Behind the Scene -- Biggy Cuppies as Wedding Favors

simple white windowed-boxes, adorned with a tag secured with a red-white checked ribbon.

working in domestic kitchen -- things all over the place ;P;P

hands shaking as I was rushing to finish...time was running out!

2 Lactose-Free Choc-O-Chocs, Red Velvet, HummingBird, Matcha Mia, & Wakey-Wakey (you can see the flavor label stuck on the inside of the lid)

My gauging of time was so bad that morning, that I was more than 30 mins late when my very patient customers came to collect. Sigh...felt soooo bad. Oh well, first time doing 30 boxes of 6-Biggy Wedding favors (180 Biggies!!)...good experience, and good lesson to learn. Thank you, Mei Lian, for your patience & for ordering -- on your brother's behalf! :D

One Year!

It's been a year since I started my home-based baking business. Time flies! Felt as if it was just yesterday...

I want to thank all those who have been such a great support in this little biz of mine! Without you, I wouldn't have pushed myself this far -- beyond what I'd imagined! Especially in the area of fondant decorations -- I wasn't planning to delve into it at all, thinking it such a waste when people would just discard it for its sweetness, until more than a couple of clients requested for it. So I thought to myself, "Oh well, why not? Let's give it a try! They do look very pretty!"

There were ups & downs, I assure you; and they will still come, I know. I hate the feeling during those moments when inspiration was no where to be found, or when the 'fruit' of my hands turned out to be less than what I expected them to be. But at the same time, I find it therapeutic kneading the dough, or piping the frosting, or just simply placing the cupcake liners into the cupcake tins. Washing up is never genuinely fun for me, but the end result -- all things spic and span -- is my sole motivation! ;D

Well! I'm not yet sure where I would go from here, but I'm totally glad that I've given this a try no matter what happens in the future. As a kid, I've role-played as a food stall owner & I had so much fun! Hehe...So this is almost like a childhood fantasy came through -- except without a storefront! ....Who knows?!

Thank you all again for this exciting one year!! XOXOXO

Luv,
Jocelyn

Remembering My Very Darling DADDY....

10 years ago, June 15th 2002, my dad passed away. Until now, he still seems close by, and yet so far away...
He's not a perfect dad, that's for sure. But, I must say, he's done 1000 times better than a lot of dads that I know of (past & present), especially those in his generation. If you did talk to him , you would think he was born in the wrong generation or even race -- he was willing to apologize to me (NOW, that's a BIG thing, no matter which generation!!), he was willing to share some stories of how he & my mom dated (AGAIN, a BIG thing!!), he was willing to cook & wash up after us (by the way, he was a school headmaster), he was willing to just sit and hear me play a classical piano piece without fidgeting or moaning, but instead he would clap & tell me how proud he was of me after that! And more...
He was a fantastic basketball player, representing the state, and eventually coached the state's women's team. He loved books....not necessarily reading them though...hehehe...and I've the privilege to inherit some of them. He loved shopping too. Though he did jump along with me & my sis up on the sofa when there was a rat scramming across the living room while we were watching the TV. Oh ya, he looooooved watching TV!!! :D:D Guess I inherit that habit from him too! Nyak nyak!
He'd sacrificed soooooo much for his own parents & younger siblings during his younger days.
He was truly, truly, a wonderful man. Not perfect, but WONDERFUL. Miss you, dad.....

1954

My most charming papa....

No offense to the other 2 men, but my daddy totally stole the limelight!!! 

Love you.....daddy...

An Owlsome Night!

An uber surprise visit last midnight from this gorgeous creature -- it was just perching on my dog kennel in my back garden. He or she was so calm that, it was unaffected by the camera flashes, or our movements -- the only things that stopped us from trying to touch it (since it was only less than 2-3 feet away from us) were its claws & beak. VERY VERY beautiful!!!

The feather was amazingly pretty...(check out the claws)

Almost looking sad & lonely here...

As if posing for us!

Hope you come back and visit us again!!!!

Couplehood ;D

My hubby & I were putting up some pictures on the wall. He was standing on a stool trying to measure out the right spot to nail the nails. He was mumbling some figures to himself that sounded rather odd to me, so I shared my method of calculating. After I noticed I might have been totally being ignored, I asked,

"Would you consider using my 'system'?"

"Nope!" was his reply.

So I thought, oh well, he SHOULD know better. But when he started nailing the 1st nail, it was way out of position. When I pointed it out to him, he turned around and said, "It's your fault! You gave me the wrong figure."

.....???????

Then the figure he THOUGHT I gave, wasn't even the figure I mentioned at all. Ended up, in his own calculation, he thought 5 feet = 50 inches.

......first I was annoyed being ignored that caused an extra hole on the wall, then..... I felt tickled & started laughing! MEN!!

Can any of you wives out there identify with this experience I just had with your hubbies? Or is it just me?