
Ha..ha..ha..mesti ramai yg tertanya2 kenapa entry kali ni bertajuk Gong Xi Fa Chai...actually this was my project during last Chinese New Year...cuppies set untuk dijadikan hadiah...instead of the normal practice bagi hamper..this time I tried to introduced these gifts pulak...To be frank, I always kagum dgn kebudayaan masyarakat china...and my favorite is the lion dance..I will always stop whenever I terserempak dgn pertunjukan tarian singa..Segala pergerakan dan paluan gendang kumpulan tersebut memang benar2 mengkagumkan..evrything is about cooperation and cordination...Bila dgr paluan gendang besar china..memang rasa bersemangat. Ha...ha..ha..there was once I almost nak hantar anak lelaki I pergi belajar tarian singa..
Masyarakat China memang banyak adat budaya yang sungguh unik..budaya hormat menghormati diantara satu sama lain..especially menghormati org2 tua mereka..dan juga kemuafakatan mereka menyokong diantara satu sama lain menyebabkan bangsa mereka sungguh berjaya...but tak tahulah kalau mereka juga akan menerima nasib yg sama dgn bangsa melayu...
Actually tak banyak design yg I buat untuk set gift ni...dua set...Classic and Golden sets ..and 4 design sahaja..tupun dah meletihkan coz semuanya halus2..
For the Golden set ada dua design and the name described everything..ia diwarnakan emas..and handpainted lagi...satu cuppies ambil masa about 15minutes to be finished, and being me..i memang tak tahan bila kena mengadap nbenda yg sama juga...but since kena siapkan tempahan..kenalah sabar. So the first design is the mercun set with bunga sakura...bila buat mercun ni teringat sewaktu zaman persekolahan i di MRSM Muar, Bakri Batu 6, yang terletak dipiinggir pekan kecil dimana kebanyakan penduduknya kaum China..Everytime CNY, mesti meriah dgn bunyi mercun dibakar..and non-stop..benar2 meriah..but tak boleh tidurlah...bising sgt..tapi seronok..by the way all the decorations are from fondant..
Design yg kedua merupakan set tanglung and buah limau..and i like this design the best..and kerjanya pun paling renyah
The 2nd set is the classic set..and the design is a bit tradisional..and classic..i gunakan warna merah..hiasan utamanya..buah limau and bunga sakura...
Set classic yg kedua is the "wang china"..i lupa pula nama dia..masa nak buat benda ni siap telefon my chinese friend bertanyakan namanya..but now dah lupa pula..and bila set ni siap i senyum sendiri..coz ia benar2 nampak classic and macam dlm kalendar china yg lama2.
Masa mula2 I buat promosi set ni , I ewas really hoping akan dapat banyak tempahan..but once tempahan dah start masuk..rasa mcm..aaahhh tak nak terima lagi tempahan coz kerjanya rumit..and harus dibuat dlm masa yg singkat untuk menjamin kesegarannya....bukannya boleh dibuat 2 weeks in advance..i finished everything sehari sebelum CNY and tepat pada masanya untuk diberi sebagai hadiah...all in all, I had fun doing these gifts sets..insyaAllah next year there will be a different design..
Till we meet again in the next entry...semuga semuanya dirahmati Allah..and so sorry coz entry kali mi so short n simple coz i'm in the middle of getting ready for my wedding cake this weekend..but tak sampai hati pula tengok blog ni tak diupdatekan..insyaAllah..in my next entry I will show case my best artwork for wedding cake..to me..it was very grand..the best of my artwork..take care..;)


Tuesday, April 20, 2010
GONG XI FA CHAI !!!
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Monday, April 5, 2010
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
But if the doctor is handsome, keep the apple away...ha..ha..ha..that was among one of the famous lines when I was small....tu belum lagi...I have a pen, my pen is blue, I have a friend..and my friend is you...and everybody wrote the same thing on each other autograph...he..he..he..nowadays..budak2 tak de lagi simpan autograf kawan-kawan..dlm autograf muka surat depan pasti ada tulis segala biodata tuanpunya..siap ada makanan kegemaran..minuman kegemaran..and tak lupa cita2...
