My pre-wedding photoshoot

I had my pre-wedding photoshoot taken about 1 and a half week ago. Managed to take some shots of myself using my camera phone, but not many, because hubby kept the phone inside the car when we went for outdoor photoshoot and he didn't bring back the camera to me until when 2 sessions of the photoshoot were over. That was really too bad because then, I missed capturing the shots of myself wearing 2 of the nicest white gowns, both gowns also having long long tail.

You know lah, those photos captured by the bridal photographer are sold to us at exorbitant price, so photos captured below are really precious even though they are of lower quality. :)

Me in the traditional costume. Noticed the big rounded sponge on the tray in the picture above. We were sort of "forced" to buy this sponge at RM10. If don't buy, then will need to use their used sponge. So for the sake of hygiene, got to spend this money loh. I had actually thought of this (that they would sell the makeup sponge to us coz everything in this world is not free) and brought my own sponge, but then my makeup artist said the sponge I brought is too small and not enough for both of us to use. I should have brought the whole packet of makeup sponge that I had at home.

This hairdo makes my face looked so chubby and rounded. Yeah, actually I hated my rounded and chubby face, because not all hairdo will suit my face shape. Initially my makeup artist wanted to let my hair down, and perm them, but then halfway curling my hair, I saw that it made my face looked bigger, so I told her that and she changed the hairsytle by tying them up.

I hated this hairdo more. It was styled by another makeup artist. She basically did a shortcut styling my hair by bundling my hair up, and stick in a fake long hair. This gown is the 2nd last one and that time it was already 7sth at night. I guess she just wanted to quickly finish her work and go off.

My makeup artist MeiLing curling my eyelashes. I like this hairdo best. She sticked in a fake fringe for me and I think it really suits my rounded face. I like this gold coloured dress as well. I am thinking of taking this dress out for my wedding dinner night. What do you think, does the dress looks good on me? :)

Posing together with the photoshooting crew members. On my left is our leng-chai photographer and on my hubby's right side is his assistant.

I actually dreaded going for the photoshoot, worrying how I should pose or smile in front of the camera. Luckily the experience turned out to be good because our photographer is so professional, he taught us how to pose, and how I should turn and lowered down my face and showed the right face angle for the camera. I haven't seen my photos yet, will be going to pick the photos this weekend. I hope the photos will turn out good.

On the makeup and hairdo, I think overall, my makeup artist skill is good, but not terrific. I was expecting a better hairdo. The last hairdo (the one with my gold coloured dress) no doubt is nice, but the earlier ones were not so nice. The makeup seems to be very thick, and I'm not sure if it will make me look better in the photos. Will find out when i see my photos .

Our crops

The plant that kept us guessing what it really was months ago turned out to be a cili padi when we finally saw some cili padis sprouting out. It was fun watching the plant grows taller day by day and seeing it cropped was even more fulfilling.

But the plant didn't last long, it died after the long chinese new year holiday as we were not at home to water it. But it was not so bad after all because at least, we get to reap the harvest before it died. :)

Hubby planted lady's finger and it was so amazing that the small plant in our small pot can grow 2 little ladies finger!

American Idol 2009 - Season 8

Wow....I've never been so excited watching american idol. This season is definitely the best among all the other seasons! Almost all of the contestants are terrific singers. It will be a tough fight for them this season. Go watch it!

I wonder if the abundant pool of talented ppl in this season of American idol is due to the fact that the current economic situation in US had actually allowed those talented people whom previously were so busy with work that they were not able to join american idol, to now participate because they have more spare time as some of them are probably without jobs.

There are many super good singers this time in my favourite list; Adam Lambert, Alexis, Allison, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen and Lil. Sorry, I just can't seem to remember the girls' name as much as I remembered the guys' name. Yeah, I actually prefered male singer...hehe. If I am given the chance to vote, I will vote for ADAM LAMBERT! Yes, he is my idol! He has the appeal, the charm and definitely born to be a performer. Here you are his photo:

And you know what, somebody claimed that he is a GAY and put up some photos of him kissing a male in some website. Anyway, I hope he wins.

Dinner at Kampachi, Equatorial

I spent the last few vouchers of mine just before it expired, in Kampachi, but this time around, we had the ala-carte dishes instead of the weekend buffet lunch. We ordered 2 dishes; chicken and grilled salmon bento set and sashimi plate.

Chicken and grilled salmon bento set -RM64

Close shot of the chicken and grilled salmon on rice top. Yummy....chicken and salmon tasted good, the rice too tasted exceptionally delicious. Wonder how they cooked the white rice, it has the fragrant japanese smell/taste in it...hehe. But the rice portion is way too little.

Our sashimi plate, 12 pieces of fresh raw fish meat (3 pieces for each type of meat) and that cost us RM88 a plate!

Close shot of the expensive sashimi to make you drool...keke. The fish meat were fresh and succulent.

