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Chinese New Year Eve's Dinner

2011-02-02T23:38:00.011+08:00

Chinese New year Eve's Dinner is a once a year event (excuse) to over eat and forget about counting calories!!

The first dish for us was,

Curry Chicken

The curry paste is made by my grand aunt. That is why, I'm choosy over my curry. :P

Even Gorilla is drooling over it!

The we had the traditional "Ang Chow" Pork ribs. It's red because we cooked it with the residue from the traditional chinese red wine.

Ang chow pork ribs

Then, the yearly chinese sausage my mom made :)

Chinese Sausage

Stew Duck!

I seldom have duck meat. That's what makes it special on Chinese New Year!

Prawn Fritters

The mandatory Mixed Vegetable

Paper wrapped chicken

Fish Maw + Pig's Stomach

Steamed Fish

All these years, I did not understand why my mom insists on at least a dish with fish.

Now I know why. There's a chinese proverb that says, "年年有余" (nian nian you yu)- which basically means that there will be surplus every year.

But my mom, thought the word "余" (yu) meant Fish (鱼 - yu). It's of the same pronounciation but a different word with a different meaning. :) So there.. We have fish every year! :)

Last of all,

Wishing all of you a Happy and Prosperous Rabbit New year :)

Chinese New Year 2011 - Cookies!!

2011-01-28T16:49:00.014+08:00

Every year, I extend my CNY holidays to 3 weeks instead of the official 1 week given by the college! Ever since I'm back home, I started with CNY preparation. Almost everything is home-made because I'm choosy over food sold commercially!

Last year, we were very lucky as my Grand Aunty gave us cookies. This year, my mom and I had to make our own cookies.

It's almost the same to make cookies. They only vary in flavour, but the technique and style is far from different. All you have to do is..

Knead the dough

Cut the dough into the shape you want

Put it in the oven and bake

It's just that easy, but time consuming!! Oh, and just don't forget to take it out of the oven and keep them. :)

Peanut cookie

After it's baked

Then, kept.

Cheese biscuit

We couldn't decide which shape we wanted. In the end, we made more..

Star-shaped cheese biscuits

The third type was kuih bangkit. It's a traditional local biscuit with a modern twist in it. :)

"Eat me! Eat me!"

Of course, it's tradition that we don't eat all the CNY goodies until the day itself!

Bottled

Everything is kept properly so that it will last. :)

This is the first year after many many many years, we made pineapple tarts. While most pineapple tarts are round in shape or in a shape of a flower or even a caterpillar, I chose mine to be in a heart shape. :)

The empty hearts

Then I filled it with home-made pineapple jam.

Hearts filled with love and patience :)

Of all cookies, this one takes up most of our time! It's a tedious job to fill those hearts up!

After it's baked, I arranged it in the containers.

" I love you - I'm too cute to be eaten right?"

And for the last and final cookie we made - Kuih Momo. My mom called it Snowballs. It's the first time we attempted this. One of my relatives gave us the recipe verbally. No exact measurement was given. Everything was just an estimation. It was quite difficult as we do not know what texture was it suppose to be.

It turned out pretty fine.. looks like how it's suppose to look :) so yay!! Can't wait for CNY now.. :) More preparations coming up.

Society for Kuching Urban Poor (SKUP)

2011-01-13T21:36:00.016+08:00

The Society for Kuching Urban Poor (SKUP) is a non political, non racial, and non religious group. It's a society where volunteers gather to help the urban poor. On the 4th of January 2011, my parents and I followed the food distribution group. It was a very interesting experience for me. :)

At 9a.m, we waited at St Joseph's school canteen.

There were 200 packets of food packed ready for the distribution.

First, we loaded the Society's van with the packed foods..

And the journey to the 6 distribution point began....

Our first stop was at the Song Kheng Hai, the place where they sell nice ice kacang.
It was easy because we just pass the food to this lady...

and she distributed among themselves.

The second distribution point was at Petanak market and the thrid was at Sg. Apong. Then, we visited one of the houses.

The gate was rusty

The side of the house

The bathroom and toilet :(

Next stop was to Kpg. Desa Wira.

The houses

I was distributing food to them :)

The pathway to visit their house

You just need to keep a firm balance to walk on the narrow pathway.

One of the houses

I was told that when it floods, the water reaches the house! And it floods almost everytime it rains!

The 5th distribution point was at Poh Kwong Park. It was an easy task too as we just passed a few packets to a guy, and a few collected it from us.

The final stop was at Kpg. Kudei.

A photo with the kids and the mothers who received food

Food for the kids

The way to Kpg. Kudei

It was an uneven pathway with puddles of water :(

One of the houses at Kpg. Kudei

The inner pathway that linked the houses

The planks were not neatly placed!

Thinking will the planks take her weight

The villagers ride motorcycles on these planks while most of them just walk. The planks were very scary, uneven, and totally (in my opinion) unsafe! Yet, these villagers are using it every single day!

Cardboard Ceiling

One of the houses

When it floods in this Village, the water reaches the windows. Hard to believe but that was what I was told.

When we were at Kpg. Kudei, I was lucky to be able to meet Mr. Fabian who is the secretary and the person in charged of the mobile soup kitchen.

Caught a picture of Mr. Fabian when he was talking :)

The villagers know him as 'SKUP'. They thought that is his actual name!!! :D

Walking out of the Kpg.

After the trip, I asked Mr. Fabian a few questions about the society and found out that:

1. There was no one real founder. It was a few friends who shared the same idea of healping the urban poor of Kuching that mooted the idea. One of them was Datuk Lily Yong and another is Ir. Peter Wong Hung Huang and the rest are the founding committee members. That include Lai Lim Hon, Dr. Francis Sia, Mr. Fabian, and some others. However, when the committe was formed, it appointed datuk Lily Yong as its advisor.

2. The committee motivated the move although some are more a sleeping partners. They also invite volunteers to join. Some write-ups in the newspapers had somewhat provided information to keen-volunteers to join SKUP.

3. I was very concern with the amount of food given for free to these people and how long will SKUP continue giving them food. Mr. Fabian assured me that SKUP will provide as long as they can, with the support of the generosity of the public. He sees it as a continous affair/operation for many good years to come.

4. The first phase of the operation is to feed the poor and the second phase is to identify those who can work, to train them to work and earn their own living. SKUP aims to help the poor to break out of their vicious cycle of poverty and be on their own two feet, not just by feeding them.

5. When this committee started sometime in September 2010, they supplied 100 meals per day. Now, they are giving out 200 meals per day! It is estimated that it will reach 300 meals per day by end of March! Although they have not started campaigning for fund-raising and donations, people are generally generous and willing to contribute to help the poor.

6. The Society do not just give free meals to anyone. They did their survey after giving the recipients meals for a week or so. Most recipients with 3 to 6 children, have household income of less than RM500 a month.

7. Currently, there are 80 volunteers. The Society expects to have 100 volunteers by end of March 2011. They will be divided into various sub-committees such as:

(a) Mobile Soup Kitchen

(b) Welfare

(d) Projects

(e) Chinese/Mandarin Speaking

(f) Dayak/Malay Speaking

(g) Religion

(h) Logistics

(i) Others

From what I see, the society is doing a good job. It was very different from what I experienced in KL 2 years ago, where it was more of the rich stealing from the poor.

For those who are interested to volunteer, you may do so you may contact the number on the van - 017-8515225

Or donate via cheques payable to: The Society for Kuching Urban Poor
EON Bank Account No.: 0057-10-021320-7

P/S: Please scan and email or fax the bank slip to SKUP for ease of record and audit purpose. Should you need an official receipt, it will be issued and sent.

Email: siafran@yahoo.com
Fax: 082-463518

The year 2010 as I lived it

2011-01-01T09:16:00.008+08:00

It's good to reflect on the previous year before making new resolutions for this year.

I know I haven't been bloggin for AGES!!! Had been so busy with my classes and of course, life. :D

So here's the recap of year 2010.

In January, I went to a park in Seremban with my bf. It was a day trip. Nothing much, but it was fun.

Jan - Seremban Lake

Then comes February,

CNY reunion dinner

CNY is always about food for me. It's a time where I eat foods that I don't usually take, like cakes, cookies, and of course, titbits. Cakes and cookies are homemade. That is why I need to skip class for one week before CNY.. lol..

Then there's March. I had chicken pox then.. :(

My First Chicken Pox

I'm sad to say that the scars are still visible :(

APRIL is MY month!!! It's my birthday!!! Birthday months are always the GREATEST!

Me - trying out sunglasses

May, was a stressful month. It's the final part of revision for my studies, and it's my final year too!! That's why, I needed to go to a relaxing place, and I went to Sepang Goldcoast.

Sunset at Sepang Goldcoast

I had more events in June. Of course, it's obvious that my examination ended sometime middle of June. So while waiting for my result, I went to...

Genting with Aaron

Ipoh with my Bf

And after that, I was back to Kuching. :)

Windmill on the left, solar panel on the right. :)

Who can resist Kuching noodle??

I also went to Mount Singai. A spiritual place as I would like to call it. But I love the path we had to take :D It was my second time there.

The path up Mount Singai

Then July came. Half a year gone!!

July - Rainforest Music Festival

I was back in Kuching for around 2 months. Did my attachment in a firm. In August, Kuching has its annual Food festival, with mainly all the famous restaurants in town gathering together and selling all their specialties.

My favourite Rice basket

After coming back to KL, I went to Singapore

View of the Skypark

From October onwards, it was mostly fun because my bf and I joined Mymazdaclub. :) Most of the time we had TT sessions, and it's always on Saturday night!!! Right after my classes!

What I LOVE about joining this club is the fact that they have convoy.. :)

Mazda Convoy to Cherating

November convoy to Genting

It was a good experience. We made new friends, test the car, and had lots of fun!

Smelling the strawberries at the strawberry farm in Genting :)

I was happy I managed to pick FRESH strawberries!! It's soooo exciting!

And the final month of the year came!! I had my convocation. Finally wearing the 'square hat' lol..

My dad, mom, me, and bf

Last on the list is of course, a Christmas Party!!!

Me, dad, and mom

Gorilla HUGS!

So now, happy new year to all and spread the love around.

Singapore - Marina Bay

2010-11-08T15:50:00.005+08:00

If we compare Singapore to KL, I will say it is just another city. Wait, not just another city, I love the public transportation there compared to the ones in KL. You can get around very easily without having to chase after busses! If you miss one, just wait for another. Unlike in KL, if you missed one bus, you have to wait for another hour!!!!

There is a shuttle bus from Changi Airport to Marina Bay Sands at Terminal 1 with an interval of 30 minutes. It is said to be free for hotel guests only, whilst other passengers are required to pay a fee of SGD$2. But, the bus driver did not ask for it, so I did not bother to pay too. :)

Yes, of course I'm of age to enter the casino. It's different from Genting. Genting's casinos seem more happening than this one. The casino was pretty empty in the morning. It is not open 24 hours like Genting's.

Inside the mall

Sampan service SDG$5 per trip (just in the mall)

Rain Oculus (top view)

View in the mall

Tickets to the sky park

Its SGD$20 per person and extra SGD$1 for the audio guide (which I think is rather useless).

The way to the sky park is by a lift - up to the 57th floor. It takes less than a minute to reach there. So imagine the speed of the lift. You could feel the pressure in your ears!

At the sky park

If you are not interested in viewing the city from high up, then perhaps the sky park won't be something you will like.

The esplanade

Not sure what this is

Youth Olympic Stadium

Singapore Flyer

Ships

It's called Skypark for a reason...

Imagine just lying there enjoying

Omg! He's gonna jump!

Fooled ya!

This pool is something that amazes me. You get to lean at the edge. Sadly, this pool is only open for hotel guests. :( So I just get to see but I cannot go there.. :( I wonder if it will make us feel as though we are gonna fall.

View of Skypark from the ground

Helix Bridge

This bridge forms the shape of a DNA. If I'm not mistaken, it represents Singapore's continuity. It looked rather dull during the day, but I'm sure it will look better at night with the lights.

The view after crossing the Helix Bridge

It was a day of walking and walking and walking. Walked from there to Esplanade, to Suntec.

