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!

unlucky 30.06.2006

i was driving home on friday.... almost home coz i can actually see my hubby waiting for me in his car at our apartment parking lots.....

it was 6.55pm.....i was driving at the sharp bend when a STUPID DUMMY BUS(a blue factory bus) speeded towards me & at the sharp corner, this STUPID DUMMY BUS went into my lane and hit the right side of my car... luckily the STUPID DUMMY BUS brake and stopped moving or else he will be dragging my car along with me inside the car....

i straight away called hubby on the mobile and later my dad..... at first i just dunno what to do until dad asked me to get out of the car first.... i was like how to get out of the car now? i can't opened up my door car... ooops.... no logical thinking at that time.... i then hv to climb out from the front passenger door.....hubby was with me in minutes... the bus driver came down & straight away put the blame on me driving fast at the corner and he was on the right lane! HELLO??? i was turning around the corner when the STUPID DUMMY BUS speeded and drove into my lane.....

i don't care at all what the STUPID BUS DRIVER said to hubby... i just took many many photos of the STUPID DUMMY BUS and the STUPID BUS DRIVER...

it was a long story after that... i lodged a report against the STUPID DUMMY BUS & DRIVER on the same day...... and now, my poor car is in the workshop.....

i am glad that i escaped unhurt or else i just can't imagine if the STUPID DUMMY BUS did not stop his STUPID DUMMY BUS after hitting my car......

* the STUPID DUMMY BUS DRIVER who claimed he drove on the right lane *

busy busy june

most of last month's weekends was spent dining with family & friends....

first, it was father's day lunch at the Dragon-i, Midvalley....

* this is my lil' sis, joyce with one of the terracota warrior at the dragon-i.... *

followed by kar-yee & william loo's b'day dinner at ZEN, Sunway Pyramid(we first planned for a BBQ, somehow it turned out to be a japanese dinner... so the different rite?)...

* the b'day gal & guy with the cute lemon cheesecake *

then it's 21st b'day party for little Yvonne at her home.....

* b'day gal with her loved ones *

and finally, a farewell dinner for one of my lovely & cute temporary staff, Cui Ling at the Little Taiwan, SS15 Subang....

in conclusion, it was a weight gaining month... hehehe...

sick...

as i am typing & uploading a couple of posts for my blog.... i feel slightly ill now! i should be resting rite?

i actually started to feel sick since saturday nite... sob...sob... and yesterday nite was worse.... coughing the whole nite... took a spoon of "pei pa ko"... fee l much better and then luckily, my hubby let me hv a piriton pill when i started to sneeze... which means i got to sleep well until the alarm clock rrriiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg!

thought of taking MC.... feel lazy too... hehehe........ but in the end, just dunno why... went to work as usual... whole day at office feel much better but tired....

thought after work wanna make potato salad for my "ji mui" & my mum.... but my mum-in-law said no cold food for me... means also no spicy/fried food for me until i am 100% feeling well...

and now, itchy throat is back...coughing every now & then... and seems like i hv nose blocked too... sigh.... hubby is away to penang for two days one nite business trip.... sob...sob....

realised that i hv not took any MC this year(since drinking green tea 5 days a week during office hour)...... and suddenly now with this flu, a bit "sien"... what i hate most is coughing & running nose.... "mah fun"....

looking forward for hubby to come home tomorrow... at least someone can pass me the tissue box when i needed it... hehehe

miss you, dear...

bb chung wei & his new hair-style(much much shorter hair liao)....

my comment: more mature looking/ look more naughty/ not so cute.... hehehe... but hey! he's stil my handsome little nephew...

those were the days...

my hubby & i usually hang out together with the same group of friends(namely the YEOHs, WH, JY, KS & BG)...

during uni/college days and the few years after graduating, where else do we hang out but the fav MAMAK? dunno why we are not into Coffee Bean etc.... maybe becoz we just don't hv the $$$..... hehehe

but these days, or shall i say after the latest addition to our group of bb YEOH JOO YEE, we usually gather at the YEOHs home... u know-lah.... bb not supposed to be out late at nite... got to sleep early(though they don't really sleep on time)....

hmmm.... it was fun meeting up with them again yesterday.. at least i get to see bb joo yee after a couple of months... and wow! she has grown up beautifully.... check this out!

