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Your agar agar mooncake are equally eyecatching, rondy! The mooncake is about 5.9cm in diameter - About half the weight of a standard mooncake size actually. I think the box looks big 'coz I zoom the camera on it?

Now topic switch to newnyew's love for bottles? Btw, I just noticed, your kitchen don't have top cabinets also. Your kitchen island would be just nice for baking alone. I also want one, so that I can do my baking separately but bo $ & space. Mid-autumn's coming soon though.

Wah, so chio your kitchen leh & the plastic containers for the drawer makes things look neater. Btw, your skirting looks very wide in height on the wall before you took them down.

Hi all, It's been a while since my last posts of my bakes. Recently, I've been busy making Pingpi Mooncakes to give away as gifts to relatives & friends for the Mid-Autumn Festival 09.

I'm curious, what happen with the sofa your mum bought since I see that you're using the one you bought from the picture of your living room

I'm not sure how the termination requirements go about for maids since i never hired a maid before. But judging from newspaper reports on maid agencies, isn't there any termination fee or something like that or not?

Ah! *Sheepish look* Sorry sorry reiki, Your nick sounds feminine.

Teehee I also blur blur tot think Reiki talking about her tv console something like that

Ah, I get the picture now

This one is referring to your tv console right? I think what you mean is that it is easier for you to have your tv console maintained properly without any dust/dirt sticking to the surface easily. This also makes it easier for you to clean whats underneath since don't need to shift the stuff. Similar reasoning for suspended kitchen cabinets during washing, right?

Wah! Got FB group for RT so fast - I don't have FB, going to be a faceless member here. Tee hee.

The reasoning for yours, the same for kitchen cabinets suspended above flooring for cleaning? *quizzical look*

New: Wah then your man must be those body type like Sylvester (Rambo) based on what you make him out to be with the martial arts.

Yeah, don't argue with him. At least he has settled with you the bulk of the outstanding rental owed to you left with just $300 unpaid. When friendship sours, it is hard to maintain friendship amicably even on neutral stands. The way it ended between you, your hubby and the friend clearly shows it and frankly, no relationship is ever permanent as it is NEVER forever. That is an understatement.

It's rather difficult to see the differences between the sideboard table and the coffeetable colour but the armchair and side table are too different really. What's the link for the site you ordered from? - Not buying anything from them though

Where got sharp eyes? Can tell what it is. About your bin part, I think don't put a metal bin though. 'Cos a plastic bin or even a tall cardbox with plasticbag is sufficient enough since it will be hidden from view. Got a wall or something between the holes inside or not since you may not want to have the smell wafing over to the soap side.

Welcome back, now can ogle somemore for pictures. Btw, I think the 3rd pic from the left, bottom side looks nice. That circular and rectangular thing on your kitchen countertop is for rubbish and soap sponge?

Just to check with you all, anyone knows whether phoon huat's lotus paste is good or not?

No problem! The sealer can seal any gap for skirting, etc - less chance for ants to hide inside. (There are different colour sealer if Im not mistaken)

Tuababy, your painting works look good. Just like to share a small tip with you, you can use those white sealer tube to pipe one straight white line on the top of the skirting area to give a better impression. That's just what we did for our house painting.

Got this from wiki for your info-easier to explain faster. Convection ovens or fan ovens or turbo ovens augment a traditional oven by circulating heated air using a fan. The fan motor is in a separate enclosure, to protect it from overheating and melting any plastic components including wire insulation. Food warms faster in a convection oven, because the moving air strips away the thin layer of air which otherwise would surround and insulate the food. This is the same physical phenomenon which causes wind chill. The word convection actually refers to the natural circulation such as that caused by temperature differences and all ovens have these natural convection currents that vary with food placement and the position of the heating elements. Thus, strictly speaking, it is a bit of a misnomer to refer to an oven where the circulation is forced by a fan as a "convection oven" however one might construe the name to be a shortening of "forced convection oven." By moving fast hot air past the food, convection ovens can operate at a lower temperature than a standard conventional oven and yet cook food more quickly. The air circulation, or convection, tends to eliminate "hot spots" and thus food may bake more evenly. The difference in cooking temperature is offset by the fact that circulating air transfers heat more quickly than still air of the same temperature; in order to transfer the same amount of heat in the same time, then, one must lower the temperature to reduce the rate of heat transfer to compensate In short summary: The use of giant fan is to circulate the hot air inside an oven, baking things more evenly (and more quickly) than a standard oven actually. So the fan does not prevent the cake from rising because cakes depend on baking powder or baking soda as both are chemicals that reacts with the cake batter that in turn rises when being cooked. It basically depends on the oven temperature, the ingredient mix that all.

The use of a fan is important in an oven for baking cos it helps to cook the cake batter from the inside properly. If I'm not wrong, Rowenta does have convectional and conventional ovens. You should ask first.

ZeroChristy: I assume that your oven can take in 6"-7" baking tin at most since they're the smaller tins that you can use to bake a full round cheesecake. The website Angel81 gave you are mostly american recipes for cheesecake so the baking tin would be most likely 8"-9" sizes which is the 1KG type so you need to re-calculate the ingredient proportions accordingly to the size you using. Measurement for baking tin sizes in inches and cm 6" = 16cm (half kg type) 7" = 19cm (Medium type) 8" = 22cm (both 8-9" are 1Kg type) 9" = 23cm

Just curious.. How much was ur buddha decal?

Non bake cheesecake recipe is easier for you 'cos it only requires refrigeration only, no baking involved. Just need gelatine, whipping cream besides cheese. Less steps required for non bake cheesecake. But cheesecake is easy to make if you follow the steps, and yes you can bake in cupcakes. How small is your oven? The smallest round cheesecake you can bake is 6" at most The secret ingredient, I'm not sure if it makes or breaks the original cheesecake taste since I modified the amount for the lemon part. We do some comparison between yours and mine when your kitchen's ready. Btw, your kitchen carpentry is being handled by others or you need my kitchen contact?