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Chocolate Chip Cookies and Oreo Marshmallow with Brownies

2011-12-26T12:25:00.006+07:00

First of all, Merry Christmas!!!

This Christmas I didn't make any Christmas theme cake so here's my last year 3d Christmas tree Gingerbread Cookies that I forgot to upload...

Hehehe it was for the Little Betsy Baker's Christmas Cookie Competition - 2010

Also there was a big Sweet 16th party where it was the first time I made real cake topsy turvy with my friend, Ivy, one hell of talented-"COD"-baker/cake decorator hahaha

Not forget the tiffany blue rose swirl cupcakes...

Great cake and cupcakes to end the 2010!!!

So for 2011, I was planning to make some dessert table (been in love with them lately) but since I've been so busy, I crossed that from my list hix

1 week before Christmas, I suddenly got invitation to my friend's potluck-Christmas eve-dinner-party. It's just s cover up party so all of us can gather together since nobody really celebrate Christmas hahaha

Everybody had to bring their own cooking, I though it was a great time to finally try The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie n’ Oreo Fudge Brownie Bar wooohoooooo \(^o^)/ I was so excited!

On 20 December, I made the CCC dough when suddenly on 22 December, my co-worker asked if I can make the Chocolate Chunk Cookies for her. I couldn't say no because I know she really love them. Haizzz in the middle of busy dateline, I made another batch of CCC and baked them tomorrow afternoon so my co-worker can enjoy them with her family before they went for vacation.

24 December morning, had to meet with my friend's aunt to discuss her wedding party (she asked me if I could contribute any idea) after that had lunch with my mum and back home. It was 3 PM, I started making the Chewy Brownies dough then assemble the layers; CCC then Oreos then marshmallows and then brownies.

I bake them for 20 mins and then 30 mins and suddenly my heart beat fast, where did I go wrong? Why they not cooked yet? I opened the website and read the instruction again, it took 40-45 mins to be ready. Oh nooo, I made 2 batch, I'll be late for the party!!!

But luckily I arrived at my friend's house just right in time when they start eating hahaha I accidentally left my camera at home when I was taking pictures so I can only said the food was delicious!!! There was spicy bolognese spaghetti with pork and prawns, medanesse chicken curry and potatoes, fruits cocktail, spam ham sandwich, baked banana with nutella and 1 bucket of KFC chicken since one of them were too lazy to cook hahahaha then, we went karaoke until 3 AM.

Happy Holiday guys!!!

CCC...

2011-12-14T22:45:00.006+07:00

... for (Oreo) Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!

and Chocolate Chunk Cookies!!!

\(^o^)/ yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay \(^o^)/

I got sore throat from eating tooooooo much of them hahahaha sneak one or maybe two into my mouth every time I took out 1 baking tray from the oven.

Hmmm~mmmmm~mmmmmmmmm...

The Varlhona just melted.

Hmmm~mmmmm~mmmmmmmmm...

It was worthed hahahaha got the recipe from the fabulous Deb of smitten kitchen. Thank you soooooooooooo much for sharing these little pieces of heaven \(^o^)/

2 days ago, I made these cool guys from crepe paper.

fa la la la la la, la la la la
'Tis the season to be CHUBBY
fa la la la la la, la la la la

It's beginning to look a lot like christmas

2011-12-10T17:38:00.004+07:00

Thank you Elyn from e's joie for the recipe \(^o^)/
I reduce the flour into 290gr and put 10gr buttermilk powder. The lovely smell just filled the air when I baked them ♥ hmmm~mmm... ♥

Worm Blood and Eyeballs

2011-10-31T16:46:00.003+07:00

It's Halloween's Spaghetti Meatballs, Jell-O Blood Worm Eyeballs ;p

The Island of the Gods week 2

2011-10-14T12:14:00.015+07:00

Monday, 15 August 2011

Went to Little Tree and have lunch at Cafe Organic. Little Tree is a building materials shop which sell environmentally friendly products.

Cafe Organic, like the name, is a cafe that served organic foods. Nice place, everything made from wood and they had little garden of tropical plants and little pond of koi fishes.

I order some Tofu Falafel Sandwich and Pink Treat juice (pineapple, apple, mango, mint, beet, sweet potato, lemon honey) all I can taste was beet errr not a fan but it's healthy so I just drank it.

WW's food - tofu falafel with steamed red rice and stir fry veggies

love the fuschia color

After that we went to Carrefour to buy another groceries. Bali's Carrefour sure is spacious and has lots and lots of things. It's bigger and has more stuff than any Carrefour in Jakarta. I just love to stroll from one alley to another :D

dry ingredients

wet ingredients

fresh vegetables

fresh and dried fruits

meats section and souvenir corner

Today's dinner was Japanese curry rice, yummmmm, after finished dinner WW and I had some girl talk and munched some dried chestnuts. It's been a while since we talked for hours over stupid things, soooo much FUN!

Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Had lunch at small food stall called Lele Lela. They served catfish with various sauce and they have this funny standing banner...

it said something like... if your name is Lela, then you can get free meal for the rest of your life

Happy 09-10-11

2011-10-09T20:25:00.005+07:00

Made another paper quilling artwork for my friend's clothing company, TRE.

A Month in The Island of the Gods week 1

2011-10-06T18:19:00.013+07:00

Yeap, that's true, a month in BALI wooohoooo...!!!
Don't be too happy, I went there to work not vacation but still BALI whiii~iiiii and will be working with my best friend, WW, yaaaaay!!!

It started when we chat on Wednesday, 3rd of August, she said she got a lot of works, too much for her to handle them by herself and I just asked her if I can gave her a hand. She though it was a fantastic ideas! I would be the perfect person and she just pitched the idea to her boss. She said don't hang up hope too high, their company were on tight budget, hiring new graphic designer wasn't on their plan.

I got the answer around 3 PM the next day. The money was okay, but less than I expected and I had to pay my own plane tickets but the hell, I miss my best friend and hanging out with her \(^o^)/ yaaaay \(^o^)/ the timing was perfect, I already finished almost all the datelines for my next month freelance jobs, only remain a few, but I'm sure there won't be any trouble, I hoped hahaha

Since I didn't know how long the project will take time, so I just bought one way ticket. I got 5 days to compile all my remaining jobs before leaving Jakarta to Bali. I called and begged all the writers to give me some stories so I can make some illustrations. Some did, some couldn't make it, oh well, couldn't blame them. I also need new portable hard drive to take some of my artworks but then my other friend lend me his, so I won't need to buy a new one \(^o^)/ yaaaay \(^o^)/ thank you PC!

I worked like lunatic for the last 3 days, lack of sleep but still had a lot of energy because of all the excitement hahaha I didn't know how many clothes that I should pack for a month. WW said we will be working at her house (oh yeah, I will be sleeping at her mom's room ^^) but there will be some time when we had to go to the office and worked there.

Well then, 5 homey t-shirts and shorts, 5 office blouses, 1 jeans, 2 shorts, 2 floral dresses, 2 night gowns, 1 cardigan, 1 jacket, 2 flip flops and 2 ballet shoes should be okay. All 18.2kg hahaha and oh, I brought my pen mouse since I'm not comfortable with ordinary mouse.

Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Here we go...
Arrived at the airport too early and had to wait 2-3 hours before they're boarding. I'm bored and hungry so I had to eat something and I didn't know that I can get out from the boarding room so I ate at the cafeteria. Oh boy, oh boy, never, ever, eat at domestic departure CGK's cafeteria, it's a ripped off!!! 1 menu set of lousy soto betawi and white rice with teh botol was Rp 50.000,-

*%7gm*^@#%>0f*^j%$,*(U$^#%dh!!!!!!!

Ah crap, I should've asked the price before order them, my mistake haizzz...
The plane was on time, I slept for most of the flight and woke up 30 mins before landing. WW picked me up and we were cheering like crazy hahaha my first surprise at Bali, WW could drive a car wuuuw!!! WW that always give wrong direction on the road, WW that always get lost at Jakarta, WW that smashed her boyfriend's car (now already become her husband) can really drive!!! Amazing! =))

First stop, she took me to enjoy sate penyu (tortoise satay) which was not really a tortoise meat. Since they became extinct animals, people changed it into pork, but the name remain the same.

very juicy and very very spicy and very delicious

I told WW that I couldn't still believe that I'm in Bali. I never had the courage to leave my mum alone in such a long time. I never experienced to live by myself in such a long time. Well, technically, I will be living with WW but still, I had to take care of myself. All just happened so fast hahaha WW then took me to the beach, double six, so I can really land my feet, feel the sands and the sea and realized that I AM really in Bali hahaha

it's real, the sands is real, the sea is real, i'm really in bali \(^o^)/

Wednesday, 10 August 2011
I worked with WW's macbook which had broken battery, so they had be to plugged all the time. Still not sure what to do. WW showed me the mood board and told me to draw anything. I drew anything but still not sure exactly what to do and she couldn't show me some examples until she finished her meanwhile project.

Second surprise was the fact that WW now also can cook hahaha and her foods taste yum ;9

Thursday, 11 August 2011
Went to WW's office which was not far from her house. A very nice place. Many clothes samples, mood boards here and there, fitting room at one of the corner, books, etc. Lovely :)

I had other friend that moved to Bali and works at the same company as WW early this year, Sin. Sin was working with me at the same company in Jakarta, she also my senior in university. Her working colleague in Bali, Tik, also her univ colleague in Jakarta. Hahaha complicated?

Ok, Sin and Tik was the first to graduate from our univ's art major, 2 years later was me and WW. The first one to go to Bali was Tik then WW then Sin and now me, only for a month as a freelancer. Tik already knew from WW that I was coming. But I told her not to tell Sin. I wanted to surprise her.

WW office was on the first floor and Tik&Sin's office was on the third. Tik called Sin to get down to the first floor coz there was some problems. I hid inside the fitting room. Sin came down, sounded worried and Tik told her to talk to WW, WW told her to go to the fitting room. As she approached the fitting room, I blurred out and "boo" her. She was really surprise. She was laughing at first but then she cried. Either she was very happy to see me or she's frustrated that I also followed her to Bali hahaha

Anyway, we had lunch at Kedaton, a cafeteria specialty in Bali's food and the four of us talked for hours before headed back to work.

After work, me and WW went to local supermarket to buy groceries. It called Papaya, small but cozy, really like them. They had many Korean and Chinese products but mostly Japanese. They also had bento, sushi, sashimi and other fried foods or salads to take away.

they gave 40% discount after 9 PM, so they always make new foods everyday, to keep them fresh

They shared place with cake and bakery shop, Komugi. Look at those pile of breads and strip of cakes, I've tried some of them, their bread were fluffy and their cake were very soft and not too sweet, me likey.

Friday, 12 August 2011
WW finished her last project, now we can concentrated on our new project. Hope we could make it in time.

We had dinner at Warung Italia. The light was dim and I couldn't take a pictures without making them blur. I also forgot to take the picture of my food because I was too hungry, but I still remembered them. I had tomatoes and steamed spinach with vinegar, roasted potatoes with rosemary, and octopus salad. I loooove the octopus salad and always order them every time I went to Warung Italia.

