Birthday away from home

This year my birthday was spent in a new 'home' , surrounded by some of my closest crowd here in singapore. My work is rather hectic that week, and didn't got a chance to plan on something special. My thoughts were also occupied back home, worry for my Grandpa's condition after he fracture his hips when he fell the week before

Anyway, those crazy closest crowd (Grace and Axel, Yenny, Hardi, minus Ijaaahh) come over to our flat for dinner. I ordered Pizza Hut for dinner, since i didn't have time for cooking.

Yenny and Hardi brought the cake.

We all went crazy with the pizza, and do the rituals, singing, blowing the candle and cut the cake

Grace and Axel gave me "Brida" by Coelho.

Well, it was really nice and fun indeed. Thanks guys....what would i do without you all!!!


Added 30 July 08 coz yenny protested: OK, there's a funny story regarding the pizza man.
I ordered Pizza Hut at 7pm, before the crowds came over about 7.30. The pizzaman arrived at 7.50 something and he forgot one item. So, he told us, he'll be back in minutes to deliver the one item left (chicken wing gitu). OK, while we're waiting for the chicken wing, well the pizza and etc were nearly gone. And we were still errr....want some more. So, we ordered another pizza and garlic bread and some more wings. It took about 45 minutes from call to delivery.Meanwhile, the same pizzaman came back with the first order left out chicken wing.

And....when our second order came, it's the same pizzaman again who deliver and we were laughing out loud.....oh dear, poor guy. He's to come back 3 times that night, during 2 hours course :))

baking 101 - banana cake

Hasil pertama percobaan buat banana cake jumat lalu, resepnya nyari di internet. Resep silahkan cari sendiri yaaaa....:P

Menimbang /menakar bahan2nya juga kira2, pake cangkir kopi (bisa disamakan dengan cups tokh?) Beli loyang yang kecil aja, takut gak muat di Oven Toaster listrik punya owner.
Terus, gue gak punya walnut atau raisin, di toko kelontong di pasar depan hdb adanya wijen, ya udah pake wijen aja hihihih. Beli loyang, beli kocokan telor (gak pake mixer yaaaa)

Well, jadilah seperti di atas, agak gosong atasnya, kurang naik dan agak bantet :">, tapi rasanya sih lumayan. Si Kriwil bilang enak kok heheh....dia doyan malahan hihi.




Semalam bikin lagi banana cake, ngabisin stok pisang, juga buat camilan Kriwil pas gue ke KL hari ini sampai Rabu. Selain itu, gue penasaran juga sih heheh, pulang gereja belanja dulu asesoris buat kue. Beli margarine, baking soda, almond essence (mustinya sih vanila, tapi abis, almond pun tak apa lah ya), beli gula palm, beli spice powder. Gak beli almond, soalnya kayanya mentah tuh yah di fairprice. Males dong gorengnya dulu.

Nah, sampe rumah langsung deh nakar2 lagi, mashed si pisang, skarang pake 4!!! Dah tua dan benyek, jadi mustinya lebih wangi tokh....terus pake resep lain lagi hehehe, nakarnya juga lebih ati2. Manasin ovennya juga lebih lama, margarinnya lebih enak, telornya jadi duwaaaa, terus kan pake almond essence dan spiced powder hihi.

Hasilnyan,.....jadi moist buanget sperti di atas, lumayan...lumayan :D
Psst, itu kue dibalik loh, atasnya gosong karena terlalu dekat sama panas dari oven. Yah namanya juga oven toaster listrik :P

Next time will be better........