Winston Churcill's Quote

"We shall not flag of fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be. We shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight them on the landing grounds, we shall fight them in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender"

Starfall.com

Starfall.com, an educational site that my mum had just found for kids at the age of 3-8 years old, proves to be the best site yet for kids as the site is children-friendly, which makes it easier for them to understand and catch up.

From ABCs to 123s, letters to intonation, general to specific, and formal to informal, the site would build self-confidence and self-trust in themselves.
Moreover, the site's logo, "Where Children Have Fun Learning to Read", proves to be true as I witness it myself from my youngest brother and sister, as they sit all day exploring the site while learning from it, without actually realising it. Rather than wasting their time on wasteful games, they play games which help them in spelling, reading and understanding the general knowledge and politeness of the world, such as, mother's day, writing a cute (^-^) note to their loved ones (grandparents etc.), and the world around us etc.
With sound helping them in their learning, I would recommend this site to anyone who would like to help either their children, grandchildren, or brothers or sisters in their leaning.
More or less, have a good day BD

Al-Mizan:The groceries & Halal Meat Shop

Al-Mizan, a shop where most MML members go to to shop for halal food. Open from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 8pm and Sunday from 10am to 6 pm. Al-Mizan has proved to be one of the attentions of the MML members to buy Halal foods, including meats. Although it may be located in a small area, it still is a big business to handle.
All our daily groceries are in store, which includes veges, fish fingers, rice, noodles etc, too many for me to actually list them all out. And that's not the end of it, the store sells plates and spoons as well as cooking equipments. Sneak peeks

Rushdi Wins Postgraduate Poster Competition

Rushdi Abu Bakar, a research student and a member of MML group from International Islamic University Malaysia has won the Loughborough University Postgraduate Poster Competition 2008, held on 20-21 May 2008. His poster, entitiled "Getting the Right Crystal" was among the five selected posters to represent Loughborough University to the UK National Level Postgraduate Poster Competition. MML members are proud with his achievement.

Congratulations Rushdi!

Ladies Outing 30/03/08 Kek Pandan

30 March, 2008, my first experience of going to the ladies outing of MML, all for a good reason, the want to bake my favourite cake, "sponge cake" , on my own ;D
With having Kak Ina as the chef and the 'Guru', I took pictures of every single action she made, too many that I might have annoyed the other 'students' (lol). Anyway, I've now baked 2 sponge cakes by myself, one was helped a bit from my mum on a Saturday evening, and the other one where I baked it all by myself, tasted even better I think (lol).
However, it wasn't as fluffy as kak Ina's as I didn't have cream of tartar, which I replaced with Baking powder instead. The recipe??

Sponge Cake Recipe...

Part A ingredient
6 egg white
3 ⁷/_{8 Oz (}110g) of caster sugar
1 table spoonful of cream of tartar

Part B ingredient
6 egg yolk
3 ⁷/₈ Oz (110g) of caster sugar
8 table spoonful cooking/ vegetable oil
8 table spoonful coconut milk
5 Oz (144g) self-raising flour
The amount of flavouring desired with an amount of colouring to suit the taste with

The mixing part...

Part A
1. Stir the egg white in a mixing bowl
2. Add the caster sugar needed little by little
3. Add the cream of tartar as the mixture of egg whites and the caster sugar seem
smooth and stirred well. (This is after about 15 minutes of stirring)
4. When the mixture looks fluidly thick, put it in a another bowl

Part B
1. Start with stirring the egg yolks.
2. Followed with adding the caster sugar, little by little
3. Add self-raising flour after the mixture looks smooth and stirred well.
(This is after about 2-3 minutes of stirring)
4. Add the amount of coconut milk needed spoon after spoon.
5. Followed by the amount of oil needed, spoon after spoon.
6. Lastly, add the amount of flavouring and colouring desired.

Finally...
1. Mix both part A and part B in a mixing bowl, and stir them well.
2. After mixing them well, put them in a baking tray that's layered with a baking paper.
3. Put it in the oven with the temperature of 160^o, with the gas marked 4
for 55 minutes.

And when that's done, you're ready for your treat =D
You can choose whether to let it cool first or eat it ASAP, as it doesn't really make that much difference (to me that is), however, to be frankly honest, I prefer to let it cool first (doesn't burn my tongue XD)

A picture of the cake we had at the ladies outing














More or less, the temperature of the oven and the time for it to bake cannot be less or more.

