My lovely friend-Shao Mei

I get to know Shao Mei during my Foundation Year in Melbourne in year 2005. It has been quite some time we didn't meet each other since Shao Mei's last visit to Miri last year. Before Chinese new year she came Miri, and stayed at my place. Well what i wanna say is that this gal becomes prettier and prettier, i can't really recognized her when i picked her up at the airport..haha~

Now she's back and i start missing her already...missing the moment we chitchat a lot..sharing 'ba guat' etc..lol..

My friend, take care and do keep in touch[Hug]!!!

Glutinous Rice Balls - 'Mua Chee'

I tried to make 'Mua Chee' according to the recipe book i got from '卫理报'. Muar Chee' that i made are made of steamed glutinous rice, filled with peanuts, sesame seeds, sugar and corn oil. And coated with cooked glutinous rice. They are easy to make, low cost and yummy!!!No kidding oh~Many people had tried them, feedback are good and saying these 'Mua Chee' tasted just like those we buy outside.

Recipe:
(a)Ingredient for skin:
480g glutinuos rice flour
700g water
150-200g sugar
50g extra glutinuos rice flour (still fry till cooked)

(b)Ingredient for filling:
2oz fried sesame seeds, pounded
4oz fried peanuts, removed skin and pounded
3oz caster sugar
2-3tbsp onion oil/corn oil

Method:

1. For the filling, mix the ingredients (b) until well combined.
2. For the skin mix ingredient (a) until well combined, steam for about 1 hour.
3.When still hot, use tablespoon to cut into 30-40 portions and place into cooked glutinous rice flour for coating. Wrap up filling with skin and form into round balls.
4. Coat with the cooked glutinous rice flour before putting into small paper cup, serve when cool.

BBQ @ Bekenu Beach

Yesterday, 16 of us went to Bekenu beach(Pantai Bungai) situated not far away from Miri city, about 45 minutes driving using the Luak/Bakam bypass road. We had a bbq party there. We got nice food such as chicken wings, hot-dog, crab-sticks, sushi, fish balls, sandwiches, fruits, salad, layer cake (made by me) and etc. There are too much food we couldn't even finished them.

It was a fun trip because i managed to catch up with some friends i did not hear or meet for ages. Well a day trip off to the place like Bekenu is a must if you have a super duber long holiday in Miri-->a person like me. Otherwise i'm sure i will get too bored and 'grow mushrooms'. lol~

Nice landscape...We managed to take some pictures before leaving the sand.cool huh^^

Many birthdays~

26/1- Chai Fong's birthday

That day we threw a surprise bday celebration for my sis a Miri Halo Cafe. We also requested the singers on stage to sing birthday songs. They gave the birthday girl a special drink for free...how lucky!

28/1- Dearest Daddy's birthday

Dining outside to celebrate my dad's bday..hmm~too bad we don't have a proper family photo taken that day~

30/1- Chai Wee's birthday

Birthday girl and the birthday cake we bought for her.

while others having fun down stair with the bday gal, we also had great time playing together in my room.say cheese everyone!!!

31/1- YeeZen the lovely lady's bday

From left to right: Peiwei, me, Yeezen, Thien Set
Those not in photos: Chern dong, David, Nai Kiong

Be in the crowd...worship our Lord~

Praise the Lord for an awesome evening of praise and worship last Friday held at Yi En Methodist Church--my church since i was a child, the place i grew up together with brothers and sisters in Christ.

From left to right: Ting, me, Aylwin and Chee fai

After almost 3 weeks of training and practicing, we are now ready to praise and worship our Lord with all our heart.

Band 1 vocalists prayed before start

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Band 2 vocalists


Band 3 Vocalist: Ting and Suk Tian

During the night, there were only around 60 people. But it did not diminished the praise for Jesus. i did still see arms lifted in worship, arms lifted in praise, clapping-hands, people with their own personal praises...Powerful worship..God was in that room!!!

Sing out loud ppl...sing "Hosanna"

What a joy it was to be a part of the praise team..guess not only me, everyone did...wonderful praise and worship experiences..words cannot explain!!!


Don't stop singing Halellujah~~go on and be in the crowd worship our lord, the giver of life!

Banana Muffins with chopped Almond Nuts

Muffins muffins~~
Quick to bake and go perfectly well with coffee or tea~
I love baking sooooo much these days...
I better don't make it a habit though,
otherwise i need to pay more attention to my waistline~
lolz^^

Baking all the way~~~Banana Chiffon Cake

Tata...this is my very 1st chiffon cake- Banana Chiffon Cake. I love eating chiffon cake but i never try Banana chiffon cake. This afternoon i purposely went to 'Tamu' (local market) bought some ripened bananas~RM1 a bunch. When i back home i set off to make this cake right away.

The recipe I have on hand is meant for a smaller pan size(16-18cm). The one i have is a 21cm sized pan. Although i have no idea how to increase the quantity to fit it but i still insist on baking. After about 1.5 hour of preparation and baking time, it is finally done. Well i know the final result is not that pleasing to the eyes but pls don't judge it by its look..it is really delicious and also well welcomed by my family.

I got the recipe from Happy Home Baking's blog. I know there are some recipes they do add in some lemon juice into the ingredient but i did not...guess it would make the taste more delicious...ok let's leave it to another time!!! maybe tomorrow?because i still have plenty left over bananas...lolz^^

HoneyGold Flakes cookies

Chinese New Year is round the corner, so i decided to try baking one or two CNY cookies this year. I attempted to make HoneyGold Flakes cookies yesterday (see picture below). It is easy to prepare the ingredients but the only problem is the baking time and oven temperature. I already had phobia of cookies end up been thrown away because they all get burnt. This time round, i had to be extra careful in adjusting oven temperature so that the cookies don't get burnt again^^

Well, there are more baking coming up, i plan to bake chiffon cake tomorrow. Any suggestion for cake's flavour?banana?pandan?orange?

Egg tarts Homebaking 2nd attempt

I started baking again...thanks to my itchy hands and baking fever lately=) Few days ago i baked 12 egg tarts. It was my 2nd attempt, last time i failed because i did not use any egg tart tray..silly me!! Thanks to Sze Yi's parents who help me buy those egg tart trays from Sibu.

Well, it was a success, not a great one but still consider good and tasty egg tarts. Yum yum~~This photo is taken straight after i removed them from the oven. Hope it will not be a boring photo of just egg tarts^^

09 Jan -"I am Legend"

Life has been busy busy busy lately..got friend from Labuan visiting, then friends from Melbourne, Praise and Worship training for my church and bla bla bla...well life still goes on...i still have to pampering myself right?haha~i went Miri cinema last wednesday(movie day..movie ticket only costs RM5) and 4 of us- jon, sam, huiyih and i watched "I Am Legend". hmm i dun wanna talk much about it, let u go watch this movie urself...believe me RM5 is definitely worth it..haha~i'm going to give it a 7.5/10 rating.

p/s: i cant wait to watch National Tresure 2^^They said it is good.

02 Jan- Enchanted

I really enjoyed watching this film and its music video. "Enchanted" truly brings fantasy into real life and definitely a worth-watching film. People out there who haven't watch this movie, be quick, "Enchanted " won't disappointed u! Love this song too..enjoy^^