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Yours truly opened an account in Instagram. So far, there's only 5 photos. So little, I know, I'm working on it. I just love the fact that I can upload photos instantly without the hassle of going to FB so sign in to upload. But yeah that's what Instagram is for anyway. Btw, my instagram is Ssandrady. Yes there are two "ss".
Also, Dazz House will be selling in Malaysian ringgit (US dollar remains) and for the love towards my own people, prices will be lower. Take note. Will update more soon. As for now, yours truly is still working on it. Christmas, new year, and my beloved friend's birthday is coming. I have plans and I'm so excited! And I have an upcoming interview. Not the serious job interview, but a fun one! (I hope). So here I am, juggling so many things, but I'm lovin it ;) And I'm working tomorrow. So there comes another day of making coffees. My job is love. Good night world. Labels: christmas, coffee bean job, friend birthday, instagram, new year
I don't know what got into me, but I just lost the motivation to study. And I don't know why. Exam is in a few more days and I'm here typing down my thoughts.
Btw, my parents just came back from Australia and they bought a huge pile of food just to impress me ha! And to impress you, I uploaded a photo below!
I personally requested for lots of macadamia nuts! They are my favorite. They're the best nuts. Creamiest and crunchiest.
My dad is a big fan of Cadbury but I can never understand. I think Lindt chocolates are so much nicer.
And my mum brought back fresh cherries and apricots just for me. She knew I would love to try. And she bought a couple of dresses, a pair of platforms and handmade scented soaps!! Oh my goodness love you mum!
Labels: apricots, arnott, australia, cadbury, cherries, food, lindt, macadamia nut, red wine
Remember this?? You probably don't, because there was only 1 pair that was sold a long time ago. But our dear designer manage to retrieve the same materials to make another 8 pairs! So here they are. Only 8 pairs available! So hurry!
Reasonably priced at $6.50 per pair.
Labels: christmas, christmas gift, grey, hearts, mini book earrings, notebook earrings, white
All those expired cakes and pastries are FOC and they go into the staffs' stomach of course. Yummy! I tried many cakes already. I also tried almost all drinks. Best is probably cappucino without foam.
Today, I cleaned the sewage thing under the basin (it collects all the grease and traps food) and hell, it smelled of rotten food. Sometimes, I wonder why am I even working when I don't have to. But, oh well, I like making coffees and I love the experience!
Just like what Mr. Robert Kiyosaki put it, "work to learn, not for the money".
Once, I flipped through the newspapers and saw something about bar tending, the job looks fun! I might consider. Haha.
Yours truly just attended a 3-day barista course and now I'm officially a certified barista! :D
Oh my goodness I'm so happy, I love coffee... and tea! Give me the equipment and I'll make you a cuppa.
Till the next post, cheers!
Our mini book earrings and popcorn earrings now come in a single solid colors! Black, red, yellow, orange, white!
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Labels: book earrings, dazz house, etsy, japanese ball, japanese ball earrings, mini book, mini book earrings, notebook earrings, popcorn earrings
After two years, I had the chance to ride on a motor bike again. Wow, it's just awesome. The wind passes me like when I'm on roller coaster, and when the bike turns, I get a mini heart attack all the time. What can I say? This is my third time riding on a bike. But I seriously love it. So much more fun than sitting in a car.
Ok, I shall try to finish my assignment tonight. Good night world! Labels: riding a motor
I am back in the city again! But only after only 2 days of holidays in my hometown :( Anyway, yours truly drove on the highway. The real big fast highway from melaka to kl. I drove over the speed limit, I am dangerous =.= Btw, I was instructed by my uncle from USA, according to him, I passed!
Then, my work life starts again. Oh please do come over to Coffee Bean (especially the tropicana mall branch heehee!), we have new drinks and cakes! Dark chocolate peppermint is really nice! Ask the barista to add dark cocoa powder, you have to pay an additional RM1 but trust me, it's nicer if you add the cocoa powder, I've tried it myself! However, if you're adventurous, you can try our Red Velvet drink. It tastes slightly like strawberry milk with an extra warm & cozy flavor and aroma. At last, for my long-awaited dinner, my housemates and I fed ourselves with Ko Hyang korean food at One Utama. I love Bi Bim Bap! They use a special sauce which is just so tasty that it makes me forget about my weight :D But I hate korean chopsticks, it cannot be used! (I don't know how to use it!) No offence. Labels: coffee bean dark chocolate peppermint, coffee bean malaysia, coffee bean red velvet hot chocolate, one utama ko hyang
Ok, here's the post about my family trip that ended 2 weeks ago, sorry for posting late!
