Bizarre and Weird Festivals

Customs ,cultures and belief of people around the world has influenced on most of their festivals and celebration. We may called some of the celebration are bizarre or weird but those are common phenomenon in which the festival is an age old tradition. no matter how people want to define but celebration and festivals brings colours to the community. Festival are celebrated with great enthusiasm and unite people together to share their joy and sorrow in their own special moment.

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Secret Behind Faces

How can we understand people and predict their behavior, just by their look? There are times how we wish, we can read others' characters. We use plenty of different methods to evaluate someone's character but most of the time we were mislead by beauty. Do beautiful faces relate to inner beauty? Check this out, it may helps.

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The Sultanate of Oman is one of the least known, yet most exciting, tourist destinations in the Middle East.  A spectacular, shimmering dunes of the Ramlat Al Wahaybah and a breathtaking view of sand sea is a worthwhile journey. The desert has so much to offer that your journey will be a memorable family vacation. Desert adventure is a fun and action-packed trip that is suitable for families with older children.
 
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Cheese Cake

Ingredients
300g philly cream cheese
1/2 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon custard powder
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
250ml double cream
6 pieces of digestive biscuits crushed




Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.) Mix cracker crumbs and melted butter . Press into the bottom of a 9 inch pie plate. Refrigerate crust while making filling.


Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Then add custard powder and vanilla essence, until blended.

In a medium bowl, whip cream until soft peaks form and gently fold in the whipped cream to the cream cheese mixture.


Fill roasting pan with boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the cheesecake pan. Bake for 60 minutes, or until center of the cheesecake is just firm. Cool at room temperature for 1 hour.
Then place in the refrigerator for at least 3 to 4 hours before serving.


Tips
Simply leave the door of the oven closed, turn off the heat and let the cheesecake cool for at least an hour. This helps prevent the cheesecake from sinking in the center. 

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Weirdest Foods You'll Pass

Has anyone ever tried weird or bizarre foods? First of all, please don't be judgemental about what others eat. Every part of the world might have some weird menus which existed since the period of their ancestors. Surprisingly, most of the foods are not as bad as you may thought they would be. Give your self a try and who knows you might enjoy it after all.
Here are some weird or strange foods that some people may find really disgusting while they turn out to be someone else's delicacy.

Fried tarantula

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Kuala Lumpur, City That Never Sleep

The cheapest way to get to Malaysia from UK is to fly Air Asia via Stansted airport. Ticket can be easily purchased online. You can also have a choice of holiday package.

Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia and has a remarkable cultural diversity. It has so much to offer and is a great choice for family vacation.

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Scary Honeymoon Anyone??

If you are given a choice to pick a destination for your honeymoon trip, where would you choose to go? Creepy, scary, eerie places. Do you dare?
 Unit 731 of the concentration camp in Harbin, Manchuria, China.  At least 3,000 Chinese prisoners were killed in this place by Japanese imperial soldiers, another 250,000 gradually died due to experiments done on them.

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Legoland Windsor, England

This is another attractive spot in Windsor, England that I would recommend to all parents for a great day out with your family. There are more than 50 thrilling rides, shows and attractions that the whole family can enjoy. It is ok if you don't bring along your picnic basket since there are about 15 restaurants and cafes in the park. Legoland is an adventure park where your little ones can become heroes, whether being firefighters at fire academy, builders at the digger challenge or helicopter pilot at Chopper Squadron. best of all kids dont have to wait until 18 to get their first driving license.

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Cheeky Smiley Cookies Recipe

                                         
Ingredients

1 cup butter, soften

1/2 cup white sugar 
1/4 cup dark soft brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoon milk
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 cup self raising flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ingredient for Cookies Decoration

Tate and Lyle royal icing sugar 
Food colouring

Direction

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs followed by milk and vanilla extract. Beat until light and fluffy.
2. In a separate bowl, combine flours, gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
3. On lightly floured surface, roll the dough to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut using cookie cutter of your choice.
4. Place cookies on baking sheets. Bake at 175 degrees C for about 10 minutes or until lightly brown.Cool on wire rack.
5. When cookies have cooled, mix cookie icing following instruction from the royal icing sugar box and start decorating. Have fun
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Candy Cane Recipe

Cookies for Kids Party



Ingredient
3/4 cup butter, soften
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
food coloring green, red

Instruction
1. preheat oven to 180 degrees C
2. in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and beat well. Stir in vanilla extract. Gradually mix in flour.
3. Divide the dough into 3 parts. Colour with red, green and the third one leave it plain.
4. Roll out a tablespoon of red dough and a table spoon of green dough until they are equally same lenght about 7 inch.
5. twist them into a candy cane, pinching the ends. Repeat by using your own combination of dough.
6. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 10-15 min or until set.

