Special made-for-me Cheesecake

I was saying yesterday night in my blog that my sis and her housemate Nat was baking me a Cheesecake in the middle of the night. I later then found out it was their first attempt to bake a cake. I was curious how it'll turn out, don't know if I'll eat until kena food poisoning anot.. wtf!~

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Here are some pictures of before and after the baking process:

The chef and co-chef preparing the ingredients for the cheesecake


After done baking and everything, the cake is put in the fridge to chill


TADAA!!!~ Home-made cheesecake!! Outer appearance looks OK... wonder how does it taste like...

Add a glass of chilled own-made lemon lime bitter to the taste..

The co-chef... the chef is not available to attend our photography session..


Hmm.. let me try first... *scared scared*


Hmm...


HHOOUU... HHHOOOUUU... HHHOOOUUU.... SSSEEKKKK... ar....!! hahahaha... ok lar... not that exaggerating... but it's ok for first attempt, so I give them a thumb up!! Ganbatei!!~

7hrs flight of loneliness to Gold Coast

I was en routed to GoldCoast today by Air Asia X. This is the first time I'm going to Gold Coast and also the first time I'm travelling all by myself. It was a 7hrs night flight and being seated on the "business class" helped more or less on torturing my own self with the "spacious" seat back on the economy class. Their "business class" is more like MAS airline's economy class, a completely different experience and ambiance of a more spacious comfortable seat compared to the other airlines. But hey, what do you expect from a low fare airline...

During the 7hrs journey, I spent most of my time listening to my mp3 and on my NDS (addicted to the new game I downloaded: Gardening Mama). I couldn't sleep well, my mind went through alot of things when I was alone. The loneliness that surrounded me gave me an extra chill feeling; inside out. I miss my dear alot, my mind went through a flashback about what had happened to us for the past week. The songs that I've personally picked and downloaded made my thoughts run even worst. Thinking of the one you love and the relationship you're having while carefully listen to the lyrics of the songs can really help you in finding the green light. And thus, my mind had come clear and my conscience had speaked out loud: I REALLY LOVE YOU ALOT AND YES! MY LIFE WOULD REALLY SUCK WITHOUT YOU!!

I went on board with a "Oh God what is happening to me? why must my life be so screwed up?!" thought and then I landed in GoldCoast and walked out feeling like a new person, the one with the "I finally know what I want" thinking. Feeling semangat in the inside and worn out in the outside, I met my sister who was there to pick me up at the airport. *inhale loudly* GoldCoast.. I smell you now!!

The first day here was just to laze around, no shopping, no sightseeing.. 'coz i fell asleep at home. Hahaa.. It was raining at night and I only managed to walk a little on the street of Surfers' Paradise after dinner. And now, my sis and her housemate Nat are baking Strawberry Cheesecake for me at 1+am (australian time). I guess I'll only be able to comment about it the next day because I wanna call it a day now.

My greasy ham and cheese omelet breakfast

.......... And the rest of the day is history with Zhao Gong ..............

Our dinner at this small little japanese restaurant located at the small lorong of Surfers Paradise

My Sashimi Rice Set...


My sis's special dinner set

This is my beloved sister - Rachel

A very unique shop we walked past: Dracula House

The inside of Dracula House

Some Chucky and Saw figuras displayed on the glass shelf... SO CUTE!!

A scary looking zombie with bunny ears??!! SO wrong compilation..


EEEEEEeeee.... so scary...!!


Wow... she IS good in playing dead...

I feel so naked...

We managed to do a short must-do section of starbuck-ing


Let's call it a day mate... G'Nite...!!

Last Sunday, a team of kind-hearted students from Taylors' College organized an event called H.O.M.E Carnival project to spread the awareness of animals abuse to the public and also in conjunction of Petster Magazine 1year anniversary. The event took place at Summit USJ from 9am-5pm. Besides Petster, there were also a few other pet-related booths at the event. There were booths from SPCA, Pets Icon, Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better, Fluff Pet Shop, and Samsung (I know it sounds weird - what is Samsung doing in a pets event?!)

Due to the location, the crowd was mainly from passer-bys and shoppers in Summit. There weren't so many people who brought their pets along, compared to the other pet events that I've been to. Flashback from my memories, I think there were only less than 10dogs during the event. Besides the crowd, the HOME Project team members pulled off the event successfully. They managed to arranged the entertainment side quite well. They had invited radio DJs from Fly FM and MIX FM, and local bands like ManHand and CrossFire. The HOME Project deserved a round of applause for organizing this event because it's hard to have a bunch of youngsters (say until as if I'm so old liddat. LOL!) that had the heart to do something about animals abuse. I was there to help out in the event for Petster and seeing the owners with their pets made me felt like a mother who lost her child. I missed my sons even more and the feeling I had back then was to quickly go back home and hug my babies.

Here are some pictures I took during the event:
The MCs for the day

Petster Magazine @ Petster Network backdrop

Petster Magazine's booth; next to it is Fluff Pet Shop

Pets Icon - doing their part by doing RM5 grooming

Kittens out for adoption in the SPCA corner

More kittens and cats - super cute and naughty

This female dog is already 5years old and she's still waiting for a kind-hearted people to give her a place call HOME

Another 2 mix breed puppies out for adoption - see their puppy-eyed look, so kesian. Make me feel like taking them all back home.
Doing my part donating for SPCA donation - bought a SPCA mouse pad for RM6
There was a hand painting booth also and this is how it works:
Let them paint your palm with a washable paint

You can mix the colours or draw a silly face on your palm

Then place your palm on the big white banner cloth

And then sign your big name next to your own palm's painting

This is how it'll look like after that. Remember to wash your hands too! (Dunno why the picture turn out side way)

Pictures of some cute furries i managed to capture:
AWW! SSSSSOOOOO CUTE!!

