If I could write more...

Makan-makan during last week in UPM

2012-01-18T00:20:00.000-08:00

After my second last paper, I went to Beryls's Factory to buy some chocolates before going to Jojo again to have my favourite Lat Jiu Pan Mee.

Cendol+Cincau & Waterchestnut sugar cane

My utmost love Lat Jiu Pan Mee (RM6.50)~

Purposely went to Jojo on Sunday just to try the BuBu CaCa (RM3)

Quite special from usual one but too bad not the one I like~

Last reunion dinner for four of us~

On Monday, I went to Sunway Pyramid. Had my favourite roasted eel (unagi) and hot springy eggs with rice (RM16) at Pasta Zanmai

On Monday night, I went to Serdang Pasa Malam for the last time~

Mat Tou Yau Dessert

5 choices of desserts RM3.80...refreshing~

My all time favourite taiwan popiah~price increases to RM2 per roll...yummy~

On Tuedsay, I went to One Best Friend Dim Sum Restaurant to have dim sum. I had been there once, and thank goodness I could visit there before leaving UPM. One of the cheapest place to eat good dim sum. Kuching should open more dim sum place~

Wintermelon & longan RM1

Char Siew wrapped in yam...awesome!

马来糕 & 流沙包 (RM4 for 3)

Excited to try the custard bun~

love the dripping salted egg yolk...I must order this when having dim sum

Siew mai, fish thingy and prawn thingy...all nice!

Carrot cake (RM4)

Total bill for 7 dishes and 2 drinks RM26.90...cheap yet two of us so full!

Then we went to Jusco Balakong to shop but I bought nothing there...

Had Chatime for third and probably last time before back Kuching.
Red Bean Milk Tea RM5.90
Surprisingly there were pearls in this drink. I ordered 30% sweetness yet it was quite sweet to my liking~

After my last paper in UPM on Saturday, I had last gathering with my coursemates at Puchong but the photos are not taken by me.

On Sunday, I went to shop at Sungei Wang, Fahrenheit 88 and Pavillion with Cecilia. We had lunch at Din Tai Fung Pavillion.

Cecilia's Beef Noodle.

My fried rice with pork chop (RM15.50)

The famous Siu Long Bao

Condiments for the meal.

We went to Sweet Poems, Sungei Wang for desserts but it was an awful choice.

Mango, Pearls and Pamelo Ice.

Red bean ice blended with grass jelly.

We forced ourselves to finish those two.

At the evening, I rushed back to UPm to have last reunion with my roommates. We went to one of Serdang common eatery place, Twins Sister.

My Kong Nam Mee

Not bad. The mee was fried until crunchy.

Bye, juniors!

Last meal in Selangor before I flew back to Kuching~

Sunny Delight at Marry Brown, LCCT

Towards the year end!

2012-01-09T05:03:00.000-08:00

Tried Ochado at Pavillion

Okinawa Matcha Milk Tea with Pearls RM6.90

The taste was pretty bland~

I recalled there were 8 staffs in such a small stall of Ochado. Imagine how good is the business is?

Mr Teppanyaki at Berjaya Times Square

Sitting nearby watching how the foods was cooked~

Chicken Teppanyaki RM9.90

CuttleFish Teppanyaki RM10.90

Generous amount of bean sprouts...

Merry Christmas! Taken outside The Pavillion!

Oh ya, I had tried Chatime Strawberry Au Lait (RM6.90) at Batu Pahat, Johor

The ice was not blended until smooth at all. Not good when I drank as I still need to crunch the big ice~

Right-Puyu Green Tea RM4.90

Crispy Crepe at The Summit, Batu Pahat

Crispy Crepe with ice-cream RM4.50

My 2011

2011-12-31T02:33:00.000-08:00

Last day of 2011...

My 2011 has been a peaceful one. I have been through some fun yet challenges moments.

Let's see what I got here...

#1...Blood donation

My very first blood donation. I'm a typical coward person yet so random I overcame my fear and gave my hand a shot. Something went wrong thus my hand looked horrible for few weeks after the donation.

#2...Travel

Perhaps this year I travelled the most.

1. May-I went to Kota Kinabalu and Labuan.

Strong wind lol...on the way to Pulau Manukan

2. June-Betong, Sarawak.

3. July-Betong again!

A nice and friendly family...their hospitality was touching~

4. September-Johor Bahru (pass by I supposed?) and Singapore

5. November-Malacca

Assam Laksa at Jonker 86...not the good one though...

6. December-Port Dickson, Seremban, Batu Pahat (Johor)

Crazy pre-graduation trip with my coursemates though only half of them attended the trip. That was the period that I drank the most ~~beer~~ throughout my life so far.

Kee Mei Siew Pau

Seremban Siew Pau...pretty yummy

Spent Christmas with Shelvi and her family at Batu Pahat

ate the otak bun at famous bakery and cafe, Han Kee, Batu Pahat

#3...Completion of my final year project

A hard cover thesis of frustration and fear that took me a year to complete it. I learnt to travel alone to Betong for data collection and came across a place of yellow pufferfish (ikan buntal kuning). Betong is indeed a underdeveloped and peaceful town. I met a helpful and friendly family which aided my data collection a lot. Without them, I could not imagine how am I going to collect my data at all.

#4...A new member of my family, Queenie

Queenie has brought so much laughters and special moments to the whole family. She is so cute and adorable yet naughty girl. We love her so much. Seeing her growing and getting bigger day by day is like a miracle.

Indeed the QUEEN of the house~

#5...Photo Shooting

Without editing

Edited~

Happy 2011 and welcome 2012!

Scrumptious feasts at Jojo Little Kitchen & Murni

2011-12-29T04:45:00.000-08:00

Great foods are meant to be shared!

First recommendation: Jojo Little Kitchen@Seri Kembangan

Awesome lat jiu

#1 Dried Chili Thin Pan Mee RM 6.50

The is one of the best pan mee ever!

When I had the mee in first bite, it reminded me of Sarawak Kolo Mee. Wow..I miss mom's cooked kolo mee so much. The mee used the lard so it tasted pretty similar with my favourite kolo mee. The combination of the dried chili, half cooked egg yolk and the minced meat with the mee is simply delicious and yummy!

#2 Loh Mee RM6.80

This loh mee was good too. The soup base was similar with the shark fin soup that we owed having at banquet dinner. They marinated the meat in the soup so well. Simply irresistible!!!

Pretty sure I would only order the above 2 items when I go to Jojo.

Second recommendation: Murni@SS2

Crazy celebration for the ending of our thesis/final year project.

Murni@SS2 is a great eatery place in Malaysia. Murni has undergone renovation and now they have printed menu. Last time the Murni staffs would just bla every menu items from their mouth out and not everyone, particularly me could not grasp what they mumble out. However, the staffs there still remember all the menu ordered in their minds without writing in piece of paper.

Murni offers a variety of refreshing and some interesting name drinks.

My drink, Soursop RM5

There was 6 of us and we ordered 6 main course to share.

#1 Mee Raja RM8

The best of best. Hottest item in Murni. This fried mee is not usual one. The mee was cooked with seafood and the taste was so great. Not oily at all. Thumbs up for this mee.

#2 Spaghetti Bolognase RM7

Nice also.

#3 Nasi lemak with chicken rendang RM6

The sambal was so good!

#5 Dragon (what?) Forgotten...RM12

Good also but it was pretty messy when we tried to cut into smaller pieces to share.

#5 Naan with mozarella cheese RM6

The chezzy naan was good enough alone without all the curry gravies. Murni was really generous enough as I could taste the generous amount cheese inside the naan.

#6 Hawaii Pizza RM12

The staffs heard wrongly as we ordered Roti Hawaii instead but they gave us Hawaii Pizza. Sayang lor since Roti Hawaii is so famous, delicious and was one of hottest foods in Murni. This pizza was also not bad actually but nothing special for me. The pizza crust was thin.

Every portion was big and we were so full yet satisfied since we could try all the foods together.

There were so many yummy eateries nearby the Murni. We went to Isenbin before we went back to UPM.

Creamer for the dessert

Bestseller of Isenbin. Grass Jelly topped with Taroballs. Similar to Snowflakes bestseller too. The price was same. My friends said these taroballs were nicer than Snowflakes but I was not so sure the differences.

Great outing with great foods and great place. I'm going to miss everything.

I'm not inside the above photo as I'm the photographer~

The people, the foods, the moment.

Malacca trip: Day 2

2011-12-29T03:19:00.000-08:00

Yeah, breakfast! We went to Chung Wah Chicken Rice Ball at Jonker Street. As usual there was queue but luckily the queue was not that long since it was breakfast time. I did not planned to have chicken rice ball during the trip because I had twice at Famosa Chicken Rice Ball Shop and I realised I did not like chicken rice ball at all. But my roommates wanted to give it a try so we randomly went for it.

5 chicken rice ball per pax (RM6.50 per pax for rice ball and chicken)

The rice ball was good. Unlike the Famosa one.

They counted for number of pax so we did not have choices to either reduce or increase the rice ball quantity. Maybe addition could be specially ordered but I think reduction portion was not allowed there.

Steamed chicken for 3 pax sharing

I changed my mind of chicken rice ball after eating at this place. Strongly urge to everyone not to switch to Famosa just to skip queues because the taste was totally different. No wonder everyone so crazy about it and did not mind to queue. There were never empty spaces in the cafe. People were queuing everytime I passed by this place.

Another famous drink in Malacca is Coconut Shake but the authentic one was not reachable by us. It was quite far from town area.

Came across this place selling coconut shake at Jonker Street.

