Monday, December 24, 2007

Ho Ho Ho...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Yes! It's Christmas..a time of giving!!! What are your Christmas wishes? Mine would be...SECRET..lol
Anyway,I went for a Christmas dinner last night.The food was yummy,the people were friendly,the show (esp the lucky draw :P) was fantastic and most importantly,I met my friends..FINALLY!! (after 3 years..lol..such a long time isn't it?) Thanks for the Christmas presents! I love it! :)
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Performance by small kids...

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They are so cute!

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me & Ling Ern

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us again ( with slightly different pose :P)

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me & Lih Chiann

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me,Ling Ern,Lih Chiann & Alex

Would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.May happiness surround you always and all your dreams come true!

Sunday, December 23, 2007

My Holidays (Part 2)

Sorry guys that I took so long to update my blog.Well,as I mentioned in my earlier post,Karen,Victor and Chuan Tai came to malaysia for holidays.I am going to briefly write about their five days trip in Malaysia.

First day
They arrived kl. Jia Lin and her mum picked them up from the bus station. They went to Petaling street for lunch.After that,I met them at Jia Lin's place. Next, we went to One Utama(without wasting any time :P ) We had our dinner at Wong Kok restaurant.Here are some of the pics taken when we were having dinner...
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cheese baked rice

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chicken wing rice

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our drinks

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the boys...
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the girls...

After dinner,Jia Lin's dad drove us around the kl city.The view of kl twin towers at night was breathtaking!! We were impressed by its architecture! We strolled down bintang walk.It was a happening place with lots of shopping malls around. Of course,we did not forget to take pictures!
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me..

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me & Karen

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me & Victor

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me & Chuan Tai

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and finally..one happy family :)

Before we called it a day, we had our supper at a Mamak store. We did not have appetite for food so we only ordered drinks.
We spent overnight at Jia Lin's resort. It was a nice resort equipped with a 34 inches plasma LCD tv, a cute teddy bear for us to play with...etc..lol

Second Day
We had Dim Sum for breakfast.I satisfied my stomach with Chee Cheong Fan!
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Dim Sum

In the afternoon, we took a flight to Penang!!!! Had our lunch at the hawker stalls in Gurney Bay.We ordered Asam Laksa,Rojak,Cuttlefish kangkung,satay,Pasembur,Prawn noodles, Muar Chee...hmm the food was tantalizing and simply irresistible!!
After lunch, my dad drove us around penang so that we could take a quick glimpse of the island.At night,we went back to Sungai Petani(the place where I live). Had our dinner in a restaurant near my house. That's all for our second day trip.
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bamboo prawn

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me,Karen & Victor

Third Day
Went to Penang early in the morning. We visited a Burmist temple.In the temple,there were different containers for vistors to throw a coin and make a wish.Each container resembled one wish, eg prosperity, good health...To make a wish come true,we must throw a coin into one of those containers. I managed to throw in "Good health","Happy Marriage","Happiness" and "High Education"...does that mean I am going to possess one of them soon? lol...we will see :P
We had nyonya food for lunch in the adternoon.We visited nyonya museum after lunch. Most of the antiques have beautiful design. We learnt more about nyonya culture after the visit.We were then brought to a batik factory to see the making of batik.
What's next? more and more temples :S (Jia Lin: "why Penang has so many temples?" me:"erm...because people in Penang like to pray?" Jia Lin:"......."
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us..in front of a temple

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me with the sleeping Buddha

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me, Vic & Jia Lin

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Nyonya Museum

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Fourth Day
Our flight back to kl was scheduled in the afternoon,therefore,we didn't have anything planned for the morning. We had dim sum for breakfast again :P After breakfast,it was FRIENDS time!! I watched FRIENDS with my friends....lol.. We spent the whole morning watching the series.
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Dim Sum again!

Reached KL in the evening!
It was Karen's birthday, we planned a surprise birthday party for her.Here is how our plan worked... We lied to her that we were going to have a quick dinner in a restaurant nearby since everyone was tired.We called Minchiee and asked her to join us for dinner. During the dinner,everyone just acted normally,pretending that we did not remember her birthday. Once we finished our dinner, Jia Lin and Victor went to get the birthday cake. Karen was surpised and touched when she saw the birthday cake! (our plan was successful! Yay!) and what Karen didn't know was...we had another bigger surprise for her..lol.. We asked her to hold the birthday cake,telling her that we wanted to take a picture..When she wasn't paying attention,Victor and Jia Lin smashed the birthday cake on her face! (our`second plan went successfully! lol..)
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group photo

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delicious!

