Xmas Gathering Dinner with Galfrens on 18.12.2009

We had our X'mas dinner gathering at LE Meridien Hotel, at Kl Central. The food is not bad and is worth the value if your stomach can really load up so much food..but the dessert area is not so fantastic compared to those buffet restaurant like Tenji or Shogun. I'm not a dessert lover, so Im ok with it.

Beside having a great dinner, we also had our so call best dress awards. we had a great fun and memorable moment. Here are the pictures of the winner and 2nd runner up. A bunch or beautiful ladies here mostly in black..kekeke

02.12.2009 - Banana Choc Chip Muffin

Lately, I really have the urge to learn more baking food. Probably this was affected by one of the blogger Happy Home Baking (HHB). Her blog is really fantastic and her pictures of the food is really make me feel tempted to try out the food. The recipe also very easy and the successful rate is rather high.



After reviewing her blog, i have printed out a few recipes that I wanted to try it someday. So i choose the easiest one 'Banana Choc Chip Muffin' . Guess what, is really tasty and easy to make..


Here is the output of my muffins...hmmm yummy..My family likes it a lot.. Will do it again, when i've more banana...

my daughter - Joelle Kok Xin Yi

She is now about 18months old and she is playful and cheeky. Sometime is fun to play with her but also feel frustrated when she is stubborn.

She love her dad more than me... :-(. Well, no choice as im always the bad role in the family and her dad is always the hero and Mr nice man..u know.

She now learning her speech and is really funny when she learn to sing a song. Guess what is her favorite song..is Twinkle twinkle little star'. She will just follow the last word when she listen to this song. She likes to scream which really irritating ..urhh..she learn all these frm her cousin (my brother's son). He used to be the little monster at home, now my girl has replaced this sit..sad isn't it..

I'm really headache on her pass motion. She never wants to go to toilet. Whenever we try to make her go to toilet she will cry & cry ..until we gave up. After a while she will shit on her pampers. really don't know whats wrong with her..sigh. Im wondering anyone can help me this...

Lately, she managed to handle the spoon well and eat by herself. Still a little messy but consider a vast improvement as previously she used to drop most of her food on the floor. Now, just a little bit on her chair..and eat up 90% of the food in the bowl..good huh..

Nevertheless, I wish she is always happy & healthy baby. We love her forever..

Bad news 12.11.09

This day is the day that my father in law has just done his full check up and the news came out 'no good' . According to doctor , his liver are full of 'dots' in it and suspect he diagnose a liver cancer. Anyway, final report will need to testify by Alor Setar hospital which will take about 1 month. We really hope the report came out just some sickness on the liver instead.

My father in law seems ok and no pain and his appetite is also good. We really don't believe that he got such illness. Nevertheless, we will never give up and we hope god is taking care of him. Even he do have such illness, we hope he can live happily and do whatever he wants to do and live with fulfillness.

Human tends to end their life one day, thus we must cherish our life and time to do our best and live happily so we will not leave this world with full of regrets.

my birthday 2009

This year, my husband bring me & daughter to Movenpick Marche Restaurant at The Curve for a dinner. Well, feel abit dissapointed as the food not that nice and not worth the value.

Anyway, Im still appreciate his arrangement.

We bring along our god daughters for the dinner. Grace & Venissa, thanks for coming .

I've done some cheesecake cupcakes for myself..oops..forgot to take photos ..arhh..

Anyway, this is the most easiest recipe that i ever done for cheesecake. No baking, no gelatin and yet still tasty..curious ya?? Im so sorry, this is my secret recipe and will only do it for special occassion..

Till then, i wish myself Happy Birthday and may all my dreams and wishes will come true..yeh...

New venture

oh dear..i've been so busy to update my blog. Well, never too late to do it now..
Let me share something with you guys, i've started a new venture where i never think i can do it. Guess what!
I've started a home made cupcakes business with one of my close friend. Is rather tough to start as we feel so stress when received bad comment on our cupcakes. Anyway, we learned along the way and we improved our quality etc..so far so good and we are handling it well..
we just finished a raya project which we need to supplied about 700pcs of cupcakes. Although this qty might not a lot compare with those proffesional cupcakes shop but to us..really a challenge task.
Anyway, luckily we can managed it and have fulfilled the task on time.

Is a big change in my path nowadays and i will try my very best to copes the changes no matter is good or bad.

Lastly, I wish to thanks my hubby & mom who has been very supportive and both of them helping me to take care of my daughter when Im busy doing my cupcakes. Especially my hubby, he is such a understanding man and i really hope i can be successful in this new venture in order not to let down anybody.

