Hidangan Ramadhan Mommy WFH

Salam Ramadhan ke 9!! Just to keep here sebagai kenangan. This year alhmdulillah tak berpuasa dlm PKP spt tahun lepas..wpn PKPB namun jauh lebih baik dari PKP. Syukur sgt! Even bazaar Ramadhan dibuka. Kita pun bukanlah nk membeli beria di bazaar tu cuma tolong sedikit sebanyak apa termampu untuk merancakkan ekonomi negara.

And yeah, this year dpt WFH lagi di bln puasa selang seli WIO. Ibu ibu ni sbnrnya better sgt WFH sb wanita mmg semulajadinya multitasker. So lepas meeting kita mengaji. 5pm terus boleh bersilat didapur tak payah nak fikir harung jem bagai. 

Juadah berbuka ni pula selera dah makin berumur sikit ni lebih kepada yang ringkas ringkas je..air manis manis pun tak berapa nak lalu mana. Rezeki juga tu sebab kalau berselera harimau je sentiasa mau poket pun nipis je sebab mkn berlima ni paling koman rm50 sekali makan dah skrg. So kita masak lah food yang jd kegemaran semua..satu dua lauk dah cukup. Alhmdulillah

Ada hari kita cuba buat nasi mandi mkn dgn ayam bakers cottage black pepper. Cubaan pertama mommy buat alhmdulillah boleh kira lah..hehe.

Ramadhan ke 2 haritu buat sambal sotong and gulai ayam pekat pekat alhmdulillah

Ada one day cuba buat ketayap alhmdulillah jadi. Ptg ni maybe nak buat popiah goreng and roti goreng kot tgk cmne. 

Ni masa Ramadhan pertama kita buat ayam percik kelate style.

Resipi dia mudah yang amat. nanti saya sharekan inshallah.

Ni Ramadhan ke 7, kita pan grill daging ala khairul aming.. perap dgn sos tiram and kicap je. And buat sos thai.. kerang kita rebus sikit utk mkn dgn sos tiram juga. Tomyam ayam lebur lebur and voila siap!!!. Alhmdulillah

 

Ok lah. Moga bagi idea sikit pada semua mommies apa nak masak for the coming days. One of my fav takde plak gambar, masa tu buat sambal ikan, gulai udang and bonces goreng telur..nanti cari vid nya tepek sini as inspirasi

Ada hari mmg nasi kerabu tapau kedai favorite and Ayam Goreng McD ajee sebab wio tak sempat, so semua jgn stress stress mana sempat kita buat.bila takdan..kita layan!

Selamat berpuasa semua! Kejap je dah nak habis first trimester of Ramadhan. Ramadhan Kareem everyone!!

Love,

Zahra

Marhaban Ya Ramadhan 1442h!

 

Salam Ramadhan 2021! 

Another Ramadhan in pandemic, only better this time around compared to PKP last year. Celebrating the holiest month with a special diy Ramadhan corner just to spruce up the atmosphere and mood to encourage lil Mikhail to learn to fast. Alhmdulillah, year by year i learned to appreciate Ramadhan more until we come to the level of excited with the coming Ramadhan more than Syawal. Baju raya yang terlalu cantik and mahal only for raya does not really excite me now as much as 10years ago, and we are really happy to settle with moderation..alhmdulillah!~`1

First year to fast for Mikhail mashallah..we hope for him to cope well and be very familiar with fasting and all the happiness of Ramadhan.

Ramadhan Kareem everyone! May Allah bestow us with barakah and forgive all our sins. Amin!

All the best Mikhail! and of course Iman and Amsyar too! Day 1 alhmdulillah..another 29days to go!We'll have the merriest Raya this year Inshallah!!

Love,

Mommy Z

Salam Ramadhan ke 16!

Craving of this today.

Kbai

Four Guys and Our Ramadhan 1439

It had been awhile and finally comes to the end of our Ramadhan this time around. Awhile due to long days at work with the scorching sun and really early mornings preparing sahoor whilst needing to work later that day too. You know.. But i really miss the nights. The happiness when food is served. The rush hours rushing for the surau for taraweeh and the race of reading the Qur'an, and the eagerness in giving sadaqah's due to the Holy Month.The happiness in preparing for Eid to celebrate what we have successfully endured during the whole month,yay!. May all of us stay Istiqomah in seeking his pleasure for the coming months left of the year till we right again meet up with Ramadhan.