Spending around RM174 (inclusive of taxes and service charge) for a small sized bento set and 12 pieces of sashimi is definitely not worth the price to pay....super duper expensive. Food serving portion is too small for the price we paid. We only filled half of our stomach after finishing the food. Kampachi buffet is a better deal here than ordering the ala-carte dishes. However, I also don't find the Kampachi buffet worth to go as it lacks variety.

Four Seasons Tea Restaurant (Sunway Tunas)

I had dinner at Four Seasons Tea Restaurant in Sunway Tunas end of last year. I used to like the food there but then after my last trip there, I found the food no longer as good as before. Furthermore, I think they have increased their food price over the time.

Steamed "ang sai" fish teochew style. RM34.

Scallops. RM8.50.

Pork ribs. RM12.70. This dish does not taste good. It certainly cannot compare to the superb pork ribs that I had in Sea Palace restaurant at LipSin. See here for my food review on Sea Palace restaurant.

Fried "loh sun". RM8.30. The "loh sun" served to us were old because some were really hard when bitten. Taste wise is average.


Overall, food tasted average and below expectation. I don't think I will go there again in future.

My short makan makan trip in Ipoh

I followed bf to Ipoh on one of his business trips there. He wanted to bring me to Tai Thong since I have never eaten there before. We left for Ipoh after work around 6sth and reach there close to 9pm. Tai Thong restaurant is located at the lobby of the hotel we were staying. To my disappointment, there was a wedding dinner reception there that the place was not open for others. Really unexpected as that day was Wednesday, a weekday, not weekend. Bf then brought me to another restaurant for dinner. My disappointment on that night immediately went off after trying the food there. It was so good...yummy.

This is the restaurant where we went to. I'm sure those staying in Ipoh will know this place. I was told by bf that this restaurant is quite famous in Ipoh for its good food. There are 2 of this restaurant in Ipoh. One is located in Ipoh city and another located slightly out of town. We went to the one located out of town to avoid the jam in the city. If I'm not mistaken, it is located at Jln Pasir Puteh.

Pork ribs cooked in thick yam sauce. I like this dish a lot. I've never seen or eaten this dish in Penang or anywhere else. We initially ordered the dishes without white rice. But then after tasted this dish, we ordered a bowl of rice each as we cannot resist not having white rice to eat together with the delicious yam sauce. RM10 for this dish.

Fried fresh water prawns. I can see these prawns swimming in the aquariums in the restaurant. I have also never seen or eaten this type of prawns before. I later found out from someone's blog that this is Mun Cheong's signature prawn dish and is a must order dish if you visit this restaurant. Yummy....but this plate cost us RM22.

Steam cod fish. It is unbelievable that this plate with 3 pieces of cod fish only cost RM24.

Our last dish, fried Hakka noodles. RM8. We ordered this because initially we thought of not eating white rice together with the dishes.

2 of us finished everything on the plate. We left the restaurant with full stomach.

The next day, before we headed back to Penang, we had curry mee in Ipoh for lunch, barely 2 hours after having heavy buffet breakfast in the hotel.

This is the place where we had our curry mee. I have no idea where this place is.

The curry mee that bf ordered for me. The stuffed green chilli is a side-order that bf ordered.

Some other side orders that he ordered. Two large bowls of curry mee with these side-orders only cost total RM5. So cheap....but taste wise is average.

I will definitely come back to Ipoh for more food!!!

Almost got conned by a foreign con man at Sungai Buloh rest area.

It's been a while since I last updated my blog. I found no motivation to blog recently for some reasons. But when I read the news about a foreign con man in last week's newspaper (read this link here: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/7/focus/2953109&sec=focus), I can't help feeling the urge to blog about this to warn those staying in Selangor area or those planning to visit KL to be more careful as bf and I had personally experienced getting almost conned in the same way as the victim in the news, had bf not alert enough.

This happened to us some months back when we drove to KL. We pulled over at Sungai Buloh area to switch driver (I wasn't familiar with the roads in KL and wanted bf to drive to the hotel he is staying for his business trip there). When bf walked out the car to the driver's seat, a car approached us. I was already seated in the passenger's seat that time as I only crossed over the seat in the car. In the car, there were 2 male arabians seated in front and one female arabian with a small kid at the back seat. One of the male arabian in the passsenger seat asked bf if he could show him how malaysian ringgit note looked like as he said he only have US dollars with him. He claimed himself as a visitor from Arab and wanted to go to money changer. Bf then pulled out a ten ringgit note. He then walked out from his car and walked towards bf to have a clearer look. He asked bf to show him other denominations. When bf was searching through his wallet, he tried to grab the whole stack of notes from bf's wallet saying he wanted to see the green colour notes. I can see that he tried to pull out the notes very hard, but bf was quick to pulled back at his wallet, preventing him from getting the notes out. When he failed to get the notes out, he scolded bf for being rude and went back to his car. We were shocked instead to see how rude he is.


Beware if any foreign stranger approach you asking you to show him your money. Don't get deceive by the appearance of someone smartly dressed, even if he is accompanied with a woman and a small kid.