My First Trial

Hai! See ya again! My children and I have been longing to eat doughnut. Since 6 months we're here, we didn't taste any. Of course, there're many doughnuts sell at the shopping centre but its not halal. My hubby said at his uni there's one stall that sell halal doughnut. Craving for it, last Friday I asked him to buy the doughnut. Yeeaahh!!! My children were happy they got chocolate doughnut! But, Masha-Allah, five doughnuts cost my hubby more than 11 AUD, one doughnut was about $2.50.

Then, I surfed through the internet looking for the recipe, I found one! Without delayed, I tried to cook the doughnut. The taste was good and it was soft too.My children were more than happy and I felt satisfied, no need to buy doughnut anymore!

This is my first doughnut, yummy!

The recipe:

Ingredients

31/2 teaspoon of instant dry yeast
1/4 cup of warm water
11/2 cup of fresh milk (room temperature or heated)
1/2 cup castor sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/3 cup of butter
5 cups of plain flour
oil for frying
optional: potato mashed

Direction

1. Mix warm water and yeast in a big bowl, leave it for 5 minutes or until foamy.
2. Add in milk, salt, sugar, egg, butter and 2 cups plain flour. Mix them thoroughly. Add gradually the rest of the plain flour until it form a dough. Knead the dough until it become smooth and unsticky.
3. Cover the bowl with damp cloth or plastic wrap, leave the dough in the room temperature until it raise up two times of its original size.
4. Sprinkle flour on the rolling board, roll the dough for about 1/2 inch thick, cut the dough with doughnut cutter.
5. Cover the dough ut with dry cloth and leave it for about 30 minutes.
6. Heat the oil, fry with low/medium heat until golden colour.
7. Sprinkle the icing sugar or castor sugar while it still hot.

On the same day, may be I was in the mood of trying new recipes, I also made the Lemon Cheesecake (I miss Secret Recipe's cake). But my cheesecake was not so firm, I have to put in the freezer and it cannot be out of the freezer for a long time, we have to eat it immediately! But it taste delicious! Here is the picture of Lemon Cheesecake.

Isn't it look delicious?

The recipe:

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup cookies crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup margarine - melted
1 (1/4 ounce) plain jelly
1/3 cup cold water
1/3 cup lemon juice
3 large eggs, separated
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon lemon, rind of, grated
16 ounce cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup sugar

Direction

1. Combine crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and margarine, reserve 1/2 cup.
2. Press remaining onto bottom of 9 inch springform pan.
3. Soften jelly in water, stir over low heat until dissolved
4. Add juice, egg yolks, 1/4 cup sugar and peel, cook, stirring constantly over medium heat for 5 minutes.
5. Gradually add to cream cheese, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.
6. Beat eggs whites until foamy, gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar beating until stiff peak form.
7. Fold into cream cheese mixture, pour over crust.
8. Top with reserved crumbs, chill until firm.

(I also add 250ml whipping cream)

Aren't they simple? Try it....

School Talents

Bonjour! In this post I would like to share with you the talented students of Bentley Primary School who performed amazingly and full of confident during the school assembly. The first presentation was from 'Iffah's class. They were telling a story of "No More Pet!". The second performance was from Zarif's class. They acted the character of their teachers. Zarif played the role of Mr. Crossley, the Deputy Principal. After the assembly, Mr.Crossley praised Zarif and called him the cool version of Mr.Crossley. Enjoy yourself!

Peluang yang terpaksa dipinggirkan

Dah seminggu tak jenguk blog ni. Maklumlah, sekarang ni hubby dah mula sibuk dengan tugasannya dan saya pula dah mula semula menjaga Hawari, masa agak terhad. Sememangnya masa amat bernilai, sedikit kita leka maka semua perancangan jadi huru hara.

Di sini bukanlah soal masa yang ingin saya perkatakan, tapi yang berkaitan dengannya, iaitu peluang. Dalam hidup kita, banyak peluang yang datang kepada kita dalam pelbagai cara dan keadaan. Tak kiralah dari sekecil-kecil peluang hinggalah ke sebesar-besar peluang. Persoalannya, adakah kita dapat meraih semua peluang yang tiba? Tanpa melepaskan satupun...?

Dalam hidup saya, saya sedar banyak peluang yang menjengah. Banyak yang saya gapai dan banyak juga yang saya lepaskan pergi, peluang-peluang yang terpaksa dipinggirkan.... Beberapa peluang besar yang saya masih ingat saya pinggirkan, ketika tingkatan lima, Mak dan Buya hendak menuanaikan haji ke Mekah. Mereka bercadang untuk membawa saya sekali. Sayapun disuruh menghafal bacaan-bacaan dan do'a yang perlu. Tetapi malangnya, tarikh peperiksaan lisan SPM ditetapkan pula dalam tempoh saya sepatutnya berada di Mekah, maka terpaksa saya pinggirkan peluang ini..

