hubby's birthday.....
sept 29th will be my dear hubby's birthday.... no secret to hide.... he will be 29 years old this year.... which means i will be turning 29 too...... which also means we are both going to celebrate our late 20's for the last time this year... and next year, we both will be in our early 30's

haven't decide what to buy for hubby this year.. we both are not those romantic type of people.. normally we will just go for a simple dinner.... maybe no gifts at all.... since our "pak thor" days, there were many types of gifts that we have presented before...

i guess now we both prefer to appreciate the days that we can spend together more than to receive a gift... of course a small gift will be nice coz we onli celebrate our birthdays once a year... but yet... nvm-lah... till now he never demand anything from me..... not that i can afford to upgrade his PC or PS.... hehehehe

maybe i should just prepare his fav konnyaku jelly.... i am lucky that my hubby is not those demanding type of person....

plus his birthday is just 3 days earlier from our wedding anniversary and my birthday is just 11 days later than his..... which means we will be celebrating this three occasions all on the same day

and here, in advance i would like to wish my dear hubby, A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, DEAR(and to me too)....... also A HAPPY 2ND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO US!

weddings....

it's early sept now... and for the coming months.... a busy time for gathering.... yup... soon the 7th month of the Chinese lunar calendar is coming to an end.... what else? the auspicious 8th month will be next.... which chinese old folks don't look forward to this time of the year where many many wedding dinners will be held???...... including myself, my wedding day was in the 8th month too as per the chinese lunar calendar....

a line up of coming events for me and hubby.... next two weeks will be my cousin sis's Mun Mun housewarming party at puchong..... the following week will be cousin bro's Brian & Mimie wedding day/ dinner...... end of october, wedding of our ex-schoolmate's wedding dinner..... early november will be wedding of my ex-uni housemate's wedding dinner..... end december will be my colleague's wedding dinner...... and not to mention my company's annual dinner in early november(don't think i will be able to make it since it clashed with my fren's wedding dinner)

some of you might have more dinners to be attended than me...... coz i got a few friends who will be attending 3 wedding dinners in the same month.. of course this joyous occasions are welcome with our open hearts........ it is not easy for a man and a woman to become husband and wife... it is fate that brought them together........ and we are proud to join them to celebrate......

to the soon-to-be married couples, may all of you will have many more days to cherish as husband & wife! it's the beginning of a new life.......

PPP: dream holiday to Australia

I have been dreaming to go for Holidays in Australia since I were a young kid… my mum’ elder brother and elder sister has actually migrated there many years ago…. Which means I have my aunties, uncles, cousin brothers and cousin sisters living in Australia…. Some of them lives in Perth…. in Gold Coast… in Melbourne….

And now almost me reaching 30 years old, I yet to visit them…. I guess I must really find a way to save more $$$ to visit them one day... perhaps before I turn 40 years old…

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interviewing a special young lady

the other day i interviewed a candidate... i would say a special candidate because she is the first handicapped person i ever interview.... our CSD dept currently(since i joined!) has two permanent staffs & one contract staff who are special in their own way..... all three of them are mute...... we often communicate by writing on a piece of paper or sometimes, by simple sign language....

but this time, i interviewed a young lady who lost half of her right hand(she only has her right arm down to the elbow only)... means she does not have her right hand fingers/ palm......

i really pity her a lot... but yet, i could not offer her either permanent or temporary position... the staff that we are looking for needs to handle A LOT OF paper work(filling, scanning, shredding etc....)..... sometimes we oso need to carry/ arrange our stationeries(A4 paper/ invoices paper etc..)

of course this special lady can do such work but we also need someone who can work at speed(with the expanding business, more workload)..........

i hope that she can find work at another office who can offer her a job but need not work in such "speedy" environment.... somewhere not so challenging.....

after meeting her, it makes me appreciate my life more..... the ability of us to do the things that we want or need to do.... and at any time we wanna do it....

PPP: time for a vacation

It has been a long time since hubby & I went for an overseas holiday…. I do not consider visiting Singapore as an overseas trip since I have been going there almost on a yearly basis…. Hehehe… the last trip that we went overseas for a holiday was two years back for our honeymoon in Hong Kong.... sigh...

I would actually love to plan for a vacation soon…. As a tourist to another country, will you prefer to sign up for an all inclusive package(which covers air ticket, accommodation, hotel transfers, sight-seeing, meals etc…) or would you prefer to opt for free & easy package?

Here is one example: my parents once joined an all-inclusive tour package to Guangzhou, China… and they were brought to visit the bee farms…..all because the tour agents get commission by bringing tourists there means my parents got to waste their time visiting the farm… is china famous for honey?

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potato patties

got this recipe from mr & mrs ha when they came to our house for potluck last month... and today i tried this recipe and it turned out OK OK onli..... hmmm.. need to improve it next time...

ingredients (served 4-6 persons)

four potatoes(wash & peel off the skin)

cornflour

salt

pepper
one capsicum(any color)- diced it

water chestnut- diced it
big onion(this time i used small onions coz no big onions at home)- diced it

steps:

i) boil the potatoes in a big pot until it cook/ softens

ii) mash the potatos iii) add in and mix the diced capsicum, water chestnut & big onion with the mashed potato. also add in a pinch of salt and pepper to taste
iv) lastly, roll the patties to any shapes that you like, coat it with cornflour and fry it in hot oil

** the finished product **

bb lee hoy mun....

my uni room-mate, Lu Ping just gave birth last week monday(16/07/07) to a baby boy... so happy for her & her hubby, Kong Wai(my ex-classmate)... here are a couple of the cute bb photos...

