Kampachi Mari!

SK, a dear colleague of mine, invited me for lunch at Equitorial Hotel's most popular Japanese restaurant today! That's Kampachi Japanese Restaurant with their super yummy weekend buffet! ~woo hoo !~
As a big eater, How can I resist not accepting the invitation right? :D

So apart from me, SK invited another colleague of mine, CL for the buffet lunch too.
We met at the hotel at about 1pm, and as soon as all of us arrived and well seated, we went to pick our selection promptly. In case you are wondering, Yes, I was the first person to get up from the table too!! I was really hungry ok.....

So here's some pic that will blow your mind away...
Psst...Did I ever mention that I have 4 stomachs? :D

Sorry for the blurry pics though, blame it on my cacat camera phone ya!

Here's SK posing in front of the restaurant.

For starter, let's sit back, relax and take a sip of warm green tea first..

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Ok now, are you ready?

Don't be shocked ok..I can REALLY EAT...check out how many rounds I refilled my plate here!

Round#1: A selection of cooked dishes (teriyaki chicken, grilled salmon, boiled vegetables, tempura)

Round#2: Sushi and more sushi, and a selection of pickled vegetables and radish (for some reason, I love all these pickled stuffs)

Round#3: Fried and deep fried stuffs; fried battered chicken,bean sprouts, fried fish,garlic rice and my favourite Miso soup.

Round#4: Shisamo(Fried fish) and more grilled salmon (it was soo delicious!)

Final round: Desserts and fruits which included sliced oranges, papaya and honeydew and a scoop of bread and butter pudding. Also downed a bowl of red bean soup with rice cake. Yum!Yum!

After this hearty meal, I was too full to even move. i felt like a python having just gobbled a cow whole!!

We sat on the table for a short chit-chat as well(for digestion sake, mind you :D). It was great having to be able to get to know CL and SK more. At work, we were simply too busy to talk to each other despite SK was just seated right next to me! haha...

As SK and CL are both very quiet and timid people, I did most of the talking and that must have irritated them, so in the end, we proceeded to the gardens outside for a short walk instead! Sorry guys!

SK looking happy and satisfied having sampled her favourite: sashimi!

Bravo to CL for trying out all the "raw" food. No thanks for me :D

Finally, that's me and SK posing outside the gardens.

Thank you soo soo much for the wonderful meal, SK...Really appreciate it:)
Not to mention, I do cherish our friendship too :)

Swimmmm Swimmm

I invited CT over to my apartment for a swim yesterday. To be frank, that would be my second time swimming at my apartment pool only! Shame on me huh? hehe...

The swim was great, and we had a relaxing moment at the pool "jacuzzi" too....Loved the massaging effect...If only I have a pic to show how relaxing we were...hehe...CT and I practised swimming underneath the pool floor too. It was hard initially as the water was pushing our body up, but with practice, no problemo! For now, I am only able to swim with breaststroke. I am hoping to pick up freestyle soon, any volunteer that would wanna teach me? :D

After the swimming session, CT and I went for dinner at our usual meeting place, the very popular Old Town Kopitiam. We were starving!!

See how CT gobbled down her toast! :D

See how messy my this shot is, I was eating my toast and nasi lemak at the same time! lol!

Ok, CT insisted that I should take a shot of myself eating the toast too!

Am I living in a prison?

Recently, the management of the apartment that I'm living in has decided to install a gate at the entrance for pedestrian which is just by the guardhouse. Previously, anyone could just walk into the apartment and the guards at the guardhouse will not stop you. Since most of the residents at my apartment are "kiasu" people, the concensus is to install a gate to allow only residents with the access card to scan in in order to prevent any outsiders from accessing our apartment. Security is always a concern.

All visitors will now need to sign in their name at the guard house and each will be given a "visitor pass". Then the guards will call the apartment owners to our home telecom for verification.

After having passed the first barrier, the next would be the entrance to the lift. Yes, one would have to scan in to access the lift as well. As such, whenever I have any visitors coming, I need to get down to open the entrance door to the lift.