As for dessert hohoho usually WW orders Seadas and I order Tiramisu but that night I wanted to try something else. Focaccia di Nutella.

tiramisu and seadas ala watung italia (taken from my last visit to bali)

focaccia di nutella

That thing was... another slice of heaven... The focaccia was crispy and crunchy. The cream was light. The nutella was gooooooooooooood... Anything with nutella is always good hahaha

Saturday, 13 August 2011
Waterbom!!!
Yaaaaaaaaaay!!!
I always wanted to go to Waterbom Bali but every time I went to Bali, everybody though that we could explore another side of Bali rather than just played inside the water park since it was too expensive and would take a whole day just to have fun.

But I finally went there woo-hooo!!!

Before that, WW and I had lunch at The Black Canyon restaurant at Discovery Mall. Very interesting restaurant I might say. The name and the logo was very wild wild west but they specialized at thai food.

a pale and plain chicken pad thai

a fresh and crunchy papaya salad

the restaurant was facing the sea so you'll get this nice view if you sit at the outer side of the restaurant

Time to splishing and splashing \(^o^)/ yaaaay \(^o^)/

Waterbom Bali was very clean, no wonder they were very expensive. And the people there was really friendly. They always smile and greet and even chat with you. Since I looked chinese, some of them said "ni hao", some said "konnichiwa" or "annyeonghaseyo" but most just said hello. It was really nice to hear that.

The waterbom was really crowded. WW and I changed into our swimming suit and walked around to find some bench with shade. We found one near Kiddy Park.

the giant barrel pour some water every 5 minutes

We put our towels and flip flops to mark our spot then went to my fave ride...

the lazy river

After that WW told me that she only like this 1 ride, Boomerang. She was too afraid to try another rides but I'm pretty sure she was just too lazy to climb all those stairs hahaha. So basically to ride Boomerang best with 2 people. We climbed up then slide down very fast to catch up some speed that needed to push us another way up before went down. Well, hope the picture could explained it better than me.

boomerang is the tosca one, the orange is superbowl

We tried The Superbowl once and then WW back to our seat and read a book while I explored the rest of the rides. I couldn't remembered what kind of rides that I tried but I think I ride them all, or at least I tried hehehe some were close for maintenance and some... I just couldn't find which entrance to which rides hahaha

the sled mats and double swimming rings

the circling pipelines

the straight and wavy tracks

I went back and forth The Lazy River between each rides that I tried. And I also took time to walk around the waterbom.

the pleasure pool

the food outlets

the fish spa

the beautiful carved stones

the silly coconut sculpture

Good time flied fast, it's already 5 PM and it's time to waterbom to close. I got wrinkled fingertips, tanned skin, wet hair, a little bit bruised feet since I was running around without my flip flops but not to forget a lot of fun \(^o^)/

our newly bought hat that wasn't do much good for me and WW ;p

We was really really hungry and WW took me to a Mexico restaurant, Mojo's Burrito. And went nuts when order the food, 1 beef burrito, 1 chicken diablo, and 1 nachos and we couldn't finished the nachos hahaha

love the colors and the choice of furnitures

big plate of chicken nachos

delicious mojo's beef burrito

100% cyan and 100% yellow

Even though our stomach was full, we still went to Gourmet Cafe to buy desserts hihihi sorry, we couldn't help it, we just couldn't resist yummy sweets ;p

love their macaroons

funny signboard in front of the cafe

Went home and then Sin came to pick me up. She could drive a motorcycle now. Another surprise for me. Looks like everybody achieved something by living in Bali. I'm really impressed. Like other migrant workers, Sin was renting a room. Her place was spacious but a little bit humid. She borrowed her friend's sleeping bag and rolled it on the floor. Then we just talked a lot about this and that until we both felt sleepy. Hoaaaaaem...

Sunday, 14 August 2011
I woke up late. Couldn't sleep last night, felt like my legs had been stabbed by an icy cold knives. Either because I spent too much time in the water or been too close to the floor hahaha

Anyway, Sin were going to take me to eat some shark satay and we're going there Balinese's style hihihi 2 lovely ladies wearing lovely dresses on the back of a motorcycle. 30 minutes ride and here we were.

didn't understand balinese language but pretty sure it said arjuna road ;p

shark satay (they tasted like tuna)

seafood satay - shrimp, squid, and shark meat

After that we went back to her place, take some nap and rest a while before went to Bali Tangi to get some reflexology. It was a lovely little place. Decorated in purple color. They sold many hand made soaps, massage oils, scrubs, etc which they produced by themselves.

My therapist was very skilled and had no mercy if I might say. He twisted and turned my arms, my legs, my waist, anything that can be twisted and turned here and there. It's huuurt!!! He made a really clear point that I need to do more exercises. Aiiiiyaaaah...

Then, Sin took me to Seminyak Square to eat some ice cream, a very cheap and generous one hihihi after that we went to double six beach to meet WW and Xur (WW's husband) and Xur's capoeira friends.

great way to end the day, watching sunset...

...and enjoy the sound of the sea :)

Paper Quilling

2011-10-03T22:11:00.006+07:00

Twinkle twinkle little stars,
sorry I'm not visiting you lately,
been away to Bali from early August until early September,
since then I've been busy with works and events,
I'll upload some stories and photos later ;)

2 weeks ago, on Thursday night, I just got invitation to my friend's bridal shower from her sister in law aka AS (the one that used to be the bride from Gotcha!!! story). The party was on Sunday but she didn't have any plan on anything except for the food and she asked for my help.

A couple of month ago, I helped my friend RD preparing a bridal shower. So, I still remember what to do. First, plan some games, then decorate the room. I just gave some ideas and AS just agreed almost on everything.

We met on Friday noon to buy some supplies to decorate the room and started the project at night. Since there was only the 3 of us (me, AS, and PP) I try to make some simple decoration with crepe paper. I showed them how to cut and stick those papers. We worked from 8PM until 11PM, we tired but we had fun and happy with the design.

the theme color was red and blue and I insisted on making the pompoms hahaha

On Sunday morning, the bridesmaid brought balloons and banner, made the room more merrier \(^0^)/ The shower went well, everybody had fun despite some problem with the air conditioner (maybe I got talent to become Event Organizer hihihi)

The bride was very happy especially when she opened all the presents. Speaking of present... I didn't have time to buy present for her, uuuuugh, sorry dear (>_<) and I didn't know what to give to her since everybody already gave everything. While I was searching for ideas, somehow paper quilling crossed my mind. And I just instantly like the idea of making a simple initial of the bride and the groom.

For thousand of time, I rely on google to help me find some idea and it never disappointed me. Found this PDF Download for Quilled Alphabet from Quilling Patch. Thank you dear Lisa for sharing these fantastic pattern
\(^o^)/ ~yaaaaay

made a little bit adjustment since the original pattern was too complicated for me ;p

To lovely bride and groom, may you enjoy the new beginning of your life and live a happy married life.

Banzai!!!

2011-07-15T14:43:00.040+07:00

I always love Japanese culture, not sure why. Maybe because of my dad. He was working for Japan company. Sometime he reminiscence about his days when he was in Japan or about the stories that his Japanese boss told to him. Usually we got Christmas and New Year's card from his boss, I found they were very unique and interesting. I still kept some of them :D

My dad introduced me to my first sushi. LOVED them and still do. Too bad they're very expensive when I was a kid. Not much of a choice either. Just the traditional salmon, tuna, tamago, tako, and unagi. Me and brother had to share all of them. So we had to cut them in half. The hardest part was the tako hahaha

I vaguely remembered my first anime, somewhere around Minky Momo and Red&Blue Shadowed Ninja (the TV station translated into our local language, never knew their real title). And then there's Saint Seiya and Doraemon, Candy Candy, and so on.

Then there was the first Japanese drama TV series, Oshin. The whole country seem like being hypnotized by her. Almost everybody knew about it although not much could remembered the story hehe after that there's Tokyo Love Story, Ordinary People and so on.

Popcorn or Seito Shokun was my first manga. The content was too complicated for me as a little kid, I didn't really understand about the story back then. When I read them again as a teenager, I cried. And then there's Sailor Moon!!! I went crazy over this particular manga. It was the reason why I seriously started to learn how to draw. I taught myself. Layer by layers of paper, hour by hours of practice hahaha I even stayed up late to make my own manga aaaaah the good old time :D

Most of the Japanese things I knew was from manga, anime, and Japanese movie. That's why, around 7 or 8 years ago, when I heard about some kind of Japanese-look-alike-event was going to be held near my place, I told myself, MUST GO THERE! Forgot what's it called, it was supposed to be similar to Matsuri. I only remembered that I was overwhelmed by everything.

Here's what I remembered... The event was only for 2 or maybe 3 days and I went there twice. The first day, me and my friend came early. Just went there straight after our classes ended. It was at an open field. Many booth stand side by side with 1 big stage to make it like a rectangle shape if you saw it from the sky.

If I'm not mistaken, the booths was very simple, not much of Japanese writing or decoration. I think most were written in alphabet. But 1 thing for sure, the grrreat smell that filled the air was extra ordinary hahaha I tried almost all of the menu, Takoyaki, Ikayaki, Yakisoba and then I fell in love with 1 particular food or drink to be exact... KAKIGORI! Love ♥ Love ♥ Love it!!!

After finished the first glass, I knew I had to got another one, but maybe later after tried another food. Second glass still as refreshing as the first one. Go munched another food and watched the Mikoshi parade. I had to borrowed my friend's money to buy the third glass. And when the sun set and everybody decided to go home, I asked to borrowed my friend's money again and he didn't lend me. He knew I'll went buy my fourth glass of Kakigori. Darn it! Oh well, I'll came again tomorrow hehehe

Went there at the afternoon on the next day because there will be fireworks as the closing ceremony. Right before the Bon Odori. It was a fantastic event! Too bad I didn't have digital camera at that time, tsk. But hopefully I shall remember this with my heart ;p

Zoom back to 1 week ago.

Jakarta Little Tokyo Ennichisai 2011

\(^o^)/ \(^o^)/ \(^o^)/

My friend sent me invitation via facebook. I asked RD to accompany me since going alone wouldn't be fun. Luckly she agreed. Yaaay!!!

The event only held for 2 days. We went at the second day, it was Sunday. Since me and RD, didn't wanna bumped into too many people, we decided to come early around 10AM. Too early I guess, not many booth has opened, everybody busy preparing this and that. So we took the time to look around.

it said this was the first dashi outside tokyo
I'm a little bit confused, to me dashi is some kind of soup or broth, tried to google it but found nothing, maybe there's so many dashi thing in Japan ;p

mikoshi

lantern inked with many sponsor's names

1st stop, KAKIGORI!!!
rose flavor ;9 yuuummm

grilled sausages

2nd stop, takoyaki
huff uff uff... too hot, save it for later...

