s'pore food

i was in s'pore last mth for a short 3days 2 nites stay with my parents and sis.... hubby was too busy to join us... nevertheless, i still enjoy the trip... hehehe...

everytime we reach singapore, we will head to one of the many food courts at one of the neighbourhood for their local delight which is 'MEE POK'..... it's actually dry noodles either with pork/ fishballs + mushrooms+ fish cake........
for the very first time, i tried their "singapore rojak" which is very similar to the "penang fruit rojak" except that they have crispier "tau fu pok"...

and at nite, dad brought us to a famous "tong sui" stall at chinatown which sells the famous "Peanut Soup Tong Yuen".... this stall oso have the ordinary/ normal tong yuen with ginger soup.... of course, we tried the peanut soup one which turn out to be really good though we had it at about 10.30pm.......
we actually ordered the peanut soup with four pieces of tong yuen with different fillings(peanut+ red bean+ black sesame+ yam)..... it cost S$ 1.50 per bowl for 4 pieces of tong yuen with peanut soup... my verdict for this "tong sui": DELICIOUS... must try if you are in chinatown......

looking forward to my next trip to singapore, maybe in June next month with dear hubby.... they are having the GREAT SINGAPORE SALE..... okie hubby?

anything is possible

i attended an internal leadership training few months back and i planned to blog about it earlier... but oops! somehow i just forgot about it..... hehehe... busy-mah....

this photo prove that "sometimes we need to think out of the box to solve our many daily obstacles/ problems".... yup! we can actually poke a balloon with a "sharp & thin bamboo stick" without bursting it...... have u tried it b4? i did it that day and i was like WOW!

secret's recipe- spicy chicken cornish

i was spring cleaning my handphone's photo when i come across this pic.... don't think i hv blog about this b4........ ngam2 i feel a bit hungry now.... how nice is it if i can just have a bit of this???.... it's none other than this spicy chicken cornish from secret's recipe ........ if possible, i'll get myself one this coming weekend or maybe tomolo.....* wink * wink*

sky again

my dear sky(actually not mine, it's my family's dog and i onli stay near my family now... hehehe)....... has grown a lot this few months... as what my mum said, this dog needs a lot of attention...... so, when it bark, i got to call out it's name "SKY, SKY" so that it will stop barking... and actually listen to us talk, talk and talk........

this dog is cheeky.... my mum has difficulty bringing it for a walk as it will keep on running here and there or will just stop & sit down no matter how hard you pull his chain...... but when my dad bring SKY for a walk, it will walk nicely.......... u see-lah! dog oso know how to choose who to bully!

genting trip, may 1st

we first started our day with a McDonald's breakfast takeaway
time: 11.15am
food: one sausage McMuffin, one hash brown, two banana pies and one cup of tea

hubby & i reached the peak of genting highlands at around 12.30pm... as expected, we know that there will be so many, many ppl turning up at genting on any public holidays..... we took almost 15 minutes to find a parking spot but not before queueing up & stuck in a jam near the hotels' parking...
we were lucky, coz in the end, just like many thousands of other visitors on that day, we parked at the road side(legally one!) near the FIRST WORLD HOTEL bus terminal... whewww.... if not for the car who drove away for us to park our car, i can't imagine how much longer that we need to find a parking space.....

hmm.. this trip is a bit diff from my other genting trip... reason: rarely that hubby & i make a day trip there.... normally we will spend a nite there...... but this time hubby said NO-lah..... one day trip is enuf... save $$$......

and also, this is the first time that i win money from playing jackpot at the main casino... usually i will loose RM 20.00(hehehe... i know it's a small amount coz i alwiz restrict myself from gambling too much)...... but this time, i managed to win RM 30.00(wow.... macam menang banyak sangat... hehehe).....but i'm still HAPPY!

