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posted by Kak Elle at 8:23 AM 9 comments

I've been tagged by Opah De .......


[ 5 things in my bag ]
- Wallet - to hold my $$ and cards.
- House keys/clinic keys - kang tak dapat masuk.
- Hphone - a must for contact
- pen - for messages
- estee lauder lipstick - to refresh my look :)
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[ 5 things in my wallet]
- $$$ of course
- Identity card- don't leave home without it.
- Bank card POSB and UOB
- credit cards - visa,mastercard and diners
- Receipts - to keep incase need to exchange goods

[ 5 favourite things in my bedroom]
- my brass doublebed-to zzzz and golek2
- TV - 2 watch my favourite shows
- Laptop - my link to the world and friends like OD:)
- aircond - to keep cool on hot days
- fan - to circulate the air

[ 5 things I like to do]
- on holiday again - not enough the last trip
- to relax and not go to work - but can't retire yet
- shop till I drop - hahaha
- be with my blogger friends - this is for everyone who wish to meet me.
- give my resignation letter to my boss - unless you give me an pay raise.

[ 5 things I am doing now]
- typing this tag - OD next time tag others ah:)
- Yming with maklang - but she's busy typing dah tak layan kat my msg lagi
- watching tv too at same time - sitcom puteri
- eating a banana - dessert after dinner
- answering phone call from my sister - she has swelling of her leg due to insect bite!

[ 5 people I want to tag]
maklang the terrer in handwork
nurul huda aka magnolia kisses
nazura the temp teacher
mulan in vietnam
d pause to reflect

thats all folks till my next entry..............


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posted by Kak Elle at 10:38 PM 5 comments

Heavy rain yesterday causes this flood in certain areas in sg and partly because of the high tide too.

We've been getting lots of rain lately and the weather been cool all day and night.More rain are expected this week so I am prepared with an umbrella to work.

I left the clinic sharp at 6pm today so am able to cook simple dinner of yong tofu ..... hehehe....in this kind of cool weather its nice to have a hot soup of yong tofu:)






Just simple a dish actually I bought these stuff yesterday to cook but when I got home father already bought chinese rojak so its tonight's dinner then.
I finally get to make use of the frozen otah2 I bought 3 weeks ago and I open the crab meat otah-otah and its nice and tasty.The soup base is ikan bilis broth and I add knorr tomyam paste .... sejuk2 makan pedas2 sikit sedap kan?
Put a bit of noodle to go with the rest of yong tofu stuff.
Here's the result a yummy hot tomyam yong tofu ......


The incredible tales continues..............banyak juga response kan and after reading nor ash burn comment oh my seram juga kan?so remember next time if you are warded check who comes to your room ..... hehehe

Opad de N3 also quite scary esp at the end of the bed ......

I also learn of the missing Nurin from opah de's blog and I sincerely hope she is found now in 1 piece.Knowing she is suffering from kidney ailment hope she is ok.I don't read the malaysian news as I just don't have enough time to browse so if of you kind friends read and knows please leave me a message of the progress of her search.

To all my malaysian friend in the cyberworld 'SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI MERDEKA' on friday 31st August....where ever you are.


I will put an N3 of the continuation another day of JH where I work from 1971 - 1995 as requested by my niece Nazz and hey thats where she was born in 1988.
Much have been heard of Alexandra Hospital and as the saying goes seeing is believing!!


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

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posted by Kak Elle at 8:10 PM 10 comments

Saya fikir banyak yg suka mendengar cerita-cerita seram yg berlaku di sekiling kita kan?Selama saya bekerja di hospital ada juga cerita yang aneh berlaku ....woowoo....



Pada mula2 saya di stationkan di ward Isolation .... ni ward yang dulu di-gunakan untuk pesakit2 polio...jika awak tahu pesakit polio yg tak bolih bergerak dimasukkan atau di tidurkan di dalam lung-machine berwarna hitam tapi sebelum tu saya tak pernah melihat nya pun cuma dengar dari staff yang sudah lama di situ.Di cubicle penghabisan ada 3 katil yg dulu nya di pergunakan untuk pesakit polio.Tapi pada masa tu sudah jadi common ward...banyak cerita yg seram saya dengar nak2 kalau kerja shift malam ...ward tu ada bising sikit walaupun takde pesakit.Jadi pada satu malam waktu saya bertugas ada pesakit dan saya terpaksa masuk kesitu tiap2 dua jam untuk melihat kalau2 dia perlu apa?Memang tension bila nak masuk ward tu tapi Alhamdulillah ok sahja tapi pada malam terakhir(kerja 4 nites - 3days off) saya terdengar bunyi machine yg tak pernah saya dengar jadi saya terus kesana tapi senyap...so saya kata kat my partner dia terus diam dan pada esok pagi nya sebelum kita pulang dia kata" thats one of the weird thing in that last cubicle".......hehehe



