End of 2011, Start of 2012

Some quotes on Love to start a new year of 2012.

Hx and Estee

Estee and Sylvia

Rocky and Casey

Hx, Sylvia and KP

Sylvia and Keat

Happy New Year!! :)

It's almost X'mas again

It's the happiest time of the year....

Coz it's school holiday for me...

And

Lots of decorations to see in shopping malls...


There's a big X'mas tree...

And a big snow man.....

At Sunway Pyramid. :D

Hehehee....

Actually we were there to watch Aladdin, the Musical Show.

The ticket.....

And Siu Mai mei mei actually got 2 free tickets to watch the show from blogging about this event. Actually, she was supposed to bring only 1 person to watch the show with her and that she thought she need not any tickets to enter. :P

This is Siu mai's younger sister...whom we call Ah B....

So as you can see...she brought 2 persons along with her to watch the show. Means 3 persons with only 2 tickets...so what do you think the outcome is? Hahaha...


When Siu Mai met her friends, she only found out that she needed a ticket to enter also.

Oh noo....

And I don't know it's a lucky thing or not...because when she was on the phone with one of her friend (who was supposed to come to attend the show as well) to ask him where is he...and at that moment, he met with an accident and ended up going to the police station to settle the issue. And because of that, he couldn't make it to the show...and thus, we have an extra tickets just enough for 3 of us to enter.




The spotlight on Aladdin...

The show was funny and nice. They not only sing Disney Aladdin songs, includes many songs from today's hits such as "I wanna be a billionaire", "Marry me", "Nobody", etc.



And I love the Genie the most cause he's so funny and good with his dance moves. :D

Birthday

It was my 26th birthday....finally belonging to the late 20s category. Hahaha...

My birthday this year was very simple...but it was okay. I wasn't expecting anything hoo haa anyway. Keat planned a birthday dinner with Francis and Evon at Paris Restaurant, SS2.


I have no idea what Keat was trying to do...

With Francis and Evon...



Seems like a must to do for the birthday person before cutting the cake....hehehe.


Thanks for everything and also the pressies....and the lovely cheese cake! I was so touched....



And the most expensive and unexpected birthday present I got this year is from my parents, which is an iPad2. It was a jaw dropping for me when I saw it....but i didn't take photo of it lar. :) Next time got chance you all can see it, though I hardly bring it out with me actually.

My Work

A little updates of my work, especially to Rocky. I don't know what he imagined me teaching when we met up for dinner on Saturday at 6to10. He forgotten what I'm teaching. Must whack Rocky's butt already...Estee help me with that. :P

I'm still teaching piano at Plug & Play music school at Subang on Wednesday nights, Thursdays nights and Saturdays whole day. And since September, I've been a relief music teacher in Tenby International School at Setia Eco Park, Shah Alam and they're taking me as a permanent music teacher from January onwards. It's a different environment altogether and different type of teaching approach (from 1 on 1 to 1 on 25 students). This job was introduced by my boss from P&P music school so I am very grateful to him for that.

The school has a big compound and has it's own indoor basketball court and swimming pool. They have different blocks for the Nursery & Early Years, International school classes and Private school classes (Sekolah Sri Tenby). The surrounding landscape is also nice because it's just next to the Eco Park. I've never been to anywhere around the area except going to the school. LOL...

So I'm currently working at 2 places now.


As for my Amway business, I have set my next target of 12% in the coming January. The highest so far I've achieved is 9%...and I have to set my next goal in order to have this breakthrough. YAYYY...so gambateh to me in finding potential partners to be in this network together and become successful together then go traveling together!

LTCL Graduation 2011

It's time to blog back...after so many months being MIA!!!

Although my graduation was in September and I'm 3 months due for this post...but better late than never. HEHEHE :P

My licentiate exam was in June this year and right after the exam in the morning, I fell sick. Hehe. I think that's very common for those who over stresses him or herself out before the exam. I didn't had a good sleep the night before the exam and screw up some parts during my playing. Thank God I still managed to do well in it overall although I was so worried and was telling Estee that I did badly. I was so nervous when the result came to the house and my heart was bik bok bik bok-ing so fast when I open my result slip.

