A FRACTION OF MY LIFE

Happy New Year

2010-01-05T13:04:00.002+08:00

Just realised that the last I posted something here was in October 2009! Been busy in the office daytime, engrossed cooking and farming in FB at night for the past few months that I unintentionally neglected this page. Sorry!

Well, I hope its not too late to wish you all - Happy New Year! The year of the Tiger. May we roar like the tiger with New purpose, new hopes, new plans and new efforts for a better 2010.

I hope to be able to share more stories by next week soon as the Audit is over, in the mean time enjoy these pic of : -

...my hardworking girls ...

Take care everyone. Till my next post.

Busy ...

2009-10-21T14:50:00.004+08:00

Busy... busy... busy...
Semua staff 2nd. Floor sangat busy hari ini.
Ada yang buat report, ada yang buat budget, ada yang buat tender dan ada yang buat gaji. Semua mesti siap hari ni ... aiyo..

oh, baru 4 orang! ...jadi orang yang kelima terpaksa keluar beli makanan ....
Guess apa makanan yang dia beli ...

..... durian ....

jadi kami buat jenayah di ofis!
... sekarang sudah kenyang!

Got to go back to work!

First Office Raya ...

2009-10-15T16:44:00.001+08:00

For the first time ever ... we had our Company's Raya Open House last Tuesday. Serious, first open house since the company incorporation in 1995! huh .. 14 tahun tu! .. and believe it or not, we had the green light to proceed with the function at 2.00 pm the day before, start calling and emailing our guest at 3.00 pm. and only managed to confirm the caterer and menu at 6.00 pm!

20 hours notice, but Syukur, majlis berjalan dengan lancar. Lihat lah foto-foto kami pada hari yang bersejarah itu.

.. boleh tahan grand juga kan setup nya ...

... in action...

.. the ladies ...

...full team, with Datuk Chairman. ...

Tercapai sudah hajat pertama kami tahun ini untuk mengadakan open house Raya. Ada hajat kedua lagi nih. Makanya boss, if you happen to read this .. tunaikan lah hasrat kedua kami tu.

..wajah-wajah yang ceria. Kami tunggu approvalnya ya Boss!!

First day Raya

2009-10-12T09:00:00.002+08:00

Salam Raya.

Raya kami tahun ni sederhana. First day Raya, lepas ja sembahyang Raya kami terus ke rumah my parents inlaw. Seperti biasa, di sini lah kami berkumpul setiap tahun untuk sesi minta maaf, family foto dan bertukar-tukar paket hijau.

All in the family

Mum in law dengan menantus and cucus perempuan

Afternoon nya kami balik ke rumah. Posing lagi.
Our family photo. Tema purple tahun ini.

The girls, and their kakak penjaga.

Foto-fotonya saja ya... ada masa kita sambung cerita lagi.

Thank you

2009-10-10T15:01:00.000+08:00

To those who sent us condolences sms and emails

and not forgetting all the condolences wishes here in my blog

we THANK YOU.
Your words had helped us a lot during our grief.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Thank you all for your Doas & Prayers
May you be blessed for your kindness.

Al-Fatihah

2009-10-04T09:35:00.020+08:00

Our sister - Suryani Abd. Majid @ Kay passed away just before Zohor on Friday 02 October 2009 after a year of fighting Cancer. She was only 27.

Farewell KAY. You will always be in our heart and in our prayers.
Al-Fatihah

Projek

2009-08-21T09:20:00.000+08:00

Projek ini kah?

OOoo bukan. Gambar di atas itu bukan my new project ya, teman-teman. My project belum boleh dikongsi lagi, belum suksess. Gambar di atas adalah antara projek kecil di kawasan rumah saya. Tapi gambar ini pun gambar dua minggu lepas. Pembinaan sudah hampir selesai sekarang. Besok hari cuti, so maybe saya boleh ambil gambar-gambar baru untuk dikongsi.

So hari ini kita jamu mata dengan kek-kek saja ya.

Sejenis alat permainan Cina.. saya pun kurang pasti apa namanya. Ordered by Christine.

Ini pula kek polkadot dan selipar for Whimsy, yang dioder oleh kawan-kawannya di kelab Muda...

Father's Day cake ordered by Sharon yang baru sempat diupload hari ni .. sorry Sharon.

..and a 3 in 1 cake for my daughter Aby, my ipar Hafiz and my biras Lina. Iya, they share the same birthdate. Bagus kan!

Ok dulu ya teman-teman. Kepada teman-teman yang akan mula berpuasa esok - Wish you a blessed Ramadan.

Shasha

2009-08-11T16:45:00.013+08:00

Hi Aunties ...

My mum has not time to update this blog. She is currently busy with her new project. Psst... I am not allowed to tell you. She said she will let you all know when she is ready.

I dont know what to write but here are pictures of myself taken in my favourite spot.. ..
our kitchen...

I hope you enjoyed looking.

Hugs
Shasha

Updates

2009-07-30T15:48:00.011+08:00

Sedikit update dulu ya.

I have not been well, down with cough and flu ...and still having sore throat. All started after the Kudat trip.

... yes .. we've reached the Tip of Borneo

...sangat cantik pemandangan di sini, tapi time kami ke sana memang sangat panas! Kalau di bawa ke sini lagi lain kali, definitely I akan think twice. Sekali, fikir pasal perjalanannya yang jauh dan cuacanya yang panas & sekali lagi mau fikir ketinggiannya cos I cannot stand berada di tempat yang tinggi dan directly melihat laut di bawah. To say that I'm afraid of height tidak juga, cos I didnt have any problem climbing Mount Kinabalu.

Alang-alang sudah sampai ke Tip, nah posing sekali lagi lah ...

..and this has nothing to do with the Kudat trip. Atas permintaan dari Hesitant blogger, saya post dulu gambar kek kek ini...

Futsal Kek si Azura ...

.. dan Full Moon cake for Jeremy. Sorry, penataan cahayanya kurang baik, thus the cuppies nampak gelap.

Happy Weekend kawan-kawan ku!

I'm back!

2009-07-14T15:52:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the long hiatus. Got really bogged down with work and had no time updating this blog. Less hectic schedule for the time being, I'm back to blogging again.

For a start, here are some photos of our little one.

She will be turning two end of this month.

... our little conversation before I left for work this morning: -

Me : Whats your name?
Shasha : Shasha
Me : How old Shasha?
Shasha : Shasha 2
Me : What's your dad's name?
Shasha : Mie (for Azmi I suppose)
Me : What's your mum's name?
Shasha : Lupa
Me : What's your mum's name please ...
Shasha : Mesh

That really put a smile on my face.

Before I sign out today, here is a pic of the Myvi cake we did recently.

Enjoy...

cakes ...

2009-06-24T17:00:00.012+08:00

It has been 15 days since my last post. 14 days since my helper balik ke kampung halaman untuk bercuti. Some changes in our daily routinelah, but well ... we are coping pretty well. Oh, and we baked lots of cakes too in between!

Juggling office work, house chores and baking .. mana lagi ada time to blog. But I realised that I have so many cake pic to be shared, and I know some of you have been waiting for your cake pic to be posted here, so I'll grab this little time that I have to post some. Enjoy ..

Chocolate Moist Higgly Town Heroes - ordered by Rohani. Thanks so much Rohani - its good to finally meet you after that phone call 20 years ago! .. ..wow 20 years.

Medium and Mini cuppies.

These are also for Rafi's Birthday.

Now these went all the way to Keningau. Ordered by Fay.

The birthday girl likes Pink she said .. pink cuppies

... and pink carrot cheese cake.

...another carrot cheese - ordered by Valentina.

Chocolate Moist - Cinderella ordered by Carol for her daughter Ruth. A bit tan lah ni Cinderella. Terlampau berjemur kali.

Chocolate Moist for Sharon, its for her mum's 55th. Birthday. M Still trying to figure out how to make a perfect ribbon tho.

Little Einstein chocolate moist ordered by Chris. I love the rocket! Hubby made it from fondant. O, she ordered cuppies too .. with flags, but too bad lupa ambil gambar.

Chocolate Moist Princess ordered by Christine for her niece Cybil. Ni orang paling banyak order my cake and every time she insist for chocolate moist! Thank you Christine.

..and noo, its not finished. Banyak lagi but m running out of time. I'll post next time la ya. To all empunya kek yang gambarnya masih belum di siarkan ... sabar ya...

thanks untuk tempahanya ya ladies, and thanks for viewing untuk yang lain. got to go now, till next time ...

Humble beginning

2009-06-09T14:00:00.004+08:00

March
From almost nothing, hubby took the first step to creating our Koi pond.

April
... some progress,

Two days ago ....

path to our Koi pond...

hehe .. ikan Koi nya belum boleh show lagi ya. Still malu-malu ikan semua. Nantilah, once they are ready I ambil gambar ok.

Oh, I'd love to show you more of what we have now in our garden.. - flowers, cactus, pokok-pokok buah and others .. which all started from a humble beginning ...to what they are now. Maybe next time.

I'll be busy in the next two weeks or so cos Kia will be going back to her hometown (cuti-cuti indon), but I'll find time to update my blog and visit your blog too.

Till then, take care.

Busy week

2009-06-02T21:15:00.033+08:00

Ternyata end of May memang minggu yang sangat sibuk. Selain dari kerja yang tiba-tiba menjadi banyak di ofis, tempahan kek juga agak memberangsangkan. Terima kasih ya teman-teman.

.. nah sila dulu jamu mata dengan kek kek di sini :-

cupcakes ordered by Fay, Norkiah & staff SESB

Thomas & Friends cupcakes ordered by Chill.

Butter cake ordered by Fay for her grandma's birthday

Chocolate Moist cake also ordered by Fay.

3rd. Anniversary cupcake ordered by Chill. She likes the design she saw in the internet, so she asked us to do something similar.