3rd stop, japanese beads
piyo piyo chan soooo cute ^^

cute little girl in cute little yukata with cute little bag

4th stop, canvas bag
soooo many simple bags with lovely pattern in this booth

5th stop, sweet taiyaki

the girls was practicing taiko for later performance

playing with bunnies booth

kanzashi booth

6th stop, shotting gallery
RD got Pocari for 0 point, I got 6 points and also got Pocari, not fair...
but maybe they felt sorry for her hahaha

enjoying kakigori after practicing taiko hmmm... speaking of kakigori...

7th stop, second Kakigori!!!
peach flavor ;9 also yuuummmm

11.52 AM
started to get crowded (O___o)

8th stop, korokke and kare
when I first come to this booth to buy their waygu croquette, their chef hasn't arrived yet, got back 2nd time and still no sign of food, third time the charm woo-hooo the chef was preparing curry in that big pan

the croquette was so big for something that almost equal to $1.50 USD, no doubt about the taste, yuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmm ;9
bought the curry also, very thick curry, I made some chicken katsu the next day, to eat with the curry stew hahaha to reduce the strong flavor

ringoame, apple coated with melted sugar

it was so hot outside, so we decided to cool down inside this japanese restaurant called ajihara

after a while, we heard a lot of noise from the outside, the mikoshi parade has started

scary bodyguard #1

scary bodyguard #2

you don't want to mess with them

ramen eating competition
the guy on the far right was the winner, he ate 7 bowls in 5 minutes

yakisoba booth

last but not least, cosplay (¡O_______o)

kakigori paper glasses

Before went home, I manage to get my third kakigori, framboise flavor ;9 yuuummm from all of that, rose flavor was my fave. On my second kakigori, I just realized the cute print on the paper glass hix too bad I didn't notice it earlier :(
My first glass must be the dark blue with fireworks print.

somewhere between the 6th and 8th stop, I bought the kodama dan maneki neko phone strap and the onee-san from the japanese beads booth gave me suika-ame (watermelon candy) when I was purchasing my second item, so nice of her :)
aaah I wish I bought more stuff... hahaha

Overall, I was having a wonderful time!!!

I hope they will held this kind of event again next year.

\(^o^)/ ~!Banzai!!!

FloLady with Pink&Blue and Totoro Puff

2011-07-14T13:36:00.012+07:00

So much had happened for one month.
Let see...
First, I won the Suddenly Ghost Master Competition 2011

\(^o^)/ ~yaaaaaaaaaay!!!

So they allowed me to pick one of their t-shirt design, FloLady, I choose you!!! Fufufu here's me, try to make the photo looked mysterious but still pretty and flowery like the FloLady ;p

muach muach muach thank you suddenly :*

Later on, Munchees had our first 2 tiers wedding cake order.

\(^o^)/ ~yaaaaaaaaaay again!!!

Luckily the bride and groom let us designed what's best for them. They only ask for pink and blue as the theme color.

lovely soft colors

We actually finished a lot faster than our schedule but something happen at night. The fondant at the bottom cake started to crack and puff a little bit. My friend wanted to reassemble the cake but I was too tired, it's 11 PM, we already worked for almost 16 hours. I asked her to wait. If things got worst tomorrow morning, then we should reassemble the cake.

Well, it was. The upper cake also started to crack and puff. While I was driving as fast as I can to her house (we lived nearly 20 km apart), she repaired the upper cake. So when I arrived, I tried to rearrange the little flowers, put a lot more little flowers at the bottom cake as fast as I can. We didn't know what to do with the bottom cake, the only way was prayed for the best hahaha

We arrived too early at the wedding venue. The AC still off, no sign of the the bride and groom, we had to wait inside the car for 1 hour and the fondant started to melt, oh noooooooooooooo!!! We tried our best to prevent the fondant from too much melting but it will only worked for temporary.

We still worried when we presented the wedding cake to the bride and groom. But since they're going to start the wedding ceremony soon, me and my friend could only hope that the cake could last until the cutting scene. We had to leave to somewhere else since we're not invited hehehe

Luckily, the cake survived...
When we came back to collect the cake stands, the bride was really pleased. She and everybody loved the lovely decoration and the cake tasted delicious, everybody seem want a piece. The only thing she felt sorry was not ordering more cupcakes :)

Fiuuuuh... That's a relieved hahaha

It's been 2 weeks after the wedding cake misery. I was so very busy, work here and there, this and that, but suddenly I found this cute Totoro Cream Puff when I was surfing the web. I WANT TO MAKE THAAAAAAT!!! And I did! Hahaha the hell with work, I need a break.

Thank goodness for the internet!
Found a fabulous web that shared the recipe and tutorial in no time, Anna The Red. Went straight to the kitchen and so lucky that I have all the ingredients. Time to bake!!! *BIG GRIN*

It was late (around 10 PM) but I didn't care. There's no rules when or where you want to bake a cake, right? Riiiiight??? Hehehe I failed at my first attempt. Maybe because I'm too excited and not read the tutorial carefully or maybe because too exhausted from stir the dough hahaha anyhow... I tried again the next morning and I saw many Totoro.

totoro totoro *humming the totoro song*

puff! puff! puff!

totoro puffs! so happy when they puffed! \(^0^)/

Thank you Anna The Red!!!

White Rose Swirly Cake

2011-06-18T21:32:00.006+07:00

Something interesting happened to me on Wednesday...

HE IS SUPER CUTE!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ ~(>v<)~ ♥ ♥ ♥

I had a really good mood on the next day. I decorated this pretty White Rose Swirly Cake with happy feeling :)

Buttermilk cake with chocolate ganache filling.

Owltoro

2011-06-13T09:56:00.006+07:00

I fell in love with owly things lately...

First I bought the owl necklaces and then I made a small tote bag with owl application on it and then 2 days ago I bought the owl flash disc and THEN I know why I love them :D

Somehow it resembles TOTORO ( ^ v ^ ) ~ ♥

Pygmalion Chocolate Rum Cake

2011-05-16T11:44:00.003+07:00

Wanna try my new dome shaped cake pan and don't know what kind of cake to make. Then suddenly I saw my friend's company logo, PygmalionFashion Shop and BAM! I'm gonna made her a bird cage cake. Her birthday was in 4 days and her wedding day was the next day. It was gonna be a grrreat surprise for her.

I was making sure her schedule with her fiance. I know the situation gonna be hectic on the day before the big day. So, if I couldn't show the cake directly to her, then I had to leave it at her house but I didn't wanna do thaaaaat, I wanna see her face when I surprise her hehe luckily the groom-to-be was nice and really co-operate :D

A little problem when I was baking the dome shaped cake. I though since the dough a little bit thick, I had to bake it slowly with small fire. But after 15 mins, the cake didn't rise. I turned up the heat and it rise so high and cracked hahahaha

Other than that, everything else was going according to my plan, my calculation was correct. I was using 30x30 square pan to make 4 round cake (d=15cm) for the body of the bird cake and 1 dome shaped pan (h=7cm) to make the upper section of the bird cage cake. No trouble when covering the cake with fondant, fiuuuuh... And also I manage to finish it faster than my original plan woohoooo!!!

Time to surprise the birthday-bride-to-be hihihi

On the way to the surprise scene, which is surprisingly no traffic, I picked up a friend which I just suddenly called and asked to join me that afternoon hahaha everything was so sudden. We went to the rented apartment, I carried the bird cage cake, she knocked the door, the door was open, and there's the birthday-bride-to-be. She was surprise to see the both of us and I also surprise when I saw her sitting on floor with scatter flowers everywhere hahahaha she was making her own wedding bouquet.

She didn't realize the cake was her company logo until she stripped the box. Then she went crazy, grabbed her phone and started taking pictures, with flowers, without flowers hahahaha glad she likes it :)

Clifton and Miss Danielle

2011-04-29T12:21:00.005+07:00

I was busy making my entry for the Suddenly Ghost Master Competition 2011 until 1 AM yesterday. I was planning to sent my entry before 12 PM but turned out making the comic took a little more time than I expected.

I though I was too late to participate but then the administrator, ghostgirl, reply my email and told me the competition is until 29 may 2011 hahahahaha silly me hahahahaha

When I was reading the term, I though all entries must go to their inbox before 29 April and that's why I leave all my jobs-to-do yesterday and work my ass to finish my entry la la la

Oh well, I had fun :)

Here's my entry for the Suddenly Ghost Master Competition 2011.

Many, many, many terrible mistakes at the comic. Bad grammar and sentences and maybe wrong time line and everything else.

Sushi Set Chocolate Cake

2011-04-26T11:00:00.002+07:00

Birthday cake for my editor's youngest son hehe he likes sushi and chocolate cake, hope he likes them both in one package ;p

Mom's New Toy

2011-03-29T20:47:00.002+07:00

We bought this funny thing from some art&craft store. Knitting Loom. And had no idea of how to operate the thing hahaha

At first, I tried to read the tutorial book. I got lost. So I looked up some video from youtube and BINGO!

Found one about how to make a baby hat. It was perfect for us as beginners. We need a very simple thing, as simple as possible :D

not bad, ay? ;p

Viktor Kee replied my email!!!

2011-03-28T09:04:00.017+07:00

AaaAAAa~aAA~aaAAaaAAaaaA~AAaAaaaaAA~aaAAaA~aaaaa~AAAAaaAA

Oh gosh!
Oh gosh!
Oh gosh!

Breath...

Oh gosh!
Oh gosh!
Oh gosh!

Sometimes, if I'm not myself and really out of my mind, I wrote fan mail to some of my idol. So far I only wrote to Jason Castro and Mark Kanemura but no reply from them hehe

Back to 2008, the first time I follow American Idol from the audition to their final episode. I never fully watched 1 season or any season. Me and my bestest freind, WW, both of us suddenly love this season 7. I rooted for David Cook and she rooted for Jason Castro. She was crazy in love with him hahaha so I made this artwork just to make fun of her.

the frog prince stuffed doll was my birthday present that I just received from my other bestie

I showed it to her via YM, she was shocked, just saying "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" and suddenly disconnected hahahaha

After a while, she online again and asked me if I wanted to sent the print out version to Jason Castro in USA. She was too shy to sent her artwork by herself. We send it and we never know what happened to our artwork. Did Jason Castro really saw them or they just lay down with another ton of fan mails.

turned them into mini pop-up book

Later, I just realized, I never send anything to David Cook hahahaha

Then in 2010, I watched the So You Thing You Can Dance Season 4 and fell in love with Mark Kanemura. He has a very weird dance style. Very unique. Just loving it hehehe I just send him a fan mail, maybe someday I will make some artwork and present it to him :)

Now, back to Viktor Kee.

AaaAAAa~aAA~aaAAaaAAaaaA~AAaAaaaaAA~aaAAaA~aaaaa~AAAAaaAA

I almost fell of my chair when I saw his reply. Only 30 mins after I send my email. Maybe I was just right in time when he was checking his email hihihi lucky ^^

just a very short one but I was really really really happy and burst with joy

As a token of gratitude, I made him this drawing.

based on the postcard from Voyage de la Vie souvenir shop

I hope he will like it :)

I hope it can made his day the same way he made my day :D

I also made this funny cartoon but too afraid to sent it to him hehe not sure if he will appreciate the joke ;p because I think juggling for him is sacred. It was after all his job and his passion.

maybe this is what will happen if I really shout out his name during his performance hehehe

one more time wont hurt anybody...

