[doll talk] Angelic Aurora

Recently, I met up with Jamie to help her dress up her beautiful girl, Aurora (also known as Amphibel) for an upcoming dollmeet that we'll be attending. Since Aurora has no proper outfits yet and sewing is NOT an option for the time being, I volunteered to help out dressing this angel up - basic style.

Meet the serene angel, Aurora

Of course, before settling down somewhere, we had to get the materials for the outfit. So we head over to a cloth shop, Nagoya, and purchased some cheap stretchy cloth. We also went to several other shops to purchase things like safety pins and ribbons to further decorate the outfit.

Remember, no sewing was involved whatsoever!

In her full glory: Stretchy cloth, white ribbon, safety pins.

She has a pair of lovely sculpted hands :D

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Also there on that day were Lacey and Luna. As Lacey did not have an outfit either we did a quick tube-dress wraparound for her :)

Luna loves cuddling up to everyone, and Lacey is not an exception!

The three girls together :)

I really, truly like Soom's sculpts. Talk about elegance! And in case you're wondering, Aurora is a Soom sculpt ^_^

Apologies for the odd set of photoeditings; I was experimenting with several styles on this batch of photos hahaha

Mealoaf Mania!

Beef meatloaf freshly baked from the microwave!

A few weeks back, I helped my friend with a couple of stuff at her place and in return, she offered to cook me dinner. We both agreed on meatloaf for several reasons:

1. It's superbly easy to prepare and cook
2. I've NEVER had a proper meatloaf before
3. We love meat, and onions, and MEAT! =P

So just before we get started on our work, the meatloaf was being made. And boy, was it yummy! Top this with a slice of Rustical Bread and we were having the time of our lives. All this for less than RM20 between the two of us!

When we were discussing about the different meatloaf recipes out there, I decided to say hello to Uncle Google and check out what is a meatloaf and the ingredients used for it. I ended up in one of my favorite recipe websites: All Recipes - Easy Meatloaf.

So okay, I got the idea as to HOW it was done, the next one was to figure out if we want to follow it as per detail or come up with something on our own?

We ended up throwing in foodstuff that we liked into our meatloaf! Hahahaha. So what did we squish into the meatloaf recipe? Here's our (rather short) list of ingredients:

• Minced beef meat (Ramly processed minced beef was used for this)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 stick of carrot
• 1 big onion
• Capsicum
• Breadcrumbs (we toasted two slices of bread and ran it through the grater)
• Butter
• Salt (for taste)
• Sugar (for taste)

The idea is to mix all of those ingredients together, place it in a microwaveable container, and dump it into the microwave for about 15 minutes (it depends on your microwave setting) and voila! Your meatloaf is done!

A thing to note about using beef: the meatloaf SHRINKS while getting cooked. So be prepared to see a slightly shrunken meatloaf in your container when it's done hahaha XD

Have a break, have a cat!

Wot'cher want?

I'm running dry on what to blog about lately, so right now the straws are being grasped just to keep this blog updated (for the sake of keeping it updated and nothing else hahaha).

Here's a cute photo of Oliver, who belongs to a friend of mine. He's not only an adorable kitten, but the quirky personality of this tabby really warms the heart of everyone who  knows him.

Of course, none of us enjoys it too much when he decides to go on a "I-wanna-bit-you" mode!

Good food, good company, excellent Family Reunion

How was your CNY reunion dinner? :)

[Mini Review] Little Pantry

Last Saturday, I attended a makeup course with Swing, Neko, Aiko, Cappy and Narukids at Innocrest Puchong that we had purchased online fron I Love Discounts. It was okay, and the Mary Kay body scrub worked wonders on my skin! Too bad I was not exactly fond of the eyeshadow choice of color the consultant had given us hahaha.

Anyway, this blog post is not about that. Rather, it's about the place we (Cappy, Kids, Aiko and me) had for dinner after the course was done: Little Pantry. 

