Friday, June 19, 2009

Ho chiak! continued...

I cant believe i'm flying back to Edinburgh so soon (tmr!)0_O ... hols flew by tooo fast.... though, i am looking forward to my Spain trip with my family:D

So.. here's just a recap of my Food-getaway back home ;P

aaaa... my mummy's bak chang will always remain my favourite food of all!!! muacks!
And my kakak's nasi lemak is AMAZING... forgot to take pic~ later have to wipe the drool of your keyboards... heehee... missed home-cooked food :D

Great Indian Lunch with Dr. JPJ! Or should i say Prof. jpj :)
Meeting old frens and eating good food... perks of holidays :P below... jap food with Wai Ken.. droooll

Sigh.. i really missed the old times... very thankful that i get to meet up with my buddies, though its only for a short while :)
Below: Hokkien mee with TKS, Pan mee with Mei Ann, Jue Jing and Wai Ken, ikan bakar with Rachel!miss u guys!

And I got to shop/eat with my goooood fren Meng Chyi!!! Shopped til we dropped! ate til we sleep... haha... Its been a year since we went to Bubba Gump... I absolutely LOVE the place.. and will recommend it to anyone at all :D the foood is amazing.. the theme and deco is soo cute!
there is a room upstairs which is a replica of Forrest Gump's house... so adorable.. and to put those homey touches, they have pictures of little gump on the walls :)
We ate something Barramundi and Baked seafood rice! definitely will recommended!! Must try!

We were so full, thanks to the huuuuge portion and the creaminess! I really felt like bursting! but I did manage to finish most of it... after much struggle and playing with food, I manage to gobble it down... it didnt feel very good after that -__-
Even after that, we managed to enjoy Ikea ice cream when we met Leong and Diana...
Plus, by the time we reached home it was dinner time! more food o_O butter sotong was superb, though :)

Us at pyramid... and also stuffing our face silly with jap food at shogun! heehee...yum
For the durian lovers out there :D something to look forward to when u go home.. I'm not really a durian fan, but being away from home so long, u can't help to welcome this thorny fleshy fruit..I will miss u Malaysia, the family, friends, food, shopping!!!!! (but maybe not the hot hot humid weather :P)
(the torture of seeing pics of food on facebook tagged as u is almost over ;) heehee.. ur turns to go home and eat ur hearts out :D... enjoy!)

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Sharing is Caring

With the lil boy cousin splashing around in the swimming pool in the background, I was fixed on an article from Reader's digest:
Why Kindness Matters

"The term
Humanity is one synonym for the word kindness. Kindness is essentially a recognition of the fact that we're all human"

I think i am speaking for everyone when i say kindness and consideration is exactly what is lacking in the world today. *imagine the song 'Where is the love' by black eyed peas playing in the background*

Despite all the mess and tough world we live in, just a small, random act of kindness from a stranger makes it a little bit easier:
Do you remember how good it feels when a stranger holds the door open for you even if he has wait for you, or time where you are short of RM 2 to pay for your meal, and out of nowhere, a stranger just offers it without expectations of personal gain? or when you are merging into traffic and someone lets you in....it makes you feel good....showing a little bit of kindness to people recognises that everyone around you is just like yourself... why can't we give this feeling to others? why can't we be just a bit selfless? When was the last time we donated money to the needy, or helped someone struggling with big bags and luggages.. Maybe we get caught up in the race to achieve success or riches that we forget to be human.

There was a movie called "Pay it Forward", about a schoolboy who decided to repay acts of kindness towards him by performing 3 good deeds for others to make to world a better place. eg. If the person wants to 'repay u', let them know that you would really like them to pay it forward, and pass the good deed on the another stranger, or friend. Such a good concept :D


Yes, it all sounds like Pendidikan Moral all over again but how many people's actions actually speak louder than words?

Kindness, just a feel-good feeling?
Research shows that kindness :
1.can make us happier. A small act may make you feel like a good person but a big act of kindness helps you forge a better relationship.
2. is good for your health. Kindness can help regulate emotions, which can impact positively on our health, for both the helper and the helpee..

-source: Reader's Digest March 2009-

This article made me feel like doing a good deed, so I thought i'd put this post up and share it... who knows... hopefully will spread the kind, fuzzy loving feeling in us humans, be it by blogs or what not... maybe by reminding ourselves once in a while, we will help to spread it around.. or, pay it forward. It is a choice, an attitude that we can change.... and if by doing small selfless acts for others, we can make it a better place, why not?

Spread the love ppl!!!

Swiimming :D

My lil boy cousin Yi Wei grown up d! limbs are lankier but still is as cheeky :P and he is now learning how to swim... still at the blowing bubbles stage but is progressing fast.. a new shark-to-be? ;)swimming under the hot sun every sunday.. no wonder he is so dark already...

Monday, June 8, 2009

Ho chiak!

Just one day after i landed in the hot sweaty land of Malaysia, I am off to penang to meet my relatives and of course, FOOD!

First stop, Char kuay teow!



Look at ah kong's happy face and u'll know that the char kuay teow is ho chiak! look at the humangous prawns! happy :D

Dinner at Sunshine Bay aka Sin Eng Huat at Tanjung Bunga for seafood. *droools*
1. Tom Yum Prawns in coconut 2.mixed vege 3. Chilli prawn in bamboo 4. Guiness stout chicken 5. Crabby noodles! 6. Lala mee suah

:Lunch at Ocean Green: the cheese crabs were amazing!

Had lots of hawker food too! :D but in my hurry to gobble them down i forgot to take pics of the yummy char kuay teow and lok lok of rat island (pulau tikus)..

In the morning b4 we left, we headed off to Nagore Road for The famous Super Hokkien Mee.. so famous that we had to wait 45 minutes for it b4 we are allowed to bug the cook for our bowls of hokkien meee... so.. while waiting for that, we ordered lum mee and loh mee and char kuay teow (again!)Weeee... happiness comes in little islands :D

For food guide in Penang.. go to www.penangtuapui.com

Monday, June 1, 2009

Coming home:)

I can't believe 8 months just passed like that.. I'm going home!! WEEEEEEE

To do list:
EAT - 1. Penang food (all of them: char kuay teow, assam laksa, prawn mee) 2. Seafood 3. Japanese food 4. Bubba gump 5. Dim Sum 6. Poh piah 7. BAK CHANG 8. nasi lemak 9. home cooked food :) 10. Delicious Brownie's!!!!

SHOP- 1. Clothes 2. shoes 3. bags ( midvalley, sunway pyramid, 1u, Sungei Wang)

DVDs!!!

Play with my dog, Think about electives, Read non-medical books

bye bye kincaid's court, will miss u, will miss the crazy guys... its been fun.