Ketam Kicap Berempah

Salam malam Jumaat,

Dua hari lepas saya beli ketam kat market. Agak mahal juga. 3 ekor 13 ringgit mungkin sebab bukan musim dia. Tapi agak besar juga jadi saya tak kisah sangat lah.

Nak masak apa pulak dengan ketam ni. Kari ketam? Dah selalu sangat. Chili crab pun kerap juga. Jadi saya ingat hari tu masak yang simple sudah. Buat masak kicap. Masak kicap ni saya pernah makan lama dulu kat Pulau Pangkor. Sedap betul. Saya tak dapat resipi dia yang betul2 tapi version yang saya buat ni pun sedap juga . Boleh cuba sendiri kat rumah. Kalau tak sedap bagi tau saya, saya akan remove dari blog ni.. hehe


3 ekor ketam di belah dua

3 ulas bawang putih di rincik halus
1 sudu besar udang kering di tumbuk kasar
3 pelepah daun kari (ambik daunnya saja)
4 biji cili merah (di hiris)

1 sudu besar rempah daging (saya pakai Baba's)
1/2 sudu teh jintan manis
1 labu bawang besar di mayang
sikit kicap cair dan sikit kicap manis

Kita mula memasak :

Ketam direbus dulu. Tunggu sampai kulit ketam menjadi merah. Rebus kira kira 3 min didalam air panas.
Selalunya saya tak buang kulit supaya isinya tak kecut.
Angkat keluar ketam tadi dan ketepikan dulu. (simpan air rebusan anggaran 1/2 cawan)

Sekarang panaskan minyak sikit didalam kuali yang besar, kemudian tumiskan bahan-bahan di dalam tulisan biru.
Bila dah naik bau, masukkan rempah daging (tanpa air) dan tumis lagi.
Masukkan ketam kita dan renjiskan dengan kedua-dua jenis kicap, air rebusan tadi dan jintan manis.
Kalau rasa kurang masin baru tambah garam.
Bila dah hampir masak bolehlah ditaburkan bawang besar yang di hiris nipis.

Kalau nak sos yang lebih, boleh lebihkan air.

Okay dah siap. Senang kan?

Salam dari saya
Rose
31st.Oct '13

My Boys :Their Antics gave me headaches

Hello all,

I couldn't sleep well last night. Awake at 04:15am, tossing and turning trying to bring back the sleep without much success. I finally got up, did a sunnah prayer and here I am sitting right in front of my PC. It has the calming effect on me at the wee hours of the day as I didn't hear any noise or sound around me except for the keyboard where my fingers were pressing on it.

In a week's time, Sara will be seating for her final exam in her last year of school. To me and to other parents, this exam will either make or break their future. Her future lies in this exam. She has been studying hard throughout the year and whatever the outcome or result will be,I will always support and love her the same.
As many of you may have knew it , (for  those who followed my blog) I have four children, two boys and two girls. The two boys are the big brother to the girls. I don't know if any of you experiencing the same situation I am (was) in. The girls usually will study religiously or get their homework done without much push or yell for that matter, from us (the parents). I can't say the same words for the boys.

Let's start with my eldest, Ariff.  When he was in the final year, he treated this exam like any other monthly test. He acted so cool that one wondered if he was the genius with a score of over 140 in IQ test. Believe it or not, a day before his exam, we thought of going fishing and leave him at home alone to do some revision in peace. I am sure you guys can guess what happened. He insisted to tag along. This will help to clear his mind prior to sitting the exam, he said. As if he'd been burying his head in books all these while!
After the result came out three months later, he casually walked towards me and got inside the car. It was a nerve-wrecking moment for me. It should be the other way round.
So I asked him, "Well, what did the result says?" I never expect too much from him as I knew the limit of his accomplishment from previous tests and exams.
He replied,"Ok I guess". I pulled the result paper from his hand and squint my eyes over the little printed writing. "You got a D for English and an E for History (I think) and you said "Ok I guess"?
Do you know what's his next words to me? Read this, " Ma, you should be proud of me, it's  Damn good for my English (referring to his D in English) and I got Excellent for my History (referring to his E in History).
I looked at him in total disbelief. Half of me was about to laugh at his stupid dry jokes and half of me was ready to explode. I give up. Good thing I had sent him to this preparatory school, a vocational school when I saw him lagging too much behind others academically. In this school was where he studied his bakery skill and he is now just a step away from being a pastry chef.

