19 Dec 2008, Friday

Went to baking class today and spend the whole afternoon making a Xmas Bread with hazelnut topping and a Xmas log cake.

It was really tiring and am having backache now. Spent a total of 4hrs just to make this 2 item. But is all worth it. I just love baking....too bad I am in the wrong profession.

Raw product of Xmas bread

Xmas Bread top with Hazelnut topping before baking

Finished product after baking


Swiss roll after baking for log cake

Finished product of Xmas Log cake with deco and fresh cream

Well and the baker is.........*ahem*

Of coz this cake is going to be used as my 30th birthday cake cum Xmas BBQ Celebration...

where else but my house..looking forward to this big feast and celebration...with my niece and catch up with my long time buddy and her family

14 Dec 08 Sunday


It was a raining day....It's been raining since the previous night and I think it will be raining the whole of today. Guess our tennis this afternoon will probably be off....

Went to Ellenborough market at Merchant Court Hotel for buffet lunch. It was actually a birthday treat for KT that was supposed to be due since 15Nov08. We were at Japan at that time and KT was stuck in BKK 2 wks after our honeymoon so the treat was delayed till now.

I chosen this hotel for buffet coz I thought it would be nice to have some peranakan food as well as a mixture of International buffet.

Actually I am not a fan of buffet..In fact I kind of dislike going for buffet..coz I am not a big eater....and I always feel very xin ku after most meal.....But decided to go for it..since I am going to give KT a birthday treat..a buffet that he has been longing for.


But I was quite disappointed. There were only 3 dishes of peranakan food. One curry vege, one curry babi and one curry chicken....No oyster..nothing much on seafood..


Hmm..I think the seafood buffet at Marina Square has more spread is even more worth it. One of the reason I chose Merchant Court was because I thought the ambience woul dbe much better being a reowned hotel. But I was quite disappointed. It was rowdy and there were many people. Just like some market place...hmmm......

My limited buffet spread



Let me rate the few buffet hotel that I have been to according to the Spread and Ambience.



1) Line at Shangri-La (Nice Spread & Average Ambience)

2) One-Ninety restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel (Nice Spread & Nice Ambience)

3) Carousel at Royal Plaza on Scotts (Avg Spread & Below Avg Ambience)

4) Melt at Mandarin Oriental (Ave Spread & Avg Ambience)

5) Pariss International Seafood Buffet @Orchard (Nice spread of Seafood but Avg Ambience for a avg Restaurant - Value for Money)

6) Ellenborough Market Café @ Swissotel Merchant Court (Limited Spread & Lousy Ambience)


It's exactly 7 days more..before I hit my big 30.....sigh....getting old....and looking forward to my BBQ Xmas celebration ....=P..It's another big feast....Goto go for more workout.....to burn my fats...

30Nov 08

Finally Sitex is here... Have been waiting for it to come as I am going to buy a new Camera...

Went to Sitex alone..as KT is stuck in BKK due to the protest there that resulted in the closure of BKK airport..

Yes..my Casio Exilim fail on me when I was up in Mt Fuji.....Well I was dissapointed as I didn't even drop it during this 2 yrs of usage. I would say is quite well-maintained.......

Nonetheless, I do not want to spend another $200 for servicing and decided to get another new one with a budget of $500...

Yes.. I have chosen Canon Ixus 90Is....the only good ting that attracts me about this camera was the 3 incd LCD screen..hehe...and of course the clarity of the photo.

The -ve point of this camera is the button on the back of camera which is like totally flat on the metal case....Quite hard to press at time..esp for fingers like KT.

Well I am a simple user...I don't need any fancy functions in the camera..therefore the camera should be as easy to use as possible...hehe....

It was quite a good deal that I had...$499 for the camera plus the following freebies..

2 X 8Gb SD card

2 X 3 inch screen protector

1 extra Canon camera battery

1 sd card reader

Well..I am going to start exploring my camera again..before the festive season..and my birthday that I have bee looking forward to ..=P