a little time for myself....

phew... a little time for myself....skrg nk ngadap pasokon bkn main nye susah...kwn2 jgn tertipu ye ngan facebook/skype yg sentiasa o9 tu...that's just my pasokon that likes tu turn ITSELF on... I kid you not...kita tekan shut down dia leh hidup blk sendiri... this prob sejak masa kat nihon lg...it's nothing new...as long as it can still be turned on.... dell merahku ini lah yg akan tetap disisi...

skrg pun hubby dearie tgh tdokan wewefff dlm buai a.k.a endoi as he calls it... weweff..nama glamour harith hahaha...punyalah tak mo panggil nama cm tu konon nk panggil nama skema jek...tak jd....haha..tapi susah tul la...kita bg nama Harith with a 'th' kan but ada jgk people panggil dia haris with an 's'...seb baik haris pun maksud dia pun bagus...kdg tersasul panggil ariff...but that one pun has a good meaning...so all is well

anyway, i requested kt hubby...minggu ni tak mo blk kulim leh tak? i wanna stay home...wanna kemas2 since kontena finally sampai after 3 and a half months...wanna read my buku cte.. want to cook2...want to berkelah ngan colleagues kat bayan bay....haa...yg last tu main sebenarnya....gara2 geram hubby ikut dept dia gi mkn durian sorg2 n then bila dk2 blanking ajk i g...dia ada eval lak...so cannot go...sbb sapa nk handle harith masa I drive to blk pulau....klu dia ngamuk2 sorg2 kt blakang sapa nk soothe dia...so this time bila ada group ajak berkelah..i put down my foot and said I WANT TO GO....

n mlm ni ngadap blog sat...before I sit down with the bills to do my 家計簿 a hobby of mine since kat fukui lg...tp berbulan dah x gerak...x sempat2... so tak bley nk track our expenses... i used to call this hobby 'main2 excel' when skype ngan hubby and he asked me what i was doing.... tp bukan makin terror pun pki excel...kt ctu gaks...still a lot more to learn...

work is as usual...work....ada it's up and downs... but the more i get used to it...the more i realise i need to learn...baru dpt satu ...dr satu tu you nmpk 10 lg yg u kena tau... i wonder..klu 1st job as QA..lps ni klu i kaisha len stuck as QA lg kai? ohhh my....

that's all for now kot...nk pi wat gantt chart....

hubby's new toy....

hubby's got a new toy....his new iphone 4...dah lama dh dpt tp skang br nak cite skit about that 'thing'...u should have seen him the day we went to the softbank shop to pick it up.....dlm kete tu dia dah sibuk nak pasang the cover we bought earlier that day dekat yamada denki...tak sempat2 nak balik umah dulu...takut calar datte...masa tu gelak je la kan haha....

then bila sampai rumah he made me put the protective cover on the screen... i'm not good with sagyo2 yang komakai ni...but he insisted so buat jugak la.....n then i did the unthinkable... i accidentally dropped the 'thing'...aiyoyo...you should have seen his face...tergamam...dia punya lah nak jaga benda tu n i dropped it....i dropped it....aisehhhh...

later that night we went over to the boys place...sbb ada org tu nak berguru...then came the excitement over the apps n games n what not kan...i admit saya pun jd muchuu jap...

i wasn't until later that i started feeling this slight resentment towards the thing....as you all know my hubby spends a lot of time at lab kan...so the litlle amount of time that i have to talk to him is usually before we sleep kan...well sejak ada that 'thing'...dia main game on the bed...mcm mane nak pillow talk kan....can anybody seriously tell me that they won't feel even the slightest ache to want to throw that 'thing' away...or perhaps lock it up sampai esok pagi? can you?

baru skrg i understand how my cousins very sweet wife pun bley rasa nk baling her husband's PS2..same thing different gadget...so a liitle advice to the guys out there...we get that you want to get rid of your stress..and we get that new toys are really exciting...but our patience has a limit..and if that 'thing' takes away even a little bit of  what little precious time that we get out of your hectic lives...even the most understanding wife would get a little pissed.....

mood swings....

hmmmm....kalau nak ikutkan..mood swings haven't affected me much...tapi jadi overly sensitive tu yes....compared to before i got pregnant mcm 10X lg sensitive kot...hehe..sian hubby...silap ckp sikit je meraung la saya....

