My first time to Sepang International Circuit

Yes, it is my first time to set foot in Sepang International Circuit. Never had the chance to come to this place where its famous for its F1. Thanks to ****** for giving hubby the complimentary tix.

But i'm here to see Super GT International Series (Autobacs). What is it? The Super GT series, formerly known as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship is a grand touring car race series promoted by the GT-Association.

Good hot weather but quite a long-good walk from the parking area to the track area. The paddock building was abuzz with activities as journalists and photographers from all across the world arrived, for the support racers and SuperGT. All busy with shooting and of course, here, the GT girls and GT Queens who are so-ready to pose for you.

Its is said, its Japan’s hottest and most happening racing series, the SuperGT International Series at the Sepang International Circuit. The cars are divided into two groups: GT500 and GT300. And there are plenty of sporty cars on displays too.

Race fans will be able to watch it from the main-grandstand or in the suite. We are so lucky to get the suite as it is 'damn' hot/humid and 'damn' noisy!!

It is so comfy watching from inside the suite, there's flat screen TV for you to check on the points/laps. Its air-conditioned and there's not much noise from the race-track. Plus food are provided for (lunch & tea) with comfy seats too. And you can order any drinks you'd like....coke, sprite, coffee/tea...u name it!

Overall, i enjoyed the outing and am glad we made the trip to Sepang. I get to experience the paddock, the car-race & people etc.

Movies - Prince of Persia, The A Team & Toy Story 3

Prince of Persia

It was a boring week and i kinda need to have a movie-fixed. So i didn't expect much from this movie, and wasn't planning on watching it after watching the trailer. But somehow the action sequences turned out to be pretty good in the movie. So i'm more than glad that i did. Not a Jake fan. And at first glance Jake wouldn't be my first choice for the role of the prince as i didn't think he really looked the part...but the movie itself is enjoyable, and not totally predictable storyline. I liked movies that is not easily predictable.

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The A Team

Hubby & I grew up watching the series and how can i not wanna go watch the movie!! We felt that it is one of the funniest movies and with lotsa action from the start. The new A Team deserves all positive praises. Altho at the end of the movie, its kinda easy to decipher who was betraying the team...hehehe... Definately a must watch!

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Toy Story 3

You've seen its 1 and 2....so you muz see its 3.

We must say, its the best movie....most of the character makes a nice warm welcome back with brand new toys too. Andy has grown up and Woody & Buzz has grown wiser too. This movie was completely worth the wait, its funny & hearwarming and i suggest that you go and watch em.

Mid-week trip up north

I applied leave yesterday. Needed a break after my office's conference plus hubby needed to do something in Taiping. He said since we're going north, might as well go and tryout a food joint that is famous in Ipoh, its called "Nasi Kandar Ganja".

Last nite we decided that we will drive up north, eat and come back. But this morning, quite suddenly, we thought, why not drive up to an even further north...to Penang perhaps?! Yes!!

We just quickly packed up basic needs (just in-case) and started our journey around 10am.

We reached Ipoh just in-time before the rush lunch-hour. We managed (i meant hubby) found the place. The place were kinda full but we managed to get a seat. The nasi kandar stall is actually inside a chinese restaurant. We buy our food from the nasi kandar stall but only ordered drinks from the shop. This shop is an old shop with 'kopitiam' concept.

I just ordered the 'ayam masak merah' which were said to be famous with curry gravy ontop. Hubby ordered 'kari sotong'.

What do we think about it? It was sorait....don't quite like the rice texture and the curry were okey lah. Was it really 'ganja' that i will want for more? Ermm...not really. We give it a 5 out of 10.

Later we made our way up to Penang. Reached there at 3pm. Tried our luck at Cititel and they were not full, so we checked-in.

In the same evening, hubby said he wanna take me somewhere. I don't know what he has on his sleeves....but it was a pleasant surprise.

He took me to 'Taman Kota Lama'.......wahh!! Its been ages since i last been to Padang Brown lah!! He read somewhere that the best mee goreng is found here.

The last time i came to 'Padang Kota Lama' was when i was a kid!!....didn't know this place still exists, hehehehe...sorry ya Penang people.

Have you all heard of 'Mee Goreng Pata'??

OMYGOSH!!!! The mee-goreng is REALLY REALLY SEDAP!!! SANGAT SANGAT SEDAP!! Not only its cheap, its really authentic and delicious. Accompanied with ABC & Ice Syrup...pergghhhh....nice!! Hubby ordered 'Mee Rebus'....and it was quite allright. But not as nice as the 'Mee Goreng'. Thanx Bee :) "tak menyesal datang sini".

Later on we were so full that we can't take dinner. We only shared a plate of maggie goreng from a nearby mamak shop...i forgot the name of the shop.

The very next day, we had 'Nasi Lemak bungkus' for our breakfast. Hubby said must find Nasi Lemak Ali (famous for its sambal). They have a few types of Nasi Lemak but hubby took Nasi Lemak Udang and I had Nasi Lemak Telor. The rice is soft & the sambal is not too sweet nor too hot.

For lunch, we stopped by "Kassim Nasi Kandar" but no 'telor sotong'. So we decided Yasmin Restoran to have our nasi-kandar with telor sotong!! We left Penang after that. And the next day, back to office.

It was a nice mid-week trip fot the both of us :)

Universal Studio & Orchard Rd

Last month's birthday present from me to hubby was a ticket to Universal Studio Singapore. Its sorta like a surprise-gift for him.


Uni Studio is located in Sentosa Island and Resort World manages the theme-park.

