Mini Sweet Bites afternoon

I'm not really a sweet tooth but sweet stuff does make people. 

Compare to cakes, I prefer mini muffins as it is small and easy to put into the mouth, plus bite-sized food is always that adorable. 

I flipped over a recipe book and finally chose this:

after-dinner coffee liqueur muffins

ingredients

makes 12

oil or melted butter, for greasing

2 tbsp instant coffee granules

2 tbsp boiling water

280 g/10 oz plain flour

1 tbsp baking powder

pinch of salt

115 g/4 oz soft light brown sugar

2 eggs

100 ml/3.5fl oz milk

85 g/3 oz butter, melted & cooled

6 tbsp coffee liqueur

40 g/1.5 oz demerara sugar

method

• Preheat oven to 200 degree Celsius. Grease a 12-hole muffin tin or line with 12 paper muffin cases. Put the coffee granules and boiling water in a cup and stir till dissolved. Leave to cool.  

• Meanwhile, soft to gather the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the brown sugar. 

• Lightly beat the eggs in a large bowl then beat in the milk, butter, dissolved coffee and liqueur. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the beaten liquid ingredients. Stir gently until just combined; do not over mix.

• Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin tin or paper cases. Sprinkle the demerara sugar over the tops of the muffin. Bake in the preheated oven for about 20 mins until well risen, golden brown and firm to the touch. 

• Leave the muffins in the tin for 5 mins them serve warm or transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool. 

I replaced demarara sugar with almonds.
If you plan to use almonds to sprinkle on top, do heat the almonds in the oven for a few minutes until slightly golden brown in order to obtain a crispy bite.
Actually, I tried using chocolate emulco and Nescafe gold to replace the coffee liqueur. This is why my muffins turned out to be a dark chocolate colour.
I also suggest you guys to cut down the amount of sugar if you want to use this recipe, same goes to the other recipes.

Some recipes will give you a specific time in baking small cakes. Meanwhile, you are advised to stay close with your muffins and check for the hardness from time to time. 
Make sure that they're not overheat.

Try using fresh cream or colourful chips to embellish the appearance of your muffins. Get some of the deco from the confectionery cake shop, they're not pricy. Serve your muffins handsomely and trust me you'll be happy to play with the decorations.

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This is my second attempt. I tried using chocolate instead of chocolate emulco for a better taste. This turned out to be softer. 
P/S: don't be greedy putting more almonds on top, the mixture may not be able to bear the weight of the almond on top.

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FOOD

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Ninetology R1 xxx Magnific Redefined

Hereby, I want to write a review about the phone which I was using for about a couple of weeks.

I bought it for about MYR700. For you info, Ninetology is from Malaysia.

I bought it because I was urgently looking for a phone.

 By that time, this brand is kinda popular and it consider cheap, 

so I got one home for temporary usage.

Hence, after months, the battery turned out to be weak.

It only can last for a day even if I turned off the wifi and data usage.

For several times, I charged it till 100% and just left it on the table in the morning, 

and it will just automatically power off at night because of low battery. 

What!? I didn't even touched it for the whole day.

Since I know that the battery is not sustainable, I used it once in a while just to listen to musics using the app 'KuWo'  ( 酷我 ). 

Surprisingly, I manage to play songs for more than 6 hours. How weird lol..

Honestly I was regret for choosing this brand and I don't really recommend it as there were many cheap phones out there other than this, try choosing other brands like Samsung, Sony or Nokia.

Anyway, here's a list of its Specifications:

NINETOLOGY R1

Network

GSM990 /1800 MHz

WCDMA 900 / 2100 MHz

CPU

1.2 GHz Quad Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200

OS

Android 4.1

Display

4.3" QHD IPS, OGS, OCA

Memory

4GB ROM 1 GB RAM

External storage - Support up to 32 GB

Camera

Primary - 8 MP

Secomdary - 2 MP

Connectivity

GPS, A-GPS, WiFi, FM, Bluetooth

Battery

1600 mAh

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BRIKK: the new discovery

The Brand New Lux

www.brikk.com

Introduce

• Start Info

  Founded in 2009
• Address

  Los Angeles, California 
• Description

  Opulence defined. 

  Designs and manufactures couture products and accessories for technology, lifestyle and fashion. 

  A significant percentage of the proceeds from each unit purchased are given directly to humanitarian aid, helping populations existing
  below the poverty line.
• Phone

  8555524755
• Email

  info@brikk.com

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**adapted from Facebook

Here, I would like to share with you guys about this new products mainly for royalty, leading to a luxurious lifestyle.

I think that this company is rarely known here in Malaysia, and I just discovered it last year.

When I first seeing this, I was so amazed by the shiny gold color of the iPhone, 

plated with the real GOLD!!

And below here the next picture, you could see that the apple logo is with DIAMONDS!

Guess that ladies will probably love it so much as diamond is always their best friend.

Above is the Lux iPhone Secure.
It allows for secure encrypted communications that guarantee the privacy of conversations,

no third parties are able to intercept.