There's so much to say but I can't tell everything because I don't have enough time to type a long post, forgive me, I have a job and assignment, and I have to study. Ok, so our trip lasted for 4 days and 3 nights. On the first day, the moment we were picked up by our tour guide, we were brought to a temple to pray. And what I didn't know is that they are strict about what you wear in their temples. I was wearing sleeveless dress and so, I was told off by the temple staff, opps! Sorry! Then, we had "Chiang Mai Laksa" where I added some sugar into it because the tour guide added sugar into his bowl. But I can't feel if there's a difference in taste... Anyway, we then roamed the streets of Chinatown and hell, there were so many cheap stuffs! So we bought a lot. Actually, we brought an empty bag just to bring shopping stuffs back home hee~ Oh and the starbucks there is cheaper! At night, we went to another temple up the mountain. It's called Doi Suthep, you must go there at night and look at the night lights of the city from the top of the mountain. The view is just so breath taking!!! Ok, second day! We went to an elephant show and patiently watched two elephants paint. I mean, really paint out a picture. wow! Then, we visited the snakes and monkeys and Long neck village. Honestly, I pity the long neck females. In the whole village, only 10% of females choose not to wear the rings. After leaving their poor village and moving to Chiang Mai, this is how they earn a living. Their new village is a tourist spot where curious people visit and usually ends up buying some souvenirs from them. This is how they earn money. Sad, because it's really hard moving around with those heavy rings and it kind of affect the structure of their lower backbones. Next stops were the handicraft and jewelry shops that don't need much explanation. At last, the third day. First stop was the hot spring! Omg I have waited so long to visit a hot spring but never did I know, a hot spring is really so hot. They told us the water was at 40 degree celcius and asked us to dip our feet in but it was seriously too hot, we took around 20 minutes to put our feet in the water for 10 seconds, and then we have to pull our feet out or else I feel like I'm being scalded by hot water. There's a hot spring with temperature of 80 degree celcius, a lady uses it to boil quail eggs for us to eat LOL. After that, we visited the white temple, it was a magnificent piece of art! With lots of carving! Even the toilets is so golden and beautiful. They have a piece of carefully crafted metal for us to write our wishes. I wrote mine :) The temple people will then collect all metal pieces, melt them and use the metal to build a temple or something ♥ Then, the road trip starts as we went up to the Golden triangle where Chiang Rai, Laos and Myanmar meets at the river border! To be honest, I didn't know this trip involved us entering Laos and Myanmar, I really didn't know. But there were some changes and we really did visited 3 countries in this trip! Btw, I bought "Thanaka" from Myanmar, it's said to be good for the skin and is a natural sunblock. But after applying it, it looks like clay on your face. Oh and in all their meals, they serve lots of veggie which is so wonderful for me :D Their food is really nice! So, this is all. I left out a few stuffs but they're unimportant. You have to go there and enjoy first-hand experience, you just have to. Labels: chiang mai chinatown, chiang mai laksa, chiang rai, elephant paint in chiang mai, golden triangle thailand, hot spring chiang rai, long neck village chiang mai, thanaka cream, white temple chiang rai
After waiting for weeks and holding the excitement in me, I finally started my first day of work today. At Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Yeah! But my oh my, it was much tougher than I expected. I imagine being busy making coffees and washing dishes but today, I was given so many coffee and tea recipes with a few ratios and quantities to remember (or shall I say, to memorize) because yes, baristas have to memorize drinks ingredient ratios and quantities and right now, I feel so full in my head.
And again, I was late to class today. But then, I met an Iranian guy who was on his way to KL central. We talked in the bus. He is an international marketeer, selling dried fruits. His job require him to travel. I love this job. Btw, he thought I was Korean haha.
Also, I just came back from Chiang Mai, will blog about it soon. I promise.
Labels: coffee bean job
After the end of a one month holiday that seemed to fly pass so fast, my third sem has started today. There are some news I would like to break. First and foremost, I got a job at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (that is if they don't cancel on me last minute). Secondly, I'm going to Chiang Mai in a few days time! My second holiday this year, this is gonna be so great. And thirdly, My marketing lecturer already handed out our marketing assignment, whadda crap, our sem just started.
