I finally had the Strawberry Strudel in Strawberry Moment in De Garden after reading j2kfm.com's blog :) 

Baking at home is fun! My sister made Cheesecake Soufle and we both made Oreo cookies but the cookies were too sweet =S

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HOME SWEET HOME.

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Celebrated friend's birthday in Chapel St yesterday. Had Nepalese food.  The food's so-so but the portion... *facepalm* damn small =___= Anyhooooo, the main point of this post is not about the dinner, it's something familiar from Malaysia!

JENG JENG JENG Secret Recipe! 

Opened early this year. It's the only shop in Melbourne, or maybe even the first in Australia- I don't know. I suddenly thought of it and I can't bare to NOT BUY the cakes when I'm in chapel st. You see, Chapel St. is quite far from my place, bus ride about 1.5 hours or so. Couldn't resist the temptation. In the end, I bought New York Cheesecake and Chocolate Indulgence back home *I had those for lunch just now XD Totally satisfied*

Palermo St! Should have use that bag yesterday

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Pretty much stuff happened over the past week. Angela's birthday on 15th October and we made a gingerbread house for her. 

Then tower trip to the zoo with ABSOLUTE HORRIBLE WEATHER, it rained the whole day. FML

And melbourne's weather went a little cuckoo the other day- hailed.

chisholm ball was held last week with masquerade theme. Great time. 

And mornington trip again last weekend :))) 

and now, it's time to prepare for my finals which is happening in 3 weeks time. 11th and 16th November. 

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Terry's Chocolate Orange is a popular British chocolate product. It is a ball of chocolate mixed with orange oil, divided into 20 "segments", similar to a real orange. 

Traditional method of getting ready to eat them is: prior to unwrapping the ball, to tap it severely on a hard surface to cause the segments to separate from each other. Whack! and Unwrap!

See?

Few fairly hard whacks did the trick. Heh Heh

Very similar to the real thing isn't it. I love how the chocolate with a tad of orange flavoring. Thanks to my sister I'm going to buy more when I get back. Damn nice! :D

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Had a spontaneous trip yesterday after finding out that tulip farm is closing soon and Monday is the ONLY day that is SUNNY. Everything was decided so quickly. Spent about 2.5 hours to get to Tulip Farm. :))

Bright blue sky with beautiful colours. Oh so nice~

Was really happy that pictures turn out good. And no more muddy shoe cos the previous time I went there, it rained the day before. 

Cantik kan!

I went with these people. 3 HK girls, 1 China and 2 Malaysians. =)

TULIPS ARE SO BEAUTIFULLLLLL

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I see many many smooth hair ooo chingy =D

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Remember I made Cinnamon rolls in my previous post? I usually buy 1kg flour but I purposely bought 2kg flour because I know I'm going to bake a lot in this holiday. And the clever me bought 'Self-raising flour' instead of 'Plain flour'. I bought it under a rush condition, friends were all waiting for me outside the supermarket. 

Therefore, I look for recipes that uses self-raising flour. And I found Scones recipe. Plain scone recipe. It's very very easy and takes little time too. The recipe I found makes 24 scones. For my first try, I half it to be safe. You'll never know what will happen.

These are the ingredients for the plain scone recipe. Pretty basic stuff :) And oh! I'm going to put some chocolate chips into some of the scones later. 

After making the dough, it's time to shape the scones, I don't have cutter so I search my whole kitchen for an appropriate shape for my scones and guess what I used to shape it, A Vegemite cover, which belongs to my floor-mate ( I don't know who, but not to worry, I cleaned it already *winks*) 

Bake for 18-20 minutes and it's done. That's pretty simple isn't it. Rmbr it's plain scones so it's pretty much TASTELESS.  Eat it with jam would help :) Thank god I add some chocolate chips in some scones. At least there's chocolate taste to it. IF I were to make again, I'll add more sugar into the recipe for a sweeter bread. Just so u know, the original recipe requires only 15g sugar, and rmbr, I half it, so it's only 7g sugar( which I converted it into half tablespoon of sugar) 

Original recipe yields 24. Half of it would be 12. But then I made mini scones and end up with 26 mini scones. HAHA. Next target: mini pretzel bites! =D

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Had the nicest dinner ever. Korean soup, Bu Dae Chi Gae, which is basically an army stew where there's alot of different food thrown into the pot.  