we then had our lunch at the KFC there
time: 3.30pm
food: snack plate(two pieces of Hot & Spicy chicken+ coleslaw+ mashed potato), one Alaskan fish burger, one potato wedges & 2 cups of Pepsi

after that we had dessert, this time round is Baskin Robbins ice-cream
time: 4.30pm
food: rum & raisin + raspberry cheese with chocolate cone(super delicious, but a bit expensive lor)

guess what??? i can't believe that i met two of my colleagues not once but twice on the same day at genting... just imagine there were thousands of people and yet, i get to meet them twice in a day!

hubby and i did not stay late as we planned earlier coz i don't feel that safe driving downhill when it's dark... a bit scary for me.... so, we left genting about 7.00pm.... (hubby have a history of driving up to genting with me & a group of frens on a New Year eve at around 11pm plus, that was scary for me)

before heading home, we headed to Taman Bunga Raya, Setapak for dinner(even though we are full but still i wanna eat at this place again, it's somewhere near hubby's ex-TAR college)
time: 7.30pm
food: two sets of nasi lemak with their "ayam goreng panas" special + ice lemon tea + lime juice
it was a satisfying day... the weather is nice(misty) and especially for the food all day long... and thanks hubby! for the great day..... looking forward to our next trip there ya...

finally...

all the stress is gone(at least until now!).... i have completed my internal audit and my EI service kick-off presentation.....

after conducted the internal audit, i find myself still got a lot of things to learn.... i don't mind attending more training on it...... plus it's FOC.....

so, how did i fare in the presentation? hmmm... my immediate boss said i did well and my colleagues said i look cool (they said i don't look nervous at all)..... really? they don't know that my heart beat so much until i just don't have anymore nervous feeling... i just don't care... i just presented what i have prepared for the past few weeks......

as a reward from hubby, i'll get to go genting highlands tomolo with him... looking forward to spend a relax day at the casino... hehehe....... supposedly we join his annual department trip to ROMPIN but it was cancel last minute..... just too bad.....

oklah... wanna wish everyone a HAPPY LABOUR DAY & HAPPY WESAK DAY too.....

labourer like us deserved to have this break...... we really do.....

may all of you get to spend this short break with ur loved ones......

claypot chicken rice

supposedly i need to use a claypot to make this dish. but how many of us really have a claypot at home? so, i followed my mum's way of cooking this dish by using the rice cooker..... this dish is easy to cook... and luckily it turn out yummy.... my hubby actually ate two plate of this rice.... again, i'm proud of myself.... hehehe

ingredients(serve 3-4 persons)

300gm boneless chicken thigh meat
5 chinese mushrooms(need to soak for a while, then cut strip)
2 chinese sausages("lap cheong"- rinse with hot water to wash a way the first layer of oil, then cut into smaller pieces)
some dried shrimps
abalone sauce
oyster sauce
dark soya sauce
sesame oil

method:

- marinate the meat with all the sauces + sesame oil
- add in the chinese mushrooms + sausages + dried shrimps. leave it in the fridge to marinate for about 30minutes
- cook the marinated ingredients and leave it a aside
- using the rice cooker, cook the rice the way you normally do. Except that this time, add in the cooked ingredients and let it boil together with the rice
- once everything is cook, serve it hot....

tips: when cook the rice, put less water as you normally do. if not, the rice will turn out to be soggy

sg buloh nursery 2

again i went to sg buloh nursery with my parents few weeks back while hubby was away for BT.... and this time, there is more beautiful shots of the flowers and plants there

steamboat dinner with mr ha

apr 14th '07(saturday)- while mrs ha is away for BT at germany, hubby & i manage to "date" mr ha for dinner... this time, mr ha recommended us to this Pulau Ketam steamboat place near jaya jusco klang..... Hao Hao Wey Steamboat restaurant...... he oso first time there, so we do not expect much from this place in terms of the food quality......

and all's well, end well.... the food is fresh.... they onli serve plain soup(no tomyam/ kim chi etc...)...... and it's not expensive.... about RM 13 per person for one set of steamboat..... we actually added a plate of dumplings for RM 5 (8 pieces- the dumplings are really yummy)......
and last saturday, hubby & i went to this same restaurant for another round of steamboat with my mummy & SIL...... i just can't have enough of steamboat.....

miso soup

dear hubby bought home some miso soup from japan when he went for his BT last month.... i love miso soup(i should say that i love japanese food.... hehehe)... i guess he is too....

and this is one of the many instant miso soup that he bought...... nice packing that they have there...... it actually has five different flavours (if i'm not wrong is the original flavour, the onion flavour etc...)

if you're interested to taste it, you can buy some of this miso soup from Jaya Jusco supermarket or the 100yen shop at SS2/ Puchong/ Subang......

