1603; Timun

Bismillah.

I now don't really post about the things that I do/cook in the kitchen because um... that excitement was an 18-years-old-Faqihah phase haha. Tbh I've been reusing the same recipes that I learnt from years ago to cook for myself and people haha so posting it would mean repeating the same meal every one to two weeks :p

Anywayy, today is an exception because Ibu taught me something that made me go 'oh no' and 'wow' at the same time😂

It was basically just cutting the cucumber in a spiral-y way before slicing it thinly. Sounds straight forward enough but I was this 👌 close to giving up because numero uno, it was multiple times that I almost cut my finger and number two, I could've just sliced it the easy panjang-panjang way.

But hey, although it's not that perfect but yo girl did it anyway! /pats own shoulder/

Note: this was for laksa johor, hence the fancy skills haha.

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Terima kasih ibu,

untuk semua pelajaran- pelajaran 

menjadi perempuan,

walau untuk hanya di dapur 

ataupun jua perjalanan kehidupan.

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Jelatek

1517; proud kakak

Bismillah.

I find joy in watching people grow. Every little step they took forward matters to me. Especially those whom I really care about.

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Z here, used to call me 'mak' when I was in UK because he gets really touched whenever I cooked for him and A any meals. His favourite was probably mi goreng mamak because he couldn't stop talking about it since the first time I made it. But I've never gotten any chance to make it the 2nd time for him. Hopefully soon okie since almost all my adik-adik Kent are here in Malaysia! 

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1498; They Had to Stop Me

Bismillah.

Was in the kitchen again to cook for the i-lost-count-th times and housemates went:

"Seriouslah masak lagi?"

"Makanan kita bukan banyak lagi eh?"

"Faqihah betul bosan ni"

Yee Faqihah topup makanan sikit lagi je k for dinner jangan risau🤤 Can't wait for tomorrow's breakfast!

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T-33

Jelatek

1496; Quarantine Tings

Bismillah.

At 11am I told my housemates I'm gonna start cooking lunch because I was bored. Made nasi tomato, ayam kurma and cendawan goreng tepung.

At 12.30pm I have nothing else to do.

A restless Faqihah needs help.

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T-33

Jelatek

1494; Restricted Cooking Order

Bismillah.

This morning in the kitchen I felt like cooking everything- nasi lemak, lempeng, mushroom tempura, nugget. I really had to control myself saying if all these ingredients in the house finished, it would be troublesome to go out and buy things. Also everyone in this house arent big eaters so there'd be many leftovers to be kept.

Ye tahu bosan tapi sabar sikit faqihah.

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Jelatek

1354; Proud

Bismillah.

Cried watching my adik-adik Kent's MNight performance recording. I cried during last year's MNight too lol I'm sorry I'm like that proud mom who's over-obsessed with their kids hahaha! The performance they've worked hard for is definitely worth it. If I was there, I'd definitely treat each and everyone of them my kari kambing cooking, just like last year.

Hello semua cepat2 balik Malaysia, especially tu yang nama Shu tu!

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Jelatek

1206; Today's Blessings

Bismillah.

1. Woke up early today and cooked myself some pasta goreng for breakfast and lunch. Saved a whole lot of RM10 there ehe. Went to work 20 minutes later than usual but I was calm so all good haha. Thought it was gonna be a bit hot walking to work today because Sun is usually bright at that time but no so yay me!

2. One person noticed my new watch.

3. A person criticised the colour of my pasta goreng like I have no heart or whatever. Thanking myself for the smiles I throw despite the heartache.

4. Progressed  a lot on the assignment task but still nervous for tomorrow.

5. Asked a friend to pray for my heart because it was so suffocating the whole week and I just need assurance that I am gonna be okay.

6. It was raining heavily but I just walked through the rain. Didn't even try to avoid any puddles- just like a soul-less person. Shoes all soaked but at least I am safe home.

7. Huda's cooking today so I can have my sleep this evening. No one cares but sometimes I hope I have the courage to say that I am tired too.

8. Got to chat with Kak Fizerk after so long. I miss her so much.

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Jelatek

1204; Today's Blessings

Bismillah.

Today has been a roller coaster but here are few things to be grateful about:

1. Woke up early today for Subuh (most probably because I slept without turning off the lights that night) and packed pasta goreng breakfast for friends. May it made them happy and gave them one less burden of finding food that morning.