Anyway, cut things short and talking about the day of my graduation with photos...

The graduation was held at Subang Grand Dorsett on the 16th September 2011.

First...must introduce my parents who flew down from Kuching for my graduation. A photo taken with my dad and my step mom...(my cousin said we all look alike in facebook...and I think it's a good thing) :D Anyway...I love my parents very much as I know and feel that they always do their best to provide whatever I need in my life and make sure I'm fine despite being far from them now. Can feel that they are "spoiling" me also by the things they do and all the gifts they've given me...but as long as I don't "spoil" myself and taking them for granted, it's still fine. :)



So far Estee met my dad before...and Rocky managed to met both my parents on my graduation. :D



Thank you, Rocky... for coming to my graduation. Although Estee and Casey couldn't make it...thank you for the graduation present. I love the Zee Avi's Ghostbird CD album...and my favorite song is the Bahasa Sarawak song..."Siboh Kitak Nangis". Our Bahasa Sarawak is a bit different from Bahasa Melayu. Siboh means Don't...Kitak means You...Nangis means Cry (same with Malay word). So the title is "Don't You Cry". It's a very comforting and relaxing song. Keat has been listening to this song over and over with me in the car for the few days after I got the CD while i set this song as Repeat. Hahaha...






Next, I have to extend my gratitude to my piano teacher, Sarah Yan...for her guidance and teachings on my piano skills in order for me to do well in my exam. My piano teacher teaches in Yamaha school too and I was recommended to go to her by her brother who worked together with me in Talent Makers at SS2, the first music school I worked with.




Keat shared my happiness on that day. He's so happy that I finally finished my exam and graduated because he'd been telling me that my stress level was influencing him as well. :P


And this is our Siu Mai...

Too bad this siu mai cannot be eaten....but this siu mai need to be sayang by us. Hehehe. Thanks to her for taking all the photos on that day!

Keat wants to show his talent with the scroll...

Hik hiakk....watchaaaa...Haaaiikkk....

dreamz bakery@the strand, kota damansara

cause bulat will go to the ends of the earth for dessert! hohoho!
:D
found this by accident by randomly clicking blogs and off i went to scout the place. while mom was enjoying her manipedi session, i went and piled on some calories -_-!

hello! the cute door that greets you before entering! seriously, if you do not know the area well, you might have to waste a lil petrol making rounds cause it wasn't really prominent to begin with and it's kinda tucked away..hidden..somewhere. laughs*

the signage at the door:)
you are required to take off your shoes before entering (if i remember correctly) i guess it does promote warm, homey kinda feel by doing so.

the blackboard that was outside with the signage..brings manymany memories of high school and the horrible chalk dust floating around when erased. the fact that i was short, not fun erasing the blackboard LOL i recalled in std 3 maybe? i was jumping to rub the top part of the blackboard. short remember? not to mention fat too (fatter then now lol growing sideways at top speed!)

and my teacher actually said, in front of the whole class.
"omg! don't jump. i can feel earthquake! i can't mark my work!"
.....i don't have to tell you how loud everyone laughed and she was actually being serious cause while saying it, she was holding both sides of the table with her hands like there was really an earthquake-_-!

this will greet you once you step in! the beautiful display of cakes...no , wait. actually the aroma will hit you first laughs* nothing beats a nice smelling cafe...omg...it's is damn heavenly the feeling...not to mention they have a glass window at the right side of the cafe that gives you a small view of the kitchen where 2 or 3 pastry chefs would be sprinkling their magic dusts to produce awesome goodies! :D yay!

lil trinkets, bits and pieces that are for sale. did not get anything. i know! bulat always buys lapsap! how come?! hahaha purse on a diet.