No harm trying it out. Special coconut shake with ice-cream. RM 2.50. Cooling and refreshing but it was just coconut juice blended with the coconut flesh, ice-cream, syrup and ice.

Tried the Bu Cai Kuih bought at a stall along Jonker Street

RM 1. I tried the sweet potato one. Not really nice though.

For late lunch, we went to Wong Kok Char Chan Teng at Dataran Pahlawan before heading to Malacca Sentral.

Pork Burger RM 6.90

My lunch. Fish with rice RM 9.80. Forgot the exact name.

The fried rice was undercooked. I made complaint to the staff and they changed the rice into white rice.

I did not mind as long as the rice was cooked. We, as consumers should not be given undercooked foods!

Wong Kok was quite packed with people that time. But the foods was not as good as I thought. Perhaps the variety of the menu added credit to the popularity. 10% service charge was applicable.

We almost missed the bus back to UPM due to the rain and the jam at Malacca town area. Luckily we made it and the bus departed from Malacca Sentral right after we boarded in the bus. Really close. I kept worried and was so nervous along the journey to Malacca Sentral.

The trip was a nice one but I failed to savour the Jonker 88 Laksa and Nyonya dish.

When is my next Malacca trip?

2 years later?

Malacca Trip: Day 1

2011-12-23T19:46:00.000-08:00

Tough weeks eventually ended! Finally...

I actually went to Malacca during one period of toughest week. Who cares? I don't think I would produce much output if I stay at room to study and do assignment!

2 days 1 night of Malacca Trip with my four roommates. Upon arriving, we went to Dataran Pahlawan to savour the infamous mille crepe.

Mille Crepe Cafe Mocha RM9.50

Parline Lover RM9.90

Tiramisu RM9

I wanted to try the mille crepe long ago and finally I ate it. But I should not put so much hope on it. The mille crepe was merely okay to me. The only specialty of the cake was the layers and layers that made up the cake. I could feel there were really many layers but in fact, looking close at it, it was just one layer of thin crepe, layer of cream on top of it, followed by the thin crepe and cream repeatedly. And I realised there were only two types of thin crepes, chocolate and vanilla. So the cake house just needed to do different creams for different mille crepes and madee two types thin crepes since they could be used for all mille crepe.

Then we went to check in to The Jiong Guesthouse at Kampung Pantai. Within walking distance to Jonker Street. I booked the room one week ago and bank in money to the Guesthouse account.

Some interesting images and quotes in the guesthouse

Went to take photo of this double room since it was not occupied and the room was not locked. Pretty cozy huh? Recommended place for cheap stay at Malacca.

4 of us in a room. RM25 per person and RM100 in total. Pretty cozy and with air-conditioned.

Sorry for the mess. We threw our stuffs out before went to food and stuff hunting.

The shared bathroom was clean but the whole guesthouse there were only two bathrooms. Hot shower was available. We had to wait for our turn to bath especially during the peak showering time.

Another bad thing of this guesthouse was the narrow and steep stairs. Caution must be taken when climbing. Worst part was we lived at the second floor and the bathroom was located at ground floor and first floor. So we had to climb up and down for few times.

After checked in, we went to have lunch. We wanted to try the Jonker 88 Nyonya Laksa but the queue was horrible and we ended up eating at the shop next to it. We regretted. Should insist to queue as after we finished eating, the queue was short so we went Jonker 88 for the cendol.

Nyonya Laksa RM4 at Jonker 86

Cendol at Jonker 88 RM3. I had this every time I went to Malacca. This was the third time. Could not give feedback since I never tried cendol at other place in Malacca.

Crowds as usual. People had to stand nearby the occupied table to wait for seats.

This man was trying to caught everyone attention by driving the car with loud music for so many rounds at the Jonker Street.

Night market at Jonker Street. Time for street foods!

Ingredients for popiah

Tried the popiah at Malacca. RM 2.20

They used lard in the popiah. Still nothing beats the best popiah at Serdang Night Market.

The young girl was preparing the maci.

The girl was cutting the maci. Nothing special though. RM 3 per box.

Another famous eatery in Malacca is Geographer Cafe, located at the heart of Jonker Street. My 2 roommates had their dinner at Geographer Cafe while me and other one went for street foods. Many kinds of foods was served there, including Vegetarian, Malaysian and Western style. It catered for both domestic and foreign visitors, and was also a great place gather for the locals.

See the cutie and tiny fan?

Vegetarian nasi lemak

Forgot what was it already.

Geographer Cafe opened all day long and was a great place for drinking session. There was live performance too. The location was strategic and the business was really good. The price was of course a bit high but still affordable since it was classy than most kopitiam.

My first video making

2011-12-09T23:29:00.000-08:00

First time making a video using Edius. Just learnt some basic tools from my roommate and finished the video in 3 days time. It took much of my time since I don't really know which tools to use and how to use it so I just made it simple and brief.

The video was a gift for my bestie in my Uni life. First time celebrated her birthday since we were in our hometown during Dec for the past three years.

The video did not bring out the feel that I wish it to be and many parts were blur. Think the format of the video need to render a bit more. Due to time and skills limitation, the video is finally posted here and in Facebook though it is out of my expectation.

Breakfast & Lunch at Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang

2011-12-09T18:37:00.000-08:00

Had the opportunity to meet up with my sister early in morning before she flied to Bali for vacation in the afternoon.

Breakfast at a corner coffee shop named Loong Kee...

Cappucino RM4

So sweet. sugar is cheap huh?

Peanuts and wet tissue were given. Definitely they charge for that. We did not use the tissue. Peanut was charged at RM 2.50 but it is delicious, sweet and appetizing.

Fish porridge for sharing! RM 12.

The fish was not fresh. The business there was good, mainly attracted tourists. 5% service charge is applicable.

For lunch, we came to this place where people said the dumpling there was famous.

one piece of dumpling RM1

Quite ok for the dumpling.

1 piece meat ball RM1

My Fish Meat Lum Mee RM 5.50

I hate the thick yellow noodle. Not nice~

My sister's 炸酱米粉 RM 5.50

She said it was good.

Cendol and red bean with coconut milk. Forgot the price. Around RM 2-3.

According one of the staff there, cendol was popular but I found no special of this drink.

Snowflakes, Midvalley (2) / Shihlin, The Mines (2) / Sushi Zanmai, The Gardens

2011-12-04T20:59:00.000-08:00

I have so many food posts queuing. Since these few weeks were pretty tough with presentation, test 2 and assignments, all the posting was postponed.

Finally had Japan Combo II from Snowflakes. RM6.90.

Rather disappointing as it did not taste good as it looked. I wish the Ocha Ball is more chewable and springy.

Shelvi's.

Finally tried the oyster mee sua from Shihlin. Not good at all. No second time.

Third finally. Finally tried the Sushi Zanmai at The Gardens after queuing. I don't know why there is always a queue at Sushi Zanmai. Just the matter the queue is long or short one.

Wasabi and soy sauce as condiments.

My Salmon Don (Small) RM 10.80

Salmon always the best subjects in my Japanese dining experience. Nothing would go wrong if order Salmon. Unless it is not fresh.

Next update certainly reserved to my Malacca trip! See ya.

Sakae Sushi, The Mines (2) again!

2011-12-04T20:46:00.000-08:00

This plate was given free for presenting TGV movie ticket. I love this. So delectable.

MyTeriyaki Chicken Ramen RM12.90

Love the ramen and the soup. The soup was savoury but since I always prefer something lighter, the savoury taste was a bit too strong for me.

Hot Calpis with Lemon RM 5.90

Curry Katsu Don RM 12.90

Ebi Ten Don RM15.90

Pink Plate RM3.99

I ordered this since I think Japanese meal was rather incomplete without salmon.

Thank you to my two roomies for the Sakae meal treat and kept me company on my 23th birthday. Appreciate it though there were no birthday surprise and celebration.

Pitstop again!

2011-12-04T19:46:00.000-08:00

Yo! Celebration after my final year project presentation!!! So relieved.

My orange juice

So many ice!

Chocolate Bubble Tea

Christmas is just around the corner!

Hawaii Spaghetti Set RM 13.90

Cereal Fish Chop Set RM 17.90

3 in 1 set RM 20.90

griiled fish with garlic butter sauce, chicken with mushroom sauce and hawaii spaghetti

A bit regret of not ordering lamb chop since chicken and fish are just too common foods to me.

Foods are just average in taste and price.
Glad that having some western foods apart from Chinese foods in usual days!

Every set comes with choice of drink and ice-cream. 10% service charge is applicable in total bill.

Yeah! Second visit to Pitstop with same gang in the first visit.

Enjoy chatting and playing UNO games with all of you. We are not going to see each other very soon. Kind of complicated feeling.

So random that we decided to go for movie after dinner that night but plan was forced to cancel due to traffic jam. Anyway we managed to watch Apple of my eyes the following day after our TOCIE test. Yet another random and funny story.

Popiah

2011-11-17T17:42:00.000-08:00

Popiah that I love the most. Definitely going to miss it when I'm not in UPM anymore. I think most UPM students especially Chinese would know about this. The famous name is the seaweed popiah where the popiah is wrapped with a piece of seaweed. I think the seaweed popiah is priced at RM2.40.

You can find this popiah at the Serdang Pasar Malam every Monday. There are complaints and news that the pasar malam would move to another place. However, the issue of movement is still on discussing and negotiating.

This is the one without seaweed. RM 1.90 per roll. The popiah consists of simple ingredients like shredded carrot, cucumber, corn, lettuce, mayonnaise and fried crunchy thingy. Nevertheless, I love it so much and it seems like I could not find this elsewhere especially in Kuching.

