ive been so busy that i forgot this blog existed! Its been two days since i accessed the site! probably the longest time siti-no-check-her-own-website in the history of siti blogging. huhuhu.

sitiwebsite.com

now thats a domain name!

lol. i only wntd to post a few words before i head off to the consumer fair again.

anyway..

REMEMBER this? one of the reasons why i like this song is because of the video clip. this is the only time i thought he was really really good looking post-plastik-surgery. and look at that fabulous hair!!

you will always be remembered michael…there can only ever be ONE Michael Jackson in this world.

Rest In Peace.

Morning all..

just woke up. another hot day in the country.. is it me? or has it been a little bit hazy all week? with all the forest fires going on just hope this time around the men in the red trucks would be quick to act. we all know what happened the last time..masa ujan labat atu bah. huhu sikit sikit canvas. sikit sikit canvas.. pukuk kan ampir tumbang pun kan dibagi canvas. like seriously, what good would that do? hehe..

i need a holiday. like seriously, its that time where i just need to see a STARBUCKS or a BORDERS. i don’t necessarily have to minum or buy books there but u know, something to remind me that a city life doest exist elsewhere!! yes. im getting bored. i just need to get away even it means a day return trip to singapore! huhu. i wonder how the ex-overseas-students who has been here longer than i have cope ah? Ive been here since January. and its almost the end of june. SIX MONTHS ive been back! probably the longest time ive been in Brunei since 2001..and im finally feeling the boredom. mun hari hari meliat utan.. puteh jua mata kali ah. don’t get me wrong, i love living in Brunei more than anything in the world, but sometimes you just need to get away.

I think, one of the reasons why i need to get away pun is the fact that mulut orang disini ani ada yang gila gila. I just totally realised that. ku pikir dua tiga orang ganya rupanya banyak mulut pendangki. i didnt get shit like that the 7 years i was in Melbourne.. now, its all up in my face. A friend told me not to care about what people say..because i am finally doing something that i love doing and all of these other people are just jealous. that might be true but im only human..and didn’t your mother ever told you that if you have nothing nice to say then shut up? i guess not. so i’m just going to have to learn to be thick skinned around criticism. At times im just shocked at the awful comments people throw at each other. All of these badmouthers (bebau kali mulut nya jua) seriously need to re-assess their mulut and should start (taking mints) minding their own BUSINESS for a change. huhu I am culture shocked once again. shocked at how ugly our culture could be. stop being kampong and start opening up your minds for a change. im not saying this because i think im better than everyone it is..but seriously guys..this IS 2009!!!!!!!!! wake.the.freakin.up.and.smell.the.coffee.

banyak banyak bisnis..bisnis apa yang paling kaya di amerika?

BISNIS SPEARS.

anyway. so yeah. where was i again? oh something about not taking things personally. hmmmmm……
huhuh. anyway im off. this was a long venting post.

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what a day! i am covered with chocolate (100% swiss btw) and im ready to hop in to the shower just as soon as im done writing this up. I wasn’t sure where i was going to blog at first, but ive decided to write in here. Kan. thats the thing about having one or more blogs..you can’t decide where you going to post what in. Anyway, i just finished ‘decorating’ a cake for a client who insisted that i make a brownie cake for her colleague who is celebrating her birthday tommorrow. I was reluctant at first. I know Melati’s cake didn’t turn out as a complete disaster, but i don’t think i was ready to make another birthday cake this soon. True enough, i fucked up the chocolate shards i used to cover the side of the square cakes!!!!!!

With Mel’s cake, i made most of the ganache out of belgium chocolate but made a point to use ‘cheap chocolate’ for the shards. Cause everyone knows that fine chocolate melts easily and is not really suitable for decoration. Cheap chocolate on the other hand, tastes like well.. cheap chocolate so this time around i opted for Swiss. which turned out DISASTROUS. the shards as expected, melted in a jiffy, resulting in numerous amounts of ‘cracks’ around the cake that i had to patch up with ganache. It didn’t help that i ran out of ganache half way and i couldn’t be bothered making a fresh batch cause i ran out of heavy cream!!!

Just thank god i dont paint walls as a living cause i’ll be out of a job by now.

So the cake is fugly, but i did warned my customer in advanced of its fugly existence. However, it is still made out of love..so i just hope it tastes alot better than it looks!!!!! hahaha.. if you want cake..please don’t come to me..

visit THEM or HER for your party-celebration-graduation-mandibelawat-mandipagi-mandimalam-betunang-betanam-memucang-mucang-happy teachers day- happy birthday-happy gigi day- cake needs!! Ironically, THE CAKERY can only make brownies.

evryone knows that i suck at making pretty things. ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY I DONT FREAKIN SCRAP too. the other day, i was in ‘Nad’s room of Scrapping love’ i felt like i was in a land mine. i was too scared to touch all the pretty paper she had.. cause i didn’t want to fuck it up. hahaha.

anyway, i didn’t bother taking a photo of the cake.. i’ll let my customers do that for me.I am counting on the cake to be PHOTOGENIC.

