:: famous for a day ::

I like watching the Kardashian family shows. Despite their sometimes outrageous behaviour towards each other and sometimes disrespect towards their parents or partners, I still feel they have strong family bonding that awe me. Among the three big sisters, Kourtney is the one I like the most because she is more relax and down to earth if compared to Khloe who is rough and Kim who is more like camera conscious or in Malay 'control ayu'.

I usually look at their photos because I follow them in Twitter and I always like those candid shots, especially family shots of Kourtney, Scott and Mason strolling during shopping or walking on the street like these...

I always wish to have that kind of shots and today, my wish comes true when I saw this...

That is the three of us, appeared in Sinar Harian today. Hokayyy... I know I am not as glamorous as Kourtney Kardashian in that picture but I still like the full candid shot. It is babyAdy's first appearance in the mass media and hopefully this is not the last :-P

By the way, that photo is taken during our visit to Karnival Karangkraf 2012 at Shah Alam yesterday. We went there to check one of the booth after hubby's friend, Eunose told him about it through phone in the morning or else we would not reach there because we never knew about the event at all. Have not been to such carnival for a long time and the crowd was still huge despite the hot weather (yes, agree with the caption). We were there from around 3:00 to 4:00 something when the sun was shining brightly, which explains our squinted eyes...and we also did not notice any photographer nor realise when it was captured.

Nothing much, just a note of thanks to Karangkraf's Sinar Harian for making us famous for a day.

:: a warm housewarming ::

BabyAdy and I spent the whole Saturday evening with Nor and Fila. Fila who shared a room with me when we first started working then became a roommate to Nor for many years. She is living somewhere else now so she invited us for somesort of housewarming. Nor fetched Ady and I from home after attending a baking class in Shah Alam and the three of us arrived at Fila's place around 3 something. It was a casual meeting and as usual, the main agenda is eating while gossiping chatting.

We were entertained by such a wonderful hostess who prepared us fried bihun, chicken skewer, egg and cheese sandwich, and popia. Nor and I were both starving so we ate like nobody business and because of that we both became very sleepy. We watched an episode of HIMYM and then decided to have tea (well...to keep us awake) while tasting the cheesecake that Nor has baked and brought from her baking class. I tell you, the cake tasted really good. I am not a cheesecake person but I liked it because it was not too cheesy and sweet. Perfect for my liking. Not only that, she also learnt making vanilla cookies that tasted like Danish butter cookies and they were awesomely delicious too. I am so lucky for having BFFs who love cooking and eating. Love you girls! *big hug*.

After having tea we continued watching tv and the two girls were drooling over Neal Caffrey in White Collar. We only watched half of Glee season 3 first episode before we made our way home because it was already 8 something. Anyway, this was what I gave Fila as a small housewarming gift:





A butter dish; and since I am in the mood for making craft projects, I decorated the item with felt pompom and made a pin cushion, placed as a butter. Last but not least, big thanks to Fila for being such a wonderful hostess and also to Nor for the ride, cake and cookies.

p/s: to Rabby and Rynn, hope to see you both in the next meeting / outing. The more the merrier. Peace.

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:: pompom felt flower ::

I am in the mood for making craft projects. I actually planned to make satin rose buds but couldn't find any tutorial for the rose buds I wanted. As I clicked from link to link, I found other tutorials instead and some of the handmade flowers are cute, pretty and easy to make. My hands were itching to make one, so last Tuesday night (after making the quesadillas) I managed making the pompom felt flower, thanks to this link. It was so eff-ing easy because items required are only felt cloth, superglue / hotglue and scissors.

How to make it:

1. Cut 1.5 inch wide strip of felt cloth.

2. Fold strip to half . Glue along the edge to stick the two edges.

3. Snip the strip into thin stripes but be careful not to cut all the way through the edges. 

4. Cut a circle shape of felt cloth as the base. Stick the strips around the circle and cut off any leftover.

5. Continue sticking the next layer on top of the first strip.

6. Stick another layer on top and decorate the middle part either with another layer of felt strip or with a bead.

This pompom felt flower is cute for headband, brooch, necklace and even shoes. Love it~!

