Story of Brunei

You might or might not know that my family decided to go on a road trip to Brunei.

Yea... my family is one very "geng" family... they actually want to travel to Brunei by road *___*

So we left Tawau and traveled all the way to KK, stopping by in Ranau for KFC/lunch. Actually it was okay for me because I mostly slept on the way, but my poor daddy and mommy had to drive (alternately)

Stayed the night in KK and went to Suria to shop. Didn't buy anything because I wasn't in a shopping mood~ IDK why..

Next day was travelling again to Limbang. Cross the border of Sabah-Sarawak for the first time. The funny thing is, the immigration was so LOSE/TIDAK KETAT. Do you know what  I mean??? People just cross the border like nobody's business =.= When our car pass by, they don't even bother to ask us for Passport (what???) then my mom had to get down from the car and go to the immigration booth (it's a drive-thru) to ask the person to Stamp us "keluar sabah"

No wonder we have so many illegal immigrants... nobody cares at the border 0__0

Then we masuk Sarawak and they stamp for us again... then after awhile we reached Lawas. From Lawas to Limbang we have to pass by Brunei (please refer to the Sarawak map) so we actually went in and out of Brunei to get to Limbang LOL! But that part of Brunei was really er... underdeveloped?? *and we thought they were rich*

Stayed a night in Limbang and we head to Bandar Seri Begawan in the early morning. It was the 3rd day of Raya in Brunei (4th day in Malaysia). The town was pretty nice... but they don't have that much shopping complex as compared to Singapore or even Malaysia and the complexes close at 9pm - 9.30pm (so early!)

Here are some pictures of the places of interest in Brunei ^^

Anyway, because it was raya many of the attractions were closed... too bad =(

BUT, at least we got to visit the Istana Nurul Iman (where the Sultan of Brunei lives) and makan makan (due to rumah terbuka for raya) there haha =) it was a nice experience!

Carless~~~

Ok, as the title suggested, I don't have a car now.

Technically, I don't OWN a car but we have a "common" car (the faithful Red Auto Viva) that the Choo sisters use to get out of the house. Apparently it has some issues of its own.

Yesterday I wanted to see the doctor so I took the red car out... and it broke down at Petronas! I couldn't start the engine, what luck I thought =.= I had to call my mom to pick me (luckily it was 12pm when it happened and school's almost over) and the mechanic went later to fix it.

They said there was NO PROBLEM.

WRONG!

This morning I wanted to go out to do my unfinished business and the car engine won't start again! Seriously... I think it means I'm stuck in the house for the week??? 0.0

So ya... hope the mechanic finds the problem and fix the car up... please!

I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF THE CAR =(

Muffin Baking =)

Yesterday I was shopping in Servay and I came across an instant muffin mix. So I purchased it for RM8.90 and decided to try it out today.

It was kinda simple, just have to add 3 Grade A eggs , 100ml water and 120ml vegetable oil.

Well, since I only had grade B eggs, I used 4 eggs, 80ml water and 100ml oil (I cut down the oil coz it's kinda yuck to use so much~).

The package looks like this but I bought the Chocolate flavoured one

First preheat the oven at 200C for 15 mins.

Then I poured the flour mix into a bowl, crack 4 eggs into it then add water. Use an electric beater to mix it up well for 2 minutes. Then add oil and mix it using low power till it's nice and fluffy =)

Pour the mixture into little paper cups in the mould and pop them into the oven.

Let it bake for about 15 - 18 minutes (depending on the size of your oven) till there is a nice smell and it fluffs up... you can use a wooden chopstick to see if it's cook. Just poke it in and if it comes out clean, it's done!

*By the way, I added Hershey Chocolate inside the muffins.. so it will have a chocolately filling!

My final product! Chocolate Muffins, they actually look good and taste pretty good, recommended for  novice bakers like me =D 

The packet can make about 18 - 20 muffins, means Rm8.90 + Rm1.60 (40c/egg) + Rm1 for oil and gas divided by 20... one cost about 60cents?

That's all from me~ happy baking!

Fasting for Malaysia

WOOHOO~~ Fasting and praying for Malaysia has officially kick start on the 7th August and will last till the 15 September...

I am in my 5th day of fasting.

Well of course it is just a partial fast. I am abstaining from lunch. My fast in official from 10 am - 6pm. As of now, I am still holding it well since I have a hearty breakfast (a bowl of oats). When I say "hearty" I don't mean stuffing my stomach with EVERYTHING. It just means eating until 8/10 full =)

The theme for this year's fast is "Year of Jubilee". We pray and hope that God will bring restoration and rest to Malaysia as she will be entering her 50th year of being a nation.

To all who are fasting~ Good job and let us play a part in praying for our country! PEACE =)

Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Bean

Just to let you know, we purchased 2 packets of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Bean from the Harry Potter exhibition in Singapore and decided to try it out one day.

Blueberry Flavour~YAY!!!

Well, the first flavour I got was blueberry, which was a typical flavour for Jelly Beans... then trying to be daring, I took EARTHWORM...

IT WAS SUPER DUPER NASTY!!!!! @##%&*()*

Can't describe the taste... I took one bite and then swallowed the whole thing because it was too horrible~ can't bear to chew it! Anyway, that was the last jelly bean I took since all the flavours left were kind of disgusting...

So that's it for my "Harry Potter Experience". Never gonna try it again. Ever.