Pada tahun 90-an, waktu Universiti Multimedia baru ditubuhkan di Melaka, mereka menawarkan beberapa jawatan kosong. Saya dan suami melihat ini peluang yang baik untuk pulang bekerja di tanah kelahiran beliau, maka kami memohon jawatan yang bersesuaian. Saya mendapat panggilan interview dan ditawarkan pekerjaan, tapi malangnya suami tidak. Maka satu lagi peluang yang dipinggirkan...

Baru-baru ini, saya mendapat tahu Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi menawarkan Hadiah Latihan Pengajian untuk pegawai bukan akademik bagi tahun 2009. Saya amat teruja, kerana ini adalah peluang yang saya tunggu-tunggu. Tambahan pula saya sekarang berada di Perth menemani suami menyambung pelajaran, kenapa tidak saya ambil peluang untuk melanjutkan pelajaran. Permohonan saya sebelum ini ditolak oleh majikan kerana polisi tidak membenarkan saya, seorang pegawai bidang pentadbiran melanjutkan pengajian ke luar negara. Bidang yang ingin saya terokai pula sememangnya ada di Malaysia tetapi masih boleh dikatakan baru sedangkan di sini bidang ini telah begitu meluas. Kaunseling di sini sudah mantap dan tiada masalah untuk praktikum kerana banyak tempat yang boleh saya sertai untuk menajamkan kemahiran. Memang amat cantik sekali peluang ini untuk kemajuan diri saya dan mereka yang akan saya bantu...Malangnya, sekali lagi peluang yang besar ini terpaksa saya pinggirkan. Suami akan menamatkan pelajaran pada Jun 2009 dan perlu melaporkan diri semula ke jabatan. Sekiranya saya melanjutkan pelajaran, saya perlukan dua tahun untuk bidang saya bermakna sehingga 2011. Apa akan jadi dengan anak-anak? Sememangnya ada pelajar yang meninggalkan suami dan anak-anak atau meninggalkan suami dan membawa anak-anak bersama untuk melanjutkan pelajaran...Namun bagi saya, keluarga adalah lebih penting, selagi kami boleh bersama, biarlah kami tetap bersama kerana kitapun tak tahu sehingga bila kita boleh bersama..Allah maha Berkuasa.

Walaupun peluang yang tiba nampak begitu cantik dan bagus sekali, tetapi banyak perkara di sebaliknya yang perlu disemak, dikaji dan dipertimbangkan, maka apalah salahnya peluang itu dipinggirkan.....kerna pasti ada yang lebih baik untuk kita.

Mak...Buya

Lately, I always thinking of Mak and Buya. How I miss them very much.....but what can I do, they are not here for me to say that directly, only du'a that bring me closer to them. I regret that I do not show my love, my care towards them when they were still alive. I was busy starting my own life. Actually, its quite disappointed that I cannot fulfill my dream to build better house for them, to go together to Makkah for Hajj, because they gone while I, myself was striving for better life. I never done enough for my parents and I will never did, even though if they were still alive. Their love and sacrifices will never be reciprocated. I know, there's no turning back, only the memories that I hug dear to my heart... This song illustrate my feelings..Why I do not really appreciate the good things while I had them but then mourn when I loose them??

Australian Patriotic Song



Lyric:

We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come,
We share a dream. and sing with one voice,
I am, you are, we are Australian

I came from the dream time,
From the dusty red soil plains,
I am the ancient heart - the keeper of the flame,
I stood upon the rocky shore,
I watched the tall ships come,
For forty thousand years I'd been the first Australian.

I came upon the prison ship bound down by iron chains
I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run
A convict then a free man, I became Australian.

I'm the daughter of a digger who sought the mother lode
The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road
I'm a child of the depression, I saw the good times come
I'm a bushy, I'm a battler, I am Australian.

We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come,
We share a dream, and sing with one voice,
I am, you are, we are Australian.

I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs
I am Albert Namatjira, and I paint the ghostly gums
I am Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run
I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian.

I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains
I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains
I am the rock, I am the sky, the rivers when they run
The spirit of this great land, I am Australian.

We are one but we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come,
We share a dream, and sing with one voice,
I am, you are, we are Australian.

This is the full version of the song, the children in school sing the short version during the assembly. Listen carefully to the meaning of the song. It is very patriotic and encourage the unity of nation even though the people of the country came from all over the world. Malaysia as well is the multi racial country, so we are one but we are many...... Hopefully we share this spirit all over the world and live peacefully and happily ever after.....

Lagu di bawah ini pula untuk ingatan kita semua