IshaGes

2008-05-04T12:10:00.000-07:00

great hamster giveaway !!
Hamster lovers out there there is this website that offers great hamster giveaways. The blogger is an aspiring actress. Overall the blog is a very light hearted read and its also funny. The hamster giveaway is another interesting part of her blog. Do check it out and all the best

http://sheylara.com/2008/04/13/sheylara-great-hamster-giveaway/

2008-01-17T22:25:00.000-08:00

Black pepper Cavana Delights !!

Me and my cousin were dead hungry and were in suntec hunting down a good eat.. I did not want the usual Nasi Padang dish was hoping we have something diff. Then we spotted cavana at Marina Square and they have just intro a new hotplate dishes! We decided to try it and what a good eat it was. My cousin likes rice based food so she got the black pepper chicken hotplate. She bought a cheesy sausages side dish. I got the spaghetti black pepper chicken. I m not a big fan of beef so i usually prefer chicken. I also bought the teriyaki tofu as a side. It was filling yummy and the meat was tender juicy. Really enjoyed the dish :)

Top is the rice Black Pepper chicken , Bottom is the Spaghetti Back Pepper chicken..yum yum

2007-10-24T07:32:00.000-07:00

My favourite pineapple tarts..here is e recipe for it..as deepavali is coming around the corner

INGREDIENTS:
Makes about 150 tarts

Pineapple jam:
2 medium-size pineapples, grated
300g sugar
Some cinnamon and star arise (optional)

METHOD:
Cook grated pineapple in a pot with sugar for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
Cook until the pineapple jam starts to leave the sides of the pot. Remove from stove and set aside to cool.

Tart pastry:
300g butter
130g margarine
100g icing sugar
80g milk powder
1 egg
600g cake/superfine flour
30g custard powder

METHOD:
Preheat oven at 170-180 deg C.
Cream butter and margarine in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy.
Add egg and beat well.
Sift icing sugar, milk powder, flour and custard powder into the mixture. Fold to incorporate all ingredients to form a smooth pastry dough.
Roll out the dough till it's about 0.7 cm thick. Cut into shapes with a pineapple tart mould
Brush sides of tarts with egg wash. Bake in a greased, lined baking tin for 10 minutes.
Remove tarts from the oven. Fill centre of tarts with some pineapple jam. Return tarts to oven to bake for a further 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
Cool the tarts on wire rack.

2007-10-17T07:39:00.000-07:00

Something closer to my heart.... Yummy...

Ishages has presented many types of food that we have tried and even cooked ourselves. I would like to share a dish that is very close to my heart. That would be Indian dish. Particularly South Indian. I just love the masala thosai, rocket thosai, prata, batura. Wow makes me hungry when i think about it. My mom and I went for dinner at Anandha Bhvan. The food was great loved the taste and flavour. I had Batura while my mom had her usual Ravai Thosai.. We also had the indian special Masala tea. Yummy...

This is Ravai Thosai.

This is a Batura from the overview

This is the side view. The Batura looks like a ball !

Posted by Annisha

2007-10-01T07:37:00.000-07:00

I found this interesting website..

http://www.imagechef.com/ic/make.jsp

u can customize the picture to your style..

i did it for IshaGes..

enjoy have fun..

2007-08-19T06:37:00.000-07:00

A picnic for two....
Ishages has been an entry that has one of us posting the blog. Well this entry is both posted Mages and Annisha. We both met to have lunch at the park. A meeting after soo long, not seeing each other since our gratuation day.

Lunch set for two...simple and tasty..

Well it was special for us since it was our very own cooking..
Mages made her fried "briyani" and Annisha made potato ginger cutlet.

A closer look at Mages's "briyani" and Annisha's cutlet

It was just not a meeting among two friends, its a meeting with a twist, should i say a test for each other's cooking skills. A day that we both would remember...

Posted by Annisha and Mages.

2007-08-05T07:22:00.000-07:00

As you can see in the picture above,

there is a black figure in the red circle..

