Sri Chin Thai Restaurant

Yesterday the committe members for NSC meeting were treated for lunch at this Thai Restaurant. The reason to it was becos we had a successful NSC meeting in January and yesterday is the only time we get to gather for lunch. We used to frequent this place becos its quite near to the office. There were two tables but only 14 of us.

We ordered Tomyam seafood.

Sizzling Taufu (memang shiok!)

Steam Cod-Fish (tender & succelent)

Fried 4types of vegetable (their specialilty, very nice!)

Fried chicken with thai sauce (sedap!)

Sambal sotong (so-so lar..)

Thai Fried Rice (not to my liking, very sticky)

Longan & Sea coconut (too sweet)

Overall the gatherings were fun cos we get to exchange gossips with other members from other department.

Just Heavenly Cake

Today is one of SOD's girl birthday. Ah boss asked me to order cake since last week. We put in 3 names on the cake cos all of their b'day falls in March. I ordered Oreo Cheese Cake, cost RM88 and delivery charges is RM20. Total RM108.00

All these while we have been ordering cakes from Secret Recipe and i think i've got enough of their cakes. Of course their cheese cakes are un-deniably sedap but i've tried all their cakes flavours till there's none to try. For a change, why not give 'Just Heavenly' a try.

The nice package

The simple looking cake.

Birthday girls.

Review of cake : Out of 10 people, 10 would say 'delicious'. Very nice, the texture is not rich but yet full of flavours and cheesy which is not too heavy. Makan banyak pun tak rasa muak. Ah boss puji cake sedap, yeah!! I'm glad most of them liked it. I lurve it too. Next time, i'll definately order from 'Just Heavenly'....just worth it!!

Old shoes & purse

My frens were asking me why do i need to buy new shoes when i can always use old shoes for my HK trip. I told them, i usually buy stuff when its either 'rosak', 'koyak', 'pecah' or 'kopak'. I will not buy expensif stuff un-necesssary lar...usually! Most of the time, its something that i don't have or something that needed replacement. But its an exception for 'retail-therapy' ya, itu kita mesti buy something lar...he.he...

This shoe was given by my sis-inlaw years ago. I wore this when i go overseas or outstation trips. Its made of leather and very very comfy. I kept it in the shoe-cabinet, few weeks ago when i check it, its beyond repair as the fungus has monopolise most of the sole area, so grotty.

Last sunday, I was doing spring-cleaning, so i too a pic of it. That is why i bought the new nike cos it needed replacement. I threw some others shoes too which has been in the shoe-cabinet and which has not been worn for a long time.

Since i was with the camera oredi, i also took a pic of the purse that needed replacement too. Its so sentimental....so hard to part with it.

So guys!! Bukan 'mengada-ngada' ya....memang benda perlu di-beli.

Polling Day & Results

This morning i was quite excited to go voting! I woke up early and dress-up and get ready to go to the Sekolah Rendah Kelana Jaya. I was there at 7:45am. Once i register myself at the SPR counter, i waited at Lane 3 to cast my vote. I'm glad to be able to do my part as a Malaysian citizen.

Now at the very moment, i'm typing my blog while listening intensively to the polling results. I'm so sad to know that Sharizat lost. She worked hard to fight for women welfare. Its just so sad n shocking!! I'm also sad that Lee Hwa Beng lost to a young newcomer who all these while stayed in Shanghai!! Both of them has really worked their butt-off man!! Tan Sri Khalid being the MB for Selangor?? I think I'm ok with it after-all he's not that extreme!

Whatever it is, things has happened. Its up to everybody to look back and ponder. I guess I'm ok with the results. I think it will be an eye opener to everyone. I believed that things happened for a reason (a couple fren of ours said that too). I hope and prayed for peace in this country!

I have no other words. I just want to live happy, no discrimination and have multi-intergration among other races. ...Change is good...i guess...