Another popiah that once I loved was Sister Crispy Popiah. But after the second attempt of buying, it is no longer on my favourite list.

2 rolls somewhere RM6. I forgot the exact price.

I love the crispiness of the popiah but this Sister Crispy Popiah in Midvalley was not crispy at all. Different from the first time I bought.

Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks, The Mines

2011-11-13T18:49:00.000-08:00

Always wanted to try the egg crepe of Shihlin and it happened that Shihlin open a new outlet at The Mines. Then I decided to takeaway it as my dinner since I was still full with the Sakae lunch.

I waited for quite a long time to get my crepe done. Luckily managed to get in the bus on time.

Crispy Floss Egg Crepe RM6.00

It turned out to be a bit messy since I rushed over the UPM bus back to room.

The crepe is pan fried and wrapped with chicken floss. It is eaten with sauce and topped with coriander leaves. This snack disappointed me as I think it should be crispier and aromatic. It turned out to be a normal crepe wrapped with chicken floss.

Domino's Pizza

2011-11-11T04:47:00.000-08:00

I first tried Domino's Pizza in my first year in UPM. That time we had delivery it to our hostel as a celebration for a friend's birthday.

After 3 years, finally went for another Domino's Pizza since I heard so much good feedback on it yet I didn't not find it unusual at all for my first Domino's pizza session. My friend had a coupon and I could not remember the exact offers. Total bill was around RM35 (2 pizzas and 1 breadstick)

The Taming Jaya outlet is located at a shop lot on the way to Balakong. The outlet is rather small and there is just few and limited seating as it focuses more on delivery rather than dining.

My friend ordered the breadstick because she said it was so good and very different from Pizza Hut's breadstix. Indeed it was different because the breadstick at Domino's was so soft and fluffy. The texture was similar to a bread. Pizza Hut's breadstick was rather hard and dry. The breadstick was good upon serving hot.

Classic hand tossed--seafood delight

stingy portion of crabmeat, tuna chunks, onions and green peppers

Crunchy thin crust--Classic chicken.

shredded chicken, onions, peppers and olives

The crust was thin but they did not sliced the pizza perfectly. End up we tear the pizza by our own and get messy. All the topping ingredients was separated with the crust.

There was no government tax and service tax since the outlet focuses on delivery and we helped our own with the foods. We took our orders ourselves at the counter. All the foods was stored in boxes which required no cleaning at all. Everything was only given upon request as they did not charge the service charge at all.

Still did not found Domino's Pizza special though.

Starbucks, Precinct 88, Kuching

2011-10-28T06:56:00.002-07:00

Java Chip Frappuccino® blended beverage (Blended Coffee)

Starbucks coffee and chocolatey coffee biscuits blended together and topped with whipped cream and chocolate drizzle

It was good but I could hardly taste the coffee. I think there are other drinks better than this.

RM 14 for regular. I used my student card to get 20% of discount. Inclusive of tax, I pay RM11.85 for the drink. I brought the tumbler to get RM 2 discount but the staff told me I can only choose to get one discount. I chose to have the 20% as I could save more with it.

I wonder the size of the tumbler is same with the disposable cup? I think the tumbler is much more smaller.

Westwood Continental Cuisine, Kuching

2011-10-28T06:48:00.000-07:00

Westwood was once a well known affordable place for western food. But then it has renovated and a new concept of Westwood emerged.

I was shocked that there were not much choices of western food in the menu. There were only six choices which were beef, salmon, chicken, grilled fish, fish and chips and lamb chop. I remembered there were two types of spaghetti in the menu.

Lamb Chop with black pepper sauce

I tried a piece of it and it was nice.

Fish and chips

grilled fish with black pepper sauce

Classic chicken chop RM 13.80

I chose to have mushroom sauce.The chicken portion was small. Luckily I had some light dinner before went to Westwood. It is served with french beans and french fries. The french beans was sauteed with butter. Nothing special on the chicken chop.

Fresh Milk RM4.80.

The drink there was pricey. Even a bottle of mineral water was sold at RM3.

The environment of the Westwood

It is a place for drinks and smoking but definitely not foods. There were many people especially guys had alcoholic drinks there. The former Westwood which emphasis in western food is no longer exist. It is replaced with a brand new concept-bar for drinks and music.

Happy Deepavali!

2011-10-25T23:43:00.000-07:00

Centerpiece for the Deepavali in main entrance of Times Square~

A short one week holidays in Kuching.

My final year project has not progressing further and I am supposed to hand it in first draft next week to my supervisor.

Time is running out and sad I have not received any news and approval for my 6 months internship in Kuching.

Someone please accept me!

The Manhattan Fish Market, Midvalley

2011-10-19T07:32:00.000-07:00

Late lunch after a sweet brunch at Snowflakes

Since I was not hungry that time, I order something light. Grilled Dory with broccoli and chips. I spotted the carrots words below the description of the menu but the carrots are no where to be seen. The dory portion was indeed light or in other words, small. But it was filling, mainly because of the fatty chips~

Shelvi's light grilled salmon with garden salad RM 20.90

The salmon portion was so small!

Snowflakes, Midvalley

2011-10-19T06:47:00.000-07:00

Oh my lovable Snowflakes again! I'm a typical girl because I like desserts and sweet stuffs alot!

I want to eat the Japan Combo but it is no longer in the menu. The server said it is coming soon and I definitely don't want to miss it. I want to chew the greeny balls!

Since last time I had the Snowflakes bestseller, so I had Sesame Sensation this time.

It is the Snowflakes latest creation-blending of sesame seeds and peanut. Chewy sesame balls in creamy smooth textured peanut ice and little baby pearls complemented with delicious red bean topping.

RM 6.90

But the chewy sesame balls was not chewy at all. Baby pearls, red bean and peanut ice were just fine to me.

Shelvi loves my peanut ice! I would not recommend this because it is not as good as it seems.

Tohua Series

RM 6.50

Shelvi chose to have her preferred toppings-red bean, green bean and lotus

One bowl of Snowflake is filling~I want to chew the balls!

Shelvi and her tohua~

Rabbit Card

2011-10-16T17:56:00.000-07:00

I bought a rabbit card when using the rapid kl bus to Times Square. Some drivers do not allowed the use of cash anymore so mostly all passengers require card to board in.

Usually it would cost RM2-2.50 from KTM Serdang to Times Square. But when I flashed the card, RM3.10 are deducted. When I flashed the card during exit, still it was shown RM3.10 was deducted.

So the point is, if using rabbit card then the journey would cost more, why should we buy the card?

Then I checked the rabbit card usage in internet, there are some bloggers saying that the card would cost RM2, and the highest fare would be charged when we first boarded in, then it would return the fare and charged only the journey when we flashed the card upon exiting.

And I remembered my card was not able to scan when I went exit the bus. Think the maximum fare was charged for the trip which was RM3.10. Both ways costs RM 6.20 and RM2 was deducted. So leftover only RM1.20.

OMG~

Chatime, Berjaya Times Square

2011-10-16T02:17:00.000-07:00

Chatime happens to be quite famous recently despite of the Taiwan's issue on milk tea.

I decided to try on Chatime milk tea although I heard many negative comments on Chatime.

We never know until we try it right?

After you place your order and pay the money, you should keep the receipt and wait for your drinks to get ready. Your drinks is ready when the number in your receipt appears in the numbering board (see the 5808 in the photos?)

There are a variety of drinks to choose on.

Customization

We can actually choose the size of the drink (regular or large), toppings, sugar options and ice options.

My regular Brown Rice Green Milk Tea with pearls

RM 5.90 with pearls add on (RM1 for pearls add on)

I chose 70% less sugar and 30% slight ice. Turns out the drink is quite sweet for my liking and cold too. I think I would opt for 30% slight sugar and 0% non-ice next time.

I love pearls a lot and the portion of the pearls given is definitely enough for me! But the pearls is pretty sweet. Next time I would add red bean or grass jelly as topping!

The brown rice green milk tea taste is quite new and good for me. But I would rate it as moderate because I don't find it special at all.

Free card given for stamping. I don't think I can fully stamp this card. Milk tea is too fatty and not healthy at all. Should not drink too often.

Sakae Sushi, The Mines

2011-10-12T19:36:00.000-07:00

A new outlet of Sakae Sushi in The Mines!

All of us ordered the promotion lunch sets which came with green tea.

A pack of green tea pack was given.

There is hot water in every table which customers help themselves with making the hot green tea. Cold green tea is available too and it is poured by servers.

Semi-open kitchen. There is also a screen at every table where all of it is about Sakae Sushi.

The menu.

A must have for Japanese foods. Wasabi and soy sauce. Sweet soy sauce is available upon request. Unlike Sushi King, both soy sauce can be found on the table.

red plate RM 5.99

forgot what was it already~

salmon sushi RM3.99 (pink plate)

Chicken teriyaki don RM7.90
the chicken portion was good but there were too much fatty chicken skin. The bowl was shallow and rice portion was small. Think this is a smart tactic as it encourages people to order and spend more?

Shiogayaki don RM 8.90

Spicy salmon temaki RM1.99 (green plate).

The chef actually put the two temaki in wrong colour plates and luckily he came to our table and changed it.

Tuna Temaki RM 1.99
I ordered this as an ending since the price was not high and it was good.

My companions of the day.

Overall the meal was satisfactorily. The outlet was cleaner, newer and service was more reliable than Sushi King.

Vuition 21st birthday celebration~

2011-10-12T19:16:00.000-07:00

I'm the oldest girl in my room now! Since my closest roommate, Yan Shin has graduated and is now working, I'm the only senior still stuck in UPM for my last semester in the room.