Viktor Kee, you are truly AMAZING!!!

Viktor Kee, you are AMAZING!!!

2011-03-26T09:33:00.056+07:00

I really wish I shout his name out loud ;p

a postcard that I bought at the souvenir shop

A sudden and short trip to Singapore. Bought the plane ticket on Friday (depart at 7.30 on Tuesday and arrive back at 22.10 on Thursday) then I browse the web and booked the ticket for the Voyage de la Vie show. I never booked online tickets before, the Resort World Sentosa crew were really nice and gave me tutor step by step :)

I didn't know why I cannot go to sleep that Monday night, maybe because I drank too much coffee or maybe I'm just too excited to finally see my beautiful / amazing / talented juggler hihihi

First time I knew about Viktor Kee was nearly 10 years ago. I saw some bargain VCDs on some shop. The cover really mesmerized me. When I run the VCD and saw him, it was love at first sight. Viktor Kee and Cirque du Soleil. My journey began. Gonna be a very long journey chasing The Cirque du Soleil ;p

my first cirque du soleil live show was zaia at the venetian hotel-macau back at 2009, maybe I can blog about it someday :D

Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Arrived at Changi airport around 9.30 local time. A little bit cloudy with some drizzle. So me and mom decided to take cab. Apparently, we got ourself one sophisticated cab. See it for yourself.

taximeter, driver's info and also his cellphone, card swipe, radio, gps, and not sure what was the tiny machine on the upper left.

After put our luggage at the rental apartment room, we went to Mustafa Center to meet my stupid friend and had some lunch. The server a little bit scary, no smile on his face, he's dark and hairy everywhere. But when my mom order some Teh Tarik, he repeated, "Teh tarik for mama." all of us laugh and he finally smiled at us.

lemme see... it's okra, palak paneer, chicken tikka, and naan bread, all is goooooood fooooood :9

With our stomach full, me and my mom continued our trip to Marina Bay Sands, my stupid friend had to go back to work hahaha bye-bye NiQ, thanx for accompanying us :D

The Marina Bay Sands it's one FREAKING ENORMOUSLY HUGE building. I'm not sure where were we when we get off from the bus but this is our first view from inside the building.

think it's the hotel lobby

Bought tickets for the show at the receptionist table.

it's almost full, not really a good seat though, 2nd floor, 5th row from the back, but at least we got the tickets :)

Then we went to the 56th floor.

??? on progress

the singapore flyer

esplanade, art museum, and floating stage

buildings of banks

the elevator to go back down

We walked pass the casino and arrived at the shopping center.

somewhere around the 1st floor

man made river inside the mall

what suppose to be a romantic boat trip

somewhere around the 2nd floor

nice view from the 3rd floor

classy twinings cafe

somewhere around the 3rd floor

the art museum

somewhere outside the 3rd floor

Time to watched the show.

the theater

the theater grand lobby 1st floor

view from the 2nd floor

inside the theater

The show was fabulous!!!
The 1st 60 mins told the story about little Simba, break for 15 mins, then the 2nd 60 mins told the story about the adult Simba. I love the costumes and the props, I know I was sitting too far to pay attention to the details but I'm sure they must be really really cool :D

love the SCAR character, his costume, his cocky attitude, and his voice, villains are so cool hahahaha

on the way to find taxi's queue

We're a little late and the queue probably 15 meters long or more but the service was really fast and the taxi always available. Probably only took us 30 mins waiting.

Wednesday, 23 March 2011
I'm woke up a little bit late, kinda exhausted from yesterday's excitements hahaha today's trip was to go to Jurong Bird Park. I know Jurong was far from Orchard but never knew it was really really reallllyyyyy far (-___________-)

It said 51 mins long but I didn't know why our MRT terminated 3 times in here and there. So we had to wait for another and another and another MRT to pick us up. So it took almost 1 and a half hours for us to get there. Thank goodness the weather's nice. Time to have fun :D

First stop, Pinguins!!!

this little guy stood near the the cage fence, when I took his pictures, his friend that wasn't far from him, tapped my camera hihihi looked like his friend also wanted me to take his pictures

the jealous penguin was the one on the right

We didn't explore the whole park. It was so big and we're too tired to walk around hahaha so we just visited some of it. We saw the Parakeets and got the change to feed them. Then there's Flamingos, Macaws, and Pelicans.

very nice and clean environments

Funny story on the Pelican cage. Looked like most of them were enjoying their nap time. So when I got closer to one of them to get some pictures, he suddenly opened his eyes. I almost jumped. Uh-oh bad mood Pelican...

please don't eat me...

found this red telephone box near the entrance/exit gate, quick, dial 62442

you've arrived at the magical world...
hehehe it's the view from 2nd floor of the railway station

Next trip, Resort World Senrosa.
The one I've been longing for.
The Voyage de la Vie show.
Viktor Kee!!! ;;)

We went to Vivo City to have dinner. Me and my mom really love Vivo City's food court near the Sentosa Express Station and our favorite menu is Rojak. I forgot to take the picture of it since I've been craving that Rojak for so long hahaha

3 times to Vivo City, 3 times to this food court ;p

Didn't have time to explore the Resort, we arrived only 1 hour before the show started. Since, I was borrowing my cousin credit card to buy the online tickets, I was afraid there's gonna be some problem. So we just looked around very quickly, snap here and there, then went to the Festive Grand.

cute decoration from one of the candy store

lake of dreams

festive grand receptionist

didn't realized it before but it was 3RD ROW FROM THE CENTER STAGE!!! BEST SEAT EVER!!!

I wanna told the so many cool acts of the show, but I had to drew some pictures first hehehe maybe so other time. But 1 thing for sure...

The show was AWEEESOMEEE!!!
For me, it's much much better than the Lion King show hehe I always love live performance, especially circus. I already watched so many circus show on VCDs, DVDs, and even on the TV but the feeling to watch it live is fantastic. The set, the thrill, their speed and accuracy, and the fact that this time the stage was only 2 meters away from where I sat was truly a wonderful experience.

there, there he is, the most handsome guy, the one on the far right side with high collar red clothes, my darling juggler

Viktor Kee, you are AMAZING!!!

I really wish I shout his name out loud that time hahaha I was overwhelm by the fact that I could see him perform his act live, right in front of my eyes. It was like one of my dreams come true and I just didn't know what to do except clapping my hand so hard and hold my tears hahaha yes, my eyes were wet from too much happiness :'D

I was thinking if I could wait a little longer so they can change their costume and then I could greed them when they came out from the Festive Grand maybe I could get some pictures with the cast but too bad that didn't happen. My mom was so tired and wanted to get some rest, so we went back to the apartment.

Until now, I still regret why I didn't shout Viktor Kee's name hahaha next time I meet somebody special, I shall remember to shout their name out loud. Disregard all other people hahaha

Thursday, 24 March 2011
Last day. Since both of us very tired, we just chilled out from mall to mall around Orchard hehehe overall it was a lovely trip. I almost got broke from buying all those ticket shows not to forget the plane tickets and apartment rent but no worries, it was all worthed :)

Viktor Kee, you are truly AMAZING!!!

Hopefully, I can watch some other Cirque du Soleil show ;)
Wish me luck!

Little Monsters Cupcakes

2011-03-16T16:33:00.009+07:00

Been very very busy lately huhuhu so here's some quick review of some things that happened between December 2010 until March 2011 ;p

In December, I worked together with my beautiful and talented friend who also has a passion for decorating cake. Our best friend's little sister was having Alice in Wonderland Sweet 16th Party. We took charge in making the birthday cake and we choose to make Topsy Turvy Mad Hatter cake. It's our first time working together and our first time making topsy turvy cake. We looked so many videos, read so many books, texts, writing, anything about how to make topsy turvy cake for dummies hahaha

My friend already bake the cake so I went to her place very early in the morning just to decorate it. It took almost 16 hours just to decorate the cake, my oh my... We present the cake to the birthday girl on the next day. She was really happy so did both of us, tired but very pleased with the result :)

topsy turvy mad hatter chesire cat cake

and here's the Blue Rose Cupcakes

In January, we worked together again for 1 month baby anniversary cake. We had to make 12 mini cakes and 50 boxes of 4 cupcakes in just 2 days. Thank goodness everything finished just in time. Many people came to help us :')

it's a baby girl

Later in January, I received some call for my friend's friend, she wanted to discuss about farewell gift for our friend who was going to Rotterdam. She gave me blank note book and asked me to draw some characters from their circle of friends at the cover and also some comic about them inside the note book. She told me everything about them, who to draw, what they do, their hobbies etc. But it's not enough for the comic part.

I only got 3 days to draw and thanks to the internet, everybody pitching in some funny stories about them and my friend who's leaving to Rotterdam. And I manage to finished just in time

a recycle note book from recycle paper by unicef

Nothing much happened in February except my birthday that didn't feel like a birthday because I was busy to work and because it's 1 day before the Chinese New Year hahaha everybody focus on the big CNY celebration :))

Oh, my neighbour adopt new puppy named Bruno, soooooo cute \(>v<)/

here boy

I made this Little Monsters Cupcakes 3 days ago for my editor's sons.

raaawr raaawr raaawr

I also drew the box :D

30 Days Drawing Challenges part 2

2010-12-21T23:47:00.016+07:00

Day 16 - Inspiration
They're everywhere!

Day 17 - Fave Plant
Love at first sight :)

Day 18 - Just A Doodle
Somehow she just popped out of my mind. I hope I drew her right... She's all pink ay? My favorite Pretty Soldier :)

Day 19 - Something New
I missed a couple day hix I already drew the related topic but didn't have time to upload it :(
so here's my something new, small cake spatula, haven't got the time to used it though...

Day 20 - Something Orange
Pirates of Caribbean bandana, I used it to cover my printer hehe

Day 21 - Something You Want
I want mixer, table, oven, I want to travel the world, I want Harry Potter Books and DVD set, Friends DVD set...
I want so many thing and I just realize, to pursue all that, I need MONEY!!! So...
I want MONEY...!!! Hahahaha

Day 22 - Something You Miss
Today's drawing challenges hahahaha

Day 23 - Something You Need
A new wallet hahaha my old one is a bit dirty and yellow-ish and torn in a few places

Day 24 - A Couple
(^v^)~♥

Day 25 - Scenery
The lonely cotton candy cherry blossom tree, the clear night sky, and the moon...

Day 26 - Something You Don't Like
PARE HEK!

Day 27 - Someone You Love
My silly mom :D

Day 28 - Anything You Like
I like the atmosphere at my living room around 3-5 PM. The breeze... The light... The sound of the wind chime... So peaceful :)

Day 29 - Place(s) You Want To Go
Venice, Japan, and of course, Hogwarts :D

Day 30 - A Congratulation Banner For Finishing The Challenges
Thank you, thank you very much... You all too kind..
*ngayal ngimpi ga jelas* ;p

30 Days Drawing Challenges part 1

2010-12-06T22:37:00.017+07:00

A dear friend of mine tagged me on a 30 days drawing challenge, well, why not? It's really not about how skillful or show off or anything, purely just for fun.

