天择律 1: 被同事出卖，是合乎天择律的

Hope that I could finish reading the journal  < 上班族必懂的 OFFICE 天择定律 > given by a friend 2 years ago by this year. 

Here it goes: Meaningful law adapted version from Chapter 1 =)

天择律 1 被同事出卖，是合乎天择律的

• 说闲话要慎选地点，严防隔墙有耳。{bio carefully right, left, up and down before you complain on your work!!}

• 老实说，对同事抒发工作郁闷，或是发主管牢骚在人际相处上也是不妥的做法。毕竟同事间的互动，应该是彼此勉励打气，而不是情绪化地攻击他人，否则很容易变成连锁反应。

• 有些人和你聊天时其实只是随口附和，只有你傻傻地以为你们站在同一阵线，最后不被出卖真是上辈子烧好香来的。{super agree...never believe 100% on your colleagues!}

• 就算大家感情再好，大难临头还是各自飞啊！{...like like...}

• 实际上，人非圣贤，主管和老板也是人，不要凡事都以高标准和偏差观来批判他们。他们也希望你能当面提出意见，让彼此得到最好的工作环境和协调，而不是用一堆闲话把和谐气氛搞坏.

• 主观的认定和批评会得到最坏的结果。{so deep, must learn to practice!}

• 遇到危险时扔下朋友的人不是好人。

My 2013

Happy Horse Year! This is a super delayed post, thus I guess I'll just make a superb brief one and go on with My 2014!

Nevertheless, all in all, my 2013 was a peaceful one. I actually stepped into real working society for 1 year plus, stayed in the same company, welcomed my super cutie niece Lynelle, voted in Election Day, be the first ever bridesmaid in my life and made one of the most and perhaps the only decision in my life. 

I do hope more and prosperous opportunities will come ahead. Happy Horse Year 2014!

Roof Top Guest House Melaka

Located at Jalan Kampung Pantai, Roof Top Guest House Melaka is definitely a wonderful and affordable place to stay. I could rate it as best guest house so far that I have come across. We were served with welcome drink--cool Lychee Drink upon arrival to the guesthouse and a very detailed explanation with map on tourist spot from Mani, the friendly owner of the guest house.

Clean and spacious twin beds with fan and air conditioner

Shared bathroom with hot shower, shower gel and hair dryer attached. Too bad the hot shower was not functioning well during my period of stay.

Help yourself in the morning for these free homemade breakfast and fruits in the pantry table.

Didn't get to try out the loving breakfast in the pantry as we went out to hunt for foods. Highly recommended of this reasonable priced guest house if you visit Melaka. Bear in mind to make accommodation booking earlier as it is always full house. =)

Winnie's Cafe

I always wanted to try out the artistic dishes from Winnie's Cafe, thus I made a call to Winnie's Cafe for reservation for TCC birthday dinner. I didn't told him where we were heading for dinner. Nevertheless, he managed to guess the destination on last minute after my few hints. I told Winnie some favorite food of him: Peanut Butter Chicken, Egg Parcel Rice, Brocolli, Potato/Wedges, Ham. The rest of dishes I just let her to decide.

Foods can be turned to very artistic creation at Winnie's Cafe...No MSG & No Pork Served.

Egg Parcel Rice, Grill Chicken Beef Blankets & 5 Small Dishes: Lady Finger with Sambal, Wedges, Black Pepper Lamb, Fried Squid & Fresh Strawberries

We didn't realised the dark thingy was black pepper lamb until we had a chew on it. Super love the black pepper lamb. The sambal for lady finger tasted quite weird, not up to my liking. Strawberries and fried squid were nice too. 

Peanut Butter Drumstick, Bird Eye with Brocolli & 5 Small Dish: Mashed Potato, Pickles, Fried Mushroom, Salad & Sort of bread/ham roll.

The peanut butter drumstick was marvelous. Must try for peanut butter lover! I don't quite like the pickles,. Very sourish with lots of artificial vinegar. I didn't fancy the bread/ham roll and mashed potato too. But the fried mushroom was good~

Total price for two plates=RM46 (25+21). We were given 5% discount too.

Super awkward and discomfort cause only two of us had the dinner at the cafe, with light off some more and religious background music. However, we enjoyed our specially made dinner and thankful for Winnie for the thoughtful food and arrangement. 

Check out more on Winnie's Cafe: 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Winnies-cafe/123109221116512?fref=ts

台湾炙烧牛排

Located somewhere at 4th mile, 台湾炙烧牛排 is a whole new eatery place in the city. Interesting place to be, the ordering method and eating environment are quite different than I always have in Kuching.

