Medicine heals the the body,

Compassion heals the heart & the spirit,

The warmth of a gentle touch, genuine smile,

and a word of comfort -

encourage the patient to fight on

and live life to the fullest.


Happy Nurses Day:)



Originally celebrated as Nurses Week from 1965 and changed to Nurses Day in the 1980s, Nurses Day is a day set aside to honour and recognise the contribution of nurses to Singapore. It is usually marked with celebrations for nurses, including graduation ceremonies, blood donation drives, concerts, exhibitions, funfairs and charity events. Since 1990, the President has opened the Istana to nurses on this day, to thank them for the contribution to the health and well-being of the nation.

Unlike other countries, which celebrate Nurses Day on 12 May, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, Singapore celebrates Nurses Day on 1 August.





The last 2 days Fiona was on 2 days leave so I have to work alone so you can imagine how I run on a roller skate....hehehe .... I hardly can do my own things ... there are so much things to sort out,blood to take,ECG to do,results to sort out when they come back and xray reports too.Everytime I want to start on something the phone rings and no endings of enquiries and my e-billing was not touched at all the last 2 days and its mounting so looks like I have to finish them again from home this weekend.......


I had to stay till almost 7.30pm tonite being month end had to churn all the invoices for billing and having new staff lots of mistakes to be corrected and when I finally finish with it ... it was at 7.20pm then there are last minutes reports to organise for the doctors to view in the morning.



If only ..... if only ...... if only....... if only ..... they can declare a holiday to all nurses on 1st August ........ in my dream ...... hahahaha



Hi there friends of the blogland its nurses day don't you think I deserve a holiday?????????


For those who has stayed in hospital - I am sure you will agree with me how hard we work to bring cheers to you and the encouragment we give to less the pain.Not to mention the mouthful we get from their families ..... do have a heart nurses are human and not god!!

FIONA THIS IS 4 U TOO
HAPPY NURSES DAY TO US.


till my next entry...........

Labels: General

posted by Kak Elle at 9:34 PM 19 comments

We had lunch at secret recipe to celebrate Adriana's 4th birthday today 29th July.The full force of Jellanie family were there except for 1 brother and family who is also celebrating his grandchildren's birthday ... the twins Joe and Mira 4th birthday also.

There were about 50 people adults and children.I had chicken cutlets stuff with chicken ham and cheese with french fries and salad and for the drink I had frostie watermelon.I was too busy eating so had no chance to take pictures of the food ... and also we sat at different tables so a bit leceh to get up and about .... hehe

From the slide show you can see how much the children enjoyed themselves and also there were 3 cakes for 3 peoples birthday put together.If Maria is here in sg we probably will have 4 cakes then.The food was ok but I prefer Swensen's serving much bigger:) Shasha had the tom yam noodle which I had a spoonful of the tasty soup.

Guess what? I tried all 3 and thumbs up for the cheese cake but not the chcocolate/ banana cake.Coming home with a full stomach all I need now is the bed and zzzzzzzz but nope decide to upload the pictures first and have it publish and so here they are for your viewing ..... nice rite?

till my next entry

Labels: Birthday

posted by Kak Elle at 5:17 PM 14 comments

Its party time and you are invited ..................

Click to play Make your own Smilebox

This is last birthday in the Jellanie family for the month of July *whew!!!*...... berpeluh ni asal poket dah berlobang .... haha

We are going for lunch sunday for the Adriana big bash at Secret Recipe ... mmm ..... what shall I order eh? any recommendations?

Pictures of the party will follow.

till my next entry..............