the other day...dok mengemas baju2...deciding which ones to give away n which one to keep n which one to throw...so mestilah try satu2 kan...n i asked hubby...'rasa2 nye blh pakai lagi tak baju ni?'...n hubby deary terjawab in a way that made me feel FAT....i mean really FAT...bila pkir2 blk ape yang dia ckp tu tak imply pun that i'm fat...i was just over sensitive...and me being a a stage where i don't really look pregnant.. i just look like i have a big spare tire around my belly...so super duper rasa like i'm FAT la kan....ape lagi meraung la lepas tu...

took a pic while i was trying out the clothes tp hubby dh bwk camera ke US so tak ley nak upload hua hua hua.....

hubby's 26th bday.....

all he wanted to do was stay home.........pelik tak? tapi kita ikutkanlah...dah kata dia birthday boy right hihi.....

petang baru dia cm terasa nak kluar....nak berbelanja katanya...tapi yang bestnye bukan saje birthday boy.....kami berdua pun dpt something hihi.....thanks to birthday boy yang bermurah hati.....

so happy birthday deary....awak dah suku abad + 1....takpe takpe ..muda lagi hihi...semoga dipanjangkan umur dan dimurahkan rezeki...amin

esok hari jadi ayieku sayang ...ting ting ting

hayai ne..esok bday hubby ku yang ke-26....muda lgi hikhikhik....
so apa plan esok? tatau....tatau...tatau......

sungai?
melon gari?
just the 2 of us?

nak masak utk ramai2 tak larat laaaaaa.....dou syiyou...mayocchau naaaaa....
at least bab prezzie dah settle hihi...

kisah chiffon tak jadi2.....

i guess chiffon cake ni my enemy lah....i don't know why dia tak mo kembang tinggi cam yang sepatutnya...

last time i didn't asingkan the egg white from the yolks properly....so egg white dia tak berbuih n tak kental...so dia jd leper lepas bakar....

this time...i guess i didn't get the temperature right.....so my kek chiffon kurosato (supposed to be gula melaka) itu tergaring sikit...n bila terbalikkan dia pun jadi leper kat tgh...

sedey la...tp hubby kata sedap walaupun rupa tak de....huhu..sayang hubby ckp cm tu...itsumo arigatou hubby deary

hubby's back...happy mode....heeee

yess hubby deary dah selamat pulang dr spring8.....tmpt buat jikken dia yang kat kobe tu....lama lak perginya kali ni...9 days...patutnya balik hari ahad ritu tp kena enchou.... whatever ever la kan...janji dia sudah pulang weeeeee......

b4 dia pergi ritu dia dh ajak mkn luar hr dia balik nanti...so today mmg tak masak pape la...i had tuna sandwich for lunch and teatime which consisted of a slice of bread spread with nutella...hidup bujang la katakan...x berasap langsung dapur....hahaha

igt nak try this restaurant which sells tamago ryouri (food based on eggs)...tp sampai2 sana rupanya hari khamis tu hari teikyubi dia....uhh hampa....kedai sebelah dia pun tutup...so kitorang gi lah kedai sebelah sebelah dia....happy valley.....dah kata happy mode kena makan kat happy valley lah gamaknya...

habis2 mkn hubby deary yang 'workaholic' tu saya hantar balik ke lab...yes people baru balik brapa jam dah ke lab semula dia tu...sabar je laa....hahaha...i'll be heading back there in an hours time to pick him up...and kitorang nak cr cikedes...jyajyang..ntah you know junk food...sbb dia nk tgk bola mlm ni kul 3...nihon vs denmark....

until later...
 adios people

ハリ ニ ナック マサック 和風料理.....

adik tak mai ari ni... but still rasa cam weekend kibun... n tgk kemalasan nak masak sebenarnya...

this is what happens bila cuti masuk dapur lama...hahaha....sbb yesterday hubby dgn baiknya tolong masuk dapur....masak nasi ayam...

the spread.....

dessert by yours truly

 hubby dearie's nasi ayam...

dlm fridge tu ada まんだいから揚げ yang tinggal kena goreng aje...ada 3 egg yolks lebihan buat cake semlm ( tatau nak buat pe ... nk buang sayang )... toufu and miso... so skrg tgh kibun nak masak masakan jepun lah kan

