Journal 1

Bismillahirahirahmanirahim...

Yesterday, when the course instructor, Dr Syed Alwi instructed us to write a journal as part of the course (Spiritual Dimensions of Educational Psychology) requirement, I remembered that my English teacher during my primary school days, Auntie Julie, used to made us to write "Dear Diary...". Another fun way of writing essays I guess. I just hope that particular book is still lying around somewhere in the house. Of course...this journal writing would be surely different than I used to write those days. Hopefully, I could see the mature side of me, improve myself for a better future, Insya Allah.

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Mrs Weird Cat @Bangi

This morning, on my way to meet my friend at the IIUM.FM studio, met a beautiful black kitten. Playing around happily by its own. I stopped and sat on the nearby kerb. While playing with the cute creature, a "makcik cleaner" (the cleaning lady) passed by and had a small chat with her. One of the thing that she told me was that sometimes, she would saw some people kicked those innocent beings. How could they have the heart?

Growing up in a 'cat-loving-family', I was always 'trained' and taught to be kind toward cats. Since our first house back in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur until our current residency in Bangi, Selangor we own countless number of cats. Most of them just make their way in as part of our 'family member'. Only a few of them we picked up from the roadsides and some other places.

There a times when I have to sacrifice my meals just to ensure that the cats have had theirs before having my own a bit late. They just know how to make 'pity-face' (muka kesian) and beg for foods.

The positive value: Never gave up until you get what you want.

Projek memasak tengah malam: Shortbread cookie.

Bismillahirahmanirahim...

Alhamdulillah baru sahaja siap baking biskut Shortbread. Lebih kurang macam butter cookie la tapi tanpa telur. Berperang kat dapur hampir 2 jam juga la tadi (11pm-1am : plus masa mengemas). ALang-alang dah nak balik UIA minggu depan, maka buat la sekali 'stok' untuk dibawa bersama. Lebih jimat, terjamin kebersihan dan sihat. Cuba tengok paket biskut yang ada. Bahan-bahan dia berjela-jela. I bet half of it are preservatives. Baiklah sidang pembaca yang dihormati sekalian, tanpa membebel dengan lebih lama, mari kita lihat proses pembuatan biskut saya ini.

Bahan-bahan yang di perlukan:

-175 gram butter
-250 gram tepung gandum
-75 gram gula halus
-1 sudu teh garam

Cara- caranya (macam abah selalu cakap):

1- Kacau gula dengan butter hingga kembang. Ini penting.

2- Tambahkan tepung bersama garam. Kacau lagi hingga sebati.

3- Uli dan terus uli. Eh. Sampai agak licin permukaan doh tersebut.

4- Gelek dan terap guna acuan yang anda suka. Di sini saya gunakan acuan teddybear MrBean yang ada.

5- Susun mereka beramai-ramai di atas dulang pembakar. Walaupun biskut ini tidak berkembang seperti kebanyakan biskut- biskut lain, pastikan ada sedikit ruang antara bisut- biskut anda untuk pembakan dan pengudaraan yang lebih baik. Di peringkat ini juga, anda boleh menghias biskut mengikut kreativiti tersendiri (tambah hiasan cip coklat, gula yang berwarna-warni, kacang dan sebagainya).

6- Bakar di dalam microwave oven (pre-heat dahulu yea dengan suhu setinggi 180 darjah) selama lebih kurang 20 minit. Siap. Selamat menjamu selera.