Timmy Time Cupcakes

How to make Angry Birds Cupcakes .. Live on WHI, 22 July 2011

I appeared on WHI on Friday, 22nd July 2011 as one of their guests. My segment was to show on how to decorate a cupcake, an Angry Bird cupcake to be exact.

To those who missed that show or could not catch what was taught within that short period, here is step by step guide on how to make An Angry Bird:

Materials

1. A golf ball size of plain white sugar paste, divided into 3.

2. A bit of water to act as glue.

3. Some icing sugar to avoid the paste stuck to your hands.

4. Food colouring - red, yellow & orange.

5. Edible black marker -- or black sugar paste.

Process

1. Colour the sugar paste into red and yellowish orange.. Leave some without any colours on.

2. Mould the red sugar paste into a teardrop shape.

3. Flatten some of the plain white sugar paste, make a flat triangle shape. Brush some water on the bottom of the red teardrop paste and glue the white paste on it. The triangle point facing up -- that will be the chin.

4. Next shape two small round white sugar paste to make the eyes.

5. Draw 2 lines on top of the eyes as the eyebrow, pointing up. If you have a black sugar paste .. roll 2 thin string as paste them on top.

6. Draw a black dot as the eye. Again, if you have a black paste, glue a small round black paste on top.

3. Shape 2 small triangles using the yellowish orange sugar paste. Stick them together, one on top the other. Cut the bottom of the triangles to make them straight and even. This will make the beak.

4. Stick the beak underneath the eyes.

5. Flatten a tiny red sugar paste into small oval shape. Cut the middle half way to make it like 2 separate paste stick in the middle. Paste the middle on top on the head.

Thats' it! You have made an Angry Bird sugar paste.

Spongebob & Patrick

Princess Cupcakes

A cake inspired by Debbie Brown.

Scomi turns 8 - Part 2

Something extraordinary happened on Scomi's 8th birthday. Something that will not make me looked at Marcus the same way I did before.

The management team were about to find a seat for themselves when the MC announced that they will be the first performing 'artist' for the day .. Some were fast enough to walked down and hid themselves in between the crowd. It must be difficult to be top and famous, they would never able to hide from the eyes of the paparazzi. No one was spared. All of them were told to be at the stage.

"Now, let's see if the bosses know how to use their body parts.." The MC was grinning.

The GCEO raised his eyebrow and shook his head. "I have a very bad feeling on this guys" He mumbled.

A catchy song was played from the stereo; and two beautiful dancers walked gracefully to the front of the stage.

"Ok guys .. its very simple. All you need to do is to follow their move" The MC gave a direct and clear instruction the performing artistes.

And the dancers started dancing to what seemed to be a combination of a Bollywood and belly dance steps. They were very lively and full of spirit; except that of course, their first time public-dancing students were not as enthusiastic.

It was hilarious watching the bosses imitating out the steps without making a fool of themselves. As though watching the orientation show during the first week of college, only this time the juniors were given the pleasure to hound the seniors.

Ella was right, it was indeed a funny show but hmm .. that was not as spectacular as the next performance I am about to tell you.

A group of tall fit looking guys in their stylish sun glasses skipped and hopped to the stage ready to dance. I recognized few of them, Tony, Lee, Mi .. and hang on, was that Marcus? Gosh .. he was such a nerdy engineer .. but wow! He totally looked different in that out look.

"And now ... specially brought to you, the Sexy Eight ! " The MC announced.

The crowd whistled and cheered. Male dancers performing to an audience in which the majority were girls was definitely more than we bargained for.

Each one of them hold a stalk of red rose in between their lips .. and then they dance to what seemed like the salsa when suddenly they start throwing the roses away.

And .. slowly they took off the sun glasses, swirl it a bit and throw them too!

The audience started to get excited when gradually the dance began to insinuate some sexually suggestive moves. And one of them, a sensuous act of swinging their hands to the back while thrusting their middle front made the audience screamed hysterically.

The screaming became more intense as the hunks slowly unbuttoning their shirt and by the time their shirts was removed, I guess it made most of us ladies turned flushing red!

