Macarons at Whisk, Empire Gallery, Subang

Macarons is like a fenomena sekarang ni. Macam dulu orang gila jual cuppies (bukan 'orang gila' yang jual cuppies laa~ tapi orang ramai semua pun menggila nak jual cuppies). Now macarons. Everywhere I tengok orang talking about macarons at their blogs.

Well, haruslah tidak ketinggalan dek arus semasa, I went to Empire Gallery, Subang looking for macarons where you can find it at Whisk Expresso Bar & Bake Shop.

picture credit to : http://satriakelabu.blogspot.com/2010/12/macarons-whisk-empire-gallery.html

It's a small shop near Jaya Groceries. 

Wondering what, how the macarons taste and looks like?

pictures credit to mr. google

The taste? 

Sweet

Crunchy on the outside - its like an icing sugar on the outside and soft on the inside - cake-like-soft

Many flavours + it taste like a coconut cake or something like that but it sure does have the taste like a coconut in it.

Erm..not too sweet cream in between the macarons according to its flavors.

According to my taste bud...

It's a NO! NO!

I dont like the taste at all. Too sweet for me and a bit too ridiculous-the price for a macarons that sized about 1 inch-diameter (RM2).

Definitely a NO! NO!

Memang cantik the colours and all, but NOPE! I'd rather be having JCO's Donut than macarons. Call me old fashions, but not a fan of macarons.

You may try if you like. No harm trying new things in the market aite? Tak lah orang kata tak ikut peredaran zaman macarons pun tak tau. Thee~

There are a few cakes in the shop and I bought 1 of their signature cake which is the Red Velvet Cake - RM11.90 per slice. Gile cekik darah! Baik makan cake Secret Recipe! Definitely taste a lot better! Tak tau lah ape yang mahal sangat bake shop ni. Lifestyle orang Subang gamaknya.

Since nak rasa jugak the cake yang khabarnya sedap tu, I opt for a less pricey 1 which is the Red Velvet Cupcake - RM4.50. Still, mahal lah jugak to me but tak pe lah nak cuba punya pasal.

picture credit to : www.gustiputri.blogspot.com

The cake was ok, so-so je to me but the topping gile manis!! Uwaa~ What is it with this bakery, semuanya sweet. Tak tertahan manisnya though I'm kinda sweet-liking person (ada ke word tu?- hentam sajalah labu) but NO, tidak tertahan dengan kemanisan nya. Sampai sakit lah kepala after having those acarons and this cake. Definitely a TIDAK.

Patutlah orang sekarang mati muda. Yes, I know ajal maut di tangan ALLAH, but with these kind of food yang terjual di pasaran, no wonder berbagai jenis penyakit yang terjah kita di umur muda ni. Careful with what you eat ok korang. 

I end up my entry dengan picture of my macarons that day. Those are the leftovers. Menyesal beli banyak. I thought ada orang lain in the family juga nak rasa. Baru 1 bite semua dah surrender! Pembaziran~

 

No more facebook!

Facebook is like a magnet kan? No, it's more than that. It's a NEED now. Everywhere facebook, everything also facebook. Yeap..it's a part of ourlives nowadays.

As for me now, facebook is very stressful! So I've decided not to facebook-ing for a few days. At least till i give birth to this lil ones. Kenapa stressful? I tell you why.

I posted statuses of what I've been doing or thinking at the moment.

>> people replied with the question which i donno the answers

I posted pictures 

>> they comment on it with question which i donno the answers as well

I posted comments on pictures of them

>>they still ask that bloody question which I donno the answers!!

Depressing and stressful ke tak? Sila bagitau? So, no more facebook to me! Follow me on twitter kalau nak tau status I. I really need a peace of mind right now. To tell you the truth, I dont mind the questions actually. It's not your fault. I've been in the place where we wanted to know what's the status now. It's me that cant take it because me too been asking the same question over and over again.

