Tofu Fritters Recipe

Assalamualaikum and happy Friday to all.
May today will be filled with barakah.InsyaAllah.
To make things short my dream is that I want to be a dietitian or food nutritionist.
Not an engineer.Basically I'm not really into engineering stuffs.
My passion is always about healthy and delicious food.
Once when I was in primary school I even want to be a chef.
This might be the reason why cooking is my favourite past time.
Sometimes cooking can make me forget about my stress.
So in this entry I'll share my favourite tofu fritters recipe or in Malay is cucur tahu.

Ingredients
300gm of tofu(you can use soft tofu(絹豆腐) or firm tofu(木綿豆腐) but I prefer firm tofu more)
5 shitake mushrooms(finely chopped)
5 prawns(finely chopped)
1 stalk garlic chives(daun kuchai)
2 tablespoons of corn starch
1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour
a little bit salt to taste
vegetable oil for frying.


Directions
1. Drain the tofu from excess water.I put the tofu in the microwave at 600w for 60-90 seconds.Then take it out from the microwave and put a paper towel on it to remove the excess water.
2. Then mash the tofu with potato masher.Later add the shitake mushrooms,prawns,garlic chives,corn starch,all-purpose flour and salt.Mix them together.You can add more corn starch if the batter quite watery.
3. Heat oil in deep skillet.Gently lower the batter,one at a time,into the hot oil,and fry until it turns golden brown.Blot excess oil from the fritters with paper towels.
4. Finally you can serve it with your favourite chilli sauce.


My mama use to make this for us when I was little.Tofu it isn't only high with protein but also calcium and iron.It can be serve as breakfast,toddlers' finger foods or tea time dish.All the best to those who are going to try this recipe.


Assalamualaikum.

happy anniversary!!!

Assalamualaikum to my dearest reader..


This entry will be a very short entry.
Tomorrow its 22nd March 2012.
Its already a year since the first time I donate my blood at Nagaoka Red cross Blood Center.
It was 11 days since the big earthquake and tsunami in Japan and I was move to help the victims.
I might not have a lot of money to donate but blood donation was the least that I could do on that time.
It was the first time I felt that I was really helpful to other people.
400ml wasn't much but it can help a person who really need blood on that time.
It was a really good experience and from that moment I swore that I won't do anything stupid that might hurt myself in the future as I want to help more people.
So in Japan,a woman can only donate twice a year.(if you donate 400ml of blood)
I'm thinking of going to donate my blood tomorrow but unfortunately in the evening I have my laboratory research party.
Seems like I need to postpone to another date.
In the future I would really like to donate my organ too.
These two is my reason why I live a healthy life.
Perhaps there are some people who think that I'm not needed in their life but there are others who might think they need me in their life.(ayat pusing-pusing pula)
Happy Anniversary I wish to me and blood donation.
Insyaallah in the future I'll keep on donating my blood whether in Japan or in Malaysia.
So that's all for tonight.

a picture of my blood donation card and gift

Assalamualaikum.

PARENTHOOD...PARENTING

Assalamualaikum my dear readers out there

First of all I don't have any attention to write about parenthood in my blog as I'm still my parents child and doesn't have any child yet.
So basically what I'm going to write/I write in this entry is mostly based on my point of view and my own opinion.
It might be wrong but somehow I want to share this with my beautiful readers.
So to make my entry short,lately I'm quite attracted with parenting topic.
Perhaps what had happened to late Nurul Nadirah or Dirang somehow made me concern about parenting.
One day I'm also going to have my own child and this topic is very useful for me and parents/going to be parents out there. 
Then yesterday I listened to hot FM radio station while I study Organic Chemistry and they talked about children safety which was a very good topic for us.
Day by day the crime rate in Malaysia are getting higher and we are no longer feel safe in our own country.
In my opinion people who want/going to be parents should educate and prepare themselves with parenting education before having kids.(A good reminder for me and other people too.)
There are a lot of magazines,books and even websites and blogs about parenting out there.
If we can read those politics,entertainment,religious,beauty,fashion articles why not if we spend a little time to read those articles about parenting as one day it will be very useful.

"Hey,young lady!You need to have a child in order to know about parenting lah."

"Hey,mak budak!Is it a problem for you if a young lady like me to educate myself about parenting before I have a child??And by the way if I wait until I have my own child,then at the moment I don't know to take care about my child lah mak cik."

