Go away fats! Shoo...Shoo...!

Alright, lets talk abit about losing weight cause I had gained about few kg by staying at home for few month. Haiz! I guess it might be due to lack of exercise cause I had reduce my food intake for quite a while, but I still gain weight. Hmmm..why oh why???

Anyway,I was watching tv and there's Dr Oz show talking about weight loss. It was an interesting and educational episode as I'm able to learn a lot of tips to lose weight. Ok here goes.....

*Best time to eat your food*
Breakfast: 7.30am
Lunch: 12pm
Dinner: 6.30pm

*Best time to exercise*
Time: 6.35am

*Best time to boost metabolism*
Time: 8am
-In order to boost the metabolism, drink a glass of ice cold water

*Best time to grocery shopping*
Time: 10am
-Cause you are still full with your breakfast and drinking glass of ice cold water. Your blood sugar level is at good point.

*Best time to take fibre*
Time: 6.15pm (15min before dinner)

To add on, I must drink at least 3litre per day. =)

-> Want to know why to the above tips? Ask Dr Oz. Hehehe!


Another tips:
BOOST METABOLISM THAT HELP BURN BELLY FAT


1) Avocado (Guacamole)
Replace mayo with gluacamole spread for healthy fats. Healthy fats thwart belly bloat.

2) Ba...ba..ba..baba..nana!
Potassium in banana limits stomach swelling.

3) Yogurt (preferably plain greek yogurt)
Encourages growth of good bacteria. May add berries for extra sweetness.

4) Berries (strawberry, blueberry..etc)
Antioxidants improves blood flow.

5) Chocolate skim milk (low in sugar)
Protein promotes muscle building. Eg.drink it after gym.

6) Green tea
Help kickstart metabolism. Drink x3/day.

7) Citrus fruits
Encourage fat burning during exercise.

8) Eat more fibre
High fibre food keep you full longer.


Here are some recipes for gluacamole

Source: laurainthekitchen
Serves 4-6

Ingredients:
2 Avocados
5 Thin Scallions, trimmed and finely chopped
Juice of One Lime
3 Tbsp of Finely chopped Cilantro
1 Jalapeno, seeded and finely minced
Salt and Pepper, to taste

Process,

1) Cut the avocados in half and remove the stone, scoop the flesh into a bowl and using a fork, mash it to your desired consistency (prefer mine a big on the chunky side)

2) Add remaining ingredient and mix well. Serve with Tortilla chips and Enjoy!


2nd gluacamole recipe:

Source: Little taste buds
Ingredients

Avocado -2 ripe, seeded and peeled
Onion - 1/4 cup, chopped
Cilantro - 2 Tbsp, chopped
Tomato - 1/4 cup, seeded and chopped
Lemon / lime juice - 1 tbsp
Garlic cloves - 1, chopped
Cayenne or Serrano chilies/- 1, minced
Kosher salt *

Directions:

Guacamole is one of the most easiest and healthiest dips. Just in a medium bowl mash the avocado with 1 tsp of lemon juice (do not make it like a paste). Add all the remaining ingredients and mix well. Let at sit for an hour in room temperature and its ready to serve.

Lastly!

Workout that I should try!!!

All the best to me for a healthy lifestyle! Oh yeah! =D

Kentang goreng masak kicap

Fikir punya fikir, akhirnya Fa decide untuk masak kentang goreng masak kicap, sayur campur dan airfried fish fillet dan paru berempah. Senang betul kalau ada airfrier ni, masukkan bahan yang nak goreng, tutup, set time & temperature. Ok, dah boleh goyang kaki dan punggung. Save time, energy & most importantly, no oil involved....so its healthy! Best kan.... hehehe.


For the sake of remembering the recipies, terpaksalah rajin kan jari jemari ni untuk type bahan2 yang digunakan. Simple je...


Ingredients:

oil
4 or 5 potatoes (cut to wedges, skin removed)
1 handful anchovies
1 med onion
2 cloves garlic
5 cili padi
2 tbspn sweet soya sauce

Method:
-Fry potato (till lightly crispy outside & soft inside)
-Use the same oil to fry anchovies ( till lightly crispy)
-Use same oil to fry the onion, garlic, chillies.
-Pour 2 tbspn of soya sauce
-Lastly, add the fried potato, anchovies back to the cooking pan and mix all the ingredients.

Done!

