Charity Shot...

After many many weekends spent at home due to work commitments, we finally headed out shopping at Pavillion as Mr. BF wanted to look for a casual jacket...Started out eating at our favourite Jap restaurant Ichiban Moshi, but was disappointed today as they had no fried salmon skin( (a must order dish every time I head there)....;( They didn't even have salmon sashimi as something happened to their supplier, hence no salmon at all..Bf said it was perhaps due to the ash cloud issue and since flights have to be re-routed, somewhere in some plane, the poor salmon would have been stranded as well...Hmmmm....
Anyhow, after brunch we started our search for the perfect jacket till we came to the concourse area where Lions Club was having this charity shot whereby you could choose to take a picture with the Lamborghini of your choice for a mere RM10..So that was what we did...Our choice was this orange Lambo with some wild painting..it looks like those cars in Fast and Furious...i wouldn't say that it was the best shot but i was contented with it..i mean, since the proceedings was going to charity, I shouldn't be whining...

I was thinking, "Hey, maybe some NGO's should have a charity event where we pay a mere sum to take a ride in a Lambo as well?" ;p

Gone forever...

First of all, one of my New Year's resolution was to be more faithful in updating my blog entry but I've slack in that...However, now that I recalled having a blog, I'll post my first entry for the year..The first quarter of the year has not been very kind...Not to me but to people I hold dear and close to me...First, my bestie's dad was involved in a nasty accident...Followed by the demise of my bf's grandma and recently the demise of my childhood close friend's dad.

It's a little difficult for me to digest the latter, as I've known my friend's dad ever since we were in kindie...She is my longest pal and her dad, as far as I know seem to me as someone whose very sporting...Besides, when I met him for her ROM last year, he still remembered me and was appreciative that I came down all the way to Singapore...That was and expression of his still lingers in my mind...

I'm actually worried for her because it all happened out of a sudden with no signs.I wasn't sure how she would be taking it but deep down I know that this pal of mine possesses a very strong character....All this while, I admit that there are times when I take life for granted especially those around me thinking that they will live forever...But since this incident, my eyes are now open at its widest as it happened to someone very close to me....

Therefore, from now on I vow to be more easy on things, to be more patient and all in all to just be more appreciative of whatever I have and of all those around me...


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New Year's Eve 2008 - Palace of The Golden Horses

This year's New Year's Eve celebration was rather a pair affair celebrated with my partner. Maybe because it was on a working day and getting our friends to come out with a plan was a bit difficult as they were all busy working too. Hence, the both of us chose to spend our eve dining and celebrating at the Palace of The Golden Horses. We had a great time dining as we paid 1 price but got to dine in 3 different restaurants in the hotel. I think we payed about 100++ per head. This included our entrance to their NYE countdown party. It was great in a way to celebrate in this manner as we did not have to go out and join the crowd in the countdown, allowing ourselves being touched by God knows who and then get caught in the jam to get back home.

Well, let's get down to the makan-ing session.

First, we entered the Jap restaurant. I think I got myself full there. It was a colourful affair with different coloured sushi.

Did not take this at all. Did not wanna stuff myself with rice.




The fresh oysters on a bed of ice. This was clearly my partner's favourite. I think he just slurped about half a dozen.










The array of sashimi... The salmon was simply fresh and the colour was very tantalizing....













The tempura's were situated outside the restaurant because of the frying and all. I really got myself stuffed here and we had another two restaurants to go!!











I'm an exceptionally big fan of fried sotong but this fried squid here was a little let down. I think it was instant. The squid was like rubber and I did not enjoy it much....










We then headed over to the Chinese restaurant. I would say it was one of the best Chinese restaurant that I've dine in so far. Food was great. I loved the Peking duck and my partner was so into his mango dessert.





We had from clockwise - Stir-fried prawns, egg tart( was scrumptous, and delicious.It was the best egg tart ever), lobstersalad.

The mango dessert.

Roasted duck

Peking duck...

This was all what we had at this restaurant and I felt like my tummy would explode any moment then....


After this restaurant, we told ourselves we would only go to the next restaurant only for desserts. The next restaurant named Carousel Cafe offered an International Buffet with international spread. Although they have more choices here, the reason why we did not choose to dine here first was because on Christmas we already went fro a lunch buffet and certainly we had enough of international spread.


At the entrance of CArousel Cafe. It was indeed a colourful affair....=)


The desserts were heavenly....I really like food which comes in a range of colours...It just increases one's appetite but sorry to say, for that night I was just too full to stuff any more food down my throat .