And of course, there must be food....

Singapore Laksa

I kinda like the laksa. It's very different from Sarawak's Laksa. The smell of santan is so strong. I will say I love it better than the Penang Asam Laksa.

The last stop was to Suntec's Fountain of Wealth.

The Fountain of Wealth light show

During the day, there will be groups and groups of people walking towards the middle (i.e the fountain of wealth) to touch the water. It is believed that by touching it, you will be wealthy..

I did not touch the water before the show started. I watched this from the top, and of course, when I go nearer to the rails, I could feel the water. Hmmm.. Does a light shower counts? When will I be wealthy?

Ipoh - It's all about eating out

2010-11-02T16:33:00.003+08:00

One of my collegemates passionately advertised Ipoh's food. It was as though there is no other place where good food can be found except in Ipoh.

And so... I headed to Ipoh few months back...

First up..

Salted Chicken - RM16

You guessed it right. It was the WHOLE chicken. It was not chopped. Luckily, it was soft enough to just tear it apart. I liked it. I think they used the five spices, tong kui, and of course salt. It would have tasted better if they had added some dried wolfberries. That will give a little sweetness to the chicken. Overall, it was pretty good. :)

Kueh Teow - RM3.20

The one thing I like about a small towns is that everything is cheaper than KL!! They used fresh sea clam and prawn while most places just use canned food. I'm sure they used seasame oil to fry it. Unhealty, but nice. yum!

Thai Bahulu - 10 for RM2

I love them because they are SMALL and CUTE! :) Yes, and it tasted nice too. There are a few flavours; Original, Blueberry, Pandan, Strawberry, and Chocolate. The nicest is still the Original one. The one with the Chocolate tasted WEIRD!

Ba gua Bread - RM1.40

Something rather depressing. For that price, I'll consider that expensive. There is nothing special about it. The ba gua is the minced meat type and not the sliced meat. In KL, I could get ba gua bread for RM2.20 and it's double this size, with cucumber and stuff. Like a Kebab, instead of beef/chicken it is ba gua. This is disappointing.

I found Woolley Food court and decided to try..

Bean Sprout - RM4

It was just super crunchy and fat.

Bak Kut Teh - RM7.50

This is just so-so. Nothing special. Just that it is half the price compared to the ones sold in KL.

And for breakfast the next day,

Har Kao - RM0.80 per piece

There were meat, carrot, and wood ear. It was really nice. I'll appreciate it if they put a few slices of ginger inside. It would have been better! :)

Chee Cheong Fan - RM3

LOVE IT! It's with minced meat and prawn. A different version from the one I had from Petaling Street. :)

Chicken Hor fan - RM3.50

Looks nice but it's not that nice afterall. :( I prefer the one beside my college. The soup was not tasty enough but the main problem was that the kueh teow was over cooked.

Lo Mai Kai - RM3

This looks simple and unappetizing but I was partly wrong. It consisted of a slice of Chinese sausage, one super FAT 3-layer-pork-meat (EEEWWWWWW), a piece of mushroom and a piece of chicken meat. I would say the Fatty meat was pretty disgusting to eat, but if you like fatty meat then perhaps you would say otherwise. The chicken meat was very well marinated. The rice on the other hand was a little too hard for my liking.

If I were to eat it again, I'll probably just dig for the chicken meat. :)

And..... (*drum rolls)

Tau Fu Fa - RM0.80

Cheap. That's all I can say about it. I don't really fancy tau fu fa, and neither can I tell the difference between the good ones and the bad ones.. I only take tau fu fa with chocolate chips. :) This was served with the sweet syrup which I presume is sugar (Gula Malacca) solution.

This is just a short 'Makan' trip. Overall, it was pretty good. I will admit that the food is SLIGHTLY better than the ones in KL but it is still of no comparison to the food from SARAWAK! :D

P/S: No-one from Ipoh was with me at that time, so perhaps I went to the wrong places. Will someone bring me to the right place so I'll change my judgment? :P

Mazda Convoy Oct 2010 - Cherating

2010-10-24T21:49:00.018+08:00

A 2 days 1 night trip to Cherating (Kuantan) (Mazda Convoy) is worth skipping classes for. :)

Group Photo at bermaz - Glenmarie

Convoy Departs - YAYYYY!! About 20 cars

Escorted by Police to Gombak Toll

Causing a MAJOR JAM at LDP

Yes. I feel like a VVVVVVIP. :) It's my first time being escorted by the traffic police. We don't have to wait for the light to turn green, neither do we have to give way to anyone!!

I bet lots of people were cursing us that day.. But, who cares? :P

Lantisans at toll gate - Gombak

Grouping

The highway - without police escorting

When we reached Kuantan, we were escorted by the police again...

The police escorting us from Kuantan toll

This time, they sent only 1 police car. Unlike from Glenmarie to Gombak toll, we had 3 police on Bikes!

Parking lots were reserved for us at East Coast Mall

Group Photo at Mazda road show

The car that most of us were leaning on was a Mazda 2.. :)

After that, we headed to Impiana Resort.

The view from my room

I love my room. You could hear the sound of the waves. Really stress-free. Good weekend escapade!

Evening activity - Beach Soccer

I forgot to take a picture of the beach volleyball, and the swimming pool, and the place to cycle.

After an awesome game, we headed to Kamaman (Terengganu) for dinner.

Of course, we had SEAFOOD! :)

Crab

Hang on... it's actually

Stuffed-crab

Butter-prawn

Steamed fish

Fishball soup

Japanese Tauhu with Capsicum

Curry sotong -
only remember to take a photo after (nearly) finishing it

Vegetable

It was around RM27 per person. The seafood was nice, fresh, and different from the ones in Kuching.

After dinner, we were on our own, and headed back to the room to rest.

Sight of the ocean in the morning

Since it's the East Coast, I couldn't watch sunset. But it's still the first time I watch sunrise by the shore. It's a whole new experience.

"2010 - Cherating Trip, John & Shirl"

The water was clean enough. I did not see anyone making a sand castle though. lol..

It was a really nice trip. :) Made new friends, had lots of fun, and of course, a wonderful weekend. :)

After that, we had a group photo again. I don't have the photo with me yet. :P

Then, we headed back to KL. :(

4 Mazda cars :)

On a side note... If you notice - "Cherating" without the 'r' = Cheating.. LOL.. (get what I mean)? :)

*some of the pictures are taken from http://www.motorsportchannel.com/

Of Crab and Snail

2010-07-30T21:39:00.004+08:00

Kuching is famous for foods with prices cheaper and taste much much better than the ones in KL's. Not only does Kuching have good food for tea time, seafoods are one of those that attract many.

Snail - RM8

I used to call this chup-chup because you've to suck it to eat it. I stopped taking that for a very long time for fear of hepatitis. But now, who could resist that. :)

Crabs - RM33 (if I'm not mistaken)

That was a really really big portion.

I was lucky because it's 1 male, and the other is a female. :)

The eggs

The male crab is so much larger in size in comparison to the female crab. At first I thought it's definitely an old crab but I was wrong. The flesh was still nice and fresh. No sign of it being too hard.

In KL, the price could have gone up to at least RM50 or RM60 for that portion!

Rainforest Music Festival 2010

2010-07-19T20:04:00.010+08:00

Rainforest Music Festival is an annual event held at Sarawak Cultural Village. It lasts for 3 days. This year, I went for the second day only. :) Last year, I went for the first day.

The tickets are expensive this year... RM110 per ticket. On normal days, it costs RM60 to gain entry to the Cultural Village.

I've got 3 tickets

I bought 2 tickets with a 50% discount, and got the 3rd one by winning a contest organised by the local Newspaper - The Borneo Post. :)

List of winners of the contest

See my name? :D

I went there in the morning because they have workshop before the main event (at night).

It was a beautiful day that day

It rained on the first and third day. I was lucky the second day was a good day.

Looking through the programme and the map

Since it was held at the cultural village, we went to visit the different cultural 'houses', and tried a few stuff

Traditional Grinder from the Chinese House

Yeah, World Craft Bazaar

Tried pottery making

You are allowed to take your creation back when it's dry. I went back to check on it around evening time and it was not dry enough, and the person in charged said I could come back later and take it.

The sad part was, someone took my creation! :( I really wished I took it before anyone could lay their hands on MY CREATION! UGH~!

With my mom - Orang Ulu's house

Traditional musical instrument made from wood

(Like a modern xylophone)

Sape - Like a guitar but not the same way of playing it

Watching the master while he teaches me

The place where the night event will be - See how MUDDY it is?

Balancing on a bamboo bridge

No, I did not fall!

Henna - RM10

The workshops started at 2pm to 5.15pm. There were 3 workshops going on simultaneously at 3 different places, The theater, the hall, and the Longhouse. There were 9 workshops altogether in a day with each lasting for 45 minutes and a 30 minutes break before the next workshop.

The Theater - only place with air conditioning

The accordionists performing during the workshop

Another group performing during the workshop at the hall

The prices of the food are more expensive than usual but it's okay and almost the same as last year's.

Since it was an open air consert, we searched for a place to sit. The concert started at 7pm.

My two companions.

Yeah, we were sitting on gravels! The muddy part right in front of the stage is for those who wish to dance, and yes, I was lucky to see some great hip-hop dance on that day :D - but I did not manage to snap a picture of the guy dancing. :(

And people just keep coming.

See the RED arrow above? That's how tiny I look in the big crowd.

And it started!!

More and more people coming

Find me

One of the best performance of the night - from Reunion Islands

Just in case you are thinking how muddy it will be if you want to dance....

Mud covered feet after dancing

See you there next year.. :D

Tea Time - Kuching

2010-06-28T17:21:00.002+08:00

I'm sure I'm gonna put on weight but I can't resist these delicious local food. Besides, I can't get it from KL!!

Kuching is not only famous for the Kolo mee, Laksa, Kueh Chap, it also caters for tea time.

Local Ice Kacang - RM2

This is without Red Beans - I love it this way :)

The ice kacang is different from the one in Sepang. I still love this more.. :D

Cuttlefish & Kangkung - RM3

Not only is it cheap, it is also very nice. :)

Last but not least.....

Pork Satay - RM0.50 per stick

The only thing special about this is that it's PORK. I think they can do better in marinating the pork. Besides, it is not a really big piece but good enough to satisfy tourists. :)

The Junk - Kuching

2010-06-23T17:07:00.002+08:00

I had my first candle light dinner in Kuching. The name of the place is THE JUNK. Yes, a weird name but.....

My Date

I love it that they use the mortar to hold the cup for the candle.

He has no idea it's hot!It's his first time

The environment was really good. Most of their customers are foreigners.

It's dark inside. You'd probably have to feel around. :D

Paintings

Different facial expressions

Okay... and now the food.... :D

Lemongrass Chicken - RM30

That was really good. It was well marinated, and juicy. RM30 might be expensive for most of us but that chicken was really worth it. It was stuffed with minced meat (I think it's PORK) seasoned with lemongrass and onions. The tastes blended in just fine.

Lamb Shank - RM28

That was a HUGE portion. Enough for 2 person. But of course, if you're a great eater then it'll be a right portion for you. But for me, it was wayyyyyy toooooooo LARGE a portion. The lamb was soft. Tasted really nice and the potatoes goes well with the gravy. The salad given was good. They gave a lot of veg too.

Best thing is, there is NO TAX at all! And, they gave a bottle of plain water for free. Unlike in KL, sometimes you get charged for the water and you're charged with service tax.

I'll say I love love love this place and the environment is far better than at Dave's.

The Junk doesn't serve JUNKS.. :D They serve food that are better than those in KL!

After exam fun! :D

2010-06-12T21:17:00.008+08:00

After a month long torture from examination, it's finally over! :D

Mixed fruits from K T Z - NICE! RM6.00

I spent 2 days with Aaron. It was a much needed rest.

Aaron, me

The first day, we spent time in the mall and pretty much walked around, and decided to go to genting the next day because the weather in KL was HOT HOT HOT!

Us in the bus on the way to Genting - wheee..

Since it was school holiday Genting was PACKED. By the time we reached there it was about 11.30am so we decided to have brunch.