Karang bila dah sampai masa karang, tak terkata apape baru tau.Hehee~

Right now, lets just not update anything on facebook yet. Tweet me @y4yemma for updates.

Sorry for the red ink.

Overdue

It has been 4 days since my estimated due date. Berbagai perception..dari salah calculation, baby comfy dalam perut, it's not the time yet, need to pay extra attention ke macam-macam lagi lah.

Penat~

Yes penat. Not that I penat carrying this baby inside of me, yang tu memang sudah pasti but any mother would not mind at all. Malah lebih happy. Penat dengan berbagai perception and soalan yang is the baby not coming out lagi? I wish i knew and i can answer each of the question. Unfortunately I cant. All i can is talk to the baby so that it's ok if he's not coming out yet but tak mau lah sampai memudaratkan him and me. It's better for me to take care of him outside the womb than inside.

And so there's an option for that which is to induce. Sounds simple je at first, tapi entah kenapa tergerak hati pulak nak buat some study on it. At least I know what will I be going through IF I choose to have myself induced kan? I wanna know what to expect jugak because all these while I thought that I dont mind waiting a bit longer than the due date for the baby to come out. Turns out waiting memang pressure! Pressure wondering how will it be, how will it feel, how this and that. Tired of waiting and guessing I think it's a sign of the baby coming out. Sekali false alarm. Penat tau. Then while working at the office nak kena menghadap question and reaction orang-orang sekeliling yang keep on asking and telling you what to do bila dah overdue ni.

Oh ya, people keep saying banyakkan jalan! Bagi cepat sikit bukak lah itu lah ini lah. I've been walking 5km every weekend sampai melecet lah tapak kaki but nothing! No signs at all. Bikin penat je lagi adalah. It's ok..Im still open for any suggestions. 

Oh well, if any of you yang waiting for the time to come like me, feel free to read how does the induce process will take place. At the mean time, I hope I dont have to induce as I want everything goes naturally. Kalau dah takdo pilihan, tak pelah as long as the baby is safe. It is all that matters to me.

There's thing not worth looking back

Oh yes, ada banyak benda yang tiba-tiba nak diperkatakan.

Kesal, yes that's the word I have been looking for. Memang kesal sangat. I have blog about this before kot, tak ingat dah. Hehe.

I have a friend, used to be my best friend. At least I thought she is. Suddenly, things became sour and I dont know what went wrong. Dah tried reaching her but failed. Then I decided to email her saying sorry and hoping things getting better between us. Unfortunately, I dont think she wanted to be friend with me anymore. 

Then i guess that's it. No more friendship. I really am sorry for things Ive said that have hurt her feelings. I thought she knew me better. 

Oh well..I'm not looking back now. Im moving forward and Im not going to regret it. Yes, maybe it's my fault for saying things that hurt her feelings and yes I regretted things ive said but if you still giving me the silent mode, then i guess im tired of your game. 

My emotional day

Pernah tak korang rasa like you just dont care anymore about others, about working life korang and you just wanna be where you are now and just not thinking about any of it except for yourself?

Today is my day. 

Tak tau kenapa sangat emosi hari ni. The thing is, I feel so responsible dengan my work at the office and at the same time I just feel like I dont give a damn at all. Complicated? Yeah, I thought so too. I want to be a person with good reputation dengan my work. I mean good record and all. Nak give my very best. Tell me how I can be that person if I cant even feel happy coming to work?

My company is not such a big company pun, but quite well known in construction line. Overall, I like being there. Ape nih kejab suka kejab tak, confusing lah. Yeap, me also confuse dengan myself. I like the overall about the company I just dont like my department.

I was with the company's subsidiary before then got transferred to HQ. Lucky me, the benefits are better. I really appreciates it but things started to go sour from day to day. Tak boleh balik on time because orang lain semua balik at least 7pm everyday, i was told that the workload are heavy so they usually go home late than the working hours. Bukan saya tak mau balik lambat, tapi i have live to live. Tolong lah, It has been 8 hours dah dedicate time i untuk work, cant I just go home when the time comes and spend it with my love ones? 

