Miniature Toys

I always have a soft spot for miniature stuffs and love to collect all those cute miniatures, especially Re-ment toys. And today, I chanced upon emilystrange74's flicker photo collections. OMG! She has almost the whole collection from Re-ment stuffs. And I do have some of the collections. After seeing her photos, it make me feel like going back to full swing into my collections again. LOL.

Ostrich Ride anyone?

Well, I have seen carousel horse design for wall vinyl but ostrich??

These are REAL cakes! No kidding

Yes, these are real cakes, real edible cakes! No KIDDING!!! These cakes are from Mike's Amazing Cakes. Oh, how adorable are they. I want the Mini Cooper Cake!

Chocolate Overdose!!!

Okay, this is an overdue post. As my birthday was approaching, the girls wanted to celebrate it for me. So I suggested the Chocolate Buffet at The Fullerton Hotel to "kahtok" them. *evil grin*

When we saw the spread, we were skeptic about it. The spread was not big and not that impressive either. And the girls were worried about not having filling their tummy with those desserts as the buffet does not serve dinner. But they were WRONG!

We were filled with chocolate overdose, that to a point, we felt abit sick. Hahaha. The girls prefer to stick to "proper dinner” celebration and of cos, alot of complaining from them. :P



Okay, back to food review. I don't really like the cakes as I think the cakes are too sweet for me and too thick too. But I like the fondue as they served strawberries, marshmallows, apricots and little kamquats (kamquats?). But there was this dessert made of cherries soaked in liquor. The liquor is so strong that I can feel the alcohol burning down my throat. Well, too bad that I was driving on that night, if not, I will definitely down more of the cherries. I LOVE liquor cherries!

But then, given that the Buffet's charges are expensive, I don't think I will go back there again. Unless they really expand their spread with more variety.

Cupcakes!

Over the weekend, my friends and I organised a BBQ to celebrate the September Babies' birthdays (including yours truly). And Guan had specially ordered cupcakes from Cupcake Culture for me. The cupcakes were so pretty! However due to some accident, someone fell and spoiled the cupcakes. I was so angry with that person as she did not even apologise! And then so much effort from Guan, from looking for the cupcakes, to order and to collect, we did not even have a chance to appreciate the cupcakes.

Luckily, I did manage to take some photos before the accident. And I ate the cupcakes despite the whole box of cupcakes were in a mess. If I have not taken the photos, I think, I will scream and scold that person! But I do want to say, those cupcakes are yummy and compare to other cupcakes, the Cupcake Culture's cupcakes are not too sweet, which suit me fine.

Hopefully in future, such accident will not happen again.

My new toy!

Woo~ Finally own a cotton candy maker toy! It is a gift from Guan as my birthday present. And he DID managed to find this wonderful present! So sweet of him and boy! I was so touched that he made the effort to search and buy this pressie.

Tadah! I tried to make my 1st cotton candy! The first attempt was bad as I did not spin the cone around the bowl fast enough, therefore the "web" harden into crystalised sugar on the bowl's edge.

Okay, so I tried again. But 2nd time, there was too much sugar in the bowl, causing the sugar to "fly" around and all over the floor. Ergh, more mess!

But I got the cotton candy in the correct shape! Due to my unpolished skill, alot of sugar was wasted as it crystalised around the bowl and one box of sugar cost $5! Nah, never mind, I am sure that I can practice and perfect my "cotton candy making skill". Hehe, wonder what will Guan say if I present him a nice and fluffy cotton candy. Maybe I can even set up a booth selling these at Pasar Malam. LOL.

Fear and Strength

When the past haunts me, I pray for strength and hope to pull me thru. It takes even more strength to forgive and forget those who had hurt me, and caused me to grief.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.-- August Wilson