Bunting DIY

I am currently obsessed with making craft especially on making DIY party decorations. On Sunday, there will be a traditional ceremony for my nephew and I'm making him a dessert table as a gift from me and my daughter. Hopefully it will all go according to my vision. So, here I am just finished making paper buntings for the dessert table decorations. Here are some of the inspirations...Have a great weekend.

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Happy New Year 2013

Happy New Year 2013

 

 I guess "Happy New Year" is the best thing to say on this posting. It's been a week since my last posting. So, holiday is over..back to reality. I hope you all had a great journey in 2012 and hope that we all will have greater journey in 2013. Bring it on 2013 =) Here's a really perfect quote to start a fresh new year. And below is a greeting for all of you from my daughter...xoxo

 

“Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come. 

Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction.

What would you like to have happen in your life this year? What would you like to do, to accomplish? What good would you like to attract into your life? What particular areas of growth would you like to have happen to you? What blocks, or character defects, would you like to have removed?

What would you like to attain? Little things and big things? Where would you like to go? What would you like to have happen in friendship and love? What would you like to have happen in your family life?

What problems would you like to see solved? What decisions would you like to make? What would you like to happen in your career?

Write it down. Take a piece of paper, a few hours of your time, and write it all down - as an affirmation of you, your life, and your ability to choose. Then let it go. 

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.” 

 
― Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go: Hazelden Meditation Series

Holiday...

Hello everyone. How's your weekend? My weekend plans were ruined because of the massive traffic jam and also the continuous raining down here. My husband had a plan to go to the zoo to bring our daughter and I was going to attend my friend's wedding party. Turned out that we couldn't do any of our plans. So we just stayed at home...enjoying family time and the raining of course.

So have you got any plan for this year end holiday? Whatever plans that you have, I hope that you'll have a great time. As for me, I'm not going anywhere but I am surely going to spend the holiday with my family. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate....I will try to make postings on holiday (hopefuly I can). But if I can't..we will surely meet again on 2013. Happy holiday xoxo

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Simple Rituals

Simple things can often be the most important things in our life or at least have important effect to our life. Below is a lost of 6 simple rituals that we can do everyday to create a potential day, written by Amber Rae from FastCompany. 

6 Simple Rituals To Reach Your Potential Every Day

Here are the six simple rituals he uses to perform at his highest, which you too can begin implementing right away:

1. Drink a glass of water when you wake up. Your body loses water while you sleep, so you’re naturally dehydrated in the morning. A glass of water when you wake helps start your day fresh. When do you drink your first glass of water each day? 
2. Define your top 3. Every morning Mike asks himself, “What are the top three most important tasks that I will complete today?” He prioritizes his day accordingly and doesn’t sleep until the Top 3 are complete. What’s your "Top 3" today? 
3. The 50/10 Rule. Solo-task and do more faster by working in 50/10 increments. Use a timer to work for 50 minutes on only one important task with 10 minute breaks in between. Mike spends his 10 minutes getting away from his desk, going outside, calling friends, meditating, or grabbing a glass of water. What’s your most important task for the next 50 minutes? 
4. Move and sweat daily. Regular movement keeps us healthy and alert. It boosts energy and mood, and relieves stress. Most mornings you’ll find Mike in a CrossFit or a yoga class. How will you sweat today? 
5. Express gratitude. Gratitude fosters happiness, which is why Mike keeps a gratitude journal. Every morning, he writes out at least five things he’s thankful for. In times of stress, he’ll pause and reflect on 10 things he’s grateful for. What are you grateful for today? 
6. Reflect daily. Bring closure to your day through 10 minutes of reflection. Mike asks himself, “What went well?” and “What needs improvement?” So... what went well today? How can you do more of it?

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Solitude...

I am completely agree with the quote below. It's about being alone once in a while. I do believe that we must be alone every once in a while to be able to speak to ourselves in order to know what we feel inside without having an interference from other thoughts from other people. This doesn't mean that we'll be a loner or lonely, it's just those little time we can spend for ourselves. 

 

 We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being.

- Hermann Hesse -

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Fluffy Pancakes

Here's a little something you can make in your kitchen this weeked. Is it just me or it's always good to have pancake anytime we want it? I love pancake, be it sweet or savoury. Look at the pancake image below...so very mouthwatering, isn't it? Fluffy warm pancake can always be the perfect comfort food...anytime! Here's a recipe of Lowfat Fluffy Buttermilk Pancake by The Realistic Nutritionist. Not only it's delicious but also lowfat..keep that in mind..lowfat. Words that can surely make you happy =) Have a great weekend everyone...

 Lowfat Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes

Yields about 8 pancakes.

Ingredients: 

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• Dash of salt
• 1 1/2 cups low-fat buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1 egg white
• 1 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Dash of oil for cooking

Directions: 

1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda together.  Set aside. In another bowl, whisk the applesauce, buttermilk, vanilla and eggs together. Carefully add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients with a whisk (this will make the pancakes fluffy, do not stir with a spoon). Mixture will be chunky and lumpy (which is a good thing).
2. Heat about 1 teaspoon oil in a large nonstick pan over medium heat. Add about 1/4 cup of batter into the pan. Cook pancake on one side until the batter starts to bubble. Then, using a nonstick spatula, flip the pancake. Cook another 3 – 4 minutes, or until both sides are golden brown.

Nutritional information per pancake:

Calories: 155
Fat: 4 grams
Carbohydrates: 26.5 grams
Fiber: 1 gram
Protein: 3.2 grams
Weight Watchers Points:  4

(image and recipe by nutritionfor.us)