He stands at 5' 7", I think, and weighs  about 95kg (equivalent to 209 lbs). Right, now that you can imagine how he'd look like, can you imagine how he'd behave?  One look at him people will definitely think that he was the quiet type and prefer to be on his own. Wrong, he was neither. He'd sing loudly and he'd do things that will irritate his sisters. He's got a big voice and sometimes he intentionally yell their names at the top of his voice. The funny thing is, he is afraid of Sophie. Not afraid as in literally translated afraid. Afraid in a sense that when he mocked or angered Sophie on purposed, and she would dare him to come down from the stair-case, he wouldn't. He kept a watchful eyes on Sophie in case she came after him. And when she did, he ran with his loud thumping sound as fast as he could afraid Sophie might get to him.

There's another thing that I find it both amusing and annoying. He has a little problem in hearing on his left ear. If we were to speak softly to him, we would have to repeat another two or three times. He would sometime use this to his advantage. He pretend not to hear what I was saying in case he didn't feel up to doing what I wanted him to do. One day, he drove me and Sara to do a little grocery shopping since it was his day off. While inside the car, I was saying something nice about him in a low voice. I was sitting at the back seat behind his seat while Sara in a front passenger seat next to him. He turned a little and said to me, "You really think so ma?"
Both Sara and I was amazed with his reaction. I slapped on his shoulder and said, "So you can hear when I said sweet thing about you. What about other times when we talk about you. Can you hear what we were saying?" He gave that sheepish smile which suggested that he did. Like mother like son. I used my sickness to my benefit (refer to my post Using My Sickness to my Benefit ) and he used his imperfection to suit his mood.

Soffian was far worse than his big brother. As you guys may know from my previous writing, he was always looking for trouble or in trouble. He was suspended from attending the school a couple of times. Reason being, smoking and fighting. A few times his cases were highlighted during school assembly and a few times too I had to fetch him from police station after making an official  police report. One police officer was about to take down his report saw my son standing in front of him and said, "You again? And he went on, "a person like you should  seriously think about joining the police force or the army.You fit very well."

There was one time, he was walking with one of his classmate within the school compound and passed by a row of teacher's cars. His classmate said to him, This car belong to one teacher that I can't stand to see her face. Let's scratch her car. My son, always trying to be the hero, picked something from the ground and scratch from the the back towards the front. Right at that moment a passing teacher passed by and saw him doing it.
To cut it short, he was suspended from that school. The story didn't end there. The school disciplinary board had asked him to call us his parents to come to the school immediately. He (Soffian) would always call me for whatever misdeed he'd done because he knew how his dad would react should he inform his dad.
For this case, probably out of panic, he had mistakenly gave my husband's cell number to the school board. Imagine my husband's reaction when he received the call. To my surprise, he didn't hit the roof this time. He merely said, "Your son got into trouble again."

There was one incident which make me laugh even though I wasn't happy with what he did.
As far as I remember, he never finishes his homework. My girl's school bags was always full and heavy with books. Soffian's bag was  always empty except for a few exercise books. One day after school has entered it's first quarter of the year, one of his teachers had gave him warning to finish his geography homework within the next few days. That nite, he called Sara and asked and made her write all the notes and whatever exercise that needed to be completed while he sat and watched his sister doing it for him. See how smart he is. When trapped in one situation, he was quick to find a solution to help him wriggle out from whatever problem he was in. If only he would apply that brain into a useful manner.

He skipped school like its his father's property. Each week, he will give excuses not to attend school. Sometimes when I lost my temper, he'd obediently wake up, take his shower, take a leisurely breakfast while his sisters were fuming having to wait for him, I succeeded in making him arrived safely to school. You think he'd be a nice little boy for that day? Nope, you're dead wrong! The moment I left him in school compound, he together with a few of his close buddies will change their direction. Instead of going to their respective classes, they played truant. They skipped school and went out to do something else such as snooker.
Do you know how I found out about all his antics? From he himself. He will always tell me what mischief he's up to and how he lied to me about many other things. How do one describe this type of character.

