find those extraordinary things in ordinary life.

Assalamualaikum and hi :)

i am pretty sure that most of us love their own life. and so do i. but what happened now is that, i missed my previous life where i have my own time to read a book in a library, writing my daily/weekly plans in a coffee shop while having hot caramel macchiato or maybe if i don't have enough sleep, double shot of expresso, writing my dear blog consistently, having fun with friends, etc.. etc.. and the list goes..

me in present.. just doing things called work. umi always called me and ask where i am and i always says i'm in the middle of work. "ye umi.. fatin tgh buat keje.. ok2, mlm fatin balik" "keje byk lagi tak settle.. nanti fatin makan.." n umi will always call untill i safely arrived home. i love my ummi :) but yeah, you got the point lah kan.. dulu selalu rasa kalau kerja sendiri akan lebih banyak masa sendiri. but i take that back, at least for now. tssk. it's not that i didn't agree.. but it is because once you start your own business you have to work more to starts the engine. once everything is stable, Insha-Allah.. that time barulah boleh bernafas. sikit. i learn a lot. my day starts after subuh and ends late night. sometimes untill 3. but thank god i have Allah with me.. whenever i read Quran it feels so right and calm. itu sajalah cara yang benar2 boleh menghilangkan rasa marah dan stress yang ntah kemana hala tujuannya. haih.

but then i came to realize that.. if i can't appreciate things that is happening now.. i will never be grateful for things that He gave. asyik2 nak merungut je. please grow up lah fatin. merungut all the time is so high school.

so yeah, find those extraordinary things in ordinary life. 

1. buy breakfast/lunch for beggars or people who is in need

what happened in Malaysia is that.. there is abundance of food. you can always choose to eat nasi lemak, roti canai, oatmeal, cereal, etc. but what if there's a bunch of people who wish to eat any food

for breakfast.. but they don't have enough money? don't know how to start? just buy a food,

u'll find someone to give and how happy both parties will be :)

2. keep friskies or any cat food in the car/handbag and gave some whenever u find cats.

just bought the small package of friskies at 7e and give to any stray cats. i always feel really sad whenever i saw stray cats and how lucky other indoor cats including my dreamer. the least i can do is by feeding them.  you can do it too :)

3. help older people cross the road.

it may sound simple but might feel awkward to start. but once you've starts helping people.. u'll be very happy to help other people more often. trust me!

4. talk with older people and ask for any advice, somehow in Allah's will, it helps.

once u got the chance to talk with older people, seek for their advice. just be a good listener, u don't have to debate. instead, just smile and give them time to talk. u're lucky enough if they talks about their life and the moral values (well that is what most of them will always talk btw) that they found along the way. hey, they're probably already summarized the 20-30 years of life experience in just one conversation! 

5. read a book which is different from your 'world'. 

i've just started reading a book about food nutrition. for sure a bit pening since banyak terms medic coz it's about health n some diseases. but have to admit.. it is fun :) my current aim, one month one book, minimum.

6. be nice with people you meet everyday. 

i met my neighbours almost everyday. so sometimes i went to her house just to have a chat and exchanging books (well actually i'm the one who borrows her tauhid books. pinjam ye aunty! hihi). she's a mother of 5 children. it is great to have a good community around you.

so you see, apart from that.. i don't have any extraordinary life. i wish i have, but i believe appreciating those little things first will gives you a great feeling. a feeling that you could not describe, but can only be feel :)

Alhamdulillah for everything. really.

take care people!

resepi : moist rainbow cake

Assalamualaikum and hi :)

balik kuantan last week setiap hari baking. sampai umi tanye awak buat sume ni untuk sape? wuu. tu la masalahnya suka buat tapi tak makan. bile dah siap terus kenyang. aci tak? berharapdiricepatkuruspadahalsampaikesudahtak. tapi nasib baik lah kebetulan ramai org datang rumah time baru2 ni, jadi meriah lah uolls rumah ai dengan segala macam kek red velvet lah, cookies lah.   petandasusahkurus. dalam banyak2 yang buat, kek kukus pelangi ni first time buat dan menjadi. personally, sy memang suka buat cake yang cara masaknya guna bain marie (stim bath) sebab cake akan jadi lebih moist dan lembut. suke! skang ni cheesecake pun sy guna cara bain marie. sumpah sedapp. lepas tu atas cheesecake letak homemade caramel. ahh.. heaven! ok resepi tu nanti kite letak eh, slalu buat tapi tak berkesempatan nak ambil gambar. so harini kite share kek kukus pelangi dulu ya? :)

resepi asal sy ambil di sini, which is sepatutnya ada karamel kat atas. but instead sy letak oreo crumbs je. thanks!

