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When Swiss Meringue Buttercream hurt you

First, I am not a baker. Like those home bakers. But still, I have been baking for quite sometimes. Trying many recipes.  I bake Chocolate Cake yesterday. And lately, my mind is on Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Like I have to give it a try, no matter what. Hence the "d-day" arrived. And I'm not enjoying it at all. My buttercream is grainy!!!! The granulated sugar just refused to dilute in the white eggs! They just being too stubborn, don't they? I almost melting just by keep on stirring and hoping my sugar will be dissolved. But they won't. The temperate should reach 160F/71c. But still, my sugar is still can be seen and touch. Deep in my heart I know, I failed. I sit down. Calm myself and start searching how to fix it. With sweat all over me. Crying inside. I found this kinda fix : Trying to reheat the whole batch or partially. By adding some fluid will help the sugar dissolved. But through this process, I think the problem is sugar itself. It has to really melt in
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Must hold back - no matter how angry you are

I was attending my husband-get-together with his old friends last weekend. It was a simple barbeque night with drinks and kids running around, food and water spill all over. Shit happened. When the host shouting to their daughter and calling all the kids who had entered a bedroom. I was dazed because I never did that no matter how infuriated I was.  Must hold back. This is a gathering and everybody is here. Hallo, you are the one who invited us, remember? Why you start that awkward moment and maybe a moment of starting another brawl with your best friend a.k .a the other kid's parent? I object your act. And yes I am judging you now. Although it wasn't my children involved, I have this motherly feeling towards the kids. You shouted at them in the middle of the event, you are embarrassed them, scared them and you did not, at all respect them. I was once read, treat your children the same as you treat the adult. Oh my God, did you shout at the adult whos make

babysitter Part 2

In relations of my entry here , i would like to continue with part two of this pungent topic. Upon posting my entry 4 years back, i received countless emails from mommies asking me who was i reffered too, because they can relate to this person, if it bound to be the same person. In my defence, i am sharing all the information for parent in my neighbourhood so that they could expect the unexpected. Not that i want to deprecate anybody. My aim here is to help parent in need. I (or we) have first time experience towards finding the right babysitter I believe. For me, it was toughest and frustration. I have to pull myself to survive. Finding the right babysitter is a nightmare for me, and ecspecially first time mom to endure this. It is a tiring process. and finally, when you find the babysitter, after a while she's not the one anymore hehe. truth hurt. So what to expect when you choose a particular babysitter? 1) You talk to her. Make time to talk a no sweat conve

who don't love Sukin facial recovery serum?

I started using serum way back like 9-10 years ago. My first serum was Eucerin Serum White Solution . It was from a whitening range.  The main reason I bought this was that I have some dark patch (or was it sunburn?). I don't even know what was it back then. While searching up and down with a lower budget, I found Eucerin serum. Which is, if I can remember vividly, was not really serum. It was quite runny (with a bit of rich texture) and white in color. But I strongly believe in my decision HAHAHA I finished 4 bottles of the serum and my dark patches on the cheek were gone. My skin type back then was oily and had mild acne (acne never stop hunting me up until today!! )😏😏 I had a long history of battling against acne and red skin. phew..those days guys!! Later in my younger life, I changed my whole set to Clinnelle . OH MY GOD! I love this brand. I was first introduced also by their serum, as long as I can recall, the light blue range.  And from time to time

When life give you sour oranges...you sweeten it

In the mid of everyday chaos and routine, I try to do something else to distract my mind for a while. It can be reading, sewing or baking. I am still learning how to do patchwork. In baking, it needs extra miles for techniques and nothing but patience. Shopping can be too mind distracted if I can't afford 😂😂 So yesterday I was cleaning my fridge and my eyes glued to the shinning orange color inside. sadly all of them are sour. so when life gives you bad thing.. let's turn into good thing!! 1. cut into thinnest slice your knife could do 2. put all of them in the glass bottle 3. pour in honey (or brown sugar) and pinch of salt 4. keep in chill for hours remember to drench your lips with all the juice afterward! meanwhile.. I forgot to blog about my birthday last Sunday. I turn 34 years old this year. Such a blessing to live for 34 years. that's long. Thank you, Allah, for making me alive for 34 years old and counting. My happiness and a

a story about me and my kids..and how to win them

yesterday was quite chaotic domestically. first, Isa just slept, about 10 minutes when I picked him up from the playschool. It was 12.30 pm. he was a bit cranky when we arrived home, so I assumed he wants to sleep. so I put him to sleep until 40 minutes later he changed his mind.get up and ready to play. he was just tossing and drinking his milk in 40 minutes. His big brother, Ali was asleep. an hour later his brother woke up. around 2.30 pm. Isa started being cranky again. "Please be still and calm," I told myself. at least wait for another hour to make sure Isa IS REALLY SLEEPYYYY. but his crankiness is making me half insane. so at 3pm, where his whining was mounting and nothing could comfort him, I try to put him to lalaland again. Again, after 10 minutes he gets up and refused to sleep. OH MY GOD. I was crying inside. YOU want to SLEEP or NOT YOUNG MAN??? I lost all my energy to my 1.5 years baby. How am I going to deal with this little human mummies?? PATIENCE is of

happy 2019!!!!!

Hi readers and viewers(if this blog still has any..it feels so good to be back here after 6 months went on hiatus. thatssss longgggg. even it is already 15 days past since new year, still, I am here to make commotion of it. let's take a look at what 2018 brought me to: I was relocated to a new department. Wow. that was a very huge task for me that I still can't believe up until now  Attending my children first Sports Day!!!so excited don't know what to wear. But decided to wear All blue in support of Ali's team After many years contemplating to go to the Island (since Ali was a baby), Hubby and I decided to make this wish came true. So we went to Redang. Isa was nearly one year old and he kinda dislikes water, I think. for the first time ever, I started my small cake business I think a pet could be a good memory for kids, so I bought fish.it dead 3 months later. My breastfeeding journey was quite a success, at least for me. haha. I keep on pumping up until Isa 1