我要去纽西兰！！！

Airasia 终于要推出我最期待的纽西兰了。。。

天哪，好便宜啊。。。



自从小叶换了工作，因为年假有限的关系，我们的旅游梦也大大的受打击。

所有的飞机票促销我都尽量不去看，但这是我梦寐以求的纽西兰啊。



为什么，为什么要那么早推出？



为什么，为什么我早早就定了明年韩国和泰国的机票？



再等一年，在等一年我一定要拿两个星期长假飞纽西兰。

小叶你最好给我好好的干，不然我牺牲那么大你还一无所成，这像话吗？？？

中秋快乐！！！

这个中秋因为有个很得空的量地官在家，所以我们开开心心过节喽。。。

小叶本来说要请些朋友来家里pot luck, 但我却当心小叶的米粉和我的烤鸡上不了大场面而不了了之， 原来他的炒米粉很有水准哦，我的烤鸡当然也不赖。。

饮料方面，我们选择了小时候过节不能少的罐头龙眼水，却用了个九不答八的杯来装。

而甜品，当然是小叶最拿手的milk custard 和最普通但被我们排得美美的apple pear and orange fusion, 哈哈

Yummy yummy!!! 看来下次我有勇气邀朋友来过节咯！

祝大家中秋节快乐！！！

变成一只狗

背弃了帮我剪了四年头发的发型师，去另一间店电了个头发，以为可以电个韩国版的年轻头，怎知道老板娘把我变成一只狗。。。还是一只很阿莲的狗。。。

天哪，怎么这世界上的发型师都不听指示的。。。

天哪，我以后要怎么见人啊？？？？

船员

那天，店里来了个中国船员，穿得很邋蹋，顶着一头比野草还要乱的头发。

当时整间店只有我会说华文，于是便由我来招待他。

船员买了很多安美露后，开始要我介绍护肤产品说是要买来送人。我给他介绍了个中国游客爱买的牌子，但从许多系列里他却找不到要买的。当我问他所需要的功效，他就很理所当然的说 “这些我都不懂”。于是我给他介绍的个蛮红的产品，也蛮贵的。介绍没两分钟，他就说要买了，但他必须先去找他的朋友，因为他身上不够马币。

过了一会而，船员回来说他找不到他的朋友，所以不买了。

又过了好久，船员又跑回来了，说是要买我介绍的护肤产品，但汇币所关了，而他又找不到朋友，所以一直哀求我们让他付美金，但我们的店里是不收美金的。看他诚意拳拳，也发现那是他要买给爱人的手信时，在经理的许可下，我便和他交换了马币。

买了产品后他又和我谈了很旧，看他年纪轻轻，原来孩子也蛮大了，临走前还问我哪里可以买到最贵最顶级的化妆品。

我在想，如果我是他的爱人，我应该开心吗？丈夫去世界各个角落都不忘给我买最好的，但他却不知道我需要的是什么。

出状况

今天车子有点问题，好不容易把它驾回家。回到家车子好像又ok了。

小叶离家出走爬神山去了。。。 叫我一个女人去车厂不被砍才奇怪，而且我去车厂会很怕别人用可怜的眼光看我。

原来家里有个男人真的还蛮重要的。。。虽然那天临走前他也检查了我的车子 (证明他功夫不到家 lol)。 看来我更需要的是一个会修车的男人，不然就给我多一辆车，再不然给我多多钱也行 :D

Hair Removal Products

After half a year working in G Pharmacy, most of the enthusiasm and excitement of learning medical facts was over. It soon tranforms into a ground to spend my time while earning extra income. However, the extra income is mostly channel back into G's pocket for the fun of trying it's various product. Thus i want to write a series of review on products that i had tried or some star products (products that constantly receive good feedback from customer).



Philips Electrical Epilator HP6400

Body hair is one of the girls biggest enemy. Like all girls, I too yearn for a pair of shinny and sexy leg ;)

Like the traditonal epilator, the electrical epilator remove the hair from it's root. If u think I would scream for pain during the whole epilating process with tears constantly run down from my lacrimal sac, then you are wrong. The epilator actually does not cause pain due to it's speed, except for the first epilating session. I would say the first session was an unpleasant experience with tingling sensation and reddest of the skin (red dot all over my leg) throughout the evening which subsided on next morning. Since that, there is no more pain and reddening as the skin get used to the epilating process.

For the best eficacy, u have to hold the epilator 90 degree to ur skin & it is best done when ur skin is oilless (after bath). After epilating, my leg is not totally hairless (on close examination) but the result was quite satisfying to raw eye. However, i found that regrowth of hair is faster than expected. The actual duration? Unknown, as i never mark the date, haha.

The downsides, u cannot use it while waiting bus at bus stop as the gadget needs an electric socket (not battery operated) to operate. U also cannot use it while chatting with ur bf as there is annoying sound emitted from it. But the sound is ok to me, it is just like the sound of electrical mixer.

Body Natur Hair Removal Series

The star product that constantly receive good feedback from customers and the staffs. The hair regrowth rate is said to be most satisfying, 2 months, according to most of them.

However, i had not try any chemical hair removal since uni time as I do not have the gut to allow my skin to drink the chemical cocktail at regular basis. Most of them are claimed to be mild but bear in mind that they are as potent as to break the bond between the hair molecules.

