April 1, 2009 at 6:43 am
· Filed under Ramblings
its amaizing how us girls can get really hooked up with handbags or even shoes for that matter…in my case, my love affair is with handbags…i just loves them! hubby would roll his eyes whenever i gaze or glance or even thought of stopping by the handbags boutique. He said that its a waste of money and storage…i have dozens of handbags and somehow i only use some of it…maybe hubby was right its a waste of storage space…and yeah money…
but here’s the thing…i was so called ’spring cleaning’ the other day and i was surprised to see my handbags are cluttering most of the space in our storage room. then i thought its probably the time for me to find some of my handbags a proper home…so i’ve spent some time cleaning them and pack them to give them away…i feel sad letting them go coz i DO love them all but i have to be realistic right??
before i start to clean my handbags i surf the net to get some cleaning tip and i found martha steward website….the tips are very helpful so i wanna share it with you…
Cleaning Your Handbag How-To
1. Empty all pockets and shake gently to remove dust and debris.
2. Clean interior of bag by gently pulling it inside out and using a lint roller. If you can’t pull out the lining of your handbag, you can use the fabric brush attachment on your vacuum.
3. Clean exterior of leather bag with alcohol free baby wipes.
Tips for Extending the Life of Your Handbag
1. If there is a big stain, don’t try to clean it yourself. Take it to a leather expert as soon as possible.
2. If your handbag does not have “feet” on the bottom, you can have them added by a leather-care expert. Feet protect the bottom of the bag from scratches and dirt.
Tips for Keeping the Interior Clean
1. Never put a pen in your purse without a cap on it.
2. Keep makeup in a separate makeup bag.
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March 11, 2009 at 5:01 pm
· Filed under makeups
makeThe other day i did a makeup test for my brother’s wedding. it’s really been awhile but i think i still have it ^_^… for the akad nikah i wanted a natural and fresh look but but i’m scared if the makeup will eventually look pale especially in the pictures. so i try using some intense colors but still in the natural tones like brown and gold with a touch of black, rosey cheeks (i tried red lipstick just to see if she can carry off red coz not many can pull that color off) and i think she looks stunning anyhow…
the very first step is to …
- clean face and get moisturized.
- then apply base/ primer this is to get that wonderful glow on your skit plus it’ll even out any imperfections.
- then apply concealer at your dark circles, under eyes,blemishes etc, with dabbing motion. DON’T RUB!just dab, then apply foundation evenly.
Next is to start coloring the eyes…
- start with the brow. trim/pluck any ‘wild(unwanted)’ brow. DO NOT OVER DO IT! or you’ll look like someone who’s stuck in the 70s. then use brow pencil or brow powder using brow brush, start lightly filling in the brow. enhance the brow but dont over do it or you’ll look fake!
- in the no2. picture both brow are already drawn and then start applying a nude base eyeshadow. this is to enhance the eyeshadow more.
- then apply the highlights /the lightest color, all over your eyes,including the rims of your eyes to create a somewhat smokey eyes then in my cake i’m using gold. then apply a darker tone in my case i’m using brown at the corner of your eyes just below the eye bone to create 3d effect.
- then apply a dark brown eyeliner or black eyeliner on your eyelids and the rims of your eyes.
- lastly apply black mascara, about 2 coats or so. use mabeline they have the best mascara ever!
apply eyeliner to define eyes- then apply mascara
- then apply lipliner pink or nude shade
- then apply pink lipstick oh yeah don’t forget the blusher, use slightly darker pink for night time and vis a versa. to apply blush just smile and blush away in a circular movement like an infinity/eight symbol..this way it somehow even out the color.
this is the final out come. the make up is the same here and i only changed the lipstick color. isn’t it great with just a change of lipstick color the whole appearance changes!
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February 2, 2009 at 4:46 pm
· Filed under Ramblings, makeups ·Tagged Inuovi, makeup
my mom and 1 went to Sunway Pyramid the other day in search of a perfect gift for my futur sister in law…as we were walking and searching along with more or less with dissapointment then we walked into this makeup boutique the Brand name is Inuovi. Honestly i haven’t heard about this brand before but judging from the boutique outlook and the products, i think its not a ‘cikai’ brand (cikai means lousy). Its also abit pricy, especially to someone who’s middle or sometimes NO income like me. But we went and test the products and we love it! Totally! the sales persons are also friendly and not so pushy (i like that in a sales person). Coz i hate those ‘hard sell’ promoter forcing us to buy things that we don’t want…*grinds teeth* anyway we bought some makeups as gifts for my future sister in law and we also ended up buying some for ourselves… i mean i love the powder, foundations and the eye colors and liners… i mean i really really love it. why? i tell you why…
- because i have an ULTRA sensitive skin, and i hardly can wear any makeup coz my skin with have burning sansation but with iNuovi i can finally wear makeup again. which means they probably use mild ingredients suitable for sensitive skin like mine.
