Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Happy New Year !
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year 2009. May the year be filled with joy, laughters, successes and everything good ;)
Monday, December 29, 2008
Mama Mia! Musical
It was my first musical and definitely no regrets in having to pay such expensive ticket for it. It's every penny worth it. I got myself a pretty good seat. Fourth row from the orchestra. Of course, if given a choice the best seats would be another 4 rows behind where I'm seated.
Not complaining since my ticket cost me about RM 300++ after a 20% discount for early birds. The show starts at 3pm sharp. Late comers will have to wait till a few songs later before they are let in.
Just a little bit of recap of the storyline, it's about a girl who's getting married and wanting to know who her real father is and also to give her away for the wedding. This musical is full of laughters and of course, the ever famous Abba songs. I'm sure everyone is bound to either sing along with the cast members or hum along the songs, just like me. I sing along to almost all the songs. Not singing out loud of course. I do not wanna disturb others from enjoying the movie and certainly don't wanna be disturbed too.
I grew up listening to Abba, Beatles, The Carpenters, etc so basically I know the lyrics by heart. Oldies but the goodies! Thanks to my parents and till now, I'm still a fan of oldies.
Towards the end, some of the audiences actually stand up and dance along to their singing. I almost did hehe And till today, I still have those songs in my head and can't stop playing it on my pc or humming to the tune. I'm just loving it. I guess this is the beginning of my many musicals to come.
I have a dream, a song to sing .....
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas!
It's Christmas day. Wishing everyone a merry christmas!! ... This year I did not have any big celebration, no partying or clubbing. Just a dinner with my bf at this restaurant which he saw in one of those or rather a few food blogs.
We decided to give this restaurant a try since the rating seems to be quite good and it's nearby his place too. This restaurant's name is Fusion Haven. They served fusion foods obviously. From the photos of the food, it does look appealing and yummy too. The food are served ala French style, like when dining in fine dine restaurants. Portions are small and it's meticulously decorated. Nice to see and I definitely feel like eating it just by looking at the photos hehe
We asked the waiter over to get him to recommend us their signature dishes in each category ie the appetizer and snacks, main course, soups, etc. We ended up with most of their signature dishes. A mango salad, a smoked duck and cream of mushroom for my bf (the waiter told us that it is not can soup and it's freshly prepared), I ordered a pan fried dory tower, a unagi rice for my bf's mom and a snack of unagi roll. The food came as per the photo, not disappointing at all, a plus point for them :)
The unagi rice is nice according to my bf's mom. The smoked duck was a wee bit too salty for my liking. My pan fried dory wasn't at all nice to me, the fried dory is kinda cold and chewy to me, quite disappointing dish for me. The unagi roll is worth trying though. The soup came last and it came with a pastry on top of it ala Dome's signature soup pie. The pastry is crispy and delicious but the soup is very disappointing. One spoon of it and I know the waiter kinda lied cos I can taste that it is from a can soup. I do think they added extra mushrooms and maybe some other herbs to make the soup taste nicer. But sadly, me and my bf still agreed that the soup is still make of 70% can soup. Overall it's not a pricey place to go for dinner, our dinner came to about RM100. Cozy ambiance but with loud echo which make conversation hard. Not exactly a place I would wanna frequent though. Oh, and sorry no photos of the these food as I'm not a professional food blogger and we were too hungry to remember about photo taking hehe
That's my Christmas dinner. Next thing I know I actually had a Christmas dinner waiting for me at my aunt's. I guess there's a miscommunication between me and my aunt cos I thought the dinner is on Christmas day instead of the eve. I ended up joining them later on. My parents too. We reached there quite late. Really embarrassing as everyone is waiting for us. Nevertheless, I do enjoy my hours there playing with the dog and my little nephew and not forgetting the good food there. How can I not be fat with all these good food coming along during these festive seasons????? hehehe
We decided to give this restaurant a try since the rating seems to be quite good and it's nearby his place too. This restaurant's name is Fusion Haven. They served fusion foods obviously. From the photos of the food, it does look appealing and yummy too. The food are served ala French style, like when dining in fine dine restaurants. Portions are small and it's meticulously decorated. Nice to see and I definitely feel like eating it just by looking at the photos hehe
We asked the waiter over to get him to recommend us their signature dishes in each category ie the appetizer and snacks, main course, soups, etc. We ended up with most of their signature dishes. A mango salad, a smoked duck and cream of mushroom for my bf (the waiter told us that it is not can soup and it's freshly prepared), I ordered a pan fried dory tower, a unagi rice for my bf's mom and a snack of unagi roll. The food came as per the photo, not disappointing at all, a plus point for them :)