** bb at Day 2, my hubby & i visited Lu Ping at the hospital **

** a few days later, Lu Ping MMS me this pic..... he has his dad's eyes & his mum's lips **

back from singapore

had a short but nice trip to singapore... 21/07/07 till 23/07/07... took some nice pics(mostly food).....

DAY 1- reach s'pore, bugis junction & chinatown

** the 8.00am Aeroline bus which we boarded from Menara Axis, PJ ** per person one way fare is RM 80.00 + 3% administration charge ** the fare comes with a light meal + hot drink + dessert is served too **

** the interior is quite spacious, comfy and each seats come with a cute small yellow pillow **

** the place we stayed in singapore, my grandma's HDB flat at Queenstown **

** from Bugis Junction, this is the TakoPochi which I have been craving for **

** the packaging has improved a lot , priced at S$ 2.20 for three pieces(in one box)**

** and this is the irresistible blended "durian" shake with pearl- priced at S$ 3.20 per cup **
** can't resist from taking a pic of this lovely wedding cake(it's a real one!) **
** didn't know they had a food fair too at Bugis Junction until we arrived **
** one of the cute food stalls **

** so many variety of food, japanese, chinese, indian, western, malay etc... **

** does this looks yummy to you ?? **

** hubby had this, DONG BAO (a slice of pork with special sauce in a soft white bun)- priced at S$ 1.50 per piece **

** my order, sharksfin soup with crab meat- S$ 2.50 per bowl **
** nite view of FOOD STREET at chinatown- BUSY! **
** hubby's order- one set of "char siew" rice + one plate of vege + one plate of yong tau foo + few pieces of wantan in soup- S$ 13.00 **
** my order- "oh chien" fried oyster with egg- priced at S$ 5.00 per plate **
** my fav tong sui in singapore, "tong yuen" glutinious ball in peanut soup- S$ 1.50 for four pieces(diff flavor, can choose peanut, red bean, yam, black sesame, red bean or green tea)

DAY 2- takashimaya, orchard road

** my fav shopping place in singapore, TAKASHIMAYA at Ngee Ann City... not for clothes but for food **

** been a long time since i ate at MOS burger and now after coming back to m'sia, i'm craving for it(anyone got idea if there is any MOS burger restaurant in KL?) **

** for lunch, seafood clam chowder soup- S$ 2.20 per cup **
** hubby's order, yakiniku rice burger(beef)- S$ 3.75 per burger
** my order, ebi rice burger(prawn)- S$ 3.75 per burger ** YUMMY!
** dessert, frozen strawberries- S$ 1.60 for 3 pieces(min order) **
** it's so delicious coz it's frozen with vanilla ice-cream too **
** for tea-time, Beard Papa **
** bought two pieces (no need to fight for it, mah! hehehe) **
** my preferred flavour, cream puff in strawberry cream( i think they haven't promote this flavour yet in m'sia)- S$ 2.30 per piece **

** cream puff in vanilla cream- S$ 2.00 per piece **** found this cute little CHILLI CRAB(bread stuffed with crab meat in chilli) at one of the BreadTalk bakery at Plaza Singapura ** how can I not buy it when it is so CUTE and it tasted so yummy??? - S$ 1.50 per piece **
** for dinner, my aunt and mummy recommended this AJISEN RAMEN which had many outlets in singaore, japan, bangkok etc... but not in m'sia yet.. TOO BAD **
gosh! i'm feeling hungry now after looking at this pic again ** it's the SALMON bento set which comes with a miso soup- S$ 10.00 per box **
** hubby's side order, chuka idako **
** and each time i'm in singapore, this is another of my fav bottled drink, Water Chestnut & Sugar Cane drink - S$ 1.50 per bottle **

DAY 3- early morning went grocery shopping with mummy, then time to go home

** the waiting lounge at the travel agent, Transtar, it's comfy, got TV to watch and free unlimited hot drinks **
** a pic of me & hubby at the waiting lounge before boarding the bus to go home **
** journey started at 3.30pm... hubby watched so many channels while on the way back to KL & I onli know how to sleep **
** this bus is comfy too... comes with multi movie channel on board and massage chair + light meal + hot drink ** S$ 47.00 per person for one way fare **

summary:

--> did not buy any clothes... many discounts available but can't find any that i like... maybe will grab something when the next sales is on again at singapore..

--> but one thing for sure, i am missing MOS burger now and my TakoPochi and my blended "durian" shake with pearl.. i guess i jsut have to go to bed now and dream about all those lovely food that i had last weekend

--> thanks mummy & hubby for accompanying me to singapore!!! and also daddy for sending us to the bus station on saturday, 21/07/07 and picking us up from the bus station on monday nite 23/07/07

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.....