- the colors are intense and does not fade or smudge as easy – love it!
- the foundations and powders are easy blending and you can find the perfect match for your skin tone
- the make up is CAMERA friendly!!! makes you look alot better than without makeup or other makeup <– i was told that iNuovi is camera friendly coz it was initially used for studio/stage purpose somewhat like Kryolan
- Excellent concealer! <–my no1 choice next to bobbi brown’s
the down side is that the price of these products doesn’t come cheap ( i admit i’ve spent alot on these and hubby was not very pleased) so if i may suggest; you can mix brand but for iNuovi, make sure you chose iNuovi for the concealer or powder/foundation. Then you can later try the eye and cheeks colors. The eye colors are somewhat like MAC so you may compare the price and buy the more economy ones but i think iNuovi color last longer but if you use Fix it lotion before applying the eyeshadow it’ll last even longer and will prevent the unwanted goo developing at your crease of the eyes (this happens especially if you have oily skin or live in a humid weather…)
INUOVI MUST have:
- Perfector full coverage concealer: why we love this? coz its crease resistance and Anti-cakeand of course provide high coverage!
- Undercover: Under Eye Dark circle corrector
- Facefix UV compact powder
- Litebase: light diffusing liquid foundation
like my make up?
pretty natural huh? i love the nude lipstick…
these are what i use...
oh yeah teh eyebrow i use what i’ve already have at hand its a brow powder by bobbi brown and i also use a lipliner by Inuovi- lip definity shade:honey
I’ll post a tutorial on how i do my makeup soon so stay tune!
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January 29, 2009 at 2:25 am
· Filed under Ramblings
i haven’y updated this blog for the longest time…I’m sorry…you all probably thought that i was dead or something…but here i am still kicking and alive…anyway its mainly coz i forgot the password *grins* and today i finally remembered or rather have the lucky try and wallah…i’m in!! and all those tim..i wasn’t blogless…i created another blog at blogspot, well its a foodie blog anyway a blog dedicated for food unlike this one which is rather general. but now i have retrived my password, i guess i now have to manage 2 blogs… its a waste to abandon this blog altoghether coz i like this blog as i can rant whatever and post my creative side of things…
ahh~ there’s so much to do…my brother is getting married and i have to do the ‘hantaran’ decoratins and the wedding favors decorations. and and for this blog i’m planning to put on some RE tutorials, embroidery tutorials and also cooking tutorials *boy am i getting to ambitious?* well at least that’s the plann only i haven’t get the chance to do so just yet as my baby is so spoilt that she wouldn’t even let me leave the room unless she’s sleeping and that hardly ever happens…but if it does *oh please pray so it does happen* then you’ll sure to have a tutorial here…
so anyway…i’m glad to be back and you’ll here from me soon…soon enuf. adios for now!
p/s: if you’re looking for more recipes visit my other blog, the add is http://anothercupofsugar.blogspot.com
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September 22, 2008 at 3:27 am
· Filed under Chef@work ·Tagged buns, chicken, curry, Steamed buns
Steamed Buns:
Dough
(A) – Sift all ingredient A
350g Hong Kong flour / Pau flour
1tsp double action baking powder
(B)
1tsp instant dry yeast
1tbs shortening
(C) – Combine and set a side
200ml lukewarm water
40g castor sugar
1/4tsp vinegar
This is how you do it:
- Before you start cut 10 pieces of parchment paper about 5cm x 5cm, set a side
- Put (A) in the mixer then add (B). mix usung dough blade
- Gradually add (C) until you’ll get a soft dough.
- Remove dought put in basin, cover & let it rise for 15 minutes.
- Once it rised punch the dough down and knead on a table surface to form a long roll
- Cut into 10 even pieces.
- Roll the individual piece making it a flat disc, add in the fillings then close/wrap it as you would when making a pau, when done place it on a cutted parchment paper.
- For Shanghai buns, from 1 pc of dough; divide into equal 3 pcs.
- Roll all 3 making it like a string about 10cm or so (if you can make it longer without breaking it the better), then spin it together so it’ll have a swirl like design (this is hard to explain, should’ve take some pictures making it) -or better yet, you could just roll and make it it like a cinnamon roll bun… maybe when you look at the picture you’ll have the idea…
- Let all the prepared buns rest and rise of another 12-15minutes.
