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This is my 4th attempt in making macaroons! You cannot imagine HOW TOUGH THIS IS MAN! I seriously salute the people who actually have to make this a couple of times in one day!

This was........from my previous attempt. it is...horrible. i couldnt get them all out in one piece..... haha.

so today.....i braced myself and told myself: I AM STRONGER THAN THIS.

It is important, VERY IMPORTANT, to leave the macaroons to air so that their skin can form. the recipe i followed said to leave for 10 minutes and being kiasu, i left them out for like 20 minutes.

it is also very important, TO MAKE SURE THE MACAROONS ARE ROUND. what the hell happened to this?!

AND LASTLY. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO WATCH THEM WHEN THEY BAKE!

The recipe instructed to flip them over after 5 minutes of baking in the oven. i flipped and left them inside tooo long and now, im having a hard time scarping the ones stuck to the pan T.T

i had two pans. one pan as quite successful! (FINALLY) but THESE MACAROONS ARE TOUGH COOKIE I TELL YOU. had to throw almost half the batch away cause i couldnt remove the paper from them =(

made some buttercream to go with these =) I would have considered a better filling but i stuck to this simple recipe instead, just in case u know, my macaroons dont come out right again =(

and then you sandwich these. as you can see, the macarons didnt rise as good,

and i got this from phoon huat! so excited to use them on my macaroons!!!!!!!

FOOD WRITER!

and since im baking this for my valentine.............

packed and ready to go!

XOXO

Belinda ;)

I think this blog will be mostly on my bakings! haha! im going to make an effort to make this a monthly effort! January this year is our Chinese Lunar New Year Season! And this is my very first time baking for such a big occasion! I made two batches using the recipe from a website that i will put at the bottom of this post. It works for me but when i eat it like no CNY feel leh. hahahahaha but i guess it is all right. Next year, im going to put more sugar for this dough! It was fun doing this! My siblings had fun too helping around! Here are pictures!

okay. i cheated alot. I didnt do the filling from scratch. I got this from......PHOON HUAT! No time la to stir paste for hours this time =( I will do everything FROM SCRATCH next time kay!

Working with the dough! The pineapple tart mould have been with us since God knows when. Just hints to me that my mum was a seasoned baker last time! dont know what happened =( why she no be my guru now?! The dough was made last night (Friday night). It was then refridgerated overnight and taken out this morning to thaw and then be cut up!

then you put the pineapple into the hole. WHEHEHEHHE I love this part la I feel like it is so cute can?

NIPPLES.

We even have these wrapped up ones! So golden! We brushed this with Egg Yolk =)

And then I packed it up! Some were burnt though and the wrapped ones were lik....70% dough. LOL we put too much dough and too little filling. so it kinda taste like a thick cookie. not fit to be given out =( Next year I will start earlier! and make more!

Here is the link for the recipe I extracted!

Happy Chinese New Year Everyone! I'll be going to Malaysia for the first few days!

Photo Courtesy: Renee

cooked up some cream for christmas party with poly mates! this is extra easy and extra fun!

but it really took a toll on my right arm when i whisked the yolks and sugar! the consistency made it such a nuisance!

12 egg yolks! that's alot of carbo!!! initially, i thought it was the yolks that are full of protein hahahahahhaha.

what you end up with after hours of baking!

Thanks to Evelyn for the recipe! Go look at her facebook page for some of her bakes that she did for previous jobs!

i mixed up a good proportion of brown and white sugar for my top!

BLOWTORCH.BLOWTORCH.BLOWTORCH.BLOWTORCH.

BURNED AND CARAMELIZED.

OKAY YUM. YUM. YUM. YUM.

i just had one just now! a few left! WOOHOO! so do you want one?

caught them at wavehouse last night in the rain =)

look how wet we are! wrong choice of words? hahahaha! it was really awesomeamazingmindblowingunreal.

what an experience. Alex was flawless with his acoustics. Such acoustics, in the rain, at that moment in time. haha. what can i say?

But i had fun jumping and rocking my night away with my unsexy wet hair lol.

some people go in for free still take picture and complain har.

what a long hiatus! hahahahaha! anyway here's what happened in the holidays. WORK.

yea im just trying to find jobs to support my heavy spending in the holidays. but of course im not all that workaholic

Happy birthday big boy! HAHAHA

oh and my first bake for the holidays! hahahahaha

i was quite missing the experience

i mean cake mixes can NEVER win those made from scratch

never did these alone though! invited the Great over so we can have our gossip sessions ^^ about boys. and girls.

and oh i got kidnapped on my birthday....

to be made to go on that.

the Gmax bungee

HELL YEAH!

but they wanted me to go alone.

