Home Sweet Home : Kitchen Cabinet

My favorite area...heart of the house...is of coz the kitchen...at least to the wife n mother of the house....ive always dreamt to have two kitchens, a wet and dry kitchen...a dry kitchen like in drama series 'Friends', an open kitchen like dat where families hang out, maybe surfing for the parents and doing homework for the kids...

Luckily, my kitchen is quite small and due to no extra budget, we didnt do two kitchens...i even tot not to do the kitchen cabinet, to save up first...but hubby persuaded me to do it with the reason 'jangan komplen kat i kalo u xdak mood nk masak sbb dapur xbest'....dat means he wants me to cook more aggresively than i do now =P....so, i agreed to do it...'isteri mithali kan ikot cakap somi' *wink wink*...

There are two choices of doing the kitchen cabinet ; wood and stainless steel....if your house's history is like dis :

hutan -> kebun getah -> kebun kelapa sawit -> taman perumahan

i would suggest u do a stainless steel kitchen...y? becoz of termites...ive heard stories from my frens, they spent until 5thousand ringgit and yet the problem was still not solved...so, dont want to take the risk....plus, u can un-assemble and re-assemble your kitchen cabinet if u decided to move...no hassle of cockroach or ants going inside as it is seal tight....

then, deciding the table top....if u got a lot of money, go for granite...lower quality will be solid surface...only enuf money, go for tiles (if ur kitchen cabinet is wood) or plain stainless steel (beware! will look like kedai mamak =P )...dad sponsored our tiles....we went to the ceramic world behind carrefour, it was hugeeeeee.....very big with relaxing atmosphere (ala2 spa gitu, sape yg keja cni mesti xtensen =P)...fall in love with the tiles, total cost was about RM700....

my initial theme for the kitchen was to be an autumn-themed like i've seen on the internet...wall painted brown, doors are orange...wait a minute, ORANGE DOORS??!!? hubby disagree of coz, saying it could create misunderstandings n basically people laughing at us (soooo un-malay)...

'apa kata wat kaler hitam'
'boring la'...'ha, bleh tapi dinding nak cat 4 kaler, jalur2 melintang, from bottom red, orange, kuning n hijau'....
'mcm kaler jamaica jaaaa, u ni mengarut laaaa'
'alaaaaaa, padanla kalo ngn kabinet itam'..
'nope'..
'lawaaaa'...
'xpa, research lg'...
'uhuk uhuk'..'nk nangis dahhhh ni'...

so, after browsing the internet n mags...i finally come out the idea like dis :



all in all it was a good experience, but it was a pain ordeal to deal with the shop as the designer were quoting different things than wat we wanted...she sketched 3,4 times before we finally agreed...we just did bottom part first as dats what we can afford at the moment...the top cabinet wont be as expensive coz theres no table top or drawers to add...we did asked for the quotation if using wood but with all the drawers, glass doors n table top, the price was still more or less the same....total cost is about RM7k....

Super bz!!

I've been very bz for the past few weeks after raya....dat explains y my raya entry come out only after syawal has ended =P...

some updates:

- my enzcema is getting worse...two of my fingers are dry...went to see panel clinic, the medicines given has no effect (particularly becoz i didnt follow the instructions thoroughly, need to apply 3 times a day, due to bz-ness i only applied once in awhile)....dis calls for KPJ!! (i need a cream dat can be applied once and miraculously can work straight away =P)...wonder whether hubby's kilang can cover the expenses....

- i owe my blog 2 posts regarding home sweet home...want to write about my kitchen cabinet and reminiscing my old house...now i've been thinking of writing my wishlist (in particular, my dream garden complete with swimming pool, koi pool, gazebo, pergola, wooden swing, wooden fence....haisyhh, over stretched? yes, dats y its a dream)..

- on 2/10/20, lil girl was 10 months-old....only 2 months to go...my next project is to plan for her birthday...the event will b a 3-in-1 : housewarming aka doa selamat masuk rumah baru/1st birthday/aqiqah...dreaming to do bbq lamb =P....