Well one day, i was sight-seeing

from my corridor in the morning

then i suddenly spot a that thingy on my opposite block..

at 1st i thought it was a real black cat..

then i thought it will go away..

then in the evening i still see it there..

then i thought it is stuck as it was still at the same place.

then the whole night was raining..

the next morning i told my mum and neighbour about it

Guess what my beightbour knew it all along

that it is a fake black cat..

then i looked again at that thingy

there was a string attached to it..

actually it was to scare the pigoens away

my area there are alot of pigeons

it is a clever way to scare the pigoens

but it is a bad way to scare people like me!!

2007-07-27T05:18:00.000-07:00

So What !!!

"omg ! im so fat !!". "I hate my arms!". "Iam so disgusting "..

These are the words we hear lots of women or little girls say. Zero size models and skinny girls seem to be the 'perfect figure'. Well girls out there im skinny and personally find women all sizes beautiful. Yah you could say what would i know since im skinny. I would know well coz i have people coming up to me and telling me i look so skinny like i have not been eating. The truth is I eat very well. I love fruits, veges and meat. I love to eat healthy and a little treats of ice cream and fast foods. Its all part of life. After seeing Tyra Banks show, i was asking myself so wat if people think im skinny and small.. im me and i love myself for who i am. Being a woman is beuatiful we gals all have curves our own way. No matter what size we are we are beautiful in our own way. So lets start loving ourselfs for who we are !! "SO WAT im beautiful, I love myself"!!!...:)

This is tyra's link on her show check it out..

http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/

Posted by Annisha

2007-07-04T04:55:00.000-07:00

I am going to tell a short story of my plant.

The plant in the picture is called "curry leaf"

It is in the dieing state now..due to Mr.PM

("Plant murder "= Mr.PM aka my father)
Back to the plant's sad story..

My mum seeded it..a nice young plant came from it

Our villain,Mr.PM watered the plant too much

all the leaves dropped only the stem was standing.

Surprising there were new leaves coming out.

about 3 weeks later Mr.PM killed again..

This time he put a lot of fertilizer onto the plant

i thought it was gone for sure..again!!

BUT there new leaves coming out from its roots..

i joked to Mr.PM that it have long live line..hehe

however Mr.PM killed it again(back to his old method)

now i do not know it will have 4th live or not..

lets pray for it..

2007-06-19T09:03:00.000-07:00

The toy that made a boy cry..

The previous entry by my fellow blogger mages, stated that we were looking for a toy for my nephew. Well it did not end there. When i bought it home it worked with new batteries but it went dead. It was dead just after a few hours. The speed and light was bad! My nephew started to cry and was very upset. I wished i could have just not bought it. Well we bought another set of batteries and it worked!My nephew was over joyed got back to playing with it. Then again it stoped , this time the controls were not working. My nephew was close to tears. My dad had to open it up and tighten the knobs. Phew finally its running well.. I'm hoping my nephew will play until he is sick of it and then it would spoil.

working well.. Hope it stays like that !!!

Posted By : Annisha

2007-06-11T01:14:00.000-07:00

Hello.. I am back after a long time..

Well as usual, i have a short story to tell..

Our friend annisha came tekka today

it was her shopping day!!

Met her at lil india station, went to buy curd and

went to jothi store to buy things..

She did threading then we went to all the way to mustafa..

which was one end to another end!!

In mustafa she wanted to buy this toy for her nephew

and she had an alternative motive in it..haha

to find this toy annisha had hard time finding it.

instead of asking the representative

she kept asking me this two questions

"where you saw it and how can it be gone"

then i just cannot help it and asked the helper

just in 10 sec he showed us where it was on the floor

she bought it and then did more shopping inside mustafa centre

and annisha went home happily ever after..

~The End~

2007-06-09T05:40:00.000-07:00

Brave Smamous

This is Smamous, my cousin's pet. This cute hamster is active playful and a dear. Recently, he had a tumour on his leg. Told my cousin to bring him to the vet. Before she did smamous started to bleed as the tumour got worst. she rushed it to the pet hospital and the little thing had a 45min operation. Its alomost 1 yr 6 months old, an old age for a hamster. Hope was gone and my cousin was drawn to tears. The vet said the chances are very low for its survival but smamous fought back and survived !! Now after a week after its op. smamous is doing well, active and cute as always.

Resting in his cage.. all curled up due to the air-con

when assleep.. getting his strength back...

