My Pink Attitude

Stupid Tax!!

2009-10-14T17:31:00.003+08:00

I took one day leave to settle some tax issue....
received letter from them to say that I owe them tax because of the previous year bonus that was received the next year since 2004....
Thought it will take me the whole day and thought that I can actually get some refunds back....
End up it only took me one and a half hour which is 1 hour 15 minute waiting for my turn and 15 minutes talking to the personnel and end up I still have to pay whatever they said I owe them.....

Conclusion is, wasted my one day leave..... which could be use for something more worthwhile.....

cause after a long chat with my mimi and thinking bout it, I have decided I AM GOING TO PARIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yippie YEAY!! That is also considering the tickets won't be over the top oh my god kind of expensive.... cause I know tickets are usually more expensive in December!!

Hoping for a miracle la..... hehe

My First!!

2009-10-05T18:49:00.002+08:00

Yes Yes, I'm joining a marathon!!
My first time =)

I know I'm not doing a full or half or even a quarter marathon but only the fun run but its still 10km ok!! Don't pray pray!! I haven't really been exercising since I quit the gym like 2 years ago and I hope this will motivate me to at least exercise and train up for the run!

I will definitely come back with the completion cert ok!! *fingers crossed!*
WISH ME LUCK!! =D

p/s: why is the whole world resigning or getting married??
I've got 3 farewells and 3 weddings this month and 2 more weddings in the next 2 months!!
Give ang pow also give until pokai!

My Hanoi Experience

2009-09-26T01:50:00.001+08:00

I call it an experience because this little city is really quite different from what I was expecting!!

You can blame it on lack of research haha cause I went with my sis ma.... so I just rely on her to do all the research!! kaka Luckily our hotel have internet =D Plus she have a blackberry and with google map, it wasn't that difficult to find the places we wanted to go!

Firstly, I didn't know that Hanoi has got 2 seasons!! Something like HK la... Summer and Winter.... and the best time to go Hanoi is end of the year like Oct - Feb cause it is freaking hot when I was there!! Seriously hot until sweaty and sticky kind one.....

Woke up at 3.30am to catch the 6am flight!! Stupid Air Asia only got one flight per day to Hanoi and at that ungodly hour!! We got the hotel to come pick us up at the airport and when we reached the hotel, they told us that they have upgraded us! =D We really couldn't figure out why!! So we were quite scared to accept but then we still did *kaka* We booked the Golden Sun Hotel 3 but they upgraded us to 4. Golden Sun Hotel 4 is really nice for the price that you are paying!! Its not posh but its new and have a pc with internet in the room, plus the bathroom is spacious! Definitely worth every single cent especially we are paying the price of 3 and we got 4! Just that its further away from the old quarter but still at a walkable distance.

Anyway after we checked in, we laze around the room and thought that we will go for Pho (Beef Noodles) for lunch! So we left the hotel before noon and when we reached the Pho Bat Dan: 49 Bat Dan, Old Quarter, Hanoi IT WAS CLOSE!!!! What shop closes so early one!! Its lunch time eh!! Then we went to two other Pho Shop that we found from the internet and both were closed too!! =((((( So disappointed la. So we were just walking around and we found ourselves at Cha Ca Street! So we started looking for Cha Ca La Vong: #14 Cha Ca, Old Quarter instead!

The only bit of research I did before Hanoi is on Vietnamese food =D I read that it is "The one place that everyone I asked said do not leave Hanoi without trying. More than a hundred years old and serving only one dish, this place is somewhat of a legend in the Hanoi food scene. It’s even snagged a coveted spot in Patricia Schultz’s 1,000 Places to See Before Your Die."
With a comment like that, how can I not try it?

This is the legendary dish!

At first it doesn't look anything special and we don't even know how to eat it.... so we just look around to see what others are doing and when you mix everything including the gravy from the fish and that sauce in the bowl (the one with some chili in it one) the taste is reaaaally amazing one!! I don't know how to describe it because I've not tried something that taste like this!! haha It's savoury and a bit sourish but not too sour, just a bit. Plus the fish is really fresh and it’s supposed to be some good quality fish la (dunno what fish forgot the name)

Mixed it like this and its yummy!!

After our lunch, we walked towards the Hoan Kiem Lake near the old quarter. The whole city is full of motorbikes!! My Halong Bay tour guide said that there are about 2 millions motorbikes (mostly scooters) in Hanoi!! And they horn like nobody's business!!

At the Hoan Kiem Lake

We actually went back to our hotel after less than 15 minutes at the lake!! Why?? Because mimi needs a nap!! muahahahaha She said that she woke up very early and its too hot!! So we went back to the hotel for a nap!! Can you believe it?? Go Hanoi to sleep!! tsk tsk tsk.... But then it was really hot la and we have been walking around a lot looking for 3 pho shops!!

We left the hotel again at about 4pm to go to the lake again =) Hoan Kiem Lake has the famous red bridge connecting to the Jade Mountain Temple. There’s even a couple taking wedding photos on the red bridge!! But so hot still dress in wedding gown?? Across the bridge, there is a small tower, built to honor the lake's golden tortoise of legend.

Read bout the golden tortoise

Mimi very poser lor..... haha

Then after that we walked around the old quarter looking for the much rave about Vietnamese Coffee. But before that, I got con while waiting for my sis to go to the atm! Before I know what’s happening, the lady passed me the scale thingy (the thing i’m holding la! - don't know what is it called) and then she just put her hat on my head!! Then mimi got excited and ask me to pose for photo then after that the lady ask me to buy pineapples!! So smart!! How to say no when you already took the photo??

Cafe Nhan: 39D Hang Hanh - Recommended by Beeloon. The coffee was nice nevertheless but I was expecting a local coffee shop instead of a tourist cafe!!

Iced Coffee with sweet condensed milk

Vietnamese Drip Coffee - which drips waaaay toooo sloooowly!! Seriously half an hour also not done!! Hot coffee also becomes cold coffee already lo...

Me lovey Vietnamese coffee!! And I don't even drink coffee one normally!! haha except for starbucks caramel macchiato!

Walking around Old Quarter. They have 36 streets and each street sells different things but every shop on that street sells the same thing!! haha Like this street sells shoes, then the whole street sell shoes! They have clothes, children toys, kitchen utensils, etc etc.... Surprisingly I didn't shop much!! Firstly cause of the weather you are so sticky and sweaty you don't feel like you wanna shop or try on clothes and secondly, it’s unlike bangkok, I feel their clothes and shoes are not so updated in trends! Or perhaps I didn't go to the right place cause I read somewhere that it’s very near China so shopping should be good too!!

Then we went for banh cuon (soft rice rolls) for snacks! Its actually like minced pork / chicken wrapped in super thin and smooth chee cheong fun!! haha But you also dip in some kind of sauce and its superrrrrrrrrrr yummy!! Seriously!! Its so good that I went back on our last day in Hanoi!! =P

One thing I don't understand bout Vietnam people is why do they have to sit on such a low chair to eat?? Why are their tables like kindergarden table for kids?? Why can't they use nice comfortable adult size chair and table?? Not like their ceiling is very low or what also!! Why do they like to feel like you are squatting when you eat?? But luckily food was good so it was worth the squat!! =P

Then after that we went for French and Vietnamese fusion food. Also to celebrate mimi's bday!! French food in Vietnam is supposedly to be famous too because the country was once colonized by the French! We went to the highly recommended Green Tangerine: #48 Hang Be, Old Quarter, Hanoi which offers modern french food with a vietnamese twist!

The restaurant is in a cosy little old colonial house. Food was really good and also wayyy cheaper than in KL!! I lovey french food!! But too bad they didn't have foie gras in the menu!

Appetizers: Some raw beef with deep fried cheese! YUMZ!!!!

Rabbit Meat

Duck Meat

Me =)

Super small cheesecake for dessert. Its more like a mousse than a cake! And I'm not a fan of mousse! So I didn't find it that great!

After dinner, we walked around the old quarter (got so many street ma, and don't think we even cover half of it!!)

Me buying souvenirs at the roadside =P

Walking at one of the night market

Next day, we decided to go for pho again! Earlier this time, we reached at around 10.30am and guessed what?? IT WAS CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GGGRRRRR.... what kinda shop closes at 10.30am one!!!!!!!!!!! =((((( All the way go to hanoi and didn't get to eat pho??

So we decided to go to the one nearby.... which was quite crowded.... probably because the famous one was closed and this was the nearest beef noodles store around!

We ordered both the beef and the chicken to try.... It was quite good!! Just that I didn’t like all the spring onions and smelly vege in it!! haha I think it would have tasted much more nicer without it!! =P

A bowl of delicious pho plus the "yau char kuay". Its different from those you find here cause the yau char kuay there is really hard and you need to soaked it in the hot beef noodle soup for it to soften and then its really yummy cause it absorbs the soup and is really tasty!! =D

Drinking sua dau nanh which is tau fu far plus soya bean drink! but the tau fu far is really smooth... but somehow I think the ipoh one is still better =P

Then after that we went to have che - a vietnamese dessert. It has mung beans (which I lovey), red beans, jelly, cendol and etc and then shaved ice... something like our ice kacang but the mung beans is smashed and makes the drink thicker and yummier!! A fantastic drink for hot weather!!

YUMZ but a bit too sweet!

Then after that we took a cab to Chua Tran Quoc at Ho Tay, the West Lake of Hanoi. It’s the more posh area in Hanoi. Chua Tran Quoc is one of the oldest pagoda in Hanoi. And guess what? We reached there about 12 noon and it only opens at 2pm!! What's with Hanoi ar?? Sight seeing supposed to open early they open late, beef noodles supposed to be open til late but they close early!! So while waiting for it to open we just walked around the area and I did a bit of shopping =D The only shopping I did in Hanoi!!

The Chua Tran Quoc Red Pagoda

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

You know I don't like museum right? hehe but I was more than happy to go into this one cause.......... it is air conditioned!! muahahahaha The first floor is actually photos of Ho Chi Minh and the events or things he has done for Vietnam. Second floor is more like a modern art gallery of the history of Hanoi. Quite interesting I must say.... but..... I'm still not a museum person =P

Ho Chi Minh Museum

Gimme 5, Mr Ho!

