great friday n saturday

with discipline everything is possible. i really believe in that and i also make sure that i get down to doing what i have planned to do.
hence, all homework brought back from work was finished by wednesday and on thursday, it was time for a trip to:

yup, klcc.
but before klcc, i headed to subang first to pick up the multi-action knee strap i managed to find online in the size i wanted (l/xl).
went all the way to paremba square to pick it up from the seller. after rm100 passed hands, this knee strap is mine.

there are different ways one can place the buttresses to suit different knee conditions, i found mine in the last way. i wore it when i was in the kitchen at home yesterday while having to rush from one end to the other baking that cake. haha...the knee strap does give me the support i want.  so it is going to be  a companion when i go for my brisk walk.

after all business was done in subang, it was time to klcc. i went with 4 15-year-olds, hence i decided to bring them to explore petrosains. no one in that group had ever been there, what a shame.
and i was glad that trip was quite fruitful as they enjoyed themselves trying out all the things and taking part in some science experiments. kudos to the volunteers who did their job well but the management has to buckle up to make sure all apparatus there is functioning leh. some are broken and have missing bits.

the tickets are not expensive, rm15 for adult and rm10 for teenager, all mykad holders.

we spent 3 freaking hours there!! unbelievable. paying this rm10 is better than spending it in a cinema. even they agreed.

the queue to go in because we would be seated in a dark gondola for the entrance. those in big groups will just take the lift i think.

you will get all sorts of things from outer space to the core of the earth, and of course everything in between.

mirror mirror on the wall.

a very big t-rex.....who raps and sings. hahahha

they also have interactive art screens which move because of your shadows. so it was fun. my favourite photo and has become my wallpaper screen on the phone. ;)

we paid rm3 each to go into the simulator and it was a fun ride being brought onto a wild roller coaster ride.

formula one area.

molecular walk.

the end of petrosains and time to shop.

got this midnight recovery concentrate for myself to use here in tm. don't have to use moisturiser after using this. love the lavender oil extract in it.

facial cream for my sister.

some samples and a pouch from a friendly sales assistant by the name of david. i actually left the samples at the counter and had walked out of the shop. minutes later, david called me to tell me about it and when i returned, he actually provided this pouch for all the samples. haha.....so it was a good thing that i was careless.

bought a few other things from uniqlo and esprit....but the day really belonged to my tote.

i was actually stopped in my track by a lady who simply could not resist asking me about my bag. she loved the colour combo and of course the cheeky photo. aaah...totally made my day ;)
it was a fun day at klcc.

friday: a day i had set out to bake....but some distractions before that.

a birthday card from sk2.........hmmmmh.....slightly too late for me to get the birthday month promotion right? i blame the post service because the card was actually stamped 1 july. more than a month for this to come from singapore! unacceptable!

another latecomer was an sms from the people  involved in informing winners of the star bid & win contest.
i got an sms at 1.38p.m. stating that i was one of the 56 lucky winners of the special prize and was to send 1000 star points and a photocopy of mykad by friday....yeah yesterday itself. how was that possible!!!
so i called them, and when they heard my situation, they gave me an extension till monday. phew! actually this was the second time they sent me the sms. they sent one out on monday but i did not get it and they also wondered why there was no response from me, hence the second sms. phew! have couried the things needed.....now i am just waiting for further instructions.

yup, i won! hahhaa....

when all was done, it was time to start making my red velvet cake. i do have a fondness for this cake and after buying an expensive piece from secret recipe, i decided to make my own.

all the mess on the table. mom was forced to help hahhaa....the more the merrier.

cousin asked: blood or what? 2 bottles of red colouring into the cocoa powder forming a thick paste.

tada, after some flour flying on the floor and table, constant checking on the computer for the steps to do, the cake was ready and had no problem turning it out from the baking pan. love the texture that i saw. it tasted quite good too although i found there was too much cocoa in the initial taste.

when the 2 cakes had cooled, it was time to do the cream cheese frosting. i can't imagine red velvet without cream cheese.
but there was a moment of panic when i realised that i had not enough cream cheese in store. hence, a quick drive to town, i managed to get another tube of cheese. phew!

got the philadelphia's when i was in kl on sunday and the bottom was the emergency cheese.

eeeeks.....more trouble. the cream cheese frosting was slightly runny......sent sos texts to sis in aussie, but no answer. gosh...in the end, dumped in the remaining cream cheese, and it was thicker. phew.

time to layer the cake with frosting......i had too much frosting left......and it is enough for another cake later.....am keeping it for next time.

ta-da. this is the cake. looks good eh? i think the cake is slightly overbaked and it is not as moist as i wanted it. but the taste was not bad at all. quite good lah since it was my first attempt. the frosting was too sweet to my liking. will tweak the ingredient a bit before giving it to others. haha....yeah, i have 2 requests for this recipe.
good achievement day. what a great great friday.

and now...it is time to just finish tying up some loose-ends before work starts again on monday.