K Time Twist for breakfast. And a “cappuccino” during brekkie at Fu Shan Coffeeshop near my house. Dear was sick of Old Town, so we skipped it.

He sent me to college. Now, i just get the feeling he loves me less? I don’t know whether i’m thinking too much or just imagining.

Anyway, class was great cos i got to rant out to Pik San. Thanks for being so patient and listening to the crap though i know it’s not something everyone would want to hear.

Mommy Sam, wish you were here..

Anyway, IB was ok, it was a revision class..

AFA was our last class!! Exam on the 7 or 8 of Jan! So screwed cos there’s so much theory. The reason i took Accounting and Finance was so that i wouldn’t have much theory to bury my head in, but turns out, i was so wrong!

Anyway, lunch was with dear. Though i was so tempted to tell him to go to the new Murni mamak in Aman Suria, he immediately decided to go to Sunway Damansara without asking me. Sigh. He did ask me, only upon reaching Sunway Damansara. Oh well.

We went to Neighbourhood coffee shop for lunch (late)

I settled on some vegetarian food. MAybe i should stop vegetarian mixed rice cos it’s VERY oily. I chose two types of brinjals, one type fried with fake luncheon meat (which really tasted like luncheon meat), and the other on its own.

The other one is some form of sweet and sour meat. Nothing wonderful.

Went to service dear’s car.. RM150 hole in dear’s wallet.

Went for daily mass..

Dear wanted to try some korean steamboat but we didn’t really know any good place, so we ended up at Moon Steamboat in SS2.

Mostly cos the lady told us that there was a 50% promo on the Happy family set which normally cos RM65.50.

Dear got a Sea Coconut with Red Date drink (RM4.50 or RM4.. can’t remember)

You get your own personal “pots” which is cool.. i chose drunken herbal soup..

They use an electrical stove. which makes it much safer.

They had a “tub” of fried onions on the table for you. With oil though.. but i requested for more without oil! It was heaven for me! hehe

Ok, to tell you the truth, i think it was 50% off cos the fish wasn’t fresh, and the crab wasn’t fresh, so they had to get rid of it. Cos they really weren’t fresh.

The fish eye is red. not good. but what was bad was the crab which had a fishy smell.

Everything else was fine. The mushrooms were cute and nice. hehe. mussels and lala not too bad.. This set is supposedly for 2 adults and 2 children. I think it’s ok for 2 adults cos not much noodles were given. Only a portion of mihun.

Some other stuff: Seafood Tofu, white tofu, vege..

My soup was too herbalish for my liking. But at the end, it was wonderful cos after cooking everythin, the soup becomes sweet. Plus i added lots of garlic and fried onions!

Overall, it was ok, but disappointing with the freshness of the fish and crab. I would only come back if there was a 50 % off. plus, i think Yuen is more worth it. Yuen is RM20 ish, and buffet. The bill here came up to RM40.

Food: 6.5/10 | Price: 7/10 * | Ambience: 8/10 | Service: 6.5/10

*If there was no discount, it would not be worth it, at all.

Moon Steamboat Restaurant Sdn Bhd: No 23 G, Jalan SS2/67, PJ, 47300, Selangor Tel: 03 78774903/04

Next door to King’s Confectionery.

We came home, and i had two prunes and a couple of nuts. Gosh, i feel like i’m eating non-stop.

I still feel dear is not normal. lol. He says he’s stressed about his family problems. sigh. i guess i should be a good and supportive girlfriend then.

Loves,

The press conference for the Bangkok SS2 was held on November 27th at 6pm in Royal Paragon Hall 3, Siam Paragon. There were 3000 fans present at the press conference alone, and the actual concert will be held on November 28th-29th at the Impact Arena, MuangThong Thani. 11 members (everyone except Kibum and Kangin) attended the press conference.

Each member started with their own introduction.  Leeteuk said “I am so glad to be here that I can meet all fans in Thailand again.”

When asked (by an MC) “Super Show has been held in so many countries, why have you chosen Thailand, too?” He replied “Last year’s Concert was very warm, thus – when I know that there will be another Super Show – I can’t really miss to come and have one here. Furthermore, we have a new single like ‘Sorry, Sorry’ this year which is a big hit so I ensure you guys will have fun here”

When each member was asked how they prepared themselves for this concert;

Leeteuk says “We’ve been in many countries for Super Show 2 – (we) have prepared (ourselves) a lot so we sure will have fun with the fans”, Eunhyuk says “Take a close look at my face, especially my eyes (he meant the eyeliner)”, Siwon says “I had my hair cut specially for this event”, Hankyung says “I have (more) round cheeks”, Heechul says “I was on a diet specially for this event and my hair has grown longer, too”, Sungmin says “I have kept my hair long specially for this event”, Shindong says “Mine is just like the past, it’s constant”, Ryeowook says “I’ve put all my effort to practice dancing”, Donghae says “I actually prepared (song) lyrics and its melody, too”, Kyuhyun says “There will be my own solo in the concert”, Yesung says “(I’ve) been preparing my 107 face expressions” and suddenly Shindong asks if he can see his (face expression) no. 56 – makes Yesung does a cute pose at once, causing the scream from all fans.

In addition, Super Junior’s leader – Leeteuk – was asked how he felt about 10,000+ tickets being sold out within one day. He replied “I can feel love from all fans. Thank you so much.” At the same time, Sungmin and Eunhyuk mentions about the fans who have been waiting them since early morning, “Kid Thung Mak (Miss you very much)” *screams* and “Thank you for waiting us since early morning, we have prepared ourselves early morning either.” respectively.

In the last section, the 11 Super Junior members did not forget to speak Thai for their fans. Sungmin says “Laew Jur Kun PrungNee Na Krub (See you guys tomorrow then)”, Heechul said “Kid Thung Phom La Si (I know you guys miss me)”, Hankyung said “Phom Ja Pob Khun PrungNee I’m Your Superman (I shall see you guys tomorrow, I’m Your Superman)”, Siwon said “Buer Phom Rue Young Krub? Ruk Na Jub Jub (Do you guys get bored of me? Love you dear *muah muah*)”, Eunhyuk said “Oho! Jeed Mak Mak (Oho! That’s so cool man)”, Leeteuk said “Ror Nan Mai Krub? DeeJai Jung Dai Ma Muang Thai Eek Laew (Have you been waiting (us) for long? I’m so glad to be here again”, Yesung said “Mee Kon KidThung Rao Mai? NaRuk Mai? (Is there anyone miss us? (Are we) cute?)”, Kyuhyun said “Ja NaRuk Pai Nai Nia (Why are you guys this cute?)”, Donghae said “NaRuk Gern Pai Laew (You guys are just too cute!”, Ryeowook said “Phom Kor Kid Thung Khun Muen Kun (I miss you as well)” and Shindong said “I’m hungry.Treat me one meal. (I need) Tom Yum Goong*”

After that, Super Junior receives a bouquet of flowers from the executives and sponsors and took some pictures with their fans warmly before an official end of the Press Conference.

*Tom Yum Goong is a lemongrass and shrimp soup, which is Thailand’s traditional dish

cr. sapphirepearls & sujuelfone/ reupload & edit by sapphireblueelf

I realised that if you set your goal to broad, you’ll never achieve it.

Example: If you say, i want to lose weight.

But there are so many things to do and maybe you can’t take it at first. you’ll need to cut down on so many kinds of food, exercise.. etc..

So for me, it’s mostly the eating, since i exercise daily..

I’m going to start creating goals.. and i believe that the goal you make, will turn into an habit.. you’ll see what i mean.

My goal #1: To avoid deep fried foods except my fav kakiage and soft shell crab

I know it will be hard at the beginning, but eventually, it’ll become a habit, and i can then move on to the next goal!

Anyway, onto foods…

Lunch was quick, 1/2 hour break only! Boo!

I bought some deep fried fish (my goal was made only after dinner, so please excuse my foods for the day!) and a Nescafe. I was practically wearing a winter jacket, and i still felt cold in class!

Also had my luncheon meat sandwich from the luncheon meat yesterday!

Nom nom nom.. A piece of luncheon meat between a piece of Sourdough bread (last piece!).. really chewy bread..

Then back to another 2 and 1/2 hours of AFA! why can’t they just stick to historical cost accounting???

Anyway, back home, munched on some kuaci and a prune.

Then off to Pasar malam after an episode of the Mentalist!

Bought some fruits.. and ate a very unhealthy dinner!

Mat Tou Yau.

They made yam available recently! today was with yam, palm fruit (atapci), red beans and sweet potatoes.

What made dinner unhealthy was

Aren’t you drooling, Pik San!