Moist Rainbow Cake

bahan-bahan (untuk loyang bersaiz 8 inch) 

adunan 1 (meringue) :

6 biji putih telur

40g gula kastor

cara-cara :

1. pukul putih telur sehingga berbuih.

2. masukkan gula kastor dan pukul guna speed yg tinggi sampai jadi warna putih dan kental.

3.kalau nak tahu meringue kita jadi ke tak, terbalikkan mangkuk yang kita pukul tadi tu. kalau bahannya tak jatuh, maknanya betul lah tu :) if still macam nak jatuh, keep on pukul untill dapat hasil yang betul okay?

4. letak meringue di dalam bekas lain dan ketepikan. gunakan bekas mixer yang sama (x perlu basuh) untuk buat adunan kedua.

adunan 2 :

3 biji kuning telur (ambil dari telur yang kite buat meringue tadi)

130 ml air

50 ml air masak

40g gula kastor

150 tepung gandum

1 sudu teh baking powder

1 sudu teh perisa ros

cara-cara :

1. ayak tepung dengan baking powder, ketepikan.

2. pukul kuning telur, air dan minyak masak sehingga putih dan gebu.

3. masukkan gula kastor n pukul lagi sampai kembang then matikan mixer.

4. then ambil senduk kayu dan masukkan sedikit demi sedikit tepung gandum+baking powder tadi. kaup rata dan guna kaedah kaup balik. make sure kaup tepung tu very gentle tau supaya tak merosakkan kekembangan adunan yang sedia ada kembang semangkuk tu tadi. reminder, jgn ngengada nak kacau macam buat jemput tu.

5. bahagikan adunan kepada 3 bahagian yang sama rata dan warnakan setiap bahagian dengan warna pilihan korang. ai pilih blue, red and green :)

cara membuat layer :

4 sudu besar hijau diletakan di tengah2 loyang.

4 sudu besar merah diletakkan di tengah2 adunan hijau

4 sudu besar biru diletakkan di tengah2 adunan merah

ulang sebanyak 2 kali lagi

3 sudu besar hijau diletakkan di tengah2 adunan biru

3 sudu besar merah diletakkan di tengah2 adunan hijau

3 sudu besar biru diletakkan di tengah2 adunan merah

ulang sebanyak 3 kali lagi

2 sudu besar hijau diletakkan di tengah2 adunan biru

2 sudu besar merah diletakkan di tengah2 adunan hijau

2 sudu besar biru diletakkan di tengah2 adunan merah

ulang sebanyak 2 kali lagi

1 sudu besar hijau diletakkan di tengah2 adunan biru

1 sudu besar merah diletakkan di tengah2 adunan hijau

1 sudu besar biru diletakkan di tengah2 adunan merah

ulang sampai habis warna2 tu sume

bakar :

masa nak start buat adunan kedua sy start panaskan oven. sy letak 160, then masa nak masukkan kek ke dalam oven, sy rendahkan skit ke 150.

ingat! masak dengan kaedah double boiler/bain marie tau. double boiler ni caranya, ambil loyang yang lebih besar dari loyang yang kite letak cake tadi, dan isikan air. kemudian letakkan loyang kek ke dalam loyang besar berisi air td tapi make sure air jangan terlalu banyak. tips, jgn bagi sehingga loyang cake terapung.

masukkan 2 in 1 loyang tadi ke dalam oven dan tunggu around 40-50 mins.

bila dah masak, biarkan kek sejuk dulu dalam 10 mins kemudian barulah terbalikkan.

siap!

nilah hasil kek kitee. ihiks. kalau nak lawa lagi buat dlm loyang bulat. bila potong lagi cantik coraknya :)

selamat mencuba korang! :)

my dear.

