Journey of bakebyheart: Blood, Sweat & Tears

Most of you might already knew that I have a good hand in baking, cupcakes is my specialty ... An engineer by profession, baking is my hobby ... I'm passionate about both, construction makes me excited about the future ... How it's going to be in 10 years, thrilled about learning new things ... New construction methods & new development projects around the country ... Baking made me happy when I deliver good food to people around me ... Amirul will be doped whenever I send him a box of cupcakes, my little brother can finish 10 pieces from a batch I bake ... & of course my tray/tupperware licin bile bawak pegi office ... That will make me happy by end of the day walaupun xtido tunggu the batter to be finish baked ...

I got this idea when I first visit my friend's booth for KL Calling at Rasta TTDI one fine Sunday ... The concept was - extra activity on weekends, which is baking & start being rich ... So I spent 1k ++ of my salary on May on ingredients for hundreds of cupcakes ... That includes the fee I paid to join the weekend bazaar by sohobazaar ... Please do, follow them kalau anda mahu berjinak2 dgn dunia perniagaan ... Reason been - mostly kite bukan lah anak tan sri yg bole campak 20k over Sunday morning chit chat dgn pesanan, "Nah, gi buat modal meniaga ... Bisness elok2, xcukup bagitau" ...

I baked over 200 cupcakes excitedly for my 1st project ... 1st day, syahdu ... Tade org dtg, vendors lain ckp sebab cuti skolah ... Org tade kat KL ... 2nd day xputus harapan lagi, baked another 2batches of carrot cupcakes ... Result - lagi syahdu dr day 1 ... But adik cherry bagi support, quote "Try, try & try again" ... Then I joined another weekend bazaar in June, same jugak end result die ... Syahdu ... Tahap ape kesyahduan itu ?? Modal tapak pun xdpt balik - yes, that's true ... Base on true story, bukan fiction ...

Kalau korang tanye my opinion, I'll say buat research before you jump into anything ... Research the market place, research the organiser ... Do ask vendors ni, how was the crowd ... How much they're willing to spend, some vendors xkisah to share how much they can get over the weekend ... So just ask, you will never know unless u try ... Bukan lah nak kondem organiser, but masing2 jage periuk nasik masing2 ... Kalau awak rugi, that's totally ur problem ... So check ur organiser, bape banyak die punyer followers ... That's very important sebab nak tarik crowd, nak tau how powerful they are in making people come to their event ...

For example, biler dorang buat event carboot sale kat Istana Negara ... Ade Nora Danish bagai turun 'sendiri' jual karipap ... Itu prove organizer tu power bole convinced Nora Danish jual karipap kat event die ... Bukan acah2 promote artis ini dan itu will be there dekat ur event ... Tapi instagram clearly updet artis tersebut kat oversea, & hanya makcik die dtg tunggu booth ... Jgn tipu vendors dan ur followers begitu ... Xbaik ... Confusing people with insufficient information ...

I'm not saying that instagram followers xmembantu ape2, but work the math with me guys ... Example - awak nak beli baju ala2 padini inspired ni online ... Online rm40 + sepuluh ringgit delivery ... Awak duduk sungai buloh ... Tibe2 this weekend vendor tu join bazaar kat The Strand, Kota Damansara ... Sila pilih antara dua jawapan di bawah utk most likely conversation antara anda dan yg tersayang pagi2 buta hari sabtu itu:
A: "B, kite pegi the strand lah ... I nak beli baju yg I tunjuk kat u dlm insta smalam"
B: "Sayang kite pegi Curve je lah senang, I nak beli karipap ikea pastu kite gi tgk wayang" ... Dgn pantas anda jawap ok ...
*B seharus nya panggilan kepada c bf, & sayang itu adalah anda - perempuan literally ~

Paham tak ape yg cuba saya sampai kan ?? Or I lost you in the above paragraph ?? Hehe ... My point is - bazaar bukan lah pilihan ideal utk golongan muda remaja meluangkan masa bersama rakan sebaya di hujung minggu ... It's always cheer me up when I can put together a proper malay sentence dramatically, lol ... Sila relate kepada pesanan saya dlm paragraph ke-empat tadi ... Research your target market ... Location bazaar adalah crucial & credibility organiser anda penting utk draw people to your location xkesah ceruk mana pun ia ...

Penah satu hari ni, sebijik cupcakes pun xjual ... Itu sgt lah menduka cita kan, because it's not about the money ... Tapi anda akan down, sebab penat dtg setup bagai ... Like for me, frust wooo satu mlm tak tido godek cupcakes ... Sebab tu before pegi bazaar, pegi makan nasik lemak kat the village park ... So when I went back tired in the afternoon, ade one thing to cherish by the end of the day ...