He has since left the school, about four years now. But his legacy in that school lives on. Earlier this year, a boy in a junior class was telling all his friends that he was Soffian's brother. He'd go like, " Hey, in case you guys don't know,I am Pian's brother". I wonder how did he get to know about Pian's reputation.
Sara's classmate heard about it and asked Sara if she has a baby brother. She answered no.
Her classmate then told her about the boy who claimed to be Soffian's baby brother.
I don't get it! How could anyone idolize someone like Soffian.

To this day, he is still the same. I am still hoping against all hope that one day he'll grow up and be serious in his life. As for his brother, Ariff, he's matured in recent years but the little boy mischievousness is still inside him.


That's all for today!

Good nite people
Rose (21:43hrs)
29th.Oct '13

Bihun Goreng Thai Style

Salam semua,

Bihun Thai ni, sebetulnya bila saya fikirkan balik ada banyak persamaan dengan cara arwah tok saya masak dulu. Dia tumbuk kacang tanah sikit, dia tumbuk cili kering sikit, then dia campur dengan udang kering. Sedap sungguh. Jadi kalau nak kata kita tiru masakan ni dari orang Siam pun, tak dak bukti sahih kecuali lah tok saya ada darah Siam. Wallahu'alam.

Apa pun jom kita cuba buat bersama :

1/2 packet bihun
3 ketul ayam yang dipotong kecil atau jenis makanan laut
2 keping tauhu di potong dadu dan di goreng separuh masak
1/4 cawan udang kering yg di tumbuk agak kasar
2 biji telur
4 ~ 5 biji bwg merah
1/4 cawan kcg tanah ( disangai dan ditumbuk agak halus)
sedikit taugeh

3 sudu besar chili flakes
sikit daun bawang
sebiji limau nipis (di belah dua)

1 sudu teh gula
1 sudu besar kicap cair,
1 sudu besar sos tiram
sikit sos ikan
2 sudu besar chili sos


Mai kita mula masak :

Panaskan minyak sikit dalam kuali. Goreng kilas ayam yang dipotong kecil tadi. Angkat dan ketepikan.
Goreng tauhu biar setengah masak. Angkat dan ketepikan.
Kemudian goreng sekejap udang kering. Angkat dan ketepikan.
Sekarang, dgn minyak yang sama, goreng bawang merah sampai kekuningan. Tolak ke tepi kuali.

Sekarang, pecah2kan pula dua biji telur macam kita nak buat scrambled egg tu. Sekejap saja.
Bila telur dah pecah, tarik masuk bawang goreng tadi serta ayam goreng kilas.

Kemudian, masukkan pula bihun kita  kacau sampai sekata.Jangan lupa masukkan udang kering yg di goreng kilas tadi serta tauhu.

Selepas tu tuang semua bahan dalam tulisan biru dan kacau lagi.
Tak perlu garam lagi sebab semua bahan diatas dah cukup untuk memasinkan bihun kita.

Terakhir masukkan taugeh dan goreng sekejap. Tutup api .

Cara dia orang hidangkan bihun ni ialah, letakkan bihun di dalam satu pinggan, bahan-bahan seperti, kacang tanah, chili flakes, limau nipis diletak dikeliling bihun. Siapa yang suka pedas boleh ambil cili yang diasingkan tu. Dan begitu jugak dengan garnishing yang lain.

Selamat mencuba dan menjamu selera.

Rose
27th.Oct '13

Laksa Utara

Assalamualaikum,

Saya sebetulnya tak tahu nak taruk tajuk apa, Laksa saja ka ataupun Laksa Penang ka or Laksa Utara. Last-last saya pilih Laksa Utara lah sebab kita sebelah utara buat laksa tak pakai santan.

Rasanya dah banyak blog yang masukkan resipi laksa ni. Saya pun turut memuatkan resipi laksa di sini. Bukan apa, kita boleh saling belajar dari sesama sendiri cara penyediaan dari orang lain. Macam resipi laksa yang akan saya paparkan ni pun mungkin lain sikit dari orang lain.

