Holidays & Cupcakes

It was a really tiring public holidays which were in a row recently. It was not any trip or journey we had during the holidays but the trip to the oven in our own kitchen. To add more, me and my husband were back and forth delivering the cupcakes order within Klang Valley during last christmas holidays. A day before christmas eve we already baked few hundreds cuppies for orders lining up on christmas eve and on christmas holiday itself. The orders for christmas eve came from TRHY's office. On christmas day, there were orders for Nurul and Ojie. Both were colleagues from former work place.(Thank guys for the support!)

Nurul's:

Luckily for us this 'hantaran' artist only wanted minimum order(25pieces) for herself. Usually Nurul ordered our cupcakes for her hantaran items.(will upload the hantaran cuppies la'er).

Ojie's:

She ordered few hundreds cuppies for majlis akikah and also for her birthday which falls on christmas day.(Happy Bday pal!) The majlis akikah was meant for her newborn, baby Azra Zafira. Here were few captions of the cuppies.

Packaging for Ojie's

Assorted cuppies

Close-ups on the designs

And managed to capture Ojie with Baby Azra. Sorry Jie, the quality wasn't good as the baby was in her baby swing and I was hurrying; rushing back to prepare for my cousin's daughter birthday party that after noon.

Hurried back home then to decorate for Arissa's birthday cake; my cousin's daughter. I baked the cake the night before but kept aside for the icing deco as I wanna concentrate on the main orders. Actually it was my husband birthday too as both share the same birth date. So I need to decorate two choc cakes.

Back from the party, la'er in the evening we baked another cupcakes. This order need to be delivered the next day and from Lily, another TRHY's officemate. Lily wanted a custom-made cuppies for her father's birthday. Her father is an adventurous type, likes golfing, surfing, and trekking. When it comes to any custom-made design, it is always be my husband who will get his hand at work. Usually the cartoon character on our cupcakes is his signature.

So now, do you agree we had a tiring holiday? Anyway we had a good stress therapy by looking at the colorful assorted cuppies we made!

Reached Half-Decade Mark!

Praise be to GOD!

Half-a-decade! That's something. Yup, it's our anniversary!

On last 29th November marked our fifth anniversary. I am truly grateful with this marriage. Blessed with one three-year old girl, we learn more of our roles and responsibilities. Everyday is special with a lot of things to explore and experience. Off course we experience our ups and downs along the trails.

It's totally a different life phases between my single life and my marriage life. Before, I would always stayed back in the office, and only came back around 9pm. With my housemates, we always watched mid-nite movies at a nearby 'cheap' cinema or watched any dvds until wee morning; and woke up late on the weekends. Came public holiday, I always rushed back to my hometown to be with my parents.

But now as a wife and mother, everyday I would try to finish my work on time and rush home. I become more organized, focus and occupy with my tasks. I would say it's a pretty balance life. During my early marriage, we still had the mid-nite movies but with our girl now, it's kinda hard to leave her behind(for someone to babysit),even to attend a dinner function. If it's really a wedding reception of a very good friend, then we might opt that only one of us could attend the function. Other than that, we might rsvp nicely not to attend and choose to stay home instead.

Holidays means three of us going together. No such thing as leaving my girl at my in-laws or my parents to babysit while we were away. True, a couple must always find a time being together, being a way for the two of them without any kids trail behind. Maybe when my girl grow up and choose not to follow us, then only it's time for us to have holiday as a couple again. But for now, it's really heartwrenching not to bring her along.

But all in all, I'm grateful to GOD to have a good husband, indeed a very understanding soulmate for our journey together! Love you dear!