The unagi rice is nice according to my bf's mom. The smoked duck was a wee bit too salty for my liking. My pan fried dory wasn't at all nice to me, the fried dory is kinda cold and chewy to me, quite disappointing dish for me. The unagi roll is worth trying though. The soup came last and it came with a pastry on top of it ala Dome's signature soup pie. The pastry is crispy and delicious but the soup is very disappointing. One spoon of it and I know the waiter kinda lied cos I can taste that it is from a can soup. I do think they added extra mushrooms and maybe some other herbs to make the soup taste nicer. But sadly, me and my bf still agreed that the soup is still make of 70% can soup. Overall it's not a pricey place to go for dinner, our dinner came to about RM100. Cozy ambiance but with loud echo which make conversation hard. Not exactly a place I would wanna frequent though. Oh, and sorry no photos of the these food as I'm not a professional food blogger and we were too hungry to remember about photo taking hehe
That's my Christmas dinner. Next thing I know I actually had a Christmas dinner waiting for me at my aunt's. I guess there's a miscommunication between me and my aunt cos I thought the dinner is on Christmas day instead of the eve. I ended up joining them later on. My parents too. We reached there quite late. Really embarrassing as everyone is waiting for us. Nevertheless, I do enjoy my hours there playing with the dog and my little nephew and not forgetting the good food there. How can I not be fat with all these good food coming along during these festive seasons????? hehehe
Monday, December 22, 2008
Happy DongZhi
Yesterday it's the DongZhi Festival. Most of us are back to hometown to be reunited with our families for a reunion dinner. Myself included. This year, instead of mom cooking up a storm for the four of us, we decided to celebrate it together with my uncles and aunties and their families.
We went for a brunch at Chuai Heng, Ampang Waterfront as they are having a promotion for dim sum. Per basket is only 2.88++ or 3.88++. Very cheap. Earlier on, I booked a table for 10, turns out there's a total of 13 of us sitting at the round table, happily ordering our dim sum and chatting away. Their dim sum is steamed whenever u ordered it and not those type where a lady pushing a cart full of dim sum selections for you to choose. The food is fresh and delicious. We finished each and every plates/baskets of dim sum. They even served us each a bowl of 'tong yuen' to celebrate DongZhi.The bill came to about RM 200+ only. Really cheap. Maybe cos most of my uncles and aunties are already senior citizen and they can't eat much but still it's cheap :)
For dinner, the whole gang went to one of my aunt's place. She's cooked up some dinner and most importantly my favourite hakka dish, the braised pork with sea cucumber and fu chuk :) I practically finished 1 bowl of the braised pork without eating much rice hehe.
Some said you have to eat the number of 'tong yuen' according to your age and also there's a saying, once you eat the 'tong yuen' you are a year older, which is which? I don't know but I know I had my share of 'tong yuen' and am definitely growing older a year :)
We went for a brunch at Chuai Heng, Ampang Waterfront as they are having a promotion for dim sum. Per basket is only 2.88++ or 3.88++. Very cheap. Earlier on, I booked a table for 10, turns out there's a total of 13 of us sitting at the round table, happily ordering our dim sum and chatting away. Their dim sum is steamed whenever u ordered it and not those type where a lady pushing a cart full of dim sum selections for you to choose. The food is fresh and delicious. We finished each and every plates/baskets of dim sum. They even served us each a bowl of 'tong yuen' to celebrate DongZhi.The bill came to about RM 200+ only. Really cheap. Maybe cos most of my uncles and aunties are already senior citizen and they can't eat much but still it's cheap :)
For dinner, the whole gang went to one of my aunt's place. She's cooked up some dinner and most importantly my favourite hakka dish, the braised pork with sea cucumber and fu chuk :) I practically finished 1 bowl of the braised pork without eating much rice hehe.
Some said you have to eat the number of 'tong yuen' according to your age and also there's a saying, once you eat the 'tong yuen' you are a year older, which is which? I don't know but I know I had my share of 'tong yuen' and am definitely growing older a year :)
Monday, December 15, 2008
Homemade masks - tried and tested :)
Women, no matter how old they are, they all wanna be beautiful and look young. And just for that particular reason, we can spend thousands of ringgit in skin cares or cosmetics just to make ourselves beautiful :)
Myself included. Used to spend a lot on my skin cares as I am a firm believer of healthy skin speaks louder than a beautiful face with make up. So, beside the usual skin care regime, I diligently do my homework at home aka self facial with masks that I bought from pharmacies or supermarket.
Lately, I surf the net for homemade mask. I've heard a lot about the benefits of homemade mask before but have never tried any, so yesterday, I decided to give it a try.
