V-day Bakes
A preview of the cupcake flavors are featured above. For more information do check out my link at sugarfairy . Here sets named aptly, showcases a spread of flavors from the gentle lavender to the bold baby crown chocolate cake, all to suit the personality and likes of the special someone you intend to give it to. Placed in boxes and tied with beautiful organza ribbons, it would make a very elegant gift guaranteed to fix a smile on your loved ones face. Aside from cupcakes, two more sets are offered to tantalize the taste buds of desserts lovers. "love for cheese" and "spell bound". The former being a fine collection of exotic flavored minature cheesecakes and the latter a round-up of popular yet highly contrasting desserts that are set to tickle the palate. Do refer to my other website for more details.meanwhile, collaboration efforts with anthology are on the way. How about getting a exclusive pair of earrings or bag charm to go along with your order? Thinking about how to make your V-day gift complete without blowing a huge hole in your pocket? Fret not, now you can lovely desserts/cupcakes sets finished off with a bit of blink with lovely accessories from anthology for affordable prices. Stay tuned for further news.
love song
oh gosh.. i must make a special mention for this incredible young singer. i just adore her song 'love song'... incredibly smooth vocals and interesting lyrics. hearts!!! so pls watch the official music video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR5xv3pt7KI&feature=related. the concept for the music boz is brilliant as well. how very quaint!
other good songs from her are 'love on the rocks' and 'fairytale'... tres tres bien. here is a short excerpt of lyrics from fairytale. Enjoy!
Cinderella’s on her bedroom floor
she’s got a Crush on the guy at the liquor store
Cause Mr. Charming don’t come home anymore
and she forgets why she came here.
Sleeping Beauty’s in a foul mood for shame
she says None for you dear prince, I’m tired today.
I’d rather sleep my whole life away
than have you keep me from dreaming
CHORUS
I don’t care for your fairytale
You’re so worried 'bout the maiden,
though you know she’s only waiting on the next best thing
Snow White is doing dishes again cause
what else can you do With seven itty bitty men?
Sends them to bed and she calls up a friend,
says will you meet me at midnight.
The tall blonde lets out a cry of despair says
Would have cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair
I’ll have to find another tower somewhere and
keep away from the windows.
I don’t care for your fairytale
You’re so worried 'bout the maiden,
though you know she’s only waiting on the next best thing
Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom,
man made up a story
Said that I should believe him
Go and tell your white knight that he’s handsome in hindsight
but I don’t want the next best thing
So I sing and hold my head down and
I break these walls 'round me
Can’t take no more of your fairytale love
i've been tagged
so before i went to bed the previous night, i religiously opened up my favourite blogs to take a look at what every other baker is up to. and ta-da! noticed tt I've been tagged by Laurie of Quirky Cupcake . thanks lady! wow.. how exciting! my very first meme. just like my pre-decessor. Orite, so how do i get about this? hmph. it shldn't be tt difficult right. just 9 questions! hmph.. make tt 10, there's still the final qn of how to tag there after. gosh *slaps forehead*
here goes nothing.
What were you doing 10 years ago?
- 10 years ago.. tt wld be 1998 right? gosh. i was 12 years old then, in primary 6. hmph.. *scratches forehead*.. clueless... i guess childhood sorta flew by me faster than i thought it would. i guessed i did nothing more than study my head off the entire year as i was sitting for the primary school leaving examinations (psle) tt year. for all foreigners out there, psle is lyke a majorly important exam as it allow entry into the secondary school of your choice for which in the end i entered Raffles Girls School Secondary. i moved house, moving from my old home in Bukit Batok to my current at Hume Avenue off Upper Bukit Timah Road. After my exams, my family and I spent the winters in alaska. Sort of as a reward after the exhausting exam period. that was one of the best trips i had ever had in my memory.
- 1 year ago? wait.. so we're looking at last year in January right? tt would be pretty nothing much. enjoying a much laidback life after a terribly active holiday having scaled Mt. Kinabalu then going to Vietnam for holiday with my family. so it was pretty much a period of settling down and getting mentally prepared for school, then i was in my 2nd semester of my 2nd year in University. definitely not looking forward to the start of school of course.
- Twisties!! barbeque flavor of course!
- Nutella (yesh! straight from the jar!)
- A bar of dark chocolate (any brand wld suffice. i'm tt easy to pls)
- Fruits.. honey dew and Papaya being my favourite choice for snacking
- Ben and Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake Ice-cream
Five songs that you know all the lyrics to: (make it 7!)
- I hope you dance -- Leanne Womack
- Let me let go -- Faith Hill
- Butterfly -- Mariah Carey
- Whenever you call -- Mariah Carey
- God bless the Broken Road -- Rascal Flatts
- Forever -- Mariah Carey
- Jesus take the wheel -- Carrie Underwood
Five things you would do if you were a millionaire:
- Travel the Globe
- Retire and head to the mountains somewhere in Switzerland to set up a bed and breakfast or buy over a vineyard in the rural province of Spain and set up shop with Babe
- Throw out of this world parties!!!
- Bake myself silly. quit university and head on down to Le Cordon Bleu in France
- Take care of my family and their needs. Rid mummy of her terrible job and send her on a permenant holiday ard the world. send weiquan to veterinary school and set up a pet shop for him.
Five bad habits:
- Being extremely impatient whilst on the phone
- Biting my nails when i'm stressed
- Sticking my big toe out when i'm working (its rather strange.. not all tt bad, at least no one is harmed)
- Speaking before i think.
- Eating nonsense when i'm stressed or bored.
Five things you like doing:
- Watch the sunrise/ sunset with the wind in your hair
- Spending time with Babe.
- Baking.. in the wee hours of the night
- Reading baking books. i can spend hours just browsing at books in bookstores
- Working out. Sweating it out just makes you feel sooo good!
Five things you would never wear again:
- Short hair (for certain reasons)
- Frilly socks
- High-waisted pants with your shirt tucked in.
- Fanciful hairclips and pins
- Nanyang school uniform
Five favorite toys:
- My new kenwood patissier stand mixer
- Bunny (my soft toy)
- Culinary blowtorch
- My Sony Ericsson W910i phone
- Babe. (my toy boy.. hehe. *woops*)
Oritey! its done! *phew*.. tt was a blast. Actually had fun doing this little questionaire. honesty is the best policy. hehe. now comes the hard part. who should i tag? qn: do they all have to within the baking circle? gosh.. if yes, tt's pretty hard.
so the list goes, (sorrie, i cld only come up with 4.. hehe)
- Evangeline of bossacafez
- Claire of Claireofalltrades
- Elyn of e's joie
- Yan'an of esophoria
so now its your turn to answer the blog about the meme and tag 5 other people! so its tag! you're it!
thank you


