It's a wrap of the Dragon Year celebration!

My CNY had been a busy one and believe it or not, I brought my laptop back to hometown for nothing because I never did turn it on once! That was how busy I was. I only got myself updated via mobile. Now that I thought about it, I threw the chance away to download more movies.

Anyway, I had great appetite during the festive season (I always do when it comes to delicious food!) and gained almost 3kg in 8 days.

Check out some of the food I had.

I had this for two days in a row at Chop House near my house. I think I can eat this every day.


Three out of four dishes that we had on 30 Jan for dinner. Can you guess which is my least favourite dish? I gained weight but that did not mean I ate everything from the table. :P

There was one day that we went to Jusco for some book-shopping with the RM200 voucher that I acquired from college and we had lunch at Ding Hao.


Kam Heong Chicken Rice. Yummy! The lemon grass was bitter though. Never ever bite them on accident.

A random picture of a balcony with some pots of plants precariously placed on the railing. They were trying to kill somebody.

What if, just what if you were just standing underneath one of those pots when the earth decided to shake a little bit? *shudders*

There is a new pup in the neighbourhood! He is the first puppy for the new year and see how cute he is!


Say hello to Nicky! Snooze time!


Chow time!


Fun time!

Here is a video of how long he took to eat a treat.

Almost 9 minutes to finish it!

Took the Elles to Dr Gilbert on my last day in Ipoh and Elly was especially fierce. No idea why.

A picture of Elly while on the way back from the vet.

Came back to work on yesterday and got the best birthday gift ever. I will work hard! Thank you Lord for the chance to learn something new!

Last but not least, my birthday cake for this year. Glutinuous rice cake. It's definitely a sweet, sweet birthday. :)

Second day into the Dragon Year!

The second day of Chinese New Year is almost over. Ang pau collection is not as thrilling anymore as I become older. The only fun thing about CNY is about the food. There is a lot to eat. A chance to gain weight too.

Going to Seremban tomorrow to visit grandma. Hope she doesn't scold people anymore when we visit.

Just want to wish everyone continue to eat more this festive season and don't be afraid of getting FAT!!!

Dragon Year Eve

This afternoon, when I looked out from the mini balcony, I wss momentarily mesmerised with the beautiful colour of the sea today. Just today, I realised that it was beautiful.


I had a great view from where I live. :)

My dinner just now at KFC. One of the places which did not increase its pricing during the festive season.


My snack plate. Did not order the dinner plate as that consisted of 3-piece chicken which I did not have the stomach for.

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone! May this Dragon year be a blessed one filled with happiness and success.

Second post of 2012

It's way past the mid of January and here I am, updating the second post of year 2012. The Lord has been good to me so far, I shall not dwell too much on the details before it is realised. Just to sum it up, good things are coming my way! That's a lame attempt at trying to be cryptic, I know.

The Dragon year will be here in about 4 days. I have prepared my ears to the sound of fireworks. I wonder if the dogs are afraid of the fireworks? After all, this is their first CNY with us.

The place where I am staying now is decorated with some lanterns at the guard house as well as this banner in front of the elevators.


Fatty Girl and Fatty Boy wish you a very prosperous Chinese New Year.

Even my workplace attempted to bring the festive air into the cafeteria.


One day, when I was having lunch, I spotted this lime tree that they have put up to symbolise that CNY is soon to be here. And if you noticed, there's a firecracker hanging by the wall!

The best part of it all, I got ang pau packets from the hotel!

But they are all empty. All ten of it. How I wish they would fill it first before giving it to me.


Nice or not? I am proud to be a part of Shangri-La! Not because of the packets only, okay? Hee hee...

Latest update:

I just came back from dinner about an hour ago and this is what I had.


Nasi goreng kampung from Uncle Pinang Emas' shop. I will visit him more often because I miss the food there!

Mom said I should be writing a 1500 words but I think the year will end by the time I am done writing. Even my favourite cross-stitching is taking ages to finish because I have ample time but not for it. Working life does make you feel lazy to face the computer for another few hours.

This is already my best effort to update. It is quite an impressive length, I'd dare say.

So, mom, what do you think? :)

The Elles reluctant to go to the vet!

It is another day to the vet again and the Elles were very excited about getting into the car, unbeknownst to them it would be a visit to the Dr. Gilbert.

See their excitement painted on their faces!


Where are we going? Where are we going????


Elly being joyous.


Elsa tried to contain her excitement and remained calm in the moving car.


They could not help it but to let their tongues out of the mouth again. What a relief!! They are still wondering where they are heading to.


Nearing the destination.


Still in a blur state until the moment they got out from the car.

Elly dashed out from the car and the instant she saw the veterinary, she walked backwards and got back into the car which door was still opened. I had to carry her across the road to the vet. Elsa was following stupidly behind, dragged by Eunice, also realising by now that the car ride was a trap to lure them to the vet. Haha!! Too late to back out now.

Some dogs abandoned outside the vet.


Isn't she a cutie?

Another dog


Cute expression


And a couple of kittens too.

Two of them together.

It was a good work out taking them out because we need to really stretch our muscles to control them.

Christmas Diary

This post came up a week late because, well, you already know the reason. Procrastination has been my good friend and it is very difficult to get away from it.

On the 14th December, Eunice came to Penang for a short trip and we watched Happy Feet 2 in 3D! Her trip was a very adventurous one and you can read all about it here.

Us with the poster after the movie. It was worth watching because one, the ticket price was cheap and second, the graphics were great.

Then we went for Japanese food at the basement called the Sushi Bar.


Our bento set. Unagi bento and garlic chicken bento.

As I had to work that night, we had to leave and no time to window shop further. Let's skip to Day 2.

