Monday, August 22, 2011

Typical weekend but with unexpected plans

Another weekend came and claim his way. But this time is way too fast to even know its ending. Friday, was a blast to me at work. Completed my assignment with compliment by bosses and that’s what I refer as performance oriented reward motivation. With just a simple gesture and note of appreciation, we feel that our work was acknowledged by the bosses and will strive for more! But still, it seems to take ages for every hour to end this Friday. So when the clock finally strikes 5.30pm, we were busy packing for a short shopping spree. That’s the major crisis for working near a shopping mall. You tend to shop and shop and shop. Or maybe just ME!
I crashed Mya’s house again and she made my weekly hard work of burning calories back to square one. She cooked pasta with cheese and beef bacon then stuffed us with chips and mayo dips and worse, pizzas and more cheese! Also paired our sinful food with vodka and 7up, which sum up more calories than just Cola! We stuffed ourselves to perfectly full and bitch bout life. But not too sure what make me so exhausted, was too tired to make an effort to talk, slept on the couch and all the way till 6am in the morning! But wasn’t a welcoming morning at Mya’s apartment. The stupid security clamped my car wheels because I had a wrong visitor pass. I should display an overnight pass if I’m staying over 2am in the apartment. Seriously! How would I know if the security did not inform when he recorded my details at the entrance? Bugger! And the security guard (yet a Chinese pig) was too rude. I had to pay fucking RM50 for a fault that was not MINE. Stupid!
Went home furiously but make a stop to take away breakfast for mom. Just to compensate for not being home for her while she was around. Took few more hours slept during the day and went off with BFFs for dinner.
The question: Where should we have our dinner? What should we eat?
Like a super difficult IQ challenge question. And you will never ever come out with a good satisfying answer. Luckily, we hang around Solaris which was way too familiar..We decided to try Naab, an Iranian cuisine.
Car was parked at roadside and with 2 welcoming rats along the walkway! (No worries, we parked opposite the restaurant so definitely the rats are not permanent residents of the restaurant. LOL). We walked in the restaurant with a welcoming human being waiter who can’t wait to serve us. I always happy when the waiter allows you to pick the seat rather than being usher to a table that you don’t prefer and ending up pouting while looking at the your desired table. So we pick a corner with sofa seats. The restaurant is thoughtful enough to place a fan around each corner to ensure the guest enjoying the food rather than busy wiping the sweats/can’t wait to get out of the stuffy restaurant. For restaurant owner, this is a very important point that you should take care of while planning on the interior layout of your restaurant. Ensuring you guest to feel comfy is the second important thing after the quality food.
We were served some lime juice to cleanse your taste bud and get your tummy growling. Since Monica is here and she is so well know of Iranian food, she ordered some appetizers and main dishes for us.



Hummus - creamy dips for the bread





Tabouleh - taste better with the lemon juice

The big piece of bread
This is horribly taste. Yuck! Not my favourite at all.
The kebab meat is so juicy and well marinated. The Basmati rice topped with saffron is the best combination. Overwhelmed with good food AGAIN, so I missed the pictures. Will try to compensate again next time.

But the Iranian tea was quite disappointing. It taste no difference compare to normal English tea. And worse part, I ordered a cucumber/mint/apple cider juice which the combination sound soothing and detox-ing but it taste more like sucking your toothpaste tube. Exactly…very Darlie oriented taste. LOL. So as we update our lives, I tried my best to gulp down the Darlie drink cos quite pricey wei!

The exhaustion of sleepless nights due to movie whoring with Astro 322 and 411 channel (Chinese and English movies channel) plus bitchy night with colleagues, worsen my condition of paying full attention of what the BFFs have to say. I can’t keep my mouth shut for yawning every 30 seconds. So we decided to call it a night and head home.

I was supposed to get straight to bed yet, the movie whoring version of me, jump out of the closet again. So, I was a potato couch till 3am. True enough, it makes me late for my Sunday brunch appointment. What worsens the whole “I am sorry for being late” situation was my little black car battery died. Damn it!

Frog Prince helped me to jump start the engine while I search for workshops to replace the battery. The first workshop didn’t offer much explanation on why my car battery is more expensive than usual ones. He just mentioned the price and leaves it to me to decide. RM330 was too expensive! So I thought him trying to cheat an innocent girl who knows nuts about car parts. Then I head to Uptown to meet with BFFs and get my battery fixed. That is when I know my darn little black battery is so unique. Due to the battery box size is shorter aka custom made, the retail price is higher than the normal one. This means, I still need to pay RM300++ for the darn battery. Fuck it!

And we headed to Tropicana Mall for brunch which turned out to be lunch by that time.

Bad Ass Coffe originated from Hawaii


Kinda cool interior design they have there



White & Dark Choc Coffee Blended

This is Crazy Chew's drink..Yummy with cream

9595 good number. TOTO please!

Beef Bacon spaghetti..with spicy hot chilly kick!

Special wedges which I did not find anything special on/in it

Pollo Spaghetti aka Cabanora?

Such captivating scene when everyone is so into food cam whoring


We were in Bad Ass for more that an hour or so just to bitch about our friends..Erm..well, not so close friends. LOL Maybe..Not even friends. Of course, we talk about world topics and just about anything that sparks our interest.

