Valentines 2013

*note to self: no more valentines dinner on 14th February

-.-

Why o why did we choose the wrong date to dine out

Okay la quite romantic see many couples around the mall

but then those restaurants only serve set meals (expensive!)

and roses

...

Fine, once in a lifetime must try

So end up at TGIF to eat dinner

Ordered two sets to be shared with mum and bro

The appetizer - Stuffed mushrooms (YUM!) and Boneless Buffalo Bites (err soso lo)

Main course - Champion BBQ Chicken and Ribeye Steak (Too big portion! heee we can't even finish it)

Dessert - Blondie Fudge Crunch and Brownie Obsession (too chocolatey but yum)

Nice day with yum yum food

but I still love Jap or Korean food instead

as it is not as oily

Happy Valentines Day!

~^^~

Gong Xi Fa Cai 2013

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR~!

~^^~

Here comes the year of snake

of which I did not have a great start on

Blame it on sleepless nights, headache, cough

and I have no luck gambling this year

:(

Boohoo!

But it was fun to gamble with relatives!

Lots of laughter to begin the year with.

Reunion dinner was great this year!

We've decided to dine at home instead of any restaurants outside

*sucky food and expensive too!*

I adore my grandmother's cooking very much!

Especially her cabbage mixed soup

and stew cabbage!

Homemade meat balls, yam paste and braised pork were yum too!

Aunty ta pao yee sang and sashimi as side dishes for us

Yee Sang

Tempura prawns and meatball

Sashimi

The feast!

After dinner, we would mingle around sipping our drinks

chit chatting

and aunty bought fire crackers so we decided to light it

as we are all so hyper

Decided the position of fire cracker after endless debate

The leftover confetti earlier

Waiting for grandmother to come out

GONG XI FA CAI!

Oh, the groups of photographers aka my cousins

Hehe

Then we listen to our uncles boasting about my grandfather and how they used to have very long fire crackers tied up and the floor would be covered with thick red papers after blasting them

:)

More eat/shop

Tummy spoilt by having too much yum yum jap food lately

teehee~

and more shopping to do.

Though I'm still sick

-.-

stupid virus

Panadol doesn't seem to work 

as this is the 3rd time in 2 months being sick.

Every two weeks -.-

So this time, a visit to the doctor is a must

Though I do have a problem remembering when do eat my medicine

I do hope that this is enough to keep sickness at bay for the whole year!

Even though I'm having mild sore throat, but that does not prevent me from snacking

CNY GOODIES!

Random angry bird made by me!

Fav snack!

*ahem*

trying very much to control myself

hehe

Bad luck too this few days

scraped my poor knees on the tar road 

-.-

Luckily that I was wearing my jeans

*lucky that I did not decide to wear shorts/skirts* 

Else, it would be worst.

Ohh and knives too -.-

while trying to pry open the macadamia nut

the knife will somehow cut me instead

*CLUMSY*

must be inherited from lengma

*hehehe kidding dearie*

Counting down to CNY!

Tuan yuen fan at grandmother's place this year

*no more eating outside expensive and not nice food*

YAY!

Love my grandmother's cabbage soup

and stew cabbage

and tempura prawns

YUMMY!

End of intern!

Pheww

Finally it's the end of my intern.

After about 11 weeks of being a trainee

I learnt abit of this that

and got a preview of what this field would be like.

Can't believe that I am actually graduating soon in about half a year.

and with that comes responsibilities (stress!) and much more

This post is mostly about my own thoughts about my intern (boring part) and also some other rantings.

Intern was fun as it was an interesting experience to get to see how food is processed. I also see how what I used to learn comes handy now in understanding the process and so. Some little details that used to be ignored actually plays a great role in the food industry itself to ensure that everything runs smoothly. 

People there are nice. On the outside. Until the day before I was about to finish intern only I realised how much those "good" faces I see in the company are actually fake. Each step, each word, each gesture people take has their own selfish motive behind. I guess I'm still too naive about all this as I only see the surface. But overall, the lab officers there are very kind to explain things to me as much as possible. Execs are great too, giving me chance to see how we apply what we learn and so. Plus, they are also kind to tell me their past work experience (different products, different companies~ such a big big world out there) to give me a better view of what this field is about and what will my future job prospect be. 

Some of the questions that have been bothering me when I think about graduating:

Will I survive in this field?

Which company should I work next time?

Will I be able to do this for the rest of my life?

The idea of graduating seems scary to me. For now that is. 