Here are all the ingredients

There's sausages, mushrooms, onion, ham and there's potatoes and carrots boiling away in the pan. basically it's an CHAPALANG soup. But it taste so good, really. 

Yes, this is how the soup looks like.. They have shin ramen noodles with kim chi on it and top it with cheese. Look yummeh right! are you guys drooling? =D

I still can't get over this soup! I loved it! Cook more korean food for me Alison! and I'll bake for you. win-win situation. =)

The night doesn't end here. it's my turn now. I made cinnamon rolls just now. WUHOOO! Baking rocks my life! 

Chocolate chips cinnamon rolls. Mm-mmmm.. Looks abit burnt though =X

There's more.........

Yes, this is chocolate chip cookie dough. 

WHEEE U know what time I baked these? 2am! LOL! Yes I'm crazy but so what.. I'm on holiday and I do what I want =D Baking session could release stress ya know, not that I have one anyway. But yes, baking makes me feel happy :) 

And I'm looking for more recipes to bake now. Heh Heh. 

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Guess what's inside

It's for my HK friend. She regretted for not buying this showbag. She was either taking this or the spongebob bag. And she got the spongebob one. So Alison and me bought this for her. She have no idea that we bought this. =D Her birthday is on October though. *long time to go*

As you can see, there's 2 sets of pencil cases, 2 comic books, a keychain hanging at the side, a yoyo, a deck of simpson cards, a pinball board AND A DARTBOARD. Cool ain't it. Everything for $25. Everything is sorta in the bag except for the dartboard, we have to choose one out of a few items. There's mini ice hockey table, mini snooker table, a bowling set, simpson plushies (which looks horrendous, seriously) , a clock and of course a dart board. :)) 

We have no idea what my friend likes. Alison overheard her mentioning about dart board so we go for it.  And how u ask me we get this present when we're going out together.. I asked my friend to get it for me cos she went to the Royal Melbourne Show the next day I went. =D and now let's just hope my HK friend likes it. 

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2NE1 did it again. Just released their first full album ytd. 9.9.10. And now, 5 of their songs are all up in the charts! how amazing! I LOVE LOVE LOVE 2NE1! 

With their 3 title song, Can't nobody, Go Away & Clap your hands, 2NE1's going to dominate Korea! wuhooooo! 2NE1 NOL JAAAAA~

After watching Clap your hands & Go away MV, I cant wait to watch Can't Nobody MV! And what more their comeback stage! 12.9.10! WUUUHOOOOO!

12.9.10 faster come pls!

Clap your hands MV downloaded. Waiting for Go away and Can't Nobody download link. I'm going to watch their MVs again and again. XD

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Yes, again for daytrip. I went there again but this time with different people. It's an all-Malaysian-girls roadtrip. Rented a car, Hyundai i30. I have no idea whether the car's good. Reviews? Started our journey from 7.30am till 12am. Basically it's more than 12 hours..17 hours of traveling. All of us literally died at the end of the day, exhausted really. But on the bright side, it was a fun trip despite the sucky weather, well for me, it is. If the weather's better then it will be perfecto. 

The Enchanted Maze was our first stop. They have theme gardens, topiary & sculptural creations. What attracts me is the Brain Teaser Challenge. Imagine 5 girls who loves taking pictures in this place, imagine the time spent, we were there for about 2.5hours. O_O

Time for lunch and head to Sunny Ridge Strawberry Farm. Desserts for lunch is not something usual but we couldn't care much. This place is a must try here in Mornington! We ordered 4 desserts and 1 butternut pumpkin soup. Let me hear you say, Strawberry Haven! 

SITOBELIS anyone? 

After devour the sitobelis, we head to the next maze which is The Boneo maze & Wetlands. It's rather disappointing, the mazes were full of tiny insects and the ground is wet, not muddy(thankgod). The only thing fun there is the giant board games. They have Chess set, Connect Four, Snake and Ladder and many more. 

Lucky enough to see the rainbow! :D

We had only Peninsula Hot Springs for our last stop but before that we drove around the area for sightseeing. We stop by the Mornington Peninsula Surf Beach and it's was beautiful. Also, freezing! Strong winds and cold weather, not a very nice place to be. I can't imagine how those surfers survive in the cold water! 

