Early Xmas gift

Early Christmas gift for myself!

Voila~

I went to Gramedia Book Store @ The Mines to hunt for cookbook. Guess how much I get them for? Originally, all three of them cost RM321.30. But I got it for RM96.60!!!

Super dirt cheap and great bargain. The shop is going to close down and it is having clear stock sales now. All English and Chinese books are 70% off.

However, the sales has been going on for quite few days, not many books and stationary left. I am so lucky to get the book I want. =D

2 rainBow!

It was a sunny evening.....

The sun was shining brightly in the sky like a gold under a spotlight....

In just a fraction of second, the sky was separated into 2 part: the sunny and the gloomy part. Symptom of end of the world? hmmm.....anyway, at the dark side of the sky, appear a rainbow. It is so colourful in the dark background.

Wait......there is something above it.....Look clearly, they are double rainbow.

I have never seen it before. I think today is my lucky day!!! =D

FREEDOM!!

15 September 2011-- a date symbolized freedom!
It might be another Thursday for most people out there, but it is the last day of my internship!
It finally comes to an end after 15 weeks of working life and being a pathetic KTM-er.

Need not to mention about the experience of taking KTM, especially during peak hour. Everyone hates it but still have to take it. It's the cheaper choice to KL as parking rate at KL is sky high.
However, I would like to complement KTM's service is getting better after the week of Hari Raya holiday. They reschedule the 6-car ETS train service at peak hour and I always get to take the train. It's not packed and I'm able to get a seat, always.

Nothing much to mention about the routine and boring work of my internship. What's interesting about it is the people I met. My team people are all married and now at their mid-age. My direct supervisor looks strict and doesn't really talk to me but she is actually quite helpful and kind. My colleague are quite helpful and willing to explain me anything I don't understand. I never had lunch with them till the last day. A farewell lunch with my team and HOD. They are so nice to give me a farewell gift. I am so surprised and touched.


Good luck and all the best to my supervisor, colleagues, and all intern friends I met at Maxis. =]

Eat Eat: Chinoz in the Park

My food from Penang is still in the stomach and I have another massive eating -- a Ramahdan buffet at Chinoz in the Park @ KLCC. It's organised by my internship company and it's for ALL practical trainees.

Since it's FREE, we all definitely attend. ;)

I never been to the restaurant before and we thought it would be some not-so-nice restaurant that serve not-so-nice food.

Who knows it's actually a very nice restaurant with modern design and cozy atmosphere.

The buffet starts 7:30pm. There are some dates on table for break fast.

I don't count how many type of dishes they have in the buffet, roughly around 50-60. It's more to Malaysian cuisine.

1st section I look at is the dessert area....hehe....

They serve many type of Malay kuih-muih, mix fruit, jelly and western dessert as well.

Salad & finger food section....

Main course section....
Roasted lamb and grilled vege...

At the end of dinner, take a group picture. Say CHEESE~~~~

Nothing much I could comment on the food, it's very normal buffet. I heard the buffet cost RM83 per pax. (o.O)! Very honestly, I don't think it worth that price and I would rather spend that money for Jogoya buffet or Tenji.

Anyway, it is just "IF". I feel grateful for the dinner and I enjoyed the dinner very much, with those intern buddies. =)

Eat Eat @ Penang

1 day after the Umai-Ya dinner, Me and other Notti. friends drive up to Penang to attend a 21st birthday party.

This is the second time I go to Penang with my Notti. gang, but it's the very first time I drive there from KL. We enter Penang Island around 1pm.

2pm sharp, we already at Lorong Selamat for the famous char kuey teow. The cook is still the same unfriendly lady, the portion is still very small compared to KL, the shop is still fully occupied, the char kuey teow still tastes AWESOME!! =D

After waiting more than 30 min, There are 3 big fat fresh shell-less prawn in the plate, some lap cheong (Chinese dried sausage), tauge (bean sprout) and spring onion. Smooth kuey teow is stir-fried till slightly charred and full of smell of caramelized soy sauce and fragrance oil. It definitely worth the long waiting. =D

In the waiting period, we order O-Jian (Oyster omelette). All oysters are double the size of my thumb. They are just slightly cooked. It burst in the mouth when I bite it. It so fresh, juicy and soft. The egg and flour mixture where the oyster sit in, is pan fried to the state of golden colour and crispy edge. Perfect combination of juicy soft oyster and crispy egg mixture. Dip the O-Jian in chinese chili sauce, it's just so flavorful in my mouth. =D

How can we miss one of the world top 10 food when we are at Penang. Without delay, we move on to next famous Penang food -- asam laksa! We went to a shop at I-don't-know-where, the asam laksa is served in room temperature. =/

Although it taste nice, I prefer it served hot. I like the asam laksa opposite Tan Jetty more. I am not sure if the stall is still at the same spot or not.