2. Could've eaten pasta goreng as well but just afraid that it isn't enough for everyone at home. Cooked megi asam laksa for myself and ate it while watching Running Man and had few good laughs. Alhamdulillah for the strength to cook for many stomachs and also the entertainment distractions.

3. Emptied my laundry basket so yay me for clean clothes!

4. Stress-cleaned this morning by sweeping the whole house. Funny but I thank God for the all the stresses as it has kept my house clean for the longest time. Also thanking God for the patience He has granted me so it seems that I am okay the whole time ehe.

5. Felt like sleeping the whole day but managed to push myself to go out to KLCC today just because it was suffocating to stay at home.

6. Grateful that a person asked if I was okay. I was not but was really thankful for the concern.

7. Had crying spell while walking to Avenue K and that came out of nowhere. I thank myself for the ability to stay composed and not breakdown a lot in front of all these people.

8. Bought my first rice curry lava bowl at KFC and managed to find a spot for myself to sit in the midst of these people. Legit cried silently before eating because suddenly I don't feel like eating it and wanted loaded potato bowl instead. The person sitting opposite me must've thought I went through harsh breakup or something but the fact is I'm just a girl with messed up hormones. Crying spells aside, the rice curry was great though ehe (well it better be).

9. After going home, slept myself through the evening just because I felt like doing so. I haven't stated this but till this point of time, it was the thousandth time that I slept today. Normal Faqihah will never sleep this much. Alhamdulillah for waking up at around 6pm and not missing my asar.

10. Nothing in this point but just wanna pat myself on the shoulder. I deserve some Tealive or sumthing.

Brb maghrib!

Update 2331: Stayed unaffected for few hours and thought I am better now- but apparently I am not. I need my old stwong Faqihah. May tomorrow not be another happy-face-mask day amin!

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Jelatek

1137; Friends are Blessings (Blazer)

Bismillah.

My life today feels like the weather in Canterbury- showered with blessings. 

1. Last night I slept prolly around 10pm and woke up at 4.30am. As usual, woke up to new work everyday and at freakin early morning I managed to self- learn how to mail merge. Absolutely thanking UKEC for making me learn this because it just saved me tonnes of time. 

2. At noon, I have a weekly meeting with other sisters from Canterbury and I decided to cook for them some Korean black bean noodle.

'Yeay tak payah masak malam ni!'

'Terima kasihlah bawak makanan, saya memang tengah lapar ni'

'Saya baru teringin nak makan makanan Korea sekali ada orang bawak pulak.'

The food was actually not much but so happy that it made them feel happy.

3. I was glad that we made this meeting because I feel like I haven't had good conversations like this for a long time. My cheeks were cramped from oversmiling!

4. Around this week, I asked on a Whatsapp group if anyone has a blazer for me to borrow for 'Projek Amanat Negara XV' this Saturday. Actually I do have a blazer but it was slightly big for me because it was a hand-me-down from Cik Lah. Also, I've already tried Shu's but still feels big for me (lol need to gain more weight).

Today before the sisters' meeting started, Najah suddenly came to me smiling and said, 'Faqihah saya ada hadiah untuk awak'. Firstly I was excited because I thought she managed to borrow a blazer from her housemate but when I looked at it, the tag was still there. I was like, 'Eh, baru ke ni?'. Turns out Najah really BOUGHT it for me. I cried people. What did I do to receive such kindness... Can't actually stop saying thank you to her today.

5. Some people invited me to come with them to Nottingham for a talk that will be held there. Though I do wanna join, for some reason I have to reject. I was actually trying to save up some money because I've already spent a lot during Winter break lol. However just now, I received a news that someone wanted to sponsor my ticket to Nottingham. I've only met that person one time during 'Perhimpunan Musim Sejuk' and she's already doing so much for me... I can never repay all these kindness that I've been receiving. Alhamdulillah alhamdulillah.

6. Today, after thousands of times passing by Primark, I finally entered it. Shu and Najah was surprised that that was my first time. They were like, how can you resist all these beautiful clothes... Hahaha idk girls, shopping is just not me. The only shopping I like to do is grocery shopping!

7. After going to Primark, from afar, I can already see a bus heading directly to the court I'm living. Alhamdulillah no need to walk far far in the cold.

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1135; Today's Blessing (Bubur)

Bismillah.