Deep fried sotong from uncle bob. RM5.50.. And the worst part is that it wasn’t at great as last time. It was a bit difficult to bite so it’s like you’ll have to put the whole thing in your mouth and chew away. sigh..

Grandma decided to try the “Fatty Nonya” chicken with Mihun (RM5). Not bad, but Grandma didn’t like the smell!

Went home with full tums tums especially after Gramps had a plate of Hokkien noodles!

Studied a little and i kinda began to panic for my exams. cos when i looked through the sample questions, i think i’m screwed for the essay questions. I don’t even know how to structure the answers!

What wonderful lecturers i have don’t i?

Loves,

Ada beberapa foto yang saya ambil dari beberapa lokasi.

selamat menikmati
salam,
bernadusnana

1. Timur Jakarta, (pengambilan di roof top gedung IS Plaza)

2. Suasana kota Balikpapan, Kalimantan Timur (Pengambilan di Hotel Bahtera1)

3. Deretan gedung-gedung Jl. Rasuna Said, Jakarta ( Pengambilan di roof top Gedung Cyber 2)

4. Daerah Mega Kuningan, Jakarta (Pengambilan di roof top Gedung Wisma BNI)

5. Diantara gedung dan rumah elit, Jl. Denpasar Jakarta (Pengambilan di roof top Gedung Cyber 2)

6. Mesjid Istiqal, Jakarta (Pengambilan dari roof top gedung Garuda Indonesia, Gunung Sahari)

7. Jl. MT. Haryono (Pengambilan dari roof top gedung SPC)

8. Jl. TB. Simatupang (Pengambilan dari roof top Gedung Arkadia tower F)

9. Pusat Kota Jakarta (Pengambilan dari roof top gedung Wisma BNI)

10. Hotel di Jl. Sudirman (Pengambilan dari roof top gedung Wisma Metropolitan 2)

11. Gedung di Jl. Kapt. Tendean (Pengambilan dari roof top Gedung Wisma Baja)

12. Jl. MT Haryono (Pengambilan dari roof top Gedung Wisma Baja)

13. Hutan beton, Kuningan Jakarta

14. Roof top Pabrik susu, Pasar Rebo Jakarta

15. Pusat kota ((Pengambilan dari roof top Gedung DEPBUDPAR)

16. Pusat kota 2

17. Pusat kota 3 (Pengambilan dari roof top Gedung DEPBUDPAR)

18. itu saya….(Pengambilan dari roof top DEPBUDPAR)

19. MOnumen NASional (Pengambilan dari roof top DEPBUDPAR)

20. Suasana menjelang malam Kota Balikpapan Kalimantan Timur (Pengambilan di Hotel Bahtera1)

21. Salah satu gedung tertinggi di Jakarta

22. Di dalam kerangka tower, Lokasi Lampung

23. Gelora Bung Karno ((Pengambilan di roof top gedung SS2)

……..bersambung……

Shorts: No photos yet as my camera is not with me now

Woke up at sharp 6:15AM (no alarm involved) , it’s just a daily thing, unfortunately and it was raining! Hence I continued my beauty sleep until 9:00AM, had my cereal breakfast and watched some crappy E! News.

Went for lunch with my BFF, and we move forth to my main agenda.

Hair treatment.

My mom complained about my frizzy hair, heck, my ex-colleagues commented on it too. I guess it is just about right to get it done.

You see, visiting the hair saloon is exactly like visiting the dentist to me. I have trained myself perfectly to believe that self-pampering is absolutely unnecessary.

It is completely necessary.

Beauty comes from inside… BS! Yes personality matters but when you are in your mid-20s and you do not take care of yourself, you can see the effect almost instantly. Just don’t overdo it, and don’t be like me (6-months once treatment/haircut), oh that is bad!

So, after a grand deal of scolding from my hairdresser “YOUR HAIR IS DAMAGED! I have to chop 3-inches off now and go for the heavy duty treatment, and DIY HAIR TREATMENT AT HOME, ONCE A WEEK, OKAY?”

Okay.

I like her very much. She’s very adorable. Can’t believe that she’s married with a kid! Go for SS2 Kimarie and ask for MiMi, professional hairdresser. But she will move to iOi Boulevard, Puchong soon. So, unlike the celebrities whereby their hairdresser and make-up crew travel together with them, I travel with my hairdresser. Au revior, SS2!

Don’t give me that look. Good hairdressers are hard to find, okay.

Then we head on to 1u for agenda numéro deux.

Shopping. Let me rephrase it-

Mission Impossible: Shopping for Formal Clothes.

You see, yours truly hardly wears formal clothes. Formality is necessary, but my previous job requires minimal or none of those (unless for client meetings). Or that was what I assumed.

To cut things short, I have managed to purchase a black satin dress with shoulder lace, a perfect look with black tights and my lovely ankle black boots. Lots of heavy eyeliner to complete the dramatic black look.

Oooh, can hardly wait.

Bought a set of boring office clothes, pink top and stripey pencil skirt, just-in-case.

And a very nice vest.

And a pair of dark red suede pumps. To match with my new satin dress. Or my black wool dress. Ooh.

And…

My all-time favourite ex-waiter/author/blogger’s Thanks For The Tip – Confessions of A Cynical Waiter & highly recommended for ladies: Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray & Love.

Shall begin with Elizabeth’s piece + face mask + Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra & Glen Miller.

Ah. This must be heaven!

SAMPA!

Just in case wala kayong natatanggap na mga ym messages ko at email ko, mangungulit ulit ako.

We will meet in Pisay on Monday, around lunchtime. Dalhin nyo na yung mga props, at magdala na rin kayo ng art materials (acrylic paint na ginamit sa art, at paintbrushes) dahil may idedesign tayo. After that, rehearse, and go through the flow of the race. Guys, do what you can in the long weekend.

Check your email, i sent a file containing each of your tasks on the race day itself. Pag di nyo natanggap, sabihin nyo lang. Magsabi rin ang di makakapunta sa monday. Pero please lang, subukan nyo.

Hope to see you there, guys!
GO SAMPA!!!

Using Windows Live Writer ws alright.. avoids having to upload and choose from the Media library.. but it creates two copies..

BPC + AFA was ok today.. lots of questions to keep us busy and make sure the time wasn’t too draggy.. but quite a bit of theory in BPC. the funny thing is that.. for BPC, the exam has not much theory.. but the lecturer is quite thorough in giving the theory answers.. unlike in AFA, where the exams have lots of theory(some theory), the lecturer doesn’t focus on the theory..

Lunch was just a Roasted Almond TLC..

And back to AFA.. then home to some..

Carrots plus some PBU

Some honeycomb biscuits could’ve snuckinto my mouth too..

Not soon after, grandma wanted to go out for dinner..she didn’t have lunch as usual..

After dropping by the Bak Kut Teh shop in Aman Puri.. only realising it wasn’t opened yet, we decided to go to Hong Lim Teochew porridge. the nearest DECENT teochew porridge..

Ok.. today.. it was more than decent! It was really good!

I asked for a big plate to place MORE brinjals on it. also some boiled peanuts, and some sambal..

The brinjals were GOOD!! may be one of the best i’ve eaten. but oily.. yet oh so good.. so much so, we went back for seconds. The sambal was pretty good too. not to spicy.. but it would’ve been great if it had been somewhat crispy.. the peanuts were alright.. “soft” enough!

Grampa really enjoyed this fish. It’s called “Ma yau Tong”.. small brother of the kurau.. or vice versa.. Whatever it is, it was good.. but not “freshly” fried.. it wasn’t stale.. what i mean is that it wasn’t just fried.. which means it wasn’t crispy anymore.. plus the head was hardish.. unlike the last time i had it.

Other things ordered were salted veg (ham choy), Ikan bilis (anchovies), fried egg

The ham choy wasn’t good.. it was sourish! Section 17’s the best!

The anchovies was enjoyed though! Delish! Grampa loved it! The fried egg was normal. nothing wonderful..

the bill wasn’t wonderful either. RM25 for this little simple food.. sigh.. i guess it’s quite expected when eating Teochew porridge.

Food: 8/10 | Price: 6/10 | Ambience: 6.5/10 | Service: 7/10

Hong Lim Teochew porridge, same row as Teapot Cafe

Came home immediately though i was tempted to have a walk around PasarMalam..

Had a couple of broad beans, prunes.. and 3 teaspoons of Starbucks ice cream.

I did some research for IB.. only got down to the intro. sigh.. anyway.. i’m off to bed soon..

TA!

Loves,

Sigh.. it’s 830pm now.. and i haven’t done anything productive.. i feel useless..

anyway, here are my eats..

