Culinary art that explores new possibilities;

Looks that rekindles sweet memories;

Ingredients that epitomize fine quality;

Sensation that melts all barriers of restraints;

Flavors that reveal moments of truth in gastronomy art.

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Hubby says: haha..mummy i got a new notebook from office..
Hubby says: but not too new also lah..
Hubby says: because got 3 ppl resign so i took over their notebook..
Hubby says: very high end.
Jessie says: as long as you like them ok
Jessie says: did you take over their salary also ?

Daddy usually take the earliest flight to East but this time is different. Since his flight is at 10am, the KLIA Limo will pick him up at 7.30am from home. Anyway, he thought it might be a good experience for kids to go to school in the LIMO! And boy of boy. You should see Carlgene grining from ear to ear as he step in the Limo. He’s a car lover if you must know.

Btw, Daddy just came home from East yesterday night and which means this morning will be the usual routine for Daddy. Sending the kids to school again. And guess what?

In the morning, Carlgene refuse to go in to Daddy’s car and insist to wait for the Limo to come. *eek. It’s a horror when Carlgene throw his tantrum. I dare not imagine. Looks like today gonna be another longgggggg day of lecture reasoning with him. *sigh…

There are three restaurants serving these delicious Yong Tau Foo – Ampang Homeland, Orchard View and Fong Fong. Now, it’s therefore almost impossible for you not to get a seat in any of them, but then, which is the best of the three?

In this case of Ampang Yong Tau Foo (f***ing too long, I’ll initial it as YTF), it’s Fong Fong which is most packed and arguably the best. Orchard View is a close second, while Ampang Homeland is a distand third. I’ll go anywhere depending on the crowd. However, if you can’t speak Cantonese or Mandarin (what a shame!), then you’ll have to settle for Ampang Homeland because it’s the only one that has a menu with colourful photos where you can point out the items that you want.

YTF are actually fish paste stuffed into items like smooth taufoo, ladies fingers, fried taufoo, chilies, slices of bittergourd or brinjals and also wrapped in thin soya skin (foo chok) which are then served in soup or deep fried.

Shallot for garnishing are fresh from the stove and not some instant pre-pack shallot from the supermarket.

Ah Lian: Aunty, can I take pictures ah?

Ah soh: Oh, can! Can! Take la. (She’s smiling at the camera and not knowing that ah lian is directed the camera at the food and not HER!)

*Click…click….

Ah soh: Where are you from ah?

Ah Lian: *paiseh…. no la. From Klang only.

Ah soh: *face turning like whore asking… knn, so suaku meh, never see YTF before.

The secret of Ampang YTF is the smooth white taufoo and the use of good ikan parang. Above all, there’s very little oil used (except for the fried items) and therefore a reasonably healthy diet.

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Yesterday was my first stamina training getting myself ready for a climb in Mount Kinabalu. Manage to run 800meters and walk 400meters nonstop. I almost couldn’t believe my own ablility cos the last i ever track run was when i was 17y/o. It’s just the start of the training and I vowed to be as discipline as possible.

… and you think you’re an outdoor person, ever heard of RAFTING?

We head out early driving on the NKVE to Gopeng at 7.30am sharp as we need to reach the toll at 9.30am where the rafting master is waiting for us with his cool van.

From the toll to the river, it takes us about 20mins drive on this one-lane kampung road.

Upon reaching, our river guide has got everything ready for the raft plus some last minute air check just to make sure it can support the 6 of us safely.

As a standard procedure safety briefing will be done before going down the river which covers the paddling commands, paddling skills, capsize drills, action when overboard of river rescue.

After 10-15 minutes of briefing by our professional river guide, King, we are now ready for our river rafting adventure.

Hey, wait. How come his life jacket is so small yet ours are so big?

Rafting is about getting wet and wild, therefore, avoid using denim jeans, thick cotton trousers and track suit. Just shorts or bermuda pants so it’s easier to move around.  On the river you will have the thrills of tackling exciting rapids and floating down the clear water river amidst a lush rainforest.  You will ride the continuous rapids graded from class 1 to 3 and continue down river passing by some old tin mining.  You will have fun too during the rafting like do some body-rafting or even take a spin in the raft with your head in the water or just get to the traditional fun of water fight with your fellow rafters!

(Getting the inflatable raft in the river at the starting point)

IF you don’t believe in god, white-water rafting will change your mind very quickly. Caught up in the raging waters, begging for divine help seems to come naturally. A good opportunity to test out your river skills and go on an adrenaline rush as you ride through the 14 rapids.

(Raft got suck on the boulder and it just need some jumping to dislog it.)

