Spongebob & Patrick

Princess Cupcakes

A cake inspired by Debbie Brown.

My Angry Bird @ WHI

No man is an island .. yup, that was what I said when the host asked me how did I manage my time as a mother of 4, a full time HR manager, did my MBA and now a cake decorator but still having the time to read and write my blog.. I could have not done all of that without the support and encouragement from my family and close friends.

Sometimes I wonder whether I had pushed myself too much but then I realize that we would not know our potentials until we push them to a limit. The only thing that we must remember is to set our priorities right. When workload is overwhelming, I restricted my cake orders. When there are few of both .. I relaxed and read.

But when there is an order, especially on a weak day, I had to sacrifice my sleep. My cake decorating work only starts when the kids had fallen asleep.. It's hard work I know, but the only thing that kept me motivated is my passion.

Love what we do ... and the reward will come on its own :)

Table Tennis - An Inspiration Note

To all the Green Team Member,

Yes .. another one bit the dust. The yellow team showed their true colours.

Akmal was ill and Hafidz had to fill in for him to pair with Jais in the men double match. Despite the last minute arrangement, the duo showed a great performance as though they had been practicing together for years. Their opponent, Syukur and Afiq struggled to keep up and at the end, they lost with a straight set.

And as for Zubaidi and Noor, who played against Nik and Eng Mei were obviously no match for the yellow amateurs. It was an easy game for the Mean Green pair and they won the two games within less than 30 minutes.

Our single male player, Kamalazudin, however, was not as lucky as the rest. He competed against Wignes, a young chap from GRTC, who is a very skillful player. Wigness outdo him in a straight set.

However, win or loose, all our players showed an outstanding performance! Not even a moment, that they showed any signs of giving up.

Yup, our cheering crowd may not be as rowdy as the Comreds nor stomping our feet as the Avatars, but our sportsmanship of giving additional time to Wigness to arrive and allowing Nik to replace Kenneth just before the mix double match, have made us a Winner just by doing that.

A pat on the shoulder of us all.

Today we will be facing the Avatar.. and together .. we will be crooning the immortalized lyrics of the Queen. "We are the Champion"

Table Tennis: Day 1

Scomi's 1FA Mean Green team had won all three games against the COMRED on the first day.

Kamal played the Men Single match. The 40++ man who fought against an 20++ year old guy, proven that youth alone is not the determining factor but it was the experience and skill that led to victory. Kamal won with a straight set.

At the next table, Akmal and Jais played men double against the furious pair of Zunnurain and Sahzan. It was full of suspense and both team were as equally strong and skillful. The points difference did not move more than 3; that was how stiff and close the match was. However, due to Kamal's earlier victory in the first male single, it had inspired and built up the green team's confidence. Akmal and Jais became more aggressive but yet singularly focused on winning.

The opponent instead was put under pressure, and fumble into making a lot of mistakes. The green crowd cheered and Syahril's voice alone, towered over against the COMREDs.

It was an awesome game .. and yes, we won that game with a straight set.

Next was Zubaidi and Noor who played against Baizura and Osman in mix double. Zubaidi and Noor played it cool with smooth killer serves. And that alone collected most points. Osman was fierce but I guess he was under pressure to back his partner up; and that unfortunately led him making ineffective and ultimately pointless smashes.

They too won with straight set.

The green crowd was overwhelmed with joy. And to top it up, Hamadah text messages .. " Scomi's NKLF Mix double won all games against ALL houses. And Male Single won against Blue. Today the Male Double will determine the winner"

This year, I am hopeful, that we shall win the match.

Scomi turns 8 - Part 2

Something extraordinary happened on Scomi's 8th birthday. Something that will not make me looked at Marcus the same way I did before.

The management team were about to find a seat for themselves when the MC announced that they will be the first performing 'artist' for the day .. Some were fast enough to walked down and hid themselves in between the crowd. It must be difficult to be top and famous, they would never able to hide from the eyes of the paparazzi. No one was spared. All of them were told to be at the stage.

"Now, let's see if the bosses know how to use their body parts.." The MC was grinning.

The GCEO raised his eyebrow and shook his head. "I have a very bad feeling on this guys" He mumbled.

A catchy song was played from the stereo; and two beautiful dancers walked gracefully to the front of the stage.

"Ok guys .. its very simple. All you need to do is to follow their move" The MC gave a direct and clear instruction the performing artistes.

And the dancers started dancing to what seemed to be a combination of a Bollywood and belly dance steps. They were very lively and full of spirit; except that of course, their first time public-dancing students were not as enthusiastic.

