Mix-matched Wedding

Only managed to upload the following photos today.

I just witnessed for the first time a typical malay weddingn of this lovely couple after their recent engagement.  It was held on the 19th of March 2011 at Four Point by Sheraton, Kuching. 

Congratulations Chee Sing and Nadia. 

Finally a husband-and-wife



One of the many deco



think hard trying to write a wish



the entrance that gives lightened atmosphere





pretty petals



the so-called "pelamin" on the stage....very beautiful indeed



the decorative chairs

the menu, of course....

a gift of notebook

think out of the box

the arrival of the bride and bridegroom

finally, scooping the food

after changing...and the bride looks like a Miss Universe ^^

walking to the pelamin



the king and queen of the nite



one last shot before leaving



Orange and Chocolate Wholemeal Cookies

Another wholesome cookie job from the new recipe book......

Ingredients:

150 g butter

80 g brown sugar

1 egg

1/4 baking powder

Grated zest of 1 orange

100 g wholemeal flour

150 g plain flour

20 g of cocoa powder

Such a chocolaty cookies......<3 <3

 

Method:

1.  Preheat oven to 160 degree celcius.  Line a baking tray with grease-proof paper.

2.  Cream butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy.  Add in the egg and mix well.  Add the remaining

     ingredients and mix into a dough.  The dough turns out pretty soft though.  Must have putting too

     much butter?  I dunno.

3.  Roll the dough into 5 mm thick sheet.  Cut it with cookie cutter and arrange onto the lined baking tray.

4.  Bake inthe preheated oven for 15 - 20 minutes or until cooked.  Remove and leave to cool before serving

     or storing. 





Healthy Wholesome Cookies

Bought a new recipe book from DIY after work yesterday. 

"I Love Tasty & Healthy Treats" amused me since am a health-freak person. 

So thought of give it a try on some of the recipes...... 

A great healthy recipe book by Alan Kok.  Bought it for RM17.50 from DIY.

Lovely photos that make the craving.....

Made this.........

....and this is how the cookies turn out :)

the ingredients ^^ if you want to know

Here's the method by the way:

1.  Preheat oven to 160 degree celcius.  Line a baking tray with grease-proof paper.

2.  Sift plain flour, wholemeal flour, brown sugar and baking soda into a mixing bowl.  Add in the remaining  

     ingredients and mix into a dough.

3.  Divide the dough into 15 portions, roll into small balls and flatten slightly.  Arrange onto the lined baking

     tray.

4.  Bake in the preheated oven at about 18- 20 minutes or until golden brown.  Remove and leave to cool

     before serving or storing.   

I want that BIG OVEN!!!

Oh, how I wish I had a big, sophisticated oven for me to bake some cakes and cookies.....and pizzas too.  Ihiks! So, for the moment, guess I will only rush to this newly-opened restaurant that serves mostly western food with its big oven.  Went there yesterday for dinner...for the second time.  

 

Big Oven is situated at the Ground Floor, Lot 3249, Block 10, Lorong Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce. 



That's specially for the pizza :)




A pot of japanese green tea (RM6.80) and you can ask for refill....I mean, more hot water :)



An opening appetizer.....wondering if this is free.......I dunno.....XP



Not used to the utensils being arranged like this....
mum kept on mumbling why the need of so many spoons, forks and knifes......tee hee



Indeed my favourite....at RM6.80 per plate :)



P-A-S-T-A!!!!! at RM15.00 per plate



Huge, appetizing and nice pizza.......at RM15.00

Something went wrong with my notebook's adapter and had to use Adobe Photoshop 5.0 Limited Edition, which is truly, truly limited in order to edit these photos taken by my

Lumix Panasonic digital compact camera.

Almond Cookies

Managed to find the time today to make cookies based on a recipe I took from

The Kitchen Snippets

Ingredients:

160 gm of butter

150 gm of sugar ~ I used brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp of vanilla

220 gm of flour

80 gm of corn starch

3 tbsp of coffeemate powder

60 gm of almond powder

For the glaze ~ just need to use 1 egg yolk and some chopped almond

1) Mix flour, cornstarch, coffeemate and almond powder in a bowl. Mix well.
2) Cream sugar and butter until light and creamy. Then, add in egg and vanilla until well combined.
3) Slow down the speed of your mixer and slowly add in the flour until everything became dough.
4) Lightly dust the work surface with some flour and roll out the cookie dough to about 0.5cm thickness.    

    Cut out the dough with a cookies cutter into desire shapes.

5) Arrange cookies into a lightly greased baking tray.
6) Brush the top of the cookies with beaten egg yolk and sprinkle some almond on top.
6) Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven for 15 minutes or lightly brown. Let cool on wire racks.

The Quiescent Pup

It's raining outside......NONSTOP....since this morning

and I could hear this old man living next door with his looooooooooong sigh.     