:: homemade beef quesadillas ::

I have a thing for Mexican food. From fajitas, quesadillas, burritos, nachos, even guacamole to salsa... man, they are all my favourites! I usually ate at Chilis but ever since I came across a stall named Popilla, having Mexican is just like having fast food. If you like Mexican food and never heard of the name, you are missing something because Popilla is one decent stall selling Tex-Mex food namely tacos, burritos, quesadillas, enchilada, mexican rice and nachos. The one in Ikano is just opposite Cold Storage, another in KLCC is in the Signature food court and there is also another stall in Pavilion that I never been to.  

I usually have their beef quesadillas set that came with nachos and pina colada, but it is quite difficult to get them because neither Ikano nor KLCC nor Pavilion is near home or office. Since I really like the quesadillas so much I then said to myself one day, "why don't I make them at home?". After reading this post by thepinkstilletos I became more inspired and after a quick visit to Cold Storage last Tuesday, I finally managed making my own homemade beef quesadillas later that night. Here, I am sharing the recipe as my own reference and also for readers, in case you feel like having Mexican at home ;-)

Basic Ingredients:

- Minced meat

- Taco seasoning mix

- Shallot

- Garlic

- Cheese (grated / shredded)

- Tortilla bread

Step-by-Step:

1. Fry 200g minced meat with a table spoon of cooking oil until brown. Put aside.

2. Boil 2/3 cup of water with a sachet of seasoning mix and stir until well mixed. Pour meat into the mixture and keep on stirring. I somehow found some olives and mushrooms inside my refrigerator so I just add them in together with diced shallot and garlic. Thinking of adding diced green capsicum, onions and tomatoes next time. Add pinch of salt and sugar according to taste.

3. Keep on stirring until the mixture is dry.

4. Heat a tortilla bread on a pan.

5. Spread some butter at half side and sprinkle some grated cheese on another.

6. Put beef mixture on the cheese side and sprinkle some more cheese on top.

7. Fold the tortilla and flip. Cook until cheese is melted.

8. Cut into half or quarter and serve with sour cream. Even better with guacamole and salsa too. (here is my easy salsa dip recipe)


Verdict: I was so happy with the outcome. It was my first trial and I was so excited because hubby liked it too. Luckily he urged me to buy the taco seasoning mix or else it won't turn out as expected. The mixture was enough for three tortillas and total cost is way cheaper than buying three ala-carte quesadillas from Popilla. I will surely make them again next time, perhaps with salsa and pina colada. Me encanta la comida mexicana!

:: red is louboutin? ::

Red is the warmest of all colours and often associated with heat, energy, danger.

Red roses convey love, passion, romance.

For the Chinese, red ang pow symbolises good luck...

...but in world of shoes, red sole is associated with

Christian Louboutin shoes.

The red sole heels might be dream shoes for many shoe lovers. I am a shoe lover too but I chose to ignore looking at designer shoes because I know they all come with hefty price tags. I can consider spending thousands $$$ on a piece of designer handbag but to spend thousands on shoes, well I'm still not rich to splurge on something I wear on the feet. That is a fact I have to endure so I normally buy shoes from ordinary brands, as long as they look pretty. 

During an afternoon outing with BFFs at Empire few weeks ago, Rabby mentioned about someone wearing red sole heels. I told her red sole shoes are associated with Louboutins and because of that subject, I 'broke my curfew' and searched about it later that night. Ahhh...red sole heels underneath black or nude are simply gorgeous. I have been thinking about it since then (now, that's why I chose to curb myself from looking at designer shoes -_-) and somehow the Internet gave way for me to own them...

  ...so say hello to my red sole skyscrapers...

A perfect steal, only RM69 from Kiss & Tell

Now red sole heels no longer means Louboutin :-P

:: kuning itu yellow ::

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:: fabulous friday ::

What I had during lunch at KLCC:

Popilla Beef Con Quesadillas | Nachos | Pina Colada

Starbucks Grande Dark Mocha Frap | Marble Cheese Cake

Maya Cookies

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What I got:

Are these true???

Many thanks to Nor for the Starbucks treat, Maya cookies & zodiac necklace.

Fila, thanks so much for joining having something with us ( I don't think Jimmy reads this blog :-D )