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| Sunday, 12-Apr-2009 08:13 |
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More piccas of my little munchkin
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Assalamualaikum wbt
More pics of my little princess 
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| Saturday, 21-Mar-2009 09:28 |
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My Baby is 3 months old!
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Yes everyone. Harisa is already 3 months old! Look at that cheeky smile! aiyooo...can't resist it
She's getting very active now, more smiles in the morning and I think is beginning to be aware of her surroundings more.
Everyday we'd ride the bicycle and mommy would send her to the nursery while mommy goes to work. She seems to enjoy being in her carrier (we use Ergo Baby Carrier- which is a life saver!) and i don't know why, but she'll sleep as soon as i put her in the carrier 
Anyways, she's doing really great so far and I'm thankful to God for blessing me with a healthy cute baby girl that I love oh-so much!
Our little Ustazah
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| Friday, 6-Mar-2009 00:07 |
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A new start - The Website
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Assalamualaikum everyone!
It's been a while I know  Thank you for all the warm wish of luck for my business that I've just started a few weeks back It's so good to know that you have great people supporting you in the things that you do :->It sorta boost you up, in a way. Thank you again, everyone!
Anyways, we've set up a website for my cupcake biz. The website's name is:
www.littlebowl.com
Here's a snapshot of the website.
This is a temp website ( where we will change the layout and design, but the URL will stay the same ) Zairul's working on it right now while I work on the cupcakes
You can find all the details you need to know of how to order, menu etc with photos of the cupcakes there. But if you have any requests or questions just feel free to contact me via the contact form on the website
So far, these are the cupcakes that I sell.
Pricing is stated in the Menu page of the website
I've also added 2 new flavors: Lemony Lemon Cupcake and Maple Coffee Cupcake.
Lemony Lemon Cupcake
Maple Coffee Cupcake
And I'm still trying to come up with more interesting flavors but for the mean time, that's everything I got
| Quote: | This is what my 1st ever customer Bonda has to say:
"hai zakiah... ur airtangan mmg betul2 sedap.. selamat berjaya dlm bisnis ini..." - Bonda
Thank you very much Bonda! I'm glad you loved the cupcakes!  |
So I'll be updating regarding my cupcakes on that website from now while Fotopages will still be my place where I'll post new recipes that I've tried so far, and of course pictures of our little munchkin, Harisa (gosh, she's gowing up really fast!!)
So that would be it for now. I'm off to bake some rolls that I've been craving for since last night
I'll update once the rolls are done ok! 
Hugs&Cuppie Love,
Zack
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| Tuesday, 17-Feb-2009 06:22 |
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A new start
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Assalamualaikum wbt and Good Day everyone
Apologies for not being able to update. Motherhood has been rather hectic and tiring (but fun ) All at the same time thus leaving me less time to update. Mothers out there, you should understand right?
Anyways, to my loyal FP readers, I'm most glad to inform that I've decided to start my own cupcake business I will be taking cupcake orders for customers residing in Japan only (unfortunately  ) and my cupcakes will be only mini cupcakes.
Here are some pictures of my cupcakes. These were Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate/Strawberry Buttercream.
I'll be focusing mainly on Vanilla/Chocolate cupcakes but with a combo of different frostings.
(more pictures coming soon)
For those who are interested, please email me at: cikkiah[at]gmail[dot]com
Shipping will be through Cool-Takyubin( Yuubin ) with a minimum order of 24 mini cupcakes. Details on how to order will be explained through email.
Orders are welcomed starting of this week
| Quote: | | I hope this will be a start to greater things in the future because I know this is what I was MEANT TO DO! |
Thank you everyone and wish me luck with my business!
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| Wednesday, 28-Jan-2009 23:45 |
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I 'knead' bread!
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Assalamualaikum and good morning everyone
I promised a friend that I would update my fp and give her a bread recipe that I tried a couple days back. The bread is called "Challah bread". A bread with a high egg ratio, I have to say this is one of the most delicious bread I've ever made. I did tweak the recipe a little bit though (you know me )
I got the recipe from this website, Bread Recipes, Challah Bread
The recipe is really easy to follow, I sub the water with milk, which gave the bread a somewhat softer texture.
Challah bread
I made this batch with one of the braids mixed with matcha powder..
So as you can see in the inside, there's a part of the bread where it's green. That's the part I mixed with matcha.