Labels: Birthday

posted by Kak Elle at 9:58 PM 5 comments

Labels: and birthday, Family

posted by Kak Elle at 9:20 PM 16 comments

I had to take urgent leave today....aha flooded today without rain!!
How can it be flooded with no rain? Well the flood was in my kitchen .... HELP.....
It was fine last nite before I went to bed but today when I turn on the tap water starts to flood the kitchen from the usual outlet from under the cabinet .... alamak!
This is the outlet that the drain runs underneath the floor from the washing machines ..... the last time it happened was last year and the year before that so this is 3rd time aiyo time to go to work and now it happens so last resort had to take urgent leave and get plumber to come and pay $$$$.... the last time he charged me $60 just to shoot into the hole to release the clogged.Best part my mop broke at the joint when trying to mop and sweep the water maybe water too heavy kot....hahaha .... so next best thing huh manual with hand and towels...uuurggggggh
Now need to wait for plumber to open shop at 8.30 before I can call them and hopefully they can make it ASP so I can clean up the kitchen and do my cooking since I am home on leave.So dapur berasap today.

Last sunday the water leaks from the main pipe outside and of course lah the meter runs also and I managed to arrest the problem by turning the volume down.Anything happen outside of premises will be repaired by the town council and since the flood is in the premises its your own to settle ..... wuaaaahhhhhhhhhhh.
They say things will come in 3's so I am just wondering whats next??hope nothing major sayang $$$ terbang:)

update @ 1.30pm

ok my kitchen is once again clean and nice to walk on ..... the job was done in 10 minutes and cost $30 this time maybe been a regular ... hahaha ..... and while waiting for him to come at 9.30am I went down to get new mop and at same time dropby the market.The kurma ayam at Norabella website mmg mengancam terpaksa memasak nya.Its been a long time since I last cook this or eat it.



Cam mana Nora bolih tak?I bought mint leave instead of corriander ok lah I guess no one knows the diff ..... hehe.....tak sempat makan lagi because I ate abt 10 of those lovely savories below while making them:)

QOTH I finally did the kuih cara berlauk ... alhamdulillah rasa nya ok and I use the same recipe as my old kuih cara berinti gula tu.


The mould.



Cooking the kuih cara .......



The result turn out quite nice and tak burn lagik except for the first round a bit burnt as I need to season the mould with the heat first .... hoorrayyyyy......

From that mixture managed to do about 50 plus and I ate abt 10 of them already.........

Kuih cara berlauk recipe available here

till my next entry................

Labels: General and Food.

posted by Kak Elle at 7:54 AM 35 comments

Another new week is here again .... oh how the time flies huh?
I had a quiet sunday and slept so soundly thru' saturday nite as it has been raining here in singapore.I cook nasi lemak and b'day girl Shasha came after the subuh prayers at the mosque together with her parents and siblings.After they left around 11am I had the best siesta ...do nothing but just sprawl in bed like cleopatra ... hahaha .....

Late in the evening I decide to do something in the kitchen and then cucur udang came to my mind.OK did that and then Aini sms to say Kam not feeling well so will skip coming oh well I have the cucur udang to myself then but of course didn't eat them all infact brought some to work and had it for lunch sharing with the girls.



my cucur udang with sambal tumis ikan bilis ..... Cath its so yummy lah:)....jgn marah ek... that was my dinner last night.

I took the train home today after months of taking the cab and don't ask me why the change I have no answer to it.When I got home I was prepared to do some cooking but who knows dinner was waiting for me:) My father went to my sis place and brought dinner back for me.Its bergedil berkuah which we call 'bol' in the Jellanie's family...its huge bergedil with beef soup and garnish with cucumber and garden peas .... sorry forgot to take pictures and all in my tummy now.Maybe next time when I decide to cook this dish I'll take some snaps.Along with it is 2 pieces of whats left of Shasha birthday cake.


This is the moist chocolate cake made by my sister Lina her favourite cake every children's birthday she will bake this cake and let them decorate themselves.Its waiting for me to be eaten and will do it as soon as I post this entry.

Picture of Will and wak Kristina ..... I guess Kris and Robert must have driven over to visit them over the weeekend.
Look at Will macam budak besar dia pada hal baru je 3 minggu umur nya.Ni kalau besar mesti hensem macam daddy nya Adam.