Tak payah saya membebel panjang, jom kita mulakan dengan bahan nya :

5 ekor anak ikan parang (kalau ikan besar kurangkan kuantitinya/ Ikan ikut pilihan yang anda suka)
3 ketul ikan sardin dan ambil 3 sudu sos-nya (canned sardine)
5 sudu besar cili kering yang dikisar atau cili boh (boleh kurangkan kalau tak suka pedas)
2 kuntum bunga kantan
1 ikat daun kesom (sebelah utara panggil daun cenohom kalau tak silap)
1/4 cawan air asam jawa dan 2 keping asam gelugur
sikit garam dan gula
1/4 buah nenas

1/4 nenas dan bunga kantan

6 biji cili merah
1 batang serai
sikit halia
sikit belacan
3 ~ 4 ulas bwg merah
(semua bahan ni di kisar)  

Sebelum kita masak kuah dia, ikan harus direbus dan diceraikan dari tulangnya.(Air rebusan jangan di buang) Ikan parang banyak tulang halus jadi ambik masa sikit nak buang tulang dia.

Ambik isi ikan parang ni dan juga ikan sardin, lenyek2kan sampai hancur.
Masukkan semula semua isi ikan kedalam periuk air rebusan ikan tadi. Masukkan juga cili kering kisar dan rebus dengan api sederhana.

Dikuali yang lain, isi sikit minyak ke dalam kuali dan tumiskan bahan-bahan yang dikisar (dalam tulisan merah). Tumis sampai garing dan naik bau. Tutup api dan angkat bahan tumisan tadi dan terus masukkan kedalam periuk yang sedang kita rebus kuah itu. Ini akan memberikan aroma yang lebih harum.

Selepas tu bolehlah dimasukkan segala daun kesom, bunga kantan, air asam jawa, garam dan gula. Juga campak masuk buah nenas tadi untuk memberi perisa yang lebih kepada kuah laksa kita ni.

Masak dengan api sederhana sehingga kuah mula sedikit pekat. Sekarang bolehlah dipadamkan api dan siap untuk dimakan.
Tau apa rahsia kuah laksa yang sedap? Senang saja. Simpan satu hari. Esok tu baru makan. Ehmm..delicious!

Untuk laksa, seperti biasa kita hanya perlu celurkan di dalam air panas. Celur selama lebih kurang lapan ke sepuluh minit. Kemudian ambil se urat dan cuba pecahkan dengan jari. Kalau dah putus, makna nya dah masak.
Masukkan sikit minyak masak semasa proses mencelur supaya laksa tadi tak melekit seperti  gam.

Rose
25th.Oct '13

Kuih Lompang

Salam buat semua,

Saya adalah seorang yang sangat meminati kuih muih melayu ni. Setiap hari terutamanya sarapan pagi saya haruslah ada satu atau dua jenis kuih melayu. Saya takut satu hari nanti kuih tradisi kita akan lenyap kalau kita tak rajin nak membuatnya lagi.
Anak-anak sekarang pun dah kurang minat nak makan apatah lagi nak membuatnya. Jadi walaupun malas saya buat juga dan masukkan kedalam blog supaya tak hilang kuih muih kita di masa akan datang.

Selalunya kuih lompang ni dibuat menggunakan tepung beras dan sikit tepung ubi. Tapi saya suka rasa tepung hoen kee (kacang hijau) sebab rasanya lebih halus kalau dibandingkan dengan tepung beras.
Jadi saya pun tukar selera buat pakai tepung hoen kee ni.


Bahan2nya :
1 tiub tepung hoen kee (hijau)
1/2 cawan air pandan
1  1/4 cawan air (saya pakai rose water utk lebih aromanya)
1 sudu kecil air kapur (kalau ada)
sikit pewarna hijau
1/2 cawan gula putih (kalau boleh kurangkan sikit gula sbb sukatan ni pun dah sangat manis)

(Kesemua bahan diatas digaulkan hingga gula hancur dan sekata)


Bahan utk topping :
Kelapa parut (putih ) dikukus sekejap dan gaulkan dengan sikit garam)

Untuk memasaknya :

kalau takut melekat, bolehlah disapukan sikit minyak dikeliling acuan ni

Pasang periuk kukus kita dulu dan masukkan acuan lompang sekejap biar suam.

Setelah itu, bolehlah di ceduk adunan kita tadi dengan senduk kecil  kedalam acuan lompang dan tutup.
Biar lebih kurang lima belas minit.