..& Chocolate Moist cake ordered by Christine. She requested football design sebab her hubby sangat suka football

Sudah penat buat kek, we decided to go for a short break. Destinasi bulan ini - Nexus. Kami berholiday bersama our good friend yang juga merangkap partner holiday kami..

tidak banyak gambar, sebab siang kami sibuk bercanda di pantai, malam pula kami sibuk makan.

..dan balik dari Nexus, we attended my cousin's wedding. Malas ambil gambar, so hanya ambil gambar ini..

sebab I have to let Momoi see my dress.

TENTH

2009-05-28T01:25:00.023+08:00

Today, 10 years ago ...
You walk beside me
You take my hand and the way is clear

You smile at me and the
sun is a little brighter...
the world a little more beautiful
and each day is a bridge
to a wonderful tomorrow,
because you are beside me...
because you care.

Our love is an unfinished masterpiece
growing more precious each day.
You manage to say "I Love You"
in so many different ways.
With love as our music,
I know we'll find the way
to be there for each other
and enjoy the dance each day.

Happy 10th. Anniversary my love.

Hmm..

2009-05-21T21:00:00.003+08:00

Hmm..
Been wanting to update my blog for a few days now. Staring at the screen, my fingers typing a sentence or two and then its back to deleting the whole thing over and over. My brain refuses to cooperate.

I guess too much looking at reports makes my brain tepu, and not to mention the sleepless night that I sometimes had thinking of how to collect payments from our customers. I look at the aging report again today, and my heart goes gedebak gedebuk, a whopping RM27mil yet to be collected from debtors!! That and benda-benda yang sewaktu dengannya causes nausea all the time. I need a break!!

I look forward to the days when I no longer have to worry about all those and just concentrate on doing the things I enjoy, things that gives me satisfaction ....Well, one step at a time. Insya'Allah the days will come.

Uh.. ok. Enough of those luahan perasaan. Let me share with you some of the cakes from our oven last week.

blue & white theme butter cake for fabmom's birthday, ordered by her 2 good friends - shabbymom and whimsy. My 2 girls had fun time creating those flowers and butterflies from fondant.

chocolate moist with butter icing - ordered by Valerie for her little Anya.

Lucky Anya, cause her mom ordered 2 cakes for her. Different flavour of course. Butter cake with butter icing makes Dora the explorer.

..and 3 sets of these, ordered by SESB's staffs. Thanks Sabrina & friends

..and Thank you all. We hope you enjoyed the cakes as we enjoyed baking and decorating them. There is no satisfaction than seeing joy and excitement on other people's faces - especially kids, when we are able to create a cake that not only look beautiful but taste good for them.

Steamboat lagi ...

2009-05-14T17:47:00.004+08:00

My periuk masih lagi di office since the last time we had our steamboat. So today we decide untuk bersteamboat lagi. Makanan kali ni tidak lah sebanyak dulu. Just nice.

..tapi yang paling sedap ikan masin. Our kakak cleaner bawa dari rumah.

I tambah nasi 2 kali. My friends cakap I kuat makan sudah sekarang. Not like last time, satu pinggan nasi pun susah mau kasi habis. I guess that explain why my size S baju semua tidak muat sudah. But ah, I dont really care, as long as I am healthy.

Ini afternoon tea kami.

siapa kah ahli-ahli geng kuat makan ini, nanti lah I blog another time. Itu pun kalau I dapat tangkap gambar dorang. Dorang ni semua pemalu. Ha ha ha ...

Wedding

2009-05-12T21:34:00.002+08:00

Our first wedding cake.
02nd. May 2009

We have had a few request before this, but being an amateur baker we hesitated. We feel, or rather I feel that we are not ready for weddings. When Cay asked me 2 months ago if I can bake for his brother's wedding, I asked hubby's opinion. He said, "lets do it". And we did ...

A simple butterfly + flower design in purple and white. The cake is Chocolate moist with butter icing and cupcakes are of vanilla and chocolate flavour with butter icing.

Cay and I 'met' thru blogging sometime last year...we became cyber friends and since then we've been visiting and commenting on each others blog. The day that I delivered the cakes, that was the first we met face to face.

... nice, sweet and friendly

.. and here is another one for the album.

Thank you Cay and family for trusting our work.

Lunch

2009-05-07T14:10:00.009+08:00

Today's lunch

Steamboat for 9, because colleague yang lain outstation. Lihat lah kuah yang menggelegak itu ....

Look at the background, can you guess where we had it? Right, Our office lah tu. Malas sudah kami makan di kedai-kedai berhapiran so we decided to have steamboat instead. This is the second time actually, the first was last month. But at that time everybody sibuk makan, so we didnt get to take any picture.

Kuat makan kah? .. eh ada lagi. We had cheese cake too. Momoi's new recipe. Tidak sempat ambil gambar sudah habis kena makan.

Ok lah. That's all for today. Got to finish some work because I will be on leave tomorrow. Not celebrating wesak a day in advance lah, my helper mau hantar duit ke kampung so nobody jaga little Shasha.

Till then, happy Wesak to those celebrating and kepada ibu-ibu sekalian, Selamat Hari Ibu.

Cakes

2009-04-30T17:37:00.004+08:00

Masih busy lagi, so no interesting stories that I can share with you except for some pics of the few cakes we did last week. Enjoy.

Horse design cake ordered by Martina. Our daughter used to go to the same kindergarten.

.. this one is for a Manchester fan, a lecturer in UMS. This is the second order for Manchester cuppies from UMS.

My friend Jazz called me two days before her dad's birthday. Bake me a money cake,RM100 note ah bukan duit syiling she said. I told her I cannot do duit kertas but if she agree, I will add duit emas in the decoration. Nah, here goes ...

..she smsed me a day later to tell me that the cake was not enough for everybody. Budak-budak makan the cakes, orang tua makan cream saja. I wonder who ate the fat man?

And the red cake is for my regular customer Christine. "Happy Birthday Chris, semoga panjang umur dan dimurahkan lagi rezeki"

Tomorrow is a public holiday.
I will be busy preparing cakes and cuppies for Cay. Her brother's wedding is on Saturday, but I am happy cause baking is my hobby. Plus, hubby and the kids will assist me with the decoration. So its actually fun time for us.

...so whats your plan? ....whatever it is Selamat Hari Buruh everyone!

Busy

2009-04-21T17:58:00.005+08:00

I've been extremely busy the last week or so with work, work, and more work. Argggghh.. wish it will end sooner. I need a break!

I wish to go to this place again...

Look like its located overseas isnt it?
The truth is this place is only about 90 km from Kota Kinabalu. Beautiful place. Aman, damai, dingin - well a nice place to relax and forget about work.

We stayed here during Good Friday.

It was more fun cause we booked the whole place. So it was only us there together with hubby's good friends and their families. 4 families altogether. Amat meriah. We chat and eat, eat and chat and finally when we got tired of eating and chatting, the ibu-ibu and anak-anak went back to our respective chalet and sleep. But the husbands stayed on berkaraoke. Honestly, after nearly 10 years of being his wife, that was the first I heard my hubby karaoked ... and I love it!

Some of the pics taken. I wonder why my eyes look so sepet?

We had a wonderful time.

Oh, but this awful sight greeted us when we reached home ...

..Vandalisma betul lah! Our gate bell kena korek! ..and this is not the first time ok. See the tapak tangans?

If you are in my position, what would you do?

a cake & a pond

2009-04-07T23:57:00.006+08:00

What do you think of this?

Chocolate moist cake I baked for hubby good friend punya daughter. But the decoration all done by my hubby. This was last week punya project. We also baked and decorated 150 cupcakes - but I forgot to take pictures of the cupcakes.

The below pic is a progress of the beautifying our garden project as at Saturday 04 April.

Ya, its a fish pond bah. Almost complete. Special thanks to my daddy also for his helping hand. I will show you more pic of the progress nanti ok.

On another note,
I macam not so ok lah lately. I always feel giddy and tired. No, I am not pregnant if thats what you are thinking.

When I went to see the doctor today, I was told that I have low blood pressure. The blood tidak reach the brain the doctor said, thats why I selalu pening and get tired very easily. O, but he already gave me medication for 10 days. I hope I'll get better soon. And.. the best therapy, we are going for a short break di pergunungan during the Easter holiday. Cant wait...

Last Saturday

2009-03-31T21:01:00.015+08:00

Last Saturday ...

I baked the above cheese cake for Lizabeth nephew. Simple design only lah but I have to say thank you to Momoi for the idea and Sai for the banner design.

Last Saturday ...

.. we turn off our lights to support the Earth Hour programme. Sorry for the poor quality of the above pic. Kan time tu bergelap so quality gambar pun kureng.

We turn off semua lampu dalam rumah and hanya pasang lilin outside the house where we ber BBQ dengan cahaya lilin. Best O. And to make it more interesting for the kids, we sat on the floor. My mum in law said - "beginilah nenek dulu-dulu, guna lilin saja dan makan pun duduk di lantai". Nah, apa lagi my kids, they were so happy to be able to experience zaman dulu-dulu.

Last Saturday juga, our gate buat hal. Time my hubby want to tutup our gate, one of the nuts terlonggar and made the gate tersasar dari landasan. Kasian my hubby, he had to tahan the gate dari rebah with one hand while the other hand is carrying little Shasha. No picture for this one lah, cos its an incident that I would like to forget.

Last Saturday, macam-macam ada!

Hello

2009-03-26T09:00:00.010+08:00

Hello
Waaah, It has been 10 days since my last post. And ah..? its almost end of March! Cepatnya.

I have been busy baking lately. Syukur Alhamdullilah, memang banyaaaak sangat oder this month. Thank you so much for your support. But tonite I'm not baking so ada la juga time to update my blog sambil minum milo panas and makan kek horlicks...

...but kek horlicks tu bukan saya yang bake. My good friend punya mother yang bagi. I was told that kek ni kena kukus for 4 hours. Thanks Auntie Rohani for the cake. Sedap. Very the sedap.