We walked around the indoor theme park and came across...

Vietnam house

The food was good. But of course, in Genting, everything is pricey.

Instead of the usual peanuts served at Chinese Restaurants, they served...

Nangka Chips - RM3.00

I really didn't know they'll charge RM3.00 for that. LOL. Good way of forcing people to pay for something. :P

We ordered..

Saigon Popiah - RM7.90

It came together with their special sauce with chilli, carrot, peanut, and fried shallots. The combination of all these with the sauce was really nice.

Vermicelli Rice noodle - RM12.90

That was my choice and I LOVE LOVE it. :) Oh yeah, this time I forgot to have 'smiles' for good food because I finished up everything so nothing left for me to have a smiling face :P

Aaron ordered..

Beef Noodle - RM 16.90

So this time, my aim of going to Genting is purely for the weather. I did not gamble AT ALL.. Such a good girl. :)

We walked around and talked and walked more. It was cool and good for the skin. :)

One problem I have with Aaron is taking photos together. Since we go there alone, we have to snap our own photos. Because of our height difference - at least 30cm different that's like 1 foot - it's hard to have the both of us in the picture.

One of the many attempts

Finally we're both in the picture - yay!!

We just went to Genting for a day trip and came back to PJ in the evening.

For dinner, we had

Claypot Fa Tiu Chicken - RM12.90

and

Claypot Curry Wild Boar - RM14.90

I like the Fa Tiu Chicken. But the curry wild boar tasted like normal pork. I still prefer the ones in Sarawak. :)

Overall, it was a really good trip. :D

Little Taiwan - lousy food okay drink

2010-05-29T21:31:00.001+08:00

I haven't been blogging as often as I would like. My exam is still on. I've 1 more paper left which is on the 9th of JUNE! Just 4 papers but it's stretched to nearly a month.

So, I've always bought bubble tea from Little Taiwan but never tried their food. I'm always sceptical over chinese food in franchises like these because I think most chinese coffee shops cook better than them. LOL..

Little Taiwan is famous for DISCOUNTS and PROMOTIONS! But it's still another place with nice layout but does not serve good food.

Dumpling Noodle

I think I must thank my camera for making this look soooooo NICE. LOL.. Well, I'll say, that was really really plain. It's more like a soupy wanton noodle. But this was TASTELESS. The Dumpling is terrible as compared to the ones sold in my favourite shop in Petaling Street. (Just realised I haven't blogged about that - OMG)

I saw this appetizing picture in their menu...

From the Menu

It's called Spicy Hot Ramen. It had a 'Thumbs up' symbol at the side. SO... I ordered it.

The actual Spicy Hot Ramen

Wow, looks can be deceiving! This is like pouring chilli sauce in a clear bowl of soup. LOL. It really wasn't satisfactory. If that was their 'Thumbs up' I won't dare to try any other food without the 'thumbs up'!

Even though the food was bad, I still like their drink.

Hazelnut bubble milk tea - RM7.90

This was the drink of the month so it was BUY 1 FREE 1. The drinks are okay. Nothing tooooooo special.

Another promotion they had was - with an add on of RM1 you get....

Crispy Deep Fried Prawn Dumplings

HMMM. BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.

The prawn inside was not that fresh.

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Sepang Goldcoast

2010-05-23T21:27:00.006+08:00

Ah.. I hate exam period. I can't find the time to do things I love like blogging. :(

During this stressful moment the nicest thing to do is to go for a relaxing short break. :)

I chose, Sepang Goldcoast. Last time it was called "Bagan Lalang". I don't know why do they 'upgrade' the name. LOL

Welcome to Sepang Gold Coast

Yeah, you're gonna tell me I should have taken it when it was bright right? But I wanted the light effect. HMMM... but the last time I went, I went to the beach and the road side seafood restaurant because sepang gold coast was not in existent back then.

But this time..... I didn't take the seafood but I took....

Ice Kacang

Mind you, food here are all expensive. This is the ice kacang. It's really 'compact'. It could easily break the plastic disposable spoon they provide. And, this is the first time I'm served ice kacang with a STRAW! LOL..

But I still think the ice kacang in Tepanyaki outlet is still the best in KL.

I also had the EXPENSIVE Satay.

RM0.90 per satay OH and + TAX!

It's good enough. Not really big. It has been a long time I've had Kajang Satay, so I can't really give a good comparison. But it is bigger than the usual satay they serve here.

Of course, there are more food available. A lot of people opted for the steamboat. Not sure if it is nice. Maybe when I go there with a BIG group of people it will be fun to try the steamboat. :D

The recycled bin

Looks close to nature eh? But I still prefer the bins in Mulu National Park. :)

The view from the diner

It was HOT! Inspite of being at the beach, it's still hot air. I guess KL is REALLY REALLY polluted.

I spotted this formation of clouds :)

I like this alot. No idea why.

View of the shore

Ah.. Sunset

The sunset effect

I don't like this one. I prefer the one I did in Miri. The lighting was perfect then.

And, I'll end this post with the final sunset...

PS: If you plan to go to ANY beach, please make sure you don't stay in the water after SUNSET! Someone nearly drown because of that. When the tide comes in, it's gonna be FAST and you better get out of the water pronto.

Kissaten

2010-05-17T00:36:00.004+08:00

I found a new place for Japanese cuisine at Puchong.. :D Kissaten. Yeah, I like the name.. Kiss-a-ten. LOL.

The arrangement of seats

Well, since it has such a nice name, the price of the food is also super 'NICE'

Salmon Sashimi - On the house

That was given for free because it was their lunch hour (11am-2pm if I'm not mistaken) That is for 1 person. So, if you bring 10 people there, each of them will get one portion. :)

This is my first time trying Japanese Curry.

Katsu Curry Rice - Rm18.90

Sorry for the lousy quality photo. :(

But, it was NICE and ALOT. I couldn't finish it. The curry is SWEET. :) Not really spicy. Unlike our local curry. That portion was definitely enough for 2 person - as in 2 person who eats the same amount as me. LOL

The Chicken Katsudon with the set was really worth it. It cost RM22.80

The chicken Katsudon

I forgot what's this called - some tauhu mushroom thing
Included in the set

The Miso Soup. SUPER NICE!

And.....

If you order Green tea, it's given for FREE!

Cute little mushrrom from the miso soup

It was a satisfactory meal. The next time I go there, I'll have to share my food. I can't finish all these by myself. :(

Lastly, all good, satisfactory meals will NOT go without a smile. :)

1 Paper done!

2010-05-12T23:32:00.003+08:00

Only 1 reason will stop me from blogging - EXAM!

Yeah, I had my first paper yesterday at WISMA BELIA.

Sounds cool eh? Well.. It's not! The only place in the building that has air con is the examination hall! There is no proper waiting room for us at all. Everyone was sweating profusely! Yeah, great way to start any exam right?

The buttons in the lift

The lift is SUPER old and scary! I'm so scared it will just stop. The 'door close' and 'door open' button doesn't seem to work at all. When the lift stops at a level, the door will be open as though it will never close even when you are inside the lift. It can only accomodate around 5 persons! The only thing I like about the lift is... It has a huge mirror in it.

So, exam started at 2-5.15pm. After that... I craved for...

Italiannies Strawberry Cheese Cake

Great! additional carbs. But who cares, I do need to satisfy my palate after a "hard day's work." This cake is the only one that I like ever since I came to KL. It beats all the other cakes from Alexis, San Francisco... It is perhaps on par with Tanahmas' cake (Sibu)

After that, I had another pint of ice cream from Haagen Dazs. :) Yes, expensive ice cream but it's a once in awhile thing so I guess it's okay :D

Oh, and another thing, I've finally got my first cheque from nuffnang.

Yeah, pathetic figure right?

Well, that's my first cheque after a year joining nuffnang. LOL. While most people will earn at least RM1k by then, I'm just stuck at that figure. But when I counted, I'm paid 60 cents per blog. LOL. I don't blog that often so how much can I expect right? HAHA!

Overall, I've enjoyed the one year blogging and joining nuffnang. At least I get invited for movie screenings. :)

San Francisco Coffee

2010-05-04T20:22:00.007+08:00

Tried the chocolate drink at San Francisco Coffee. (yes, I know I don't drink coffee)

It looked pretty nice

They gave more cream than Coffee bean or Starbucks.

But the problem is, the cream doesn't taste nice at all! :(

The one from Starbucks - topped with chocolate!

I guess San Francisco Coffee doesn't serve the way I want it.

Usually, in Starbucks and Coffee Bean, I get this extra cup of....

Just the cream

Yeah.. now we know where does all those fat come from.. :D

I love the chocolate topping and the drinks from Starbucks.

But, I like the cream from Coffee Bean. :) I don't like the chocolate drink though. I find it diluted..

Chocolate Cheese cake

And I tried the chocolate cheese cake from San Francisco Coffee. It's NOT NICE at all. They even asked me if I want to warm it up. And I was wondering, can we have HOT cheese cake?

Anyways, it was really dry. The cheese is only a super thin layer in the middle (yes, the white part). The top looked appetizing, but as we all know, looks can be deceiving. Of course, the cake in Alexis tastes much better than this and it cost more than this too. But, I still miss the ones in Tanahmas (Sibu). I think they've the nicest cheese cake in town! :)

I don't like it and I won't go back there. I like their sitting plan though.. lol.. at least it's not as hot as coffee bean.

I'm SAD!

2010-04-30T08:14:00.002+08:00

I'm sad....

My scarred - face

The chicken pox left scars on my face. They told me not the take soy sauce and I did not. Yet, there are 2 depressions on my face now. I've asked the pharmacist if there's any cream to heal it. She said, no. But a visit to the skin specialist AND an injection will push the skin back up. It's 'AND' not 'OR'.

She explained that it's caused by the loss of fat and tissues. Oh great! Thanks to the chicken pox! now my face is scarred!! :(

At this age, most girls will be putting on make up. But I'm not wearing any make up yet. My pictures are always 'naked'. No photoshop, no make up. I'm so sad that depression is so obvious. Would make up even work?

Dave's at 1U

2010-04-24T19:03:00.009+08:00

Funny, I'm down with a flu again!

I went to Dave's on the EVE of my Birthday. YES. For every celebration, there's an EVE, and I celebrate the EVE of my birthday too.

Dave, is a non-halal restoran. I've wanted to try this for quite sometime but due to the pricing, I have to wait for occasions to justify spending on unreasonable food pricing. :D

The Pork Ribs - RM48

The mashed potato is pretty good. The veggies consist of Broccoli (like usual), carrot, and french bean. All blanched only. :) The potato wedges are just bearable.... BUT..

The pork RIBS >>> FANTASTIC! It's so soft, the sauce was great. The ribs were marinated long enough to have the taste in the meat. It was only half portion. I think the full portion cost around RM90+ (I can't really remember)

The meat was sooooo soft that I could 'clean' them up like this...

See how satisfied I was?

Only thing I don't understand... Why do they give 1 little tiny drop of mustard? It doesn't blends in with the taste of the sauce. Oh, and they gave extra sauce too. That's how I made the 'eyes', 'mouth', and 'hair'.

On our way into the restaurant, they displayed this on the counter.

Under Red Spot light

There you go

This is the Roast Pork. It's only available from Thursday night onwards.

The Roast Pork - RM42

Same side dishes. This one tasted better with mustard. It is very soft too. Not too fatty. I love the skin. :D But I still prefer the Pork Ribs.

This restaurant is practically full everyday. When I went, I had to sit outside (the smoking area) But I'm glad people were there to eat and no one smoked. :) Or perhaps the pork itself was SMOKING delicious. LOL

If you want a place to try something new, or perhaps impress your date with expensive food, this is perhaps the place you should go. Oh, make sure he/she takes pork. :D

My Birthday :D

2010-04-19T23:06:00.004+08:00

I'm still growing.. :D It was my Birthday yesterday... :D

I got myself this headphone (not the laptop)

getting this from my mom.. :)

On the eve of my birthday, I had dinner at Dave's.

My Pork Rib.

It was really good. I'll blog about it sometime.

After having all the ribs, I could make a face!

Yup. That's how good it was. yum yum..