Throughout my life, this is the most expensive phone that I have ever come across.

The cheapest phone products, if not mistaken, it even costs you up to USD 6000.

* jaw-dropping moment *

When you're seeing this nikon lux, this is what I want to emphasise in this post.

This is just so insanely beautiful. Swaging cool~ 

As you know, gold-black is one of the perfect color combination.

Not the phone, but this!! I fell in love with it in the first sight.

For this, dream is just enough for me to fix my desire. This is truly truly out of my budget of buying a camera. Plus, I don't feel safe bringing it out with me to do shooting.

C'mon, that's the real gold and it's too shiny to caught the thieves' attention. LOL!

Ermmm.... Way too Lux for me to have it, even it's the cheapest one...

BRIKK'S 'PROFIT FOR PHILANTHROPY' MODEL FUNNELS A PORTION OF PROCEEDS TO ASSIST POPULATIONS AROUND THE WORLD WHICH ARE SUFFERING. FOR EACH PRODUCT SOLD, A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF AID IS ALLOCATED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE IN NEED THROUGH SELECT NGO'S.

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Cameron Highlands 2-day Trip

Just backed from Cameron for a two days trip. This trip is indeed a brothers-and sisters-bonding moment. I was joining this trip with my church members and really had a fun time in the high altitude. Cameron is best known for its nice weather, cooling yet refreshing, not much pollution here and this proved that it's a thumbs-up travelling spot in Malaysia. 

Firstly, I would like to introduce our accommodation at Che Foo Methodist Church.

CHE FOO METHODIST CHURCH

Had our Sabbath service upon arriving the hall.

Spacious hall that suitable for any indoor activities.

Our dormitory...

It's just a small room that can only fit in six people with three double-decker  beds.
Blankets and Pillows are provided.

Weather like this need not any fans during day or night.
We just gotta open up the windows and let the wind in.
I forgot to mark down the temperature at night when I was sleeping but it was just obviously cold.
I was shivering in cold early in the morning when I woke up brushing my teeth with cold water. OMG!!

Canteen with tables and chairs.
Rules and regulations are written to ensure the cleanliness of the canteen.
We stacked up the chairs after using it.

Western breakfast. Guess what? We couldn't stop eating the eggs and wanted more.

Honestly, this black and white playground caught my attention at the first sight.
This is my very first time seeing this type of trendy yet classy playground. I couldn't control my leg on playing with it.

There's a river at the back of the hall. Crystal clear water flowing down from high.
You can never find this is a city.

The Guest House. I think this is the nicest type of accommodation compare to chalets and the hotel style.
I peeked inside and discovered that its design is based on english style.
Somehow, we can't afford to rent it even for a day, too pricy.
P/S: Please ignore the running person in the photo, just manage to find this in my entire album.

So sorry. My shaky hands couldn't take a good panorama snapshot.

Here's a better one. The view of the compound of the church.

Photograph Session.

My pair of sneakers were dirtied by the soil
as it rained last night. Oh my~

So, taking off the shoes is the best choice.
P/S: Not my legs.

                  

This is the top view from the playground. Can't imagine that what will happen if I fall from here.

There are lots of nice places to visit but I couldn't manage to capture all the moments and pictures of the places as I was too happy till I forgot that I need those pictures in my blog.

We stopped by Bee Farm, I couldn't see many bees there but the RM1 honey stick is worth a try. It comes with 4 flavours, sweet, spicy, bitter and sour. Haha sounds creative, anyway I tried the sour one, like it. I'll name a few farm which you guys should pay a visit, such as Rose Farm and Cactus Farm, where you can buy your own cactus home. As for Lavender Farm, I think that lavenders from other countries is much more better.

BOH TEA PLANTATION

The Boh Tea Plantation is located around the Bee Farm but you need to take a mini bus up to the hill.
This takes up around 15 minutes to reach the top. You gotta get yourself ready as all of them are bone-shaker bus.
The driving skills of the bus drivers is undeniably good and incredible. The road always experiences traffic jam as there're cars coming up and going down. The tyres of the bus are always a few inches away from the cliff.
Yeah, it's kinda freaking out but it's damn exciting.

The outer view of the plantation. The place you see in the photo is selling all food stuff from their brand.
If you're not intend to buy any tea from the shop, you can try it out here. 

There goes my lunch.
Scone for RM8 x Chocolate Moist Cake for RM6 x Curry Puff for RM6 x Boh Tea for RM4.50

Night Market

Walking in the rain. You'll find that most of the stalls were selling the same stuff.
So if you're  about to buy something, be sure to walk around to search for the cheapest one.
Some are super cheap, I found that a stall was selling at a tray of strawberries for just RM10!!

Haha, never forgot to selfie under the rain also XD

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Steamboat dinner.

So thankful that someone was willing to help me to remove the shell of the prawn.

There goes my two days trip, it's indeed a good moment to remember. What a remarkable day!

Don't know what to say, but it's really tired and happy.

Had a gala time hehe.

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