end of day thoughts..

finally get to see yq's wedding dinner photos from jasline and kelly's uploaded pics.. they were all so beautiful that day.. hmm.. i could picture myself in it.. dear dear and i will make a great couple in the pics too! ... but anyway, its already sad enough that you don't attend your good friend's wedding.. why all the taboo?? if only im not aware... why did grandma and granddad keep telling me.. and my dad had to keep reminding me.. sighz..

well well well.. its time to stop all my baking craze for a while.. bought 2 more packs of butter and hersheys semi sweet chocolate chips for baking tmr.. hee.. to give some thoughts to my rom.. hah.. just realised we haven met the solemniser on the signing of the documents and my dad haven gave me a copy of his ic.. aiyo.. how many times must i remind him..?? haven confirm the table and menu with the restaurant.. though have decided long time ago.. opps! ;p

haven thought of what to do to my hair on that day.. rejected all the sponsorships.. haha.. it's time to start thinking stephy!! okokok.. hmm.. have to remove the idea of wearing a mini tiara.. coz have to go and buy a suitable one.. so many patterns.. which one to buy?? buy liao.. how to put?? haha.. at this instant, a silly idea came to my mind.. just invite sista to come to my house 3 hours before the rom and she can maybe fix my hair trouble for me?? haha..

make up should not be a problem to me though.. started make up since 14 years old.. should know most of the basis for a simple make up.. not stage one lah.. will try out tmr when i go out with dear dear the sample make up! to see if ok anot.. haha.. but who cares anyway, coz my clever aunt will photoshop all my blemishes for me.. thanks yi in advance! haha.. darn! my blog becomes an informal invitations to all of my close ones on their job roles!! haha.. okok.. better stop all my nonsense and go get my beauty sleep..

nitey nites nites!!

my banana cake..

have been wanting to try making cakes with my success in cupcakes.. but have been sick since sunday.. been down with high fever and now cough.. slowly recovering..

this week at office, been so distracted by different recipes online.. on tuesday, mum brought home a bunch of bananas and it occured to me to want to bake banana cupcake.. however, dear dear said always cupcake.. eat also sianz.. so i went online to search for banana cake recipes..

went ntuc with dear dear just now to buy a spatula and cinnamon powder.. the other day i bought another packet of flour.. this time, i bought the cheapest plain flour instead of the normal self raising flour.. i tink my house is filled with more and more baking necessities.. and im simply loving it!

today kendy went to find logcake recipe.. it also struck me to want to make log cake.. hee.. so we printed out more and more recipes! and oh yes, kendy made beautiful maple cupcakes topped with cinnamon icing. v.nice!

i tried using the electic mixer to cream the butter and the sugar
but i still prefer my sleek whisk.. back to traditional methods.. haha

me so proud with my batter!! pardon the messy hair..

putting the batter into the baking tin..

taking a shot of how it looks like in the oven..
it is rising and rising and rising and rising...
because the ks me used self raising flour and added baking powder ;p
in case it doesnt rise. haha

so finally the top part became "chao ta"!
dear dear "da bao" 3 slices home, while xiang ate 1 slice,
my cousin,clement who is here, ate another slice..
and of course, always my brother ate 1 slice of my freshly baked banana cake..

for this recipe, i used 3 bananas as that was what was left.. i used 20 gms less sugar so as to make it healthier.. hee..

well, i think my blog will slowly change to a baking blog. haha. my next challenge will be.. haha. not too sure.. there's so many i want to try but so little time..

1) mini christmas log cake
2) fruit tart
3) apple pie
4) pineapple cookies can try baking now so can test if i cam make it during cny.. haa
5) lemon cookies
6) butter cookies

just realise that the recipes that im intending to make are all chocolate-free, mayb because im not a choco fan myself.. that explains hee

all rightey, gota hit my recipe books.. hee..

O yes, comments for my cake is that it is not sweet enough, not enough banana smell.. which means i have to include more bananas.. as banana itself is high in sugar content, by adding a few more bananas, i will not need to add in more sugar.. hee

p.s: thanks sista, for wanting to help me become more beautiful on my rom day.. appreciate that.. but keep the manicure for yourself k? love ya.. my sister also offered but i turned her down.. because manicure is not the most important thing to me..

my pink cuppies!

friday was my japan holiday! finally.. slept late and went grocery shopping for baking my vanilla cuppies.. this time i wanted to experiment with icing.. bought red icing because i wanted pink cuppies..

i must say i got so addicted into baking.. it really makes me so happy..

