weekend update

we were in hubby's kampung on the weekend. ada kenduri dan upacara meraikan majlis berkhatan for my eldest son. ini adat macam majlis bersanding. di rias macam pengantin, dibacakan doa, di tepung tawar. all the works u know.


my handsome son jadi pengantin sekejap.

he's not alone. ada kawan dia yang sama2 bersunat, also neighbour belakang rumah. kalau sorang, menangis juga dia kali nda mau.

nampak songkok dorang tu. hihihi. mau tempah?

i don't think masih ramai yang amalkan adat ni kan. he is first male grandchild so there's no question about it. his grandma insists.

they are always together whenever cuti sekolah. his best friend in kampung. they'll have this cute picture for memory when they are all grown up :p

julia is 9

my daughter turned 9 on 6th august. together celebrating with her is her 1 year-younger cousin, whose birthday on 7th august. we coincided the party with our kenduri arwah held last night. her younger cousin is bigger than her :p

i made a pink castle cake for her. i wanted to do a matching princess cake for the cousin but got too tired :D. so just a simple flower cake. (double standard ..:p)

some of our food. my sisters & brothers each contributed a dish.

and while shopping for my girl's present last week, i got myself a new pair of shades.

lain yang bday, lain yang dapat hadiah :D.

this one is fixed with powered lens. since me & contact lens aren't good friends i have to opt for powered sunglass. the normal glass with transition lens aren't enough for me in a hot blazing day esp when driving. cantik ka? ok la kan untuk hari raya :D

august post

i'm in lazyland. sangat tiada mood mengupdate blog. but 2 weeks is my limit for slacking. if i continue, i'd never update at all. so much for writer career, as my facebook quiz suggests.lol.

so these are updates of the past week.

last thursday, my kids' school closed down due to H1N1 case. bikin risau juga ni selsema khinzir. mau keluar ke mana2 with my kids nowadays pun i'm worried. we don't dare go swimming. u don't know who is walking around with 'it' out there.

and here's the real bummer. i've purchased tickets to KL (months ago before this outbreak in KK), for the coming school break. u think this case will die down by then (3rd week aug) or get worst? likely the latter kan. camana la kami tu aa? pakai mask ka ke sana ke mari. hmmph. sungguh spoiler.

on a merry note, i've enjoyed 2 tea parties the past 3 days. good food always lift my mood :p friday, tea for group bini2 rangka. S,V i think that was one of the best parties we had kan frens? anak2 bermain sendiri nda mengacau n the food was a blast despite short notice, esp the fish mee soup from whimsy.

tapi tiada pula gambar sup nya. nda terambil.

the next day, i hosted another tea party for family, to celebrate my nephew's 20th birthday. simple food nothing fancy but everyone was there, that made my day.





very likely next week there'll be another gathering, our family's kenduri arwah and also my daughter's birthday. after that, i'm looking forward for whimsy's bday lunch at Hyatt. (awas! nda boleh ubah..hehehe). last bah, before puasa. macam la puasa nda makan..sama juga sungkai berabis! :p

i'll be back with more updates, hopefully not too long.

happy monday!

see food

as the title suggests, today we will see food. not necessarily seafood, all food. T_T !!


here's what we were up to yesterday. hi-tea gathering to celebrate 2 of our brothers birthday. cupcakes for Nazri by yours truly. hi-fibre cheesecake by Secret Recipe for Ruzainie.

Ofcourse we didn't just have cakes. Our version of hi-tea is slightly different. in our dictionary, high=heavy.

i made beef macaroni & cheese and grilled lamb. a nephew contributed home-made sushi. sushi is never my cup of tea, but actually it's not bad. maybe next we'll try japanese-themed tea party. after i learn how to make it , that is.

happy sunday, people!

not that easy

i spent sunday learning cake deco using fondant and royal icing. my first time on this.

ohh..punya susah pula ini barang!!

the only ok part was covering the cake with the fondant. but right after that and all the way was torture.


this thing needs patience and passion. a LOT of it.

making the frills was much harder than it looked.

and we had to do 2 tiers. i only got the hang when i'm almost finished.

and the royal icing on the side. it looked so innocently simple. it was horror when we tried it. the icing breaks/stuck all the time and our amateur shaky hands don't help.

the last deco was the flowers and leaves. doesn't look much but it took us forever.

my first decorated cake. phew!

a bit of this and that

i can't believe it's july already. half the year is gone?

i wanted to blog about weekend but i got carried away with the sad passing of a certain celebrity. spent all day on youtube, watching his video clips. lol. i'm crazy i admit. my fav is the 30th anniversary special he did in 2001. his last live concert if i'm not mistaken. the late superstar. still doesn't sound real to me, to address him the late MJ.

but enough mourning. everyone will go. his time had come. i'm more sad that his body hasn't been laid to rest. its already a week. 2nd autopsy? when's that, a month? two? poor guy.

my SIL came down from Labuan last Friday. hubby's niece celebrated her 15th birthday at our place. lots of food. too much. i swear there were leftovers for 3 days.

and then they were playing this..this..dancing step thingy. this years-ago-game. their aunt just bought the mobile dancing pad to play at home. they were at it all night and all day the next day.

saturday night, they went group outing to watch Transformers with their aunt , only returning home past midnight.

too much fun and too much staying-up-late i guess cos next morning 1 boy came down with fever. Helmi. and a day after, his brother.

meanwhile, me & hubby found this nice spot. well it's been around all along, but we never stop at this cafe in the afternoon. it was a nice breezy sunday afternoon. the place directly faces the sea. just one second on the reclining settee, you'll feel like sleeping. hubby is taken with the gazebo. he wants to fix the same at home, out the front yard. you can order them from Bali, there's a website.(what do u think, S & V?). it was quite cosy in there. just the right size, with 2 little tables, comfy matts either side. throw some cushions, perfect for afternoon tea or picnic. or.....kalau buduh, pulled the curtains around tight dan ber'projek' d tengah2 laman! i'm crazy. excuse me.

pink pleasure

i'm truly besotted with this latest find in my fav home store just the other day.

its the sweetest pink i've ever seen in flowers. (its much more lovelier in person). i thought it even looked good enough to eat. imagine sugar paste in this shade. don't it just cheer you up?

info - comes in pink and yellow. kaison.

happy thursday!