New Lala Chong Restaurant & Polling

Ah Boss took us to the new Lala Chong, i think the place is somewhere near Ara Damasara. The place is clean and airy. The food is as tasty as the old Lala Chong. We ordered lala soup, salted prawns, fried squid, paku sambal, sizzling taufu and black pepper venison for ah boss and 'M'. Since there's only 5 of us, we didn't order fish or chicken. The lala today is so 'bloddy' fresh and must mentioned here oso, its size is big too!! Altho not many variety but at the end of the session, our stomach is so bloated!!

Tomorrow is polling day. Please vote for 'Stability'. I'm sure those who value peace in the country will vote wisely. I can't wait to do my part tomorrow. My voting place will be in Kelana Jaya. After voting, hubby and me will drive back to Seremban cos he's voting place is in Bukit Chedang. I wish everybody 'Selamat Mengundi' - Undilah dengan bijak!

Toast Box & Chilli's

Yesterday, i sort of forced bee to take leave (hehe) cos i took leave for today. I wanna go jalan-jalan at Pavillion. Can't get enough of that place, furthermore Parkson is having sale.

As usual we reached there at 10:30am, wanted to take our breakfast at The Loaf but their portion is hefty and hence we opt for smaller portions instead, we had our breakfast for the first time at Toast Box at the Food Republic. We're curious to know whats nice there. Bee treated!! We took a set each which consist of coffee, a set of roti-bakar and half-boil egg which cost RM6.80 per set. And ordered 2 bungkus of nasi lemak. Boleh tahan lah the nasi lemak altho we find it too expensive for a small portion at RM2.50. The eggs came out perfectly and the roti bakar's butter n kaya is generous filling. I had kopi o and bee had kopi and they're really good. The portion made us full till lunch.

Sempat beli J-Co donut for my dessert at home. But after today, i don't think i will 'mengidam' for donuts for months to come....donno why lar....muak pulak.

Actually the reason i had to go to Pavillion is becos the shoe that i wanted so badly can only be found in Nike Pavillion. Yesterday i make a few calls to Nike shops in Sunway, Subang Parade, The Curve, Ikano, BSC, KLCC and they're all either out of stock or no size. Alas, i got my simple Mary Jane and it fit me perfectly!! So now i hope i would not have problems with shoes anymore.

Dah habis satu Pavillion jalan-jalan, bee suggested that we go KLCC since he hated going there during weekends. Went to Isetan and wanted to survey my wallet which has already given way. The old wallet that i've been carrying till now was bought in 1995, when we're still courting. It has lasted for a very very long time. I still remembered he bought me a Hilly for my birthday at Sogo, KL. I have been getting wallets for gifts but my fave is still that Hilly. I had scouted for another Hilly to replace it but not to my taste, i've been looking at other brands, tapi tak berkenan. I thot if i'd survey the price here and do comparison then maybe when i'm in Hong Kong, i can decide whether to buy it here or there. Entah macam-mana terberkenan a Balenciaga wallet at a 30% discount, bee said belilah nanti menyesal. So that's what i did!!

Jalan punye jalan punye jalan sampai perut pun perlu di-isi. Bee said he wanted to sample the appetiser in Chilli's. We found a nice view seating which is facing the KLCC lake. If you go during lunch or dinner time, chances is you can't choose seats. It was 3.30pm and the place is not that packed. We had 'triple-play' which consists of 3 pcs of yummy fried chicken breast, 4 pcs of guacomole with its jack-cheese and 5 pcs of buffolo wings with their dip sauce. Later we ordered 1 main-dish. I told bee that we had to share it cos Chilli's served large portion and i can never finished it. We had a rib with chicken breast combo. Itupun tak habis! Tapau the appetiser.

We left KL before 5pm cos bee wanna beat the jam. Guess what we had for dinner? We had J-Co donuts and 2 pcs of guacomole which we tapau-ed back from Chilli's. The stomach is still very full. Imagine i tak habiskan 1 more piece of donut....just cannot!!!

