Let me Share :)

Sad tau.. my "Care to Share" blog asking for Yummy Chicken Rice recipe tak laku...... nobody care to share...*Boo hoo** sob sob**.... (LOL !!)

But nevermind, so this time I decided that I WILL SHARE !!

Actually had wanted to post this many times before... but kept on forgetting (Almaklumlah, umur dah naik tangga one-way..hehe).

Frankly, I had this for quite sometime... dulu at my parents I did (sometimes)...but since dah ader maid, malas plak nak buat sendiri. So semenjak-duermenjak takder maid ... buat balek !! This is good !! Try it !! Apart from saving $$$$, u will also save the Environment !!... Alhamdullillah, we do what we can...

My advice is for you to print this out (like I do) and keep it at home... If u don't do now, who knows InsyaAllah, later-later u might want to give it a try !!!

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SUPPLIES
baking soda
washing soda
white distilled vinegar
a good liquid soap or detergent
tea tree oil
6 clean spray bottles
2 glass jars

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WINDOW CLEANER (I also sometimes use this as Multi-purpose cleaner)
1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon liquid detergent
3 tablespoons vinegar
2 cups water
spray bottle

Put all the ingredients into a spray bottle, shake it up a bit, and use as you would a commercial brand. The soap in this recipe is important. It cuts the wax residue from the commercial brands you might have used in the past.

FURNITURE POLISH
1/2 teaspoon oil, such as olive (or jojoba, a liquid wax)
1/4 cup vinegar or fresh lemon juice
Mix the ingredients in a glass jar. Dab a soft rag into the solution and wipe onto wood surfaces. Cover the glass jar and store indefinitely.

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I will do this on my baking trays (after baking chicken or fish or etc) .. sprinkle some water, then sprinkle baking soda, set overnight... in the morning just wash with a bit or detergent (takyah nak scrub2 kasi garis tu tray)

OVEN CLEANER
1 cup or more baking soda
water
a squirt or two of liquid detergent

Sprinkle water generously over the bottom of the oven, then cover the grime with enough baking soda that the surface it totally white. Sprinkle some more water over the top. Let the mixture set overnight. You can easily wipe up the grease the next morning because the grime will have loosened. When you have cleaned up the worst of the mess, dab a bit of liquid detergent or soap on a sponge, and wash the remaining residue from the oven. If this recipe doesn’t work for you it is probably because you didn’t use enough baking soda and/or water.
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Ni blum try, but InsyaAllah will try soon

CREAMY SOFT SCRUBBER
Simply pour about 1/2 cup of baking soda into a bowl, and add enough liquid detergent to make a texture like frosting. Scoop the mixture onto a sponge, and wash the surface. This is the perfect recipe for cleaning the bathtub because it rinses easily and doesn’t leave grit.

Note: Add 1 teaspoon of vegetable glycerin to the mixture and store in a sealed glass jar, to keep the product moist. Otherwise just make as much as you need at a time.

VINEGAR DEODORIZER
Keep a clean spray bottle filled with straight 5 percent vinegar in your kitchen near your cutting board, and in your bathroom, and use them for cleaning. I often spray the vinegar on our cutting board before going to bed at night, and don't even rinse, but let it set overnight. The smell of vinegar dissipates within a few hours. Straight vinegar is also great for cleaning the toilet rim. Just spray it on and wipe off.
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Ni taknah try pasal tak tau washing soda tu aper.. but I guess it's Powder detergent gaknyer..

ALL-PURPOSE SPRAY CLEANER
1/2 tsp. washing soda
a dab of liquid soap
2 cups hot tap water
Combine the ingredients in a spray bottle and shake until the washing soda has dissolved. Apply and wipe off with a sponge or rag.
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Ni... I don't think I will need... so malas nak try

MOLD KILLERS
Tea Tree Treaure
Nothing natural works for mold and mildew as well as this spray. I've used it successfully on a moldy ceiling from a leaking roof, on a musty bureau, a musty rug, and a moldy shower curtain. Tea tree oil is expensive, but a little goes a very long way. Note that the smell of tea tree oil is very strong, but it will dissipate in a few days.
2 teaspoons tea tree oil
2 cups water
Combine in a spray bottle, shake to blend, and spray on problem areas. Do not rinse.
Makes 2 cups
Preparation Time: Under a minute
Shelf Life: Indefinite
Storage: Leave in the spray bottle

* VINERGAR SPRAY
Straight vinegar reportedly kills 82 percent of mold. Pour some white distilled vinegar straight into a spray bottle, spray on the moldy area, and let set without rinsing if you can put up with the smell

http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/home/344

So Tunggu aper lagi ?

.. Startlah buat besok pagi

Rumah wangi tak berbau

.. belum cuber belum tau

hehehe....

Care to Share ?