Woke up at 5 and sent dear off to work.. Went back to bed and got up at 7 to prep for workout.

Pre-workout was a coffee.

and one of these babies.

This time, i placed the kaya puff in the oven.. and perfect!! Toasty, warm, and the pastry was so much better that way! I love ovens.. hehe. makes food that much better in minutes.

Ran the usual and did some weights. Skipped the sit ups cos i forgot to bring my exercise mat downstairs =.= (what an excuse)

Brekkie was small, cos my IB class is cancelled-Today and tomorrow.. which means, no college tomorrow! Whee!

Class is only from 1030am to 1230pm plus i couldn’t get my college’s accommodations department to move my “Scholarship” duty to today.. so i hitched a ride from gramps to college..

So brekkie was Honey Almond Flax Kashi chewy..

plus some nuts (almonds and cashews).. a prune..

and off to college..

AFA was alright, but it just lets me know that there’s SO MUCH to study for the exam! I’m screwed.

Anyways, i lunched at Tokyo G today while gramps wanted to eat at Asam Pedas at 1 Utama..

I wanted to use my RM10 gift voucher they gave me the last time. so sweet of them..

Was contemplating whether to order a G roll.. or two starters.. two starters seemed more worth it.. so i went with a shrimp and vege tempura

I would have never guessed the portion would be this big. thumbs up Tokyo G! For RM9.90, Two huge shrimps, a piece of brinjal, an onion ring, two carrot sticks, one slice of sweet potato.. You get a choice of choosing just shrimp (which will be 3 pieces), or like me, 2 shrimps + vege..

I love the shrimp’s batter the most. it’s more like breadcrumb batter unlike the rest.. Delish!!

I also got a Potato portabello pancake (RM6.90)

I was even more surprised with the portion of this. but i guess it kinds looked big cos of all the cabbage underneath it. It was quite nice.. not too thick. but not much mushrooms though.

Although i thought i couldn’t finish it.. i did. hehe..

Food: 8/10 | Price: 6/10 | Ambience: 8/10 | Service: 7/10

Tokyo G: Lot G342/343, 1 Utama Shopping Centre, No1, Lebuh Bandar Utama, Bandar Utama Damansara, 47800, PJ, Sel.

I walked around a bit.. helped Grampa check whether his battery was original.. The lady just kept on saying.. you the warranty is at the shop you bought it from. But my question was if the phone was original.. lol.. Anyway, it is.. lol..

Went over to Levi’s to check out the sale. Was quite “worth it” for some half priced items.. but i didn’t like the cuttings. plus.. i put on weight!! i realised when i tried the jeans.. sigh.. and yet.. i still eat so much!!!

Gramps went to get their fav coconut water from SS2, and to Kelana Jaya for their new fav.. Malay Popiah..

I didn’t have anything.. but i did have something when we went to SS2 pasar malam (night market)..

After having Bought some apples..

I went to the Wai Sek Kai (Glutton Square) to hunt for my fav vegetarian mixed rice.. i found it.. but they neither had the brinjals/yau char kwai i love so much

I miss it! oh well.. i had this instead..

Yes, i realised i took too much egg. but i still finished it.. sigh. me and my plans of dieting.. but i guess it’s healthy food? or am i just trying to fool myself. sigh. anyway.. i got this from the mixed rice shop a few shops away (next to the new Hokkaido sushi shop). The eggplants remind me of the ones Grandma used to cook.. yum.. and not too oily too! The egg was full of onions.. that’s why i cleaned the plate! Loved it. hehe.. so i wasn’t to upset over not having the vegetarian mixed rice.

Walked around the pasar malam for a bit more. but realised the side we walked on was so empty-none of the stalls had been set up yet, unlike the other side where we walked first.. sigh..

Came home, and had an apple i bought a week or two ago-don’t worry-twas in the fridge..

and twas good too, with some banana butter-i placed it in my banana butter container.. hehe.. less than a tsp of banana butter left though, so i added some more skippy honey roasted pb. yu,.. now i can’t go a day without PB.. can you??

Had two prunes, some mixed nuts.. almonds and cashews. some kuaci (sunflower seeds).. and this i bought today..

looks like mini broad beans to me.. but whatever it is, it’s good! better than the big ones! hehe..

Ok.. i’m done for the night. off to read some blogs, talk to dear, and study!

Ta

Loves,

Dinner last night was SURPRISINGLY not bad.. well.. cos the last time i went to this restaurant/coffeeshop in SS2, it was not so great.. Akak says it was under a different management..

Anyways, after church, we met Akak Jean and Carol at SS2’s HongLim Teochew porridge.

Me and dear arrived last, and all the food was already ordered!

I didn’t photograph EACH dish, there were too many!

So, i’ll give you a summary pic!

The tofu was alright.. Quite fresh. I didn’t try the eggs..The fried fish was good. Grandma liked it alot. I ate 3 heads! haha. It’s called Ma Yau Thong.. Topped with some deep fried crispy ginger.

Beans were alright, not as nice as the Cheras Teochew porridge..

The BRINJALS were delish. i think i ate most of it! hehe.. but a tad too oily..

The ham choy (salted vegetables) was a bit sour.. The one in Hong Seng Coffeeshop, Section 17 is unbeatable.

Boiled peanuts were quite good.. Not out of the can i think.. there ARE some places which just use straight out of the can. Bittergourd was bitter!! Well.. duh! But der said it’s not AS bitter. but i think it is! GROSS!

The ikan bilis (anchovies) with chilli and onions was a fav dish amongst us. We ordered 3 plates!! Was spicy and sweet! YUM!

There was also Teh C special there-it claimed it had the wheatgrass like the one in Sarawak, but i doubt so. was just regular overly sweetened Teh C. I prefer Kayu’s.

The bill wasn’t so sweet though. RM80 over for Teochew porridge? I’d rather eat “Tai Chow” at Shiang Hee..

Hong Lim Teochew porridge is along the same row as Teapot Cafe..

For drinks, we went for Toast & coffee, at Toast and Coffee in Damansara Uptown.

Too bad we arrived there at 830pm (which is EARLY), but they were closing at 9pm. Not a good place to go to if you plan to hang out till late.

I ordered a white coffee-no sugar..

can’t beat Old Town (my fav is still Starbucks/Illy/Segafredo). RM2.50 / cup..

There was a TC special drink, which i think is essentially Teh C, though it was meant to stand for Toast & Coffee special. Dear had one.. was alright.

We ordered 3 Hainanese Toasts..

I ate the skin part of the bread. Hehe. The kaya was really good.. They even sell the kaya alone for RM3-two flavours. the one they served us was good, but the xtra we ordered for the second round of crispy bread, wasn’t too nice as they gave us a different flavour.

Overall, food was alright. the menu had lots of variety, and the breakfast set seems more money worthy compared to Old Town. The coffee-disappointment.

Toast and coffee

97, Jln SS21/37, 47400 Damansara Utama, Selangor. ( 03-77106291)

I got the address from Sloppychic’s review.

We got home quite early.. and due to the coffee + teas we had.. we couldn’t sleep!!

Slept only at 1230ish.. and i didn’t have a good sleep last night due to the noisy rain + dogs barking. Sigh

Haven’t had breakfast. Will soon, when i go and change me bedsheets!

Ta for now!

Loves,

Also guest blogging at Backseat Radio: Here comes a regular.

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Event: Klang Valley Food Hunt 2009
Date: October 3, 2009 (Saturday)
Venue: Around Klang Valley

We have been trying to go on a food hunt for the longest time now, but it always never seems to fall through. So, when we caught wind of the Klang Valley Food Hunt, organised by Time Out Solutions and Rasa Rasa, we thought this was a good excuse to skip a working Saturday and take part in a long day of chow time.

Initially, I thought it was going to be an Amazing Race kind of food hunt, where we go around town in search of restaurants where we would be doing a series of food challenges like eating nasty food or making hard to make dishes or maybe chow down some food at some obscure restaurant we never knew of.

Boy, was I wrong.

Two days before the hunt, there was a briefing going on in Taman Tun and we got some goodies, as well as a quick low down on what the food hunt was all about.

A decorative leaf pot, which is not a car freshener and does not move, a torchlight-screwdrivers kit, a Man Utd player figurine, which Vincent immediately chucked aside because of his animosity towards the football team, some free samples of instant coffee and oatmeal, Nagomi food vouchers and KVFH bumper stickers for the participating cars.

The one thing everyone moaned about was the need to gather at the start off point at 6ish in the morning. The night before, some of us were out partying and allegedly, one of us came straight for the hunt after clubbing. I, for one, puked at the club, so yeah. And the need to down a can of bad coffee just to stay awake throughout the hunt was equally as nauseous. Bah.

