Assalamualaikum..

Semalam m dapat berita tak bagus..   :(

I need to get a registered premise to store lye. 

Without that, cakap bye-bye kepada keinginanku yang satu ni.

told ayah, and he suggested my uncles company... 

tapi uncle m punya laa, cam segan je.. 

tak tanya pun lagi. it was still just a suggestion..

another was uncle zul's clinic..  

hmm..

come to think of it, it is the perfect venue.

my dad's there. he can bring some lye back anytime I need except on his off days of course..

so skarang, tgh dok pikir nak wat apa.

i need to get this settled. 

once dah, then can proceed with the rest.. 

need to get the ball rolling you see. 

i need to go, driver time..

gosh! this is the shortest post so far..

Over!!

Assalamualaikum..

m rasa m dah overexcited gila-gila dah..

from the last post, i've been calling the pharmacy department like, every day.

I know its only 3 days in a row but still. 3 DAYS IN A ROW!! Wowie!!

kalau ikut logik, m rasa m dah leh isi borang and get it officially done.

tapi kalau m isi borang and its rejected buat apa kan..

lebih baik m find out all i need to know in order to fill up the form and get it approved, no Questions asked.  =)

i told the girl all I know, I even sent her some info that she should know.

But we'd still need to wait till next week to finally get a proper answer.

Stress wei...

ye la, tinggal ni je... then i can get my NaOH and START!!!!!!!!

Adoi, memang overexcited gila nih!!

Nak berangan jap..

Bila dah dapat confirmation that I can get my NaOH,

barulah m leh start beli barang-barang utk safety,

like the goggles, gloves etc..

pastu barang-barang untuk buat mixture lak,

bekas plastik, wooden spoon.

i already have the wooden mould so takde masalah...

then, bila dah terer, leh beli banyak-banyak essential oils.. exfoliating ingredients.. best kan..

m nak buat sabun, dah terer nanti leh buat shampu bar, leh buat facial bar.. sume barang2 yang takde chemical agents,

oh you know, chemical-free  =)

so shorter shelf life k! 

peringatan yang terlalu terlebih awal: use it terus, jangan nak simpan-simpan.

aaahh, thats the life...  =)

Update on Permit...

Assalamualaikum..

I'm currently waiting for a call from Jabatan Kesihatan-Lesen/Permit.

In order to get the Permit, you perlu isi borang. mestilah kan..

Dalam borang tu, you kena ada nama syarikat, no pendaftaran syarikat, lesen perniagaan etc..

the ones that i mentioned are the hardest ones to do.. yang lain nak isi xde masalah sangat..

1. Nama syarikat - m ada nama business... should be okay kut..

(nama business ni dibuat sebab nak dapatkan permit laa)

2. No Pendaftaran  - dah adalah kan, sebab dah daftar dengan SSM.

3. Lesen Perniagaan - supposed to get this from DBKL, depending on which state you are, of course.

I called DBKL, they dont issue any license for online business or home-based business.

so good, i dont have to apply.  =)

After getting my answer from DBKL, m telpon la Jabatan Kesihatan.

One of the girls answered my call saying that I would have to write a letter

explaining why I dont have a lesen perniagaan/papan tanda perniagaan.

Okay, that i can do. no problemo.

dia suruh m tinggalkan nama dan no telpon so that they can call me back and give me the 'correct' answer.

sure, i got no problem with that too.

Received a call after.

This phonecall made my life difficult again!!

They have new rules, I need to have a 'premis'/tempat selain dari dalam rumah to keep my NaOH.

i was like, dah nak settle one problem, problem lain lak jadi!!

Wowie!! Bengang sekejap.

But i know why all this fuss is about so i will grin and bear it!!

janji i follow all the rules, no problem!!  =)

tetiba terfikir pasal ayah nya store kat kebun tu.

It's outside the house, on a separate lot of land. y not right?  =)

so i told the girl exactly that and until now i'm still waiting for that call...

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Tiramisu Trial .. Yummy!

Assalamualaikum..

I made Tiramisu recently..

My first ever Tiramisu.  =)

It was supposed to be for my hubby's bday!! 

I couldnt present it like the hotel's version of it of course tapi jadilah..

buat layer by layer dalam mangkuk pyrex dan hasilnya, ramai yang suka.

buat double helping wei!!

dua mangkuk Pyrex. satu untuk rumah dan satu m bawak g ofis.

at first m tak nak bawak g ofis coz i was afraid it wouldnt taste nice. takkan nak bawak makanan yang tak sedap bagi orang rasa kan  but i went home, rasa dulu first bowl and it was good
so bawak jugak la g ofis. habis wei!!!!  =)

kat ofis tu kalau makanan x abis tak sah sebenarnya.. lol

well, who doesnt like to eat kan.. =)

terer jugak la for a first try kan.

made it from scratch!  
no, i did not milk a cow and made cream out of milk 
 but i made the spongefingers@ladyfingers from scratch and the cream after.. wowie, rasa terer sangat wei!!

kembang sekembang-kembangnya!!

i wish i had taken a picture of it to proof to you that i did it 

but since i already know how to make it, maybe in my next post i will!!

m all smiles this week  =)

Pecah Rekod @ Dapur!!