By the way, here are some pic that hubby took during Nadia's engagement. Nadia is the second daughter of Auntie Rohani. Manis orang nya.

Nadia & Rizal

Need a photographer for your function? ... hehe.. now you know where to look for.

.. and as promised, this one is for Whimsy sebab hari tu she ask me to kasi siring sikit tu bun supaya she can have a clear look at my piring

Piring biasa biasa saja bah. Bukan brand orang putih pun tapi Claytan, made in Malaysia. Antique sudah ni Whimsy. Piring ni sudah berusia 10 tahun! Psst... kalau dijual mahal sudah ka ni? LOL

Have a nice day everyone.

Almost ...

2009-03-16T22:16:00.000+08:00

Look at my hubby ....

He is working hard to finish this up. This is part of the beautifying our garden project. I've asked him to just upah the Om, but he said he will be more satisfied if we complete the project dengan titik peluh sendiri. Almost done? No, not yet... still a long way to go, since we are only able to work on it during the weekend.

Guess what? I baked some buns during the weekend. Tired of baking cakes only lah. The result ...

I'll rate it 7/10. Not the result I expected, but almost there. Gonna try a few more times lagi ni. I have to achieve at least 9/10.

Liburan di ....

2009-03-12T07:18:00.030+08:00

Hubby will not be able to take leave during the school holiday next week. Too bad. But the kids are okay about it, since we just got back from here .......

Breathtaking dont you think?

It was raining the day we arrived, but that did not stop us from enjoying our holiday. We brave the rain. Naik buggy meround golf course dan mandi laut. Pity we had to leave Shasha and her kakak penjaga di bilik. Baby tidak boleh main hujan. But the next day was hers... berjam -jam dia mandi kolam & mandi laut juga.

Didnt took many photos tho. Everyone was busy dengan aktiviti masing-masing.

Iya, kami baru balik dari liburan di Nexus Karambunai.

That explain why I am still in a holiday mood.

Kereta Ku

2009-03-10T13:30:00.004+08:00

While reading Whimsy's blog tadi, I saw that she posted a pic dengan pemandangan tengahari Pantai Tanjung Aru. Picture below pula ialah pemandangan sunset di spot yang lebih kurang sama which my hubby took a few months back. Tiada kena mengena dengan title post hari ini, dan the 2 Mat Salleh yang tengah aramaiti tu pun tiada juga kena mengena dengan kami.

My day didn't kick off pretty well today, tayar depan kereta I pancit lah pula. I had to make an early visit to the tyre shop in Donggongon.

Time orang tu menukar tyre, baru lah I perasan punyalah kotor my kereta this. Sudah lama juga dia nda kena kasi mandi.

So after the mechanic fixed the tyre, I sent her for a bath. Snow bath. (hehe.. perempuan yang sedang cuci kereta tu bukan saya ok).

My tyre dah ok, my car a bit clean ... but I have one more problem.

I am still in a holiday mood ....

Weekend

2009-03-03T06:50:00.043+08:00

Good to be back. Not that I have been to lazy town again, but the poor internet connection deterred me from going online. I get sick of sitting infront of the computer trying to upload or browse things when the connection is slower than a snail. But its better now, so I should be going round your blogs pretty soon to catch up on what I have missed.

So how was your weekend?

Mine was lively.

I baked 4 cakes -

Christine ordered this Dragon Head design for his son's birthday. When I delivered it to their house on Saturday, the birthday boy greeted me. He asked me if the cake inside the box is a dragon head & I said yes. I just hope that the design meet his expectation.

This cake is also ordered by Christine, for her baby full moon. Simple design only lah.

This cake was ordered by Ajie - a blogger friend from KL who is here in KK for her wedding reception. Her husband loves their dog Onton very much, so she requested that I draw Onton on the cake. This is what I came out with ....

...also ordered by Ajie for her sister who is a Chef.

I also attended my cousin's engagement,went to Tamu Putatan,brought the kids jalan-jalan, rearrange my kitchen to make way for my new oven, continue with the garden project (hmm .. actually my hubby did, I became the mandur only).. and lots of other small ongoing projects.

Kinda packed. But I enjoyed. I always like weekend.

Just for the record, I met a blogger friend - Shabbymom at Bits and Bites today. Excitednya, finally we meet in person. Tapi control la ba kan ... ramai orang sana tu tadi. Sweet & friendly I must say, and hey.. you slim down sudah lah Shabbymom!

Lets enjoy weekend

2009-02-20T09:00:00.007+08:00

Ah! .. its Friday. Thank God.
It is still very early, but already I feel like going to a place ...

A place
Not just any place
My place
A house
Not just any house
My home

You can always be yourself at home
You never have to worry
Wonder what others think
When I am home I am free from the outside world
Free from the questioning and orders of others
For it is my place
My house
My home

Zachary Jessell

..yes, I want to go
to...my place, my house, MY HOME.

.....& talked about home ....

When Carol asked me to bake a cake for their Christmas gathering last year, she did not specified any design. All she wanted was a chocolate cake. So I baked her a house, a home for Christmas.

Lets go home.

....Happy Friday everyone, lets enjoy our weekend.

Love bite?

2009-02-17T08:00:00.002+08:00

How was your Valentine's day?

No, the above pic was not taken during Valentine's day. It was taken 3 weeks ago during our trip to Hot Spring. (Hehe.. saja ja, mau menandingi gambar Gunung Kinabalu si Whimsy). We spent Valentine's this year dengan membawa my parents in law makan malam di Grace Point. No pictures taken though, cos I didnt bring my camera.

Sunday was spent beautifying our small garden at home. Nanti lah, when it’s fully done, I will show you the fruit of our labour. As for now I can only show you this ....

Sadly, in the process of beautifying our garden my telinga pula terkorban. Telinga ku di sengat penyengatttttttttttt!

Today, after 2 days disengat, telingaku masih bengkak dan gatal. Notice the 2 brown dots?

Itu lah love bite yang ditinggalkan oleh penyengat sehari selepas Valentine.

I'm Back

2009-02-13T07:37:00.034+08:00

(from hubby's sunset collection)

I’m back.

Thank you for your concern - your sms, ym and for your continious visit to my blog while I was in lazy town. I enjoyed being there for a while, but its time to get up and get going.

By the way, its Valentine ’s Day tomorrow. Some of you might have already planned for something special. We have not planned for anything though. Its our helper’s day out tomorrow, so anything planned for tomorrow will definitely involved our 3 power puff girls. In this case Impromptu is the best. Oh, But I baked these last nite ….

.....a simple Valentine treat to my colleagues, hubby’s colleagues and my kids classmates. Not the best looking Blueberry Cheese Tart as you can see, but the taste is good - Full of Flavour .. hehe...according to my kids lah.

I am really in a mood to write today, but I have an awful lot of catching up to do, so Happy Valentine's Day friends, hope you'll have a great one. Hugs.

Happy Birthday Honey

2009-02-02T21:01:00.001+08:00

The best part of every day
is sharing it with a husband like you ...

Happy Birthday Honey.

I choose....

2009-01-28T22:24:00.042+08:00

Had a bad day today.

Got into an argument over the phone with someone in the office. Work related lah, which made me feel angry, sad, frustrated & dissapointed all at the same time. But I am not going to be upset about it anymore. I choose to not hold grudges, to not hold resentments, to not judge others. I choose to forgive. I choose to love myself.

I choose to be happy!

"... whenever you are feeling down, think about something that makes you happy, something that make you smile and be thankful about it" hubby always tell me. So whenever I am down, I think about them ....

The people I love that have made me smile many times.

Have a Happy day friends.

Gong Xi Fa Cai

2009-01-25T13:44:00.033+08:00

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Its Chinese New Year & having the chinese root, this is the time of the year when the Kim Lee's clan traditionally get togehter for makan-makan. It is also the time for the young ones to collect angpows.

I remember many years ago, I used to say Gong Xi Fa Cai, Angpow na lai (bring the ang pow here). Now its "Gong Xi Fa Cai, lai lai aunty kasi angpow"...dulu menerima sekarang memberi. LOL..

Well, this is actually a short post to wish everyone celebrating Chinese New Year GONG XI FA CAI & good fortune ahead!

I have to go and get the red packets ready....

Golf cake

2009-01-21T00:06:00.023+08:00

Sometime towards the end of last year, a good friend asked me to bake a golf theme cake for her dad’s 69 birthday.

This is what I came out with ...

I was searching high and low for a golf buggy but couldn’t find a size just nice to put on top of the cake. If only I managed to find one, I guess the cake wouldn’t look as plain.

Anyway, I was relieved when Shirley told me that they enjoyed the cake. Thanks Ley, and Happy Belated Birthday to you Uncle Ipang.

While uploading the cake pics, I remembered that our CEO will be celebrating his birthday in April. Since he is also an avid golfer, I guess it is a good reason to bake another golf cake. Not sure if he will be around though, cause I guess he will celebrate his birthday with loved ones back home. But hey, if he is not around then we will just mms him the cake pics & we eat the cake on his behalf. LOL. Having said that,I better start searching for that golf buggy again...

Chantique!

2009-01-16T22:52:00.000+08:00

Was browsing CathJ Boutique when I came across this ...

Chantique kan? Fell in love with the dress, but cannot make up my mind whether to get it or not. So I showed it to a friend and my friend showed it to another friend and both made up their mind - they want it.

I said ok, I'll help you with the transactions. If its ok, then I'll get one for myself later. When the parcel arrived, I was busy with other things. Walaupun my friend sangat-sangat lah teruja dengan dress tu, atas sebab-sebab kesibukan, I did not took notice.

I received an email from Cath today, to remind me to take pictures wearing the dress. So I said to my friend : "Eh si Cath cakap jangan lupa ambil gambar pakai baju tu". But my friend suggested for me to try the dress instead, since the dress is still in the office. .... and I ... agreed!

