Muffin Disaster T.T

Today's muffin making was a disaster~

A TOTAL DISASTER

I have always liked baking (got it from my mom =P) Anyway, I decided to try my hand on making Blueberry Cream Muffins because so far I have only made cookies and tarts.

Ingredients:
4 eggs
4 cups of flour
1 cup veg oil
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 cups blue berries
2 cups yogurt

Started of by beating the eggs in a large bowl, then add in sugar, vanilla essence and oil.
Then in another bowl, sift flour, baking soda and add salt.
Then pour the flour mixture into the egg mixture alternately with the yogurt, lastly add in the blueberries.
Stir everything together for 15 seconds.

Tada! that's how I got the batter~~~ but it smells kinda like vomit disgusting  

Batter: I know it looks yuck... 

Then I fill them up in those cups and VUALAA... I get a whole bunch of them...

Some of it are burnt~~ I know T__T

The thing is... i think the muffin where too WET... too much liquid, and since it was my first time doing it, I was sort of devastated +.+ it tasted okay though... (enough sweetness... just the texture problem)

Hopefully next time I will be able to make muffins with better texture!!! Aza Aza fighting!

*even when things are bleak, SMILE =)*

Trip to Singapore (Day 4)

Okay, sorry for the delay to update my forth day in Sg. *Paiseh*

In the morning we decided to stop by Chinatown because apparently we didn't get enough souvenirs for everybody =.= so ya, we just took the MRT to Chinatown and stayed there for like what... 5 minutes(?) then rush back on the MRT for Orchard because we wanted to get mashmallows from Pique Nique (passion fruit and strawberry) because I thought, YES I THOUGHT they would tastelike the marshmallows I bought from Strassbourg, France the other day since Pique Nique is suppose to have French origin (?)

Sadly, they DON'T, I was devastated 0________________0

Anyways, we bought SGD60 worth of marshmallows (which is A LOT) and continue shopping... then we went to find the place where there have DELICIOUS strawberry shortcake which I failed to find on the second day.. and it was located in

PARAGON, not ION ORCHARD...

that's like opoosite each other if you don't know... I was so stupid =.=... thank goodness for my sister Zoey who brought the list of places I wanted to visit (to eat =D) and


VUALA... the address says Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie, PARAGON

YUM YUM YUM! The strawberry shortcake was GOOD THE BEST I HAVE EVER HAD.

So we order 2 strawberry shortcake, one New York cheese cake and one Citron tarte. The Citron Tarte (lemon cheese cake in layman terms) tasted like what my mom makes.. it's still good though, the New York Cheese Cake was overwelming... I am not really a "cheesy" kind of person so yea.. thank God four of us shared one. But the strawberry shortcake (their best seller by the way) was really light and I don't know... it's the kind of cake you wont get bored of eating! 

Marina Bay Sands

After our Cake Fiesta... we head over to Marina Bay Sands.... where the newest (?) casino is located (but I don't gamble nor am I legally allowed to go in, they have age restriction ya know~) We were suppose to visit Garden by the Bay which are like their newest attraction or something (I think it's an eco friendly garden thingy(?))

Anyway, we decided to check out the Art Science Musuem first because that's where the HARRY POTTER EXHIBITION IS!!! I MEAN IT'S HARRY POTTER, THE HARRY POTTER (fan girl screaming~)!!!!!!!!! Went to check out the price since it was our last day we weren't sure if we had enought to check out the exhibition... but YES, we DO... the ticket was on sale for SGD24 for TWO exhibitions, The Harry Potter Exhibition and Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes Eternal Exhibition... so yay!! 2 in 1 =)

By the way, they were having some sort of promotion (maybe collab with Coca Cola(?)) where they give each person with the ticket 6 cans of Coke, SIX CANS!!! I mean... who could ever drink that much??? So with four of us, you do the math.

6 x 4 = 24

We has 24 cans of coke... just so you know 24 cans = 1 box/crate/tray (whatever you call it)

12 cans of coke from the HP exhibition

So there we are, each holding souvenirs + 6 cans of coke... I though my arm would break.
The exhibition was kind of cool, you get to see Harry and his mates outfits and wands and spell books etc... We even get to try our hand on Quidditch and pulling out the Mandrakes... Oh yea... I got to be one of the three to try out the sorting hat too!!!! XDDDD and guesss where I was placed?? GRYFFINDOR!! The best part was knowing my head has actually touched (indirectly through the hat) the head of Mr. Potter and his comrades!! XD

*it is believed that the sorting hat is really REALLY REALLY the original from the movie.. I am so LUCKY XD*

So after the tour we got our hands on two packs of all flavour jelly beans... I seriously hope they don't REALLY taste like VOMIT or DIRT...

Then we rushed into the Andy Warhol exhibition... was really just browsing through since we needed to rush to the airport before peak hour (5pm) so we had to get out of the exhibition around 4pm and rush back to the hotel for our luggage then grab a cab...

