Friendship Without Strings

Lately my schoolmates & I have been catching up on old times. Some of us haven't met since after our Form 5 graduation and it's always fun to see how we've turned out.

I, myself, have only been in constant contact with only a few, so it was nice reconnecting with the others. And it's a pleasant surprise to see how well we can still bond with each other even after all these years.

This is what I call friendship without strings. Back then, especially since we were in boarding school, our only requirements for friendship was that we could all look out for each other since we were far from home. No hidden agenda, no politics, just a simple & straightforward approach to friendship. And to this day, though most are married with children and everyone has her own life, this simple foundation is what still binds us together, and to me, is what will make us friends for life.

If only life were this simple now.

Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop at Home..

My housing area suffered water disruption late Thursday evening 'til early this morning due to a burst water pipe some 15km away. Luckily I was out the whole day so I didn't actually have to suffer at home.

This reminded me of boarding school days when we had to wait with pails for the water tanks or go to the river to bathe. That was an exciting experience when we were young. When you're older, not so much.

Business As Usual

My hubby and I have a photography & videography services business called StudioLine Photography. My hubby's a professional photographer, and he's been doing this full-time for the past 6 years. I joined him about 4 years ago.

Talk about our true calling. My hubby has a B.Acc, and was working as an IT Auditor. I hold an LL.B, and was working with a well-known legal publisher. However well we did our job, we were never truly happy & satisfied with work though.

At the end of the day, both of us decided to throw caution to the wind and do something we both love. So, about 4 months before our wedding, he took his VSS and started this business full-time. Once the business picked up, I left my job to join him.

Alhamdulillah, business has been flourishing, and we've just started advertising and hoping to expand the business. Among others, we're offering all types of photo & video services, including retouching & restoring old and damaged photographs, multimedia presentations and photobooks.

We're in the midst of diversifying the business and we'll keep you in touch with our future endeavours.

Above is a copy of our press ad in The Weekend Mail (every weekend this November).

Flu Season

Ugh..It's flu season. My poor hubby is down with it, and so are my niece & nephews, plus some of their maids. Hope I manage to avoid it cos me sick is not a pretty sight.

Yang, Elise, Eric, Elixir & Elijaz, get well soon!

Dinosaur Attack!

This cake was for my friend's son's 4th birthday. She let me have full reign so I decided to make a dinosaur for him. As usual, the spikes were the first to go. They were full sugar, so parents, I apologise for any sugar rush your children may have had! Next time, I'll try Hershey's kisses for a more interesting twist.

I let the fondant dry a little, so as to make the skin look more authentic & wrinkly.

Cake No. 2

This cake was for Elijaz, Elixir's twin brother. His is a firetruck. It's supposed to be bright red, but I didn't put in enough colouring and it became a bright pink firetruck. I put in Oreo cookies as tyres and Smarties as lights and adornments. Guess what the kids took first-the cookies & candy of course! Luckily I managed to take photos of the cake before the party.

Cake!

I love cooking. I don't do it as much as I would like to (mainly 'cos I'm too lazy!) but I have tons of recipes everywhere around me. I'm lucky that my fella loves my cooking and is a fair critic. (Sometimes too downright honest though!) However, his comments do help and he is supportive of my tendency to overly modify recipes from their original form.

I've recently started making 3D celebratory cakes & muffins. Most recently I made a few cakes for a few birthday parties and I thought I'd post some of them here.

The one above was for my nephew's 1st birthday party. My sis has twin boys, and I made separate cakes for the both of them. The one up here was for Elixir. I originally wanted to make a bumblebee for him, but I went slightly overboard and decided to make him a cake called "Hobbit Fishing at the Shire".

My Fella

The love of my life :) My darling hubby. Don't worry.. didn't rob the cradle.. he was 5 when this photo was taken.

1st Post Ever!

1st post ever, people!
Renny, thanks for setting this up for me :)