Monday, 2 January 2012

Farewell 2011



HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!

Wishing everyone a Happy 2012 New Year,  though it's late by one day ...... it's better today than never.  ...... and bidding farewell to year 2011.
Good bye 2011 ......  we left you with sweet, happy, sore and sorrow memories as part and parcels in life. 2012 we move on, putting aside those not so beautiful memories as a lesson in life.
May 2012 shower us with sunshine and happiness all year round ....... Insya'allah !!!!! 


Let's started this journal with memories of 31st Dec, 2011 last  Saturday. It was Atok Man's 73rd birthday. Nek Ram invited us to celebrate it together with them ...... a family gathering + small "makan2" event  + pot luck. Mummy  decided to bake him a special birthday cake, his favourites of steam fruits cake.  Nek Ram requested for a plain butter cake too, mummy ends up baking 2 cakes.  Atok, Uchu and Fansuri  celebrated their birthday in Dec, so it was a 3 in 1 Birthday cum New Year
celebration ........ !!!! It's high tea party at Atok and Nenek 's garden ........ 


                                            and here the cakes are .........

       steam fruits cake in polka dots and plain butter cake with cartoon character for the kids ......


the process of decorating .........


         fondant icing
butter cream icing

Happy Birthday to ......

                                                                 Atok Man .....,
                                                               
                                                                Uchu Lah


and Fansuri





loves the classic combination of black, white and red ........ !!!!

and finally the makan2 event .......... it's a garden party 

         
      KFC by Uchu , Mak Lang brought murtabak and nenek fried the potato chips

                                     
                                        as it says ........ Finger Licking Good !!!!


     Happy Birthday to you 3X  ....... Happy Birtday to Atok, Uchu and Fansuri,
                        Happy Birtday to You ....... clap clap clap !!!!!!       

                          taking turns in cutting the cakes ceremony .......          






After makan2 and chatting session with uncles, aunties and cousins, we head home  after the Maghrib prayer ....... am glad the boys were happy gathered with their grandparents and families in this happy event though their daddy is not around ...... mummy had done my responsibility's to Atok and Nenek ... and boys, that matter the most !!!!! Always love your families whether it's from mummy's or daddy' s ok !!!

On the eve of New Year as others were busy with fire works and street celebration, mummy and bro "z" were busy preparing for the 1st of Jan, 2012 event .........

decorating a mermaid doll for Bella



Early morning of the New Year, 1st of January 2012 , mummy started baking cakes for another celebration that night ....... birthday of Bella and Adam, 2 in 1 cum New Year celebration .......
ha ha ha ...... we are just so lucky, 2 families and 2 New Years celebration 2 days in a row !!!!
Bella's 5th birthday was last 15th Dec and Adam will be 10th in coming Jan ..... but Ibu wanted to celebrate for them together last night on New Year ....... makan , makan and makan again ha ha ha !!!!

baking for Adam's the Choc and Cheese Brownies
alphabets fondant for decoration

                                         
                                           applying blue piping gel as water effect surrounding

              crushed cornflakes as the sandy island and the rock is made of twiggies cake 


and the cakes after final touch up ..........

  Adam's "gadgets" cake  of choc ganache coating, choc waffle and fondant icing



and Bella's "mermaid" cake of carrot and walnut + cream cheese frosting

and finally the makan2 from ibu and Nek Gayah's catering ........
the Seri Muka is the best in the world !!!



the Mee Soto is made in Heaven ......." meat balls" Ibu very yummy !!!!!

and those happy faces of atok, nenek and familiy members .......... at Ibu's residence last night




Achu !!!!! ....... buruk nye ....... tau la sedap ????!!!!!


                            Happy Birthday to You  ......3X
                                                       Happy Birthday to Bella and Adam !!!!! 



the kiddies ....... 2nd cousin's brothers and sister !!!!

Finally the party ended by 10.30pm ........... after cleaning and packing we went back to SU at
11.00pm and reached home at almost midnight ........ letih giler, off to bed ...... ZZzzzzzzz 
Before mummy sign off, HAPPY NEW YEAR  once again !!!!!!



2 comments:

  1. thank you mummy for the greatest ..yummiest cake... mwahs2

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  2. it's our pleasure to see big smiley face of the birthday boy and girl .....
    love adam n bella too !!!!

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