We didn’t go to the place where Ho Chi Minh body was kept cause it closes at a ridiculous time!! Around 9am or 10am if I am not mistaken! Anyway its closed when we were there! So we didn't get to see the one pillar pagoda!! =( Anyway after that, we went to Van Mieu, the Temple of Literature. Its supposed to be the place where the royalties studied last time. Like a university for them.

Vietnamese girls in their traditional clothes! Pretty but so hot still wear like that!! hehe

After that, we went for dinner at chicken street!! No prize for guessing what we had!! Haha chicken la of course!! Its grilled chicken.... bbq chicken wings, chicken drumstick and even chicken feet!! And seems like the chicken feet is the most popular one among the locals!

Do you know what I love best among all? Its the bread!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its seriously OMG kinda yummy!! At first I didn't wanna order the bread cause its those french loaf that I see people selling at the road side and I am not a bread person! but then I thought just try la.... and its seriously damn good!!! We ended up ordering 3 loaf and I ate like one and a half!! It's that good!! They actually flattened the bread and grilled it with honey and don't know what else! Its a bit like croissant coated with honey but crispier! Super yumz!! And I was talking bout the bread the whole night!!

Again it was worth the squat!!

After that, we went back to the old quarter area. Decided to go to Highlands Cafe for Vietnamese coffee and also get mimi a birthday cake! Highlands Cafe is like their local starbucks.... They have a branches everywhere in Vietnam.

The Hoan Kiem Lake at night

View of the city from the Highlands Cafe

Super thick and fresh mango smoothie, Vietnamese ice coffee, Vietnamese coffee cheesecake

Happy Birthday Mimi!! =D

Next will be Halong Bay!! Verrrrrry beautiful!! Definitely must go at least once in your lifetime! There's a reason why it was nominated as one of the 7 wonders of the World! But don't think they won though! haha

Why do all good things come to an end so quickly?

2009-09-22T15:33:00.006+08:00

Why oh why today is already the last day of the much anticipated long 4 days weekend?
I don't want it to end =((((((((((
I want it to last forever =))))))))
haha

Have been sooooo lazy lately.....
not updating my e-shop
and not updating my blog
and not doing a lot of things

I don't know why, but I just feel that I don't have enough time!!
sighhhh....
Why is there so much things to do....
Why am I always distracted to do other things than what I should be doing
Actually, what should I be doing in the first place?

People my age are either getting married, having baby, furthering their studies, building relationships, learning new things like sign languages!!! ( I really got a friend learning that ok!! going for classes somemore!!) or at least doing something purposeful or meaningful in life but what about me??

But I don't wanna be doing that!! Don't get me wrong, I do wanna do something purposeful and meaningful but just not those mentioned above!! (At least not at this moment) I don't know what I want to be doing..... However, I do know I want to go for holiday!! haha

Seems like the only way to get away from my life here or to break away from routine is to go for a holiday! Mimi is tempting me with europe again end of the year!! I know I have just went in May this year but but but its just too tempting to resist..... Plus the thought of being left behind alone is just too sad!! =P Then sis is tempting me with shopping in USA and Barcelona!!Ahhhhh..... how can anyone resist shopping!! Honeydrew is tempting me with constantly asking where to go for the next oversea trip and with lotsa tempting suggestions that get me all excited.... I is temping myself with Japan!! =P I wish I could do all these..... Only problem besides taking leave from work is, can someone teach me how to print money? HAHA

MSN Conversation with a friend who sends me RM50 notes to be printed out!! How I wish I can really do that eh??

Sometimes it makes me think if I should spend so much on travelling!! I can't find the balance and almost always cant say no to any opportunity to hop into a holiday! You know the saying that "life is short and you should enjoy it", or "what's the point of earning money and not spending it".... you know.... the balance on splurge and spend, spending on what you need instead of splurging on what you want..... sigh..... I sound like someone in a mid life crisis who is confuse and indecisive!! Do I need another holiday? But I am feeling a bit depressed not knowing when my next holiday is!! Its as if I've got nothing to look forward to.....

Apa lar!! sometimes I wonder if I think too much or is everyone just like this? Sigh.... what is life?? What do you want in life?

Recently I've been thinking a lot about another thing which is a very big part in everyone's life and that is relationship!! So much have happened to relationships of people around me, or people around the people around me!! haha but that is altogether another post for another day!! Life is complicated enough without relationships and its even more complicated with it!

OK, back to my life.....

p/s: I wrote everything and almost wanted to click "publish post" and realised that I have actually written all this in my e-shop blog instead!! Good thing I realised it before clicking publish or else my shoppers will think who is this psycho!! muahahahahaha

Hello from the city of non-stop horning

2009-09-06T00:28:00.003+08:00

I'm in Hanoi =D
and I'm in a culture shock!! haha =P

People here horn all the time when they are driving.
Seriously its a really noisy city!!
You can hear cars, motorbikes, buses, vans horn here horn there horn horn everywhere!!

Back in KL, you only get horned when you did quite a serious offence that irritates the other drivers, but here, people just horn for all reasons or no reasons!! Whether its to tell people to move away or to tell people i'm coming (as a warning) or maybe some horn just for the fun!! You don't even know who's horning who!! But you definitely will hear non-stop horning when you are on the streets!!

At first I get a shocked everytime I hear a horn (as in are they horning at me? what did I do??) Then after a while, I start to get irritated cause seriously there is no peace!! haha And then now I guess I have to just ignore all the hornings!!

Another thing is that Pho Bo (beef noodles) shops closes veryyyyyy early!! like 11.30am!! (That's not even lunch time yet!!) Apparently Pho Bo are eaten for breakfast instead of lunch!! So I haven't tried any beef noodles yet!! Cause all the recommended ones were closed when we were there for lunch!! We went to 3 different ones ok!! And its superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr hot walking around in Hanoi!! I think I've gotten a shade darker already!! =(

However, the food here are amazing =) So far so good!! Looking forward to more =D
It's only Day 1 today!!

Oh and my hotel room has got free internet and even comes with a pc!! =D So yeay!! Its really convenient eh!! Don't even need to bring your own laptop!! =D

ok nitez!! Gotta wake up early to eat Pho Bo tomorrow!! =P

Bangkok Girly Weekend Getaway

2009-08-25T19:32:00.026+08:00

PEACE!!

I'm back from my Bangkok trip!! Actually am back 2 weeks ago!! haha If you noticed, I've uploaded some stuff over at my e-shop ;) Oversea goodies!! =D Go check it out yah!!

It was a super tiring trip but I really had a greaaaaat time!! Over the weekend this was our itinerary:

Wake up - brunch - shop til you can't walk - massage - dinner - chill - back to hotel - parade your shopping buys - sleep

This is what you call life man!! haha Oh and you know what?? I did something I've not done before!! =P I actually took leave when I didn't have to! As in my flight was on a Friday night and I purposely book the last flight so that I can rush to the airport after work then I can save one day leave but I ended up taking leave on Friday just to chill - sleep til late - have lunch with my mimi - slowly pack my stuff - shower - then head to airport BUT!!!! stupid flight was delayed!!! GGRRR.... but won't let it spoil my holiday =D

Because of the delay we reached Bangkok quite late and since HF & Viv flew to Bangkok a day earlier (these 2 buggers don't need to work one!! *ish* one is a new housewife and the other is a full time student again! *jealous* =P Anyway.... they bought supper for us!! =D So much food that we only ate half of it and the other half goes to waste!! 2 packet of pad thai, 2 types of kerabu (the glass noodle and mango kerabu), 2 packets of mango sticky rice, 2 packet of fried prawn cakes, plus some yau char koay!! YUMZ!!

So next day we woke up and off to Platinum Mall we go!! Super shopping haven!!

At the BTS station

My lunch at Platinum Food Court - sucks big time!! This is the only bad thai food I have ever eaten in Thailand!! haha Its super duper salty like salt water!!

Yummy yummy sticky mango rice and sticky durian rice (I didn't try the durian one cause I didn't wanna have bad breath for the rest of the day!! haha)

This coconut ice blended is super yummy!! Ordered one after my 4.5 hours of non-stop shopping!! Walk until I couldn't walk anymore..... Plus I'm in my caged wedges!!

But I must say, the stuff in Bangkok are not as cheap as when I was there 2 years ago!! 2 years ago I bought quite a lot of shoes and its only like 200 Baht per pair but now.... the nice decent ones are all like 590 Baht!! So I didn't buy a single pair!! Also cause I've got not much time la.... cause was looking for stuff for my e-shop too ;) You know 4.5 hours of non-stop shopping I could only cover like 3 Floors and that's also I didn't go to every shop in each floor!!

Our shopping buys!! See me & Val using our recycle bags ;)

Me & my caged wedges ;D
My feet ache so much I just sat by the stairs while waiting for Viv & Dawn to go to the toilet!!

Then off we go to massage!! Due to lack of time, all our massages were at the same place which is one of the massage place at the end of the road from our hotel!! Even massages are not that cheap compared to two years ago... but cheaper than in KL la.....

I had a full body one hour thai massage =)

Our massage place

Me & Dawn shared the same massage room

After that, we just go to the nearby 7-11 to make a call for our buggy!!

I would have hated our hotel if its not for the buggy service they provide!! Didn't know it was sooooo deep inside from the main road!! HF found it from the website and from the map, it looks like it is quite close to the BTS Station but luckily the buggy will fetch us to the main road and its just a few steps to the BTS Station!

Oh and did I mention that the hotel doesn't even have a lift?? =0
And we stayed at the 4th floor!! Seriously from the website it looks nice!! And its not like its very cheap also eh!! 1700 Baht for a double room without breakfast!! I think for Bangkok standard we could have gotten a much better hotel lor!!

Anyway after massage we gotta rush back to get ready for dinner =) Dinner was at Coffee Beans by Dao - yummy thai food with the most amazing cakes!! HF worked in Bangkok for like 2-3 yrs so when I visited Bangkok 2 years ago she first brought me to Coffee Beans by Dao and I just fell in love with the place!! A definitely must visit if you go to Bangkok ;)

Us taking photos at the hotel lobby while waiting for the cab =)
See the hotel doesn't look that bad.... just got no lift only!! @#$%^&*(*&^%$#%^

Photos while waiting for food!!

Yippie!! Yummy Yummy food =D

Super yummy crispy kangkung. The kangkung fried in light batter and to eat with this shreded chicken curry thing and it goes sooooo perfectly well together!! YUMZ!!!!!