Bila dah masak, angkat keluar dan bolehlah ditabur sikit kelapa parut yang dikukus tadi.
Tersangatlah senangnya nak buat dan murah.

Penyediaan dan masa memasak pun sangat singkat dalam 20 minit kita dah boleh makan.
1 tiub tepung hoen kee boleh dapat dalam 18 biji.

Anggaran cost :

Tepung hoen kee     : RM 2.00
Kelapa parut            :RM 0.50
Pandan                    : Free
Lain-lain bahan        : RM 1.00

Total                         RM 3.50

Salam dari saya,
Rose

23rd.Oct '13

Pulut Serunding Ala Sushi

Salam semua,

Saya baru pulut pulut untuk makan petang semalam. Serunding hari Raya Haji pun masih ada. Jadi saya terfikir macamana nak buat bagi nampak cantik dan menarik pulut serunding ni.
Lepas tu saya dapat satu idea. Saya ikut macam Jepun buat sushi.
Kita kena ada bahan dia. Tapi tak mahal pun.

Tikar sushi

Tikar sushi ataupun sushi rolling mat, harga dia dalam RM4.00 macam tu saja. Kat kedai barang-barang plastik pun ada jual.

Nori seaweed ataupun rumpai laut

Dan lagi satu ialah nori seaweed. Ni pun tak mahal sangat. Saya beli dengan harga RM7.90. Boleh simpan lagi sebab tak guna semua. Rasanya kat semua pasaraya pun ada.

Jadi macam mana, nak try dak? Okay kalau nak try, jom kita buat. Untuk pulut, saya tak payah tunjuk lagi dah sebab dalam post yang lalu dah ada. Ini link dia: Pulut Inti .

Nak resipi serunding juga? Actually resipi serunding sama macam kita nak buat rendang. Tak kiralah rendang daging ke, ayam ke, sama ja. Tapi tak apa. Saya tulis juga serba ringkas

Bahan2 untuk serunding:

1/2 kilo daging
Daun kunyit dihiris halus
serba sikit kulit k.manis, buah pelaga, bunga cengkih/lawang
3 sudu besar cili kering yang di kisar
3 sudu besar kerisik
4 sudu besar gula merah
sikit jintan manis dan serbuk ketumbar

1 inci lengkuas & sikit halia hidup
5 ulas bwg merah/ 4 ulas bwg putih
sikit kunyit hidup
(semua bahan dlm tulisan biru di kisar)

Mula-mula tumis bunga cengkih, bunga lawang, kulit kayu manis dan buah pelaga.
Selepas tu masukkan semua bahan (dalam tulisan biru) dan biar sampai naik bau dan agak kekuningan.

Sekarang masukkan cili yang dikisar tadi bersama dengan daging.
Masak sehingga daging betul-betul empuk. Jangan lupa masukkan garam dan gula merah serta serbuk jintan manis dan serbuk ketumbar.
Didalam serunding kita kena lebihkan sikit gula sebab ia akan menjadi inti untuk makanan yang lebih dominan seperti pulut. Baru naik rasa dia.

 Masukkan air sehingga menutupi daging dan tutup dengan tudung periuk.Masak sehingga kuahnya betul betul kering. Kalau ada non-stickpan lagi senang. Saya tak pakai santan. Tanpa santan makanan boleh disimpan lebih lama.

Bila dah kering angkat. Disini saya buat kerja senang. Masukkan kedalam blender dan kisarkan daging tadi sehalus mana yang kita mahu. Separuh orang suka carik2kan daging tu. Saya suka jadi halus. Ikut selera kita.

Daging dah dikisar

Bila dah selesai kisar, saya masukkan balik kedalam kuali dan masak lagi tanpa minyak atas non-stick pan sampai betul-betul kering dan seroi.
Kalau rajin, bila dah siap masak daging ni, bawa keluar kat depan atau belakang rumah, tengok matahari terik, jemurkan dalam 3 jam macam tu. Bawa masuk dan masak lagi sekali  diatas api perlahan tanpa minyak.

Boleh di simpan dengan lebih lama.

