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CNY 2015 Cookie Combo. It’s good to be different.

Berries, almonds + browned butter goodness

Scrumptious reduced-sugar raisin scones.

Delicious hazelnut biscotti bites delicately flavoured with fresh orange zest and cinnamon.

Gorgeous savoury scones.

Soft-baked golden deliciousness!

Dark chocolate melted into the butter cake ups the ante from the traditional cocoa powder.

Hypnotic swirls of bittersweet chocolate + low fat cream cheese

Indulge.

Delicious biscotti

Mother’s Day 2014

Aidil Fitri 2014. It’s good to be different.

Vegan Brownies

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Ramadan Workout Week 3, Day 5! 🤾‍♀️🤾‍♀️🤾‍♀️ I've never played with so many balls in one day but there's always a first time! #WetnWild #ItsNotWhatYouThink 😂 . . In which we started off warming up in a "circle of trust" that got progressively smaller when the running circuit increased. We then played a brutal game of DODGEBALL for what seemed like 3 hours 😂, where members tumbled on the tarmac in spectacular fashion, some got whacked in the jaw (omg am still so sorry, Norlim), 👃 and other body parts 🍑 that gave in to physical inertia. . . First round saw Che Wan, @zakiesz, @jezzamranwwd14 and I in one team. We lost the team round and the penalty was burpees. Actually, in retrospect, tiada maksud pun penalty masa bab ini sebab team yang menang pun terpaksa buat burpees, ahahaha. CW and I did 17 //full// burpees thinking this was as good as it gets but the rest was yet to come, hahaha! . . Next was the solo dodgeball session. Pretty chuffed to note for posterity here that yours truly got hit 5 times only throughout the 3 min cycle. Usually I rack in the teens, haha - so allow me a moment of self-indulgence to celebrate not dying in dodgeball. #RareSangatRare! OK done angkat bakul sendiri 🤣 . . 5 hits = 5 half burpees as penalty. Felt very much like Neo/Trinity while dodging the silver bullet - ask me tomorrow when DOMS set in if I still as feel high though 😅! Big salute to @aeen_zidane for being the last one in the ring - setelah memburu/mem-bury 6 orang, I can only imagine how tiring it must have been to then be the hunted, yet she did well 💪🏻. . . . 🏋️‍♀️🏋️‍♀️🏋️‍♀️ @ainulmas, CW and I then were teamed up to work with the 5kg medicine ball in an assortment of weighted isometrics combo with dynamic exercises. . . Miraculously we managed to do our cooling down routines still standing even though the general feeling was to give in to gravity 😂. 😉 Sikit lagi sebelum sesi Ramadan Workout selesai. I'm actually expecting that I will *gain* weight, ahaha. #HustleForMuscle sangat ahahaha. Thank you ladies, thank you CZA @azyismail! . . Apa dia? Nak tahu jalan ke Fit Raya? Di sini, my lovelies, di sini: @fitnesssquadkl And yes, Sis pakai jammies tu 🤪

A topsy-turvy kinda day, when we are at work while you are at play! 😅 #Latergram #Chowrasta #VitaminSeaDeficiency

Blueberry Crumble about to go into the oven because the sky is a flaming orange. (Do we really need to justify a baked dessert? Eheheheh). Selamat berbuka puasa, my lovelies.

