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Mel

20112011 A lil' unprofessional touch for my bro's engagement...

Am in-charge of hantaran buah and chocolate! ;-p 

Time to show some skills. Bolehlah buat sikit-sikit tapi tak boleh nak expect macam professional touch lah coz' saya budak-baru-belajar... Hmmm in fact tak belajar pun, main bega-bega aje... ;-)

Oh this is my hantaran buah tahun 2003 -  Green bouquet concept namun fruits tetap nak merah! 

Ni kira inspired by my hantaran lah for my brother...

I love red all my life!

Walaupun theme nya gold, tetap jugak nak letak touch of red - check out the lady bug chocolate!

Chocolates!

Cak! mata lady bug yang cute!

Happy Diwali 2011

Cuti! No specific plans but maybe will be out later scouting for the boys Superheroes bed-sheet and curtain. Designing my anak bujang's room mode activated! Prepared light breakfast. Ali Tea for daddy, Milo Fuzz for the boys. Roti Massimo Wheat Germ with Marks & Spencer chocolate hazelnut spread for them... And as for me, hmmmm malas nak bancuh-bancuh drink. Later minum ayaq kosong cukuplah.

Grab this for my breakfast. Jadilaaa... 

I Love My Babies To Infinity & Beyond!

Yay! Esok public holiday!!! Can wake up late tomorrow! Means tonight I can continue some of the unfinished work, watch Top Model Hot Picks and sleep late. Managed to complete 80 pieces of the barakah so far... Kira 40 pieces a day la. Lagi 3-4 hari siap semua... At least I can concentrate on other event preparations pulak lepas ni. Watched Oprah Farewell Season  - the episode was about a mother who has cancer tapped hundreds of messages for her daughter before she died. That lady really inspired me! I don't think I'm capable to do something like that! She's like recording her message every day for 5 years! (Check-out the clip in YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQkJbDXey0I) Hmmm... Probably this blog can substitute the tape if I'm no longer around in this world... At least my 2 babies know their mummy's effort to provide and manage what best for the family. Tengah syok-syok tengok Oprah sambil kesat air mata, Amil came to me and handed me a letter. A very meaningful letter indeed! I seriously shed my tears this time. Dang! I'm so sentimental when it comes to family especially my babies! 

It says...
"I love you daddy.
I love you mummy.
Daddy you olweys (always) bort (bought) me toys.
Mummy you olweys (always) cocing (cooking) for me.
Thank you mummy and daddy."

*Forget about the spelling and grammar. Who cares? They're suppose to have fun and make mistakes at this age. Not to be perfect and know everything. I love my boys so much!!! They're for sure the most precious gifts I've ever have in life...

Hafta find a big box to store the butterflies...

Rerama Chenta...

Sunny Sunday morning! Rupanya hujan di petang hari... Ewah! Pagi-pagi lagi dah busy with Anwar-si-pemotong-rumput and then was out for the whole day. Hajat dihati nak ke Mont Kiara cari evening dress for the upcoming events tapi ter'lencong' ke Citta Mall for lunch. Errr... Brunch actually as we skipped our breakfast this morning. Gara-gara busy tengok Anwar-si-pemotong-rumput buat kerja (alasan aje, sebenarnya malas nak prepare!) After the brunch, tersasar pulak ke Nilai 3 to find my lil' sister in-law's barakah for her Nikah Night - sebenarnya boleh je pergi yang kat Klang tapi tak best sebab dekat sangat! Arrived Nilai 3 about 3pm. Went shopping alone while the boys and hub took a nice nap in the car with full blast air-condition. Yeah... I walked a mile under the sizzling hot sun - alone! But I kinda prefer that way though. Kalau jalan ramai-ramai lagi susah nak cari barang... Really had no idea what to find at first. Was figuring out what the bride-to-be's favourite stuff and I remember that she obsessed with butterflies and I stick to that idea... Thank God semua kedai I went in, bagi layanan yang sangat bagus - ada satu kedai sampai 5 orang dok melayan. The only challenge was the kedai yang jual butterflies tu. The pakcik sekejap bagi murah pastu changed his mind bagi mahal balik. Siap claimed the butterflies made by the OKUs. Kesian pulak mendengarnya tapi tadi pakcik dah janji kan nak kasi harga yang ini (sambil tunjuk kat calculator)... After some bodeking and puji pakcik tu handsome, he finally agreed with my price - 45% discount! Allah aje yang boleh balas jasa pakcik handsome tu! ;-p Reached home about 6pm. Prepared light dinner, did some revision with the boys, took shower, start potong ribbon and gam-menggam. As usual, I always have problem with my new gadget - the glue gun this time around. Dia tembak at my finger instead of the ribbon. Agaknye dia tak dapat bezakan antara jari dengan kain. Kesian... Anyway, we get along really well after that. Biasalah tak kenal maka tak cinta! Hehehehe...

These are the 'bahan-bahan mentah' yang masih belum di buka... 

Dah unwrap sebahagian...

Nasib baik she loves butterflies. Kalau ulat bulu ke, lipan ke, tikus ke, kan ke jenuh nak cari!?

The butterflies... Ada 3 colors: Baby Pink, Magenta and Purple. Kalau ada blue color lagi 'naik'

Butterflies yang masih 'bertangkai'

Yang ni free gift! Beli rama-rama dapat dia...

Antara yang dah siap... 110 more to go!

I'm actually not a big fan of English flowers printed tapi in this scenario, the symbolic is rama-rama tengah hisap madu bunga laaa konon...

I also don't fancy love shape. Tapi the combination of love, butterflies and ribbon  macam sepadan.... 

Ribbon tu selain dari taknak kasi container tu nampak kosong (and I don't want it to look crowded either), it means ikatan kasih/ cinta antara dua hati... Chewah! Jiwang dimalam2 hari ni! *Part nak gam ribbon ni paling leceh!*

Really hope the bride-to-be loves this idea...

I'm soooo proud!

Bangga! Bangga! Sampai kembang hidung sebab terlalu bangga! Hehehehehe one of my friends cooked the recipe I gave! Ayam percik yang digemari ramai katanya!!! Hahahaha. Thanks Jels for believing in me (feeling Oscar winner tetiba!) Oh by the way, Jels is the owner of The Jellikids. Follow The Jellikids on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Jellikids/107995099219933

Ohhhh this is how her ayam percik looks like. Looking tempting and more delicious than mine!

Full pic... Terang gambarnya. Dia nilah yang suruh guna DSLR...

Inventing the new recipe...

Hmmm... It's been more than a week I didn't logged-on to my blog.  Been busy with the boy's graduation night sponsorship (pat on my shoulder for getting a sponsorship for this event!   SPA vouchers worth RM900 under Amil's contribution! Weeeehoooo!!!), scouting for primary schools, invitations etc. Yesterday, invented the new recipe. Easy, fast, delicious... The ingredients pun tak remeh and sangat economic. I called it kuih/ apam/ kek coklat kukus... The taste was not bad. Hubby and the boys love it!

This is how it looked like in the steamer. Check out yang belah kanan-depan. A bit tinggi than the rest sebab tertuang the admixture lebih dalam acuan... ;-p

Ini lepas keluarkan dari cup acuan... Bahagian atas belum cukup masak so I had to steam it for another 5 minutes...

Haaa! Yang ni dah siap. Saja letak kelapa kukus so it looks more traditional... ;-)