We had a crazy movie : The ZooKeeper which was superbly hilarious! Then we head to our dinner at Kiku Zakura. It's been ages since I step my feet there for dining experience again. The food is still at is highest quality. Never fails me!




I'm trying to use the 'chin down' angle to hide the fats away :P




Our movie tickets!


My stir fried beef dinner set. Yummy!


2nd last piece of gyoza. Yum Yum

Crazy Chew geh Tempura + Sashimi dinner set

Franny geh Sashimi dinner set


Fresh from the seaaaaaaaa

My all time fav: Steam egg


How can my Jap dinner without this? BBQ squid. Burp
I had a wonderful Sunday with great friends.
And of course, I made a promise to Franny to complete my new found hobby before end of Dec 2011. I'm working hard on it babe. Trying to accomplish an art creation for my new house. And if I am still interested to continue for 2nd one, I'll opt for the sunset view for my mom's room.

You ought to get yourself devoted to every corner of your new house. Not just to claim territory like the animals do (LOL, so into The ZooKeeper) and not trying to get out of your Herbivor life (ROFL) Just a way to show your concern and love for your new house aka my dream house.

Next post will be the update of the progress of my new found hobby.




Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Princess Piggie Private Birthday Party For VVIP Guests!

Every princess dream is to have an extravaganza birthday party and exclusive treatment and gifts.
But Princess Piggie wish for this year is SIMPLE and INTIMATE.
So I'm happy with just a simple dinner and gathering with friends.

First of all, Frog Prince never fails her.
Cause her ultimate embarassment with the flowers from deliver man.
This deliver man singing his out loud for a birthday song and A TOTAL EMBARASSMENT!
But thanks to her Frog Prince for the flowers:-


After work, we head to Jogoya for dinner session.


Food was a disaster in Jogoya. All seafood is not as fresh as it used to be. And some cooked dish even tasteless. We didn't enjoy the dinner cos I was not comfortable with my terrible menses sickness and the food didn't play a big part in cheering me up. So we ended up chatting, which I love more than the food. It's been a while since we last sit down and TALK. He was so into his work and currently crazy about his Diablo II pc game (=_=)"


Frog Prince with his signature pose..
On the weekend, my bestie mates of my life planned a short eco get away from town with me. So, I prepared some finger food for them. To keep them well fed and as a gratitude to all their good thought for my birthday treat.

But, was thinking too much during the food preparation and end up cooking from Friday night till Saturday 4am. Eyes barely open when I was tossing the spaghetti!


Food and Booze!
These girlfriends of mine, really crazy bitches. And wonderful of course. They didn't let me know where the hell they are bringing me to. So I had no idea until we reached the resort. It was really eco friendly named Seri Pengantin Resort at Janda Baik, Bentong. It was kinda short distance from the town but the environment was so green and refreshing. A good way to relax your stressful working days here.  

                                     


                                    

That was the entrance. Then followed by ever green scenery towards the resort. Love this place because of its quietness and peaceful environment. A great package for eco getaway. But you must have a car or get your food packed and ready. No F&B served here. Not even a bottle of mineral water. And keep an eye of your packed food. The stupid ants ruined my Devil's Egg! Luckily they did try a first bite before the eggs went into the dustbin!                             


 

Princess Piggie and Frog Prince





The river that flows along this resort.

Ms International from the left: 1) Mommy Jane 2) Lazy Suit 3) Franny Szuann 4) Crazy Chew

5) MIA Teresa and 6) The Piggie Zhan
Apparently the number 7 participant aka Frog Prince too caught up with his 2nd wife: Laptop with PC games. So he was not in our picture..Too bad!

                                            

                                 
Since, the river water was freezing cold (Thanks to the weather that day) we thought of trying a natural and environment friendly way of chilling our cola! Found a right hole that fit and hold the bottle still!!! LOL

                                     


What ARE you doing, Franny?
       
Favorite posing of every girls' trip!
Chill out time

Posing at the pool~~
                                  
                                                                                   

 
They were the only with swimsuits!








                                       

So we head to Gohtong Jaya for dinner after our bitching session/dipping in the pool/mahjong session. Mommy Jane introduce us the best crispy pork slices ever! And of course her revenge towards Frog Prince was to order the fried Tin Kai. It taste like chicken but not gonna put that picture in my blog. To me, that dish is categorized as: Bizarre Food.
Crispy pork slices. Yummy!!! Miss this dish so so much!
                                       
They helped me to clear all food prepared but I was left with some beer and junks not clear up. Not a big deal at all! Also, we were introduced by Piggie Zhan a new card game: Saboteur! Crazy strategy fun game! Good way to get close with friends and we end up continue bitching about people's life till 5am in the morning!

We checkout from hotel, drive back to Crazy Chew's house and out for lunch with the girlfriends before giving each of them my bear hug as a gratitude for their time and this precious present they gave me this year. A wonderful get-away trip with close friends.

You don't need bunch of friends as long as your FB list to proof your popularity. You just need a few of them who is willing to share with the pain/sorrow/happiness/anxiety and whatever mixture of feelings and life updates with each other. This small numbers of friend, that makes your life COMPLETE with laughter and LOVE.

Thank you girlfriends. You peeps are wonderful.

And of course Frog Prince, thank you for being the driver and the only torn among the roses during this get-away trip. Muah Muah.

We shall have more and more exciting trips and lifes ahead!

XOXO