Cute lil sesated poodle who pooped nearby our booth


It was really hard to capture this lil fella 'coz he's sooo active and kept on running around.

A picture of some happy parents with their babies. How warm.

he rest of the activities that took place:
The local band - ManHand


A short talk and interview with the 2 local DJs (forgot what's their name adi)


Editor and Founder of Petster Magazine: William Tan, giving out a speech before the cake cutting ceremony.


Petster's boleh-tengok-tak boleh-makan 1year anniversary cake



GROUP PICTURE!! The whole HOME Project crew, William-Petster, Yang-Fluff Petshop, Jacinta-SPCA, and Valerie-Pets Icon

Woofs Of My Life - Part 2

Earlier in the post of "Woofs of my life" i had mentioned more about Baby. I only officially had my first experience on how to take care of a pet after I bought him home. Having a pet wasn't as easy as I thought it was. All those poops cleaning, feeding, daily grooming, and everything was quite a headache sometimes. I tak sampai hati beat the fatty whenever he pooped or pee-pee everywhere, and that's why he's not really that toilet-trained.. even until now. Having him around made me learn how to be more responsible towards something and taking care of a dog is like a mother taking care of her newborn child. Now i understand why people say you can agak-agak picture a person whether or not she or he will be a good and caring parent by observing the way they take care of their pet. Seriously though, I prefer taking care of a dog instead of a child. At least dogs won't scream and wail and cry and puke at the same time. *Scary*

Knowing my love for dogs, my dear bought me another dog as his first christmas present for me. Coco was a mix breed of Terrier and Shih Tzu. Coco was an adorable smart dog. He can 'fetch' even without us teaching him how to. But the sad part was, no matter how hard we tried, we weren't able to toilet-train him and he kept pee-ing everywhere!! Hence, he and Baby somehow doesn't get along pretty well, they always ended up bleeding after they fought for jealousy over me sayang-ing who. In the end, my dad gave him away and now he's the precious of a big petshop's owner. Although I was sad to give him away, I'm still happy for him knowing that he's having a better life now. Therefore I still see him once in a while when his owner will bring him over for grooming (and Baby and Coco still kenot see each other face to face 'coz they'll tear the whole shop down). *Haih* Past life's rivalry.

I bought Benji in last year's July, approximately 2weeks after I came back from Canada. Benji or Benjamin Loh (name chosen by my dear), is a Chihuahua with white and light brown spots. Many people with less-knowledge of dogs said Benji's not a pure Chihuahua because they never seen a Chihuahua with a colour coat like his. For Your Information - Yes, there are Chihuahuas with colour coat like my Benji, it's a very rare colour thus is more precious and more valuable. Chihuahuas that are normally seen in Malaysia are white with black spots, white with dark brown spots, or 1 colour-tone for the long fur types. I was anxious if Baby will bite Benji if he sees me carrying him home but thank God!! Not only did they clicked off immediately, Baby somehow thought he's the "tai kor" of the family already, constantly looking out for Benji and taking care of him, but, he'll still lightly bite him and scold him if he did something wrong. Benji's personality is the complete opposite of Baby. Baby is active, naughty, and sociable, where else Benji is extremely timid, anti-social, hate kids, high in curiousity, and smart. He only sticks to me, listen to my words, and is only playful around me and Baby. Chihuahuas are the smallest dogs in the world, thus they need to be fearless and fierceful in order to protect themselves. They'll growl and bite to anything that they thought and sense is a threat to them. Dear got bitten on the nose by Benji once for trying to scare him by imitating the growling sound on him. (My cousin sister once nearly kena bitten by Benji too when she tried to nosey nosey him). And this type of dog trembles alot too. They tremble when they're afraid, and they're afraid of almost everything, most of the time. Or maybe it's just my Benji, I seldom see my grooming teacher's Chihuahua; Daisy (Benji's mother) trembles or even afraid of something. Benji's a picky eater too. He so picky about his food that he seldom finishes his bowl of biscuits, he's also picky even when i'm feeding him human food. In the other hand, Baby is just like a DBKL. He sapu everything that can be eaten. You can see the size differences between the two of them through the pictures that I posted.

They mean the world to me and they are like my sons. I'll protect them, take care of them, and pamper them like precious gems. Nobody can and will take them away from me. I hope owners out there will treat their pet as a part of their family too. Let them feel love and let them make US feel loved. No one likes to be abandon by their own family members. The more we cherish our pets, the lesser organizations like SPCA and PAWS have to worry about the growing amount of abandon dogs and cats; where to place them, how to find the right owner for them, and where to find the financial supporters to support the animals' food and medications.

Let us all lend a helping hand to help these organizations lessen their burdens. Love and cherish your existing pets like your family member and think about adopting a pet rather than buying a new puppy. It saves not only the cost, but a life. If you don't understand how does the adoption process works or how much is the adoption fees, you can always call up and ask. Or, just pick up a copy of Petster magazine at any petshop nearby and flip to the "Pet Search" section where lots of cute lil animals waiting to be adopt.

This is Coco who once brought happiness into my life

This is mi corazon; Benjamin Loh (Benji)






Look how adorable they are when they cuddle up and sleep together.

Benji doesn't really fancy being on the camera..

I lurve my Benji...!!

Benji in his Chinese New Year's clothes

I am a small but mighty CHIHUAHUA!!



KISS KISS KISS... MUAX!!

My dear trying to get his nose bitten again