Ramadhan Kareem everyone (of the 3 days left out of it!)!!

I'm a energy conservator. I rarely cook on weekdays, well -the bazaar is available all month, only this month..so this is the time to spread some love to the bazaar vendors..eheheh. For the ummah's economy growth. It might be not that economically healthy for our pockets tho..but at least u can save some energy for the ramadhan nights. Inshallah. I dont know but the hashtag of #saynotobazaarfood is crap..nak masak, masak lah..pastu jgn komplen penat..kikikiki 

homecooked meals for iftar. This is so jarang jarang so we need to post it

So, hows the Eid plans going so far?It's Kelantan turn for raya this year. I'm as always happy for any turns now, as i have already my own little family, and being together no matter where is what matters most to me. My mom is his mom. And his mom is my mom, so that is fair enough. We've done with shopping so far alhmdulillah. Beli berdikit dikit so that we do not feel the money flow (ah!) No bonus oh whatsoever for me, so bye bye designer clothes! Hehe just kidding! i can say that me myself, i am not a brand conscious person. But for the kids, yes..i'll look into brands as from lesson learned, clothings brands like osh kosh and H&Ms can really last for years despite how frequent the boys wore them. And this year all of us are wearing green! Yeahh #teamgreenraya2018 anyone?

Mikhail in one of the ramdhan buffets.

Ramadhan had been quite tough for the kids tho..

Iman is in sessi petang school, so his energy level by then has already been half than it should be. But he's a fighter alhmdulillah. No rompong yet this year. Yes, 23 straight days, mid term or not.. and travelling or not! that's my boy! Ah yes, his mid term was in the middle of Ramadhan. We didnt do any revisions this time (poor boy) as we were busy balik kg with all the funeral, tahlil and all, but so far 4As already in hand. Mashallah, tabarakallah this boy. But there are days when i just feel like crying raising up boys..boy, its really tough with all the technology around and exposures. You dont know what to expect. I'm really expecting to deal for the worst, really. And try to prepare myself physically and mentally on whatever will happens. Oh my.

Some days, I really drag myself at 4.45am (snooze 15min lol) to cook and whatnot for him. Yes this lil guy named Zulhadzrey Iman. May you grow up well and become a righteous mu'min iman. 

So then, i guess we're all in the raya mood this week already..we had really some birtday celebration pospone-ments to get to with post raya..Amsyar's..daddy's..the anniversary trip! Yeah! so we'll see how things come along and all. 

Zulhafidzey Amsyar's pra birthday celebration at home. This lil guy is already 6!

Ok guys, preparing for the worst for the upcoming journey balik kampung way up east coast to Pasirmas tomorrow night. Better night travel lah kan to ease on nak makan ke apa esp for the driver. And for the better peace inside the car with the mini people who can sleep themselves all the way to tokma's house. I am mentally ready already (together with food, minyak kapak and whatnots) for what we anticipate a major jam of what can be like 20hours? If less then, alhmdulillah..but that is definitely the norm. So..yeah.. i brought few books to keep myself busy. A journal for the boys to draw and write along the way and books for them of course. And of course few powerbanks just in case..

Selamat Hari Raya in advance guys! 

Have a safe journey back home and prepare for the worst and enjoy your journey!

Love

Mommy Zahra

Ihya Al Ramadhaan!

Ramadhan Mubarak Ramadhan Kareem!
Alhamdulillah~

Sempat lagi umur ini bertemu Ramadhan kali ini. Sempat lg melihat Tun M menjadi PM sekali lagi (my late nenek would be thrilled if she is still here, she loved Tun!). Sempat utk bangun pagi di pagi Malaysia baru, Malaysia yg disinari Harapan baru di subuh 10 May 2018. Alhmdulillah~

So, Ramadhan plans jom!
Kita reformasi kan tahap Iman kita bersempena bulan yg Mulia ni yukk~
Turn a new leaf, into a better me. A better mommy, a better wife, a better daughter, a better sister, a better Muslimah, a better engineer.


Inshallah Amin!

