Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! Happy 51th Merdeka To Malaysia

A few more minutes our country will celebrate it's 51th Merdeka. Happy Merdeka!

Dining at home. How safe is your food?

We may think that dining at home is safety because the food that we prepare is clean. But how we ensure that? I always keep my kitchen clean and my hands is free from germs before handling the food. I believe that the most important element in food safety is always keep myself clean and my surrounding clean when food is in the proximity.

Let's look at a few tips on food safety.

Wash your hand before handling food and often during food preparation. If you need to go to the toilet while preparing food make sure you wash your hands after going to the toilet. Also do wash and sanitise all surfaces and equipment used for food preparation to avoid cross-contamination. Protect your kitchen areas from insects, pets and other animals that could be carrying a host of bacteria with them.

The most important thing that I wanted everyone to remember is avoid wearing dirty clothes when working in the kitchen. When cooking please wear a clean T-shirt or apron but DON"T wipe your hands on it!

Last time I used to do that after I wash my hands. LOL! I think many of us have practise this... don't be shy to admit ok hahaha... Now I have stopped it since I seriously cook at home as a stay at home mum. For those who still do it please stop it and keep our food safety.

What do you do if you are stuck in the rain?

Yesterday I went to The Curve and my daughter claimed that she is hungry. She wanted to eat McDonald's. Actually that is not my favourite food but what to do if she said McDonald's we can't object her if is not she will merajuk. After finished our food we planed to continue shopping at The Curve but unluckily it's rain. Raining season.... we are stuck in the rain. Quite boring waiting for the rain stop.. we were there are almost 2 hours.

Romantic couple stuck in the rain

I looked around the place and found that everybody waiting for the rain to stop. There are many activities is going on while waiting for the rain to stop. Got one couple also stuck in the rain. I'm said to my husband a couple may feel happy if stuck in the rain because they can spend time together more longer...

A businessman can work with their laptop because of the Internet access at the McDonald's. A salesman take an opportunity to approach their product. A group of teenager happily chit chatting and of course my daughter also can played more longer in the play room.

Heavy rain... food are finished.. when can i go home?

Shop Smart On Weekdays

Q-up to redeem a voucher

On last Thursday I went to One Utama to redeem my J-Card rebate gift voucher. I choose to go on weekdays because I know not many people will shop during weekdays. Working people will only be free during weekend so if I come on weekend I'll need to wait at least 25 minutes to get my voucher. But on last Thursday I Q-up less than 10 minutes.

Quiet environment at One Utama

Shopping during sales and on weekdays is a good idea. This is because you can avoid long-Q at cashier counter. Shopping is so much fun for my family and I feel more comfortable to bring my kids during weekdays. Beside that I can save a lot of time and no more parking problem.

Petrol Price Lowered by 15 sen

Today new price for petrol by RM2.55 a litre. The lowered petrol price by 15 sen is a good news for Malaysian even though there are not much if compared with previous price.

Who Love Durian?

I love to eat durian but my daughter don't like it. She don't have an awnser why but i guess because of the smell. Now you can see every where sell durians especially at pasar malam. It's Durian Season and we can get it at very cheap price 3 for Rm10. But do we know how to choose the good durians if we really want to buy it?

Don't worry cctually there are a few tips on how to choose durians. I still remember one column in The Star Sunday Metro stated 8 ways to choose the right durians.

1. Make sure the fruits are unopened before taking a close whiff . The good ones usually emanate an extremely strong, pungent scent.
2. Shake the fruit gently. If you hear the sound of something soft thudding against something soft that sounds like “gloog, gloog gloog”, chances are, the durians are ripe.
3. Sweep your nails against the surface of the durian skin and listen for a hollow sound.
4. Durians do not necessarily have to be heavy to be tasty. The smaller, lighter ones could be equally as good as those with thick pulp .
5. If the vendor makes the effort to prise the durians open for you, select the ones that have a wrinkled layer of skin on the pulp
6 . To prise open a durian, look for its opening point that resembles a pathway or a visible line amongst the durian’s thorns that will begin from the bottom of the fruit. The line is usually visible when you see two rows of thorns growing towards one another.
7 . Make a small incision in the centremost point at the bottom of the fruit with a knife. Twisting the knife around will help you find that opening point.
8. To get rid of the pungent durian scent in your car or house, simply place charcoal or slices of bread at selected locations. Within a day or two, the smell should be gone.

Congratulation Once Again To Lee Chong Wei

Congratulation to Lee Chong Wei "Wira Malaysia" for badminton at Olympic Beijing. He will be giving a "Datuk" title on this coming 30th August. This is big achievement for him and also for Malaysia.

