: : 1st Day of 2004 A.D. : :

As I’m sitting here, sipping a big enamel cup of hot camomile tea and Mum sleeping behind me, am sort of sitting down and pondering on what has happened so far on the 1st Day of 2004. I know it definitely did not start at midnite as I was snoozing away but rather at 7:30 a.m. Would you believe that I was reading in bed? The simplest pleasure in life for me is reading in bed. Hmm…unromantic, I know.

Well, I started the day off with some cheese slices from the block of cheese from Lolly. Her daughter, Devong, had it in her backpack for the entire duration of the trip. So, it was cheese with herbs and bread for breakfast. Cheese with cummin seeds would have been nice as well. Yum!

After that, it was off to the shops. First, it was a drive down to 7th mile (or rather, Kota Sentosa as it has now been renamed) to get Mum some cheap batik style sarongs (RM3.90 – RM10.50). Was very tempting to buy some but when would I ever wear it? My Mum seems to be of the opinion that when I’m as old as Granny and her, I will start wearing them. Oh oh… After that, it was rush down to the Goldsmith to pick up Jas’ bracelets which were being repaired and Mum got me a necklace to match the heart pendant she bought for me. Gosh! I’m pampered today. Then, a drive down to look at some shoes and watches. After that, LUNCH!

Mum wanted to eat some indian food so we went here to eat. It’s along Nenas Road.

Both me and Mum ordered this.

We also had some popaddom and acar @ pickle cucumbur and carrots with curry powder.

Ordered some Indian bread to go with the curry : this is the Garlic Naan.

Am not sure what this was : couldn’t remember. It was some kind of bread with vegetables stuffing inside. The stuffing was peas, carrots and mash potatoe. Anyone?

We had some mutton masala curry with peas (the left dish), and some sort of vegetarian curry (dish on the right).

After that, we went to Sarawak Plaza for shoes, books and the pharmacy. Then, a drive back to Tabuan Jaya shoplots which was completely pack with Chinese people shopping for the Chinese New Year celebrations. After driving once around the entire compound for parking, we had enough and went back home to rest to try again later. Even trying again later, it was impossible to find any parking available. Well, while resting, Mum came across some old photographs so decided to put them online and embarrass a few people.

Me and Ming (the two toddlers) were sitting on Yen (Ming’s brother). Think we were 3 yrs old then.

This was taken at one of Jas’ birthday party. Yeah, the theme was 80s disco gals (I think!). The makeup was wild but the clothing? Hmmm… Think I was 11-12 and Jas was 8-9. Was so long ago. You haven’t seen the one of hear wearing a wedding gown of a yellow fairy yet. Hee hee!

Granny, my sister and me (furthest right). Think we were 11 and 9 when the picture was taken. Anyway, after that me and Mum went off to the distributor for Chinese New Year Ornaments. Below are the pictures taken at the shop.

Well, that’s it people. My 1st Day of 2004. How was yours? Oh yeah, and me in my dress with my niece (although she is older than me, the relationship is through marriage), Yolanda, and my stepmother, my Sina’ on the far right. Nice dress leh!

: : Kim Gary Restaurant, KL : :

Yeah yeah, I’m late when it comes to blogging but what to do? My excuses are :

JET LAG

Mum is visiting for bringing her around

3 Dinners with family during the last weekend

Anyway, am finally posting up the dinner I had with Chooki in KL in the earlier part of December. She took me to Kim Gary’s, a Hong Kong fusion restaurant at Sunway Pyramid. According to her, the food is so-so but for a tourist like me, it was great. Deprived souls like me will always find food like this interesting. We went pretty early so it wasn’t so full and we got a seat immediately. Think we were there around 6-ish or so, in the evening.

Chooki ordered the Almond Tea which she enjoyed. At least, I think she did.

I did not know what I was getting myself into when I took up Chooki’s suggestion for a Mango Snow Mountain drink. It was huge!!! In the end, me and her had to polished it off together. It was too much for one person to finish!! It was a great drink though. Love the mango but was very sweet!

Chooki’s meal was the Shreeded Pork in Sweetcorn White Sauce with Rice. At least, I think it was. Only have the menu with me to refer to and that was the only dish with sweetcorn inside. Doesn’t seem to have white sauce in the picture. Ah well. Chooki will correct me once she reads this posting.

I ordered the Cheese Baked Rice with Pork Chop. The cheese used was actually mozzarella cheese and it was a bit difficult to eat because of the aluminium foil. The foil kept breaking up as I was cutting up the pork chop. Still, it was pretty good and very filling.

Chooki ordered the French Toast for me to try out and it was worth it. Mum will probably scream at me to reduce eating so I should. Easier said than done but let’s see how it goes. Gotta lose weight! A resolution made every year but only carried out for about 3-6 months! Going to get into trouble for saying that…

ANYWAY, the french toast was extremely delicious with the peanut butter filling. However, it is an IMMENSELY oily dish. Why is it that fried dishes always taste better? Mum was suggesting to grill the french toast rather than frying it so that might be a better way to eat french toast.

So, that was my dinner meal with Chooki. It was a great meal and a good opportunity to finally meet up with minishorts. She definitely knows a lot of good places to eat so if anyone is looking for a great eating partner, she is the one to look for.

The Kim Gary Restaurant we went to was located at Sunway Pyramid. The online description of Kim Gary’s is for the outlet at Sungai Wang Plaza. There are also other outlets in Malaysia as well as Hong Kong where it originated from. Here is a snapshot of the menu showing the details.

So, look and drool! I sure am since I do not think I’ll be going to KL for a long long time.

Address details :

Kim Gary Restaurant

Sunway Pyramid Shopping Center

OB2-G-U3 G. Floor

Tel : 03-7494 0428

: : Belated Happy New Year Greetings : :

I did wanted to blog last night at around midnite but unfortunately so did a massive count of other people to the point that Blogger was not up. OR, someone decided to take down the server than. Got fed up and went to bed as was knocked off my feet by the homemade mix of cold-buster tea. Definitely put me out for the count.

So, instead of interesting tidbits of a glorious night filled with amazing happenings and embarrasing scenes and actions, you’re only going to get a moving GIF picture of a guy making a toast.

Anyway, I wish everyone a belated Happy New Year Greetings to everyone out there! Kisses to everyone!

: : Belated Happy New Year Greetings : :

I did wanted to blog last night at around midnite but unfortunately so did a massive count of other people to the point that Blogger was not up. OR, someone decided to take down the server than. Got fed up and went to bed as was knocked off my feet by the homemade mix of cold-buster tea. Definitely put me out for the count.

So, instead of interesting tidbits of a glorious night filled with amazing happenings and embarrasing scenes and actions, you’re only going to get a moving GIF picture of a guy making a toast.

Anyway, I wish everyone a belated Happy New Year Greetings to everyone out there! Kisses to everyone!