Alysa's school registration

Today I made a point to register Alysa for her primary school. They launched a campain ending this month, for those born in 2005 to be registered for standard 1 for year 2012. Lepas K.Jun informed that if u register late, silap2 anak kena masuk kelas tercorot & nanti susah nak naik kelas elok, terus I pegi register. Hish, tak mau le cam tu. Buatnya Alysa masuk Std 1 kelas corot, mau boring dia nanti..:-) Nasib le Ila informed dia pun nak daftar Hafiz today. Kalau tak mesti I bertangguh lagi..

A few days ago pegi nak daftar dia tadika at Graduan Kecil. Tengok2 full le pulak..Kena put on waiting list. *Sigh..* Tergendala lagi hasrat nak sekolahkan dia. Budak 5 yo ramai sangat kat situ. We chose to send her there coz kat situ ada offer kelas fardu ain. Ajar solat & mengaji. It's a good start for her. Actually ada tadika lain yang dekat sangat dengan rumah we all, but we heard bad experiences from previous students. Lagipun guru besar kat situ garang, siap mengajar pegang rotan lagi.. I don't want her 1st year of schooling would be in constant fear of not performing well.. Lagipun at this age, the most important thing for us is to get her to mingle around her peer group. Not that she's lacking any at the moment. Petang2 pun ramai anak2 jiran yang sebaya dia that she got to play with.

After maghrib tadi I made White Chocolate Coated Almond. Idea dapat from our neighbour, Ina. Petang2 gebang dgn neighbours ada jugak dapat resepi. Tapi kitaorang tak ngumpat orang tau..hikhik.. According to her, resepi ni pun dia pun tibai gak coz dia terkena masa order untuk raya from her friend, she ordered 200 pcs, was charged over RM100. Bila dia wat sendiri, it costs a lot cheaper. Since my stock of white choc banyak lagi since I bought 1 kg the other day, this is a good idea to finish off my stock.

White Chocolate Almond


Ingredients:

250gm Almond, chopped & roasted
200gm white chocolate
1 tsp cocoa butter
paper cups

Directions:

1. Melt white chocolate using double boiler method.
2. Add in cocoa butter. Mix well.
3. Pour almond into the white chocolate and stir well.
4. Put in paper cups.

Tadi pulak my friend, Zuraida brought us tapai. Cantiknya packaging dia. Dah le wrapped in leaves ( I still don't know what kind of leaves used, even though i've eaten them! ), lepas tu berbalut plastik lak tu.. Memang rajin betul

Tapai pulut

Chocolate

The princesses love chocolate especially Alysa. She loves chocolates & candies. But, normally we'd control her consumption. Otherwise, she'd finished the whole big box in 1 go. Tu kalau i terlupa nak sorok la. Their favourites are Ferrero rocher ( now dah kurang sikit), Kinder Bueno & Cadbury's. Previously, we don't let her eat candies coz not nutritious & kengkadang tu tak de logo halal pun. Ni especially kalau dapat masa wedding. Kalau i tak nak dia makan certain candies, i akan tapis dulu & sorokkan. Dah le gigi dia dah nak start rosak. But my friend, zuraida said kesian le pulak kalau tak bagi makan candies. Hilang nikmat zaman kanak2. Nanti gigi rosak boleh tumbuh len. Betul gak..so we let Alysa & Adik indulge themselves once in a while.

Baru ni tengok kat daput JC & K.Inahar nampak diorang buat homemade chocolate nampak menarik je. JC punya creation lagi le impressive. Terasa le pulak nak buat sendiri. Punya le mencari resepi. At last malas nak buat from scratch. May be later bila mood i rajin betul2 boleh le cuba. So, i shortcut je..

Home-made Chocolate

Ingredients

250gm bittersweet grade A chocolate

250gm white chocolate

almond slices, roasted

raisins

mould

Direction

1. Melt dark & white chocolate seperately using double boiler method.

2. Pour dark chocolate into the mould. Put white chocolate in the centre followed with almond & / or raisin. Pour more dark chocolate to fill up the mould.

3. Refrigerate for a few hours.