A Homemaker’s Diary

At last after like 3 days trying to update my blog, the connection tonight seems to be much better. Now I am lost for the story I should be writing here..heh!

Anyway, tomorrow I am planning to go for artificial flowers shopping for Hubby’s niece’s hantaran (and for the groom’s as well). And if I feel like it maybe we will go to Jalan TAR to get more stuffs for the bunga telur and bunga gantung, kain satin for the alas dulang plus beads for niece’s reception and nikah attire. I’m not sure how fast I can work everything out but I hope I can give most of the ready items by middle of July so that SIL and Niece will be able to bring back the items to Dungun.

Hopefully by next, next week I would be able to get the bulk koko jelly for the guest favors. I have found info about a wholesale sweets shop online but we still need to go and find the place. I read that the shop also has lollipop..told SIL about that, and she was like very excited..biasa la ibu2 pengantin surely excited nak buat first wedding event ni kan..then somewhere in July we have to go to Bagan Lalang to buy the kerepek ubi she plans to put in packs as part of the guest favors.

Come to think of it, I hope there will be a lot of guests coming for the wedding because she plans to give out like bunga telur, cupcake, sweets for kids, kerepek ubi and whatnot, even tapau nasi kenduri and lauk pauk. But then perhaps her friends all over Dungun will come since the wedding will be held on Friday, Terengganu’s day off. Otherwise it will all be a waste, God forbid!

I should be hitting the pillow soon, otherwise I might not be able to wake up tomorrow for all the shopping..gosh, I really hate going shopping now. Feel like it’s really a chore. Motivating myself, lagi cepat settle, lagi cepat boleh relax..heh!

We had terrible stomachache on Monday..blame it on the mee kuning. I used brand Win, I think I’ve used that before and the same type of sakit perut the day after..huhu..it’s been quite a long time since my last cooking using mee kuning so I kinda forget which brand gives terrible pain.

I called SIL and she said she had the pain as well but not her husband..heh! I guess I have to make my own mee kuning after this if I were to enjoy the mee kuah or any mee type of cooking.

I seem to be getting terrible headache these days. Hubby said must be the hormone charges and all with this pregnancy. I wish I can do nothing all day but I have a lot to settle for Niece’s wedding. Perhaps after 8th August I can relax all I want..heh! Sometimes I do think that my body never really cut out for such thing like pregnancy..but then again, it’s only 5 more months to go..more or less..

I need to get back to whatever stuffs I have to get done, well at least some for today. Just see how things going on tomorrow, hopefully it’s better and less headache.

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I’m not very fond of eating beef these days but I am cooking mee kuah tonight. Well, not really cooking because I am still waiting for the ribs to be tender..huhu..now I think I really need to buy a pressure cooker.

(after almost 2 hours)

I am done with cooking the kuah, in fact since the ribs are bountiful, I have to cook the kuah in two separate periuk..otherwise one pot will be full of ribs and less kuah for the noodle..heh! Note to myself, buy a bigger periuk cap buaya..something bigger than the current 22cm and 24cm! I even did some food tasting, mesti la kan, esok nak bagi org mkn, tukang masak kena rasa dulu. My SIL is coming with her husband, my niece and her fiance, so since last time I didn’t cook anything (just ordered Pizza Hut) malu la plak kan..”rajin” sgt maksu asyik2 order pizza..haha!

Hubby said I shouldn’t feel that way because I am the pregnant one, in fact SIL should bring me food..ada ke pikir camtu..But I did mention to her teringin nak mkn pajeri nenas, bukan bleh kira SIL tu, tgk2 dia masak esok..I feel bad menyusahkan org though I know she really doesn’t mind. Usually if you like cooking you will feel flattered and satisfied if people like your food, especially your loved ones.

Well, I did mention in the title above about acar limau and terubuk masin. The seller online said she will go to Pekan Rabu to look for acar limau..kes ibu mengandung yang mengidam la ni..the terubuk masin I ordered from a seller in Kuching. So once I get the full set boleh la makan dgn nasik panas2 plus kicap..heh! Thanks to online shopping now everything is available.

So I guess since I am full of mee kuah and tired of all the cooking, I better hit the pillow. I hope Hubby will manage to celur the noodle, sayur etc for his lunch while waiting for me to wake up tomorrow…hehe!

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