WHAT THE FUCK?!

no way am i going to enjoy this alone! i mean where's the fun man!

HELL YEAH X2! SO EASY TO PLAN FOR ME TO GO UP ALONE RIGHT?!

but i have no pictures of me in the air! would love to see my face though! and bx's *sniggers*

thanks to the people who planned and executed. hahaha. Eddie and Renee who's not in the picture :/

oh and NOOOOO WOULD THEY NOT WANT THE NIGHT TO END LIKE THAT. THEY NEED TO ASK ME TO STAND BESIDE THE GUY LIKE SOME CALAFARE WHILE HE SINGS TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE _!_

AND WHAT THE HELL. I WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PRESENTS AH. WHAT IS THIS AH?!

KHONG GUAN AND TISSUE?!!?!??!?!?!

WHAT?!?!?!??! @%&*(^*#%@$@# KTHNXBYE.

i was browsing through all my facebook old albums and just remembering the old times i had... things that i did and things that i missed

i definitely miss this =(

yea... i obviously miss taiwan the most

you might think with such a scene i couldve thought of a BETTER pose

and how we always squeeze into the lifts together!

kay maybe i miss working in Sticky too!!!

but all these are the past. i mean look where i am now!

new friends along with the old

new love still going on strong =)

i can proudly say that we're closer than before too!

ohhhh as we step further towards the end of the year. im definitely excited for what's in store for me!!!

This was an assignment!

We have to hold an orientation session where a centre welcomes its new staff!

my class had a theme called CIRCUS and it was fun!

YES I DESIGNED THAT. IM SO MEGA PROUD OF IT. HAHAHAHA.

i was part of the logi team so we were mainly in charge of decorations

theres the wall with everyone's bio

it was fun =) i didn't manage to take pictures during activities and behind the scenes! so we only have pictures after!

hahaha and this is the only class picture i have! AND I LOVE IT!

we had different committees:

sharing session committee

makan committee

logistics committee

games committee! (the funny this about this picture is everyone's trying to keep their noses in place! cause they keep falling off!

we made this too! cool right?!?!?!

and then we had to pack up =(

but i guess i was busy eating hahaha

this hat is damn cool! Asyraf my 'supervisor' made this from scratch with paper. FROM SCRATCH.

if only i could wear it properly =( it was too big

and then we went to crash other classes' oritz! it was damn cool! i think everyone had the time of their lives today! haha!

okay yes i want a picture with my popcorn label again. it is the nicest thing i have ever made apart from everything else for this orientation

whee~

okay. i definitely owe my readers an explanation. a month plus without any updates...What the Hell?

basically ive been really busy with school! oh of course i want good grades! im in year 3! its my last chance to actually pull my GPA up (by like 0.001 probably). so I've have a really interesting FYP topic! cant really imagine the good ideas me and my group have!

I cant exactly revela the pictures until my project's been marked though but im so excited to show you guys! Our topic is gardening and we found a centre that has a really huge outdoor space for a garden. It used to be one but it was neglected and the staff didnt have time to revamp the whole area.

so it was up to us

goodness! the whole place was practically transformed! im really excited to have my OWN garden now! a space i can call my own!

I cant have this post without a picture! you guys are so used to my pictures and they're asked for ALOT! i dont really know who my fans are actually hahaha but here's a lovely class photo. finally a class photo where EVERYONE'S inside!

hahaha adorable! yea. this is the best class in the cohort okay. in terms of everything. OOPS

cant wait for oritz-t this friday! shall bring my camera too!

went to see monkeys with my parents and lil bro! we were actually on to far east flora at thompson to look at pretty plants and flowers!

went to a reservoir which i forgot the name. pierce? hahahha i very paiseh if i get wrong!

oh and yea. likka tired?

if u havent noticed! i changed my blog banner! with help from the sisters of course! here's some others we took of ME ME ME

of course. bloopers only. nice ones im gonna keep for myself!

hahahahhaha. flat face.

wa okay. its all my face. such a narccist. hahaha. it only took 30 minutes the whole thing. i wanna do one with my sisters and family! and with boyfriend! okay people go learn be photogenic okay? =DD