celebrating teacher's day at school!

السّلام عليكم

PEACE be upon YOU! ;) 
Last Wednesday, on the 16th May 2012, Muzaireen, Amirah Diana, Niezwan, Sufian, Fikri, Hafiz, Aidil, Qutbi, leman, and I went to our beloved secondary school, SMK Gombak Setia. :D
At first, we [all 5 Sejahtera 2010 students] planned to organize a so called reunion at the Kemensah Heights. So that we could picnicking, barbecuing, etc. Everyone agreed with the plan. but then, after all UiTM, Matriculations, IIUM, and UTP students have had our Semester Break, there were still a few of our classmates at other private universities and colleges doesn't had their sem break yet. Thus, only a few of us attended the event. However, we eventually decided to meet up at school on the Teacher's Day instead of picnicking at the waterfall.
We had set the time to meet up at 11 a.m. , but as expected, Malay Promises a.k.a. 'Janji Melayu' is always fulfilled in a 'timely manner'.HAHAHA. Around 12 noon, we showed up at the school and watched the teachers playing all those typical 'teacher's day games' which was conducted by our classmate, Syarifhidayat, who's still studying there in Upper Form 6. :)
 

P/S: i'm jealous because when i was still a student of this school, the menu was not this long. and the canteen tender was always under a very bad management. huh~

We waited at the canteen untill the teachers finished participating in all of those activities scheduled. At 2.30 p.m. then only the teachers finished watching the podcast video of speech from the Education Minister if i'm not mistaken. Yet, our patience worth the time consumed. Our former class teacher, Mrs Latifah Hamid kindly gave us quite a big sum of money to buy KFC! muahahaa~ *evil laugh*

Thus, we had KFC as our lunch with this beloved Maths teacher of our class.

Aside from that, i also brought my own homemade Red Velvet Cake. Just like the previous years, i am always given the task to bring a cake during our potluck gathering.

oh ya! i almost forgot to tell that 16th May is Syarifhidayat's and Hafiz Nordin's birthday. Therefore, Mrs Latifah requested for them to cut the cake for her. :D Seeing those two boys cuting the cake indeed reminds me so much to their so called 'surprise' birthday party back in 2008 at Sufian's house which was also organized by me. :')

nothing much changes at Syarif's style, he is still the old 'cute' him. :P but Seeing Hafiz's 'Hard Hair Look' back in those teenage years, almost made me laugh out loud. :DDD

while the cutie little Niezwan in the picture up here is no longer exist. He's now have grown up into a mature guy. ecehh~ :P

okay, back to the teacher's day celebration thinggy, oh ya, Mrs Latifah's daughter, Yasmin Hanani were there too during the celebration. She's waiting for her mum to go back home together. but the funny part was, my friend, Niezwan kept teasing her by pretending to 'seduce' her. :P and then my teacher asked, "so what about Syazana? Where would you put her?" LOL! somehow she still remember the gossips that used to spread in our class back then. ;)

After we finished eating those KFC's chickens, there were still half of my Red Velvet Cake left. So my teacher asked each and everyone of us like. . . "Amirah, do have some more cakes." but everyone refused not to eat some more and pretend to be so full. She eventually said, "Fatin, i'll bring this remaining cake home okay?" :P hambek kau~ kunun ada lah baki untuk mereka bawa pulang ke rumah. xD

Not long after that, she decided to go back home. and thus, we made our way to KL Festival City a.k.a. KLFC to spend some more time together. Since it was quite late, so we decided to just window shopping and not to watch any movie.
but it wasn't just a 'window shopping' for Aidil. He wanted to buy a new pants since Niezwan's Iced Tea had spilled on his white pants that he was wearing. That's why he kept covering up the pants with his hand like this >>>

However, he couldn't find a pair of pants that suits his style and his 'wallet' as well. :P so he end up not buying any new pants. but somehow he bought a sweater instead??? whattafish???!!!

After accompanying Aidil to find a brand new pants for himself, and helping out Hafiz to find a handbag for him to present it to his girlfriend, we went to an arcade. Eryn, Mira,Apiz, and Aidil were so eager playing with the games there. While the rest went to the bookshop. :) one weird fact about most of my boys ex-classmates is, they really love to read love novels. believe it or not? :DDD Eryn sent me home that evening and that's how the day ends. i slept early that night, since i only slept for 2 hours the morning before, after i've finished baking the cake.