* she loves to chat. she loves to smile. she loves to laugh. she is four months plus old, joo yee *

snacks 2

remember me mentioning the japanese mochi? this is how it looks like after unwrapping the lovely box... the taste: VERY SWEEEETTTT.....

bandar setia alam

yesterday was spent with hubby & in-laws at our newly handover house at bandar setia alam... we got the keys earlier but due to hubby was away to japan, only yesterday do we get to check the house for defects... and this is the view from my master bedroom windows(what view? no mountain.. no sea.... just a row of houses lor... hehehe)

snacks

hubby returned last saturday from japan but not without some japanese snacks for me.....he will surely buy me some japanese snacks each time he returned from there... not much but just enough to make my mouth shut from alwiz complaining "HOW I WISH I CAN VISIT JAPAN"..... hehehe.... among my favourite is mochi & those POCKY like buscuits...

cute cute cute

last friday, i managed to snap a few candid shots of my nephew before my mum-in-law gave him a quick bath...

* i am so cute, rite?*

* do you like my after-bath hair style? *

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).....

surprise!!!

yesterday while i was having a late dinner with my parents & lil' sis, my handphone rang(earlier i thought no need to bring along the h/p since i am not expecting any calls especially when hubby is not in m'sia)....

but what a surprise when i see my hubby's name appearing on my h/p screen.. can't be coz hubby had said many times that his h/p can't be used in japan to call me back in m'sia since they are using different phone system there (unless of course u buy the latest nokia N models)....

me: hello dear...
hubby: hello wife... where are u now? must be playing mahjong at your parents home-leh...

me: no-lah... having dinner with them actually... but hey, how come you can call me when
u're still in japan ah?
hubby: i'm now in KLIA, my dear wife...

me: cannot be... u said u onli coming back next wednesday...
hubby: remember yesterday i told you that i am coming back to m'sia today...

me: yes... but i thought you were joking coz you sound so sleepy at that time... plus you
will alwiz call me before you board the plane to come back m'sia and this time you
didn't...
hubby : aiyah... i am really in KLIA, my dear wife....

me: hmmm... true or not? stop jokinglah...
hubby: if i am not in m'sia, how come i can use my h/p to call u now....

me: so, u r really back here huh?(hurray! since i hv miss him so much)
hubby: yes.... don't you believe me?

me: okie okie..... shall wait for u at my parents home ya.... remember to collect all ur
luggage before boarding the taxi...
hubby: yes, my dear wife... see u later....

yup... my hubby is back from japan.... 5 days earlier than expected... so much things to chat with him... what a surprise!

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....

hubby & bb

wanna post this pic for quite sometime liao... hubby hv been away to japan for more than a week... miss him so muchhhh.........

before he left home, he actually had master the art of carrying his nephew, bb chung wei.... didn't expect that hubby could carry him without any problem... as for me, i only hv the courage to do so this few days....check it out!

* my handsome little prince with his handsome uncle *

full time housewife for a day

took annual leave today... very seldom that i will take leave and go nowhere for a holiday. but this time i did... which means i got a long break, 4days... friday to monday(due to wesak day)...

and yup! i get to wake up late... about 8am.... woken up by a SMS... then a phone call... by the time i woke up, my little nephew, bb chung wei is already up and smiling! he must be surprised to see me still at home at that time...

breakfast: one whole packet of CHEEZELS, all by myself.... hehehe...

then i helped mum-in-law to hang the clothes to dry.... watch TV, read newspaper, surf the net & chat with bb...

lunch: i cook my own lunch today... maggi goreng... but it turned out to be saltish... now i know what to do next time when i fried maggi.... to control the seasoning... no need to put all in...

after lunch, it's nap time! i actually slept for almost 2 hours.... so relax.... hmmm... maybe to stay as a full time housewife ain't a bad idea after all....

hubby supposed to come home for lunch but last minute was informed that he got to stay in office till he get his travelling allowance... sigh... which means i can't spend more time with him before he leave for japan... by the time he reached home, it was 5pm!

actually, while writing this, hubby is on his way to KLIA airport... start to miss him oledi... sob.. sob... can't see him for two weeks until may 31st!

human is like this... they will never appreciate ppl/things around them until they miss it for some time.... i mean now that hubby is away, i wished that me & him could have chat more... wished that me & him can have more mahjong games with my parents, wished that me & him can go for more japanese meals together(my fav food).... so many wishes....

for you guys who are with family/hubby/bf/friends now.... appreciate your time with them...

after staying at home for one day... do i want to be a full time housewife? the answer is : YES but for once a month onli... there's so many way to de-stress at home.... i love the freedom to do as i want... to eat, to sleep, to surf the net, to chat with hubby etc....

