125 million

If your wandering what this figure is....don't be jealous its not the balances from my bank account :p ( i sooo wish is it !!! ). It is actually the number off people worldwide that has psoriasis and I am included in this millions.

I found out today that the 29th Oct is the World Psoriasis Day and the National Psoriasis Foundation in the USA, are looking for 500o signature to get the President to proclaim this day. This is a super afford.I do believe pll should know more about this disease and i hope they get this number. I have had it since i was 18 and I've been lucky so far, its been good and bad. Last year after moving to D town, it got bad, probably the worst flare up i had in those 13yrs but alhamdullilah I'm getting better, im not cleared but its been improving.

Having psoriasis is a challenge.

It hard for me to answer pll when then ask me what i have, coz most of them have no clue what it is, some have never even heard about it and of course some are scared when they see my skin but I'm soo use to it by now that their reaction doesn't effect me but of course, I'm only human and this is what i tell myself everyday - as long as my family except me for who I am and what I have, I'm happy and I know that what I have doesn't kill and that there are pll that are in worst situation then me and this is from Allah S.W.T. This makes me feel better about my P. Unfortunately there is no cure for this illness there are only ways to control it and for each individual its different because its effected by their autoimmune system, yes psoriasis is a auto immune system disease but it is not "AIDS"..so don't worry and also it is not contagious, it is however hereditary. My fear is that my girls will inherite this from me and I hope they don't. But if they do....it will be a way of life...just like me. My girls love me even when my skin is red, sore and ugly and i will love them all the same.

Hopefully with a official day like this that pll have more of awareness of this disease, because its not had bad as it seems although it can be quite daunting and difficult of the suffer to handle at time, physically and emotionally. Psoriasis suffer needs loads of support and i do hope that with the afford that the pll with psoriasis are doing will open up the public eye. To my dear family and friends whose been supporting me and my p...thank you very much :D

Staying positive....a psoriasis sufferer.

Kueh oh Kueh

Since we moved to Doha, I must say my culinary skill has improved esp on cooking asian/malaysian dishes...for example, I made lompat tikam before the summer hols! I know now that its not rocket science to make this yummy desert,but nonetheless its an accomplishment to me :D.

What makes it more motivating is that when you cook and you have friends to eat it...good or bad! What we usually do, we gather over the weekend and cook up something for lunch and we all would bring and share a dish and enjoy a great lunch. It's a good way to spend a weekend when there is limited activities to do here esp during the hot summer season.

So last weekend we got invited to a friend's house for lunch and I had some sweet potatoes in the fridge that will go bad if I didn't use them up soon. I usually fried them like goreng pisang but Ms.N suggested that I make kueh keria instead. Hmmm....tricky one. Never made this before, so I googled a recipe and tried.

(Gorgeous Sweet potatoes)

It was suprisingly easy..

Kueh Keria

500g sweet potatoes ( diced , boiled til soft and mashed )

100g plain flour

30g rice flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 tbsp sugar ( i had very sweet sweet potatoes so didn't need much sugar )

a pinch of salt

oil ( for frying )

For the sugar coating

1/2 icing sugar ,a pinch oh cinnamon and nutmeg. Seive them all together.

(I change the frosting on this one just to see how it would taste like and they turn out good but a traditional kueh keria is coated with sugar glazed.)

Ok here goes,

Add everything ( flour, rice flour, baking powder,salt and sugar ) to the mashed up sweet potatoes. Knead well till everything is even and you are able to mould to balls. It will be a bit sticky but don't worry even i panic for a moment there, so all you need to do is to put some flour on your hands while making them balls, then flatten them a little and a make a hole in the middle. I cheated a little and used a donut cutter (must be powdered with flour too ) mama gave me and make life easy :D. Next fry them til they are golden brown, on low heat preferbly coz you want the inside to cook thru. Once it is all done, powder all of them with your sugar coating front and back.

( ready for frying )

( Powdered with sugar mix )

There you go...my first timer kueh keria :D

Our 1st Family Tree

I'm still getting used to bubbles having homework this year and so far i've bee on track with her reminding me whenever she has homework. Last week Adek was down with fever and it was abit kalam kabut for me and i totaly forgot that she need to do a family tree due on the 2nd Oct.

Last saturday we had lunch at Ms Z's house who daughter is in bubbles class and she asked me if we have done the family tree.....and im like...ohhhh buggers...i forgot!!! and just then bubbles came in the kitchen with her friend's tree and asked me why haven't we done ours??? ohh dear...

So we came home after lunch...after all of us had good nap from a good lunch ( Ms. Z tres leches is the killer :)) we started on our family tree, luckily i still have leftovers from the girls party..papers, stickers, etc.

We had a strawberry tree family tree, it was her choice of fav fruit. Mummy help with the drawing and cutting, she did most of the coloring and sticking, daddy did the big tree and Adek was just mocking about with everything...sticking everything everywhere! It took us a good 1 hr 30 mins to finish it up and as a result, our 1st ever family tree.....tadahhhhh!!!

( Nur Safeia's Family Tree )

The proud owner of a great family tree, she was soo happy with it that she kept looking and complimenting it hahaha. I kept it in her bag so that we wont forget it in the morning and just before bed time, i saw her opening her bag and admiring her tree. Her very special tree :D.

Of course if kakak had a picture with it Adek must have one too....:).