I bought a new whisk! so sleek!
mixing all of them together..taking the oven process..my pink cuppies! with initials for dear dear, my bro, my maid, b sis and alfred kor. my yummy cuppies!
one of my fave designs..

personally, im nt sweet toothed.. i prefer to eat the undecorated cuppies.. my cousins and dear dear family loves it!

p.s: thanks bro, for trying the icing cuppies!

dear just gave me a recipe for shortbread.. going to try baking it later.. hee.. i think im addicted to baking!! but its good addiction, i say. hee..

my wedding bands..

our wedding bands are ready for collection, after trying the size and sending it for engraving..

dear dear and i went to collect and this time, i got them to show me how to tie the wedding bands onto the ring pillow.. it looks really nice to have the rings on the pillow..

anyway, i know how to tie so that it can be removed easily on the day of the rom.. hee..

cant help but advertise for soo kee. i like the packaging..
the paper bag and the ring box..
this is how it looks like.. everyone has been asking me.. hee.

i tied the wedding bands to the ring pillow myself.. not too bad.. the rings was made for the pillow.. haha.. i mean, see how well they compliment each other?? its a lovely sight..

the auntie in me took the receipt of the wedding band to exchange for lucky draws from imm.. they were having christmas promotions.. we didnt know what are the gifts and etc.. we just went to check it out.. when we reached the counter, we got a few chances for the lucky draw, a pair of movie tickets for Fred Claus and to participate in an instant draw..

oh my, it was quite embarrassing as we had to stand in front of a screen and using motions to catch something to see what we have.. dear dear and i had 20 chances.. we had our fair share of fun. hee..

this was what we got:

my 1st attempt: baking cupcakes

with the hype with all the cupcakes and influence from my colleague kendy.. she loves to bake and cook.. she has baked many nice things to bring for us to try.. cheesecake, apple muffins, moonies and etc..

have been surfing on the net for recipes and ideas on decorating cupcakes.. thanks kendy, for giving me idiot-proof recipes for me to follow.. thus the results!! haha.. though am not as good at baking but this is considered not too bad for my 1st attempt.. hee.. haven baked for years!!!

i started mixing the ingredients at 10 plus, thus it was quite late for me to experiment on the icing.. will leave it till tomorrow! it's our holiday again!! hee..

i will try to bake vanilla flavour tomorrow and decorate it with the icing!!

p.s: kendy, i saw the imported brand of decoratives at poon huat today.. so tempted to buy but so expensive!

life without mixer means I have to do it manually..

excited stephy stay by the oven to monitor the progress..

excited stephy continues to stay put..
it's finally done.. but am quite sad that it is broken at the top..

i get so easily distracted.. arghz..

was supposed to be working hard for my final paper.. but got so distracted yesterday night..

i went to paint my nails and tried to apply the glitter mum bought..

ta-da!! though not very nicely done but at least i got it painted with some glitters!

all rightey, i really have to hit the books now.. arghz. so many stupid hierarchies to study and memorize..its so dry.. no wonder i get so easily distracted..

im getting stressed..

getting stressed over the things i have not done for my rom.. actually i should be more worried about my exams.. haven really started studying for the tuesday paper.. and yet i am freting over my rom thingy..

1 thing settled yesterday, the wedding bands should be ready for collection in 2 weeks time.. actually i always thought i have lots of time.. but today sista sms me to post my rom dress in my blog for her to see.. then i replied her saying i have not gotten the dress yet!! haha.. i remember xiang also sms me 2 days ago about my dress since the girls in my family have already thought of what to wear.. my mum also bought a lovely dress for my rom.. but i have not gotten mine! hee.. now im getting stressed.. time is tight..

but to all my dear frens, thanks for agreeing to come to my rom so readily.. my sincere and warmest thanks..

i listed the following things undone:
1) my dress and dear dear outfit
2) our table no. confirmation
3) our lunch menu.. my dad will sponsor white promfet fish to be prepared in teochew style.. hee.. need to inform the restaurant..
4) meeting the solemniser to endorse on the document
5) dear dear friends confirmation to attend
6) leave application
7) my surprise for my guests
8) for dear dear, he also haven ordered the hand bouquet..

hmm.. wrote it on my blog to remind me the things to get ready.. seems a simple affair but many many things to prepare..