Coming back to the handsome doctor...bila dah besar ni, kalau boleh i tak nak gi jumpa doctor..walau macam mana handsome doctor tu sekalipun...Sebab utama..if dah kena pergi jumpa doctor..mesti ada sakit...and nowadays senang saja nak dapat sakit...cancer espcially breast cancer is normal now.. Well, since i dah mention about breast cancer..suka sgt nak ingatkan kakak2 and adik2 always check for any unwanted bump di breast kita...it might be sebesar biji kacang..do not take it for granted..u can always do the checkup sendiri..statistic reveal that 1 out of 4 woman boleh dpt cancer..the chinese leads the number..malays paling kurang dapat cancer. TAPI to my malay friends..jgn senyum coz kematian paling tinggi yg disebabkan oleh breast cancer ialah dikalangan wanita melayu..Why..sebab wanita Melayu tk nak dapatkan rawatan di hospital..lebih senang dapatkan rawatan alternatif and trdisional..lagi satu sebab takut tak dapat diterima suami lagi and sumai cari lain..don't laugh..that's the fact...mereka hanya pergi utk dptkan rawatn bila dah stage 3 or 4 stage yg dah almost critical..stage 1 and 2 normally peluang cerah utk diselamatkan lagi..infact my aunty dah almost 11 tahun survive dari breast cancer...once dapat tahu dia terus buat rawatan..and she is very positive..sebab tu bila i tahu ada sesiapa yg ada cancer buah dada..i selalu give my aunt's number and let them talk to her coz she is very positive..to her..everyday is a new day for her..she live to the fullest and she is very active too...So to my dearest lady friends, do not take fogranted of breast cancer...sesiapa sahaja boleh kena termasuk kita...tapi pelik ye..kenapa dulu jarang benar dengar cerita pasal breast cancer..infact nenek2 kita sihat walafiat panjang umur..siap boleh hisap rokok daun lagi separuh tu..and my grandma..use to have that "sentel tembakau" in her mouth all the time and kuat makan sirih..tapi tak kena pun cancer mulut..Wonder why..maybe sebab tak banyak pollution, tak banyak fastfood..tak banyak etc...etc...
This cuppies were specially done for Azlin for her darling sister who is studying medicine in Manipal College...Bersungguh2 dia minta i buatkan cuppies utk adik dia..can sense from her voice that she loves her sister soooo much and sooo special to her..as if I could feel her deeply love for her sister masa dia bercakap dgn I..Actually I was so busy masa ni..but since this is a very special request for somebody very special...i terima juga..but Azlin was so flexible...dia tk kisah bila i boleh buatkan as long as i boleh buatkan..eventhough if boleh dia mahu awal..sebab dia nak pergi kursus...I tried my best to make it for her...Memang i really love my work now..coz my artwork wiling to make other people happy..alhamdulillah.
She requested a medical theme and her darling sister loves green...So it was easy, a set of medical cuppies..but the thing is her sister baru tahun satu..so I had to come up with a "a life of a medical student theme"..he..he..he..baru nak memulakan perjalanan untuk menjadi seorang doktor yang hebat..and here is the first cuppie...books with a mug of coffee...trying to burn the midnite candles..which I hate to do during my student life..I didn't like to stayup..I loved going to bed early...the more I burned the midnite candles...the worst my grades would be..So what normally I did was never to skip my classes eventhough during a heavy snow period..and I had lots of classes started as early as 7.30 in the morning. I believe the concentration in classes is one of the main factor to success in studying and another tip for students...respect yr teacher..tak kisahlah cikgu tu tak pandai mengajar ke...membosankan ke..ALWAYS RESPECT YOUR TEACHERS...restu cikgu amat penting untuk seorang anak murid...sampai sekarang..if I terserempak dgn my teachers..rasa hormat sangat and rasa best sgt..coz they are also one of the main reason I menjadi seorang manusia yg berakal..semuga Allah merahmati semua golongan cikgu2 yg banyak mengajar..tapi pelik ya..kenapa aura cikgu sekarang and cikgu dulu2 lain..aura cikgu lama ni boleh meremangkan bulu roma kita...he..he..he..tak boleh cakap panjang2 pasal benda ni..nanti ramai kawan cikgu2 I yg marahkan I...tapi nak cakap juga. Cikgu sekarang..bukan semua lah..segelintir sahaja..tapi yg segelintir inilah yg merosakkan profession perguruan kita..mereka bukan setakat jadi cikgu pada anak2 kita..tapi mereka juga agen insuran, agen unit trust, agen avon, bos pusat tuisyen..bos tadika and ada juga cikgu yg jadi cake decorator..no offense tu anybody..bukan niat nak menyinngung..tapi itulah hakikatnya..cikgu2 sibuk cari duit lebih..mungking benda2 inilah yg menghilangkan aura cikgu sekarang..Tak pelik ke...disekolah mengajar..dirumah ajar tuisyen pula pada murid yg sama dikelas..kena bayar pulak tu...maksudnya....rasa tak payah I teruskan this discussion..but it's a very sad thing..harap tidak semua cikgu yg menjadikan profession perguruan sebagai landasan semata2 kerana nak cari makan...jadi cikgu hanya sebab tak da kerja lain..so kena masuk maktab perguruan..last choice..
