... I love cooking !!

Dah masuk 4 hari aku dok menatap PC utk siapkan gambar wedding client. Naik muntah edit gambar dan buat album utk client yg sedang menunggu utk disiapkan. So, nak release sikit benda tu, aku pun buat benda yg aku suka, iaitu memasak! Aku check kat fridge, wahhh..ada udang. Terus terfikir nak buat BUTTERED PRAWN! Bahan-bahan yg aku sediakan adalah :-

Minyak bijan, olive oil, seasoning (Maggi), garlic, daun kari, udang, susu Ideal, butter, 3 biji telur kuning & minyak masak. Tu je kot...

Mula2, hiris garlic tu dan cabut daun kari tu drpd batangnya, mcm gambar ni :-



Lepas tu plak, amik udang tadi dan gaulkan dgn minyak bijan, olive oil dgn seasoning maggi tu. Ikut suka korang la nak campur bahan2 lain lagi. Tadi aku ada campurkan bahan ape tah, lupa lak namanya. Mcm nih...



Then, deep fry udang tu sampai jadi jadi kaler pink orange. Nak sedap, biar minyak tu betul2 panas dulu. Pastu baru masukkan. Tak sampai 20 saat dah masak dah. Jadi camni...



Bila udang dah masak, tapis minyak dia dulu. Kemudian biarkan.
Skang ni amik butter secukup rasa korang. Kalau boleh, kuantiti butter ikut berapa byk udang yg korang nak masak. Mcm aku, amik portion camni je..



Biarkan kuali panas sikit, masukkan butter ni, pastu dah agak cair sikit, masukkan garlic & daun kari tadi. Kacau sikit2, pastu masukkan susu ideal dlm 2-3 sudu(guna santan kelapa pun boleh). Then, masukkan udang tadi. Kacau mcm biasa. Then, masukkan telur kuning yg dah dikacau dan masukkan sikit2 & pelan2 keliling udang tu. Biarkan dia kering sikit.



Bila dah agak2 mcm kering, ape lagi, keluarkan drpd kuali dan cepat2lah makan!



Drpd gambar di atas ni, ada nampak berkuah sikit, sbb aku mungkin letak butter terlebih kot. Hehehe...But the real buttered prawn bukan camni rupanya. Hahahaha...I'm sure korang tau rupanya camne kan? Tapi aku suka camni. Sedap dan lazat! Makan dgn nasik, fuhhh..bestnya. Sehingga menjilat kaki!

Banyak lagi cara utk masak buttered prawn ni. Kalau letak serbuk kari sikit dan gaulkan dgn udang pastu goreng, tu pun sedap. Ada jugak org letak wine, tapi kita mana boleh letak. Haram. Ada lagi cara lain yg aku dah lupa. Tapi, masak je la ikut suka.

So, ape lagi, korang try la sendiri. Sonang ajo. Selamat Memasak! :D

Sekian, drpd Dapur ND... :Þ

### - Salah satu gambar hasil kerja suka-suka aku masuk website BERNAMA minggu lepas & hari ni masuk suratkhabar KOSMO mukasurat 24. ;)

Sempena hari-hari terakhir tahun 2006 ni, aku ingin menceritakan sedikit tentang apa yg dah berlaku pada tahun 2006 nih. Tentang apa yg aku kecapi dan apa yg dah terjadi.

1. Aku berjaya menjadi Official Wedding Photographer utk 10 pengantin sepanjang tahun 2006.
2. Aku berjaya menjadi salah seorang photographer utk Konsert Pesta Malam Indonesia & Konsert Sheila On 7.
3. Dapat jadi photographer utk Citrawarna Malaysia 2006 utk Virtual Malaysia Tourism.
4. Dapat jadi photographer utk JAPAN GT @ Sepang F1 Circuit.
4. Trip to Bandung & Jakarta.
5. Trip to Pulau Pangkor.
6. Trip to Pulau Langkawi.
7. Trip to Pulau Perhentian.
8. Trip to Pulau Kapas & Kuala Terengganu.
9. Trip to Kuantan.
10. Dapat kenal dgn ramai kawan-kawan baru. (Tgh terfikir berapa byk nak kasi kad kahwin nanti..hahaha)
11. Dapat buat studio photography sendiri yg bernama Synthesize Studio bersama rakan-rakan yg lain di Ukay Perdana. Sila lihat gambar.
12. Official photography gallery di www.irwandy.com
13. Singapore Outing.
14. Dan yg terbaru, dapat kerja di UMW
15. Apa lagi hah?..aku pun byk dah lupa..hehe..

Mungkin terdapat banyak kenangan manis yg berlaku pada tahun 2006 sehinggakan aku tak ingat apakah kenangan-kenangan pahit yg telah berlaku. Ada tu memang ada tapi mungkin tak affect aku sgt pun. Biarlah ianya menjadi suatu pengajaran dan pengalaman buat aku sendiri. Segala perkara buruk yg berlaku membuatkan kita lagi semangat dan lebih kuat untuk hidup. Be confident and be strong!