Truth be told, I was intrigued by this place for a very long time since I saw it for the very first time in IOI Mall, Puchong. Their maid costumes may be a wee bit garish (fluorescent pink with white frills) but hey, service isn't too bad! I'll admit the price is a tad steep for me, but overall, pretty worth it :)

Note: All photo credits to Aiko; thanks for allowing me to use the photos you have taken! :)

Weekday deals for you, during Tea Time! The cakes looked pretty awesome by the way, and I was so intrigued by them (though we didn't have any in the end hahaha)

Food on display outside to tempt potential customers? This is from their Seafood set if I'm not wrong :)

White interior, with a dash of pink! Taken from where we were seated.

We're not exactly sure whose buffet line is this for, but heck, the food looked really good! And the background setting? Simply Victorian-ish to me! :D

Their basic color theme is white and pink, with more of the former than the latter. I find it perfectly pleasant, though I wonder if men dining in here might feel a wee bit intimidated by the obviously feminine feel to this place XD

Pink roses to brighten up the table :)

The menu booklet. Wish we managed to snap photos of the details inside this menu :(

The best part? There is actually a private room catered for your private functions! I smell a potential photoshoot place right here actually!

Anyway, when we were there, we managed to snag the Buy 1 Free 1 Pasta deal somehow (valid Monday - Friday, 5-7pm) as the waitress informed us that the deal was valid on that day (we were there at about 6.40pm. Lucky!)

So after perusing through the selection of pasta, we finally decided on two types:

Spaghetti Beef Bolognaise, priced at RM15.90. Both Narukids and Aiko selected this dish

It was indeed delicious! The rich, tangy tomato topped with a hint of cheddar and minced beef made this an appetizing dish to have indeed.

While the two of them dined on red, Cappy and I dined on White instead.

The Al-Funghi Fettuccine, priced at RM14.90.

This pasta isn't too bad either. The 'shrooms used were pretty fresh and the cream was delicious! My only peeve about this dish is that it was a tad too dry cause the gravy was too little :(

No drinks, cause we decided to dine on Pasta and Water hahahahaha. Overall, I find the settings here pretty good.

Little Pantry, you can expect me to dine here in future, and have private functions in your room one day! I'm horribly tempted to have a Rozen Maiden photoshoot here for the heck of it too! Just cause I find the settings waaaay better than Fullhouse hahahaha. 

 You can locate this quaint little cafe right here: 

Little Pantry

G02 & G18 Ground Floor, 

IOI Mall Puchong, 

Bandar Puchong, 

Batu 9 Jalan Puchong, 

47100 Puchong

That Creepy Lady [ Dreams]

I'm a blinking lazy blogger and I know it hahahaha. But to revive this blog a wee bit, allow me to re-post this particular post I had updated on my Tumblr here. Just 'cause I find it interesting enough to share with everyone.


Who knows, it could inspire you Nano-ers out there to write a cool story out of my silly dream? :)

My dreams are weird, and when I have nightmares…well I simply have nightmares. Anyway penning down several weird dreams I’ve been having lately that’s making me go insane each time I wake up. 

