Happy Valentine's Tiger New Year

GONG XI FA CAI!
GONG HEI FATT COI!
GONG HEE FATT COI!
KIONG HEE HUAT CAI!

It's the year of the Tiger, people. It's my year! I shall keep roaring while ushering into the brand new year! Cherish the present, forget the past. This year, the auspicious and paws-perity occasion coincides with the romantic splendour. I hereby wish you all a Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Valentine's Day (though I'm late by a week. I was busy, ok). This coincidental clash of CNY and Valentine's day only happens for don't know how many years. The next one will be in year 2048 (according to MY fm). Let me see. I'll be 62 by then, if I'm still alive. Haha! This figure is so funny. So, people, appreciate this special day!

As I had lost my Valentine last year, I celebrated this once-in-a-blue-moon special occasion with my family. Not too bad though. At least not alone...LOL! By the way, I finally watched the local decent production Tiger Woo Hoo 10 days before CNY. It was a great movie! 4 thumbs up from me. The little tigers are so cute.

My CNY this year was nothing out of the ordinary. We had reunion dinner at aunt's place. However, this year is quite quiet as they are going traveling. Enough said. Sneak a peek at my captured moments.

My family with aunt's family (minus the cameraman, brother)

~My happy family~

招財貓 at One Utama. Good luck come to me...

More good luck come to me.....

Mid Valley

Sunway

The Mines

The Curve

The Curve

The Curve

The Curve

Genting Highland

My new collection. Bought it on the third day of CNY (sponsored by dad). I'm lovin' it.

I watched 72 Tenants of Prosperity with my family at The Curve. This movie was so funny! Worth watching! Imagine putting sugar on your eyelids in a make-up process. Not enough? How about applying some orangish-red belacan oil onto your lips as lipstick / lip gloss? Very nice! I went to Genting on the sixth day with my family. Went to the casino and gambled (not my money). We were playing "Big Small" and I put my bet on small (buying small numbers from 4-10). But then my brother asked me to remove the chips from 4, 5 and 6 and so, I did. !@#$%^&* When the dices were revealed, it was 2, 1 and 1. It was 4!!! 1 wins 50 leh. We were supposed to win RM500 but..............sigh. This story tells us that what's yours is yours.

Chin Hong and KK came to "rampas Ang Pao" from my mom on the sixth night. We then played poker and another card game created by KK, the Poker King or Pok Kai King (Tony, 2010). Needless to say, I was the loser queen. Yay! On the seventh day of CNY a.k.a human's birthday, I went for movie marathon and Lou Sang with KK and my brother at Pavilion. KK and I watched Percy Jackson and The Olympians : The Lightning Thief at Pavilion. The movie was superb and the Olympian Gods were damn yeng (in my opinion). Fifty thumbs up from me! The novel comprised of 5 series. I hope it's a good news for the movie too as I'm a Percy Jackson lunatic!

He's so "yeng". Don't you agree?

Then we went Times Square to meet my brother, who was loitering around, snapping photograph for brunch. We ordered mini Yee Sang at Sushi King. The Yee Sang there was so much different and delicious than the ordinary ones that we used to Lou. Very oishii, I tell you. We'll have another Lou Sang session next Friday. This time at Sakae Sushi....kakaka.

Mini Yee Sang at Sushi King. Oishii......

Lou higher.....higher...and higher. Stand on top the chair...

After brunch, we still have a long, sweet 3 hours to kill before our second movie. What to do?? We walked back to Pavilion and stopped by at Starhill on the way back. We then hang out at Theobroma Chocolate Lounge. I had always wanted to try out the chocolate drinks there but after trying...hmmm, not anymore, I think. Kinda disappointed actually. My brother's Ms Coco something was sweeter than the sweetest caramel. Good for phlegm accummulation. I ordered Princess of Iceland and it was like tasteless.