Ni lah omong kosong untuk hari ni .... nak cerita lain otak masih penat nak memikir ....susah nak pen cerita yg lebih ummppph dari ini.

Mak lang agak nya lagi buat cheese cake kot ... dah jam 9 mlm belum nampak kat YM lagi maklum lah ada toy baru.Hantar sikit cheesecake tu ye maklang .... hehee

till my next entry...............

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:01 PM 15 comments

Baby Will at 3 weeks and he is looking more and more like his grandpa ..... John must be smiling reading this ..... haha
The best bargain was I got the hard cover ones ...... hehehe ..... I shall be giving the books as birthday presents to my nephews thats round the corner.

The mugs compliment of MPH Bookstore for the early birds.

After getting the books I went to Mark and Spencer to get some undies ... normal lah sambil menyelam minum air kan?I bought a few and that will last for a year or more till my next purchase.Actually I wanted so much to buy them when I was in London last month but due to the short stay was unable to do so. Also manage to get a present for my youngest sister Aini whose birthday is also round the corner..... nak tau apa I beli kan dia? haha kena tunggu ye on that day.

Hmm ...... tomorrow is my another niece - Shasha's birthday and she will be 16 .... crucial year for her as she will be sitting for her 'O' level exam so no celebration but nevertheless present kena bagi .... surprise ah Shasha .....

Click to play Make your own Smilebox

Dapur ku tak ber-asap malam ni .... maklang hantarkan roti jala sikit please:)

till my next entry................

Labels: Birthday, Family

posted by Kak Elle at 3:16 PM 16 comments

Its birthday time again and in the month of July sees 4 birthday in the Jellanie family and today is my sister Maria's and a new found 'niece' in Kerteh will be celebrating her birthday too.

FROM ALL OF US IN SINGAPORE AND FROM FRIENDS IN THE BLOGLAND WE WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.

Maria at my place in 2005 when she came back for raya.

Labels: Birthday

posted by Kak Elle at 7:10 AM 13 comments

I receive this in my email and like to share it with you ........



TO ALL THE THOSE WHO WERE BORN IN THE 50's and 60's / early '70s............ First, we survived with mothers who had no maids. They cooked /cleaned while taking care of us at the same time.

They took aspirin, candies floss,fizzy drinks, shaved ice with syrups and diabetes were rare. Salt added to Pepsi or Coke was remedy for fever.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.

As children, we would ride with our parents on bicycles/ motorcycles for 2 or 3. Richer ones in cars with no seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a private taxi was a special treat.

We drank water from the tap and NOT from a bottle.

We would spend hours on the fields under bright sunlight flying our kites, without worrying about the UV ray which never seem to affect us.

We go to jungle to catch spiders without worries of Aedes mosquitoes.

With mere 5 pebbles (stones) would be a endless game. With a ball (tennis ball best) we boys would run like crazy for hours.

We catch guppy in drains / canals and when it rain we swim there.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually worry about being unhygenic.

We ate salty, very sweet & oily food, candies,bread and real butter and drank very sweet soft sweet coffee/ tea, ice kacang, but we weren't overweight because......

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, till streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.

We would spend hours repairing our old bicycles and wooden scooters out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem .

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, multiple channels on cable TV, DVD movies, no surround sound, no phones, no personal computers, no Internet.WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and we still continued the stunts.

We were never given birthday parties till we were 21,
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and just yelled for them!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

Yet this generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

The past 40 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned

HOW TO

DEAL WITH IT ALL!

And YOU are one of them!

CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the government regulated our lives for our own good.
and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.


PS: -The big type is because of Long-sightedness or hyperopia at your age .

kak lady tak payah guna spek bolih baca kan?

till my next entry............

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posted by Kak Elle at 7:24 AM 17 comments

This is a picture of new dad Adam and baby Will ..... see how cosy and sweet they look?