Ok now. Please hold on to your imagination. No sir, they did not expose their muscular well tone body nor their six pack; but a sleeveless inner shirt with an obvious statement .."I AM SEXY 8".

"Take them off too!" Someone shouted from the floor.

And as I thought they would actually adhere to that request, the sexy hunks continued to unbuckle their belt and slowly pulling it out of their pants. They place the belt in between their legs, swaying it to and fro, before throwing it out to the audience. Oh my gosh! I could feel my jaw dropped and as I looked around ... so was everyone else.

That was the finale .. of such a mind blowing performance. A thumbs up to Fiza the choreographer!

And as for me, I left my office that day filled with euphoria ... and yes, Bernice stayed until the end too :)

Green Spongebob

"Come one guys ... the debate is starting soon"!

One of the lady bosses, Pn M, said in her loudest voice with a concern in her face... Hurriedly we grabbed our tag and went up.

A large crowd were already standing by the door.

I was looking for a familiar face when I saw one of my team members standing at the entrance to garden; and paced myself towards her.

Pn. M was already at the stage calling all the 4 House Chef D Mission to come up.

They had to play 'lat tali lat tam plom' to determine who goes first.

All eyes focused on this one Mat Salleh wearing a blue coat as he was trying his best to play the game as he was the last pair with

a short Malay guy wearing a green stripe shirt..

In the foreground, someone cheered for him.. "Come on Steve!"

Steve stood steadfast with eyes down onto his opponent, perhaps trying to read what was on his mind

I guessed the image was blurry .. Steve got 2nd.

Syahril our legal counsel stood up in his proud green shirt.

"Do you remember the time we brought it the pretty masseuse over?

The employees increases by 100%. Legal for example, which their usual

turnaround time to complete a legal agreement was 365 days -- after the massage, we

complete them within 24 hours!"

One of the MT's, Andrew walked up in his blue scarf wrapped around him.

"Halooo ...You are saying that is great? Everyone was so addicted to the massage that

they spend the lunch time at the Thai Massage parlor, extending the hours till 2 o'clock.

"Meanwhile we Blue had created a difference to all of us.

Everyone is now aware of their breast due to our breast awareness program.

Our chef d mission attended the whole session and anyone is not sure how to do it..

they are invited to make an appointment with him .. He can surely do it for you.."

Laughter fills the room ...

Then came Tifli wearing a blazer and pair glass -- imitating the image of one of the opponent political party leaders.

"Tuan dan puan ... Rakyat amat mengagumi kami kerabat Merah sehinggakan

tertubuhnya PKR -- Parti Kejayaan Red. (1)

bla bla..."

I hardly hear the rest as I was laughing until my tummy hurts.

Then the yellow member representative came up in her Yellow sari.

Meena was with her Convent Bukit Nanas flair, fluently talked about the greatness of her house.

She was in her serious-debate-like-talk mode; .. ironically; I could hear sounds of laughter.

I turned around and caught two ladies giggling at the back row of the seats ...There ware rather infectious and I can't help but to laugh..

O dear ... I had to cover my face my the serviette ... just hope she did not see me.

Anyway all and all we had a good break, and good food as well. We were served cendol and rojak mamak.

Pn M and her choice of food had so far never failed us.

Oh yes, who won the 'Debat Perdana?' Green house of course ...

So that's it for now, sorry if this story is a bit bias. I can't help it - I am wearing green :)

Note:

(1) Parti Kejayaan Red - PKR is one of Malaysia's political opposition party.

Ballet Kitty

And lately as though everyone here just had their cholesterol check or simply shocked by the news;

'healthy lifestyle' crept into everyone's conversation like the latest fad.

Fiza was talking about competing in the Energizer run.

Nazura and her passion on cycling. Kept on updating us (on FB) where and when she cycles and how many km she's cycled

Azah, Audrey and Sui Wei wanted to join One World's gym as it inclusive the usage of their swimming pool.

