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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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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 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 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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August 10, 2008 at 3:33 pm
· Filed under Chef@work, Ramblings
what you need:-
2clove garlic – chopped
1 bombay onion – diced
1 large tomato – diced
1/2 can tomato puree
2tbs chilli sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
a dash of sugar
1 bay leaf
a dash of italian herbs
squid – cleaned and cut
prawns- clean devained
any white meat fish fillet – clean and cut to chunks (i use lemon sole fillet)
1 Lobster – cleaned and cut into half
1/2c water
How you do it:-
- saute garlic and onions until fragrant
- add in the tomato, bay leaf and italian herbs – stir for a while
- add in all the seafood except the lobster – stir until seafood is almost cooked
- add in the tomato puree, chili sauce and lobster stock- stir
- add in salt, pepper and sugar – simmer until the sauce is slightly thickens. – ready to serve
To Prepare the lobster:
- Clean lobster, put it in a deep stewing pot.
- add in the 1/2c of water
- if you like you can add in a dash of salt
- close the lid, cook for a good 20 minutes of until done.
- when done cut lobster to half then topped it on the fettuccine, dress it! and serve
I prepare it this way because i don’t want to complicate it so much as it may loose its marvelous taste (its naturally sweet and tender flavor) so i keep it simple.
just look at the juicy lobster meat…yummm~
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August 10, 2008 at 2:53 pm
· Filed under Ramblings ·Tagged chinese food, fish, veges
Last night we went to our makcik’s new restaurant in Mahkota Cheras. The ala carte food was good but the Chicken Rice, dim sum and the paus or Baos get the 5 stars from me. why? coz it simple taste authentic…(not that i’ve eaten the non halal chicken rice but i’ve tried the same during my visit in South Africa) Malay’s version of chicken rice is different from the chinese..ingredient wise, the way they cook it all not the same! therefore the taste is different.
We also tried:-
- Baramundi fish cooked in Chinese style curry – this dish taste somewhat like asam pedas but more creamier, it is also cooked with egg plants and tomatoes.
- Buttered Prawns – this dish taste the same like others but they use small prawns i persoanlly like it better if its large prawns
- Stir Fry Asparagus with Prawns – this is rather a spicy dish but appetizing as there’s a touch of sweetness to this dish so its almost like sweet and spicy
- Shitake Mushroom with Garden Veges – Cooked in a thick clear gravy, very tasty.
- Pau – this you have to try the pau bread is so fluffy…yumm yumm
mmm…maybe i’m too excited coz i rarely found a Halal Chinese food but if you found one might as well try it!!
Baramundi Fish Cooked in a Chinese Style Curry
Shitake Mushroom & garden Vege cooked in thick clear gravy
i wouldn’t mind eating this the whole day…
this si my son eating fried wantan mee
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August 7, 2008 at 6:11 am
· Filed under Ramblings
fewh…back safe and sound…we went to Bandung yet AGAIN but this time it was just me n hubby and 58 other people from hubby’s office. it was hubby’s company family day outing. they took a tour package so we haven’t been able to ‘really shop’ coz we’re constantly on the move. what a shame!
the tour is not that great coz we’ve been there and the service is rather poor. our flight got delayed on our way back for 2 hours! without any compensation so we all ended up very very hungry as we’ve missed our dinner. at first we thought that we could just buy the inflight food but it turned out that it was all sold out! the only thing available is the mee in cup. and another thing, the moment i set my foot in the AirAsia Indonesia plane i got nervous really really nervous… wanna know why? simply because when i look around i saw as if everything is falling apart. i mean the seats are literally falling apart, the cushion covers, the tables the seats has became un adjustable it was horible. and during take off and landing there was a kind of exploding sound that really made my heart jumpped.
the whole experience reminds me of the saying ‘you pay peanuts you get monkey’ that came to mind…eventhough MAS is expensive but i sure do think that its all worth it…but then if its AirAsia Malaysia it was all good, everything is great…
anyway…all in all we did had our fun, the hotel (Perdana Wisata Hotel) was way MUCH MUCH better than the last time (Thank God).During our stay, we came across severy unusual sightings…i managed to capture some of it i’ll post it when i got the pictures from my cam recorder.
this bunting /poster was taken at the hotel. they were hosting a sunday gospel. look at the poster carefully…what do you see??? “Gereja ALLAH baik” now since when Allah got gereja? or since when the church and Allah are related?
there’s more but you’ll just have to wait for the pictures.
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July 31, 2008 at 3:33 pm
· Filed under Ramblings, other craft projects ·Tagged sulam tangan, thread embroidery
my tudung project is finally done yeay… got bunch of lavender inspired flowers using french knots (rare design) and some swarovski crystal beads scattered but i still have more to finish…if you wanna buy its for SALE RM95 + RM4 for postage (total of RM99) in KL market price is up to RM230
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