Hello! Yay. I'm busy packing now cos we will be leaving for Singapore tonight! Yeah! It's been a long two months without family and friends and this trip back I vow to make the most of it!! :) It will be packed with catching-up sessions, feasting and fun and laughter.hahaha.
I took the coming MOthers'Day to suggest a trip back and Alan although deciding that that was reason enough, also added in some business events to attend to back at HQ (Spore) so maximise our time, we will!
The plan is to surprise my mama tonight at dinner with my sweet inlaws making up an excuse to get her out for dinner. haahah We will turn up at six pm to fetch her at work - imagine her surprise! hahah
Ok. I better get back to wolfing down my cereal and packing ;) See you guys in a jiffy!!
Love!!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
A Fantastic Long Weekend
It's Sunday afternoon and I have just risen from my 2 hour nap. I am surprised I didn't sleep right through till dinner hahah~! Alan and I are indeed tired and exhausted from our exciting but fulfilling activities this long weekend!
Thursday 30 April 2009
After visiting Dr Wong at Pantai Medical Centre on Thursday morning, we headed to Mid Valley Mega Mall for an early lunch. Trying the restaurant Tepanyaki again, we were indeed surprised to discover that it did not disappoint, like the one we had tried in Ikano Power Centre! I had a salmon meal (which came with a generous chunk of fried salmon and a heap of bean sprouts) and Alan had his beef meal.
Next, we headed to Big Apple to pick up a dozen donuts for us and our relatives to munch on for tea in Muar. Then we went back, picked up our barang barang (including the two excited doggies) and drove for about 2 hours to Muar town.
When we finally arrived, we were exhausted. Jay Jay and Coco were very clever babies and didn't pee in the car. But they immediately 'let go''when they got down from the car. haha. We greeted everyone enthusiastically and waited for the workmen to leave before unpacking and having our afternoon tea.
After a shower, we all went for dinner at a relative's house. This AUnty and Uncle were hosting because their daughter was getting married the next day and we were invited for a buffet dinner at their house. The spread was fabulous - curry chicken, huge sambal prawns, vege, chicken, etc etc Alan, of course, made a beeline for their prawns and polished off at least 10 on his own! Their desserts were also interesting and mainly home-made. I tucked into an ang ku kuay (to satisfy my cravings) and some jelly but left the honey dew with mayo untouched sadly.
After the dinner, we went back and showered and TRIED to sleep. haha. The attempts were not very fruitful. ;p
1 May 2009- Happy Labour Day folks!
Uncle Qiao was to bring all of us out to yumcha so we woke at around 8am to leave by 9. The place was disappointing though and we came to a conclusion that people in Muar did not know how to make very good dimsum! However, the price was amazing. For RM46 fed all seven of us and fed us sufficiently!
We went a-visiting after that to Auntie XiuPing's house. She had been Alan's babysitter in the good ol'days and her late husband and her always took very good care of him. :) We played with her grandson, Xiao Zhe, a cheeky imp and then after sitting for approximately an hour or so, left to go for LUNCH!
Aunty XiuPing has green fingers man!
Because I had declared that I wanted to eat fresh fish for lunch (or so they all claimed lah), the Uncle #3 had set off on his fishing boat in the early morning that day to bring back some catch. We went to our usual restaurant, next to the jetty and tucked in to a wonderful treat! My goodness! There was assam fish head, steamed fish, claypot chicken, vegetables, some fried egg toufu, a mountain of sambal prawns and a HUGE bowl of fishball soup! All the food was so fresh and so good. Very nutritious! Very delicious! :)~
After lunch came our favourite pasttime on the list - a siesta! We were all exhausted - me especially for having not slept well the night before and I gladly climbed into bed and fell fast asleep till around 5+pm.
Then it was time to get ready to leave for the wedding dinner at Xing Xing (Stars, not Apes) Restaurant, Lau Gu came to fetch us and we tailed behind him. The restaurant was quite big and fit I think about 30 tables. The food wasn't anything to crow about though. (You can see the quality in the pics.)