........tadaaaaa.... this is for you Cath..

Not really a good model lah...terasa kekok pula di depan kamera. Ah, forget the model, but can you see the print? Memang chantique baju tu. This time, I made up my mind.. I am getting one for myself.

If you are interested to get the same (other colours available) or to see her other collections check out CathJ Boutique .

KRR

2009-01-15T17:44:00.018+08:00

A friend smsed me this morning:
"Complimentary 1 year KRR Meal for 1st. 50 guest at KRR on 15-01-09"

I didnt quite understand the sms, so I called her. She told me that Kenny Rogers Roasters is having a promotion of 1 year Kenny Rogers Roasters Meal for free for the 1st. 50 guests. Only for today.

Interesting eh?

Had to settle many things in the office so we only managed to go out at 12.00.(pssst.. its not lunch time yet - sorry boss if you happen to read this). Not that sure if we can still get the reward, but hey, Kenny Rogers is just across the road, so why not try our luck... & guess what? Luck was indeed on our side. I was the 19th. guest for that day.

The deal? To get the reward we have to spend a minimum of RM50 (not inclusive of 10% Service Charge & Government Tax) in a single receipt. I spent about RM63.50 for 2 Quarter Meal, 14 Muffins & 2 drinks.

..........

.........

The rewards? .....

Awesome!

Thanks Viv for the info, I'll bake a nice cake for you this weekend.

A friend's wedding

2009-01-13T21:31:00.015+08:00

Sorry for not being able to visit your blog these past few days friends. So many stories to tell too, but awal tahun ni sangat busy lah. Cant seem to find the right time to blog.

Anyway my colleagues are pestering me for the photos taken during a friend’s wedding last Saturday. So this post is going to be a short one, lebih kepada gambar-gambar.

Meriah majlisnya. The Groom - Ruslan is our ex-colleague. He resigned setelah mendapat offer untuk bekerja di Qatar.

..Enjoy..

Ruslan & Rusmah

sorry, gambar di bawah ni agak kecil..

ya, memang betul, yang berkebaya hijau itu saya..LOL

pengantin perempuan memang pandai menyanyi..,

dua jejaka bujang ini my colleague, memang hebat suara dorang

..anak-anak & isteri-isteri jurutera-jurutera kami .. (is that the right word?)

dua jejaka yang ditunggu-tunggu giliran dorang untuk berkaraoke, tapi nda juga sampai-sampai. Both sudah berpunya ni.

...pasangan-pasangan bahagia ....

"Selamat Pengantin Baru Lan, semoga berkekalan hingga ke akhir hayat."

Wide awake

2009-01-08T07:38:00.017+08:00

"Shasha sleep? Macam tiada dengar suara dia" hubby asked at about 9.00 last nite. I said "ya maybe". Then I went in to their room to make sure and ...

I love the way this 3 sisters share a bed while doing their own things. So I quickly went out, took my camera and took a pic..

.... lepas menyusu terus duduk bah ..

.... main PS2. I tell you, she is a pro, she knows how to switch on the TV and PS2, terus cepat-cepat pegang joystick. Sometimes I pity her, she seriously thought that dia yang main.

...dan at 1 year 5 months, for her panjat-memanjat ini adalah perkara kecil ...

I went back to our room, showed hubby the pic I took and said "no honey, she is wide awake"

New School

2009-01-06T07:53:00.005+08:00

Aleeya has not been sleeping well for the past few days, thinking about her new school - the new environment and new friends that she is going to meet. Tried to convince her that everything is going to be ok and there is nothing for her to worry about, but then again, I understand her feelings. So I took a day off yesterday, to make sure that everything goes well.

..not sure whats on her mind, termenung jauh nampaknya anak ku ini.

... but when she realised that I was taking her photo, she quickly put a little smile on her face. She knows I will definitely put the picture in my blog.

New class, new friends, new teachers - I was eagerly waiting for her comments when I pick her up from school in the evening. Ok darjah satu mummy. Mana ada I cry. Ok ba school, she said.

Ah, just the exact response I wanted. I smile and kissed her. For being good, I gave her a little surprise...

She slept well last night. Today will be another new experience for her - I hope, I pray that everything is going to be fine.

Aly, if you are reading this - Mum love you, belajar baik-baik ok. Just remember our promise.

Happy 2009

2009-01-01T12:00:00.002+08:00

As a new year dawns
it brings in new aspirations....
new hopes....
new resolutions...

a WHOLE NEW beginning...

Happy 2009 my friends....

..... wishing you all a fulfilling year.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-24T06:58:00.003+08:00

Vacation over. I'm back and it feels good to be home just in time for Christmas.

Its Christmas Eve today, and I am in a jolly mood. Ho.. Ho.. Ho.. To all of you who are celebrating - May this Christmas greet you with all its good tidings and warmth.

Warm thoughts and happy smile from us.

Merry Christmas & Enjoy your holiday.

Happy Feet

2008-12-15T03:19:00.007+08:00

Hello.

Today hubby and I will be taking the kids and their 'kakak penjaga' to KL for a week holiday.

See these happy feet..., they are ready!!!

can you guess which feet belong to Kia their kakak penjaga?

Have a nice week friends... see ya next week.

12 December

2008-12-12T07:40:00.003+08:00

12 December - yep, today is my birthday. I am officially 38 and I am not shy to announce it. Age is just a number. I am thrilled to have lived yet another year & I am thankful for everything.

I am thankful for my wonderful family & I am thankful for awsome friends like you whom I have met thru blogging.

....and I am thankful to my dearest hubby for these advanced birthday gifts... (love you honey .. muaaaah)

ini untuk mengganti Reebok ku yang sudah uzur

dan ini supaya boleh terus memblog

so? you think I can be the next model for eebook? LOL
yippie ye, ye, ye... yippie ye, ye, ye.. I am happy!!!

12 December - yep, today is also my elder sister's birthday.

Nope, we are not twins. Our birthday falls exactly on the same date but on a different year. To my dearest sister Nainey, I wish you a very happy birthday & many happy returns. Let the happiness be there in the year that's about to start - happiness in your thoughts and happiness in your heart. May God bless you abundantly & fulfill your dreams.

12 December, do come again...

From my oven

2008-12-11T12:40:00.003+08:00

Been wanting to update this blog since Monday but my mind is everywhere. Cant seem to write down anything.

Just to make sure that your visit here is not futile, enjoy these…... from my oven..

Carrot Cheese ordered by Beautiza for her boss and colleagues birthday.
I was in a rush, so only managed to take one pic..

Carrot Cheese ordered by Carol for her grandma's 82 birthday

Chocolate Moist & Vanilla mini cupcake ordered by Juvina Jimis for her niece engagement

Thank you ladies. Hope you enjoy eating the cakes as much as I enjoy baking and decorating them.

Salam Aidil Adha

2008-12-05T13:19:00.004+08:00

Hari Isnin nanti, semua umat Islam di seluruh dunia akan menyambut Aidil Adha. I bet ramai yang akan balik kampung because of the long holiday.

Apa motif gambar Sapi ini?

... sebab sapi lah yang selalu berdebar-debar bila tiba Aidil Adha

Anyway, here is a quick note to wish all my muslim readers and friends - Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha. To those yang balik kampung, I wish you all a safe journey and enjoy your holiday.

Icing on the cake

2008-12-03T09:08:00.013+08:00

Wake up extra early today to put icing on the cake. Nobody ordered any cake, just that I’ve promised hubby a few days ago that I’ll bake him a cake for him to bring to the office.

No fancy decoration, just plain cream cheese icing. Should be ok just for them to makan-makan selepas breakfast nasi lemak di Krishna. When I’m done however, I notice that the cake is too plain. Then I teringat Whimsy and her life size doll, I have something similar but smaller ..Nah …Whimsy, what do you think?

Or would you prefer this? Which also remind me that I have not done any shopping for Christmas present. Aiya….

Our GM is on the way to the airport now; he is off to somewhere for a looooooong break with his family. I wish him safe journey, selamat bergumbira.

Doesn’t mean that the rats are free though.. the CEO will be coming in anytime now. Ooops… which also mean that I have to sign out now, nanti teropot pula blogging during office hours.

Have a nice day everyone. Will visit your blog later today.

My weekend

2008-12-01T13:15:00.010+08:00

Went for a hair makeover on Saturday. Traumatized of the outcome, therefore not going to post any picture of the new hairstyle. Baked these muffins to ease my trauma.

The girls wanted a small Christmas Tree for their room, so went shopping for one on Sunday. Done with the shopping hubby treated us for lunch at Grace Point . It was a bit early when we arrived, so most of the stalls are still closed. Had no choice but to order food from the Mee stall.

I asked my daughters if they want to follow me to the washroom while waiting for the food, but they prefer to be with their dad. When I came back, my daughter asks ...

Aby : Lama juga mum..
Me : Ya, I took these …..

well... just want to share with you the clean and cosy washroom area...

So what did we had for lunch?

fish ball mee for the girls ...

mee basah for hubby

..and mamak mee for me

... sent the girls home and went for photography outing with hubby. Sorry, will only share you the pic next time, cos if I share it with you now, then I will have nothing to blog later. LOL.

...thats how I spend my weekend. What about you?

Caught in a jam

2008-11-28T10:30:00.000+08:00

Caught in a jam .. again!

Just when I started to feel real bored, I saw a nice view through the window. Being caught in this jam is not bad afterall... Took my Nikon S210 from my handbag ...snap, snap...

"The image could have been better if you had taken it with your DSLR camera", hubby said.

But I always give the same excuse. "Its big, I cannot put it inside my handbag. Maybe next time, one of these days..."

Happy Friday everyone, enjoy your weekend.

...the therapy

2008-11-23T23:55:00.008+08:00

Friday : 20 November @ 12.30 p.m
I wish I can say TGIF, but those are customer's files that demand urgent action. Pening my head. I need some therapy ....badly.