Assalamualaikum..

m bz sgt2 semalam.

buat pertama kalinya m duduk kat kitchen bukan main lama!

I actually stayed there from noon till 10 pm++.

Tak kiralah time m rehat sejam gitu2 utk mandi etc kan..

sampai sakit belakang, serius!!!

biasa masak kejap2 pastu dah kan tapi kali ni, lama gila!!

m buat ginger molasses cuppies, courtesy of soap-queen blogspot.

but i changed the molasses to our local gula melaka, asp ayah nye input. 

since i dont know what molasses are. =)

the topping m tambah cream cheese because the icing sugar + butter tu terlalu manis dan cepat sangat cair.

this was my 2nd attempt with the cuppies, first try a few weeks back, i put too much butter. 

and obviously, hasilnya pun tak menarik. boleh dimakan tp tak menarik.

result untuk kali keduanye, baguih laa!!!!!

rupa masih juga tak menarik sgt tapi better than before   =)

i get positive feedback from officemates, maknanya GOOD laaa!  =) hihhihhih

last week pun m buat jugak, dessert jugak - cream puff for an ofismate. 

also good feedback!!   =) hehhehheh

dan....

semalam jugak m buat pengat pisang. 

This is not the same 'pengat' as some of you in different states akan panggil.

yang berkuah tu kami panggil serawa. yang ni kami panggil pengat.

tak reti nak masak tepung beras, hasilnya berketul-ketul! dan terlalu manis!

next try kena kurang kurang kurangkan gula!!!!

  dan dinner, well supper actually, kitorang makan nak dekat jam 10 malam!!!

ye aa, ptg tu dh makan pengat and cuppies. 

pastu ayah suruh rebus ubi kayu lagi.  

(ayah wanted some space for pineapples so ayah cabut la ubi kayu tu.)

mak kata tak yah makan dinner laa, ayah kata makan buah je..

tapi bila m masak sume makan jgak..  =)

lewat je la siap..khihhihhih

as per the recipe, its supposed to be called eggplant something with pasta something casserole but it end up jadi lain lak. terung tak cukup, m tambah carrot dan capsicum.

definitely ada pasta, tomato, oregano dan daging ayam.

masakan italian mana yang tak ada pasta +tomato + oregano kan..

sowi, gambar yang m tangkap ni gambar leftover je..

tak teringat pun nak add sume ni dalam blog actually.

 pengat pun masih berbaki (tinggal satu pinggan), 

casserole (masuk compost ayah sbb dah tak elok, m tak simpan dalam peti ais semalam) 

tapi m sempat lagi makan 2 potong harini. hehhehheh

dan cuppies adalah beberapa bijik lagi... 

(asp the above pix tp kurang satu yg besar sbb m makan satu petang tadi.)

this weekend tak tau nak wat pe lagi.

hubbyku nye bday, i havent thought of what to cook or buy for him...

aisey....

MP Aloe+Loofah+VCO

Assalamualaikum..

I took some pix of the latest MP soap that i blogged about the other day.

(oh you know, yang terbaru tu, the one yang m dah lama buat tapi yang last sekali tu.)

Please view below..

MP Aloe+Loofah +VCO

m guna kitchen towel -nya roll, cover one of the bottom with baking paper, ikat guna getah dan tuang MP kat dalam. m put it in the fridge for a short while, too short!! dan m tak sabar, i took it out from the fridge, unwrap it and i tore it so i got an air bubble kat dalam.

since guna kitchen towel nye roll, hasilnya satu MP soap yang panjang!

the aloe and the loofah naik kt atas skali so hasilnya tak menarik.. :(

artistically, i like =)

i plan to remelt it and pour it dalam bekas lain yang tak terlalu tinggi tp sampai sekarang tak buat2.

so, it is still nicely wrapped in a plastic wrap waiting for its maker to give it a new life.

sad ha..

Trial MP Soap

Assalamualaikum...

I didnt do much research on the license thingy yet..

takde masa pun nak menyelongkar web today!!!!

(padahal dulu dah selongkar dah. nak kena ingat balik kat mana dapat je.. )

Busy @ work! Which is good. Makin banyak kerja jadi kurang la nak menyonteng2 kertas2 recycle kat ofis tu kan. (this will be a different story)   

=)

I was thinking of uploading my MP soap pix which I have done months back! 

yes, monthss back!

