TV3 penyeri hidupku

As I told you before, we are SOOOO homesick especially because of ramadhan. Biggest reason is because I miss the whole ramadhan feeling.

Paling saya rindu, ialah suasana petang ramadhan, bila susun kuih atas pinggan dan pergi hantar kat jiran-jiran. Lepas tu jiran pulak hulur lauk/kuih ikut tingkap dapor rumah kami. Bila dah banyak-banyak pinggan tu pulak, kenal pulak pinggan mana dari rumah siapa. Subhanallah, betapa cantiknya adat resam kita orang melayu kan. Seronok!

Masa tu dapatla merasa kuih atau hidangan jiran-jiran. Saya rindu mee kuah jiran saya, kami panggil dia mak neni (bukan neny blogger tu ye..hehe). Dari saya kecik sampai sekarang ni dah lewat 20s, saya masih berharap mak neni hantar mee kuah dia bila ramadhan. Ingat lagi rasa mee kuah mak neni. Kuah yang manis udang dan daging, topping pulak dengan telur rebus, bawang goreng dan daun bawang. Perghh..undescribable..

Aaaanyway, since kami (mostly me) homesick sangat, saya ni selalu la bukak website tv3. Pengobat rindu betul la. Tapi layan cerita yang ringan-ringan saja. Favourite at the moment ni "masam-manis ramadhan", ala yang sheila rusli berlakon tu. Pastu semalam baru perasan ada cerita "goyang shafiq", si nabil berlakon. Kelakar la nabil tu, sebab lawak dia tak lebih-lebih, just nice. Satu ja nak comment, loghat utara tu tak brapa nak menjadi la. Kecuali loghat rozita che wan tu, loghat dia agak real, dengar kata dia memang orang utara ek (hehe..tetiba jadi blog artis plak). Other than that, Shamsul Ghau-Ghau di pasar ramadhan pun kami tgk jugak. Yang ni dengan mamak sekali layan..haha..walaupun tak paham. Tak dapat pergi pasar ramadhan, dpt tgk jadilah.

Itulah nasib orang di perantauan..kesiaaannnnn...

Ramadhan

Assalamualaikum,

wahh it has been a looooong time since I posted. First of all I want to convey my Salam Ramadhan to those who still reads my blog. :)..I am truly touched to see that so many still read this blog. My heart goes to all of you. Thank you so much. Mamak and I are doing fine and since it's Ramadhan, we would like to ask for forgiveness, kalaulah kami terkasar bahasa, tersilap kata, offended or hurt anyone's feelings. Maaf Zahir Batin.

Update : 

I actually am still alive, to those who are wondering. Haha. I was just fully concentrating on my studies. Honestly, I haven't opened my own blog AND haven't visited any other blogs since I posted my last entry. Talk about determination.

The thing is, as you guys know, I swing my way back home and school. Also I had to study in German and that means, three times the workload of a normal students. It takes a lot of time trying to balance home and school at the same time, so I told myself I had to concentrate on some things and leave other things as they are for a while. 

Unfortunately I decided to leave my blog as it was and come back when I have the time. I miss blogging teribbly and I miss interacting with my blogreaders too. But I was determined. Alhamdulillah, I finished my semester, sat for 6 exams plus one Lab and syukur kepada Allah, I got 5 of my exams and my one lab results and I passed  all of them!! Now I'm waiting for my last results, and hopefully I will pass that one too.

Ramadhan is great. Sini at the end of summer, so fasting time is rather long. Mamak had a little problem fasting for 17-16 hours masa awal Ramadhan, but Alhamdulillah he's what the german calls 'Tapfer', meaning tak mudah patah semangat. Ada la dia tinggal dua tiga hari sbb tak larat akibat kerja (don't tell him I told you..haha..) but I am so proud of him still.

Skarang ni I am enjoying my summer holidays at home until end of September, which is cool because I start class after raya. So fasting is no problem since I just stay at home and do nothing. Well not exactly nothing, I am going for driving class in the evenings. My malaysian liscence is only valid for the first six month residence in Germany so obviously mine is not valid anymore. I'll have to take theorie and practical exams again to get my german driving liscence.  To think that I had it all behind me...haha. So now I have to actually attend driving classes with 17 year olds and that makes me feel so very young. NOT.

We also bought a 12 year old VW Lupo for a very little money (all the we could afford), which I call KODOK because it is bilious green, from Mamaks little brother who inherited the car from their late Atok. The car is old, the paint is beaten up, we had a casette player radio which we had to remove because it was messing up the car battery and now we have a hole with cables in it, no air-cond but thank god for the heater, roll windows, 1.0 engine and we love it. The kodok is responsible to take me to school next semester, meaning I have to pass my driving exams first. 

Foodwise, I have been cooking the same things in ramadhan. Nothing new. We tend to eat more malaysian food, since both of us are homesick, home as in Penang. Watching Shamsul Ghau-Ghau at Bazar ramadhan on tv3 online does not help ease the pain but we watch it anyway. 

Here's what I made two days ago.

In penang this what the people call 'Coq Kucai'

This one I made using a recipe from Foodbeam. So it's the stylish version of coq kucai la. Instead of the cream cheese used in the batter, I used fullfat yoghurt. Sedap. Crunchy on the outside, soft inside. I put in the fridge and reheat in the toaster oven of sahoor, still soft and crunchy.

Until next time!!