ring! ring! i can actually hear my office phones ringing now..... sigh....

mothers' day

it's mothers' day today... my in-laws don't really celebrate it. so, hubby & i celebrated it with my mummy instead. hubby treated us to Restoran Thai Corner, Taipan Subang.... daddy, mummy, hubby & i had so much food namely fried pucuk paku with belacan, fried omelette thai style, deep fried sotong, mango kerabu, pandan leaf chicken & our fav thai dessert, tub-tim grob (water chesnut in coconut milk)- we had it with jackfruit(nangka) as well

and i found the recipe for this delicous dessert... check it out...

http://www.thaitable.com/Thai/recipes/Rubies_in_Coconut_Milk.htm

after the lunch, we played rounds of mahjong till evening... what a leisure day... good food and good mahjong... hehehe

ribena jelly

today i spared some time to make ribena flavoured jelly for hubby before he leave for 2 weeks business trip to japan tomorrow.... going to miss him.... however, the jelly turned out soft... dunno why... must be the type of sugar i used... sigh...

beatrice & chak punn's birthday

MAY is a gathering month. both for birthday and for wedding.... last thursday, our group of "ji mui" celebrated beatrice & chak punn's birthday at ACTUALLY THAI, Sunway Pyramid.. the food is so, so only... and guess what? we have a new addition to our big group... and this special one is bb Joshua, elaine's young bb....

* this haagen-dazs strawberry ice-cream cake was sponsored by stanley(beatrice's other half).... *

* chak punn hv his own way to blow out the candle *

* little joshua & his daddy, william *

may 7th...

at a very last minute, hubby & i went back to my family's home to celebrate my daddy's 52nd birthday... when i said last minute, it's really last minute... almost 9.30pm we reached home to sang him a birthday song followed by the CAKE! yup... it was a delicious cheesecake bought from GOOD TASTE bakery near our home.... all 7 of us enjoyed the cake a lot(me, hubby, daddy, mummy, sis, bro & his fiance')

* it's not always that you can see my daddy smile *

* the delicious birthday cheesecake sponsored by my mummy *

things are differents these days

when i mention "things" now, i mean my working life.... dunno how to put it in words... only a few ppl namely hubby, family & my "ji mui" know what i am talking about...

working life sucks nowadays... how to describe in details? sigh.... i dunno... i dunno... i dunno....

i hv this headache for the past weeks... i actually hv headache everyday from the time i start working till i reach home...

anything wrong with me??? even those "panadols" can't help! i know i shouldn't take unnecessary "pills" but what can i do?

you might say, just don't think about work.. just don't care what will happen next... just don't care what ppl say...

i can assure you that it ain't easy not to think about anything.....

rite now, i just know one thing, i need a BREAK! maybe a long BREAK! or maybe just go away to a far far land.... somewhere which hv no phone access....!

farmland

may 3rd - me and my colleagues joanne, conique, danette, eunive & william went for steamboat porridge... we had this porridge steamboat craving since last month.... and finally we get to eat what we want to eat... hehehe..... in the end, this was how our porridge steamboat pot looks like.... green! green! green!

may 1st... labour day...

i joined my own family for a mahjong session at my 2nd uncle, Tony's house at puchong... long time since i last met all of them...

it was a fun day coz i get to meet my aunties, uncles, cousin bros & cousin sis.... though not everyone was there but it was enough to make my day! even my youngest grandauntie paid us a visit.... she reminds me of my grandma.... i miss my grandma...

and today, may 7th supposedly is my dad's 52nd birthday but we celebrated one week earlier at the SHOGUN, one Utama...... all 7 of us(me, hubby, dad, mum, sis, bro & his fiance) had a very very sumptious japanese buffet there.....

***** my mummy and my daddy***

kafe herbspice

sis-in-law treated us to a nice meal at this cafe.... this place is located at SS15, subang(quite near to the KFC there).... hmmm... my comment on the food there? delicious.... especially the pumpkin soup and this grilled salmon with orange sauce... yummy!

my two month old bb nephew...

finally! my nephew now starts staying overnight at my house(from sundays to fridays) since his mummy is back to work after her two months maternity leave. so, i hv many many chance to snap a photo of him. hehehe...