Tak boleh main internet during kerja, fine! I open my email during lunch hour. Tak boleh selalu texting, tak boleh nak sembang sangat, buat kerja kena committed, buat kerja kena focus, buat kerja kena efficient, cepat. I have tried my best but it doesnt seems enough. Ada je yang salah, ada je yang nak kena point out during meeting. Sometimes I look back at myself, betul ke I always like that? Betul ke Im not efficient enough? Betul ke? At 1 time, i just dont give a damn anymore. I feel so tired trying to be like they want me to be. Good employee, efficient employee, balik lambat employee. I just cant take it anymore. 

I have no friend there, I mean in my department..I have no friend. I dont trust any of them because everyone doesnt look like they can be trusted. I have tried befriended with them but they are at my moms age! I donno what topic to talk, I dont like asking them about their kids, about their lives or anything that is related at their age. Im a mother-to-be, excited to have a new person in lives, excited to have new experience where they already been thru all that phase. Sometimes you get it from your mom the phrase like ' alaa, biasalah tu budak..tak yah manja kan sangat' or something yang cliche emak-emak selalu cakap tu. It just kill your mood. Having someone like you or your age will be much better kan? You can share your experience. Well sometimes you just want someone to talk to, share the excitement and when you need an advice, Im sure you'll turn to your mom jugak tapi bila you have like 3 or 4 like your mom kat office tu, tak ke tension? 

I'm not saying that these senior shouldnt be working anymore, it's just that 'arrgghhh..dont turn me into 35yo person when Im still at my 20's'..Do you get what i mean? Ahh~ sungguh complicated. Life is complicated. Entah lah~ sometimes I feel like I'm the one with problems not them. Konon not blaming sape-sape. I guess if you cant join them, just get the hell out of there. Imma do it after the confinement. I just cant take it anymore. Everyday it drain my positivity out of me. Penat..Penat absorb everything. My head sometimes feels like want to explode!

Am I guilty?

Today dah overdue by 2 days dah. It means my baby dah lebih 9 bulan 10 hari by 2 hari dalam perut mommy nya. 

I have not start taking leave yet but dah memonteng 2 hari dah ni. Semalam got an MC and hari ni memang terasa sangat-sangat lah malas nak pergi kerja because i know what they'll say and to be honest, quite stress jugak bila jumpa semua staff and they'll say 'aik, tak meletopz lagi kau?' 'eh, still here?' 'tot dah bersalin dah'...Arghhh..tekanan tau. I know maybe some of them is just concern (being positive ka?) maybe some of them is just saying (yang kau touching sangat tu kenapa).

Hmm...the baby is move less and less. Though I got that normal count which is at least 10 kicks per day, but the kicks are going less and less. Im worried hell!! I always ask my baby to come out quick. Am i guilty for that? Not that I dont like him being in there, it's just I'm worried sick if anything happens to him inside of me. I'll be blaming myself forever kalau macam tu. 

I've decided to have me induce in these couple of days. If tak boleh tunggu lagi, then I guess the baby will come out earlier. Remember baby, not that i dont like you in me or feeling such a burden to have u in me..i just want you out and healthy without me worrying what will happen to you inside.

I hope everything will be ok.

Sila alert ya!

Ok maybe today I started off my day dengan mood yang kurang baik but that is not actually why I bengang sekarang ni. 

Last Saturday I received a mail, more like a note actually from the postman. 

Hajat di hati malas dah nak amik surat tu tapi tak tau lah nape rasa macam tak patut pulak kalau tak pergi amik. Jadi dengan terboyot-boyot haku membawa perut ni ke pejabat pos dan amik surat tu.