@ 1.00 p.m

headed for lunch at Kenny Rogers 1Borneo with my 3 girlfriends. Sedap-sedap makan muffin, sempat lagi dorang kena telefon boss for some figures - well it was our company's Board Meeting in KL so ..... understand

@06.05 p.m
when I left the office, I did not bother to clear the mess, tutup computer jak. Aduh .. sakit kepala!

@ 08.30 p.m
it was raining cats and dogs. Hubby and I decided to bring the kids out for dinner.

Makan di Grace Point - hubby had fried fish and I makan the ginger chicken - yummy.

The kids and their kakak penjaga seperti biasa makan nasi ayam.

Saturday 21 November @ 10.00 a.m
Breakfast di Krishna Asia City. Nasi lemak sudah habis, so hubby had chapati while the girls and I makan roti bakar saja.

Lepas makan, we drove all the way to Kota Belud. Wah.. banyak nya sapi dan kambing di tepi jalan. Pusing-pusing kampung but nothing caught the attention of hubby's camera, so we drove back. (.. kami teda turun pun dari kereta)

@01.30 p.m
on the way home singgah for lunch at Gayang Seafood. Oder this 3 jak, takut ndak habis.

@09.15 p.m - baked these cakes for Jovena.

...blueberry cheese cake for her daugher Hannah

carrot cheese cake for Hannah, Ian and Isaac. November Birthday, she told me.

Sunday 23 November @ 12.00 p.m
... tempted to buy a bag at Elaiza. Not as expensive as the sapi in Kota Belud lah, probably, just half the price of the kambing, but suddenly I came to my senses, so tidak jadi.

..... had lunch at RCH instead.

Argh.... tomorrow is Monday, I still have those many paperwork waiting for me .. but I hope tomorrow will be a better week.

Still around ..

2008-11-19T20:59:00.000+08:00

Yeah, I am still around. Just that I am so much like this bird....

Terkurung di dalam sangkar. My time now is very much dedicated to work, work and more work. ...oh how depressing!
Honestly, I wish that I no longer need to remain in this cage.

I apologize for not being able to visit your blog lately as I am still struggling to finish up whatever is due before I take my leave in December. I miss reading your stories thats for sure, but always know that you are all very near to my heart.

On a lighter note, our boss treated us to a fulsome lunch on Monday. Green Lobster, Coral Trout, Flower Crab, Prawns are just some of it. See, big kan the lobster?

Lobster butter sauce. Pics taken before the lobster head kena kasi jadi soup. We had 2 of this lobster untuk 13 orang makan.

Not really interested to take pictures of the rest of the food sebab sibuk mau makan. Took this lobster pic sebab mau lawan gambar butter crab Fabmom.

While I was enjoying the lobster ....

Boss: Nes, nanti you settle bill ya..
Me : Boss?
Boss: Nanti you claim la, next week kan gaji dah.
Me : Hmmm...

...nah, that remind me that I have to submit my claim by tomorrow. How much? RM1,398.17 for Monday lunch. Ada lagi claim lain yang resitnya masih belum jumpa. Uwaaaaa....

The day I gave my Heart to you ... again

2008-11-09T21:49:00.018+08:00

At the beach last weekend.
Hubby was behind me

Hubby : dont move
Me : kenapa
Hubby : I want to take gambar sunset and you
Me: my back??
Hubby : yes, dont move
Me: lama?
Hubby: dont move
Me : ya ok lah

I was browsing hubby's photostream at flickr on Friday when I saw this ....

The day I gave my Heart to you ... again

This is why beach is so sentimental to me. So many feelings attach to it...of course a great one. Its a place to reconcile, place to think, to be inspired & to renew your love . To my Honey...thanks for always being there for me..including freezing for this 30 sec shot!!hahaha..Luv U always.

....want to share it with you, simply because ...yeah.. I am the model. Sorry, cant help it ....I am vain! ha ha ha ....

but Chantique kan? hmmmm... the sunset I mean.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend with your family. I did.

Makan-makan

2008-11-05T13:49:00.019+08:00

We had a small Raya makan-makan untuk jiran tetangga during the recent Depavali Holiday. My jirans are ALL non muslims, so every year hubby and I would normally have a special open house just for them.

Not so many food lah. 4 types yang ini :

dan ada kelupis dan nasi impit yang ndak sempat di ambil gambar.

... since we have not celebrated Aryssa’s 1 year old Birthday, hubby and I thought that it would be nice, if we can prepare a cake for her to cut on the same day. I have not baked for sooo long. Kemalasan mem bake selepas lama berehat tu masih belum hilang actually. But since its for my daughter, I kuatkan juga semangat tu.

It was already late when I finished baking the cake. And memang I feel extremely tired. So I told hubby that I am going to sleep for a while and decorate the cake later. I must have overslept, cause when I woke up, it was already 6.00 am the next day. The day that I am supposed to have my open house. Adoiiii, macam mana ni??. I rushed to the kitchen only to find this ….

DORA THE EXPLORER!
I smile from ear to ear. Fantastic! My hubby sudah siap mendecorate kan kek tu. Oh thank you, thank you my love. Chantique kan?

... ok lah, itu ja yang I can think of today. My mind is not cooperating well. Nanti lagi ya...

I feel great!

2008-10-30T20:35:00.016+08:00

I apologize for the lack of update. It has been a tough week for me ever since I came back from my KL trip. Challenging, exhausting, draining, and all the synonyms that you can think of lah. But I feel much better now…

See this beautiful roses? Hubby surprised me with these on Tuesday.

He gave me a hug, a kiss and said: I love you so very much, Mama.
Being the sensitive person that I am, my tears fell like the morning rain. He touched my heart more than he knows…

To my dear hubby, I can only say these...

As the years go by, I stop and think about all the memories we've made, the good times we've shared and the love between us that keeps growing. You are not only my husband, but my best friend and soul mate. You are a blessing from above. I thank you for all the things that you've done for me and the kids. I love you Dad ... more than words, more than life. I'm forever grateful for your love and proud to be your wife.

... aaah.. I feel great! ..and I wish you all the same.

Cat-tired

2008-10-22T22:57:00.021+08:00

Glad to be home.
Can't say that I’m dog-tired, cos then I have to find a picture of a dog to replace this…

Thanks for dropping by today, but I am still cat-tired. I’ll share with you stories of my KL trip when I feel much better.

Happy Birthday Little Girl!

2008-10-14T23:03:00.006+08:00

Aleeya turned 6 last Sunday - 12 October.

We did not have any celebration at home because she insists to celebrate her birthday with friends at Tadika. "Just a simple one mummy & can kah Boy the clown come? Please, please, please … mummy please ....."

.. and well I agreed.

It was simple indeed ….. only Happy Meals for the children and teachers. Boy the Clown was not reachable so we engaged the McDonald mascot to entertain the children.

Notice the small cakes? No, I did not bake them…I am still extremely lazy to bake so I bought 2 small cakes from Strawberry. Why two cakes? Because one is with Hello Kitty icing image to match her Hello Kitty earring and the other one is with Princess image as she loves playing Princess at home.

...no matter how many birthdays come and go,
you'll always be our little girl.
Happy 6th. Birthday Aleeya Batrisyia.
We love you,... much.

The Wedding

2008-10-13T15:17:00.002+08:00

...and I attended the 10.10 wedding.

Look at the pics, its all purple.
As the couple entered the hall, the violinist played a beautiful song and then there were bubbles everywhere...& confetti filled the stage..

.. Chantique!

The newlyweds, my cousin Maker and his wife Christine @ten-ten.

and of course yours truly ..

....nothing special, just a plain pink dress, .. but because the boutique gave me 60% discount for the dress, I just feel like showing it off to you. LOL.

TGIF

2008-10-10T07:17:00.011+08:00

Yes..yes.. I am back to work and I have bunch of stuff to do in the office, but honestly... I am still very much in a holiday mood. Thank God its Friday so I can layan my mood.

Oh but today is 10.10, I will be attending my cousin’s wedding tonight. They chose 10.10 because the bride’s birthday is today – 10.10. .. and guess what? Her nickname is ten-ten. I was at their place last night for the final preparation…, they prepared 10 cakes. Serba sepuluh? Hmm.. I hope they will not get carried away with the number 10 and decide to do the cake cutting ceremony at 10.10 tonite. Theme color for the wedding is purple. So most of the cousins will be in purple tonite, but I am allergic to purple, so I’ll just wear pink. Want to show off my pink dress here, but I haven’t got the time to snap snap. So next time lah.

My post will be incomplete without any photo, so I’ll share these ...

Meet Papai, our long hair cat. We bought him from a Clinic when he was just 6 months old. He is already 4 1/2 years old now. Look at his big mouth ... Naughty Cat!

Happy Friday everyone. Have a nice weekend.

Tag Hari Raya

2008-10-05T20:22:00.001+08:00

Tagged by Fabmom

I was supposed to do this tag sebelum Hari Raya but my time was a bit tight. Not too late ba kan, lagipun masih dalam Raya mood lagi ni.

1. Berapa pasang baju raya anda tahun ni dan kaler apekah?
Empat pasang. Coklat, Hijau, Kuning dan Biru

2. Apakah makanan raya tradisional kegemaran anda?
Daging sate dan ayam masak merah.

3. Apakah biskut raya kegemaran anda?
Tat nenas, biskut sampan dan ulat bulu.

4. Berapa banyak duit raya anda dapat n spend untuk bagi kat bebudak?
Nda pernah dapat. Spend – RM2, RM5 atau RM10 untuk tetamu. RM50 untuk ipars dan makciks. (hehe .. tapi sebenarnya bukan duit sendiri, pakai duit husband!)

5. Apakah aktiviti malam raya korang?
Isi biskut dalam balang. Husband dan anak-anak pasang pelita &
colorlights terus main bunga api.