It was a short planned trip. I only planned to buy it a week before his birthday. Didn't wanna planned ahead because we don't want to be dissappointed. As it has happened to us before, we planned ahead a good trip but in end up we didn't get to go.

By the time we reached the place, i guess we're the first few, not many people yet as the place only opens at 10am. Ticket can be bought online (which is much easier) as you don't have to queue or just in-case its sold out.

As we entered the park, the friendly staff directed our ways to collect the dining and shopping vouchers. We were asked to exchange our ticket with a $5 off merchandise and $10 off food voucher that we can use while in the park (so we get $15worth of voucher back from the entrance ticket we paid, GREAT deal rite?!!

There are ‘divided’ into seven different ’sections’:The Lost World (Jurassic Park), Far Far Away (Shrek!), Madagascar (you should know this one!), Ancient Egypt (The Mummy), Sci-Fi City (Battlestar Galactica), Hollywood and New York. But only 2 sections were still undergoing renovation & have yet to be open. I know about it but still insists on going & checking it out, so i don't care whether its half open or not, hehehe... plus, i would like to go there again. Its fun!!

The architectures, buildings and designs were quite impressive-lah. I don’t feel like I’m in Singapore once I stepped into the park.


We started our day via taking a picture with my favourite animal in the world – the famous Kungfu panda, Po. Isn't he cute!!

Hubby's first impression was how small the place was. He used to go to Disney theme park in USA and its big!! We realized that the physical size of the park was compact. But somehow they managed to squeeze many rides and attractions in the smaller space, kind of like Singapore itself-lah, cramming everything into a small space, hehehe.

Hubby and I began our preview looking at the map and deciding which way to go, clockwise or anti-clockwise. In the end, we decided it did not matter because at that time, the crowd was not that big.

First stop were to Madagascar and picture taking with those cute animals....Gloria being my fave!!



Next we wandered into Far Far Away and checked out Shrek's Far Far Away Castle. Its where the 4D show are held. You get to watch a 3D movie with the 4D being the moving seats and special effects like water/air-speed being sprinkled at you...cool!! And i enjoyed the show.







After the show, we entered the Jurrasic Park. We took the "Canopy Flyer" rides, which is only a few seconds ride. Alto there was a slight delay due to technical issues, we were finally told to come back later in the day but i insists on queuing and finally we were able to ride on one.

We gave Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure a miss as i do not want to get wet, not before finishing the whole park. Hubby said no too, he doesn't like "The Dip", hehehe..

Next is the Mummy section. I could not get on this rides cos the queue were too long and both of us didn't wanna wait. The Ancient Egypt has a ride, the Revenge of the Mummy, an indoor roller coaster ride. We gave it a miss too as the queue were too long.

There are some attractions at the Sci-Fi City, eg, the Battlestar Galactica dual roller coasters. The coaster rides, was closed so there wasn’t much to see.
Finally its lunch-time and we had it at Mel's Diner at almost 2pm, which look like you were in the classic American 60’s. It was not expensive, with less than S$10 bought you a generous portion of cheeseburger with drinks and fries. They have a shiny looking juke-box and the retro interior decorations suits the theme very well! The servings are huge and very fulling. The place was pretty packed. We caught the appearance of a few retro dancers right outside the dining place. Its colourful costumes and how they tried to engage the audiences and get them to dance together as well were fun! There are 2 other outlet that has a 'Halal' sign, so food is not a problem for the muslims tourists.
Our last stop was the Hollywood area. Its like walking through the streets of hollywood of fame.



We went to Lights, Camera, Action, hosted by Steven Spielberg...yeah, we never got to see Mr Spielberg in person but on the flat-screen! It actually showcases what happens to a boat house in New York City during a category 5 hurricane. The effect was nice and the sea look very realistic from the fake windows, real fire to the crashing boat.



With only an hour left, we went on a shopping spree. I love all the merchandise sold there! They have the best souvenirs such as toys/soft-toys, cushions, pins, mousepads, caps, notepads t-shirts, towels, mugs, fridge-magnets and lots of other stuff .

I'd like to share some tips. If you can, do avoid weekends or the school holidays. The queuing time will be much longer, which means you’ll have ‘less’ time going around and checking out other rides and shows. And go and buy your tickets online a few days in advance to avoid disappointment. Since you'll be spending the whole day here, its wise if you just stay in a 3 or 4 star hotel because by the time you reached the hotel, you just want to retire & sleep. There's no point staying in luxury hotels if you can't get to use their facilities or enjoy the place right.


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How can you not visit Orchard Road when you're in Singapore? We made a day trip there just to go shopping & window shopping. Last i went Orchard Road was during our honeymoon trip. That's about 14 years ago!! Another trip was with my inlaws which is also around 10 years ago.

Of course there were many changes, but what you get in KL nowadays, you can get it in Singapore, eg, Forever 21, Top Shop, Zara (those days, KL don't have these shops) only in S'pore. Those days fashion came to KL a few months before Singapore's. Now there's practically same shop/boutique that you can get in KL, so its kinda boring for me.

I only get to shopped mostly on imported chocolates. Not much on clothes or handbags as you can get it in KL. But i get to go to many new shopping malls there. We took the opportunity to experience the monorail-ride (macam lah tak pernah naik) and then took a bus-ride.


Vivo City is a very modern mall.

There rest were mostly the same. The whole day were spent in Orhard Road it's worth it lah cos i get to do some shopping.

Its quite difficult to find 'halal' food in Orchard Road area...I guess most of the 'halal' restaurants are off-skirt, it only leaves to McD or our fave fast-food joint, LJS. So we had fish for lunch and continued shopping.





We get two solid days in S'pore and enjoyed the trip nevertheless.