Once home, a whole load of relatives came over to visit. I talked to them for a while and helped make tea before heading upstairs to the comfort of the aircon room. Zzzz
2nd May 2009 (Saturday) - Wang Lee Hom, Wang Lee Hom!
We were supposed to leave Muar early to drive back to KL but in the end, we left at around 3pm. Let me recount the reasons:
Reason One: Breakfast. Uncle Qiao brought us to his favourite dimsum restaurant (which was not opened the day before) and we further concluded (this time with a sample size of TWO) that people in Muar don't make good dimsum. However, we added some fried carrot cake and some stir-fried meesuar and that complemented the meal very well. The damage was RM58.50 this time! :)
Reason Two: Post-breakfast tea. We went to Fung Sheng, a huge cake shop and factory owned by two of the uncles and their wives. The factory is above the cake shop and functions using 3 storeys of space. I had a sour sop juice there and Alan made up his own concotion of latte plus 1 scope of vanilla icecream. We also had some buns (one tasted like roti boy).
Reason Three: Muar Otahs! We wanted to tapao back some delicious Muar Otahs and therefore we made a stop at a 'factory'. Actually, it is a house in which its occupants make and pack the otahs. We bought 2 fish-head otahs and 8 packets of fish fragments otah and left the shop happily.
Reason Four: Lunch! After fetching Ah Ma from the dentist, we left to the fishing jetty again
and tried another restaurant this time. We ended up with curry fish head and also another steamed fish, a plate of vege and sambal prawns. This weekend, we have done damage to the fish population in Muar! 
After that, we zoomed back to the house and quickly packed our belongings and then made our way back to KL.
The Wang Lee Hom concert was at Bukit Jalil Stadium. It was outdoor and not covered. He used about 1/5 of the capacity of the stadium and the VVIP seats, sponser seats were all on the ground near the stage. Our seats were 9 rows from the sponsers and diagonally from the stage so we had a great view of him. Unfortunately, no cameras were allowed and my iPhone's in-built camera is nothing to crow about. Thus, the pictures captured were dismal. (We were NOT allowed any recording / photos and the crew were pretty strict about it, warning the 20,000 fans who were illegally shooting pictures of their idol) I managed a couple of shots without getting ANY scolding! Yay!
The concert started as wedding dinners do - late (830PM). It began with two small frys whom we didn't recognise singing and dancing on the stage and THEN, the fireworks went off and there were screams and shouts and a frenzy before HE appeared...
AHhhh he is indeed talented - on stage, he played (his three) guitar(s), the voilin, the drums and ALSO the piano. Wah. The theme was Music-Man - something like a Superhero figure (in the likes of Spidey, Superman etc) and his aim was to spread Music to the world. haahha. He used alot of Manga to illustrate his character and there were fireworks intermittently. Very Nice!
The audience came from all over asia too - from Spore, HK, Indonesia, Thailand etc and they brought lighted boards which highlighted their countries. Very clever. The only thing was that the boards were waved so high the air that sometimes they blocked the views of the audience behind :P
I prefer his slow songs though everyone can see that Wang Lee Hom is a rocker and enjoys that genre more than anything else. He hired dancers from all over the world and his rock band was also gathered from different parts of the world. hahaa. Very COol. After the encore, Alan and I left and we managed to catch a glimpse of Wang Lee Hom's car ferrying him away from the stadium, with the police leading the way.
Alan and I got home before 1130pm and after I washed the drool from my face and showered, I promptly went to bed. hehe
SUnday 3 May 2009
We woke up at 730am painfully and left for the dog-training session which commenced at 830am. Jay Jay and Coco were behaving very well and had raving reviews. I hope Jay preforms this well during his exam two Sundays from now. *sigh*
I've just woken up from a deep slumber...