here the window that you can see the magic working! :D sorry bout the bag...hahah don't know whose isit. spoiling my photo-_-! pifts* i love the fact the furnitures are all white! and the fishnet thing is prolly something where customers write comments bout their cakes and stuff to put there. on the left is a very nice hand-drawn cutesy wall~

love this! patchwork cloth thing to serve as a divider? door? i think i used to hate this kinda patchwork thing when i was young. both my grandmas did many things like these and i thought it was horrible cause it looks like a poor people thing *spoilt girl lol* but now my views have changed 180 degree..hahah i wonder why.

they have another room after the patchwork divider thing which i lovelove. it feels like a nice place for people to hang out if there a small party or something...maybe around 15 people? to just do whatever you want amongst yourself in a private room. downside is, right opposite this room is an office? actually its a floor that is divided by 2. the cafe on one side and office of a co. the other side. there was no one in that office when i went but my friend said there was when she went and it felt kinda weird to have a bunch of random ppl "at the cafe" although they are in another room all together.

one of the best seller- chocolate cake.
tasted like..a..normal good chocolate cake? laughs* not those that made me ooohhh-ahhhhh but it was a good cake. not like a rip off of your money that kind.

the mille crepe cake! arhhh!!!* i sometimes wonder what is the big fuss over mille crepe cakes (like what is the fuss over macaroons.) but whatever...ahhhh!!!!*
erm ...this was prolly tiramisu. it was not bad....but still nothing beats the famous nadeje at melacca....or austin chase's layer cake.

original/vanilla mille crepe...sadly this was...like.....it was like eating butter. hardened butter. cold hardened butter. mille crepe is usually soft. this was actually kinda hard...i was alright with the taste but my bro (being the pro if all mille crepe cakes) hated it. hahaha T_T he said it was not good at all. wasting his calories. sigh* i read good reviews on their mille crepe though. maybe the pâtissier was having a bad day thus this cake, lacking with love during baking process..haha-_-!

chocolate cake decorated by yours truly....for mom. hahahahhahahah-_-
nothing better to do. seriously.
on a plus side, i feel the cakes are reasonably priced at around rm8.50 per piece..don't think i see these kind of prices anymore lately. it's crazy but it starts to feel like rm12-rm15 is a normal pricing for a slice of cake when clearly you don't need that much for the ingredients.

well...if you don't pay (as in cash) then you will pay (as in energy) when you self-bake. hahahaha

Dreamz Bakery
My Kidz Pit Stop Center (3rd floor)
No 58 The Strand Jalan PJU5/20D
Pusat Perdagangan Kota Damansara
47810 Petaling Jaya.

Monday :10.30am-7pm

Wednesday to Sunday :10.30am-9pm

http://www.dreamzbakery.com/

Canoodling @ bangsar village II

have always wanted to try the place cause of the wonderful deco from the outside itself:)what to do. i'm superficial. hahaha~

finally a chance came when by chance i was at BVII with mom and with mom she basically ALL IN for anything new~ yay me!

the place was mainly yellow theme in a glance (see menu) with neat and clean settings and with the wonderful hanging table lamps at one end of the cafe/restaurant must have captured many people's eyes. hahaha esp. my mom.

"rice-taurant" menu is on the right. next to canoodling and opened by the same group. (uh*hm, the group that runs 'plan b', 'ms.read', 't42' etc.)

the interesting part (to me, other then the wonderful yellow colour utensils used) was the blank piece of white paper used as 'tablecloth' cause it is used to doodle all you want. laughs* my table next door had 2 kids happily doodling away. good way to distract the kids from making noise or having something to do while waiting for the food. i rather see kids draw and stick their noses into their latest ipad/itouch-_- it's like the world around them suddenly disappears. bah.

the only other place that i remember having this was Avanti at Sunway Resort. went there 3 years? ago for christmas *laughs* going with a bunch of art students meant a paper full of rubbish drawings by the time we were done with the lunch buffet.

some seafood mee if i wasn't wrong. simple meehoon is what i feel, taste like ham choy soup. nothing to shout about but the soup was salty enough for me...mom thought it was overpowering. well, all the more for me then! :P
rojak! surprisingly this was really not bad. laughs* polished it off. lose to some roadside SS2 pasar malam rojak that i ate last monday but for a restaurant standard i think it's really not bad. mom loved it and she was surprised to see tauge inside hahaha

for the environment, i think price wise (around rm10-ish) is still fine. but if i were to go back though, would try the more exotic dishes they had on the right side of the menu! some peanut butter sauce mee! laughs* mom REFUSED to take it. hahaha

