Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Cuppy cup~

I hereby would like to congratulate my self... on the success... to bake a cup cake.

It's my good friend birthday today... so yesterday I decided to bake here cup cakes.. because I want to be a sweet friend.... aww to me.

So I searched online and my friend actually recommended http://www.cupcake-creations.com/... and tell you what... the cupcakes are seriously good! and they are very easy to make. But I am not quite sure about the frostings.... Maybe I need to use a better butter (ahahha as if i know~) or something... because its so oily by the end... hmmm.. need to find a better frosting recipe.

I was so worried about the design... my decorations are quite limited. (",)

I thought those beautiful cupcake decorations are sold somewhere in the supermarket... but seriously none can be found.






Finally, ideas struck me... to create a very simple yet effective design. My source of inspiration: Mocha Latte art. So I you-tube it!!! ahahahah and seriously fell in love with the art.






So, for you first timer.. I would recommend you to



- Prepare the recipe



- Follow the instructions



- Ensure that you have a wireless network and a laptop nearby.... eheheh this is pretty essential to search for information~






Any hoo... here's the cupcakes that I given to me friend. happy birthday amels.












And in the future... I would like to do something like these...
Extremely beautiful creations... but too far fetched to me? Watch this space.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Obvious scam

Wowwwweeeee I've just won a lottery that I've never actually entered. Can u believe it? Am I lucky or wat....

I almost tempted to open the attachment... yeah right as IF I am going to fall for this OBVIOUS scam... I readily understand the consequences of opening the attachement.... virus attacks or Phishing... either one of those.. pretty lethal.

Virus might cost the life of your laptop or computer...
and Phishing might cost u ur confidentiality/security being breached... like I lethal...

Some of u may wonder how to know its a scam.... my answer is always start to google it or u can use snopes.com. I really love snopes.com, it tells u whether its a fraud,myths and it really helps... Can u imagine some of the junk mai started in the year 1996??!!! That's like 12 years dude!

Here some that I discovered... be careful dun be sorry...

Extracted from http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lotteryscam_Canada.php

This email claiming to be from the "Canada Lottery" for their Soccer World Cup Promotion" ought to be an obvious scam to anyone: they use hotmail and yahoo free email accounts (and now gmail!!!), they claim to be from Canada, yet ask you to call a phone number in South Africa, and can't even spell "February" correctly. It is another variation of the Canada Lottery scam.

Notice the gibberish writing, excessive use of CAPITAL letters, poor punctuation and spacing, bad grammar and spelling, etc. Note the other clues to an obvious fraud that we have highlighted (I bold 'em in RED btw) in the letter; keep confidential, selected by a random computer lottery of email addresses, use of free hotmail/yahoo email accounts, etc.


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From: Ms. Lurie Segal Lurie Segal????

International Canada Lottery/Ontario 49 Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw
Ontario Lottery Corporation
Consumer Affairs
70 Foster Drive, Suite 800, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, P6A 6V2

Your Winning Reference Number is: IMP/73253CA/2008 and Batch Number: 642376/CA/2008.



WINNING NOTIFICATION

KEEP THIS EMAIL,IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION.

The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the promotion of the 2010 Soccer World cup to be hosted in South Africa .

We happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2010 World Cup Promotional Draw held on the Sat Nov.1, 2008 in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario Canada . Your e-mail address attached to REF N; IMP/73253CA, with Batch Number:642376/CA/2008 drew the winning numbers 3,7,30,42,46,47 Bonus - 21 for Ontario 49 Lotto under the choice of the lottery in the 2nd category of bi-weekly six.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$800,000.00 (Freaking hell???? Ever heard of the current economic recession!!) (Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars )

This is from a total cash prize of US $18,100,000.00 Million dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred and-thirty (130) lucky winners in this category Worldwide. Because this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept to enable you participate in our subsequent draws which will see 500 participants traveling on an all expense paid trip to South Africa for the Soccer World Cup 2010.