まんだいから揚げ...

so i went browsing for Japanese recipes and i found this website which features simple recipes.

hasilnya.....

lunch for today

(まんだいから揚げ、湯豆腐、ふわふわ卵ののりしょうゆかけ）

omg tired nye....

tirednye....dinner tak masak lagi...n hubby dearest seperti biasa kat lab....mesti korg pelik kan...10pm tak masak dinner lg? tp tak pe td baru mkn kebab...tahan kot perut dia sampai dia balik nanti...

went out just now...beli stuff kat kahma ... hubby dearest nak beli all his alat2 nak guna kat lab...scredriver bermcm saiz beg yg leh sangkut kat tali pinggang utk alat2 dia tu...and bermcm2 lagi la...n me seperti biase...dia tgh kat area screw2 tu kita jln2 area kitchen, pets, and garden...got myself a new knife...and fyi..i love knives...and sangat sayang my knife yg handmade beli kat onomichi dulu..biarlah harga dia dekat 300MYR...biarlah dia manja sikit..kena sapu minyak lah apelah....asal dia sentiasa tajam when i need it...

                                                        my favorite knife

 hye...nama saya kiyoharu...

kali ni beli knife pendek kiut miut gitu...senang sikit nak kupas bawang or buah...n of course...mestilah dia KAI knife...

 my new baby... KAi-chan

owhh...before that kitorg ke zaza city kat hamamatsu...cr kebab hahaha...tempat dia tgh bandar dekat ngan eki..so pening skit la... ada toys 'r' us kat citu... pe lagi cuci mata la...and hubby deary duk tgk je tamiya...u know those racing cars...masa kecik2 dulu selalu geram my cousins nye tamiya..tp tahan je...ye lah kita kan pompuan...kena main dolls...hahaha...sekrg dah besar seme pun taram je...dolls, cars...u name it

kita pun geram gaks....tp hubby ckp buy one first kalau best kita beli lg...toys 'r' us kat toyohashi lagi bnyk choice.. n then, sbb dia yg nmpk dulu he got to choose...dia pilih DASH1 EMPEREOR ..'.kete hero cite tu' katanya....hahaha comel jugak kadang2 hubby ni kan...cm dak2... bg lah chan..hahaha

balik2 i got the honours to put the thing together...tahu plak dia saya sgt suka pasang benda2 nie...huhu..dia tahan je...pasang tayar senyap2 kat tepi tu...hahaha....the rest he left it to me....ada gak aktiviti sambil tunggu dia balik...tp dah muchuu sgt pasang tamiya...dinner tak masak lagi..uwaaa

DASH 1 EMPEROR...完成!!

masak jom..... sara udon tsukurimashou...

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 sara udon ... dig in!!!

saturday has come again.....

as hubby dearest has promised.... we get to eat out at least once a week....and I get to choose...

I felt like Indian food.... so he said..let's go try the 'other' place...which is bit further away...and so we left after maghrib and took the bypass (so you get the idea...jauh kan) only to get there to see that it was closed...so we made a u-turn and headed for Devi


Devi is an Indian Restaurant that also sells Halal goods..so alang2 dah ke sana ingatkan nak top-up rations lah kan....zannen...ape yang di cari tak ada...

tapi tak pe...cause i got my Indian food...hubby went for the Tandori set as usual and I...I chose the vege set again...bukan diet ye people..it's just that i'm picky when it comes to chicken meat...breast meat jyanai to kuwanai....and the Tandori sets are always drumsticks...so instead of chicken i had the sheek kebab...yes...mutton...and since i ordered vegetarian...the curries were also vegetarian and i got to choose 2...so i had paneer saag ( cheese and spinach curry) and dhal curry...paneer saag tu sedap you...haha...better then aloo gobi anytime...

the portions are big...so naan sekepin pun kenyang gila kay....

so because today hubby dah belanja ...esok kena masak besh untuk dia ...hahaha...nak nasi lemak datte .... ashita hayaku okinai to naaaa....