Posted By Annisha..

2007-05-09T08:31:00.000-07:00

Well i had a fun day at Sakae Sushi..
i had last minute mini gathering there..
my fren treated us..haha
and he order so many things..
and we manage to finish them all

2007-05-04T07:45:00.000-07:00

A Day Of Indulgence..
Last week thursday was a day of indulgence.. I have won a nivea visage facial products. Surprisingly during this period my friend balan had won himself an exclusive spa package. We decided to meet and enjoy our lucky winnings on the same day.. hehe..
My friend's indulgence started with facial, ear waxing and massage.. its was not a simple facial but a diamond facial ..wow

The high class interior of the spa.. According to my friend the spa does not advertise its services and only VIPs come to the spa.. wow...

The lobby look at the design simply class...

Sadly my could not take the treatment he got because he told me he fell asleep when his spa indulgence was done..

Now for my winnings.. i got a Nivea Visage hamper worth $100.. It was the complete facial care package. The products were good and worth the win : )

The hamper had toner, scrub, cleansing lotion, gel, moisturisation gel, eye cream, make up remover, eye makeup remover, face mask simple indulagence..

Posted by Annisha

2007-04-23T21:51:00.000-07:00

Well i got a flash news for you all...

IshaGes have expanded thier blog which there are two more blogs added

Mages' blog

http://lady-moments.blogspot.com/

Annisha's blog

http://annisha-mythoughts.blogspot.com/

Our link are also available in the links..

feel free to view our blogs

Thank you!!

2007-04-21T08:46:00.000-07:00

Bye Bye Coconut tree..
There is this idea that tamil cinema songs revolves around the hero and heroine singing around a coconut tree and rolling down. Well thats so wrong now tamil cinema has brought dance to an whole new level.. making it more real and modern. My current fav is from last years hit movie vettaiyadu vailaiyadu ( hunt and play ) song titled neruppae ( Fire ). It links a beach resort performance with the story. The dance is out of the chat a must watch for anybody who loves fast music and hot dance moves.

2007-04-16T10:22:00.000-07:00

This is my creation which was born in my boredom!! seriously i have nothing better things do to..then make my nail pretty..

This is a close up view of my thumb..however it is kinda blur due to ma handphone resolution

This is another version

2007-04-15T08:19:00.000-07:00

My Birthday Treats with love..

My friends treated me to dinner after shopping at little india. Anjappar authentic chettinaad restaurant. well what can i say see the pictures you would know. This treat was given before my birthday.

This was the raja style meal my wonderful friends selected. The choice of menu was from them because its my first visit to the place.. The meal consist of naan roti, Chicken dump briyani, fish sambal, hot crap soup, dhaal curry, onion yougart ( my fav !) and fried prawn sambal ( the best !! )

Tandoori chicken it was hot and spicy wow....
Well to cool me down after taking all this spices i had a good cold lime juice.. nice...
Its an indian practice where they have this spice in the counter. Its a mint, by chewing .it clears the mouth and soothes the digestive system..what was special about it was that it was coated with sandal wood flavoured sugar.. very unique...
Thank you my dear frans Balan and Kumutha for the wonderful evening :))

On the eve of my birthday I had another treat this time not Indian but Western..It was at swensen's... yum yumm....A day out with my sis in law and 4 year old nephew ramzi..

I started off with this potato soup.. thick and creamy it had a very smoothing texture..

This is a kids meal my nephew ate.. a very creative way of presenting the fish and chips adding fruits for kids to enjoy...
Like her son my sis in law ordered Fish and chips.. the dori fish looks juicy..
I decided to try the oriental pasta. well it was really very good love the taste..
Again a good day, wonderful food that made my taste butts go mmm......

Finally, it was 15 April .. My birthday !! By today my stomach was not really good so my another treat which was Pizza was not ordered instead my family bought a beautiful chocolate brownie cake.. sooo chocalaty...

the cake had a black chocolate flower and leaves deco by the side. In my view simple and nice just the way i like it.. the cake was my nephew's selection... a very good choice..

well the small cute cake.. just like me..hehe..lots of chocolate with nuts in the middle..crunchy..

