Birthday celebration at Ichiban Boshi (29.12.10)

it’s GF birthday and both of us were hanging around Pavilion thinking of what to eat.

we ended up in Ichiban Boshi which comes as a surprise to me as she doesn’t like japanese food at all.

it all started when she joined this new company where she started to get used to japanese food. and i used to brag to all my friends that my GF doesn’t like that cuisine hence my wallet remains stable. haha!

not anymore i guess…

anyway, we got ourselves comfortable and ordered just a few stuff to fill ourselves up.

1st up. baby octopus (RM6). there should be 3 octopus. i ate one of it. haha! there’s also another plate of sushi that we had but i forgot to take a photo of it.

 

next up, salmon cheese roll (RM11.90). very very filling with the cheese and all that. both of us are not really sashimi fans, so the cheese will cover up a bit of the raw taste though.

i ordered a normal teriyaki chicken rice (RM15.90). comes with a miso soup if i remembered correctly. the portion is quite big… in form of the rice. haha! taste wise, i can’t say much. it’s teriyaki falvoured. haha!

the one that GF ordered is kinda special. Udon in white soup (RM11.90).at first glance, looks like fish head noodle, but the taste is not bad though!

all in all, including drinks and taxed, it cost us less than RM60. i would say at least there’s a japanese restaurant with reasonable priced food.

and oh, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR!!!

27.12.2010

the day i lost my Bachelor’s Degree and she got her Masters.

and also my mother’s birthday. haha! but that is a coincidence actually.

yes. it’s the day we registered for marriage. there’s nothing special about the date. we chose it for convenience sake though. planned to register on the end of February but due to certain reasons, it can’t be done.

the 1st thing that i noticed the moment i stepped into JPN Putrajaya is “why are there so many Indians? is it an auspicious day for them?”

but no, it’s not an auspicious day for Indians although they make up 80% of the race on that day.

it’s just that there’s only a few Indian couples getting married, but each of the couples bought a big entourage of families with them. think of a busload of families, and you will get what i mean. haha!

after paying RM30 for the registration fees, you are good to go! notice the Indians behind us!

RM30 is cheap huh? but the same cannot be said for divorce though. and there’s also the legal fees and alimony (if any). so better think carefully before getting married!!!

after lepak-ing around and taking photos for and hour or so (yeah, it took us that long), it’s time to get into THE ROOM and make the oath.

This is the point-of-no-return the moment you said YES!!! i actually answered “uhhh… ya” when the official asked me whether i am willing to accept GF as my wife.

BUT not because i hesitated, it’s because i couldn’t get what the official said. but common sense got told me to say yes to everything as i doubt they will ask questions that made me say no. my common sense saved the day. haha!

too bad, my friends had recorded a video of it. and now i will be known as the one who hesitated to say yes. haha!

after getting all the papers signed, it’s time for more photography session.

happy that we got our marriage certs?? i think she is the happier one. hahaha!

This is just the beginning of our lifelong journey. there will be more to come!!!

*special thanks to family and friends who took the trouble to attend the ROM. more so to two of my old friends who also took great photos with their DSLRs! Thank you!

X’mas 2010

X’mas X’mas time is near~~~

ok, i posted this way after X’mas (i just back date this post. hehe!)

what did you get for X’mas?

GF got me an early X’mas gift this year, like two weeks earlier as i can’t wait to wear it

 

what i got? it’s a Seiko Military watch. i have been drooling over Seiko range of military watch range for a fw months already and GF is quick to spot it. and the rest is history.

it’s not the automatic watch that i’ve been eyeing, but it is good enough to be my daily beater.

what did i get for GF then? i know that she wanted bracelet or pendant this year as opposed to rings but due to budget constraints this year (and also quota for gifts has exceeded. haha!)

 

i got her Lancome Miracle instead. i hope she will love it though.

After all, it is the though that count, right? i hope so. haha!

Pangkor Island 13.11.10 – 14.11.10

let me think back when was the last time i went to Pangkor Island…

was it 17 years ago? it must be somewhere around that time as i was just a primary school student back then.

wanted to go with GF for a few times but to no avail. so you bet i was anticipating it when i’m going there again after so many years.

the bus ride from KL to Sitiawan took 4 hours as the damn bus stopped at a few stations (4 i think).

the ride was a pain in the ass, literally as i’m sitting at the back of the bus. i wonder how the Ah Moi beside me can watch series on her laptop for the whole journey without getting dizzy.

upon seeing this, it is another 30min ferry ride to the island.

shipyard

marine base.

since we sat foot in Teluk Nipah, we decided to put a night here

Purnama Beach Resort. the rate is ok but trust me, DON”T stay there. coz the staff there are lousy. they are those people who are open for business yet they don’t.

i would say it is better if you go to other spot. plus, the lane which i stayed at is not as happening as the other lane.

anyway, when you are in Pangkor, the main thing will be beaches. so off to the beach we went.

get a beach boy (which are waiting for you), and you ar eoff to go to another island for snorkeling and stuff

i’m not sure where this island is, but the water is clear although there are a lot of people there.

after a day out in the island, why not come back for a beach volleyball game (which i am suck at), banana boat ride and then end it with a dip on the water?

of course, you have to pay for all of these except for the dip-in-the-water part. haha!

at the end of the night, go for a bbq dinner where the beach boys will do all the grilling and serve it to you. we did not go for that though. will try it next time.

night time at Teluk Nipah is nothing to shout about, there’s one small row of night market selling all sorts of souvenirs and stuff. other than that, i see nothing. unless there’s a pub hidden along somewhere that i missed out.

on the second day, there’s nothing better than to take a stroll along the beach early in the morning

this lanes remind me of pattaya. minus the shops and gogo bars

early in the morning

spotted this group of middle west teens having fun on the beach. and oh, the girls are pretty even without bikinis!

i think development on the island is a good thing, but if they take their own sweet time and take too long to wrap up the project, it will only become an eyesore. c’mon! finish up the project fast!

after a hearty breakfast, it’s time to check out, rent a van and take a small round the island tour.

