All Over Again.

We're on the hunt!

We've got our first office politics casualty. It sucks that it had to turn out that way. At times like these, I really need all the hands and help I can get but sometimes, things are just not under my control. Neither am I gonna blame anyone for what has happened for I believe we were all guilty of judging, which probably would have led to that particular conclusion.

Wished that it would have ended more peacefully though. Hope it served as a lesson to all of us.

Wondering.

It's been 2 months since I brought Sexy (I have to give it a new name! [Edward C.?]) home but I haven't really gotten the opportunity to rev up his beautiful engine. Been taking lots of highways to my destinations with the sole intention to test it out but it's just not far enough.

Got a little carried away at work today and if it's not just plain talk, I might just bring him up north to Ipoh (for dimsum!).

Still waiting for my complimentary Garmin GPS to arrive from Germany. It's here! Getting it fixed next week. Though I just still don't understand why they can't just bring it in together with the car..

World Cup 2010.

WC partners in crime

It has finally came to an end. During this whole month, I've gained lots of new experience, strengthened friendships and definitely, definitely gained weight from all those late night snacking and boozing.

This morning's game between Spain and The Netherlands were pretty annoying because non scored a goal, until the 112th minute. The game ended with Spain winning 1 - 0. Paul the Octopus had predicted Spain's triumph and it was only a matter of time to prove it. And Spain did before making us stressing our heads off! The game ended at 5am and unfortunately, 2 of my other colleagues and I had to start our shift at 7.30am. So here I am, staying awake by blogging to kill time before heading off to the shower.

Honestly, this is my first time staying up to watch a game I am not entirely interested at. I figured that since it comes only 4 years once, why not? I like the company and all the silly things we do when we watch the games. It's memorable and to think back, it was really hilarious too.

Hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did :)

All Things RED!

Out of the red blue, I decided to try my luck on baking a batch of Red Velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Took the first recipe that pops out of my google and went off to buy ingredients (it was a lie. I found it at night and went the next morning. Anyway...). Didn't really keep track but I kinda figured that I spent about RM100ish for everything I needed. That freaking bottle of buttermilk cost me RM19!

I never really liked baking because I hate the fact that every measurements has to be precise. It sucks big time especially when you just spent your entire savings on ingredients just to find out that in the end after all the sweat and tears, your cake flops and everything goes down the trash.

For the first time, I succeed in baking from scratch! There are still plenty of the ingredients left so I am definitely whipping up a new batch, improvising it with the favourable feedback I received from the most critical bunch of people I've ever met!

Yums!

I first heard of macaroons a couple of years back when one of my brothers mentioned that he bought some extremely overpriced from somewhere high class. I had my very first taste of macaroons last year in Hong Kong, when my other brother bought some back to the hotel. At HK$20 apiece, I simply could not comprehend how a tiny little pastry cost so much. Boy, was I amazed with it. I thought it was supposed to be entirely crispy but it was instead, a mix of crispy and chewy texture. I miss the Jasmine tea macaroon I had in FHA!

I don't know about you but I've noticed the sudden bloom of 'macaroon cafes' in town. It seems like everyone is making and selling these. Time to kick those potong kaki diabetes inducing cupcakes off the market, eh? Well, not to say macaroons are any better because it's definitely sweet and have hefty colourings too. Not like many people cared anyway because macaroons are the new cupcakes!

Maybe I should start selling 'em at my cafe too. Coffee really balances out the sweetness!