Every rapids had their own name like Broken Ledge, Easy drop, snake rapid, Rajah Corner, Hyside Rapid, Slide Rapid, Enders Point, Chicken Run (yeah… got lots of rocks and it goes so bumpy) and Eddy point.

When the invitation to a white-water romp came, I didn’t know what to expect. But after rushing through the rapids and harsh boulders at blinding speed in an inflatable raft to the thundering sounds of pounding water, I was hooked to the game.

It could be the adrenalin rush but I have discovered a side of me that I hadn’t known existed before. A mean adventurous streak.

It’s like an episode of Fear Factor but with proper guidance and the right equipment, anyone can tame the raging river.

Would-be rafters must take a 20m “anything goes” turbulent glide in the raw — just you, the life-jacket and your guts against the might of the river. If something goes wrong, instructors will be ready downstream with a lifeline.

After the first big fall, the rest was easy though I could hardly feel my rear when it was all over. Conquering my fears felt really good.

The next time someone invites me to chill out in white-water again, I hope it’s a Class 4 or 5.

Good work team! We are safe and ALIVE!!! The thrills of white-water rafting are simply out of this world.

Got certificate somemore. Don’t play-play leh. Did you read that… “Bravely challenged”. For a moment I feel so proud of it.

It’s a shame if you are in Klang and miss the BKT and also seafood in Port Klang. Those are the ‘must-try’to be in your list. And so last week, Sis Woei bring her Professor Kim

… who was in KL for 3 months sabbatical. What a lucky devil.

We suggested some kind of ‘adventure’ type and unusual seafood restaurant rather than the normal one. Tell me if this is ‘adventurous’ for you a tourist.

One of the scene that greeted us at the entrance leading to the restaurant. A bit ugly…. wait till you see the inner beauty.

We have to walk thru narrow lane with some wooden houses lined along it. Quite scary if you are not used to seeing such a scenario. To me, it’s beautiful cos I used to grow up 1/6 of my life in Pangkor.

A bit of a scenary before reaching the restaurant. (Ahem! Enough staring at my sister)

Wooden walk way at where we eat. Cool yea?

Now, let me talk about food, as usual.

Lala fried bihoon. Delicious but the lala is too small compare to the one I had in Telok Gong.

Noynya Steam Fish – Sourish and Spicy.

Drunken prawn – My sis claim that I cook this dish better than them. Fyi, drunken prawn is cook in VSOP, ginger and black fungus. Generous amount of VSOP really bring out the taste in it. I presume they are stingy in it. No doubt, VSOP is really expensive.

Salted egg yolk with crab – First time for me and still my sis said that it’s only 5/10. They have tried the one in Glenmarie and they are good. We had marmite crab too but didn’t manage to snap any pic. All the food was gooble down pretty fast. And the marmite crab was not that good cos the gravy was supposed to be thick and stick to the shell whereby the one they serve is quite watery.

Since the satisfaction of licking finger is not enough, we actually went to other restaurant just few blocks away from this just to savour their marmite crab (there is where patron if we crave for marmite crab).

At this point, I almost got my camera throw in the sea by my sista! (Boohoo…)

Don’t ya think it looks pretty good in pic? First you lick the marmite coated shell + peel them off + dipped the crab meat in the remaining gravy on the plate + eat = finger licking good!

Walnut cracker is a helpful tool. But I still prefer the hammer. Bang, bang, bang! and the person sitting next to you will have one or two gravy splatted on their shirt.

Just want to thanks my Sis Woei again for the lovely dinner and a few jokes and wisdom we learn from Professor Kim. Also thanks to Professor Kim, without him I would not get to blogged on this without paying for the meal.

 

 

Did you count that? 5 handbags and a pair of shoe!!!!   Hubby bought 2 different colour for item 2 so I’m giving the brown to my mom for Mother’s day. I’m really head-over-heels for emboidery stuff.

By the way, hubby bought 3 smoking dress for our princesses too. I can stare at them (the clothes!) hug them day and night.  Even the handbags, I’ve been feeling all the emboidery, putting them to my cheek and fiddling them. haha… I think I’m crazy.

Can you guess how much is those stuff?  US$3 !!!  Really. No joke!  Hubby said if I were there, he will go bankrupt that day. I’m definetely going to put Vietnam in my list for shopping to travel.

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Happy belated 9th Anniversary to me!!!  It falls on the 6th May. Yeah!  I can never remember my anniversary nor hubby.  Dunno why.  Cos we don’t even care to celebrate it.  To me it’s not important.  We still live the day happily.  Anyway, I can pretended he bought me all those bags for our Anniversary.  How about that? Cool ya.

