Sept Ember

Hello again. It's me, the annoying girl. For those who forget me already since I'm out of the cyber world yesterday, I'm Karen. Welcome to my humble place.

An old picture of me =D

 

Actually there's a reason why there's no entry yesterday. I called MSU (Management & Science University) yesterday for requirements for Bachelor in Pharmacy. It's pweety disappointed to know that the minimum requirement is >3 pointer as I only obtained 2.92. Mum still insisted on Pharmacy so this left me with two route. First, repeat another year of foundation or the second is to retake my 3rd sem in KBU (Kolej Bandar Utama). I just dunno what I want now as the foundation in science in MSU will start this 17 September. I feel it will be too rush for me and I'm not ready. But then, when will I be ready??

 

Told my decision to take another year of foundation to Mum the very night so I followed her down town this morning coz I wanted to spend more time with her before leaving again. We went to the market and look what we bought!

 

Fresh but not fresh scallop. A kilo for RM 5

 

 

I bet everyone seen a scallop before.

But lets just say some of you here dunno what a scallop look like.

So here's a picture of a scallop

 

At the end of the day, from a kilo to only 200 g.

Where does the 800 g goes??

 

'Pauh ringan' 2 1/2 kilo for RM 6.

Guess what I'm doing with it

 

Anyone loves corn?

Bought 9 for RM 10!

 

 

The dirty, smelly 'lolong kuning'.

2 kilos for RM 9

 

Eat this confirm 'kembung'.

Kembung at RM 8 for a kilo

 

I actually tired to washed those gills of the fishes but then Popo chased me away. Anyway, it's very complicated compare to prawns and squids. And those gills are really disgusting!!

 

Some may wonder what is this black like things that look like eggs.

It's duck eggs.

5 for RM 4

 

And also long beans for RM 1, this much.

C-H-E-A-P

 

We shopped till 10.30 am before going for breakfast. I would definitely miss having breakfast with Mum in Chinatown before sending her to work.

Uolls want to hear a very funny story of mine? Firstly, I would like to state here that this is solely prank and have no intention to offense anyone.

The story goes back when Popo telling me that Niki is coming back at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Perhaps you think what have it got to do with my prank. FYI, the schooling time is not fixed. So at around 12 noon, there's a call (house phone). At first I taught it was Niki and Popo shown no sign of picking up the phone. So I run to the phone (phone is in the living room)

Me: Assalamualaikum!
The caller: Waalaikumussalam

The caller actually was looking for Mum and I got pweety shocked as I first expected it was Niki. I guess my pronunciation was kinda good. Not bad after schooling Sekolah Kebangsaan for 11 years. At the end, before ending, the caller again said "Assalamualaikum". Quickly I ended the call and told Popo whut happen. Was laughing non-stop. ROFL!! *Rolling on the floor laughing with saliva dropping* It made my day after stormy cloud yesterday.
 

At noon, I busied myself in the kitchen learning Popo's recipe. Will do another entry later tonight. So watch out for it. After 5, I went to have a look on the progress of the construction. I can see they're almost done. I'm pretty surprised coz it's only a week!

 

Here's to our new backyard gate!

 

And a little more for the kennels!

Tiger and Kiko would definitely love this

because it's very windy in the evening with shades form the coconut tree.

 

See you again tonight, if I'm not lazy. FYI, I'm the laziest person on Earth so don't expect much from me.

 

Thanks for reading this entry. Appreciate the effort a lot! 



Excuse me, Sir. Your Malaysian is showing

Waking up for lunch to just being told by Mum that she gotta 'belanja' her colleagues for lunch. Tipping is not our culture but 'belanja' is definitely one. Not one but two hungry colleagues. I hated the fact that people often ask to treat them when doing something for us. Where's sincerity then?

As for me myself, I think those around me are very well aware that I do very seldom treat them. But at the same time, I NEVER ask for a treat. I like to put it this way, 'You owe me nothing and I owe you nothing'. Because of money people fight, so I do really want to get away from it.

Since small, Dad and Mum often taught me that when we took others, we need to give them back the same amount or more. As for that, I hate owing people no matter it's money or food.

At the end, we went for lunch at a Malay restaurant with RM 25 spent for the 4 of us. A very reasonable price. One that can't be found in big cities like Kuala Lumpur.

In the evening, I went for a check on the construction going on and as well as getting my hands dirty with soil.

A pot for gardening!

 

After this I'm gonna plant all types of fruits so I can eat them whenever I want! After dinner, we're all busying filling forms. Say me kind coz I'm sharing this with uolls. I might regret this later if I don't win my smartphone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's pretty simple to enter. All they need is product of purchases. Me and my sista plan to send in entries for everyday! So remember to go check it out as the contest is only until 30 September!

 

 

Bye for now...

 

 

Oh well, before that,

 

A selfie taken in the car!

Getting chubbier.

And perhaps, dyeing needed!

The cute,fluffy and adroable lil' creatures

Besides dogs, there's also a spot in my heart dedicated to RABBITS! Yup. The cute fluffy lil' creatures! God really put all his effort and time in creating this adorable creatures.

It started few years back when I was around 14 years old during December school holidays! I had wanted a pet rabbit since small. Being the pampered child among all, of course my uncles bought me rabbits a few times. But then it was always either the rabbit runs away or get bitten by our dog.

So it was that month when my sister said her friend's uncle rear rabbits and the rabbits gave birth a lot. So I was asking whether can her friend give us a pair? Joy came when my sister's friend agreed!