The next day, i accompany Firdaus Salim a.k.a Pedot to another so called 'SCHOOL' of mine, the British Council  Institute. He planned to take up a general English course there in order to improve his English before continue studying. He really wanted to persue his studies in Cairo, after i recommended him to watch the Indonesian movie "Ketika Cinta Bertasbih 1&2"!! LOL! Urmm~ Since i used to take up a few classes at BC previously, that's why he asked me to guide him there. Awwwh~ there's no much changes at the British Council. However, those 'cute' looking chinese receptionist are no longer working there. :(

After done at British Council, we went to KLCC to had our lunch. :D I finally ate my favourite mcd Chicken Foldover after almost 4 years[if i'm not mistaken] it was discontinued. Oh, two of our friends, Syuhada and Anis Nadia currently are working at a bakery shop in KLCC. Thus, i called Anis to come over, but she's on off day. and then i called Syuhada Hussin a.k.a Syue too, to come over to the food court since i  brought along 2 slices of the Red Velvet Cake that she craving for recently. So, she came and spent about half an hour with us. She ate one slice of it, and left another one for Pedot. She even tweeted the picture of the cake that i brought for her on Twitter. :P how excited she was!

Hey look! He even bought the novel with the same title with the movie at Kinokuniya that day. How obsessed he is towards that story. :O

we quickly went back home right after that, because i have to babysit my niece Aleena that evening. and that's how the story ends. :D

New baby in da house + Happy Mama Day!

السّلام عليكم

PEACE be upon YOU! ;) 

It has been almost two weeks since the last entry i've posted here. Yeah, i just had my so called the busiest-week-ever since the first day i'm having this Semester-break-of-doing-nothing i think.

okay, hmmm~ i just don't know how to begin my story. so let's start with my most exciting news i've got this week, which is, i've got a new niece! 

The baby was safely delivered last Friday 11th of May 2012, 6.30 a.m. at Ampang Puteri with a weight of 3.47kg. If i'm not mistaken, as early as 5.30 a.m. my brother has brought his wife to the hospital, while Aleena was sent to my house to be babysit by me. Around 8.30a.m. my aunt, Moksu came to help me out in babysitting the kids. At 9,then only Faheem was sent to my house by his Atok Alias. At first, they both were confused and seems to forget who's this Nek Su (my MokSu). They both were sitting on my lap, 'hanging' on me, and seems not to let me go, not even an inch away. forever! HAHA. but not long after that, my aunt was able to 'seduced' Aleena with the FOOD. as usual! LOL! 

 this picture indeed really portrays how hyper is the REAL Faheem, and how enthusiastic is Aleena towards FOOD. :P

oh, the funny part was, Aleena kept calling me"Mama"! oh my~ i wonder where she learned that word coz her mother called herself as 'ibu'. At 10.30 a.m. my brother came and fetch the kids to their nursery at TM,while Moksu went back home. Mama came back from school earlier than usual today, so she sent me to the hospital at 4.30p.m and then went for her facial appointment around Ampang area. what a coincident, luckily it's just nearby the hospital. :) i had my lunch from the hospital's cafe. while my dinner was the Old Town's Nasi Lemak Rendang. :DDD (my brother's fav.)

Aleena and Faheem were there in the ward too before my parents bring along the kids back to our house that night. Faheem was okay seeing the newborn baby while Aleena was quite jealous. ;) She even answered that she DO NOT WANT a younger sis when my elder sister and i asked her about the baby. ;P

ohh~ by this time, i still don't know whether my brother and his wife have decided a name for the baby or not. My brother has planned to put either the name Fathiyya or Fatiha. but the baby must have the spelling of 'EE' in her name just like the mother and the other two siblings, Faheem and Aleena. hmm~ i wonder how the spelling be for the name Fathiyya & Fatiha would be like, if we put the 'EE' letters. maybe Fateeha. :) and another one is Fateeyya ? okay, this kinda weird.

why not Fateema, Faseeha, or FATEENAH? or as simple as FATEEN! :D but then i would get confused whether they call out my name or the baby's. HAHA.