Most people, especially guys, would want to graduate at an earlier age so that they can come out to start working and earning money ASAP. I remember discussing this with one of my friend and he said that girls don't have to worry much. Girls don't really have to start earning that early as after they get married, their husband can support them. 

Yet for guys, they have to plan to get car, house and savings before they get married. True? 

However, I have alot of things that I want to achieve ASAP thus I also wanna graduate early and start earning..? hahaha

But I don't wanna face the real world so fast ><~

Passion is the main thing to keep us going in any field of work.

Money too..! haha

I do hope that the following half year will pass as slow as possible 

I wanna enjoy my student life as much as possible!

Shopping (and eating) spree

Bro wanted to go KL to shop for his CNY clothes

so drag mum and me along to shop at Pavillion, Lot 10 and Fahrenheit 88.

The "pandai" bro said he don't need a GPS but ended up using Waze to bring him there.

The CNY decos are nice!

Very red red with the 12 zodiacs around for tourist and locals to take picture

Had a tea break at Cafe Komugi @ Tokyo Street in Pavillion

Nice pastries served there with great ambience.

This cream roll here was filled with custard cream only when customer purchase it so no soggy puffs! :)

Cream roll

Cream cheese bread

Mushroom soup!

*heart* soup lots lots

especially mushroom soup (not canned ones. I'm picky)

After 4 hours of walking here there

We ended up in Lot 10 Hutong Food Court yet none of us were hungry so we took a short rest with a cup of milo. Then the brilliant mum and bro suggested to go Pyramid.

I was like WHAT??! -.-~

I was dead tired and being sick doesn't help

So went there instead and had dinner at Sushi Zanmai

Lion dance in front of H&M

TIRED!

Tofu tofu tofu tofu

:)

Overall, I spend alot yet bought nothing

-.-

I decided to play the good sister role by sponsoring my brother for 2 of his shirts @ H&M

and also paying for dinner

Mum and bro was already looking forward for me to pay for dinner that is why they choose Zanmai

hahaha

I still wanna shop shop shop

but I'm pretty broke right now

Luckily its end of the month already! ($$)

hehe

Can't wait for more shopping sessions

and also house cleaning -.-~ sighhh

MC

Been on and off being sick for quite some time

and taking too frequent MCs that I feel paiseh to be filling up the leave form

-.-

but hey! 3 more days of work and I can say bye to intern!

and my MC day has been fill by going out mostly instead of being on bed resting.

On Tuesday, I woke up and brush my teeth. Then, I went back lying down on my bed playing my phone. Then I became too lazy to bath and go work plus I was having a headache and body ache so took the day off. Then I was helping mum to bake CNY cookies the whole day.

On Wednesday, I went to work.. half a day. During lunch time, mum brought me to Subang to pass the cookies to my aunty and have lunch with her. Lunch took longer than it was supposed to. By the time we were done, it was already 1.45pm (ahem. I went for lunch at 12pm). The road back was still jam so I tell mum I rather not go back work and take the day off again. So mum suggested to go shopping! hahaha

Well, Thursday was a public holiday. Went back to Puchong to go pasar (yummy apams!). Went quite a few places. Then, aunty asked if we wanna go Pyramid but mum made her change her mind to come down to Puchong so I persuaded them to eat at Sushi Tei @ Setiawalk. hehe

SALMON BELLY!

more salmon!

Agedashi tofu!

On Friday, I was feeling dizzy as well but I still went to work

*guilty*

but during lunch, parents came and brought me to Subang to pass cookies to aunty again therefore...

hahahahha

but yea I was feeling really blur plus headache so went back home and sleep after lunch.

I don't even know why am I feeling sick. I feel feverish, headache, bodyache, coughing, flu.

-.-

Each of everything.

Poor darling also sick 

:(

Hope we can recover as soon as possible.

Wedding Dinner @ Ritz Carlton Hotel

On Friday evening after work, mum asked me if I wanna join her for wedding lunch the next day (that was last week..). By right, I should be working half day on that very week yet I plan to ditch work just to go EAT!

teehee

Fetch my grandmother along to this distant relative's wedding reception while following blindly the GPS

Simple dress

With mummy

Pretty pretty cake! Edible too!

A warm and beautiful setting somewhere in the hotel

Glad to attend such simple yet glamorous wedding lunch.

Although there were only 8 tables in total, 

the service and food provided was great!

and it is such a bliss to watch the couple exchange vows in the presence of their family