tug of war

I read books so much this past months because I always lose the battle for the remote control. As my lil tyke gets older he hogs the tv all the time driving me crazy! I'm partly to blame for his obsession with the Disney Junior Channel because I introduced him to it when he's not yet 1 year old. Huh..look he slobbers on the remote when he's younger. And now that he's 2 he actually keep it hidden somewhere so his mama cannot change the channel. How could you? I gave birth to you..you know..I'm the one paying for that Astro subscription every month..

my amazonian adventure

Yay..I'm so happy today because finally I've received the books that I ordered through amazon.com. Here's the package.

After some freaking weeks, waiting, wondering, worrying, obsessing,lounging around for it to arrive it's already here! Through the amazon website the estimated date is tomorrow but it's already here!
I ordered it last 30th July. And it's so new I cannot find it in any bookstores here. Well that's only for Supernaturally not Hex Hall. The prices are ok but shipping costs USD 14..equivalent to MYR 44.45 ..duh..

my favourite place

Initially I wanted to go on a ala jalan-jalan perpustakaan but the idea of dragging a 2 year old screaming and kicking into a library is a bad idea. So instead we venture through the bookshops around Klang Valley trying to find the nicest one. MPH Mid Valley used to be my favourite because it's so big and imposing but there's hardly any chairs and my kid could get lost in the maze of bookshelves. Kinokuniya KLCC is also not bad but still lack of chairs. Borders is the best. With an abundance of plush sofas, wooden chairs and even a spacious children's corner where my angel/monster can do his thing. Which is rolling on the floor. Take a look.

Making friends or flirting? Oy..she's too big for you..

Yes he's the only one who does it.

Story time or bedtime? You tell me..

Well that concludes our tour for now, unless we have nothing else to do on raya we might be going on another jalan-jalan. Since we're celebrating raya in KL it might be boring anyway..hehe

nyum nyum

Salam ramadhan! I hope it's not too late to wish everyone a blessed Ramadhan. After some unsuccessful attempts at performing terawih with my lil monster nearby, I decided to wait until he fell asleep to pray.

I don't know why but fasting month always made me think about food. Particularly raya food. All those rendang,ketupat, sambal goreng and masak lodeh..is just heaven! Seriously..but in my dad's sense it's unhealthy as he will always come down with gout later on..uh oh..

This year I became so lazy which is kind of ironic since I'm at home full time. Last year I went cookie crazy and baked half a dozen different biskut raya that nobody ate and most of it ended up in the dustbin by raya haji. So this year I decided just to make only two types of biskut which is my favourite almond london and chocolate chip n pecan cookie. And since I won't be having any open house (except for people who really wants to come) then I'll just have to finish up by myself..haha..

But this year I have a hankering for all these traditional delicacies especially kuih rempeyek, kuih ros and kuih siput. Takut nak try buat sebab nampak macam susah je. Sampai tengok youtube macam mana nak buat. Lecehnye kuih lama ni yek? Sungguh kagum dengan mak mak kita yang rajin buat kuih sampai bertin-tin. Tengokla nanti macam mana jadi ke eksperimen rempeyek hehe..