Where's my Sunshine?

I haven't seen the sun since Sunday. It's been such a wet & gloomy Fall this year. We wanted to take some nice scenaries of WH, but haven't been able to so do for the past 2 weeks! Before we know it, the big rain drops are going to make all the red & golden leaves fall off very soon...

Brown Sugar Bundt Cake

I have tons of food needed to be clear by December; one of them is brown sugar. I can't remeber what was the brown sugar for, and have no idea what are the uses for it (except the finger-licking-good lor bak I cooked last week). Thus I was on the hunt for a recipe that requires brown sugar. As much as possible, since I have one big packet of it left almost untouched. I have never heard of a bundt cake (call me a mountain tortoise), more so a brown sugar bundt cake, and thought maybe I should give it a shot. Especially so when it requres 2 cups full of brown sugar; perfect way to rid them asap.

My brown sugar bundt cake! I like how smooth and shiny my cake turns out. I like the colour and taste of it too!

Nice dense bundt cake. I enjoy the heavy texture, and it's marvellous when topped with my Haagen-Daz Vanilla Swiss Almond. Hubby likes it and it makes both of us happy.





*P.S. After a check on the net, I learnt that any cakes made using a bundform cake pan forming a distinctive ring shape is a bundt cake. So a bundt cake is defined by the looks of it. :p

Shopping Loot

I haven't been bothered with packing & really cleaning the apartment for some time. Below was the state of my study room as of last week. Bags and boxes of purchases, accumulated since Summer.
Everything in the red rectangles were my shopping victories. There were bags on top of bags, boxes piling up on one another. I thought I've bought enough to last for 2 years, but after I started packing, I realised I hadn't exactly bought that much actually. Those bags and boxes were deceiving; they contained more air & paper than the actual loot. :( Now that I've finished packing 3 boxes for our 1st shipment, I've cleared half of these clutter, enough space for my study chair to move around finally.

Baby clothes, something I just couldn't resist buying. Not that I'm preggers or we're planning for one soon, but since they're cheap and pretty, I thought I should start stocking up on them 1st. I began with just the baby girl's wardrobe, then I thought I should also stock up on some boy's. In case Dr. Shettles' method doesn't work on us... Now that I look at the baby's wardrobe I've built up over the past year, I think I'm crazy! Then I convinced myself that I can give some away as pressies in the future.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

I cried buckets upon reaching the last chapters of the book about a year back. Tonight, I cried as much as I watched the movie on TV. A great book by Kim Edwards.

Burn my Fats!

After a momth of hiatus from the gym, I almost died twice. Once after a 30min jog on the treadmill yesterday, and after a 20min workout on the stepper just now. I thought my heart was pounding out of my chest, and was grasping for air with all my might. Still, I'm glad I was motivated enough for weights thereafter on both days. I hope I can do 30mins each on the stepper, the treadmill and the weights station consecutively like before in no time. I shall be disciplined enough to hit the gym at least thrice a week for the next 2 months...

Those chocolates, cakes and cookies are making me fatter again! Aaarggghhh... I can never go without these gems, so I MUST burn the fats away!!! Going for my kitkat bar now. Oh did I mentioned I'm very hooked on Snicker's Almond bar and Lindt's raisin & nut choc block now? I've them all stocked up in my kitchen, together with Chips Ahoy & Keebler cookies! yum yum...