I think I put too much fruit on that yummy cake - berair! but sedap jugak- heheheh
angkat bakul sendiri!

Yummy Cake.

mari kita cuba buat kek ni - senang dah sedap

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup self-raising white flour
1 cup self-raising wholemeal flour
1 egg
130 g butter [agak agak ler]
vanilla essence - a bit

cara nya:
melt butter
beat egg
mix all together

put 2/3 to 3/4 mixture in a dish
add 1 cup or 1.5 cup of fruit* on top of mixture
cover the remaining mixure on top of fruit

bake abt 190 deg. abt 25 minutes [agak agak ler]

ada paham? -
thanks Angela for this yummy recipe

* fruit
frozen blueberry, blackberry
or stewed fruit - asalkan not so wet - drain the juice tu
jam pun ok jugak...

sedap wa cakap lu --

recipe ni asal from Karin - she use 3/4 cup --- angela uses1 cup - as long as equal qtty.

I have all the ingredients - might try this weekend!

A week at school.

This year Aladdin started prep [kindy - only 2 days a week, prep is full 5 day-week]

They started last week on Thursday. So Thursday and Friday - no dramas.
Hisham cut his hair [on my request] on the weekend. Monday morning, cried all the way to school. He doesn't want to go to school until his hair grow back!

Tuesday - he was fine and happy to go to school

Wednesday, still OK

Thursday - "I don't want to go to school!"

aiyyo! not even a week yet...

I wonder if he grumble more today?????

I hope not - everybody loves friday - don't we all?

Spiderman Maniac

One day O woke up and looked at me. I was preparing for work. He didn't say anything but just look. Then I took his hand and we walked towards the kitchen holding hands. I said to him
"Now we can be best friends, you are my best friend now"
Still holding my hand, he said "No, I'm spiderman"
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On another occasion:
I was talking about his coming birthday. Hey what you want for your birthday?
"Superman Cake" - are you sure? not spiderman cake?
"yup- I want superman cake"
OK... then I said "You are going to be THREE?"
then he said "No, I'm spiderman ONE"
you see spiderman 1,2 and 3
aiyyoooooooooooooo ini budak!

Little Conversations

Aladdin: Mummy! Orion hit me with the spiderman!

then I saw Orion charging out from the bathroom. When he is a bit settled I said
"Orion, don't hurt your brother with your toys, that's not nice"
guess what he said???

"But mummy, he's only a toy, he doesn't know any better"
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This morning in the car..
Orion: "Daddy, baby wants to go to the toy shop, Daddieeeee baby wants to go to the toy shop"

mmm dia yang nak gi - dia tuduh baby!

Cradle Mountain - from Dove Lake

This is the famous Cradle peak. Some of the peaks has ice caps [oct]. teringin nak tengok time winter. Entah bila nak datang sini lagi. Aminah still works here so there's still some chance.

Dove Lake
Batu ni kan quite big - mungkin about 50 meter to the lake surface.. seriauuuuu
Tunggu hero! heheehhe
walaupun inland lake - beach dia macam sea beaches. 5 mths prego tapi nampak macam 9 mths!
kalau lah kayu buruk ni boleh berkata kata...

The famous boat shed Little model
Mak badak letih tergolek!
Boat ramp
Walking towards the lake from the car park. The trek around Dove Lake takes about two hours for a normal fit people. Us - more than 4 hours. Snap happy and picnic stop

macam tepi pantai kan?
Semput jugak lah - naik turun bukit keliling dove lake ni
ntah apa nama little island ni
Hisham surrounded by 'fagus' - in autumn imagine the greyish parts tu are orange
hujan on the way - hence the rain plastic tu [disposable you] $2 at chicken feed. penat wo mengangkut stroller - not all part are stroller friendly

Cradle Mountain - One of Tasmania's Icon

Once in a blue moon - Hisham will say 'yes' to ronda ronda - itu pun kicking and screaming :-)

This was Oct 2006. Only Aladdin and Orion. Baby still in mummy's tum tum.

Cradle Mopuntain - Lake St Clair National Park Entrance (world heritage area tau!)
Nyenyaknya si wombat ni tidur (behind visitor centre)

Wallaby (small kangaroo) and little joey [nampak tak dalam pouch tu?]
Waterfall at pencil pine walk
On teh walking track (yang banyak taik binatang liar!)


Orang liar - hehehehe
Lubang wombat [burrow] - sebelah tu taik dia - little cubes

Pi la.. say hello to kang-ga-woooooo

South Esk River - Close to sunset.

Platform can be underwater during rainy season. Far back - bridge into Perth from Hobart

Sunset line

Our drinking water is coming through this river.

Daddy And Orion on the platform
Awadeen - on the stump
big mummy
Jungle man n little monkey.. heeheheh
flat calm
In summer - depa panjat pokok n terjun ke sungai!

Dalam jugak sungai ni - pernah berenang once - semput! so unfit...