You take a seat-> You are presented with menu and order chit -> You decide what to eat and write down  -> You went to cashier in front to order, pay and get your table no. -> Back to seat -> Free flow of cold red tea, iced water and corn soup are available -> Wait for your main course

Interesting place to be. Perhaps it is set up according to Taiwanese style.

the only yet simple menu

order chit

how big and obvious is the table number...

free flow of corn soup & red tea

Golden Steak RM 23.90

 thick noodles served with fried steak and sort of sweet, creamy BBQ sauce, 2 pieces of Broccoli and egg in hot plate...you can choose rice instead of noodles...

Grilled Lamb Chop RM 17.90

thick noodles served with grilled lamb chop and sort of sweet, creamy BBQ sauce, 2 pieces of Broccoli and egg in hot plate 

the portion wasn't as generous as we thought it was with the price we pay. I guess the all the prices in the menu include the charges of the free flow of water and soup.

Sweet Flavors & Musbee Cafe

#1 Sweet Flavors, Jln Song

First visit: 

Super attracted to the colorful iceberg presentation

XXL Iceberg Heaven

nice to see but not nice to eat at all...all the ingredients used were canned foods...not worth for the price...we couldn't finish the whole giant bowl...

Lok Lok from Mobile Lok Lok

Prawn Ball & Veggies Ham were pretty nice and the sauce was awesome...

Second visit (Kinda regret bought two coupons of Sweet Flavours after my first visit):

Sago Dessert with Red Bean

honestly I don't quite like it since it tasted not so fresh and weird taste somemore

Mango Napoleon

*like the vanilla ice-cream*

Lok Lok...not bad

#2 Musbee Cafe, Jln Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce

Teh Dangdut RM2

Snapping around while waiting for my buddy...And she was late and lost for more than 30 minutes...Musbee Cafe must be very very hard to find!

Lalapan Ayam RM12

I only like the brinjal and sambal (but too spicy for me!) for this whole dish! The chicken was so dry and I don't like the tempe at all...

Chat for 3 hours non-stop at Musbee Cafe. What a great catch up after so long!

Colugos Bistro & Grill, Tun Jugah Mall

Affogato 5.90

simply a cup of hot coffee with a scoop of vanilla ice cream

Colugos Grilled Chicken Chop 13.90

Note the humble chicken portion. Think twice before order this. 

Thai Style Mango Seabass 18.90

Lof Oreo Cheesecake

Overall service was kinda friendly...as for food quality, I would say average rating given.

Charcoal Fried Kueh Tiao, Chawan Road

I don't fancy Kueh Tiao but Charcoal preparation of Fried Kueh Tiao at one stall situated at a house at Chawan Road was good. The business was rather good. At that time I went there, they were running out of Kueh Tiao at 8pm. Two customers walked away when they were informed that Kueh Tiao was no more available.

pics taken from KFC page

4 tables for seating were provided

Tom Yam Fried Kueh Tiao

this was spicy and good. I like it.

Bittergourd Fried Kueh Tiao

this was nice too just.... can I add on bittergourd please?

around RM 12 for two plates of Kueh Tiao and a glass of Herbal Tea

King's Grand & Queenie

Submitted an entry to King's Grand Ice-Cream Contest using Queen old picture. Every qualified entry were given one voucher that can redeem 2 boxes of Grand 1L Ice-cream from any Giant Stores.

Went to Giant Stutong twice to redeem the ice-cream but fail to spot any Grand Ice-Cream in the store. A staff told me the stocks would be arrived by following day evening then finally managed to bring back 2 boxes of Ice-Cream back with me on third visits.

Only for voucher redemption and not for sale

The only one flavor-Triple Chocolate for redemption

Cathay Oriental Park & Satok 福星光

Found this place for a breakfast after a Sunday jog at Kuching Waterfront. Walked around the old street and accidentally found this Oriental Park at Old Cathay Cinema that many recommended at KFC group. We managed to secure a table although it was pretty crowded there.

His Black Straight Kolo Mee & Kopi C

My White Curly Kolo Mee & Teh C

In our opinions, the taste was only on average but their services were pretty friendly and we did not need to wait too long for our foods to arrived. RM8.60 for the above 2 kolo mees and 2 drinks.

Went for a super late lunch after completing restaurant audit at Rubber Road

Satok 福星光 Fish Head Vermicelli RM 8

 Love the creamy, sweet and little sour of the soup.