I also bake fruit pastry cake :)

I notice something similar in every food blog that i have been following recently. A must have 'fruit pastry cake'. Not to be left out, i also bake my own version of this cake, coupled with a little 'modification' of the recipe..... to stand out from the others sold out there. Initial plan for the decoration was peach, green apple, cherry and grapes. Talk about variety here. Funny..cuz we never use local fruits to bake cakes, rite? But the green apple was given up at last due to the constraint of space.

Well..to cut the story short..(to know the process, just surf any other food blogs) After just mere 15 minutes, minus the time for the butter to melt, I had my own masterpiece ready. Not really up to expectation but satisfaction level was pretty high. Partly due to the speedy process. 15 minutes is just all it takes... faster than a drive to a bakery. haha..

The cake during 'summer' time -steaming hot fresh from oven...


and when the 'winter' comes...it takes a little skill not to cover the peach with icing sugar. Done.


U won't believe the baked grapes actually tasted very nice, although they do not look apealing. Imagine how the grape juices oozing out to the edges (the dark part on the edge as shown at the picture above) that make them taste awesome. Almost all bloggers gave very good comments on this cake, saying it is easy to make and tasted very nice. For me, overall I would give a 2 thumbs up...out of 5. The only downside, or I can say a major one, was the 'tallness'. My version of this cake is just too short. Could it be my 'gene' that had been pass down to my cake?




Nevertheless, mum and dad said they enjoy this pastry on their tea time. What a supportive (or hungry?) parents.

For recipe, click here

How To Bake Egg Tart

This is Jenny's turn to ask for recipe after trying my egg tart. Igniting her baking desire is another great achievement to me :P

I would said this is probably not the best egg tart recipe but it is the simplest i can find.

Egg Tart Recipe (Yield 12 egg tarts)

For the crust

200g Flour

50g Icing sugar/ powdered sugar

120g Butter - 120g

1 Egg, whisked

Method

1. Mix flour with icing sugar.
2. Cut cold butter into cubes and add it in the flour mixture using folk. Press the butter with folk until the mixture yield bread crumb like structure.
3. Add in egg into the mixture and knead into dough.
4. Store the dough in fridge for 2 hours.

For the custard

1/4 cup of hot water

40g sugar

1/2 cup evaporated milk

2 egg, whisked

Method

1. Dissolve sugar in hot water.
2. Add in evaporated milk and egg and mix well.
3. Sift egg mixture to get rid of the bubbles, remove the unsifted part.

To combine:

1. Cut the dough into 12 equivalent portions.
2. Put dough in your tart mould, press the dough with your thumbs, starting from bottom then up to the sides. Trim away any excess dough.
3. Carefully pour the egg mixture inside the dough.
4. Bake at preheated oven 160c for 20 minutes.

Joanne's Creation

I am so happy Joanne finally did it. Everyone likes the muffins and it is nice to heard that the kids enjoy the fun baking session with her :p

How To Bake Orange Chiffon Cake

I was given a task by my sister to write a detail yet simplified recipe of orange chiffon cake on this abandoned blog after her failed attempt last week.


1. Grate 1 teaspoon of orange skin.


2. Squeeze orange juice.


3. Add 1 and 2 to make up orange juice mixture.


4. Bring 5 eggs to room temperature. Separate the egg whites from egg yolks. U have to make sure all the container and ur hand are free from oil and water when u handle the eggs. Place the egg whites into the mixing bowl of ur electric mixer and egg yolks to another mixing bowl.



5. Weight 150g of self-raising floor, then sieve it. Weight also 75g of fine sugar to be added into egg yolk mixture and another 75g of fine sugar to be added into egg white mixture.


6. Beat the egg yolks, add in fine sugar and beat until the mixture turn pale using manual whisk (as shown at picture below). Add in 5 tablespoon of oil (i use corn oil) and orange mixture and whisk for a while. Then sieve in the self-raising flour and whisk in one direction until smooth and well combine.

7. With electric mixer, beat the egg whites with 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar until frothy and foamy with high speed. Then add in the sugar in 2 batches and continue beat using medium speed and then low speed until peak. The peak form when the peak of the whites form straight line and do not drop. If u are not confidence, u can try to turn ur mixing bowl, if ur egg whites do not flow then it is the peak stage. The whole process usually takes me about 7 minutes.

8. Pour egg yolks mixture into egg whites in 3 addition. Each time gently fold the mixture from upside down with a spatula until just blended. Beware not to overmix the mixture as this will break the air hold in bubble of egg whites.

9. Pour the mixture in a dry and oil-free cake pan and bake in preheated oven at 150c for 35 minutes (u have to pre-heat the oven at 150c for 15 minutes before baking the cake). All oven have difference characteristics, therefore the baking temperature and duration is only for reference. U have to monitor the cake while baking but do not open the oven door during the baking process. Sometimes the cake raise too high (always happen to me as my oven is small) until it is really near to the heating element. To avoid the top from getting burned, u can put one sheet of aluminium foil on top of the cake if the situation ever happen. Beware not to open the oven door too long if u want to do this.

10. Ur cake is done if the skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

11. Remove the cake from the oven and invert the cake immediately. U can use whatever to support the centre of the chiffon pan, i usually use a cup. Let the cake to cool completely before removing it from cake pan.