On the actual day, I went to the PC fair in KLCC in the morning and had dinner at Seoul Garden at IOI mall Puchong.

Selection of food

Yup, it was buffet style. Get a 50% discount because it's my birthday! :D So it cost about Rm17++ only.

Too bad I cannot take picture of the selection of food because it's prohibited :(

So basically, it's like Bar-B-Q-Plaza... You get to have the soup, and fry your meat. The mutton was pretty good. :D

Final product -The soup

Funny to think about it, I've to cook my own dinner on my birthday and still pay for cooking.. LOL.. but it was fun. I hate to fry the meat 'cause it's very messy. Need to be super careful with the oil or else it'll burn my hands!

I've dinner from 8pm to 10pm! Yup, 2 freaking hours!!!!!!

I hate that my birthday is over. :(

The Truth - Peter James

2010-04-14T22:45:00.005+08:00

My exam is like 1 month away, but reading a book leisurely is not something I can do without this year...

I spent minimum time to complete this book. Yes, it took a lot of self control and discipline. Limiting myself to just 2 chapters a day!!! :(

This story is compared to Stephen King's collection, and I think it is far better than Stephen King's.

I'll say I don't like the beginning of the story, I think it took quite sometime to develop but I like it when it reached its climax, - a page turner!!

It's about a couple who planned not to have children, end up having the wife being a surrogate mother. This child that she is bearing is 'special', the pain that she felt was unusual during pregnancy. It is about satanism, occult, but sadly, not in detail.

Here, let me write out a few extracts.

The beam moved to the next panel and there was another symbol she recognised: the looped-key shape of an ankh. Then another symbol, a hideous one that looked like a weather-vane with a skull on the top.
Then in another space she saw a goat's head inside an inverted pentagram. And what surprised her, almost above everything was that the detail in these drawings was quite incredible. These hadn't been scrawled up here by children, they had been drawn with intense care and artistry.
Susan peered closely. Lying in the velvet was a slender object. Although it was shrivelled and leathery-looking, there was no mistaking what it was. A human finger..... and it looked like a woman's.

She was held by chains, one around her neck that rose tightly to the ceiling, one around each ankle, securing them to the floor, and one around each arm, holding them out in the crucifixion position.... Kundz watched himself enter the frame now and go up close to her. He was holding a knife in his hand, a small boning knife that was as sharp as a razor, and he had no choice, he had to continue with the job he had begun days before.... he continues his task of skinning her alive....

I'm glad I bought this book!!! LOL.. I've controlled myself not to touch any story books during revision period, but me being me, and having no other form of entertainment at night (I've no TV!!!) so this is my source of 'movie' other than the cinema. :)

Clash of the titans reminds you of some other movies? Here's why...

2010-04-13T23:09:00.010+08:00

Clash of the titans... Reminds you of lots of movies? or perhaps characters???

Well, we've been seeing lots of movies about end of the world, particularly 2012, and Legion.

This movie is a total opposite of Legion. It is where men declare war with the Gods.

I like this - for no reason so it has to be the first picture :)

So while you load the trailer, I'll show you some scenes....

Does this looks familiar to you?

Reminds me of Starship Troopers

They have that famous jump too

The same one you see in Troy

The sacrifice of Andromeda

Hey, it's in King Kong too..

Meet Kraken - a supposedly horrible creature that will destroy Argos

Hey look - it's Kraken in Doom 3.. LOL

King Acrisius

LOTR - Urukhai

Instead of having Hercules, we have Perseus - yep, you guessed it right, son of Zeus... just like hercules. So he is a demigod. Just that, in this movie, Zeus raped King Acrisius's wife whilst in Hercules, he lost his Godly powers because of Hades.

This movie reminds me of my first PC game in 1997.. LOL..

Hades in Movie

Hades in Cartoon

Obviously, I prefer Hades in cartoon. He looked much cuter.. :P

Witch in Movie

Witch in Cartoon

The witches in the cartoon makes more sense to me with the concept of having them share one eye. At least they each have an eye socket to pop the eye into.. Whilst the witches in the movie had no socket of that sort and it's not attached to any part of their body except the one holding it in her hand.

One of the characters I love most is Medusa.

I used to think medusa is FAT!

Medusa is my favourite in this movie... Just look at how fabulous she is... Not only does she turn you into stone, she knows how to use the bow and arrow too!

The coolest creature in this movie

If I've 2 Boyfriends

2010-04-11T23:26:00.004+08:00

I've been having this

as my profile picture in facebook for quite sometime. Even until recently, people mistaken these two guys to be my boyfriends... :)

In fact, they are...

my brothers... yeah I know, we don't look alike...

Anyway, if I've a chance to have 2 boyfriends, I don't think that will be enough.. but it's good to have 2 elder brothers cause you get to bully them like this...

And chances are, you can't do that to your boyfriend.. :(

Really weird house

2010-04-08T09:25:00.000+08:00

I found this VERY NICE, CREATIVE BUT WEIRD house in Kuching...

The entrance to the house - yes, no gate

The side of the house - facing the road

Freeze! I said FREEZE - now put your hands up

At the 'tower' - I think it's at the balcony

Oh yes, I've a cannon - If you catch me, I've a boat to flee

When I'm not busy watching you, I'm watching Astro :D

Thank you, St Dalfour - Strawberry Tea

2010-04-05T14:04:00.002+08:00

Wild Blueberry is my old time favourite jam from St. Dalfour.

I've searched everywhere for it, but most hypermarkets were out of stock for this flavour. Except - Cold Storage at the Internation Fair... But, I've to buy 2 bottles which included these...

Yep, organic tea... That flavour is not sold individually, it's only available for the twin pack promotion. It's not cheap too.. For 2 bottles and 4 packs of organic tea bags, it costs - RM18.99

So I tried, the Strawberry Tea.

That's the tea bag, it looked like every other tea bag.

Nicest thing?...

Yup, string extension. Cool right?

Okay.. here goes the review...

It has a sweet smell upon opening the pack. The smell grows stronger when you pour boiling hot water unto the tea bag. Just brew it for 1 minute or 2 minutes if you want it stronger.

To Drink it....

Without Sugar: A little tasteless at first, but the sweetness that lingers in the mouth brings a sense of indulgence and happiness. Gives me the feeling of wanting more.

With Sugar: Tea tastes sweeter but the original taste is still very strong!

Since the smell from the tea bag is still strong....

Diluted version: Definitely not suitable for second brewing. This tea bag is just enough for a tea-pot or around 400-500ml, unless you don't mind a weak tea. For this diluted one, it depends on sugar for sweetness. But the smell still remains but very very very weak. I've to soak the tea bag for a longer time. Good thing about it is that the tea is not bitter even though it's soaked for more than 5 minutes! Normally the tea is 'dry' if the tea bag is soaked for too long, but definitely not this tea.

This is definitely a tea that suits me. But I prefer to drink it while it's hot. When it's cold, the sweetness tends to 'disappear'.

Sony Expo at Mid valley

2010-04-03T00:17:00.007+08:00

Had fun at the sony expo at mid valley's exhibition hall.. It's from 1st April - 4th April 2010.

There were games to participate in, and gadgets on sell - but of course, the number of products on sell is limited. If you want, you've to be there before 10.30am! If you're later than that, there won't be any stock left for you. The special deal for today I wanted to get a headphone with 25% discount but it was out of stock!!!! UGHHH!!

Oh.. they've lucky draw, and auction too. I hate the auction. Didn't like the way it was done. The items on auction are mostly old models, and the worse thing?.. The starting bid is not really reasonable, and the increment of prices is called out by the auctioneers instead of the bidders!!

For the games, they had - purble place (boring), guessing the songs, name of celebrities, ... After completing at least 6 games, you get a cash voucher worth Rm20

But I had fun viewing the 3D 'movie'. The effect was definitely better than the ones in our 3d Movies. And I super love the glasses!!

Me and my (temporary) 3D glasses

OK... I'll end this post with a video of me 'racing' but my steering wheel was (I think) spoil. It had that.. krrr krrr krrr sound with each turn... and it's not that sensitive - unlike a real car.. and watch how the wheel turns itself without me controlling.. *faint faint

Don't you dare laugh!

Vivo Italian Deluxe Pizza

2010-04-01T09:21:00.001+08:00

I've never tried Vivo pizza. This is my first time. So I ordered the Italian Deluxe.

It's NICE! I think it's nicer than Pizza Hut's.

The only thing I don't like is the crust. It's too hard.

The flavour blends in well. They are not stingy with the toppings! :D I've yet to try other flavours. This shall be the first, and it leaves a very good impression on me. :)

To rank my pizza favourites?

I'll still choose Dominos, then vivo, and if I've no choice pizza hut. But I haven been taking Pizza Hut's pizza for quite sometime now...

How to Train your Dragon

2010-03-29T09:11:00.005+08:00

CUTE!

So the vikings are dragon slayers because the dragons destroy the village, steal sheeps and probably killed and wounded a number of vikings.

Every viking is trained to trained to kill dragons, everyone...

Except....

HIM... Hiccup. So he caught the deadliest dragon known to the vikings - the Night Fury. Injured his wing but end up being friends with this dragon. This movie is definitely one for the kids. It's hilarious and entertaining. A good way for me to relax after a full day of classes.

Little did the vikings know that dragons (in this movie) is not that scary afterall. They do what they did in order to prevent themselves from being eaten - by another bigger dragon... So many dragons but none fought that ONE BIG DRAGON they all fear. It takes a viking's courage, and the speed, and accuracy of one dragon to take that big dragon down - forever...

Enjoy the trailer

This show reminds me of >>> Ice breaker

Pork Burger

2010-03-26T09:23:00.002+08:00

I found this place at SS2. It's a non-halal shop.

Salad

That's the first thing to start the meal. :D Just normal lettuce, onions, tomotoes, cucumber and bacon.

This is the dressing

It's weird, for such a big bowl of salad, they gave us a half empty dish of dressing. The texture of the dressing is like honey, but it's not honey. The taste slants more to lime.

Of course, that little amount won't be enough and so, we had to request for more dressing.

The highlight is of course, The Pork Burger!!

Burger, fries, and mini bowl of salad

Yeah, they serve the 'salad' with the burger but this time, without bacon topping it. Then again, they serve it without dressing this time. So it's SOOOO DRY!

A closer look

I find the meat very dry. The bun was not good too. It tasted cheap. Perhaps it's something different but nothing so fascinating that I'll go back for it again. Unless they improve it, I don't see myself going there in the near future.

On a side note, I found this is One Utama...

I wonder what was spiderman thinking.. :D

I've finally found you... :D

2010-03-22T09:16:00.003+08:00

No food tastes better than food from home...

I bet most of you in KL tried Laksa Sarawak, be it in Laksa Shack, or in some food court. But none of it tastes as nice as the ones from Kuching - not even close!

Alexis sells Sarawak Laksa at RM20 per serving!!! It's too expensive for me to try but the review I got was that it was pretty good. Very close to what was served in Kuching.

Sarawak Laksa in Kuching

It's normally topped with Coriander but they were out of it the day I took this photo.

Lime and belacan

This is served together - but it's optional.

The other day, I went to the new food court in puchong, and found this stall that sells Sarawak Laksa, and Kampua.

I asked the lady where is she from and she said, Kuching!! and so, I gave it a try.... :D

The Laksa from Puchong Food Court

Turned out pretty good. Then I asked the cook, who was an old lady. She said she's from Sibu, but she had the Laksa paste shipped to them from Kuching!

No wonder it tasted soooooo much like the 'real' ones! :D The only thing is, it's more diluted compared to the original ones. And, as you can see, half a hard boil egg was given instead of the fried-striped eggs served in Sarawak.

Fried Veggie instead of Keropok

2010-03-20T17:42:00.000+08:00

I went to this house, and this was served...

What's that?

That's fried heng chai (In hokkien). This replaces Keropok. LOL

It's really crispy!!

How is it made? I was told that, the leaves were washed thoroughly - leaf by leaf.

Coat it with batter (it has to be a special flour - they called it zha me fen in mandarin) and fry it. Once the leaf 'opens' up, take it out from the wok and sprinkle seasame seeds on it while it's still hot.

