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!!

Southern historical city

Last paper was math......
and it was on last Thursday.....
and ended at 4:00 pm

hopped on cars straight after the exam.....
head to the Southern historical city--Melaka

had crab dinner at Seremban.....
with the usual big group
for the last time in this year....
me, Bel, Hui Yen, Sherrie, king, Qu Wern, Will, Vishnu, Ash, Semuel, David, Yeong Jian and Gab....

time to say goodbye around 10pm.....
Only 8 people continue the journey to the south....
me, hu yen, sherrie, king, qu wern, will, vish and ash......
the others.....2 should be in USA by now.....
the rest might be enjoying their summer at home...

reached Melaka in the midnight......
monopoly--bath--mamak--bed
end the first day in Melaka

Friday was Wesak day....
3 days of holiday......
I think everyone from northern cities and our neighbour from south all went to Melaka during the time....
the town full with Singapore and KL cars..... = ="

woke up and drive to the famous fish ball mee for breakfast

hmmm....what to do after breakfast?
it's not a good idea to explore the historical city under the big hot sun
exposed too much to UV light could cause skin cancer.....
so all these puteri and putera lilin decided to hang around Dataran Pahlawan Megamall
watched Shrek the Third for lunch
and then Prince of Persia: The Sand of Time for supper

there's long time between movies....
so we went to the beach....to see the famous Strait of Melaka

enjoying the "fresh" sea breeze......



it's 5pm!!! time for the Capitol Satay to open.....
reached the restaurant around 5:30pm...
look at the super long queue stretching along the road
quite many people did the same thing as me....
take the camera and take the picture of this epic scene in Melaka
don't feel surprise if you see me appear in some unknown's blog/facebook.....

we quickly joined the line....and wait wait wait wait wait.....
for 1 hour...........
finally get our butt seated.....


the shop is so generous....
they charge the expensive seafood at normal price--0.80 sen only...

but there's limited amount for each table.....

the satay sauce was really thick.....
they put in two big ladle of some secret mix spice and groundnut


end the second exhausted day in Melaka after the midnight movie....
planned to have dim sum for breakfast at 8am in the next morning....
ended up having chicken rice ball for brunch...
gave up the famous one which might need an hour queue.....
had the not-so-famous one.....

pack our stuff....tidy up the house.....
on the highway at 4pm......
reached uni at 6pm.....

had a 2+2+1 dinner at Bubba Gump before the people going back.....
it was fun.....^^

3 more weeks to meet the same people again......
will be see them soon in the "Cat City"
going to the East again......hehe......

miss the people.....

it's coming!!!!

*sniff sniff*
I can smell it......
It is coming.......
getting closer and closer.......

I can smell the sea......
I can smell the sun.....
I can smell the freedom....

All these smell are coming from my great HOT summer break.....
which is 2 days and 16 hours away........

four down.....
one more to go.....

vectors, calculus and ODEs will mark the ending of spring....
coming summer is the motivation
fighting spirit is sky high......

GAMBATEH!!!

haPPy MaMa Day

Mother's day.....fall on 9th of May.......
usually we will prepare some special dinner at home....
but we are quite busy around this time.....
so we celebrated it in a way that most people do......
taking my dearest mama out for dinner......

having dinner at this place-->


as stated......they serve Hakka Cuisine.....
I am hakka......we have hakka food almost every single day......
why we still taking our mama to a restaurant that serve hakka cuisine while she can cook most of the dishes on the menu.....

Ying Ker Lou is chosen because they serve 盆菜
my mama wanna eat 盆菜 since long time ago.....
but very limited restaurant serve this dish.....

so what is 盆菜 ??
translate literally would be pot dish....lolz.....
basically just few types of dish being served in a single pot....
picture would give a better definition on that......



there are six dishes in a single pot......
yee mee is buried under all those dishes....
it absorb all the best flavour from the dishes place on top of it.....
*slurrrrrp*
it was the best dry yee mee I have ever eaten.....

by the way.....we had this as well.....
looks disgusting right.......XD
it is 擂茶
a very healthy and yummy dish......
vege + nut + mint + dried prawn + rice + green tea soup = 擂茶
mama and I love this......^^

*burb*
felt very full that night......
back home.......continue study~~~~
coz my first paper started the very next day........

