Lunch @ Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant, One Utama

Yesterday I went to One Utama shopping mall with my sis to do last minute pre-CNY shopping. We managed to catch a movie before our lunch, and it was around 3pm only we started to feel the hunger.

We walked pass a restaurant which replaces Italiannies Pasta Pizza restaurant, there were not many people around and I guessed was due to the odd hour. My sis suddenly remembered her friend actually recommended this fusion style Japanese restaurant, thus we decided to give it a try.

The menu

Chicken Katsu Don. We added the egg ourselves when the sauce & gravy start to boil. We were so 'chicken hand duck leg' (Cantonese), the waiter then lend us a helping hand, lol.

The steaming hot chicken katsu, but I'll rate it with higher mark if the chicken skin not so thick & fat. RM17.90

Okonomi Satsuma RM14.90- This is really tasty and delicious! Different from the ordinary Okonomiyaki where the base is made from flour , this is made from fish cake. The waiter actually recommended this to us because we don't eat beef, the main ingredient in their signature Okonomiyaki. I love this okonomi satsuma a lot, suddenly wanna learn to cook this myself, lol

Anago maki RM16.90- Tempura eel sushi, not very special but taste good

Irodori Unagi RM7.90- delicious! but too small portion ><

We finished our meal with matcha parfait RM11.90, so satisfying!

Wanna learn more about Watami? This is it's official website. It actually has set menu for 2 & 4, where you can enjoy japanese style salad or pizza, sushi, hotpot, dessert etc... I'll definitely go back to try it next time.

ps:All photos above captured by my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 :)

Outing @ Laundry Bar, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara

On Friday night, I had a gathering with my ex-colleague in One Utama, then we headed to Laundry Bar, The Curve to have a drink. I am very stressed lately, so some occasional alcohol drink helps to ease my tension.

We ordered the house red wine, the taste is ok only, not comparable to those red wines brought back by my uncle.
My friends, 2 cute and pretty ladies.

As the big eater Jess kept grumbling she's still very hungry despite taken dinner at Sushi Zanmai, we decided to order snacks, lol. The cheesy potato wedges look tempting, but trust me, it's extremely ordinary and I prefer KFC wedges than this.

Fried onion rings, this is quite good, but oily as expected. The sauce is tasty too.

ps:All photos above captured by my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 :)

DiGi iPhone 4SURE 4 ME

I want a iPhone 4S badly, especially when most of my surrounding friends are using this fashionable, handy and cool smart phone! When it is announced to be officially launched in Malaysia early December, I already planned to get one for myself. However, due to financial constraints I still yet to buy one until now. I've bought Samsung android phone in September 2011, but it brings me lots of problem recently.

Being a pharmacist, I need to access to drug information apps quite often. However, I've been experiencing problems such as apps have to be forced close down. This is super annoying and irritating!
Above is the annoying notification I'll get when I try to open a few apps concurrently. The phone become slow and laggy, then this notification will be popped up and I've to close the whole app eventually. I'll then have to open the app again and again, slowly wait for 5-10 minutes before I could use it. This is definitely very inconvenient especially when I need to search for drug information during emergency cases. I need a good smart phone which does not give me this problem, and the first thing come into my mind is iPhone 4S.

Image above from Apple Web

iPhone 4S is operated by iOS 5, the most advanced computer operating system for mobile. This gives iPhone 4S its fast performance with great stability. It allows user to do multitasking with multiple different apps open and running at the same time. The phone won't be laggy and snail slow like other android phones. Besides, the power-efficient A5 chip and iOS 5 of iPhone 4S give it a long battery life.Unlike my current android phone where I've to charge it 2 times a day, iPhone 4S has longer lasting battery. I do not have to find a port to charge my mobile phone when I'm not at home. Finding port to charge my phone has caused hassles in my life! For example, last week when I was doing full day locum at Midvalley, my android phone suddenly die off. I do not have the habit of wearing watch but rely solely on my mobile to check the time. On that miserable day, I had to borrow charger from my colleague and charge my phone near the counter, thank god she brought her charger. I didn't expect it to happen since the phone was fully charged the previous night.

I hope nuffnang and Digi give me the chance to win an iPhone 4S. I love to blog on my daily experience and share photos with online friends and readers. Sadly to say, the android phone I'm using currently couldn't take photo with good quality. The photo usually dull in colour and not sharp. That day I used my sister's iPhone 4 to snap photos and make comparison with my android phone, and the result is convincing that iPhone 4 can snap better images.