P/s: Ini masakan orang baru belajar. So nothing special. Simple2 je. Heeeeehehe... =)

Straits Times 10km run

250813, 7.15am. It was our first run and the best part is...we signed up for the 10km run instead of the initial plan which is fun walk & run 5km. All this for the sake of getting our first and probably last(hope NOT!)medal. hehhehe! Anyway,I had fun during the event, being able to run with my love, bestie and her hubby.

Few days before the event, me and hubby only trained for 2 days. Guess there's lack of training for us. But overall we did great as we managed to finish the 10km course and most importantly, not being the last! hehehe... The best part, each of us received tickets to the new sea aquarium at sentosa. Weee~ Can't wait to go! As for now, hubby is having the side effect of running 10km without doing any warm up....he's having a bad backache and walking like an old lady with the walking sticks. Had applied massage oil for his back, swallow panadol, paste "koyok"...yet there still not much of improvement. Hmmm....will observe for a few days, if it still does not improve, I will advise him to see the Dr.

p/s: Feel like signing up for another marathon la... =p Must slim down first, so that I will run much faster. =) Anw, the shirt that I wore is super dupper tight! Ok, my bad....i choose the wrong size..huhu~

Snurfa~

Doa Memohon Kebaikkan Hari

TIPS BUAT SURIRUMAH

Walaupun punya pembantu rumah, namun pastikan juga Nasi yg dimakan oleh suami dan anak-anak itu dimasak oleh isteri, kerana "Air Tangan" isteri itu ada barokahnya.

✔ Pastikan ketika membasuh beras, tangan hendaklah sentiasa berpusing arah lawan jam (arah tawaf) dan ketika bilasan air beras yg akhir, selawat 7x dan niat di dalam hati mohon kepada ALLAH SWT supaya lembut hati suami dan anak-anak rukun damai serta dengar kata..

✔ InsyaALLAH akan bertambahlah kasih sayang suami terhadap isteri dan anak-anak.

- Tuan Shahrul Mizan

Love at first sight

Saw this beautiful watches in FB. One of the online seller are taking pre-order for this watches. I'm sooo in love with it. All these are my top favourite design. I just can't decide which design to get.. hmm...

Something to share...

Lapan surah ini diamalkan dan dibaca untuk memusnahkan sel-sel barah kanser. Jika pesakit dapat membacanya lagi baik. Jika tak terdaya atau kurang baik bacaannya maka boleh minta suami, ayah, ibu atau orang lain membaca untuknya.

Selok-eloknya sebelum memulakan bacaan surah dibawah :

1. Istighfar 10x.
2. Salawat Nabi 10x.
3. Al-Fatihah 1x.

Sediakan sebotol secukupnya air yang bersih lagi suci dan setiap kali habis surah dibaca, ditiupkan kepada air. Pesakit dinasihat minum air bacaan tiap-tiap hari dan sapu/mandi pada anggota yang kena barah kanser. InsyaAllah kerana sakit dan sembuh semua kekuasaanNya.

1. Surah Al Maidah (Ayat 82-91).
2. Surah Al Araf (Ayat 70-81).
3. Surah Ar Ra'd (Ayat 16-28).
4. Surah Al Anbiyaa' (Ayat 38-50).
5. Surah Asy Syu'ara (Ayat 185-227).
6. Surah Az Zummar (Ayat 42-52).
7. Surah Ghafir (Ayat 67-77).
8. Surah Az Zukhruf (Ayat 52-70).


Kepada pembaca tolong sebarkan kepada ahli keluarga dan saudara yang sedang mengidap penyakit kanser. Semoga dengan menolong mereka yang sakit, akan juga mendapat pahala dari bacaannya serta pahala kerana menolong sesama hamba yang benar-benar memerlukan pertolongan dan penyembuhan dari-Nya

Cara mandi wajib

Just a reminder for me and to improvised myself....chey..hehe!

Cara yang betul mandi wajib ialah berniat mandi wajib iaitu,

1)Mandi (bersihkan segala kotoran)
2)Ambil wuduk.(stop sampai telinga)
3)Siramkan air ke atas kepala sambil membaca niat:

Nawaitu raf- al hadasil akbari fardan alaiya lillahi taaala.
( sahaja aku mengangkat hadas yang besar fardu ke atas ku kerana Allah taala )


4)Sunat memulakan mandian sebelah kanan dulu, 3x dan sebelah kiri 3x.
5)Gosok or sapu semua anggota badan yang zahir (rambut, kepala, telinga, hidung, mulut, tengkuk, ketiak, tangan, jari, badan, pusat, qubul, dubur dan pelipat2 yang ada di badan...)
6)Lastly, basuh kaki sambungan wuduk tadi.

