The end of 2009

Whenever I get the new years calendar, I get sentimental.



Another year Almost gone and a new year awaits us. And let's not forget there's also christmas in December. A time for celebration and family gatherings for yet another year.

Things changes every celebration. This year for instance, I have to take a 2 hours flight to celebrate the occasion with my family :)

Sighhh just give me a few moments to get sentimental

Homemade Quarter Pounder

I have been thinking of making my own burger patty for a long time. So finally got round to do it when i m having the flu and when my taste buds don't even work.

so i don't even know whether it has enough taste....all i can taste is the beefy goodness :)
yumm...look at the thick patty

Short post

U kno u kno??? I bought 2 blouses for rm25 from queensbay mall last week!! so proud and happy! One was rm10 and the other rm15. Super cheap and nice too!!! The orig price was around 80++ each but they are having clearance sale.

I walked away a very pleased customer bcos the ppl entertaining me were sooo polite and helpful even tho the clothes were on super cheap sale! Soemtimes when I spend the full amount to buy sth the staff treated me with sour face. Can u imagine??? So I was very pleased. The end!

P/s redsponge I blog this for u. Rof!

Kuching vs Penang

Took the pics on the left from Prangin Mall multi storey carpark last Sunday...and immediately, i was reminded of the pics (on the right) i took from Star Cineplex, Kuching end of 2008 :)

Don't they look similar??? now it makes me a little homesick :(
i miss Kuching city and the simplicity that makes it Kuching!

Still alive

Hi there! The lazy bug has bitten again. So much has been going on that I don't even know what to blog these days and also bcos Im pretty busy with work *shrugs*

The parents came over for a short trip just last week and we again got the chance to play tourists :P been staying in Penang for more than half a year now but still have not visited most of the tourist spots.



This is the snake temple and yes that's my finger covering the camera. Lol

Seems that we have 'tourists' every month. This month alone we will have/had 2 groups. Next month another group.so much so that I'm actually contemplating on charging for any Penang tour ;)

My Saturday

Sent my d40 kit lens for cleaning on Tuesday at this very run down place (wisma central) at macallister road. Lol.my lens had grown fungus so badly that I could even see the lines on some of my photos :( how??need to buy dry cabinet meh?

Went to collect my lens today but the camera clinic was not yet opened (yes it was really called a camera clinic!) so we loitered around the building and around the area. While waiting for someone to come out from the toilet I saw this lil cute doggie





Kekeke. Keeping guard as if it's a big and mighty dog. Sooooo cute ^_^

Went for bfast at the nearby coffeeshop which I have forgotten the name. Seems that most ppl are ordering the fried fish meat beehoon there. Well,some other days perhaps. We had the very safe breakfast of toast. Lol





Chicken floss toast is sth new.

Went back to the camera clinic but it's still not opened. So we went to the church of our lady sorrows which is just next door





Nice and calm place. Really really remind me of Carmelite chapel in kuching! :)

Ok that's all from me. This is really sounding like a blog post from a 15 year old kid. Give me back my blogging inspiration! :(

Iphone 3gs review

Finally got my Iphone 3GS 16gb after 40 days of waiting. Got my 3GS from Maxis with a 1 year contract at RM2099....and the process between my pre-booking and the day i got my phone is another story...we will leave that for another day and all i can tell u is that...it wasnt a pleasant experience =_="

Anyway...can u imagine my excitement to finally hold my baby in my hands after soooo many days of waiting???