Cheers & 'Ga ma tei'

Office Politics

06.08.2009


Eversince, our company has decided to obtain ISO certification, we have many procedures that needs to be revised. Me as a senior is the office, obviously need to behave and show a good image to juniors, and i was instructed to correct the juniors should they are not following procedures. However, I couldn't get supports from these junior staff and yet have someone lead the team and slowy created politics in the office. Now the gals are boycott me...sigh.

Anyway, this is their choice and I can't do much . They want to boycott me , meaning they are boycott the management decision..so at the end of the day , who gets it.


I'm lucky that I've a very supportive boss and he is always there for me when im in trouble.
For this issue, he decided to make a big change on the restructuring and hopefully this changes can resolve the office politics.

But myself and another colleague will have tough time becos she is the leader who created this politics which is a very bad things she have done. She not only a bad colleague, she is also a bad mother who can just leave the son being abused by the husband without any cares. She always complaint that her son gave them a lot problems, complaint her son is fake and like to act pityful in front of outsider..for god sake her son is only 4yrs old..how can he act.If this is true, then she should feel proud cos his son can be a famous actor one day when he grows up.

She is the person who do not accept her own faults. Always push the blame to others. This is another personallity that i really dislike it. So, I've approached her by writing email telling her that we need to draw a line between both us as a solely colleague. I even told her to using my mom to fetch her kids as my other colleague do not make use of my mom to serve their family.
She obviously disagreed with me and rather rude towards me. She even blamed me being childish and mess up her kids and make myself happy..after seeing her accuse, i just can't stop laughing and think how can she so immature?? Anyway, i just never borther what she said. My intention is just want to breakoff the 'weird' relationship with her. Whether I need to bear the consequences or not, god will see it himself and i believed god will support my choice as the purpose is to stop worst scenario happen.

thank god, i've this chance to draw a line with this woman just be my normal colleague as I really do not wish she have any connection with my family as she is just too good to make use of other people. Just like her direct boss, being used by her till no more capability in the office. What a silly guy...which i rather pity him on this.

When he lost the power in the office, will see this woman slowly divert her satay fan to other people who can protect her..

a pity senior....

Northern Region Trip on 25th ~27 June 09

This is really a suprise and adventure trip that i ever had. really have no idea why my hubby have such mood to travel like this.

We were going back to Sg Petani on 23/June, Tuesday after work. So we reached SP around 12am, as usual he love the mini nasi lemak there so we bought some for our supper. The nasi lemak cost us about RM0.60/pkt and my hubby usually need to eat 2 pkts to fill his stomach.

The next day on Wed, we went to the temple to do the ceremony to invite my mom in law back to the house with our 'chou sin' back to our old house in Semeling. Then we settled everthing within the same afternoon. We spend another nite in Semeling on Wed.

On Thurs, we just spend sometime with my father in law and myself cook lunch for them. Then we proceed to Ipoh around 4.30pm . We reached Ipoh at around 7.30pm and we meet up our Auntie for dinner and put a nite in her house at Simpang Pulai. They had a big nite market there on Thur nite, so we went there for some ipoh food ..lor.

Friday morning, we went to Ming Kok Tim Sum as Foh San is closed on that day. This is my 1st time eating Ming Kok Tim Sum, honestly i don't really like it. I prefered Foh San . The old Foh San building closed now and they will open a new outlet (very big building) just opposite Ming Kok on 02nd July. Hopefully, this new Foh San will keep the same quality taste & size of tim sums..

After the Tim Sum's breakfast, we went to Pasir Pinji to buy some Ipoh Yong Tau Foo..for our steamboat dinner at Cameron. I love this food..yummy.

We reached Cameron on Friday around 1230pm and we checked into a new hotel call Titiwangsa. We paid RM108 for 1 nite accomodation, breakfast & steamboat dinner.

We enjoyed our stay at Cameron as the weather is very cold and nice. As usual, after dinner we went to their nite market for their famous corn, sweet potatoes etc.

The next day, after breakfast we went to Tea Shop and enjoying our cup of tea and the scenery there. I was glad that my daughter is sleeping through out the journey to & fro Cameron otherwise i really not sure whether i can control my car sick that well.

Anyway, the road from Simpang Pulai to Cameron is very wide and so much better compared to the old road from Tapah.

After we enjoyed our tea scenery, we went to Sungkai town for our famous 'brewed pig trotter'. It was really delicious and is really a good combination to go with white rice..yummy. Even my daughter love the mixture. After lunch at Sungkai, we went to Sungkai Hot Spring.

