I AM CRAZY...on baking

I think i gone crazy on baking..almost, for 3 consecutive weeks, i have been baking different type of cookies and cupcakes. Trying to perfect my skills for the upcoming festival, Hari Raya. So i have been stuffing 3 of us with butter, sugar and choc loaded stuffs and I CAN'T STOP!!

Today after dinner, i decided to try baking the M&M cookies since it's still early. I ended up baking more than 50pcs of cookies till 10pm. After baking, then the pain and ache from the neck to my legs came. Arghhh...so aching...

I think the love of seeing the end product are what that thrills me to bake more...

These are what i have done so far:

M&M cookies

Collection of cookies for own consumption

luv the colours...

Vanilla butter cupcakes with Choc melts

End product - coated with choc coating

Choc with Cinnamon cookies - before

After baking

Cornflakes cookies - before

After

Out of MIND!!

There are 2 kinds of women (or more) in this world. One is those who love when their partner shower them with expensive gifts and the other is those who frown. I belonged to the latter version, wierd???

That's why they said women are unpredictable. For me, i might always grumble and silently admired those women who are constantly showered with expensive gifts but when i'm given one, i'll felt sad and heartpain. That's how i felt last nite...

He came home and said that he got a surprise for me - which i took as an excuse so he can escape washing the dishes, until he showed me the box. He said since i have given him an expensive advance birthday present and the Bali trip is more like a family trip rather than my birthday gift, that's why he decided to get this gift which i can use physically rather than on memory. I appreciate his thoughfulness but to me, materialistic items are not realistic. I prefer security than appearance, hard to understand? Meaning i rather him to keep the cash as a backup rather than spending it, even on me.

Whenever he have that extra dough, he will, without thinking, spent it on me. When we were dating, he sold some of his foreign currency notes from his collection to get my first & last Swatch watch. Last 2 years, he bought me a OSIM UZap for no reason. I'll think twice if i'm going to spending hundreds even for someone close to me. Perhaps he's more generous and i'm more stingy??

To him, it's his way of expressing his love and wanting me to have the best. I know and glad but i'm a more realistic person and rather to have a fat bank account than to have a house of branded items. I can see he's upset that i'm not pleased with his choice of gift but sorry i can't hide my feelings - so i told him this'll be the last and expensive gift, well...beside the diamond ring i wanted for our 10th anniversary, which he can start saving now.

PS: Thanks B for the gift, i really appreciate this but this's really not necessary, maybe it's your passion for watches, this's like the 5th watch you bought for me....anyway we had an agreement and now i'm awaiting for my diamond bling?? Hee...luv ya...

Kitchen Slave

B.a.k.ing

Finally...after years of complaining that I hate or can't bake, i did the impossible... Not only i baked cookies, i baked cupcakes too!! Neh, no photos of cookies cos there are too many burnt ones to show. Hahaha...i need some time to adjust to the temperature of my oven and the one indicated in the cookbook. Well that's 51/2 years without a proper oven so now with my new helper, Indesit, i have no excuse not to!!

The cupcakes turned out nicer and easier to make and should be consumed right after cooling. Oh the choc ganache really make the whole thing more irresistible....yummy...who cares about getting fat!! Anyway i'm now so may as well take this opportunity to gorge and diet after delivery. Haaa...

My next ambition, perhaps to bake a cake soon - but now, to explore more different flavours of cookies and cupcakes....

Yes, Eili helped me to decor it with the colourful

candy dinosaurs, that's all i have in my fridge

C.o.o.k.ing

I'm tired of cooking rice and noodles. At times, i wanted to have some nice steak for dinner but knowing that i only have 30-45mins to prepare dinner from the moment i stepped home and before Ms Whiny gave me more of her tantrums, I have to cook something that's fast and delish.

Until i saw the few pieces of chicken breast at my freezer and the frozen pitas i got from the mart. Aha, i thought, this should be simple. And it's really simple and filling meal, took maybe less than 10 mins to prepare this dish. I basically marinated the meat with oyster sauce, pepper and some sesame oil and pan smeared with butter, the east-west combination is heaven!!! Throw in the pita to the oven and heat up and it's ready!

To complement this wonderful dish, i made some butterflavoured mashed potato with coriander, instant mushroom soup and zucchi/cherry tomatoes. Tada!!!!!

The super delish chicken breast

Just add some thousand island sauce to the pita...*licking fingers*