Whilst on the other hand, these four busy, naughty little fellas are trying to find the perfect resting place

as shelter, away from the cold rain drops though their furry bodies are soaking wet.

Okay, that reminded me of this picture......

The Quiescent Pup

Nightmarish in Japan

Another fearful disaster nearly shattered Japan ~ the two minutes massive 8.9-magnitude quake hit at 2:46pm on Friday, the 11th, together with crushing tsunami that washed almost everything in their path. 

How devastating!  ~ Picture taken from http://topuspost.com/

Burning fire.....and debris everywhere! ~ picture taken from http://topuspost.com

We and among those living in Malaysia are indeed very lucky to have, at least, can stay in our home in peace and can only watch these double catastrophes helplessly.

My hearts and thoughts go out to all the residence of Japan at this time. 

"Dominion is God's, the Lord of the seen and the unseen,

the Lord of creation".

~ Baha'u'llah, Kitab-i-Aqdas ~

Being a K I T E...

.......is like being F R E E...

But being free all the time in life may not be a good idea......

Edamame at the Tarot Cafe

Actually these pictures were taken on last Saturday at the Tarot Cafe.   

Just had few simple japanese/malay/chinese dishes for the breaking of fast. 

Pssttt.....somebody is craving for Edamame, so thought of posting up these pictures....hahaha

Edamame ~ oh, I always thought these are greenbeans; instead they are actually immature soybeans.
The pods are basically boiled/steamed and they are full of nutrients/carbohydrates/proteins/dietary fibres.

Agedashi dofu a kind of japanese tofu dish....very nice indeed when served hot :)

Gong Pao Chicken with Rice





A kind of milk drink with jelly



A huge cup of Honey Lemon



Am stick with sky juice or rather, warm plain water :)



Chukka Wakame which is some kind of a seasoned seaweed salad, my favourite :)



Nasi with Ayam Masak Merah



Missing Lil' Whoopie

When I came back from work just now, I realized something was missing. 
Guess this little fella is finally gone, hoping that he'll be taken care of  by his new owner.....

Thank goodness I took these pictures as memories :)

Breaking of Fast II

It was on Wednesday evening......at uncle Bona's house whereby he cooked a lot of

food for the guests...............apart from mum's pot of chick peas....^^

food taken with my LUMIX digital compact camera :)



LipStick!

Well, this is just a lipstick!  Not a very good shot of lipstick indeed....errrghhh.....

Being simple is SimplySiti



Stand by me

I bought a RM40 worth of guitar stand specially for my guitar....

ooops, not my guitar....but Felix's Gibson guitar he bought ages ago when he had a guitar lesson at IMH. 

It's really a pity to let the guitar standing high in its sarong

and getting dustier day by day. 

So hoping that, when I see this guitar, I will be in high spirit to start strumming with my little fingers again.  Cis! Macamlah dah pandai...hahaha

....and psssst......am thinkin of buying my own guitar........that RM199 worth guitar....

My second essence

Am so impressed with the outcome on my face...hehe.....I bought the second bottle of SKII  Facial Treatment Essence this morning from Parkson.  To be kept as stock for another month and will use it after the first bottle finishes. 

  

Trust in Him

....yes, love in Him and trust in Him......

He is the All-Knowing and indeed, the Healer......

Knowing FOLLICULAR NEOPLASM

So googled this so-called term "Follicular Neoplasm" that actually occurs on none other than thyroid which is located in the neck area. 

It is difficult to diagnose and usually discovered as a painless lump on the butterfly-shaped organ. 

Based on Wikipedia, if Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) suggests Follicular Neoplasm, a surgical procedure called thyroid lobectomy should be performed to establish the histopathological diagnosis ~ means whether the lump is adenoma (benign) or carcinoma (maglinant). 

The ultrasound that initially detect something is solid......

Finally, the diagnosis........

The last time I studied about the term called "Neoplasm" ........gosh, when was that?

Over 10 years ago, I think. 

So when Dr Dayang told me of her findings on the FNAC of mum's thyroid,

I felt absolutely blank until that moment I could not hold back my tears anymore.......

Breaking of Fast I

It's already the third day of fasting for the Baha'is. 

This evening the breaking of fast was held at the family of Uncle John Uri's residence.

the food on potluck basis.....

devotion





EATING time....happy break of fast.....

The Pups

These young, happy-looking puppies know nothing except having "a playful and wonderful" life together.

Wondering if they realize the need of their mother that gave birth to them and provide them with milk and protection.  Will they know that one day she might not be able to protect them anymore?

When Mum told me how much the two of us,

Felix and I,

grew up well and able to feed ourselves,

I left myself with such numbness and deafness. 
I hope everything will be fine.......She'll be fine!