Princess of Iceland (My "Milo")

Tony : Tastes like Milo.
KK : Worse than Milo
Me : =.=''' What had I ordered?

Promoters

Finally, 5.20pm had reached. It was time for our second movie, Valentine's Day. I should be watching this with my Valentine but as I said....haiz. This movie features some of the most prestigious and famous and outstanding etc. Hollywood actors and actresses like Ashton Kutcher, Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts and TAYLOR SWIFT!!!!! (Ok, I was too excited to know she's in the movie) just to name a few. Anyway, this movie was not as good as Percy Jackson. But still ok though, not bad. The OST from Taylor Swift (Today was a fairytale) was awesome!!!


CNY past in a glimpse. It's Sunday again. I so so so so don't want Monday to come. I HATE WORKING DAYS! SAY NO TO WORKING DAYS!!!!! Sigh.....Not in the working spirit yet. Must tell myself, I love my job, I love my job, I love my job......

I see you...

Happy Chinese New Year once again. I'm still in a CNY mood. Working mode : OFF please.

Movie & Food Fetish Weekend

Hello, people! Does time machine exist? Or anything that can freeze time? I seriously need one. Why, you might ask? Simply because...time flies!!!! The weekend just past with a snap of fingers. Last Friday, I was still anticipating the arrival of my weekend but now, *sigh* ... I so so so don't wanna start the week. The thought of working makes me go "Geez!!!! I hate weekdays!" Anyway, anyway, anyway, I had 3 days of holidays from Saturday to Monday as Monday was first of February (Federal Territory day, okay?). See, we are already in the second month of 2010. So, do I need to remind you again of how time flies?

Well, well, well. Being a movie fanatic, I had always wanted to watch the infamous local production "Tiger Woo Hoo" since its premiere screening. Some morons told me that this movie is 10 times better than Avatar. They actually left me pondering how can such a movie be compared with avatar?? It makes no sense at all. There's no special effects or graphics or whatsoever in Tiger Woo Hoo but yet, they are comparing those 2 movies. Hmm....morons are weird. I know I could be very mean sometimes *HAHAHA*

Anyway, anyway, anyway, I made 3 freaking attempts to watch this movie but all in vain. First attempt was on Friday night straight after work. My brother and I sped all the way to Jusco Cheras Selatan as we figured other GSC might be fully booked. Once we reach, we were greeted by disappointment as TGV in Jusco Cheras Selatan for that particular movie was fully booked too. Dang it! We ended up watching a shitty movie (Legion) as we did not want to waste our effort to had come a long way. *Sigh*... It was really a bad choice of movie, I must say. It could have been better if it's more action packed instead of long-winded, sleep-inducing and boring grandmother stories. I will only give it a rating of 2 out of 5. *Haiz*. Oh by the way, my buddy (Soony, recently a.k.a. Leng Leng) and her sister (Dai Leng) had come over to KL. So, we hanged out for the weekend.

30th January 2010 (Saturday) - We went shopping at One Utama. Not really shopping though as I didn't get to buy anything. Nothing attracts me (Don't ask why). We then went for Sushi Zanmai after a tiring 20 minutes of long queue. It was my first time there but I couldn't eat much as I just finished downing a long-time-no-drink bubble milk tea. So, still full. The sushis here were rather different than those I normally had in Sakae Sushi or Sushi King. Erm...I still prefer the classic Sushi King. Thanks, Dai Leng for the meal and thanks for making my brother and I pai seh again by treating us.

Our dinner..don't know what Tau Fu (Nice~~~)

Fan Shu Yip (Nice too)

Asam sting ray (Nice too too)

31st January 2010 (Sunday) - We went to Pavilion but couldn't buy much because most of them are designers' labels such as Prada, Gucci, LV, Coach and tralala....Need I say more? Then we had our scrumptuous lunch at Dragon-i.

