Had a hearty and wholesome breakfast before heading to the exam war zone. At first, I wanted to have my breakfast at Pizza Uno, too bad they weren't ready to serve yet, so decided to opt for Black Canyon Cafe instead. I must admit Black Canyon Cafe had changed a lot not only on the menu selection but on their services as well (or maybe just because there were very few customers that morning?!) ^.^ The starves were actually very patient to recommend some breakfast menu and came to ask twice if the food served was alright.

The Black Canyon Cafe has a lot of creative fusion food to choose from Spaghetti Tom Yum to Fried Udon in Thai Style. Since it was still early and not so good to stuff myself with heavy meal before exam, I decided to order their breakfast set which consist of tea and egg mayo & tuna sandwich...



The tea comes with a small plate of mini alphanumeric biscuits which reminded me I used to had this cute lil biscuits with a mini cup of milo during my kindergarten. Those were the days....



One thing about the sandwich was that they should have chilled the sandwich before serving... Sandwich tastes better in chilled.



Tom Yum Fussili, I actually like their Tom Yum soup, not so spicy and the sourness is just fine.



Fettuccine in chicken ham sauce. The carbonara sauce is a bit too thick for my liking...


Head straight to Iverson for exam after having breakfast, the test was pretty easy and predictable though. Then decided to drop by Seremban to handle some stuff and went to Melaka for food!

I first stopped to try both Nyonya laksa and Baba laksa at the famous laksa eatery located at the Jonker street. The Nyonya laksa is similar to the Asam laksa we normally had but with an extra boiled egg. The Baba laksa on the other hand taste like curry laksa with Tuna replacing the chicken / seafood. The Baba chendol is refreshing after walking all the way to the Jonker street from the parking space under the hot sun. ^.^

Bought some very cute cartoon magnets along the way at Jonker street....

Proceeded to the new mall in Melaka - Dataran Pahlawan after I couldn't stand the sweaty hot weather anymore. The mall only has 2 floors but nonetheless has a wide selection of shops including the Padini Concept stores, Esprit, Mango, Quicksilver etc. I bought a pair of heels and a T-shirt while killing time in the mall.

A trip to Melaka ain't complete without eating the famous satay celup. I had tried some of the recommended satay celup eateries including Capitol (well known where lots of celebrities eaten here before but personally i think their satay celup is overrated), Ban Lee Xiang (has 2 joined shops and mostly full house during weekend, the satay celup taste just alright) and the newly opened Teochew satay celup. The Teochew satay celup is opened just next to Ban Lee Xiang but with a cleaner and nicer deco. Their satay celup selection is more or less the same as Ban Lee Xiang. For all the satay celup I had in Melaka, I like the road-side satay celup stall the most. Not only does its satay sauce has the riches peanuts flavour but it is also the cheapest satay celup I had so far selling 40cent each for ALL food sticks! However, this is a road-side stall, so for those who put hygienic as their top priority on food then they better opt for the shops.

Since I have an early appointment the next morning, I head back straight to KL after having satay celup. It's a satisfied trip even though I didn't manage to eat the road-side stall satay celup . I wonder if I can ever get tired of Melaka - the city of historic and full of nice food. I'll be back!

Just finished watching the finale of Make me a supermodel. Holly won. Right choice America! My favourite Ben didn't win but I do think he got potential in the model industry. Just that I'm not sure his determination is as strong as Holly.

Determination in my opinion is the most important criteria. To achieve what you want, you need to have strong determination enough to motivate yourself towards getting it. Sometimes I find myself have the determination but lack of confidence, which is soooo important when it comes to public speaking. This is one huge hurdle I need to overcome with....

Holly won!

boyish Ben




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Watched Ah Long Pte Ltd the other day... the movie is hilarious!! It's been sometime since i last watched a show that's sooooo funny and I managed to learn a few funny terms: lim beh, chao ah kua etc hahahaha. The movie was mostly shot at Kuala Lumpur, go watch it and sure you will laugh from the beginning till the end. ^.^

The three kingdoms on the other hand is a much serious movie which the story revolves around 三国 which Andy Lau is the ultimate commander that never lose a battle before. Frankly speaking, I think Andy's acting in Warlords (投名状) is much better than in three kingdoms even though he acted from young to old. Another imperfection is that the production should have used Andy's own voice instead of getting some China ah pek to voice over him lorr.... =_="






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Had my dinner at D'italian Kitchen after getting my wages last last week. The restaurant has just opened for a couple of months which located at Jaya 33 next to True fitness. The deco and setting is nothing too glamorous or classy, just warm and cozy.

Wide selection of pastas...


twisted glass


cozy settings...





Spaghetti vongole... thumbs up for this!!


my fave Italian dessert - pick me up





There's this mini fountain deco near the exit...

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a turtle enjoying sun bathing!! cute right....

Typical Sunday

Waking up early in the Sunday morning is so not me... alas I have problem having a good sleep recently, maybe it's due to my newly bought pillow which claimed to be able to enhance blood circulation that can improve sleeping quality?! Or maybe I just haven't got used to my new pillow?!