Selesai sudah cara nak buat serunding. Sekarang kita cuma nak balut pulut kita dengan serunding.
Mula-mula letakkan tikar sushi dulu. Lepas tu saya lapikkan dengan aluminium/tin foil supaya tak melekat pulut di tikar nanti.
Sekarang ambil sekeping nori sheet dan letakkan diatas tikar/aluminium foil. Tengok gambar diatas.

Tarik nori sheet sampai kehujung tikar kemudian mula gulung. Gulung dengan kejap (makna kejap ketat atau kuat)

Bila dah habis gulung, buka perlahan-lahan sebab nori sheet ni senang koyak. Oh ya, saya sapukan sikit butter kat nori sheet ni supaya tak  senang koyak.

Tengok, dah siap pulut serunding ala sushi. Walaupun kita jarang buat benda-benda macam ni, elok juga sekali sekala kita buat terutama kalau ada jamuan makan atau harijadi di rumah. Nampak lebih menarik.
Dan rasanya, sangat sedap sebab nori seaweed ni kalau makan macam tu saja pun sedap.

Anggaran cost :

Pulut 1/2 kilo    : RM 2.50
Nori sheet        : RM 2.00 ( 3 keping)
Daging 1/2 kilo : RM 12.00 (daging segar)
Bahan2 lain      : RM  3.00

Jumlah             : RM 19.50

Salam hormat dari saya
Rose
22nd.Oct '13

The Men In My Life (Part 2)

Hello again!

Today is my wedding anniversary. 25th.anniversary. Through many tears and happiness, both of us are still standing tall and strong.

As promised, I am back with my The Men In My Life (part 2) post. Where was I? Ahh yes, I stopped until the part about my husband.
Today I will continue with my uncle. I've got many uncles but my favourite one was my late uncle, Othman. He was a police officer. His wife is my biological aunt. I was so attached to both of them that I once called them mom and dad. Come to think of it, I was much more attached to them than I did towards my parents. By the way, my aunt is still around but we live too far apart for me to visit her regularly.

As I grew older, I soon started to call them aunt and uncle as I was continuously teased by my peers and friends alike. I totally loved him dearly. And so did he towards me perhaps because he 's got five boys and I was like a daughter he and my aunt never had.

He was a very funny person. He was  respected by his staff and colleague at the precinct. I had this incident when I was working at an island resort in Perak (about three hours drive from Kuala Kedah/Langkawi). The hotel is situated on a private island. Only guests staying at the hotel has the access to the resort. And the hotel has a site office on the mainland pier. Every week, one of us alternatively had to man the site office for one week.
So one day, I had to be the staff on duty for that week. I left by the first ferry and when I reached the pier, I started to walk to my office which was about 200 meters away from the pier. Suddenly, I was stopped by a police officer and asked where am I going. I told him to the office. Are you alone, he asked again. I said yes. Do you have any other bags or luggage? By now I am getting annoyed and puzzled at the same time. I asked him what's going on. He asked me to get inside the police patrol car. I refused since I don't know what's going on. He said again in a quiet voice, please follow us as we don't want to embarrass you.
My mind was racing trying to figure out what was happening. Anyway I followed them and got into the car. The police station was just 5 minutes away. Once there they took me into the office and ask me to sit down.

And then the interrogation began. What time did you wake up this morning. What was your shift yesterday? Who was working with you yesterday? I was terrified at first not knowing what had I done. After I regained my composure, I started to ask them. Why was I brought here? Did anything happen to anybody and what are you doing with my lipstick? One of the officers was toying with my lipstick. He took off the upper cover of my lipstick and watched closely. He looked like an idiot. What the hell was he doing. By now I was livid with anger. What are you doing? I raised my voice slightly. Guess what he said. " This looks like an expensive lipstick. Where did you get the money from. And your handbag looked expensive. I stared at him with so much anger that he could be dead if looks could kill. I thought of answering him by saying I sold my body but I held my tongue.

