The dance of the peacock - finale

Salam to all ... semuga kita semua terus diberkati and dirahmati Allah....and diselamatkan dari malapetaka dan bencana alam. Takut bila mendengar malapetaka tsunami yg melanda Jepun yg terus merebak ke negara disepanjang lautan Pasifik dan yang paling terbaru ..gempa bumi di Honshu at 6.5 skala richter...and it happened yesterday..28th of March 2011. Banyak nyawa yg telah terkorban...and ia ibarat kiamat kecil...tiada amaran tiada petanda..semuanya menunjukkan kebesaran Allah yng Maha Berkuasa..teknologi secanggih mana pun tidak dapat mengawal keadaan...tua muda...kaya miskin..semuanya tidak dapat bersembunyi or menyelamatkan diri..bangunan yg tinggi dan kapal2 besar tumbang dan diterbalikkan...betapa besarnya kuasa Allah...manusia selama ini mendabik dada..berlumba-lumba menghasilkan kuasa tenaga yang tercanggih dan sekarang ia menjadi mimpi yang menakutkan bukan sahaja kepada penduduk Jepun tetapi kepada penduduk dunia juga apabila kita mendengar radiasi nuklear semakin meningkat..bayangkan makanan segar terpaksa dibuang kerana terdapat kesan radiasi yg tinggi....Anggaplah semua yang terjadi adalah amaran kecil dari Allah bahawa kiamat pasti berlaku dan apabila ia berlaku tiada siapa yg dapat menyelamatkan diri hatta ibu2 yg mengandung sekalipun...and sama2 lah kita cuba perbaiki kehidupan dan amalan kita supaya sentiasa mengikuti perintah Allah dan RasulNYA...amin...

Ok..back to deco story...and let me continue about the dance of the peacock...my participation in ICCA wedding cake competition...Maybe ramai decorators lain kata..alah it's a small competition and tak penting pun..but I tell u, the competition was a great event...where we had the chance to see all the superb work of other decos...and see different techniques of others...if kita rasa our work yg paling bagus selama ni ..ada ramai lagi yang hasil kerjanya lebih menakjubkan...this is the place where evrybody bebas untuk menunjukkan kekreatifan masing...coz wktu inilah kita tidak terikat dgn kehendak customer..we are our own customer...apa sahaja yg terbayang dikepala boleh dizahirkan and tanpa memikirkan kos yg terlibat...



For this peacock design, I wanted it to be a peacock with charisma and gah...maka sebab itu kepalanya dipositionkan begitu..as if it were trying to tell.."i'm feeling great and don't mess with me"...lol...but this is hanya untuk tujuan presentation aje..bukan untuk membanggakan diri...pls do not misunderstand....tiada niat langsung untuk mendabik dada...semuanya sekadar untuk memberi character to the peacock...takkan I nak buat lehernya terkulai layu pula....and balung or jambulnya memang I buat my own version...It's all about imagination...



So finally the whole peacock...and it was brought all the way from Melaka to Sunway Giza...but not the whole thing..the bits and pieces were assembled at tune hotel which was about 5 minutes drive from the venue...but it took us about 30 minutes to reach the venue...kena bawa slow sgt...and we were lucky masa tu ada traffic jam so we were moving at a very slow speed and made some illegal entrance also..in order to avoid long distance....I was afraid it will break in pieces during the journey and my heart was beating very fast and my big hug to my darling muchkin who took the effort to study the condition of the road a nite prior to the delivery...he studied all the bumps, holes and apa sahaja halangan yg ada diatas jalan..sehinggalah keadaan diparking lot pun he studied...he planned everything about the logistic...and I just concentrated on the finishing of the peacock...Alhamdulillah the journey was smooth...and tiada satu pun yang patah...alhamdulillah. Bila tiba aje di venue, my spirit was quite low bila melihat hasil kerja orng lain..semuanya menghasilkan kerja yg sgt kreatif and cantik...and honestly I had this thought in my mind...."kenapalah aku buat peacock ni? It looks so ugly". Infact sewaktu siap aje I dah terfikir kenapa le I uat peacock n bukan benda lain...yup, I'm sure m y deco friends always have that kind of question...we are the worst pengkritik to our own work.