Canoodling
2F29, Second Floor, Bangsar Village II
No. 1 Jalan Telawi Satu
Bangsar Baru,
59100 Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: +603-2287 1566
Website: www.facebook.com/canoodling.big
Opening hours: 12noon- 10pm daily


tiramisu at Espressamente Illy, Bangsar Village I.
right at the bridge between BVI and II, brought mom there cause a friend ooh-ed and aah-ed over the coffee they served. hahaha well, it IS illy. definitely can't go much wrong with that!

for a non coffee drinker (coming from a family that drinks coffee religiously, funny that i don't-_- i do drink BLACK coffee though, no sugar nor milk. but that's like really rare) i present you their tiramisu priced at rm14, it was not bad but there was no kahlua taste and tons of coffee used to sub it. kuakuakua. but overall, it wasn't bad but i doubt i will pay rm14 for it as my mom makes better tiramisu! WITH enough kahlua. (the alcohol used when making tiramisu)

mom took the caffe latte, which she happily polished off and no complains in between. (very good sign haha you should see her complain once bout bad coffee) priced at rm10.

total was supposed to be rm14 exc tax. but at tea time, (was there around 3-ish?) a slice of cake and coffee, both at your choice is at rm18 exc tax.

spent the afternoon gossiping with mom. yes, we exchange gossips. laughs* her friends and mine. not every nitty gritty detail but enough to know what's going on in each other's circle of friends. despite how much i can't stand my mom sometimes and the amount of "arguements" we have, moments like these i know i should treasure it and yes, it is a love but beh tahan relationship with my mom. laughs*

Espressamente Illy

Address: Lot F-12 & F-13A First Floor, Bangsar Village I, K. Lumpur.

Tel: + 603 2287 7078

Sushi Q

bought from groupon Malaysia.

as written :

for RM11.90, you get a Japanese set meal consisting of a box of assorted sushi and sashimi (RM18.80 value), a bowl of miso soup (RM2.50 value) and free flow of hot green tea (RM2.50 value) at Sushi Q (RM23.80 total value)

actually the main reason we bought this is cause every Sat we are at the JFKL library,Midvalley so it makes sense to buy vouchers that are redeemable at Midvalley/Gardens right? :P funnily we ate something veryvery filling that day and not even 2 hours later, we went to redeem this. laughs*

poke pocky's tummy!*

verdict : seriously in comparison with groupon's photo, other then the fact that there wasn't any garnish in ours and the salmon slices were a tad small, everything was ay-okay!:) esp the soup. hahahahahha! though it felt a lil funny as the soup was served in a plastic container. easy for packing if you can't finish it though. and the green tea? came in a very thick, good quality paper cup..that i sheepishly carried it, sipping throughout the journey from sushi Q to the car and later, washed the cup and kept it. laughs* im using it to put pens and stuffs. maybe i should decorate it too since it's so plain! :P

when sushi Q was frst opened (or when i frst saw it at 1U) i was really doubtful bout it. i mean..it's right in the middle of the "highway" and it looks like an express, take&go counter. how good can it be? sushi is supposed to be a delicate thing, personally made by the chef's hands with heart (acc. to me larh) but with mass production nowadays you tend to raise an eyebrow bout it. but Thank God, sushi Q did not let me down..well not top-notch but at least, it's wayyyyyy better then i expected:)

Coupons Marathon

one thing that pocky and me have been doing lately is definitely spending money...him spending more then me! T_T (sorry!) buying all these deals online! mainly food! -_-! omgosh! so if anyone noticed my weight gain. DO NOT, i repeat DO NOT SAY IT. *stares*

milkadeal, groupon, everyday, webuy...etcetcetc. the list is endless! my gmail is bombarded with updates from them almost everyday. not that i really mind but it's really eating our pockets semi-dry laughs*

it is good to be able to try places/eat things that one normally wouldn't even go to but seriously...laughs* it's indirectly forced spending cause once you buy you MUST USE means you have just SPENT an amount of money no matter what! so all in all, lesson learned.