It's definitely healthier than keropok.. LOL..

Interesting?

I'm planning to try it this June. :D

The pisces that I know...

2010-03-20T11:18:00.004+08:00

The pisces (12 Feb to 20th March) that I know, is someone romantic, and sensitive towards their partner.

The pisces that I'm with... Is the total opposite of the pisces that I want!

My life circles around pisces.. My two best friends are pisces, my housemate is a pisces. All of them are nice and we click well.. BUT my current partner is a pisces - FAILURE

Not being romantic is one thing. Not being sensitive is another. Worse thing perhaps he's balls-less.

When a partner is not romantic, it kills a crucial part of the relationship. When he's not sensitive of how you feel, and always think he's right, that ego-maniac attitude is perhaps what ticks me off. The substance-less arguments showed how pathetic he is. When you tell a guy like that how you feel, he will say you're being too sensitive.. And when he tells you something, he expects you to understand his situation. What freaking IDIOT thinks he deserves to be understood if he doesn't look at a situation from another person's point of view?? You tell him it's hurtful to say those words, he'll tell you, you're over sensitive... EVERYTHING IS JUST A JOKE - you laugh it off and be gone with it.

His mom told me too, if he ever say I'm over sensitive - then perhaps I should look at myself. What can I say when his mom said that? NOTHING! Clearly shows she's on his side no matter what. What do you expect from a mama's boy? (oh yes, he hates me saying this - and I'm saying this regardless)

Once, I told his mom - 'If it was not because of the strong feeling I had for him (love), I would have left him right from the beginning.' I told her, he's the worse bf any girl would ever want. But, she didn't say anything.

He's not the type of guy I'll genuinely want for long. He's nice but when it comes to handling situations, he sucks at it. Blaming it on everything and everyone else BUT himself. The only reason why I'm still stuck here is because I'm stupidly falling deeply, unable to control that feeling. Giving him the trust I should not have bestowed upon all too soon, and he's good around parents.

When I told his mom that his 'fuses' could go off, she said - 'He will never get mad' Surprise?.. yeah me too.. seems like he's never himself even in front of his family. So I'm the only one who has seen him mad.

Perhaps, the only thing he took from Pisces is the 'Pis' without the 'ces' - and that's how he's best at pissing me off.

He has 6 girlfriends before me, but his family acknowledged 2 girlfriends only. I wonder if I'm gonna be counted as one if we do break up. HAHAHA, I shall laugh.

There's so much feelings I bottle up inside me, contemplating if I should ever confide in my blog. It feels good to just write and write about how I feel. The fact of knowing that strangers will be reading my inner feelings scares me and drives me away. But have I to whom I may complain? For it was my choice I'm with him. :(

His ex-girlfriend told me that he's still like a baby. He needs to be babied. I say HECK!... He's 5 years older than me, now who should be pampered?? I'm not his mother, why should I baby him? I'm the youngest in the family, and to have a partner who's older than you means having someone who cares and be more sensitive to your needs. And this, is not what I'm getting!

I'm still single in facebook. I want to be. I hate to think of the fact that I'm committed in a relationship that I'm unhappy at least 35% of the time. He's good with my parents and family members. My family likes him. Which makes it harder to just break it off. :(

If you're in contemplation of death, he wouldn't know. Perhaps, he wouldn't care until your body is found. I told him once I was suicidal. He just ignored it, and text me the next day. Isn't that too late? It got me thinking if he really love me or he's just in this relationship because it's convenient.

Our car rides turn to just my voice. If I kept quiet, that's it. Awful silence. (I wish he'd have a radio or a player in that car!) No topics from him, no initiative to even start one. He could call for the sake of calling and have nothing to say and he gets mad at you for not having anything to say. This relationship is dead. And it has only been 2 years we are together and now it's already getting so stagnant! I can't imagine myself being in this thing without excitement or anything fun. It pushes me to a stage where I really want to multi-date and not get committed to any.

Maybe one day, when I wake up from this dream, I'll really be gone... and be done with it... And I'll Laugh it off and tell him, this relationship was a joke.

P/S: I'm pissed, stressed out and emotional now - and it results this... now I can sleep... good night

Ulam for Chinese New year?

2010-03-18T08:53:00.002+08:00

Why have 1 Malaysia when we in Sarawak live like Malaysians?

For Chinese New year, what do you serve?

My neighbour had open house during CNY. Guess what was served...

Ulam as appetizer

Ulam is basically raw vegetable with belacan, or in this case, it was Cincaluk.

The row of food served

Chicken in Tongkat Ali container

Fried Rice

Prawn

Beef Rendang

Common mamak vegetable - cabbage + tomotoes

This was super oily and I've no idea what that was

This is not the end of the serving. After that round, we were served the normal CNY goodies in the living room.

Cakes, cookies, titbits, etc - yes they serve beer

Sarawak is famous for layer cakes - bought by my neighbour

Keropok + acar

In Sarawak, we have keropok with acar. Acar is a mixture of pickles, carrots, chillies, grounded peanut, and seasame seed. If you want to make it, you've to buy the paste for making acar.

Too bad, my grand aunt didn't make for me this year as she had given us cookies instead.

Caff - Terrible food served

2010-03-14T00:17:00.006+08:00

Situated at No. 44, Jalan Puteri 2/2, Bandar Puteri Puchong.

The restaurant

I haven't had lousy food for quite sometime. Recently, my bf and I went to Caff Restaurant in Puchong after reading this. I thought it was worth a try. I guess, the time that was written, the food was still nice, but now... HORRIBLE would be the word to describe it.

Caesar Salad - RM8

For starters, we ordered the Caesar salad - single portion (plain without any meat) which was topped with the house dressing. What was inside was basically, lettuce, diced tomotoes and bread crumbs. It was not reasonable for the price we paid. Nothing fantastic.

Oven baked escargot - RM18

Next up was the baked escargot. I'm not sure if it was just my luck or .... The escargot wasn't springy, which means, it's not that FRESH! But I'll say the cheese and the creamy sauce was nice. Hell lot of cheese... :) but the escargot destroys it all. This would perhaps be the only dish that I find it a little more than okay. But still, serving not-so-fresh food is BAD!

Braised baby lamb shank - RM32

This was topped with pea sprouts. The meat was soft, just nice but the taste is not sufficient to satisfy my taste buds. The carrot was SUPER HARD. Broccoli was yellowish.

After pushing the pea sprouts away, it looked pretty appetizing.

The terrible rib-eye steak - RM30

That was terrible. We ordered medium rare. It looked more like a block than the rib-eye. Besides, it was so thin! I was expecting a little blood to flow out since we ordered medium rare, but guess what? There is no blood afterall.

It was just plain black pepper. Nothing else. Looked so different from the picture in the menu!

Last thing,

Smoked duck pizza - RM20

The thing on top tastes and looks like - wanton skin. I think they use pineapple jam to spread it all over the pizza. The duck meat was so dry that it was tasteless. The first bite was okay, but the subsequent bites made me wanna puke!

Oh, 1 last thing, I visited the washroom, and there was this HUGE, GIGANTIC COCKROACH crawling around!!!!!!!! Not only is the food bad, it's DIRTY TOO! Yuck yuck yuck...

Chinese New Year - Titbits

2010-03-12T17:28:00.002+08:00

CNY is not complete without titbits for kids. :D

6 types

Ba gua - imported from KL

Keropok - I fried these :D

Mini popiah - sambal inside. - Made this with my mom :D

These mini popiah(s) are baked. Some people like to fry it to golden brown. But we refuse to fry because it's unhealthy. By baking them, it's not that oily but of course, it's at the expense of the color.

Home made batter - coated - peanut

Chocolates for the kids

We just need to top it off with chocolates. :D

Alice in Wonderland 2010 & 1951

2010-03-10T23:20:00.007+08:00

I would not watch Alice in wonderland 2010 if it's not in 3D. Besides, it was a Tim Burton movie...

2010 Alice In Wonderland

1951 Alice in Wonderland

The story line for the 2010 movie was improvised. I still prefer the old version of the story as it made more sense of fantasy. Or perhaps, it was the fact that I had been listening to the old version since young, and to accept something different would be rather hard to accept. If it was not for the effects, I really won't watch it in the cinema.

The one thing I really love about this movie is ....

My favorite Cheshire Cat in 2010 movie :D

Somehow, this Cheshire Cat had always been the highlight for me. I love this Cheshire Cat in this 2010 Tim Burton movie as compared to the 1951 movie. In the 2010 one, the Cat has a nicer grin and bigger, cuter eyes, besides, being as soft and sophisticated and most of all, 'with style' as always.

The white queen whose throne was stolen

This character is funny. She has to look primped and proper which ended up really fake. Then again, this is a fairy tale, so a queen must look really graceful - I guess...

Queen of hearts

The thing I love about this Queen of Hearts is her lips, and her funny eye shadow. The make up makes her look - not evil - but just funny. :)

I realised that the eye make up is emphasized in this movie. I love the eye make up on Johnny Depp. His custom fits his character although I prefer him to be acting in other movies that show more of his funny side.

Here are the trailers of Alice in Wonderland. The first is the trailer for the 1951 movie, and the second is Tim Burton's 2010 movie. Enjoy :D

Chinese New Year - Cookies

2010-03-09T17:30:00.000+08:00

This year, we're lucky because my Grand Aunt who's about 80 gave us 5 types of her home made cookies. That saves us a lot of time. Normally we make 6 cakes and 6 types of cookies. This year, it was mainly on the cakes alone. :)

The 5 types of cookies

This is supposed to be kuih 'S'

Because it takes more time to shape them in 'S', she just use a cutter this time - A slanted heart shape

Cheese cookie

Love love this.

Cornflakes cookie

It doesn't have a strong taste of cornflakes. It's just sweet and good for kids like me because it's colorful on top. :D

Peanut cookie

It's pure peanut. Grounded. Mixed it with oil and just make them into round balls :D

Coffee cookie

This is the only cookie that I didn't take back to KL. Reasons?

1. I don't take coffee.

2. My mom likes it.

The black spot on top is a piece of chocolate. The coffee taste is not that strong though. But for someone like me, I just don't like the taste of coffee.

Chinese New Year - Cakes

2010-03-05T17:24:00.009+08:00

I've my reasons for flying home 1 week earlier for Chinese New Year (CNY).

For one, if I fly back early, I get to have a cheaper air ticket. And, since CNY is about FOOD, I need at least 1 week to prepare all the food to be served....

This is the coffee table that needs to be filled with food

All these are served to our visitors. This post will be dedicated to cakes alone. These are all home made - by me and my mom. :D

The five cakes in this container and 2 more on plates

Prune cake

That is my mom's favourite. Lots of prune and wine. But it won't get you intoxicated. So no worries.

Meat sandwiched Sponge Cake

Yes, the middle layer is meat. Yes as well, non-halal :P

American Midnight

I've no idea why is this named American Midnight. It's just a normal chocolate cake, not the creamy chocolate cakes that melts. But I still LOVE it.

Cheddar Cheese cake

This is like a butter cake with cheesy taste.

Fruit Cake

Yes, it looks black. But this fruit cake takes 3 months to be matured and ready to be served. My bf loves this.

Cream Cheese cake

This is definitely MINE. It's served on the plate because it has to be in the fridge and taken out just before serving. This is THE cake Aaron takes from me every year. But this year, he's not getting any because he's not in KL when I'm back here.

Last of all, agar-agar.

Nice to eat, but it's a complicated procedure to follow. This finished on the 2nd or 3rd day of CNY! I really need to save some for myself next time.

I notice that in West Malaysia, people don't serve cakes for CNY. In Sarawak, it's a must to serve cakes. For those who don't bake, they buy. :)

Chicken pox

2010-03-03T00:40:00.004+08:00

Wondered why I've not been updating my blog? Skipping class so often??????

That's the first pox that appeared on my skin

Stupid chicken pox!.. For 22 years I've never had chicken pox.. and now I got it just before coming back to KL!

Now my face is scarred with the marks... I want it to go away.... They said it's just a mild chicken pox attack.. Regardless, it's still polka-dots!