Pada masa perang Jepun di sg hospital tempat saya bertugas ni ada macam2 cerita mungkin banyak yg dah dengar kan?Saya bertugas dgn BMH -di sini lah tempat banyak org british di seksa olih jepun2 ... konon nya di tingkat 3 paling atas tu lah tempat nya selepas di seksa mangsa2 akan di lontor ke bawah dari tingkat 3 tu.Memang stress tau bila bertugas malam di tingkat3 tu.Pada satu ketika saya di tugaskan di ICU dan terpaksa ke Lab (Blood Transuffion) untuk mengambil darah.....jam pukul hampir 12 mlm dan saya seorang yg pergi tapi sebelum tu telephone to the technician on duty I am coming....mak oi bila jln sorang2 kat tingkat 3 mmg bulu roma semua kembang sunyi sekali maklom lah 3rd floor ni banyak offices yg tutup masa mlm.....dan yg paling geram jalan ke Lab ni bersebelahan dgn mortuary...setiap step yg saya ambil macam ada yg ikut....berselawat nabi sepanjang perjalanan tu...dan technician yg on duty pula bila saya ring the bell takut nak buka takut kalau2 ada lain yg menunggu di luar....after abt 5 minutes yg macam half an hour baru dia buka pintu...nak tau kenapa kata nya sebelum saya dtg ada yg mengetuk tapi bila dia buka takde orang......



Di hospital yg sama juga di tingkat 3 ni ada lah ward bersalin dan banyak new mothers mengadu bila waktu malam ada nurse bangunkan suruh menyusukan baby tapi bila dia kat nursery baby tidur dan nurse bertugas kata dia tak bangunkan pasal waktu mlm memang nurse dan bidan bertugas yg menyusukan semua babies....so sape yg bangunkan ye?macam2 lah yg saya dengar nasib baik tak di tugaskan di situ.....selamat:)
Pada satu mlm ada baby meninggal dunia semasa di lahirkan dan Sister,satu asst nurse dan amah menghantar mayat ke mortuary .... semua nya takut nak kesana yg kita dengar semasa masuk tu semua nak masuk dulu dan baby di atas dulang terjatuh dek di langar semasa berebut nak masuk dan apa lagi konon nya semua lari lintang pukang......hahaha

Banyak lagi yg berlaku tapi saya tak pasti betul atau tidak yelah cerita ni kekadang di buat orang ..... cuma yg saya tau masa tinggal di Elizabeth house(nurses quarters) pada satu mlm kita dengar org menyanyi puas kita cari tapi tak jumpa dan kalau nak tau nurses quarters ni terletak dekat dgn railway track .... dan hospital ni skg di panggil Alexandra Hospital.



akan bersambung..............

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posted by Kak Elle at 8:05 PM 21 comments

Another weekend is here again and that means homework to do ...aaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhh!!!

Thank you to all for your kind Al- Fatihah to my arwah mak semoga roh nya di cucuri rahmat...amin.
The last few days I craved for ice cream banyak yg bertanya ..... have no answer to it .... just a sudden crave and maybe sweet tooth attack....hehe

Thursday nite came home quite early too at 6.30pm so managed to dish out a simple dinner and tak malas*senyum*


I defrost the prawns and soaked the bee hoon and fried them ala my style lah - simple only.
Just add sliced cabbage and carrots and prawns.
Even managed to bring some to work and shared with the girls.



Yesterday bought 3 boxes of these Sharon persimmons ... $4.20 for a box of 6 on offer otherwise selling at $5.20.
Beautiful,sweet and cruncy just the right texture for a good bite ........


Today for dinner I tried doing the ayam serai again.Cam mana maklang pass tak kali ni?I chopped to small pieces and make sure the serai kering.The last try habis juga I rata and sucked the serai ... yummylivious.

This whole chicken will last till tomorrow's lunch unless cat cat want some will send thru FEDEX.....Cath dengar tak?