This is one of my favorite moment...the judging process..Tears were in my eyes by just looking at how the judges commented on my peacock..The way they looked at my creation and chatted to each other about it was one of the moment yg I will never forget...tak tahu mcm mana nak describekan perasaannya ketika itu..hanya yg memasuuki pertandingan tersebut tahu apa yg I rasa...By the way, judges bukan sebarang orang...Eddie Spence..to me he is the Godfather of Royal Icing..Debbie Brown..nama yg tidak asing lagi dalam figurine model...Rose from Wilton USA..and Rosalind...head of ICCA...And another one of the best moment was...memerhatikan spectators looking at our creation...n not to mention the feeling when cameras and flashlights were focused on our creations...I was sitting down at a corner with my munchkin looking at people admiring my creation and at the same time the song "flying without wings " was aired ..and my munchkin..while holding my hand...dedicated the song to me and this what he said to me " I'm very proud of u and definitely u deserve all the attention..and this song is right for u..u are really flying without wings now" ...no words can described my feeling at the moment..except tears in my eyes...tears of happiness...

And what are the judges comment..yup, we had a chance to listen to them directly after the results were given out...Mesti ada yang nak tahu apa yg judges told me..and please bear in mind I post the comments bukan untuk menunjuk2 or bangga diri..but supaya dapat dijadikan perangsang kepada semua decorators lain




Eddie :
Yr peacock is the most creative....the flow of the tail is very beautiful...but it will be more beautiful if u can create a very bushy tail..more tails will definitely give u ...the point for the highly commended award..yrs is just one point away...other than that yrs is very beautiful....nice piping job ..."OMG Eddie..more tails? Oh with the current tails pun I dah nak pengsan.."



Debbie :
i love everything especially the cakeboard..very nicely painted...(actually the cake board is not my original idea...it's mitch turner's..and had to do it coz the cake board was not even...covering up strategy)



Rosalind :
Nice piping work...but u should have hidden t joints....(she was reffering to the joint of the wings...(yup..that was my biggest losing point...but actually i was so afraid that the wings might pecah..those two were the last set i had..i had four sets...8pcs altogether..the wings was supposed to be floating and after i broke the first 3 sets..my munchkin suggested do not take any more risk...he asked me to attach it to the base of the wing..and am i glad i follow his advise...)

Kelvin chua (he is the judge who made me so nervous)..this is straight away from his fb msg to me...KC..hope u don't mind
shikin dearie... i was having long chat wif shah, about ur work. we can see tat u r very different. if u ever hav the chance to enter ur future creations to overseas competition, it would be another advantage for u....

as a first timer like u, u able to create something so brave ( ok, tats my style, tak kisah orang macam mana tengok u...lol ), normally people will start wif tier cake, flower, cutters, so boring ( but judges like that ok )...but u, wow, ayamas straight away! kepala ayam tu lagi mau stare at the judges...patutlah mreka takut! lol

heres a little advise: should hav made a pair of peacock, one is too lonely...so, next year, do peacock again, one pair, n advance lagi, with no paste attached, just pure royal icing piping n run out! nice challenge huh !...but hor, peacock again, too boring kan?... so better scratch ur head from now on, challenge new thing...

So those were the comments from the judges and also my sifu..Kelvin Chua via FB...And alhamdulillah my creation was chosen as one of the commended category...and I was one of the top tens...but winning is not the target..Everybody who entered the competition was a winners for daring to to show their masterpiece to to the world...and should be proud of with all the creations...



Notice the tails sudah rosak..due to the humidity in the hall during at night time..infact banyak creations yg rosak...but what to do...






Well..before I pen off..to all my dear decorators friends ..jom kita ramai2 memeriahkan this year competition...It's not about winning..it's about showing the world of our creation..trust me...u will know what I meant if u join the event...lots of funs, lots of xperiences...lots of sharings..and lots of new friends...so see u guys in this year competition..but before I pull down the curtain to my peacock entry..i will like to thank all the wonderful and dearest people in my life who had always believe in my work...who always encourage me..and who always push me to the highest level...my big hugs of thank you to...my dad, my MIL, my sister and brother..my BIL ans SIL, my IU8 friends, my UGCAU gang...u know who u are, my bibik, my staffs...and the most important of all...to my dearest wonderful kids and my darling mucnhkin...Thank you Allah for giving me these wonderful people..