De Tai Tong Cafe @ Penang

I went to Penang with mum & sis last weekend as we had something important to do at Kedah. During our stay at Penang, we stayed at Uncle Chuen Tick's house. He brought us around to try yummy local food. Yesterday morning, we went to this De Tai Tong Cafe located at Penang town to eat dim sum as breakfast. The street was full of people and it's difficult to find a place to park our car!

The dim sum restaurant is very traditional and all the workers there are

not that young... My uncle told me that they will come and chit-chat with you if there are not many customers around.

Very yummy porridge, the fried stuff taste a bit like yao char kuai.

HK style chee cheong fun, the fun is very smooth and delicious, not to mention the crispy prawns wrapped in it!

Part of the dim sum we ate! I didn't manage to try all as I'm not used to have early breakfast. I enjoyed eating the chicken claws the most, I MISS it now!
The dim sum Ah So (aunty) paused for my sis to take a photo of her dim sum trolley while she was busy walking around . ^^

The cereal prawn recommended by the dim sum ah so. She says we must eat this at their restaurant. Really delicious, crispy outer layer wrapping crispy prawn+mayonnaise inside.

My uncle took this special lotus pao for us to try, first time i c lotus paste with egg inside a pao, special. The Ma Lai Gou is again recommended by the worker, I lovvvveeeeee it, slurrrrrrrpsss! The cake is very warm and soft, yum yum yum! I didn't know pumpkin seeds can be added to Ma Lai Gou, such a good combination.

Long time never tried good dim sum, I was very satisfied yesterday morning, hoho.

Orphan (2009)- A great movie

Today I watched this movie at GSC, Tropicana City Mall. It has been a long long time since I watched this type of horror+mysterious movie in the cinema. I really love this movie, from the storyline, plotting to actors, especially the girl who acted as Esther. She looks so evil that I really believe she's a psychotic child, haha.

However, I find some parts of the movie which r not very convincing. For instance, how come a kid is allowed to enter ICU without being noticed by other healthcare providers? How come a small little girl has so much strength to XXX her family members? (I shall not reveal more)... SPOILER ALERT Although she's an adult mentally...

Besides some minor flaws, I think this's a great movie and is highly recommended to watch this in the cinema, not DVD, unless u have a hi-fi set, lol.

Delicious Cafe @ New Wing, One Utama

Having early tea at Delicious Cafe (by Ms. Read)

Mango Cheesecake with Mango Salsa- RM12.90

Highly recommended by relative & friend. This is the REAL mango cheesecake.

Frosty Guava & Sour Plum- RM9.90

I can't really taste guava, but i love the sour plum.

Chinatown of Singapore ; Mei Heong Yuen Dessert

During my last visit to Spore, we dropped by at Chinatown after the exhauted Sentosa Day Trip. Our purpose was to have dinner at this well-known dessert restaurant- Mei Heong Yuen Dessert.

MRT exit at Chinatown

Chinese New Year deco could be seen everywhere as the festival was just around the corner

Mei Heong Yuen Dessert. The restaurant was filled with many many customers when we reached there at 8.30pm. An old lady kindly asked us to have her seat as she was about to make a move. Thanks thanks. ^^

I was having severe water depletion after the tiring Sentosa trip, so I quickly ordered my favourite dessert--> Mango with pomelo & sago ($3.50). Fantastic! This could really quench my thirst!

Mango pudding ($3.00)- Above average

Pumpkin Cake ($ 2.20) - Owwwwwwww this's so delicious and yummy!!! That was the first time I tried pumpkin cake, didn't know it could be so tasty! You'll regret if you don't try this. Many customers ordered this, it must be highly recommended by the owner! We ordered a second serving, but the busy workers just forgot about it... ( Too many people around~~).

Yam Cake ($2.20)- This's not bad, but not as nice as the pumpkin cake.

I forgot why we didn't order carrot cake, maybe wasn't available that night. I wanted to try Cantonese Dumpling ( Hum Yoke Jong) because my sis told me it's very delicious. The waitress disappointed me by saying that cantonese dumpling will only be available at CNY time, sigh! The best cantonese dumpling goes to the one homemade by my grandma, all my family members and relatives sure couldn't agree with me more. There was once my mum's friend got to try my grandma's homemade dumplings. She loved it so much that she actually asked from which hawker stall that my mum bought it from so she could buy more. Haha. I could eat it everyday every meal for 2 weeks without feeling sick of it. Now I won't get to eat it anymore...

Some Photos of Sentosa Island, Singapore

This morning my internet server down and couldn't access internet. Out of boredom, I rearrange those files stored in the external hard disk and found some photos of my S'pore trip 2008-09. During that trip, we paid a visit to Sentosa Island again. It has changed a lot since my last visit in 1994, especially the advancement in its transportation. We purchased ticket at Vivo City and took Sentosa Express (same as LRT) which provides easy access to Sentosa Island. The whole Sentosa Island is linked by Sentosa Express and really bring convenience to tourists.