Happy 21st to Jia Ying@Vuitiion.

Since she is a vegetarian, it's pretty hard to get one cake plus there is no fridge to store the cream cake. We bought two Swiss roll from the infamous The Bakers Cottage a day before her birthday. I left the cake in the room and went for night class. When I returned to the room, I was amazed with the other two roommates creation, which you can see from above. They utilised one pack of chocolate wafers they had and arranged nicely on top of the sliced Swiss roll. See the 21 and 生日快乐?

We gave her the cake after 12 midnight. Aiya, her closest roommate made a video to her. Directed by Aiya, photographed by me and acted by four of us, including the graduated roommate. She was surprised and happy because the video was pretty funny and she had no idea we had done so much for her.

***By the way, from the pictures of four of us above, can anyone notice I'm the oldest? I don't think so, right! Haha. I'm just as young as they are.

Yan Shin's with her tofu fish rice

We also had a great day on her birthday. A random singing K session in Green Box and a planned dinner at South City. We fetched Yan Shin at KTM Serdang after her work, had a vegetarian dinner together and went shopping at South City just like old days. Just this time, there was a new member junior hanging around with us.

Singapore Trip: Day 3

2011-10-01T20:48:00.000-07:00

We checked out in the morning because I had to catch the bus in JB at 1.45pm back to KL.

We went to Queen Street to take a bus to the Singapore Customs. We stopped by Burger King for breakfast.

My hot coffee and Sarah's hot tea

My breakfast BK Shots Egg Benny SGD 3.50...omelette with turkey ham..with a tiny pack of cake stick

Sarah's...turkey sausage SGD 5,25 with cake sticks

Next time I would go for Burger King again...the taste was good compare to McD and KFC but too bad the price was a bit higher

I bought a RM10 SanDisk pendrive in the JB IT fair before taking the bus to KL

Singapore Trip: Day 2

2011-10-01T20:38:00.000-07:00

Since Bugis junction was just opposite the place we stayed, we headed there hunting for breakfast.

Since it was quite early, there was not many choices. We went to Yoshinoya for the congee.

Chicken congee at SGD 2 at promotion price. The chicken portion was way too little compare to the promotion material illustrated.

Pretty tasteless. Luckily got free flow of ginger and soy sauce as condiment to us to finish.

Then we went to Marina Bay.

We asked for directions from the MRT station staffs. We are told that we had stopped at the wrong station. We were supposed to stop at Raffles Place if we wanted to go Marina Bay. But then we walked in order to indulge in the scenery and to save money and time.

Me with the red one.

Sarah with the blue one.

The transparent 3 floor lift at The Marina Bay Sands.

And so coincidence that Sarah met her two guys old schoolmates in SG and we decided that four of us walked together. What a small world it is but I did not have any pictures of my two new friends. Four of us went to the Casino together and three of them (and not me) actually gambled but just a few SGD dollars to try on the luck. Three of them did not managed to get back their money. Sarah and I managed to have a cup of hot MILO there and got some drinking water from the Casino. The casino was really clean and classy. Unlike casino at Genting so smoky and noisy.

the tiny Marina Bay drinking water

Sarah's favourite Hello Kitty! You certainly won't want to know the price.

LV can be seen everywhere in SG and obviously it was highly protected though.

Dance of Time

The historical Fullerton Hotel

The artistry bus

For lunch we settled down in Din Gi Noodle House at Dhorby Gaut MRT station

I had the set Mapo rice, comes with one veggie selection and one soya drink selection. I had the ginger spinach and surprisingly it was served cold. And it was appetizing too...

The set was priced at SGD 7.80 and there was an extra 10% service charges.

my hot black soy. tasted a bit weird.

Skypark from far. Need to pay entrance fees to enter the it.

Sarah and I at with the Merlion

Tried the butterscotch popcorn and it was awesome. Decided to buy one back to treat my roommates. There are variety of flavours to choose but butterscotch still tasted the best.

I bought the Cornery smallest combo of butterscotch gourmet popcorn at SGD3.50. Forgotten at which mall I bought it. Sarah reminded me it was at ION Mall. Thank you~

So cutie the bins in the SG roadside

The escalator got the blue footprints!

My purple friend...met somewhere at Orchard Road~

For dinner we settled down at The Bugis Junction as well.

My double salmon bento SGD6.50

We could garnish the black sesame on my own.

The bento comes with a bowl of Miso soup

And found a really tall and skinny girl in one of the mall at Orchard road

Her legs

Her body

Backpacker Cozy Corner Guesthouse

2011-09-23T23:28:00.000-07:00

For the short Singapre trip, I stayed at Backpacker Cozy Corner Guesthouse. It is situated opposite Bugis Junction. There are a few coffee shops nearby and the business are good. Too bad I never get to try it.

Check out their website here

Staying at Singapore is expensive for those who convert RM to SGD. Since I'm just a poor student with no income, I chose to stay at mix dormitory bed. There are 6 beds in a room at SGD 18/night/person.

Lockers are available for us to put our stuffs but we have to bring our own locks. I did not have locker with me so I just left my clothes and personal items there and luckily they were not missing.

No hanger and bedsheets provided. Just a pillow and a pillowcase were given.

The shared bathroom

Luckily there was hot water to shower. The bathroom was spacious and definitely enough for one to shower.

The shared toilets

No toiletries for use so we had to bring our own.

The shared basins. Everything was sufficiently clean except the naked pillow lol. Putting in pillowcase would be fine actually.

Place to rest nearby the bathroom..

There were 3 computers with free internet access for guests to use. Every time we had to queue and waited for our turns because all the computers were fully occupied all the time.

Sarah chatting with who? I know, she knows and he knows.

The hostel's corridor.

Free breakfast was given too. We had to toast our own breads. Jams, butter, coffee and tea were given.

Singapore Trip: Day 1

2011-09-23T20:29:00.000-07:00

My first international trip! Singapore, The Merlion Land!

The efficient MRT in Singapore. Photos taking are not allowed but I managed to get one. People waiting to get in the MRT. Clean and no delay. Unlike Malaysian Public Transport.

Chinatown:

Bee Cheng Hiang can be spotted everywhere in the City

Clean and look new heritage building.

Flats and condominiums is everywhere

Heading to Maxwell Food Centre for dinner

Of course the infamous Fish Head Beehoon. But need to queue for it.

I had fish meat beehoon. SGD 4.

Awesome. The creamy soup was nice and aromatic. The best fish meat beehoon I had eaten. No wonder the stall was always so crowded with people. The beehoon there was different from those I always have in Malaysia. Thumbs up with this dinner. I supposed this was the best meal I had eaten in SG so far.

Sarah with her mee sua. My companion and tour guide for the trip. She said her mee sua was too tender and mushy. Different with Malaysia too.

What's so special with this place? People was queuing for it.

Walk to Clarke Quay too see the active nightlife in SG

And saw this. Wow. My heart was pumping fast when I saw from far. I don't think I dare to sit on it. Unless you give me SGD 1000000 for it. LOL.

And finally fall from top to the bottom.

Novus Cafe Bistro, Brighton Square, Kuching

2011-09-12T18:27:00.000-07:00

Nata de Cocco Milk Tea

RM3.90

colourful nata de cocco at the bottom of the drink

Passion Float

RM3.90

Hot Honey Lemon

RM3.50

So sweet. The bartender must be overestimated honey or syrup portion in the drink. If that sweetness is their standard level, customers that drink it would get diabetes real soon.

Fried Dumpling RM5.50

like the sauce and the dumpling. The dumpling is juicy.

Better than dumpling I tried at somewhere else.

What so special in this place is the live band performance. The place is kind of small with around than 10 tables. The live band sound is obvious that it is hard to chat unless talking to the one sitting next to you. There are games and cards available to play too.

Seoul Garden Korean Restaurant, Kuching

2011-09-10T16:23:00.000-07:00

My order Set A

chicken marinated the main dish

the set comes with rice, chicken, a piece of fish, 3 kimbab, 3 side dish, seaweed soup and 2 piece of watermelon

RM22

I don't think the set worth the price in complement with the taste.

I'm a typical Malaysian so I did not fancy the kimchi. But the omelette was nice.

Set C comes with spicy pork, rice, chicken, a piece of fish, 3 kimbab, 3 side dish, seaweed soup and 2 piece of watermelon

First time tried a complete Korean meal and I did not like it very much especially the taste. Still prefer Japanese after all. And the so called Kimbab, the taste is like my homemade sushi, so not tasty at all. I guess I would not return for good unless someone treated me for free and did not give me other options. But the restaurant BBQ and steamboat seems to be pretty attractive and in fact expensive. Maybe those two are better than the two sets we had ordered.

Again, second visit to The Tarot Salmon Japanese Restaurant(2)

2011-09-07T00:32:00.000-07:00

Yippi, Japanese foods again......

Most of my friends could not resist Japanese foods. I'm the same too...I'll never have enough of it...

Carol has the card which entitled for discount 25% of total bill...so can order something pricey to eat...

Sashimi Mori Zen RM 15.90

Chuan's. He said the it was awesome. The taste, the cut, the freshness. He gave good ratings for it.

Chicken Teriyaki Don RM12.90

Jessica's.

The rice portion was big.

Unagi Udon RM 15.90

Sarah's.

The unagi is on the soup! I only fancy unagi with the sauce but not with soup. Should be udon soup and the unagi plated separately. She said overall it was not that delicious.

Ebiko Gunkan RM 4.90

Sarah and Carol favourite.

Chirashi Don RM 25.90

Carol's. She said the price here iwas cheaper than other place and the taste also not as good as other place too. Price indicates quality.

