Family reunion dinner

This year, I have family "reunion" dinner with my dad. He made the effort to ask me and my sister, so I said OK.

This is where all the trouble and headache starts.

After the OK and the confirmation, he asked me to invite my mum and my grandma. I was utterly shocked cos that has NEVER happen. I thought he might be trying his best to make up for what he has done, or turning over a new leaf, so just in the spirit of CNY. Whatever it is, I told my mum about it.

Again, I was surprised again when my mum agreed! Fine, so I told my dad the number of pax confirmed.

Then he tells me that he is bringing the woman.

Sigh... What a nightmare.

To cut the long story short, mum and grandma didn't go, and my sis backed out last minute. So hubby and I went ahead, and dad brought along the woman, my half-brother and my "biological" brother. I know I have never mentioned him before cos he has never spoken a word to me in the past 4 years. He finally showed up today, and we talked a bit. Well, it's a start. I realised I've missed out on my brother's 4 years of life... And I do regret it.


Yee sang - A must-have for myself.

After the dinner, we left. Dad wanted me to go back to his house to chat but I was tired, and hubby wanted to go home to watch MU vs Portsmouth.

I would really want a peaceful and the whole family together for a CNY reunion dinner... Without any other unwanted guests. I wonder if it will ever happen...

Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie

This is my 2nd attempt at baking cookies. I've looked up several website, recipes and asking for advises from my colleagues (who are excellent in baking). Finally, armed with these tips, I tried baking the Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie about 2 weekends ago.

Ta-da!!!
It was a SUCCESS!! I love the taste! After I finished baking it, hubby didn't try cos he was full from dinner, so I stored it in a cookie jar. That night, I went to bed early and he was watching his football, and suddenly, he came into the room shouting to me "Dear dear! Your cookie very yummy!!" I was so shocked! For a non-cookie lover, I was surprised he likes it!

I really like how this cookie turned out. I will bake another batch next time, and will add in an ingredient. Will let you know if it works better the next batch!

Dinner @ Madam Kwan's

We used to love this place, before it became too commercialised. Before the opening of Pavilion, we used to go to Madam Kwan's in KLCC, and the queue is always long. After a while, we got sick of it, and I reckon we have quit this for about a year, before deciding to step back in together. This time, we visited the Pavilion outlet.

Hubby's all-time favorite - Cendol. Too much santan for me, but he loves it.

Avoiding rice, I ordered Hokkien Mee. Not fantastic, but it wasn't too bad. Would not order it again though.

Hubby ordered the classic Nasi Lemak. Still taste the same as it used to... I see that their QC is high in checked.

Fearing the nasi lemak is not filling enough, or being just pure glutton, he ordered an extra Fried Drumstick.

The place was packed on a Saturday night. I always see Madam Kwan, i.e. the owner hanging around this outlet. She looks the same as her logo!

王祖藍扮Lady Gaga - Poker Face

Finally - The ROM pictures!

Yes! FINALLY! We have our ROM pictures! Damn that was long! LOL!
We got it about 2 weeks ago but I was busy editing it and doing some online project with it (which I will reveal later).

Here are some of the pictures:


My family.
His family.
My best friends.
Us in the Ceremony Room.
Vincent saying his "I do".
Signing his life to me hahaha!
His dad.
My dad.
Finally married! Bonded!
First kiss as husband and wife.

Our rings... Couple's band.

The other 2 couples that registered together. They are Vincent's friends.

2 married couples.

My best friends and their other halves. So glad they could make it that day.

For more pictures, pls click on this link. This is my wedding website. Do sign our guestbook!

Oh there are other pictures taken that day. Those are bridal-style-poser pictures. Still in the midst of editing. Will post it up soon. Until then, stay tune on my wedding updates!

Celebration @ Tenji Japanese Buffet

My hubby and I were craving for Jap buffet the last couple of weeks, and we have been scouting for the best deal in town. But alas, there isn't anything out there at this time of the year. So finally, we decided to go to Solaris Mont Kiara's Tenji Japanese Buffet.

Also, this dinner is to celebrate my promotion! Hehe!

The dinner buffet starts at 6pm. We were there at 5.45 (damn kiasu!) but we were not allowed entry until it turned sharp 6pm.

Check out their huge varieties:


Their dessert section. I didn't fancy anything here.

The chocolate fondue. Have never tried this before. Since I'm here on buffet style, I tried it with marshmallow! Yummy!

There are the food that we took. Some of it are steamed fish, scallop, soft shell crab, etc.

Our favourite section: the ice cream!! They have Baskin Robbins (on waffle), Haagen Daaz and Kindori! We had a ball here... refilling scoops after scoops after scoop.

This is my favourite. My hubby took this for me and I finished the whole plate myself. This is a picture after I'm almost done with it. Abalone and salmon! YUMMY!

Another one of my favourite! I always get this in Lot 10 Isetan supermarket.

The promotion that they were having. It started at 7.30pm. Alcohol on the house! WOO HOO! Yay! Beer, rum, JD, Vodka, and a whole list of cocktails. Total cocktails I had = 7 glasses! And 2 JD Coke!

Yummy and so full once we were done! OMG we felt so FAT! LOL Vincent couldn't even move!

Overall, the ambience is perfect. It's just that their variety isn't as impressive, if compare to Joyoga in Starhill. But then again, the ice cream and alcohol made up for it!

First Yee Sang of 2010

My first Sau Gong Cao of 2010 was last Friday at Hakka Restaurant. This time, it was with Vincent's colleagues. His colleagues organised their own CNY dinner, and since I had nothing to do, I tagged along. If I don't, Vincent will not join his colleagues. So I decided to join them.

The Yee Sang - my favourite dish of CNY! Yay! Can never get sick of this dish.
They ordered the 9-course dinner set. I didn't take any pictures cos I was shy! LOL! Kidding! I didn't take any picture cos my camera ran out of batt.

But I did took a picture of the wine they brought to the dinner. It was something very different from what I've seen. The wine is stored in a plastic that is place in this box.
To drink from this "box", they open a small hole that has been designed and pull out something that looks like a tap. They they actually fill their wine glasses from this tap! Amazing!
I've never seen this before! Utter amazement! The wine was the fruity type, and was very mild for myself. RM128 for this. Don't mind buying this for convenience, but it's really very mild.