Thursday 30 April 2009
After visiting Dr Wong at Pantai Medical Centre on Thursday morning, we headed to Mid Valley Mega Mall for an early lunch. Trying the restaurant Tepanyaki again, we were indeed surprised to discover that it did not disappoint, like the one we had tried in Ikano Power Centre! I had a salmon meal (which came with a generous chunk of fried salmon and a heap of bean sprouts) and Alan had his beef meal.
Next, we headed to Big Apple to pick up a dozen donuts for us and our relatives to munch on for tea in Muar. Then we went back, picked up our barang barang (including the two excited doggies) and drove for about 2 hours to Muar town.
When we finally arrived, we were exhausted. Jay Jay and Coco were very clever babies and didn't pee in the car. But they immediately 'let go''when they got down from the car. haha. We greeted everyone enthusiastically and waited for the workmen to leave before unpacking and having our afternoon tea.
After a shower, we all went for dinner at a relative's house. This AUnty and Uncle were hosting because their daughter was getting married the next day and we were invited for a buffet dinner at their house. The spread was fabulous - curry chicken, huge sambal prawns, vege, chicken, etc etc Alan, of course, made a beeline for their prawns and polished off at least 10 on his own! Their desserts were also interesting and mainly home-made. I tucked into an ang ku kuay (to satisfy my cravings) and some jelly but left the honey dew with mayo untouched sadly.
After the dinner, we went back and showered and TRIED to sleep. haha. The attempts were not very fruitful. ;p
1 May 2009- Happy Labour Day folks!
Uncle Qiao was to bring all of us out to yumcha so we woke at around 8am to leave by 9. The place was disappointing though and we came to a conclusion that people in Muar did not know how to make very good dimsum! However, the price was amazing. For RM46 fed all seven of us and fed us sufficiently!
We went a-visiting after that to Auntie XiuPing's house. She had been Alan's babysitter in the good ol'days and her late husband and her always took very good care of him. :) We played with her grandson, Xiao Zhe, a cheeky imp and then after sitting for approximately an hour or so, left to go for LUNCH!
Aunty XiuPing has green fingers man!Because I had declared that I wanted to eat fresh fish for lunch (or so they all claimed lah), the Uncle #3 had set off on his fishing boat in the early morning that day to bring back some catch. We went to our usual restaurant, next to the jetty and tucked in to a wonderful treat! My goodness! There was assam fish head, steamed fish, claypot chicken, vegetables, some fried egg toufu, a mountain of sambal prawns and a HUGE bowl of fishball soup! All the food was so fresh and so good. Very nutritious! Very delicious! :)~
After lunch came our favourite pasttime on the list - a siesta! We were all exhausted - me especially for having not slept well the night before and I gladly climbed into bed and fell fast asleep till around 5+pm.
Then it was time to get ready to leave for the wedding dinner at Xing Xing (Stars, not Apes) Restaurant, Lau Gu came to fetch us and we tailed behind him. The restaurant was quite big and fit I think about 30 tables. The food wasn't anything to crow about though. (You can see the quality in the pics.)
Once home, a whole load of relatives came over to visit. I talked to them for a while and helped make tea before heading upstairs to the comfort of the aircon room. Zzzz
2nd May 2009 (Saturday) - Wang Lee Hom, Wang Lee Hom!
We were supposed to leave Muar early to drive back to KL but in the end, we left at around 3pm. Let me recount the reasons:
Reason One: Breakfast. Uncle Qiao brought us to his favourite dimsum restaurant (which was not opened the day before) and we further concluded (this time with a sample size of TWO) that people in Muar don't make good dimsum. However, we added some fried carrot cake and some stir-fried meesuar and that complemented the meal very well. The damage was RM58.50 this time! :)
Reason Two: Post-breakfast tea. We went to Fung Sheng, a huge cake shop and factory owned by two of the uncles and their wives. The factory is above the cake shop and functions using 3 storeys of space. I had a sour sop juice there and Alan made up his own concotion of latte plus 1 scope of vanilla icecream. We also had some buns (one tasted like roti boy).