He..he..he..jauh pulak i menyimpang..ok..ok..ok...back to the cuppies...next is the elegant white uniform...this uniform memang hebat...it brings some charisma to doctors...nampak gah aje bila kita nampak doktor dgn uniformnya....
Microscope tak boleh tak ada...one of the main apparatus dalam lab..actually terkial2 juga i nak buat this tiny mini miscroscope..but alhamdulillah menjadi juga.
The next one is the stethoscope..tak sah if tak ada benda ni utk seorang doktor..ha..ha..ha..masa i kecik2 if doktor tak da benda ni dia bukan doktor...kiranya macam polis dgn pistol le..saling melengkapi status....The next apparatus is alat untuk periksa blood pressure and kandungan gula..so sorry..i do not know the scientific names for these things..apa yg I tahu both of these merupakan alat yg diperlukan dirumah I sewaktu my mum was around..my mum jaga sgt kandungan gula..and she was very careful with what she ate..sampaikan kadang2 geram bila she didn't want to take sugar for her diet..but finally dia pergi bukan kerana diabetes or darah tinggi but for no reason..pergi tanpa sebab and mengejut..al-fatihah to my mum...
Next in line...the thermometer..x-ray..and ubat...My mucnhkin loves the x-ray the most..siap boleh nampak hati lagi...kan best kan kalau xray boleh nampak hati org baik or tidak...Ubat2 tu bukan ubat betul kay..semuanya fondant...
If talking about medical mesti ada ambulance and first aid boxkan..so here are the ambulance...and the first aid box..masa buat ni lah i baru perasan..ada dua different symbols for medical "cross" and "bulan"...kenapa ye? Any doctors in teh house care to explain the differences...By the way salute to all ambulance drivers..you all drive mcm F1 drivers...really laju but jaga aspek keselamatan semua..I really love to hear the sirens of ambulance, police and kereta bomba if I'm driving..rasa mcm best sgt bila ketepi...mcm dlm movie pulak..he...he...he...but sometimes sakit hati sgt bila tenguk ada drivers yg tak kisah untuk ketepi..mereka buat "dek" aje..dah tentu ada kecemasan and perlu sampai kedestinasi dgn segera..just imagine if dlm ambulance tu mak bapak kita yg perlu dapatkan rawatan segera..or rumah kita yg terbakar..and just because sikap sombong segelintir manusia...musibah yg sepatutnya dapat dibendung tidak dapat dielakkan..