* auntie peggy, i know i am very cute, but no need to take a photo of me-lah, hehehe, shy only*

* grandma, make sure i get a nice bath ya *

The Classic IQ test

what's your IQ? if you have the time, check out this site. have fun!

my iq test

my IQ result is this:(not that genius after all....hehehe)

Congratulations, Peckyee!Your IQ score is 113

This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others. Your Intellectual Type is Precision Processor. This means you're exceptionally good at discovering quick solutions to problems, especially ones that involve math or logic. You're also resourceful and able to think on your feet. And that's just some of what we know about you from your test results.

customer service

there is so many types of customer out there. friendly, fussy, funny & weird! check out this conversation between two customer service executives (CSE I & II) with a lady customer (Ms ABC) on one fine day, late in the evening.

CSE I : Good evening, Customer Service Dept.
Ms ABC : hello. This is Ms ABC calling from XXX Company and i just fax in a toner order form. Did you receive it?
CSE I : Let me check for you Ms ABC. One moment please.

(after checking the fax machine for the order form)

CSE I : Yes, Ms ABC, we have receive your order form.
Ms ABC : Okay. Then, can I speak to Ms Catherine?
CSE I : I'm sorry Ms ABC but we do not have CSE name Catherine here.
Ms ABC : You sure or not? I just spoke to her few minutes ago.
CSE I : Well, we have two executives from the toner department but neither of them is
Catherine.
Ms ABC : Cannot be. Cannot be. I am sure i spoke to her just now.
CSE I : In this case, let me check for you. Hold on, please.

CSE I referred this case to CSE II.

CSE I : Ms ABC, I'll now pass this line to our CSE II. Maybe she can help you.
Ms ABC : Okay.
CSE II : Good evening Ms ABC, this is YYY speaking here. How can I help you?
Ms ABC : I want to speak to Catherine.
CSE II : I'm sorry Ms ABC, but we don't have any staff name Catherine here. Is there
anything I can help you? Is it regarding toner order?
Ms ABC : Aiyah. I only want to talk to Catherine. She's the one who fax me the toner order
quotation just now.
CSE II : Hmm... I have your order form now and I can see that it was prepared by CSE ZZZ.
Ms ABC : You sure or not? I am sure there is a Catherine at your office. She said that she's from
Sales Dept.
CSE II : Yes Ms ABC. I am sure we don't have a CSE name Catherine here. By the way, we
have a CSE name Catherine from our Kuching branch.
Ms ABC : No. No. No. This Catherine I spoke to just now is from your Shah Alam office here.
CSE II : Perhaps I can help you to check your order Ms ABC.
Ms ABC : No need-lah. I only want to speak to Catherine only. But since you said there's no one
name Catherine then never mind-lah(she then slam down the phone)
CSE I & II : ?????

The very next day, Ms ABC refax the same toner order form but with this notes:

" I am cancelling this order after spoken to CSE II that there is no one name Catherine who can handle my order "

mahjong mahjong

yesterday was our weekly mahjong game at my parents' home... one of my winning was this:

i was lucky ain't i??? .... i mean it's not always that you have this beautiful tiles...

44,444

as i was parking my car today, i noticed this inauspicious number on my car mileage counter...so, i just decided to take a pic of it.

nephew nephew

cute little pics of my nephew who came to visit us last sunday...

Mahjong

for the past two weeks, each time after hubby & i had dinner at my family house, we played rounds of mahjong... hubby, me & mummy will usually start playing mahjong around 7.30pm till 9.30pm(when my daddy come back from work)... and then daddy will join us while mummy can only sit beside him....

time really flies when u start playing mahjong... i mean, you won't realised that it's already late at nite... i can now understand why some ppl are so addicted to mahjong...

there is so many ways of winning... and one of it is this:

(proud to say that i was the winner for that round)

though i only learnt about mahjong recently(the first game was during CNY earlier this year), i hv fun playing it...thanks to hubby who hv been guiding me!...hehehehe.... looking forward to go home weekly to my family house for rounds of mahjong..

delicious food...

once a week, hubby & i will hv dinner at my family house... just 15 minutes drive from my in-law place... my mum will normally just cook rice with vege + meat... anyway, one day, she cooked one of my fav dish which is Singapore Fried Chicken... yummy!!! we had it with spaghetti. as you can see from this pic, where is the spaghetti huh???

belated CNY pics...

my "ji mui" senn finally email me the pics for our Y2006 CNY gathering... yup... those pics were taken earlier this year in February at w.chok's home....
we had fun on that day coz we played rounds of BLACK JACK... the fun part is almost every game, we have someone shouting BLACK JACK! or DOUBLE ACE... even for myself, i had rounds of BLACK JACK, DOUBLE ACE and not forgetting to mention 777.... yup! it was once in many many rounds that we encounter such situation!