Domino's Pizza

Surely most people eat Pizza. I'm a fan of pizza, i've sample Pizza Uno, Piccollo Mondo, Pizza Hut and Shakey's. Huby n me lurve Shakeys but too bad they don't last long. There's only one or two outlet in Klang Valley and some of them has been taken over by Domino's.

The first time we had Dominos was when they newly opened their flag store in Subang Jaya sometime in the 90's. We don't fancy them that much. But lately we loike eating there. We had it for our dinner yesterday at Mid Valley. I'm still on a quest to find a suitable shoe...up till today...none!!

We ordered set for 2 and ordered extra bar-b-q chicken wings. I think now, Domino's is so much better then Pizza Hut in terms of their filling, they're generous!! If you go to Pizza Hut, you will find that their filling is getting lesser and lesser and cheese also not so much!! But try and sample Domino's, especially their thin crust, seriously delicious!! Their coleslaw pun sedap giler...plus their bar-b-q chicken is an A++.

Those who's oredi a fan of Dominos, bravo!!

Vantage Point

Bee n i went for movie last nite. Here's the plot.

Vantage Point is the story of eight strangers with eight different points of view each trying to piece together the truth behind an assassination attempt on the President of the United States. These eight people include Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox), Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at an anti-terrorism summit in Salamanca, Spain. Also involved are Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), an American tourist who thinks he’s captured the shooter on his camcorder while videotaping the event for his family back home, Enrique, a mysterious Spanish cop who is considered a major suspect in the assassination, and TV news producer Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver), relaying the historic event to millions of TV viewers across the globe. When a double of President Ashton is shot moments after stepping to the podium, chaos ensues. Terrorists attack the podium and the actual location of the President - who had earlier been moved to a safe location after his aides learn of a definite threat against the summit. Barnes must uncover the truth while facing his memories of a previous assassination attempt as well as betrayal from within the security detail. As they and others reveal their stories, the pieces of the puzzle fall into places.

Our review : hmm...okey kot. Out of 10, i think, we'll give a 5 only. Good action but lack of story-line...weak in delivering more umpphh! We do not like the concept of retelling of the story...a bit boring lor and stale lor. But then again, its my opinion. Different people might liked the movie...

Lunch at The Garden Terrace

This morning we had our department meeting. So much projects to handle and so many issues to resolved. We're supposed to have 'lunch-in' and so i ordered Pizza. I placed my order just 5 minutes before 11am. The operator assured me that they will send the Pizza by 11:30am or so. We were in the meeting room, discussing matters, 12noon, still no sign of pizza. I make a call at 12:30pm and follow-up with 3 more calls but no pizza!! They promised that a restaurant manager supposed to return my call but no calls. Wah!! I'm so mad. I told them that if the pizza arrived, we're not going to pay a single cent!! And i mean it!! The operator said its 'on the way'.....we patiently waited, its 1:15pm and no pizza. This is the first time we encountered this problem. Ah boss calls the shot and said we have to go out and eat cos everybody is already shiverring....hungry!!




Ah boss took us to The Garden Terrace at Glenmarie Golf Club. Its our second time there, we had ala-carte. There were I had Char Kuew Teow, M n L had Nasi Goreng Cina and Nasi Goreng Kampung respectively, S and M ate Cantonese Noodle, Ah boss ordered Fish Head Mihun and Rojak buah for starters. The food is tasty and its a generous portion. I liked the environment and the scenery, greens.








As we finished placing our order, Pizza Hut called! They apologized and said that their computer broke-down, (yeah rite!). So they said the will send the 1 large and 1 regular pizza that we ordered earlier for free. I told them that i've also ordered side dishes, eg, chicken wings, garlic bread, 7up, coleslaw and 1 pan vegetarian pizza. They said i have to pay for the extra's but the pizza is free. So i told them to fly kites. As we're feeding ourselves, another call came in from pizza hut. They said they'll send my orders FOC!!! YES!! Everybody's happy.


