My new "Garden-in-d-Making"

I've been revamping the outdoor look off my serenity home into something more with "lookable" view..hahaha. Don't even know what the hell does that means. Anyway..initially we planted the carpet grass (some of you may call it carpet grass..hack i don't know the real/scientific name of it), but i think most of us know rumput carpet rite?! The thing is..it has to be maintained regularly i.e. somebody in the house need to be "rajin" enuff or have some little extra money to hire one grass cutter on a monthly basis. Apparently the charge when you asked 1 bangla to cut the grass yg "sekangkang kera" tu pon is not that cheap ok..so please bear in mind. So i decided to hire a landscape man to help out on the designing part. Went to plants nursery..mind you the plants there were mind blowing and ease to your heart and soul. However, since the land area for plantation at my house not so big, the uncle refused and asked me to just use my wild imagination to DIY. So i said ok, in that case just give me some ideas on what plants suitable/not suitable to be put under direct/indirect sunlight. So HELL....so many to choose from...i went coockoo for awhile. Hahahahhaha.

So i had chosen 4 types of plants with two of each and 4 types of pots with two of each. I was having so much fun doing this. Also...i had chosen some black and white slates for the pots to firmly sit on. In addition, bough some middle size white stones to cover the whole land area in between the slates. Will update the garden-in-d-making process in due course...and definitely the "before" and "after" pics. I need to have some record of this moments.

I'm not so sure about the market price of those plants. But for me...i think frankly it's not really cheap nor expensive. So consider so-so la hah...but seriously, my imagination runs wild and so does my cash...hahahah. Now i know, it's not that cheeap if you decided to upgrade the whole landscape area...ahah..not that cheap. But then ok..i take that as an investment because..yes..i want my yard to look pretty and to give me some peace of mind when things inside the house mess my head..hahaha...of course sometimes ada...hahahhah

Anyway, initially i thought i'm quite bionic to actually do everything myself. But came back from plant nursery, tried to pull out the grass...but unfortunately i dont have the tools. I was a bit frustrated because couldnt do everything myself..and asking my HB?? Are u kidding me?? Hmmm...a BIG SIGHHHH.... At the same time, i buat la jugak skit2 myself..but after that..i felt that the whole body was aching...SO meaning i really need a helper. So luckily when they came to send the ready flower pots, i asked them whether they can do the grass cleaning for me and they said yes!! Hahhaha...i was happy. The came the day after and clean all the grass out for me. Just that i need to pay them 50 bucks.

Still work in progress.

So here are my plants....can't wait to take photos tof he garden-in-d-making tu.

Homme and her newly born daughter

Ok...so the potluck i was talking about was actually to visit Homme at her new place with her newly born daughter, Maryam Maheera. She was so small...at 3 months she is really a small size girl...and adorable..just like the brother. Everbody was there except for my HB and Homme's hubby. Never mind about that. Didnt really manage to snap photos of us and the FOOD because my camera was running out of battery..isk isk..so sad... cos i purposely brought my camera along to take some shots of us together.

So Hajar has her good news...yess...she's pregnant for her second. I am happy for her. Of which...whether admittedly or not the pressure is on....hahahah...for me lah. But i always remeber what my colleague said, "there's always a reason why Allah had not granted me my wish..ada hikmah..so it's ok and just be patience. No need to feel sad or bad." Ok..with that..my pressure will be off.

Went back, had a headache...which i can't recon why...probably because i didnt have my routine morning nescafe that day...so i spent the whole night sleeping while HB and Harraz shouted GOL at the screen....as usual...

So yess..i baked Cream Cheese and Wild Blueberry Pound Cake with buttercream icing. First time trying those recipes...and i think..personally..the taste was quite ok and yummy. Hehehe...isi bakul angkat sendiri...heheheh....ok..did manage to take some shots before..but not after...so..here goes..

The look was not that WOWWW...but i guess i don't care because this is my first time decorating using buttercream icing. A pet on my back..definitely..hehehehe.

The icing is supposed to be "baby blue" colour, but it turn out green...probably because of the yellowish butter and krimwell....

And here is ms. maryam..the cute girl who belongs to Mr Firdaus and Madam Omra... :) Cute betul budak nih. Homme ko jgn perasan..she definitely does not look like u. hahahha

Nothing..just nothing...

Waahhh...it has been a longggg time......long time since i last updated this blog. Nothing interesting happened actually. Yerla kan..I'm an auditor..what more interesting to report other than countless review on my audit assignments from d' CIA. Sometimes...i felt soooo tired..thinking ..just thinking how to close/wrap up just i small issue. Ended up going back home, feeling so restless to even talk to my HB or my dear hunnybunny. Most of the times, i ended up crawling to bed just when the clock hit 10pm...to that extent. Siighhhh....well..not good to "mengeluh" actually...but i felt a bit relief with just a bit of sigh....hmmm....

