baking again

i am in the mood to bake.... so, while hubby & bb daniel is having their afternoon nap, i did this baking :)

a very simple recipe i found from this site

Ingredients for Quick Sponge Cake

2½ teaspoons baking powder
½ cup hot water
1½ cups sugar (do consider using less)
½ teaspoon lemon or vanilla extract (i used vanilla essence)
2 cups flour
4 eggs

Instructions

1. Separate the eggs.
2. Add hot water to yolks of egg and beat until thick.
3. Add gradually sugar and flavoring while beating.
4. Add whites beaten stiff.
5. Fold in sifted flour and baking powder.
6. Turn into buttered and floured cake tin, and bake in moderate oven for 30 to 35 minutes

* the main ingredients *

* before rolling into the oven for baking *

* fresh from the oven *
* the end result, i find it too sweet. next time i will have to adjust the amount of sugar *

baking a cake using a premix

since me is not working today, my sis and i decided to bake a cake... me borrowed my mum's oven coz this time we really need to "bake" a cake.... and not steam a cake... hehehe

both me and sis got no idea at all on how to bake a cake... so, the best way is to buy a premix.... yesterday after work, we went to GIANT hypermarket to get the premix.....

all we need to do is just to follow the simple instructions...

* the packet of premix retail @ RM 9.99 *
* preheat the oven at 180 celcius *
* we used planta margerine to grease the pan *
* put in the premix together with the egg & a 1/4 cup of oil *
* stir the ingredients for a few minutes, then put into the oven *
* after baking for 30 minutes at 180 celcius *
* the end result: i find it too sweet but my sis likes it *

5 days work week

the day has come.... after working for my current company for the past 6 years, there will be a change of working hours and week....

effective july 1st '08... we will be working 5 working days a week... 8.45am to 5.45pm....

current is 8.45am to 5.15pm and alternate working saturday 8.45am to 1.00pm

so, we will have more flexibility to plan for holidays..... no need to count which saturday will we be working..... and no need to get a colleague to swap saturdays.........

and the best part is we get to save petrol coz onli need to travel 5 days to work.....

daniel's first batch of learning materials
my mum who went to visit singapore recently brought this back for daniel...

it was a gift from my auntie Li Ping, cousin wilson and my mum herself....

next month daniel will start "attending" this informal class to be conducted by my MIL during daytime and me during nite time before sleep...

no... not that we wanna pressure daniel to learn at such an early age... just that we wanna show him all those attractive pictures which he will enjoy see-ing.... or else he will just be so bored lying on the bed/ bouncer

my first baking attempt

hahahaha... i shouldn't consider this as baking.... coz the recipe is actually simple and i don't need an oven to bake it..... reason: it is steamed banana raisin cake.... yeah... all i need is just a wok to steam the cake instead of an oven (plus i don't have oven at home)

i tried out this recipe on thursday right after work..... baking on a weekday? dunno why i was so "semangat" to do it....

me found the recipe from this site

Ingredients

1 ripe banana, mashed (i actually used 5 bananas instead)
1 egg
1 teaspoon oil
2 teaspoons water
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup icing sugar
100g (close to 1 cup) all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons of semi-sweet chocolate chips or raisins, optional

* just put all ingredients into the pan *
* before steaming the cake *
* when i first saw the outcome, i thought Oh Oh.... no one will wanna eat it *
* the end result *

can u see that? i just need to wash a pan and a fork... all can be done in less than 30 minutes(preparations + steaming + washing)

i highly recommend this recipe to those who are interested to learn to bake....

MIL & my mummy finish all of it in one day.... so, i guess the result is not that bad

cute bee

got this cute card for daniel from one of the Mama's Club.... if i am not wrong, it is from Wyeth..... since daniel still a baby, he could onli see this 3 colors RED, BLACK & WHITE clearly compare to other colors...

daniel after hair cut

daniel had his first hair cut last week.... did he cry? nope.... while his hair is being cut, his eyes were actually roaming everywhere.... yeah... he is such a busy body baby.....