This was our final stop. No more eating...Just awaiting the New Year and the countdown at The Grand Salon....

So much food and a great companion was the best way to usher in the new year....^-^

Bouncing back into action!

Well, it's been long since I have added anything to the blog. I was just too busy plus perhaps lazy to update anything. The laptop was used mainly for work purposes and FB and checking mails..Hihihihi...Wel,, will try after this to religiously blog. From now on, will just update whatever may have passed. Stay tune...

The art of relationships

It's funny how sometimes human beings can be very contradicting. When their loved ones are around, they tend to take them for granted. Sorry babe, they just don't seem to have all the time in the world for you. Otherwise, they'll do all sorts of things to get you back and patch the big hole which they have made.(it's actually to cover the big fat guilt they carry upon themselves). What use is it by then?

Creating time for a loved one need not be like dedication 24/7 to them. Taking the time and effort of even asking how they are or how have they been is good enough to show how much you care. People often repeat mistakes until and unless it hits them real hard. But by that time, everything is too late and nothing can be done. It is difficult to mend burst strings.

Relationships and friendships are alike to strings. When they are attached, we better take and make all effort to keep it attached because once it burst, things will never be the same again.
You may lose the friendship or relationship or you may just lose the person. Building all these "ships" takes a very long time. But you can destroy it within seconds with evil thoughts, wrong words and blunt actions. Every single relationship or friendship built is a gift of success for it takes a lot of effort in building one.

Therefore, while your heart still pumps blood into all your veins and your mind is at good health, treasure those around you. You never know how you might need their help someday. Never grieve people for what goes around comes around.

Good food at Pantai Seafood

Well, since bf likes seafood,for his birthday, I went searching high and low for a seafood restaurant which offers good food yet affordable. After interviewing many possible seafood lovers and searching through blogs, I found a place known as Pantai Seafood. Ambience is good whereby you can just sit back, relax and enjoy your crabs or prawns with bare fingers. Some of us are reluctant to eat seafood outside due to the hassle of dirtying our fingers but not in here. Practically everyone uses their fingers to tear the succulent crab, peel the prawns and many other dishes. So no worries. Just enjoy the good food that awaits.

The crowd says it all. Be sure to make reservations to avoid disappointment. =)

Look at those huge fella's below..Yum. I heard that it's pretty filling even to have half of one of those.

When we had dinner there, the blogs and reviews proved us right. Food was good and the money came out easily from my purse with no regrets. (^-^).

With the amount of food ordered, the total bill came to less than a hundred bux for twoleaving one full and satisfied. A must order is their signature dish, kepah in some kinda soup. Very tasty and goes well with rice.


The sweet and sour crab was also finger licking good. Sauce was thick and this is best eaten with fried 'man tau'. Yummy. The word 'fried' may sound horrifying to girls out there but trust me, this was not oily although bread is thought to absorb oil.



The 'man tau' is further up the crab.(",).

Next up was steam prawns. Don't think I have pics for that. I would reccommend steam so that you can absorb the sweetness and freshness of the prawns. Yum yum.


There's the single prawn sitting amongst my eaten kepah. (",).

Not to forget another significant dish. FRIED SQUIDS. Be sure to ask for the fried pepper and salt squids. It's the definitely the best in town. Slurppppp....




Well, that's about all we ordered, plus a fried kai lan. Was nice too cos' they top it up with some crispy seaweed. =)

And this was the after-effect of the dinner. We had cleaned up everything, only to leave shells and skins behind.

For those who thinks Pantai Seafood, located in Damansara, a bit too far, they have a sister branch known as Unique Fisherman. And here, be sure to try their fried squids with oats. Healthy + yummy. Crunchy to its final bit. (^0^).

Put your money where your mouth is.

This world is a world full of contradictions. People tend not practice what they preach. One minute will be this and the very next second, you see them doing what they said they would never do. What an irony. Do we call these fake or just plain hypocrite? It is because of this hypocrisy that loved ones are taken for granted because loved ones are the people who are suppose to be understanding. Loved ones have to always give in to strangers. It is always ok to hurt the feelings of the person closest to you because one always assumes he or she would understand. It is never ok to hurt a stranger or a distant person's feeling, because the moment you do it, you might lose their friendship. So how do we define this. If it isn't hypocrisy, then what is it? I would categorise all this under an idiom, "jack of all trades, master of none". Although this idiom is more suitable for the commerce field but let's look at it this way. One goes around trying to please everybody. In the end, he's unable to rise to actually be pleasure to any. Thus this causes him to even lose the one he holds dearest. So whose fault is it? The loved one for not being understanding enough (so to say) or the person going around and have always taken others for granted.

