Troubled

Gandhi said - "Whatever you do in life would be insignificant but you do it because it's important"

I asked - "Important for who?" - No answers.

What happens when you do not have a direction in life? 

Or is it always better to live by the day? 

What happens when your friend turns into a foe, family turns to strangers and soul mates turn to hell mates?

What should we do? 

How do we change the butterfly effect?

Money is always the caused of all evil, and for those who has alot is the most evil!

 I'm troubled!

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Cupcakes Quest

When I asked my husband, "Could you pay for my cupcake classes?".

As usual, he answered, "Hmmm, in April can..". And so as I do not want to wait for April as the class conductor will be away to Brisbane for the whole month, I paid an attended the class yesterday. It was worth my money spent. 

At 1.30pm , I reached at Kak Normah's abode. She stay in a massionette in Tampines. For somebody who do breads, cakes, and cookies for weddings and hari raya, her house was superbly clean, tidy and beautiful. I like it already. Her house was decorated y mini cuppies ceramics. Sweet!

The class was supposed to make me learn on how to make cupcakes from scratch. How the butter cakes was made to butter cream, royal icing and all sorts of decorations.

These are my beautiful chocolate butter cake. The tip to make it same size. Weigh every cup to the same weight. 

While waiting for all the cakes to finish baking, she served with with her home-made sausage rolls and walnut buns. It was delicious!

This was all the cakes I baked! There was 3 flavors altogether, Lemon cake, blueberry cake and chocolate.

Decorating Time !!!

I had to whisk the cream. (not me literally - the machine does it all). 2 types of cream , marshmallow butter cream and royal icing. ( i wonder why it was called royal? )

The piping method was the easiest for me. I love butter cream and I could play with a lot of colors.

 Not to forget , I made one for my Super Sleeper, Eena, ( I didnt have the space to put Sleeper )

The royal icing was a little challenging.

But this was the hardest! - Fondant. Trying to make a face needs the right color and utensils and a lot lot of creativity. 

All these cakes were ready by 5pm.

This was after "maghrib" ..

And all these at 9.30pm. That's right! I spent 8 hours making 38 standard size cupcakes and 17 mini cuppies. 

Phew!

And then I was a happy girl, giving away my home made cupcakes to people I meet.

Presenting my cupcake creations for a beginner!

click image to enlarge
Nice?

You want to learn too? 

Can.... Details below.

Cupcakes Class

You will learn how to make cupcakes and more! 2 most popular types of recipe will be given. Learn how to make royal icing and icing cream and the decoration methods. Bring home roughly 30 cupcakes home. Treat yourself to a day of indulging in cupcakes - from baking perfect cupcakes to making sumptuous buttercream and dabbling in sugarcraft.
Etc of class photos : http://ncakes.multiply.com/photos/album/147/Ncakes_Dream_Bake_CUPCAKES_One_To_One_Class

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Downturn & Upcomings

I have been keeping a secret.

Well here it is, I resigned for my job last month and my last day was the last 22nd February. I found it too stressful and it wasn't something I wanted to do again and again. And so I quit. 

I do not know if it was a wise decision but thinking that I have work for 11 years and have never stop and rest. Now would be the best time, it's just no the best in money sense and I do have bills to pay. 

Now, I am not actively looking for a job but actively baking in the kitchen and pursuing what I have always dream about doing.

To date I have baked:

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Honey Cornflakes

Cocoa Cornflakes

Strawberry Custart Tart

Ham, Mushroom & Cheese Mini Quiche

And then I have to bake Quiche Lorraine on Friday for Bhai Faris and family as he requested. Fried popiah skin today , and white chocolate cornflakes tomorrow.

It is very interesting to let people eat.

And well as I am unemployed now, I have given a proposal to Le Caire Events to set up Le Caire Wedding. The boss had agreed to let me run it. You won't know how glad I am. 

So I have been researching alot of wedding deco designs. Morrocon themes mostly. I would be busy! Being unemployed is even much busier that employed.

Here are some beautiful ideas for Le Caire Weddings.

It's just about putting my hands and feet to work now.

One very ery good news for me!

I have been offered to sign up for a Pastry Chef scholarship! It's a 17 months course and I would cross trains at hotels. - Hopefully I could get in. 

Pray for me for everything is smooth sailing and to be back in place.

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To All My Dearest February Babies

Happy Birthday to me, one of the February babies.

It was quite a quiet month where Birthdays are not too over-whelmed. I love it mostly cause it makes me feel important on how I celebrated my own birthday this month.

As I do not have much birthday babies, I'm going to tell you how I celebrated it.. Exclusively!

First thing first. This is my February babies list.

6th Feb - Mohd Fadilla

It has been a tough year for you last year. But since you did turn 28 this year, I hoped that you grew stronger and wiser as ever. We, your friends has always been here to support. Never fail to make you laugh.

Happy Birthday - From your buddies!

9th Feb - Khusma Baker

Kak Kus! Happy Birthday!!! Thank you for your birthday treat drink! 

18th Feb - Eddie Idwar Noor

My eldest brother , I believe you are 10 years older than me and that makes you 38. Wah so old already!

Happy Birthday Bro!

And that's it! That was my list. 

I celebrated my birthday at RCA, a royal Thai club in Bangkok called Route66. And yes I promised you pictures but this is as much and as far I can let you see. :)

Happy Birthday Feb babies! Feb people are the best of all months, at least I thought so.

(it too me 3 hrs to finish up this blog as I'm watching 3 movies altogether. I watched Meet The Morgan, Leap Year and now finally My Best friend's Girlfriend. Movies drag me badly.)

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Jalabiya & Me

For me, it was time of the year where you decide what to make for the festive. The dates were getting earlier and maybe I have become the type who had learned so much of doing things last minute.

I need a good seamstress.

Again like every year, for 4 years now, the main outfit will be the jalabiya. Lovee has never liked "baju kurung" but agreed that it would be the 2nd simplest outfit, he gave up on Punjabi suits. He claimed that just by looking at people wearing them, both girls and boys, he gets restless and hot. No doubt, sometimes the material can be so irritating.

And so I was looking at my old pictures of me wearing jalabiyas, I really need a new design and colors.

My old faces

Not too bad with Baju kurong what!



Not bad with punjabi suits either at all but still hot!

I'm still universal , I would wear anything whenever I can. But jalabiyas has been the most comfortable, simple and  easiest to wear and match. I love it. This year I'm looking for a fashion of which is a little different and daring.

 This is gorgeous! I would just need to add sheer sleeves maybe for the cover ups.

I've collected these pretty pieces, going to Bandung soon ( I hoped hard) to get pretty fabrics otherwise Arab street which is going to be very expensive. Printing these designs out and find a perfect seamstress.

Any recommendations anybody?





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