Hehehe it's been 15 days, and this is what I drew so far...

Day 1 - Myself...
Myself today, I started it with a painful headache but strangely I had a good mood. Thanx to Bruno Mars - Count on Me :)

Day 2 - Fave Animal
I always love kitties and puppies and hamsters and squirrels and bunnies and pandas and other cute animals but my heart belong to Siberian Husky :)

Day 3 - Fave Food
It's against nature just to mention 1 specific food!!!
So I deliberated myself to put my fave foods according to their type hohoho

Western Food - Steak - Tenderloin with BBQ Sauce
Chinese Food - Dim Sum - Xiao Lung Bao
Japanese Food - Sushi - anything with Unagi
Vietnamese Food - Pho - Pho Bo Tai
Dessert - Ice Cream - Chocolate or Chocolate Chip with Chocolate Sauce and almonds
Indonesian Food - Jajanan Pasar - Tahu Gejrot
Mom's Food - Snack - Fried Mushrooms
Last but not least...
Fruits - Baby Oranges and Xiang Li
DELICIOUS!

Day 4 - Fave Place
What more can I say ;)

Day 5 - Best Friends
I've met a lot of friends throughout the years and these are the people who was and or been dear to me :)

Day 6 - Fave Books
Harry Potter Series, Shopaholic Series, Disney's Fairies Series, last but not least, MANGA!!! All Kyoko Hikawa's Series ;)

Day 7 - Fave Movies
Blah... Can't decide just 1 favorite movie of all time.

Day 8 - Fave Animated Character
Totoro Totoro... Totoro Totoro... \(>v<)/
Take me up, up, and fly away on your giant spinner toy

Day 9 - Fave TV Show
Tan tarantan taran tan tan taran... Tan tarantan taran tan tan TAN... Ta ran...
*humming Baby Elephant Walk*

Day 10 - Fave Candy
Permennya Cintaaa... halah

Day 11 - Turning Point in My Life
The moment when I had to walk through this door almost everyday for nearly 1 month and it was just the beginning...

Day 12 - Most Recent Accomplishment
Coloring using Corel Painter yaaaay!!!
Only manage to learn a teeny weeny part of using watercolor brushes, hopefully can learn a lot more of their variety type of brushes ;)

Day 13 - Comic
Errr... karena ga ngerti maksudnya apa dan bingung antara menggambar diri ala komik, menggambar komik kesukaan atau apa gitu, akhirnya bikin komik dodol dhe ;p

Day 14 - Fave Fairytale
Sleeping Beauty

Day 15 - Family Pictures
Just me and my mum and oh my younger brother, wherever he is...

So far, I manage to keep on the schedule, 1 drawing per day. This week is gonna be a very busy week, hopefully I can keep it up.

Chocolate Cheesecake Optical Illusion

2010-11-27T15:24:00.005+07:00

Weird title? Yeah, I just realized that the below plate looks as big as the upper one hahaha truth is, it's 1/4 smaller.

Made this for my friend's potluck thanksgiving dinner. Rumor said many people bring dessert, but what harm can be done by 1 more chocolate cheesecake, ay? ;p

Christmasty Red Velvet Cake

2010-11-16T12:32:00.003+07:00

I loveeeeeeeeee Cake Boss. Buddy Valastro and his team are AMAZING!!!!!
I wish someday I can go to Hoboken, see their whole progress of making any gigantic cake or maybe become one of the decorator hahahaha

Well, I was watching Cake Boss and wondering about Red Velvet Cake. So I decided to make one hehehe I know it's too early but don't know what other reason to decorate them beside in Christmas theme ;p

Just a simple Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese frosting :)
Got the recipe from Joy of Baking.

Halloween Cake Pop

2010-10-29T14:00:00.005+07:00

2 more days before Halloween…

2 more days before the end of Little Betsy Baker’s Halloween Cake Pops Competition and I just sent my entry this morning fufufu

I started to collect every info that I need to make cake pops on Wednesday night (http://www.bakerella.com/. She’s so talented!!!), bought some ingredients and preparing the paper dolls. I made a draft of the halloween character I want to make, which character with which colored coating and which colored fondant to use. This is what I hope my Cake Pops to be...

I baked on Thursday morning and continue until late night. This is my first time make cake pops and like most of first timer, everything was a disaster hahaha

First, I couldn’t coat the cake pops smoothly. I dipped it again and again. And I also used palette knife but it didn’t do much help. I guess there’s something wrong with my candy melts, or maybe it’s just my-stupid-self hahaha

Second, some cake balls slide from the top of the stick to the styrofoam. And I was just thinking, “why did I put it upside down?” hahaha it was midnight and I couldn’t think straight.

Third, I didn’t know to make each cake pops really took time, in the end of the day I only manage to decorate 10 cake pops of 5 characters :(

Fourth, this morning, when I want to take their pictures, THEY FELL!!! OOOHHH NNNOOOOOOOOO!!!
I already sticked them to their cupcakes, put them on the tray so I can remove them from the dining table to living room (my living room at morning has more sunlight than dining room, so I can took better picture). They fell a second before they arrived at my DIY tabletop studio huhuhuhuhu

If you looked closely, you’ll notice that the vampire head’s were oval and he’s a little bit shorter than the others. The mummy’s stick pass through his head. And Frankenstein, oh Frankenstein, dear Frankenstein, the accident hit him hardest. He broke his left leg, lost his bolts, and cracked his head. But he’s ok. He’s ok. He’s one true survivor. Strong Frankenstein he is.

Hahahahahaha trick or treat…!!!

Swiss Swirl Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake

2010-10-10T15:47:00.006+07:00

I accidentally found this recipe when I surfed the net. It looks really nice and I think it will be very yummy and hope it will be a lovely belated birthday cake for my dearest silly friend :)

My first attempt on making the roll cake was a disaster. The web said to devide the mixture into 2 baking pans equally. I did that... I think hahaha the cake was too thin at 1 of the baking pans. When I remove the baking paper, the cake still attached to the paper and got tear up :(
The cake at the second baking pans was okay. I carefully rolled them since it too was really thin.

I then make another roll cake since one rolled roll cake didn't enough for 1 bowl. This time I used wider baking pan (hahaha my other stupid mistake). The cake turned out not really thin this time but not normal either, a little bit too big maybe hahaha if you look at the picture you'll know what I mean :D

The roll cakes at the bottom have less roll than the upper roll cakes hahaha anyway, I didn't do anything with the ice cream. To tell the truth, I'm too tired to mixed the ice cream ;p

So, the final result;
1 layer of chocolate roll cake
1 layer of whipped cream
1 layer of chocolate chip ice cream
1 layer of chocolate ganache
and another layer of chocolate chip ice cream

Hmmmmmmmm... ;9

Exactly 1 month after your birthday, silly Wai hahaha hope you like it!!!

Silly Batman & Catwoman

2010-10-02T10:12:00.006+07:00

A friend asked me to make a cake with Batman and Catwoman fondant figure.
My first reaction, "You want what...?!"
Hahahaha I told her I couldn't make a cool-awesome figure, the Batman and Catwoman will looked silly, very very silly in my hand. But she said it's okay, it was just for fun.
Well then, it's our funeral.

Batman corporate colors is black and yellow. Yellow fondant is easy. But Black fondant... (-_____________________-)
My hands almost fell off from kneading it. In the middle of kneading, I ran out of black food coloring so I mixed all the food coloring I had. And them come the next disaster, the black fondant became too sticky and a little bit too soft to be shaped, too much liquid food coloring. Not to mention about the wrong size of the head. Aaaarrggghhhh I frustrated!!!

Breath in... Breath out... Sing some song out loud and let's started again :D

So here's it is, the Silly Batman & Catwoman cake.

Tonari no Totoro

2010-09-24T09:19:00.004+07:00

Totoro Totoro, Totoro Totoro...
Why are you so adorable... ~(>v<)~

Welin

2010-09-16T22:59:00.003+07:00

Another birthday girl, another pinkish pinky pink cake ;p
It was a short notice but since the uncle didn't mind with simple thing, so I just made teddy bear in the middle of flower garden, pink flowers of course hahaha and a little bit of white :D

Sachiko

2010-09-08T10:24:00.007+07:00

Pink! Pink! Pink! All Pink for 1 year old Sachiko \(^o^)/
The proud mama is my high school friend's older sister. At first she wanted cupcakes to celebrate the happy day and asked me to make some examples.

But then she changed her mind and asked for 7 inch-round cake. She showed me some picture of the cake she wanted to be. I don't feel too good to copy someone else's cake but the customer is a king, right? Beside, the example cake was so pretty, I don't think I can keep up with that hahahaha

And this was the best I can do :)

Papoy!!!

2010-08-07T16:21:00.005+07:00

I got brainwashed by that word hahaha a line that been said by 1 cute minion from the movie Despicable Me.

This week, a dear friend of mine had been craving for my chocolate ganache cupcakes for a while. And there's this lunatic woman asked me to make "Mr. Happy" cupcakes for her friend's bachelorette party. I was planning to craved the "Mr. Happy" from a cake but it was too big for cupcakes decoration so I just made them from a lot of buttercream.

Since I got too many cake left. So I decided to make a minion. Papoy!!!
I forgot which one is this. I only remember Kevin, the one that had been shrunk by Gru. My favorite is the one that glow in the dark, after he had been cracked and shook by his friend inside the wind tunnel hahahaha

Then, since there was a little bit cake crumbs from craving the cake, I made them into simple rum balls covered with chocolate sprinkles. Round 1...

Gotcha!!!

2010-07-26T22:09:00.015+07:00

Don't you love to do prank? Not a mean prank or stupid prank, it was just-for-fun prank hihihi ^^

There's this lovely couple whose getting married on Sunday. And they held a rehearsal dinner on Friday night. Me and my friend, RD, thought it would be nice to do something before they were officially married. I suggest to throw cream on their faces and she agreed. We gathered our accomplice. But plan was on and off, because some afraid that the bride won't like her flawless-skin-spa-treatment, trim-manicure-and-pedicure nails, beautiful dress, perfect hair do and splendid make up to be ruined 2 days before the D-Day hahaha I will be pissed off if I'm the bride. So we decided to do the prank only on the groom.

So, it was a cake marathon for me hahaha 3 days after working on the Royal Wave Threadless Cake competition, I continued to make the butter cream "cake" on Friday morning. My first experience with butter cream. Not so smooth. I struggled nearly one and a half hour just to find the correct consistency. But the coloring and decorating was fine. I tried to make it looks like their wedding invitation. Purple with pink and white leaf stamp.

