This 'n That

Decided to change my blog layout.
I have forgotten about some photos I snapped 3 weeks ago. Here they are:

PANDAN CAKE - This is different from the Pondan Cake in my previous post. I made this from a recipe book and is usually one of my edible cakes. However I added too much soda bicarbonate resulting in a bitter cake ... walaaaaa! Lesson learnt is: don't add too much soda bicarb.

CHEAP DONUTS - AU$4 a box from Donut King (when they are about to close for the day), how cheap is that?

CHOC from Toyota - Got a tiny little chocolate courtesy of Toyota when we sent our car for service; cute

HAIR BANDS - Bought these for my niece but decided to keep them for myself, too cute to resist. Me, bad Auntie! Cute hair bands are like candies to me

BATMAN - Forgot to mention that we watched Batman Begins when it opened in cinemas here. I never liked the previous Batman movies but this one blew me off. I totally love it! Christian Bale is great!

Tiles

We've been so absorbed with the progress of our house that I haven't been in the mood to experiment with baking ... which is good, means less fatty food to consume, haha. Hmm why do I always have to type "haha or hehe" ... well it's just me; Kiwi G and I laugh a lot everyday and kid each other all the time. As unprofessional and annoying as it may seem, I just have to express my laughter, even in the form of words.

Back to the main subject, unfortunately the house to our left which already has its foundation built, is a double storey house. Bummer! Hope it doesn't block most of the sunshine from us. The house to our right and the house directly behind us will be single storeys, phew!

We had much fun last week, selecting wall and floor tiles for the wet areas ie kitchen splashback, laundry, bathroom and ensuite. Here are some blurry photos taken in a hurry as they were closing for the day and had most lights turned off.

The colours of the kitchen splashback and bathroom wall are supposed to be similar to the ensuite wall ie blue tone but somehow the photos turned out grey

We chose shell shaped soap holders and towel rail (photos not shown here) and this one:


This weekend we will probably visit another showroom to get quotations for tile and laminate floorings

First step to my dreams

Our house plans were completed much sooner than we expected. Picked it up last Saturday, the builder is now in the process of getting it submitted to Council ... another month and a bit more waiting.

Feeling very happy today! I feel like I got my career back. It's a whole new start ... I have to work on marketing my little stuff now.

I am very grateful and fortunate to have Kiwi G support me while I tried to chase my dreams for the last few years. The amount of daydreaming I did is finally beginning to pay off.

I have only managed to take a baby step now and I still have a long way to go. No worries, one can only move forward in time *think positive*

I am so sorry to whoever is reading this, that I do not feel comfortable revealing what it is I am embarking on. Just in case if things fell through, I don't have to hide under a rock in embarassment, hehe.

Alrighty, time to work ... but wait, maybe I should reward myself with some yummy food ... now let's see what's in the fridge, hehehe.

Updates

• PONDAN chiffon cake and goreng pisang mix: DISASTER! The caked turned out hard like all my other Chiffon attempts. As for the goreng pisang mix (PONDAN is an Indonesian brand), I don't know, it wasn't quite like the ones we have back in Malaysia ... I must have done something terribly wrong, as usual *LOL*. Guess I better stick to my own goreng pisang batter.

• HOME - it's all now a waiting game. Wait for plans to be drawn up; then wait for Council approval. We won't see any action until at least two months later. Meanwhile construction has begun on the land to our right *envy*

• TRADEMARK - it's been approved by IP Australia for advertising in the Trademarks Journal (it took 4 months for my application to be looked at, this is the standard time frame). If there is no opposition within 3 months from the advertised date, the trademark will officially be mine - subject to further payment of course *ouch*! I'll just have to sit back and wait patiently until early September. The Trademark is only valid within Australia ... if I wish to file an international trademark, I'd have to apply under the Madrid Protocol ... it means more waiting, more work and spend more money ... but what to do, with so much intellectual theft going on, the safest way to protect intellectual property rights (even if it's only a name) is to do it the legal way.

Okay enough of the boring stuff ... we'll be going for a BBQ tomorrow, superb!