There's a big celebrations at the community club with the mayor of my area and MP's coming for the National Day..Singapore 42 birthday.Loud noise with music and lion dance,kompang and the indian drums playing .... noise poluttion and its just across the road.


I took the picture from my balcony on the 7th floor.

After I took this picture .... hujan selebat lebat nya.




Whole of last week was for the 7th month chinese celebrations with getai lasting till late at night ... mmm my house have lots of activities opposite.I am waiting for the pasar malam to appear so I can browse around and buy dinner on my way home.



Have a nice weekend everyone.



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

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posted by Kak Elle at 6:14 PM 14 comments

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:12 PM 24 comments

Pening??bukan kepala pening yah tapi pening dengan apa nak masak untuk makan malam.....hahaha ......
Bagi kami yg bekerja ikut office hours ni agak susah nak sampai rumah awal untuk memasak kekadang kena keluar lambat pasal pesakit suka sekali datang masa nak tutup ... agak nya mereka2 ni suka sangat menyakat orang macam kita.

Selalu nya beli aje makanan senang balik terus bolih makan,tak payah bersusah payah nak masak dah tu kena kemas lain lah kalau ada yg menolong mengemas kan?Kalau nak masak ayam atau ikan atau daging nak kena defrost dulu dan ini aje dah memakan masa.Jadi kalau tak beli saya akan masak yg ringkas aje ni nasib baik bapa tak cerewet tentang makanan.Dia pernah berkata dia bolih makan roti sahja tapi tak sampai hati pulak nak suruh makan roti selalu.Jadi malam ni since sampai rumah jam 6.30pm sempat lah memasak masakan yg paling ringkas ..... tin food ..... hehehe.... malas nak defrost fish or chicken.



Ni dia sotong tin in soya bean sauce.....I don't use the sauce instead rinse it with water.Adah if you are reading this entry thats how the sotong tin looks like...sedap kan?ok esok cari kat supermarket eh:)




Sotong yg sudah di tumis dengan bawang,cili merah/hijau,cili boh dan asam keping.

My dinner very simple asal tak cerewet .... no vege some more .... prefer just like this dgn nasi panas-panas....bismillah....syiok and sedap sekali:)

I am having one of them later....yum yum magnolia ice cream ............ maklang nak?sedap tau:)
Sempat beli duku-langsat juga dan manis .......

Ini lah masakan org berkerja tak banyak lauk nya tapi syukur alhamdulillah ada juga yg hendak di makan.

Maklang sorry smlm I KO very early jam 9.00 mlm dah zzzzzzzzzz terlampau penat dah badan pun tak gitu sihat.

Pagi ni rasa ok dan waktu pergi kerja hujan lagi tapi tak lebat sangat....dingin betul cuaca di sg minggu ni.Malam tido tak payah beraircond dah sejuk dan tarik selimut lagi esp bila subuh2 tu susah nak bangun.

Bila ada kesempatan akan membuat entry yg panjang lebar.

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

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posted by Kak Elle at 7:44 PM 16 comments

Hujan masih belum berhenti lagi ... sang mentari cuma dapat bercahaya sekejap sahja hari ni dan hujan turun lagi.Cuaca agak sejuk ;) apa lagi kami di dlm dgn aircond mak oi lagi sejuk.Hari ni walaupun cuaca tak elok tapi kami tetap sibuk sepanjang hari,berkerja tak berhenti sampai waktu lunch.Bermacam health screening yang datang dari visa to australia,work permit for foreigners sampai ke offshore medical.Tangan ku tak berhenti membuat audiometry and ecg dan memberi suntikan ... lenguh dan penat.

Masa pulang ke rumah mengidam ice-cream ..... so ni dia yg di beli untuk makan malam:)








Tak sampai 1/2 jam katam ice-cream dua2 yg di beli tu .... best sekali .... esok nak beli lagi!!

Dah besar si Will dan dah pandai senyum lagi ni tengah di layan olih daddy nya.

How about this pose? cute kan? ..... wow Will biru nya mata .... wak nak pinjam bolih? bila agak nya kita dapat bersua ni akan ku cium2 pipi mu sampai merah ...... hehehehe ......

Entry kali ni agak sikit ringkas teramat letih dan otak tak bolih nak masuk idea apa yg nak di tulis.

