Cup cakes

Baba's thought for today.

"Patience is all the strength that man needs."

This cake shop located on the ground floor of the Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, specialises in cup cakes. It is appropriately called the Cup Cake Shop. The display of colourful cup cakes attractively decorated with royal icing fronts the whole shop. (See picture)

October 1st was Li Sim's birthday and Li San had ordered a hugh cup cake (see picture) to celebrate the happy occassion. I have never seen a cup cake of this size so it was a real novelty. It not only looks good but the taste was heavenly. One would normally eat the cake and leave the icing as we do in Malaysia. But with this cake, the butter cake was creamy and rich, and the icing was even more yummy...just the right sweetness and the texture was smooth. This experience will make me look at cup cakes differently. I wonder whether such a shop can be found in Kuala Lumpur for such a venture may have good potential!! Think about it you bakers out there.

Reflecting on the importance of Patience, I begin to analyse what being patient involves. Patience can be defined as a delay in getting what we want . Margaret Thatcher once famously remarked " I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end".

Patience is thus a state of endurance under difficult circumstances or perservering when our needs are not met or exhibiting forebearance when under stress. Therefore to put patience into practice means making a choice of either a small reward in the short term versus a bigger reward after a longer time. Being patient is thus a decision making process where one has to determine one's intended rewards.