A wonderful week i had with the people who love and care for me.. thanks all i would relive these few days any time with a wide smile.. :))

Posted by Annisha

2007-04-08T07:20:00.000-07:00

A big Hello to everyone!!!

well i m back from my long trip in india...

let me start by sharing ma experience

I was surprisingly welcomed wif tis roses..my mother, father n me got 1 each of it!!

then i explored ma parents' hometown..while i was looking around..i notice something which caught my attention..that is what in e pic below..

It is a vegetable called "Muruingaka" aka Drumstick.. what surprised me was tat i hav nv seen such fat drumstick!!compare e size wif the 1 in e right side which is e medium size..left side 1 is even bigger then ma thumb!!

this is the another thing which amazed me!! mini mango!!i noe some of you out there may think that why this gal is amazed abt mango! well since small i only have seen riped mango o unriped mango but not e baby mango..thats y

Now tips time!!

Whoever wanna go india 4 vacation, please dun go in match o april.. u dun nid to tan in beach cos u be tanned FOC jus outside e house.. tats b'cos i m specking out of ma experience!! i m so tan now like no body business!!

2007-03-02T09:09:00.000-08:00

Sexy Lady on the floor and touch me dun touch me!!!

Thts the songs titles tht gt my instant intrest in the hindi movie Dhoom 2..
Well the movie was gd but the songs were super.. i dun understand hindi i can understand a few words only bt the song's beat and the rythem it jaz brings u sm where.
i eventually found out the meaning of the songs when my dad bought the dvd with english sub and well i jaz cant stop loving the songs. so enjoy the songs and get ready to dance...

posted by Annisha

2007-02-21T07:05:00.000-08:00

you people will be wondering why i upload this pic?

thats b'cos i am going India!!

well i will be visiting ma grandparents n relative..

taking a short holidays..and some people will be wondering how short is my trip

well i will be there 6 weeks..hehe

ya i noe it is not short..haha

i know my friends will be missing me soooo much..

A shoutout to all ma frenz..

I WILL BE BACK TO TORTURE YOU ALL..Muahahah

2007-02-20T05:37:00.000-08:00

A visit to Mages home...

A few days ago, i visited mages home. I have to talior my sari to chudithar ( indian costume ).

She is going to india and would be sewing her dress there. I had this 2 beautifull saris and thought it would be a great idea to sew them in India. Anyway, mages lives in a unqiue neighbourhood. She lives right at the heart of little india. This is the place in Singapore where indians gather and shop for all sorts of indian goods. It really does feel like being in india but a mini version.

usually i would visit little india when i really need to but frankly i cant imagine living there !

Its just too noisy and does not have that peacefull setting.

so when mages 1st told me where she lived i have to say i was shock.

Here are some pictures i took in mages home..

Onions mages cut, made her cry and made me laugh at the way she cooked

Coffee served in indian style.. here in singapore we just serve in normal glass cup but this is the indian style many done follow...the coffee was great !!

Mages poor laptop stuffed in her messy cupboard.. haha.. she really cant stand her laptop......

The view of the busy streets of little india from her room window... not the quite neighbourhood i live in.

Finally the simple vegetarian bee hoon noodle she cooked for me, was simple and nice. never tried a vegetarian version with a twist of indian style.. i usually fry bee hoon with meat and lots of chilli.

Thanks mages for your hospitality and food : ))

Posted by : Annisha

2006-12-28T08:11:00.000-08:00

Christmas and Toys....
tis the season to be jolly, i spend mine with toys !
yup my nephew has endless toys some of which are just to tempting even for me..hehe..
fun to play.... wish i was a child again

Started the day with MacDonalds..

my fav is big breakfirst

A gift for my nephew who loves elmo!!!

parking plaza toy set!!

offers cleaning, petrol pumping and repair services!!

ample parking space:)

my fav.. mini drum set...played with my nephew made loud noise.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Annisha

2006-11-24T23:31:00.000-08:00

today i and

Annisha and me went to galileo cafe to eat...fish & chip and laksa

we finished our food and decided to go SIM to rest for a while..

there was a surprise waiting for us..