In total, there were about 140 cars participating for the hunt, which is safe to say there were approximately 500 participants. There were two teams of four for us. At the very last minute, one from each team had to back out, one of whom had to tend to his very sick ferret, so that evened us out to three per car.

We were #89 – Edward, Ariel and Nicholas, and #90 – Vincent, Thomas and me. We also honoured Billy’s ferret by calling our team ‘The Dead Ferret’. Heh.

Because the day before everyone was busy with work and some could not come in to the office, thus, they did not get to have a glimpse of the briefing notes till that morning. As we huddled together waiting for the final briefing for that morning, it felt as if we were back in high school, doing the usual last minute cramming before an exam. Heh.

We were also encouraged to dress to impress to win the best dressed team. Some came as chefs, some came as Santa Rina’s, while some came in cowboy hats and wearing sarungs. Heh.

Minutes leading up to the flag off time at 7.30AM, there was a final briefing session before they set us off for our hunt.

Basically, there were two legs.

The first leg involved four locations, Sri Hartamas, Kota Damansara, Damansara Uptown and SS2.

We were handed a bunch of questions that we need to solve when we reached said locations. Now, these questions, are real messed up questions. They were riddles, and half of the time we need to actually rack our brain juice – which was impossible considering it was way early in the morning to do such a thing – to break down anagrams and solve charades. Some were simple, some were just plain mean.

Some questions went like this: “Orang dengar, kami tidak dibenarkan”, “Backcurrent? Park to eat here”, “Turn page, stay alive, go here to be satisfied”, “Mungkin cari makan di sini” or something like that. It was crazy.

And you could not really sit down beforehand over a laidback breakfast to figure out the questions. You had to actually go to the said locations, have a look at what the clues are to pinpoint the answers.

The frustrating thing was that you knew the answers were right in front of you, but you just did not know how to crack the code to find out which one it was. And also when you have gotten the answer right the first time, but because you were iffy so you switched to a wrong answer instead. And also the fact that you were staring at the answer the whole time, and it was so obvious, only you were a little stupid to find out. Meh.

We took quite a lot of time and mental energy for the first leg, and could not really solve some of the questions because we were running out of time.

We were to hand in our answers for the first leg at the mid-leg pit stop – Nagomi at Jaya 33, and over there, we were to take part in a challenge. I was expecting a challenge to down some wasabi-infused sushi, or cook our sukiyaki in the quickest possible way. But, no.

10 pictures were given to us and another competing team, and within 90 seconds, we were to figure out what herbs and spices they were. Real simple, but the time constraint was the pressuring part, and pictures were colourless so it was a little hard in figuring out whether they were mint leaves or parsley leaves, ginger or tumeric or gallangal.

Before we knew it, time was up, and we had to hand in our answers for our questions for the second leg.

This leg, to me, seemed easier than the first. It involved two main locations – behind Jaya 33, Bangsar and Solaris Mont Kiara. And we were given a set of ‘tulips’, which basically were directions to the locations. Initially, I thought ‘tulips’ were stops we had to go through for a series of challenges. Meh.

We did not need much help with the tulips because we kind of knew our way round those locations, so we just needed to know where we should be next to figure out our questions, and we just went there using the quickest route we know of.

There was a congestion in the Jalan Telawi area in Bangsar, and a few teams actually got down from the car to go on foot, figuring out the questions. Thomas and I went on foot as Vincent worked his car out of the traffic to meet us where we would head off next.

Things were quite easy over at Bangsar and Mont Kiara. Bangsar, being like a home turf for Thomas – and also the fact that he seemed to be figuring out most of the questions anyway, heh – and Mont Kiara because Solaris only have so many roads and occupied shops there.

We breezed through these leg and was off in no time.

However, besides doing these, there was a Food Challenge and a Treasure Hunt.

Food Challenge involved the usage of Finder 301, which is a Maxis-based SMS service that offers the closest food outlets or amenities where you shot out the text message. It offers at least three options, each comes with the venue’s address, contact number, as well as a link to a GPS map.

We had to use Finder 301 to look up eight venues – 6 eateries (one of which we had to dine in), 1 ATM/bank and 1 police station along the route of the first and/or second leg. As proof, we had to snap a picture of our search results (to prove that we used the service), and another of our team members posing in front of the venues with our team number – preferably in creative poses.

Oh, and we also needed to develop all 16 photos and hand them in at the finish line. Something Edward, Ariel and Nicholas’ team failed to do so because they could not find the nearest photo developing shop. Darn.

There were quite some complaints on using Finder 301 because the SMS  failed to show results on the locations they were in, and I think Maxis was congested for a while so results came back a little slow.

For the Treasure Hunt, there were three sets of riddles, which were like the leg questions only ten times harder. They were clues to find out what we should get to gain more points.

After spending so much time with the leg questions, we barely had time to finish up the Food Challenge and Treasure Hunt. We only managed 5 venues for the former, and one for the latter, which was wrong anyway. Heh.

We arrived at the finish line in Solaris Dutamas a few minutes after our given time frame. After that, we had to take part in a second challenge, whereby we had to flip a roti canai, spread it out as wide as possible. That was sort of fun.

It was around 2 in the afternoon when everything was done.

They announced the winners during the award dinner that night at 3K Complex in Subang Jaya. They also revealed all the answers for the questions that morning, and there were a lot of forehead smacking and dawning ohhhhh’s for unfigured questions, and cheers and applause for teams that got the answers right.

Too bad we did not win anything. Meh.

I guess it was something different to do on a weekend, though not something most people would opt to do. But it would be more fun if the ‘food hunt’ actually involved food, instead of things just related or not related at all to food.

Like in 60 seconds, stuff your face with as many sushi as you can, or see how many bean sprouts we can pick out from a bowl of char kuey teow, skewer and grill as many satays as you can, tie up ketupat pouches – I know this one is a toughie because I tried it once and failed majestically – things like that.

But their questions were real refreshing and mind-boggling, I’d give them that. It is quite evident that they have spent an immense amount of time coming up with them, and making sure some are not too tough for beginners, while others are not too piece of  a cake for rookies. So, well done anyway, guys.

I know i promised that i’ll have a meal out only once-a-day: it’s considered good when you live in a family who eats out ALL the time.

But i had lunch and DINNER out! Boo!

We left pretty late for lunch, at about 1 ish. so Section 17 was out cos we knew it would be TOO crowded. So we headed to a coffeeshop in SS2 (Seapark), to which Grampa refers to as “Lim Keat Siang”. I think it’s cos he owns it or something. Anyway, most of the stalls at the coffee shop we intended to go to was closed, so we went to the one next door. So sorry for forgetting the name, but i can tell you it’s a corner coffee shop!

Anyway, i thought i wouldn’t find anything to my liking there… but i spotted someone carrying a plate of mixed rice.. but i didn’t spot any stall selling mixed rice.. so i walked about, and i found a vegetarian stall!! And the lady was friendly too!

This plate only cost me RM2.50.. Yum.. a big portion of brinjals, tofu with petai & sambal (spicy chilli paste), and a piece of “chai ngo“, vegetarian duck i think..

The brinjals were much different than the one i eat at Hong Seng coffee shop.. but these reminded me of the ones my grandma cooks. Yum! Fried with dark soy sauce..the tofu sambal was alright-oily-ish. The lady owner was so right-the “chai ngo” was NOT oily! though deep fried.. i think she fried it at the right temperature 365 *, which Michael Smith from Chef At Home suggests, which doesn’t allow the food to absorb the oil! I’m so glad i found non-oily chai ngo.

I ordered a Teh C special..

Yum.. i’m kinda addicted to it. The bottom layer is palm sugar (gula melaka), then evaporated milk, then tea! Mix ‘em together, and it’s so yummy! But though i asked it to be not too sweet, it came pretty sweet.

Gramma ordered her fav prok ball noodles, which i stole some of the mince pork too!

After lunch, we decided to go to Ikea to hunt for a shelving unit for my room to replace a small coffee table blocking my way. No, i do not know what a coffee table is doing in my room. lol..

Dropped by my college to borrow a book for International business..

Then to IKEA! I seriously love the stuff at Ikea. The designs look fun but i know i’d never be able to replicate them in my house. There’s too many things in the house. I spotted two book cases which i liked, one RM230, the other RM189.. but they were too tall to be transported back in our little kenari car, which means we needed Ikea’s help for transportation. BUT it would cost us an extra RM65. So i told Granma to think about it.

I did buy a salad spinner from Ikea! RM16.90! so cool. will snap a shot of it tomorrow. i didn’t bring my cam today. i know. a food blogger’s sin. sorry! so the pics were from the Samsung phone.

