Assalamualaikum and hello from London,

Masyaallah! how long has it been since I last update this blog? 6 months? That is definitely record :)..

I'm in London now. Been here for 3 weeks and flying back home tomorrow. This is probably the 3rd year am here to attend some classes... maybe next year I'll go to the US for a change :)...

It's been a mad 6 months for us at The Dessert Table. Ever since I attended that fateful free seminar called Seminar Jutawan Industri with Dr Azizan Osman, my life, my business has not been the same. After that, I attended all the series and one that I attended with my hubby, he quit smoking. The very day that I wrote on his action plan that he would quit smoking, he did. Till today, he's cigarette free, alhamdulillah..I have a lot to gain from those seminars.

Journey Into the Unknown : no more.

Assalamualaikum and hi,

 Do you fancy Chocolate Cakes? What about Chocolate Bars loaded with nuts and everything crunchy? Cheese? Do you love cheesecake & Chocolate cake put together? Well...then you shouldn't have missed this awesome All Things Chocolate Class...

Take a look at hat we did last week 6/12/2012. Attended by Jiha and Natasha, 2 BFF, we had loads of chocolatey fun. Their kids would have an even awesome time finishing all these goodies up! 

JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN

Part 3: The Chicken that digs for Food will not sleep Hungry (don't ask me why the title is such..LOL)

Assalamulaikum and hi,

Thanks for all your lovely feedbacks. So I can continue with my ramblings? Ahakssss...my blog maaa..I'll do as I like...hahaha..

Before that, yesterday 2nd Dec 2012 we had a 'gamat' and 'riuh' Bread class with Mamazieza Hassan from Penang. The class that many months ago started with only 3 students, and yesterday we had 13 awesome students who were eager to learn and left so pleased with the results... Many more who inquired last minute had to be rejected for now. But you gals are most welcomed to join our next Bread Class ya..

They looked like roti naik don't they? Can help shooting these babies..`

Roti Manis ala Roti Naik

Mexican Bread

JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN

PART 2: WILL CURIOSITY KILL THE CAT?

Salam and hi,

So sorry I didn't update this blog last night. Was caught up in a few conversations with clients. So here I am early in the morning, writing down my thoughts.

I had a few friends congratulating me over last few days. Why? Well.. they seemed to think that TDT is on the verge of success... hmmm..I never thought of that. I always thought that TDT is not there yet. Maybe I should change my views... maybe I should start measuring incremental success. But in any case, all praise should go to Almighty Allah, Alhamdulillah...

Azman hard at work. I believe he's got what it takes to make it in this industry.

Maybe this thing has everything to do with that quote 'where you are today depended on what you did 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 years ago or maybe even less than that'. You believe that? I do. So maybe where TDT is today was based on what I did a few months back.. or years ago.. hmmm   I should reflect on that...

REFLECTIONS...

Assalamualaikum and hi,

Are you feeling better today? Did anyone close to you hurt your feelings? We feel hurt right? Well, first instinct would be to blame everyone involved that caused this hurt but.... let's reflect.

In our journey to get to where we are today...have we ever done the same thing that hurt others, the way we are being hurt today? Maybe we've forgotten, maybe we didn't realize..but that could be the very reason we are tested today. Have we asked for forgiveness? 

It's something that I always try to remind myself when something hurtful happens to me. It's a cleansing process that we go through before our journey ends. Which means that I too, on this day of Barakah, a Friday, would like to ask for your forgiveness, from the bottom of my heart, if I had ever done anything to hurt your feelings, whether intentionally or not. I blame my ignorance and stupidity during those years of growing up. Now, well into my forties, I learned so many things along the way.... but no regrets. It's all a process, both for you and for me.

On to a more cheerful note :)

We had our first ever Mooncake Class with Annis Suhaiza earlier this week. Awesome!! I've never had a Mooncake ever in my life and this is a first for me :)...delicious and so easy to make. It could well be a Bestsellers for Bakers out there.. what with demand for Halal Food Products are on the rise. 

Baked Mooncake with Blackbeans filling

Non-baked Mooncakes with Kaya filling

JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN

PART 1 : FIGHTING OFF THOSE DEMONS CALLED COMFORT ZONE.

Azman's Cake. See how close together those
Extensions are on the lowest tier? It made him puked
at the end of the day...but..beautiful ain't it?
I salute him.

 Assalamualaikum and hi dear readers,

How is everyone this week? Good? Alhamdulillah…. Not so good? Take it easy and think of it as a practice to make you a better person in areas you’re lacking. So in the end everything will be good.

When I go through a bad situation, I’ll cry it out and pray and then tell myself that come tomorrow, everything will be better coz the rule of the universe (sunnatullah) dictates that nothing ever stays the same.

So anyways, we had a repeat of Royal Icing Class last week. Wow! I tell you respect them all, Kak Aida from Tokyo, Azman the IT guy, Zac who owned her own cake business in Bt Pahat, Cake B'licious and Ziqah of Scrummy Cakes who makes beautiful cakes. They really are a bunch of determined lot.

Kak Aida Shibuya Tokyo or Kak Zuraidah currently lives in Japan with her Husband. She's back here to pre-organise her son's wedding function next year and she took the opportunity to attend my classes, twice, despite the daily drive to and fro Enstek. Actually, with her husband's position, she doesn't have to work for anything..but! That's it! What drove her through that?

Royal Icing Class - Gazebo & Swan

 Salam and hi,

Quick update on our recent class - Royal Icing. It was supposed to be attended by 4 students but 2 couldn't make we're left with only 2. But what a blessing it was. I had design a slightly different module than our last Royal Icing Class and it was successfully transferred into reality by my two awesome students - Daalia Abdul of Lea Oven and Sapiyah Hassan, a loyal follower of TDT's classes.

Have a look :)

Daalia's Swan Cake

Daalia's Gazebo Cake :)