Some white curry (forgot the thai name)

tom yum gong

prawn cakes

yellow thai seafood curry *yumz*

prawn toast

Super delicious cakes.... its something like Alexis where they have a wide selection of cakes when you enter the restaurant but their selection is like 3 times more than alexis!! Their cake menu is like 2 pages long man!! Highly recommend the white chocolate cheesecake - just heavenly!!

Cakes all gone within minutes!!

Dawn looks really funny in this pic - she's so happy she gets to clear the dessert plates

After that we went to Fallabella - Monkey Bar. Its supposed to be a Hi-So place haha I just learned this word!! Hi-So stands for...... High Society!! *duh* haha According to dawn's thai friend, apparently you need to look rich to be able to enter the club (I dunno how true is that) haha!!

Inside the monkey bar with monkey decos

Cheers!!

See the change of colour on our faces?? Me & HF are soooo red!!

Group photo

My feet was still quite tiring that I just took off my heels!! haha (So not Hi-So!!)

Had a great time! Though we didn't dance at all.... guess everyone's just too tired....

Next day, our plan was to have brunch at Siam Square and then shop around Siam Square and MBK area.....

I miss thai food =P~

Mango Kerabu

Grilled Sliced Beef

Thai fried chicken wings

Thai stir fried pork

Yam Won Sen (Glass Noodle Kerabu)

Grilled thai sausages

After bunch off we go for shopping again!!! After bout 2 hours or so, I was getting quite bored at MBK and decided to go back to Platinum!! HAHA So off we go back to platinum again!! But we only had like 2 hours left to shop before we have to leave for massage and dinner!! But even if I had more time I seriously couldn't walk anymore!! Took a cab back to the massage place near our hotel again and this time I had a full body one hour aromatherapy massage! After that we took the buggy back to the hotel to get ready for dinner!! The dinner that we were all excited about!!

Dinner at Sirocco - The Dome at the State Tower. The world's highest open air restaurant!! Where you can see the view of the whole Bangkok City!! Went there 2 years ago too but only had drinks at the bar.... so we thought we should have dinner there this time!! HF made reservations for us and do you know?? On the reservation confirmation email, they actually state that cancellation less than 48 hours, USD100 will be charged to your credit card!! huh!! Got restaurants like this one meh!! I really so not Hi-So lor!! Apparently according to HF if you want to have dinner here on new year's eve or Christmas eve, you have to book one year in advance!! T_T

Photos while waiting for food =)

Only me & Dawn had appetizers and we ordered foie gras as we both loooooove foie gras to bits..... but sad to say, it was so-so only lor!! =( We both have had better (and at a cheaper price too!!) Stupid foie gras was like 1350 Baht!! (RM135) Seriously it doesn't taste that great lor.... lack the creamy buttery feel when you bite into it and then it just melts in your mouth with flavour..... That's basically why I heart foie gras and this one couldn't deliver that!! So we were both quite disappointed with it!!

The over-price foie gras

Complimentary raspberry sherbet as a mouth wash

My main!! Veal Medalion. This is not bad. Quite good actually. But I wanted it medium and it turned out quite well done.... but still very tender nevertheless. The sides and the gravy goes really well with the veal! YUMZ!

Dawn had the beef tenderloin. But she didn't quite like it!!

HF had the lamb loin and she says its good!! - There's bubbles on her plate!! haha
Val & Viv had the veal same as mine so no photos of their food

Me =)

Viv & I - in between dinner

Me, Val & HF

The Bristol gang!! These are my clubbing, shopping, traveling kaki back in Bristol days!!

After our mains, me and viv went for a walk to the bar to enjoy the beautiful night scenery

Bangkok City at night

Then we came back for desserts but I ended up didn't ordering any cause I don't see anything that I want at the dessert menu.... and also I was quite full already....

Viv's chocolate cake (If I were to choose, this is the only thing from the dessert menu that I will order cause the rest have certain things that I don't like)

Val's Caramel Apple Pie or something (I don't like cooked apples)

HF & Dawn's Pistachio creme brulee. HF likes it but Dawn didn't she only ate like quarter of hers! Poor Dawn, didn't like her appetizer, mains and dessert!!

Group photo

And the damage?? 20,938 Baht!! That's bout RM2,100 for the 5 of us!!
Honestly I feel that the food ain't that great but the view is just amazing!! So just go to the bar instead!! haha But it's definitely an experience and I must say that it's very romantic to dine there for couples!! Plus their service are excellent!! They better be for the service charge that we paid!! haha

After dinner it was already close to 12 and we decided to go for late night massage - our last massage before leaving Bangkok the next day!! Good thing was the massage place near our hotel was still open so all of us went to do an hour of foot massage =D

Next day, we had brunch near our hotel before going off to the airport. As usual we called the buggy to pick us back to the hotel and the buggy guy actually said "No shopping today??" All of us were like Nooooooooooo =( We are leaving today!!

This is the 7-11 that we always wait for the buggy

This is one of my fav noodles in Thailand!! I'm so glad I managed to have not one but two bowls (opps!!) for brunch before we left to the airport!! One bowl with mama noodles and another bowl with glass noodles. Every time I will ask them to put all the "liao" so that I can try the various kind of "liao"..... But the best one I had was in Phuket!! haha Super YUMZ!!

After brunch, off we go to the airport and back to reality....

Oh and you know what?? I think its a jinx that every time I step foot in anywhere in Thailand, I will leave the place without a single Baht!! Happened 3 times in Bangkok, twice in Phuket and once in Hatyai. I seriously thought I will have some left over Baht with me this time considering I did change quite a lot for a weekend!! But end up Baht-less too!!

Next, I can't wait for my Hanoi Holiday with my sis and mimi in 2 weeks time!! =D
YIPPIE....
Don't know why but I just feel like getting away from life here.... so I will grab any escape that I can!!

Oh and honeydrew is only coming back in Nov =((((((((((((((((
He's supposed to be back in Oct!! I was sooo looking forward to Oct but now.... sigh......
The last time I saw him was May in London and come Nov, it will be 6 months since we last saw each other!! LDR sucks BIG BIG time =((((((((((((((((

Should I just quit my job?

2009-08-01T01:14:00.004+08:00

WOW!!! It's been more than a month since I last blogged!! OPPSSSsss....

I've been reaaaaally busy lately.... have been trying to make up for the loooong hiatus of my e-shop during the time I was in Europe for my holiday and then even after when I was back I was still on a hiatus cause I'm just too lazy!! As a result my hits dropped and that's why I have been updating my e-shop sooo frequently for the whole of June!! And in July I've even joined 2 bazaars!! and one more this Sunday!! and currently I am having sales cause I'm trying to sell off as much as I can to make room for more stocks when I go to Bangkok next week!! =D So do check it out cause its really cheap!! =P I actually still have got quite some stocks that's not uploaded yet!! Cause I don't have time to take photos!! I can only do that on weekends and it takes like at least 4 hours for a few items!! I really have got not much time left every day.... I need more time in a day!!! Should I just quit my job and concentrate on my biz?? hehe this idea have been really toying in my head much more frequently lately!! Do you know it has been a year since I first started this whole e-shop thing..... I never thought I would last till now....... so should I just do it?? Like open a boutique?? HHHmmmm..... I should probably seriously think bout this.... But I feel that its such a huge risk and I'm not sure if I can manage or worse if it doesn't work out then what do I do?? Sigh.... why am I so not a risk taker?? and as usual.... I am soooo indecisive!!!

Anyway so much have happened recently!! Some things that I'm happy bout and some that I'm upset about.... and I haven't even blogged anything bout my Europe holiday that I've promised.... haha now I don't know if I will anymore..... I just don't have the time!! *or so I claimed!!* =P

I really feel that I want a break!! Especially a break from my work..... I'm starting to lose focus due to some things that happened and at times like this I just feel that I wanna channel my energy some where else. I don't feel like I wanna fight the battle anymore......

When I'm not working, most of my time are spend either out with my friends or family or I'll be at home doing something related to my e-shop.... I am seriously looking forward to my Bangkok trip next Friday =) I just wanna chill and forget bout all my worries....... and on a non-related note...... you know what?? I was talking to val the other day and realised that I haven't baked the whole of this year!! =( I used to baked quite frequently and enjoyed it very much!!

OK time to sleep.... gotta wake up early tomorrow!! Sighhhh I hate to wake up early on weekends!!!!

Pure joy of happiness

2009-06-20T00:24:00.005+08:00

I'm so happy that words just can't describe!! Haha You know those kind of achievement happiness that makes you feel proud of yourself kind?? haha Told you it can't be describe!!

I know I know I will probably jinx it and something will make me unhappy tomorrow but I just feel like making myself feel proud of myself la.... =P once in a while k!!

Know why I'm so happy?? haha In the beginning of the year, I was assigned a project. My project is also to get the 7 other departments in my division to start the project in their department too... So I have to create the awareness and coach the team leaders of each department individually plus lead and guide them in the project. (Not like I am so expert in it but in front of them I have to pretend that I am la!!) I must admit it wasn't easy at first as getting everyone to co-operate is quite difficult but I have to try ways to influence them! Finally everyone is running the project on their own and I organized a mini convention to celebrate the success of the project and also have a knowledge sharing session where all the departments actually share their experience in running the project with each other! The convention is actually my boss's idea but I organized the whole thing myself and coach the departments on their presentations and motivate them!! The convention is today and I would say it went pretty smooth and towards the end of the convention, my boss surprise me with a token of appreciation and praise my work in front of everyone!! Made me feel soooooooooooo happy and proud at the same time!! Eh its not easy to get praises from my boss one ok!! Her expectations are quite high!! So this made me really happy!! YES like smiling like an idiot kinda happy when she said all the things she said and bought me this pretty pink flowers as a token of appreciation and get our COO to present it to me!! =DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD It was really a pleasant surprise =)

Then right after the convention, I rushed off to Pyramid for the KSS Sunway Carnival Pool & Snooker Competition. Remember I took part in it last year as well and my team got 2nd place?? Today, it was realllly a close fight!! Each team consist of 5 men snooker singles and 2 women pool singles. Your team needs to win 5 sets to win the round! For the quarter finals I won a set and the men won 3 sets so we managed to go into the finals and our opponent is last year's champion!! The two of us women won for pool (hehe I won all the games!! Don't even need to play the rubber set!! =P) BUT!!!!! the guys lost three sets!! So we were thinking our chances are really slim!! Actually we weren't confident in winning because our opponent's snooker team is really strong!! They even have one player that was ranked in don't know the malaysia or asia snooker ranking!! However our snooker team managed to win one game so the last game was really exciting and we finally won!!!!!!!!!!!! We are the champions!!!!!!!!!!! yeay!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sooooo happy cause I loveyyyyyyyy the trophy this time round!! haha Last year's was just a medal but this year's one is really nice and I was hoping we could win so that I can bring that home!! haha Was jumping in joy when we really won!!