~~love mama always~~

the OC Cameron Trip

continue from previous post......
slept at 330am and woke up at 530am.....
gathered at uni around 730am.....
for the finale~~~
Outdoor Club/the OC committee Cameron Trip 2010

the trip was nearly canceled due to transport problem.....
luckily green light was given at the end.....^^

it was really an super early morning......
everyone's stomach was empty....
before going on.......
fill the stomach with some not-so-healthy mamak breakfast @ Ibrahim Maju



get in to the cars......
start the engine.....
go on the winding road.......
JOURNEY to the HIGHLAND officially started.....wohooo.....

stopped by a town to grab some lunch and also did some shopping......
because we were informed that our chalet is totally ALONE......
sound so luxury huh....

somebody printed out the itinerary that Shanjiv planned
and he himself didn't plan to follow it.....
nobody cares about the itinerary.....
scrap it.......followed our own plan-less schedule.....


went on the road again.......
the road getting more winding and smaller as we advance to our chalet......
view outside the car getting clearer and greener.......
passed by the BOH tea house......
took right exit to the less traveled road.....

after a 3km super winding and narrow road.......
they finally park their cars......

we took this way up to our chalet......
it is the ONLY way to get there.......
and ONLY allows ONE car in ONE direction at ONE time
curious about where were we staying?
our chalet is belonged to Malaysia Nature Society......
it's located at the heart of BOH tea plantation.......
with AWESOME green valley/hill view........
the chalet consists of 4 rooms.....
and we OWN the whole chalet for 2D1N.....

let's take a look of our room...............

facilities available in each room:
double queen-size bed with bed sheet
comfortable and supportive pillows with pillow sheets
super warm wind-breaking purple blanket (looks like a giant towel)
bright white light
natural air-con which you can't control the temperature and wind speed.....

shared bathroom and kitchen for every 2 rooms.....
with cooking gas barrel in the bathroom (o.O)
yes...gas...the flammable one that you connect to your stove for cooking.....
it is connected to the water heater for heating purposes.....

placed our bags in the rooms.....
had little chill out moment after a long winding journey.....
after some chilling.......
the OC couldn't sit still until dinner time......
since we're in the middle of tea plantation....
gear up and hike!!!!


used some energy.......
climbed up the hill.....
walked in between the tea plant.....
turned around.....
saw the view that took our breath away........


the evening sun shine on one hill
and create the shadow on another valley/hill.....

met a dog at the beginning of our hike.....
and it followed and hike with us......
like a guardian.........

after hiking.....time for dinner......
cameron pasar malam......^^
*burb*
didn't forget to get some bread for our guardian during the hiking.....=>
she is a skinny mama of 3 pup.....need food to produce milk.....

back from pasar malam.......
washed up and started the craziest night I ever had.......

the night was very cold and breezy........
we're sitting at the balcony.......
cocooned in the warm blanket......
then the opening of the ice box......
1st......everyone had some pure white label whisky + ice to warm ourselves up......
chatting......chilling......laughing.......
finish the 1st one.....came the second bottle-->vodka
again......chatting......chilling......laughing.......
felt that my head was heavy when I half done with the vodka....
the finale--->gold label whisky.......
this was smooth and nicer than the previous two......
by the time for the third cup.....I already getting very high......
kept talking talking talking........
my head was so heavy......
couldn't even walk a straight line....><" then came the best part-----TWISTER
it was so funny to see those tipsy people playing....including me.....
by the way....I was totally conscious during the whole night.....

after playing one round and watching two round.....
I could hardly open my eyes anymore......
it was 3am........good night and sleep tight....... (_ _)zZZ
while others continue until 6am......

the next morning.......
woke up around 9am......
opened the door......
cold breeze blowing on your face......
sitting at the balcony and enjoy the free beautiful view.....


went for a walk with Diane who was the only one woke up around the same time as me......
hill were covered with mist in the morning......
morning dew still hanging at the tip of grass.....
every single view I saw was super duper nice........
blue clear sky.......white fluffy cloud....green hill and valley......

12pm......everyone woke up and leaving around 1pm.......
down from hill we straight went mid valley for dinner and "Kick Ass"
saying goodbye at 12am.......

feel lucky that I joined the club and met those great people......
enjoy the trip so much.....
miss the people too.....

wish all the best to the leaving seniors......


p/s**all pictures are taken by Heng.....I didn't bring my camera again....><"