Photo A: Rilakkuma photo captured by Samsung Galaxy Ace in a room with proper lighting. LED flash is off. The colour is so dull, and Rilakkuma looks so pale. Rilakkuma becomes Reallypucat. :( (Original photo uploaded without any editing or photoshop)

Photo B: Rilakkuma photo captured by iPhone 4 in the same room, same moment. LED flash is off. The colour is so bright and nice, Rilakkuma looks more refresh. (Original photo uploaded without any editing or photoshop)

When I look at the photos above, I feel that I want a iPhone 4S NOW. I like to share photos with others, and I hope to share photos which are good in quality. By using iPhone 4 (5- megapixel) the image taken already much better than android, I'm sure iPhone 4S with 8-megapixel camera & 1080p HD video recording will sure not disappointing me!



I also want iPhone 4S as I need a personal assistant like Siri. I'm a very forgetful person and tend to forget the day I've to work locum or night shifts. Last wednesday I've to take EL because I forgot to set alarm the previous night and overslept. With the help of iPhone 4S Siri, I'll be reminded for important dates and avoid those hassles. In addition, Siri can help a person who does not have sense of direction like me. He'll tell me about my current location and help me reach my destination in time. This is especially vital for a KL person who always lost her way in KL like myself, haha.

Let me have an iPhone 4S, so I can let it wear nice clothing. My current android phone does not have a beautiful protective case, have been searching around but very very limited choice available in Malaysia. Although my phone is comparatively new, but it looks aged and dirty because of the case.

My poor phone with no new and nice clothes. The case turned grayish few weeks after using it, but I've yet to find a new one.

If I've iPhone 4S, I'll decorate it like the photo above. There're just so many varieties of iPhone casing and charger available in Malaysia. You can easily get a nice and elegant one!

I want iPhone 4S badly, and I hope it's 4sure for me! ;)

Information above extracted from Digi Official Web & Apply Official Web.

DiGi iPhone 4SURE MOST AFFORDABLE

Have anyone of you got the latest iPhone 4S? It's the most fashionable and popular smart phones at this century, thanks to the late Steve Jobs and Apple. With iPhone 4S, you can have a personal assistant named Siri, your most reliable friend, companion and personal diary. ^^

With the iPhone 4S in hand, I'm sure all of you would like to sign up for data plan. A smart phone without data plan just lack of something, you won't be able to surf net anytime and anywhere you like, but only depends on the availability of WiFi.




After doing a thorough research online, I've come to this conclusion that Digi offers the most affordable iPhone 4S plan in Malaysia. In Malaysia, Digi, Maxis and Celcom are telecommunications companies which currently offering this device. Let's do some comparisons below and you will sure agree with my above statement.

First of all , I would like to compare between Digi and Maxis iPhone 4S plans. The lowest montly fee of Maxis goes to iValue 1, with the monthly fee of RM100. As for Digi, the lowest monthly fee goes to iDigi 55 (with auto billing), but I would like to make comparisons between iValue 1 and iDigi138 (with auto billing) as the price difference in monthly fee is smaller, with are RM100 and RM88 respectively.

Table 1: Maxis iValue 1 v.s. Digi iDigi 138

By looking at table 1, you can see that Digi plan is very much more affordable than iValue plans. Although the phone price is more expensive with Digi plan, but the monthly commitment of Digi is lower with much better package throughout the 24 months contract period. You pay RM88 per month, but you get to make 450min free calls, send 400 free SMS and 40 free MMS to any network operators for FREE. You can enjoy up to 3GB local data without extra charge being imposed even if you exceeded the quota. What if you make calls more than 450 mins (7.5 hours) ? No problem, Digi only charge you 12sen / min for the extra calls you have made, the cheapest rate among all the telecommunication companies in Malaysia!!!

If you sign up for the iValue 1 plan, please bear in mind that the so called 200 free SMS and 20 MMS is only within Maxis users. If all your friends, family members, colleagues etc are Maxis users, then it doesn't matter. But do you think this is possible? LOL. Another very important thing to take note is the extra charge of data usage if you exceeded the data quota. You will be charged by Maxis at the rate of RM0.05/10KB, with the maximum charged of RM250! My friend paid RM250+ /per month because he has exceeded the data usage although the monthly fee supposingly to be RM100+ (including 6% service tax). It's very disturbing and inconvenient for us to monitor the monthly data usage especially if you rely on internet a lot, be it work wise or entertainment wise. Why you want to make your life miserable when Digi plan has promised no extra charges in these circumstances?