After some savory main course, we continue the eating with some dessert. We walk to our next destination. We cross the 5 branch overhead pedestrian bridge and head to Penang Road cendol. There are always many people queuing at the stall and eating cendol at roadside. We place our order then we go to a small and old-Nyonya-looking shop and wait to taste the cendol comfortably. The shop is just nearby, but it's not the kopitiam behind the cendol stall. Honestly, I have sweet-tooth but I am not big fans of cendol. I don't know how a bowl of good cendol should taste like. I was so damn full, so I share a bowl of cendol with JingX.

After a 4-course Penang lunch, my stomach can't take any more food. *burb*

We go back to Bel's house and get ready for the 21st birthday party later night. Meeting many more notti. friends and another happy gathering take place. =)

Next day morning, we planned to go for Penang Hokkien mee, but it's closed. =(

So we go to Indian fried noodle nearby Pulau Tikus market. Yesterday food was still yet to be digested, but I can't resist the nice food in front of me. Yum yum~

There is some squid in the fried noodle. I think it is either dried squid or marinated squid, because it is dark red. I love the squid. It is not too chewy nor too soft, just my favorite texture. =)

On the way back to car park, I buy a curry puff at the market, it's a small stall nearby parking lot. I am too full to eat the whole puff, so I just take a bite. It's really a good curry puff, crispy and flaky puff pastry, not too spicy filling. NICE! =D

In less than 2 hours, we meet up another bunch of friends and head to Ah Leng char kuey teow for lunch.

This is the favourite char kuey teow of the Penang friend we met latter. I think he order extra big size for all of us. It is a luxury version of char kuey teow, there are FIVE big prawns, lots of kuey teow and some har go (egg part of prawn?) on top. It costs us RM11.50 per plate. I thought there won't be any char kuey teow more expensive than the one at Lorong Selamat. If it taste nice then it's fine. BUT, the har go taste and look like it had been in the fridge for months. I DON'T LIKE THIS CHAR KUEY TEOW. I can't even finish it. The last meal in this Penang trip is quite disappointing. =/

We hit the road and back to KL with over-stretched stomach, few boxes of Him Heong Tambun biscuit and Eaton ang koo kuih. I don't take many picture of food during this trip, it doesn't change much in good way, from taste to portion and price. =)

Eat Eat: Umai-Ya

18 August 2011... Thursday... 9:15PM...

Location: Bukit Jalil...

Mission: Fill our empty stomach!

Target area: Puchong IOI Boulevard

We stepped our feet in IOI Boulevard around 9:30pm. What type of restaurant would still open at this time? Hmm....left the choice of some bar restaurants. But I don't want Fish&Chips.

Both of us are craving for some Asian flavour.

So, we try our luck at a Japanese restaurant, Umai-Ya

Luckily, the restaurant is still opened and most importantly the kitchen is still opened too.

You guess it right, we are the Last and ONLY customer in that restaurant. It looks as if we book the whole restaurant. XD

We don't plan to go luxury, so we order something easy and fast. Last order is 10pm!

Dragon Maki - RM25

Dragon Maki NICE! I like the combination of unagi and avocado. I think they match very well. =)

Shime Saba Sushi - RM 3.80

Shime Saba is pickled mackerel. It reminds me of the Japanese pickled salmon, which I LOVE very much and almost eat it everyday during my Japan trip.

Kani Unatama Maki (corner) - RM16

Dynamite Maki (center) - RM16

There are mango in the Dynamite Maki but I can't really taste the mango. Kani Unatama Maki is fried soft shell crab Maki, I personally think the soft shell crab is overcooked and dry out. It turns out a bit hard.

We love the Shime Saba Sushi so much that we order again. I think the chef might be in a hurry, the second Shime Saba sushi doesn't look very nice, but it taste awesome!

Tofu Dengaku - RM12

My dear order this too... scary Natto Beans!! =S

My dear keeps looking for it in the menu, but there isn't any Natto bean alone in the menu. The waiter is very kind and helps us to ask the chef if we could get Natto bean alone without the main dish come with it. I think it might because we are the last and only customer, the chef serve us a small plate of Natto beans for FREE!!!