- lil cutie will be one year old in december, does dis mean i can get pregnant next year? ooppsss..

- my next next project is being a room decorator for my sis's wedding...haihh, still think dat she's a kid, yet she's getting married next year...she'll be in her final univ year by then...im praying the best for her...so, ive been googling all the latest trends, english style, brown and pink (possible theme)...dis will be my gift to her..

- im getting fatter...damn, even fasting cant help....my new diet regime : no carbs at night...more fruit...more vege? nope, im not a vege lover...

- lil girl had diarrhoea plus vomiting last couple of weeks...poor her, she didnt gain any weight for 2 months...refusing to drink milk from bottle whenever i was around...luckily it only lasted for 1 weekend....she is now fully recovered n can stand up by her own now...maybe next month she can walk her first step, who knows right??!

- wants to start a biznes...do i have the talent??

Dari Bapakmuuuuu untuk anakkuuuu....

10 Peraturan Kalau nak kuar Dating...
Kepada Bf anak aku,

Peraturan 1: Kalo ko sampai kat pagar umah aku pastu dok hon…hon, pastikan ko bawak barang yang nak dihantar..sebab ko takkan ambik ape2 atau sesapa.

Peraturan 2: Jangan ko pegang2 anak aku depan atau belakang aku. Ko boleh pandang dia, selagi mata ko tak merayau lebih dari paras leher anak aku. Kalo ko takleh jaga tangan ko dari dok pegang2 anak aku..aku boleh tolong cabut dan jaga tangan ko kat umah..

Peraturan 3: Aku tau skang nih fesyen budak2 pakai seluar londeh sampai nampak boxer atau spender ko. Aku ni open-minded, so aku takkan suruh ko pakai seluar tu elok2 cam manusia normal. Tapi, bagi memastikan yang seluar ko takkan terbukak atau dibukak semasa ber’dating’ ngan anak aku, aku akan pakai stapler gun kat dalam laci aku nih untuk lekatkan seluar ko kat pinggang.

Peraturan 4: Aku rasa mesti ko tau pasal kempen seks ‘selamat’ yang omputih dok canang hari2 kat tv atau internet. Kalo tak pakai perlindungan cam kondom atau lain2, ko mungkin akan dapat penyakit yang mungkin membunuh ko satu hari nanti. Meh sini aku nak bagitau, kalo ngan anak aku ni, aku lah pelindung tuh..dan aku akan mendatangkan sakit kat tubuh badan ko dan kemungkinan besar akan bunuh ko jugak. Paham?

Peraturan 5: Biasalah kalo ko nak berkenalan lebih baik ngan aku ni sebagai calon bapak mertua ko..ko nak berbual pasal politik, pasal sukan atau lain2 topik semasa. Aku takmo dengar semua tuh. Satu jer topik yang aku minat nak dengar: bila ko nak antar anak aku balik ke umah ni semula? Dan jawapan yang aku nak dengar cuma: “Awal.”

Peraturan 6: Aku rasa ko ni hensem, popular kat kolej/pejabat ko, banyak peluang nak dating ngan aweks2 lain yang lagi kiut-miut..aku takde hal ngan kelebihan ko tu..selagi anak aku pon ok dengan kepopularan ko. Tapi, sekali ko dah couple ngan anak aku, ko jangan pandai2 cari pompuan lain sampai la anak aku dah bosan ngan ko atau dia break-off ngan ko. Kalo ko wat anak aku nangis, aku pulak akan wat ko nangis.

Peraturan 7: Sementara ko menunggu anak aku bersiap, jangan dok mengeluh kalo dia bersiap lama sangat. Kalo ko nak orang yang punctual, ko leh dating ngan mat askar. Kalo ko bosan menunggu kat luar tu, tolong le wat ape yang patut, cam basuh keta aku atau cat pagar umah aku ni.

