C.O.O.K.I.E.S

Yes, yes, I was again in a baking mode today. So I went to Giant late this afternoon to get a few ingredients and then also ended up buying some KFC spicy chicken since I was passing through the fast food outlet and couldn't resist the tempting smell, hehehe. For me, Giant is quite a huge store and I always find myself taking my time browsing and usually spent almost an hour or so in the store just to kill time. I don't know why, hehe. So back at home, I ended up baking some chocolate chip cookies for munching during tv time. Well, KFC and chocolates couldn't go wrong in my book. :D

Chocolate chip cookie dough.

Uneven round cookies hehe. I was lazy to shape them properly. Personally, I think they look a lot like the Indian henna paste or 'pacar', haha.

Chocolate chip cookies freshly baked! :D

Early morning jog

As you may know, I am not really a morning person. It has been a while since I last jogged. So when my dad told us that he is going on a morning jog today, my sister and I decided to join him. The last time I ever jogged was sometime 2 or 3 months ago, I think haha. I feel so guilty about it, so I have compensated by playing frisbee or badminton once in a while if the mood is here and if the weather cooperates hehe.

The night before, I have set up my alarm for 5:20am, knowing that I would usually snooze the alarm a couple of times before actually waking up haha. So this morning, I woke up at the crack of dawn. It was still dark outside. And I was thinking to myself, jadi kah nda ni ah.. since my eyelids were still droopy from lack of sleep. But I am determine to make this work, so I tried to give my eyes quite a work out by marak marakkan my eyes a couple of times in front of the mirror... hmm, and why am I telling you this? hahaha.. the thing is, I usually prefer exercising in the afternoon instead of pagi-pagi buta since I like sleeping in. But tau tah di Brunei, if you want to go jogging, you have to drive to the place like Shahbandar or Damuan, before you could actually exercise, which kinda defeats the purpose a bit for me. Kan drive ke sana pun sudah berpikir dua tiga kali. But since ani my dad yang drive, so I don't mind tagging along hehe.. He usually jogs early in the mornings. Since my sister was up to the idea as well, bagi semangat lah jua, I join in as well tarus.

So after showering and a cup of hot tea, we were on our way. My dad brought us to Padang Belapan. The air was cool and crispy. There were already quite a few joggers about; middle aged to kids alike. I am quite happy to note that it seems that Bruneians are becoming more health conscious nowadays by exercising more. We stayed for an hour until the sun was up. I have to admit that I did a lot more walking than jogging haha. Asal exercise jaditah hehe. I think I managed to go 10 or so laps around the track. Yay me! :D

True to the Bruneian style, after the exercise, my dad brought us to minum-minum at a nearby restaurant at Teguh Raya and we tapau murtabak for brekkie. :p

At 6:08am, before sun rise

Padang Belapan

Jogging/walking along the tracks

C mun after the workout :p

Banyak bagus? haha

Personality..... what personality?

So just for fun, I did some personality quizzes based on some of my favourite shows of all time, hehe.

Which ER Character Are You?

Which ER Character Are You?
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Which CSI Character Are You?

Which CSI Character Are You?
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Which Buffy the Vampire Slayer Character Are You?

Which Buffy the Vampire Slayer Character Are You?
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Which Grey's Anatomy Character Are You?

Which Grey's Anatomy Character Are You?
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Which Friends Character Are You?

Which Friends Character Are You?
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Which 30 Rock Character Are You?

Which 30 Rock Character Are You?
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Which South Park Character Are You?

Which South Park Character Are You?
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Well, there you go. I don't know how far correct the quizzes are in reflecting my personality. It's just for fun anyway, hehehe.. I let you do the judging. :D

Vanilla cupcakes

I was bored this afternoon, hence came the inspiration to try make vanilla cup cakes. And the result was yummy! :D I think I prefer vanilla cupcakes than the chocolate ones, hehe. From the recipe I managed to make 16 cupcakes.

The batch before going into the oven

Cupcakes fresh out of the oven after baking for 15 minutes! :)

After cooled, the cupcakes were spread with thick butter cream icing and sprinkled with rainbow chips :D

And ta-daa!! Mouth watering vanilla cupcake with thick cream. Nyum! :D

Hehehe, well, that's an afternoon well spent.. :)

Chocolate cupcakes

I made some chocolate cupcakes sometime last week. This is my first cupcake making trial hehe. It turned out quite well, which I am happy about. Next time, I am going to try making vanilla cup cakes instead, hehe.

A batch of cupcakes fresh out of the oven

With chocolate icing and decorative chocolate chips

Chocolate cupcakes :) :) nyum!

Ismah & Khalid's Wedding

Today is the wedding day of Ismah and Khalid. I have known Ismah since attending Form 1 at Maktab Sains in 1998. It was only there that I actually knew that she is my second cousin, hehe.. and from there on, she becomes a close friend. Khalid also used to attend MS with us. My dear old MS friend, Qilah, and I decided to attend the wedding together, so Qilah picked me up at my house and we made our journey to Ismah's family residence in Kg Sungai Besar. It was definitely like a reunion as we met some of our former MS batch mates attending the wedding. It was great meeting everyone as we have not really been in touch with each other for quite some time. Some of us went up to see Ismah before the start of the wedding and thus as usual, it is photo taking sessions for everyone, hehehe.

Qilah and I in the car, before making our journey to Ismah's house :p

In Ismah's room

Ismah being made up

Ex-MS From L-R: Sabby, Amal Majidah, Ziqah, Fairuz, Qilah, Filah, Hjh Qilah and Fifi (sitting)

The lovely bride :)

A photo with the bride :)

Getting ready to blow out the candles. It symbolises the hope that the love connection will be there forever, as mentioned by the 'pengangun', if I can recall correctly, hehe.

With old MS mates, L-R: Tika, Nani, Liyana and Ziemah

Ziqah, Qilah and I with Ms Siow, who was our Physics Form 4 & 5 teacher in MS :)

On the wedding throne

Makan bersuap-suapan :)

Ismah & Khalid with friends. Group photo 1 :p

Ismah & Khalid with friends. Group photo 2 :p

May their love last forever! Amin! :)

More photos coming up on facebook soon!

A Secret Message

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Sitting in the dark

I am a supporter of Earth Hour.

To show my support that night, I let myself sit in the darkness for more than an hour... literally.. hehehe.. doing my bit in helping the cause to save energy around the world in that moment of darkness..

Hmmm.. well, that is not the whole truth, actually.

The thing is, I did sit in the dark...

but I was actually in the cinema, watching a movie.

It still counts, doesn't it? (^_^)