tgh browse buku blajar mandarin ni....urghh...it's been weeks and i still can't make up my mind...what's for sure is i've decided on a getting a book that has cd's with it...coz for your information susah gile nak sebut if the book just describes how it sounds...nak check betul ke tak pun tak leh...
n then now i'm in a dilemma ...nak belajar dln english ke dlm nihonggo...ramai mesti ckp mestilah in english kan...well that's what i thought...but after browsing..i came up with the conclusion that...books in english focus on speaking...simple phrases and what not...susah nak cr yang pasal bunpo...it's like most of the books cater for tourist and stuff...
on the other hand...kat nihon ni ada exam bhs cina upanya...cm nihonggo nouryoku shiken tu...so they have books that focus on bunpo, choukai, and so on... and again after browsing....rasanya jyun 4 kyu nye buku pun kalau tak de basic fening..........
anyway...i decided on buying the one in nihonggo... because i feel it caters more to my goals...we'll see how it goes kay...teaching oneself won't be an easy task....
Friday, June 4, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
went blog browsing and....
home alone again....hubby deary disappeared to his 'beloved' lab after dinner...gotten used to it you know....but sometimes bordem strikes....and you just have to STRIKE back HARDER...
so i did the usual...fb, mail, and then blog...
and the tgk gambar kat fb opi kena tag ngan andz adnan....andalas...one of the guys yang join abang hisham when he took our wedding pics...small world huh...who would have thought...i knew opi was getting married but didn't know when....congrats to both of them omedetou...
anyway...conclusion of my blog browsing...
1) safra likes blue
2) puan dart...i guess congrats are in order.... take care okay.... ppktj batch 030405 no.2????
3) ramai said uiform kilang tak besh....
and me... i'm busy immersing myself in my own head.... and i still have a loonggggg way to go before i can even be proud to call myself a good housewife.... i think these boxes are gonna be here sampai kitorg pindah nanti hahahahaha....
it seems that we have settled ourselves into a routine...friday night is eat out night....because usually by today i'm too malas to masuk dapur already... and saturday is for grocery shopping and sunday is when i go all out sbb adik isn't around and hubby is usually glued to the sports channel ... so i .....cook undisturbed... this is when i tackle the more tedious recipes...
and one more thing....sayang sgt my hubby coz he's not choosy like me... he eats everything i serve apart from the innards ( hati, limpa, paru...etc) they're a big no no for him... and he doesn't mind NOT eating rice everyday ... so i can feel free to cook up pasta what not...
in fact one of the first reasons i fell in love with him was when he finished this horrible pumpkin pie i made way back when i was just starting to learn the art of cooking...... and he doesn't even like pumpkin...terharu doh....manis manis bangat sampai saya pun tak leh telan dia leh hbskan.....terharu terharu....
so i did the usual...fb, mail, and then blog...
and the tgk gambar kat fb opi kena tag ngan andz adnan....andalas...one of the guys yang join abang hisham when he took our wedding pics...small world huh...who would have thought...i knew opi was getting married but didn't know when....congrats to both of them omedetou...
anyway...conclusion of my blog browsing...
1) safra likes blue
2) puan dart...i guess congrats are in order.... take care okay.... ppktj batch 030405 no.2????
3) ramai said uiform kilang tak besh....
and me... i'm busy immersing myself in my own head.... and i still have a loonggggg way to go before i can even be proud to call myself a good housewife.... i think these boxes are gonna be here sampai kitorg pindah nanti hahahahaha....
it seems that we have settled ourselves into a routine...friday night is eat out night....because usually by today i'm too malas to masuk dapur already... and saturday is for grocery shopping and sunday is when i go all out sbb adik isn't around and hubby is usually glued to the sports channel ... so i .....cook undisturbed... this is when i tackle the more tedious recipes...
and one more thing....sayang sgt my hubby coz he's not choosy like me... he eats everything i serve apart from the innards ( hati, limpa, paru...etc) they're a big no no for him... and he doesn't mind NOT eating rice everyday ... so i can feel free to cook up pasta what not...
in fact one of the first reasons i fell in love with him was when he finished this horrible pumpkin pie i made way back when i was just starting to learn the art of cooking...... and he doesn't even like pumpkin...terharu doh....manis manis bangat sampai saya pun tak leh telan dia leh hbskan.....terharu terharu....