Pagi ni alhmdulillah berkesempatan bersahur and subuh berjemaah sekeluarga. Iman and Amsyar pun laju je dikejut bersahur, berniat puasa bersama sama. Moga anak anak ini membesar istiqamah dalam observing perintah perintah Tuhan dan takut hanya kepada Allah.Yang ni mommy paling doa sekali, org yang berjaya dlm apa juga, kunci nya haruslah takut kepada Allah.
Moga berkat bulan yg mulia ini, makbul lah doa mommy. Amin~

Selamat berpuasa semua! Selamat bekerja juga.Moga berkat puasanya~



xoxo

Zahra

Weekend Iftar @ De Palma Hotel Shah Alam 2016

Menguasai pentas haha

Suasana dlm dewan banquet utk berbuka puasa

5rounds of ice cream!

Seronok sebab makanan melayu semuanya, and ada kambing golek.
Cuma agak terhad and byk tidak di refill.
Mostly into a lil Islamic approach with berzikir, and live nasyid performance.

Weekend Iftar @ De Palma Hotel Shah Alam 2016

Menguasai pentas haha

Suasana dlm dewan banquet utk berbuka puasa

5rounds of ice cream!

Seronok sebab makanan melayu semuanya, and ada kambing golek.
Cuma agak terhad and byk tidak di refill.
Mostly into a lil Islamic approach with berzikir, and live nasyid performance.

Weekend Iftar @ De Palma Hotel Shah Alam 2016

Menguasai pentas haha

Ramadhan day 17 : Cuti Nuzul Qur'an and week 27 of pregnancy

Today is day 18. 18th Ramadhan already with alhmdulillah sufficient strength to still go on for ramadhan. 17days down for this  27 weeks pregnant mommy. Alhmdulillah. Already everyday ready with some food inside my drawers in case of dizziness or feeling too tired. But alhmdulillah, so far so good. 

Last weekend, we gathered at mom's for iftar and ramadhan celebration, and not to forget, the coming home celebration for my sister; Zakiyya! She came home for good already after nearly 5 yrs in Egypt doing dentistry. She's already 30weeks pregnant by now with her 2nd one, so she was really a tough dough completing her studies on time :) Congratulations Dr zakiyya!

Zaid, zakiyya's firstborn. pak arab betul dia..16kg at 2yrs old

The minute they arrived

I'm just happy that everybody's home. We made some fish dishes; ikan bakar, asam pedas ikan siakanp w bendi (ooo..droooling even now!) and few other dishes to accompany. A fullhouse is a happy house.

 Marvellous mantu by my sis zainab

 Sad that i'll not be here for raya. This raya will be hub's turn and it will be our 7th raya together alhamdulillah :) Baju raya pun xbeli lagi tahun ni, ours and the kids pun. Inshallah weekend ni la.. theme pun xditetapkan. We'll see how

Our raya color themes for previous yrs:

2010 - Newly weds - White!
2011- Grey (with iman)
2012- Turqoise Green (with iman&amsyar)
2013- Peach
2014- Electric Blue
2015- Mustard Yellow
2016 - ?
2017- Inshallah berlima

Hubs yang slalu particular about having themes and synchronized matching colors especially for events and even outings. Dia suka. I'm ok with that so i just follow the flow. Tengoklah tahun ni mcm mana dgr2 nya nak purple. well we'll see :) 12 days more nak raya kan. still ada masa. Tp mcm lain mcm sikit raya this year, im not really in the mood of raya, maybe because of the mood change because of pregnancy, and also the bad experience last time kenduri SIL time raya, pagi raya they had no prep pun, sadis je..sobs. My house kalau raya mmg kalut masak semua..pagi raya mmg siap semua atas meja..and rush for solat sunat raya ;) Mmg meriah celebrationnya. Like last yr, mlm raya me and hubs ke jln TAR balik dkt kul 4am, but still pg raya bgn for celebration ya, no excuse! :) Just hope for the best lah for the raya this year..(still hoping for ketupats on the table with kuah lontong!)

The boys tolong mommy merumput on a off day :) Kemas2 rumah ready for raya

Weekend ni plannya nk ajak family buka puasa di rumah kitorg, tp xtaulah lagi mcm mana.. Kita buat menu raya terus supaya mak buyung tak kempunan utk raya. Kita buat ayam merah, kuah kacang, sambal udang and lontong. Ok set! hahaha merancang bukan main, kita tgk nanti, jgn satu menu je tinggal sudah..hahaha.

Iman with mommy's donut sira. lama xmendonut, dia aje 4 biji telan

Just enjoy the rest of your Ramadhan and make full use of it.
12days countdown y'alls!


:)