I chose a banana and egg white mask. The ingredients are simple and easily found in a normal household. According to the net, this mask nourishes our skin, tighten our skin and have anti aging effects. The main ingredients are :
1 ripe banana (has moistening and soothing effects)
1 egg white (tighten and refine pores for firmer skin)
1 teaspoon of honey (helps in absorbing and retaining moisture)
3 spoonfuls of oatmeal (absorb and removes skin dirts, oil & impurities & is a natural skin cleanser)
Methods :
1. Peel off the banana and cut it into sections. Use a clean fork, smashed the banana on a flat surface.
2. Put the smashed banana into a bowl. Crack the egg for the egg white. Mix the egg white into the smashed banana.
3. Put in the honey and mix well.
4. Lastly, pour in the oatmeal and mix evenly.
5. Using a brush, apply the mask over your face. Start with a thin layer and then proceed with another layer of mask. Leave it for 20 minutes or longer if you like. Rinse it off with warm water and pat dry face. There should be leftover mask, keep it in the fridge and use it once everyday for 3 days for a better result. The mask should have a 2-3 days shelf life depending on how fresh the banana is :)
Verdict :
Day 01
After applying the mask on my face, I do look very silly. The mask smell nice with oatmeal. When I'm waiting for the mask to dry, it does feel that it's working it's wonder in firming my skin. After rinsing off, I do feel my face smoother and according to my mom, a bit fairer. Tonight I'm gonna try it again with the leftover. Looking forward to a fairer, smoother and firmer skin when I finish off the mask. Will update. :)
Indeed there's a lot of leftovers, I managed to finish the mask in 4 days ie for 4 nights I have been doing this mask. I do feel that my skin is smoother and firmer. My skin look healthier. The only downside of this mask is when you wash it off. It's hard to wash off the mask after it has dried. It kinda stick to your skin that's why the warm water helps. Try it out and see for yourself.
Myself included. Used to spend a lot on my skin cares as I am a firm believer of healthy skin speaks louder than a beautiful face with make up. So, beside the usual skin care regime, I diligently do my homework at home aka self facial with masks that I bought from pharmacies or supermarket.
Lately, I surf the net for homemade mask. I've heard a lot about the benefits of homemade mask before but have never tried any, so yesterday, I decided to give it a try.
I chose a banana and egg white mask. The ingredients are simple and easily found in a normal household. According to the net, this mask nourishes our skin, tighten our skin and have anti aging effects. The main ingredients are :
1 ripe banana (has moistening and soothing effects)
1 egg white (tighten and refine pores for firmer skin)
1 teaspoon of honey (helps in absorbing and retaining moisture)
3 spoonfuls of oatmeal (absorb and removes skin dirts, oil & impurities & is a natural skin cleanser)
Methods :
1. Peel off the banana and cut it into sections. Use a clean fork, smashed the banana on a flat surface.
2. Put the smashed banana into a bowl. Crack the egg for the egg white. Mix the egg white into the smashed banana.
3. Put in the honey and mix well.
4. Lastly, pour in the oatmeal and mix evenly.
5. Using a brush, apply the mask over your face. Start with a thin layer and then proceed with another layer of mask. Leave it for 20 minutes or longer if you like. Rinse it off with warm water and pat dry face. There should be leftover mask, keep it in the fridge and use it once everyday for 3 days for a better result. The mask should have a 2-3 days shelf life depending on how fresh the banana is :)
Verdict :
Day 01
After applying the mask on my face, I do look very silly. The mask smell nice with oatmeal. When I'm waiting for the mask to dry, it does feel that it's working it's wonder in firming my skin. After rinsing off, I do feel my face smoother and according to my mom, a bit fairer. Tonight I'm gonna try it again with the leftover. Looking forward to a fairer, smoother and firmer skin when I finish off the mask. Will update. :)
Indeed there's a lot of leftovers, I managed to finish the mask in 4 days ie for 4 nights I have been doing this mask. I do feel that my skin is smoother and firmer. My skin look healthier. The only downside of this mask is when you wash it off. It's hard to wash off the mask after it has dried. It kinda stick to your skin that's why the warm water helps. Try it out and see for yourself.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Hurt and Wounded ...
A very bad day for me yesterday. It was raining with heavy thunder storm. I allowed my dog into the house as whenever there's a thunder storm he tend to make a big fuss about it, howling and barking and scratching. But even when he is in the house, he's on his leash. And to make him less anxious I gave him his bone to chew on. To distract him from the heavy thunder storm. He was chewing nicely and even fall asleep half way through chewing his bone.