I'm broke like hell now, but no regret ... I will never know if I never try, I won't be able to share this with you guys if I'm not willing to take the risk ... Rite now still have the courage to fight, lepas raye ni sambung berjuang ... Tapi expectation will be different, no more trays & boxes of cupcakes ... Each flavor will bake 1batch only ... I'll bait for bigger fish ... Go large on marketing & advertising, not expecting the crowd to buy boxes of cupcakes ... But to order later, bigger amount of course ...

This is my journey, even makan nasik dgn sayur & kentang everyday sebab takut tak cukup duit for chicken or ikan kicap ... Even kene jerit, "brape sen lah untung u buat cupcakes", even people call you riak for having dream ... This is my baby, yg rugi itu saya ... Yang sampai rumah 8pm sebab takde duit nak bayar toll itu saya ... Yg tak servis itu kereta saya, so be it ... I don't mind if u walk away from me now, kalau awak nak ludah muka saya sekali pun ... Saya harap kalau Tuhan mudah kan jalan saya satu hari nanti, & hopefully saya tak lupa dr mana semua tu dtg ...

I'll be sharing my experience from time to time, for you out there - if u're passionate about something, break a leg ... Take the risk, but don't forget to be smart ... A friend I know recently spent 30k on his business, maybe there have to be another 29 months suffering for me ... May Allah bless me thru the way, insyaAllah ...

BakebyHeart at Sunway Giza

Dear friend & readers, I'll be in Sunway Giza till late today ... Selling out my home made cupcakes ... Hari ni last day, before we go into long break for Ramadan & Aidilfitri ... Please do, notify to me at our booth for free cupcakes ... :D

#kalautakcuba #mcmmananaktahu #cupcakes #sunwaygiza #dtgdulubarucerita

Wordless Wednesday #3

Wordless Wednesday #2

#tioman #2014 #awesomeness #happykids #rayocino

Dewan SESB: Contact Person

Morning,

Post ini khas untuk bride to be(s) / event planner yg gigih mencarik dewan untuk di sewa ... This issue are within things yg most hit kat my blog ... So I just figured it's necessary ... Since smalam baru je reply a few emails, hari ni ade org comment lagi ... Hopefully this will help ...

Should I remind you, dewan SESB ni antara yg paling hot kat KK ... So book cepat2 ... Nanti kempunan ... :D

Contact Person: Pn. Lily Tsen

Contact Number: 088-282273

Rate: RM 450/hr (Table & chairs included)

*min rental for 4hours.

Ni I share some picture tokeh maintenance SESB kawen hari tu ... HehehheheheheE ... Enjoice !!!

 Steady ~

Family, my parents bz plak kat depan ~

Makan Beradab -

 Ehhh, nak silat ??

Daddie ~

The mums ~

Mak Lang & Besan Mak ~

Reception Area ~

 Gegurls ~

Mak & our family friend - Raa ~

Gok, Angkol & makk ... Posing rempit, oh tidak !!!

Guest -  kazen2 ...

the aunties ...

From left - Pan Njang, Angkol, Mak Lang & Pak Uda

Standing - Mak Uda & Mak Njang

Ambek Berkat ~

Ehhh ??

This is Manjung: Work Hard, Play Hard

This is the job that I decline back in 2012, korang bole refer entry Suratan atau Kebetulan & Loosing Your Values ... About a year later, I gave the HR department a call ... Notify them that I'm available to join them now ... The HR lady trus arrange for an appointment the day after, somehow I have to attend another session of interview sebab the head of planning department yg handle technical staff tade ... I've already forgot when was that last interview, I think that was before raya ... Yeahhh, sebab I attended a course in the office mase bulan puasa ... They offered me a drink, but I declined sebab respecting Ramadhan walaupun saye xpuase ... :D

During the last interview, that was when I had a crush on my boss ... Haha, a year ago mamat tu ntah baru balik dr site mane kan ... Selekeh je, now dah boss duk attend meeting tu la bole pakai smart2 kot ... Haha ... The next day mase attend the training course, I googled him & found out that he's married ... Then everything stops there, you guys know I had a strong crappy policy on married guys kan ?? & I still hold on to that very principle strongly, will never ruin someone's marriage ... Chewahhh ...

But ade jugak la fikiran jahat, 'will it change anything if I join them last year' ?? 'Did I made the move a year too late' ?? Jawapan nya ialah tidak !!! Memang boss aku dah kawen, xde effect pun saye join bile ... Last year when I'm about to join tu, he's having his first born ... Paragraph ini wujud semata2 mengelak kan rasa hipokrit dlm diri, kekkekkekeekkeke ...