Last but not leats..the main cuppies to my presentation..Yup...when Azlin told me that her sister Amalina is studying in Manipal College..right away I google about Manipal..sebab tu pilih warna ni utk presentation I..and memang dibuatkan kata2 perangsang utk Amalina...semuga akan tercapai harapan bukan sahaja Amalina tetapi seluruh keluarganya...but satu nasihat ikhlas..jadilah seorng doktor yg benar2 berkhidmat atas prinsip kemanusiaan bukan kerana wang ringgit...maybe to a doktor kematian adalah perkara biasa..but setiap nyawa berharga hingga kesaat akhir..jangan dijadikan qada dan qadar sebagai alasan bagi menutup kecuaian kita..actually itulah penyebab kematian my mum..kecuaian doktor..if by suing the hospital and doctors yg merawat my mum (sorry to say...two of the doctors were sibuk bercerita and giggling sewaktu my mom di beri bantuan pernafasan..it happened right infront of me) boleh menghidupkan kembali my mum..nescaya I will do that..but finally as usual qada dan qadar digunakan sebagai alasan..but sedihkan if we got to know it happened coz of kecuaian doktor..So to Amalina, my doa supaya you will be a very good doctor..insyaAllah..doktor yg tahu amanah and tanggungjawab yg sebenar kenapa dia jadi seorang doktor..bukan kerana sebab satu hari nanti dia boleh jadi kaya raya dgn menjadi seorang doktor pakar..with that I end my entry..slam utk semua..maaf pada sesiapa sahaja yg mungkin tergores dgn entry kali ni...To Azlin tq so much dear..glad that boleh buatkan cuppies utk ungkapan kasih pada adik you...

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Kuntuman mekar untuk si ratu hati

Salam pd semua...actually waiting for my cakes in the oven....a quick update for my blog...
These cuppies were done for my dearest Kak Aminah untuk engagement adiknya..this was her second set of hantaran...I decided for everything for her...so I decided to go for romantic and sweet cuppies ...as usual my favorite flower...mekar ros menjadi pilihan utama ... and I letakkan "helaian selendang fondant" disisi...
Linkaran hijau dan bunga2 kecil purple sebagai penyeri.
Had come up with this simple design coz this order was on a very short notice and had few other orders masa tu...however, I was pleased with the outcome
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Battle of the Titans


Nope...this is not raya cookies..and it's a different Ben10 set requested by a very charming "mak Datin" from KL for her son's birthday...she saw the BEN10 set which I did for my friend Azma and she wanted the same set...The best thing was..she sms me a month before the due date...and she sms me at 12.15 midnite. I just laughed at the msg thinking that it was just a prank msg..but I still replied her sms. Suprisingly, she was serious and she wanted the same set for her darling son...soooo...after few sms I decided to ring her up which was about 12.30 midnite and politely rejected the orders since she is in KL and I'm in Melaka, infact I recommended her to somebody in KL but this "mak datin" insisted me to to do it for her and she would come down to Melaka to pickup the whole set..and it was a set of 50 cuppies...well, finally I agreed to her request...
The delivery date was in the 2nd week of Ramadahan and actually I was busy with my Serawak Rolls..but since it was a special order from someone special, I decided to take a break from the kek lapis project and concentrate on this Ben10 for 2 whole days...yup two whole days...sometimes people do not understand why some of the cakes are pricey....its due to the long labour hour...you can't just spend about one hour and expect a very good and detailed artwork...normally I do not like to compromise on the details...I would try to get as closed as I could for every small details...that's the price of an artwork..but frankly speaking my cakes are very reasonable priced and normally I would ask for the budget first to decide the kind of materials that I can use...he..he..he...most of my customers would agree with me...in the end I would go overboard with my artwork but still charge them the price which I quoted...that's very normal of me....
As for the set...I decided to come up with the characters from Ben10 Alienforce too...let me introduce you all with the characters...
The gang from Ben10 Alienforce
The gang from Ben10
To "Mak Datin" darling thankyou very much for your order....I had fun doing this set. Tq for your trust in my artwork.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Farmyard story 3 - vegetables and fruits for sale
Ha...ha..ha....I am resigning from decorating cakes....nak jual fruits and vegetables pulak...just kidding...me ..tanam pokok??? My mom always gelakkan I..beli pokok bagai nak rak..akhirnya jadi potpourri...tak da masa nak siram...Actually I am not very satisfied with the cabbage..it looks more like a green rose...will try to perfect it next time..
By the way..the "tanah effect" I guna brown sugar yg ditabur atas buttercream yg diwarnakan coklat.

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