Experiences

A friend of ours, came back for a short holiday from UK. So, we decided to have a grand dinner with her. Some friends from Taiping and KL came to Ipoh for the celebration.  After the dinner, we went over to a friend's place for lantern lighting. I had brought some lanterns and candles from my shop. Those were the days we used to play lanterns.. It was a happy occasion for all of us. Since the lanterns were still in good condition, I kept them for my next gathering with my Chang Jiang customers. Here, kids played.. Some of the kids were my friend's neighbours.  They too joined in the fun. Of course, Mid-Autumn is not auspicious without a moon cake. With my friends, a friend baked some special mooncakes for all of us. With my customers, I brought some moon cakes from the shop. These two occasion were the best since we left childhood. Happy mid-Autumn to all... May your life be filled with love and happiness!

My mum is going to be 80 come November and my eldest brother initiated a birthday dinner for her. He had found a nice restaurant and managed to get my relatives and siblings to join in the celebration. My brother wanted me to accompany my mum to buy a piece or two cloth so that her blouses could be tailored. So on the 16 August, I drove up to Taiping and took my mum out shopping for cloth. It was not easy. She didn't like any of the cloth displayed.  I called my friend asking her if she she knew of any other cloth shop. She said that the good shop was closed on Sunday.  In that case, I might as well look for ready made blouses for her. Climbing up the stairs of the emporium was not so convenient for my mum, so, I made her sit somewhere and wait for me while I went up to the third floor. Managed to persuade the sales promoter to allow me to take the blouse downstairs for my mum to try it. Mum tried and it was a little tight. So I got a size larger for her. Seei...

Last September, we gathered for the first time to celebrate our birthdays together. There were 5 of us. I bought a birthday day to celebrate with my friends. And I actually treated all of them. At that time there were 9 of us attending the gathering.  This September, we gathered again yesterday for lunch at the same restaurant. But only 3 of us celebrated together. 2 couldn't make it. There were only 7 of us. This time, I brought a moon cake instead to replace the birthday cake.   We had lots of fun chatting, eating and joking away. I wanted to treat them again this time. But someone outsmarted me. She paid without me knowing it.  Thank you my friend for your generosity. We shall have our birthdays celebration at the same place annually.

Sometime in the month of August, I suddenly got the urge to bake cakes of different style. First, I tried steamed cupcakes whereby I added a packet of ENO enabling it to 'Smile'. I ate three and put the other three at the altar. Second, I tried steaming chocolate cake. This time I added soda bicarbonate and baking powder. It turned out good and I shared with my people. Third, I wanted to bake a cake using sweet corns. Love it as I love sweet corns. Fourth, I wanted to bake butter chocolate cake and added those extra corns. Turned out tasty even though I steamed it. Fifth, I make cheese cake. Non-baked ones. Just added Digestive biscuits and walnuts. Sixth, I intended to steam a zebra cake but it turned out a marble cake. Maybe it would become a zebra cake if I had baked it. Seventh, last but not least, a non baked chocolatey chewy cake . I had added raisins, walnuts and digestive biscuits. Guess the last one is the be...