Tahun 2006 juga ada unexpected things yg berlaku. Salah satunya, tak pernah terlintas di fikiran untuk menjadi seorang wedding photographer. Segala-galanya berlaku dgn cepat. Mungkin dah rezeki aku jadi camtu. Alhamdulillah. Bersyukur ke hadrat Allah di atas limpah kurniaNya dengan rezeki yang melimpah ruah sejak akhir-akhir ini.

Oh ya, aku ada berjanji dgn kalian tentang lagu yg aku ciptakan. Sabar ya, sedang dalam pembikinan. Aku pun dah berjanji dgn seorang kawan tentang lagu itu. Aku akan siapkan juga nanti..InsyaAllah... ;)

Rasanya itu je dulu takat ni. Nanti kita berjumpa lagi pada tahun 2007! Nanti aku akan ceritakan tentang wishlist & new year's resolution pulak. Cuti Raya Haji & New Year ni rasa mcm full je schedule aku. Ramai org ajak jumpa & melepak. Lagi bagus! Bleh relax!

So, Selamat Hari Raya Haji & Happy New Year everybody! Can't wait for 2007!

Sempena hampir genap 3 tahun usia blog aku ni, so aku just nak tunjuk gambar2 lama sepanjang aku menulis blog nih. Setakat gambar kecik kat sebelah tu tak cukup. Hahaha. Puas aku godek2 segala folder dlm pc ni. Jumpa gak gambar2 lama. Ada jugak jumpa gambar2 yg aku tak sangka masih ada lagi. Aku ni tak suka sgt bergambar, so ada sket je..Hahaha...bukannya hensem pon nak bergambar...huhu..

So, to all my wonderful blog readers & friends, this is me, myself. Inilah rupa di sebalik segala penulisan di blog ini. Thanks for your support all this while. Walaupun diriku tiada rupa, tak hensem, tak kiut, tapi pedulik hape aku...muahahahah... Tapi make sure korang dah puas gelak dulu ye... :D


Masa ni kat open house rumah member..tahun 2002 kot...




Masa ni tahun 2004 kot..tgh jamming..





Masa ni pun tahun 2004..jamming dgn berbaju melayu dgn gitar kesayanganku...uhukss..




Ni masa 25th birthday celebration aku, 16th March 2005




Ni masa open house tahun 2004...





Dan ini...errr...jgn gelak wehhh..wakakakaka..
tahun 2003 kot masa nih..dpt hp baru..hihi




Udah2 le tu...tak baik tau gelakkan rupa aku yg "hensem" tu..hahahahahhh...

### - Why should we waste our time with someone who doesn't want to spend/waste their time with us?

The last wedding job of the year is finished! I can't describe how relief I am right now. Rasa sangat2 lega. After 2-3 months full of wedding jobs every weekend, and now here I am, I can reeeeeellllllaaaaaxxxxxxxx at last. Now I can focus on what I wanna do. Focus on my work and some other stuffs. Maybe I wanna take a vacation during New Year, might be Penang or negeri2 utara yg lain. Depends on my time. But however, I have to finish up my client's album and deliver to them as soon as possible.

So, what's next? I just wanna focus on my work and what lies ahead of me. I wanna stop taking wedding pictures for now. Dah bosan tgk gambar2 kahwin ni. Kena kurangkan dulu. Maybe I'll continue after March 2007. Maybe ambik around 1 or 2 weddings per month. Baru la boleh bernafas sikit. Although the income is great if I take every week, but I'm afraid I can't focus 100% for it and takut buat sambil lewa. Nanti gambar tak cantik, susah. Four weddings per month is like double of my monthly salary. Best kan? But for me, bila buat sesuatu tu kena la ikhlas. Nanti tak berkat. Aku sanggup sacrifice duit semua tu.

But I tell you something, in whatever you wanna do, please do it passionately. When you do the things you like most with passion, you will get it done with full of satisfaction, not only it satisfy yourself, but others also. That's what I get in photography. Alhamdulillah...

And yes, New Year is around the corner. Can't wait for 2007. Next year I'll be 27 years old. Hoping for a "new" life. (Not marriage life ok). A better life. A better person. Hopefully everything will be better. Ameen.

"I was young but I wasn't naive
I watched helpless as you turned around to leave
And still I have the pain I have to carry
A past so deep that even you could not bury if you tried..."