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Black Widow Choc Cake

Ingredient

1 cup butter, soften
3/4 cup black cocoa powder
1 cup white sugar
1 cup soft brown sugar
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 cup self raising flour, sifted

Instruction

1. Preheat oven 180 degrees C. Grease baking tin (size 9" X 9" X 3")

2. Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.Whisk in egg one at a time. Whisking well after each addition
3. Add in black cocoa powder, flour and sour cream and mix well.
4. Pour batter in prepared baking tin, bake for 30 minutes or until the cake spring back when lighty pressed in the centre.
5. Allow the cake to cool before serving.

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Karipap (Malaysian Curry Puff)

Ingredients for filling

5 small onion finely chopped
5 small cloves garlic finely chopped
500 g potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 tablespoon curry powder
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 cube chicken stock ( optional for non vegetarian)

Instruction

1. Heat 2 tablespoon vegetable oil. Add onion and garlic and cook for about 3 minutes.  Later add 4 table spoon of water and curry powder into pan . keep stirring for another 3 minutes. until very fragrant.

2. Add the potatoes , salt, sugar and 2 cup of water to the pan and cook over low heat for about 30 minutes or until the potatato tender and water reduced.

3. Allow filling to cool.

 
Ingredient for dough

500 g plain flour
1and1/2 teaspoon salt
150g shortening or margarine
1 cup of water you might need more or less


Instruction


1.  To make the karipap pastry combine flour, salt and shortening. add water and bring dough together. If the dough turn out hard just add a tablespoon of water at a time.
2. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and bring together to form a smooth ball. divide the dough into four. 3. To make it easier to work with., roll one piece out until it is very thin. Cover the remaining pastry until you are ready to use it.
4. Using a 10 cm diameter cutter, cut out circles from pastry.

5. Place generous tablespoon of potato filling in the centre of each circle and fold over to make semicircle make repeated folds on the rounded edge by folding a liitle piece of the pastry back as you move around the edge. continue with the remaining pastry and filling
6. Heat oil in deep heavy-based pan or deep fryer. it is important not to have the oil too hot or the karipap will burn. cook it until golden brown. Drain on paper towel. Ready to serve.


Tips

If you are having trouble with the folding ; tips  press  firmly to seal and use floured fork to press the edges.

 Fresh (uncooked) karipaps are suitable to be frozen up to 3 weeks.

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Express Cinnamon Puff

 Ingredient

1 thawed rolled puff pastry sheet
1/3 cup soft brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
 Milk to wet the pastry sheet

Instruction

1. Preheat oven 180 degrees C. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon powder in a small bowl.

2. Unfold puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface and brush the surface of pastry sheet with milk.

3. Sprinkle the sugar mixture onto it.

 4. Starting at the short sides, fold pastry toward centre.

 5. Sprinkle sugar mixture on one side of the pastry. Fold one side over the other, making four layer rectangle.

 6. Cut the pastry about 3/4 inch thick and place the cut about 2 inches apart on baking sheet.

7. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from baking sheet and cool on wire rack

 Tips

Suggestion for decoration, drizzle cooled pastry with melted chocolate or glazed icing

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Curry Puff

Ingredients

5 small onion
5 small cloves garlic
500 g potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 tablespoon curry powder
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 cube chicken stock ( optional for non vegetarian)


Instruction

1. Defrost the rolled puff pastry while preparing the filling in a heavy based frying pan.

2. Heat 2 tablespoon vegetable oil. Add onion and garlic and cook for about 3 minutes.  Later add 4 table spoon of water and curry powder into pan . keep stirring for another 3 minutes. until very fragrant.

3. Add the potatoes , salt, sugar and 2 cup of water to the pan and cook over low heat for about 30 minutes or until the potatato tender and water reduced.

4. Allow filling to cool.

 
5. Preheat oven  to 180 degrees C.
6. Cut pastry sheet into squares. place a generous of tablespoons filling in the centre  of each pastry, lighty brush the edges with beaten eggs.
7. Carefully fold the pastry over to make a pillow shape. Press the edges with a floured fork, to decorate and gently transfer to the baking trays.

8. Continue with remaining pastry and filling. Glaze pastry with beaten egg. bake pastry for 20-30 minutes or until pastry golden brown.
Remaining filling can be kept frozen up to 2 weeks.

Tips

Before removing the pastries from oven, lift them gently off the tray and check the bottom of the pillow to make sure the pastry is thoroughly cooked.

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Are Human Characters Based on His/Her Birth Month?

Are Human Characters Based on His/Her Birth Month?

I bumped into these some days ago, showing human characters based on his/her birth month. Not saying that these are right or wrong. What I believe , it all depend on us. Wether we want to be hard working , romantic, sensitive etc.. its all our choice. Human enough, we should improve ourself to be a better person each day. What do you think?

