Living with Sarah

Tak ada ke mana pun... As usual, nothing much happened. My fitness regime masih ditahap lama. Kelas belum start pergi lagi. Minggu ni batuk pulak. Jadinya target minggu depan. Lama tak kena batuk macam ni. Jenis yang ada kena-mengena dengan allergy macam dulu-dulu. Dada dah sakit ni... Memang tak dapat nak tidur sangat. Baru nak lena, terjaga sebab batuk. Sighh...
Samsung challenge progress - 2nd star dah lebur. 3rd star ni tinggal sehari saja.
But then, disebalik malas nak bersenam ni, I actually lost 1kg. Without doing much. Itulah buktinya makan luar sebenarnya tidak begitu sihat. Kat kedai kalau ceduk lauk... mak ai... minyak dia boleh buat goreng lagi satu lauk. Since I sekarang masak lunch for myself dan dinner for both of us, memang cuba untuk eat clean and healthy. Most days lah! Ada hari masak rendang ok!
 Dua hari lepas punya cerita. Ni memang Hubb's favourite - rendang ayam pencen. Rasanya sekali hadap, setengah ekor boleh habis dia sorang! I think Hubbs has lost some w…

February brings new routines to our little family. Hubbs started a new full-time job starting Monday. He's been free-lancing and working from home for the past almost 8 months. Hilang sudah kawan lunch I 😔. Selalunya dalam 11.30am we would go out for lunch together. Hmmm... pasal tu la berat I naik kot kan 😄?

Jadinya, mula minggu ni, pagi-pagi sediakan bekal Hubbs pergi kerja. So far egg sandwiches saja. Today mushroom pies beli semalam. Nak bekalkan nasi dan lauk dia kata nanti dulu. Bila tengok cara dia masukkan bekas bekal dalam laptop bag, tau lah kenapa. He would shove it in the side pocket. Adehh... kalau bawak bekal nasi dengan lauk, by lunch time, mau bercampur-aduk dah isi bekas tu!

So, lunch sekarang I makanlah apa yang ada dalam fridge. Tapi bagus juga sebab dah tak ada kawan nak makan, baik I puasa! So far, dinner akan masak.  Semoga istiqomah!
 Semalam merayap sorang-sorang ke Aeon Nilai beli groceries. Singgah makan kat Burger King. Bosan eh makan sensorang ni! Now…

Sejak balik dari Jeju, rasanya sebulan at least 2 kali masak Korean Tofu Stew ni. Sementara masih ada lagi Gochugaru dalam simpanan. It's a very healthy meal. Dan senang nak buat. Bila orang tanya rasa macam mana, I cakap - Alaaa... macam rasa asam pedas. Tapi I tak guna kelp sebab tak ada, so ganti dengan kuib ikan bilis.

Bila buat sendiri, ikut apa saja yang ada dalam fridge. Selalunya I akan letak soft tofu, ayam dan mushroom. Tapi kalau tak ada, belasah saja apa yang ada. Janji ada rasa stew 😋. OK anak comel dear, here's your Mommy's version of Korean Tofu Stew. Lama betul Mommy tak share recipe for you.

Korean Tofu Stew

2 soft tofu (yang square) - cut into bite-size pieces
1 pack enoki mushroom
2 pieces of chicken with bones (thighs/ribs/drumstick/wings) - chopped into small pieces
1/2 white onion (bawang Holland) - sliced
2 garlic (minced)
2-3 tablespoon of gochugaru (Korean red pepper flakes)
1 anchovies cube (selalunya guna Knorr)
1 stalk of green onions
Sesame oil

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Time really flies. It's already February. Turbulent times we are going through now I must say, and it's only 2nd month of the year. Doa yang baik-baik saja...

Anak comel tak balik minggu ni. Baru hantar dia balik Rabu lepas. Lagipun dia ada one mid-term paper this Tuesday. Then it'll be 3 weeks of classes before study leave. Then 2 weeks of final exams. Then, semester break and she'll be in her 3rd semester. Oh my! 

While I ponder why things around me are moving so fast, my sewing project is progressing. I have started with the new batch of curtains. Dah siap 5. Kain pun dah habis potong. Should be able to complete this batch around next week, insyaallah.
Material yang ni ringan sikit daripada yang sebelum ni. So, laju sikit jahit.
I dah jumpa new K-drama to watch - Memories of Alhambra. Dah tengok 3 episodes. A totally different storyline from Chocolate. So far OK lah. Maybe baru sangat cerita dia belum develop. Or maybe because still tak boleh move on from Chocolate.…

Thursday 30th January was our 20th wedding anniversary. 20 years huh? That long 😅. Plus 8 years of knowing each other that adds up to 28 years. Mak ai! Rasa ancient gila 😆.

We didn't really celebrate. Hubbs was out for meetings the whole day. I was also out and about doing errands. Around noon an ex-colleague sent me a message asking for quotation for translation service. So, spent the whole afternoon doing quotation, timeline and updated profile. Alhamdulillah masih lagi ingat macam mana nak buat project timeline!

By the time nak keluar ke Tabung Haji for the errand, dah 2pm. Dah la tak breakfast, lunch pun tak sempat. Tabung Haji pulak ramai orang. Apparently tengah time orang buat rayuan haji. Bila Hubbs balik around 5pm, dia pun tak lunch. See... sehati sejiwa kan 😁? Jadinya we went out for anniversary lunch cum tea cum dinner at 5.30pm!
Celebrate kat Satay Haji Samuri je! No, of course we didn't finish all those satays walaupun lapar ya amat!
Happy anniversary dear Hub…

We just stayed home this CNY holidays. Memang tak ada plan ke mana pun. Disamping tak nak terjebak dalam traffic jam, sekarang tengah musim macam-macam virus. Better to stay home than be in places yang ramai orang. Those few times we went out to the malls pun I was being very cautious. Bukan apa, I ni sejak pernah kena batuk teruk berbulan-bulan a few years back, senang sangat nak kena batuk. Bila kena... Allah saja yang tahu bertapa seksanya 😖.

My BIL Kili and SIL Siti have been bestowed with 2 latest additions to their family. Last week on the 21st. Two girls. Yup, twins! Alhamdulillah... So very comel. Have not visited yet. Tunggulah stable sikit in a few weeks' time. Let the family settle down first, especially the parents. Bukan senang nak handle 2 babies at the same time.
The two bundles of joy!
I completed the first batch of curtains I'm making for my charity project. Alhamdulillah... Sekarang nak mula potong kain untuk 2nd batch. Maybe esok. Rasanya kali ni kena minta…