*Semasa meratakan air, hendaklah dijaga supaya tangannya tidak menyentuh qubul dan dubur tanpa lapik yang menyebabkan wuduknya batal.

or...

NAWAITU RAF ' A HADASIL AKBARI LILLAHI TA'ALA,

Lalu dijirus air dari kepala sehingga membasahi seluruh tubuh badan termasuk benda sulit depan dan belakang.
Gosoklah bahagian badan sehingga anda yakin air sudah meratai anggota badan tersebut.

Dillema...

Just received a call from the hospital that my interview for the pharmacy tech position will be on 19 aug 2013. The good thing,it does not clash with my phlebetomy training which fall on 20 aug. But the BAD NEWS is, this sat till mon, I will be away with my family to Melaka!!! How am i supposed to come for the interview if I'm still in Melaka?! Haiz.... I don't even have plan B. As for now, i need to study for the drug test which will be held for 1 hour before the interview. Hmmm..... I'm stressed up about this till i felt like sleeping so that i can at least forget about my problem for the time being. To add on to my problem, I just reveived an email from the 10km run event which my hubby, buddies & myself will be joining on 25aug....regarding the unavailability of stocks to exchange my t-shirt sizes. Tsk!!!
:(

Sabsuka

Yesterday night, hubby's family side came for raya. I had to rush home straight after the interview at paragon. But before that, I went to Causeway point cold storage and sheng shiong to buy some groceries. Hubby wait at sheng shiong to fetch mum and myself with all the heavy loads.

Reached home, I realized that I have about 1 hr 30 mins to cook since they told us that they'll be coming around 8pm. After all the fast and furious in the kitchen with the help of my mum, we managed to settle on the 1st dish, which is mee hong kong. My next mission is to cook Sabsuka for the first time and I still dare enough to serve it to my guest...hehehe...what am I thinking? I'm just taking the risk hoping that it will turn out well.

Luckily it does turn out well. Yeah!! But I think I should reduce the amount of onions in it next time. BIL said that it's good and hubby told me that BIL keep praising that it taste yummy! So, YEAAAH for me! Hahaha! Will make it again for sure and modified it to my liking nxt time. This sabsuka goes well with french loaf.

Anyway, thanks to http://curlybabesatisfaction.blogspot.sg/2011/08/shabsuka-iftar-7.html#axzz2boUSYEJT for sharing the recipies.

Shabsuka

Sources:-From resipi.net via Ayu @Curlybabesatisfaction
Ingredients:-
500g minced beef
3 tbsp chili paste
3 tbsp minced garlics
2 tbsp minced ginger
4 tbsp curry powder
1 big onion diced
1 tomato diced
1 cup mix vegetables
1 can medium size tomato puree (i use 1/2 can of large size)
4 tbsp tomato sauce-(4 sudu besar tomato sos) (not using it)
1 tbsp sugar
1-2 cups of water
salt
Black pepper (I add)

Ingredients for toppings:
2 big onions diced
2 tomatoes diced
some coriander leaves (daun sup)
1-2 red chilies sliced
1-2 green chilies sliced
2 tbsp fried shallots
6 eggs

Method:-

-Mix minced beef with garlics, ginger,black pepper and curry powder.
-Let it rest for at least 20 minutes.
-Heat oil in wok and saute onions till soft.
-Add in chili paste and cook till oil goes up the surface.
-Add in marinated beef and stir well.
-Add in 1-2 cups of water.
-When beef has reached 3/4 cooked, add in tomato puree, tomato sauce, mixed vegetables and diced tomatoes.
- Stir well and add in salt and sugar to taste.
-Adjust the taste(it should be a bit sour, sweet etc) according to your preferences.
-Let it simmer for a while and dish out.The mixture shouldn't be too thick or too thin.

Method for preparing Shabsuka:
-Put the beef in a bake able dish
-Sprinkle all the topping ingredients like the tomatoes, onions, chilli, coriander leaves and fried shallots on top of the beef mixture.
-Make small holes for eggs and bake at 180C degrees for 15 minutes.





I managed to snap the picture halfway while eating. Hahaha! too excited to taste it.

When the boys came over for a visit..... =)

Chocolate Chips Meringue

This one, top favourite but time consuming due to the baking time. But I still love it la.... So here's the recipies.