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    I was about to step into the bathroom when I heard a loud and angry shout from outside. I paused momentarily, wondering what was going on out there. It sounded like my neighbour got into a fight again with his son. Though I have never seen them before, their voices can often be heard right up to my room. And just to explain how loud their shrill shrieks can carry along with the wind, my room is located next to the backyard whereas they tend to scream around the porch/garden area. THAT is how loud they can be.
    Out of the blue I heard a loud rattling noise from my sister’s room, located opposite of mine. Startled, I panicked and wondered if it was a thief. Grabbing a baseball bat (now how did that get in there?) from the corner of my room, I sneaked towards my sister’s room barely clad in a piece of white towel. As I peeked into the room over a gap by the door, my heart thumped madly when I noticed the french window was gaping wide open. Or to be more exact, one partition was left hanging ajar because the lock is missing. My eyes darted left and right as I hurriedly dashed into the room to close the windows. As I closed the windows, I noticed that the man who was shouting earlier sneaked past the rooftop in front of me. I wondered what happened and why the heck is he acting like a thief. Just as I was about to pull in the second partition (the one that had a broken lock), a wrinkly lady with a terrible grin suddenly appeared very close to my face. Now downright spooked, I screamed and grabbed the french window and hastily pulled it towards me with all my might. At the same time, the lady tried to block my actions and we had a short tussle between the french window.
    I heard her mumbling something like, “It’s too late dearie, give it up” as I screamed and tugged the window even more with all of my might. My neighbour must have heard my scream cause he came bounding up on the roof (well, the room is on the second floor after all) and shouted something unintelligible as he pointed at the old lady. The wrinkled hag merely grinned and waved goodbye, before giving me the evil eye. That gave me goosebumps right down to my spine. It was a creepy “I’ll get you for this definitely” look, and it was not a happy one.
    The hag bounded off in such an agile manner, I began wondering what the heck was she in the first place. The man came over and knocked against the window, causing me to scream in shock once more. Well, I was scared, so what did you expect(duh)? He told me not to worry, though he did notice the hag stalking my house for a while now. Well, that topped off the creep-o-meter chart for me. Seriously, old hag interested in my house? What is up with that?
    My neighbour (sorry, never knew his name, it IS a dream after all) took his phone and was about to call the cops (I think) when his son appeared. He looked rather disheveled somehow, as though he had just escaped from a hard fight. As I looked at him, I suddenly remembered why that old hag had looked rather familiar. I had seen her approaching him before this. Or rather, lurking in the shadows watching him. I shuddered and told the guy what I knew…. 

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…and I woke up feeling all creeped out. I think the worst deal is that I’m currently home alone and I get really paranoid when I’m alone. This was the second dream I had in less than 4 hours sleeping downstairs. I wonder if I’ll ever remember to type out my first dream (or if I happen to remember it once more). One thing’s for sure, this is a pretty good Nanowrimo material lol

Have you seen the new Facebook Layout?

Here's a sneak peek if you haven't. I'm currently messing around to adapt to this new layout style brought to you by none other than Facebook:

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The overall FB News Feed layout. Notice that there isn't Top News, Most Recent, nor the Filter options anymore.

Be careful of what you say, for it will be seen by others. This  has been implemented for awhile now, I think, but the Ticker system makes it easier for me to scan through. One thing to note about Ticker is that each time any of your friends leave a comment on a FB Page post/photo/video, that comment will be seen on Ticker. You can also reply to a comment from the Ticker column

I need to figure out how does Highlight works. Anyone, any ideas on this?

So now when you have uploaded new photos (more than one), this is how it will be displayed on your friend's (and yours) news feed. Not bad really, Personally like this better!

If it's a single image, this is how it will look like. Again, not bad! :D

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So overall, what do you think? New Facebook Layout a Yay or a Nay from you? :)

Birthday Wishlist 2011

As requested by Naoko, here's my Birthday wishlist lol. Yes I know it's a rather rushed wishlist to be updated. Never thought of posting one up this year but ah well ~~

This is a very quick one, something that I can think right off my head as of right now, so yes, the list is superbly 'short' =P

Normal Wishlist:

Books (Mercedes Lackey)
Magic's Pawn
Magic's Promise
Owlflight
The Fairy Godmother
One Good Knight
Fortune's Fool
The Snow Queen
The Sleeping Beauty
Beauty and the Werewolf

Dresses
Two tone working dress
Bandeau Jumpsuit
Colored tights in Black, Purple, Nude
(If you can guess what sort of dresses I'd like to wear and/or would wear, virtual cookies for you!)

Cosmetics
Brush guards
Eco Brush (Set A & B)
Cosmetic bag/train
DAYLA Designing Pencil Eyeliner in Coffee, Black
P2 Intensive Eyeliner in "Powerful Kenya, Stylish Great Britain"


Impossible Wishlist
BJD
Iplehouse Yur
Iplehouse Luna
Iplehouse Akando
Iplehouse Asa

Ain't I still BJD-oriented? Hahaha