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

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:03 PM 16 comments

Today I am writing about wet..wet day.The last few days we have nothing but rain and it doesn't fall but it pours cats and dogs.
Yesterday as I was about to leave for work at 8.15am it suddenly pours with strong wind and I had no choice but to walk in the heavy rain to the train station which is just 5 minutes away.By the time I got there my shoes were soaking wet and I felt urgggggghhhhhhhhh.My back too was wet and after all the drying of my hair after shower it got wet again by the rain bbbrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Lucky I always keep a pair of sandal at work so the whole of yesterday I was in my scholl sandal.Inspite of the rain the clinic was still crowded and busy:(

Today the weather was fine when I left for work but an hour later the sky turn dark and again it is a wet wet wet day.My plan of going to J.East to buy the muffin cases was cancelled instead I just go to the supermart and bought fruits and took the cab home.
Whole afternoon I was hoping the rain will stop so I can do my washing and have them hang outside to dry but the weather was not on my side.Nevertheless I did my washing and hang them indoors on condition I don't do any cooking so tonite no dinner just fruits diet only.

I guess it must be raining too in malaysia eh?Apahal ngan maklang and family kat pulau redang tu agak nya?hopefully kat sana tak hujan.

So when its wet outside this is where I hang my clothes.....




Sometimes I will just dry them in the dryer above and it takes about an hour for a 4kg load to fully get dry and sometimes even longer for the heavier loads.

This Hoover dryer is as old as this apartment same goes as rest of the appliances .... 12 yrs old.

This oven went on strike since last year and I am yet to repair it .... maybe soon so I can do my baking again .......
and I very much want to do something like this ..... cupcakes,muffin and all.

It has been a quiet week for me at home as I am home alone,my father gone to Jakarta for a week.No cooking at all most time just buy on my way home but tomorrow I may just cook something simple for myself and since father is not home the sisters won't be coming too.

Hmm...... what shall I cook eh .... ok ok ok inspiration will come in the morning:)

Update 11am Sunday 19th ......

As I said last nite inspiration did appear sunday morning and it's to try ayam serai maklang.Itot this answer to your question whats cooking today?

Its easy to cook only I used cili boh instead of the ones she recommended cos I was too lazy to walk down to the shop.

Here's the outcome of the trial only perhaps not as good as hers but can always brush up the next time I cook it again.Thanx maklang for the recipe:) recipe available from maklang's
kitchen.I just garnish with garden peas to make it more colourful.

The weather today is beautiful - sunny and bright so all flags(washings) flying outdoor:)thank goodness for that as there's a perkahwinan at next block.I am washing my bedsheets and towels so hope it will remain sunny till afternoon.

My flags of uniforms flying high ...... hahaha ........

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

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:41 PM 21 comments

When one gets older we will be facing lots of unanswered questions especially singles like me.Now I can look after my father but who will look after me when the time comes?Can my siblings and family do that for me?Its everyone guess!!
I am determined insya'allah if given good health by HIM I hope to work as long as I can to provide myself and my needs.Now a days medical fees doesn't come cheap at all when my father was initially down with stroke it was majority vote to contribute a monthly sum to pay for his monthly medications and follow ups but after few years the number has dropped.It ended with me paying for most of it.Can I complain?NO because they also give father monthly pocket money but that $$ is his to use so once again the burden fall on me.Besides me my 3 sisters are the ones who are still contributing but its not enough and I have to dip into my savings to top up.Moral of the story how am I going to be like when its my time?

I really hope the new proposed MENTAL CAPACITY BILL will be approved by the law.Whom can I trust to look after me and managed my hard earned money(not that I have much) and my CPF savings?I am glad I have a house to call my own and all paid for.
I have to make a decision who to appoint as guardian to see to my affairs should I lose my mental faculties.When the Mental Capacity Bill gets the force of law I will certainly sign up.Having a nominated person will prevent whatever I have be filtered away by "a stranger pretending to be a friend."
The new law I am sure will be welcome by singles like me and the new law can ensure that there is no misuse by others - and thats a relief:) but what happen if we make the wrong choice?????

Do give your comment please but to those with family will have no problem , your children can take care of you......hahaha..... jgn anak2 pulak tarok kita kat old folks homes!
This is a very interesting subject...........

KALAU DULU SEORANG IBU BOLIH MENJAGA 10 ORANG ANAK BOLIH KAH ANAK -ANAK YG 10 TU MENJAGA KITA SEORANG?

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

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posted by Kak Elle at 8:56 PM 23 comments

We meet again on this sunday afternoon .... oh wow how the days just go by rite?












