the 3 kids....

for the 1st time, this year we had a small potluck gathering at my home to celebrate x'mas with our good frens....... this is the group of frens whom we had known since primary & secondary school days.... yup... some i hv known for about 20 years....

we adults get to chit chat & gamble a bit... while the kids get x'mas presents....

as u can see from the pic, we had 35 months old mini Yeoh joo yee, 10 months old mini Ha hsuen wern and 8 months old mini Lam daniel... will they be good frens in the near future just like us adults?

the wedding of our good fren Teh Teong Beng and his beautiful wife Vivian.....




congrats to you both!
may both of you have a blissful life ahead and blessed with many many healthy children!

back from penang

yup...last weekend hubby and i went with our gang to attend our good fren Teh's wedding dinner in Prai, Penang..... it was a nice 3 days 2 nites trip....

our trip mainly involves food... but sad to say, we did not get to eat much of the nice Penang hawker fare mainly due to the reason we were staying at Prai rather than in the island.....

wai hoe was our food guide for a sumptious dim sum breakfast at Ipoh... we got to wait for a table seating as the number of customers there is so the MANY...... how was the dim sum? i would say FRESH & YUMMY.... let the picture speaks it words:


When we arrived at Prai, the groom-to-be, Teh and the bride-to-be, Vivian treated us for nice lunch at one of the restaurants for a nice chinese lunch.....
and while on our back to KL, again we stopped by at Ipoh for supposedly famous chicken which has smooth meat...... but unfortunately it was sold off.... i had Lam Mee which tasted very good as i finish off the soup that accompanies it.... (initially i thought the Lam Mee has black gravy as in those sold in KL)

july 14th '07

had a great saturday night out with my "ji mui"... long time didn't hang out with them... an earlier plan of a potluck dinner at my house was then changed to a dinner at the Curve..... so lazy of us.... hehehe... actually more of, so lazy of ME........ no need to cook or clean up mah.....

we didn't really decided where to eat earlier..... Joanne, Kar-Yee and I were the first three to arrive at the Curve... so, what we did was we browsed through the many eateries there & decided to try out this outlet, TonChan.... it's supposed to be a japanese restaurant.....

hmmmm.... but they don't serve much sushi.... Senn & gf, Linda, William Loo & gf, Sophia then later joined us..... i had the tempura bento set(as usual).... and the ramen that the others have is not that good(according to them) coz both Joanne & Kar-Yee didn't finish eating it.....
after dinner, we joined senn's frens at OneU for two games of bowling... we left the Curve at about 10.10pm and reached OneU at 11.00pm... ya.... onli a few km away but took us almost one hour to reach there becoz of some stupid traffic lights and some cars/taxis parking at the road side near Tesco there...

hmmm... i have improve slightly on my bowling skills..... just slightly onli...... i am pretty impressed though with Sophia coz she can really bowls......

by the time we finished bowling, it was almost 1.00am... it's been a long time since i go out until so late(as in after getting married)....... but we had a great nite... would definitely look forward to another round of makan2 and bowling session with them.....

seafood lunch

last sunday, hubby and i went for seafood lunch at kuala selangor(KS) with a group of our close frens... KS is just a 30 minutes drive from our home in Setia Alam...

this time we try out this new place... normally we eat at restoran sungai yu but this time, we headed to kedai makanan laut hai ung (just a few doors away from restoran sungai yu)...

* this place is much bigger than restoran sungai yu *

* the view we had... not bad *

* belacan kangkung, ordered by mr yeoh *

* seafood soup with generous serving of crab meat *
* looks and taste like sharksfin soup *
* "kam heong" lala *

* "har kou", prawn mantis coated with salted egg yolk *

* "oh chien", fried oyster with egg *

* buttered "sotong", which i find it too dry & no butter taste at all*

* fried fish in soya sauce *

in conclusion, i still prefer the food at restoran sungai yu but this place offer a better place for chit-chatting after a sumptious lunch as it is more spacious... and airy....

potluck

had a potluck session with some of the closest frens at my house last week saturday(23rd june '07- the day hubby & i were supposed to leave for a short holiday to singapore with a couple of frens but cancelled due to some "unforeseen circumstances")...

this time round, i decided to cook spaghetti with tomato prawn sauce..... luckily i got my mummy to guide me on how to prepare this dish...

besides that, i also prepared some longan konnyaku jelly..... well, the spaghetti that i cooked, turned out well..... most of them said it's yummy & delicious.... and of course, they love the konnyaku jelly too......

seriously, this is the first time that i cook nice spaghetti.........

