Sunday, January 16, 2011
Mak Andam and Makeup Artists.
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| the assortments of bridal buns learnt |
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| us happy with our certs:) |
Back in our parents and grandparents time, the 'Mak Andam' plays the role of a makeup artist- they do makeup, hair, and clothe the bride on the wedding day. one day before, they are in charge of rituals such as the bride's flower bath. according to our folk tales, these people do magic. they do so called incantations to make the bride appear different from what she looks like in her daily life (they call this 'naik seri') and they would know whether the bride is a virgin or not from the flower baths and if she's not one, the incantations wont work.. Sounds scary to you? but that was in the olden days. and it was a great story to pass on to our grandchildren. nowadays we have these group of people called the Make up Artists.
Make up artists fake everything. they use the arts of colours to make single eyelids into double eyelids, round faces into heartshaped ones, flat noses into sharp ones and dull, uneven skin tone into a flawless fair one. scientifically and artfully (however u put it), turns the bride into someone different, someone much more prettier than she is in the daily life. they make your hair more beautiful by making beautiful buns out of it. they might not know if you're a virgin or not, but they can make you look like one:) they do exactly what a mak andam does. so somehow or other, these magical people from back then were actually makeup artists. perhaps with some special powers which are called artsy talent, nowadays.
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| Martian hair courtesy of Nurul Shukor. |
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| Not my everyday look, courtesy of Amy Janz. |
Anyhoo, my makeup and hair class was a very enjoyable one and i love playing the millenium improvised mak andam minus the incantations and all don't worry, so to all u future brides out there..come give me a try:) i might have those special powers that you might like!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Apam Rambai from Negeri Sembilan
Have you guys seen or tried this Malaysian kuih before?
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| apam ice cream - pic courtesy of Jurnal Rasa |
What you see above is the improvised version of the kuih apam, nicely put n cups with all the cute colours mixed up. first thing that crossed my mind when i saw this pic was.."ooh malaysian cupcakes!"
Anyways, you can find these at almost all the kuih stalls, sold 5 for RM1 if i'm not mistaken. most of the time they don't come in cups and in a variety of different colours : green, pink, white. usually eaten sprinkled with coconut flakes. go try one if you haven't ok.
What i wanted to share today is in this photo:
Now these are traditional apams:) someone brought it to make up class today to share with everyone and i was amazed by it cuz i haven't seen it before. these apams are called Apam Rambai. taste the same, so i guess they use the same ingredients but they are steamed in rambai leaves and belong to the Negeri Sembilan tradition (just found out after i googled about it). p/s: Rachel is orang negeri sembilan:P
What's unique about this kuih is not just the rambai leaves, but they are usually eaten dipped in sambal tumis ikan bilis. u know, the same sambal you eat with your nasi lemak. yums.
Whoever's thinking of trying these apams can travel down to Johol, Negeri Sembilan. Good luck!:)
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