"ketchup" squid with cucumber

this past few weeks i hv been exploring new recipes... yup... i'm still learning to cook..... once a while MIL will give me some tips to cook better....

and this time round, i did this cooking all by myself (from washing the squid, cutting it to give patterns & cooking it).... i'm so proud of myself.... hehehe......
ingredients (serve: 3-4 persons)

300g squid (washed & cut)
one cucumber
garlic
ketchup

method:

- stir-fry the garlic
- add in the squid and let it cook for a while. then add in the ketchup(as much as you want)
- finally, add in the cucumber to cook it until it's a bit soft
- serve hot

tips: no need to add water. ketchup will do coz the water will come out from the squid naturally.....

snacks from japan + hong kong

i'm going to post some pics i took last month when hubby came back from his japan BT.... and also his recent BT to China.... but he did not buy any snack from china as i requested him to get my fav Wing Wah "wife cake" when he transit one nite at Hong Kong....

* this are the snacks hubby bought from his japan BT *

* and this"wife cake" is from Hong Kong.....my fav is the original flavour *

* there is a story behind this "wife cake"

wild hogs

went to watch this movie yesterday with dear hubby at GSC, Berjaya Times Square... been a long time since we last watch a "real comedy" movie... yup... we laugh from the time the movie starts till it end.... everyone in the cinema were laughing out loud! really worth watching if you wanna have a relax day....

this movie is starred by Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence & William H.Macy

you can find out more about this movie at this site

my rating: 8/10

happy

i really feel happy now..... should be " i feel more relief now that hubby is home safely".... yup.. he's finally back from his China BT yesterday......

I've been complaning to him so much on how worried i was for the past few days since he did not call home to report that he landed safely there....

his excuses:

- he reached late on sunday
- been working till late nite everyday(almost midnite)
- rushing to visit suppliers at diff place e.g. guangzhou & shenzhen
- no roaming svc for the h/p(tomolo need to bring him and activate the roaming svc first)

he said: "nvm-lah..... i'm now home oledi.... don't be angry ya...."
i said : "if i am in your position, i also no need to call home and report that i reach safely is it?"

question: is it LADIES think or worry too much??? is it too much to ask for?

worry...

have u ever worry about ur loved one when they are away from you & they are not in M'sia???

I DO......

sigh... my dear hubby yet to call me since he reached CHINA last sunday... hopefully he's safe and things go well for him.... today is the 3rd day he's there and there is still not one single call from him..... it is just not so him...

how come he haven't call me yet? is it he forget to call me and inform me that he hv reached CHINA safely? can't he use the hotel room's phone to call me? can't he call from his workplace there? is the place he went to is so ULU until no phone line available??? cannot be rite???

(btw, his h/p no roaming - really regret he didn't apply for it, next time will insist he activate the roaming svc before he goes BT)

so many unaswered questions now....

i just hope that he's fine and he will give me a call soon....... he's scheduled to spend a nite tomorrow at hong kong ETA 7pm.... maybe then he will call.... i dunno.... really dunno.....

miss you dear.... & worry for you at the same time

boring weeks to come

dunno why these few weeks my workload has increased suddenly... i guess i am now shouldering more responsibilites at work place.... nope.... i did not get any job promotion(not that i want coz i am not those career minded type of person, hehehe....)

i enjoy learning new things at work but i really need to manage my time better..... there is just so many pending work around...

first of all, i am learning about internal audit... i hv been selected to be in the internal audit team committee..... started with one whole day of training last week and tomolo there will be a two hours briefing on the coming internal audit scheduled for the coming wednesday & thursday....