Now we move on to compare the plans offered by Digi and Celcom. Again, I choose to make comparison between i98 (Celcom plan) and iDigi 138 because the monthly fees are comparible, RM98 and RM88 ( with auto billing) respectively.

Table 2: Celcom i98 1 v.s. Digi iDigi 138

By looking at Table 2, you will find out that the coverage of these 2 packages are quite similar. Both of these do not impose extra charges if you were to use more than the monthly data quota. However, by paying a mere RM88 per month to Digi, you get to enjoy 3GB of local data. On the other hand, you only get to enjoy 2GB of local data with this Celcom plan. When you have exceeded the quota, the speed will slow down and you won't be able to enjoy your youtube movies, facebook chitchatting etc anymore. If you sign up the i98 plan, you can make 6000min free calls to any Celcom numbers, but you only get 100 mins free calls to other network. Unless all your contacts are Celcom numbers, I find this offer very impractical.Will you spend 100 hours a month making calls to Celcom numbers, but only make 1.66 hour calls to other numbers? The 60000 mins look impressive, but it's just a tactic to attract people who do not study the plan in depth. If you have exceeded the 100 mins, you have to pay 15sen / min, more expensive than 12sen / min by Digi. Both i98 and iDigi 138 offer FREE SMS and MMS to any network operators, but the number of free SMS and MMS by Digi are 2 times higher than Celcom plan. Therefore, Digi plan is much more affordable than Celcom although the phone price is higher.


In case anyone of you do not realize, Digi does not require any upfront payment but Maxis and Celcom do require advance payment which will then be rebated later. In conclusion, Digi iPhone is for sure the most affordable data plan in Malaysia. Do not hesitate anymore, go to any nearest Digi store now to sign up for a plan and grab the latest fashionable iPhone 4S!

Information above extracted from Digi Official Web, Maxis Official Web and Celcom Official Web.

在SERI KEMBANGAN上班的日子- 美食篇 （三）

前天跟个JUNIOR到诊所附近的茶室吃午餐,忘了茶室的名字,其实很多时候到茶室吃饭我都不怎么留意它的店名,哈哈. 叫了碟咖哩猪肠粉(咖哩肠粉), 蛮好吃的,咖哩汁也不会太咸.

ps:All photos above captured by my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. :)

My First Try on Kinohimitsu Japan Collagen Diamond 5300 Drink

I've tried Meiji Collagen in 2009, then stopped for 1 year. Early this year I purchased another can of Meiji Collagen through ebay, but again, I failed to finish the one month supply, only consumed for a continuous 5-6 nights and abandoned it. I dislike the taste very very much, maybe because I hate milk, but to me the taste is worst than milk. When I added slightly more water, the whole thing became bitter...

Since few weeks ago I've made up my mind to try those famous collagen drink available in the market nowadays. One of my friends manage to get staff price for cell lab sheep placenta, but I don't wanna take capsule form of any supplement. After much considerations, I decided to try kinohimitsu collagen drink.

Last weekend when I was working as locum at Aeon, I bought this Kinohimitsu Japan Collagen Diamond 5300 Drink. With the help the section leader, I manage to get some discount using Jcard. With the addition of 5% rebate by using Maybank Dual Card- Amex, I paid around RM136 for one box of this collagen drink, with 16 bottles in it.

This is how it looks like! The taste is so much better than powder form ^^ It taste like concentrated fruit juice, nicer if it's chilled before you drink it.

There's a contest form in it, but the closing date already over. ~~ I lack of luck in this kind of contest, so I don't really mind.

*How to take Kinohimitsu Japan Collagen Diamond 5300 Drink?

1) 1 bottle a day, preferably before breakfast or bedtime.

2) Shake well before drinking.

3) Keep chilled for a delicious taste.

4) First-time users: 1 bottle a day for a consecutive period of 6 days.

5) For maintenance: 1 bottle every 2 days.*

*Information from Kinohimitsu Official Site

ps:All photos above captured by my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. :)

My Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830- Photo Quality

To compare the difference in the quality of photos taken by Samsung Galaxy Ace, I've snapped the below photos. Those products are placed in a cabinet, with the presence of fluorescent light from the surrounding.