Assalamualaikum and hi.

to you.

have you been thinking about this..

never thought it will be this far.

but now.

i'm thinking about forever.

because each day i fell a little bit more into you.

so i hope we can be together.

thru ups and down, whenever i am feeling blue.

you told be that i can be better.

you told me that everything is going to be just fine.

maybe it can't make the flow smoother.

but u're just one of a kind.

well, it is not because of what you have.

it is simply because of what you are.

sorry. this is what happened when u listened to too much love songs. anyonyonyo. terustaksweetbilaadaperkataannyonyonyo. bye and take care!

akhirnya, bfs ada physical store :)

Assalamualaikum and hi :)

seronok sangat nak bgtahu dekat korang yang akhirnya, dan Alhamdulillah.. BFS akan buka physical store bermula esok! semua ni macam perancangan yang sangat cepat. kedai ni kami kongsi berlima. jadi part kite kecik aja. but this is BFS humble beginning and i really hope you guys can give support towards my small shop. wink.

kedai ni namanya D'Versailles di seksyen 13, shah Alam. kepada yang boleh datang, diharap korang boleh datang esok dari pukul 11 sehingga 2 petang. siap ade fashion show tau! since esok adalah hari pertama buka kedai.. jadinya super special discount pun akan diberi pada semua customers. dan setiap purchase akan dapat free gift. yeay! mohon nangis sekarang kalau yang tak dapat hadir, ehehe.

esok bolehlah kite beramah mesra sambil cuci2 mata. Insha-Allah lepas ni BFS akan melangkah one step further dengan menerima tempahan custom made mengikut citarasa korang dan design tu kita boleh discuss sama2. seronok tau :') korang datang okay? kite tunggu :)

ni alamat penuh kedainya : D'Versailles, no 2-1, jln boling padang F13/F, 40100 Shah Alam (2nd floor). atas Restoran Qaseh, berdekatan tesco extra. (dekat2 dengan kedai upin ipin, 7 eleven)

datang ok! jumpa korang esok :)

trip2indonesia. (warning! too much photo untill u'll faint)

Assalamualaikum and hi :)

entry ni sepatutnya dah lamaaa kite update. but then.. i'm so sorry, i didn't have much time to spend.  thought that being a student was the most hectic life i would be. but i am totally wrong. it's 4 or 5 times more hectic than i expected. percaya tak utk buat entry ni sy kene cari 3 kali masa terluang sy? tu pun sebelum tidur dan selepas jumpe client. gigih tau bawak laptop lepas jumpe org kat klcc semata2 nak update belog. wuu. jadi, hargailah pengorbananku ini. *lempang sedas tetibe emosi. tssk.

dah tak payah nak emosi dan layan sangat perasaan tu. harini nak cite pasal trip2indonesia kite :) amaran ok, terlalu banyak gambar sebab malas nak buat part 1 sampai 3897393. so buat dalam satu entry sahaja. puas hati mak.

lepas nak happy2 naik KLM sebab dey all bagi business class, kami sampai lewat petang di jakarta. sampainya di sana, kami disambut oleh Pak doli, mbak Suci and Mia.  all of them are so friendly! Alhamdulillah..  yang bestnya, masa nak keluar kat departure tu, dey all letak kadbod yang bertulis "malaysian blogger". hewhewhew. tibe2 rase femes padahal takde orang kenal pun. proceed fatinnnnn.

ehmm.. kami dibawa ke satu tempat makan yang sangat romantic tapi ala2 vampire punye romantic sebab tempat ni malap2 je lampunye. 

haa.. nama tempat ni, Dapur babah. it's actually more less macam baba nyonya kat tempat kita. cina peranakan lah kot? i love the interior design of the restaurant eventhough somehow it looks a bit creepy. bukan menakutkan.. cumanya sy difahamkan pemilik kedai ni seorang yang suka kumpul barangan antik.dan barang2 tu dia letakkan di kedai. for me, kedai ni penuh dengan sejarah dan art! thanks to their workers yang tak jemu2 bagi tour kat restaurant ni untuk bagitau sejarah setiap barang2 yang ada di dalam kedai tu. i love history, so this place is a perfect place for me :)

shall we see the foodssss? ehemss

ni keropok kulit sapi ye uolls. ok lah rasa dia. 

ok . yang tadi tu hanyalah santapan sebelum makanan berat sampai. masa tu rasa macam dah tak sanggup makan dah. huhu.

