Tai Chow Group

Why we dont eat pork!

2007-06-28T11:59:00.000+08:00

This should clear alot of things up.
But honestly, do you care?
Dont flame me in any case....

TC 30/06/06

2006-06-29T11:46:00.000+08:00

With the World Cup upon us, it is now timely to pay our tribute to the stars, unsung heroes and even the villians (some might argue it is the referees this time around) of the world's most watched/loved game. What better way to celebrate this event but with a TC!!!!

So due to post TC events which did not materialise, we'll perform a Ronaldinho/Ronaldo scissors move with some killer shoulder jiggy through KL's traffic to arrive at Restaurant Fast Food Fish Head. For directions pls refer to previous post at:

http://taichowgroup.blogspot.com/2006/03/tc-16th-march-2006.html

Please be there by 8.10pm latest as the game starts at 11pm. We do not want to be late for the game! Should anyone be unsure of the place do not jiggy like Tiago did for Portugal & completely missed the plot (and GOAL too!). I'm just a call away....

TC 29/05/06 at Foodlands

2006-05-29T14:58:00.000+08:00

It has been awhile since members of TCG convened a meeting to discuss the latest developments. Coupled with the onset of Monday Blues, an anti-BLUE operation (as encouraged by the Royal Moral Commision of Msia) a RAID is due to occur at De Foodland Seafood Restaurant in Bandar Menjalara at 7.45pm, 29/05/06.

Address: 25 & 27, Jalan 3/62B, Bandar Sri Menjalara, 52200 KL.

The directions to the restaurant is as follows: Coming from KL/PJ, head towards 1-Utama (should be on your left). Stay on the LDP and you'll pass a toll gate. Straight through and keep left (DO NOT head up the ramp!) till you encounter a set of traffic lights. Make a u-turn at the lights and take the 1st left (towards Bandar Sri Menjalara). At the 1st roundabout take 12 0'clock. 2nd roundabout take 3 o'clock. First traffic light turn right. Head up the street and the restaurant is on your right.

Please RSVP and be on time as I've been told that the crowd can be pretty horrendous. Just leave your RSVP here as a comment would be sufficient.

Hometown Remedy For Monday Blues

2006-05-29T14:19:00.000+08:00

Before you know it, Monday is upon us again. The much touted weekend hype which ended in a blur is past us now. The skies turn grey, the heavens open up. If it was a movie or a book, you'd certainly be hoping for a positive turn of events. Similarly how does one chase away the Monday Blues? A simple chit-chat with your best friend to surfing porn proves to be temporary solutions. In fact alcohol is always among the most popular option which is rarely followed through due to its lingering effects and the fact that Tuesday is looming just over the horizon.

So the perfect remedy? In my (expectedly) opinion it would be a good hearty TAI-CHOW. Lunchtime has just passed and the infamous Hand and I decided to make a quick pit stop to 'refuel' at an absolutely scrumptious lil restaurant famous for its homecooked food.

Appropriately called Hometown Restaurant, they serve the best steamed pomfret. Why is it the best? Most places have their strengths either to do with the freshness of the fish, the superior soy sauce used or even the condiments in the dish. Hometown however has got it all right. The secret to a perfectly steamed fish is the steamer itself, powerful enough to cook the fish perfect on the outside and also the inside. Result? Flesh which are smooth as silk, white as snow. Not overcooked nor is it underdone at d bones. And not leaving out its superior soy sauce, Heavenly, just heavenly....

And of course the next dish to be ordered? Being members of TCG, pork is a compulsory feature of every meal. Today's special? Layered pork stewed with brown bean (min see) paste in claypot. Now how does one even begin to resist that? The garlic cloves were left as whole while brown beans were minced to ensure the full flavour was absorbed into the pork slices.

And to ensure a balanced diet, greens in the form of a garlic stir fried choy tam (brussel sprouts) completed a simple but effective lunch for two. The end result? Carnage. The food did not stand a chance. The 'battle' was over in approximately 30 minutes. A 'casualty' was heard uttering in its dying moments how they did not know what 'hit' them.

Ahhh.... its 2.30pm now and it feels good having visited my 'HOMETOWN'. Now I've to prepare myself for round 2 tonight.

TCG Brokeback boys...

2006-03-28T09:59:00.000+08:00

No words needed...

Postponement of TC16/03

2006-03-16T15:49:00.000+08:00

Due to unforseen circumstances, the TC session this evening will be postponed to next week. This is pending our guest of honour, Ms Elizabeth Lee Hui Ling. Kindly leave your comments, suggestions or more here whilst the jury is out on the final destination.

Once the details have been confirmed, I will post it for all.

Thank you.

TC 16th March 2006

2006-03-15T17:18:00.000+08:00

Its seems like eons ago since the last TC occured. Complaints have been mounting and protests planned. However from the experience drawn from the 'Thaksin' saga, it is best to address this feeling of 'dissent' among its members sooner than later.

Thus a TC session has been called for at Restaurant Fast Food Fish Head in Sri Petaling. For a preview of some potential dishes please view one of the previous postings. Time: 7.30pm. Kindly be on time as hungry participants are potentially the most fiery. It would be great to have a headcount on this event so kindly leave a comment as a RSVP.

For directions, just head towards Sri Petaling wheter from KL or PJ. Kesas/Ring Road is probably the easiest route into SP. From PJ you could access from Sunway toll & head towards Ampang/Cheras. From KL the access is via Sungai Besi and head towards Kompleks Sukan Negara (Bkt Jalil). Exit at SP, there's a pink/orangy Carrefour at the lights. You can't miss it. If you do you're either a woman driver (I'm sooo gonna get repercussions on this!) or a male driver whose car beside you is a Porsche Cayman with Amber Chia in it.

Turn at the lights into SP (direction of Carrefour) and head straight past BP petrol station. Turn left at the next lights and you'll see rows of shoplots on your right. Take the second right which leads you to Hotel Sri Petaling. The hotel will be on your left after the turn. Turn right again directly oppsite the entrance of the hotel and Restaurant FFFH will be on your right. Park discriminately or indiscrimately, as I sometimes do, anywhere. Try not to piss some chinese loan shark in the process. Do remember that once upon a time, rumours were that the leader of one of the most wanted chinese gang operated legitimate business in the area as money laundering tactics. So we're all in for a wonderful experience in 24 hrs?

PS: For those who are closer to New Pantai Expressway (NPE), SP is also accessible via Kuchai Lama exit. Do call if you're unsure.

Christmas Eve Dinner

2005-12-29T01:26:00.000+08:00

It was a cool and breezy night. The rain drizzles upon the twisting tarmac leading uphill. This formed the approach to the destination for the Xmas eve dinner at Nerovivo. Yes, I've just visited it earlier this month but it seemed an appropriate venue for a nice dinner amongst very cosy settings. This time around 7 of us gathered for the evening in a restaurant full of revellers ready to usher in Christmas.

The following link shall lead you to a photo composition of what transpired on the night.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/taichowgroup/album?.dir=ca96&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/taichowgroup/my_photos

Why the link? Mainly because I've been rather busy and haven't had time to post all the foodelicious outings. Anyhow, Nerovivo has certainly got a very cosy ambience but other than the Wahgyu beef cheeks (which is reason enough to revisit), the other mains did not measure up to my expectations. Perhaps its personal but I've certainly had better.

TC at 3am?!?!

2005-12-23T03:34:00.000+08:00

Thurs 11pm: SH & I was chatting online about the possibility of a supper/mamak session once he completes watching his DVD, the supposedly hilarious '40 year old Virgin' - MISTAKE #1. Of course at this point, chances of this turning into reality was close to nil as the following working day was due to start in about 10 hours. Couple that with a hectic Friday which includes Bar Savanh for PC's birthday....

Fri 12.30am: Vig's online and while we started talking about a myriad of topics, naturally the subject of food inched its way into the conversation. I casually mentioned the 'mamak' session but we laughed it off almost instantly - MISTAKE #2.

Fri 1.30am: SH has just completed his movie and logs in. In a futile attempt to call each other's bluff for a supper outing, I mistakenly mentioned the magic phrase 'Bak Kut Teh' which instantly triggered his senses and 'intuitive eating' commenced - MISTAKE #3.

Fri 1.45am: I pitched the idea to Vig and it turns out Sue is in favour of BKT as well! Surprise, Surprise! - MISTAKE #4

Fri 1.55am: SH arrives at my place and we head out in search of not the mamak next door, but BKT in Old Town. This was probably our closest BKT option at this hour.

Fri 2.05am: Received confirmation call from Vig that 2 from his side is affirmed to be joining supper.

Fri 2.10am: The Horror of all HORRORS! BKT at Old Town is closed. Since they've shifted from the stalls to the shoplots, they do not operate into the wee hours anymore. Emergency action plan is devised. A&W was mooted almost immediately. It is after all just a quick detour.

Fri 2.15am: Upon passing Civic Centre & Lotus Restaurant (used to be the State cinema), a TC rez was spoted to be open, in the corner of our eyes. South Pacific Restaurant seemed to be a better option.

Fri 2.20am: Everyone seated and the food ordered, we just kept pondering on what have we gotten ourselves into. None among us could remember how this event began. Perhaps it was more of denial or reluctance in admitting the root cause.

Fri 2.25am: 'Yee Sang' arrives! Yes, restaurants have already begun to serve it even before Christmas has yet to pass. I thought it would be a fitting start to our meal as nothing is ordinary in having a TC session at 2.30am.

Fri 2.40am: Egg noodles topped with deer meat fried with ginger and spring onions (Keong Chung Lok Yuk Lou Sang Min), Singapore fried Mihun and Ribs marinated in Marmite Sauce is served and devoured methodically.

Fri 3.00am: Feelings of uneasiness, probably due to guilt, envelopes the diners. Isn't it peculiar how it only arises after all the plates have been wiped clean? Anyhow a few more jokes were cracked and among them "Hey, doesn't the tea make you feel so awake?" - MISTAKE #(God knows!). An anonymous character retorts "Yea! You know what would be perfect as a sleep aphrodisiac? BEER!" - MISTAKE #(God knows + 1).

Fri 3.03am: A large bottle of TIGER beer along with 3 chilled mugs arrives.

Fri 3.09am: Burp! 'Mai Tan em koi!' (Calls for the bill). Fear of more food and beer being ordered is finally over.

Fri 3.20am: Guilty thoughts of "What have we just done?!" and "I'm definitely gonna skip breakfast and most probably lunch" lingers on in our mind.

Fri 3.30am: A least deserved but utterly desirable sleep begins. An eventful day ends while the dawn of the next bears promise of more conversations of food and drinks......

PS: Fat Chance of any of the participants skipping lunch!

Restoran Wong Poh

2005-12-19T02:41:00.000+08:00

Ivan's back from UK and so a typical Malaysian meal was in order. As his request of a chinese dinner filled with the usual seafood and pork fare was considered, Wong Poh restaurant next to Dataran Prima was the chosen venue. Arriving at 7.30pm, the entire 3 shoplots were fully occupied with diners, spilling out onto the roadside where tables of 4 to 10 were eagerly awaiting their fare. This restaurant is a favourite especially among PJ-lites as they're well known for their butter crabs and the variety of other dishes they so expertly prepare.

First up we were served pickled papaya as the appetisers. Nicely pickled with the crispyness still intact, it could have been better if it was pickled with some bird's eye chili to add some heat to it.

Once we had all 5 diners seated, the food began to arrive. Although the place must have had 50 tables to serve, the waiting period for the dishes is a very respectable 20 minutes or so. First up was Pork Ribs marinated in Guiness Stout. A fitting dish to get the meal going. Sweet, sour, a slight hint of bitterness all made for an appetising start.

Then came the greens, 'Fu Yi Yau Mak', Lettuce fried in fermented beancurd and garlic. The leaves were perfectly done as it retained its texture laced with the saltiness of the beancurd.

My usual order of chicken would be their village chicken steamed in 'kei chi' and rice wine. However the captain's reccomendation tonight was the plain white chicken served with soya sauce and some kailan. It was nice although I have tassted better. However using village chicken for this dish certainly scores points with me as the flesh is much sweeter and has a more challenging texture.

Then my usual order of a steamed fish arrives soon after. This time a 'Patin' was our choice and again the wonderful oily deposit around its stomach proved just heavenly. Wong Poh has a quite a good selection of fish which also includes 'Sun Hok' and ' Chat Seng Pan' amongst others.

As instructed the signature dish of this restaurant, the Butter Crabs, arrived once we're almost done with our meal. Credit to the captain who took our order in remembering this. Most restaurants wouldnt think twice when innundated with non stop orders. Once again the crabs does not dissappoint. Everyone's eyes lit up as the claws was stacked beautifully on top. With fried buns to compliment the sinfully rich gravy, every mouthful was esctasy.

One amongst us is allergic to crabs so we decided to add another dish of pork as we were halfway through. Streaky Bacon with salted fish was the choice. However by the time it was served the rest of us were busy with the crabs and thus failed to remember to snap a photo. It was decent but nowhere close to the best version of this dish, which is in Overseas Restaurant at Jln Imbi or Subang Parade (AsiaJaya & Amcorp Mall's branches is simply unable to emulate them).

All in all a satisfying dinner and well worth the price. Its not the cheapest of dinners but neither is it overly expensive. A downside is the lack of parking space but should one have the need to double park, just alert one of the waiters/waitress and they would keep a lookout for you. The rest of the night was spent watching goals from the Super Sunday matches (Go Chelsea!) while sipping wine (Thx Jit) and cappucino with Macadamia Nut syrup at my place for the non drinkers.

Note: Credit to LM who takes much better photos of the food than I do. I'm just too lazy to adjust the settings of the flash in exchange for a faster tucking into of the food!

Fried Dog

2005-12-16T16:59:00.000+08:00

Was reading some foodblogs earlier today and suddenly my mind wandered to all corners of the gastronomic galaxy. Started off at nasi lemak from a makcik who sells out of her home 5 doors away to stewed pork with yam rice to ayam percik at Restoran Jaya (one of the best kept secrets of Kelana Jaya). Anyhow it got my appetite going and rummaged through my refrigerator to find some Viennese sausages and decided to make a Fried Dog.

Fried the sausages and wrapped it in the French Ham that's wonderfully laced with some fatty sections. Rolled it in the bread and dipped it in eggs before proceeding to fry it with a little butter and olive oil in the pan. Had it with Dijon Mustard and the ever useful Lingam's chili sauce. Decent but I should really get some Hotdog buns the next time. Oh yes, I fried up the remaining egg and served it on the side.

Salad

2005-12-14T20:43:00.000+08:00

I've never been a big fan of salads until my university days in the UK. With so many versions of salads, I decided to make one out of what I had left in my refrigerator & this is the result.

Cut up some fresh French ham, added some cherry tomatoes and made some croutons from a couple of slices of Gardenia bread. Added all of it to a base of ready-to-eat greens from Bangsar Village and had it with my own dressing consisting of a mix of Salad Cream & Lingam Chili Sauce. I reckon I achieved my minimum quota of fibre intake for one day.

Holiday Dinner

2005-12-13T12:32:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was a holiday for the state of Selangor and it was probably just what I needed. A lazy morning followed by a call from friends who wanted to visit for a session of PS2 with some good chinese longjing tea. Ah, why not? Especially since I had time to kill before a family dinner at Sri Petaling, which is the prime reason for this posting.

I suggested Restoran Fast Food Fish Head for this dinner as its among my favourite haunts for good fish as well as frog's legs. Steamed dishes seems to be their speciality. First off my parents brought along some kimchi, which was a gift from a friend who just returned from Korea. It was a very fitting appetiser as it certainly got us into gear for what was looming ahead.

The first dish to arrive was the seafood and Japanese tofu in claypot. The flavours were wonderful and with squid, prawns and pork slices, it complimented the tofu well.

Next up was a dish not commonly available in most restaurants which is bittergourd fried with cabbage. It was very well fried as none of it was overcooked nor was there the bitterness of the gourd.

Then the trotter braised with mushrooms and vegetables were next. This was again a pleasant change to the usual styles of pork we order.

Also on the menu was one of their speciality, Fried pig's intestine with garlic & dried shrimps. Frankly for this dish there's a restaurant in Rawang which does this to perfection.

And then from afar I saw the waitress emerge from the kitchen with the highlight of the night. Steamed 'Sun Hok' Fish! Ah....words cannot describe the beauty of this dish. Such a wonderful fish must only be handled in the hands of a master who will not overcook it. In fact when a fish this fresh is steamed it should be served just slighlty underdone. The fire below the serving dish will complete the process as we proceed with the meal. Wonderful. The flesh was so fresh, gleaming white and it separated piece by piece effortlessly.