Turns out it's a wedding invitation card je! Haduh time tu rasa macam nak menyumpah je sape yang jemput haku datang kenduri dia tu. Tolong jangan susahkan orang lain boleh tak? Alert lah sikit yang untuk penghantaran surat atau kad atau dokumen, perlu menggunakan setem RM0.60 minima bagi setiap surat! Kalau dah tau nak jemput orang sila guna setem yang secukupnya. Takde u, lah nanti surat hang tersadai di pejabat pos and ianya menyusahkan orang lain jugak ok!!

Dah lah penerima kena pergi amik sendiri, kena denda lagi Membazir duit orang je! Arghhh..

Getting back into shape - episod dua

Ahaaa~ Mommy kembali..

At first I thought of posting a rage post sebab bangun awal-awal pagi ni kepala sakit, kaki sakit, hati pun sakit. Memang sesuai nak post kat blog nih, ada banyak yang nak di bebelkan. Lepas tu, dah tenang-tenang kan sikit hati, I pun buat lah routine harian iaitu blogwalking. Ala-ala membaca suratkhabar sambil having breakfast gitew, tapi mommy tak suka newspaper atau online newspaper kerana semua tu junks to me. Balik-balik isu politik, isu semasa which tak membina langsung, menakutkan lagi adalah. Bunuh sana sini, tak puas hati je tembak orang mati, nyawa tu dah takde harga lagi. Arghhh...donia..donia. Baik lah haku baca blog yang membina. It's good tau baca blog ni to me sebabnya secara tak langsung kita akan jeles dengan kehidupan orang tu and terus ada sifat 'AKU NAK MACAM TU JUGAK!!' atau kata lainnya 'KIASU'. Bagus kan kiasu ni? Kalau kita sifatkan nya ke arah sesuatu yang positif maka positif lah ia. That is why I think lagu FIKIRKAN BOLEH sangat powerful. I even motivate myself dengan lagu tu selain dari me'reward'kan diri dengan barang.

This morning I read an entry from Kak Watie yang memang superb lah dia. I like her enthusiasm. Sentiasa penuh dengan semangat. Kadang-kadang tak tau mana dia dapat that kind of energy tapi katanya 'kalau nak, seribu daya' and of course I belajar word KIASU ni dari dia lah. Harus aku pun nak berjaya sebegitu.

Ok, back to topik asal 'Getting back into shape'. Lepas baca entry Kak Watie tu, haruslah aku pun nak blog about it. Haha~ Lagi pulak tengah menunggu hari ni. Macam-macam dalam kepala hotak ni. Kalau I diberi soalan antara breastpump mahal atau corset mahal, I will definitely said breastpump mahal! Yakin, pasti dan muktamad sekali. Betul, kita nak kan kembali bentuk badan asal kita and bagus lah kita berusaha ke arah itu. It's a good thing both pun tapi kedua nya adalah sesuatu yang berbeza. It's like you are given a choice antara suami atau anak? Which do you prefer most? I have to agree dengan my friend here. Kasih sayang terhadap kedua itu adalah sesuatu yang berbeza. Kita sayang anak kita, juga suami kita tapi kita juga cintakan suami kita. Dah nampak macam kita sayang suami lebih pulak kan? It's a different thing actually.

To me, getting back into shape penting jugak, kalau ada duit banyak memang I invest je beli corset mahal tu tapi mungkin bukan immediately lepas bersalin. Kena balance lah, kena ada matlamat, aim and target. Yes, memang betul I nak get back in shape tapi semua tu harus seiring dengan my baby needs jugak. Maksudnya set your priority. 

Macam I, priority is of course my baby yang dalam perut lagi nih tak mau keluar-keluar. Target dan niat memang nak breastfeed dia exclusively. It's my challenge. Ada my friend yang bekerja mampu lagi bagi breastmilk supply kat anak dia yang nearly 2 years old tu. I sangat kagum and I wanna be like her and at the same time I nak jugak pakai balik my old jeans yang nearly setahun tak terpakai tu. Maybe orang lain tak peduli pasal their body figure because yang penting anak dapat zat khasiat makan yang cukup serta bonding yang kuat antara ibu dan anak. I want both! Ye memang tamak! Tapi itulah hakikatnya. I wanna a superhot momma. You can! Everybody can! It's how you judge it lah. Kalau di takdirkan tak muat lagi dah nak pakai jeans tu, apekan daya, beli je lah jeans baru and make sure lepas tu you keep that figure je. So it's up to you, your niat or your priority sebenarnya.