Annisha and i got shock of our life..

for a sec we thought there was a real person in the trashy

and i was thinking how could any one fell into rubbish bin??

it was jus a dummy!!!

ok we calmed our self and started to walk again

there were more dummies in dumpster!!!

the SIM was full of these two kind of dummies all over the place..i wonder who came up with this idea..he might have tripped into the bins himself..haha

2006-11-05T07:09:00.000-08:00

It was the usual school day.. Mages and I had our project day. which is doing project the whole day. ..frm 8am to 5pm. i personally call the room im assign to do my project "dungon" coz im stuck there the whole day and there is no reception!!!.. well we sneeked out to have a chit chat and took the photos to describe our hp we love so dear ...

My hp... i called it the gold tail black cat...hehe...

Mages hp i name it pink panther..becoz of its cover..hehe...

Posted by
Annisha

2006-10-05T21:13:00.000-07:00

Henna dae!!

Well well 2 days before..i was called up 2 put henna for a fren..So i agreed n we called her to come to our skool n put for her..after putting for her then ma other frens saw how i put for her n they liked it..so they oso wanna put..i did not hav e heart to disappoint them then i oso put for them.. Guess wat they become ma 1st customer..haha they wanna me to put for them for hari raya..haha

2006-09-26T00:14:00.000-07:00

on a rainy day....
well i decieded i should write about what we gals do as frans. one good example would be a rainy day we deciede to walk up the school cafe. well it was raining cats and dogs. noway we could walk up the slope to the cafe. we only had a small umbrella to go. so we decided to eat in school. however, my groupmates wanted to eat in the library cafe.

so it was mages and me to deciede wheather to follow them but we both had that look. mages said "annisha wanna brave the rain and gv it a try" well i thought wat the hell its jaz rain. and so up we went with a single umbralla. haha.. by the time we reach the cafe we were drench!! we jaz looked at each other and laugh comparing who gt wet the most. i dun really like to get wet wearning jeans but mages really wanted to go to the cafe. she had a craving for it. so ya it was fun though i ended up eating megoreng (fried spicy noodles) which was very comman in singapore and not at all a cafe eat out.

i suppose that wat franship is, the little things u do for ur fran jaz brings a smile into ur face. thts wan we would be thanking god we hav met this fran... btw, that day we gals also realise we actually had a diff route that would lead us to the cafe without getting very wet... haha...but its ok wat franship wan thts no fun in it :)

the food we ate in the cafe..i ate megoreng and mages ate chicken chop..yum..yum

lately mages been crazy over these beanbags in our school lib..she is planing to save up and buy one of these for her room... haha.....hope her wish cms true...

2006-09-23T09:47:00.000-07:00

2 things off my mind...
It's been some time since I have wrote. Well life seemed to run I am seemed to walk way behind it. Attachment is over, so back to school n final yr project work is boring n way tiring. We also have physical activity called team building. Our 'team building' involves mostly running and training for physical test. Once we had to out off our school. My fran and I were behind coz she could not run n I basically in no mood to run. While we were walking I realise I know this neighbourhood we were heading to.

It was weird. I know I have been to this area but have no idea where we are. I kept telling my fran I know this place and I kept looking around the familiar sites. When we jogged further up the slope my questions were answered. It was my old school. The place I did my A level studies and drop out. Wow !! I never look back at this place since I left with a heavy heart. Leaving my frans, familiar place and A levels. I jaz look up at the old rickety school. The timing was perfect, there were school students going hm. I stop jogging and looked at them and the school.

A wave of nostalgia swept through me. Once, I was wearing the same uniform coming out from that gate. Wow so many memories. I had to step out of that same gate and take a diff carrier path doing a diploma in engineering than to pursue a biz degree. That's like two diff subjects. I did that and here im doing my final yr diploma. I jaz smiled, took one last look at the school and pick up speed to catch up with my team and go forward in life...
posted by annisha..

2006-07-31T07:43:00.000-07:00

slience will not always means good,

it can be killer one dae.