Okonomiyaki RM 11.90

1 piece was great but not more than that.

Salmon Special Maki RM 9.90 (4pcs)

Mine since I had taken dinner so light foods should be okay. It turned out my order was last to come cause they missed out to prepare it. But I don't think this salmon special maki is good.

I don't know how to express either~

In the cave?

My companies of the night.

The Banquet Ramadhan Berbuka Puasa Buffet, Kuching

2011-08-30T23:37:00.000-07:00

The Banquet Ramadhan Berbuka Puasa Buffet

Must make reservation before going cause it would be full all the night

Teh Tarik

Got air bandung, ice lemon tea, sarsi, soya bean drinks...those that I'm able to recall

I had air bandung too but I forgot to snap photos cause got insects inside

hmmm..while waiting other foods to get ready, we have some dim sums

braised vegetables with mushrooms, roasted chicken, ikan masak merah and fried fish with oats

*the fish with oats was nice. others so so only

Sliced barbeque chicken and pizza (I sprinkled some parmesan powder on top)

the sliced chicken was good

Roasted lamb leg with mint sauce. got black pepper sauce too and it was splendid.

The lamb was pretty delicious.

Oh the highlight of the dinner! So awesome and it was my favourite.

salad prawns, jelly fish and sliced abalone. I love the abalone so much! Too bad the staffs did not refill the abalone or else I would finish it.

Durian fried rice. Mild durian taste. Nothing special for the fried rice.

It's a a la carte buffet type. So you just need to go each stall and take whatever you like.

It was early so it was empty.

Corn soup

Fish with sambal and sambal squids

Not nice at all~

ABC

I chose red bean and cincau. Mana tahu the red bean not nice at all. The softness of the red bean was different and not enough sweet. Maybe they mixed with overnight one. Who knows?

Ice-cream

Get some to try first in case not nice. No wastage. And it turned out not nice too. Haha.

Chicken satay and beef satay

Again, not nice at all.

My stomach was full and it's time to have sweet endings. But the kuih muih selection was so so limited and langsung nampak tak sedap. Must grab something before leaving.

Siew Mai

Not nice

Sago mango and sago honeydew

Both are okay, sweet with some sagos

Dragon fruits before leaving

A buffet worth RM 44 per pax. Luckily it was a free treat. Honestly, it was a damage buffet. The foods there need much improvement. I won't pay RM44 for such meal. But some of the food preparation staffs was friendly.

Tropical Fish Cafe, Kuching

2011-08-28T20:05:00.000-07:00

Tropical Fish Cafe is located just opposite the F & N factory near the Boulevard Hypermall. It is a house and a boutique cafe. Some cute items are displayed to sell. The food items there are mostly western style.

7-up with orange syrup RM 4.80

The glass was rather huge than normal size. Sharing was good for me cause it would be too full to have one big drinks myself.

Our famous chicken chop RM 12.80

grilled chicken chop with black pepper sauce, boiled potatoes with mayonnaise as topping and sauteed vegetables

The plate was gigantic and heavy. The chicken portion was bigger size than those normal chicken chop and it was rather filling. At least no more french fries as starch product like usual but boiled potatoes. However it was fatty too because of the mayonnaise as the topping.

Chicken Piccata RM 16.80

grilled chicken with cheese and eggs and black pepper sauce, boiled potatoes with mayonnaise as topping and sauteed vegetables

It was good too but it disgusted me if I were the only one to savour the whole plate of chicken and chicken.

I saw some customers had giant burger. I was amazed with the enormous size and I recalled I did not came across of the food items in the menu. Upon leaving, I asked the waiter for price and it was priced at RM 15.80. At the first glance, all I could see was fried chicken in giant burger and some french fries. It was enough for 2-3 people sharing, I think. If I knew it earlier, sure I would order it since I never really order such a big burger to eat.

A post

2011-08-27T00:52:00.000-07:00

I'm going back to Uni for my final semester (4 months ++) in two weeks time.

Time flies. I have not done much for these few months.

I worked twice during the holidays. 3 days administrative assistant and 21 days rice promoter.

I went to Kota Kinabalu and Labuan for a short trip. I went to Betong twice for my ikan buntal--my final year project.

I transcript my interviews until I feel horrible. Keep repeating listening own voice can be torturing yet funny.

I have outings with friends. Meals, celebration, chit-chatting.

I shop, I eat, I spend, I think, I learn, I talk.

I spend much time my my little niece, Queenie. I feed her. I play with her. I change cloths for her, and I do scold her and mumble about her. I see her growing. It's pretty amazing. (I'm a not bad baby sitter LOL)

I read blogs, watch videos and study elsewhere.

I hate to start my 5 chapters of my final year project. It reminds me of the infinity work. Read, write, read write.

Yet, I'll be back to the hustle and bustle world real soon. Assignments, discussions, presentation and human conflicts. I'm scared to face it but good thing is it would eventually come to me no matter how I hate it.

For the coming schooling session, I have a few resolutions:

I wish to

-spend less time face-book-ing (I think only lazy and nothing to do people fb all the time, which I'm the one currently)

-spend less time watching HK dramas in hostel (I happen to be huge dramas fan when I'm back to Uni hostel, sob, cause it's the cheapest and easiest entertainment among all)

-spend more time with ikan buntal and words

-broaden my mind ( Don't get hurt with certain people actions and words, learn to keep my mouth shut and see nothing)

-give myself more opportunities (I have given up many grown-up chances in the past. I wish I could overcome my cowardliness and give myself more courage. Why not consider internship elsewhere?)

-less miss home ( It would be pretty pretty hard but I'm learning. 3 years has passed and I believe I could do it for the rest)

Lynn's birthday night at Sanga

2011-08-25T21:21:00.000-07:00

Second visit to Sanga

Free flow of green tea at RM 1.50

Sarah's Unagi Set RM 20

my first visit I ordered this. Great for unagi lover but it is getting expensive and the portion shrinks~

Lynn's and Sarah's sushi

limited wasabi--sob~

My Salmon Don RM 14

the salmon was good but nothing special for me

the salmon don comes with fruits and miso soup

don't really like miso soup

the Leo's birthday girl

luckily I remembered to bring a candle out~thanks for the staff there for using the lighter to light out the candle for 3 or 4 times cause it kept blown out

Tom's Cocoa Napolean RM 1X.75

pretty pricey and tiny but yummy

layer of cheese, chocolates and cake

it's a gift for Lynn so the exact price is not revealed here~

Tom's contact no. and address

Sarah, me and Lynn

Fan Ching, me and Lynn

It was a great night cause I get to know a new friend, Fan Ching from Lynn and Sarah. We got ourselves some photo shooting although we just knew ourselves less than an hour.And I couldn't recall how long I celebrated birthday with Lynn. Perhaps primary times till now?
Coincidentally, I bumped into Lih Shan that back from Taiwan at Sanga too on that night.

Yeow Kee Kopitiam, Premier 101

2011-08-23T00:00:00.000-07:00

Early breakfast at infamous and busy Yeow Kee Kopitiam

Teh C (Small) RM 1

Great drink~

Penang Fried Beehoon RM 3

with bean sprout, eggs and salted turnip

Pretty salty for me. Maybe it is because it is a la Penang, since Penang foods taste are stronger. Portion is also on average and definitely not enough for heavy eaters.

My favourite Liu Sa Pau (custard bun) RM 6 for 3 pcs

the filling-egg yolk and custard is hot flowing

but it could be a lot better. Can't beat the custard bun I ate in Kuantan years ago. Even Kim Bay and Yamitsu custard bun are not good enough.

Well, the foods in Yeow Kee is considered not cheap for breakfast, but the business is good. I think the cleanliness and the drinks business helps a lot.

Sushi King, The Spring, Kuching--Summer Promotion 2011

2011-08-14T21:34:00.000-07:00

Since my sister has Sushi King Card 2011, so must utilize the card whenever I'm in Kuching~

I personally love the free flow of green tea and wasabi. Sushi King can open so many outlets throughout Malaysia because they grab the right customers concept--free flow of green tea, wasabi, sushi in conveyor belt in front of customers, RM 2 bonanza and seasonal promotions. Though the food in Sushi King is considered not superior and the service sucks all the time, but it still gains popularity among Malaysians. People loves helping themselves with food, seeing the sushi moving around in front of them and it increases appetite a lot. Though I owe seeing flies helping themselves with the sushi in some outlets I had visited, still so many people could not stop their craving for Sushi King.

We had the Summer Promotion

Soft Shell Crab Temaki RM6 for two. Upon serving, one of the seaweed of the temaki loose and the server just apologized to us. I think he should return to the kitchen and fix it but not merely apologizing. Nice handroll~love it. One is never enough!

Iri Goma Unagi Roll RM 5

How come the I can't see the Unagi? lol. So stingy.

Salmon Skin Piri-Piri RM 4

Salmon Surimi Maki RM 2

Inari Boat Tuna Mayo RM 4

Tamago RM 2

Just love the omelette. How to make the eggs so compact, yet drooling and delicious?

This time I did not had Unagi and Fresh Salmon sushi like usual. One plate RM5, cannot eat too expensive de.

The Regent Inn (2), Betong, Sarawak

2011-07-28T22:36:00.000-07:00

Oh I'm in Betong for second time AGAIN! Booked 2 nights stay at The Regent Inn.

This time my room was close to receptionist. Maybe because I booked earlier or it wasn't packed that time?!

I could online in the room. But it was lagging and could not connect to internet sometimes especially night time.

