meow meow city

The second summer trip with my same notti. friends
but minus Yeong Jian, Bel, Patrick, Gabe, David and Semuel and many many....
this is the 2nd time I visit to Kuching, Sarawak......
with QuWern, HuiYen, King, Vishnu, William, SzeWei, Sherrie, Ash and JingXin....
the exploration of 5 girls and 5 guys to the cat city begin.....
the very beginning of the trip was a failure......=="
something funny happened when we taking the flight from LCCT to KIA at the first day...
we almost missed our flight!!!
here's the story.....we check in our luggage 1 hour before depart time (945am)....
and had breakfast at McD......until 930am......
we heard the staff calling some names as we walking to the boarding gate.....
"Ei...Are they calling our names??"
"I think so...Shit!! The ticket is written 'Boarding Gate will be closed 20 minutes before departure'.. "
it's the first time my name being called in the airport for being late....lolz....
typical Malaysian time.....

it's a food and cultural trip.....
tour arranged by Ash's mom travel agency.....
we stayed in Kuching town in the first 4D3N.....
this is our room
quite spacious.....with plasma TV!!!

First the cultural part......
the places visited are basically the same places I went during the standard 6 trip.....
recalled a lot of memories when revisit the places.....

Kuching landmark....the old Chinese temple....

obviously....it's the Ethnology Museum we visited...

Semenggoh Wildlife Center

didn't get to see the orang utan when I was standard 6....
we're so lucky to see many of them that day......
coz it depends on their mood whether they wanna work or not....

Kupo Saba....one of the long houses in Sarawak
tuak were served as welcoming drink....

the pottery factory....

I still have the little vase I bought during the last trip there......^^

Cultural Village...

the weather in Kuching for the first 2 days was freaking HOT.....
the third day was a rainy day......the rain last whole day.....
bought the disposable raincoat which made us look like a giant walking garbage bag......

PAINtBall - elimination game

souvenir: a 5cm bruise on thigh, bruises on shoulder, back and arm....
experience: paint tasted

Go-Karting

first time....race in Kuching^^

FOOD!!!!!

Kolo mee......

it looks like Maggi mee...
but definitely taste much nicer than Maggi...firmer and more springy.....
lard is mixed in the noodles....which you can hardly find it here.....

My favourite meal during the trip......
don't think we're insane for going Korean food in Kuching....
Korean food there was NICE.......
there's a Korea settlement and this restaurant is run by Korean......
I miss them~~~ T T

Kimchi soup

My Korean mix rice....

Dinner prepared by Ash's mom......
love the poori and curry mutton and taufu
the best Indian food I ever had......
no exaggeration........I really mean it.....

spend the last 3D2N at Damai Beach Resort.....
we owned the whole chalet.....3 rooms with individual bathroom....
rooms are connected.....folded long house style...

there is no more sightseeing......just relax at the beach~~~

Magic time....TUAK~~~

fill the Sarawak MAGIC mug with the golden liquid......

passing the tuak around in Magic mug

spin the bottle - true or slap on thigh

the most exciting moment in the whole trip.....

SUNSET

first time watching the big round golden sun setting at the beach with the one...

夕阳无限好

the sun dived into sea within 5 minutes.....

the 7 days just flew......
time of the happy days always travels faster than usual.....


heavy rain upon take off......it's feeling sad too huh.....

it's the last time travel together with the notti. friends......
had real great fun in the trip.......
*filed in the BEST MEMORIES*

new favourite

In a boring Saturday night, I discovered a bakery which located at SS15 Subang (nearby Public Bank)


I first saw the name of bakery on a plastic bag my mom brought home.....
the white translucent plastic bag with just the shop name in golden colour has caught my eyes.....
my shopping experience told me that shops with nicely designed plastic bag usually have nice product too.....
straight away went online and google about the bakery.....
quite a lot of good review about the bakery.....
get direction from google map.....
went to the shop on Wednesday to buy the cake for father's day celebration....
I bought the green tea cake......
500g for RM27
green tea sponge layered with red bean cream......
no fancy decoration......
but the cake is amazing!!!
the sponge is soft and springy and moist......
can smell the light Japanese green tea smell in the cake....
the cream sandwiched between is not those greasy tasteless sweet cream......
I didn't feel it will fatten me like those heavy butter icing or whipped cream.....
it's light and smooth and full with milk flavour.....
overall the cake is not very sweet......the right sweetness....
I can have the whole cake by myself.....hehe....

there're lots of other pastry too......
among all the bread that all look attractive.....
I bought a loaf of danish toast for RM6.50......
after slightly toasted the bread.....it's crispy outside and soft inside......
it tastes NICE without any spread on top.....

another cute pastry I bought there......Danish Snow Ball for rm5.....
initially it was round......thanks to my clumsy sis that reshape it......=="
the outer crack shell is crispy and sweet.....icing sugar sprinkled on top.....
it thought it was empty/filling-less inside.....
there's sponge cake inside the danish pastry......
quite a funny combination.....but it tastes nice too......^^

the area of shop is not big.......
with only around 10-15 people in the shop during the time I went..........
it's hard for me to walk around too......
I didn't know that it is so famous till the day I went.....
there's another cake shop next to it.......same size as RT pasty house....
but it looks so much wider and brighter.......
because there isn't ANY customer in that shop.....

RT pastry house is now my favourite bakery....
gonna try other cake and bread there again.....=D

端午节快乐

looked at the calender.....

today is 16th of May = 五月初五 = 端午节

they appeared in my house since last week......

hang-RiceDumpling

fresh from pot.....draining the water.....

they always come in two groups......

the plain type........

eat with sugar or kaya......
small and cute.......easy to wrap too.....
but took 5 hours to cook it......


the savoury type......
just need two hours of cooking....
but skill is needed in making this.......
tried to make a few of them......passed!! =D
even they don't look as nice as my mom's one.....

wanna thank my dear mama for making all those rice dumpling.....
she's always the busiest before the festival.....
prepare the ingredients.....make the dumpling......cook them for hours.....
a long process........

there is another person we need to appreciate too.....
without him......there won't be any 粽子and this festival might not even exist....
this is the portrait of him.....

Mr 屈原

there will be a story / legend behind every festival......
skip the long winding sad story.......
straight to the ending.....
so at the end.....he committed suicide by jumping into a river......
people created this rice dumpling to feed the fishes so that they wouldn't eat his dead body......
and 端午节 is the day commemorates the death of this great patriotic guy.....
THE END......

I learned the story in primary school.....hehe.....
can't remember the whole complete story.....=p

but at least I know today is 端午节
for those who celebrating.....
端午节快乐!!