Spring, fever and everything in between..

I miss posting yesterday. First day in my spring semester went well. A loooooong list of places to be, courseworks to complete and classes to attend - but am glad winter is almost over. The chill is still there - tapi tak lah sesejuk December. Shun is back from Hong Kong, Alice - looking good as ever. Few friends went missing though; Julia deferred her course until next October. The Brit-Italian mix obviously is still griefing after the demise of her mother from cancer in November. The last time we hang out masa kat Westbury Court, and at the coffee shop, saw her droping some pennies inside a donation box - some cancer research thing. I went asking about her mom - dia cerita, and a week after that; we got the news. I hope to see her again before balik Malaysia, soon. Other girls --Wendy and Theresa will be doing 4 years. Samuel (the Patrick Dempsey look-alike) is nowhere to be seen -- after some 'rubbish lecture' coming from one of the guests. He was so pissed (everyone could notice); I think he's gone forever. Bummer.

Lucky us, the first lecture sangat best. The whole class was stalled mulut ternganga for few minutes sebab from the name "Kim. A", we were expecting a 'lady' coming through the door. So, we got 'her' wrong. Hehe. But, heck, janji his workshop rocks, tu je yang matters kan. 

An hour before balik, got a text from Mr. Papa, saying that Ezzah muntah kat rumah -- and her body temperature naik. I can't set my mind focus right after that sampai kelas dismissed. Beli pisang skejap kat Co-op, balik.

Memang demam betul - she was so weak, she even look like one. She didn't eat, all she had sampai malam cuma air kosong je. We had to sponge her all night -- and after the kencing-atas-couch-scene, we finally had her washed all over; then baru lah she managed to talk and asked for biskut. The last thing she would ever swallow memanglah Paracetamol - lucky we have the ABC (apa ntah) from homeopathy her tokwan bekalkan.

                                                                tido.. : (

By midnight, kami pulak yang affected. Weng je kepala..Semua orang bangun at 11 today sebab semalam tido pukul 5.. the end.

xx  DreamSnugger  xx

Chicken and Me and Me and Chicken

Hehe. Never trust a chicken-freak when he/she said they have had enough with chicken - cause they NEVER will. I just told some friends how bad my 'hangover' was after a super-large meal of roast chicken we had last week, kununnye macam serik lah makan ayam like sebulan. Not even a freaking week, there I go again -- devouring ayam like there's no tomorrow.Haha. Kategori raksasa gorgon la ni. I shall blame the event when kami tak cukup sempat makan ayam last Sunday (datang lambat sapa suruh) -- got the recipe from Umi - and voila! The easy-made chicken is done.. most interesting part --> there's coke involved.  : )

                                     Ayam + coke + kicap + halia = ayam coke kicap halia

Still got fried chicken from lunch@Bristol, then pau Ezzah nye fries, salads, deco-deco skit --> bon appetite!  Hmm.. ini kalau Jamie Oliver tengok mesti pinsan. Somebody from his hometown dah mencalarkan credibility dia dalam masak campak-campak.. Ngee.. hehe.

                                                                        Dinner's ready!

This is certainly one of the things I do best. MAKAN. 

xx  DreamSnugger  xx

Happy Birthday Bestie!

It's Kish birthday today.

She's been a wonderful friend to me - a lady with big guts and a strong heart.

I hope she had a blast!

wishing you great moments - dari jauh.. : )

Lots and lots of loving thoughts!

xx DreamSnugger  xx

Next stop : Bristol !

Tuesday. Sigh. It's cold and it's foggy. 

This is exactly how I feel about Sundays - for my school-day starts tomorrow.

There'll be tonnes of stuff to read, and things to worry.

Urghh - bugger off.

I'm just gonna spend today the best I can. Even though it will involve Bristol, chicken, sausages, rice and maggies.Yes, stocking up for the next 3 months, people.

It's almost 10am but outside looks wet and foggy still. Hmmphh..

Ezzah, wake up..

Papa, wake up...

                                                                     foggy backyard

                                                                       frontyard

See you around!

xx  DreamSnugger  xx

Rainy days and Mondays..

Misi membeli ayam kat Bristol today can be considered as FAILED. We were overslept 
(I was shot, remember?) and was not in the mood to drive in the rain. Plus, there were still plenty of leftovers from Hefni's in the fridge, and all I can think of bangun pagi-pagi was the cereal. Easy -- bukak box dan kenyang! Hmm.. modern-time motherhood eh? 

Not much activity done the whole day. Hmm..since program stock up ayam dah changed to tomorrow, I just ran around doing some cleaning in the house. Yang banyak bertaburan -- of course lah the blue packets. Think we are addicted to it. So much so of Chikkadeesss!

                                                             The culprit!

