A day with Cupcakekasih

First thing's first. I did NOT realize that "MISS J..IN HER OWN WORDS" has officially operated for a full ONE Year!!! Yeeha! Happy Birthday bloggy, or whatever I call it. Hmm..should give it a nick name. Anyway....How time flies...ONE YEAR? I can't really remember what actually triggered me to start blogging (again) after the old blog in Friendster had long been forgotten. Whatever it was, I am sure grateful that I actually did it. I started this blog on the 11th of May 2008 when I was still in Cambridge, all alone in the room, searching for some sort of 'entertainment' or a medium to express my thought. As much as I love to jot them down, there are plenty..plenty..plenty of entries I had been meaning to post, but somehow they were...again forgotten! (and I was too occupied at times)!

Anyway.....back to 2009...

Did I mention that I have a new addiction? It is a little cute-creamy-sugary-thing happened to be known as cupcakes! I was aware that cupcakes are the in thing nowadays, but only after unintentionally arrived at this blog (because of its captivating name), I instantly fell in lurrve with them...Dengarkan saja nama blog ini, cupcakekasih...don't you want to have a peek at its contents? Well, I did. And FYI, kasih is the name of the owner's daughter. Another addition to beautiful (and uncommon) names like cinta and jelita. I loike! ;)

So..after skimming through the blog, I found out that Kak Jun (the blog owner) offered cupcake decorating classes for beginners! It was an impulsive decision to join the class but it felt right, because I didn't have any reasons not to! So, I wrote an email to Kak Jun to enquire about the class right away.

Kami berbalas email, and last week, I finally reached USJ 4 for my first cupcake class. Needless to say, I was super-excited! :D

I arrived there around 10.10 in the morning. Because the routes in USJ are alien to me, I got lost twice! Well, no surprise there! Hehe Anyway, the other girls arrived 20 minutes later I think, so I had the chance to chit chat with Kak Jun. She had a lively personality so everything felt at ease. Having a background as a journalist/editor of the famous Malaysian magazine, JELITA for 15 years, I am sure she has mastered the art of conversation and making guests feeling comfortable.

Around 11am, we took our place at the round table and started with introduction on buttercream. No need for me to explain in detail here, experience it for yourself when you join her class.

This is Farhy, a wartawan penyiaran from Gombak.

This is Iza, a landscape architect lecturer. No wonder all her decorations looked so kemas and uncluttered (like mine!), she is used to working with miniatures!

And this is Kak Jun's breath taking kolam ikan koi.

* Kak Jun, minta permission amil gambar ini ye*

This is Miss J, working with her fondants. Too engaged in her so-called art work.

Haku imagine lain, lain pulak end product nyer! YELLP!

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More or less SIX hours later, this is the result.

IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT THEY ARE....

Cute baby shoes, pink roses, teddy bear with love heart, flower bouquet and the letter A encircled with purple rosettes.

Channel handbags and clutch (channel?? haha), matching blue platforms (or terompah), flowers again, mushroom in the garden, and more rosettes.

PLEEEAASSEE say they look like what they are supposed to be. Kalau mushroom tu nampak macam payung and teddy bear nampak macam penguin, sah haku fail! Haha

But, for first-timer OKlah kan??? Sculpturing with fondants require a skillfull hand and patience. Three of us were trying our best to make our decorations look right, while Kak Jun made it looked so effortless, of course! Tension je. Susah jugak wey....but fun to do ;)

In the end, we snapped a photo with our 'art-work' and the teacher, Kak Jun (last right)

After 5, we had tea together and then I rushed back with 10 decorated cupcakes in hand. Sangatlah excited to show to my family. ;o) I am really glad I attended the class, because few days before that, siap termimpi-mimpi pasal cupcakes. Now, sudah tidur lena.............. LOL

Wonder how well your sculpturing talent? Try fondant! Hehe

I am so indulged with this cute little thing right now, so back off! Let me explore the creative side of me, even if it'd take ages to create a masterpiece. Hehe

Back to the phrase that I always hold on to, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams". Even if it is a simple thing as cupcakes, you have to belieeeeeevvve..... LOL

Have fun people!

*Kak Jun made an entry in her blog on our decorating class, check this page to learn more about it.....