dinners
The weekend approached at the same pace as did the past week. Fast and ferocious. more meetups more dates.
On saturday, I had the pleasure of meeting up with my frens Evangaline and Claire at Dempsey Road. Our action plan; check out Jones the Grocer and Culina as well as to settle down for dinner at Jones.

Due to some hiccups, our dearest princess Claire was late as usual. hehe. Don't worry dear we still love you. But at least she arrived FASHIONABLY late... now i actually knoe the true meaning of tt phrase. tee hee. But as she has lent me her ice-cream maker. she's forgiven. haha. just kidding Claire!!! Nonetheless we still had a great time chit-chatting, checking out the well stocked shelves of Jones and discussing some bakes and dishes as well as daily life. One things certain, Evan makes the funniest comparisons between smells and things in real life. haha.

For me, it was uber fun reallie and I enjoyed myself thoroughly as the conversation between the three of us flowed smoothly throughout the dinner; which was *ahem* mediocre. Could have done better with the same price though.

this was Evangaline's Order of Veal meatballs with Guitar String Pasta. This she found too dry and much too overpriced. main point is; the guitar strings are not evident thru the dish. hehe
Claire had her chorizo sausages which was meant to be a tapas dish. I had all too many of those in Spain so it was definitely a no-go for me. Didn't manage to capture a photo of it though. Stupid cammie.
Last but not least, mine took donkey years to arive at the table and by then both my dining companion's dishes were cold and needed re-heating. I had the Lemon Roasted spatchcock which prior to ordering, we assumed to be some sort of poultry. and truly, after checking back home, Spatchcock is a baby chicken or game bird. hehe. It was ok. Nothing to spectacular though i found the texture of my meat very tender, the taste had only faintly infused into the chicken.

After our meal, we headed on down to Holland Village in Babe's Car with the plan to try out 2am dessert bar. However, it was packed and even after leaving our number, we weren't called back even after 40mins. Well, at least we didn't spend tt time waiting in vain. We decided to take a drink in Eski Bar instead as the cool temperatures in the bar were at tt time highly attractive to some of the group who were feeling hot. I had a Flaming Lambo (slightly weak in my opinion), Evan the Singapore Sling, Claire the sweet fairy (she doesn't take alcoholic drinks) and Babe his usual white wine.
Halfway thru our drinks, we gamely decided to step into the freezer room in our normal clothes to experience the chill which i was told was -13degrees celsius. woah.. as Evan commented. this was the perfect place to tamper chocolate! haha. highly agreed yeh!
I think I've found my permenant hot spot to come to if i'm feeling the heat. the freezer room is sooo cold. After about 10mins in there, my teeth were chattering and my speech slightly slurred. incredible how the cold affects the body. But still, I craved the tingy feeling on the skin after you step from the freezer out into the bar. It was.. how wld u put it.. interesting. hehe.