Peraturan 8: Tempat2 berikut adalah dilarang sama sekali korang pergi dating; tempat yang ada katil, ada sofa, ada rumput atau apa2 tempat yang leh duduk2 atau baring2. tempat2 yang takde kehadiran orang tua, polis, tok imam. Tempat2 yang gelap. Tempat2 yang membolehkan korang berpegang tangan/menari atau bersukaria. Tempat2 yang panas sampai membuatkan anak aku terpaksa pakai tshirt takde lengan..pakai short skirt. Tempat yang sejuk sampai ko kena panaskan badan anak aku. Movie yang romantic, berunsurkan cium2 tu elakkan. Movie pasal seksa kubur atau hari kiamat dibolehkan.

Peraturan 9: Jangan sekali-kali menipu aku. Aku ni nampak jer perut buncit, kepala hampir botak, tapi aku akan tau semua pergerakan ko dari spy2 aku. Kalo aku tanya ko nak pegi mana, dengan sapa lagi yang join ngan korang, ko ada satu peluang jer nak jawab dengan benar, tiada yang tak benar melainkan benar belaka. Aku ada satu senapang patah, satu cangkul dan lima ekar tanah yang penuh hutan kat belakang umah aku ni. Selalunya aku dok menembak khinzir kat situ. Kalo aku tembak kepala ko kat belakang tu, takde sapa yang nak tanye. Jangan main2 ngan aku.

Peraturan 10: Ko patut takut ngan aku ni..kalo boleh biar sampai sangat2 takut. Aku ni dok teringat2 lagi peristiwa bukit kepong. Sampai skang kalo ada orang datang umah senyap2 pastu dok berbual kat laman aku nak tembak..aku ingatkan komunis. Nanti dah abih dating, sampai kat pintu pagar, bukak pintu kereta dan angkat dua2 tangan ko tinggi2. Cakap dengan jelas “saya datang antar anak pakcik”. Pastu terus blah. Tak payah masuk minum teh. Kilauan matahari yang ko nampak kat tingkap umah aku ni ialah teropong senapang sniper aku.

Sekian, Yg ditakuti,Bapak Kepada Gf ko

P/s : sumber adalah dari internet...untuk tatapan lil girl apabila anda sudah mula reti membaca...

Raya Aidilfitri 2010

Wednesday, 8/9/2010 :

Went back early at 3pm...so b4 lil girl's back from skul, i had time from 3-6pm, which means only 3 hours...one hour for packing, one hour for ironing lil girl's raya outfits, one hour to clean up the house....also including half an hour of pumping milk, zohor and asar prayers, evening bath time....imagine how rushing i was...funny thing was, hubby went back early as well to do the tyre balancing and alignment...but upon reaching home, he saw me watching karate kid jackie chan version (while i was pumping milk)...he quietly lay down on the couch, watch the movie and did fall asleep for awhile (before he reached home, he mentioned wanting to go to the tyre shop straight away)...he finally went after the movie ended...the movie was nothing out of the ordinary (equals to boring), its a kids movie anyways....So, anyhow, i managed to do most of the packing, usually i have a list of the things to pack whenever we need to go for vacations, dis time around i had to pack for 5 days, which was alot for us...

Thursday, 16/9/2010 :

Off we go to KL...headed out at around 10am...luckily 95% of the packing was ready the day before, so just need to grab toiletries, lil girl's milk, hot water...convoy with my family, hubby stopped once at Tapah, dad stopped a few times coz he was sooo sleepy, mom ended up driving half of the journey....as usual, mom oso 'kidnapped' ariana half way (but she slept the entire journey)...sad thing is while we were in tapah, lil girl got bitten by some ants, mummy's fault, sorry dear...

Reached the homestay condo at around 3pm....headed to IKEA (plan for soooo long ady)...bought a shoe cabinet (which i can use as my files cabinet)...break our fast at McD, this is nearest place dat we can find since we arrived there around 5.30pm...enuf time only for IKEA-shopping....