Know what? I was alone --vacuum carpet tangga and bathroom, and ducked down to collect the hairs (since vacuum bertuah tu tak cukup power nak sedut hairs). Being a thirty-something-of course-my-hair-fell-down-woman, I always know the longest hair lying on the floor was mine, tapiiii.. who wants to answer for the LONG WHITE HAIR I just found?????? Better go watch Spongebob lah.. (telan air liur sambil buat2 berani).. *sweating-hard!*

And the clean carpet cuma bertahan 2 jam sahaja!

Later in the evening, we just found out that we lost our large food-bin; wonder sapa la yang balas. Every households in Bath got the bin for free since October from the Council, untuk food waste aje. Hmm.. good effort, but the plastic bag will cost us GBP4 per roll. And now, mana nak buang sampah nih? Nak kena report ke apa nih..? Ingat Jumaat ni nak tumpang tong sampah jiran sebelah lah dulu. Bummer!

Layan StarWars marathon zaman 70an with Mr. Papa..  I just quit halfway, too much weird creatures and they talked funny! George Lucas did possessed some extreme imagination, kan? -- I simply cannot understand why men fancy citer tu.. never care, and never will. Lagi best tengok Handy Manny. Hehe..

xx  DreamSnugger  xx

Isk..tak best lansung!

I dreamt of an old friend, then I don't remember, then my arm was shot, again, I don't remember why -- and was brought to Kuantan to see a bomoh. The house (or clinic) was filled with people, which I was sure yang sakitnya sorang aje, but the carers punyalah ramai. But the makciks inside the clinic had this scary look -- gilalah.. one boy at the other side - was munching garam and daun pisang, and a faint-faced lady holding her bag full of ikan busuk. Once in a while, they threw their killer-scawwy jeling towards me sebab my phone never stops ringing! 

I remember the treatment room was separated dengan a huge bright yellow cloth hanging from the ceiling (normal view in every demonic place I suppose). Everyone looked impatient for their turns- perhaps dah lama tunggu before I even arrived. Long story short, all of the sudden, the tok bomoh came out and and said;

 "Hah.. mana satu yang kena tembak tu..?" 

One question changed it all. Time tu jugak every eyes in the hall pointed towards me (ya la, sapa lagi yang kena tembak)-- and in split seconds, they turned into 1000 scary faces and rushed hysterically to attack me!

 

Memang seram even I kind of realized that was a stupid dream (sebab kena tembak, which sangat tipu, heh). Panicked as semua orang would be kalau kena attack; I can still recalled my escape quote to the tok bomoh - as an excuse from his treatment;

"Takpa lah pakcik, saya balik dulu, saya nak kena hantar buku library.."

Cis. Buduhnyeee... tak thrill lansung!

Intann : Nak mimpi jadi bridget jones takleh ke..? Hehe..

xx DreamSnugger  xx

I Can't Cook..!

Back from Hefni's place. We were the last yang sampai - pukul 2 jugak. Ni sebab kami satu rumah tido sebelum subuh malam tadi. Konon-kononnye nak align Ezzah-nye sleeping time. We got (paksa) her to sleep at about 9pm -- only to have her to be awake again pukul 12 tengah malam. Tiba-tiba je -- "Mama..I want nasik...Ezzah hungryyy.." Aduuu..pinsan. After nasik, mintak cereal pulak. Memang betul-betul lapaq dia nih! 

She went back to sleep (lepas acara garu belakang yang sangat lama!) at around 2am. Tapi, kami la pulak yang cerah bijik mata. One movie completed - Johhny Depp's new piece 'The Tourist'. Tak ngantuk - but we got hungry. Makan again at around 4 in the morning. To proceed dengan tidor after 1 large milk-coffee and whole loads of biskut memang sangat memberdosakan, so we decided to layan another movie. 'Grown Ups' with Adam Sandler and friends. Layan lahh. Memang lepas Subuh baru paksa diri tido..

I made Agar-agar Oreo (got the recipe from internet - quoted 'sangat simple!') dengan Spagetti with udang and mushroom. Memang tawakal lah bawak pegi. Orang lain masak memang tak ter'lawan' la. Kak Ana came with her cheesy tiramisu cake (buat sendiri tuu!), Hefni and Zetty cooked bihun goreng, Umi with nasik goreng cina and teriyaki chicken, Harry made salad dan banyak lagi lah! I was wayyy too sleepy to eat (seram sejuk sebenarnya tengok kehebatan orang memasak). Just chat-chat for about 2 hours and everybody started to leave. Tapi tiramisu cake tu memang menyentap kalbu - confirm tapau bawak balik.

We decided to have some makan-makan too at our place one day -- since people tadi dok tanya of our house whereabouts. Hmm.. perhaps during Ezzah's birthday. I'm not worried about the space -- since our house can accomodate like 20 pax at one time, cumanyaaa... WHAT TO COOK...??? Takkan nak belek resipi from BBC's I Can Cook kot.. (laughing at myself). *sigh*

Intann : Do something Intan..

xx  DreamSnugger  xx