Friday, May 21, 2010
kita lak yang terlebih excited...leh tak huhuhu
hari ni genap 1 bulan dua hari kita jaga alaudin a.k.a adik while his parents pergi lab....five days a week...kalau adik tak buat hal lah....
today ada 家庭訪問....ada nurse dtg umah check adik...ukur berat seme...bincang2...setsumei pasal imuization and so on...kita lak terlebih excited hahaha
after seme selesai ...alhamdulillah...pertumbuhan adik juncho...berat semua ok....siap org tu puji lagi sebab dah pandai ikut source buyi..leher pun dah kuat...and starting mlm semlm dia dh reti meniarap..baru tahu kalu ikut 母子手帳 buku rekod ibu dan anak...biasanya leher baby keras pada umur 3 bulan..and biasa 4 bln setengah baru leh meniarap....
tsugoi ne adik 2 bln 20 hari dah leh meniarap...maa ima kara mo gambatte kudasai....
since adik pun gambatteriru...aunty pun kena gambaru gak...lama sangat dah otak ni rest....tak diberi 刺激...thinking of picking up a new language...dr dulu pun teringin...and now dengan dorang my father, hubby, and dear friend in okayama...saya akan mulakan...dah browse buku seme...
however i find learning on your own to be quite difficult....buku saja tak cukup...mmg dia ada describe sebutan dia cm ne seme ...tapi kita tak leh check betul tak...so audio tapes are important as well...
as for my activies in the kitchen...let's say that sekarng dah bukak file baru utk isi resipi yand kita dah try and let's just say..it's 'fuzzy's kitchen tested'...kalau kita leh buat org len pun okay nye lah...
thinking of uploading...tapi tak terupload lagi..plus my photography isn't that great...
speaking of recipe hunting...bnyk jumpa food blogs org malaysia yang juga di perantauan...which helps sometimes sbb diorg upload resipi yang guna brg yang diorg leh jumpa kat area yg diorg tinggal tu...so foodbloggers yang kat jepun ni..diorg cite lah cm ne kufuu diorg utk msk certain dishes bila brg tak jumpa kat sini toka....area nak cr mknn halal toka....
oh ya kat sebelah toyohashi gikadai ni ada tempat panggil 食彩館 ...JA punya...it's a place people sell sayur n stuff..next time leh cite lagi...
anyway....kita beli anak pokok tomato n pokok cili...hari tu tanam kat fukui tak menjadi sangat sebab tak cukup matahari...pokok tu meninggi semacam je cr sunlight kesian dia...but that one tanam dr benih..kali ni ambil jln pintas beli anak pokok terus hahaha..and sekarang ada basil and italian parsley....but the italian parsley isn't doing that good....
cepatlah membesar ye pokok pokok ku....bulan puasa nanti insyAllah leh makan ...huhuhu
today ada 家庭訪問....ada nurse dtg umah check adik...ukur berat seme...bincang2...setsumei pasal imuization and so on...kita lak terlebih excited hahaha
after seme selesai ...alhamdulillah...pertumbuhan adik juncho...berat semua ok....siap org tu puji lagi sebab dah pandai ikut source buyi..leher pun dah kuat...and starting mlm semlm dia dh reti meniarap..baru tahu kalu ikut 母子手帳 buku rekod ibu dan anak...biasanya leher baby keras pada umur 3 bulan..and biasa 4 bln setengah baru leh meniarap....
tsugoi ne adik 2 bln 20 hari dah leh meniarap...maa ima kara mo gambatte kudasai....