These few days without Maid have been very 'testing' & 'trying' for me. Yep ! if I could... I would throw-in the towel and raised the white-flag !!... I surrender !!! Frankly, I don't know how to cope without 'breaking' my back ! I want things to be orderly, spick & span.. the way I like it, just when I hv the maid... I guessed that's quite impossible And to top it off --- lil katkott is not well... and hb had to work outside... and I hv to bring him to the Doctor (and get to walk around T2, LOL !! ). I want to do all these......I am determine to go to work, and yet still manage a clean home & feed everybody well !! ... but how ?? how gedemaaa ?? ....... wo pu hau... sakit pinggang liao !!!! really sakit ni.... !!!

Shall I hire a maid again.......... ?????? *sigh* (Astaghrafirullah)....

OK... 'self-pity' aside....Lil Katkoot is not so well, I left early from work on Monday coz the daycare called... he had been coughing badly and were out of breath ! He didn't really recovered since last month when I brought him to a new doctor... ahh well :

Since it's late and his Doctor (my uncle) at Raffles Clinic in T2 had closed, I decided to bring him the next day... but he can't really sleep at night, breathing badly. At 3.30am he woke me up, since he didn't eat dinner... I brought him to the living room & we watched Playhouse Disney while I fed him Cornflakes with Raisins... Alhamdullillah, he ate some, and even in his out-of-breath mode - were still 'yapping away' !! ... We went back to sleep at around 5.30am !!!

Next morning, hb went off to work... I did some houseworkssss, I drove to T2 ... Sick as he is, he was running around & singing his latest favourite tune that had been haunting my days & nights for the last few weeks... "He got the whoooole world in his hands,he go the whoooole world in his hand... He got the whoooooooooooole world in his hands... he got the whole world in his hand" (From Cold Storage Advertisement)... then he will go "Say.. 'Again'.. mama....say 'Again'.."... (coz last time when he did this I would say... "Again???") and I MUST say "Again??!!! ", then he would laugh and start all over again "He got the whoooooole world in his hands ................" over & over & over again & again... !! *slap head.. faint*, LOL !!! But it's so cute, cos he'll be singing so loud that people around would turn their heads... either smiling, or some frowning (so what ?!) !!

Anyway, the Doctor said his tonsils are swollen... that's why the coughs & the hard breathing... so he gets a stronger antibiotics this time... which of course cost MORE !!... hehe.. The thing is, later he said he wanted to eat Chicken Rice !! This lil picky eater loves the Chicken rice from Banquet... this is the only food he would ask for !! MasyaAllah... So I drove to Eastpoint Simei and we had our plate of chicken rice.. Alhamdullillah, he ate half of it :)

So, the actual reason for this Entry (apart from the complaining) is actually to ask any sisters out there if you can so kindly 'teach' me how to cook Chicken Rice the way they cook at BANQUET .... especially how to make the Roasted chicken so soft & tender like that... even their rice & soup are nice :) !!!! I hv my own recipe of chicken rice and had tried few others... yep, I boiled the chicken first, dip them in cold water (ice), then roasted them... but still it's not as tender as the one in BANQUET !! ... even other stalls' chicken rice are not as nice :( I had wanted to gather the courage and ask that 'boy' who served us how to cook them.... but alas, I don't hve the courage and the 'takut diketawerkan' syndrome gets the better side of me... so again, after we finished, I walked away... defeated

So, friends... if u know the 'secret' of cooking 'yummilicious tender chicken' chicken rice... share share lah wif me.... or better still, if u know somebody who worked at BANQUET (mak ker, makcik ker, kakak, abang, adek... kawan... saper2 jer lah)... surohlah 'hijack' the resipe & 'seludop' to me.... pleaseeeeee, not for me lah - but for my baby..... hehehe (takkan hari2 nak beli pat BANQUET kan ?).

Now... back to work... later go home do housework........
... HHHHwwwaaaaaa !!!!!

I felt like.......

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and now everday lil Katkoot said he don't want to go to school.........

KHALAZZ !! Ameen ya Rabb !!

Khalaz - Finish !!

Alhamdullillah - May Allah bless & protect my family for whatever decision we had made. InsyaAllah, it is all for the better... Ameen.

I've sent my lil Katkoot to Childcare - so far Alhamdullillah. Sent him in the morning, he was ok & happy. Popped-in around 1pm (out of his sight), he was queing up to get his milk. I went to fetch him around 5.30pm & he was ok, wathing Hi-5 on the "bbbbiiiigggg TV" (as he called it). Today, it was a lil hard to wake him up to go... at 8am, I had to switched on Pokemon DVD to get him to open up his eyes, LOL !! Then he complained that he feet pain, his nose pain, his eyes pain..... hehehe ! But after I get him ready, sling his new water bottle, put on his bag, he was happy.... the moment we reached the childcare centre, they were looking at the big projector TV, singing songs... he ran to them !!.. InsyaAllah, all will turn up good.. Ameen

