesssssss!

Okay sensei…I'll practice more and more! Wanna get that another 12% mark that you cut off from my midsem presentation….!....

Yes, I’m a muslim.

Yesterday, I stop at the dai mini-shop to buy some treats for me. The Makcik Cashier is so friendly and almost each time I'm there, she would try to chat with me, even though I've told her again and again 'Nihongo Wakaranai!'...(hope that's right) hahaha…..it suppose to mean, 'I can't speak Japanese'…or something like that. So…yeah…we do chat. Me talking English, she Japanese plus lots and lots of hand-gesture… :p

Anyway our conversation yesterday went something like this…

Makcik Cashier: You wear headscarf because you're a Muslim right?

Me: Yes. (Smiling…well…religious question like that always make me smile. I wonder why).

Makcik Cashier: But you're in Japan! Can't you take it off, even when you're in Japan?

Me: Ohhh….no no… dame' dame'…(dame' means cannot…if I'm right…again…hehe).....

in Japan, they use this hand gesture meaning 'No' or 'Cannot'.....

…Islam….here there everywhere….no matter where I go…Islam is in my heart and will always be my way-of-life… ;)

…

…tgk The Notebook…nangis

…tgk The Last Kiss pun nangis…

…tengok Grey's nangis juak...

…isk….

...childishly fun...

...it was ages ago....now it seems so childish....but fun! :p

Yada yada….

It's been awhile since I updated my blog. Nothing much lately….nothing that can be shared here….just lots and lots of personal stuff…..huwarghhhh

 

Here's something interesting. I have a Mat Saleh sensei…born and raised in New York. I am so lucky to have him as my English teacher…simply because he's a native speaker! Plus he's fun and so full with life. He's been travelling all around the world. Gaining experience by travelling to the third world country like Thailand and Vietnam…before landing in Japan and started to work here. Not to mention he married to a Japanese lady and I bet their child must be adorable…. ;)

 

So he invited me to join his undergraduate class every Friday afternoon ( I registered for his postgrad class on English Presentation for Engineers)…this undergrad class is an Oral class where almost 80% of the class was conducted in a way that students held group discussion. The objective of the class is really simple. Allowing students to speak English, hence improving their fluency in that 'bahasa orang puteh'…

 

Every Friday afternoon he would greet the class, have a little chat, telling important announcement if there's any then he would divide us into groups and each group has group leader that he has appointed weeks before that. Group leader have to find an article (in magazine, webs, newspapers etc), summarize the article and then discuss the article in their group; by first telling his/her group members about the article, then tell his personal-opinion on that topic(from the article), before asking his/her group members about the topic. It's a really casual class and I love every minute of it.

 

Before my sensei let us start the group discussion he would always say; 'So Speak English, Learn Something & Have Fun'.

 

I really love that class. Simply because I love every opportunity I get to increase my fluency in speaking this language (it's also the reason I have this blog…to improve my speaking and writing-skill in English).

 

To add it all, this class has a mixture of Japanese-Malaysian-Indonesian-Arabian-Chinese (from China) and also American mixed culture…because there's one of us in that class. Fun? It is, fun and very interesting indeed. I get bits-and-pieces about each country, for example; Do you know that in Saudi Arabia, studies are totally free? It's like study fees doesn't even exist there. And in Japan, a husband is expected to give all his salary (every month) to his wife, then his wife would give him a small sum of pocket-money and she will keep the rest. Americans doesn't use the term 'handphone'…it's Malaysian and Indonesian and maybe Singaporeans that use that term. So it's fun fact like that. Sometimes it is a more serious matter like the corruption in Indonesia and the great recession in China. I love all of this stuff. Makes me feel wiser… :p

 

Well, that is the highlight of my week. ;)