1st stop, to the marine products shop/factory. time to stockpile on the dried anchovies and fish snacks!

i’m not sure whether it is cheaper to buy from here as the prices does not differ much everywhere is see. and i’m not sure of the difference in the quality either. but for convenience sake, i just bought everything there.

stopped by a shipyard. cost of one is not cheap yo! and it does not include the engines and stuff.

second stop, Dutch Fort. this is one place that surprises me the most! when i was here decades ago the fort is only a damaged fort with two kampung houses located beside the fort.

now it is complete with a small park (with cannon) and shops and some buildings (must be administrative office). the only thing remain unchanged is the fort. nothing much you can do about it , right? haha!

the final stop. also another place that surprises me a lot. this temple used to be a very small temple which is also famous for its mini Great Wall of China. it has now changed into a full fledged temple with a big park!

enjoy the rest of the photos :-

at the end of the trip, it is time to take the ferry back to mainland…

…and take another agonizing 4hour bus journey back to KL.

and oh, di i mentioned that i have to be back to work the next day? that sucks man… haha!

10/12/2010 – a tiring day

so tiring that you would rather stay in the office and work!

what is so tiring then? i’ll tell you what, it is taking pre-wedding photos!

waking up at 5am, reaching the bridal shop by 6.30am, going for make up for a few hours (not me, i have to wait for a few hours instead)…

getting yours truly to smile naturally is one of the hardest thing to do. in fact, i got chided by the photographer for not being able to smile. haha!

and oh, the positioning of ur body, hands, etc is like a rocket science.

for the next 6 or 7 hrs, time was spent on the following 3 procedures :

1. pose

2. smile

3. relax

keep repeat the whole process.haha!

and oh, after the indoor photoshoot, then there is the outdoor photoshoot in FRIM. which means driving from PJ to FRIM for it.

bought a battery operated bubble gadget to enhance the effect of the photos, but sadly it did not work when we were there. wasted almost half and hour trying to figure out why only to know it is due to the lousy batteries. screw you Made-in-China Batteries!!!!!

outdoor shootings are the most tiring ones as they really test my strength! i was sweating like pig that time. the heat and sun made it worse…

at the end of the day, we were dead tired, thirsty (as we were to occupied to remember to drink) and hungry (did not eat from morning till 6pm. only had small piece of bread in the morning). but to think of it, the photographer and the make up artist not having any lunch either! talk about dedicated staff!

there’s another couple who had photoshoot with us on that day too. at the end of their photoshoot, the guy told me that at last he can smile!!! it really made me LOL! it seems that i’m not the only one having difficulty smiling after all. haha!

**this is one post that i will not attach any photos as we were not allowed to take any photos at that time. i did secretly took some photos but i think it is not so nice to upload it here.

i hope that the photos will turn out great! *crossing my fingers real hard*

when you are sick…

this is the only thing i managed to cook in an hours time…

white porridge in scallop sauce and egg and topped with pickled vegetables.

getting sick is bad, but getting sick alone is worse…

Seng Kee ‘Loh Shu Fan’

this is one of my i-should-have-posted-this-3-weeks-ago-but-procrastination-got-the-better-of-me.

anyway, for my Petaling Street food hunt a few weeks ago, i was not alone. hooked up with a forum friend of mine, Gavin, to sample this :

Seng Kee’s claypot ‘loh shu fan’. literally translated as ‘rat’s tail noodle’. this restaurant is famous for this claypot noodle dish.

i got a chance to sample this a few years ago, and i’ve never tasted other claypot loh shu fan better than this

served on a claypot with lots of minced pork, with liver and topped with a raw egg, this dish is a heaven when everything is mixed together. my bad for ‘destroying’ the egg before the photo was taken.

the slight aroma of sesame oil is just nice. not overpowering the whole dish!

price is quite reasonable with 3 different pricing (RM6 for a small, RM12 for medium and RM18 for large portion).

apparently Seng Kee is also famous for other dish, one of it that i know is ‘sang har yee mee’ (fresh prawn egg noodles) but we did not order it as we were already full just on the loh shu fan alone. plus, i’m not a fan of egg noodles anyway…

unlike the usual restaurant where kitchens are hidden at the back of the restaurants, this is totally opposite of it! the kitchen is located right in front of the restaurant, in full view of passer-by. maybe the kitchen behind is too cramped and hot,  guess? can i say than open kitchen is started by Malaysians instead of the Westerners? haha!

Seng Kee is located along the end of Jalan Sultan. just a bit further from the Bah Kut Teh stall in my previous post. i think people will not miss it from it’s open air kitchen.

*a big credit to Gavin for providing the photos taken from his DSLR. this post is without my usual crappy handphone photos. haha!