Overall, the service of the shop is good and the food is not bad.

I wouldn't say this is the best Japanese food I had, but I will have another visit again. =)

internship is......

I believe most of the degree course require you (if you are a college/uni student) to join internship a.k.a industrial training.....

The reason is quite simple: to expose yourself to the real working environment

some said internship is a good opportunity for you to practice what you're majoring....

some said internship is the introduction to your future career.....

some said internship is for you to make mistakes and learn....

some said internship is not very important, it's just a credit you need to earn to complete your degree study....

some said internship is the good kick start for your 1st job as you need good testimonial from your internship company...

I said internship is for me to get practical experience and get my hands dirty (if required) and do to learn....

you do more you learn more.....

it's nothing worse than nothing to do and thus learn nothing during the internship period....

I missed a good chance...

I made a wrong decision...

but now I have made up my mind to take the change....

How I know it is change for better not worse? my heart told me.... ;P

I have been thinking days and nights....

I was urged to decide immediately.....

I feel good happy pleased relieved about my choice....

That is it.....

hope no more obstacle to my choice....

Mont Blanc (sweet potato version)

Firstly, Happy holiday to myself!!!! \(^o^)/

I have exactly 14 days of holiday starting from last Thursday....

haiz...only 14 days.....

alright, i tell myself must fully utilize these valuable days.....

I kinda abandoned my dear oven for quite a long time....

so I decided to bake something beautiful and delicious and definitely SWEET... =]

Searching for recipe online and I found a French dessert, Mont Blanc

Instead of using chestnut, this recipe uses sweet potato....

I had all the ingredients needed at home....

oh yes! you are the chosen one....Mont Blanc (sweet potato version)

lots of work to do....

preheat the oven....bake the cake base....boil the sweet potato....make the sweet potato puree....whip some fresh cream....assembly cake + cream + sweet potato puree

voila....

It doesn't look like traditional Mont Blanc at all............. >"<

The sweet potato puree looks like mustard..... =/

I had hard time piping the puree and I couldn't pipe it perfectly straight....

I think it's because the puree is a bit dry. I should have mixed more cream into it.

Nothing I can do anymore, so better taste my first not-so-traditional Mont Blanc

first bite.....hmmmmm...............I smell egg......

the cake is soft and moist even though I forgot to brush some cake syrup on top of the cake before assembly....

I can taste sweet potato in it....the whipped cream is very light and it helps to combine all the flavor......

All I can said is "OMG........It's so delicious!!!!!!"

It definitely taste 10 times better than it looks, NO exaggeration.

I thought it might be subjected to personal taste bud....

BUT BUT BUT....all my family love it too. =D

I'm so flattered when my sis complains that I made so few and she wants to eat more....

hehe.....

hmm....what I shall make tomorrow.........

Field Trip to KLIA Air Traffic Control Tower

See this tower whenever I go to KLIA and I always wonder does it looks like what we see in TV up there...

As a committee member of UNMC IEM Student Chapter

I got a chance to get up there! =D

father of a friend of the club's president is the person in charge of KLIA DCA (Department of Civilian Aviation)

that's why we have this chance that most people wanna get... \(^O^)/

it's a whole new different view from top of the tower....

we can see the whole airport and everything around the tower...

we were told that even Genting Highland can be seen from the tower if the weather is good....

we have an air traffic controller to explain us the operation and procedure of clearing the landing and departure.... (but not this guy in the picture, he is busy)

it's so amazing that just by looking at the system, we can know which plane is about to land, which one is about to take off....every detail about a particular flight can be check from the system...

we look at the computer screen, check which plane is coming (it appears as a moving dot with its flight code) , and then slowly you will see the plane stated in the system is coming to land on the right runway.....

it's so fun to see the jet queuing on the runway waiting for it's turn to take off...

the jets look just like toy plane...so small and cute....

they have to line up because one runway only allows one jet at a time....

another interesting thing we were told is that they will usually let smaller jet to take off 1st if there are two jets wanna take off at the same time, to avoid "traffic jam". It's because big jet takes longer time to take off and the smaller one has to wait for around 3 minutes after the big jet take off...

it's an interesting & unforgettable field trip....

wish we could do more of this in next semester.... =]

oven-dried tomato

stress stress stress......

exam is coming very soon....

study everyday......

吊颈都要透下气 的...

my own way of de-stressing.... =)

cooking!!

this time I try to make oven-dried tomato....

just cut the tomato.....

sprinkle some salt on the tomato......

