a tribute to lazy/buzy mummy: spaghetti bolognaise- my way

This is a very fast way to have a good at home spaghetti bolognaise. Believe me it taste better that any expensive restaurant spaghetti. My girls who never finish secret recipe or victoria station or TGI friday spaghetti bolognaise can have up to 4 plate of this spaghetti ( worth the cooking effort , even the effort is so little...:-)) This recipe specially dedicated to lazy (aka buzy) mummy like me out there...have good fun trying this at home....

The ingredient, very simple. 1 can of spaghetti sauce. for those who prefer slightly sour sauce can get prego traditional sauce. Cambell one will be less sour.for my kids , both also can lah...

shallots , onion as mush as you like. some garlics . then you might want to add some minch meet or chicken. in my case i used canned minch meet, now we have local brand...***sigh*** at least we can know that its confirm halal. Last time when we still dont have our own brand i used canned minch meet from ausie and brasil that have halal certification from their muslim consumer association. But beware , never use greatwall brand ( china brand, coz last time even halal word was there , its just a word only..cannot be trusted ..hope they dont sue me...coz i've found pork puncheon with same brand and label...huhuhu...) bottomline... be careful when you pick the canned minched meet. Alternatively you can also use minch chicken... which also turned to be so yummy but you have to simmer it longer.

chop some shalots or onions and garlic. chop it finely if your kids dont like to see onions in their foods...:-) mine hate the onions. they call it veggie and they hate all kinds of veggie...

Boil the spaghetti until tender. put a pinch of salt and a lil bit of cooking oil to prevent it from sticking ( dont put also can... heehhe). Toss the spaghetti or pasta up and rinse it with tap water.

saute the minch shallots and garlic until it give a goooooood aroma. Then throw the minched meat in it. 1/2 can would be alot already. If you have some spare time...( i dont have) you can make meat ball from this minch meet and add the meet ball to your spaghetti.

Pour the spaghetti sauce , 2 cup of water and simmer it until thicken. your spaghetti is ready to be served. Get a nice spaghetti plate... put the spaghetti and pour the sauce on it. Spread the parmesan cheese generously on it. walla .. it looks better that expensive restaurant spaghetti and ... of course it taste better...yummm

Mama mia... your spaghetti is ready to start its journey to your intestine...

The flowering bulb

Last few weeks we went to cameron highland. Every visit to cameron highland wont be a complete one without visiting the Mardi Agro park in Tanah rata. What i like most about this place is they always have new things. The last time we went there before this one, i was introduced to blackberry ( not the phone) by one on the worker there , uncle krishnan. He was so so kind and helpfull and want to explain everything about this plant, he even give me a few cutting (already have root) but unfortunately it never survive long in my garden.

so the latest visit , there was something new in the park, The tulips and a few more flowering bulb that i cannot recognize.

Iron Man2

Hi dude...
just finished watching iron man 2 with my family( hehehehehe... i know...i know...tengah sarat mengandung tak elok tengok movie bising2 cam tu)... the movie is OK... but compare to the first ironman, the first one is more interesting. the movie is not so suitable for the kids... lots of talking, less action and too high tech for small kids like mine. But for adult... boleh la nak tengok...the movie took about 2 hours.. my 3rd one sleep through out the movie on his baba's lap.... after the popcorns finished... i think nothing interesting left for her i guess.... personally ill give 2.5 out of 5 for this movie...Love too see scarlet Johanson curly hair...:-)

11 years together

Today is our 11th anniversary. It has been an eleven precious years of our marriage and we are blessed with three kids and a good life. For that, I should always revise my Alhamdulillah , every moment, be thankful and grateful for everything we receive in this life.I've talked about how me and hubby met and be together in Love in a pomelo so ... dont worry i wont talk about it repeatedly on every anniversary...:-)..like usual on every same date i feel that i have the whole bunch of everythingto talk about but when i try to put it into words... everything seems never come out...well a few things are better left unspoken..

Be true to yourself

I have been subscribing to pravworld.com for quite a number of years. This is the random quote that the website send me today:

Be True to Yourself

Never compromise your values and beliefs,
even it if means risking ridicule and rejection.

Be true to yourself. Live your own life.
And don’t allow others to decide what is best for you.

If you do, you will be unhappy, because, you’re untrue to yourself.

Shoot by a policeman?

I am reading a news about a boy, AminurRasyid Amzah who was shoot be a policeman, the boy look perfectly innocent.Only Allah knows what actually happened: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/130328

Jade Vine

common name:Jade Vine
Botanical name:Strongylodon macrobotrys
Family:Fabaceae/Leguminosae
Other name:Tayabak(Philipine),Jade climber,
Origin: Philipine

A special evergreen vine with jade to blue flower. one thing uniue about this plant is the color was so green blue that you could hardly find in a plant.The structure also really looks like a artifial flower, at first i thought that they purposely hang the artifial flower to the vine.

Jade vine is a native plant in Philiphine and grows in wild in the tropical forest. It prefer neutral to acidic soil. in term of light we can grow jade vine in full sun with some shade in the mid day. Jade wind nomally grown over a pergola or trellis where the upper part is facing the direct sun and the lower under the shade.

a close up of Jade vine flower. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and birds. it can be propagated by stem cutting and seed.

Other link:
Jade vine at melur.com

Aster

strawberry

strawberry is definitely not from malaysia, only can be found grown at highland in Malaysia that has a lower temparature climate such as Cameron higland , genting higland and Ranau in Sabah

Our maid-to-be met with accident and passed away

The maid supposed to join us by early next week . Everything has been ready including all imigration procedure but yesterday she met with an accident while riding motorbike at her hometown and passed away. Eventhough we haven't know her personally yet, but our heart go with her and her family. She was a widow and left behind 2 kids age 8 and 5. Life must be difficult for the kids.. without mum or dad around to support them , especially financially.

Life and death, there is no rigid line between it. When the time come, no matter we are ready or not is never be a question, it will happen. now we are laughing and savour all the good moment in life , suddenly in another split second we can lie motionless and lifeless. for a second something came across my mind. i kind of regret because i was delay-dally with the decision making process. if not she have already be here by then and wont meet with accident. However, Everything happens for a reason and only Allah knows what He has arrange for us. Al Fatihah to her.

i remember i've wrote in one of my blog entrance years ago: The Distance between hapiness and torment is just a blink of the eyes