Got this recipies from:

BakeBakeBake: http://bakebakebake.livejournal.com/2403225.html


Chocolate Chips Meringue

4 egg whites
1/4 tspn cream of tartar
3/4 cups (about 170gm) castor sugar
1 cup hersheys choc chips
1 cup cornflakes

-Beat the egg whites until foamy, add cream of tartar and beat again
-Once soft peaks, start adding sugar 1/4 cup at a time
-Turn off the mixer when you start getting stiff peaks
-Gently fold in the cornflakes and chocolate chips
-Bake 100 deg, 70-80mins

*make sure all the utensils use are free from any water, dirt, no egg yolks on the egg whites. Btw, I use glass bowl instead of plastic bowl.

Sugee

Here are the 2013 sugee recipies that I've made for 2013 raya. This recipies are given by one of the fb group members. I tried the first recipies with additional of crushed almond to give it an extra ummmpphh... It taste yummy! My cousin comment: "Eh Farah, suji kau buat eh? Sedap....aku suke. Macam suji Bhai." I give this recipies 2 thumbs up as it received a few compliments. So, I shall try and make this again nxt yr. InsyaAllah.

The problem I'm experiencing in making the suji is to make all the balls same size equally. I just use the cookie cutter and roll it into balls. Somehow it does look equally the same size. One of them suggest to weight each of the balls so that it will be the same. I tried it, but I guess it will work only for the electronic weighing balance.

Next time I will try to make the 2nd recipies which include semolina powder in it. Heard that semolina powder will make the suji more crunchy.


1)

SUGEE JULIA SALIM

400gm QBB Ghee Medium tin
300gm Powdered sugar (icing powder) ( ikut sukatan tin ghee )
1 tspn vanilla essence
1 tspn bicarbonate soda
1 tspn garam
700gm Tepung gandum (estimate..jgn terlebih!)
I add small packets of crushed badam


-QBB & gula satukan kan dan di kacau hingga tukar warna dengan mengunakan whisk aje.
-Masukan garam, vanilla essence & bicarbonate soda kacau lagi.
-Baru masukan terpung gandum agak2 ya jgn sampai terlebih..
-uli dgn mengunakan tangan. Adunan yg betul bila kita gentel iya tak melekat2..
-Bakar dgn suhu 180 deg selama 20 mins.. ( halfway thru rotate the loyang for even cooking...)

2)

SUGEE (with semolina)

400ml ghee (cairkan & sejukkan)
800gm tepung gandum
1 1/2 tspn baking powder
100gm tepung semolina
340gm icing sugar
50gm badam kisar


-Satukan semua bahan kering and gaul rata.
-Tuang ghee and gaul.
-Perap overnight (adun malam & bakar pagi , supaya tepung semolina lembut)
-180 deg , 15-20min

What's it like to work as a Phlebotomist?

I've been staying at home as housewife for the past 7 months and it is soooooo not to my liking. I'm totally eager to secure a permanent job and work and work till I become a millionaire. Muahaha! =p Anyway, yesterday I went for an interview at paragon medical centre as phelebotomy? (i did'nt apply for that job post but they offer me that post as I do have a nurse cert.) Well, I absolutely know nothing about that skills. I just know that I need to withdraw blood from the patients and for those afraid of blood, can just forget about this kind of job.

Next week is the starting of my training on withdrawing blood. I will be trained for 2 weeks (1st week in paragon & 2nd week in thomson) for that 2 weeks they will observe if i'm capable for that job post. If not, can just say sayonara....huhu~ The problem I'm experiencing right now, I did reschedule my interview appointment with one of the hospital company, I'm just afraid that the interview will fall on one of my training week (office hrs). So, how am I supposed to go? I can't simply reject my interview with the hospital as Pharmacy Technician...what if after 2 weeks, the lab company that interview me yesterday did not want me? End up, I lost my job opportunity with the hospital company... haiz... -in dillema

Well,I'll just go with the flow. Hope everything will turn out well. Amin.

First Post for 2013

Harlow....it seems like forever for me to update my post. hehehe! Oh well, just blame my lazy attitude.... hehehe. Anyway, here are some of the updates that happened in my life for the past few years... 1) Married to Mr Suhaime 2) Graduated with Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sciences 3) Had work in MSD during my poly internship (as logistics!!!) 4) Currently staying at home (desperately in need of job!!) Alrigh! That's all I guess... =)