The Dino..It Attacks Again!

I made another dinosaur cake for my friend, Pye's son's 2nd birthday party. I thought I'd colour it a Tiffany blue, and cut Sugus sweets in halves as spikes on its back & tail. Wanted to use Hershey's kisses, but decided the plain chocolate colour seemed too dull. The cake was chocolate. The legs were pure fondant.

I should learn more about dinosaurs. Don't think my dinosaur existed in real life! To all you paleontologists & dinosaur enthusiasts, please don't send me hate mail.

Check out the March "It Girl"!

No..it's not me, unfortunately. Though, I'm thinking that should be my next mission. As soon as my wish for that billion dollars comes true (re : previous post)

Anyway, Malaysia Tatler has Chris Abishegam, one of our favourite clients, as their "It Girl" for the March issue. Check out the magazine spread on page 76. We only take credit for the above photos (minus the cover).

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I'll start with the good news first. I'm happy and proud to announce that my sister-in-law won her first election and is now the DUN for Kampong Gajah, Perak. The bad news is, we never thought this would lead to her suddenly becoming part of the "Opposition" in Perak.

The election results shocked and saddened me. While some part of me was glad that for once, BN could see for themselves that the public aren't happy, I wish it didn't happen at the expense of the five states. And I also wish that a certain party didn't win that many seats. And I wish that the PM had advisors who actually had good and useful advice. And while I'm wishing, I wish for a billion dollars!

Well.. what is done is done. The public has spoken. Now I hope they start demanding that the Opposition make good with their promises, because there are a lot of promises that need to be fulfilled. And I, for one, am scrutinising their every move to see if they are actually up to the challenge.

I hope that BN fixes whatever is broken to restore the public's faith. Most of the votes were protest votes, so that means that BN still has a chance, as long as they listen to the people.  A word of advice to BN : It's time to make radical changes to modernise BN's outlook and approach, and sacrifices have to be made. Only then can BN have a chance to recapture the people's trust. And only then, can BN hope to get these states back.

In the meantime, allow me to grieve for Perak.

I'm Only Slightly Talking About Politics, Honest!

This weekend (more accurately, March 8) is bound to be a hectic one. Not only is it Election Day, it's also my niece, Elise's 8th birthday. Hopefully it'll be a double celebration, because Elise's mom, Dr. Wan Norashikin (or Kak Shikin, my brother's wife), is also standing as a first-time candidate in N49, DUN Kg Gajah, Perak.

My brother chose well. See, my family has always been active in politics, starting from my late grandfather, and followed closely by my mom and my uncle. Unfortunately, it appeared to skip a generation, as neither my siblings nor I have ever seemed interested to join politics. When I was younger, I hoped to join politics, but marriage and work kept me so busy, I couldn't even find the inclination to even join a political party. Luckily, my sister-in-law found her calling in politics, and is now my mom's favourite daughter (at least politically-wise), which my sister and I are quite happy about by the way!

As a young woman and a fresh candidate (and the only woman candidate in the Pasir Salak constituency), she has her work cut out for her. That, I must say, does not make me envious at all. But I am thoroughly amazed by her determination and her ease in meeting the people and making the rounds. As a former dental officer at the Kg Gajah government dental clinic, it must make her proud to be given the chance to represent her former patients, their families, and the whole Kg Gajah population as a whole.

Aaannywaay.. I'm hoping to make Elise a cake for her birthday this weekend, and thought I'd make Kak Shikin one too. Besides the election, her birthday's on 11 March, so we're hoping it'd be a triple celebration this weekend.

I'm thinking of making Elise either a Barbie cake, or something fairy-related, 'cos she loves fairies, and has tons of fairy story books. Kak Shikin? May need to rack my brain a bit. Either way, I hope I have the time to make the cakes, 'cos work is really killing me at the moment.

Best of luck, Kak Shikin!