secondly, there will be a service kick-off for my EI division held annually.... as one of the section leader, i will hv to do a presentation on my meter reading section... did i tell u b4 that i just HATE presentations? from school days to uni life and now to work place...... i really HATE it a lot...

but what to do? i got to "jaga" my "rice bowl"....... or else my hubby will not be able to support me financially(rite dear???)...... so, die die also got to do presentation lor.....

this will be the 2nd time that i'm giving this presentation... the first time i did it was 2 years ago.... and to make things worse, it'll be held on the 27th of this month...... why worse? coz it's month end... the most busy days of the month plus i'll be taking leave on the 3oth(last day of the month)... sure a lot of my work will be pending again until i come back to work in early may....

don't care about the work now... i better start preparing for the presentations.....

hmmm... i wish hubby is with me now..... he'll definitely tell me "aiyah! presentation onli mah! what to worry?"... he's CORRECT.... no big deal.....

miss you dear...

i'm back

i just realised that i hv not been blogging for quite some time.... actually since hubby back from his BT , i hv not been blogging... and tomolo, he'll be flying off again for another BT... this time is to Dongguan, China..... luckily this time it's just for 5 days & 4 nites (including one nite transit at HONG KONG)...

so, i hv not much to complain this time since it's just a short tip..... guess where's he staying for his one nite transit at hong kong? it's none other than the hotel that we stayed at when we went for our hong kong honeymoon in Y2005.... the MAJESTIC HOTEL... what a coincidence..... and since it's now super peak season at hong kong(coz dunno got what exhibition there woh), the room costs RM 500++ per room for one nite stay....

hmmm..... actually me hv been really busy... and oso no mood to blog..... sometimes i wonder if there is anyone out there who is reading my blog.... maybe there is a few active readers who hv been following my blog.... not many but i do appreciate you guys who hv been putting up your comments every now and then for some of my posts..... a big THANK YOU! at least i know there is still readers out there....

oklah...enuf of my bla bla bla.... i'm going out now for dinner with hubby & mr ha(our old fren who is so lonely now coz his wife, MRS HA went to germany for BT until next month..... hehehe...)

will write a few posts later when i'm in the mood to blog.....

Mika Nakashima- Sakurairo Mau Koro

found this nice clip at my cousin jaslyn's blog... sit back and ENJOY!

I am actually still listening to this song and it's for more than 10 times this whole nite....



Here's the song's translation:

When the cherryblossom colors flutter, I’m alone
Standing exhausted, I can’t cut off these feelings bottled up inside

When the color of new leaves shake, feelings overflow
I lost sight of everything and drifted towards you

The trees around us told us in silence
That we would both see:
People don’t have to be limited to one place

When the withering leaves change color, I am next to you
And as the passing days fade, our love changes

But please, let these trees
Protect these feelings
Silently rustling your leaves above us,
Just one more time..

Before long, the seasons will pass
And we will be taken somewhere else
But right now, there’s only one thing I know
Embrace me, silently

Covered by the snow, the feelings get lost
The footprints vanish, sounds disappear in vain

But please, let these trees
Protect these feelings
So that, frozen in eternity
We may live on here

The trees around us told us in silence
That we would both see:
People don’t have to be limited to one place

When the cherryblossom colors flutter, I’m alone
Savoring my thoughts of you

chung wei on 1st day of CNY '07

joo yee during CNY '07

mrs yeoh complained that the pics i posted on her lil' one earlier is so small.... so, here i am now posting some of Joo Yee's pics (taken during this year CNY) but dunno this time mrs yeoh consider the pics BIG enough or not....

bak kut teh again

on sunday, i had bak kut teh with my family + dad's frens for brunch at kg baru subang.....

yesterday on tuesday, i had bak kut teh again but this time is for dinner with mr & mrs ha...... we tried this famous Meru bak kut teh near the MAYBANK (not the Teluk Pulai one)... this one is near klang high school..... very easy to spot coz this Maybank, Meru is quite a big branch..... the bak kut teh stall is just beside the road only....