since adik pun gambatteriru...aunty pun kena gambaru gak...lama sangat dah otak ni rest....tak diberi 刺激...thinking of picking up a new language...dr dulu pun teringin...and now dengan dorang my father, hubby, and dear friend in okayama...saya akan mulakan...dah browse buku seme...
however i find learning on your own to be quite difficult....buku saja tak cukup...mmg dia ada describe sebutan dia cm ne seme ...tapi kita tak leh check betul tak...so audio tapes are important as well...
as for my activies in the kitchen...let's say that sekarng dah bukak file baru utk isi resipi yand kita dah try and let's just say..it's 'fuzzy's kitchen tested'...kalau kita leh buat org len pun okay nye lah...
thinking of uploading...tapi tak terupload lagi..plus my photography isn't that great...
speaking of recipe hunting...bnyk jumpa food blogs org malaysia yang juga di perantauan...which helps sometimes sbb diorg upload resipi yang guna brg yang diorg leh jumpa kat area yg diorg tinggal tu...so foodbloggers yang kat jepun ni..diorg cite lah cm ne kufuu diorg utk msk certain dishes bila brg tak jumpa kat sini toka....area nak cr mknn halal toka....
oh ya kat sebelah toyohashi gikadai ni ada tempat panggil 食彩館 ...JA punya...it's a place people sell sayur n stuff..next time leh cite lagi...
anyway....kita beli anak pokok tomato n pokok cili...hari tu tanam kat fukui tak menjadi sangat sebab tak cukup matahari...pokok tu meninggi semacam je cr sunlight kesian dia...but that one tanam dr benih..kali ni ambil jln pintas beli anak pokok terus hahaha..and sekarang ada basil and italian parsley....but the italian parsley isn't doing that good....
cepatlah membesar ye pokok pokok ku....bulan puasa nanti insyAllah leh makan ...huhuhu
Saturday, April 24, 2010
insurance oh insurance....
yes ......dah jadi adult ...kena pikir pasal insurance skang......dulu parents kita je pening pasal nie kan....before this pernah ambik tahu sangat...setakat bayar kenkouhokken syiyakusho and insurance masa sewa kete tu...
so now that we are car owners....we have to think about car insurance... the thing is masa beli wheelie dulu tak masuk insurance ...memang nak masuk tapi sampai pindah pun tak buat2....
so today hubby dearest and i set out to get ourselves car insurance.... tanya2 warga toyohashi..we decide to go for matsuba auto...dekat pun dekat tak yah g sampai shibata...
it was a small company...probably family owened...masuk ada mak dia bapak dia seme dlm waiting room tu...took us 2 hours to get everything done...dia nak cerita pasal plan2 yang ada, nak kira2 utk baai kitorang macam mana lagi...
it seems that if i were 26 years old it would be cheaper...and our car being a honda fit also made the insurance more expensive...the reason why? they explained that because the honda fit is a popular car particularly amongst the younger generation...it is more prone to accidents...hence it costing more insurance wise...okay lah...i get that... surpisingly insurance for bigger cars (excluding sports cars) costs less...hahaha
the weird thing is...after all the insurance stuff was settled i felt more unsure of myself...after hearing how much it would cost if this happened or that happened....benda yang dulu heiki je buat sekarang kita jadi berjaga jaga sikit....
so now that we are car owners....we have to think about car insurance... the thing is masa beli wheelie dulu tak masuk insurance ...memang nak masuk tapi sampai pindah pun tak buat2....
so today hubby dearest and i set out to get ourselves car insurance.... tanya2 warga toyohashi..we decide to go for matsuba auto...dekat pun dekat tak yah g sampai shibata...
it was a small company...probably family owened...masuk ada mak dia bapak dia seme dlm waiting room tu...took us 2 hours to get everything done...dia nak cerita pasal plan2 yang ada, nak kira2 utk baai kitorang macam mana lagi...
it seems that if i were 26 years old it would be cheaper...and our car being a honda fit also made the insurance more expensive...the reason why? they explained that because the honda fit is a popular car particularly amongst the younger generation...it is more prone to accidents...hence it costing more insurance wise...okay lah...i get that... surpisingly insurance for bigger cars (excluding sports cars) costs less...hahaha
the weird thing is...after all the insurance stuff was settled i felt more unsure of myself...after hearing how much it would cost if this happened or that happened....benda yang dulu heiki je buat sekarang kita jadi berjaga jaga sikit....
