My kids and I baked cupcakes today. They’ve been bugging me for days already. Since it’s their school holidays, I tried to do some fun stuff with them. So after they woke up from their afternoon naps, we started preparing to bake the cupcakes. Of course, I had to search online for the easiest cup cake recipe. I found this: Basic Chocolate Cup Cake Recipe Ingredients 5 oz (150g) Butter – softened 5 oz (150g) superfine (castor) sugar 6 oz (175g) self-raising flour 3 eggs 2 tbls cocoa powder 1 tsp vanilla extract Method 1. Pre-heat the oven to 350oF (180oC). 2. Line a 12 cup cake pan, with cup cake papers. 3. Crack the eggs into a cup and beat lightly with a fork. 4. Place all the ingredients in a large bowl. 5. Beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes, until light and creamy. 6. Divide the mixture evenly between the cake cases. 7. Bake for … Read entire article »

A lot of people put door chimes in the doorway of their houses. It is said to ward off evil spirits to come to their house, especially when they hear the chimes. That’s the belief in some cultures. Some people just love to hear the chime when they open or close the door. For some it is sort of like a security. They can hear when someone opens or closes the door. What about you? Do you have door chime in your house? … Read entire article »

Are you in dire need of rapid detox? Or do you know of anyone who’s needing one? One is in need of rapid detox if he’s addicted to drugs. I think there are a lot of people that are looking for good centers to do this. In Rapid Detox Las Vegas, they offer safety, comfort, effectiveness, and reasonable cost for drug addiction treatment. They do this 8-hour session where patients don’t need to wake up in having withdrawal symptoms. They do provide psychological and substance abuse assessment plus a long term follow up. Check it out! … Read entire article »

We’ve been paying monthly fee for our club membership but nowadays, we don’t use it regularly. I’ve been hoping to use the fitness equipment and steam sauna room for my spa but the hubs is always away. I don’t drive and I don’t feel comfortable going by cabs with the kids. So I end up just staying it home. My hubby will be busy until the mid-year so I guess I can only plan things after mid-year. It’s such a waste that we pay our club fees without using it. … Read entire article »

From Ice Age to Little Mermaid, this is indeed a never ending movie story.  When we went to Hatyai last month, the kids watched Little Mermaid movie a few times a day for 5 days. I haven’t really sat down and watched the whole movie but the kids seemed to be engrossed with it, every time it’s on. When we were in a friend’s house in Melaka yesterday for lunch, I was amused coz the daughter was watching… as you can gues… no other than… The Little Mermaid. LOL. That movie seems to be really captivating. I think Little Mermaid will be made better watched if the tv is on a  Slingbox . Hehehe. I’ll probably sit down this time and watch the whole movie. Oh, wait… was … Read entire article »

This is kind of a backward post. I was having a series of digital age posts in my other blog and now, I’m moving way back to the ice age. Anyways, my kids just watched Ice Age part 3. And while I was blogging about digital age, something reminded me. I have read a post about this girl trying to compare her generation to another generation… kind of feeling very superior about her generation. She thinks that it’s way better if you’re born in the 50′s, 60′s, 70′s, and 80′s. This I say. In every generation, there are pros and cons. There were things that we did before that we couldn’t do now. There were things that we couldn’t do before that we could do now. Last time, we couldn’t send … Read entire article »