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12 February, 2011

food in Kajang

Here are some pictures of the food that I ate when I went back home for CNY.

Outside food:

steamed bread and coffee for breakfast
penang char kway teow


Home cooked food:

stir fried vege
fried tofu fish
duck liver sausage


fish maw, mushroom with pork ribs

dried oyster, mushroom and dried scallop savoury rice

ABC soup with chicken feet

steamed chicken with pumpkin and tomato

10 February, 2011

pineapple tarts

most expensive pineapple tarts?

My sis bought a tub of pineapple tarts from her acquaintance, and it costs RM$30 per container. Super expensive for a small town produce. Probably has about, 35-45 pieces in it? Hahaha, of course, I wasted no time in sampling them. Quite nice, I'd say. Buttery fluffy pastry that crumbles easily in the mouth with soft pineapple jam that is not too sweet.

09 February, 2011

CNY Fireworks

Here's a video of fireworks happening in one night near my house:



3 at the same time in one night almost drove my sister's pet dog insane. The dog was shivering in fear and we had to bring her into the house for her to calm down!

CNY 1st Day

Our CNY first day usually starts off with a vegetarian breakfast. And this is a one pot Cantonese vegetarian dish. My sister will cook it during the night before, and so, we'll just need to reheat it before we eat it on CNY 1st day, to 开年 (open the year).

Cantonese vegetarian dish

The base sauce is the fermented beancurd (豆腐乳) and red fermented beancurd (南乳,which is similar to 豆腐乳 but bigger piece,  not so salty and more reddish/purplish in color). Ingredients must have gluten, taupok, black fungus, black moss, tang hoon and vege.

Yums!

08 February, 2011

choo choo train

Some sights at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station.

breakfast from this stall

egg prata

teh tarik


Interior of the building.

murals

familiar sights

After Malaysian customs, the train awaits.

platform and train, no using the toilet when train is stationary!

inside train

And along the train journey, you might be seeing these:

cool landed property in SG

misty hills in Johor

cows roaming freely

kampung styled houses

At the causeway.

busy road

Certain parts of Johor was flooded due consecutive rain right before CNY, and today, saw the residue of that flood:

still water

the lighter colored leaves should be the mud residue when the water subsided..

When nature is calm, sometimes we get beautiful scenaries.

nice mountains/hills

03 February, 2011

hoppity hop

It's the Year of the Rabbit! Woohooo~ May Happiness be Multiplied, And there be an Abundance of Joy, Good Health and Prosperity!

We had simple dishes for reunion dinner; roasted chicken, leek with fried tofu, steamed grouper fish and roasted pork. Then by about 9pm, we had to bring in Bobby, my sister's pet dog, into the house. She's a full grown adult dog (that looked abit like a wolf) but had the courage of a ... hahaa, mouse? She was trembling and whining from all the fireworks that were set off around the place where we stayed. We didn't light any crackers ourself, but enjoyed the free fireworks display from nearby houses.

After dinner, it was last minute cleaning up time. My mom washed the porch, while my bro took care of the kitchen floor and I mopped the living room area and rooms. My sis took care of the cooking for our next day breakfast, Cantonese vegetarian dish.

Happy Lunar New Year, peeps!

29 January, 2011

回家

Home is where the heart is.


Happy CNY everyone. Eat, Drink and Be Merry. May you have an Abundance of Good Health, Good Fortune and Good everything else.

新年快乐,万事如意~

23 January, 2011

memories are made of these

Time: 8pm
Place: 78,79 Boat Quay L'Operetta

italian fine dining at a pizzeria
the food


After dinner, chill-out @ Halo Bar Wangz Hotel.

night scene
with a moscato in hand

friends

And more drinks and food for the soul, while the morning comes.

by the river


riesling

sausage combo

chicken wings

22 January, 2011

camera

The preview and comparison between Panasonic's GF1 and GF2 can be found here. The review for Canon's G12 can be found here.