Finally, we head to the Peninsula Hot Spring for some relaxation. It was so good after all the traveling. One thing though, the sulfur smell is too overwhelming. Soaking in the hot springs in the cold weather is GOOOOOOD. 

I want to do a roadtrip like this again next time but of course pray for good weather! Next trip we should head to Mt. Dandenong! 

p/s: First post after 1 month. I check my blog everyday but I don't bother update it. =P 

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You all know chingy was in melbourne before she transit to Canberra. I was a little late when I go the airport to see chingy and her friends. XD Should've taken the earlier bus. We all decided to go melbourne city since we have few hours to spend before chingy fly. It was FREEZING COLD THAT MORNING!

I had this for breakfast. Egg Benedict. I don't really like the Hollandaise sauce. It taste weird with the egg. Didn't really enjoy my breakfast. blah.

Ah ching being camera shy. Ceiks. TOLD YA TO SPEND A FEW DAYS HERE BEFORE GOING CANBERRA! roarrrr... you can stay with me ma :( But nvm, we shall meet again end of this year. and maybe go back malaysia together. heh heh. *hopefully* 

Enjoy canberra and the dino musuem. hahahah =D

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I had my very first roadtrip few days ago. We rented a car and drove to mornington, my friends drove of course. It was just a 1 day trip. The weather was very cold that morning and it was damn windy! Early in the morning, cold weather, strong wind= FREEZING. 

That's the view from Arthur's Seat. Beautiful isn't it. 

Next, we went to ashcombe maze & lavender garden. Weather was not very good at that time as it was drizzling the whole afternoon. Spoils the mood really. Camera was a lil wet and foggy due the cold weather. *my poor poor camera =( * 

We visited Cape Schanck Lighthouse, Portsea and we even went to Peninsula Hot Spring! What a nice way to end the day. In a nutshell, the trip was good despite the weather. If I could, I would go there again end of the year to visit Sorrento for the strawberries! wuhooooo!

you could probably tell that I'm lazy to write down every details. Album's up on my facebook already. Have a look if you want! heh =P

A very rare photo of me showing my rabbit teeth. HAHAHA. Chao~

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I'M DONE WITH MY EXAMSSSS! yayyyyy! 

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4 down, 1 more to go. One more and that's it. DONE and I finished my bachelor's degree. Man, time flies. Let's just hope that I pass everything =S. Had my fingers crossed. 

I need my sleep. I need to do my laundry. I need to do groceries. I need to find out about my further plans for studies. I need to lose weight!  gain so much during exam period. =S *NOT GOOD!

I want to travel outside Melbourne. Plan to go on a roadtrip with my another friend. Just the 2 of us so far. We plan to rent a car and drive ourselves. =D Hopefully everything goes well.  

I want to bake stuff!! yes, I've been planning to make chocolate mousse cake or maybe baked cheesecake and cupcakes too! Oh maybe some apple puffs as well. man that's so many things. I love to bake bake bake. *lovesloves*

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On another note, CHIA IM VERY VERY VERY EXCITED FOR YOU!  I  feel so so happpppyyyy =D You're going to be a mother soon. Ahhhh.. Words can't describe how I feel now. Take good good care of yourself. Can't wait to go back and see yap junior! :D

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Yes, this is how I feel now. 

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TADAA! It's square cupcakes! nice isn't it? 

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Actually I failed. I don't have muffin trays and that's the reason they went out of shape. But hey it's all about the taste! who cares~ Anyway, I made this for Alison as her birthday present. Made them today. Quite satisfied with the result. Could've been better if it's 'round'. Too much icing though but this is my first time doing so I want to play decorate it with more icings! 

Back to my books! 

Chao people!

actually no, i'm going to bed. Goodnight! 

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Last Friday, we had a small gathering for Minyi and Faezah's birthday. Both May babies. We had pot luck for dinner that day. Lotsa food, but too bad I didn't take any except for desserts. =D Since it's a potluck dinner, I made apple pie. hahaha. 

Nutella Cheesecake! made by Minyi herself. It's a nonbake cheesecake btw. Too little nutella, minyi =(. Shud've add more! next time kay! 

ohh! this is unrelated. Sheng jia cooked 'COKE CHICKEN' the other day, couldn't remember when. I rmbr watching tvb and those ppl cook 'coke chicken'. Finally I got the chance to taste it. It's was good. Easy to make too! haha

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