When (in need of a simple recipe that feeds your carbs craving and/or) there are people in the household who aren't fasting, this is my go-to one pot campak² meal du jour: Creamy Chook + Broccoli Pasta! Any veg or meat sub of your choice would work. The glue is the cream. You *cannot* eff this up even if you have two left thumbs. 🐔 1. Raid your fridge and pantry for cooking cream, pasta of any denomination, chook (well, duhh haha), onions, garlic quota that would make an Italian weep for joy, carrots, broccoli. Would normally add cherry tomatoes and grated grada padano/parmesan reggiano - both ingredients in absentia during the raid unfortunately. Mum was out of sunflower oil as well. Sigh. But life goes on and so do we. On to step 2. 🥦 2. You brown the chicken first in copious amounts of melted butter, garlic and onions. Season well then remove to set aside. (Temporary separation makes the heart grow fonder, as they say.) 🐔 3. Add the diced vegetables and stir till softened before adding chicken broth (or in my case, adequate water with some chicken stock granules). Add the pasta and give them all some time to catch up on local gossip and await the return of the prodigal chicken. 🥦 4. Mildy panic as you realise your pan is not going to accommodate all the ingredients when the pasta cooks through. Ambition and optimism are good things my lovelies, but not always in the kitchen ahaha! 🐔 5. Employ the concept of #AdaAkuKesah and #Pasrah then add the chook to the pot once the pasta is starting to cook. Add the cooking cream. The reunion of ingredients is beginning to look like a potential win instead of a family feud, so yayy. Crisis averted! 🥦 6. Except for the small situation re the broccoli (which was nuked, to be added to the dish last), plate the pasta and proceed to yell for the next 3 minutes for the aforementioned non-fasting family member who eventually comes downstairs and declares she suddenly is not hungry anymore 😐. 🤷🏻‍♀️Happy cooking my lovelies. Happy cooking.

This is a #Latergram. A looong latergram, ahaha. . . Cerita Hari Selasa Lepas: Ramadan Workout Week 2, Day 3 (in which it rained 🐈 + 🐕 but we persevered 💪🏻). At the end of which, the tarmac was slick, and so were we. #InsideJoke😂 . . It may come as a surprise to many that I don't know how to use a skipping rope 🤪, but I'm getting there my lovelies, I'm getting there ahahaha! Plenty of opportunity to practice using that thingamajig that night. Here's why: . . We did AMRAP after a good cardiorific round of zumba for warming up. The recipe for reverse peristalsis was: + 30 burpees + 45 leg raises + 60 jumping jacks + 45 crunches + 60 mountain climbers + 30 inch worm + 90 squats + 150 skipping rope, ..... And as I like to say, 🎶AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREEEEE🎶 . . Tapi belum habis lagi ya. Hela nafas, jom sambung, we ended with my favourite: the plank series. . . That night I learnt: 1. There is much merit in skipping rope in the rain. Fefeling Gene Kelly seketika itu. 2. Che Wan is permanently on beastmode. Omg she's awesome. 3. The Phat40Club slayyyyyed it. 💞 . . Yeahhhh this is how we do, with @fitnesssquadkl 💯💯💯 Jom la. Two weeks left to the Ramadan WO, but it's better late than never.

My original t-shirt colour is neon salmon, but it is tempered to a deeper hue on account of being drenched in sweat (and possibly tears, ahahaha). See, *everyone's* wearing a darker shade post workout. . . Cerita malam tadi: Ramadan Work Out Week 2, Day 4! . . Let's recap what was on the plate today: +Warming up: by running + jumping jacks/running + skipping rope 30x/running with 2 kg weights + squat jumps. Yes, our heart rates were out there in DefCon5. + 3 sets of: bear crawls 5x, alternate lunges 5x, planks with shoulder touch 5x, burpees 10 then Farmers walk + 5kg medicine ball throw with squats 10x + Skipping rope 100x (Medic!) + Side planks series with 2 kg weights: Side crunches 10x each side; side plank weight holds + Weighted planks with opposite limb extensions + Weighted Superman rows 10x; extended Superman rows 10x (are you still with me or sudah pengsan, c'mon sikit lagi sikit lagiii) + Weighted stand up sit-ups 10x (in which Che Wan & I were completing the set in tandem, both yelling our reps countdown, sebab seronok gitu) + Cooling down . . 💞💞💞 Would not change this at all. All in a very thorough workout thanks to the whipmasta CZA @azyismail @fitnesssquadkl . . Nak pass out now. See you all in the sunshine, my lovelies 😴

October 2018 . . My eyes mist over As I surmount the mountain That robs me soulless // #HaikuForHikers #TBT

The boom gates were closed today but that did not deter the few stragglers (about 4 cars parked when usually it would be full lining the sides of the road) - - who were probably already midway up the hill. Started my ascent around 5.30pm, with a slow jog up that insane slope. Was about to turn back near CP 1 when I heard a couple walking (hurrah!) behind me. So okay, exchanged pleasantries and said I'd run ahead of them. . . It was cooling and calm along the way, the crickets and cicadas were deafening. . . As I neared the last CP, the chap who was running down told me he was the last one at the peak. I decided to turn back to follow him - - it was getting late, and even though a few more people were on their way up, better to be safe than sorry eh. . . That's when my right lower quadrant seized up in awful cramps. Ahahaha. What an omen. Balik lah Nat, balikkk.