Anyhow, I grabbed my old pillow and sat in front of my computer to watch the latest episode of Make me a Supermodel. This reality show is hilarious! Every week the candidates will perform a series of photo shoots and catwalks, judges will select the bottom three among them to put up for voting. The one with least votes will be eliminated. Something similar to ANTM but the ultimate power of elimination comes from the viewers instead of the judges. There has been quite a lot of model talent show recently; even Malaysia has our own version of model reality show - Malaysian dreamgirl. I have been following the show since but to be frank it's not as funny as the American based reality show mainly because the contestants simply are not bitchy enough?! haha...

My fave dreamgirl to date is Fiqa. She has a very elegant and sophisticated style plus she has the height of a model.

Cheesie sounds phony to me... I have been a loyal reader of her blog and thought she might have what it takes when it comes to personality but after watching episode 6, you'll probably have the same thinking like me... a bit beh tahan when she cried like someone just passed away saying "why you guys didn't vote for her" when the 3 girls were voted out. Hello?! I know girl is emo when it comes stuff like this but I think she exaggerated it and probably want the show to project a sympathetic side of her?! Anyway, that is just my personal opinion.

Eyna has got the most potential to become a model. She got the height and looks but her shy personality doesn't stand out among the other girls, so we shall see…

Ok coming back to Sunday, after having breakfast with my family, I decided to do some baking! It's been a while since my last baking, so this time around I decided to make some cupcakes!

Baking 101:
1. Mix flour, sugar, egg and water together


2. Added in melted butter and mix it up.


3. Melted chocolate / peanut butter for own flavoring
4. Put mixture in paper cups and added in chocolate / peanut butter.
5. Put some almond flakes or raisin on the top for deco.



6. Bake for 30 minutes in pre-heated oven.


7. Voila!




Anyway.....

went over to Dessert Bar at Mont Kiara in the afternoon. The name of the shop says it all. It offers a variety of smoothies, home made ice-creams and mousse desserts.

Berry-licious. Custard mousse with berry jello at the bottom =D


Black sesame and soy milk ice-cream. I love it! Not too sweet to my liking...


Grape smoothies. I love it X100!! Not those fake artificial flavoring, made 100% from grapes =D


Enjoying a quiet Sunday reading a good book while having my favorite dessert. Priceless.


I got fever recently. French mani fever! =D Bought this Sally Hansen's French Manicure kit from Watson the other day. It's a bit pricey for nail polish cause I normally buy nail polish from Skin Food or The face shop for less than 20 bucks each. But it's worth it cause it really glides smoothly on my nails! =)


French mani anyone? =p

GreenValley cafe, SS2 PJ

these photos were taken soooooo many months ago. Had my lunch here with few of my colleagues at SS2, Petaling Jaya. We were scouting for some nice place to have some nice food. But ended up with bad food with expensive bill!! (freaking not worth it) =(

As it was a public holiday, uncle sim drove us out to have lunch. We ended up having our lunch at GreenValley Cafe at SS2. This cafe was taken over and revonated from the previous "Butt Kin Butt Sun" 不见不散 HK restaurant which is just opposite the famous Wong Kok Char Chan Teng.

Noticed the crowd at Wong Kok, we decided to try our luck at this newly opened cafe...


The restaurant owner renovated the restaurant into a modern asian interior...


We ended up being late from lunch because of this!! They took a freaking 45 minutes to prepare a nasi lemak?! And we don't find anything special with it o_O


Overpriced mee siam that the taste is not good at all and I can probably buy 5 plates full of mee siam at the hawker stall opposite my office!!


some blah soda...


cintan instant noodle that i cook myself taste anytime better than this....


still consider edible.... at least



all of us didn't really enjoy the food and hopefully there will be some improvement the next time i visit them (will i ever?)...

New Year is around the corner!

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Had a crazy night out with my colleagues. It was our team dinner at the Italianies, The Curve. I didn't really expect much from the food as a result from my last visit. However, our crowd had a great hangout moment there!

Kevin was drinking non-stop, bottoms up countlessly =_=" but still managed to drive himself back (though i strongly disagree on drink-driving). We ordered enormous amount of food and desserts, the dessert taste yummy though we were so full haha...

me, sim and both the CHERs hehe...


team dupont xoxo


The Curve was sooooooo crowded that night cause there was this Triumph street party event going on, as u can notice the crowd behind us...


chillin out...


chit-chatting while waiting for our food...


beer session!!


bee fong ordered this cocktail (forgot its name) taste like cough syrup according to Eddie XD


Yum Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!!







high time!


we made so much noise but who cares it's chill out time!


Bratt sapu all the breads haha...


hungrily munching in our food...


the Triumph street party featuring break dance, great moves!


first to come Caesar salad...


Stuffed mushroom yum yum!!


Fried calamari comes with real tomato sauce!!


Salmon pasta sucks!! salmon doesn't really fit into pasta according to my past dining experience at Italian restaurant...


Grilled salmon on the other hand taste surprisingly good!


steamed mussels with white wine... sucks cause the mussels weren't fresh enough...you know what its taste when seafood isn't fresh ya...


yummy steak!


Tiramisu taste ok only...


New York cheesecake.... you'll like it if you don't have your stomach full...


Cappuccino pie rocksss!! Gone in 60 seconds haha...


another round of drinking session after meal XD





Kevin acting cute....


crazy team...




till then XOXO!! (i'm getting poisoned by Gossip girl haha)