Not so nice pix but let's see what we have ..

This is my 1st MP, i think the colouring and the fragrance made it hard too fast.

Let's call it the Cupcake Rainbow MP. Many fragrance and many colours. 

OK la nama Cupcake Rainbow tu =)   walaupun 3 kaler jerrw.

m rasa 1st try ni cantek k. 

Bukan nak puji diri sendiri tapi sapa lagi nak puji. 

minggek laaaa kaaaann.

CUPCAKE RAINBOW MP

  See, got 3 colours tau!! 

eh, 4 kaler laa. purple pun ada..

wowie!!

 Oren pun ada, 5 kaler daaa

Orkid Rainbow MP

Next, is also my 1st attempt but with a different mould. 

M jumpa la bekas buat kuih bangkit kut. 

Mould was plastic and totally not flexible.

Punyalah susah nak bok-kuar sabun MP nih!!

Nak tak nak kita korek laa kuar =) 

I dont remember pun how I took it out!! 

Chup! Chup!! 

I took it out with a knife!

Poke on it and somehow peel it off the mould. 

So the soap didnt look as nice although I think i made 6 of it. 

(As I did have 1 mould that holds 3.) 

So 2 moulds x 3 equals 6. Easy math right  =) heheh

Yang ni namanya Orkid sebab rupanya sebijik cam orkid. 

kalau tengok dari dekat u tau laa.

tapi the pix tak do the item justice laa.

yang paling terang gambar no 4 tu. 

tuuuu, yang m letak depan lampu tu. yang tu nampak la design orkid dia kan  =)

the black specks you see is the colouring yang tak berapa nak larut dlm MP tu.

probably coz m letak too much. but not bad. nampak artistik =) heheh

 kan leh nampak macam rainbow cupcake jgak kan.. ada 3 kaler..

 yang ni nampak hijau dia kan, rainbow lain tak nampak sangat.

Pandan+Rose MP

Yang ni lak, m nye 2nd attempt with the MP. 

nampak macam makanan yang merangsang deria rasa kan.. +)

  Kali ni, m nak go au-naturel gitu. Jadi m letak warna daun pandan and somehow manage to letak aloe vera gel yang ORIginal tu. m adalah jgak letak the tiniest bit of daun pandan yang diblend.

Rupa dan rasa sebijik macam agar2. ala u tau, jelly.  :p

Cuma keras la kan..

eh, bukan rasa, bau  =)

m tak makan sabun lagi, belum mula untuk merasa pun lagi. 

(yet to do the zap test as i have yet to start making my own handmade soap.) 

=)

M tuang dalam tupperware plastik kecik dan itulah hasilnya..

yang kaler merah tu balance 1st attempt haritu 

so m tabur la kat atas kasi nampak cantik sikit.

nampak cam kuih kaler putih dan atas dia bawang goreng tu kan.. 

apakename ntah, tak ingat lak. sedap jugak kuih tu kan.   =)

alaaa, yang rasa cam susu/santan/lemak pastu bawang goreng yang crunchy kat atas..

mmm.. yummyyy...

ok ok tukar topik lak..

Stamping

I'm in the midst of learning to stamp my pix. 

ada yang nampak complete, ada yang tak.

besar sangat kut original file dia.. pasni kena kecikkan sikit. 

we learn from making mistakes kan..    ;)

tapi nak tau tang mana nak rectify tu payah sikit.

back to stamping, 

(selalu ajerr tukar tukar topik kan.. ish, favourite laa tukar2 topik nih. kalau jauh sangat pegi, nak patah balik ke topik asal is also a journey tau. we can talk about anything, ANYTHING!!)

iye iye stamping.

walaupun pixku ni mungkin takde sapa berkenan sekarang...

m stil leh guna as a promotional tool kan..

manalah tau, satu hari nanti ada orang berkenan dengan apa2 je yang ada dalam blog m nih, (bila m dah terer la kan) dan dia nak beli.. dia dah nampak nama blogspotku ini.. 

kan.. kan.. kan..

kan.. kan..

ok, sambung cerita MP lak.

i actually made one more MP tapi tak tangkap gambar lagi sebabnya hasilnya tak begitu memuaskan.

nak kata cantik, cantik tapi macam lebih sesuai jadi hiasan jer..

(oh minggek, hang tak habih2 masuk bakui angkat seniri nooo)

nantilah. next post kita cerita-cerita k.

maybe by that time, m dah tangkap gambar MP soap yang dah lama buat tu, 

sebulan lebih dah kut..

take care.

chao.