My team, the Red Team - posing before the competition!

YEAY!!!!! We won!!! =DDDDDDDDDDD

This is the trophy!! All of us get to take one home =) It doesn't look that nice in the picture cause I just simply took a picture of it just now.... anyway.... I'm really happy today!! Was smiling the whole way while driving home =D It's been a while I felt this way... Pure joy of happiness =)

Addicted to Manga!!

2009-06-14T02:56:00.002+08:00

I'm so hooked on to manga its crazy!!
More like I'm crazy!!
And I am not talking bout Mango

Recently whenever I have free time, I read manga series!!
Even when I'm not that free, I read manga series!!

Some stories are really quite nice lor..... =P

How Could I?

2009-05-29T23:57:00.001+08:00

I can't believe it man!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How could I forget my anniversary!!!!!!! =(((((((((((((((((((((
Am I getting old or what?????? =(((((((((((((((((((
Worse is Honeydrew also didn't remember!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =((((((((((((((((((((((((

I knew the date but on that day itself, I totally forgotten the significance of that day!!
Usually I will be waiting for him to call me to wish me and if he doesn't call I'll make a big fuss about it!!! =D BUT BUT BUT I totally forgotten bout it until today which is like 10 days later!!!!!!!!!!!! ~~*Missed a good opportunity to be drama queen!!*~~

How could I??

Before I went for my holiday I even reminded him that our anniversary is near and let's celebrate it during the trip since I knew we won't be together (physically) on the day itself..... But end up on the day itself I totally forgot about it!! I really can't believe it that I could forget lor......

Anyway, good thing was we did had our "celebration" in Prague (2 weeks before our anniversary date!)

Honeydrew researched and found this restaurant. Its supposedly famous for its duck and apple strudel.... food was not bad but the restaurant was quite empty!! But that doesn't matter la.... just imagine that he "pao" the whole restaurant for me la.... MUAHAHAHAHA *dream!* But if he really do that I will definitely scold him teruk teruk lor!! waste money!! =P

ANYWAY,

MUACKSSSSS!!!!!

HAPPY BELATED 4th YEAR ANNIVERSARY

MY DEAR...

p/s: I also forgot that yesterday was Oreo boy's birthday!!!!! I'm such a lousy mummy!!!! =(((((((( He is 3 years old already!!!!! Time really flies........ =((((((((

Call Me Back!!

2009-05-27T23:45:00.014+08:00

I know, I know I've promised to blog and post up photos of my hols...
BUT, I'm just too ~~busy~~ lazy!! haha
I'll still do it I promise.... hehe

On a non related note, does it make you happy when someone calls you back after you slam down the phone?Haha you must be wondering why would you slam down the phone!! Don't tell me it never happened before?? I don't know.... Sometimes, I just have the urge to slam down the phone when I am having a heated conversation.... (not all the time la only some times!!) or probably I simply just wanna throw tantrum or I just want to win the argument.... Slamming down the phone not because I have got nothing to say...... but probably also because I want to have the final say..... Or it may not be slamming down the phone but just ending a conversation feeling unhappy.... like saying an angry Bye and hang up kind....

I always expect the person at the other end to call me back.... and it just makes me really happy / relief whenever the other person calls back!!

It makes me even happier when the person calls back when I am not expecting that they will call back at all!!!!! =D So yes, you made me happy today..... although I didn't slam down the phone this time =P But I thought you thought I did!! HAHA

Anyway... this is my current desktop wallpaper =) Taken with the London Eye
I love the blue sky with puffy white clouds!! It's so rare to have such nice weather cause its always cloudy, gloomy or raining while I was there!! And so ngam the whole road got no cars one at that time!!

My sis is doing this outfit of the day thingy and I think its cool!! Cause it gives you fashion ideas and also where to shop!!

So my outfit for that day:
White tee with colourful hearts @ Terranova (Bought in Prague)
Denim mini skirt @ ~~Zara~~ MNG(curi from shan)
Tivoli GM bag @ Louis Vuitton
White with pink cap @ Hard Rock Cafe, Prague
White with pink stripe scarf @ Tchiboo (Bought in Frankfurt)
Cris-cross black stockings @ ?? (curi from shan also!!)
Black knee length boots @ Sg Wang (super cheap!! 70% discount!! and I wore it almost the whole trip and its really comfy!! so super worth it lor.... and I didn't even bring it back with me haha cause my suitcase is soooo overweight.... so I just left it with my sis and ask her to throw it if no one can bring it back.... but luckily my mimi brought it back for me lor.....)

if you are wondering why most of the stuff are either new or not mine then cause its the day before i'm going home!! so most of the stuff i brought there also worn already!! eh damn wasted la.... why nothing from my e-shop one!! good opportunity to advertise maaaaaaaa =P

I'm fine!!

2009-05-16T17:34:00.006+08:00

I've got no Swine Flu ok!! Please don't be scared of me!!

haha =P

News travel really fast!! The next day when I was back at work almost anyone whom I seldom see of liaise with in the office but bumped into me on the hall way or in the lift asked me how am I!! And I thought Staff Health is P&C between the doctor and me!! *ish*

But thanks to everyone who cared....

Thanks to those who had dinner with me for the past few days too!! Tuesday I had dinner with my dad, Wednesday with Val, Thursday with GY, Friday with Elisa & Thomas. Then aunty joined us later and we played gin too!! We haven't been playing together for such a looooong time!! According to elisa its almost a year!! Miss the good old days!! Tonight will be dinner with aunty, chirstine and bb ethan!! *happy i don't have to eat alone!!* I really hate eating alone!! =( And one thing I've yet to do is watch movie in the cinema alone!! I rather don't watch or buy the dvd to watch at home!! But GY and YL said that they have watched movies alone many many times and don't mind!! *huh*

Anyway, I've been trying to sort out my europe photos whenever I'm free.... Still have not completed everything yet. I've just finished sorting out amsterdam's photos and will blog bout it very soon..... Here's a teaser to Keukenhof, Holland that we have spent one full day in while in amsterdam - the most beautiful tulip garden I've ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not a wallpaper I downloaded somewhere!! It's really a picture that I have taken myself!! =)

Just take a wild guess how many photos I took in Keukenhof!! =P

I've got flu, I hope its not Swine!

2009-05-11T23:55:00.005+08:00

Was alright yesterday but this morning I was a bit sneezy and ended up with a bit of a blocked nose. Went to office and saw lotsa lotsa warning emails bout Swine Flu. Then I sneezed in the office and my colleague asked me to better visit the Staff Health doctor. And I got one day MC cause doctor was scared that I carry any swine virus with me! He even said I should be isolated!! =S Good thing was I didn't have any fever, if I do, I was told to go to the A&E immediately!

So I've got a day to laze around at home. I feel fine, but at the same time am scared that I really do have Swine virus in me as I did came back from UK, Germany and Netherlands and they are all classified as Swine infected areas! I also don't wanna be accused of the person who brought Swine to Malaysia!! So better just stay at home today!! =P

Besides that, getting an MC today is sort of a good thing cause I've actually got jet lag =(((((((((( *Though I feel quite pai seh cause I just only came back to work!!* Couldn't sleep yesterday night!! =(((((((((((( Went to bed bout 12.30am and couldn't sleep til 4am and when I finally dozed off, its time to wake up for work!!!! =(((((((((((

Oh and guess what I did today?? I just booked myself a trip to Bangkok!! =D It's gonna be my 3rd time in Bangkok but I'm looking forward to it!! That will be my next holiday!! so yeay!! But it's only in August!! Will be going with my uni mates =) Kinda like a girly trip before HF's wedding..... At the same time stock up some nice and cheap stuff for my e-shop which is currently on a hiatus now =P

Life is much sweeter when you have holidays to look forward to =)

Oh and after all the yummilicious extravagant food I had during my holiday, this is what I had for dinner today....

Ibumee Har Mee with meat balls and hard boiled egg!! But its quite nice lor.... I finished everything including all the soup!! =P

Since mimi is not around I have to kao tim dinner myself.... so dear friends, if you love me, please ask me out for dinner these two weeks yah!! Pretty pleaseeeeeeeee......

Back to reality

2009-05-10T22:44:00.008+08:00

Yup, yup I'm back....

There's an end to everything

Now, its the end of my 16 days of holiday break!

Bye bye cold weather, scarfs, boots and jackets...

Hello waking up early, work, work and work...

Today, I left honeydrew, mimi and shan to come home.

Some how I feel that I don't wanna be the one leaving and wish that I was the one left behind!

Contrary to my previous post!

Coming home alone on a 12 hour plane ride, reminds me of the times when I was still studying in Bristol. Being able to come home during holidays is one of the things I really look forward to.

But this time, I left with a heavy heart.... I don't remember feeling like this even when I left UK for good after studying there for 3 years!

Some how, this time it felt much more difficult!

So i guess, its not the place that I miss but the people around me that I had for the past 16 days I'll be mimi-less for 2 weeks, honeydrew-less for 5 looooong months!

Some how, this holiday doesn't make me feel tired or burn out as some of the other holidays does! (Or maybe its due to jetlag). Though in the begining it was a bit hectic but still not too bad but towards the end of the holiday the pace slow down. The carefree feeling of just relaxing and enjoying as the time passes by and not having to wake up early during holiday is very important! I also didn't even research anything for the trip. Everything seems to be taken care of! HAHA Thanks to yun yun for planning the enjoyable amsterdam and blackforest trip, honeydrew for the wonderful prague trip and shan for planning where to bring me for good food in london!

Anyway, I've got lotsa lotsa photos to share and I need some time to sort it out....