It was hilarious watching the bosses imitating out the steps without making a fool of themselves. As though watching the orientation show during the first week of college, only this time the juniors were given the pleasure to hound the seniors.

Ella was right, it was indeed a funny show but hmm .. that was not as spectacular as the next performance I am about to tell you.

A group of tall fit looking guys in their stylish sun glasses skipped and hopped to the stage ready to dance. I recognized few of them, Tony, Lee, Mi .. and hang on, was that Marcus? Gosh .. he was such a nerdy engineer .. but wow! He totally looked different in that out look.

"And now ... specially brought to you, the Sexy Eight ! " The MC announced.

The crowd whistled and cheered. Male dancers performing to an audience in which the majority were girls was definitely more than we bargained for.

Each one of them hold a stalk of red rose in between their lips .. and then they dance to what seemed like the salsa when suddenly they start throwing the roses away.

And .. slowly they took off the sun glasses, swirl it a bit and throw them too!

The audience started to get excited when gradually the dance began to insinuate some sexually suggestive moves. And one of them, a sensuous act of swinging their hands to the back while thrusting their middle front made the audience screamed hysterically.

The screaming became more intense as the hunks slowly unbuttoning their shirt and by the time their shirts was removed, I guess it made most of us ladies turned flushing red!

Ok now. Please hold on to your imagination. No sir, they did not expose their muscular well tone body nor their six pack; but a sleeveless inner shirt with an obvious statement .."I AM SEXY 8".

"Take them off too!" Someone shouted from the floor.

And as I thought they would actually adhere to that request, the sexy hunks continued to unbuckle their belt and slowly pulling it out of their pants. They place the belt in between their legs, swaying it to and fro, before throwing it out to the audience. Oh my gosh! I could feel my jaw dropped and as I looked around ... so was everyone else.

That was the finale .. of such a mind blowing performance. A thumbs up to Fiza the choreographer!

And as for me, I left my office that day filled with euphoria ... and yes, Bernice stayed until the end too :)

Scomi turns 8 - Part 1

I was in the midst composing an email to one of the Vendors when an instant group message appeared on bottom left of my computer screen.

"Yo! Are you going to the Scomi party?" wrote Nad

"I don't feel like going, my throat is still sore. Anything special?" Bernice responded.

Somehow I could feel that was not the actual reason. Bernice was still contemplating whether to accept the new job offer and I knew she was trying her best not to be be influenced by us.

"Alaaa please go, it would not be fun without you guys... Besides, I heard they gonna ask the big bosses to do something. And I believe you are going to enjoy it" Ella's words came rolling into the chat box.

And that's it, the last sentence magnetized us. I am always amazed at Ella, her words could melt even the coldest heart...

The room was only half full. This time we were early and there were still a lot of empty seats. Not long, MM stood up at the right corner of the stage, looking ahead to her left, straight to the door as though waiting for or probably giving a signal to someone .. I guess, she's the MC for the day.

The signal must shown her a green 'ON AIR' signs that following shortly, she started her welcoming note to all the residents of 17 to 19 th floor of 1 First Avenue to Scomi's 8th birthday party.

Her short speech was followed by a group of employees tapping their shoes to the beat of Queen - We will Rock You. And lining out from the door was all the Management team in their Friday casual wear walking onto the stage. The audience began to get excited.

The most sporting, and I guess whom have the best voice was given a microphone. Mr Dinesh took the lead to sing the song. The lyrics were modified to relate to the message of Scomi turning 8.

Some of the bosses were struggling to sing along to the tapping tone or rather squeezing their eyes to see the lyrics, except for WR and VK who as though were given 'leaked pop quiz questions" seemed very collected.... I felt there was something amiss. Aha .. no wonder! Those two smart Alex were only just miming the song! Hahahaha ... brilliant!

Dinesh however, was the savior. His voice was loud enough to represent all and he is, thank God, not tone deaf...

It was an impressive performance and they were given round of supportive cheers and a big clap.

As soon as the excited audience have calmed down, a slide presentation appeared ... and the traditional happy birthday song were sung together by everyone .... "Happy Birthday Scomi, Happy Birthday to you .." 8 of the bosses came down from the stage to the front table... to a row of cupcakes, and blow a candle each. Everyone was quite. Flickers of the candle, the soft gentle birthday tunes created a blissful ambiance, as though as watching the birth of a new born baby.

Suddenly my emotions was disturbed by a familiar voice. Next to me, Bernice whispered to Ella .. "Is that it?"

Ella turned into her panicking mode, quickly responded .."No ..No. I am sure there's more!"

Bernice gave her that look that I myself secretly prayed for Ella .. Please, please ..let 'that' not be it..

Lucky her. 'That' was only the beginning.

To be continued.