After the long walk through Ikea (only one way in and one way out), i dropped by Cold Storage to see if there were any reduced priced cereals.. Guess what, i bought more Kashi bars!

There’s Ah Cheng Laksa in Cold Storage (on the outside part).. While i was browsing around, grampa had some sushi… When i came back, Gramma told me to find something for dinner. There was no SET brown rice sushi! Was disappointed. Granma got a curry noodles.. RM7.90 with Si ham (oyster) and a longan drink.

Was alright. Alot of oyster for an extra dollar (no siham is RM6.90). Too me, i found it quite nice. But i’m not a curry eater. Gramma said it was alright, but she finished all the noodles! Hope tonight, her stomach will be okay.

I had like half a piece of kuih lapis (nonya cake), and some curry with chicken and beancurd. see what i mean..i had BITS of here and there for dinner.

So, since i didn’t have anything, and we were interested to try the new hawker square in Ikano, we dropped by.. Spotted “I love Yoo”, selling porridge and yau char kwai (deep fried though). There are many branches (in 1 Utama and Mid Valley). Of course, Yau Char Kwai and porridge are two of grampa’s fav foods, so he had to try!

From left: Butterfly bun (RM1.40), Yau Char Kwai (RM3.90 with porridge), Yam balls and sweet potato balls (RM3/5pcs).

Grandma didn’t like any of it. she thought the hawker stall types are better. But me and grandpa loved the Yau Char Kwai. I think they are the best. On its own, it’s RM1.40. But so worth it. Where can you find Yau Char Kwai, crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. I think they’ve perfected it. Luckily, i didn’t order the oyster omelette the next stall was selling. I had room for more of these deep-fried stuff!

The Butterfly bun, aka Ma Keok, was quite nice, but i prefer it crispier. I ate the outer part with the sesame only though. And i ate one sweet potato ball, and one yam ball. The sweet potato ball was nicer. Grandma said there was too much flour.. i thought it was the YAM one with too much flour. The sweet potato ball was good.

I had a spoonful of Grampa’s porridge-good! And i could smell fresh soya bean in the making! Soya bean was RM2.90, pricier than the soya shop, but i think this one’s fresh though we didn’t try.

Since i wasn’t that full, i bought a PB kik Kok (a thin crepe like pancake). It was big-ish and crispy! Reminds me of ah pom (less crispier crepe), but crispy all over, and wit PB. There are other flavours like banana, butter, etc. RM2 for the PB one. I liked it. Granma thought the PB was revolting (she likes nuts, but not PB. Yes, she’s strange).

The best part was the end of the crepe cos the PB kinda gathered up, so yum!

And i did all this eating while on the phone with dear! lol..

Boy, alot of eating was done today! but in bits. So i guess it’s ok? I hope.

Came home, had some roasted grams. May return for a fruit..

Tonight, i’m hitting the books.. no tv! I’ll try :p

Good night!

Loves,

I’m so sorry for having today’s post three in one..Totally had no time cos break was only half an hour today and gramps wanted to go to the night market.

morning sun

Woke up before my alarm of 8am.. so i just went downstairs for a quick bite before my run. wasn’t supposed to run today, but since BPC class was cancelled, class starts at 11! but next tuesday, class ends later cos of replacement!

Had me a coffee and 2 weetameals with sunflower seed butter.. what’s left of it anyways. i may or may have not had a small reasonable amount of PB straight from the jar while grampa was eating his breakfast..

Hehe.. did my run-seems so much easier with some music, and also thinking what i should have for breakfast and lunch at the same time!

So brekkie was my first go at the all famous yoghurt mess in the blog world..

I know you can’t really see much yoghurt, but i promise, there’s one portion of Anlene yoghurt in there.. Greek/Swiss yoghurts are hardly available, maybe in Cold Storage, but it can get to more than RM10 per portion.. Topped it with some flax, wheat germ, special K cereal, trail mix and Kelloggs All Bran. And a 1/4 tbsp of Naturals Melrose Almond Cashew and Brazil nut butter.

(has anyone been having problems with wordpress? i can’t get my pics up in full size.. only med.. )

Ok.. to tell you the truth, i’ve never been fond of natural yoghurt flavour! I thought it won’t be there with all my toppings.. but i felt the yoghurt overpowered all the flavours.. I couldn’t taste much of my toppings.. Maybe i should reduce the yoghurt? And the Nut butter got lost in the mix too.. i might as well just eat it on its own.. nevertheless, this is attempt#1, so i’ll be sure to try it with less yoghurt the next time around!

Also had a prune…

Off to college i went.. and i was late.. just 10 minutes, but the AFA lecturer was fine with it.. 11-3.30 of AFA with 30 mins break.. You can imagine how sick i was of AFA (Advanced Financial Accounting). All the accounting standards are making me go nuts. And i’m kinda scared that it will come out in theory for the exam. I seriously prefer practical questions. I was so bored during class, until there were some calculations-time flied!

Afternoon lunch

During my half hour break, i had a quick bite/lunch..

Naner which i put in the fridge a couple of days ago to preserve its unripeness.. Twas alright. The skin looked fine. I placed a few in a plastic bag and tied it up, placed it in the vegetable box. Surprisingly, the skin didn’t get all black like what i’ve read in many articles.

The sammie was slathered with apricot jam on one side, and Jif peanut butter on the other.. and eaten seperately first. The best part of course was the pb side!

Also brought along some carrots with banana butter..

I am so in love with banana butter! I’m on the bananawagon! I think it gets better in time!

Felt weird having lunch in class, cos it was only me and my lecturer. lol..

Dinner

I actually stopped by the Accomodations department to “report for duty” cos of my scholarship.. but i just have to give them my schedule and they’ll call. They seemed nicer than i thought!

I walked all the way to Centrepoint to check my bank account, only to find out that my office ex-office has not banked in my allowance.. Turns out they’ve been processing it since 19 september until today.. 1st Oct..

Anyway, went back home.. had a special K yoghurty drizzle bar..

Now, i’m allowing myself this bar as a snack on days i don’t have my trail mix. Cos i figured this is too light to have for a main meal. So i trade this for my trail mix on certain days. Yum!

Soon after, gramps said its time to go out!

Dropped by the “Beautiful Gates” Home in SS2 to drop off some old-but-still-new clothes and shoes.

Went to Pasar Malam (night market) and hunted for honey crisp apples..

I found some Honey apples from Africa.. They looked alot like honey crisps. Bought four only though cos i still have some bland apples from Giant..

Bought my Mat Toh Yau too, the guy who sold it near my house was at the night market!

Ate them at the Mee Yoke Lim coffeeshop, where gramps shared a Hokkien Mee&Kuey Teow (Hokkien Fried Noodles).

This plate cost RM7. Boy, was it good. Since i didn’t get anything else to eat, i had some too.. and a couple of spoonfuls of noodles. I bit on some pork lard (yuck)! Ate all the veges and 2 prawns and all the pork. Gramps liked it so much, they ordered another RM6 plate, which i had all the veges, pork and prawns. But they couldn’t finish it, so we took it home for the strays.

Also bought some steamed groundnuts! Ate my fair share of it.. Hehe..

Other things bought:

From the left: roasted/ fried broad beans (RM2), pistachios (RM4/100g), Grams, Freshly made honeycomb biscuits(RM4)

Had a couple of broad beans in the car, one pistachio sample, a small handful of grams, and a small piece of honeycomb biscuit (may go back for more!)

Once i reached home, i quickly cut up an apple which i think is honey crisp.. Do honey crisps come from Africa?

Were they ever good! It’s so good especially if you’re one who has been eating bland fruits the past 2 weeks. Yum! Should’ve bought more since i found out they can be stored for up to 7 months (see here)-if these REALLY are honey crisps.

Also had a prune to end my meal…

Oh.. and i tried roasting the grams i bought.

Sprayed some olive oil PAM, and sprinkled some salt. Was much better and less powdery. I’ll be doing it for the rest of my batch. Btw, the pic is featuring my recently bought mini egg-frying pan!

I love this post on by Katie about carbs! I totally agree though i avoid bad carbs, i.e., simple carbs like white rice and white bread..

That’s all for my eats today! Tomorrow-no class! Woo Hoo!

Dear;s night-shifting today..

Ta for now!

Loves,

and eat it too..

Today, it didn’t rain-good.. but we didn’t walk around the night market either..

Reached the Night market at about 615 ish.. Wasn’t easy to find a parking spot, but thank God, we found one near the durian stalls..