JANUARY

• Ambitious and serious
• Loves to teach and be taught
• Always looking at people’s flaws and weaknesses
• Likes to criticize
• Hardworking and productive
• Smart, neat and organized
• Sensitive and has deep thoughts
• Knows how to make others happy
• Quiet unless excited or tensed
• Rather reserved
• Highly attentive
• Resistant to illnesses but prone to colds
• Romantic but has difficulties expressing love
• Loves children
• Logical
• Needs close friends
• Searches for the greatest romance
• Loyal
• Social
• Easily jealous

FEBRUARY

• Abstract thoughts
• Loves reality and abstract
• Intelligent and clever
• Changing personality
• Temperamental
• Quiet, shy and humble
• Honest and loyal
• Determined to reach goals
• Loves freedom
• Rebellious when restricted
• Loves aggressiveness
• Too sensitive and easily hurt
• Showing anger easily
• Dislike unnecessary things
• Loves making friends but rarely shows it
• Daring and stubborn
• Ambitious
• Realizing dreams and hopes
• Sharp
• Loves entertainment and leisure
• Romantic on the inside not outside
• Superstitious and ludicrous
• Spendthrift
• Learns to show emotions

MARCH

• Attractive personality
• Affectionate
• Shy and reserved
• Secretive
• Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic
• Loves peace and serenity
• Sensitive to others
• Loves to serve others
• Not easily angered
• Trustworthy
• Appreciative and returns kindness
• Observant and assess others
• Revengeful
• Loves to dream and fantasize
• Loves travelling
• Loves attention
• Hasty decisions in choosing partners
• Loves home decor
• Musically talented
• Loves special things
• Moody

APRIL

• Active and dynamic
• Decisive and haste but tends to regret
• Attractive and affectionate to oneself
• Strong mentality
• Loves attention
• Diplomatic
• Consoling
• Friendly and solves people’s problems
• Brave and fearless
• Adventurous
• Loving and caring
• Suave and generous
• Emotional
• Revengeful
• Aggressive
• Hasty
• Good memory
• Moving
• Motivate oneself and the others
• Sickness usually of the head and chest
• Easily get too jealous

MAY

• Stubborn and hard-hearted
• Strong-willed and highly motivated
• Sharp thoughts
• Easily angered
• Attracts others and loves attention
• Deep feelings
• Beautiful physically and mentally
• Firm standpoint
• Easily influenced
• Needs no motivation
• Easily consoled Systematic (left brain)
• Loves to dream
• Strong clairvoyance
• Understanding
• Sickness usually in the ear and neck
• Good imagination
• Good debating skills
• Good physical
• Weak breathing
• Loves literature and the arts
• Loves travelling
• Dislike being at home
• Restless
• Not having many children
• Hardworking
• High spirited
• Spendthrift

JUNE

• Thinks far with vision
• Easily influenced by kindness
• Polite and soft-spoken
• Having lots of ideas
• Sensitive
• Active mind
• Hesitating
• Tends to delay
• Choosy and always wants the best
• Temperamental
• Funny and humorous
• Loves to joke
• Good debating skills
• Talkative
• Daydreamer
• Friendly
• Knows how to make friends
• Abiding
• Able to show character
• Easily hurt
• Prone to getting colds
• Loves to dress up
• Easily bored
• Fussy
• Seldom show emotions
• Takes time to recover when hurt
• Brand conscious
• Executive
• Stubborn
• Those who loves me are enemies
• Those who hates me are friends

JULY

• Fun to be with
• Secretive
• Difficult to fathom and to be understood
• Quiet unless excited or tensed
• Takes pride in oneself
• Has reputation
• Easily consoled
• Honest
• Concern about people’s feelings
• Tactful
• Friendly
• Approachable
• Very emotional
• Temperamental and unpredictable
• Moody and easily hurt
•  
• Sentimental
• Not revengeful
• Forgiving but never forgets
• Dislike nonsensical and unnecessary things
• Guides others physically and mentally
• Sensitive and forms impressions carefully
• Caring and loving
• Treats others equally
• Strong sense of sympathy
• Wary and sharp
• Judge people through observations
• Hardworking
• No difficulties in studying
• Loves to be alone
• Always broods about the past and the old friends
• Likes to be quiet
• Homely person
• Waits for friends
• Never looks for friends
• Not aggressive unless provoked
• Loves to be loved
• Easily hurt but takes long to recover
• Overly concerned
• Puts in effort in work

AUGUST

• Loves to joke
• Attractive
• Suave and caring
• Brave and fearless
• Firm and has leadership qualities
• Knows how to console others
• Too generous and egoistic
• Takes high pride of oneself
• Thirsty for praises
• Extraordinary spirit
• Easily angered
• Angry when provoked
• Easily jealous
• Observant
• Careful and cautious
• Thinks quickly and rationally
• Independent thoughts
• Loves to lead and to be led
• Loves to dream
• Talented in the arts, music and defense
• Sensitive but not petty
• Poor resistance against illnesses
• Learns to relax
• Hasty and rushy
• Romantic
• Loving and caring
• Loves to make friends

