Christmas is near!!!

Knowing that Christmas is coming, so much preparation to be done. Well, it will be a moderate Christmas around this year. Even it's going to be moderate, I planned to make my kids really enjoy their Christmas time. Preparing their christmas outfit, gifts, decorations, chocalates, cakes, and so on...

A PRAYER ON MY BIRTHDAY

Today...October, 21 and it's my birthday. What a surprised, a bouquet of flower I've received just now in my office. Sender, my hubby and kids. I felt so special and being so much in loved by them. The wording attached to the flower - "May God enriched you with every goodness, happiness, success and best of health always, thank you for being a wonderful person as a wife and mummy to us" . Pix of the flower they sent to me.

My prayer on my birthday: May all the good, safe, healthy, success, happiness, wonderful, joyful, luckily, beautiful, love, care, peace and nice thing happen to me will continue forever and ever and may those wonderful people by my side and around me share the same thing with me. Amen.

Unplanned Trip To Tambunan/Keningau/Tenom

Last Sunday we have unplanned trip to Tambunan/Keningau/Tenom. My hubby just testing his 4WD vehicles until we reach Tenom. I never been to Tenom so, it will be my first visit to that place. Just a short round of the Town and also make a short view of the Pusat Kebudayaan Murut. On the way we stop by at TVRC Tambunan, trying out the Jambatan Gantung, until my daughter dropped her slipper in the river.

Just sharing the pix below on our way back home, from Keningau. They called "Sinalau", and to me it means, BBQ of wild Pigglet from the forest/junggle.

It's a durian seasons in Sabah now, so anyone who loves durian can see a lot of people selling durians along the way. I've eaten so much already...durian...durian...durian...until I felt like fever.

School Hari Raya holiday

My kids started their school again this week. After a week break for Hari Raya holiday, school reopen again this week. And...the mummy also will be starting her busy life from waking, sending, picking, driving, arquing, commenting, shouting, and everything the ting...ting...ting in the world managing the kids. Oh dear...what a life but my kids are my life actually.

I found this quote on the net, "Their comes a time when a woman needs to stop thinking about her looks and focus her energies on raising a children. This comes the moment of conception. A child needs a role model not a super model"-Astrid Alauda, on the 'hot mom' trend. Well, I don't look like supermodel and I can't judge myself as a role model for my daughters either. Still...figuring myself I quest.

Holiday Visit To Kundasang / Ranau

As I mentioned before that my sisters plan for outing this school holiday, so...we have a holiday trip to Kundasang, Ranau. And sharing our excitement on that holiday, hope you too will enjoy viewing these photos:

Visit to Sabah Tea, Ranau

Our daughters & their cousins. Myself with my little sister Jane.

This is the trio sister and the other picture got my mummy also possinglah...


Myself at the garden and next picture our children


Wow...my big sister Vic, enjoying her Iced Lemon Tea with pandan flavour....

Visit to Kampung Tagal, Luanti, Ranau - Fish Spa

See...so many fish...at first it's very scary lah..


Fish bites our dead skin... next pic, hubby enjoying the fish spa...

"Mummy...i'm so afraid lah..."

Decorating cakes

My daughters have a holiday programme in their nursery this whole week semester break. So, I made a cupcakes for her to share with her friends in nursery.

I made my attempt to decorate a cake for my free time last night. I am really enjoying playing with the frosting and it's work. Showing off my decorated cake.

Change your thinking to change your life

"Change your thinking to change your life" - the words I found in the website. It's something to do with healthy product. Forgot what's the website all about, but only the theme sticking in my mind. Trying to understand, composing and refreshing in my mind whether this words are really practical for me. Looking at the positive sight, I'm pretty agree with this words because, if I want success and a change in our life for a better one, I may need to change the way I am thinking. Should have a positive thinking to really struggle for changing life. And, if I choose to think negatively, than the answer also change my life in the other way against it.

Living in this world is a challenging life. Sometime I figure it out as the winners always win and the loser always lost. Except, if this world is so kind and we can have a win-win situation. Than, there will be no loser and everyone is a winner. Just like Vince AF1 said "tiada pengalah, semua pemenang".

Back to the words, change your thinking to change life - than I may need to start somewhere so, I can enjoy life and living in the better way and better place.

For a start, as you can see that I am still struggling...ha...ha... to learn and practicing to decorate my ugly cake and sharing the outcome for easy viewing only.

Ferdy's Birthday

A simple birthday party for my son last saturday. I made him a chocolate cake with simple decor. They just love the topping. Guess who are invited for the party?

Ferdy's birthday cake....

...heroes of the universe ultraman and....a..??? transport....

...It's transformer lah....amazing. Hi!....nice meeting u..

"Mummy, stop playing with my toys...."

Actually, photos for the party in the other camera, will upload soon.

Send it on - Disney Stars

Sharing this song - Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus - a disney stars lah....

Birthday and Birthday again…

My mummy birthday’s party last Saturday, and my job is preparing for desert and also my mummy birthday cake. So do my best, even I’m totally not a professional and not in this line. I love and it’s becoming my hobby for baking. I prepared cupcakes as usual, banana pie, some pudding and cashew nuts slices. And, the birthday cake, as u can see, a simple birthday cake for my mom. She’s turn 64 years old on 9th August this year. She’s the great mom and an happy go lucky person.