We had our cold pizza for tea-time......ah boss is amazed that his girls can really eat!!

Reading

I try to make sure that i read at least 2-3 books a year. Actually bee said not enough, he said must read more books. He reads at least 7-8 books a year!! Not enough of that he reads, National Geographic n Reader's Digest. Gosh!! But we'll also try to read comic for humour, mostly 'Fox Trot' by Bill Amend collection or 'Closer to Home' by McPhearson's . We have a few collection of those lar. Bee has all collection of Tin-Tin and he still reads it for his toilet-time, hehe... I just wish our house is big enough so that we can have our own private library, there's not enough space to put all our books!!

Last year I managed to finished reading 3 books. One is from the author Lydia Teh's 'Honk if you're a Malaysian'....good stuff. In Lydia's collection of anecdotes, she brings on more observations that capture the textures, humour and nuances of Malaysian life. She presents the Malaysian panorama in her own special style, characterized by frankness, vitality and humour. Her book spans enormous range of topics from the etiquette of public kissing and how to decimate the lizard population to decorating tips for your car interior and how to make records of the biggest, longest variety. If you''re Malaysian, you will be delighted to recognize yourself within the pages. If you''re not, you''ll be well on your way to becoming one after reading it.

Another that i finished last year was 'The Secret' by Rhonda Byrne. In this book, you'll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life - money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. "They said" uou'll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that's within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life. The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers - men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible. In my opinion lah......nah......i didn't really finished reading it cos after awhile, it gets no where. Depends of your own spiritual belief lar. But it think its crap!. Read it, you'll know what i mean.

Huby bought me a book, so the last book that i read last year was about a women that has been abducted during Saddam Hussein's ruling. Its about the torture she has to endure and also the jail time that she served. I can't remember the title but it was quite touching and moving. After reading, I borrowed it to my sister-inlaw hence forgotten the title.

Yesterday, i'm so happy to be able to finish reading 'Once Removed' by Andrew Leci. Its about an expatriate life who. The scene is Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; the year is 1997. Looking for love and enlightenment in all the wrong places, Graham Wallace (quantity surveyor, part-time footballer, full-time fibber, some-time lover, no-time fighter) gets used and abused, flattered and deceived, jostled and jilted, a wave of self-delusion carrying him through the seas of adventure that comprise his life. Once Removed is funny, shocking, sexy, provocative and evocative, and will have the reader looking at expatriates and Malaysians in a completely different light... or maybe not. It a good read tho'.

I've yet to scout for my next book. I hope to get it soon....haven't decide whether its gonna be an autobiography or general fiction....see my mood....hehehe... I heard MPH is having their sale now. 50% discount, checkout their website : mphonline.com.

Incentif Trip

The company did well last year, so early tis yr, the company announced that the support staff will be going 4 incentif trip. They sent us a survey first to c which country we all wana go. We simply have to grade from 1 to 4 of places, ie. Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bali & Vietnam. After the survey the committee found out the vote for Shanghai and Hong Kong trip were equally same. Finally the committee decided to give us 2 choices. I can tell u, its so hard for us to choose. Of course there were mixed feelings and all.

I thot i'd wait for the itinerary before i decide. But my initial respond was Shanghai cos of the nice scenery places. Later on when the itinerary arrived, i instantly chose Hong Kong!! Instantly, i thot, yes, i wanna go 'shopping'!! And the trip also include Shenzhen, China. So i get to see sum part of China! Then i went back home and discussed with hubby. He also said go ahead with Hong Kong if my intention is to do shopping. Furtheremore, he said he would not want to go there. He said wat a better way then to go there with my girlfrens from office...awww...he's so thotful!!. He said maybe in future we don't mind going to Shanghai together but he would never have Hong Kong in his itinerary. He also said better go and see Disneyland cos he knows i've got a kid in me. Altho he said it would not be as great at Disney in LA (he's been there) but at least i get to see Mickey n Minnie...hehehe..