chocolates

as mentioned in my previous posts, earlier this month hubby went for business trip to Batam.... and the only request that i have for him to bring home is chocolate... didn't expect that he will buy three different type of my favourite dark chocolates....all Hershey's...... well, he bought it at the KLIA.... not from Batam..... hehehe... look forward for him to go for his next business trip so that he can buy more dark chocolates for me :)

my two babies

as i were preparing to leave for work this morning, both my "babies" Mr Lam and Junior Lam is sleeping soundly on the bed... hehehe

it is so cute to see them both lying beside each other.... plus daniel baby is the look-alike of his daddy... so, imagine two of them with the same look but different body size sleeping side by side...

i wish i am at home now.... to laze beside both of them...but NO... i am at work now...sigh

i miss them both.... can't wait to go home.....

finally

yesterday i finally bathe daniel for the first time.... he's 2 mths+ old now......

end result: i sweated like mad.. there is so much preparations..... but it's worth all the sweat as daniel enjoys his bath time so much

bonding time

since hubby & i are both working parents, the only time that we get to spend with daniel is before his bedtime (if hubby is back from work early) and on weekends only....

and this "talkative" bb of mine, loves ppl to chat with him especially his daddy

chung wei @27 months

my nephew had grown into a cheeky boy.... but he is still so cute......

Happy Fathers' Day

Today is father's day... but i yet to wish my hubby.... though it is the first fathers' day for him but we are not celebrating it coz daniel is still a baby.. perhaps next year?

anyway, happy fathers' day to all the dads out there!

daniel's gift from uncle melvin + auntie kar lai

daniel is the first grandchild for my parents.... means he get pampered a lot from them... not forgetting my brother melvin too.... he loves to buy something for little daniel...

baby gifts from company

the place i'm working at have a monthly gathering for staff birthdays, newly married and newborns..... 3 years ago i got a vacuum cleaner as a wedding gift

and this year, i got this for Daniel:

daniel & i

i love to take many pictures of daniel but very rare that i have a photo of him with me

took this photo last mth when daniel was 3 weeks old

american idol '08 winner- David Cook - Always Be My Baby

daniel's full moon party

this is a very backdated post.... we had a simple full moon dinner party for daniel on may 3rd, saturday at our own home... here are some of the pics

my dream

two weeks ago, i dreamt daniel hv grown up to be a few years old and he has his complete set of teeth.... dunno what happen then he loose one tooth... yeah... his baby tooth... too bad i can't see his face at that age... wonder how he looks like..... will he still hv his daddy looks? or look more like me? hehehe

petrol price increase

just rcv news that the petrol price will increase to RM 2.70 per litre effective this midnite... dunno how true is it?

if it is really true, means more expenses for many other daily essentials e.g. food, transportation, BLR etc.....

yeah....

higher petrol price= higher cost of living

sigh...

where is my dear hubby now?

this morning my dear hubby left for a short business trip to Batam Island... just for 3days & 2 nites onli.... actually he went there last week and this time it is a follow-up trip... it was his first time to the island... nothing much to do or to see there... he onli travels between the aiport, hotel & supplier's place... "makan" oso at the hotel onli... so boring-nya..

this time i don't miss hubby as much as last time.. maybe becoz it is a short trip or maybe becoz i hv daniel to accompany me... muahahaha...

it's like this one... when u hv a newborn bb, automatically hubby's status fall down from 1st to 2nd place in our heart... agree? hehehe

dunno what's wrong with blogger & ME

been trying to upload some of daniel's pic but cannot do so... until today then i decide to use slide.com instead.... or else dunno how... wonder if anyone else is experiencing the same problem as me.... if yes, how to solve it? i remembered it happen before but i forgot how to solve it oledi...

i am so the FORGETFUL.... i really mean it when i say that i am forgetful... must be because i hv been staying at home for so long(almost 10 weeks).... been lazing so much oso lor....

next monday i will go back to work after my 60 days maternity... i am so the LAZY...

japanese meal at Sushi Zanmai

last week, my MIL, my mummy & I brought daniel out for some "shopping"... we headed to The Gardens & MidValley City.... actually it's us adults who wanna go for a walk... hehehe... for lunch, we managed to meet up with my dad and had lunch at Sushi Zanmai at The Gardens... the food not bad... so long that i never blog & post some food photos.... after giving birth to daniel, this is the first time that i had such a lovely lunch... hehehe

daniel with my parents & sis