First Post In The New Year 2016

It is 2016, and I'm still not done sharing my trip to Bali which I took in December 2015 :D. I am so relaxed in writing new posts, but I hope they have been informative and useful in some way, if not entertaining. Last week, I spent the holiday season with my family to Kuala Lumpur, and I have quite a few food stories to share from that trip too, my kind of stories of course. So, I will be posting about that for the next week or so.

Here's a sneak peak.

Barbecued baby BEEF back ribs. Say no more.

I started this blog about three months ago, and I have been pleasantly surprised by the kind reception from the visitors to this blog. I hope our relationship will continue to blossom and deepen as time goes by :D. Please let me know if there's anything you would like for me to write more about.
Truthfully, I love thinking, writing, taking pictures and videos and discussing about food, so this blog will mainly showcase that particular passion of mine. And of course the recipes, which I'd like to share and document neatly here are coming as well. But, as it turns out, I love eating out more than I do cooking at home. At least, that was what happened for the last three months. But going forward, I will try to write and make more videos on my personal collection of recipes. Plus, I will try to be more frequent in publishing new posts here, ~~we'll see how long that last~~ so 2016 will definitely be a year of improvement for this blog, insyAllah (if Allah wills it).

I also promise to loose 7 kilograms this year. Bismillah, let see how this one goes :D*starts to sweat,

Lastly, before I wrap up this short post, I pray and hope that this year will bring more blessings to us all. Happy holidays friends!!! Oh wait, tomorrow is Monday hahahaha.....happy going back to work then. Toodles...!

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