Olympic Badminton

Tonight is a Final for Badminton. The game is just over and Malaysian lose to China with 0-2. However this is a big proud for Malaysia to enter to Final round. Malaysia Boleh! Congratulations to Lee Chong Wei that won silver for Malaysia at Olympic Beijing.

Fuel Price May Go Down!

As announced by our PM the fuel price may go down because of the decline in the crude oil price in the world market. However the price will be revise for every first of the month starting 1st September. May god bless us with the hope.. fuel price will go down!

Hepatitis C

Before this I never know what is Hepatitis C. But now I'm clear about this and tried to find out more information about Hepatitis C. This is because doctor has confirmed one of my closer people having a Hepatitis C ( not my husband and my kids ). Hepatitis C is effecting the liver and it can spread by blood to blood contact. It's means can't sharing personal items such as toothbrushes, razors, and nail clippers. For more details can click at this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatitis_C#Prevention

Midnight Time

Now already midnight time and it's consider Wednesday morning but I'm still sitting infront of my laptop. I also don't know why I can stay until this late. I'm searching and reading an article online. I also drop by some of my friend blog. I'll go to zzzzzzz... soon.

Who is this?

Black and white colour picture... do I look cute. lol!!

Guess who is this? Ermmm.... it's me!!. I asked permission from my mum to bring back this picture from my mum house. She kept it nicely and now is my turn to take care of it.

Half Day At Saloon

I'm done it!

Yesterday was a beautiful day. My husband agreed to take care of our kids. So I'm take this opportunity to go to saloon. I was pending this since last month. My hair is too long already. I'm not comfortable with long hair because every time I comb my hair it will drop. Beside cut my hair I also do rebonding. Usually once a year I'll do rebonding... last year July I'm done it. So now already one year. It's the time to do it again. Yesterday I reached at saloon at 10.00am. I choose to do it in the morning because I can be a first person.. but when reached there I'm a third person LOL! But at least still ok right? I no need to wait because there are many staff. One mistake I did when I decided to do hair rebonding!! I forgot to buy snack so... I was very hungry until 2pm only completed. During that time they only serve me a cup of Chinese tea. Please remember if we want to perm or straighten our hair it will take a long time at least half day....get ready your snack into your bag.

Special For New Mum

This year may be a good year for newborn baby. Most of my friend are pregnant. Of course I'm very happy for them. Some of them are first time pregnant and getting ready for a baby’s arrival. I'm sure waiting for newborn baby will be very exciting for new mum.
However preparation for newborn baby are headache too. For new mum may be they need to consult those who have experience on this such as relative or friend. Planning ahead with a checklist is a good to avoid panic when the time is come. The most basic items will be clothes, diapers, milk powder, health care, baby care ( baby wash or shampoo and others) and baby bed.

From my experience don’t invest too much in newborn sized clothing. This is because new born baby are growing up very fast. Just buy one or two nice clothes for baby to wear to hospital or to take picture. Clothes for baby to wear around the house should be at least 5 to 6 pieces. Don't worry if not enough because you are able to add in at any time after that.

Later on you will need to think about car seat for baby and of course for those working mum you definitely will find a baby sitter or day care. Congratulation! and hurry up do your shopping for your newborn baby.

CASH ON CALL

Today I received phone call from bank offer CASH ON CALL to me. Sale girl explain to me how I can get cash after receiving her phone call. But I'm interested on that. I don't want to create debt!To be manner with her I just informed her that " let me think about this ".

She is very smart because after I put down the phone she immediately send me an sms: her name and contact number. For me this is a excellent sales skill.

Responsibilities

Recently I'm very busy with my daily work. If can I would like to jot down my whole day journey as a mother and a wife. Honestly this duty is very hard and challenges! Who said stay at home-mum and be a housewife is an easy job? When we talk about housewife... what are the main responsibilities? From morning until night we are working for the family such as laundry, cooking, take care of children bla bla bla........ Hi...... it's very tiring until we go to bed. But we are still lucky than maid lol!

Painting House Phase 2

Yieee..... see the floor..

Ready to paint

For this time we paint our master bedroom. As I mention earlier it's not easy to to paint a house. I suggest that before we move in we should paint the house first. If not we must do a lot of things such as clean and wash the wall oooppps.... not only that but the important thing is to crack the wall. Dust!!!! don't talk about that... it's flying in the room. I do not allowed my kids to go in because of the dirty and dust. First of all need to clear things in my room. We move and sleep at another room. It take a few days to settle this. Now only 50% completed because my husband is not free.