The GF2 comes in an assortment of colors (attractive) and smaller in size as compared to GF1. But it was said, that it won't be bundled with 20mm F1.7 pancake lens. Canon's S95 if looking at specs, seem to be a better choice than G12. Hmm...

Which one to buy if I want to upgrade from AS2000 IS? Something that's not too difficult to use, can capture beautiful and sharp images. Must do justice to the future potential foreign places that I'll be visiting.

Hahaa!

District 10

A place to have post dinner drinks and desserts. All these places are kinda dark, where you really need to squint to see the menu. But usually, there'll be plants (think trees, think garden, think water features), music and cool breeze (either natural or artificial).

Accessories to bring along, your friends and gossips.

looks kinda eerie here.. but not so when we were there

dessert (use own camera flash is better)

20 January, 2011

Cyanide and Happiness, a daily webcomic
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

16 January, 2011

spring cleaning

I'm amazed. On the amount of junk that was on my table. 2 small bags of trash after sorting out the unwanted mails. Now table surface is dust free (at least for a little while), but somehow... there's still abit of clutter. Haha. Organized chaos.

And that's just 20% of living space that's been spring cleaned...

optimisticism

Cyanide and 
Happiness, a daily webcomic
Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

12 January, 2011

ION Sky

Was invited for a preview of ION Sky today by a friend (thank you!). Located at Level 55/56 of ION Orchard, ION Sky observatory is slated to be open for viewing sometime late January 2011, from 10am till 8pm daily. Tickets are to be purchased at Level 4 ticketing counter. There are 4 viewing time slots in a 2 hourly fashion, and bookings are recommended.

brochure
taking lift all the way up to level 55

Salt Bar and Grill is also located at Level 55. Haven't try this restaurant, as its price is towards the higher end.

welcome to ion sky~

At 218m, ION Sky offers panoramic view of Singapore.

cityscape with green lungs
towards the observatory area

observatory deck
state of the art telescope

The high tech telescope offers a day, live and night view. Just point the telescope to that particular spot, and you can choose from the touchscreen for the desired view. Pretty cool! This trademarked BEHOLD telescope was first seen at the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

augmented reality

ION Sky is also the official cloudspotting area as designated by the Cloud Appreciation Society, UK.

it's official!
spot the clouds above MBS
general knowledge 101

Can even see neighbouring Johor from here.

can you see our neighbour?

Overall, a pleasant and enjoyable experience to be able to take in the Singapore city landscape view, from an altitude of 218m.

more clouds


05 January, 2011

the tourist (movie outing)

A movie starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, why not? Sounds interesting. "The Tourist" is a remake based on a French movie, "Anthony Zimmer".

The overall movie experience.. seems like a whole lot of frames on Angelina as Elise, and yes, the director threw in a gratuitous shot of her showing abit of cleavage by the balcony, for the boys... and alot of Venice landscape, or rather waterscape, and oh.. not forgetting, the memorable Paul Bettany in a rather clueless role. Haha. Paul Bettany who was very noticeable in films like "Master and the Commander" and "Da Vinci Code", was casted as Inspector John Acheson. The bumbling inspector. And yes, there was Timothy Dalton as well! WoohOo! Mr Bond, indeed. I was wondering who in the living daylights was this chief inspector.. looked sooo familiar!

Johnny as Frank Tupelo is charming, acting out as a hapless tourist, but in the end, turns out to be the real "AP". Such thin, not very logical plot that is, non? As though Elise would surely pick him of all people seated in the train. I suppose if she didn't pick him, then the story will rewrite itself... and that, may be a good thing! Just a thought, but the movie would've ended in a more logical manner if Frank remained as, well.. just Frank, the math teacher from Wisconsin. That, will be a more plausible ending, and Elise can love two different guys. One from her past, and the present heroic Frank that she began to like.

Haha, go and see the movie if you like Venice, Johnny and Angelina. In that sequence.