Marvelous Sunday

What a packed day I had today! Worked from morning till noon. Had family dinner with my relatives at home, fetch my wife from bus station, and then hang out with my friends at temple gathering aka "MIAO HUI" in mandarin and wrap up my night with diner at KOCHA Taiwanese delight.

Lunch was delicious! mum prepared a wide variety of dishes for all of us to savour! We had steam fish, Delicious fried chicken, curry fish head, Sea Cucumber + fish maw vegetable mix (yummy brocolli and variety of mushrooms), Cuttlefish+mushroom+carrot+seng kuang mix, Shang Hai Vegetable+Pork+crab ball soup, sweet sour cucumber mix, Fu Yong Egg etc.
We even had homemade Muah Chee for dessert!

My cousin brother's daughter, very cute and pretty girl : she loves to be brag being a pretty girl.

Temple Gathering aka MIAO HUI


Cute Little 24 Drummers ^_^ The last time I saw this was during my high school days!

Lion Dance! Aplenty of them! I believe today "THE" day I enjoyed so many lion dance performance in many many years.

Dragon Dance! Only one-and-only Dragon who is available that very day.

Chinese Puppet Show. I'm not a fan of it, yet it caught some passer-by's attention




Wondering who she is? The "STAR" of the event for a moment there! This cute little gal was sitting on top of her dad's head while enjoying the 24 little drummers. Coincidentally her dad was standing right behind me, laying my eyes of her, I could not resist but to shout out "Look!! She's is so Cuteee..... and well ya! She is! With my help as well as her looks, seconds later, almost all passer-by caught sight of her, and almost everyone with a camera on their hands, started to snap on her! Check out the crowd urself! well this was just part of it! I have to mention what a talented star she was. This cute girl even responded to the crowd and smile at different angles and various cameras when called by the crowd.



At Khoo Kongsi. The largest (not sure) and most famous "kongsi" in Penang. Just look at the gold cravings, there is even a stage and performers to entertain the crowd!

There were much more activities over there. Different types of performances. Singing base on different dialects, performance of traditional music instruments like "GU ZHEN", local delicacies like "LEI CA", Pig Leg vinegar, Meat Dumpling, Fu Jian Spring Rolls and many many more. There were a huge crowd but luckily the event was big and spread out, thus it was still walkable. All of us had a tiring day visiting, and I felt like i was 20 years older, it was aching all over my body ( I wonder why? ) After the tiring walk, we were straving so we heading to KOCHA to have our diner!

Some of the dishes we had there.


Ma lak Steamboat (Spicy only) and Paper Steamboat (Sweet soup base with some taste of milk)



Three Cups Chicken (It may not look appertizing but it actually is!) and Fried Dumplings (GUO TIE)

We also had fried tofu, mince pork rice and a pot of pearl mo li flower tea.
The paper steamboat, three cups chicken and fried tofu is recommended.
Fried Dumplings taste pretty normal while the Ma lak steamboat only tasted spicy. I do not recommend having the ma lak steamboat unless you are just looking for a spicy soup base!

~The END of a wonderful sunday with my family, relatives and dear friends~
Friends : Ivy, Andrew and Swee Heng

Reunion Diner 2009 aka nintendo wii

After a whole day of hard work to clean up the house, thanks to my dear mum, all of us were serve with a scrumptious diner with steamboat. A wide variety of delicious food was served.

Friendship

Is friendship important to you?

To me? Yes it is.. but sometimes I really wonder how actually should true friends treat each other?? Not including hi bye friends, colleages, coursemates, etc. Friends complains abouts me... about how I've treated them. Am I that bad? Am I?

With the reflection of myself, sometimes I felt regret that I did things that way, and made things ended up differently. The recent quarrel with my friend, was mainly due to emails! words may really portray a different meaning from the sender and receiver side. Thus emails should be used wisely, every word counts. Even when talking on the phone, your voice tone will make a big difference. With the words I uttered without going through my pig brain, I hurt my friend. I regretted my actions. Everything could have been undone, if I put more patience into the conversations.