Uncivilize Drivers

Today as I was driving back on Connaught Highway, there was this one car namely Toyota Vios with plate number WM* 44** (kaka, being a kind person I wouldn't reveal the numbers), so selfishly did not give in to my way, despite me being in the right of way and having put my signal.

The car was filled with 3 chinese youngsters. Looks like they just got their liscense and here they are showing their new skills with their father's car! Since I did not get my way, so fine, I left it like that and these 3 cheekos (since when I offended them?) turned to look at me as me I was at wrong. So fine, you wanna play with me, I play along.

I cut to the right most lane and was ahead of them and these cheekos were stuck in the middle lane behind a cement lorry. (Wakakakakaka). Serves them right. You do not get anything for being uncivilize! I guess they were not satisfied that somehow I was still in the winning and the moment he overtook, he was at the back of me, TAILGATING me. (Some people just never give up, do they?) I was so not bothered cause the speed limit was 60 km/ph and i was driving more than that.

So, every now and then, I purposely slowed down my speed and at times I moved faster (learnt this trick from my mum =p) Guess finally, their patience tank marked full and they overtook me from the right, sped against me and manage to be right in front of me and the person at the back seat, turned back and gave me a stupid cheeky look. Being the more civilized driver, I did not return a nastier look, instead put my signal to move to the left lane cause afterall, I did not want to be in the right lane to make the U-turn. I wanted to head straight.

So, bottomline, doesn't that still make me the winner???? Cause before the U-turn, it was a long queue.......Wahahahahaha. So happy. Feel like telling them, "Uncivilized people not my kind"....

The Beauty of Being Blind

Was watching Oprah the other day and she aired about this boy in his teens who was born without eyes. When he was young, he went through a surgery which instilled in him synthetic eyes. To him, being blind is a gift and having eyes is not. Why so? With eyes, we are able to see people and judge them. With eyes, we are able to notice black and white, thus discriminate. With eyes, we are filled with and envy for others. So, isn't it in a way true that it is better being blind?

Who are we to judge others based on their skin colour, race and religion? Someone born dark did not ask to be born such, so why look down on a dark person? What is so great about being fair and having a dark heart?There is this saying which says, we are not that smart to call others stupid. We are not that pretty or handsome to say someone is ugly. So, the next time you want to discriminate a person through his/her looks, or skin colour, think twice because God is always great. You never know how your words will in the end hit back on you. Besides, beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. No one is born ugly. Ugliness is from within. You can be superb beautiful or pretty but the very moment you discriminate and look down on others, it makes you no better and uglier still as a person.

Blooms

Look at how they bloom. Aren't they sweet??

The best thing about receiving flowers is that you get to see it bloom and at that particular moment when it had bloomed to its fullest, the beauty is indescribable. Upon receiving the bouquet of roses, the flowers look so neat and beautiful, the smell so fresh and the joy in my heart was beyond words. Such feelings will still be the same although I have received flowers before. I do not think that there will be a time where I would ever get bored receiving flowers. Funny how some is unable to appreciate flowers-God's creation which is really able to paint a smile in girls' heart when presented to them. Flowers are just so wonderful. With its different colours, they are able to express feelings. They brighten everywhere they exist and they are essential in absolutely most events simply because they add to the bliss of ceremonies and events. Besides I think flowers are the best remedy to many problems. It can serve as gift purposes, cheer someone and to expresss sombre.

Full bloom...A delightful scene...

On the other hand, why I do not like receiving flowers at the same time sometimes is because I dread the day when it starts to die. The flowers would start losing their colour and they start to shrink and dry off. It is sad to see something so beautiful in the beginning losing its beauty in just a couple of days. Your heart really aches when the state of the flowers reaches its so called "doomsday" because after this, it might just end up in the wastepaper basket or is left to become dried flowers. It is so so true that everything good has to come to an end and physical beauty definitely is unable to last forever.


Flowers are in some ways alike to human beings. They come in many colours, various shapes and sizes and each individual will have different perception on different types and species of flowers. Too many red flowers may be the nicest but to some, it may just be common and I guess that is how such perception work for people too. =)