The durian pulp whipped till creamy.

Add a teaspoonful of the durian pulp in the centre while cooking... a bit messy:)



Fold them together with the durian cream in the centre.


I kept 6 of these for myself and the rest?? haha ..... dah kena tah-pau by my 2 sisters along with some of the cara berlauk. I didn't get as much as cara berlauk because I need to paste the 2 together and maybe can do again next week:)insya'allah if the durian uncle is around.

After eating the cara durian I am too full to have rice and curry chicken now and later have to do my billing again if only I can turn myself like the smiley and forget doing it ... hehehe ..... if I don't do it today I still have to do it another day..... oh what the hack!!

Hope you guys have a wonderful sunday too with the love ones.


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

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posted by Kak Elle at 1:40 PM 26 comments

See this pretty thing hanging at my kitchen window?Hey thats my sun-catcher .... I did it myself along with my nieces.A few years ago maybe abt 3-4 yrs ago I was crazy buying these and then had it painted.It was very interesting the girls soon found out and want to help too so everyone did their share by colouring and I think I did about 50 of those.I gave some to Kay my friend to bring home to Perth and have it hang in her garden. The nieces also took some back to hang at their houses and these are whats left and over the years the colours are getting faded too.Maybe I need to buy more and start colouring again:)

The sun-catcher hanging at my kitchen window.

Of late I am getting uninvited guest in the kitchen stealing my fruits and food away when we are not looking.Who else its the birds .... its a black bird with yellow beak .. is it a crow or mynas.Father been keeping the window closed most time when I am at work,but when I am home on sundays I like my kitchen to be bright and airy.

Need to keep window open when I need to hang the washing too and when I am cooking ...biar neighbours all can smell the beutiful aroma coming from my kitchen..... esp on a sunday.

Many a times my apples and other fruits been attacked by him habis berlubang and one day he was trying to fly away with my begedil but I guess the begedil was too heavy and fell ...... ish geram betul si burong hitam ni.So I can't leave food around uncovered when he smells it he will come and try to steal them.

A friend told me that she too has problem with pigeons always nesting at her aircond outside the window leaving his droppings everywhere and lately has become bold and fly into the sitting room.So the solution is by putting these ..............

I bought 2 of these and 2 for her from neighbourhood shop and alhamdulillah whole day yesterday he dares not come in ........ agak my father gor a fright when he came back last nite because one of them in the fruit basket!!!

Maklang tetamu yg tak di undang tu si burong hitam ................ hehehe

Baby Will is 1 month old .... kejap aje dah besar kan?

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

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posted by Kak Elle at 9:10 PM 56 comments

Yes I am home alone today,father has gone for a drive up to Johor with bro in law.He left early before I was up...... hehe.....don't need to wake up early mah so bolih tido lebih sikit
Anyway I need to go to the market to get some stuff afterall so off for a shower and to the market...to market....

Today like I said last night inspiration may come in the morning....yup crave for 'bol' pronounced as 'bowl' this our favourite dish during the ramadan when my arwah mak was around and the recipe is also hers.Unlike now last time in my younger days when mak want to cook this its my job to make the bergedil with her.For a big family like mine we need about 5 kg of potatoes to make the bergedil.My mak will fry the potatoes and I do the mashing and make into patties and mind you the bergedil is a huge one so everyone will have 1 piece each and the size of the bergedil is about 3ins in diameter.

But now I buy the frozen ones as its so much convenient and available at all supermarts.All it needs is an hour to cook the beef soup till its tender.If during mak's time we only need to eat 1 only this time I need 2-3 for myself because of the size.


Frozen bergedil comes in 12 pcs per pack and this is plain bergedil without meat.


Introducing 'Bol'................oh its so yummy tau.....recipe available at my dapur do give it a try.

Sensasi in my last 2 entries ...... well I had the chance to watch the preview this morning since I am home alone lots of indon sitcoms and mind you all good dramas lah ..... the preview will be on till end of the month so I have another 2 wks to decide but I guess the answer is obvious.....only straw is when do I get to watch them?
Besides indon sitcoms lots of malaysian sitcoms too and shows like Melodi from tv3 etc .....
ok ok just subscribe lah berbaloi ada malay channel lagi satu nak nonton:)

Nothing much to do so I guess I will take a nap later nak buat billing malas pulak.



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

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posted by Kak Elle at 1:24 PM 14 comments