… and Happy Belated Anniversary to my Dear.  Lots of xoxo *muaks!

… can’t deny it.

Anyway, I didn’t shop for them.  Some guys are selling them for charity.

Normally, I won’t entertain road side donor but the good is  irrisistable for my eyes. Not!  (Note that the charity home is in Penang and they come all the way to KL to get donation???)

Photoframe or you can replace them with mirror or…

double up as a name card holder.

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Lately I have improved a lot on my colour editing skill.  Look at the result:

 

actual colour before editing and after editing. 😉

i have 500pcs (or more) of pic in my office pc. I want to transfer all of them to my home laptop. i can’t use a thumb drive cos the file size is dem big unless i do part by part but it will take ages

i’ve upload some in yahoo photo and looks like i have to click the pic one by one to save it in my home laptop.  Even more job and dem dem slow!
Any other quicker way to do?

I’ve got another idea which is to bring my laptop to the office and use the thumb drive but i’ll leave that to the last resort.

There is a CD writer in my other kolig’s pc but I don’t want to let them know I’m doing something personal disturb them.  Anyhow, anyone got 1gig thumbdrive?  Can pinjam or not?  Linpek boh lui la……………. please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!……. pretty please!!!!!!!!!

2 weeks ago he’s away to North, 1 week ago he’s away to East and this week he’s away to Vietnam. *sigh… Each time when hubby is away for business I’ll get very moody + bad tempered + frown = lonely. It’s ok if the kids behave themselves but when they doesn’t (especially Carlgene) I’ll rather blow my head off with a M16.

A few things that he’s been taking care off when he’s around:
1) Fetch Kharsyn to and fro for Arithmetric class
2) Fetch Kharsyn to and fro for Violin class
3) Make their milk plus washing their milk bottles
4) Get the kids ready for school in the morning. (Yes! I can happily jalloping out the house in the morning. But usually Kharsyn will make sure mummy tied her hair cos she claimed Daddy is not expertise in that field.)
5) Do the dishes
6) Clean/picking up the toys on the floor

Not only he will help me with the chores but having an extra hand really help especially when you had a baby at home. For example when baby wants to be carried, I can’t even relieve myself. At one time, I have to placed the baby on my lap while I finish doing my business. That is awful!!!

Last night is something that I’ve not done for many many years. Waking up in the middle of the night by a crying baby. All this while, I’ll just have to nudge hubby and he will take care of situation from there. Now that hubby is away, I do missed him lots!!! *snif, snif… Especially when he’s away for the 3 whole freaking weeks something that is difficult for me to endure. (For me it is!)

I can’t wait till Saturday to see him at the front gate.  Left hand holding a luggage, right arm stretching out waiting for a big  bear hug from kiddos.  And me, greedily rummaging thru  all the goodies he bought for me from Vietnam….. *BiG GrIn!!!!!

Should two single people stay together in the same house before they get married — and even if it’s claimed that it is due to logistical/geographical or traveling reasons? What if it’s claimed that they’re not having sexual relations together and the man is sleeping on the floor and the lady is sleeping on the bed?

MY ANSWER:

I wish we could say that it would be just fine for this couple to stay in the same house alone together before they marry because I’m sure it would be much more convenient that way. The problem isn’t just in the fact that they’re staying in the same house together when they’re single, because they could be very innocent in their motives and their actions.

If this couple stays together like this – even if they are innocent, they will give fuel to someone who can accuse them of doing more than they are. Many people would never believe that a couple could stay together in circumstances like this and not fall into sin so the lies could take root in someone else’s mind (even if this couple is innocent).If this couple asks a friend or relative to stay in the home when they are there together, then this could work — as long as the person is someone who is trust-worthy and who won’t lie about the situation at some later date. But who knows what happens behind the closed door?

Partly also because people who choose to live together tend to be younger or less religious. They want to be absolutely sure this is the right person before they say, `I do’ for a lifetime. Some said that they are afraid to lose their partner so they move in together, hoping that the arrangement can keep them together. But, since there are no outlined commitments to stay with each other, what if unforeseen circumstances arise like the girl met in a bad car accident and he walk out on her. Now she is left to deal with the physical pain as well as the emotional loss of having her boyfriend walk away (whom she trusted and thought would stay by her side).

Living together before marriage is great too. It gives you an idea of how that person really is. If you wait till after marriage and decide you dont like their way of living what would you do, its to late. Yes, knowing one another’s habits can be good after marriage for you to work on and get used to the good and bad sides of each sexes bad points e.g. get used to the toilet seat being left up when we wanted it down!!

However it is up to the individuals. Each couple is different, it may work for some and other for whatever reason do not find it to work.