And the room was much more bigger and spacious than my first stay. Same price RM 40 with one queen bed. The bed was comfortable. Just the room sound proof has to be further improved. Overall I was satisfied with it. Water cooler with hot and cold water was near to my room so it was pretty convenient for me to get water supply.

Got wardrobe! Last time NO.

Got mirrors in the bathroom. Last time NO too. Got hot shower in the bathroom but it was rather emotiona cause it got hot and cold so sudden and it was hard to adjust in between.

Another mirror in the room.

It was prohibited to smoke in the room but I didn't understand why there was a ashtray for cigarette on every room.

Good Time Cafe

2011-07-26T23:53:00.000-07:00

Dinner with friends at Good Time Cafe.

The place was crowded with people especially families. It's close on Monday and not that expensive.

Let's see what we have here:

Spicy fish and chips RM 12

Indeed the fish is spicy enough.

Crispy chicken chop RM 9.50

I didn't taste it. I guess all fried thing taste almost the same?

My lamb chop. RM 12

Can chose either black pepper sauce, mushroom sauce and garlic butter. I chose garlic butter.

The sauce wasn't that good, no garlic taste. Though the lamb chop didn't have the 'lamby' taste, but I didn't like it. The meat was tough and not juicy at all. It was a bit overcooked.

Overall the price isn't that high. But if you have high expectation on good food, the place might not suitable for you.

4 girls Saturday night at Elephant Cafe & Bistro, Kuching

2011-07-23T20:33:00.000-07:00

As the name implies, there are a few elephant portraits in the cafe.

Tiffany snapped the elephant

My grilled chicken and salad RM 15.90

I like the sweet and sour dressing very much.

Slices of grilled chicken, tomatoes, cabbages, lettuce, fruits and raisins. Thumbs up.

Portion is big and enough to fill one big stomach.

My tasteless iced peppermint tea. RM 3.80

Me and Lynn

Lynn and Rowena

It happened that me and Lynn were primary classmates, Rowena and I were secondary classmates and Rowena and Lynn knew each other too. What a coincidence. And it was pleasant that we could finally met out together.

Tiffany with mushroom soup and kids tableware.

The server gave the tableware by voluntary without us requesting. No wonder we need to pay the service charge. It's a casual dining place.

Xian Ding Wei Taiwanese Room (2), Kuching

2011-07-23T20:03:00.000-07:00

Last outings with Cecilia before she is back to continue her study. Second visit to this place, with same companion. LOL.

We order 2 set meals at RM 8.90 each, include 1 main meal, soup and jasmine tea

Her ginger meat with rice

My sweet and sour fish with rice

Lotus and peanut soup

My jasmine tea and Cecilia's fruits tea. She had 2 glasses of drinks.

Overall the food is okay for me. Other a la carte items are pretty expensive. Great for once a awhile indulge in expensive foods but not all the time.

The night at Ajiten & Basaga

2011-07-12T03:07:00.000-07:00

Dinner with my 2 besties at Ajiten Ramen at Crown Square

Cecilia's Sakana Furai Bento RM 19

The bento includes fried fish fillet, 2 dumplings, potato salad, mapo tofu, rice, miso soup and fruits.

Cecilia said the fish fillet was not nice. The tofu tasted bad to me. I had a bite and then I put it back. LOL. But the bento is too big for 1 normal person appetite.

My Gomoku Ramen RM 12

There were pork, mix veggies, mushroom, seafoods (squid and prawn). The ramen was little and the soup was salty to the max! But it was filling because of generous portion of the pork and some seafood.

Chai Kee's Ajiten Ramen. RM 16. I tried this ramen twice or more years ago and I remembered I didn't like it. She said the ramen portion was again too little for her.

16 years friendship

Next, chill out at Basaga, near Chong Lin Park there.

The stuffs there are pricey. I only afford to drink warm water. RM 0.50. Even Cecilia paid it for me. Haha.

10 years friendship. Future engineer, dentist, lawyer, hotelier, and me(still a doubt)?? Also the employed one are a nurse, a tourist guide and a IT professional (and his gf accountant).
Some of them I had not met for years. Perhaps 6 years? The time indeed has passed very quickly before I realised it.

The Tarot Salmon Japanese Restaurant, Kuching

2011-07-07T04:34:00.000-07:00

Lunch with former colleague at The Tarot Salmon, Padungan. It's owned by The Tarot Cafe and The Batik Boutique Hotel is just beside the restaurant.

My okonomiyaki@Japanese Pizza RM 11.90

Yummy and affordable. But I do recommend for sharing for few people cause one people would sure can't finish the whole pizza.

Chicken Katsu Don RM 9.90

My friend said it was delicious but she couldn't finish the rice. The rice portion was big.

Tako Yaki RM 7.90

Not bad.

Free flow of green tea at RM1.50 per person. The place is small but quite comfortable. There is only 1-2 servers around. The soy sauce was salty and the wasabi was very different compare with Sushi King. The taste was milder and the texture was also different.

Definitely return again though the price is a bit high. I wanted to try the Salmon Don.

There's a funny link of The Tarot Salmon, click to view:

http://youtu.be/rF7erLc96kI

It's July!

2011-07-03T23:56:00.000-07:00

Wow, today is the fourth day of July!

I have to admit my holidays has not been utilized wisely. I planned to work for these last long uni holidays but I failed. My final year project and temporary working period drags me. It's really hard to find temporary job. Maybe I'm not lucky enough to get good employers or my network is not wide and good enough. Attended a few interviews.

Finally I found a really so called temporary job for 3-4 days as an admin assistant in a music school. The school management decides to look for a full timer and they have found one. So I just replace for few days before the permanent one comes to work. Spotted some wealthy parents that send their lovely and active children to learn arts and music. Another surprise is the teachers all are younger than me. I think they are still schooling in secondary form. They teach violin, piano and art classes during weekends. Younger labors are more economical. That's how the school earns money ya. LOL.

Oh, seriously I need another job!

P/S: Isabella Cafe @ Kuching may be a good place for gathering and chit chat, but certainly not for a drink or eat session! The beverages is pricey. 100Plus for RM4.20? Undeniably, it's not good place for a student like me.

Mita Bamboo Charcoal Bread

2011-06-23T21:58:00.000-07:00

First attempt buying Bamboo Charcoal Bread from Mita Cake House.

Wonder how it tastes?

Just ordinary bread taste!

Kind of pricey. A loaf at RM 4.50, simple loaf recipe with added charcoal flour, raisins and flakes.

People said it is healthy and nutritious.

Is it really so with only small addition of charcoal flour?

The people, ikan buntal, Betong

2011-06-13T00:12:00.000-07:00

I met so many helpful, cute, interesting, funny and friendly people while doing my final year project

1. Fiona and I at KFC Kota Samarahan. A friendly and kind Iban. She has provided me some useful information and consultation which helps to kill my anxiety before going to Betong.

2. Cute and active Sarah at Spaoh, Betong with Ikan Buntal at the back

3. Mr. Shim, a Chinese in Betong, selling dried ikan buntal

4. Kak Jane from Jabatan KEMAS

5. All of them in the longhouse help to make the cooking demo a success

6. Kak Mordiah at the wet market

7. Kak Rohani at the market

8. Kak Mary, who works at The Regent Inn

9. Encik Mohamad at the wet market

10. Kak Zallainah at the wet market

11. Mr. Kisun & family. Without them, I totally have no idea how to start with the data collection. Really thanks a million for the sharing, the experience, the ride, the foods, the help, the concern, the time, the gift. Totally touched!

Thank you Auntie (mother of Stephanie and Sarah) for the hair band for me and Cecilia. They even came purposely to the bus terminal to meet us before we took bus back to Kuching. These really have meant a lot to me.

12. Lih Shan & Fiona. Thanks to Lih Shan for introducing Fiona to me, the ride and the KFC treats.

13. Cecilia and I. Thanks for keeping me a company for the trip and everything you have done.

或许在大城市生活久了, Mr. Kisun一家人和木中人的热情, 我真的受宠若惊. 不知道几时可以还Mr. Kisun一家人的恩情.

The foods I came across and savour in Betong

2011-06-12T23:00:00.000-07:00

Interesting ice-cream! My Iban friend, Stephanie's sister, Sarah bought this at the supermarket at the Medan Hotel. My first time came across to this banana-like ice-cream. Both the skin and the fruits can be eaten. If not mistaken the yellowish skin is jelly.

3rd night dinner at the restaurant just below the place I stayed, The Regent Inn

Bittergourd with salted eggs and eggs..a bit too salty

Butter chicken. Interesting there was lemongrass in the dish. Lemongrass is good for health! Not bad.

Two plate of rice and two dish for the night. A bill of total RM 14.

2nd night dinner after Ikan Buntal cooking demonstration at Entanak longhouse

Bamboo Ikan Buntal

Soup Ikan Buntal

Ikan Buntal Masak Pindan

All the three ikan buntal dish tastes similar to me LOL. I don't really like the taste. But to Betong people, ikan buntal is a delicacy. I have to stay close to ikan buntal for this whole year until next year January. It's my thesis, my everything before I ended my last semester in UPM.

Ikan Buntal Eggs. Believe me, it's so salty. It has to be salted and fully cooked. If not, the eggs would be life threatening after eaten.

Ikan Buntal Masin. I didn't try this. But I'm sure it was salty too.

A special reminder:

Ikan Buntal Kuning has to be known to some people is poisonous, but not to worry, I'm still alive after having the ikan buntal dishes. It's a safe food to eat only you have the proper knowledge to handle it. I even bought 1 packet of salted ikan buntal. I'm going to bring back to UPM on this coming September for my supervisor and coursemates! But I doubt they would try it or not.

The friendly people even cooked some other dishes during the demonstration.