ingredients1 packet of spagetthi
1 bottle of pasta sauce (i prefer Prego brand)
1 can of tomato puree

prawns (peel off the shell)
1 can of button mushroom (slice it thinly)
2 big onions (slice it)
garlic
2 fresh tomatoes (peel off the skin and cut into dices)

steps

i) preparing the sauce
- fry the onion with garlic
- add in the button mushroom, follow by the prawn
- when the prawn turn into red color (almost cooked), add in the diced fresh tomato
- after that, pour in the pasta sauce and the tomato puree
- let it simmer for about 10 minutes then turn off the flame

2) preparing the spaghetti
- put water into a big pot. when the water boils, add salt and some oil... then put in the spagetthi
- cook until the spaghetti is soft, then drain the waterbefore serving this dish, heat up the sauce as it will make the spaghetti taste nicer while it is piping hot....

home cooked dinner

last saturday, hubby & i was invited by mr & mrs ha for a simple home cooked dinner.... well, since they are only staying a few minutes away from us, we no need to drive there but we just have to take a stroll to reach their home(i would say a nice & comfy home).....

the dinner turn out to be a nice one... the food is great but what is best is the "company".... how often that we get to hang out with our good frens huh? in our rat race life, it is so difficult for us to gather with our frens....

mrs ha took all the trouble to prepare the fish slices + stir-fry "sengkuang" + chicken curry and ABC soup(with celery, first time i drink this soup and it is really delicious)...... i can understand how much effort she had put in (which i don't think guys will understand since they rarely cook)...... so, a big THANK YOU to mr & mrs ha for inviting us... hubby & i look forward to another round of good cook at ur home ya....

a fun filled day at oneU

yesterday after work, saturday(1/2 day work onli), a group of us (me, Joyce, Joanne B, Cynthia, Yvonne, Chan & Nic) went to oneU for lunch (minus NIC), bowling & movie.... we watched the chinese movie, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE! hmmm... the movie is so so... it's a comedy one..... and we ended the day with dinner at SS2, PJ.....

firstly for lunch, we had chinese food at SOHO...located in between the old & new wings..... beside Johnny's steamboat........it's a bit like dragon-I restaurant... in comparison, SOHO caters more for dim sum... but dragon-I has more variety of desserts and side dishes.... both oso serve lai mian....

* we played two games each & the results dispalyed here is the 2nd game one. can se my result there??? P= 62, hehehe *

lastly, we had dinner at the PRINCE CAFE, SS2, PJ..... the menu is similiar to KIM GARY restaurant.... anyway, PRINCE CAFE has nicer environment there coz GREEN (my fav colour) is their theme... green uniform... green walls..... green menu.... as for the food, KIM GARY is better....

swee lan's wedding dinner

30th sept '06 hubby, me and a group of friends attended one of our ex-classmate, swee lan's wedding dinner at the HISTANA HOTEL, Klang.... when we first arrived, we almost went into the wrong dinner... found out that on the same night simultaneously there was THREE wedding dinners... that explained why the groom looked so much different from the earlier photos we saw of swee lan's fiance....... hehehe.... comment for the food: not bad.....

* cute bb joo yee was there too. seen here with her mum: AUNTIE ONG *
* the future Mr & Mrs Ha Wai Hoe who will be getting married this coming dec 9th '06 *

stanley's b'day

as usual, our gang held our monthly b'day gathering. for sept, the b'day boy is STANLEY CHEN...

date : 26th sept '06 (tuesday)
venue : magical theatre, sunway pyramid
food : so so onli.... not recommended to fussy eater
drinks: a lot of weird names e.g. First Love, Love Is In The Air, I Love You etc.... (all those mushy mushy names)
* the very very chocolate SECRET RECIPE cake *
* stanley with his bazooka gift (thanks to skillful gift wrapper, william C) *

YOU TUBE (june ' 06 - kar-yee's & william loo's b'day)

first time i upload video via YOU TUBE.. result: blur blur
* turn on the speaker to hear our birthday song singing to them(be wary as it is really really out of tune... hehehehe*

jen's & moon's birthday dinner

our "ji mui" group celebrated two pretty gals birthday for the month of august

venue: Jack's Place, Sunway Pyramid
date : 09 August 2006 (wednesday)

hmmm... besides celebrating this happy occasion, we had a VIP for the day.... she's none other than william chok's gf.... Ms Mandy...... they had a tough time answering questions from two cheeky boys, Senn & Stan who eventually answered back all the questions(in a funny way) that they posed for the new couple...... hehehe

* the cute ladybirds chococlate was attached to the the simple birthday cards *

* the birthday cake looks nice with floral white chocolate side but it's so sweettttt...... *

