Butter Cookies

Butter cookies

345 g SCS butter (1 1/2 slab of 250 g) 250 g
8 oz plain flour 150 g
8 oz corn flour 150 g
4 oz icing sugar 75 g

Cream butter and sugar, fold in flour,piped out
Bake in 180 for 20 minutes

• use good buttery butter
• blend sugar and butter well
• use cups for easy handling
• add vanilla to get rid of flour smell
• pinch of salt is optional

Choc Chip Macadamia Cookies

Recipe for choc chip macadamia cookies

125 g butter
110 g soft brown sugar
3/4 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
195 g plain flour
3/4 tsp bic of soda
1/4 tsp salt
85 g choc chip
50 g nuts chopped coarsely

Blend butter and sugar. Add ingredients one by one ending with chips and nuts when you just mix
Drop spoonful on tray Bake at 180 till lightly brown or 25 minutes.(average size cookies)

#had used icing sugar before when no brown sugar available.
# sugar amount can be reduced by 10 to 20 g
#used baking powder instead of bic of soda but increase to 1 1/4 tsp
# chips and nuts have always increased to much more than mentioned at the request of children (for chips) and hubby(for nuts)

Leopards and spots

Leopards doesn't change their spots. How true. People whom you don't meet for years are still the same.Different time, years later, different place but the spots are still unchanged. People 's characters are so much a signature of them.The lambs will still be lambs, the tigers will still be tigers. Only difference is that sometimes we hope the tigers will change to lambs which unfortunately is never possible. Sigh!

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CNY came and went off. Though I miss her a lot, I was glad she was well occupied in Glasgow during the period. Ultimately, I just want her to be happy.

And So It Is

So I know things will be different this year.
So I know it is a time of happenings.
So I know it is talking about changes.
So it is a time of adjustments and acceptance.
I knew it and I knew it months ahead. Nothing that is happening is out of my expectation except some new developments.( Even then they were things I knew could happened and should not be come as a shock)

But it doesn't make it any easier. It doesn't change the way I feel.

Growing apart

When it was the time for it to happen, it didn't really happened. But now it is noticeable. Yes change is inevitable but couldn't it be drawing nearer rather than further. Maybe deep down I only expected it to be nearer so when there are hints of further, it hurts.

How far will it go? Will it reach a fearful unpleasant distance or is it something temporary?
Did any of my actions activated it ?
Or was it other factors that they have to sort out themselves.
Is it a natural process that they go through but at a different time from others?
Will it change direction later on?
Relatively speaking, I am lucky that there exist other stable ones. So is it His way to wean me off some and get closer to others?
Maybe time will tell. If there are things I am suppose to see and notice, I hope He will open my eyes to it.

My 3 Kids

I have every reason to be a proud mum. Ever so often, I hear praises about my children. In school, teachers (with the exception of one kindy teacher, one year 6 teacher who told gory stories in class and a spinster who has a reputation to upkeep :) ) have only good things to say about them, friends always felt that they are good kids. Fair enough teachers have over the years learn to be diplomatic and friends normally do not complain about one's kids. But deep down, I always feel so blessed. I couldn't ask more more.

Academically they are not the cream ala cream but they are always near the top until they join the top most sorted careers.Well, they are not nerds or geeks but lead a balanced lifestyle. They know their limits and do not step over them.At times they are more diligent in their moral values (compare to me!)and are level headed in their views.

All I do nowadays is pray for them every night that they hear and obey His voice,that they do not bow down to pressure be it work or studies, and lastly they find the love of their life when the time is right.