SEPTEMBER

• Suave and compromising
• Careful, cautious and organized
• Likes to point out people’s mistakes
• Likes to criticize
• Quiet but able to talk well
• Calm and cool
• Kind and sympathetic
• Concerned and detailed
• Trustworthy, loyal and honest
• Does work well Sensitive
• Thinking
• Good memory
• Clever and knowledgeable
• Loves to look for information
• Must control oneself when criticizing
• Able to motivate oneself
• Understanding
• Secretive
• Loves sports, leisure and traveling
• Hardly shows emotions
• Tends to bottle up feelings
• Choosy especially in relationships
• Loves wide things
• Systematic

OCTOBER

• Loves to chat
• Loves those who loves him
• Loves to takes things at the centre
• Attractive and suave
• Inner and physical beauty
• Does not lie or pretend
• Sympathetic
• Treats friends importantly
• Always making friends
• Easily hurt but recovers easily
• Bad tempered
• Selfish
• Seldom helps unless asked
• Daydreamer
• Very opinionated
• Does not care of what others think
• Emotional
• Decisive
• Strong clairvoyance
• Loves to travel, the arts and literature
• Soft-spoken, loving and caring
• Romantic
• Touchy and easily jealous
• Concerned
• Loves outdoors
• Just and fair
• Spendthrift and easily influenced
• Easily lose confidence

NOVEMBER

• Has a lot of ideas
• Difficult to fathom
• Thinks forward
• Unique and brilliant
• Extraordinary ideas
• Sharp thinking
• Fine and strong clairvoyance
• Can become good doctors
• Careful and cautious
• Dynamic in personality
• Secretive
• Inquisitive
• Knows how to dig secrets
• Always thinking
• Less talkative but amiable
• Brave and generous
• Patient
• Stubborn and hard-hearted
• If there is a will, there is a way
• Determined
• Never give up
• Hardly become angry unless provoked
• Loves to be alone
• Thinks differently from others
• Sharp-minded
• Motivates oneself
• Does not appreciates praises
• High-spirited
• Well-built and tough
• Deep love and emotions
• Romantic
• Uncertain in relationships
• Homely
• Hardworking
• High abilities
• Trustworthy
• Honest and keeps secrets
• Not able to control emotions
• Unpredictable

DECEMBER

• Loyal and generous
• Patriotic
• Active in games and interactions
• Impatient and hasty
• Ambitious
• Influential in organizations
• Fun to be with
• Loves to socialize
• Loves praises
• Loves attention
• Loves to be loved
• Honest and trustworthy
• Not pretending
• Short tempered
• Changing personality
• Not egoistic
• Takes high pride in oneself
• Hates restrictions
• Loves to joke
• logical

My Favourite Cupcakes

Just want to share this with you guys out there. This is actually my brownie recipe which I used to bake in mini muffin cases. Try and have a go & good luck.

Ingredients
125g dark chocolate, melted
90g butter , soften
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
2/3 cup all purposeflour
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup mini chocolate chip

Instruction
1. Whisk butter, melted chocolate and sugars in large bowl until combined. Whisk in egg, one at a time.
2. Whisk in sifted flour, cocoa and baking powder
3.Once the mixture well combined, fold in chocolate chip.
4. Spoon mixture into prepared casses. It will be easier to use a pipping bag fitted with a wide nozzle or a ziplock bag.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes in preheated oven 180 degrees C or until springs back to the touch.
6. leave the cup cake to cool before decorate.

Frosting Ingredients
200g full fat cream cheese, at room temperature
100g soft unsalted butter
600g icing sugar , sieved
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Put all the ingredient in a mixing bowl. Slowly mix together using electric mixer until light and fluffy.
2. If the mixture is slightly runny, add a little more icing sugar.

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This is something that I found in Youtube that will guides you on how to decorate your cupcakes, just like mine.

MARGAM PARK - Wales, UK

MARGAM PARK
Wales, UK

I took my family to this historic parkland last week. What can I say about this place? splendid landscape, architecture, romantic and full with surprises. It has it all for a family great day out. A magnificent 18th century orangery, brilliant architecture Tudor-Gothic style Victorian Mansion House, ornamental gardens and wide range of activities that will make it a wonderful days out for all the family. Fairytale land, adventure playground and narrow gauge railway, where your small ones can have lots of fun. Best of all, you only need to pay for the parking and the rest is free of charge.

 Margam Park host the largest herd of fallow deer in South Wales.

 The Orangery, known as the longest orangery in Wales. often used as a venue for weddings. What a romantic place to change your vows.

 Beautiful pond, peaceful habitat. Children love friendly swan.

View of the mansion house from near the adventure playground.

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