Ayam masak kicap

Sayur cangkuk with pumpkin

1st night dinner at restaurant below The Regent Inn

Sweet Sour Fish with rice. RM5. The fish is not cheaper Dory fish like the fish we always have but I think they used those not so fresh bawal hitam fish.

The Regent Inn, Betong, Sarawak

2011-06-10T21:07:00.000-07:00

Touched down to Betong town to collect my data for my final year project

Van Sapu costs a person from Kuching to Betong for RM30. Sarawak Transport bus fare costs RM25.

This is where I lived. The Regent Inn. The room are always fully booked. I reserved the room 2 days before my trip and luckily still left one and only queen bed room available. RM 40 per night.

Couldn't watch NTV 7 in the room.

Sufficiently clean with the price of RM 40 per night. But I spotted Xiao Qiang and a few insects in the room during my stay for few nights. The cleanliness should be further improved. Wifi is available with password but it is extremely weak in highest floor where I stayed. Sometimes I went to receptionist to surf net.

Just opposite the Regent Inn, Betong Plaza Hotel is located at the other end. Obviously it looks more classy, expensive, clean and comfortable. I could not find the hotel contact no. online anywhere so I don't know the room rate.

Another hotel nearby which is just above the Everrise is the Loxing Hotel.

There are also Medan Hotel (RM88 per night for twin sharing room) and Tapah Inn in Betong. Both are pretty far from the main town area especially Medan.

Happy Dragon Boat Festival 端午节!

2011-06-05T23:03:00.000-07:00

Happy Duan Wu Jie!

I never tried standing an egg, sadly to say. Haha. Never mind, this year I made an attempt to try it on.

I did managed to stand the eggs on its end roughly 11.50am something.

Will I get the good luck for the following years?

Pray smooth for my data collection of my final year project!

Not forget having bak zhang during this festive day.

Little update

2011-05-30T20:10:00.000-07:00

1. Offer letter signed. Two and a half month extremely low paid job is finally confirmed. Going to start to work around mid of June till end of August. Hope the couple boss are as nice as they look. Hope I won't mess up anything at work. This would be my last temporary job before I start my internship and finally be free from being a student. I would definitely miss my student's privilege but I know that everything would come to an end one day.

2. Sony voice recorder eventually is purchased at Tun Jugah Sony Centre. Hope I could get back my money as soon as I'm back in Uni during September. Really need some time to play around and get close to it.

3. A short but "adventurous" learning yet foolish trip are planned. I think this trip would be my first peak of year 2011. I need 10 respondents that could speak Malay. Or English or Chinese but not Iban languages that certainly I would never get to understand. Hope I could really meet 10 nice and friendly people. Everything should be done before I start working. This data collection has been pretty torturing. Thanks a million that I found a company for the stupid trip and I hope that she does not change her mind last minute.

4. Thinking of where to work in the future too. I want to give myself some other opportunities. Venture out or not?

KK Trip: Day 5

2011-05-19T22:06:00.000-07:00

Went to Fook Yuen at Gaya Street for breakfast to try the famous Roti Kahwin

Fried Beehoon RM 1.50. Sunny side up: RM 1.20

Left: White Bread RM 1.30. Right : Wholemeal Bread RM 1.40

Piece of Butter

Walked around Waterfront

After checking out the hotel, we put our luggages in the receptionist there since our flight was 7.45pm.

We went to Centrepoint to kill our time.

Yoyo Yam Pearl Milk Tea RM 4.30 for lunch. One of the best yam milky tea I had. No wonder Yoyo was so famous and crowded all the time.

Busy staffs.

Took a taxi for RM 25 to Terminal MAS.

MAS inflight meal. Sweet Sour Fish.

Bought also ice-cream potong at the airport. I learnt from the HK dramas 富贵门 that one of the special local product of Sabah is ice-cream potong, especially durian flavors. Hand carry for the ice-cream is only allowed to short hour flights. For longer hour flights, the ice-cream has to be check in into cargo.

I bought mix flavors while Cecilia bought all durians for her dad.

Got durian, red bean, mango, sweet corn, cempedak, cendol, yam and avocado flavors.

RM 21.90 per box. 12 sticks.

Left: Red bean

Right: Cendol

KK Trip Day 4: Island Hoping

2011-05-19T21:07:00.000-07:00

Due to unforeseen circumstances, finally Day 4 was the day for Pulau Manukan & Pulau Sapi. Glad that the day was good. At least no rain to spoil our plan.

Jesselton Point again. (A terminal for ferry and island hoping)

while waiting for our boat

Ready to bound to Pulau Manukan. Our first island.

We rented life jacket, mask and snorkel at the Jesselton Point. 3 items for RM 15 per pax. Since we went to 2 islands, it was a wise decision to rent it first as we would need to rent twice if we did it at both islands. Randomly, I chose Aparu for our trip. We had to pay RM 7.20 per person at Jesselton Point for Terminal/Jetty Fees. The expenses for 2 islands were RM 28 per person.

On the boat

Cecilia with life jacket

Me with life jacket. Oops, the wind was so strong. No offense for my hair~

Safely reached Pulau Manukan. A notice for fish species.

We needed to pay park fees at RM3 for each person. Money sucker. Paid so much just for Island Hoping.

Ready to snooker!

The water was so clear and blue.

It would be more fun and fascinating if both of us knew how to swim!

Pulau Manukan was a lot of fun compare with Pulau Sapi. I did not have Pulau Sapi photos as photos taken at Pulau Sapi were using Cecilia's camera. There was less fishes to see at Pulau Sapi. The scenery at Pulau Manukan was a lot better and attractive than Sapi. At first we planned to go back to KK at 4pm, but we went back earlier as it rained and there was nothing to do at Pulau Sapi. We were tired at the first snorkeling. But we had to call Aparu company to arrange boat for us to go back to KK. The wait was tiring and boring. I think 1 island hoping is fairly enough. 2 islands or even more are too tiring for me.

On the way back to hotel from Jesselton Point, finally we could stop by to snap the photos of this abandon art.

Little Italy initially was included in my plan. But eventually I did not go as I spent a lot of money for the past few days. No more money for classy food.

For dinner, we went to this Hong Kong Recipe at Warisan Square.

Cecilia's Longan milk. A recommended drink by the staff there. Cecilia said the drink was good.

My Nyonya Fish. Good too. The rice portion was enormous.

Cecilia sweet sour pork with egg and rice. She said this was good too.

Then we walked to Central Market and Fish Market, just opposite Warisan Square. There were so many cheap veggies, fruits, dried stuffs, fishes, meats, foods and drinks. Many stalls were selling the same stuffs. I think it goes with similar price too. It all depends which one you wished to purchase with.

I wanted to hunt for Avocado juice. Avocado Juice can be found everywhere in Sabah. I simply pick one stall.

RM 3 per cup. A little bit too sweet. The owner had put so much condensed milk. It would be better if it was less sweet and less milky taste.

There were so many stalls selling the same junk foods. I picked the most friendly lady boss who kept asking us to try all the samples.

Left: Kuih Cincin (RM4). Right: Emping Blinjo Pedas (RM4). Up: Fried Sweet Banana (RM 6). My all time favourite.

There were variety of junk foods in different size of packaging. I think I had picked the medium or small packaging. When I wrote this post, my kuih cincin was totally finished. Fried Banana left half packet. I should buy more. Especially kuih cincin and fried banana. Sob!

Cecilia bought this fresh green seaweed. Full of sea-ny aroma. Only RM 1 for 1 medium pack.

I told my mom about it when we were back to hotel. She asked me to buy but since it was last night for us at KK, I did not managed to buy it. There were lots of dried anchovies, seaweed and salted fish sold at the Philipino Market.

KK Trip Day 3

2011-05-18T00:49:00.000-07:00

We took 8am ferry back to KK. One person only allowed to bring 1 bottle of liquor only. Cecilia had to pay a penalty of RM 40. She bought 4 bottle of liquors in total,

All our stuff need to pass by the custom.

After reached KK, we bathed and went to Warisan Square to get free ticket shuttle bus to 1 Borneo.

Bought egg tart to eat while waiting for the shuttle bus

RM 1.20 for 1 small egg tart. Chicken pie costs RM 1.50. Both the egg tarts and chicken pie was good.

I ate dotts egg tart in total. One in day 3, one is day 5 before heading to airport, and one yesterday which I tapau back to Kuching.

Shuttle bus ticket from Warisan Square to 1 Borneo.

Tourists had to provide name, hotel name and room no. in order to get the ticket.

UMS was near to 1 Borneo.

Had our late lunch at Home's Cafe.

My lunch. Shanghai Noodle with drumstick. The noodle was salty.

Chinese Tea and Claypot Lou Se Fun. Cecilia could not finish this. It was too salty.

Multi Bake can be seen everywhere at KK.

Bought a Tiramisu at RM 4. Read from a blogger that the Tiramisu at Multi Bake was good. Indeed it was soft but totally no coffee at all. Only sponge cake and cheese. Tiramisu supposedly to have coffee right?

At 1 Borneo

For dinner, we went to a cafe named Coffee Tea near the Giant. Famous for Sarawak Laksa and Tom Yam.

Cecilia wanted to order Sarawak Laksa and I wanted to try the Tom Yam. But there was no more Sarawak Laksa so she had Hor Fun.

Not bad according to her.

My Tom Yam. Very nice but too spicy for me. Couldn't sip more than 1 spoon of the soup. I left the soup and finished the meehon. Too spicy for me but great for Tom Yam lover.

Cecilia's honey cucumber juice.

