Thursday, April 24, 2008

My e-mail account dissappeared!!

What a weekend! From the start of thursday morning I was inundated with calls and smses from friends abroad and within Brunei that they had recieved a weird e-mail from my hotmail account! Then a kind friend told me that sadly my e-mail account was probably hacked into. Once I could get hold of a computer I checked and tried to open my account and lo and behold I couldn't. The hackers had changed my password and even changed my reminder question! At an instant I felt lost and so down because all the contacts I had in that account had disappeared and whatsmore they all had been duped into thinking that I was lost and stranded in Malaysia with no money and awaiting for their kind donations!!! Some friends actually thought I really was stranded and immediately called me to reconfirm I was ok..others were cautious in asking what was going on!! As if I would stoop so low so as to ask for donations via e-mail!!! Hello!!!



Anyway I have now set up another e-mail with g mail and this time I have be very vigilant with giving out personal info etc!! But I couldn't wallow in self pity too long there were a couple of orders for pavlovas and mini cupcakes to do. I would upload the photos but my naughty daughter has kidnapped my camera's battery. I am over all the self pity and feeling of annoyance and helplessness after all it was only an e-mail address adn ALL my contacts!!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

weekend of birthday cakes


Jack's little train.




Chocolate cupcakes made out of excess chocolate cake mix from Jack's cake


Fozia's order- the strawberries looked really yummy after being drizzled with chocolate.



Jack's pavlova.

Last weekend I was quite inundated with orders for 2 birthday cakes, one of which was for Jack who turned three earlier on in the week. On his actual birthday I made him a pavlova but came time for the party I made him a train shaped cake out of a mould I got in Singapore. Ofcourse his sister Iman was quick to point out it looks nothing like Thomas the tank Engine as Jack had requested but I thought I did ok as the cake took me about 1 hour to ice with a few mistakes here and there! The base was made of rich chocolate cake and it was ices in butter icing with lots of patience and cover ups here and there. So if anybody out there needs a train shaped cake let me know because I have this mould now!

My Sister in law Fozia also ordered a small chocolate cake for another birthday celebrant and as always you can never go wrong with strawberries and chocolate decorations!