Hello 2014!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

How did you spend your first day of 2014? 

It was a simple day; relax and intimate family day. 

We eat, we laugh, we play and we rest. 

As most of the malls are closed today, hubby and I decided to stay at home. Although we thought of spending the day at beach, but we changed our mind due to the weather. However, the weather was lovely during the day, but it is pretty cold now, at night. 

Our family hardly have our breakfast at outside. I had a burger in the morning and the kids and hubby had toast bread. And we headed to the Macca's playground. I could tell that Maleec and Aaron really had a good time playing there. They made friends, they ran all over places and had ice cream too. 

As for lunch, we had barbecue at our alfresco. hubby marinated steaks and chicken. We had corns and sausages too. It was nice. Very nice. 

We spent our late afternoon snoring on bed. Everybody on a bed! And now I'm like a zombie; can't get to sleep. Top of all, I'm bless with what I have today, and NOW! Alhamdullillah!

It isn't complete the new year without flashing back on what happened on the past year, and speaking out loud on new resolutions and hope. But to me, I am bless with what I have now and hope nothing but the best in everything. 

Baking: Passion and One Step Further

Assalamualaikum all... How's the weather? Mine not so cool. It is damn hot since three days ago. No rain in my area (Sungai Buloh) which cause a dusty atmosphere besides hot. I think I'm catching sore throat, Aaron is having flu and Juma just told me that he had a bad cold yesterday, upon arriving in Bangkok. 

But the bad weather can't slow down my baking pace. I've been trying few recipes lately. I can't remember whether I've mentioned this before, but you can find my cuppies in few restaurants around my area. I also starting to cater for events. Last week, a well-known restaurant placed few cupcakes order. I'm glad to have that chance. Eventually, I've called the owner to ask him whether I can put my cupcakes at his restaurant but he sadly he said no. On the next day, I had a food testing appointment with a restaurant-er , which was new to his restaurant. I passed him, carrying the cupcakes in a container. He looked at my face and I just smile as I guessed he was the owner of the restaurant that rejected my offer. 

As I was walking towards my car after the meeting, a lady, which I assumed as his wife, stopped me. She asked me whether I'm selling the cuppies and I told her in brief what's bring me here. The husband quickly verified with me that I was the one who called him earlier. The owners of the restaurant told me that they need people to bake cuppies for them tomorrow, in the morning. I told them that I'm up to the challenge. So, that's how I started to get order. 

Mini lemon cuppies

Mini Red Velvet cuppies

And today, Kak Gee (the restaurant owner), ordered red velvet cupcakes and cream puff with custard filling for this Saturday. Yay! More orders! I think she loves using my service because of my charges; which is damn cheap! Hiks! 

Rocky Road Brownies' topping

Ok people, need to catch some rest. Nites! Oh ya, if you need cuppies, cream puff, trifle or any desserts and happens to be you are in Sg Buloh, Damansara Damai, Kota Damasara, please give me a call at +6013-3828156 for quotation. You'll be surprise with my price!

Girls Day Out

Assalamualaikum friends! I'm so sorry for not updating my blog for few days. I've been busy since Juma is back from Bangkok. 

My day today is not like the normal routine. I was out to Suria KLCC, meeting my dear friends, Aishah and Fadlina. We were colleague when I was in IFRC. Fadlina is working as Finance officer for German Red Cross while Aishah was with Disaster Law before she joins Khazanah Berhad. We were s close and we usually enjoyed lunch together, along with Munie. But Munie wasn't able to join us since she is in Geneva. 

from right, Aisha, Fadlina, Me

It was good to have a not-so-quick catch up. Many topics were covered, from family to side income. They said I look fresh and healthy, yay! I felt like it was the real-life Sex and the City series, when all the girlfriends gather and dish out about that life and get into topics! Hahaha. Aishah is my dear friend, since I entered IFRC. She was there throughout my rough time and also share a lot of momentous moments with me. She said she was surprise seeing how well I'm as a housewife. I just smiled at her because I understood what she meant.  

For your information, this is my third attempt of becoming a housewife. I failed two times, merely because I can't stay at home and do nothing. I told them my secret that make the third one as a charm. Now, let me share it with you. It's gardening and baking! I enjoy baking since I was a teenager but I wasn't a person who appreciate outdoor activities. But the new house changed me as I determine to decorate the garden by myself. Don't worry, I'll write a post on my garden oneday...

Aishah and Fadlina just join a Multi Level Marketing (MLM) business recently and I'm hppy for them. i'm happy that they have side income, it means that they are thinking about back-up plan. I believe that everybody has ti have a back-up plan, for, well, in case things don't get well like we planned. Their spirit is a wake call for me to make my plan happen. I really want to start my own business and be serious about it. Actually I've started doing it awhile ago but didn't serious in marketing. Now, I have to       make strategy and work on it. 

First thing to market are my cupcakes and cookies. Talking about cupcake, I've tried a recipe from Laura Vitale and it turned out well! It was so damn delicious. You should give yourself a try!  

Ok people, it's time for me to pull my blanket. Have a great weekend!

More Baking...

I am a forgetful person. I have to admit. Seriously, how many times I got angry with myself just because I’m a forgetful person. Today was just like another clumsy day for me. I forgot to bring my laptop charger. Damn! And the battery last for less than 30 minutes. I have many things to settle yet I can’t use my laptop. Ok, Plan B, I need you now.

I went to settle my personal issue at 8 am and it finished at 10 am. Then off I go to work. At 11.45am, I was on the road, back to my house. Thinking to take this advantage to settle other business issue, I went to The Face Studio to collect my cookies. The owner, Santhi, said that nobody buying my cookies. It’s ok. It wouldn’t make me down. It means that I have to worker harder, in finding the suitable place for it. Carrefour was my next destination to find the tray to bake muffin, also the container to put my cookies at Cosy Place Wangsa Maju. Took the picture of the container and bought some cooking ingredients, I went to the restaurant. Peter, the owner, was there. He tasted the cookies. ‘You bake this? Wow! Sedap eh.’ I was flattered. He is a chef, had worked at numerous restaurant worldwide and he complimented my cookies. Yay!

After the quick meeting, I went home and started baking muffins. Banana muffins with raisin was my first attempt to his restaurant. And I managed to have a little bit of rest before I went to fetch Sayang and the kids.

For dinner, simple dishes were on the table. Fried fish, sayur pucuk and ikan bilis goring cili api. And another batch of banana muffins for Esso Sri Rampai. Kung Fu Panda 2 was the movie for tonight. Till then, nites sweties.