Rainbow after the Rain ☂

Monday, 15 August 2011

Starry starry night

NEVER believe in 3 people: Sagittarius, Aries and Pisces. They are the most selfish and mean people.
NEVER lose 3 people: Taurus, Cancer and Capricorn. They are the most sincere and true lovers.
NEVER leave 3 people: Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. They can keep secrets, friendship and they can see your tears.
NEVER reject 3 people: Leo, Gemini and Aquarius. They are true and honest friends.

Owhhhhhh, I'm a Libra! =)

Sunday, 14 August 2011

Beads.

Hi! Guess who am I?

Peeeeeekkkkk-a-Booooooo!

HALLOOOO! I'M TOTORO!

Received this cute bead pixel Totoro gift today. You know my words, it's so lovelyyyyyyyyy! ♥

I can said that the maker made a quite perfect Totoro image. MingMing was asking that how come we are able to identify that this is a Totoro by just one look. She observed this bead pixel art for a moment and curiously asked me that question. Oh wellllllllll, cant the answer be more obvious, because it looks like Totoro? Then, she realized some sense in my answer. She switched another question, what's the function of this? And this time, she got me! I mean, I really couldn think of any except for being a decoration item. Or maybe you can put your cup on top of it? But no, this is too precious for that purpose. Confusion aroused about the usage of this is because the maker forget to put a keychain string on it (I assumed). My previous bead pixels have keychain string on them but not this. Nvm then, I can always keep it as a collection =)

And the last word MingMing comment on this art work, "It looks like those toilet mat that prevent ppl from falling". Omg, such an insult to bead pixel maker. But hahahhahaha, some truth in her word. No offence. Yet, I still think it's a masterpiece!

Another two of my bead pixel collection.

A panda and a cow!
But the cow looks slightly off.

Take a closer look. See! This two are keychains! And the panda looks absolutely adorable! It looks like the anime panda, Shao Mei. The panda that my elder sis adored. So, she is attempting to steal my bead pixel panda and make it as her car key keychain =/

Tonight, not a good night to stay up late, Chinese hungry ghost festival =( I will strive to sleep early T.T

Goodnights!

Friday, 12 August 2011

Strawberry tallrys

A week ago, I just bought a Samsung Corby II (Samsung GT-S3850). Previously, Samsung Corby is market in 4 colours, Jamaican Yellow, Cupid Pink, Minimal White, and Festival Orange. Now, the latest Corby II is available 3 colours, Festival Yellow, Candy Pink and Chic White. I think Samsung took out the Orange scheme as it is the least favourite of all.

I personally think that each of the colour represent the personality of the user.
White - Safe colour. Pure.
Yellow - Funky and being different.
Pink - Ever obvious, girlish.
If you dont like any of the colours, then you can change the scheme to black where the black cover is package with all the other colours. For black Corby users, you choose a very very very safe colour which also means you refuse changes, stable and practical. Or maybe you simply think black is cool! Anyhow, usually ppl would choose Corby as they are attracted to the pretty candy colours. So, if you are not fond to colours, you may as well pick other model.

Now, what's your colour?

Mine is PINK!

MY PINK CORBY II! ♥

The reason I choose Corby II:
1. I love the cute candy pink!
2. The price is very reasonable for a touchscreen phone.
Market price RM350 but I got cheaper because my sis is Samsung worker.

I'm a very simple mobile users. I dont need excellent functions. I only need the basic functions of a mobile which is able to call in-out and message. Mobile camera functions, no longer important to me now because I bought myself a digital camera. Games? Nahhhhh, I dont play games with mobile. Online, well I used my laptop to online more. Bigger screen and easier to type. Btw, Corby II enable wifi. It provides basic social hub like facebook, twitter and email.Practically, there's nothing more right?