The next day, I met up with Yan'an after my tuition at Vivocity for Gloria Jeans.. but the main objective was to catch up since it has been ages since we last toked. that gurl is still as bubbly as ever. and we sure gossiped a whole lot. Besides tt, we also catched up on the many years tt we had not seen each other. It was fun reminiscing about the times back in school. Her, her pencil box, pack of tissue and tube of mentos. haha.

Gloria jeans had outlived my expectations by far. Perhaps i didn't had too good an impression after tasting its chai tea latte which i found to be much too flat for my liking. However, i was treated to a caffe latte (belated bdae present. haha) by Yan'an and by golly.. it was soo good! the froth just thick enough and the coffee nothing to strong nor weak. Plus point.. pretty leaf design on ur coffee! Definitely going back for more when I've got the time. Thanks Yanny for the treat! Lets go out again soon yar gurl!
cursed
blame it on poor communication. I was told to report to bloody 60 Alps, Changi for my first day of work with Embraer. and guess wat? i reached there after braving the traffic on babe's car who had to sacrifice his morning to send me there to this uber ulu location and was told later by the coordinator tt i was to report to the orchard branch for work instead! WTF
*pengz*
i've no words to say. absolutely speechless now.
bumming around is no fun...
looking on the bright side, at least i'm working in Orchard. haha.
for the lost and confused
You can hold any girl that you like
Fall in love when it’s easy at night
But you wake up wondering why
She ain’t ever something better

oh and here's the picture from the triple date at Claire's hse.. i knoe i knoe. i and Zh look a little outta place right.. blame the xmas tree!!!
23-24 December => Salamanca -> Fatima -> Lisbon
okie okie.. i knoe it appears as if i've lost my drive to blog about the trip since i've arrived on singapore soils. Truth is.. I've been caught up with so much other stuff... meeting with frens, spending time with babe, shopping and just snoozing. hehe. oh well.. so here i am spending the wee hours in the morning uploading these photos and trying my best to recall how it felt then to best describe the scene as told in the pictures. haha. i guess i've to admit tt some content is lost in the midst of translation. but i'm trying at least!!! so here goes...
after hours and hours of cross country driving... never ending miles of land. plains tt stretch further than the eye can see. And what intriguied me most was the drastic change of weather conditions with every ten minutes of our travel. As we chugged thru the mountainous borders btw Spain and Portugal, mists and grey intimidating skies gripped us. it was a sense, comforting for me. like a trip back to the gloom, where all was cold, and the nights were neverending. Alas, that didn't last to long for as soon as we cruised across tt particular stretch, it was like Alice stepping thru the looking glass. wah la! we were in Portugal, the land of sunshine and green pastures...
having been in a slight greyish mood from being in Spain the past few days, stepping into portugal was like a breathe of fresh air. Here, colours were much more vivid, more vibrant and held a greater contrast. and with the sunshine, came back the heat. and boy was it hot in the afternoon as we came to experience later in the afternoon.
and as we spent a good half a day travelling,we were only left with the rest of the afternoon to sight see. first stop and last stop for the day: FATIMA? ahh? fatima? haha. yesh, in case u pple are wondering. Fatima in this case is the name of a place. Here we visited the Shrine of Fatima which is a place of worship constructed to commemorate the miraculous appearance of Virgin Mary to 3 children in 1917. oh well, there was actually a pretty long story behind it. One which was narrated to us by our dearest tour guide on the bus. However, I let it slip by me. hehe. Guess it wasn't reallie worth remembering for me. All i recall was tt the place was scorching...
The sun was amazingly high in the sky..and trust me i was prespiring thru my sweater. argh...
my heart went out to these believers tt drag themselves along the tiled floor tt stretched at least 300 m from one end to another. Whether it was on their knees or on their bellies with their head bowed low and eyes filled with a certain sadness tt i find hard to contemplate. the sun and its immaculate heat did its toll on them.
So here came the end of our tourings for the day since we had spent most of it on the roads making our longest road trip from Madrid to Lisbon. we settled into the hotel for a good nights rest to prep ourselves for the long day ahead.
sitting down here


i've travelled a thousand miles


Seperate photos taken of the Han and Ng Family. it was wonderful having time to catch up with family and having a meal together. again, another heartwarming wholesome bdae celebration.

and finally, here's ending off with a photo of my family and the bdae adults. hehe. how sweet... kk, gotta return to baking. Orders!!! *swoosh*