Chinese New Year Eve's Food - 2010

2010-02-13T20:57:00.008+08:00

Since my brothers are not in Kuching, (Eldest brother - overseas, 2nd brother - with his wife's family - they just got married last December :D)

So only my parents and I are here, we just cooked 7 dishes for the reunion dinner... (perhaps 8 if you count mandarin oranges LOL)

Overall picture

Prawn fritters

Chinese sausage

Paper - wrapped chicken

Mixed vegetable

Mandatory Nyonya Curry

Fish maw soup with pig's stomach, and black pepper

The naked duck - before it was cooked

The cooked duck - Eight Treasure Duck

Nothing tastes better than a homecooked meal - regardless of how simple it might be.. :D

Happy new year everyone!

Dumpling dumpling..

2010-02-12T16:52:00.003+08:00

Who says dumpling is only eaten during dumpling season? It's good enough for anytime especially for someone like me who miss Kuching food. :D

These are meat dumplings. They stopped making the O-Ni (yam) dumplings anymore due to CNY.

These are bought from Sekama, Kuching. Normally, they supply it to Sibu during the Borneo cultural fest which is held yearly sometime around July. When it was sold in Sibu, it cost about 3 for RM10. But when we buy it here in Kuching, it cost RM2.20 each only. :D

See that perfect look.

That is the filling. It looks dark but it tastes really nice. The meat is sliced in pieces. Nothing MINCED unlike most commercialised dumplings.

Yes, only found in Kuching. :D

The map. - It's marked in red.

It's just a residential house. Opposite it will be a row of shophouses.

Fried porridge

2010-02-09T16:28:00.007+08:00

Fried porridge anyone?

Surprise surprise... I'm finally back in Kuching for the Chinese New Year celebration. I went to 101 cafe (near choice premier) and the menu caught my attention - FRIED PORRIDGE

Yes! You read it RIGHT. F R I E D P O R R I D G E.

How? You might ask.

The cook literally fried the porridge. All the ingredients and even the porridge.

My guess would be that they use alot of water for the porridge, make it watery and fry it till it's thick. And the result? Pretty amazing.. :D

Served in this claypot

Topped with spring onions and fried shallots, and cuttlefish

3 prawns hiding down below

This pot is enough to fill 3 bowls of this size...

Personally, I hate eating porridge. From the looks of this dish, it looks like every other type of porridge. BUT this, THIS, THIS... really BLOWS my mind! It's not as ordinary as it looked. It's nice nice nice and super nice. Everything blends in well - the taste, the texture. I think the cuttlefish plays a big role in making it tasty. They have chicken meat inside too. :D

Since CNY is coming soon, I think I'll be blogging more on food.

P/S: I've not been updating my blog but now I'm starting again because my laptop is repaired! :D The IC was burnt and I was 'handicapped' for a month!

Legion

2010-01-23T23:18:00.002+08:00

"When I was a little girl, my mom spoke of a prophesy, there will be a time when the world will be covered with darkness, and the fate of mankind will be decided..."

"I asked her, why God has changed?"

"I don't know she said, maybe He's just sick and tired of all these bullshit"

Another movie about end of the world...

I was expecting more action. At least something less predictable like perhaps, the whole of human race will be wiped out. I hate it that every movie of this sort ends up well where people die, but those few survived.

I want to see a movie where mankind won't be save and 'God' decides to recreate a new 'Adam' and 'Eve'.

The only difference about this movie is that, Michael the angel came to save the human race - to try to teach human beings the right way to live.

He said : "Take the baby away, find a prophet and follow the instructions"
Q: If most of the human are destroyed, with the weak being possessed and attacked the stronger ones, then where on earth can you then find a prophet?

Besides, why is only one pregnant lady chosen? Why can't it be a few?? In the end, only 2 human survived (or at least the movie showed 2 characters left)

It really boils down to the fight between angels. Protrayed so much of how God lose faith in his people and sends his angels to destroy us. But only 1 angel still have the faith that mankind can be changed....

Homemade siew Mai

2010-01-21T22:38:00.003+08:00

Yes, I know, I haven been updating my blog... :(

Anyway, finally I've no class today, and I decided to make Siew mai.. :D

Ready for steaming

Of course, I gave some to my housemate :D

So nice to finally start cooking again.. :D

New year, New blog template

2010-01-15T23:49:00.002+08:00

The old one was so old that I didn't have the mood to blog about anything... and now, a new look... :D

I need comments on this template.. It's still under construction so please let me know if I should continue working on it.. :D thanks

PS: My laptop crashes.. Now my heart is broken

The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus

2010-01-09T10:26:00.004+08:00

The first movie that I watched after getting back to KL - ...

Only 1 WORD - WEIRD...

I don't enjoy the movie at all. The plot sounded OKAY... but when I watched it... huh?

So it's just about this guy, who deals with the devil.. First he wanted immortality and then he wanted youth so he could have the lady he wanted. The price he has to pay is - any child of his will belong to the devil when he/she reaches 16. Like in most cases, his only child was of course, his daughter.

What the devil wanted was to play some games. The doctor has this mirror that could get into people's imagination. To prevent his daughter from being owned by the devil, the first to win 5 souls will win the bet, and his daughter will be saved.

The storyline was really weird. The only thing that could be concluded that it's just like one of those fairy tales where there's a theme to the story, a moral lesson. And for this will probably be - Be happy with what you have.

I personally won't recommend this movie. I'm shocked by the number of people watching this movie in the same hall as me.. LOL

A lesson learned, and taught, and appreciated

2010-01-07T11:34:00.005+08:00

A little too late for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

This post is gonna be short. Now that I've skipped like 7 days of classes, worth perhaps 30 hours of lessons and tutorials, catching up seems impossible and stressful.

The Christmas celebration was a grand one - invited about 70 people for the house party

New years' eve countdown was not that grand but less stressful as there were only a few people invited. We BBQ-ed food.....

Anyways, like how most Christmas teach me lessons and drops inspiration, the only thing I can conclude is - You don't know whom you can trust till you trust them and get yourself betrayed and you learn from there..

It wasn't all too bad. Nicest thing was to have my brother (Dillon) to visit us from US after 11 years not coming back... Will it then be another 11 years before he'll come back again? LOL.. I've no idea. What freaks me out over this visit by him is that, I found out how much alike we were. I was only 10 years old when he left home. Guess we all grow up and change.

Another happy occasion is that, my 2nd brother (Gibson) got married :) - FINALLY!! yay..

I hope I've the time to blog soon - If I do, it'll be of the food and the places in Kuching.

P/S: Ne-yo concert in Malaysia - tonight at Sunway. :D

Kuching - Waterfront

2010-01-02T16:37:00.002+08:00

Happy New year Peeeeeps... :D Digi made me mad on New year Day!

Anyways, Kuching Waterfront is a famous tourist attraction. :D But beware not to go there after 5pm. It's not that safe these days.

This is the whole stretch where we get to walk. Couples normally hang out here for dates and hot walks. This river is the Sarawak River. It is NOT REJANG RIVER.

This is DUN. Across river. Another way to reach there is by road. But if you like to have a nice river boat ride, just pay RM 0.40 for a trip across.

So how did we get over the other side?

Yes. THAT! :D

Oh yes.. I'm steering.. HAHAHAHA

We aimed at the 'White House'. If you don't have small change, (RM0.40) per trip, you might need to forfeit the change. :P

Yeah, he steered back (as if).

If you think you prefer to just tour along the whole river, you can charter the whole boat. It should cost only RM25. Normally, the boat man will call for RM60 or more, be sure to let them know indirectly that you're a local and not a tourist!

And ta da, that's the white house... :D That is ASTANA.

The boat ride in mulu is much much better than this one!

Sarawak Longhouse

2009-12-29T00:09:00.000+08:00

If you visit Sarawak, the longhouses should be one of your choices to visit. The name Longhouse is given base on the literal view as in the houses are - LONG.. hard to explain that unless you see it for yourself. It's basically many houses joined into one building.

In the cities or town, concrete houses are built. If you want to visit a long house, you've to go to the outskirts or perhaps a small town will do.

Kanowit is our choice. It's not a division in Sarawak just a town.

This is the only traffic light in Kanowit

See the 'ta wang' there? - It's not in West Malaysia!

Kanowit's noodle - closely related to Sibu's Kampua

The Mermaid

Entering the Long House

Having fun with Jolly Mah

Let's see who's in charged

Inside of the longhouse - nicely decorated

All those hanging on the ceiling are HAND MADE!!

Take a closer look - It's from straw!!

Us & the Tuai rumah (head of the long house)

Where does that lead to?

Let's climb and see.. :D

This little hole leads to a huge room which is similar to something like an attic where they kept all the hand made baskets, rice, and fish traps.

And we walked around and talked to the villagers. They were very very very friendly. When one person knew we were visitors, they tell another villager and soon enough more and more people came out of their houses. LOL

Yes, it's time to go :(

In small towns like these, it's still common that people travel by boat.

Oh and another thing.... Something CUTE...

Ta da..

This little cute thing will grow up one day and when it's old enough it'll fetch RM200!! LOL yes.. believe it or not this little thing will grow up and be a fighting cock...

So... I'm gonna have to enjoy it whilst it's harmless.. :D

I'm gonna taste.. you you you and you.. :D

2009-12-14T12:16:00.000+08:00

Christmas is coming!! yayy.. and I'm going home this year unlike last year.. and I'm gonna have all my favourite food!! yayyyy

So what's special in Kuching?

Like in Sibu, where they've kampua, in Kuching, it's called Kolo Mee.

The difference between Kolo mee and kampua is the noodle. Kampua is of the fat noodles, whilst kolo mee is 'thinner' and 'springy'.

What is famous is the 'zheng'.

The best 'zheng' is of course found in Carpenter street. "Zheng" is basically noodles (but the ones without meat or veg - basically 'kosong' mee. This 'kosong' mee is served with a bowl of soup (like the above). You get (pork) meat, liver, prawn, meatball / fishball - the ingredients varies depending on the stalls you go to.

Although in Kuching, there's an uncle who sell 'Kompia' but I still prefer the one from Sibu.

In Kuching, the Sio Pau and Wu Kok are more popular.

Sio pao

Wu Kok

The pastries for both are really really nice. The ingredients inside are simple but it's the outside that makes a lot different. Wu kok contains yam - the rest of the ingredients are pretty similar to sio pao.

Tomato Mee

Tomato Mee is also known as 'teng mee' (hard mee) the noodle is fried and crispy. It's called tomato mee because the sauce is basically diluted tomato sauce. The noodle will soften once it's soaked in the sauce. It's because of the different type of noodle that makes it special.

Kueh Chap

Kueh Chap in Kuching can be found in MOST coffee shops but not all are nice. The one I love most is from Chopstick - Pending. It's a very unhealthy food but it's NICE and delicious. It's good for pork lover. :D They serve with a half hard boiled egg, 'tao kua' (sorry I don't know the name in English lol), and pig's intestine, the fatty meat (the 3 layer meat), sometimes they give liver, if you're lucky you get to have pig's ear and pig's tongue but it's only available while stock last. :D

Fried oyster

Fried Oyster in hokkien is called - O Ah Jian. This is something that can be found in Kuching that I'll consider edible. I've not find any in KL that taste as nice as this. This can be found in Batu Lintang. It is crispy and served with some salty sauce. The oyster is super fresh and it centres at the middle part. So if you like the oyster more, then it's good to bring someone who doesn't take oyster so you get to have the whole portion yourself.. :D

There's 1 very important dish I can't find the photo off.. is the Sarawak Laksa! oh wells! hummmpphhh... In Alexis, they sell for about RM30!!! I heard it tasted OKAY but not as good as the ones from Sarawak itself! lol..

Anyway..... There's this TeoChew restaurant where they serve really really really nice food... And my favourite is the dessert...

The normal looking thing is nothing normal when you taste it. It's a yam thing. Not too sweet but just nice - semi liquid and solid. Basically it's a thick mixture if I can say that. Very nice for me. :D

Somethings can only be found in certain places - DABAI.