Some complaints that Corby II has ugly theme and you got no way to change it. But that's not true! I dont deny that it's hard to find themes for this model as not many people are working for it. Yet, I found two websites, Paulforyou and yaptus that proof the wrong saying. Limited choice I must say so I decided to make my own theme using Samsung Theme Designer. And I succeeded! My themes are all based on my own favourite. Childhood favourite and still standing strong in my heart now.

Present you now Samsung Corby II Theme!

The first,
MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO!

It's my all time favourite and I still watching the anime now. I love the little girl, Mei chan a lot! Mei chan always warm my heart and it makes me happy looking at her! If you see Yaptus website, she did a Totoro theme also but she didn include Mei chan. So, I designed myself a new personal theme of Totoro which will has my Mei chan as icon! All the icons are different and no repetition unless for those function like mini diary and daily briefing which it didn appear in my mobile. Since it doesnt appear in my mobile, I dont bother finding more icons for it. I just simply place some icons to replace the old one.

Second one,
CARDCAPTOR SAKURA!

This will never be out of my list! Cardcaptor Sakura theme was easier to make since it has a lot of icons! And it's not plainly Sakura but also Tomoyo, Meilin, Spinel-sun, clow card and Sakura's wand. It makes me happy of course as it means definitely no repetition! Yess, no repetition even for those functions that doesnt appear in my mobile. 33 different icons! How impressive right! I personally very satisfied with this theme because of the combination of candy colours and unique icons. It makes the whole theme looks so cheerful!

The final one that I did ytd,
DISNEY PRINCESSES!
You must be thinking now, why all cartoon and seems so childish. But I have to clarity, I only love cute things! So, no matter how much I love watching current movies like Harry Potter or Avatar, I would still prefer cute hearties things. Yess, I would love stylish graphic design but still unable to win my heart for this.

Choice of colours almost similar with the previous two right? Well, I couldn agree more. I like soft colours and combination of colours turns out like sweet candy which I couldn heart more. It makes me think of Baskin Robbins Cotton Candy. But sad to said, many repetition of icons in this theme. I couldn avoid it due to limited icons or I can say, limited princesses? Hahahhaha! If you wonder where I got the icons from, I get it from deviantart. Credit to the creative designer, princekido for the lovely icons.

This is all! Toodles ♥

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Pssst, it's between us only.

I slept at 10pm just now and regretted. Cause I woke up at 1am and now, my eyes are wide open. Tried hard to get back to sleep but not working. Here I am spilling out pointless words.

Here's a funny conversation with my little sis this evening.

Weather was gloomy for the evening. Dark and loud thunder. And then goes my interesting thought, I said

"ALIENS ARE GOING TO INVADE OUR EARTH!"

Word of joke of course. Okay, I can't explained this sudden thought in my mind. It came through me and I yelled quite loudly. I guessed the boring me trying hard to seek attention from my sis who is busy studying for her August test. MingMing, my little sis, looking at me with her eyes wide open and said ..

MingMing: Are you okay Ah na? -___________-

Yess, she did that similar face reaction. Note: She called me ah Na.

MingMing: What are you talking? -______-

Me: Aliens are invading our Earth!!!! The sky is dark and the sound of "grong grong"(thunder sound) is the sign of Alien!

Very much make sense you see, Aliens' space ship coming which cause the disturbing thunder sound. And the gloomy weather is the start of all unfortunate things =) Hahahaha! I'm impressed with my own imagination now.

Me: So, I must hide myself!
(I put two pillows on me to hide my head.)

MingMing: You didn covered your body. Alien can still see you!

(Covered my body with blanket)

MingMing: Ah Naaaa, why cant I online?

Me: Aliens are invading our Earth that's why the internet line is disturbed!
(still hiding myself)

MingMing: You're just like Chicken Little -______________-

(Quiet for a long while and I'm still hiding. Then, I get up. Replied the msg of my friend)

MingMing: Why are you not hiding? Alien will captured you!

Me: Oh well, it's okay now. I'm sending msg to Alien that I will betray Earth! =)

MingMing: Take me too!

