Never give up

I have failed a few cakes since my last successful muffin. I wonder why all came out the same results. Wet inside, burnt outside.

My sister gave it a name called volcano cake!! @_@

Yesterday when my family was having dinner, I told them I am gonna bake another cake. Everyone suddenly stopped eating and looked at me, rolling their eyes, " Again????" My sister said, "No more baking please!"

Well, I know they are sick with my ugly and tasteless cakes and poor thing is they were my victims to help me finish the cake. I know I know, but do I really have to give up just because of the failures before? NO WAY! I am gonna try it again. This time round, I made cookies. I found the easiest way and the simplest ingredients I could get to make the very basic cookies --- Oat and Chocolate cookies!

I followed the recipe carefully. Step by step. Measured accordingly and added in the ingredients one by one. Waiting and looking anxiously at my cookies in the oven, keeping my finger crossed, I prayed hard for them. 15 minutes had gone, deng deng deng deng deng.....here were my cookies.....
Oh yeah, not bad huh... I gave the maid privilege to try my very first cookies. "Nice!" she said. Wow...this word has long been disappearing in my baking dictionary and now it is back! LOL~ I was happy and hope this was gonna boost my family's confidence on my baking skill. After all, I am not totally a baking idiot, okay?! As the old saying goes, failure is the mother of success. Never give up and keep on practicing. I will be a good baker, I believe.

Marina Barrage

Last weekend, I went to Marina Barrage with cousin and cousin in law. Initially, I thought it was just normal photoshooting and casual visiting but for them, it seemed to be something big and serious with all the necessary tools and accessories.

Looking at me from head to toe, my cousin decided to give more touch up on my "indistinct" make up before we departed to the barrage.

It was a sunny day but they seemed enjoying much being photographer and model, busy posing and photoshooting for each other. Meanwhile, I enjoyed my self-phototaking =)

I found it awkward when it came to my turn posing in front of his camera. Perhaps I lack of the confidence that I am shorter and uglier than my cousin. LOL~

Walking up the slope, we came to a big field, with the crowd flying kites and having picnic. Standing on the field, we admired much the grandeur of the city, with the Singapore flyer standing arrogantly far out there.

We had a three person photoshooting, lying on the grass with our hand crossed over each other. Once lying on the grass, I felt diffucult to get up, as it was too comfortable and relaxing looking up the sky decorated with all kinds of pattern and colourful kites- jellyfish, hello kitty, little bee etc.

People always say Singapore is a boring place with no elsewhere to go. I say it is not at all. Singapore might not be a great place for adventurous activities but it has many nice parks here. After all, the place doesn't play a key role here but it is the quality time spent with family or friends that matters. Whatever and wherever you do, enjoy the moment. See, what a good day, chilling out at Marina Barrage!

New hobby

I think I have fallen in love with baking. Last weekend, I made walnut cake. Today, I made muffin! This was my first time baking muffin. I was quite worried at the beginning while beating the butter and egg as it didn't look "normal" for me. However, it turned out to be okay after I added in flour and milk. Look, this is the result which I am quite satisfied with. They might not look appealing but taste good!

Yeah, muffin mission successful!