Dec
30
Merry Christmas 2008!!!
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Wishing you a very Merry Christmas & Happy Holiday!
(Last year pic..)
Nov
2
Deepavali @ 2008~
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This year Deepavali/Diwali seems to be simple. However I am happy to visit both my best friends’ houses although they couldn’t make it to visit each other with perfect good reasons!
This year, I became the volunteered organiser and sent out sms invitation to everyone. We met at Renu’s house at 11.30am and it was good to meet up with my childhood friends since… June. We were served a variety of cookies and muruku and next, the always drooling feast of tosai, nasi beriani, mutton rending, chicken curry and putu mayam. Yum~
Prem joined us with her sister when we were having the lunchie and she was getting married in December. All of her got an invitation at her wedding in December at a temple in Seremban! =)
And I insisted to take a group photo (for memory’s and blogging’s sake!)
Next, we visited Parames and well, this year she didn’t manage to get her Punjabi suit (I think she gonna kills me if she ever reads this). I guess it is the first year she wasn’t in her traditional suit! Too busy at the hospital, I guess. And I was very curious about her stories and experiences as a doc!
I had a good time taking pictures of her cute niece too! I think she just look perfect, like a little smiley angel which makes me very fond of her. Isn’t she cute?!? (a quarter chinese)
It was more of a catching up session with good food and best friends at Deepavali 2008. Hope it still stays the same when someone got married next May! 
Oct
26
Deepavali, Festival Of Light~
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Deepavali is here again! Last year, we only visited Renu’s house as Parames was still way in Sulawesi, pursuing her 2nd degree in medicine. But she’s finally back for good and yeah, hopefully this year Deepavali will rock!
Last year, my parents even joined me to visit Renu’s house and thus I skipped Prakash’s house visiting! It was the first time my parents went to Deepavali visiting with me at my childhood best friend’s house. I remembered going to Kluang Station after that at Tesco, Malacca for tea break with my parents! Ahh.. how time flies! It was already a year ago!
I’ll be taking evening bus today to go back to my hometown. Tomorrow we’ll go visiting and I am so looking forward those yummy food from them! Last year, there were tosai, rice, chicken and mutton curry, acar (vegetables) and putu mayam! *drool*
It is one of our visiting tradition that is still strong among my group of friends and I hope it will last for many, many years to come! ^.^
Deepavali 2007 picture~
Oct
8
It is rainy season again due to the Emperor Gods Festival or otherwise famously known as the “Kau Wong Yeh” festival. It wasn’t a festival that I celebrated as a child or when I have grown up.
It was something very unfamiliar to me as I do not know what it is all about. But I have heard that to some people it is grand festival.
KW brought me to the Kau Wong Yeh festival in Ampang after work on Friday. When I reached there, I realise that I have been to there before a few years back. But I couldn’t recall who did I go with and when.
It drizzled a little when we reached and the place was kinda muddy. There were many stalls there selling all kind of stuffs, from colourful candies, to wind chimes, incense, red bun tortoise for prayers offering, bracelets, fengshui stalls and even Maxis were there. Of course there were plenty of food stalls selling vegetarians food and other delicacy.
Besides that, there were many old beggars begging for me money as well. I was informed that the temple was next to a huge old folk’s home. I felt sorry for them as there were so old and still have to beg for money at the last few years of their lives. What are the stories behind them?
Anyway, we had some expensive and not so yummy vegetarian food and also yummy yau-char-kuai that were sold there. We didn’t pray as we were told that you have to be vegetarian for a whole day before praying there (not sure if it is true).
Anyway it is quite an experience. =)
Sep
12
The Night With Full Moon~
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Again, the mid autumn festival is here again soon. Since young, my family doesn't that put much importance to this festival, or so I felt. Of course as kids, we loved playing with fire and lanterns and went round the 'kampung' with the neighbors'' kids.
We even played it during the university years and once at Taiping lake. Ain't doing that no more. I am a grown woman now. So, no more lanterns for me (or maybe no one is playing with me anymore). =D
Anyway, as usual, mooncake is a must for this festival and I would buy a box for my parents. Same as last year, I got my mooncakes from Thai Thong, not because it is extra delicious or better than others. Simply because I could get 30% discount as my housemates are working with banks and could get them cheaper.
I don't understand why Thai Thong only offers the discount voucher to the banks. Why not to other MNC or companies?
Well, even after the discounts, it ain't really cheap at about RM33 a box of 4! Else it would be about hefty RM46! Arrghh.. blood sucking, overrated and too commercial mooncakes!