Lastly, Good luck!! =D

*For more recipes, visit www.nabsrecipes.blogspot.com

Second MML Golf Session - Pitching and Putting

Second golf lesson - pitching and putting was conducted on 12th-May-2008. MML's golf enthusiasts was taught to do pitching and putting. To follow through instead of hitting the ball. To stay calm instead of hitting hard. After the session, many have mastered the feel of follow through, promised to put a tough fight in MML competition.


Enjoy some photos of MML's second golf lesson. If you have missed this, you are welcome to the next session.

Above right: Din showing Ilham the correct pitching technique. A new Michelle Wie in the making.

Trying hard to put the little ball.














Syah showing the correct putting technique.














Promising MML's golfer

More Photos on 1st Golf Clinic

New Star in the making

Practice make perfect

300 meters with just an iron

In two years, I will play with Tiger Wood

First MML Golf Clinic - 6:30pm,9 May 2008, Derby Road Driving Range Loughborough

The general perception about golf is, it is a hard game. Hitting a small ball straight for 300 meters requires perfect hitting on a right spot. Some can only achieve this after months or even years in practice. But this is not the case of many new comers in golf during 1^st MML golf clinic at Loughborough Driving Range. With an excellent coaching by Shairan and Mat Syah, most of them hit incredibly well. Riduan, a rare breed of straight hitter. Being the best among newcomers, he hits the first ball perfectly straight, and continued to do so with subsequence balls. Some photos on amazingly exciting first MML golf clinic are given below. Other MML members are welcome to join the next clinic.

What does GOLF stand for?

So many people, so many opinions, and thus, so many arguments.
Some people say GOLF is "Golongan Orang Lapang fikiran", for those who doesn't understand, that means "The Free-minded People".
Some others say GOLF="Golongan Orang Lemah Fikiran"= "The Weak-minded People"
Some really creative people say GOLF suits the richer people as in "Golongan Orang Yang Lebih Fulus"
Lastly, a bit negative, but still realistic, "Golongan Orang Lupa Famili", "The family-forgetter people"

Who's right? Who's wrong? Who on earth invented these terms anyway?
More or less, it all depends on one's mind..so...show you care and vote for what you think..

*If you have another term, doesn't matter what languange it is..Leave it here on the comment side...

XD

Is golf a difficult game?

So, as you may have read the title, Is golf a difficult game? Most of you would probably say..well yes (Duh!)..Same here man! I remember when my dad started golf as his hobby, I wondered how my dad actually managed to practice golf so much and so well. He then taught my younger brother, who then challenged me to beat him in a simple golf game. Underestimating him, I accepted, unfortunately, try as I may, I couldn't hit the ball that was right in front of me. After several attempts, I decided to give up and just give my brother the turn, with the hope that he won't succeed, which if he did, I'd be ever so embarrassed. With a grin on his face, dup, hitted the ball and just watched me with my humiliated face dropping on the ground, letting my cries linger in his ears. He laughed and laughed, like an evil devil laughing of victory..hehe..I might be exaggerating a bit there. LOL

Anyways, back to our topic, some people say you've got to have the right skills, holding the club (club as in the stick used to hit the ball not club as in a club), and the perfect hitting point. Me? Play as much and as hard as you want, as long as you enjoy it =D. But hey, if you want to compete with people, you can't just hit the air and not get a point, might as well play with yourself. You need to have patience and practice as much as you could, play with a friend and when you think you're ready and have confidence in yourself, sign yourself up and make sure you do your best and enjoy your time. However, there is a case where first timers does a perfect hit on their first try. The man below, my dad's mate is one of them, so hey, what's so hard about golf eyh?? So I say..(LOL)

This was proved when my dad and several of his colleagues were having a golf training sesion, about 10 or 12 of them in total, led and taught by Uncle Shairan and Uncle Md Syah. Most of them were doing it just for fun and to enjoy themselves, but hey, looks like that one day has changed golf from a "just-for-fun" thing to a hobby (I think?), most of them has already bought a golf set to play with. Looks like golf is something eh? LOL

Anyways, here's some sneak peak of the training sessions =D