Photo A: Auto focus ON, flash OFF

Photo B: Auto focus ON, flash ON

The quality of the photo seems to be better without flash, with the condition of sufficient lighting from the surrounding environment.

ps:All photos above captured by my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. (Original size and quality, without any modification/photoshop)

Novomin (Dimenhydrinate) - The Medicine for Motion Sickness/Travel Sickness

Everytime when I do locum at retail pharmacy, there'll be customers asking for some pills to prevent motion sickness, also known as travel sickness. One of the commonly used medicine is Novomin (Dimenhydrinate) 50MG by Xepa-Soul Pattinson, to be taken half an hour before the journey. Personally I've never tried this medicine before, as it can cause drowsiness, one of the side effects which I don't like to experience especially during travel period. However, some people would rather feel sleepy than nauseated or dizzy.

During my last visit to Chiangmai, we went to a place called Pai. It takes around 4-5 hours drive from Chiangmai and the road condition is known to be winding and bad. Maybe due to this reason, I saw some cute dimenhydrinate tablets being sold at one of the souvenir shop. Yes, you didn't hear me wrongly, is sold at a souvenir shop by a shopkeeper, not in a registered pharmacy store by pharmacist.

Each tablet is packed individually with adorable and creative designed. Nicely arranged and displayed on the wall. Initially I thought they are some key chains. @@

Only the ingredient and strength are stated, no expiry date. Em, I wonder is there any tourist who will like to try this. But frankly speaking, I love the design a lot, quite regret for not buying one as souvenir, haha

I don't understand Thai language, but I'm certain they are not instructions on how to take this med, lol.

ps:All photos above captured by my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. :)

在SERI KEMBANGAN上班的日子- 美食篇 （二）

不知不觉在Seri Kembangan上班快2个月了，时间过得真快啊。昨天中午，我跟一个JUNIOR到喜来登酒楼吃午餐，这是我第2次到那吃饭，之前跟同事去那点菜吃饭，而这次只有2个人，我们打算叫小样的东西吃。JUNIOR一直跟我说那儿的炒饭超好吃的，她和家人都很喜欢，不会太油腻，味道很香。

我们到那时是午餐时间，虽然人多，但因为地方宽敞，所以挺舒适的。店家的人跟我们介绍食物，我们要了两盅‘厨王炒饭’，一人一盅，要至少点2盅他们才会准备这道食物。本来还担心会吃不完，但JUNIOR一听到这道炒饭就兴奋地直说：这个好，我要我要！！！ 让我觉得不得不试一试。

他们还说那时段有点心，我们觉得在午餐时刻吃点心感觉怪怪的，所以只叫了碟煎萝卜糕试试。

一碟煎萝卜糕RM3.80， 味道不错，但觉得虾米不怎么够，应该多加点，呵。但我喜欢它的口感，表面煎得很香脆，而用来沾着吃的辣酱也很惹味，应该是他们自制的。

吃到一半时，我们的厨王炒饭被端上桌了，一阵扑鼻香！盅的下头有小火，所以整盘饭热气腾腾，吃到最后一口时，饭还是温温的。 我到那一刻才知道原来那是盅海鲜炒饭，而且材料很丰富。有几颗小鲍鱼（鲍鱼仔），新鲜爽脆的虾肉，鲜甜的去壳蟹肉（不是蟹肉条），鱼籽等。而旁边小碟盛着的是炒干贝，把它加在炒饭里搅拌均匀一块吃，味道真的特别好。每一口饭都充满海鲜味，难得的是那饭一点都不油腻，又不会太咸， 非常值得一试。
一盅个人份的厨王炒饭RM8， 非常值得吃，因为在外头华人餐厅吃个杂饭都要RM4.50-RM5.50。在喜来登吃这，环境舒适有冷气，而材料也很新鲜美味，值得推荐。我们还帮个同事打包苦瓜煎蛋加白饭，RM10， 太贵了，不值得吃，可惜不能打包厨王炒饭。

*All prices above subjected to 6% government tax & 5% service charge.

ps:All photos above captured by my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. :)

