Tis' the Season

to be jolly. fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.

I am still trying to feel more jolly about the festive season first, before 12 Jan comes along... SCHOOL REOPENS. what a bummer ):

But i must say, this hols have been so fruitful/ eventful/ meaningful.
and there is so much to thank god about.

plenty of new friends from vietnam trip- the facilitators group, CJC ocip team, vietnamese volunteers, and the LOVELY ORPHANS!

greater exposure of my foodblog. apparently i'm now friends with a bunch of renowned food bloggers in singapore, who are such nice people (:
(in case you still do not know, i keep a food blog of reviews and personal food recounts. please visit http://divinejoybites.blogspot.com/ for more info. please do support and give comments there, haha)

consistently successful bakes, and more adventurous tryouts! i'm currently offering dessert tasting sessions for groups of people. started out with my sister's JC mates, and more to plan out. this is to offer testers of my bakes and promote for my future bakeshop: DIVINE ESSENTIALS. All earnings would go into funding my future Paris' dreams and the sch fees.

(unofficial bake-orders for any of my successful creations are currently negeotiable, just drop me an email at elaineng_121@hotmail.com to enquire)

this christmas, mum made an order of about 200 disney cookies as gifts for her colleagues and relatives>>>


complete with packaging and labelling.

lastly and most excitedly,
dad gave me a dslr!!!
it may not be the latest but i am uber contented with it.

CANON EOS 400d. love it to bits and pieces.
now you know why i have been click, click, clicking away~

Christmas, Christmas!
-what elaine's been up to-

Christmas Eve, 24 December 2008
Dessert Tasting Session for Sister's Party
(photos by dad's Canon EOS 50d)



3-tier stand...
Mini Fruit Tartlets w Vanilla Custard
Dark Chocolate Frosted Walnut Brownies
Raspberry Crumble Cake
Vanilla Panna Cotta w Rasperry Coulis




individual portions of Bailey's Tiramisu






eating, explaining, & feedback time.

I was on cloud nine that night, feeling so satisfied with the outcome and appreciation from them. Seeing people indulge happily into my creations is a huge sense of satisfaction, really! they were interested to place future orders too, yays (:

Christmas Day, 25 Dec 2008
Family Party @ my place



It was a night of fun and interaction with the relatives... everyone was present! The usual gift exchanging took place and this year, we had more out-of-the-ordinary gifts (haha!) to evoke laughter.


two chocolate logcakes i rushed out in the wee hours.
first attempt!





bringing out the platter for a 2nd time, heh.
raspberry crumble cake.

mini fruit tartlets.

disney butter cookies.

response was good (:





my loyal supporters, thankyou all so much!


the chap-a-lang potluck,lol.


surprise gift from the kids, super sweet of them..


awww..grandma look so cute!



we planned a few rounds of mass games too, which was utterly fun! ben offered me his wide angle lens so i could shoot, super cool! nothing beats bonding with a crowd of family members on christmas day (:

Boxing Day, 26 Dec 2008
Party @ Hector's- Potluck again!

Before that, the animal family Hog's Breath-ed at Vivocity...




the cow, the fish, the pig, the goat. Love them.

Then huiling and i made our way to Hector's place.


in process of making my Bailey's tiramisu..


FOOD x)
Notice the yellow-speckled ham? Oh man, i had sooo many pieces of it.. was cheese-stuffed and too thick to resist =D


playing indian poker


happy 17th birthday, georgina~


greedy-looking brandon & ian with their sundaes, haha!

more updates soon!
i've still yet to report about hokkaido & vietnam, hah. currently more active on facebook and extremely eager to keep divine joybites updated.

Merry christmas & a happy new year to all~

Updating Soon!

My com's back!

got the faulty thing sent to sim lim for repair & its finally working and alive again, heh. thank goodness the problem didn't lie in the hard drive so no contents were lost (:

currently in the midst of editing the trips + post-trip photos before i could update. plus rushing out christmas bakes like crazy.

So little time.. so much to blog about! arrgh.
look back soon alrites?

ARRGH.

i'm finally back from the 11-day draggy trip in vietnam, cam loaded with photos to edit and post up... but the computer had to die on me!

i am so HATING this.

now using my dad's macbook as a makeshift internet resource. i am so not used, hence slow, in using this and editing photos in here is almost impossible.

I LOVE PROJECT EXODUS + cjc group

& im missing hue so much.

plus im really affected by this fateful com breakdown.

two words : PEK CHEK.