Norly's Lamin

Lazing around with nothing to do last weekend prompted me to bake this simple cake. As the other food bloggers has baked this wonderful looking cake, I said to myself, why not?.. I just need to get that baking itch out anyway. At times I find it hard to decide to choose what to bake. Of course it depends very much on what is available in the pantry. Which reminds me of Nigella's pantry...berangan la nak dapatkan pantry like that huh?.. Well, you never knowkan, just becareful what you wish for sometimes as it may come true ***grinning*** So much for introduction kan.  Sources:  Mamafami , CMG , Kak Yati  & originally from Cida My disastrous layering, at times I have a knack of trying to be sooo smart  hence the outcome of the so-called smartness.  Oh well, next time just go by the book huh..Dunno la what was in my mind when I started to do the layering.    The cake was still quite hot and due to my impatience this...

Been away and was actually experiencing a dry season of ideas. I am truly loss for words once I start to touch the keyboard. Yeah, I was away missing but full of actions. I was busy too here and there and acted as a tour guide to a friend who came to spend her weekend in Kuching last week. Glad that she managed to destress herself during the short visit. Well, sometimes you just have to get the stress bug out one way or another. By the way, the following pictures is not at all related to the above.  I just found out that I have loads of outstanding pictures in my handphone, so am gonna share some of it here.  These square cakes were simply delish, a colleague bought these at the Student Pavillion (a new food court in campus)  Frankly am not a fan of this kind of cake but I was wrong and I took a second helping of this.  I tried this chocolate cake recipe a week ago, overall it's nice but the next time am gonna bake this I w...

Alhamdulillah, April is here again. Thank you Allah for everything and the happiness in March and I pray April will be better....Amin Am in a good and jovial mood today and frankly I don't want to get myself carried away with the Monday blues thingy.. I am happy.................... I am dead tired but I am happy, happy, happy............. Credit to Mr Google for the image

KEYWORD: MY FRIEND (N) HUSBAND (MR H) WIFE (MDM W) The last thing that you expect to happen is to be dragged into a couple's marriage problem indirectly and sooner than you realised it their problem becomes your problem. This happened to a friend of mine. So now the scenario is like this, N is torn between two, Mr H is her boss and Mdm W is her friend(not a close friend either). And what do I think of the whole situation?!!! As an observer I have strongly advised N to stay away from their problem and leave them be. I am not the right person talking about this kind of stuff and I may be right and wrong about this; but whatever it is I believe that any problematic marriage couple can sort it out for themselves without any interferences from any third party(not all of course but some.) I had one such experience and I lost the friendship of two friends. What started as sympathy for a friend whose husband was having an affair with his colleague(we were all colleagues then except ...

It was Mak's 60th birthday yesterday but we celebrated it quietly as Mak is not the type that goes out to eat as she is very2 particular how the food is prepeared outside etc..but anyway dear sister brought this beautiful mixed fruit cake with fondant icing courtesy of her dear chef friend. To Mak, here's wishing you a very happy 60th birthday. Alhamdulillah, after all those years of experiencing some of the most difficult times in our lives, your high spirit and independence has managed to help this family unite despite of the many obstacles that came with it. Being the eldest though not the closest to you I have witnessed some of your weak moments, though you tried very hard to hide them from me but I knew that most of the time you would cry your heart's out alone in your room.  You have steered the family to some very stormy situations though some were settled amicably and some failed, I love the fact that you always keep your head high up though your hear...

Today was a deadlock situation for me, datelines to finish and I'll be on leave tomorrow to accompany mom for her errands. My boss is having this meeting tomorrow and he needed loads of input, it was a heavy task today but all done and over with. So I hope to be on leave in peace tomorrow, no phone calls or anything emergency from the office tomorrow. Cherry tomato salad Made this last weekend, surprisingly this local cherry tomatoes were very sweet.  I just made a very simple salad with dash of grapeseed oil, squeeze of lemon juice, sliced shallots and black pepper.  Very refreshing on a hot day indeed!!!   Note:  this particular entry was supposed to be out last Tuesday but the internet was chaotic that day hence a delayed entry..tsk! tsk! tsk!

Last weekend was a very busy and tiring week for me and Mbok. As she had successfully sold her old house, she did a lot of cleaning up and I had the opportunity to help her with the moving and packing. What made it even more tiring was the hot weather. Ok, am not going into details but admist the chaotic atmosphere of moving and packing and unpacking at her new house, I managed to capture some photos of her mini garden at her new place. Well..just ignore the quality of the pictures taken as it was only taken from my Nokia X2 handphone. I Known as Daun Puding here Mint I only managed to take these few cos I was thought I was going to faint due to the heat that afternoon. So I just retreated indoor to enjoy nice ice-mint lemon drink prepared by Mbok.