Today's blessing in a sentence:
Made my very first bubur todaaayyyyy and it was goooooddddddd alhamdulillah!

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1134; Finding Blessings in My Chaotic Life

Bismillah.

Again, I feel like catching up with my 'blessings' post because nowadays I don't feel good about myself and life #blamesPMS. So yeah... I was hoping that this post will make me feel better in some way... idk how but here it goes:

1. I've been craving nasi goreng kicap since yesterday so this morning after subuh, I cooked myself some nasi goreng kicap but it doesn't taste like home (although I freakin bought kicap ABC). However, it was enough to keep me full till night alhamdulillah.

2. Talking about 'full', I swear I've been so full since yesterday night but all these cravings kicked in very hard. Yesterday I finished 5 bars of Cadbury Roundies and today, I bought and finished another 5! Before that I have already had fish and chips and only God knows how full I am right now but yall... I still want food. Again blaming PMS!

3. Yesterday I slept at 8pm because yknow... purposely made my life feels good. At 4am I woke up and did some work and then slept again until subuh. Frankly, these days I always wake up to whatsapps telling me I have new work to do but I'm keeping up with it good alhamdulillah. Few days ago, I woke up to my leader asking me to do a 'Happy Thaipusam' poster she wanted by 1pm. So at 8am I started designing and by 8.50am I submitted my work. Friggin 50 minutes yaww... your Kiah so efficient now.

Talking about efficiency, it was quite a funny story when I wanted to submit the poster. You see, I have class at 9am and at 8.45am I still haven't even put on my tudung and changed my clothes. I was such in a rush that I decided to multitask everything in 10 minutes. While waiting for the poster to be saved on Photoshop, I grabbed my thermals and clothes. I opened Chrome while putting one leg into my pants. While waiting for Whatsapp browser to load, I put in another leg. Put on toner while searching through all my documents folder and wear tudung while submitting the poster. After all done, I then rushed to class. It was already intense since morning phew but good news is I survived (both class and work)!

4. Yesterday I bought a packet of spicy Korean chili paste but then realised that it wasn't halal coz has alcohol in it. I was momentarily devastated sebab dah excited nak masak using that paste (I've been craving spicy food) but then on the bus I decided to double check the ingredient and found out it has alcohol in it. One side of me said "Tulah siapa suruh check banyak kali, kan dah melepas" hahaha but yeah, let it be. I already gave it to Zhong. "Tell me if it's good yeah", I said with a smile but still disappointed heart lol. Good side of it, I feel happy that Zhong feels happy.

That's all for now I guess. I have a story to tell about a Chinese uncle I met yesterday but later later lah eh in shaa Allah. Ciao.

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1126; Bubur Jagung Paling Senang Di Dunia

Bismillah,

*lol clickbait*

Semalam risau santan yang tak guna lagi dalam peti tu rosak so decide nak buat bubur jagung. Memang teringin pun sebenarnya lol. So google resepi and bahan- bahannya... kemain daun pandan, gula melaka bagai hm satu hal pulak nak cari melaka kat tanah inggeris ni. So nak tak nak, macam biasa, kita experiment jelah. Memang tak confident masa masak tapi dah redha awal- awal dah kalau kena makan makanan tak sedap. Yang ada dalam dapur tu cuma santan, gula & jagung tin so campur jelah semua dalam kuali and tunggu didih. Dah siap tu ehhh sedap pulak haha. Memang sebijik pun rasa macam orang selalu buat kat Malaysia haha. Haih kalau tak experiment tak tahu pun senang ya amat nak buat bubur jagung. Selalu orang letak daun pandan untuk bagi bau wangi and letak gula melaka ke gula apa2 pun sama je rasanya yang penting rasa manis lol. 

Resepi Bubur Jagung Paling Senang di Dunia:

Bahan- bahan:

1. Jagung 

2. Santan 

3. Gula 

Cara:

1. Campurkan semua bahan & tunggu didih. 

*sukatan ikut instinct sendiri. Basically santan agak2 banyak mana nak kuahnya, letaklah air kalau nak kuah lebih. Gula dalam satu dua sudu cukup dan garam letaklah sikit untuk bagi rasa lemak lemak :p

Sekian, tulisan bahasa Melayu saya pada hari ini. 

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1123; Blessings (New Term & Food, Food, Food!)

Bismillah,

(Hey look it's a pretty number up there!)