Hill run/abdo cramps hijack/walkies/run downhill - put a fork in me, I'm done!

Me: You are what you eat, you know. Also me: I eat lots of nuts. 🤪 . . Nuts About You Granola in the making, muahaha.

During her nursing career, she handled 12 last offices unflinchingly. Nothing fazes her at all.....except tiny furry* things. . . She fears sweet things (like me, for instance. I'm sweet as honey 🤪).... and abovementioned tiny furry things. . . She is capable of sending withering stares down the phoneline (I don't know the actual mechanism of action, but just you try and call her to retrieve your OTP from your old phone - which she's now using - when your credit card purchase needs to be verified). . . She has an IG account but refuses to add me 😂 . . After all these years, I am still terrified of this woman. But I still heart her very much. . . *hamsters, kitties, bunnies ahahaha - her Kryptonite ("Eeeeee geli"). @benjyusop had a very shortlived hosting of a baby hamster once upon a time. Very very shortlived 😂

Every Ramadan, I look forward to having this nasi kerabu with delectable daging bakar. The lady who sells this has a permanent stall near the balai polis in Taman Melati/Danau Kota but every Ramadan, she sells food in front of the sundry shop in Jalan E1 in Melawati. It's good stuff, peeps. Mum did the buying today, otherwise if I was with her, would have added solok lada and the pickles. 😍

Making my signature granola bars before the ingredients mysteriously disappear from the fridge. Sigh 🙄.

They say "Pain builds character". Well I guess this means I have lots of character! 😂 The previous preamble continues! Here's the recipe for Road To "Kuwus" 🤪: We did 3 sets of: +180° squat jumps, 15 reps + push ups with shoulder touch, 10 reps + side planks, 10 reps And + lateral squats walk with dumbells aka the travelling dumbbell (15, 12, 10) + plank row with dumbbells, 10 reps + dumbbell side planks rotation, 10 reps And 3 sets KILLER KARDIO with 30 sec crossover jacks and 20 sec high knees with boxing Ahahaha, I bet my DOMS will have DOMS tomorrow. Takpa. Because ❤️. Jom turun padang!

Before I snooze I have some news: Bircher muesli in a bowl Is best eaten nice and cold! Splotch some honey, add some nuts (Have this for sahur, no ifs, ands or buts) Good "night" my lovelies! See you in a few.

Ramadan Workout Day 2, DONE! . . High knees, as I predicted (but thankfully was not prolonged) and ooooh that squat holds with weights was something else. Well played CZA, well played. You see, if you tell CZA #SakitItuDiSini, @azyismail is going to make you feel the burn even more 😂. You've just got to put your game face on and go full beastmode to power through the sets. Then only are you permitted to collapse. Gitu 😂! . . After the warming up with the house of cards, we unfurled our mats and worked with weights. I used the 8 pound weights this time. Google tells me this is 3.629 kilos sahaja, 0.121 kilos shy of my usual. . . Preamble to be continued in the a.m.!

152 was my magic number tonight ❤️! . . We warmed up by jogging to one end to pick up a faced-down card, and jogged back to our hoop (ie personal station) to complete the exercise by jumping jacks if you drew red, and jump rope if you drew black. . . The number of reps correspond to the card you picked, with a few exceptions. If you drew a King, Queen, or Jack, you'd have to do 11 reps. Draw a Joker? Squat jumps, babyyy. . . We played this until all the cards were taken up. Burpees were meted out at the end. For the record, I had to do 2 burpees. Probably the only time I burpeed and could taste iftar's chicken rendang again 😂 . . Cool right? Who says fitness games are boring.

Scene/Seen on the road this morning. Kayell baby.

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