I've sent my maid back to the agent : With all the stress & 'black faces', bad attitude & advantages she had taken over me, I am determined to send her off in good terms. So, after I send lil Katkoot to school, I came back home and talk to her nicely. I told her that as she knows Lil Katkoot had been 'dreaming' of going to school everyday.. so I've already sent him to school. Also, I've decided to do the housework myself... (like indicate I will stop working la... eksen gitu.. hehe). Therefore, I told her that we won't need your service much.. and I hv talked to her agent, he will look for a new employer for you... InsyaAllah, u will find a good home. But sorry there is not much time, as the agent will come to fetch u in 2 hrs time".. She showed not much emotion, just asking my why I didn't tell her since yesterday so that she can start packing then. I told her it's ok, just pack whatever u can (she don't hv much actually) and the balance (if any), she can call me & I will send them over to where-ever :). So, I gave her a couple of more bags so she can packed up. Her agent came later to our house, we signed a few papers... we say thanks to her, she say thanks to us and KHALAZZZ !!... I am free !!! MasyaAllah, don't know why... here I am losing a helper which I much needed, but yet I feel so good !! Like the home if finally mine !!... I don't know, even with the best maid I had for over 7 years, I felt so uncomfortable walking around the house - the kitchen especially is like out of bound to me, unless for the meals... not it's MINE !!!...hahaha !!

Suker lah kau Shaikha.... tak lamer lagi siaplah kener berus lantai dapor tu !!...hehehe !

I know lots of work will wait for me after a hard-day at the office... I don't know if I can cope, I know it will demand a lot from me, I know I will be dead-tired after the day ended !! But think I can (with lots of sweat & pain)... I won't be as free to just pack-up & go where-ever I wish, I hv to work my schedule around the boys, but that's not much of a problem :)... InsyaAllah, I can !! I can, I can, InsyaAllah I can !! (Self-motivate la...).

Do'a kan I ya Kawan2.... Pray for me sisters.... I can manage a happy home, with lots of blessings from Allah... Ameen

InsyaAllah - Starting a new chapter

Alhamdullillah... Allah have granted me with patience... InsyaAllah, it will be better as I grow day by day... Ameen. Let me be contented with my life the way I am.. Ameen.

With all the patience I have, I think she had taken advantage of it... In fact she does - she has !!

No ordering around, no scolding .. no anger. Just gentle reminders or I simply kept quiet. Eventhough she have to be told to do some task.. guessed years of experiences made her do the daily routines satisfactorily (not excellent, but no complain)... but in the Attitude department, Astaghrafirullah.. Allah had given me such Sabr to put up with it for the past 9 months... hoping & praying for changes. But I guess, time is up ! She is cunning & mean towards us whom had given her so much freedom in the house.. and she is not 'shy' to show it - in fact we are the one who is shy & 'tak kuaser nak tegor' her actions !! My hubby said that she is the 'Queen' and I am the one who 'coward' when facing her... Wallahu'alam, but I memang 'penakut' in the confronting & scolding depatment... that's my nature :)

If I am to write what she had done & how we reacted to it nicely... it would sound unbelievable! It's enough to just say that we are ok & never say anything to her ; sleeping routine from around 7am till my boy gets up (around 8am to 9.30am), MUST afternoon nap around 1 to 2 hours everyday ! Not to be missed Indonesia/Malay drama at 9.30pm almost everynight (without asking permission - in the living room, while we anak-branak cramped in my bedroom watching the small TV), her One hour showers couple of times a day and one too many looonnggg toilet trips. She "cook whatever she likes to eat specially for herself" cos she don't eat all dishes that we eat & many many more ! ...These is all tolerable to me, eventhough my old maid never ever dare to do all these for the 7 yrs happily working together with us.. she is like a sister to us. I even tolerate her not knowing how to interact effectively with a toddler :(

BUT, this lady's bad attitute of being very defensive, black grouchy face, no initiative, sacarstic, provoking my baby & make him cry, and then constantly laughing at us !!!, etc, etc, etc ... ... MasyaAllah, we don't even scold her for all these !! But enough is enough !!

InsyaAllah all these will be over soon. Please doa for me my sisters & friends, "InsyaAllah .. all what happen are for the better. Allah will give me strength and ease my duty into being a better Muslimah (as a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a member of the society at large). Make me happy and content as long as I am on your earth.. make the people around me happy to be with me... place me in Jannah together with the people I love... Ameen."

"Astaghrafirullah hal 'azeem... Ya Rabb, pls forgive me if such entry is not to Your liking... I am but a 'weak' creature... Improve my iman Ya Rabb"

Don't even ask me what happen... Children tumble & fall - no problem ! But the excuse she gave & the laugher ... ya Rabb *smack head*... I just smile & say "It's ok"... to my hb I said "nevermind, sabr.. juz a few more dayzzzzzzz"

Ma'al Hijrah 1429 !!