I love capturing photos of plants, food and non-living things because I always believe, although they are not human, but they do have their own expression and emotion yet to be read and appreciated.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Bagan Sg. Tengorak/ Bagan Sg. Burung

北上东去的参加婚宴、圣诞、新年、农历新年、公司年初的各样会议、还有一些有的没的的吃喝玩乐。。。还以为时间不够用我没资格说,还是说我的心太野没让自己休息安定下来的意思?还是换个说法,我就是一个字 –

好了。。。这一切都该尘归尘,土归土了,该让心定下来,不属于我的,甭想,想自己能够掌握的就好了!就像这个,照片整理好就差文字的这篇博文,从去年12月12日就一直乖乖的呆在草稿箱内,若不是这星期报纸有报道到这个地方,我这该死没良心又善忘的人什么时候才会乖乖的把文字填上。

Bagan Sg. Tengorak

Tengorak means skull, those time during the occupation of Japan, the army used to kill the captive on the beach there, and later when the Malay found skull and till now they name this place Bagan Tengorak. Of course now no more skull, Bagan Tengorak is now a peaceful fisherman village and is well known by the delicious seafood there.

We were actually going to my friend’s (Perlyn) hometown (we all used to work in the same company, I left but they are still colleagues), as we were using the old road (not highway), we stopped by Bagan Sg. Tengorak for lunch. This is my first time eating at this one and only seafood restaurant in the village, we were already talking about the restaurant and the lady boss in the car, they said, the boss has her own way of running business, you must be able to wait patiently, you shouldn’t call her to take order unless she walked to your table, cannot add or cut any food that you’ve ordered, cannot rush her because you have been waiting very long for the food to be readied and served…

When we were there, all tables are occupied, we waited for about 30 minutes to get a table, then another 30 minutes or longer for her to walk to our table to take order, another 30 minutes of waiting for the food to be served… The food… fantastic! So good until non of us remember to take pictures, we just eagerly gorge in everything presented on the table… I think the food is worth the waiting… but of course this is very subjective. Actually while waiting, you actually can walk around the village, if you are lucky, (I’m lucky that day), you will be able to see the Egrets searching for food by the beach.

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Bagan Sg. Burung

It’s kind of fun to experience “going back to hometown”, everybody seems friendlier, simpler, happier… they have stronger bonding with the family members too, taking my friend, Perlyn for an example, her family knew that we will be visiting, all family even those who have married or moved to another places, young or old, they all came back to throw a party for us.

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Guess what? Jelly fish, round-disc-shape are the “umbrella” and in the barrel are the tentacles… well, kind of gross until you eat the fresh one, taste so good that you will force yourself to forget about these.

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Photo time!

Dinner time!

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                        Homemade rojak (even the sauce)                                                       Teowchew stewed duck

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All sort of seafood, you name it, they have it. Can either cook them in steamboat or bbq pit. Look at the portion?

We were so full that we can’t take in the giant crabs anymore… so, Perlyn’s brother brought it to the nearby coffee shop, asked them to cook with beehoon for us – that’s our seafood breakfast!!! Yummy!!!

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After breakfast, Perlyn brought us to visit her relative’s salted fish “production house”

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                                                                                                        Old man knitting the fishing net

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Next we were brought to another relative’s fish ball “production house”, although they do things on the floor, but it is very hygienic area. Of course we got the chance to buy the freshest fish ball from them too!

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Photo session again!

Seafood all the way!!! Seafood lunch @ Teluk Intan

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The seafood porridge was unbelievable tasty…

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As we were travelling north, it will take a longer hour to go back to my hometown – KL, so, we decided to try the local famous asam laksa before departing. For me, asam laksa is not my favourite food… no comment whether this is nice or not.

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Photo taking in front of the leaning clock tower marked our arrival to this town – Teluk Intan, Perak!

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

看一场电影有多难?

这部电影有影帝影后助阵,但还是很多人说这是一部烂片子,身边10个朋友看了片子,有十几个会说不能看,因为有几个可能是还没看就听朋友说不好看,他们也跟着宣传开来。我不管,我要看,我就是喜欢看影帝影后在这么烂得故事里怎么斗技!

还未上映前就约了同事,后来同事重色,跟一个追她的男生去看了。好吧,我再找其他人看好了。

结果就一直忙忙忙,新年前突发奇想跟一个很要好的朋友想要去看,但是时间筹不上,看了另一部电影。

接下来又是拜年又是聚会忙东忙西地,等到稍微空出一点时间,和回国过年的某某约好要一起去看的,xxx,他竟然放了我鸽子。

这时其实电影接近下画,播映的时间非常有限,一些“交通繁忙”的影院都换画了。这时刚好人在外地,难得在那儿有一间影院有一场。哪知道因为反应冷淡,影院决定取消当天的播映。可以这样子吗?