I went through my old albums and ole' I found a similar picture of me and then baby Huda .....hahaha.....hey Huda see how much I pampered you:)




Adam and baby Will July 2007

Me and then baby Huda July 1988.
The flash from the camera woke me up ......

We are much in similar position and I wonder how Will will look like 19 yrs later compared to Huda 19 yrs from that photo was taken,she has grown into a pretty young lady...... kembang lah tu kena puji.
Huda 19 yrs later .....

Huda and Syida taken July 1997
Huda and Syida July 2007 ..... dah pandai ,melaram sekarang my 2 nieces ni.



My 4 nieces 10 yrs ago Syida,Nazz,Hannah and Huda.
10 yrs later Hannah,Nazz,Huda and Syida now.

There are ton of photos to see but its impossible to scan them all as it will take all night..... so sampai di sini sahja as its time for bed ....


till my next entry..............

Labels: Family

posted by Kak Elle at 10:22 PM 20 comments

Alhamdulillah at last I get to do the pie tee afterall ..... its been ages since I last had these or make these.
I remember learning to do the shells from my aunty who is now living in Australia about oh my gosh must be about 20 yrs ago!! oh how time flies rite?It wasn't easy doing the shells as you have to do it over hot boiling oil and not all the shells will turn out 100% perfect!

Thank goodness for instant purchasing .... we now can buy the shells at a affordable price.
I felt energetic this afternoon after an hour of nap:) I bought the turnips and carrots on my way home from work today and bought 2 more of the save the earth bags and this time its pink colour.

Kak Lady ni dia kuih pie tee nya ...... mixed of traditional fillings and eggs mayo......sedap tau....hahaha ...... sorry lupa nak letak cili sauce sedikit di atas nya.

I did 2 types of fillings for the pie-tee .... one traditional made of turnips and carrots and another just eggs with mayo for the children.

Recipe available at dapur kakelle cuba2 lah ok?

It turns out ok and not that bad after a lapse of years of not doing it.....but I don't think its enough for dinner rite?

I will keep the fillings for tomorrow when the siblings come and we can have another go of it.

Sunday 15th @ 12.45pm

I am full of energy today somehow .... haha so been spending my morning in the kitchen cooking.

Went to the market to stock the freezer and also to buy for my youngest sister Aini ... normal lah she will c/o me to buy as where she is staying now no market for fresh food.

I decide to cook spaghetti and also boil some pasta as the children prefer pasta,for the sauce I use minced chicken *nanti oldman complain beef dia tak bolih makan!*...hehe .....

The left over of BBQ chicken black pepper I did the ayam kicap again .... no idea!!....haha ok lah and today I garnish it with peas.

I also did samosa fillings of minced beef with oregano ..... yes today betul Ter Rajin sekali ... haha

Here's the result ........

till my next entry..............

Labels: Food

posted by Kak Elle at 6:27 PM 17 comments

Today I decide to take a half-day leave to run errands.As you know when you are working office hours its difficult when you need to do things -as most offices too closes at 5-6pm.
I have no choice but to apply for half day leave .... and like today was to send my hphone the samsung for repair as its unable to charge the battery.So I am back to using my old Nokia in a way its nice to have a spare as a backup!

I left the clinic at 1pm without lunch and when I was in the cab I called the service centre besides the one at Toh Guan which is the next nearest centre .... ho ho ho its at Causeway Point oh wow can do some shopping lah.

I got there at 1.30pm and of course its lunch hour so the staff need to eat too.I waited for half an hour before my turn,the officer check and found that the charger is working and the fault is the inner part.Having to change parts means I have to pay unless the phone itself is faulty!!I ask for the damaged and she says its about $43/- but will call me b4 doing it whether to go ahead or not?After that I browse around the shopping centre as its been over 11/2 yrs since I was last there I think.

I went up tot he 4th floor looking for something for someones b'day in 2 wks time and yippee found it and I bet she is going to be very happy:)
The month of July I have 4 family members celebrating their birthdays ..... oh boy I'm gonna be broke....hahaha

I went down to Cold Storage to get BBQ chicken and it has been a long time eating them too.