Sentosa Express

Sentosa Station @ Vivo City

The Merlion- A half-lion, half-fish creature.
Sentosa Skyride & Luge. We reached a higher part of the land by Skyride, then came down with a fun-filled gravity ride- Luge. I enjoyed it a lot, too bad couldn't snap a photo of me with the Luge.
A photo taken by me from Sentosa Express, not bad right? Looks like a postcard. I think my photo shooting skill quite good. :P By the way, I read one taiwan comic by this famous author- WanWan. She drew one view of Sentosa Island and exactly the same as this photo, what a coincidence!

My conclusion is - Singapore is a clean and well-organized country.

The Starting of My Slimming Mission

Start from today, 6 August 2009, I'm going to follow a strict slimming plan to reduce my body weight. My body weight has increased tremendously since I was at second year of University. Until today, I still couldn't figure out the reasons of me suddenly put on so much extra pounds. The possible reasons are lack of physical exercise, reduction of metabolism rate due to increasing age; However, these reasons are not convincing enough for me to accept the truth that I'm overweight now.

I have been telling people around me that I wanna keep fit and reduce weight since 2004, but no action was taken. Last few days, after my grandma's funeral, I took out some old albums to regain my memory of childhood / younger days. When I compared my current body size with those captured in old photos, I felt so depressed that now I decided to START my slimming mission.

I don't have an exact schedule or diet plan to follow, so I'll start off with cutting down the amount of fat I consume everyday. Less chocolate, less snack, less fried stuff!

I give myself 3 months to achieve the above target! I'll weigh myself every week to make sure my body weight is reducing and not increasing. @@

永远怀念您

2009年7月29日晚上11时50分左右，我的外婆离开了我们。知道这消息时已经是30日的早上6时30分，那一刻我以为自己在睡梦中，久久都回不过神来。经过2年多洗肾的日子，外婆的身体已虚弱了许多，尤其是6月尾进了一趟医院，健康更是每况愈下。虽然如此，我在星期一回Temerloh之前看她还是精神奕奕的，所以收到消息时觉得很诧异。听姐姐说，外婆去世前的10分钟还跟他们说话，而且胃口也不错，没想到一转身离开房间不久，她就走了。。。不过值得庆幸的是，她离开时很安祥，没有痛楚，应该是在睡梦中离开的。

跟外婆相处了20多年，在我的成长岁月中她都陪伴在我左右。我对孩提时最初的回忆就是4岁左右外婆帮我扫背，然后说我头发那么长，是时候剪了(那时我因为生病所以吐了一地)。不知道为什么有一段那么深刻的记忆，可能是那时生病很辛苦的关系，反正对童年的记忆就是由那时开始，再之前的都没印象了。

小时后我很顽皮，固执及不听话。在三姐妹中我应该是被长辈骂得最多打得最狠的一个，所以我有个花名叫'癫狗'。我那时经常顶撞外婆，觉得她偏心，每次把她气得直跺脚。我还试过把自己反锁在厕所里，任别人怎么叫也不开门，所以她后来也不敢对我太过凶。其实外婆是疼我们的，毕竟我们是她的孙女，而且同一屋檐下相处了那么多年，怎么会没感情呢？

我生平第一个lady包包也是外婆买给我的。那时我还在念小学，跟姐姐、外婆及亲戚到新加坡探望小舅父，顺便到处走走。记得在Sentosa Island时外婆因为腿酸走得较慢，我看她一直落在后头，就放慢脚步等她，其实她那时已经接近70岁了。后来外婆在当地要我选个自己喜欢的包包送给我，我就选了个枣红色的包包，它的价钱可不便宜呢。经过了15-16年，那个包包已经不知道被收到哪了，但外婆的那份心意却被我牢牢记着。

这是2002年再次跟外婆到新加坡游玩时的合影。外婆是个很爱旅行的人，生病前时常到处游玩。我最后一次跟她到外地旅游是2006年到上海-杭州-乌镇游玩的时候。那时她的记性开始衰退了，在凉风习习的黄浦江边，她竟然要我们到SS2打包炒粉给她吃。

在外婆人生的最后几个年头，她的性格变了许多。小时后外婆给我的印象是严肃和性格较刚烈，但后期她变得很温和及慈祥，而妈妈与她的关系也改进了很多。他们每天都在外婆房间聊天，只要外婆想吃什么，妈妈无论多累都会去准备；而妈妈只要遇到什么有关家庭的不愉快事件，她都会跟外婆倾诉。

那天从Temerloh开车回KL时，我以为我不会哭，但泪水已经开始在眼眶打转。那一刻我终于得接受，一个跟我相处了27年的人已永远离开了我。每当有亲人离开自己时，我就会警惕自己要更加珍惜身边的每一个人。

今晚是外婆的回魂夜，我希望她跟外公能够在极乐世界重逢。