- Ready to steam
Curried Chicken filling:
What you need:-
300g chicken meat -diced
200g diced potatoes – boiled until tender then set a side
100g blended onions
1tsp grated ginger
1clove garlic – to be blended together with the onions.
2tbs of curry powder
1tbs of chilli powder / chilli boh- optional (i didn’t add this)
Salt and sugar to taste.
oil for frying
How you do it:
- Heat oil at medium heat, then fry the onion mixture, ginger and curry & chilli powder until fragrant about 3-5minutes.
- then add in the chicken meat, cook until the chicken meat is almost done then add in the boiled potatoes.
- Stir and add the seasonings (salt and sugar) to taste. Keep on stiring until all the ingredients are well cooked.
- Spread it in a tray to cool it off before you add in the buns.
Blackpepper Chicken:
You’ll need:
300g Chicken meat – diced and season slightly with salt
mix vege about a handfull
1 clove of garlic – chopped
11/2tsp of cornflour mix with 4tbs of water
Seasonings:
1tsp Dark soy sauce
1tsp of Oyster sauce
a dash of sesame oil
a generous amount of blackpepper
salt and sugar to taste
oil to fry
How you do it is..:
- heat oil, and fry the garlic until slightly brown
- add in the chicken meat, fry until half cooked
- add in the mix vege, stir.
- Add in all the seasonings, stir and let it simmer for a while.
- then add in the cornflour mixture. cook until the sauce is thicken.
- ready to serve.
the buns before steaming
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September 21, 2008 at 3:45 pm
· Filed under Uncategorized
today just so happened to be teh day that i’m so pissed from very early in the morning until now…yes until now…the story begins when yesterday hubby and me wanted to go to Isetan sale to buy kids clothes for Raya..then my maid said “saya banyak kerja la” in an annoyed tone. i dunno about you but to me she don’t have the right to act such way…then i said no you still have to go to nenek’s house (grandma’s house) with the kids. she the pull that sour face. argh~ really apa hak dia untuk buat muka masam macam cuka tu??? when she wash the dishes she was beeing rough…bentak bentak brang barang macam lah tu harta dia…i mean as a maid you should not react such way its just rude! but i just ignored her until sahur time…
i slept rather late so i woke up late i think it was around 4:50am almost 5am but it was not enuf time to cook so i ended up making burgers…i at first did not wake my maid coz i was too annoyed (she slept early and yet didn’t wake up and prepare the food) to make her any favors by waking her up but then hubby asked me to wake her anyway…so i did she just said “aaaaaa~” and silent…until almost imsak..and i was like…this girl is really testing me…its so obvious that she’s protesting about the later issue… then i had it i was so furious that i went to her room and kick the door down and nock it as hard as i could (marah nih) then i said “woi, wake up…what is this , what are you trying to pull? its almost dawn and you’re still sleeping…u said that you have lots of work if so WAKE UP NOW!!! and start do your work. YOU MIS MANAGE YORU WORK WHICH PILED UP YOUR WORK, WHEN THE KIDS ASLEEP, YOU’RE ASLEEP TOO! so how do you expect to finish your work? you wanna wake up at 8am when i repeatedly told you to wake up at dawn especially when we have kids in the house you should wake up earlier and finish the work early. wash the clothes now so that you’ll be done by 9am and free to entertain the kids…but NOOOO you wanted to sleep more…so if you feeling angry be angry at your self for being stupid and ignorant and DON’T you dare handle my belongins roughly…its my property and i bought it with my hard earn money if you wanna throw things throw your own things…” and i went on and on…blabbering in a high pitch tone it wasn’t pretty and i supposed it sounded more harsh in bahasa and i do curse
she does have this annoying attitude and i dun think that i can condone it anymore…so i’m thinking of terminating her soon…think its a good idea???
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September 7, 2008 at 10:02 am
· Filed under Chef@work, Ramblings ·Tagged cookies, cornflakes, nestum, pooh, tiggr
hahaha…its cookies season…yeay…*jumps about happily* well actually i rarely bake cookies as i usually buys it for Aid Celebration…why i buy instead of baking? mmm thats just because i’m too lazy to bake cookies as i feel that when you make cookies the task feels never ending (in short i get board half way making it)
but this year…2008 is different. i’ve promised myself that this year no matter what i’ll bake my own cookies. I’ll bake our all Malaysian cookies which you all should try 
so just watch out for my entries hehe…
anyway here’s my Nestly Nestum Cookies with raisins Recipe:
what you need:
3c flour
3c nestum
1/2tsp baking powder
250g butter
1 1/2 fine sugar
2 eggs
100g raisins
1tsp vanilla essence
How you do it:
- simply beat the butter and sugar until fluffy.