Reason Three: Muar Otahs! We wanted to tapao back some delicious Muar Otahs and therefore we made a stop at a 'factory'. Actually, it is a house in which its occupants make and pack the otahs. We bought 2 fish-head otahs and 8 packets of fish fragments otah and left the shop happily.
Reason Four: Lunch! After fetching Ah Ma from the dentist, we left to the fishing jetty again
and tried another restaurant this time. We ended up with curry fish head and also another steamed fish, a plate of vege and sambal prawns. This weekend, we have done damage to the fish population in Muar! 
After that, we zoomed back to the house and quickly packed our belongings and then made our way back to KL.
The Wang Lee Hom concert was at Bukit Jalil Stadium. It was outdoor and not covered. He used about 1/5 of the capacity of the stadium and the VVIP seats, sponser seats were all on the ground near the stage. Our seats were 9 rows from the sponsers and diagonally from the stage so we had a great view of him. Unfortunately, no cameras were allowed and my iPhone's in-built camera is nothing to crow about. Thus, the pictures captured were dismal. (We were NOT allowed any recording / photos and the crew were pretty strict about it, warning the 20,000 fans who were illegally shooting pictures of their idol) I managed a couple of shots without getting ANY scolding! Yay!
The concert started as wedding dinners do - late (830PM). It began with two small frys whom we didn't recognise singing and dancing on the stage and THEN, the fireworks went off and there were screams and shouts and a frenzy before HE appeared...
AHhhh he is indeed talented - on stage, he played (his three) guitar(s), the voilin, the drums and ALSO the piano. Wah. The theme was Music-Man - something like a Superhero figure (in the likes of Spidey, Superman etc) and his aim was to spread Music to the world. haahha. He used alot of Manga to illustrate his character and there were fireworks intermittently. Very Nice!
The audience came from all over asia too - from Spore, HK, Indonesia, Thailand etc and they brought lighted boards which highlighted their countries. Very clever. The only thing was that the boards were waved so high the air that sometimes they blocked the views of the audience behind :P
I prefer his slow songs though everyone can see that Wang Lee Hom is a rocker and enjoys that genre more than anything else. He hired dancers from all over the world and his rock band was also gathered from different parts of the world. hahaa. Very COol. After the encore, Alan and I left and we managed to catch a glimpse of Wang Lee Hom's car ferrying him away from the stadium, with the police leading the way.
Alan and I got home before 1130pm and after I washed the drool from my face and showered, I promptly went to bed. hehe
SUnday 3 May 2009
We woke up at 730am painfully and left for the dog-training session which commenced at 830am. Jay Jay and Coco were behaving very well and had raving reviews. I hope Jay preforms this well during his exam two Sundays from now. *sigh*
I've just woken up from a deep slumber...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
A trip to Muar
Hello folks! This weekend will be a very interesting weekend. I will be embracing novelty! haha
Firstly, after a visit to the doc's tomorrow morning at 0930, Alan and I will make a trip down to Muar. Objective? To attend a relative's wedding dinner. Now don't ask me which relative please. I don't know most of them and this one is on Alan's side of the family. hahaha Don't ask him which relative also - he doesn't know! heh.
So anyway, we will stay there for two nights (Thurs and Fri) and even bring Jay jay and Coco along for this trip! It will be fun for them (I hope) as this is the first time they will be travelling with us. I hope they survive the approximately 2 hour drive though. We will do intermittent pee and poop stops as well. hahaha
Muar's a little, quiet fishing town in Northwestern Johor, Malaysia. Known for its fresh seafood and very delicious OTAHS! We will reside for that two nights in my inlaw's brand new house (a two story semi-D). Jay Jay and Coco will sleep in a shared cage under the stair case. :)
On Saturday 2 May morning, we will drive back from Muar to KL. Sleep a little while and then go for an early dinner. And for supper, I WILL HAVE WANG LEE-HOM! yay. The concert starts at 8pm sharp at Bukit Jalil outdoor stadium. Have I ever told you that this will be my FIRST concert that I will be attending? My childhood, needless to say, was very deprived, and with the rule of an iron rod, I will not allowed in Orchard road after school, let alone concerts with 'negative influences' and 'drug addicts as audience'. hahaha. O well.. At least now I am an adult I can quickly indulge in such luxuries before I get too old. Remind me not to torture my child too much oK?