CONTROL SPENDING. dotdotdot...

anyway, what is bought has to be used. so...:D hahahaha
the first voucher/coupon/deal that we redeemed was the one at OASIS @ BU. blogged one before bout it.

bought from milkadeal. as written on their website :

RM33.90 instead of RM69.20 for a Scrumptious Set Meal: Grilled Baby Back Pork Ribs (Full Slab) with BBQ or Honey Mustard + Mushroom Soup + Ice Lemon Tea + Molten Chocolate Cake with Haagen Dazs Ice Cream

for your informasi, cause pocky is greedy like this/forgot that his bulat can't finish a full course meal...he bought 2/TWO/DUA/LIANG GE/LIONG GUO/NI vouchers...so we went back TWICE! roar!* laughs. the waiter obviously remember us!

mushroom soup...in comparison with what i have written before last time."very mushy, slightly oatmeal-ish texture like" ..still taste the same. laughs* portion wise seems a lil smaller no? but it's okay, for a cheaper deal then original rate, i have expected slight changes. or maybe they DID lessen the portion over the monthsss but it's been so long since i last went, i din't know bout it.

as for the drink, we took orange juice the frst time and ice lemon tea the second time. don't have to review on mediocre drinks ba.

can't remember....and i am no expert in this. ribs? laughs* a veryvery big rib. it's there on the menu literally written as the biggest slab of meat available for order.
look at pocky's face ! i think we both got a shock! hahaha and that is why we did not redeem both vouchers at once. we will DIE-_-! tapao. laughs* taste wise (and meat portion wise) they did not change much. still tasted good and juicy overall~ i scraped it clean! :P and pocky was kinda overstuffed with the amount of meat i was scraping off from the bone and putting all on his plate hohoho
grilled belly oriental! well, still taste good! although pocky kept saying it has a distinct taste.. i think there was hacks used to make the sauce or something hahaha pocky kept saying the sauce is fattening, don't eat..but i happily scrape my bit of meat on the plate to get the sauce on it :P

the first time we went, we ended up paying 50 cents for my water...pocky was so paiseh cuase it felt weird laughs* to eat a full meal and pay 50 cents (but technically we paid rm33.90 fr the meal wor!) so the next time we went, we ordered appetizer.

some....onion sausage thing which i think is a lil over priced (then again, which restaurant's appetizer's price isn't like woahhh!!) tasted fine, i like the fried onion bits laughs* but really...oily.....to me. if not wrong i was trying to dab off all the oil with my serviette. laughs*

here comes dessert...WITH NO PICTURES! BAH.

it's haagen dazs alright but no MOLTEN CHOC CAKE. and i tell you how important is that cause it's CHOCOLATE fr pocky and it's CAKE fr me!

i tell you the worse part now! i DID NOT EVEN REALIZE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME WITH A CAKE UNTIL I READ THE MILKADEAL WEBSITE WHEN I WANNA BLOG ABOUT THIS-_-!!!

SLOW + FAIL = BULAT-_-!
miehhhhhhhhhhhhhh~

so yes....no cake...BOTH TIMES.
had haagen dazs ..yes but the scoops were kinda small.
first redemption, we had 4 scoops of ice-cream! although small but still it shocked us cause it's like 2 scoops of ice-cream each?? O_o (well, now i know why hahaha maybe to replace the choc cake)

2nd redemption, got a scoop each. but it's funny. the waiter seems to know i prefer vanilla and pocky prefers chocolate. both times, despite the scoop counts, he got the flavours right when placing the dessert in front of us. hahahha

funny world.

verdict : Okay ba. although not really good "sidekick" dishes, but the main course was well worth at least. rm33.90 for both of us to be full and happy. it's considered not bad fr a angmo dinner price:) which we hardly go for.