Nafsu di Bulan Ramadan

Yesterday, Alhamdulillah, my day ended brightly and smoothly. Attended a meeting at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and I met a few friends. They are doing good. Some of them just came back from international posting, ada dari Berlin, Sudan, Yemen. And some of them are leaving soon, ada nak pergi Beijing and Brazil. Happy for them. deep in my heart ada juga rasa cemburu tu, hehehehh. Tapi i think positively, when we gain something, at the same time we also loosing something. InsyaAllah, Allah maha adil mengatur rencana hidup kita.

Lunch break i went out and got this for me and the girls.

For me, beli awal baju raya, nanti tak payah bersesak dengan crowd. Beberapa tahun ni i prefer beli baju raya di outlet yang senang to access, tak payah masuk mall, park kereta pun depan butik je. And i tak ada la nak survey sepuluh dua puluh tempat. Maybe makin berumur ni i kurang sikit cerewet. Puji diri sendiri. Asal cantik je di mata i dan practical, i bayar.

For the girls, i bought english cotton peplum, from Sutra Ungu. They have so many cotton kurung pahang and peplum for kids. Cantik-cantik. Dah banyak tahun i beli baju raya the girls at Sutra Ungu. Now they have three outlets in Bangi. Tempat lain pun ada. Tapi again, i suka sebab location outlet ni easy to access. Since last month lagi they asking for one, sebab peplum ni ada ribbon kat pinggang. Feeling princess la kot.

And for the mami, i prefer nursing friendly dress. Susah nak cari nursing dress yang elok kualiti kain dia dan kemas jahitannya. But the first time i gave a glance at D'yana, i fell in love. What a good tailorship. And a Maya'ss kurung. They don't have nursing kurung. Mostly nursing kurung yang i jumpa, tak kemas. Sometimes it looks good dalam katalog kalau nak beli online, but bila belek-belek kat butik, it turns me off.

Ok, gambar baju tak ada ye. Tunggu entry raya nanti. Nafsu yang ni i tak boleh avoid. The temptation of baking.

I tak buat from the scratch pun. I used Nona pre-mix pandan sponge cake. Not bad. And ni first time i used silicone mould, instead of bakinig tin. Risau tak menjadi sebab i tak reti nak adjust timing dia. I bought two years ago at SSF tapi pernah guna sekali je, tu pun untuk buat pudding. But not bad la. I risau bila tengok macam nak garing but it still lembut inside and out. Yes, the girls boleh tak nak naik tidur sebab nak tunggu cake masak and so many times they said "wangi la bau cake ni mami", "dah masak ke mami", "sedap la bau dia mami".

And after took out from the oven masing-masing tak sabar nak rasa. Bukan makan banyak pun, they just nak rasa cake panas-panas wangi-wangi fresh from the oven. Same goes to me when i was small.

Dengan rasminya kini i have my own cake platter and dome. Ni bukan nafsu Ramadan, tapi nafsu Syaaban, heheheh. Sebelum ni tak pernah beli but after cake i pernah diserang semut, i knew i need one. Terjumpa di Menu and terus jatuh cinta but they don't have glass dome. Tapi ni high quality plastic, Soga, made in Japan.

Masa pergi Menu tu, sempat juga i grabbed this. This one can be considered nafsu.

Dua kuntum je pun. Cukup a sekadar nak bagi percikan warna terang kepada this dull area. Cadangan asal nak decorate ofis sendiri tapi the admin unit told me that they are having a renovation soon to accommodate new officers including me. Meaning to say that i have to stay dalam bilik tumpangan ini for a certain period.

Knowing that this is not going to be mine, malas lagi lah nak decorate according to my liking. Yeay!! Boleh la control nafsu membeli ni, kalau dah dapat own office dalam bulan Ramadan ni, asyik la nak membeli this and that.

Dulu along the way nak sampai ke rumah, the girls prefer to watch movie dalam kereta. But now masing-masing bergaduh nak entertain the little tot.

Si kecik pun pasrah je dengan dua entertainers ni. The two ni memang rajin nak melayan baby tapi kadang terkasar juga. Cubit pipi, gomol perut. Diorang geram la tu.

Lorr..macam AA la dik

And this boy pun kadang happy tak tentu pasal, kadang dia rimas juga. Bila i larang so many many times and taknak dengar, this will happen.

Menangis meraih simpati and pujukan and hugs. Ini la modal diorang.

Right now, i terfikir to make a quick make over kat depan rumah. Depan rumah ada letak swing brand 3V like this.

Gambar Hiasan

Firstly, I don't like the colours. Tapi dulu masa Tuan Syed beli, i tak ada la nak kata apa-apa. For the kids. So, i am thinking of giving it a new colour, white. When i was in maternity leave lagi dah berangan nak cat sendiri tapi the boy nak bonding time tu more, i kalah.

Secondly, i don't like the size. It occupies more space kat luar tu. Depan rumah i kecil je. Memang muat je pun cuma kalau dapat, nak la i gunakan space yang ada tu untuk arrange the pots. I dah googled and i think this could be one of the solution.

Gambar Hiasan

 Garden bench. I taknak yang besar-besar sangat sebab the area tak spacious mana pun. I taknak yang wrought iron because i prefer wooden bench. Cantik nya la haaaaii kalau dapat satu white wooden bench like this. Small table attached to it is a bonus. Berangan, macam ada orang nak bagi pula, Go and get one on your own la.

Eh, ada orang kata nafsu bulan Ramadan. Tak baik. No, for me yang ini bukan nafsu tapi cita-cita. Betul, nafsu kena stop during Ramadan, but cita-cita kena teruskan.

Tapi masa i google tu, it looks like you can do it yourself. Like this.

Gambar Hiasan

Gambar Hiasan

Simple yet nice. I never test Tuan Syed's carpentry skills. Should i do that?