3 cm styrofoam and 3 cm butter cream. Pretty neat, huh? ;)

Then I swirled some purple whipped cream and chocolate ganache on top of the chocolate cupcakes which I baked on late Thursday night. Well, I think it only be fair if I really made a real cake after we tricked them with the fake ones hehehe

7 PM, me and RD arrived at the bride's house. The groom's dad gave some speech so we have to tippy-toe to the living room, barefooted. Then inside the house, we just realized everybody all dress up with their shinny shoes. Damn! We had to get out and put on our flip flops. RD thought we won't need shinny shoes since everybody gonna barefooted inside the house. Eee, wrong!

8 PM, everybody started to eat and mingle.

9 PM, everybody still eat and mingle.

10 PM, it's getting late and not to much crowd. Time to get started the evil plan mwahahaha me and RD pretend to go home since I forgot something. Took the cream "cake" and the cupcakes. Put them inside RD's car. Back at the bride's house. Pretend there's something wrong with the car's wheel. Made some scene so people got out from the house to the garage. Present the "cake" to the couple. The groom and some people smelled something fishy. But we kept the straight face. Everybody forgot about the wheel and focusing on the "cake".

So far so good. We let the couple took some pictures with the "cake". At that time, the bride was holding the cake so RD told the groom to hold it. After the groom held the cake RD told him that he held it the wrong way. RD step forward, pretend to fix the position and YIHAAA!!!

1st attempt not so smooth, tsk, the groom had a nice reflex. So RD had to do it 1 more time, followed by the best men and the groom's best friend hahahaha it was a success!!! After that we watched the groom chased the bride while she's screaming, "nooooo... not my haaaaiiirrrr...!!!" =))

The bride still afraid when I present her the cupcakes. Hahahaha I'm sorry guys, it's all just for fun, no hurt feelings, ok? Peace (^o^)v

I'm not sure why we love to trick this couple, but we string sprayed them again late Sunday night at their wedding ballroom hahahaha

Wishing you guys a happy marriage, hoping that your life together will be rich in joy and love and be happy ever after!

My First Cake Competition

2010-07-26T22:03:00.003+07:00

The Royal Wave Threadless Cake.

Ni Hao!

2010-07-11T20:54:00.083+07:00

At first I wasn't interested to go to China, I still had bad memories about their... ehem public toilet... First time I went to China was about 10 years ago. I enjoyed my trip, love the scenery, love the foods, love their art&crafts. I almost love everything about them until 1 moment when I had to go to the restroom. It really shocked me. The partition was made from thin layer of plywood. Instead of door there was a linen that had been nailed to the plywood. There were 4 nails, 2 on the each left and right upper corner and 2 at the bottom. And the linen was very short, kids or short people could see your precious thing when you squat. And it was windy, my linen wouldn't attached very well, what the... I had to asked my mum to hold it in place. And the smell oooooouuuwwww I better not talk about that (-_________-)

Beside of that, China is a great country. I always love their show performance, dancing or circus or any mixed of those two, AMAZING!!! Not fond of the singing though since I don't understand the language. Also love the painting and crafting or other arty things. Love their souvenirs stuff. Most of them are very nice and cheap! Hahahaha

This time, it was 8 days trip by bus around south of China. Started from Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Hezhou, Guilin, Yangshuo, Wuzhou, and back to Guangzhou.

First Day, 21 June 2010
Arrived at Guangzhou airport went straight to Zhaoqing, took about 3 hours by bus. When arrived at Zhaoqing it was too late to visit any place hahaha so just we rest at the hotel after 5 hours on plane. FYI, the public toilet didn't change much, the smell were still the same, no water nor tissue, but the plywood partition had been change into porcelain and of course, still no doors hahahaha well, not all public toilet like that but most of them are :D

Second Day, 22 June 2010
Zhaoqing to Hezhou, a very looooong journey by bus, it took almost 6 hours, goodness... We visited Shibashui Waterfall and Linfeng Square. Nothing special, it's only ordinary waterfall and ordinary square. The hotel looked more interesting to me hahaha

big rock at the entrance of shibashui waterfall

the entrance of shibashui waterfall

the hotel lobby

what seem to be some old time governor chair

Ah ya, to make things more exciting, funny story of the day, the electricity went off in the middle of dinner time for nearly 90 minutes hahahaha

So far, the trip was OK but my mood was ruined not by anything related from China but from the people inside the group. Smelly public toilet or long journey by bus nothing compared a bunch of grumpy old people. They always complained about everything. I think I never heard 1 single good thing or anything beside complaining from their mouths. BAH!

Third Day, 23 June 2010
Hezhou to Guilin. Guilin was famous for its scenic spots. First stop was Elephant Trunk Hill and Fubo Hill. Then went to some medicine factory. After that watched Dream of Lijiang, some chinese acrobatic and ballet performance before went to the hotel.

stone wall of elephant history

funny road sign inside the elephant trunk hill

big elephant shaped rock

cormorant birds for rent

traditional costumes for rent

funky oma posed with rented costume in front of elephant trunk hill

inside the fubo hill cave

dried flying gecko at some medicine factory

blind old man playing erhu for a penny

The hotel... The hotel was magnificent!!! One magnificent museum hotel. Big red gate, red pillars, gold ornaments, wood crafting furnitures, old chinese painting... Lo~ooooooooooooo~ve it!!!

the hotel lobby

the hotel lobby ceiling

details on one of the wood crafting furniture

nicely cut deep fried fish with sweet and sour sauce

Forth Day, 24 June 2010
Got up early so I can take a walk around the hotel. It still amazes me ;p

view from the hotel restaurant

what seem to be old time royal chair at the hotel lobby

another wood crafting furniture

Today, we went to see Panda at Seven Star Park, super cute!!! Kyaaaaa!!! Also the little red panda, cuteness overload!!! Aaaa~aaaaaa~aaaaa!!! I'm so happy to see them. I spent almost 30 minutes just watching them. Didn't care if it was drizzle or buy any of the panda souvenir coz the real one sooooo much better. Funny story of the day, I saw a Panda scratching his butt against his wooden house hahahaha.

yum yum yum

what are you looking for little things?

After that went visit some tea and silk factory before traveling around the 4 Lakes in downtown area to enjoy the night view.

dried tea leaves tower

silk lady workers

the beautiful sun and moon tower by the lake

Fifth Day, 25 June 2010
Last day at the museum hotel, quick, shoot as many pictures as I can hahaha

hi there, can you see me?

the hotel front door guardian

the big red door door knob

Still got time to go around the hotel before leaving to Yangshuo. Met a group of people doing taichi. Funny story of the day, they were facing me backward when I took the 1st picture. Had to walk around the park so I can see their faces but then, they also turned around. Again, facing me backward hahaha waited for 5 mins then gave up and back to the hotel.

Yangshuo is a nice small town. The air's so clean and refreshing. Many older women sold plums and peaches along the way. Cheap and very juicy. After had lunch, we went to visit the Crown Cave. The view was amazing... Love the lightning effect on the limestones. From the cave, the journey went on to the famous Li River.

1 plate for 3 yuan

exhanting...

magical fairy forest...

limestone parade along the li river

small path through the villagers houses to go back to the bus

From Li River we went on to the hotel. On the way, all you can see is green; green leaves, green trees, green fields, very soothing. Later at night, finally got the real time to shopping at the West Street Night Market hahaha shop shop shop till you drop.

view from inside the bus

nice and clean west street night market

Sixth Day, 26 June 2010
Got some time to walk around the hotel before leaving to Wuzhou.

local wet market near the hotel

a very serious little girl doing her homework at some local noodle shop

"look grandpa, i'm taller now"

funny baby boy with his baldy grandpa

a very loaded souvenir bicycle vendor

Stopped by at some place to enjoy the view of Yangshuo River by bamboo boat. Our local Yangshuo River tour guide sang along they way to some other bamboo boat. 3 funny old men showed up and they did some little performance.

they always bounced their shoulder every time they had stupid fake laugh

notice the sleeping lady shaped limestone mountain behind the boat rower?

fisherman with his cormorant birds

crunchy water chestnut to much while enjoying the view

our lovely restaurant for today's lunch time

Wuzhou main spot was the Temple of Dragon's Mother. It was raining and we just had 20 minutes to explore since they were about to close.

the temple front gate guardian

the wishing tree

can you see the golden dragon's mother statue?

the little turtles in the wishing pond were dancing because of the pouring rain

daydreaming mr stone dragon

street alley at wuzhou

view from window hotel

night view of old buildings

Seventh Day, 27 June 2010
Another looooooong trip to Guangzhou. There, we went to enjoy the boat tour at Star Lake and Yuexiu Park, the park of 5 rams statue, the symbol of Guangzhou city. It was drizzled and foggy hix not much to see. After that went to the famous Shangxiajiu shopping street. I forgot to stop and took some picture, concentrate too much on shopping thing hahahahaha.

elderly people having breakfast at the hotel restaurant after their taichi session

a very huge lock to secure a motorcycle hahaha

"is it straight yet?"

Eighth Day, 28 June 2010
Woooooaaaaah, it's already 8 days!!! Time sure flew so fast, my... Overall, I really enjoy China. Maybe someday I can go visit some other city and other scenic spots. And maybe, when that time arrive, the public toilets can be more civilized hahahaha

8 days full course meals

1 course meal had mostly 8 to 10 dishes and those 2 stupid babbling old men and 1 baboon madame still complaining. Not only food, they also complained about the tour schedule, the scenic spots, this, that, everything! They also loved to talk to each other with loud voices while the tour guide tried to explained today's plans. Not forget to ask what's today's plan after the tour guide finished her speech. Geezzz what an ungrateful ignorant creatures!

Who-ooo

2010-07-10T11:10:00.008+07:00

I just fell in loveeeeee with these little cuties. Some souvenirs that I bought for my friends from my trip to south of China. Aaaaargh I wish I bought more of them, they're just adorable ^^

I'm not ready to let them all go huhuhu

I got some left over whipped cream and dark choco so I made some chocolate mousse, a very very thick chocolate mousse, heaveeen...

Crazy Weekend

2010-06-14T23:24:00.005+07:00

This is what happened last weekend...

click on the images to enlarge them.
Sorry for the messy layout, I'm not sure how to arrange them ;p

Beverly Adams

2010-05-25T12:51:00.008+07:00

Okay, please don't be surprise about this post. It is quite contrary of my usual self. But there's this ghost master competition and I'm interested in joining just because I need a black canvas bag hahaha I know, lame ;p

Here's the thing, when I was a child, I had 2 dolls named Nina&Bobo. Taken from the famous lullaby, Ninabobo. They looked like old-antique-ancients kind of dolls. Dolls that looked like a little kid with blank expression. Long eye lashes and sometimes a pair of eye that can blink. My mum said, I always carried them wherever I go. Even when we were moving from Bandung to Jakarta by train. I was 3 years old back then. She said while she carried my 1 year old brother and some luggage, I was following her through the station platform by pushing Nina&Bobo inside a strolled that supposed to carry me and or my brother.

I love my dolls; Nina&Bobo (and my other stuffed animals). I never been afraid of them since there's a ghost movies about THAT kind of dolls. The famous one is errr... I don't want to mention it, yeah, I think everybody knows what I mean. I hate those kind of movies!!! HATED THEM!!! Since then, I always scared and couldn't sleep well. I had to put them in the crate. Hix... Sorry guys... :(

That's why, I choose old-antique-ancients kind of dolls to create of my kind of ghost. Hopefully, can reduce the fear I have for them.