sayang sensei.....huhuhuhu

been down for awhile...tgh winter hols akhir2 tu dah down...sbb ape..because of my summary...なかなかまとめられない.... :(

and yesterday masa nak buat final 測定 for a fig. that i really need for the summary...the 測定機 buat pasal...lg down

so i went back earlier than i planned to ...kul 7 dah kluar lab (i was the last so tak pe la kan)..gi mitsuwa beli sayur (terpaksa gaks ..wheelie tak de)... balik makan soba..and spent the evening wallowing in self pity...

and when hubby finally came back for the day and skyped me ... the first thing he asked was how did it go...your summary... dah tunjuk kat sempai...dia tak tgk hbs pun all he said was  besarkan the graphs...when i asked him a question he just looked and smirked..pastu ckp 自分で考えて....which made me feel more down...

i told my hubby how suddenly i felt like i was 'baby'ed masa kat kosen dulu...even though my sensei told me he was beeing hard on me sbb i was the only one furthering my studies...yes he made me write my own thesis..but he would go over it with me again at the end of the day everyday...correcting my japanese..showing me better ways to explain and so on..

so now when i face this jiki...i naturally thought that my sempai would at least look at it and help...but he just told me to think for myself...

and today ..right after class..i went to my senseiand asked the questions my senior wouldn't answer...

don't write what you don't know...he said...don't make it more fukuzatsu than it really is (which i tend to do)..

that's all he said..

it wasn't the '大丈夫大丈夫きっとできるから' which i keep hearing from other people..

but it felt good...

because i can finally set myself back on track...

i can finnally feel like i can accomplish this...

heck i did this in kosen...i can do it again...

hisa bisa no tetsuya

i typed this long entry just now..and i ter delete everything...this is why sometimes i hate using noDell..i accidentally brushed my palm against the mouse thingy and poof...hbs hilang everything...

tp because i was writting about something yang tak best mls nak rewrite...baik spare you guys from all the icky memories kan...

speaking of icky memories ...this one i can't get out of my mind...i was disgusted...
one of my fellow B4 guys....well he's one of the well composed guys..so i thought he would be more mature..tp...i guess guys will be guys kan

kalau ye lah pun ...keep your porn n whatsoe ever to urself lah...
tak yah lah bawak datang gakko ...geli tau..

his screensaver was of a girl showing her titties everywhere...dah lah kalau bukak pintu lab tu terus nampak com dia...bukan i wanted to see it pun it was there staring back at me...eeeeewww.tak mo igt dah..

lps ni bukak pintu kena tgk lantai lah...

so guys please... keep your stuff to yourselves...
i takmo tgk...

anyway ter'stray' lak from the original to
tp tak pe lah kan

to my senior FF....keep up the good work ..tok sah pikir bout what everyone says...practice makes perfect kan..i don't think BB minds..

to my senior N...my hubby pun keluar nomikai gaks malam nie...phm sgt the feeling ... tp apakan daya...hahahaha

first saturday.....alone????

ok tak de lah alone....ada michelle

first saturday tanpa A di sisi since we got hitched...
so since tak de A...kita buat benda girly2 with michelle... a.k.a shopping
semlm gi umah kak azah...and we were watching tv while si kecik hana tu tidoq sat..and there was an iklan.... nitori sale...jom jom ...i said ..
tp pikir2 balik..what am i doing going to nitori ( kedai jual stuff for dlm rumah...jual brg2 cm kat ikea lah... cadar, couches, curtains, blah blah blah) i'm supposed to be 'kurang'ing my brg dlm umah...
well ingtkan nak beli anniversary gift for my dear A...tp tak leh bg tau beli ape ...nanti thrill lah....hahaha

anyway..shopping shopping...

buka puasa at saize je... but it was a change..lama sangat tak mkn luar ok..
and we pigged out on a lot of stuff...siap take away pizza for sahur....hahaha

balik2 stop at courant d'air..beli gula (nak bake bake bake....hahaha) n off to uni qlo... igt nak beli inner long sleeve...

but then i think it was because i was kenyang...dok depan rack tu punyalah lama...skali tak beli pape pun....haha

got home called the parentals and guess where they were? KFC....just the 2 of them igtkan it was my sis's idea....i guess grown ups pun kekadang nak mkn KFC eh....