While heading towards the Glutton Square (Wai Sek Kai) Food court, i smelt char lobak kou! (fried carrot cake). The stall selling it was famous and we used to buy since i was young.. but there was a long line, so we reluctantly passed on.

Went to the Glutton Square, i hurried to my fav vegetarian stall..it was closed!!!!! so i just bought from some economy rice stall which had brinjals..

Brought it over the other end of the food court where gramps were waiting. I had brinjals-with sambal and a piece of fried fish. there was nothing else there i was craving for, not like i was craving for the fish though.

We had to wait for the Shaved ice stall (Ais Kacang/ABC) owner to get ready before ordering. he’s quite arrogant as in he will not accept any orders until he’s ready, which takes quite a long time. Sometimes, you see him chatting up his friends instead. which is kinda annoying, but what can we do, he has one of the best reasonably priced ABCs.

Granma strangely was craving for Yin Yiong (Cantonese Fried Mee Hoon & Kuey Teow in gravy). RM5

Twas alright, but she says Hoppy Restaurant serves better ones-well Hoppy’s pricier too. lol.. I ate all the vege and prawn for her.

Grampa ordered his fav fishball noodle, RM5, quite reasonable considering it had fish bladder too-the stall next to the Baba Nonya mixed rice. Speaking of Baba nonya, there was a really long line as usual, but i do not think it’s worth the wait cos the price they charge is sky high, and you have to wait for them..

Finally, i ordered the Shaved ice when the guy seemed ready..was planning to share with granma cos i was more interested in the “toppings” instead of the ics + syrup. But grampa insisted that i have my own and he order two more without topping. Sigh… I wanted the topping! Oh well.. diet for me then!

While waiting for the ABC, dear called.. said he’ll be late..AGAIN.. sigh.. he has to OT again, which really sucks. I’m not to sure if he can keep his promise of not overtiming too much after the Raya. He always feels so tired, so much so i do not know why we meet, cos he’s always too tired to do anything.

He asked me to buy back dinner for him, so i bought a Oriental Chicken Chop for him and a drink. Am not even sure if it’s good.. we’ll see.. he still hasn’t come yet.. Can you tell how much i hate his company/HR of his company/his job? I shall do my best to bear with it……

By the time i came back, my Shaved ice (ABC) looked pretty pathetic.

Granma had all the ice already. One ABC with the toppings/fillings is RM2.30, without toppings/filling would be RM2. I feel that the ABC has less toppings than last time. So sad..

Granma was scolding grampa for not placing his sling bag properly, she was nagging so much, that it got to me when i was already in a bad mood.. i wanted to walk around the night market more-isn’t that the purpose? but grandma didn’t want to, although she’s supposed to excercise her legs more. She said she’d rather sit in the car. So that threw my plans, of walking, out the window. Sigh.. I think i’ll just go to the night market on my own next time..

I know tonight, i sound like a total biatch or something. i’m sorry.. things aren’t going as plan.. they didn’t yesterday, neither did it today..

Also, i was checking out the companies for the CPA internship program.. My exams for the next semester end on the 17 of Jan. So most prob hols start then, but i don’t think it’s long. and most/all the internship programs start in December and want you to work for minimum of 3 months. They have good companies like CIMB, GE, KPMG, etc… but it’s so sad i don’t think my holidays tie in with the period of the programme. and i don’t think the UK holidays are at the end of the year. The long ones are mid year.. This is so depressing expecially after i’ve completed my essay for submission! I guess i’ll wait til Wednesday and ask about my holidays..

And on Wed, i’ll have to report to the Accomodation department of my college for duty! Sigh..

Thanks for reading my rants.. i don’t blame you if you didn’t bother though!

I hope everyone had a better night!

Ta.

Finally, the night for Greenview!

It was pouring during mass, but we still arrived on time after dropping dear’s brother at the LRT station. Had to park quite far from Greenview, but the walk was worth it cos our stomachs needed it after the amount we ate.

There was quite alot of people,but still available empty tables, either that or they were already reserved. Either way, it was quite crowded, and i assume there was quite a confusion. Though everyone at our table had arrived, it took awhile for the waiter/the guy who took our order to when we made reservations, to get the kitchen to start.

First to come out was the Half suckling piglet, half roasted chicken (Vegetarians & animal lovers, skip this picture)

I know, the piglet’s head.. Gramps love this and i think it’s been ages since they ate it, so i kinda agreed to order it for them. Quite pricey.. i’m not sure if it’s half is worth RM70. if you are a Crispy suckling pig lover, go ahead, cos my granpa who is, likef it. The half roasted chicken (RM30) was quite nice, i liked the sauce which came with it.WAS tempted to eat the skin, cos it was thin and crispy, but i resisted! Go me! I gave up skin i think since i was super young.

Second to arrive was the Sei Tai Tin Wong (4 types of vege).. RM 15

Consisted of Green beans, asparagus, brinjal and okra (ladies fingers) cooked simply with garlic, they also have it belachan (fermented prawn paste), but it would be spicy. So we ordered this style, simple, yet i think one of the best ching chau (stir-fry) i’ve had. It was fragrant, and delish! I love brinjals. Definitely wouldn’t have mind if it was just brinjals, but i think my family’s sick of brinjals already. Not me!

Next in line was the Butter Prawns (Lai Yau Ha) RM60

One of my fav styles of having prawn, but my number on would be oats style (less oily, and more of the oats!).. I just love the sprinkles (garnish), which i think could be egg, or milk.. i read somewhere that it’s milk, but i do not know how they make it solid.. Prawns were HUGE. And delish. Fresh! Curry leaves are a must in this dish. Worth RM60? I guess, considering the huge prawns. i ate it shell and all.

The Hai Pa Kai Choy came soon after.. RM15

Considering this dish is considered something special, i think the price is okay. It’s kai choy (the vege used to make ham choy [salted vege] or choy keok), with carrots and crab meat.. I thought it was ok.. I mean, knowing that there’s crab meat.. cool. but taste was nothing special to me. Gramps love this dish alot though.

TeoChew Steamed Sek Pan fish (grouper fish)-RM65 came not a while longer..

Seriously, this is one of the best i’ve tried. of course, nothing beats the Sook Hock (Marble Goby) i ate with Gramps and Akak Jack in Goh Thong, on the way to Genting.. of course, nothing beats the “expensive-ness” of it either. It was maybe close to RM200? Anyway, last night’s was second best. So sweet! Seriously good fish! It’s pricey, but fresh, sweet and delish. Any fish lover will appreciate this.

Finally, Sweet, spicy and sour CRABS! (RM144, RM60/kg) Indonesian crabs to be specific.

Biggest crabs i’ve seen. and i think most expensive too. Grampa said it wasn’t worth the price, though i do think it’s one of the best i’ve tried. I’m not a big fan of crabs unless someone peels it for me..

which dear did! Thanks dear! They’re so smart to come up with the idea of giving small plastic bags to customers, to put the crab parts in, so that we can hammer away without dirtying ourselves.

Meat was sweet and the flavour of the sauce could be tasted too, unlike many places i’ve tried. Talking about sauce, i think i drank more than the amount of sauce i should have, considering i’m sure it’s not too healthy.. but it took awhile for the mantou (deep fried bun) to come..so that we could swipe more sauce out!

We had to remind them about it.. but it did come in the end.

RM4/loaf-though i can get it for RM2.50 at the food court in Kepong, but this is the BEST mantou i’ve eaten. Outside is so crispy, and the bun inside is soft and lends a sweet flavour.. Tastiest mantou, but i would have prefered a fluffier and lighter texture on the inside. I ate one whole end piece on my own.. wait..or two.. and maybe a few more, but only the outer skin layer, and gave the rest to dear.. hehe.. i really love that i could peel the outer layer off..

Sadly, by the time the crabs came, granma wasn’t feeling to well. she was sweating (cold sweat). Had some gastric pain and flatulence in the stomach. We suspect it could be due to to little for lunch, and too much for dinner. So Grampa took her back (i’ll spare you the details of what happened when she left the restaurant), and dear paid for the bill..

Gosh.. just typing this post, i feel full already.. lol..

Overall, food is good, but price.. not so..

Food: 8.5/10 | Price: 4/10 | Ambience: 6/10 | Service: 6.5/10

Restoran Green View: No.6 & 8, Jln 19/3, 46300, PJ, Selangor.

Tel: 03-79581076/79549263 Business hours:11am-11pm

Didn’t get the chance to try the famous Sang Har Meen (Fresh prawn noodle).. Pricey, and we thought it wouldn’t be worth it.

All of us met back at the house, and Granma was feeling better..