This black things are local olives. Mostly found in Sibu only. Even this found in Kuching is imported from Sibu. Very few people know how to eat this unless they grew up exposed to this delicate taste. It's nothing like the olives that you find in Subway or the canned or bottled olives.

The first time my current bf tasted it, he couldn't take it. What to do? He's a west Malaysian! Even MOST Kuching-ians can't take it. Funny though, he prefers the nuts in the seed! FAINT! The seed may look big, but the nuts inside are so mini that most of the time, we wouldn't care to crack it open because it consumes alot of time to wash the seeds, dry, and crack it open.

Bak kut teh

It's undeniable that the Bak Kut Teh in Klang is nicer than the ones in Kuching but it's still above average. This is the popular one in BDC near Everrise. The one thing I like about the Bak Kut Teh in Kuching is that they give lots of veg unlike the stingy ones in KL where only 2 miserable leaf of veg was given. The rice smells and tastes nice.

Kuching has a new shopping mall - (which won't be considered new now I suppose) - THE SPRING

If you're expecting fantastic shopping in Sarawak, I'll just say that's not the place for that. If you go to Sarawak, it will be for the food and nature.

So in Spring, ... there's this one particular shop called DESSERTS which serves ice cream - a little like Baskin Robbins and Haagen Dazs...

And so... this is it..

Ice cream in DESSERTS

This 3 scoops ice cream costed RM8. Which I felt was really worth it and cheap compared to either BR or Haagen Dazs. It tasted above average as well - of course I won't say all the flavours were of my choice but it's the same as HD or BR I don't take ALL the flavours. :D

DESSERTS has another branch in Boulevard shopping mall - But I've never been there for the Ice cream. There's another one in Cold storage BDC as well. :D

During the Merdeka month, they had this promotion and 2 scoops + 1 scoop costed only RM6!! lol.. super cheap! :D Wonder if they'll have that promotion again this Christmas!! :D

RM5 per book.. cheap cheap

2009-12-11T00:13:00.004+08:00

Vows are meant to be broken?

Well.. technically it's not really broken. I promised not to visit any pay less books warehouse sales this year....

Unfortunately, I saw this RM5 per book promotion in carrefour Subang.. and I just had to... take a quick look..

and.... I ended up with..

hmmm.. guilty guilty guilty.. really should start reading my text books! :(

Popeyes

2009-12-09T10:10:00.002+08:00

Sick of KFC? Hate it that it's always super OILY??

Popeyes might be good for a replacement! :D

In Popeyes, they serve almost similar food as those in KFC. The sets consists of coleslaws, biscuits, mash potatoes, 1 soft drink, and the selected main dish (chicken/shrimp/fish).

This is the Shrimp set

This set is not worth it as there were only 9 pieces of shrimp - basically normal prawn fritters, and costed RM13.95.

The thing that looked like a bread is actually the biscuit. But it's more like a scone instead. Not the asian biscuit.

The chicken set

This costed RM11.95 which I think is almost the same price as KFC. It's 3 pieces of chicken. Best thing about this is that it's not that OILY. Of course the chicken fat is still there and me being me, I peeled it away.. :P

Coleslaws

Mashed Potato

Both coleslaws and mashed potatoes tasted much much better than the one in KFC! :D

Guess what?

They even have their own sauces! :)

Okay - comparisons:

1. KFC or Popeyes? - Popeyes
2. Popeyes or McD chicken? - hmmm.... hard to choose - Popeyes

Alexis

2009-12-07T21:34:00.007+08:00

I feel I owe Alexis a blog.. LOL.. reason? Last week I went to Alexis, and I go there again on Saturday (2 days ago)

So... on the 29th Nov - I had my first group outing.. YES! first! I've never gone out with more than 2 friends at once!!

Cheryl, Me, John

Robin, April, Victor

So the food.... Generally it's expensive but if it's a once in awhile thing, it's okay..

Victor's pizza

It was a 'big' portion and THIN.. It looked big but just enough for 1 person.

Robin's never ending Clam Spaghetti

The whole meal he was calling it his la-la noodle.. LOL

April's fish & Chip

John's penne carbonara

This is just enough for 1 person. I still prefer the one in Italianese. Something was missing but it was okay.

So Cheryl and I had something sinful.

Black & White chocolate

For this, only the middle part tasted really nice. The white part was tasteless but it melts fast.

Black Chocolate Moist

This is just sooooo dry. The chocolate around was hard. Very very sweet. I still prefer the cakes from Tanahmas (Sibu).

Overall, it was a nice outing.

The group that I went there on Saturday (5/12) had more sinful food.. lol.. but I didn't take any photos. They ordered the mushroom cream something and bread pudding.. I was not the one who ordered - which explains why I can't remember the names. But those 2 were alot nicer. yum yum!

P/S: Alexis is in The Garden mall

2012 movie review

2009-11-27T14:55:00.010+08:00

After 2 weeks of screening in Malaysia, this movie still sells super hot. Finally, I got the tickets yesterday and the cinema hall was FULL! It's sooo full that even the 1st row was taken! GEEZZZ!!

The movie was just OK to me. Wasn't anything fantastic. Guess the only reason why everyone goes Hu-ha about this movie is just that, it's a prediction of the future and they want to know how they'll die?? hmmm..

In short, it's a replica of NOAH just that this time the arc is made of super super super steel and metal that could withstand greater force and impact.

anyways.... this movie lasted about 2 and half hours. In the beginning, there were very little effect. But towards the end, the effects were so that it causes headache to me. I'm not too sure what causes it, but explanation was given to me by someone that it's due to the frame/sec thingy which is rather too technical for me (a non-geeky girl) to comprehend. [In lay man's term, the special effect team did a bad job]

I find a lot of illogical parts. (But I'll only talk about 2 of the major ones) Most of them will only be explained by LUCK and FANTASY. For example...

For this part, the impossible part was that, 'Jackson' went down with the caravan and miraculously managed to climb up. My question is: How did he get up from there when the whole caravan was going down? There is no chance or possible realistic way that he could have get out of the caravan and grab anything at the side when in fact he was IN the caravan when it was vertically facing downwards and he was holding unto something in the caravan. HUMMPPPHHH! (The main actor cannot die right? - that's the rule of every movie.)

The counting down was really funny in the sense that they could count down to the very last second and within that 1 second, so many things could take place. Somehow the timing was very fictional.

Another part will be the last part...

They got into the ship but the gate-door was stuck, so water could flow in. So the (2) shutter doors closed (to prevent water from flowing to the rest of the ship), with 'Lily' and the dog at the safe side of it, 'Tamara' in between (alone), and, Jackson, Noah, Kate, and the few tibetans trapped in between the gate-door and the shutter door.

The problem I had with this is, if water is getting in from the gate-door, the section where the whole lot of them were in should be flooded first. Instead, the section where "Tamara" was in flooded faster than the other side. How could water get in again when the shutter door was shut? Besides, the top was the zoo section, ie where the animals were placed. There is no way the water could enter her section in those circumstances. To me, I think the writer just wants 'Tamara' to die but can't find a way so she died in vain. :(

'Jackson' and the rest obviously survived after he had un-jammed the gate-door.

The one guy I found attractive in this movie is Johann Urb who acted as Sasha - Karpov's pilot. That's just about it that I enjoyed. LOL...

Q: Should you watch it after my review?

A: You could try if you want to. Afterall this is just my opinion. There are alot of people who said that it was a fantastic show anyway.....

Banana leaf rice

2009-11-20T23:14:00.002+08:00

Today, we shall learn how to eat banana leaf rice in a shop - Restoran Rathaa Curry House at No.28 Jln Puteri 5/1 Bandar Puteri 5 Puchong. They are sooooooo successful that they had 2 floors! The ground floor looks like every other mamak stall - hot.. whilst, the 1st floor is air-conditioned. :D

First...

The banana leaf is placed on the table

(no plate given- the leaf is your 'plate')

The veg (cabbage), tomato, and cucumber are placed on the leaf

The only thing that's on a plate (not refillable)

You can choose - curry / rendang / some santan thing

They have ikan bakar as well

We chose, mutton curry - and it costs RM5.00. But this is optional. If you do not wish to take this, you can just eat rice with the veg (cabbage, tomato, cucumber)

Here comes the rice

Then, the gravy ( optional - fish or chicken curry and 'dal') and the Papadum

For all these, it costs RM9.50. Each banana leaf cost RM4.50. The charge you for each leaf. The best part is, all the rice, veg, and the 'keropok' is refillable (bottomless). Which means, if you have a super thick 'skin' then you can get your whole family to share 1 banana leaf. LOL! [Don't be so stingy LAAAAAA]

For a first timer, I think it's really unique. I spend more time learning how it was done than to enjoy the food. It looks like a normal mamak but the charges are so much higher than normal mamak shops. It's just a good experience. :D

Christmas Carol 3D

2009-11-20T09:40:00.009+08:00

I've got 2 tickets for the premiere screening for Christmas Carol 3D - 3 days before it was RELEASED in Malaysia!! [16th Nov 09 - and I'm blogging here 4 days later :S yes.. I was (and am) SUPER busy :( ]

Yay!

There was this contest in Nuffnang where we were asked to leave a comment about [If you were visited by your christmas ghost - past, present, and yet to come - what would they say to you] The best 75 commentators will receive 2 pairs of invites for the premiere screening. :D

And yes, of course it's my first time joining stuff like these and I was given 2 tickets for my comment!! :D

Thanks nuffnang for that.. :D

2 tickets - 1 for me, 1 for Gorilla. :D

Wait... there's someone else...

Oh no! Jolly Mah Christmas is chewing up the tickets!!

Gorilla: Give them back to me!!!

Thanks to Gorilla's willingness to fight for the tickets, we were able to watch the movie.... :D

We collected the 3D glasses... and...

Gorilla: ta da! I'm ready with my glasses

So the review......

If you really want the story line, click here. I'm not a movie spoiler so I won't tell you what happened but I'll tell you how amazing it was.

It's basically a very classical story - A Christmas Carol. If it was not in 3D then perhaps the effects won't be that amazing. As we all know how Jim Carrey acts, it's a more of humour even though it's suppose to be scary. It's a movie worth watching for kids and all those who 'hates' celebrating Christmas.

Very few parts were left in suspense. It was "horrific" to a very VERY mild extent. Perhaps to kids, it MIGHT be scary, but for adult viewers, it will definitely not freak you out unless....... (I'll leave this to you)

What I liked about this movie is the scenes. Everything fits so well in the picture. The setting fits well with the timing as well. One of those movies that I suppose the government won't censor! Like what is there to censor in this movie.. lol.. another thing I super love about this is that.. THERE WERE NO SUBTITLES! OMG!! That was AMAZING!

Well... just watch it for yourself but I recommend that you watch it in 3D. :D

Does this look anything like a Rabbit?

2009-11-16T14:05:00.002+08:00

I'm always fascinated over balloons!! Even crazier over those balloons that can be twisted, shaped, and made into something super creative.

So I saw 2 clowns at the Toyota Road show in Sunway Pyramid and they were busy entertaining kids using these shapeable balloons. 1 clown was super ugly and gives me the sense that he's just there because it's HIS JOB. The FATTER clown looks happier and puts more smiles on people's face. :D Surely I approached the happy looking clown and requested for a RABBIT.. This is what I got....

Does this looks anything like a rabbit? :S

Sesame Street Google Logos

2009-11-13T00:13:00.002+08:00

Sesame Street celebrated the 40th anniversary. And google joined in the fun and dedicated a week worth of Sesame Street google logos. :D

This post is for those who missed the sesame street's logos. :D ENJOY!

Started with Big Bird - 4th Nov 09
(I saw this)

Only in Mexico

Only in South Africa

Netherlands, Belgium

India

Israel

Cookie Monster - 5th Nov 09

(I saw this)

Bert & Ernie - 6th Nov 09

(I saw this too)

Oscar - 7th Nov 09

(I saw it :D)

My favorite - ELMO! :D - 8th Nov 09
(Of course I saw this!)

Let's Count - 9th Nov 09

FINALE - 10th Nov 09

I really like google logos!! super love them. Of course, sometimes I miss a few of them. It's good to use google everyday if you appreciate their logos. :D Even if you miss it all, you can click here for their beautiful logos.