I came back from work and slept for about 2 hours then off we went for breakfast (maggi goreng) at Khaleel. Our first itinerary of the day was to Air Itam for some batik shorts shopping then to Prangin for more shopping.

Of course, when we have walked too long, the thirst attacked us.

This was where we had our drinks, a place called Oasis. Red Volcano and Mango Tango.

Remember the previous night we could not do shopping at Gurney Plaza? We went back there and did more shopping there.


Dinner at Bar.B.Q. Plaza. This has become my favourite dining place.


Grill, grill, grill...


Our matching shoes for the day.


A matching bean bag! Anyone wants to get this for me for Christmas?

20 December 2011: Present Exchange Celebration


The RSR family at back office.


Another shot.


Thanks for the enjoyable time. The food were great too. Curry puffs overload!


The tiny Christmas tree flooded with presents.

When I got home three days ago, I saw that the condo has got the festive mood up too.


Skinny Christmas tree

With a flattened Santa on the glass.

It feels great to be home for Christmas although we didn't go out much except for church and a gathering at a friend's place. I still enjoyed it very much.

My other family for eight hours daily.

I have never shared my workplace as well as my colleagues here ever since I started working. Today is your lucky day as I am revealing how my workplace looks like and some of my pretty colleagues!

First and foremost, I need to give Miss Mastura the credit for the beautifully snapped photographs using her new Xperia phone.

(Don't ask me what series, I am really dumb when it comes to phones.)

Clockwise from left: Radha, Rajesh, me and Hema


Another closer shot. Hema loves this shot.


Mas and me.

(Please pretend not to see the rubbish behind us. It's not usually like that.)

Hema and Mas.

On another note, the petrol station near my place is open! I don't have to go down the winding road for petrol anymore! Whee!!!!

Breaking Dawn Part 1

Lunch of the day!

It's roasted chicken with ramen!


There's a mushroom hidden beneath the chicken which tasted absolutely delicious!

By the way, I am typing via the 'Edit Html' and not the 'Compose' mode because I didn't want to to look at the picture which is making me hungry all over again.

The initial plan was to go on a movie marathon today but I ended up watching only a movie as the bus was late. So I chose Breaking Dawn over Petaling Street Warriors. The second part of Breaking Dawn will definitely be more interesting.

That's the end of my off day. Another day of work tomorrow. Thank you God for a great day spent. :)

Shaved Ice

Another month to Christmas! This entry, however, is irrelevant to Christmas. :P

A couple of pictures for you to whet your appetite. Not pictures of solid food but something even better.

What is better than something as cool and refreshing as these on a warm day?


Ice kacang from Woolley for her.


Lemon with shaved ice for me.

Time speeds when I am lazing at home. Back to work again tomorrow. :)

Macarons with ♥ Part 2

The football match is over and everyone is asking for a public holiday. I don't mind if there is one but I don't think there will be one since it's just another gold for SEA Games.

So I am back home for six days and I enjoy lazing around at home without having to hear the phone ringing. I shall treasure this moment of relaxation and solitude before I get back to work soon.

Got myself a half dozen + 1 macarons from Miss Nurainie! This time, the flavours are all different. Do check out this page for the flavours this month!


Are you drooling already? Eunice loves it!

Glad you love it, sis! Next time, it's your turn to give me a treat. :)

Nearly hospitalized

This week has been passing by extremely slow. So this is what sickness does to time. To slow down time so that you will feel tortured longer. Tortured enough for you to finally defeat and seek help from the doctor.

I am very terrified of being sick. Extremely. It's because when I start falling sick, it will last for days or even weeks. For this time round, I thank God for His quick healing Hands and I am recovered within a week.

The high fever should be gone two nights ago but I suddenly fainted minutes before my shift started and that triggered a brand new episode of me going to the hospital in the wee hours in the morning doing several tests and scans (they even scanned my brain!!) to ensure that I was really well enough to go home. I was even wheeled around the emergency hall, something I really hate because I it made me feel even more helpless. The results that came out were, well, suffice to say, I was generally healthy except for a mild infection in my blood stream which could have been due the fever I had. The MO was not convinced and said a person did not fall into unconsciousness for no reason so she referred me to a cardiologist the next day.

Okay, this got me worried. Why refer me to a heart specialist??

I had a restless night thinking about there might be something wrong with my heart. Then I woke up with a headache and went to the hospital once again in apprehension. And the result that came out from the echo was all right.

There is nothing wrong with my heart (except for a slight trembling of the valves but the doctor said it should not be a problem).

So tomorrow I am going back to work. You cannot understand how glad I am to be back like a normal person. :)

It's Friday!!!!!!!!!!! My first post in November!!!!!

Deepavali just ended and Rajesh gave me a container of cookies!


I have finished more than half of them.

I have the appetite for sweet desserts these days. For instance, I had this yesterday.

Some strawberry tarts. So delicious that I finished all three. Yum yum.

I was so excited today because I met Wei Li today! We had lunch together and even got ourselves Chatime!


My bento - Unagi Don (RM16.90). I spoil myself once a week. Hehehe!!! Wei Li and I ordered the same bento! The best of the lot, I should say.

My first time trying Chatime! It was delicious. The best I have tasted though it's RM5.90 a cup.

After that, I went to watch In Time alone as Wei Li has to attend a class at 3pm.

The movie was really interesting. Imagine if you were to live in a zone where everything must be purchased with time. At the same time, your lifetime is doing a countdown. How can you sleep then? Sleeping would mean you would lose 8 hours which could have helped you to get some groceries done. If someone tries to rob you, he would not say, "Money or Life?" because money IS life.

That's just a little something about the movie. Just go watch it! You will not regret it.