This being my first Apple product...i must say i m quite intrigued with how they package their iphones....such a small cute box...the box is only slightly bigger than the phone itself



ahhhh...my sleek smooth surface baby :)



and the wallpaper you so often see on maxis iphone ads :D



let's see what we have in the package...a 3 pin plug, a USB cable and an earphone (all in white! lovin it! ok i know its not pink but white is the nxt best thing after pink for a gadget)



when the maxis staff explained to me the 3 pin plug...i was like how do i charge it??? cos there's no cable attached to it....

then she explained to me that i could actually plug in the usb cable to the 3 pin plug and we have a charger!



isnt it nifty??? :) And if you have your phone plugged in to your pc with the same usb cable, it would also charge the phone! now i don have to bring my charger AND my usb cable...it's 2-in-1!

also in the package...the usual phone manual you get with every phones...



the only difference being.....you only get a manual of less than 20 pages



it is either Apple is trying to conserve the environment by using less paper or they are so confident in their product being intuitive enough to not need a manual..lol

but i would somewhat agree with the latter...it IS intuitive! with only one physical button (not incl the volume control button,power button and the silent switch) on the phone...it is really quite a no-brainer using the iphone



it comes preloaded with all the normal stuffs...calendar, clock, calculator, compass, stock...

since this is the 3gs...with the 'S' for Speed...i must say browsing is fast and seamless and smooth!



type in the web address with the on-screen qwerty keys (this needs some getting used to type efficiently...i can now type with 2 fingers :P)

another thing i love about browsing with the iphone is the 'pinching' motion u use to zoom in and zoom out when you are browsing



cool and intuitive! as you can see i've mentioned intuitive that many times in this post :D

another new thing with the 3gs is the 3.2mp auto-focus camera. it also comes with a touch-to-focus feature



quality of photos are useable but not perfect...still not too bad...here's a photo taken with the 3gs



(photos in my previous 2 posts were taken with my 3gs too)

and the other thing new about 3gs is the video feature...i know this is nothing new with other much cheaper options out there but since this is a new feature apple put in, i think it deserves some mentioning dont u think so? lol

slide the little slider to use the video function...



with 30 frames per second, i must say the video quality is quite commendable and you get this useful feature where you can directly edit and trim your videos



the other thing i love about iphone is the App Store!



i honestly feel that this is the thing that really puts apple iphone on top of the game compared with all the other better phones out there

here, you get to download all sorts of apps from games, productivity tools, networking tools, and the list goes on and on....



but of course, not all apps are free unless of course *cough* you *cough* jailbreak your phone *cough* =)

i really enjoy lying in the comfort of my bed and downloading those free apps :)

among my favourite apps are this very useful facebook app for iphone



i could almost do anything i can do when i m fb-ing on my pc here...upload photos, send mails, chat, tag photos....

and my other fav app is the BlogPress from google blogger where i can directly write and post photos up to my blog!



the only downside of the phone is of course the battery life...on average, i need a charge every 1.5 days...but of course whenever you plug in the phoen to your pc to sync and copy photos it is already charging

i am intentionally delaying my review of the phone until after 2 weeks++ of usage so that i can give a honest, unbiased review that is not affected by my "new toy syndrome" lol

but so far ... i m really ♥-ing my iphone! =)

Day trip to Ipoh

Went down to Ipoh for a short trip during the recent deepavali holidays. Had to drag our lazy asses out from bed at 6am on a holiday! Arggg the agony..lol!

Most of my photos are not in my phone,so I can only blog about these few pics..keke.

Went temple cave visiting



Cute little o Kuis

Went to the famous biscuit factory



and not forgetting the famous Ipoh salted chicken






And ending the trip with the Ipoh taugeh chicken







I think I'm losing my Touch as a blogger. This Is more like typing caption for my facebook album. Lol!

Woohoo!!!

Downloaded this cool iPhone app called blogpress which allows me to blog directly from my iPhone!

Hopefully with this new found convenience I would be able to blog more often. Wahaahah!

Anyway, here's a picture to fill up the spaces. Lol




Cute looking vampire :)

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

JCo Donuts in Penang!

Since my blog is going into semi-retirement, i might as well post some donut pictures from J.Co.

Unlike the opening of Big Apple donuts in Kuching last year (was it?) there were no long queues in front of J.Co. In fact, when i excitedly told my colleagues J.CO IS COMING!!! and they were like huh?what is j.co? ohh the donuts ah? nice ka?

