experiment 1: sweet corn bread.....a success

i have been quite naughty lately...i've blog-hopped fron one to another and simply cut n paste recipes for own personal reference...i came across some bread recipes posted in   a forum...can't really remember the name...the pics on the bread was tempting...so i tried eventually

the moment all the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients were mixing i was telling myself that...(hmmm... looked like  a good texture) but the moment i tossed the creamy sweet corn..disaster struck! everything became watery...i knew i had to put in some flour...and by the looks of it i have poured a LOT of flour! ngeh ngeh ngeh...i was telling myself...ït's ok baby ..if it does not turn out ok..just chuck it into the bin and nobody would know"

well...my my..what a pleasant surprise when i saw it was rising pretty well...and by the time i bake it it looked like a chubby pillow...don't get me started about the smell...jasmaine and sufi came down and started sniffing the oven!

they can't even wait until the bread is cooled...i cut the bread into some slices..i thought the bread would taste a bit sweet..but it tasted just nice...and suited our tastebuds..the texture was soft...with bits of corn here and there...cik esah was telling me..."wahhh  ...mummy buat roti gardenia! sedapnya puan"..my nostril was flaring with pride...

thank you fellow contributor of the recipe..whoever u are..check the recipe from this site

i plan to bake more bread loaves after this..i hope i don't have to rely on the breadman anymore....:)

the other side of midnight

i have this nagging feeling that i can't squash...the more i try not to think of it the more it haunts me...i remember when i was young...how surreal life is..and sometimes it can be quite idealistic too...to have the perfect figure, to have the perfect grade, to have a trophy partner...and also to be married happily ever after

10 years down the road and 10 years of maturity taught me a lot of valuable lessons in life:

NUMBER 1:

I learn not to dwell too much on the past...espcially the painful thoughts that linger

NUMBER 2:

i appreaciate what i have now...a stable income, a loving husband, a happy family. i may not be rich or has a filthy rich husband...at least i'm happier than people who are less fortunate than me..although he's not perfect (so do I) we will try and learn to keep each other happy...

NUMBER 3

i learn to start thinking about ME for a change...i'm fed up being someone's door mat...

NUMBER 4

i learn to say NO...not that hard actually once u get the hang of it...i did it now without even blinking..ehahahhahahha

my utterly disasterous POTATO BUN

yesterday...as usualy...i was trying to multitask..as usual...but this time i tried something i've never done before..i tried baking chocolate chip cookies and potato buns...i know this would be an impossible feat...but a challenge is tempting right...(no u say?...i'm stubborn.. u see)...the minute i put in the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients in the mixer i know something bad will happen..like its flashing in my mind already...the dough did not form a lump at all...(oh boy oh boy...my bread is dry...)

then when i bake the dough, i left it in for 20 minutes instead 10 minutes...the bread turned out to be a bit hard..and dry (like i did not visualise it earlier!).

i gave it to a friend ..who said it was ok ...in between mouthfuls (owh what did she know...)

should have listened to my conscience that was ringing in my head..BUT I AM SO BLOODY STUBBORN!

my maid n me....

one fine afternoon:

cik esah: apa ni puan? (with a thick Indonesian accent)

Me       : tu anugerah dapat kat sekolah..

Cik Esah : Anugerah apa?

Me          : Anugerah Guru Bermotivasi SMK TD 2 2010...

Ciik Esah : (still unsatisfied) Motivasi itu apa?

Me          : kira macam x banyak songeh la...

Cik Esah : Songeh tu apa?

Me          : songeh tu x banyak soal la...bos suruh aku buat...

Cik Esah : lho....kenapa kalau di rumah kamu banyak   

                 songeh puan sama aku...?

Me          :hmmmmm....(thinking for answer) sebab aku kat 

                rumah BOSS! jadi aku banyak songeh la....

MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA

At this point she went into the kitchen cursing herself saying.."salah pulak soalan saya...saya kena balik....ada saja jawapannya orang ini..."