I wish I have stayed longer in London cause I didn't have enough time to shop!! =( *my mimi blame it on me for not wanting to wake up early!! and I blame it on honeydrew for wanting to do some sight seeing!!*

The time when I had more time to shop was in Prague but their price tags also have the price of the item in euros and pounds!! So when I did some simple calculation it seems that buying the same item in euros and pounds is much cheaper than in czech koruna. So I decided to shop in London instead since they have the same brands!

With the pounds exchange rate much lower compared to the time when I went to visit 5 years ago, shopping in London is much more affordable! =P

However, sadly I only manage to buy stuff from H&M as I didn't have much time to go to the other shops!! I think I bought more stuff for cindy's unborn baby boy than myself!! The baby stuff are so cute!!

I wish I had planned out more ~~shopping~~ time in London =P

Oh and guess what I had when I went back to London from Prague!! *haha*

I just wrote on my blog that I missed jap food and ended up coincidentally this is what I had for dinner!! I think its a little miracle!!

Ok, back to work tomorrow!

Ello from Praha!!

2009-05-07T05:22:00.008+08:00

ello.... ello....
I'm in Prague now ;)
Have been wanting to visit Prague for a looooong time
And now, I'm finally here!!
It's really a beautiful city...
But I'm leaving tomorrow back to London =(

Looking forward to chinese food in London!!
Have been eating WAY TOO MUCH meat (especially pork!!) the past 10 days!!

I really need to start exercising and go on a diet when i'm back!!
One thing I miss bout Malaysia is Jap food!! haha

Anyway, here's a photo of me & honeydrew in The World of Heineken in Amsterdam.

I only have this photo that is an appropriate size to upload to blogger....
Cause all the photos taken from Honeydrew's camera are 12 M Pixels and I don't have the program to resize it now! I've got lotsaaaaa photos to share! Stay tune =P

Oh and if you wanna watch a stupid video of me and honeydrew you can click *here* Try singing along with the words above ala karaoke style!! HAHA

Greetings from Germany ;)

2009-05-01T16:54:00.004+08:00

I left in a rush... packed my 16 days worth of luggage during the last minute (as usual)....

Wanted to say bye before I leave but just didn't have time to.... and now I am half way through my holiday already......

Just came back from amsterdam yesterday and will be going to frankfurt and black forest today...

Very soon I'll be back in KL at my cubicle every morning... =(

I don't wanna go home......

Oh My Food!

2009-04-17T07:25:00.001+08:00

A lot people have asked me, why do I take photos of food before I eat? What do I do with the photos of the food that I took?

I was browsing through my photos and realised that I did not post up a lot of the food photos that I have taken... Hence I've decided to post them up.... some of it are quite a while back!! haha you know la my blog is very ketinggalan zaman one.....

Anyway here are loads of food photos of restaurants that I have not blogged about....

It made me really hungry while I was editing the photos the other day.... so hungry that I have to go cook maggie!! =P Really one............

DIM SUM @ XIN CUISINE RESTAURANT, CONCORDE HOTEL

We usually go for dim sum @ Imbi Palace, but we went to Xin the other day and I think it is one of the best dim sum place in KL!! Their dim sums really got quality one lor....

Btw, unlike most chinese restaurants in hotels, Xin is non-halal so you can have real pork dim sum there!! =)

Mimi, Yun & I

They even have classical chinese music for entertainment!

Yummy Yummy Dim Sums!!

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FLYING CHILIS @ THE GARDENS

I think its one of the better thai restaurants in the group. Their pandan chicken is simply THE BEST!!!!! Meat is tender, juicy and full of flavour!! YUMZ!!!!

Yummy Yummy Thai food

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THE ELEPHANT @ HAPPY MANSION

Oh and another Thai place that I wanna introduce is The Elephant!! Its jointly opened by four guys and a few of them are thai!! Their food are quite good and price is quite reasonable as well!! They are famous for their YUM MA MA Salad! Apparently according to Val, they used to sell the yum ma ma together with some other thai food at the Mt Kiara food bazaar on Thursday nights before they started this restaurant

Hair is still curly cause this is some time ago!! haha

Yummy Yummy Thai Food

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PASTA ZANMAI @ ONE UTAMA

After blogging about chuka zanmai (apparently its close down already) and also its sister restaurant, which is one of the best place to have cheap but good jap food - Sushi Zanmai, its only fair that I must mention about Pasta Zanmai as well! Went there quite a while ago! Food is not bad if you like oriental pasta! haha (Oh and another jap pasta restaurant I tried the other day is Pasta de Gohan in Sunway Pyramid!! No photos cause I went with my mentor and I pai seh to take photo!! Anyway they have lotsa choices of pastas and pizzas and its really quite good!! Go try!) Back to Pasta Zanmai....

You will need to grind your own black sesame to sprinkle on top of your pasta! And it does make it taste better!

xxx

DUCK KING @ JAYA ONE

Jaya One is one of the new dining area in PJ, lotsa restaurants choices to choose from....

First up is Duck King... The name itself you know that you must order duck when you are there!! =P I must say their duck was not bad... We actually tried both the normal roast duck and also the crispy skin duck. I think the roast duck was quite good but val claims that the Four Season at Cap Square is better!! Have yet to try that though!! But GY said that the London's Four Season's duck is still way better than the KL one but its consider good for KL standards!! haha So I'll definitely go to the KL Four Season one day but I am super excited that I will be going to the London one end of this month!!! I miss it soooo much!!!! The last time I had was like 2005!!!!!!! Can't wait, can't wait!! You know I love roast duck right?? and I super love roast duck drumstick + thigh!! Me & my bro always fight for it.... Luckily each duck got two legs!! =P I ordered roast duck almost every day during my last HK holiday cause HK roast duck is super yummy!!

Anyway I think the food in Duck King is quite good =) But a bit pricey though...

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FIREMAN RESTAURANT @ JAYA ONE

HHHmmm.... I think this place is so so only.... What spoilt everything was the mosquito under our table!!!!!!!!!!!! Its an air conditioned restaurant ok!! Their appetizers are nicer than the steamboat aka bbq thingy.... The beef are sliced too thick and a bit tough!!

They have fire performance

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THE CUBES @ JAYA ONE

The Cubes is a London Chinese Cuisine restaurant. I was wondering what is London Chinese Cuisine?? Anyway they are known for the Peking Duck that not a lot of places have it here but is commonly found in London Chinese Restaurants!! haha And the one in The Cubes is not bad!! Notice the difference between this and the one in duck king?? Though both are eaten wrapped with the popiah skin thingy, but this one you actually eat the meat as well while the crispy duck in duck king, you eat the skin with the popiah thingy and they will cook the duck meat into another dish of your choice!

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DAMANSARA VILLAGE STEAMBOAT @ DAMANSARA?

If you don't already know, the owner is Patrick Teoh....

They have 2 types of soup. one is the normal clear soup and another one is the herbal soup! We opt for the herbal one cause YL say its VERYYYY nice.... but I think the herbal taste is just a bit too strong and they add in chinese wine and a lot of dunno what stuff in it as well.... but after that it tasted ok cause when they add soup, they will add the normal soup for you.... so it kinda dilute the strong herbal taste to a nice acceptable herbal taste! haha

Here's the benefit of that herbal soup!

Todi with guiness!

The restaurant is famous for their live prawns! Its a must have if you eat there! Cause the prawns are just soooooooo deliciouly sweet and fresh! You can actually see the waiter climb up to the podium of aquariums and use a plate to scoop the prawns and place it on your table! The prawns are basically still jumping on the plate when it is served and you are to pour it into your steamboat and look at how the prawns are swiming in the hot pot!! Its kinda cruel if you think of it but its really delicious lor =(

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DAORAE KOREAN BBQ RESTAURANT @ SRI HARTAMAS

I think the food is ok only but don't know why a lot of people say its good! haha I still think the best place for korean food is Maehwa Maul at Plaza Mt Kiara but I wont be talking bout that one cause I've blogged bout it a few times already! haha Its my fav korean place =) Anyway, Daorae has more bbq varieties compared to Maehwa la.....

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BON-GA KOREAN BBQ @ SOLARIS

Went to another BBQ place which is not bad as well (but still prefers Maehwa haha!) Solaris is another dining place with lotsa food choices! Bon-Ga is really not bad, but we ordered so much that we just couldn't finish everything.... Some more this GY was telling us stories bout him and the things he does to "catch" ghost!! haha

Busy telling ghost stories!

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DING TAI FENG @ THE GARDENS

Remember I blogged about Ding Tai Feng in my Taiwan post? *here* Anyway if you don't already know, they have a branch in KL.... The food is alright but I think its not as good as the one we had in Taiwan..... especially Honeydrew's legendary chicken soup!! Its not even close to what we had! haha

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MAD ABOUT PIZZA @ SUNWAY DAMANSARA

Last but not the least, I wanna intro this cozy little place hidden in the dataran sunway damansara! The food is good and the price is even better!! Realllllllly worth it lor.... YL always say must go there eat more often cause he scared that they will close down because they are not making money with the price they are charging! And you know what, YL also said that you will get 20% discounts if you wear a football jersy there on a Sunday or something!! (Erm I'm not too sure bout this though,... do check it out with the owner though, she's really nice!) haha

you can check out their website for the menu too.... (click on the photo below to view it)

The biggest piece of Oreo cheesecake that I have seen served in any restaurants and its only bout RM6 or what.... I think!! And to add to that, its really good!!!!!!!!!!! Just like the one I bake!! =P MUAHAHAHAHA cause the cheese is really thick!! (I don't like those flour cheesecakes!)

Being left behind

2009-04-08T22:08:00.006+08:00

Had a meet up with my Smart2 gang last weekend. I didn't even know about it till the last hour!! *haha* Aunty text me and ask if I am going? And I asked her go what?? Apparently ShuLing sent out the invites via FB and I haven't logged in for the longest time!! Anyway, am glad I made it though I was more than an hour late =D *Eh first time aunty is earlier than me and reached there like 15mins before me!!*

Although only 5 out of the original 14 of us that turned out, it was fun chatting and catching up with these girls.... some of whom I haven't seen for a looooong time =D

And you know what?? Out of the 5 of us, 3 of us are in LDR!! Talking bout statistics, I realised that out of the 5 of us, I'm the only one who's left in Sunway!! I don't know is that a =( or a =) haha!! This year will be my fifth year already!!! Is the grass always greener the other side?? I have been told the grass is greener where you water it!! Truth to be said, I am not bored of my work yet!! There are still a lot to learn... I have transferred to my current company for almost 3 years and my current division for almost 2 years... My new KRA has much more responsibilities but........ I just can't help but wonder what if I am one of those who left and not the one being left behind.