KK Trip Day 2: Labuan

2011-05-17T23:16:00.000-07:00

Supposedly, Day 2 was planned to go to Island. But that morning it rained so we changed our plan last minute to go to Labuan.

We took the earliest 8am ferry. Economy seats. The journey took 3 hours 15 minutes to reach the Labuan jetty.

Lunch of the day. I had the lunch treats set. 1 piece of chicken, rice and 1 drink. Cecilia had colonel double stacker, french fries and 1 drink. She ordered her favorite large mashed potato.

Her double stacker colonel burger.

Upon paying, I just discovered the KFC meals was taxless. First time having KFC without government tax. Labuan is indeed a duty free land!

We went to buy our stuffs at the Sky Mart before buying the ticket back to KK. We thought to went back with 3pm ferry to KK. But that time was 1pm and the counter people told us that the last ferry was 1pm! Oh my god. We were shocked. No other options, we were forced to overnight at Labuan. The information that I searched online about the ferry timetable was not updated at all!

Then we walked to find place to stay. I was reluctant to pay more than RM88 for 1 night so we ended up with Wilayah Inn. RM60 for 1 night. Some other better and affordable hotels were occupied. The room at Wilayah Inn was terrible. The smell, the toilet, the bed, the TV, the cleanliness, the privacy, the comfort were horrible to the maximum.

After put our stuffs at the room, we walked around to kill out time. That time was just 2pm. We continued to shop around the duty free shop and bought our following day ticket back to KK.

My stuffs. Nothing much to buy. I did not know what to buy especially for the chocolates. Since I did not know how was other brand taste, I did not want to take the risk. My shopping mood was totally spoiled because we had to overnight at Labuan. I did not buy other chocolates although my primary intentions to Labuan was to buy lots of chocolates.

Cecilia and my stuffs. She bought some expensive liquor.

Both of us mostly bought our chocolates and liquor at Sky Mart. But then we found out the cheapest can be found in Maryland Duty Free shop because the boss there was willing to give discount for liquor. We regretted not to buy all those at the Maryland.

Since we had plenty of time, we walked around and took some photos.

Labuan is a small place. No where to walk or shop. We had nothing to do. Almost all of the shop closed down at 5pm.

Went to Southern Bakery to buy bread for the next day breakfast to be eaten at the ferry.

Went to ta-pau our dinner at this place, just opposite our room.

2 nasi pattaya. RM 5.50 each. Cecilia just had half of it. I left some too.

The night was so young and we did not know what to do at all. Then, we went to the nearest shop to buy UNO and billionaire to kill our time.

The day was awful. Labuan may sound nice as a duty free land but I would not return again.

KK Trip: Day 1

2011-05-17T21:46:00.000-07:00

Taking a taxi from Terminal 2 AirAsia to Jalan Kampung Air for RM30. It was just 15 minutes journey. How expensive the fare was!

Check in De Galleria Hotel

Sufficiently affordable, clean and new

Twin Sharing Room. Only RM88 per night

Just that the TV, table, bathroom and overall space were too small. Just enough for 2 person movement.

Quite clean and new

After putting our luggages into room, we headed to Centrepoint by foot. A 5 minutes walk.

Went to the famous Yoyo Cafe

Order form to be handed to cashier when making payment

After ordering and making payment, we were given a number to wait for our drinks.

Left-Pearl Milk Tea RM 3.80. Right-Pudding Pearl Milk Tea RM 4.30

The amount of pearl was generous enough. Love it. The milky tea taste was good too.

Business was really good. The staffs worked non stop.

For dinner, we went to have seafood at Twinsky Seafood or Shuang Tain Seafood at Sedco Complex.

Lemon juice, Ice Lemon Tea RM 2.50 per glass.

Peanuts and pickles. Each plate costs RM 2.

A big bowl of rice RM1.50.

油菜 stir fried veggies with garlic RM 15

海底鸡 steamed fish RM 60

the fish was smooth and fresh.

salted egg yolk deep sea crab RM 40

the crabmeat was smooth and sweet too.

Total damage of the night RM 128 for 2 pax. So expensive!!!

On the way back to our hotel, we spotted some events at Gaya Street

A cute car selling ice-cream

dancing performance

Just Thai, 1 Utama

2011-05-03T07:22:00.000-07:00

Just Thai, Hospitality with a heart menu

My order

Stir fried minced chicken with hot basil leaves served with steamed rice and sunny side up RM 13

Not bad too. Up to typical standard. Something not so common should be infused to improve this dish.

The steamed rice looked shiny and compact. Drooling.

Tom Yam Beehon RM 15

Creamy Tom Yam. I think coconut milk is added. I prefer the omission of coconut milk of tom yam.

Stir fried minced chicken with thai chilli paste served with steamed rice and sunny side up RM 13

Not bad too. The spicy level and egg doneness could be special requested. Thumbs up for this added value of the restaurant.

A few partners of Just Thai

Cameras freak

2011-05-02T20:47:00.000-07:00

Kipling Handbags Fashion shows at 1Utama on 30 April 2011

All the cameramen gathered together in front of the stage to snap the best shoot

So many cameras standby to shoot the models

Apparently, I can see from the numerous cameras that super brand like Kipling would have exclusive fashion shows rather than common one.

A novel communicating channel

2011-05-01T07:14:00.000-07:00

This is how me and my roommates communicate. A brand new channel. A memo pasted outside our room.

Childish yet amused us.

Xi Men Ding 西門町, South City Plaza

2011-05-01T03:41:00.000-07:00

Lunch with friends at Xi Men Ding

The set menu is pretty affordable, which includes drinks, jelly, main meal and soup.

My honey green tea and jelly

pork ribs rice. RM 14 (set comes with drink, soup and dessert) Promo price at RM 10.45 if order this on Tuesday if not mistaken. Daily special during weekdays is worth eating.

My friend said that the pork ribs rice at Xi Men Ding is delicious. The pork rib indeed is big.

Soup with 2 huge meatballs

My order

Rice with fried fish. Normal price will be RM 14 if order in set. But this set will have promotion price at RM 10.45 on Thursday. All the rice would be topped with some minced meat and veggies.

Nice meal. I like it.

10% service charge is applicable.

Certainly would return and try the pork ribs rice next time.

Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks, 1 Utama

2011-04-30T07:14:00.000-07:00

Owes heard about the infamous Gigantic Fried Chicken and Oyster Mee Sua of Shihlin

Here comes the Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks, 1 Utama Review!

People placed their orders and made payment and queued up. Sales seemed to be rather promising at Shihlin. Servers were friendly but they refused to cut the my chicken into pieces?

Reasonable excuse? Judge at your own risks.

The size indeed was huge for me to finish whole portion. Simply sharing is good as too much chicken in a meal hardly promote health well being. It was cold when I ate it so the taste was like normal fried chicken to me. Very very oily. Deep fried foods never separate with oily attribute.

**Must try the oyster mee sua next time to see how good it is. Heard that there is a Shihlin franchise at Kuching too.

Cool Blog Pearl Milk Tea

2011-04-26T19:17:00.000-07:00

I'm a big fan for Pearl. So what's go best with Pearl? Undeniably milk tea.

Cool Blog recently opened a new franchise at UPM. A friend's friend happened to stop by so I happened to got chance to have a refreshing Pearl Milk Tea.

How stingy is the pearl inside the drink. So little. But pearl is not a nutritious and natural stuff, so it should not be consumed that often and that much.

A cup sold at RM 2.40. But the drink would make me full and stay awake for whole night. I'm so sensitive to tea and it happened that I could not sleep well after having a considerable amount of caffeine.

Help!

2011-04-25T04:27:00.000-07:00

I couldn't concentrate and all I think is going out, entertainment and home.

I have a paper tomorrow night, another one on Saturday and one on next Friday. It's so torturing that I don't know how to get through these days!

Help me!

Could someone pull me out from these situation?

Please?

mind mapping 6

2011-04-22T22:15:00.000-07:00

Source: Sarah aka Yen Yen

Another lovable post!

People owes saying being alone in Uni is not a big deal after all.

Apparently, I'm in the similar situation just like Sarah.

Guess that is why I insist to go home for internship and future working life.

One reason, I fail to convince myself to live alone again and again in the future.

I guess we are all raise up in very different style and mind.
I don't really like to stay alone all the time.

April affair

2011-04-16T19:30:00.000-07:00

A little left out

I wish I could involve in for all in this April

And too bad, I miss out all of it

The good thing is

Officially, there's a new member in my family and I will be home real soon...Perhaps 3 weeks from now

Call me auntie! Or aunt! Both will do!

Yan Shin's Birthday Celebration at Green Box Cheras Selatan

2011-04-15T00:28:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Yan Shin. I guess there would be little chance to meet again after you graduate.

A big Cheese Cake from La Boheme Jusco which four of us managed to finish the whole cake during the tea time.

What's complement the most with cheese cake? Undoubtedly, a freshly brewed hot black coffee.

Too bad, the caffeine made me sleepless during the night.

A failure of planning when I carried the cake with candles and bumped into Yan Shin as she walked out of the room to look for me as I out for washroom for too long.

But we enjoyed the day so much. Really. The K session, the shopping, walking, dinner-ing. Though both of us (me and Yan Shin) are older than the other two, I think all of us have a precious time together in the room. Nice knowing all of you.

Yan Shin,

I know that U don't read blogs, and I don't expect U to see this,

But I just wanted to say,

Thanks for listening.

I knew that I mumbled and complained a lot to U for all the hard time that I have gone through and all kinds of mean people I face,

Thank you for all the suggestions, advices and everything.

I will stay strong and learn not to be hurt easily again.

I care what I shall, and I appreciate what I have.