Jan 2011 Cakes

9inch (3kg) Lightning Mac Queen Chocolate Moist & Chocolate Mud Cake..

Base Cake iced BC(ButterCream) deco with fondant cutout, d car fully covered and deco with fondant...

10inch + 6inch, (6kg )Mud Chocolate Cake, Covered Choc Ganache and Fondant..

recipes try out, home made rolled pavlova with cream cheese filling for my family..

very gooey and sweet!

need to add some more fresh sourly fruits i guess, to conquer the sweetness..

8inch (1.5kg) RCC(rich chocolate cake)..

lovely and fluffy result for this dotty BC technique.. and very colorful too..

i looooiiikkkeee! :)

7 inch (1.5kg) Choc Moist Cake

the only fondant covered cake for end of this jan order.. ehehe..

small, simple and beautiful to me.. ;P

200 pcs heart shaped chocolate kukis for wafa..

3kg chocolate moist key shaped cake

i feel unhappy abt d result.. really need to learn more how to cut and shape d cake..

my first RVC (Red Velvet Cake) (5kg)

covered and filling with  cream cheese +whipping cream..

decorated with styro ball cover fondant, fondant cutout,  plastic toppers and happy birthday candle..

d cream.. oooh so nice! still have d left over of d cream in my fridge and cant stop my self to put my finger on it then lick it every now and then.. :P nyeh nyeh.. i know.. jorok!! shame on me.. hihihi..

8inch (1.8kg) Classic Choc cake with BC & Stawberry jam Filling..

Iced with Soft BC .. Decorated with Edible Image, some fishes rock candy and sugar sprinkles..

my last cake of the month.. for my family.. simple moist brownies.. temen minum teh malem2.. ehehhe.. gak pengen banyak2 pake separo resep aja... kurangin gula banyakin kacang.. uendang.. :P jadi deh buat bekel pasha ke sekolah.. ;) Check out for more sweet stuffs at d Cuppies!

Pasha at School

Some updates on Pasha at school. The good thing now is that he is no longer requiring Mama Pasha to attend school as well. I thought Mama Pasha was going to graduate there but I was wrong. Now Pasha can be left there on his own.

Pasha has a problem during assembly. He cannot stand a person standing in front of him making lots of movement, especially unnecessary movements such as turning round and round... and round. He will get annoyed and start shouting, "Stop!!!"  and pushing that person.

To solve that problem, the teacher has assigned him to be the flag-bearer and now he is happier during the assembly.

This is a pear

This is a rabbit hat. It was too small for his head. The teacher must have used someone with a small head to make the measurement...

In general, Pasha is enjoying his time at school. He is more cooperative and has started to listen more to his teacher. Doing more school works while still taking some time offs to play with the cats...

Tune Talk from Nuffnang

THIS IS NOT A REVIEW! We went to Nuffnang office in KL to pick up our Tune Talk SIM card. Arrived at Jalan Yap Ah Shak and parked at the open space parking. Looked around and could not see anything that looked like Nuffnang. I asked the parking attendance and he pointed to a small shop house. He said many people who parked there would go to that place. Pandailah ko! We stood in front of that place and still could not see anything familiar. Made a call and then we were told that it was in the tall building just next to the parking space. Now we know that building is called the Heritage House. Seriously, I was looking for something resembling a house...

Those are what we took back. A Tune Talk SIM Card and RM 100 worth of credit. Wait for the review on Tune Talk later. Thanks Nuffnang and stay tuned! P/s: The SIM card was not registered and I was not told about this by the Nuffnang staff. I had to check with the Tune Talk customer care and had to email them my copy of NRIC and few other details. So, do not top up your credit before you register, Hopefully next time Nuffnang staff would inform us when it comes to something such as this.

Ang pao 2012

Rejeki nomplok yeaaaah!!!

Checked my mail this morning and this is what I got...

Congratulations, you've been selected as one of the 50 Nuffnangers to experience Tune Talk Mobile Prepaid, and get rewarded for sharing your experience with your blog readers! As mentioned in the Nuffnang blog, you'll be receiving a Tune Talk Mobile Prepaid SIM card + RM 100 credit preloaded. You'll then be required to compose one blog post highlighting the features and reviewing your experience with Tune Talk Mobile Prepaid, and you'll be rewarded for your write up.

Oh wow! My comments was among the 50 comments selected. Oh wow!

This is for the Nuffnang Tune Talk campaign that was held recently. We were asked to leave a creative comment on "why you want to experience Tune Talk Mobile Prepaid" and 50 of the most creative would be selected to try out the product.

