Tanggal 9 Februari 2016, aku meninggalkan bumi Kangaroo, Australia untuk kembali menyambung tugas dan meneruskan hidup di Malaysia. Dalam penerbangan Malaysia Airlines (MAS), berkali-kali aku katakan dalam hati, 'aku tak ingin kembara lagi' ....

Namun, setelah sampai di KLIA, aku disambut oleh ex-classmate form 3 aku, Natrah Mohd Emran. Beliau menyambut kepulangan aku dengan sebuah buku nukilan Mufti Perlis, Dr. Mohd Asri Bin Zainal Abidin (MAZA), antara ilmuan agama yang aku kagumi. Terima kasih sahabat, untuk pemberian yang tak terhingga ini, sehingga mengubah fikiran aku selepas mengkhatam buku ini dalam masa seminggu. 

Amat hebat tulisan beliau, penuh spiritual, motivasi, sejarah tamadun Islam dan Barat. Melalui bacaan ini juga, aku dapati terdapat hadis mengenai bangsa Eropah, iaitu 5 karakter baik bangsa Eropah yang telah diberitahu oleh Nabi Muhammad saw, Mereka Paling Mencegah Kezaliman Raja

Untuk sinopsis buku ini, boleh melawat laman web Dr.Maza sendiri : Daku Ingin Mengembara Lagi…

Lalu, membuatkan aku tertanya, apakah bangsa teman-teman Australianku? satu persatu jawapan yang diberikan adalah tidak jelas, malah mereka sendiri tidak dapat mengenalpasti bangsa dan budaya sendiri. Jadi, aku anggap, mereka juga adalah bangsa Eropah yang lahir dan membesar di Australia. Budaya Eropah dibawa ke seluruh Australia. Nama-nama jalan dan suburb yang wujud di Eropah terutamanya England, juga dapat dilihat di Australia seperti Campbeltown, St Peters, Hyde Park, etc. Mungkin membuatkan mereka, "feels like home" katanya :)

Ke manakah destinasi selepas ni?? Mungkinkah Mesir, Oman, Europe, Spain....wallahualam..

Malaysian Chicken Curry

29/1/2016

Meg Paech invited me to show her how to cook Malaysian chicken curry. I bring all the ingredients to her lovely home. These are the ingredients:

The ingredients

Serves : 4-6 person
Cook time: 20-30 minutes

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons, cooking oil
1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced
5 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced
1.5" ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
4 tablespoons, meat curry powder
6 curry leaves
5 cloves
1 stick, cinnamon
2 star anise
3 cups water
1 dried tamarind (assam)
3 carrots, peeled and chopped into thin slices
4 potatoes, peeled and cut into half
1kg, chicken
1 tin, coconut milk (or 3/4 cup milk)
Salt to taste

Method:
1. Add the oil into a sauce pan and heat it up until hot.
2. Add the onions, garlic, ginger and stir-fry until aromatic before adding the curry powder.
3. Add the curry powder, curry leaves, and stir-fry for about 5 minutes.
4. Stir-fry until you smell the aroma, then add the cloves, cinnamon and star anise.
5. Add the chicken, stir to combine well for about 1 minute.
6. Add the water, dried tamarind, carrots, potatoes, and bring it to boil. 
7. Lower the heat. Cover the pot and let simmer for about 20 minutes, or until chicken become tender.
8. Add the coconut milk and salt to taste and simmer for another 5 minutes.
9. Dish out and serve with steamed rice, toast bread or paratha (roti canai).

* You may substitute chicken with beef or lamb meat.
** The same ingredients and method apply for chicken/beef/lamb Kurma. You need to substitute the meat curry powder with Kurma powder.

Meg, curry & me

Lovely Meg

Kari ikan (Fish curry)

Salmon fish curry

Pagi-pagi seawal 8.30am (7pm , waktu Malaysia) dah call mak di Perlis untuk tanya resipi kari ikan. Terima kasih kepada sahabat, Aida Abas sebab sudi kongsi resipi juga. Tetiba rasa teringin nak makan ikan. Jadi, selepas browsing kt Central Market, jumpa salmon head $1.50 seketul. Seafood mahal kt sini.

Bahan untuk dikisar:
Rempah biji (Coriander seeds)
Cili kering
Bawang putih
Bawang merah
Kunyit hidup/serbuk
(*bawang merah lebih sikit dari bawang putih)

lain-lain:
Minyak masak untuk menumis
Rempah kari ikan (optional sebab dah ada Rempah biji)
Daun kari
Asam Jawa (atau Asam keping)
Santan 
Bendi
Ikan 
Buah tomato
Garam
Gula (sedikit saje, menggantikan serbuk perasa)
Air


Cara-cara:
1. Kisar bahan-bahan.
2. Panaskan minyak dalam periuk.
3. Masukkan bahan yang telah dikisar.
4. Tumis bersama daun kari dan rempah kari.
5. Masukkan santan, bendi dan asam jawa/asam keping. Tambahkan air kalau terlalu pekat.
6. Kemudian, masukkan ikan dan buah tomato yang telah dibelah.
7. Perasakan dengan sedikit gula, dan garam secukupnya.

First time guna periuk Casa Domani ni...huhu.. 

Selamat mencuba!!!

Today is my last day of aged 20s..tomorrow I will turn 30s ...

Trip to Thailand

Hi all,

I always want to post a story about my trip to Thailand. The trip was on January 2013. But I hardly got time to upload the pictures and my post bout that. I went for a 5 days trip to Thailand from my hometown, by bus. Can you imagine?

As you can see at date stamped on the photos, it happened on 24th January 2013. I have no friends on the bus. But I know some people who travelled with me. She was my mom's friend and her daughters. Then, I got to know some other new people on the bus. They live at my hometown as well. Hmm, I love meeting new people. We travelled by a Thai double decker bus. We gathered at the border Malaysia-Thailand, called Padang Besar in Perlis (my hometown). Luckily i got a seats next to the door, and an empty seat next to me. So, it was very comfortable for me. We spent most of our time on the bus.

After we passed the Malaysia and Thailand immigration process, we changed our money (Malaysian Ringgit, MYR) to Thailand Baht at Padang Besar in Thailand. Its location is just across the border, about 5 to 10 minutes drive from the border. Too close wasn't it?

end of Day 1 ...
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my nephew - Aish Wafiq

This is my second nephew

Name : Muhammad Aish Wafiq Bin Mohd Fikri
D.O.B. : 1st October 2012

Zakat Fitrah

Assalamualaikum W.B.T.

Selamat berpuasa semua...

Jangan lupa tunaikan kewajipan..bayar zakat fitrah tau..

Resit Zakat Perlis