I just wanna catch up with counting my blessings for the past weeks so here it goes:

1.
This week is the first week of the Spring term and to conclude, my week was ex-haus-ting. Classes was more packed than last term's and I had to catch up with many organizational work. Also, I could not really understand what lecturers have been teaching in class hence got a whole lot of revision to do myself. I had an R class this week and I was almost clueless throughout the whole class... but well, that did not happen because Nirali was there to teach me. She was so patient teaching me all these stuffs and frequently checked on my pc to make sure I was doing everything right. Turns out it wasn't as hard as expected so thank you Nirali!

2.
I had serious Malay food craving this week but I was just so lazy to cook for myself. And food doesn't taste the same as at home so yeah. I almost go to the Indian restaurant (because no Malay restaurant here so Indian's the closest I could think of) at town to fix my cravings but I didn't because... today... Faqihah finally decided to be rajin and cook for herself. Just some nasi, chicken curry and telur dadar but surprisingly that was enough to fix my cravings. For now. Coz I still want asam pedas, sambal hitam and tempe goreng.

3.
Yesterday as I was doing work on my laptop, someone came and knocked on my window so quickly I sarung my tudung (getting pro at this) and opened the curtain to see Zhong came with chocolates in her hand. She told me she bought the chocs in German so she wanted to share em with me. Awhh Zhong! Few weeks too, I got a Norwegian and Swiss chocolate bar from Shu and Najah respectively. Yall travel more okay, I just want your chocolates.

Pik Ching also gave me tomyam paste her parents brought from Malaysia like whutt Pik Ching that came all the way from far and you decided to give it to me?? Brb crying guys. What did I do in life to have their kind hearts :')

4.
I just knew someone in Malaysia had secretly 'belanja' me makan a whole lot of food. It was meant to be a secret but I just knew recently because my friend here decided to open up. I owe this one a lot and can never thank enough.

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1110; One Mouth To Feed

Bismillah.

Cooking is no more fun coz I'm only feeding myself. I can eat one same meal for the whole week.

1950
221017
CT2 7UY

1106; Today's Blessings (Microwave Rice)

Bismillah

I've been struggling to cook rice since I only have one pot. Normally when preparing meals, I would have to cook the rice first before I can cook other dishes. It's basically time and energy consuming because the thing about cooking rice in a pot (without rice cooker) is you have to keep your eyes on the rice until it's cooked. Once I left my rice on the stove unattended and the next minute the water is already spilling over the kitchen.

So yesterday I searched thru Amazon to survey some rice cookers but dem price kawkaw high hahaha. While scrolling my eyes landed on a 'rice microwave container'.

"SERIOUSLY COOK RICE CAN USE MICROWAVE ONLY AH?!"

Palageyyyy I immediately searched for tons of tutorials on Youtube and today I went to Wilko to buy some microwave safe tupperwares. TALKING ABOUT TUPPERWARES, alhamdulillah I found a 4 for £1 promotion. Most tupperwares sold at Wilko are £1 each so yeahh, JACKPOT! Alhamdulillah! #cheapskate

 I just finished my dinner just now. Nasi putih, sambal udang & kari ayam. Happy tummy happy Kiah!

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1104; Today's Blessings (Laundry & Groceries)

Bismillah.

Today's blessings:

1. Woke up early today to settle my 2-weeks laundry. Finally knew how to use the washing machine using app (but I just wanna use coins but..). Thank you Ibu for lending me the £5 thru Paypal :')

2. After laundry I went to buy some groceries. I don't wanna menyusahkan anyone to teman me go to town so I decided to just tawakal and go to the town by bus, by myself. Alhamdulillah everything goes well T.T

3. I got so so so tired of just eating broccoli & potatoes though it's just for a week hahaha. Broccoli WAS my fav vege but nahhh I hate u now. So at the town I bought mutton, chicken, prawn, curry paste, eggs, sayur bendi, tomatoes, beef sausages and 5kg rice, all for £25. Quite worth it for a week's groceries coz normally food sold at stalls are about £5-6 per meal. If these groceries I bought just now lasts me a week, I would only spend like about £4 per day, or £1 per meal. Ya Allah pandainya kiah hug sikit!

4. Went to Wilko to find an oven tray but the cheapest I could find was £2.50. My heart told me to go around the town first before buying it and alhamdulillah at Poundworld I found another oven tray for only £1. Hahaha cheapskate!