Kalau pakai corset tu pun that person boleh breastfeed anak dia, then why not dia pakai je kan? I this case, seems like dia tak kisah pun tak breastfeed anak dia exclusively. Up to her liking lah, just that kita boleh explain kat dia why we choose breastpump mahal instead of corset mahal tanpa perlu rasa marah kat dia. Semua orang dah besar, dah pandai fikir. Sama juga macam usaha kita nak ajak orang beribadah lah. Kalau dipaksa mana nak nya orang tu, tapi kalau ditunjukkan dekat dia sikit demi sikit, mungkin terbuka lah pintu hati dia. 

Getting back into shape

Holla reader(s)!! Hahaha..

Nope, not yet. The baby bump is still here. Kicking actively siang dan malam. As long as dia ok kat dalam tummy mommy ni, I'm ok juga. Ikut kamu lah nak oi nak keluar bila pun. Mommy's gonna wait till you are ready. Jangan lama sangat ye, tak mo di induce lah darling. It means forcing you out when it is still not your time. Mommy kesian kat baby.

Anyway, though you are still in my tummy my dear baby, mommy harus bersedia untuk get back into shape. Harus nak oi. You got to have a vogue mommy tau baby dear. Hahaha.. Haruslah! Kalau tak mana mommy nak campak jeans Levis kesayangan mommy tu? Owh tidak!! Mommy pemakai jeans tegar dear!

haaa..tengok tu..sape nak pakai ni nanti? Siapa? Siapa?

Since nak get back into shape ni perlukan pemangkin yang maha hebat, jadi 1 of it is by being able to fit in all of my jeans balik!! HARUS!! Baby dearie, you kena tolong mommy hokay!! Owh, I even put it in my 2011 New Year's resolution list. Nasib baik lah provide 1 page je untuk azam baru, kalau banyak page ntah kan dapat achieve kan tidak semua tu. Harus achieve lah kan dah namanya berazam? Well, at least try to achieve it.

Ok, tidak lah menarik jika sesuatu yang di target itu tidak mempunyai reward bukan? Jadi, secara tidak sengaja tadi I dah ter...'ter' means tak sengaja find me a reward untuk getting back into shape!

Yes! Harus memilikinya apabila target telah tercapai nanti. Yang paling menarik sekali, I found sponsorship untuk itu!! Hehehe, though still pending, harus ku pujuk sampai dapat a solid YES for an answer.

Harus lah memiliki nya sebab get back into shape bukan setakat body ye puan-puan, kaki juga! Lihat kaki ku sekarang....

Now cuba cakap, harus kembalikan bentuk asal ke tak? Cakap..cakap..?

Oh ya, cakap pasal getting back into shape ni, have you all heard about Premium Beautiful? 

 source from mr.google

My friend here is an authorised dealer for the product. Well, imma put it in my list in case the target seems sungguh jauh untuk dicapai. I heard it's quite pricey. Mommy nih dah lah sayang duit sikit orang nya. Tapi kalau beli as an investment tak pe kan? Hehehe..Nak body lawa tak? Nak tak? Nak tak? Nak ke tak nak nih?

Haih..till then lah. Nak pergi tengok what else yang tak cukup before I go for confinement and anything yang boley di reward myself lagi untuk kembali langsing selepas melahirkan. 

Imma be a vogue mommah!! (hey bukan ammah tau, momma with an H pronounciation-nya!) Chaiyuk! Chaiyuk!!