My first batch of challah. I made half of the original recipe and still got a rather big loaf
NOTE: The original recipe WILL give you a very BIG Challah.If you're not much of a bread fan, you might wanna make only half of the recipe first.
Because of the high egg ratio in the recipe, this bread is a rather rich bread and they say Challahs are great for making French toast, which I haven't tried yet.But so far I've enjoyed my Challah with butter and honey, and they taste better toasted
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On another note, we did Harisa's majlis cukur rambut last Saturday. Made Nasi Ayam Hainan, Chocolate cake and had some fruits as well.It was attended by most of the Okayama students and families, and everyone had a chance to snip a little bit of Harisa's hair Alhamdulillah,everything went well.
Anyway,we went back home and a day after we trimmed her hair.
Before getting trimmed...
She had a worried look on her face
sneak peek..
TADAAAA!!! How do I look?
Looking at her pictures we've realised just how she's grown Don't grow up too fast little darling..I just love your baby smell and I don't wanna loose that just yet. We love you, Harisa! 
So that's it for today.Will update again soon Have a great day everyone!
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| Sunday, 18-Jan-2009 10:16 |
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Harisa is 4 weeks old
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Assalamualaikum wbt and good day everyone
Mommy Zack is super sorry for the super long silence. Have been busy with so many things after Harisa was born. Lots has happened, but unfortunately I can't write much due to lacking of time (cause I'm in the middle of finishing up my thesis at the mo )
But since many have asked for new pictures of Harisa, so here you go. She turned 4 weeks yesterday (Sat)
To those who wished us well, thank you very much. I would personaly want to thank each and everyone of you,but time is really not on my side at the moment. But I promise I will update more when everything is settled.
Again,many thanks and hope you'll enjoy the photos
UPDATE:
Jan 20th 2009
Harisa is 1 month old!! 
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| Sunday, 21-Dec-2008 11:50 |
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Pics update
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went to red cross hospital today.. both of them are doing fine.. zack send her regards to all.. will come back home in a few days..
thanks for all the love and wishes
- Zairul
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| Friday, 19-Dec-2008 01:01 |
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Out to the hospital
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Assalamualaikum wbt everyone
Today I'm going to the hospital to get induced, after being overdued for almost 8 days now. Probably won't be back for a few days. Hope everything will go well, and our girl will be born safely, Insya-Allah
Will give an update as soon as we can and thank you for all of your warm wishes and prayers.Wish us luck!
Update : Dec 20th
Zaira Harisa bt. Zairul Azmil
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| Wednesday, 10-Dec-2008 05:06 |
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Baking while waiting..
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Tomorrow's my due date and lil' junior still doesn't want to come out yet. Made these this morning, trying to kill the time and at the same time trying NOT to think about when our girl will finally want to come out
Recipe can be found here
It was delicious. Simple and easy to make, we used half of the dough to make cinnamon fan rolls (?)
On another note, here's a picture of my family who is now in Japan, also anxiously waiting for our girl to come out.
| Quote: | Haihhh...bilo laaa budak kenit ni mau kluarr...  |
We'll see when she decides to finally see her family. Wish me luck ppl!
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| Tuesday, 25-Nov-2008 08:36 |
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37 weeks and still preggie :)
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Hi everyone.
Yup, I'm 37 weeks and 5 days preggie today. Yup, still no baby. Yup, still waiting anxiously for that time to come.
Good thing is I have one more thing to look forward to. Me family is coming this Saturday. Yup, all the way to Japan
Anyways, in the midst of being pregnant and going to school, I managed to make some time to bake this lovely vanilla cupcake with yuzu mousseline buttercream. Recipe? You can check it out at:
HowToEataCupcake.net for the vanilla cupcake recipe and as for the mousseline buttercream, you can google it and you'll pretty much get the same recipe that I used.
And this is actually the 1st time the frosting went well and piped beautifully, just as I wanted it. I believe the mousseline buttercream is a far better choice than the usual buttercream because it's not as sweet and you can adjust the amount of butter, add flavors and still get a great buttercream frosting.
Give it a try!
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On another note, we decided to take some last pictures of me being pregnant before I pop, so here are some of the shots taken (where else, but at our home sweet home )
And then I realized just how BIG I was getting
(don't even let me start on the stretch marks )
Well, wish me luck ppl. Let's pray that both mommy and baby will be safe. Insya-allah
(and many thanks to those who had already wish me and lil' junior well. We really appreciate your kind words! *hugs hugs*)
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