The final dish to emerge is another favourite of mine and I must nominate this restaurant as among the best candidates to serve this dish. The steamed bull frogs were done to perfection again. What's great about this place is that they use plump frogs which are full of meat. Then the bottom of the dish is full of steaming soy sauce while it is topped off with minced ginger on top. Neither is overwhelming as some places might overdo the ginger portion. In fact they have got the ratio right that it is simply divine.

Time's a little tight for me to blog today but I reckon the above with the accompanying pictures are sufficient to paint a pretty picture of the dishes. Something to remind me of the food till I plan my next visit....

Glory Glory

2005-12-09T17:58:00.000+08:00

What is better than Chelsea being below Liverpool in the champions league group stage standings?

Man United not even qualifying for knock out..

GLORY GLORY!

KLIGF at Lai Ching Yuen

2005-12-09T16:10:00.000+08:00

Last Friday evening, LM & I decided to head down to KLCC to meet Harrie & SH for dinner. Harrie & I had left over vouchers from our earlier visit to Oggi. However half of KL was cordoned off for a trial run of the police operations from the ASEAN summit. No matter, I just took the LRT 2 KLCC and Harrie volunteered to drive through the barriers, completely ignoring the sirens and convoys of flashing Perdana, Waja & superbikes behind us.

Its true, we did get through all the 'closed' routes, which probably explains the Head of Police for KL Traffic Operations' statement released yesterday that errant motorists caught violating the closures will be summoned on the spot and may face further disciplinary action. I guess thanks to us, the traffic police had a 'drill' of where a potential assasin or just 4 hungry souls may barge thru road closures. At least we now know that the head of states are much safer with our simulation.

Anyhow we arrived safely at the Regent hotel approximately 8.45pm amidst curious policemen staring at us. In fact our backup line was going to be 'We're carpark inspectors for the Summit'. Upon arrival at the restaurant's entrance bottles of Limited Ed Heineken Magnum greeted us. In a flash I was asking how much would it cost me to drink the same beer but from a well printed 1.5L bottle. RM120++ is far too high a price so we settled for a regular bottle each (minus LM). A bottle of Chardonnay from Oxford Landing was also ordered. I must say that the wine selection was rather limited and unimpressive.

We then proceeded to savour our varying orders of the menu. More details of the menu can be found here :

http://www.klgourmetfest.com/Restaurants/LCY/LCY%20menu.html

Photos of the dinner can be found at this link:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/taichowgroup/album?.dir=cb05&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/taichowgroup/my_photos

Overall the food was mediocre but with the discount of 50% (from the eat 1 free 1 vouchers), we had fun nevertheless. This visit pretty much wraps up my reviews on KLIGF venues as Chalet was very unprofessional to cancel my booking at the last minute to facilitate renovations on a Sunday & Monday! Perhaps next year we'll scour for some good bargains but also hope for better food from the participating restaurants.

Christmas Do

2005-12-09T10:19:00.000+08:00

The year is about to end and parties are something we all look forward too...Marking an end of a magnificent and productive year (this is PR talk).

Anyways, Christmas Party this year is in Faber Ria Tmn Desa on the 24th Dec..starting 6pm.....Insight that 6pm is dinner time hence bring a dish or 2..the only thing I will be providing is Fruit Cake..!!

Also, remember to bring a bottle of alcohol...i will inform you personally if i need extra items.

Cheers!! And lets have a great party.

PS// pls dont bring your friends..my house is rather small..and this is catered for juct a small group of ppl.

TC at New Paris SS2

2005-12-08T13:03:00.000+08:00

I've finally collected the USB cable to read the MMCard yesterday! I can now upload the pictures from the TC session last week at New Paris, SS2. It was a session organised by Say Hong aka d'HAND. We were supposed to head over to his spanking new apartment which was very well renovated for drinks.

Meanwhile here's some pics of what we ordered that night.

KG & the girls' tummies could not wait for the rest to arrive so they ordered a small helping of fried squid to mengalas perut.

Then on to them mains where vegetables was a must , here's 2 of them which was plain garlic fried & also fermented beancurd. Tofu rounded up our 'healthy' orders.

Beyond those we went all out for our regular needs such as Honey Ribs, Kung Po Mantis Prawns and a new reccomendation of deep fried Trotters. It was pretty decent with the meat still tender and the outside crispy.

I had to order a steamed Patin fish as fish is part of my daily diet. Probably one of the few advice from mum that I heed : 'Eat more fish, it's good for you' she says. Accompanying the seafood galore was a larger serving of fried squids again. This time there was more than enough to satisfy the 12 who turned up.

Just as we were digging into our massive foodpile, Carmen asked me a killa question 'Where's the chicken?' Evidently my absent mindedness resulted in a non chicken order, so a quick wave to the captain & a chicken fried with spring onion arrived on our table in about 10 mins.

Goodness! Uploading those pics took ages! Anyhow there's a couple more of photos of the diners but time's not on my side right now. So there's a short posting on last week's TC but we're all surely looking forward to this week's later this evening at Restoran Seng Kee in Brickfields. I sure hope to have a few good pictures to post once we're all full & burping with gladness.

More pics are available at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/taichowgroup/album?.dir=8124&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/taichowgroup/my_photos

Intuitive eating?

2005-12-06T03:32:00.000+08:00

Its now the wee hours of the morning. I'm a natural night owl and watching Travel & Discovery's HOT DOG HEAVEN is no help. Although I've seen this series over & over again, the collection of amazing places to savour one of the best exports of the American culture always gets my attention. So now, at 3.40am, my appetite begins to build up. Not that I'm hungry, in fact I had a very fulfilling KLIGF dinner at Lai Ching Yuen, Regent (I'll blog this later). But apparently my brain's receiving images & ideas of terribly appetising manners of presenting HOT DOGS, then sending out corresponding signals *I want some!* to my tummy. This is apparently intuition. Intuition for me to eat. Should I or should I not? This article proved an interesting read.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FIT_INTUITIVE_EATING?SITE=NTIMES&SECTION=HEALTH&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-12-05-09-56-40

Then again, there's probably some truth in it as well. Go figure!

*No. I did not end up having supper, nor am I going to. Will power....*

NeroVivo

2005-12-06T02:55:00.000+08:00

LM & I celebrated our 1st year wedding anniversary on 2nd of December with a dinner at NeroVivo (Thanks to Weng & Elaine for the reccomendation!). Overall the food was good, the ambience very cosy & I particularly loved Sandra Knuyt's art pieces displayed on their walls. Rather than a lengthy account of what I ate, this link should be more than sufficient to give you an idea of my orders.

http://hamz.com/gallery/2005-Anniversary

The starter was nice although the foie gras was lacking in flavour as compared to others I've had before. The texture however was perfect, slightly seared on the outside but moist & tender on the inside. LM's order of scallops was a stunner! The main was just perfect (Wahgyu Beef! Need I say more?). What value! The gelati was good but the chocolate dream at Flamenco's is better than the flan served here. Overall its defintely good value for good food in a beautiful environment.

Sometimes Simplicity is BEST...

2005-12-06T01:33:00.000+08:00

I've been procrastinating on my want to blog on a number of food events. It maybe 1.30am now but I suppose its as good as any other time to post this as it's long overdue. I'll be blogging about a simple meal LM conjured up but this posting should really be after the taichow session of last Thursday at Paris, SS2. However as the pictures I took are in a MMcard, I'm unable to upload them. Dell, apparently manufacturers laptops with card readers that are unable to read MMC formats. Sigh...that posting of all the glorious food (the volume eaten was astounding) will just have to wait.

It was a Sunday evening, after a late but utterly satisfying lunch at Restoran Fast Food Fish Head in Sri Petaling. This restaurant serves among the best fish head in KL where the fish head varieties include sea fishes! The ginger steamed bullfrogs were heavenly as well. I will certainly be making another visit soon in the coming weeks. Anyone interested should let me know asap as I'm already craving for their food even at this ungodly hour (but then again I'm like that!)

Anyhow being rather full from lunch, LM & I needed just a simple bite for dinner. Rummaging through my freezer we found what's left of the minced meat & sliced beef from LM's grandad's famous beef noodles, Soong Kee in Jln Silang. Recreating the simple but delicious noodle was probably the best I've had for quite some time. Sometimes simplicity really does bring out the best. I'll let the following pictures do the talking but I was definitely a satisfied diner that night.

Scheduled road closures - 11th. Asean Summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, KLCC

2005-12-05T14:34:00.000+08:00

The scheduled road closures will begin morning Saturday, 3 December 2005 from 7.30 am to 9.30 am.

There will be two more sessions on Sunday 4 December 2005 from 7.30 am to 9.30 am. and from 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm.

Of critical importance to office workers is Monday 5 December 2005 when the scheduled road closures will begin again from 7.30 am to 9.00 am and in the evening from 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm.

Dinner for 12???

2005-11-28T01:18:00.000+08:00

All of a sudden I feel the rare need to blog. I don't know why, but as I had just finished doing my laundry & read my daily quota of blogsites, I am having this urge to type what seems to be endless amounts of words spewing out of my mind. All this while I'm trying to concentrate on 3 simultaneous football games, 1 on the TV, 2 off the Internet & cheering for teams I didin't even knew existed. How the thrill of winning a little pocket money can inject copious amounts of adrenaline is bewildering.

Anyhow today was a day, complete with food, food & food. Then again, with me I suppose (as many of my friends would attest to) it always has something to do with food. In one of the few weekends that I woke up in the morning (as opposed to past noon after a 'social' Saturday night), I decided to have accompany LM for breakfast with my brother-in-law & his family. It's always a thrill to meet his family as it also includes two lil 'devils' aged 4 1/2 & 2 1/2. The amazing thing about kids is that they will always have an answer to every question you throw at them. Whats even more astounding is their ability to remember the most innate & irrelevant details from the past & then challenge our older & rather poisoned gray matter on such issues.

Back to the topic of breakfast, we went to the newly opened Overseas Restaurant in Sri Petaling for dim sum. Overseas has just started (about 2 months) a new branch just behind their existing lot in Sri Petaling and this outlets serves mostly dim sum. It is the only outlet which starts at 7am and remains open throughout till 9pm. Excellent! I now have a place for good, delectable dim sum throughout the day! Anyhow, going through the menu, they have a few varities beyond the usual spread of siew mai & har kau. In fact a pleasant surprise for me was their fried xiaolong pau served with double boiled broth of shark bone. The whole breakfast experience was a good one & I would defintely recommend this place for future meetings.

Then it was off to LM's place to gather some ingredients that I require for my cookout in the evening. I was having my aunts & uncles over for dinner. Cooking for a party of 12 doesn't seem too daunting a task until one starts to think of the many possibilites & decides to make all those possibilities a reality. The original plan was to cook an Oriental dinner for my relatives as we thought this was what would satisfy their palate best. Then I had to start on my 'East meets West' concept & decided to create 2 hors d'oeuvre. They were Bangers & Mash (served in a soup spoon) & roast duck cabbage roll. Simple, as I've made them before. However the B&M did not turn out as expected, mainly as the sausage I used was not as nice as the classic ones. Oxford Pork Sausages did not work very well and I would probably avoid this sausage in the future. The cabbage roll was decent although my guests commented that the hoisin sauce served to accompany it was too salty. I think perhaps its due to the fact that the hoisin sauce is supposed to be spread on the inside of the roll. However the last time I did this, the roll began to 'bleed' as the thick sauce would encourage the moisture from the greens to leak out. Looks like I've still to find a better solution.

The main dinner was a proper sit down meal where I had to set up another table as my permanent dinner table was enough for a maximum of 8 persons. LM whipped up quite a storm for this. She cooked Fu Kua man Kai (chicken stir-fried with bittergourd), steamed red snapper, Stir-fried stem of Kailan with roast pork and lettuce with oyster sauce. Accompanying this spread was a double-boiled 'moo far kor' soup. I also spruced up the menu with a serving of 'tung-kwai' herbal roast duck packed from Hoppy Restaurant. LM's mom decided to aid us by cooking a pot of Stewed Pork Knuckles (Lou Chee Keok) which turned out to be a hit. All in all it was a bountiful dinner for 12. Rambutans from my parents served as a perfect intermediate dessert.

Following this was a platter of 5 different creations from Bakerzine, which by then although everyone was famished, we all defied the odds and started to polish up whatever was being served. Austrian coffee (which is what I'm using right now) seemed to be the perfect end to the evening. By then its was already close to 10pm and my relatives have a trip back to Cheras ahead of them, hopefully with a bellyfull of niceties & also a good night's sleep. I'm rather happy it turned out decent although I was running about 30 mins behind schedule and that I did not spend as much time conversing with my aunts & uncles.

Ahh.... the MU game's just ended and MU only won by a measly 1 goal margin. Not the best result for me but I'm not complaining. It is now time for me to turn in and ponder on the multitude of dinners I will be attending in the coming weeks due to weddings, gala dinners, Gourmet Festival & annual dinners. Once again the 'I will start to watch my diet intake from now on' will have to take a backseat at least till after CNY....

Pasta Dinner

2005-11-20T22:58:00.000+08:00

On a lazy Sunday evening after a simple lunch of instant noodles with kampung chicken eggs, LM & I decided to cook a simple dinner. After a session of 'creative juices' flowing & all the various ideas, we decidedly had to be realistic and settled on something simple in the form of a pasta dinner. Why? Because LM would be working on her deadline and whenever I cook, it'd be nice to present it decently. Lazy as I am, well the easiest pasta dish to conjure would be Aglio Olio or along that line. So we headed out towards Jarrods & Rawlings after a brief stop at LM's office to gather some basic ingredients. We also had to stop by Giant for additional groceries as well as to stock up on my fresh JUICES.

Well anyway here's the menu for the night's dinner:

Pre Dinner Drink - Honey Orange Mocktail
Starter - Salmon with dill served with Dijon Mustard
Main - Chilli Aglio Olio with Crispy Bacon Bits
Side - Classic Bangers with Sugar Schnapps

Accompanying my dinner was a bottle of Unwooded Charddonay from Wolf Blass.

Dessert has yet to be had when I'm bloggin this entry. Then again I'm already stuffed but LM's really pitching for a scoop of BLUE BUNNY ice-cream. Supper's in the oven in the form of the killa milla Baked Potatoes! Imagine a butter & cheese enriched mash encased in a boat of crispy potato skin and served with a spicy 1000 Island dip. Just heavenly while I catch the Super Sunday matches.

Alrighty, I guess this is where I stop my blogging. but before I go, curse that @$#$% Ferdinand from West Ham who just scored in injury time! How great a 1-0 win for Tottenham would have been. Don't misunderstand, I've no loyalty for any teams but any team that earns me some side-money deserves my support. Anyways I'll have to log off now & keep my fingers, toes, hands, legs & eyes crossed for the next game.

Till the next posting....

SuperSIZE me???

2005-10-24T23:02:00.000+08:00

Giler Babi. Even worse, tiada babi. Kalau kena dibayar over kena bayar pun tak mau man! How 2 eat McD's till no end? Aint it unhealthy enough that we eat a Value Meal & unworthy that we have to pay RM8 for a scrawny slice of overcooked beef?

Mari kita makan TC besar-besaran again soon. Its time. TCG's inactivity has meant a sudden increase of poultry & Pigs in the region. Kinda explains the sudden flash of Bird Flu. If we do not act soon, PIG FLU might break out.

Lets get a quorum again for a TC outing soon. Till then, eat & sleep well!

MARI MAKAN MCDONALDS!

2005-10-12T13:11:00.000+08:00

Sempena Bulan Puasa, aka ramadhan,
Mcdonalds kasi lu olang chan makan dia punya makanan
manyak manyak! satu kali bayar 18 ringgit.. makan puas puas..
siapa mau peggi?

The world without MSN

2005-10-07T16:02:00.000+08:00

The time came where we were all instructed to remove all MSN and Yahoo messengers. All of a sudden, the whole office fell into silence as everyone dutifully removed without commenting. God!! I cant believe th day came...idiots who abused this facility as I know I have been productive.

I can't imagine how my life is going to be from now on. NO entertainment. NO chit chat session...life in the office is going to be BORING...and sad sad sad.

I need to way to stay connected to the world without MSN..is there such techonology?? Is there any other mechanism which we can all use?? Help me...help me....!

TC @ Sek Yuen

2005-09-03T22:34:00.000+08:00

Wasn't with the usual TC gang but i tot of putting this post up since it was a damn good restaurant with good food! click here for the posting

Friday TCs???

2005-08-15T15:23:00.000+08:00

This is a proposal is to redesignate Fridays as the official 'Weekly Tai Chow Day' instead of the current Thursday. Memandangkan respon yang kurang memuaskan sejak kebelakangan ini, apa kata kita keluar makan bersama hari Jumaat pulak?