They had asked me to join which is very thoughtful of them only that of course I had my own reservations... . (the truth is that I do not know how to swim ..)

So instead, I asked them to accompany me in the Belly Fusion dance class at One U .

But guess what all them burst into laughter.

And then I saw it ...

As though I was watching a replay of a Disney movie, an illusion of Gloria, the Hippo Madagascar in her tutu doing a pirouette beaming from their eyes.

And finally after hearty teary laughters someone said ..' Are you really doing Ballet, Niza?'

Gosh, I wonder what my friends are like at times ... "You guys are totally deluded. Its BELLY dance not Ballet la ..." I said

They paused for a short while, raised their eye brows and continue laughing ..

Hmmph, that's just probably just too much to ask for friends support.

Finding the PERFECT birthday gift

Linda had found her way to the Boys sections, at the front section of Toys R Us, fixated by this toy gun which flashes a neon light when she pulled the trigger. I looked at her with a tad of envy; hmm .. looks like she had found hers, whereas I was still here baffling with all the options.

Harith, my nephew would turn One in two days time.. and I have yet found him a perfect present. Probably I could just grab any toy ... as long as it says suitable 12M++, but I wanted it to be what he really wanted. If only I could read his mind ...

You see, two weeks earlier was my daughter's birthday ... and until today, she was still pestering me to complete her birthday wish list just because she did not get all that she wanted. Well, not that Harith can speak .. but somehow I felt as if this is my chance of redemption...hmm but then again, probably not. No, no .. I wanted to find him a perfect present because ..... because I felt as though I am in some sort of reality game show "Who knows what Harith really want?"

So anyway, back to my search, there I was looking at this toddler 'activity' table which has few gadgets attached on top of it. There was a honk, a ball that can roll on a fixed track, some cubes and few others which I could not recall. Hmm this looked interesting, but most likely his grandma would have bought him that. Well you know, that would be the most sensible gift. Something that could develop his motor skills ... Gosh this is hard! Probably I just go and buy him a book instead; which I know for sure will never go wrong...

I was about to give up and leave when suddenly my eyes saw a glimpse of what seemed to be a lion toy stacked on a shelf far behind the rest. My heart was beating excitedly. I hope that was it! Gently I pulled the lion toy which was tied to a nice white packaging box. I read the description on the box .. " ... with animated musical sound" Aha! Finally ..this could be it.

Then came the day of judgement. The birthday party.

I made him a Tigger cake upon his Mum's request. .. and she was very happy with the outcome. I was glad that at least I have passed the first test... As usual there were lot of food and balloons ... the guest were mainly families so it was rather just like festival of Eids except no one was wearing our traditional dress and there were no 'ketupat' :p

And finally, after all settled ... the birthday song sang as the birthday boy blow his candle. The cake was cut and distributed; the guest was served ... and most of the serving plates were only less than a quarter filled.... it was time for the finale... The opening of Harith's birthday presents.

Harith sat at the center of living room, surrounded by boxes of presents.... His cousins were around him as well. All were excited to see what were in those beautifully wrapped boxes. They were like the obedient concierge handing the presents to him, helping him to unwrapped .. one by one; until the last box was handed to him. It was mine.

I looked with anticipation ... hope he likes it, hope he likes it .. saying it again and again as though I could send him a telepathy ... As he tore off the wrappers, the lion head appear ... and finally the whole lot of it. A Playskool yellow lion toy with an orange fur, fixed onto 4 rollers .. which enable him to roll it back and forth... and there! A music came out ... sounds like the Hawaii Five-O TV theme song .. which ends with a roar; ... and simultaneously, the fur was lighted! Wow .. I did not know it could do that! I remain focus looking onto Harith; studying his reaction ... and then I saw it! His eyes flicker and his hands wailing up and down in excitement ... kept on pushing the lion to and fro again; and still without fail ... shutter in surprise as the 'roar' and light came out.

'Owhhh .. He loves it .." I sigh in relief ... this by far no other, a priceless gift from him to me. A feeling of contentment and victory.... of finally finding a PERFECT birthday gift.