5. Came back home with my housemates greeting me & asking if my week went well. They're such good guys tho. When I first entered the house last week I was so scared to be under one roof with another three guys but idk, now I felt like they're such gentlemen. 

6. I video-called Ibu & Ayah today and felt so so so happy. Rinduuuuuuuuu!! 

7. I left the rice cooker Ibu bought for me in Malaysia coz it cannot fit in my dem overweight luggage so I have to cook rice using a normal pot. I've only done that once while in Malaysia (which was long time ago) so I have doubt that my rice won't cook well. Thanks to Ibu's advice & watching Cik Lah cook rice using pot almost everyday, I finally managed to cook my not-using-rice-cooker rice. I cried. Ok I did not.

8. For dinner I made mutton curry chuolls!! Plus nasi putih & telur dadarrrrr. I've been craving them for so many days and alhamdulillah today I finally cooked them. I could hear my tummy thanking me for treating her so well hehe. Ur welcome tummy. Besok kita masak tomyam pulak ok!

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1095; Nasi Hujan Panas

Bismillah.

Yesterday I get to play with colours coz NASI HUJAN PANAS yalllssss

What's on the table:

1. Nasi hujan panas

2. Kari Ayam 

3. Ayam Masak Lemak 

4. Ulam ulaman

Okay I know nasi hujan panas biasanya disediakan dengan ayam masak merah but I got bored with ayam yang bersambal oredi haha hence both the lauk. Anyway, I tend to cook more than one lauk these days just because I think it's boring to eat one same lauk. BUT ya'll.... ayam masak lemak just dont go well with nasi hujan panas. Just reminding u guys so you wont do this mistake next time haha.

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1094; Nasi Minyak & Ayam Rendang Asam

Bismillah.

What's for yesterday's berbuka puasa:

1. Nasi Minyak 

2. Ayam Rendang Asam 

3. Ayam Kurma 

4. Sawi Masak Ikan Masin

5. Bubur Lambuk 

All for the fam, with love.

p/s: I think I'm so so so gonna miss Malaysia's rempah later. 

1222

220617

Kulai 

1093; Bubur Lambuk Utara + Johor + Mixed Feelings

Bismillah.

It's already 27th Ramadhan and I haven't had a sip of bubur lambuk. I mean what's Ramadhan without bubur lambuk?!

Asked Ibu, Ayah and Cik Lah to bring home bubur lambuk but no one can so I decided to make it myself. I think it's hormonal thingy coz I kept craving for something to eat but usually the food is either at a restaurant in Shah Alam (I blame you instastories) or nowhere in Kulai.

So I googled 'bubur lambuk utara' coz I swoon over every soup made in utara- mi sup utara, laksa utara. Plus, the recipe is quite simple so palageyyy haha. Gathered all em ingredients and started mixing everything in a pot but just after I finished all the recipe steps, the smell of the bubur lambuk is nothing like I want. Just not like how the johoreans would prepare bubur lambuk :')

I finished cooking the bubur lambuk already BUT I need it to have the smell that I want! Aishhh mixed feelings betul. Should I make a new one or what? When there's a will, there's gotta be a way. I googled 'bubur lambuk johor' and realized that johor's have more rempah inside the bubur. So I took another small pot and started mixing buah pelaga, kayu manis, cengkih with some rempah kurma and then just tuang all of em into the bubur lambuk that I made earlier. Kacau kacau kacau and then, AYYYY THIS IS THE SMELL! Although not that same la coz supposed dalam bubur lambuk johor ada rempah beriani, kacang kuda bagai but worth the experiment. Kalau asyik takut makanan tak sedap je, sampai bila tak belajar en haha.

Okay now another story of a noobie. Selalu kan orang cakap kalau mak mak nak rasa makanan masa puasa, they taste it with hujung lidah kan? So yesterday I tried that but not at hujung lidah, KAT TENGAH LIDAH terus chuolsssss. Pastu cuak bau rempah kuat gila dlm mulut and then bila try basuh lidah the aroma would not disappear from my nose. Tak tahulah tu rezeki ke apa lol. Hahaha padan muka but sokay guys, saya tak telan pun (i hope so) :p

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220617
Kulai

1092; Telur Gulung

Bismillah.

Lol it's just telur goreng yang digulung but biasalah this noobie so jakun haha.

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