I don't know about you, but I just turned twenty-two.

Holaa everyone!  Yup!  I just turned twenty-two, but frankly I don't feel like I've aged at all.  However, the song of Taylor Swift's "22" has been growing on me and I've been hitting the replay button again and again.  Anyway, I didn't really do much for my birthday.  I had breakfast with my folks outside early in the morning and had dinner with Carlos only, since both my parents had to work and my brother was busy, but it was fine.  I had an awesome time as usual, but we were too stuffed to do anything more after dinner although I was able to convince him to snap a few shots of what I was wearing and some other random stuff.

Oh and look what my sister sent me!  Isn't she just the sweetest?  She sent this to me via kakaotalk before my birthday since she's on the other side of the globe and there's a time difference.  I love her to bits!!

Shirt: H&M, HK | Skirt: Cotton On, HK | Hat: In a Row | 

Oh, and I only got to take one decent photo (that's if it's even considered decent) of my outfit since someone started yawning.  HAHAHA!  Anyway, the rest of the photos are of me, my parents and Carlos plus some random birthday stuff.  Oh yeaa!  This year I got two birthday cakes, one from my lovely parents and the other from my better half.  Teehee!!  I love them all so much and I'm so thankful for having them in my life!  I wouldn't be who I am without them and of course I thank God for giving me such a wonderful life and lovely friends who greeted me through sms, fb, etc. etc.  

Hope you like the photos! :) Till next post loves!! :D

xoxo,
Regine M.

P.S. The last two photos of me blowing my candle was taken in my super messy room by my brother and there are not photos of him here since he was too busy with schoolwork and he was in his PJs... just in case you're wondering why there aren't any photos of him here.

Cinnamon Sugar Coated Muffins stuffed with Kinder Bueno!

Hi everyone!  Care to try this yummy "Cinnamon Sugar Coated Muffin stuffed with Kinder Bueno"?  I'm a huge fan of desserts and I had the urge to bake something or make something sweet for that matter since after all, it is the Love month.  And so, I was surfing the net when I remembered a food blogger I'm following on instagram named Erwan and decided to check his blog called thefatkidinside.com.  I came across the muffins but what really caught my eye were the words "Kinder Bueno" which is why I just had to try to bake them.

Here are the Ingredients I used to make them and they are of course also on Erwan's blog. :)

1. 1/2 cup sugar

2. ½ tsp salt

3. 1/2 cup milk (whole)

4. 1 1/2 cups all-purpose or self-raising flour

5. ½ tsp nutmeg

6. ½ tsp cinnamon

7. 2 1/4 tsp baking powder

8. ½ kinder bueno for each muffin

9. 1 large egg

10. 1 tsp vanilla extract

11. 1/3 cup (5 Tbsp) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

Topping:

1. ½ cup sugar + 3 tsp cinnamon

2. Butter for topping

Sooo, after you've gathered all the ingredients, you have to mix all of them one by one in order according to Erwan, the first one being the butter, followed by sugar, egg, vanilla extract, milk, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and of course the kinder buenos! 

And after you've mixed all the ingredients, the batter would look something like this!!

After you've finished the batter, fill each of the tins by half (buttered) or as you can see, I used paper cups since I do not have a tin and add the pieces of kinder buenos and then cover it with a little bit more mixture so as to bring it to 3/4 fill.

Bake them at 350°F for around 12-15 minutes or you could use a toothpick to see whether the dough would stick or not... 

After getting them out of the oven, let them cool for about five minutes and brush them off with butter and roll the buttered part in the cinnamon sugar.

And voila, you can then enjoy your yummy muffins!  Hope you try this recipe!  Thank God for food bloggers!  Hahaha!  

I hope you liked my photos and I know I'm no professional at baking but I do hope to get better because I have the passion to bake.  Cheers!

xx,

Regine 

December 8. ♥

My baby's cappuccino!

Mango cake!  Yum!

Caramel Macchiato!

It was finally the weekend once again and as usual, I went out with Carlos where we celebrated our monthsary. Haha! We walked around Macau and the tiny little shops. I couldn’t really walk properly though because I had a hard time walking in my boots. I began to think that it was a bad idea for me to have bought those, but I couldn’t help it! They were really cute when I saw them in the UK. Haha Anyway, we went to this place called “Akasaka Cafe” and from the sound of that, we thought they served Japanese dishes like sushi and stuff, but we were wrong. They did have some ramen, Japanese rice, tempura, etc. though, but aside from those, they also had macaroons! Yes, macaroons, just like those of Paris! Of course they can’t be compared to Lauduree’s, but anyway, we decided to just have coffee and a piece of cake since I didn’t really feel like eating rice or noodles.

On a side note, it wasn’t really that cold on that day so I just put on a shirt and cardigan, jeans, booties and I was off to go! Below are the photos of what I wore but since we didn’t have the SLR on that day, we just used my baby’s phone…

My outfit on that day!!

The boots that gave me a hard time in walking...

What I wore: | Top: Marks & Spencer | Cardigan: Marks & Spencer | Booties: New Look (UK) | Red Skinny Jeans: Stradivarius | Bag: Nessa