Day 29 - Thank You CGA

13 August 2010

cupcakes and brownies - still a favourite

I felt a bit out of place not having to bake at night after work, it was like stopping cold turkey (I was craving a piece of cake at morning tea myself argh!...) although my initial goal of raising funds to build one well has been reached way ahead of schedule, it feels like there's much more that was planned but hasn't happened yet. They say it takes around 21-28 days to develop a new habit, I proved that theory correct! Baking after work everyday has become my routine, it's no longer a drag like when I was first starting out not to mention my efficiency in the kitchen has also improved tremendously after one month of intensive "training". All for all it's been an excellent experience so far!

thanks everyone at work! 

To thank my colleagues at CGA who has been on a constant sugar high the past 6 weeks, I made some cupcakes, peanut-butter-cookie-topped brownies and remade the charcoal cake apple cake for morning tea. There's no such thing as sugar overload at work it seems.... and I couldn't have done it without their daily encouragement :)

Clearly, I have gotten into the baking momentum, and I now feel peaceful again when staying up late baking and also getting up early to make cake toppings, de-moulding and finishing touches. Baking was therapeutic to me before I started this campaign, it became draining because I had to bake everyday. Now that I've reached my one-well goal, I need to set another goal to stay on track. Probably not another US$5000, but something more achievable.

successful apple cake

Right now I'm experiencing my worst ever skin breakout in my adulthood!!!! (yes, don't hate me but I normally have "perfect" skin!) and I'm keen to get fit again (and slowly get my social life back would be good). I hope to be making more things I actually want to make that are more labour intensive and hasn't been feasible to make on a week night. Really am looking forward to that!