I didn't bother him till later. When I go near him and wanted to pet him. That's when he bite my hand. Yes, he bite my hand really hard and as I was struggling to let go, he bite more. He thought I wanna take away his bone. I took the cane and cane him as hard as I can with my other hand. Between the 'battle' I did not realize that he bite me that much. Eventually he let go. I thought it was just a small bite, then only I realize that I was actually bleeding when I saw droplets of blood on the floor. 2 of my fingers were quite badly bitten. There's a little swell on my hand, like a lump. One of my finger felt number and swollen. There's also a quite deep bite mark in between the thumb and the second finger. Luckily it have not reach my vein or else I think I'm gonna be crippled. I wash my hand with cold water, cleaning the blood and wound. Had to put a wool on it to stop the bleeding. Immediately I went up and took a cream to put on it. Wanted to bandage it but Steve came at this time. He was shocked to see my condition.
Was not that bad, just a very dark and furious and about to cry face on me :P He took over the job to bandage me. He clean my wound with alcohol swabs as I don't have dettol. It's not painful as he said or I thought it should be. Maybe cos I have already wash it earlier. He dab on some antiseptic (yellow liquid) on the wool and cleanse my wound again. Then he bandage it. This pic show how does
my hand look like yesterday. I am like handicapped girl. Nope, I did not go see doctor immediately last night. I went to the doctor today and she said I should get a jab within 24 hours of the bite. Luckily it's still within 24 hours. Got my jab and medicine now. And I'm no more on bandage as doctor said it's best to let dog bite/scratch wound in the open and not cover it in bandage. Luckily my finger less swollen today and I can move my fingers as previous but still there is a numbness and painfulness in it. Have to handle my hand with care. And I still managed to type this blog out so I guess my fingers are on it's way to recovery :) 
I didn't bother him till later. When I go near him and wanted to pet him. That's when he bite my hand. Yes, he bite my hand really hard and as I was struggling to let go, he bite more. He thought I wanna take away his bone. I took the cane and cane him as hard as I can with my other hand. Between the 'battle' I did not realize that he bite me that much. Eventually he let go. I thought it was just a small bite, then only I realize that I was actually bleeding when I saw droplets of blood on the floor. 2 of my fingers were quite badly bitten. There's a little swell on my hand, like a lump. One of my finger felt number and swollen. There's also a quite deep bite mark in between the thumb and the second finger. Luckily it have not reach my vein or else I think I'm gonna be crippled. I wash my hand with cold water, cleaning the blood and wound. Had to put a wool on it to stop the bleeding. Immediately I went up and took a cream to put on it. Wanted to bandage it but Steve came at this time. He was shocked to see my condition.
Was not that bad, just a very dark and furious and about to cry face on me :P He took over the job to bandage me. He clean my wound with alcohol swabs as I don't have dettol. It's not painful as he said or I thought it should be. Maybe cos I have already wash it earlier. He dab on some antiseptic (yellow liquid) on the wool and cleanse my wound again. Then he bandage it. This pic show how does
my hand look like yesterday. I am like handicapped girl. Nope, I did not go see doctor immediately last night. I went to the doctor today and she said I should get a jab within 24 hours of the bite. Luckily it's still within 24 hours. Got my jab and medicine now. And I'm no more on bandage as doctor said it's best to let dog bite/scratch wound in the open and not cover it in bandage. Luckily my finger less swollen today and I can move my fingers as previous but still there is a numbness and painfulness in it. Have to handle my hand with care. And I still managed to type this blog out so I guess my fingers are on it's way to recovery :) 
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
2 Bad News
Just received 2 bad news today. It makes my heart shiver a little. No tears come running down but the mind keep on asking a lot of questions. How did it happened? Why did it happened? Will it happened to me? etc.
First bad news, get to know that a child who wasn't even born yet can't survived the pregnancy. Indeed very sad for the parents of this child. The gender of this child has not been detected yet. I still remember a while ago as I was talking to the soon to be mummy, she's so excited and happy about the coming child. Telling me the child in her tummy is kicking her and being naughty. Looks like it's all gonna be a memory to her. Yes, a very sad memory. One that she might not wanna remember. First time being mother and father and now they have to terminate the pregnancy due to defect in the baby which is non curable. It is going to be their hardest decision ever make. Indeed very heart wrenching. I am shocked too when I received this news. I know she might be reading this too and I hope she don't mind me blogging out this news. Hope everything will turn out fine for both of you. May the power of peace of mind be with you both.