In fact either Friday or Saturday evenings are a good day as Thursdays will now have an additional session of futsal. Besides nothing works out better than a good meal followed by a clubbing/pubbing and in the worst case scenario a pool session.

So lets have some feedback people, Option 1: Maintain Thursday nights, Opt 2: Friday nights or Opt 3: Saturday nights. We've also to think of a nice place to have our next outing. Some 'members' have brought up the concern that seafood hasn't been on the menu for some time now. Thus, perhaps the next session shall be a predominantly seafoodish meal.

Ever looking forward to glut 2gether.....

TC @ Woo Lan

2005-08-08T18:09:00.000+08:00

Had TC at Woo Lan's last Thursday and it was fabulous! although we did not live up to the usual 2n-1 but ....(click here to read more)

Kempen Tipu Polis

2005-08-08T00:54:00.000+08:00

In my recent years as being a Malaysian. There is one pursuit that i noticed we Malaysians love to talk about. How to get away with road crimes.
We often discuss strategies to beat cops, how to bribe cops properly, and how to talk yourself out of a summon without having to fork out coffee money.

One of the things i have always been interested and annoyed with is the damn Breathalyser "tiup sini" thingamagic. I've heard that cops got this magic button that they press which makes the red light turn on.. and then the cop goes...
Puki: Aah.. You ada minum ah..
You: Sikit saja la tuan..
(disregard the fact that just 1 min ago, you told the cop you didnt drink at all)
Puki: Macam ini, you kena pergi balai..
(You make a forlorn face.. think for 3-6 seconds.. then say)
You: Tuan.. Tolong la.
(they will probably tell you how bad your crime is, and nag you. Basically if he is not in a rush, No additional 'customers' to deal with, you have to ask for his goddam 'tolong' for a few times. Eventually you will get the ..)
Puki: Macam mana nak tolong? (..question)

GOOD NEWS.. you are now into the 2nd round negotiations. This is good news to you because you have just escaped going to the balai and having to pay off 30 cops there. ALWAYS settle on the road if you can. Always start negotations at a respectable value. Dont try 20 bucks cos they too have feelings and a market rate..
Im sure by now, you will know how to nego a price (based on the car you drive)
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Nows theres one thing im not able to do. That is escape the bribing portion after he knows you have had some to drink.. So this are my personal strategies on how to go home with your wallet intact.
I hope you guys can add on to..

How to Prevent yourself from being stopped in the first place.
1. Dont Look Drunk. (not easy if you drank and your name is eugene goh.)
2. Dont look like you just came from a party ( the tactic here is to have a change of clothing in the car. I once rolled up my teeshirt sleeves and made it look like a singlet. The cop just waved me off)
3. Take safe roads (also not easy when the cops are in a frenzy or its CNY season)
4. Wait till 5am.
5. The minute you see the road block. Park car, jump to Passenger seat and sleep. (IF cop comes over to your car and wakes you up [the bastard!] act damn surprised that your 'driver' is not in the seat beside you. This has worked before but ive not tried it)

How to tiup tipu.
In coming up with this technique, I asked myself how was it that the machine detects the alco in the air..
And then the answer came to me... In our drunken stupidity, we usually panic and get very stressed about this blowing that we are gonna have to do. So we often hold our breath.
My Untested Technique is to blow air that has less alco rather than more alco into the machine.
How? The less time the air spends in your lungs, the less alco its gonna have.
SO, when you are supposed to blow, just inhale air, and blow it out very quickly, and strongly.
Im reckoning this will work. I have the fortune of not having to test this out.
Maybe when one of you guys kena, you can update me.

Credit to Eugene on how to spell Police in malay (puki)

Map to Restoran Woo Lan

2005-08-03T17:51:00.000+08:00

Table is reserved under Mr. Chan for 12 pax at 7.30pm

WEDNESDAY - GUYS NITE OUT

2005-07-28T16:35:00.000+08:00

GUYS NITE OUT IN MATRIX POOL SESSION FROM 8PM ONWARDS ON THE 3RD AUGUST (WEDNESDAY) ! girls are invited too ... if they are ever interested ..

Eggie had a hair makeover

2005-07-27T23:18:00.000+08:00

Today I finally managed to meet up with Eggie for a trip to the Curve. We had lunch before proceeding over to the saloon where I had set up an appointment for him to have his hair cut and style... at least differently from how he has looked for the past 5 years.

To cut the long story short, I thought he looked pretty good... he was afraid that he'll look chubby or too youngish... but I thought he can carry the look off... just have to keep the hair styled (very simple and easy styling...)... I think it is well worth the effort for me to be staying up a few more hours to get him to the saloon after working throughout the previous night.

And he was supposed to have dinner with his wife tonight... wonder how she likes it? :) If I had more energy, I would suggest to him to get him a nice pair of jeans and shirt too... for a day worth of makeover. Haha. Good fun.

Sue's predicament

2005-07-19T19:53:00.000+08:00

Reading Sue's predicament was definitely a cause for concern. Mozzies are back & we must continue our never ending battle with them! But to have dengue and not realise it was too close for comfort. Perhaps Sue, you should have seen a doctor earlier next time. Glad it came & went without any adverse effects.

Somehow though I didnt realise or detect any sufferings, as described in your posting, at your birthday party. I guess you put up a gutsy show for the big day. Thanks to all the alcohol, it must have flushed out the virus straight outta your bod. At least we now know that a neat mixture of Absolut Vanilla, Chivas, Cordon Bleu & Skyy is an alternative cure for viral infections. However the adminstration of the above must be done only by an amateur bartender who will definitely make the correct 'mistake' of over prescribing the 'med'.

Wishing everyone good health free from anymore Aedes Mozzy.

De-Stressed... Part 2

2005-07-17T17:43:00.000+08:00

Continuing from my earlier post on the stressful day which led to the few days of inexplicable severe headaches that I had a few weeks ago, I am almost certain that I learnt the reason for my general (unhealthy) state of being. No wonder I had this feeling of lethargy, achy bones and overall un-wellness for the past few days. And the final straw was the red spots that sprang up from my ankles on the morning of my birthday party... it sure kept me worried and slightly feverish just looking at it.

Despite a blood test done the day after the party at the Pantai Medical Centre, the rather young and inexperienced-looking doctor at the emergency ward decided that I was not likely to have been stricken with dengue despite the suspect looking rash that broke out. Anyhow, they sent me home and promised to call me in an hour's time with the results. After agonising for the next 2 hours without receiving any calls from the hospital, I decided to ring the emergency ward and was flippantly told by the same doctor that I had nothing to worry as my blood count was normal and that the rash was probably just a viral fever which "should go away in a week's time." I opted to get a second opinion from another doctor, whom like the first also thinks that it is just a viral infection which should go away.

Anyway, went back to my parent's place over the weekend to get my mum's third opinion on what this all could possibly be. She and Aunty R agreed that it pretty much looks like a case of dengue rash in the midst of recovery...and the rash typically takes a month to disappear. Having seen enough tropical diseases between the two of them (from the many years of being attached to rural clinics and the GH in Negeri Sembilan), they're convinced that it was the aedes mozzie that did me in. This would explain the severe headache and body aches although I did survive the fevers (possibly from the non-stop Panadol popping). No surprises though, as a new poster pinned up at my condo's notice board in Pantai Hillpark recently announced the outbreak of dengue yet AGAIN and fogging will take place soon.

So there it is, the aedes mozzie is out on the loose so bewarned. They bite mostly in the day and thrives especially after rainfall. Check yr pots to ensure nothing is breeding in there. And kill em mozzies.

Pix from Sue's birthday party @ Darby Park, Sat nite, July 9th

2005-07-12T17:20:00.000+08:00

Check it out at:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/taichowgroup/album?.dir=6c28&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/taichowgroup/my_photos

2005-07-08T10:34:00.000+08:00

Just a reminder, 1 more day to go before da party... have you gotten your costumes ready?

Date : Saturday, 9 July 2005
Venue : PNB Darby Park , Kuala Lumpur
Time : 8 pm onwards till late (or early morning?)
Theme : Angels & Demons (those not in theme will be PUNISHED! Whipped cream comes to mind...)

Please BYO bottle... food or snacks are most welcomed! Bring your fave CDs to spin too... See you there!

P/S Text us for the unit number on Sat evening...

Deli-cious!

2005-07-06T17:23:00.000+08:00

If you happen to be in Bangsar on a lazy afternoon looking for a place to relax and fulfill your appetite, I highly recommend this fantastic cafe called Deli-cious by Ms Read in Bangsar Village. Apparently they are also in One Utama.

Almost everything on their menu is amazing... they have a simple menu of Western and Asian favourites... my favourite is the Udang Sambal Tumis set... one of the best sambals I've had which comes with acar and keropok. Besides that the Nasi Kerabu is pretty alright... alternatively the pastas are very tasty and I was told the salads are yummy too! The best of all is their desserts.. I just love the bread & butter pudding... and last night I tried the Tiramisu which comes in a glass, not too sweet, not too heavy, just heavenly... They have quite a filling hot choc with marshmellows too... as well as interesting 'natural' drinks.

Wish this place existed when I was working in Bangsar... the menu is waaaaay more interesting than Alexis and the pricing is friendlier too. Only thing, sitting is abit limited so I reckon weekends can get crowded. The smoking seats outside is rather hot coz all they have are fans. Still, definitely worth visiting! :))

Stressful day...

2005-07-05T13:56:00.000+08:00

Talk about stress, so am I! Especially after last Friday's series of unfortunate events that unfolded for me... the stress was so bad that I had a headache that whole Friday which lasted all the way to Monday, so much so that I had to take sick leave yesterday!

Almost back to normal now, phew... head no longer feel like exploding. Last Friday was definitely one of the most stressful days of my life no thanks to a tight schedule planned for a day trip to Singapore for work. Had to wake up at 5am to get ready for my colleague to pick me up at 6am. Was abit groggy since I was out till midnight the previous night having dinner and drinks with my bosses at the new Korean joint at Feast in JW Mariott. My silly colleague was worst coz he was out partying till 3am and managed to wake up late in the morning, so much so that he was running late that I had to drive myself to Sentral in the end. Of course he missed the train and had to catch the next one, while I had a momentary panic attack when I thought I had left my passport at home. Finally made it to KLIA and we got our tickets and proceeded to the Satellite Building. We had to pick up some luggages to hand carry to Singapore (the mules that we are) but the bags were not packed correctly so we had to arrange for them to reorganise the luggages. After all that drama, we had like 20 mins to takeoff time and when we got to the gates, they told us we were too late to board! Aarggh! So we had to go collect our check-in bag and walk back to the main terminal to get new boarding passes.

After all that hassle, we managed to secure the next flight into Singapore an hour later and also reschedule our first meeting of the day. All that running around in high heels nearly killed me, so the first thing I did as soon as we got to Changi was to stop at Charles & Keith for a pair of flats. Then it was off to Meritus Mandarin for the series of appointments we had made for the day. After a whole day of back to back meetings and many ciggie breaks in between, it was almost 7.30pm when we left Singapore to head back to Changi. Naturally, as luck was not on our side, we couldn't get any seats on the 8pm flight and had to catch the last shuttle out at 11pm. To make matters worst, my silly colleague only had about Sg$11 bucks on him (having stupidly told the boss that we didn't need any Sg dollars). That was all we had left to buy a Mcdonald's dinner.
Already dead tired and zombie like, I had to endure the long trip on the KLIA train. Even worst, I managed to put in the wrong ticket into the Sentral train machine that the attendant had to come over to help me, only to laugh at me as he told me that I was putting my parking ticket instead of the train ticket into the machine *blush*

We all headed over to parking lot and there was one last drama to cap the whole unfortunate day. I couldn't find my car! Panic set in as I thought it had been stolen since I have been having nightmares about it. Was close to bursting to tears, especially since it was past 1am and I was incredibly exhausted. Somehow, we drove into the next lot and managed to find my car... what a relief! So finally drove myself home... and fell into bed by 2am. Extremely tired, grumpy and a pounding headache that lasted for the next 3 days.

Glad that nightmarish episode is over... Lesson learnt, always allow ample time for hiccups, especially if you're catching a flight. Anyway... it's partytime this Saturday night, so great opp to destress and drink the night away... :)

Working weekend

2005-07-01T19:07:00.000+08:00

There goes my weekend. Friday night in Hilton KL for set-up and Saturday night function for people i will not want to know.

Why is it these people has to have something on a weekend?? Don't they have a life of their own?

Anyways, work is bad lately...apparently the market sentiment is so bad that working is one way we can keep our jobs intact. So, we will always be the slaving ones whereas some lazy idiot sits on their chair and do...NOTHING???.....I think we all realise that but somehow don't do anything about it for the sake of not blowing things up.

I am so streesed. Who else is feeling my stress level??

The stressed-one

Pimple

2005-06-23T16:37:00.000+08:00

Let me tell you how i got this particular pimple. I was fine during the weekend and suddenly on Sunday, i found a growing pimple on my nose. How can this happen?? I am way beyond puberty. I am 26.....this is the age where you DONT get pimple...

Well, i figured i have the expertise to rectify the pimple hence pop-ed it in the comfort of my home. It went all wrong. I inflamed it.......damn it!!! I look like someone with 3 eyes now. This is what happens when you try to DIY - it gets worst.

Thankfully i have a facial appointment tonight to help me make things better.

Moral of the story - dont pop your own pimple. It never work!

Pimple-ly sad!!!

Fishing in Sipadan

2005-06-16T09:34:00.000+08:00

DAILY EXPRESS NEWS Fishing at Sipadan? 01 June, 2005 Kota Kinabalu: A repeat visitor to Pulau Sipadan since1999 has alerted the public to what may be happeningto the island when no one is watching after 4.30pmunder the new ruling when all must return to Sempornaon the mainland. She based her concern after gathering evidence ofdamaged corals and fishing lines and the absence ofbarracudas. Even 20 dives there last week saw no sign of the famedschools of barracudas advertised worldwide whileplastic bags are beginning to invade the world classdive site with seemingly no one to pick them up,according to French journalist, Martine Carret. Other shifting baselines include less sighting ofturtles, jacks and the massive Humphead parrot fish. She also alleged that lots of abandoned fishing linesand damaged corals suggest that some people havestarted a fishing spree of late when nobody iswatching. A previous claim of damaged corals at nearby Pandanandrew a sharp rebuttal from the army. The publicationof what appeared to be a trawler with Sipadan in thedistance early this year was also refuted. Martine Carret, a veteran diving writer, said when shevisited Sipadan in 1999, she had a "very, very goodstay." "There were turtles everywhere. They even came to look at you and the reefs werereally wonderful. "You could go inside the whole school (of barracudas)whirling around you. There were schools of jackfishtoo. And very, very huge Humphead parrot fish spreadout such a big wall even my super wide angle lenscould not get everything in." In 2003, Martine who became a journalist since 1988and a diver with 600 dives all over the world, since1991, visited Sipadan a second time. "That's when I heard the resorts in Sipadan were goingto be closed. I was thinking maybe it's a good idea -a reserve where nobody was going to fish," she said.She did that last week in her third visit with husbandYann Saint-Yves. "But we came back very, very sad," she told DailyExpress. "There's a place called Barracuda Point butthe barracudas are all gone," she said. "I was told this was a marvelous place to see schoolsof barracudas but I never noticed any even in 20dives," he said. Fished out or migrated? Investigations are needed tosay one way or the other. Martine said while she alsosaw fewer turtles and fewer Humphead parrot fish,plastic bags were also becoming ubiquitous. "Every dive you would see six to 10 plastic bagsfloating and they are very dangerous because turtlesand dolphin think they are jelly fish, eat them anddie," Martine said. "Autopsies on dead turtles in all places usually findone thing - plastic bags in their stomachs." Not onlyare they in the waters, Yann picked up many largeindustrial plastic bags after a short 20m walk nearthe jetty. "Something happened in Sipadan (since the newruling)," Martine said. "When I came in 1999, the resorts were there. Theycleaned the beaches every morning. So, there was norubbish, no trouble with plastic bags." More disturbing news still is the jetty which used tobe a good place to sit and watch the beautiful sunset."This time, I didn't see much fish but a lot ofabandoned fishing lines tethered to the jetty.Somebody has been fishing there lately." Martine said she tried to remove the fishing lines andto her dismay, found many broken corals identified asAcropora Sp, just below the jetty. Apparently, the hooks got stuck in the corals and intheir attempts to pull the hooks free, they tore thecoals apart. Other lines got so entangled among the corals thatwhen she tried to free them, she managed to untangleonly one and said she hoped to give it to the tourismauthorities. "The line that I freed clearly shows shredded coralremnants all along it," she said. But just who are these culprits? It can't be diverssince they are given strict "no fishing" instructionsas part of the rules and regulations. No free visitorsare also allowed except authorised personnel. "So, I wonder who is doing all this fishing in Sipadannow. Before, when I was a guest, we did not want tofish because the jetty was the best place to see Jackfish." "I think one of the most difficult problems is thatall the boats arrive at the same time," she said."Before, the number of guests were limited - only 80.Now I see many boats and a lot of divers, all comingat the same time and departing at the same time," shesaid. After 2.30pm to 4.30pm, everybody had gone back toSemporna. "What goes on when they have left and nobodyis watching?" she asked. "When we were diving, we heard the bombing - bigexplosions," she said. In addition, she saw peopledismantling some of the resorts for the wood and they"go straight to the reefs, not the jetty." "We French take care of our country. When I drink, Ikeep the caps of my plastic bottle. My camerabatteries also go back with me. I don't leave myrubbish here. In France , there is a charity business of recyclingplastics and batteries. I take them with me and putthem into collecting bins in our supermarkets. So please do something, take care of Sipadan. This isyour country," Martine pleaded with Malaysians andauthorities in Sabah. "It's so nice here. I want to come back again becausethere are not many places where you can see so manyturtles," said Matine who writes for French divingmagazines, Oceans; Apnea, Partir Plonger (Let's GoDiving) - Plongee magazine.

