Here, There and Everywhere

For three consecutive Fridays, my house is filled with the smell of Bubur Assyura, a traditional delicacy cooked in celebration of the 10th of Muharram. Why? Google it yourself lah. What I know is, every year on this date (or a week before and many weeks after) my mom would be busy going here and there, coming home with bags of red beans, white beans, rice, fish, the Asyura spice and many other things. It's always her duty to buy the ingredients, delegate the duties among the closest neighbors and then dutifully watch them do the "kacau-kacau" (stirring) the heavy lumpy porridge.

This year, we did the Asyura porridge three times. THREE times can you believe that? And all is performed in the small of our kitchen. I'm not a big fan of this kind of porridge, because I'm more like a Bubur Lambuk fan. Therefore, having to stay at home for three Fridays, smelling the food that I don't like was such a torture to me!!!

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Oh, and the FELLOWSHIP is mine. Hurrah!!!

Entry Berdegar-degar

Hari ni Khamis, hari yang paling diminati oleh seantero pekerja2 di sini. Jadinya, pagi ni setelah bermesra-mesraan dengan Baby Ain yang dibawa oleh mummynya ke pejabat sebab abangnya Yusoff sudah demam, maka aku pun memulakan langkah menuju ke ofisku yang jauh nun di sana hujung dunia (memang jauh weh..tak cayer? sebatu dari ofis Fakulti Bahasa).

Makanya setelah sampai depan bangunan aku pun cepat2 beli nasi ayam (bang, ayam lebih!), naik ofis, makan nasi ayam, tercekik, minum air, burp~~~Alhamdulillah...cepat2 donload mana2 video yg berkenan di hati, cepat2 kemas barang, grab my class file and PBL file (skarang semua nk bawak Problem-Based Learning dalam klas, maka aku ikut jer) and cepat2 melangkah naik lebuh raya u, cepat2 panjat plak tangga blok G, menuju ke bilik GB13, belek jam kejap - ah, baru pukul 11.10..kalau 11.15, mau aku berlari (klas pukul 11 wei!!!).

Dalam perjalanan nak sampai ke bilik GB13, aku berfikir macam-macam benda. Hari ni semangat giler nak mengajar..hari ni aku nak ajar budak2 berdikari, jadi independent learner..bila aku dapat master nanti, aku nak pulak bimbing diorang jadi manusia berguna!!!!

Maka aku pun membuka pintu kelas dan baru nak ucap "Assala....."

Takde orang.

Sorang pun takde.

Bilik gelap.

Air-cond tutup.

Aku tengok jam. Oh ye! Hari Khamis kelas pukul 11.30 sebab aku bagi can budak2 tu pegi makan dulu. Diorang ade kelas dari 8-1pm non-stop.

Adoi.

Maka aku pun turun ke kafe kat blok D dan menghirup udara segar...

Wet November

All along November, days are spent inside the house, watching the ceiling and wondering whether it will come crashing soon. Apart from that, this month is the ONLY month that I can sleep with a comforter. It's the coolest month of the year and I like and hate it.

Hate it for the damage it caused. My mom's car garage lost ALL its roof, and our house is becoming tongkang pecah as one of the neighbour's roof flew over and hit our roof, and there we have it - the rat-tat-tat sound of rain water dripping from the broken roof, seeping through the white ceiling and right onto the abundance of baldies and kain buruks all laid out on the floor. And my room is right beside the ceiling!

Home-made "I-have-no-idea-what-to-eat" chicken burger

So, there I was in the kitchen, thinking what kind of meal can I "create" so as not to waste some 10 ringgits eating out. I opened my fridge, and there it was: the frozen Ramly minced chicken that my mom bought, like, 2 weeks ago. Here's the recipe. (Mind you, we all have different taste buds so you're free to add anything that you like into the burger. EXCEPT ready made burger patty (duh~~~)
For 5-yummy-your-face-size-patty

Ingredients:-

1 packet of 500gm Ramly minced chicken
1 packet (of 5) High-5 burger bread (betui ka???)
1 medium carrot (grated)
6 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
2 tbsp corn flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
Butter
Other things that you like with your burger. I like cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, mayonnaise, chilly sauce, ketchup and salad.

Steps
1. Mix the minced chicken, carrot, chopped garlic.
2. Add corn flour. (You're gonna have to get your hands dirty on this one. Or else, you'll risk biting into a ball of corn flour). Mix well.
3. Add salt and black pepper to taste. Mix.
4. Now, take a handful and form it into balls, make sure you got the size right. Put in the fridge at least 10 minutes.
5. Heat a pan, slice the bun into two, butter 'em and toast on the pan.
6. Put a spoonful of butter on the pan and there goes your chicken burger patty.
7. Once the color of the patty turn golden brown, turn off the fire, and you can start arranging 'em all on your burger bun.
8. Turn on the tv, have some ice cold coffee by your left side, burger on your right side, enjoy!!!

Happy cooking!

p/s: I have my burger with some steamed vegie. Delicious!

Note to God

Note to God - Charice

If I wrote a note to God
I would speak whats in my soul
I'd ask for all the hate to be swept away,
For love to overflow

If I wrote a note to God
I'd pour my heart out on each page
I'd ask for war to endFor peace to mend this world

I'd say, I'd say, I'd say

Give us the strength to make it through
Help us find love cause love is over due
And it looks like we haven't got a clue
Need some help from you

Grant us the faith to carry on
Give us hope when it seems all hope is gone
Cause it seems like so much is goin wrong
On this road we're on

If I wrote a note to God
I would say what on my mind
I'd ask for wisdom to let compassion rule this world
Until these times

If I wrote a note to God
I'd say please help us find our way
End all the bitterness, put some tenderness in our hearts

And I'd say, I'd say, I'd say

Give us the strength to make it through
Help us find love cause love is over due
And it looks like we haven't got a clue
Need some help from you

Grant us the faith to carry on
Give us hope when it seems all hope is gone
Cause it seems like so much is goin wrong
On this road we're on

No, no no no
We can't do this on our own
So

Give us the strength to make it through
Help us find love cause love is over due
And it looks like we haven't got a clue
Need some help from you

Grant us the faith to carry on
Give us hope when it seems all hope is gone
Cause it seems like so much is goin wrong
On this road we're on

If I wrote a note to God

Life oh life!

Life is like a piece of cream cracker.
Some like it plain, others have it with dippings.
Some dip it into coffee, others with sweet tooth prefer jam,
and some peculiar ones enjoy air sirap dippings.

p/s: I've typed and re-typed and typed and re-typed lots of things and everything seems wrong. So i'll leave you with the words above.

The point is, I live my life quite differently from others. I don't expect them to understand it, but I'd like to keep the notion of the word "privacy" much deeper than others. So, it's not YOU when I don't talk much. I just don't. I don't talk much when I'm thinking, pondering and DAYDREAMING!

Eid Mubarak

Salam Aidilfitri saya tujukan kepada semua yang membaca.

Maaf dipinta andai terkasar bahasa

Terlempang terkutuk termengata

Maaf juga kiranya saya ada ter"emo", ter"menyinga" atau ter"ape-ape je la"

Semoga Aildilfitri ini membawa seribu rahmat kepada kita semua.Amin