Anyway, I tried Delicious' main dishes for the first time ever and honestly, there is nothing special about their food. It tastes ok, but paying so much for food that taste ok is ridiculous. And not to mention, the service at Mid valley branch is rather awful. The waiters aren't friendly and they are often seen chatting among themselves. After trying their mains, my family and I were too full to try their desserts. we were also very turned-off! Forgive me for this. I will try next time, perhaps at another branch. But the store concept is quite relaxing, especially with those dim lights and all those blue pillows. Oh and people, Halloween is coming!! Labels: delicious, delicious cafe, delicious cafe food review, delicious food, delicious mid valley
DH's very first collection. Enjoy!
Crochet Snow Flake Earrings
White Mini Book Earrings
Blue Mini Book Earrings
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Labels: Blue Mini Book Earrings, Crochet Snow Flake Earrings, dazz house, etsy, handmade jewelries, jewelries, storeenvy, White Mini Book Earrings
I was on my feet practically the whole day cooking! In the morning, I made pancakes and crepes with Betty Crocker instant pancake mix. Well, I am no pro and I don't have a skillet or a griddle. I used a flat pan to cook the pancakes. Hence, my pancakes are thin and rather dried up. They looked horrible but thankfully, the taste was good (I added chocolate chips and cheese in a few of the pancakes hee hee).
I made crepes too using the same instant mix because my little bro still wasn't full even after eating like 4 pancakes. He has a big stomach damn! The crepes are kinda dry and I have no idea why. I followed the recipe exactly! But I added a teaspoon of vanilla essence though haha. Still, I don't think a teaspoon of liquid can make my crepes dry...
Anyway, I checked the ingredients stated on the package and saw that Betty Crocker uses bleached flour. Wth, they really should be using unbleached flour!!
I took a break by watching the diary of a wimpy kid, funny show and touching at the ending. Then, back to cooking. I made salmon in orange juice! Yum! It might sound weird to you, but seriously the orange juice somehow added taste! Yummy!
So here's the recipe. It takes only around 20 minutes to prepare if you're a fast-mover.
1. Defreeze the salmon 2 hours before you start. How much salmon meat depends on how much you eat. 1 fillet per person should be enough.
2. Squeeze the juice out of 1/2 orange, the orange shouldn't be too sweet nor too sour. Pour the juice into a deep metal plate or tray. Add around 1 tablespoon of soy sauce or more if you like it to be salty.
3. Slice the salmon with a thickness of 1 finger, its length is up to you. Just cut it to fit your mouth.
4. Put the salmon into the deep plate/tray of orange juice and soy sauce. Try to make sure the salmon is completely soaked in the juice, look for the right plate/tray size. Leave it marinated.
5. Prepare vegetables. Whatever you want. You need a balance diet ;)
6. Steam or bake the tray of salmon and juice for around 10-15 minutes. If you're planning to bake it, then make sure you heat the oven at 200 degree celcius for around 10 minutes before you start. Bake it at that temperature. You may add thick vegetables such as tomatoes or carrot into the salmon and juice. If you want sauce, you can try making orange juice yogurt dressing for your veggie (if you plan to have your veggie raw or tasteless). All you need is plain yogurt, orange juice and soy sauce. Mix them together in the ratio of 4 : 2 : 1. Say for instance, for 1 person's serving, 2 tbsp plain yogurt, 1 tbsp orange juice and 1/2 tbsp soy sauce should be enough. *It's better to use pure orange juice, the one freshly squeezed from the fruit. Processed orange juice doesn't taste the same, but you can try. That's all for now. I'll be making white chocolate parfait and crumbles soon! Cheers! Labels: betty crocker, betty crocker buttermilk pancake, betty crocker instant pancake mix, orange juice yogurt dressing, salmon, salmon fish recipe, salmon in orange juice marinade
Yours truly just spent days trying to figure out the basics of HTML just to help out with improving my former high school library blog. But from the so little that I know, I could only make modifications on other people's layouts. Pathetic, I know. At least, I kept the creator's name on the blog page, so it's not really stealing. Then, finally after I'm done, I thought, why not do my own blog too? Hence, the new layout you are looking at right now. I hope you think that it's better than the previous.