The tea party ..

"Mama..?"

"Yes dear ..." my eyes are still fixed with Kinsella's Shopoholic & Baby, reading the same part where Becky confronted Cruella de Vanetia in front of Luke for the third time today ...

"Maaa .." a helpless sigh came from her voice. I look up and saw her giving me that quizzical look again ...

"What's wrong dear ?" I noticed that the musical jewellery is already next her, and she is wearing the colourful necklace beads

"You said .. we are going to shop?"

"Oh yes .. definately!" I said trying to fake some excitement ... Hmm I am not looking forward to go out, I just wish I could stay home this weekend. It has been two weekends with birthdays, two weekends with lots of food .. and yes lots of cooking and baking.

The musical box is still ajar and inside is a little ballerina dancing to the music ... Like an enchanted box, mesmerizing her to it, until the music stops..

And as if something struck her mind .. she sprung up from the bed and said "Will you get me a tea party set for my birthday present?"

"Sofia .. Mak Tok has already gotten you a set as your birthday present remember?"

I remembered the finale of her birthday party last week .. the excitement of opening her birthday presents.

The musical box was one of it ....given by her Aunty Nina. And all the Barbie stuff .. the Sassy Doll given by her Uncle Kevin, the school bag & colours by Eja, the Barbie tumbler by Aunt Pauline, the stationery set & purse by her Aunty Tina and the smart looking activity Pooh Set by Hani. And on top of it, the day after, my mum took her shopping and gotten herself another gift!

Thats more than enough for a five old .. shouldn't it be? I look at her puzzled.

"Mama .. that is a cooking set not for tea party ... " she's whining again.

Gosh probably next year I should register her birthday gifts list instead !!!

Spiderman

"Mama, who are these Spiderman cupcakes for" a curious note popped out from my 'reserved and quiet' son.

"Its for Nassif, Ad Din's friend from the hospital ..remember"

"Owh .. wow .. and he is also two?"

"Yup, why?"

"Well, Ad Din just know Mickey Mouse and he doesn't know his name"

Hmm ... yeah, actually in comparison, my friend's son is more advanced than my son. Then I started to ponder.

I had 4 kids before Ad Din .. and all were taken care by me and my husband. No maid. But when we had Ad Din, I was in the midst of completing my MBA .. and having a maid has suddenly becoming a need.

The initial intention was that the maid could help out with the chores, but now I realize that she had become the second mum to Ad Din.

And now since I started baking, at times I let the maid took him to bed with her, without realizing that I had deny him that special privilege of having his mum tugging him to bed.

Ad Din is now two, just a day older than Nassif. .. and I hope its not too late to make a change, and make him 'mummy's little boy' again...

Ana Muslim III

Strawberry Shortcake House

Sesame Street II

Dibo & Barney

BEN10 loves to read :)

Cuppies on Board

Superheroes

Sponge Bob & Friends

Bye Mak Abah ..

Adieu

I saw them packed
and the roses nod, the leaves flap
as the sky turns dark, pouring rain
as if we would never see them again

I saw them packed
and I whisper " tu vas me manquér”
as they turned their back
hoping they can’t hear
as I have to be strong for him and her

I saw them packed
and the room is now half empty
leaving only memories
of sweet, bitter agony

I saw them packed
and my heart had a piercing pain
until I was able to grasp my breath again
just to bid …… Adieu, Farewell, Bye, Dada
to my dear Mak and Abah

"Selamat Menunaikan Haji ..Mak Abah, Maafkan segala dosa Ja dari lahir hingga sekarang.."

Power Puff Girls

12 October 2009

I wonder

I wonder what is she waiting for..
Her knight to come in a shinning armour?
Yearning j'aime mon amie
Begging her on his knee
as the blood rushed to her face ..we can see

But was that what she waiting for?
Or just a sincere meaningful mi amore
To greet her in the morning as if its his duty
Kisses her by the bedside, as he is off to the sea
Fishing and scouting for food to feed the family?

Hmm I still wonder
as until now there is still no answer..