i miss ms..

im very emo.. super emo.. very emotional creature..

today i really miss ms.. though i have lunch mates, but i miss the times we have early lunches and have bo liao talks after lunch waiting for time's up to get back to work.. :(

i miss going to the washroom with someone else.. miss teasing the girls reminding them to drink more water and go washroom together.. :(

i walked back to take the shuttle bus which i always took after 530.. just feel so sad.. just miss the feeling of walking very fast with yt.. squeeze the crowded train together.. :(

its not that my current colleagues take advantage of me or anything.. no worries.. no one bully me but no more friends in a working environment liao.. :(

p.s ok, i know you will say how ah gua i am.. im ah gua.. :(

my weekend little indulge!

yesterday dear dear finish his exams.. finally our weekend more relaxed.. but must start looking around for good mattress and nice bedframes to prepare for the big thing.. hee..

but 1st things 1st, i need more nice work clothes.. haven been wearing nice work clothes since my last job in ms.. everyday also wear almost the same.. didnt want to bother dressing up since always in jacket! haha..

we went j8 today and had a little teabreak at haagen dazs.. changed the fruity flavours to rum & raisin and tiramisu.. hee.. nice!

bye bye MS!

tuesday was my last day with ms.. very sad to leave the comfort zone.. going to work knowing what to do.. and to do if i want to & if i do not want to.. i can kiv.. he he.. that's the wrong working attitude i know.. okok.. but anyway has left the place..

i will miss the place.. because i have made great colleagues & friends there.. my superior was not bad too.. unlike one of my nightmares in other companies.. im quite sad to leave the place actually.. but who will miss an opportunity to learn & have a higher paycheck? hmm..

the photos we have taken..

yuanting, me & melanda

this photo was taken a few weeks back when mummy kendy was on leave.. the background is my work station.. i miss my delicious pink cupcakes wallpaper!! hee.. can you see the many bottles of ice mountain? i can drink up to 5 bottles a day.. highest record.. hah.. drink more water.. for detox & for health.. hee.. the 2 ah guas must drink more water since im not there to remind u.. hee

yuanting started calling me ah gua because im too "gu-niang" lady like! haha..then we started to call each other ah gua but i always declare that im the most ah gua! haha..

steph & stephy.. yes, same name

my team..
forgot to bring concealer to dear dear hse.. that's y the panda eyes! haha

all the best! zh remember dont get so stressed up with the returning.. just do all you can.. remember priorities.. arranging your workload properly.. & drink more water! hee

melanda-chan, no one around to take care of your bladder & stomach welfare.. remember to join the newbies for lunch.. remember to drink more water & go toilet often! haha..

yuanting, noone you can call ah gua liao.. hee.. hope you enjoy your last 2 weeks as you slowly count down to your last day! hee..

thanks for allowing me to have a wonderful time here.. !

new york new york dinner..

monday which was a public holiday, met the girls for a catch up session at amk hub, new york new york.. the girls think i have it healthy while the rest were having meats or pasta.. but girls, they were too generous with the dressing.. so it is not that healthy afterall! hah

but it taste great! i always enjoyed salads!

p.s mummy kendy will say im eating rabbit food? haha..

my bakes.. just for you..

will miss all of you! not the cookies.. but my colleagues.. hope you enjoy them..

my sunday..

today is dear dear's friend birthday.. we went to kbox @ cine.. wow!! the people are really friendly & nice.. usually other oulets only allow us to sing till the time is up.. but when our time is up, we were still allowed to sing.. but i guess we were rather tired & hungry.. well at least for me & dear dear.. haha.. so we ended the session.. we even had to ask for the bill.. people who freqent will know that usually before your time is up, they will ask if you want to purchase additional hours or they will send the bill to the room..

i still miss k with sista & dear dear.. usually we have more fun! hah...

after which we proceeded to tao restaurant for dinner.. well, it's my 1st time there.. hee.. enjoyed the food! great!!

presenting the pictures!!

i enjoyed it alot!! but i must say that it is rather pricey for my taste.. well the servers were great, the chefs were great! their food presentation is very creative & you can tell that they placed efforts in every portion..

love it!

a night before exam thoughts..

finally after tonight, i will brave it and take my last paper in unisim! well, hope all things goes well.. grace grace!!

after next week will be leaving ms.. mummy kendy has left ms.. yesterday was her last day.. no more blogging in office, searching recipes, doing lame things in office together, no more going off on the very dot to catch the shuttle bus, no more tea break time at "airport", no more going to blk a at 3pm for half boiled eggs bread and tea, no more working very routinely knowing what to expect everyday.. no more.. :(

no more packing healthy lunches to work..