as usual, i had my individual claypot of pork-less bak kut teh.... and they had a claypot of PORK one... i was surprised when i first saw the claypot..... OH MY GOD! SO BIG BOWL! HOW TO FINISH ALL THIS MUSHROOMS + GOLDEN MUSHROOMS + BUTTON MUSHROOMS + TAU FU POK???.... luckily MR & MRS HA helped me with some.....we oso had some "yau char keuy" to accompany our meal....

comment:

- it's worth eating coz they are so generous with the many types of mushrooms. not like some place in SJ which charge extra a few ringgit for more golden mushrooms.... BUT there is no vege accompanying this bak kut teh........ only mushrooms & tau fu pok.....

-the place has continuos customers walking in for dinner on a WEEKDAY....... not bad huh???

- the soup is thick. as what MR HA said: the soup looks more like gravy than soup

- overall taste: oklah..... something diff about the soup.... but i still prefer my fav BAK KUT TEH stall at Kg Baru Subang......

will i eat here again? why not???

majestic hoteli was spring cleaning my office drawers & i found this sachet of coffee.... yup! it was from the MAJESTIC HOTEL, Nathan Road, Kowloon...... the place where hubby & i stayed when we went to HONG KONG for our honeymoon (oct 4th-7th '05)...

how time flies.... i've been married for one and a half year now but it just seems like yesterday that i just got married.... hehehe....

delicacy from the above pic, what do u think my two colleagues are having for snack???

they actually want to send out a message from this pic:

YUMMY! This is delicious....wanna try some?

hmmm.. it's actually a delicacy bought by one of the boss who went to Thailand recently and he introduced to us this "claimed" delicacy: FRIED GRASSHOPPERS........ me alwiz being the not so adventuruos type of person did not try this so called delicacy at all! NEVER EVER!

I just can't imagine myself having a bite of this........ how could they say it's a nice snack??? i think i'll never understand the reason why anyone of us could gulp down this grasshoppers.....

i tried looking into the box of FRIED GRASSHOPPERS for a few times & each time it became worse when i feel like vomitting..... DO YOU???

FINDING NEMO

i still remember when i watched this cartoon movie a couple of years back with my dear hubby, it was during school holidays, so the cinema was packed with KIDS who can't stop talking......

but it was fun!... i like the animation & the storyline..... my fav character is of course the pretty DORY......

and this time around, hubby & i was 2nd time lucky coz AGAIN we hv won a pair of ticket to watch DISNEY ON ICE- FINDING NEMO on April 7th '07 (saturday 8.30pm)....

yup! last year we both oso won a pair of ticket to watch DISNEY ON ICE too .... but that time it was not FINDING NEMO... it was a mixture of Beauty & The Beast, Cinderella etc.....

and coincidentally this time around, our good frens, MR & MRS HA also won a pair of the tickets(actually, they are the one who informed me that we hv won the tickets).... guess that we will most probably car pool together....

So, anyone of you who are interested to watch this DISNEY ON ICE, you may still purchase the tickets online

surprise! surprise!

hubby called me yesterday evening while i was at oneU.... and to my surprise, he called me again just now.... two calls in two days.... it just make me so happy & i miss him more now.... countdown to 6 days before hubby is home...... yippie!!!

SKY SKY

SKY, my family's dog has grown so much for the past few months... it is now a charming dog.... when it's not barking of course.....

malaysians again...

my family & i was heading back to the carpark after having seafood dinner at one of the restaurants in NOTHPORT..... and this is what we saw:
*** can you see that this STUPID DUMMY CAR is parked rite in front of the main entrance to the restaurant??? there is ample of parking bays around but THE STUPID DUMMY DRIVER does not bother at all ***

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....

jap snacks

this a very belated post on those japanese snacks that hubby bought from his previous trip to utsunomiya... just let the pics do the talking ya....