The name is Beverly Adams. A spoiled little girl in early Victorian era. On her 7th birthday, she got this gorgeous doll from her parents. The doll’s golden brown locks hair shined, her smooth cheeks blushed, her green eyes glazed back at Beverly. Beverly had never seen such a beautiful thing in her whole life. It was love at first sight. She named her Henrietta Maxine Gilmore-Adams. (You have to put your surname to your doll’s last name so she became a part of the family). Soon after, they became unseparated.

Henrietta, or you can call her Ettie, always at Beverly’s side. During her time from having breakfast and study; English, France, history etc but not mathematic (Ettie hates math) to lunch, piano lesson, afternoon tea (especially afternoon tea ooh how they love the scones and fruit cakes), dinner, and the good night sleep.

On one lovely day, her mom presented Beverly with one lovely present. Dusty pink colored dress with roses printed, laces, and bows. After she put it on, mom presented Beverly with another lovely surprise. A smaller dress for Ettie! It has the same material, completed with a matched hat. She was over joy!

That night, Beverly slept with that lovely matching dress. Ettie too. But something strange happened. Beverly couldn’t breathe. It was hot. So hot! She opened her eyes and she was surrounded by fire. Her room was on fire. Her house was burning. She called mom and dad. Anybody. No one yelled back. She was scared. So scared!

She grabbed Ettie and slowly walked out of her room, through the hallway, to the stairs. Just a little bit further. She heard loud cracked sound. Next thing she knew, she was flying straight to a burning floor. She can saw her body lying on the floor. Blood flowed from her neck. She can saw Ettie. Ettie, her gorgeous doll. A pair of green eyes glazed back at her, “Ettie, help... Help me, Ettie…”.

Beverly Adams burned head and body was buried at the Park Cemetery. Along with her doll. And that’s the story of the beloved daughter (and doll) of Adams Family, Beverly Adams. Wait the minute… The Adams never had a kid named Beverly. Supposed to be someone else… Someone whose name starts with H.

I really put a lot of effort in this illustration. Have fun with lots of details. I even scanned my shirt to get the roses pattern and used this brushes for the wallpaper. I'm happy with the result though :) Hope I can win the prize hihihi

The 1st Li-El Series

2010-05-19T15:44:00.009+07:00

My first children storybook is finally being published yaaaaayyy!!! \(^o^)/

13 short stories about Emerald Aurelia Pradnyaparamita a.k.a. Li-El.
Li-El is a very active little girl. Like all little girls, she loves to play and have fun with all of her friends. Although her curiosity sometime lead her to trouble. But worry not, her funky mother always be at her side and share some weird wisdom. All well, ends well :)

Here's some sneak peek...

Too bad it's B&W due to the publisher policy but still, I'm sooooo haaaaappppyyyyyyy ^^
It was almost 4 years when me and Ied, the creator/writer, day-dreaming about this hahahaha it came true, Ied, it came trueeee yaaaaayyy!!!

Can't wait for my next cute project, Shari and Little Lily! ;)

Time to improvise!!!

2010-05-15T10:32:00.017+07:00

A friend of mine told me about this amazing food blog, I drooled just by looking the pictures and eager to cook something, anything! It's been a while since I crashed the kitchen, I missed the chopping, the sizzling sound, the house filled with great smell of my own cooking, and of course the eating part hehehe

I jumped from 1 pictures to another and suddenly I stopped at this recipe. The ingredients remind me of my simple thai salad dressing; vinegar, olive oil, cilantro, chili, and sugar. While chimichurri has more ingredients like parsley, garlic, cumin and red wine vinegar.
Chimichurri...
Chimichurri...
Chimichurri...
The name is so cute and funny and I decided to mix this chimichurri with my thai salad dressing. Tossed away the cumin and red wine vinegar :D

I was guessing it will taste delicious with seafood; clams, fish, or maybe shrimp. At the market, I saw mint leaves. Then it hit me. Couscous!!! Couscous with grilled shrimp. Drizzle them with the mixed dressing and it will be fabulous! Please don't be surprise with my fusion cooking hihihi I love to mix and hopefully it can be a match ;p

This is how to make the couscous:
1 cup of couscous
1 cup of hot water (or chicken stock)
1-2 tbsp of olive oil
1/4 cup of diced red bell pepper
1/4 cup of diced yellow bell pepper
1/4 cup of raisin (soaked them in a bowl of 1 lemon juice)
1-2 tbsp of chopped mint leaves
1 tsp of salt

1. Heat some water in a sauce pan and then put heat proof bowl on top of it. In the heat proof bowl, add the couscous then pour over the hot water and olive oil.
2. Stir until it become fluffy.
3. Add all the other ingredients to the couscous and mix well.
4. You can always add water, lemon juice, or olive oil if you think the couscous not fluffy enough :D

And this is how to make the mixed dressing (can I called it thaimichurri?)
1/2 cup vinegar
2 tbsp olive oil
3-4 tbsp sugar
1 cup parsley
1/2 cup cilantro
3 garlic cloves
2 chilly

1. Bring the olive oil, vinegar and sugar to boil. Let it cool.
2. Put the rest of the ingredients to blender.
3. Mixed all.

And for the shrimp and fish, give a little bit of garlic powder and salt before pan fried or grilled them. Served with a little drop of lemon juice on top of them.

To my surprise, the sweet smell from minty couscous and the salty seafood tasted great with sweet and sour dressing. It's a match!!!
*happy octopus dance* ~(^o^)~
Even my mum couldn't wait until lunch time to eat them.

Cute Purple Giant

2010-05-02T13:47:00.004+07:00

Goodness!!!
It's so HOT in Jakarta lately. And like always, I refuse to use AC hahaha me and my stupid principals. I don't want my body to rely on AC all the time, too much global warming ;p so I push myself to get used to the climate and here I am, sweating like a pig hahahaha

Anyway, I just remember about my last month illustration, The Legend of SangHyang Tikoro. About a ugly giant that having a battle with some handsome dude to win the love of this beautiful girl. Handsome dude won, the ugly giant couldn't handle his lost and created a heavy rain storm on those lovely couple's village. The ugly giant's dad who discovered about his son cowardness, punished him to drink all the flood from the rain. Until now, you still can see the ugly giant swallowing all those water at SangHyang Tikoro Cave at Bandung, West Java. Of course, it's not a real giant, it's just a river that ended in some cave, duh.

The giant looks cute right? I know, I can't draw scary giant!!! I almost frustrated that time. At first, the face expression looked promising but then I don't know why my hand automatically made him chubby. Cute and chubby. *banging my heads on the desk* FAILED!!!

Choco choco choco

2010-02-24T19:25:00.005+07:00

Got tons of work lately, had enough, need a break. So, I decided to make 1 mini cake for my brother. 1 mini cake for me and mom. And a dozen of mini cuppycakes for my friend.
It's been 2 weeks since I bought new tools from Wilton's. And 2 days ago, I though it will be a right time to go and play with them. Since today is my bro's birthday and a friend of mine are going back to States, I promise her to bake cupcakes with the Wilton's tool decoration that she brought for me before she left.

I always think my brother as a monkey and also called him that coz he never stand still, sit still, or just be quite. Maybe thats why he loves parkour. Anyway, happy birthday, Nyet. Getting older hope you can get wiser.

The first thing that came from the new fondant ribbon cutter.

And these came from the decorative punch. That's a toy in the middle of mini cuppycakes, a solar toy named Googly. It's quiet a coincidence that the theme color of the mini cuppycakes matched with her.

Pappilon

2010-01-23T00:05:00.008+07:00

There's an abandoned piece of land near my house. I was a swamp but throughout many year, I don't know how it turned into solid ground. And since nobody ever claimed or built anything on top of it, some people just volunteer to make it into garden. They planted everything from bushes, little flower, big flower ( I only knew the kamboja and bougenville), and then there's little trees with little flower and little fruits, they even planted cassavas and sweet potatoes :D
It always nice to see green enviroment in modern city full of metals, glasses and cement :)

And then, lately there's so many butterflies around my neighborhood. I love butterflies. Love to see them flapping their wings here and there. They are so beautiful but fragile yet so strong hahaha do you even understand what I mean? How I put this... Hmmm as you can see, most of butterflies (wings) are beautiful. These thin little wings also very fragile, you can easily tear them appart but they capable of flying thousand miles through bad weather only to migrate to certain place.

I'm not sure where they came from or be heading to but I don't mind if they stay around for a while. There's something magical about them ;p

Princess Swasti

2010-01-21T13:48:00.005+07:00

She's not that pretty nor that smart. She's so skinny, has a dark skin and also freckles from spending time too much under the sun. But she's a true princess because she always care about her people :)

Happy New Year!

2010-01-21T11:59:00.003+07:00

It's already mid January my oh my... Been very very busy since the 1st day of 2010, got so much schedule until April aaargh!!! No no no must stay positive :D
Ganbatte me!!!

Wishing everybody all the best!!!
Hope this year brings peace and happiness also the strength to get through any problems.

Early Holidays

2009-12-24T21:12:00.020+07:00

On 19th Dec, my bestest friend tied the knot after 8 years built relationship with her boyfriend. Yaaay, finally!!! Me and other 5 girls got the honor to be the bridesmaids. The wedding was held on one of the beautiful island in Indonesia, Bali. There's only mean 1 thing... EARLY HOLIDAYS!!!

Before the D-Day, there was sooo much things to do. Bought and made flower headbands for the bridesmaids, went find white stockings and ehem corset, planned the journey, booked hotel and driver, finished all the jobs, packing etc etc suddenly it's already time to depart. Waw waw waw waw waw I was sooo excited, couldn't manage to get some sleep hahahaha

Thursday, December 17 2009
Our flight departed at 0635AM from Jakarta and arrived in Bali around 0930AM local time. First stop, fitting the dress. My dress was a little too big, so it need some adjustment. After that, straight to Ibu Oka restaurant at Ubud to enjoy the most delicious suckling pig in the whole world (according to Anthony Bourdain) hahaha

Yummmm... Mission accomplished, next destination, Bali Bird Park. I wasn't a big fans of birds, coz they poo almost anytime anywhere hahaha but the park was really nice and clean and they got many exotic birds, so colorful :)

Watched those birds fly got us hungry again hahaha actually we just need to go to 1 last place before went back to our hotel which almost took 2 hours by cars. The place called Naughty Nuri. It served Baby Back Ribs. And it was goooood... Oh so goooooood... Very sweet and tender and juicy, SUPERB!!!

Later that night, I had to do the fitting once again. This time, the dress fitted hahahaha

Friday, December 18 2009
Since tomorrow we'll be very busy, the early plan was to go to Dreamland beach and relax. But the driver suggest us to do the water sports since December 20th was Sunday, the place would be very crowded. I didn't like that plan, water sports must be exhausting. We need to be fresh on the wedding day. Plus, I didn't want to look too tanned!!! Hahahaha but, we did it anyway.