- meanwhile sift flour andbaking powder, set aside.
- then add in vanilla and the eggs in the butter mixture. beat again until mixed
- add in the flour mixture and lastly nestum and raisins. Mix it well and
- put a dollop of the cookie mixture on a lined tray.
- this cookie won’t spread as much, then you can bake at 160c for 15-20 minutes or until lightly brown.
a whole lotta Pooh…hehehehe~
Cornflakes Cookies:
what you need:
170g cornflakes grind/blend until fine
11/2c fine sugar
400g flour sifted
1tsp baking powder
1egg
1tsp vanilla essence
1egg yolk for brushing
This is how you do it:
- Pre heat oven at 160c and line your bakingtray with parchment paper
- beat butter and sugar until fluffy
- then add vanilla and egg, mix well.
- add in the flour, baking powder and the cornflakes
- mix until form a dough, then roll the dough to a 0.5cm thick or to your desired thickness then use your fave cookie cutter to shape the cookies, put it on the try and bake for 15-20minutes or until lightly brown.
and here’s tiggr…
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August 29, 2008 at 4:58 am
· Filed under Ramblings, other craft projects ·Tagged embroidery, sulam tangan, tudung
finally after weeks of doing this…again finally i’m done! fewh…i could have finished sooner but my kids including myself is downed with a flu…we’re having the worst time ever coz of the coughing, vomitting…argh~ its not easy when you yourself is as sick as them and yet you need to look after them…
anyway..here’s the tudung sulam…
the whole view of the tudung picture is blury so…i guess i better not upload it…
Like wise this tudung is up for SALE!
what you need to know about this tudung…
1- full embroidery (sulam penuh) with lots of scattered crystals /batu tabur banyak
2- dijahit bersama batu octant manjalara diapit bunga sekuntum keliling tudung bentuk V
3- Warna – Baby blue/soft blue
4- Price: RM130 from RM150…market price goes up to RM230
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August 23, 2008 at 3:54 pm
· Filed under other craft projects
Lately i’m in the mood for painting…and i’ve always wanted to do folk art, not that i ever took any lessons its just that i thought that i can do it so the other day me and my sister went to OU… at the time i just wanted to get some items for my decoupage project that was long due…they always out of stock…and they were out of stock again when we went there, then folk art came to mind.
So i’ve purchase some wood items, acrylic colors and varnish for my painting the rest is history! it turned out pretty well i must say…
this one i turned it into a fridge magnet..and i still have a whale and a bear still in progress..^_^
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August 11, 2008 at 2:48 am
· Filed under Chef@work, Ramblings
Its the Durian season. with all the durians laying around i can’t help but doing something other than pulut durian so i search the net to browse at my favorite foodie bloggers and there it was…the moment i saw the picture she took, i knew that i had to try it. So i did and my dad (the huge durian lover) obviously love it and i higly recommend you to try it too.
this recipe is courtesy of My Kitchen by lydia -> http://mykitch3n.blogspot.com/search/label/Cake
Sponge Cake Base
Ingredients:
½ cup all purpose flour
2 eggs
1 tsp ovalette (optional)
⅓ cup castor sugar
¼ cup cold milk (full cream)
1 tsp vanilla essence
Pinch of salt
Directions:
- Grease and line a 8” spring form baking pan. Preheat oven to 175ºC.
- Beat eggs for 1 minute, add in ovalette and sugar then continue to beat until the mixture is pale in colour.
- Stir in milk and vanilla essence, fold in sifted flour and salt.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, cool on rack.
Durian Pudding
Ingredients:
1 cup milk
80g sugar
1½ tsp agar-agar powder (mix with ¼ cup water)
2 egg yolks
2 tbsp custard powder
½ tbsp gelatine powder (dilute in 2 tbsp hot water)
½ cup durian puree (I added some chunk)
Directions:
- Heat milk with sugar until it boils. Add in agar-agar mixture and bring to boil.
- Turn the heat down, add in egg yolks and custard powder. Cook until it thickens
- Stir in gelatine mixture and durian puree. Mix until well blended.
Assemble
1. Trim the top of the sponge cake if desired.
2. Place the cake back into the spring form pan, pour in pudding mixture.
3. Cool and keep in refrigerator before serving.
heheh i know i know you’d probably thinking ‘whats up with the strawberry? its durian pudding not strawberry..’ yeah i’ve used up all the durian and i have nothing to decorate it with so…
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