Awal Muharam long weekend

It was some continuous long weekends in Selangor from 2 weeks back till 2 weeks later. They had Sultan birthday, Awal Muharam, gonna have Christmas and New year holidays.

I went home for some personal matters, at the same time to attend Pei Li's bride side wedding reception. I missed Alan's house warming. I already missed Her Hau's one in October. Sad.

Anyway, things happening at home both cheered me up and brought me down. It has been months since Celine's birthday I last saw the two babies. Both had grown so much. Celine is walking now, like a man walking on stick balancing herself using her legs. Cheryl has become a big sister answering everyone's question confidently. She can recognise all A-Z, reciting after us and spotting some common animals pretty amazing for a two year old plus. This is what happen when she has a highly educated mommy at home coaching her in everything.

3 pretty ladies. Ops, babies. That's baby sucking her yummy thumb all the times

I cannot make it for Pei Li's official chinese marriage ceremony this weekend as I have other programme to attend. Year end is always busy period for everyone. I rushed to her wedding in time to help at the reception desk after the long journey back from visiting sister. Aileng said I looked tired though which is very true. Above photo is compiled from Aileng's camera and 2 below were stolen from Shiao Shuan's facebook. I have to do so as I don't have any photo with bride in it.

Another table of our friends.

Bride and groom with friends at KEC.

Kaya spread

I'd done many things but there is one particular task that I have not done before. I made my own kaya spread last weekend. It is not any new thing in my family because my mom used to make our own kaya spread since I was a kid but it was my first try. I followed my mom's random instruction and ingredients like 2 bowls of sugar with 3 eggs and coconut milk with portion less than one coconut. So end up I had to pour everything into pot and reheat and adding in much more coconut milk because the spread still grainy of sugar texture after it was cooled down. I know the concept of try and error so I didn't whine. It turned out pretty okay and I absolutely love this morning breakfast.

I recover from Cullen's fever, normal now

Time flies, realizing I have not write anything regarding my birthday yet. I had just came back from watching twilight new moon. Ed Cullen looks like a corpse when he was topless. He had the worst freezing cold body comparing to muscular 108 degree Jake Black. His acting skill was awfully in shame that he is lucky he was filmed in good looking way by the movie director or else no millions of girls will be melting over the romanticness in the scenes. I sincerely prefer Twilight to New Moon. Anyway the movie is still great if it doesn't hang at the ending like this one. I would not grade it as bad movie because I love the story. I finished reading all four books, so I already knew what will happen in the next two movies. Not sure why, there were a lot mosquitoes in the cinema today. I had a few mosquitoe bites on my elbow, thigh and back. I was scratching a lot which caused discomfort, GSC should look into this problem.

Anyway back to my birthday celebration, I had a simple one with weeliem and it was the best among past years because at last I got a necklace that I had longed for years. I don't mind what necklace it is as long as it is a necklace, so it is a good gift. I received presents from sweetie herhau and xwei too , a birthday lunch with the usual lunch gang and many birthday wishes. I don't remember what was my birthday wish already at this moment, anyway there is no point of remembering because my wish never came true before.

I made a carrot cake on weeliem's birthday also to accomplish my dream of making one when I have my own oven. I made it although it was not a perfect one, with too moistured texture. Next time, I will surely remember to heat up the oven first before putting in the batter for bake and lesser cinnamon ground. I don't fancy strong cinnamon taste, so I have to reduce the mix on my next try. Practise makes perfect. I took the cake to office and force my pity friends and colleagues to try. I hope it doesn't taste too bad. I would like to make use of the stand mixer weeliem got me, cookies maybe?