Just for the record, I can afford to buy those expensive clothes or make ups since the hotel provide food and lodging for their staff and I am still single then, and living inside the secluded island where there was no shopping mall. I've got bundles (fine, I am exaggerating a little) of money to throw away.There, I let off my steam even though it happened years ago.
Anyway, once the interrogation wrapped up, I was told they had to bring in all the hotel staff that came out that morning for questioning following reports from one of our guests from Hong Kong who lost some money the day before. Okay, that explained it.
After I was sent back to my office, I picked up the phone and called my uncle (his precinct was not too far from where I worked, about half an hour by car),. Once I heard his voice I started crying. He was trying to calm me down. What's going on? Are you all right? I spilled out to him between sobs at what had just happened. He consoled me and after I calmed down, he asked me what was the officer's name. I gave him the name.
Months later when I went to visit him, sitting next to him watching T.V. I asked him about that officer as I hadn't seen him at the resort lately. My uncle simply said that the officer was transferred elsewhere. He didn't elaborate. I don't know if he's got anything to do with it or it was just a coincidence.
I realized now that the officers were just doing their jobs but at that time I can't think straight. It was humiliating being whisked into a patrol car witnessed by many. I am sorry if I had caused his transfer.
As for my uncle, as I was about to sleep last night after writing about him, I cried missing him. May he be placed among the chosen one.  I believed if had intervened with that officer's transfer, he did it as a father would for their daughter and I loved him for that.

My next person  is our mutual friend (my husband and I), Muhaiyuddin. We knew him when we were at the same resort that I was talking about (above paragraph). We've known each other for about twenty seven years. I was a receptionist then and he was just a bell boy. A smart bell boy though. He is now a group General Manager at one of the leading hotels in Subang Jaya. He is a true friend. I can talk to him about anything without the usual reticence with other male friends.
I remember when my husband and I were to get married (in 1988), all of us were young and enjoying life tremendously,  with no savings whatsoever to start our new life as a family. We got married just the same. We had a pleasant surprise and Din (we call him by that name) and a few other great friends chipped in among themselves and present us with quite a big amount of money to start our new lives.
And we still are like that to this day. Din, it's great to know you and stay friends with you always!

Another family friend is Izzat, he was my husband's classmate since their elementary years. He is a lawyer in Kuala Lumpur with his private firm. I said quite a big name because, once he recommended me to see this guy for my cancer alternative treatment, I couldn't get to see the actual person he recommended me as there were too many people queuing up to see him. I was given number to see another person.

After about 1/2 hour waiting, Izzat called me and asked did I get to see him. I said no as there were too many people. He insist that I request to see the person. I told him it's alright, I will see the other person. He said ok and put down the phone. A few minutes later my name was called. I went up to the counter and the guy said they will change and give me another number so that I can see the actual person that Izzat wants me to see. As if an afterthought the guy asked me how did you get to know Tuan Izzat. In Malay, Tuan means Sir.  I said he is my husband's friend. And as you may guessed it, I was called not too long after that.

He had helped us many times and on numerous occasions under his capacity as a lawyer and never once charged us for his services or legal fees. Whenever I faced any problems pertaining to courts order or being sued, I would consult him as what needed to be done next.
He had at one time drove all the way from Kuala Lumpur just to appear in court for us. It took about 6 hours to reach Kedah state from Kuala Lumpur. When were sued he was there for us and paid the fine for us without asking anything in return. You can read about me being sued at this link The Ups And Down of Life .To Izzat and Zana, we will forever be grateful to having you as our friend!

My last male favourite male are my two boys. I'e wrote and spoken about them a few times. Ariff and Soffian. Ariff has always been the gentler one whereas Soffian has the typical bad boy trait. The same thing both of them shared is whenever they got home, they will surely asked whoever they see first, where's mom? I mean our house isn't a bungalow but they still ask if they didn't see me upon entering. Ariff has this telephone pick-up manners that I like. Whenever I call him, his first answer will be Hello, yes ma. Or if I asked him to do something, he would say Sorry ma, I can't. There will always be a "Ma" at the end of his conversation. It sounded sweet.
Soffian or Pian as we called him has always been a headache for me. Bad boy as he is, he would still kiss my  head and uttered a "Mom, I'm going". He would sometime roughed me up by twisting my arm to the back and mocking me to pull my arm free. He played this little wrestling game with me like he did to his sisters. I don't know if he will ever grow up.
These two boys had given me much love and care that I don't bother much what other antics they might pull on me.

To all the men above, thank you for all the love, attention and support that was given to me. God bless you all.

Have a great day everyone and good night to those who live half way across the world from us here.

Love,
Rose
22nd.October '13