presentation yang sangat memukau kami semuaaa :')

with the Indonesian government. was told that mereka ni orang2 hebat. thanks for the dinner!

lepas makan tu kami ke hotel! yeay! hotel sangat hebat. Millenium hotel tersangatlah best. sebilik dua orang. cuma annas je lah bilik sorang since he's the only guy dalam trip ni. untunglahhh. my roomate for the trip was super pretty yuyu :)

bangun pagi2 nampak view kota jakarta yang maceeet bangat. lepas breakfast kami terus ke Ancol Dreamland sebab nak ke pulau seribu.

always wanna snap this 'tukang gigi' pic masa g indo. this time berjaya! hehe.

Pulau seribu dinamakan sebegitu sebabnya terdapat beratus pulau di sekitarnya. jadi untuk memudahkannya, they called the place, pulau seribu. tak silap ada 115 pulau semuanya. banyak! dan some of them are really small. but then, terdapat sejarah yang tersendiri. i'm starting to love indonesia because they have a lot of history which is very unique. jom layan gambar2 masa kat kawasan pulau seribu :)

these pics were taken at pulau bidadari. we spent for a quite some time at Pulau bidadari since pulau bidadari have more facilities than others. siap ada chalet kat sini. boleh buat family day tau! masa kitaorg pergi pun ada family yang buat gathering kat sini. boleh rasa macam sewa satu pulau sebab tak ramai yang akan menetap kat situ satu2 malam. sangat privacy :)

welcome drink :)

ini syurga dunia.

tanda2 sunburn sudah kelihatan. tapi tak kesah lah. sebab tempat ni best. hehe.

we had our lunch here. ya Allah.. best sangat makanan kat sini! :')

lepas makan kami bersantai2 sambil tergolek depan pantai. perangaiiii. annas, shing dan yunshin dah buat photoshoot dey all ala2 next top model. makanya kami berempat (ida, ina, yuyu n me) melepak sambil baring2 dan jalan2 sambil melihat kebesaranNya :)

mula2 kami nampak ada bot kat tepi pantai ni. masing2 pandang masing2 sambil tersenyum. ngehngeh.

jadi kami pun makin dekat dengan benda alah ni. tibe2 masing2 jadi macam budak kecik dan berlari2 masuk kat dalam. huah.

see what happened when u left kids without parent? see? ketuanya adalah yuyu sebab memang cita2 dia nak memandu bot di darat. khennnn ;p

and lepas masing2 dah habis main bot2 dan berangan sebagai pilot bot dan penumpang, kami keletihan dan kepanasan. nasib baik lah kat indo ada air ni. my fave!

tipu kalau korang tak suka. tipuuu.

 dah2. jom layan gambar2 semasa di pulau2 ini :)

shing ku sayangg :)

asyik minummm je kan. dahaga sebab kat sini panas sangat.

 next kami ke pulau2 berdekatan. antaranya, pulau Onrust.

sebenarnya pulau onrust ni banyak sangat sejarahnya. i was really amazed with this small island. pada zaman belanda memerintah indonesia, pulau Onrust ni dijadikan sebagai tempat membaiki kapal. even James cook (penemu benua Australia) pernah baiki kapal dia disini.  di sini banyak kubur2 lama. antara makam yang paling sy ingat adalah makam Maria Van De Velde. Maria meninggal semasa dia masih memakai pakaian pengantin sambil menunggu kekasihnya yang belum pulang dari belanda. apa yang menyedihkan.. sebenarnya her beloved sudah meninggal terdahulu di sana. Maria bukan mati kerana bunuh diri, tetapi kerana wabak yang ada pada masa itu. so sad, yet sangat scary jugak lah.

this is also one of the history at Pulau Onrust. see. i told u banyak history. rasa mcm nak buat satu blogpost psl onrust island.

 ok done with pulau bidadari. proceed with the next day ya.

the next day we went to meet several designers. one of it is MIEN muslima boutique. suka sangat baju2 dekat sini. satu butik ni consist of several designers. sangat cool! walaupun kecil tapi penuh dengan kreativiti dan fesyen. yang penting, sesuai untuk muslimah :)

with one of the designer. lawa sangat di ni depan2.