This tight security is definitely beneficial for the residents in particular. However, imagine if you are having a party and a company of friends of family members are visiting you. The dreaded thing is to walk down to open the door to the lift and at the same time answering the call from the guard house when a visitor come over. You will have to do this over and over again whenever a visitor came! *sweat* ...That's why sometimes I do feel like I'm living in a prison! There's a price to pay for everything, no doubt about it! haha!

Anyway, here's some crazy snapshots of my colleagues who came over for a small party last month. The party was specially thrown for a visitor from US.

Check out the visitor pass required for everyone! lol...

Who wanna visit me next? :D

Everyone holding their 'visitor pass'

Me joining in the fun :D

A short trip down south

When I was 10 years old, I went on a school trip to Malacca. The very first place I remembered going to at this "Historical city" was the Hang Li Poh well at Bukit Cina. If you don't know who this lady was, then you should be ashame of yourself for not paying attention during History class at school!

Yes, aside from the fact that Princess Hang Li Poh, the chinese maiden who married Sultan Mansur Shah, another intriguing story was that the well that Hang Li Poh had used to bathe herself everyday has never dried up (and will never) over the years. From my last check, despite the ultra hot weather, the well was still filled with water!

Legend has it that if one were to toss a coin into this legendary well, you would return to this very place one day. As an innocent child, I happily tossed a coin and make a silly wish into the well. Little did I know that it will take me another 10 years to return to this very sacred land, and despite having a real short time(I was at Malacca for just a day), BS has insisted that I should visit the well again!

...Gosh, why did I toss the toin in the first place? Now I'm stuck together with a fellow Malaccan for 5 years already! haha!Anyway, apart from Malacca, we did make a stopover at KL. Ikea has been THE place that I would want to visit for ages, and at last we did make it after countless failed attempts to KL!!So, What have I got?? Oh framesss.....I need some framesss for my home...my poor colorful wall has been so bare!!!

Psst..I'll put up the pictures that I'm framing next ..stay tuned! :D
Here's some random pics I took while in KL and Malacca!

This is Cheng Hoon Teng Temple looking splendid after the renovation & restoration works which has been going on for ages!

This is me at the Hang Li Poh well (after a 10 years absence!)

Me again hiking up Bukit Cina. Note the hiking trails are lined up between some centuries-old chinese cemetaries!

I simply love this pic. Note the temple, the brick buildings at the foreground and the old zinc roof kampung style houses in front. What a contrast!

Me posing in front of Cheng Hoon Teng temple.

Just the two of us after the hike. A snap with my camera phone :)

And lastly, a brief stop at Sepang International Circuit! Two down...(first was Silverstone F1 Circuit)

First purchase from mudah.com.my

I first encountered this new trading web portal (mudah.com.my) awhile back while surfing the net. Over time, this site has grown considerably and more and more people are posting up their stuffs for sale. You can find virtually anything in this site from apartments, cars, services like renovation and home tuition to basic kitchen utensils or even used clothings. One stark difference between this site versus other trading sites such as Ebay is that the business deals are done on a personal level, at a one on one basis, meaning to say, the seller will post their contact no or email address and then you deal with them privately. If a deal is cut, the items can be delivered by the seller through post, air, by them sending it personally or you can collect it themselves. With this mode, you do not need to open an account separately to use the site, the site is merely an avenue for people to sell their stuffs or services. However, we have to be wary of who we are buying or dealing with as most of the time, the identity of the seller is unknown or we will never knew since the buy-sell deal do not actually require a face to face encounter at most case.

I must admit that I have more or less "addicted" to this site lately. Without fail, I'll check out this site each day for any good deals. Being a cautious person, I actually bought something from this site having scoured the site for months!

I have always wanted this laundry bag from Ikea and it is retailing at approximately RM35 if I don't remember wrongly. Now this bag was selling at RM12!! I contacted the seller through sms and the seller told me that the bag was still available. He told me it was brand new (although I doubted it) but anyway it is just RM12, and the best part is that he has offered to deliver it over to my house!!

So here's my Ikea laundry bag!!!

Still wrapped up...

My white laundry bag!

I was so happy and satisfied with my purchase as I knew I had a real bargain!!!


Oh welll.....


This was shortlived however.....

Just last week, I was at Ikea and guess what I saw?

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The Ikea laundry bag was ON SALE and it was retailing at just RM7.90.





I almost fainted.