Food & Places

I've been up and about to a few places the past 3 months...took some pictures, good & lousy. Well the good ones from Greg and lousy ones taken with my cheap cheap digicam. Hehe..

Ipoh, Perak~Tauge Ayam & Tau Fu Far~
We, the CMT Penang helped in organizing Campus Roadshow for SPM, STPM & Matriculation leavers. Basically to provide students the important informations about local unis, loans & scholarships, PCC & CSSes. This roadshow was held for northen diocesan level. And the venue for the roadshows were St.Annes BM & St. Michael Ipoh.

While in Ipoh, after the roadshow has wrapped up...we head up to the town area for the infamous Tauge ayam. There is this area in town where the end of every block has at least one tauge ayam shop set up.

Here is one shop lot with two shops side by side...talking about strong competition..


Here is another one across the road from the two shops above...I don't remember which of the two shops we entered. But here is the thing...perhaps it was the wrong time of the day that we came into that shop. The workers were busy, well thats expected for a shop that's famous for what they serve (they even have pictures of celebrity who visited their shop on the wall)...but what we did not expect was for the food to be bad. Well not all lah...the chicked taste good but not -wah-soooo-goood, but it did help us to get through the horrible barely cooked rice, it was actually crunchy i tell you..hehe :) the tauge was not bad either. I usually dont take 'bare' tauge cos of the strong tauge smell, but this tauge did not have that smell so it was in my edible range..haha.

The ayam & the tauge...and that was all the lauk...
After lunch, we head up for the tasty tau fu far/soya drink little shop in another corner not too far from the tauge ayam zone. I'm guessing this is another famous place in ipoh...cos people were lining up until out on the street...

Here's kathy asking me if I have small change...she turned right when I hit the shot button..behind her is the tau fu far shop.


New wing Gurney, Penang ~A&W~
Jalan-jalan in Gurney the next weekend after Ipoh Campus roadshow with Greg. To kill time, we went to A&W for tea...hahaha, yeah, root beer & fries for tea...


i-AVENUE BJ, Penang ~BRAVO italiana~
We wanted to treat ourselves to good food, after Googling for good food in Penang (yeah, we Google for good food in Penang...pathetic I know ;-p) we decided to go for some place very close and find a place that we never been before.
We drove to i-AVENUE near BJ, saw an Italian restaurant, "eh, why we never see this before ah?", and then walked in. MISTAKE.
Atmosphere was nice, price reasonable, not crowded (it was on a weekday, or probably the bad food put customers off), but the food was horrible...Greg and I were literally making faces while chewing, except when we pose for pictures lah...hehe (^.^)

I couldn't remember what we ordered, but here is how the food looked like. Look nice right? But too bad the taste was not.
The menu, I think Greg and I ordered Lamb Rockefella & Lamb shank...
I guess in the end the reasonable price we paid was not worth it? haizz~~~

Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here?....What do we want to achieve in 2 years, 5 years or perhaps 7 years time?....What do you really want?....What do I really want?....What do BOTH of us want?...Do you know me like the back of your hand?....Am I in your EVERY decision making?...
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Are we happy?.....Hmmm....

I'm moving...

Yes I'm moving...not far, just next block :D

And I never enjoy the process of moving...especially if it involves carrying heavy stuff, wardrobe, study table...etc. But its something I gotta do and its done..thank God.

So now my current room is kinda bare but ada juga sekelompok mess in one corner.

So bare...


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So malas. When is this going to finish? Toiletries, pinggan mangkuk, shoes and shoe rack semua belum urus lagi...aiyo~!~!~ luuucckily its a long weekend, I can take my sweet time.

Hai~~~....

CUS Nite 09: *!Masquerade!*

CUS Nite 09: MASQUERADE
Naza Hotel, Tanjung Bungah
28-03-09

I was walking around Sg.2 shop lots on Friday after work when bumped into Sara. We said Hi's! and Hello's!.....and "Do you want to go to CUS nite?" she asked.
I was looking forward to do something fun for the weekend ( I already have plans...) and this invitation actually adds to the list. And I couldn't resist when she said that my ticket will be half price (filling in for Maria who pulled out as she was not well)! And the theme definitely sounds unique + interesting :) Without me asking, Sara said that she has an extra mask so I can borrow (yAY! no need to buy!)..spells L.U.C.K.Y to me!
I headed home and was thinking of what to wear..its been quite some time since I dressed up + make up for occasion like this...I can't help being excited, even though I'll be the super senior ex-CUS member and might not know all of the people who are coming.
Anyway, as I got down from my car, I remembered that it should be time for my Whimsey green BOHO-like skirt to arrive. So I quickly walk up to my mailbox and open it and....tadaaaa~!~!~!~ SUDAH SAMPAI BAH!!!!!!!!!!! This just gets better cos I can wear this skirt as it is and pair it with a blouse, OR I can wear it as a tube dress. So this delivery came just in time! Everything just fall into place nicely :) *Kotohuadan to Jade-Stlye!*

So Saturday came, and let's have the pictures do the talking, shall we? :)

Put my lipstick on..

So I decided to wear it as a dress..

Ready to Go!

Suzanne and Amy are coming with me, so I drove to Desa-U to fetch them. I was a bit worried as dark clouds are closing in on the blue sky. But being a typical girlie girl...dorang belum siap bermekap ;p So i waited...

Cam whore a bit..tehee~

Take pictures of my surroundings..

After they got in the car, jalan we go! After menempuhi hujan lebat yang gila gila lebat, plus ter'overshoot' U-turn to Naza, we finally reached Naza in 1 piece and found a comfortable parking space without ticket (cos sia park depan rumah urang...hehehehe). With tummy durmming away, we waste no time and rush into the Hotel and go to Level 1 where there dinner is held...

