WHY i never mention i bake

Another emo post of mine.... It just struck me when my cousin asked me :"When are u gonna bake for me?"

That I am never gonna be good enough in my family as in my circle of relatives la.... Refuse to specify which side

Compared to 2 of my cousin sister's... Whatever I try to excel in, they are always one step ahead of me.
Example???

First one is studies.... I tried my very best in this but someone(tak boleh mention cos she reads my blog) is always above me no matter what... You are just too smart dear cousin of mine.... tehehehehe i know u are reading this....
That one maybe I don't really mind but it does get to you sometimes when ppl asyik compare

Second one is my hobby... which is baking and maybe the occasional cooking. My other cousin is apparently better than me in this.... Feeling a bit disheartened at this point...
This particular incident made me feel really stupid and after that I decided not to even mention to any of my relatives that I bake...

Further explanation of the incident.....

This happened when I went back the last round (Dec 08 - Feb 09). I happened to bake my so called "best" pastry ever la in my entire history of baking. And coincidentally my cousin dropped by to collect the stuff that I bought back for her from Melbourne so I told her that I baked and I was obviously super excited about it. She did take a look at my creation and asked why are the sides are so broken (still trying to improvise on that). Little did I know that she also bakes too... So during a gathering celebration at her mom's place, my other aunt mentioned that her baking was awesome and wanted her to bake for them to try. Can u roughly guess what was reaction?

SHOCKED obviously???!!!

Betul betul felt really bodoh lor... I've been telling a pro all this while about my so called "good" creation... Seriously felt so stupid at that time that I sworn to never mention that I like baking too... Doubt my stuff can live up to my relatives' standard anyway... And to be honest I hate it when ppl compare what I enjoy doing with someone else's work....

But the bright side to this is that at least my friends, immediate family and my relatives from my other parent do appreciate my baking. That is the comforting part.....
The last round back i managed to make it for my other relatives and they praised me for doing it really well (by that I mean the taste, texture and the sweetness) and even asked me when am I coming back so that I can make for them again... It's amazing how some good feedback can actually make u feel cos u know that at least someone enjoys what u've baked for them....

The same goes to my friends in Melbourne/ Malaysia and also my housemates. They never fail to thank me and give some encouraging feedback .... The part I find really cute is when Miss Yilee(my new housemate) gives out that cute reaction when she returns from uni and sense that something just came out from the oven. And she even eats the stuff that I think is not edible at all like my first attempt to make swiss roll.... So cute la she.... hahaha.... Thanks a lot gal!!! It real perks my mood to see someone get so excited over ur baking....

And last but not least of course my immediate family... The ones that always finish up whatever I bake.... My brother refuse to admit though that he likes my baking and said that the only reason he eats it is because he has nothing else to eat. =_= And my dad for always kindly telling me that my cakes are either too dry or no taste but amazingly he still eats them. He praticularly likes my baked cheesecake, apple crumble(his ultimate favourite) and butter cake. It made me laugh when he sounded so happy after I told him that I will be making cheesecake in the afternoon but not the one he wanted. LOL. When he found out, he was like :"why make the chilled one? make the baked one la." hahahaha.......

But I never did manage to make that again for him... Sorry daddy... Will try to make your favourite cake which is Tiramisu when I go back.... I will be experimenting that in July right after my exam... Can't wait... tehehehehe....

OOps !!! its already 12.25 am.... better head to bed since I have a lecture at 9am tmr.... :)