Anyway, just yesterday, I baked a supposed-to-be super moist chocolate cake using Betty Crocker instant cake mix. I expected a really chocolatey, moist, fudgy cake with super sweet icing, but the end product was not sweet, not moist (but not the dry type where you can get choke by swallowing too much cake) and the chocolate taste wasn't strong enough. Chocolate lovers will be disappointed. But health thinkers will love it since it's not sweet and used sunflower oil instead of butter. Just to make it more delicious, I sliced the cake horizontally into half and spread cookies and icing in between. Now it looks like a gigantic chocolate cookie sandwich with cream in the middle :/
Speaking of health, I went for a sinful buffet dinner last night, where I had 4 scoops of ice cream, 3 fruit tarts, and so much meat. I think they all totaled to 1000 calories, which I will have no choice but to spend these few days burning off. There's this exercise called Body Combat I thought I should introduce. The workout takes around 45 mins, just follow the video. You will sweat a lot so just make sure you do it in an open room where there is good air-flow or else it will get really steamy. Good luck trying! I estimate the whole workout to burn at least 320 calories. You could burn more if you punch harder and kick faster.
Labels: betty crocker, betty crocker chocolate cake, betty crocker super moist chocolate cake mix
And here we are, cam-whoring all the way.
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This semester flied pass me faster than I expected. I have to admit, this was one hell of a crazy semester. Everything I plan to let happen did not happen. Instead, a whole bunch of new stuffs kept coming my way. I could only embrace them and keep moving forward. And before I know it, there's only two weeks left before this semester end.
Another chapter heading to the end, but memories are remembered forever. May we all do our best in the upcoming final exams. Next chapter coming soon. Cheers people. Have a blissful life.
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This afternoon when I was waiting at the bus stop, a car passed by and there was two little boys waving at anyone and other cars from the car roof (the kind where you can slide open at the ceiling of your car). One of them waved at me and was smiling with his white and slightly crooked teeth, so I waved back. He was so cute. I'm gonna say it again - I just love kids. They are naturally magical.
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Oh! Less than two weeks ago, yours truly turned 19 :) Another two more years to be a legal adult.
Cheers people!
Have a wonderful life ahead and keep your dreams high!
Hee~
Pardon me because I've heard of Tony Roma's but I thought this restaurant was like in other country, but I didn't know Malaysia had this restaurant. In fact, there's quite a few in KL and I had no idea. For dinner just now, I tried Tony Roma's beef ribs, beef fillets, and their hawaiian salad and I love it! :D
The last time I had really good steak was when I was in Spanish Garden, Brisbane. But Tony Roma's beef is yummy! Tender and super tasty. But of course they are pricey, what do I say? Good food comes with a price. The branch at Sunway Pyramid had really friendly people but their services can be faster than they are now.
Beef fillet, one piece has cheese on it, one had peppercorn sauce and the other had bbq sauce. The one with cheese was the best.
Beef ribs and fillets. They were so freaking tender. One of the side dish was Ranch Style Beans, the sauce was nice!
And this is the salad, nothing special :/
Labels: tony roma's beef ribs, tony roma's salads., tony romas malaysia, tony romas sunway pyramid
In the past holiday week, ...
I studied Management accounting. * My friends and I attempted to bake a cheesecake but failed because the cheesecake mixture just couldn't stabilize, it was like liquid. So we freeze the whole thing and called it "ice cream".
We decorated it so beautifully but the cheese just couldn't stabilize!
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I played the Cashflow board game with my family. The game was introduced by Robert Kiyosaki, you can buy the game online. It basically teaches you how to get out of the rat race (your job that gives you income each month) by generating passive income from buying and renting properties, and businesses. If you are bored of your job or you just don't like to work for others, then maybe you should consider picking up Robert Kiyosaki's book called "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". It's an eye-opener.
The Cashflow board game 101.
My little bro really wanted to go ice skating, so I went with him today. Damn, I fell thrice on my butt, and I have blisters on my ankle! But my bro had a wonderful time :) And so Raya holidays ended like that. Bliss. Labels: cashflow 101, cashflow board game, cashflow game, robert kiyosaki, robert kiyosaki cashflow game, robert kiyosaki rich dad poor dad |