120 'C for about 2 hours.....

leave cool....

bottle and pour enough oil to cover....

tadaaaaaaaaaaa.................

I don't have olive oil in stock...

so I use normal peanut oil + a clove of garlic to give hint of flavor...

tomato done.....

stress released.....

back to study.... =)

Friday afternoon

today is Friday....

even though Ms.Black makes people hate FRIDAY...

I still love Friday.....

especially when I just done with my last project report on Thursday night.....

to be exact....it's Friday 5:15am.....

woke up in the afternoon......

found that the weather is so nice.......

the sky is so blue.....

the clouds are so fluffy.....

such a nice day..........

it's a waste if I don't enjoy this nice day after the stressful yesterday....

here am I.........

sitting in the little garden enjoying the peaceful moment.... =D

with a cup of Sabah pesticide-free black tea and 2 cute mini pao.....

wish everyday is a happy happy day....=)

The Pork Place

For all the pork lovers out there....

I present you all The Pork Place.....

I went to this place long long long time ago.......last year... ;p

this post is in the draft for so long....

time to let it out for the benefit of all the pork eaters.... =D

what so special about the pork there??

u can guess....they have their own farm.....pig live and eat and grow healthily.....

no hormone injection.....safe to consume....and it's TASTY....

we were sitting outside...so the lighting was quite bad...

food in the pictures doesn't look good.....

let's start the dinner with pork knuckle.......RM40 (half knuckle)

the skin is crispy......the meat doesn't dry out during the frying process......

and the most important thing is............it doesn't stink.....

I mean it doesn't have the smell of pig, which I think it is a good thing....

NEXT........let's move up a little bit to the belly......

House Specialty-Teriyaki belly (RM29)

see the shiny rolled belly on the top right of the picture?

there are layers of lean and fat.....

I must mention about the FAT part........

it literally melted in my mouth...........this dish is awesome!

BUT....my sister doesn't like it...... =/

because she doesn't like any fat part in any kind of meat.....

so if you are a fat-hater.....you could cross this out of your order....

go to the front part of pig-->SHOULDER

the Special Cut Shoulder Loin Steak (RM45)

***LIMITED POTION AVAILABLE***

it might look normal and simple.....

But this is the best pork steak I ever have........

it is very tender......the moment I chew it.....I know it's from a good good pig.... ;p

it is still juicy.........didn't dry out at all.....

let's have some minced meat......

sausage platter (RM40)

There are only 2 flavour available.....

it's quite normal to me.....prefer the Euro Deli's sausage here.....

love McD? love burger?

they do serve burger as well.... non-halal for sure... ;)

Bacon & Cheese Burger......(RM19)

the pork patty is JUICY....

with a big piece of cheese melted on top..... yum yum......

it's like home made patty....much much much better than any fast food burger....

don't know where it is?

Address: Lot 31, IOI Boulevard, Jalan Kenari 5, Bandar Puchong Jaya

the shop is quite small.....I think it can occupy around 30 people....

reservation might needed for weekends....

Tel: 03-80769608

happy RAINy SUNday

Sunday.....

a day off for all the people.....

put work aside.....enjoy the day....

so....we planned to cycle in Taman Cahaya......

we as in me and my BFFs.....

ah lai was the driver.....

start picking all of us at 7am....

the sky was quite dark and cloudy when I leave my house....

it started raining around 8am...

"it's ok......maybe it's not raining at Taman Cahaya..." I was thinking...

I was wrong...........

I think the whole Selangor was raining that day.....

the rain never stop.......the cycling plan had to be cancelled...

we went to eat Klang famous "Bak Kut Teh" and then played "lami"at kam's house..... hehe....

so relaxing....playing "lami" and drinking coffee in the nice cold weather...

3pm....time to go home.....and it's still raining.....

spent the afternoon cleaning my room.....

threw all the unwanted old stuffs away......

feel so proud of myself when looking at the clean and tidy room.... =]

later night.....

primary school 6M-er gathering....at Pitstop, Serdang....

I think at least half of the class attended....

by the way, there were 51 students in the class....

before going to the gathering, I thought we would have nothing much to chat about and it would be a boring event....I was thinking to leave early.....

but....I stayed until 12am......

we chat about our life recently...about everything happened in Standard 6.....

it really brought back lots of memories.....so much laughter during the gathering.....

it's really a GREAT success....I think.... =)

the rain.......yes.....it's not yet stop....

it's still drizzling when I reached home that night......

what a perfect weather for sleeping....

good night..... =]