anyway..it was my parents first time nak call i pkai Skype ( tanpa supervision daughters diorg) ..and i sent them my wedding pics and they read out the wedding cards for 2 of my classmates masa kat mrsmkt dulu....congrats Farha n Ina....dua2 kahwin after raya nanti...semoga berbahgia ke akhir hayat...

anyway A pulak with his guy friends enjoying bola mlm ni...thankful he's got his guys...i wouldn't be good company kalau dia nak tgk match...hahaha

well adios people

3 weeks and 3 days later....part two...the first advice

3 weeks 3 days later....busy pikir menu raya...ape yang ok ek? kena factor in yang bilik ari ada satu dapur je...n only one small periuk and one small fry pan..guess i'll have to bring the pots and pans and bla bla bla la kot...n then kena pikir pasal time...if raya on sunday..and kitorg bertolak from fukui on saturday..leaves with how much time to cook....pikir2 plan2..

my first raya as a wife...I'm TRYING to do it right... even made kuih raya tau (no kuih tunjuk2...hahaha)..but they didn't turn out that well.... tp dah A mintak Almond London kan... he's a chocolate lover...i'm NOT... i don't even like almond london..it's the one biscuit raya kat umah that i NEVER touch... so A better eats his fill of them...comot looking and all

anyway back to part two...the first advice

so it was the day after we arrived in Malaysia... A was staying in Shah Alam at R's house for a couple of days.. nak last minute shopping..the final barang hantaran...my shoes..
kitorg dah round the nearest outlets Nagashima 'twice' , Toki and so on ...still tak jumpa yang berkenan di hati..

last2 cari kat sogo je la... my parents drove me there..mula2 nak suruh naik komuter je..tp sbb nana pun nak beli kasut..so babah pun ckp everyone goes... so seme org pun ikut la..

so pusing2 sogo..disappointed...tak banyak choice..naik second floor..lg tak lawa..was contemplating on KLCC　or midvalley...last2 turun balik first floor...skali nana dah beli my first choice....cheh...melepas lah plak...n then ended up try kasut in front of the whole family..

n then babah goes and whispers to A... cakap je lawa..nanti sampai petang kat sini..
n there it goes 'the first advice' from father to son... kalau ikut shopping...just tell them what they want to hear....hahahaha

by the way.. i wore those shoes masa balik to japan...and habis melecet..tu lah sapa suruh tak break them in dulu kan.. my bad

2 weeks and 6 days later....part one ..the journey home

even to this day it feels surreal...i'm married...i'm a wife...



been busy these last few weeks sampai tak dan dan nak post an entry...what with catching up at lab..and running to and fro from toyohashi...

so here's a re-cap of the events b4 the big day...
A and I left Japan on the 9th...plan asalnya nak naik densha kul 4 pg to Kansai...but after some deliberations and recalculations...we decided it would be cheaper and less hassling to just drive there (note that it's only cheaper if it were more than 1 person and you drive there on weekends coz highway 1000yen je) kalau tak..better take the train guys...anyway left Fukui at 2 am and we arrived there around 8...wasn't supposed to take that long..tapi jam terukkkkk sgt (for Japan standards) and I stopped to nap..anyway got there and handed over wheelie chan to the pak cik parking who'll be taking care of her for the next 13 days...he drove us over to the terminal and the usual pre-flight hussle commenced...dah check-in br leh relax...yeay..

fly fly fly

and finally we reached Malaysia...klakar tak yang only Malaysians were spooked about the H1N1 thing...the japs tak bother pun nak put on masks or whatever...but taking precaution is important don't you think... guess what my family was betting on wheteher i'd be wearing a mask or not....hahaha

anyway...A had his liquid stuff in my large luggage bag so we headed off to the side so we could retrieve it...and masa tu lah the tiny kunci nak hilang......whaaaaaattttt...cuak gile kat situ...cr cr cr punyalah cr... 15 minutes and 1 torn bag later barulah jumpa...woishhhhh...fiuhhh

it was the first time A met my parents....he was waiting for R to pick him up..so my dad decided that he'd park and we'd have a light meal together...just to pass the time...everything was going well i guess...it being his first encounter and everything...bet his heart was just thumping away huh....dia nye turn la plak...the first time i met his mom i counldn't sleep soundly for to nights prior to the meeting....hahaha

anyway part 1 is over...and i need to get back to my lab work...