no more making lame jokes..

goodbye ms!

p.s i also hope to be a tai tai & "retire".. everyday can go veranda rose drink tea then go orchard shopping.. hah~~ i must be dreaming..

farewell dinner..

as mummy kendy will be leaving on the week im having exams.. we went to have the farewell dinner early.. didnt take much photos.. but just snap the pics of the food.. hee..

presenting the lovely dishes! hee..

yuanting-chan's

mummy kendy's..

mine!

mummy kendy's & mine..

yuanting-chan's

my recent bakes..

after my last assignment, was so tempted to bake.. well, i think i haven been baking for months!! gosh!! following my last blog, im exaggerating! i haven been baking for weeks not months.. hee.. just that it has really become my fave past time.. hmm.. maybe not considered as past time, but i squeeze time to bake even if it is sacrificing my sleep..well, those who know me will know i can sleep anywhere anyplace anytime.. gosh!

using the new mixer my parents bought! cool!

my oreo cuppies in the oven!

eversince mummy kendy shared her petite experience, me too have become influenced.. have been making petite stuff and the best part is the baking time is reduced by half.. cuppies usually takes 15mins to bake.. with the petite trays, it is reduced to less than 10 mins! how cool! besides, people wont have to share.. they can just "pop" the whole thing in their mouths!

my 1st batch of cookies..
took a quick snap while waiting for the rest to be baked.. hee

my whole tray of yummy oreo cuppies!

close up.. look like specked dots! cute! hee..

baked the swedish thumbprints again as i wanted to make this as my farewell gift..
so trying it out again..

my egg tarts!

apart from the yummy tarts, the rest i made the whole of sat afternoon.. the egg tarts were baked on sunday night.. as monday was a japan holiday, i baked the egg tarts from 10pm to 330am! gosh! maddness right?? haha.. because of their size, i had to use little dough to press the crust into the molds and each time i had to do 24! can u imagine?? hah.. but i had a great time doing that.. i slept well that night.. from the aching shoulders.. haha..

the next morning was going to visit my dear sista, so decide to make some for her family too! well, though it doesnt look as nice because it was really tiring for me.. but sista loves it!

well, hopefully i get to have time to bake soon..i miss my baking frenzy..

yummy mini donuts!

mummy kendy went to buy donut molds to bake these delicious donuts! she brought it on labour day when the rest were enjoying sg public holiday, we had to work..

ms was having this charity event, so she sold these donuts at S$1.. i bought one to support and sample.. hee.. it looks so cute loh.. so colourful.. so tempting.. she said once i see her donuts i would be tempted to buy the mold too!! indeed, was tempted but the mold can only be used to bake donuts.. well, haven been baking for awhile and haven had time to go phoon huat so... still resisted the temptation.. haha.. well, you may be thinking, im really so "save" meh. how much can the mold costs? well, these molds aren't cheap either because they had to be non-stick with a hole in the middle.. thus have to seriously consider if im making this long-term to get it.. well, mummy kendy did say she can lend me.. but she lives in hougang and will be leaving ms this wed.. how to borrow?? haha

verdict: taste is as good as the presentation! thumbs up!

thanks mummy kendy, i got the recipe!

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.. :)

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..

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!

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!

my weekday bakes..

after the weekend baking frenzy.. i guess the addiction continues.. been so excited to bake all the recipes i found.. surprisingly i was not tired! hee.. after work, went to fairprice to get the ingredients.. oh yes, i may have flour, butter and sugar always ready at home.. but this time round, i needed chocolate spread.. so went to buy.. cant wait to hands on the recipe..

yesterday everyone's home except siang lah.. so b sis tried to help me cream the butter and sugar that explains why I have time to take the before photos.. hee.. but i guess she was either too slow or simply too gentle with the batter that my dad offered assistance also.. all i had to do was to sit down and snap! hee..

presenting the batter my dad mixed:


after adding the the flour, the eggs and chocolate spread.. in the oven it went.. the recipe calls for the batter to be swirled with the chocolate spread.. trust me, after i hands on, it is not easy for the chocolate spread to follow the toothpick but the petite thing moved together which is not easy to be swirled..

ta-da.. presenting the tray of chocolate frosted cuppies!

next, i moved on to mix the batter for the choco chips..

presenting it baking in the oven:

ta-da! more and more yummy bakes!

packing all my cookies.. one for mum's colleagues.. one for my colleagues.. one for dear dear.. one for the house.. one for dad's office.. hee.. so glad to have so many loyal supporters! hurray!!