I took lots of pictures of our food and some of the perfomances, but it was kinda crappy (especially the perfomaces) due to the poor lighting, and besides I wasn't using a very canggih camera. Haha~ Oh and I forgot to mention that I didn't get to wear mask, cos Sara forgot to bring, no big deal also lah cos among my main reason to join this dinner is to makan, see perfomances and jumpa my junior2s :)

Amy came up with the brilliant idea of 'pinjam orang punya mask and then ambil gambar lah...' Hehe. So we go and pinjam...erm, not really "pinjam" lah cos we waited until our next table neighbour empty and we tip-toed to their table and "pinjam" their mask and siok sendiri snapping away..hehe! ;p


I didn't took much pictures with others during the dinner...maybe because it's my time bah, mine was two years back...and we snapped away like crazy back then, macam 3 camera pun inda cukup nih...apa tida kan, 2 yrs back the largest memory pun 512MB only right? But anyhow, here some pictures that I sempat take :)

And oh yeah, the dinner will not be complete without the LUCK DRAW event!!! I almost forgot ;) We will always have this slot every year. And I WON one! ;p

YAY! MaMeeee~!~!~

AirAsia RM0 is sooo tempting

AirAsia is offering some RM0 flights, book this week, travel period is Oct09-Jan10.
I'm so tempted to BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanna go BALI!!
Aiyoh~~~I'm so tamak to travel now..I just luuurrrve a good vacation with friends :)

All England 09

All England 09 (AE). I saw Chong Wei's game with Taufik for semi finals and he won, and then I found out that he's meeting Lin Dan for finals. Lin Dan. The guy who beat him in Olympics last year..in not even 30mins (i think)...and he made Chong Wei looked like a beginner in badminton.

SO here i am wathcing the final between Chong wei and Lin Dan, hoping that Chong Wei can give his all...I do hope he wins, but if he doesnt, at least give a tough play to Lin Dan - cos I really thought the game during Olympics was C.R.A.P.

Like the game he played with Taufik...and also with Lin Dan last year..what I observed is that he is a defence player...he just literally take shots after shots from his opponents. He hardly attacks! Why ah? Strategy ah? Even the first set of AE he only gave ONE good smash, and good thing he made a point from that smash. And from what I see he gained points from Lin Dan's mistakes! Lin Dan won the first set, 21-19...out f the 19 points from Chong Wei gained, I think about 9-10 were made from Lin Dan's mistakes (mostly on the nets).

Oh my now Lin Dan is still leading for the 2nd set...come on Chong Wei!!! I'm rooting for you!!!! Attack attack!! Alamak...as much as Chong Wei is giving a few attacks on the second set..he is making the same amount of mistakes as well. Hmm..pressure is showing dy..even when i type this the commentator said the same thing. my, its 12-19!.... o'ow..mata akhir for Lin Dan!!!! Here comes the shot from Chong Wei....the shuttle goes to Lin Dan....and..OUT!!! Lin Dan got the game point!

Well, at least this time Chong Wei played a better game against Lin Dan. But I'll still wait for the day he can beat Lin Dan :) If not him then some other local player. Anyhow, CONGRATES Datuk Lee Chong Wei! Still rooting for ya! ;)

L.o.V.e at first sight on Valentine's Day

I was walking by...alone...trying to figure where to go next. And that's when I saw you...you definitely caught my eyes. I've been searching for the right one, I never thought I could as the ones I've met just seem impossible!
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And I finally found you at ~OpErA~!!




















YaY! ;p

You know...I hate you sometimes

Making people wait on you...that's a bad HABIT
Hypocrisy!..Don't even think that you don't have that...
V-A-I-N...urgh, you make me wanna puke!
I-know-it-all...argghh!!!

Sunday....and Monday is crawling in

So its Sunday, woke up at 12pm and missed mass..GREAT! Now have to catch 6pm mass at SFX later...but i feel like takin a nap again...oh no lazybum. So unproductive.
SO my dear Monday, you better not be a bad day for me...

4th January~~

That's my special day each year, and it's even more special to have Greg celebrate it with me. And it can be the most special day if my family can be with me =) Yup, Happy Belated Birthday Cyntiuk!

A lunch treat from Greg at Edelweiss...cool+lotsa antique stuff place and I want to go there again!!!!

See the number 4? =) It means 'die' in Chinese..sheesshh

We sat in the middle of the restaurant at the mini garden. You can consider this part as the open air part as there was no roof on top of our head. Weather was good its a waste to not sit there. And why did I looked bored here?

I just dunno why he loves doing monkey faces

Now..what's the name of these servings?

This is really something, ain't it?

This is DEFINITELY something!

The conventional way of posing.. =p SIT STRAIGHT BOY!


This is one friendly Dalmatian! He actually stood up when I came closer..and said WOOF! WOOF!..which means Happy Birthday..yahaa~

A new year!...A new life?

Wow...my blog was really on a looooong vacation. Longer vacation than the tuan punya :)
Did I miss Penang? NO. Serious, I didn't want to come back. I'm missing my comfort zone sooo much. Papa, mama, DB, Cha, Max, my house, my room...even though its a bit dusty now that my sisters don't really bother to clean it up, house kitchen, house TV, house bathroom...everything that's in the house, semut, habuk,..cheh melampau lah bah kan.
What to do...vacation time is over, have to come back, work for money to bayar sewa bilik-bayar kereta-bayar bill-bayar itu ini, and back into the life of hari2 kerja sampai malam-hari2 makan luar-hari2 kerja ada issue and laundry tinggi menggunung dulu baru dikerjakan...sigh~~
Tiapa..tiapa, got vacation to Langkawi soon =) Hehehehe...can't wait!!! Hopefully everthing works fine and berjalan dengan lancar..and we're gonna have booze..eh, have a blast! =)