Interview seblom raye, was waiting for their respond kengkonon nak kene tender resignation kan ... This part I will explain in my next entry why the word kenkonon tu even existed ... After raye also dorang diam je, sampai putus harapan la tunggu dorang offer ... After my brother's reception on end of September pun senyap lagi, mase tu still menaruh harapan la since I declared I'll be available by October ... Sampai kene carik other option to survive, sewa rumah pun dah delay sampai a month in stead of 1-2 weeks on August & September ...

Sampai ... 17th of October, I received a phone call ... Tanye biler free, I said I'm available immediately ... Trus kene gi kj, sign appointment letter ... Esok kene gi Manjung dgn boss ... Aku ni seronot sgt dpt keje, gi celebrate 'farewell' party la sgt ... Pagi bgn2 je dah 8stengah ... So I missed my first ever site visit, & late for my 1st day ... Sabtu masuk office jumpe boss, trus sign allocation letter kene hantar to Manjung ... 

Mase tu memang xpikir ape, boipren sumer ku tolak ke tepi ... Dlm kepale otak cume ade satu bende, nak balik umah pack barang ... Mengikut perjanjian asal, kene duduk Manjung 3weeks je ... Tu yg mcm eksaited je kan, keng konon weekend je nak gi Pangkor la ... 3weeks later ?? Here I am, still in Manjung ... Extended for another month, katenyer ...

None of the introduction above related to my main point in this post, but at least I give you guys an interesting start kan ?? Hihi ... So, same thing happened this year ... As I just joined the company, dpt another offer ... Rm 650 extra from my current salary, kau ade ?? Hehe ... But I declined atas bnyk faktor ... & bnyk jugak reference & good advice from people around me ...

Sebagai contoh, my father pun advice - 'more money normally come with more responsibilities, less hours for yourself' ... And someone I just knew share a very good advice - 'it's a test either you're greedy or being thankful' ... 

This year's choice not as stressful as last year's decision that I made ... Reason being - I always feel this job was meant for me ... Imagine, I went for 4 interviews before I finally join them ... & after a year, masih lagi rezeki utk saya ... Complete with penantian 2bulan for the job offer, fair & square la with the fact that I turned down their offer last year kan ?? Heh ...

As I claimed this was meant for me, it's not that easy for me to take care of it actually ... Kadang2 kite rase, 'sape la nak dengki, bukan bnyk pun gaji saye kalau nak banding dgn pengarah cawangan jalan JKR daerah Manjung' ... Tapi kite berurusan dgn manusia, ade manusia yg xpuas hati dgn semua bende ... Jadi kalau die dah nak dengki, die tetap akan dengki jugak walaupun kelebihan tu sebesar zarah ...

So nak kire mcm mane ?? Die tabur pasir kat rezeki awak, pastu awak tabur pasir balik kat die ?? Tu sebenar nyer terpulang pd individu terbabit ... Mcm saye, saye pk die ade anak ... Tinggal anak die kat rumah, sebab nak keje tolong suami ... Sampai hati tak kau ?? Kalau aku memang xsampai dik !!!

Question - "kenape awak nak pk pasal die, die pk pasal awak ke" ?? "Die tak pk ke, mcm mane awak rase kalau org buat mcm tu kat die" ?? Ok, kalau aku tambah lagi 1 soalan ia akan jadik menambah2 ... Haha ... So, jawapan - kan saya dah ckp tadi ... Tu lumrah manusia ... 

Saya pakai swift, die pakai myvi ... Die dengki la, walaupun instalment swift tu bole kaver pampers anak die sebulan + instalment myvi ... Kalau saye kene beli pampers ngan susu anak mcm die, mungkin saye tak mampu bayar swift ... Owh, & die xtau pun swift tu dah sangkut sebulan lebih ... Haha ...

Saya ade iPad + nokia 80 ringgit, die ade samsung ... Die tetap nak dengki, walaupun iPad tu sebenar nyer org sedekah je kat I ... Sebab susah itu org tak nampak, biler nampak org lain lebih ... Kite akan jealous ... Biler saye balik lunch bersama paper cup starbucks tu, org tak kan tau saye hulur reward card kat kaunter sambil berkata dlm key paling rendah - "dik, tolong check ... Ade free drinks tak, kalau ade saye nak redeem" ...

Nampak tak permainan nyer di situ ?? Saye penah pegi curve without spending a single cent ... Parking depan maybank - free ... Pastu pegi makan kat marche ... Bnyk duit mak makan kat marche ?? Memang takde, that was balance credit I've top up in few months ... Just swipe membership, 1sen pun xbayar ... :)

Got what I'm trying to say ?? Org tak kan tau susah kita, or maybe they know ... But they won't care that much ... Plus, I don't think people enjoy your story during hard time that much kan ?? They appreciate the the fancy food photos on instagram more, or the beautiful pictures of your vacation on private resort rather than the snap shot of balance in your acc ... Yelah, manade org upload gambar transfer duit bayar hutang ke hape kan ?? Sebok upload gambar duit berkepuk2, letak kat fb ... Motif ?? Tatau ... Padahal pegang duit tu 5mins je, boss suruh tolong cash kan duit nak bayar gaji bangla T_T ...

