Just one word

I got this from Tyiana. She never tag me, so I invite myself.

USING ONLY ONE WORD! It's not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on by tagging your friends. It's really hard to only use one word answers. Be sure to tag the person you received it from!

1. Where is your cell phone? - Honeeeyyy!!!
2. Your significant other? - Zulkffli
3. Your hair? - Straight
4. Your mother? - Best
5. Your father? - Cool
6. Your favorite place? - Home
7. Your dream last night? - None
8. Your favorite drink? - Tea
9. Your dream/goal? - Progressing
10. What room you are in? - Kitchen
11. Your hobby? - Reading
12. Your fear? - Dark
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? - There
14. Where were you last night? - Home
15. Something that you aren't? - Curvy
16. Muffins? - Yummy!
17. Wish list item? - Patience
18. Where you grew up? - JB
19. Last thing you did? - Cook
20. What are you wearing? - Jumper
21. Your TV? - Disney
22. Your pet(s)? - Nothing
23. Friends? - Family
24. Your life? - Improving
25. Your mood? - Calm
26. Missing someone? - Sure
27. Car? - Hummer?
28. Something you're not wearing? - What?
29. Your favorite store? - Bookstore
30. Your favorite color? - Blue
33. When is the last time you laughed? - Yesternight
34. Last time you cried? - Forgot
35. Who will resend this? - Friends
36. One place that I go to over and over? - School
37. One person who emails me regularly? - Her

And the last part, tagging - for sure my friends with blog like Zarina, Didie (hopefully she is fine waiting for the day), Babypose. And for those without blog, they will get the notifications by facebook.

Biblioteca y Tecnologia

Yesterday , I was in the library looking for an old article from Journal of Consumer Research dated back in the year of 1978. An old one but very prominent. From the system, it was a microfilm, so but my limited Spanish, I asked for access. Then, the librarian who attended me was shocked. He said nobody has asked for his assistance for quite sometime...

I myself was startled too. I tried to recall the last time I used microfilm....hmmmmm had I used it before? The librarian and I started to make jokes (imagine with very limited vocabulary - less than 100 root words) about old movies, Elizabeth Taylor and Burton, how antique the machine was..and he is short-sighted...so he had to focus the machine till I can read the wordings cause he could not read anything. And he kept laughing (so I had to laugh with him). At the end ,I really laughed with him cause his act reminded me of my dad while he tried to read my sister´s report card without his reading glasses. (And that is the best time for my sister to get him sign it with pre-act: hide dad´s glasses).

Why I am making this blog post today? I don´t know. I have the Raya entry in due. I guess my freinds here are dying to see it. But I feel unease today. My worry creeps deeper and I feel bad. Need to talk to someone...

Ramadhan Karim

Spending Ramadhan abroad really makes me missing home. No Bazar Ramadhan, no sound of Terawikh from the mosque, no raya songs even tough I hate it. And Zarina makes it even worse by uploading pictures of breakfasting with friends and purposely making remarks on how goods the foods are. She just gave me a sentence and it successfully make me longing to go back home. (Cis Zarina!). Thank goodness the Spanish love fireworks, so at least I don´t miss Malaysian stupidity of playing `meriam buluh´until they lost hand, legs, eyes and head.

After two consecutive years here, there are some food that I really miss. So, last week I googled up for yong tau fu with soup recipe. It is difficult to find as most come with the brown sauce, yet finally....I got one. And the result is not heart breaking at all, satisfying.

Next, I bake some pineapple tart too. The look is not as promising as what being offered in the market. But the taste is really good. It even challenges some available in the market, I dare to boast as my family is very fussy about the taste of pineapple tart. I need to bake for second batch later, more artistic this time so that it looks photogenic, thus I can brag more about it here. Hahaha.

I know my dad will laugh out loud on this statement as he always said," what? you cook? Instant or from the can?". (Encouragement or reverse psychology, I myself not sure). But still, there are a lot and lot of Malaysian delicacies that I miss especially my dad´s nasi beriani, my mom´s gulai daging salai, my ibu´s asam pedas, sambal goreng, fried bittergourd (and her -never ending list) , my mak mertua´s crab curry...Aiyoh, hungry mah...Need to fill my stomach before the grumbling gets louder and woke up my baby...