MaGeS

2006-07-30T00:08:00.000-07:00

Back to slack mode haiz..
Well life is back to the old lazy me again. I do ask myself why I can jaz be as active and sporty as some of my frans are. But the ans is obvious my frans are not me. Im who I am and thts hw I hav been. Been thinking of jogging but after work I jaz slack at home. I normally watch tv go online chat and hit the sack. It is becmg a bad routine. Smthing inside me is screaming to change my lifestyle but my brain n body refuse to listen ahhhh….
Apart from the normal routine I have done a embroidery for the company’s quilt activity. Each employee is given I small piece of cloth to show of their creativity in sewing. They could either do patchwork, draw or do embroidery. Its up to the person. Well I have learn embroidery when I was 11 yrs ols. Yup long ago, too long as I had a bad start and almost gave up. But I manage to spend my wkend sewing and made a decent piece.
Mom has started her regular complains about my lifestyle. But nw its been reduce to her jaz shaking her head and a sign… hehe…
Well what can I say my attachment is cmg to an end soon, so maybe I will change when I go back to school..
Still slacking as ever..
annisha

2006-07-07T07:35:00.000-07:00

Thoese who wondering what this means well i am here to explain! This is a poem which i wrote it when i was dying in boredom.while laying on my bed thinking what to do..i saw a notebook on my desk.i took it and start writing this poem.it goes like this...

thank you for introducing me to this earth

My dear mother...

thank you for shielding when mother beats me

My dear father...

thank you for letting born as a human being

My dear God...

thank you for sharing my happiness and sorrow

My dear Friends...

I can carry on telling bilion time thank you

Thank you..thank you..thank you..

MaGeS

2006-07-05T08:00:00.000-07:00

yum yum, turkish tea and iskander delight !!

turkish food ,lego set and gym!!....
yup these 3 things have changed my life so far..
wondering wat it couid be as all 3 have no link. well they do actually..
all 3 is my 1st time doing it. turkish food well its meat galore as i munch down a plate of iskander it was good n meaty chicken slices with a generous dose of tomato sauce. it was good n unique. coz there was yogurt on the side. it sort of 'cools' down since it was a bit spicy. yup it ws my 1st try n i fell in love yum yum. not for getting the turkish tea. well the tea was okie to me nothin special that i notice but it was fun to try new food and appreciate the culture.

As 4 lego belive it is my 1st time i build smthing tht is worth looking. since young i dun like lego, nve had one n nve payed with it. so wan my nephew asked me to do a dinosaur. iwas like oh no. but i took it as a challenge coz well it was hard to say no to the cute little chap. hehe... and voala there was my creation haha my so call dinosaur. well my nephew likes it thts impt to me.

The dino lego i made

Gym, the place where muscle men get to pump up their body. well wat a small gal like me doing there?i decied its time i do some exercise so the gym was the answer. besides running i carried weights to tone my stmach and legs. it was tough painful wow. but than its awesome.felt like i had smthing useful.it was pushing myself to do it was the most impt satisfaction i got. well wat can i say cnt wait for the next time me and my frans would pay a visit to the gym.

2006-06-12T07:30:00.000-07:00

hi to anyone whoever is reading this blog of IshaGes...first of all i introduce to you. my name is mages in short.you could have read the mini "fairytale" of IshaGes and from there you might a slight idea about me..well now i am having a term break and relaxing at my home well annisha on the other hand is busy with workload..haha oops sori annisha for teasing you..well she was complaining to me that after we both have created our blog we have not done anything much.she sound it like we abandon our blog which was funny to me that time.it was because that we spent time making this blog and after making it we like no time for it to update it..Which was like a waste! then annisha could not take it anymore she did her part..after she did it techincally it was ma turn but i was lazy and my excuses was "no time" to sit and type..hahai know what annisha will think right now LAZY GAL..haha So now i was bored and could not think of anything else to do so decided to uplate IshaGes..hmm i think that thats all for now take care and bubye...(",)

MaGeS

2006-05-21T09:05:00.000-07:00

hey its Annisha, decided to give my part of the blog that me n my fran created. well wat sld i say, attachment is keeping me busy.Life seem like this 24/7 timetable that i am stuck in. Well few more months till my attachment is over looking forward to it though at the end of it, i noe a little part of me will look back at my 1st working life with a smile.

One of mages zany ideas. we went shopping and she bought this earrings. she wanted to take a pic that will give it an antique look and got this pic.