Here's my comment:

papabear Says: January 23rd, 2011 at 12:06 am Well, WTF About Tune Talk Prepaid? WTF? Really? Talk about the telecommunication market in Malaysia and we have to settle for nothing but the Blue, Green and Yellow. Everyone knows that and remember those colors by hard as if they are all primary colors or something. Then you, Tune Talk, come to the scene. Walking brazenly trotting your read colored package. WTF about your redness? A brave new contender, is it? Talk is cheap. That’s what the others said and that’s what you need to prove. Dare you make promises and deliver them? Look at what you have said. - An opportunity to win one of ten Free AirAsia E-Gift vouchers everyday - Free RM100,000 Personal Accidental Insurance Coverage underwritten by Etiqa - Option to change your number anytime - Super low flat rates nationwide to any number, anytime - And lots more! WTF! More!!! If you do those, they are all going to envy you. It used to be where people said Green with envy. Because of you, now we would be seeing Blue with envy and Yellow with envy as well… What a scene it would be! Now I dare you. Let me be the judge whether you, Tune Talk, can walk the talk or not. I am waiting…

So, tomorrow morning, I am going over to Nuffnang office to pick up my Tune Talk SIM card.

The Mystery of The Missing Keys

It just did not make any sense... Packed up my things to go home at 6+ pm yesterday. Then, I realized that my car key was missing. The whole bunch of keys were missing! Searched high and low, in my room, in the toilet, in the surau and practically the whole floor, and still could not find them. It just did not make any sense... Sat down and calmly recalled what I did, starting from the arrival at the office... Arrived from Putrajaya. Joined the meeting at the Sales department. Pick up the Projector from Din. Took the projector to my room. Locked the projector inside the wooden cabinet. Put the keys on the table. Went for lunch downstairs. Back to the room. Took the notebook out. Joined the meeting at the Sales department again. Picked up my umbrella from Azie. Went up to my room. Went out to talk to Man. Went back into my room. Called Azmi. Sayau came and talked about DLP. Azmi came. Sayau left. Went out looking for Azmi. Sat at a desk out there. Found Azmi. Brought Azmi to my room. Azmi left. Packed up. Keys were gone! It just did not make any sense... Went down to Sayau's room. Asked whether he had accidentally taken my keys. He rummaged some keys on his table and said they were all his. Went back up and called Azmi and he said he did not bring anything in and out. So, the only two people that came over were cleared. Went over to the lunch place and the only thing that someone left behind was a mobile phone... It just did not make any sense... Eyan joined the search party. She went through everything in my room and still could not find any key. Mama Pasha called and ready to come over with a spare key. It was peak hour, raining and depended on GPS. It was really a bad idea. We gave up. Search party dissolved at 7+ pm. It was not the first time I lost my keys. But the difference was, this one just did not make any sense... On the way down, I stopped at Sayau's for a last look. My instinct told me to do so. Went over to his table and looked at his keys again. Then I saw that he had two set of keys and both had a car key attached. It just did not make any sense to have two sets of keys at that time. I took one set and guess what? It was mine! He rummaged his and mine! Mystery solved! Mama Pasha did not have to come. I was relieved. Senseless things happen... P/s: A big thanks to Eyan for volunteering for the search!

LHDN going after Bloggers!

Read about this at Cikidong Dong Dong Cikideng Deng Deng (what a long name!) this morning. His post titled Blogger Kaya caught my attention. It's about how some bloggers who made tons of money blogging! As things get warmer, Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia on its Facebook page hopped on the bandwagon reminding bloggers the need to pay tax. Mixed responses received from the public, mainly bloggers...

My personal response to this can be summarized into 3 words... WTF... Oh wait! Another 3 words... LOL...

By the way, here is my snapshot of my current Nuffnang earning since last year!

I am a rich blogger, am I not? If that is in RM, I would be happy to pay my blogging tax. Blogging tax? Oh boy! Does this mean that Nuffnang must provide income statement to all its members for tax declaration purposes? Can anybody answer that please?

So my fellow bloggers, how do you feel about LHDN taxing your blogging income? Would love to read about your comments on this!

P/s: I am definitely, as of this hour, richer than Apak Cikidong as far as Nuffnang earning is concerned...

P/s/s: Rich bloggers that earn thousands of RM a month should pay tax - I agree! P/s/s/s: Sometimes seeing my Nuffnang earnings in other currency makes me happier - Denial syndrome...

Maxis Wired Broadband after 2 Months

This is a follow up, as promised, to the Maxis In and P1 Out post. After two months using the Maxis Wired Broadband, under the 2 Mbps package, We would say that this WBB is satisfactory. Previously when using the Jaring and P1 services, the connection was not as stable as this Maxis WBB. Here are a few of the improvements that we are enjoying at the moment.

1. With all 3 computers connected to the internet, no noticeable impact on the surfing speed.
2. Downloads, such as movie files, can be done at any time without affecting others who are surfing.
3. Able to watch online streaming video or TV with almost no interruption.