all rightey, gota take a shower and have a good night sleep as i need to study hard for my tuesday paper in order to get the stuff ready.. not forgeting my part time job after exams..

christmasey season~~

"everybody likes to take a holiday..
everybody likes to take a rest..
spending time together with the family..
sharing lots of love and happiness..

o~~oo~~oo..

come on, ring those bells.. light the christmas tree..
Jesus is the King.. born for you and me..
come on, ring those bells.. everybody say..
Jesus we remember its Your birthday!"

hmm.. everyone in the christmasey mood.. that was my favorite christmas song ever since i became a christian.. because my church sings it every year!! haha.. and it gives you a happy christmasey mood!!

my family must be bz with the christmas preparations.. from the family gathering dinner to the presents for everyone.. hmm.. pardon me, as i will not be buying christmas presents this year.. because i still have school fees to pay.. as this is my last semester, i will make it a point to buy it next year..

my best christmas present would be ..... (shh.. it's a secret!)

by the way, my exams not over yet.. just that there's nothing to do at work so here i am blogging about the christmas season.. cant wait till my exams are over to get a part time job!

back in office..

finally, back in office after my 3 days of leave for my 1st paper.. 1st paper down.. kinda miss working.. has been so bored at home studying but having the luxury of taking afternoon naps!! hee.. but back to work is great man!! no more studying at least for the day.. so can log on to facebook.com, friendster.com, visit blogs, chat on msn without feeling guilty that i did not study hee..

poor kendy has been alone the past 2 days and been so bz..

met dear dear after work to go try out our wedding bands.. it was already ready for trying last week but has been bz with the 1st paper so only went down today.. the friendly chris was not there.. was her off day today.. we tried on the rings.. it fits! and we decided the words to be engraved and left..

dear dear commented that the process is so fast!! yet we cant take the rings back to "admire".. feels kinda sad.. like the house.. already there but haven got the keys! haha.. i always end up comforting him and myself that the keys will be ready soon.. haha..

oh yes, B sis and a few others have asked me the design of our wedding bands.. wanted to take a few pictures at the fitting today but the pictures did not turn out as clear so cant post.. so guys be patient and i will show u our wedding bands soon.. just some description of my wedding band, it is white gold with matt and shiny surface as the design.. both of us have a little diamond on it.. we want our wedding bands to be as precious as our marriage..

i remember asking yq how she felt when she rom.. she told me the feelings weren't as strong for her and she feels that the customary will have mre feelings.. but for me, its different.. i feel so excited! everyday have been thinking how good it would be for the time to pass quickly and dear dear complete his studies and we get his degree and we would have enough savings for the mini customary, we do not plan it a grand affair, and the house renovations with a comfortable home to go back to.. hee..

p.s. thanks b sis for wanting to bless me with make up and styling services.. its ok.. we'll manage.. =) your support all the while has been more than sufficient..

one paper down!!

back from my market research paper.. well, cant say that i am very confident.. but at least one paper down!! yeah.. another marketing communications paper and im all ready for the holidays! hee..

more updates after my exams.. hee

sad but lovely memories..

am at work today.. because i do not enjoy sg public holidays.. was just chatting with b sis on msn.. fyi, we chat at home in the mornings, evenings, etc etc and still can talk somemore in msn! haha.. i will miss you when i move out.. seriously, the hair treatment gel, the pimple gel, the make up sponge, n the bits that i can get from u.. hee hee hee..

she told me mum went to see my ah gong.. my maternal ah gong at the columbarium.. mum usually goes there during cny, christmas and some other public holidays.. she called to tell b sis that she told ah gong that im going to rom this december.. though we know he is in a better place but we still do miss him alot.. really alot..

was just telling b sis over msn that ah gong always drive us out on his little toyota everywhere and anywhere.. he likes to wind down all the windows and drive very fast! so fast! that we always got scared and shout in the car to tell him to stop. but he just have fun to see us all gone scared and shouting in the car.. haha.. he likes to bring us to clementi park, seletar parks, macritchie res, sembawang park, east coast to take photos.. walk around.. look at trees insects monkeys etc.. he even brought us to sembawang park to catch crabs! i remember at sembawang parks there are 3 swings and each of one will take one and we would get him to help us push the swing harder to make us go higher.. but he never stop and again we would shout and shout and become so scared.. i remember i always say, "阿公，够了。帮阿B推。。。" o yes, we were his 1st grandchildren and he became a grandfather at 42! that explains why he dotes on us and have so much energy to drive us around..