=_="

anyway, we went and got ourselves 1/2 dozen donuts in true kiasu kuchingite spirit :P (at rm12.50, cheaper than big apple rite??)

there is of course, my must have da vin cheese which is unlike big apple's cheese donut which is sweet in nature...this is savoury...yums

and the pinky-looking donut which i think is better than big apple's pink panther cos it is less sweet with more authentic strawberry taste

and dono what-sis-name donut with the peach colored center thingy...

gheez...i cant even blog properly anymore!

that's all...see you on facebook where i m now most of the time...kekeke

Saving the Planet

Ok ok ... i m going to write a blog post finally... i really dont have the motivation to blog anymore since i got hooked on to facebook :P

anyway there are some things which i cant post on to facebook like the mindless stuffs i talk about here sometime...which is what i m going to do today! lol

well, on Monday evening, we went groceries shopping and while in queue at the cashier...we were shocked to found out from the auntie queuing up behind us that the supermarket is now practising NO PLASTIC BAG day on Mondays...WHAT?!?!

and there we were with a shopping cart full of stuffs...

when it got to our turn...it was a good thing they asked whether we need a cardboard box to put all our stuffs...so ok, cardboard box sounds good at least we dont have to spend rm3 to buy the bag

and i had to carry my half dozen of eggs bcos i worried that it might fall out of the box

so how do you think i looked cradling half a dozen of eggs like a baby to the car?

Something is growing

I have been so pet-deprived that i just needed something to tend to...those of you who have been following my blog for a while now would know i have brown thumbs :(

no plants under my care grows well, cactus included 'x'

so you can imagine how desperate i was when i bought a flower starter kit as my little "pet" ...wahahaa

i didnt really put much thought into how the little seed would fare under my care despite someone's discouragement...YOU??? PLANT???

but hey lookie here...

see what we have here! :) it has sprouted this morning!!!
wow i never experienced the joy of seeing the little seeds sprouting..hahaha

so hopefully you can see some flowers on this blog soon 'x' *keep fingers crossed*

Roti boy!

I know this is nothing new la...but believe it or not...i just tried roti boy last week! 'x' and ive been there twice since then and am still thinking of the nice fragrant bun! :D

i can remember the first time i saw a roti boy cart in Orchard road Singapore 5 years ago. i couldnt understand what's the big fuss about a kosong bun! so never bothered to try la...

and boy am i hooked to roti boy! the crunch sweet taste of the outer crust and the soft fluffy buns with the mysterious filling (i think its butter)

its true..one is never enough!! :D
and surprise of all surprises..roti boy originated from Penang...lol

i wanto go back for more roti boys!!!

Accident Prone me

Can't believe i m such a big klutz!

yes i got my finger cut AGAIN...

and you just wouldnt believe how i got it cut this time...you know the metal thingy u use to "kiap" things?

this one la...

well, i was in the office cafeteria one fine afternoon trying to put some kueh into a plastic bag and my finger somehow got trapped in between the metal edges of its handle =_="

it's almost absurd how much blood that cut produced!

:D

Durian @ Balik Pulau

Since it's the durian season now...we took the opportunity to drive up to balik pulau in search of durians!!! :)

the road to balik pulau is really quite hard to drive for our small cc car...going up and down...i can feel the engine groaning when going up the hill (altho i m not the one driving la 'x')

along the road there are quite a few "stalls" selling durian. you can eat your durians there just like any normal coffeeshop :P

there's the cap kaki durian...

and even got cap tangan..hahaha

we went for the cap kaki ;)


you can eat the durian in the natural habitat of durians...

you tell the owner wat kind of durian you want...sweet/bitter? red meat?

and they will choose one for you...i m amazed at their durian expertise :P

this sweet durian here cost us RM18

but it is well worth the money since the whole fruit is guaranteed good!

even got complimentary water for you to eat on top of their durian shaped table :P

and we bought back a red meat durian

nice....

looking at the pic makes me yearn for moreee!!!!