~ belated valentine's chocolate from my dear hubby ~

~ snacks for my mum & dad, very SWEET..... ~

~ can't get this mentos flavour yet in m'sia ~

~ hubby bought this before, this is a healthy melon snack, love it! ~

~ another POCKY type of snack for me, hehehe ~

hubby called

feeling happy now... dear hubby just called me..... tonite i can sleep better liao... hehehe... just wanna say that i'm glad/ happy that he called....

missed call....

sigh... i was at my mum's place tonite for dinner...... and hubby can't reach me on my h/p.... so, he called back to our home..... MIL informed me that dear hubby called me but i were not at home.... sob...sob... he said he will call me back later.... hopefully lor....

it's not easy to wait for a phone call..... a call which you hv been expecting for a few days.... a call which will make your day.... a call from someone whom you miss so much..... a call from someone whom u love so dearly........

ang pows
it's almost end of Y2007 CNY.... though i'm married, but hubby & i still get some ang pows from relatives... not much but got oso lah.... i miss those days when i can still rcv ang pows from my relatives, my parent's frens & fren's parents without feeling "pai seh"..... thinking back, the last time i got ang pow openly was in Y2005.... how time flies.....

stir-fry four angled-beans with dried shrimps

bought two packets of this four angled beans for my mummy but she said she doesn't want it. so what i did was i tried cooking a packet of it...

ingredients:(serve 3-4 persons)

• a packet of four angled beans (roughly 15 stalks of it)- cut into smaller sizes
• 3 tablespoons of dried shrimp
• garlic
• oil

method:

- add a little bit of oil, stir-fry garlic + dried shrimp until the dried shrimp turn red/cook

- add in the four angled beans

- stir-fry it until the vege is cooked

** tips: no need salt becoz the dried shrimp is tasty enuf **

it's that easy..... if i can cook it, you definitely can also.....

result: not so bad taste.... hubby also finished half the plate of this dish without any complain.

day 4

on 28.02.07, wednesday...... my hubby actually left for his japan business trip again........ schedule to come back onli on 17th march.... another 2 weeks to go without hubby......sien.. sien... sien.... i alwiz envy those who have their spouse 365 days a year..... i really do...

so, if you are married, please go to ur hubby/ wife now and say I LOVE YOU to him/ her....... give them a big hug & let them know how much they meant to you...... i wish i can do so now......

dear, i miss you so much....

what do u think this guy is trying to say???
a few possibilities actually:

- HEY! how come my food taste so bad! i want refund!

- HEY! what did you say just now?

- HEY! what's so funny about me?

- HEY! you listen to me! i'm the BOSS here.... ok?

- HEY! you better watch out! don't let me see your face again......

well, he's actually MR HA........ someone whom i have mentioned a few times in my blog...... he's my my primary/ secondary school fren....... i cannot post a clear pic of him...... or else he won't let me join him & his wife for dinner again......so, just bear with this "oldie" pic of him....

bak kut teh

i am not a pork-lover person.... it's true.... dunno how to explain.... i onli eat a few selected type of pork which is either fried, roast (i onli eat the crispy skin a.k.a. suckling pig), sweet & sour, char siew (onli the type which is BBQ badly - those a bit burnt lah)........

i just can't stand the smell of the pork meat... when i was much younger, i LOVE eating pork... i can still remember that as a kid, i love vinegar pork trotter, roast pork, just any type of pork.... but as i enter secondary school, things change.... i started to avoid RED MEAT except DUCK meat... means no pork, beef or mutton for me, please!

must be because of the pig farm visit i had when i was in my school days.... that totally change my way of eating PORK and other red meat.....

anyway, back to my post topic: BAK KUT TEH.... this is one of the pork dish that i still consume (minus the pork meat of course) as long as the soup does not taste so much of pork meat.....

last week, me & my two colleagues went for lunch at one of my fav BAK KUT TEH stall... the name of the shop is AH SING BAK KUT TEH at Kampung Baru Subang.... as usual, i will order my own claypot of BAK KUT TEH- meatless (pork-less lor)........... onli got vege+tau fu pok+button mushrooms... too bad they don't hv "yau char kueh" that day......

it was a satisfying meal as the soup is nice...... herbal soup with not much pork meat smell..... just nice for me...... slurppp........