Party @ Darby Park, Sat nite, July 9th

2005-06-14T15:14:00.000+08:00

Dearest friends,

It's a PARTY with a difference... more new faces , more new (play)mates ... & ooh, it's my BIRTHDAY! ...another year older, boo hoo...

For those attached, come make more frens or try your luck with new options? he he... partners are welcome too... Else, come sit with Yvonne...

Date : Saturday, 9 July 2005 (Ok, invitation is sent out abit early, but just cos I wanna book your calendar ... he he... )
Venue : PNB Darby Park , Kuala Lumpur
Time : 8 pm onwards till late (or early morning?)
Theme : Angels & Demons

Come dressed in yr best interpretation of an ANGEL or DEMON... The best looking angel & demon has a surprise in store, heheh ;-)

BRING another single bootiful friend or 2... hot chicks or studs only please... must have some quality control right??

BOOZE Contact me or Yvonne if you need help deciding what to bring. Can't go wrong with whiskey, vodka, rum, Coke, Sprite & such. Any other party supplies eg food, music CDs, cameras, games etc are welcomed!

RSVP ASAP via sms with names / gender of people coming with you!

Cheers,
Su Ann (012-375 6516)
&
co-host Yvonne Kaur

Wisdom Teeth and Human Evolution

2005-06-06T10:48:00.000+08:00

Like I mentioned during TC last Thursday, I do not have a wisdom tooth. Probably it's not out yet, I don't know but I was once told that people who does not have wisdom tooth are EVOLVED. How did that happen?

Our pre-historic ancestors needed what we called wisdom teeth to rip meat off the bones to fill their tummies... but now, we have utensils and we do not need the teeth to do the job. Therefore these teeth haven't served much purpose for humans in over 30,000 years and human stop growing wisdom teeth.

There are many studies done on this but most signs point to the vanishing wisdom tooth as a sign of human evolution

My accident

2005-06-05T03:06:00.000+08:00

For all of your info, i had an accident and i don't think it is funny at all. Everyone have had accidents, so leave mine alone.

Specially to Vig, kindly do not tell my sister stories you are not very sure about. I do not appreciate the idea of her calling and questioning me.

The Tale of the Tooth

2005-06-03T22:12:00.000+08:00

Ouchhh... All that tree-talk is so darn funny it makes my cheeks hurt!And that's not too good coz I finally did IT.

Yup, after many trips to see the tooth doctor, he finally said it. He said he's got to extract my problematic molar, the so-called wisdom tooth on my upper right to be precise. And so with much apprehension on a Friday afternoon (after my TC binge the night before), I sank into the dentist's chair and began praying fervently. It all started with a needle for several numbing jabs where yr gums and tongue goes all limp and drool starts coming down the side (you get the picture...) Then comes the various metal instruments to poke and prod and grip and shake your tooth up just to loosen it. Next comes some spanar-like thing to wrench it out of your gums, and the nurse will actually have to hold your head down. The scariest thing is you can hear all that grinding and scraping as you hear your tooth being pulled out of its roots... forcefully. Aarrgh. Since it didn't work the first few times, he had to do some drilling and cutting to loosen the grip... and the only thing running thru my head at that moment was my automatic chant for all things that creep me out... "God help me.. God help me..." So imagine this process going one for the next one hour. FINALLY the whole traumatic episode was over... and he showed me this bloody looking piece with like 3 claw-like roots and it sure looked seriously gross liked I've not brushed that one tooth in years or something. Imagine it's been hiding in there all this while. Despite my daily brushing, the wisdom tooth was too far back to get any fluoride action apparently. Yuck.

Anyway, within that one hour, I somehow learnt that hey, my dentist is 7 years my senior and we're from the same kampung in Seremban. My fellowman. Heheh. He loaded me up with antibiotics and painkillers (though not as strong as I would like) and told me to call him if there was anything else that I needed. The nice dentist even called me up 5 hours later to check on me. So here I am with a bloody gauze in my mouth typing this in Seremban, having downed more painkillers than I'm supposed to (by accident, I swear) but still in agony :(( I sure hope the throbbing pain will go away soon... else I will just have to make a personal call to the dentist for another sickie next Monday.

To those who are contemplating on getting their tooth extracted, may the frogs be with you.
*Sue in agony*

Dear Diary...

2005-06-03T14:36:00.000+08:00

Dear Diary,

Today, the most horrific thing happened to me in my 7 years of existence! I am scarred for life. I am afraid that I will not be able to sprout any more leaves or dig deeper with my roots. I'm so traumatized that I think I need professional help before I wither and die. *Sob* *sob*

It was a cool and quiet night in Taman Desa, where I have been rooted since I was a sapling 7 years back. It was about 3am, and from a distance, I can see the headlight of a car approaching. Probably one of the late night party goer on the way back home. I see this a lot over the years, especially on the weekends. Every car that passes, all passed on by without taking a note of my existence. I am glad for that, I sure don't want trouble with them, especially if they are intoxicated with alcohol after a night of drinks.

But tonight, as this approaching car drove past me, it suddenly braked and screeched to a halt. As I stared ahead and wondered why the car had stopped so suddenly, the car suddenly engaged its reverse gear and backed straight towards my direction at a frightening speed! I was horrified. I can't move! Within a blink of an eye, I felt my body being rammed! Oh, how it hurts! Good thing there was a curb that slowed that metal beast down, otherwise, I would have been uprooted!

As I felt the back of the car against my body, and my senses trying to register what had happened, a girl stepped out from the driver side of the car, with her handphone held next to her ears and she was still conversing into the phone. As she stepped towards me, I was hoping that she will at least have a look at how I was, after all, I've been her kind, quiet neighbour for years! But no, she had a look at the back of her car, and noticed that the bumper of the car was dented and the number plate had fallen off as a result of the impact to my body. I can see that she was getting upset and she began to flail her arms around wildly, accusing that I was the cause of the crash! I can only keep quiet, I had no opportunity to present my view of the event. In the midst of her tantrum, she flung her phone towards me and caused a scar on my side, but wrecked her nice phone to pieces. Hah. Serves her right!

I can hear her mutter to herself that she will want to do a report to the officials that I caused this crash and will want to claim payment for damages, and punitive damages as well! And she immediately climbed into her car and drove off. I was flabbergasted. It was so obvious that I had done nothing wrong. It was a pure hit-and-run case, yet, now I will be investigated, and in all probability be found guilty, because in accordance to the law, I had caused the accident because it was the back of the car that was damaged. I will probably be uprooted because I will be deemed a menace to the society. Oh, how cruel life could be, for a poor innocent tree that has stayed inconspicuously on the same spot over the years. Tell me, oh tell me... how could I continue to live out my days?

Traumatised Tree.

*published with permission from Traumatised Tree.

Disclaimer: All story line and characters portrayed in this blog is purely fictional and have no relevance to anyone dead or alive. Any similarities to real persons and incidents are purely intentional

Carmen's Police Report

2005-06-03T13:26:00.000+08:00

Pada 28 haribulan May, 3 pagi ketika saya pulang dari Cream atau Loft atau Zouk(tak pasti) setelah minum 3 tequila, 2 JD coke, 3 GinTonic dan 1 carlsberg, Saya terlibat dalam kemalangan dengan sebatang pokok 3 kaki. Bila saya berhenti di persimpangan Jalan Desa Utama dan Jln Desa Utama 1 untuk pusing kiri ke Faber Ria, Pokok yang terlibat tidak membrek dan datang dari belakang secara laju dan melanggar kereta saya nombor CAR 1234. Saya ada menggunakan isyarat untuk belok kiri. Kepala saya terpelanting akibat perlanggaran itu dan saya mendapat hangover pada pagi keesokannya. Telefon Bimbit saya (bernilai RM1600) yang saya sedang mengunakan pada masa itu tergelincir keluar dari tangan saya dan jatuh lalu pecah dan rosak. Kereta saya kemek di bamper belakang dan nombor plet jatuh. Setakat ini saja kerosakan yang diketahui pada masa kini. Tujuan report ini ialah untuk membuat tuntutan pampasan wang dari DBKL

oleh.
Tan Ka Mun.

Repot dicatat oleh
Ismal Ibrahim
(334121-2)

Reproduced with kind permission of Polis DiRaja Malaysia

How to bounce back after getting dumped..

2005-05-29T23:33:00.000+08:00

http://www.internetdj.com/media/maxgraham/ownerofalonelyheart.wmv

Pregnant women are sexy? britney britney

2005-05-29T22:44:00.000+08:00

A pictorial blog..
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Nice colour here..

hell... no food mentioned here!

Stupid Raikonnen

2005-05-29T22:35:00.000+08:00

here i was watching F1 as per normal when our dearest F1 racer takes his car to within 1 lap of victory and doesnt win. What does he do? he allows his right wheel to rattle hard enough to snap his suspension and crash his car.

Instead of pitting in to change his tyre, lose his 10 points for winning and instead settle for 3rd place's 6 points, he gets nothing.
Therefore, we now see Alonso, benefit from Raikonnen's stupidity or ambition and gain another 10 points on the Finn.

As you can tell, this really sucked the rest of my evening.. especially when i was just about to feel happy that Raikonnen is gonna win his 3rd race in a row. Makes me sick to see alonso put his hand up with 4 fingers in the air... Anyhow, its still better than seeing schumacher win race after race..

Enough about this, im now watching CNN about an Inflight Chef. Explaining the issues of cooking at such altitude.. cabin pressures.. and so on about why frying cant be done in flights..
I know i had to put something about food in this blog or lord ch will complain.

anyway, food nite everyone

Ten for Seven

2005-05-18T23:28:00.000+08:00

Okay, so, we didn't live up to the formula of 2n - 1, but we sure came close, and considering that there were 4 girls and only 3 guys, I think I'm proud of the performances of the girls of TCG.

I got there at about the same time Hui Ling arrived. We were contemplating to take a table upstairs or downstairs, but having been around smokers often enough, I knew the smokers would not resist the chance to take a puff at every available opportunities, so we took a table for 10 downstairs. Anticipated about 10 people, but found out later Eugene, Charles and Vig couldn't make it. Then I saw Su Ann confidently walking up the stairs and I thought, someone must have arrived earlier. True enough, Yvonne had already arrived earlier and took the table upstairs for the comfort of the aircond space, but she and Su Ann came down to join Hui Ling and I. Soon after, Carmen came. The two KLCC boys, Harrie and Say Hong arrived about 10 minutes later.

I was given the task of ordering the the dishes... and I ordered about 6 dishes - a fish, one vege, one sweet sour pork, one pai kuat, one taufu and one fried sotong. We thought it was a lot initially, but after like 5 minutes after the dishes arrived, we decided that maybe we need another plate of green vege, and we ordered another one. Half way chomping through the fish (the rest of the dishes were pretty much cleaned out), we decided to order a kung-po "lai lui ha" (forgot what it's called in English), another plate of the sotong and a bowl of soup. Within 30 minutes of ordering the first dish, all food were chowed down. Clean. If Weng and/or Chin Heng is around, I 'm sure we could meet the 2n-1 formula easily.

Overall, it was a satisfying dinner. One thing that is really amazing about Paris (the restaurant, not the city in France), is that the food are served really fast. The food arrives on our table in no more than 5 minutes after we ordered it. This is what I call "FAST FOOD". Bet McD can't even measure up.

Gastronomical Adventures

2005-05-17T13:22:00.000+08:00

It's been a few memorable days of food and friends since Saturday. I had a few cravings that were truly satisfied (song cue: Satisfaction by Benni Benassi...) over the course of past few days... more...

A TC to follow a TC...

2005-05-16T11:57:00.000+08:00

Its nice to see the core of TCG upholding the cause. Last week Mutant Potatoes could have attacked PJ but they would be no match for the 3 'Leguminators'. Yes we should do it again but there is some new places that we should also explore.

Infact I'm writing to report that this has been a very 'productive' TC weekend for me. Saturday was a session in Telok Gong with some friends and 11 dishes were ordered for a table of 7. Besides the abundance of seafood, todi & Guiness was also a prominent feature at dinner. I must stress though that the food at Telok Gong is no longer as good as it was. However the experience of driving there and hanging out in the middle of nowhere with good company and todi always makes the outing that much more pleasant. The crowd however has ignored thedrop in quality of the food and continues to patronise this seafood haven to the extent that HSBC stationed a mobile unit at the entrance of the Coconut Flower restaurant on a Saturday night to recruit cardholders! When an international bank posts 8 personnel to recruit exclusively at your restaurant on a Saturday night, that must be among the best form of flattery available.

Sunday night was another exciting TC outing with family members. There is this quaint little restaurant in Sri Kembangan which serves excellent steamed fish cutlets amongst other lip-smacking, finger licking dishes such as 'Kung-Po' snails, pork knuckles, fish head soup with bittergourd and 'Lak Tong' aka Killer Pepper soup. Perhaps this should be our next venture as I would highly recommend it.

Alas I'm complete with my weekend report for now. I shall be looking forward to having 'light' meals for the next few days and futsal before embarking on yet another adventure this coming Thursday.....

2n-1

2005-05-15T19:43:00.000+08:00

Dear All,

Thanks to the inactivity of TCG as a organisation of food bingers, I had a runaway event with Harrie and Lord Egg at our favourite potato joint. Needless to say, the total number of dishes we ordered not only met the 2n-1 formula, it surpasses it. Yes folks, we ordered the Potato PaiQuat twice and the shop keeper had the gall to suggest a smaller serving the second time. Lucky i didnt flash my TCG members only card which would guarantee large portions for every dish.
We had 1 fried fish soaked in oil, 1 vege, 1 soup de jour and 1 prawn sambal dish which was more like onion featuring prawn (aka Udang disebalik bawang). I just want to state that harrie had 2 bowls of rice while Lord and I had only 1.5 bowls. This is because the two of us are in the "Mind over matter Diet program". More of this in another post..

Back to our event, CH commented that once, the place where we went (unnamed due to secrecy act TCG clause 3.2) had stopped selling food because they ran out of rice. This is the popularity of this place my friends...mebbe, one day when the TCG members are less busy with their other trivial pursuits, we can feast once more..

till again,
vignesh.

Postponement of Chow Besar

2005-05-05T11:39:00.000+08:00

TC 2day/2nite will be postponed again due to lukewarm response. This does not augur well for the 'survival' of the Thursday session. Drinking however is still going strong. We have to maintain the momentum and continue the believe that eating is a blessing. We shall not abandon our beliefs.

On a different note, Anthony Bourdain will be down the following week for a shoot for his new season. Unfortunately I will not be getting a call-up to the shoot. I am however hopeful that my suggestions to his producer will prove useful and that more common foodfare amongst the locals will be featured in the upcoming season.

I guess I'll continue to tune in to find out. I've still not blogged my Tokyo gastronomic exploits. The pictures have been uploaded but the captions are still being processed by my wife, Lee Ming. So once that is completed I shall place the link in this site.

Till the next Eaking/Driting,

eGGs

Chow Besar 5hb Mei 2005

2005-05-05T00:30:00.000+08:00

Oleh kerana kekecewaan yang dialami seminggu lalu, terpaksalah saya mem-blog dalam bahasa nasional kali ini. Segar dari kepulangan dari 'Negara Matahari Terbit', keinginan untuk menikmati satu 'Chow Besar' aka CB yang menghidangi makanan tempatan amatlah menghairahkan. Malangnya saya telah di 'kapal-terbangkan' oleh para CB saya. Sebahagian besar sebab tiada hadirin di tempat perjumpaan kat 'Bandar Lama' adalah kesalahan saya tidak turut berMSN pada hari Khamis lalu.