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me,Karen & Minchiee

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blowing the candle...

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cutting the cake..

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where is Jia Lin? :P

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EVIL!!

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poor karen...

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with Jia Lin

After half an hour,we were in a bubble tea shop,talking and drinking.It was an exciting day for all of us!

Fifth Day
They left Malaysia :( Will miss them and hope to see them again soon!

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

My Holidays (Part 1)

Holidays have been awesome!! Feel like I am living in heaven now ;) Well basically (quoted from Dr Wong) my holiday is all about eat, sleep & travel....
so...what have I been doing so far? There you go....

27th of November
Headed off to Melbourne, Australia.The main purpose of this trip was to bring back my things which I left a year ago..

28th of November
Arrived Melbourne! It was summer there. Took a taxi to Karen's new house in Boxhill. Melbourne didn't seem to change much. I met Karen finally!!! Gave her a big bear hug:)
Met Auntie Soo and Richard as well. Had our lunch in Boxhill Centro. Thanks Auntie Soo for the lunch!
Helped Karen to move her stuffs and then we went back to Mount Waverley. Was glad to see Maureen (my ex-landlady).
Justin came over to our place in the afternoon. Had a good chat with him until dinner time. It was a shame he couldn't join us for dinner :(
Had our dinner in a Szechuan restaurant, Glen Waverley. Was my first time trying Szechuan food..love it!

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Szechuan dish.. "squirrel fish"

29th of November
Off to Melbourne Central..carried out my first shopping mission..lol.. My mission was unsucessful..only managed to buy a dress :( but I did bump into someone I know (you know who you are..lol...small world!)
Had my dinner with Karen, Richard and Karen's cousin. We had Korean barbecue!! yummy!! I tasted ox tongue..for the first time in my life! It didn't taste bad..but I would say it had a unique taste :P

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korean fried squid
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me & Kai
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yummy....

30th November
Richard drove us (me, Karen,Roy and Emily) to Mount Dandenong. On our way to the mountain,we stopped by at Ferntree Gully (hope I get the name correct) to feed the birds. I didn't really get to feed the bird because... 1) was scared of getting hurt by the bird's beak 2)was busy taking pictures :P
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us..feeding the bird

Reached the mountain in the afternoon. Had our lunch in Miss Maple's restaurant! Once again we were overfed :D
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nice food at Miss Maple's restaurant
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me&Karen
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Roy,Emily & Richard
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dessert...

After lunch, Richard dropped us off at Eastland shopping center. Fell in love with this place immediately ;) I was busy trying on new clothes from one shop to another..while Karen was busy looking for furnitures.

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trying on a hat...lol

Left Eastland "reluctantly" :( It's a shopping heaven! You can find lots of nice stuff for reasonable price!)
At night, went out with David (one of my Aussie friends). In the car, I kept asking him where were we heading to. He refused to give me an exact answer (trying to keep me in suspense huh? :P ) Finally, we reached the "secretive" place-Knox City (thought he was going to drive me to sydney or perth..lol..) We had a few drinks in a bar. Went home late..feeling sleepy but happy!

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our drinks...
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me&David

A day well spent ;)

1st of December
Met my friend Martin in the city. Was one and half hours late (a big apology to him) Had our lunch in a shanghai restaurant. I was amazed by his "ability" to tolerate spicy food.... :P We walked around the city after lunch.

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me&Martin

Next, met Karen at Myer. Had our afternoon tea at Max Brenner;) We were struggling to finish our chocolate fundae in the end! and we got so sick of chocolate :(

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me..at Max Brenner
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American hot chocolate..
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chocolate fundae
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Guess what's behind me?
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BUT....
Guess what happened next?!
We were having ice-cream at IL Freddo...and you thought the story would end here..of course not!! One hour later...we were having our dinner in a Greek restaurant.Can you believe it?We were seriously out of our mind!!!
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durian flavoured ice-cream

We left the city with a full stomach.. feeling guilty :(

2nd of December
My last day in Melbourne! we packed our luggages and headed off to the airport. Karen was taking the same flight back to Malaysia with me! She would spend about 5 days in Malaysia before going back to China. I waved goodbye to Melbourne SADLY.. :'(
After this melbourne trip.... I have gained 2 kg of weight :( AND...
I have fallen in love with melbourne all over again! sigh...Wish I have the opportunity to go back Melbourne again.
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us...at Melbourne airport

P/S: Karen,Victor and Chuan Tai came to Malaysia for visiting! Will update you guys about their tour in Malaysia soon... so remember to STAY TUNED ;)