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Some people just love to take advantage of other people. And these people are usually very thick-skinned to care. They would go all out asking people for the ‘littlest’ favors like asking (well hello! Rich) Person A to get them something on Person’s A trip to Singapore. Very well knowing that Person A would usually pick up the perfume, get it beautifully wrapped and give it to them F.O.C. One little favour is probably fine, but one little (FOC) favor after another, after another after another.. well ntah ah? inda kamu malu kah? I’m sure person A couldnt care less at the fact that they have been taken advantage of.. but this kind of gold-digging behaviour doesn’t really sit well with me. Sekali skali, yes boleh. tapi kan balik balik? excuse me? what is your face made of? is it 100% badak cina? It doesn’t help that other people can see this too, and when they see they talk. and when they talk, these opportunists would be like ‘what???? when??? omg, they’re probably just jealous.. its ok. when is he/she going to london next?’.

its disgusting i tell you. My parents have taught me, never to ask for anything from other people unless offered or KANA BARI. you’re parents never taught you the same thing kah? just take take take take take? its very shameful..and its been a while since ive come across opportunists..in a LONGGG time. i guess Brunei is finally catching up to me? So if you think, you can take advantage of me like that? think again. I may be nice. tapi sadang2 jua kan baik ani. there’s a limit to everything I can smell an opportunist even in cyberspace.

Its been a while since i had a good bitch post huh? lol. tapi banar, sasak ku ni org yang suka taking advantage ani… mcm rasa kan ku lap lap lap badak di muka drg atu. luan tabal bah. sendiri yang bari malu.. hehe.

anyway.. krg lagi ah.

papai.

a little bit of the 1994 to start off the day..

mercy mercy mercy watzi watzi watzi meyo meyo milo milo weyyyyy.. lol

i have no idea what that chorus is about..but i love this song. This Diana King album was the first CD album i ever had. My mom bought it for me.. cause she just felt like buying me a Diana King cd album!! lol. I mustve loved this song so much to the point that she felt she had to get me the cd hahahaha.

Btw, Nadz, if you remember,, how SPOILT were we back then? we were only 9 and already demanding moschino backpacks and cd man players (with external speakers!). THANK GOD WE GREW OUT OF IT. lol lol. if 1994 at PGGMB was made in to a reality tv for MTV ala super sweet sixteen.. watching it now, i wouldve felt like bitchslapping every kid in it, including myself!!!!

ok leaving for jerudong. and i want ayam pinyit. i realise i havent had any SINCE I GOT BACK IN JANUARY. my last ayam penyet meal was yonks ago at Nelayan in Melbourne. heh. who wan to come wit me?

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kiss me.

Its tuesday? already? omg. time really flies when you have things to do. I need to sort out a couple of things this week.. like unpacking my Melbourne cargo and a few other Brownie related things.

My melbourne boxes have been sitting in the guest room collecting dust for a few months now. One of the reasons why i haven’t ‘found time’ to unpack is the fact that i am dreading having to go through all my stuff to find out that i paid expensive cargo fees to bring JUNK i accumulated whilst in Melbourne back to brunei! But i have to do it soon as i’m running out things to wear..huhuhu. You have to admit, it is fun going through boxes of your old things.. except when you find smaller sized clothing that you can’t really fit in to anymore cause you’re FAT. mcm ‘ai skirt! skirt masa bila ni????’ ’skirt masa ku kurus!’ — SHIT! and then comes to the..” inda ku mau makan lagi eh.. EVER.” “biar tia ku lapar.. aying pun inda ku mau minum!!” and then with that, comes MORE regret “UMIIIII!! JANTAH JADI BUATKAN SAYA CHIPS. SAYA KANYANG SUDAH!!”

huhuhu.

Im at my angah’s house by the way. eating PILIPINO mangoes and blogging whilst waiting for my brownies to bake.. and im sleepy. for some reason, i kudn’t really sleep last night.. was tossing and turning in bed for a good 2 hrs kali before i doze off.

ok im running out of things to say..

Hello monday!

it does seem that ive been neglecting this blog kan? Its only because restaurant city is sucking the life out of my blog. Every time i enter the link to access wordpress, i’ll be tempted to switch back to my restaurant city tab to see if the toilet needs cleaning or to contemplate whether i should give my employees a sandwich. huhu. and do you guys realise that it is only on restaurant city that it is okay for you to literally ’sh*t where you eat?’

