An Announcement.

Hi all,

I hope you stay till the end of the blog. :)

As some of you may know that I was away for almost 2 weeks. Here is an update on my trip. I was in korea for holiday and I would say it is the Country of the year for me. I did a lot of traveling this year and I have never travel so much in one year itself. Went To maldives, U.S, China, Korea and next week Sarawak. I love my life as a traveller, seriously.

I will definitely go back for Korea. The culture is one of the major thing that attracts me. Was so used to saying Anyeonghasaeyo that I came back doing the same. When I was there, I would sit in cafes and just think about life. Meeting new korean friends and just talk about our backgrounds and random topics. It somehow widens my perspective of life and what I want to do with my life. Met up my friends in myeongdong and I had my first experience at eating street food in a 5 degree night. Super cold but it was a amazing.

My dad once told me, life is too short to be wasted in things we don't like. Find your passion and you will never have to work. Open up your eyes and see the world. Because there is so much more out there than what we think we have. 

Which bring me to the news that I want to announce next. It breaks my heart to say this but Ann's Wonderbar will stop taking orders completely starting on Christmas eve. Last order will be on the 23rd of December. 
I will be furthering my studies in Patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu Paris. The school is located in Paris itself. So I will be flying over to fulfill my dreams and my passion. My desire to travel has lead me to choose Paris instead of staying in LCB KL. 

Reason why I choose Patisserie? One word, PASSION. I do not want to lie to myself for the sake of being realistic and just get myself into any business school. Not to say that I don't like business subjects but I guess there is still something missing in there. 

How do I know Patisserie is what I wanted? That bold feeling that I get when I made my decision for this. The inner peace. The satisfaction. I am someone that gives a damn about what others say but this time I couldn't bother what people may say. I know I will never regret doing this and I will thank myself 10, 20, or even 30 years later. 



Honestly, it took me awhile to decide to go or not but I gotta thank God for his guidance. Without him I wouldn't be so sure with what I want. 

Lastly, I just wanna say Thank you so much for all the support. To my family and my friends too. I think I have the most supportive friends. They found out that I am doing this online cake store and started introducing to their friend and placing orders just to show support. I couldn't thank them enough. You all know who you are. 
I started taking orders from random online customers about 2-3 months back. I wanna say thank you for believing in me. Your feedbacks and encouragements are what keep me going. 
I hope I can still bake for everyone in my remaining days in Malaysia. 
And I hope you won't forget Ann's Wonderbar. 

If you wish to know more about my life in Paris. You can add me in Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/annheartsyou ) or follow my instagram @annexlee :)

Bake with Love and Passion. 

Loves, 
Ann L. 

How it started.

Time really flies. As far as I am concern, my last post was in the beginning of August and guess what it is now beginning of November. I hope everyone is well. :)
Sorry I have been busy with my Uni applications.
Here is a quick blog update. I have been getting some questions from people lately. "Where did you learn all these baking skills ann?" "Have you been attending baking class?" "How did you do that?" "

So this is about how I started Ann's Wonderbar. I completed my A-Levels last year and while I try to figure out which Uni to apply, I bake in my free time. There was this time where I baked my mom a Chanel inspired Handbag cake. I posted the picture on Instagram and with no expectations I added "Orders are Welcome" at the end of my caption.

and this is how it all started. :)

I take it as a part time job while applying for universities.

To be honest, I have never attend any baking classes. Baking has been like a hobby since I was young. My mom loves to bake, so I guess I am influenced by her in some way. As well through all my past experiences I have learnt so much from them. Imagine how many cakes I have thrown into the garbage bin if I baked since I was young but thank God that I no longer have to do that. Haha.
Passion and curiosity play big roles in my life to be honest. To me, without passion you cannot go far. I have done a lot of research and study along my way. I experiment all my old and new recipes and modify them to bring out the optimum flavor. Never imagine that this will lead me to Ann's Wonderbar. This doesn't mean that I bake perfect cakes every time. I still fail sometimes but it has became my very own baking lesson where I can learn from my mistakes. I remember I once rushed for an order until 3am but the satisfaction is so much more when I see the smile of my customer. :)

My busiest days is 3-4 cakes a week so far, busy but productive I guess. Just a humble beginning, so I really gotta thank everyone that gave me the chance and believe in me. I am grateful and I am still learning everyday. I will be furthering my studies on January. I will announce the news in another blog regarding where I will be going. I always hope to bake the best for everyone of you because to see you enjoy what I made gives me joy.

Throw back to the Day Break Carnival. :)

Hope you enjoy reading. Cheers. :)

With Love,
Ann L.