Greeting all the way from afar !

Hi everybody

Greetings all the way from Boston, USA.... Once again, Merry X'mas!! I have received several greeting sms while I was here, pardon me for not replying...

I have been travelling from New York City to various cities and states over the last 8 days incluidng New Jersey, Manhattan, Pennsylvania, Philadaphia, Washington DC .... to Canada Niagara Falls, Toronto, Ottawa, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec City, today back to USA, Boston. (some of names I might not have spelt correctly coz don't have my itininery & notes with me). By end of tomorrow we will be end of our trip with the guided tour and my friends and I will be on our own for a few more days to catch up with real shoppings & other sight-seeing at NY... For the past few days, we have spent quite a lot on food (expensive yo) and not much shoppings....

It has been pretty hectic coz we practically travelling around in a coach bus and everyday have to check in & out at different hotel. Everyday got to wake up early to start off the day and check in late at night. However, we have covered a lot of places and see a lot of beautiful scenaries and nice buildings, so I think overall it is still worthwhile going through the trouble. This is my first visit to the USA and Canada, so we thought going on a guided tour would be more beneficial as we can cover more places. If given a choice for a repeat visit, we would go on free & easy for sure.

The weather has been rather cold so far, not snowing when we arrived in New York, but there was evidence of winter storm a few days before we arrived, so we were very lucky in a way to have missed the worst weather. Along the way we saw a lot of snow covered scenaries...only until the day before yesteray when we were at Montreal, we managed to experience snow showers right before us.... everyone was so excited and happy.... at least we have experienced the snowy white Christmas eve... All in all, I would say that the cold was bearable provided it was not windy.... My friends and I were having a good time so far...

Ok...so much for tonight... got to go back to my room to catch some sleep liao... coz tomorrow have to wake up very early at 5.30am.... I still not very sleepy coz on and off sleeping in the coach...

Not sure when I'll be able to access to the internet again.... until then, wish u all a Happy New Year !! Cheers!

祝福大家圣诞节和新年快乐！！

I will be missed this Christmas & New Year as I am going on a holiday trip, probably be having a freezing White Christmas this time round. Nevertheless, I will be taking away all the warmth I have from my home country and all your well wishes.

回顾今年，收获蛮多的，其中之一就是结识了热心助人的auntie Irene，承蒙她的厚爱，让我学到了很多美味佳肴，增进了很多烘焙知识，和间接认识了多位对烘焙有兴趣的姐妹们，让我受益不浅。。。友谊万岁。。。

在此预先祝贺所有的Kaypoh Club Members 和blogger & baking friends:

佳节快乐！希望来年比往年更棒！！

大家明年见咯！

Cheers!

My 1st attempt with Tiramisu at home...

嘻嘻…这就是我第一次在家里自己尝试做的Tiramisu。

昨晚下班后回家蛮晚了，用过晚餐，过了九点才开始着手准备，经过一轮的称，煮，打，混，好不容易在十二点多终于大功造成，把成品送入冰箱。再来就是洗好象怎么洗也洗不完的用具，然后在一点多拖着疲惫的身躯上床睡觉。

今早比平时早起，美梦也被中断，就为了要替蛋糕撒粉装饰，脱模，拍照和切开来给家人当早餐。。。时间不多了，还得快快冲凉更衣，赶去公司开会。。。 超忙，超赶的。。。

终的来说，虽然还有一些美中不足的地方，尝到美味的Tiramisu，觉得还相当满意啦，当然还有很多进步的空间。第一次大胆尝试用小圈筒饼干条来装饰，好具挑战性噢，加上时间又很仓促，所以装饰得很不理想。。。嘻嘻…

这里要非常感谢教我做成这个Tiramisu 的auntie Irene 。。。谢谢你的sponge cake, 谢谢你的mould，谢谢你的奶(鲜奶啦)，谢谢你的。。。辛苦你咯。。。哈哈~~~

Brisk Walking at Parks 与狗同乐

Clue to where this nice park is .......

