* Passion * Skill * Heart * ...from the Cake Specialist

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

JPN Era Baru

"JPN ERA BARU" proclaimed the sign as we walked into the National Registration Department.

After the whole grand saturday night with Marco and Yohji, I found that I was without wallet. Damnit. 5th time according to the lady behind the counter. "Sorry boy, you have to pay RM120.00 to renew your IC, sorry ah."

Joseph and I arrived at about 11.55 .and got our numbers. It won't take long I said, they're pretty fast I said, the numbers climbed fast and steady 3146, our number's almost up (our numbers being 3150 and 3151) and then it's as if Hiro Nakamura froze time without freezing the people. The numbers stopped. The people got restless. Joseph had to make himself unavailable for work and an appointment at 2:30pm... yeah... it had been that long.

"Tuan Tuan dan Puan Puan, di harap anda bersabar kerana sistem komputer kita tergendala sebentar, kakitangan kita di Putrajaya belum lagi boleh menyelesaikan masalah teknikal, jika dalam setengah jam belum ada perkembangan *pause*... *pause*... *pause* .... saya akan membuat pengumuman yang lain, Sekian, Terima Kasih"

Translation :

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we hope that you will be patient as our computer system is down. Our personnel in Putrajaya have not yet solved our technical problems. If in half an hour there aren't any developments *pause* ... *pause* ... *pause*... I will make another announcement, Thank You"


Wha huh??.... so we waited til...3:15pm and then the numbers started pinging again... and in no time our temporary National Registration Identity Card or affectionately known as MyKad was ready. Actual face time was about 45 minutes, real waiting time was letsee... 3 hours and 46 minutes. Phew.... New Era my @$$.... apparently according to a complaint letter in the suggestion box, these things happen rather frequently... but then having said that, how come they know it happens so frequently?.... did they lose their MyKad more than 5 times already that they know the routine of the NRD.

I'm a very patient person... i really am, I can stand what a lot of people can't. And I wasn't too phased out by it but thinking back, this is like hours of my fantastic life I've wasted waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiting... *sighs*





On a brighter note : Picture Of The Day!


POTD : my new favourite drink. Teh-O-Ais Kurang Manis tanbah Redbull. Try it, you might like it ~grin~ it may be the most refreshing and waking up drink you've ever drunk.

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Party happy, sleep soundly.

The officialy party for the Sepang F1 grand prix. Speedzone 2007.
Hmm I know there's a double entendre there somewhere hehehehe.

So we bought tickets, had to queue to get it so we hoofed it up KL tower. One Ticket Per Person Per Transaction it said, so that they could curb underaged ravers I guess. ~grin~ So you can imagine to our overaged delight that we were asked to produce our IC.

So we got there about 10pm, with threats of rain and even a 30second thunderstorm, when we arrived, Marco V was already spinning to the shower of fireworks, Ladies and Gentlemen, DJ MARCO V!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.... the crowd went wild. Fantastic music, fantastic sound system, horrid logistics but no attitude from the crowd cause we were all there to pay homage to the music, respect the music, dance and fly to the music.

At just about midnight fireworks flared again. Reds, yellows, oranges, pinks. Sparks sparks sparks. The rain of light that showered upon our bodies could be seen through the muslin marquee and right behind us was the KL tower in all it's pink glory. And then, Ladies and Gentlemen the moment you've ALL been waiting for, make some noise for DJ YOHJI BIOMEHANICKA!!!!.... we went balistics, hard beats, punctuated with high pitched synth, the music was uplifting it was hard trance-y and freaking fabulous.

We danced til we ached, then danced some more and some more. It was a fun night, party hard all night and sleep soundly in your loved one's arms. What a grand way to spend your saturday night.

Friday, April 06, 2007

POTD - Picture of the day

So here I was thinking why I don't update my blog every-so-often. There's nothing to say. Duh. I always have something to talk about. It's just that it seeps into my lucid dreams and somehow gets diluted in the daily toils of the day. Pastry production, watching tv, rushing to and from work....

Why only today I.... hmm .... you know when you think about it, it becomes insignificant... so gotta get it when it's fresh, which is why I'm going to start this thing * crossing fingers it lasts longer than a week*

Picture of the Day!... to which I'll take with my trusty Motorola L7 so please don't belittle the lack of megapixels. ~grin~ HINT HINT... see previous blog post.

Today's picture is


That my friends is a dessert done for the a charity rugby dinner held at work. It's a Chocolate hazelnut royaltine (for those of you in the know say "aaaaaahhh!") sprayed green and piped with white chocolate to resemble a rugby field embellished with white chocolate goal posts and a quenelle of raspberry sorbet in the shape of a rugby ball. Cute huh? Well we did like 500 of those rugby fields. Them poor service staff had to carry them two by two so they had a lot of running to do to get them to the positively liquor libated guests at the charity auction.

Timeline to get them done :

To make 40 trays of hazelnut royaltine = 5 days
To cut and spray 40 trays of hazelnut royaltine = 7 hours
To pipe white chocolate field lines = 6.5 hours
To churn and quenelle 500 pcs of raspberry sorbet = 9 hours
To pipe 600 * cause they kept on breaking* white chocolate goal posts = 4.5 hours

That makes a grand total of 147 hours for one dessert. Could you imagine our work load? That's juggling our daily production, our other banqueting functions, Inter Kitchen Transfer requests, last minute requests from the royal palace, last minute setup changes and the like.

At the end of the night, it all ran smoothly, we had a good time, adrenaline pumped, my executive chef was chasing my sous chef around playing tag like little kiddies.

So in conclusion, the POTD is a way for me to highlight my day and so i'll have something to blog about. More to come...

p/s I agree with banning underweight models. Plus sizes! plus sizes!! I prefer my men meaty anyways ~grin~

Adios!

Thursday, April 05, 2007

What's Hot?


Heroes is hot
"Nathan Petrelli" with his dark looks and brooding eyes makes me melt.




Hiro Nakamura's sidekick Ando Masahashi has eyes so small it disappears when he smiles but has got a nice nice bod underneath that white shirt and black tie that we wears to work.

Storyline makes you go EEK! EEP! and other unspellable words because of the plot twists. One question gets answered and three more pop up.

Watch it!



ANTM : Cycle 7 is hot

Girls girls girls, bitch fights back stabbing-melodrama, what else would a gayboy watch when unwinding from his wholesome-positive-family-
centric-life of perpetual tea parties with cucumber sandwiches with the crust cut off?

~grin~






White is hot



Clean crisp light pure. But let me tell you this,

Purity is the new Evil
White is the new Black


10megapixels is hot
Why bother with2.0 or 5.0 megapixel digital camera with auto zoom and anti shake when you can get the best pictures with 10megapixels. Startling clarity and makes the most banal setting into an object d'art? Better yet 12 MEGAPIXELS!!

Gimme gimme gimme I want!





Sleeping entwined is Hot

Entwined in your significant other's arms and sleeping, kissing him, smelling him, catching his breathing, inhaling his scent, waking up to him first thing in the morning, seeing him stir from sleep, smile and say,
"Good morning dear dear, I love you".

Now that's Hot!

Monday, April 02, 2007

You are my Star!

You are my star, You light my way,
You brighten up my nights and make my day.
You are my star, and even more
You are the friend that I've been waiting for.



So sue me for getting sentimental, But here's the A-list Celebrities in my life at the moment,
If you haven't made it it's maybe cause you haven't been paparatzzied by me yet.



* Impact * Solid Friendship * Emotional Ties * Soulmate * Confidant * Party People *