Norly's Lamin

It's been quite a while.  It is a challenging time for the family and me at the moment.   It's not easy just to brush off your fears, worries etc and I have to keep on reminding myself to be strong.  Oh yes, I am laughing together with friends and cracking some jokes but deep inside, my emotion is stormy.  For now, I may not be blogging as usual but  I still do loads of BW cos some blogs inspires and motivates me in times like this. One such inspiring blog is this 

Some says that when you are in love you are in a very fragile state of mind. Either you hang on there or simply fall to the rules of love. Now,  why am I suddenly talking about this?. Oh well, the topic just crossed my mind.  Right..let's put that aside. The Gawai festival is just around the corner and almost all my Dayak friends is on leave already to prepare for the celebration.  Therefore, I did not want to miss to join the fun too..as the festivities mood is in the air, I decided to bake some cookies for sale and there were gone immediately. Aiee...sapa yang sambut Gawai sebenarnya ..hehehehe.. Clockwise : Choc Chip Cookies, Cornflakes Crunchies and  Biskut Kacang Ghee So to all Dayak friends and my relatives celebrating Gawai Dayak.  Selamat Hari Gawai.  Have a blast everyone, happy holidays and to those driving during this coming long holidays, drive safely.

I need this break so badly. It's been 2 years since my last visit to Miri and I've been itching to go back again but due to other prior commitments I had to put that aside and soooooooooooooo...Miri here I come.....yessss, am counting the hours to be in Miri soon. Apart from spending time with family and friends I am looking forward to spend time at the beach and enjoying watching either sunrise(errkkkk....) and sunsets.   

I was away from blogging as the dry spell seemed to continue.  The  'IT' is not there yet I suppose...So let's see whether the following pictures will give me any credit for my silence. The following pictures were the spread that we had for our office potluck last Friday except for the last picture, that was my lunch last weekend.  Pure bliss sipping on my terung asam and daun singkel masak asam.     Laksa Penang contributed by Lia  My contribution Fried Seafood Pasta  and this one too, Potato with ikan bilis   Nasi goreng seafood Terung Asam & Daun Singkel Masak Asam

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