Sunday morning 830am will be Coco and Jay Jay's lesson in the park again. After which I will embrace my warm and cosy bed and curl up under the quilt and snooze until god-knows-when again. YaY!
Firstly, after a visit to the doc's tomorrow morning at 0930, Alan and I will make a trip down to Muar. Objective? To attend a relative's wedding dinner. Now don't ask me which relative please. I don't know most of them and this one is on Alan's side of the family. hahaha Don't ask him which relative also - he doesn't know! heh.
So anyway, we will stay there for two nights (Thurs and Fri) and even bring Jay jay and Coco along for this trip! It will be fun for them (I hope) as this is the first time they will be travelling with us. I hope they survive the approximately 2 hour drive though. We will do intermittent pee and poop stops as well. hahaha
Muar's a little, quiet fishing town in Northwestern Johor, Malaysia. Known for its fresh seafood and very delicious OTAHS! We will reside for that two nights in my inlaw's brand new house (a two story semi-D). Jay Jay and Coco will sleep in a shared cage under the stair case. :)
On Saturday 2 May morning, we will drive back from Muar to KL. Sleep a little while and then go for an early dinner. And for supper, I WILL HAVE WANG LEE-HOM! yay. The concert starts at 8pm sharp at Bukit Jalil outdoor stadium. Have I ever told you that this will be my FIRST concert that I will be attending? My childhood, needless to say, was very deprived, and with the rule of an iron rod, I will not allowed in Orchard road after school, let alone concerts with 'negative influences' and 'drug addicts as audience'. hahaha. O well.. At least now I am an adult I can quickly indulge in such luxuries before I get too old. Remind me not to torture my child too much oK?
Sunday morning 830am will be Coco and Jay Jay's lesson in the park again. After which I will embrace my warm and cosy bed and curl up under the quilt and snooze until god-knows-when again. YaY!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sleepy Sunday
After our routine dog-training sessions (830-930, 930-1030 for Coco and Jay Jay respectively) we bought two sinful packets of char kuay teow from the nearby hawker centre home for lunch.
After the sin of gluttony and because I was exhausted from waking up so early on a Sunday, I fell promptly asleep on the sofa.
About an hour an a half later, Alan woke me up and got me to shower so that I could sleep peacefully in bed. I took my shower, felt much more alert and switched on the tv to watch Dr Dolittle 4 whilst Alan fell asleep on the Osim chair.
After that I headed to bed and slept till 6pm!!!! My goodness. Dinner was again sinful - Chilli crabs, steamed prawns with chicken essence and stir-fried kangkong @ Robsons. I better resume my daily swimming routine tomorrow :P
Saturday, April 25, 2009
My feet hurt!
Today was tiring and exhausting but very fulfilling.
We woke up very late - around 1030am and lazed in bed till around 11. Then we brought our little ones downstairs for a nice training session and play-time. The garden was very inviting and although it was nearly noon, it wasn't warm due to the refreshing breeze that rustled the leaves constantly.
After that enjoyable session, Alan and I showered and left for lunch. I was craving for curry noodles so we drove all the way to Kepong to a 'restaurant' which Alan has eaten at before. It was a very good suggestion - we had a huge bowl of curry noodles each, filled to the brim with fresh and succulent seafood (cuttlefish, lala, mussels, big prawns, fish slices) and supplemented that with roasted chicken drumsticks. 
Wow it was very fulfilling and the curry noodles only cost RM13/bowl!! Can't believe it!
