Trivia

Now that I am still into my baking frenzy phase ( much, much appreciated by the dojo mates who are the sole recipients of the products of my baking projects ) I have a nagging question unanswered.
What’s the difference ( other than the prices/packaging/import tax rate ) between French butter/Australian butter/Irish butter/Danish butter/Dutch butter and Italian butter?
Do [...]

That (English) thing you do

I have never been a fan of floral motifs in fabrics and wallpapers. And laces. I find it so makcik ‘ropol-ropol’… But of course, if done tastefully in the English cottage kinda theme, it can look quite nice ( quite, but still not to my liking ). Hence I was never tempted to do the [...]

About liking old school food

I like to eat at Chawan. And that’s in Bangsar, opposite Bangsar Village mall. The place reeks everything old school. From the spelling of ‘Chawan’, to the menu up to the array of drinks. The setting is not that much different from Ipoh Old Town White Coffee but somehow or the other, I seem to [...]

About Pariaman

Since I was in primary school, I’ve always, always loved the trip to Warung Pariaman on Kandahar Street, Kampung Glam ( in Singapore ) for lunch. It would be a highlight, those once in a while lunch trips out with my parents on a weekday ( too full on weekends and by 2 pm usually [...]

Merry making, et al

So many bloggers have updated their blogs about their Eid/Raya this year with colorful photos of happy families etc. Our Eid was in Singapore for about a week. 2 days of Ramadan there and 4 days plus of Shawal and I had a blast. I ate and ate ( ok, that’s nothing new about me ). [...]

A love story, a reflection, an excitement and everything else

You know it has got to be something about it when friends from Vancouver to Paris to Singapore to Australia yelled at me over the facebook not to give spoilers until they catch the episode on tv3 catch up tv. By now, many women of the households, and surprisingly many who do not, on normal [...]

flowers or leaves?

Our MisaiKucing plant is doing very well. But the problem is I don’t know what to do with them. To make tea, do I use the flowers or the leaves?

Oh Khatirah!

Kathirah… to the untrained ears, that may just sound like some nice Muslim/Malay name of a girl. It goes with the variations of Nur Khatirah, Siti Khatirah, Syarifah Khatirah, Nurul Khatirah and the list goes on.
But it is way past midnight now, I am burning midnight oil yet again translating as deadline is this weekend, [...]

Of creams&berries and all things nice

A divine n  addictive tiramisu, a history now that they have begun to use cognac w.e.f from last week.
Mixed Berries Meringue. Not too sweet but one hell yummy.
Like the song in The Sound of Music, these are a few of my favourite things….
Both from AlexisBangsarJalanTelawi3.
and oh, the pecan pie is scrumptiously delicious as well. But [...]

Of things unrelated

Very often, the book is always better than the film. But I watched Laskar Pelangi on YouTube last night. Friends from the IT line chided me with the ‘piracy is a crime/sin’ emotional blackmail. But that aside, the film was as poignant as the book. I think it is imperative for parents/teachers and students and [...]