Second bad news received. A friend of mine had pass away last Sat. She was admitted to the hospital due to swollen legs. Doctor said it was water retention and gave her some medicine. When I visited her, she look alright to me. The same old girl I know. The cheerful and happy girl. I wonder what happened to her. We were the same type of people. Outsider who don't know might wanna call us the vampires or the blood suckers. We only turn vampires once a month and check in ourselves for some fresh blood. Although we hardly see each other but we understand how each of us felt whenever we face similar problems. It sort of comfortable to have someone understand what we had to go through. The pain, the side effects, the consequences and the future that behold for us. It is very sad to know someone of my age and with similar difficulties has gone away. It somehow trigger more questions in my mind.
As I have always said, live is short, enjoy and live it to the fullest. Hopefully I can and I will.
First bad news, get to know that a child who wasn't even born yet can't survived the pregnancy. Indeed very sad for the parents of this child. The gender of this child has not been detected yet. I still remember a while ago as I was talking to the soon to be mummy, she's so excited and happy about the coming child. Telling me the child in her tummy is kicking her and being naughty. Looks like it's all gonna be a memory to her. Yes, a very sad memory. One that she might not wanna remember. First time being mother and father and now they have to terminate the pregnancy due to defect in the baby which is non curable. It is going to be their hardest decision ever make. Indeed very heart wrenching. I am shocked too when I received this news. I know she might be reading this too and I hope she don't mind me blogging out this news. Hope everything will turn out fine for both of you. May the power of peace of mind be with you both.
Second bad news received. A friend of mine had pass away last Sat. She was admitted to the hospital due to swollen legs. Doctor said it was water retention and gave her some medicine. When I visited her, she look alright to me. The same old girl I know. The cheerful and happy girl. I wonder what happened to her. We were the same type of people. Outsider who don't know might wanna call us the vampires or the blood suckers. We only turn vampires once a month and check in ourselves for some fresh blood. Although we hardly see each other but we understand how each of us felt whenever we face similar problems. It sort of comfortable to have someone understand what we had to go through. The pain, the side effects, the consequences and the future that behold for us. It is very sad to know someone of my age and with similar difficulties has gone away. It somehow trigger more questions in my mind.
As I have always said, live is short, enjoy and live it to the fullest. Hopefully I can and I will.
Monday, December 1, 2008
An encouter ....
Today, while I was having my dinner with my parents at a nearby shop, came a woman asking us for money. The woman dress in clean clothes, had tidy clean hair (or so I think, from what I can see) and does not at all look handicap to me. She walk near our table speaking softly but still can be heard by all of us for money. We ignore her. The shop owner shouted at her asking her not to disturb her customers. The beggar, yes, that's what I would call her, walk slowly round our table and came over my side of the table and again begging for money. My dad said no to her and again the shop owner shouted at her warning her not to disturb her customers or else she would tell all her customers not to give her money.
All these while in my head I was thinking, why would this woman beg for money? I mean she's not handicap and she look perfectly in her sane mind. She had tidy and clean clothes and hair. So, to me, she can find a job and work for money instead of begging for money. What in her mind that make her do so?
Honestly speaking, I don't pity these kinda people. Not that I'm heartless, to me she can earn her living. Find a job as a restaurant helper or dish washer or what ever that can give her money rather than begging. Maybe to her begging is the most easiest way to earn money. If there's 10 tables in that shop and per table give her RM 1, wow, just 1 round of collection she can gain RM 10. That's a decent meal with a drink. Seems easy earning right? But on the other hand, can U do what she did? To beg in public and be as thick skin as her? Not everyone can do so. But with the current economy situation I think a lot of people might be desperate enough to beg.
From the religion book that I have read, being a beggar like her, u will be punished too in the after life. Punishment will be in the form of using copper/iron knives to scrape of the skin of the beggar's face cos the beggar did not use the correct path to earn money and are very thick skinned.
All these while in my head I was thinking, why would this woman beg for money? I mean she's not handicap and she look perfectly in her sane mind. She had tidy and clean clothes and hair. So, to me, she can find a job and work for money instead of begging for money. What in her mind that make her do so?
Honestly speaking, I don't pity these kinda people. Not that I'm heartless, to me she can earn her living. Find a job as a restaurant helper or dish washer or what ever that can give her money rather than begging. Maybe to her begging is the most easiest way to earn money. If there's 10 tables in that shop and per table give her RM 1, wow, just 1 round of collection she can gain RM 10. That's a decent meal with a drink. Seems easy earning right? But on the other hand, can U do what she did? To beg in public and be as thick skin as her? Not everyone can do so. But with the current economy situation I think a lot of people might be desperate enough to beg.
From the religion book that I have read, being a beggar like her, u will be punished too in the after life. Punishment will be in the form of using copper/iron knives to scrape of the skin of the beggar's face cos the beggar did not use the correct path to earn money and are very thick skinned.
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