There are also many fanciful flavors of the mooncakes such as aloe vera and mango, spicy shrimp flavour, green tea, fruity, nutty, and you name it! Some people still prefers the traditional lotus and red bean but for me, I am up to trying new flavors. How bout you?
Well, Happy Mooncake cum Mid Autumn cum Lantern Festival to all of you! =)
Feb
19
The only CNY pic for 2008~
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This year, I only took one pathetic picture during Chinese New Year. It was taken during the visiting of my friends’ house, I think on the 2nd day of CNY, at night. 
There's LeeYin, me, Daniel, Renu and Lina, all my best friends!!
Friendship Forever!!!
Feb
11
Protected: 4 days of CNY~
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Feb
7
Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!
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Gong Xi Cai to all!!!
I am currently in my hometown and will be back on Sunday!
Wish all of you a happy and prosperous New Year!!!
Nov
12
Deepavali 2007~
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One of the only times I get to gather with my best buddies from secondary school (some from primary school, so we practically know each other for 20 years!) is during festival like Chinese New Year and Deepavali. Though some of us are in KL, we just seldom meet up. So this Deepavali, I determined to go back to Malacca even though I have to work on the next day.
I only visited Renu’s house as Parames is not back from Indonesia yet! Since my parents were coming with me, for the very first time for Deepavali visiting, I didn’t join the rest to Prakash’s house either. It was a simple and happy Deepavali to meet all of them here! Renu’s mum prepared some delicious food for our lunchie.
Here goes de pics :
There are tosai, rice, chicken and mutton curry, acar (vegetables) and the white one, forgot the name!
The mutton, yummy~
I like the thick curry chicken, very nice to eat with the tosai and rice!
Refreshing acar to go with the food~
She gives us a banana leaf to put our food, nice~
Me, Renu, Lina, LeeYin, LY's bf, Daniel and Prakash~
Sep
26
Mooncake Festival Dinner at Marche~
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What’s happier than spending a happy dinner with friends at Marche, The Curve on a Mooncake Festival? It was buffet dinner at RM38.88++ excluding beverages, a rather reasonable price, which was actually for “Buka Puasa Buffet”.
I went with nearly all my housemates, Tung, KW and YC and had a really nice, filling dinner with a lot of salmon, fresh prawns, muttons, sausages and a lot more!
The ambience is very cool and nice, I like it a lot. Except for the part where you take ur food, it’s a little too smoky.
The fake fireplace, seems like a see quite many lately.
That’s me and Seanlel (my housemate!)
Keeyit (my housemate too!!) with YC (he ate the most, so really worth it to bring him to buffet!!!)~
Seanlel with KW~
Keeyit and Tung.
That's SST!!!
The foods was rather good, especially the prawn, very sweet & tender!
Yummy prawn, mussels & delicious whipped potatoes~
Smoked Salmon Salad~
When we reached home, we just played with candles instead of lantern. Reason? We didn’t get any lanterns! (so much of a good planning) And ate minimal mooncakes as all of us were too full but we had chamomile tea with a lemon and a lot of laughers & chats to help digestion~
It’s a good night, which I hope we can have more often.
Sep
25
Happy Mooncake Festival~!!!
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Today is the special day for Chinese! Yeah, I am chinese~! It is the mooncake festival day but I don’t exactly remember the story behind it. Hmm.. was it something about a paper with message secretly tucked into the mooncake so that the enemy couldn’t find out? Something like that I believe. No? Wait, is that for the dumpling story? Hmm…
But still it is a joyous occasion where people eat mooncake and play lantern. I do too, though not a big fan of mooncake, I don’t mind taking a few pieces especially now they have so many fancy flavours. This year, I bought 8 pieces (7 from Thai Thong & 1 from Purple Cane). 4 for my parents and 4 for my own! Muahahaahhaa..
I like the fancy flavours like the Vanilla Tiramisu, Berries Delights and Green Tea but my colleague said it’s just too fancy! And I prefer the snow skin compared to the normal one. Not too into the yolk mooncake but don’t mind having them either. It’s actually very high in cholesterol, so might as well as don’t like them, rite?
Anyway, tonight, I am looking forward a decent dinner with my friends at The Curve. Probably settled at Marche for the buffet if no last minute changes and not too packed as it is break fast time. Or maybe TGIF? Or Shabu Shabu? What about Manhattan Fish Market, my fav! Aivy suggested Winter Warmer too..
Maybe lantern session after that if it’s not too late and we managed to get some lanterns? Nah, we are certainly not too old for it! ^.^
Happy Mooncake Festival anyone~! Be happy okay~
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