Bubble Milk Tea Drink @ Chatime, Uptown, Damansara Utama

Yesterday I went to Chatime, Uptown Damansara to take away bubble tea. I've been craving for bubble milk tea since I first tried it in mid-1990's,couldn't recall the exact year, but was way before Quickly & Happy Cup became famous in Singapore & Malaysia (these 2 brands were famous in 2002-2004, then eventually all the outlets closed down too). I still could remember the owner was a Taiwanese Lady, she could speak fluent mandarin and cook delicious food. The restaurant , located at Uptown, was closed down few years later and replace with another restaurant now. :(

Anyway, last night I suddenly had this crave and went to Chatime, first time step into that outlet since its first opening in August 2011. This outlet is not crowded like the Chatime branch in the Gardens, Midvalley, thus is a better place for people who dislike long queue like me. I'll start to loose patience if I were to queue up for more than 15mins just to order a drink.

We ordered Pearl Milk Tea (Regular) 50% sugar, Chatime Milk Tea (Regular) 30% sugar & Uji Matcha Milk Tea (Regular) 30% sugar. While waiting for them to prepare the drink, we waited at a corner with cushions. This place is very comfortable, with air-con and strong fan, a good place to chit chat with frenz and surf the net. (free WiFi) The deco is simple but nice, and the slightly dim yellow light give us some privacy too.

They use Queue Management System (QMS), so we can easily know when it's our turn.

My favourite drink, bubble milk tea!!!

ps:All photos above captured by my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. :)

Dinner @ Champ's Bistro, Centrepoint Bandar Utama

Although I'm staying very near to Centrepoint, I've never been to this restaurant called Champ's Bistro. It serves non-halal food, and always receive very good comments and reviews from food bloggers. Last week, we went to this place for dinner, as my friend's birthday treat. It was not our initial plan t0 dine in at this place. We wanted to have balinese food @ Water Lily, but changed our plan to avoid the massive traffic jam on that particular day.

Here we are, Champ's Bistro.

I ordered my favourite drink, ice lemon tea.

Signature fish head noodle soup. The soup is different from the ordinary style where some spices are added into it, slightly spicy. My friend ate prawn noodles, the most famous dish from this restaurant, but I didn't go for it as I'm lazy to eat big prawns, haha.

I ordered seafood spaghetti, if you cannot take hot & spicy food, I'll advice you not to try this! For me, I love it a lot since I enjoy eating spicy food. Lot's of sea food in it, they are using the real crab meat and not crab stick.

The special char siew for that night, roasted pork with honey, very nice!

Crispy pork, delicious too!

We ended our meal with teh tarik kurang manis at the Banana Leaf Restaurant nearby. ^^

ps:All photos above captured by my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. :)

My Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830- Comparison with iPhone 4- Part 1

*Images from http://www.gsmarena.com

Finally, I've bought my first smart phone. Last saturday I went to SS2, planning to get a new iPhone 4 using Digi Plan. However, when I stepped into the Digi centre, there was only one customer service officer who's available to explain the plan + package to us. With the whole lot of people inside that store, we waited for quite some time and not been approached properly. So I ended up buying Samsung Galaxy Ace from the Trans Mobile shop nearby, a shop which we have been frequent and I like the after-sale service provided. The phone price was RM899 in august, I did survey the price after I back from Sabah trip. However the price has been marked up to RM950 due to shortage of stock by Samsung + raya holiday period. In the end I bought the phone at the price of RM930. I signed up the Digi Postpaid Smart Plan 48, with 1G unlimited mobile internet/month. The good thing is I'm not under contract, so I can switch to other plan or company if I'm dissatisfied with the current provider. So far the service is ok.

This phone comes with a microSD card with 2 GB storage, very small compared to iPhone 16GB/32GB, but so far is still enough for me. Maybe have to get a 32GB card next time for my phone, lol. The camera is 5 Mega Pixels (2592x1944 pixels) with autofocus and LED flash. However, secondary camera is not available, a small limitation which I don't really mind as I do not like the opposite image by secondary camera.


The 2 photos above are taken by iPhone 4, the original size + quality, without any photoshop effect. These photos were taken without using any flash light too. As you can see, the image quality is comparable to those taken by digital camera. Now let's look at photos below...

Photo A above: taken by Samsung Galaxy Ace (without modification / photoshop) , without using flash light. Quality is acceptable but not as sharp & good.

Photo B above: When using flash light, the quality (without modification / photoshop) is better and quite comparable to iPhone 4, although the later still slightly better.

to be continued...