Kindori - healthy fruity Ice cream

2009-11-10T22:48:00.008+08:00

It is the first time, Calvin the Skunk comes out with me :D

To be honest, I prefer My Gorilla :P

If you want an ice cream, but you're afraid it might be too unhealthy or maybe too expensive like Haagen Dazs' then perhaps, you should try - KINDORI.

Kindori is just newly opened in Time Square.

Calvin - choosing the fruits he wants

He is seated waiting to be served

While we wait for our order, let me tell you how it works....

First, you've to choose what fruit you want, (eg - Jackfruit, coconut, red bean, papaya, banana, watermelon, cempedak, pineapple, rock melon, strawberry, grapes, pumpkin, carrot, passion fruit, lemon, black currant, morello cherry, lychee, golden kiwi, green kiwi.....) You can choose 1 fruit or....

A combination of 2 fruits.

The thing with the combination of fruits is that they've limited choices. The reason was, if the combination is wrong, it won't taste nice, and another reason is that, for wrong combinations, the vitamins of the fruits will be 'destroyed'. (Sounded like a secret code to me LOL)

Anyway, so after choosing what fruit(s) you want, they will take a scoop of the chosen frozen fruit and blend it with frozen full cream milk. So instead of ice, it's frozen milk. It is kept under

-40 degrees (that was what the guy said, but I'm wondering if it was logical to have that temperature.) and it will be able to last for 1 year.

It tastes completely like how the chosen fruit should taste. No sugar added. The milk only gives the creamy effect.

That is my black currant choice. It's served with a stingy piece of waffle. It tasted like black currant, something different from the ordinary ice creams. It costs RM8.90 and no gov or service tax was charged. :D Yes, it is more expensive than normal ice cream, but it's healthy (or so they say)

Then, we ordered another durian flavoured but this time we want it in a cone.

Looks pretty nice to me.... They served it with the stand.

It's NICE! lol... see.. even Calvin wants to try!!

YUMMY!!.. with the cone, it's more expensive - costs about RM11.90

The Time Traveler's Wife

2009-11-06T19:26:00.003+08:00

If you want the plot, you can easily get it online.. I'm just doing a review here...

I find this movie or rather the story line something different from the rest. It was a little confusing at the beginning but when you get the hang of it, you know where the story is heading towards.

A fine romance movie. Can't run much from the "same old same old", but the way in which romance builds is spectacular.

I like it when "Clare" said (along these lines) [Who would want a husband who's always disappearing....] This to me is something which we must look at. Although most of us don't suffer from genetic abnormality, but when we're in a relationship, or at least when I'm in this current relationship, I always felt my partner in a MIA mode. Not that we demand alot from a relationship, but being in a relationship means growing together. Very different from the city lives where SOME girls get married to be human incubators so long as their husband(s) are rich.

The last part was really sweet. "Henry" was shot (during one of his time travelings) by "Clare's" dad in one of his hunting trips which caused his death. The sweetest thing about this is that, Henry never tell Clare about this. I'm not sure if Henry knew who shot him because his time travels normally take a few minutes or perhaps seconds. The dying was bad in the sense that he knew he's about to die. That's the worst part about knowing his future. It's sad for me. What a pity. And yes, I love this movie a lot . . . maybe I am just lack of romance in my life and so simple movies like that touches me..... :(

First round mooting

2009-10-31T22:08:00.002+08:00

The one reason why I've 5 assignments left undone... Having no time for social life... not updating my blog so frequently... And yet another year where I spend halloween blogging but I'm much happier than last year! :D

Today is the first round for my mooting competition.. and I WON! :D woo hoo!! (It's also my first time! damn nice! LOL)

I want to enter semi... hurry hurry.. the next round is this wednesday.. after that next saturday I'll know if I can enter semi!! semi semi semi!!

Semenggoh Wildlife centre

2009-10-29T15:13:00.001+08:00

Sarawak Botanical Research Centre, (Kuching) Semenggoh will be a great place to see REAL Orang Utans.

The tickets are super cheap! Only RM3.00 for adult, and RM1.50 for senior citizen, and students - yes including COLLEGE students! :D but this pricing is only for Malaysians.

Welcome

He cares!

Entering the wild life....

24 orang utans in this place!

The trail

They opened more trails last time. But now, they closed most parts because there were a few incidences where the Orang Utans attacked tourists.

Hence, the friendly reminder..

One is here! :D

Chew - chew - bite - bite...

Since only one of them came, we were ushered to the other feeding platform...

We walked for quiet a distance,

and wa la!

We were told to watch our head, and make sure we're not positioned under any orang utans because they like doing this...

and give you nice warm golden showers!!!!!

Yes, "I love swinging and hanging in the air"

and one last picture...

Thank you very much Mister....

Gorilla goes to GENTING :D

2009-10-25T23:28:00.000+08:00

What did Gorilla do during Deepavali holiday?

.. oopssss.. got spotted in front of the laptop.

I'm on top of the world!

I want ice cream!!

Measuring my height before going to the outdoor theme park!

Oops... I'm way tooo short.....

Let's see if I can get a ticket!

Going to the counter! :D

Good morning! A 1 day outdoor theme park pass pls...

See, I'm an adult! and I've 20% discount because I'm a world card holder

Where should I go first? hmm...

I want! I want!

Wheeeeee!!!

It's raining! :( Only play for awhile! :(

I'm COLD!

Don't want to gamble - don't want to be an addict!

Waiting for bus to go back - I'm the wise gorilla :D

Subway - Buy 1 free 1!! :D Cheap cheap cheap!

2009-10-22T10:10:00.004+08:00

It's RM7.50 for a 6 in sandwich.. healthy, and it's all about YOUR CHOICE - (meat, veg, and sauce!) - always mentioned in Biggest Loser programme.. :D Start eating right and CHEAP!

Gorilla taking 'Something' from Subway man.. :D hmmm..

What's that?

YAY!! 2 Buy 1 free 1 vouchers!!!

Gorrila happy!! :D -after eating nice and cheap food! :D

Something good is coming.... :D

2009-10-21T22:58:00.001+08:00

Gorilla moved house :D

2009-10-13T21:37:00.006+08:00

I've got another lover.. and he has moved from there to here.. :D

Introducing....

Peek-a-boo!!!

Gorilla, Milo...

I fell in love with him the first time I opened that parcel from UK! It's suppose to be my bf's but then again, he has never seen me hugging any of his toys and loving them as if they were my own!! and so... I 'stole' it from him with permission.. LOL!..

I really don't like the name, so I'm just calling him, MY Gorilla! :D

He is one of the finest things NICI has come up with.. (I'm still waiting for someone to give me Calvin the SKUNK!)

He loves imitating 'King-Kong' lol..

I know my pictures aren't as good as the ones in my bf's blog... but what to do... I've nothing but a camera phone with me currently :(

See how big my feet are??? :D

Oh come carry me!!! :D I need lots of hugs!

Häagen Dazs Mooncakes

2009-10-07T23:11:00.006+08:00

Mooncake festival falls on 3rd of October. Being in KL, there is nothing traditional that I did on that day.

I headed to Haagen Dazs at Lot 10 to try out their mooncakes! I'm just trying to be traditional!

And there I was, looking through the menu.

Haagen Dazs offers 4 different flavours of mooncake. But Haagen Dazs Malaysia only offers 2 - Chocolate and Vanilla.

There were 3 different combinations...

If you take a mooncake alone, it will cost you RM37.90.

If you get the sets.... they have....

Autumn Celebration

and....

Cherries' Blossom

Autumn Celebration consist of 1 jasmine tea, few pieces of peaches, 2 ice cream blossom and of course the mooncake of your choice. Whilst cherries' Blossom lacks the tea.

I chose Autumn Celebration and Vanilla for my mooncake.

Mooncakes on display

From the menu, the whole set is on the same plate, but we ordered it separately. :D

Here comes the mooncake!...

When you slice it up...

So... here it is. The white one is obviously vanilla. The yellow 'york' is actually mango flavoured ice cream. The whole thing is coated with chocolate. It's really nice. I've always enjoyed Haagen Dazs ice creams!! :D

And the second part...

The jasmine tea tasted like some ordinary tea to me actually. But I super love the presentation! :D The strawberry was super sour. The brownish thing at the side of the plate is cocoa powder.

The ice-cream blossoms were served with round chocolate piece as a "coaster".

As a whole, I think it was worth it! Taste is there although it's not very traditional of me to be having this, but it's still something different.

And finally the bill....

Exactly RM44.95. I've no idea why they use '$' instead of 'RM' HAHAH!

Sibu - Food

2009-09-30T00:00:00.000+08:00

Back to my travels..... and I'll focus on FOOD in Sibu. After 2 years I'm away, I just realised that Sibu started having lots and lots of dining outlets. But of course... I still stick to the old ones because I was only there for like 4 days! It wasn't enough to finish trying all the food!!!!

Since it's Sarawak we are talking about, this is a .....

A pepper tree

Take a closer look..

see how it grows on the tree?

The seeds

Yes I know you thought that it should be either black or white right? LOL! It's originally green. It will turn black and you've to dry it in the sun. White pepper only come about if you peel off the skin of the black pepper. That's the reason why black pepper is sold at a cheaper price compared to white pepper.

Next up in Sibu, we've a local bagel, and we call it kom-pia.

Piles of kom-pia

Wonder how they made it?

Basically..... they've the dough and everything (of course I don't know the ingredients!) and they stick it like this...

It looks like the 'naan' style of 'baking' eh?

Have a closer look.. :D

When it's brownish it's taken out

There are a couple of ways of eating kom-pia. You can either eat it plain like how I love to eat it. It taste nice even if it's not hot anymore. :) If you love coffee, you can even dip it in.

Or you can have it the traditional way..

Kom-pia with soy sauce meat

The sauce softens the kom-pia and the taste of the meat blends very well with the taste of the plain kom-pia.

Another way would be to deep fry it. Personally, I do not like that and that's why we've missing pictures here.. LOL! Frying it actually takes away it's natural taste and it's super oily!

To be honest, I seldom take pork in KL because there's a very strong 'porky' smell that I can't stand. The pork in Sarawak doesn't smell that bad.

Pork being pork it's still the same... or is it?

Take a look..

Shhh... I know! it's Wild boar!

It's not available at every place. We took this while we drove from Kuching to Sibu. It's only at those rural areas you get to taste this delicious dish! :D

Another thing that we don've in KL is this wild fern..

We call it bi-ling or mi-ling

It looks like Paku but it's not. This is a jungle vegetable only found in Sarawak! :D There are 2 famous method of cooking this veg.

One is to fry it with the chinese red wine and the other is to fry it with balacan. I always take the one with red wine. Somehow I feel that balacan always covers the taste of everything!

Whilst there's wantan mee in KL, there is kampua in Sibu. Every town has a different name for the noodle. In Kuching, it's kolo mee. (I will do a few post on Kuching very soon)

Kampua

You can have soy sauce if you want or just tell them to have it with chili and you'll get a 'white' coloured bowl of noodles. Some people even eat it plain without the meat!

As for seafood, the bus terminal offers more I suppose. But I've found out that it doesn't taste that good anymore. I'm not sure if it's due to the fact that I've been outta town and my failure to know which shop serves better food caused such a lousy choice of food. However, the presentation is not bad.. :D

This is disappointing - butter prawn

'okay' crab

Steamed oyster

Normally, my bf and I would take raw oyster with lemon but the waiter suggested we try the steamed ones. Mind you.. this cost RM7 each! I still prefer it raw and cold! :D

And we walked towards the 'aquariums' in the shop, we spotted this weird little things...

Out of curiousity.... we ordered...

The black one is soy sauce the other.. not sure

Here is how it looked like..

Cute little thing

It actually tasted NICE! Ate lots and lots of that and yet, I've no idea what it's called. I asked the waiter, he said it's chinese name, and I've poor memory over anything in mandarin! ooppps!

Last but not least... I shall end this post with a few pictures that has nothing to do with food.. :D

Yes, I'm tiny.. He's a giant!

At the 'lovers bridge'

And a final note..

Am I fat? Have I put on weight?