We went parasailing, tubing, and diving. It was amazing!!! I love diving and feeding the fishes, tropical fishes, they're so cute. But I couldn't find Nemo :(

After did all that, we were sooo tired but still pushed ourself to go to Dreamland even only for 1 hours hahaha coz after Dreamland, we need to go to Uluwatu, watched Kecak dance and enjoying sunset.

Kecak is the most unique Bali dances. No music or instruments to go with the dance therefore there are 70 men giving their best voices and fill the open stage throughout the performance.

The beautiful sunset...

After that, we went back to the city and had dinner at Ibu Chandra, another suckling pig restaurant but to me, Ibu Oka still the best d(^o^)b

Saturday, December 19 2009
Woke up at 4AM and couldn't move my neck, what the...?!?! Guess that's the water sports' effect hahahaha we're like robotic bridesmaids and best man hahahaha but all of us manage to put a big smile on our faces.

Congratulations on your wedding my dear WaiWai and Xuria!!! :')
Wishing you a wonderful beginning and love to last a lifetime! \(^o^)/

Sunday, December 20 2009
No after party yesterday but there's a brunch for today :D
All bridesmaids and best men and closest friends shared stories of yesterday event. And of course, the famous line from the happy couple, " YOU'RE NEXT!" hahahaha

Later, me and my friends went shopping for souvenirs at Kampung Bali and Krisna. And then went to have some snack, Sate Penyu (Turtle Satay). Of course it's not the real turtle, it was just a simple pork on sticks. Look good, smell good, taste goooood...

Then, we went to Discovery Mall to enjoy the sunset. The Mall located by the beach. People can took pictures, played some kite or just sit and relax there.

For dinner we went to Bubba Gump Restaurant. It was inspired from the movie, Forrest Gump. The exterior was amazing, not to mention the interior.

The foods was okay, not so bad, not that good. A little bit expensive though. But I love the dessert, Cookies Sundaes.

Monday, December 21 2009
Last day in Bali ooh how time flies...
Let's enjoy the beach for the last time...
Let's eat the fabulous meals one more time...
And shopping shopping shopping till you drop ;p

It was a BLAST! :)

Wipo, The Dirt Van

2009-12-10T20:00:00.003+07:00

Just finished what supposed to be last week illustration hehehe
Story about an old van that been modified into library for kids.
I don't like drawing cars or buildings or any modern things, never quiet understand why...

Christmas Christmas Time is Here

2009-12-09T11:25:00.008+07:00

Yesterday was a bit tiring but happy day :D
My childhood friend from Ausie came. We've first met at some school project, 5th grade Elementary School. She and her family move to Perth in the middle of 1st year Junior High. But she always come back to Jakarta each year around Christmas or New Year. The first time she visited after she left Jakarta for Perth, she brought me candy cane and chocolate. That's the first time I knew candy cane and loving it since hahahaha I know, childish, but can't help it ;p
Ever now and then, she always brought candy cane and chocolate, always different flavored, mint, cherry, chocolate hahaha love you, Aileen *hug*

We were suppose to watch movie and meet at 10 o'clock at her house. I want to surprise her with some cupcakes. Woke up at 7 am and started decorate the cupcakes (already bake them the night before). I miscalculated (and a bit underestimated) the timing. I didn't expect it took 4 hours to decorate them. But I was overjoy with the final result. To me, it was wonderful. I'm happy and so did she. Yaaay!!!

We went to see Ninja Assassin with her brother, Andre and her cute cousin, Jessica. I was a brutal movie (@_@) part of body sliced and flew here and there, blood scatter everywhere, Jessica kept shrieking on every fighting scene hahahaha I was a little bit shock at first but couldn't help to laugh when the blood burst like tomato sauce. No, I'm not some lunatic sadistic but to me it didn't look realist. Thank goodness for that or I'll be scare like Jessica. I hate horror movies and blood. Give me chills...

After that we went home, I had to attend my Japanese language. The time's short, I drove to the place as fast as I could but haiyah it was cancelled coz the sensei couldn't come. Grrr... Drove back to home and went to sleep. Woke up around 7 PM, right about time to watch SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE season 4 on AXN. I know it's last season but didn't complaint coz I always love to see people dancing. I'm crazy about this 1 contestant, Mark Kanemura kyaaaa he's so cute and talented. I like him from his first audition but fell in love when he picked up his nose in front of the camera. OH MY GOD, DID HE REALLY DO THAT?! Hahahahaha
I always love cute cooky guy :)

Later that night, went to nearby mall to meet my friend. Love the Christmas decoration inside the mall. Teddy bears everywhere!

Poor green thing...

2009-12-07T23:14:00.006+07:00

Today, when I just got up, my mum asked me, "where's the kitchen timer?".
Me with only half of my soul answered, "I ate it last night, I was hungry..."
And then she went crazy and blabbering something about... "cooking without timer is like blind people walking."
I'm not sure what's that mean hahahaha

At the afternoon she already bought exactly the same kitchen timer like the old one. Almost felt like nothing happen. Bye-bye old kitchen timer, thank you for remind us about the baking, roasting, stewing, frying, and other cooking time.

Seven Fairies

2009-11-30T22:54:00.007+07:00

Finally I got a story about fairies
~(^o^)~ *happy octopus dance*
I always love fairies. My inner child believe they're real hahaha
I spent too much time and effort drawing the flower garden, didn't realize tomorrow's the dateline aaaaarrrrghhhhh!!!
A little bit disappointed about the fairies' costumes hix I wish I could give them pretty gowns not simple dresses :'(

1 carrot, 2 carrots, 3 carrots, 4 carrot cupcakes

2009-11-28T14:28:00.005+07:00

My friend came by yesterday to learn how to make a carrot cake. I never made any carrot cake before so it was the first time for both of us hahaha and turned out, it was ok :D
There's some leftover of the ingredients so I decided to make carrot cupcakes.

Chocolate Christmas Wreath

2009-11-26T23:03:00.004+07:00

Made some artwork for Kreatif Magazine, kids-art&craft-magazine, December issue. Christmas time, yaaaay!!! Simple Christmas Wreath made from chocolate balls, easy to make and pretty :)

Irish Cream Cheesecake

2009-11-23T20:37:00.012+07:00

It was perfect..
Looked good, chocolatey-beautiful round shape...

Then...

It ruined!
AAAARGHHHH!!!
I should know it was too early to cut it, but it looked firm hix..

The cookie-based scrambled. The cream distorted. The caker screamed in frustration, "NOOoO~ooOoO~OoOoOoooOOOooOoO!!!

I tried to fix it but it got worst. I almost cried but I wasn't going to give up.
Took some plastic glass and scoop what's left of the cake into it. Gave a little whipped cream and cute decoration. Put it together with cute stuffed animals and here it is...

Oggy the hedgehog and Abby the rabbit enjoying their Irish Cream Cheesecake in a pot (^ ^)

Happy Halloween

2009-10-31T16:20:00.002+07:00

My Bullfrog Prince

2009-10-11T18:38:00.003+07:00

Totoro & Sushi

2009-09-29T10:23:00.012+07:00

September's a busy month, so many birthdays hahaha
I made this one for Mrs Vanda-san, my lovely editor.

And this one for my partner in crime at the office, Sinta.
She has a daschund named Sushi.

Brownies Cupcakes with chocolate cream for die hard chocolate lover hihihi...
I'm having a hard time making Satsuki's hair (the girl on the up right corner from the first photo) couldn't get the right color and shape hikz... But at least it resemble her... Or not? You be the judge (-_____-)

Monkey Business

2009-09-22T18:52:00.008+07:00

Green Tea cupcakes for monkey of the year. Happy Birthday Therry!!! :D

BBQ minestrone soup

2009-09-15T21:55:00.015+07:00

What a loooooong week (-_______-¡)
Had to finish 5 errr.. 6, I don't know, maybe 7 illustration non stop.
This is only mean 1 thing...
KA-CHING!!!
Money!!!
Hahahaha

Remember the red bean? It finally end up in what so called minestrone :D
I'm not sure what to call this soup... Combination of BBQ red bean, meatballs, carrots, onion, and a little bit of tomato sauce.

What's for lunch?

2009-09-12T13:21:00.000+07:00

Salad and Chicken

2009-09-03T08:48:00.006+07:00

Mum's friend gave us some mayonnaise last week and we had to finish it before it expired. So I made some salad for last night dinner together with pan fried lemon chicken and mushroom. Turn out it was cheese mayonnaise. I'm not a big fan of cheese except for mozarella, love the gooey thing. I mixed 1/2 tsp condensed milk with 2 tbsp mayo. Tasted ok :D

After that, went to see a movie with a friend. The Hangover hahahaha it's hilarious! Both of us fell in love with the Leslie Chow character.

Princess and The Golden Comb

2009-08-28T19:58:00.005+07:00

Made an illustration for some kids magz. I don't know the exact title for this story. It's about a guy named Juanito who saw a beautiful lady on the bottom of a well. The lady supposed to be a princess but she was cursed by the evil witch. This Juanito manage to break the curse and rescued the princess with a little help from a dog, an eagle, and an ant.
Does anybody know about this mexican folktales?

Garden Party

2009-08-25T23:27:00.010+07:00

Last weekend my niece from Surabaya came. She and her big bro was having an appointment with their eye doctor. It was a very very short trip for them but I made a promise to bake her strawberry cupcakes for her next trip to Jakarta. I never make any strawberry cupcakes before. So, I Google and found some random recipe and made little adjustment.
So there I was. 7AM in the morning with table full of ingredients. Mixed, swift, fold, bake. My cousin-in-law told me she should be coming around 12 at noon for lunch. But suddenly she had to canceled it because her son was having fever. They will be leaving the hospital at 10AM. I looked at the clock and it was 9AM. I should be able to catch them. The hospital wasn't that far from home. Luckily the cupcakes already set, only need a little decoration. Strawberry jam, cookie crumble, cute fondant and chop chop chop it's harvest time!!!

Hahahaha I was inspired from Hello, Cupcake!
And I choose those theme because my cousin love to play Farmville.

Hi there people :)

2009-08-23T17:16:00.001+07:00

I don't know how to start this blog so maybe I just tell you a little bit about myself. I like to watch movies, reading, and drawing, sometimes baking, others doing some art and craft project but not writing hahaha... My writing skill's very poor so please forgive me for the grammars and oh so little vocabulary and maybe if I lost you in my blabbering ;p

Couple of weeks ago, my childhood friend from Perth came and I though it was a good time to try my new buttermilk and green tea powder which I purchased from some Food Festival. Time to bake mini cupcakes :D
I love mini cupcakes! They're so tiny. You can put them in your mount in just 1 bite. Munch munch munch and the next thing you know, you already finished 4 of it hahaha...

Turned out that the buttermilk powder make a flat surface. It didn't give the dough more power to rise than the green tea powder *sigh* but the smell sure build up the appetite hihihi...
A little whipped cream, color sprinkles and voila!

And here's for fun :D

I ran out of whipped cream for the big cupcakes hahaha...