This is our 1st visit there and it was well maintain there. The villa there are nice but really not sure what to do there if to overnite there cos the felda is rather inside and is nothing there..only the plantation. We spend 2 hours at the hot spring and we proceed our way back to KL. We reached Subang around 5.00pm and all us was so tiring but fun..u know






This is the spring pool with a octopus slide..quite fun though and the water is cooling

This is a special hot spring water, the temperature is more than 100 deg C and is only meant for egg boiling. Must give a try the taste of the egg using this hot spring water. Some people were saying they taste better..i really can't differentiate it.

This is one of the warm pool and is good for young kids so they won't catch the cold easily..




I rather pity my hubby as he got itchy on his body due to allergy. Not sure what he ate , most probably over consumed durian ..hahaha. But he is so kind to bring us here & there with his itchy body...

Last but not lease, here's the address of the brew pig trotter at Sungkai.

Choy Kee Restaurant

35 Jalan Besar 35600 Sungkai Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Location : To get to Sungkai town, turn at Sungkai exit on North-South Highway, which is between Bidor exit and Slim River exit. Around an hour drive from Ipoh.

Concern become a blame

16.06.2009 , Tuesday

When im on the way to work, received a sms from a colleague saying that his flight that just travel back from Manila have confirmed 1 case of H1N1 . Hence, he needs to quarantine himself at home and he need to report himself to the Ministry of Health for further checking.

At that moment, i feel worry for everyone in my office as everyone have been in contact with him and everyone have children and family members. Although, I do not know the result yet but i thought we must prepared and precautious. I know another female colleague is having a flu on Monday, hence I immediately call her to see doctor and take MC to rest at home as usually a person who is sick tends to be weaken. Informed my HR dept for what happening etc..

Unfortunately, my kind concern has been blame for spreading the news around and cause everybody in the office panic. I was so upset about this. The person who blame me is the person who took the flight. I just don't understand why he accuse me. How can this person so selfish. Alhtough the result is not confirm yet but what is wrong to be proactive and prevent getting on it. This man is blaming me making him & his family uncomfortable due to my action.

Did he ever think, what will happen if his result is positive!! Would it be too late to precautious then??

This man has been working with me 10yrs and i know his attitude very well. IN fact, i throw back a question to him. Imagine, if both of us swap the role. Meaning, Im the one who in contact with the infected flight. What do u think he will do in the office. I can assure you the panic situation can be worsen becos he likes to exaggarate all matters.

I've been bear with his attitude all this years and has been avoiding to be closed with him or nice with him becos i don't want to upset myself. But this time, i upset myself again for being concern... Sometime , is really confused me how to be a good person.

Anyway, after thinking about this i still don't think im wrong on this matter and i'll not give in to this man. Becos, im doing the good deed for everyone.

Melbourne Australia from 13th-19th May 2009

Have spend a great time during my holiday at Melbourne. We been most of the places like Great Ocean Road, Philip Island for Penguin Parade, Bhallarat Gold mine , Yarra Valley Domain Winery, Fritzol Garden at the city, St Patrick Church, Crown Casino, Eureka Tower. We paid RM1900 per person for the pkg inclusive of tour, meal & accomodation in Mercure Welcome Hotel at St Bourke Street. We are very satisfied with the tour guide, Ms Candy and she is so professional and helpful. We have 9person in our group, hence we were arranged a private coach with a driver cum tour guide. Is really an unforgetable trip.
On this journey, i can see the different on the treament among friends. Im not complaining as this is the fact. Every friend will treat individually differently under a different circumstances. Either bad or good. For my case, a so call good friend of mine might not as good as i thought. I was a little bit sad but after a while i understand that we can't always expect the same treatment in return. Becos of this reason, i will never expect any return from my friend. As for myself, i will just do my best being a friend. Lets not talk about the unhappy thing.

Guess what, I feel glad to found the famous Vietnam noodle shop and have tried. Is really tasty and is worth the value. The shop name call MEKONG, which only next to our hotel. A famous eater Chai Lan (Hkg) tried this shop and has been introduced to public in his book. Even Bill Clinton have tried it ..so whoever wants to go Melbourne , do not miss this..ya .

We went to Dandeonong and tried the steam train. It was quite interesting and i personally think that this is a very good idea to keep the history for our new generation.

After this we went to a Germany restaurant call Cookoo Restaurant for our lunch. Tne enviroment is great and they serve buffet for our lunch. The buffet is fabulous and tasty. They plenty of food but i just can't feed eveything into my stomach. Here are some pictures showing this restaurant and their food..yummy yummy.

This is how its look like inside the restaurant. Nice isn't it.