...grandchildren busy cleaning the chairs for the party...

...I did this birthday cake....

...Happy Birthday to you.....

And, next on Sunday my daughters were invited for a birthday’s party, well another birhtday's party, of their friends. The birthday's girl mommy Benardette called me for the birthday, actually their daddy was my ex-boss Mr. T. My girls really enjoy in the party, when I came to pick them, still in the pool playing. Even begging to give her extra time to stay longer. What a party…got pool party lah…during my time in the kampong, where I live, I only have river and also the “Kerbau” swim around…ha..ha…

This is the birthday girl, begging so her friends can stay longer.

Learning To Care Elderly People

It has been quite sometime I haven’t write something in my blog. Pretty busy with life and office work. So, today trying to update all the event I had during my absent. It’s more on my pleasure and for family members (not a member of blog) following these blog.

Learning to care an elderly people is not as easy as learning to care for young children. Even an adult, may need their heart and mind to understand an elderly people when it’s come to care for them. Because, elderly people are more sensitive and more stressful than we ever imagine. Becoming old has prohibited them from doing their normal acitivities, some may be too weak to move, some may be have an absent minded, some may be have problem with their sight or hearing. So, it is not easy to become old. Well, everyone are marching towards that ends also.

What makes me thinking about elderly people? Very good question, coz, I’m so lucky to have the apportunity taking this picture of my son with his grandmother. I reaches home from work that evening, and I saw my son playing with his bicycle in the garage, while his grandmother sitting watching at him. Actually, the daddy saw this event, and I quickly took photo. The daddy said, I am wondering why our son, suddenly stop cycling and staring at his grandmother. Than, he got off from the bicycle and walk toward his grandmother. He, then trying to button his grandmother's blause. My son is only 2 years and 11 months, he hardly know how to button his own clothes. But, yet showing his caring for his grandmother by helping her to button her clothes. It took him so long to button until I help him to do so. But yet, his grandmother still gave him a credit by saying “pandai” means he is clever enough to button the clothes.

Cupcake recipe

Sharing this recipe with everyone. My sister Jane has been asking for the recipe and my colleaque also ask for it. I normally used this recipe for my basic cupcake, coz it's very easy.

Cupcakes

Ingredient:
125g butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup (150g) caster sugar
3 eggs
1 ½ cups(225g) self-raising flour
¼ cup (60ml) milk

Methods:
Heat over 180º, line 2 deep hole baking tray with paper cases.
Beat butter, extract, sugar, eggs, flour and milk in small bowl of electric mixer on low speed until ingredients are just combined. Increase speed to medium, beat about 3 minutes or until mixture is smooth and pale in colour. Drop slightly rounded tablespoons of mixture into paper cases; bake for about 20 minutes. Turn cakes onto wire racks, turn top-side up to cool.

Happy baking...

I am planning to bake a carrot cake and ribena cheese cake on my next baking. Wait for my next post orait...

Mixed fruits cake

My colleaque has been asking when can she has a chance to taste the cake that I baked. So, I decided to bake her a mixed fruit cake last night. I hope she really enjoy the cake and would love to hear compliment from her if it is good. I wonder what would they say???? Above Mixed Fruits cake and a bit almond flacks.

Just a short break

I'm just coming back from a short break. Just spending time with my son and relaxing my mind. Feeling tired over work, seminar, functions, school children and..so on.., so just a short break. Still can't get away from school children ... from sending and fethching them., but, my son really enjoy following me up and down. Having late breakfast with fried noodles and me enjoying my Teh-C. I didn't realise my daughter playing with my handphone and taking photo.

...oh dear....wat a long noodle....

...now...my mouth is full...

My sisters, Vic & Jane are planning for outing this school holiday in August. A place I will definitely share with everyone...

Cupcake for a teabreak

Kota Kinabalu, -- Just wanted to share these pix taken by me on last Wednesday. I baked these just for my kids. Cupcakes with chocolate topping and lemon. Delicious. It's my teabreak now, cupcakes!! anyone??...

What a busy weekend

Kota Kinabalu, I am attending a Southeast Asia Psychology Conference (SEAP 2009) starting on July 9, 2009 to July 11, 2009. Something to learn on Psychology Industries. Thinking Psycho... we may be digesting it as people with psychological problem. But, actually it's a manner of study and psychology studies covers every part of our life, childhood, older people, students, economy, and many more.

From a conference to a wedding. That's why I said a busy weekend for me, cause finishing the conference at noon on Saturday...than rush to a wedding invitation in Menggatal. It's my husband relatives. Congrats to the newly married couple, David & spouse. May they have many many kids and many many experience.

One more...in the evening... we have BBQ at home, and guess what my dearest Francis(hubby) prepared for dinner? Tradisional dish 'Hinava"... the chili decorated by my sister in-law, just for the pix. The tastes, of course, up to your satisfactions if you have a chance to taste it. To me, it's delicious and tasty.