Rahim saw me play the other day, and he was like ‘ew, ka, why u put the toilets like that?’ skali aku ckp..AKU PUNYA RESTORAN AKU PUNYA SUKA lah. huhuhu. no, but yeah i seriously dont get it myself. i thought, like Sims, i would be able to build another seperate room for the toilets.. kalau ikutkan ati ku ku taruh jambannya di luar tu siring the neighbouring restaurant, ala2 bujang lapok..paksa keluar rumah untuk kejamban huhuhuhu. Here’s a snapshot of my restaurant..

tapi, kalau in real life..there’s no way in hell im eating next to a toilet bowl!!! even if they were serving FRIED CHICKEN and i happen to be PMSING. huhu.

i havent really got much plans for today.. im probably going to have to do a little bit of grocery shopping.. and then..busy busy busy baking baking baking busy busy busy..

and i really have to think of a way on how i can transform one of my built in - shelf in to a mini office desk thingy magic.

i also need an oven. does anyone out there know i can find a good quality oven in Brunei?

check out TheCakery by Sasmonroe if you havent.

kiss me.

Assalamualaikum panda panda ku semua.. (kira mcm islam version punya Hello Panda!)

i am very tired.spent the whole day at the icentre celebrating rano’s ‘madigras’ of an event. gila. talk about going full on with the launching of a layout!!!! amazing turn out too!! haha i wonder if that many people would turn up if was to launch a new layout.. seorang kali ganya dtg.. si Umi..sama kupi.

It was nice to finally have met some of my customers who usually orders from the ‘brownieholic-anonymous’ line lol. It was also nice to see familiar faces and also the new. mcm happy ku!!!!!! by the end of the day my feet were really mambang..and just when i tot i kudnt walk anymore.. kfc happened. we were at the icentre a little bit before 1pm and only packed up to go home around six-ish. when we realised we havent eaten.. thats when kfc happened. freakin good chicken i tell you.

now i just feel like soaking my feet in warm water.. taking a hot shower..and go to sleep. photos of the event tommorrow. but not here. we shall try www.thecakery.sasmonroe.net for a change yes?

Remember how i kept on saying something about having a brownie webstie? well.. TADA!!!

Please click on stamp.

I will be posting anything-that-has-got-to-do-with-brownies on the site! I know. It was getting annoying bah mixing personal stuff with business. huhuhu. As you can see , i opted for a simple + clean layout.. malas ku be jurit2 atu. aku lagi penjurit. huhuhu.

ok. this is my last brownie post on this website. for more. please click on THIS link and you’ll be re-directed to brownie porn. u want brownie from kg beribi? or kg jerudong? lol.

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As you guys may have heard, Ranoadidas will be throwing his 6th year blog anniversary at the ICENTRE on the 12th of June 2009 (this coming friday!). In which he will be launching a new pimped-out version of his website in all of its glory. I,along with the other online cakeries such as Kitchen of Jasmine and Citscakes will be having booths, baring our creations on the day. It will be opened to the public between 3:30pm- Onwards! So if you have nothing to do on the day..drop by lah. siapa siapa keraja atu, BERANTI tah keraja.. hahaha datang awal!! Kalau boss inda menyuruh awal keluar gtau ja, ANAK SI HARUN suruh awal datang ja mun inda nda ampit BAULU.

like ive posted earlier, i would be selling my:-
- Original Swiss Chocolate Brownies
- Original Swiss Chocolate Brownies with Peanut Butter Cups
- Original Swiss Chocolate Brownies with Nuts (almonds and hazelnut)

and will also be introducing (limited numbers) of BLONDIES such as
- Swiss White Chocolate Blondies
- Rich Peanut Butter Blondies topped with Daim and (more) Peanut Butter ganache.

just incase you guys were wondering.. this is what awaits you:-

Peanut Butter Blondie topped with Peanut butter ganache and DAIM bits.

in other news, ive been spending my time alot in the kitchen lately experimenting with my newly found oh-so-called talent. Last Saturday, i spent the whole day in the kitchen conjouring up a birthday cake for my friend Melati (who turned *cough*21*cough*). After much contemplation, i decided to make her a simple Yellow Cake..topped off with a thick layer of Belgium chocolate Ganache. I realised that i wasnt exactly the Martha Stewart of cake decorating, but i thought the cake didn’t look too shabby….well, compared to that time when i attempted making Addi a birthday mountain of butterscotch Croqumbouche which came out more like a disastrous AVALANCHE of profiteroles.. [insert gasps of horror here] !

The Yellow Cake with Ultra rich belgium chocolate ganache.

inside the cake. huhuhu.

Melati with friends + presents + CAKE.

anyway, gonna go prepare for tommorrow’s baking session. catch me at the icentre friday okay?

kiss me.