Berikutan 'tragedi' ini, adalah dimaklumkan bahawa CB minggu ini akan dilaksanakan dengan para hadirin sekalian. Tuan-Tuan dan Puan-Puan:

Dengan sukacitanya saya mengumumkan Chow Besar minggu ini akan diadakan di Restoran Veng Soon kat 'Bandar Lama'. Lokasinya adalah diblok yang sama dengan Public Bank. Semoga semua para hadirin akan tiba ke tempat makan pada waktu 7.45pm. Marilah kita bersama-sama bersuka ria dan makan sepenuh hati.

Mengucapkan hari yang amat menyenangkan dan jumpa lagi dalam beberapa jam.

Telor-Melor

music video

2005-04-28T13:09:00.000+08:00

hey guys ... check this mtv out .. quite cool .. for the guys tat is .. but girls oso can see lah

http://www.carlosadolfodominguez.com/video.html

enjoy ... i will be goin to movies more often now ;)

weng

TC 28/04/05

2005-04-27T11:57:00.000+08:00

Alrighty people, eGG-man is back and raring to eat. After having consuming Japanese chow for the last 1 week, I'm more than prepared to have some local specialties. So based on Carmen's suggestion that we have claypot chicken rice in Old Town, the TC this Thursday will be at Restoran Weng Soon in PJ Old Town. This place is well known for its claypot chicken rice and amazing variety of double boiled soups. My personal favourite is one that sells out very quickly, Moo Far Kor Tong. That's because this soup doesnt keep overnight so I'm guranteed a fresh bowl everytime I get it.

Anyhow the directions to get there is as follows. Firstly get to the traffic lights where Public Bank, Medan Selera is located. U could approach this junction from Assunta Hospital, MPPJ side or Jln Gasing roundabout. This restaurant is along the same row as Public Bank about midway in. Parking may be a little congested but you can always park around the shops.

So see you lot at 7.45pm on Thursday for a Potty Good Time!

Gluttony...

2005-04-25T21:28:00.000+08:00

Looks like it will be awhile before we gather the tai chow gang together since the head honcho Chin Heng is busy with his sashimi and sake in Tokyo! I'm sure he will come back with tales of the yumm food he been stuffing himself with, heheh.
I'm writing this blog from my friend's apt in Mt Sinai, across the Causeway in a pad he inherited from a recently deceased aunt. Good ol Singapore. Can't imagine living here long term but it's orderly and efficient, great for those who crave order actually, unlike me who prefer chaos to a certain degree.
Went to Newton food court last nite for the first time. Had good oh-chean or what you will know as oyster omelette... good stuff, unlike the ones in KL with too much egg and no oysters! One thing great here, there's pork all around that Harrie will approve. Porky land! Tried mee pok today, just because I heard of the local movie Mee Pok Man, so was wondering what it was all about. Turns out to be the flat noodles in a dark vinegar sauce with soup and fishball on the side. Not that great lah. Went to Mezza9 for lunch. Overpriced food in a fancy restaurant typically, like Shook! abit. My unagi set was nice but a wee bit too overdrenched in teriyaki sauce. For tea, had some lovely duck wrapped in eggrolls, prawn cocktails and white wine. Decadent! Abit too stuffed by dinner, so had some Chef speciality: mussels at the cafe at Borders and a bottle of Fosters. Was hunting for the Nooch cafe at Borders but it's gone! Wonder where did it move to? Anyway, this is beginning to sound like my food journal... so I better stop.
See you back in KL, and hope to have another session of gluttony soon. Later!

Tai Chow this Thursday 14/4...

2005-04-12T14:40:00.000+08:00

OK boys and girls... I've found an excuse for the makan this Thursday... we're sending Chin Heng and Lee Ming off to Japan for their honeymoon... as CH will be eating sashimi and oysters (and oysters...), I guess we can all gather and have a feast... not that we needed the excuse.

Anyway, here's a suggestion... there's this Famous Claypot Loh See Fun shop in Taman Tun Dr. Ismail (TTDI), near IBM's office. The shop is located on the row of shophouses behind Secret Recipe, but the other end. Yvonne has recommended the place, and I've tried out the place once with Weng and the food is pretty good. The shop is supposed to be a branch of the famous Petaling Street Claypot Loh See Fun. I had enjoyed its Kam Heong La La and it's Marmite Pai Kuat dish the last time along with the Loh See Fun.

So, who's up for it this Thursday?

Movie Review: Be Cool

2005-04-05T18:27:00.000+08:00

What's this? This blog's dying? No, don't stop.

Anyway, managed to catch a midnite screening of Be Cool last Thursday. It turned out to be not so cool after all. It's either the timing that made the story seems long and draggy or the story IS long and draggy.

Chili Palmer (John Travolta, looking his usual cool-self) made it to the big time in Hollywood in the prequel to this show, Get Shorty when he produced a blockbuster movie that propelled Danny De Vito to stardom. Danny De Vito only appeared briefly in this sequel and I don't even remember now what was he doing in the movie. So, the story went about how Chili got himself in the music industry, hooking up with the delicious Uma Thurman, promoting budding singer Christian Milian, getting mixed up with some gangster rappers led by Cedric the Entertainer, seeking revenge against the Russian Mafia and a ruthless record executive (Harvey Keitel).

The story itself seems to go round and round, without ever going anywhere... throw in some nice cameos by the Aerosmith (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry), Wycelf Jean, Fred Durst and some other music celebrities, you have Be Cool.

Be Cool? Ain't so cool. No point watching it on the big screen.

Overall ratings: 2.5 out of 5

Ramblings...

2005-03-26T21:20:00.000+08:00

I love weekends... it's always great to be able to sleep in late and wake up when the sun is shining. Heheh. Went for brunch today at La Bodega with Pinkie... and bumped into Elaine there. Yes our elusive Elaine who's not been joining us at all for TC sessions since her work at Nestle consumes 90% of her life. Anyway, we had yummy Big Breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast, turkey ham and hash browns while Pink had mushrooms instead of hash browns. They make one of the yummiest breakfast in town and for RM24++ you get fresh orange juice and a cup of coffee (Lavazza - THE best!) too! MMMmmm maybe one day when we are all awake early enough we can do morning tai chow at La Bodega deli, hahaha. Who knows where else serves yummy breakfast?

On another note, I recall Yvonne's clever idea of organising a "Single's Tai Chow Nite". Haha, what happened to that plan? Seems like a great idea to expand our social circle since organising a Singles Party is just waaaay to much effort these days! I'm sure the boys are keen, no? Provided we get a good mix of both sexes lah... ;) Anyway, Kenny's birthday is round the corner so maybe we can have a lil shindig for the birthday boy... hmmm....

Movie Review : Hitch

2005-03-24T21:01:00.000+08:00

Alex Hitchens! Wat can i say about him ... Will Smith is the right character for this movie .. For one thing i know that in real life he IS as smooth as the character in this movie. If there was really a job that says Relationship Consultant or 'I-will-get-you-hitched-consultant', I think I might give him a call ;) anyway .. back to this movie .. clear cut funny, hilarious and gives u an insight about a relationship and how sometimes it may not work as you think it should. 'Mr. Smooth' Will Smith stars as Alex Hitchens, 'Funny Man' Kevin James as Albert Brennaman, 'the hot sexy' Eva Mendes as Sara Melas, 'Lovely and Gorgeous' Amber Valleta as Allegra Cole. Hitch is 'THE' love consultant helping out Man who have problems in getting the ones that they loved. Note that i say love and not 'for f***ks'. So he goes around helping sad, pathetic guys to change the way they lived, act and even dance! just to win their desired ones and he makes sure that they get them! The whole entire story was about how Hitch was helping Albert in winning Allegra's heart and at the same time, he was wooing Sara. The trick in this movie is when Sara, a gossip columnist in a local paper, was following up on Allegra's personal life and missed on an event where Albert and Allegra was getting closer while Sara was away spending sometime at the Ellis Island crying over what Hitch has done wrong! Not that he did something wrong to her but he wanted to impress her and got certain things wrong. But she liked it that he did wrong .. " he did it flair" .. quoted from Sara in a conversation with her best fren. Wished some girls would see it that way and not getting so whiney about it. Conclusion to this movie .. I think it would be a great for couples to watch together coz it reminiscences about when they were dating and how the guy was doin the chasing while the girls playing hard to get and how when the couples argued over things that they did not get the facts right first. One thing that I don't like about the show .. is that at the end of the show .. Hitch, Sara, Albert and Allegra were giving us some dance moves in the movie ... I was like 'WTF?' .. it was funny tho but i guess they came short in the script and they had to add something to make up the time. I personally had a good time watching the movie although I wasn't with my loved one. Not that i have one but next Valentine I hope to watch it with her in the comfort of my sofa at home ;) .. cheers from the Wengster ..

Will Smith as Alex Hitchens

Postcard from Australia

2005-03-21T17:09:00.000+08:00

Touchdown, Melbourne.

Thanks so much for the card, guys. How sweet and thoughtful of you all. :) I got to browse through a few of the pictures from “rib” night/ Yvonne’s party, wishing badly that I could’ve been there that night. Time was definitely not on my side. I had initially intended to post an “All My Bags Are Packed, I’m Ready To Go…” entry the night before I left but the packing and spending time with my family stretched right up to the last second. I barely slept that night and was afraid I’d be feeling all crappy in the plane feeling jaded yet unable to sleep. Got to the airport really early only to find a massive queue of people checking in and going, darn, looks like my flight is full. I knew I exceeded the weight limit for check-in: 32.4kg when only allowed 20kg. Thank goodness the lady didn’t say a thing nor did she charge me a single cent. Phew! Despite the crowd, I was placed in a lovely aisle seat with two vacant seats right next to me so I could lift the arm rest up and stretch a little which was just what I needed – comfort. There were no annoying kids in sight, no strange passengers with funny habits, no elderly coughing away and the cabin crew service was actually not bad. It’s my first time taking MAS as I’ve always flown to Australia on SIA via transit. As for the food, it was the same menu I had coming back from HK last year. Ha. I managed to get a few hours of sleep and watched C.S.I, Law & Order, this really funny laugh-out-loud Brit comedy; Coupling, Everybody Loves Raymond and played some crosswords and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in which I only won a max of £8,000 as I wasn’t familiar with most of the Brit questions. I couldn’t help but think how Chin Heng and Marcus could score a million pounds easily. :P

The landing was the smoothest I’ve ever experienced. Not even a bump felt. We arrived 10 minutes earlier but that was set back again when the officials were having trouble with the connecting bridge from the plane. Passengers had to wait in the plane and that was when a kid starting singing non-stop much to the obvious annoyance of other passengers, and I was so relief he didn’t do that during the flight.

Carrying my out-of-your-mind heavy laptop bag across my shoulders and my insane, oversized hand luggage was the ultimate challenge. There were no trollies until past customs and my shoulders, neck and fingers were totally aching, even till today. Walking towards baggage claim section, I could see my luggage going round the conveyer belt, from a distance. Ah, there it is…the pink-purple one. All 32kgs of it. :) Used my bionic energy to pull it up and out onto the trolly and headed to the red section to declare a bottle of dried prawns, fried onions and curry powder that my mum insisted I bring for my cousin because he’s just plain lazy to cook. :P

The airport exit is secured by this automatic metal door, like some sort of vault. You push your trolly right up to it and then it opens, revealing to you a crowd of people outside holding name signage and waiting for their loved ones. I’ve always thought of the metal door to be a psychological way of “welcome..you have stepped into the ‘other’ zone”. Ha.

The air was chilly…a temperature of 19 degrees. It was dark and quiet when I purchased my Skybus ticket which takes me from the airport to the city where I can then take a cab to St. Kilda. The bus driver was really nice and friendly, helping me put my luggage up and joking about its weight while I managed the rest. In the bus, the typical blue toilet lights were switched on all around. The radio played songs like “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon” and “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” among many others, all of which you’d never hear, on any given day, on Malaysian radio. And it was then that it hit me – I am back. Back to the blue toilet lights, the friendliness, the strange radio playlists, the cold…

My cab driver was an African who has been living here for 11 years. He couldn’t stop talking throughout the whole journey and as we approached my friend’s place, he asked me out for dinner over Easter weekend (which is the coming week where most schools are off for an entire week and Good Friday and the following Monday’s a public holiday).

I slept pretty late that night after making calls to my parents to inform them of my safe arrival and catching up with my friend as he had tones to update me on. The next morning we walked over to Chapel Street (Melbourne’s famous shopping district where you have everything and anything that women just fall on their feet in awe) for brunch with his brother and my eyes had a feast just observing the beauty of all the cafes and restaurants, some familiar and still surviving after 5 years, and some new additions to the street. I had my first meal in Melbourne that morning and it could not have been any better than a yummy BLT (Bacon – yes, that’s PORK for you, haha! Lettuce & Tomato) on Turkish bread, and a glass of refreshing OJ (Orange Juice). I could live on these things. I really could.

Then my friend and his brother headed off to check out a computer fair and since I’ve got pretty much all the gadgets I need, short for my speakers which I’ll get later on, I decided to explore the whole Chapel Street myself (it’s a VERY long street) before I headed up to the city to meet another friend. Did a check on certain landmarks I found familiar – yup, Borders is still there, so is the retro and lovely Astor theatre, Jam Factory, Sportsgirl, Witchery, FCUK, HMV, Coles, Alannah Hill, the Irish pub, and so much more and ooh, they’ve even got an Apple Centre now. Temptation came in the form of torture when I passed stores and stores of SHOESSS!!! ALL pretty, colourful and bursting in their splendour! From local designers to international ones, it was an endless spread of footwear that nearly made me cry. I distinctively remember that there wasn’t such an invasion of shoes in Chapel Street years back! I had to focus on walking pass them and not stepping in. So far, so good. Someday I’d return with cold hard cash and buy myself my first ever pair! Ha! But until then, self-discipline must take its course. I even saw Kookai going on clearance sale with lovely tops slashed to AUD$5, pretty dresses, funky bags and accessories. What temptation.

Headed to the city by tram and had to take time adjusting my brain to the city crowd walking about. Federation Square (which was still work in progress when I left) is all complete and full of life. A very nice artsy piece of architectural work, I’d say. So many things are going on; they’re having an Andy Warhol mega exhibition and Boutique Australian Fashion Labels at the Art Gallery now, Diana Krall will be performing soon, the Mumba festival was just a week ago, and a great event line-up for the long Easter weekend. True to heart, Melbourne’s still very much the city that doesn’t sleep in peace without a festival each week. Met my other friend and we went to this lovely café along Little Collins Street that I used to frequent years back. It hasn’t changed much, the menu looks good and it’s nice coming back to see wine priced the same as beer, coffee and juice. ;)

After juice, a sandwich with salad and a coffee over a nice time of female bonding, we decided to do some window shopping and I was shown the new GPO (General Post Office) that has been transformed into a high-end local designers boutique. It was a bittersweet feeling for me when I found out GPO went down in flames about four years ago and that I never heard of the incident. GPO was my all-time favourite post office, one I frequented every week to send snail mail back to my family and pay my bills. I never got tired of standing outside just staring at its architecture. I’m glad they managed to preserve most of its exterior as they did a fabulous job creating a classy shopping arcade inside. Australia in general, is bursting with talent and more than capable designers who produce beautiful art and it was nice to see most of the brands together under one roof. The prices are ‘ouch’ but the sight…breathtaking. :) We then took a tram ride up to Carlton (which is the suburb I used to live in) to check out my friend’s townhouse; a humble looking thing from the outside that’s cosy and extremely comfortable on the inside.

Then it was time for church, something I’ve been looking forward to: checking out this relatively new church in the city that was formed only after I left. Met up with Sharene and four of her friends (an Indonesian, an Australian Born Chinese and two Singaporeans) at Planetshakers City Church where I had an indescribable time. We’ll be going for Easter service this Thursday night where Delirious (a band from the UK will be performing. It is soooo gonna be rocking good! And Sonicflood (another band, from America) will be performing at Richmond AOG the coming Monday so I’ve definitely got myself a few good things lined up. It’s great to know you can still have fun without having to spend. :) After church was dinner at Chinatown which hasn’t really changed much, from what I remember. I ordered Wanton Noodles which came in a bowl of double portion noodles and twelve full size wantons. :P

I made a trip to the city again this afternoon to get some banking done. The weather's such that the sun is shining really bright to remind you that slapping on layers of SPF is important, yet you don't feel sweaty and yucky as the cool breeze is windy enough to send chills up your spine and a cowboy's hat off his head.

