another ice cream and a little thought

sering saya bertanya-tanya sendiri, menjadi orang baik itu seperti apa, harus bagaimana, dan harus melakukan apa. karena definisi baik itu luas. ada beberapa orang dalam hidup saya yang menurut saya baik, tapi tidak untuk orang lain. jadi, patokannya apa? sebenarnya pertanyaan ga penting sih. cuman sering datang dan pergi. tapi sering menjadi pertanyaan balik, apakah saya sudah baik? apakah orang lain menilai saya baik, atau sebaliknya. pertanyaan ini mondar mandir terus dari tahun kapan, ga kelar-kelar. hehe.

sampai akhirnya saya terpikir bahwa menjadi baik itu tidak mesti sempurna. tidak harus menjadi baik dimata semua orang, because that's impossible. yang paling penting, kerjakan apa yang baik yang disuruh oleh Allah, dan kehidupan akan menyortir orang-orang buruk yang tidak senang dengan kita. terdengar klise ya? memang. but "you can't please everyone in this whole world, there will always be one-two-or-three people who don't like you, no matter how hard you try to please them"

kita tidak sempurna, and we don't have to. biarlah orang lain tidak suka karena itu bukan urusan kita, itu urusan mereka dengan hatinya. dengan itu, kita bisa hidup lebih nyaman, tidak merasa berkompetisi menjadi seseorang dengan label b-a-i-k. "life is not a competition between one another, but the competition between us and ourselves". 

saya pernah baca quote tentang ini. jadikan hal baik menjadi hal yang sering kita lakukan sehingga bisa menjadi kebiasaan. a super nice quote, so i made a copy for myself.

an eggless chocolate cake

few days ago i really wanted to make (eat) a chocolate cake
but when I opened the fridge, i ran out of eggs. dang!
so i ended up googling and found an eggless chocolate cake recipe
waittt. a cake without eggs? oh well.
but to satisfy my sweet tooth, i finally tried to make it.
surprisingly it turned out very tasty!
sweetness from the condensed milk is very fitting combined with dark chocolate.
i made mine into 2 pieces of cake with a very small size tins.
i also made butter frosting for the cake and topped it with some (a lot) of sprinkles
so it looked like a "real cake".
here it is!

not bad for an eggless cake isn't it? :))
i'm glad that my hubby liked it too.
and Shofi. yes she looks like the most happiest little girl on earth when she saw the sprinkles.
she didn't even want to wait until i was done taking pictures.

this is the recipe from Chef In You (thanks for this magical recipe)
click this link to see step-by-step photos.
it'll make our life a little easier, right?
yesss. i do love step-by-step photos. lol
and i used this recipe for the frosting. i just made a half of the recipe.


Eggless Chocolate Cake
recipe source: Chef In You

Ingrediens:
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup plain flour (maida)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon soda bi-carbonate
1/2 can (400 grams for full can) condensed milk
1/2 cup melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method:
- sift the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and soda bi-carbonate.
- combine all the ingredients together with 1/2 cup (100 ml) of water in a bowl and mix well using a whisk.
- pour this mixture into a greased 150 mm. (6") diameter baking tin after greasing it.
- bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C (360°F) for 20 minutes or till a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- unmould and cool on a wire rack.

anyway, my husband bought me one set of watercolor some time ago and i drew this while waiting for the cake in the oven. so i guess it's okay to put it together in this picture :p

beauties from above

so what are you waiting for?
no one will refuse a piece of chocolate cake without extra calories (please don't count the frosting!)

happy baking! ^^

drawing and laughing

i took this pics on saturday night.
like my predictions, my satnite was veeeery nicee.
im with jungle that night.
we draw, tell jokes, took some photos,
and ate a delicious 'beef' in very very nice place.
Thanks to you, my satnite-mate PutriPutra"jungle"Rimba ;))