ok jap, sebelum nak cite kat korang pasal other designers, nak tunjukkan kat korang hotel yang kami tinggal di Jakarta. Millenium hotel ni tersangatlah strategik tempatnya. only few km to mangga dua. and facilities kat dalam hotel ni pun terbaik. swimming pool yang super besar, gym yang penuh dengan facilities( i wish i had more time hereee) and yang paling best ada rooftop garden. serius cantik kat atas ni! tau2 je lah kan bile pompuan nampak tempat lawa2 ni harus nak ambil gambarrr. nasib baik la mereka semua faham. lolz.

at hotel lobby. besar dan sgt grand!

rooftop garden :)

baju lebih kurang. padahal tak planning pun. 

i really admire this piece of art that they put at the hotel lobby. they said it consist of 4 elements. earth, fire, water and wind.

back to designer's shop. kami kemudiannya ke Alleira batik at central park. kalau korang nak tahu, Alleira batik ni pun ada juga di Malaysia tau. di bangsar, kl. batik2 kat sini semuanya high quality. lain sangat bila rasa kain batik ni dengan batik dekat pasar2 di luar. memang terus boleh tahu yang ni quality nye terbaik. the best part is, they all bagi kami try anything kat dalam kedai tuuu! terus berlari2 cari baju yang best. hehe.

selendang Alleira batik ni cantik. n senang nak bentuk :)

lawanya zhe twin ni pakai :)

 next stop is at Dian pelangi punye butik dekat kemang. banyak jugak lah yang kami borong. hehe.

tangkapan semasa di kedai buku :D

 esok kami kemudiannya ke tanah abang. this was my first time at tanah abang. ya Allah.. macam orang tak betul dah masa kat sana sebab banyak sangat barang2 yang murah2. yang paling nak menangis haruslah yuyu sebab kain kawin banyak yang super cantik dan super murah! terus teman yuyu dan beli kain kat situ jugak. kalau nak balik mesia macam takkan dapat je harga semurah itu :') sebenarnya tanah abang tu selamat aja, tak ada lah teruk mana.. cumanya sy suggest jgn pergi hari weekend dan elakkan bawa passport dan brg2 lain yang berharga. duit pun kalau boleh letak dlm poket dan asingkan kepada banyak poket. other than that, tanah abang best shopping! makanan kat foodcourt pun best2!

yuyu alahaiiii

 malas dah nak menaip. nak share gambar je. aci tak? hehe :) ni dekat magnum cafe. setakat ni yang sy tahu hanya ada 2 di dunia. US dan Jakarta, how cool is that! makanan sangat sedap. bukan aiskrim je tau. SEMUA sedap. malam tu kami semua kene sugarrush dan sangat hyperactive. tssk.

oh sebelum tu kami ke heritage spa. spa satu badan iolls. kekok jugak lah mula2 sebab tak biasa kan. tapi lama2 best pulak sebab org tukang urut ni dah biasa kot handle orang2 yang kekwat cam sy ni. tak pasal. huhu. overall.. sangat best sebab sy pun sampai tertdo last2 tu. huhu

malam tu selepas makan di magnum cafe, kami ke bandung. walaupun hanya satu malam, tapi kami sempat berjalan2 jugak lah. thanks to mbak elnie for bringing us to several places in bandung. kami ke gedung sate! dan naik ke tempat paling tinggi dan dapat lihat pemandangan bandung. i will definately miss this trip :")

thank you so much to KLM and Indonesian Tourism for sponsoring us. definately Indonesia is the most affordable place to go and have everything all in one. rugi tau kalau tak ke sini. Insha-Allah, akhir tahun ni nak kesana lagi. i miss everything. and i really meant it. thank you for such a great experience and memories. shing and yunshin, u guys are awesome! thank you so much :)

p/s- actually i just went back from jakarta few hours ago using KLM again. tak tunggu akhir tahun dah, in 2 month dah 2 kali pegi. meaning to say that, it's not because of sponsors. it is because everything is nice and tempting (tempting disini bermaksud cafe magnum sbb mlm semalam pun pegi dan harganya bukan semahal chilli's, tony romas dan seangkatan dengannya. tssk) ok bai. hihi.

more info about jakarta/ indonesia :
- Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy
- The Department of Tourism and Culture Jakarta Capital City Government