But anyway..am still having toothache for the past 5 days. So yesterday, had to take another medical leave and revisit the dentist to sort the pain. So the doc had to re-drill my tooth and put a different type of my medicine. It was not abnormal actually for the recurring ache..that's what she told me lah..and she expected it because different people react differently to the medicine. So yes..she's putting something more extreme this time. Now i feel better...and work RESUMEE....erkkkk...

This Sunday, plan to visit my fren who had just gave birth to a cute baby girl. We will be having pot luck at her place. So i guess i need to plan for the menu to bring. Give me something to look forward to actually because...honestly I don't really go out that much..i mean socialising. Most of the time, i only went out to do some retail therapy alone...again...Sigghhh......So nak masak ape ekkk....I have few things in mind though -> tuna sandwich/custard puff pastry/bubur kacang..heheheh...oops...how about trying some new recipes...Hmm...macam ok jugak tuh...but i dont want something too eggy or sweet though...hhmmm....ape ekk?!!

A sweet tooth I AMMMM..

So far..here are the baking projects - considered successful for an amateur like me..hehehehe. Actually those are previous projects..time-time rajin la kan..and also at the time i feel so frustrated with dont know what..i will start flipping through tested recipes from famous blogger who cook with their heart and soul. Heheheh...credits to them actually. Actually if you notice, i already linked their blogs at the bottom right hand corner of this blog. So you guys can also copy the recipe from there...

Honestly, i only use recipes from those who already tried the recipe. Not blindly copying and tested the recipe first time..cos takut tak jadi actually...then ended up in my dustbin plakk...kehkkehkeh..yes..it had happened before...trust me..
So just check it out ok..



Hokaiddo chiffon cupcake





Apam Polka Dot (dont really favor this though..it went a bit hard once it's cold)



Some looks like batik..the rest succesful dot dot...hahaha



Strawberry, Manggo and Banana Pavlova...yg ni memang sangat sedappp...




I actually make the strawberry sauce from scratch...huhuhu




Another recipe of Red Velvet Cake On a Sunny Day




The red colour is soo....REDDD!!!




Steamed Chocolate Bundt Cake




Don't really like the chocolate topping though...i wnet off recipe..so...u can say that it was one of my unsuccessful story. But other than that..i mean the taste..it was ok..



Still OUCHHHHH!!! OUCCHHHH!!!

Had to take MC today. Have been postponing to see the dentist due to unstopable pain. So I decided to see another dentist near my place so that it will be easier for me to take mc in case i had to. Went in the morning, but the doctor was so busy to take further action and asked me to come back later at 3pm. So i did.

Really went for root canal decision at this point. Had to do the x-ray first to check on the root whether still ok or not. If not ok, then i should opt for pulling out. But seriously...tengah2 sakit macam ni...rasa macam nak cabut jer....tak tahan sangatttt.

So the procedure, she sedated the area first..surprisingly not that painful. Once the anaesthetic took effect, my upper and lower left side lips felt so freaking numb..like injecting botox...u don't know whether your face looks like smiling or frowning...hahahahah. But actually, luckily ada sedative tuh...if not...fuuuuuhhhhh i cannot imagine how the pain is going to be...SERIOUSLY...

So guess how much i kena charged??? RM700 for 1 molar root canal alone. Probably had to pay the dentist another round of a visit to finalize the agony of doing the root canal...which is in 2 weeks time....dangggg.....And now that the sedative had worn out,  the pain i tell you...even worst..seems like the pain killer does not really work for me...so how now??? Can i sleep or not tonite...Oouccchhhh ouchhhh.....

But anyway, while waiting for my evening appointment tadi.. and dalam sakit2 gigi tuh, sempat la jugak buat simple desert...So...check it out...


Had to cut the 4x4 inch puff pastry to another 4 pcs due to lower stock in my fridge...kihkihkih



Custard and blueberry puff pastry...



I Love Baking.....Time Rajin la kan....

Before i started baking, i never thought that i can bake actually..in fact, even if i can, i never thought that i would LOVE baking. I think because Umi always baked back at home, so seeing her so engrossed with baking, i felt tired just looking at her. That's why i don't really bake. Then i accidentally bought (don't ask me how..hehehe) this oven from Kitchen Queen Italy. It was not really a big oven but it's a convection+microwave oven. The function, the way i see it is pretty basic..just for cooking simple food and reheating frozen food :-) Here is how the oven looks like..

See..i told you there's nothing fantastic about this oven. But i manage to bake wonderful cakes and pastry inside here. But that does not slash the desire to buy bigger bult-in oven ok?!..hehehe

So i started my baking adventure with the oven by cooking simple chocolate cake.

My Hunnybunny..forever and always be...

My hunny bunny is so big now....and schooling already. It's hard to tell it here...I think i'll go emo-emo talking about you. Weird to feel that even though u r still small, i talk about grown up things with you..Probably because I don't really have anyone to talk to about what I really+really feel... Thanks for listening dear, eventhough i know you don't understand grown up matters yet. But i hope you will always be my ears when I'm sad or happy...