Below are the results of 3 speed test that we did with different sites.

Maxis very own speed test site gave the best results. Up to 1.95 Mbps download and 0.33 Mbps upload. Was it because we were testing its own service?

Let's see what P1 said. Actually not that far off from the result from Maxis. 1.826 Mbps download and 0.421 Mbps upload.

How about an independent party? Speedtest.Net returned 1.79 Mbps for download and 0.42 Mbps for upload . In conclusion, speed is stable and acceptable. Theoretically, the speed can be further improved if we were to replace the modem + wireless router setup with a 2 in 1 modem and router box. At the moment, bridging mode is being used between the modem and the router.

Lastly, we also did a ping test using Pingtest.Net and the line obtained an "A". That should be good and hopefully it will remain that way for its lifetime. Any downtime so far? Yes, there were a few downtimes but the main problem, until today, is not so much of the WBB but the competence level of the customer services. None of them that we talked to have sound knowledge on modem, router or broadband. A few could not even differentiate between a modem and a router. We had officially complained to Maxis about that. Nowadays, any problem encountered, we would first call the contractor, instead of Maxis, and so far, the few problems that we had were quickly resolved. Earlier this evening, P1 called us up and made an offer on their 4G broadband services. The thing about P1 is that it is no more a case of once bitten twice shy. They bit us twice already...

Pasha and Negaraku

Every Monday students at Tadika Noble are required to sing the National Anthem and the Selangor Anthem. We have never taught Pasha to sing any of those and the songs that he knows are mostly the tunes from his favorite TV shows such as, Thomas and Friends and Chuggington. Other than that, he is only familiar with some nursery rhymes such as, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, the Alphabet Song and a few others. As such, Negaraku is something new to him. Can you find Pasha? He is standing on the left, the third boy from the front. While others are singing, you can see Pasha doing other things such as closing both his ears, scratching his head. Well, he is doing many things except singing... Now Mama Pasha has downloaded Negaraku and Duli Yang Maha Mulia for him to listen and learn. Negaraku Negaraku, tanah tumpahnya darahku, Rakyat hidup, bersatu dan maju, Rahmat bahagia, Tuhan kurniakan, Raja kita, selamat bertakhta. Rahmat bahagia, Tuhan kurniakan, Raja kita, selamat bertakhta. Duli Yang Maha Mulia Duli Yang Maha Mulia Selamat di atas takhta Allah lanjutkan usia Tuanku Rakyat mohon restu bawah Duli Tuanku Bahagia selama-lamanya Aman dan sentosa Duli Yang Maha Mulia P/s: Papa Bear does not know the Selangor Anthem either...

Bandrek and Sate

The great thing about going back to Dumai apart from being able to have a family get together and celebrate Pasha's Granddaddy's 63^rd birthday, is the food. Previously, I wrote about lontong and now it will be about Bandrek and Sate. These are the food that this entry is all about. That's why I did not have the  time to look for visitors...

That's the sate still packed. Notice the marketing effort that the owner has put into his sate. It's not just some old newspapers or generic, blank wrapping paper. This one came with a logo, name and contact info. Banana leaf was a nice touch as well.

This is Mama Pasha's favorite sate, the Sate Padang (beef). The yellowish spicy sauce made from a mixture of rice flour, coconut milk, turmeric and few other stuffs is the trademark of Sate Padang. I don't quite like it as much as Mama Pasha does. I would normally just eat the sate without the sauce.

This is my favorite, the Sate Kambing (lamb). This version came with peanut sauce instead of soya sauce. I had the soya souce (Sate Kambing Bumbu Kecap) version on another night but did not snap the photo as it was too delicious to wait.

Last but not least, Bandrek, a special drink that I could not find anywhere else but Dumai. I could get the instant one from Jakarta but the taste is nowhere near the one made in Dumai. Bandrek is not even known in KL. Brought back some instant Bandrek home but they're just not that nice...

Bandrek is made from a mixture of cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves, coriander seeds, cardamom pods, lemongrass, Indonesian palm sugar (gula merah), milk, coconut and optionally, egg. I love mine with egg added. I can't describe the taste. Only those who have teated Bandrek know what it taste like.

So, if anyone asked me, what's more worth it than getting as many visitors as I could to this blog when a buffered earning from Nuffnang was on? The answers are all of the above. All Nuffnangers know that when you have a BE, the best thing to do is to get as many visitors to your blog as you can since that is the best way to maximize your BE earning. However, for me, BE came at not quite the right time...

The statistics taken from Nuffnang Analystics clearly showing a huge dip in visitors on the column labeled 01-Jan. That was the time that we were in Dumai, Indonesia. The two high spikes are the results of AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 and AJL25, repectively. Nevertheless, our lost there was our gain with our family in Dumai.

No BE or any number of visitors can beat that...