Salam Aidilfitri

2008-09-26T06:40:00.002+08:00

4 more days to Hari Raya.

Kalau ada sumur di ladang
boleh kita menumpang mandi,
kalau tidak ada sumur,
mandi aja di kamar mandi.
Kalau ada khilaf yang ku perbuat,
baik di sengaja ataupun tidak,
mohon dimaapin yaa..

Perhaps this is a lil bit early, but since I don’t know if I will be able to blog again di saat-saat akhir, so I would like to take this opportunity to wish all Muslim friends and readers – Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Maaf Zahir & Batin, ....to the non Muslims, ....selamat bercuti.

Faith makes all things possible.
Hope makes all things work.
Love makes all things beautiful.
May you have all of the three.
Salam Aidilfitri & hope you will have a great and safe holiday!

Nestum Raisins Cookies

2008-09-22T23:47:00.015+08:00

My 6-year-old daughter asks, "..mum, are we going to make cookies tonight?"
I was actually a bit tired but I did not want to dissapoint her, so I said yes.

We baked this, and it is yummy. So I thought I'd post it here for you to try.

Ingredients:
250g butter
100g raisins
3 cups flour
3 cups nestum
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
vanilla

Methods:
1. Cream butter & sugar till fluffy
2. Beat in eggs, add vanilla
3. Combine flour & nestum
4. Add the dry ingredients to the eggs mixture
5. Add in raisins
6. Bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown

Enjoy!!!

Two good friends?

2008-09-19T21:56:00.002+08:00

Last Friday Aleeya took part in her school story telling event. It is a yearly event organized by the school to promote public speaking for children aged 5 and 6 years old.

Aleeya’s story was about two good friends, Ben and Sam. It is one of her favorites.

This is how the story goes:

One day, Ben and Sam went fishing. On the way home, they had to walk a forest.
“O dear” said Sam. “There are bears in this forest”
“Don’t worry, I will take care of you” said Ben.

Suddenly, a big bear came out of the forest. The boys were afraid. They ran away. The bear chased the boys.

Ben could run very fast, he quickly climbed up a tree. Sam could not run fast. He could not climb up the tree. So he lay down and pretended to be dead. The bear went up to Sam, he looked at Sam. Sam kept very quiet. He stayed very still. The bear sniffed at his ear and his hair. “This boy must be dead” said the bear. “I don’t like to eat dead people”. So the bear walked slowly away.

When the bear was gone, Ben came down from the tree. “What did the bear say to you?” he asked Sam.

The bear said you were not my friend, Sam said angrily – you did not take care of me!

..something for all of us to ponder ….

Tagged by Fabmom

2008-09-14T22:43:00.000+08:00

I am tagged by fabmom. Thanks fabmom. Here's the detail of the tag:-

Done by:
antownholic.blogspot.com, reskitrianto.blogspot.com, bashrie.blogspot.com,juzzyouandme.blogspot.com, sweethoney, sofiaroxy, darleeluv, a gift fRoM hEaRt, a gift from azza, sejenak bersamaku, cherita dapur, Was Will Always Me, Riezanie2u.blogspot.com, ibu-ayah-xtvt.blogspot.com, delicioushalalcake.blogspot.com, http://homebakery-leeza.blogspot.com/A Recipe A Week, fabulousmom, fractionofmylife

The instruction :
Copy the picture above and post it on your blog. Then list down 5 of your friends whom you want to pass this tag and leave a message in their blog informing them to come to your blog and collect the tag. Lastly, add your website URL in the list above.

So I would like to pass on this tag to the following friends:

1. Saiyaz
2. Talking Fingers
3. Nadyneashika
4. JonJon
5. xxx

and wishing them 'Tetap Bersinar Selama Ramadhan' :-

BFF GOLD CARD

2008-09-11T00:49:00.001+08:00

I feel so honoured to receive this BFF(Blogging Friends Forever) GOLD CARD from Flodawn. Thanks so much dear.

Here are the rules:
Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award.
4 of them are followers of your blog.
One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
You must link back to whoever gave you the award.

So, I’d love to pass on the BFF Gold Card to :

whimsy, momiecay, carol, isaiahezra & mel

Hope we will be BFF.

Salam

2008-09-10T10:00:00.000+08:00

Salam.
The holy month of Ramadhan is here again. How are you?

Apart from the work load in the office, I have been and still busy membawa client bersungkai. So I have been having hotel food for sungkai for the last few days - in a row. Kesian my husband terpaksa menyediakan makanan untuk anak-anak bersungkai di rumah. I am thankful indeed that my husband and kids understand my tanggungjawab sosial. Health wise, I am good. I hope you are well too.

This year is Abyana’s first experience of fasting. The first two days was a bit of a challenge for her but I am glad that now she does not have problem with it. She has been fasting full day for the last 7 days and is determined to continue fasting.

You go girl, I am so proud of you.

How time flies. Today is already the 10th day of Ramadhan. We will be celebrating Hari Raya in 20 days! To my Muslim friends, ...."sudah mula membuat biskut kah?"

Enjoy your Ramadhan.

What happened to the baby?

2008-09-03T23:20:00.008+08:00

What happened to the baby,
that I carried deep inside?
She's now become a little girl,
so curious and wide eyed.

What happened to the tiny one,
that relied on me alone?
I see you striving everyday,
so eager to be grown.

Your eyes sparkle true,
show more wisdom everyday.
The little legs that clung to me,
are now running away.

Slow down my little angel,
there's so much more for you to know!
Slow down, my sweet baby girl,
for you're just 13 months old!

(c) Sherry Gautreau

Quick & Easy

2008-08-29T01:36:00.005+08:00

How often do you dine out?

We usually eat out once a week, usually on the weekends. But during the week, I take turn with hubby to do the cooking.

I like cooking. It gives me satisfaction watching my family enjoy the food I prepare. But since I normally get home quite late from work on weekdays, I only cook what’s quick and easy. Leisure cooking is reserved for weekends and special occasions only.

These are favorites in my house,

quick & easy…

But definitely enough to fill a hungry stomach

Happy Friday everyone, enjoy your weekend.

Cake time

2008-08-29T01:00:00.002+08:00

..its cake time again ....
Ms. Carrot is getting popular. Here are simple ones.. before I take a break..

2 kg carrot cheese cake ordered by
Colyn

..another carrot cheese cake.

This one is for Adeline's mum who celebrated her 57th. birthday

Thank you ladies.

p/s ..I'll be taking a break from baking during the fasting month, baking resume in October.

Que Sera Sera

2008-08-25T20:45:00.008+08:00

A few months ago, a friend invited me to join facebook. Though a bit ignorant, I signed up. That was the only thing I did … the account was idle for so long, I didn’t take the initiative to explore further.

Last week, while I was on my annual leave, I received few messages from old friends who are also on facebook.. Internet connection at home was down for a few days thanks to streamyx. ..and since I don’t fancy reading long messages and browsing thru my blackberry I decided to wait until today.

This morning, when I finally logged on to facebook, I saw this…

This photo was taken way back in 1977, when I was in Primary One.

I showed it to a friend in the office and she can hardly recognize me.
.. when I reached home, I logged on to face book and ask my girls to identify me… but they did not recognize me either. They pick another girl.

When I told them that I am the little girl in the Kadazan costume, they looked at me puzzled.. and said: mum, you look …so … different.

I decided to show them another one …

six from left - blue skirt

They were confused…. Mum, you look … so … black…

We laughed …
...well my girls, that was many, many years ago …...when I was just a little girl.

...and .. yea
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here's what she said to me.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

Mr. Bean

2008-08-19T00:18:00.012+08:00

About a week ago, Rozie texted to inquire if I can make Mr. Bean cake for her girl.

Mr. Bean cake?
Did I read it right?

I've never baked Mr. Bean cake..,
but nonetheless I accepted her request.

This one is for Rozie's little girl.

Her Mr. Bean girl

Happy 5th. Birthday Alyssa Melanie.
Hope your birthday was filled with fun, joy & laughter.

My girls

2008-08-13T21:41:00.025+08:00

I was blog hopping when my daughter interrupt.

Aby: Mum you want to write anything in your blog?
Me: maybe later,why?
Aby: write about Disney Princess can?
Me: Disney Princess?
Aby: Our collection ba....
Mum: Hmm .. ok.

..Here is a short one, to fulfill her request ...

Meet my two powerpuff girls Abyana & Aleeya - who loves Disney Princess. Disney Princess this, Disney Princess that...,they would grab hold of any Disney Princess stuff to add to their existing collections.

I do not have photos of the entire collection to share with you.. but here a some of their latest...

.... bags & shower caps

...aprons

....& towels

....

What about your girls, do they like Disney Princess too?

Happy Friday everyone ... hope your weekend is great.

Richards

2008-08-12T01:50:00.008+08:00

The baking project did not end after the soccer cake on Saturday.
Here are simple ones ... my Sunday project.

Emilia ordered this for her husband Richard

... blueberry cheese cake

Coincidentally,
my sister in law Adeline ordered this for her husband Richard

.... carrot cheese cake

To both Richards - wishing you another year of good health, happiness and prosperity.

Soccer

2008-08-12T00:23:00.020+08:00

I had the opportunity to bake for jppmom again. This time she requested for a soccer theme cake for her twins 1st. birthday.

...part of the cake

... mini cupcakes for kids ( I didnt manage to take pictures of the "Thank You" cupcakes for adults)

Preston and Presley ..

hope you had a 'one'derful Birthday! ... a day that's bouncing with fun all the way

... jppmom also ordered this ... for her niece Melanie.

Thank you jppmom. I am sure you guys had fun.

Pikachu

2008-08-02T19:03:00.001+08:00

Pika, pika wonder who,
Black and yellow, It's Pikachu!