Went to mak itam 's house, the first house we go to for raya (we called her mak itam becoz there's a mole on her nose, she is actually quite fair)...tot to go to Jalan Tunku Abd Rahman later dat night....but due to parking difficulty and lotsa people, we cancelled the plan...we needed to save our energy in order for us to go to alot of houses tomorrow...

Friday, 10/9/10 :

Everybody went to the Raya prayer except me n ariana of coz...we waited in the car, around 15min later, hubby showed up by the car...'aikk, cepatnya abih sembahyang raya?'..'kena semb kat tangga'...we were late dat morning, arrived at the mosque around 8.45am, there were alot of people (even in KL!)...5mins later, dad appeared too...so we waited for mum n sis till they finish the khutbah...

our journey : Gurney -> Ulu Kelang -> Keramat -> Hulu Langat -> Salak Tinggi -> Gurney

a tentatively full day wit a lot of food...learning my lesson from previous experience i.e. to avoid diarrhorea and stomachache, i eat only little...trying to keep to only 4 meals a day (of coz only trying, i think i tasted the food in every house)...had dinner with a takeaway KFC, bought by hubby's bestfren =)...

Saturday, 11/9/10 :

Went to Kampung Baru, where my dad stayed with his uncle after his mom died....he had alot of memories here...including courting my mom when she was working in KL *wink wink*...the uncle died when i was in school, his wife is still alive with very little memory left...my granduncle was an UMNO fighter long time ago, we called him tok raden/tok janggut....later we had our brunch at my aunt's house in Ulu Kelang before heading to Alor Setar...

Sunday, 12/9/10 :

Had family photo session...the main obstacle was to get the kids to gather...see, one way to keep them quiet is to let them play the PS2...if not, they would start making a mess in the house, wrestling here and there....their grannies would have such a headache dat the only solution is juz to let them play the video games....however, sometimes they would come out crying and fighting who gets to play the game...there are 6 kids, one TV and one playstation...then, my BIL brought back his old TV....so there are two TV and two playstation, do u think dats still enuf? naaahhhhhh, until they each has their own, then they would come out crying, nobody wanna play wit me...aahh, kids, no ending with them....so to pull them for awhile from playing games, their parents had to offer toys and new games....wonder how will my lil girl be? not much different i think...

just when our big families were ready, suddenly hubby realized dat the remote battery had finished....everybody was so disappointed dat my first BIL gave us the instruction not to start eating until they get back from buying new batteries....so the lil ones get back to their games, and older ones, not being able to resist hunger, quickly went to have itik golek with ketupat palas (our raya official raya dish)...carefully not to dirty our clothes, everybody went back to their original position in no time when hubby and BIL arrived....

later we went to another two houses, had a tour around jitra, reminiscing hubby's old house...the kids were fighting to get into hubby's car....not sure wat's so interesting about the car...maybe the spacious look dat it has....so, ariana n me had to go into BIL's car...

Monday, 13/9/10 :

Last day of our balik kampung trip...had a bit of drama in the morning...went to KMC to see the paed...luckily it was 'false alarm'....all raya project had to cancel (wanted to visit some frens)....went back to Kulim after dinner as I had to work on the next day...

Thursday, 16/9/10 :

My one and only lil sis got engaged to a Keramat guy....while sis was being make-up upstairs, the other star of the day was of coz my cutie lil one...everybody upon arrival would look for her, wanting to hug her and take photograph wit her...hmm, if only i can make money out of it =P....all the while balik kampung and engagement ceremony, she was being soooooo nice, not cranky at all....

Then, hubby and me had to take over the dishes for awhile...washing the plates, fork and spoon...mom take the catering food, they provide everything except people to wash the dishes....we took turns with my cousin and her mom....dis is the reason we were so tired dat day...anyhow, the ceremony was a success wit hubby being the photographer...



p/s : i know raya stories are 'basi' ady...been super bz for the past few weeks after coming back from raya....but i know ill still enjoy whenever i read dis post...=)