Tuesday, April 22, 2008

牵牵牵手..

nah.. im not a fan of 吳克群.. kendy mummy introduced the song to me yesterday at work.. when i 1st saw it, i commented that he is not good looking.. no offense to his fans ok?

then i showed dear dear the youtube yesterday night.. as i was watching a 2nd time, the tune kept ringing in my mind.. i watched 3 times that night! it is a very touching video.. really touched me..

want to share it with you..

dear dear let's 牵牵牵手 always.. :)

Monday, April 14, 2008

sunday night..

since my passion for baking has started the past few months, what i do was search for recipes online..

it has been sometime that i have been visiting and re-visiting to see what the baker cum blogger has to share.. at times, even when there is no recipes posted on the item.. its just a lovely sight to admire what she has to share for her bakes.. i always pondered who eats them.. how fortunate to have a baker in the family to eat those yummilious stuff!

i just reading all the posts of one food blogger.. she is working with 2 sons and a supportive hubby who brings her bakes to office.. and her sons to school for recess.. i think she sells her bakes during festive periods, sells cuppies, agar agar and birthday cakes.. she not only can bake alot of yummilious stuff.. she can cook very well too! was just talking to dear dear on the phone..

well, i can almost picture myself like her.. working at the same time carrying on the passion of baking and cooking.. well, do not really cook alot now.. but slowly.. with supportive hubby and children to appreciate her cooks and bakes! i read on one post that her hubby went overseas to work, bought her a coach bag.. co-incidentally, recently i have an eye for this brand.., some pretty moulds for her to work on and a nice cuppies stand for her..

my point of supportive is not only enjoying the food that she makes.. but getting her gifts to add to her baking collection.. how sweet right?? hee..

dear dear, let's work together on supporting each other.. hee..

Saturday, April 12, 2008

my baking frenzy.. hee..

haven been baking for the longest time.. haven been updating my blog.. last night dear dear visited my blog and reminded me that my last update was in March 12! haha

since i had some spare time on a friday evening, i was pondering over recipes to bake today.. very determined to at least make 2 items today.. hee.. was busy browsing recipes in the afternoon.. wanted to make full use to bake yummilicious stuff.. hee..

frankly, i was still undecided after i left the office but when i came home, decide to settle for this sweet thing.. it is easy to mix but cookies, requires time to roll them and shape them into little balls for baking.. therefore, it took me quite a while to bake 4 batches of the cookies..

presenting my swedish thumbprints.. well, the looks can be improved.. not really consistent.. hee.. this cookies is so valentine's lor.. makes me have the love is in the air feeling when i was baking this.. nice aroma too!

before putting them in the oven..


in the oven they go..

baked swedish thumbprints! yummilicious wor!!


packing them into containers..


next, decided to do cream cheese pound cake as the recipe seems easy.. and for cakes, simply mx the batter and put it into the baking tin for baking.. that's it! after one hour! ta-da! its done! haha..


while i was mixing the batter, dad and mum came back from courts with a surprise for me! hee.. thanks mum and dad!! tell you the surprise later..


my dad's always very interested to see me bake.. he always rendered help.. this time, he mix the batter for me while i gave instructions.. haha.. fun! training for instructor haha.. dad told me to be more ambitious.. to sell my bakes instead of making an making.. instead of spending money on baking, he feels that i should concentrate on improving recipes that can be improved to be more yummilicious to sell.. afterall, im a marketer, it should not be difficult to find potential buyers.. haha.. or i can get my marketing professionals, aka my good friends in the marketing line to market for me too.. well, ah yi did tell me to dream BIG dreams.. like ricky, he opened his own shop and is very happy though it is tough.. maybe will keep it in mind once my bakes are better and i have more confidence!

dad mixing the batter:

in the oven..
presenting my "smiling" cream cheese pound cake..





presenting the surprise!

an electric mixer! though it is not kitchen aid, kenwood chef but i am really happy that they got it for me! i love it! i will make full use of it and will bring it with me when i move out next time.. well, i did borrow an electric mixer from my grandma which she has used for many many years.. at the initial stage, i dreamt that i spoilt it.. i felt so guilty.. the guilt and the laziness in me for taking out the electric mixer to bake.. my dad commented.. always see you, using your hand strength to beat the batter like so "xin ku" so they got it for me! i was so so touched! really! it is the thoughts that matters not how good the gift is..

the electric mixer comes with 3 different types of whisks! it even comes with a spatula.. though the whisk is stationary unlike kitchen aid that moves, the mixing bowl will move when i turn it on.. nice!
will try another bake soon with my new electric mixer before my assignment starts!
wee-a-wee!!
testing it..


after this long post, considered long because i haven blogged in ages.. heading to bed.. very tired!

ciao!

Friday, April 11, 2008

random updates.. hee

been busy busy with assignment, casenotes etc.. haven been baking for awhile.. but i made some onde onde many weeks ago,

presenting my 1st batch of too "pandan-ery" onde onde.. i think i used a quarter bottle! opps! it turned out to be very green.. used tapioca instead of sweet potato and didnt get a nice dough.. therefore all the gula melaka flowed out.. my colleagues had to depend on chance to choose the onde with gula melaka or no fillings inside.. haha..

after the 1st attempt, a few weeks later, bought sweet potato to make onde onde.. well, this time round, i added 2 teaspoon of pandan paste to get some flavour into the onde.. hee.. see, they didnt turned out too green right?

presenting the onde balls before putting into the boiling water.. as i was too excited with the results and my hands were too full, didnt take any pics not bad! the gula melaka spills out upon biting it.. hee.. love it!


went library with dear dear on wednesday.. was so tempted to borrow this book.. but was too BIG to carry home.. so didnt borrow! :( but they have ALL recipes.. choco chips cookies, double choco chips cookies.. from cookies, biscuits, tarts, cakes, cheese cakes, ice cream recipes! wow!

the book that i didnt borrow..

yesterday we went to bedok north, went to blk 85 to had yummy food! i felt so guilty after that.. my plans was to eat only bak chor mee.. but when i got there, it's like a singapore food paradise! how to resist?? with my photoshoot in 2 months time.. i really have to control..

presenting yummy wings!

our bak chor mee! it actually looks normal.. but i think is not so bad.. at least better than normal stalls??

we also ordered 10 sticks of satay which we cant finish.. gosh! we were so full at close to 930pm!