jagung kueh too rich but i love it

oven is down

if you are linked to me in fb, you would have noticed i've been making sweets but with no baking :). well truth be told, it is not that i'm into alternatives e.g. steaming, etc. it is because my oven had broken down. it is still working but somehow the plate is not rotating. anyone think if i bake in it, the heat will be distrubuted evenly without the plate rotating? it's a conventional oven. any advice is welcomed. (btw, mami is still in the dark about this... she must also be thinking why isnt sofia baking the cheesecake i love.... tee hee...).

too much santan....
decided to make this jagung kueh aka corn custard. so the recipe said 1 cup of santan (coconut milk). didnt say thick or otherwise. so i got a packet of fresh santan from nearby hyper-mart which bloody expensive. can u imagine rm2.50 for barely 250ml of santan.so long story cut short. as normal some conflicts with mami. well jagung kueh was something she made with success in the past. being the older generation, when one does things that is not their norm, they would say it's wrong. sometimes they are right as they did eat salt more than i eat rice. so from the time i poured the 1 packet santan into the batter mixture she was mumbling n grumbling saying the santan too much. but heck, i've already poured it.

stir it, dont shake it
oh yes. this is one sweet that will make you burnt before you gain those calories. you've got to stir till your arm's muscles bulges. but think of the calories you've burnt, worth every drop of sweat :).

nyom...nyom...nyom...
mami tried a little n pulled a long face "coconut stench too strong" n henceforth didnt even pick another piece. guess she doesnt like the strong santan smell n i suspect subconsciously she rejected it because of my defiance. ha ha ha. doesnt matter. this means mumphf-more for mumphf-me!! i'll be bringing some to work. ha ha ha... great way to distribute the calories.

skincare craze

until recently, i've been somewhat of a scrooge on skincare. but due to advancing age and the results of shift work, i've decided to look for better skincare products. well, yes i used to agree that more expensive doesn't mean better. but now i would say it depends :)

[i've received many likes on my fb status when i remarked that u know ur age is advancing when u look for age-defying/anti-ageing skincare....]

few years back, i had ventured into the higher range of facial care, h20plus.
as usual, the purchase wasn't planned & i was lured into the store by the surreal blueish theme.
since i had some dryness on my nose & cheeks, i was recommended the face oasis range. well it was their bestseller so it's obvious that the sales person will push this. & again the blueish theme of the range is really attractive.
since, i'm not going to review the product, i was not encouraged with the product and except for the cleansing water, i abandoned them after less than 2 months of usage.

then i was back to pharmacy-shelves-skincare product which again back to my routine usage pattern, i.e. diligently using it then inconsistently.

due to some promo on beautytalk @ sasa, i bought the latest craze bubble mask - oxymask "pau pau mien". i really recommend this but i hate the bottle. maybe i too cho-lor, it's not working i had to unscrew the pump to use it now. [check here for more] love the product as they have this gel based cream and serum which absorb really well into the skin & effect is instantaneous.
then the splurging began. the gel based cream [ghk-cu vital gel cream] (wanted to get this again but somehow ghk cream/gel is out of stock in all the sasa shop i went), night cream [snowy moisture cream] and essence [snowy memory essence] really absorb very quickly but i feel due to this i had to use a little bit more than usual except for the toner [refine toning lotion] & cleanser [double cleansing gel].
take note, result is great with quite a hefty price tag.

well, happy to say, my face glowed & some even commented on it.
ha. it's money well spent. though perhaps i've been consistent or putting on weight face bloated n stretched the face? ha ha ha.

so proud that i actually finished the cream/serum as they are actually just 30ml.

ha. this means another round of purse emptying operation. decided to try the biotherm product which is actually cheaper than beautytalk. nearly purchased kose sekkisei supreme but my arm had a fierce rash when testing the product.
the biotherm salesperson threw in some samples including a generous 30ml aquasource gel. i especially love the roll-on aquasource eye perfection and d-tox bb cream.
currently loving the biotherm products i've bought except that the vivo serum had a little weird smell.

folio cover for kindle

time for me to get one of these since they are on sale :)