This is Changi Beach Park, walking distance from Changi Village, ample parking space, can take bus no. 89 from Pasir Ris Drive 1

I’ve been participating in some morning Feet-to-Walk programmes at a few parks some weekends ago. This programme was initiated by Health Promotion Board aim to encourage more people to do brisk walking as well as explore some beautiful parks in Singapore, as they believe some places are not known to many people.

The following venue was one of the interesting parks I've been to. This time it was jointly organized with SPCA to encourage pet owners to brisk walk with their pet dogs as they also need regular exercise like us.

starting of the brisk walking from 8am.

一般人以为只能在国外看到的怡人景色。。。想不到就在新加坡可以看到。。。
看到这些高耸树林的羊肠小道，有没有让你联想到浪漫感人的

<冬季恋歌Winter Sanota>的那一幕啊？

不知看官们能不能猜到这里到底是什么地方呢？

哈哈~ make a guess lah...will give a clue later if no one guess it right... This mini dog is very cute, caught the attention of many people - it could run really very fast with its short legs, so much so that the young lady has to literally run after it.










this black dog has very unique tail. The young couple owner told us that it was an adopted stray dog from SPCA. I am glad that the dog has at last found a lovely home.

this dog looked big but it's very loving, gentle & friendly. See many dogs got close to it & even muak muak with it...so endearing...

"after a lot of running, very tired liao, let me take a rest"

I'm very impressed with the training these dogs received. They were very amazingly well disciplined, got along very well with other dogs and did not bark to strangers at all.
a gathering of different species of dogs. I believe most, if not all, were adopted dogs from SPCA, and the members were invited to participate in the walk.

this fortunate dog was adorned with a nice attire, the owner must have love it very much.

Although I am not really into dog, I have enjoyed this walk with these amiable dogs.

Yoghurt Bread

昨天auntie Irene 心血来潮，想做面包，于是一个人在家研制出不同 patterns 的 Yoghurt 甜面包。谢谢auntie Irene 的分享！它们成了我和家人今天的早餐，有了新鲜美味软绵的 yoghurt bread ，姐姐买的四方面包昨晚暂时被打入冷宫咯（送进冰箱去也）！哈哈~

你瞧！好一朵灿烂鲜艳的大阳花啊！

这两朵大阳花蛮逗趣可爱的。悄悄告诉你哦，本来还有一点不雅的，被我纠正过来了，嘻嘻~ Mary啊, 要谢谢你的cheese hotdog , 分布在整个pizza bread.上，不但漂亮还很美味哟！

这个像不像有一对大眼睛和一个大嘴巴的滑稽大娃娃脸谱？哈哈~

撒上酥脆奶油香的streasel topping ，不但为小面包增添美感，还多了另一层口感哦…

柔情蜜意的 Tiramisu

又是一个大开眼界和充实的星期六，因为auntie Irene 终于教我做这个我期待已久的意大利著名贵族甜糕点 Tiramisu （提拉米苏）。

Tiramisu的主要成分是顶级的cheese. 浸满香浓咖啡和特级咖啡酒的海棉蛋糕和芝士mousse已融为一体，不像在吃蛋糕了，口感非常的幼滑，入口即化，超棒！难怪尝过富有浓郁咖啡香味和乳酪味的Tiramisu 的人都对它趋之若鹜，情有独钟！

非常感谢auntie Irene 破例分享这个精致高贵的超赞糕点食谱！让我尝过后有幸福洋溢和甜蜜的感觉！谢谢您的用心和对我的耐心！嘻嘻~~

（auntie Irene 说我的可可粉因为少放了base，撒得不美，, 不过我对这个Tiramisu 的口味和口感已经非常满意咯！正如Nicole 以前常说，现在不敢再说的: “外表不美不重要，最重要的是内涵！” 无论如何，还是希望下次能做得更完美， 哈哈~