In view of this, your US$800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by following the directives of the claim agent. Our Canadian agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000 companies and personal e-mails. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize (the OBVIOUS SCAM). This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous elements. Please be warned!


You are required to forward the following details to our claiming agent to help facilitate the processing of your claim, your winning price is to the tune of $800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand United States dollars) This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of Instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winnings.

YOUR WINNING REFERENCE NUMBER AS LISTED ABOVE:

BATCH NUMBER AS LISTED ABOVE:
FULL NAME:
OCCUPATION:
COUNTRY:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
AGE:
GENDER:
TELLEPHONE NO.:

Remember, you must contact your claim agent Mr. Austin Connor, to claim your prize, send your reference and batch number and all the above information to his email address and call him to let him know that you have contacted him through email.


THE CLAIM AGENT CONTACTS ARE BELOW

Processing Manager: Mr. Austin Connor


Email: austinconnor@canada.com

Phone: +1 786 3758115

Note; your winning fund has been officially insured on your name(EMAIL ADDRESS) for safety and security reason to avoid any party/parties or organization have any access to tamper or touch your winning fund till it arrives into your nominated bank account of your choice in any part of the world. Therefore to file your claim, kindly contact our Claim Agent immediately you read this message for quick and urgent guidance for the procedures you have to follow to effect the release of your fund without further delay.

Yours Sincerely,


Ms Lurie Segal.

NOTE To confirm that you have the winning number for the Sat. Nov.1, draw, visit: http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=8 , ON-Ontario-49-lottery-results.html confirm under Ontario 49.

NB: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this email address. Contact your claim agent. (Mr. Austin Connor)

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Bliss.... then Empty?!

I had great fun last week.... It was so lively.


I went to the Orchestra last Friday with good crowds. Simply marvelous. I love the music, although during the intro I was imagining Tom & Jerry in my head haha.

I was a bit disappointed with Amy Mastura's singing that night. It could be better... she was a good singer and she probably has been leaving her singing for too long, that could be the reason for the lacking of stamina. Who knows? It may not be perfect... but its a blessing to be able to listen to the beautiful symphony.


Saturday , I went to Miri after accompanying my friend for Medical Check. I am not a fan to Miri... but the money exchange was seriously outrageous.... ehehhe so its a lil reason to spoil one self. I hope the rate will continue to December... where I will be leaving for KK... can't wait!

So I bought a few story books.. and by the time I went home, I was already hooked on one! so One down... 3 more to go!


On Sunday... I went to my friend's sis wedding... We came a bit late (a bit?? heheh)... doing the girl stuff (ahaha) but the good thing about it is that we don't have to wait long for the lunch.. and we don't sweat much. :D but the bad thing is.. we parked far.. so by the time we went back (which was around 2.30 pm), it was scorching hot and we were sweating. Yikes.


After that , I went for kain-hunting for my best friend's wedding in Dec...

Seriously pening to pick a turqouise colour... apparently there were turqouise blue and turqouise green.... what's the diff... u tell me! ahahaha But I really love the kain I bought... Now I have to think what fashion should I turned it into?!


We had a 'menicure - footspa' combo afterwards... which was absolutely relaxing. I felt guilty for feeling that relax ;D ... I was so relax that I smiled while closing my eye... tough! I'll be loyal to Zen Spa from now on!!!!


We went home from Bandar around 7.30 pm after the dinner at ChezBox. I absolutelyyyyy adore the waffle. ahhahaa I did asked for chocolate ice-cream, cos I am not a fan for Vanilla.. but they gave me Vanilla Ice-cream with a lottttt of chocolate syrups... Can do as well.


Today I felt extremely optimistic with life. I still have the 'end-of-the-year' mood on me... but I feel much relax then few weeks back.


My tune at the moment is Empty by The Click Five, and I actually seriously considering to be head over heel with someone... so any takers?? :D


This picture was taken during my Scottie Years.... and I think it suits the Empty song at the moment.... see empty beside me..
~Maybe we are trying.. trying too hard Maybe we torn apart Maybe the timing is beating us hard... we are empty~