Dragon-i

Dragon-i

Dragon-i (Xiu Loong Bao... Very nice)

Dragon-i

Dragon-i

Dragon-i

Dragon-i (Fried La Mien)

After lunch, we drove to Times Square as there's nothing to buy in Pavilion. I had already warned them before going to Times Square that all the clothes there are MIC (made in China) and needless to say, cheap. I felt funny and unsurprising at all that the minute Leng Leng stepped her foot there, she wanted to leave. It's like hell to her with all those crowds. So, off they went to Sunway and I headed home.

KK suddenly texted me, asking me whether I want to watch movie as he had a voucher. Again, my movie nerves were stimulated. This was my second attempt for the movie. *Sigh Sigh Sigh* The movie we all wanted to watch was only available in Mid Valley GSC and to make it worse, there's no more tickets left except for the first 2 rows. The voucher expires that very day and we had to give it up reluctantly as we don't intend to break our giraffe necks. Haha! He has another Sakae Sushi voucher. Thus, we (KK, my brother and I) went to Leisure Mall for Sakae Sushi at night.

My all time favourite - Ebikko


Salmon sushi...my new found love

My absolute favourite

Still hoping for the best and not losing hope, we dashed all the way to Jusco Cheras Selatan AGAIN for the movie after having dinner. The movie was supposed to start at 9.30pm and we still had an hour (Thinking optimistically that we can still make it). When we reached, we were surprised by the amount of cars there. Fully parked. But still managed to find a parking. However, still the same old story - No more tickets available. *Haizzzzzzzzzzz* Again, so as not to waste our effort in going there, we watched Haunted Universities instead. My brother, who is a ghost and horror movies phobic, was unwilling to watch initially but got dragged in finally. Isn't horror movies supposed to be horrible? How come I felt funny instead of scared and horrified? This movie sucks! Again, wrong choice of movie.

1st February 2010 (Monday) - Today will be another round of sushi and movie. Read on. We went to Mid Valley and this was my third attempt. I can guess what would be said by the movie ticket dispatcher or seller or whatever you call it. And so, my prediction was right. No tickets again. So freaking tired of this. We decided to watch either Case 39 or Ju On but my brother didn't want to. Too scared. So, we chose a kid's movie (Tooth Fairy). Another not-so-good movie but still better than Haunted Universities. We also went bowling. I lost by don't know how many folds and ended up treating a meal, as promised. We didn't want to eat too much as we wanna leave some space in our stomachs for tonight's meal. Sushi King it is then. See, I had sushi for 3 days in a row. Now, I'm officially a movie and sushi freak! Yeah!

Kwan 2 Gor vs Kwan Kuk Yin (Plus strikes)

We met up with Leng Leng, Dai Leng and Ah Fung (Leng Leng's cousin) before going to Tenji. People had been talking and bragging about Tenji but it was my first time there after such a long time. It is claimed to be the largest Japanese buffet in South East Asia. I really doubt that. I thought Jogoya is larger? To my disappointment, it wasn't like what I had expected. I don't know why people like it so much. To me, it was so-so only. Not really that special. Not really that tasty. Not really that nice views. One of the reasons I went there was for Haagen Dazs but sadly, the icecreams melted even before I took my first bite. Why?? I better quit having high expectations on anything and everything. *HOU SAT MONG AH*

KK, Leng Leng, Dai Leng, Ah Fung & miss blogger

Desserts, Cakessss

Doesn't it look pretty and attractive?

These oysters were as large as my palm. Unfortunately, I don't eat raw oysters. Slimy~~~

Seafood


Sushiiiiiisssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fruity fruits

Chocolate fondue. My love too but didn't get to it cause too full.

The so-called nice night view. So-called pride of Malaysia.

I still prefer Jogoya. The food are tastier, I think. Will go Jogoya after my wallet replenishes its content. I think I have to go for liposuction after the meals I had eaten these few days. Getting fatter! =.=''' Still waiting to watch Tiger Woo Hoo. *Fingers crossed*