I spotted this:

Bluberry tarts. My curious tastebuds had to try them, though my stomach was too full.. I had one. Was alright.. I’m quite particular when it comes to cookies which use this kind of pastry method (the filling is coverd my the pastry). Cos there are many which sticks to your teeth. These was only alright. The CNY ones Akaks bought were nicer.

Akak Carol brought some snacks over, and some pistachios too.. which i had a few.. We chatted..till quite late.. LEt Max in too.. Hehe.. We chatted till 11 something, that’s why this post is kinda late! Sorry..

如果你有驾车经过SS2时， 你或许偶尔会注意到这间外观青白红色的Pizzeria Bella Italia 意大利餐馆。

它位置在Murni Mamak和Public Bank同一排， 和其他SS2得吃店装修相对下， Pizzeria Bella Italia令人感觉得是间很低调的意大利餐馆。

路人甲通常会在周末日， 去吃它的lunch set,  从RM9.90起！

Lunch Set时间从每天11:30am到3pm。有一份汤（mushroom或minestrone), 一份main course, 和一杯饮品(ice lemon tea或hot tea).

Pizzeria Bella Italia的老板是鬼佬, 但不懂是不是意大利人.

里面的装修没有很豪华, 但是很welcoming, 不会让人有压迫感.

路人甲最喜欢的是一踏进它的店时, 就闻得到的, 充斥了整间店的面包+cheese的pizza烘焙味.

它的mushroom和minestrone汤的味道也是超赞!

Overall rating:

食物味道: A (路人甲所吃过的都很好吃)

价钱: A (for lunch set)

气氛: A (晚上去会更好, 但是没有lunch set的特惠咯)

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Team Cari-Cari Makan(TCCM)一向来寻找的美食都偏向大鱼大肉， 但是由于近来吃得太过富贵， 这一次的mission就来一趟返璞归真——–〉 Kopitiam式餐厅！！

当然， 如果TCCM的member们去的是Old xxxx kopitiam之类的咖啡店就太过没特色， 而且也就有负TCCM的盛名（迷之音：有虾米盛名？？？）。
有跟进TCCM动向的人， 大概都知道TCCM吃的美食都带有一点冒险成分, 这次也不例外.

这次, TCCM的路人们冒着犯上ISA, 被捉进lokap的风险, 勇闯在SS2新开张的Rocket United 火箭联餐厅!!!!!!!
这是由火箭党经营的主题咖啡厅. 根据路边社的消息说, 餐厅的一部分的利润将成为火箭党的经费.
近几个月来, 天坪政府和火箭党斗得火红火辣, 路人们在火箭党的地盘出现(虽然只是makan东西吧liao), 分分钟殃及池鱼, 中招!!!

所以, 路人甲在出发的前一晚, 就把银行的储蓄, 产业等(虽然也没多少…)向家人们交待清楚.
不怕一万, 只怕万一. 如果中了ISA, 被送去甘文丁, 不知何年何月可以出番黎.

当天, 路人甲要出发的时候(12点下午), 天色灰暗, 飘着绵绵细雨……
路人甲突然有一种荆轲刺秦时的心境……风萧萧兮易水寒, 壮士一去不复还….

火箭联餐厅位于SS2, 和出名的”记得吃糖水店“同一排.
路人甲park了车, 要找这间店的时候, 突然听到有人用speaker演讲.
“哇! 还有演讲的说”, 路人甲想.
“给婆”(hokkian)的路人甲马上跑过去看热闹.
过后才发现是false alarm, 原来是隔壁有间猪肉店(店名:三板头)新开张, 有人在演讲和剪彩.

路人甲到了火箭联餐厅时, 其他的路人们都到齐了. 某些路人甚至已经在吃着了!!
这次的mission的TCCM member一共有9个路人(5男4女).
为了保护路人们的人身安全, 这次的report就不公开路人们的name list. (如果你地被人捉到, 记得死口唔认有去过呀!)

检查台下面没有偷听器后, 路人甲选了一张可以观察外面动静的椅子 (有什么风吹草动时, 也是最方便逃离的seat ^^).

安心下来后, 路人甲就看看它店的menu.
尔….食物好像没很选择喔。。。几样炒饭和面而已。 饮料选择也不多。
通常餐厅menu的图片都是一些食物的macro shot， 但是火箭联的menu都是一些党领袖们落难的照片， 有一张林冠英被套上手扣上差馆的照片在menu （相知道有关点解英哥会入lokap的事迹， click这里）。
路人甲order一碗Korean辛辣面和Soya Bean(只有罐装的…).

这间店的装修不是很豪华(符合民联的风格？）, 服务生的态度也很好。
餐厅里有卖几分党报， 和一些火箭党的merchandise和书籍。
路人们原本打算要座楼上的， 但是楼上要到6点下午才开放。

说到食物的昧道就麻麻地。路人甲的Korean辛辣面一点都不辛辣，其它路人们的食物的昧道也不怎样。
某位靓女路人，叫了一杯沙巴咖啡（下有图）， 但却不懂怎样喝。 搞到要问靓仔waiter哥哥后，才搞懂怎样喝。 但是这位靓女路人喝了两口， 就讲太难喝， 不要了。

路人们在那里待了1个半钟。 之间看到了Tony Pua和Terrasa Kok进来喝茶。 （可惜， 就是没看到近来上报率超高的SkyBall球哥。)

Tony好像在那里有股份， 都有和食客们交谈。 （但是他没有走过来路人们的台勒…..>_<  路人们都有投票权哟， 虽然不是PJ Utara国会啦 .. 哈哈)

值得一提的是， 路人甲有注意到， Tony和Terresa走的时候， 有到柜台去卖单。 很好， 数还数， 路还路。
不像马国某个常吃霸王餐的制服团体， 每一次在人家的店吃饱后， 说一声“得力马咖姐”， 拍拍屁股就松人。

Overall Rating 和 comment:
路人们这次进贡了约RM90的经费给火箭党， 不要再说我们年轻人没有为国贡献咯。。。（笑）

火箭联的concept很好， 给年轻的选民有一种亲切感。

但是搞餐厅， 基本面还是食物的味道， 尤其是像 SS2 那样的美食集中区， 要能够长久经营下去的话， 不能只是靠民联的suppoter和领袖们明星效应。

食物的选择和味道， 给面Tony,  路人甲就打个 “再多多努力C” 吧。

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Menu上英哥上手扣入Lokap的照片

餐厅里超大的poster. 在华仔和英哥底下吃着东西的路人们.

4位路人们

餐厅内观

也有卖一些merchandize和书籍

有拍到Tony的背影

难喝的Sabah咖啡

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Dear had some problem at the office, so he picked me up late. Was late for mass, but it was important that he went there because he was grateful he settled everything.

Went to Glutton Square for dinner. Thought of SS2 murni, but would be too packed.. I THOUGHT I could have my ABC (Ais Batu Campur a.k.a. shaved ice), but I remembered upon reaching, that it’s closed on Thursdays!!

Anyway, i still was satisfied cos the vegetarian mixed rice was OPEN!! Yay!

Had my favourite Yau Char Kway (Deep Fried Dough) and brinjals. Forgot that i was already going to take YCK, and i went and ask for some brown rice (Yes,they serve brown rice!)

I love the YCK cos it’s crispy, not like those you find normally.. It’s crispy, cut up into small pieces, and it’s fried with sesame seeds and some sweet and spicy sauce. Not oily until the oil is oozing out, but not something to be consumed all the time.  Brinjals were nice, not GREAT. The sambal is good too.. My plate cost RM2.50..

Dear ordered fish and chips from the near by Western Food stall

Sorry, Dear was too hungry to pause and let me take pic. It was breadcrumbed dory fish, with fries, coleslaw, tartar sauce and strangely, deep-fried mantau. I love deep-fried mantau, but thought i should pass on dear’s offer as i already had alot on my plate. His was RM7.

I did try his fish. Not salty enough. Fries reminded me of frozen fries.. i think it is.. lol..

Then..after finishing my plate (not rice though), i was SO tempted to get more YCK. I thought since i didn’t get my ABC today, i should go and get more.. which i did..

The rice of course is not a second helping. It’s leftover, which dear had some later. I did finish this RM0.50 of YCK! Yummy.. though i didn’t really need it.. but i enjoyed it!

Went back home..ate 2 prunes, some nuts and broad beans..

Oh, and dear helped me take the pic of the mole on my scalp.. i always thought it was a bald patch, but turns out to be grey-ish.. i know.. (Eww)

Watched some tv while reading my old magazine. Never realise that there’s not much to watch anymore..So we went to play Monopoly on the computer! Haha.. so funny. Was abit annoyed with dear cos he was on the brink of obssession (not so extreme, but i don’t know any other word.. “serious”). But he still lost! Haha. Maybe to make  me happy.. lol

Time for bed! Gnite!