And another thing, biler kite terlalu obsess cerita/ambil tahu pasal org ... Awak jadik paranoid, biler nampak org discuss je ... Awak akan perasan mcm org discuss pasal awak, padahal tade ape pun ... Sebab that's what you do behind other's back, so you expect people's doing the same thing as you do ... 

Utk kesekian kali nya, it's a time utk muhasabah diri sebenar nyer ... Maybe saye pun xbole berterusan begini, open myself to the possibility utk org dengki ... But how low shud I put myself down in order to please people ?? It's your call, draw your own limit ... :) Boss saye slalu ckp, 'stay positive' ... Always think positive about others, world will be a better place tomorrow with one less negative thought in the morning ...

Ps: for the first time ever in my whole life, I felt nothing when someone confront me ... Maybe because I've already knew what's going on, so I'm well aware of what she's capable of ... :D

Travel Writer

Hello !!!

Hari ni xkluar lunch, atas beberape sebab ... Antaranya, post traumatic effect dr 12jam focus buat report + sakit tengkok salah tidor mlm tadi ... Atau lebih tepat lagi, menyampah nak be around double faces b!+c#es yg tak habes2 buat unpaid report to my superior ... Nanti I'll explain further on that, but most reliable reason was that - baru je lepas makan nasik lemak kul seblas tadi ... Haha, nampak tak dramatic effect di situ ?? Hehe ...

Stat dah jatuh to almost half, since 4 bulan yg lepas ... Saye baru prasan, hihi ... Tapi memang dah lame giler tak update pun ... Now my life have been put back together, so korang akan prasan perubahan dr segi routine kehidupan seharian di situ ... Heh ... Sorry to encik Fifiey, kalau terase cam saye makin blagak whatsoever ... Aku memang camni kalau dah start keje, ;p ...

Kalau korang prasan my updates lately, are mostly about my island vacation ... Island hopping kat KK, my yearly trip to Perhentian ... And rite now, sebenar nyer saye tak kluar lunch sebab eksaited searching pasal Pulau Tioman ... Hadooo ...

This had bring me to the thought - am I going to change my blog direction into travel writing ??
Jawapan: Maybe not la, it's just something interesting I love to do now ... Since mostly I'll spend my free time doing that, so that will be the most interesting topic for me to share will you guys la kan ??

I still have other things which are not related to travelling that I found interesting to share, such as how I survive 6months unemployment ... My new job, which is in Manjung ... Every week bole pegi Pangkor, & related to travel ?? Haha, it's just happened to be that my new job is near to a vacation spot ... Xpenah pegi pun Pangkor tu sepanjang 3weeks spent here ...

I better go now, before I exposed my bloging activities to unwanted stalkers ... Hihi, have a great week ahead guys ~

This is Manjung: Dobi

#marahpunyepasal

I have a lot of other things to do actually, before the lunch break ends ... Tapi sebab dah panas hati sgt dgn dobi kat depan spital manjung tu, I took the trouble to write this & put aside whatever I'm doing ...

Dr smalam act dah xpuas hati, since he's the one mentioned about the express service ... Sebab I ckp, "nak balik kl ptg" ... So he suggested, qouted - "then take the express service la" ... He charged me extra 50% on that, so instead 10ringgit ... I have to pay RM15 for a normal laundry service ... Sumpah cekik darah !!! 

Considering I nak balik kl, maybe I'm going to need a few item from that laundry basket ... Redha je la bayar that extra 5ringgit ... Padahal it's possible je for him to do it in 24hrs ... Let say basuh sejam, sejam lagi dah kering kot ?? Die bagi alsan, 'deepavali' ... Dorang nak raye, so my laundry got pushed back ?? 

This afternoon, i memang xbole tahan ... Mase pick up tadi, sempat la die buat PR ... Termakan gak la sikit, until ... I reached home & unpack ... I cannot tell either my clothes is dry or still wet, mcm still bole rase lembap2 on the surface ... Tapi dah siap lipat bagai ... 

Memang aku pantang giler baju lembap2 ni, if I'm the one doing the laundry ... Everything must came out crispy, kalau camtu serbis ... Xyah bukak dobi la, harap PR je ... Tapi sebakul org maki, baik xpayah ... 

Will never send my laundry there again, after this rela balik buat sendiri kat kl je ... Or else, try to find another dobi ... Tibe2 terlihat my jeans, maybe shud check that ... Kang xpasal2 balik next week bau kepam je ... God bless you la pakcik ...

Till then, nanti I'll update a few other interesting topic under This is Manjung ... :D :D :D