With the recent few arguments with my dear friends, I really believe in applying The Cause and Effect theory to build up good relationships. Life is short even though it may seems long for you now, because before you know it, life will be over. And! There will be things you wish you could do better, things that you wish you have taken courage to do, people that you miss so dearly but spent little or no time on, Dreams which never turn to reality. Everyday is a day to remember, a day to cherish, a day for us to be in control. Don't turn away from difficulties and problem but face them. Face them with a clear mind and pure heart. Be Optimistic but never neglect the consequences. Be hardworking but never forget to rest for the longer journey ahead which awaits you.

Sorry If I've done things wrongly. Please be patience with me, I'm also learning to be a better person.

Happy CNY in advance!

In Love!

Today?

1) Clean my room. Fix my new wall rack, and shelf!! yippy, love my new furniture! why? because they are cheap!! Well of they look better than the old ones..

2)Made some cookies again.. why? because of the left over ingredients that is... first batch was fine... second batch... burnt again!! i guess I am really bad at baking!

3)Played Nintendo wii! Today is the first time I really step in and play Nintendo wii... ok ok, I know I may sound abit "Jungle". Fell in love with the it dy! its so fun! Played, tenis, baseball, bowling, golf, boxing... all lost to my bro except bowling!! hehe got 3 strike in a row!! recorded a new high score... yippy...
Also tried wii fit, not bad indeed...

Alright, enough excitement for a day! going to prepare for bed now...

Days before CNY

Manage to find my camera today, while cleaning up my room. yippy! the cookies photos are found... Finally!!
Roasted Peanuts with Lam's Bread maker!

Peanut Biscuits : The end product

Cornflakes cup mix
One of my favourite CNY biscuits!

Cherish your life!

Life Is a
Gift


Today
before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't
speak.



Before
you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone
who has nothing to eat.



Before
you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone
who's crying out to GOD for a companion.



Today
before you complain about life - Think of someone who died
too early on this earth.



Before
you complain about your children - Think of someone who
desires children but they're barren.



Before
you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or
sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.



Before
whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who
walks the same distance with their feet.



And when
you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the
unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your
job.



But
before you think of pointing the finger or condemning
another - Remember that not one of us is without sin.



And when
depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on
your face and think: you're alive and still
around.

2nd Weekends of 2009

What a busy week i had at work. A couple of things pop up from no where and i had to handle yet I am not familiar with it. Quite fed up when trying to complete them... it has been quite awhile since i need to deal with pressure like this. Gosh!! hope things will clear up next week!

But one thing have change for sure, is that I don't plan to 100% work over the weekends to get them done! sat? yes, planning to complete some of the task. But sun? reserve for my two best buddies for CNY cookies baking session!! Will post some photos afterwards.

Sat: Work on VHDL to verilog conversion! :- still struggling.... Ivan (big bro best fren) came over to visit, so had a few chats with them. Ivan brought his gf along, her name? Melissa!! Pretty gal ooo. Handsome guy + Pretty gal ^_^ a prefect match.

Sun: Went to market early morning with mum. Spend ~RM19 at auntie rose baking store(gosh... the auntie rose is damn expensive.... no more next time) Then went to sunshine to buy a couple of things... spend RM35... :) Was late for cookie making session... contacted lam when i reach home. Ivy also reach my hse abt the same time.. lucky lucky.

The baking session was superb!! why? because I get to have my two best buddies doing it with me! it is just so sweet right? Today is a day to be remember of! thus I took some photos of our masterpieces... although not really successful... its really a enjoyable yet tiring cookie making process! We made, peanut cookies, sugee cookies, cornflakes cookies, and cornflakes cups ( this taste the best!! ). Sad thing is that some of the cookies were burnt! haha we were busy making new ones, while we neglected the ones in the oven and burnt them up! what a waste! The most successful cookies is the cornflakes mix cups, where minimal baking is needed! its so easy yet so delicious to make! Thanks pal for sharing it with us!! hoo hoo... yummy yummy.. i kept on eating that non-stop...