Mama sarah if you are reading this I found the Optima Flour being sold there for S$5.55 I think sori dah lupa .... short memory:)

So for tonite its chicken for dinner ...... with rice.




till my next entry ........

Labels: Food

posted by Kak Elle at 8:18 PM 4 comments

Sometimes we are out of suggestions of what to eat for lunch.There are days I will bring leftovers,days I live on sandwiches,days I'll buy from old chang kee stall and days we will go down to the food court and buy back to eat in the pantry.

On tuesday both Fiona and myself didn't bring any lunch so we decide to have it at Pizza Hut ...yes the 2 of us aje .....mak cik tu belanja I nak share dia tak bagi .... hehehe ... rezeki.Dia kata I dah selalu belikan dia:) Fiona thanx a lot the lunch treat:)



So we ended having the new cheesy delight meal for 2 .... it has the cheese dip in the centre....ok not bad something different for a change.Due to having the mushroom soup by the time the main course came dah kenyang .... we both had 2 portions each ... betul dah tak bolih masuk lagi so the balance tu we asked them to pack .... haha... sayang nak tinggalkan afterall kan dah bayar.

Normally we will lunch at Pizza Hut when one of us has our birthday treat but since this year we scrap the idea for the reason we've been having new receptionist too often.When its Adah's turn to blanja we will go to Swensen's ..... Adah bila nak belanja lagi?

I love their pastas and baked rice besides their lagsana and mind you these are real rich meal that after lunch I just feel like taking a siesta.

Having italian dishes once a while its ok but too often jelak pulak ...... come to think of it its been ages since I last cook spagetti ... soon maybe:)

There are so many things I want to cook for the weekend.

1. Want to do the cara berlauk .... Qoth dah bagi recipe but belum mencuba lagi.
2. Durian serawa ngan pulut ..... suppose to cook it 2 weeks ago but due to the lunch invitation it was cancelled.
3.Ni 3 days ago bought the pie tee cases bila pulak nak buat feelings nya and eat?
4.Sambal tumis sotong kering tu still in freezer so when to cook the nasi lemak??
5. Crabs in my mind again ..... hahaha

Aiyoyo ..... no time at all and which to do first ..... any suggestions?????

till my next entry...................

Labels: General

posted by Kak Elle at 8:23 PM 11 comments

Baby Will's progress in pictures ........

Labels: Family

posted by Kak Elle at 8:09 AM 11 comments

The month of July is the Singapore Food Festival so everywhere here they have demonstrations and sales of food ..... makan and makan lagi.
Anyway we celebrated the opening of the festival by going to Hyatt for that buffet lunch and I still have 3 more weeks to carry on eatinggggggggggggg....... hahaha

At the place where I work also have food festival celebration this week so after work yesterday I browsed around to buy dinner but nothing much at the moment instead I bought the suppose famous cream puff (ni asyik teringatkan Sya cream puff) it was selling for $2 a piece but buy 5 get 1 free and thats what I did ....it wasn't that nice afterall!! Maybe tonite will try the thai mango salad:)

Then I saw this pie tee cases and I bought 1 container of the mini ones 50pcs for $7.50 .... insya'allah weekend I will do it .... maybe a samosa feeling to go with it or popiah feeling.



So watch out for my weekend entry its about food againnnnnnnnnnn......kak teh jgn marah lagi I've nothing to write so its food most time ok?.....hehehe

I bought this bag in support to save the earth over here on first wednesday of the month supermarts don't provide plastic bags instead we are encouraged to bring our own.I was caught last wednesday hence for buying it .... afterall it was for a good deed.

Entry for today is short need to go to work may update again later tonite when I am home from work.


till my next entry...........

Labels: General

posted by Kak Elle at 7:26 AM 10 comments

Labels: Family/Recipe

posted by Kak Elle at 7:21 PM 20 comments