knowing we love cuttlefish and our mum do not buy for us because it makes our mouth smelly, he brings us to shop and save and buy it everytime and lock in his room to eat it secretly!!

he loves to say, '看谁先叫公公? then we will all fight to call him gong gong!! haha because usually the first will get something.. hee.. he was the one who taught us what is "deng na gi!". i wonder if there is such a word.. but we remember it till now! at least for b sis and me..

every weekends, we will go to his house to stay without fail.. and he would make dinner/ supper for us.. rice dumplings, tuna fish a small tin wrapped in paper packaging and like like to open the top and place the tin over the fire to heat it up.. i never get to see the tuna again.. , hokkien noodles which he got my ah ma to cook..

when we grew older, he would come to jurong for regular dialysis.. he would always call us to go down after his dialysis to have nasi brani.. he loves it! but the lazy and naughty us sometimes will find excuses not to go.. but at times we go too!! he would order so much i remember..

my ah gong and ah ma is one of the most loving couple.. i remember how he would sing, "shou ba chang" and hold my ah ma hands.. he always on those children chinese songs for us in the car.. i still remember them because i hear it so often and is very funny!

ah gong, we miss you and knowing you are in a better place with Jesus praying for us.. we love you though we never told you before..

1 week away frm exams but..

but seriously have not started revising much.. got back my 3rd assignment result for market research.. i did badly and is in history my worst results so far.. sighz..

been asking around my friends on their bridal package so that after exams, i can go recce on my own to find out the estimated pricing 1st.. though we plan our customary much later but still have to get the dress and all for the rom day itself.. went a few places to see, daniel yam, is etc.. but was thinking of wearing it only once.. if i spend $$ on that dress which i may not get to wear it again.. but if i pay a minimal deposit on the bridal package, i may get the dress from them.. since i will need that package next time, might as well commit to the package 1st.. cant wait for exams to be over to start hunting around..

i cant believe that the rom lunch table arrangement i have to amend it so many many times.. it is only a few tables and yet i get many opinions! not finalised yet, still waiting for rsvp till end nov haha.. i cant imagine my other bride friends arranging theirs now and i have since told 2 of them that i cant come.. im so so so so sorry girls.. but i saw their wedding photos last weekend! how nice and how blissful!

haven been taking much pictures thus explains the lack of photographs in my blog post recently..

p.s thanks my aunt who will be helping me to take photos that day! gee.. i emailed her a list of shots that i want.. apologies for the demands but just want to capture those precious moments..

time to be chao mugger..

exams in another week's time.. finally, this will be my final examinations with strategy next sem and im all done to obtain my paper and square hat!! haha..

its time to be in the mugger mode..

because of my recent happenings, i cant attend 3 weddings in nov and dec!! sighz.. which means i cant get to see my good friend from sec 1 in her wedding gown on her BIG day!! i was to be her jie mei.. after planning to sabotage her hubby.. but now i cant.. have reserved seats for dear dear and me at fullerton to celebrate her BIG day but now i cant go because the elders say it clash.. oh my!! i had to make her re-arrange the seatings.. tough job girl, i know.. im so so sorry.. really sincere.. sighz.. girl, i had already applied for leave but still wish you all the best and may you have a happy day! i know how much effort you have spent for this.. going for tasting from different hotels more than a year ago before finalising on fullerton.. i know how much you have wanted to make it perfect.. but i cant go.. ):

another one in dec just 2 days apart from my rom date! i have also promised her i'll go.. she is my sec class monitress.. she is always the captain when we play netball.. and now i cant go too! we have been classmates for the 5 years in css!

another one in nov too.. though she is not a very good friend of mine, we spent 3 years in the same class and she sits behind me..

it just dawn on me how sad that i cant be there to celebrate this ocassion with you girls.. im happy for you girls at the same time sad that i cant go because all are princesses and they want to have a fairytale wedding.. i wish to witness their fairy tale wedding!! one in fullerton, one in holiday inn, one in mandarin.. sighz..

great news!, i have finally bought my wedding bands!! and have become a member of soo kee!! hee.. in the end, we still go for white gold with comfort fit.. when the rings are here which is during my exams, haha.. i will take nice photos and blog about it! hee.. have been going to many many places in search of the perfect wedding band though nothing is perfect!! but really glad we bought this! thanks dear dear!

so happy that our families are so supportive of it.. my uncles have started to take leave!!