There's always bad news after good news. Le Mum doesn't not allow us to have the rabbits. The biggest myths behinds rabbits is their poop and urine smell. Being the lil' devil, I tried to persuade Mum in every way I can. I'm the master of PERSUASION! Finally Mum agreed!

I can still remember clearly that it was almost night when we arrived my sister friend's house. She approached us with a shoe box. Can you imagine? In the lil shoe box, there's two cute fluffy lil' rabbits in there. My heart melts! I guess this is what they called as "Love at First Sight".

This is one of the pair, named Angelina. Of course with Anglina, we had Brad but then it seems that I don't have a picture of Brad as Brad only lives with us a few days before escaping. When we found Brad, he can barely survive the night due to the rain!

 

We then went back to my sister's friend and get another rabbit for Angelina which is then named Joe. We kinda avoid to use the same name twice as each rabbit bring different memories back!

 

Hi, Joe!

 

After that, the passion for rabbit expand. Over the past 5 years, there had been good and bad memories in between with each rabbit come and go. One thing for sure is that, each left memories in me. I do learn a lot from them. Love is universal!

 

This is just some of it

 

There's just lots of rabbits over the years. One of the best memories is with Ah Boon. The name "Ah Boon" actually comes from a friend who have two toys that are named "Ah Boon & Ah Beng". So it kinda match. Ah Beng would be the one on the on the upper left from the picture above.

 

Here's Ah Boon

 

He's a very active bunny. He often sneaked out of his cage and went to the kitchen begging for carrots. It's a loss for us here when he's dead due to my careless for not locking the garden cage properly. Dogs sneaked in at night and 3 lives gone. For his cheerfulness, I shall remember him forever....

 

A lop called Ah Lian

 

 

Picture taken a few days after we have her

 

She's my first lop ear bunny, bought at a pet shop with RM 60. Her cuteness is often mistaken for her to be as cute as a puppy. She left us due to mites. That is a lesson learnt to never delay a vet visit.

 

 

Lily is her name!

 

 

 

Last picture of her

 

This was taken few days before we loss her due to flood last December after a year with her. Miss her terribly.

 

 There's always rainbow after rain. Here's all my grandchildren by Ah Beng, the best mommy!

 

 

 



 

 

My very first of survival litter

 

 

 

 



The smallest in this second litter

 

 

There's always a mischievous one

 

 

A New Year bunnies

 

 

Last litter in the year 2012- December

 

The last litter for now.

 

There's four in the litter. Unfortunately, we lost 2 due to the haze and heat earlier this year. So we were only left with two. However, I only have this one with me. One given away. ='(

 

I would honestly say that many object this hobby of mine and one of the most objection comes from Mum herself. As we go on, she finally learnt to accept and love them as well. Believe it or not, my first litters ( does not survive) was noticed by Mum herself.

 

Deep down, I want to thanked every one of them for being there in my life!

 



Mark the Season !!!

Is it summer now in your country? Or is it spring? Well, I never been to countries with 4 seasons yet. But who says Malaysia do not have season. Don't uolls know that Malaysia has seasons too. Let me tell you. Now, it's the rambutan, mangosteen and durian season. Don't heh, okay? It's also a season. right?

To all fruits' lovers, including me, now is the time to release your cravings. I think I eat a variety of fruits compare to vegetables. I love watermelon, mind you,  the yellow ones because they are sweeter and also papaya. To add to the list, I also enjoy mangosteen and also rambutan.

A nice white surrounded with purple

Hairy fruit

 

To satisfy my cravings, I bought 3 kilos of "pokok nyo" at the market yesterday

after searching for it high and low...

 

As far as I know, there's three types of rambutan here. There's "anak sekolah", "pokok nyo" and "gula batu". Mine favorite is the "pokok nyo" because the flesh is a little harder than "anak sekolah". Besides, it's harder to find too and is a little pricey compare to "anak sekolah". You'll know I don't lie when you tasted both rambutans.

 

Not forgetting, the King of all fruits, the DURIAN! Yeah, some may not love the smell but once you taste it, you'll crave for more.

 

 

There are many types of durians out there. There's the Musang King, D24, "Udang Merah" (Red Prawn) and many more. The price are also vary. Musang King, for now can be bought at RM 18 per kilo. A durian at least weighed 2 kg. Despite it's a little pricey, there's still lovers out there that are willing to pay for it. So I conclude there's something in there that keep that coming for it.

 

Even thou there's lots of durians out there, a result of biotechnology, the stinky smell of durians remains. Perhaps that is what make a durian unique. It's smell. For me, I love those creamy sweet one and avoid those bitter with hard flesh. The one thing that I have when buying is always smell. Use your sense of smell to smell out the yellowish creamy flesh!

 

This reminds me whenever I went back Popo's hometown. I love plucking the fruits fresh from the stalk! And during durian season, you can collect fresh durian under a durian tree. Feeling happy surrounded with fruits!

 

Honeydew and rock melon are also in the list together with banana. There are lots of different banana and I only prefer the 'lemak manis' which can only found in Terengganu and also Kelantan. There's the lemak (creamy) and sweet taste in it which make them special. Well in KL or other places, you can only find the big and thick banana. The total opposite.

 

My FAV <3

 

Those found in the supermarkets. Yucksss

 

This is the time where people can obtain cheap rambutans and mangosteens in the market. I do also notice that durian production is very good this year. Few days ago, I bought 3 durians for RM 5. Well, season pass fast so don't waste your time in front of the computer. Get change and go out to have some fruits!!