40 Weeks

Im already 40weeks and waiting for the time. Baby tak mau keluar lagi lah. Apa nak buat. Bersabar je lagi menanti hari.

I took an MC today sebab ada check up this evening. My gynea nak check for an opening today. My MIL bising, katanya it's not the time yet, kenapa nak tengok ada opening ke tak. Bila dah ada tanda then only check for an opening lah. Betul jugak kata dia. I know nothing but i think it's best to just leave it to the doctor lah. Dia belajar tinggi-tinggi and dah gain lotsa experiences and it's her duty pun hari-hari. Dia misti tau what she's doing aite? No worries. I guessed my MIL just tak nak I go for cesarean je. Sungguh concern. Thanks Mak, but i think the doctor knows what she's doing. Jangan risau semua.

Ok, while waiting for the time I forgot yang I still haven't get myself a post-natal thingy. Jadi off i go and bought these. Well, i must say that everything that has got to do with pregnancy or babies or post-natal memang takde yang cheap ok. Patutlah orang cakap yang bila dah nak ada anak ni memang memerlukan financial yang banyak. 

I bought these tadi dengan my mom's friend. It's a product from Amway. Tak tau lah bagus ke tak. Some say bagus. At first nak beli product NR tu but like I said manade benda murah and it means lagi mahal from ni. Dah lah pulak tu ada about 4 items je. Mak ai..rasa tak berbaloi nokss..hahaha. Mahal tak semestinya bagus ( ni nak sedapkan hati sendiri ke apa ni?) and murah tak semestinya tak bagus.

And so, I timbang tara sendiri rasanya ini pun dah cukup bagus lah kot. Complete dengan schedule and how to consume it semua. Rasanya ok lah kot. Will tell you all after dah try nanti ek. Owh, lupa pulak, dalam kotak yang on the left tu contains bengkung, and on the right tu contains banyak jugak lah. Below is the picture.

I dont really ingat the name of all of those, tapi yang ada Param, Pilis, Pills post-natal ada 2 bottles, Minyak Panas, Minyak telon, Paste untuk slimming, Teh Herba and something yang untuk mandian and genital wash. Ok lah kan untuk semua tu for the price of RM293.00? Puas hati sebab dapat banyak jugak barang but I still wanna buy 1 lagi which is scrub from NR. I heard bagus. Nanti baru nak cari.

And as fro now, sampai sini dulu lah because I nak siap and go see my gynea. Hopefully a good news and takde lah nak kena admitted lagi sebab I think takde any signs for me to bersalin lagi. Doakan lah semuanya smooth. Daa~

Menghitung hari~

Yeap..Im counting days..

Penat woo~ Penat dengan rasa nervous. Penat dengan nak menjawab soalan orang yang asyik bertanya "aik, bila due nih? Bila nak meletopz?" yang dh puas aku jawab sejak masuk 2011 ni. Kalau ku tau bila nak bersalin, senang lah nak jawab. Kusut otakku kusut!

Lelama aku yang jadi stress nak menjawab soalan tu semua. Last skali aku amik cuti je lah. Konon tenangkan pikiran. Tak tenang jugak! Hari ni sakit pinggang pulak. Duduk tak kena, baring tak kena, jalan pun tak larat sangat. Serba tak kena aku jadinya hari ni. Kusut lagi otak ku.

Petang ni ada appointment dengan gynea. Harap-harap news yang dapat nanti ni, sedap lah di dengar. Mohon sangat lah tak kena operate. Mak cik takut suntik-suntik pisau bedah ape smua nih. Hish...seriau! 

Nak bersalin ni pun seriau jugak. Lagi pulak semua member yang saing nak bersalin ni pulak semua nya dah lepas dah giliran dorang. Haduyai..mana lah tak kusut.

Habis bosan, mengadaplah aku dekat lappy ni, menaip meluahkan perasaan. Pedulik lah takdak sape baca pun. Yang penting the feeling must go. Haduh, apo laei yang nak buek nih..