oh~ on Saturday, both of my sis-in-law and also the baby have come back home from being warded, but the bad news is,, the baby somehow was affected by jaundice then. So that now she has admitted to ward again. :( hoping that she'll get well soon. :')

about my Mother's Day celebration this year, we just had our dinner at home. At first my second brother offered to 'belanja' us at Lanai Kijang, the Bank Negara's cafe. but then it was quite late, the traffic must be darn bad at that moment. So he end up by buying the Papa John's for us. :D

We were too full till we forget to eat the Red Velvet cake that i've bake the night before. :O

So, here is the picture of my home-made cake. :D

YES, i intentionally 'wrote' happy MAMA AYAH day instead of happy mother's day. :D

The reason i use the word MAMA is just to make a different and avoid from using the word "mother". Well, so many Malays recently posted on Twitter and Facebook claiming that it's HARAM to celebrate this celebration. Somehow i just can't accept their reason which is because it's related to the Christian Mothering Sunday celebration. errk, In my opinion, that's what other people in some other countries celebrate it for. Then why should we bother since we didn't celebrate it as well. Some more, if it's really Haram, then why other Muslim countries like Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, etc. also listed as the countries which celebrate Mother's Day?

Yes, i agree that Islam taught us to do good deeds to both of our parents all the time, and pray for them as well. I never forget that, but once in a while, isn't it nice to show your love by giving them presents or as simple as giving a wishing card? So, during their birthdays or mother's day and father's day are just the perfect time to cheer them up. :)

sorry if i made anyone dissatisfied with my opinion. It's just an opinion of mine. I know who's the one who raised this issue in our country. I can't deny that i do like his talks. :) however, i don't really agree with him in this issue. Wallahualam bissawab~

Oh ya, i almost forgot to explain about the word 'ayah' there. :D i put it up just because when i was decorating the cake, somehow i thought that my dad might feel hurt if i only celebrate my mum. Some more, i won't be around during the Father's day and my dad's birthday this year. :( his birthday is on the 13th of June, and my Semester break will be ended on the 10th. :O Thus, why not if i put the word 'Ayah' (which means Father in Malay language) there on the cake too. :D

and that's the end! :D

baking class with fatinissocoollike :D

السّلام عليكم

PEACE be upon YOU! ;) 

teeheee~ since most of UiTM students have got a plenty of time during this semester break, an old friend of mine requested for me to teach her the secret recipe of baking the Red Velvet Cake.

okay, let me introduce her! :)) Her name is Nur Amira binti Amran! :D we have been friends since we were in Standard 2[8years old] when i entered the so called 'sekolah agama' at SRA Attaqwa. We were not that close back then, but we do kept in touch after i quit from the 'sekolah agama' through the internet. We kept on interacting since the 'golden age' of Friendster, YM, then Myspace, and eventually Facebook.

oh, She studied at UiTM too! but at the Puncak Alam branch and she had just finished her foundation program. 

So here are some of the pictures i took after we successfully bake it, frost it,and decorate it! ;)

 

 us :)

 mira

 the result

 she ate a slice of it before her little brother, Amir came to fetch her to go back home.

she also brought back a quarter of the cake for her family. :)

i was too glad to hear that her mother loves it and asked for the recipe.

 ohh, i had previously posted the recipe of this cake, so do check this out mira! >> http://fatinsuriani.blogspot.com/2012/04/recipe-red-velvet-cake-with-cream.html

ohh ya, one week before we bake together, we had spent a whole day together at the new shopping mall nerby my house, KL Festival City a.k.a. KLFC!

we get there by walking only you knowww!!! woot~ woot~ :D

i can't deny that we had so much fun there by chatting, and sipping, and munching, and laughing, and window shopping for over five hours! :O

HAHA. we were both don't even noticed that we had consumed so much time without buying anything other than food and drinks. ;)

after we had lunch at the Chicken Rice Shop, then only we went to the Econsave supermarket to buy some ingredients for our so called 'baking class'. :P

so here are some pictures at the chicken rice shop that we had snap. waa~ it has been quite some time i didn't had a meal at this restaurant. the last time when i was still in primary school i guess. ^_^

oh how i miss to eat their Pai Tee so so much!

 her

the food

 *gemuks

when we were lingering around, we saw this  attractive wishing tree. it's cute isn't it? hehe~

 fatihah? it should be fatin. haha

and that's the end!

family dinner.

 السّلام عليكم

PEACE be upon YOU! ;)

i don't feel like posting a long looooongg entry like i always did today.  