Despite all the good, there is always the bad. Crime rates in Melbourne has gone up quite a lot and I’ve been hearing more than my share of what I need to hear on break-ins, rapes, stabbing and robbing…The city still holds a lot of weirdos walking around asking for spare change and some strange people lurking around. Walking back to my friend’s place at night isn’t safe as it’s a dark and very long road, so it was really neat that one of Sharene’s mates offered to walk me back last night. For the coming days, I’d be trying to run my errands and sort things out during the day so that I get back before the sun goes down, at least till I find my own place which I’m praying would be in a strategic location.

There’s lots to be done and learned, starting up in a foreign land from scratch. I’ve left behind a lot of people and things who are dear to me, the sense of familiarity, contentment, comfort and routine; to pursue further, the people and things that will soon be making their/ its impact in my life, the unrecognizable, the new, the fear and the challenge.

I cannot thank each and everyone of you enough, for all that you’ve done, personally and collectively as the TCG. Do know that divided, you each have a special place, a unique role in my memory…something shared that can never be erased; and united, you guys are a force stronger than the power of food! Or, wait, does it work because of the power of food? :P

Wished I could spend more time and had met some of you earlier. Time has always been a factor against human nature. I believe everything happens for a reason and at the risk of sounding terribly cliché, we’ve got to seize every moment. And with that, let me sign off by sending you guys my best wishes in your own personal journeys and love from the land down under, across 4000 miles…

;)

Flying over Alice Springs.

The Big Apple

2005-03-19T23:20:00.000+08:00

Meet my beautiful man, Abe in all his glory ;)

Things I Love & Hate About NYC

2005-03-19T23:16:00.000+08:00

What is it about New York City that just takes your breath away? Walking down Times Square, the sight is pretty amazing. And I'm sure every other tourist of all shapes and sizes in the vicinity will feel the same...

Nonetheless, it's not all dandy here in this cold, brutal city. Despite all the gloss on the outside, New Yorkers are a rather cold, unfriendly and unhelpful bunch and it makes you realise that home is not too bad after all... Here's my pick on what's there to love and hate about the greatest city in the world (or so claims a certain Mr Trump...)

HOORAY FOR:
1. Yummy, sinful, crispy, crunchy REAL pork bacon, toast and eggs every single morning
2. Sephora for all the cosmetic brands you will ever need in this lifetime
3. Manhattan, the hometown of Coach (naturally, heheh)
4. Soho, the shopping mecca for H&M, Victoria Secret, Bloomingdale's, Gap, Aldo, Nine West and more
5. Extra large portions of food no matter where you go... and the variety will make you weep. It's easy to become a huge blob if you live here. That's why typical female New Yorkers live on a permanent salad diet and are constantly trying the latest fad ie the South Beach Diet, Atkins etc. Oh, and a gym membership is practically compulsory

BOO FOR:
1. The ridiculous tipping policy of at least 15% for any service received from taxis to restaurants to bellboys even if the service sucked. And the VAT (tax) of 8.625% on all items purchased. As if paying in USD isn't painful enough.
2. Awful customer service in general, rude salesgirls who will loathe to lift a finger to help you and obnoxious Yanks
3. The weak, weak black kopi. It's impossible to find good, strong coffee here as New Yorkers seem to like theirs runny like Nescafe. Despite having Starbucks in almost every corner, the coffee here lacks the kick and oomph like the Starbucks in KL, I'm serious!
4. The no-smoking indoors ruling in all establishments including restaurants, clubs and bars
5. The arduous 18 hours or so flight just to get to the Big Apple practically ages you no thanks to the poor air circulation on flights, less than appetising airplane food and cramped seats threatening to cut off your circulation for good

Jetting off...

2005-03-19T23:08:00.000+08:00

Cruising across some interesting rocky terrain somewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, don't ask me where exactly. Geography was never one of my greater strengths. I swear airplane food is the pits. After 4 consecutive meals that tasted like cardboard, I am more than ready to head to the nearest kopitiam for some good ol' tai chow food. Sadly, none was to be found.

2005-03-19T23:04:00.000+08:00

Brrrrrrr.... baby, it's cold outside. It was snowing when we touched down in Almanda Stockholm, long enough for a ciggie and toilet break at the rather lonely airport before we continued on our journey to the city that never sleeps. And I could hardly sleep as well, no thanks to the torturous economy seats on MAS. Sigh...

F1 fever

2005-03-15T21:25:00.000+08:00

This is the F1 fever all over again...i thought it just ended but when i check, ha! that was last year. How the years have past. Amazing....and I still have not been to 1 live race...rather, never seen the race.

Well well....who bothers bout the race when the parties are always better. Hope the list below is useful to everyone;

18th mar - Espanda F1 party organizzed by Catcha.com and Sepang race circuit.
The Force of Nature Clebrity Concert - wow wow wow....Carmen Elektra, Tyra
Banks, Paula Abdul, David Hasselhoff and other hollywood
celebrities....hmm..hmm..hmm...i get to be back stage....

19th mar - HUGO BOSS private party. Apparently all GLAMOROUS PEOPLE will be attending.
This is after all, HUGO
The Pit Party at KL Tower....still bit fuzzy on this one.

So many parties, so little time. I guess i will be enjoying my set of fun...with the stars.

Hope you all a good weekend...and of course, how can i forget...HAPPY BIRTHDAY YVONNE.!! PARTY ON GIRL..!!!!!

Movie Review: Million Dollar Baby

2005-03-10T00:03:00.000+08:00

My expectation of this movie has definitely been heighten after it won the Best Movie award at the recent Oscars ceremony. And I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more without the added expectation. Not to say it's not a good movie, but as I expected, how different can a boxing-movie be? Does it deserved the award? I don't think so (although I've not watched any of the other nominated movies...). But does Clint Eastwood deserves his best director award? Hell yes. He brought the movie up a notch.

The story chronicles how Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) agree to train Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) after he missed out an opportunity to win the title with one of this fighters. So the story goes from how Maggie progresses from an amateur fighter to become a professional fighter with a chance for the world title.

Sounds like your typical loser-in-sports-to-world-champion storyline doesn't it? Well, to me, that's pretty much what the story is about, although of course, it builds a lot more on the character and drama of the 2 main characters and that of Scrap (Morgan Freeman). But the direction of Clint Eastwood does elevate the movie above those typical feel good sports movie. And Hilary Swank's performance deserves a praise (and probably her Best Actress award) although Morgan Freeman is probably under utilised in the movie really.

Overall, a good watch, but somehow lacks the "ummmph" for a Best Movie. And a little heavy for a late night watch too.

Ratings: 4 out of 5

Directions to Steamboat TC@Bandara Menjalara 10/03

2005-03-09T15:31:00.000+08:00

OK I'm not the best person for directions so pls forgive me if I muck up OK, hehe. But I think Harrie knows where it is as well. Basically here are the step-by-steps:

1. Go toOne Utama LDP toll heading to Sg Buloh/Sri Damansara, pay RM1 toll.
2. Go straight on stay in the middle lane, you will drive pass 2 petrol kiosks on your left, one of it is Caltex.
3. You will see flyover going to Bandar Baru Selayang, don't go up no matter what or else you're screwed!!! Instead you have to go under the flyover and make a U-turn as if you are going back to One U. There should be a sign that saya Bandar Sri Menjalara around the flyover area.
4. After U-turn, make sure move to immediate left lane as the first left junction is Bandar Menjalara.
5. Turn left, go straight up the road till a roundabout take the 9 o'clock.
6. Keep going till you see a right junction with a mosque at the corner, turn right there.
7. You will see a petrol kiosk on your left hand, make sure you take the right junction where you can see rows of shophouses.
8. The steamboat is the first restaurant on the righthand shophouses. Open air with round tables, should be hard to miss it. Actually I think they may have BBQ chick wings too like Yvonne said... not so sure.

Dono what the restaurant is called but will try to find out. So 7.30pm - 8pm ETA this Thus, 10th March. Good luck!!!

Yasmin Ahmad's 'Sepet'

2005-03-05T23:27:00.000+08:00

Been wanting to watch this, and i finally have! A tale of boy meets girl, falls in love at first sight. The only thing is, he's a Chinese VCD seller, she a good Melayu girl. Very muhibbah kind of film coz they speak Canto, Hokkien, Malay, English, Baba Malay... cept it makes you think, hmm, Ipoh has no Indians. Damn funny at times... inconsistent and choppy in others (censorship la...). But at least I can say I know 2 people in the film, haha. A sweet effort which could have been better, but not too shabby indeed. Someone told me the film was "a longer version of a Petronas ad." Kasi chan lah, coz Malaysia Boleh! :)

Rating: It's like a steaming hot Tom Yam soup, looks promising when it arrives, and when you poke around you find juicy sotong, fresh udang, chunks of chicken flesh Not bad, not bad you think... but almost towards the end of the meal, you kinda know that you're not 100% satisfied...

TCG @ alor 030305

2005-03-05T03:16:00.000+08:00

well, when CH asked me to organise a TCG, it was cracking my head as i am always the kind of person who stick to certain places when i think the food is generally 'ok' for myself, basically value for money and not more than 10km from where i stay. if u ask me to bring u to my favourite restaurant in KL, i would have bring u guys to the chap fan stall which i tapau everyday.

first place came across my mind was jalan alor, as i think that TCG original focus was on those street/roadside food of local favour... btw it's easier to switch if u guys are not satisfied with what i recommended, there are more than hundred kinds of variety along the street.

venue: fish head stall attached to restaurant named 'fu xi', it was a mistake for the owner to translate it from mandarin, i translated it as 'fook hei' and mislead someone... right opposite wisma city towe_ (r is missing) at middle of ALOR KAI~

time: 1930

attendance on the day by time arrived:
1. me (i'll never be the first to arrive for any outing, this time i hav no choice as i was marked as the 'organiser')
2. yvonne (glad that u r puntual to accompany me, i know those bastards won't be on time)
3. huiling (smart as u can read the 'fu xi'...)
4. suanne
5&6. CH & kenny (not too bad, within half and hour's tolerance)
7. alvin
8. harrie (bastard, u r the nearest among all!)

list of food ordered:
1. 2 big bowls of not-too-spicy fish heads + prawns + sotongs (i think next time we don't order any prawns or crabs for any TCG outing.. TCG is basically formed by a group of lazy fellas or we should get mrs. tan CH or sharm to do the peeling job)
2. ikan terbakar (lucky we have CH to sapu the left over)
3. kam heong lala
4. kam heong tek kan (hokkienese call it tek kan, what u guys call it actually?)
5. fried sotong (it seems to be the must-order dish for TCG outing... sengkee, happy garden, robson height... almost everywhere we'll order this...)
6. cheng chow choi dan (upon the ladies' request for vege)
7. the green batang stuff...
8. sorry no pork for harrie...

my personal IT consultant will help me post up the photos taken soon. or u guys can view it in our TCG yahoo photo album.

well, not a big TCG outing but hope u guys did enjoyed the food @ alor! if u guys ask me to organise another TCG, i'll bring u guys for the best CHAP FAN in town.

not-too-spicy curry fish head + prawns + sotong

TCG must-order fried sotong (left over in the photo as they grabbed it too fast...)

dunno how u guys call this actually... hokkienese call this 'tek kan'

a bit over terbakar i think... so so only...

kam heong lala, nice ah?

the faces make me think my TCG recommendation was a failure...

suann's fast-hand on the lala...

Orange-d Ankle

2005-03-02T08:48:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was a typical Tuesday as any other. Well I decided to get me a Thai massage after reading Sue's entry especially since it's been ages since I last went for one. FYI, its the perfectly legal massage which I patronise. Anyhow it was planned that I'd head straight for futsal immediately after the massage since my muscles would have been stretched by then. The game itself was pretty exciting from the start as the attendance this week was very decent. 20 sweaty men, 10 at a time chasing a ball attempting to slam it into oblivion, goalwards - doesn't always happen the way its planned though.

Anyhow perhaps the massage loosened me a little too much as just into an hour of matchtime, in a moment of Brazillian mastery & trickery, I was tackled & inadverdently landed akwardly on my left foot, lightly spraining it. *Damn that tackler!* Anyhow being the macho man everyone else seems to be on the pitch, I soldiered on as would any other of my comrades would have. However into the 2nd hour of matchtime, I was attempting another Ronaldinho move & in a split second of indecision, I shifted my weight too slowly, resulting in a horrible sprain on the same ankle. This time round I heard 3 very obvious 'Crack, Crack, Crack!' on the way to the ground. Immediately I knew it was bad & needed to limp off the pitch. Stayed out & grimaced in pain for a full 5 mins before I could remove my boots.

Knowing this pain only one other time, I expected to be immobilized for a couple of days. True enough this morning, an inflammation the size of a CNY 'teochew kum' appeared. Placing the foot on the ground & applying pressure to it was just excruciating. Worst still is that I have a meeting opposite Twin Towers at 10.30am. Thank god I could send my engineer instead, after a round of 8am apologies to my client. So here I am, stuck at my home PC, teleworking from home. Contemplating my fate & wondering if I'll b able to make tomorrow's TC 2 Jln Alor for the famed 'Curry Fish Head' Eugene raved about to me. It pains me even more that I might miss this culinary event, so I'm determined to see a Chinese 'tit-ta' physician this evening & get myself mobile again for tomorrow.

Till then I guess I wish you all the best of luck in any sports that you might be taking up. Don't ever overdo it, as I've come to realise that age is no longer on my side. Agility is a once upon a time factor which is better reminisced than challenged. Nike's tagline 'Just Do It'? BS I say....

eGGs

PS: I'd also like to add this moment of irony that occured after I sprained my ankle. After exiting the pitch in pain & seating myself on the bench, out comes Vig teasing me abt the sprain & lightly 'tapping' my injured foot with his. To my surprise, in the next game that he entered barely 10 mins later, Vig (looking like Peter Crouch of Soton - tall dude not able to do much other than head the ball) hits the ground & limps out as well. With pain written all over his face, it seems that fate has dealt him the same cruel blow as me. Was it the left ankle as well? I believe it was. GOD works in mysterious ways.......

Getting a massage...

2005-02-27T14:30:00.000+08:00

Where does a girl have to go to get a massage in the Klang Valley? And no, I'm not talking of the bedroom variety. You wouldn't believe it but I went with a friend to 6 places on a Saturday afternoon hoping to get an appoinment for a massage but to no avail before finding a slot at the 7th place. First, it was calling up Bodhi Sense after lunch but they had a full day until 7pm. Next we looked around Damansara Perdana area and dropped into 2 outlets, the first had lovely aromatherapy scent wafting in the air but the chick said, "Sorry, full oredi." The second was hesitatant to even let us in without an apointment. The pretty young chick looked lost because she couldn't understand any English, but they had the hot stone therapy massage there which looked intriguing. Too bad, it was full as well. We drove over to Desa Sri Hartamas next to check out the Reflexology Centre, and was told to come back at 6pm. Yikes. Drove around some more and stopped by Andara Spa as well as Cafe Jamu, but both were booked up as well. Seems like of all days, yesterday was the day the whole of PJ folks decided that THEY would go for a massage. Hmmphhh. Having lucked out by now, we were ready to give up until we noticed that the Reflexology Centre had several branches, including one in Taman Tun. A flash of genius struck, and we dialed the number to the centre. A woman who didn't speak much English pretty much understood our intentions to come over to get our feet pummelled by her staff, so she said "Yah..ohh...yah." Finally. Drove abit somemore in Taman Tun looking for the joint and finally found it to be on the same row as Mofaz.Walked up and realised why the woman didn't really understand me, they were all from China but spoke bits of English, Malay and Cantonese. Anyway, for RM40 and 1 hour of bearable pain, we were ushered into the back room to get our feet soaked in hot Chinese tea for a couple of minutes. After wiping dry, a young Chinese guy led us to the main room and proceeded to massage away with some sort of ointment. At times painful, other times pleasurable, it was definitely a good way to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon - getting your feet squeezed, prodded and pinched by a total stranger. A pretty cute one too actually. If we had understood Mandarin, he would have been able to pinpoint our ailments. Since that wasn't the case, there's a chart to refer to so you can pinpoint exactly which of your insides may have some problems based on the pain experienced. For those who haven't tried it, it could be painful and ticklish at the same time, but definitely a refreshing alternative to perk up a weary body.

Songlish

2005-02-25T15:55:00.000+08:00

Tai Chow Group

Uve heard of English, Manglish and Singlish...we have our very own..SONGLISH compiled and edited by THE HAND..

