I bake muffin yesterday, since im bored with cookies baking... too hard for me to chew :P

browse through Martha Stewart's recipe and modify part of it... and there u go ~~~

Makes 12 jumbo muffins

FOR THE STREUSEL TOPPING
1/2 cup packed dark-brown sugar (original recipe is 1 cup but i reduce the sugar , too sweet)
1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

FOR THE MUFFINS
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature plus more for pans
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pans
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup whipped cream (original recipe is sour cream - i dont have any)
1/2 cup granulated sugar (original recipe is 1 cup but i reduce the sugar. too sweet)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon coffee powder (not in the recipe, but i add in, since the title is coffee cake muffin @@'')
Confectioners' sugar, optional (for deco)

Directions
1. Prepare streusel topping:
In a medium bowl, stir together brown sugar, flour, salt and cinnamon. With a pastry blender or two knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles large coarse crumbs; refrigerate until ready to use.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (180 Celsius). Prepare muffins: Butter and flour a jumbo 12-cup muffin tin (or two 6-cup muffin tins). In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.

3. Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat together butter, sour cream, granulated sugar, coffee powder and vanilla until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well combined. With mixer on low, beat flour mixture into butter mixture.

4. Divide half the batter among prepared muffin cups. Top with half the streusel mixture, then remaining batter, and top with streusel. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar, if desired.

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What is childhood to you? Do you ever remember your childhood? Do you have happy childhood that mole the current you?

Today I��m not talking about my childhood instead I��m talking about my cousins�� childhood. Seriously I pity them, everyday they have to go to tuition, because of the KIASU (afraid to lose) factor.

Now that is school holiday, their stupid school still make them compulsory to go to school, for extra classes. And worse of it, you still need to pay for the extra classes. Some parents that approach the headmaster stating, she do not want her daughter to attend the class, but the headmaster stressed is compulsory. And when the mother said, well she will not pay for the class since they refused to attend, still the headmaster insisted the MUST PAY policy. Damn stupid!!!

Are they doing business or education? What type of policy is that? Some parents complaint to the ministry of education, yet they said they hold no responsible to that action because they only take care of the school and students during non holiday period @@���� what an excuse.

So this give the headmaster to earn extra income? Come on, do you think the student will actually concentrate, when they already knew is school holiday�K where will there heart be? Wasting money, wasting resources, wasting time, wasting energy, pollute the environment because of one selfish person.

Oh by the way, some teachers were forced to conduct the class, while the headmaster happily taking leave to go travel�K

See stupidity live in the school�K

oh during my time ( i think now they still practiced it) that we required to purchase exercise books from the school to do during the holidays, and it cost alot too tho... but what to do is compulsory...

but guess what i do, i dont be bother to do it .... hahah i will happily enjoying my holiday and only copy the answer from the friends during the school re-open... or sometimes the books too have the answer, so just copy the answer la. teachers dont discuss nor check, so why bother buying or doing it?

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After came across with an article from Zoop��s Life , it shocked my life out of it in this wonderful monday morning. A 17 months old baby was abused to death in Haringey, north London suffered over 50 types of injuries from top to bottom. He was abused by his very own mother, the mother bf and a lodger.

According to the news, the poor child was being used as a ��punching bag��. a mother that supposed to be there to take care of the child do nothing about it while letting the man to abuse Baby P.

image source from Daily Squib

Something that get over my nerve while continue reading different source of news was, the mother and her bf rubbed chocolate over the baby��s bruise and injuries in order to hide it. How can a bruise being cover by that?

Dr Sabah al-Zayyat from a clinic at St Ann Hospital ,refused to give treatment to the baby because he that the baby appeared "cranky" and "miserable", but he did not notice or find any indication of fractured ribs or a broken back. How can a doctor did not detect it? Why only when death occur that the doctor will realize? Where is justice? How can we rely on doctor in saving life?

Look at the injuries the Baby P��s suffer:-
Source: Daily Squib
-- Eight broken ribs and a broken back, with another area of bleeding around the spine at neck level.

-- Numerous bruises, cuts and abrasions, including a deep tear to his left ear lobe, which had been pulled away from his head.

-- Severe lacerations to the top of his head, including a large gouge which could have been caused by a dog bite.

-- Blackened finger- and toenails, with several nails missing; the middle finger of his right hand was without a nail and its tip was also missing, as if it had been sliced off.

-- A tear to his fraenulum, the strip of skin between the middle of the upper lip and the gum, which had partially healed.

-- One of his front teeth had also been knocked out and was found in his colon. He had swallowed it.

The power of manipulating the social workers, health visitors, doctors and nurses had make the mother avoid authority punishment. Imagine the poor child been seen by the social workers and etc for more than 60 times over the last eight months of his life yet they allow him to go back to his mother.

This make me disappointed, in this market we have lots of bibliography by abuse survival for instance David Pelzer��s books stating how his mum manipulate the social worker while trying to save him. This is exactly what happen in this case, except Baby P was not lucky enough to survive this sadistic act.

According to the source that I read, Haringey Social Services failed to protect Baby P although this had happen and clearly shows that Baby P was abused and seriously injured. In the past Haringey Social Services also failed to protect Victoria Climbe which now I really question their abilities. This remind me of how Joe Peters�� case. He called for help but ended up was send back to his mother��s house again and again.

By the way, Baby P's mum was plead guilty and serving in jail... and giving birth to a child soon which Haringey Social Services wanted the child to remain with the mum.. that is shocking.

I really hope this case will widen everyone��s eyes, and stop child abuse, is a domestic violence, and one day I do hope in my home country Malaysia will also look into this matter, stronger child protection act to protect the innocent, before things are to late. Is always prevention better than cure.

For those that live in Britain or is a Britain citizen, please sign in the petition and help save the other innocent kids that alive�K Click Here for the petition

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Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I managed to survive for 2 years in Nutang, since 17 November 2006, each day , each second i been falling in love with nutang...

wonderful ppl, wonderful customization, wonderful toolbars (yes cant live without one now) and wonderful system...~~~

and what make me happier is... lol upon 2 years being here... i make 40 dollars.... haha i know not smth to proud of... grr... cause abit slow in earning... but yay to me...

I survive :D

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Most ppl prefer orange, apple, mangoes, papaya, banana... but for me i LOVE watermelon, can't live without one... lol

i used to eat watermelon everyday (if possible) while im at KL, but back home, buying a watermelon is a headache, because watermelon is HUGE, so the place to keep it is a problem, although my house have big fridge compare to the one at KL, yet finding a space to keep my beloved water melon is a trouble... hahaha

been carving for watermelon over a month, gr, that day my mum bought QUARTER of watermelon, grr.. (i finish half of watermelon a day) did not satisfy my carving.... until today i hardly see any watermelon available in TESCO... gr.... and also anywhere else.. asked my mum to buy for me at the market, but stlll no luck of getting one... cause my mum always forgot :'(

i want to eat watermelon... gosh... i been missing the watery watermelon, in my mouth, or mostly im too lazy to chew it, so i blend it with BLENDER yes BLENDER not Juicer... never make watermelon juice with juicer please....

gr... I WANT WATERMELON... cry....

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