外地回来后,不行,我还是很想看,但是就是不管约谁,都没能迁就到,而影片已经是最后一天上映了。心想不要紧,自己一个人也可以看电影阿!上网确定播映时间后,放工回家吃过晚餐,拖着疲惫的身体,驾驶了二十多公里的路程,来到了金字塔。刚上路的时候还下起了雨呢。走到售票柜台,告诉了售票员我要一张票,令人发指的事情就在这临门一脚发生了。他说没有办法卖我单票,因为播放的影院全都是情侣座。我看一看电脑屏幕,明明每个位子都是空的,为什么就不能卖我单票?那我也好气地说,要不然就这样,到开场的时候如果位子还是空的,就卖我单票吧!他说不行,因为系统没办法卖我单票。。。你说我气不?这分明就是歧视单身人士嘛!哪有这样的,有生意都不做吗?我并没有反对影院设置情侣座位,但是一间影院只招待买情侣座位的客人,这不是太欺(单身)人太甚吗?售票员还说:“你不满意可以上网去投诉啊!”,反了反了,这是什么情况?

看一场电影有多难。。。就这么难。

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Hungry-less November

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Who love me the most? Of course besides parents, I do! I really know how to pamper myself… look at my lunch & dessert after lunch!

Once upon a time in November, I was craving for bak kut teh when I was in Kepong, then I came across this restaurant named 老彭绑线肉骨茶 (direct translation – old Phung tie string bak kut teh), this restaurant is this is exactly what I want. I ordered a bowl of their signature bak kut teh, the lady boss even advice me to take the small bone, I was not happy that she “underestimate” my stomach, so I ordered a bowl of yau char kuey and a bowl of rice too! ooooo… the bak kut teh was so yummy… but, the lady was true… there’s no way for me to finish the big bone, after finished everything, I was actually quite full, but as you know, lady also has 2nd stomach for dessert, so, I walked across the road to De Pastry Chef Cake & Cafe, one of my favourite cake house, ordered a slice of blueberry cake & a glass of pineapple juice (good digestive drink after a lot of meat).

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Once (or twice) upon a time in November, I need to work during weekend, at first I was a little depress but later when me & my teammate had successfully signed 2 deals with customers, I think we deserve a treat to ourselves, so, I brought her to visit this mille crepe cake house @ Kuchai Lama, which I wanted to try long time ago – Indulge Cafe (what an accurate name, indulgence indulgence indulgence!!!). We ordered a mango and a chocolate banana. Erm… comment? We prefer the Malacca one… check out my previous Malacca Trip blog entry.

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Once (or thrice) upon a time in November, my colleagues and I were craving for dessert and one of them haven’t been to Levain before, so we decided to meet up for tea! 3 of us shared a cup of Tiramisu and raspberry/ strawberry short cake… Taste wide, Tiramisu win!

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Once (or donno what’s next) upon a time in November, I was lepak-ing in a mall and saw this – Ninja Joe… I wanted to try this for a very very long time, but… when I was able to try… it gave me such a big disappointment… I thought the pork burger was similar to the Macau pork burger, just smaller in size (I can grab 1 burger in my small hand), but the meat is minced meat… not nice at all!!!

And because the portion was too small, I can even go for the tea right after. See the milo, so classic, milo drink come with another spoonful of milo powder and a piece of soda biscuit, NICE! But the otak-otak and fish stick are only so so…

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Once (…………….) upon a time in November, colleague invited me and another friend to her new house… we bought her a big bottle of Choya and bought some chips and sushi and sashimi and cheese to her for supper. We girls really know how to enjoy ourselves!!!

This version of Choya is super nice, I bet non of the girl can resist this drink… so far I only know it’s available in Jaya Jusco, no where else. Strongly recommend those who love drinking but hate the bitter after taste, or hate the burning sensation, you can try this, love at 1st sip is guarantee! 

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Once (………………) upon a time in November, Garrett Popcorn opened an outlet in KLCC… yes, we are one of the crazy people queuing up to buy it!!! They said the caramel is the best… well, I’m not a big pop corn fans, but the taste is really nice and no residue or hard skin left in mouth after eating. Worth trying, although the price is few times compare to the normal popcorn in cinema counter.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Rakuzen @ Desa Parkcity

After a few long-winded posts, it’s enough! Here come a simpler one.

I like Desa Parkcity, I think it’s a cool area, good security, variety of interesting shops, parks and lakes… However I seldom go there because it was a little bit far from where I stay. Thanks to my dearest friend, QiaoYi, I got a chance to dine @ Rakuzen in Desa Parkcity, and I always wanted to try Rakuzen too.

Monthly promo was Hokkaido Fair, so we ordered a Ishikari Nabe (aka salmon nabe, salmon stewed in a miso-based broth with vegetables in hot pot) (pic 3), spider maki sushi (pic 2), crab leg salad (pic 1), grilled scallop (pic 4) and baked crab leg (pic 5) with cheese… every dishes are so yummy…

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This was also a birthday dinner treat to QiaoYi, I was sorry that this year I didn’t have time to bake her a cake, just bought a small one but we think that the cake has too much of cream, when I was choosing a cake, this one attracted me, because the strawberries remind me of the time when we both in Amsterdam. May those strawberries bring her lots of luck and make all her wishes come true!!!

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