I've seen a lot of people leave, some are happier, some are not. Some even came back in the end or wanted to come back. But at least they did leave.... Why am I always the one being left behind? Sometimes I really wonder when will it be the day that I am confidently and happily leaving instead of being left behind. I'm not just talking about work. But anything in life. Seems like my life, those around me are leaving and I am being left behind......

Taken before Honeydrew left - leaving me behind

Taken before my bro left - leaving me & mimi behind

Taken before Ema & Joey (the Mantec consultants) left - leaving me behind

I'm thinking if I don't leave something behind, something new won't start! I used to think of leaving to do MBA but seems like my priority changed since I started my e-shop. Once a while it did cross my mind too to leave home and live on my own, to have my own place but seems like the thought of having to clean the house and do my own laundry and ironing put me off!! =P I did think of leaving my job at one point and even went for interviews but some how I just decided not to. At times, when Honeydrew talk about marriage, the thought of leaving single hood to start a new chapter of my life did cross my mind and when I think of all the commitment and responsibilities that follow, I know I'm not ready to do that just yet!!

I wonder am I afraid of change?? Is what I am having now already the best I can do for myself?? Do I think too much and is not willing to take risk?? Sometimes I wonder, what do I want in life?? Don't get me wrong, I'm not sad or depress or having any problems.... but am just thinking of the WHAT-IF!!

Anyway, here are a few weddings that I have attended recently and not so recent!! Congratulations to these people who have made the decision to leave behind single hood =)

Steven!! Soon to be dad!! Starting a whole new chapter in his life!!

Seriously, I can't imagine what I would be like as a mum!! Just look at my baby oreo!! I'm supposed to be his mummy taking care of him. When I brought him home, I promised my mimi that I will feed him every day, bathe him every week and even pick up his poo poo... I think I only did that for like a week plus and totally left my responsibility behind!! (Haha yes finally I left something behind!! =P) Now my mimi is the one who take cares of my baby oreo. So you see, how la if I'm a mum??

Congratulations to Hung!! He left not just his singlehood but also left to Abu Dhabi for work!! I'm sure there will be soooo much changes in his life!!

My cousin who is a year younger than me is married as well!! She is also a soon to be mum!! Congratulations!!

At the wedding, both my parents busy reading newspaper and left me behind to rot alone =P

Me & my parents =)

Me & my cousin. Haven't seen her for many many years and she is soooooooo pretty now!!!!! And also so tall!! Why am I so short leh =(

My cousin & hubby

Oh and one more!! HF!! Who left behind not just her single hood but also her job, her family and the country to Shanghai!! She is the champion la she gets to leave behind soooo many things and gonna start a totally new and different life!! haha =P Anyway all the best to her!!

I guess I'll be watering the grass on this side here for the time being......

60 Earth Hour

2009-03-27T23:20:00.004+08:00

I definitely would not say that I am an environmental friendly person -_-

But I will definitely take part in this!! Cause it is at least something that I can do!! It's not hard to just off the lights (and other unnecessary electrical items) for an hour for the sake of our earth!! =)

Of course this is not just a one off thingy for "fun". Earth Hour is about taking simple steps everyday that collectively reduce carbon emissions - from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby!

I will try to be more environmental conscious from now on!! I truly think that its time that all of us do our part (no matter small or big) to save our earth!! =D

I met fourfeetnine!!

2009-03-25T00:22:00.009+08:00

Was at the premier of the Confessions of the Shopaholic last week and I met fourfeetnine Actually, I can recognize her when I was going down the escalator but she was already one level below me.... So I just told Val, eh I know that girl as in I read her blog!! *haha* Then when we were walking towards the carpark pay machine, I saw her and her bf queuing there as well and so I said hi to her and asked her to take a photo with me!! =D *haha* macam she's a celebrity only!! I also don't know why but I was like quite excited to see her and beria ria wanna take photo with her!! Anyway, she is really short and cute!! =) When I asked her if I can take a photo with her she said "I look so ugly want meh" but then I think she looks good in the photo lor!! I on the other hand is the so ugly one!! =(

Me & audrey fourfeetnine!

Anyway, as I have said in my previous post, I wanna do something to my hair!! Every time I wanna do something to my hair I will google for Jolin Tsai!! Haha!! (can't go wrong one mar her hairstyle!!!! And I lovey her style anyway as in her dressing, nails and all!! So I have decided I wanna cut and dye my hair like her latest hairstyle!!

OMG why she so thin one in the 2nd pic!!!

I even print the pictures out to bring it to the hair saloon with me!! So pai seh!! And obviously I didn't get exactly what I wanted!! Firstly its not the same colour!! And also cause I didn't wanna curl my hair!! But, I think the hairdresser did quite a good job at cutting my hair cause I quite like it =D So yeay I will have a new hairstyle in my europe photos!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA =P

Oh and Yun Yun is back =) We went to Jogoya last Sunday and there are soooooooo much choices I think its impossible to even have a bite of everything!! Went there cause we thought they are having a buy 2 free 1 promotion but when we were there, the small print reads only mon-thu!!! So since we were already there, so we decided to still go but we have to pay full price =(

Only managed to take some photos cause we are not allowed to take any photos of the food!! That's so weird!! You can take photo of yourself but if you take photo of the food, the waiter or waitress will come tell you that you cant!! huh!! Why jogoya don't want people to help them promote by blogging bout their food meh?????? Maybe their biz too good already!! ish!! We have to queue sooooo long to go in!!

I really really enjoyed the free flow of Haagen Dazs ice cream =) YUMZ Just when I'm craving for it =)

Yun Yun, me & MiMi

Oh you know what?? My biz just went international!! MUAHAHAHAHA As in I just posted out a parcel all the way to USA!!!!!!!!! But she is actually a Malaysian studying in the US la... but still!!! =D *happy* *happy* Btw, I've updated new arrivals!! More coming soon so go check it out!!

Oh and one more thing =( My ugliest photo ever (or so far) in my life will be shown in one of the program in Astro AEC!! =(((((((((((((((((((((((( I'm so upset about it!!!! Hate my dad for giving them that photo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =(((((((((((((((((((((((( Anyway I'm not gonna admit its me la!!!!!

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Confessions of a Shopaholic!!

2009-03-15T19:51:00.007+08:00

YIPPIE YEAY YIPPIE YO!! I won myself a pair of tickets to watch the premier of the Confessions of a shopaholic one week before it is officially open in the cinemas =D I'm so happy!! hehe Though I have not read the book, but I have heard about it!! And I am really looking forward to watching it......

Its really rare that I will join any contest that will require me to write.... you know if its contest about ticking the correct answer or matching one picture to the other correct picture, or even guessing contest, I would rather join then writing a slogan or continue the phrase or something.... You know what I mean? Cause I doubt I will win cause I am not very creative when it comes to writing!! The only few times that I remember joining a contest that requires me to write is one of the hotlink contest to watch jay chou's concert in Singapore (many years ago) and maybe one or two more other contests which I can't recall now!!

But when I saw this Confessions of a Shopaholic contest in emmagem I have this urge of joining and straight away wrote something there and there to submit. One cause I really wanna watch the movie, and secondly I just need to confess why I am a shopaholic which should be rather easy cause I "think" I can call myself one!! haha!! But of course I did not win grand prize cause there are a lot more crazy shopaholics out there who are much much more hardcore than me!! haha. Some of them wrote so much and their story are sooooooo long I also lazy to read!! haha

Anyway here's my entry (if you are not lazy to read mine hehe)

Comment by Miss Shopaholic

11:24 pm on March 5th, 2009 :

I’m a self declared shopaholic! I love shopping! I love fashion! I love clothes, shoes, bags, accessories and etc!! I can never have enough of any! Especially when they are at a bargain price!! I have two ceiling to floor cupboard full of clothes, more than 10 bags and more than 30 pair of shoes and am still buying!! I need to label all the shoe boxes so that I can find the shoes I want!! I need to match what I am wearing with the bag, shoes and accessories! Every time I go shopping I HAVE to buy something…. I love shopping so much that it’s my hobby!!

Last year, I have turned this hobby of mine into a business. I have set up an e-shop blog selling stuff that I want for myself and sharing it with other shopaholics out there. Since starting this e-shop, I spent even more time shopping!! And you know what? I totally enjoy it!! I can spent hours and hours shopping at various different suppliers picking up items that I love! The best part is that I can get the stuff I like at a cheaper price as I buy in bulk! Then sharing this bargains with other shopaholics that shop at my e-shop.

This is the best job for a shopaholic!! But because I want my shoppers to enjoy shopping for items at a bargain price too, I can’t make it my full time job!! But its absolutely the bestest job for any shopaholics!! I hope in the future I can own a boutique and be a full time shopper shopping for stuff for my boutique =)

xoxo

miss shopaholic

Ahhh this is something I need to do cause I have so many pairs of shoes lying around that my mimi is nagging me everyday to put it into the boxes.... cause she said my maid will just sweep the floor area around those shoes and if I put my shoe there one month, that means that part of the floor will not be swept and mop for one month!!

Of course the first person I asked to watch the movie with me is my mimi but she is not very keen to watch it cause she only likes to watch chinese movies and korean and taiwan drama series!! The only few english movies that she will want to watch are like harry porter, batman or those movies with dogs in it like the recent Marley and Me!!

So I'm bringing Val with me for the movie premier!! Can't wait!! =)

The last time I won a contest by writing is the Hotlink contest!! I think this was in 1994!! I was require to continue the sentence or something like that!! I also simply wrote a sms at that time, so I was quite shocked that I won!! But I will always remember this cause I not only get to watch Jay Chou's concert in Singapore, but also got to stand next to him for a photo!! =)

OMG I look so bulat!! haha!! I can still remember he saw me making the thumbs up sign and follow me!!!!!!!!!! =P

Anyway, I was shopping at MV last weekend and was sooooo happy to see MAC Hello Kitty having a roadshow at the concourse!!!!!!!!!!! =D

The set up is sooooooooooo cute and adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I lovey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me =) Hey, I don't know why but I like tying all my hair up including my fringe up like this lately!!!!!!!! I think I need to do something to my hair already!! Should I dye it and curl it again????????? But I really think its a waste of money curling my hair cause the last two times I did it, it only lasted for less than a month!!!! Even the time when I did it in Taiwan, I was hoping it would be good but sadly it didn't last long as well!!! =((((((( How how how???