They also have a mini live band to sign for us..even for lunch.

Here's their food on the tray..gosh . Im just showing a few pictures ..ya

Well, in fact i've more photos to share but just too lazy to upload inot my blog. If interested, pls feel free to view it in my facebook.

Cheers

BVC MEMBERSHIP

31.03.2009 Tuesday,

Is always a frustration everytime I wanted to make a booking at BVC resorts as I always get the negative reply. Really wondering what is the previllege as BVC member. I've just wrote in a complaint letter to the GM Mr Ronnie Tan as follow:-

RE: NO BENEFITS/PREVILLEGE BEING A BVC MEMBER

Firstly, I would like to inform that I’ve placed my trust in BVC and purchase the membership since 2000. However, BVC betrayed this trust and it ended up ruining my trip, time and money. If BVC is so busy and no longer extend more allocation for the existing membership, then you need to either increase the allocation or stop recruiting new membership.

I’ve been calling up almost 3 times/month just to get a room at Berjaya Langkawi, unfortunately its always fully booked. As a membership, I’ve been co-operate by selecting my holiday on weekday as we knew the chances of getting the room on weekend is impossible. Besides, we are also co-orperate to call up for reservation based on 3months advance booking and yet we still cannot get my room. Please tell me , what is my benefits as BVC membership!

Frankly speaking, they way BVC managed their time sharing business will not be tolerated and I can assure you this will lead to the eventual of demise of your business. I suggest you look into the heart of this problem and resolve it quickly.

In any case..I don't expect any positive response from them as I don't see they are really keen in this business anymore. As per their annual account report..they are in debts thats why we suspect some of the BVC affiliated hotels are no longer in service for the membership.

Insecure & Upset Feeling

27.02.2009 Friday.

This few days, i feel obsolutely moody..maybe becos of his back bone issues. He admitted hospital for MRI checked and advise by doctor that he have to do a lot of swimming to improve his back bone. Other sports are strictly NO. I feel upset is becos he is not only stubborn, he is selfish too. I know his wish to climb up to KK mountain but when things turn out like this, he can't force himself to go up there. He always think his back bone is not that serious is only the doctor exaggarate the matter. But he never think, what if he become worst after the mountain climing, what will happen to us if there is anything happen to him ?? He never think of this, so this call selfish. In his mind, we are over worry and try to stop him to achieve his dream.

Everyone have a dream, did everyone achieve them? Why they are not achievable? Some becos, they are not really work into it & some becos their current condition does not allow them to achieve it. How would this people feel?? Dissapointed? Yes, of course they do. But after sometime, they might think luckily they never insist becos they might have sacrifice others to achieve their dream.

So, we have to measure which are more important. Dream or health? If the person does not achieve his/her dream..this is only affected themself. But if you do not have a good health, you will affected your loved one around you & your family?? Which is more important?

To me, he is such a mature and understanding man. But when come to his health issue, he is so stubborn which really make me feel frustrated. Sigh....

Since I can't change his decision, I will have to train myself to be more independant. I've to train myself to handle the family all by myself becos Im really worry this bad time suddenly happen and Im not prepare for it. Im not being negative, but no one knows what will happen in future.

Moody..day

Valentines Day

14.02.2009 Saturday

These is the most unforgettable valentines day that i ever came thru after 13yrs marriage.

We been to Genting Highland for Sally Yeh's concert. The best thing we were sitting at the VIP seats , FOC tickets. These tickets were given by my mom's friend.
This day, my hubby is very nice to me. He hold my hand, he peel chestnuts for me and he even try to grab the gifts frm Sally Yeh. But too bad, he is too old to challenge the young chap..hahaha. Anyway, i feel appreciate for what he have done for me...

Nevertheless, I've to say thank you to my mom to get me these free tickets. Otherwise, I'll not have a chance to have these sweet moment with my beloved hubby..

Cheers

Niu Zhe Sui at Ara Damansara

Sunday 11.01.09

We went to this chinese shop near Aman Suria Banglow house for breakfast, i love their tea & coffee there is tasty. The curry noodle is good too. The boss is from Ipoh , thats why their coffee & curry noodle is like Ipoh taste...i like it.

The shop's name call Sun Yin Loong Coffee Shop..yummy..

After that, we went to 'Niu Zhe Sui' for shopping, day time really nothing much there..very quiet . Im wondering how the shops survive there...anyway, i found one interesting cafe call 'FULLHOUSE' . The design of the cafe is very cosy and very sweet..like a dream house. They also sell the display items there...the enviroment is like having a dinner at ur own house but with nice design..here some pictures to share with..