* the two pretty birthday gals, ,Moon & Jen *

* the new couple... can you see the smile on her face? she's in love ..... *

penang trip

* after trying so many times to upload the photos, i finally managed to, with the tips from shanny)

last saturday(08/07/06), in two cars, 7 of us(me, joanne, Cynthia, Moon, yvonne, william & steven) left for a short trip to penang(one of my fav city- becoz of food lor)..... besides that, penang means a lot to me as i had spent three years uni-life at USM..... i miss the place so muchhhhh.........

we first arrived at Bidor for a late breakfast... where else to go to if not the famous Pun Chun restaurant for it's yummy duck thigh noodle.... it was my 3rd visit to this restaurant... we oso bought some of the famous snacks there(chicken biscuit & "sak keh mah")....

we then arrived at Penang about 1.30pm.... check-in to our spacious two bedrooms service apartment at Vistana Hotel, Bukit Jambul.... with the guidance from one of our Penang colleague, Elisha, we had late lunch at Penang Road.... the famous ABC cendol & assam laksa.....
after that, the 7 of us drove to Ferringhi Beach and then had an early dinner at the temporarily shifted, Gurney Drive.....

the next day, we had a sumptious breakfast at Taman Pekaka, near our apartment...just like our previous trips(refer to the earlier posts, either to melaka or genting), we had "DIM SUM"....... but this time, it is self-service..... we just love the egg tarts that they served there!we then headed to bukit bendera, kek lok si & a couple of temples before stopping by for a late lunch at Macalister Road for the famous SISTERS "char kuey teow"... at a nearby stall, we oso bought a couple of durians & smuggled into our apartment... hehehe
at nite, it was the WORLD CUP FINALS celebration at Upper Penang Road.... the place is happening... with HOTLINK being the major sponsor for the nite, there were many activities around..... unfortunately, it was too noisy... in the end, we watched the WC FINALS in our apartment.....
the last day in Penang, we went for breakfast at mamak..... we then visited our Penang branch office at the Northam Tower....

on our way back to KL, we managed to stop by at our Ipoh branch office and had a really really late lunch...... and this time, we found this special fruit cocktail drink(made from dragon fruit juice with a mixture of mango, water melon, longan, kiwi etc...)
my comment for this trip: it's FOOD, FOOD & FOOD at penang.... and FUN!

master chan's b'day

may 24th.. a group of us(my colleagues & i) gave one of our colleague, master chan, a surprise birthday at our office... we planned this the very last minute... just a small cake to celebrate his b'day and i can tell you that the cake is yummy! good choice, steven(the one who chose the cake).....

genting trip

may 20th '06, my fellow friends & colleagues went for a 2 days 1 nite trip to one of my fav place, genting....all 6 of us(me, joanne b, willaim c, yvonne, moon & steven) started our trip with "dim sum" breakfast at tmn mayang.....

we reached the tophill at about 11.30am and managed to check-in early to the hotel rooms... when we arrived, the weather was hot + humid.... i mean it supposed to be cool rite? sigh.....

we have earlier bought the mysteria, "believe the impossible" package at RM 111.00 per person which includes accomodation(twin sharing), ticket to watch mysteria, one meal and return genting skyway....

after check-in, we took a short rest before we headed for lunch at Pizza Hut...... the view from our room is simply beautiful.... we get to view the whole outdoor theme park.....
after lunch, we spent a couple of hours at the casino... as usualy, i lost RM 10.00... hehehe... spent on the jackpot machine lor.... william then treated us to coffee bean with his casino winnings where we oso met up with another friend, senn who is there to watch connie francis concert with his parents + bro......

the weather in the evening is cool + misty... we enjoyed our outdoor seating at the coffee bean, resort hotel..... before the mysteria show, we hanged out a while at the pool table.. besides pool, we oso played some games on the slot machines, which tested our eye-sight a lot on two photos which are quite similar.... we need to spot five differences for each photo at the shortest time... it was not easy man.... six pairs of eyes on the machine and yet, we can't even break the record!

and before we rest for the day, we gave a little surprise to steven.... a belated birthday cake(just a slice for him)... hehehe... he was so surprised.....
the following day after having breakfast, me, yvonne, william & steven took two rides at the indoor theme park... the bumper car + the roller coaster........ we woke up quite early while joanne + moon slept till 10am.... it has been a few years since i last took these rides.. hehehe...

after check-out, we had buffet lunch before heading home.... it was a sumptious lunch which all of us enjoyed so much......

looking forward to our next plan trip.... maybe to penang.... the heaven for FOOD....