Sunday, 7 August 2011

Chapter of Love: Muffins & Cookies

A new chapter for today. Muffins and cookies, pretty stuff we (TanMingMing, Choochoo and me) made ytd. It's weekend and plan goes well, we had our baking day in ChooChoo's hse. The reasons her hse was choosen is ever obvious as her hse is fully equipped with baking utensils! Her mom even bought soya maker which how many hse in Earth would have right except for tau fu fah seller in pasar malam. So, here come our baking session..

A must for us, recipes!

Our desserts today:
Chocolate Chips Muffins
&
Lovey Dog Cookies

Started of with well prepared ingredients.

Some photography!

And here we goes!

CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS
recipe from Indochine Kitchen.

Ingredients:

280 g all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
120 g unsalted butter, soften
250 g sugar
2 large eggs
125 g whole milk (125 g)
150-200 g chocolate chips, semi sweet

Directions:

Preheat oven to 175 degree celsius. Lightly grease muffin pans.
Sift flour, salt and baking powder twice.
Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl, until light and creamy.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add 1/3 flour mixture alternately with 1/3 milk, beating just until smooth. Continue until flour and milk are all used up.
Mix chocolate chip into the batter. Gently fold in the chips.
Fill muffin cups with 1/3 cup of batter.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Serve warm.

From recipe, it said make 12muffins but we make up to 17! =) We even bought Fondant icing to make decoration for our muffins! Fondant icing need to be mixed with corn flour and colouring, then roll roll roll and make it flat. Get some cute shape mold (love, ribbon, moon, butterfly) and traced out from the fondant icing.

Never goes wrong weighing scale!

Bakers of the day: TanMingMing and ChooChoo.

And ME of course!

SEEEE! I'm contributing in doing the sifting! A lot of sifting to do. Sift sift sift!

TanMingMing with the recipes. Looking professional and hahahahaha, looking ready at the camera too!

Creaming the butter with machine! Previously, TanMingMing and I did creaming with those machine hold by hand and the bowl kept running away which make all butter coming out from the bowl. Now, with this brilliant machine, we just need press on button!

And this amazing huge spatula! ( I dont know what's this called exactly). But TanMingMing and I very much amazed with it.

See the eager face!
Left picture: Stupidity =.=

Okay, this is mainly the ingredients and utensils that form our muffins! Please notice the pyramid butter that ChooChoo arranged it so magnificently.

This is lovely ChooChooOtaka! Looks so lovely holding the unbaked muffins.

Here's TanMingMing escaping from baking and practically, taking pic to update her fb!

ChooChoo still right in pace, placing unbaked muffins in oven.

Our happy Muffins in sauna room now!

Hand of a painful lady (she insisted she is a lady). Can you notice the veins in her hand? Omg, looks like she grow through painful day likes those lady in the olden days, doing laundry and cooking but she did not.

And now, ta-danggggggg!

Perfectly baked muffins!

HAPPY! And looks YUMSSSS!

We able to bake muffins! *touch*

Now,
LOVEY DOG COOKIES!
recipes from Cooking Crave.

Ingredients:

180 g soft butter (room temperature)
80 g MILO
200 g cake flour
25 g corn flour
25 g milk powder
chocolate chips
chocolate rice
Koko Krunch cereal

Method:

Sift cake flour, corn flour & milk powder. Set aside.
Cream butter & MILO in low speed for about 3 minutes. Do not overbeat.
Add in the sieve flour and continue beat it for 1 minute to form dough.
Divide the dough into 10g each. Put three chocolate chips into the dough and roll into balls.
Decorate the dough balls with Koko Krunch as ear, chocolate rice as eye and a chocolate chip as nose.
Baked at preheat oven at 140c for about 25 mins or until it's cooked.
Leave it to cool before storing them in an air tight container.

We made 48cookies from this recipe!

Sifting and measuring again!

Our lovey dog cookies! ♥ Original recipe did not have love on the dog cookies but we added in to make our cookies more lovely! Maybe next try can put other decoration like stars.