South Esk in Perth

Aminah and kids - many moon ago
another part of the river
Kids love having a 'pikpik' near the river
Aladdin on the palatform [takut boya]
mmmm vegemite sandwich anybody?
Isk! tangkap buat gulai best nih!

The team in Holman Clinic

Cewah big momma cam boss kat depan sekali! cessss!

Kalau korang nak tahu - that's my mum's baju kurung! yes dah sama size [and OVER!]

Jatuh Katil

Today baby jatuh katil lagi! yikes! I lost count how many times he fell. Naughty mummy - smack smack.
speaking of naughty - I now have a brand new threat for Aladdin.
"Eat your dinner Aladdin, if you don't eat my cooking, I better go somewhereelse than people eat my cookings"

"but mummyyyyyyyyyyy - I can't eat a lot - whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

but he did ate his fried noodles last night --- normally not even an effort!

have to learn new types of cooking - I wonder if shireen would teach me how to make 'dosa' [kita pangge tosei!]

It's shrove pancake day in Holman Clinic --- fund raising for Relay for Life. so many fund raising activities here.

A Kampung far away from Kampung

Never ever thought taht I will 'berkampung' at the far south of the land down under. Homesick? you betcha! almost everyday I thought of my Malaysian heritage - what we used to do to eat to wear to say to feel EVERYTHING! But Allah chose Perth as my new kampung [for now] - So I am embracing this kampung as if - it's made in Heaven! Ilah - for pencinta alam like you - you will love it here - and I am LOVING it.

Our little house not on prairie - I used to dream about living in the little prairie house! If tok {tok yam} still alive - she will proabbly crocheted heaps of bonnets for my kids. how I miss her so much. The fence is now blue! The blue fence house opposite the windmill!

Arrrgh - it's hard to take! I went down the river one time without Hisham, and the view was like this! incredible! amazing! gobsmacking! yada yada yada... went home and told hisham about this magnificent view down the river. Later, on different day we went down together - the river was a bit choppy and not so hot looking [no mirror image reflection], he then said : sure....- then one day.... who's gobsmacked now?? eh? eh?

Unbelievable ain't it?

Same area - but this was in the morning - no mirror image reflection but it is nice and quiet [winter mths]. In summer, there'll be swimmers boaters, kayakers, picnickers, etc but it is relatively quiet [than the Gorge - another post perhaps]

Just the neighbourhood - Woolmers estate - not very far from Perth. Love the windmill - Infact I got few blades of this old windmill.

The boating ramp - near Woolmers. - That's Ana and ??? Aladdin???

Perth also has lotsof little cotages. Will post some of them later.... so ladies and gentlemen... Do enjoy my kampung far away from kampung...

More windmills coming up... tungguuuuuuuuuuuu

Haircut and separation anxiety

Last night...
Hisham: Can you fix Aladdin's school stuffs before you leave?
Me: OK
Aladdin: Mummy, are you leaving?
Me: Yes, why?
Aladdin: whoaaaaaaaaaaaa [cry uncontrollably]!
Me: no no I'm just going to work (and for some reason decided to tell him about my upcoming US trip) - but mummy will go to US soon and won't see you for about a week
Aladdin: Whoaaaaaaaaaa [more crying]
Me: It's OK, insyaAllah mummy will come back
---------- hmmmmmm insyaAllah mummy go there? still haven't seen my travel pack! ---

Funny how going outside the country is such a big deal nowadays - I used to pack like 3 hours before I left for UK to work. all last minute including calling the taxi! if I couldn't get any taxi - I would have been stuffed!
alas! but that was pre-sept-11

going away nowadays is not what it used to be.. they told me it's getting easier.. or is it?

In my case - even the trip to the loo is not without some fuss...

"mummy, mummy where are you"

esp. Aladdin - without fail - everytime I go to toilet for a 'whopsie' - he ALWAYS have to come in - either to go himself or to ask me some questions, or to show me something or ....... errrghhhh 'nak uk uk pun tak senang!'
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Hisham rang up this morning - apparently Aladdin cried all the way to school - he didn't want to go - which is unlike him - coz he would always looking foward to go to school,
today - the teacher's aid had to come out and get him in ---- why????
Haircut
all my fault - asked hisham to cut his hair yesterday - and he doesn't want to go until his hair grow long again!

Bunga bungaang di tamang larangang Hishang!

Aquiligea (Columbine)
Dutch Iris
Snowball
Jonquil
Aquiligea lagi
Dutch Iris - solo
Chive -onion
Bearded Iris
Christmas Lily
Bumble bee in Poppy (not the opium type)

Forget-Me-Not : wild flowers
Yang ni bunga cherry

Some kind of tea tree

Tulip

Jonquil? wangi yg ni

tulips in tub

jonquil

Daphne - wangi bunga ni

daffodils

daffodils

My fav. one

daffodils

Camelia

Of all these flowers - maybe only the tulips that Hisham put in - the rest we sort of inherit them with the house. Most of the flowers here are spring flowers.