Name: Pikachu
Type: Mouse Pokemon
Owner: Nicholas

Christine ordered Pikachu for her son's 8th. birthday.
... hope you had fun on your birthday Nicholas, and hope you like the Pikachu I made for you.

Baby Alive

2008-07-26T14:58:00.016+08:00

It was early this year when our daughter Aby saw the Baby Alive advert on TV. She was all excited. She searched for details about Baby Alive in the internet and showed them to us, so much so that I become ‘extra’ excited than anyone else and thought that it would be much fun to have one. Hubby agreed, with one condition – that the girls should get good grades in school.

Promises are not meant to be broken, so when both our girls got their result, hubby surprised them with 2 babies.

What is so special about these babies?

Abyana’s baby

This doll laughs and talks, has realistic facial expressions and eye movements. She can even “eats” and “poops” just like a real baby. When she is “hungry” just mix up some of her special doll food. She really eats and tells us how she likes it with phrases like, “Mmm…good!” She’ll even tell us it’s time to change her diaper and says, “Uh-oh, I made a stinky!” When the doll is tired, she gets drowsy and falls asleep. The doll can also say “ I love you mummy”.

Aleeya’s Wets and wiggles baby

This doll “drinks” her juice and “wets” her diaper just like a real baby. After we give baby Wets & Wiggles doll a bottle of water, she will wiggle and cry to let us know it’s time to change her diaper. But when changing her diaper, watch out – it can be full of surprises! Once she’s changed, just squeeze her baby bracelet to hear her coo and play!

Both Aby and Aly love their baby dolls. "This doll is great", they always say, but I told them nothing compares to this baby doll ........

This baby can do all of the things that their baby alive can do and so much more, ..
This baby is our pride and joy …
And this baby is going to be 1 year old on the 28th. July
Our baby doll, our lovely princess – Aryssa Elisyia.

Kreativ Blogger Award

2008-07-24T21:53:00.008+08:00

My first blogger award
Thanks FloDawn..

It has been done according to the following rules:

1. The winner may put the logo on her blog.
2. Put a link to the person you got the award from.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.
4. Put links to the blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees.

I am now forwarding the same award to :

1. nadyneashika
2. saiyazs
3. talkingfingers
4. momiecay
5. colynscorner

Hope you guys like it.

Tagged

2008-07-24T17:13:00.008+08:00

I've been tagged by dear Cay ..

1. When you buy a greetings card, are the words or the picture more important to you?
Depend on the occasion – but frequently I’ll go for words.

2. What's your favorite kind of cake?
Many - I just love cakes…

3. Do you ever make gifts for people, if so what, or do you buy them?
I prefer buying them

4. What's your favorite holiday?
Holidays with my family

5. Are you going on holiday this year?
Yes, to KL and Genting Highlands in December.

6. What was the best party you've ever been to?
My wedding

7. If you are married, describe your wedding. If not, what would your ideal wedding be like?
Hubby’s side – The ceremony spreads over 3 days with the akad nikah, majlis berinai and majlis bersanding - all held at my parents inlaw's place

My side - The reception was held at KDCA Penampang. I was in my white gown and hubby in his grey coat, but unlike the traditional Kadazan wedding, we were greeted with paluan Kompang as we entered the hall.

Halfway through, we change to Baju Kebaya and Baju Melayu. Can you imagine us doing the sumazau dance in that outfit?

8. What's the most romantic thing that's ever happened to you?
We were having dinner at Kampung Nelayan - unexpectedly my ex-boyfriend took out a ring and proposes. We are now happily married.

9. What's your favorite girls' name?
Abyana Natasyia, Aleeya Batrisyia and Aryssa Elisyia

10. What's your favorite boys' name?
Aryan which means – From A High Race

11. Which celebrity would you like a dream date with?
None

12. Which female celebrity do you find beautiful? Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Aniston?
Between the two, I would choose Jennifer.

13. Which male celebrity do you think is attractive?
No one particular

14. What is your best character trait?
Kindhearted

15. What is your worst habit?
Clumsy?

All done.
Now it is my turn to tag ....

1. talkingfingers
2. storymory2share

Sunset

2008-07-15T17:16:00.022+08:00

Sunset,
Is like an attestation
Of a heavenly stage
Gracing the clouds and sky,
Slowly descending into infinity
In an ongoing performance
Of darkness—
Falling.

©1980 William Lowenkamp

photos were taken during my recent photography trip with hubby

... enjoy the scenery ....

Spider-Man

2008-07-08T21:46:00.016+08:00

Spiderman, Spiderman,
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web, any size,
Catches thieves just like flies
Look Out!
Here comes the Spiderman.

My new found friend Rozzlea told me that her son Zachary loves Spiderman
... and so decided that a Spiderman cake will be great for his birthday.

Happy 2nd. birthday dear Zachary, look what I've made specially for you

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!

My New Toy

2008-06-25T00:04:00.008+08:00

Friday night:
Hubby: … have you decided?
Me : mmm, not really...but if yes how? I am only willing to depart with RM1000.00
Hubby: Okkey… we go tomorrow.

Saturday afternoon – at the shop:
Hubby: you try
Me : Waaah, best oh. I want, I want!!!

I have been thinking of buying a new oven for the past few months now. Need to upgrade. Through recommendations I finally decided on the model and thought that the price of RM1, 400.00 is fairly reasonable. Even have the money ready, nicely kept in an envelope hidden among my clothes (hehe .. old style huh!!). Made frequent visit to the shop too, with the intention of buying ... but then again I was hesitant, every time…

It’s funny and strange!!! .. Wonder why is it that for the past few months, I have been trying hard to convince myself to buy the oven BUT it took me split second to say I want & actually paid for this thing?? (..well not entirely, my dear hubby subsidized 70% of the total cost - …I Love you Honey)

Presenting ... my brand new toy …..

The Olympus 520

No regrets, .. and I've stopped wondering why. My co-capital contributor said, just treat this as DIVINE INTERVENTION!!!!

Aie's Birthday

2008-06-21T22:17:00.006+08:00

We had a great time at my place last Saturday. It was Aie's (momoi's daughter) 3rd. Birthday Party .

Boy the Clown was there

... obviously he became the children's centre of attraction.

To amuse the children more we prepared these ...

.. and these...

It was a day full of fun and laughter ...

Happy Birthday Aiesya, you are one lucky girl.

My annual leave

2008-06-18T13:00:00.003+08:00

I have been neglecting my blog yet again … been busy with all kinds of everything …

Anyways, as announced in my previous post I took my annual leave recently …
It was a last minute leave application but relieved that I got it approved. Being fairly busy in the office (we only have 13 staffs including our CEO), l am rarely on leave but when I do, I usually choose to take my annual leave during school holidays.

It is depressing that as working parents, hubby and I have too little time with our children. And because our children are attending different school sessions, they too frequently grumble of not being able to spend more time playing with each other. Thus, to make up for those lost time, we make sure that we have our family outing on every school holiday.

Our recent family trip was to Mimpian Jadi Resort in Tuaran. We had fun, all of us …

....their smile says it all

their happy time ....

...and ours

Cant wait for our next trip in August ….

One demanding week

2008-06-06T21:45:00.001+08:00

After the long pause, glad that I am finally able to update my blog again. The past week has been very hectic for me. Both my brother in law’s wedding and our Board of Director’s Meeting took place at about the same time. I was in a tight spot as both demanded equal commitment.

The wedding reception was held on Sunday 1st. June but as it is in a traditional Sabah wedding, the merriment actually begins one week before the actual wedding day with relatives and close friends visiting and lending hands with the final preparation....

It’s in the family tradition to have two bridal daises in every wedding ...

I have no detail of how their love story begins but I am glad that they decided to tie the knot ...

The wedding went well as planned but what happened on Monday, just a day before the Board Meeting was a total disaster. Our fishes and corals died and because of that the office smell horrible. Well, we did managed to get the aquarium cleaned and the supplier brought in new fish and coral at the very last-minute but the outcome was rather disappointing.

It was actually the first BOD meeting to be held in our new million dollar office and we were hoping to make a good impression but well … we didn’t. We have other plans though .. .. and hopefully their next visit will be a totally different experience.

Anyway after that one demanding week and because it is school holiday, I told my boss that I need a break. .. and he approved. Hoorayyyyy.

...so how did I spend my 3 days annual leave? ....I will let you guys know in my next post.

Anniversary

2008-05-28T21:12:00.006+08:00

We've been married for 9 years today
we've laughed and cried
and seen each other
through our best and worst
and everything in between.
Today, when I look at you,
I feel even more love than I've ever felt before.

We have a history together,
full of shared memories that keep us close.
You are so much a part of me
and a part of my happiness
that it's impossible to imagine
what life would have been like without you.

You are my friend, my partner, my love,
and I ask nothing more
than to spend all the rest of my life
with you ...

Happy Anniversary honey.
I LOVE YOU

Air Asia

2008-05-26T20:32:00.013+08:00

Josh told his mum, he wants an airplane cake for his 4th. birthday

A red airplane cake.... just like Air Asia.

Happy 4th. birthday dear Josh. Hope your day is magical.

...... Now everyone can eat.

Thank you PapaJ and Jppmom ...

Lets do Maths

2008-05-21T03:00:00.008+08:00

Dear Parents,

To those of you whose children is on Enfalac A+, please read. This is somewhat interesting.

How much would a can of 900gm cost you? At a supermarket that I frequently visit this 900g would normally cost me about RM64.30. Thats about RM7.14 per 100gm. And oh, minus the hidden cost, the can - the can alone is about 163 gm - seriously.. So that would end up to about RM8.72 for 100gm. Quite hefty right? considering that this supply will only last for about more or less 11 days.

At the same supermarket, a refill pack of 650gm cost about RM48.50. Which is about RM7.46 per 100gm. I decided that buying the refill pack of 650gm is the best alternative.
I am contented.

Untill ....
In another store ...