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....
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....
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
today panas.....uhm no...tak panas...hare
just bear with me... my posts will probably be mundane from now on....heck katanya dok umah...not much to write about...
today is sunny... so pagi2 bangun basuh baju... we have a dryer in our new residence and hubby dearest was a bit puzzled why i've only used that thing once... well the sun's out isn't it...plus i love the feel of sun dried laundry better haha....
now baru tahu my father's obsession with laundry and why he always feels down bila laundry dia tak kering habis.... well now i know...because even though it's sunny kain tu tak semestinya kering...coz it's still a bit chilly here...hmm ... down lah... kerja tak beres...
oh ya...by the way...today i planted my thyme and rosemary seeds....hopefully they sprout by next week...huhu
today is sunny... so pagi2 bangun basuh baju... we have a dryer in our new residence and hubby dearest was a bit puzzled why i've only used that thing once... well the sun's out isn't it...plus i love the feel of sun dried laundry better haha....
now baru tahu my father's obsession with laundry and why he always feels down bila laundry dia tak kering habis.... well now i know...because even though it's sunny kain tu tak semestinya kering...coz it's still a bit chilly here...hmm ... down lah... kerja tak beres...
oh ya...by the way...today i planted my thyme and rosemary seeds....hopefully they sprout by next week...huhu
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
day two....
today baru day two sebagai full-time housewife without hubby around and i'm already bored...
yes i know ...banyak kerja yang boleh saya bereskan tapi naka naka gak lah bosan dia....but still okay compared to bosan masa baru2 masuk lab last year...
oh and yes...today is also the second day jaga alaudin a.k.a. adik....so far so good...masing2 still learning to get used to each other... and since adik is just 1and 1/2 months old ...most of his time is spent sleeping....which accounts to me having a lot of free time....and hence me getting bored...
so the last 2 days i've been recipe hunting...going through food blogs.... and today surveying international food shops aroung the nagoya area... selama ni dok order barang from baticrom and azhar je...but they only cater to ingredients for the asian region... so now for ingredients more to the italian, mexican and other ethnic cooking....and i found a website which ships from kobe and the states....tapi pricey lah skit....
baru 2 days but so far so good...learning adik's schedule has alowed to cook mcm2...last night laksa penang and blueberry panna cotta.... today baked chicken, spinach and white sauce spaghetti and for dessert condensed milk pound cake...
esok nye menu ape plak ek...
yes i know ...banyak kerja yang boleh saya bereskan tapi naka naka gak lah bosan dia....but still okay compared to bosan masa baru2 masuk lab last year...
oh and yes...today is also the second day jaga alaudin a.k.a. adik....so far so good...masing2 still learning to get used to each other... and since adik is just 1and 1/2 months old ...most of his time is spent sleeping....which accounts to me having a lot of free time....and hence me getting bored...
so the last 2 days i've been recipe hunting...going through food blogs.... and today surveying international food shops aroung the nagoya area... selama ni dok order barang from baticrom and azhar je...but they only cater to ingredients for the asian region... so now for ingredients more to the italian, mexican and other ethnic cooking....and i found a website which ships from kobe and the states....tapi pricey lah skit....
baru 2 days but so far so good...learning adik's schedule has alowed to cook mcm2...last night laksa penang and blueberry panna cotta.... today baked chicken, spinach and white sauce spaghetti and for dessert condensed milk pound cake...
esok nye menu ape plak ek...
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