Wow it was very fulfilling and the curry noodles only cost RM13/bowl!! Can't believe it! 
We drowsily drove to 1-Utama to burn the rest of our Saturday. We went to Craft Haven and bought a Scrapbook and some stickers. And then went to shop for some clothes and other little necessities. Our last stop was Jusco to pick up some fruits (read: 5 apples, 1 box of durians, 1 big bag of grapes, 2 grapefruits and 2 Chinese pears). hahaha.
Now we are home and I am cooking a simple dinner of porridge...
Friday, April 24, 2009
Our dinner last night
Last night I cooked mah babie a delicious dinner (if I may say so myself). Before I headed downstairs for my swim, I popped all the ingredients below into the rice cooker and switched it ON.
1 cup of water
1 cup of uncooked rice
1 tbs of sesame oil
1 small chopped onion
1 smashed ginger (2 inches)
2 cloves of smashed garlic
1/2 chicken stock cube
1 uncooked chicken thigh
And when I came up, the result was FRAGANT GARLIC CHICKEN RICE! *claps* how easy peasy can it be??
Of course, I supplemented the meal with a steamed pomfret (with sliced chillies, garlic, ginger and sauce) and also a huge bowl of potato and leak soup (with milk). I can't believe it put together such a yummy & nutritious meal in so few steps. I like~!
The husband gave many nods of approval as we tucked in. :)
1 cup of water
1 cup of uncooked rice
1 tbs of sesame oil
1 small chopped onion
1 smashed ginger (2 inches)
2 cloves of smashed garlic
1/2 chicken stock cube
1 uncooked chicken thigh
And when I came up, the result was FRAGANT GARLIC CHICKEN RICE! *claps* how easy peasy can it be??
Of course, I supplemented the meal with a steamed pomfret (with sliced chillies, garlic, ginger and sauce) and also a huge bowl of potato and leak soup (with milk). I can't believe it put together such a yummy & nutritious meal in so few steps. I like~!
The husband gave many nods of approval as we tucked in. :)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Updates of Stalker Saga
Here are some juicy updates to a recent saga that has hit me and my husband, my close friend and his wife. If you haven't been following my recent posts, a quick summary will certainly be useful.
There's this mentally unstable person who is spreading vicious rumours about me and my male friend, alleging that we are having an secret affair. She is frantically in love( does she even know what that means) with my friend and now alleges that I have "stolen him away from her", entirely ignoring the fact that I am (a) happily married and (b) physically living in KL, Malaysia. Apparently, she is also blind to the fact that he is getting married this year to a girl he loves and has been dating for a long, long time.
So ANYWAY, this person is scary and has been stalking me on my blog as well. Posing as two different characters "love-u" and ":P" Of course the nicks were not chosen with creativity but then again, we should not allocate her too much respect in that department.
Well, once I got wind of the vicious and totally untrue rumours, and had my pristine reputation slooshed in the muddy longkangs of KL, I decided that enough was enough. My husband and I have handled the case over to the police for follow-up.
The police have subsequently determined that the online stalker(s) /has the SAME IP address (therefore concluding that they are but one miserable person) and also this person lives in Singapore. Worse still, this person works for MOE and/or was using an MOE account to send me very "interesting" messages online. Hell, even the location of the person, whilst sending the stupid messages was even identified. Does the intersection between Nicholl Highway and Bras Basah Road ring a bell? hahaha I am sure we all know who this pathetic cow is now right?
Now if you are so ballsy (also to be read as "stupid") to spread rumours of my friend and I and even dare to write all those untruths on your blog then own up lah. Copies of your blog have already been submitted to the police for further investigation as well. All these serve as proof and evidence of defamation, which will come very handy in court.
This "game" has become so fun now that the ball is in my court. haha. Alan and I have decided to leave everything to the police. We will press charges when the time is right. So tune in next time to find out how the Malaysian taitai will sue the skirt (oh no she doesnt wear skirts) / pants off this miserable unstable wretch!
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