Annual Christmas gathering with the Garden Girls

The garden girls met up for our annual Christmas gathering on the 26th. All of us turned up and I was really happy to see everyone after such a long time~~ 

We had lunch at Marmalade, Bangsar Village 2. 

Great food. Great company. Great moments 

~Family photo~

cute purse from Grace (souvenir from Thailand)

Prezzie exchange session!

I got Grace's gift ^^

Jia-Min (big flower)

Yen (bee)

Hilary (small grass)

Valerie Chua (Zhu Ren)

Alice (clover)

Grace (rainbow)

Valerie Cheah (dragonfly)

It's gonna be a long time till our next gathering..

All the best wishes to my beloved girlfriends, Uni life was the best with you guys and I will never forget the times we spent together =') 

Love you guys, keep in touch & take care. See you guys during graduation! ^_^

Christmas with my loved ones~

My 2011 Christmas was really special coz i celebrated it both at Kemaman Life BP Church & CFC! Here are some of the pics that I took with my family, close friends and my dearest Jie~

mom & xiao ah yee

on the way to K-club with Jie

my lovely cousins! love them to bits~ <3

mom & I at aunt's house (Paka)

Amy & her mom, Mummy & I (Kemaman)

Overall, everything went well.. Spent lots of quality time with these people and most importantly is to experience the Christmas Joy of celebrating our Lord Jesus' birth.

Christmas Decoration @ Kemaman Life BP Church

In my short trip back to Paka, I helped to decorate our Kemaman church along with my mom and a few other young adults. We tried to keep it simple and sweet with white and silver decorations. 

pulpit- the alphabet doilies were my idea and creation

 side

the flower puff balls another creation of mine

On my last day before leaving from Kuantan, my mom, dr & mrs. Wee's maid and I went to the Teluk Cempedak beach for a walk.

my beloved mummy <3

Zee Avi

This 23 year old Malaysian Singer is my latest inspiration. Her music not only helps me to relax, it helps me to get into my artsy-fartsy mood. ;) Her lyrics are just so special, it's not that straightforward but it's still easy to understand it. Really <3 her songs! and and and I think she's really pretty  too ^_^

P/S: my favourite song so far is The Book of Morris Johnson <3

French Baguette with Garlic Spread

I made Garlic bread with chicken soup for lunch!

I prefer fresh garlic spreads rather than store-bought ones.. here are the steps to make your own! ^_^

Things you need:

4-5 cloves of Garlic 

5 slices of french baguette (ratio of baguette and garlic is about 1:1 depending on your preference and size of garlic)

2 teaspoons butter (about 15g)

Steps:

1. Chop up your garlic into as small as it can be.

2. Pour butter and chopped garlic into a small bowl.

3. Mash garlic and butter into a spread for about 1 minute.

4. Spread the garlic spread onto a side your baguette slices and lay them garlic-side-up onto a non-stick frying pan.

5. Toast them for about 5 minutes in low-medium heat or until the bread is crispy. (I like mine to be a little softer than croutons)

6. Serve them with cream of chicken/mushroom soup or just eat them alone as snacks.

Friday- Spa Day

I know i'm supposed to be starting on my thesis introduction write up... but I just felt so demotivated and stressed out when i'm about to start reading past researches. I resorted to taking a shower to refresh myself and decided to treat myself to a full body scrub, facial scrub and facial mask! I thought about how refreshing it was and decided to make every Friday my SPA DAY.. hehe ;)

My Spa day shall consist of:

Facial Scrub

Facial Mask

Body Scrub

Body Lotion

Hair Mask

Okay, back to work! *dread*