Ta~

malas gile nk update blog skrg. tatau apasal.

karok, makan dan soping adalah 3 aktiviti yg paling sye gemari. maka itu sajela yg mampu dibuat di waktu weekend spt weekend ini. hari jumaat mlm emie ajak pegi mkn kat sk. so aku, yani, duri dn anne pon apelagi tros mengemas baju utk dianta ke dobi. haha siot btol. sambil mesin dobi spin baju ktorg pon pegila kedai mkn dpn dobi tu utk dinner. sambil mkn tengok cite nurkasih kat tv besau kat situ. i leb adam. huhu. pastu tetibe rase nk mkn eskem plak. so singgah la snow ice apebende tah nama kedai dia yg sblh oldtown tu. order 5 aiskrem perisa mango, milk, strawberry, lychee & green tea. mango ngan milk paling terbaek la wa ckp lu. green tea tu permintaan anne ngan duri cam nk kene sepak je rase die. ade red bean plak tu. tp ade org da termakan redbean bersaliva anne. camne tuu. hahah.

.thank you E!

pastu lapa lg pegi oldtown plak. adehh cam jalan2 cari makan lak. kat oldtown sume pikir lagu ape nk nyanyi esok (esok nk karokk hehe). siap list down sume lagu tulis dlm notebook. x leh blah. kat oldtown aku gak yg mkn lg. sape tah yg lapa2 dr td minom air suam je, nk sumbat je mlot seko2. blknye tu yani tido bilik ktorg. memekak la seko2 practice nyanyi utk karok esok. cam pertandingan la plak adeh laa.

esok paginye sabtu tu pagi2 lg sume da bgn (ceh pagi laa sangat) utk pegi ke sunway pyramid. aktiviti pertama hari ni ialah karok di red box. apela keje aku ni asek karok je. suare x sedap2 gak. bkn pe yela kene la memenuhi keperluan raja karok sedunia si emie tu. org kaye baru kot tu. lgpon next week dh start puase. mmg xla nk berkarok kan. baik lg mase tu dipenuhi ngan berzikir ke bc quran ke ye x.

.sampai bilakah harus begini, memakai mask setiap hari.

pastu pi usha henpon plak. sape yg kaye sgt nk bli henpon tuh?? aku la org nye hahaha. tp xde la kaye sgt. kaye sikit je sbb duit br masok. dh 4 bulan aku pkai henpon nokia duri yg model ringtone polifonik tu iskk. pastu mcm dh nk rosak ke ape tah kalu org call mst tros bateri mati (kadang2 jela). sian org yg call tu mst ingat aku x ske die ke pe. so henpon baru here i come! hehe. bli henpon sony ericsson ala model biase je. x biasela pkai touch screen ke qwerty segala. asal bole call, msg, dengar lagu, amik gamba sudey. tp 3g harus ade la (x kesah laa gune ke x) kang duri ejek henpon aku lak tade 3g. sume bende harus kene lg canggih dr duri ok hahah. maka dgn ini aku tidak lg memegang title pemilik henpon terhina. keskeskes.

pastu sume masih lapa. di redbox td xde buffet rupenye. ade lunch biase je so sume x kenyang. maka singgah la kami ke sushi king. ni lg satu. dhla asek karok. asek pegi sushi king je plak tu. muke x jepun2 pon. haha. kecuali anne la muke cine. tp die mkn tempe byk mana x jd jawa pon. so mkn sushi mmg xkan mengubah muke. ape aku mrepek. sorang mkn 2-3 pinggan camtu je. sepatotnye total adela dlm rm50 tp kan taim baya die kate 35 je. aku da pelik tp bia jela ade discount kot. tp rasenye org tu salah kire pinggan kot. ntah la. rezeki la tu. haha. so duit yg lebeh2 tu wat baya parking ngan tol nnt ok.

ha ade lg pastu aku ngan anne jenjalan shopping plak. duri yani emie jenjalan tempat lain tanpa hala tuju. miskin konon. broke konon. broke2 shopping baju. broke2 makan sushi king. broke2 karok. cakap aku je podachett. tgh2 aku ngan anne jenjalan tu tetibe nampak ade org putih jalan kat situ dgn bodyguard die. haha ape nak dibatakkan org putih. pastu ade sorg pompuan dtg pi borak2 ngan org putih tu. ckp cam excited gile pastu tunjuk rantai die pastu cam dh nk nangis. apekah sume inii. sekali ramai gile serbu kat dorg. ropenye beliau si org putih ialah artis si Martin Johnson lead vocals Boys Like Girls ala yg nyanyi throw it awayyy forget yesterdayyy tu. aku pon sebok2 la kat crowd tu amik gamba die padahal x kenal pon mule2 haha. die saje jenjalan kot sementara nk tgu mlm kang nk perform kat MTV World Stage. ade byk lg band lain spt Kasabian, Hoobastank, All American Rejects, Pixie Lott etc. cam best la plak sume yg dtg kan.

.nak gak nyebok2 amik gamba.

dh mlm sume pon penat dan lapa. aktiviti shopping pon terpakse dihentikan walopon aku x abis shopping lg sebenanye. td sempat shopping 3 helai baju di f21, roxy dn padini je. tu pon yg sale gle vavi je sume haha. nk shopping byk lg spt sneakers, wedges raya, jeans, wallet, bag etc etc. nnt la next week la plak. hmm. pastu blk la before tu pi dinner kat ss2. anne je x ikot sbb die nk blk rumah. kat ss2 kene pkai mask sbb cam ramai org mrepek2 je kat situ. dgn bangla nye gay nye. pastu yani ngan duri ckp ade pelakon bionik kat situ ala si kamal adli dn gelprennye intan ladyana. abisla kantoi artis mkn kat kedai busuk2 je hahaha nasib aku bkn kaki gosip nk repot kat pancaindera. ok penat taip nk tido jap bye. anyway i had a great day with my friends! ni kire last hang out sebelom puase la. pasni klau kua pon pegi berbuka jela kan hehe.

p/s: tgh bz soping tetibe mak aku call ckp dia kene masok wad sbb doc kata de jangkitan kuman kat paru2. wuwu. tatau la sbb h1n1 ke ape ke. semoga x jd apape. smoga mak makin sehat. hee. da baik da pn kot. da bole kua wad da hari ni. hee

oke da update! amek ko sekali banyak. xmo update seminggu haha.

I spent a lot of time working alone at my pc without my colleagues around me.  I enjoyed working in a quiet environment with as minimal disruptions as possible so that I can allow my thoughts to flow and at least, have the right formulae to figure out my thoughts.

So sometimes when my laptop or desktop decide to act notorious, I really have not many on my contact list that I can call for a code 911 to assist me.  So I do appreciate it when I found this company:  One Source Computer House Sdn Bhd.

They are one silent competitor of the infamous hardware vendor “Computer War Sdn Bhd” in SS2.  Oh I have a lot to say about Computer War, but I will leave that for another post.  If you would like to share your thoughts on Computer War in SS2, please send them to me.  I think the public should know be well informed before they embark on any decision that revolves around their lifeline – the computer!

Anyway, One Source in SS2 is located just right above Swensen ice-cream.  You can check out their website here at www.onesource.com.my and find the actual location there.  They have a branch in Puchong as well.

The products that they sell are of far better quality than Computer War.  Well, there are not as many customers as Computer War, so their customer service at this moment is top notch.  I have sent my desktop there a few times, and I must say I am quite please with their services so far.  At least i know I do not have to make a second trip for the sake of exchanging the same product!  So, their hardware and the quality of the products they sell seemed to be well qc-ed.

When they checked my pc, they gave me a deadline and said, “We’ll call you back on Thursday” and guess what, they did!  And me with my “urgent, urgent” plead, they did try to accomodate me as much as possible!  And their computer rescue department is really commendable.  I find no fault whenever I have my pc returned to me.  Well, at one time, I made a return trip because the problem seems to persist, and they then repaired another problem at no extra cost to me!  One very nice bunch!

The one in Puchong is equally as pleasant.  Services is top notch, product quality is uncompromised, prices of goods are reasonable.

I once introduced a friend who is based in China to buy from them.  My friend ended up buying more things because they kept throwing her discounts.  Two years later, my friend came back from China and One Source was one of the “must visit” place on my friend’s list before she goes back again!

So, for service, I will rate them 8.5 / 10.

Product quality, I will rate them 8 /10.

So, if you have any computer problems, and you are in the vicinity of SS2, send it to them.  Forget Computer War for now.  I will leave my comments on Computer War in my next post.