Look at the cute Hello Kitty balloons!!!!!!!!!!!! I was queuing to get one!! =P They keep announcing that children will be given priority but I didn't care!!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA but now I also just put it in my room..... but its damn cute la!!!!!!!!!

I heart hello kitty and I think MAC is so smart!! Anything that relates itself to hello kitty sure will get good response one!!

The cookie is sooooo cute!! We totally forgot to go get some cause was so happy with the hello kitty balloon already!!!

The Wild Kitty

and the Mild Kitty

And I just think this guy is so funny and kesian.... haha

p/s: Oh and my dear friend ah beng wrote a post about me & my e-shop in her blog =D Thanks!! Thanks!! Go read it here *click*

My V-day =)

2009-03-03T22:37:00.014+08:00

You know what?? I haven't been celebrating V-day for 2 years =( This is what happens when you are in a LDR =( We have been going out for almost 4 years and this year, it is the second time we are celebrating V-day together..... sigh.... I'm so chamzzzz.... haha =P

Anyway, I had a really great time =D It's nothing special.... just like what a couple normally do when they pak tor.... but to me, its something I have not been experiencing for a long long time =( Cause you see, every time he is back, he will be back for about 2 weeks plus..... and we will only have like at most 3 weekends (but most of the time only two). Weekdays, I'm working. Weekends, we will usually go for a holiday together or if not, it will be meeting up with friends or going dinner with families.... Holiday doesn't really count as pak tor.... cause you don't really go for movies and shopping and all..... you know what I mean???

So I was quite glad that honeydrew will be around this year's vday =D I asked him to plan what we will do on that day.... at first we were thinking of a short trip to malacca or ipoh but then due to lack of time (luckily we did not) so we decided to just be around kl..... When I asked him to plan, he started planning what to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner as if vday is like a makan day!!!! =S Oh and I told him not to get me any flowers for vday cause I think its a waste of money cause they mark up soooo much!! and I seriously have no place to put it anymore!! There are like more that 15 bouquets packed in boxes at the top of my cupboard!! I feel sayang to throw it la.... haha

So here is what he had in plan for me =) He said he had a surprise for me in the morning and he came to my house with lotsa food for breakfast!!! (Makan only!!!!)

I lovey that thing in the red plastic bag.... dunno what issit called... but I like the plain ones like this not those with peanuts =)

As I wasn't feeling well the few days before (was on MC the wed and thu before vday!!) So I wanted to sleep some more and he just told me that we are watching the andy lau and shu qi movie at 12.10 so I was assuming it was in Mid Valley.... since Mid Valley is soooooo near my house I dilly dally and was ready only at about 12.10 itself thinking I will still be able to make it since its so near and they usually have like adverts in the beginning..... but only then he said that the movie is actually in Pavilion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT???????????????? Never tell me earlier!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But in his defense, he said cause he didn't wanna make me wake up earlier than I wanted to........ so..... we actually missed about 30mins of the movie =((((( Anyway its not like they have much story line la.... its just a romantic comedy but I prefer movies like these than LOTR!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahaha

So after our movie, we went for lunch at Kampachi *hearts* =D

Kampachi is actually famous for their Soba noodles... but the one we ordered was ok only.... cause Honeydrew wanted a hot one.... I think the cold cha soba is nicer!!

Salmon Sashimi, as usual

We ordered half of two types of sushi.... didn't know we could do that until the waitress suggested cause we wanted to order so many things but there's just the two of us!!

Miso Cod Fish, yumz!!!!!

Foie Gras!!! I lovey!!!!!!!!!! But this one is not that nice!!!!!!! I think cause they soak it in the shark fin soup like gravy.... so its a bit soggy and lack the fragrant pan fried taste!! Wasted.... I quickly tried to rescue it from those gravy but it still didn't taste like what I expected!! And this is like RM60!! Won't order it again!!

Hot Soba... so so only....

This is us enjoying our meal =)

Plus lotsa camwhoring photos of us before, during and after food!!!

This last photo is my fav =) I actually look quite "charn" or pale due to me not feeling very well and also lack of make up!! That's why you see me wearing a jacket!! haha I seldom wears one to cover myself one la in malaysia!!! But I was afraid I would get cold in the cinema or shopping mall and get sick again....

After lunch we did some shopping =) and Honeydrew bought me a Vday pressie!! =D Muaks!! Thanks dear..... =*

My pressie =) *hearts*

After shopping around, he had something else planned... he actually booked an 1 hour massage =) The massage is ok la for me..... but honeydrew finds it quite painfull..... We were massaged by china women!! So we decided that we prefer Thai women!! =)

Honeydrew posing

Me posing =)

Us <3

After massage, we walk around a while more before dinner time!! We made reservation at Angus House. It wasn't really romantic cause the restaurant is full house that night!! Most of it were couples except for this loooooong table when many couples gather for dinner and because they were in a group, they were quite loud and hence its too noisy to feel romantic!!

Angus House, Japanese Charcoal Steak

Honeydrew ordered the set and it comes with appetizer, soup, salad, steak and desserts. I on the other hand ordered foie gras for appetizer (yes again cause the one in Kampachi is not satisfying!!) and also steak for main course. Then we shared a tiramisu for dessert cause the dessert from the set sucks!! haha! Anyway, the steak is REALLY REALLY DAMN GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you wanna eat steak, I would recommend you to Angus House!! It's really juicy and tender..... plus, if you wanna splurge, you can order their wagyu beef or kobe beef steak which is like RM280 for 200grams or something (can't remember!!) We had the normal rib eye steak, RM60+ (can't remember) but it is still veryyyyyy yummy!!!! The waitress told us that sirloin has the most fat and tenderloin has the least fat and rib eye is in between..... not too fatty but just a little fat which makes the meat tasty and tender....

Appetizer

The really really delicious foie gras!!! and its cheaper than the Kampachi one!! RM49 i think!! But seriously it is sooooo soooo good that we ordered another plate!!!

Soup

Super delicious, juicy and tender rib eye steak =P~

Me =)

Us <3

The dessert from the set... its like a syrup pear...

Tiramisu.... not bad but super small piece!!

But seriously this is one place I will definitely go back for steak!!! And if I win first prize lottery, I will wanna try the kobe or wagyu beef!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More photos of us before we decided to call it a day =)

I really did enjoy myself, the movie, the food, the massage, the shopping and the best is really spending time with each other without having anything to do, holding hands, having fun shopping aimlessly, allowing time to just pass by.....

Thank you dear for a wonderful time =)

p/s: btw, I'm wearing *this* (click to view it @ my e-shop!!)

My 2009 CNY & BDAY

2009-02-21T01:51:00.023+08:00

I know CNY is like over.... But anyhow, here are my 2009 CNY photos =)

Reunion Dinner - Only four out of six!! Wonder when we'll have a full house reunion dinner when the whole family eats together!! I think this is getting harder since I'm the only one left now!!

For as long as I can remember, every year until now, the reunion dinner dishes are the same!! Same number of dishes, same type of dishes, same style of cooking!! Don't know why but every year I still look forward to it. Actually everyone (as in my family members) look forward to the buddha jump over the wall..... =)

My mimi's signature dish!! Buddha Jump over the Wall =) Double boiled shark fin, abalone, dried scallop, sea cucumber and fish maw in superior chicken stock. Super delicious!!!!! *Slurp* *Slurp*

The fireworks view from my house to usher the CNY 2009!!

Camwhore with this pretty red flower that my dad bought. It blooms so prettily on the first day of CNY!!

The first few days of CNY was sooooooooooooooo BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All I did was house visiting at a few of my dad's friends and played mah jong with my mimi, dad and bro only when my bro is at home!! He always play half way and wanna go out and we have got not enough kaki cause my mimi doesn't like the 3-kaki mah jong!! So we can only play when he is around and my mimi keep asking my bro to go out later cause she wanna play more!! *haha* So whenever my bro is out, I am super bored at home!! *sigh* Most of my friends went back to hometown and even those that are around they would wanna spend the first few days with their family!! So you can imagine how bored I am at home!!

Bored until me and my mimi went to the tean hao temple which is walking distance from my house to see why it is packed with people and there are so many cars that jam up the route to our house!! We were there for less than 15minutes and decided to go home cause we don't know what to do there as well!! haha So me and my mimi even went to watch All's Well End's Well 2009 one of the days!!

It is also tradition in my family that we will always "lou sang" the first 3 days of CNY when we go out for dinner.... This year I "lou" about 7-8 times. But like my friend said, every year also lou, got see any difference or not?? haha Actually I don't really like to eat it, but I just like to lou for fun only!! I don't mind eating it but I don't love it la haha

This year, my birthday falls during CNY!! 5th day of CNY to be exact!! I received my first pressie 3 weeks before my bday!! It's a pressie from my honeydrew =D hehe Of course I choose it myself la.... and I lovey it to bits!!!! Its my current fav bag =D

If you notice, I actually put this up under the "I WISH UPON A STAR" section on my blog =)Thanks dear for making my wish come true!! Thanks to my sis who asked her friend Siew Li to buy it for my from Paris =) Thanks to Siew Li who help me buy it =) Thanks to Siew Li's boyfriend who got the tax refund and bring it back all the way for me =) Thank you Thank you!! Really appreciate it cause the price difference compare with the retail price in KL is really quite huge!! p/s: buy it in UK I think will be cheaper or same as buying in Paris now cause of the Pounds exchange rate!! =D And confirm there will be huge savings if you buy it here!! ;)

Then few days before my bday, I received a package from the post!! Guess who is it from?? You could never guess!! Haha It’s from my ex!!! HAHAHA We broke up for almost 5 years and he has never given me any bday pressie after that and now this year suddenly he wants to give me something soooooo much!! At first he mailed my e-shop and said that he wanna buy S$100 worth of clothes as a bday pressie for me and keep bugging me for my account number!! But I refused to give cause he doesn't really want the clothes so its like he is just giving me money to spend!! I didn't wanna take his money cause I don't feel right and I have already took his RM100!! Eh that also he forced me to take cause he said he want to support my biz by buying something from my e-shop for me!! So in the end he bought me a gift and keep asking me and val for my address!! Even called me while I'm at work and googled my house location for the add (cause he knows where I stayed but just not sure of the address)!!