I know its quite harsh but if I'm going to educate myself about parenting later do I really have time to educate myself and at the same time take care of my family.
Yes!!My beautiful readers.
I'm such a perfectionist but its not really because of my attitude I want to be prepared about this matter.
Somehow what had happened in Malaysia(mostly and obviously) made me think that some of Malaysian parents are lack of parenting education.
If we love our child then we should take care of them like we should not like we want.
One really good advice that I got from an elderly women here is,

"If you are able to take care of kids then have kids but if you are unable to take care of them then its better for you not having kids."

Thank you Cik Nah for such good advice.
Insyaallah I'll remember it.
If I'm not ready to take care of my own child in the future perhaps I'm not going to have them as I'm not going to end up as a cruel parent(not like Cruella or Cinderella stepmother)
In my opinion if you can't take care/not being responsible of your own kids then you are actually being cruel to them.
That's my opinion.
It might be wrong and it might be right.
So in the end its up to my beautiful readers to make their own judgement and decision.
In addition I'm not a psychology student nor a student who studies about parenting.
So my last word is think before you act and be not only loving parents but also responsible,caring,protective,good parents.
In order to be a parent with those character we need to prepare and educate ourselves about parenthood.
Being a parent are not only give your child with healthy nutritious food,safety living environment,good education,health and wealth but there are more than that.
For more information about parenting we can just GOOGLE or read a magazine about it.(that is what I'm going to do)
So that's all from now.

Have a nice day readers and Salam 1Malaysia.

Assalamualaikum.

p/s1:meaning of parenthood
p/s2:meaning of parenting
p/s3:parenthood website

good bye..break up!!ouch!

Hi!Howdy!Hullo!
I'm not supposed to write and share this with my dearest reader.
Somehow its hard to keep everything by myself.
By the way to Mr You Know Who,I'm not going to mention even a bit about you.
So you don't have to worry although a bit.
Today is 13th March 2012.
It almost 15days since you left and walked away from my life.(or the other way round.Perhaps I left and walked away from you).
I admit that its all my fault that all of these seperation happened.
Until now I still miss you but it doesn't mean that I want you back in my life.
I miss those moments that I've spent with you.
All those sweet and bitter memories.
Its funny but I do miss those moments we when argue about small things.
Its easy to admit the fact that we are not together but its hard to face the reality that now we are like strangers.
Regret??
I don't regret knowing you and be with you for all these times and about this break up.
Its been written in our destiny we aren`t meant to be together.
If I have another chance somehow I want 'this' to end nicely just like when we decided to start 'this' thing.
I'm sorry as for all these times I didn't treat you the way I should and I'm sorry for not being a nice girl to you.
By the way I'm sharing this with my readers it doesn't mean that I'm ready to open my heart for someone else yet.
For the time being I'm happy with my life now and I'm focusing on my studies.
I want to chase my dreams before I think about those hearts and feelings again.
Again to Mr You Know Who,you doesn't need to be guilty if I don't find or I'm not finding or I'm not going to be with someone in the future.
Its all going to be my choice and I'm going to be responsible with my decisions.
Getting together with you again!Hmmm..
Just let the time decide about this matter.
I'm not regretting and neither hate you but I don't want to decide about this thing.
It's hard to predict our future.
So to Mr You Know Who,I hope you'll be happy,success in the future and gain hidayah from Him.
And I hope you'll find a woman who will complete your life in the future and live happily with her.
All the best to you Mr You Know Who.

Adios!Sayonara!Cheerio!


p/s:just realize that he such a special person to me as I wrote about him in my blog.oh no! !(o_o;)

you know my name not my story(part 1)

Hello and Assalamualaikum


Its been a while since my last post.
And there's a lot of thing that I've experienced lately.
By the way,last January until mid of February I have went back to Malaysia for holiday to meet with my family and friends.
Everytime I went back I must went to Melaka just to have cendol.
This time we(my Ayah and I) went to Melaka for a few times just to enjoy cendol and rojak.
Thank you so much Ayah for giving me a ride and taking me there.
Thank you also to my Mama for all your delicious cooks.
Although it was short I did really enjoy my holiday in Malaysia.
Now I'm back in Japan and need to revise for my upcoming exam.
By the way,I've decided to further my studies until masters.
So I need to sit for exam on this coming April.
There's a lot that I need to cover but I only have less than a month.
Oh no!!!
Scholarship??
Yup,it's one of the reason why most of my friends didn't decided yet whether to further their studies until masters or not.
There's not a lot of scholarship but I believe in "rezeki dariNya".
If there is my "rezeki" Insyaallah there will be scholarship for me.
Seems like I need to go to the grocery store before it close.
Catch with you guys later.
Have a nice day ahead.
And by the way Happy International Women's Day to all beautiful and gorgeous women out there.
Enjoy a song by Helen Reddy "I Am Woman".


Wassalam.