View and Learn..only the elite few will be able to acquire this poetic language---

s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:
MIA? Man In Action?
eGGs says:
haha
Yvonne says:
missing in action
eGGs says:
Songlish
s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:
oh oh..haha
eGGs says:
pimp new addition
eGGs says:
can u pls compile songlish
Yvonne says:
hey! isn't there a new movie with a name somewhat like this? spanglish or something? or is it called songlish?
*P.I.M.P* says:
Man In Action...Like Man on Fire
*P.I.M.P* says:
this will go under the category for abbrevations
eGGs says:
Man In Action is d new porn movie
eGGs says:
starring Songher, dubbed in Songlish
eGGs says:
PIMP pls compile boleh ka?
*P.I.M.P* says:
featuring the Titik
*P.I.M.P* says:
Fondled by THE HAND
s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:
The songlish......
eGGs says:
fingering the Fraction
s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:

s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:
Ungu.....kaya..
eGGs says:
actually Fingering the fracture of the Fraction
*P.I.M.P* says:
ungu...kaya?
eGGs says:
Purple, rich, Quality...
*P.I.M.P* says:
this is old english
eGGs says:
tats Songher!
*P.I.M.P* says:
high level
needAmassage! says:
i wan to watch constantine and sepet
s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:
just like dunhill........
needAmassage! says:
who go pls call me..
*P.I.M.P* says:
need to decipher
*P.I.M.P* says:
gaya mutu dan keunggulan
eGGs says:
new colour scheme 4 Dunhill
*P.I.M.P* says:
unggu..kaya
*P.I.M.P* says:

Yvonne says:
heard constantine is good... am waiting for DVD
Yvonne says:
cinema will censor alot
eGGs says:
ungu, kaya & mutu
*P.I.M.P* says:
i thot he got a kaya spread thats ungu in color
*P.I.M.P* says:
ungu kaya dan mutu
eGGs says:
nope
*P.I.M.P* says:
sounds like few machas who screwed their names up
s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:
ungu macam susuh, pening sama roti kaya dan yang tu kali mutu
s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:
ungu kaya dan mutu
eGGs says:
susuh?
*P.I.M.P* says:
ungu macam susuh?
eGGs says:
this keeps getting better
eGGs says:
damn u gotta get this PIMP
*P.I.M.P* says:
susuh = when u put susu and peluh together
eGGs says:
tats an ok mix cos more susu than peluh
*P.I.M.P* says:
sohong shud be working for the secret service...his codes so secret even the agency wont know
eGGs says:
if other way round pesu, then its more salty
*P.I.M.P* says:
pesu kurang ais
*P.I.M.P* says:
susuh kurang gula
s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:
think i'm the only one who never gone throught the proper training of malay and english
*P.I.M.P* says:
i think we got the cocktail for jaime on the 11th
s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:
that's why the rule of that are a bit out
s a y h o n g - d o n ' t d r e a m , j u s t b u i l d says:

eGGs says:
yeah
*P.I.M.P* says:
pesu...tambah susuh
eGGs says:
sohong mix

MPH Warehouse Sales 25th Feb to 28th Feb

2005-02-24T17:14:00.000+08:00

I just got back from the MPH Warehouse sales in Kelana Jaya. Thanks to Yvonne who alerted me that it's Member's Day today. The sales will be opened to public from tomorrow to the 28th February. If you have some books you'd like to get, go check it out. Most paperbacks are available at 30% of retail price. Only about 20 shelves of contemporary novels, so choices are kind of limited, but there are a few good buys from the regular authors. I think people who enjoys buying self help book and those with children should be able to fill up boxes with books to purchase. I only managed to get 5 paperbacks.

Deception Point - Dan Brown
- This will be his 4th novel in my collection after Da Vinci's Code, Angels & Demons and Digital Fortress. Dan Brown has shown ability to make more twists and turns than the road to Cameron Highlands, so I hope this will be an equally an engaging read.

My Side - David Beckham
- Beckham's book would be my 4th football related autobiography. I had read David O'Leary's, Roy Keane's and Sir Alex Ferguson's. Given that I am not a Manchester United fan, it is indeed suprising why I picked up 3 of their member's books. I just enjoy reading the "off-the-pitch" stories presented by them. Maybe Beckham will tell how he conceive Brooklyn in New York.

Family Way - Tony Parson
- Also another 4th book in my collection of Tony Parson's books. Tony Parson writes mostly about a guy and his relationship with his family, wife and child(ren). I am not sure what this book is about, but I have this habit of collecting books by the same author if I enjoy their other books.

3rd Degree - James Patterson
- Oh my god. Also the 4th book in a series of James Patterson book. What is this? Why all the 4s??? Anyway, it is the 3rd of a series of criminal investigation story lead by a group of female protagonists. Last 2 books (1st to die, 2nd chance) have proven to be an interesting thriller read.

The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-Time - Mark Haddon
- Ahhhh, finally, a new author and a new book. Not very sure what it is about, but the Curious Incident title has always got me curious. I think Jaime has read the book, but not sure if she is recommending it. But what the heck... you gotta take a chance sometimes. It's a best seller after all... can't go wrong.

Movie Review: Shall We Dance

2005-02-24T10:36:00.000+08:00

Shall We Dance...

When I decided to catch this movie, I wasn't expected to be leaving the cinema with a sense of commitment into a relationship (not that I have one...). I had thought it was some movie to show off the charms of Richard Gere and the bodalicious J-Lo strutting it on the dancefloor. But I was pleasantly surprised, or maybe it's just the romantic side of me that surfaced that night.

Adapted from a 1997 Japanese screenplay , Shall We Dance starts off with John Clark narrating how his life is... he gets up, commutes to work, meet people, commutes home to his beautiful wife Beverly and 2 wonderful kids... daily. He owns a nice place, a nice car, a comfortable job and a loving family. What else could a man ask for? What does he wants? Even his wife can't get him something that comes in a box anymore. He has everything. Or does he?

One day, on one of his ride home, he looked up and notice a beautiful but sad looking girl staring out of a window of a dance school. When he noticed her again the next few nights, he got intrigued and decided to hop off the train on the track home, and thus begins his adventure to seek that something that might has been missing in his life. He made his way into the dance school, where he met an ensemble of quirky and eccentric characters, but most of all, he meets Paulina (Jennifer Lopez), the girl in the window. He signed up for the dance class, hoping maybe she is the something that he is seeking.

A recommended watch for those that has been in a relationship long enough, yet wonders if there is a "something" out there that can make a person happier. Sometimes, you don't have to look beyond yourself and your other half.

Ratings: 3 out of 5

Drama

2005-02-21T18:31:00.000+08:00

Here goes the drama i had to endure on Saturday night. Initially, i was having fun with the girls, having a fun filld singleton night where all of a sudden i was expected in PJ. Seems like aeroplaning a birthday party did not turn out well.....good old me thought that maybe i should, seeing that the birthday boy has been a great friend previously. This guy has been "in love" with me since what??? 2 years back and therefore, had an issue with me. Rather, a big arguement blew up, with him stating that he loves me and left his girl for me. What the fuck?? Like i ever told him to do so. Anyways, I guess if he is not a friend of my ex, i would have considered but somehow, i could not have a "relationship".

Seeing that i actually took a cab to "catch up" with him, i had no other way than to ask him for a lift home. This friend of mine decided that he rather i followed him home. And no, i dont think he wants a "pillow talk". Things got worst, and i told him to stop the car, like a hero i decided to jump off and try to catch a less stressful ride - a cab. Not knowing, it was 5am and there was no cab around. I walked...tried to find a well lited area and after a while, was too tired to walk and had to sit at the pavement (side of the road)....finally, i called a friend for help, concern that some weirdo might kill me. The world is after all, not safe for a girl like me. Thankfully, my friend came and saved me.

I have decided that keeping the friendship with this guy is pointless. I cannot have another of this arguement with him as it is getting too depressing for me. He has been such a good friend previously and somehow, that is all different now. He was my shoulder to cry on when i needed someone. He was someone i can talk to when my ex was mean to me. He was my saviour when i had no one. Now, all he gives me is pain and anguish. For 2 years, all we had is the same arguement. Him and me. I have to call it quits.

I sincerely hope god will one day rekindle our frienship.

A reason to party on and to eat!

2005-02-21T12:40:00.000+08:00

As you ALL know, the Valentine's galore did not happen. Thanks to some people who aeroplane us interested party. Anyway, we were in Carnegie's (Su Ann, Yvonne, Harrie & gang). God!!!! another old SPG joint. Kind of remind me of Beach Club, just that the woman are rounder and older. We actually saw woman dancing on the bar top and of cause, Harrie commented they were indonesian maids. In no time, i would assume the filipino's will go flocking there too. I prefer Ivy and Savanh to Carnegie's. At least i dont see spilt over boobies and tight clingy blouse on not so young woman. Seriously, i better get attached by 30, or i might end up like them. Scary thought right now.

Su Ann and me had a blast in her KANCIL....made us both felt so small and insignificant on KL roads...not to mention insecure too. Do you know you can actually float in that car....but Su Ann was so canggih, for a moment, i thought she is a rally driver.

Yvonne's birthday is in March (yippeeee!!!!!!!!!...a reason to party somemore...way to go)..then comes mine in April (sigh! i feel old already). Thankfully my birthday falls on a Sunday so i guess i have the opportunity to hide in my house. Probably a facial appointment will do me some good. Who else is getting older? We shold actually keep a book of birthdays....so we can con the restaurant free stuff / drink.

Old Man Show

2005-02-21T11:47:00.000+08:00

Rakan-rakan sekalian,

my first posting on a blog site, to test water after so long... as u guys know, sometimes it's kinda difficult for orang tua like me to accept and to use new stuff...

during this CNY got 2 free tickets which worth 200 bucks each for Sam Hui's concert at Bukit Jalil Stadium from my contractor (I actually prefer an angpow instead of the tickets...), decided to bring my mum to the concert since I don't think any chicks will be interested with uncle sam...

after gone thru the jam for half an hour, finally i got to reach the stadium on time... was amazed by the crowds... I never know Sam Hui got so many local fans... from paper, there are 50,000 ppl per nite, or they are just like me, all got the free tickets??? :-p

since I never spent 200 bucks on a concert ticket before, I thought I'll be sitting right in front of the stage and will be able to shake sam's hand... bloody hell... it was on the second tier of the stadium, exactly the same place which I paid 130 bucks for sammi's concert few yrs back...

only got excited for the first 5 mins of the concert... when sam hui came out riding a cun scooter around the stadium... after that he presented many songs which sounded familiar for me but mostly got no idea of it... he also brought a lot of guest for the concert... his second elder bro (as usual, making jokes of himself as in movies), his 2 sons (who the hell are they? like promoting for them only...), Kuan En Na (dunno who the hell she is too, but seriously cun...), Sam Angels (apa?), 12 girls band (this is better, they impressed me more than sam did for the second half of the concert)...

I think after half an hour I started to hope that the concert will finish soon.... tunggu tunggu tunggu... there were a pair of old couples sleeping next to us... I can see that my mum was bored too since she is not really a big fan of sam... except for some aunties and uncles (those who are around 40's) were cheering, whistling and singing together.... I guess I look weird sitting at the middle of the crowds...

The concert lasted for around 3 hours, a lot of ppl left b4 the end of the concert (must be those who got the free tickets like me), I stayed till the encore session and actually wanted to finish it, but looking at my sleepy mother who was already being tortured for more than 3 hours, I think it's better to make a move earlier or else I would have drowned in a jam again... this is the first concert which I left before it ends...

No offend to the sam hui's fans, it was quite entertaining but just ain't my cup of tea... I shd hav sell the tickets to the real fans for half price and go MAKAN with my mum! :-p

Movie Review: Seoul Raiders

2005-02-18T11:34:00.000+08:00

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Just a little diversification from Food, Shopping and Partying, and also in the spirit of the Chinese New Year, let me put forth a review of a Chinese movie... sort of. Seoul Raiders. How do you make a HongKong movie doesn't feel like a HongKong movie? By casting actors who speak Cantonese badly. I think in the entire movie, there are only about 4 characters who speak fluent Cantonese... and that includes 3 extras.

The movie starts off with JJ (Shu Qi) bumping into Lam (Tony Leung) as he is about to pull off a heist of some plates for printing counterfeit US dollar notes. Lam managed to outwit JJ as he escaped with the plates. Lam then handovers the plates to a representative of the US consular, Owen (Richie Jen) expecting a reward of USD 20 million, only to be tricked and relieved of the plates by Owen, who plans to sell the plates himself to a mob boss in Korea. To restore his reputation and to get even, Lam flies to Seoul and put together his team of hot assistants to help him track down Owen and retrieve the stolen plates.

The movie started off with little promise, almost doesn't make sense. But I didn't mind too much as I was just enjoying the sights of 3 hot Korean babes (although only 1 really caught my eyes). Even Shu Qi doesn't really looks as hot in this movie. Half way through though, the pace picks up and more funny jokes were cracked. Thus overall, it is still an enjoyable watch. Many tried to compared this to Tokyo Raiders, and said the first movie is better. Well, I think both movies have different parts that excelled.

Ratings: 3 of 5

Gluttony

2005-02-10T13:23:00.001+08:00

It's the 2nd day of the Lunar New Year and I've officially gained 3kgs already, sob sob! Have been eating and eating... and eating non-stop. This year, the reunion dinner in Melaka was subdued with only a total of 19 adults at the dinner table as lots of the married female cousins are at their in-laws, and the rellies from abroad did not make it back this time. Our grandma passed away a few months back, so we're celebrating CNY more low-key this year, although that didn't stop the boys from splurging a few hundred ringgits on fireworks and rocket-type devices from some dodgy alley in Melaka Raya and reliving their childhood in the house compound. Good thing the coppers were on CNY break too :P

Melaka is sooooooo darn HOT! The kampung house has no air-con and we were really sweltering in the heat that the cousins came up with a not-so-brill idea to purchase a portable air-con, just so we can use it ONCE a year. Err, right. Otherwise, looks like more and more of the families will be checking into the Melaka hotels rather than congregate at our grandma's old house. It sure didn't help that the TV only had reception on RTM2 and TV3. Aarghh. We broke the tradition this year, and decided to drive back to Sban on the night of the 1st Lunar NY. Too many mozzies and the heat was unbearable. Pink claims that all the hot Melaka chicks are back in town, that's why the temperature shot up a few Celsius. Supposed to be partying with her in Melaka, boo hoo. Had to miss that. My mum tells the rellies "Su Ann needs to go Tioman, that's why we're going back early." Great. Use me as the scapegoat. Anyways, am looking forward to sunshine, pina coladas... and more food!!! I promise to start my diet on Valentine's Day. Heheh. See you guys next week!!! Gong Xi Fa Chai!!! To the marrieds, ang pows better be on standby!!! ;)

2005-02-10T13:23:00.000+08:00

Reunion dinner, Nyonya style

Directions to my place

2005-02-07T18:20:00.000+08:00

hey all .. here are the directions to my place .. hopefully carmen or eugene don't get lost like the last time :P this directions will start from the KWSP office at Jln Gasing. Those who still dunno .. its across the bridge from UMH(formerly known as University Hospital).

from kwsp .. jalan terus..u will see Shell and Bp on your left ... on your right you will see Ipoh Chicken rice shop .. jalan terus .. the road will curve to the right .. no worries .. just go on straight .. then the road will go down hill .. when u are nearing the downhill .. u will see a junction where u can turn left .. at this junction also u will see Restoran Gasing (corner shop) .. turn left at this junction and go straight .. then u will see first left turnin .. DO NOT TURN LEFT .. instead turn left at the second left turn which is opposite the school field ... then go straight up .. you are already on Jalan 5/15 .. my address is 4, Lorong 5/15 G .. so look for 5/15 G which will be on your right side .. almost at the end of the road .. my house would be the one in the middle and with lots of cars and decorations ..

who does not still understand this directions .. errr .. dunno wat to say ... i guess co-driver job not for u then .. hehehe .. do call me or kenny for directions .. cheers and gong hei fat choi .. see u all on saturday afternoon ...

Eating during CNY

2005-02-07T18:00:00.000+08:00

Ok, so its 7th feb, 36 hrs to CNY officially. I've had opportunity to Lou Sang like 3 times already. I think we should all keep tabs as to how many times we "DID IT" this new year.

This blog is a gentle warning to all my fellow eaters out there. CNY is the season to lard up.
Its not the big dinners that will do you in. Its those small snacks that you do when watching your fave WLT channel, late nite gambling sessions, and the excessive consumption of (carbo laden) alcohol. I just heard that Kuaci is a big time contributor to the waistline. And for girls, its waistline, lopez ass, sexy tummy AND flabby arms that will keep waving even after you have finished waving to your relatives as you drive away from their house with half their larder in your tummy.

In saying this, im not asking you to not enjoy yourself. Just remember to keep looking as sexy as you do now (get a haircut from peekabo if you dun look sexy now) and fit as ever for our massive parties coming up in this year of the cock/rooster.