Just to post a few pictures captured during my family gathering last weekend. 

Well, there's an adage, A PICTURE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS right?

 So, here you go!

 *jealousy

 *naughty

 *mama

 *dim sum , nyummy!

 *joker

 *sour

2+2=4

that's all for now. teeheee~

oh btw , credits to my sis-in-law for the last two pictures. ;)

Recipe: Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

السّلام عليكم

PEACE be upon YOU! ;) 

PHEWW~ It seems that i've forgot that i used to have my own blog! LOL! It has been four months i didn't post anything on my blog huh? Thus, here it is! my very first entry for the year 2012! HAHAHA. Is it too late for me to wish HAPPY NEW YEAR? What a silly question,, absolutely YES, it's too late Fatin! duhh~ I've been so busy back in these four months with my campus life, till i've no time to spend on this blogging thinggy. Awwh~ how sad it sounds right? >,<" Well anyway, now is my semester break. Therefore i've got a plenty of time to spend on my hobbies! YEAH! However, today i'm not going to write about what i've been doing during the past four months first, cause i'm going to blog about another cake recipe! as requested by my old friend, Afiq. :D Hehe, he asked me for the complete recipe so that he can give it to her sister, and then ask her to bake it for him. ;) Okay, after quite some time i didn't came back home, i'm now back in the kitchen! Weehooo~ I'm the one who'll rule the kitchen! First thing first, of course i started with my favourite stuff in the kitchen which is the oven! theehe~ Thinking of baking, a Red Velvet Cake immediately popped-up in my mind. Well, i used to searched for the recipes back then before i continued studying, but i procrastinated to do it from time to time and end up didn't bake it at all at that time. LOL! Since i've got lots and lots of free time, i've finally make up my mind to made a first attempt of baking this Red Velvet cake last week. Even thought that was my first time baking this kind of cake, but it was a success! As usual, i've got compliments from my very best food tester who is my beloved MAMA! :D So, here's the recipe that i found and adjusted a lil' bit:

Ingredients for the Red Velvet Cake ;

2 1/2 cups (250g) sifted cake flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons (15g) cocoa powder

1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter

1 1/2 cups (300g) granulated white sugar - [caster sugar]

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup (240ml) buttermilk

2 tablespoons liquid red food coloring

1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar

1 teaspoon baking soda

Ingredients for the Cream Cheese Frosting ;

(227 grams) cream cheese - [i used 250g]

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup (115 grams) icing sugar, sifted

1/2 cup butter

P/s: Some other recipes also include the Mascarpone Cheese and heavy Whipping Cream as the ingredients for the frosting, but to me, all the 4 ingredients listed above are sufficient enough. If you'd love a richer taste of cheese for the frosting, you may omit the butter from the list! That's what kak Athirah [Hariz's elder sis] told me when i asked her for some tips. :D

*If you can't find the buttermilk at supermarket, you can make your own buttermilk by adding a tablespoon of distilled white vinegar to milk and letting it stand for about 10 minutes.

Methods ;

Preheat oven 175 degrees C. Grease your cake pan using butter and flour. Set aside.

#1 - In a mixing bowl - sift together the flour, salt, and cocoa powder. Mix well and set aside.

#2 - In another large bowl - using mixer, beat the butter until soft. Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla extract and beat until combined.

#3 - In a measuring cup - whisk the buttermilk with the red food coloring. 

With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture(#1) and buttermilk(#3) to the butter mixture(#2), in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour. 

#4 - In a small cup - combine the vinegar and baking soda. Allow the mixture to fizz and then quickly fold into the cake batter(#2). 

Put in the batter into the pan and smooth the tops with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon. Bake in the preheated oven for half an hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean. Cool the cake in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Place a wire rack on top of the cake pan and invert, lifting off the pan. The cake is ready to be frosted when it's completely cooled down. 

For the Frosting ;

 In a bowl, by using a mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the vanilla and icing sugar and beat until smooth. Add more sugar or cream as needed to get the right consistency.

Assemble ;

 With a serrated knife, cut the cake into half, horizontally. Place one of the cake layers, top of the cake facing down, onto your serving platter. Spread the cake layer with a layer of frosting.  And then place another layer of cake on top of the frosting and continue to frost the top and sides of the cake. 

 view from the inside. :P

 this is how the batter look like. :D