We'll be going in Mid March, not long, just 5days 4nites. We'll have 2 nites in Shenzhen and another 2 in Hong Kong. In Shenzhen, we'll get to go to "Window of the World" in a miniature. We get to c a mini Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal or the Pyramids in mini-sizes. They also have 'Splendid of China" where its the largest miniature park of Chinese ancient buildings ie. Great Wall of China, Imperial Palaca, etc. A must in Hong Kong is of course the Victoria's peak, Ladies' market, Lantau island and Disneyland. Its going to be cold there so we have to pack some sweaters to prepare for the cool wind.

Shanghai trip will consist of Hangzhou. They will visit The Bund, the lively riverside promenade, and Oriental Pearl TV Tower - the tallest structure in Asia. They get to visit Pagoda of Six Harmonies, the biggest wood tower in China and Ling Yin Temple, the most ancient monastery in Hangzhou. Wu Zhen Water Village, a water town with 1000 years of history. Jade Buddha Temple and Huangpu Night River Cruise, one of the best way to see both old and new Shanghai. Visit to Yu Garden, Long Jing Tea Farm and Silk Factory. So you see, i didn't opt for this trip cos there will be a lot of travelling (the long journey) plus a lot of sight seeing.....me want shopping!!

There will be about 90 pax going for the Shanghai trip while Hong Kong will consists of about 35 people....better still!! I prefer lesser crowd, hehehe. All SOD girls going for HK except for 'S', she's been there before hence she chose Shanghai.

For the Sales Force Team, Marketing Department and Medical Department, they all get to choose to go to 3 other destinations, ie. Hokkaido, Japan, Central Europe and Eastern Europe....wah lagi best woo!! Watever it is, we all are greatful of this good fortune.

My nice Sunday

I'm so looking forward to go to Pavillion last Sunday. 1st intention is because i told bee that i really need to try the J.Co Donuts. I haven't be able to taste it cos everytime i wanna buy, the queue is too long and i have no patience. My 2nd intention is i'm looking for a sling bag and i haven't found the right one just yet. I need a new sling bag cos my old ones is giving away.....not!! Its just a reason actually for me to get a new one for my incentive trip to Hong Kong next month. I'm also looking for a good shoe and so far the ladies Nike shoe looks promising n comfy. I've checked-out Sketchers range and Marc Ecko but not my taste lah, hehehe.

As soon as we reached Pavillion around 11am, i quickly make a quik dash to J.Co and ordered half a dozen (only bee n me only mah) and keep it in the car back. Later went and jalan-jalan Parkson and Tangs. Alas, i found my dream sling bag, Braun Buffel. Initially I wanted a Balenciaga at Parkson but bee said not nice. After all 'somebody' paid for the belated Valentines gift hehe.

Later got a call from a couple fren, A&S. They wanted to meet us for dinner. We agreed to meet up at 8.30pm. Last minutely we agreed to meet up at Cozy Corner. Its bee n my 5th time having dinner there. We still enjoy the food there. Tup-tup, A&S treat us dinner, tak sangka pulak. We don't mind 'going-dutch' but i guess its 'rezeki'.

Then we adjourned to Oldtown Kopitiam at Seksyen 17. I've never been there before and i can tell you, we're gonna frequent that place. A nice place to hang-out and lepak for coffee. We ordered 'roti-bakar' and coffee. The last time we met was during the fasting month, thats about 3-4 months ago, there's so many stories to exchange. I asked them for some tips about Hong Kong and we part ways exactly past midnite.

Oya in the evening, i get to sample my first J.Co Donut......memang out of this world!! My personal opinion (and huby agreed!), its better that the other 2 famous donuts. J.Co rocks!! Sedap giler. Memang sedap!! I definately want a dose of it this coming weekend....sedappppp.....Each of us get to sample 3 each...and all flavours are just so sedap!!