Today is 25th December 2006, I still remember 3 years ago, the same date, something terrible happened that brought my life turned upside down with just one decision. Suffered for one year since that date. I thought it was terrible but to think of it, it really changed my life. Berubah menjadi suatu kehidupan yg baru dan lebih baik daripada yg dulu. Ternyata dugaan yg diberikan itu membuat aku menjadi semangat untuk hidup dan merubah persepsi tentang kehidupan. Now, what you see from me is something related from the past. If kejadian itu tak terjadi, tak mungkin aku buat blog ni. Dan tak mungkin aku dapat kenal dgn korang semua. Itulah dugaan yg paling hebat pernah aku lalui. Alhamdulillah, everything's getting better.

And these few days, my mind stuck with something. I don't know whether I did something wrong or not. But I kept on thinking of what have I done? Seems like the usual thing became unusual. Rasa bersalah dibuatnya.I hope I can settle this thing as soon as possible. Just be frank.

And because of that, today I went to Lot 10, I accidentally bought 2 Timberland shirts, a long sleeve and a short sleeve shirt, which totaled for RM300++. Itu pun aku nak angkat 3 helai, tapi aku berjaya menahan. Well, it's for office wear & for casual too. That's why I bought it. It's on sale anyway. If not, the price will be around RM500++.

But somehow, although the amount of it is quite high, I met my friend there, Zaffur, he's working there. He's one of my clique since primary school. Our clique(9 of us), dah lama tak lepak and tak get together for a long time. So, tadi dia update sikit2 about 9 of us and I was shocked. Muahahaha. Well, that was a priceless moment. Planning to have a get back together outing next time. Rupanya diorang selalu gi Planet Hollywood & Hard Rock Cafe layan live band. Ciss..tak ajak. Diorang kata aku busy dgn itu ini. Hahaha..that's true anyway, no doubt about that. But after this, I'll be free. Hopefully can join u guys at PH & HRC very soon! Dah lama gile tak lepak situ sambil melayan chicks..hahahahahahh!! ;)

Lepas blah from Lot 10, I brought my family utk belanja makan kat Restoran Natrabu. Very well knowned Indonesian Minang Restaurant. Agak byk jugak la habis. But I'm glad to see them happy. So, overall today, I spent around nearly RM500, but the moment? PRICELESS!!!

Before I forget, thanks to Shah and his family for the one night stay at his house in Seremban. Shah is my diploma collegemate (1998-2000). Really appreciate it bro!!! Thanks a lot!

### - Merry Christmas to those who celebrate !!!

Before I go on with what I'm dreaming of, I'm sure you guys have your own dreams. Maybe in terms of career, hobby and others. But what I'm gonna write this time is about my career dreams.

Since childhood, I love airplanes. My first ever flight when I was 5 years old (year 1985) when my dad went to Tokyo for training. Then, as the time goes by, I've always been lucky to travel by airplane a lot. That's where my passion comes from. I love flying. I love to be at the cockpit and dreaming of becoming a pilot. Although it's easy to see them running the plane to take off and landing, but I know it's a very tough job as they carry passengers and the responsibility is on the pilot's experiences, specifically the Captain.

Then I realized, it's my dream job, my real passion since childhood. Until I finished my SPM, I wanted to apply as Cadet Pilot. But my dreams was shattered as I don't have Physics background because I'm from Arts Stream. During that time, it was quite strict. ONLY Science Stream students can apply. So, I continued studying this Computer Information Technology thingy and Alhamdulillah, now I'm working with a big and well knowned company. But still, it's not my passion though. Some more, working as an engineer is not easy as you think. Being a pilot is still my real ambition.

Lately, I came across with so many advertisements on being a pilot. But what makes me feel close to this pilot thingy is whenever I sit on a plane, on the passenger's seat, and I tell myself, "I should be in the cockpit right now as a pilot". *sigh*

Well, there's a good news. Now I have the opportunity. Asia Pacific Flight Training, based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan is offering me the opportunity by attending for the interview next week. But I have to do the 1st class medical checkup. It's a must for every people who wanna be a pilot. If I passed, then the opportunity will be flying high in colors. The next intake will be on March 2007, then May 2007. But there's a catch, firstly, if can, I have to lose my weight by 20kg in 2 months. Secondly, where can I find RM200,000 for the 1 year and 3 months course? Merompak ke?..hehe.. Frankly speaking, it's all about the money money moneyyyyy...*sigh*

Well, just wait and see. I can't promise anything but I'm working on it. Kalau ada rezeki, maka aku takde kat KL la starting from March 2007. Kalau tak dapat pun, buat MBA je la nampaknya.

And today, aku MC. Pening & demam punya pasal. Banyak sgt berfikir lately. Fikiran aku kusut disebabkan perkara2 di atas. Smlm pulak menghabiskan kerja meng-edit gambar client sampai kul 2 pagi. Very tiring these few weeks. This weekend ada wedding job kat Seremban, it will be the last wedding job for the year. Yeaaahooo!

### - Sesuatu yg untuk anda dengar di blog ini. Tungguuuuuuu...