We finally bid farewell to Singapore at 8.45pm and HELLO MALAYSIA!

Trip to Singapore (Day 3)

Er... day 3 in Sg started out with a Ramen instant noodles breakfast at 8.30am... Ironically, being the THIRD among my sisters, I had to wake up EARLIER than the rest to prepare THEIR breakfast (what logic is this?) Anyway, I boiled water for the instant noodles, which include chicken flavour, kimchi flavour, curry and tomyam(?) and even help them make instant coffee!

my kimchi flavoured noodles...

After preparing everything, I looked at my watch and it was 10.30am! I was like OMG!! we were suppose to be out of the door by 9.30am! So I rushed my sisters out only to realise my watch was faster by half an hour while walking towards Bugis Station.

Sis: Is this some kind of joke??
Me: I seriously thought it was 10.30am *innocent face* laughs

The first stop was Orchard Road (take the EW12 Bugis to EW13 CityHall and change to NS22 Orchard) We ended up right below Wisma Atria and walked via underpass to Takashimaya/Ngee Ann City. I was looking for my Sephora Store LOL to buy Bare Essentuals' BareMinerals SPF 15 Touch Up Veil and a eyeliner brush. Sis bought a Sephora primer too.

Then we went to Pique Nique for delicious macarons & a rasberry cake for morning tea LOL!! The flavours we got are salty caramel, french choc, cheese choc, pistachio and chocolate mint. I like cheese choc the best... salty caramel is kinda sweet... pistachio has the weirdest taste (DO NOT RECOMMEND)

Hot chocolate with marshmallows

Walked around the mall and finally decided to have lunch at Crystal Jade Restaurant:

Yang Zhou Chao Fan

Double Boiled Chicken with White Fungus Soup

taufu with minced pork

The food was pretty good and we only paid SGD40 for 4 of us... nice deal too =)
After lunch, we continued shopping till around 3.30pm then headed to CityHall MRT station. We walked along the street from the station towards Sir Stamford Raffles Landing Site at Boat Quay.


Walked across the bridge to the other side of Boat Quay then to Merlion Park. Sadly, the Merlion was under construction/renovation for it's 40th birthday and will only be opened in September!
I was like what??!!!! So we came here for nothing? Luckily there was still the "baby" merlion for us to take pictures with LOL

Baby merlion behind me

ArtScience Museum and Marina Bay Sands

Didn't manage to walk all the way to the Esplanade aka The Durian because we were rushing to Chinatown as it was already 5.30pm... by the time we reached Chinatown, it was getting dark... we shopped around before having dinner at Chinatown Heritage Centre. Dinner cost about SGD42 (for a small piece of fried fish, 2 sticks of satay, a plate of mixed vege, four bowls of rice and 2 rainbow lime(drinks). Not really worth it I would say, next time better still eat chicken rice LOL

Bought many souvenirs(the keychains are from Chinatown!) and finally got back to our hotel at 10.30pm.

Trip to Singapore (Day 2)

After resting only for 6 hours, I had to force myself to wake up because we needed to go to Sentosa Island... with 4 person and 1 bathroom, you can just imagine how long the wait till my turn. Anyway, we headed straight for Bugis Station which we manage to navigate our way to and bought our ezlink card to use the MRT. The card cost SGD12 with SGD7 credit (SGD5 is the value of the card)

ez link card that we use while we're in Sg

We took the East West line from Bugis and alight at OutramPark, continued on the North East line to Harbourfront. The Harbourfront MRT station was just beneath Vivocity. We took the Sentosa Express (SGD3.50) to Sentosa Island.

We reached there at 9am, walked around and took pictures. Bought our tickets to Universal Studio for SGD74 per person (dang expensive! =O) The theme park opens from 10am - 7pm. I notice that most of the  workers in USS are teenagers/college students(?) Maybe they are on holiday too and decided to work park time there. Who doesn't want to see Marilyn Monroe or Kung Fu Panda on a daily basis LOL!


We were so caught up with taking pictures once we entered because the streets are really pretty... Anyway, Isabelle was complaining about her hunger (we didn't get breakfast before arriving and the shops don't open till 10am) and we got a hotdog which cost SGD6 (I nearly died because of the price)

There are 7 "areas" in USS, Hollywood(where the main souvenir shop is), Sci Fi City(where transformer ride is), Madagascar, Far Far Away Kingdom(Shrek & Fiona's castle), Jurassic Park, Ancient Eygpt and Waterworld. 


Manage to ride the Transformer ride (it was AWESOME!!! the BEST ride according to me) Also went for the twin rollercoaster at Sci Fi City(Human & Cylon), felt like I was floating on the clouds after the ride (literally)... Another 4D ride was Revenge of the Mummy and Shrek. Some of the shows we watch included the Monster Rock Show (some sort of musical with people dress in monster outfits LOL), Waterworld (with all the explosive and actions) Only regretted not being able to ride the wet ride in Jurassic Park... 


