Baking local delicacy

I guess you must be wondering why I wrote quite a bit journal updating my latest activity today. The main reason behind it is that it was done while waiting for my "kuih bakar" in the oven....LOL.....On my recent trip back to Kuantan, my mother in law gave me the mould for making this local delicacy since she is no longer using it. I have been wanting to have this mould so much but could not find any near my home. I never knew that my MIL keep a piece in her kitchen. I am so happy that I inherit hers now ....ha....ha........this is the outcome....guess no so bad for the first timer!!

Very simple recipe...I just use 8 whole eggs, sugar, small portion of flour, coconut milk, a small bowl of sugar and pandan syrup extracted from blended pandan leaves. Mix altogather and pour into the mould. Set the temperature to 150-200 then baked it for 15 minutes. That's it!

My WIP for April/May 2009

These are some of my latest WIP......enjoy!!!

I am using DMC color variation on 14ct special DMC fabric (not sure for the right name though!). I choose a freebie design from my favorite designer, Aurelle and Kissy Cross.

Finally, a colorful biscornu......

This is the RE for my Mother's Day card exchange, in fact, I had finished stitching them and need to assemble it on the card....the dateline is on 06th May....and I have not finish the final pieece....arrgggghhhhhhhhhh................

Swap with Nina

As promised, I would like to share with all of you the package I received from Rita in Hungary for Swap with Nina. Rita stitch a very lovely pinkeep and small scissor fob for me. Her works is very fine and exquisite. She also send me a card printed with colorful roses. Thanks Rita for all the nicest stuff you send me and feel very lucky receiving them!

My partner for the swap is also from Hungary. I stitched a floss tag and one small scissor fob for Carol. I send her some cotton fabric, my hand dyed floss, small coin purse and an earring hand made by a native in ShangriLa, Yunnan. I was really behind dateline. I hope the package had reached her safely. I have to apologize as my piece does not really turn out so well since I am stitching them in between my travelling and moving back to Malaysia. Yeaaahhh...lesson learned!! I should not sign up for the swap in the first place.....

Update on my LHN "COMFORT"

As I said earlier, I had made quite a good progress on this one. I am not sure whether I should make this piece into a pinkeep or just sew it togather with hardboard and frame it. I don't usually set my final piece when I start stitching them ..LOL.....

Now I may need to dig the boxes for my Coffee & Tea Thead Pack and start choosing which fabric to stitch them. On the other hand, Diane had just introduce the Little Women Virtue Series in February, they are so very sweet!. Of course, that would be my next pick for my future stash (but not so soon...maybe much later this year....). Got to make full use of my Coffee & Tea thread pack first before I start buying new set. I always adore Diane's creativity!!

Life, Reading & Stitching.....

Hi Again...thanks for checking on me!

Sorry for not being able to write often. I have not been logging in since February. Have seen the number of follower been increased....I am happy o know that there are people out there enjoying my writing! Thanks !!!

I have been away travelling and busy moving back to Malaysia after nearly one and a half year living alone in China. Thank god its finally over and I managed to keep my relationship with Rozi and the children even stronger. I finish off my work contract end of January and back to Malaysia for a while. Then flew back middle of March to sort out packing my stuffs into boxes. As usual, Rozi was very helpful, a week after I flew to China he came to help me packing and I returned his good deed by treating him to a journey to Shangri La, Yunan. We backpacked for 6 days visiting Kunming, Lijiang and Shangri La on our own. Later on, I hope to have a chance to write on our adventure with some beautiful pictures here.

Despite of being busy travelling, working and juggling my time between work and family, I managed to finish quite a number of books since my last update, Till We Meet Again by Lesley Pearse, For One more Day by Mitch Albom, The Ultimate Guide to Umrah by Abu Muneer Ismail Davids and Haj Travelog by Mohamad Kamil Ibrahim. I am glad that I am finally able to start reading some book on visiting Mecca and Madinah. I have been trying very hard to improve myself to be better Muslim and keep hoping Allah will answer my prayers. I am truly bless with good life and always thankful for that!!

On my stitching front, I mailed out my piece for Swap with Nina 2 weeks behind date line....I hope the package had arrived Hungary in good order. Thanks to Nina for your understanding!. My partner Rita, send the package on time and she made me beautiful pinkeep and small scissor fob. She also send a copy of cross stitch magazine from Hungary. I love them all! Thanks Rita! I took the photos but too lazy to climb the stair to get the camera and upload the photos here....will do that in my next entry.......

I have two more stitching swap to be complete, a biscornu for Lynn at Stitching Fingers in UK and a Mother's Day card for a local stitcher. I use RE for the card and finished it off while I was off for Labor Day weekend in Kuantan. I also need less than 30 min stitching to complete my "COMFORT" thread pack. I guess after all it's not to bad as I managed to complete quite a bit of reading and stitching at the same time.

I may not be able to write often after this as I might be busy preparing my self for some soul searching for my spiritual journey to Mecca (with god will!!...)...I hope to be able to spend more time doing my prayers and fasting whenever possible, and subsequently making a change in life towards being a better Muslim. I am also feel very grateful that Rozi had taken my good intention positively and willing to be part of it........ but nevertheless, I will try my best to allocate sometime to write if the opportunity arise......

I hope to share with all of you the beautiful photos of my backpacking adventure to Yunnan in my next journal. Till then....happy stitching and may god bless all of you with good life and lots of love............