harlina_ahmad

@harlina_ahmad (133)

Malaysia • Age 50

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Is it you who cooks at home, or someone else ?

greenline @greenline (14838) • Canada 19 Sep 08

First of all, I am not a good cook. All I know is how to boil water ! LOL ! So, I have to depend on someone else. I have an excellent cook, who can prepare delicious cuisines, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I must say I am very...

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harlina_ahmad hi.. yes, i do the cooking myself at home. This is because i love cooking and i get the satisfaction after i finish with the dishes. Sometimes i try new recipes and sometimes i perfected my frequent recipes. Why dont you try cooking? there is always a...

20 Sep 08

Do you pay your children an allowance?

Rocketj1 @rocketj1 (6955) • United States 17 Sep 08

My kids get a very small amount of money every other week (that's how my husband's paychecks come) This is "just because" money. They have a list of chores that they are expected to do (not so many of them during the school...

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harlina_ahmad I imagined that i will also be giving my kids allowance when the time is right. To me, it will be their spending money at school. As for now, my daughter (the only one going to school) is going to the private school where lunch and teabreak are prepared....

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How many times u watch the film titanic?

mhrmasum @mhrmasum (678) • Bangladesh 18 Sep 08

i watch more than 50 times. Evry time it gives me the pleasure of love.

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harlina_ahmad When this movie was shown, i was actually in love myself with my husband. So we do watch it a few times but not as much as 50 times ;). Then over the years, we do watch it perhaps once a year. THe last time i watch, i think when the tv showed it...

18 Sep 08

Finding out you were pregnant

lkoenig07 @lkoenig07 (289) • United States 18 Sep 08

How did you find out you were pregnant? How did you feel about it? Who was the first person you told? I found out I was pregnant in July of 2007. I had gone home from work early, because it was slow. I decided to take a...

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harlina_ahmad Now i am married for 8 years and have 3 kids and another one on the way. ;) For my first pregnancy it was a planned pregnancy. We were married for 9 months before deciding that its time to get a baby. So i took the pregnancy test and it was positive. We...

18 Sep 08

do u ever watch the film TRANSFORMER?

mhrmasum @mhrmasum (678) • Bangladesh 18 Sep 08

I enjoyed this film very much. When I watch this film my feeling is that i watch the movie for the first time. Its a very adventurous film.

transformer

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harlina_ahmad yes i do enjoyed this movie a lot too. My kids loves it too. Its a fast movie that we dont even realise that it is coming to its end. We have the DVD of this moveie and my kids do enjoy re-watching it.

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cookbooks or internet?

mom4kids @mom4kids (657) • Canada 17 Sep 08

Which do you use for the majority of your recipes? Me I use the internet. I can't stand searching through cookbooks, I like having all the recipes I could imagine on hand on the internet.

cookbooks

internet

recipes

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harlina_ahmad Last few years, i love to collect recipes. SO for the food/dishes that i have always cooked before, i would refer to my collection recipe books. As for now, i love to find receipes from the internet. Like for example, if i were to cook a caramel pudding, i...

18 Sep 08

Do your children FIGHT? Or is it "Quiet on the homefront"?

Rocketj1 @rocketj1 (6955) • United States 17 Sep 08

My son and daughter went through a "rough patch" awhile back. About 1 year ago, I was very frustrated because they were constantly arguing. My son tends to be a teaser and my daughter tends to get frustrated easily. It was...

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harlina_ahmad hi there.. i have three growing up kids. One is 7 yrs old, second is 5 yrs old and last but not least is 2.5 yrs old. When they are good to each other, they can just play together and me and hubby is at peace to do whatever we want to. But then when...

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What type of pie do you like?

harlina_ahmad @harlina_ahmad (133) • Malaysia 18 Sep 08

I love apple pie and chicken pie. I even love to bake them. I also love the apple pie from McDonalds. The chicken pie that i love to bake is two types, one is with the chicken with mushroom and cream sauce, and the other one...

apple pie

chicken pie

curry sauce

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which type of book u would love to read anytime?

golechha @golechha (178) • India 18 Sep 08

well i love to read romantic, thriller type novels, magzines based on lifestyle,.. wat would u choose to read. jus put on urs comments

reading

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harlina_ahmad i love historical romance, preferably time travel. i also am crazy of harry potter series. ;)

18 Sep 08

Do you like Eggs? How you like to prepare it?