I found out that they also come in small packages of 200gm. .. and yes your eyes dont lie. You are right, its RM5.00 for 200gm. Unbelievable.

I scratch my head. And hey, I bought all the 5 boxes that they have in their shelf. 1000gm for RM25.00, its a real deal. I went home a happy customer.

I will visit the store again next week; hopefully they will have stock coming in.

Choo-Choo-Train

2008-05-18T22:20:00.002+08:00

This cake was ordered by Rita for Connor Alden Howell's 1st. Birthday.

....my first Choo-Choo Train,
such a fun cake to make
Birthday party starts at 7.30pm ... I texted Rita, I need to know ..

when Rita replied, I smile. I am glad they like it.

Happy Teacher's Day

2008-05-16T05:46:00.005+08:00

To all the teachers who have taught me, I would like to say
.... Thank you, for helping me to be myself.

... to all the teachers out there - keep up the good work

Have a happy Teacher's Day.

Palsu ba

2008-05-14T06:58:00.001+08:00

I was in the kitchen when I heard :

Aly : apa you buat tu Kak?
Kia : siram bunga
Aly: apa you buat tu Kak?
Kia: siram bunga lah
Aly: tapi sekarang u siram apa?
Kia: siram bunga mum
Aly: tapi kak itu bunga palsu
Kia: mana ada
Aly: palsu bah kak, palsuuuu
Kia: Jangan tipu I bah
Aly: Betul bah Kak, itu bunga palsu. Kakak Aby …, Kakak Kia siram bunga palsu mum!

Can you tell which one is a fake?

Now closer …..

Ya, that’s the one. It seems that my maid has been watering the ‘flower’ all this while. And mind you, she has been with us for over 3 months! 3 months and she didn’t notice that it’s a fake?

Kia, Kia … patutlah bunga tu semakin hari semakin layu…

More Mother's Day Cupcakes

2008-05-13T06:36:00.014+08:00

It was fun baking and decorating these cupcakes. Didn’t get to take many photos though because all hands were occupied on something. Honestly, we did not expect to get that much order for Mother’s Day. But we were relieved that everything went on well in the end.

To us, preparing the cupcakes was a great time spent among good friends. Good jokes, good laugh ……..everything good lah. .. so to all of you who ordered the cupcakes from us, we sincerely hope you like it . From the bottom of our heart….....
..... Thank you.

p/s thank you mrs.jordans for coming to rescue. Our partnership offer for the coming Father’s day project is still open …....

Mission accomplished

2008-05-12T00:01:00.011+08:00

Di sebalik tabir of the 528 Cupcakes

The reliable mixer

The microwave

the hands ...

the partner

.... and the cupcakes

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T23:19:00.004+08:00

Dear Mummy,

My heart remembers all those precious moments, when your special words made all the difference.
Thanks Mummy. I love you.

.... and wishing all Mums a happy and enjoyable Mother's Day.

The Yi, an ethnic group in China.

2008-05-06T05:52:00.009+08:00

With a population of over 657 million, the Yi’s are mainly distributed over the provinces of Sichuan and Yunan.

What is interesting about their costume? It comes in great variety – different design for different places.

Women normally wear laced or embroidered jackets and pleated long skirts hemmed with colourful multi-layer laces. Black Yi women used to wear long skirts reaching to the ground while women of other social ranks wore skirts reaching only to the knee.

Although some women wear black turbans, middle-aged and young women prefer embroidered square kerchiefs with the front covering the forehead like a rim.

A figurine of the Yi People. A fascinating gift from a thoughtful friend who just came back from China.

Terima kasih daun keladi, next month Singapore belikan lah lagi. Thanks Ryan.
(yes, that's him the cute guy who bought us the figurine)

Cheese cake

2008-05-04T12:56:00.005+08:00

I love cheese cake. Just thinking about cheese cake makes my mouth water for a big piece of it. My favourite topping? Blueberry. What about you? What’s your choice of cheese cake?

Hmmmmm. What could be more soothing & tummy filling than having a piece of this with a cup of your favourite coffee or tea ……

I baked these on Thursday night, not for myself but ordered by the Teachers of SM Datuk Peter Mojuntin.

To the teachers, Thank you. Hope you enjoy eating them as much as I enjoy baking them…

Kadazan anyone?

2008-05-02T07:59:00.000+08:00

The officer on duty of the bank I visited Wednesday happens to be my friend - a true Kadazan, who speak mostly Kadazan to his Kadazan friends.

Feri: ….. ngam ko mamakai opuak. (white suits you)

Me: .. (with my broken Kadazan and a bit perasan) ..ya, nokuo? alawa ka? (ya, why? good looking is it?) – my definition of alawa is good looking

Feri: … iziau? Au ko alawa. Iziau nopo nga avanus. (you? you are not alawa you are avanus) - what is his definition of alawa and avanus? I didn’t ask.

I went home probing … what actually is the difference between alawa and avanus? My Kadazan vocabs prove to be limited. …searched in our Kadazan dictionary

yes, we have one, somebody gave it to dad on my wedding. And surprise, surprise … it’s not listed. There is no alawa or avanus in the dictionary.

My curio remains.

OMG - I fall asleep!

2008-04-30T16:54:00.006+08:00

I was preparing dinner when Momoi called me up last night.

Momoi: Nes, I tau kek apa yang ko patut buat malam ni.
Me : Apa?
Momoi: Ba, ko buat lah Chocolate Moist ko tu. Tapi ko ada bahan-bahan dia?
Me : Tengok lah. I masak dulu baru I fikir. I pun tengok-tengok resepi juga tadi.

I was actually thinking of baking fruit cake for Sai, something out of the ordinary. What a brilliant idea, I said to myself. Superb – my colleague will be able to taste and comment my new recipe before I promote to my regulars. (sorry girls .. macam guinea pig lah pula kan). O, ok fruit cake - I decided.

……but need to put Arys to sleep first. She has not been well the past few days, so kena give extra attention. And guess what?? I fall asleep while trying to put her to bed! When I woke up … it was like OMG, OMG 5.30 am? Where got time to bake and decorate? Huh … not so brilliant after all!!

I sms mrs. jordans and momoi - “I fall asleep! Tiada buat kek untuk Sai ni. We buy Secret Recipe lah nanti. Or any better idea?"

Momoi suggested - 'the revolving', mrs.jordans agreed. I said ok and ask Momoi to make the reservation.

So… The Revolving it is

.... what we makan and minum, and how much it costs us ... you guys will have to visit mrs.jordans's and momoi's blog.

Happy Birthday Sai, a year older – a year wiser. Dimurahkan rezeki, di panjangkan umur.

Mother's Day cupcakes

2008-04-29T14:18:00.006+08:00

Dear Friends,

Order for Mother's Day cupcakes are now officially closed. Thank you so much for your overwhelming response. - anies & momoi

oh, well.. my 'business partner' insist that i include the second pic ...as she said she nampak KURUS here .....

What do you think?

Dawn - This is for you

2008-04-28T13:34:00.003+08:00

I have not met Dawn my ITM buddy for such a long time. The last time we met was I think about 7 years ago during a ‘reunion’ held at her house in Penampang (that’s her 2nd. house - she actually resides in Tawau). After that it was just thru emails and sms.

Last month she sent me an email, asking me whether I can send her photographs of my children. She had never seen them, and probably curious to see how my children look like. I promised that I’ll send her the photographs but then I forgot all about it. She reminded me twice … and I said “oh.. ok… I’ll do it this weekend”, but that too .. I forgot.

I was looking at some photographs this morning when I suddenly remembered my janji manis …

Dawn, sorry but better late than never ... This is for you …

Abyana Natasyia

Aleeya Batrisyia

Aryssa Elisyia

Our pride .. our joy.
Will post more pictures ... soon.

Early

2008-04-26T16:10:00.001+08:00

Hubby came home a bit late from work on Friday. When I called, he said that he is still in town - di kedai Camera. I said to myself.. again?... lens apa lagi yang he wants to buy this time...(he bought a new lens the day before)

...when he reached home, he showed me this …

Me : ...what?? … Kenapa you buy this? .. as he currently owns a Nikon D80.

Hubby : This is for you lah.

Me: for?? .. as I am not really into photography and when I do need to take photos I rely on my BB – its 2 in 1.

Hubby : Useful ba ni. U bole ambil gambar your kek and stuff for your blog …

Me: touched ... and guilty because buruk sangka

Guess this is an early Mother’s Day gift.
Thanks so much dear. I really appreciate it. Muah ...

Mother's Day Cupcakes

2008-04-26T00:00:00.000+08:00

Mother's Day is just around the corner.
Celebrate the day with our special home baked cupcakes.

Chocolate & Vanila Cupcakes
RM25.00 for 16 pieces
Heart and Flower Design
Delivery - Servay Likas & CKS Hypermarket Millenium on May 10th. 2008

Limited order only. Please email Elisyia@gmail.com or mummywong@yahoo.com for enquiries.

Happy Birthday

2008-04-24T11:40:00.001+08:00

Happy Birthday to you … Happy Birthday to you ……. Happy Birthday to you Boss. Happy Birthday Mr. CEO.

Boss, if you happen to read this – Happy Birthday, semoga panjang umur dan dimurahkan rezeki. Nasib you are not around to celebrate, if not mesti we ask you to belanja us makan. Lagipun long overdue dah ….

O, in fact we celebrated – without you and without cakes. Only Kak Nong’s buns for breakfast, NO lunch due to loads of work with deadline to meet. (Luckily ada juga some homemade donuts courtesy of Mr. Senior Manager). See just how committed we are, even if you are not around.

Anyway, I promised the girls that we will be going out for a cozy lunch soon. And this is what we have in mind ….

Ya lor .. the revolving restaurant. And the bill goes to .......
the company lah of course! Well, after all the madness …(while I’m posting this, I think mrs.jordans is still busy fine tuning the proposal) …. I’m sure you don’t mind.