When things lose their colour...

I would like to believe I am officially over it...I think I'm totally ready to move on (finally) and step forward and let go of all the things that are holding me back I feel oddly empowered maybe its turning of age I don't know officially I cannot blame my stupidity and irrational decisions on that endearing youthful lack of better judgment..by now I should just learn from my mistakes rather than continuously make the same ones and falling into the same idiotic pattern... yes I'm well aware how I'm vague I'm being no I don't particularly feel the need to share specifics all that matters is I am officially over it and from this moment fourth I am going to focus on myself...I don't really believe that sounds selfish I think its something that is well overdue I've put all my time and effort and thoughts on other things and people...which detract me from what it is that I need to do to follow and achieve my own personal and professional goals...

so in the wise words of someone I know...

out with the old in with the new...

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Day 163

pretty fly for a white guy...

It was my Birthday on the 4th and it went really well..it was heaps of fun I did only take a few photos that day but the fact that i look dreadful on them has prevented me from uploading them so instead I will leave you with the photos I uploaded on my cupcake blog earlier today:

From where I'm standing...

Quite a bit has happened over the last few days/week all of which I wont bore you with my the two main highlights of the the week were...

Firstly as previously mentioned in last blog it was my mother birthday ahu n I took her to circle...I noticed theyve repainted their walls to a bright blue colour...i had this awesome bagel burger/sandwich thing it was a lambburger with bree, a sweet tomatoe chutney and rocca leaves it was really really good!
then my father took us to this awesome, extremly expensive but awesome none the less seafood resteraunt called Mahimahi in the Wafi City the seafood was soo incrediblly delicious and fresh...





i joined a cake decorating class by Wilton...which is heaps fun... this is my first attempt at properally decorating an actual cake by myself... i thought it turned out well... its 4 layers of chocolate cake with 3 layers of chocolate icing inside and then a vanilla buttercream ontop....taste wise i definitly prefer my own buttercream...but the recipe we used was really really great to with work with and was the ideal consistancy but cuz they use crisco instead of butter which is the biggest bitch to wash up it gets everywhere!.... here are photos of me cake:







I was randomly doodling in my notebook and somehow subchonciously i ended up with this so i thought id dedicate photo of the day to my diplodocus's in Aus:

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Day 148:

Monday, 25th May

So wow last few weeks definitly intense... i started my business its going well tomorow itll be a 2 weeks since the party and ive already done 4 orders since my party and it hasnt even been full week...so im well happy...

today is my mothers birthday so ill be taking her out with my brother for lunch n then my dad will take us all out for dinner...I bought her presents...which I had fun photographing theyre these vintage patterned storage tins for like sugar and tea an coffee n stuff...I thought they were pretty....

n itll be my birthday on the 4th and then my brothers on the 17th ill be started a course on 26th of may..so yeah things are starting to pick up a little ...but I still havnet managed to accomplish the one thing i should have done months ago...get a proper full time actual job... hopefully I will.. hopefully out of nowhere that inspiration and movtivation and that passion and love to design and be creative will come back ...which I havent even seen a glimer of since I moved here ...I hope it comes back I need it so I can finish my portfolio and start applying...

other than that I've had this incredibly unshakable feeling...which I dont think is wise to dicuss up here...but its strange and I really wish I wasnt feeling it and I certainly shouldnt be feeling it regarding the person I have it for....my mind seems to be dwelling and lingering on things/people it shouldnt be...its a little annoying...

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Day 142:

Cupcake Event...

Here are the photos from the cupcake event...Im still super tired so ill keep it brief..i was extremly happy with the turn out and the way it all played out.. I ended up making 7 types of cupcakes as youll see below and a grand total of 230 cupcakes were made by the end of the evening there were like maybe 10-15 left...i also was given this super awesome cupcake stand as a present which i just loved and used it to host the rest last remaing cupcakes on at the end....all in all great event and im well happy :D i even managed to get a few orders... ive set up another blog aswell where ive put up the online menu...

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Day 139:

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Places In Dubai- Circle

Circle is the really pretty, girly little resteraunt located at Beach Park Plaza on the Beach Road. My friend Rawiya introduced me to the place yesterday for breakfast. The interior has this great simple, clean, decident sophistication about it, with appropriate use of colour when called for. All the tables and chairs are all white in an antique style with a grey accented wall on the side which hosts a collection of mirrors and photography as well as a vintage poster which made me smile a little inside. The place seems open airy and classic feel to it with lots of natural light pouring in from the glass wall. The restaurant is simple with an eye for classic touches and details. As much as I would love to go on about the interior i should mention the food seeing as it is a restaunrant after all.

The place makes itself famous for their bagels, most of their menu was bagel related and they did indeed have an impressive list of bagels to offer. So naturally it would make sense to order something from their vast collection of bagel items. Instead I opted for their french toast I have to say my breakfast looked and tasted great.The french toast was really delicious and i was salvating just at the sight of it; a huge peice of toast covered in maple syrup topped with berries oozing with its own berry sauce which the bread soaked up making it even more yummy and then the whole entire plate was dusted with icing sugar.
It would be a good place for breakfast, brunch or lunch. The whole experince was lovely, great food gossiping with friends whilst sipping on coffee..really cant complain...
Price wise my french toast and coffee set me back only dhs37 i think (which is $13.75 australian dollars)

Food: 8/10
Service: 8/10
Atmosphere: 9.5/10
Price:8/10

Photo of the Day ( Inside Circle)
Day 121:

I see a red door and I want to paint it black...

I made red velvet cupcakes the other day and I was extremly happy with the end result...I was in the search for a really good red velvet recipe and the one that I used resulted with a cake that was super yummy, not to sweet, really light and soft and through experiementation I ended up creating a frosting that I was even more happy with; just the right amount of sweetness mixed the correct dose of cream cheesyness :D
I was extremly surprised on how very red the batter was though...i mean yeah im aware of the word 'red' in red velvet but i wasnt anticipating this level of redness..the colour and consistancy of the batter made it feel exactly like red paint...i felt like a child making make pretend cupcakes by pouring paint into the cupcake pan...ok i have never acctually ever poured paint into a cupcake tin...but the point is it felt a lil odd and surreal....

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Day 118