Margarit @Margarit (3676) • Philippines 18 Sep 08

Im wondering if anyone like me, like their eggs to prepared it differntly from time to time. I love to eat eggs and I like to prepared it differntly so that Im not ganna get tired of eating it. One of my most favorite is omelet. I...

eggs

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harlina_ahmad i do love eggs. thats why i answered to this discussion ;) I like it scrambled, omellete, sunny side up, hard boiled. There is also a dish where they cooked small diced chicken with mixed vegetable (carrot, peas and corn) with oyster sauce, tomoato...

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Grandparents. . . . . . Underappreciated? Do your kids spend time with them?

Rocketj1 @rocketj1 (6955) • United States 18 Sep 08

My kids really enjoy spending time with both sets of grandparents. We live about 2 1/2 hours away from them though. We often will meet them Halfway to visit. And we frequently visit them. In the summer my kids stay for a week with...

arcade

computer games

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harlina_ahmad Yes, my kids too love to spend their time with their grandparents. My two kids (the third one is still attached with me).. love to sleep over at their grandparents(my in-laws) house whenever we visited them. We lived just an hour drive from them. My...

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Do you eat as a family?

BriNbai @BriNbai (912) • United States 17 Sep 08

Ever since I would remember we have always had at leat diner together as a family.This was a time to catch and talk about school and things that were bothering us or anything like that.My mom and dad always made sure everyone was...

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harlina_ahmad When I was staying with my parents, yes we always eat together as a family. Now, being married and have three kids, not to say that we dont eat as a family but when we tried, the kids would cause havoc. So for the time being, it is better for us not to eat...

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When you go to the supermarket to buy groceries?.

henryjoe @henryjoe (249) • Malaysia 17 Sep 08

How often you go to the supermarket for groceries?.Do you follow a list of items to buy or just go when there is a promotion/sale?.How often do you buy beyond your require list?.Do you have a budget?.

budget

sale

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harlina_ahmad Me and my family does our groceries, at least once a month. i will list down the stuffs needed to be bought but sometimes we bought more than that. ;) If in the middle of the month, there are some foodstuffs has finished, i would asked my hubby to go on his...

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do u like to get married?

mhrmasum @mhrmasum (678) • Bangladesh 17 Sep 08

i like to get married bcz i love children,family.

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harlina_ahmad I too, love to be married. This is because i get to be together forever with the one person that i love the most. I also like to have children, but not too much because they do get on my nerves sometimes... heheheh!!

17 Sep 08

Do you enjoy going to the gym?

harlina_ahmad @harlina_ahmad (133) • Malaysia 17 Sep 08

When i was still working my 8-5 job, i enrolled myself in a gym nearby my office. I do love going there. I go there either early in the morning (7-8am) as i go to office very early to skip the traffic jam, or i will go there...

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Is there any custom about marriage?

leslie1452 @leslie1452 (18) • China 16 Sep 08

My little sister has married with a teacher.I'm pleasure she find a excellent husband.There is custom in our country:the little girl can't marry when her old sister have no marry.But I don't care it at all if only my sister feel...

little sister

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harlina_ahmad As for our Malay custom, yes the younger sister can get married earlier that her elder sister/s but the husband-to-be has to give the future sister-in-law/s gift as per requested by his future sister-in-law. If it were expensive gifts, then he has to obey.

17 Sep 08

What is the meaning if your pets name?

harlina_ahmad @harlina_ahmad (133) • Malaysia 17 Sep 08

Currently i have three cats at home. One is name Kaya, Nemo and Ariel. All the names were given by my children. Kaya has two meaning. One is rich but for my cats because her fur has the colour of egg custard. Nemo is because...

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Sleepy Mommy... but toddler still active...

aseretdd @aseretdd (13729) • Philippines 17 Sep 08

What do you do when you are very very sleepy but your child still wants to play or watch tv?... Well, i was in that situation last night... i was so tired because i had to go to the city for work... and i wanted to rest...

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harlina_ahmad At night, if my children are still wide awake, i would put off the light and put on the aircond. Most of the time my children will fall asleep or starts to be sleepy. My problem is during day time. Since i got pregnant, i always needs to take a nap in the...

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