Overall, I think it is a nice place for family especially with young children because you feel like you're part of the story... but for teens and young adults, the only "exciting" rides would be transformers, the twin roller coaster and the water ride. The whole concept of the theme park is too "child friendly" so not many rides for the "older kids" =P


At 7pm, we took the Sentosa Express back to Vivocity(don't have to pay twice by the way) and had our dinner at The Soup Restaurant... The soup they serve was really NICE, must try! The total bill for 4 of us total around SGD60+ (kind of expensive because we ordered the 2 person set for 4 person but the soup was GOOD VERY GOOD)  


Shop around till 10pm then took the MRT back to our hotel...

Trip To Singapore (Day 1)

Singapore, also known as the Lion City was the destination for my holiday during the mid term break. Actually, the reasons I wanted to go there are Universal Studio and because it seems like the easiest country to go about (since it's so tiny but sophisticated at the same time).

When I was planning for my holiday, I log on to the Airasia website and saw that the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore was only RM79 and immediately called my mom to ask her if I could go (I seriously needed to go outstation =P). Praise the Lord that she agreed and so my three sisters and I were set on to travel to Singapore from 16 to 19 July. 

Zoey and Isabelle at LCCT~~ eating expensive bread =.=

Our flight from LCCT was 5.30pm and we touched down in Changi Airport Terminal 1, Singapore at 6.10pm (20 minutes ahead of schedule). By the way, Terminal 1 is for budget airlines like Airasia but it is SO MUCH NICER and CLEANER than LCCT. Terminal 1 (for budget airline) is as good as Terminal 2 and 3 which are for full service airlines like Singapore Airlines, Emirates, MAS etc and it has the same standard like KLIA... 

The first thing I notice about Singapore is the way they walk... practically half running. Really speedy like they are rushing to catch a plane... but for the few who aren't brisk walking, they know how to make way for the others. When riding an escalator, Singaporeans stand on the left side and leave the right lane empty so people who are rushing and walk past. Very orderly indeed, not like in Malaysia where you have to zoom and squeeze here and there just to get through. 

Changi Airport

We got on a taxi and headed to our hotel, Haising Hotel - with simple and small rooms (you can check out their rooms online) it cost SGD140 per night for a 4-person room. The taxi uncle was very nice and friendly(out of all the taxis we took he was the only one that talked to us) and he pointed out to us the places of interest in Singapore. He said and I quote "You only need 30 minutes to see the whole of Singapore", indicating how "tiny" the island was. 

When we got to our hotel (after 25 mins) the taxi fare was SGD26 because they have many "charges" such as airport pick up charge -SGD3 and other toll charges. We checked in and went out around 7.30pm to Suntec City Mall. We grabbed a taxi too from the hotel and the fair was SGD8+ to get there. 



Eating at Food Republic

First we went to eat at Food Republic (some sort of food court) We ate Singapore Hokkien Mee, Wanton Mee, Ipoh Mee and some red bean and green bean bread. Most of the meal were about SGD4-6. Maybe the mall wasn't really fully occupied with tenants because there were some empty shoplots... and most of the shops close around 9.30pm which was shocking to me XP.

Fountain of Wealth at the center of the Suntec City Area

We also went to find the Fountain of Wealth to see the laser show...but honestly it was not really interesting. Or maybe it wasn't our cup of tea, so instead we took pictures near the fountain and the surrounding areas.

Suntec City Mall at 9.30... the shops behind us are closed

Since the shops close around 9.30pm, there wasn't much to shop on the first day, I only manage to grab some souvenirs and we took a taxi back to the hotel which cost about SGD8+ and reached around 10.15pm. 

I will continue the rest of the days on other posts! Adios...

The Beginning of a new BLOG

Okay, I KNOW I have not been blogging for... let's just say AGES... so the very free and bored me has to start blogging again with a NEW address all because I have no idea what has happened to my previous blog since I have not been active for more than a year. By the way, the blog still EXIST but I can't go to the dashboard (IDK why). 

Sorry for all the crap I have to mention above, and I am trying to type in "proper" English and try to minimise the use of short forms as much as possible as I dread I may develop a habit of writing in short forms when I return to the university this coming September. 

For those who are visiting my blog for the first time, welcome =) Anyways, I think most who will be reading my blog posts are my lovely friends from high school... For those who do not know what I am doing after high school, listen up. I am now studying in Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus which is located in the Cat City - Kuching. By the way, I am not at all involved in the "technological" side although it says it is a university of technology. I am in fact taking my Bachelors in Commerce majoring in Management. 

I think this is all the introductions I will be making. Hope you have a fun time reading my blog and ciao!