I also heard from a similarly reliable resource that this year is not a very good year cos its full of cock. So as not to cock it up at the start, we are to wear as much red as possible on the first day of CNY.
Apparently the price of red undies has gone up as well. Looks like i wont be wearing undies on the first day.

Hope to see all of you all back in KL hot as ever. peace out.

oink.

Oriental doll

2005-02-07T15:00:00.000+08:00

I officially look like a doll now. Actually, i think i might land myself a role in japanese porn. FRINGE!!! i have it. Seriously i think the last time i carried bangs was way back during school days. And it was ages ago. Story cut short, how would you all react if i start wearing short pleat skirts and just blusher as make-up? I heard it is the Japanese thing. The thing i do just to look young. This is getting me depressed!!!....actually, i think i look like one of the Taiwanese girls on the game show screened on 8TV on Sundays..Cant wait to see all your expressions.

Last minute shopping...

2005-02-07T02:01:00.000+08:00

Since the ladies are cool with shop talk ie. shopping, hehe, just got to share with you my mad dash today for last min CNY shopping. Had to wake up really early morning despite a late nite at Ivy so that I can beat the 1,001 other early shoppers also heading to One U to pick up a Zara dress I reserved. Almost snapped at the sales staff because they told me the dress was new but it came out on a hanger.. like hello? The chick better not be lying, or else :P

Speaking of Zara, I bumped into 2 guys I know at 2 different Zara Women outlets in the past two days shopping with their women, and hey, one of them belongs to this TC gang! Waaaaaaahh... how sweet... One thing though, I still don't understand the concept of shopping with a straight guy. At least if he's gay, I know he is actually excited shopping for clothes and can be honest on whether I look fat after I try something on. Lotsa guys are always standing around in clothes shops looking bored and holding their GF handbags, making appreciates nods and grunts as she tries everything in the store. Must be a masochistic thing. I don geddit. Care to explain fellas? For me, shopping is most pleasurable when done alone or with an equally passionate shopper. 100% focus, haha. Oh yes, sale 50% off in Nine West! Didn't have time to try so must go back again. Kenneth Cole on sale too!!! Want to pop by Aldo as well next trip. Was also in Subang Parade this evening looking for some, uhh... innerwear. So kampung that mall... can't believe that it was THE place 10 years back in my college days. Used to hang out there all the time... now it's a dump, Nothing to buy in Blush, all overpriced. Triumph so blah... found a Cina-sounding brand called Xixili. So hard to find nice looking innerwear. Anyone knows where to look for them? No La Senza in Parade :(

Stopped for a snack at Mackers aka McD's. The Prosperity Burger looked good but tasted Awful... too much pepper in the spice and so spicy coz of the capsicums. Gross. They should get it off the menu ASAP. Anyway no thanks to all the bingeing on Tai Chow, my waistlines and tummy have expanded horribly. Arrgh. Sure will be gorging away for CNY with all the yummy Nyonya food...Like this how to fit into a bikini for my Tioman getaway!!!??? :P Can we do a Vegetarian Tai Chow sometime? Haha.. kidding coz I love my PORK. Cu all at next TC gathering, hehe... I expect nothing less than Ecstasy this time.

a very Happy Chinese New Year to TCG

2005-02-06T18:49:00.000+08:00

Here's to safe travels...Ipoh, Kedah, Malacca, Penang, Seremban...or if you're just gonna be lurking around the borders of Selangor and KL.

Behave yourselves, drink lots of water, no drunk driving, EAT, be merry and enjoy time with family and friends. ;) Oh and while you're at it, no harm making a buck or two. :P
(I believe this year we get to collect a certain red packet thingy from Mr and Mrs Tan Chin Heng. ~hint~hint) hehe.

Anyone up for Weng's place this coming Saturday? His msg says - 4th day of CNY, gambling session, after 1pm.

So till then, will see you guys when I'm back from the state of extreme "heat", also fondly and historically known as, Malacca.

~ love from Singapore.

Pre CNY meal that was tak begitu 'on'

2005-02-04T11:10:00.000+08:00

As stated in the title, I must apologise for the meal at Happy Restaurant that didnt turn out as expected. It has been awhile since I've been there & evidently the standard of the food has deteriorated considerably. Such mediocre taste quality would not stand up to the stringent standards of the TCG. In fact the only decent tasting item on the night was the Martell VSOP which certainlly kept the crowd happy.

Nevertheless, it was a great turnout of 24 people & I had fun catching up with you all. We did however had to postpone the 'American Idol' audition of the new members in deciding wheter they would be reinvited for future TCGs. Looks like the newbies are free to rejoin future outings but do come prepared with a song that suits you or Harrie Cowell, Randy Kenny and the ever beautiful Sohong Abdul will decimate you LIVE on telly.

The Best Conversation of the Century

2005-02-03T11:59:00.000+08:00

hey everyone, my first post, well actually not mine its a conversation that chin heng, say hong and myself had a couple of months back. Its long but like they say...size matters! A Classic...Enjoy!

( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
Kedah has good food
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
but, not many
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
if you guys come..
eGGs says:
u nvr invite
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
just ring me
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
we have MOTEL
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
hha
*P.I.M.P* says:
just ring u?
eGGs says:
ring him
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
ya. ring me..
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
haha..
*P.I.M.P* says:
u thot what we accidentally come to kedah is it
eGGs says:
he'll tell us 2 F**K off
*P.I.M.P* says:
like as if kedah shah alam like dat
eGGs says:
haha
eGGs says:
he'llmeet us
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
tiu
eGGs says:
haha
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
is near
eGGs says:
yeah
*P.I.M.P* says:
kedah is near
*P.I.M.P* says:
yea
*P.I.M.P* says:
fucking near
eGGs says:
coupla hundred minutes only
*P.I.M.P* says:
lets go afterwards
eGGs says:
officially
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
haha.. tiu
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
if you want
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
i will teman you siow
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
hahaa..
eGGs says:
its only minutes away
*P.I.M.P* says:
teman?
*P.I.M.P* says:
hold hands and all
*P.I.M.P* says:
kewl
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
ya.. go together with you
*P.I.M.P* says:
kedah too far
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
haha
*P.I.M.P* says:
we will stop in penang
eGGs says:
u 2 gotta stop
*P.I.M.P* says:
get full there
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
oh ya
*P.I.M.P* says:
bang some tight penang chix
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
then night time in Kedah
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
what you think?
eGGs says:
fatal attraction lah
*P.I.M.P* says:
night time in kedah
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
then midnight in Penang
*P.I.M.P* says:
night in kedah starts at 7 and ends at 7.30
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
morning at KL
*P.I.M.P* says:
8 onwards all buat anak
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
KWEL!!!
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
haha..
eGGs says:
2 lelaki, 1 tinggi, 1 botak dojumpai tak berbaju di hutan.
eGGs says:
Ada kesan di rogol
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
tiu..
*P.I.M.P* says:
cuba meramas harimau
*P.I.M.P* says:
sperma harimau dijumpai dibahagian dubur lelaki tinggie
eGGs says:
Walaubagaimanapun tiada bukti orang lain berada di kawasan tersebut
eGGs says:
haha
eGGs says:
dubur
eGGs says:
man so subur!
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
dman
eGGs says:
come we like 2 tok kok in malay
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
or.. may be we go for Pulau Payar
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
haha
eGGs says:
eat
*P.I.M.P* says:
sperma yang subur dijumapi pada dubur seorang pelabur yang tidak tercukur
eGGs says:
we go kemaman for roti bakar
eGGs says:
haha
eGGs says:
puisi romantik
*P.I.M.P* says:
yah
*P.I.M.P* says:
puisi dubur
eGGs says:
orang berpantun
*P.I.M.P* says:
harimau merogol kita terasa orang memberi kita merasa
eGGs says:
botak rogol sampai Pipi tinggi gugur
eGGs says:
kita patut pegi Penang makan
*P.I.M.P* says:
kesan pipit harimau dijumpai pada pipi lelaki tinggi
eGGs says:
wah..itu syiok!
*P.I.M.P* says:
mulutnyer terbuka luas
*P.I.M.P* says:
cuba mengaccomodatasi pipit harimau tersebut
eGGs says:
kesan air liur lelaki di jumpai di payu dara harimau
*P.I.M.P* says:
dia nahas dalam nikmat
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
cibai
eGGs says:
betul
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
my Malay damn bad
*P.I.M.P* says:
hahaa
( S a y H o n g @ D u E D a T e) says:
tiu nia ma ah
*P.I.M.P* says:
payu udara
eGGs says:
nahas cibai harimau betina
*P.I.M.P* says:
kesan bulu pubis cibai harimau betina di sebalik gigi susu lelaki tinggi
eGGs says:
macam dubur harimau diselobkari lelaki
eGGs says:
haha
eGGs says:
gigi susu!
eGGs says:
eh harimau ada bulu pubis?
*P.I.M.P* says:
diselokari
*P.I.M.P* says:
haha
eGGs says:
macam semua tempat berbulu
*P.I.M.P* says:
fuck i told u..we shud make a bloody web log
eGGs says:
di selongkari
*P.I.M.P* says:
movie
eGGs says:
ransacked!
eGGs says:
bloogeres
*P.I.M.P* says:
cibainyer diransack
eGGs says:
title?
*P.I.M.P* says:
4 bastard and a blog
eGGs says:
haha
eGGs says:
we'd kill d server v our input
*P.I.M.P* says:
yea
*P.I.M.P* says:
server nahas disebabkan penetrasi yang melampau

Valentine galore!

2005-02-03T09:30:00.000+08:00

Girls and boys,

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and with respect to St. Valentine itself, St. CH and St. Carmen suggest that we have a TCG night romancing each other..In short, eat and party like the previous TCG at Cristao.

Dinner is scheduled on the 19th February 2005 at 8pm, in Ivy at Asian Heritage Row. I am sure alot of you will be interested as St. CH will be bringing wine to create the romantic atmosphere. THEME for the night....(Yvonne and i insist that this is a must)....RED PAINT. (means come in something RED). The after party will be decided on that night...I suggest Ivy / Loft.

Kindly RSVP with St. CH so that St. Carmen can make arrangements.

Lets head Overseas to savour Local Food

2005-02-03T02:37:00.000+08:00

At an ungodly hour, while eagerly awaiting the start of football matches that was cruelly pre-meditated to begin just as we are supposed to be in the deepest zone of our nightly sleep, there can only be one way to keep me awake. To blog.

To blog about food to be precise. Upon the return from a dinner at Overseas, I managed to conduct some subtle research of my own & managed to obtain valuable information for TCG to proceed with our future missions.

The set menu available during CNY period seems rather enticing. It starts at RM598++ to RM1488++. Yet I believe at RM598++ there might be sufficient response to a fulfilling night out with 9 different 'dates' on the table. They are as follows:

- Yee Sang with Sliced Salmon
- Shark's Fin Soup with Crab Meat
- Steamed Cod Fish with Soya Sauce
- Cold Cut Village Chicken with Kai Lan (could be upgraded to a suckling pig with a lil $)
- Poached Tiger Prawns with Kei Chi (tho I could change it to Pan Fried Tiger Prawns with 1k Island Sauce)
- Seasonal Vegetables with Lin Zhi Mushroom
- Glutinous Rice with Cured Meat
- Sweet Lotus Paste Buns
- Iced Jelly Rambutan & Pineapple Cubes

RM598++

Perhaps a change of dessert could be effected as well.

Happy Restaurant 03/02/05

2005-02-02T17:48:00.000+08:00

The Taichow on 3rd Feb shall be held at 7.33pm Happy Restaurant in Happy Garden. Considering this is our pre Chinese New Year meal complete with Yee Sang & all, we should have it at a very merry place. The directions to the restaurant is as follows:

-Turn off Old Klang Road at Yaohan/OUG Plaza/Citrus Park traffic lights (approx 7.18pm)
-Head up the hill & down again. Go straight pass the set of lights at the bottom of the hill (7.22pm)
-Keep right & at the next set of lights, turn right (7.26pm)
-Keep right (7:26:47pm)
-Immediately straight thru the 1st set of lights, turn right at the next traffic lights (7.29pm)
-Happy Restaurant will be on your left approximately 86 metres further down. (7.30PM)
- You will have about 3 minutes to park your car & walk to the restaurant. 2 tables have been booked in the indoor section.

Will be great to see you all there. Please confirm your participation through comments in order for us to know how many tables to ready.

Regards,

eGGs

Where am I?

2005-02-01T20:39:00.000+08:00

So confusing la this navigation! Got lost so many times before finally getting on the blog. Where is everyone? Why so quiet one? Where are all the scandalous pictures? I think in honour of the TCG founder, we should post pictures of his after-wedding-dinner party. Heh heh.

Shoes galore!

2005-02-01T01:59:00.000+08:00

My first attempt at posting.. 'scuse me if it sux... I'm IT illiterate... nearly failed Computing 101. Anyway since we gals enjoyed our goss on the shoe shopping scene... wonder if we can create a "sub-blog" dedicated to The Art of Shopping... heheh.. guys, don't shoot me. Just a random thought...

We Love Movies as Well.....

2005-01-31T17:00:00.000+08:00

On a warm Monday afternoon the group decided that we were a more diversified & well rounded group than just a bunch of gluttons. This resulted in an amazing cum-together of brainpower to think of our all time favourite movies. They are as follows:

1) Attack of the Killer TaiChows
2) The 50ft SpareRibs
3) SuperMien
4) Legend of the Fishballs
5) Chicken Bones' Diary
6) 50 First Meals
7) Pretty Gravy
8) Taufu Hustler
9) Lord of the Drinks
10) BeefWars
11) Gone with the Wine
12) Saving Private Mutton
13) RyeHard
14) The Drunken Chicken
15) Fried & Furious
16) Snow Crabs & the Seven Dugongs
17) Finding Lala
18) Becks & the City
19) ChoytamSlicker
20) Kurmageddon
21) Dances with Bearpaws
22) Duck Tracy
23) Barnyards's Eleven
24) Mutton Instinct
25) Balti-More
26) Return of Petai
27) Back to the Hoocher - The Trilogy
28) Marsala ATTACK!
29) Aunty Strikes Back *Starring PIMP with villans played by Kuchai Lama & Petaling St Aunty*
30) Crouching LapCheong, Hidden SiuYuk
31) Tosay Raiders
32) Runaway Bite
33) Pork Fiction
34) Khinzir Gunung Ledang
35) Harrie Farter - The Curse of the Eternal Garlic
36) Pirates of Petaling Street: Berry-ed Pleasure
37) Lost in Spice
38) I Know What You Ate Last Thursday
39) Pork Cassidy and the Sundance Sotong
40) Meat the Fockers
41) Dick Braised-Mee
42) Squid Tale
43) A Few Good Mien
44) Vanilla Pie
45) GoldenFry
46) Eat Another Day
47) Once upon a time in Chinatown
48) Fong Siu Yuk
49) Kobis Story 3
50) Four Puddings & A Caramel
51) The Perfect Stew
52) CandyEater
53) Choy
54) My Best Friend's Cooking
55) The InEdibles
56) The Choy Chap Club
57) The Last SiuMai
58) MakanRoti Report
59) Breakfast at Klang
60) Natural Born Eaters
61) Ocean's (2n-1)
62) Jurrasic Pork
63) Currypuff Girls
64) Moi Story
65) Boh Tea & the Feast
66) Ice-Kacang Age
67) Rising Bun
68) The Kacang Putih Kid
69) Shark's Tail
70) SushiMan - Conquest of Dr Octupus
71) Fungal Attraction
72) Soupless in Seattle
73) Appam-lor 13
74) Freddy Burger
75) Nasi Lemak on Elm Street
76) Buffy the Venison Slayer
77) 101 Chow MaiFuns
78) Lady & Her Spam
79) Her-Cooked-Leeks
80) A Lad's Dinn & His Magic Lamb
81) Cola Express
82) Indian Naan Jones - Raiders of the Hot Stove
83) "Dude - Where's my Curry?"
84) Ham on Fire
85) Along came Porky
86) Cinta Kolestrol
87) Lard of the Rings: Return of the Creams
88) Bujang Lobak
89) Reservoir HotDogs
90) Twelve MonkeyBrains
91) GoatBusters
92) Fill Bill
93) Oink Oink Hota Hay
94) Beer Factor

So it is generally agreed upon at the end of the productive Brainstorming session that this group is indeed brilliant & multi-talented people. Once again we have proven ourselves to be exceedingly useful to Society as a whole.

Till the next posting,

eGGs with aid from Kenny Kailan, Tandoori Vig, Bobo Chacha Harrie & Laksa Lee Ming

Carcosa

2005-01-30T16:57:00.000+08:00

I think we should all try tea in Carcosa. With crumpets. Butter.. jam.

The first post...

2005-01-27T13:03:00.000+08:00

Finally, a blog site for the TCG members... Tai Chow Group!