This is what's inside the package all the way from Singapore =D Thanks!! Thanks!!

My mimi bought me a birthday cake =D Green Tea Cheesecake!!

Went out dinner with my family to celebrate and end up too full for the cake and brought the cake all the way back home!!

Me with my parents

Me with my bro

Making a wish =D

On my real birthday, I celebrate it with Val, YL and GY @ Alexis =) Had a great time =) Great company, Great food with especially good desserts =) Thanks for dinner and the gift!! Val has been a really great friend to me =) She is also one of my biggest supporter for my e-shop =)

Me & Val! We are both wearing clothes from my e-shop!!

I'm wearing *this* and Val is wearing *this*

Actually, all the clothes I'm wearing in the photos for CNY are all clothes from my e-shop except for one!! Cause all the clothes from the e-shop that I like, I keep it as my CNY clothes!! =D But all also sold out already la *haha* but new arrivals are coming soon since now with honeydrew gone, I've got more time to concentrate on my biz!!

GY & I! Always cannot see his eyes one!! His eyes is like 2 lines only!! Normally he doesn't wanna take photos but cause it’s my bday so I forced him to take with me =D HAHA

All the food we had plus a nasi kerabu which I forgotten to take a photo of!! YL always tease me for stopping everyone to eat so that I can take a photo! p/s: The Cream Sauce Pasta with Mushroom (2nd last photo) is really good!! =D

They insist to embarrass me by singing me a bday song in front of everyone!!

Alexis have super yummy desserts!! First time I'm at Alexis but did not have the tiramisu!! That's cause they don't have it that day but the chocolate cake and pecan pie are equally good!! Ahhh.... *hearts*

The next day I had another celebration @ Michelangelo in Solaris with my ex-gin kakis and Cindy Teh!! *haha* Ex cause we haven't played gin for sooooooooooooooo long!! I think since elisa was pregnant till now!! Or did we play once when she is pregnant?? It's sooooo long that I don't even remember!! *haha*

The Group Photo!!

My ex-gin kakis (excluding baby Liesl of course!!)

Elisa, me & Aunty

Elisa, Baby Liesl & me

The food we had. Very similar to Alexis kinda food - Pasta, pizza, western food.... but their desserts are incomparable with Alexis!! haha

Look @ the pressie they gave me!!!!!!! They even make me pose with it in public!!!!!!! And NO I don't wear these kinda things!!!!!!! hahahahaha

All my bday pressies!! *hearts* Thank you for all the pressies and bday cards and bday wishes and bday sms!! Thanks for caring and being so thoughtful ;) Yun Yun sent me a card all the way from Germany!! =) Actually she sends every year without fail!! Thanks!! Though this year's bday is much simpler than last year's *click*, plus Honeydrew is not around to celebrate with me, I still had a great time with my family and friends =)

Back to CNY, every year we will have our annual St Mary's CNY Gathering and this year a few of us went to Pooi's house to play ginrami before heading to our usual meet up point at Kit's house for some group photo session and then dinner! This year, the group is much smaller cause a lot couldn't make it but then we still had a fun time =)

As usual, our group photos @ Kit's house!

More photos at the restaurant

It's our tradition to have a lou sang lunch / dinner together every year and every year without fail, we will lou until everything is everywhere!!!

Our dinner =) When the bill came, all these dishes plus the yu sang is only RM90+!!! Can you believe it?? That's like RM13 per pax only!!! How is that possible?? One look you know they have given us the wrong bill!! We then told them that the bill is wrong and they still told us its the right bill!! We have to tell another waiter a second time only they went to recheck and realised its the wrong bill!! So the right bill amount is about RM200!! See we are honest people!! MUAHAHAHA

Also had a pai lin gathering with my kss gang!! Started off with ginrami at Bulat's house (Pendek is now officially changed to Bulat already muahahahaha *all king's fault!!*) Hehe I think I'm joining the bulat gang soon cause I just came back from yum cha with GY and he said I have gained weight from the last time he saw me!!!!!!!!!! =((((((((( And thats like 3 weeks ago only!!!!! =(((((((((((((( Sighhhhhh....... Anyway Bulat then brought us to her aunty's house as we are having dinner near there! We continued playing ginrami til dinner time =) And I game quite a few times!!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA =D

Group Photo (what's with the peace sign??)

Everyone, lou lou lou......

Totally forgotten to take photos of the food!! But luckily took one of this super duper yummy rice!! HOU HOU SIK ARRRRRRR!!! haha The restaurant is actually famous for crabs but we didnt had any cause soo can't take crabs but I will definitely go back to try the crabs and order the rice again!!!!!!!!!!!!! *YUMZ*

Every year, my company will also have lion dance performance. This year, the lion even went to the new building!!

Lion passing the goodies to Group Chairman TSJC & our CEO, Dr Chong

This year's Manager's Conference falls during the CNY and its on a Saturday FULL DAY and as if that is not bad enough, its the Saturday with the long weekend with the Monday PH!!!! *ISH* Anyway, I'm glad that I attended =D This year's theme is Sustainable Leadership.

Me @ the Manager's Conference

CNY will not be complete without gambling!!!!!!!! =) However this year I gambled less compared to the previous years...... Started off playing mah jong with my family on the first few days of CNY and I lost money every time!! Then after my bday dinner with Val & gang, we went over to Val's place to play blackjack. YL was the banker and he kept winning!!! We all were losing a lot and even if you get really good cards he still wins by having 21 or 5 cards!!!! GY then suddenly told me "don't worry I've got a secret weapon!!" and then he brought out a GOLD!!!!!!!!!!

I was shocked to see him taking out something like this from his pocket!!!!! So I took it and after that I started winning!!!! Then GY took it and he started winning!!!!!!! Can you believe it?? It’s really like magic!! HAHA When everyone realised the power of the gold, everyone becomes kiasu!!

Val found herself a pineapple to bring her luck!!

Since GY wants his gold back so I took this guy holding a gold hoping it will bring me good luck but then I lost that round!! So I decided its not a good luck cause the guy actually look like he is giving the gold which indirectly indicates giving my money away!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHA so superstitious!! But I still decided not to use it!!

YL took the whole basket of "kam" which sounds like gold in cantonese!!

Since I didn't want that guy holding the gold, I keep on taking GY's Gold and in the end me and GY won $$$$$$$ MUAHAHAHAHA.... My first winnings during this CNY cause previously lost in all the mah jong session with my family!! So I decided to get my own gold!!!! GY told me he got it from tean hao temple which is sooooo near my house.... so the next day I went there with mimi again to get the gold =) Actually its praying to the god of fortune and you donate RM5 for 1 gold!!

Mimi took the big gold with the candle inside for the house and I took 2 of the gold (one for me and one for my bro!)

Then guess what???????? The next day after my dinner with Aunty and gang, we played black jack as well and I took out my gold to show off *haha* and immediately the first round I got double ace!!!!!!!!!! That's a tripple pay!!!! WOAHHHHHHH its like showing its power!!!!! (or so I thought!! cause in the end I lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *ish*)

The next round of gambling was ginrami at Ling's house and again I took out my gold!! =D

Just look at my kiasu face when this sui poh Ling tried to touch my gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA

Photo session again! Me posing posing with my gold =P

Can't really remember what happened but Ah Yi seems to be laughing really hard!! And I can see Witch Kit stealing my gold!!!!!!!!!!!! But then again I lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ISH ISH ISH!!!!!!!!!!! After dinner with the St Mary's gang I went over to MayYee's house for another round of gambling!!!! This time I didn't bring my gold out cause after it failed me twice, I lost faith in it (also cause there were a lot of people there so I shy to bring it out la haha) But you know what????? I WON!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahaha I guess the Gold's power works better when its inside my bag and not brought out to show to everyone..... Maybe the gold is shy too.... haha

All my gambling sessions after this also I WON!!!!!!!!!!!! Won playing black jack at Val's house again =) won playing ginrami at Bulat's house and her aunty's house =) and also won playing black jack at Cindy Teh's house!! KAKAKAKAKA Eh the past two year's CNY also I lost wor!! So at least this year, with all the losing and winnings I won some in the end lar!! =D

Me & Honeydrew @ Cindy Teh's new house!! An architect's house is really different one!! Very well designed!! Also, she is really good at mixing cocktails!!!!!! So good that her hubby was soooo drunk and did sooooo much nonsense!!!! haha

Everyone all happy, high or drunk!!

All in all, I had a great CNY and Bday!! But after that, I fell sick!!!!!!!!!! MC for two days!!!! Started off with fever then my gums were swollen (my mimi said cause I'm heaty and lack of sleep) then sore thoat and coughing..... Now only I am slowly recovering!!

OK I need to lose weight dy cause my face is getting more bulat!! ( -___- )

From now on, it will be just me and mimi

2009-02-18T23:35:00.004+08:00

Honeydrew left today

No more fetching me to work.....

No more having lunch and dinner together every day....

No more punching your big belly....

No more spending all my time after work and weekends together...

No more holding hands, hugging and kissing....

No more being treated like a princess....

so sad...... dear, i miss you already......

My bro leaving tomorrow

Though he is always out and seldom stays at home,

but knowing that he will not be around,

still make me feel like something is taken away from me....

Wishing you all the best, study hard and make us proud!! =)

From now on, it will be just me and mimi (oh and Oreo!!)

till yun comes back for hols in mid march =)))))))))))))

Happy Vday!!

2009-02-14T23:20:00.004+08:00

When we first got to know each other, I've never thought that we could go this far...

Especially the long distance relationship that we are going through...

It's not easy, but you have made it bearable...

I am glad that we didn't give up...

I really appreciate everything that you have done for me =)

Thank you for your love, patience and sacrifices...

I LOVE YOU, DEAR

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Us on June 2005

(purposely choose this photo cause he is at his thinnest then, just to show how much weight he has gained throughout the years!! =P)

Us on 14 February 2009